| Summary: | THE CONCORDIAN Oslo Women's Chorus To Give Concert At Moorhead Armory Volume XXXIX Concordia College, Moorhead. Minnvso.a, Friday, April 8, 1948 Number 19 Dr. Mae Anderson, Mathematics Head, Dies Unexpectedly In Rochester Hospital Concordia students and faculty were shocked by the un-expected death of Dr. Mae R. Anderson, head of the mathe-matics department, on Easter Sunday in a Rochester hospi-tal. The cause of her death was acute lukemia. Born on May 31, 1899, in Wis-consin, she moved with her family to Shelly where her father was a merchant. After graduating from Halstad high school, she attended Concordia and received her B.A. degree in 1920. In 1923 she re-ceived her M.A. and in 1936 her Ph.D., both from the University of Chicago. Previous to coming to Concor-dia in 1928, Dr. Anderson taught at the high school in Gayville, S. D., and at Waldorf college in For-est City, Iowa. Funeral services were held on Thursday, April 1, at 1:30 p.m. in Trinity Lutheran church with the Rev. Erling Jacobson officiating, and at 3:45 p.m. in Shelly Luth-eran church with the Rev. M. D. Hagen in charge. Pallbearers at the Trinity service were six facul-ty members who are also Concor-dia graduates: Dr. Sigurd Mund-hjeld, Dr. Carl Bailey, Dr. Allen Hanson, Dr. K. O. Lee, Prof. G. L. Schoberg, and Mr. Carl Narveson. 'Lutheran Teacher1 Publishes Research Article By Aaseng An article entitled "Confirma-tion When?" written by Rolf Aaseng, former Cobber now at-tending Luther Theological Semi-nary, was recently published in "The Lutheran Teacher", a week-ly publication of the Department of Parish Education of the ELC. The material discusses the merits of present and proposed confirma-tion ages. Mr. Aaseng prepared the work as a term paper in psychology of adolescence under the guidance of Dr. T. O. Burgess, head of the department of psychology. News Notes • Two teams are representing Concordia in the Upper Midwest Freshmen debate tourney held on the University of Minnesota cam-pus today and tomorrow. Lloyd Swensbye and Paul Ahl-ness comprise the men's team. The women's team includes Joan Freeberg and Carol Fark. The debaters left for St. Paul on Thursday. Dr. Allen L. Hanson, profes-sor of chemistry at Concordia col-lege, attended the symposium on instrumental methods of chemical analysis, meeting from March 22 to 24 inclusive. The symposium was sponsored by the American Chemical society at the Minnesota University Cen-ter for Continuation Study. Joyce Wick and Alice Me-berg have accepted teaching posi-tions at Elbow Lake. Miss Wick will teach home economics and Miss Meberg will be an instructor in history and physical education. All material for the annual has been sent to the printers, an-nounces Cobber editor, Harland Nelson. The staff is now waiting for the proofs of the picture. According to present plans the Cobber will be ready for distribu-tion by the end of May. The Concordia chapel choir will present a concert to the student body during the chapel periods next Thursday. The pro-gram includes compositions by both classical and contemporary composers. DR. MAE R. ANDERSON Waflin To Play Lead In Spring Dramatic Play, 'Swan Song1 Ralph Wallin will play the lead in the Concordia Theatre's spring production, "Swan Song." The play will be given on Friday and Saturday, May 7 and 8, at 8:15 p.m. in the college chapel. Alpha Psi Omega, national dramatics fraternity, will sponsor the play written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. The RALPH WALLIN home of Stanislaus Kubin, the piano maestro, in New York City provides the setting for the play. Miss Agnes Risetter will direct the play. The theme of the play portrays how jealousy ruins peoples' lives. Kubin, played by Noyes Cornell, has devoted his entire life to piano-playing and to :he training of one great pianist. Leo Pollard, enacted by Wallin, has the desire to be Kubin's oustanding pupil, and he is very jealous of anyone who excels him. When Vera Novak, portrayed by Rachel Rein-ertsen, becomes Kubin's outstand-ing pupil, Pollard becomes very jealous. Other members of the cast include: Tito, William Johnson; Louise, Carol L. Johnson; Eric Moore, Lloyd Wallin; Stella, Ellen Flotlin; Victor Remezov, Robert Boxrud; Gustave Wexler, James Schroeder; Miss Aatha, Myrna Hanson; Max Mutzenbauer, Irvin Basseu; Miss Trefon, Ramona Peterson; Katya, Marie Everson; Dr. Cor-bett, Ray Johnson; and Mr. Bar-tow, Robert Meyer. Alpha Psi Presents Two One-Act Plays Alpha Psi Omega, national dra-ma fraternity, will present two one-act plays by Guernsey LePel-ley, "Cracked Ice" and "Nobody Sleeps," in the college chapel to-morrow evening at 8:15 o'clock. Members of the Concordia chap-ter are directing the plays. "Cracked Ice" is a humorous fantasy set in the Arctic region, and'the cast includes Philip Prin-dle as Barney Munroe, Lloyd Wal-lin as Elmer Backlash, Barbara Fevig as Beautiful, Barbara Lar-son as Itsu, and Myles Stenshoel as Steve Hambrook. The director is Ray Johnson. The second play, "Nobody Sleeps," is directed by Noyes Cor-nell, and is a modern family com-edy. Harland Nelson as Spike, a burglar, Carol Jean Johnson as Daisy Busby, Marilyn Miller as Ada Busby, Marie Everson as Glory Busby, and Ramona Peter-son as Mrs. Busby, comprise file cast. Production manager for the two plays is Jerome Bartholomay and stage manager is Richard Hoff-land. Jon Skyberg, Winifred Ol-son, Cecil Johnson, and Jerome Olson are on the stage committee. Kathryn Schultz is prompter and Geneva Jenson is in charge of costumes. Lars Ingulsrud and Roger Sanders are handling light-ing effects, and Vercel Fuglestad, sound effects. Ushers will be Ralph Wallin, Richard Waag, Robert Lillo, and Bartholomay. Betty Gilbertson is handling publicity and Marjorie Thompson is in charge of make-up. The dramatic fraternity annual-ly presents a program of one-act plays. Admission is granted to holders of Concordia Theatre tickets. Szaroleta Featured In Cobber Band Broadcast Miss Gertrude Szaroleta, in-structor in piano at Concordia col-lege, played the first movement of Greig's A minor Concerto on the Concordia college band broad-cast over KVOX last night. The orchestra score was tran-sribed for band by the director, Prof. J. A. Holvik. The program also included the overture to "Tannhauser" by Wagner. The Norway University Chorus, a group of women singers from Oslo university, will appear in the Moorhead armory on Monday evening at 8:00 o'clock, under the sponsorship of the Student Fo-rum. The Forum has named De- Wayne Bey as general manager, and Elwood Bohn is in charge of ticket sales. Under the direction of Miss Ag-nes Brevig, the chorus consists of seventy selected voices, including five soloists. One of the solo voices, Miss Gunvor Mjelva, has made several previous appearances in this country. This is the first ap-pearance the entire chorus has made in the United States. They Bailey, Olson To Speak At Science Conference High school and college science instructors, principals and super-intendents from Minnesota, Mon-tana and North Dakota have been invited to attend the Science Teachers' conference to be held at the Science hall April 10. 'Doc-tors and dentists of Fargo and Moorhead have also been invited. The visitors will be shown through the laboratories and class rooms of the science hall as well as the physics laboratory in the Main. Science majors are assist-ing with arrangements for the open house. The conference will open with a talk. ''Meet the Atom," by Dr. Carl Bailey, professor of physics, at 10:00 a. m., after which a luncheon will be held in the cafe-teria dining room. At 1:00 p.m. the science laboratories will be open to visitors. Dr. Stanley W. Olson, assistant director of the Mayo Foundation, will speak on the "Application of Basic Sciences to Modern Medicine." From 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. the Sci-ence haU is open to public inspec-tion and refreshments will be served. have toured extensively in the Scandinavian countries and on the European continent. Their program will have a sprinkling of American songs, in-cluding the spiritual, "Steal Away." Their selections have been chosen so as to give as much variety to the program as pos-sible. The women will be dressed in their native costumes. A reception for the group on Sunday evening is being planned by Dean Enid Reinertsen. The choir will participate in the pro-gram singing 'the Norwegian na-tional anthem; and Attorney A. I. Johnson, Vice-consul of Norway, will speak. Brown Announces Faculty Additions Five new faculty appointments for the coming year have been an-nounced by Pres. J. N. Brown. New head of the speech depart-ment will be Allwin D. Monson, a Cobber graduate of 1938. A former teacher at St. Thomas, N. D., he will receive his doctor's de-gree from Syracuse university this spring. The Rev. Lowell Satre has been added as an instructor in the re-ligion department. At present he is completing work toward his doctor's degree in classical lan-guages at the University of Iowa. A graduate of Luther Seminary, he has been a member of the fa-' culty of Pacific Lutheran college Former resident head of Fjel-stad hall, Lorraine C. G. Thorson, Cobber graduate of 1940 will re-turn to Concordia as dean of women. She is now doing grad-uate work at Washington State Teachers college, Pullman, Wash-ington. Beginning June 1, Prof. Arthur S'anden will fill the position of Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings. Dr. Sigurd Mundhjeld, director of finance and treasurer of the college, will assume the duties of head of the department of mathe-matics. Jerde Elected Head Of '45-'49 Student Forum Awaiting preliminary instructions for the coming year from student prexy, Waldo Jerde, are the newly elected members of Concordia *s Student Forum chosen in Tues-day's election. Serving with Jerde are from left to right above, Clifford Isachsen, Wolf Point, Mont., treasurer; Winnifred Christi-ansen, Moorhead, secretary; Barbai^a Fevig, Moorhead, social; Carl Zander, Detroit Lakes, athletic; Jerde, Britton, S. D.; Mar-garet Oppegard, Dazey, N. D., literary; Ralph Johnshoy, Moorhead, vice-president; Richard Hoffland, Steele, N. D., music; and Daniel Moe, Fargo, religious.
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