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llot. 56, o . 17, 147 1/ Pulitzer Prize Winner To Speak at Convention Clark Mollenhoff, a Pulitzer prize winning journalist, will be the keynote speaker at the Augustana College Student Nominating Convention Thurs-day at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel- Gym. Mollenhoff, who is Washington bureau chief for the Des Moines Register and Tribune, started his journalistic career with the Des Moines paper in 1941. He graduated from the Drake University Law School in 1944 and became a Washington correspondent in 1950. In Washington, he gained a reputation as a muckraker and won 14 awards for journalism between 1952 and 1973, in-cluding the Pulitzer prize in 1958 for national reporting. Mollenhoff momentarily lost his status as a muckraker between 1969 and 1970 when he joined the Nixon staff as a special counsel to the President. As presidential ombudsman, Mollenhoff was supposed to un-cover problems in the White House staff and institute correc-tions. He left that position in 1970 and returned to investigative reporting. He regained much of his status as a muckraker through his coverage of the Watergate affair. Mollenhoff's visit to Augustana will coincide with two events. The students' convention Wednesday through Friday is an annual event where students choose candidates for student council positions. Over 400 students are involved. Mollenhoff also will be one of the features of a political science day Thursday sponsored by the Augustana Union Board of Governors, (UBG), Student Development Board, for area high school students. Mollenhoff is sponsored by the Augustana Student Association, the Concerts-Lecture Com-mittee, and the UBG Board of Forums and Discussions. Northlander's Jazz Echoes The Era of the Big Band By Jon Matthews MIRROR Co-Editor The musical echoes of America's big band era will soon be sounding at Augie when the Northlander's Jazz Ensemble swings and rocks through its annual concert. The free concert is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. Feb. 28, in Augustana's Kresge Auditorium. The group's director, Dr. Harold Krueger of the Music Department, noted that the history of Augie's stage band goes back at least 15 years. At that time the stage band was a student-run group, playing the sounds of the big band for dances and boasting quite an enthusiastic following. Krueger said that the stage band was disbanded at one point, but only to be revived in 1968 with himself as conductor. A se-cond stage band has also existed the past two years, he added. The instrumentation of the Northlanders Jazz Ensemble closely resembles that of the classic big band. Five sax-es, five trumpets, five trombones and a full rhythm section belt out the sound, with french horns, flutes, and even oboes added occasionally on an experimental "lab band" basis. "We try to do a contem-porary version of what the big band era was all about," stressed Krueger, adding that "We use a lit-tle bit bigger band and our music is somewhat more sophisticated than it was a generation ago." The director noted that he felt that parts of the big band type music which the band plays can also be in-cluded under the defini-tion of jazz. "Many people feel that the big bands aren't jazz," revealed Krueger, but he added that he felt the im-provisations and the struc-tures of some of the numbers should be thought of as true jazz music. "We're finally getting students in the group who can play jazz," the director stressed. Education is strictly the foremost goal of the group, said Krueger, with fun seemingly running a close second for all involved. "You have to remember that a good 90 per cent of high schools have stage bands in their music programs," said the professor of brasswinds, "and if music students are going to direct, they have to have this experience." "If you're going to teach it, you've almost have to have been in a stage band," he added. Krueger stated that for a long period, stage band type outfits were looked down upon in the formal educational sense. " Frankly," said the director, "some people were worried that these bands would get too pop-ular," and therefore overshadow other aspects of music programs. But he stressed that now stage bands are becoming a highly respected part of a well-rounded music program. Groups such as Chicago and Blood, Sweat and Tears have numbers for which big band arrangements have been written, Krueger stated, noting that the members of these jazz-rock groups are accepted as being very mature musicians who have added a good deal of sophisitication top the rock scene. In the upcoming Northlanders concert, Krueger has planned a number which dates vback to the 1930's, "to give the audience a flavor" of how the big bands really sound-ed. The first half of the free concert will feature all new arrangements for big stage bands, utilizing the bigger and more sophisticated sound of a modern stage band. The second portion of the Northlanders con-cert will feature a jazz combo of eight students playing works scored for a smaller sized group. The last part of the con-cert program, according to Krueger, will feature works all the famous Stan Ken-ton. The numbers the Northlanders will perform will cover the entire history of Kenton. A featured soloist in the concert will be Patsy Lar-son, a senior who will per-form on alto sax.
Object Description
Title | Mirror - February 21, 1974 |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.)--Students--Newspapers |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1974-02-21 |
Publishing agency | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, USA |
Rights | This image may not be reproduced without the express written consent of Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. |
Medium | Text |
Format - Digital | |
Language | English |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |
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Title | Page 1 |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1974-02-21 |
Text | llot. 56, o . 17, 147 1/ Pulitzer Prize Winner To Speak at Convention Clark Mollenhoff, a Pulitzer prize winning journalist, will be the keynote speaker at the Augustana College Student Nominating Convention Thurs-day at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel- Gym. Mollenhoff, who is Washington bureau chief for the Des Moines Register and Tribune, started his journalistic career with the Des Moines paper in 1941. He graduated from the Drake University Law School in 1944 and became a Washington correspondent in 1950. In Washington, he gained a reputation as a muckraker and won 14 awards for journalism between 1952 and 1973, in-cluding the Pulitzer prize in 1958 for national reporting. Mollenhoff momentarily lost his status as a muckraker between 1969 and 1970 when he joined the Nixon staff as a special counsel to the President. As presidential ombudsman, Mollenhoff was supposed to un-cover problems in the White House staff and institute correc-tions. He left that position in 1970 and returned to investigative reporting. He regained much of his status as a muckraker through his coverage of the Watergate affair. Mollenhoff's visit to Augustana will coincide with two events. The students' convention Wednesday through Friday is an annual event where students choose candidates for student council positions. Over 400 students are involved. Mollenhoff also will be one of the features of a political science day Thursday sponsored by the Augustana Union Board of Governors, (UBG), Student Development Board, for area high school students. Mollenhoff is sponsored by the Augustana Student Association, the Concerts-Lecture Com-mittee, and the UBG Board of Forums and Discussions. Northlander's Jazz Echoes The Era of the Big Band By Jon Matthews MIRROR Co-Editor The musical echoes of America's big band era will soon be sounding at Augie when the Northlander's Jazz Ensemble swings and rocks through its annual concert. The free concert is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. Feb. 28, in Augustana's Kresge Auditorium. The group's director, Dr. Harold Krueger of the Music Department, noted that the history of Augie's stage band goes back at least 15 years. At that time the stage band was a student-run group, playing the sounds of the big band for dances and boasting quite an enthusiastic following. Krueger said that the stage band was disbanded at one point, but only to be revived in 1968 with himself as conductor. A se-cond stage band has also existed the past two years, he added. The instrumentation of the Northlanders Jazz Ensemble closely resembles that of the classic big band. Five sax-es, five trumpets, five trombones and a full rhythm section belt out the sound, with french horns, flutes, and even oboes added occasionally on an experimental "lab band" basis. "We try to do a contem-porary version of what the big band era was all about," stressed Krueger, adding that "We use a lit-tle bit bigger band and our music is somewhat more sophisticated than it was a generation ago." The director noted that he felt that parts of the big band type music which the band plays can also be in-cluded under the defini-tion of jazz. "Many people feel that the big bands aren't jazz," revealed Krueger, but he added that he felt the im-provisations and the struc-tures of some of the numbers should be thought of as true jazz music. "We're finally getting students in the group who can play jazz," the director stressed. Education is strictly the foremost goal of the group, said Krueger, with fun seemingly running a close second for all involved. "You have to remember that a good 90 per cent of high schools have stage bands in their music programs," said the professor of brasswinds, "and if music students are going to direct, they have to have this experience." "If you're going to teach it, you've almost have to have been in a stage band," he added. Krueger stated that for a long period, stage band type outfits were looked down upon in the formal educational sense. " Frankly," said the director, "some people were worried that these bands would get too pop-ular," and therefore overshadow other aspects of music programs. But he stressed that now stage bands are becoming a highly respected part of a well-rounded music program. Groups such as Chicago and Blood, Sweat and Tears have numbers for which big band arrangements have been written, Krueger stated, noting that the members of these jazz-rock groups are accepted as being very mature musicians who have added a good deal of sophisitication top the rock scene. In the upcoming Northlanders concert, Krueger has planned a number which dates vback to the 1930's, "to give the audience a flavor" of how the big bands really sound-ed. The first half of the free concert will feature all new arrangements for big stage bands, utilizing the bigger and more sophisticated sound of a modern stage band. The second portion of the Northlanders con-cert will feature a jazz combo of eight students playing works scored for a smaller sized group. The last part of the con-cert program, according to Krueger, will feature works all the famous Stan Ken-ton. The numbers the Northlanders will perform will cover the entire history of Kenton. A featured soloist in the concert will be Patsy Lar-son, a senior who will per-form on alto sax. |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |