The Lutheran College Bulletin, Volume 10, Number 4, August 1926 Page: 1 of 8
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GUNNEXS,
All ~SEGUIN, TEXAS, AUGUST 1926
No. 4
EVOCATION
Give that I may give again,
That, having nothing, I may give
Freely to all way-faring men
Water of life that they may live.
Illumine me that by Thy Light
I may enlighten those who stray;
And guide their wandering feet aright
Into the splendor of Thy way.
That I may speak, speak unto me;
So shall I speak no words of mine.
Blind, thirsty, dumb, then shall I be
A lamp, a well, a voice of Thine.
-Ex.
1926-1927
These figures intend to tell the tale.
The tale of a new school year, usher-
ed in by the usual opening ceremonies,
the songs, the scripture reading, the
prayer, the address, trying to focus
the thoughts and sentiments and ob-
jectives uppermost in the minds,
of the teachers, and perhaps,
also in some of th students.
We cannot do otherwise. We must be-
gin in the name of Him who is to be
the source of our strength and gui-
dance and blessing, since we are con-
scious of our frailty, and lack of love
and wisdom and patience so much
needed for really progressive and ef-
fective work. It were extreme folly to
set out on the main without the pilot.
The new teachers were presented
to the student body and a blessing
from above invoked upon them. There
were five new teachers in all, Miss
Margerite Bracher for Domestic
Science and a few additional branches.
She comes well equipped and well
trained at the IT. of T. and with con-siderable experience gained at Vin-
ton, Louisiana. Miss Adele Krueger,
a former student of this school and
thus well familiar with the mode and
spirit and aims of this institution has
assumed the duties of Matron with
fine capabilities for that office and
with a cheerful heart for the exacting
duties. She has received her addition-
al training at San Marcos and has
been teaching for several years in var-
ious' Texas schools. She also has
charge of the normal department. For
the English department we have gain-
ed Miss Della Nelson, a graduate of
St. Olaf College and, as far as we
can judge , she possesses the erudition
and enthusiasm for her work.
Mr. J. Doertler has taken up the
work in the Commercial department.
He is a graduate of this school and has
supplemented his training and know-
ledge by additional work in business
colleges and by virtue of having been
a responsible head of extensive busi-
ness concerns. For the departments
of History and Mathematics, Mr. Carl
N. Jacobson has offered his services.
Grinell College is his Alma Mater
where he graduated several years ago.
We are glad to have secured him, who
showed his pronounced qualities for
these departments from the very start.
All of them have been brought up in
Christian Lutheran homes and every
one of them has affiliated himself to
the particular labor and responsibility
consigned to this college. Four of
them are Texans - another asset
worthy of consideration.
And we again, had the usual med-
ly crowd of wondering faces. Withsparkling eyes, a few just a little blur
ed wih the ilncipient stages of that an-
nual student; malady, 'the dreadful
homesickness. A new vista has been
opened to the mind of the new comers
The veterans of former years were
rather much if ease. They were ready
for the bout, they knew there were
no hidden terrors lurking anywhere.
They furnished the cheerfulness to
the timid and the backbone for the new
body.
And again as usual many did not
show up for various reasons in spite
of lengthy correspondence and formal
announcements. The original number
was not overly encouraging but the
influx has increased. We are near
70 with quite a number still to be
expected. Our extremely willing pro-
pagandists of the summer months,
most likely, have been working for
immediate and overwhelming results.
Our constituency, generally speaking.
is slow of decision. Ordinarily it takes
a vast amount of persuasive force to
make them see things, in educational
lines, from the proper angle. Convinc-
ed as we personally may be of the su-
perior and genuine advantages of a
Christian tutelage. There is a multi-
tude of others who are loath to accept
our proofs. And argue as we may
for the necessity of Christian influ-
ences upon the formation of character,
the culture of mind and hearts and
the work as carried on in the Chris-
tian home and the work of the church
and the state-most people will still
insist that there is no essential differ-
ence between school and school, and,
thus, preference Is given in the majori-Vol.
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