Concordia University - Portland Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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a ii w mm The love of the graduates for their old school - whether these graduates be pastors or teachers or laymen - is always a cherished token to an educational institution Name a school whose alumni have become lukewarm; there you have named a school that has c ceased to function Some time ago one of Concordia 1 s teachers had the privilege of preaching to a congre- gation whose roster is sprinkled with the names of former Concordia students He can still feel those handshakes; those little chats were pleasure un- alloyed It seemed as if the one or the other meant to say, ”1 know, I must have been a pain in the neck for you How I mangled some of those lines in Ovid l” And it may well be that the alumnus understood v hat the teacher felt, n Yes, I must have been a pain in the neck for you too, old boy That man Ovid does have an unearthly number of new vocables tf Despite much that he may have forgotten, he was now an ener- getic member of his congregation, and that hearty handshake attested to the fact that he still loved Concordia And that matters much A reliable record of the present homes of all the A lumni is not available The following are at present serving as pastors or teachers in this District: Oregon : Pastors and professors: E H. Becker, R C Fenning, H Gieseke, F E Janssen, W B Maier, C F. Nitz, G. Reule, F. Riess, A A. Schmidt, J C R Schmidt, M Stuebe, W. Sylwester, C Wildermuth t Teachers: E. Dobberfuhl, W. Mohr Washington ; Pastors: E. Buettner, A Lautenschlager, J P Maier, 0 H. Moeller, R. C. Muhly, R. W Rimbach, J. Westendorf, L. Wester- •kamp, 0 Winterstein Teachers: K Sylwester, A. Zehe Waho: Pastors: H A. Kahle, E. F. Muhly, G. E. Nitz H C. Schulze. Teacher: G Westerkamp