| Summary: | Queen Phyllis I THE Phyllis Johnson, elected by the student body, will be crowned queen of the homecoming festivities tonight by the student body president in the Moorhead armory. Queen Phyllis I, attended by Dorothy Solem and Joan Heinz, will reign throughout the three-day homecoming celebration. College Directors Convene Wednesday; Rendahl Elected To Vice-Presidency President J. N. Brown presented his annual report to the Concordia college board of directors Wednesday at their regu-lar meeting. He reported a total enrollment of 933 students, of which 430 are from Minnesota, 399 from North Dakota, 56 from Montana, and 48 from other states and foreign countries. The budget of 1946-47 was adopted by the board. Several substantial gifts have been re-ceivcd recently. According to the president, the assets of the college now are valued at $1,741,800. Mr. Oscar H. Kjorlfe of Fargo was elected to the executive com-mittee of the board, Mr. Ole O. Flaat of Fisher to the invest-ment committee, and Supt. S. G. Reinertson to the educational committee. G. L. Dosland was named college attorney and J. L. Rendahl, vice president of the col-lege. The directors voted to express appreciation to the Minnesota highway department for their planning services in planning driveways to and exits from the 65-acre athletic field being de-veloped south of the campus. The president reported that work on the new athletic field has included grading the field, exca-vating the running track, install-ing a draining system, and plan-ning parking areas. A study was made of plans for the proposed music hall for which funds are now being raised. Play To Be Cast Casting of "You Can't Take It With You," fall production of the Concordia Theatre, will begin Monday, announces Miss Agnes Risetter, dramatics director. The play requires 17 speaking parts and several production positions. Tryouts will be held in the speech room of the classroom building and will begin at 1:45 Monday and Tuesday afternoons and at 6:30 on those same eve-nings. All those interested are urged to attend. /AUdiTlS rCOrwUilr Library Adds New Volumes Within the past few weeks a number of new books have been added to the library. An untasual book is "Starling of the White House," by E. W. Star-ling, the story of a secret service man who guarded five presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Franklin D. Roosevelt. "Hiroshima," by John Hersey, is an account of the effect 'of the atomic bomb as told by six survivors. New biographies include "The Man Who Gave Us Christmas/' a short life history-of Luke written by Winifred Kirkland, and "The must be solved by surrendering Autobiography of William Allen White," the life of the newspaper man of Emporia, Kans. Speaking yesterday on the subject "New Frontiers," Mr. Wayne Adams, world traveler and agricultural economist, advanced four challenges awaiting conquest by the present generation. These frontiers are the further development of the western states, the vast undeveloped expanses in Alaska, advancement of the sci-ence of plant and animal breeding, and the perpetuation of peace through effective world organiza-tion. Adams declared a great frontier existed even in the United States because most western states do not have adequate facilities for soil conservation and land irri-gation. Alaska was described as a land of true opportunity, having only one fifth of its soil under cultivation. Plant breeding, the speaker stated, is relatively a new field and sorely in need of workers. "Before we can ever hope to conquer any of these new fron-tiers, we must first solve the frontier of world peace," asserted Adams. He developed this topic by pointing out the inadequacies of the United Nations in an atomic age. He felt the problem CONCORDIAN Volume XXXVIII Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, Friday, October 18, 1946 Number 3 'Greater Concordia' Is Theme Of Homecoming Celebration Brave Braves Brave Bison By HELEN NARVESON War Correspondent Moorhead, Minn., Oct. 19t 1946 — (Special)—Street fires, groups of armed men, and other nocturnal disturbances have alarmed Moorhead resi-dents in the vicinity of Seventh street and Eighth avenue since Tuesday. Special investigation disclosed the following facts: Three Indian tribes — the Cobbers, Dragons, and Bison— have their hunting grounds in Moorhead and Fargo. Each fall near-hostilities commence about the time of a tribal cele-bration called "homecoming," when braves of each tribe try to invade the grounds of the others. This weekend being "homecoming" for the Cobbers (headquarters at Seventh street and Eighth avenue in Moor-head), their chief tans posted some of the tribe's most fear-less braves—men of~the class known as freshmen—to stand sentry Tuesday through Friday nights. Every tepee and wigwam in Cobber territory is protected from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. by bands of armed men,)the w^artch being changed at two-hour intervals. The fires reported by near-by dwellers are sentries' watch fires; war-whoops and other outcries result when cars or persons are prevented from entering the tribal lands. Cob-ber squaws provide food for their guards each night in Fjelstad tepee. In view of all precautions taken, the Cobber guards are confident no marauding Bison or Dragons will swamp 'em and get the Cobber wampum. With the largest enrollment in the history of the school, Concordia college will open homecoming "festivities tonight in the Moorhead armory at 7 :&0 prepared to greet a record crowd of students and alumni. Centered on the theme, "Greater Con-cordia," homecoming will continue . through tomorrow and Sunday. city of Moorhead, with the entire Heralded by the college band, student body participating. Later under the direction of Prof. J. at the armory, the pep squad, with A. Holvik, Queen Phyllis Johnson Ray Johnson in charge, will lead Missionary Rendahl To Speak In Chapel Speaking over the daily broad-cast on Monday, Miss Mae Ren-dal will tell of her experiences as a missionary in Madagascar. On Tuesday, in observance of Navy day, Attorney G. L. Dosland will speak at chapel exercises. Dr. J. Walter Johnshoy is the chapel speaker for Wednesday. 1 will arrive accompanied by at-tendants Dorothy Solem and Joan Heinz. Following a piano selec-tion of Prof. Gordon Jones, the queen will be crowned by Willys Nord, student body president. Following selections by the con-cert band, the queen will give her acceptance speech. In the remain-der of the program, Miss Thelma Halvorson will sing, Prof. Peter Anderson will speak, and Myron Hagen will play a baritone selec-tion. The annual torchlight parade will follow immediately, originat-ing at Fifth street and Third avenue and proceeding through the Guardsmen Quartet Is First Lyceum As the first number in the 1946- 1947 artists course, the Guards-men quartet will sing Monday at 8 p. m. in the Moorhead armory. Students will be admitted upon presentation of activity tickets. In addition to several numbers from their motion picture work, their program will include a musi-cal skit, "The Lady Killers Quar-tet." This act was originated for a motion picture sequence por-traying life in the "gay nineties." The Guardsmen quartet has won fame in radio, motion pic-tures, and personal performances. Among the motion pictures in which they have appeared is Bing Crosby's "Blue Skies." Concordia college, together with Moorhead State Teachers college and the Amphion chorus, is spon-soring the artists course. Sidney Foster, pianist, will appear in De-cember, and in January there will be a concert by Vivian Delia Chiosa, lyric soprano of radio fame. The Minneapolis Symphony orchestra and Isaac Stern, violin-ist, are attractions for the spring of 1947. BRENNTJN ATTENDS MEET Miss Martha Brennum left last Friday to attend a conference of the North Central Association of College Registrars at Grinnell college, Grinnell, Iowa. Sessions were held all day Tuesday. Royalty Will Return Johnson Is "Typical" g national sovereignty in order to gain an organization based on world law. Queenly culture will permeate the armory Friday night at the crowning of Queen Phyllis I when, for the first time in homecoming history, the royalty of Cobberdom since 1926 will be present at the ceremonies. As the band plays the triumphal march, the curtains will open re-vealing Estelle Johnson, who reigned over 1945 festivities. At-tired in a white formal and wear-ing a crown, Queen Estelle will stand as Miss Phyllis Johnson makes Her entrance. When the new queen reaches the foot of the steps leading to the throne, the crown will be transferred to her. At the personal invitation of the homecoming committee, each queen for the past two decades will be introduced by Queen Phyllis I and be given a place of honor. No wonder Phyllis Johnson was elected homecoming queen, for the name Johnson refers to a "nation-al or typical type of person." Apparently Cobbers this year as well as other years agree with this definition. When her name is placed on the roll of Cobber queens, she will be the fourth with the surname John-son in the last five years. In 1942 Olive Johnson reigned over Cobberdom. The following year Rebecca Johnson was named Miss Concordia. Lorraine Omlie, queen of 1944, broke the prece-dent. However, one of her at-tendants was Corinne Johnson. Estelle Johnson reigned over last year's homecoming. This year the Johnsons have scored again with Queen Phyllis I. the students in a football rouser. Society breakfasts and lunch-eons are on the program for to-morrow. The Alumni association will hold its annual meeting in the college chapel at 10 a. m. Gome Follows Parade Organization of the homecom-ing parade is scheduled at 1 p. m. The parade, led by the band, will form at the college campus, march down Seventh street to First avenue, turn west to Third street and north to Cen-ter avenue. Proceeding east on Center avenue, the columns will turn south on Eighth street to Fifth avenue, east again to Elev-enth street and east along Sev-enth avenue to the MSTC football field. The kickoff between the Cob-bers and Augsburg college will take place at 2:30 p. m. Contests between freshman and sophomore classes are scheduled between halves of the game and Queen Phyllis I will present the trophy to the winning class. Reunion tables for classes '16, '26, '36, and '46 will be placed at the alumni banquet to be held at 6 p. m. in the Trinity Lutheran church parlors. The main speaker will be Carl Bailey, '40, a member of the physics faculty at the Uni-versity of Minnesota. After the processional march of the royal party in the armory Sat-urday night at 8, the concert choir, directed by Prof. P. J. Christiansen, and the college band will present a short program of music. Christianson To Speak Mr. J. L. Rendahl, head of the college public relations office, will present the theme of home-coming. The main address will be given by Dr. J. O. Christianson, superintendent of the School of Agriculture, University of Minne-sota, and the program will con-clude with the singing of "Hymn to Concordia" by the assembly. Reunion breakfasts have been scheduled on Sunday morning along with the Mission Crusaders alumni program in the college chapej. At the homecoming services m Trinity Lutheran church at 11:15 a. m. Sunday, the Rev. Norris Stoa, '31, of Morris, HI., will preach. Music will be supplied by the concert choir. Cornerstone To Be Laid The Rev. Roy A. Harrisville will present the invocation at the cornerstone laying ceremonies of the men's dormitory at 2:30 p. m. The address and ceremonial act of cornerstone laying will be given by Dr. David Stoeve, president of the North Dakota district, ELG. Following an anthem by the con-cert choir, the benediction will be pronounced by Dr. Selmer A. Ber-ge, pastor of First Lutheran church in Fargo. The college band will supply music. Tfrie homecoming reception be-tween 3 and 5 Sunday afternoon will be given by the Women's league in the North lounge of Fjelstad hall. At the same time, open house will be held In all the dormitories. Homecoming events end Sunday evening at 7 with the alumni pro-gram of the Luther league fn the college' chapel.
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