Bathing Beach at Dell Rapids Park.
Park To Be Scene of Augustana Day
Hon. Theo. Christianson
Dr. Herman Preus
To Speak August 6
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Congressman Accepts
Invitation of College
To Attend Festival
Was Principal Speaker at
1999 Homecoming Day
Exercises
Congressman Theodore Christianson
of Minnesota has accepted to be the
principal speaker of the ninth annual
Augustana Day festivities to be held at
Dell Rapids park, Sunday, August 6.
He will speak at the afternoon program
to begin at 2:30 o'clock in the park
auditorium. His topic has not been
announced.
Having been governor of the state
of Minnesota for three terms, previous-ly
to being elected congressman-at-large
from that state, Mr. Christianson has
proven himself an able and capable
speaker. Before being governor, he
had been publisher of the Dawson
Sentinal, Dawson, Minnesota. In 1915,
he was elected to the state House of
Representatives, where he served for
ten years.
His last visit to this state was in
1929, when he was the principal speak-er
at the Viking Day exercises. At that
time, Mr. Christianson gained the fav-or
of people in this vicinity.
He is an active member of congress
and is well acquainted with the federal
government, being capable of speak-ing
on any phase of its workings.
Maurice Kochenderfer, president of
the student association, will preside at
the afternoon meeting. Preceding and
following the speech, musical selections
will be played by students of the col-lege.
Augustana Choir
Receives Invitation
From Music Clubs
Youngdahl Plans to T a k e
Choir to Philadelphia
In 1935
Dr. Carl R. Youngdahl, director of
the a capella choir, recently announced
that he plans to accept an invitation
from the National Federated Music clubs
to appear before the 1935 biennial con•
vention of that organization in Phila-delphia,
Pennsylvania. The invitation
was received from Mrs. John Alexander
Jardin, president of the club.
The last invitation by the federa-tion
was given too late for the Augus-tana
choir to appear on the prelim-inary
announcements of the artists and
choruses scheduled. To give Dr. Young-dahl
time to make his plans for the
next convention appearance, the presi-dent
of the clubs extended the invita-tion
immediately.
Considerations for the appointment
of a permanent manager, to be chosen
from the faculty, are being made. Dur-ing
the past few years no manager has
served consistently, following Prof. Ber-
STATE RADIO CHAIRMAN
GIVES COMMENT ABOUT
CHOIR
"It was my pleasure, during the
week of the Biennial of the Na-tional
Federation of Music Clubs
in Minneapolis last May, to hear
various "a capella" singing groups
—my chief reason being to com-pare
the different organization
with the Augustana college choir.
The result was quite what I had
anticipated—I found the Augus-tana
organization on a par with
any and all the other singing
groups presented during the week.
The program chosen by the Au-gustana
choir at this convention
was one of the highest quality,
competently performed, and was
most warmly received by the au-dience.
Of especial interest to
me was Dr. Youngdahl's own
composition which was most ef-fective.
The Bach Motet which
closed the program was truly mag-nificent
and showed the result
of vigorous training. In the di-rector,
Dr. Carl R. Youngdahl, I
know the choir has a man who
knows what he is doing and does
it competently and I do believe
it is because he has such a pro-found
liking and understanding
of a capella singing. With Dr.
Youngdahl at the helm the suc-cess
of the Augustana college
choir, as one of the foremost of
its kind in our country, is as-sured.
(Signed) Ray Berry,
Program Manager, KSOO
State Radio Chairman,
S. Dak. Fed. of Music Clubs
dahl's managership of five years dura-tion.
After this new appointment,
plans will be made by the manager and
choir director for the coming year,
including the regular winter tour, a
short spring trip, and the 1935 Phila-delphia
tour.
At present, Dr. Youngdahl is review-ing
masses of songs by German, Eng-lish,
Norwegian, and American com-posers,
to choose the numbers which
will make up the choir's repertoire for
next year. He plans to repeat the
Bach motet in its entirety but the re-
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13 5 Enroll For
Summer Session
Sixty - Eight Four Year Stu-dents
Register for
Courses
Hieronymous Is Director
Gable, Chiapuso Are Among
Leading Features On
Summer Program
Summer school registration figures
show the total enrollment at this year's
session to be 135, according to Prof.
W. P. Hieronymous, director. Of this
number, sixty-eight are working cowards
four year college degrees, thirty-five
are students in the school of music,
and thirty-two are enrolled in the high
school division.
Among the outstanding features ar-ranged
by Prof. Hieronymous for the
session were the lectures of Dr. Luther
S. H. Gable and Jan Chiapuso, both
widely known artists of the Redpath
Lecture bureau.
In a story of radium, Thursday
evening, June 12, Dr. Gable, lone
survivor of a group of six chemical
engineers and research men who re-fined
the first radium in America,
gave a graphic account of the life of a
radium prospector. He described the
radium research laboratories and told
of the tragic death of his associates.
Dr. Gable carried with him several
boxes containing real radium which he
passed through his audience.
On Monday morning, June 26, an
audience listened to Jan Chiapuso,
internationally known concert pianist
and speaker. Mr. Chiapuso present.
ed an illustrated talk about great music,
great composers, and great musicians,
with a piano demonstration.
- Tr, addiric•-• to these .4.gmb • •
,aany —ier b.as personalities were
featured in the summer school program.
Rogness Announces
Open Meetings of
Literary Societies
The six campus literary societies will
hold open meetings for the first three
weeks of the year for the purpose of
allowing all students to visit a meeting
of each group in order that they may
decide in which they wish to apply for
membership, according to Burnis Rog-ness,
chairman of the intersociety board.
Initiation will follow the choosing
of the members and the groups will
immediately begin work on their regular
program of activities for the year, in-cluding
contests in debate, extempor-aneous
speaking, oratory, and dra-matics.
At the close of the year, a cup
will be awarded to the winning men's
and women's society. In addition to
these activities, various social affairs
will be held.
The roll of the campus literary so-cieties
include the Athenians, Philoma-thians,
and Adelphics for the women,
and Demosthenian, Websterian, and
Gladstonian for the men. These are
paired into brother and sister societies,
in the respective order named, which
hold joint meetings and social func-tions.
The final 1932 ratings placed the
Demosthenians and Athenians, brother
and sister societies, as winners in their
divisions.
Many distinguished speakers appear
at the meetings of the various groups
throughout the year. Last year, Mrs.
E. B. Getty presented an interesting
lecture on "Birds" to the Philomath-ians;
Miss Rachel Keggries of All
Saints school spoke to the Athenian
society on her travels in Europe; and,
many prominent men of the city also
appeared before the groups.
The intersociety board, composed of
one member of each society, has con-trol
of the six groups. Burnis Rog-ness,
a Demosthenian, is chairman of
the group during the coming year.
Larson, Rye to Manage
1934 College Year-Book
The decision of publishing a 1934
Edda, Augustana college annual, was
reached by the student body at a meet-ing
shortly before the close of the
school term. Lillian Larson, Menno,
was elected editor of the annual, " and
M. Harold Rye, Hanlontown, Iowa,
was chosen to manage the book.
Miss Larson, associate editor of the
Mirror for two years, will select her
staff shortly after the beginning of the
fall semester and has announced that
the group will begin work immediately.
Mr. Rye was managing editor of the
Mirror during the last semester. He is
also treasurer of the student association.
The last Edda was published in 1931.
Last year, due to the financial de-pression
and the attempt of the college
to cut expenses to the minimum, the
student body voted to discontinue the
project for one year.
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• A L I, E ST E R The Augustana Mirror AUGUSTANA DAY
AUGUST 6
DELL RAPIDS
AN ALL-AMERICAN PAPER 1932, 1933
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Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S. D., ednesday„luly 26, 1933 No 8
iaJSTANA
W DAY TO. BE HELD SUNDAY, AUGUST • •
•- Christianson, Former Governor of Minnesota, To Be Main Speaker at Event
Registration of Fall Semester To
Begin On Monday, September 4
Numerous Graduates
Procure Teaching
Positions For Year
Many of Four-Year, Normal
Students Will Teach
Next Year
Forty-three Augustar ^-, elnates, in-cluding
six who werr. `itc; ob-tain
positions last year, have secured
teaching positions for the coming school
term, according to Dr. I. B. Hauge,
director of the Augustana placement
service.
Of the four year graduates, seventeen
have definitely accepted positions, Hel-en
Miller, Sioux Falls, will teach His-tory
at St. Mary's academy, Springfield;
Marguerite Hellekson, Benedict, North
Dakota, will supervise home economics
and English at Bath; Fern Hanse, Web-ster,
will teach English and music at
Garden City; at Trent, Lois Larson,
Sioux Falls, will instruct classes in the
social sciences and music; Theron John-son,
Brandon, will teach English and
Latin and will direct the band at Bel-videre;
Maynard Ferden will be princi-pal
in the Junior High school in his
home town, Herscher, Ill.
Helmer Myklebust, Trosky, Minnesota,
has been chosen dean of men at Augus-tana
academy, Canton, and Josephine
Fjelland, Clark, will be dean of women
at the Canton academy next year.
Hazel Ulberg, Sioux Falls, will teach
English, French, psychology, and coach
debate at Oldham; Hertha Bach, Ches-ter,
will have charge of the English
department at Humboldt; Helga Han-son,
Canby, Minnesota, will teach math-ematics,
sciences, and music at Inwood,
Iowa; Alton Rogness, Astoria, will have
charge of the seventh and eighth grades
and direct the band at Monango, North
Dakota; Oscar Erickson, Sinai, will
teach in a rural school near Hendricks,
Minnesota; and Norman Scordahl,
Trent, will teach the seventh and eighth
grades at Sinai. Gerhart Hertz, Menno,
will teach mathematics and the sciences
at Brandon; Caroline Scott, Sioux Falls,
will teach English at Fedora; and, Ed-
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(By a Reporter)
Various activities claim the attention
of the Auggie students during the sum-mer
months—some are working, some
are not; but all are waiting for regis-tration
day so they might again turn
their thoughts toward scholastic heights.
In Sioux Falls for a few days,
Maurice Kochenderfer, president of the
student body, informed this reporter
that he was "busy" in Hendricks try-ing
to find something to do. "Koke"
is anxious for school to start and wants
to welcome many new members into
the student body.
Arthur Risty, that argumentative busi-ness
manager of the Mirror, who claims
he could talk any business man into
anything—except in times of depres-sion—
is working hard on "Elms:ood's
eighteen holes" trying to lower his 94
to a 90 flat. As a sideline he works
at the Graff Motor company from
seven in the morning until Fix at night.
Atwater Kent's radio tenor, (unmask-ed),
Herman Larson, is singing over
KSOO during the Tip Top hour. Dor-othy
Fries, his pianist (get chat "pi-anist")
arrived in Sioux Falls a few
days ago. She states that she plans
to be here from September until June
and maybe longer.
Can you imagine two musicians such
as the Iverson sisters, hitchhiking? They
were last seen near Wilmar, Minnesota,
and seemed to be getting along first
rate, having been farther north. Can't
blame anyone for picking up two nice
girls.
Formal Opening of Session
Will Be Held Wednes-day,
September 6
To Offer New Courses
Va riot's Campus roups I
Organize Soon _After
Registration
The annual falf•;:ession of Augustana
college will cui..e?:
Mond“i , •: tc
the student regis-
Wednesday, September 6, according to
Prof. John G. Berdahl, registrar. For-mal
opening of the 1933-34 school year
will take place at 4:00 o'clock Wed-nesday
morning, September 6, when
Pres. C. M. Granskou will welcome all
students. Class work will begin at 8:00
o'clock, Thursday morning.
Special plans are being made for an
elaborate semester, with many new cur-ricular
courses being added and an ex-tensive
group of extra curricular activi-ties.
Few changes, yet unannounced,
will be made in last year's faculty staff.
Among the courses not offered last
year are rural economics and advanced
composition, the message of the Pro-phets,
classical drama, advanced cal-culus,
theory of equation, modern Ger-man
prose, and ocher courses in all
fields.
The first semester will close January
23. General recesses will take place at
Thanksgiving and Christmas. Viking
Day, the annual homecoming, will be
held October 14.
Shortly after the close of registration,
the new student body will organize un-der
the leadership of Maurice Kochen-derfer,
president. The various classes
and other campus organizations will
hold elections in the first few weeks
of school. The social board will be-gin
activities immediately, planning an
all-school "get-acquainted" social for
Saturday evening, September 16, to help
the new students get better acquainted
with the faculty and former students.
Tryouts for the a capella choir and
the symphony orchestra; election of
new members into the various literary
societies; organization of new Edda and
Mirror staffs; and early practices of the
football squad will take place soon after
the opening of next year's term.
Dorothy Anderson, regular feature
writer, pulled out just in time—now
she's in Chicago having one grand
time, while the rest of the "Mirror"
force is working for a living.
"Bub" LeGros wanted "manual' labor
during the summer months, so he only
takes his meals at the Shack while he
puts in time at Gasoline Alley—not
Uncle Walt's either--getting in trim
for a big season in football.
"Ozzy" Fundingsland and Gorman
Nelson are taking their try at hitch-hiking—
they had the World's Fair as
their goal.
And Emily Elvestrom is making
good this summer, too. She seems to
be working hard—well, so she says. At
any rate she'll still be around this fall
to do her duty. She amuses the Mir-ror
staff with some of her pet expres-sions,
especially, "you can lead a cow
to water, but you can't make hm drink."
Clarence Anderson is wandering about,
selling insurance—trying to earn enough
money to get to the Black Hills—and
see the scenery?
'-A reporter was sent to Primgar, Iowa,
to find out what "Happy" Brant was
doing but was told that there was no
town by that name.
Keith Case, with Johnston Jeffries of
Eastern, is west of the river training his
mice by riding horses on a ranch. Take
good care of him Jeffries.
The Lutheran radio hour is being
kept in full swing by Dave Larson,
Harley Christopherson, Emily Elves-strom
and Winnie Lewis, assisted by
Debate Team Will
Attend National
Forensic Tourney
Event To Be In Lexington
Carlson to Accompany Debat-ers,
individual Speakers
to Kentucky Meet
A trip to the national Pi Kappa
Delta tournament at Lexington, Ken-tucky,
April 1-5, will be the main
event of the 1933-34 Augustana for-ensic
schedule, according to Coach
Hugo A. Carlson, professor of speech.
Selections of members to make the
trip to the Blue Grass region of the
South will be determined after mid-winter
debates and local contests. The
group to enter will include a large
squad of debaters and individual speak-ers,
selections of which will be an-nounced
shortly before the trip next
spring.
At the 1932 tournament at Tulsa,
Oklahoma, the local squad set up an
outstanding record of being the only
college in the nation to enter the
semi-finals of all events. Orvin Lar-son,
Nils Berdahl, and Myron Domsitz
composed the men's debate squad; and,
Minerva Nelson, Elizabeth Lokken, and
Helen Glenn, the women's team at
that tournament. Gladys Brende, in
women's oratory, and Ralph Enstrom,
in men's oratory, each won fifth hon-ors
and Minerva Nelson placed eighth
in women's extemporaneous speaking.
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Beyer. Will Enter
Mirror in Contests;
To Have New Staff
The Mirror, edited by Glenn Beyer,
Chester, will again seek the hie lest
ratings in the National Scholastic and
Columbia Scholastic Press associations
in their annual contests during the com-ing
year.
Mr. Beyer will choose an entirely
yew staff from the present journalism
class, tne majority of last year's mem-bers
being lost either through gradua-tion
or acceptance of higher positions
on other college publications, to work
with him next year.
At present, the local publication ranks
as the highest collegiate newspaper in
the nation, gaining Medalist honors in
its first year of membership of the
Columbia university organization, and
again receiving All-American, the high-est
rating of the National Scholastic
association. These two organizations
are the largest of their type in the
nation.
Last year's staff was composed of
the editor, assisted by Lillian Larson,
Menno, associate editor; M. Harold
Rye, Hanlontown, Iowa, managing ed-itor;
Doris Miller, Sioux Falls, and
Palma Larson, Menno, news editors;
Bernice Hokenstad, Canton, exchange
editor; Lillian Millman, Sioux Falls,
literary editor; feature editor, Dorothy
Anderson, Dell Rapids; copy editors,
Caroline Scott, Sioux Falls and Ger-trude
Sandvig, Baltic; sports editor,
Ansel Sonstegard, Sisseton; assistant
sports editor, Hubert Thorson, Crooks;
circulation manager, Kordillia Johnson,
Sioux Falls; and, typists, Mae Sornson,
Elk Point and Norma Burnson, Het-tinger,
North Dakota.
Arthur Risty, Sioux Falls, is business
manager of the publication, being as-sisted
by Osmund Fundingsland, Beres-ford.
Clarine Ellefson and Helga Hanson,
chief accompanists.
That Helen G. Aaby has been tour-ing
the northern part of Minnesota
(besides being nursemaid) and will be
all set to pick up her work where she
left it off last spring.
Another tourist is Thelma Kalstad
who has been all over, that is, includ-ing
Fargo, N. D., and the World's Fair,
with prospects of other places in mind.
The Augustana library is being re-modeled
and painted by the able hands
of Ed. Bersagel and "Tiny" Egland.
Almon Brakke and "Ty" Carlson are
digging ditches—they even ruined the
lawn in the front yard of the Mirror
office. Thanks, fellows. We appreciate
chat!
Believe it or not, Norma Burnson
and Mae Sorenson were ready CO come
back to school one week after it closed.
Ardys Kemper and Dorothy Knutson
recently brought greetings from Elk
Point. (chat Sorenson girl!)
Frank Aikens is working in the Parts
department of the International Har-vester
Company—good for the athletic
build.
Maynard Holter and Perry Dyvick
are pulling the campus weeds. "Bar-ney"
is only seen on the campus in the
daytime, though.
The college quartet, Earlan Erickson,
Henry Hetland, Ingvold Hatlen, and
George Evenson must be putting in
many appearances as news from them
is rather scarce. Hope they don't for-
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Model League Assembly
To Meet At S. D. E. A.
A high school model League of Na-tions
assembly, under the advisorship of
Professor 0. Tonning, head of the his-tory
department, and Mr. E. H. Weit-ing,
instructor in Lennox high school,
will be organized to take place during
the second day of the South Dakota
Educational association convention to
meet in Sioux Falls during Thanksgiv-ing
week.
The assembly will be the second of
its type in the high schools of this
state, the first having been held at
Augustana last year and organized by
Professor Tonning.
At the meetings, the general plan of
the Geneva conference will be carried
out in every possible detail. Discussion
will be divided into various groups
considering arbitration, treaties, secur-ities,
disarmament, and economic ques-tions
in their relation to world stability.
Each delegate will present the problems
confronting the nation which he is
representing.
Any school wishing to send a dele-gation
is allowed to do so. At the
first meeting of the organization, Len-nox,
Brookings, Parker, Worthing, and
Luverne, Minnesota, were represented.
Following the high school confer-ence,
another college assembly will be
held in the spring. At the meeting
last year, representatives from the uni-versity,
State college, Southern norm-al,
Dakota Wesleyan, Sioux Falls col-lege,
and Augustana were present.
Religious Organizations
to Resume Activities;
L. S. U. to Meet Here
With the approach of the next school
year, the various campus religion or-ganizations
arc making plans for im-mediate
resumption of activities in the
fall. After completing a year's work
last spring, several of the groups chose
their new officers before school closed.
Others will hold elections this fall.
As in former years, the Luther
League will hold its regular meetings
each Sunday evening in the Old Main
chapel and will continue to sponsor
the Pocket Testament movement initiat-ed
last year. The Mission Union will
meet every Tuesday evening for its reg-ular
devotional programs and study of
missions. This group will again spon-sor
programs within the city as well
as in congregations in the surrounding
territory.
One of the first activities of the
Lutheran Daughters of the Reforma-tion,
which meets every Wednesday,
will be the candle light service for ad-mitting
new members. Later in the year
they will have other special programs
and their annual bazaar. The semest-er's
program for prayer meeting will
be outlined as soon as school opens.
The Sunday school and. Bible class will
also be organized immediately.
In addition to these regular activities,
the religion board will arrange for spe-cial
evangelistic meetings and Bible con-ferences
to be held during the two
semesters. Last year Rev. A. N. Man-
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Dell Rapids Park
To Be Location of
College Reunion
( 1ommittee Makes A•range-ments
For Program
ill Auditorium
Preus To Preach Sermon
Kochenderfer, Student Body
President, Will Preside
At Meeting
Students, faculty, alumni, and friends
of Augustana will meet at Dell Rap-ids
park, August 6, for their ninth
annual summer reunion. Arrangements
for a full day's program have been
practically completed by Helmer Mykle-bust,
alumni president, and Maurice
Kochenderfer, president of the stu-dent
association, assisted by Erling Hel-lekson,
of the program committee.
The divine services to be held in the
pavilion will begin at 10:30 a. m. with
President C. M. Granskou in charge.
Rev. Herman Preus, pastor of Our
Saviors Lutheran church in Minne-apolis,
will preach the sermon. Music
will be furnished by the male quartet
singing two selections, and, Winnie
Lewis and David Larson, who will fur-nish
vocal solos.
Following the morning service the
families and friends will gather for
their picnic lunches in the park. Oppor-
WELCOME
It is with pleasure that the city
of Dell Rapids extends a hearty
welcome to all those attending
Augustana Day here August 6th.
We assure you that everything
possible will be done to make
reation facilities are at your dis-posal—
the fine beach, the park,
five fine clay tennis courts, a
golf course; these and other fea-tures
should make Dell Rapids a
splendid place for such a day.
We also invite you to visit the
Dells and the new dam across the
Sioux river south of the city.
Again we extend a hearty wel-come.
( Signed)
Morris Henderson,
Mayor, City of Dell Rapids.
tunity will also be offered at this time
for a social hour in which to meet
classmates, friends, and acquaintances.
Beginning at 2:30, the afternoon
program will be in charge of Maurice
Kochenderfer, president of the student
association. Ex - Governor Theodore
Christianson, congressman-at-large from
Minnesota. will give the main address
of the day at this time. The string
trio composed of James Berdahl, Helga
Hanson, and Evelyn Moen will play
several musical selections. David Lar-son
will sing a solo, and the former
male quartet may also provide several
vocal numbers.
Departing from the custom of hold-ing
Augustana Day at Lake Madison,
the student assocaition voted to change
the location to Dell Rapids this year
at one of their final meetings last
spring. The event has been held at
the former place for the past eight
summers.
Local arrangements will be in charge
of Arnt Halvorson and a committee
of Dell Rapids students.
Blackfriars Dramatic
Club Plans Activities
For Coming Season
Tentative plans are being made for
the Blackfriars dramatic club, which in-cludes
two major productions, and num-erous
one-act plays for the 1933-34
school season.
The first of the two major produc-tions
will be presented at Homecoming;
the second will be given near the end
of the school year. One-act plays will
be the main feature of the bi-weekly
meeting of the organization. These
plays s•ill serve as a basis for study
of the various problems of play pro-duction,
such as settings, costuming,
and make up—this being the main
purpose of the organization. Casts for
all plays will be chosen from the mem-bers
of the dramatic society.
During the past year, the member-ship
of the Blackfriars increased to
seventy-eight. One major production,
Channing Pollock's "The Enemy," was
presented with much success. The play
portrayed the evil effects of war upon
a nation and its people. Gerd Bern-hart,
Sioux Falls, and Maynard Ferden,
Herscher, Illinois, played the leads,
with other important roles carried by
Myron Domsitz, Sioux Falls; Francis
Erickson, Dunnell, Minnesota; Helen
Overseth, Canton; and, Robert Lynn,
Sioux Falls. Bernice Okerlund, Frost,
Minnesota, acted as assistant to Miss
E. Lewison, director of the play.
In addition to this production, a
variety of shorter plays were given
under the direction of student members
of the organization. These ranged
from the classic of William Butler
Yeats, "The House Glass," coached by
Helen Miller, to "Wild Nell, Pet of
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