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AUGUSTANA • Comedy Ends Saturday COMING UPON Anne Shepler and Dave Johnson, JoAnn Rasmussen discovers that it's not only the fields that are fresh. Pictured is a scene from last night's initial Fresh Fields performance. (See review, p. 2). Directed by Don Salberg, the three-act comedy will con-tinue in the little theater tonight and Saturday at 8:15. Tickets may be purchased from members of the junior class. Ontjes, Sather, Dickey to Convo STYLE SHOW CO-CHAIRMEN June Smith and Sharon Frank, with Shriver consultant Ruth Moeller, count the lay-ers in a basic little number. Saturday's program is the last event of the 1955-56 Big- Little Sister program. It is the first style show since three years ago when it was an annual Big-Little Sis feature. During the afternoon, committee heads for next year's entire program will be named. In keeping with the theme, guests will be served French pastry. "Fresh Fields" Reviewed Page 2 Letter Criticizes Dorm Rules Page 4 FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO SAY IT Friday, April 6, 1956 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA VOL. XXXVI — No. 24 'Globetrotter' Thomas Will Address Student Body April 13 RICHARD THOMAS, globe-trotting news analyst and for-mer f or e i g n correspondent, will speak during student body period on Friday, April 13, under the auspices of the Artist and Lecture series. His subject will be: America, the Constructive Force. It will en-compass the many key prob-lems facing the United States, and will include the speaker's Augie Sweeps to Pi Kappa Delta Speech Triumph Men's and women's debate teams from Augustana de-bated their way to separate victories to win the Pi Kappa Delta Province speech tourna-ment. The men's team was composed of Paul and Mike Rogness while the women's team was composed of Eva Kirchner and Connie Sik-kink. South Dakota state was sec-ond and Dakota Wesleyan was third in the men's tourney. Yank-ton college took second and Hu-ron college third in the women's debate. In individual events Eva Kirchner placed first in wo-men's oratory and Paul Rog-ness was first in men's ex-temp. Ray Skoglund was named one of the two superior dis-cussers at the tournament. Next year's national Pi Kappa Delta convention will be held on the campus of South Dakota state college in April. analysis. of the best possible means for overcoming these difficulties. Mr. Thomas recently re-turned from another first-hand visit to the Middle East and the main powers of the Moslem world. In the course of an intensive, two-month trip, he interviewed spokes-men for the Iraqi foreign of-fice, was given an official re- Richard Thomas Shetek Workshop Scheduled May 11-13 Annual leadership workshop will be held May 11-13 at Lake Shetek. Approximately 120 stu-dents, presidents of organizations and special committees, will at-tend. Guest speaker at the 3-day event will be Rev. R. G. Borg-wardt of Sioux Falls. Stu-dents and a group of faculty members will also partici-pate. The program is to in-clude discussions, informal campfire meetings and a semi-formal banquet. Topics dis-cussed will be of definite in-terest to the students, accord-ing to Bill Dickey, chairman. This year's workshop commit-tee includes Dickey; Terry Ho-kenstad, assistant chairman; Dick Kaus, business manager; Dona-dee Strombeck, registrar; Denny Tibbets, religious activity; Nyla Thoreson, parliamentary proce-dure; and Shirley Fossum, secre-tary. Next year's workshop commit-tee will meet at Shetek to discuss plans for 1957. Thursday, April 26,—Wed-nesday, May 2, the ever pop-ular classic melodrama, Uncle Tom's Cabin will play at Au-gustana's little theater. This production will employ 10 sets for the 27 scenes, and a large cast of Harriet Beecher Stowe characters, some with "black-face," some without. Uncle Tom will be the final major production of the present little theater season. In the cast are: Uncle Tom, Dick Lokken; George Harris, Dale Miller; St. Clare, Dick Wyman; Simon Legree, Hale Swanson; Little Eva, Ann Levorson; Eliza, Loreli James; Ophelia, Nyla Thor-ception by Iranian govern-ment officials at the strategic oil center of Abadan, and spent considerable time in the oil fields of the diminutive kingdoms of Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar. In Beirut, the speaker re-ceived one of the highest hon-ors of the government of Leb-anon, the Medal of Merit, in recognition of his efforts in behalf of East-West under-standing. A graduate of Harvard, Richard Thomas spent his early years with the Associated Press in France and the New York Her-ald Tribune in Paris, after hav-ing toured free-lance through all of western and central Europe. Returning to the United States in 1938, he joined the National Broadcasting company as head of the French department and chief French announcer, later becom-ing news analyst for the New York radio station WBNX. With the forces of General Eisenhower, he made the D-Day landing in North Africa, was French language radio announcer for psychological warfare in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, and carried out missions to Central Africa, South America and the Car-ibbean. After a tour of duty with army intelligence in the United States, he was sent to Japan on a special mission under General McArthur, and also served in China, Korea and the Philippines, with side trips to India, Thailand, Pak-istan, Arabia and Egypt. Mr. Thomas has thus spent a considerable portion of his adult life traveling or living in approx-imately 70 different countries. With a working knowledge of nearly half a dozen languages, he has been able to interview thou-sands of persons in their native tongues in order to see the United States as others see it. Arrangements for Mr. Thomas' appearance have been made through the Lecture bureau of the University of Minnesota pro-gram service. Stavig Named Delegate Dr. L. M. Stavig is one of an 11-member delegation which will represent the Evangelical Luth-eran church at the third assembly of the Lutheran World federation, scheduled to convene in Minneap-olis, August, 1957. Dr. Stavig is an ELC vice pres-ident. eson; and Topsey, Beverly Miller. Also in the cast are John Beardsley, Bill Horeis, Ron Timm, Don Salberg, Dave Johnson, Eu-gene Wopat, Laverne Espeland, Lynn Lee, Margret Holum, Bar-bara Amland, Joloyce Larson, Avis Rodness and Fritz Lennon. Opening night, April 26, will be sponsored by the Augustana aux-iliary to obtain money for their scholarship fund. The 27th date will be sponsored by Fidelis club of First Lutheran. Showing tonight and Saturday is Fresh Fields, sponsored by the junior class. All tickets may be obtained from class members. This is the second student pro-duction; the third and final one will be directed by Dick Lokken and presented sometime in May. HOW CAN COLLEGES and universities best solve the problems of increasing enroll-ment? Student body president Jim Ontjes, MIRROR editor Larry Sather and leadership workshop chairman Bill Dickey left at noon today for Minneapolis where the National Student association, Min- , nesota-Dakota region, will dis-cuss this question and other cur-rent problems of higher educa-tion. The conference will be held on the University of Minnesota cam-pus. Over 150 students are ex-pected to attend. APRIL IN PARIS is the theme of the style show to be presented Saturday, April 7, at the First Lutheran church. The program, which will begin at 2:00 p.m., is co-sponsored by the Big-Little Sister committee and Shriver's department store. Sharon Frank and June Smith, chairmen in charge of the style show, have des-cribed the program as being an imaginary excursion through Paris by 13 college girls. The tour takes the group through a typical day, including luncheon at a side-walk cafe, shopping and vis-iting well-known museums and landmarks. Ann Levorson will be mistress of ceremonies. Music wil be pro-vided by Miriam Tollefson and a violin trio composed of Pris-cilla Berthelsen, Charlotte Mit-chell and Cynthia Nold. Models for the program are Barbara Amland, Mary Ann Bue, Barbara Cummings, Frances Erickson, Evelyn Fodness, Diane Johnson, Shirley Lease, Carol Nelson, Janet Olson, Lois Paul-son, Carol Udseth, Ann Wheel-don and Connie White. Publicity chairmen are Mary Siekmeier and Carol Hewlett, Peggy Jones and Marlys Hansen are in charge of decorations. The script is being prepared by Anne Shepler. Heading the discussion staff will be Dr. George Selke, Minne-sota conservation commissioner. A former president of St. Cloud state teachers college, Selke has also served as Chancellor of the University of Montana. Dr. Selke wil give the keynote address. Other speakers are Mar-tin Quanbeck, Dean of Augsburg college, and A. Lachlin Reed, Di-rector of Industry-Education re-lations, Minneapolis - Honeywell Regulator company. Among the problems to be dis-cussed will be: admission stan-dards, class sizes, extra-curricular student life and specialized study necessary because of heavier en-rollments. Big-Little Sister Style Show Brings 'April to Paris' Saturday Scheduled Melodrama Has r Racktace Cast, Many Sets
Object Description
Title | Mirror - April 6, 1956 |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.)--Students--Newspapers |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1956-04-06 |
Publishing agency | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, USA |
Rights | This image may not be reproduced without the express written consent of Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. |
Medium | Text |
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Language | English |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |
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Title | Page 1 |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1956-04-06 |
Text | AUGUSTANA • Comedy Ends Saturday COMING UPON Anne Shepler and Dave Johnson, JoAnn Rasmussen discovers that it's not only the fields that are fresh. Pictured is a scene from last night's initial Fresh Fields performance. (See review, p. 2). Directed by Don Salberg, the three-act comedy will con-tinue in the little theater tonight and Saturday at 8:15. Tickets may be purchased from members of the junior class. Ontjes, Sather, Dickey to Convo STYLE SHOW CO-CHAIRMEN June Smith and Sharon Frank, with Shriver consultant Ruth Moeller, count the lay-ers in a basic little number. Saturday's program is the last event of the 1955-56 Big- Little Sister program. It is the first style show since three years ago when it was an annual Big-Little Sis feature. During the afternoon, committee heads for next year's entire program will be named. In keeping with the theme, guests will be served French pastry. "Fresh Fields" Reviewed Page 2 Letter Criticizes Dorm Rules Page 4 FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO SAY IT Friday, April 6, 1956 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA VOL. XXXVI — No. 24 'Globetrotter' Thomas Will Address Student Body April 13 RICHARD THOMAS, globe-trotting news analyst and for-mer f or e i g n correspondent, will speak during student body period on Friday, April 13, under the auspices of the Artist and Lecture series. His subject will be: America, the Constructive Force. It will en-compass the many key prob-lems facing the United States, and will include the speaker's Augie Sweeps to Pi Kappa Delta Speech Triumph Men's and women's debate teams from Augustana de-bated their way to separate victories to win the Pi Kappa Delta Province speech tourna-ment. The men's team was composed of Paul and Mike Rogness while the women's team was composed of Eva Kirchner and Connie Sik-kink. South Dakota state was sec-ond and Dakota Wesleyan was third in the men's tourney. Yank-ton college took second and Hu-ron college third in the women's debate. In individual events Eva Kirchner placed first in wo-men's oratory and Paul Rog-ness was first in men's ex-temp. Ray Skoglund was named one of the two superior dis-cussers at the tournament. Next year's national Pi Kappa Delta convention will be held on the campus of South Dakota state college in April. analysis. of the best possible means for overcoming these difficulties. Mr. Thomas recently re-turned from another first-hand visit to the Middle East and the main powers of the Moslem world. In the course of an intensive, two-month trip, he interviewed spokes-men for the Iraqi foreign of-fice, was given an official re- Richard Thomas Shetek Workshop Scheduled May 11-13 Annual leadership workshop will be held May 11-13 at Lake Shetek. Approximately 120 stu-dents, presidents of organizations and special committees, will at-tend. Guest speaker at the 3-day event will be Rev. R. G. Borg-wardt of Sioux Falls. Stu-dents and a group of faculty members will also partici-pate. The program is to in-clude discussions, informal campfire meetings and a semi-formal banquet. Topics dis-cussed will be of definite in-terest to the students, accord-ing to Bill Dickey, chairman. This year's workshop commit-tee includes Dickey; Terry Ho-kenstad, assistant chairman; Dick Kaus, business manager; Dona-dee Strombeck, registrar; Denny Tibbets, religious activity; Nyla Thoreson, parliamentary proce-dure; and Shirley Fossum, secre-tary. Next year's workshop commit-tee will meet at Shetek to discuss plans for 1957. Thursday, April 26,—Wed-nesday, May 2, the ever pop-ular classic melodrama, Uncle Tom's Cabin will play at Au-gustana's little theater. This production will employ 10 sets for the 27 scenes, and a large cast of Harriet Beecher Stowe characters, some with "black-face," some without. Uncle Tom will be the final major production of the present little theater season. In the cast are: Uncle Tom, Dick Lokken; George Harris, Dale Miller; St. Clare, Dick Wyman; Simon Legree, Hale Swanson; Little Eva, Ann Levorson; Eliza, Loreli James; Ophelia, Nyla Thor-ception by Iranian govern-ment officials at the strategic oil center of Abadan, and spent considerable time in the oil fields of the diminutive kingdoms of Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar. In Beirut, the speaker re-ceived one of the highest hon-ors of the government of Leb-anon, the Medal of Merit, in recognition of his efforts in behalf of East-West under-standing. A graduate of Harvard, Richard Thomas spent his early years with the Associated Press in France and the New York Her-ald Tribune in Paris, after hav-ing toured free-lance through all of western and central Europe. Returning to the United States in 1938, he joined the National Broadcasting company as head of the French department and chief French announcer, later becom-ing news analyst for the New York radio station WBNX. With the forces of General Eisenhower, he made the D-Day landing in North Africa, was French language radio announcer for psychological warfare in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, and carried out missions to Central Africa, South America and the Car-ibbean. After a tour of duty with army intelligence in the United States, he was sent to Japan on a special mission under General McArthur, and also served in China, Korea and the Philippines, with side trips to India, Thailand, Pak-istan, Arabia and Egypt. Mr. Thomas has thus spent a considerable portion of his adult life traveling or living in approx-imately 70 different countries. With a working knowledge of nearly half a dozen languages, he has been able to interview thou-sands of persons in their native tongues in order to see the United States as others see it. Arrangements for Mr. Thomas' appearance have been made through the Lecture bureau of the University of Minnesota pro-gram service. Stavig Named Delegate Dr. L. M. Stavig is one of an 11-member delegation which will represent the Evangelical Luth-eran church at the third assembly of the Lutheran World federation, scheduled to convene in Minneap-olis, August, 1957. Dr. Stavig is an ELC vice pres-ident. eson; and Topsey, Beverly Miller. Also in the cast are John Beardsley, Bill Horeis, Ron Timm, Don Salberg, Dave Johnson, Eu-gene Wopat, Laverne Espeland, Lynn Lee, Margret Holum, Bar-bara Amland, Joloyce Larson, Avis Rodness and Fritz Lennon. Opening night, April 26, will be sponsored by the Augustana aux-iliary to obtain money for their scholarship fund. The 27th date will be sponsored by Fidelis club of First Lutheran. Showing tonight and Saturday is Fresh Fields, sponsored by the junior class. All tickets may be obtained from class members. This is the second student pro-duction; the third and final one will be directed by Dick Lokken and presented sometime in May. HOW CAN COLLEGES and universities best solve the problems of increasing enroll-ment? Student body president Jim Ontjes, MIRROR editor Larry Sather and leadership workshop chairman Bill Dickey left at noon today for Minneapolis where the National Student association, Min- , nesota-Dakota region, will dis-cuss this question and other cur-rent problems of higher educa-tion. The conference will be held on the University of Minnesota cam-pus. Over 150 students are ex-pected to attend. APRIL IN PARIS is the theme of the style show to be presented Saturday, April 7, at the First Lutheran church. The program, which will begin at 2:00 p.m., is co-sponsored by the Big-Little Sister committee and Shriver's department store. Sharon Frank and June Smith, chairmen in charge of the style show, have des-cribed the program as being an imaginary excursion through Paris by 13 college girls. The tour takes the group through a typical day, including luncheon at a side-walk cafe, shopping and vis-iting well-known museums and landmarks. Ann Levorson will be mistress of ceremonies. Music wil be pro-vided by Miriam Tollefson and a violin trio composed of Pris-cilla Berthelsen, Charlotte Mit-chell and Cynthia Nold. Models for the program are Barbara Amland, Mary Ann Bue, Barbara Cummings, Frances Erickson, Evelyn Fodness, Diane Johnson, Shirley Lease, Carol Nelson, Janet Olson, Lois Paul-son, Carol Udseth, Ann Wheel-don and Connie White. Publicity chairmen are Mary Siekmeier and Carol Hewlett, Peggy Jones and Marlys Hansen are in charge of decorations. The script is being prepared by Anne Shepler. Heading the discussion staff will be Dr. George Selke, Minne-sota conservation commissioner. A former president of St. Cloud state teachers college, Selke has also served as Chancellor of the University of Montana. Dr. Selke wil give the keynote address. Other speakers are Mar-tin Quanbeck, Dean of Augsburg college, and A. Lachlin Reed, Di-rector of Industry-Education re-lations, Minneapolis - Honeywell Regulator company. Among the problems to be dis-cussed will be: admission stan-dards, class sizes, extra-curricular student life and specialized study necessary because of heavier en-rollments. Big-Little Sister Style Show Brings 'April to Paris' Saturday Scheduled Melodrama Has r Racktace Cast, Many Sets |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |