AUGUSTANA
MIRROR
May 21, 1951
Augustana College, SIOUX FALLS, S. D. VOL. XXXII—NO. 28
To Head 1951-52 MIRROR
■■•■••■•■1.1■ Commencement Schedule
Saturday, June 2
11:30 a. m.—Greater Augustana Association Board of
Management, Council, Area Club Presi-dents
— the Cottage, Minnesota avenue
and' 33rd street
2:00 p. m.—Board of Directors, Augustana college, Ad-ministration
Building, room eight.
6:30 p. m.—Greater Augustana Association dinner and
annual meeting — gym-auditorium.
Sunday, June 3
11:00 a. m.—Worship services in Sioux Falls churches.
3:00 p. m.—Dedication of new women's dormitory.
Program in gym-auditorium.
4:00 p. m.—Reception for graduates, their parents and
friends in the new dorm.
7:30 p. m.—Baccalaureate service at First Lutheran
church.
Monday, June 4
10:00 a. m.—Commencement exercises at Washington
high school auditorium.
2:30 p. m.—Lutheran Normal School Alumni Associa-ation
— Fireside Lounge, Science building.
Class of 1951 Graduates on June 4
Venture Appears '
Wednesday Morning
VENTURE, Augie's literary
magazine, will make its appear-ance
Wednesday morning, im-mediately
after chapel. The
magazine will sell for 40 cents.
Blue Key Selects
10 New Members
The Augustana chapter of the
Blue Key, national honor frater-nity,
initiated 10 new members
to its organization last Thursday
evening, May 17, at a formal in-itiation
dinner at the Cottage.
The new members initiated
were: James C. Gremmele, Rich-ard
D. Gildseth, Charles E. Jar-ratt,
Robert M. Nervig, Richard
A. Pierson, Robert N. Ronken,
Leroy W. Stadem, Earl H. Boy-
= jr., Robert L. Barker, and
Charles D. Wright.
President L. M. Stavig and Dr.
I. B. Hauge were guests at the
initiation. Prof. H. J. Thomp-son
administered the oath to
the new junior members.
Edda Party Set
Thursday Night
Augustana's yearbook, the
EDDA, will make its appearance
at the annual EDDA party on
Thursday evening at 7:30 p. m.
in the gym.
Highlights of the party will be
the dedication of the book, the
presentation of the honor athlete
and the representative seniors as
well as next year's editor.
There will be free cokes and a
program, according to Frieda
Misch, co-editor.
Viking Days For 1951
To Be October 5, 6, 7
Plans for Viking Days, which
will be held on October 5, 6 and
7, are underway, according to
Doug Lindgren, chairman, and
Charles Thissell, publicity chair-man.
Groundwork is being laid and
committees are being chosen.
Lindgren states, "We are trying
to build enthusiasm," and says
that any ideas will be appreciated.
S ENIORS-NOTIC
E
All seniors and state cer-tificate
graduates should
meet in the gym-auditori-um
on Saturday, June 2, at
10:00 a. m. for rehearsal
and to receive their caps
and gowns. Attendance is
compulsory.
If it is impossible for
anyone to attend, he must
make satisfactory arrange-ments
with Dean Hauge in
advance for a substitute to
take his place in line and
get his cap and gown.
Only those with tickets
will be admitted to the re-serve
section until 15 min-utes
before the program.
Students Urged
To Attend
Summer Ashram
Information for the 1951 Lu-theran
Student ASHRAM, August
25-31, at Interlochen, Michigan,
has been released. The theme of
the Ashram is "God's World —
Our Mission" which is the theme
of the Lutheran Student Associa-tion
of America for the coming
year. The Ashram is an annual
spiritual retreat of the Lutheran
students of America.
There will be students from al-most
every college and univer-sity
in the United States and
Canada and many foreign coun-tries
at the Ashram. College stu-dents
are urged to attend at least
one National Ashram during their
college career.
Leaders from the Lutheran
Church in America will give Bible
studies, messages and lead dis-cussion
groups. Among the speak-ers
will he Dr. George Forell of
Gustavus Adolphus college; Dr.
Karl Mattons, president, Augus-
. tana theological seminary; Dr.
Warren Quanbeck, theological
seminary; and other staff mem-bers
include Mr. Oscar Overby,
St. Olaf college, who will be di-rector
of music and coach Jolly
Carlson, former Augie graduate,
who will be in charge of the
recreation.
Kent S. Knutson, LSAA pres-ident,
st ate s, "This ni51
ASHRAM is designed to help you
find your mission in God's World,
and to deepen your relationship
to Jesus Christ."
The total cost for the week is
$31 which includes a $5 registra-tion
fee. As many Augie students
as possible are urged to attend
the Ashram. For further informa-tion
contact Chuck Wright, Augie
LSA President. Wright asks that
students planning to attend see
him about transportation.
LSA Fall Retreat
Planned For
September 6-9
Plans are underway for the
Augustana Fall Retreat to be
held September 6-9 at Lake
Slayton, Minnesota. The student
council and LSA council had a
joint meeting on May 15 to make
tentative arrangements for the
retreat. It is sponsored by both
the student council and the LSA.
The purpose of the retreat is
to promote student unity, provide
inspiration and to help create bet-ter
student-faculty relations. Ac-cording
to the councils, the days
will be planned with interesting
diiscuisSion topics, Bible studies
and plenty of recreation.
The retreat opens on Thursday
evening, September 6, with supper
which is followed by a campfire
discussion led by one of the facul-ty
members. The order of the
program for each day includes
Bible studies and discussion
groups led by faculty members.
Recreation is planned for the
'afternoon. Several Augie students
will direct the recreation. Dur-ing
the evenings there will be
one discussion group followed by
a campfire hour.
Augies are urged to make
plans to attend the retreat. Chuck
Wright, LSA president, stated
that the retreat is something stu-dents
will not want to miss. It
preceeds the opening of the school
year at Augustana.
It has been announced that Mrs.
Jensen, Huddle manager, will be
the cook for the fall retreat. The
members of the staff will be
announced later. Each Augustana
student will receive further infor-mation
about the Augustana Fall
Retreat during the summer.
Deadline Today
For Registration
Students who plan to attend
Augustana college next fall should
register by May 21.
Materials for registration may
be obtained in the registrar's of-fice
during this week.
Those who are subject to in-duction
must register now to be
eligible for, deferment to attend
college.
To make certain that all re-quirements
for his major are
being fulfilled, each student
should see an advisor in his field.
The advisors are listed in the
registration material.
Arden, Hancher,
Wick Featured
As Speakers
Climaxing the graduation ac-tivities
for the class of 1951 will
be the baccalaureate service at
First Lutheran church on Sun-day,
June 3, at 7:30 p. m., and
the commencement exercises at
Washington high school on Mon-day,
June 4, at 10:00 a. m.
Delivering the baccalaureate
sermon will be Dr. G. Everett Ar-den,
of the Augustana Theologic-al
Seminary faculty at Rock Is-land,
Illinois. His subject will be
Fire Upon the Earth.
Virgil M. Hancher, president of
the State University of Iowa will
VIRGIL M. HANCHER
deliver the address at the com-mencement
exercises.
These two events will be 'the
climax of the 'three-day com-mencement
weekend. Other events
include various meetings of alum-ni
associations, receptions for
graduates and worship services.
The new ladies' dormitory will
be dedicated at 3:00 p. m. on
Sunday, June 3. Miss Ruth Wick
will be the guest speaker. Miss
Wick is at present the vice pres-ident
of Carthage college, Carth-age,
Illinois. Dr. L. A. Pierson,
president of the South Dakota
district of the Evangelical Luth-eran
Church, will formally dedi-cate
the new structure.
The full calendar of commence-ment
events will be found else-
Where on this page.
Following is a list of graduates
of the class of 1951;
State Certificate Candidates
Margo Dittman, Mary Dobler,
Arlyss Engen, Beverly Erickson,
Ruth Fischer, Ailene Gerischer,
Maxine Goldie*, Marilyn Hoime,
Ardyce Hovland, Verna Hunze*,
Pauline Inberg, Esther Jensen,
Charlotte Johnson, Margaret
Johnson*, Beverly Juhl, Nadine
Knebel, Donna Knudson, Valera
Koch, Lois Lind, Yvonne Lund-berg*,
Esther Moody, Marcella
Nelson, Helen Norby*, Mary Per-ry,
Vendella Peterson, Janice
Pfeifer, Marlys Schultz, Judean
Schwinger*, Dorothy Scott, Au-drey
Simons, Lola Sonheim, Mavis
Stormo, Roslyn Thue, Marilyn
Torreson*, Nordis Wold, Berniece
Zangle.
Bachelor of Science
Ann Warren, Lenora Wulff.
Bachelor of Science
with Distinction
Valda Rogers, Cum Laude.
Bachelor of Arts
Robert Aldern, Donald Aus-land,
Avie Benson, Verna Berg,
Viola Berge, Clara Berkland, Ber-non
Bidwell, George Breitkreuz,
Marion Bringle, Bette Buchheim,
Donald Carlson, Betty Carrico,
Melvin DeGroot, Berdell Diger-
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BOB STEENSMA AND JACK DEGELAU, news editor
and business manager of the MIRROR, look over an old
volume of the paper to get a few ideas for the paper over
which they will have responsibility next year.
Late and important ...
The seniors will hold a pic-nic
Wednesday night. An an-nouncement
as to the time and
place will be made later.
The freshman class picnic,
originally scheduled for Wed-nesday
night, will be held to-morrow
night instead.
Sophomores will hold a class
meeting in room 10 of the Ad-ministration
building at 1:00
p. m. this afternoon. Class
prexy John Peters urges all
sophomore to attend this meet-ing.