Full Text for Editorial: Springfield Welcomes New President (Text)

- 1'01. X X X ~ I ~ Sunlmer, 1969 No. 2 THE SPRINGFIELDER is published cjuarterly by the faculty of Con- cordia Theologjcal Seminary* Springfield, Illinois. of the Lutheran Church-hlisso~~ri Synod. EDITORI i iL COMATITTEE ERTCH . HEINTZEN, Editor R,+vnfos~) F. Sun ~ U R G , Cook Rerietu Editor D.,\.i~rr) P. SCAER, Associate Editor R I I ~ ~ r i J. STEEGE, A S S O I : ~ ~ ~ C Editor Contents PAGE i lN Irl\.'.:lI,L'rl'TIC)N 01; I-11:-:ILSGESCFIIC.HFrE TFl FIO T,OC.I:S \\'1'J.'kI SPECIAL REFEREX CE TO THEIR IMPI,ICATIONS 4 R ~ y n l o x l ) I_;'. S L R H U X G . Professor, Old 'Testament, Spr.iiigjicrld, Illinois JOHN HOC;Elnod belongs to thc Synod-not to any one man or group. \iTe bespcak for I'resident Yreus God's richest blessings. \ \ e shall n~ i s s him around here, not only 3s ail energetic seminary prcsl- dent, but also as a colleague \\.llose down-to-earth geniality and humor frcqucntly helped to brighten a dull day. I7ale, ] acob! E. 1-1. 14. A e t i ~ g President W E CONGRATULATE Dr. Lorinan Petersen, Academic Dean, on his appointnlcn t as Acting President of the seminary by the Board of Control. Dr. Petersen brlngs to his post years of experience as a classroom tcacher and, more recently, as Academic Dean. He Editorial 3 dlreitrd the seminary sclf-stude preparatory to accreditation by the ,American issociation of ~hcol&ical Schools. M'e may be sure that t h t ien~~nctrt is in expert hands and that the new academic year will get off to a good start. E. H. H. W IT1 I 1 HIS ISSL1 E: of The Springfielder the present editor rcllnquishcs 111s duties in order to devote more time to another nsclgnment: namcl! , 11 ritiilg a history of the seminary in commemora- tlon of thc. 125th al~ni\ersary of the institution in 197 1. Beginning \\ it11 thc next issue, editorial responsibility for The Springfielder will rcst In thc capablc halids of Dr. David Scaer, professor of systematics c ~ ~ ~ O a ~nclnber of the present Editorial Committee. We take this oplx~rtunit) to thank all rkho galre of their time and effort in making the publication of 7'hc Spriligfielder possible. We are confident that the ncv cditor \\.ill cnjo) tile same fraternal cooperation.