Midland University - Warrior Yearbook (Fremont, NE)

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History, Progress, Hall of f ame rillcit l I!. Mlirrt Quelle Midland College came inlo existence as a child of lie dawn of Christian education in the middle west. Like all I lie older colleges and uniycrsilies in this eounlry. and the in:»j«iiil ol the younger colleges, die institution owes il existence Io I lie Church. In fact, it is the child of the Lutheran Church east and wesl. I hr idea to establish this “western college was conceived in the realization that it was necessary io create a Christian institution of higher learning. It was evident that such a school would promote the social and political, moral and spiritual, as well as the economic welfare of the great con stituency of the Lutheran pioneers on the plains west o! the Mississippi river. The first sentiment expressing this vision of a denomina- tional school was promulgated in the form of a petition for a Board of Education. This hotly, after its appointment and organization, created Midland College. A copx of this petition appears in the proceedings of the thirty-second com cut ion f the Ceneral Synod of the Lutheran Church in the I nited States, which convened in .ion's Lutheran Church at Harrisburg. Pennsylvania. May 27 to June 2. loB . This church is still active and could he visited today in case one might chance to he in the city of Harrisburg. I he petition reads as folloxxs: “W HEREAS. More sys- tem and efficiency are needed to advance our educational in- Icrests, especially in the west, northwest and southwest: therefore, we. the representatives of the Illinois. Iowa. Kan- sas and Nebraska synods, in accordance with the instruc- tions given us. memorali e this body for the creation of a Ceneral Synod Board of Education. On motion, this petition was referred I a committee. It consisted oi the chairmen ol delegations from tin afore- mentioned sxnods. whose report is here in part reproduced: I Ii ri this Board secure for the Ceneral Svnod any lands whicli may he donated for educational purposes, provideri M ••nlimiril mi I'age One llnmlirtl Si

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I i». IIOiJACK K. l. im. . l i i sident . I». Mi'll.iimI ( 1895: 15. I).. Wi'olnn riic«i|it“ira! Si iniiiiiiv. 1905: M. A.. I iiivrr il of Iowa. I9H; I’ll. I)., iliiil. 1918; l . I).. Mi'll.iml Mil.-».-. 1924. I’loidfiil Simr 1925.