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3n armory nf HENRY PEDER OPSETH 08904950) Long ago Callimachus said, "A good man never dies." In a striking way this seems true at the Artist and especially therefore, also, of Professor Opseth. Though his time wascancerned with other things than establishing himself as one not to be forgotten ... Show more3n armory nf HENRY PEDER OPSETH 08904950) Long ago Callimachus said, "A good man never dies." In a striking way this seems true at the Artist and especially therefore, also, of Professor Opseth. Though his time wascancerned with other things than establishing himself as one not to be forgotten (the thought was ab- horrent to him), the very nature of his work perpetuates his presence - in hundreds of lives and in many lands. Professor Opseth is not least among those who have shaped Augsburg College and who now enjoy this strange and wonderful kind of immortality. Those who song or played under his direction never went away quite the same as when they had come~the change being conditioned only by the students’ degree of receptivity and desire to grow. Something of life as seen through "Oppie‘s" temperament, fashioned by him in musical tones and illumined by the peculiar powers of sound and rhythm, infused the per- formers; and life for them became a richer experience. And now, living on this widened heri- zon, what may be rightly called "the Opseth heritage" inevitably is shared by all with whom his pupils associate and work. Fortunately, this goodly heritage fell not only to his students, his chair members. and his close friends; for his influence made its way into almost every area of college life at its finest. His interests were astonishingly wide, and he would devote himself quite as wholly to a dis- cussion of a relatively obscure subiect, or to playing a game of hittenball, as to an intense choir rehearsal or a class in Harmony. This fact of complete absorption in the matter at hand marked "Oppie" and, in a sense, epitomized his life: his protests against half-hearted efiert were a reflection of his own inability to undertake anything only half-heartedly. Evidences of his untiring service as Head of the Department of Music are not wanting. He is most immediately associated with the Augsburg College Chair; but the Chair is merely a single, though not insignificant flowering of the department in which he was the gum spirit for twenty-eight years. When one contemplates the growth and recognition which has come to the department, his work as a teacher and director, his success in assemhflnga mu- sic faculty of distinction, his influence upon the ministry at music within the Church. hb pest- tion as a leader in the field of choral music, the countless conferences. consultations and w with students and other friends who needed his help, discipline, inspiration. or W ment—who can number his works, and who can measure his statue? The prospect is M taking and endlessly challenging, yet giving one courage and. not least of all, a spirit at pre- found gratitude to God that “Oppie” devoted a life to his Art at Augsburg and new lives ea in all of us. Show less
"MORE CLEAR AND COMPELLING THAN EVER” Since our last Augsburgian appeared, the world has moved into a new period of crisis. Clouds of threatening war have steadily deepened. The life of our nation is being swiftly transformed to serve an economy of military preparedness. Educational institutions... Show more"MORE CLEAR AND COMPELLING THAN EVER” Since our last Augsburgian appeared, the world has moved into a new period of crisis. Clouds of threatening war have steadily deepened. The life of our nation is being swiftly transformed to serve an economy of military preparedness. Educational institutions are gird- ing themselves for participation in the same overall program. Also for the church colleges of America it is again a time of stern readiustment. Seen in its larger aspects, ours is a day when all human values have been cast into the crucible of testing. Much that we took for granted in our culture, of both the old and the new, is seen to be only transitory, unable to survive the world-shaking fires of an atomic age. In such a time has the Christian college a calling and a future? Surely it has! For the Christian college, when faithful to its heritage, brings to the mind and spirit of man that vision of Truth which alone can give him inner peace in the midst of struggle, a hope not limited by the horizon of his fleeting days on earth, and a creative love to help lift the burdens and heal the wounds of the world. In a time like ours the task of the Christian college is more clear and compelling than ever. Let us strive to make the years iust before us, when measured by our service to the deepest needs of every student, one of the finest periods in Augsburg’s history. —Bernhard Christensen Show less
BUILDINGS A ring at keys! These are the lxeys that opened the merry doors to our m this past year at Augsburg. by using them. our W M with lite as we absorbed learning (some pelnetehlngty, serne petn- tully) in the classrooms; drained billloldl end M meelbeehs d the office; wore out muscles and... Show moreBUILDINGS A ring at keys! These are the lxeys that opened the merry doors to our m this past year at Augsburg. by using them. our W M with lite as we absorbed learning (some pelnetehlngty, serne petn- tully) in the classrooms; drained billloldl end M meelbeehs d the office; wore out muscles and socks in the gym; warned the web with sweet harmonies and other sounds in the music hells W I’ll! God in our two chapels; maintained happy turnnriee In the m M and hung our hots in the dorms. These buildings spelled home for us whether we were campus dwellers or not. This was our school home. lite revolved M m breathing monuments which housed our every octlvtty. they were the outer core of our life at Augsburg and surely there is no I“ who does not hold clear the remembrance at happening ee they releted to our buildings. Science Hall celebrated its first birthday and begen to w M I! home in its surroundings; birthday included I new m I“ I blackboard for the auditorium. Memorial Hall Annex spent a turner year otter it wee turned ever to the girls last fall for their domain to ease the housing m d the women folk. Submitting to a shoemaker's treatment, the Heels ttel w 0 nitty new floor in greeting Auggie music em 0 fire M e! the year. Edda House strutted forth its superiority et design hr the and straight year as it copped the dorm award during M e” Our buildings! Not hunks of stone and kick. I. m d N and glass! but our beloved homes! God growl that he We 5.”. generations will sense the some Christian puke d He end m flowing through the Augsburg home which we have to. H y”. Show less