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Augie Grads Take
Parishes Next Year
Eight Augustana graduates of
1949 will graduate from Luther
seminary in June and have ac-cepted
calls to various parishes in
North and South Dakota, Minne-sota
and Wisconsin.
The graduates and their par-ishes
are:
Marvin Berkeland, Nevis, Minn.;
Gordon Carls, Louisburg, Minn.;
Wallace Hunstad, Grenora, Minn.;
Vernon Keszler, Langdon, N. D.;
Ray Melheim, Souris, N. D.; Dave
Natwick, Centerville, S. D.; Ar-nold
Olson, Clam Falls, Wis.; and
Mark Svaren, Sherman,' S. D.
Bob Taft Club
Starts Work
On Campus
Plans for the chartering of a
Taft-for-president club are under
way, according to Ralph 0. Hill-gren,
state publicity chairman for
the Taft campaign.
Gordon Dahl has been named
president of the Taft club on
campus, while Dick Enright will
fill the job of secretary-treasurer.
Buttons, window stickers and
literature will be made available
in the near future. The next meet-ing
of the club will be announced
in the next few days.
A meeting was held Wednesday
when all those interested in the
Taft campaign met to discuss
plans.
According to the committee, it
is hoped that the organization,
the first of its kind on the Augu-stana
campus, will intensify. stu-dent
interest in the primary race
as well as strengthen South Da-kota's
support of Senator Taft.
Eight Seniors
Honored in EDDA
Eight Augustana seniors were
presented last night at the EDDA.
party as the representative sen-iors
for 1952.
The four women selected were:
Lois Bachman, Lois Sorteberg,
Delores Bue and Bonnie Greguson.
Men picked were Chuck Jarratt,
Bob Nervig, Phil Natwick and Le-roy
Stadem.
The students were selected in a
special student body election in
October.
Martinson Announces
Dorm Counselors
Dorm counselors in Women's
dorm for next year have been an-nounced
by dean of women Fern I.
Martinson.
Joan Chilson and LaVonne
Campbell will be counselors on
first floor.
Marjorie Wagnild and Virginia
Johnson will be the second floor
counselors.
Irene Brandenburg will be the
counselor for third floor.
USMC Recruiters
To :Visit Campus
An officer procurement team of
the U. S. Marine corps will be on
campus Friday to contact any
men interested in the platoon
leaders class or the officer candi-date
class.
Next Saturday is the deadline
for applications. Thus all recruit-ing
documents must be completed
next Friday.
Those interested are urged to
contact dean of men, Henry M.
Helgen, before Friday.
Dormitory Women
Pick Council Members
Women's dorm officers for next
year were selected at an election
held last week.
LaVonne Campbell was elected
to the job of president.
The senior representative will
be MarJean Johnson, while Char-lotte
Erickson will represent the
juniors.
The sophomores will be allotted
two members due to the size of
the class. They are Joan Warken-thien
and Marlys Erickson.
Augie Gamma Deltans
Hold Joint Picnic
Augustana Gamma Delta mem-bers
joined with members from
South Dakota university and
South Dakota State for a picnic
at Terrace park last Sunday.
This was the annual Gamma
Delta meet for the three schools.
A large attendance was noted,
according to Don Claussen, Augie
chapter president.
Gamma Delta Groups
Holds Two Picnics
Picnics have been on the agenda
for the Beta Kappa, chapter of the
Gamma Delta during the past
week. -
Sunday, May 4, the chapter met
with the groups from South Da-kota
State college and the Univer-sity
for a joint picnic at Terrace
park. After games, a picnic sup-per
was served and the university
was in charge of a vesper serv-ice.
Tuesday night, the members
met for a picnic at Sherman
park. At this meeting it was de-cided
to purchase songbooks for
the Beta Kappa chapter.
The next meeting will be May
20, in the Science Lounge with
Rev. C. Schleicher, Memorial
Lutheran, leading discussion on
Christian courtship and marriage.
Press Banquet
To Feature
"Ole" Award
Members of the Augustana
Press club will hold their annual
spring banquet Tuesday evening
at Stacy's cafe in downtown Sioux
Falls at 6:30 p. m.
Miles Browne will be toast-master
for the event, which is the
biggest meeting of the Press club
during the year.
Presentation of the MIRROR
"Ole" will be made during the
banquet by Bob Steensma, editor
of the paper. The award is given
annually to the junior who has
done the best work on the,• MIR-ROR
during the year.
Previous "Ole" winners were
Tom Sheeley in 1949 and Bill Til-lottson
in 1951.
All those interested in attending
the banquet are urged to contact
president Sharonne Graff, vice
president Laurie Bachman or sec-retary
Gordy Dahl before Mon-day.
Price of tickets for the banquet
is $1.50.
Jr.-Sr. Fete
To Be Held
Friday Night
Sogge.
Chuck Thissell is head of the
food committee, while Annette
Weisenburger and Kirstine Stjern-holm
are planning the program.
EDDA Autograph
Party Set
For Thursday
Augie students got their 1952
EDDAS at the annual EDDA
party held in the recreation room
of the Women's dorm last night.
The book, dedicated to Prof.
Richard Guderyahn, music in-structor,
contains 140 pages, four
more than last year.
The editor for next year, Laurie
Bachman, was presented, and she
introduced the people who will fill
the major positions on the staff
next year.
The cover is blue and gold, con-taining
the newly-adopted seal of
the college and was designed by
Mary Lee Syverson. Ogden Dal-rymple,
art instructor, created
the seal for the college several
years ago.
Selections of the honor athlete
and representative seniors were
also revealed.
Those who did not receive their
books may do so in the ASA of-fice
in the gym lobby on Monday
or Tuesday mornings.
Dr. Robert Boyd
To Interview
Pre-Sem Men
Dr. Robert Boyd of Luther theo-logical
seminary in St. Paul, will
be on campus Monday to inter-view
men interested in attending
the seminary.
Dr. 'Boyd will address the stu-dent
body during chapel period.
He will be available for inter-views
all through *the remainder
of the day. Upperclassmen will be
given first chance to talk with
him.
Those wishing to talk with Dr.
Boyd are asked to contact Bob
Nervig, religion board chairman,
for appointments.
Ronken, Pierson Join
Cadets; Go in June
Bob Ronken, senior from Sioux
Falls, will leave immediately after
school is out for Naval Cadet
training at Pennsacola, Florida.
He Was to have reported May 4,
but was given an extension until
June 5:
Rick Pierson, another Sioux
Falls senior, entering the Air
Force Cadets, will leave soon after
graduation.
Syttende Mai
Elections
On Tuesday
Polls will be open Tuesday for
the voting on seven candidates for
Queen Inga and King Ole, royalty
to reign over the Syttende Mai
Festival next Saturday. The se-lection
will be made from a lot of
18 fellows and 17 girls.
Voting will be done in order of
preference of the seven candi-dates.
The first place selection
getting 10 points, second place 6
points with seventh place getting
one point.
The following girls have been
chosen as candidates for Queen
Inga: Margaret Sandbaken,
Glads; Hazel Sogge, EDDA; Den-ise
Felhaber, band; Charlotte
Erickson, A choir; Joan Warken-thien,
Kappas; Ardis Eide, East
hall; Colette Leonard, Delts;
Marilyn Holly, Webs; Pat R.
Johnson, KAUR; Jeannine Gur-ney,
Men's hall; Dorothy Ode,
MIRROR.
These women's groups have
chosen the following candidates
for King Ole: Phi Rhos, Arlan
Selland; Adelphics, George Scar-brough;
EDDA, Carvel Johnson;
band, Mike Foss; A choir, Phil
Natwick; Alphas, Tom Ersland;
WAA, Harlan Hanson; Philos,
Loren Jarratt.
The following organizations
have not chosen their candidates:
Athenians, MIRROR, KAUR, Cot-tage,
Women's dorm, radio choir,
theatre board, orchestra, Blue
Key, A club, Neuronians, and
Forensics.
The Syttende Mai festival will
open at 3:00 p. m. Saturday with
a faculty-student softball game.
At 5:00 p. m. the Sioux Falls Nor-wegian
dancers will perform in
the stadium followed by the coro-nation.
A smorgasbord will be held
in the cafeteria at 6:00 p. rn. Tick-ets
for the smorgasbord will be
available Monday.
Group games will be held in the
stadium at 7:30 p. m. followed by
a movie at 9:00 p. m.
The committees in charge are:
cafeteria decorations, Marjorie
Wagnild; invitations, Connie Bal-com;
costumes, Joan Mortenson;
smorgasbord, Marjorie Dahms
and Laurie Bachman; ticket sales,
Chuck Josephson; student team,
Dean Tollefson; faculty team,
Harry Auchter; and publicity,
Carvel Johnson.
KAUR Announces
Program Changes
Radio station KAUR announced
several program changes this
week.
Buell Donaldson will be disc
jockey on "Night Watch" from
10:00-11:00 p. m. The program
formerly broadcast at an earlier
hour has also changed names.
Phil Natwick is presenting a
Series of "Senior Portraits" on
Tuesday nights at 9:00 p. m., in-terviewing
a prominent senior
each week.
. Student body president Delores
Wennblom will begin a series of
student council reports to the stu-dent
body on Thursdays at 9:00
p. m.
A women's show with Mary
Ann Hultgren behind the mike is
scheduled to hit the air soon, ac-cording
to Jim Wylie, program
manager.
A change in station broadcast-ing
hours has been made. The sta-tion
will now go on the air at 7:00
p. m. and will sign off at 11:00
p. m.
'Medium' Rehearsal
Dona Carlson and Joanne Maurstad go through one of the cli-mactic
scenes in the opera 'The Medium' which opened at the Little
Theatre last night. Maurstad plays the role of the spiritualist, while
Carlson enacts the part of the medium's daughter.
‘41- AUGUSTANA
MIRROR
May 10, 1952
Augustana College, SIOUX FALLS, S. D.
Juniors and seniors will hold
their annual spring banquet Fri-day
evening at 6:30 p. m. at First
Lutheran church. The banquet is
traditionally formal.
Speaker for the event will be
Dr. E. S. Hjortland, pastor of
Central Lutheran church in Min-neapolis.
Doug Lindgren will serve
as toastmaster;
Those attending may bring
their fiances or wives, but will
have to pay extra for their tickets.
Ticket solicitors are Wendell
Stangeland, Lila Dullerud and Ha-zel
Sogge. They will contact all
juniors who wish to buy tickets.
Seniors are admitted free of
charge.
Committees have been appoint-ed
by Ken Kinnunen, junior class
president, and are making final
tareparations.
In charge of decorations are
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