| Summary: | THE CONCORDIAN Volume XXXVUC Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, Friday, March 28, 1947 Number 21 Student Body Officers Nominated; Election To Be Held Tuesday At a student body meeting held yesterday morning, can-didates for student body offices for next year were approved. These candidates, who were chosen by class nominating com-mittees, will be submitted for election Tuesday, April 1. Jacobson Accepts Call To Trinity The Rev. Erling R. Jacobson ol Missoula, Mont., who has accepted the call to Trinity Lutheran church, will arrive in Moorhead about June 1. He has been pastor at churches in Missoula and Bon-ner, Mont., since 1932, except for At the meeting Joel Lunde was nominated as an additional can-didate for religion representative. Nominated for the position of president were Rolf Aaseng, David Brown, and DeWayne Bey. Other candidates for office include: vice president, Waldo Jerde, Amon Johnson, and Peder Waldum; sec-retary, Daniel Moe, Stanley Han-sen, and Carol Reishus; treasurer, Albert Fortman, John Bale, and Ralph Rygg. Religious representative, Robert Onkka, Richard Glommen, and Ragnar Teigen; social represen-tative, Beverly Malme, Eunice Rockne, and Marjorie Mueller; music representative,. D o n a l d Prindle, Marion Kienholz, and Philip Stenehjem; literary repre-sentative, Marguerite Ellingson, Joyce Kvaalen, and Phyllis Han-son; and athletic representative, Elwood Bohn, August Hoeger, and Herman Radig. Tentative Dates For BandTourAre May4-ll Tentative dates for the band tour are now May 4 to May 11, in-stead of April 25 to May 4 as earlier announced. Concerts will be given in 11 North Dakota towns during the eight-day tour. The first concerts will be played in Steele in the af-ternoon and in Washburn in the evening. Programs will be pre-sented in Parshall and Stanley on Monday, May 5. On following evenings, the band will appear in Crosby, Williston, Kenmare, Cando, and Edmore. Concluding the tour will be con-certs presented in Graf ton and Mayville on Sunday, May 11. Bookings for the tour were ar-ranged by Dean V. C. Boe and Mr. Ole Haroldson, '30. The last trip of the band, directed by Prof. J. A. Holvik, was made in 1942. Jaan Jurisson Places First In Sunday Chess Tourneys Winning eleven of fourteen games, Jaan Jurisson placed first in the round robin chess tourna-ment. Myron Hylden, Kermont Mickelson, and John Abel tied for second place honors. Fifteen men participated in the contest which was held every Sunday for approx-imately a month In South lounge, Fjelstad hall. News Notes • Pres. J. N. Brown left Tues-day afternoon to attend a meet-ing of the North Central Associa-tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools held in Chicago. He will be joined there by Prof. J. L. Ren-dahl who has been in Dayton, Ohio, investigating government surplus. • Two films dealing with the subject of cancer were shown at a meeting of Mu Pi Gamma Mon-day evening. Rolland Ensign re-ported on the topic of cancer. • The International Relations club will meet Tuesday at 6:45 o'clock in the South lounge of Fjelstad hall. Miss Agnes Elling-sen will speak on the subject, "The Greek Situation." • At a meeting of the Forestry club held Thursday evening in Room 15 of the Main building, two films, "Forests Forever" and "Blessings of the Grass," were shown. REV. ERLING R. JACOBSON a short time that he spent in ser-vice. He attended Luther Theo-logical seminary in St. Paul and Princeton Theological seminary. The Rev. L. M. Larsen, a Con-cordia graduate of 1928, has ac-cepted a call to organize and be pastor of the new Lutheran cong-regation in North Moorhead. This will be a "daughter church" of Trinity Lutheran. The Rev. Lar-sen is expected in late summer. Federalists Hold Assembly Meetings Five representatives of the Uni-versity of Minnesota chapter of the Student Federalists visited Concordia and schools in Fargo and Moorhead on Monday and Tuesday of this week. The students appeared before assembly meetings in the local high school, political science class-es at MSTC, and history classes at Concordia. Their interview with Howard Nelson at WDAY will be broadcast on the regularly tran-scribed "Meet Your Neighbor" program this evening. At a program presented in the chapel Tuesday evening, Miss Emmy Lou Lindgren, president of the University of Minnesota chap-ter, spoke on the topic "The Stu-dent and International Affairs." Miss Lindgren has served as pres-ident of the national Student Fed-eralists organization and has travr eled to different colleges inform-ing students as to the work of the organization. The purpose of the Student Federalists organization is to fur-ther the cause of federal world government and to support the United Nations. SENIORS BEGIN TEACHING Lillian Hilmo and Doris Bakke will begin practice teaching in his-tory and English at Kindred, N. D., Monday. They will replace Lila Reiquam and Adelaide Klyve. Appointments Of Staff Forl947-48 Concordian Announced By Editor Appointment of new staff mem-bers for the 1947-48 Concordian has been announced by Jack Ny-stul, new editor-in-chief. Mar-guerite Ellingson replaces Con-stance Levin as associate editor. Betty Gilbertson will succeed Sel-ma Berge as news editor. The new society editor, Helen Narveson, takes the place of Miss Ellingson. Joyce Kvaalen will assume the duties of desk editor in place of Marjorie Mueller, who is now managing editor. Easter recess begins at 12 o'clock noon, Wednesday, April 2, and continues until 7:50 a.m., Tuesday, April 8. Marcus Gravdal, new business manager, has appointed Sylvia Gerhardson to replace Beatrice Lundblad as circulation manager. Robert Johnson, present sports editor, will retain that position. The new staff will assume their duties after Easter vacation with the first issue scheduled to appear April 11. ., Pi Kap To Enter Four In Tourney Four Pi Kappa Delta, national honorary debate fraternity, mem-bers will leave Wednesday after-noon for the national Pi Kappa Delta tournament which will be held at Bowling Green, Ohio. Robert Llllo and Marcus Grav-dal, men's debate team, will enter composition with approximately 150 other teams. David Brown will represent Concordia in the oratory division and Robert Onkka will be super-visor. Lillo, Brown, and Gravdal will also participate in the discus-sion groups. The forensic tournament begins Monday, April 7, and ends Friday, April 11. Teams from every state are entered in the event. Sixth Annual Summer School Registration Begins June 9 Registration for the sixth an-nual summer session at Concordia will take place Monday, June 9, and final examinations will be given August 2. Prof. Peter Anderson, director of summer school, requests that applications be made immediately. A proposed program of offer-ings has been released. It consists of courses in art, business educa-tion, English, German, history, mathematics, music, sociology, and speech. Graduate Conducts Chorus At North Carolina College Earl F. Berg, '36, who is assis-tant professor of music at David-son college, Charlotte, N. C, is conductor of the Davidson college male chorus. This chorus will be on tour in April and is scheduled to broadcast over the Columbia network from New York City on Saturday, April 12, at 3:45 p.m. Mr. Berg is also minister of music at the First Presbyterian; church in Charlotte, and his wife, tho former Eunice B. Plann, '35, is the organist. Cobbers Debate For Lions Members of the debate team presented a program at the meet-ing of, the Moorhead Lions club Wednesday noon in the Fiesta room of the Gopher Grill. Participating in the debate were David* Brown and Robert Onkka, affirmative, and Robert Lillo and Marcus Gravdal, negative. Nelson Chosen Editor For 1948 Cobber Annual Harland Nelson, junior, has been named editor-in-chief of the 1948 Cobber, college yearbook. Others named to key po-sitions are Robert Anderson, associate editor; Ralph Johnshoy, business manager; and Robert Lillo, advertising manager. They will take office immediately, according to the revised student body constitution. Nelson, a junior and returned veteran, was music editor of the Cobber tliis year and is a member of the band, chapel choir, Alpha society, scholastic organization, Zeta Sigma Pi, national honorary social science fraternity, and Al-pha Epsilon Sigma literary so-ciety. He served in the army air corps for 20 months. A sophomore pre-theological student, Anderson has served as feature editor of the Cobber and sports writer of The Concordian. He is president of the Luther league and is a member of the basketball squad and Mondamin literary society. He was in the army for two years and saw for-eign service in Italy. Johnshoy, a junior pre-theologi-cal student, has been class presi-dent and a member of the Student Forum during his freshman and junior years and is a member of the band and the Mondamin liter-ary society. While in service he Pnllnrrn Dnmo+rnK attended school at Gustavus UOllGfiG [\6KISir3r Adolphus and Notre Dame. 0 0 A sophomore, Ullo has served on the Cobber staff and is a mem-ber of the debate squad, Pi Kappa Delta, national forensic fraternity, and Mondamin literary society. He served in the navy. HARLAND NELSON Narveson Named Registrar Mr. Carl R. Narveson, '25, has been named registrar to succeed Miss Martha Brennun, who has resigned her position to become an" instructor in the mathematics department. He will assume his duties about the first of July. Mr. Narveson has been superin-tendent of schools at Lake Park since 1936 and was previously head of the schools at Borup and Erskine. He obtained a master of arts degree in administration and psychology from the Univer-sity of Minnesota in 1940. Narve- _ son is past president of the Con- Trinity C/)O/Y Appointments were made by a committee composed of the facul-ty- student literary board, the in-cumbent editor and business man-ager of the Cobber, and the stu-dent body president. Other staff members will be named by the editors. cordia alumni association as well as the Lake Park commercial club. Other activities include the Minnesota education association, the Lutheran Brotherhood, and 4-H club work. Mr. Narvesorv has a daughter who is now attending Concordia. Since graduating from Concor-dia in 1917, Miss Brennun has been registrar and part-time in-structor in mathematics. During the years spent here, she has left several times to study. A year was spent at the University of Minne-sota in 1918, and in 1924 at the Lutheran Bible institute in Min-neapolis. In 1926 Miss Brennun left to teach among the Eskimos at the Teller mission in Alaska. She re-turned to Concordia again in 1929. When the work became heavy in the registrar's office, she discontinued teaching and gave her full time to the duties of the registrar. Chapel Choir To Sing Concert At Glyndon On Palm Sunday the chapel choir under the direction of Mr. Rolf Espeseth will present a con-cert in Concordia Lutheran church at Glyndon. Numbers on the program are "Christ Has Arisen" arranged by Luvaas; "Lamb of God," "Deck Thyself My Soul," "Lost in the Night," and "O Sacred Head" ar-ranged by F. M. Christiansen; "God's Son Has Made Me Free," by Grieg; "Built on a Rock" by Lindeman; "Let Thy Blessed Soul" and "Praise the Soul" by Chris-tiansen; 4<How Blessed are They" by Techanokof; and "Come and Let Us Worship" by Tschaikowsky. Students Vaccinated Tuesday Approximately 75 students were given the diphtheria Schick test and vaccinated for smallpox by Dr. E. K. Ingebrigtson Tuesday morning. Those shown susceptible to diph-theria by the test will receive the first dose of diphtheria toxoid\ Tuesday or Wednesday. Present Cantata Trinity senior choir will pre-sent Rossinfs "Stabat Mater" Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Solo-ists are Mrs. Lois Anderson Gas-kell, soprano; Grace Barbie, con-tralto Carsten Fosmark, tenor; and Wilbur Mortenson, baritone. Lois Johnshoy and Rachel Rein-ertsen will sing a duet. The choir is directed by Miss Borghild Tor-vik. For offertory the "Adagio"1 from Grieg's "Piano Concerto in A Minor" will be played with Miss Delia Dahl at the organ and Ra-chel Reinertsen at the piano. Mrs. Gaskell is a Concordia graduate of the class of '42, and Fosmarck of the class of '41. Miss Barbie is a student at the college. Iowa University Instructor To Present Next Art Exhibit Another art exhibit is planned from March 31 to April 18, when the work of Joe Cox, art instruc-tor at the University of Iowa, will be displayed in the art depart-ment. Hours for the show are 10 a. m. to 1:45 p.m., Monday, Wed-nesday, and Friday, and 10 a. m. to 6 p. mM Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Cox will be represented by three types of paintings, oil, gouache, and water colors, the latter being his most notable medium of ex-pression. Bom in Indianapolis, Ind., he took his preliminary art training at the John Herron art school. He continued studies at the Uni-versity of Iowa. After graduation he accepted a position on the staff of that university. ^ Cox served in the naval air force for three years during the war. Library Receives 33 Books A gift of 33 volumes of verse, most of which were compiled in 1946, was sent to the Concordia library by Mrs. M. P. Dickson- Jensen, librarian of the English Lutheran church of Staples. Four-of the volumes were written by Margarette Bell Dickson, poet laureate of Minnesota.
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