Concordia College - Concordian Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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Mumble fteginnmgs... r -yj S Bir- . - : . . . Lon-i iii the planning, hard in llic getting, but wonderful in the having . . . The new huilding, begun with a ground-breaking eeremony in Septem- ber, 50, will be ready for use in Septem- ber, ' 51. We of 1951 saw its beginning and growth, experienced the burning desire to do something for our Alma Mater . . . placed ourselves heart and soul into a campaign for a bigger, great- er Concordia . . . wistfully considered how we would never, as students, share in its advantages . . 74 Science - oLib (Jjuildincf rar ¥ . . . Rev. Stammel and Mr. Schur- niann - pastor and layman - work- ing together for the Greater Con- cordia Fund . . . with board-meet- ings, pastoral conferences, publi- city work, mimeographing . . . . with hours of mental labor . . . and a third-floor room in Sicker alter a long day ' s campaigning . . . Wsps oj bulldozers, trucks, steam-shovels, cutting machines . . hammering . . -The Hole . . with its by- standing construction engineers, surveyors, and watchmen with Bio books and portable radios . . speeches and a brnquet about all this . . contests . . The building ' s slow but steady growth . . a feeling oj pride . . .

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73 Md Qiw Zkee Peace.. ' ( There was the Chapel . . . with ever an under- stood Welcome . . . where for some twenty min- utes of each day we turned our hearts and minds to Wlevotion and prayer. Our profs were our pastors, well-versed in the knowledge and the preaching of the principles which we came to cherish so greatly ] . . . Then in our last semester, Sieker Hall pro- luced some fledgling ministers, who delivered short 1 sermonettes that had taken hours of conscientious.| preparation and research . . . The Chapel . where strength of faith and belief was granted . nurtured . . . restored . . . where a wooden tree came to have a meaning that was all-embracing, all-important, all-transcending . . . where we were ' nourished in the knowledge of our being members j - - . branches ... of a most priceless body and] ! i

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l Uorh, J rcLuer y J erSeverance 75 PASTOR HALTER OCTOBER ' 50 . . . For long years only a dream . . . Then, almost single-handed, and in the space of a short year, the same dream was built into something real . . . From an undersized, crowded ' Community Chapel - through prayer, steadfast- ness, and hard work - a spiritual and architectural monument — The Village Church . . . hy Pastor Halter, who came over and had lunch with us occasionally . . . whom we admired for his sincerity, and capacity for doing ;ood things well . . . MARCH ' 51 Jke Ulllc ciae 9 ' (church . . . Trips to Welfare Island . . Mt. Lion . . Sunday morn hip services . . Communion . . new organ . . good soloists Quiet, peaceful moments of prayer before weekday Lenten services, with phrases remembered like, Jesus wept for you , An eternal, undying love , --peace I give unto you. I love that passeth all understanding. :