Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Opening with the Convocation on January 20, 1946, Elmhurst College launched its Diamond Jubilee celebration in recognition of its seventy-five years of service and in the hope of making increasingly effective its work as a Christian college. Dr. L. W. Goebel, president of the Evangelical and Reformed Church, ad- dressed the convocation on The Unique Contribution of the Christian College. In order to facilitate appropriate celebration of the Diamond Jubilee Year, an executive committee has been appointed under the chairmanship of Mr. L. M. Hammerschmidt of South Bend, Indiana. He and the co-chair- man, Mr. Anton C. Negri, working in conjunc- tion with President Timothy Lehmann, Dr. V. V. Hackley, field representative of Elm- hurst College, and Mr. Theodore Krohne, executive secretary of the Committee, are now making preparation for special events scheduled later in 1946 and 1947. In addition, eight sub- committees have been appointed and are carrying out the many details of the celebra- tion. Realizing its increasing responsibility and necessary growth as a Christian college, the Diamond Jubilee Committee accepted this anniversary year as a challenge and has dedicated Elmhurst College to even greater usefulness in a 2 2 million dollar project to support its program. This aid is to come from over 3000 Evangelical and Reformed Churches throughout the nation. The first $600,000 of the fund has already been designated for the building of new dormitories, now needed with the ever- increasing enrollment. Other plans include: an adequate endowment, an enlarged faculty, a larger chapel and auditorium, a science hall, a new power plant, a student union building, an addition to the [library, and the comple- tion of the gymnasium. Invitations have been sent out to all Evan- gelical and Reformed Churches to welcome friends of the college to the special observances as they are presented throughout the year. The next event is scheduled for June 2, when a Baccalaureate Service at St. Peter ' s Church will be conducted with Dr. Herman J. Schick, former president of Elmhurst College, as speaker. A special campus festival in the afternoon will bring Arthur C. Lueder to address the gathering. A pageant and musical is planned for the evening. The Diamond Jubilee Commencement on June 7 will also be an occasion for the awarding of honorary degrees; Chairman L. M. Hammerschmidt will be the speaker. The Diamond Jubilee Conference of the women of the Church under the auspices of the Women ' s Guild of North Illinois Synod will be held simultaneously with the Confer- ence and Outing for Evangelical and Reformed pastors and their families at Elmhurst July 31 and August 1-2. An Institute on Religion and the Liberal Arts is scheduled for October, to be led by Dr. Rheinhold Niebuhr, Professor of Christian Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. The gala Jubilee Homecoming on October 25 and 26 will bring many reunions. The Jubilee Anniversary Banquet of Recog- nition in November this year will be held in Chicago and the year of activity will close with the Diamond Jubilee Praise Service and Festival in December. Diamond Jubilee events of 1947 will be announced at a later date. IS

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Upper Left: L. M. Hammerschmidt, Diamond Jubilee Committee Chairman. Upper Right: Erwin J. Goebel, Jubilee Committee Treasurer. Lower Left: Dr. L. W. Goebel, Speaker at Jubilee Convocation. Lower Right: Rev. E. H. Plassman, President of Northern Illinois Synod.

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' Where the elms in stately glory Spreading branches raise, ...