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THE AUGUSTANA BOOST
AAUU GGUUSSTTAANNAA
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, APRIL 9, 1925 No. 1
AUGUSTANA WINS INTER -STATE
NATIONAL
ORATORICAL
VOL. VI.
DEBATE TEAMS FINISH UNDEFEATED 'MARCUS HOUGE WINS
AT LINCOLN NEBRASKA AFFIRMATIVE TEAM NEGATIVE,TEAM
Academy Wins Two, Freshmen
Two, and College
Six
The most successful state confer-ence
debate program in the history
of Augustana college closed with a
dual victory over Eastern State
Teachers College, Monday, March
30, increasing the number of consec-utive
debate victories this season to
ten.
Among the schools which Augus-tana
has defeated this year are
Freeman academy and Huron Col-lege
academy in the academy series,
Feb. 5. Dakota Wesleyan Univer-sity
and Sioux Falls college met de-feat
in the Freshmen college de-bates,
March 2. March 13, the reg-ular
college debates opened with vic-tories
over Sioux Falls college and
Columbus college. March 19 and
20, Yankton college, who was then
unbeaten, and Southern Normal
school were defeated by an affirma-tive
team from Augustana. The
two victories over Madison makes
the total number ten. Of the 17
judges used in these debates, only
one vote was cast against Augus-tana.
The regular college debaters who
defeated Madison were Marguerite
Larson, Carmi Lawrence, and Palm-er
Larson on the affirmative, while
Alvin Rogness, Ernest Husby, and
Lyle Gilbertson comprised the nega-tive
team. Prof. J. W. Errant, de-bate
coach at the University of
South Dakota, judged the debate at
home, in which the Augustana af-firmative
met Madison negative,
while Prof. F. W. La r- -,ortson, head
the forensic department at the
Dakota Wesleyan University, judged
the debate at Madison.
DEMOSTHENIANS AND
PHILOMATHIANS WIN
The Inter-Society play contest be-tween
the various college organiza-tions
took place Monday, April 6,
and resulted in victories for the
Demosthenians and the Philomath-ians.
The Demosthenian Society has
won every contest between the
men's societies this year, thereby
winning the cup which is awarded
to the organization scoring the high-est
number of points in four meets.
The Philomathians have been vic-torious
in two out of three contests,
and the oratorical, which will be
held later, will decide the final win-ner.
The different plays, with the
casts, were as follows:
Demosthenian
"SOLVING THE PUZZLE"
An original play by Marcus Houge.
Alex Jameson Carmi Lawrence
Jim Letcher Carl E. Boe
Walter Farrel____Clarence Hammer
Jack Crawford Marcus Houge
Robert Nelson____Clifford Anderson
Alfred Robinson Edwin Dybvig
“Fan,t Lief Fjellestad
First member___Sherman Anderson
Second member Gustav Sandro
Athenian
"JOINT OWNERS OF SPAIN"
Mrs. Mitchel Alice Brunick
Mrs. Fulton Gladys Windedahl
Miss Dyr Ellen Murray
Mrs. Blair Marguerite Larson
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GREAT INTEREST
SHOWN IN TENNIS
With the advent of warm weather
Augustana students have turned
their attention to tennis. A tennis
organization has been formed, and
already seventy-five members have
joined. Harold Ulberg has been
elected manager, and John Harvey
coach. The boys have done won-derful
work in improving the courts.
New clay has been put on them, and
they will be re-marked. Coach An-derson
is negotiating for the pur-chase
of a new marker so that the
courts can he kert in good shape all
the time. Intercollegiate matches
with Columbus and Sioux Falls Col-leges
have been scheduled, and ar-rangements
will probably be made
with Yankton.
M. Larson C. Lawrence
The regular affirmative team con-sisted
of Marguerite Larson, Palmer
Larson, and Carmi Lawrence. Miss
Larson represented Augustana in
the state extemporaneous speaking
contest last year, and in her first year
of inter-collegiate debating, won two
debates. Her brother, Palmer Lar-son,
freshman, and state champion
debater of last year, is a winner of
five intercollegiate debates this year.
Carmi Lawrence, freshman, state ex-temporaneous
speaker of this year
with four years of high school de-bate
experience, three at Watertown
and one at Sioux Falls, won five inter-collegiate
debates this year. Mr.
Lawrence will also represent Augus-tana
as extemporaneous speaker in
the regional Pi Kappa Delta meet
at Mitchell, April 9 and 10.
State Oratorical Cup
A CAPPELLA CHOIR
SINGS AT HARTFORD
Tuesday evening, March 31, the
Augustana College Choir gave a con-cert
at Hartford, under the auspices
of the high school there.
Following is the program given by
Prof. Youngdahl and his A Capella
Choir:
Blessing, Glory and Wisdom
J. S. Bach
Anthem for two choirs
Andante con moto
Vivace
Chorale
0 Darkest Woe!
Choral by J. Shop (1641)
Arranged by F. M. Christiansen
Come Unto Me ____ H. A. Matthsew
From the Reformation Cantata,
"The City of God"
Listen to the Lambs __ R. N. Dett
A religious characteristic for eight
part choir
In Heaven Above
__Arranged by F. M. Christiansen
Norwegian Folk Melody
A Legend P. Tschaikowsky
A Hymn of Praise__P. Tschaikowsky
Deep River
____Arranged by H. T. Burleigh
From "Jubilee Songs".
P. Larson A. Rogness
Pictures by Courtesy Argus-Leader.
Dr. Albert Keiser
Head of Forensics
AUGUSTANA STUDENTS
SING IN F. L. C. CANTATA
Sunday evening, April 5, a sacred
cantata entitled "The Seven Last
Words of Christ" by Dubois, was
very beautifully rendered at the Y
M. C. A., by the First Lutheran
church choir, under the direction of
Prof. C. R. Youngdahl. Rev. Glenn
gave short explanations of each
word before the parts were sung by
the choir. The following acted the
part of soloists: Miss Dagna Berg,
soprano; Thorvald Eisland, tenor;
Clarence Hanson, baritone. Miss
Aletta Jahren served as accompan-ist.
The introduction consisted of a
soprano solo by Miss Berg. The
first word, "Father, forgive them for
they know not what they do," was
sung in baritone and tenor solos,
with chorus. The mob spirit was
evident throughout. The second
word, "Verily, thou shalt be in Par-adise
with me today, Amen, so I tell
thee," was a tenor and baritone
duet, with chorus; the third word,
"See! 0 Woman! here behold thy
son beloved," were solos for so-prano,
tenor, and baritone, with cho-rus;
the fourth word, "God, my Fa-ther,
why hast thou forsaken me?"
was a baritone solo. The fifth word
"I am athirst," chorus, and tenor
and baritone solo, was sung in a
most appealing manner. The sixth
word, "Father, into Thy hands I
commend my soul," was a tenor solo
with chorus, while the seventh word,
"It is finished," were soprano, tenor
and baritone solos, with chorus.
The cantata was concluded with a
hymn of praise.
The cantata presented a true pic-ture
of the sufferings of Christ as
He was crucified upon the cross, and
the wild cries of the frenzied mob
were typically woven in, being sung
by the chorus.
DR. KEISER JUDGES
DEBATES AT TYNDALL
E. Husby L. Gilbertson
The regular negative team, as
they appeared against Sioux Falls
college and Madison Normal, con-sisted
of Alvin Rogness, Ernest
Husby, and Lyle Gilbertson. Alvin
Rogness, freshman, being shifted to
the affirmative for the Yankton and
Springfield debates, has been victori-ous
in five debates this season, and
was an academy debater last year at
the college. Ernest Husby, sopho-more,
attended St. Olaf college last
year, this year being his first of inter-collegiate
debate. He was second
speaker in two victories this year.
Lyle Gilbertson, senior, with four
years of inter-collegiate debate ex-perience,
has concluded his last sea-son
of debating for Augustana with
two victories, thereby becoming eli-gible
to the highest degree of de-bate
in the Pi Kappa Delta.
Marcus Houge
FINAL HOME CONCERT
GIVEN BY ORCHESTRA
On Monday evening, March 30,
the Augustana College Orchestra,
under the direction of Miss Marie
Toohey, gave their final home con-cert
before a large crowd in the
college gymnasium.
The following program was given:
I. Unfinished Symphony__Schubert
Allegro Moderato
Andante con moto
II. Soprano Solos
(a ) Russian Nightingale __
Josten
(b) Charity Hageman
(c) My Lover Is a Fisherman
Strickland
Miss Dagna Berg
III. Peer Gynt Suite Grieg
*No. 2—Aase's Death
*No. 3—Anitra's Dance
No. 4—In the Hall of the
Mountain King
*String Orchestra.
IV. (a) Humoresque Dvorak
( b) William Tell Overture__
Rossini
From the first number to the last
the program won the complete ap-proval
of the audience. The con-cert
showed the great accomplish-ment
that has been made by the or-chestra.
It displayed the talent and
hard work of the students, and it
proved that Miss Toohey is an art-ist,
teacher, and director of out-standing
rank.
Minnesota, North Dakota, Iowa,
and Kansas Are De-feated
With the remarkable debate rec-ord
still fresh in the minds of Aug-ustana
students, the placing of Mar-cus
Houge in the Inter State Orator-ical
at Lincoln, Neb., April 3,
brought forth such forensic enthu-siasm
as had never before been wit-nessed
at Augustana. This victory
makes possible Augustana's repre-sentation
at the National Oratorical
to be held at Evanston, Ill., May 2.
Marcus Houge, a freshman, and a
graduate of Sioux Falls high school
iast year, after winning the Home
Oratorical at Augustana, the South
Dakota State Oratorical at Brook-ings,
Feb. 12, with his oration "Our
Common Heritage," now placed with
the respective orators from Nebras-ka
and Missouri. Representative or-ators
from Iowa, Minnesota, North
Dakota, and Kansas failed to place
in the contest.
The following colleges were rep-resented
at Lincoln, Nebr., after
their respective orators had success-fully
competed with the other insti-tutions
of each state: Augustana
College, South Dakota; Carle-ton
College, Minnesota; University
of North Dakota, North Dakota;
Park College, Missouri; Nebraska
Wesleyan, Nebraska; Parsons Col-lege,
Iowa; Kansas Wesleyan, Kan-sas.
This victory, together with the de-bate
record makes this season's for-ensic
program unique in the school's
history, and reveals the future pos-sibilities
of Augustana's forensic de-partment,
the head of which is Dr.
Albert Keiser.
HOUGE'S WINNING ORATION
"OUR COMMON HERITAGE"
Common opinion holds that Am-erican
Democracy has not been a
failure. The reason for this opinion
does not originate merely in the
democratic idea. States democratic
in principle existed long before civ-ilized
man had settled on the West-ern
Continent. The thing to re-member
is that hitherto democracy
along with aristocracy has placed
all power in the hands of men. As
we take one sweeping glance over
the record of history, we see that in
the end all governments thus found-ed
have given human nature too lit-tle
consideration. The inevitable
result has been that the last page
of that history is splashed with
blood. How then shall we in our
case explain the favorable result?
The answer is this: the Fathers
combining their wisdom with a
knowledge of the past established
our government on a principle that
places law above men.
Our history began with a viola-tion
of that principle. When the
English King and Parliament tried
to enforce upon the American Colo-nies
their arbitrary demands, the
first rumblings of an impending rev-olution
were heard. A people who
had so recently rejoiced in the peace
and prosperity of a new-found free-dom
were heard to groan as they
cringed under the whip of that
greedy tyrant. Above the din and
clamor of the abused throng rang
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PI KAPPA DELTA
ADMITS MEMBERS
Wednesday, April 1, the local
(Eta) chapter of the Pi Kappa Delta
admitted eight new members to the
society. The following students
received membership and respective
degrees for debating: Edwin Dybvig,
winning one debate, degree of fra-ternity;
Merwin Johnson, winning
one debate, degree of fraternity; Er-nest
Husby, winning two debates,
degree of proficiency; Carmi Law-rence,
extempore speaker and win-ning
five debates, degree of profi-ciency;
Edith Okerlund, winning one
debate, degree of fraternity; Alvin
Rogness, winning five debates, de-gree
of proficiency, Palmer Larson,
winning five debates, degree of pro-ficiency,
Marcus Houge, winner in
the State and Inter-State Oratori-cal,
degree of distinction.
Initiation of these new members
will be of nounced later by the ex-ecutive
c mmittee of the society.
Dr. A. Keiser was absent on
March 26 and 27, when he served
0 Sacred Head 0 Sacred Head___ as a judge at the Seventh District
H. L. Hassler Debate Tournament at Tyndall. He
Arranged by F. M. Christiansen acted as judge in eight debates, be-
Motet For Eight Parts __Carl Busch ing expert judge in several of them.
Dedicated to Carl Youngdahl and Dr. Keiser has acquired distinc-his
A Cappella Choir of Augus- tion as forensic coach during the
tana College. period he has been at Augustana.
Beautiful Saviour__Crusaders' Hymn The almost unprecedented success
Arranged by F. M. Christiansen achieved this year marks him as a
Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying man of outstanding ability in that
Nicolai (1599) department, and the record which
Set for eight part choir by F. M. Augustana has made is largely due
Christiansen to his efforts.