Echo February 4, 1949

              £.g_%pSL    Auggie Choralers with wraps on ready to  leave on tour stop to get a last minute peek at their
"W~       books.   Left to  right:  Erling  Helland  and  Lois Avery, Choral Club; Paul  Paulsen and Dan Pearson,   Choir;   Gloria   Strand,   Choral   Club   and   Martha   Bozony,  Choir.    This  week  end  sees them   leave  for
extended  tours  of  the  country.
THE
ALC/BLC
ECU©
No. 11
Minneapolis, Minn., Friday, February 4,  1949
Vol. LIV
Morgan Joins Chemistry Department;
G. Thorson Resumes Pedagogue Duties
Debaters Enter
Tourney, Feb, 4
Auggie debaters have been
having last minute night sessions
to polish up their cases on the
pro's and con's of Federal Aid to
Education for the annual Red
River Valley Debate Tourney at
Concordia on Friday and Saturday, February 4 and 5.
Representing Augsburg will be
four teams composed of Robert
Weagant, Vincent Hoversten, Allen Hanson, John Gissel, Arline
Thorsen, Carolyn Greene, Delna
Goertzen,  and  Helen  Green.
In the oratory division of the
tournament, Carolyn Greene, winner of the Augsburg Oratorical
Cup two weeks ago, will be Augsburg's entry in the women's division. Rudy Engelman and Bob
Weagant will be entered in the
men's  division.
Arline Thorsen and Bob Weagant will be the Auggie impromptu speakers in that phase of the
speech meet.
Mr. Fagre and Mr. Jensen will
accompany the squads.
With the return of Mr. Gerald Thorson, another addition has been
made to the overcrowded teaching staff in the Augsburg English Department. Mr. Thorson, who will be teaching "Freshman English"
and "Corrective English" this semester, graduated from Augsburg in
1943, and since then has been doing graduate work. During the past
year, he has been attending the University of Wisconsin on a Scandinavian scholarship; however, he makes it clear that he "took English, too."
The Chemistry Department, which has been understaffed in
r.rrr.r,* recent years, has also been great-
Mr. Pautz, Augsburg P. R.
director, has been appointed by
Mr. George Jensen, president of
the Minneapolis Council of Civic
Clubs, to a special committee to
investigate how the Council of
Civic Clubs might participate in
the campaign to re-educate the
public on merits of the American
enterprise system.
ly strengthened with the addition
of two new teachers, Mr. Mani-
vald Aldre, a D.P. from Estonia,
and Mr. Perry Morgan from the
University of Minnesota.
Mr. Aldre was assistant to the
Professor of Chemistry at the Estonian State University of Technology during 1941 and '42, and
was doing research work until interrupted by the war.
350 Contribute $3,611
Three - hundred - fifty students
gave a total of $3,611 in the
Building Fund Drive held on the
Augsburg campus from November 22 to December '13. A breakdown of the total reads $898 in
the cash column and $2,713 in
pledg
Fund* from the ingathering will
be used to equip student phases of
the new Science building, and it
is hoped that during the second
semester, when students who
haw contributed will be
n the opportunity to do so,
the goal of $6000 may be reached.
The Seniors led the pack in
money raised, with $1,205. Members of the Student Drives Committee, which promoted the mass
Og, are Charlotte Erickson.
Shirley Dahlen. Phyllis Erickson
Quanbeck. Donna Wang, and
Don Sand.
R. Sverdrup Resigns asTreasurer
A familiar face is soon to disappear from the Augsburg Treasurer's
office. It is none other than the face of the treasurer herself, Miss
Ragna Sverdrup, who has served in that capacity since 1912. Her
resignation became effective January 20 but she will work full-time
until the next Board of Trustees meeting in March. At that time a
special occasion of recognition will be tendered for her long and
faithful service.
"Her work here has character-
ized quiet and reserved efficiency,"
remarks President Christensen.
"Especially did the students appreciate deeply her quiet friendliness and interest in their problems in those years before the increase of work took her more and
more   away   from  the   students."
Miss Sverdrup was the sole occupant of the office in 1912. Expansion of the office since then to
the time of her resignation has
necessitated the service of four
full-time  workers.
Years of service to Augsburg
runs in the Sverdrup family. Miss
Sverdrup's father was president
of Augsburg Seminary from 1876
to 1907. Her brother was also
president from 1911 through
Augsburg's metamorphasis into a
full college, to the time of his
death in 1938.
Elected to fill the vacancy caused by her retirement is Mr. R. E.
Myhre. a member and vice-president of the Board of Trustees
since 1946.
China Mission on
Midweek Agenda
The regular Midweek Service
on Thursday evening, Feb. 17,
will feature a special program on
behalf of the "Lutheran Literature Society for China."
Rev. Peder Konsterlie will conduct the program, which will include greetings and brief talks by
three Chinese students, and three
Americans who have spent a
number of years on the China
mission fields.
Appearing on the program will
be Marcy Ditmanson, Dora
Wang, Daniel Chu, Lincoln Chao,
Dr. Eric Sovik, and Dr. John
Gronli.
The program, which will be
held in the Augsburg Chapel, beginning at 7:00 P. M., will be
followed by an informal social
hour in the college Dining Hall,
at which time those attending
will have the opportunity to meet
the speakers and missionaries.
"Christian Faith Objective"
as Choir, Choral Club Tour
Echoes will start reverberating back to Augsburg from communities
pin-pointing the Northern mid-central map beginning this week-end,
as the Augsburg College Choir and Choral Club commence their
winter concert tours. From their Saturday evening concert at Madelia,
Minnesota, the Choir will curve south through Minnesota and South
 Dakota and down as far as Wa-
Russ Berg Heads
Rights Committee
on Aug Campus
Minneapolis has a Mayor's
Committee on Human Relations,
(Dr. Bernhard Christensen is its
chairman). Minnesota has a Governor's Inter-Racial Commission,
(Governor Youngdahl is its chairman). The United States has a
Civil Rights Commission, (which
is currently the center of attention). And now—Augsburg Students have a Human Relations
Committee. (Many colleges are
setting  up  such  commissions).
This committee was organized
last week when a group of Auggies met to discuss ways and
means of (1) developing a greater
concern among students for the
problems of minorities in our
country and (2) developing student leadership for making our
American dream and Christian
ideal of human brotherhood a
greater reality.
Russell Berg, Junior from Seattle, Washington, was made
chairman of the committee, whose
first project will be to sponsor a
special program of events for
Brotherhood Week, Feb. 7-14.
Already plans are being laid for
special chapel services, a special
movie program, and other activities for this week. The committee plans to formulate a continuous program which can be integrated with the broader program
and general Christian education
practices   of  Augsburg   College.
terloo, Iowa, before twisting east
to Rockford and on to Chicago,
where it will do extensive recording. A quick circuit through Wisconsin will bring the group back
to Minneapolis Sunday evening,
February  20.
The distinction of leaving the
country falls to the Choral Club,
who give their first concert in
Duluth and reach the high point
of their tour with a program in
Winnepeg, Canada. The Choral
Club returns m the Cities on
Monday, February 14.
Old hands at the tour business
lay down three cardinal rules for
novices: learn your music; take
care of your tonsils; and don't
try to take along any books, because they only get to be unused excess.
Throughout the hard work and
fun, however, the choirs never
lose sight of their primary objective of presenting Christian
faith in the most beautiful, sincere, and communicative settings.
Augsburg College as a unit should
follow these tours with prayer,
with intense interest, and with
enthusiasm. Encouragement in the
form of letters and cards can be
sent to the addresses detailed in
the itineraries on the last page of
this issue.
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Look What's Comin'!
FEBRUARY
4 — Mission   Society
5 — Choir     and     Choral     Club
Tours   Begin
Basketball,    at    Macalester
8 — Basketball,   Gustavus   here
Hockey,   Hamline,   here
Aristotelians
9 — Student   Society   Meeting
Republican   Club
11 — Married  Couples  Club
12 —Hockey,   at   St.   Thomas
13 — Luther   League
15 —Basketball   at   St.   Thomas
Writer's  Club
16 —I.R.C.
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^\y That '49 Snow King — with two queens! On the bottom is Queen
^" Dona Wang, '52, Wheaton, Minn., with Queen Snella Hoplin, '50,
Lowry, Minn. The girls pooled the same number of votes to become co-
queens to King Andy Balerud, '50, Minot, N. D. As expetced Andy filled
his subjects with laughter during his reign.