College grows at rapid pace

              College Grows
At Rapid Pace
Immanuel Lutheran
Here For 37 Years
Immanuel Lutheran college had a
very modest beginning in the year
;»1903, when it was first located at
g Concord, about 70 miles south of
I Greensboro. It was then housed
■ in the rooms of the parochial school
a of Grace Colored Lutheran church
Sand remained there for three years
In the autumn of 1905 the institution was removed to Greens-
Iboro. For two years it occupied
I temporary quarters on East Mar-
I ket street. Meanwhile the present
I site was purchased and the first
I building was erected. Additions in
11927 and extensive repairs and
I remodelling in 1932 have given the
I college  its  present  plant.
Immanuel   Lutheran " college " is
I one   of " the "  smaller "  institutions
I which draws its student body from
la wide area. During the past years|
I at least 50 per cent of the students
have come from 10 or more states
outside " of " North " Carolina " from
I Illinois,"  Michigan,"  Indiana,"  Ohio
and   New  York   to   Alabama   and
Louisiana.
j The institution is maintained and
controlled by the Lutheran Synodical conference with headquarters
in St. Louis, Mo. This church body,
consisting of four Lutheran synods,
maintains at pi-esent a group of 49
elementary and secondary schools
for negroes in various parts of the
south. Liberal support given to the
institution has always enabled it
to operate at very low cost to students and still maintain a high
grade of- educational opportunity
I andjl facilities. All funds at the
di ^kal of the institution come
eiuiel from the students or from
the Lutli.ran church .body in the
United  States.
Work In Four Fields.
The work of Immanuel Lutheran!
college is carried on in four fields."
The junior college offers standard]
college and teacher-training coursi
preparatory for senior college teaching or professional studies. The
[academic department offers a
standard high school course. The
theological seminary, with a standard theological curriculum, prepares young men for services in
the Lutheran ministry.
From the very first day of its
beginning Immanuel Lutheran college has emphasized religious instruction as the basis of all work
carried on in its walls. The fear
of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, these words have been the
guilding star of its courses and
teachers during the 37 years of its
existence. With the word of God
as its chief tool and by the wholesome environment provided by the
college in its program, objectives,
physical plant, and community
facilities the college has tried to
develoo stalwart Christian characters, young men and women who
did not only know something, bui
were something, and could exercisfe
a wholesome Christian influence
upon those with whom they came
in contact.
The modernization program instituted a few years ago has put
the   institution  on  a  high  level  as
[facilities. New buildings, remodeling, new library, laboratory, and
classroom furniture, all acquired
within the past decade, enable work
to be carried on with proper efficiency. The dormitories for
young men and young women con-l
tain all modern facilities and con-l
veniences to make life and work!
healthful and agreeable.
Sports Emphasized.
Intramural  types of  student  ac
tivities   and   athletics   are   empha
sized."  The " school " believes " that
students gain most from those activities  which  are carried   on  for
their own development and for personal recreation rather than for in
traschool competition or public entertainment."  However, it does not
completely exclude  the later  type
of athletics." Immanuel's basketball
teams   have  always   given  a  good
account of themselves and its football  team has  this year  made  an
auspicious beginning
In this manner Immanuel Lutheran college provides for the fullest
development of students' abilities
and thus seeks to co-ordinate in its
entire program all phases of intellectual, moral, social and physical activity. More than 100 students are enroled this year.
Dr. H. Nau is president, Prof. H.
ANOTHER COLLEGE LOCATED HERE.
Meibohm is secretary, and Prof. W. |
H." Kampschmidt   is   treasurer.
i of thepAvtanstory farm,8
I  bV\far.  GKilaud  Daniel;
Lutheran Synodical Board to Educate;
Colored Boys Along: Practical Lines. \
The Lutheran Synodical Board, of;
St. Louis, Mo., acting through oue of j
its ministers, BM^John O. Schmidt,
who has/bee&jlocated here for several!
years, ogfBaturday closed a deal fc
fifteen aereT^^^^^^^^
now owned
and lying at I he eastern limits of the I
city, whereon will be erected a college
for the instruction of colored boys aloug I
practical lines." The board, which rep-|
resents " the " Evangelical " Lutheran I
church,  had  had the establshrueut of I
such a school under consideration for a |
year or two, and last year held au o;i-f_
tion for some mouths on a tract of laud I
owned by Lee Waugh,  but for some!
reasou   never  closed   with  him." The*
location chosen is perhaps more desira-l
ble   iu every   particular," as the sur-1
rounding property  will be opened up j
and improved,  with the same public |
utilities that are to be found in the I
city." The couuty aud Mr. Daniel both |
contributed liberally to the enterprise.
The college will stand on what is to be I
known as Luther avenue, which will I
extend from  East   Market  street   to I
essemer avenue after it is opened aud I
raded its  entire leugth,  aud the sum j
|of   about  $50,000   will   be   expended I
n " buildings   and " equipment." The I
|maiu  building will   cost $18,000," the j
wo dormitories, about  $10,000  each, j
aud   the   other   necessary   buildings, j
including " several " dwelling "  houses]
for the faculty, varying amounts up to I
three or four thousand,dollars."  Work I
pn the buildings will begin as soou as I
[the weathei justifies in the spriug, as I
t is the intention to open  the  college \
iu the fall." The enterprise, is mu-'e pos- I
sible  by the benefactions of Lutht-aasl
North and   West and  from  what we j
understand is to be developed along I
lines that will meet  with public approval   here   aud elsewhere."  Greens-j
boro is really fortunate iu being able to
furnish a satisfactory location for the
col leg ey as the city w*ill derive greatj
belefi*-i:i'o:jj trrepvspeudi col
structing aud maintaining the institution. And the college adds to the |
city's prestige-as an educational center.
Already we have two of the best white
colleges in the South, the State Normal
and Industrial College and Greensboro
Female College, and two excellent colored colleges, the State A. & M. and
Bennett College. The Methodist Protestants have already selected a site for
their $100,000 college here and have
taken steps to push the enterprise to a
Ispeedy and successful conclusion, hence
the claim that Greensboro is advancing
jmore rapidly along educational lines
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Immanuel Lutheran College.