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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1937
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection

Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1937, Page 01
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: Hugshurg alumni ©ullrtin Sketch presented by architect {or approval THE SVERDRUP-OFTEDAL MEMORIAL HALL June 11, 1937, was a red-letter day for Augsburg Alumni. A dream cherished by every graduate was then given a chance to materialize. The Annual Conference of the Lutheran Free Church of America...
Show moreHugshurg alumni ©ullrtin Sketch presented by architect {or approval THE SVERDRUP-OFTEDAL MEMORIAL HALL June 11, 1937, was a red-letter day for Augsburg Alumni. A dream cherished by every graduate was then given a chance to materialize. The Annual Conference of the Lutheran Free Church of America decided that day to build a new men’s dormitory at Augsburg! Accommodations, it was agreed, must be for at least 100 students. The maximum cost should be $125,000. If the funds needed could be obtained by the spring of 1938, the building should be erected to stand ﬁnished for occu- pation by the fall of the same year, 1938. Responsibility for the project was entrusted to the Board of Trustees of Augsburg College and Seminary. That group of men later appointed a Finance Committee, a Building Committee, and a Publicity Committee. These committees have during the summer months been busy laying plans for all matters that pertain to the building's erection. Who are these committee-men? And what plans have they formulated? —You will ﬁnd the answers to those questions elsewhere in this Bulletin. Augsburg Alumni Bulletin Vol. I, No. 1 is published quarterly during the school season 1937-1938 as a part of the "Eight Points” program for the Augsburg Alumni. -
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1937, Page 02
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: News FIGSI’WS . . . Teaching alumni are again on the move. Mr. Evan Haaheim, formerly of Hutchinson, Minn., teaches this year at West High School, Minneapolis. Mr. Juel Pihlstrom has moved from the East Chain School at Guckeen, Minn., to South High School in Minneapolis. Also Mr. Clarence Hegg...
Show moreNews FIGSI’WS . . . Teaching alumni are again on the move. Mr. Evan Haaheim, formerly of Hutchinson, Minn., teaches this year at West High School, Minneapolis. Mr. Juel Pihlstrom has moved from the East Chain School at Guckeen, Minn., to South High School in Minneapolis. Also Mr. Clarence Hegg has come to Minneapolis, to the Ramsay Junior High School, to take charge of music at that school. He was formerly located in Robbinsdale, Minn. Mr. Erling Kolden, superintendent of schools at Pembina, N. D., received his Master of Science degree this summer from the University of North Dakota. A Doctor of Philosophy degree was granted during the summer from the University of North Dakota to Mr. Gustav Nordberg, a graduate who is professor of psychology and philosophy at Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York. Mr. Palmer Isakson, last year located at Thompson, N. D., has been ap- pointed teacher in the Central High School of Grand Forks, N. D., for the coming year. Cannon Falls, Minn., is the new teaching address of Miss Ruth Bower. She taught last year at Boyd, Minn. Mr. Orris Hanson has transferred from Elbow Lake to Kensington, Minn., where he will be Superintendent of Schools. Miss Agnes Ness now teaches at Waconia, Minn. Did You Know That the Augsburg Alumni Association last June elected the following ofﬁcers: Presidentm".,.__.._......m....-..........,....-.,Rev. C. J. Carlsen, Minot, N. D.? Vice President John Blegen, Minneapolis? .rMiss Ruth Skovholt, Minneapolis? Treasurer.,_.---.,.,.-......,.,,,. .Mr. Oswald Oudal, Minneapolis? ‘ t t That Miss Ruth Hagen was married to Mr. Oscar Alm on June 18? And that the couple will reside in Carsen, N. D., where Mr. Alm is Superintendent of Schools? 0 S 1 That Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Mortensen and family are back in the United States on a year's furlough from missionary duties in China? Dr. Morten- sen is manager of China's large Lutheran publishing house and book store. Augsburg Alumni Bulletin 2
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1937, Page 03
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: A Real Program . . . The alumni of Augsburg have before them this year a real program. It should capture the interest of every loyal alumnus. It will be an opportunity for truly con- structive service on the part of every graduate of our school. For the ﬁrst time the Augsburg Alumni Association...
Show moreA Real Program . . . The alumni of Augsburg have before them this year a real program. It should capture the interest of every loyal alumnus. It will be an opportunity for truly con- structive service on the part of every graduate of our school. For the ﬁrst time the Augsburg Alumni Association has an executive secretary, in the person of Abner Batalden, who will give a part of his time to this work. He will seek as far as possible to make ef- fective the Eight-Point Program recently mailed to all our members and devote him- self particularly to promoting the Sver- drup-Oftedal Memorial Hall project. The larger gifts for Memorial Hall are already beginning to come in. Such gifts should very soon begin reaching the treas- urer’s ofﬁce at Augsburg in large numbers. This time it is hoped and expected that the members of the Augsburg Alumni Associa- tion make a real effort. We should en- deavor to make our gifts from $100.00 and REV. CLARENCE J. CARLSEN up. A number of our graduates could give several hundred dollars. Some will no doubt do so; others have already sent in their pledge or their contribution. Why not sit down today and make out your check or your pledge. Do this without waiting for some one to call on you and you will save the dormitory campaign fund a great deal of expense. It costs money to send out solicitors. Let’s save as much of this as possible. Of course, our executive secretary hopes to contact personally as many of our alumni as possible. When he does so, accept his visit and receive him joyfully. After all, this is an opportunity for rendering a common service. He is our representative. Help him to say as he leaves your home or your ofﬁce: “Thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul." He will need such strength, as the building of a $125,000.00 building in these days will be no small task. It will require real effort on our part. It will lift us to higher levels of sacriﬁce and spirituality, but will also return to us a greater measure of the joy of accomplishment than we have known for some time. Unitedly let us give ourselves to the accomplishment of this task, the building of a new hall for old Augsburg. She needs it. I would say that she must have it. Having set our minds and hands and hearts to this task we cannot look back. We must by God’s help go forward until our objective has been reached. C. J. CARLSEN. 3 Augsburg Alumni Bulletin
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1937, Page 04
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: The Eight Points . . . A program for alumni action under the title “Eight Points” was mailed to all alumni a few weeks ago. The items are repeated here. And infor- mation about progress made with the program is added. # ¥ 1! I 1. Gain more public recognition for Augsburg, its students and grad-...
Show moreThe Eight Points . . . A program for alumni action under the title “Eight Points” was mailed to all alumni a few weeks ago. The items are repeated here. And infor- mation about progress made with the program is added. # ¥ 1! I 1. Gain more public recognition for Augsburg, its students and grad- uates. Develop an effective Press Bureau. 0 2. Establish a news contact between alumni, and between alumni and Augsburg. Publish a quarterly bulletin. O 3. Make contacts in state high schools in order that more doors may be opened for our teaching alumni. Aid Teachers Placement Bureau whenever possible. I 4. Pep up, and re-organizc where necessary, district units of alumni. Encourage at least two meetings each year of these district units, one in the autumn with a speciﬁc purpose, and one in the spring to meet with prospective students of neighboring communities. 0 5. Work out, as soon as possible, an annual summer outing of the teach- ing alumni at some central lake resort. 0 6. Seek out, with the aid of alumni, prospective students. (Have you submitted a list of good prospects to the Registrar’s Office, or to Mr. Batalden?) O 7. Capitalize on Twin City employment opportunities for students and graduates. Strengthen and expand activity of Employment Bureau. 0 8. Assist, in whatever way desirable, the drive for the new Memorial Hall, men’s dormitory to be erected in honor of Presidents Sverdrup and Oftedal. t t O “Well, what are you doing?" came the pointed query from an alumna the other evening. Perhaps many have the same question on their lips. It is a demand entirely in order, one that should be answered. I only wish I could present an anSWer revealing greater accomplishment. Foundation for a Press Bureau was laid last spring. Students are in- terested in such an organization and want to work in it. Though the organi- zation cannot be effected until school starts, you have seen that news has already appeared in newspapers of some towns where our students and alumni live, in the twin city papers, and in such publications as “The Bond", “The Daytonian", and numerous twin city Shoppers’ Guides. This is your ﬁrst “Augsburg Alumni Bulletin.” Contacts with state high schools for teaching vacancies are planned in connection with the visiting of alumni for the Building Fund during the coming year. Other contacts in writing may be made also. Augsburg Alumni Bulletin 4
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1937, Page 05
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: The re-organization and “pepping-up” of district alumni units is not progressing rapidly. Until we have the corrected addresses of teachers and other alumni-on-the-move, we cannot determine the districts accurately, nor can we know whom to contact and where. If possible we want to have an autumn...
Show moreThe re-organization and “pepping-up” of district alumni units is not progressing rapidly. Until we have the corrected addresses of teachers and other alumni-on-the-move, we cannot determine the districts accurately, nor can we know whom to contact and where. If possible we want to have an autumn meeting in each district. If that cannot be arranged, we shall con- centrate on the spring meeting. In the meantime all alumni are invited to return to their Alma Mater for Homecoming, October 29—31. The number of returning grads has grown in recent years. Join your friends and classmates, and meet new students at this year’s Auggie Homecoming. Many of you will be at District M.E.A. meetings. We shall try to help you organize Augsburg re-unions at such centers. For the ﬁfth point more information and opinions from teaching alumni —and others interested in coming—are needed. What do you think of such an outing? An outing intended for vacation purposes chieﬂy, with the pos- sibility of a few seminar discussions if they are wanted. During what part of the summer would it be most convenient and desirable? Student enlistment is completed for this season. Not even last year did registration of new students at this time of the month look as hopeful as it does now. There is a sound basis for believing we will have the largest freshman enrolment—as well as college enrolment—in our history. Our stu- dents, and many alumni, have cooperated wonderfully in giving encouragement to prospective students. Special representatives have made contacts with pros- pects at Bible Camps ‘and District Conventions, using the assistance of posters and testimonial sessions. And your secretary has traveled from town to town. visiting personally those considered real Augsburg timber. The Employment Bureau this year has more applications for work, and more openings for students than ever before. Visiting alumni and receiving “bricks”—gold bricks—for Memorial Hall begin as soon as you receive this bulletin. ABNER BATALDEN. News Flashes Dr. Gordon Hanson, director of the Augsburg College Teachers’ Place— ment Bureau, reports that many recent graduates have lately found teach- ing positions. Mr. Earl Engen has been placed at Brownton, Minn. Miss Gertrude S. Lund at Brandon, Minn. Miss Judithe Homme at Argyle, Minn. Miss Elisabeth Thompson at Clara City, Minn. Miss Margaret Sateren at Parkers Prairie, Minn. Miss Margaret Steen at Comfrey, Minn. Mr. George Knutson at Villard, Minn. And MiSS Geneva Larson was placed at Mantor- ville, Minn. Other appointments will be listed in the ﬁrst fall issue of the Augsburg Echo. 5 Augsburg Alumni Bulletin
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1937, Page 06
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: President Sverdrup Launches Fund Drive for Sverdrup-Oitedal Memorial Hall PRESIDENT GEORGE SVERDRUP COMMITTEES The drive for funds for Memorial Hall, men’s dormitory to be erected at Augsburg at a cost of $125,000, has been opened by President George SVer- (ii-up, Director of the project. Rev. P....
Show morePresident Sverdrup Launches Fund Drive for Sverdrup-Oitedal Memorial Hall PRESIDENT GEORGE SVERDRUP COMMITTEES The drive for funds for Memorial Hall, men’s dormitory to be erected at Augsburg at a cost of $125,000, has been opened by President George SVer- (ii-up, Director of the project. Rev. P. A. Strommen of Lamberton, Minn., is chairman of the Fiuuum' Committee. Serving with him are Rev. C. J. Carlsen of Minot, N. D.: Mr. Gust Steen of Fargo, N. D.; Mr. LeRoy Johnson of Willmar. Minn.; and Mr. G. Rasmussen of Amery, Wis. Building Committee members are Dr. Claus Morgan, Minneapolis, chair- man; Mr. Thomas Halvorson, Minneapolis; Mr. L. J. Sverdrup, St. Louis, Missouri; Mr. O. 0. Sageng, Minneapolis; and Mr. Morris Jorenhy, Blanchard- ville, Wis. Assisting Professor Andreas Helland on the Publicity Committee are Dr. Bernhard M. ChristenSen, Mr. A. B. Batalden, and Mr. Alfred Adsem of Minneapolis, and Rev. Johannes Ringstad of Battle Lake, Minn. PROGRESS Building. An architect of outstanding experience with dormitories, Mr. William M. Ingemann, has been selected. He has presented sketches for approval. Publicity. “Augsburg Calls You", “The Sverdrup-Oftedal Memorial Hall", and other booklets, leaﬂets, forms and news material have been published to prepare the way for the Building Fund Drive. Augsburg Alumui Bulletin 6
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1937, Page 07
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: Finances. Dr. George Sverdrup has been empowered to direct two drives, a preliminary silent drive for larger sums of money, and a general drive throughout the Lutheran Free Church and among its organizations and friends. The ﬁrst of these is now under way, key-men and solicitors for each district...
Show moreFinances. Dr. George Sverdrup has been empowered to direct two drives, a preliminary silent drive for larger sums of money, and a general drive throughout the Lutheran Free Church and among its organizations and friends. The ﬁrst of these is now under way, key-men and solicitors for each district having been selected. That drive must be completed early, so as not to interfere with the year's “ingathering” for current expenses. The second, or general, drive will come toward the end of winter or early in the spring. In pledges and cash some over $22,000 has been given to the Building Fund to date, September 15. PLANS FOR THE ALUMNI . Alumni have a delightful surprise in store for them. They are automa- tically made entrants in a lively contest. The alumni membership has been divided into three groups: Pastors, Teachers, and Business Men. The last- named group will contain professional and occupational categories not men- tioned elsewhere. Each group numbers over 200 members. Your classiﬁcation is listed with your address on this Bulletin as “P”— pastor, “T"—teacher, “B”—business man. WHICH GROUP WILL GIVE MOST TO THE BUILDING OF MEMORIAL HALL? ALUMNI GIFTS The following graph provides an eye-opener. The groups wherein the highest average salary could be expected are still behind. Will they continue to be? Watch the progress of this graph throughout the year! Cash 7 , I H. i 7 , 5 22.04 TEACHERS Pledges r. 7— ~ ~ — 7 900-00 Cash on Pledges . . , , 00.00 Cash .. ._ .7 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,7 57.00 BUSINESS MEN Pledges . , — , 2,000.00 Cash on Pledges , 00.00 Cash I , _ , 316.12 Pledges 4,913.00 Cash on Pledges 112.00 94:..- Mail your cash gifts or pledges to Miss Ragna Sverdrup, the Memorial Hall Building Fund, Augsburg College and Seminary, Minneapolis. Minn. 7 Augsburg Alumni b’ullrfiu
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1937, Page 08
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: Teachers Placement Bureau . . . The Augsburg College Teachers' Placement Bureau began in a very modest way back in 1927. Since that time follow-up records haVe been kept, wherever possible, of graduates in the teaching profession. Many of these records are very incomplete. We should like to have...
Show moreTeachers Placement Bureau . . . The Augsburg College Teachers' Placement Bureau began in a very modest way back in 1927. Since that time follow-up records haVe been kept, wherever possible, of graduates in the teaching profession. Many of these records are very incomplete. We should like to have as complete a record as possible. \Ve do not profess to be able to take care of all teachers as effectively as certain pro- fessional agencies do, but we can be of service to every teacher. If a person wishes to move, We can send out his credentials and offer as much help as possible. Our charge is only twenty-ﬁre cents for each set of papers-—-not the percent of the yearly salary plus a tWo dollar registration fee. as is the case with the professional bureaus. If We are to be of greatest serviCe to you, teach- ing alumni, We must get your support. Here is DR. GORDON HANSON what M. mud; 1. A record of teaching experience. 2. Record of graduate work done, and kind. If possible, list the courses you have taken and degrees you hold. 3. A statement showing the kind of position you prefer and the kind of certiﬁcate you hold. 4. A half-dozen up-to-date recommendations. 5. A list of your extra-curricular activities. Superintendents are yearly making more uSe of the college bureau and requests come in for both experienced and inexperieneed teachers. In the last two years, 1934-1936, we have had one-hundred percent placement. This year we expect to do as well. We can save you money but we must haVe records. When we get vacancies We shall do everything We can to help you get better positions. Based on requests, we feel certain that there will be a shortage of teachers in the near future—in certain lines thu‘e is a shortage now. May we get your records complete! GoRooN HANSON. Augsburg Alumni Bulletin H
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1937, Page 09
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: Special Memorials . . . A number of friends of Augsburg have given their contributions to Memorial Hall in memory of some departed relative or friend. A considerable sum has already been received in memory of Mrs. Ruth Hanson Gustafson. And other relatives and friends have indicated to Presi-...
Show moreSpecial Memorials . . . A number of friends of Augsburg have given their contributions to Memorial Hall in memory of some departed relative or friend. A considerable sum has already been received in memory of Mrs. Ruth Hanson Gustafson. And other relatives and friends have indicated to Presi- dent Sverdrup their intention of making their contribution to such a memorial. Memorials of that kind, determined in consultation with President Sver- drup, and being integral parts of the building planned, aid the Building Fund. But they do more. They provide lasting tributes to dear ones; they help us to remember and value the genuine. the beautiful and the inspiring qualities of those departed lives. Did You Know That Dr. C. M. Roan, prominent Augsburg graduate. is working on a book dealing with Economics and The Bible? Its full title will be “A Popular discussion on Economics and The Bible Applied to Life and Living in the United States.” Dr. Roan hopes to have the manuscript. completed by the middle of October. I; That a number of the upper-classmen at Augsburg for the coming school year are highly-rated students at other colleges. but have transferred to Augsburg for this year? I! 1‘: I That Dr. Sverre Norborg is teaching at the University of Minnesota in the Phil- osophy Department at the same time as he teaches at Augsburg? And that he is working on a new book for publication? (: .,. :_. That “The Bond”, widely circularized magazine of the Lutheran Brotherhood. has in the last three issues run ﬁve pictures about Augsburg, its teachers and students? And that it has printed at least four articles about Augsburg in those issues? :;< 3; That approximately 20 young men and women who are children of missionaries to China will be attending Augsburg during the coming school year? And that other church bodies than The Lutheran Free Church are well represented in that group? DR. C. M. ROAN 9 Augsburg Alumni Bulletin
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1937, Page 10
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: Principal Severson Addresses Augsburg Students To bring all youth into contact with the facts and ﬁgures taught in high- school has not solved our youth problem in this country, is the gist of an address given by Principal S. O. Severson at Augsburg College last March 15. Mr. Severson, a graduate...
Show morePrincipal Severson Addresses Augsburg Students To bring all youth into contact with the facts and ﬁgures taught in high- school has not solved our youth problem in this country, is the gist of an address given by Principal S. O. Severson at Augsburg College last March 15. Mr. Severson, a graduate of Augsburg College, has for years been prom- inent in the educational life of Minneapolis, and is now Principal of the largest high school of that city, South High School. Twenty years ago, said Mr. Severson, high schools were priding them- selves on their progress. Leaders of this progressive movement believed that they would practically eliminate delinquency among youth by reaching out into every city and town and making a high school education possible for every boy and girl. But such a program has failed. Instead of decreasing, the delinquency rate has increased. What then is the solution? A greater stress in our high school education on morality, on the Golden Rule, is one answer given by Principal Severson. But he considered a second emphasis even more important: We must have teachers who live the Golden Rule. Teachers who have the technical qualiﬁcations at the same time as they have this moral and religious quality in their lives, are the kind of teach- ers who can help this country solve its youth delinquency. It is to Augsburg and similar schools, Mr. Severson declared, that we must look for such teachers! News Flashes . Principal last year at the high school in Pequot, Minn., Mr. Ralph Berg- strom has this year accepted a teaching position at Hutchinson, Minn. Mr. Johan Mattson has moved to Holloway, Minn., where he is principal of the high school and teaches science. “Miss Margaret Hulbert, daughter of Mrs. Florence N. Hulbert and grand- daughter of Dr. Nellie Welch Nelson, 2189 Doswell Avenue, St. Paul, leaves September 18 for New Haven to enter Yale University, where she will study three years for a master's degree. She is a graduate of Augsburg College and has been assistant Registrar there for two years."—The Minneapolis Journal. ' Miss Hulbert will enter the School of Nursing at Yale. Alumni remember her for the energetic and effective work she has in the past done for the Alumni Association. Rev. M. A. Pederson, veteran Santal missionary of 30 years service, died at his home in Minneapolis, August 17. Every alumnus who knew Rev. Pederson has impressive memories of this genial and zealous missioner. Augsburg Alumni Bulletin 10
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1937, Page 11
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: Mass Education or Socratic Fellowship The resigning Dean Johnston of University of Minnesota has just recently published a fas- cinating volume on “Scholarship and Democracy”. Under that title one has an opportunity to dis- cuss in a critical examination the manifold ques- tions and complications...
Show moreMass Education or Socratic Fellowship The resigning Dean Johnston of University of Minnesota has just recently published a fas- cinating volume on “Scholarship and Democracy”. Under that title one has an opportunity to dis- cuss in a critical examination the manifold ques- tions and complications of an educational system in modern democracy. Dean Johnston has quite a few sarcastic re- marks to make about the superﬁciality of many of the self-important, modern educational theo- ries and superstitions. It is, perhaps, time that we critically re- examine the ﬁeld, the needs, the purpose and the way out. It is a wonderful thing that youth from poor homes has an opportunity to get an acedemic learning. I, for one, am one of those boys, who DR. SVERRE NORBORG will always be grateful for such a life—enriching open door to the fellowship of learning and knowledge. It is, however, my deep conviction that modern education is too much standardized, credit-systematized, mechanized to meet the personal needs of the young student-personalities. We need more than a mass—education. We need a scholastic rebirth of the socratic fellowship with personal guidance and individual handling of every individual life. We need education which has time for personal problems and personal friendship, between tutors and students. I ﬁnd this type of fellowship, a blending of Christian living conviction and a socratic openmindcdness at AUGSBURG. With its old tradition (measured by Middle-West History!), its unique location in the metropolis of Lutheran- ism and its unique spirit of joyful Christian freedom, I believe in the FUTURE OF AUGSBURG And as belief always means action, I am happy to see a new building under way. I am only sorry that I could not make my little contribution $5,000.00 instead of a mere $500.00. SVERRE NORBORG. 11 Augsburg Alumni Bulletin
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1937, Page 12
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: Life Renewed . . . Among the many songs which grip me with joy and conviction is the song “The Lost Chord.” It grips me because it lifts me up to the highest vision of truth which for a time was mine and then receded from me. The fulﬁlment of the vision is always ahead and the certainty of its...
Show moreLife Renewed . . . Among the many songs which grip me with joy and conviction is the song “The Lost Chord.” It grips me because it lifts me up to the highest vision of truth which for a time was mine and then receded from me. The fulﬁlment of the vision is always ahead and the certainty of its realization deepens because it is related to eternal values. Every now and then some harmonious chord is struck by the hand of the Master which puts renewed life and power into my faith. An experience of this kind, I believe, has been yours in your relation to Augsburg. There is an opportunity once again in a larger way to fall in line with the rays of a light once seen and still possessed, but dimmed by the everyday humdrum realities. There are more fundamental and deeper. reali- ties. ' Will you once more join thought and hands with us in a greater task with forward look? We all know that it will mean for Augsburg a renewal of the enthusiasm and loyalty of the past, to accomplish the purpose: a new building fully paid when it is taken into use. It is a real test of our faith. But the Lord who has given us the faith and led our ways to the time of its demonstration, is a Lord whose hand is not shortened. Will you enter with us into a fellowship of happiness and gratitude? GEORGE Svaanaur. AislGSBURG.-COLL.EGE AND SEMINARY Sec_ 562 R L. & R. Minneapolis, Minnesota 11' S_ Postage Return Postage Guaranteed PAID Minneapolis, Minn. PERMIT No. 986 POSTMASTER: If addressee has removed. notify sender on Form 3547 postage for which is guaranteed. ‘
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1938
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection

Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1938, Page 01
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: ﬂugahurg alumni ©ullrtin ANNOUNCEMENT * IT is eminently desirable that information be given out before the forth- coming Annual Conference of the Lutheran Free Church with regard to what steps have been taken in the question of selecting a new president of Augsburg College and Theological...
Show moreﬂugahurg alumni ©ullrtin ANNOUNCEMENT * IT is eminently desirable that information be given out before the forth- coming Annual Conference of the Lutheran Free Church with regard to what steps have been taken in the question of selecting a new president of Augsburg College and Theological Seminary to succeed the late Dr. George Sverdrup. The Board of Trustees took action in this important matter at its meeting March 9-10. After a careful canvass of the situation and of the qualiﬁcations required in a person to be so chosen, and after prayerful dedication of itself to the guidance of God’s Spirit, the Board decided by unanimous vote to nomi- nate Dr. B. M. Christensen, Professor of Theology in Augsburg Seminary, as its candidate for the position. This action was also in full harmony with the results of a ballot cast by the members of the Augsburg Corporation which had met previously. This nomination will be submitted by the Board of Trustees to the Annual Conference for endorsement, after which election takes place by the Board at a subsequent meeting of the same. (Continued on last page) You Are Invited . . . . To be present at the Annual Alumni Banquet at the Augsburg Dining Hall Thursday evening, June 2, at 6 o’clock. One of the college’s largest graduating classes will at that dinner be inducted into the Alumni As- sociation. A special ceremony has been arranged for the occasion. All grads are to meet. no later than six o’clock, on the Augsburg green near the excavation for Memorial Hall. To that spot the graduating class, in cap and gown, will march from the “Main” and there be joined by the alumni, after which the procession will continue to the Dining Hall. The Alumni Association’s president, Rev. C. J. Carlsen, promises to make this a snappy dinner, one which will under no circumstances con- tinue later than 8:30 o'clock. Put in your reservation at once, either by “postal” or telephone call. Charges are sixty-ﬁve cents per plate. This may be the last alumni dinner in the old Dining Hall! You won’t want to miss it! Augsburg Alumni Bulletin Graduation Number, Vol. 1, No. 3 Quarterly publication of the Alumni “Eight Point" Program for the year 1937—1938.
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1938, Page 02
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: Seventeen Years at Augsburg . . . . I spent seven years at Augsburg as a student, and ten as a teacher. I like to look back upon these seventeen years with fondness. In the college we had Professor Hove —-that wonderful teacher of Eng- lish grammarf whom we could never forget. How he could read...
Show moreSeventeen Years at Augsburg . . . . I spent seven years at Augsburg as a student, and ten as a teacher. I like to look back upon these seventeen years with fondness. In the college we had Professor Hove —-that wonderful teacher of Eng- lish grammarf whom we could never forget. How he could read Marlowe’s Faust and initiate us in Taine. Professor Petterson was a brilliant lecturer in history and a good mathematician. He made us interested in Guizot and J. R. Green and scores of other men. Professor Blegen was the efﬁcient, conscientious teacher of faultless Norwegian and musical Greek, kindness itself, with laughing eyes and a wonderful gift of public prayer. Professor Reimstad, whose superior as a tenor singer I have never heard in my life, read sonor- ous Latin and made us quite fa- miliar with Harkness. Professor Nydahl, a gentleman through and through, was patient with us in Norwegian composition and in Norwegian history, showing us how Sars wrought and thought. Professor Sverdrup taught us Plato and New Testament Greek, incidentally imparting to us some solid philosophy. Professor Oftedal, cosmopolitan and actionist, elucidated for us Nissen and Pontoppidan. All this in the college. Without boasting, I can say that I read thrice the amount of Latin, thrice the amount of Greek, and thrice the amount of mathematics which the college required, before graduation. We were inspired to work, not driven or coaxed. Professor Pettersen even gave me a Diploma of his own for mathematics! ‘ We followed the church controversy, were spectators in the long-drawn court proceedings, and enjoyed Oftedal's verbal fencing with Cohn, the Jewish lawyer. We read “Lutheraneren”, “Folkebladet”, “For Kirke og Kultur", and dozens of other periodicals. We were proud of the Idun Library, and were always wondering what the next books of Ibsen, Bjornson, Kjelland, Lie, and Garborg would be. Hamsun was a new star in the skies. The books published by Lutherstiftelsen had a large place in our hearts, and We went thrice a week to the spacious second-hand bookstores that Minneapolis then had. We were proud to sing under F. Melius Christiansen. The daily devotions in “theologsalen” are unforgettable. Nowhere else have I witnessed anything similar; that solemn quietness, attentiveness, and at- mosphere of responsibility; and those hymns of Landstad, Borrevik leading Augsburg Alumni Bulletin 2
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1938, Page 03
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: and Aasen at the organ. Not to forget the devotions on Sunday mornings in the greatest republic on the Mississippi: the “Boarding Club.” College life made me free and happy. And the life in the department of theology still more so. I can never forget the matchless lectures of Sverdrup, especially...
Show moreand Aasen at the organ. Not to forget the devotions on Sunday mornings in the greatest republic on the Mississippi: the “Boarding Club.” College life made me free and happy. And the life in the department of theology still more so. I can never forget the matchless lectures of Sverdrup, especially in Dogmatics and Symbolics. In them we felt the heart-beat of Augsburg: truth and freedom. t Situated in Minneapolis, Augsburg has the best location in the United States for carrying on educational work as a Lutheran institution. For, Minneapolis is an unusual cultural center, a continental Europe in miniature. The opportunities it oﬁers will even increase in the future. In fact, the Twin Cities can be culturally regarded as one. Consider their ﬁne libraries, churches, institutions of mercy and welfare; their music, art, and bookstores; their in- dustrial plants and railroads, and the mighty Mississippi, symbolic of sur- rounding greatness. What opportunities even we had, especially in church life. We enjoyed the preaching in Trinity, when Gjertsen was at his best, the long visit of remarkable Skrefsrud, the sermons of Pleasant Hunter and Bushnell in West- minster, of Wayland Hoyt in the Baptist Church, of Skogsberg in the Taber- nacle, where we also heard both Moody (for a week) and General Booth. There we also listened to Nansen’s lecture on his return from the North, on a night when even Moody sat in the back seat as an intent listener. Not to be forgotten is the student body at Augsburg, from all parts of Norway with all their strong and pliant dialects. What an education in it- self it was to be with these men of the land of the midnight sun with its fjords and mountains, the mother of an ancient grand legal system, but also of a race of liberty-looking laymen like Hauge and Hope. Those are my impressions from the days of my student life at Augsburg. They continued to be much of the same order when I taught there (1909-1919). Since then the school has expanded, especially through the introduction of co- education, and the breaking down of ecclesiastical barriers. More than that I can not say, since I am too far away to be able to form a totality impres- sion of the present. I do hope the spirit of the nineties will prevail and that the school will go forward both spiritually and materially. I further hope that the new building will soon be an accomplished fact, as a result of gratitude and hope; and that the work of the institution will be blessed by God. JOHN 0. EVJEN. \ NOMINEES PRESENTED . . . . The Nominating Committee, appointed by President C. J. Carlsen, presents the following nominees to the Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association Thursday evening, June 2: For President Rev. Kristofer Hagen For Vice President _Miss Margaret Sateren For Treasurer Mr. Conrad Jergenson For Secretary Miss Grace Jensen 3 Augsburg Alumni Bulletin
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1938, Page 04
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: ALUMNI PARTICIPATION IN BUILDING FUND Teachers participating—7c out of 209. Business men participating—91 out of 272. Pastors participating—131 out of 252. Total number 01 available alumni—733. Deceased alumni—92‘ Alumni whose whereabouts are unknown—22. Alumni partlclpetlng—m. Available alumni...
Show moreALUMNI PARTICIPATION IN BUILDING FUND Teachers participating—7c out of 209. Business men participating—91 out of 272. Pastors participating—131 out of 252. Total number 01 available alumni—733. Deceased alumni—92‘ Alumni whose whereabouts are unknown—22. Alumni partlclpetlng—m. Available alumni NOT partlclpatlng—BS!!! 'I‘mcnnns Cash - . . . . , . . I . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . I ..s 740 90 Pledges — . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2.93900 Pl. Payments — . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I . . ¢ . . . . . . . l . . . . . . . 1.57900 Busxxass (‘ash Mus Pledges _ . . . . . . . . I . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4,549.10 Pl. Payments PASTORS Cnsh — . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2,023.17 Pledgvs — .......... .- 8596-50 Pl. Payments _ . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5,053.30 Total Cash Gifts . . . . l . . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘5 4,203.30 Total Pledges . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16,081.60 Total Pl. Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I . . 8.4l0.18 NOTE: The ﬁgures above are as of May 22. 1938. THE ALUMNI BULLETIN RIDDLE: What is among with this W? Augsburg Alumni Bulletin I 4
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1938, Page 05
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: Every "Grad" Must Help! An idea born a little over a year ago has become a reality and a new dormi- tory on the Augsburg campus is now under construction. By December 1, 1938, the Sverdrup-Oftedal Memorial Hall will be completed, providing nothing unforeseen intervenes to retard the building...
Show moreEvery "Grad" Must Help! An idea born a little over a year ago has become a reality and a new dormi- tory on the Augsburg campus is now under construction. By December 1, 1938, the Sverdrup-Oftedal Memorial Hall will be completed, providing nothing unforeseen intervenes to retard the building operations which were begun on May 23, 1938. Needless to say, there is joy in the hearts of every friend of Augsburg to know that again there is a new building being erected on the Augsburg block. And no wonder—it is now 37 years since the last building, the New Main, was completed. Some of us who may now be numbered among the older “grads” are extremely happy to have a share in the construc- tion of this building. Many of us were too young to have much of a share in the building of the New Main back in 1901 and it is also quite uncertain as to whether many of us older “grads” will have the opportunity to help in the future buildings at Augsburg. The reports of the results of the ingathering of funds have been gratifying indeed; the willingness, understanding and generosity of the friends of Augs- burg have been a source of inspiration, and can well make us “see visions and dream dreams." The means available at present are sufﬁcient to insure the completed building. On the other hand, it must be remembered that unless the contributions total the cost of construction ($125,000) it will be necessary to borrow what may be lacking of this sum. But this should not be necessary and herewith is an appeal to every “grad” who has not as yet contributed. This is the time to remember your Alma Mater with a generous contribution! We all recognize that our Alma Mater has been very good to us and that we owe her much. But now is the time to “say it with dollars!” When the New Main was built, it was discovered that a considerable debt had been incurred. When this was once called to the attention of the friends of Augsburg, they went right to work, and in 1904—a year later—there was no debt. Let us go these “old timers” one better; let us ﬁnish this building without any debt whatsoever. Let every “grad” have a share in the construction of the Sverdrup-Oftedal Memorial Hall! CLAUS MORGAN, ’99. 5 Augsburg Alumni Bulletin
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Title: Augsburg Bulletin 1938, Page 06
Collection: Alumni Magazine Collection
Search Result: WELCOME .’ To the graduates listed below, most of whom will become members of the Alumni Association for the ﬁrst time this year, we extend a most cordial welcome. THEOLOGICAL DIVISION Chester Curtiss Blake Minneagolis, Minn. Arvid Leonard Hokonson atavia, m. Galeb H. Quanbeclt Madagascar Oscar...
Show moreWELCOME .’ To the graduates listed below, most of whom will become members of the Alumni Association for the ﬁrst time this year, we extend a most cordial welcome. THEOLOGICAL DIVISION Chester Curtiss Blake Minneagolis, Minn. Arvid Leonard Hokonson atavia, m. Galeb H. Quanbeclt Madagascar Oscar William Voelske Krem, N. Dak. Oscar Samuel Weltxin Battle Lake, Minn. On account of the introduction of the fourth year in theology the following will graduate in December, 1988: Carl George Bear-E .Wannaska, Minn. Alfred Marven nsen Camrose, Alta., Can. Clarence Larson Grand Forks, N. Dak. Clifford T. Olson Pelican Rapids, Minn. Hans J. Tollefson L’Anse, Mich. . COLLEGE DIVISION Dawd E. Eergatrom ,Minneapolis, Minn. Else M. Bjornstad .-._....-,..Duluth, Minn. Salome B. Eidnes .....-.Grand Marais, Minn. Paul V. Frykman Minneapolis, Minn. Petra B. Kitten .- Minneapolis, Minn. Gretha M. lvorson Wanamingo, Minn. Kirstine P. Hansen ._ ..--.Enumclaw, Wash. Clarence Haugen -_-..-_.....____.,..Starbuck, Msn.. Can. Ruben G. Rowland ...__ . Northﬁeld, Minn. Raymond E. JohnIOn ........... .- Minneapolis, Minn. Rupert P. Kennedy .... mMinneapolis, Minn. Rose E. Korsmo ., .Fsrgo, N. Dak. Una E. Lee ............ _.Silverton, Ore. Gladys C. Lyng. _ ....... .. Sank Centre, Minn. Hannah 0. Mehus ................... -_Northwood, N. Dak. Claude Millage .___ . .Minneapolis, Minn. Dorothy I. Morgan.-__.____._.._.--__.__..s..--.mm. ...__.-_..._..._.Minneapolis, Minn. Harold E. Mork ........ .- _. -Dawson, Minn. Norman C. Myrvik . .... _. ..-. Porter, Minn. Edor C. Nelson .n. ........... .,Dawson, Minn. Geo E. NelsOn __. Minneapolis, Minn. M. S eldon Nelson _.--. ......... M Grove City, Minn. E. Irene Neseth Minneapolis, Minn. Ernst H. Nygaard m... -.--~.-_--.._...Camrose, Alta., Can. Kathleen N. Oswald -___Northwood, N. Dak. Justin T. Oudal .-.-....Minneapolis, Minn. E. Randolph Pauleon _,._Turtle Lake, N. Dak. Cliﬂord C. Peterson ..................... .Lindstrom, Minn. Lloyd E. Raymond LeSueur, Minn. M. Donald Ronning--..-__-_..._-._----..-_.-.....-.-_-..-....----..._-_-..-_-_.. Spicer, Minn. Leroy Rue .......... ..Silverton, Ore. Kenneth L. Schmit..---_--~~-.-a.-_-__-w--_.-..-.--.._.---_.-............a--.. Dawson, Minn. Thelma M. Schroder . _ . . . . . . . .. St. Paul, Minn. Ethel A. Sinner . ..Waubay. 3- Dak. Leland W, Steen___ ........ ..Superior, Wis. Abner Strommen .............. ..Lamberton, Minn. Adrian C. Tinderholt ._ -_sDawson, Minn. Joel S, Tor-sunset: .-. Dawson, Minn. Oscar Samuel Weltsin--_..-_-_------.----.--_~-.--_----._.~.-L.......-...Battle Lake, Minn. Amour, Alumni Bulletin 6
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