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Thanksgiving Wed. at 4 Vol. XXI. Our Cause For Gratitude T1-'P nirc to the Puritan founders of the vation the cusl,m of observing a day of thanksgiving. This (lay reminds us that our•blessings hare been obi( n (I ant : We hare escaped scourge and pcstitcnce. lre have been spared the tragedy of invasion and defeat. For many of us the depression has merely meant the curtailment of our luxuries. In many ways our lives have been enriched in-tellectually and spiritually. On this Thanksgiving dag e , pray: That God will miry(' us from boastfulness and pride. Tha! Ile enlarge our hearts to forgiv( one another: .That Ile will crown our good with a greater i'ea! for justice, righteousness, and peace through-out the world. elemens 9ranskou Barbara Davies, Dramatic Reader SOPHS HELP DEFEND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Team In Meets At U. of Omaha, Gust. Adolphus Augustana debaters are opening their '39-'40 campaign by attend-ing two debate tournaments the first weekend in December. The first is at Gustavus Adolphus, St. Peter, Minn., on December 9; the second at the University of Omaha, December 8 and 9. Coach Hugo Carlson states the purpose in attending is to get a number of', veterans and as many as possible of the freshman de-baters started on the season. Augustana debaters will attend a number of important midwest tournaments during the year, wind-ing up with a defense of their Pi Kappa Delta championship at Knoxville, Tenn. Three veteran girls and two vet-eran men will debate in a pre-sea-son non-decision tournament at Gustavus Adolphus. Bernice Jen-sen, Hazel Johnson., Avis Bekke, Glenn Bragstad and Ken Raschke c:mpose the squad. Augustana will compete for the first time in the Midwest Tourna-ment to be held at Omaha. Two teams, Scott Lovald and Wyman Wumkes, veterans, and Don Gross and Don Thompson, freshmen, have been selected to take part in this event. Although the season's schedule of events is not complete and defi-nite Coach Carlson announced two new events which he has arranged. Late in the season a convocation debate with the University of South Dakota debaters will be held at Vermillion. Plans are also under way to bring to Augustana the debate team of William Jewel College of Liberty, Mo.. for a chapel debate. This debate had been arranged for last April but had to be postponed when the Wil-liam Jewel debaters made a trip to Europe. Orchestra Will Go To Black Hills ;VEsi,1 alid Black Hills will hear the Augus-tana Symphony orchestra on its spring tour this year. First con-cert of the tour under the direction of Prof. Richard Guderyahn will be at Mitchell on March 17. Pierre will be the host city on the 18th, and the March 19 concert will be at Rapid City. Black Hills cities will hear the greatest number of the programs as the orchestra will play at Stur-gis on the 20th, at Spearfish on the afternoon of the 21st, and at Belle Fourche in the evening of that same day. March 22, the group will be in Lead and Deadwood. On the 23rd they will leave the Hills for the concert at Faith. The 24th they will be at Philip. Chamberlain. Miller and Platte are other bookings which may be filled before returning to Sioux Falls. Drama Students Give 3-Act Play "Gold in the Hills" or "The Dead Sister's Secret," a new nineteenth century melodrama in three acts, will be staged here on the evening of Dec. 13 by Betty Thomp-son and Vivienne Archer, student directors. They will be aided by Jean Smith as stage manager. While a burlesque in the sense that the melodrama contains all the absurdities of plot, situation and language of the nineteenth century "thrillers" it assumes an attitude of heroic seriousness and is played in much the manner of a road repertoire company of the 1860's. Two stage settings are required for the play; one a farmhouse interior and the other the interior of a Bowery cafe and dance hall in the old wicked city. All the cos-tumes of the play are of the per-iod' of 1890-1895. Prologue, in the Wycherley-Con-greve style, written by the play's author, J. Frank Davis, will be given by Juel Jorgenson, dramatic club president. Harmond Halvor-son will act as company manager. Betty Johnson, the farmer's daughter, is known as Nellie—a heroine pure as snow. Roy Rocks-vold portrays the gallant hero, who successfully thwarts the evil pow-ers of the villain. Howard Hillman is cast in the role of the polished villain who is cast a villain-mur- .derer, kidnapper, thief and insid-ious tempter. Nellie finds her way to the wild city. She returns. The villain still pursues her! Packed full of laughter, but in-trinsically a rattling good melo-drama. It is produced by special ar-rangement with Walter H. Baker Barbara Davies THE AUGUSTANA MIRROR Until Monday at 8 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, SIOUX FALLS, S. D. Tuesday, November 28, 1939, Ad File No. 689. No. Augustana Forensics Squad Begins Preparation For Season The Campus (By J. K. Hvistendahl) :.:CC.:00::■."..:•:•:■.:*: W'#. '#.:•-•"•-•: W.:•:'..:*".• . '..". :.: THE SHAKE-HAND. :. '..-. :.: DON'T SELL IT. ▪ A LITTLE LIGHT. A "THESPIONAGE." TSK, TSK, ERIE. • ■ • • 4i'. • • "*"*"*"* "<■"*' **"* One fellow who has a correspon-dent of the opposite sex a safe dis-tance from the campus is Walt Isely, Augustana's versatile gym-nast, drummer, and what not. Each month Isely shows up with a letter from his foreign corres-pondent, impeccably written in concise French. Because of the regularity of the letters and the reputation of the French, one would suspect an international ro-mance between the two, but Walt vehemently denies it, showing a picture of the girl's fiance to prove it. The girl hersel' might easly pass as an Augustana co-ed al-though she does not wear those elongated half-hose that Augus-tana girls wear, proving beyond a doubt that French girls use taste in dressing. The girl's father, brother, and fiance are all fighting cn the Maginot line and she expresses anxiety at their well-being. She's going to get married when she be-comes of age which is twenty-one for a girl in France. "France can and must win the war," she says. Then she expresses the hope that "douce France con-tinue sagement a vivre sa vivre tranquille" or that sweet France will continue to live wisely its tranquil life. (How about extra credit on this, Mr. Blegen?) In the formal close the French miss breaks out into English, saying "Cordial Shake-Hand" which shows the fate of literally translated idioms. Before we leave the languages we'd like to insert the following arialoTyr Aman bought z.-;'1-i&Ycle. Having learned how to ride it, he sold it because he knew how to ride it. A student takes two years of language. Having mastered the fundamentals, he doesn't continue the third year because he doesn't have to. Moral: Don't sell your bicycle just when you're ready to start enjoying it. If last week was National Rat Extermination week and the week before was National Washer and Ironer week, then one of these coming weeks{ should certainly be National Lets Put A Light,Between the Girls Dorm and the Gym week. Seriously, the walk from the girls dorm and ad building to the gym is on the darkest part of the cam-pus and since the Huddle is open nights the walk is a much-used one. At one time there was a light at the intersection of the ad building walk and the gym walk but it has long since been dimmed by flying rocks. A light placed there now would lighten the lower portion of the campus a bit and serve to locate the side walk for those who insist on walking acr - ss Whitmyre's fences. Perhaps the "beacon" on the porch of the girls' dormitory could be dedicated to this new function, thus answering the question in last issues "For Women Only" column and insuring the asker the privacy of a 40 to 60 watt on the dorm porch. Those who saw the Black-friars' three plays Friday night were well satisfied that a come-back in dramatics is being staged on the campus. At least six distinct and different one-acts were in progress last week, and for all we know there are that many more by now. The pro-mise of several hundred dollars worth of new stage equipment enhances the comeback outlook and eighty to a hundred mem-bers in the Blackfriars promise that no stage production is going to be undermanned. Especially healthy in the growth of the college theatre are the plays written and directed by students. Two short plays have been written, the seven scene impressionistic war play by Rolf Hofstad and "Thes-pionage," a Demosthenian produc-tion by two members of that organization who wish to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. In our estimation, these attempts, as crude as they may be, are worth a thousand polished plays by ac-complished playwrights. Walter Winchelling it: What professor in what midwestern col-lege recently had what book banned from the bookstores of Erie, Pennsylvania ? Your guess is as good as mine. Next Artist To Physics Dept. Adds X-Ray Equipment Addition of an X-ray tube in the physics department and of an Ar-gus technoscope in the biology de-partment are the two most inter-esting of the recent additions to the science sections of the college. Other less spectacular equip-ment has also been added in order to give both advanced and intro-ductory classes better materials with which to work. Reagents were recently received in the chem-istry department which will en-large the scope of the qualtitative and micro-qualtitative studies and others which will be used in the physical chemistry field. According to Professor John Froemke, head of the chemistry department, necessary replace-ments have also been. made. Of especial interest to biologists will be the fact that among the new slides introduced in the biol-ogy department is the Dr. C. P. Sigerfoos collection of embryology slides which have been given to Prof. Orin Lofthus by the famed biologist himself upon his retire-ment. They represent the collec-tion built up over a period of fifty years. In addition to the X-ray tube Prof. A. G. Hoyem has secured an acoustic filter, for the study of tone characteristics; a heat con-ducting apparatus for experiments involving conductivity of especial-ly insulators; a fluoroscope, to be used in connection with the X-ray tube; a thero couple pyrometer, for the study of high temperature readings as used in industry and the wind tunnel which is to be used by the aeronautics class. This last was constructed by Prof. Hoyem and Russell Bowen, a mem-ber of the class, to be used as 'a permanent fixture for the physics lab. Organ To Be Moved To Gym-Auditorium Under the direction of Mr. Ces-ander of Strandburg, S. D. the pipe organ will this week be re-moved to the Gym-Chapel from its present location in Old Main. Re-cesses for the pipes are being pre-pared. Mr. Cesander who is super-vising the moving also had charge of the original installation. The consol will occupy a portion of the gym-chapel stage. Removal of the organ to the new location will make it possible for much larger audiences to hear organ presentations than hereto-fore has been possible. Appear Radio Actress Here For Shows Dec. 5 On December 5, Augustana col-lege is to hear a distinguished actress and versatile dramatic reader—Miss Barbara Davies. She will appear at chapel time on, De-cember 5 also and will read a cur-rent Broadway play. Miss Davies is well known for her characteri-zations and with her voice, actions and gestures she maneuvers her audiences as she wishes them to interpret her presentations. She excells at acting in the grand man-ner, and can be majestic, yet subtle, theatrical, but real. She has spent some time study-ing under Kathryn Grill of the New York Theatre Guild and is at the present time a member of the board of directors for the Twin C:ties little theatre. - - * She has been heard on broad-casts from stations WCCO and WTCN in Minneapolis; and recent-ly participated in the Minneapolis Star-Journal news dramatizations. Brcadcasting from Chicago on the NBC and CBS networks she has appeared in the "Guiding Light," "Batchelor's ;Children," "Lucky Girl," and "Curtain Time." At the Schubert theatre in Min-neapolis she is affiliated with the Brainbridge Players; she is a member of Zeta Phi Eta, National honorary speech fraternity, the National Collegiate Players, and the Masquers. According to Prof. J. Earl Lee, "This is without doubt one of the finest of the programs to be in-cluded in this year's Artist Series at Augustana college and every student should avail himself of the opportunity to see and hear a top ranking artist in the field of drama." Miss Davis will be the fourth presentation of the artist and lec-ture series of the present season. Kraushaar Prepares Alumni Directory A complete directory of Augus-tana alumni is now being compiled by Prof. R. W. Kraushaar, head of the department of public relations. Contact is being sought with all graduates from the institution since it was a normal school. The directory, it is felt, will be a beginning in establishing a stronger bond between the alumni, the friends of the institution and the college. (By Doane Fessenden) Herbert Krause's "Wind With-out Rain" has recently been re-viewed extensively by foreign critics. "Die Literatur," a Ger-man publication, says "As a pic-ture of the unhappy lot of the emi-grant, 'Wind Without Rain' is strongly affecting and rich in de-tail." It is interesting to note that the German reviewer calls the author a "Deutsch-stamminen Amerikaner" (German descended American), implying very close re-lationship. "Yes," says Mr. Krause, "close relationship of about three generations." The German critic says "Wind Without Rain" pictures the hard life of the emigrant "under a joylesg Ameri-can sky." Of the English reviews, perhaps the most interesting appears in Shown looking at some of the . trophies which have been won by the Augustana s:ieech teams in competitions thrcughout the na-tion are three sopl- omores who will be counted upon by Coach Hugo Carlson to cont -ibute to the Augustana Concert Band Makes Plans For Benefit Carnival Confetti and the .oices of barkers will fill the air why 1 the Augustana band sponsors its carnival some-time after the Thanksgiving Ali CU 11AS '.C11C UC hie made to include all of the typical concessions and booths. Louis Monk is the chairman in charge of all arrangements and the overseer of the various com-mittees. The concession comntittees have been appointed as follows: booth. Alfred Iverson, chairman and Norman Reynolds; dart booth, Helen Yttreness, chairman, and Ardis Kylling; bingo, Glenn Brags-tad, Max Johnson, Roger Oyan and Keith Miller; fortune-teller, Ramona Opheim, chairman, Betty Reiley and Thelma Conway; kan-garoo court, Eudora Johnson, chairman, Althea Knutson, Rex Bahnson, and John De Roos; food, Orval Mickelson. Milo Sjolseth, Eu-nice Johnson and Darlene Thomp-son; basketball throw, Norman Sampson, Darrel Marker and Mor-ris Bly; ring throw, Roger Halvor-son, Quindrid Frahm and Melva Munkvold; haunt, Lucille Halver-son, Margaret Stende and Gertrude Regness; telegraph system, Everett Zellers, Annie Muters, Palmer Loken and Allen Truax; and guess-ing game, Bernice Stadum. Ticket sales are to be handled by Bill Gles and Dorance Ensberg. Walt Isely heads the program committee with the aid of Mei-- lene Gregeson, Lois Monk and Marvin Skonen The decorating committee is composed of Howard Hillman, 'Roger Harvorson, Belle Avery, Avis Bekke and Lyle Lien. The members of the advertising committee are Lucy Weesner and Betty Dempster. Admission prices at the door will be ten cents. Later in the evening a door prize will be given to the holder of the lucky ticket. the 'Manchester Guardian. It says, "The outstanding virtue of the book . . . is less its characteriza-tion than the very high standard maintained throughout, of Mr. Krause's writing, imaginative, graphic, and sometimes powerful, the writing of one who says 'When a man can't dream any more he might as well die.' " John O'London's Weekly, the largest English review, paper and probably the largest in Europe, has this to say, "The notable thing about this book is the closeness of the texture, both in thought and writing." A third English review appears in the New Statesman, perhaps the most critical of all English pa-pers. They attribute the secret of Mr. Krause's effectiveness to the fact that he writes like a poet. They call it "highly readable." • winning of more such cups. From left to right they are Hazel John-son, Glenn Bragstad and Avis Bekke. This trio will meet stiff competition from the veterans of several seasons as well as from PIC-CAMPUS Editor Kenneth Sandvig an- .nounces that the first issue of Pic-Campus, the South Dako-ta collegiate picture magazine, will be off the press the week after the Thanksgiving recess. Engravers are now making the cuts which will appear in the book. Mr. Sandvig changed original plans for a litho-graphed production when it was felt that engraving would be superior. The magazine will be released at all cooper-ating colleges by December 11, according to Mr. Sandvig. Science Club Gives First of Talkies First in the Science club's cur-rent series of sound motion pic-tures was given to a large audi-ence last Wednesday evening in the gymnasium. Title of the fea-ture length movie was "Silent Bar-riers," starring Richard Arlen and Lilli Palmer. In addition to the main picture a short musical car-toon was also part of the pro-gram. According to Science club presi-dent, Kendall Burns, the second in the bi-weekly series will be given December 13 in the gymnasium. A Capella Choir To Have Canadian Tour In Spring Dates for the annual tour of the Augustana choir are now complete with the exception of three tenta-tive appearances. First concert of the organization will be at De- Smet on April 18. Huron, Web-ster and Aberdeen will hear the singers on successive days. April 22, the group will be at Eureka, followed by' concerts at Mobridge and Lemmon on April 23 and 24. Then the organization goes into North Dakota for appearances at Dickinson and Bismarck on April 25 and 26. April 27 is still listed as an open date. They will sing at Minot on the 28th before swing-ing into Canada for a concert at Regina on the nth of April. The April 30 program will be at either Bottineau or Rugby, N. D. Devils Lake or Jamestown will be the May 1 concert. Fargo will be hos.t, to the charges of Director Carl Youngdahl on May 2. Last appearance of the group is now tentatively set for May 3, at Breckenridge, Minn. Thirty-six new lockers have been installed in the girls physical edu-cation and boys physical education locker rooms. Twenty-four have been added for the girls and the remainder have been consigned to the intra-mural rooms. several promising freshmen. The squad will begin its season against Gustavus Adolphus next week. Chief tourney thus far scheduled is the Pi Kappa Delta title defense which will be at Knoxville, Tenn. `Neighbor Boy' Release Is From Iowa Herbert Krause, author of "Wind Wj-,-_0ot..13.1ri" 1, e s..a.vingteneerl that on December 5, "Neighbor Boy," a book of poems will be released by an Iowa City publishing con-cern. The new Krause publication is a collection of from thirty-five to forty poems centered about the Pockerbrush country in western Minnesota—the same setting as "Wind Without Rain." The poems are as completely differentiated as possible. Some are lyrical and tell of reaction to nature. One con-cerns the effects of drought on the farmer and is called "Burned Out." Others concern the old folk lore, one, for instance, which tells how the howling of a dog brings on death. . The book is entirely a mid-West-ern product. Midland House, a growing Iowa City, Iowa, publish-ing concern is printing the book, Syrus Running, a mid-Western artist will do the etchings, and Paul Engel, one of the greatest of the younger poets, has done the preface. "He has written a very beautiful preface," says M r . Krause, "Not because it's about my poetry, but because its about poetry of the mid-West." Syrus Running is a winner of the Harvard Art Award and was a classmate and very good friend of Mr. Krause's at St. Olaf. His etchings in "Neighbor Boy" illus-trate the mood and spirit of the book and not any particular poems. The poems that appear in the new Krause book have been writ-ten over a period of four years. Some were written in the Pocker-brush country, which Mr. Krause calls "home," and six or so have beep written here in Sioux Falls this fall. Several have appeared i inc c a lvs. various anthologies and period- Symphony Orchestra Goes To Worthington Augustana's seventy piece sym-phany orchestra will make its first out of town appearance on Fri-day, December 8, when it will appear at Worthington, Minnesota, presenting a formal concert in the high school auditorium. The pro-gram is to be sponsored by the Kiwanis club of that city. A complete program of sym-phony music has been arranged by Prof. Guderyahn, director of the orchestra. Soloists to be featured on the program are, Peggy Blath-erwick, soprano, and Prof. Guder-yahn, conductor. Last year the orchestra appear-ed in Albert Lea, Northfeild, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. This year Worthington will be the only stop-ping place of the orchestra. One bus and seven cars will be used to take the musicians to Worthington and back. :e•.: English, Nazi Critics Make Comments , Krause s Novel Gets Foreign Reviews Krause Publishes Book of Poetry ; To Be Released December 5 - ---1
Object Description
Title | Mirror - November 28, 1939 |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.)--Students--Newspapers |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1939-11-28 |
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 |
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Language | English |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |
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Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1939-11-28 |
Text | Thanksgiving Wed. at 4 Vol. XXI. Our Cause For Gratitude T1-'P nirc to the Puritan founders of the vation the cusl,m of observing a day of thanksgiving. This (lay reminds us that our•blessings hare been obi( n (I ant : We hare escaped scourge and pcstitcnce. lre have been spared the tragedy of invasion and defeat. For many of us the depression has merely meant the curtailment of our luxuries. In many ways our lives have been enriched in-tellectually and spiritually. On this Thanksgiving dag e , pray: That God will miry(' us from boastfulness and pride. Tha! Ile enlarge our hearts to forgiv( one another: .That Ile will crown our good with a greater i'ea! for justice, righteousness, and peace through-out the world. elemens 9ranskou Barbara Davies, Dramatic Reader SOPHS HELP DEFEND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Team In Meets At U. of Omaha, Gust. Adolphus Augustana debaters are opening their '39-'40 campaign by attend-ing two debate tournaments the first weekend in December. The first is at Gustavus Adolphus, St. Peter, Minn., on December 9; the second at the University of Omaha, December 8 and 9. Coach Hugo Carlson states the purpose in attending is to get a number of', veterans and as many as possible of the freshman de-baters started on the season. Augustana debaters will attend a number of important midwest tournaments during the year, wind-ing up with a defense of their Pi Kappa Delta championship at Knoxville, Tenn. Three veteran girls and two vet-eran men will debate in a pre-sea-son non-decision tournament at Gustavus Adolphus. Bernice Jen-sen, Hazel Johnson., Avis Bekke, Glenn Bragstad and Ken Raschke c:mpose the squad. Augustana will compete for the first time in the Midwest Tourna-ment to be held at Omaha. Two teams, Scott Lovald and Wyman Wumkes, veterans, and Don Gross and Don Thompson, freshmen, have been selected to take part in this event. Although the season's schedule of events is not complete and defi-nite Coach Carlson announced two new events which he has arranged. Late in the season a convocation debate with the University of South Dakota debaters will be held at Vermillion. Plans are also under way to bring to Augustana the debate team of William Jewel College of Liberty, Mo.. for a chapel debate. This debate had been arranged for last April but had to be postponed when the Wil-liam Jewel debaters made a trip to Europe. Orchestra Will Go To Black Hills ;VEsi,1 alid Black Hills will hear the Augus-tana Symphony orchestra on its spring tour this year. First con-cert of the tour under the direction of Prof. Richard Guderyahn will be at Mitchell on March 17. Pierre will be the host city on the 18th, and the March 19 concert will be at Rapid City. Black Hills cities will hear the greatest number of the programs as the orchestra will play at Stur-gis on the 20th, at Spearfish on the afternoon of the 21st, and at Belle Fourche in the evening of that same day. March 22, the group will be in Lead and Deadwood. On the 23rd they will leave the Hills for the concert at Faith. The 24th they will be at Philip. Chamberlain. Miller and Platte are other bookings which may be filled before returning to Sioux Falls. Drama Students Give 3-Act Play "Gold in the Hills" or "The Dead Sister's Secret," a new nineteenth century melodrama in three acts, will be staged here on the evening of Dec. 13 by Betty Thomp-son and Vivienne Archer, student directors. They will be aided by Jean Smith as stage manager. While a burlesque in the sense that the melodrama contains all the absurdities of plot, situation and language of the nineteenth century "thrillers" it assumes an attitude of heroic seriousness and is played in much the manner of a road repertoire company of the 1860's. Two stage settings are required for the play; one a farmhouse interior and the other the interior of a Bowery cafe and dance hall in the old wicked city. All the cos-tumes of the play are of the per-iod' of 1890-1895. Prologue, in the Wycherley-Con-greve style, written by the play's author, J. Frank Davis, will be given by Juel Jorgenson, dramatic club president. Harmond Halvor-son will act as company manager. Betty Johnson, the farmer's daughter, is known as Nellie—a heroine pure as snow. Roy Rocks-vold portrays the gallant hero, who successfully thwarts the evil pow-ers of the villain. Howard Hillman is cast in the role of the polished villain who is cast a villain-mur- .derer, kidnapper, thief and insid-ious tempter. Nellie finds her way to the wild city. She returns. The villain still pursues her! Packed full of laughter, but in-trinsically a rattling good melo-drama. It is produced by special ar-rangement with Walter H. Baker Barbara Davies THE AUGUSTANA MIRROR Until Monday at 8 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, SIOUX FALLS, S. D. Tuesday, November 28, 1939, Ad File No. 689. No. Augustana Forensics Squad Begins Preparation For Season The Campus (By J. K. Hvistendahl) :.:CC.:00::■."..:•:•:■.:*: W'#. '#.:•-•"•-•: W.:•:'..:*".• . '..". :.: THE SHAKE-HAND. :. '..-. :.: DON'T SELL IT. ▪ A LITTLE LIGHT. A "THESPIONAGE." TSK, TSK, ERIE. • ■ • • 4i'. • • "*"*"*"* "<■"*' **"* One fellow who has a correspon-dent of the opposite sex a safe dis-tance from the campus is Walt Isely, Augustana's versatile gym-nast, drummer, and what not. Each month Isely shows up with a letter from his foreign corres-pondent, impeccably written in concise French. Because of the regularity of the letters and the reputation of the French, one would suspect an international ro-mance between the two, but Walt vehemently denies it, showing a picture of the girl's fiance to prove it. The girl hersel' might easly pass as an Augustana co-ed al-though she does not wear those elongated half-hose that Augus-tana girls wear, proving beyond a doubt that French girls use taste in dressing. The girl's father, brother, and fiance are all fighting cn the Maginot line and she expresses anxiety at their well-being. She's going to get married when she be-comes of age which is twenty-one for a girl in France. "France can and must win the war," she says. Then she expresses the hope that "douce France con-tinue sagement a vivre sa vivre tranquille" or that sweet France will continue to live wisely its tranquil life. (How about extra credit on this, Mr. Blegen?) In the formal close the French miss breaks out into English, saying "Cordial Shake-Hand" which shows the fate of literally translated idioms. Before we leave the languages we'd like to insert the following arialoTyr Aman bought z.-;'1-i&Ycle. Having learned how to ride it, he sold it because he knew how to ride it. A student takes two years of language. Having mastered the fundamentals, he doesn't continue the third year because he doesn't have to. Moral: Don't sell your bicycle just when you're ready to start enjoying it. If last week was National Rat Extermination week and the week before was National Washer and Ironer week, then one of these coming weeks{ should certainly be National Lets Put A Light,Between the Girls Dorm and the Gym week. Seriously, the walk from the girls dorm and ad building to the gym is on the darkest part of the cam-pus and since the Huddle is open nights the walk is a much-used one. At one time there was a light at the intersection of the ad building walk and the gym walk but it has long since been dimmed by flying rocks. A light placed there now would lighten the lower portion of the campus a bit and serve to locate the side walk for those who insist on walking acr - ss Whitmyre's fences. Perhaps the "beacon" on the porch of the girls' dormitory could be dedicated to this new function, thus answering the question in last issues "For Women Only" column and insuring the asker the privacy of a 40 to 60 watt on the dorm porch. Those who saw the Black-friars' three plays Friday night were well satisfied that a come-back in dramatics is being staged on the campus. At least six distinct and different one-acts were in progress last week, and for all we know there are that many more by now. The pro-mise of several hundred dollars worth of new stage equipment enhances the comeback outlook and eighty to a hundred mem-bers in the Blackfriars promise that no stage production is going to be undermanned. Especially healthy in the growth of the college theatre are the plays written and directed by students. Two short plays have been written, the seven scene impressionistic war play by Rolf Hofstad and "Thes-pionage," a Demosthenian produc-tion by two members of that organization who wish to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. In our estimation, these attempts, as crude as they may be, are worth a thousand polished plays by ac-complished playwrights. Walter Winchelling it: What professor in what midwestern col-lege recently had what book banned from the bookstores of Erie, Pennsylvania ? Your guess is as good as mine. Next Artist To Physics Dept. Adds X-Ray Equipment Addition of an X-ray tube in the physics department and of an Ar-gus technoscope in the biology de-partment are the two most inter-esting of the recent additions to the science sections of the college. Other less spectacular equip-ment has also been added in order to give both advanced and intro-ductory classes better materials with which to work. Reagents were recently received in the chem-istry department which will en-large the scope of the qualtitative and micro-qualtitative studies and others which will be used in the physical chemistry field. According to Professor John Froemke, head of the chemistry department, necessary replace-ments have also been. made. Of especial interest to biologists will be the fact that among the new slides introduced in the biol-ogy department is the Dr. C. P. Sigerfoos collection of embryology slides which have been given to Prof. Orin Lofthus by the famed biologist himself upon his retire-ment. They represent the collec-tion built up over a period of fifty years. In addition to the X-ray tube Prof. A. G. Hoyem has secured an acoustic filter, for the study of tone characteristics; a heat con-ducting apparatus for experiments involving conductivity of especial-ly insulators; a fluoroscope, to be used in connection with the X-ray tube; a thero couple pyrometer, for the study of high temperature readings as used in industry and the wind tunnel which is to be used by the aeronautics class. This last was constructed by Prof. Hoyem and Russell Bowen, a mem-ber of the class, to be used as 'a permanent fixture for the physics lab. Organ To Be Moved To Gym-Auditorium Under the direction of Mr. Ces-ander of Strandburg, S. D. the pipe organ will this week be re-moved to the Gym-Chapel from its present location in Old Main. Re-cesses for the pipes are being pre-pared. Mr. Cesander who is super-vising the moving also had charge of the original installation. The consol will occupy a portion of the gym-chapel stage. Removal of the organ to the new location will make it possible for much larger audiences to hear organ presentations than hereto-fore has been possible. Appear Radio Actress Here For Shows Dec. 5 On December 5, Augustana col-lege is to hear a distinguished actress and versatile dramatic reader—Miss Barbara Davies. She will appear at chapel time on, De-cember 5 also and will read a cur-rent Broadway play. Miss Davies is well known for her characteri-zations and with her voice, actions and gestures she maneuvers her audiences as she wishes them to interpret her presentations. She excells at acting in the grand man-ner, and can be majestic, yet subtle, theatrical, but real. She has spent some time study-ing under Kathryn Grill of the New York Theatre Guild and is at the present time a member of the board of directors for the Twin C:ties little theatre. - - * She has been heard on broad-casts from stations WCCO and WTCN in Minneapolis; and recent-ly participated in the Minneapolis Star-Journal news dramatizations. Brcadcasting from Chicago on the NBC and CBS networks she has appeared in the "Guiding Light," "Batchelor's ;Children," "Lucky Girl," and "Curtain Time." At the Schubert theatre in Min-neapolis she is affiliated with the Brainbridge Players; she is a member of Zeta Phi Eta, National honorary speech fraternity, the National Collegiate Players, and the Masquers. According to Prof. J. Earl Lee, "This is without doubt one of the finest of the programs to be in-cluded in this year's Artist Series at Augustana college and every student should avail himself of the opportunity to see and hear a top ranking artist in the field of drama." Miss Davis will be the fourth presentation of the artist and lec-ture series of the present season. Kraushaar Prepares Alumni Directory A complete directory of Augus-tana alumni is now being compiled by Prof. R. W. Kraushaar, head of the department of public relations. Contact is being sought with all graduates from the institution since it was a normal school. The directory, it is felt, will be a beginning in establishing a stronger bond between the alumni, the friends of the institution and the college. (By Doane Fessenden) Herbert Krause's "Wind With-out Rain" has recently been re-viewed extensively by foreign critics. "Die Literatur," a Ger-man publication, says "As a pic-ture of the unhappy lot of the emi-grant, 'Wind Without Rain' is strongly affecting and rich in de-tail." It is interesting to note that the German reviewer calls the author a "Deutsch-stamminen Amerikaner" (German descended American), implying very close re-lationship. "Yes," says Mr. Krause, "close relationship of about three generations." The German critic says "Wind Without Rain" pictures the hard life of the emigrant "under a joylesg Ameri-can sky." Of the English reviews, perhaps the most interesting appears in Shown looking at some of the . trophies which have been won by the Augustana s:ieech teams in competitions thrcughout the na-tion are three sopl- omores who will be counted upon by Coach Hugo Carlson to cont -ibute to the Augustana Concert Band Makes Plans For Benefit Carnival Confetti and the .oices of barkers will fill the air why 1 the Augustana band sponsors its carnival some-time after the Thanksgiving Ali CU 11AS '.C11C UC hie made to include all of the typical concessions and booths. Louis Monk is the chairman in charge of all arrangements and the overseer of the various com-mittees. The concession comntittees have been appointed as follows: booth. Alfred Iverson, chairman and Norman Reynolds; dart booth, Helen Yttreness, chairman, and Ardis Kylling; bingo, Glenn Brags-tad, Max Johnson, Roger Oyan and Keith Miller; fortune-teller, Ramona Opheim, chairman, Betty Reiley and Thelma Conway; kan-garoo court, Eudora Johnson, chairman, Althea Knutson, Rex Bahnson, and John De Roos; food, Orval Mickelson. Milo Sjolseth, Eu-nice Johnson and Darlene Thomp-son; basketball throw, Norman Sampson, Darrel Marker and Mor-ris Bly; ring throw, Roger Halvor-son, Quindrid Frahm and Melva Munkvold; haunt, Lucille Halver-son, Margaret Stende and Gertrude Regness; telegraph system, Everett Zellers, Annie Muters, Palmer Loken and Allen Truax; and guess-ing game, Bernice Stadum. Ticket sales are to be handled by Bill Gles and Dorance Ensberg. Walt Isely heads the program committee with the aid of Mei-- lene Gregeson, Lois Monk and Marvin Skonen The decorating committee is composed of Howard Hillman, 'Roger Harvorson, Belle Avery, Avis Bekke and Lyle Lien. The members of the advertising committee are Lucy Weesner and Betty Dempster. Admission prices at the door will be ten cents. Later in the evening a door prize will be given to the holder of the lucky ticket. the 'Manchester Guardian. It says, "The outstanding virtue of the book . . . is less its characteriza-tion than the very high standard maintained throughout, of Mr. Krause's writing, imaginative, graphic, and sometimes powerful, the writing of one who says 'When a man can't dream any more he might as well die.' " John O'London's Weekly, the largest English review, paper and probably the largest in Europe, has this to say, "The notable thing about this book is the closeness of the texture, both in thought and writing." A third English review appears in the New Statesman, perhaps the most critical of all English pa-pers. They attribute the secret of Mr. Krause's effectiveness to the fact that he writes like a poet. They call it "highly readable." • winning of more such cups. From left to right they are Hazel John-son, Glenn Bragstad and Avis Bekke. This trio will meet stiff competition from the veterans of several seasons as well as from PIC-CAMPUS Editor Kenneth Sandvig an- .nounces that the first issue of Pic-Campus, the South Dako-ta collegiate picture magazine, will be off the press the week after the Thanksgiving recess. Engravers are now making the cuts which will appear in the book. Mr. Sandvig changed original plans for a litho-graphed production when it was felt that engraving would be superior. The magazine will be released at all cooper-ating colleges by December 11, according to Mr. Sandvig. Science Club Gives First of Talkies First in the Science club's cur-rent series of sound motion pic-tures was given to a large audi-ence last Wednesday evening in the gymnasium. Title of the fea-ture length movie was "Silent Bar-riers," starring Richard Arlen and Lilli Palmer. In addition to the main picture a short musical car-toon was also part of the pro-gram. According to Science club presi-dent, Kendall Burns, the second in the bi-weekly series will be given December 13 in the gymnasium. A Capella Choir To Have Canadian Tour In Spring Dates for the annual tour of the Augustana choir are now complete with the exception of three tenta-tive appearances. First concert of the organization will be at De- Smet on April 18. Huron, Web-ster and Aberdeen will hear the singers on successive days. April 22, the group will be at Eureka, followed by' concerts at Mobridge and Lemmon on April 23 and 24. Then the organization goes into North Dakota for appearances at Dickinson and Bismarck on April 25 and 26. April 27 is still listed as an open date. They will sing at Minot on the 28th before swing-ing into Canada for a concert at Regina on the nth of April. The April 30 program will be at either Bottineau or Rugby, N. D. Devils Lake or Jamestown will be the May 1 concert. Fargo will be hos.t, to the charges of Director Carl Youngdahl on May 2. Last appearance of the group is now tentatively set for May 3, at Breckenridge, Minn. Thirty-six new lockers have been installed in the girls physical edu-cation and boys physical education locker rooms. Twenty-four have been added for the girls and the remainder have been consigned to the intra-mural rooms. several promising freshmen. The squad will begin its season against Gustavus Adolphus next week. Chief tourney thus far scheduled is the Pi Kappa Delta title defense which will be at Knoxville, Tenn. `Neighbor Boy' Release Is From Iowa Herbert Krause, author of "Wind Wj-,-_0ot..13.1ri" 1, e s..a.vingteneerl that on December 5, "Neighbor Boy," a book of poems will be released by an Iowa City publishing con-cern. The new Krause publication is a collection of from thirty-five to forty poems centered about the Pockerbrush country in western Minnesota—the same setting as "Wind Without Rain." The poems are as completely differentiated as possible. Some are lyrical and tell of reaction to nature. One con-cerns the effects of drought on the farmer and is called "Burned Out." Others concern the old folk lore, one, for instance, which tells how the howling of a dog brings on death. . The book is entirely a mid-West-ern product. Midland House, a growing Iowa City, Iowa, publish-ing concern is printing the book, Syrus Running, a mid-Western artist will do the etchings, and Paul Engel, one of the greatest of the younger poets, has done the preface. "He has written a very beautiful preface," says M r . Krause, "Not because it's about my poetry, but because its about poetry of the mid-West." Syrus Running is a winner of the Harvard Art Award and was a classmate and very good friend of Mr. Krause's at St. Olaf. His etchings in "Neighbor Boy" illus-trate the mood and spirit of the book and not any particular poems. The poems that appear in the new Krause book have been writ-ten over a period of four years. Some were written in the Pocker-brush country, which Mr. Krause calls "home," and six or so have beep written here in Sioux Falls this fall. Several have appeared i inc c a lvs. various anthologies and period- Symphony Orchestra Goes To Worthington Augustana's seventy piece sym-phany orchestra will make its first out of town appearance on Fri-day, December 8, when it will appear at Worthington, Minnesota, presenting a formal concert in the high school auditorium. The pro-gram is to be sponsored by the Kiwanis club of that city. A complete program of sym-phony music has been arranged by Prof. Guderyahn, director of the orchestra. Soloists to be featured on the program are, Peggy Blath-erwick, soprano, and Prof. Guder-yahn, conductor. Last year the orchestra appear-ed in Albert Lea, Northfeild, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. This year Worthington will be the only stop-ping place of the orchestra. One bus and seven cars will be used to take the musicians to Worthington and back. :e•.: English, Nazi Critics Make Comments , Krause s Novel Gets Foreign Reviews Krause Publishes Book of Poetry ; To Be Released December 5 - ---1 |
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