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

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orientation All students attending Concordia for the first time are required to be present for the orientation weekend conducted from Friday, September 14 at 12 noon, until Sunday, September 16. This program will be directed by the faculty and will also include all student officers for the coming school year. student life Every member of the campus family, as a professing Christian, expresses his willingness fo submit to the will of God as the supreme authority governing Con¬ cordia. Every member recognizes the right of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and the Department of Education of Alberta to lay down principles and standards in respect to conduct and academic achievement. All members endeavor to understand and obey the rules and regulations which the college must make. The motivating power for the enforcing and keeping of all rules is each person ' s love for his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Thus all members of the campus family, student body and administration alike, work with one another in learning, understanding and obeying all rules according to the will of God. The exceptional person who after repeated admonition, proves himself unworthy of this trust, may be dismissed or asked to withdraw at any time when his continuance is harmful to the common good of the campus family. The student handbook, containing the specific regulations governing our student life, is published and distributed at the beginning of the second year. worship To the end that all members of the campus family may be drawn closer to Jesus Christ as the true Head of the school, a program of divine worship is provided. Mem¬ bers of the faculty conduct a worship service in the chapel every morning during the week. These services are conducted in a liturgical setting. A chapel folder is duplicated and distributed at the beginning of each week listing the general theme and sub- topics of the talks along with the text location and hymns. Twice weekly, members of the college ministerial classes conduct chapel services in the evening. Other evenings, devotions are conducted in the various dormitory rooms. Each student selects one of the local Lutheran churches as his church home for Sunday worship and attendance to the Lord ' s Supper. All religion classes are presented with the primary aim of deep¬ ening the student ' s spiritual life. student government The appointed head of each suite of rooms in the men ' s dormitory is a member of the Dormitory Council. This council meets regularly with the dean of students to discuss problems of student life and ways of applying the Word of God to solve these problems. The council assists materially in the supervision of the dormitory. In the women ' s dormitory, representatives from each floor are chosen to make up the Dormitory Council which meets regularly with the dormitory counsellor and women ' s counsellor. This council serves the same purpose as the men ' s dormitory council. The Student Council is made up of the officers and committee heads elected annually by the student body. The Student Council cooperates with the faculty in the administration of Concordia, giving leadership in the various athletic and social events, assisting in the library, in the publishing of fhe yearbook and the school paper. This council also serves as the channel through which students may make suggestions re¬ garding student life policies. 6

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GENERAL INFORMATION Concordia College was founded in 1921 by the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod at the urgent request of members of the congregations of Western Canada. One year later, the Alberta-British Columbia District of Synod was organized, with the Rev. A. J. Mueller serving as first President. The original purpose of Concordia was the training of young men for the Lutheran ministry and teaching profession. This is still the primary purpose of Con¬ cordia, although this purpose was enlarged in 1925 when coeducation was introduced, and girls and boys were admitted to training in general courses of study. The Senior High School Department of Concordia, fully accredited with the Alberta Department of Education, offers programs of study leading to University matriculation, pre- theological, nursing, pre-teacher, and pre-deaconess training. The junior college de¬ partment, introduced in 1926, offers two years of pre-theological training in prepa¬ ration for Concordia Senior College, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri; and one or two years of teacher training for transfer to Concordia Teachers ' College in River Forest, Illinois or Seward, Nebraska. location Concordia ' s campus of ten acres is situated in Edmonton, the capital of the Province of Alberta, a city of over 200,000 inhabitants. Edmonton is 801 miles west of Winnipeg, 800 miles east of Vancouver, and 350 miles north of the Montana boundary. The school is located in a residential district in the eastern part of the city, high above the beautiful valley of the Saskatchewan River. Edmonton is the home of the University of Alberta. The Lutheran Churches of the city offer further contact with fellow Lutheran people and the opportunity to participate in congregational activity. buildings The administration building, dedicated in 1926, contains the president ' s, dean’s, treasurer ' s and business offices, faculty room, four classrooms, the typing room, the science laboratory, the chapel, girls ' commons room, living quarters for a faculty member, office of the girls ' counsellor, bookstore, and the central heating plant. The men’s dormitory, dedicated in 1926, housing 70 students, also contains the dining hall, the library, a laundry room, the student store, and quarters for the steward and his wife. The service building which is connected to the dormitory contains the kitchen, refrigerating room, storage rooms, living space for maids, and the infirmary, located on the second floor. The gymnasium-auditorium building with a seating capacity of 1,000 was dedicated in 1953. Eberhardt Hall, the women ' s dormitory, dedicated in 1956, houses forty students and includes a suite of rooms for the counsellor and family, spacious lounge, recreation room, storage and laundry facilities. entrance requirements Admission to Concordia may be granted such students who are of good Christian character and recommended by their pastor. An application form will be found on page one. This application, together with a medical form which will be fur¬ nished by the office, must be filled out and returned to the office promptly. These forms should be accompanied by an official transcript of credits from the school pre¬ viously attended. Theological and teacher-training students must take all courses pre¬ scribed by the Synod. To make this possible, reasonable efforts will be made to aid transfer students to meet the requirements of the prescribed courses. 5

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student activities Concordia is represented by varsity teams in hockey, basketball, and baseball. In addition to the interscholastic sports, a complete program of intramural sports is conducted throughout the school year giving every student an opportunity to partici¬ pate in one or more of the following games: hockey, basketball, touch football, soccer, badminton, volleyball, and baseball. Athletic activities also include wrestling, tumbling and archery. The Social Committee arranges activities for the entire campus family at least once monthly throughout the school year. Students are given the opp ortunity to participate in dramatic productions. The Aurora is the college paper published bi-weekly by the student staff and sent out to members of the alumni association, other institutions, and friends of Con¬ cordia. All students are urged to affiliate with the Walther League society of one of the Edmonton Lutheran Churches. Concordia has a chapter of the Red Cross on the campus. student residences The men ' s dormitory includes fifteen suites of two rooms each accommodating from four to six students. A commons room is located on the first floor. Each suite of rooms is equipped with lockers and dresser space. All students are required to do their share in keeping the study and bedrooms clean. The college provides desk, chair, bed and mattress. Students must bring their own pillow, sheets, blankets, and towels. Boys are required to wear dress shirts, ties, and suit-coats in the chapel, classrooms, and dining hall. Every student is responsible for his own laundry. Laundry facilities are avail¬ able in the basement of the dormitory. The women ' s dormitory includes twenty rooms accommodating two students each. A large lounge is included in the dormitory building, with recreation and laundry facilities in the basement. Each room is equipped with adequate space for clothing storage, bed and mattress, desk, chair, and lamp. Students must bring their own pillow, sheets, blankets and towels. music The music department is established primarily for the teacher training students. Provision is made for instruction in piano and organ on both the high school and college level. This instruction is offered by the school to teacher training students only. Arrangements for private lessons for others may be made with the individual instructor at standard rates. In addition to the courses in music offered in the curriculum, students have the opportunity to develop their musical talents by membership in several organizations. The Concordia Choristers is the mixed chorus which on occasion makes a trip to congregations out of town with a sacred concert or operetta performance. The Con¬ cordia Male Chorus is a recently organized group under student direction, which has made extensive tours through parts of Western Canada. The Concordia Band, still in its infancy, uses instruments which have been provided by the gifts of the Concordia Guild. health and physical education Special courses in Physical Education and Health and Personal Development are required for the high school grades by the Department of Education as a part of the curriculum. In addition, all students are expected to participate in the intramural sports program. 7