AUGUSTANA
MIRROR
March 12, 1951
Augustana College, SIOUX FALLS, S. D. VOL. XXXII—NO.'S
Orchestra Presents Spring Concert , Tomorrow' Augustana's symphony orchestra, under the baton a&
Prof. Richard Guderyahn, will present its 24th annual spring
concert tomorrow, Tuesday, March 13, at 8:15 p. m.
Faculty and students will be admitted on activity ticket&
Joann Maurstad, contralto, will sing Mon Coeur S' Ouvry
A Ta Zoix, from Sampson and Delilah by Saint-Saens, with
orchestra accompaniment.
"Joann has one of the most promising voices that I have ever
Speaking of Miss Maurstad, Prof. Guderyahn said,
heard on this campus. In this selection, her voice has an oper-atic
quality and is so thrilling that it should lift the audience
out of their chairs."
China Missionary Sovik
Tells Duties, Experiences
Mundt Announces
Next Play Cast
Next on the agenda of the
Augustana drama department
is James M. Barrie's comedy,
What Every Woman Knows,
which will run 'April 3 thru
April 7.
Myrna Mikkelson is starring as
Maggie Wylis, a Scottish girl
"without charm", whose prospects
for marriage seem rather dim.
Her father Alec, Dennis Raven-berg,
and her brothers David, Bob
Naylor, and James, Chuck Mey-ers,
catch a serious young man
using their library and make a
deal with him. They agree to pay
him 300 pounds so that he may
finish his education if at the end
of that time he will wed Maggie.
George Poletes will take the part
of John Shand, the humorless
Scotsman who agrees to the
bargain.
Upon finishing his education
John goes into politics. Unknown
to him, John's great political suc-cess
is due largely to the subtle
manipulations of Maggie. With
success comes a desire for a
more suitable mate whom he
thinks he will find in selfish Lady
Sybil, played by Penny Mahl.
Finally he comes to realize that
quiet Maggie is the real motivat-ing
force behind him.
Other members of the cast are
Myla Mae Johnson as the Corn-tesse
de la Briere and Norman
Soyland as Mr. Venables, a polished
British diplomat.
Mr. Mundt, drama coach, stated
Why does a person choose to go
to a foreign land as a missionary?
An answer to this question was
given last week during Mission
Emphasis days. In a voice filled
with warmth and earnestness, a
young missionary to China stated,
"I became a missioary to China
because of the knowledge of the
need for the Gospel, conviction
that my life belonged to Christ
and the fact that my background
in a certain sense qualified me
for mission work."
This statement was made by
Rev. Arne Sovik, who was here
on the Angie campus for Mission
Emphasis days. Due to the fact
that the China mission field is
closed now, he is working with
that several extra parts have not
been cast, but will be in the near
future.
He explained that James Barrie
is the well known British drama-tist
who authored, among other
plays, Peter Pan, Admirable Crich-ton
and Quality Street. Mr. Mundt
added, "The American writer,
William Saroyan, is often com-pared
with Barrie, because both
are slightly romantic and whim-sical.
In some respects Barrie
looks at the world through rose
'colored glasses; however his plays
deal with fundamental human
problems, and above all, they are
wonderful entertainment."
Production crews are being or-ganized,
and anyone who is in-terested
should contact' the drama
office immediately.
Lutheran students in the midwest,
presenting the cause of foreign
missions.
Sovik has a rich background of
experience in working with the
'Chnese people. He was born in
China of missionary parents, and
lived in China until he came to A-merica
for his higher education.
He attended St. Olaf college, and
Luther Theological seminary and
upon his graduation from the sem-inary
returned to China in the year
of 1943.
A missionary has various types
of work to perform. In China, So-vik
handled a certain amount of
administrative work, especially as
administrative secretary, of the
National Student Youth commit-tee,
WSSF (World Student Ser-vice
Fund) agency, along with
teaching several hours a week at
the Lutheran seminary. He work-ed
with a congregation in Chung-king,
and also helped with the
training and preparing of native
workers for evangelists. He con-tinued
in this work until the end
of the war.
In speaking about China, Sovik
told of an experience with a cer-tain
Chinese native. Rev. Sovik
was doing work in a native village
congregation and one afternoon he
went walking with one of the vil-lagers,
a man about 32 years old.
This Chinese man had a wife and
three children. He had a limited
amount of education. When he was
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Indian Service
Needs Teachers
The U. S. Civil Service commis-sion
has announced that there is
an urgent need for elementary
teachers in the Indian Service.
These jobs pay $3,100 a year.
Applicants will be required to
take a written examination. To
qualify, they must show successful
completion of a four-year course
leading to a degree from an ac-credited
college or university.
Their work must include 24 semes-ter
hours in education, 12 of which
must be in elementary education.
One year of experience is nec-essary
if the applicant has not
completed two semester hours of
methods in teaching elementary
grades or in practice teaching%
Information and applications
may be obtained from most first
and second class post offices, or
from the U. S. Civil Service com-mission,
Washington 25, D. C. Ap-plications
will be received until
further notice.
Women's Gym Classes
Sponsor Hair Stylist
On Monday, March 19, at 7:30
p. m., Mr. Willard, hair stylist
from Salon Oriel, will present a
lecture - demonstration in the
science lounge.
The physical education 6 classes,
under the direction of Rhoda Dyb-vig,
are sponsoring him as a part
of their personal grooming prog-ram.
However, all women stu-dents
are invited to attend, as the
phy. ed. department feel hair styl-ing
will interest all.
Miss Maurstad, a junior from
Sioux Falls, has studied under-
Prof. Clifford Olson for the pasT
three years.
Among the other highlights o
the program, Prof. GuderyahL
promised, will be the cello in-,
cidental solo by Solveig Maak-estad
in Berceuse from Jocelyn by
Godard.
The orchestra plans to have
fun with their presentatiox
Tarantella by Squire. The selec-tion
will be played by six :cellos
in unison: The cellists are .John
Marshman, Carol Bubbers, Solveig
Maakestad, Elizabeth Halland,
Don Borgers, Prof. Gude/Tam arid
Dorothy Mindh, accompanist.
Also on the concert program
will be the first playing in Sioux
Falls of a group of eight Russian:
folk songs by Liadov.
The concert will open with the
orchestra playing A Mighty For-tress,
by Bach-Damrosch; Jest)
Joy of Man's Desiring, by Bach-
Roberts. Other orchestra selec-tions
include Mozart's Symphony
No. 24, the overture from the
Secret Marrige by Cimarsa, the
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin by
Wagner. Optional numbers are
Jarneselt's Preludium and Slid-erei,
by Carl Stix.
Dona Tompson is the concert-mistre
ss. '
Committee for the concert are
the following: publicity, Bob Grif-fith,
Gene Hervig; ushers, Mary
Fitzgerald Perry, Margaret Sand-baken;
staging, Bob Haas, Al
Graps, Larry Johnson, Russ Mc-
Kenzie; lights, David Abraham-son,
John Moe; equipment, De
Wayne Bingen and John Moe.
Lee Lillehaug is general chart-.
man. Milton Anderson and Ridn-ard
Knutson are co-chairmen..
The next major concert the
symphony orchestra will present
will be a Bach festival with the
a cape]la choir.
Red Cross Drive
Closes on Campus
According to student prexy
Chuck Jarratt, the Red Cross
drive on the Augustana campus
went over "pretty well." Since
the money was not counted unto
after the publication deadline for
the MIRROR, no totals can be
announced.
Dave Kvernes had charge of the
collections in East hall and Frank
Jones took care of the fresh-men's
hall. Contributions were re-ceived
by Freida Misch and Caro-lyn
Kvernes in the new ladies"'
dorm and Marlene Eide in the
cottage.
Prof. Walter Schnackenberg
was in charge of gathering faculty
contributions.
Those students who do not live
on the campus will be contacted
by some other means. Any dona-tion
of $1 or more entitles the
donor to a ,year's membership in
the national organization.
Student Recital Planned,
This week's student recital, to)
be held Tuesday afternoon at 4:30
in Old Main, is under the direc-tion
of Prof. J. Earl Lee.
Pianists will be Carolyn Burns,,
Jerry Reedy, Joan Mortensen,,
Delores Schoon, Mary Anne
Kvinge, Shirley Talberg, and Ted-dy
Stier.
Peggy Miller and Carol Boe
are the scheduled vocalists.
Augustana Air Guard Contingent
Augustana college's contribution to the South Dakota air na-tional
guard based here is pictured above with Col. Joe Foss, South
Dakota air national guard chief of staff, and Lt. Col. D. I. ("Duke")
Corning, commanding officer of 175th fighter squadron.
• The men in the air group, activated March 1, will do their basic
training at the Sioux Falls base until called as a group for further
service. The air guard includes several hundred men now at full
strength, but the exact component of the group is a military secret.
Of Augustana's 439 male enrollment during the first semester,
109 or 24.8 per cent are now either in the air guard or in some other
branch of the service.
Reading from right to left, kneeling, are Darrell Anderson, Newell;
William Perry, Bryant; Howard Abrahamson, Aberdeen; Lowell An-derson,
Akron, Iowa; Don Budgett, Sioux Falls; Ted Scott, Sioux
Falls; Bruce Caldwell, Sioux Falls; James Hill, Sioux Falls; Myron
Becker, Sioux Falls; Rodney Simonson, Sioux Falls.
First row, standing, Lt. Col. Corning, Cletus Harner, Celino, Ohio;
John McIntyre, Sioux Falls; Robert Barrett, Sioux Falls; Frank
Mlady, Sioux Falls; Donald Grebin, Sioux Falls; Ervin Holm, Canton;
Roger Gronseth, Heron Lake, Minn.; Robert Lucas, Sioux Falls;
Richard Reid, Sioux Falls; Robert Wyman, Brookings; Thomas Fen-ner,
Sioux Falls; Norman Eitrheim, Baltic; Raylord Rasmussen, Sioux
Falls; Col. Joe Foss.
Second row, standing, Dan Pospesel, Sioux Falls; Orville Tron-son,
Worthing; Robert Minick, Sioux Falls; Rovert Sarver, Sioux
Falls; Henry Ziegler, Sioux Falls; Robert Johnson, Spencer; Gary
Gefke, Sioux Falls; Milton Kudlacek, Sioux Falls.
Robert Browning Sioux Falls, is not pictured with the group.