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WEEKLY MIRROR /6- December 16, 1940 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, SIOUX FALLS, S. D. o Homes, Firesides Attract Students, Faculty • 4`,L. s'A s'A. ‘SL. „?... ( .004 .44 ( 44. .4 Choir's Third Annual Christmas Vespers Proves Success Before Capacity Crowd Have Solo Parts In Successful Vespers Program Lorraine Kittelson, Harriet Halv orson, Bernice Jensen, Janet Whitfield, and Peggy Blatherwick. Reviewer Okays 'Lord's Prayer', Religious Drama, As College Play Aing flir Ttiristmas SOra of (._. grti-rtrilent in file ortb TI-proutiout r .(:Yetu 'tear Winter Edition of Pic-Campus On Sale Today More Colleges The Message of Peace In Northwest THE AUGUSTANA • Christmas, in a sense, is a retreat from life. When life becomes hard, when circumstances make living a bare ex-istence; when sin and disappointment rob life of its calm and serenity; when war and bloodshed stab our hearts with pain —then it is good to hear the Christmas Message. For at Christmas time God speaks powerfully to troubled souls and lifts them into the world of eternity. And the word He speaks is peace—peace which nothing in the world can disturb. Thank God for that! Christmas is also a return to life. Those who have been to Bethlehem and have heard God speak His eternal word of peace, sense more vividly than ever before the need for fac-ing life again and conquering over sin and failure and des-pair. They are strengthned and assured with the conscious-ness that they have God with them. "And if God be for us, who can be against us?" Thank God for that! May God give us all, everyone, a truly Blessed Christ-mas. Rev. Stanley Olsen Pic Mag Covers Da4244-41 4 . 4•os- 'SA. ( ,r>r ,r't ( ( s4' ( ,e= ( ,?•=t (.r=(1 ( BY BOB SNOOK Religious drama found its rightful place in college dramat-ics last Tuesday evening with the presentation of "The Lord's Prayer" in the Augustana audi-torium. Sponsored by the Au-gustana Women's Auxiliary, this mystery play depicting the seven petitions of the Lord's Prayer, gratified an enthusiastic audience of over 200 people. So that the audience might have a better understanding of the play, an interesting and enlight-ening prologue was presented by Betty Boe. "The Lord's Prayer" had no star performances. In a play of this type, it would be exceptionally difficult to choose an outstanding per-formance. The entire cast enacted their roles with ut-most sincerity. Each person had a bit, however small, that helped to make the play the inspiring drama that it was. Special mention should be given to the backstage crew that directed the lighting. The audi-torium was in darkness through-out the entire play, thus adding to the continuity and atmosphere. The lighting of the various scenes was exceptionally well done. Lighted in somber colors at the beginning, the play built up to NLCA Ministers Meet On Campus During Christmas Augustana college will be host January 1-3 to the annual pas-toral conference of Lutheran pas-tors, N.L.C.A. from the South Dakota district including this state, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado. An attendance of about 100 is anticipated. The conference will open at 6:00 p.m. New Year's day with a fellowship dinner at the college. The conference will continue on Thursday and Friday with Prof. H. C. Leupold, D.D., from Evan-gelical Lutheran theological sem-inary, Columbus, 0., as Bible in-structor, giving "Studies in Psalms;" and Rev. W. F. Schmidt, professor of religion at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., ad-dressing the conference on sub-jects relating to the church and its ministry. The devotionals each day will be conducted by Rev. T. C. Thompson, hospital pastor in Sioux Falls. Dr. C. M. Granskou, presi-dent of Augustana college, will address the pastors at the fellowship dinner the first evening. Rev. A. 0. Storvick, Sioux Falls, chair-man of the district Faith in Action committee, will speak on Thursday evening, and Dr. L. A. Pierson, president of the district, will deliver the closing message of the con-ference. Rev. L. E. Evans, of Sisseton, S. D., is president of the confer-ence and Rev. Elmer 0. Ellifson, Lily, S. D., is secretary. New Features Are Included In 1941 Edda The annual is still available to the student body at the $3.50 rate announced earlier in the year, ac-cording to Edda business man-ager Howard Jacobson. New Cover A number of attractive and novel covers for the yearbook are under consideration for the 1941 Edda. The design will be orig-inal and of a type never used previously in this territory. The new volume will be more compact than previously, and photography will entirely be of an informal nature. Each stu-dent is taken in any background desired any place on the campus. Aiding staff photographer How-ard Olson are Don Feragen, How-ard Hillman, Lowell Larson, and Kenneth Norgaard. A new en-larger for larger sizes of nega-tives has been added to the pho-tography department. the emotional climax of the last scene flooded by a bright light with a lighted cross appearing on the back curtain when the voice of God was heard. Throughout the entire play the lighting was very cleverly handled. A great deal of credit should go to organist Dick Leslie and to Dan Jones and his twenty-voice choir. Their background music through-out the play preserved the atmosphere and added touch-es of emotional climax where they were needed. A play of this type is very dif-ficult to direct. There is a great possibility that it will "flop" if not presented in an understand-able way to the audience, because much of it would have been deep and difficult to understand had it not been presented in such an enlightening way. This was due to the superb direction of Dick Nelson and Kristen Solberg, aided by Miss Helen Farley. When you con-sider that both directors are still students, their job of directing is even more admirable. It is dif-ficult for students to direct stu-dents of their own age and even older. However, this was able to be done because the entire cast and stage crew were work-ing toward a single goal: to pre-sent an inspiring drama, and that is precisely what they did. Exhibit Of Art To Be Displayed In Art Library On exhibit in the art library from December 1-20 is the Asocia-ted American Artists' collection of original signed etchings and lith-ographs by famous contemporary American artists. Individual pic-tures may be purchased by those desiring to do so from Mr. Eide, Miss Hogenson, and Bob Berg. Also included in the exhibit are a set of Japanese prints, original hand made cherry wood block prints. A collection of Christ-mas cards is also included in the Associated American Art-ists' exhibit. They are miniature productions of the original etch-ings and lithographs and are also for sale. Included in the list of contem-porary American Artists are Churchill Ettinger, William Sharp, Andrew Karoly, William MacLean, Grant Wood, Thomas Bentan, Waldo Peirce, Clayton Knight, Peggy Bacon, Luis Quin-tanilla, Margery Ryerson, Alice Buell and Frederick Owen. Register Open For CAA Flying Next Semester Dr. Hoyem will accept applica-tions for membership in the sec-ond semester Primary Civilian Pilot Training unit up until the beginning of Christmas vacation. Ten will be enrolled in the unit which will begin ground instruction and flight train-ing about February 1st. Applicants must fulfill the fol-lowing requisites to gain mem-bership in the unit: (1) Must be 19 but not 26 years old as of February 1, 1940; (2) Students now enrolled in college must be full-fledged sophomores at close of this semester; (3) If not now enrolled in college, applicant must have two years of college credit; (4) Applicant must pass CPT Commercial physical exam. Total cost of the course to the student is $25, distributed as follows: registration, $10; insurance $9; medical exam., $6. Obligations to the government which the CAA student accepts by enrolling in a flight unit are summed up: "Trainees pledge their willingness to take con-tinued flight training in the army or navy if qualified physically and if needed." Thirty-one new members have been added to the famed St. Olaf college Lutheran choir at North-field, Minn., bringing the total to 63. Pic-Campus, the intercollegiate pictorial magazine edited by Ken "Carp" Sandvig, Augustana sen-ior, appeared for the fourth time here today. The issue carries a cover picture of Betty Rose, Civil Aeronautics Authority partici-pant. Augustana students featured in the magazine include Olin Od-land, Baldy Nelson, Marlys Orm-seth. Bergie Halvorson, Lois Monk, Harriet Halvorson and homecoming queen attendants, Glenn Lee, and Jeanne Abeel, Lucille Skyberg, and Dorothy Halvorson. New colleges covered by Pic- Campus are Gustavus Adolphus college, St. Peter, Minn. ; James-town college, Jamestown, N. D.; St. Olaf college, Northfield, Minn.; Macalester college, St. Paul; and Hastings college, Hast-ings, Neb. All liberal arts col-leges in South Dakota are also included. Pic-Campus staff members are Ken Sandvig, editor and pub-lisher; Bob Haakenson, editorial assistant; Ed. Pinney, business; and Don Feragen and Howard Ol-son, photographers. Although originating at Augus-tana, Pic-Campus is independent of other college publications on the campus. Dining Hall Plans Christmas Banquet Members of the boarding club will get two Christmas dinners this year. Before leaving for the family fireside they will be treated to a three course banquet in the din-ing hall. The banquet was initiated three years ago by Mrs. Wilkin-son. Since then it has been one of the epicurean high spots of the first semester. Traditional parts of the banquet are Mrs. Wilkinson's famous plum pud-ding, and the Christmas carols after the banquet. Dining hall waiters are plan-ning gaily decorated tables for the affair. CLASSES OUT DECEMBER 20; OPEN JAN. 7 Because of the disagreeable weather conditions, the biggest share of the faculty are going to "keep the home fires burning" and stay in Sioux Falls during their Christmas vacation. President C. M Granskou and family's plans at the present time are to stay home and enjoy Christmas. Dean Cole and wife, and Mr. Tonning and family plan a like holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Youngdahl are also staying home this year but are expecting their son Richard, who is teacher and student at the University of Min-nesota, to spend Christmas with them. Blegens Move In Professor H. M. Blegen and wife are anticipating moving into their new home the first day school lets out for the Christmas vacation. Their vacation will be spent in arranging books, furni-ture, and all that goes with mov-ing. This will be the first year while he has been in America, that Mr. Blegen is not going home to spend the vacation with his family in North Dakota. Miss Hilda Dahl is planning on spending the vacation with two of her sisters, one in Hankinson, North Dakota, and another at Bemidji, Minnesota. Mrs. Roberts will spend the first part of her vacation in Minnesota and be back here for New Years. Miss Allys Collings is considering spending Christmas day in Madi-son, South Dakota, but for the remainder of the vacation she is going to stay in Sioux Falls. Mr. Albert Hoyem, because of Augustana students will be dismissed from classes for the Christmas recess Friday, Dec-ember 20, at noon, and return to their books Tuesday morn-ing, January 7 at 8 o'clock. Seventeen and one-half days of vacation are expected to rest students up for the sem-ester test period which will be-gin about two weeks after col-lege reconvenes. CAA duties interfering with his vacation, will remain in Sioux Falls over the vacation. The two ground courses are to be com-pleted by January 15, and to in-sure this, Mr. Hoyem and trainees will be compelled to resume work the 30th of December. Many Stay Home Mr. and Mrs. Lefty Olson and Ren Anderson and wife plan to enjoy the holiday at home. Mr. I. B. Hauge plans to spend his vacation "in town and on the skating rink." Marjorie Bloom intends spend-ing the vacation at her home in Sioux Falls, and Carolla Brenne is going to her home in Spicer, Minnesota. Miss Christine Mathis is also going to her home at Fountain City, Wisconsin, "little Switzerland of America," where she will "get re-acquainted with the other 975 inhabitants in the midst of parents and Wisconsin hills." Helen Farley is contemplating a trip to Leland, Illinois, her home town. Evelyn H. Johnson, during her vacation, plans on going to Minneapolis to attend symphony concerts and visit her home in Fargo, North Dakota. Professor Gunberg and wife will spend the first four days of the vacation in Minneapolis and then return home where Mr. Gun-berg will continue his research work. Mr. J. Earl Lee is plan-ning on going to Chicago where he will attend a few plays, sym-phonies, and the wedding of his younger sister. Professor J. G. Berdahl and family are to have a quiet Christmas at home, as well as the Tollevs and Froemke families. Professor 0. M. Lofthus plans (continued on third page) • BY SYBIL OLSEN A large and appreciative audi-ence heard the third annual Christmas vespers service pre-sented by the Augustana a capel-la choir, on Sunday afternoon, December 15, under the direction of Dr. Carl R. Youngdahl. A unique stage setting was used. The choir was arranged on a special platform to give the appearance of an angel chorus. The choir and Dr. Youngdahl were spotlighted, with the rest of the stage in darkness. Beautiful Savior Sung The anticipatory Christmas mood was well sustained by the choir's first number, "Beautiful Savior," by F. Melius Christian-sen, with a soprano solo by Ber-nice Jensen. "When Curtained Darkness Falls," Christiansen's first experiment with modernism, was well-received, with Lorraine Kittelson singing the soprano solo. "The Three Kings," old Catalan nativity song by Reve-rend Lluis Romeu, was notable for the extreme legato humming and exquisitely blended back-ground of choir accompaniment, while Margaret Blatherwick sang the solo of the Spanish folk song. Noble Cain's "Holy Lord God" was impressively interpreted, fol- • lowed by one of Dr. Youngdahl's most popular compositions, "The Christmas Lullaby," with Harriet Halverson singing the contralto solo. Quartet Plays Between the two groups of choir songs, an instrumental quartet played "March of the Magi," by Franz Liszt, an arrange-ment of the old Latin hymn, "Adeste Fidelis;" and "Romance in B," by Matthews. The mem-bers of the quartet were Eileen Youngdahl Gunberg, violin; Eva Kittelson, cello; Richard Leslie, organ; and Eudora Johnson, piano. Witfield Soloist The choir concert was resumed with the very popular "Marien-lied," by Vega, sung in German, with a soprano solo by Janet Whitfield. Palestrina's "Alle-leuia, Lord God," was sung with a stimulating antiphonal effect. A Christmas motet by Arnold Mendelssohn included "Sing Praise, All Nations," "The Wise Men," sung in twelfth-century organum style; and "The Morn-ing Star So Fair Doth Shine," an old Lutheran chorale harmonized and arranged for women's voices. The concert was especially not-able for the wide range of styles used in the song arrangements.
Object Description
Title | Mirror - December 16, 1940 |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.)--Students--Newspapers |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1940-12-16 |
Publishing agency | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, USA |
Rights | This image may not be reproduced without the express written consent of Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. |
Medium | Text |
Format - Digital | |
Language | English |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |
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Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1940-12-16 |
Text | WEEKLY MIRROR /6- December 16, 1940 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, SIOUX FALLS, S. D. o Homes, Firesides Attract Students, Faculty • 4`,L. s'A s'A. ‘SL. „?... ( .004 .44 ( 44. .4 Choir's Third Annual Christmas Vespers Proves Success Before Capacity Crowd Have Solo Parts In Successful Vespers Program Lorraine Kittelson, Harriet Halv orson, Bernice Jensen, Janet Whitfield, and Peggy Blatherwick. Reviewer Okays 'Lord's Prayer', Religious Drama, As College Play Aing flir Ttiristmas SOra of (._. grti-rtrilent in file ortb TI-proutiout r .(:Yetu 'tear Winter Edition of Pic-Campus On Sale Today More Colleges The Message of Peace In Northwest THE AUGUSTANA • Christmas, in a sense, is a retreat from life. When life becomes hard, when circumstances make living a bare ex-istence; when sin and disappointment rob life of its calm and serenity; when war and bloodshed stab our hearts with pain —then it is good to hear the Christmas Message. For at Christmas time God speaks powerfully to troubled souls and lifts them into the world of eternity. And the word He speaks is peace—peace which nothing in the world can disturb. Thank God for that! Christmas is also a return to life. Those who have been to Bethlehem and have heard God speak His eternal word of peace, sense more vividly than ever before the need for fac-ing life again and conquering over sin and failure and des-pair. They are strengthned and assured with the conscious-ness that they have God with them. "And if God be for us, who can be against us?" Thank God for that! May God give us all, everyone, a truly Blessed Christ-mas. Rev. Stanley Olsen Pic Mag Covers Da4244-41 4 . 4•os- 'SA. ( ,r>r ,r't ( ( s4' ( ,e= ( ,?•=t (.r=(1 ( BY BOB SNOOK Religious drama found its rightful place in college dramat-ics last Tuesday evening with the presentation of "The Lord's Prayer" in the Augustana audi-torium. Sponsored by the Au-gustana Women's Auxiliary, this mystery play depicting the seven petitions of the Lord's Prayer, gratified an enthusiastic audience of over 200 people. So that the audience might have a better understanding of the play, an interesting and enlight-ening prologue was presented by Betty Boe. "The Lord's Prayer" had no star performances. In a play of this type, it would be exceptionally difficult to choose an outstanding per-formance. The entire cast enacted their roles with ut-most sincerity. Each person had a bit, however small, that helped to make the play the inspiring drama that it was. Special mention should be given to the backstage crew that directed the lighting. The audi-torium was in darkness through-out the entire play, thus adding to the continuity and atmosphere. The lighting of the various scenes was exceptionally well done. Lighted in somber colors at the beginning, the play built up to NLCA Ministers Meet On Campus During Christmas Augustana college will be host January 1-3 to the annual pas-toral conference of Lutheran pas-tors, N.L.C.A. from the South Dakota district including this state, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado. An attendance of about 100 is anticipated. The conference will open at 6:00 p.m. New Year's day with a fellowship dinner at the college. The conference will continue on Thursday and Friday with Prof. H. C. Leupold, D.D., from Evan-gelical Lutheran theological sem-inary, Columbus, 0., as Bible in-structor, giving "Studies in Psalms;" and Rev. W. F. Schmidt, professor of religion at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., ad-dressing the conference on sub-jects relating to the church and its ministry. The devotionals each day will be conducted by Rev. T. C. Thompson, hospital pastor in Sioux Falls. Dr. C. M. Granskou, presi-dent of Augustana college, will address the pastors at the fellowship dinner the first evening. Rev. A. 0. Storvick, Sioux Falls, chair-man of the district Faith in Action committee, will speak on Thursday evening, and Dr. L. A. Pierson, president of the district, will deliver the closing message of the con-ference. Rev. L. E. Evans, of Sisseton, S. D., is president of the confer-ence and Rev. Elmer 0. Ellifson, Lily, S. D., is secretary. New Features Are Included In 1941 Edda The annual is still available to the student body at the $3.50 rate announced earlier in the year, ac-cording to Edda business man-ager Howard Jacobson. New Cover A number of attractive and novel covers for the yearbook are under consideration for the 1941 Edda. The design will be orig-inal and of a type never used previously in this territory. The new volume will be more compact than previously, and photography will entirely be of an informal nature. Each stu-dent is taken in any background desired any place on the campus. Aiding staff photographer How-ard Olson are Don Feragen, How-ard Hillman, Lowell Larson, and Kenneth Norgaard. A new en-larger for larger sizes of nega-tives has been added to the pho-tography department. the emotional climax of the last scene flooded by a bright light with a lighted cross appearing on the back curtain when the voice of God was heard. Throughout the entire play the lighting was very cleverly handled. A great deal of credit should go to organist Dick Leslie and to Dan Jones and his twenty-voice choir. Their background music through-out the play preserved the atmosphere and added touch-es of emotional climax where they were needed. A play of this type is very dif-ficult to direct. There is a great possibility that it will "flop" if not presented in an understand-able way to the audience, because much of it would have been deep and difficult to understand had it not been presented in such an enlightening way. This was due to the superb direction of Dick Nelson and Kristen Solberg, aided by Miss Helen Farley. When you con-sider that both directors are still students, their job of directing is even more admirable. It is dif-ficult for students to direct stu-dents of their own age and even older. However, this was able to be done because the entire cast and stage crew were work-ing toward a single goal: to pre-sent an inspiring drama, and that is precisely what they did. Exhibit Of Art To Be Displayed In Art Library On exhibit in the art library from December 1-20 is the Asocia-ted American Artists' collection of original signed etchings and lith-ographs by famous contemporary American artists. Individual pic-tures may be purchased by those desiring to do so from Mr. Eide, Miss Hogenson, and Bob Berg. Also included in the exhibit are a set of Japanese prints, original hand made cherry wood block prints. A collection of Christ-mas cards is also included in the Associated American Art-ists' exhibit. They are miniature productions of the original etch-ings and lithographs and are also for sale. Included in the list of contem-porary American Artists are Churchill Ettinger, William Sharp, Andrew Karoly, William MacLean, Grant Wood, Thomas Bentan, Waldo Peirce, Clayton Knight, Peggy Bacon, Luis Quin-tanilla, Margery Ryerson, Alice Buell and Frederick Owen. Register Open For CAA Flying Next Semester Dr. Hoyem will accept applica-tions for membership in the sec-ond semester Primary Civilian Pilot Training unit up until the beginning of Christmas vacation. Ten will be enrolled in the unit which will begin ground instruction and flight train-ing about February 1st. Applicants must fulfill the fol-lowing requisites to gain mem-bership in the unit: (1) Must be 19 but not 26 years old as of February 1, 1940; (2) Students now enrolled in college must be full-fledged sophomores at close of this semester; (3) If not now enrolled in college, applicant must have two years of college credit; (4) Applicant must pass CPT Commercial physical exam. Total cost of the course to the student is $25, distributed as follows: registration, $10; insurance $9; medical exam., $6. Obligations to the government which the CAA student accepts by enrolling in a flight unit are summed up: "Trainees pledge their willingness to take con-tinued flight training in the army or navy if qualified physically and if needed." Thirty-one new members have been added to the famed St. Olaf college Lutheran choir at North-field, Minn., bringing the total to 63. Pic-Campus, the intercollegiate pictorial magazine edited by Ken "Carp" Sandvig, Augustana sen-ior, appeared for the fourth time here today. The issue carries a cover picture of Betty Rose, Civil Aeronautics Authority partici-pant. Augustana students featured in the magazine include Olin Od-land, Baldy Nelson, Marlys Orm-seth. Bergie Halvorson, Lois Monk, Harriet Halvorson and homecoming queen attendants, Glenn Lee, and Jeanne Abeel, Lucille Skyberg, and Dorothy Halvorson. New colleges covered by Pic- Campus are Gustavus Adolphus college, St. Peter, Minn. ; James-town college, Jamestown, N. D.; St. Olaf college, Northfield, Minn.; Macalester college, St. Paul; and Hastings college, Hast-ings, Neb. All liberal arts col-leges in South Dakota are also included. Pic-Campus staff members are Ken Sandvig, editor and pub-lisher; Bob Haakenson, editorial assistant; Ed. Pinney, business; and Don Feragen and Howard Ol-son, photographers. Although originating at Augus-tana, Pic-Campus is independent of other college publications on the campus. Dining Hall Plans Christmas Banquet Members of the boarding club will get two Christmas dinners this year. Before leaving for the family fireside they will be treated to a three course banquet in the din-ing hall. The banquet was initiated three years ago by Mrs. Wilkin-son. Since then it has been one of the epicurean high spots of the first semester. Traditional parts of the banquet are Mrs. Wilkinson's famous plum pud-ding, and the Christmas carols after the banquet. Dining hall waiters are plan-ning gaily decorated tables for the affair. CLASSES OUT DECEMBER 20; OPEN JAN. 7 Because of the disagreeable weather conditions, the biggest share of the faculty are going to "keep the home fires burning" and stay in Sioux Falls during their Christmas vacation. President C. M Granskou and family's plans at the present time are to stay home and enjoy Christmas. Dean Cole and wife, and Mr. Tonning and family plan a like holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Youngdahl are also staying home this year but are expecting their son Richard, who is teacher and student at the University of Min-nesota, to spend Christmas with them. Blegens Move In Professor H. M. Blegen and wife are anticipating moving into their new home the first day school lets out for the Christmas vacation. Their vacation will be spent in arranging books, furni-ture, and all that goes with mov-ing. This will be the first year while he has been in America, that Mr. Blegen is not going home to spend the vacation with his family in North Dakota. Miss Hilda Dahl is planning on spending the vacation with two of her sisters, one in Hankinson, North Dakota, and another at Bemidji, Minnesota. Mrs. Roberts will spend the first part of her vacation in Minnesota and be back here for New Years. Miss Allys Collings is considering spending Christmas day in Madi-son, South Dakota, but for the remainder of the vacation she is going to stay in Sioux Falls. Mr. Albert Hoyem, because of Augustana students will be dismissed from classes for the Christmas recess Friday, Dec-ember 20, at noon, and return to their books Tuesday morn-ing, January 7 at 8 o'clock. Seventeen and one-half days of vacation are expected to rest students up for the sem-ester test period which will be-gin about two weeks after col-lege reconvenes. CAA duties interfering with his vacation, will remain in Sioux Falls over the vacation. The two ground courses are to be com-pleted by January 15, and to in-sure this, Mr. Hoyem and trainees will be compelled to resume work the 30th of December. Many Stay Home Mr. and Mrs. Lefty Olson and Ren Anderson and wife plan to enjoy the holiday at home. Mr. I. B. Hauge plans to spend his vacation "in town and on the skating rink." Marjorie Bloom intends spend-ing the vacation at her home in Sioux Falls, and Carolla Brenne is going to her home in Spicer, Minnesota. Miss Christine Mathis is also going to her home at Fountain City, Wisconsin, "little Switzerland of America," where she will "get re-acquainted with the other 975 inhabitants in the midst of parents and Wisconsin hills." Helen Farley is contemplating a trip to Leland, Illinois, her home town. Evelyn H. Johnson, during her vacation, plans on going to Minneapolis to attend symphony concerts and visit her home in Fargo, North Dakota. Professor Gunberg and wife will spend the first four days of the vacation in Minneapolis and then return home where Mr. Gun-berg will continue his research work. Mr. J. Earl Lee is plan-ning on going to Chicago where he will attend a few plays, sym-phonies, and the wedding of his younger sister. Professor J. G. Berdahl and family are to have a quiet Christmas at home, as well as the Tollevs and Froemke families. Professor 0. M. Lofthus plans (continued on third page) • BY SYBIL OLSEN A large and appreciative audi-ence heard the third annual Christmas vespers service pre-sented by the Augustana a capel-la choir, on Sunday afternoon, December 15, under the direction of Dr. Carl R. Youngdahl. A unique stage setting was used. The choir was arranged on a special platform to give the appearance of an angel chorus. The choir and Dr. Youngdahl were spotlighted, with the rest of the stage in darkness. Beautiful Savior Sung The anticipatory Christmas mood was well sustained by the choir's first number, "Beautiful Savior," by F. Melius Christian-sen, with a soprano solo by Ber-nice Jensen. "When Curtained Darkness Falls," Christiansen's first experiment with modernism, was well-received, with Lorraine Kittelson singing the soprano solo. "The Three Kings," old Catalan nativity song by Reve-rend Lluis Romeu, was notable for the extreme legato humming and exquisitely blended back-ground of choir accompaniment, while Margaret Blatherwick sang the solo of the Spanish folk song. Noble Cain's "Holy Lord God" was impressively interpreted, fol- • lowed by one of Dr. Youngdahl's most popular compositions, "The Christmas Lullaby," with Harriet Halverson singing the contralto solo. Quartet Plays Between the two groups of choir songs, an instrumental quartet played "March of the Magi," by Franz Liszt, an arrange-ment of the old Latin hymn, "Adeste Fidelis;" and "Romance in B," by Matthews. The mem-bers of the quartet were Eileen Youngdahl Gunberg, violin; Eva Kittelson, cello; Richard Leslie, organ; and Eudora Johnson, piano. Witfield Soloist The choir concert was resumed with the very popular "Marien-lied," by Vega, sung in German, with a soprano solo by Janet Whitfield. Palestrina's "Alle-leuia, Lord God," was sung with a stimulating antiphonal effect. A Christmas motet by Arnold Mendelssohn included "Sing Praise, All Nations," "The Wise Men," sung in twelfth-century organum style; and "The Morn-ing Star So Fair Doth Shine," an old Lutheran chorale harmonized and arranged for women's voices. The concert was especially not-able for the wide range of styles used in the song arrangements. |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |