iarion
Augustana Academy Canton, South Dakota
Volume 7, Number 8 April 26, 1968
A. ULRICKSON ELECTED HOMECOMING CHAIRMAN
Thorkelssen, Mack, Me achen and
Worthington are S. B. officers
Dean Thorkelsson of Winnipeg, Canada, and Milo Mack
of Chicago were elected president and vice-president
respectively in the student body elections held on
April 23.The other elected
officers were Linda Meach- took place on April 18,
en, secretary;Sharon Wor- the two highest in each
thington, treasurer; and category going on to the
hoard makes long range pions for campus, academic life
The Board of Regents,
at their April 19 meeting,
reaffirmed that Augustana
Academy will stay in Can-ton
in account with his-tory
and tradition.
The Board approved the
Altie Ulrickson, homecom-ing
chairman.
Nominations were made
at a student body meeting,
April 16,immediately after
vacation. Seven people
were put up for each of-fice.
The primary elections
purchase of the Truman Mo-en
farm, 30 acres adjacent
to the Academy necessary
to begin site plans.
The Board accepted the
firm of Sovik, Mathre &
Madson of Northfield,
final elections.
The outgoing officers
are Jim Fremming, presi-dent;
Steve Budd, vice-president;
Roz Madson,
secretary; Vicki Frislie,
treasurer; and Mary Harum,
homecoming chairman.
Minn., for preliminary
counsel on future develop-ment.
The long range plan
includes a student body of
400-600 students.
The guaranteed cost
plan will be discontinued
next fall. This will not
affect students presently
enrolled.
The Board approved the
publication of a new cata-log
for the school and a
new format for the AA Bul-letin.
A new testing program
was approved by the Board.
It is to be conducted by
Dr. Ronald Jorgenson, head
of the dept. of psychology
at Augustana College.
The Academy will begin
to make arrangements for
professional fund-raising
(cont'd on p. 12, col. 2)
76 to graduate;
class is one of
school's largest
Seventy-six seniors
will graduate from August-ana
on Sunday, May 26. The
graduating class is one of
the largest in the history
of the Academy.
Baccalaureate will be
at 10:15 a.m. at Canton
Lutheran Church.The speak-er
will be Mr. Gerald Man-love,
Midwest Youth Direc-tor
of the American Luth-eran
Church, Chicago. He
is the father of gradua-ting
senior Linda Manlove.
Commencement exercises
will be held at the Canton
Armory at 2:30 p.m. The
Rev. L. David Brown, Youth
Director of the American
Lutheran Church, Minneapo-lis,
will be the speaker,
expounding on the topic,
"The place for secondary
schools in the American
Lutheran Church."
Clarion gets Al/-Arnerican rating
The Clarion, Augustana Academy's newspaper, received
an All-American honor rating by the National Scholastic
Press Association of the University of Minnesota.
Though it was the first time the Clarion was entered
in this contest,it received the highest of five ratings
awarded by this organization. Each paper is judged on
content, writing, and make-up in categories based on
enrollment, frequency of publication, and method of.
printing.
Said Mr. James H. Meachen, adviser to the paper,
"The value of journalism awards lies in the fact that
newspaper staffs can compare their work with what
others have done and receive constructive criticism
from professional journalists."