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New AucustanaAcademy Principal
REV. B. J. ROTHNEM
THE CLARION
VOL. VI—No. 10 AUGUSTANA ACADEMY, CANTO N, SOUTH DAKOTA, APRIL 1, 1927 PRICE }O.o,
NEW PRINCIPAL ELECTED TO SUCCEED PRESIDENT H. M. DALE
Academy Boys Place
Third at N. L. C. A.
Basketball Tourney
Win in the Consolations
The academy basket ball team left
Monday, March 6, to take part in the
N.L.C.A. basketball tournament to
be held at St. Olaf college on March
7, 8, and 9.
They left about eight o'clock Mon-day
morning and landed safely in
Northfield about 9:30 that evening
with no trouble to speak of, except
stiff joints and limbs. Here they were
taken care of and given rooms in the
dormitory at St. Olaf.
The tournament opened the follow-ing
day at eleven o'clock A. M. with
a game between Red Wing seminary
and Park Region,., of. _ Ferg.us Falls,
Minn. This was ,a very close game
and a good beginner for the tourna-ment.
Park Region succeeded in
winning after two extra periods. The
academy played their first game at
4 o'clock that afternoon when they
clashed with the Luther Preps of De-corah,
Iowa. The game was rather
slow, the teams being unused to such
a large floor. At the end of the half
the academy was leading 5 to 4, and
when time was called with 5 minutes
to play the score was tied 8 to 8.
Then the Luther Preps opened up on
long shots and dropped' three in rapid
succession, making the score 14 to 8
in their favor. Hagge then scored
and th -,.._ 2 ended S.1 to 13 in fa_.' or
of the Preps.
On Tuesday evening the boys had
the privilege of watching the St.
Olaf and Carleton college teams
clash in the famous Goat game. In
a very fast game the Carleton team
carried the goat home in triumph
with a score of 34 to 23. -
The defeat by the Luther Preps
took away all chance of first or sec-ond
place for the Academy team but
they still had a chance of winning
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The Senior Class
Selects Class Play
The games were as follows:
March 16—Freshmen 18, Adv. 27
March 18—Advanced 4, Sophomore
32
March 19=Juniors 15, Advanced 16
March 19—Sophomore 12, Fresh, 6
March 22—Sophomore 19—Juniors
12
March 23—Freshman 10-Juniors
14
The total scores made by the Soph-omores
63, opponents 22.
Seniors Royally
Entertain Juniors
St. Patricks Party
Rev. Botolf J. Rothnem, re-cently
elected principal of
Augustana academy to suc-ceed
Prof. H. M. Dlae, was a
student at St.' Olaf College,
Northfield, Minn., from 1902
to 1996. He was a member
of the same class as Pres. J.
N. Brown of Concordia col-lege
and Prof. H. M. Dale.
Rev. Rothnem served as
president of the Sioux Falls
circuit of the Norwegian
Lutheran church of America
from 1922 to 1924. He is at
present a member of the
board of directors of the Au-g
ustana college association.
He was elected a member of
the South Dakota district
Board of Education at. the
district. convention last June.
Rev. Rothnem gained wide
renown a year ago when he
wrote the text of the `=Cen-tennial
Cantata", written for
the Norse centennial and
sung in the Minneapolis ar-mory
last June.
Honor Roll
Olive Gubbruil, Esther Olbertson,
Ragna Reinertson, Myrtle Sullestad.
Juniors
Jeanette Dale, Mildred Halderson,
Irene Halderson, Esther Loaning,
Florence Sogn.
Sophomores.
Lililan Larson.
Freshmen
Hazel Pale, Hannah Hanson, Palma
Larson, Carmen Opsahl, Emily Sogn,
-ooeda Sogn.
"Inspiration of Past
Mission Achievement"
Mission Band Topic
Reverend Rothnem of Dell Rapids New
Academy Princilwa.
To 'fake Up Duties About July 1
Rev. Bottolf Jacob Rothnem, 1a,st-or
of Dell Rapids for more that nine
years, was unanimously selected.
Tuesday by the board of directors of
the Augustana College association to
succeed Prof. H. M. Dale as princi-pal
of Augustana academy. After
accepting th e position, Rev. Rotl,oeira
stated that he expects to be ablr t.o
enter upon his duties here about
1, or possibly a littl e earlier.
Before he can take up his -work as
principal of the academy Rev. uot.h-ncm
must give his Dell Rapids con-gregation
ten days' notice to col
meeting for the consideration o:r ]is
resignation. He must also alloy the
congregation three months in
to name his successor.
Rev. Rothnem, in whose hand: the
future welfare and success of Au_~-
gustana academy will largely
was born on September 7, 1877,
Oslo, Norway. He attended Luolaer-an
Normal school at Madison, _l'_:1 7
from 1896 to 1900. He obtaine•!
B. S. degre e from St. Olaf colleg
1906. He was a student at the United.
Church seminary from 1908 to X11,
completing with a C. T. He stra ed
at Gallaudet college, Washington. D.
C. during 1906 and 1907, rece.rTing
upon completion an- A. M. degree,
Re is Roth acra
school at Ostrander, Minn., from i 00_
to 1901; at Hanley Falls, Minn,.., :n
1899; at Clarkfield, Minn., in ~+'02;
at Madison, Minn., during 1909 and
1910; at Castle Rock, Wis. in 1P10.
fie taught the third and fourth grades
in' the New York Institute for Deaf
during 1907 and 1908.
Following this, Rev. Rotin:'€rot
taught religion at th e State S:hco1•
for Deaf, Faribault, _Minn., from 1013
to 1918, and later at Sioux Falls, -..qe
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Advanced Classes
To Give Class Pay.
Innerclass Tourney
The Inner-class Basket Ball Tour- The following pupils have received
nament ended Wednesday, March 23, grade of B or above in all their
when the Juniors won a victory over studies for the winter quarter - which
the Freshmen. The Sophomore class ended March 5.
come off with the championship, and Advanced
are entitled to the silver loving cup Alice Amundson, Esther Anderson,
which is presented each year to the Agnes Jaeger, Barbara Johnson, Flo-champions.
ra Nims, Theola O'Banion.
Seniors
"Daddy Longlegs"
On the eve,. of St. Patrick's Day the
The play "Daddy Long Legs" in Junior class was delightfully enter-four
acts, tells of an orphan girl in a tamed by the members of th- Senior
bleak New England orphanage who class.
has spirit enough to say what she The program . given would have
thinks and thus gains the interest of made an Irishman think of the good
a trustee of the John Grier Home who old days in Ireland. The Juniors are
sends her to a 'fashionable girls' col- not Irish bat the readings and Irish
-loge. Here she meets and falls in songs instilled in some of the more
love with a man who proves to be romantic minds a desire to take a
her guardian and who is known as stroll into a garden of Wild Irish
Daddy-Long-Legs. Roses with Pat and Mike. The pro-
Cast of characters: gram was as follows:
Judy Abbott—orphaned authoress Piano solo—"Tipperary March" and
Charlotte Johnson "Irish Blarney" __Esther Olbertson
Jervis Pendleton—Daddy-Long-Legs Reading—"Borrowing a Pie" and
Clarence Gunderson "Mrs. Murphy's Grief"
James McBride—whose father Crystal Sogn
makes overalls ____ Julian Hoxeng Duet—"Wild Irish Rose" and "Long
Sallie McBride—his sister Way to Tipperary"
Crystal Sogn L. Hagge and C. Gunderson
Miss Pritchard—family friend of -"Family Album"—cast of characters:
Jervis Olive Gubbrud Naughty Little Girl
Julia Pendleton—college room mate 'Charlotte Johnson
'of Sallie and Judy Esther Olbertson Her Mother Anne Lykken
Mrs. Pendleton, her mother The Minister and his Wife ___ _
Esther Sommervold I Hilman Williams and Clara Russet
Cyrus Wykoff—trustee Mary Thea Peterson
Leonard Hegrge Vampire Jennie Varo
Abner Parson—trustee . _ School Teacher ___ Myrtle Sullestad
Julian Hoxeng Old Maid Aunt Gladys Kloster
Mrs. Lippett—matron of orphanage Nurs e Thelma Eidsness
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`ilnspiration of Past Missionary
Achievement" was the theme dis-cussed
by Barbara Johnson at Mis-sion
Band last Su;lnay morning.
. "Although we are completing a
century and a quarter of missions, we
are just at the beginning of our atsk.
The past may be written down almost
as a failure unless it leads us on to
something more complete. You may
recall what Wait Whitman said, "It
is inherent in the nature of things
that from any fruition of success
however complete, shall come forth
something that shall make a greater
struggle necessary." So, with refer-ance
to the past work and to work-ers
of the past.
Again, in looking at the past we do
not for a moment propose Sto endorse
it unqualifidely, it is indeed an occa-sion
of thanksgiving to God for his
marvelous grace and power in these
decades, but it is also quite as fully
an occasion for confession and hu-miliation
that there has been so much
imperfect and so much at fault in the
quantity and quality of our human
achie vement.
We look at the past; therefore, to
ask what values it has in it for the
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"Nothing But the Truth"
"Nothing but the Truth", a co::aed:y
in three acts by James Montgomery,
has been selected by the Advanced
class for their class play and wi?1 'be
given in the near future.
Is it possible to tell the absolute
truth—even for twenty-four hem's?
It is—at least Bob Bennett, the be,eo
of "Nothing but th e Truth" actor° p-lishes
the feat. The bet he made
with his partners, his friends, .and
his fiancee—these are th a incidga t.a
ill -James Montgomery's tremor , loos
comedy hit.
"Nothing but the Truth" is whole-heartedly
recommended as one OS the
Most sprightly, amusing and popular
comedies of which this country can
boast. Don't fail to see this play!
Watch for the date. The follow r.g
cast has been selected:
Robert .Bennett ____ John Christopher
E. M. Ralston acli'ie Sley. role?.
Dick Donnelly Olaf O;erth-
Clarence Van Dusen _ Gordon Cowan,
Bishop Doran Clifford Gre:nos
Gwendolyn Ralston __ Ruth Knowhc'n.
Mrs. E. M. Ralston __ Dorothy G't:tn
Ethel Clark Buelah Syvc"rid
Mable Jackson Esther Ands reoo
Sable Jackson Alice Amundco>a
Ai artha Esther Jaeger