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

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Concordia makes the nurture of the soul its primary objective. Every morning at ten a brief service is conducted with an address or meditation by a member of the faculty. There is also a devotional period in the evening at 9 p.m.—Dir. Schwermann is at the lectern. This manger scene could be observed on our lawn by every passer-bv during the Christmas season. 35

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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

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Classrccm Activities Social Studies III discussing a problem of the day with Prof. A. Guebcrt in charge. This is the largest Social Studies III class in our history. Like all our classrooms, this one is also equipped with fluorescent lights and Venetian blinds. This is one o. our smaller classrooms, No. 201 A. College German Is in session, and Pastor Herzer is “telling” them. 36