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• Published: 1934
• Subjects: Battle Lake; Bismarck; Burgess; Clifford; Dent; Fitzgerald; Hagen; Hector; Lunde; Maurice; Moe; Monson; Morrow; Myra; Osborne; Posi; Psi; Rasmussen; Renne; Sion; Sogn; Solberg; Solos’; Theodore; Tive; Todd; SCAR; renne
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VOLUME XXV. CONCORDIA COLLEGE, MOORHEAD, MINN., FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1934. NUMBER 16. HAUGE, KORSTAD WIN STUDENT ELECTION TUESDAY Minnesota Zeta Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta Is Installed Concordia Group Is Inducted Into Debate Fraternity Prof. Evan Anderson, Gustavus Adoiphus, Conducts Ceremonies NINE STUDENTS ENTER Gabriel Hauge Is President Of Local Chapter; Tysseland Is Vice-President Retiring and New Student Presidents Minnesota Zeta chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, national honorary forensic fra-ternity, was installed in the college auditorium last night at exercises open to the public. This installation follows upon the grant of a charter, made at the biennial convention of the organi-zation at Lexington, Kent., on April 2 to 6. Prof. Evan Anderson of Gustavus Adoiphus conducted the ceremonies of installation, and gave an address. Opening remarks at the program were made by Dr. J. N. Brown, president of Concordia college. Prof. P. F. Loewen of Moorhead State Teachers college, and Prof. Donald Hay of North Dakota State college, coaches at their respec-tive institutions, brought greetings. Schobcr? Gives Talk Prof. G. L. Schoberg, chairman of the Literary Board at Concordia, and also the president of the Concordia alumni association, gave a talk, as did Gabriel Hauge, '35, Hawley, president of the new chapter. Following the program, a social hour was held for the debate squad and distinguished visitors in the home economics rooms. Nine of Concordla-s present students and ten former students were admitted to Pi Kappa Delta by the action last night. In addition to Mr. Hauge, the president of the chapter, other mem-bers of the debate squad admitted in-cluded: Milford Tysseland, '34, Barnes-ville, vice-president; Ruth Haugseth, '34, Twin Valley, secretary-treasurer; Leonard Ed, Walhalla, N. D.; Carl Til-ler, Battle Lake; Roijert Korstad, Red-by; Ralph Fjelstad, Thief River Falls; Margaret Haugscth, Twin Valley; and Lucia Iverson, Mclntosh. Alumni Are Admitted Alumni who will be members of Pi Kappa Delta include: Paul Anderson, Mclntosh; Merrill Distad, Minneapolis; Theodore Grimsrud, Leeds, N. D.; Eu-nice Lunde, Edgeley, N. D.; Arthur Wigjdahl, member of the administration of Cbncordia college; Arnold Hagen, Frazee; Lloyd Mostrom, Greenbush; Osborne Kolden, Blackduck; Albert Abrahamson, St. Paul; and Helen Ann Pederson, Ada. Choirs Present Varied Concerts Groups Make Appearance At Audubon, Shelly and Rollag The Concordia college a capella choir, under the direction of Prof. H. W. Monson, presented two concerts on / Sunday, May 6. In the afternoon the college choir, sponsored by the local church choir, appeared ini the Lutheran church at Audubon. The Rev. H. H. Knudsvig is the pastor.In the evening the choir presented a concert at the Rollag Lutheran church, near Hawley. The concert- was sponsored by the Luther League. The Rev. S. G. Hauge, Hawley, is the pastor. The Concordia college chorus, under the direction of Miss Clara B. Duea, head of the piano and organ depart-ment, presented a concert in the Lu-theran church at Shelly on Wednesday evening, May 2. Miss Edna Hector, pianist, Mr, Ernest vanVlissigen, bari-tone, and Mr. Milo Wold, violinist, members of the music department, faculty, were assisting soloists. Women's League Tea Earns Sixty Dollars Approximately sixty dollars was taken In at the Rainbow Tea, spon-sored by the Women's League, April f 25. The proceeds will go to the Wo-men's League Student Loan Fund. Concordia To Be Host To Festival Here Tomorrow Six Hundred Singers Expected To Participate In Program To Edit Cobber WIGDAHL IS IN CHARGE Grand Concert To Take Place Sunday At High School In Fargo Raymond Cordes, Henning, and Gabriel Hauge, Hawley, are the retiring and new presidents of the Concordia student body. The president-elect will assume office immediately after the 1933-34 academic year closes. Cap and Gown Day Will Take Place Here May 19 Tree Planting Exercises To Be Held; West To Talk On Program Seniors will take part in annual Cap and Gown Day exercises on Saturday morning, May 19. Plans are nearly complete for the event Tree planting exercises are expected to take place at 9:30 in the morning on the campus. At this program Arthur Solberg, Winger, senior class president, will preside. Margaret Nordlie, class poet, will deliver the poem, Leonard Eid will deliver the traditional tree oration, and the tree-planting will take place. At the program in chapel, beginning at 10:30, Pres. J. C. West of the Uni-versity of North Dakota will deliver the address. Other features on the pro-gram will include: the class oration by Grace Boothroyd; the delivering of the Key of Knowledge to the junior class president, Gabriel Hauge; the singing of the class song; a greeting by Prof. G. L. Schoberg, president of the alumni association; and the announcement of the award of the prizes to the highest-ranking members of the four classes. It is expected that two green caps will be buried at the foot of the tree, following the custom which was origi-nated a year ago. Other events on the commencement program include: the junior-senior banquet. May 26; Baccalaureate Sun-day, June 3; and Commencement, June 4. Mrs. Rasmussen Is Reelected President Of Women's League Mrs. Paul Rasmussen was elected president of the Women's League, at a meeting held at the home of Mrs, G. L. Schoberg, Monday evening, May 7. Other officers include: Mrs. Frank Cleve, vice president; Mrs. J. N. Brown, secretary; and Mrs. Charles Skalet, treasurer. Mrs. Charles Skalet and Miss Mae Anderson will serve on the Student Loan committee. The board of direc-tors are Mrs. Alice Olsen and Miss Clara Duea, "and the auditing commit-tee includes Mrs. Thomas Burgess, Mrs. J. H. Hjelmstad and Miss Mathil-da Ostby. Nordf joring Lag To Meet Next Tuesday Plans have been almost completed for the meeting of the students of the college who are of Nordfjoring descent. The "lag" will meet Tues-day, May 16, at the home of Mrs. Marie Iverson, Norma Hauge, Hazel Dale, and Mildred Iverson consti-tute the general arrangements com-mittee. All-College Play Given in Chapel Luia VoHmer's Drama Differs From Recent Productions, According To Critic Mother Of Miss Duea J)ies At Sharon Home Death came to Mrs. J. C. Duea, Sharon, N. V>n mother of Mias Clara B. Duea, heafl °* ^ e pi&n° 9XiA organ department, last Friday. The Rev. L. Langehaug, local pastor, conducted the funeral Monday. Pres. J. N. Brown and Mr. K. O. Lee, head of the Con-cordia mathematics and physics de-partments, represented the college fa-culty Mrs. Paul'Rasmussen rendered a vocal solo. Mrs. Duea Js survived by her hus-band, Mr. J. C -Dues* a son, Ernest, both of Sharpn, N. D., and & daughter, Clara, of Concordia. By Margaret Nordlie Differing very much from the plays given recently at Concordia, "Sun-Up" by Lula Vollmer, was presented in the college auditorium Friday evening, May 4. The play was directed by Mrs. Norma Gooden Ostby. Hazel Dale as Mis' Cagle, a bitter mountaineer woman, displayed supurb acting in a difficult and very import-ant lead. The scene was laid in Mia' Cagle's cabin near Ashville, North Carolina during the World War. Theo-dore Renne as Rufe Cagle, her son, played well the part of a youth torn between loyalty to ^iis mother and to his country. As the impulsive and lov-ing wife of Rufe, Lucia Iverson capably supported the lead. Rolf Daehlin, as Sheriff Weeks, typi-fied the hard unfeeling man of law who wields a rough hand over the mountaineers is upholding the govern-ment they hate. Allen Hanson, as Pap Todd, Bnmy's father, characterized a life ruined through drinking and law-breaking. George Lehner, as Bud, Emmy's brother, made an agreeable picture of a slow-witted but kind-heorted young man. Other characters were Clifford Peterson as the Preacher, Harlowe Johnson as the Stranger and James Hanson, as Bob, a deputy. The college orchestra, directed by Milo Wold, furnished music between acts. Clarence Vote presented several vocal solos. Members of the Beta Sigma chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, from Mayville State Teachers college were guests of the Alph Alpha cast Concordia college will be host to-morrow and Sunday to the first an-nual spring Music Festival. Arthur O. Wigdahl, manager of the campus mu-sical organizations, is the director of the festival. The event is expected to attract approximately six hundred sin-gers, who will participate in the grand festival concert Sunday afternoon, at Central high school auditorium in Fargo. The festival will open Saturday eve-ning, May 12, with a concert by the Concordia college band, under the di-rection of Prof. J. A. Holvik. Divine services will be held Sunday morning in the Lutheran churches of Moorhead and Fargo, at which visiting choirs will sing. Valley City Choir To Sing Our Savior's Lutheran church choir of Valley City, N. D., with Oswald Jorstad as director, will appear as guest choir at First Lutheran church of Far-go. The choir numbers twenty-five voices including the director and ac-companist. They will sing "Open My Eyes/' McFarlene, with the solo by Ha*old Gulbranson, baritone, and "Vi-sion of Christ" by F. Melius Christian-son. The Ringsaker choir, Pelican Rapids, Oberlin Nereson directing, will appear at Trinity Lutheran church. There will be a general chorus re-hearsal in the college chapel before services. Following dinner the chorus will rehearse at Fargo high school after which the grand festival concert will be given with Professor Monson directing. The closing event of the festival will be the anunal home concert by the Concordia a capella choir in the Trin-ity Lutheran church Sunday evening. Bryncstad Will Speak The Rev. Lawrence Brynestad of Warren will be the festival speaker at the Norse and English services at Trin-ity Lutheran church on Sunday morn-ing. The Rev. Mr. Brynestad was graduated from St -Olaf college in 1921. In 1921-23 he taught at the college in Ottawa, 111,, and in 1926 graduated from the Lutheran seminary at St Paul. He served as pastor at Redfield, S. D., in 1926-29 and in 1932 he took his degree of doctor of sacred theology fromi the New York Biblical seminary. Rev. Brynestad then did reesarch work at the Union City library in New York. During these years he was associate pastor of Our Savior Lutheran church in Manhattan, N. Y. In the fall of 1932 (Continued on page 4, column 5) Robert Korstad, Red by, was elected editor-in-chief of the 1935 Cobber when students went to the polls Tues-day. Students Choose Forum and Staff For New Cobber Rachel Johnson, Magne Syvrud Are Secretary-Treasurer. Vice-President 256 VOTES ARE CAST Braille, Gilbertson Are Named Associate Editor, Business Manager Seniors Choose Sogn, Haugseth To Head Class Selection Is ifliade From Twelve Highest Ranking Men And Women German Club Holds Biweekly Meeting "Beim Schneider" was presented by Marcus Nichols and Harold Nohre at the biweekly meeting of the German dub on Tuesday evening Maurice Felde sang "Scnluprwinkel", George Lehner read several anecdotes, and John Peterson and Edmund Nles read the club paper, "Der Schwa tzer." Ger-man songs were sung at the opening and closing of the program. Walter Sogn, Bowdon, N. D., was selected valedictorian of the senior class at a special meeting held on Fri-day evening. Ruth Haugseth, Twin Valley, was selected salutatorian. Mr, Sogn is the Mondamin repre-sentative on the Intersociety council and a two-year football letterman. He is also a member of the Science club, French club, and the Luther League. Mr. Sogn is majoring in chemistry and minoring in French. Miss Haugseth is secretary of the Alpha society and a member of the Zeta chapter of the Pi Kappa Delta, national forensic fraternity. She has held positions on The Concordian and Cobber^ staffs and held office in the Li^hpr League and Music club. She is also a member of the Alpha Kappa Chi literary society, French club, and L .D. R. and has a major in Latin and a minor in English. Others candidates for the position of valedictorion, which included the six highest ranking men of the class, were: Milford Tysseland, Barnesville; Ray-mond Cordes, Henning; Ellsworth Haugseth, Twin Valley; Harold Nohre, Holt; and Norbert Mathees, Goodhue. Additional candidates for the posi-tion of salutatorion, including the six highest ranking women, were: Mar-garet Nordlie, Cottage Grove, Wis.; Hanna.Jevne, Russell, N. D.; Martha Jordahl, Fertile; Grace Boothroyd, Moorhead; and Kathryn Mel berg, Moorhead. Margaret Nordlie Wins First Prize for Criticism of Collegian Appearance of The Collegian on the news-stands Tuesday morning marked the second issue of the publication. This number, which is styled the May- June issue, is larger, both in page size and in thickness, and contains a Graduation cover. Margaret Nordlie, Cottage Grove, Wis., won first prize of two dollars in a contest ,which the Collegian editors sponsored on the Concordia campus, to get the best criticism of this issue of the magazine. Carl Tiller, Battle Lake, won second prize of one dollar. Similar contests, in an effort to se-cure a large number of good criticisms of the publication, are being conducted on the campuses of Moorhead State Teachers college and North Dakota State college. The winning essay, by Miss Nordlie, is as follows: '"Hie May-June issue of The Colle-gian shows much improvement over the last, both in content and in style, but there is still room for further de-velopment "I would divide the material roughly into two parts: those having some claim to literary merit, and those having a modern but transient cleverness. Ex-amples of the first are: They Shall Not Rest', 'Sand Dunes', 'Strange Too1, and 'Man of the Scar*. The second group contains such as: Typical Spring Thoughts', 'Sir Walter Turns Over*, and Tin That Way/ "This division almost coincides with another: the signed and unsigned ar-ticles. One of the most objectionable features of The Collegian is the large quantity of anonymous matter, which is rather common and not readily de-fendable. "The two dramatic articles are well done 'Movies' however, is the usual thickly-spread, meaningless advertise-ment "A suggestion for Improvement Is a classification into short story, article, or poetry, given with the title in the table of contents. "The Collegian does extensively cover college activities from scholarship to idle thoughts. I believe it has justi-fied'Itself, for although not all selec-tions have shown genius, they have at least stimulated thought.'1 Gabriel Hauge, Hawley, waa elected president of the student body, and Robert Korstad, Redby, editor-in-chief of the 1935 Cobber at the annual elec-tion Tuesday. A total of 256 students cast their votes in the election. Magne Syvrud, Mandan, N. D., was chosen as vice-president of the student body, and Rachel Johnson, Bismarck, N. D., as secretary-treasurer. Everett Gilbertson, Binford, N. D., was elected business manager of the Cobber, and Otto Bratlie, Veblen, S. D., associate editor. Eunice Plann, Fargo, N. D., was chosen art editor and Rolf Daeh-lin, Moorhead, as advertising manager. Department Officers Named . The department officers on the stu-dent forum were elected as follows: athletics, Arthur Myrom, Thief River Falls; music, Doris Simmons, Oakes, N. D.; literary, MyraReinertsen, Moor-head; religious, Allen Hanson, KeUiher, and social, Mildred Iverson, Moorhead. Gabriel Hauge, a junior at Concor-dia, will succeed Raymond Cordes as president of the student body. Mr. Hauge is a member of the Alpha so-ciety and of the Pi Kappa Delta na-tional forensic fraternity. He was one of the four debaters to represent Con-this fraternity at Lexington, Kentucky, cordia at the biennial convention of in April. Directs Publicity Bureau He is president of the International Relations club, student director of the publicity bureau, has been president of his class for three years, was president of the Luther League last semester, and represented Concordia in the state peace oratorical contest last year. He is a member of the Mondamin literary society. Mr. Korstad ,who is to be editor-in-chief of the Cobber, is also a member of Pi Kappa Delta national forensic fraternity. He is associate-editor of the Collegian, will represent Concordia in the state peace oratorical contest at St. Catherine's college tonight. He was the Frosh winner of the freshman-sophomore declamatory contest He is treasurer of the junior class and a member of the Alpha Epsilon Sigma literary society. Religious Group To Give Pageant To Present "The Way Of Peace" On North Bank Of Prexy's Pond "The Way of Peace," a pageant by Laura S. dopenhaver, Katjherlne S. Crank, and Ruth M. Worrell, will be presented Saturday evening, June 2, as part of the commencement activities. Members of the Lutheran Daughters of the Reformation will sponsor and take part in the pageant, which will be directed by MSsa Frida Nilsen, dean of women. "The purpose of the pageant is to show that peace can come to the world when the. principles of the Prince of Peace are practiced by indi-viduals and nations,"according to the authors. The leading characters will be Prophetess, Myra Reinertsen; Mother-hood, Grace Bloraquist; Christianity, Helen Herman. Minor characters will be chosen later. The following committees have been appointed: stage manager, Rolf Daeh- Un; costume manager, Mildred Iver-son; property manager, Selma Huse-by; make-up committee, Eunice Plann, Evangellne Quam, Dorothy Fitzgerald, and Afton Moe; and music director, Cornelia GjesdaL