PAGE FOUR Questionable Aug. Open with Thoms Batter-up! Play ball! With the first break of spring we again hear these familiar cries. For the past two weeks, nine- teen youthful Auggie baseball enthusiasts have been limbering up their arms and sharpening up their batting eyes for the be- ginning of... Show morePAGE FOUR Questionable Aug. Open with Thoms Batter-up! Play ball! With the first break of spring we again hear these familiar cries. For the past two weeks, nine- teen youthful Auggie baseball enthusiasts have been limbering up their arms and sharpening up their batting eyes for the be- ginning of the 1940 baseball season. George Anderson With four returning letter- men, Capt. George Anderson, Gob Mikelson, Vic Miller and Jim Gronseth, already in the fold and two more veterans, Roy Gordon and Abou Helleck- son expected to report imme- diately upon finishing their practice teaching, Coach Cully Swanson has a fair nucleus to build a formidable nine. Outstanding candidates among the freshmen are: Luther Gron- seth, “the rosy-checked and be- spectacled” All-City pitcher from Minneapolis Washburn; Orley Anderson, a curly-headed southpaw pitcher from Granite Falls; Jerrol Fredrickson, a star—port twirler from Wana- mingo; and Stanford Nelson, a burly backstop from Dawson, Other candidates that are try- ing to crash into the line-up are: catchers—Stan Plotz of St. Paul and Joy Ready of Al- ”Bat Busters" on April 23 Varado, Minn.; infielders—Phil Helland of Luverne, Dwight An— derson of Minneapolis, Art Johnson of Pequot and Kenny Jacobson of Sebeka; outfielders —Norman Anderson of Minne- apolis, Marcus Hagert of Star- buck, Tom Valvik of Yonkers, New York, James Bersheid and Kenny Klefsaas, both from Min- neapolis. Viking, Maroons See Dead End In Parkboard Race The Augsburg Vikings, coached by Lowell Formo, were the next best representative of Auggieville in the Park Board. This is the second year this club has been in existence; they won five and lost five games this sea- SOIL The Maroons, coached by Russell (Saperstine) Quanbeck and for the last two years a top—ranking team, was well satisfied with third best this season. The Maroons declined a forfeit and “gave” the Championship St. Thomas College “Neps” their last game and the title. This made it pos- sible to eliminate a “Tavern Team" to which the Maroons were opposed. The newly organized “Bombers”, coached by Vernel Johnson, wound-up in the cellar, but look for a better record next year. In the Senior Division for the city- wide Basketball title the Augsburg Norsemen, composed of varsity mem- bers, won their first round game from the Y.l\I.C.A. Seniors, 46—32, and lost their last game to the City Champions—Jack’s Place—23-29, to finish the season. AUG‘SBURG ECHO Hanschen May Quit Fighting / Star-Journal Johnny Ha nachen / Popular Heavyweight Johnny Hanschen has made a public statement that he will quit the boxing profession along with the bout scheduled for April 19 at the Minneapolis Armory. Johnny quotes the following: “I have considered retiring for some time because the boxing set-up in Minneapolis is such that a fighter cannot make any money here. If I cannot make my living at boxing I want to turn to something else, possibly physical education. So you can say that I’m leaving boxing for some time and likely for good. As for continuing my education at Augsburg I am not sure, but there is a mighty good chance.” Hanschen, who was boxing sensa- tion of Minneapolis and who made up to $250 for one night’s perfor- mance, is coaching boxing here at the present time. Since Johnny has taken over, the sport has gained tre- mendously in popularity on the cani- pus. It is the sentiment of the stu- dents for Mr. Hanschen to continue his education at Augsburg and get off the long, weary and hard road of a young professional boxer. Remember the St. Thomas April 23. game if. THURSDAY, APRIL 11. i Wfiastkound-flp By Lowsu. Fonmo p Our hats go off to the Gustie tankers for capturing the State Swim title. . . . Bob Walstrom was recently elected captain of the 1940-41 C cordia basketball team. . . . In a 10 year basketball rivalry at St. Joli- the Irish eked out a 44 to 43 victory over the Dutch. . . . Those lucky Ir . . . Remember the identically lucky Auggie Swedes? . . . Spring football been under way at Gustavus for three weeks and Concordia reports they have 27 men out for spring football. “DECORREVONT TRANSFER TO ST. THOMAS COLLEGE." . . . T startling April Fool headline in the St. Thomas Asquin had Dick worried for quite a while. . . . In the same issue, we find that the Tom have scheduled to play the Gophers on October 12. . . . WatCh out, Tomm you might add another scalp to your belt. Bill Rose of the Hamline Oracle says that Hamline’s 1941 cage team I ‘ be better than this year’s quint. . . . He prognosticates further—“Ham and Gustavus will be the teams to beat. If St. Mary's can find a man replace Vaickus, they‘ll be tough again." . . . Weql check up on you 1! winter, Bill. Have you ever been afraid to shake hands with an Auggie because of name? . . . Connie Jergensen was introducing an Auggie to a friend of l u . . . “Meet Max Bahre." . . . After a few moments of trembling, the strum ‘ finally offered his hand. . . . In reality, you’re not quite that vicious, are 3 ‘ “Chops”? ‘ Down at St. Olaf plans are being made for the “Viking Relays" to be h 'l on June 1. . . . It is to be an all-Lutheran track event and it is open to i Lutheran colleges in the U. S. . . . We hope the Auggies will be represent . . . How about it, tracksters'.’ Whites Finnish 2nd When Clayt Thompson and his White-headed Norsemen won ten games and lost two, they made the best record of all Augsburg Park Board teams entered in the various leagues this season. They found themselves second in the strong City Southwestern League with a split with the league-leaders. The per- sonnel of the squad is as follows: Forwards, Ken Schmit, Ernie Las- sesen, Earl Lanes and Don Murphy. Centers, Jim Gronseth and Willard McKinney. Roger Thompson, Archie Buseth and Phil Rowberg; coach, Clayton Thomp- Glenwood Coach to Succeed Dan Elmer (Continued from page 1) ketball. He is rated high as a one by Bernie Bierman. For the 1940 football season. whi includes four Conference gamii Augsburg will be permitted to H freshman. l m5..-w— Spring football practice will boil. next Monday. Assisting Head Col ‘ Carlson, will be Lawrence Bugni 8.! Kenneth Schmit. Guards, Loren Thorson, Jens Melbye THE MILKMAN Service My Motto son. Seven out of the ten will be back to battle in the same league next season. n .a .. ‘;;"»\_!LV‘.'.' 1- '...I... “at. 1... ‘ t . ....._..b . .7. ‘ Star-Journal .ll ikulich Couch - ' ' ‘ s ‘ 11 meets. team—the two most popular offiCials of the most succe.sfu1 of a ’ When the tournament was 75% Minnesota College coached, why shouldnt our State Con- ing the state for better ofie There sho ference Colleges claim more of the athletes Melvin Ruud, Roy Cembura, _ in very nicely into the State Conference plc W Breckenridge its first basketball ship since 1880—when the school started, is a graduate from M.S.T.C. Even Augsburg had its representatives out on the stage of the Minnesota State Basketball Tournament in Ossie Oudal and “Choppy” Krose—mem— 1927 Championship bers of Augsburg’s and Vernon I‘S. uld be some way of enticing them to attend State Conference schools without “buyinw them," but how? That is a question that Augsburg has to learn the answer to. From the Coach of the Championship Breckenridge team to the referees “calling the turns” it was Minnesota Labeled all the way through. Coach Mikulich who brought that graduate from these squads? Ulness, or any of the other All-Staters could fit ture, a choice that would be better than leav- champion- OSsie Oudal Certainly Riverside Pharmacy Prescription Druggiatl Goodlund’s Flower Shop 1 Flowers by Wire Anywhere Men’s and Ladies’ Apparel . 10% Discount to Augsburg Students Columbia Woolen Co. RESTAURANT - HOTEL Bakery - Barber Shop 2500 Riverside Ave. Main 9388‘ 2620 E85. Lake Street 40507 Cedar Avenue Du out 4752 Minneapolis - U. S. P. O. 24' pi Open Evenings , FOR FINE QUALITY MEN'S AND WOMEN’S WEAR S 10 % Discount to Students, at HOLTZERMAN’S Ma. 9740 621-23 CEDAR AVENUE JULIUS SHANEDLING & SONS, INC. 1 417-425 Cedar Avenue DEPT. STORE, Inc. New Deal Cleaners NATHAN FRANK Pinky Nelson, Campus Agent : 1512 E. 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' Volume 52 v 13-Yeer Old Prodigy l Presents Music Recital The Music Club of Augsburg College presented a recital of piano music by thirteen‘year old Arthur Allen Olson. a Mime apolis prodigy, on Monday eve, ning, March 24. Arthur Olson was the winner of the [946 Minneapolis Aqua— tennial Class B... Show more' Volume 52 v 13-Yeer Old Prodigy l Presents Music Recital The Music Club of Augsburg College presented a recital of piano music by thirteen‘year old Arthur Allen Olson. a Mime apolis prodigy, on Monday eve, ning, March 24. Arthur Olson was the winner of the [946 Minneapolis Aqua— tennial Class B piano contestrwin' ner of the 1946 Chicagovland Muv »sic Festival Class B piano solo contest (National Competition), and a winner recently in the stu« dent contest sponsored by the Thursday. Musical, a National Federation of Music Organizar tions. He has for several years won Superior Ratings in the au- ditions sponsored by the National Guild of Piano Teachers, and for several years has been winner in the annual contests sponsored by» the Minnesota Music Teachers' Association. Mr. Theodore Bergman of the MacPhail School of Mdsic is the young pianists' instructor. He also teaches several Augsburg stu- dents. An admission fee of twenty-five cents was charged in order to augment the treasury of die Mu' sic Club and to defray expenses. Industrial Meet to Be Held Here This Summer Augsburg College students are urged to make application at_once for attending the Student Indw trial Seminar to be held in Min' neapoliert. Paul, June 15‘August 23. Applications may be secured from Miss Gerda Mortensen. Deadline for application is May [5. Early applications will receive prior consideration _ The Student Industrial Semi, newton Augsburg College, Friday, April 11, 1947 Students Hear Roosevelt Choir pndn the direction of Mr. C Wesley Andelson the Minneapolis Roosevelt High School Choir thrilled Aupburg student: ar Convocation on March 13. This choir is one of the outstanding high school their: in the country. iPhoto by Karl Berg nar, now in the third year, in— cludes men and women college students who desire to understand the complexities of an industrial community and who want to know how to work on the prob' lems. Students are employed full' time in Twin Cities‘ industrial firms at standard pay rates. They live together in a college dorm and participate in three informal study sessions, trips, talks, and other ac- tivities each week. Students are given aid in securing their em' ployment. Regardless of race or creed. any student is eligible to apply. There are openings for both men and women students. The project is sponsored by the National Stu- dent Councils of the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. _ Clarence Elliott. North Central Area Student Secretary of the Y, M.C.A. will serve as director of the project. News Notes The Choral Club Banquet was held on March 25. at 6 o'clock in the dining hall. The theme was "Easter." Members of the Choral Club presented the pro gram for the evening. The ban' quer was a climax of the tour which was taken between semes' ters. Professor and Mrs. Sateren were the guests of honor. can Upon recommendation of the Faculty. the Board of Trustees, at its meeting held on March 18. oflicially approved the adoption of a system of grouping Faculty members at Augsburg into the four ranks of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and Instructor. The new classification will go into effect at the begin» ning of the next school year. ttt Dr. Ermisch, after an illness of about seven weeks at St. Mary‘s Hospital. has now returned to his home and is gradually convales- cing. It is rumored that he may make .a trip to visit his daughter in Wisconsin for a brief period of rest before returning to his duties at Augsburg. on: At the recent Board of Trustees meeting bids received for the erec» tion of the proposed new addition to Siversen Hall. On account of the sharply increased costs none of the bids were formally accepted, but a decision was made to enter into negotiations with the low bidder. President Christensen will do liver an address at the Pastors~ Institute at the Lutheran ThL’U’ logical Seminary in Philadelphia. on May 9. On the same trip it is planned that he will meet With the Washington, D. C.. group of the Greater Augsburg Alumni As' sociation. X K * Six members of the Augsburg Faculty attended the Conference on IntervGroup Relations held under the Auspices of Macalester College on March 17. The main speaker was Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken, former President 0L Vassar College. its Members of th e Augsburg Committee on Arrangements for the Annual Conference of the Lu' theran Free Church, to be held in June. are Dean K. B. Dahlen. Dean Gerda Mortcnsen, and Rev. 0. Rognc. Other subcommittees from the Faculty will be appoint— ed later. :31; An additional gift of $30.00 to the Adolph Paulson Memorial Prize Fund was recently received from Miss Gunhild Paulson of Ely, Minnesota. Dr. Jorgenson Back From Europe to Speak At Festival Tonight Tonight at 7:30 the second meeting of the Mission Festival will be held with Dr. Jorgenson speaking in the Chapel. Dr. Jor» genson, speaking on “Present Crisis in Missions,“ is recently re— turned from a‘tour of Europe. Dr. Jorgonson, also spoke during Chat pel exercises this morning. 1 The motto of the Mission Fear tival this year is based on Mark 16:15—Complete Christ‘s Com— mission—The meetings started last night and will continue through Sunday afternoon, April 3. Pastor Tromborg from India spoke last night on the topic, “Obedience to the Heavenly VI' sion." He brought the first mes- sage yesterday in Chapel. This evening there will be a Missionary supper in the dining hall at 6:00. Misionaries will be guests. Saturday evening Rcv. O.’ L. Hofstad from China speaks on “The Challenge of Christ‘s Call " A full day has been planned on Sunday with three services. At 8:30 a.m. there Will be a Cum' munion service in Trinity Church with Rev. Melvin Rossing from Madagascar bringing the n‘ltdltrl' riun. At 10:45. Dr. Melvin Hcl' Number 9 NOMINATIONS BEGIN FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS St. Olaf Plays Host To Augsburg Choir Continuing an unusually suc' ccssful season. the Augsburg Col' lege Choir performed at St. Olaf College on Friday, March 14, be! ginning a weekend concert tour. Later in the evening, the St. Olaf Choir played host to the Auggics at a l'CCL’ptlon with one of the most illustrious names in vocal ensemble music present, Doctor F, Mclius Christianscn. Also prcscnt were two sons of Dr. Christian' sun. Olaf Christianscn. who con! ducts the St. Olaf Chou. and Paul :hristianscn, who directs the chair at Concordia College. The Angst burg choir members also met Mr. Oscar Overby, composer, and Mr. Paul Schmitt. manager of the St. Olaf Choir. who conducted the musicians from Augsburgr on a tour around the St. Olaf campus, The following Saturday, the Augsburg Choir sang at Willmar. and at Hendricks. Lamberton, and Milroy on Sunday. These cont certs brought several Auggies to their home towns. The Augsburg Choir will wind up its season with another group of concerts on April 18, 19, and 20. The last Minneapolis concert will be presented at St. Mark‘s Cathedral on April 27. May 10 will see the annual banquet in honor of the choir members from Augsburg. land. who has also served in Mal dagascar will speak at Trinity dur' ing the morning service. Sunday afternoon in the Chapel here at school Rev. Wilbert Norton, who has recently returncd from Bcl’ gian Congo. will bring the final message. His sermon topic 13 "C 01 l e g c Student‘s linmcdiatc Commission." The time is to be announced. Prayer meetings have been held at 7:00 yesterday and today Lind will be held Saturday morning ill 11:0!) and Sunday [IIUI’I‘IIIILZ .it 7:30. This Mission Festival is ‘pmr surcd each year by the Mis on Socxeiy of thc College. Louis jcn/ sun is the President this ymr. :1. 0n the pmgram for the autumn“; March is in the Chapel wan Mayor Hubert Himphrey of Mi college Chen! Cub and the Band. Other features of the program were [he iPhuw by Karl Burg Thursday, March 27. at .l incctl in: of the student body. the new :mistitution. worked out by a con- stitutional committee from the stul dent council and prescritcd tn the student body List February lelb. was finally passed and. hunt: pk" Vious approval by the Liculry. goes into cflcct immediately. Sonic of the mayor chzingcs in» cludc the int cd Allotment in student nCllVltlcS frc to {he lmnd. choral fund, and Echo; [ht chm". ing of the Auisburgmn from .\ l’Wl‘ annual to an Annual. making [lit spring honor banquet ccrcnmnv for the inaguration of the new studcnt body prcsidcnt and the new student (0111101: and Ill: set» ill}! up of thc studcnr crvuncil treasury independent from the School treasurers ofth Othcr Chillich hav‘ to do With stream! lining [hc election procedure of :ouncil members and increismg be general effectiveness of rho :iudcnt council. March 27th, Thursday— Election of nominating commit tees in freshman, sophninre. and junior classes nominate candidates to represent them in rhcir classes on the student council. April 10th, Thursday Class elections of representa' tives (nominations permitted from the floor, in addition to those presented by nominating commit- tee). April 16d), Wednesday— The new council'elect selects two nominees from its group for student society president. April 17, Thursday— Deadline for presentation of nor minees for president by petition from general student body. April 24th, Thursday— All nominees for student so- ciety president deliver campaign speeches bcfure the student body. April 29m, Tuesday Election day for student society president. Miss Mortensen Attends Deans’ Meeting in Ohio M s: Mortciiscn .irrcndi‘d before E r \'.ICRNL)H the National A550, (HHMI‘I of Deans of Wunn‘n held .ii Columbus. Ohm. in cunnrcriun with rhc Council of LiUidnncc .iiid l’criivnncl Assoc14iliniis.Thc rlicmc l.)t"vclupingV llh’ Hum m Re iuUrCCS of Dcmncmry During her visit MISS Mulrcn sun plans to .1ttciid Mundclcinc Cullch in Chirium. killsllt’ll (‘wlr legs in (inshcn, lndinm, \\l\i'l'i' she will spoilt. Capital L'mxtrsirv .it Columbus. Ohm. .ind \\'lv\,.iiwn Cirllt'gc in \Vlit‘atim. lllvnwh 15: Auction Raises $126.70 For Chest Fund Dr N M \'l\v\.ik ‘I‘ u .i » um in iln- cliw pr'l s p c «l k c r : d u r i n 4 [h c (3.1mm. (3»: Fund l)erc last week. Sllfi 7') w .i 5 th c bringing the total N 5137451. Show less
Page Two THE AUGSBURG ECHO Friday. April 11,1947 Established in 1896 1946 Member 1947 Asodated Collegiate Pres THE AUGSBURG ECHO STAFF Fdimr Robert Ktauas A ' Editor Hamilton News Fdirnr Irene Johnson Sports Editor ..... .. ....]ohn Shelstad Sports Writer........ .. .Harvey Holman Paul Bliltstad ... Show morePage Two THE AUGSBURG ECHO Friday. April 11,1947 Established in 1896 1946 Member 1947 Asodated Collegiate Pres THE AUGSBURG ECHO STAFF Fdimr Robert Ktauas A ' Editor Hamilton News Fdirnr Irene Johnson Sports Editor ..... .. ....]ohn Shelstad Sports Writer........ .. .Harvey Holman Paul Bliltstad . L Karl Berg Girls Sports. . ...Carol Brekken 1‘ ' Robert Kraus. Reporters: Marjorie Wilberg, Faye Strandvold. Rhonda Hektner. Delphine Jensen, Miriam Bredow, Carl Vaagenes, Helen Haukeness, and Esther Johnson Business Manager . , r- i - u . Lyle Smith Mildrnd Y r I‘ Georgette D. Lanes and Evelyn Folkestad Typist: COMPLETE CHRIST'S COMMISSION Bring Back, Bring Back! ~Twas the day before finals And all through the dining hall Not .\ creature was stirring: N0 Spoons. Th ‘ Will be the inevitable fate of the dent body at Augsburg College and Theological Semi if the IS} Spoons which are miss“ ing from the kitchen aren‘t re’ turned soon. This is almost six times the number of other kinds of missing silverware. Most of the spoons are in stu' dents rooms on campus. The great loss is due to thoughtlessness in thinking that “one less spoon won‘t matter." Please bring back the spoons you have borrowed. You can buy them for five cents each on Cedar Avenue. .Delores Nolan, Shirley Pratt, Margaret Bowlin The Brave N0r$l< By Thomas C. Alfsen The brave Norwegians took the stand, Against their German foe. They gave their lives to save their land, Their homes in ice and snow. Three-months and twenty days they fought. No Norseman ‘er would yield, Until retreating Germans sought Their stukas for a shield. Although their numbers reckoned few, Their chances still more slight, \Vith pride their country's flag they flew, And carried on the fight. Their ranks grew thinner, yet more thin; Recruiting help was gone. Fond hopes were lost to ever win, Yet still they struggled on. And now that fears of war are gone, Once more again you'll see, The breaking of an early dawn, A world that‘s truly free. Christianity and Communism Communism has been called the most vigorous and lusty religion in the world today. While Christianity has become lukewarm with age, communism has the fire of youth. Where Christianity often rep— resents reaction, communism is no every foreign missionary t afraid of progress and mistakes. For sent into the field by the church. commU' nism has a dozen organizers in every country. While the different do nominations bicker with each other, communism presents a solid front. There must be a good reason munism. Two Sundays ago a Catholic, for this apparent success of corn, Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen, in his radio broadcast gave what seems the most logical reason. So' ciety today applauds the broader minded man. The idea is to not be' lieve anything too strongly so as to appear foolish. In his desire to bc open'minded about all things, man seems to have lost the faculty to have firm convictions. He just doesn‘t make up his mind. The fervor and zeal of men like the disciples, St. Francis of Assisi, and Martin Luther is extremely rare. Christianity has become a topic of conversa' tion instead of a conviction to live by or, if necessary, die for. Now what has communism done.7 In a country where Christianity had left a lukewarm and insipid void. communism offered a new, dyna» mic ideology. The communists merely gave the Russians something to believe in, firmly, passionately. Hitler did the same thing. Instead of part time Christianity, the Russians substituted full time communism. 'And they are attempting, to do the same thing here. However, the burning zeal of communists doesn‘t mean that Chris' tianity is doomed. An athiest would look pretty silly if there actually were no God to disbelieve in. So the communists, if there actually They've got a way with the babies . Moorhead. Minn.. combine baby si Louise Blixslad, 8 months. the dam; “ti/me Wickren. McLeod, N. 0.. left. and Oscar Anstad. Her duties and their sludies very well. Wayne holds Bizabefh liter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Blixs‘lad. 2‘7l5 First avenue 5., and were no Christ, would lose their motive and direction. The very energy those people are exerting in opposition to Christianity proves that Christ is a power in the world today. Communism will not be overcome by fighting a war. It can‘t be beaten by hating what it stands for. It is important that we show up communism practically, by proving that we are willing to feed, and help those peoples and countries that need it so desperately. But even more important that that, we must learn from the communists what they learned earlier from Christ. We must begin showing the fire of early Christians. We must show the world and all men that here is something to plunge into, head first, something to fight for. Whether we like it or not, every man is looking for that. If we as Christians don‘t otfer it to them. the communists will: tianity has become stagnant that communism It is only where Chris' succeeds. In a world where Christianity is a vital and living force, there will be no excuse for communism. There is the simple, the obvious, and by far the most dificult answer to communism—Editor. Oscar hat on his knee. David Eugene Berg, four months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Berg. 233| River- side avenue. DIAL 1947 Spring ls Cum, The Graz ls Riz In the spring, a young man‘s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of what a woman has been thinking about all wmtcr. This is the kind of weather that brings out the soft, the poetic, the tender thoughts of man. The days are warm and sunny, and the evenings are balmy and cool. Now, instead of sitting in dormitories and in the library, we go for walks around campus, across Franklin Avenue bridge, and through Riverside Park. We think no longer of chemistry equations, psychology notes, or history term papers. In- stead, our aesthetic sense is tuned along the lines of crocuses, pussy willows, new grass, and budding trees. We scorn our heavy coats and woolly mittens. We wear jackets and sweaters, cotton dresses and new saddle shoes. There is a change, too, in our manner ofQ speaking to one am other. Our voices are softly mot dulated, our conversations remi- niscent of the days when we play! ed with jacks and marbles. Yes, spring has come to the Augsburg campus. What a pity that mid'semester exams should come between us and a keen en- joyment of it! ‘JOTHNGS Spring is really here, as evil denced by the arrival of balmy weather, melting snow, and the dreamy look in Paul Arnold‘s eye. Miss Paulson has treated several patients for spring fever. Easter vacation is now past, so I interviewed several students to find out what they did during the holiday. Elaine Nelson ate eggs. June Carlson slept until noon every day and took a nap every afternoon. Olaf Ronning studied Psychology —most of the time. Wayne Stu- tlcberg just looked at me when I asked him. He thought I should know what he did. While reading the Reader‘s Dir gest the other day I found a cute fairy tale that I will print here for the benefit of those who haven't read the April iswe. In the happy days when there was no haircity of scam and when pork nicks were a chopple apiece, there lived an old puther mig and her sea throns. Whatever happen' ed to the migs‘ old pan is still miswhat of a summary. Well, one year the acorn fop crailed, and Old Paidy Lig had one teck of a hime yunging her feedsters. There was a swirth of dill, too, as garble weren't putting much fancy stuff into their peopage. As a result, the re! luctantly bold her toys they'd have to go out and fuck their own sorchuna. So, amid towing BYJONNYl fleets and sevvy hobs, each gave his huther a big mug and the pea thrigs set out on their weperate saize. Let‘s follow Turlyvkale, the purst little fig, shall we? He hadn‘t fawn very gar when he enmannered a nice-looking count, carrying a strundle of yellow baw. “Meeze, Mr. Plan," ped the sig, "will you give me that haw to build me a staus?“ Numb serve, believe me. The man was juga hearted Bo, though, and billing- ly gave him the wundle, with which the pittle lig cott himself a pretty biltage. No former was the house sin! ished than who should dock on the front nore than a wemhle toolf! “Pittle lig, pittIe lig!" he said, in a faked venner toyce. "May I come in and he: your sitty proam?" “Thea, thoa, a nowzand times thoa!" replied the crig, "not by the chair of my hinn‘hin-hin!“ So the wolf said, “Then I'll bluff and I‘ll duff and I‘ll hoe your blouse pawn!" And with that, he chutfed up his peeks, blew the smith to houaareens, sat down to a dine finner of roast sow and pigga- knut. What a pignominious end for such a peet little swig! Someone has defined impossible as what nobody can do but what somebody does. Show less
ACH CARLSON RESIGNS ATHLE ' ation tive June 1 Coach Bob Carlson resigned his ' 'on as athletic director and . _ football, basketball and track . coach at Augsburg College, effec' tive at the end of the present school term. He joined the 3th! lair: department in 1940. Previous to coming to Augs'... Show moreACH CARLSON RESIGNS ATHLE ' ation tive June 1 Coach Bob Carlson resigned his ' 'on as athletic director and . _ football, basketball and track . coach at Augsburg College, effec' tive at the end of the present school term. He joined the 3th! lair: department in 1940. Previous to coming to Augs' burg, Carlson played football for the University of Minnesota on Bernie Bierman‘s great teams of 1935—36. He also coached two years at Glenwood, Minnesota. High School. Carlson coached football and freshman basketball - two years at Augsburg before en' {dining in the navy in 1942. He ' returned to coach the 1945-46 Auggie basketball team to a tie for the Minnesota College Conference championship and a trip to the National Invitational Tournament in Kansas City. The team won 20 out of 22 games. When asked about his future plans, Carlson stated he had dev cided on nothing definite as yet. However, he said he was con- sidering several business ventures Bob Carlson Track Season to Get Under Way Soon By Rudy Engelrnan Track season will get underway as soon as the weather improves. Even though handicapped by lack of facilities, Coach Carlson is looking forward to promising scar son with some good material ex» pected. Russell Manthie and John Wetzlcr are conference competi— tors from last year and Ray An» derson and Dave Calderwood'arc new men with experience from West High School. Manthic plaCed second in the high Jump and third in the high hurdles last year, which Wetzlcr qualified in the hundred yard dash. Training will probably place at South High. taltc John Shelstad, Sports Editor TLC POST Girls. Dorm Finally Settle on House Rules Aftcr several meetings of the house council of Sivcrtscn Hall with Miss Thompson, Miss Mor' tcnscn, and the whole dormitory. the house rules have been rcviscd and arc bring printcd in the Registrar‘s Office, Some of the major changes include US: of the recreation room, lntc lcavc priv' ilcgcs. and lights. The housc council is composed of the officers of the dormitory, a representative from cach class, and the house mothcr. Thcir chief function is to meet once a month to disc s any problems that might arise \vithin thc dormitory. Mimost but expected to remain in coach- Friday, April 11, 1947 Page 3 Spam 7m 74a By John stoma PW gag Although Coach uRed" Nelson has not officially issued a call for baseball candidates, several men have been working out regulary in the armory. Coach Nelson is putting the boys through regular run» ning and throwing drills to get the kinks out of their muscles and giv' ing them limited fielding and hunting practice until the weather warms up enough to shift practice outdoors. Outstanding new players to come out so far inclure Art Rholl and Charles Bard, both second baseman; Frand Aria, third baseman; Bob Howells, outfielder and Roger Leak, a catcher. The pitching stafi is limited with Red Brennan, Harvey Holman and Arnie Henjum the best prospects at present The schedule is not complete and the game with the University of Minnesota is tentative as yet. Nelson is trying to arrange the game as “On to Nicollet“ night, for colleges. high schools, etc. from the twin cities. Students are urged to watch for further developments concern' ing this game. The St. Thomas baseball schedule was recently announced and in: cluded a game with Notre Dame University at South Bend, Indiana. Baseball is one of the few sports where a small college can hold its own against the larger colleges and universities and since it adds color to the schedule to book a game with a larger institution we think it a good move on the part of the oficials of the smaller school. Last year the Gophers eked out a 1'0 Win in their game with the Auggies and the previous season the game ended in a tie so it is with anxiety that we await further developments on this game. Basket The class basketball tournament started this week and will continue until after Easter. And the faculty will play the winners of the tour: ney. Members of the faculty are Waiting for an opportunity to play the younger but less experienced basketballers for a little practice before challenging the class champions. So if anyone cares to get up a team for a little game, they can likely find the faculty team eager for a workout. It hasn‘t been announced who will make up the roster for the faculty, but they will have a team and will be out there with a lot of steam (at least for a half) and with intentions of knocking off the class champion. ‘ Augsburg Keglers Trip Hamlin: Turn The Augsburg bewling (“m kept up its winning ways by de' {eating Hamlin: for its second I“ m ,3: we win over the Pipers this year. The sl girls team also met the Hamline 1 no iso m girls and defeated them by 2 nifty m .., m 3 total of 180 pins. AuGS‘BUII-G sl‘vzoms mick“ Bud Olson led the men‘s team 137' i m with a mtal of 520. Camille Sir in: H1 g vuucn led the Augsburg girls u with a high total of 394. ' ' Matches are in the making with ' other college teams of the twin This is Augsburg‘s first try It howling. League Bowling Team Standings: L Pct. stuieibeu . i .m Clyn: . . 2 .m Lindrool 2 .556 1.. Olson : .500 Anderson 4 .331 Qunley . . . . 5 .000 High sums Gnme—Stutelbergizn. Hllh : lame reriu—StutelberI—SOO. High Tum Gamkslutelberg's Team— 155. girin Team Serieahstutelberg's Team Scoring: hummer: . rann . . . for}: camel . n FFPf’SSE . . ,—. a . . .222 wo games» 255 Inter-Class Tourney By Paul Blikstad Augsburg‘s annual intcrclrs cage tournament is l’UnlllllL; in high gear this week with the round robin .tlrcildy having rcilch' cd the halfway mark. This afternoon at 4.30 the un' Lli‘rtlng Tht‘nlnmans will clash With the \‘ctcmnlladcncd Silpllor mnrcs who .irc playing thcir third contest of this week. The scninrs who haxc .1 dciinitc cdgc on the nthcr clis actual cage cxpcricnc rl\" uritcs m mp th; il‘itt‘r't‘lJSS title. The fracas that W!“ morc than likcly ho ll’IC highligh: of the ten game tourncy \Ull tukc place when the heavily ileUt‘Cd seniors tangle with the frosh next Thursday. The school championship may not bc dccidcd until the list day of the tournament. None of the varsity or "B" squad mm of thc scason are al« lowed to participate in the tour, ncy. Formcr haskctliall lcttcr \vin' nch arc also disqualified. The schcdulc for the rest of thc tournament is as follows: Today, 4:34} ~ Theologians vs. sophomores, March 31. Monday, 4 307Thco- logians vs. scniors, April 1, Tuesday, 4:3071uniors vs. sophomores. April 2, Wednesday, 4:307Frosh vs. Theologians. April 3, Thursday, 4:30—Scniors vsFrosh. \ Columbia Dept. Stores 407 Cedar Avenue AT. 1409 400 East Hennepin GE. 4539 .. Let Alumni Solve Your Budget Riddle Are you having budget problems? Does the Merry Month of May find you compelled to squeeze that nickcl ‘til the Indian hollers, when you should be like Spring, hcrself. a living symbol of bencficence spreading gifts of life and loveliness with lavish hand? Well, even if you aren‘t a nickel nurscr you may still want to be one of those three fortunate Auggies who will walk out of the chapel Monday evening, May 5, with checks for $10, $15. or $15, a good deal of honor, and better undcrstanding of Augsburg, her history and ideals. All that you have to do is to register for the oratorical prizc can! test sponsored by Augsburg's Greater Alumni Association, prepare, and then deliver one of the three best speeches on a topic related to Augsburg, her history, ideals, or present program of Christian educa' tron. You must register on or before April 5, with Miss Anderson or Mr. Lchvre of the speech department, or with Mr. N. C. Anderson in the Alumni office. Manuscripts are to be readied for final acceptance by April 24. That will leave you approximately ten days to polish up on the delivery. Your opportunity to win some honor for yourself and replenish that sagging bank balance is made possible through the gift of an Alum- nus of the class of 1913. He prefers to remain anonymous, but in his mind is a noble purpose—vto stimulate you, and all who wrll hear you, to a renewed appreciation of the ideals for which Augsburg stands. You will find some reading material for a background for your speech on reserve in the library. A complete set of rules is posted on the Bulletin Board. The field is wide open. Which price do you want? Or are you going to go on worrying about that ornery budget, and thus keep on spoiling the sweet savor of this glorious Springtime? Therein to Be Content “Not that I speak in respect of want: for l have learned, in what' soever state I am, therein to be content.“ Phil. MIL This beautiful passage, written while Paul was in prison, can set! tle countless problems for us. If we could learn to live according m: to the truth contained in that statement, our daily living would be much happier. God has given us so much; why need we worry about what we haven‘t got.7 The startling beauty of nature, one of God's greatest gifts to man, is unappreciated because we worry and fret about someone else's good fortune. We give no thought to the kind, thoughtful people in the world when one individual makes a statement that hurts our pride. it is so easy to erase from our memory the bene- fits we have when we discover one thing missing that we feel Will make us happier. We become disgruntled when we see a flaw in a personality, but we are not equally overjoyed when we find a good quality in someone else. Show less
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Ecklund & Son QUALITY FOOTWEAR 409 Cedar Ave. Riverside Pharmacy Prescription Druggist 2500 Riverside Ave. GEueva 2480 Johnson’s Bakery 2433 Riverside Ave. GEneva 5223 GR IEG’S (Former Aussie) DIRECT SERVICE STATION Where No. Io meets No. 210 at Motley, Minn. Courteous and prompt service FAIRWAY FOODS SELF SERVICE 2129 Riverside LARSON 8r. SUFFICOOL GROQRJES AND MEATS WE DELIVER GEneva 2994 It JULIU 4 1 7-425 Cedar Avenue FOR FINE QUALITY MEN‘S AND WOMEN’S WEAR HOLTZERMANN’S DEPT. STORE, INC. 5 SHANEDLING a: SONS, Inc. THE AUGSBURG ECHO The Anguish of Doubt Tonight, as I face the blinding storm. My heart has no wings to fly From the clutching earth and the groaning limbs, In the tev‘rish wind's wild cry. Where is the peace—the rest I knew? Where is the soothing patter of rain? Where is the heart so brave and true, That laughs though the body reeks with pain? Pray. Father, where is Thy heal, ing hand? Where is this door that shuts me out.7 Show me the sunshine of Thy Love. Shine through the clouds of fear and doubt. Lift me up from my palsied bed Father. have mercy now on me E'en tho‘ it bleeds a crimson red. Take my heart. crush it unto Thee. Then, as I wept there, bled, and led; Into my soul a new life flowed- The life of Him I had denied The love of God. and His light glowed. Friday, April 1], 1947 SW'tk 3% WITH BOB KRAUSS Just in case you're interested, this column isn't worth reading. If you haven‘t got anything better to do, I'd advise you to turn to the advertisements. They‘ll be more interesting. And don't say I didn't warn you. a a a: What a person doesn‘t find in his mailbox these days! Not long ago I got a letter addressed to the Editor of the school paper from. of all people, the Brewers Asso' ciation of America. They are of— fering 200 bucks for the best re! view of a book called “The Prac- tical Brewer," which is supposed to be a simple treatise on the art of making beer. I dropped them a note and told them to check their mailing list. 1‘ X X It isn’t any of my business, but they tell me Prof. Lilehd is busy checking the authenticity of the new term, “Hamnrus Alabamus,” in the original Greek. 3 * 8 Education is a wonderful thing. I refer you to Recreational Actir K vities, professed by Edor "Red" Nelson. One of the semester‘s first assignments was an “activity” called Bumblebee Buzz. The idea is to see who can make a noise like a bumblebee the longest, And then you might ask John Wetzler or Art Hanson about that laughing game. I'm told the idea is to start with sim' ple games and lead up to some» thing complicated like Chinese checkers. .3» Speaking of education, after looking over reports of the latest vital statistics, someone has lug! gested that Augsburg round out, its curriculum by offering a course in baby sitting. Ivfiss Anderson has made a start in this direction with her course 'in story telling. For particulars see Business Man— ager of Local 346, CIO, BS Union, Bert Sandbergl no: Over at the U they are alien ing several new courses in social relations this quarter. A two hour course in Park Benching prerer requisite a more comprehensive survey in River Banking. How- ever, the most complete course is given at night school entitled Submarine Watching. You may pick your own lab partner. at: Score one for the hep cats. Reliable sources report that a guy named Dvorak revolved in his grave the other night when the band plzyul its only en- core by popular demand at the Winter Concert. A little ditty entitled “Bartlesville Boogy.” ass: An all school survey recently revealed an interesting bit of non! Buy Ten“ essential information. The only . man capable of passing Renais— m sance and Reformation—Philip ‘ ‘ Kildahl. EDIT RS NORHA Cut-Rate DRUGS AUGSBURG‘AN °_ _ You're looking at Arnie Hagen and Rusel Solhelm, Editors at your 1947 Augsburgian, and the fellows you've seen around campus frothing at die mouth. Your Insurance Problems 5-1- MOW'W With manna. for the engravers. publisher: and advertisers coming up, our: Ewan, 50',“ two men, who really used to be nice, normal people, are gradually developing n ‘21 CEDAR AVE. MINNEAPOLIS I quite a few unnamed complexes. But from the boys who know, we hear that MORTENSEN this year‘s Augsburgian will be one of the biggest—and positively the best— I in the history of Augsburg. an. 112 21 Ave. 5. GI. nu Dulce: "I N.W. Bonk Bldl. AT. WI. Broker at All Tim 5! Insulin». 57ml. Adm {or m 1.11! Ca. 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From your friends in Finance & Mana It you liked the $2115 edition, you’ll love the new improved By STEVE WEHRENBERG Staff Writer Except for BIC pens and bubblegum. the prices of goods and serVices have soared in the United States this year. In purchasing anything — from movie tickets to Sugar... Show moreFrom your friends in Finance & Mana It you liked the $2115 edition, you’ll love the new improved By STEVE WEHRENBERG Staff Writer Except for BIC pens and bubblegum. the prices of goods and serVices have soared in the United States this year. In purchasing anything — from movie tickets to Sugar Pops to Lew blue-jeans — a significant hike in the amount of green and Silver is necessary and un- mistakeably noticeable. The cost of a college education is no exception. Augsburg is raismg its tuition from $2115 this year to 82349 for the 1975-76 academic term ~ an eleven percent in- crease. Reasons for the Augsburg tUition raise are threefold. Augsburg's Vice President for Finance and Management. Burton K. Fosse. explains the $234 price iump is caused by a “response to infla- tionary pressures. charging what we ought to be charging in relationship to other ALC affiliated colleges, and in- creasing pressure on gifts to be used for student aid " Probably the most obvious reason for an increase in tuition is what Posse de- scribes as the "inllation rate as it has affected the College." A large part of the college's expenses are wages and sat» aries. As the cost of living increases. wages and salaries must go up. therefore increasing Augsburg's over- head. The price of fuel. paper. and print- ing. with other college operating costs skyrocketed by inflation. are also blamed by Fosse as iustification for the tuition raise. One basis used by Augsburg to deter- mine the amount of tuition. is the rela- tionship of cost to the overall service the college provides to students. as com- pared to other colleges of the same nature. This year. in relation to eleven other ALC affiliated schools. Augsburg felt it was not charging enough. subse- quently calling for a raise in tuition. The tuition raise moves Augsburg up the ALC ladder from the fifth to the fourth most expensive institution. gement - $2349 Augsburg is not alone in the tuition hike. All but one of the eleven ALC schools also indicated increased stu- dent tuition next year. Two other Min- nesota ALC Colleges. St. Olaf and Con- cordia of Moorhead. are going up $200 and $210 respectively. The final influence on thetuition raise is because Augsburg is able to use little of its gift dollars toward operating costs. Of the 5607.000 Augsburg College re- ceived in outside contributions this year. $550,000 was awarded in Augsburg stu- dent scholarships said Fosse. With se- venty~lour percent of the college's stu- dents receiving some form of financial aid. taking a 22 percent chunk out of Augsburg's Gross College Budget. a tui- tion raise was considered necessary to offset the pressure on use of gifts for this aid. What will Augsburg's tuition do in years to come? In Fosse's opinion. “As long as we have a period of inflation in our country, a raise in college tuition is inevitable." Meager attendance, much thought highlight symposium By JIM BERNSTEIN News Editor Four impressions left-over from last week's symposium on “Private Faith - Public Policy." First. too many empty seats. Those that were occupied tended to come from the ranks of professors. staff people and guests. Too few could be counted as Augsburg students. Secondly. and not une> ‘ectedly. were the furrowed brows that creased so many foreheads. especially during keynote speeches. Slightly dazed. glazed smiles are the third impression. Their presence sur- faced en mas'se during the rebuttals. Lastly. where were the questions? Were the speakers so good as to satisfy the curiosny of all who came? Did every- body agree on the issues raised or were they too complex and defied under— standing? Anyway. the symposium was held with all the keynoters and panelists showing up save Rep. Martin Sabo who missed the Thursday evening session because the gun registration bill came to the floor of the House. Dr. James P. Shannon. currently the executive director of the Minneapolis Foundation and a former Catholic bishop opened the symposium Thurs- day morning before the largest crowd to attend the three-part affair. He discussed the question of the dis- tinction between public and private morality. reducing it to a claim that public morality is simply the extension of private morality. the logical growth of one into the other. He said about Watergate "it demonstrates the ultimate superiority of law over individuals despite its excesses. it had the therapeutic effect of reinforcing morality." The respondents including Gladys Brooks from the Metropolitan Council. Dr. Frank Soraul from the University of Minnesota and Dr. Harvey Stegmoeller from Concordia College in St. Paul. who responded by raising questions about obscenity. pacifism and education in relation to morality. Brooks made a pomted comment suggesting that morality and govern- ment deCISion making do not always walk hand in hand. Based on her ex perience at the Minneapolis City Coun— cil and the Metropolitan CounCil she claimed "you‘re on the line when it‘s time to vote. How you vote does not al- ways reflect morality." Dr. Mulford 0. Sibley keynoted the Thursday evening session concerning ethical training for public responsibility and dealt with the problem of “weighty and trivial offenses." He suggested the possibility that public officials are proba- bly of higher moral fiber than the public would like to believe and that the public "deludes itself into believing that our conduct is higher than those govern- ment figures who‘ve been exposed." Dr. Sibley claimed that religion has tended to "perpetuate the organization and become idolatrous" rather than prophetic and the consequences have brought war and "brutal economic systems.“ Rev. Canon George LeMoyne of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota and John Littlelord from Breck School in Minneapolis responded to Dr. Sibley. Lit- tletord decried the abdication of respon— sibility by parents that he faces daily and called for greater cooperation and com- munication between parents and youths. High-schoolers he said “are frequently divorced from real life and are the most rootless individuals I know." Canon LeMoyne argued that “the one universal quality we all share is cons- cience no one has the right today to sit on their duffs and say ‘let someone else do it' — because we‘re all In this together." Dr. G. Theodore Mitau of the Min- nesota State College System concluded the Symposium Saturday night with remarks about the First Amendment issue in training for public respon- sibility. He said "Public law responds when citizens insist on morality. Government may become more open ~ but not nec- essarily better those who covet civil liberties will watch with great care the process of decision-making." Warren Spannaus. Minnesota At- torney General. Rosemary Davis of the Minnesota Ethics Commission and Dr. SYMPOSIUM continued page 7 Registration for January 1976 In- terims abroad will be Apr. 28-May 2 in Memorial 126 at the International Study Center. Check bulletin boards and P.O.s for more information. Dr. Kenneth Priebe. National Director of the United Mission Appeal will be here April 16. Anyone interested in learning more about UMA or joining Dr. Priebe for lunch should contact the Religious Life Commission at ext. 641. Dr. John Brantner of the University of Minnesota will speak at the Apr. 17 con- vo at 9:50 am. in East Commons. Dr. Branter is an expert on death — specifically how to prepare for it yourself and to deal with deaths of others. His convo. titled “Death and the Self". will discuss the question of death and his ex- perience over the past 10 years with how people handle it. The Minneapolis War Memorial Blood Bank will be here April 24 and 25 in the Knutson and Sivertson Rooms in Mor- tensen from 9 a.m.-4 pm. each day. If Augsburg meets its quota it will help save lives and the coins in your pocket- book. Watch ECHO and the bulletin boards for more information. Patti Mattos and Deb Olson are co- chairing the annual Mother-Daughter Banquet planned for May 3 at 4:30 pm. in the Commons. Individuals who would like to learn more should contact them for more details. Applications for ECHO editorial posi- tions may be pickedup at SOS and must be returned by April 16. All positions are open and are paid. See Bill Belknap or Pam Lien at ECHO. ext. 301, for more in- formation. Tickets a're on sale in the Public Rela- tions Office for the Augsburg Choir Bon Voyage concert May 11 in Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. Tickets are scaled from $3 to $5.50. Anyone not interested in working on ECHO next year who would settle for student government jobs should pick up and return application to 50$. They have a list of jobs to be filled. some paid. echo WILLIAM C. BELKNAP PAMELA LIEN editors-in-chief JAMES BERNSTEIN news editor LAUREL ANDERSON arts Polio! MARK JENNINGS ‘eimes son's em if 119' LARRY JEDDELOH 04: NEWS my. JIM PURDHAM hem onovuqvipnm PAT MATTOS CIVL'L‘B'HA)" mintng DAVID C. WOOD in: .i‘. : 't'wsmn‘ This week's staff writers: D. C. 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By JIM BERNSTEIN News Editor More than 40 years have passed since The Depres5ion but its stories and lessons are creeping back into the headlines With uneasy frequency. As the economic woes of the United States deepen. writers and broadcasters scurry backward in time seeking com~ parisons With.... Show moreBy JIM BERNSTEIN News Editor More than 40 years have passed since The Depres5ion but its stories and lessons are creeping back into the headlines With uneasy frequency. As the economic woes of the United States deepen. writers and broadcasters scurry backward in time seeking com~ parisons With. and solutions for. the money troubles of the Seventies. Politicians and economists hedge on using the word "depresswn" to describe the Situation today; most prefer "reces- Sion" if forced to diagnose current ills. No matter what word one prefers to use. there seems to be little disagree- ment among the population that the United States is in serious economic straits. IneVitably. memories of The Depressmn become more Vivid and ominous to the two surviving genera- tions that experienced it. while a new generation, born to and raised in relative affluence. wonders "What was it like then and could we handle it now?" A course designed and taught by Dr. Grier Nicholl through CHR is grappling with The Depression not tn a purely historical context. rather as a combined learning experience between people who survtved The Depres5ion and peo- ple who can only imagine it. There is no history textbook. no series of dates and events to be memorized and no analy5is of Circums- tances leading to The DepresSion Only the Interchange between 11 senior citizens and 13 young people. those who remember. those who wonder "Many of the younger people don't know very much about The Depression." said Dr Nicholl. "their impressions are largely based on what their parents and grandparents have told them and to some extent. what they've seen on TV and in the movies. or read in books ' There are two "textbooks' used for the course, Studs Terkel's "Hard Times” is a series of interVIews and discussions With people of every economic and SOCIaI strata about their recollections of The DepresSion. The other. edited by Harvey Swados. titled "The American Writer and the Depressnon". is an anthology of excerptsand manuscripts written during The DepresSion about The Depressron. "People blamed themselves during The Depressmn for what was happening — now they blame the government and society." — Martha All of the seniors held iobs during The Depression including teacher. aC» countant. auto mechanic. SOClal worker. secretary and houseWile. a distinction that is not lost on Dr, Nicholl "These seniors were among. l suppose you might say. the lucky ones They were employed. and as far as t know. none was ever destitute. Even though they were caught in it. the seniors are some- times surprised what they read a they weren't aware of some of the things that were happening ~ especrally in the labor movement." Oldsters recall breadlines, soup-kitchens — youngsters wonder, will it happen again? "I lost my money in the bank — I had /ust started teaching. I wanted to make my own way. to take care olmysell. [cer— tainly learned not to put everything In one basket." — Gertrude The class meets Tuesdays and Thursday's in the Si Melby Lounge in what one would probably describe as an informal setting The immensely com- fortable lounge chairs are gathered in groups of four. five. or Six around a table With at least one senior ~ usually two or three — at each group The mix is intentional — Dr Nicholl insists on one senior to each group — but individuals are not assigned to any particular group during this phase of the course. There is some settling. according to Dr, Nicholl After several weeks. some people alighted With each other but there are others who su With a different group nearly every day, "There was some. call it apprehen- sion I suppose. on the part of both the seniors and young people about each other The young people were a little overwhelmed by the knowledge they were involved in a class With people who had first-hand experience about the sub- iect of the course and were uncomforta» ble about being With the seniors — what to say. how to react. were they "sharp". that sort of thing "The older students were apprehen- sive about the young people." recalled Dr Nicholl “thinking they might be radi- cals and revolutionaries As you might expect both the seniors and young peo- ple found out they had nothing to be worried about and they hit it off quite well and have formed lriendships' "One of the valuable lessons." Dr Nicholl remarked "is the sense of human relations one comes into contact With The interaction between the young people and seniors — between opinion and experience — is very rewarding to me as a teacher. and I hope. to the stu- dents. seniors and young people " All of the young people taking the course are taking it for credit and With traditional grading The senior Citizens are split between those who are getting credits and four who elected to audit Some are bused to class by Dr Nicholl from Cedar Square West and BonSon West. While several others from Pillsb- ury»Waite and Anoka arrange their own transportation. Last Fall, Dr Nicholl taught another CHFl class along the current model though With a much different emphasrs "The Good Life brought several of his current senior students to Augsburg and they elected to come back for The Depression Dr Nicholl admits he s ' delighted that so many came back from the tall class Dr Nicholl maintains they returned for two reasons One. they enioyed mak- ing new friends With the young students the first time and second, he believes. "They want to think They enioy the stimulation and getting out ol the apart- ments They like the campus atmosphere and the contact With the young people “Besides.” he added. “it beats sitting and doing crafts all the time " “I can't believe young people would be able to handle a depresston now. We're used to having excess and I wonder if we would no how to get along." — Sue The young people come for a similar and a much different reason. They are worried about the economy and are curious about what went on during The Depression they have heard and read about They. too. are looking for another experience and the opportunity to form new friendships. "It blows their minds really." says Dr. Nicholl, "the young people begin to compare the stories and descriptions from the seniors to what is happening t0» day They are espeCIally worried about unemployment — the most visible stgn that something is wrong 7 and the ramifications it had in the The Thirties and the parallels that can be drawn With the present “ “When people today get desperate — if they need something e they‘ll go out and take it If it's there They'l/go out and get what they need any way they can " A Rory Until this week a class period would include about 45 minutes of small group dISCUSSlOn about readings from the text and a particular aspect of life during The Depresston The next 45 minutes became a group Iree-for»all With Dr Nicholl loosely gutding the discussmn He ventures opinions when necessary and asks a lot of questions to keep the discussion paced A question by Dr Nicholl about the vitality of capitalism and its legacy of money and security triggered this ex- change "We're a lot more individualistic now The rich all seem to be richer while the rest don't seem to be very much ahead I guess that's because they have the money and they're the ones ivho'l/ take risks " — Carol "If that's true. then I think we are gorng to have to come up With a different system I don't mean communism neces» sarin but there must be a fairer system " ~ Diane "I see nothing else as an alternative. There is not a system In the world as at- tractive as ours A good many lolks don't think we have a per/ect society and I'd agree they are right. But this is still a pretty good SOCiety With its ups and downs but it's up to the people how many more ups they want than downs " — Claire "I agree With Claire We might need some changes but I'd prefer to stay With this system " a Shirley "The problem is credit cards. We spend our money belore we get it," — Herman "People didn't revolt against the es- tablishment then. They stayed with it even though they didn‘t always like it." — Gertrude "People don't have any faith in government today. Watergate and the economy have made everyone SUSDlClOUS of government " ~ Mike “Right. If people today make a change they‘ll change everything If they get upset enough they‘ll go all the way. Roosevelt acted to save capitalism in The Thirties. Today. people wouldn't save it." — Rory “I don‘t think so. maybe I'm an idealist but I think young people would work through the system to make the system work, They won't throw it out as long as they think it Will work Ior them They‘ll make changes, yes, but they'll do it through laws.” — Sue "Everyone is afraid of a demagogue taking control, like Hitler in Germany because things got so bad " — Mike From that pomt. the discussion drifted into a few comments about the probable candidicy of George Wallace for president in 1976 Two class mem- bers supported him. both seniors. while two others opposed him both young people The generations frequently disagree across the political spectrum. said Nicholl but never do the exchanges car- ry bitterness or contempt They tend to diVide along generation lines With fre- quent Slde-SWllChlng That he believes. is a natural result arismg from the different perspectives the years or lack of them. bring With the semester nearing the end. the class has divided into groups drawn along special interest lines. With each group domg a detailed study of one seg- ment of Depression life The protects Will be researched through the end of the month and then presented orally to the rest of the class Literature and Film Of The Period. the Federal Art Protect. MuSic of the Period and Problems of Laborers and Sharecroppers are among the SUDIGCIS During the class members have kept tournals where they responded to the readings and to class discusSions DEPRESSION continued page I 3 Show less
One Sunday last January, while attending a church service in Washington. D.C.. I noted what seemed to me to be a signifi- \. cant insertion by the pastor who led the worship. into the Gen- eral Prayer ol the Church. This is the lengthy prayer with many petitions. ranging over a wide gamut of... Show moreOne Sunday last January, while attending a church service in Washington. D.C.. I noted what seemed to me to be a signifi- \. cant insertion by the pastor who led the worship. into the Gen- eral Prayer ol the Church. This is the lengthy prayer with many petitions. ranging over a wide gamut of concerns, punctuated 7. by the congregational response. “Hear us, good Lord." l All my life l have been accustomed to the words in that one petition which implores Divine wisdom for "the President and the Congress of the United States; the Governor and Legis- lature of this Commonwealth." l confess I have taken it as a matter of course that fallible human beings. elected to high ot- fice in state or nation whose responsibilities lie in the executive and legislative arenas of government, need a special endowment of wisdom from on high. Events in these latter days would support the conviction that all the above de- scribed individuals and political entities stand in special need of intercession for their sagacity. courage and integrity. But this Washington pastor disrupted the flow of the familiar words in the General Prayer by words which stuck in my mind. To this petition for government he added: "and the justices of the Supreme Court of these United States." Then and there I was struck with the realization that historically we have sought the help of the Lord oi the nations for the people in executive mansions and legislative halls. but overlooked per- sons who sit on the benches of the courts of this land, and particularly the fallible human being appointed to the highest tribunal in our country. By adding a prayer for this august body of judges. l was reminded that the course of our nation and of our individual lives are most profoundly altered by the decisions of the Supreme Court. One can argue that the citizens of this nation, by virtue of living under the supreme law at the land, namely, the Constitution of the United States. are ultimately more dependent for justice and liberty on the Court that any other collective body of human beings. That is reason enough for our earnest intercession on behalf of these learned but human individuals. Such prayer for the judiciary is never out of place because exceedingly complex and diflicult cases are continually before the Court and none are more intricate and profound than those which relate to the First Amendment and the so-called Establish- ment Clause with regard to church and state. Presently before the Court are two cases involving disputes over state aid to church related colleges: the so-called Roemer case from Maryland and the so-called Blanton case from Tennessee. These are the first such cases to be heard by the Supreme Court since the Tilton vs Richardson case in 1971, when the Court ruled 5 to 4 that construction grants under the Higher Education Facilities Act to colleges in- cluding those church-related were constitutional. The new cases involve non- categorical grants to eligible institutions including those church-owned (Maryland) and tuition grants (Tennessee) to students attending church-related colleges. i am no student of constitutional law nor of the Supreme Court. but it seems to me that the Blanton case might be crucial in determining whether students at both public and private college shall be eligible for assistance from government sources. The removal of state and federal aid to students opting for education at a church related college would be a near tatal blow to schools such as Augsburg, Gustavus Adolphus, St. Thomas. etc. Our worthy justices will need our prayers, that theirs may be the wisdom of Solomon to protect, on the one hand. the principle of neutrality between church and state, which is essential to our form of government, and on the other hand, to preserve the equality of opportunity for the student citizens of this country, that they may have the treedom to choose. without economic discrimination. between publicly supported and church supported institutions of higher learning. We cannot write our justices, but we can pray for them. ail-l- peopie used to scream‘ Bloody Murder" when there was killing involvmg the U. S , but if they were genumely concerned wouldn't their v0ices be heard now also? I call them "gutless Charlatans." If there was an actual concern and sympa- thy. it wouldn't have disappeared with the U. S. involvement. I want to hear your v0ices, 'cause I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!! To the editors Where are you Jane Fonda? And where are your followers”) It SleenS me to Witness the slaughter now taking place in South Vietnam' I seem to remember the uproar raised when the soldiers of the U S were killing the "in- nocent" North Vietnamese Where are those same people now when women and children are being shot down while trying to escape from their homes. which Sincerely. are being taken over merellessly? Those Charles T Gabrielson Al WE PERCUSS CNS One of the big issues of the past month has been the housing lottery system being used this year for room selections. When I first heard of the lottery system l was against it. I thought it was unfair to married students and I felt that the elimination of squatters‘ rights would have bad effects on the Augsburg campus. Now. | feel that the injustices to the married students have been corrected and the compromise reached on squatters rights is fair to the people who have put a lot of time and money into their room, It preserves the spirit and traditions which are in the houses. Lately. there's been a petition Circulating complaining about how fast the lottery system was adopted, It‘s really funny to hear people complain about things happening too last. I can hardly believe it. People should be glad that the decision doesn't have to go through all kinds of red tape. It makes posSIble changes which couldn‘t normally oc- cur. That‘s not to say that the adoption of the lottery system didn't happen terribly last. As a matter of fact, the straight lottery system was tentatively adopted by the Housing Committee at the same meeting that it was originally presented. But, as soon as they did that. word spread like the Viet Cong through the northern provinces and every- body who had a hand in the decision began to teel unfavorable rumblings from peo- ple, punctuated by an occasional emotional eruption. At this point in time. the housing committee had really been out of line. Instead of checking out the student feelings about what they were domg they lorged ahead and even tried to keep the decision from students until the information was in the P.O.'s. Tod Hanson found himself gomg around to the people affected by the new system and telling them what had already happened He prefers to ask people for reactions before a decision has been made. So. he suggested. and John Hanson, chairman of the committee, agreed, that an open meeting was needed, That's when the Housing Com- mittee got back on the right track, They opened up the process and started to listen to what students had to say. About 75 people showed up at the open meeting and really let the committee ‘have it.‘ They tore apart the system. pointing out injustices. asking all kinds of “What if..." questions, lt was really a good dialogue. I think the students went away understanding the system better (I know I did) and the Housmg Committee reacted to what the stu- dents had to say. They weakened. and preserved squatters rights. They put married stu- dents on an equal ba5is with everyone else. and they kept the lottery for all unreserved rooms. Then. the next day, one of the most disappointing events of the entire process oc- curred. People in some of the houses were discontented with the lottery and decided — mostly out of ignorance — that talking wouldn't do any good. So, they put signs on their houses saying, “Lick the lottery, Indian Givers, Tod-God" (which is just dumb since it wasn't his decision, but Chris‘). and the one I like best. “U of M, here we come.” I don't know what the people in those houses were trying to prove. but they did prove that Augsburg students have a tremendous capacny for being narrow-minded. rude and insensitive. | wish they would go to the U of M and check out how responsive the system is over there. If people still don‘t like the lottery system it seems to me that they ought to present their ideas and petitions to the Housing Committee. I don't see how it does any good if you go to Chris Hanson or Marianne Sander or even to the Judicial Council for a rever- sal of the decision. All that does is undermine the little power that student committees have. It is ironic that students spend so much time trying to gain power over their life at college and then, when a student committee which has some power makes a decision they don't like, they want someone from the administration to overturn the decision. It seems kind of self-deteating. Why don‘t they work with the people on the committee? Overall. I think everyone involved can learn something from the entire process. The Housing Committee cannot just pull surprises on the students. They must give people more warning and education about the changes they are considering and rather than try to make their deci5ions isolated from the rest of the student body they should elicit reactions from the people affected. The students should realize that the members of the Housrng Committee do have an important job and should demonstrate their concern in more constructive ways than putting signs on their houses. They should try voting in— telligently in the fall and keeping in touch with student government throughout the year. Charley lngman “77/5 LoT‘I‘EEY 40554 ' a g , " W2 g 7.44/26, m fl ’9‘ ‘1 Show less
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Personals Ratso — Are the rumors true. Is there 90an to be another Rlver Party thIs spring” — Fatso Old Mortensen restdents reunIon (ol sorts) May 3rd, More detaIls In tuture There wtll be a gossm and cackle clubmeet- Ing In the Chrcken Coop tonight at 8 p m All you squawkrng old hens are InVIted... Show morePersonals Ratso — Are the rumors true. 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laureotions -:-- 5-5-57“— |. Ci. anderson - - I I Survival: spring break in Florida Remember the movie Where the Boys Are. that mind-probing saga about college students' spring break among the sun and palm trees? The one With all the Wild parties and swimming pools and gorgeous girls and handsome... Show morelaureotions -:-- 5-5-57“— |. Ci. anderson - - I I Survival: spring break in Florida Remember the movie Where the Boys Are. that mind-probing saga about college students' spring break among the sun and palm trees? The one With all the Wild parties and swimming pools and gorgeous girls and handsome guys and fun. fun. fun? Well. not everyone‘s springtime escapade can turn out the same as Connie FranCis' did. and the nine of us who wedged ourselves into a Chevy van With a fine vacation planned (suntanning at Daytona Beach. a Wild day at Disney World, camping on beautiful Marco Islands, and perhaps a few days in the Tennessee Mountains). can verify the fact that there is certainly an art to surviving in Florida during Easter break After the cramped. two-day drive (“My rear end feels like somebody kicked it!"). how exciting it was to finally arrive at Daytona Beach. Florida, tamed North American Wild spot. tourist trap. and hotel extravaganza! Word of Advice: Don't arrive in Daytona Beach during spring break without a reservation and expect to find anyplace to sleep. We had planned on saving money by finding a camping spot. instead of staying at an expensive hotel. HA! Every campsite we found was decorated with ugly "No Vacancy" signs. and the hotels had been filled up for days. We decided to cruise down the student-studded main drag of Daytona. asking peo- ple if they knew of anyplace we could stay tor the night. “Y'all can stay in my room,“ cried one friendly lad. "There's 30 people there already, but if y'all don‘t mind a crowd. come on over!" Forty people in a hotel room sounded like it would be one fine time, but we thought we'd ask around a bit more anyway. Suddenly. unbelievably, we spot» ted an Augsburg student in the crowd. and she anlled us to come to her hotel room The way it ended up, Bill. Al. Mark. Wendy. Pam. Terry. Kathy. Dave Roger, Gil Chuck and Tom slept in the room, and Kathy. Paula and I rolled out our sleeping bags in the van. About 3 am. the outraged hotel management came pounding on the Windows. say- ing that their parking lot was not a campground (which we knewl, and demanding that we leave the premises immediately. Realizmg that the management’s slobbering and ill- tempered Doberman Pincer would have given anything to kill us. we hastily found AI (who had the car keys) among all the sleeping bodies in the hotel room. and drove away. searching the res-dential areas of Daytona tor a cozy curb to park at for the rest of the night. The next day. the suspicious management called the hotel room. saying that they were gomg to come up and "look around" because they'd heard two unregistered girls were staying there. Gil assured them that two unregistered girls weren‘t staying there. and he was telling the truth 7 seven unregistered girls were staying there One day at Daytona Beach was enough for us, so we left lor Orlando. where we ex- pected to find a rollicking good time at Walt Disney World, We gain sang. "M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!" as the miles rolled by. About ten miles north of Disney World we found ourselves in a traffic jam, and at the end of the traffic lam were sugns that said “Sorry! Walt Disney World is filled." But Walt! But Mickey! We came all the way from Min— nesota! Too bad for us. They turned us away. and in angry despair. Bill mumbled, "M-I— C-K-E-Y _ u . _ _." We decided to head for Marco Islands, the home 0/ rich people and land of white sand. beautiful shells, peace/u! terrain, and breathtaking sunsets! Were we ever excited as we tugged our camp gear down the beach looking for a suitable place to set up the tents! The excitement didn‘t last long. Has anyone ever told you that Florida has no bugs? If someone ever tells you that Florida has no bugs. send him to me. and I will straighten him out. Florida has bugs: hordes of sand fleas that bite without mercy, We were on the beach about five minutes when we noticed we were being attacked. Didn't we have any insect spray along? Of course not! (Hasn't anyone ever told you that Florida has no bugs?) To escape the fleas, we hurriedly ate dinner (sandy hot dogs), and crawled into our sleeping bags. I‘ll never know what possessed us to bring winter-type sleeping bags to the Gulf of Mexico. but there we were. all ready for subzero temperatures. screaming at the bugs. If we tried sleeping without using the bags the bugs went wild. and if we tried staying in the bags, we created a sauna. It was awful. "Gee, you guys, my bag is good down to ten degrees!" "Oh yeah? Mine goes down to zero!" It was Cuss City inside that tent. We cussed at the heat and we cussed at the gritty sand and we cussed at the lack of water and we cussed at the bugs. “What do they do? Just run around our bodies and bite?" yelled Bill. We sweated and swatted for about half an hour before madly running down to the beach in our grundies. spending the next few hours pacing up and down shore by the light of the full moon. “We can't just walk around all night, you guys!" “Well, what do you suggest? Going back to that lousy tent?" "No way!" “Let‘s build a fire on the beach — that will keep the bugs away!" Great idea. Before long. most of us were gathered around the old campfire, cursing the bugs and counting the hours until morning. We left Marco a day early (looking like we‘d just escaped from a measles quarantine) and headed our way back up to Disney World. finally making it inside the gates. What a great place! If you ever go there. don't miss the Haunted Mansion or the Jungle Cruise. They‘re both a good time. (Here I would like to publicly apologize to the rest of the group for being at the wrong end of the Disney World Monorail for over an hour. I could have sworn we agreed to meet at the entrance ticket booths...) After our experiences, most of us decided that if we ever go back to Florida, we‘ll take enough money to pay for a hotel room and forget about camping. Bill says if he ever goes back to Marco Islands he'll give any beach campers he sees a case of beer and a can at Yardguard and say. "You kids have guts." In a scene from Chanhassen's Sleuth. Milo Tindle (Peter Michael Goetz) and Andrew Wyke (Paul Ballantyne) play a few games with each other. Now appearing at Chanhassen Goetz and Ballantyne in “Sleuth” By PAMELA LIEN Co-Editor If Andrew Wyke believes his Wife "converses like a child of six. and makes lovelikethe abominable snowman."why does he invite her lover to his country home? Does Wyke have ulterior motlves. or is he really happy to hand his Wife over to the young and handsome Milo Tindle? While the plot thickens and resolves itself. Sleuth, now being presented by the Chanhassen Dinner Theater. enter- tains the audience With humorous ban- tering. intricate games, a ballling Story» line, and actors who carry off their parts superbly. Paul Ballantyne portrays Andrew Wyke, a mystery writer who simply doesn‘t know how to leave his work at the office, or at the typewriter, as the case may be. He is brilliant as the pom— pous. distinguished and game-playing author. Peter Michael Goetz as Milo Tindal proves himself a worthy, if sometimes reluctant opponent for Wyke's verbal and manipulative antics. Andrew Wyke has turned his life into a complex game of cops and robbers. and equally childish, has made all rules to sun himself. On top of that. he is quite insistant that people play with him. In his game With Milo, a little liquor, knowledge of Andrew's extravagant wife and Wide limited finances. are enough to establish a very convincmg rationale for the plots and schemes of Andrew Wyke. The wit in this play surpasses any I've heard in a long time. One hardly has time to recover from one exquiSite remark before another one is tossed out. Goetz and Ballantyne work together beautifully in the verbal tennis match between Andrew and Milo. Andrew asks. "Would you agree that the detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds?“ to which Milo replies. “Perhaps it would have been truer to say that noble minds were the normal recreation of detective story writers." The entire play is set in Wyke's aristocratic. if somewhat gloomy. coun- try home in Wiltshire. England. The at- mosphere of this setting is enhanced by the intimacy of Chanhassen's Courtyard Theater. The most recent of their dinner theaters, it offers a warmth and enVIron- ment conducive to Sleuth. The actual set itself. produced by Tom Butsch, is com- plete to the last detail. Directed by Gary Gisselman. the play is a treat for those who enjoy a great deal of action. a fast-moving plot. and a story-line which never allows one to be a lump ahead. Community Events OREBRO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA from Sweden — Wednesday. April 16 at 8 pm. in Si Melby ARTISTS OVER 50 EXHIBIT — Sponsored by the Cedar-RiverSIde Lifetime Learning Center, art exhibits of the works of South and Southeast Minneapolis hobby artists over fifty Will be shown in May at Cedar High. Borson Towers, 2121 Minnehaha and the Pen- tagon Buildings. Tell your elderly relatives and friends to bring their entries to the Lifetime Learning Center before April 20m. WEAVERS GUILD OF MINNESOTA — A Tidball Exhibit is on display until May 15. If you‘ve never seen any Tidball before. here‘s your big chance, folks‘ COFFEEHOUSE EXTEMPORE — A LIVE ALBUM will be recorded April 10 E: 11. with admisswn of 51,50. If you've never been able to hear yourself clap and cheer on a record. here's another big chance for you w 5 Show less
Have we got a tale for you! ...And in the beginning, there was Nels Auggie Johnson By STEVEN WEHRENBERG Staff Writer 'Teske scores for the Auggies.” shouted Dick Fischer. the Augsburg P.A. announcer. his words echotng throughout the crowded Augsburg Jock Palace [commonly known as SI Melby Halli ... Show moreHave we got a tale for you! ...And in the beginning, there was Nels Auggie Johnson By STEVEN WEHRENBERG Staff Writer 'Teske scores for the Auggies.” shouted Dick Fischer. the Augsburg P.A. announcer. his words echotng throughout the crowded Augsburg Jock Palace [commonly known as SI Melby Halli "What a way to spend a Saturday night.“ I thought. "Watching a basket- ball game With a girlfriend isn't a bad evening actiwty but watching it with a girlfriend and a high school football recruit7 Well. to quote a trite saying. ihree’s a crowd " Yes. I had been persuaded by Coach Carts to entertain. introduce to Augsburg College Me and put up for the evening, Harold (the Hammer) Dumbrowski. an alLstate defensive tackle from the Iron Range Harold was. in coach Caris‘s words "a real line foot» ball player and could really be used next year on that defenswe line " Well. I guessed the coach was right. we did need some "beef" for the line next year. And Harold probably was a real fine football player, but as a social companion. he was about as much fun as a little brother. My main gripe was that Hammer (he preferred to be called "Hammer" over Harold. or as one oi my teammates suggested. "Dumbro") con- tinued to ask ridiculous questions about the College that I'm sure I didn't know the answers to. like: "Why do they call it the Chin Wag" and “Who‘s this Si Melby character?" "Foul on the Auggies‘ Ray Hamilton." bellowed Fischer over the boos of the fans returning my mind to the game ‘Heh " snorted Hammer Hey you what did you say your name was again? 'Steve " l replied wmcing at the thought of another one of Hammers in- quir._ 3. "What‘s an Auggie?" 'Ohn that s our school nickname.’ I stated convincmgly ’Yeh but what's it mean?" continued Hammer "What's it symbolize?" The answers to those questions were unknown to me and smce Hammer had dug down deep enough In his vocabul- ary to come up With the word "symbol- Ize." I thought I had better try and make a decent impressmn on him and find out Not wanting to sound altogether ig- norant. I then told Hammer something about how they don‘t always tell fresh- men everylhing. you have to remain here until your sophomore year and be "initiated" before they will inform you on such an "important" piece of knowledge as the meaning of an Aug- gie. Leaving the Hammer trying to decipher the word "initiated" and the rest of my jumbled jargon. I began my research of the meaning and/or symbol of an “Auggie.” The first seemingly knowledgeable person I spotted was the premier Auggie himself. Jim SWIggum After four years of starring on the gridiron, i figured old Swiggs should know what an Auggie is. "Hey SWiggs. what's an Auggie?" | asked. "Geez I dunno." he answered With his Kenyonese drawl. "A baby ostrich or something?" "Aw come on. you can give me a bet- ter answer than that." I prodded "Well." Swtggs thought “i guess an Auggie is a person who goes here for four years and then says. Ouimosabee. I need a Jobee.” Typical senior! After that encounter. | deCIded I should find someone a bit more knowledgeable than old SWiggs. Then I saw himl if anyone would know the meaning of an Auggie it would be Jeroy Carlson. a former Auggie and currently the College's Alumni Director. l con- sulted Jeroy and he told me that as far back as he could remember the word Auggie was Just a nickname for Augsburg's athletes. He related that at one time the official symbol of Augsburg was the eagle. but that it soon faded away. being replaced by the nickname Auggie. Jeroy referred me to Ernie An- derson. the Athletic Director. saying that “Ernie‘s been around longer than me." Ernie told me about the same story as Jeroy. stating the eagle was once voted by the students as the college mascot. but that the idea never really caught on According to Ernie. there was once a symbol created for the word Auggie by a student. It was a troll. or something of the sort. so ugly looking that Anderson decided he'd rather have no symbol than this grotesque little man. I now had my answer to what the meaning and/or symbol of an Auggie was — nothing. Somehow I didn‘t think that nothing was a good enough answer for an alllstate defensive tackle desper- ately needed by the football team. Also. because I was sick of answering Ham- mer's dumb questions and wanted to give him something to think about. I decided to tell Hammer my own version of the meaning of an Auggie. "Hammer." I started. "The word Aug- gie was included in the name of one of the first great Norwegian student- Nels Auggie Johnson saved the day for Norway in the Greater Scandahoovian Olympics of 187 B.C. and has proved to be an Inspiration for the Auggies ever Since athletes. Nels Auggie Johnson. whose life style and principles our athletic pro~ gram is based on." "Oh yeh. I think l've read about him in history class." declared Hammer. “He went by the name Auggie because eight out of every ten Nor- wegian men also were named Nels Johnson at that time. Auggie demon- strated his athletic and intellectual qualities in the Greater Scandahoovian Olympics of 187 B.C. "The Norwegians. perennial losers of the Olympics. and known as the shnooks of the Northland. were bound and deter- mined to Win that year. The King. seek» ing to field the best team ever. recruited young men from all over the country. The most impresswe and eaSily the most dedicated was our hero. Auggie. Auggie adhered to strict training rules. running from hill to dale and dale to hill. at least twice a day. He never partook of alcoholic beverages. not even imported German beer. and only ate the true nutri- tional Norwegian foods, lutefisk. and Ieise, “Because of Auggie's superior in- tellectual and physical abilities. out- standing determination. and overwhelm- ing desire. he was chosen captain of the Norwegian Olympic team and led them into competition against the Finns and the Swedes in the Greater Scandihoo- vian Olympics of 187 B.C. “The Greater Scandihoovian Olym- pics consisted of two main events, fish- ing and fiord tording. Nonivay had never won either of these events. in fact, they had never achieved higher than last place. But. in the Olympics of 187 B.C. our hero. Auggie. brought Norway up from the depths of defeat. "In the fishing event. the object was to catch the most fish. This was usually accomplished by the Swedes. whose team members would wade out neck- deep into the water. intently watching the schools of fish aimlessly swimming about At a precisely designated mo- ment, the Swedes would. With the quick- ness of Cobras. snatch up the un- suspecting fish with their teeth. Much the same technique was used by the Finns, With the exception that instead of capturing the fish with their teeth. they used their hands. Many fish were lost to what the Finns called ‘sloopery faengers.‘ “Norway's method of extracting fish explains their consistent losing of the event. The Norwegians would wade out neck-deep in the water like their rivals. but in place of capturing the fish with their hands or teeth. would in a mellow voice call out 'Herega Fishca' (which translated from old Norwegian means ‘here fishie‘) and attempt to lure the fish to shore. “During the fishing event of the GS. Olympics of 187 B.C.. Auggie discovered a new and unique method of fishing. Bored and tired of calling ‘Herega Fishca' Auggie relaxed and unbuckled the tight belt that had been holding up his hipwaders. The buckle of the belt. dangling in the water. was soon engulfed by a huge fish (the first fish. in- ctdentally. ever caught by a Norwegian Olympian). By the time Auggie had secured his first catch to shore. another fish was biting his buckle. Awe-struck. the rest of the Norwegian team gathered around Auggie as he explained the tech- nique to them. Soon all the Norwegians were 'buckling in' fish. and the team c easily won its first Olympic event in history. Also. this new fishing method. being the first technological discovery in the country's history. did wonders for its fishing industry. which was null at that time. The King decreed the discovery to be called the Auggie Technological Dis- covery tlater abreviated to Auggie-Tech to save space in history textbooks)." “Hmm. isn't there a school in Chicago by that name?" inquired Hammer. "it's working." I thought. "Auggie had now become a national hero. and with all this new found fame could have easily sat back on his laurels in the final event. fiord tording. He didn't, and subsequently aided Norway in the winning of another event. "The Finns. as expected. were the fastest fiord forders and appeared to be Norway‘s main competitors. Since the fjords were fairly deep. the Finns would weigh themselves down with rocks placed in their hipwaders. sinking to the bottom of the fjord. They would then. by alternately pushing themselves off the bottom. rise above water for air and then sink back down to make their way across the fjord. “Norway‘s traditional method of fiord Iording was somewhat like that of the Finn's. but with a significant difference. They inserted more rocks in their hipwaders and. skipping the rising for air. attempted to cross the fiord by walking on its bottom. Even though the Norwegians were known as old wind- bags. very few thought they had the lung capacity to withstand the trek. The common procedure of the Norwegian fiord forder was to make his way to the midpoint of the fjord. become nervous. and instead of continuing onward. hur- riedly backtrack to shore." “Well that makes sense." commented Hammer. “When our hero’s turn came to ford the fiord. he began his trip in the tradi- tional Norwegian fashion. only to end It in a completer difterent manner. As Auggie slowly trudged across the bot- tom of the fjord. he neglected to remem- ber that his belt buckle was still un- buckled from the previous event. By the time Auggie was .halfway across the fjord. his weighted hipwaders had slip- ped oft. jetting him up to the surface like an errant torpedo. Stranded in the mid- die of a deep fjord. the quick-thinking Auggie made his way to the opposite side by doing a frantic imitation of a Nor- wegian Retriever bringing back a fellen duck from a woodland pond. “As before. the Norwegian Olympic team was astounded by this discovery. thinking this particular method of water travel was reserved for animals. Soon all of Auggie's teammates mastered the stroke (later named by the King as the Auggie Doggie Paddle) and the Nor- wegians easily won the event and thus captured the first Greater Scandihoo- vian Olympic victory in their country‘s history." “Yeh. I heard some talk about the Auggie Doggie something or other from some guys in the locker room," added Hammer. “Well actually." i replied. "Around here that's what we call..." Any further comment was sharply interrupted by an amateur Kung Fu kick to the small of my back from my female friend sitting directly behind me. "Let's watch the game. huh Hammer." Show less
7 On being \\ // black at Augsburg By VAL MAXWELL Augsburg College. Christian. Lutheran Educational Institution. Like most institu— tions in this country. it too fosters. operates daily. and functions perhaps unaware of its role in perpetuating the phenomenon of white racism. The student body is... Show more7 On being \\ // black at Augsburg By VAL MAXWELL Augsburg College. Christian. Lutheran Educational Institution. Like most institu— tions in this country. it too fosters. operates daily. and functions perhaps unaware of its role in perpetuating the phenomenon of white racism. The student body is composed mostly of good "Pepsi-Generation” white boys and girls. most of which have no direct knowledge whatsoever of the black experience in this country. this city. this college. Most whites react towards black people as if they are inherently radioactive or something. I confess this is a frustrating topic which needs honest revelations from a top national level down to lowest muniCipal level. Black peo- ple are the way they are because white people are the way they are. There is no communication of a meaningful nature that I perceive here at Augsburg. There is only Interaction As Communication. a model/concept/phenomenon where the level of interaction defines itself. Black students realize the fact there is no black faculty at Augsburg! Check that out. Ralph Crowder is Black Student Affairs Coordinator. but one man in a posnion isn't enough. The responsibility is up to the College to actively recruit black professors. Do we see evidence of this College‘s good faith? No. Black students complain of: inadequate financial aid. no black counselors. racism projected from teachers and students. lack of classes which pertain to the black ex- perience and obviously the absence of black faculty. inadequate housing for black stu- dents (if you're not receiving adequate financial aid you eXist provtsionally wherever you can). A fundamental working definition of racism is the phenomenon which affects most whites to behave in reactionary. aversive. arrogant. hostile. indifferent and sometimes violent ways towards non-white people. I know self-examination is painful, but it was Socrates. I believe. who said. “the unexamined life is not worth living." What color is truth? What color is humanity? Facts remain facts. whites have historically abused power and non-white peoples. Oppression is still happening. May | quote the Bible: "God gave Noah the rainbow sign. no more water fire next time." Institutional racism which exists at Augsburg must be dealt with. Augsburg is going to have to change or be changed. The Last Poets say. "All Revolution means is change...“ Changes made in housing proposal per cent to 75 per cent. The Housing Committee‘s final recommendations have been forwarded to the Administration and room selection procedure for 1975-76 has been set. Room selection and contract signing will take place in Si Melby on April 26. beginning at 1 pm. Students unable to be present must designate. in writing, someone to have power of attorney; in either case. all contracts must be signed and the $50 advance payment made that day. From the Committee's final recom- mendations. only two changes were made. One change. made through mutual agreement between Chris Hanson and house managers. lowers the percentage needed to keep an Annex house from 80 West Hall. despite the Committee's recommendation to open it to all stu- dents. will retain its "married couples only" status. Auxiliary Sen/ices made this decision based on economical reasons and the large demand by Augsburg students for married housing. Despite other rumors, the numbers that were listed in the room selection procedure memo for each class will be split up to develop the seniority system the Housing Committee proposed. Also. class rank will be determined by the student‘s status as of Spring term. 1975. If you are officially a junior after the Interim (1975) you Will receive a senior number, and so on. DEPRESSION continued The iournals are turned into Dr. Nicholl for inspections and comment and also offer him a basis for evaluating each students depth of participation. Members of the class evaluate each other in the area of contribution to the class Within the small groups. The evaluations are used by Dr. Nicholl in grading and in deCiding how well the groups are functioning. The concept for combining the young people and senior Citizens into a class together is the result of a seminar con- ducted With Dr Carl Chrislock in 1971 on The Depressnon, In that session. they brought several seniors to the class as speakers but not as partiCIpants The reaction. said Dr. Nicholl. was “stunning.” The students responded so well to the seniors discus— sion of their experiences and thoughts he decided to mix the generations in a class sponsored by CHR. “it's easier for young people today to go on unemployment — they don't feel embarrassed about it." — Carol "/ was completely horrilied at just the thought of going into the unemployment line." — Martha "This is a people oriented class...we're crossing the generation gap and having a good time doing it." — Dr. Nicholl SYMPOSIUM Continued Myles Stenshoet of the Augsburg faculty discussed in turn. the open meeting law, workings of the Minnesota Ethics Com— mission and the problems associated With First Amendment rights and protec- tion of religious freedoms. The symposium was sponsored by the Minnesota Council of Churches. Augsburg Political Science Department. Bethany Lutheran Church and the Religious Life Commission. Applications for summer housing may now be picked up at Auxiliary Servtces, Deadline for applications is April 30. International student ID cards are available from the International Study Center, Memorial 126. for those who are traveling outSIde of the United States this summer The cost is $2 00 Check also for information on infra-European student flights. All Augsburg students. faculty. and administrators are inVited to take part in a seminar entitled Alcohol —- Use and Abuse — How It Relates to You. This will be held in the College Center on Satur- day. April 12 from 9:30 a.m.-4-30 p m. The session is sponsored by the Center for Student Development and Youth Emergency SerVIce. Please con- tact Larry Morgan for further informa» tion. uinen I emotlaa here, ‘I‘h {raid me Yd get ($23“ and de ad sure enouh, 1 lug in a room. and sleep 0“ a board l-M news By D. C. CARLSON Staff Writer Broomball This spring. a new person has been added to the I-M organization. Cecilia Crum. a master‘s candidate from the University of Minnesota, will be interning under l-M director Erv lnniger. Crum will assist Inniger and Bill Raadt in setting up new l~M programs and will head the expanded broomball program. Spring Broomball is quickly slipping its way into the hearts of many Auggies. Set up with three divisions to accommo- date the 20 teams. the league will last five weeks of regular season play and one week of playoff action. Teams were placed in their respective divisions based on their play in the games held before the spring break, Teams look to be evenly matched in each diVISIon and broomball looks to be on its way to another successful season. Below are the scores of recent games. DIVISION I MINCEMEAT PI 3 FIGHTING SAINTS i 56ers 1 4m FLOOR ANIMALS 0 SIGMA 3 STREAK 0 GAMERS 2 STEELERS o MINCEMEAT PI i SIGMA i STEELERS 2 4m FLOOR ANIMALS 0 DIVISION II T-BAUM BOMBERS 4 DOW-BRAATEN 1 DIPSTICKS 1 SOUL PATROL f G'Y‘S‘T i anssrens 0 DIVISION III RIFFS 5 CHIEFS o PERPETUAL MOTION 2 MONDAV kNioHrERs 1 FANSN FITERS 3 DUCKS o BE N0 ECHO APRIL 18 Show less
Last Tuesday night. senior Ray Hamilton was chosen as the MlAC's Most Valuable Player for the 197445 basketball season basketball Junior Jeff Nessler was elected cap- tain of the 1975-76 Augsburg basketball team and senior Ray Hamilton was chosen as Augsburg‘s Most Valuable Player for the 74-75... Show moreLast Tuesday night. senior Ray Hamilton was chosen as the MlAC's Most Valuable Player for the 197445 basketball season basketball Junior Jeff Nessler was elected cap- tain of the 1975-76 Augsburg basketball team and senior Ray Hamilton was chosen as Augsburg‘s Most Valuable Player for the 74-75 season as an- nounced at the annual basketball ban- duet Hamilton picked up other honors for the season as he was chosen as the MIAC‘s MVP and was picked lor the Awards announced at athletic banquets MIAC all-conlerence. District 13 and second All—Lutheran teams In being chosen for the District 13 team. only Winona's Gus Johnson polled more votes than Hamilton Hamilton was also given honorable mention to the NAIA All-American team Teammate Nessler was likewtse picked to the MIAC all-conlerence and District 13 teams. and was named third team All-Lutheran hockey 1974-75 proved to be a record break- ing \year for Augsburg‘s hockey team Last night at the Hockey Banquet. Coach Ed Saugested. after announcing that JunlOl Jon Bergherr had been selected as the 1975-76 hockey captain. with Scott Smith as alternate. an nounced the indiwdual awards and numerous records that were broken In fact. except for one Augsburg Col- lege hockey record (goals scored against). the entire record book has been completely rewritten, Individual award Winners are as follows MIAC all-conlerence - senior Mike Sack. Juniors Scott Smith and Jon Bergherr, and sophomore Tim Evans MIAC honorable mention - iunior Steve Reinarz. and lreshmen Jim Peter» son and Gary Hughes NAIA All-American Sack NAIA All-American honorable men- tion - sophomore Tim Evans MIAC Most Valuable Player — senior Mike Sack (this is the first time that an Augsburg hockey player has won this award) Augsburg's MVP - senior Mike Sack MIAC scoring champion - sophomore Tim Evans Augsburg hockey record breaking per- lormances. indiwdually. team. seasonal. and career, are as follows. Individual Records Career scoring leader - senior Mike Sack. 162 pts. Career goal scoring leader - Junior Scott Smith. 72 goals Career assists leader < senior Mike Sack. 91 assists Most goals for a season - sophomore Tim Evans. 42 goals Most assists for a season - senior Mike Sack. 39 asSIsts Most points for a season - sophomore Tim Evans. 78 p0ints Most penalty minutes - iunior Bob Nordin. 54 minutes Team Records Most Goals for a season - 224 goals (No. 1 nationally. NAIA. 1974-75) - senior Mike Baseball team splits a pair in Kansas City By BRAD VANDEVOORT Stall Writer Even though the Augsburg baseball team was only able to play two games on their ten game road trip to Kansas City. Coach Edor Nelson felt the trip was suc— cessful The team also was able to have three practice sesswns outdoors. in- cluding an intrasquad game C ach Nelson said. “The trip gave us a chance to look at our freshmen and lirst year ballplayers I was impressed With the way the guys played The trip was good for morale. as it gave the new ballplayers a chance to get to know the veterans, All in all I was very pleased With the trip " Strong Winds. cold weather. and rains kept the Auggies from playing all their scheduled games. On Wednesday. March 26, Augsburg split a double-header against Rockhurst College of Kansas City. Mo Augsburg lost the first game 1-0. but came back to Win the second one. 8-2. Ron Allar threw well in the first game giving up only three hits. Jeff Nessler got the only hit for the Auggies in the closely fought. but losing effort In the second game. the Augsburg bats came' alive and shelled three Flockhurst pitchers for 8 hits and 8 runs. Jett Nessler led the way with three hits. followed by Greg Nelson and Jon Hedrix With two hits each, and Steve Setterberg with one hit, Pitcher Bill Raadt checked Rockhurst With 2 runs on 8 hits. At the present time the team is prac- tictng indoors until the weather permits the team to go outside. The first home game is tentatively set for Saturday. April 12 at Valley View Field in Bloomington against St, Johns. Game time is 100 PM. Yes, Elizabeth, there are spring sports at Augsburg! By M. JENNINGS Sports Editor Despite the unpredictability of MID» nesota springs. the quick approach of summer break, and the lack of faCIlities Augsburg College does lield SIX athletic teams in the spring Along with the baseball and track teams. there are men s and women s ten- nis teams. a golf team and a women s softball team In fielding a tennis team. Augsburg does so Without the benelit of a practice court In fact, because of the growmg popularity of the sport. Augsburg cant even rent a court during prime practice hours (3 00 pm - 6 00 pm] anywhere in the TWin Cities. This does cause a prob- lem But the athletes are persistent and the program stubbornly Survives While all involved look forward to that time when Augsburg boilds its own courts Women's tennis The women‘s tennis season is broken up into fall and spring seasons During the fall season. the team posted a 3-5 record The women have three returning let- ter winners in Junior Sue Forsmark. senior Sue Kittieson. and sophomore Melanie Hatella to build their team around They. along With 10 other women. Will be competing for the 12 spots open in Singles and doubles com- petition. Unlike their male counterparts. they do not have any MIAC or State cham- pionship competition planned. but do have a 5 match season schedule. along with the pos5ibility of adding a few more matches. depending on the weather As for right now. all the team is look- ing forward to is "for the snow to go away.’ according to Coach Cathy Dye. Men‘s tennis Coach Ed Saugested also has three returning letter Winners to bqu around as he prepares for the 1975 tennis season Returning are senior Dan Lingen. No. 2 Singles player in ‘74', tumor Chuck Rapp. No 3. and sophomore Steve Niewald. No 4 All together. there are 9 men out for the team. Last year Augsburg did poorly in the MIAC conlerence meet. but as Saugested says. "we're always looking for a better year But it's hard to be com- petitive Without being able to practice on a steady basis ' The team is scheduled to compete in 5 dual and 1 triangular matches before competing in the MIAC conlerence championship May 9 & 10 at Concordia ol Moorhead. Golf Thirteen men are out for Coach Bill Caris's golf team. led by returning letter Winners sophomore Gary Austin, the No. 2 player last year and Junior Doug D. Carlson. No.3 "We lost Rick Colvin our No. 1 player from last year's team. but we've got a lot of men out. especially some upper-class- men who haven't competed before. so I'm looking l0rward to a little better year.” says Cans, Last year the team finished in the lower half in the MIAC conlerence meet. but linished 12th out of 25 teams in the State meet, The conference championship meet will be held April 30 8. May 1 at the Braemar and Coon Rapids courses. The State meet Will be the lolloWing week. May 9. at Mankato. Editor's Note: Due to poor communica- tion between the stall and me. and then Coach Mary Timrn being out-ol—town. the women's softball preview WII/ not ap- pear until next week. sis Senior Mike Sack has recently been named to the NAIA all-american hockey team. along with his being voted the WAGS Most Valuable Player lor the 74-75 season. Most assists for a season - 314 assists (No. 1 nationally. NAIA. 1974-75) Total points tor a season - 538 points (No. 1 nationally. NAIA. 1974-75) Most goals in MIAC conlerence play for a season - 164 goals (No. 1 in the MIAC) Minneapolis. Minn. 55454 Augsburg College 8 Show less
lcgtcrg Way‘- . - l -7 “N” " 3, 55/354 I. .in wapnlisy Mi i Vol. 86, No. 19 Friday, April 11, Tsre Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota iCedar-RiversideAssoc:ia tes: By MARY BEAMISH Stathriter An old political enemy of the Cedar- Riverside PAC and community residents, an enemy they thought... Show morelcgtcrg Way‘- . - l -7 “N” " 3, 55/354 I. .in wapnlisy Mi i Vol. 86, No. 19 Friday, April 11, Tsre Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota iCedar-RiversideAssoc:ia tes: By MARY BEAMISH Stathriter An old political enemy of the Cedar- Riverside PAC and community residents, an enemy they thought long dead, has suddenly come back to life. The foe, Cedar—Riverside Associates (CRA). may now be able to implement its development plans for the Cedar- Riverside area. In a move that startled and angered community residents, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the First National Bank of St. Paul and CRA have reached a tentative out-of-court settlement that would ultimately give CFlA the authority to complete its goal of a high rise "new town in town." Under the settlement, HUD will sell $35 million in debts owed it by CRA to First National Bank of St. Paul for about $2.7 million: the bank, in turn, will give development rights to CRA. At this point it is impossible to predict how this will change the Cedar— Riverside area. To be successful, CRA will have to present plans that the community will put up with. CRA is not making any of its intentions public. The proposed settlement is the latest in a series of events in a nearly decade-long battle over how the Cedar-Riverside area will be de- veloped and who will develop it. In 1971 CRA‘s redevelopment project, called a “new town in town," was approved by HUD. In the first stage of the project, the Cedar Square West apartments were built and opened in 1973. Opposed to further high»density housing in the area. neighborhood residents brought an environmental lawsuit against CRA in 1974 and won. Work on the high rise project was halted after US. District Judge Miles Lord ruled that HUD hadn‘t considered the adverse impact the high-density development would have on the neighborhood. Only 1299 units of the company’s proposed 12.000 units were built on the land CRA owned. This land includes everything between 19th Ave. s. and Interstate Highway 35W, with Riverside Ave. forming the northern boundary and Interstate Highway 94 the southern boundary. ln1977, a court placed CRA‘s land in receivership after the company fell behind in loan payments to HUD and First National of St. Paul. In November 1977 CRA filed a lawsuit in federal court to prevent HUD from foreclosing and to seek damages from HUD. First National of St. Paul and the Minneapolis Housing The rebirth of a neighborhood foe and Redevelopment Authority for breach of contract in connection with the development. Since 1977, the groups have proposed various settlements of the suit. Under the one causing the present uproar, HUD would not foreclose against CRA, but sell the land to the city (as the neighborhood had wanted). Instead, HUD will sell $35 million in debts owed it by CRA to First National Bank of St. Paul for approximately $2.7 million. The bank reportedly has agreed to give CRA development rights to the land as well as a year and a half to come up with a plan for repaying the debt; if CRA fails, then the bank can foreclose on the land. Neighborhood interests wanted HUD to sell the land to the city so that control of development would be turned over to neighborhood-based developers. Neighborhood residents‘ aims include keeping low-density. affordable housing for low—income people which would avoid displace; ment of residents. The Cedar-River- side Task Force Report of 1977 was the basis for this settlement proposed by the neighborhood. Reacting to the settlement, com- munity activists have stated in strong terms their opposition to CRA participation in development in the New student fee to subsidize area. Charles Buckman-Ellis. Cedar- Riverside PAC chairperson. stated in a letter to City Council PreSIdent Alice Flainville, “It had not occurred to us inter-campus bus system By CHRIS HALVORSON Assistant Editor Rising costs of gasoline (like everything else) will hit Augsburg students in one more vein next year with the recent ACTC decision to levy a $10 ($5 per semester) fee to all students in order to maintain the inter— campus bus system. This $10 fee is an attempt to compensate for the projected 35 percent increase in the cost of running the bus system with the predicted $1.80 per gallon for fuel, according to President Oscar Anderson. ACTC thought that this fee was the best way to meet these rising costs. “There was just no way to take that increase and divide it up between the colleges," Anderson said. In the past, the ACTC budget has supported the bus system, This was first changed last year with the initiation of riders‘ tickets at 13 cents per ride (minimum purchase of 10 tickets), Anderson explained, how- ever, that there were two problems with this system: one was the hassle involved in getting the tickets and secondly, the declining number of passengers in the face of increasing costs. Even the new charge to all students. regardles of whether or not they will be using the bus, will cover only two-thirds of the toal cost, The ACTC budget Will make up the difference. according to Anderson. "We have assumed that the success of the ACTC lies in student utilization of cross-registration opportunities— without this I don't think ACTC would be more than just a ‘paper organization'. Toward this end, of course, movement of the students is essential.“ Anderson said. The problem of the rising costs was first discussed in the Transportation Committee of ACTC with representa- tives from various groups. They came to the conclusion that the fee should be levied this way. The presidents of the Continued on page 3 —ECHO Pita/o by Erik Kanlen that CRA would ever hope to develop in this neighborhood again. Perhaps that was naive, but it is unbelievable that anyone would believe they are capable of attempting it, especially in this city and neighborhood. The federal government has proved again and again its Willingness to bail them out; unfortunately, the First National made the same error. It appears to us that only the City of Minneapolis and our neighborhood have seen through the corruption and arrogance that company is capable of. It is gross arrogance. once again, for CRA to assume that all will cooperate to give them another chance." Summing up the settlement. a flyer put out by the Cedar-Riverside PAC entitled, "The Reincarnation of Cedar- RiverSide Assocrates." reads. "The net result is that an utterly incompetent, if not criminally culpable developer who has cost the federal government in excess of $30 million gets another chance at development plans totally discredited by a federal court five years ago." Prowded the settlement is approved by U 5. District Judge Donald Alsop and HUD's New Communities Board at their May 21 meeting. the neighborhood is discussmg various plans to block CRA’s involvement in the neighborhood. Possible actions include filing another SUIt against Continued on page 3 Show less
’Why are we here?’ By TEDD PETERSON Associate Editor Have you ever asked yourself why you are at Augsburg College? Did you come up with an answer? Do you know what you want out of a college education? Have you wondered about the long-term value of certain courses you take? Do you really enjoy... Show more’Why are we here?’ By TEDD PETERSON Associate Editor Have you ever asked yourself why you are at Augsburg College? Did you come up with an answer? Do you know what you want out of a college education? Have you wondered about the long-term value of certain courses you take? Do you really enjoy learning, or is college nothing more than the "great grade game?" Faculty: is teaching at Augsburg meeting your expectations? Do you think your goals and the goals of students complement each other? Do you feel a consistency between your educational objectives and method- ologies and those of your colleagues? These are the basic types of questions Norm Ferguson, assistant professor and department chair of psychology, hopes to get answers to in a random sampling survey of Augsburg students and faculty. This survey is part of a leave-of-absence project Ferguson has been working on since January. He feels that students and faculty at Augsburg-generally don't know enough about the objectives and priorities of the people around them, and that this lack of communication is detrimental to the educational process. Ferguson stressed that the survey is not intended either to “disapprove” of any particular views concerning college education or to advocate any other views. He does not hope to discover the "correct" objectives and Norm Ferguson, assistant professor and department chair of psychology. priorities that Augsburg students and faculty should have. Rather, it is intended to make people aware of the different attitudes that do exist on campus and to help them deal more effectively with those differences. The survey, which is scheduled to come out next week, will be made up totally of objective questions in order to simplify the tabulation. Ferguson hopes to get responses from about 25 percent of Augsburg students, who will be chosen at random. All responses will be kept confidential. Distinguished Augsburg grad coming to speak on return to China imagine being separated from your family and close relatives for 31 years. As unlikely as this may seem in the secure tranquility of Augsburg it was nonetheless a reality for Andrew Hsiao, a 1956 Augsburg graduate. On April 15, Hsiao will speak at Augsburg about his return trip to China and the role of the Lutheran Church there. Hsiao, who received the Distin- guished Alumni Award in 1970, recalled last year’s reunion with his brother after more than three decades: "When the train from Canton came to a stop at Changsha, Hunan, China, a large group of people was at the station and entered into my railroad coach. The first person who met me said, “Andrew, do you know me?’ i looked at him and said, ’l'm sorry, I can't recognize you.’ He answered, ‘l'm your older brother.’ I could not recognize him because he had been in /ail for more than 20 years. He had suffered a great deal and was all white~haired and looked so old. i started to talk with him but before he said anything more, he asked me, 'Do you have a Bib/e?’ This was his first question alter our introduction. He didn 'task me about the trip. He didn't ask me if / brought any money, or anything else. it was, ‘Do you have a Bible?‘ l answered, ‘l have 10 Bibles with me."’ (Lutheran Literature Society for the Chinese Bulletin, March 1980, p. 1) People ’3 Center to elect Board The Cedar Riverside People’s Center's annual meeting for the purpose of holding elections to the Board of Directors will be held in the “M” Community Room of the McKnight Tower of Cedar Square West (615 South 4th Street) on Sunday. April 13 at 5:00 pm. Any person living or working within the boundaries of Lake Street, Portland Avenue, and the Mississippi River interested in serving on the Scandinavian/American conference series continues with ’Life Style and Health’ Life Style and Health is the topic for a two-day conference April 18 and 19 at Augsburg College. The Scandinavian-American dia- logue is in a lecture-discussion format and is open to the public at no charge. Workshop topics include alcohol, physical fitness, smoking and public policy. Pekka Puska, MD, University of Kuopio, Finland, will speak at 9 am. Friday, April 18 on “Health Promotion in Action: Changing the Cardiovascular Risk in an Entire Community—Exper- iences from the North Karelia Project." Puska is professor and director for the North Karelia Project, a nationwide health program for Finland. Ulla Qvarnstrom, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Nursing, School of Medicine at the University of Bergen, Norway, will speak at 1:30 pm. Friday, April 18 on "Life Style and Health in Norway and Sweden." Nutrition expert and columnist Johanna Dwyer will give a brief presentation on nutrition at 1 pm. Saturday. April 19.‘ Dwyer is director of the Frances Stern Nutrition Center and associate professor at Tufts University Medical School. Other speakers include Odin W. Anderson, professor of sociology and director of the Center of Health Administration Studies, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago; Tor Dahl, associate professor, program of Hospital and Health Care Administra- tion at the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota nd cochalr— man of the International Conference WOW!!! The next installmentofWords'worth on Wednesday (WOW) entitled “A Preview of Ah Wilderness” will be held on Wednesday, April 15, at 2:30 pm. in the Alumni Lounge. A feature panel including play director Julie Driver-Bolton and Ailene Cole of the Speech and Theatre Arts Department: Richard Sargent and Grier Nicholl of the English Depart— ment, will discuss the life and plays of dramatist Eugene O'Neill. Some students from the play‘s cast will act out a memorable scene from Ah Wilderness. Board of Directors may inquire at 332-4973, A potluck dinner and entertainment will be held after the meeting. The public is invited to participate. on Life Style and Health; Winnifred Formo, St. Paul, a registered nurse and homemaker; Russell V. Luepker, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and physiological hygiene, Laboratory of Physiological Health at the University of Minnesota; Michael F. Metcalf, assistant professor of history at the University of Minnesota; Joyce Pfaff, assistant professor in health and physical education at Augsburg College; James M. Schaefer, director for the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Programming at the University of Minnesota; James K. Struve, M.D., diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice and project director of Trinity Health Care; and Joan Wilkosv, lecturer in the Department of Home Economics Education at the University of Minnesota. The conference is sponsored by Augsburg College and made possible by grants from the U.S. Office of Education, Ethnic Heritage Grant; The Norwegian Government, Emigration Fund of 1975; and private donors. Corporate contributors are Finnair, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, and Group Health Plan, Inc. The program is a part of a lecture and conference series, Contemporary Issues: Scandinavia and America. Registration information and a detailed program are available from Mildred Joel, conference coordinator at Augsburg College. Phone, 330-1294. CSHS offers awareness workshops Cooperative Services for Handicap- ped Students (CSHS) will expand their program by offering awareness workshops to the Augsburg com- munity. “Bridging the Gap,” April 17, from 1:005:00 in the College Center, is the first in a series of workshops. In cooperation with the CENTS staff, CSHS have developed five groups, that deal primarily with increasing awareness about people with temporary or permanent disabili- ties. The groups will attempt to relate situations able-bodied people en- counter, to similar situations exper- ienced by people with physical disabilities. Hence the title “Bridging the Gap.“ if you would like any additional information or would like a member of the program present information to any class, please contact: Kathy Kendrick at ext. 1136 or 633-4498, home. ROALD SATEREN editor-inrchiei JEFF JARNES business manager TEDD PETERSON ESSOCIBIE SOHO! H. EVAN PRUITT mandgi-xt; sailor BOYD KOEHLER (acuity consultant CHRIS HALVORSON BSSISlanl editor PENNY BECKER'W‘de-i GARY KUBAT leavuwse. TERRI BOCKLUND~ LAURIE JESSEN 5:2": eii'ov HOWARD SMIT‘H associate sports EdiiOf LEE L!LLOU!ST JOHN KRUSE KRISTEN OLSRUD MAUREEN COOPER ccpr editors MARY GUSTAFSON JEFF DANIELOWSKI ERIK KANTEN BOB JORGENSEN >l’iSEdlioi “humming goiiors head pnologtapbe'e Ca'iQOF‘S’ THE AUGSBURG ECHO. P )n’)“‘)h9(l Neekly each Fr day eicepi during A Jf;’,!’l‘i’f; ,niev.m vacation periods and holidays by the 3! iriem'. cl Augsburg College 73l r 2151 Ave-n 1‘: Smih M,r.neaoo|ls Minnesota 55454 Phone 33071i02 Opinions enoressed are those of the authors anvi do nol necessarily reliecl mos» oi the Suppo’iin’; sia“ aft (13,1)! luteD ministration team, or :m (r; raglan: remainder oi the st Men's at. «g? x], n,an ni'ihe Annual subscription rate Is $7.00. Friday, April 11, 1980 Show less
U.S. policy during Shah’s regime questioned By MARY BEAMISH Try to imagine the most powerful nation on earth oppressing a group of slaves—such as Pharoah's Egypt oppressing the Israelites in the Exodus story in the Bible. Then you will begin to understand the history of Iran under the U.S.-backed... Show moreU.S. policy during Shah’s regime questioned By MARY BEAMISH Try to imagine the most powerful nation on earth oppressing a group of slaves—such as Pharoah's Egypt oppressing the Israelites in the Exodus story in the Bible. Then you will begin to understand the history of Iran under the U.S.-backed shah, according to Karen Lehman, who spoke at Augsburg Mar. 24 in Chapel and at a noon forum in the College Center. Lehman, Co-director of Minnesota Clergy and Leity Concerned, visited Iran Feb. 5-16, and talked to the students holding the American hostages. There are many parallels between the two situations, according to Lehman. One parallel that she stressed is the longing for justice. She said the Iranian students seek justice; they don’t feel they could have a close relationship with Allah while one group of people was being oppressed by another group. Another similarity she pointed out is the drive for modernization—“Sup- posedly under the shah, and also when Egyptians used Israelite slaves.“ One of the shah’s priorities was to build up an arms stockpile; from 1970-1978, he bought a fourth of all arms sold by the U.S.. Lehman said. “What most of us don’t realize is that whilethe shah was the Pharoah's hands, the United States was the Pharoah‘s will," she added. At the noon forum, Lehman outlines three myths Americans believe about Iran: the myth of modernization under the shah; the myth of religious fanaticism as perpetuated by the U.S. press; and the myth that “the U.S. really isn't responsible for anything in Iran." Lehman, part of a 49-member delegation organized by the Commit- tee for American-Iranian Crisis Resolution which was invited to Iran by the Iranian students, said the delegation did many of the same things the UN. Commission did—in- cluding talking to the students and visiting poor communities in southern Iran. A “glaring discrepancy” exists between what Americans have been told about Iran and what the delegation saw—especially regarding the “modernization” drive, according to Lehman. Under the shah's regime, she said, a small group of people benefited at the expense of the poor— a few live in highrises while many live in garbage dumps. The people living in the dumps told them, “If the shah hadn’t sent so much money abroad, we wouldn't be living like this.” As an example of the concentration of Student fee Continued from page 1 five colleges, who comprise the executive board of ACTC, then had to decide how much the fee would be, based on cost data, etc. The proposal of $10 was then brought to the ACTC board and was adopted by them the week of March 24. “I think this has been one of the toughest issues, financially speaking, that ACTC has faced. There weren’t any alternatives outside of scrubbing the whole system!" Anderson said. Student representatives from four out of the five colleges gave their support of the charge in view of the fact that it would cost individual riders much more if the fee wasn‘t charged to all students. Macalester was the only college who did not back the fee, according to Anderson. Therefore, the bus will not pick up Macalester students, even though it will stop at that campus. At Augsburg, according to Ander- son, the administration agreed on the fee and Anderson will present it to the Board of Regents at the next meeting. Anderson said, however, that the board really has little choice but to approve the proposal since the ACTC board has already adopted it. This type of support of the bus system is important to Augsburg because the route that comes to this campus is by far the longest, and therefore, most expensive. It would definitely cost less to run the system if the bus only had to go to the four St. Paul schools. “We (Augsburg) feel advantaged by spreading the costs put in this way," Anderson said. The fee Will be collected each semester during the final registration process. Anderson said that the question was raised as to why the cost couldn't be instated as part of the Friday. April 11, 1980 straight tuition charge. He explained that at the time of the decision. all the colleges had already published the 1980-81 tuition in their catalogs and admissions literature so it really could not be changed. During the next year, ACTC will consider whether or not the fee can more easily and offensively be added to the tuition charge, according to Anderson. Along with the decision to levy this fee, ACTC strongly stressed that each college should encourage the ACTC programs on their campuses and the cross—registration procedure as much as possible, according to Anderson. “There is a profound significance to be associated with these excellent colleges, and Augsburg, being the only private, liberal arts college in Minneapolis, makes it important as well, to them." he said. Cedar-Riverside Continued from page 1 less-’ CRA. If CFIA does not end up redevelop- ing the land, another possibility the neighborhood fears is that CRA or First National Bank of St. Paul may sell the land to real estate speculators. This would make large scale planned development impossible, drive land costs out of reach of community organizations and force rents up beyond the reach of present residents. In his letter to Flainville, Buckman- Ellis stated, “We cannot stress enough this neighborhood‘s determin- ation to remain after redevelopment. Displacement is the greatest horror facing persons living in developable neighborhoods and this neighborhood is one that will use every means at our disposal to ensure that it is minimized here." wealth, she mentioned the $100 million palace—one of several—owned by the shah's sister. its walls are papered with gold leaf. Basheer Nijim, an Iranian student who also spoke at the forum, remarked that growth does not necessarily equal development; growth means quantity and development means quality. “True development can only occur in a system which is politically free," Nijim said. He added that there was no political freedom under the shah, because those who opposed his government were arrested, tortured, and killed by the Savak (secret police). “How do you modernize a country by terrorizing them?" he asked. The U.S. helped establish the Savak in the mid-19603 and helped maintain it afterwards, Lehman said. She reported that Americans in the U.S. embassy in Iran worked with the Savak. Also, torture weapons and training in torture techniques were provided by the U.S., she said. Interference in Iranian affairs by outside countries isn't new, according to lbn Kaldoun. He said Iran has been under various Western powers for the past 300 years. and that this history of foreign domination makes self»deter- mination difficult for Iran. He said Iran has not stabilized yet; it is “a country in transition." In this struggle, Iranians have spurned both communism and capital- ism as natlonal ideologies, Kaldoun again said. Capitalism alienates the individual from society and commun— ism destroys individualism for the sake of community, he explained. “Islam is a compromise between the two," he said. If this account sounds different than the one reported by the U.S. press, it's because the U.S. press hasn‘t fully understood the situation in Iran or has misreported it, according to the forum participants. Sharif—Zadeh, an Khalil Iranian Faroufl N0 servtce charges No bounced checks Earns 5‘ Ice daily And If you need an occaSIonal check—money orders available Convenient Just across the street in the Fairwew-St Mary's Medical OfflCe Bldg Hrs Mon Fri 1000am7530pm Member F D I C student who left Iran late last year. said the first U.S. news media coverage he saw about Iran was an ABC broadcast on Jan. 2. The report differed so radically from the situation he had just left that he thought. “I really don't think that's the same country I come from. I think there must be another ‘l-ran‘ somewhere else.“ Lehman recalled how a few years ago Barbara Walters portrayed the shah as “a very engaging and charming man . . . . portraying all of our highest aspirations for the Third World." Since returning from Iran, Lehman has spoken to many groups of people about what she saw and heard in Iran. She recalled walking down the streets in Iran, surrounded by Iranians shouting, “‘Down with Carter, down with the shah!‘“ “They weren‘t angry with American citizens, but with the leaders," she said. “They wanted us to tell their story in the United States." news briefs USE YOUR SAVINS COUT AND SAVE PLENTIY AT THE RiyerSIde Community State Bank Blood Drive On Wednesday April 16, the Blood- mobile from the Minneapolis War Memorial will be on campus. Registered nurses will staff the unit which will be located in the Si Melby Lounge from 8:20 A.M. to 3:30 PM. on Wednesday. Presently, the Augsburg account with the War Memorial Blood Bank remains at an adequate level, however additional units are always needed to allow for an emergency reserve. and also lower the cost to recipients not covered by a Donor Club. For further information contact Millie Nelson in the College Center. a Show less
editorials Look what we ’re getting The two-party system. And look who we’re going to get: Jimmy Carter and Ronnie Reagan. Jimmy, the one who has proved his incompetence and Ronnie, one who, for example, thinks America is “energy rich;" if this isn‘t incompetence it easily qualifies as ignorance.... Show moreeditorials Look what we ’re getting The two-party system. And look who we’re going to get: Jimmy Carter and Ronnie Reagan. Jimmy, the one who has proved his incompetence and Ronnie, one who, for example, thinks America is “energy rich;" if this isn‘t incompetence it easily qualifies as ignorance. The point is, the American electorate, every four years, is many times put into the position of choosing the “lesser of two evils.” It ends up that in order to be politically viable these days candidates have to appease either of the two big parties, where a great diversity of opinion is lost in a jungle of partisanship. Just take a look at the front runners. The Carter Administration's foreign policy is in shambles. They’ve made a number of grossly naive, embarrassing and haphazard moves in an international arena which is certainly not ignorant to this administration's weaknesses. Reagan on the other hand, pursues a foreign policy which is counter- productive, more naive than Carter‘s and frankly, horrifying. And these guys are the front runners!! But the two-party system is still the only viable vehicle to political participation in this country, and the system is perpetuated by everyone. Media people, once the front runners (Democrat or Republican) emerge, more often than not, throw their full support behind these candidates. The question is are they throwing support behind the issues or is it merely a matter of supporting what the two parties have to offer? Another element which perpetuates the two-party system is the electoral college. What would happen if Reagan, Carter and Anderson (running as an independent) were to evenly split—up the electoral vote? The election would be thrown into the House of Re- presentatives which is dominated by the two-party system; and then who would win? Certainly not Anderson. There’s an obsession in this society to narrow down political races ..‘. ‘ ‘\..‘ WE rue PEOPLE, w om TD PM A Maize PERI-'50- woioN, Have DEUDED re use A rwo-mw SVSM Blames ii- ‘AFEW rue 6mm»:- Fkom minors "IA" WW“! wmrwr’. minflz‘ "Ll-i Wéwomtmir WW 70° M444 Pawn. oval *0 OW'W we «use How to (NIKE mamas»!- Masons... to two sides under the guise of a majority-rule—type political deCIsion. But the effect of this can be extremely limiting. This year's preSIdential race clearly reinforces this conclusion by offering, in effect, only two inadequate candidates. I Oflcourse one can safely assume that working within an institution IS qmte possible. However when the institution itself inhibits viable outcomes then it seriously draws into question the credence of that institution. Whether out of ignorance or some patriotic, dogmatic conviction, people seem totally incapable of supporting any candidate other than one from either of the “two biggies." In the wake of the election campaign trail, thus far, is a man who has tried the two-party system and realizes that he can not adequate- ly work within the confines of that system. If John Anderson should run an effective independent campaign this would provide a clear alternative between two highly questionable candidates and would also hopefully begin to abolish many of this society’s fears of a multi—party system. J.K., R.S. soundings Sex and- the Augsburg student By LEE JOHN LILLOUIST Sex, an element of natural living that unites mind, body, and soul. It doesn't destroy brain cells, cause cancer, make you fat, pollute the earth, or use up non- renewable natural resources. A rather inexpensive, non—artificial past~time With universal appeal. Though habit forming, it doesn't endanger life or livelihood. It feels good and is good for you. There are, however, problems that might arise. One of these is a simple case of mathematics. Add the fact that many Augsburg students enjoy sex to the fact that the rhythm method just doesn't work. Subtract the use of contraceptives in some instances. When you add it all together you get oft-times unwanted multiplication. Pregnancy. What can and should we do about it? There are two traditional viewpoints; one ignores the problem, the other condemns it. Neither works. It does no good to hide the problem. Denying it exists won't make it go away. We must discuss the affairs of this college if we are to deal with them in an intelligent fashion. There is a challenge here to everyone that cares about the welfare of Augsburg students. We must deal with this subject, rationally, refusing to take an immediately condemning, conservative, puritan position on sex. It will do no good to blast us from the pulpit with fire—and-brimestone. To judge others is to condemn self. We aren't asking that people change their own personal Continued on page 8 letters Who’s got the poison ’Ivy’ To the Editor: look (as well as what you've already decided you‘ll be seeing). He went on a month—long, tourist trip through Europe with educational overtones— In his Mar. 7 column, Paul Kilgore announced that St. Olaf College is the "Midwest's answer to the ivy League" and challenged St. Olaf people to defend that claim. As a St. Olaf graduate, I'd like to suggest that if Mr. Kilgore is going to print that sort of drivel he should defend it himself. St. Olaf is a fine school, but until Mr. Kilgore's column l'd never heard that suggestion. The truth is, of course, that Carleton College is the “lvy"-est of Minnesota's colleges (Don't worry, though, Carleton students are even easier to stereotype than Oles once you get the hang of it). As for the “smug, elitist" students Kilgore spent the Interim with. I guess what you see depends on where you what sort of people did he expect to find? It makes sense that the sort of people who can afford that sort of experience probably come close to the stereotype of “rich Republicans who marry blonde Oles, live in Edina and work for Lutheran Brotherhood." (For that matter, how close is Mr. Kilgore to that stereotype?) Now Mr. Kilgore should check on the people who spent the month finishing their Urban Studies in Chicago or working at internships in the Twin Cities or studying on campus or just getting drunk at Marty's. He‘ll find a lot of people who don‘t fit his mold. Except for the biondeness thing. For Continued on page 7 Friday, April 11, 1980 Show less
wgsburg . M A prominent ecumenical magazine has had the custom of periodically asking leading thinkers to submit articles under the general heading, “How My Mind Has Changed." I do not expect to be asked to become a con- tributor to Christian Century, but I am going to use these lines in the Echo... Show morewgsburg . M A prominent ecumenical magazine has had the custom of periodically asking leading thinkers to submit articles under the general heading, “How My Mind Has Changed." I do not expect to be asked to become a con- tributor to Christian Century, but I am going to use these lines in the Echo to confess how my mind has changed on some matters during the seventeen years I have been at Augsburg. A decade ago the faculty of Augsburg debated whether .i'f‘ one objective for the college in the ‘70s should specifically ‘ focus on securing a Phi Beta Kappa recognition. At the time it was felt that, on the one hand, further resources for the academic program would have to be gathered before it was realistic to seek such recognition and, on the other, that Augsburg needed to maintain its unique and healthy balance between liberal education and career preparation; hence, the wording, “Academic excellence . . . should be closely compared to the goals and requirements of Phi Beta Kappa." I agreed with that point of view at the time, but today my mind has changed and I have come to the conclusion that a very definite objective is needed. Augsburg should seek Phi Beta Kappa status in order to provide stronger emphases on scholarship and academic achievement. This, I think, could happen if there were a stated goal to secure, say by 1990, a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. While strides have been made on many fronts, i am convinced that the matter of intellectual and scholarly endeavor needs far greater attention at this college than is presently the case. Now to a second change of mind. For years there has been little or no concern that a facility for the college worship life be a major focus. The idea may have been that the “Christian character" of the college did not require the presence of brick and mortar to be apparent and valid. People and programs are indeed more important than pulpits and pews. But I have had a gradual change of mind. Augsburg College should have a structure devoted primarily to the functions attendant to its spiritual emphasis. Such a chapel would be symbolic of a Christian presence and purpose, not only on the campus per se but in the whole Cedar- Riverside community which, apart from the Church of Our Lady, has no visible sign of churcth concerns. Architecturally a chapel could give a vibrant expression of faith and worship and at the same time provide a larger space for concerts, lectures and presentations requiring capacities which now can only be {.30pr SUf'QGfu The road to success BY LEW H°TCHK'SS Tell me, why did you come to college? I'm here now, but why are you here too? Money tweeked its luring plenty at you and everyone told you (parents, small children, and maybe even God) that a BA guaranteed more than just caviar, two cars in a garage and a butler sliding down the banister—no, no, wrong movie. You see dollar signs everytime you walk into class and professors are made of green cheese. I've never tasted one, but . . . . There loomed before some of us the hope that college would prepare us for life. That all that wealth, fame and success would not settle right with our consciences, “so dammit, get a liberal education. Says here, the more liberal the better. Augsburg has the word liberal after it, so let's go." Plop! You've waded through all of the red tape, the ID. line, the registration line, the bathroom line, and you have (inally convinced yourself that “walking the straight and narrow" is “for the birds." Tired of queuing, you hunker down in your auto or dorm and try to imagine all that wealth, fame and . . . your memory fuzzes up. Get the brain-sized Windex dispenser. Wipe that fuzz out of your mind. A little flat footing it to the top never stopped anyone. The American dream returns full of high contrast, color control up, volume up, lip up . . . nobody ends up without wealth, success, and . . . Hunger! You rush down to the Commons, or MacDonalds, or Mom’s table, (or whatever) and stuff that painful vacancy right out of your life. Wow! Do people with everything have to go through that too? No, you say to yourself. With my major I'll be able to walk into MacDonald's and buy out the place. Simple and American. Bold and stupid. Months later, after all-nighters, empty gas tanks, too many cigarettes, skipping Wednesday night fellowship and many other hardships, you realize that college is not apiece where everyone does well enough to make it big. Thirty percent of the starting Freshmen leave for different grasses across the fence, you have learned. Not everyone believes in God, or in a God like you. Beer either enters your mouth (at House parties) or remains your eleventh sin. College no longer rings up dollar signsfor you—only when it comes to paying your bills. Why are you here? you question yourself, setting your jaw before you have your first office encounter with a college prof. Friday, April 11, 1980 accommodated in Melby Hall. On a more “political” level, my mind began changing back in the early '70s with regard to the status of women and equity for both sexes. It has been a change of mind which has not been without its pain. I have a typical male bias and back- ground but I have come to believe that not only must half of the human race be provided with equal respect and opportunity, but that the entire human race will survive only if the input and participation of women is balanced with those of men. Augsburg must continue to achieve further equity and respect at all levels for all people regardless of whether female or male. Somewhat akin to this shift in my outlook has come a greater awareness of students as equals in terms of wisdom and judgment. Perhaps I inherited the old notion that elders spoke and students listened. My mind has changed and I see Augsburg students and Augsburg faculty, stall, at al, as partners each‘ with a particular and essential contribution and responsibility. I have come to see, after the '603 and '70s that the wisdom of youth’s intuition and the wisdom of adult experience need to be blended in a mutual quest for truth. As I look back, I find our young citizens to have been, in my mind, right on all the major issues facing society. The present conservative drift must not be allowed to mute the voice of yout . Again flowing from such change of thinking has come a gradual conviction in my mind regarding the single most serious issue lacing the people 0/ the world: war. l have never considered myself a pacifist but my mind has changed to the point that Christ's words, “They that live by the sword shall die by the sword,“ are becoming the basis for my view of national policy and personal action. National security does not rest on our ability to blow up the world, nor does patriotism depend on supporting the capability of horrendous overkill. I could go on, but let me submit one more change of mind. I used to think that one endangered friendships by asking for monetary support of a worthy cause. Now I am convinced that one makes friends by asking forthright/y for money. Otherwise, how do you account for the whole new community of friends for Augsburg which has come about as a result of solicitations for our successful Renewal Fund? Oscar A. Anderson President poul kilqore Reaction to ’The St. Olaf Myth’ Near the end of February, I first heard that Augsburg and St. Olaf had decided to discontinue their cooperative international interims program. The reasons stated were financial, but as the Echo reported, St. Olaf had given the impression to some people that they were initiating the split because of doubts over the academic quality of Augsburg's course offerings. I felt that Augsburg had been patronized by St. Olaf in the past, and this latest bit of news was the last straw. I didn't believe that St. Olaf measured up to its lofty reputation—what college could live up to such billing?—and decided that I would be the one to expose the whole sham. On Mar. 7 the Echo printed acolumn of mine entitled “The St. Olaf Myth." That weekend my article found its way down to Northfield. Copies were made of it, and these were passed to various people around campus (a friend of mine found one with “Heck of a guy" written across the top). One copy landed in the hands of an editor for Olaf's school paper, The Manitou Messenger, and in the following issue an article appeared. Entitled “Olaf faces elitism charges," it gave a summary of the “darkened views" and “almost hostile sentiments“ revealed in my column. In the following two weeks I received a number of letters and telephone calls. Although the letter writers were obviously angry (“I must be honest with you,” one began, “(the column) upset a lot of people, including myself"), the main impression I got was one of hurt and perplexity. “I am amazed that you even bothered to write something so foolish," one Ole responded. “Why?” The complaint I heard most often was that I had taken a stereotype and applied it to all three thousand St. Olaf students. I never meant to imply that all Oles fit the image I portrayed, but apparently the column didn't make this clear. Most of the letters I received were from students who didn’t fit the image. The students from our January interim were, understandably, the ones most upset by what I had written. I‘m sure that to most of them lam a betrayer, a back stabber. The truth is that I enjoyed the interim and made friends with many of the students. What I criticized in the Echo was an attitude, and not a set of individuals. It‘s difficult to explain that to someone who has just seen a statement of his in print. One Ole recently told _me that only a person who has had limited contact with St. Olaf students could have written the column I produced. Actually, for years I have had several Oles as close friends. It is their reactions which have stung the most. I was naive in expecting that they wouldn't take my comments personally, and I realize now that l have hurt some good friends. I'm often asked, in light of the strong reaction, whether or not I regret writing “The St. Olaf Myth.“ In the first place, I knew there would be a reaction (the final paragraph of the column invited Oles to answer my charges). What i didn't expect was that it would be so widespread. One St. Olaf student told me that after the Messenger article I had become “notoriously well-known" on campus. a fact which is as flattering as it is disconcerting. I know that I still hold the views which made the Mar. 7 column so controversial. But if close relationships have been damaged, how can I help but feel some regret over expressing those views? 5 Show less