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STAFF CHIEFS SELECT BEAUTIFUL COVER FOR YEARBOOK I am delighted to hear that Augustana has been fully ac-credited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Sec-ondary Schools. I have employed several teach-ers who are graduates of Au-gustana and have always found them well trained and equip-ped. I am delighted to be able to extend any congratulations! A. A. McDonald, Sulit., Sioux Falls Public SFhools. Sioux Falls can now take her place in the sun as an "Educa-tional Center." The gaining of full accreditment by Augustana college marks a milestone in our educational progress, and testifies to the fine work done by the school. Congratulations! S. A. Christenson, Sioux Falls Book and Stationery Company. Hurrah for Augustana! I was very happy to read in the Argus-Leader the report of Au-gystana's accreditation by the North Central Association. The goal has been reached which was set five years ago when the great endowment drive was launched. This shows what tenacity of purpose will do. A great dream has been realized. It is the culmination of a work participated in by all who have given of their time and money to the institution. The city of Sioux Falls is to be congratulated on having a college of such high standing in its midst. The accreditation shows that the consistent for-ward march of our local college has been purposeful. W. Herbert Roberts, Vice Pres., Will A. Beach Printing Co. The Augustana Mirror Vol. XI.I Sioux Falls, S. D., Wednesday, April 1, 1931. No. 2 NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION ADMITS AUGUSTANA * * * * * * * * * * * * *s,. ** * * L. A. "Lefty" Olson, Former Luther Four-Sport Star, Will Be New Viking Mentor * * * * 0 0 * * * * * * * •• * * * **.* * . * * * * * * ?fir r,: ;a * * 1931 EDDA Comes From Iowa Lutheran College Complete Four - Year Accreditment Raises Institution to Equal Plane With Large Liberal Arts Centers Augustana College has been granted full four-year accreditment by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, according to an announcement issued by the association Thursday, March 19, at its annual convention held at the Stevens Hotel, Chicago. By this action, Augustana becomes Sioux Falls' only completely accredited liberal arts college. It is now accredited by the North Central Association, by the state department of education, and by virtue of general recognition by the large universities of the Middle West. Coach Dee Resig'is After Four - Year Pe riod of Expansion Leonard A. "Lefty" (1,4:en, of Wal-dorf college, has been chosen as Augustana's athletic director follow-ing the resignation of H. Paul Dee, present coach. Olson comes with a brilliant record as a high school and college athlete and as a successful coach at Waldorf college, Forest City, Iowa. His teams at Waldorf have consistently ranked among the leaders in the 29 schools of Iowa junior college conferent..?.. While playing high school basket-ball at Red Wing, Olson was ad-judged one of the stellar high school performers in Minnesota basketball competition. At Luther college, he built up a record in .four sports, football, basketball, baseball, and track, and is one of the few four letter men ever to graduate from that school. Although of slight build and weighing little over 150 Pounds, Olson was chosen all con-ference fullback in the Iowa college conference in 1926. He has spent the last few sum-mers at the University of Iowa pre-paring for an M. A. degree in phys-ical education, and intends to con-tinue his studies at the University of Michigan this summer. This training will fit him especially for the physical education classes he will be called upon to take charge of, in addition to his coachingactivi-ties at Augustana. Besides being a successful coach wand r ifirnife= and at Wald hr said neigh bOrhood g of-fers from -various h In Iowa and southern Minnesio` --The resignation of- I Dee- as Augustana's athletic director marks the end of a four year regime of constant - expansion and improve-ment, in which Augustana has estab-lished athletic relations with many of the larger schools of the section. Facilities have been improved upon, an athletic field with a floodlighting system has been installed, bleachers to seat 3,000 have been purchased, and a good record has been estab-lished. It is not generally known that coach Dee resigned a year ago, but decided to stay upon the re-quest of officials of the college. The coming of coach Olson is at an especially auspicious time as the announcement of his acceptance ar-rives simultaneously with the full accreditment given by the North Central Association. The full four-year accreditation should bring an influx of new material during the next few years, which may cause a further up-turn in the athletic record. With a large percentage of letter winners returning in all sports next fall, Augustana should be heard from in conference competition in 193.1-32. Sioux Falls Business Men Comment on Accreditation Scholarships, graduate assist-antships, and teaching fellowships are held this year by Augustana graduates at the university of Minnesota, university of Iowa, university of Wisconsin, Chicago University, and the university of Washington. Augustana has been fully accredited by the university of South Dakota for the past sev-eral years, and the accreditment with the North Central Associa-tion puts the college on the same plane as St. Olaf, Carleton, Grin-nell, and other institutions of high ranking in the Northwest. Meets High Standards The North Central accreditment signifies that the college meets the standards of the higher class educational institutions of .Amer-ica, and as such its credits will be accepted at their face value by both graduate and undergraduate schools. The action of the associa-tion gives Sioux Falls, the metro-polis o.Lthe Dakotas, its first ful-ly accredited liberal arts college, making the city an educational center of greater significance than ever before. Rapid Improvement Cited The accreditation has been earned by Augustana through the many rapid improvements made during the past few years, in the teaching staff, in student enrollment, in scholar-ship standards, in library and labor-atory equipment, and in endowment. There are now 38 instructors on the college faculty, with nine men having Ph. D. degrees or an equiv-alent. Three members are on leave of absence this year, studying for their doctorates. The student en-rollment has grown from 200 to over 500 within the past eight years, and during this time standards of scholarship have also been raised considerably at the college. The addition of over 1000 books a year to the college library has greatly increased its value and ef-ficiency, and the improvement of the science laboratories has strengthened that department in a great measure. Over $3000 has been expended re-cently for new equipment and ap-paratus for the physical laboratory alone. An endowment of $500,000 was raised five years ago, in 1926, to meet requirements. Congratulations to Augustana college on its accreditation by the North Central Association. This deserved recognition should add impetus to all active and latent forces contributing to the college's immediate and future growth. Dear Augustana: This is the greatest event in your history as a college. You have made a splendid record in scholastic effort and a phenom-enal record in forensics; but this is the greatest achievement of all. For your accreditation is a reward of merit and a goal attained by true worth in all fields of college standards. Nov your future is secure. May you grow steadily and soundly. And may your progress be, . not in the catchy super-ficialities of life, but in the center and in the deep of the current. My heartiest congrat-ulations:- Rev. H. J. Glenn, Pastor, First Lutheran Church. S. B. Nissen, Editor, SDEA Journal. "Complete Gym-Chapel" Say Alumni, Who Praise School's Accreditment According to reports from the Rev. S. Berge Will Give Evangelistic Talks Here Augustana,—fully accredited, —a college of the highest rank! To no group is this news kome. --ttuul - to the alum-of Augustana. No group is In ye genuinely grateful, first, to the Giver of All, then to President Preus and all those who this year and in years past have pushed valiantly to the goal. From your former students, Augustana,—Congratulations. Alvin Rogness, President, Alumni Ass'n. Rev. Selmer E. Berge, Fort Dodge, Iowa, will conduct a series of evang-elistic meetings at Augustana from Tuesday to Friday next week, April 7-10. He will speak at the chapel exercises each morning and will also hold evening meetings, which will begin at 7:00 o'clock in the Old Main chapel. The presentation of well-known spiritual leaders in the church has been the policy of the college for the past several years. The most recent evangelists who have visited at the campus have been Dean S. M. Miller and Dr. C. J. Sodergren of the Lutheran Bible Institute, St. Paul, and Rev. Martin Norstad, Minneapolis. The religion board and its adviser, Dr. Iver Iverson, has charge each year of the arrange-ments for the outside lecturers. Rev. Berge is a graduate of Au-gustana Academy, Canton; of St. Olaf college, Northfield, Minnesota; and of the United Lutheran Sem-inary, St. Paul. He has served as pastor at Fort Dodge for the past seven years, and has become well known in church circles through-out Iowa. He is president of the Iowa district of the Young People's Luther League, and is editor of the magazine, "Better Leagues." Our hearty congratulations to Augustana college! This recognition will mean much to your splendid institu-tion. It insures a greater meas-ure of service, a finer growth, a larger school. Great credit is due all those who have worked so hard and faithfully these many years to bring the college up to the high standard which brought this accreditment from the North Central Association. Best wishes to the president, the faculty, the student body and friends of Augustana. Ben B. Lawshe, Sec'y, Sioux Falls Chamber of Conunerce. Assembly Delegations Organize; Tonning Is Permanent Advisor Improvements Added to Model School Equipment Several Students Get Teaching Positions The Augustana placement bureau, under the direction of Dr. I. B. Hauge, head of the psychology de-partment, is now receiving reports of vacancies and requests for teach-ers from a large number of the elementary and high schools of the state. Several members of the col-lege senior class, and the one and two year normal classes, have al-ready signed contracts for teaching positions for the coming year. Gloria Monserud, Sioux Falls, is the first member of the 193 .1 senior class to have secured a teaching position. She will teach Latin, Eng-lish, speech, and journalism and will assist with extra-curricular ac-tivities at Roslyn high school. Con-rad Hoyer, Sioux Falls, has accept-ed the superintendency of the Mis-sion Hill public schools for next year. Ruth Loftesness, Sioux Falls, a member of the two year normal class, will have charge of the pri-mary department of Mission Hill. Borghild Oyan, Baltic, was the first student at the college to sign a contract for a position for 1931-32. She will direct the primary depart-ment in the public schools at Sher-man. Members of the one year normal class who have secured positions are Sidsel Thormodsgaard, Alcester, who will teach near Colton, and Margery Asper, Artesian, who will teach a rural school near her home. The bureau is also aiding graduates of the college to secure positions this year, in case they wish to change schools fo 1931-32 term. Weiseth, Spence Direct Fourth College Annual Impressive Ceremonies Held; Staff Honored At Exercises 'The. 1931 Edda, after an impres-sive ceremony, in which the heads of the staff and of the college and representatives of the city of Sioux Falls took part, was distributed to-day to the Augustana student body. The book is the fourth annual to be published at the college by that name, and like the editions of the past two years, it is entirely a Sioux Falls product, with the exception of the cover. The yearbook, published by a staff headed by Irving Weiseth, Colman, editor, and Wells Spence, Sioux Falls, business manager, is the first annual of 1931 to appear in any of the schools of South Da-kota. Dr. 0. J. H. Preus, president of the college, was the master of cere-monies at today's exercises. Speak-ers were, in addition to Dr. Preus, W. Herbert Roberts, vice president of the Will A. Beach Printing Com-pany; Irving Weiseth, editor, and W e 11 s Spence, business manager. Representatives of many of the business and professional firms of the city who have advertised in the annual also were present. The Col-legiate Cadets, college pep b a n d, furnished music for the occasion. One of the features of the day was the presentation of copies of the book to Mrs. E. A. Weiseth, and Mrs. W. W. Spence, mothers of the heads of the annual staff, by Dr. Preus. Following, Mr. Weiseth and Mr., Spence prese•ted copies to Dr. to Mr. .ttoe:3rts, to Bert War- . -wick of the South Dakota Engrav-ers; and to Miss Ellen Lewison ad-viser of the staff. Members of the editorial staff then received their an-nuals from Mr. Weiseth, and assist-ants on the business staff from Mr. Spence. The 1931 Edda presents as its theme the project of the making of the Edda, from the growing of the tree from which the paper is made to the close of the work of the staff of the book and the distribution of the completed annuals. The theme is carried out throughout the book, from the outside front cover to the advertising section. The cover of the Edda is a rich brown-green in color, and is grained to represent the vertical grains of a tree. The artist's conception of axe chips is shown in the title, and at the bottom is a drawing represent-ing the camera, the brush and the pen, the engraver's tool, and the printing press, or the main steps in the publishing of the annual. The cover, a product of the S. K. Smith Company, Chicago, simply portrays what is intended, and it is one of the most beautiful ever used on an Augustana annual, in the opinion of the student body. The frontispiece, illustrating the editors dream of the finished book, is a duotone print, the only en-graving of its kind ever used in the Edda. The opening section il-lustra, es the making of the paper materials furnished by nature, (Continued on page 4) Larson Will Compete In Interstate Event At Augustana April 10 Orvin Larson, Augustana orator and winner of the South Dakota old line oratorical contest, will compete on Friday, April 10 in the interstate oratorical event, in which the win-ning orators of North Dakota, Min-nesota, and Nebraska will furnish the opposition. Augustana college will be host to the orators by virtue of Mr. Larson's victory in the state forensic meet which was held at Rapid City, February 13 and 14. The out-of-state orators coming here are representatives of Carleton college, Northfield, Minnesota; of the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks; and of Hastings col-lege, Hastings, Nebraska. The con-testants are the winners of the old line oratorical contests in their re-spective states. From the four con-testants competing, two speakers will be selected to represent this group of states in the national contest to be held at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, on April 24. Augustana has represented South Dakota in the interstate contest for the past throe years, and has over a period of seven years entered four orators in the interstate meets, from a field of ten South Dakota in-stitutions competing. Orvin Larson, Augustana's fourth state winner, will deliver the same oration, "Poly-nesian America," with which he won state honors in the Rapid. City contest. In 1929, Arthur Larson, with his oration, "Timocracy, Why Not," won third at Hastings, Min-nesota; and in 1930, at Lincoln, Nebraska, Ralph Enstrom was rank-ed fourth with his oration, "The Lag." Pupils and teachers of the model school conducted ceremonies for their new flag last week, the old "glory" having become too "tat-tered and torn" by the elements. The entire school witnessed the rites for the old flag. The school delegated two boys to burn it, hold-ing it so as to prevent it from touching the ground while it was gradually consumed. Several improvements, in order to increase the efficiency in the model school, have recently been made. Two sets of doors have been placed between the third • and fourth grade and the fifth and sixth grade rooms, which will enable the teachers to shut these rooms off for individual use, thus eliminating all foreign disturbance. A new ceiling globe, pictures, and playground equipment have been installed. The slate blackboards in the basement rooms of the Old Main have been transferred to the model school building also. Spring Choir Tour Begins Wednesday A nine-concert tour, the annual spring tour of the Augustana Col-lege Choir, commences next Wed-nesday noon, April 8, according to an announcement made by 0. Clif-ford Halverson, choir manager. The tour will take the choir into one Minnesota and eight Iowa cities, go-ing as far as Ames, the home of Iowa state college. The program will be the same as presented in the Sioux Falls concert, March 20. The itinerary is as follows: April 8—Blue Earth, Minnesota. April 9—Northwood, Iowa. April 10—Marshalltown, Iowa. April 11—Madrid, Iowa. April 12 (afternoon) Roland, Iowa. April 12 (evening)—Ames, Iowa. April 13—Jewell, Iowa. April 14---Eagle Grove, Iowa. April 15--Le Mars, Iowa. Bronze Plate For 100, Contributing Classes Is Prepared A bronze plate of large dimen-sions is being prepared for the en-trance of the proposed Gym Chapel, on which will be engraved the names of graduating classes of the college whose memberships have be-come 100 per cent contributing. Classes have been graduated from Augustana college or from the Luth-eran Normal School since 1890. A complete record is kept in the alum-ni office of each pledge and to which class the contributor belongs. Reports are that several classes are 100 per cent contributing, and that a number of others are very near. Hope is expressed by the alumni office that within another week or two a large number of these classes can be reported 100 per cent. I am very glad to get the good news that the North Cen-tral Association of Colleges has admitted Augustana college of our city as a full four-year ac-credited institution. This action shows the people here that Au-gustana is not only appreciated as one of the good educational institutions of the Northwest, but that it is also recognized as such by the highest authorities. Lot's keep up the good work so that this institution will get bigger and better. A. F. Larson, President. Sioux Falls Board of Education. I wish to congratulate Dr. Preus, Sioux Falls, and Augus-tana upon her full accredita-tion as a four-year college. This is the goal toward which the school has been striving for the last three years. This recogni-tion will make Augustana col-lege one of the outstanding schools of the Northwest. A. N. Graff, President, Board of Directors. Prof. Carlson Judges At State Tournament Prof. Hugo A. Carlson, head of department of public speech at Au-gustana college, was one of the judges of the state high school de-bate tournament which was con-ducted by the• University of South Dakota at Vermillion, March 23-25. Other judges were Harry G. Barnes, University of Iowa, and Dallas C. Dickey, University of South Da-kota, directors of speech at the two universities. Twelve district winners contest-ed for high honors in this, the eigh-teenth annual tournament, to be held. An extempore contest with 12 district representatives compet-ing, was conducted simultaneously. The same judges sat throughout the three-day session. Prof. Carlson jonrneyed on to Sioux City for the provincial Pi Kappa Delta tourna-ment, to which Morningside college was host, March 27 and 28. office of the Augustana Alumni As-sociation the recent full four-year accreditment is expected to furnish a driving incentive for a rapid fin-ish of the Gym-Chapel project. "Hundreds of alumni and former students throughout this state and the country have been anxiously awaiting the time when their alma mater would receive the stability which the recent action of the North Central Association has given it," is a statement issued from the alum-ni office. From various quarters throughout the alumni world messages such as the following have been received: "Great! The news of the N. C. action has given me a feeling that our school is strong, sound, and destined to great growth and long life." "This achievement is the first great step forward for the year 1931. The second will be the com-pletion of the Gym-Chapel." "I be-lieve alumni and former students will put forth every possible effort to complete the Gym-Chapel within the next few months." "Three cheers for our great school! On to the completed Gym!" A recent statement published by the Gym-Chapel office contained these facts: 1. About $47,000 have been pledged, of which about $11,- 000 have been collected; 2. Building materials and labor are now so cheap that if $25,000 or $30,000 were available in actual cash, build-ing operations could begin; 3. Hun-dreds of former students who have riot yet pledged are sending in their pledges day by day. Asked whether he expected build-ing operations to begin soon, Mr. Alvin Rogness, director of the ap-peal, made this reply, "How soon, I cannot tell. But this I know, that if those who have pledged continue to pay their payments promptly, or even long before they are due; and if classes continue to become 100 per cent contributing,— the time for building is not far distant." ISSUED TO COLLEGE STUDENTS TODAY A permanent organization was the outcome of the League of Nations Model Assembly, held at the First Lutheran Church Friday and Satur-day, under the auspices of the Au-gustana history department. At a business meeting of the delegates which took place after the final ses-sion Saturday evening, a League of Nations Council was elected, consist-ing of one representative from each of the seven colleges of the state who took part in the assembly. Those who will hold positions on the council are Harold Corey, uni-versity of South Dakota, who was named temporary chairman; John Jackson, Dakota Wesleyan; Charles Filbey, Huron college; Arthur Schol-ten, Southern Normal; and Orvin Larson, Augustana. The Sioux Falls college and State college delega-tions asked permission to confer with their faculty advisers, who were not present, before making their nominations. Roy Smith, State college, was elected secretary-gen-eral of the League assembly for the 1932 meeting, and a tentative invitation was extended by Dr. Christol, head of the history depart-ment of the university, to hold the next assembly on the university campus at Vermillion. A vote of thanks was given. to Mr. Clark M. Eichelberger, Chicago, editor of the League of Nations Chronicle and executive secretary of the League of Nations Association, for the large part he played in making the as-sembly a 'success, through directing the actual procedure of the meeting and thus insuring an accurate re-production of the Geneva confer-ence. Prof. 0. Tonning, head of the Augustana history department, was elected permanent faculty adviser of the League of Na-tions Model Assembly and of the League of Nations council at the business meeting Satur-day evening. Prof. Tonning, as chairman of the arrangements committee, has probably done more than any other person to make South Dakota's first model assembly a success. He will assist and advise those in charge of next year's assembly as to the preliminary plans and also the actual procedure to follow. Arthur Larson was elected presi-dent of the assembly at the Friday evening session. He delivered his acceptance speech in the French language, after which it was inter-preted in English. Lyle Cheaver, State college, was named secretary-general of the assembly previously, and as he called the roll of the 54 nations belonging to the league, a delegate from each nation stepped to the front of the room to drop his country's ballot in a box pro-vided for the purpose. This im-pressive ceremony was a duplication of the procedure of election car-ried out by the League of Nations at Geneva. Mr. Eichelberger, who acted as temporary chairman of the assem-bly, gave the opening speech, a review of the purpose and progress of the League of Nations as an international peace organization. The promise of a world disarmament conference to be held at Geneva next February was estimated by him to be one of the outstanding peace developmentS in the history of the world. Orrin Larson dis-cussed the Briand project for the federation of the European states at the Friday evening meeting, with discussion following. Instead of attempting to present (Continued on page 4)
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Title | Mirror - April 1, 1931 |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.)--Students--Newspapers |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1931-04-01 |
Publishing agency | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, USA |
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Date | 1931-04-01 |
Text | STAFF CHIEFS SELECT BEAUTIFUL COVER FOR YEARBOOK I am delighted to hear that Augustana has been fully ac-credited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Sec-ondary Schools. I have employed several teach-ers who are graduates of Au-gustana and have always found them well trained and equip-ped. I am delighted to be able to extend any congratulations! A. A. McDonald, Sulit., Sioux Falls Public SFhools. Sioux Falls can now take her place in the sun as an "Educa-tional Center." The gaining of full accreditment by Augustana college marks a milestone in our educational progress, and testifies to the fine work done by the school. Congratulations! S. A. Christenson, Sioux Falls Book and Stationery Company. Hurrah for Augustana! I was very happy to read in the Argus-Leader the report of Au-gystana's accreditation by the North Central Association. The goal has been reached which was set five years ago when the great endowment drive was launched. This shows what tenacity of purpose will do. A great dream has been realized. It is the culmination of a work participated in by all who have given of their time and money to the institution. The city of Sioux Falls is to be congratulated on having a college of such high standing in its midst. The accreditation shows that the consistent for-ward march of our local college has been purposeful. W. Herbert Roberts, Vice Pres., Will A. Beach Printing Co. The Augustana Mirror Vol. XI.I Sioux Falls, S. D., Wednesday, April 1, 1931. No. 2 NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION ADMITS AUGUSTANA * * * * * * * * * * * * *s,. ** * * L. A. "Lefty" Olson, Former Luther Four-Sport Star, Will Be New Viking Mentor * * * * 0 0 * * * * * * * •• * * * **.* * . * * * * * * ?fir r,: ;a * * 1931 EDDA Comes From Iowa Lutheran College Complete Four - Year Accreditment Raises Institution to Equal Plane With Large Liberal Arts Centers Augustana College has been granted full four-year accreditment by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, according to an announcement issued by the association Thursday, March 19, at its annual convention held at the Stevens Hotel, Chicago. By this action, Augustana becomes Sioux Falls' only completely accredited liberal arts college. It is now accredited by the North Central Association, by the state department of education, and by virtue of general recognition by the large universities of the Middle West. Coach Dee Resig'is After Four - Year Pe riod of Expansion Leonard A. "Lefty" (1,4:en, of Wal-dorf college, has been chosen as Augustana's athletic director follow-ing the resignation of H. Paul Dee, present coach. Olson comes with a brilliant record as a high school and college athlete and as a successful coach at Waldorf college, Forest City, Iowa. His teams at Waldorf have consistently ranked among the leaders in the 29 schools of Iowa junior college conferent..?.. While playing high school basket-ball at Red Wing, Olson was ad-judged one of the stellar high school performers in Minnesota basketball competition. At Luther college, he built up a record in .four sports, football, basketball, baseball, and track, and is one of the few four letter men ever to graduate from that school. Although of slight build and weighing little over 150 Pounds, Olson was chosen all con-ference fullback in the Iowa college conference in 1926. He has spent the last few sum-mers at the University of Iowa pre-paring for an M. A. degree in phys-ical education, and intends to con-tinue his studies at the University of Michigan this summer. This training will fit him especially for the physical education classes he will be called upon to take charge of, in addition to his coachingactivi-ties at Augustana. Besides being a successful coach wand r ifirnife= and at Wald hr said neigh bOrhood g of-fers from -various h In Iowa and southern Minnesio` --The resignation of- I Dee- as Augustana's athletic director marks the end of a four year regime of constant - expansion and improve-ment, in which Augustana has estab-lished athletic relations with many of the larger schools of the section. Facilities have been improved upon, an athletic field with a floodlighting system has been installed, bleachers to seat 3,000 have been purchased, and a good record has been estab-lished. It is not generally known that coach Dee resigned a year ago, but decided to stay upon the re-quest of officials of the college. The coming of coach Olson is at an especially auspicious time as the announcement of his acceptance ar-rives simultaneously with the full accreditment given by the North Central Association. The full four-year accreditation should bring an influx of new material during the next few years, which may cause a further up-turn in the athletic record. With a large percentage of letter winners returning in all sports next fall, Augustana should be heard from in conference competition in 193.1-32. Sioux Falls Business Men Comment on Accreditation Scholarships, graduate assist-antships, and teaching fellowships are held this year by Augustana graduates at the university of Minnesota, university of Iowa, university of Wisconsin, Chicago University, and the university of Washington. Augustana has been fully accredited by the university of South Dakota for the past sev-eral years, and the accreditment with the North Central Associa-tion puts the college on the same plane as St. Olaf, Carleton, Grin-nell, and other institutions of high ranking in the Northwest. Meets High Standards The North Central accreditment signifies that the college meets the standards of the higher class educational institutions of .Amer-ica, and as such its credits will be accepted at their face value by both graduate and undergraduate schools. The action of the associa-tion gives Sioux Falls, the metro-polis o.Lthe Dakotas, its first ful-ly accredited liberal arts college, making the city an educational center of greater significance than ever before. Rapid Improvement Cited The accreditation has been earned by Augustana through the many rapid improvements made during the past few years, in the teaching staff, in student enrollment, in scholar-ship standards, in library and labor-atory equipment, and in endowment. There are now 38 instructors on the college faculty, with nine men having Ph. D. degrees or an equiv-alent. Three members are on leave of absence this year, studying for their doctorates. The student en-rollment has grown from 200 to over 500 within the past eight years, and during this time standards of scholarship have also been raised considerably at the college. The addition of over 1000 books a year to the college library has greatly increased its value and ef-ficiency, and the improvement of the science laboratories has strengthened that department in a great measure. Over $3000 has been expended re-cently for new equipment and ap-paratus for the physical laboratory alone. An endowment of $500,000 was raised five years ago, in 1926, to meet requirements. Congratulations to Augustana college on its accreditation by the North Central Association. This deserved recognition should add impetus to all active and latent forces contributing to the college's immediate and future growth. Dear Augustana: This is the greatest event in your history as a college. You have made a splendid record in scholastic effort and a phenom-enal record in forensics; but this is the greatest achievement of all. For your accreditation is a reward of merit and a goal attained by true worth in all fields of college standards. Nov your future is secure. May you grow steadily and soundly. And may your progress be, . not in the catchy super-ficialities of life, but in the center and in the deep of the current. My heartiest congrat-ulations:- Rev. H. J. Glenn, Pastor, First Lutheran Church. S. B. Nissen, Editor, SDEA Journal. "Complete Gym-Chapel" Say Alumni, Who Praise School's Accreditment According to reports from the Rev. S. Berge Will Give Evangelistic Talks Here Augustana,—fully accredited, —a college of the highest rank! To no group is this news kome. --ttuul - to the alum-of Augustana. No group is In ye genuinely grateful, first, to the Giver of All, then to President Preus and all those who this year and in years past have pushed valiantly to the goal. From your former students, Augustana,—Congratulations. Alvin Rogness, President, Alumni Ass'n. Rev. Selmer E. Berge, Fort Dodge, Iowa, will conduct a series of evang-elistic meetings at Augustana from Tuesday to Friday next week, April 7-10. He will speak at the chapel exercises each morning and will also hold evening meetings, which will begin at 7:00 o'clock in the Old Main chapel. The presentation of well-known spiritual leaders in the church has been the policy of the college for the past several years. The most recent evangelists who have visited at the campus have been Dean S. M. Miller and Dr. C. J. Sodergren of the Lutheran Bible Institute, St. Paul, and Rev. Martin Norstad, Minneapolis. The religion board and its adviser, Dr. Iver Iverson, has charge each year of the arrange-ments for the outside lecturers. Rev. Berge is a graduate of Au-gustana Academy, Canton; of St. Olaf college, Northfield, Minnesota; and of the United Lutheran Sem-inary, St. Paul. He has served as pastor at Fort Dodge for the past seven years, and has become well known in church circles through-out Iowa. He is president of the Iowa district of the Young People's Luther League, and is editor of the magazine, "Better Leagues." Our hearty congratulations to Augustana college! This recognition will mean much to your splendid institu-tion. It insures a greater meas-ure of service, a finer growth, a larger school. Great credit is due all those who have worked so hard and faithfully these many years to bring the college up to the high standard which brought this accreditment from the North Central Association. Best wishes to the president, the faculty, the student body and friends of Augustana. Ben B. Lawshe, Sec'y, Sioux Falls Chamber of Conunerce. Assembly Delegations Organize; Tonning Is Permanent Advisor Improvements Added to Model School Equipment Several Students Get Teaching Positions The Augustana placement bureau, under the direction of Dr. I. B. Hauge, head of the psychology de-partment, is now receiving reports of vacancies and requests for teach-ers from a large number of the elementary and high schools of the state. Several members of the col-lege senior class, and the one and two year normal classes, have al-ready signed contracts for teaching positions for the coming year. Gloria Monserud, Sioux Falls, is the first member of the 193 .1 senior class to have secured a teaching position. She will teach Latin, Eng-lish, speech, and journalism and will assist with extra-curricular ac-tivities at Roslyn high school. Con-rad Hoyer, Sioux Falls, has accept-ed the superintendency of the Mis-sion Hill public schools for next year. Ruth Loftesness, Sioux Falls, a member of the two year normal class, will have charge of the pri-mary department of Mission Hill. Borghild Oyan, Baltic, was the first student at the college to sign a contract for a position for 1931-32. She will direct the primary depart-ment in the public schools at Sher-man. Members of the one year normal class who have secured positions are Sidsel Thormodsgaard, Alcester, who will teach near Colton, and Margery Asper, Artesian, who will teach a rural school near her home. The bureau is also aiding graduates of the college to secure positions this year, in case they wish to change schools fo 1931-32 term. Weiseth, Spence Direct Fourth College Annual Impressive Ceremonies Held; Staff Honored At Exercises 'The. 1931 Edda, after an impres-sive ceremony, in which the heads of the staff and of the college and representatives of the city of Sioux Falls took part, was distributed to-day to the Augustana student body. The book is the fourth annual to be published at the college by that name, and like the editions of the past two years, it is entirely a Sioux Falls product, with the exception of the cover. The yearbook, published by a staff headed by Irving Weiseth, Colman, editor, and Wells Spence, Sioux Falls, business manager, is the first annual of 1931 to appear in any of the schools of South Da-kota. Dr. 0. J. H. Preus, president of the college, was the master of cere-monies at today's exercises. Speak-ers were, in addition to Dr. Preus, W. Herbert Roberts, vice president of the Will A. Beach Printing Com-pany; Irving Weiseth, editor, and W e 11 s Spence, business manager. Representatives of many of the business and professional firms of the city who have advertised in the annual also were present. The Col-legiate Cadets, college pep b a n d, furnished music for the occasion. One of the features of the day was the presentation of copies of the book to Mrs. E. A. Weiseth, and Mrs. W. W. Spence, mothers of the heads of the annual staff, by Dr. Preus. Following, Mr. Weiseth and Mr., Spence prese•ted copies to Dr. to Mr. .ttoe:3rts, to Bert War- . -wick of the South Dakota Engrav-ers; and to Miss Ellen Lewison ad-viser of the staff. Members of the editorial staff then received their an-nuals from Mr. Weiseth, and assist-ants on the business staff from Mr. Spence. The 1931 Edda presents as its theme the project of the making of the Edda, from the growing of the tree from which the paper is made to the close of the work of the staff of the book and the distribution of the completed annuals. The theme is carried out throughout the book, from the outside front cover to the advertising section. The cover of the Edda is a rich brown-green in color, and is grained to represent the vertical grains of a tree. The artist's conception of axe chips is shown in the title, and at the bottom is a drawing represent-ing the camera, the brush and the pen, the engraver's tool, and the printing press, or the main steps in the publishing of the annual. The cover, a product of the S. K. Smith Company, Chicago, simply portrays what is intended, and it is one of the most beautiful ever used on an Augustana annual, in the opinion of the student body. The frontispiece, illustrating the editors dream of the finished book, is a duotone print, the only en-graving of its kind ever used in the Edda. The opening section il-lustra, es the making of the paper materials furnished by nature, (Continued on page 4) Larson Will Compete In Interstate Event At Augustana April 10 Orvin Larson, Augustana orator and winner of the South Dakota old line oratorical contest, will compete on Friday, April 10 in the interstate oratorical event, in which the win-ning orators of North Dakota, Min-nesota, and Nebraska will furnish the opposition. Augustana college will be host to the orators by virtue of Mr. Larson's victory in the state forensic meet which was held at Rapid City, February 13 and 14. The out-of-state orators coming here are representatives of Carleton college, Northfield, Minnesota; of the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks; and of Hastings col-lege, Hastings, Nebraska. The con-testants are the winners of the old line oratorical contests in their re-spective states. From the four con-testants competing, two speakers will be selected to represent this group of states in the national contest to be held at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, on April 24. Augustana has represented South Dakota in the interstate contest for the past throe years, and has over a period of seven years entered four orators in the interstate meets, from a field of ten South Dakota in-stitutions competing. Orvin Larson, Augustana's fourth state winner, will deliver the same oration, "Poly-nesian America," with which he won state honors in the Rapid. City contest. In 1929, Arthur Larson, with his oration, "Timocracy, Why Not," won third at Hastings, Min-nesota; and in 1930, at Lincoln, Nebraska, Ralph Enstrom was rank-ed fourth with his oration, "The Lag." Pupils and teachers of the model school conducted ceremonies for their new flag last week, the old "glory" having become too "tat-tered and torn" by the elements. The entire school witnessed the rites for the old flag. The school delegated two boys to burn it, hold-ing it so as to prevent it from touching the ground while it was gradually consumed. Several improvements, in order to increase the efficiency in the model school, have recently been made. Two sets of doors have been placed between the third • and fourth grade and the fifth and sixth grade rooms, which will enable the teachers to shut these rooms off for individual use, thus eliminating all foreign disturbance. A new ceiling globe, pictures, and playground equipment have been installed. The slate blackboards in the basement rooms of the Old Main have been transferred to the model school building also. Spring Choir Tour Begins Wednesday A nine-concert tour, the annual spring tour of the Augustana Col-lege Choir, commences next Wed-nesday noon, April 8, according to an announcement made by 0. Clif-ford Halverson, choir manager. The tour will take the choir into one Minnesota and eight Iowa cities, go-ing as far as Ames, the home of Iowa state college. The program will be the same as presented in the Sioux Falls concert, March 20. The itinerary is as follows: April 8—Blue Earth, Minnesota. April 9—Northwood, Iowa. April 10—Marshalltown, Iowa. April 11—Madrid, Iowa. April 12 (afternoon) Roland, Iowa. April 12 (evening)—Ames, Iowa. April 13—Jewell, Iowa. April 14---Eagle Grove, Iowa. April 15--Le Mars, Iowa. Bronze Plate For 100, Contributing Classes Is Prepared A bronze plate of large dimen-sions is being prepared for the en-trance of the proposed Gym Chapel, on which will be engraved the names of graduating classes of the college whose memberships have be-come 100 per cent contributing. Classes have been graduated from Augustana college or from the Luth-eran Normal School since 1890. A complete record is kept in the alum-ni office of each pledge and to which class the contributor belongs. Reports are that several classes are 100 per cent contributing, and that a number of others are very near. Hope is expressed by the alumni office that within another week or two a large number of these classes can be reported 100 per cent. I am very glad to get the good news that the North Cen-tral Association of Colleges has admitted Augustana college of our city as a full four-year ac-credited institution. This action shows the people here that Au-gustana is not only appreciated as one of the good educational institutions of the Northwest, but that it is also recognized as such by the highest authorities. Lot's keep up the good work so that this institution will get bigger and better. A. F. Larson, President. Sioux Falls Board of Education. I wish to congratulate Dr. Preus, Sioux Falls, and Augus-tana upon her full accredita-tion as a four-year college. This is the goal toward which the school has been striving for the last three years. This recogni-tion will make Augustana col-lege one of the outstanding schools of the Northwest. A. N. Graff, President, Board of Directors. Prof. Carlson Judges At State Tournament Prof. Hugo A. Carlson, head of department of public speech at Au-gustana college, was one of the judges of the state high school de-bate tournament which was con-ducted by the• University of South Dakota at Vermillion, March 23-25. Other judges were Harry G. Barnes, University of Iowa, and Dallas C. Dickey, University of South Da-kota, directors of speech at the two universities. Twelve district winners contest-ed for high honors in this, the eigh-teenth annual tournament, to be held. An extempore contest with 12 district representatives compet-ing, was conducted simultaneously. The same judges sat throughout the three-day session. Prof. Carlson jonrneyed on to Sioux City for the provincial Pi Kappa Delta tourna-ment, to which Morningside college was host, March 27 and 28. office of the Augustana Alumni As-sociation the recent full four-year accreditment is expected to furnish a driving incentive for a rapid fin-ish of the Gym-Chapel project. "Hundreds of alumni and former students throughout this state and the country have been anxiously awaiting the time when their alma mater would receive the stability which the recent action of the North Central Association has given it," is a statement issued from the alum-ni office. From various quarters throughout the alumni world messages such as the following have been received: "Great! The news of the N. C. action has given me a feeling that our school is strong, sound, and destined to great growth and long life." "This achievement is the first great step forward for the year 1931. The second will be the com-pletion of the Gym-Chapel." "I be-lieve alumni and former students will put forth every possible effort to complete the Gym-Chapel within the next few months." "Three cheers for our great school! On to the completed Gym!" A recent statement published by the Gym-Chapel office contained these facts: 1. About $47,000 have been pledged, of which about $11,- 000 have been collected; 2. Building materials and labor are now so cheap that if $25,000 or $30,000 were available in actual cash, build-ing operations could begin; 3. Hun-dreds of former students who have riot yet pledged are sending in their pledges day by day. Asked whether he expected build-ing operations to begin soon, Mr. Alvin Rogness, director of the ap-peal, made this reply, "How soon, I cannot tell. But this I know, that if those who have pledged continue to pay their payments promptly, or even long before they are due; and if classes continue to become 100 per cent contributing,— the time for building is not far distant." ISSUED TO COLLEGE STUDENTS TODAY A permanent organization was the outcome of the League of Nations Model Assembly, held at the First Lutheran Church Friday and Satur-day, under the auspices of the Au-gustana history department. At a business meeting of the delegates which took place after the final ses-sion Saturday evening, a League of Nations Council was elected, consist-ing of one representative from each of the seven colleges of the state who took part in the assembly. Those who will hold positions on the council are Harold Corey, uni-versity of South Dakota, who was named temporary chairman; John Jackson, Dakota Wesleyan; Charles Filbey, Huron college; Arthur Schol-ten, Southern Normal; and Orvin Larson, Augustana. The Sioux Falls college and State college delega-tions asked permission to confer with their faculty advisers, who were not present, before making their nominations. Roy Smith, State college, was elected secretary-gen-eral of the League assembly for the 1932 meeting, and a tentative invitation was extended by Dr. Christol, head of the history depart-ment of the university, to hold the next assembly on the university campus at Vermillion. A vote of thanks was given. to Mr. Clark M. Eichelberger, Chicago, editor of the League of Nations Chronicle and executive secretary of the League of Nations Association, for the large part he played in making the as-sembly a 'success, through directing the actual procedure of the meeting and thus insuring an accurate re-production of the Geneva confer-ence. Prof. 0. Tonning, head of the Augustana history department, was elected permanent faculty adviser of the League of Na-tions Model Assembly and of the League of Nations council at the business meeting Satur-day evening. Prof. Tonning, as chairman of the arrangements committee, has probably done more than any other person to make South Dakota's first model assembly a success. He will assist and advise those in charge of next year's assembly as to the preliminary plans and also the actual procedure to follow. Arthur Larson was elected presi-dent of the assembly at the Friday evening session. He delivered his acceptance speech in the French language, after which it was inter-preted in English. Lyle Cheaver, State college, was named secretary-general of the assembly previously, and as he called the roll of the 54 nations belonging to the league, a delegate from each nation stepped to the front of the room to drop his country's ballot in a box pro-vided for the purpose. This im-pressive ceremony was a duplication of the procedure of election car-ried out by the League of Nations at Geneva. Mr. Eichelberger, who acted as temporary chairman of the assem-bly, gave the opening speech, a review of the purpose and progress of the League of Nations as an international peace organization. The promise of a world disarmament conference to be held at Geneva next February was estimated by him to be one of the outstanding peace developmentS in the history of the world. Orrin Larson dis-cussed the Briand project for the federation of the European states at the Friday evening meeting, with discussion following. Instead of attempting to present (Continued on page 4) |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |