Grand View University - Viking Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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I DEAN ALFRED C. NIELSEN History and Sociology HARRY c. JENSEN KAREN MADSEN Business Secretary, Economics Secretary -14- W

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have hardly had time to catch our breath. But a reason is no excuse and certainly no cure. The swift change of life has ruined many homes and we may as well admit it. But there is another part to the answer. This is that we have not been alert to recognize the necessary elements of change so that we can incorporate them into our own situation and by doing this maintain the elements that should not be changed. Too many parents have ruined their chances at maintaining a home for their children as they grow up by failing to adjust themselves and the home to the inevitable changes in society. Stubbornness can be a foe to preservation as well as to progress. Much the same can be said of our churches. In many instances the core of church life has been lost, because an uncritical attitude toward changes has led to a destructive torrent of change. In other instances churches have lost their living and vital character and have become static and ossified institutions, because they have failed to see the changes that were inevitable and have failed to adjust themselves to this. Let us think also for a moment of our college. In many ways we have had to face the problem of change. Almost like an avalanche the change swept over us at the end of the war. We had done much planning, but we were compelled to do many things over and beyond our planning, simply because they were practically necessary. We have tried to keep our heads, but we have lost some features of our college life which we are sorry to see go. Now don't get me wrong! I am not indicating a regret at the new deal for our college. To me it has been a fine inspiration not only to see how our numbers have increased but how valuable possibilities have come that were out of the question before. But there are things that inevitably would be lost in so sudden a change. If on the other hand, we had chosen to resist the changes and deliberately tried to maintain a pre-war status quo, I arn confident that we would not only have lost a splendid opportunity but we would have placed in grave jeopardy that which we would have tried to preserve. We are now taking stock, consolidating, remedying and strengthen- ing. We are also planning new expansion-not for the purpose of in- creasing our numbers but for the purpose of doing a better job for what We have. It is our earnest hope that the Grand View College of the future may reflect a judicial balance of change and preservation. Change may mean decay, if there are no vital forces to resist it or to direct it. Change and decay in all around I seeg O Thou who changest not, abide with me. J. KNUDSEN. ..13- Al

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A. C. AMMENTORP English CLEO K. GOULD English PETER JORGENSEN Psychology, Econom- ics and Political Science RUTH M. THORUP History and Sociology X HARALD KNUDSEN Physical Education and Athletics A. E. FARSTRUP Bible, Christian Education and Service -15-