| Summary: | VOLUME XXIV CONCORDIA COLLEGE, MOORHEAD, MINN., FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1933 Number 14 M. C. Strand, 54, Dies, Funeral To Take Place Today Manager of Concordia Book Store Succumbs In Hospital LED IN SCOUT WORK Concordia To Participate in Assembly of Model League Schiotz Will Officiate for Burial Rites This Afternoon Funeral services for M. C. Strand, manager of the Concordia college book store, will be held at Trinity! Lutheran church at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the Kev. Fredrik Sciotz officiating. The Rov. c. B. Ylvlsaker and Dr. J. N. Brown of Concordia col-lege will speak briefly. Interment will take place In Riverside cemetery. The choir is expected to sing two numbers this afternoon, of which one will be "Hvor Godt in Jesu Armc", arranged by Professor Monson. Managed Hook Store 7 Years Mr. Strand, who was manager of the book store during the past seven j years, died at the age of 64 in a Fargo j hospital Wednesday from encephalitis. He had been in poor health for a month, and two weeks ago was taken to the hospital. Mr. Strand was born October 3. 1878 in Fillmore county. He was one of the early students of Concordia academy and St. Olaf academy, follow-ed by a business course at the Aaker business college, Crookston. In Oc-tober, 1903, he married Lenora Frow-erk. • Was Active Church Worker During his twelve years residence; In Moorhead, Mr. Strand was an ac-tive member of the Trinity Lutheran church, at one time president of the Lutheran Brotherhood here, and a prominent Boy Scout worker. Among his children are four Con-cordia alumni: Mrs. Emil T. Saby (Evangellne, '27). Northgate, N. D.;; Mrs. M. E. Wambach (LaVerno, '29)., Albert Lea; Stanford, '30, Fergus Falls; and Elton, '32, Wyndmere, N. D. Other children are DeForrest and Millard at home. His wife, one grandson, a nephew, a sister, and four brothers also survive. ! Logan Presents Violin Concert Concordia Instructor Gives Program at Church In Moorhead Rolf Logan, instructor in orchestra and strings at Concordia college, pre-sented a violin concert at Trinity Lutheran church, Moorhead under the auspices of the senior Luther League, Sunday, March 2G. The program consisted of well-known violin numbers. The first group Included: "Sicillano Rlgadoun" by Francoeur; "The Rosary" by Novln; "Spanish Dance" by Ren fold. The second group included two num-bers by Mendelssohn, "On Wings of Song" and the "Finale Movement from the E Minor Concert", and "Theme and Variations" by Correlli. "Beau-tiful Saviour" and "Aften Sang" ar-ranged by Mr. Logan and "Saeter-jenten's Sondag" by Ole Bull arranged by Mr. Logan and Miss RIstvedt made up the third group. "Menuett" by Porpora, arranged by Kreisler, the "Londonary Air" and "Liebesfreud" by Kreisler, "Rondo" by Mozart, "Ave Maria" by Schubert, and "Gypsy Airs" by Sarasate concluded the program. Mr. Logan was accompanied by Miss Margaret RIstvedt, Fargo, N. D., a student of Concordia college. Ragn-vald AaneBtad, former student at the college Is manager. Dr. F. Melius Christianson To Speak at Conservatory Dr. P. Melius Christianson, world-renowned choir director and compos-er, will address music lovers of Fargo and Moorhead at the Concordia con-servatory, Fargo, at 2 p. m., Saturday, April 22. His lecture theme will be "The Worth of the Music Teacher." The appenrance of Dr. Chrlstianaon in lecture is made possible through Concordia conservatory under whose auspices it Is given. The conserva-tory Invites the interested public. There will be no admission charge. Dr. Christianson appears In Fargo with St. Olaf's Lutheran choir, which will give a concert In the First Luth-eran church, Fargo, at 8 D. m. the same day. " • - , ' . T' • Annual Pestilence To Instructors, Boon To Students Springs Up Snatches of poetry and student yawns are signs of spring, and —upring fever. An unually worthwhile motive may be advanced for this spring's annual sliding Btunt—-that of lotting the choir catch up. How unfair it would be for the major-ity of the students to continue working when already far in ad-» vance of the choir. A wet blanket wan dropped ov7 the spring fever Tuesday light snowfall deceived Cobbers into thinking it wa ter again. It brought bac ories of other kinds of s Some of the fever is contracted from the can _ bers of the Cobber family? wWj[j§ romp about so happily on tffln campus. It's no wonder students long for carefree action. Will vacation cure the ailing Cobbers? ubly Comedy Will Be Presented Here By Student Cast Alpha Psi Omega Sponsors Dramatic Production This Month Richard Brlnsley Sheridan's "The Rivals", an all college play will be presented the last part of April under the sponsorship of Alpha Psl Omega, national dramatic fraternity. Members of the cast are: Hazel Dale, who plays the role or Lydlu Languish, a romantic maiden of 17; Paul Figenshaw, Sir Lucius O'Triggcr, a witty, clever Irishman; Lucia Iver-son, Lucy, Lydia's maid; Lester Stockstad, Bob Acres, the country squire; and Ralph Ness, Captain Jitck Absolute, suitor for Lydia's hand. However, these are not all of the "Rivals". Ted Renne plays the role of Faulkland, Captain Jack Absolute's best friend; Mildred Iveraon. Julia, Falkland's Juliet. Olga Nilsen plays the part of Lydia's aunt, Mrs. Malaprop, who is famed everywhere for her "select words HO ingeniously misapplied with-out being mispronounced"; Mllford Tysseland, Sir Anthony, the father of Captain Jack; Gerald Lygre, Fag, the "Gentleman's gentleman"; Osborne Kolden, David, valet to Bob Acres; and Allen Hanson, the servant in Bob Acres' entourage. " 'The Rivals' is one of the most amusing plays In the English lan-guage, and Its characters are treas-ured memories in the minds of edu-cated men and women everywhere in the English speaking world." says Mrs. Norma Gooden Ostby, director. College W. A. A. Will Hold Initiation, Give Banquet Tomorrow New members of the Women's Ath-letic association will be quests at a banquet In the college dining hall, Saturday. At a meeting of the W. A. A. Fri-day, March 31, Leona Larson, Dorset; Km el in e Anders, Lake Park; Ruth Eldsaa, Fargo; Marie Hall, Minne-apolis; Dorothy FOBS, Christine, N. D.; Delores Ekern, Detroit Lakes; Ruth Knutson, Kempton, N. D.; Lois Hal-langer, Portland, N. D.; Agnes Olson, Crosby. N. D.; Ruth Malkewlck. Wat-ford IMty, N. D.; Helen Herman, For-man, N. D.; Esther Braaton, Corn-stock; Mildred Iverson, Moorhead; Slgrld Jevnc. Russell, N. D.; Lolly Stenerson, ErBklne; Catherine Gll-bertson, Kcmnorc, N. D.; and Marye Bavsness, Esmond, N. 75. were ad-mitted. Qualifications for member-ship arc 100 points earned in intra-mural sports. Initiation will be in the gymnasium Saturday afternoon. The committee in charge of arrangements for the In-itiation is composed of Alvhild Berg, Buffalo, N. D.; Margaret HlUle, Moor-head; and Berniece Solberg, Heimdal, N. D. Plans for the banquet to be given at 5:30 Saturday are being made by a committee consisting of Edna Reln- Isch, Mercer, N. D.; Helen Hooverson, Vlroqua, Wls.; and Bather Rugland, Moorhead. r-- -. . \ • ' udents Meet In ad%Today, omcrfrow SPEOTERS;SCHEDULED »kers T^Kepresent Peru,; in Discussion j eetings ! I ticortlia World Problems' 5b -vJfl' be »"« of the principal: Jjlatlves ;it the model League anseinbly to be held ut the nd State Teachers college this )on and tomorrow. program will begin at 1:30 in .Inlng school auditorium where council of the League of Nations assemble. This body is compos-of fourteen member countries and resent at ives of the United States and Russia who will "sit in." An Italian representative from St. Thomas college will preside. Two Will He General Assemblies The other two conferences, which are assemblies, will be held in the physical education building at which Clarence Glasrud, president of the Moorhead Teachers' International Relations club will act as chairman. Mr. Glasrud states that these meetings will be arranged as nearly like the actual assembly at Geneva as possi-ble. Gorman Thompson, secretary of the Moorhead Teachers' group, will act as Becretary-general for the three meetings. Concordia To Be China, Peru At this, the third annual assembly. Concordia will represent China and Peru. At the council meeting the dis-cussion will be represented by Os-borne Kolden of Blackduck, who will enter the discussion on the monetary! systems. i An associate editor of the League of. Nations Chronical, a Chicago publica-! Hon. is expected to be presented InA-an address at 7:45 Friday evening, j which will be followed by an assem-bly of the League, at which the dis-cussion will include the Mauchurfan situation, the Bolivia-Paraguay affair, and the Lcticia dispute. Rolf Daeh-lin of China will act as one of the rep-resentatives of China and will discuss , (Continued on Page 4. Column 4) Berge To Talk at Senior Program; Banquet at Night Cap and Gown Day, Annual Upperclassmen's Dinner To Be May 6 JUNIORS PICK THEME Choir To Give Home Concert Here Sunday Farbman Concert Will BeApril 26 Artist Course Number Once Postponed To Be Given This Month Harry Farbman, widely acclaimed American violinist, called "a magician on the violin" will appear in concert In the college chapel. April 26, at 8:00 p. m. It was a keen disappointment to local music lovers that his program scheduled for March 10 had to be postponed. Mr. Farbman has appear-ed on Concordia college artist course programs on two previous occasions, and is held In high regard by local music critics. Mr. Farbman was born in Ohio in 1905. His father, a tenor in the Im-perial Opera House, Odessa, Russia, recognized the unusual capacities of his son and gave him training under the best .instructors. Professor J^eo-pold Auer, a Russian master, fortun-ately had moved to America because of the revolution in Russfu. He waftj engaged for the young nrtlst. In 1923 Farbman won the Auer scholar-ship— a distinct recognition. He has toured both North and South America and has received envi-able plaudits on both continents. York Sampson, of the Sioux Falls Press, Sioux Falls, S. D., says of him: "Youth walked into Augustana col-lege last night; there was also a vio-lin— the rest was genius." Thus Harry Farbman absolutely astounded and then captivated the Sioux Falls music lovers. The Journal do Com-mercio, Rio do Janeiro, stated: "The greatest violinist that has appeared in this capital for the past fifteen years thrilled huge throngs last evening." A. H. M. Iu the Boston Evening Transcript: "One found that his ex-cellent tone could modulate to the most, inciting, almost vocal tender* ness that it couhl be vibrant with pathos; harmonies glistened." Bos-ton Globe: "His playing of Chausson'B seldom beard 'Foe me' cthereallzed and colored the composition so that the accompanying orchestra was not missed." New York Sun: "His tone had depth, and It sang; his style pos-seaied dignity end restraint." Group Crooses Tree Orator, Class Speaker, Poet, Composers The Rev. S. A. Berge, pastor of the First Lutheran church, Fargo, has been chosen us Cap and Gown Day .speaker, ii was announced today. Cap and Gown Day and the junior-senior banquet will both fall on the same day this year, a rather unusual event, May C. Students who will represent the seniors on Cap and Gown Day have been selected by the class: Osborne Kolden, Blackduck, tree orator; Verna Swenson, Beloit, Wls., class orator; Oliver Johnson, Opstead, class poet; Olga Nilsen, Grand Forks, N. D., and Guy Larson, Bismarck, N. D., compos-ers of the class song. "Under the Big Top" has been chos-en as the theme for the annual junior-senior banquet, which will be held In a Fargo hotel. Arrangements Committees Named General arrangements for the ban-quet are in charge of a committee con-sisting of Hazel Dale, Moorhead; Margaret Hilde, Moohead; Walter Sogn, Bowdon, N. D.; Harlowe John-son, Hanley Falls; and Arthur Sol-berg. Winger. Hazel Dale and Mar-garet Hilde are the chairmen of the program and menu committee. Other members of this committee are Grace Blomquist, Waubun; Raymond Cordes, Henning; and N'orbert Batthees, Good-hue. Members of the decoration com-mittee are: Harlowe Johnson, chair-man; Porter Erickson, Fertile; Mer-lin Rostad, Comertown, Mont.; Afton Moe, Ada; and Borgne Thompson, Beacli. N. D. Invitation committee consists of Lois Brown, Moorhead, chairman; Freda Forsberg. Pingree, N. D.; Ruth Haugseth, Twin Valley; and Ernest Cederberg, Moorhead. Edflcld Odegaard, New Rockford, N. D. and Harvey Johnson, Hawley are members of the music committee. Speaker Is St. Olaf AlumnuH The Rev. Mr. Berge was graduated from Augustana in 1912, and from St. Olaf college iu 1915. At both institu-tions he competed in debate and in \ oratory. He was valedictorian of IIIB1 clans at Augustanu. At St. Olaf he, played in the college band. | Hn was graduated from Luther Theological Seminary in 1918. Since then he has been pastor at Fort Dodge, Iowa, for 13 years, and pastor at Fargo since leaving Fort Dodge. He has been active iu Luther League work, for a number of years he was president of the Iowa district of the league, and with F. B. Anderson he founded and continued the Better League magazine. The date of Cap and Gown Day automatically sets Green Cap Time ad April 24 to May 0. Literary Societies To Hold Annual Banquets Saturdays After Easter All eight of Concordia's literary societies have begun arrangements for their annual joint banquets. Three groups of brothers and sis-ters plan to bold theirs on April 29, 'While one pair expects to hold their festivities on April 22. Alpha Zela Phi and Athenians have rho.sen the Waldorf hotel iu Fargo; Nu Sigma Rho and Delta Kho have selected the Gardner hotel; and Alpha Kappa Chi and Mondamln societies will hold their joint banquet at the Powers hotel, all on April 29. Lambda Delta Sigma and Alpha Epsilon Sigma will hold their function at the Gardner hotel In Fargo April 22. Debaters Score Dual Win, Close Season of 1933 Cobbers Are Victors in 12 of 18 Decisions, Engage in 11 Other Tilts Concordia debaters won the decis-ion in a return dual-match with Jamestown college held here Satur-day March 25. The women's team consisted of Ruth Haugseth and Helen Pederson, who upheld the negative side of the War Debt Cancellation question. The men's squad was rep-resented by Mllford Tysseland and Gabriel Hauge, who argued the affir-mative. Prof. Joseph Klse of the Moorhead State Teachers' college and Donald Hay of the North Dakota Agriculture, college wore judges. The final debate of the season took place last night. It was a non-decis-ion debate with Augsburg college of Minneapolis in which the Augsburg debaters, Helvin Arnold and Sigurd Rislov, upheld the affirmative. The Concordia students, who represented the negative issue of the question, were Osborne Kolden and Leonard Eld. A survey of the debates during this year presents interesting results. Of the eighteen decision debates, twelve were won by the Concordia debating squad. Eleven were non-decision debates. Of these five were women's debates, three non-decision and two decisions that Concordia won. The question for discussion in all the debates waa the Pi Kappa Delta, national debate fraternity, subject: "Resolved: That the United States should agroc to the cancellation of all Inter-allfed war debts." Dean Paul A. Rasmussen, instruc-tor in public speaking, is coach of debate and accompanied the tennis on most of their trips. Missionary Federation Gives Scholarships to Concordia The Women's Missionary Federation of the North Dakota and northern Minnesota districts has recently acted favorably on establishing scholarships for Concordia college students. At a meeting of the officers of the northern Minnesota district In De-troit Lakes, March 22, it was unani-mously decided to recommend the scholarship plan to the circuits of their district for favorable action. Officers of the North Dakota district have volunteered to raise a $75 schol-arship In each of the eighteen circuits for some'worthwhile student In these circuits attending Concordia college. In conference with Dr. J. N. Brown, president of Concordia college, the officers drew up the following regu-lations to be presented to each cir-cuit for Its approval: the scholarship committee shall -consider the follow-ing factors in selecting the candidate to receive this scholarship: (1) The candidate must be a con-llrmed Lutheran boy or girl In good standing and a member of the con-gregation belonging to the N. L. C. A. within the circuit. (2) In order to secure the neces-sary data concerning candidates the circuit scholarship committee shall obtain information from the candi-date's high school superintendent, pastor, or other Individuals- who are qualified to give such facts. (3) The scholarship committee shall take into consideration the fol-lowing qualifications of the candidate: scholarship, character, leadership, special talents, and llnancial status. The officers of the circuit shall be responsible for raising the (75 schol-arship. The president, secretary, and thank offering secretary of the circuit W. M. P., the president of the circuit Y. P. L. L. shall constitute a commit-tee on scholarship and shall decide on the individual to receive said scholar-ship on or before May 20 of each year. In cases where the \V. M. P. scholar-ship is granted to the high school seniors the scholarship may be pre-sented with other honors at the time of graduation. Scholarship grants for such exercises shall be provided by the Women's Missionary Federa-tion. If the scholarship committee so de-sires their scholarship may bo grant-ed to a sophomore, junior, or senior enrolled at Concordia college. The officers of the Women's Mis-sionary Federation shall receive all scholarship payments and information regarding the scholarship grants from the respective circuit scholarship committees, and shall present same to Concordia college on or before July 1 of each year. Concordia Group Completes Tour with Symphony Trip Program DRAWS LARGE CROWDS Annual Tour Is Culminated With Appearance at University Presenting its annuul home concert, the Concordia a oapella choir under the direction of Prof. Herman W. Monson will sing at Trinity church, Sunday, April 9. The concert will be-gin at 8 p. m. The numbers which will be sung at this* concert arc: "The Spirit also Helpeth Us", Bach; "In Jesus Name", Monson; "Thou Poor Vain World" and "When We In Deep Distress", Uruhras; "The Story of the Shepherd", Bergquist; "Weihnachten", Gulblns; "Celtic Hymn", Robertson; "Hvor Godt f Jesu Arme", Monson; "Emitte Spiritum", Schuetky; "Cherubim Song', Glinka; "Glory be to God", Rachmaninoff; and "Hoslanna", by Sen reck. Two Concerts ore Highlights High lights of the choir tour just completed were the concerts In Min-neapolis. The choir broadcast a half-hour program from the Hotel NIcollet studios of WCCO on April 1. Perhaps, the climax of the ontire season was the concert with the Minneapolis symphony orchestra on April 2, In the new Cyrus Northrup auditorium. The following four num-bers were sung at this concert: "The Spirit Also Helpeth Us" by Bach; "The Story of the Shepherd" by J. Victor Bergquist; "In Jesus Name" by H. W. Monson; and "Hoslanna" by Gustav Schreck. As an encore Mon-son's "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" was sung. Cobbers Attend Concert Cobbers from all parts of the coun-try and friends of Concordia wore present and a good-sized audience attended. Norrls Stoa, 31, was In charge of lodging arrangements In the Twin Cities. Other cities vrisited on the two-weeks tour included: Sisseton, S. D.; Clark, S. D.; Brandt, S. D.; Madison; Marshall; Springfield; Northwood, Iowa; Albert Lea; Kasson; Rushford; LaCrosse, WIs.; Viroqua, Wls.; Gales-vllle. Wls.; Durand, WIs.; and Dassel. Last night the choir presented a full concert at Grand Forks, N. D. Peace Oratorical Contest Is Held Concordia Speakers Will Compete in Local Eliminations Elimination contest tomorrow will decide who will be Concordia's rep-resentative In the state peace orator-ical contest at St. Catherine college Iu St. Paul on April 26. Last year Leonard Eld, '34, Walhalla, N. D., won second place In the state contest which was held at Concordia. Mar-vin Smoldt of Gustavus Adolphus col-lege won first place. A prize of sixty dollars for flrst pluce and forty dollars for second place is presented annually to the winners by the Misses Helen and Mary Seabury. The orations v are to be original and their subject matter ia to deal with world peace and its further-ance. Concordia won first place iu 1929 and 1930 with Arthur Wigdahl and Paul Anderson, respectively as con-testants. Paul Anderson again com-peted in 1031, winning second place. At the local elimination contest those expected to take part are Lloyd Mostrom, Hawley; Carl Tiller. Battle Lake; Osborne Kolden, Blackduck; and Gabriel Hauge, Hawley. Chorus Sings At Chapel, Trinity Lutheran Church Concordia college chorus consisting of 48 members, directed by Miss Clara B. Duea, made its first public appear-ance during the chapel period on March 30. Three selections were rendered consisting of: *'In Mirth and In Gladness" by NIedy; "Prayer" by HImtnel; and "O Thou from Whom all Meanings Plow", by Tchaikovsky. The chorus made Us second appear-ance at Trinity Lutheran church last night when It aang at the regular Lenten services.
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