Concordia University Chicago - Pillars Yearbook (River Forest, IL)

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meal' gl'G,6!llaf25! Ever since his TirsT appearance in The wilderness, Jolhn had been recognized as a greaT Teacher. Jerusalem and all Ju- daea had Tlocked ouT To hear him. Pub- licans, sTruck by his message, had submiT- Ted T'o his bapTism. Rough soldiers had repenTed. A guilTy king had Trembled aT ihis rebuke. lvlen had even mused in Their hearTs oT John wheTher he mighT be The ChrisT. YeT in his own esTimaTi-on, Ihe was noT even worThy To unloose The Sa- vi'or's shoes! l-le was The humblesT oT men, conTenT To be only a voice cryi.ng in The wilderness, poinTing To ChrisT as Tihe Lamb oT God, which TakeTh away The sin oT Tlhe world. Gladly he lived each new day according To his Tixed ambiTio.n, l-le musT increase, buT l musT decrease. YeT oT This mosT selT-eTTacing servanT Jesus said, Among Them ThaT are born oT He mmf? increfzfe, but I mmf rlecrezzxeu JOHN 3:30 women There haTh n'oT arisen a greaTer Tahan John The BapTisTl lMaTThew ll: Ill. l-le m-usT increase. bu+ I musT de- creasef' l-lave John's words sTruck a re- sponsive chord in your hearT? Money. in- Tluence. personal advanTage, all ThaT would make you big i.n The eyes oT your conTemporaries-can you Torego all These wiThouT a pang oT regreT, if only you may Tind grace To Teach The love -oT ChrisT and make l-lim increase in Tlhe hearTs oT your children? You can, if you have some oT The heroic spiriT oT John and some oT his deep consecraTion To his Savior. May The Lord bless each member oT The Class 'oT I95O wiTh Thar sincere TaiTh and love which shows iTselT in humble ser- vice To your Savior, and each oT you, in The measure in which you decrease, will become Truly greaT in l-lis kingdom. Sincerely, ArThur Klinck. Seven

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g7il!'9i'!'QNl'lil!wuww!l'Q'7i'Q'7iiiQl'f!ww2wuwE Q - 3 - Q - Q Q Q Q Q Q Q - Q 1 Q 4 - Q Z Q , 3 - 4 p Q Q Q Z 0 Q .. Q 5 Q 3 fxlxlxfvvxlxzu Q Q EiI5IiiI1IiiIlIinliuilliiiliiiifiiiihiill1iiilliiiliiiiluiihaiilii Six The publicafion of This book marks The end of The I9-49-50 school year. Again we Take leave of friends which have been wifh us for a small porfion of our lives and wish Them Gods blessings in The years To come. Togefher we have pondered over The many problems which have faced us in school life, and Togefher we have shared The joys which were manifold. As we look back aT The pasT nine monfhs, we musT agree ThaT They have been pleasanf, and ThaT we have been privileged To see many progressive changes Take place, bofh in our lives, and on The campus ifself. All of our lives have changed, in a greafer or lesser degree. For some of The fellows, This has marked The year in which They firsT sTarTed shaving. and for some of The girls, This was The year They wenT on Their firsf diefs. Viewpoinfs, Too, have changed. We have seen some of our friends decide againsT The Teaching profession, buf we have seen more of Them decide Thaf service in 'Gods kingdom is, affer all. Their ulTimaTe goal. On The campus, we have seen greaf changes. The new offices are probably The mosT sfriking examples of The progressiveness which is everywhere evidenf. We now have a cerifralized adminisTraTion which makes for greafer uTiliTy. And The remodelled classrooms, wifh The necessary eguipmenf needed for efficienT operaTion, are a blessing for which sTudenT and professor alike are Thankful. Possibly The mosT Talked-abouT spoT on The campus during The pasT year has been The new library. The efficiency of The new sfone building surpasses by Tar ThaT of The few rooms which The library formerly occupied. The greaTesT mark of progress for Concordia in many years was iTs accred- iTaTion by The Norfh Cenfral Associafion. This accrediTaTion is sornefhing for which we are all Thankful. lf will mean a greaf deal, noT only for The school, buf also for fufure graduaTes. Taking all inTo considerafion, The school year of l949-50 has been an exfremely fruifful -one for The Concordia family. We Thank God for all of These blessings and pray Thaf They will all work Togefher for The good of l-lis kingdom.

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0l 8lfU0l Sa Eight This volume of The Pillars is meanl 'ro serve as maierial for reminiscing, for alumni, graduales, srudenis and faculry li has been lhe goal of Jrhe siaici 'ro represenl all iacels of life a+ Concordia lhrough words and picrures May lhe 49-50 Pillars provide many hours of pleasure for all. Prof. Siegberr W. Richard Beecher William Doering Alura Grewe Roland l-labanelq Clharles Laalos Melvin Roiermund Richard Schedler Rulh Slevenson Becker