_ COMING EVENTS ' Mai Fest -— May 6, 1970 9:35 a.m. -— Convocation Speaker: John Norton, American Scandinavian Society Topic: "Bishop Hill: Utopia on the Prairie" 10:45 a.m., Archeological Dig 8:00 p.m., Concert Si Melby Hall fig 33 a; so 22 O 2 O ‘ "‘ - "‘° “"3 ‘— + >7 (.71 A“ O 8 g 8!: C3 (:i) C... Show more_ COMING EVENTS ' Mai Fest -— May 6, 1970 9:35 a.m. -— Convocation Speaker: John Norton, American Scandinavian Society Topic: "Bishop Hill: Utopia on the Prairie" 10:45 a.m., Archeological Dig 8:00 p.m., Concert Si Melby Hall fig 33 a; so 22 O 2 O ‘ "‘ - "‘° “"3 ‘— + >7 (.71 A“ O 8 g 8!: C3 (:i) C MD m y=8 (I) 59 03 21> 20 ' [Tl 1, C E o ’70 “rm 7"“ 'popgg elosauugw ’suodeauugw 'q1nos anuaAv 15L; [0; 'afiauog BansfinV Aq AInr Jdaoxa A|q1uow paqsuqnd _. ,N n! lXI’IiIIJ VOL. 32 NO. 9 1970 L BITS AND PIECES FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE THERE WILL BE a reunion of the 1960 Alaskan band tour members on Sat., May 16. For further information checkgwith Mayo Savold or Dan Geldert. ' CANDIDATES FOR the Alumni Board of Directors will be needed this summer. If you have suggestions and nominees, notify the Alumni Office. WE HAVE MADE MENTION of seminars for major departments or interest groups and we would like to know of alumni who are interested in working on committees to plan the seminars for specific ginterest groups. 1‘ COMMENCEMENT WILL BE on'Sun., May 31 with about 300 seniors graduatingyg The class 'bf '70 includes 30 November grads, 35 March grads, and 250 June candidates. This is the largest class in the history of Augsburg. ‘ ’ WE HAVE BEEN ASKED to remind you of Homecoming 1970, the weekend of Oct. 24. All alumni are encouraged to attend, with a special thrust being given to interest group seminars at 10:00 a.m., Sat., Oct. 24. Five-year reunion classes are for 1920, 1925, 1930, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, and 1965, along with 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970. The af— ternoon football game will find the Aug— gies doing battle against the University of Minnesota - Duluth. . 1 Show less
_ COMING EVENTS . Mai Fest —— May 6, 1970 9:35 a.m. -— Convocation Speaker: John Norton, American Scandinavian Society "Bishop Hill: Utopia on the Prairie" Topic: 10:45 a.m., Archeological Dig 8:00 p.m., Concert Si Melby Hall 5 fl 3:2 (3 O _._ E o 232 C: :I2 2 U ‘ m L- mO 01% :— J>l_ U" A“ O E§§... Show more_ COMING EVENTS . Mai Fest —— May 6, 1970 9:35 a.m. -— Convocation Speaker: John Norton, American Scandinavian Society "Bishop Hill: Utopia on the Prairie" Topic: 10:45 a.m., Archeological Dig 8:00 p.m., Concert Si Melby Hall 5 fl 3:2 (3 O _._ E o 232 C: :I2 2 U ‘ m L- mO 01% :— J>l_ U" A“ O E§§ 8c: C7 (:1 -*- C em IT] y38 (I) 5‘3 Dd Z> z m -m . C E D W “pur nflfi"r n ‘ ,-'-n\ l _ BIOSSUUHN 'S!|Od29UU!|N 'qanS BnUBAV 151: L0; 'afianog Bansfinv Aq Alnr 1deoxa Aluzuow paqsuqnd VOL. 32 NO. 9 [XI’IiIIQ 1 9'70 ‘. BITS AND PIECES FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE THERE WILL BE a reunion of the 1960 Alaskan band tour members on Sat., May 16. For further information checkgwith Mayo Savold or Dan Geldert. '5 ' CANDIDATES FOR the Alumni Board of Directors will be needed this summer. If you have suggestions and nominees, notify the Alumni Office. WE HAVE MADE MENTION of seminars for major departments or interest groups and we would like to know of alumni who‘are interested in working on committees to plan the seminars for specific (interest groups. I: I COMMENCEMENT WILL BE on'Sun., May 31 with about 300 seniors graduatingax The class bf '70 includes 30 November grads, 35 March grads, and 250 June candidates. This is the largest class in the history of Augsburg. ‘. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED to remind you of Homecoming 1970, the weekend of Oct. 24: All alumni are encouraged to attend, with a special thrust being given to interest group seminars at 10:00 a.m., Sat., Oct. 24. Five-year reunion classes are for 1920, 1925, 1930, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, and 1965, along with 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970. The af- ternoon football game will find the Aug- gies doing battle against the University of Minnesota - Duluth. ' 1 ‘3 Show less
— THE VOICE OF ALUMNI _ Instead of my writing an article for this issue of the Alumni NOW Newsletter, I de— cided that it would be best for you to read the words of some class representatives and state chairmen in letters to their classmates. from Auggies to Auggies. I think you'll enjoy them.... Show more— THE VOICE OF ALUMNI _ Instead of my writing an article for this issue of the Alumni NOW Newsletter, I de— cided that it would be best for you to read the words of some class representatives and state chairmen in letters to their classmates. from Auggies to Auggies. I think you'll enjoy them. Gneetingn and AWOM to all you F. F. F. 06 A. (Fine, Fniendiy, Path/.5 06 AugAbung.) The netutt 06 ouh taAt conver/sation, via tetten, wa/s Auneey ghatifiying become 05 you veny good neApon/se. 16 you wene one who aeoponded, thanhA a million. I6 you didn't, on»cou€dn't, thank/5 60/1 being a finiend and heading oun COMeApOVLdeVlCQ. Larry Berg '28 When Aomeone aAhA you whene you went to college, do you Aay augAbu/Lg, on do you neatiyningitoutnAUGSBURG??? I have anhed thin queAtion 06 ghaduate/s 06 othUL cottege/s and have neceived an- nww tilee, ’Oh, a mall cottege,’ on, 'a college you pnobabty neven heahd ofi.’ I wonden i5 they ane Mhmed 05 the/UL alma mate/L. I am not aAhamed, but natth veJLy phoud to—Aay,—’_I g/Laduated Mom AUGSBURG COLLEGE.’ I am Aune that all membejvs 05 the eta/5A 06 '56 ane equally plwud to ciaim the/UL Auggie he/iitage. E. Wm. Anderson '56 A6 I come into contact with peopte Mom othen cottegeA and univeMitie/s, I am coming to appheciate mane and mone the type 06 education which AugAbu/Lg 055%. It maize/s me fleet veny fiohtunate that I was abte to attend a Achoot with ouch an emphasis on the ’totai man,’ upecially Aince I got my deghee in the Acience/s. M I Aaid befione, I was fiontunate; nome- body gave me Achota/uship/s and helped pay 60h my tuition, which in tunn ave me the oppontunity to teann. I neven new who they wene, othen than the float that they wene Augbbng atumni. Why did they give out gifiti 60/1 nomeone ease to attend Augnbung? I think they 6ett, Like I do, that Augbbng hat Aomething unique to 06- 6a in the way 05 education, both fionmat- ty in dam, and infionmaity outtide the cease among Augbbwtg Atuderbtb and Ma“. Phil Edstrom '69 The following are excerpts of letters —-Jeroy Carlson Alumni Director I don't know how it it with you, but the/Le ane times when I Atop to aAAe/sn how I use my time and meant, and I fiind the/Le to an awfiut tot 06 noom éon impnovement. It’n no easy to majon in rhino/us, an they nay, and i5 we don't watch it, we end up at the end 06 the Line with a hand fiutt 05 chafifi imtead 05 wheat. With no much that in tJLanAient and Meeting in today'A wowed, I'm gtad 50a the fiaith and the Atabe AugAbu/Lg attempted to MW in all 06 ws. T. M. (Pinky) Nelson '41 Recentiy 0h. Ander/son'xs annual hepoht on Aug/sng neached my desk. You necati ta botd, (faith/light cute éon ’Aunvivat with Aignifiicance' -- not Aimpty nuhvivat. You have an oppohtunity to Cheate that Aignifiicance. Atmont Z7 yeah/5 ago (I had to do the an- ithmetic on pape/L to beflieve that fliguhe) I gnaduated fi/LOm Aug/mung College. Some- time in ther ea/ly yea/vs aéte/L g/Ladua- tion, I made my gin/st gifit to the Atumni Fund. Now, toohing back on a Auccezsoion 05 gifito, ther dollajvs nepneoent 50h me one 05 the mont Aaté/sfiying inventment/s I have made. Standing by a window 06 the new College Centeh I watched name 05 to- day'o [student/s. That budding with its clean, wajzm, u/sefiut deéign and ther Atti- dento -- ate/1t, atULactive, at wohle and at ptay -- exp/Lem the continuaiey nenew- ed tifie 06 a gneat nehoot. Ben Gjenvick State Chairman for Wisconsin ...We one neven going to be done with the appeaté. And you know why, don't you? Anything that to Living, moving, doing tome/thing, cooté Aomething... Augbbwig it alive and kicking. I am pnoudthat it to. And i6 you want to put youn money on a live one,’ hejLe is you chance. John R. Lingen '53 2 " 3 Show less
_— .' . THE PARENTS' STORY: PARENTS STUDENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PSAF) WHAT IS PSAF? It is parents' support for financial aid for students. It is used to pro- vide financial help so that the college will not have to allocate addition- al funds from its budget for student financial aid. The Parents... Show more_— .' . THE PARENTS' STORY: PARENTS STUDENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PSAF) WHAT IS PSAF? It is parents' support for financial aid for students. It is used to pro- vide financial help so that the college will not have to allocate addition- al funds from its budget for student financial aid. The Parents Committee has accepted the challenge to encourage parents to support the effort of PSAF to raise funds for student financial aid. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST? When the PSAF program was providing loans for students, nearly 700 parent units contributed over $10,000 for the 1967-68 school year. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OLD PSAF EFFORT? It has now been subsidized by the federal govern— ment through local banks. WHY STUDENT FINANCIAL AID? This is an ever-increasing need; each year the need grows, there are more students, and it seems natural for parents to be aware of what financial aid is available for students. Parents' interest is primar- ily vested in students. WHAT SOURCES DO WE HAVE AVAILABLE? We have three different categories of parents: (1) Present Parents are those parents who have students currently enrolled at Augsburg. Financial aid for these students is a prime concern of parents. (2) Past Parents are those whose students have completed their educations at Augsburg. We hope the experience of their sons and daughters is such that they would want to continue to provide financial aid for fu— ture students. (3) Alumni Parents are those parents who attended Augsburg themselves and now have, or have had, students at Augsburg and would want to continue to support the college and the financial student aid program. "NEED FACTOR" WHAT IS IT? The need factor of a student is the difference between what he can provide for his education and what the cost of his education is. Fi- nancial aid is the attempt of the college to meet this need factor for as many students as possible. WHAT IS OUR POTENTIAL? We have about 6,000 parents on our mailing list. These include parents of students who did not graduate as well as graduates. Present Parents 2,028 Past Parents 2,334 Alumni Parents 1,511 THE PARENTS COMMITTEE FEELS THAT IT WOULD LIKE TO ENLIST ALL 6,000 PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EFFORT TO SEE HOW MUCH STUDENT FINANCIAL AID WE COULD PROVIDE FOR THE COLLEGE OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS HAVE CHOSEN. 4 00 5 Show less
Fri. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. v \- . \- ‘- Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. PARENT'S FALL SCHEDULE 4 12 19 25 3 10 17 24 31 7 Welcome Week At River Falls (FB)* Eau Claire (FB) At St. Thomas (FB) At Hamline (FB) At St. John's (FB) Duluth (FB) 7 7 7 Gustavus... Show moreFri. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. v \- . \- ‘- Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. PARENT'S FALL SCHEDULE 4 12 19 25 3 10 17 24 31 7 Welcome Week At River Falls (FB)* Eau Claire (FB) At St. Thomas (FB) At Hamline (FB) At St. John's (FB) Duluth (FB) 7 7 7 Gustavus (FB) 7: 2 2 Homecoming 2: At Concordia (FB) 1 Macalester (FB) Fall Family Fest 1: *Football VOVSS’NNIW SIWOdVBNNIW ITIOJ > ID DHHHSDHV p ‘ nn,~op An. ms ‘NNIW ‘snoavawmw uW'ONUWfld GIVJ mused s n wouvzmvouo iuoxmow :30 :30 :30 30 :00 :00 00 :30 30 GSBURG COLLEGE VOL. 5 NO. 2 SEPTEMBER 1970 FRESHMEN WELCOME WEEK Freshmen Welcome Week will begin on Fri., Sept. 4, 1970. The Parents Commit- tee will host a coffee hour beginning at 10:00 a.m. After you have gotten your son or daughter to his dormitory with all his belongings, drop in to the College Center where activities for Parents will contin- ue all day. Parents Coffee: Alumni Lounge, College Center Lunch: College Commons or Snack Bar Parents Tours: College Center Entertainment: Main Salon, College Center 10 00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 12:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. or 2:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. The above program will be hosted by the Parents Committee, and a PSAF booth will be set up for questions about finan- cial aid programs supported by parents. Show less
THE SENIORS HAVE A STORY The senior classes of 1968, 1969, and 1970 have a story to tell us in their Senior Challenge Program: Two donors who wanted to help Augs- burg College with large contributions sought the advice of two consultants as to what plan would suit their interest and supplement... Show moreTHE SENIORS HAVE A STORY The senior classes of 1968, 1969, and 1970 have a story to tell us in their Senior Challenge Program: Two donors who wanted to help Augs- burg College with large contributions sought the advice of two consultants as to what plan would suit their interest and supplement two areas of extreme need for the college, namely endowment and current funds. With endowment funds, $10,000 invested will earn $500 a year in interest which may be used for scholar- ships, but the $10,000 is not touched and the next year it will again provide $500 for scholarships. Current funds are funds that the college can use immediate— ly. These two donors wanted to encour- age many others to join in their plan, and it was decided to use the vehicle of insurance to provide endowment, provide current funds, and to encourage seniors to join in the challenge program. Using the theory that seniors cannot afford to give a large amount upon gradu- ation, the donor contributor provides $3 for every $1 the senior contributes for the beginning years. The endowment fund advances $5,000 for every senior who joins this program. Dividends, cash value and the seniors' contributions become part of the current fund flow. The seniors have met a need of the college by their participation: 1968 79 seniors $395,000 endowment 1969 72 seniors 350,000 endowment 1970 80 seniors 400,000 endowment $1,145,000 total .Up until 1967 (Augsburg College's 98th year), we had only $500,000 in the endowment fund. Combining our first 98 years' accumulation and that of the last three senior classes, our endowment n0w totals $1,645,000. Current funds include over $6,000 from the senior classes of '68, '69 and '70. The seniors are doing their part, thus encouraging us all to do the same. Looking at the largest number of class participants in our class giving, these three classes lead the way. 2 O F 0 THE ALUMNI HAVE A STORY Every college has a which is its alumni. most concentrated group of interested people that the college has to call on: it is the group which carries the image of the college's graduate product into the business and educational worlds. Be- sides being alumni and working in their chosen fields of endeavor, they are also continually encouraged to support the college from which they graduated. constituency This group is the The Senior Story is stressing endow- ment support of the college. The Parents Story is a designated PSAF project. The Alumni Story is similar and challenges alumni to carry a certain package of re- sponsibility as well. The planned prog- ram is in final definition stages for approval of the alumni board of directors but the over-all emphasis is as follows: The Alumni Story will be the encouraged support of the college budget to provide dollars for educational expenditure for student education. That will ease the need for increasing tuition annually. Private colleges have had to in- crease tuition each year. Some say if we increase tuition annually we may price ourselves right out of the market. Stu- dents become alumni and they know what tuition costs; alumni know what tuition costs; and parents know too. Many alumni now have children of college age; tuition may be a factor in the decision to attend Augsburg. The real thrust of the Alumni Story is to support the college and to hold the line on tuition. September is the month for promotion of the Alumni Story and its concentrated program to contact all alumni for this real and urgent need of the college. ‘ 3 Show less
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Show moreGresen Manufacturing Company Griswold Foundation Allen M. Gross Foundation (G Ar I< Corporation) INorthwest Linen Companyi S. J. Groves and Sons Company Haldeman—Homme, Inc. Hansord Pontiac Company Harold, Inc. 8. W. and Leo Harris Company Harris Machinery Company Harris, Upham and Company Harrison and Smith Company Haskins and Sells Hauenstein and Burmeister, Inc. Paul E. Hawkinson Company HaEden-Murphy Equipment Company F. , Ha er Company Hoigaar 's Inc. Home Federal Savings and Loan Association Home Gas Company Honeywell, Inc. Horton Manulacturing Company, Inc. Howard Lumber Company, Inc. Mark Hurd Aerial Surveys, Inc. Hustad Company Industrial Construction Company Industrial Sup y Company, Inc. International airy Queen, Inc. International Millin Company Investors Diversilie Services. Inc. Jellerson Transportation Company Al Johnson Construction Company AI Johnson Foundation Algot F. Johnson Bart Jordano and Associates Juster Brothers, Inc. H. A. Juster Company Kalman and Company, Inc. Keenan and CIarey, Inc. Kellogg Commission Company Knutson Companies, Inc. Kurt Manufacturing Company LaMaur, Inc. Leel 8105., Inc. Lend Lease Daily Car Rental, Inc. Lend Lease Transportation Company John Leslie Paper Company Litho Supply Depot, Inc. E. J. Longyear Company Lund Press, Inc. Lyle Signs, Inc. McGarvey Collee, Inc. McGee Trucks, Inc. McOuay, Inc. Ma|t~07 Meal Company Medtronic, Inc. Moreen-“Johnson Machine Compan Metallurgical, Inc. Midwest Electric Company Midwest Federal Savings and Loan Association Midwest Oil Company, Inc. Midwest Stores, Inc. Midwest Television Systems, Inc. Midwestern Machinery Company Miller Publishing Company Ministers Lite and Casualty Union Minneapolis Clearing House Association (First National Bank of Minneapolis) IMarquette National Bank) (Midland National Bank) (National City Bank of Minneapolis) lNorthwestern National Bank of Minneapolis) Minneapolis Electric Steel Castings Company Minneapolis Gas Company Minneapolis House Furnishing Company Minneapolis—Molina, Inc. Minneapolis Star and Tribune Fund Minneapolis Tank and Manufacturing Company Minneapolis Van and Warehouse Company Minneapolis Wrought Washer Company Minnesota Bearing Company Minnesota Farmers Mutual Insurance Company Minnesota Natural Gas Company Minnesota Paints, Inc. Minnesota Rubber Company Minnesota Twins Baseball Club Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc. Modern Medicine Publications. Inc. Thomas Moore. Sr. Munsinqwear, Inc. Naoco Industries, Inc. Nash Foundation (Nash—Finch Companyl National Car and Truck Rental, Inc. National Food Stores. Inc. 8 F. Nelson Foundation, Inc. Nerth American Lite and Casualty Company Nartheast State Bank Northern Finance Corporation Northern Ordnance Division ot FMC Corporation Northern States Power Company \ Northrup, King and Company Northwestern Bell TalephoneCompan Northwestern National Lila Insurance Company Nortronics Company, Inc. OIien's, Inc. OIIisco, Inc. Chas. Olson and Sons, Inc. Onan Foundation Our Own Hardware Company Osman Pet Products Packaging Corporation at America Paine, Webbet, Jackson and Curtis Pako Corporation Peavey Company Group Foundation Pennsylvania Oil Company Perfection T pa, Inc. ‘ Pheoll Manu acturi Company 01 Minnesota The Phillips Foundation Pick—Nicollet Hotel Pillsbury Company :inlt Supply Company . . Piper Piper, Jamey and Hopwood Foundation Ray‘mond and Sally Plank Foundation PO TEC, lnc., Pioneer Division Possis Machine Corporation Powers Dry Goods Company Printing, Inc. Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation, inc. E. E. Quinn Radisson Hotel Rahr Foundation Random Specialties Rauenhorst Corporation Red Owl Stores, Inc. Regal Industries, Inc. Republic Acceptance Corporation Reserve Supply Corn any Richfield Bank and rust Company Rodgers Hydraulic, Inc. Rosco Msnulacturi Company Rosemount E nginaaring Company Ruvelson Foundation St. Regis Paper Company Salisbury Company The Salkin Foundation IS 8i L Stores) Satterlae Company Schaeter Retrigeration Division Scherer Brothers Lumber Company Paul A. Schmitt Music Company Schwei rt Meat Company Searle rain Company Sap—Ito Chemicals, Inc. Carl Sharpe Foundation, Inc. Snood—Brown, Inc. Smith Foundation, Inc. Smith System Manufacturing Company ‘ / 500 Line Railroad Company Scuthways Foundation Sperry and Hutchinson Company Atheistan Spilhaus R. .I. Steichen and Company Sterling Electric Company Superior Plating Inc. Superior Products ManuIacturing Company Super VaIu Stores, Inc. Swanberg and Scheete Company G. H. Tennant Company Tension Envelope Company V Thorpe Bros. I . Thorsan and Thorshov, Inc. Timesavsrs, Inc. Title Insurance Company of Minnesota Toro Manufacturing Corporation of Minnesota Touche, Ross, Bailey and Smart Transistor Electronics Corporation Twin City Federal Savings and Loan Anciation United Bearing Campany, Inc. Vic Manufactuw Company Vincent Bra. Aluminum Company WCCO Radio—Television. Inc. George T. Walker and Company, Inc., Walman Optical Company Walsh Grain Company Warner Hardware Warner Manufacturing Company Washington Scientific Industries. Inc Wooster Lunber Company White, Her and Nee. Inc. Mr. and Mrs. It Whitney William Hardware Company Wirt Wilson and Wisota Mandatory: Comp-fly Woodard-Shoot! F. W. Woolworth EluAndery ~KIein Dow Cum-Iv Z'Qfiyr Lines. Inc. surfing- Ingrstrias, Inc. Inc. Zonoliu Division . MOUND TonIta Corporation NORTHFIELD , G. T. SCMOMM Cmv MED Barbarm and Sons. Inc. Bimman Manulacturing Company “6.7"” ii Ready MI i nnon a I, nc. Federatadl " ' nuance res First National Bank ignOmonna ring ae‘ri'i'o 0,. I u x 'I‘ 7. 0t I I ‘ St. Paul Ammonia Products. Inc. ‘ RAPIDAN 'r Farmers Stats Bariii ot Rapldan RED WING COM Cou Shoe Rad WI ' , Inc. Risdsll ROCHESTER AdarrnonMotors,lnc. scraps-mm . . . rown , nc. Crenlo Inc. Show less
PHMNTS CUMM HE .[%,.A... (ell/.9. MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA - _‘.G.--____~...____ AUGSBURG COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION 1968-69 ' Total Financial Aid $462,772 Outside Sources 209,255 College Budget AIIOCation 253,517 1969-70 Total Financial Aid $510,476 Outside Sources 285,476 College Budget... Show morePHMNTS CUMM HE .[%,.A... (ell/.9. MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA - _‘.G.--____~...____ AUGSBURG COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION 1968-69 ' Total Financial Aid $462,772 Outside Sources 209,255 College Budget AIIOCation 253,517 1969-70 Total Financial Aid $510,476 Outside Sources 285,476 College Budget Allocation 275.000 1970-71 Total Financial Aid cannot be recorded until the school year is completed. College budget projection for the school year is estimated at $305,000. OUR PSAF GOAL: $30,000. This is the difference between the college budget aid of the school year 1969-70 of $275,000 and aid for 1970-71 of $305,000. IS THIS GOAL REALISTIC? The Parents Committee feels it is. An individual parent unit gift of $25.00 is $25.00; ten units will provide $250.00; 100 units $2,500; 1000 units $25,000. What will 6;000 units provide? Our goal of $30,000! HOW CAN WE DO THIS? We will plan to conduct this campaign during the school calendar year September through May. We will use the vehicle of PSAF as a designated project for parents providing financial aid to students. GREEN-COLORED ENVELOPES: Special envelopes have been developed for the Parents Program. All money coming into the Development Office in green envelopes is designa- ted for PSAF. AUGUST 25th: On this date the participation letter and green envelope will be sent to you for your participation. There will be a PSAF booth for parents of new freshmen at Welcome Week for parents who may want to discuss the program with the Parents Committee. PARTICIPATION ENVELOPE: We are encouraging all parents to give as they can; a single gift of $25.00 is recommended (Patron Gift); some may want to join a five—year giving plan (Builder's Club) at $500.00, $100.00 a year for five years; the Thousand Dollar Club, $200.00 a year for five years -— this entire pledge of five years can be designated for PSAF in the green envelope. A THOUGHT FOR PARENTS: If newly-graduated seniors are willing to provide endowment dol- lars through Senior Challenge when they are just starting out in life, and if alumni are striving to hold the line on tuition by their giving, shouldn't we as established persons also consider supporting an area we relate to, namely PSAF? _ _ 6 0 0 7 Show less
O ' UGSBURG F '., S . 4 """A“"””””""‘”" 53. 522:. 12 $133233?“ (my -30 ECOLLEGE Sat., Sept. 19 Eau Claire (FB) 7 7:30 Fri., Sept. 25 At St. Thomas (FB) 7:30 Sat. Oct. 3 Gustavus (F8) 7:30 2 2 1 Sat., Oct. 10 At Hamline (FB) :00 3 Sat., Oct. 17 At St. John's (FB) :00 1 Sat., Oct. 24 Duluth (FB) 1... Show moreO ' UGSBURG F '., S . 4 """A“"””””""‘”" 53. 522:. 12 $133233?“ (my -30 ECOLLEGE Sat., Sept. 19 Eau Claire (FB) 7 7:30 Fri., Sept. 25 At St. Thomas (FB) 7:30 Sat. Oct. 3 Gustavus (F8) 7:30 2 2 1 Sat., Oct. 10 At Hamline (FB) :00 3 Sat., Oct. 17 At St. John's (FB) :00 1 Sat., Oct. 24 Duluth (FB) 1 Homecoming 2:00 1 Sat., Oct. 31 At Concordia (FB) 1:30 1 Sat., Nov. 7 Macalester (FB) Fall Family Fest 1:30 1 *Football VOL. 5 NO. 2 SEPTEMBER 1970 ITIOJ FRESHMEN WELCOME WEEK p . + J DHHHSDHV Freshmen Welcome Week will begin on Fri., Sept. 4, 1970. The Parents Commit- tee will host a coffee hour beginning at 10:00 a.m. 70795 NNIW Sl‘lOdVBNNIW > After you have gotten your son or daughter to his dormitory with all his belongings, drop in to the College Center where activities for Parents will contin- ue all day. .' I_U,.~op 5-3 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Parents Coffee: Alumni Lounge, College Center 12 00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch: College Commons _> or Snack Bar A 1:00 p.m. or 2:00 p.m. Parents Tours: : College Center 1:30 p.m. or 2:30 p.m. Entertainment: Main Salon, College Center z 2 g; «:§ The above program will be hosted by :z“'”: the Parents Committee, and a PSAF booth :0 z > 8 o . . . :9 —533 will be set up for questions about finan— ;§ 0 cial aid programs supported by parents. ;. d ‘1 g a Z 3 O. Show less
CLASS NOTES Ill, 1940—1959 OSCAR AUSTAD ('46) is seeking the Republican nomination for the South Dako— ta State Senate from Minnehaha County. THE REV. JAMES s. HAMRE ('53) has published "Georg Sverdrup Concerning Lu- ther's Principles in America" in the Feb— ruary 1970 iSSue of the Concordia His—... Show moreCLASS NOTES Ill, 1940—1959 OSCAR AUSTAD ('46) is seeking the Republican nomination for the South Dako— ta State Senate from Minnehaha County. THE REV. JAMES s. HAMRE ('53) has published "Georg Sverdrup Concerning Lu- ther's Principles in America" in the Feb— ruary 1970 iSSue of the Concordia His— torical Institute Quarterly. DENNIS BURRESON ('59) is senior vice president of Burreson and Company, Inc., a California raw land investment firm. 1960-1965 LLOYD G. BAKKE ('61) was nominated for Minnesota Teacher of the Year from New London—Spicer Junior-Senior High School where he teaches life science, bi- ology and advanced biology. DR. ORDEAN TORSTENSON ('63) has been appointed director of pediatrics at the Pilot City Health Center in North Minnea— polis. PAUL D. WULKAN ('65) was guest speaker on the topic "What’s New in Men- tal Retardation in Our Area?” at the dis- trict X meeting of the Minnesota Nurses Association in International Falls, Minn. He is executive director of the Range Center, Inc. PAUL E. LARSON ('65) received his Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from Harvard University in March 1970. He is employed by Avco Systems as a staff sci- entist. 1966-1970 JAMES ELLING REIFF ('67) will be in— terning for one year at Emmanuel Hospital in Portland, Ore. He is one of 26 stu— dents at Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, to receive a year of ex— perience in a parish or clinical training institution. SECOND LIEUTENANT DONALD R. BENSON, JR. ('68), has been awarded U.S. Air Force silver pilot wings upon graduation at Reese AFB, Tex. AIRMAN GARY H. SCHMIDT ('68) has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned to Keesler AFB in Mississippi. 6 I '— BOB KIRSCHNER ('69) has been awarded the first Office of Housing and Urban De— velopment Fellowship at the University of Minnesota. His graduate study is in pub— lic administration and urban planning. AIRMAN FIRST CLASS JAMES N. TORFIN ('69) has been named Outstanding First Term Airman of the quarter for the Air Force Western Test Range, Vandenberg AFB, Calif. DEATH REV. E. S. VIK ('28), March 1970. MARRIAGES KATHLEEN NYQUIST ('68) to ROBERT V. SCHORNSTEIN ('68). SYLVIA JOHNSON ('65) to Rodney Strand, Dec. 6, 1969. DOROTHY HAGESTUEN ('69) to RICHARD D. KNUTSON ('71). LINDA EVENSON ('70) to David M. Wer— ley, March 14, 1970. BIRTHS MR. AND MRS. GARY MILLER (LUCILLE MOLAND, '66) '67, a son, Brent Allen, Dec. 5, 1969. Mr. and MRS. Harold L. Grindstaff (KATHLEEN E. KELSEY, '66), a son, Daniel Leo, May 22, 1968. Mr. and MRS. Norman Larson (ELAINE ERICKSON, '67), a son, Mark Louis, March 19, 1970. Mr. and MRS. Richard Steller (JANET KOEPCKE, '66), a daughter, Ronda Louise, Oct. 22, 1969. Mr. and MRS. Rodney D. Rydeen (JU— DITH ANN WESTBY, '62), a daughter, Kir- sten Ann, Sept. 25, 1969. MR. and Mrs. PAUL E. LARSON ('65), a daughter, Stephanie Ann, Feb. 25, 1970. 0,) 7 Show less
Memorial Hall: the Evolution SverdruprOftedal Memorral Hall. Carl Chrrslock's centennial hrstory From Hard to Freeway tells us was constructed In 1938 to accommodate "approxrmately 100 men and rncludrng a kltchen. dlnlng room and parlor. and office space for l'l’HSSlOnS was to be erected at a... Show moreMemorial Hall: the Evolution SverdruprOftedal Memorral Hall. Carl Chrrslock's centennial hrstory From Hard to Freeway tells us was constructed In 1938 to accommodate "approxrmately 100 men and rncludrng a kltchen. dlnlng room and parlor. and office space for l'l’HSSlOnS was to be erected at a cost. fully equlpped. not to exceed $125,000 Over the years Memorial Hall has changed to ht the needs of Augsburg's growmg campus and m 1943-44 was even rented to house a mrlrtary unll trarn-ng at the Universny of Minnesota for the Income purpose of compensatrng lor turtlon losses due to the war By 1950. With the post-war boom an enrollment Memonal Hall was crowded to twrce Its normal capacrty of a Campus Bur/ding Today Memorial sttll houses some 01 Augsburg s male students. but to add-tron several offices at the college are located tn the burldrng the Summer School thce the Campus Pastor the Departments of History, Polrttcal Sclence Psychology. Economlcs Busmess Admrn-stratron Busmess Educatron and Socrology the Soc-a! Sclence Research Center the Center for Urban Programs AudrorV|Sual and Instructional Servuces the Development Church Relatrons News Bureau. and Publu: Relatrons Offices and the Oltu n of the Vuce Presudent. Executrve Assrstant to the Presrdent Alumm Beginning In the fall of 1970. the Center for Student Development lwhnch Includes counsel-rug servrces, hnancual and and the Fund for the Assrstance ol Mnnonty Educatron ofincesl‘ as well as the Placement Office. w:|| move from Scrence Hall to Memorial Hall Among those men who hrst moved Into the new dorm when rt opened was Slgvald Htelnteland presently assooate dnector 0! development at Augsburg whose office today Is In the same bwldtng where he Irved as a student 'Sverdrup Ottedal Memorial was opened lor use on January 1 1939 Slg says and as I recall rt was on a Sunday so we had to get spectal permrssron to make the move that day The male students had been llvlng In North Hall and Old Mam North Hall was a three story wooden hu-Irttnq lust south of Memorial Hall and Old Main 4 tOurrstory buck where the present l-ttrary startdsv The move was made In processron lrorn these dorms Wrth the men carrying the-r belongings In old dresser drawers Yours truly served as asststant dean ol men to SI Melby tn charge of low students who dud the housekeepung chores tn the entrances halls and bathrooms My duties were daily Inspection 0! rooms Show less
News Notes Augsburg Wrestling Camp The second annual Augsburg Wrestling Camp altered by the Augsburg College Athletic Department was held July 20-24 on the campus. Clinics have been designed to provide instruction and experience in every phase of wrestling. and each boy attending received high... Show moreNews Notes Augsburg Wrestling Camp The second annual Augsburg Wrestling Camp altered by the Augsburg College Athletic Department was held July 20-24 on the campus. Clinics have been designed to provide instruction and experience in every phase of wrestling. and each boy attending received high-calibre instruction both ihdiyidually and in groups determined by age, weight and ability Heading the camp staff were Ron Platter. coach of the Augsburg wrestling team which has won three consecutive Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships. and Alan Rice. two-time Big Ten champion. and wrnner at national AAU free-style and Grace-Roman championships. Communications Major Established Augsburg College will offer a new Interdisciplinary maior in communications beginning in September as a iomt eflort ol the psychology. socrology, philosophy. English and speech departments While the mayor is d85igned lor students planning careers in iournalism. advertising, public relations. business. radio-telewsion. law. public sewer; and the ministry. it WI" not offer speCialized or technical training Instead, it will prowde a broad liberal arts background in behavnor, information gathering. media. communica- tions skills. and seeial and political action. First Distinguished, Faculty Awards Presents! Augsburg professors Dr. Philip Ouanbeck. religion. and Dr. Donald Gustelson. history. received Distinguished Faculty Awards at Cap and Gown Day ceremonies in May. The first annual award was established by the graduating class of 1970 to honor two outstanding Augsburg faculty members each year lor teaching and interest in their fields. work on laculty committees. am! excellence ll'l counselling students. Testimonial Dinner Held in June Ernie Anderson and Edor Nelson. veterans of 23 years of coaching at Augsburg College. were honored at a testimonial dinner June 20 which was sponsored by the Alumni A-Club. Anderson is athletic director at the college and pres-dent of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Nelson. associate athletic director. coaches baseball. District Convention at Augsburg Meetings of the Southeastern Minnesota District Convention of the American Lutheran Church were held on the Augsburg College campus June 4-6. The convention opened with the State of the Church address by President Frederick A. Schiotz. and. in preparation for the national convention slated for San Antonio. Tex. voting was held to name candidates for the presidency ol the ALC. For the first time. this year each congregation was asked to send a high school youth as a representative. Thirty young adults sewed as counselors for the students housed in Urness Tower dormitory. New Diroctor Named Dr. Joel S. Torstenson. chairman ol the Department of Seeiology at Augsburg. succeeds L. William Youngdahl as director of the Center lor Urban Programs. New Faculty Mr. James Ilflngs 3-4 Instructor a! Econorrii'cs (pert-Mia) 3' Mr. Billings received his BA with W honor horn Michigan State University in tees. and his ‘ ‘ MA. from the University of Minnesota in 19... He worked as a research assistant at Michigan ‘ State University and as a research analyst at Dayton‘s. He also served as an instructor at the University or Minnesota and at Hemline university For three years he was an economist with the . American Rehabilitation Foundation. Mr. Therese F. Condon Assistant Professor of Sociology (pan-time) Mr. Condon received his B.A. lrorn the University of Fenland in 1063. his MA. from the University of Notrs Dame in 1964. and he is anticipating the PhD. from the University at Minnesota. He worked as a lecturer at the UM of Windsor (Ontario. Canada). and as a part-time instructor at Wayne State University. He was an assistant professor at the University at Notre Dame. and an instructor at the University of Minnesota. Mr. Paul Breast Instructor 0! 6009'.th (pert-om) Mr. Grsuer received his 3.5. lrorh Concordia College in 1985, and his Mid. in 1967 lrorn the University of Nebraska. He was a waduate sssisterit at the University or Nebraska. and an asaistant_prolessor at Concordia Junior College. lie is currently working toward the HID. at the University of Minnesota. Show less
ll'fl'l’l‘W’l'llll‘kl ‘H I ll]- l‘mtfll H MI I' and enforcement of school policies On occasmn the housemother, Mrs Olga TorVIk. would accompany me on inspection from my room, number 31 1. Alpha House "On occasmn discrplinary measures required that I would be called in to brief the clean on the... Show morell'fl'l’l‘W’l'llll‘kl ‘H I ll]- l‘mtfll H MI I' and enforcement of school policies On occasmn the housemother, Mrs Olga TorVIk. would accompany me on inspection from my room, number 31 1. Alpha House "On occasmn discrplinary measures required that I would be called in to brief the clean on the offense, and if serious enough, I was asked to bring the offenders in to the dean's office for reprimand or dismissal The most difficult prank to control was the use of water, either by paper bag Or other container. for thoroughly dousrng someone outside a Window 0r heading up the stairs "In the fall of 1967 I returned 'home' to Memorial Hall when the Development Office moved from Rwersrde Avenue " Miss Gerda Mortensen. now secretary for Nordmanns-Forbundet. a Norwegian-American socrety. also has her office in Memorial. At the time Memorial was built, however. she was Augsburg's dean of women. At the May 31. 1970. Parental Alumni Luncheon. President Anderson introduced her as "Vice President for Everything at Augsburg for the past 50 years." "It’s a slight error,“ she says. "It’s only 47 years!” Gerda's reflections follow. The last memo I received from Dr. George Sverdrup before his death read something like this "Get Shirley Emerson. the dietitian. to jam you in planning for the food service areas of Memorial Hall. You will work with the building committee. Dr. Claus Morgan, chairmen." We consulted personnel at the University of Minnesota and food serVice companies in the Twin Cities. and since we had no socral areas except the small liying rooms at West and Morton Halls. we had used the old dining room, third floor of Old Main. for a kind of college center We planned for a soaal area at the entrance to the new dining hall faCilities With upholstered chairs. davenports. tables and a piano, and the furniture was in a dark. stained oak that was considered good in those days Among those who selected the furnishings at Mold Brothers Furniture Company were Miss Ethel lngebredtsen. secretary to the president. and General Leif J Sverdrup. Miss Shirley Emerson. Claus Morgan. and myself The move from the third floor of Old Main to the ground floor of Georg Sverdrup-Sven Oltedal Memorial Hall took place during the Christmas holidays. and when the workmen left there was much work ahead for the dining hall staft. Harald Grindal was head waiter that year; and he and Miss Emerson scrubbed that dining hall floor on hands and knees—then waited it. "NI. a busy vacation time. When the students returned after the holidays they found everything new. spacrous and beautiful. There were cafeteria lines for breakfast and luncheon. with service for dinners. Meals. as l recal. cost about 15 cents for breakfast, 25 cents for luncheon and 35 cents for dinner. A group of students planned seating arrangemenlh for the dinners. and the women students were distributed two or three at tables of eight. One reason was given by the fellows as. "They eat less than we do, so when we can have the gals at our table. we get more to eat!" "That's not the only reason." I thought. Weekends were free and open so regroupings by couples. clubs. or just fellows and gals by themselves ensued. What did the Augsburg Echo report on this ; beautiful new dining room? There was a grumbling because Dean Mortensen, the official hostess of Augsburg, wanted to requrre the fellows to W! coats to dinner! And dress-up on Sundays by all! "I've only one suit and i can‘t afford to wear ll every day." one fellow reported. Modifications came thereafter. It was a noisy place. There was no acoustical ceiling. so Dr. Bernhard Christensen secured funds for that purpose from a company in the city. Next the busrness office procured gliders for the chairs. so one could carry on a conversation M Without the din overpowering all. Augsburg's co—ed dining hall was the envy of ;, many students and deans at other colleges. and it ‘ " became a pro-tam college center where Show less
Earth Day 8i After "The phrase, ‘health of the environment’ is not a literary convention. I! has real biological meaning because the surface of the earth is truly a living organism Without the countless and immense/y var/ed forms of Illa that the earth harbors, our planet would be just another... Show moreEarth Day 8i After "The phrase, ‘health of the environment’ is not a literary convention. I! has real biological meaning because the surface of the earth is truly a living organism Without the countless and immense/y var/ed forms of Illa that the earth harbors, our planet would be just another fragment of the universe with a surface as drab as that ol the moon and an atmosphere inhospitable to man." Rene' Dubos in the Environmental Handbook Man is finally beginning to understand clearly that he is but a part of nature and that the earth will not tolerate him on any other terms. Nature cannot long be dominated by any species of organism Without serious consequences. Since technology and medical sCience have made it passable for man to reproduce Without being appreciably limited by the forces of natural selection. it is necessary to find other methods to control the population. Additionally, man is beginning to realize that he must curb his use of natural resources and strive harder to prevent the defacement of the eerIronment Earth Day 1970 attests to our increased awareness that we are out of step With nature. A masswe, nation-Wide observance of this type would have been unheard of in 1960. and it seems doubtful whether it would have aroused much interest even a year ago. Earth Day at Augsburg was planned by a group of concerned students and faculty members. representing most of the departments of the college. The activnties of the day involved a number of partiCipants from the greater metrOpolitan area. so that the expertise of industrial engineers. architects, community planners. environmental health specialists. microbiologists. ecologists. and politicians was added to that of the Augsburg faculty and students. Hundreds of students from several high schools further enhanced a day devoted to speeches. discussions and exhibits. A chapel service initiated the activities. The relationship of an expanding population to the environment was the topic of the keynote address delivered by Dr. Fredrick Williams of the University of Minnesota. This was followed by a panel discussion of environmental problems as viewed by a biologist. an economist. a sociologist. and a theologian. Over a dozen discussion groups highlighted the afternoon with wide—ranging topics including abortion. aesthetics and health as related to the environment. An open meeting followed in an attempt to ascertain what members of the college community could do to combat the impending environmental disaster. In the evening political candidates were invited to present their views. and at this time trophies were awarded for the most successful participants in a scavenger hunt which was designed to help clean up the CedarRiverside area. What is the meaning of Earth Day? Its significance will depend, of course. on what follows. There are a few encouraging signs on the Augsburg campus. A small but enthusiastic group has established an environment club. which arose from an environment seminar held this spring. Next fall a colloquium on the ecological crisis will be offered. and a new biology course. “Biological Problems of the Urban Environment.” will be initiated in the winter term. The success of such endeavors will depend on the extent to which human values can be changed so that priorities will be re-evaluated. Out technological capacity must be dramatically reoriented so that instead of being directed toward the further exploitation of nature for the immediate benefit of men it will be directed toward reaching an accommodation with nature and an amelioration of the damage already wrought. by Dr Ralph Sulerud Dr. Alvin M. Weinberg addresul fl 1970 on iii. prelim»: of m the technician‘s viewpoint. new ‘ the Environment" was his topic. stat of two approaches to which h. called the calls for dismantling our mfi so pollution is lessened. ‘ v The technologist. Dr. opposite way. not for less m f . more benign. more compassion. "Surely there will he manyye'ang - i - are eager to use solemn and m But their intentioi'is and mm“ ' only to frustration unless the - - - ' the institutions in which the M. - - , generation can focus its hunt Whatweshallneedarenow w _ laboratories. universities scientific attack on the I-le wanton to say. is moving fast enough. whether the y energies ofouryoungpeopleclhhl‘ -. forcusad scope to create all accomplishment and m. and I,'_ frustration one cannot say. I am i will be done: that. as we priorities (largely under the m shall oreale iii. _ interested youth to work meaningfully on clearing up the, Thisisthaveryleastthatthe'b . owes to the coming Md r Show less
cleverly presented - college activities. Visiting iii. returning alumni. ; «a? | -—ell played a part. The ‘ r an hour of time to ’ ' information, L ' to laam to know timers. too. The Christmas one _ ~ where the language - Me so arranged that carols emu: in French. German. English. and one year.... Show morecleverly presented - college activities. Visiting iii. returning alumni. ; «a? | -—ell played a part. The ‘ r an hour of time to ’ ' information, L ' to laam to know timers. too. The Christmas one _ ~ where the language - Me so arranged that carols emu: in French. German. English. and one year. even in 'iorget those symphony dinners .- 'on when our guest ‘fisestro Antel Dorati? The first year how to listen to music. That ‘ Inehip of Elizabeth Mortensen for the city worked I - ‘ticltets for the symphony H Auditorium (about ‘ and staff participated). A ‘M spoke about music ‘ favorite composer. Bartok. year we had 15-20 missionary i - the globe. The bltiners were enlivened by hashes by these students from MTN. daysl). There were fall football there were hungry athletes to he were the students just season of harvesting with were always more M fell. and then. after a CM m.Afaculty- mastudymndsome ’theaeiwnentofe'atingat -~ eatirnplaces. Manama surroundings and service. One of the results I remember was that the food selected for lunch and dinner by most of them was hamburger. Hamburgers at noon. at dinner. in the evening (pre- pizza period). The dietitian remarked. "Students wouldn't accept this if that is what we did here." And than (long before wide-spread campus turmoil was known) on the first day of school in the fall there was a strike led by students! More committee meetings; menu changes; rising costs: the end of table service at dinner; and a streamlined cafeteria ensued. Thus ended that era. A series of dietitians followed Shirley Emerson. some inexperienced. some trained. We finally "grew" our own Elaine Swanson. a home economics major, who understood student needs. studied and kept an open ear for students‘ interests and desires. Mrs. Swanson launched the new food services in the present College Center. Those of us who remember the marvelous way in which she handled food services in Memorial Hall from 7:00 am. to 11:00 pm. (with short clean-up periods). wonder how we ever got along without her. Credit is due to a quality of loyalty among the students. staff and faculty that was thus demonstrated. Augsburg not only served the students. but many outside and special groups. There were the annual meetings alternate years of the Lutheran Free Church. Committees of women from a dozen or more churches came to assist in the food services. The Pastor's institute late in August served as a retreat for many of the pastor alumni. Bishop Smemo. primate of Norway. was guest of honOr and speaker at a great dinner during the Lutheran World Federation in 1957. At the first such gathering in Memorial Hall. the men who had been students of Professors Gearg Sverdrup and Sven Oftedal decided to present pictures of the two men to Augsburg The Oiltinted enlarged photographs of the early leaders. which now hang in the Marshall Room of the new College Center. were on the walls in the dining hall. At the unveiling a year later. Professor Andreas Holland paid tribute to the work of these men at a meaningful ceremony. Faculty workshops in those early days took on a gay mood for the fall dinner for faculty and spouses. Mrs LaVonne Peterson could always be counted upon to have something clever and for fun on those occasions The Augsburg famin . a series of great waiters and waitresses the singing. .the worship . . . the pranks . the sacrificial meals the specnal guests. . . the parade of students—developing. maturing. gomg on into life . their (un evenings. their searching-lor-truth evenings, their "commencement" into life These are the things I remember I tried to help educate the students. They certainly educated me. Who learned most? Life wall always be richer for me because of those years ‘Twas great to live among youth at Augsburg It still is! Show less
Wrth complete honesty I cannot remember many days tn the three years We studied at Augsburg College when I haven't struggIed wrth the problem of war. partrcularIy the Vretnam war. and how I must respond to It as a Christian. The war has been a great albatross hangrng around my neck. It has caused... Show moreWrth complete honesty I cannot remember many days tn the three years We studied at Augsburg College when I haven't struggIed wrth the problem of war. partrcularIy the Vretnam war. and how I must respond to It as a Christian. The war has been a great albatross hangrng around my neck. It has caused me tremendous anxrety as I have trued to pustrly my sate. comfortable posutron as a student and athlete at Augsburg whrle many of my brothers and stators have devoted therr entrre lnves to the cause of peace and to the sanrty of this natron. "Why stand we here Idle?" I've partrcrpated rn all the peace marches and every moratorium, I've walked and talked and lustened and I've seen no change to our attrtude about peace and war as a natron. I've seen no change In our nattonal policy that would lead me to belleve that the demonstratrons have been eflective; I've been as honest as I could be In aslung questrons about natronal attrtudes and polrcres and I've been honest In aslung questions about a Chrrstran'a role rn promoting peace end reconculratron among men In a world lull at war. I don't thrnlt I‘ve received honest answers. When Presrdent Nixon announced the invasron (that wasn‘t “an anvasuon") oI Cambodaa. my spurts hrt a new low I was totally frustrated— I tell helpless. hopeless and utterly resentlul about thus new move. I lelt that the Investon was a drsastrous move tor a peaceful settlement 0! the war Show less
“policy of permission for ' w and protest. while 7 of refraining from any " of those whose opinions and I difference of position. Further- ,niade clear that it is the faculty. fireflminlstration. that alone have . the right on this campus of classes. Any attempt to shut "- operation of this... Show more“policy of permission for ' w and protest. while 7 of refraining from any " of those whose opinions and I difference of position. Further- ,niade clear that it is the faculty. fireflminlstration. that alone have . the right on this campus of classes. Any attempt to shut "- operation of this institution ‘ I i - violent and illegal. 00301:! that many Augsburg students . _ concern over what appears reprinting-Wt toward ii so-called among students across the nation. l m following steps for action ' _ of sympathy by concerned 2 "bulky and administration girth of this nation. as they wrestle affects their education. their r- to society and government. . “I as usual with opportunity appropriate by teachers and 'Ite- ae-called 'atriite' and the end. fiirtherrmre. to assure the ' ' certadencassodictata. _ from classes. melting such . let their own ediicatienal missed. preferably in Mannhei- .hafiarhmudasueu 5. A letter from the president on his own behalf. to President Nixon urging him to take the college youth of this nation seriously in their concerns regarding the lndo-China war. explicitly protesting his vituperative language regarding college youth, explaining that the broad character of serious opposition to this war involves also young people with deep religious, moral and ethical commitments. deploring the escalation of the war through the Cambodian involvement and pleading for a policy based on moral leadership and not on chauvinistic national pride. 6. A petition from the concerned students of Augsburg addressed to the Southeastern Minnesota District Convention of The American Lutheran Church requesting that assembly meeting on this campus June 5 and 6 to go on record supporting the convictions of college youth in their positions on the lndo-China war and urging the President to bring this diabolical war to an end by quick and final disengagement. 7. The support of legitimate nonoviolent expressions of conscientious conviction regarding the war by students. Particular encouragement should be given to those constructive. educational and informational efforts by students which can serve to bring home to this community and nation the fact that among the finest of its youth are those who are bitterly opposed to an escalation of the war. to renewed bombings. to the slaughter of student protestors. and to the inference in high places that protesters are 'bums. AUvaUltG CLLLC'; I [- RCi‘iiVES 8. The immediate designation of the Student- Feculty Council. chaired by the president of the Augsburg Student Seeiety. as liaison between students. faculty and administration on these and similar matters "This is a college with a Christian commitment We live and learn under the cross which means. among other things. that the livmg Christ can use suffering and sacrifice of those who love peace and lustice as means to bring forth hope and life among mankind “May the God of peace help us in this hour of agony to be firm in our convrction. courageous in our actions and charitable in our attitudes toward all men, realizing that as important as the issue of the war is the matter of our own integrity. faith and COMDBSSIOH. In that spirit. let us stand together here at Augsburg College " Oscar A Alida/son. Plesrdenl Vol 34. No 1. August 1970 AUGSBURG COLLEGE NOW is published menlhly except July by Augsburg College Twenty‘hrst Avenue South at Eight Street Minneapolis. Minn 5540‘ Second class postage pm If Minneapolis anewr. Show less
On the some evenmg that the Umversrty of Minnesota went on struke an ad hoc strIke commtttee met at Augsburg, and wrth common frustratlons and desIres for peace. we decrded that In Indefintte Stnke For Peace was the most dramatIc and effectwe way we could constructwely work for peace To my joy I... Show moreOn the some evenmg that the Umversrty of Minnesota went on struke an ad hoc strIke commtttee met at Augsburg, and wrth common frustratlons and desIres for peace. we decrded that In Indefintte Stnke For Peace was the most dramatIc and effectwe way we could constructwely work for peace To my joy I found I wasn‘t alone There were hundreds of students at Augsburg who had been under the same mental anguIsh and they were also at the pomt of glvtng up everythlng to confront the college. the PreSIdent of the UnIted States and the entire Amencan publrc mm the burnIng questIons and concerns we had wnh our natIonal pollcy In lndo-ChIna. I was amazed at the deep Chnstran ethIcal concern the vast majority of students held We were all searchIng and we knew that untIl we found some answers to our questIons everythIng else at Augsburg was Irrelevant We had to strIke! We had to act or be gullty of betrayrng our own conSCIences! Everyone who went on strIke was a member of the StrIke CommIttee As a comrmttee we searched for ways to make the strlke a workIng strIke We dIdn't want to shut down the school, we wanted It open In order to have an arena In whlch we could all search for answers to questlons we all held We wanted to find answers to questlons about the UnIted States’ Involvement In Indo-Chma We wanted to know facts and recere honest answers We wanted our questions about the role of the U S In forelgn countrIes answered honestly We wanted to find ways In thch we could eHectIvely Influence our government So, we sponsored teach-Ins on dIfferent aspects of the war every day We had open forums so that anyone could vent hIs feelIngs and concerns# both pro and con We studIed the economIcs of war and how we could economIcally boycott to vence our disapproval of the war We went out Into the neIghborhoods of the ow and the suburbs to talk and to lIsten to fellow CItIzens We went to factorres and shoppIng centers In order to confront people and to dIscuss the war WIth them We went to schools and churches We sponsored a Forum For Peace In thch 70 clergymen from the Southeastern Munnesota DIstrIct of the ALC and 60 college youths from area colleges dialogued about the war and the churches’ response We used every available avenue for Iegrtrmatet constructIve dlssent We wnll contInue to work In the polmcal campaigns In the fall We dIdn‘t accompllsh all that we wanted to The war goes on and on wIthout any forseeable end However. we dud accomplnsh much We and confront and commumcate wrth people We rmsml questlons that people had to thunk about at least momentarrly We dud cause normal acthty to stop In order to dIscuss the war We used the legItImate democratic means of dIssent non Violently But perhaps most Important we commltted ourselves. to workmg for peace That commItment w.II not me We wul devote our lIves to peace for all men»- but we WIll not wage peace VIolently We wnll work to eIImInate those lhungs thch cause war hunger poverty explontatlon racrsm, overpopuldlImI mIlItarIsm, Inhumanness We wull take the Me of Jesus of Nazareth as our example not the words of the church or the government or any other InstItutIon We wull seek to overcome ewl wuh low we wull not fight evul wrth Violence because Ill domg so we become the evnl We wrll surround "VII and absorb It In our concern, COmDaSSIUfl and love acceptlng the consequences of those d(.fl()fl‘. There Is no other Cholce And If all the student srrIkI- at Augsburg accomphshed was to rekmdle lftn flame of Chnstxan love and dedIcatIon to the mum- of peace then I m happy That flame WIII not he extInguIshed by Mrlre Good Show less
.. _ » ‘ »_~k'a~l.i.fifi;m§3‘¥£". .l . ‘ , rv*w‘_;“l§?". 5 I‘m-i. Z; / it; it», {in i r 3‘ I; ‘ :1 ., f. .; . Z I law. m gen... 2 5i “kiwms'wpmmw . " "3.“ “Kw-murmur. m l Adina»: I‘ I .'.'-.s:' Sun, s‘u-Hs. ..' .mifwm'ar man's; 5mm (pm-um; ‘ fan’s. Nolson Wig. as. at the Uniwsitv minimum, in 1631... Show more.. _ » ‘ »_~k'a~l.i.fifi;m§3‘¥£". .l . ‘ , rv*w‘_;“l§?". 5 I‘m-i. Z; / it; it», {in i r 3‘ I; ‘ :1 ., f. .; . Z I law. m gen... 2 5i “kiwms'wpmmw . " "3.“ “Kw-murmur. m l Adina»: I‘ I .'.'-.s:' Sun, s‘u-Hs. ..' .mifwm'ar man's; 5mm (pm-um; ‘ fan’s. Nolson Wig. as. at the Uniwsitv minimum, in 1631 ind'm MA.» 1960. . '8h'lhurm‘ohiln Onlrnl'l and Barnum. cheats, ‘ wpid'ioliliirdfiwofmnnuom - k 1‘ c _ v.1: . _ . _ Moudralfiiuufl'on (rim-um) an Patton magma hor BA. 1mm arm cum in r “1959 AME“ Maid in 1966 from Marque". . Uniwr'altyr She might at Eorlvrlle. Lit-mood. and ma; loan. as well a. saving as principal at 5‘. Timothy in "inn-loo“. She col-nos xo Augsburg from Gustavus Adolphus College where one uuoht with tho rank of instant prolossor. . , . iii ._ ' . : Mud.» Professor 0! Modern Longing“ (krfleuinc) Min Sdiwoist m;on nor B.A. from the College at Spa-timing, and the MA. lrom the 7 Universin of Michigan whom she is currently a doctoral condition She has Imam at Archbishop Manny High School. .tho Collage 0! St Catherine. and at m NDEA lnsmute in Roma, ‘ Franco In Iddiuon. she in; a touching follow at rho Univorsity 07 Mlchlgon‘ Assist»? Profusor 0! Political Scrum (IuII- :imp/ Mr. Shim camod the BA from Wayne Stan University in 1966 With I double major in political apnea and psydiologv. and his MA 6 from Wayne Sun in $967. Fromm ho is a out:er rand-Sat: n the Uri-varsity or MIMISOID. ‘Hdcssor cl (lull-Wm) -In 1933 Dr. Stan rmwod hi- BA lrom Gusuvus Adolphus Congo. And both In M.A m Public Administration in 1947 Ind an MA in Social Work in 1949 u the University of Mimsou He resolved tho PhD. It the Unlvomtv o! Minnow" in 1962. He he: taught at Gustavus Adolphus College. Louisiana State University and II the University of Minnesota. tumor in Ar! lpm~rirnol Mrs. Williamson rocowod her BA, in 1951 lrom Asbury Coflogo. and the MA. from the University or Minn-wt: in 1963. SM coma: to Augsburg 0mm tho Richfiold public :chools and was a consultant in an and fad-ml programs lor the U S Office 01 Education Show less