Top photo is a print of the campus in 1878. Bottom photo is a view of the campus in 1895, from the college to northeast. It shows part of 1 1/2 mile long, 8 ft high fence enclosing the discontinued Kittsondale Fairgrounds and Racetrack north of St. Anthony Avenue.
Concordia Academy baseball team of 1936-1937. Back row: Seebach (coach), E. Krause, N. Spomer, H. Mix, D. Kasischke, E. Lemke (manager). Middle row: R. Ehlers, R. Bohlman, V. Gerike, V. Brandt, W. Werning. Front row: C. Boye (capt), F. Schwieger, E. Kramer, R. Brandt, E. Bentrup, A. Lemke.
Students lying on grass outside with brooms, mattresses and blankets hanging on clotheslines. The brooms are used to beat the mattresses clean. Taken near the old dining room.
Students lying on grass outside with brooms, mattresses and blankets hanging on clotheslines. The brooms are used to beat the mattresses clean. Taken near the old dining room.
Students lying on grass outside with brooms, mattresses and blankets hanging on clotheslines. The brooms are used to beat the mattresses clean. Taken near the old dining room.
Group portrait of some of the members of the Wahlers and Graebner family. Martin Graebner is on far left and Art Wahlers is sitting on the woman's knee.
Exterior view of the President's home, on the east side of the campus. This was the oldest stone house in the state of Minnesota, and was torn down in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Note: the building is no longer standing.
Postcard sent to parents; the back reads "Dear Folks: I received that package from Sears Reobuck and Co. this morning well I will thank you before I forget it. Say those gloves fit the shoes too, I will certainly be able to make use of the gloves as it is getting pretty cold up here already. Say now before I forget it I must tell you to send me some stamps again as I run out, just about Best Regards, Your son and Brother Werner Krug""
Taken from second floor of the new building. the gymnasium is on right, the tall building in back is the dormitory, and the two story building to the left is the study building.
College basketball team of 1933-1934. Front row: O. Markgraf, H. Jentzock, R. Thom (captain), A. Bertram, F. Possehl. Back row: V. Gierke (manager), A. Bruns, A. Schmidtke, A. Fenske, O. Hill, W. Rengstort, J. Rongstadt (coach).
Concordia Academy baseball team of 1933. Back row: Schweigert, Kaphingst, Allison, Bruns (manager), Jahnke, H. Mueller. Middle row: Beltz, Ritz, Drew, Hansen, Siegal, Lieske. Front row: F. Kruger, A. Koch, Fenske, O. Kruger (coach), Schmidtke, L. Peterson, M. Paul, DeVries (mascot).
College varsity tennis team, 1933. Students in photo: Standing left to right: E. Streufert, M. Wahl, A. Drealow. Squatting l-r: H. Belsheim, F. Schauland (manager).
College track team of 1933. Back row: Rueber, Sylvester, Dorn, Kelling, E. Friedrich, Zimmerman, Schlecht, Starke, Oster, Adascheck. Front row: Claussen, Dohrman, Drevelow, Draheim-Trainer, Dorisch, Borowski (manager), Wetzeman.
Concordia Academy baseball team of 1934. Front row: H. Beltz, Dommer, Kaphingst, Nachtseim, Lange, Rolf (mascot). Middle row: Schweigert, Quast, V. Mack, Drew, F. Kruger. Back row: H. Mueller (manager), Lieske, M. Mack, Hansen, Petersen, Prof. Krueger (coach).
Concordia Academy tennis team of 1934. Left to right: B. Streuter, P. Friedrich, W. Beutow, R. Buck, H. Rudolph, L. Blankenbuehler, C. Bremer (manager).
Southern Minnesota Junior College conference Champions. Back row: J. Tews, A. Oster, V. Gierke, H. Borowski, W. Buck, H. Sylvester, J. Rognstad (coach). Front row: R. Weiland (manager), A. Fenske, A. Betram, L. Finke, M. Otto.
College freshman basketball team of 1935-1936. L-R: L. Ewald (coach), E. Heyne, H. Hass, F. Schwieger, R. Peter, E. Kramer, W. Werning, W. Gamber, L. Waechter, R. Meyer, N. Brandt (coach).
Concordia Academy basketball team of 1935-1936. Standing: H. Neunaber, R. Brandt, R. Rist, E. Gerike, E. Nieting, A. Operheu, A. Wessler. Seated: C. Boye, B. Frey (manager), L. Ewald (coach), O. Quast.
College baseball team of 1936. Back row: H. Schweigert, L. Schierenbeck, R. Buck, W. Lieske, L. Petersen, W. Becker, L. Ewald (coach). Front row: F. Kruger, V. Mack, E. Hansen (manager), H. Hasskamp, E. Nachtsheim.
College basketball team of 1936. Back row: H. Bartz (manager), O. Quast, H. Hasskamp, R. Rist, P. Puseman, L. Ewald (coach). Front row: C. Drew, W. Lieske, M. Mack, E. Gerike, A. Oberheu.
Concordia Academy baseball team of 1936. Back row: R. Aho, E. Nieting, E. Bach (manager), P. Klett, E. Gerike. Middle row: R. Ehlers, R. Brandt, E. Kramer, L. Halvorson, L. Ewald (coach). Front row: C. Boye, W. Steinke, O. Quast, L. Bartz, R. Rist, F. Schwieger (mascot).
Concordia Academy basketball team of 1936-1937. Standing: O. Cloeter, F. Schwieer, E. Heyne, R. Ehlers, Ewald (coach). Seated: C. Boye (manager), A. Wittkopp, R. Brandt (capt), E. Nieting, E. Kramer.
Concordia Academy tennis team photo of 1936. Standing: H. Schauland, L. Blankenbuehler (manager), A. Wittkopp. Kneeling: A. Schornack, L. Graebner, A. Drevlow.
College baseball team of 1937. Back row: O. Quast, H. Bartz, R. Rist, C. Crew, E. Gerike, R. Koepp, Len Ewald (coach). Front row: H. Schweigert, H. Hasskamp, W. Lieske (manager), W. Scheitel, E. Nachtsheim, W. Fuerniss (mascot).
College basketball team of 1937-1938. Standing: R. Brandt, H. Bartz (manager), A. Operheu, R. Siebert (coach), E. Gerike, R. Rist, E. Nieting. Kneeling: C. Boye, O. Quast, O. Rumsch, M. Taron.
College freshman basketball team of 1937-1938. Standing: W. Bentrup, M. Woltram, L. Halvorson (coach), D. Ondor, T. Braem. Seated: H. Brockopp, L. Wohlteil, E. Curtman, L. Meitnof.
Concordia High School freshman basketball team of 1937. Second row: N. Spomer, P. Mueller, N. Brandt (coach), T. Mack, W. Fuerneiss. First row: R. Brandt, W. Priebe, A. Wahlers, E. Linse, F. Ross.
Concordia High School tennis team of 1937. Left to right: A. Wahlers, E. Heyne, A. Wittkopp, P. Puseman (manager), L. Graebner, H. Schauland, P. Janzow, R. Koch.
Concordia Academy track team of 1937. Front row: H. Bentrup, E. Krause, H. Schauland (captain), P. Janzow, C. Peter. Middle row: A. Ahlman (manager), E. Bentrup, E. Kramer, R. Ehler, H. Neunaber, L. Ewald. Back row: W. Kerber, R. Bohlman, L. Wachter, R. Brandt, R. Peter, T. Mack.
College baseball team of 1938. Standing: C. Boye, M. Taron, R. Brandt, E. Nieting, W. Schroder (coach), O. Rumsch, V. Brandt, P. Klett, E. Krause. Sitting: L. Halvorson, R. Rist, O. Quast (manager), H. Bartz, E. Gerike, K. Hill. Kneeling: Martin Martins (mascot).
Concordia High School baseball team of 1938. Back row: E. Bentrup, L. Graebner, V. Gerike, E. Dubs. 2nd row: F. Schwieger, W. Link, Schroeder (coach), N. Spomer, R. Brandt. Sitting: W. Werning, R. Ehlers, A. Soeldner (manager), I. Janssen, E. Kramer.
Concordia Academy track team of 1938. Top row: Kramer, H. Schroeder, Waechter, R. Ehlers, Kerber. Bottom row: W. Mueller, Janzow, H. Bentrup, T. Mack, C. Peter (manager).
Concordia Academy basketball team of 1938-1939. Back row left to right: C. Peter (manager), Spomer, Fuerniss, Brinkman, Waechter, Beck, Ross, R. Siebert (coach). Front row left to right: Werning, Kramer, Heyne, E. Bengrup, Schwieger, Wahlers.
Concordia High School baseball team of 1939. E. Kramer, H. Nuetzmann, G. Beck, N. Spomer, W. Fuerniss, F. Ehner (mascot), R. Brandt, A. Marquardt, L. Ewald (coach), John Volkert, H. Schroeder (manager), E. Dubbs, W. Werning, E. Bentru, F. Schweger, T. Mix.
Concordia Academy track team of 1939. Back row: Ondov, Witte, M. Wolfram. Center row: C. Peter (manager), Heyne, Klinkenberg, J. Wolfram, Braem. Front row: Vrudny, Waechter, Hughart, Neumeister.
Concordia High School baseball team of 1940. Seated left to right: Marquardt, Wahlers, Fuerniss (manager), Link, Brandt. Second row: Bentrup, Nahnsen, Hanneman, Wohlfeil, P. Reed (coach). Third row: Spomer, Ellinger, Grumm.
Concordia High School basketball team of 1940-1941. Standing left to right: J. Fehner, E. Marquardt, H. Brockopp, C. Nahnsen, W. Johnson, J. Wolfram, W. Friederichs, N. Hannemann, T. Braem, M. Hinrichs, M. Strohschein, L. Grumm. Seated: M. Wolfram (manager), D. Siebert (coach).
College baseball team of 1941. First row: H. Nuetzman, G. Beck, W. Werning (manager), E. Bentrup, F. Schwieger, A. Blavert. Second row: R. Brandt, R. Peters, P. Reed (coach), N. Spomer, A. Nauss. Third row: W. Link, M. Ellinger, E. Priesz, W. Fuerniss.
College basketball team of 1940-1941. Left to right: R. Brandt, F. Schweiger, W. Wernog, E. Beck, W. Fuerniss, E. Heyne (captain), D. Siebert (coach), W. Kluchman, E. Priesz, A. Wahlers, F. Ross, E. Bentrup (manager).
Concordia High School sophomore basketball team of 1940-1941. Front row left to right: H. Klawetter, D. Schmidt, K. Muecke, R. Klingebiel, O. Henrichs. Back row left to right: F. Schwieger (coach), J. Huber, M. Meyer, A. Beck, V. Janssen, W. Hoffman, L. Grumm (assistant coach).
College sophomore basketball team of 1943-1944. Front row: Arlin Alpers, Bob Berger, Norbert Streufert, Bill Beck, Bernie Ailts. Back row: Harold Dicke, Art Ehlers, Herb Graebner (manager), Jim Fehner (coach), Darrel Lubben, Duane Bohrer, Roland Scharmer.
Concordia High School basketball team of 1945-1946. Standing left to right: Vernon Wroge, Mart Hargens, Duane Putz, Rosie Lindemeier, Dick Siebert (coach), Darrell Lubbens, Duane Bohrer, H. Schuett, Arlo Janssen. Seated left to right: Bill Beck, Bob Berger, Arlie Alpers, Ben Ailts, Mobs Streufert.
Interview with Bernard Kurzweg, Concordia College class of 1945, from Tallahassee, Florida, in 1981. Mr. Kurzweg talks about, among other things, how the hard discipline of the dorm monitors was good for him, the practice of hazing or 'shagging,' study periods in the morning, old buildings and their use, the patient and saintly school nurse Anna Gutz, the cost of room and board ($185/year), how the faculty chose him to be President of his class and his responsibilities, enforced evening study hours, the challenges of learning Latin and other languages (Biblical, German), standout professors (Paul Stor and Martin Graebner), the debate team, jobs the students had and extra work done for the war effort, reasons for attending Concordia, reflections on the high level of education received, homesickness in early years (was 13 when he first attended), transportation, what classmates are doing now, and comparing the past with the present. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Interview with Carl W. Schrader, Concordia College class of 1931, from Memphis, Tennessee, in 1981. Pastor Schrader talks about, among other things, the difficulties he experienced as a very young student (age 12) at Concordia (a boarding school), the loneliness and hazing he and others experienced, some interesting tidbits about his teachers and their classes, his participation in athletics, what he and fellow students did for leisure, and the nearby geography of the school at the time. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Interview with Ben G. Hoffman, Concordia College class of 1928, from Matairie, Louisiana, in 1981. Pastor Hoffmann talks about, among other things, coming from a family of 11 children, his pleasant experiences at Concordia with his roommates and 'Room Buck' (the older students who led in the dormitories), the simple and wholesome lives of the students, harmless pranks, how wonderful the teachers at Concordia were, recreational activities, nicknames, outbreaks of disease, doing grounds keeping at the school, and the old Concordia campus. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Interview with William H. Lieske, Concordia College class of 1937, from Matairie, Louisiana, in 1981. Pastor Lieske talks about, among other things, his classmates and what they did upon graduation, Concordia's first two presidents ' Theodore Buenger and Martin Graebner ' as teachers, pranks played on professors, the gradual diminishment of hazing and the gradual rise of coeducation, free time activities, the geography of the campus and its old tunnel system, the deaths of three students during his time there, and participation in musical groups and athletic teams. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').