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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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 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.
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).
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 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 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.
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).
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 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).
Concordia Academy tennis team of 1934. Left to right: B. Streuter, P. Friedrich, W. Beutow, R. Buck, H. Rudolph, L. Blankenbuehler, C. Bremer (manager).
Concordia Academy tennis team photo of 1936. Standing: H. Schauland, L. Blankenbuehler (manager), A. Wittkopp. Kneeling: A. Schornack, L. Graebner, A. Drevlow.
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).
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.
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 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).
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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 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 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.
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).
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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 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 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.
Interview with Arlys Fittje Springer, Concordia College class of 1959, from Zephyrhills, Florida, in 1981. Mrs. Fittje-Springer, a graduate of one of Concordia's first women classes, talks about, among other things, how she ended up attending Concordia, working in the school's library, her professors, doing babysitting to pay for school, gym classes, dorm life and dorm rules, learning to read music and the music lessons at school, evening devotions and mandatory chapel, air raid drills, the quality of her education, and the 'placement service' for church teachers. 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').
Reflection by Albert H. Ziegler, Concordia College class of 1918, from Marianna, Florida, in 1981. Pastor Ziegler talks about the events leading up to his two missionary trips to China, the first coming in 1922 (four years after graduating from Concordia) and some of the joys and trials of those experiences. He also talks, among other things, about being POWs (prisoners of war) after the Japanese takeover of Hong Kong in 1941, his children's return to America and Concordia for their education, and what those he graduated with are currently doing. Finally, he discusses his professors. 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 Walter Haag, Concordia College class of 1934, from Marianna, Florida, in 1981. Pastor Haag talks about, among other things, why he went to Concordia, homesickness and some details of hazing ('shagging') incidents, memorable school work, various professors and pranks played on them, the close bond the students shared, the untimely death of a roommate, the effects of the depression and working at school for extra money, transportation, nicknames of students and profs, and the school's expectations about dating. 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 Donald Kurtzahn, Concordia College's High School class of 1952, from Atlanta, Georgia,, in 1981. Mr. Kurtzahn talks about, among other things, his desire to be a pastor in junior high school, working to put himself through the high school, the food service, playing pranks on professors, playing on the first Concordia football and hockey teams, avoiding hazing by virtue of being a bigger kid and athlete, classmates marrying one another, losing a classmate to a car accident, having parties with friends, cutting classes, being paddled, getting a super education at Concordia and what he did with that education. 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').