THE AUGUSTANA MIRROR CONVENU N
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Vol. VIII. SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, DECEMBER 2, 1927 No. 11
PRESS
CONVENTION
DEC. 2-3
LITTLE SYMPHONY
GIVES THEIR INITIAL
CONCERT OF YEAR
PHILIP I'ITTS, CONCERT
MASTER, IS SOLOIST
A. C. Orchestra Thrills Large Au-dience
with Music; Next
Concert is May 4
The state of South Dakota boasts
few finer musical organizations than
the Augustana Symphony Orchestra.
That the people of Sioux Falls rec-ognize
this fact was evidenced by
the large attendance at the initial
concert given Tuesday evening, No-vember
28, in the college gymnas-ium.
Richard Guderyahn, teacner
of violin in the Department of Music
at Augustana, is director of the
orchestra. Though Mr. Guderyahn
has been at Augustana only since
the beginning of the present school
year, he has in this short time
accomplished a great deal. None
but the most enthusiastic comments
have been made concerning the won-derful
concert Tuesday evening. The
program included a pleasing variety
of selections. Each number contrib-uted
to a remarkable unity of per-formance
and a perfection of musical
understanding which bear witness
not only of the unusual ability of
Mr. Guderyahn, but also of the con-scientious
efforts of the young peo-ple
who are members of the or-chestra.
The first number on the concert
program was a selection from the
well-known opera "Carmen," by
Bizet. This colorful number, with
its alternating snatches of bril-liancy
and sweetness of melody,
could not fail to please even the
most critical listener. The mag-nificent
"Coronation March" from
The Prophet," by Meyerbeer, was
the second number. All the pomp
and dignity of a royal procession
were embodied in the orchestra's
wonderful interpretation of this
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MR. LOKKEN CONDUCTS
EVANGELICAL MEETINGS
Mr. K. 0. Lokken, of Sioux Falls,
evangelist of the Norwegian Luth-eran
Church of America, began his
series of evangelical meetings at
Augustana Tuesday, November 29,
during chapel period. These meet-ings
are held every day throughout
the entire week both during chapel
periods and every evening at 6:45
o'clock.
As his text for the meetings
during chapel Tuesday, November
29 Mr. Lokken chose Mark 10:17-
32. During his first talk he put
this question to every individual
present, "Do You Pray?" The im-portance
and the power of prayer
was emphasized. He stated that we
must pray with faith in our hearts.
The text mentioned above will be
discussed throughout the week.
At the meeting Tuesday evening,
Mr. Lokken based his discussion
on Luke 11:1-13. Mr. Lokken stat-ed
that prayer is one of the great-est
privileges that we have and we
should say to the Lord as the
disciples, "Teach me to pray." He
further brought out that the best
of all gifts that we can receive
is the Holy Spirit. It can teach us
to pray. The statement was made
that the prayer that the Spirit of
God works in our heart will always
be answered, but it is rather hard
to distinguish whether it is just
our own selfish will or not. Mr.
Lokken closed this discussion by
saying that all should pray for
these meetings and for some in-dividual
whom we thought to be
away from God. He cited specific
instances in which people had been
brought to realization of their sins
and had come to God as a result
of fervent prayers to Him.
POSITIONS OF STAFFS
FILLED BY ELECTIONS
Resigning from his position as
assistant advertising manager of
the Mirror, Earl Rogness, Astoria,
was recently elected advertising
manager for the "Edda", Augus-tana
college yearbook to be pub-lished
in the spring of 1928. Rich-ard
Hanson, Freeman, was elected
to fill the vacancy of assistant ad-vertising
manager of the Mirror.
Mr. Rogness and Mr. Hanson are
both members of the A Capella
Choir and are sophomores in col-lege.
Mr. Rogness is also a member
of the Symphony Orchestra.
JAROSLAV GONS
First of Artist
Recitals Is Dec. 13
Jaroslav Gons, violincellist, will
appear in the first artist recital of
the year in the college gymnasium,
December 13. Mr. Gons is a native
of Bohemia and is undoubtedly one
of the greatest cellists in the world.
Mr. Gons' musical career began
early. While yet very young he
became solo 'cellist of the famous
Symphony Orchestra of Vienna. His
fame spread rapidly and he made
successful concert tours throughout
all of Europe. While in Russia he
appeared with such artists as D.
Smirnoff, the Russian Tenor, and
Bortkiewiez, the celebrated Russian
pianist-composer. He was in Russia
when the World War began. He
was spared the risk of personal
danger by his renown as a musical
genius. The Russian musical au-thorities
secured for him his liberty
and gave him the title of Professor
of Imperial Russian conservatories.
In 1920, Mr. Gons came to Amer-ica.
His appearances in this coun-try
have been most successful. Lead-ing
music critics have made the fol-lowing
comments on these concerts:
"The Artist played with a won-derful
breadth of tone, faultless
technique, plus impeccable artistry,
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DEMOSTHENIANS WIN
IN FORENSIC CONTEST
In the initial intersociety con-test
of the season, the Demosthen-ian
Literary Society orators tri-umphed
over their opponents, the
Websterians, to defeat them by a
percentage of 2 points. The Demos-thenians
scored a percentage of 80
and the Websterians 78. This was
the first in a series of five con-tests
which will decide which so-ciety
is to gain possession of the
silver loving cup.
The man who represented the
Demosthenians was Arthur Lar-son,
city, who spoke on "The In-difference
of a Nation." Alvin Lew-is,
Arlington, also a Demosthenian,
spoke on the subject, "Atheism."
Ernest Fossum, Pierpont, speak-ing
on the topic, "World Leader-ship"
and Iver Eide, Baltic, speak-ing
on "Duties of Citizenship," rep-resented
the Websterians.
The judges for the contest were
Professors Peterson, Cole, and Ble-gen.
MIRROR HAS CIRCULATION
IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Following is an article which ap-peared
in the Sioux Falls Argus
Leader concerning the circulation
of the Mirror:
If the Augustana college a ca-pella
choir realizes its European
tour in 1929 it will not be a strang-er
to one country on its itinerary,
at least. The college is well known
in Norway, where the bulk of its
concerts would be given.
The college has been advertised
the past two years by the Augus-tana
Mirror, bi-weekly newspaper
published at the college. This has
been sent to noted persons and to
many schools through the personal
acquaintanceships there of Miss
Borghild M. Dahl, journalism in-structor,
who has studied abroad.
The Mirror circulation list in-cludes
the king of Norway, the
minister of education, the president
of the largest university, and the
president of the national teachers'
association, Mrs. Anna Sethne, all
of whom acknowledged receipt of
the school paper.
FORENSIC SEASON
PROMISES TO BE
BEST IN HISTORY
AUGUSTANA HAS MANY
DEBATES SCHEDULED
Contest with State College to Be
Broadcasted; University Is
Scheduled
A new feature in Augustana de-bate
programs will be attempted
this season when a Viking debate
team will meet the State College
team in a contest to be broadcasted
from Brookings on March 15. An-other
deviation from regular debate
programs will occur on February
14 when a three-man Augustana
affirmative team will debate a State
College negative team before the
Parent-Teachers' Asociation of Dell
Rapids. Other important matches
are to be arranged with Morning-side
College and the University of
South Dakota, according to Prof.
Alvin Rogness, instructor of foren-sics.
The radio debate to be held at
Brookings on March 15 will be the
last encounter in the state for the
team which will represent Augus-
,ana in the national Pi Kappa Delta
debates to be held at Tiffin, Ohio,
during the first week of April. The
Augustana team will have the neg-ative
of the question concerning the
foreign investment policy of the
United States.
Two other debates will be held
with State. One will be the con-test
before the Dell Rapids P. T.
A. and another contest is to be
held between women's teams from
the two schools.
The University of South Dakota
will be one of the other more for-midable
forensics foes, which Prof.
Rogness is scheduling for his debate
teams this year. An Augustana
women's trio will argue with a
women's team from the University
if present plans materialize.
Negotiations are under way for
a dual debate with Morningside
College of Sioux City, Iowa. Men
and women teams will be represent-ed
in these debates if they are def-initely
scheduled.
Several debates are also planned
with colleges within the state.
Yankton College and Dakota Wes-leyan
University of Mitchell are the
probable adversaries in these de-bates.
A trip which will take the de-baters
through Minnesota is also
likely.
LARSON WINS FIRST
IN HOME ORATORICAL
Speaking on the subject, "The
Indifference of a Nation," in the
annual Home Oratorical contest held
in the Chapel of Old Main on
Monday evening, November 21, Ar-thur
Larson, city, a Freshman in
the College Department, won the
first prize of $15.00 and the priv-ilege
of representing the school in
the district oratorical contest to be
held at Yankton on February 17.
Ernest Fossum's Pierpont, oration
on "World Leadership" placed sec-ond
and won a prize of $10.00 and
representation in the district Peace
Oratorical Contest also to be held
at Yankton in connection with the
regular "old line" oratorical.
Three other men were entered
in the contest. Iver Eide, Baltic,
spoke on "The Duty of an Ameri-can
Citien"; Alvin Lewis, Arling-ton,
spoke on "Modernism," and
Gerhard Erickson, Astoria, orated
on "The Boy of Today and His
Future."
The judges for the contest were:
Mr. J. M. Coon, a local attorney
who is especially interested in Pi
Kappa Delta work among college
students; Dr. Preston, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church of the city;
and Prof. A. T. Tollevs, head of
the Department of Sociology.
Fred Koller, president of the local
Eta chapter of the Pi Kappa Delta,
presided at the contest.
MISS DAHL ADDRESSES
WOMEN OF HISTORY CLUB
CARL J. HANSON
Augustana Selects
Delegate for S.V.C.
Carl Hanson, Lily, was elected
delegate to represent Augustana at
the Student Volunteer Convention,
which will be held at Detroit, Mich-igan,
December 29 to January 2.
This convention is really interna-tional
in scope, and delegates num-bering
over 8000 were present at
the last gathering four years ago.
Speakers for the convention will in-clude
some of the greatest men in
the world such as Prof. Kilpatrick
of Columbia University; Dr. Hodj-kin,
leading missionary in China
today; Dr. Wei, President of China's
leading University; Rufus Jones of
India; Sherwood Eddy; and Dr. Al-bert
Schweitzer.
Mr. Hanson is president of the
Mission Union Society, —_ is active
in religious organizations at Aug-ustana.
He is a sophomore in the
college departmen - and is organ-ization
editor of le "Edda", Aug-ustana
college yearbook to be pub-lished
in the spring of 1928. Pre-vious
to coming to Augustana Mr.
Hanson was president of the Aber-deen
Circuit of the Luther League.
He also was general chairman of
the Homecoming Day event at Aug-ustana
last
AUGUSTANA ACADEMY HAS
FIRST HOMECOMING DAY
The members of the Academy
Department of Augustana College at
Sioux Falls attended the first
Homecoming Day celebration of the
Augustana Academy at Canton Sat-urday,
November 19. Other stud-ents
of the college who are alumni
of the Academy, also attended the
festivities. Dr. C. 0. Solberg, Pres-ident
of Augustana College brought
greetings to the Academy in behalf
of the college. The entire Home-coming
Day program showed that
there was a feeling of unity be-tween
the two schools and they
were both a part of a "larger Aug-ustana".
The event opened with a pep
meeting Friday evening, November
18, to arouse pep for the football
game the following day. A formal
program was held in the academy
chapel on Saturday morning, No-vember
19. This included: De-votion,
Rev. Edward Nervig-, Can-ton;
cornet solo, Axel Lundring;
greetings by Dr. C. 0. Solberg;
vocal solo, Lyndall Gowan; address
by Rev. 0. C. Helleckson, Financial
Secretary of the Augustana College
Association; and a piano solo by
Clarinda Rommereim.
The football game took place in
the afternoon between Sheldon Jun-ior
College, Sheldon, Iowa, and the
Academy eleven resulting in a score
13-0 for the Sheldon eleven.
A great number of alumni and
friends attended the celebration.
Rev. Bergsaker, President of S.
D. district, Mr. A. N. Graff, Presi-dent
of A. C. Association and Prof.
G. H. Gilbertson, Business Manager
of Augustana College, were also
present.
EDDA STAFF CONDUCTS
CAMPAIGN AMONG STUDENTS
COLLEGE EDITORS
TO CONVENE FOR
ANNUAL MEETING
PROBLEMS OF JOURNALISM
FIELD TO BE DISCUSSED
Hanson, Editor of Mirror, to Wel-come
Representatives at Con-vention
on Friday, Dec. 2
The opening session of the South
Dakota College Press Association
convention will be held Friday mor-ning,
December 2, in the Old Main
Chapel. This is the first time in
the history of the school that Aug-ustana
has been host to the asso-ciation.
Representatives from prac-eically
every college in the state
are expected to be present. The
two fields of college journalistic
work, the annual and the newspap-er,
are to be studied. An excellent
and carefully arranged program has
been prepared. A number of well-known
speakers have been secured,
and music will be furnished by Aug-ustana's
finest talent.
All of the sessions will be held
in the Old Main Chapel, with the
exception of the program Friday
evening, which will be in the col-lege
gymnasium. It is hoped that
a large number of students and
citiens of Sioux Falls will attend
the sessions. Especially is the pub-lic
invited to attend the general
session Friday evening. Special
events of interest to journalists are:
a tour to various points of interest
in Sioux Falls, and a banquet which
will mark the close of the con-vention.
This banquet will be
served Saturday evening at five
o'clock, in the Home Economics
rooms. The classes in Home Eco-nomics
under the supervision of
Miss Dorothy Dahl, will serve the
banquet. The complete program
for the convention is as follows:
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OUTE;OK PR BASKETBALL
CAMPAIGN IS ENCOURAGING
The initial call for basketeers
by Coach Dee on Wednesday, No-vember
23, met with ready response
from nearly forty candidates, most
of whom are new material. Follow-ing
the practices of the week, he
reduced the squad to seventeen
men, with whom he will work to
develop a strong team.
Of this years squad only five are
lettermen in basketball at Augus-tana.
They are Norman Johnson,
Sinai, forward and highest scorer
on the Viking machine last year;
Merritt Anderson, Valley Springs,
guard, Gerhard Erickson, Astoria,
center; Peder Lerseth, Beresford,
guard; and Clifford Thompson,
Flandreau, forward. Members of
last year's squad with the team this
year, are Clifford Halverson, As-toria,
guard and Leonard Tabor,
city, forward.
Other members of the squad are:
Adolph Saetviet, Friendship, Wis-consin,
guard; Aenis Helgerson,
Round-Up, Montana, forward;
James Dee, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, for-ward
and center; Roy Bervin, Bal-tic,
forward ; Howard Loe, Pier-pont,
forward; Alton Rogness, As-toria,
guard; Milton Rogness, As-toria,
forward; Edwin Lee, Lien-pont,
guard; Justin Paulson, city,
guard; and Lee Olson, Huron,
guard.
Four seniors, Clarence Stanga,
Salem; Sanford Brakke, Presho;
Herman Mickelson, Irene; and Jul-ian
Hofstad, Clark, have also re-ported
to Coach Dee for practical
experience and pointers on the
game. These young men intend
to coach in high schools next year.
A CAPELLA CHOIR SINGS
AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH
The Augustana College A Capella
Choir under the direction of Dr.
Carl R. Youngdahl sang a group
of four songs at the services of
the First Lutheran Church Sunday
evening, November 27. The church
was filled for the service.
The group included the follow-ing
songs:
"Gloria Patri", (Palestrina) choir
and antiphonal choir.
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot," (Bur-leigh).
"Praise to the Lord," arr. 'by Chris-tianson.
"Going Home," (Dvorak), double
choir.
The staff of the "Edda", Augus-tana
year-book for 1928, conducted
a subscription campaign among the
students at a meeting held Tuesday
morning, November 22, after chapel .
Miss Dorothy Dahl, head of the Talks were given by Prof. A. T.
Home Economics Department, ad- Tollegs, Esther Johnson, Flandreau,
dressed the American Home De- and Richard Hanson, Freeman. The
partment of the History Club when auction-sale method was used, and
they met at the home of Mrs. "Edda" stock was sold. As a re-
F. P. Hall last week. Miss Dahl suit of this meeting, pledges were
spoke on the subject "A Guide for received from practically every
the Greedy". member of the student body. Fred
She discussed the problems of Koller, Sioux Falls, is Editor-in-balanced
menus, calories, and vit- Chief of the "Edda". Pierre En-amins
and presented many worth- gen, Vienna, is Circulation Man-while
suggestions to homemakers. ager.