AUGSBURG SEMINARY 21 ganic chemistry. Individual apparatus and lockers are provided. A spectroscope is available for work in quali— tative analysis. Each desk is provided with gas, electric current, compressed air, and vacuum suction. The Museum Some years ago the beginning was made of a Museum... Show moreAUGSBURG SEMINARY 21 ganic chemistry. Individual apparatus and lockers are provided. A spectroscope is available for work in quali— tative analysis. Each desk is provided with gas, electric current, compressed air, and vacuum suction. The Museum Some years ago the beginning was made of a Museum for the Seminary. The Alumni Association became in‘ terested, and its members made many valuable gifts. There is a Madagascar Collection, at Santal Collection, a considerable collection of rare old books, minerals. curios, etc. Send contributions to Prof. J. L. Nydahl. Curator. Oratorical Cup The College Class of 1918 has presented to the College a Silver Cup. The Class has given the cup as a prize to arouse and maintain interest in oratory. The name of the winner in the Annual Oratorical Contest each year shall be engraved upon the cup, which is to remain in the possession of the school and is on exhibit on the second floor of the Main Building. Scholarship The student who receives the highest grade in the Academy or from any standard high school will receive a scholarship consisting of free tuition in the Freshman year in the College. Form of Bequest I give, devise, and bequeath to the “Board of Trustees of Augsburg Seminary” of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the sum of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Dollars, for the support and maintenance of said Augsburg Seminary. Show less
AUGSBURG SEMINARY 15 students are expected to attend the services in the dif- ferent congregations of the Lutheran Free Church in Minneapolis. They are encouraged to take active part in Sunday school work, young people’s work, and church choirs. The Theological Division of Augsburg Seminary... Show moreAUGSBURG SEMINARY 15 students are expected to attend the services in the dif- ferent congregations of the Lutheran Free Church in Minneapolis. They are encouraged to take active part in Sunday school work, young people’s work, and church choirs. The Theological Division of Augsburg Seminary offers a three-year course of study. The aim is to give a thoro knowledge of the Bible, the history of the Chris- tian Church, and the teachings of the Lutheran Church, and also a practical training in dealing with the principal questions that arise in pastoral life and in the pastoral leadership of the congregation. As far as possible the Bible is studied in the original. It is clearly realized, however. that mere knowledge is not all that is necessary for the complete equipment of a worker in the vineyard of Our Lord. The all-important consideration is to awaken and foster in the student true loyalty to Christ and absolute obedience to the Holy Spirit; for without these qualities no man can become a “good and faithful servant” in the house of God. The majority of the Theological students of Augs- burg Seminary are naturally preparing themselves for service either in the home Church or in foreign mission fields. Many of the students in the College and Academy have the same calling in view. For this reason many of them are engaged in Church work during their vaca- tions. A number of student organizations have been formed, and several of them have attained a very respectable age. The Students’ Society and the Boarding Club are among the oldest. Literary, debating, oratorical, educational, and athletic societies, as well as musical organizations, and library societies, have all had their share in shaping the development of the school, and increasing its usefulness. The Students’ Missionary Society, organized in 1885, deserves special mention, as it has done much to foster Show less
“gal: 80 AUGSBURG SEMINARY grouped under six headings: the air, water and its uses; work, energy, and electricity; the earth in relation to other astronomical bodies; the earth’s crust; life upon the earth. Laboratory work. Text: Caldwell and Eiken- berry “Elements of General Science”. Three... Show more“gal: 80 AUGSBURG SEMINARY grouped under six headings: the air, water and its uses; work, energy, and electricity; the earth in relation to other astronomical bodies; the earth’s crust; life upon the earth. Laboratory work. Text: Caldwell and Eiken- berry “Elements of General Science”. Three times a week. First Academic I, II, and III. 9 credits. COURSE II. BIOLOGY A study, by means of lectures, demonstrations, recita- tions and by use of text-book, of the organization of plant and animal life, with a laboratory study of various types, illustrating the general laws of biology governing form and function. The student learns not only what biology is but how it can be used. The economic importance of each group is considered. Laboratory work. Text: Gruen— berg “Elementary Biology". Four times a week. Third Academic I, II, and III. 12 credits. COURSE III. PHYSICS This course is adapted to give the student sufficient information to appreciate more fully the laws operating through mechanics, heat, magnetism, electricity, sound and light. The instruction is given by lectures illustrated by experiment, recitations, and problems. The course is designed to meet the requirements of those intending to pursue further work in science. Laboratory work. Text: Millikan, Gale and Pyle “Practical Physics”. Seven times a week. Fourth Academic I, II, and III. 15 credits. MATHEMATICS BUSBY COURSE I. ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA The fundamental rules, factoring, divisors, multiples, simple and simultaneous equations, fractions, theory of ' a. wzw‘m‘I-ACW 2‘. 2? is; f Show less
AUGSBURG SEMINARY 81 the exponent, radical expressions, quadratic equations, ratio, proportion, and progression. Five times a week. First Academic I, II, and III. 15 credits. COURSE II. HIGHER ALGEBRA A review of the four fundamental operations for the rational algebraic expressions; factoring,... Show moreAUGSBURG SEMINARY 81 the exponent, radical expressions, quadratic equations, ratio, proportion, and progression. Five times a week. First Academic I, II, and III. 15 credits. COURSE II. HIGHER ALGEBRA A review of the four fundamental operations for the rational algebraic expressions; factoring, determination of the highest common factor and the least common multiple by factoring, fractions, involution, evolution, radicals, and imaginary quantities. Equations of the first and second degree, ratio and proportion, progressions; binomial theorem for positive integral exponents, and permutations and combinations limited to simple cases. Three times a week. Third Academic I, II, and III. 9 credits. COURSE III. PLANE GEOMETRY The object in view is to develop in the student a habit of exact definition and the ability of logical and con- tinuous argument. Mastery of demonstrations is empha- sized, but at every point the attempt is made to throw the student back on his own resources, thus developing in him the faculty of invention and discovery, so neces- sary in our modern life. Problems are worked both syn- thetically and analytically. The course includes lines, rectangular figures, circles, loci, ratio, proportion, limits, problems in construction, similar polygons and area of polygons. Text: Hart and Feldman “Plane Geometry”. Five times a week. Second Academic I, II, and III. 15 credits. Show less
32 AUGSBURG SEMINARY witness-bearing and the development of the characteris- tic principles of this preaching as an art; its alliance with pagan rhetoric and oratory; the consequences of this alli- ance upon the form and material of preaching and the efforts made to find a form of its own in more... Show more32 AUGSBURG SEMINARY witness-bearing and the development of the characteris- tic principles of this preaching as an art; its alliance with pagan rhetoric and oratory; the consequences of this alli- ance upon the form and material of preaching and the efforts made to find a form of its own in more complete harmony with the Word of God. Secondly, the course involves a systematic study of the essentials of preaching as testifying of Christ, properly designated as Homile- tics. It is constantly borne in mind that the power of preaching does not lie in human art but in the divine authority of the Word and the Spirit of God. Hence, while there must be intense study of the text and much practice in the art of presenting truth, the essential homiletic prepartion consists in ridding minds of worldly notions as to preaching and self—confidence in order that \Vord and Spirit may have full sway. Further the course consists in the study of the pericopes; analytical reading of representative sermons; written outlines of sermons and religious addresses, and weekly sermons in class. 2. CATECHETICS Catechetics as a branch of Practical Theology at~ tempts to teach the proper methods of instructing the young in the Church, especially in the Christian religion. It looks upon the educational work intrusted to every congregation as fundamentally necessary and requiring careful training of teachers and patient and systematic execution. A good pastor should not only himself be able “to feed the lambs” but should also know how to teach others the same art. The course involves, first, a survey of the history of Christian education; secondly, a description of the theories and methods of such educa- tion as they prevail in the Church to-day; thirdly, the. practical application of principles and methods to our educational need, so that the material of instruction may be suited as much as possible to the growing heart and Show less
AUGSBURG SEMINARY 79 modern democratic reform, international rivalry, Imper- ialism, the War of 1914. Four times a. week. Second Academic III. 4 credits. COURSE III. ADVANCED UNITED STATES HISTORY A general course in the social and political history of the United States, including a study of the... Show moreAUGSBURG SEMINARY 79 modern democratic reform, international rivalry, Imper- ialism, the War of 1914. Four times a. week. Second Academic III. 4 credits. COURSE III. ADVANCED UNITED STATES HISTORY A general course in the social and political history of the United States, including a study of the colonial period, the growth of political institutions, the Revolu- tionary period and subsequent development, slavery, the Civil War, reconstruction, industrial and economic growth, and the new problems resulting from this and the more recent expansion. Text-books, collateral read- ing, reports. Four times a week. Third Academic I and II. 8 credits. COURSE IV. CIVICS A study of municipal, state, and national government. The Constitution of the United States is analyzed, and the practical workings of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of our government are fully demon- strated. Instruction is carried on by means of text- books, assignment of topics, informal discussion, and reading of Wilson, "The State” and other works per- taining to the subject. Four times a week. Third Aca— demic III. 4 credits. NATURAL SCIENCE GJESDAHL COURSE I. GENERAL SCIENCE An introductory course in science. Intended to create a desire for further study and give a practical interpre- tation of nature. Unity is secured by the use of the logical interrelation between the topics of the course; Show less
AUGSBURG SEMINARY 51 lyle, Ruskin, and Arnold. Their characters and their relation to the age. Study of literary values. Two hours a week. Alternates with Course VIII. Offered in 1923-24. Junior and Senior II. 2 credits. COURSE XII. NINETEENTH CENTURY POETRY Study of Romanticism, with special... Show moreAUGSBURG SEMINARY 51 lyle, Ruskin, and Arnold. Their characters and their relation to the age. Study of literary values. Two hours a week. Alternates with Course VIII. Offered in 1923-24. Junior and Senior II. 2 credits. COURSE XII. NINETEENTH CENTURY POETRY Study of Romanticism, with special attention to Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, and Byron. Analysis of the intellectual and spiritual struggle of the century, with special emphasis upon Tennyson and Browning. Analysis of the personalities of the authors, and study of literary values. Two hours a week. Alternates with Course IX. Offered in 1923-24. Junior and Senior III. 2 credits. COURSE XIII. PUBLIC SPEAKING AND READING Review of fundamentals previously studied. and con- tinued practice in oral expression by means of memorized masterpieces and original speeches. Special attention to the development of natural and forceful utterance, thru stimulating the student to utilize effectively and harmon- iosuly his individual powers of thought, imagination, and feeling. Perfection of formal correctness is also sought. Two hours a week. Alternates with Course XIV. Offered in 1923-24. Junior and Senior 11 and III. 4 credits. COURSE XIV. TEACHERS’ COURSE A course for students who plan to teach English. Admission to this course subject to the approval of the Departments of English and Education. Study of the problems and methods of teaching English in secondary schools: the relation of secondary English to that of the grades and to Freshman English, the relation between Show less
Courses of Instruction CHRISTIANITY THE THEOLOGICAL PROFESSORS COURSE I. CHURCH HISTORY Text: L¢vgren, “Church History”. Instruction in English. Two hours a week. Freshman I, II, and III. 6 credits. COURSE II. HISTORY OF MISSIONS Text: Edward Pfeifier, “Mission Studies”. Supple- mentary reading.... Show moreCourses of Instruction CHRISTIANITY THE THEOLOGICAL PROFESSORS COURSE I. CHURCH HISTORY Text: L¢vgren, “Church History”. Instruction in English. Two hours a week. Freshman I, II, and III. 6 credits. COURSE II. HISTORY OF MISSIONS Text: Edward Pfeifier, “Mission Studies”. Supple- mentary reading. Two hours a week. Sophomore I, II. and III. 6 credits. COURSE III. LIFE OF CHRIST Text: Sanday, “Life of Christ”. One hour a week, Junior I, II, and III. 3 credits. COURSE IV. THE STUDY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN THE ORIGINAL Two hours a week. (See Greek). Junior I, II, and III. 6 credits. COURSE V. THE AUGSBURG CONFESSION read in the Latin original and interpreted, including a study of Christian Creeds and Confessions. Text: Kolde, “Die Augsburgische Konfession”. One hour a week. Junior I, II, and III. 3 credits. COURSE VI. CHRISTIAN EVIDENCES Text: Gustav Jensen “Kristenlaeren”. Instruction in Norse. Two hours a week. Senior I, II, and III. 6 credits. Show less
26 . AUGSBURG SEMINARY ‘ It is governed by a set of officers chosen each year at the business meeting of the association. ‘ The aim of the association is to unite all graduates and to keep up their interest in their Alma Mater. One of the achievements of this association of late years is to erect... Show more26 . AUGSBURG SEMINARY ‘ It is governed by a set of officers chosen each year at the business meeting of the association. ‘ The aim of the association is to unite all graduates and to keep up their interest in their Alma Mater. One of the achievements of this association of late years is to erect a tombstone on the graves of the founders of Augsburg Seminary, the late professors Sverdrup and Oftedal. The alumni association has also made considerable contribution to the library funds of the school. fituhmt infiltration: “AUGSBURG ECHO” is published monthly by the students and is edited by a board elected by them. The subscription price is ‘75 cents a year, in advance. “THE AUGSBURGIAN” is a pictorial and literary publication issued biennially by the students. Show less
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Show more3‘“ i- i 23...... <— 'v 4“) .1 nurv4'. AUGSBURG SEMINARY 91 Eriksen, Edward Fadum, Julius I. Halvorson, Jens M. Harveland, Nils J. Haugland, H. K. Hjelmeland, Rasmus 0. Bj¢rnstad, Guttorm B. Dahlager, Ole C. Grambo, Olaus P. Hagen, William M. Halland, Andreas W. Halvorson, Conrad Hanson, Johan H. H¢yum, Johannes 0. Kittilson, Mathias H. Brensdal, Johan 0. Brevik, Severin J. Famess, Bottolf P. Froyen, Lars H. Hungness, Ole J. Hustvedt, Ingv. Hostager, Martin L. Bj¢rnson, Martin Framstad, Albert S. Leeland, John P. Nordberg. Carl E. Aaberg, Nils C. Aadland, Nils J. Drage, Jacob L. Aandahl, Elliot A. Lillehei, Lars Brandlee, Carl 0. Clauson, Benjamin 0. Eriksen. Peter W. Gjesfjeld, Knut Eidsaa, Peter A. Grindland. John 0. Anderson, L. Oscar Christiansen, Axel Halvorson, Augustin 1902 Iverson, Frederick O. Jensen. Niels A. Larson, Anton L. Sageng, Halvor 0. Sletten, Olai H. 1903 Knutson, Knut Morgan, Claus Olson, Andrew Pedersen, John A. Ross, Ditlef B. Stavney, John A. Sydgaard, Edw. Tangvald. Geo. Urdahl, Hans J. 1904 Kolden, Arne 0. Mills, Wm. Olson, B. W. Opseth, Ole A Winther. Hans A. B. Wigdahl, Geo. O. 1905 Ouda], Ole T. Paulson, John S. Vangstad. Severin J. Wahlstrom. L. 0. 1906 Raaum, Ole I. Vogt, Carl N. 1907 Sageng, Hans Stadem, Christian J. 1908 Hansen, Karl M. Hanson. Rudolph A. Nordberg, Gustav S. Roan, Thorstein T. 1909 Hustoft, Ole » Molvik, Olai M. 1910 Nestvold, Carl J. Storebo, Hans G. Versland, Gabriel A. Show less
., u ffi‘vfiai AUGSBURG SEMINARY 65 English idiom, and the right appreciation of literary ex- cellence, and furnish also the necessary material for the fulfilment of the prevailing college entrance require— ments in English. Five times a week. First Academic I, II, and III. Course I given in full... Show more., u ffi‘vfiai AUGSBURG SEMINARY 65 English idiom, and the right appreciation of literary ex- cellence, and furnish also the necessary material for the fulfilment of the prevailing college entrance require— ments in English. Five times a week. First Academic I, II, and III. Course I given in full to students who register for a limited amount of work. First Academic II and III. 15 credits. GRAMMAR, COMPOSITION, CLASSICS Themes once a week. Oral presentation of the theme subjects, careful outlining, and the correction of errors in speech and writing. Continued study of the principles of composition and the qualities of style. Continued at— tention to grammar, including parsing and the study of sentence structure. Study of spelling and punctuation. Class study of the following: Psalms, “Julius Cae- sar”, “A Tale of Two Cities”, “Pilgrim’s Progress”, one or two essays from Emerson, a book of short stories, Long’s “American Poems”. The following are assigned for home reading: Gospel of Mark, “As You Like It”, either “David Copperfield" or “Mill on the Floss”, either Stevenson’s "Kidnapped" or Hawthorne’s “Twice Told Tales”, Franklin’s “Auto— biography”, two essays from each of the following,— Bacon, Lowell, Thoreau, Burroughs, Poe: either Scott’s “Lady of the Lake” or Macaulay’s “Lays of Ancient Rome”; Tennyson’s “Dora”, “Enoch Arden”, and “The Gardener’s Daughter”. Five times a week. Second Academic I, II, and III. 15 credits. RHETORIC, COMPOSITION. CLASSICS Themes required once a week. Oral presentation of the theme subjects, careful outlining, and the correction COURSE II. COURSE III. Show less
16 AUGSBURG SEMINARY A number of student organizations have been formed, and several of them have attained a very respectable age. The Students’ Society and the Boarding Club are among the oldest. Literary, debating, oratorical, and athletic societies, as Well as musical organizations, library so... Show more16 AUGSBURG SEMINARY A number of student organizations have been formed, and several of them have attained a very respectable age. The Students’ Society and the Boarding Club are among the oldest. Literary, debating, oratorical, and athletic societies, as Well as musical organizations, library so- cieties, and other associations, have all had their share in shaping the development of the school, and in increas- ing its usefulness. The Students’ Missionary Society, organized in 1885, deserves special mention, as it has done much to foster the missionary spirit among Nor- wegian Lutherans in America. The Augsburg Alumni Association was organized in 1891. It meets, generally, the day after the College Com- mencement. Its function is mainly of social character; it endeavors to further good-fellowship among the grad- uates of the school. It also seeks to create a greater interest in the work and aims of their Alma Mater. In 1870 two young men were graduated from the Theological Seminary. The total number of graduates from this division up to and including 1920 is 431. Al— most all of these have become pastors, teachers, or mis- sionaries, and a great majority of them are serving the Church at the present time either at home or in foreign lands. The College curriculum had a steady development during the first years of its existence, class after class being added. until in the year 1879 five young men were graduated as Baccalaurei Art-ium. The total number of College graduates up to and including 1920 is 273, more than 54% of whom have subsequently taken up the study of Theology. Among the other graduates from the College are teachers, physicians, lawyers, and men in other callings of importance and trust. 1 M‘W‘W' can". Show less
AUGSBURG SEMINARY 45 novelists: Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot, Meredith, Hardy. Special study of the most important essayists: Coleridge, Lamb, Hazlitt, De Quincey, Macaulay, Car- lyle, Ruskin, and Arnold. Their characters and their relation to the age. Study of literary values. Two hours a... Show moreAUGSBURG SEMINARY 45 novelists: Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot, Meredith, Hardy. Special study of the most important essayists: Coleridge, Lamb, Hazlitt, De Quincey, Macaulay, Car- lyle, Ruskin, and Arnold. Their characters and their relation to the age. Study of literary values. Two hours a week. Alternates with Course VIII. Offered in 1921—1922. Junior and Senior II. 2 credits. COURSE XII. NINETEENTH CENTURY POETRY Study of Romanticism, with special attention to Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, and Byron. Analysis of the intellectual and spiritual struggles of the century, with special emphasis upon Tennyson and Browning. Analysis of the personalities of the authors, and study of literary values. Two hours a week. Alternates with Course IX. Offered in 1921—1922. Junior and Senior III. 2 credits. COURSE XIII. PUBLIC SPEAKING AND READING Review of fundamentals previously studied, and con- tinued practice in oral expression by means of memorized masterpieces and original speeches. Special attention to the development of natural and forceful utterance, thru stimulating the student to utilize effectively and harmon- iously his individual powers of thought, imagination, and feeling. Perfection of formal correctness is also sought. Two hours a week. Alternates with Course XIV. Offered in 1921—1922. Junior and Senior II and III. 4 credits. COURSE XIV. TEACHERS’ COURSE A course for students who plan to teach English. Show less
