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

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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

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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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Each student must pass a medical examination as a prerequisite for entrance to Concordia. The medical questionnaire is provided by the school. The services of a school physician are retained. The medical fee also includes the students ' participation in a hospitalization plan. control and supporting agencies The Board of Control is charged with the responsibility of operating and super¬ vising the school on behalf of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. The president is the executive officer of the board. The chief support of the institution is from Synodical subsidy. Fees are consequently kept at a minimum for students who have the ministry or teaching profession in view. The financial program of the school is aided greatly by the interest and sup¬ port of the members of the Concordia Guild, an association of societies in Lutheran congregations throughout Canada. The officers of the Guild are: Mrs. A. R. Riep, president; Mrs. F. A. Schole, vice-president; Mrs. G. W. Ries, secretary. The Con¬ cordia Alumni Association undertakes a certain portion of support for the college and holds annual meetings. The Rev. Walter Schienbein of Grace Church, Camrose, Alberta, is the president, and the Rev. Walter Schoepp of Bethlehem Church, Edmon¬ ton, is the secretary-treasurer. scholarships and honors The Concordia Alumni Association has begun a fund for the new chapel and places $300.00 into this fund each year in the name of the student selected by the faculty for his unusual achievement in Christian life and scholarship. The home office of the Aid Association for Lutherans makes $1,000.00 avail¬ able for distribution to those college students chosen by the faculty whose scholastic achievement and need can be properly demonstrated. The Edmonton branch of the Aid Association for Lutherans offers a scholarship of $25.00 to the college student with the highest scholastic attainment. Gifts from various congregations have been placed into a scholarship fund from which grants-in-aid may be made to students both in the high school and the college according to the discretion of the faculty. grades and reports Formal reports of the student ' s academic progress and behavior are sent to parents or guardians at Christmas, Easter, and the close of the year. Grade 12 students receive their final grades in provincial subjects from the Department of Edu¬ cation later in the summer. The grading system of the Department of Education is followed. H (80-100) C (40-49) A (65-79) D (0-39) B (50-64) Inc. Incomplete, no credit The academic year is divided into periods of six weeks each at which times a deficiency slip is made up for each student with an average below 50% in any course. This deficiency slip is sent to the student ' s home and indicates the restrictions on privileges, athletics, and extra-curricular activities, if any, according to the number of deficiencies. 100 credits are required for passing grade 12. These credits must be complete for admittance to the college sophomore class. College freshmen may carry some high school work in addition to their regular courses. Ministerial and teacher-training stu¬ dents must complete all the courses in the high school and junior college which have been prescribed by Synod ' s Board for Higher Education.