Concordia College - Spire / Concordian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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coT-d i a. n. ' ' i:i ' {j President Martin H. Luecke, A. B. President Martin Luecke was born January 22, 1859, in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree at Concordia College in Fort Wayne. Indiana. Presi- dent Luecke attended Concordia Seminary at St. Louis from where he was graduated in 1881. He served as pastor at Beth- alto, then at Troy, and finally at Springfield. Illinois, where he founded the Springfield Hospital and Training .School in 1897. In 1903 he entered a field of greater service to the Lord as President of Concordia College, whicli position he held until the Lord saw fit to call His worthy servant to his reward on April 13. 1926. Due to the fact that the CoNCORDUN was already in the hands of the printer at the time of President l.uecke ' s death, it was impossible to give a more complete biography. m 21

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n. Forzvard, March! Forward . march ! These words roused your spirits and quickened your steps soon after your arrival in Fort Wayne six years ago. Since then, you have heard them, not once, but a thousand times. This repetition, instead of diminishing- their effect, only served to stamp them indelibly upon } ' our minds and to communicate to you something of their spirit. In time, they came to .symbolize that energy and decision which resolutely faces difficult tasks and presses forward to success. Thus they proved a driving power of no mean force in your studies and in the various activities incident to college life. At times, no doubt, this driving power was exhausting to the unwilling flesh ; but the series of victories to which, with the blessing of God, it led obliterated the memory of toil and left in its place the pleasurable feeling of .success. These triumphs and the satisfaction which thev brought were not, it is true, always complete. Frecjuently indeed thev were, like ever} ' thing mortal, very imperfect. But you had imbibed the spirit of FoncarJ. march I and onward vou went with heightened determination to do better in the future. c The time of graduation is now at hand. Before leaving, you pause to cast an ap- praising look backward. Does this bring you unmingled joy? Probably not. True, you have the satisfaction of knowing that vou did not go down in defeat. Vou have finished the task you set yourselves ; }-ou have completed the course. But }-ou realize that there is a great gap between your ideals and your actual achievement. None will chide you if in this situation you are disposed to find comfort in the thought expressed b - Browning in his Saul: ' tis not what man Docs which exalts him, hut what man Would do. O ' J whf i Do not, h(.)wever, let this consoling thought keep ou from learning the lesson which unfulfilled aspirations are to teach. After readjusting your ideals, go forward with renewed purpose Face the tasks and difficulties of the coming vears with valiant heart. Endeavor to catch the spirit which pervades the following lines of Rabbi Btii Ezra: Then, welcome each rehnff That tnrns earth ' s smoothness i-on,qli. Each stinjr that bids nor sit nor stand hnt a-o! r!e onr joys three-parts pain! Strive, and hold chea|i tlie strain; Learn, nor acconnt the pan.?; dare, never grudge the throe! furel} ' . if there is a purpose in life calculated tO ' spur young men on, it is the one which you have chiisen. To render glorious service in the Lord ' s kingdom is to be yiiur privilege. Therefore. Fnr ' icarJ . inanh ! in m m