Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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DEDICATION The 1968 “Purgold” is dedicated to Rev. Karl G. Schroeder in recognition of the distinguished career he has made of serving the Loras community. His is a long association with the College. Father Schroeder graduated from Loras in 1930, and returned to join the faculty in 1938, having studied four years at the University of Louvain, Belgium, where he was ordained in 1934. He received a Bachelor’s Degree from Oxford University in 1938 and an Oxon Master’s degree in 1942. He was named chairman of the Department of English in 1955 and this year resigned from that post. Perhaps the most apparent of Father Schroeder’s contributions to this institution is his work with the Loras College Players, the theatre group he has directed for twenty-nine years. The Loras Players is thought to be the oldest amateur theatre group in Iowa; its established reputation, in a major way, is due to Father Schroeder’s effort and imagination, to his sense of theatre and his sincerity of purpose. Certainly as significant is his work as chairman of the Department of English and as a teacher. During thirty years on the faculty he has shared his interests outside as well as within the classroom, for he is an educator, concerned with informing students and helping to shape their lives. In the course of a lifetime devoted to an institution, a man contributes more than hard work toward the improvement of that institution: he also contributes a spirit of sacrifice and service. Father Schroeder has dedicated his life to this institution, and in so doing has paid Loras College a great tribute.

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Loras College “ENTER TO LEARN 1 tTj X ' r - v4 -v. He ml‘If Jr | i 1 : ■ JPf 1 1 ' Kg llm ffl 1 ■ IMI 1 ■ : L .Ik S i ' W. Vk Wa V LEARN TO SERVE” SERVICE AWARD In the interest of recognizing significant contribu¬ tions to the Loras College community, the 1968 “Purgold” has, this year, established the “Purgold” Service Award. Hoping that this award will, like the “Purgold” Spirit Award, become a tradition here at Loras, the 1968 Purgold” Service Award is this year awarded to those members of the clergy who have contributed to the liturgical renewal within the Loras College community. Though the vanguard of the new liturgy, to whom this award goes, has initiated the renewal, all con¬ cerned and dedicated members of the community arc to be congratulated for their part in establishing a more meaningful worship and a fuller understanding of Christianity. With the future hidden, the many strides yet to be made endure as a challenge to all concerned Christians of the community. We were fluttering, wandering, longing creatures a thousand years before the sea and the wind in the forest gave us words. Now how can ice express the ancient of days in us with only the sounds of our yesterdays. Gibran 6