Midland University - Warrior Yearbook (Fremont, NE)

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 History, Progress, a of l ame ' t .mimm «l fimn Page Twcnty-fmii I lli.il conditions 'Ii.ill imt Ik accepted so as to compel injti- dicioiis location. In the event l oilers lor ilie establish- incut ol an institution, the consideration of the same shall he re!erred to said Board lor derision. Iu‘ . Mosheim Ultodes. I). I)., ol St. Louis, one ol the men appointed on ilii' Board of Kduealion. was elected as its first executive. Me later served the college in it' lirsl two years as president, pro Jem., and lecturer on Killies. I’iirther developments accrued at the thirty-third conven- tion of the General Sy nod assembled in the old Koimi e Memorial Glturch. then situated on the northeast corner oi Sixteenth and I'arnain streets, in Omaha. Nebraska. June I Io I I. 155J57. I his location is a landmark in the histon of Midland College. Here, the General S nod decided to es- tablish a college in the west. At this time, also, the same body assigned to the Board of I'.diicalion its first specific duty, namely, the founding and sustaining of the future western college. Propositions to the board for tin location of a college had been presented In nine different cities and towns in Kansas and Nebraska. Two ol them were regarded espe- cially worthy of note, namely. Mehisun. Kansas, and Bea- trice. Nebraska. The former was the city chosen as the location of the new college. The name selected for the institution was that which it now heals. Midland College. I lie school opened in the tall d Id! 57 with seventeen students enrolled in the collegiate department. flic first building to be occupied was the lchison Institute building, owned and formerly used by Harriet Larharl Monroe, an ardent Lutheran, who had up to that time conducted an academy. faculty of nine members was selected. Bev. Mosheim Khodes. I). I)., who contributed definite policies to the college, was president pro tern. Prof. W. II. Wynn. Ph. I)., from whom the Wynn Literary Society gels its name, and who suggested the name Kalophi onean for the other liler.tr society, was dean and professor of Ancient and It !onliuiii-d on Pu' e Inr 11kii.Ii•-«! IWenlv lout i

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 y V t ic .. tm: Warrior rm “ § Student Volunteer Conference The annual convention of I he Nebraska Student Volunteer war held at the Salem Lutheran Church. February II. 12 and 1.». Thi is the second time, since Midland moved to Nebraska, that he has entertained this state roup. One hundred and forl delegate from the colleges and universities ol the tate attended the conference. Among these were students and mi ionarie from foreign countries. Outstanding speakers pre. enled ehallenging thoughts to an appreciative group. I)r. Alexander Paul, traveling missionary secretary, spoke on “Conditions in China. I)r. Kdwin M. Thomas, ol the Lutheran Mission Board, explained “The Relating of the Student to hi Mission Board. Other speakers were Rev. II. J. Harwood and Rev. A. Schwerdtfeger ol India. Miss Miriam Goodwin of Korea, and Rev. Frank T. Meacham and Mrs. K. . Finery of Africa. One of the. features of the conference was “Ordered South. a missionary play, presented by the Midland Players. The convention was one of the best attended and most successful that has ever been held. It helped to strengthen the purpose of the Volunteer and influenced others to dedicate their lives to foreign mission service. International L. S. A. A. Conference I he international conference of tin Lutheran Student Association of Vmerica convened in the grand Luther Memorial Cathedral at Madison. W isconsin. December thirtieth to January second. Students from colleges and universities «»1 the I nited States, China, India. Japan, Finland and Canada were in attendance. Midland was well represented by seven delegates: Dr. Martin. Philip Bei.— wanger. Albert Quelle. Pauline Prestegaard, Herbert Dichsen. Lindsay Search and Wilt rude Meeker. 'Phis second largest delegation at the conference, selected by the campus Christian organizations, was made possible through tudent and faculty contributions to the Student Chest Fund. Challenging subjects were presented by experienced and noted Lutherans. Dr. G. A. Braudelle. president of the Augustana Synod, gave an address on. What i the Church and What l it For. Dr. J. A. More head, president of the National Lutheran Council, presented. “The Opportunities and Obligations of the Lutheran Church in America. Rev. William Horn, student pastor at Cornell I niversity. Ithaca. New York, spoke on “The Problems and Opportunities of Lutheran Stu- dents.’ “The Nature and Functions of the Lutheran Student Association was ex- plained by Arthur Johnson, recent president of the organization. Special phases of Christian work also were presented h Prof. IL B. Vlanikam. tudent from India, and Rev. Ambrose Hering. executive of the Minnesota Inner Mission Society. The delegates brought to the college students in chapel talk , portions of the inspiring messages considered at the conference. It was a council which will long be remembered because of the manifested earnest desire to understand more fully true Christian living, and for the fine spirit of a firm faith in the Son « 1 God Himself as well as in Hi teachings.

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