Calendar of Events
February 10---Basketball, re-serves
vs. E. & W., here.
Girls vs. Canton Academy,
there.
February 20—Faculty party.
February 22 — Washington's
birthday.
February 23—Basketball, Hu-ron,
HERE.
February 25—Basketball, Bu-ena
Vista, there.
February 24-26—Men's varsity
debate trip to Minnesota
colleges.
February 28—Sunday School
Teachers' Rally—all day ses-sion.
February 20—Women's inter-society
declamatory contest.
March 1—Home choir concert,
First Lutheran Church.
March 4-6—Lutheran Stu-dents'
-Union convention,
Concordia college, Moorhead
Minnesota.
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1932 The Augustana Mirror
vol.41,1 Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S. D., Friday, February 19, 1932. No. 2
City, State and Nation Join To Celebrate
Bicentennial of George Washington's Birth
Seventh Annual
Summer Session
Will Open June 6 -or
Augustana College Choir Will Make
Annual Home Concert Appearance
At First Lutheran Church March 1 Nine Months Celebration to
Be Held In Honor of
National Hero
College Choirs Sing in Sioux
Falls Program at
Coliseum
Hoover Heads Festivities
Stricter State Requirements
Expected to Increase
Enrollment
The seventh annual summer ses-sion
of Augustana college will open
June 6, according to an announce-ment
made by Prof. W. P. Hierony-mus,
director of the session. The
six weeks elementary teacher train-ing
course will close July 15 in
time for the state examinations, and
the nine weeks college credit course,
August 5.
W. P. Hieronymus, professor of
education and vice-president of Au-gustana
college, will direct the ses-sion
and have charge of the depart-ment
of education. Miss Hilda Dahl
will assist Professor Hieronymus in
the education department.
Dr. I. B. Hauge, head of the
psychology department, will offer
courses in psychology and English.
Prof. 0. Tonning will instruct in
the social sciences; Prof. 0. M. Hof-stad,
in mathematics and science;
Dr. 0. J. H. Preus, in Bible.
Dr. Carl R. Youngdahl, dean of
the Augustana school of music, and
Richard J. Guderyahn, conductor of
the Augustana symphony orchestra,
will have charge of courses in prac-tical
and theoretical music. Other
members of the faculty may assist
with courses offered.
During the last summer session,
the enrollment showed an increase
of more than 50 per cent over that
of the previous year. An even
greater enrollment is anticipated
this year because of recent state de-partment
rulings requiring a course
in school administration or super-vision
for the principalship or su-perintendency;
practice teaching for
a teaching certificate; and six col-lege
hours for the renewal of a
certificate.
To meet these new state require-ments,
additional courses will be
introduced in higil school practice
teaching, in grade practice teaching,
and in elementary methods, with
special application to the new South
Dakota course of study. The usual
summer school courses will be of-fered
to serve the needs of teachers
as well as those who desire regular
credit. Nine semester hours of credit
may be obtained in the nine weeks
college course.
Summer school officials expect a
large enrollment because of the at-tractive
courses offered and because
of the splendid recreational facilities
which Sioux Falls offers to summer
residents.
Copies of the summer school bul-letip,
!it. • erf. the press
soon, will 'gladly he sent upon re-quest.
Address all inquiries to Prof.
W. P. Hieronymus, director of the
summer session, Augustana college,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Father of Hilda Dahl
Dies at Horace, N. D.
Miss Hilda Dahl, Augustana Mod-el
School supervisor, was called to
her home at Horace, North Dakota,
last week by the death of her fa-ther,
Rev. W. B. Dahl, who has
been pastor of the Lutheran church
at Horace for many years. He filled
the charges at Dwight, North Dako-ta,
and Lake Preston before going
to Horace.
Reverend Dahl was a great
church worker, a man of deep re-ligious
convictions and prayer. He
was a kind and loving father, a
good and friendly neighbor.
He passed away February 8, and
is survived by his wife and eight
children. Two funeral services were
held, one at Horace and the other
at Dwight, where interment was
made.
Educational Director
Gives Chapel Address
Rev. J. C. K. Preus, educational
director and executive secretary of
the Norwegian Lutheran Church,
and recently elected head of the Na-tional
Lutheran Educational asso-ciation,
spoke to the faculty mem-bers
and students at the chapel
service Thursday, February 4.
"There are three main reasons
why a life may come to a tragic
end," stated Rev. Preus. "They are
an unwillingness to work, reckless-ness
in choosing friends, and the
leaving of God out of our lives.
When an individual becomes guilty
of these there is not a thing left
in life, nor a hope for eternity."
Greetings were also brought by
Rev. Preus from Dr. J. A. Aasgaard,
President of the N. L. C. A. Rev.
Preus visited Augustana on his way
home to Minneapolis after having
attended the South Dakota district
pastoral conference held at Brook-ings
the same week.
Many Others Enrolled in
Graduate Study At
Midwest U's
Shakespearean Players
Cancel Mid-West Tour
From February 22, 1932, to
Thanksgiving Day, November 24,
every citizen of these United States
will observe the two hundredth an-niversary
of the birth of the father
of our country, George Washington.
In churches, civic buildings, and
class rooms, numerous festivities
have been planned. Under the di-rection
of the national George Wash-ington
Bicentennial Commission, ev-ery
city and state in the nation is
to sponsor numerous pageants,
plays, processions, musical festivals,
tableaux, and other events at various
times during the entire period of
more than nine months during
which the celebration will be carried
out.
Much Literature Published
The national Bicentennial Com-mission
was authorized by congress
and is thus sponsored by the United
States government. President Hoov-er
is the national chairman. Sub-committees
have been appointed for
every city and state. The national
organization has its headquarters
in Washington, D. C., and has pre-pared
a great deal of literature per-taining
to the life and character of
the great statesman. Programs and
papers depicting George Washing-ton's
home, his family relationships,
his mother, and his social life have
been published. Similar papers
show Washington as the Christian,
the leader of men, the builder of
the nation, and the first president
of the United States (1789-1797 ).
Copies of this literature have now
been' placed in the Augustana li-brary.
Soon the centennial com-mittee
is to publish a series of six-teen
pamphlets commemorating the
two hundredth anniversary festivi-ties.
These, too, will be added to
the college library collection.
Local Program Wins Praise
Under the direction of the cham-ber
of commerce, the city of Sioux
Falls formally opened the local fes-tivities
last evening with a gala
performance at the new city coli-seum.
Tableaux depicting the life
of Washington, songs by numerous
mitst.ndirg choirs and choruses
the city, of which the Augustana
College Choir was one, an address
by a speaker of national prominence,
and a massed chorus of 600 voices
singing "Deep River," were the fea-tures
of the program. Every mem-ber
of the large Sioux Falls au-dience
had their hearts kindled with
a new fire of patriotism. It in-stilled
in the minds and hearts of
those present a new and greater
appreciation of the personality, char-acter.
and ideals of George Wash-ington.
The program, which was
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Sir Philip Ben Greet and his
famous English company of Shake-spearean
players, who were to have
app,ared ht Sioux' Falls under the
auspices of Augustana college the
first week in March, have cancelled
all engagements in the midwestern
states, according to word received re-cently
from the Redpath Lyceum
circuit by college officials. The wide-spread
depression and general lower-ing
of the apportionment of school
funds caused them to make this
move.
Augustana had made arrange-ments
with this company of English
players headed by Sir Philip Ben
Greet, veteran Shakespearian actor,
for the presentation of two plays,
"The Comedy of Errors," and the
first quarto of "Hamlet."
The opening program of the daily
radio broadcasts to be presented by
Augustana college in cooperation
Lutheran Radio Hour to Be Broadcast
At One P. M. Daily Over Local Station
Board Completes Plans
For Society Contests
Although Augustana college has
been granting degrees in Sioux
Falls only since 1923, 17 of her
graduates are engaged this year as
instructors in west and mid-west
colleges, according to a report re-cently
compiled from the records
of the Augustana Alumni Associa-tion.
Most. of Augustana's alumni have
entered the teaching field upon their
graduation, but the proportion of
those who have obtained college po-sitions
is large, especially when
consideration is given to the fact
that the college has graduated only
nine classes since it was established
in Sioux Falls.
Lyle Gilbertson and his sister,
Gladys, son and daughter of Prof.
G. H. Gilbertson, college business
manager, were among the first to
be admitted to the college teaching
field. Lyle is at present engaged as
assistant professor of chemistry at
Washington State College at Pull-man,
and his sister is an instructor
at Wartburg college, Clinton, Iowa.
Two graduates, Arthur Berdahl, '27,
son of Prof. John G. Berdahl, regis-trar;
and Fred Koller, '29, held
teaching fellowships at the univer-sities
of Iowa and Minnesota, re-spectively,
in the departments of
music and business administration.
Mr. Roller will return to Augustana
next fall as assistant professor of
economics.
Several Augustana graduates are
employed as college deans. Oscar
Hanson, '29, holds such a position
at 'Waldorf college, Forest City,
Iowa, while Adolph Saetveit, '29,
is engaged as dean of men at Gale
college, G al e s v ill e, Wisconsin.
O'dessa Olson, '31, is dean of wo-men
at Park Region Luther col-lege,
Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Ruth
Sortie, '29, serves as dean of women
and instructor of Norse at Augus-tana.
Others who are serving their
alma mater are Clifford J. Olson,
'26, professor of voice, and Palmer
Eide, '30, professor of art.
Jewel Peterson, who obtained her
M. A. degree from the University of
Iowa after being graduated from
Augustana in 1929, holds a position
as instructor of music at Central
college, Pella, Iowa. Wayne Silcox,
'29, is a music instructor at Penn
college, Oskaloosa, Iowa. Edith
Okerlund, '29, is engaged at the
Oak Grove Seminary, Fargo, North
Dakota. Two Augustana alumni,
Carl Boe, '26, and Florence Olson-
Rader, are members of the faculty
of Pleasant View Luther college,
Ottawa, Illinois. Edwin Hammer,
'26, holds an assistantship in chem-istry
at the University of Minnesota,
while Alvin Rogness, '27, who
taught speech at Augustana after
his graduation, is serving as part-time
instructor of speech at Luther
Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Min-nesota,
where he Is a senior stu-dent.
Many others of Augustana's alum-ni
family are engaged in graduate
study and will soon be eligible for
college positions. A large number
of the present students of the col-lege
are also preparing for advanc-ed
study, some for the ministry,
some for medicine, law, engineer-ing,
and other professional sub-jects,
and some for college teach-ing.
Thirty-Five Seniors
College Commemorates Do Practice Teaching
Lincoln's Anniversary
with the South Dakota district of
the Norwegian Lutheran Church was
given Sunday afternoon, under the
direction of Dr. 0. J. 'H. Preus. He
presented the first of a series of
Lenten meditations on the topic,
"He Died For Us," which will be
continued in other programs during
the coming period of broadcast.
Other numbers on the program
were an organ solo, "Beautiful Sav-ior,"
Florabel Miller; a piano solo,
"On the Holy Mount," J. Earl Lee;
and a vocal solo, "How Beautiful
Upon the Mountains," Gladys Bren-de.
According to the plans of the com-mittee,
Rev. H. J. Glenn, Rev. S. C.
Eastvold, and Dr. 0. J. H. Preus,
who were appointed by the South
Dakota district of the N. L. C. A.
last summer, each day at 1:00
o'clock, by remote control from the
Old Main chapel, a half hour of in-spirational
talks and music will be
presented over KSOO. An hour pro-gram
will be broadcast on Sunday.
Most of the programs will be
supplied by faculty members and
students of Augustana; however,
the period is open to all churches,
schools, and societies of the dis-trict.
There will be announcements
and discussions of interest and real
worth to all members of this dis-trict
of the N. L. C. A. The com-mittee
plans that the programs will
be continued for a period of three
months; if at the end of that time,
enough interest has been shown and
enough support received, the Luth-eran
radio hour will become a per-manent
broadcast.
The Lutheran people and churches
reached by KSOO are invited to send
in greetings and announcements of
their special meetings, so that the
Lutheran radio hour may serve its
constituency in every way possible.
The church is hoping that this serv-ice
will be a blessing to many, and
that the large Lutheran consti-tuency
will he benefited by the
Lutheran radio hour.
Blegen's Class Begins
French Correspondence
The first year French students,
under the direction of Prof. H. M.
Blegen, are beginning a correspon-dence
with French students in dif-ferent
colleges in France, Belgium,
and Algiers. The exchange of let-ters
together with pictures and
ideas will stimulate interest in
French, and perhaps serve as an
instigation to further study.
"Envious of none, I am de-termined
to be pleased with all;
and this being the order of my
march, I will move gently down
the stream of life, until I sleep
with my fathers."—George Wash-ington.
Harold Svanoe, chairman of the
intersociety board, has completed
arrangements for the declamatory,
and oratorical contests to be held
February 29 and March 21, respec-tively.
The declamatory contest this
year will take the place of the wom-en's
intersociety debate contest.
Each society is to be represented by
three contestants, two in the dra-matic
and one in the humorous di-vision.
The time is to be twelve
minutes.
The oratorical contest to be held
March 21 is the third of a series
of four contests among the liter-ary
societies on the campus. Two
representatives from each men's and
women's society will compete in
this event.
Education Department
Orders Eight Vol. Set
Thirty-five Augustana seniors are
enrolled this semester for their fin-ishing
course in the education de-partment,
observation and practice
teaching. All of these students are
doing their observation in Wash-ington
high school, and about half
of them will do their teaching there.
The importance of the education
department is forcefully brought out
by the fact that these students, to-gether
with the ten others who com-pleted
their practice teaching last
semester, constitute 84 per cent
of the senior class. Each one who
is enrolled in the course will have
completed at least 12 other hours in
education during his college career
by the end of the present semester.
Those who do not do their prac-tice
teaching in Sioux Falls will
be placed in high schools in com-munities
surrounding Sioux Falls,
with a few also at Augustana acad-emy,
Canton. It is fortunate for
the seniors and for Augustana, ac-cording
to those in charge, that of-ficials
and teachers of these high
schools and of Washington high
school especially, have shown the
spirit of friendliness and coopera-tion
which they have.
In commemoration of Lincoln's
birthday, Prof. A. T. Tollevs ad-dressed
the chapel assembly Tues-day,
February 16, on the subject
"What Lincoln Means to Us as a
People."
Professor Tollevs stated that the
two outstanding men in the build-ing
of our nation before the time of
Lincoln were George Washington,
our first president, and John Mar-shall,
chief justice of the supreme
court. "When the time came that
there was danger of having the
work of these men and others all
undone, Lincoln stepped in. Two
things were uppermost in his mind:
the preservation of the Union, and
the abolition of slavery. One marks
him as a statesman; the other as a
man—a humanitarian who saw the
unjust suffering of humanity. We
remember him as one of the two
greatest Americans, the other being
Washington whose two hundredth
anniversary we celebrate this year."
This special chapel exercise for
the observation of Lincoln's birth-day
had been planned for February
12, but was postponed because of
the presence of a guest speaker.
Rev. Randolph of the Lutheran Bi-ble
Institute, Minneapolis.
An eight volume set of the "Edu-cational
Classics" has been ordered
for the college library. This series
makes the works of the great edu-cators
of the past easily accessible
and provides an opportunity for
educators and others to gain famili-arity
with the important writings of
the outstanding figures of educa-tional
history.
The ground covered in this set of
hooks is very comprehensive, rang-ing
from the statement made by
Luther in 1617 concerning parental
duties in child training, to the con-tributions
of Henry Barnard.
Other volumes are in the making
to complete this series up to the
present time.
Borghild Dahl Speaks
To University Women
Students Attend Sioux
Falls College Recital
Many Augustana students attend-ed
the recital given at the city coli-seum,
Tuesday evening, by two
members of the Sioux Falls college
music faculty, Madame Florence
Chambers, pianist, and Miss Alvinia
Pal mq uist, contralto.
Madame Chambers is a most gift-ed
pianist, as well as a composer.
Her two compositions, "Polish Suite"
and "Revolutionary Suite" won in-stant
praise and acclaim. These
two compositions won for her the
international prize two years ago in
New York.
Miss Palmquist sang two of Mad-ame
Chamber's vocal compositions,
"A Russian Lullaby" and "Isn't It
Wonderful." Her other selections
were by Handel, Brahms, and Schu-man.
An informal reception was held
after the concert, the artists receiv-ing
the congratulations of their
many friends.
Local "Capones" Fail to Take Supper
Away From Elusive Augustana Youth
Miss Borghild Dahl, head of the
English department, discussed the
Tales of Shakespeare at a meeting
of the American Association of Uni-versity
Women held at the music
studio of the All Saints School, on
Saturday afternoon, February 13.
The lecture was given as part of a
benefit program; the proceeds are
to be used for the State Conference
of the A. A. U. W. to be held in
Sioux Falls April 29 and 30.
During her leave of absence last
year Miss Dahl prepared for her
Doctor's degree at Columbia uni-versity.
At this time she studied
under Dr. Ashley N. Thorndyke,
head of the department of English
in the graduate school. Dr. Thorn-dyke,
president of the Shakesperian
Society of America, is also recog-nized
in all countries as one of the
greatest living authorities on
Shakespeare. Miss Dahl also
studied under Dr. William Withers-lie
Lawrence, professor of English
literature, who has written several
books on Shakespeare.
During her stay in New York,
Miss Dahl attended many Shake-sperian
productions, and saw such
eminent actors as Jane Cawl, Eva
La Callienne, and the Franz Lieber
Company.
perience. The other evening, as he
journeyed down Phillips avenue, two
burly representatives of the unem-ployed
gave Bill the fatal summons.
His first impulse was to administer
the Dempsey left-hook to each of
them. But then he felt the cold
steel of a revolver barrel in his
side. Bill hesitated. Thoughts pass-ed
quickly through his mind.
"Should I, or should I not? That
is the question!"
As usual, lady luck did not fail
Bruhn, even now. Another pedes-trian
happened to pass by. Bill
said, "I'll be see'n you later, boys"
and walked down the street the
fifty-five cents still in his pocket.
Though somewhat perturbed by his
experience, Bill told an officer of
the law about the bad, had men
and enjoyed his supper all the more
—he realized how close he came to
losing it.
What would you do If you had
the big sum of fifty-five cents in
your pocket and were on your way
to supper, when two pig tough men
suddenly stepped up behind you?
The one would say, "Hand over
your cash!" The other, "Step in
this doorway!"
Now if we had a bank note or a
check, for most of them are no good
now days anyway, we would be glad
to experience the thrill of an en-counter
with the underworld. But
when it comes to cash—cold hard
cash, the ways and means to a big
steak supper, most of us would wel-come
the first opening for an es-cape.
Few would be able to keep
a level head and save their fifty-five
pennies.
William Bruhn, reputed on the
Augustana campus for his single-ness
of devotion, can now tell of
his escape from just such an ex-
"Tice best means of forming a
manly, virtuous, and happy peo-ple
will. be found in the tight
education of youth—without this
fotundation, every other means, in
my opinion, must fail."—George
Washington.
Sale of Tickets Is Begun
Group to Present Same Pro-gram
as Was Given
On Tour
The Augustana College Choir will
give its annual home concert at the
First Lutheran Church Tuesday eve-ning.
March 1, According to an
announcement made recently by Dr.
Carl R. Youngdahl, director. The
choir will present the same pro-gram
which has been given in the
recent winter tour. Soloists in the
choir group are Prof. Clifford J.
Olson, tenor, Miss Ragna Otterson.
soprano, and Genevieve Pfister, con-tralto.
The program is divided into three
parts: "Christ the Lord for Us Doth
Languish," a passion motet by Gus-tav
Schreck, opens the first group.
This is followed by a traditional
Hebrew melody arranged by Nor-den,
"Who Is Like Thee." Prof.
Olson has the tenor solo in this
number. Bach's motet for a double
choir, "Sing Ye to the Lord," is
the third selection. The first group
is closed by Dr. Youngdahl's "Oh
Holy Lord."
"Slumber Song of the Infant
Jesus" (F. A. Gevaert), in which
Miss Otterson is the soprano soloist,
opens the second group. A choral,
"Three Kings" ( Peter Cornelius),
features Genevieve Pfister as the
contralto soloist. Martin Luther's
great reformation hymn, "A Mighty
Fortress Is Our God," harmonized
by Johannes Eccard; F. M. Chris-tianson's
"Lost in the Night," in
which the solo part is taken by
Miss Otterson; and Luther Noss'
-Sing We Merrily Unto God" fol-low.
The final group includes a negro
spiritual, "Chillun' Come On Home"
(Noble Cain) ; Christianson's "Oh
Happy Day," with a tenor solo by
Prof. Olson; and the concert closes
with Dr. Youngdahl's " W a k e,
Awake."
Tickets for the concert are being
sold throughout the city by the
members of the choir, who received
them at their rehearsal Wednesday
afternoon. Augustana students will
be admitted upon presentation of
their privilege tickets.
Forensic Contestants
To Enter State Meet
— _ Augustana delegates to the an-nual
contest of the South Dakota
collegiate forensic association, to be
held Saturday at State college,
Brookings, are Harold Svanoe, Mi-nerva
Nelson, Orvin Larson, and
Nils Berdahl. The speakers, ac-companied
by Prof. Hugo A. Carl-son,
head of the department of
speech and forensics, will leave this
evening for Brookings, where they
will represent Augustana in the
Saturday contest.
Minerva Nelson will be Augus-tana's
entrant in the women's or-atorical
contest, which is an inno-vation
in the state forensic meet
this year. She was recently the
winner of the women's home or-atorical
contest. She represented
Augustana at the tri-state Sioux
Province Pi Kappa Delta tournament
held last March at Sioux City, Iowa.
Orvin Larson, peace orator, was
the winner of the state old line
contest last year. He has been
active in forensic work since enter-ing
Augustana, having been a mem-ber
of the varsity debate squad for
four seasons.
Nils Berdahl, who will participate
in the extemporaneous speaking con-test,
has been a member of the de-hate
squad since his freshman year,
and has also participated in the in-tersociety
extempore contest for four
years.
As old line orator, Harold Svanoe
will seek to uphold Augustana's
long list of wins in that division
of the forensic meet. Carlson's men
have won the old line contest for
the past three seasons and have
permanent possession of one trophy.
The tournament will begin Satur-day
morning with the peace oratory
contest. The women's oratorical and
extemporaneous speaking events will
take place in the afternoon, while
the old line contest will be held as
the final event Saturday evening.
All the contests will be finals in
their respective divisions this year,
the preliminaries having been aban-doned.
Augustana speakers have estab-lished
a consistent successful record
in state forensic competition. They
have won permanent possession of
one trophy, given for three vic-
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From a photograph of the Houdon Bust at Mount Vernon made in 1785
from life. Approved by the portrait committee as the official 'portrait
of the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission.
Washington is the mightiest name of earth—long since mightiest in
the cause of civil liberty, still mightiest in moral reformation. On that
name no eulogy is expected. It can not be. To add brightness to the
sun, or glory to the name of Washington is alike impossible. Let none
attempt it. In solemn awe we pronounce the name, and in its naked
deathless splendor leave it shining on.—Abraham Lincoln.
Seventeen Augustana Graduates
Hold College Teaching Positions
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Hoyem Secures Records
Illustrating Acoustics
By special arrangement with the
producers, Dr. A. G. Hoyem, head
of the physics and mathematics de
partment, has received a series of
eight phonograph records which il-lustrate
acoustical phenomena.
The records are produced as a
result of careful study of speech
and musical characteristics and fre-quencies
transmittable over radio
and telephone. The relationship of
naturalness, sound intensity, and
intelligibility in speech are clearly
shown by the elimination of various
regions of frequency. Examples of
speech with the lower and then the
higher frequencies surpassed are
demonstrated.
An interesting comparison is made
of the tones of the piano, cello,
and French horn. The poor tone
resulting from the surpression of
the fundamental and overtones is
clearly shown. A careful study of
the human voice is illustrated, and
the results are given of a survey by
the New York noise abatement com-mittee
to illustrate the various kinds
of noises. These records are re-garded
as one of the most valuable
additions to the science laboratories.
Anderson to Give
Main Address at
S. S. Teacher Meet
Dr. J. N. Anderson, Minneapolis,
Synodical director of elementary
Christian education of the N. L. C.
A., will be the main speaker at tilt
Sunday school teachers' institute to
be held at the First Lutheran Church
Sunday, February 28.
The Sunday school teachers have
met on five evenings during this
semester to hear discussion of the
theme, "The Successful Sunday
School Teacher." February 28 has
been set aside as Institute Rally
Sunday, and Dr. Anderson will be
in charge of the three sessions. At
the morning services at First Luth-eran
Church, Dr. Anderson will
speak on the subject, "Elementary
Christian Education." In the after-noon,
he will lead the general Sun-day
school teachers' institute at the
Augustana college chapel, speaking
on the subject "Preparing the Les-son."
At this meeting Dr. 0. J. H.
Preus will also speak on "The
Sources of Power." Music will be
furnished by the college string quar-tet
and by other members of the
college school of music.
Sunday evening there will be
a Sunday school teacher's rally at
First Lutheran Church, under the
auspices of Augustana college, with
Dr. Anderson lecturing on "The
Standard Sunday School."
The s ,7.ssions of the institnte _ are
open to all pastors, Sunday school
teachers, and educators in this vi-cinity.
St. Valentine Day,
Leap Year, Cause
Queer Happenings
"Skeezix" — we mean the
one of Gasoline Alley fame— *
is not the only one who has *
his birthday on St. Valentine's
Day. A senior, Eugene V. *
Stime, is one of the few who
• can claim this date along with *
"Skeezix" and Cupid. And
• why the "V"? Can't you guess?
—"Valentine," of course!
"Gene" was given a sur-
* prise party the other night in
the dining hall. It was really
* quite a party, too. The heart
theme was used throughout,
and was included in the cake,
i. ice cream, and a certain very *
devoted couple.
• This being leap year, Val- *
entine's Day is doubly impor-
• tant. You see this year Cu- *
Aid's arrows are being shot in
quite the opposite direction
trom the usual practice. Nor
is this just theory. It seems
that one—or possibly more a
than one—of his arrows have
• hit right here on our own *
campus. If you don't believe
it, ask the school nurse. She a
will tell you all about it-
* a few of you girls can *
a even get some pointers on the
correct way to hold the bow
* and the number of arrows re- •
quired. if you learn, let the
a rest of us know—they might *
Possibly help us, too.
GEORGE WASHINGTON