Field, Tetlie Speak During Wm 4u-
Religious Emphasis Week With the Rev. Joseph Tetlie, MIRROR
pastor of the Lutheran church at
Madison, Minnesota, as the initial
speaker on the program, Religious
Emphasis week was opened Sun-day
night at LSU in Old Main
chapel. Using the verse, "We
know and believe the love which
God has in us," Rev. Tetlie stress-ed
the importance of realizing that
God's love for us is a personal
and individual love.
Dr. Clemens M. Granskou led
in a hymn sing, and a boys' quar-tet
sang several selections. De-votions
were led by Leon Holm.
The mission and social problems
interest groups met, with Rev.
Tetlie and Dr. Martin Cole lead-ing
the discussions.
Tetlie Was Rhodes Scholar
Rev. Tetlie, a graduate of St.
Olaf college, was a Rhodes
Scholar, thereby studying for sev-eral
years at Oxford university
in England. From 1917 to 1922 he
served the N. L. C. A. as foreign
missionary in China.
Because of the sudden death
of Rev. Tetlie's mother, his last
message was heard during the
Monday -morning chapel service.
His text, "Him that cometh unto
me, I will in no way cast out,"
portrayed Christ's enthusiasm for
righteousness and His abhorance
of evil.
Field Is Second Guest Speaker
Monday night Prof. L. N. Field
of Decorah, Iowa, was introduced
as the second guest speaker of
this week. Following devotions
led by Paul Olson, and several
hymns, Prof. Field spoke on
"Partnership with Christ: How to
Attain It." His three main points
were centered around (1) a ser-ious
heart, (2) a vision and an up-ward
look, and (3) courage to
follow-up.
G. I.
Our first attempt to gather
material from our alumni now in
the services was not too terribly
successful but we did glean a
few slim pickings which might
be of interest to you.
* * * * *
From the Pacific comes word
from Corp. Barney Boos. Dated
Nov. 4, he writes:
I am in the Solomon Islands -
Tulagi - Guadalcanal area. Have
been here since August 7th. There
is very little I can write, but you
can depend on the Marines.
You can believe all of the
American reports on the war, but
don't believe any of the Jap
propoganda - it's false.
I will be back to Augustana
when it's over and give you the
dope personally — I hope.
Barney Boos
Lightening Marine Force.
* * * * *
Lt. Orval Mickelson writes
from England and the 409th
bombing squadron, that he is now
"pal-ing" with Lt. Deb Hall, for-mer
Augustana fullback extroard-inary,
and Sgt. Morris Kocken-derfer,
ex-Augustana student
body president and track star.
* * * * *
Spotted on the campus, home
on leave: Bruce (Shovel) Cole,
Maurice Johnson from Fort Sill,
Don Borneman of the Merchant
Marines, Orean Winge, Dr. Arnold
Thompson (Hanley's brother),
Junis Lovseth (Percy's brother),
Mary Strahon of the WAAC's.
* * * * *
If anyone has any correspon-dence
with former Augustanans,
we would certainly like to have a
chance to read the letters and pick
out the juicies bits. Or if you fel-lows
now wearing a uniform who
read the Mirror have anything
you would like to say, write us.
Will you?
Rev. Joseph Tetlie
Tuesday evening's devotions
were led by Phyllis Larson with
two vocal solos as special music.
Prof. Field continued his message
on "Partnership with Christ" in
the heart and soul, in the home,
and in the church. Following this
meeting he led an interesting dis-cussion
at the regular weekly
fellowship hour.
Field Emphasizes Friendship
Prof. Field's last talk, given
Wednesday - morning, was based
upon "Friendship with Christ."
As Christians it is our duty to be
friendly and kind toward all,
whether they be Christians or not.
A classmate of Dr. Granskou's
and a graduate of St. Olaf college,
Prof. Field is now Dean of Re-ligion
at Luther college. He also
teaches several subjects in con-nection
with church music. Before
coming to Luther, he served in
the Lutheran church at Kalispell,
Montana.
Sociological Movie
To Be Shown Here
Of interest to many students
are the motion pictures being
shown in Old Main chapel tonight
at 7:00. Pictures of social case
work in surrounding communities
will be shown under the sponsor-ship
of the sociology department
of Augustana directed by Pro-fessor
A. T. Tollevs.
C. R. Lindquist, secretary of
the Luther Welfare Society of
Iowa, will be in charge_ of the
program. He is to be assisted by
two Augustana graduates, Miss
Ida Roren and Miss Maglene Ber-dahl.
There was a WAAC on the
campus and she was right at
home. Lt. Mary Strahon, '37 Augie
grad, was here on a ten day leave
and it seems she couldn't resist a
visit to her alma mater. She al-ways
ended in Hugo Carlson's of-fice
though, where she came to
talk over school days and also
divulge the events of her WAACy
career.
When Lt. Strahon returns to
Washington, D. C. and the Ad-jutant
General's School it will be
to become the only individual
WAAC assigned to a permanent
station. There she will be in the
editorial department helping to
write a textbook on "Pre-Induc-tion
to Army Administration" for
high schools.
Talking about her gradua-ting
class at the Adjutant
General's School, she remark-ed
that Lt. Col. Tim McCoy
of cowboy fame was her class
president, and she banqueted
Stamp Sales
Once a Week
Students now have a chance to
show their patriotism in no in-definite
terms. War stamps have
gone on sale on the Augustana
campus and will be available in
the Ad building every Wednesday
from now on.
According to Harold Houske,
head of the stamps and bonds
committe, the first sale a week
ago Wednesday only netted $17.60
but as it was unannounced, it was
a fair total. The highest individual
purchase was made by John Al-dern
with a close second being
the joint purchase made by Elsa-maire
Nordquist and Gordon
Thune. To help swell the total,
the Toastmasters are buying war
stamp corsages to give to their
dates for the formal initiation
banquet.
Another activity of the Student
War Council is the furnishing of
Augie talent for Tuesday night
shows at the Post in cooperation
with Jane Feeley of the Soldier's
Service Club. Recent contribu-tions
included music by Mar-ciene
Swenson, Dorothy Ann
Wheeler, Betty Brumbaugh, and
the Varsettes, and readings by
Bob Snook. On the schedule for
this week are also two programs
for the Instructor's Club and their
Auxiliary.
South American Aid
IRC Discussion Topic
"Is the stake the United States
is pouring into South America
worth the effort?" was the bone
of contention of a panel and later
a table discussion at the regular
bi-weekly meeting of the Inter-national
Relations club held in
the Huddle Tuesday, November
24.
The subject was introduced by
Percy Kirkeby, followed by spea-kers
Virgil Johnson and Fred Jel-sema
and an open discussion.
Lunch was served. The next regu-lar
meeting is set for December 8.
with and received her dip-loma
from Col. Culp-Hobby,
the WAAC commander.
Embarrassing moments became
the topic of conversation, and Lt.
Strahon proved conclusively that
hers were experienced when she
was issued her clothing. But she
was not alone, because the quar-termaster
had to hand them to
her and it was something new
for him.
However, the clothing certainly
added up to a snappy and flatter-ing
whole. Lt. Strahon was wear-ing
a "dress pink" skirt which
looked very grey to Hugo (color
blind? No, just G. I.), an olive
drab officers jacket, a kahki shirt
and tie, and the WAAC hat fash-ioned
after the old French army
style. On her lapels she had two
brass replicas of Pallas Athene,
goddess of victory, which is the
WAAC insignia.
Lt. Strahon has found
friends and fellow alumnae
Choir Expects
Busy December
For its second appearance of the
year, the Augustana a cappella
choir under the direction of Dr.
Carl R. Youngdahl will entertain
the Sioux Falls Rotary Club at a
luncheon in the Huddle on
December 10. A full hour's pro-gram
will be given including
numbers by the entire choir and
by the two trios, the Varsettes
and The Three Keys.
On December 13 the choir will
present its annual Christmas ves-pers
in the gymnasium. The pro-gram
will begin at 5:30 and is
free to the public.
Next on the program for the
choir will be a Christmas concert
given at the state penitentiary on
December 20 at 8:30 A. M.
Closing the announcements
made of the choir's plan by Dr.
Edwin Gunberg, manager, was the
mention of a second performance
of the Christmas vespers to be
given at the Air Force Technical
School on December 21.
in Washington. Marie Kehrer
is a bunk mate and Betty
Goldsmith is in a Red Cross
recreation corps there. Marie
was her roommate before,
when they were both working
in St. Paul.
Everyone has their bright re-marks,
and judging from the con-versation,
Mary is no exception.
Speaking to an Officers Candidate
class, she opened the discussion to
questions and some student in the
back of the auditorium asked,
"Can I date a WAAC?" to which
Lt. Strahon answered, "No, not
until you are commissioned."
When she discovered that the
"student" was the officer in com-mand
of the school, Mary coun-tered
with, "Yes, you may, come
around some time." Quick think-ing,
eh?
Another question was this;
"Have WAACs had any training
in arms so they can protect them-selves?"
Lt. Strahon answered
negatively. How about that?
The Augustana Symphony Or-chestra
will present its fall con-cert
in the gymnasium on Sunday,
December 6, at 8:30 P. M.
Adhering to his policy of ap-peal
in program-building, Con-ductor
Richard Guderyhan has
developed a highly interesting
prograni for this concert.
The guest soloist will be Pvt.
Harold Bemko, ATS, formerly of
New York. Pvt. Bemko is a cellist
of unusual talent and will per-form
the "Boccherini Concerto"
for violoncello and orchestra.
Another high spot in the pro-gram
is the Sibelius composition,
"The Swan of Tumonela," featur-ing
the solo for English Horn
played by Beverly Kittleson.
A number of former profession-al
players from Sioux Falls Army
Technical School will play in the
orchestra at the invitation of the
orchestra's conductor.
Students of Augustana College
are admitted on their privilege
tickets.
Pvt. Harold Bemko, soloist of
the evening. Born in New York
City, Feb. 1916, he started music
study in high school. In 1937-38
he was awarded a fellowship at
the Julliard Graduate school,
studying the cello under Felix
Salmond.
In 1938 he was awarded the
New York Philharmonic scholar-ship
under Joseph Shuster. He
held this scholarship for three
years.
He was awarded a private
scholarship with Maurice Eisen-berg,
former instructor of violon-cello
at the Ecole Normale in
Paris, in 1941. Pvt. Bemko con-tinued
his studies under this
scholarship until this year.
Pvt. Bemko was awarded first
prize in the New Jersey state
artists contest in 1939, appeared
as soloist with symphony orches-tras
in the east and was first cell-ist
with the National Orchestra
Association in New York.
For eight weeks prior to his in-duction
into the army, he was
cellist with Tommy Dorsey's or-chestra.
eAt' Club Banquet
Set For Saturday
Augustana College plays host to
its triumphant track and football
teams Saturday, December 5 in
a banquet at the college dining
hall. The occasion is the celebra-tion
of Augustana's brilliant first
year record in the North Central
Conference. The track team swept
every meet it entered, taking the
conference title in its initial bid.
The 1942 Viking football machine
won co-championship honors with
Iowa Teachers in an undefeated
and untied season.
Acting as toastmaster, Reynold
Anderson will introduce the main
speaker of the evening, Howard
Wood, veteran Washington High
coach. Ray Sandvig, all-confer-ence
end, will talk on behalf of
the senior members of the squads.
Names of letter winners will be
announced and gold footballs are
to be awarded to 20 gridmen.
December 3, 1942 Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S. Dak. Vol. XXIII, No.
WAAC Lt. Mary Strahon Returns to Augustana
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Orchestra Features Pvt. Bemko
Talented Cellist
Is Guest Artist
at Fall Concert