p. 19 | The Swedish Seminary by S. Mortenson

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 12, 1912

The Swedish Seminary

By S. Mortenson

This seminary is located on a seventy-eight acre farm thirteen miles west of Central Station, Chicago, and about five miles outside the city limits.

The next school year will begin the eleventh of September. We have a strong, efficient faculty, and the seminary is in that way prepared to do thorough work. Its course of instruction includes the study of Bible, ancient and modern history, physiology, simple treatments, arithmetic, bookkeeping, algebra, psychology, pedagogy, astronomy, biology, etc. Studies are offered not only in Swedish and English, but also in German, Latin, and Greek. English is taught up to the fourteenth grade, and those who want to study the Swedish language thoroughly are afforded excellent opportunities.

Music, singing, sewing, and housekeeping are also taught by efficient instructors. An earnest effort is made in helping the young people to become useful in some branch of missionary work. The Bible is the standard of right, and nothing is taught contrary to its holy and divine principles.

Who Should Attend

Students below fifteen years are received only by special permission from the faculty; but to all other young people who desire to receive an education, we extend a hearty invitation. It is a place where students of Swedish parentage have a splendid opportunity to learn their mother tongue so that they can use it fluently, and at the same time they have a good chance to study English under competent teachers.

We desire the cooperation of our American brethren. Ministers and other brethren should encourage students of Swedish nationality to go to the Swedish Seminary. Even if some of them work in the American field later, they should learn their mother tongue, because it is most valuable to know more than one language. We have a great work to do among the Swedish nationality in this country. We appeal to all parents of Swedish nationality to send their young sons and daughters to the Swedish Seminary. It is not hard to master both Swedish and English, and all students of Swedish parentage ought to do that in order to be so much more useful. But in order that they may succeed, they should be encouraged to come to the Swedish Seminary, where they have the opportunity to study both languages at the same time.

The Expenses

The expenses of attending the school are about fifteen dollars a month. We charge nine dollars a month for room, light, heat, plain washing, and tuition. We have the European system of boarding, with a minimum price of six dollars a month. As a rule, the cost for board does not exceed that amount.

Special Advantages

The students, in company with their teachers, have opportunities to visit the great institutions of Chicago, like the public library, the art institute, the Field Columbia Museum, the academy of science, etc. Such visits are very educational when the things are viewed from the right standpoint. It makes the studies in Bible, history, zoology, astronomy, botany, etc., intensely interesting, and it creates a deeper reverence for God and admiration for his wonderful works.

For further information write to the president of the seminary, Prof. G. E. Nord, R. F. D. 1, Box 20, La Grange, Ill.

S. MORTENSON.