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

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OUR PRESIDENT SPEAKS.. BE FAITHFUL TO YOUR FAITHFUL GOD Everybody wanTs To be a somebody. Nobody wanTs To be a nobody. Whefh- er we like To admiT iT or noT, we do pay aTTenTion To whaT people Think oT us. ST. Paul was concerned abouT whaT people ThoughT oT him, when he said: LeT a man so accounT oT us, as oT The minisTers oT ChrisT, and sTewards oT The mysTeries oT God. Moreover iT is required in sTewards. Thar a man be Tound TaiThTul. - l. CorinThians 4: l. 2, ST. Paul wanTed To be, and To be known as a TaiThTul servanT and sTew- ard. This was The highesl' complimenT he could be paid. This is The noblesT praise you can ever receive. The Russian direcTor STanislavsky gave This sound advice To a group oT acTors: There are no small parTs1 There are only small acTors. ln The play, Green PasTures, Noah says To The Lord: I ain'T very much, buT l'm all l goT. Dear graduaTe, you're all you goT. Give all you've goT by TirsT giving your- selT unreservedly To The Tasks which your TaiThTul Lord lays upon you as His ser- vanT and l-lis sTeward. ln The drama oT your liTe, acTed ouT in The shadow oT The Cross, remember ThaT There are no small parTs. Each parT you play is imporTanT To The head oT The Church, Who has called you To TaiThTul service. Your Triend in ChrisT, affcfe lvl. l.. Koehneke PresidenT 5

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Mrs. Laura Maclcensen DEDICATION .. CreaTing a home away Trom home -This has been your job, Dean Maclcensen, since your coming To Concordia in The summer oT I944. A iob Taci- liTaTed by The ChrisTian aTmosphere exisTing aT Concordia, which aTmosphere you so graciously reTlecTed To your girls as To cause Them To shine brighTly, boTh aT The college and in The surrounding communiTy. Yes, lvlrs. Mac, as l-lead Supervisor and advisor To a segmenT oT Concodia's populaTion which has grown To maioriTy proporTions, you have, in your own way, proved a pillar To The growTh of This 4 insTiTuTion. A growTh which has seen The exodus oT The women Trom whaT is now Kohn l'lall, across To Lindemann, and Tinally overTlowing inTo our long-awaiTed Mary-MarTha I-Tall. A remarkable siTuaTion which has caused you To view our Con- cordia as 'ia liTTle universiTy wiTh a very healThy growTh. IT is ThereTore wiTh graTeTul hearTs ThaT we dedicaTe This book, aTTempTing To recreaTe liTe here aT Concordia, To you Tor your imporTanT role in molding This liTe.

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