Golden Valley Lutheran College - Reflector Yearbook (Golden Valley, MN)

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1957 volume:

01:? must increase J must decrease. , john 3:30 REFLECTOR NOT WHAT MY HAN DS HAVE DON E Warm-hearted men live in memories. That is the greatest reward they can receive here in time; and surely it must be one of the rewards in eternity. A man walks a nar- row trail in Africa; a woman visits a lonely home in Montana; a nurse bends over to whisper an encouraging word to a fainting heart - and all have a flash of memory of a man who taught them by his example to be kind, to be understanding, to be faithful to Him who taught us all the virtues of a kindly heart. We thank you for the lessons you have taught through the years. The living water of the Word refreshed us when you brought it up from the Spring. The unshake- able power of the RoCk became so firm in our hearts when you showed us the Church our God was building upon it. The crystal-clear meaning of His grace touched our lives so intimately when you gave it to us in under- standable words. We thank you, Dr. Cornitzka, for it all. Our wish to you is the wish of youth to age, may you have many glory-spangled years before God calls you to take the sunset trail into His presence. DR. 0. GORNITZKA FACULTY AND ' ADMINISTRATION . . a workman who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. II TIMOTHY 2:15b Total dependency upon God! We claim not one iota of merit for our salvation. We would be thrown into doubt and despair if we had to rely on our doing for salva- tion because we would never know if we had done enough. This we need not con- cern ourselves with. Christ has obtained salvation for us iHeb. 9:26l. Now as by God's grace you go out, always remember that it will be in proportion to the way that the Word of God is lived through your attitudes, words, and deeds that others will see and hear of this free sal- vation offered to all who will respond in repentance and faith. Godspeed! His promise is sure, iiAnd lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age? iMatt. 28:20l. Pastor Wilson Fagerberg, Deon Pastor Bernt C. Opsal, President I am sure that during the years you have spent in studying Godis Word, God has convinced you many times of the truth in the lines of your class theme, iiNot What my hands have done? As you now leave LBI all of us on the faculty and staff join you in singing from our hearts another line of the same hymn, No strength save that which is divine can bear me safely through? In the measure that you ex- perience the lack of strength and goodness of your own works and look to the divine strength in Christ which God offers you- in that measure will you experience for- giveness and peace. May His peace ac- company you in each task ahead. FACULTY PASTOR ROY R. BLOOMQUIST It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me . . . Gal. 2:20. The pri- mary purpose in coming to LBI is to understand and experience the reality of this vital truth -- 'not I- but Christ.' When this becomes the dominant theme and practice of our lives We may expect to receive the fullness of God's blessing. PASTOR A. S. BERG You have reached one of life's significant milestones - congratulations! God bless each one of you. In the glorious partner- ship of service for Christ may the thought at the heart of your fine class motto ever challenge you. Living in His grace, His hand in yours will keep you strong and loyal. Greetings in Eph. 2:8-10. EDNA CARLSON Dedicated hands are folded in prayer, bringing down the blessing of God upon themselves and others. Dedicated hands hold the Bible and from its pages show others His salvation. Dedicated hands are helpful hands, lifting the burdens of others. None of this is done to gain sal- vation, but because of love for Him who said, It is finished. PASTOR AL BYERS When you look out into the world to which you are going, my friends, it ap- pears that there is one striking character- istic that stands out. Isaiah had put it in words like this: Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter. 59:14. Only one thing would I exhort the graduating class to do. Be honest! Be honest first with yourself. Honesty begins within. Be honest with God. Spiritual peace and life are affected by it. Be honest with every- one. Communal peace and harmony are affected by it. Perhaps you could be so contagious that our nation and the world would be affected. Asking too much? How many are there of you? He was only one, they were only twelve. PASTOR A. W. DICKHART Your searching of the Scriptures at the Lutheran Bible Institute has enabled you to unite with Peter Gn John 6:68-69t in ioyfully confessing to Jesus, Thou host the words of eternal life! God has great blessings for you in future days as you continue to study, build upon, and share the Word of God! Our prayers are with you. DR. 0. GORNITZKA Not what my hands have done - no, not your hands, but His. Those hands were pierced as they were nailed to the cross and with that nailing The bond which stood against you was canceled. That made you free, not to live unto self, but that your hands may be those of a bondslove of Jesus Christ. You are now free to serve the Master with ioy and glodness. DR. JOHN E. GRONLI Not what these hands have done, but we in faith can see The nail-pierced hands of Christ, who won the victory; He bore our sin and shame, as on the cross He died, That we might live to Him and serve the Crucified; He calls you to His work as heralds of His love; He leads through life, through death, unto His home above. PASTOR K. C. GRUNDAHL From our sheltered port at lBl we prayer- fully send you as our fleet of ships. As vessels of the Lord you unfurl your sails to push out upon the tides and waves of the seas of the world. May the God of hope fill you with all ioy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope Rom. 15:13. If you are thus filled, you will be bearers of a cargo desired in every port: ioy, peace, faith and hope. In every land hearts await your coming to offer ioy instead of anguished sorrow; peace in- stead of anxious turmoil; and hope to replace earth's broken dreams. In every port may you be found faithful to deliver. PHILIP G. HANSON It is in the humble and contrite heart that God has promised to dwell. God gives grace to the humble. May the grace, which came through Jesus Christ, keep you aware of your own helplessness, that you may grow in grace and knowledge of Him. PASTOR BERNHARD A. HELLAND A multitude of facts can be learned by the mind but we must enlist also the heart to know the TRUTH. CARLA HOLTERMANN I will therefore desire that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands . . I Tim. 2:8. live each day in the glow of God's neorness. Place one hand in His, and with the other reach out to those who are in need. Make every hour count for eternity. RUTH P. NELSON Look to Jesus Christ, thy Savior, Thou who are God's child and friend,- let thy heart forget Him never, Still thy gaze on Jesus bend. In thy rest and in thy labor look to Him with ev'ry breath, Look to Jesus' life and death. PASTOR A. R. PETERSEN May each one of you then in all humility continue in your class theme throughout life. Not what my hands have done, for by grace l have been saved through faith; and that is not my doing, it is the gift of God - not because of my worlts, lest I in them should boost. On my own behalf I will not boost, except of my weaknesses. Let me who will boast, boast of my lord. SADIE PONWITH Christ our Savior, Christ our lord has shed His precious blood for us and brought us close to the heart of God. Never doubt in the dark the things Hey has told you in the light. PASTOR RUSSELL VIKSTROM Not to us, 0 lord, not to us, but to thy name give glory, for the sake of thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness! Psalm 115:1. This expresses the deepest desire of every growing Christian. We are saved by the grace of Christ alone. We are Christians only through His constant care and keeping. Therefore beware of every impulse to pride and self-glory, and be quick to give glory to God. Not what my hands have done - but I bless the Christ of God! PASTOR ARNOLD STONE For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is'not your own doing, it is the gift of God - not be- cause of works, lest any man should boast Eph. 2:8-9. Thus Paul firmly of- firms that our salvation is not by what our hands have done, but by what His pierced hands did do. Let us ever lay hold on this truth and reioice in it. OLETTA WALD In whatever field of service the Lord leads you, may you continue to experience the icy of discovery as you study God's Word, and may you also help many others to become discoverers of the wonderful truths as you share the Word. WORD BY AIR Miriam Ahlness Elsie Steen PASTOR W. E. KLAWITTER For the earth shall be full of the knowl- edge of the lord, as the waters cover the sea. Isa. 11:9. Radio has definitely become an arm of LBI in assisting the Church in proclaiming the Good News. To enlarge our outreach at home and abroad is our prayer till each remotest WORD BY MAI L heart has heard 'Messiah's name. Melva Rud, Olive Nelson, Vivian Thoreson, Sylvia Skolos Edna Carlson Witnessing with the Word is our latest course, designed to help Christians to learn how to use the Word of God in effective witnessing and souI-winning. Fifteen other courses are also available to individuals and groups. Two of these are free: Salvation Made Plain, a doc- trinal coarse on Salvation and' its results, and life At Its Best, on course on practical Christian living. STAFF Joyce Ekanger - Registrar Alvar Nelson - Business Manager Ray Anderson Director of Public Relations Luther Molberg Stewardship Director OFFICE Doris Johnson, Beffy Shogren, Martha Halsten, Agnes Anderson, Hazel Wil- land, Avis Brekken, Sylvia Rustad. BOOKKEEPING Jeanette Pederson, Edith Bergeson, Gladys Holm, Phyllis Graffuas, Gudrun Hanson, Barbara Larson, Eva Leerhoff. PRINTING AND CIRCULATION Thelma Gartland, Joyce Johnson, Frances Land. BOOKSTORE Anne Peterson, Chris Christensen, Agnes Carlson, Eleanor Whifmyre COOKS CUSTODIANS Anna Marie Oppen, Elvina Walvatne, Marie Nostbak- Dennis Mcsfud, Oscar Ulberg ken, Agnes Scheie, Sophie Ryan. Class Officers: Kursten Hogenson, Vice President; Freddy Mai, President; Pastor Wilson Fagerberg, Adviser; Ellen Enerson, Secretary,- Joyce lund, Treasurer. NOT WHAT MY HANDS HAVE DONE Not what my hands have done Can save my guilty soul; Not what my toiling flesh has home Can make my spirit whole. N at what I feel or do Can give me peace with God; Not all my prayers, and sighs, and tears Can hear my awful load. Thy grace alone, 0 God, To me can pardon speak; Thy power alone, 0 Son of God, Can this sore bondage break. No other work save Thine, No other blood will do; N 0 strength save that which is divine Can hear me safely through. I bless the Christ of God; I rest on love divine; And with unfaltering lip and heart I call this Savior mine. ,T is He that saveth me, And freely pardon gives; I love, because He loveth me; I live, because He lives. GRADUATES llLLlE ASTRUP Grenora, North Dakota For I know the plans I have for you, says the lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jer. 29:11. SALLY CHRISTIANSEN Frederic, Wisconsin Be strong and of good cour- age; be not frightened, neither be dismayed; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Josh. 1:9. MARLYS BAKKEN Mentor, Minnesota But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well. Matt. 6:33. ORRIS EIDE Minneapolis, Minnesota I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist, return to me, for I have redeemed you. Is. 44:22. MARY BENSON Minneapolis, Minnesota 0 taste and see that the lord is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him! Ps. 34:8. lUCILLE ELLEFSON Beloit, Wisconsin God is faithful. I Cor. 1:9. CAROL BERG' Clarkfield, Minnesota I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ Who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Gal. 2:20. ELLEN ENERSON McIntosh, Minnesota For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God. Eph. 2:8. GLORIA ENGLE Harmony, Minnesota But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. I Cor. 15:57. 0 give thanks to the lord, for he is good; for his stead- fast love endures forever! Ps. 106:1. ETHEL GREIBROK Glenville, Minnesota For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jer. 29:11. llThe steadi- fost love of the lord never ceases. Lom. 3:22. KAREN ERICKSON Page, North Dakota Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. Is. 12:2. DARLENE GROVE Adams, North Dakota I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Gal. 2:20. JEAN FINGALSON Detroit Lakes, Minnesota . . . And whatever! you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith. Matt. 21:22. LOUISE HAGEN New London, Minnesota For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God. Eph. 2:8. :ARELL FOSS Hutton, North Dakota The unspirituol man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. I Cor. 2:14. VALERIE HALVERSON Jackson, Minnesota llBut I am not ashamed, Tor I know whom I have believed and I am sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me. 11 Tim. 1:12. I can do all things in him who strengthens me. Phil. 4:13. CORA E. HINES Belview, Minnesota I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer 1 who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life 1 now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Gal. 2:20. EILEEN JOHNSON Hibbing, Minnesota If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free . . So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:31, 32, 36. KARSTEN HOGENSON Mclntosh, Minnesota For i know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. Rom. 7:18. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. HARVEY JACKSON 1 Cor. 15:57. Madrid Iowa That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, be- coming like him in his death. PEARL JACOBSON Phil- 3210- Pennock, Minnesota The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song 1 give thanks to him. Ps. 28:7. EUNICE JOHNSON Newark, Illinois The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall 1 be LOIS KALMOE afraid? Ps. 27:1. Montevideo, Minnesota llTis so sweet to trust in Jesus, iust to take Him at His word. But he said to me, lMy grace is sufficient for you, for my KATHLEEN KlRCHNER power is, made perfect in Rufhfon, Minnesota weakness. ll Cor. 12:9. And he died for G , that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who for their sake died and was raised. 11 Cor. 5:15. DARLENE KLOSTER Minneapolis, Minnesota Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. Is. 12:2. VIRGINIA llNDEMAN Beloit, Wisconsin Have no anxiety about any- thing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which pass- es all understanding,will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:6-7. ESTHER KONSTERLIE Willmar, Minnesota Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Prov. 3:5-6. JOYCE LUND Bemidii, Minnesota I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. Ps. 32:8, 37:5. JEANNE LARSON Balaton, Minnesota He saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteous- ness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of re- generation and renewal in the Holy Spirit. Titue 3:5. FREDDY MAI Hill City, Kansas For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my cov- enant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you. Is. 54:10. Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift. ll Cor. 9:15. LUCILLE LARSON Stanton, Iowa See what love the Father has given us, that we should' be called children of God. I John 3:1a. llMy Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine, for Thee all the follies of sin I resign. MONRAD MANDSAGER Hardy, Iowa It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to -o- thy name, 0 Most High; 0 declare thy steadfast love in the morning, and thy faithful- ness by night. Ps. 92:1-2. ROBERT MILLER Fosston, Minnesota Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.ll Is. 41:10. LllLlAN MOLI. Alexandria, Minnesota And you he made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins. Eph. 2:1. JlM MUNSON Omaha, Nebraska llFor no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. I Cor. 3:11. BERGIT NELSON Bemidii, Minnesota My soul longs, yea, foints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for ioy to the living God. Ps. 84:2. DARLENE NELSON Duluth, Minnesota 0 come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a ioyful noise to the rock of our sal- vation! Ps. 95:1. RUTH NELSON Chicago, Illinois 0 the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unseorchable are his iudgments and how inscrutable his ways! Rom. 11:33. MARLENE NIELSEN Hayward, Wisconsin Look carefully then how you walk. Eph. 5:15. For . . . love is kind. I Cor. 13:4. GLENN PEARSON Minneapolis, Minnesota As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause; who does great things and unsearchoble, mor- velous things without number. Job 5:8-9. 20 FERN RASMUSSEN McIntosh, Minnesota Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is nothing up- on earth that I desire besides thee! My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. Ps. 73:25-26. HELEN SCHADE Fremont, Ohio It is the lord who goes be- fore you, he will be with you, he will not fail you or forsake you; do not fear or be dis- mayed. Deut. 31:8. JOANNE ROTRAMEI. Morris, Minnesota Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it! Lk. 11:28. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Jas. 1:22. EDNA RUSTAN Minneapolis, Minnesota And he died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. ll Cor. 5:15. DORIS SCHADE Fremont, Ohio Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be .afraid. Jn. 14:27. JANET SCHAFER Hazen, North Dakota Serve the Lord with ness! Ps. 100:2. gloclp RUSSELL SMITH Minneapolis, Minnesota Because, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Rom. 10:9. CAROL STEELE Faribault, Minnesota Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble. Ps. 107:2. 21 GRACE STORSLEE Underwood, Minnesota But for be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Gal. LILIJAN STROTE Rockford, Illinois You did not choose me, but 6114- I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. Jn. 15:16. BETTY SWANSON Amery, Wisconsin Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good cour- age; be not frightened, neither be dismayed; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Josh. 1:9. lAVONNE WEEKS Ruthton, Minnesota The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Ps. 27:1. CATHERINE SUOMI The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, m God, my rock, in whom I take refuge! My shield and the horn of my salvation, my strong- hold. Ps. 18:2. RUTH QUAN Brooklyn, New York But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in tri- umph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. II Cor. 2:14. HISA ASAOKA Bridgeport, Connecticut Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Job. 13:15. 22 CHRISTIAN SERVICE I can do all things in him who strengthens me. PHILIPPIANS 4: 13 CALL UPON ME Where fwo or three are gathered in my name there um I in the midst of them. o I Pray to your Father who Is In secret! Call to me . . . I will 'answer. 24 VISITATION Sharing the Word with the ill Sister Kenny Sharing the Word in a home PROGRAMS AND GROUP WORK Gateway Gospel Mission Luther League Panel 25 TEACHING Out of the C lassroom Into.... A Practical Situation INSTITUTIONAL WORK LBI Students Prepare for Loving Service 26 PARISH WORK M en and Women Students Prepare for Church Vocations Individual Training Classroom Preparation SEXTET lorine Moen, Iestad, Janice ROW 1: Dolores Miller, Fern Rasmussen, Bergif Nelson, Joanna Luffio, Marlene Dolby, Ruth P. Nelson- Direcfor, Cherrie Nelson, Ruth Nelson, Ruth Ann Heggen, Hope Brissm-an, Darlene Grove. ROW 2: Berna- dene Dalby, Dorothy Twifon, Pearl Jacobson, Earline Baxter, Renee Grothe, Elaine Birkland, Phyllis Taylor, Rachel Mandsager, Winnie Nordlund, Mary Ellen Johnson. ROW 3: Marilyn Anderson, Marclyn Anderson, Arnold Paulson, John Bergren, Darrell Strand, Kenneth Nelson, David Nysfrom, Edward Ellingson, Catherine Lee, Esther Konsferlie, Sharon Johnson. ROW 4: Selmer Hernes, Ralph Pedersen, Karsten Hogenson, Gordon Magney, Robert Molldrem, David Hulf, Lowell Arneson, Glenn Pearson, Jerry Brown, Douglas Peterson, Gordon Grundahl, Donald Fulfz. TRIO Mary Lou Rudoll, Arlys Femrife, Marlene Kal- Catharine Lee, Phyllis Taylor, Rachel Tollefson, Sarah Dahl. Mandsager. CROSSMEN QUARTET MEN'S QUARTET Donald Fultz, Edward Ellingson, Robert Jacobson, Care Foss, Jim Robert Molldrem, John Bergren. Munson, Robert Jeska. TREBLE QUARTET MALE QUARTET Mary Ellen Johnson, Ruih Nelson, Darrell Strand, Gordon Grundahl, Bergit Nelson, Fern Rasmussen. David Nystrom, Gordon Magney. m om wakw BRASS TRIO YOUTH RALLY BAND Harvey Jackson, Gordon Magney, Rachel Mandsager. Janice Giesler, Winnie Nordlund, Sharon Johnson, Arlys Femrife, Darlene Grove, Karen Kloster, Lillian Moll, Harvey Jackson, Rachel Mandsager, Mary Ann Ausness, Marlene Kallesfcld, Gordon Magney, Pearl Jacobson, Lois Hinderaker. 29 J ORGANIZATIONS Whatever your hand finds to d0, do it with your might- ECCLESIASTES 9:10a CHRISTIAN SERVICE COMMITTEE Philip Hanson -- Director, John Massen, Ethel Greibrok, Beverly Johnson, Audrey Chutes, Eileen Johnson, Dorothy Gunder- son, Monrad Mandsager, Freddy Mai, Agnes Anderson - Secretary. Seated: Juran Holman, Joanne Hansen, Lillian Strote, Marlene Chilson, Ruth Nelson. The students on the committee are the leaders in their respective areas of serv- ice. The committee meets each Monday to report the activities and progress of the various fields of Christian Service. Problems are discussed, suggestions made, and prayers offered; all for the advance of God's Kingdom through LBI Christian Service. Lillian Strote, Philip Bly, Arthur Mai, Ruth uan, Alvin Olsen, Dr. Gronli. This committee plans the mission chapel hour held' every week. Other activities include: selecting a foreign scholarship student to study at LBI, urging students to write to missionaries, receiving and distributing a mission offering each quar- ter, and planning a mission emphasis weekend held during the winter quarter. 31 YOUTH RALLY COMMITTEE ANNUAL STAFF 32 Mr. Alvar Nelson, Ruth Nelson, Pastor Klowitter, Robert Molldrem, Lillie Astrup, Gordon Magney, Lillian Strote, Muriel Roknerud. Herbert Molm and Gerhardt Sauskoius - not pictured. This committee, consisting of ten members chosen from the staff and student body, plans and supervises the bi-monthly youth rallies. The student members direct these three phases of the work: prayer, pub- licity, and ushering. These rallies, attended by hundreds of students and Twin City youth, provide inspiration and Christian fellowship. Editor: Darlene Kloster; Co-Associote Ed- itors: Karen Erickson, Marlene Nielsen; Art Editor: Joyce Lund; Photography Ed- itor: Karsten Hoganson; Business Man- ager: Monrod Mandsoger. A testimony of the past year . . . A book of long remembered memories . . . An interest to others who will in this book learn about LBI . . . These are the wishes of the 1957 annual staff, the graduating students who were elected by their classmates to plan and complete the responsibilities of making this year book fulfill its purpose. STUDENT COUNCI L FALL QUARTER STUDENT COUNCIL Doris Schade, Monrad Mandsager, Dor- othy Gunderson, Esther Konsferlie, Carol Berg, Janet Schafe'r, Harvey Jackson. Seated: Glenn Pearson, Ruth Nelson, Pearl Jacobson, Lou Ellefson, Jim Munson. The Student Council acts as a mediator between the faculty and student body, discussing suggestions and problems rela- tive to school work and group living. In addition to serving as committee chair- men of 'various extra curricular activities, council members are responsible for plan- ning the student recreational and social functions. WINTER QUARTER STUDENT COUNCIL Robert Jacobson, Harvey Jackson, Donna Swanson, Catherine Lee, Carol Berg, Joyce Smith, Dorothy Gunderson, Ellen Enerson, Jim Munson, Daniel Conrad. ROW 2: Pastor K. C. Grundahl - Advisor, Doris Schade, Janet Shafer, Sr. Dorothy Samuelson - Advisor. 33 x xx ACTIVITIES for you are ALL ONE in Christ Jesus. GALATIANS 3:28b But I look up into the face of Jesus, For there my heart can rest, my fears are stilled; And there is ioy, and love, and light for darkness, And perfect peace, and every hope fulfilled. You have memories of Christ, whose face you beheld as you experienced the Tie that binds our hearts in Christian love at Dorm Devotions, Corridor Devotions, and Koinonion Cells; or, as you, together with your roommate, or your proyer-purtner, knelt in prayer. Remember to keep looking to Jesus. . . . And I am sure that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Phil. 1:6 ' Sister Dorothy Samuelson - Dean of Women mauve i t KOINONIANS Beverly Johnson, Joyce Smith, Carol Steele, Lois Mayer. 35 BIG SISTERS BACK: Gloria Engle, Carol Berg, lou Ellefson, Sally Christian- sen. FRONT: Eunice Johnson, Janet Schafer, Marlene Nielsen, Koren Erickson, Eileen Johnson, Darlene Grove, Lillian Strote, Virginia Lindemon, Joyce Lund. Valerie Halverson not pictured. Recognizing that the spiritual welfare of the student is of primary importance, LBI endeavors to provide a wholesome Christian atmosphere in which the spiritual life of the student may be nourished. So it is, out of the suggested times for quietness and study, personal and group devotions, there grows a bond of fellowship that is with the student wherever he goes. There is a tremendous ioy and satisfaction in seeing the power of the Word change the lives and attitudes of young men, as we see them go on to further education, or go back to their homes, business and church with a deepened zeal and zest for the things of the lord. Mr. Herbert Mulm - Dean of Men MEN'S DEVOTIONAL COMMITTEE Lowell Arneson, Glenn Pearson. .- SAN Every rung goes higher, higher. Determination plus. Is it morning already? 4. 90: I'm trying to study! 7 What big eyes you have. 8 Mommy, is that a mum- 9. my? 10 The thinker. 11. Quit bothering me! My heart cries for you. 12. Bach and Beethoven. Heading for New York. 13. Miss Republican. Vocation or occupation? Midnight memories? 4. Return mop to closet, 7. And then he said . . . 10. You in your corner, I in lnterestin readin ? lease. 8. Sfrai hf from Paris. mine. 9 9 P 9 That's where our money 5. Who's got Blondie. 9. And the fish was that 11. Why doesn't he write! goes. 6. You name it - we can't! long. 37 PRAYER AND PRAISE Pastor Sfime - Bible Study Leader Pastor Johnson - Evening Speaker louise Knoke, Harpist Manger Scene Speech Choir 38 1' W UNDERGRADUATES But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. II PETER 3:18a ROW 1: Betty Rosenau, Shirley Stork, Sylvia Olson, Loy Ann Sfenberg, Lyla Peterson, Janet Safher, Mary Schmiesing, Darla Noto, Muriel Roknerud. ROW 2: Mark Stime, Mineyasu Sugifa, Joyce Smith, Winnie Nordlund, Mary Lou Rudoll, Joy Peterson, Jean Ostreim, Eleanor Sanden, Ralph Ohme, Darrell Strand. ROW 3: David Nystrom, RalphPedersen, Paul Ofsdahl, Sterling Nelson, Norman Nielsen, Robert Swain, Rodney Sfueland, Clair Schwalm, Kenneth Nelson. ROW 1: Marilyn Anderson, Arlene DeJong, Mrs. Judith Allen, Velma Engsfrom, Mariorie Decker, Marlene Chilson, Elaine Birkland, Earline Baxter, Hope Brissman, Mary Ann Acsness. ROW 2: Marclyn Anderson, Joyce Espesefh, Leah Rae Deneen, Dorothy Berg, Marlene Dolby, Phyllis Burri, Audrey Chutes, Connie Beck, Bernadene Dolby, Sarah Dahl. ROW 3: Walter Beuman, John Bergren, Daniel Conrad, Leo Astrup, Jerry Brown, Lowell Arneson, Philip Bly, Edward Ellingson, Harold Dale. 40 ROW 1: Esther Jasperson, Clara Jordee, Janice Tollefson, Sharron Larson, Donna Swenson, Ruth Elaine Nelson, Sim Johnson, Helen Turmo. ROW 2: Marlys Danielson, Joanna Lutfio, Carol Johnson, Lois Zuelke, Johanna Swedberg, Carol Underdahl, Jerdeen Thorson, Kathryn Brink, Avis Erickson. ROW 3: Joyce Tow, Shirley Bailey, Beverly Bernard, Nancy Forsberg, Arthur Mai, Roger Bolson, Phyllis Taylor, Carol Williamson. ROW 1: Ruth Quan, Hisa Asaoka, Catherine Suomi, Anna Saf, Ethel Akins, Margaret Skyberg, Solveig Nord. ROW 2: Gunda Hennum, Lois Mayer, Joyce Andrews, Robert Andrews, Alvin Olsen, Edythe Kiellin. 41 I ROW 1: Nancy Hangas, Arlene Gustafson, Ruth Ann Heggen, Alice Hamblock, Ilene Estling, Arlene Forslund, Marie Herrula, Janice Giesler. ROW 2: Renee Grothe, Avis Gordee, Lois Hinderaker, Naudune Heiman, Arlys Femri'le, Mary Ann Forman, Jacqueline Gawfhrop, Joy Hedman, Nancy Hanson. ROW 3: H. Edward Greene, David Halmers, Phillip Feig, Norman Froiland, Elden Egesdul, Gordon Grundahl, Selmer Hernes, Donald Fultz, John Goeres. ROW 1: Donna Hoganson, Marlene Kallesfad, Karen Kloster, Lorine Moen, Mary Ellen Johnson, Lois Muhlum, Arlene Larson, Janice Larson, Mary Miller, Dolores Miller. ROW 2: Joanne Hanson, Dorothy Gruber, Jean Lee, Faith Kuball, Sister Helen Nelson, Marlayne Johnson, Eunice Kvale, Sharon Johnson, Barbara Jacobson, Kathryn Larson. ROW 3: Virgil Holt, Howard Kios, John Massen, Joseph Nelson, Gordon Magney, David Huh, Robert Molldrem, Jerry Johnson, Ralph Johnson, Robert Knufson, Robert Jacobson. 42 m3 ROW 1: Sandra Christiansen, Jeanne Kuliu, Dora Jane Anderson, Kathryn Johnson, Effie Helgeson, Sister Henrietta Anderson. ROW 2: Juran Holman, Rachel Mondsager, Ann Brownlow, Edith Paulson, Corrine Erickson, Catherine Lee, Dorothy Olsson, Dorothy Twifon. ROW 3: Rafael Flores, Edwin Kios, Jeris Tangen, Lloyd Reichsfadt, James Carson, Wallace Lee, Allen Swanson. ROW 1: Mrs. Ethel Skalef, Eleanor Jacobson, Cherrie Nelson, Donna Hansen, Beverly Johnson, Marlys Brekhus, Elaine Mickelsen. ROW 2: Mrs. Pearl Berg, Lorraine Ogen, Dorothy Gunderson, Eileen Rice, Alice Manning, Mrs. Gladys Smith, Mrs. Marie Kneeland. ROW 3: Earlo Boyum, Robert Jeska, Arlo Eidsness, Herbert Anderson, Russel Haag, Clifford Swanson, G. Harvey Paul. 43 ROW 1: John Stephenson, Ernest Ekanger, Eldon Haag, Douglas Peterson, Gerhardt Sauskoius, Arnold Paulson. ROW 2: lowell Berg, David Tollefson, Gerald Gabrielson, Selmer Olson, Ralph Grinder, Sherman Stowe. ROW 3: Philip Skalef, Philip Anderson, Paul Strauser, Magnus Gudmundson, Curtis Nordaune, Harold Hansen, Arlo Kneeland, Richard Stensaas. 44 AFFILIATED SCHOOLS LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Looking at you, students, faculty, and staff of CLBS look eastward and con- gratulate the Minneapolis senior class of 1957. May God richly bless you in your service for Chris? wherever He may send you forth. Maynard Force, Dean SEATTLE, WASHINGTON BlBLE-LOVERS IN THE LAND OF ADVANCE SALUTE EVERY READERll Two mountain ranges and-ZOOO miles cannot destroy the bonds that unite us in a common Savior. When we think of you we thank God and take new courage! Faint not! Fight onl Tomorrow comes with song! On behalf of the students, staff and faculty at Seattle LBI. E. V. Stime, Dean TEANECK, NEW JERSEY At the crossroads of the world THE NEW YORK SCHOOL GREETS YOU We reioice in all our remembrance of you. We know that God has great things in store for those who will be faithful in this Bible-training ministry. Some day He will make all thing: new. His word then will be: You have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much. Matthew 25:21. C. O. Granlund, Dean The Old LOOKING TO JESUS! Buildings are useful but eventually will crumble. Only in Christ do we have eternal values. 79$ Awe The New 46 BOARD Pastor A. K. Vinie; Mr. Alvar L. Nelson, Bus. Mgr.; Pastor Evald J. Conrad,- Pastor Vernon A. Serenius; Mr. J. E. Clifford Johnson; Pastor T. G. Torvik; Mr. Wendell Swanson; Mr. Kenneth Goepfert; Dr. Robert J. Meyer; Pastor Robert P. Hansen; Mr. Harold Midtbo; Mr. Theodore Simon- sen; Pastor Vernon E. Anderson; Pastor Paul Bredow; Mr. Oliver Amdahl, Jr.; Dr. N. O. Brink; Pastor Ariel Molldrem; Pastor Wilson Fagerberg, Deon; Mr. Christian Swenson, Secretory; Pastor Rudolph C. Burke, Vice-Choirmun; Dr. George Aus, Chairman; Pastor Bernt C. Opsal, Pres- ident; Mr. A. B. Strom, Treasurer. Not shown: Dr. N. P. Benson; Pastor l. M. Guclmestod; Pastor Chester Heikkinen; Mr. Donald E. Johnson; Mr. G. Jerome Johnson. It is the function of the Board of Trustees to promote and carry out the aims and purposes of the Lutheran Bible Institute as defined in the Articles of Incorporation. This board, composed of twenty-four members, twelve pastors and twelve loy- men, is the national board for all four schools; in addition, each school has a regional board. ALUMNI Dennis Erickson, Deaconess Hulda Simen- son, Jock Benson, Donovan Lundeen, Louise Nelson. Finally, be strong in the lord and in the strength of his might. Ephesians 6:10. Strong men and women are urgently needed in the Kingdom today - people who are trusting in the power of a great God to overcome the malignant forces of evil. You who have studied the Word of God here have had an excellent oppor- tunity to become strong in faith, in spir- itual knowledge and in equipment for service. , It is true that the food you have eaten in the LBI dining room won't continue to give you physical strength for the weeks, months and years ahead. You will have to keep on eating to be strong in body. The same holds true in the realm of the spirit. You will need to keep on eating the spiritual food of the Word to grow stronger in your spirit. As you now become former students we invite you to unite with us in active spiritual and material support of LBI. Deaconess Hulda E. Simenson ll 47 STUDENT INDEX Gudmundson, Mugnus .............. Gunderson, Mrs. Clara -- Aasness, Mary Ann ................ Bernard, Beverly ...... BirHund, Elaine ....... Bierke, Twilia ........ Bly, Philip ........... Borge, Elizabeth .............. Boyum, Charles ...... Brink, Kathryn Brissman, Hope ....... Christensen, Genevieve ............. Christiansen, Sally ................. 16 Johnson, Ca Christiansen, Sandra ............... 43 Johnson, Chutes, Audre Johnson, Conrad, Daniel -- Johnson, Dahl, Sar h Johnson, Dahlen, Shirley .................... Johnson, Dulby Bernadene -- Johnson, Dolby, Marlene 4. Johnson, Dale, Her I Johnson, Danielson, Marlys ................. 41 Johnson, Davidson, Mildred Jordee, C an: Lee, Wallace Lund, Joyce LuHio, Joanna Madden, Alta Reed ..... Moen, Lorine ...................... 42 48 Mo , Lillian ....................... 20 Molldrem, Robert .................. 42 Mosfad, Dennis --------..---------..- Munson, Jim .............. ---20 Mwanga, Rev. Elirehema ..--- IIIIII Sfensuas, Richard .................. 44 John 44 Stieler, MSully ...................... Sf'm hm Mar Zuelke, lois -4-----4--44----4---4:-41 1+er .4me ?wu.