Pacific Lutheran University - Saga Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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PART I Administration Faculty Staff Classes ADM! I TRATI

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ALMA MATER 'Neath lofty Trees and mountains grand A blessed place she firmly stands, Alma Mater, P.L.C.

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Dr. S. C. Eastvold Why Go o College? Not all young people ought to go to college. Some go to college for fun, to take a four-year loaf, to prepare for a lucrative iob, to arrange for marriage, or to get ready for a life of usefulness. An education is a process which begins at the cradle and ends at the grave. Education is life. It is the largest subiect that can engage our attention. Christian education moulds character, produces culture, and imparts knowledge. The difference between no education and an education may be likened unto the difference between the iron ore in the rough state and the steel that goes into the watch- spring. Christian education fits men for the largest, fullest and noblest living. A human being is not pure and right in proportion to the amount of knowledge he possesses. Some of the worst criminals who have been the monsters that have damned society have been found among the best chemists, geologists, or artists. Some of the greatest scientists are found among the Communists of Russia, or among the Nazis of Germany. The great gulf that exists between a Communist in Russia and a Christian in America is the gulf that exists between atheistic Marxism and the Biblical conception of man. Christian education enlarges life, intensifies enioyments, and gives direction to the whole of life. At the top of everything, a Christian education, when rightly accepted, will blend time with eternity. The only knowledge that is of final importance is the knowledge of Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, Who shed His blood on Calvary and rose again for our iustification on Easter morning. May God grant this conception to all those who call Pacific Lutheran College their Alma Mater. -S. C. EASTVOLD. l-4