Concordia Theological Seminary - Springfield Concrordian Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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SPRINGFIELD Co11coRo1AN C ollegium F ratrum. This soc101y is 11110 of 1110 very 111'a01i1:a1 si110s ol' 1110 1,1'2l1'11f'?l1 Sf'1ll1I12ll'.V 111111 a V211ll2l111f' Supple-1110111 1111 its c11111's0 111' s11111i0s. 1ll 1111- weekly 1111-1e1i11gs such 1110ol11g1ea1 s11bj001s are trez11ecl as are of special 11'11Gl'6'S1U or which 1111186111 some 1l1111e111110s to young ilieologians. Sonic evenings are 110v111e1l to 11111 Vllillllllg of an essay, 1'ol1ow01'1 11y a general 111sc11ssion, While other 1110e1i11g's are s01 apart for 1110 C011S111P1'2l1l01l 111' C2l1'G1 1111j' 01111s011 111103110118 on theological p1'0bl0111s. '1'110 s1113101y is 111111Gl' 1110 able s111101'v1sio11 of Prof. E11g0l1l01', During' 13110 six1y-s0v0n years 111! 11s 0Xis10111-0, 1'011Pg'l111ll lfll'2l1l'lll11 has 101l111 l'OL'1 1110 111011113618 invaluable 11'2ll1l1llg for 1l1011' 1'1l1ll1'0 Kfillllllg. 1.11'1'l' 1111- s111110111 11'2ll'1lS 1110 weakness of the ?1l g'll11lCll1S of 1110 I10101'1111oxg his own 1111s1a1c011 1110215 are 21ll'l'l1 an11 00110010113 111s objections 1011110115 his 1111110111111-s s111o111l101l 11111: his 111'111110111s s1111'01l-: 211111 his 111211l,V 111105- tions z111sw01'011. '1'110 11lSC1lSSl1JllN also 2l1:1f0l'1'1 cV0ry 11101111101- 111111110 111JI11l1'lllllll-Y 1'111' l11'i11'1'1I'U 111 ex1,e111po1'a11eous speakiiig. Many 21111111111 gl'2l10'1.l111.X' l'0il1J 1110 l10n0111s 111' 1111s 11111111 11'1l1llx 0x11111'1i11g 111111 C01lVlllCll1g 1110 g'E1ll1S21yGl'S or when 21llS1VPl'1l1g' 1110 11110s11o:1s 111' a ll0l'1D1l'Xl1l1 11a1'is11io1101'. -GEO. R. KLEIN, '26. Philomathean Literary Society. Good 0111 P11llOll1il,fllG2l1l has a P95111 11111'1i11'1se for 1SXlS1lllg', namely, 111 011111112110 tlltx a11ili1y for public speaking. S110 has 1111110 1110 111111051 111 11111111 1l0l' 11111y, 211111 we can safely say, 111211 many boys owe the successful 1101ive1'y of 11lt'll' S0l'1Il0.11S 10 111111 111'actise 1110y 1'000iv011 111 this society. The fiery 1l0ba1es 110111 l101'0 wonlcl alone 1.11'11vc 111111, 111 say 1111111i11g of the GX1Gl11- poraneous speaking 211111 1110 11.lSC11SSlOl1S of topics of 11111 Clily. l'10C'211lSU we are all going 1o be ministers of 1l1e Gospel, 111111 because Go1l has given ns 1110 111111'0r of 511700011 111 nse in 1110 furthering of His Work 1111111 we are 111 llllty 1111111111 1o cultivate 112, we 1121liC an a01ive 1111611581 lll the work carrie1l on by our P11l10l11ElJE1lGE1.11 Ll1'Gl.'k1l'X Soc101y. Since the begiiniing of 1111s school year we have had :1 new '1'21L'111Tj' 11L1V1SP1'. Prof. Wessel, the founder of 1110 soci01y, 111111 11s 1101111 1111- l110l'P 1l1a11 S311 years, has given 11111 leader- ship to Prof. C. J. I'I0ffll12l11l1, 111 o1'1,l01' to devote his 111110 111 1110 P1'11-s0111i11a11'y Club. Con- cord1a,.'1 Prof. Hoffriiann eleliverecl a lecture to 1110 society on, A Few Facts About 1110 Lee and Grant Families in such an appealing l11211'1l1Gl', 11111.11 11 will never be 1f0l g011911 by 1110 au- dience as long as they live. Prof. Hoffnianu has sliown a very QIQRI1' 111101-0s1 in the welfare of Pl1llOl11?lt1'lQ?l1l, and we feel sure this will be our bannei' year. N011 21 few pastors look back to the inany 11e11,g'1111'11l evenings S110111 111 1110 society. Keep np the good work, P1ll101l1Z1f1lG2l1l, long may you flourish. -HARRY SHTLEY, 127. '1 ' gmf 1- 1 pw -1-111-- sw -11- ss--New---1 V wN1111 W11,,,1. 1 11,1..1.1 1 1,-111 1 1. ...11.11.. 1 ,.1..,,1. 1 1 ........ . AXXNXS Njsmszli ...1. 1 ss.1:i..1 .... M. Page N inctgll-Fo'111' . lnlwkq- -.., 1 1 1 1 1