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February 4, 1943
WIZ 74141.144frata MIRROR Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
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BUY STAMPS
WEDNESDAY
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Vol. XXIV, No. 2
Gjervik, Kirkeby, Houske Vie for Student Prexy Post
Drama Will Open Tonight --Case Junior Engineers
May Train Here
`Watch' Plays
Through Saturday
Despite as hectic a pre-production
week as seen
by any play at Augustana,
'Watch on the Rhine"
will go on the boards to-night
at 8:15, says Direc-tor
Kieth E. Case. Origin-ally
set for its first night
Wednesday, the opening
was postponed at the last
minute due to inclement
weather and the illness of
Virginia Voss, who plays
a character role in the
production.
By Shirley Morgan
"Watch on the Rhine," timely
and suspense-filled drama by
Lillian Hellman, will be presented
tonight in the school auditorium
by one of the most skilled and ex-perienced
casts yet to appear in
one play. Directed by Keith Case,
Seen on the campus: Corp.
Neil Jacobsen of the Army air
corps. He was home on furlough
from Rapid City where his unit
is training.
Excerpt from a letter received
last week from A/C "Speed" Hill-man,
now stationed in San An-tinio:
—the toughest part of my army
life this far is still the six
months I spent waiting for my
induction. — Ren Anderson's
phys. ed. classes would be like
like a rest period after the cal-isthenics
we have now.
—Everything in the army is
rumored to be much worse than
it really is. The resultant let-down
is always a pleasant sur-prise.
This life isn't what it's
cracked up to be, but is plenty
0. K.
It also seems that "Speed" has
either learned from experience or
at least investigated the meaning
of the word, gig.
"Gig—extra military instruc-tion
consisting of one or more
hours walk on the ramp, or
company street, in class A uni-form
and white gloves.
* * * * *
A furlough is a popular thing,
these days. Take it from Lt. Wy-man
W. Wumkes, who, with his
clipped blonde tresses, and offi-cers
uniform, took a look at the
campus this weekend. W.W.W. is
newly graduated from the medical
administration and on his way to
a new post.
Also furlough-ing was Corporal
"Diz" Hayenga who starts school
February 13 at Ft. Washington,
Md. His work is in military per-sonnel.
it will be perhaps the best produc-tion
ever staged by the Augustana
College Theatre, if the dress-re-hearsal
witnessed by this reviewer
is an indication of what may be
expected.
The story is concerned prim-arily
with a family of refugees
who have escaped from Europe to
what they hope is safety with re-latives
in the United States.
Washington Is Scene
All action takes place in the
Farrelly house about 20 miles out
of Washington, D. C. Fanny Far-relly
and her bachelor son, David,
are expecting the arrival of their
daughter and sister, Sara, with
her family after a 20-year ab-sence.
Sara's husband, Kurt Mul-ler,
is at the head of some of the
underground work of the anti-
Fascist group in Germany. Sev-eral
of his friends have been cap-tured,
and he is on the list of those
desired by the Nazi government.
Count De Brancovis, once con-nected
with a Nazi ring, and his
wife, Marthe, have been some-what
impecunious guests in the
Farrelly house for six weeks.
"The biggest reason for the drop
in registration is due to joining
the army, navy, or marines, or
expecting to be called at anytime,
Dr. Hauge disclosed today. "Al-though,"
he added, "compared
with the number who enrolled at
the beginning of the spring term,
this figure is about right."
Three boys have already left
for the military service. They are
R o b e r t Wengert, sophomore,
James Kalz, freshman, and Oliver
Resel, who is also a freshman. (A
complete story will be run later
on all the boys who have left, and
the branch of the service they
have enlisted in.)
Eleven boys and seven girls
have registered since the count
last Tuesday. This brings the
number of students enrolled to
403. Of these eighteen, all are old
students except Betty Carleton
Lee who transfered from the Art
Institute in Chicago.
The surveying class, which
deals largely in military tactics, is
one of the most popular subjects
offered and has the largest enroll-ment
per class of all the courses
on the campus.
Lutheran Church's Part
In War Service Discussed
Dr. Clemens M. Granskou re-turned
Saturday from the Nat-ional
American Lutheran confer-ence
held at Minneapolis Jan. 27,
28, 29.
The purpose of this organized
group of the Lutheran denomina-tion
in the United States is to
take care of problems of cooper-ation
and the various council
meetings within the church. The
main goals set at this conference
centered about war service and
the work which the Lutheran
church is doing toward it.
During this time Marthe has fal-len
in love with David and in-tends
to leave her husband. The
Count, meanwhile, has discovered
Kurt's connection with German
anti-Fascists. The story reaches a
dramatic climax when De Bran-covis
attempts to sell what he
knows to Kurt rather than to the
German Embassy, and Kurt must
decide what course to take in or-.
der to protect both himself and
his friends in Europe.
The extraordinarily able
actors make actual criticism
almost impossible. Each de-serves
individual recogni-tion.
Ruth Arnold is probably the
most outstanding for her beauti-fully
sympathetic portrayal of
Sara Muller. This is her first ap-pearance
before our footlights.
Bob Snook is also exceptional
as Kurt Muller. He is up to his
usual high standard in a part that
called for complete understand-ing
of the unusual character. Both
roles can easily become melo-
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Rev. Geo. Gustaf son
Is Speaker at LSA
Speaking before the L. S. A.
group Sunday evening, the Rev.
George Gustafson of the Augus-tana
Lutheran church, used the
theme, "Let your light so shine
before men."
Vocal selections were sung by
Beverly Kittleson and Paul Ham-mond.
Devotions were led by Les-ter
Axdahl.
Ice skating at Drake Springs
followed the devotional meeting.
By Alicelouise Ruys
Betcha I know something you
don't know. Betcha you didn't
know that Ground Hog Day had
a religious origin. No hay, that's
a fact!
February 2 is known in some
churches as Candlemas Day. It
commemorates the presentation
of Christ in the temple at Jeru-salem.
The association of the
ground-hog with Candlemas Day
is an American variation, long
wide-spread in the rural world,
that a sunny Candlemas pre-sages
a cold spring. It is reflected
in the Scottish saying, "Did-you
say 10c?" or "If Candlemas is fair
and clear, there'll be two winters
in the year," or as our ruralites
say, "February, second day, have
half your corn and half your
hay."
Ground Hog Day's Out-Moded
But I firmly believe that
Ground Hog day should be no
longer an accepted tradition. It is
outmoded and out-of-date. In the
first place, how can a woodchuck
dare to predict weather in this
Augustana is prepared to offer
a new government course which
will train girls especially, for jobs
as junior engineers. Inquiries can
be made at the registrar's office
concerning time and pre-requis-ites.
College - trained persons are
sought for-on-the-job training in
engineering in the Federal ser-vice,
the U. S. Civil Service Com-mission
announces. Graduates and
senior students majoring in any
field are urged to make them-selves
available for engineering
activity which may lead to an at-tractive
career. Women particul-arly
are sought.
Positions are as junior engineer.
The entrance salary is $2,000 a
year, not including payment for
authorized overtime, which under
certain conditions may amount to
as much as 20% of the yearly
salary. For those who have not
had previous training in engineer-ing,
a war training course has
been specially planned, covering
the fundamentals of junior en-gineer
work in a Federal agency.
Applications may be made by
graduates or senior students in
any field, provided they enroll in
the special ESMWT course, "En-gineering
Fundamentals, Junior
Engineer - Supplemental." En-gineering
senior students or grad-uates
may qualify without further
training, as may also graduates or
senior students in astronomy,
chemistry, geology, physics, math-ematics,
and engineering sciences
who can show 6 semester hours
in strictly engineering subjects.
In lieu of these 6 semester hours
in engineering subjects, the com-pletion
of any ESMWT course in
engineering will be accepted.
To help meet the war demand
for trained physicists, the Univer-sity
of Texas has created a new
degree, Bachelor of Science in
Physics.
era of wartime censorship? We
ourselves can say only, "The
weather is," but along comes a
small critter that proudly pro-claims
six more weeks of winter.
Another reason why I wonder
that a woodchuck dares to pre-dict
the weather, centers around
the meat situation. How can he
risk his life by appearing above
ground for even long enough to
see his shadow? But maybe he
realized that the meat in Sioux
Falls is frozen. Betcha he was,
too.
How About A Substitute?
Therefore, I advocate the eras-ing
of this threadbare custom in
the face of wartime situations. In
its place I would like to propose
a holiday known as Wimpy Day.
You all know Wimpy as the
character in Popeye who loves
hamburgers. "Ground hog" is
hamburger, and since Wimpy
dotes on hamburgers, why not a
Wimpy Day?
In closing, I would like to ask
one more question: "How much
wood can a woodchuck chuck, if
a woodchuck can chuck wood?"
Formal Campaign
to Be Launched
in Chapel Friday
Eid, Markley Run
For Vice President
Beginning in student body on
Friday, February 5 the annual
student body election campaign
will carry on until Tuesday Feb-ruary
9.
Main contestants in the race
are the nominees for the position
of president, Stan Gjervik, Percy
Kirkeby, and Harold Houske.
Other nominees announced for
the various student governing
positions include: Margaret Eid
and Elizabeth Markley vice presi-dent;
Phyllis Riley and Bergie
Halverson secretary; Alden Hovda
and LaVerne Howe, treasurer;
Bob Delap and Paul Olson, sopho-more
representative; Bob Carlson
and Phil Worthington, freshman
representative; Religion board
Chairman, Leon Holm (uncon-tested);
Viking Day Chairman,
Lynne Stout (uncontested); ath-letic
treasurer, Oliver Storsteen
and Ole Haugeaurde; athletic
board, Cupie Ormseth, Don Hal-vorson,
Charles Okey and Phil
Nelson; social board chairman,
Audrey Stark, Audrey Brenne,
Dorothy Lou Johnson, Carol Pin-ney,
Norman Erickson, Norma
Nelson, Wiston Wetteland and
Ernie Svensen; chairman of music
board, Mark Odland and Lucille
Skyberg; Foresnic board, Ruth
Arnold, Elzabeth Graff, Connie
Kleinheintz, and Paul Wagner.
Election will be held in the Ad
building next week.
A ugustana Debaters
Hosts to SDS Team
The Augustana college debate
squad was host at a dinner held
in the banquet room of the Hud-dle
last Friday night. Their guest
was the South Dakota State Col-lege
team. After the dinner Don
Thompson, Paul Wagner, Ruth
Arnold and Jim McBath of Aug-ustana
debated on the question —
"Resolved that the United Nations
should form a permanent govern-ment"
with the Brookings team.
The outcome was non-decision.
Toastmistresses Hear
Women's Debate Teams
"Did you ever hear the one a-bout
the two morons who , "
this and more like it is what you
would have heard at the meeting
of the Toastmistress club in the
Huddle annex on January 28. The
jokes were part of the table topic
under the leadership of Barbara
Kleinheintz.
Main speaches for the evening
took the form of a debate with
Ruth Arnold and Ruth Seim
speaking against Betty Markley
and Alice Thomas. Toastmistress
for the evening was Evelyn Olsen.
Attention, Seniors
All seniors and second year
normal students who plan to
teach either next fall or some-time
in the future, please see
Mrs. Lofthus in the placement
bureau soon.
G. I. Registration Drop Due to Calls
for Duty with Armed Services
ARGUMENTS
For Ground Hog Day Abolition