Orvis Hanson
Dr. Orvis
Hanson to be
parade marshall
Dr. Orvis Hanson has been
named by the Central Commit-tee
to be Honorary Parade Mar-shall
for the Homecoming
Parade Saturday.
Hanson is a religion professor
at Augustana College and served
as campus pastor last spring. He
has been associated with
Augustana for 25 years.
The pafade begins at 10 a.m.
Saturday from 14th and Phillips,
proceeds north to 11th, then west
to Main and north from there to
5th Street where the units will
disband.
Viking Days
Schedule
Friday, Oct. 5
8:00 p.m.
Homecoming Dance
Saturday, Oct. 6
10 a.m.
Viking Days Parade
2 p.m.
Football Game
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Viking Varieties
Sunday, Oct. 7
10 a.m.
Homecoming
Worship Service
lead overseas tours
Rosemary Fester and
Susan Anderson
staff writers
Jeff Gross and Celeste Uthe
were crowned Viking Days King
and Queen at the coronation
ceremony Monday night, Oc-tober
1. The coronation
ceremony marked the beginning
of the homecoming festivities.
The king and queen were
selected from 14 royalty can-didates.
Gross was very surprised
at being chosen. "I feel luckier
than heck!" he said. Queen
Celeste was excited about the
honor also. "I feel terrific," she
said. She was also looking for-ward
to the actvities this week,
saying, "It will be a lot of fun."
As king and queen, Gross and
Uthe have many duties to per-form,
according to traditions.
They must preside over all Vik-ing
Days festivities, act as am-bassadors
to alumni and the
community, and represent the
dedication and commitment of
all Augustana students.
As king, Gross must also fulfill
various other duties. For in-stance,
he must be an ideal Vik-ing
and also protect the queen
from freshmen Vikings. Uthe
must be a fair Viking maiden,
inspire the football team to vic-tory,
and protect the king from
last year's queen, Jill
Blankespoor.
At Monday's ceremony, many
other traditions were upheld.
- The Concert Choir sang the
Norwegian national anthem to
honor the college's heritage.
Traditional music for the even-ing
was provided by the Concert
Band. In addtion, President and
Mrs. Nelsen told the saga of Ole
the Viking and his gifts to
Augustana,
The 1983 -Viking Days Queen,
Jill Blankespoor, was present,
and as the retiring queen she
crowned the new royalty. The
crown which the -queen wears is
special. It is made of sterling
silver and comes from Norway.
It was the gift of Mrs. Clara Lee
and Mrs. Joyce Hagen.
After the coronation, a recep-tion
was held in honor of the
king, queen, and their court.
Celeste Uthe andjeff Gross were chosen to reign over Viking Days'at Monday's
coronation.
Photo by Suzie Hunstad
Homecoming festivities underway
Uthe and Gross crowned
Volume 68, Number 4
THE AUGUSTANA MIRROR
October 4, 1984
Campus Briefs
There will be a "Test
Anxiety" workshop on Wednes-day,
October 11, at 2:00 p.m.
and Thursday, October 12, at
5:30 p.m. Both are held in
Library room 113.
Practice for Ole's Drill Team
tryouts will be held on October 9,
10, and 11 at 8:30 p.m. in the
Humanities Band Room. Any
full-time student can participate.
Tryouts will be on Monday, Oct.
15.
The Varsity Band is looking
for more performers. See Dr.
Paul Scheuerle if interested.
Rehearsals are held on Mon-days,
Tuesdays, and Fridays
from 3:00 to 3:50 p.m.
The AWS Big-L'il Sis
Breakfast will be held on Sun-day,
Oct. 21 at 9:00 a.m. in the
Commons. Watch for more
details.
The deadline for student
teaching for Fall 1985 or Spring
1986 is February 15, 1985. Pro-per
forms may be picked up in
the Education office.
The 'Augustana Women's
Senate (AWS) needs another
sophomore representative. If in-terested,
sign up at the Com-mons
Desk by Wednesday, Oct.
10. Any full-time sophomore stu-dent
with a cumulative GPA of
2.25 is invited to run. Elections
will be held on Thursday, Oct.
11. -
Upcoming chapel speakers
are: Suzie Hunstad, Oct. 5; Rev.
Jake Jerstad, Oct. 8; Dr. Donald
Sneen, Oct. 9; Rev. Mark
Jerstad, Oct.10; Dr. Nelvin Vos,
Oct. 11; Rev. Steve Molin, Oct.
12.
This is the motion passed by the
ASA last spring concerning
smoking and non-smoking sec-tions:
The smoking section in the dining
room is the east quarter section of the
dining hall. The rest of the hall is
non-smoking section. In the Huddle
the southwest corner is the smoking
section, and the rest of the Huddle is
the non-smoking area.
The signs are in place indicating
the designated areas and will be
enforced.
Vets to register
students
The Augustana Veterans Af-fairs
Committee will be register-ing
voters in the Commons lobby
Wednesday and Thursday, Oct.
10 and 11 from 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.
According to the Minnehaha
County Auditor's office,
students can register to vote if
they are willing to claim Sioux
Falls as their legal residence.
The deadline to register in
South Dakota is Oct. 22.
Absentee ballots may be requeste
d in the state until Oct. 30.
Students may also vote at the
auditor's office in their home
county until Nov. 5. Absentee
ballots must be returned by Nov.
6.
Election rules differ by state.
Students should therefore contact
their county seat for the informa-tion
concerning their state.
Profs
Terri Scheller
staff writer
Four Augustana professors
will be spending January abroad
this year as group leaders for In-terim
courses.
Dilwyn Rogers, biology pro-fessor,
will be taking students on
an ecological safari in Kenya.
Rogers, who has led the course
nine times, said, "Kenya is a
beautiful country. I can't think
of anyplace else where you can
see such diversity."
After stops in Amsterdam and
Nairobi, Rogers and the students
will spend three weeks on a cam-ping
safari observing animals in
their natural habitats. Students
will study the effects of Kenya's
rapidly increasing human
population on the animal
habitats. Rogers said Kenya's
problems are similar to those of
many developing countries.
Although the course satisfies a
major requirement in biology,
Rogers emphasized that "it's not
really just a biology course; it's
ecology in the broadest sense. It
has political and economic
aspects." Rogers said the course
could be used as an independent
study project in political science,
economics, anthropology,
sociology, or geography.
The course will not be offered
in 1986.
Religion professor Donald
Sneen will be teaching a course
entitled "Piety and Politics in the
Middle East." Highlights of the
trip will include visits to the cities
of Petra, Jerusalem, Bethlehem,
and Nazareth.
Sneen, who lived in Israel for
four months in 1983, said the
course has cultural, historical,
and religious benefits: "The
Middle East is the land from
which the Bible came. It is holy
to Jews, Moslems, and Chris-tians.
Students will see Orthodox
Jews at the Western Wall, the
Moslem call to prayer, and
Christian sites such as the Mount
of Olives and the Church of the
Holy Sepulchure."
Sneen said the course also has
political benefits. Students will
meet with both Jews and Arabs
to hear each side of the conflict.
Students will also visit the
Knesset, the Israeli parliament.
During free time, students will
be able to swim in the Dead Sea,
visit museums, and shop in the
marketplaces.
Business professor Elliot
Thoreson is leading a course en-titled
"Contemporary European
Business." The trip includes
stops in England, France,
Holland, Denmark, Sweden and
Norway.
The purpose of the trip is to in-troduce
students to European in-dustries
which have recently at-tempted
to improve the quality
of life at the workplace. Students
will tour various plants and meet
with chief executive officers.
Students will also visit the Work
Research Institute in Oslo and
the Swedish Employer's Con-federation
in Stockholm.
Thoreson hopes students will
compare the European model of
business organization with the
typical American model and
"come to the realization that
there are a variety of ways to
develop an organization. It is im-portant
to immerse students into
a different culture so that they
learn not to discriminate against
people who have different
ideas."
'During free time, students will
be able to sight see on their own.
Thoreson said that the trip
would be a worthwhile ex-perience
for people interested in
any of the social sciences.
Reuben -Peterson, a foreign
language professor, will be
teaching a course on the
language and culture of Norway.
The trip will include stays- in
Oslo, Bergen, Haugesund, and
Stavanger. According to Peter-son,
the train trip from Oslo to
Bergen is a "beautiful" journey
through fjords and glaciers.
The course will combine
language study with cultural
visits to museums, parks, and
theaters. No previous knowledge
of the Norwegian language is re-quired.
Peterson said the purpose of
the course is "to give students a
chance to see another country
and to see how others live." He
wants students to discover that
"Norway is not an old country.
It is alive and prospering." He
also emphasized that Norway's
winter weather is "quite plea-sant."
Students of Scandanavian des-cent
will have opportunities to
visit relatives during free time.