| Summary: | Friday, March 18, 1932 CONCORDIAN Page Seven RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES PROMINENT AMONG LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS Through Membership In These Groups Students Receive - Excellent Training Cobbers Particiate In Three Major Clubs Daughters of the Reformation Luther League and Mission Crusaders Are Active Prominent among the activities on tho campus arc the religious organiza-tions. Most of the students belong to one or more of these organizations. In these various clubs the students re-ceive valuable training in church work especially for Luther League and Sun-day School departments. The Luther League, the Mission Crusaders, and the Lutheran Daugh-ters of the Reformation are the three major organizations. Besides partici-pating in the activities of these groups, many of the students assist in the re-ligious week-day school and Sunday schools of the local churches. Have Weekly Meetings "iVord Alone, Grace Alone, Faith Alone" is the motto of the Luther League. Regular meetings are held every Sunday evening, from 6 to 7 o'clock in the college chapel. The program consists of a series of discussions by several students, devo-tion, musical numbers, and hymns. During the past year the programs have been arranged in a series dealing with the spiritual life of man. The topics have dealt with the different steps in man's conversion, baptism, confirmation, the Lord's Supper, etc. Rev. C. B. Ylvisaker is advisor of the Luther League, and Miss Clara Paulson is active advisor. Study Missions The Mission Crusaders meet every Sunday morning at 8:30 o'clock. Last semester the programs dealt with the study of the foreign mission field and its workers. This semester the programs have dealt with more personal mission work. The talks have included suggestions whereby one can help to lead people to Christ and to interest the indiffer-ent. Several outside speakers have appeared on these programs. An annual sunrise service is held outside every spring and every year the Mission Crusaders send Christmas greetings to our workers on the for-eign fiejds. Rev. Carl B. Ylvisaker is advisor of the Mission Crusaders. Women Have U D. R. An organization for the women, is the Lutheran Daughters of the Refor-mation. It is affiliated with the na-tional organization and through the national L. D. R. helps in the support of a missionary in Alaska. This year the programs of the L. D. R. have been based on two books, "Vesper Talks to Girls" by Laura A. Knott, and "Friendship" by Hugh Black. Besides discussions from these books, there are musical numbers on the programs. Miss Anna Jordahl is the advisor of the L. D. R. Students Active In Religious Work The college chapel platform is shown on the left. Students gather here every day except Saturday and Sunday, for 15 minute dcvotionals. Below is T r i n i t y Lutheran church, at-tended by the Con-cordia students.' Rev. Carl B. Ylvis-aker is advisor of two of the student religious organiza-tions, the Luther League and the Mis-sion Crusaders. COLLEGE SENDS OUT THREE CAMPAIGNERS Arthur Wigdahl, Paul Anderson, Arthur Diercks To Help Enlist Students Graduates Enter Numerous Vocations and Professions Educational Field Draws Most Of Concordia Alumni With Total of 417 According to Miss Martha Brennun, registrar, the alumni of Concordia col-lege are entered in many various pro-fessions. The field of education leads the group with a total of 427. This field includes those wjio are teaching in high schools, academics, and colleges, as well as many who are doing graduate work at the present and those who are doing research work. C2% Teachers Of those who are in the educational profession 370 are teaching in high schools. Of this group 180 are men and 190 are women. Of all the living graduates 62 per cent are in the edu-cational field. Religious work is next highest with n total of 65. Of this number 62 are men. This includes the clergy and theological students as well as all who arc doing missionary work. In other occupations such as agri-culture, banking, clerical, commercial, homemaking,. nursing, librarian, un-dertaking, etc. claims a total of 125 graduates, of which 41 are men and 84 are women. 16 In Professional Work Sixteen are in professional work such as editorial, law and medicine. Of the total number living graduates the occupations of 56 are unknown. Missionary At Fort Dauphin Visits Here Laura Olson, a graduate with the class of 1922, and a missionary at Fort Dauphin, Madagascar, was a campus visitor Monday. She has returned to America on a furlough after six and a half years of work in the mission field. She will be at her home in Shelly, Minny for eighteen months. Hilda Wisncss, a Concordia class-mate of Miss Olson's, who is county superintendent at Mihne-waukan, N. D., was also a campus visitor on Monday. LIBRARY INCREASED TO 28,000 VOLUMES College Archives Hold 20,000 Books, 8,000 Pamphlets; Periodicals Filed SOCK AND BUSKIN TO PRESENT PLAY SOON Esther Malkewick Directs Play "Over the Hill" for Next Meeting In order to enlist students for next year the college will put forth every effort to cover the territory in western Minnesota and North Dakota during the coming summer. This year three men will be sent to do student cam-paigning instead of two as in previous years. Arthur Wigdahl, '30, Watertown, S. D.; Paul Anderson, '31, Greenbush, Minn., and Arthur Diercks, '26, Moor-head, will begin work early in the sum-mer in an attempt to enlist many of the high school seniors who will be graduated this spring. This will be Mr. Wigdahl's fifth year in this kind of work. Paul Anderson will begin his second year while Mr. Diercks, principal of the Moorhead high school, will do this for the first time. Besides actually going out and meet-ing the various seniors, the college will send out the annual catalog and the January Record to the students. Dur-ing the summer a picture bulletin will be published and circulated. Omicron Tau Delta Have Dutch Program Members of the Omicron Tau Delta held their regular meeting Friday, March 11. The program included a vocal solo, "'A Little Dutch Garden," Catherine Mead, by Florence Jeglum; 9 talk on "Holland" by Evangeline Mortenson; and a reading '"Wings," Alice Parker Butler, by Alton Moe. Mrs. Hazel Falley Has Campfire Class A Guardianship campfire class has been organized by Mrs. Hazel Falley, Fargo. Juniors and seniors only are permitted to take the course. Member-ship in such a class provides training for students who wish to organize campfire groups after graduation. At the completion of the course, the girls have an outing at the lake. Norris R. Halvorson Talks On Convention The chapel address on March 7 was delivered by Norris R. Halvorson, '29, who will be gradunted from the/semi-nary this spring. "Remembering the thrills, of the L. S. U. convention," he said, "we should keep enthusiastic In a unique man-ner the opportunities to learn the spiritual from a radio was portrayed. The radio can transmit in a fashion unknown to man and we do not under-stand its makeup. Thus why can't we receive from God without understand-ing? "Xn a church school we should avail ourselves of the means offered to re-tain enthusiasm. True Joy, which a crusader needs, comes from God. There is no greater power than Christ. With Him in your heart you cannot lose. His is a joyous message,' it is a great message. Go out from Christian col-leges as true Christians." Act one of Hcnriette Brown's play, AOver the Hill," is to be presented by the Sock and Buskin dramatic club at its March meeting. The play is under the direction of Esther Malkewick. The cast of characters are as follows: Snappy McGuire, a waif from' New • York, Ralph Daehlin, Moorhead; Millie 1 Tidway, | a village hayden. Bernice 'Solbcrg, Heimdal, N. D.; Charles Saun-ders, a. young business man, Ray Thorbecke, Gonvick, Minn.; Joan Hol-den, a constable, Wayne Pixley, Felton, Minn.; Judge Billings, a country jurist, Victor Boe, Finley, N. D.; Grace Bill-ings, his daughter, Elsie Iverson, Moor-head Joan Saundcrs( Charles' wife, Esther Onstad, Adav Minn.; Dick.Saun-ders, the younger son, Arthur Borstad, Tioga, N. D., and Mrs. Saunders, the mother, Mildred Knudsvig, Audubon, Minn. The remaining acts of the play will be presented at later meetings of the club. New characters will carry the roles in order to contrast interpreta-tions of the parts and afford oppor-tunity for study of dramatics. Three hundred bound volumes and three hundred and seventy-five vol-umes of periodicals have been added to the Concordio college library dur-ing the past year, according to Miss Carrie Braaten, librarian. This addition brings the total number of volumes to 20,000 and pamphlets to 8,000, selected to supplement in-struction given tat the college. ' In addition to this, one hundred and thirty-five pe-riodicals are rfc-ceived regularly and the current numbers are kept on file. Much equipment has also been pur- Miss Braaten chased during the past year to increase the facilities of the libVary. Miss Braaten is chairman of the faculty library boaid which also in-cludes Professors H. C. Nordlie, C. E. Bale, R. E. Fuglestad and Dr. Thomas O. Burgess. STUDENTS EXERCISE TALENTS IN VARIOUS CLUBS UPON CAMPUS Cobbers To Participate In Many Extra-CurricuIar Activities While At College Stoeve To Be Speaker At Chapel Exercises A series of chapel addresses will be given here Yiext week by the Rt. Rev. David Stoe-n, president of the North Dakota district of the Nprwegian Lu-theran Church of America. He will speak on the subject, "Why Do Men Forsake Christ?" These addresses will be given on March 21, 22, and 23. Reinertsen Tells Of Trip To Washington Introduced by Prof. Herman C. Nord-lie, Supt. S. G. Reinertsen, of the Moorhead public schools gave a trave-logue in chapel, March 15. He re-lated events of his recent visit to Washington, D. C, for a convention of the National Educational association and Superintendents. This was held during the opening days of the Wash-ington Bi-centennial celebration. Mr. Reinertsen issued a plea that teachers correct erroneous concep-tions and teach the true George Wash-ington. He referred to II Kings 2:9, "I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me." Physics Club Has Interesting Meeting . A scientific paper lay Marcus Nich-olls, Ypsilanti, N. D.( featured the pro-gram at the bi-weekly meeting of the physics club on Thursday, March 10. Other numbers included were on illus-trated talk on the vacuum tube by Carlot Rostad, Comertown, Mont., and a demonstration of static electricity by Theodore Renne, Bagley, Minn. Neubarth's The City Hall is across the' street DIAMONDS Jewelry Watches Bring Us That Next Repair Job Students at Concordia college are not only subjected to the class room activi-ty but are given ample opportunity to exercise their own talents through the various clubs and societies on the cam-pus. These organizations are governed by the literary board. Members of this board are: Prof. Wyman E. Olson, chairman; Prof. J.'A. Holvik, Dean Paul Rasmussen, Dean Frida Nilsen and Grace AskegaarcL Eight Societies Eight of these societies are literary clubs. Of these four are for the men of the college and four are for the women. During the year social gath-erings are held. Freshmen are eligible for membership after they have been here one semester. Two dramatic clubs have been or-ganized. The Alpha Alpha chapter of the national Alpha Psi Omega dramatic fraternity is an active club in dra-matics. Each year members are taken in who have ployed major roles in an all-college play. The Sock and Buskin is another dramatic fraternity. This club is open to all students. Tryouts are held in the fall and the members for the year are taken in. Various plays are put on at the monthly meetings. Home Ec Club Omicron Tau Delta, a home econo-mics club, is affiliated with the state and National Home Economics associa-tion. It holds luncheon meetings every three weeks to further interest in home economics. Two language clubs have been or-ganized. The German "Die Deutche Gesellshaft" and the French "La Socie-to Francaise" ore both under the su-pervision of Prof. G. L. Schoberg, head of the French and German depart-ments. These clubs meet bi-weekly and the programs are carried out in the Ger-man and French languages. It is the purpose of these clubs to create on interest in the study of the languages. The programs consist of litertary pro-ductions, dramatics, and cultural ac-tivities in general. Study Coins The Numismatic club is a student or-ganization fostered for the purpose of studying and collecting old coins at the monthly meetings. An Art club is also organized for doing work in pictorial art. An honorary Physics club has been organized for those, who wish to study tho more modern phenomena of the scientific world. Various demonstra-tions are performed and mathematical peculiarities are solved. The Difference She—"Men are all alike. Whatever you say to them goes in one ear and out the other." He—-"And what is said to a woman goes in one ear and out of the mouth." EAT MIDNIGHT SUN Brand High Quality Food Products and he healthy Bergseth Fish Co. Fargo, No. Dak. Minneapolis, Minn. Concordia Musical Talent Broadcasts Over Station KGFK Concordia college presented o radio broadcast over station KGFK, Moor-head, Tuesday evening, March 8. The program opened with "Sophien March", by Lorney, and "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms", arranged by Lake, played by the Con-cordia college brass quartet, composed of Lauren Buslce, ^fenry Orvedahl, Edfield Odcgard and Engebret Thor-modsgaard. This was followed by a baritone solo, "There I shall sleep", from Don Carlo by Verdi, sung, by Arnold Larson. % The ladies' chorus under the direc-tion of Prof. Hilbert Dahl, sang "Lift Up Thine Eyes," by Mendelssohn, and "At Eventide It Shall Be Light," by Gaul (from the Holy City). The pro-gram concluded with "Campanola" by ^ang and a selection from "Martha" by Flotow, ployed by the brass quartet. These programs, composed entirely of music, arc broadcast bi-weekly over station KGFK on Tuesday evening from 7 to 7:30. Students of the various music departments in this way are af-forded an opportunity in receiving ex-perience in radio performing. Each'society also presents a program over the same station qnnually. Nil SIGMA RHO HAVE INITIATION LUNCHEON Evangeline Mortenson Presides At Entertainment For New Members Initiation for the new members of the Nu Sigma Rho was concluded at a formal luncheon last Saturday evening, at a Fargo cafe. Evangeline Mortenson, Williston, N. D., was the toastmaster. The program included talks by Evangeline Morten-son, Miss Frida Nilsen, and Olivia Torvik, and impromptu numbers by each one of the pledges. The member-ship ceremonial and the society song concluded the program. Miss Frida Nilsen, society advisor, Miss Gertrude Sovik and Miss Chris-tine Fjelstad, honorary members, were guests at the luncheon. New members taken in were: Ger-trude Rugland, Olivia Torvik, Norma Jacobson, Esther Peterson, Helen Ja-cobson, Beulah Johnson, Ada Jones and Marion Lindgren. 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