Concordia Preparatory - Concordian Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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Humble I6'c'gi14l1 kg ,.. 74 ,A ,i 1, fair iIHiltiI.ilqiIH,, T ,va Sf ,SWE 'T U i' I' D i M '?ijjf:e,-f:zZ. H . . . Long in the planning, hard in the getting, but wonderful in tht- having . . . The new building, begun with a ground-breaking ceremony in Septem- ber, 50, will be ready for use in Septem- ber, '5l. 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- vr Concordia . . . wistfully considered how we would never, as students, sharp in its advantages . . . . . . Rev. Stannncl and Mr. Schur mann - pastor and layman - work ing together for the Greater Con- cordia Fund . . . with board-meeb ings, pastoral conferences, publi- city work, lnimeographing .... with hours of mental labor . . . and a third-floor room in Sicker after a long day's, campaigning . . . cience - Jlgrary he , 51, .Llff ,Rl lg . . . noises of bulldozers, trucks. SIUIIIIL-Sll0U0lS, cutting maclunes . . luunmermg . . The Hole . . . with :Is lliy - i' l gy 1 v D 1 smnrling c'onsIr1u'1,ion enguwvrs, surveyors, and wrztclunvn null Bio books and portable radios . . .spree ta uml ll :.'f'lHlllf'l about all this . . contests . . 'flu' building s slon' but .str-ally growth . . ll feeling of przf 4- . .

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73 And 5 116 Uwe Peace. . . fx .x -' 3' .eff l'here 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 devotion 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, Sicker Hall pro- ., ll I. ll, 4' 1' ' Wx, I ' We J H 'll up I duced some fledgling ministers, who delivered short ,V N ,V H serxnonettes that had taken hours of conscientious p pl :li preparation and research . . . The Chapel . . ji where strength of faith and belief was granted . . . , 'Il Q , C 1 il g l I I r l eip! 2 1 ll I 1. nurtured . . . restored . . . where a wooden trc ' came to have a meaning that was all-embracing, J all-important, all-transcending . . . where we were Ml' ' 'nourished in the knowledge of our being members gfg 4 1. . . branches . . . of a most priceless body -1,1-.fj,-,Q if vine . . . ,, 1 of A A ,,, U wr .. N Y -ferr. in , -'f- f M, H f f - , , Rrwalwe is f af-s, 4- ' -a -e M7 1 51 eleeg-xc s ,.,,, , -F - f js, L , .-4- F, f A J sf, sjfl, '4 f 41

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75 L, Rayefy el CfeUQl al'lCe . . . 1 A , K, gr:- .IAQ .gb gow PASTOR HALTER OCTOBER '50 . . . For long yvurs only at Ill'CilIIl . . . 'l'ln-n, almost single-llzimlcil, and in thc spam' of an short year, lhv 5211110 lll'f'illll was built into something rval . . . From un nmlcrsizetl, crowilt-tl Community Cliupm-l A through prayvr, stvuclfast- in-ss, and hartl work -Y - gi spiritual amd ill'CllllPClllI'ill monument - The Village Church . . . hy Pastor Halter, who vzunv over and haul lunch with us orcasionallv . . . whom wo ll4lllllI't'll for his sinccrity. aml capacity for doing E gootl things wcll . . . MARCH '51 i L we U 6lg0 6AllI'C'l . . . s . . lfommunion . . nvu' organ . . good suloisls . , . .- Qiuivt. Iwfwvful nmnwnis of pruyvr lwforv iuwlfrlziy lmrilvrz svrvivz-s. irzllx plirasvs rrflmvrzlwrwl lilrv. 'Ilvsns zwpt for ylllln, A-ln. Mvrnal. undying loL'4 '. --pa-mv' I j.fll'4'lll1fO you. A-I Inu' that puawlli all nmla-rslumling. ...Q