Echo October 24, 1947

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Volume 53
Augsburg College, Friday, October 24, 1947
Number 4
GLORIA   GREGUSON  IS  QUEEN
TEACHERS RIDE
So what if you get scared out
of your wits by a silent two-
wheeled organism creping up behind you! So what if you jump a
mile when someone whizzes by
you at night! If Yale professors
can do it, Augsburg professors can
do it better.
Perhaps some of the less observant of you have not noticed Mr.
Sateren and Mr. Olson pedalling
around on their bicycles. If you
haven't, try hanging around the
campus at night to catch a glimpse
of Mr. Sateren come flying across
Murphy Square. Mr. Olson's
young son has taken over the
ownership of his father's bike, so
if you weren't around this summer the sight of that philosopher
profoundly wheeling around is
lost to you.
Professors Olson and Sateren
are very vociferous in their praise
of bicycles. "No parking problem," explains Mr. Olson. "Cheaper and faster!" expounds Mr. Sateren, "And what's more I can
carry my young son around in
the basket."
Miss Ruth Segolson, head of
the Home Economics department,
represented Augsburg College at
the State Home Economics Convention at Fergus Falls on Saturday, October 18.
Faculty Council
Solves Problems
Faculty members as well as the
student body need someone to
help them out when" problems
confront them. This year Augsburg's faculty has formed a faculty council which will take care
of much routine work.
As everyone knows, the Student Council handles all complaints that arise among the students. The Faculty Council's duty
is to make decisions. For example,
if the deans have a new plan for
counseling students they present
it to the council for approval. The
Faculty Council can approve the
new method or add other suggestions of their own, after which
the plan can be put into effect.
Twenty-five representatives, six
from each class and one Seminary
student, are members of the Student Council. The faculty council consists of twelve members
who represent the various fields
of study.
Dr. Arthur Nash, the dean of
the college, is the presiding officer at all meetings. Among the
faculty there is a tuling that no
one can serve on the council more
than three years consecutively.
All students are invited to attend the student council meetings
which are held evei y Tuesday.
Dreaming of a crown—This trio of pulchritude and personality, namely:
Dorothy Quanbeck, Gloria Greguson, and Betty Westphal, are no longer
just coeds of Auggie Tech but the Queen and her attendants for the 1947
Homecoming.
Eighth hour on Thursdays has
been set aside for the Faculty
Council's meetinga, which are
closed sessions.
The Faculty Council has already helped the faculty in various ways, and during the remainder of this year the council will
take quite a load off the shoulders
of the faculty.
L R. C. Has Indian Speaker
Keeping abreast of international affairs are the alert members of Bob
Duoos' I.R.C. who last week had the privilege of hearing views on India's
position today by Mihir Nanda, now studying at the University.
"Although it looks pessimistic,
I'm certain that Pakistan and the
rest of India will become a Federated India formed of its present two independent states." Mihir Nanda told I.R.C. members at
the meeting held Wednesday, October 8.
He based his opinion on the
fact that the government of India during the past five years has
done much planning in the fields
of agriculture, industry, and education.
Nanda himself U one of the
many thousands of students sent
out each year to train for some
specific profession and then return to India and give service in
the government for five years.
He said that there is more freedom than ever for Christian missionaries and that India wants
missionaries who will teach peo
ple   in   the   line   of   engineering,
medicine, and education.
Professor Kildahl is advisor of
the club which is organized to
acquaint students with international situations and problems.
COKE MACHINE
AT SIVERTSEN
At their last business meeting
the girls at Sivertsen Hall decided
to nave a coke machine installed
in the recreation room. The profits will be 25c on every case of
coke—provided all the bottles are
returned.
There were many suggestions
as to how the profits would be
spent. One suggested that a pencil sharpener be bought, another
a grand piano—it's all a matter of
opinion.
HOMECOMING
SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 23:
7:00 p.m. — Freshman-Sophomore Feld meet on the Green
8:30 p. m. -—Coronation of the
Queen
9:30 p. m.—Open House in the
dormitories.
Friday, October 24:
Homecoming banquet at Bethany Lutheran Church at 25 th
and  Franklin
Saturday, October 25:
12:00 Noon —"A" Club Luncheon
12:00 Noon — Choir Reunion
Luncheon in the Dining Hall
2:00 p.m.—Football game—St.
Thomas— here at Nicollet
Park
7:30 p.m.—Choir Concert at
Tfinity Church
Sunday, October 26:
10:45 a. m.—Sunday Service at
Trinity Church
AUGGIE G.O.P.'s
OPEN NEW YEAR
The Augsburg chapter of the
Minnesota Federation of College
Republican Clubs held their opening meeting Wednesday evening,
October 8. The session marked
the opening of activities which
last year included sponsoring student polls and brought members
to the Federation's state conven-
tion where they represented the
Augsburg club on various committees.
According to President Sam
Michaelson, a great expansion is
pending which will enable many
additional students to take active
part in the club's activities.
FUND RAISING
PROJECT UNDERWAY
Augsburg Building Committee
began work Monday, October 20
to study plans for the Library-
Science Hall. Work has been dormant because of lack of funds and
increased cost of construction. To
gather more funds they have established an additional building
fund. Pastor Olaf Helland is
heading this. A former Army
chaplain, he is at the head of the
plan to raise $160,000 for the
Augsburg building program, and
$40,000 for Oak Grove.
Helland began work in North
Dakota just two weeks ago and
the report on his work is very encouraging.
Berdahl is in charge of the
Minneapolis campaign.
LUTHERAN FACULTIES MEET
Teachers from the Lutheran
Colleges of the Upper Midwest
were guests of Gustavus Adol-
phus College on Friday, October
3, as they met at the eleventh annual Lutheran Faculties Conference. The purposes of the con-
fernce, which meets in the fall of
the year, are to bring Lutheran
teachers together to discuss departmental problems and to promote faculty solidarity.
Augsburg's Dean of Women,
Miss Gerda Mortensen, was chos
en secrtary of the organization for
the coming year.
In regard to the 1947 conference Miss Mortensen said,
"Over the period of eleven
years during which the Lutheran
Faculties Conference has been
held annually, there has been
manifested a fine spirit of friendship and understanding. The large
attendance during the post-war
years is an indication of the increasing interest of the faculty.
The 1947 conference meetings
were inspiring "
Big Weekend Is
Planned for Augs
Reigning over Augsburg Homecoming festivities will be Queen
Gloria Greguson and her two
attendants, Betty Westphal and
Dorothy Quanbeck. After a period of much campaigning, the
student vote was taken which decided who was to rule at Homecoming.
Coronation will take place in
the chapel Thursday evening at
8:30.
This will follow the Freshman-
Sophomore Field Meet on the
Green and will mark the official
opening of homecoming days.
Following the coronation, Open
House will be held in all the
dorms.
Friday night the Homecoming
Banquet will be held in Bethany
Lutheran Church.
Saturday is a big day with both
the Choir and "A" Club Reunion
Luncheons, the St. Thomas game
in the afternoon, and the Choir
Concert at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity
Lutheran Church.
Homecoming services will be
held at Trinity at 10:45 Sunday
morning. This service will bring
to a close the festivities of the
week-end and return the Queen
and her attendants once more to
the humble status of coeds.
Movie Projector
Added to School
Fquipment Now
As time marches on, Augsburg
goes right along with it. The college has added as its latest addition the Bell and Howell Movie
Projector to be used for visual
education in any class.
All departments and members
of the faculty will have the new
sound and projection machine for
their use. Rules are that it must
be used only on the campus.
Every type of film c;<n be obtained
for showing. Films for veterans
on "How to Budget Your Money"
orientation, and many others will
be shown.
Mr. Urdahl has stated that
every movie should be scheduled
through his office. He has the file
of films to be chosen from and
he will arrange for someone to
run the projector.
Two freshman boys, David and
Donald Siegel, will be the opera*
tors. They have had several years
experience at the Y.M.C.A. in
Minneapolis.
Dark curtains have been obtained for the chapel. The showings will be made in there so as
to accommodate more students.
Peggy Bowlin was elected secretary of the Minnesota region of
the National Student Association
last September. Elsewhere in this
paper she puts the aims of the Association before the Augsburg
Community.