Finlandia University - Yearbook (Hancock, MI)

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S AHTI KARJALA AND OLAF RANKINEAN AT THE FINNISH EV LUTH CHURCH HANCOCK MICHIGAN FEBRUARY 29 1948 I count my lzfe more eeious than myself so that I may consummate my cotwse and the mznistofy of the word zthzch I 'received from the Lord jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God - Acts 90 24 N IMCLQIH! Ilwl ul md' W hull' . .I jntllfdli 'l'fsI3 IJal'f '.u HIGH' ,I .utlllldl of hell? rhlS ml 121 ICS worsh'I and Ei' 111 Ydfl uent ' Home aged al ze ' ' Hg -ll' , f Q , E . 5. ORDINATION CEREMONY OF THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY GRADUATES 7 If .- I PY V D J .L . , 1 . 1, 1, w .IU L, I . 5 I , 4 ?. . -J . The date, June 5, 1906, will always remain a memorable date in theiihistory of Suomi College. It was o-n that date that the first graduates of the Suomi Col- lege Theological Seminary were ordained into the holy ministry. The ordina- H t1011 took place at Hancock, lVl1Ch1g2lI1, and there were five graduates who were to constitute the nucleus of the ministry of the Suomi Synod. The graduates were Alfred I-Iaapanen, Matt Luttinen, Salomon Ilmonen, Peter Keranen and John Waisgelin. The Seminary course proper at.tl1at time was two years in length and was later extended to three years. As the years have passed by, other me-n have received the call from the Lord to preach the gospel of salvation. The numbers have never been great and the thin trickle of graduates has hardly been adequate to meet the demands of the church. However, there were those who did come and certainly the words of St. Paul have signified their purpose: How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? tRomans lO:l2.j I I The Seminary for the l947-48 school year consisted- of eight regular students and three special students. The-seniors were Ahti Karjala of Paynesville, Mich., and Olaf Rankinen of Mass, Michigan. The only middler , or second-year student was lIl1 Lepisto of New Castle Pennsvlx ania The first year students included Wilho Elson De Kalb Ill l-leniy Aukee Iionwood Mich Donald Lehti Hancock Mich Tauno W aivinen Wakefield Mich and Albert Mako lin of Calumet Michigan The special students were Reuben Kauppila Han Page forty two Rig . HlSt01l 9 0 .D 1 i 1 4 - I r . ry r - . - X J - 7 ' 9 ' , . ' L - . . I 1 . s A 4 . . - I J 3 ' J -'- J 9 - 3 ' - ' . . , - . . . . .. . . W C , . . 4 Q , , , - X' 1 J ' 7 ' 7 1 'a C -'- A ,A 1 ' Q , . .- , i i 4. Q i 'A i. T A , , L - 4' I A - il. . S t . .. ,A .ff 4 f1wf,,w1, :nw.a.4-aafnw .-102.11 M + 1.1-1.9.1. 1, - 1 372.4 ' ,fweihgtfbmfi -- 'f-1-rbi-iv. iff-'N' 4' - ' A I - .