Concordia College - Corona Borealis Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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ACCOMMODATIONS FOR GIRLS The college has no dormitory facilities for girls and can therefore assume no responsibility for their lodging. However, attempts will be made to find good Christian homes for such girls as wish to enroll. In recent years girls have paid approximately $75 a year each for rooming accommodations where two girls occupied the same room. Correspondence is invited from those who are interested. Girls who receive their meals in the college dining room are required to pay $180.00 a year for board. WHAT THE STUDENT SHOULD BRING ALONG Students should bring their Bible, catechism, and hymnbook. Every student living in the dormitory must be provided with the necessary clothing and bedding: pillow, three pillow-cases, two bedspreads for a single bed, three bedsheets, at least three woolen blankets, six Turkish towels, dress shirts, and an ample supply of white handkerchiefs. Boys must wear dress shirts, ties, and suit-coats in the classrooms, dining hall, and chapel. Students should not be permitted to have private radios. Each student pays $2.00 a year for the use of a mattress which is furnished by the college. LAUNDRY: Every student is responsible for his own laundry. He may send his clothes home or to a commercial laundry in Edmonton or elsewhere. LAYMEN DONATE AWARDS To stimulate a greater interest in the study program of our college, several generous laymen have kindly established the following cash prizes for those students who achieve the highest standing in general proficiency in their respective classes: Grade X $15, by Mr. Karl Reese, Didsbury, Alta. Grade XI $15, by Mr. August Lange, Claresholm, Alta. Grade XII $25, by Mr. E. Schmidt, Dinant, Alta. College (First prize) $25, by Mr. E. Schmidt, Dinant, Alta. College (Second prize) $10, by the Edmonton Alumni Association. These prizes are greatly appreciated and received with sincere thanks. They will be awarded in the annual commencement exercises on Friday, June 24, 1949. CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1949 - 1950 (Opening Service—Sunday, September 18, 3:00 p.m. Thanksgiving—Monday, October 10. Reformation Day—Monday, October 31. Remembrance Day—Friday, November Hth. Christmas Vacation—Friday, December 16, 3:00 p.m to ’ ‘dnesday, January 4, 10:00 a.m. Easter Vacation—Thursday, April 6, 12 noon to Tuesday, April 11, 8:30 a.m. Victoria Day—Wednesday, May 24th. Pentecost Recess—Friday, May 26, 12 noon to Tuesday, May 30, 8:30 a.m. Commencement—Friday, June 23. 33

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EXPENSES Tuition, two dollars per credit or approximately . S 70.00 (No tuition is required of students preparing for the ministry or teaching profession in the Missouri Synod) Board (for boys living in the college) . 210.00 Board at College (for students rooming in private homes) . 180.00 Registration Fees (medical, athletics, maintenance) . 12.00 Books, approximately . 20.00 Stationery (also mattress, fountain pen, light bulbs, etc.) . 20.00 Library Fee . 5.00 Laboratory Fees (for each science course carried) . 5.00 Typewriter rent . 5.00 Service Fee (light, water, janitor, etc.) for city students . 40.00 Year Book and Aurora Fee . 1.50 Anyone arriving late in fall receives no rebate and must pay all fees in full. All checks and money orders should be made payable to: CONCORDIA COLLEGE. With regard to student’s allowance for spending and personal needs, parents ought to keep in mind that too much spending money may be harmful. On the other hand, it discourages a student if his parents do not give him enough for such things as he needs and are reasonable. Personal funds may be deposited in the office for safekeeping. PAYMENTS The school year is divided into four quarters, and at the beginning of each quarter an instalment of $52.50 ($45.00 for students living in private homes; $10.00 for city students) is payable for board. Hence the payments fall due on the opening day of school, on December 1, Feb ruary 15, and May 1. All other fees must be paid at time of entrance. Medical fees are not refundable under any circumstances. Library, medical, athletic, yearbook, Aurora fees are not refundable after four weeks, and subject fees not after eight weeks. Fees for board are subject to change as the economic situation may demand. If students are unable to make their board payment at the beginning of the quarter, the following periods of grace will be given: For the first quarter: Four weeks after the opening day. For the other quarters: Two weeks after the beginning of the quarter, or up to December 15th, March 1st, and May 15th. If payment has not been made when the period of grace comes to an end, the student will not be permitted to attend classes until such payment is made. We kindly ask for co-operation of parents in paying bills promptly, so that the student w ill not be compelled to miss any classroom periods. Some parents prefer to pay the entire board at the beginning of the school year. In such cases a proportionate refund is made if for any reason the student finds it necessary to discontinue his work during the course of the year. CAMPUS WORK In view of the fact that Concordia equips its students with a thorough education at an extremely low cost, every student is required to do twenty-five hours of work gratis for the benefit of the school. Such work is done on the grounds, in the buildings, and in the kitchen. 32

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Cur Cxpandina Ccncerdia In growing numbers the Christian parents of our church throughout Western Canada are sending their boys and girls to Concordia, where the ex¬ cellent educational facilities offered at this school serve as a distinct attraction. The following figures show the increase during the past eight years: 1941 . 41 1945 76 1942 50 1946 85 1943 63 1947 96 1944 . 68 1948 . 1 13 These annually increasing numbers must fill the hearts of Concordia’s many friends with joy. They show that our college is growing. With this growth arise a number of problems, foremost of which is the matter of space. Sufficient space to carry on our activities is definitely at a premium. May we ask you to look again at the pictures in this yearbook; many of them give evidence of our cramped conditions. More and larger classrooms would be an asset. A number of our classes are so large that they must be divided, which, of course, doubles the classroom periods and increases the teaching load of our instructors. Or the larger classes must be taken into the chapel, with the result that the devotional atmosphere, so desirable in a place where our daily chapel services are held, is seriously disturbed. All the books owned by a school ought to be placed in the library where they may be readily used by students and faculty members alike whenever needed. Concordia’s library is not large enough to offer this accommodation. A number of books are stored away in the vault, others in the roof chamber, and still others in one of the bedrooms, as the picture on one of the following pages indicates. The reader will readily understand that books which can be obtained only with difficulty will be seldom used. With the increased enrolment the problem of supplying recreational facilities to our students becomes more difficult from year to year. A small room which is called “gymnasium” (see page 42) is not adequate to take care of our classes in Health and Physical Education, much less to offer recreation on the many days which, because of inclement weather, prevents the student from going out on the campus. Our students, who are full of youthful energy and vigor, perhaps feel nothing so keenly as the lack of a suitable building in which to find exercise and diversion. If there is any place where our future pastors, teachers, and lay leaders ought to have opportunities for practice on pianos and other musical instru¬ ments, it ought to be at this school. Yet this advantage can be granted to only a very small number because we have not the necessary room. For some years the matter of providing suitable living quarters for our caretaker has been a very real problem. Several years ago we were compelled to vacate a classroom in order that this might serve as a living room for the care¬ taker and his wife. With a larger student body this room was needed for teach¬ ing purposes, and our present caretaker is compelled to live in one of our hospital rooms, which is available as long as it is not needed for patients. Growing pains—they are very real in the life of our college. Yet these are pains which we appreciate; and we are confident that under God they are prophetic of an ever brighter future for our Canadian Concordia and through our Concordia for our church in Western Canada. ,14