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Vol. XIX AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, SIOUX FALLS, S. D., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1938 No. 15 Richard Guderyahn which created the worshipful atmos-phere which the chant calls for, Miss Evelyn Granskou, prominent young cellist, was the soloist. "The Musical Snuff Box," as the name suggests, was light and transparent and was played by the string and wood wind sections. The rousing march, "Pomp and Circumstance," characterized by its stirring melody and cymbal crashes concluded the evening's programmed concert. Lis-teners were given a portion of Pomp and Circumstance as they in-sisted upon more from the musicians. (Continued on page 3) A A V A V 6 ittelc-4,4****Ecetvg-tc4c-Ectg-tvz-tc-ttuctcte-tmcetvg-tvc-tc-tomtveitc-temtc-tc14-14,-z-te-z tovccPcKtvcie-,4-tc-tc-t-K44-444)..v.st-Pc g-tc4c44-'444-44ctc4c-tvc-vovvvvvvate-tvg-lteli V $if CDACKAGES wrapped in cellophane, staring at us from shop windows with a "buy me" look, are mute evidences that Christmas is upon us again. Papas, heavily ladened with goods, trailing behind mamas, with worried countenances, are familiar sights on every busy street. Salvation Army lads and lassies, vainly ringing their bells beside empty kettles, are all but forgotten in the Christmas push. "Buy early," "avoid the rush, "do your Christmas shopping now," is hurled at us over the radio, through the loud speakers, and in the advertising pages. On the street corners, in the shop windows, from the house tops, it is shouted at us—"buy, buy, buy, —buy thic thing and bring cheer,—pos3-es5 that article and be happy." What is it all about? Does Christmas exist for man or does man exist for Christmas? If the former is true, then we must pause to contemplate its deeper value. We MUST pause to contemplate—or Christmas will pass us by and leave us only a forlorn residue of drooping Christmas trees, faded tinsel, broken toys, and frayed nerves. If it is true that it is more blessed to give than to receive, then Christmas should be more than a friendly exchange of things. It should even transcend our material gifts. For the greatest joy we can give is wrapped up in the gift of our love, our inner peace, our devotion and our loyalty to those who need it most. This is the Christ-centered Christmas cheer. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all! Tiwistinao (6rertinga A fi 4 Marion Utley Writes Prize Winning Story In National Contest Story May Be PubliAted In Aladamois('lle Magazine Marion Utley, junior, has been informed that she has won first prize in a nation-wide contest sponsored by the Madam oiselle magazine for the best account "On What You Are Doing In College... Miss Utley wrote about the scholastic and re-creational activities of the art de-partment here at Augustana. She is to receive a set of beauty preparations as a prize and her story may be published in the Madam oiselle magazine soon. Miss Utley, who is on the maga-zine's college board here, competed against students from colleges throughout the nation in winning the prize. Ninety Is Milestone Feted By Berdahls Andrew T. Berdahl of Sioux Falls, S. D., who some years ago was made an "honorary member" of the Augustana College Alumni association, celebrated his 90th birthday on Dec. 10th. The daugh-ters, Christine, Ida and Tilda, had made preparations for the celebra-tion of the event by arranging for " open house" in their father's honor, so that during the afternoon and evening the many friends of Mr. Berdahl might have opportunity to call and greet their pioneer friend. Mrs. 0. E. Rolvaag and son Frit jof of Northfield, Minn., and daughter, Ella Valborg, of the de-partment of Norwegian in Wiscon-sin university, came to spend the weekend with father and grand- (Continued on page 2 ) Rolvaag Biography To Be Ready Soon The biography of Ole E. Rolvaag, will be nublished early next year according to an announcement made by Nora Solum and Dr. Theo-dore Jorgenson, co-authors of the work. According to Professor Jorgen-son they have attempted to interpret Rolvaag's life as an exponent of the great immigrant movement which brought about the settlement of the American Northwest. The book is therefore ideological and sociological in its main trend, although it also is an effort to delineate Rolvaag's personality as it grew into being during the years of struggle inci-dental to leadership and to his crea-tive effort. Twin City Alumnae Hold Reunion Meet A group of thirty enthusiastic alumni and former students of Au-gustana college and of the academy at Canton answered the call of the Twin City Augustana club and gath-ered for an informal fellowship re-union Wednesday evening, Dec. 7, in Minneapolis. The meeting was held at the Russel Avenue Luther in church in North Minneapolis, where Rev. Alvin Lewis, '30, is now pastor. Under the direction of Eugene Stime, '32„ president of the club. an informal program was presented. This consisted of group singing, with the new Augustana song as part of the "repertoire"; music by Blanche Palmer. and also by the Stadem sisters, Cora, Estelle and Alida, former students at Augus-tcna academy; and greetings, brought by representatives of the students of various eras at Augustana. Num-bered in this group was Gerald Giv-ing, '38, who made his greeting a cosmopolitan one by claiming to represent every era of recent Au-gustana history, since he has been a student at the school at Canton in the days before Augustana col-lege wa slocated as such in Sioux Falls, he was a college student at Augustana in the early twenties, and he is officially a member of the most recent graduating class be-cause he received his degree only last spring. The remainder of the evening was spent in playing games. One of the chief features of this part of the entertainment was the pre-sentation of Ed Nervig, '38, as the "master wizard of Canton." The annual banquet of the Twit: City club will be held, according to present plans, in February. The date has been tentatively set for February 18. All graduates or for-mer students of Augustana college, A ugustana academy, or the Lutheran Normal school, are invited to attend this reunion. An effort is being made by the club to contact not only graduates and former students living directly in the Twin Cities, but also others within traveling dis-tance of the Cities who would be it lerested in attending these alumni meetings for renewal of acquaintance and fellowship with Augustana friends. In addition to Mr. Stime, the officers of the club are Marian Kartrude, '29, vice president, and Dale Simons, '32, secretary-treasurer. THE AUGUSTANA MIRROR Christmas Holidays At Home, Fireside Call Collegians ET CETERA ON STOPPING SMOKING WORD ALL RIGHT CIVIL LIBERTIES BETTER LEFT UNSAID By Scott Lovald To bring up this matter of stop-ping smoking, it is really, after all, quite a simple matter. No problem in it at all. It is quite an insult to a man's dignity when someone facetiously remarks that Now that you've wooed the Lady Nicotine, try and get rid of her. - To set my mind at rest and dispel any little clouds of doubt that might be floating around I tried quitting and nroved to my own satisfaction it could be done. * * As a case history this should be interesting. On a Monday morning I made up my mind to prove my inherent dominance over cultivated appetites. Three-fourths of a pack-age of cigarettes I ground under my heel. I Total cost of confisca-tion: $.15. ) Whenever I wanted a smoke I bought a candy bar ( 6 bars, $.30). It went along fine. By seven o'clock that evening I had gone some twenty hours without smok-ing. I sat down with a ten-cent cigar and contentedly mused over the sat-isfaction one gained from having proved that it is comparatively easy to stop smoking. (Total cost of experiment: $.55.1 Now I can en-joy smoking, knowing full well 1 am able to stop any time I want to. But why want to stop? It seems that some discussion has arisen as CO whether this column is using or abusing the English language. Words are handy crea-tions. They save a lot of trouble and sometimes permit the expres-sion of a thought in one carefully selected word that might otherwise require a sentence. The whole prob-lem is one of knowing what a word is for. It's like the parable of the darky and the milking stool. A southern plantation owner introduced milking stools so the dairy hands wouldn't have to squat down in primitive fashion when milking. The darky who first sallied forth with the stool returned bruised and bat-tered with an empty paid. "I done my best, sah, - he explained. 'Dat stool looked all right, but de blamed 7.-Zier, bale, rsir Tlie stoo: was all right. The darky just didn't know what it was for. * S One of the most potentially seri-ot. r, bellyaches you hear these days :s the one that avers• that we should either deport or jail all the Com-munists, Nazis or adherents to any other foreign "ism." The best in-surance we would have of losing personal and civil liberties or de-mocracy is to exclude and prohibit discussion, free and open, of other theories. Persecution raises agitators from the realm of crackpots and dignifies them as martyrs. Atheists. Communists, Nazis and men of every stripe should be free here to preoch their dogmas at will. Cur-tail their freedom and the first blow has been aimed at our own liberty aria the mortar of democracy has beer loosened. * Random Notes: Prof. Krause's mother will receive for Christmas what few mothers can. Robbs-Mer-rill has promised him an advance copy of his novel "Wind Without Rain - as a present for her. . . . Work is advancing on laying a floor in the basement of the gym. Perhaps we can look forward to its completion soon, and then hope that it can become a Student Cori mons, with suitable furnishings for conversation and between-class meet-ings. That would top off the func-tion of the gym as being a student center and the heart of Augustana. 44, * We pass on the story about the three-year-old son of one of the faculty members. • It warrants re-telling. When he was accused of putting bus chips in the mire box, he countered with - Well, Jesus can't walk down town, can he? One of this department's favorite stories concerns the old maid school teacher who had an inborn fear of fire. She was vacationing in a ho-tel and started wandering around the corridors looking for the fire escape. Accidentally she strayed into the men's shower room and imme-diately backed out, explaining she was looking for the fire escape. Soon after she heard a shout behind her. and a man, arrayed in a bath towel, asked "Where's the fire?" Dunn And Ogborn Head S. F. College Newspaper Editor Bruce Dunn and Dick Og-born, business manager, published the first issue of the Sioux Falls college Stylus to appear under their management Friday. The new heads were elected by the student body to fill the terms of Wayne Aberle and Gordon Nor-braten, who resigned their posts with publication of the Thanksgiving it.- sue. Dunn is a sophomore while Og-born is a freshman. Kraushaar Initiates High School Service Amateur Programs Community Service Behind Plan -Which -Will Also Train Entertainers Desiring to extend the services of Augustana college to the high schools of this vicinity and elsewhere if pos-sible, Prof. R. W. Kraushaar pro-poses to provide first-class Lyceum concerts made up of solo, duet, tri 3, and quartet numbers in voice and string and wind instruments,read-ings, one-act plays, and some spe-cialty acts. "This type of program seems to fill a distinct need during these pressing times, - says the di-rector of extension. Since high school student activity treasuries are frequently depleted, Mr. Kraushaar suggests that our amateur groups enter into the en-tertainment field on a non-competi-tive commercial basis. The towns will furnish the transportation ( meals and lodging if necessary) and keep all but twee--- percent of their in-come. Augustana will furnish the advertising. This new service af-fords the college a wonderful oppor-tunity to serve the community, the students occasions to exercise their talents and personalities, and the community entertainment enjoyed at small cost. Although the Lyceum concerts won't be ready until next semester, Mr. Kraushaar has received requests for one or more of these concerts from Supt. E. V. Hallock, Volin; Supt. G. T. Williams, Dell Rapids; Supt. W. M. DeLong, Dolton; Supt. C. C. Jacobson, Canton ; Supt. L. T. Uecker, Hudson ; Supt. H. G. Mosby, Irene: Sunt. S. S. Shaw, Lennox; Supt. R. A. Williams, Flandreau ; Supt. T. L. Clark, Park-ston ; Supt. R. S. Hanson, Gayvillc; Supt. Byron J. Brophy, Flandreau Indian school; Supt. N. A. Brud-vig, Lyons; Supt. E. C. Mikkelsoa, Salem ; Supt. R. E. Hofstad. Can-ton academy; and Mrs. Steve Ach-eson, Montrose. The latter invited a group to Saint Jacob's church, Colton, S. D., Sunday, Dec. 11, composed of Aivind Sellevold, Helen Yttreness, and Irene Walstad. Any students who have diverse and versatile abilities• in the enter-tainment field are asked to contact either the music or the extension department. The groups are now being organized. Participants will not be used more than once a week or once in two weeks, so that the student will not be encumbered by too heavy a load which will re-tard his school work. uthor of "Wind Without Rain" Gives Own Poetry for Club Herbert Krause of the Augustana )college English department, author of a number of poeMs and the novel "Wind Without Rain," which is soon to be published. spoke on "The Poe; In a Streamlined Age" at an Al-trusa club luncheon at Shriver- J ohnson's tearoom. Among his own poems, Krause read - Hillside Burial" and "In Minor Strain. - "There's a little of the poet in everyone," Krause said, advising his listeners to "keep a critical eye and a heart warm with understanding... 1) rof. Guderyalin Conducts Orchestra In Arariely Of Numbers A large crowd of music lovers gathered at the gymnasium Thurs-day evening, Dec. 15 at 8:15 to hear the college orchestra, directed by Richard J. Guderyahn, present its annual concert. The orchestra presented the fol-lowing concert: -Overture - to the Interlude Secret of Suzanne" ( E. Wolfe-Ferrari) ; "Scheherazade" Part 1 ( Rimsky-Korsakov ) ; -Song to ch.! Evening Star," from "Tannhausei ( Wagner ) ; baritone solo by Myron Hokeness; "Andante Cantabile" for strings (Tschaikowsky) ; "Blue Dan-ube" (Strauss) ; "Kol Nedrei" ( He-brew chant for violoncello and or-chestra ) , Soloist Evelyn Granskou; "Musical Snuff Box" ( Laidov) ; - Pomp and Circumstance" ( Elgar ) . A deep and profound mysterious note prevailed when the "`Overture" to the "Secret of Suzanne" opened the concert. As the name implies, "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship," Part 1 from "Scheherazade" took the lis-teners on a tumultous sea. A grad-uate of the class of 1936, Myron Hokeness, offered in a truly ope-- atic fashion "Song to the Evening Star" with orchestral accompaniment. A prolonged ovation brought an en-core. The deep, melodious tones which the string sections of the or-chestra arc capable of producing were heard in Tschauvsky's "Andan-te Cantabile." The ever popular "Blue Danube Waltz" by Strauss proved the favorite of the evening when the orchestra gave an artist-tic presentation of its well known melody and variations. Next was "Kol Nedrei" with its depth of tone Reads Vespers Pres. Clemens Granskou Original Rose Window Adds to Choir Service The Christmas Vespers, presented by the Augustana college choir un-der the direction of Dr. Carl R. Youngdahl, Sunday afternoon, was a very unique and very effective presentation. The beautiful setting, designed by Bob Berg, assisted by Marion Utley, Virginia Nessa, Aus-tin Kilian, and Alfred Iverson of the art department, represented a church window on which was pie cured the Madonna and the Child, the Wisemen, the shepherds, the Bible, etc., in beautiful colors. The window occupied the center of the stage and the choir was grouped in a semi-circle on each side. The pro-gram was divided into three parts portraying the birth of the Christ Child. Following the prelude. - Gesu Bambino," by a string trio consist-ing of Eloise Aker, Yolanda Gren-age r and Marie Storsteen, Pres. C. M. Granskou read the Old Testa-ment Prophecy. The choir then sang "Benedictus - ( Paladilhe ) , fol lowed by a number by the Augus-tana male quartet composed of Al-bert Ordahl, Marvin Larson, Leon-ard Lee and Aivind Sellevold. To conclude the first group a girls' trio consisting of Bernice Jensen, Harriet Halvorson and Verna Hesby, sang "0 Little Town of Bethlehem." Following the reading of Christ-mas by President Granskou. the choir sang two carols, "Silent Night" and J ulesang- in German and Norwegian respectively. Mildred Nelson sang - 0 Holy Night" ac-companied by Marie Storsteen with violin obligato by Donna Brown. The Christmas Message was then delivered by President Granskou af-ter which the choir and audience sang two Christmas carols. The Male Quartet then sang "Now, Sing, We Now Rejoice, - and a girls' tr' u composed of Helen Brumbaugh, Donna Brown and Kathryn Kemper sang "Bressan Noel." The program was concluded by three numbers by the choir: "Christmas Lullaby," by Dr. Youngdahl, the words of wh ica were written by Miss Borghild Dahl ; "Deck Thyself, - arranged by Chris-tiansen, and "The Lord's Prayer" from the Ukranian church service. The concert was so well received that it is expected that it will be-come an annual Christmas highlight. Education Head At Minneapolis Meeting Prof. Rudolph Kraushaar was one of three South Dakota educators to attend the Minnesota Teachers con-ference in Minneapolis Dec. 9, with sessions held on the university cam-pus. College professors from six middle western states interested in teachers' training were in attendance at the conference. Through panel discussions such topics as New Objectives in Educa-tion, Objectives of Teachers Edu-cation Need Redirection Today, and Elements in the Process of Selec-tion and Guidance of Prospective teachers were discussed. "The conference centered around the theme that the teacher training institutions had a responsibility to prepare personalities as well as schol-ars. Teachers should be aware of home life and home conditions of the students. It is, therefore, the business of the college to do a thor-ough job of integrating the student's program so that he will better fit the teaching situations upon gradua-tion," quoting Mr. Kraushaar. This was the ninth annual meet-ing of the conference. Only three professors from South Dakota at-tended, Dr. Batson from the Uni-versity of Vermillion, Dean Kemper from Sioux Falls college, and Prof. Kraushaar from Augustana. Saint Olaf and Gustavus Adolphus had large delegations. There were 95 attending. Dr. Bruickner of Minne-sota university spoke to the evening gathering concerning his very re-cent 12,000 mile tour of Europe. laity to Travel In Order To Reach Loved Ones Again A homey Christmas around fam-ily and fireside seems to be the pre-dominating feature which runs through holiday plans of most cf the students and faculty as they make ready for the cheery season. Homes in Minnesota, Iowa, Il-linois, North Dakota, and Wisconsin as well as South Dakota will see the return: of students to the family ci rcle. Number Will Travel Faculty members having their homes established here are concern-plat ii:g workouts on the easy chairs and satisfying their uneasy appe-tites with some of the favorite Nor-ske delicacies, such as fattigmand, ronanegrod, lefse, kringer, berliner-kians, rosettes, krumkager, and rulle-polse. /-• number of the faculty are go-ing quite a distance to be at home. Mrs. Messenger is going to Fargo, N. D. H. M. Blegen is planning on visiting in North Dakota and seeing his mother who lives in Mir - nesota. Miss Helen Farley's plans are all centered about her trip home to Leland, Ill. Miss Clara Knudson is going to her home is Montrose, S. D. Herbert Krause is going home to Fergus Falls, Mint•„ to ear, skate, loaf, and gather ma-terial for a new novel. Miss Ruth Mannes said she will recline at home in Jackson, Minn., and will undoubtedly see some of Minneapo-lis during that time. J. Earl Lee is planning to divide his time be-tween his home in Wanaska and Minneapolis, Minn. Many Remain Here A larger group of instructors will be at home in Sioux Falls to en joy the peace and quiet of home. Hugo Carlson, A. T. Tollevs, G. H. Gil-bertson. Reynold Anderson, Miss Selma Hogenson, Miss Borghild Dahl, Martin Cole, John A. Froem-ke, Miss Gracia Kjerland, Rudolph Kraushaar, and I. B. Hauge will be at home during vacation. Richard J. Guderyahn said, "I think I'll dust off my ni.pes and entertain the children. - Palmer Et& is going to be a bit more energetic because he is e - going to do all the work he didnt do before the holidays." Presi-dent Granskou, Dean Hofstad, Reg-istrar Berdahl, Albert G. Hoyem, 0. Tonning, and Miss Evelyn Niel-sen are going to look into the easy side of life too during Christ-mas. President Granskou is going - to sleep, eat krumkager, and loaf." He will, however, be around for pas-toral conference which is to be held at the college Jan. 2-5. Mr. Hof-stad will be a lounger about home, but would gladly accept a ticket to the Rose Bowl game. Mr. Berdahl's Christmas will be a brightened one because his son James from Berk-eley, Calif., who hasn't been home for nearly two years, is coming home. Mr. Hoyem is going to do odd jobs about the house and pos-sibly may attend a convention. 0. Tonning said he was going to stay home, read and add pages• to the book he is writing. Miss Nielsen will be at home, but is going to be fa-vored by visits from her two sisters. At least six of the faculty are going to spend a part of their time away from their Sioux Falls hemes. (Continued on page 3) Latin School Play Kjerland Directed "A Roman School," a Latin pia, by Susan Paxson, was presented be-fore the student body last Monday by members of the Latin class study • ing Cicero's Orations. The play pie• cured the life of the Roman student: at play and at school. The drama-tization showed one day in a Ro-man class with recitations, poems, songs, exercises, and oratorical con-tests. The actors were dressed in purple•bordered togas such as the Roman student wore. Although the play was presented in Latin, the lines were interpreted so that the audience was able to follow the plot. It was directed by Gracia Kjerland, Latin instructor. The cast included Luthard Eid as teacher of the class; Arthur Abrahamson, Bertha Ellison, Har-mond Halvorson. Ruth Henden, Bernice Jensen, Ramona Opheirrt, Orlynda Ry,gg, Irwin Schultz, Mil-dred Sponheim, Marjorie Swanson, Nona Vaaler, and Sylvia Winden as pupils; and Enolia Anderson and Junis Lovseth as visitors to the class. East Lutherans Give Christmas Choir Sing Prof. Richard J. Guderyahn pre-sented the East Side Lutheran choir Sunday evening in a program of Christmas music. Special numbers were offered by the ladies' trio com-posed of Mrs. A. Anderson, Mrs. A. Bim, and Mrs. E. Albertus. Miss Audrey Stark, guest cellist from Pipestone, Minn., assisted wt:h instrumental music. Prof. Guder-yahn played a violin solo. The offertory was played by an instrumental quartette of violin, cello, organ and piano. New Augie Band Makes Concert Debut The Augustana concert band made its first public appearance during cha"el, Tuesday, Dec. 20. Prof. R. J. Guderyahn is director of the or-ganization. This 42-piece organization was newly organized this fall. It is the first concert band that Augustana has had. Prof. Guderyahn is en-deavoring to achieve full instrumen-tation in the band this year. The band played. "H.M.S. Pina-fore," Sullivan, an o• eta. c, "The Narrator," Buchtel; "Christmas-tide," Lamater; "Prelude from the L'Arlesienne Suite"; Bizeh, and "Stars and Stripes," Sousa. Pastoral Conference To Meet At Augustana Dr. Herman Preus of Luther Theological seminary, in St. Paul, and Dr. Galloday of Columbus, 0., are the speakers scheduled for the South Dakota Pastoral conference, which will be held here January 1 to 4. One hundred pastors and wives are expected for the meeting. The facilities of the Ladies' hall will be used in the absence of Augustana students home on holidays. Rev. E. C. Grevstad of Howard, president of the district, is chair-man of the conference. Gymnasium and library will be used by the delegates during the four day meet. Chinese Monologuist Next Artist Program Soo Yong,. Chinese monologuist, as the second offering of the current Artist Series at Augustana college, is scheduled to dippear in the gym-auditorium Jan. 20, 1939. Called "The Cornelia Otis Skinner of China," Miss Yong is highly ente.-- raining, instructive, and exceedingly versatile, as evidenced by her re-markable range...,ozik programs, which include original,;nneinologues and se-l e,tica-u- from C"'-neci>1,-learr a. Miss Yong was born on the Island of Mani of Chinese parentage. She was graduated from the University, of Hawaii and completed her edu-cation in New York City, taking her M. A. degree at Columbia univer-sity. She made her acting debut on Broadway with Katherine Cornell in "The Letter. - Then she was mist-ress of ceremonies for Mei Lan-fang, China's greatest actor, in his tours of this country. After this engagement, Miss Yong went to Hol-lywood, where she played in "The Painted Veil" with Garbo, in "China Seas" with Gable and Harlow, in "Mad Holiday" with Edmund Lowe, and in "The Good Earth" with Luise Rainer and Paul Muni. In the last picture, she played two parts— the aunt and the ancient one. Dr. Lin Yutang, great Chinese philoso-pher, says of her, "Next to Luise Rainer. for sheer fidelity I would place Soo Yong. - Miss Yong's monologues are either dramatic or humorous as to class. In the former group appear "Lull, (Continued on page 2) Seasonal Plans Stress Family GatheringOnd Homecomings t* "Blue Danube Waltz" Favorite of Concert Solo Numbers Entrance Musical Audience
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Title | Mirror - December 21, 1938 |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.)--Students--Newspapers |
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Date | 1938-12-21 |
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Text | Vol. XIX AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, SIOUX FALLS, S. D., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1938 No. 15 Richard Guderyahn which created the worshipful atmos-phere which the chant calls for, Miss Evelyn Granskou, prominent young cellist, was the soloist. "The Musical Snuff Box," as the name suggests, was light and transparent and was played by the string and wood wind sections. The rousing march, "Pomp and Circumstance," characterized by its stirring melody and cymbal crashes concluded the evening's programmed concert. Lis-teners were given a portion of Pomp and Circumstance as they in-sisted upon more from the musicians. (Continued on page 3) A A V A V 6 ittelc-4,4****Ecetvg-tc4c-Ectg-tvz-tc-ttuctcte-tmcetvg-tvc-tc-tomtveitc-temtc-tc14-14,-z-te-z tovccPcKtvcie-,4-tc-tc-t-K44-444)..v.st-Pc g-tc4c44-'444-44ctc4c-tvc-vovvvvvvate-tvg-lteli V $if CDACKAGES wrapped in cellophane, staring at us from shop windows with a "buy me" look, are mute evidences that Christmas is upon us again. Papas, heavily ladened with goods, trailing behind mamas, with worried countenances, are familiar sights on every busy street. Salvation Army lads and lassies, vainly ringing their bells beside empty kettles, are all but forgotten in the Christmas push. "Buy early," "avoid the rush, "do your Christmas shopping now," is hurled at us over the radio, through the loud speakers, and in the advertising pages. On the street corners, in the shop windows, from the house tops, it is shouted at us—"buy, buy, buy, —buy thic thing and bring cheer,—pos3-es5 that article and be happy." What is it all about? Does Christmas exist for man or does man exist for Christmas? If the former is true, then we must pause to contemplate its deeper value. We MUST pause to contemplate—or Christmas will pass us by and leave us only a forlorn residue of drooping Christmas trees, faded tinsel, broken toys, and frayed nerves. If it is true that it is more blessed to give than to receive, then Christmas should be more than a friendly exchange of things. It should even transcend our material gifts. For the greatest joy we can give is wrapped up in the gift of our love, our inner peace, our devotion and our loyalty to those who need it most. This is the Christ-centered Christmas cheer. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all! Tiwistinao (6rertinga A fi 4 Marion Utley Writes Prize Winning Story In National Contest Story May Be PubliAted In Aladamois('lle Magazine Marion Utley, junior, has been informed that she has won first prize in a nation-wide contest sponsored by the Madam oiselle magazine for the best account "On What You Are Doing In College... Miss Utley wrote about the scholastic and re-creational activities of the art de-partment here at Augustana. She is to receive a set of beauty preparations as a prize and her story may be published in the Madam oiselle magazine soon. Miss Utley, who is on the maga-zine's college board here, competed against students from colleges throughout the nation in winning the prize. Ninety Is Milestone Feted By Berdahls Andrew T. Berdahl of Sioux Falls, S. D., who some years ago was made an "honorary member" of the Augustana College Alumni association, celebrated his 90th birthday on Dec. 10th. The daugh-ters, Christine, Ida and Tilda, had made preparations for the celebra-tion of the event by arranging for " open house" in their father's honor, so that during the afternoon and evening the many friends of Mr. Berdahl might have opportunity to call and greet their pioneer friend. Mrs. 0. E. Rolvaag and son Frit jof of Northfield, Minn., and daughter, Ella Valborg, of the de-partment of Norwegian in Wiscon-sin university, came to spend the weekend with father and grand- (Continued on page 2 ) Rolvaag Biography To Be Ready Soon The biography of Ole E. Rolvaag, will be nublished early next year according to an announcement made by Nora Solum and Dr. Theo-dore Jorgenson, co-authors of the work. According to Professor Jorgen-son they have attempted to interpret Rolvaag's life as an exponent of the great immigrant movement which brought about the settlement of the American Northwest. The book is therefore ideological and sociological in its main trend, although it also is an effort to delineate Rolvaag's personality as it grew into being during the years of struggle inci-dental to leadership and to his crea-tive effort. Twin City Alumnae Hold Reunion Meet A group of thirty enthusiastic alumni and former students of Au-gustana college and of the academy at Canton answered the call of the Twin City Augustana club and gath-ered for an informal fellowship re-union Wednesday evening, Dec. 7, in Minneapolis. The meeting was held at the Russel Avenue Luther in church in North Minneapolis, where Rev. Alvin Lewis, '30, is now pastor. Under the direction of Eugene Stime, '32„ president of the club. an informal program was presented. This consisted of group singing, with the new Augustana song as part of the "repertoire"; music by Blanche Palmer. and also by the Stadem sisters, Cora, Estelle and Alida, former students at Augus-tcna academy; and greetings, brought by representatives of the students of various eras at Augustana. Num-bered in this group was Gerald Giv-ing, '38, who made his greeting a cosmopolitan one by claiming to represent every era of recent Au-gustana history, since he has been a student at the school at Canton in the days before Augustana col-lege wa slocated as such in Sioux Falls, he was a college student at Augustana in the early twenties, and he is officially a member of the most recent graduating class be-cause he received his degree only last spring. The remainder of the evening was spent in playing games. One of the chief features of this part of the entertainment was the pre-sentation of Ed Nervig, '38, as the "master wizard of Canton." The annual banquet of the Twit: City club will be held, according to present plans, in February. The date has been tentatively set for February 18. All graduates or for-mer students of Augustana college, A ugustana academy, or the Lutheran Normal school, are invited to attend this reunion. An effort is being made by the club to contact not only graduates and former students living directly in the Twin Cities, but also others within traveling dis-tance of the Cities who would be it lerested in attending these alumni meetings for renewal of acquaintance and fellowship with Augustana friends. In addition to Mr. Stime, the officers of the club are Marian Kartrude, '29, vice president, and Dale Simons, '32, secretary-treasurer. THE AUGUSTANA MIRROR Christmas Holidays At Home, Fireside Call Collegians ET CETERA ON STOPPING SMOKING WORD ALL RIGHT CIVIL LIBERTIES BETTER LEFT UNSAID By Scott Lovald To bring up this matter of stop-ping smoking, it is really, after all, quite a simple matter. No problem in it at all. It is quite an insult to a man's dignity when someone facetiously remarks that Now that you've wooed the Lady Nicotine, try and get rid of her. - To set my mind at rest and dispel any little clouds of doubt that might be floating around I tried quitting and nroved to my own satisfaction it could be done. * * As a case history this should be interesting. On a Monday morning I made up my mind to prove my inherent dominance over cultivated appetites. Three-fourths of a pack-age of cigarettes I ground under my heel. I Total cost of confisca-tion: $.15. ) Whenever I wanted a smoke I bought a candy bar ( 6 bars, $.30). It went along fine. By seven o'clock that evening I had gone some twenty hours without smok-ing. I sat down with a ten-cent cigar and contentedly mused over the sat-isfaction one gained from having proved that it is comparatively easy to stop smoking. (Total cost of experiment: $.55.1 Now I can en-joy smoking, knowing full well 1 am able to stop any time I want to. But why want to stop? It seems that some discussion has arisen as CO whether this column is using or abusing the English language. Words are handy crea-tions. They save a lot of trouble and sometimes permit the expres-sion of a thought in one carefully selected word that might otherwise require a sentence. The whole prob-lem is one of knowing what a word is for. It's like the parable of the darky and the milking stool. A southern plantation owner introduced milking stools so the dairy hands wouldn't have to squat down in primitive fashion when milking. The darky who first sallied forth with the stool returned bruised and bat-tered with an empty paid. "I done my best, sah, - he explained. 'Dat stool looked all right, but de blamed 7.-Zier, bale, rsir Tlie stoo: was all right. The darky just didn't know what it was for. * S One of the most potentially seri-ot. r, bellyaches you hear these days :s the one that avers• that we should either deport or jail all the Com-munists, Nazis or adherents to any other foreign "ism." The best in-surance we would have of losing personal and civil liberties or de-mocracy is to exclude and prohibit discussion, free and open, of other theories. Persecution raises agitators from the realm of crackpots and dignifies them as martyrs. Atheists. Communists, Nazis and men of every stripe should be free here to preoch their dogmas at will. Cur-tail their freedom and the first blow has been aimed at our own liberty aria the mortar of democracy has beer loosened. * Random Notes: Prof. Krause's mother will receive for Christmas what few mothers can. Robbs-Mer-rill has promised him an advance copy of his novel "Wind Without Rain - as a present for her. . . . Work is advancing on laying a floor in the basement of the gym. Perhaps we can look forward to its completion soon, and then hope that it can become a Student Cori mons, with suitable furnishings for conversation and between-class meet-ings. That would top off the func-tion of the gym as being a student center and the heart of Augustana. 44, * We pass on the story about the three-year-old son of one of the faculty members. • It warrants re-telling. When he was accused of putting bus chips in the mire box, he countered with - Well, Jesus can't walk down town, can he? One of this department's favorite stories concerns the old maid school teacher who had an inborn fear of fire. She was vacationing in a ho-tel and started wandering around the corridors looking for the fire escape. Accidentally she strayed into the men's shower room and imme-diately backed out, explaining she was looking for the fire escape. Soon after she heard a shout behind her. and a man, arrayed in a bath towel, asked "Where's the fire?" Dunn And Ogborn Head S. F. College Newspaper Editor Bruce Dunn and Dick Og-born, business manager, published the first issue of the Sioux Falls college Stylus to appear under their management Friday. The new heads were elected by the student body to fill the terms of Wayne Aberle and Gordon Nor-braten, who resigned their posts with publication of the Thanksgiving it.- sue. Dunn is a sophomore while Og-born is a freshman. Kraushaar Initiates High School Service Amateur Programs Community Service Behind Plan -Which -Will Also Train Entertainers Desiring to extend the services of Augustana college to the high schools of this vicinity and elsewhere if pos-sible, Prof. R. W. Kraushaar pro-poses to provide first-class Lyceum concerts made up of solo, duet, tri 3, and quartet numbers in voice and string and wind instruments,read-ings, one-act plays, and some spe-cialty acts. "This type of program seems to fill a distinct need during these pressing times, - says the di-rector of extension. Since high school student activity treasuries are frequently depleted, Mr. Kraushaar suggests that our amateur groups enter into the en-tertainment field on a non-competi-tive commercial basis. The towns will furnish the transportation ( meals and lodging if necessary) and keep all but twee--- percent of their in-come. Augustana will furnish the advertising. This new service af-fords the college a wonderful oppor-tunity to serve the community, the students occasions to exercise their talents and personalities, and the community entertainment enjoyed at small cost. Although the Lyceum concerts won't be ready until next semester, Mr. Kraushaar has received requests for one or more of these concerts from Supt. E. V. Hallock, Volin; Supt. G. T. Williams, Dell Rapids; Supt. W. M. DeLong, Dolton; Supt. C. C. Jacobson, Canton ; Supt. L. T. Uecker, Hudson ; Supt. H. G. Mosby, Irene: Sunt. S. S. Shaw, Lennox; Supt. R. A. Williams, Flandreau ; Supt. T. L. Clark, Park-ston ; Supt. R. S. Hanson, Gayvillc; Supt. Byron J. Brophy, Flandreau Indian school; Supt. N. A. Brud-vig, Lyons; Supt. E. C. Mikkelsoa, Salem ; Supt. R. E. Hofstad. Can-ton academy; and Mrs. Steve Ach-eson, Montrose. The latter invited a group to Saint Jacob's church, Colton, S. D., Sunday, Dec. 11, composed of Aivind Sellevold, Helen Yttreness, and Irene Walstad. Any students who have diverse and versatile abilities• in the enter-tainment field are asked to contact either the music or the extension department. The groups are now being organized. Participants will not be used more than once a week or once in two weeks, so that the student will not be encumbered by too heavy a load which will re-tard his school work. uthor of "Wind Without Rain" Gives Own Poetry for Club Herbert Krause of the Augustana )college English department, author of a number of poeMs and the novel "Wind Without Rain," which is soon to be published. spoke on "The Poe; In a Streamlined Age" at an Al-trusa club luncheon at Shriver- J ohnson's tearoom. Among his own poems, Krause read - Hillside Burial" and "In Minor Strain. - "There's a little of the poet in everyone," Krause said, advising his listeners to "keep a critical eye and a heart warm with understanding... 1) rof. Guderyalin Conducts Orchestra In Arariely Of Numbers A large crowd of music lovers gathered at the gymnasium Thurs-day evening, Dec. 15 at 8:15 to hear the college orchestra, directed by Richard J. Guderyahn, present its annual concert. The orchestra presented the fol-lowing concert: -Overture - to the Interlude Secret of Suzanne" ( E. Wolfe-Ferrari) ; "Scheherazade" Part 1 ( Rimsky-Korsakov ) ; -Song to ch.! Evening Star," from "Tannhausei ( Wagner ) ; baritone solo by Myron Hokeness; "Andante Cantabile" for strings (Tschaikowsky) ; "Blue Dan-ube" (Strauss) ; "Kol Nedrei" ( He-brew chant for violoncello and or-chestra ) , Soloist Evelyn Granskou; "Musical Snuff Box" ( Laidov) ; - Pomp and Circumstance" ( Elgar ) . A deep and profound mysterious note prevailed when the "`Overture" to the "Secret of Suzanne" opened the concert. As the name implies, "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship," Part 1 from "Scheherazade" took the lis-teners on a tumultous sea. A grad-uate of the class of 1936, Myron Hokeness, offered in a truly ope-- atic fashion "Song to the Evening Star" with orchestral accompaniment. A prolonged ovation brought an en-core. The deep, melodious tones which the string sections of the or-chestra arc capable of producing were heard in Tschauvsky's "Andan-te Cantabile." The ever popular "Blue Danube Waltz" by Strauss proved the favorite of the evening when the orchestra gave an artist-tic presentation of its well known melody and variations. Next was "Kol Nedrei" with its depth of tone Reads Vespers Pres. Clemens Granskou Original Rose Window Adds to Choir Service The Christmas Vespers, presented by the Augustana college choir un-der the direction of Dr. Carl R. Youngdahl, Sunday afternoon, was a very unique and very effective presentation. The beautiful setting, designed by Bob Berg, assisted by Marion Utley, Virginia Nessa, Aus-tin Kilian, and Alfred Iverson of the art department, represented a church window on which was pie cured the Madonna and the Child, the Wisemen, the shepherds, the Bible, etc., in beautiful colors. The window occupied the center of the stage and the choir was grouped in a semi-circle on each side. The pro-gram was divided into three parts portraying the birth of the Christ Child. Following the prelude. - Gesu Bambino," by a string trio consist-ing of Eloise Aker, Yolanda Gren-age r and Marie Storsteen, Pres. C. M. Granskou read the Old Testa-ment Prophecy. The choir then sang "Benedictus - ( Paladilhe ) , fol lowed by a number by the Augus-tana male quartet composed of Al-bert Ordahl, Marvin Larson, Leon-ard Lee and Aivind Sellevold. To conclude the first group a girls' trio consisting of Bernice Jensen, Harriet Halvorson and Verna Hesby, sang "0 Little Town of Bethlehem." Following the reading of Christ-mas by President Granskou. the choir sang two carols, "Silent Night" and J ulesang- in German and Norwegian respectively. Mildred Nelson sang - 0 Holy Night" ac-companied by Marie Storsteen with violin obligato by Donna Brown. The Christmas Message was then delivered by President Granskou af-ter which the choir and audience sang two Christmas carols. The Male Quartet then sang "Now, Sing, We Now Rejoice, - and a girls' tr' u composed of Helen Brumbaugh, Donna Brown and Kathryn Kemper sang "Bressan Noel." The program was concluded by three numbers by the choir: "Christmas Lullaby," by Dr. Youngdahl, the words of wh ica were written by Miss Borghild Dahl ; "Deck Thyself, - arranged by Chris-tiansen, and "The Lord's Prayer" from the Ukranian church service. The concert was so well received that it is expected that it will be-come an annual Christmas highlight. Education Head At Minneapolis Meeting Prof. Rudolph Kraushaar was one of three South Dakota educators to attend the Minnesota Teachers con-ference in Minneapolis Dec. 9, with sessions held on the university cam-pus. College professors from six middle western states interested in teachers' training were in attendance at the conference. Through panel discussions such topics as New Objectives in Educa-tion, Objectives of Teachers Edu-cation Need Redirection Today, and Elements in the Process of Selec-tion and Guidance of Prospective teachers were discussed. "The conference centered around the theme that the teacher training institutions had a responsibility to prepare personalities as well as schol-ars. Teachers should be aware of home life and home conditions of the students. It is, therefore, the business of the college to do a thor-ough job of integrating the student's program so that he will better fit the teaching situations upon gradua-tion," quoting Mr. Kraushaar. This was the ninth annual meet-ing of the conference. Only three professors from South Dakota at-tended, Dr. Batson from the Uni-versity of Vermillion, Dean Kemper from Sioux Falls college, and Prof. Kraushaar from Augustana. Saint Olaf and Gustavus Adolphus had large delegations. There were 95 attending. Dr. Bruickner of Minne-sota university spoke to the evening gathering concerning his very re-cent 12,000 mile tour of Europe. laity to Travel In Order To Reach Loved Ones Again A homey Christmas around fam-ily and fireside seems to be the pre-dominating feature which runs through holiday plans of most cf the students and faculty as they make ready for the cheery season. Homes in Minnesota, Iowa, Il-linois, North Dakota, and Wisconsin as well as South Dakota will see the return: of students to the family ci rcle. Number Will Travel Faculty members having their homes established here are concern-plat ii:g workouts on the easy chairs and satisfying their uneasy appe-tites with some of the favorite Nor-ske delicacies, such as fattigmand, ronanegrod, lefse, kringer, berliner-kians, rosettes, krumkager, and rulle-polse. /-• number of the faculty are go-ing quite a distance to be at home. Mrs. Messenger is going to Fargo, N. D. H. M. Blegen is planning on visiting in North Dakota and seeing his mother who lives in Mir - nesota. Miss Helen Farley's plans are all centered about her trip home to Leland, Ill. Miss Clara Knudson is going to her home is Montrose, S. D. Herbert Krause is going home to Fergus Falls, Mint•„ to ear, skate, loaf, and gather ma-terial for a new novel. Miss Ruth Mannes said she will recline at home in Jackson, Minn., and will undoubtedly see some of Minneapo-lis during that time. J. Earl Lee is planning to divide his time be-tween his home in Wanaska and Minneapolis, Minn. Many Remain Here A larger group of instructors will be at home in Sioux Falls to en joy the peace and quiet of home. Hugo Carlson, A. T. Tollevs, G. H. Gil-bertson. Reynold Anderson, Miss Selma Hogenson, Miss Borghild Dahl, Martin Cole, John A. Froem-ke, Miss Gracia Kjerland, Rudolph Kraushaar, and I. B. Hauge will be at home during vacation. Richard J. Guderyahn said, "I think I'll dust off my ni.pes and entertain the children. - Palmer Et& is going to be a bit more energetic because he is e - going to do all the work he didnt do before the holidays." Presi-dent Granskou, Dean Hofstad, Reg-istrar Berdahl, Albert G. Hoyem, 0. Tonning, and Miss Evelyn Niel-sen are going to look into the easy side of life too during Christ-mas. President Granskou is going - to sleep, eat krumkager, and loaf." He will, however, be around for pas-toral conference which is to be held at the college Jan. 2-5. Mr. Hof-stad will be a lounger about home, but would gladly accept a ticket to the Rose Bowl game. Mr. Berdahl's Christmas will be a brightened one because his son James from Berk-eley, Calif., who hasn't been home for nearly two years, is coming home. Mr. Hoyem is going to do odd jobs about the house and pos-sibly may attend a convention. 0. Tonning said he was going to stay home, read and add pages• to the book he is writing. Miss Nielsen will be at home, but is going to be fa-vored by visits from her two sisters. At least six of the faculty are going to spend a part of their time away from their Sioux Falls hemes. (Continued on page 3) Latin School Play Kjerland Directed "A Roman School," a Latin pia, by Susan Paxson, was presented be-fore the student body last Monday by members of the Latin class study • ing Cicero's Orations. The play pie• cured the life of the Roman student: at play and at school. The drama-tization showed one day in a Ro-man class with recitations, poems, songs, exercises, and oratorical con-tests. The actors were dressed in purple•bordered togas such as the Roman student wore. Although the play was presented in Latin, the lines were interpreted so that the audience was able to follow the plot. It was directed by Gracia Kjerland, Latin instructor. The cast included Luthard Eid as teacher of the class; Arthur Abrahamson, Bertha Ellison, Har-mond Halvorson. Ruth Henden, Bernice Jensen, Ramona Opheirrt, Orlynda Ry,gg, Irwin Schultz, Mil-dred Sponheim, Marjorie Swanson, Nona Vaaler, and Sylvia Winden as pupils; and Enolia Anderson and Junis Lovseth as visitors to the class. East Lutherans Give Christmas Choir Sing Prof. Richard J. Guderyahn pre-sented the East Side Lutheran choir Sunday evening in a program of Christmas music. Special numbers were offered by the ladies' trio com-posed of Mrs. A. Anderson, Mrs. A. Bim, and Mrs. E. Albertus. Miss Audrey Stark, guest cellist from Pipestone, Minn., assisted wt:h instrumental music. Prof. Guder-yahn played a violin solo. The offertory was played by an instrumental quartette of violin, cello, organ and piano. New Augie Band Makes Concert Debut The Augustana concert band made its first public appearance during cha"el, Tuesday, Dec. 20. Prof. R. J. Guderyahn is director of the or-ganization. This 42-piece organization was newly organized this fall. It is the first concert band that Augustana has had. Prof. Guderyahn is en-deavoring to achieve full instrumen-tation in the band this year. The band played. "H.M.S. Pina-fore," Sullivan, an o• eta. c, "The Narrator," Buchtel; "Christmas-tide," Lamater; "Prelude from the L'Arlesienne Suite"; Bizeh, and "Stars and Stripes," Sousa. Pastoral Conference To Meet At Augustana Dr. Herman Preus of Luther Theological seminary, in St. Paul, and Dr. Galloday of Columbus, 0., are the speakers scheduled for the South Dakota Pastoral conference, which will be held here January 1 to 4. One hundred pastors and wives are expected for the meeting. The facilities of the Ladies' hall will be used in the absence of Augustana students home on holidays. Rev. E. C. Grevstad of Howard, president of the district, is chair-man of the conference. Gymnasium and library will be used by the delegates during the four day meet. Chinese Monologuist Next Artist Program Soo Yong,. Chinese monologuist, as the second offering of the current Artist Series at Augustana college, is scheduled to dippear in the gym-auditorium Jan. 20, 1939. Called "The Cornelia Otis Skinner of China," Miss Yong is highly ente.-- raining, instructive, and exceedingly versatile, as evidenced by her re-markable range...,ozik programs, which include original,;nneinologues and se-l e,tica-u- from C"'-neci>1,-learr a. Miss Yong was born on the Island of Mani of Chinese parentage. She was graduated from the University, of Hawaii and completed her edu-cation in New York City, taking her M. A. degree at Columbia univer-sity. She made her acting debut on Broadway with Katherine Cornell in "The Letter. - Then she was mist-ress of ceremonies for Mei Lan-fang, China's greatest actor, in his tours of this country. After this engagement, Miss Yong went to Hol-lywood, where she played in "The Painted Veil" with Garbo, in "China Seas" with Gable and Harlow, in "Mad Holiday" with Edmund Lowe, and in "The Good Earth" with Luise Rainer and Paul Muni. In the last picture, she played two parts— the aunt and the ancient one. Dr. Lin Yutang, great Chinese philoso-pher, says of her, "Next to Luise Rainer. for sheer fidelity I would place Soo Yong. - Miss Yong's monologues are either dramatic or humorous as to class. In the former group appear "Lull, (Continued on page 2) Seasonal Plans Stress Family GatheringOnd Homecomings t* "Blue Danube Waltz" Favorite of Concert Solo Numbers Entrance Musical Audience |
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