| Summary: | VOLUME XVIE C0N0ORDIA COLLEGE, MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA, APRIL 6, 1927. NUMBER 12. North Central Association Recognizes Concordia ACCREDITATION DRAWS MUCH ATTENTION COLLEGE RECEIVES CONGRATULATIONS The accreditation of Concordia Col-lege in the North Central Association of Colleges has met with a hearty welcome by educational authorities and others in the northwest. This is evidenced by the number of letters received, expressing congratulations which shows the general concern for the interest and welfare of Concor-dia. The following are some of the letters received: St. Paul, Minn., March 31, '27. Permit me, through the columns of The Concordian, to congratulate your institution, the students and faculty, on the recognition which you have re-ceived through accreditation by the North Central Association of Col-leges. I am sure that the many thousands of friends of Concordia College throughout Minnesota will hear with gratification the news that this institution is now in the accred-ited list. „ I wish you the continued success and steady growth which I am sure Concordia College so thoroughly de-serves. Very truly yours, THEODORE CHRISTIANSON, Governor of Minnesota. v . Minneapolis, Minn, March 17, '27. Just received your telegram an-nouncing the acceptance of Concordia College in the North Central Asso-ciation. Permit me to send my congratula-tions to you and the college. I re-joice with you in your good fortune so richly deserved. Yours sincerely, J. A. AASGAARD, President the Norw. Luth. Church of America. MX- : Northfield, Minn., March 28, '27. We at St. Olaf congratulate Con-cordia College on being accepted in-to the North Central Association. Be-ing accepted into the Association will not make Concordia a better college. It is just recognition of what Concor-dia already is. Those of us who have known the school and the type of work done there, would not need the approval of the North Central As-sociation to recognize the good work. The recognition, however, will mean much when graduates from Concordia come in contact with people who have not had the opportunity of close as-sociation that we have had. In this ,- way it will mean much to those who V enter the professions or go on for ' , further study. It should give Con- -cordia a much wider field in which *;;,to operate. •'* , Yours very truly, V? . . L. W. BOE, President St. Olaf College. j, ]•' Decorah, Iowa, April 1, '27. ' V Permit me to congratulate Concor-dia College on its recent admission to . t h e North Central Association of Col- •V leges and Secondary Schools, the chief '•.b college and high school standardiz- > ing and accrediting body in this part '/;; of the United States. r;v This accreditation will, among v other things: ";, 1) Give prestige to the College in the estimation of our Church people, and thus make it easier for the Col-lege to secure good students and the moral and financial support of our Church people; : 2) Give a lively senaa of tion to the graduates of t!h« College, on DftM 4) Statement by President J. N. Brown on the Accreditation of Concordia College For many years Concordia College has looked forward to the accomplishment of two great events—the raising of an adequate endowment fund and accreditation with the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The endowment fund is an absolute necessity in caring for the increased expense of operating a present day, first class college with a steadily increasing enrollment. No less essential is the need of ac-creditation in this day and age when so much stress is being placed on recognized stand-ards. A year ago both of these achievements seemed like remote possibilities. Who could have foreseen the intense interest, the loyal co-operation, and the sacrificial spirit mani-fested during the endowment campaign last spring on the part of our Church people in the Concordia College territory? Who among us had faith enough to think of the endowment in terms of three quarters of a million? Must we not say. "li wa '.he Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes." The success of the endowment campaign gave us courage to apply for accredita-tion. After a thorough inspection by the North Central representative, Dr. Floyd Reeves of the Kentucky University, it was found that the college met all the require-ments and on March 17th, at a meeting of the North Central Association in Chicago, Concordia College was unanimously voted a member of the Association. The ambition of years had been realized. The college had received the unqualified recognition of the highest accrediting association of America. We are not unmindful of the fact that these signal achievements of the past year are the result of the accummulative efforts of many people covering a period of several years. We, therefore, wish to take this occasion to express our appreciation to the men and women who have worked and pi*ayed for the success of Concordia College since its founding thirty-six years ago. Their sacrifices have made possible the present greater achievements. All of our problems at the college are by no means solved. The ever increasing attendance will create need for more equipment and buildings in the future. Never-theless we believe that the events of the past tSvear augur an encouraging future for Con-cordia. We believe that our college has an'important part to play in the building of the Master's Kingdom in the Great Northwest. This thought gives us courage to face the problems of the future unflinchingly. We confidently believe that He will give us wisdom and strength for the daily tasks and supply our every need. SOLI DEO GLORIA! President J. N. BROWN. NEW TREASURER ACCEPTS POSITION Prof. H. M. Dale, at present presi-dent of Augustana Lutheran Acade-my, Canton, South Dakota, recently accepted the position of Business Manager and Treasurer of Concordia College. Mr. Dale graduated from PROF. H. M. DALE. St. Olaf College in 1906. After gra-duating he went into the teaching profession. He was teacher of science in the Augustana College at Canton, South Dakota for six years. After that he served aa county sup-erintendent of schools. When the Au-gustana College wab reopened as the Canton Lutheran Normal, Prof. Dale was called as Vice-President and Bu-siness Manager until 1920 when he "was called as President of that insti-fmtlan. EXPRESSION STUDENTS GIVE RECITAL Sunday evening April third, Mrs. Remington's pupils in expression, gave a private recital at her home. After a short program of miscellan-eous readings, the students and other guests were served by the Reming-ton children. Meanwhile the guests were entertained by choice musical numbers. The Concordia students taking part were Viola Torblaa, Al-vilda Torvik, Anna Silness, and Ruth Lien. ANNUAL BANQUET ARRANGED Plans for the Junior-Senior ban-quet which is to be held on Friday evening, April eighth in the Trinity Lutheran church parlors are nearly completed. The different committees have been working diligently for some time arranging for the occassion with Harvey Christianson acting as chairman of the entertainment com-mittee, Gudrun Solom, chairman of the refreshment committee, and Glad-ys Johnson as chairman of the decor-evening, March 24. AMUNDSEN RELATES NORGE EXPEDITION ILLUSTRATED LECTURE TELLS OF FLIGHT -In a modest and unpretentious man-ner, the story of the "Norge", and the valorous men who guided the di- Place: Chapel May 3rd 15 A.M. Tlimmee: 1fT ueI.O.I Subject:???? CAPT. ROALD AMUNDSEN, rigible over the North Pole and the vast "blind spot" of the Arctic, was told by Captain Roald Amundsen to an immense appreciative audience in the Fargo Auditorium on Thursday evening March 24. As early as 1909 Captain Amund-sen had the idea of flying to the North Pole as the only way of getting there. He had already engaged his aviator when his first calamity struck him. Perry discovered the North Pole and Amundsen had to give up .his plans. He then turned to the South Pole but the thought of flying over the ADMISSION IS UNCONDITIONAL STEP IS RESULT OF EN-DOWMENT DRIVE March 17, students at Concordia College were electrified to learn through a telegram from President J. N. Brown who was then in attend-ance at the meeting of the North Central Association of Colleges, at Chicago, that Concordia College had been unconditionally admitted into the North Central Association. This fact which comes as the culmination of the Endowment Drive of a year ago places Concordia on a scholastic level with the best colleges and Un-iversities in the United States. The North Central Association is the larg-est accreditation agency in the country. It embraces twenty states. They are: Arizona, Arkanas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mich-igan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Da-kota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wy-oming. To be admitted as a member of this body is a guarantee to the world that a college has met the high requirements that the association re-quires of its members as to equip-ment, endowment, and faculty. The credits of a college having member-ship in the North Central Associa-tion are accepted without question by all colleges and universities in the - twenty states already mentioned, and this practically means that they will be accepted in all the universities of the United States. A college, to remain in the North Central Association, must always keep up its high scholastic standing. After his return, President Brown reported that while Concordia was be-ing considered for membership, some other schools which had made ap-plication were rejected, and some who were already members were dropped. HISTORY AND ENGLISH DEPT'S ENLARGED TWO NEW TEACHERS ACCEPT POSITIONS With the Growth of Concordia comes also a demand for a larger teaching staff. Next year two ad-ditional teachers will be added to the present staff. They are Prof. Har-old M. Tolo, Locust, Iowa, and Prof. Wyman E. Olson, Patterson, Califor-ina. Prof. Tolo has been secured to teach European History. He attend-ed Willmar Seminary 1914-1916, re-ceived his high school diploma from Minneapolis College, Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1917, and his B. A. from Luther College in 1921. That same year he was elected principal of the Elbow Lake, Minnesota, High School, and from 1922 to 1925 he was principal of Hankinson, N. Dak., High School. During 1925-26 he did post graduate work at the University of Minnesota, and during the past year at the University of Colorado. Mr. Tolo comes here to take charge of this new department established in History which is necessitated by the increasing attendance and demand for this subject. For the same reason a new position has been created in the English de-partment which is to be filled by Prof. Olson. He will teach two sec-tions of Freshman and two of Sopho-more English. Mr. Olson recfeived his B. A. from the University of California in 1925 and is at present doing graduate work at that institu-
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