# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1916_S54
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The Lutheran Pioneer.

Commencement at Immanuel College.

Immanuel College held its closing exercises,
May 28 to 31. Sunday evening, May 28, the
annual sermon was preached by the President,
Rey. F. Berg, who based his sermon on the First
Psalm. Monday evening, May 29, the graduates,
assisted by the student-body, gave the annual con-
cert, which consisted of recitations, a play, and
musical selections, both instrumental and vocal.
On Tuesday evening Prof. H. L. Koontz addressed
the students and friends of the College, using as
his theme “Education.” Wednesday afternoon the

~ commencement exercises proper were held. The
following subjects were treated by the graduates:
“The Joy of Work,” by Mr. John Dansby, of the
College Department; “Some Remarks About Edu-
cation,” by Mr. Douglas Dinkins, of the Teachers’
Seminary; “Does It Make Any Difference What a
Man Believes, if He Only Be Sincere in This Be-
lief?” by Mr. Sidney Tervalon, of the Theological
Department. The annual literary address was de-

_ livered by Rev. Geo. Mennen, of Conover, N. C.-

Rey. Mennen spoke on “The Aim of Your Edu-
cation in Immanuel College,” emphasizing labor
and obedience. Wednesday evening the Alumni
Association held its annual .banquet.

Immanuel turned out five graduates this year,
three from the College; and one from the Normal,
and one from the Theological Department. - May
God bless these young men and women in their
chosen calling !

Immanuel College, Academic Department, re-
opens October 2, 1916. All the students are urged
to be present on the first day. The Theological
and Normal Departments will open at the usual
time, September 6. All students of these depart-
ments should be present on the first day.

. R. 0. L. L.

Items of Interest from the Colored
F : Mission Field.

Inspection Tours. — The President and Secre-
tary of the Colored Mission Board made extensive
fours of inspection, covering the whole mission-
field, during the month of May. ‘These trips can
only redound to the lasting benefit of the mission.
They are encouraging and instructive for the
workers, as well,as for the visitors of the Board.
On his recent trip Rev. Drewes, the President of the
Board, covered no less than 4,000 miles in twenty-
five days, and delivered thirty-three addresses of

considerable length. Besides this he had many pri-
vate conversations with the various workers in that
part of the field which he visited. A prominent
worker of North Carolina says of Rev. Drewes’s
trip: “The trip was not a whirlwind campaign, it
was a cyclone.” Such trips of inspection are surely
not, as many may suppose, vacation jaunts, but
periods of stress and strain.

GREENVILLE, N. C.— From Charlotte, N. C.,
comes the sad news that our faithful missionary,
Rey. C. P. Thompson, has been obliged to give up
his work for the time being. Rev. Thompson has
been an ill man for some time, but we had hoped
that his illness might not compel him to resign his
office. He intends to go to his home near Man-
sura, La., and there rest up. May God soon restore
to him both health and strength!

Inuatanvet CoLiecre. — Prof. Henry Voltz, who
has been assisting the regular faculty of Immanuel
College since the first of the year, has been per-
manently called by the Board. God bless Immanuel
and its faculty!

Lecture Tours. — Two of our Colored workers
have entered the lectiire field in the interest of our
Colored Mission. Teacher M. N. Carter delivered
a number of lectures during the past month in
Jowa and Minnesota in congregations of the Nor-
wegian Synod. ‘Teacher BE. A. Buntrock has been
lecturing during June in New York and North-
western Ohio, and in July will lecture in Indiana
and Nebraska.

Nerenan, AtA.— The Rev. W. H. Lane, who
has charge of our work in the Black Belt of Ala-
bama, writes: “At Oak Hill, Ala., Pentecost Mis-
sion Sunday-school was organized with twenty-cight
scholars, who are members of our instruction class,
also. Our mission at Oak Hill was organized on °
Pentecost Sunday, June 11.”

Gracr, GREENSBoRO, N. C.— In our last issue
we reported the recent reception of seven new mem-
bers by Grace Church, Greensboro. Three of these
new members are students of Immanuel College
and were prepared for their confirmation by Prof.
F. Berg. Rev. Lynn examined the catechuinens,
while Prof. Berg delivered the sermon.

Lirrtr Rock, Arx.— We are much pleased to
bring our readers the good news that our little flock
at Little Rock, after having been without a pastor
for about twenty years, is to be given a resident
pastor in the person of. Candidate Paul Beinke, of
Amherst, O., one of the ninety-three young men
that graduated from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis;
in June. FJ. L.