| Summary: | THE Beck To Address CONCORDIAN 43 Graduating Class Vol. XXXIV Concordia College, Moorhead, Thursday, May 20, 1943 Number 29 Nesset To Give Baccalaureate Sermon In Trinity Church At services under the direction of Rev. Roy Harrisville, Rev. Alfred 0. Nesset, Leeds, N. D., will deliver the baccalaur-eate sermon in Trinity Lutheran church May 30 at 11:15 a.m. A graduate of Luther college, Reverend Nesset received his theological training at Luther Seminary in St. Paul. Pastor at Leeds, N. D., since 1919, he and his family will move to Clermont, Iowa, this summer. Graduation Events To Begin May 30 Full days are scheduled for Con-cordia's fifty-second commence-ment to be held on the campus May 30 and 31. Activities will begin at 8:30 a. m. May 30 with a meeting of the Mission Crusaders in Fjel-stad hall. At 11:15, Rev. Alfred O. Nesset of Leeds, N. D., will de-liver the baccalaureate sermon at Trinity Lutheran church. The service will be conducted by Rev. Roy A. Harrisville, Trinity pastor. Included on the afternoon pro-gram are a commencement tea at 3 p. m. in Fjelstad hall, and a Luther League meeting at 6 p. m. in the college chapel. At 8 p. m. the Concordia col-lege a capella choir, under the direction of Prof. Paul J. Chris-tiansen, and concert band, direct-ed by Prof. J. A. Holvik, will pre-sent a program in the gymnasium. Festivities May 31 will open with an Alpha society breakfast scheduled for 10 a. m. at the Alamo cafe, Moorhead. Prof. Richard Beck, Ph. D., of the University of North Dakota will deliver the commencement address at 10 a.m. His topic is "Education and Democracy." Concluding the weekend's pro-gram are the alumni dinner at 1 p. m. at the Graver hotel, Far- - go, and the Cobber Coffee given for all Cobbers, parents and friends by the Cobber Mothers club at 2 p. m. in the North lounge of Fjelstad hall. Anderson Announces Senior Placements Placements of seniors, as an-nounced by Prof. Peter A. An-derson, head of the college place-ment bureau, total 25. Students accepting teaching po-sitions are Eunice Berge and Mar-jorie Brown at Battle Lake; Opal Bueide, Wadena; Kathryn Dahl, Granada; Jean Dundas, New Eng-land, N. D.; Helen Field, Grove City; Sylvia Gronseth, Aberdeen, S. D.; Norma Haga, Heron Lake; Eunice Halvorson, Karlstad; Marjorie Hoff, Ulen; Lorraine Holt, Glyndon; Elaine Johnson, Culbertson, Mont.; Elizabeth Johnson, Breckenndge; Thelma Jorve, Hayfield; Ruth Josendal, Breckenridge; Wanda Mattson, Ruth ton; Jewel Mostrom, Lancas-ter; "Lorraine Peterson, Bellingham; Edna Mae Smith, Renville; Ray-mond Sted je, Genesee, Idaho; Marian Strong, Hankinson, N. D.; Audrey Zube, Ada and Sylvia Sonderson at Morgan. Other positions that have been accepted by senior students are Otto Berg, Naval Research Lab-oratory, Washington, D. C; Ver-non Hektner, graduate study scholarship at Syracuse university, N. Y., and DeWayne Lee, East-man Kodak company. Land Will Speak On Norway Sunday HaraJd Land, a 31 year old Norwegian school teacher, sports-man and soldier, will speak Sun-day at 8 p. m. in the college chapel. His topic will be "Pres-ent Conditions in Norway." Instrumental in organizing the teachers revolt against the Nazis and promoting the famous "Sports Strike," Land left his homeland with Gestapo agents relentlessly pursuing him. During the active campaign in Norway, Mr. Land fought against the Germans as a Lieutenant in the artillery. He succeeded in escaping a prison camp the first time he was captured, but later was forced into a prisoner-of-war camp for several weeks. After returning from the front Land distinguished himself in the underground work against the Nazis. NESSET Reverend Nesset has held po-sitions as president of the North Dakota District Luther League and Choral Union, president of the Metigoshe Lutheran Bible camp, a member of the Home Mission Committee of the North Dakota district and also is mem-ber of the board of directors of Concordia college. College Surpasses Goal In Campus Bond Drive Concordia's final drive to sell bonds and stamps during the past two weeks amounted to a total sale of $2,869.55. Sales by the sophomore and junior classes re-spectively are $1,921.80 and $947.75. Co-chairmen of the two weeks' drive sponsored by the college War Council were Soren Hauge and Henry Reitan. With "Bonds and Stamps Lick Axis Tramps" as the slogan the class sales were led by Merrill Edwardson, sopho-more and Conrad Aamodt, junior. Berge To Head Women's Group Newly elected officers of the women's off-campus organization include Elsie Berge, president; Merlyn Olson, vice president; Mary Kay Enger, secretary and Vivian Everson, treasurer. They replace this year's officers, Marjorie Hoff, president; Rebecca Johnson, vice president; M«*rlyn Olson, secretary and Esther Mar-quette, treasurer. Dramatic Society Honors Brodin Honored for his work in dra-matics during 1942-43, Buel Bro-din was named "most representa-tive member" of the Alpha Alpha cast of Alpha Psi Omega, na-tional honorary dramatic society, at a breakfast Wednesday morn-ing. As a token of the award, he was presented a gold key. Brodin has given three years of service to the Concordia theater in production work and acting. He carried leading roles in "Cyran de Alpha Psi To Have Outing Alpha Psi Omega members will have their spring outing May 29. No definite place has been chosen Brown Will Deliver Church, Graduation Day Addresses Giving addresses at high school commencements, district church meetings and an ordination serv-ice are scheduled for Pres. J. N. Brown from June 1 to June 6. June 1, 2 and 3, he will deliver commencement speeches at Karl-stad, Waubon and Fergus Falls, respectively. The morning of June 4, he will speak at the meet-ing of the northern Minnesota dis-trict of the Lutheran church at Fergus Falls. Later that same day he is to give an address to the high school seniors at Twin Val-ley. A t Rothsay June 6, President Brown will speak when Sidney Rand '38, is ordained into the Lutheran church ministry. BRODIN Bergerac," "Giants in the Earth," "The Rivals" and "Mrs. Miniver." This year he has been president of the local chapter of Alpha Psi Omega. Other recipients of the award were Erling Erickson. and Rudolph Bergland, Jr., '42, Vernon Maurit-son '41, Lloyd Sveen '40 and George Braseth and Sherman Sun-det '39. Dr. Richard Beck, professor of Scandinavian languages and literatures at the University of North Dakota, will deliver the commencement address at graduation exercises in the col-lege auditorium at 10:00 a, m., May 31. Chapel exercises will open with . . the invocation by Rev. S. G. Hauge, Hawley. The audience will sing the hymn ."How Firm a Fondatlon," following which Gladys Mikelson will present the salutatory address entitled "Build-ing Values." GVe/7 lCerS Beck, the Concordia choir present a message in song. Seven new members were in- Preceeding the address by Dr. ducted and officers for next year will were elected at the breakfast meeting of Alpha Psi Omega, na-tional honorary dramatic society, Wednesday. Rebecca Johnson was named president; Loren Spauldlng, vice president; Edward Gulllckson, sec-retary and Harriet Holum, treas-urer. Neophytes are Patricia Bergland, Miss Holum, Charlotte Tobln, Con rad Aamodt, Soren' Hauge, Lowell Thorson and Ralph Wallin. Miss Bergland earned member-ship into the group by major roles in "American Passport" and "Mrs. Miniver"; and Miss Holum for stage designing for "Comedy of Errors," "The Rivals," "Where the Dear Antelope Play" and "Mrs. Miniver." Moss Tobih did production work for "Comedy of Errors' and "The Rivals" and played in "Where the Dear Ante-lope Play" and "Mrs. Miniver." Hauge fulfilled membership re-quirements by acting in "Ameri-can Passport," "Comedy of Er-rors" and "Mrs. Miniver." Aamodt played in "Giants in the Earth," "Comedy of Errors/1 "American Passport" and "Mrs. Miniver." Thforson and Wallin had parts in all three theater pro-ductions this year and are the first freshmen to earn Alpha Psi Omega membership since 1939. BECK Arthur H., Johnshoy, Moorhead, valedictorian of the 1943 class, will speak on the topic "The Dis-cipline of Peace." Pres. J. N. Brown will make the presentation of. diplomas and confer the degrees after which the graduates will be presented to the Alumni association. Mr. Manfred Ohnstad '34, Alum-ni president, will give the address of acceptance in behalf of the AHimni association. After the hymn, "Now Thank We All Our God," Rev. O. J. Lut-ness, Enderlin, N. D., will pro-nounce benediction. Born and reared in Iceland and graduating with honors from the State College of Iceland in 1920, Dr. Beck came to the United States in 1922. He continued his studies in the field of Scandina-vian languages and literature and in English literature at Cor-nell University, Ithaca, New York. While at Cornell, he won several prizes and scholarships and re-ceived his Master's degree in 1924 and his Doctor of Philosophy de-gree in 1926. Dr. Beck is the author of sev-eral books and has written a large number of articles and boojk reviews on Scandinavian literature and culture in Ameri-can, Norwegianj-Amerlcan and Icelandic publications since he came to the University of North Dakota. He is president of the Icelandic National League of America and was recently named president of the Leif Erikson Association of North Dakota, succeeding the late ex-governor R. A. Nestos of Minot. In recognition of his contribu-tions in the Scandinavian field, Dr. Beck has been elected an hon-orary member of a number of Norwegian-American cultural or-ganizations. In 1939 he was deco-rated Knight of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon by King Christian of Iceland and Den-mark, and in the same year Knight of the Order of St. Olav by King Haakon of Norway. Last fall the Icelandic government ap-pointed him Vice-Consul of Ice-land for North Dakota. Nine Cobber Students Receive Scholarships Receiving scholarships Saturday during the Cap and Gown day ex-ercises were nine students. v Those gaining recognition for high scholastic honors in their re-spective classes were Elvin Un-dem, winning the senior honor in the Dr. O. J. Hagen prize; Har-riet Halvorson, winning the junior honor in the Dr. Gould Wickey prize; Yona Swearson, winning the sophomore honor in the Dr. T. O. Burgess prize and Virginia Dale winning the freshman honor in the Dr. O. J. Hagen prize. . The Phi Iota chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, national honorary music society, awarded the following students scholarships, Karl Hol-vik, music valedictorian, senior, Elsie Berge, Edith Herseth and Velma Dyrstad, juniors and Vir-ginia Dale, freshman. Faculty Address Church Meet Addressing the meeting of the Moorhead circuit of the Lutheran church Sunday were three faculty members, Dr. C. B. Ylvisakerr Rev. Norval Hegland and Prof. Peter A. Anderson. Topics discussed included the "Lutheran World Action in Re-spect to Soldiers at Service/' by Dr. Ylvisaker, "Lutheran World Action in Relation to Orphaned Missions," by Rev. Hegland and "Higher Christian Education" by Professor Anderson. Burgess, Anderson Attend Meeting Dr. T. O. Burgess and Prof. Peter Anderson attended the an-nual Schoolmasters' meeting held at the Fairhills resort, Pelican lake, last evening.
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