Luther College - Pioneer Yearbook (Decorah, IA)

Page 17 text:

No sooner had Old Main been destroyed by fire K- 1-.ifiqxk ,mm sm 9 it V , 9 f on that unhappy day May 31, 1942, than amidst the Q35 9 rui11s rose the watchword, RESURGAM C I shall rise agaiuj. Fond were the memories that clustered about Old -s , .tif Q lft an f I Maing but mingled with thoughts of the past, were thoughts of the future. It would take no small sum to rebuild Old Main according to modern require- ments. And how could so large a. sum be raised in the midst of tl1e greatest war ' sw that our country has ever waged and in which so many friends and former students of the Col- lege were, a11d in increasing numbers would, actively be en- gaged? . . .,.. Soon the cheering news jflldilnz w N Z N f x I X ywgxfadx gfx, E X055 aft gm ll sf gg 41,3 1 E we 'Xl W I spread abroad, however, that leaders in the Church were in new Main Buildingg and, to the joy of all the friends of Luther, the biennial convention of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America. which was held shortly after the fire. decided that a new Main should be built and that the ingathering of the necessary funds should be conducted under the direction of Dr. A. J. Bergsaker, stewardship secretary of the Church. Thus far, the ingathering has been ex- tremely gratifyingg and. many friends and former students of the College are still to be contacted, the ingathering will con- tinue. The erection of the building will not begin until after the war, for the win- ning of the war must have precedence over all civilian projects. But an ade- quate fire-proof Main Building at Luther College is not only a possibilityg it is prac- tically assured. SOLI DEO GLORIA. Oscim L. OLsoN 11 lfev . fll-AEI ILWH 1 I W M FN, s L15 favor of taking immediate ae- tion looking to tl1e erection of a ui Sfmt , ' x L '--A E fi

Page 16 text:

INSIDE VIEW OE KOREN LIBRARY LIU'I'IIER'S OWN PIONEER VILLAGE I-Iomes, schoolhouse, and miII of earIy Norwegian Americans C. K. PREUS GYMNASIUM AT NIGHT 10

Page 18 text:

QR C0 4 xMAN57' I 'If 7 Y' V' OQKA XO Q Qt 44 vs -Q D Em m m 5 5' O 5 VVIIGIL Luther College pledged itself fully to the survive of our country at war, one of the first results was a rapicl depletion of the ranks of faculty mem.- bers. The loss eafme tn q-uant'ity and not quality, however, for the sp-lrtt of the Luther faculty remains the same. The professors are leaders, not eommancl-ers, eounsellors, not fl2ll'IlfLf07 S, friends, not rulers. They are not mere instructors 'versed 'ln the booh knewleclge of sllnclry fieldsg they are men and women who, meeting you between classes, smile, greet you by name, ancl rentenlber your spe- eta-l interests. They are the stnclentfs precursors ancl his nzoflels 'when he too takes up his part of leaclershflp among his fellow students here and among his fellow citizens later. lVe clojf our hats to you, Fac ulty, for n1.a.inta'ining the friendly Christian S171-7 'I'f of Luther Col- lege through these trying Clays.