The Danish-Norwegian Seminary by Ole Andres Olsen

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 30, 1913

The Danish-Norwegian Seminary

By Ole Andres Olsen

WHEN the General Conference Committee in the autumn council of 1909 decided to dissolve the German and Scandinavian departments at Union College, and establish three separate foreign schools, the Danish-Norwegian department was the first to find a location. At Hutchinson, Minn., they very providentially found a college building in good repair, which was offered at a very low price.

It is a matter of much interest that all our people who have visited the place have been not only satisfied, but greatly pleased with the location and everything connected with it.

An earnest effort has been made to raise the money for the purchase price, and for the improvements that have been made, and our people have responded liberally and very cheerfully with cash and pledges, for which we feel very grateful.

This fourth year has started out with a far larger attendance than did any previous year, and gives promise of being a still better one than any of the preceding years. This is surely as it should be.

There is, however, one phase of the situation that is not altogether satisfactory; namely, that we have still some debt on our school. To this we cannot be reconciled. We cannot be fully satisfied till our Danish-Norwegian Seminary stands entirely free from any financial embarrassment. Our people have done nobly in contributing to our school, and if all the pledges that have been made, and that are due, had been fully paid, our seminary would now be entirely free from debt.

What say you, my brethren and sisters? Is not this a good time to pay these pledges? Everything is favorable; God has blessed the country as a whole with excellent crops, and the prices, too, are good. We can hardly think of a more favorable time in which to fulfil these our obligations and pay these pledges, and thus wipe out the debt still remaining on the Danish-Norwegian Seminary. We therefore urge our friends to improve this favorable opportunity to pay these pledges, and thus place the school not only free from debt, but in a favorable condition to do its work and fulfil its great mission in connection with the work of the Lord in the earth. May we not look for a speedy response to this call, for we know that each of you feels as deeply concerned for the best interest of the school as we possibly can? Therefore we feel confident that you who have made pledges to the seminary which have not yet been paid, will embrace the first opportunity to do so, and thus bring a blessing to yourselves and the school, and to the work of the Lord as a whole.

All remittances should be sent to W. H. Edwards, 2718 Third Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn., or to L. H. Christian, 1315 E. Twenty-eighth St., Minneapolis, Minn. O. A. OLSEN.