Strangers to Sisters - Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Library: Essays

isen to 12. 130 When one considers the German-culture of New Ulm and that the
Wisconsin Synod was really an unknown entity to most Norwegian Synod members early
on, it strongly attests to Levorson’s talents as a teacher and his care for the students under
his charge. But it is Levorson’s passion for Christian education, a passion that rivaled
even his German brethren, that show him an ideal fit for New Ulm,
We have had repeatedly pointed out to us the danger of
hearing the preaching of false doctrine. Allow me to point
out that this danger is the same, whether the false doctrine
is preached by a minister or taught by a teacher. It is
necessary, not only to have ministers and teachers
thoroughly founded in the doctrines of the church, but also
to have laymen so founded. Let this be done first of all at
the home and the congregation; and secondly; whenever a
high school education is desired; let our boys and girls get
this at a Christian School. 131
Furthermore, Edmund Bliefernict gave this description of Levorson shortly after he
joined the faculty of DMLC,
However, we were fortunate to secure help by the aid of the
staunch minority of the Norwegian Lutheran Church, the
Norwegian Synod of the American Evangelical Lutheran
Church. By their aid Prof. Oscar Levorson came to help
carry part of our work. Prof. Levorson is a graduate of
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. He has several years of
experience in the classroom. But what is of more value, he
shares our views on Christian education and its
relationship to the state. 132 (Emphasis mine)
In addition to these words of praise, it was also noted in the article that Levorson taught
the highest number of periods of any faculty member during his first year at DMLC,
130 Levorson, DMLC report of 1925.
131 Levorson, DMLC report of 1924.
132 Edmund Bliefernicht, “DMLC Report” Northwestern Lutheran 9, no. 19 (September 17, 1922), 300.
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