| Summary: | from a Reporter's Notebook By MABJOREE TEHSBKBO SMART YOUNG AMERICANS VOCABULARY SLIPS POKER'S PUNNING PALS WHAT'S IN A NAME? Student teacher Pete Setness was having his class copy terms as he read them, when he noticed one urchin sitting idle. "Didn't I tell you to copy these terms as I dictated them?" asked Pete threateningly. "Aw, we don't have dictators in this country," retorted the young imp. If Prof. H. C. Nordlle chuckles at your Malapropion use of words In a history report don't feel too bad. He's probably re-calling his prep school days at Stoughton (Wis.) academy when he got up and told the class, "There are so many revolu-tions in South America that peo-ple are afraid to investigate their money down there." It must be the association with that punny Poier person. Anyhow, Bill Thorkelson inquired, "Where do the trees go when they leave in the spring?" Here's another. Jean Ostby, after viewing streamlined Shakespearean drama of last week, observed, "Mrs, Ostby must have read the play and decided 'If the Shrew fits, put it on.' " Winnifred Larson tells this on a co-worker in a local restaurant. Dur-ing a conversation she mentioned the author of the Notebook and the co-worker asked, "Oh, Donald's ?" Winnie explained that he, a '37 Cob-ber, was our second cousin and asked where the other girl met him. "Oh, he was life guard down at our Bible camp. Was he ever nice," reminisced the dolly. "Yeah, I know how girls fall for lifeguards," grinned the voice of ex-perience. "Well, Sara Dorothy Nordlie sure fell for him hard. She was always hanging around him," and when she heard that, Winnie laughed uproar-iously and squelched her informer thusly, "I don't blame her. She's his sister." Off-Campus Women To Ballot Monday Balloting from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday in the Off-campus room will decide officers for next year's off-campus women's organization, Sara Dorothy Nordlie, president, announced yes-terday. Candidates nominated by the pres-ent executive council are for presi-dent, Geraldine Moyer, Mary Esther Tomlinson and Hazel Ask; vice presi-dent, Janette Rustad, Ruth Berge and Marilyn Knudson; secretary, Mar-garet Skilbred, Dorothea Dosland and Helen Field, and treasurer, Blanche Hermann, Elaine Berg and Evelyn Reitan. Class representa-tives will be chosen next fall. Retiring officers are Miss Nordlie, president; Elsie Wolf, vice president; Miss Tomlinson, secretary; Miss Ask, treasurer; Erna Akre, senior repre-sentative; Miss Moyer, junior repre-sentative; Sylvia Runsvold, sopho-more representative, and Marjorie Hoff, freshman representative. Eidum To Tell MC Of Negro Missions Mission work among the negroes will be discussed by Ellen Eidum at the regular Mission Crusaders meet-ing Sunday morning. Opal Bueide will lead devotion and Phillip Snow-beck is to read the Missionary digest. Musical numbers to be included on the program are an instrumental solo by Olav Eidbo and a vocal trio com-posed of Lois Wenberg, Lois Rist-vedt and Louise Horton. Coronation orators will compete for a prize furnished by Dr. J., N. Brown at the Luther league meeting Sunday evening. The general topic of all the orations is "The Lordship of Christ." This is the first year of the contest. A string trio made up of Waldo Lyden, Earnest Harris and Edith Sunde will play. Norma Haga will lead devotion and Ingolf Sandager will speak on the pocket testament movement. Judges Announced Judges in the Norwegian-American line essay contest were announced yesterday by Prof. J. A. Holvik, local contest director. They are Prof. J. H. Hjelmstad, Miss Emma Norbryhn, and Prof. H. C. Nordlile. A $42 prize will be awarded the winner who will be announced at commencement exercises. THE CONCORD IAN VOLUME XXXI. CONCORDIA COLLEGE, MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940. NUMBER 27, Work Of 62 Art Pupils To Be Shown In Second Exhibit Work of 62 pupils in the art de-partment will be displayed for facul-ty and student inspection next week in the second annual art exhibit in the Fjelstad hall Recreation room, Miss Dora Berg, art head, an-nounced yesterday. Opening the display will be a tea from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday honoring faculty members and faculty wives. Miss Berg will be assisted by art stu-dents in serving. Students may visit the show be-tween 1 and 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday except Wednesday when the hours will be 1 to 3 p.m. There is no admission charge. Included in the work to be shown are charcoal, pastel, pen and ink, water color, oil and pencil drawings. Besides the regular art work there will be a group done by the creative design class in tempra. Choric Group To Give Year's First Recital At Monday Chapel For its first appearance before the entire faculty and student body, the choric speaking group, directed by Mrs. Norma Gooden Ostby, will give a recital during the chapel hour Mon-day. Recent and traditional poems and readings, a choric drama and selections from the Bible will compose the program. Soloists taking part will be Doris Larson, Irene Rosengren, Evelyn Reitan, Lucille Lindqulst, Lucille Knut-son, Esther Hanson and Ruth Josendal. "My Garden" by Thomas Brown will open the program and will be fol-lowed by "The Throstle" by Alfred Tennyson, "Chant of the Out of Doors" by Marguerite Wilkinson, "Dirge for a Righteous Kitten" by Vachel Lindsay and "Naughty Boy" by John Keats. Arthur Guiterman's "The Quest of the Ribband," a choric drama, will be the next number. Others are "Clear the Way" by Clarence Mackay, "Cool Tombs" by Carl Sandburg, "Music Makers" by O'Shaunnessey and "Each in His Own Tongue" by Edward Car-ruth. Selections to be read from the Bible are Psalms 1, 8, 24 and 131, a part of Romans 8 and Matthew 6:19-33. Band To Play Concert Monday First local public concert of the band since it made its tour of Nor-way in 1935 will be given in the au-ditorium of Moorhead high school at 8 p.m. Monday. Concordia students will be ad-mitted free of charge while an offering will be taken at the door from all others. Brilliant numbers rather than somber heavy selections will make up the program. Those to be played are the "Zampa Overture" by Herold, "Jcsu Joy of Man's Desiring" by Bach, "Triplets of the Finest," a cor-net trio to be played by LaVaughn Skatrud, Rudolph Skogerboe and Martin Eidbo. Next selection will be the "Suite from Sigurd the Crusader" including the Introduction (Mandjerninger) the intermezzo (Borghild's Dream) and the "Triumphal March." After the intermission numbers played will be "Unfinished Sym-phony," first movement by Schubert; PROF. J. A. HOLVIK "Invitation to the Dance" by Weber, "On the Trail" from the Grand Can-yon suite by Grofe, "Finale" from F-minor symphony by Tschaikowsky. On the Concordia Music hour broadcast over WDAY, Fargo, at 1:05 p.m. Sunday the band will play "Sig-urd the Crusader" by Edvard Grieg and "Built on a Rock" by Lindemann, arranged by Elmer Uggen '33, and dedicated to Professor Holvik. Concerts were played at Barnes-ville and Fergus Falls Sunday after-noon and evening respectively. Typical of the comments received by the organization on its 1,800 mile trip last fall its the following from a review in the Minot Daily News: "A large crowd greeted the Con-cordia college concert band in a con-cert at the First Lutheran church. "Those who heard the band were reminded again that it is an excellent organization, maintaining its repu-tation as one of the best college bands in the country." Rev. Schmidt To Address Havana, N. D., Commencement At 8 p.m. today, Rev. W. F. Schmidt, forensics department head at Concordia, will address the gradu-ating seniors at the Havana, N. D. commencement exercises. As representative from Concordia, Rev. Schmidt attended the district convention of the American Luth-eran church held at Devils Lake, N. D. yesterday. Holdahl Is Circulation Manager Robert Holdahl was recently ap-pointed to act as Concordian circula-tion manager for the remainder of the semester. Music, Scholarship Awards Go To Six To six Cobbers will go four schol-astic prizes and two music awards at commencement, June 3, Dr. J. N. Brown announced at Class day exer-cises Saturday. Approximately 400 parents and friends attended the tea served in Fjelstad hall after the Parents' day program Sunday afternoon in con-junction with Class day activities. Speaking on national affairs, At-torney A. I. Johnson, vice-consul to Norway for North Dakota, warned against the "Trojan Horses," of in-ternal subversive propaganda. Concordian Arranges New Subscription Plan For %O Seniors Designed to maintain graduating seniors' interest in Concordia affairs, Lloyd Larson, business manager of The Concordian, this week announced the inaugural of a new r>ay-as-you- ^arn plan for next fall's subscrip-tion** Seniors signing- up will pay their one-dollar subscription price when they receive their first pay check, but will receive the complete September Issues of the paper. A subscription desk will be main-tained in the Main during exam week to receive applications. High-lighting senior and gradua-tion activities in a six page edition, next week's Concordian will be the last published this year. Norse War News In The Norse Language Is Regular WDAY Broadcast By Holvik By RUTH BAKKE War news in the language of the country from which it originates is what Prof. J. A. Holvik, Norse head, gives to WDAY listeners every Satur-day at 6 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 p. m. He broadcasts Norwegian news in the Norse lan-guage. Seeking to give information instead of molding opinion, Professor Holvik tries to give a concise picture of the situation with explanatory notes about those things with which the average listener is not familiar. How-ever, he does venture to give opinions concerning future events when the outcome seems evident. The purpose of the broadcasts Is not only to give the news to those who do not understand English well, but also to those Interested In hearing how com-mon English words and phrases Involving wars are expressed In Norse. Norway, according to Professor Holvik, has many physical features which could be used to good advan-tage by either the Allies or the Ger-mans. Its port of Narvik is impor-tant as a loading place for iron ore and other minerals, for materials can be shipped quickly and easily through this territory. Professor Holvik first visited Nor-way in 1906 when on a concert tour. He studied there three years, 1908- 09 and 1910-12. During these study periods he spent part of his vacations travelling through the countryside. In 1935 he toured the nation as director of the Concordia band on a Norse concert tour. News Notes Piano students of Miss Borghild Torvik will be presented in a group recital at 4 p.m. Monday in college auditorium. Those to appear on the program are Beryl Amundson, Jean Dundas, Everett Edenloff, Ethel Han-son, Marjorie Heidinger, Elizabeth Johnson, Edith Lillehaugen, Kenneth Olson, Eileen Saxvik and Laura Syltie. Speaker at the Moorhead KJ-wonis club this noon will be Prof. J. A. Holvik, head of the Norse department, who will talk on "The Present Situation In Nor-way." Monday night he spoke to the Luth-eran brotherhood of Our Saviour's Lutheran church, Barnesville, on "Past and Present Conflicts in Nor-way." He was accompanied by A. O. Wigdahl, president of the North-ern Minnesota district brotherhood. Mrs. Norma Gooden Ostby, di-rector, and the speaking choir will go to Lake Park Sunday evening to take part In a Luther league program. Seven numbers were sung by the Concordia a cappella choir, directed by Prof. Paul J. Christiansen, before the Rotarians assembled in conven-tion at the Fargo theater Tuesday morning. The Concordia male quartet, composed of Erllng Aarthun, Or-vln Bllstad, Orville Berg and Donald Bent ley, gave a concert at Bethel church near Leonard, N. D., Sunday evening. Prof. J. A. Holvik will be critic judge and director of the massed band at the festival to be held at Ken-mare, N. D., May 24. The festival is being held in connection with a celebration of Canadian day. Profes-sor Holvik was guest conductor of the massed band at the Dickey-La- Moure festival held at Oakes, N. D., Friday. Erickson, Johnson Zube Recital Friday Appearing in a joint recital at 7:30 p. m. Friday in the college auditorium will be three speech students, pupils of Mrs. Norma Gooden Ostby, and the speaking choir. Beatrice Erickson will read a cut-ting from "Mary of Scotland" by Maxwell Anderson. An excerpt from Channing Pollock's "The Enemy" will be given by Audrey Zube and Irene Johnson will read a part of Rupert Hugh's "Henrietta VIII." The choric speakers will give the second part of the program. PKD Initiates To Compete For Oil Can A shiny new oil can, traditionally bestowed on the initiate making the best impromptu speech, will be award-ed to one of eight neophytes who will join Pi Kappa Delta, national honor-ary forensic fraternity, at a banquet in the Comstock hotel, Moorhead, at 6 p.m. Monday. Those who have won membership by participating in five intercollegiate debates, not less than three of which were with out of town schools, are Hazel Ask, Marguerite Eichler, Elsie Wolfe, Aileen Folson, Vernon Raaen, Lynn Borchert, Alvin Selid and Oscar Gjernes. Prof. W. F. Schmdt, adviser, will review the forensic year. Presiding will be Harris Christianson, president. Members named to The Colleague, composed of debaters who are not yet eligible for PKD, are Audrey Zube, Elizabeth Johnson, Annie Morland, Jean and Dorothy Kjorlie, Roland Saethre, Gerald Brekke, Alvin Hagen and Gerald Gray. Sanderson, McDonald Get Teaching Positions Prof. Peter Anderson, placement bureau head, this week announced positions for two more seniors. Carol McDonald has accepted a position at Osakis, where she will teach home economics. Carl Sander-son will teach science at Stanton, N. D. Orvis Hanson '39, has. accepted a position at Annandale, where he will teach science and band. He has taught at Amenia, N. D., for the past year. LSAA Fargo Rally To Hear Anderson On 'Saving Look' "The Saving Look" and "Mountain-top Experiences" will be Rev. C. G. Anderson's topics for the afternoon and evening discussions at the second LSAA rally of Fargo-Moorhead Luth-eran students at the Fargo tourist park at 2 p.m. Sunday. Rev. Mr. An-derson is a prominent home missions worker in the Augustana Synod. New officers for next year who were elected this week include Edwin Astrup, Concordia, vice-president; Arthur Wai en, NDAC, president; Mae Opgrand, MSTC, recording secretary; Elaine Foss,, MSTC, corresponding: secretary, and Ray Mlckel, NDAC, treasur-er. The program for Sunday afternoon includes Bible study to be supervised by Rev. C. B. Ylvisaker, head of re-ligion at Concordia, a hymn-sing to be led by Richard Larson, student pastor at First Lutheran church in Fargo, and a group of songs by the Concordia male quartet. Following the evening sermon, a skit on the 1940 Ashram to be held at Estes park in Colorado will be presented. A campfire and another hymn-sing are planned to heighten the "Bible-camp" atmosphere. On the lunch committee from Con-cordia are Lorraine Thorson and Lu-cille Larson. Eleanor Boe, NDAC, is chairman. Lunch tickets may be ob-tained from Annie Morland for 20 cents. Special busses will leave from the Concordia campus between 1:30 and 1:45 p.m. Students who will lead group discussions during the afternoon will be Anna Walla and Lloyd Ogren, Concordia; Laura Hoeger, St. Luke's hospital; Donald Nel-son, MSTC, and Carl Knutson, NDAC. Their topics will be "Campus Prob-lems for a Christian," "Opportunity to Serve Christ in the Congregation and Church," "Sharing My Faith with Others," "The Church at Home and Abroad" and "Time and Talent for Christian Service," respectively. Cobber Speakers Enter MIFU Meet Three student speakers will leave Saturday morning for St. John's uni-versity, Collegeville, to participate in the annual oratorical contest of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Forensic union. They are Lynn Borchert, Os-car Gjernes and Robert H. Johnson. Borchert will represent Concordia in extempore speaking which is on the general topic of government spending. Gjernes will compete in the after dinner speaking contest and Johnson will be entered in the orato-rical division with his oration entitl-ed, "Cave Dwellers." Nordlie Gets Position Prof. H. C. Nordlie, head of the history department, was elected vice president of the Fargo-Moorhead Open forum at a meeting Monday evening. Dr. Judd, well known lec-turer on the far east, spoke on American-Chinese relations. Kaushagen To Be Installed May 23 MAURICE KAUSHAGEN Schmidt Develops Unique Vocational Guidance A unique form of vocational guid-ance has been developed this year for prospective students by Prof. W. F. Schmidt. It is designed to furn-ish counselling on a large scale but at the same time to give each individual a personalized service. Questionnaires are mailed out to high school seniors In which they are asked to state their edu-cational and vocational prefer-ences. At present 2,000 of these have been sent. Here's a typical reply from a boy in a small Minnesota town. He's interested in the foreign service and medicine. Before us on a table are 31 piles of colored printed sheets. Eight of them are general introduc-tory pages. Each of the other 23 car-ries a printed discussion of a different vocation. For the case at hand we pick up the eight introductory pages and those on foreign service, medicine, law, journalism, chemistry and den-tistry. Placed in a folder and stapled to form a booklet it is a guide to this student when he makes his educa-tional- vocational plans. He is told which phase of the work is the most opportunity-laden, what studies he should pursue, where he can get further information on the vocation and what Concordia can do to train him for the field. Professor Schmidt was the author of the Idea and every one of the 31 pages. As far as he knows no other school has used a like system. Careers in art, aviation, architec-ture, diatetics, Iibrarianship, the min-istry, radio and social work are among those considered in these papers. The personnel office headed by Dean Theresa Holt is the organiza-tion which plays a similar role for present Concordia students. Elected Tuesday to head the 1940- 41 Student forum as president, Maur-ice Kaushagen will be inaugurated at the annual all-college lawn sup-per which will take place at 5:30 p.m. May 23. Carl Bailey, retiring president, will inaugurate the new officers in a ceremony to be followed by a half hour band concert. Kaushagen was selected from a field of three candidates at a general student election, in which 304 ballots were cast, 35 less than last year's total. Others elected to the forum personnel were Waldo Lyden, vice-president; Doris Larson, sec-retary- treasurer Olav Torvik, religious representative; Carsten Breln, literary representative; Earnest Harris, music represen-tative. Aid en Setnes, athletic repre-sentative, and Helen Broten, so-cial representative. Class presi-dents will be added to the mem-bership after elections next fall. A mathematics major, Kaushagen is a member of Alpha society, scho-lastic honor group. Delta Rho liter-ary society and the Concordia col-lege concert band. Candidates for the offices other than those elected were: for presi-dent, Orvin Bilstad, Richard Melby; vice-president, Sigfred Lysne, Thel-ma Rue; secretary-treasurer, Lloyd Larson, Elsie Ordahl; religious repre-sentative, Janette Rustad; literary • representative, Jean Ostby, Lloyd Jenson; music representative, Ardith Lee, LaVaughn Skatrud, Vernon Mauritsen; athletic representative, Harold Poier, and social representa-tive, Rose Hahn.
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