Echo March 18, 1964

              The Augsburg Echo
Vol. LXX
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Wednesday, March 18, 1964
No. 18
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH is revealed as Teiresias,
the blind priest tells Oedipus that he is the "pollution" of Thebes. Oedipus is played by Keith Hanson
—Staff photo by Sudoh
and Teiresias, the priest in white, is played by Raul
Jackson. The play, which opens tonight can be attended by making reservations at 338-4374.
Congress Sees Student Needs
Even as the costs of higher education have been mounting, the
U. S. Congress has recognized a
need to assist in the payment of
these costs.
Much attention has been given
recent congressional proposals for
direct aid to education. Less attention has been given a series of interesting proposals which, to a
great extent, give signs of real as-
Future Ministers
Gather Together
Pre-semester students at Augsburg are currently forming a Pre-
Sem club.
The group is in the process of
defining purposes and formulating
a constitution.
The group has planned a meeting
for April 7 which will feature Dr.
Oscar Anderson, president of the
College, as the speaker.
Dr. Anderson will speak on "A
Typical WTeek in the Life of a Pastor," including ordinary and extraordinary experiences of pastors.
All pre-seminary students and
other interested persons are welcome.
by Steve Batalden
sistance to the college student.
These proposals have called for a
percentage of tax credit on tuition
costs and other expenditures.
THERE HAVE BEEN two basic approaches followed by proponents of such measures. The one
approach, recently brought forward by Senators Ribicoff (D.,
Conn.) and Prouty (R., New Jersey), attempted to amend the recently passed, broad federal tax
cut.
These amendments were defeated, to a great extent, by those Democrats in the Senate who felt that
such an amendment would hurt
chances for passage of the federal
tax reduction bill.
Some of those who opposed the
amendments have advocated a different approach, passage of a separate tax credit measure. Among
proponents of such a tax relief
measure has been Senator Humphrey (D., Minn.). He has advanced
his own tax credit bill (S. 1677)
which is presently before the Finance Committee of the Senate.
MOST OF THE TAX credit bills
and amendments have shared similar suggestions. Among these have
been (1) that the allowable tax
credit vary inversely with income
and total educational expenses, and,
(2) that the tax credit be available
only to the person who pays for the
tuition, books, etc. (this would allow deductions for self-supported
students as well as for parents of
parent-supported students.)
Because of the obvious support
which the proposed Ribicoff and
Prouty amendments have received
in defeat (the votes were 48-45
and 45-45 respectively), the Labor
and Public Welfare Committee has
agreed to hold hearings on the tax
credit proposals.
The United States National Student Association (USNSA) has
asked that students be urged to
write to their Congressional Representatives expressing their concern for the passage of a bill providing tax credit on educational
expenditures.
Student Society
Primary April 3
The Augsburg Student Council met and set the date for the 1964
student elections on March 10. A primary election will be held for those
offices requiring on April 3. April 10 is the date set for the general election.
The offices for each class are: President, vice president, secretary,
treasurer, social chairman and two student council representatives.
The offices for the student body are: president, vice president, on off-
campus woman, off-campus man, on-campus woman, and an on-campus
man.
A petition of not less than fifty
names must be filed for the companion positions of Student Society
president and vice president. Any
student wishing to file a petition
must have at least a 1.00 honor
point average for the preceding
semester.
The convocation of April 2 will
be available for those running for
office to apresent their platforms.
Palm Sunday
Breakfast
Announced
Palm Sunday Breakfast will be
served buffet style in Si Melby
lounge from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
on March 22 with juice, coffee and
rolls on the menu.
Tickets for the breakfast are now
on sale in front of the home economics room for 35c, and will also
be sold at the door Sunday morning.
They may be paid for either with
cash or meal tickets.
Palm Sunday Breakfast at Augsburg is sponsored annually by the
Augsburg Chapter of the Minnesota Home Economics Association.
Proceeds from the event help to
pay for the Senior Girls' Cap and
Gown Day Breakfast which is sponsored by the Chapter at the end
of the school year.
Joanne K. Peterson is the chairman of the planning committee for
the breakfast. Heads of sub-committee are: Eunice Bergman, Tickets and Publicity; Karen Horton,
decorations; Ruth Wilsey, food
preparation; Karen Ostenson, serving; Bonnie Augst, clean-up.
Johnson to Appear on TV
Instructor in Piano James Johnson will give a piano recital on the
Private College Hour on KTCA-
TV, channel 2, March 26 at 8:30 p.m.
Johnson will play a total of four
works, including three from the
SONATA NO. 7, OP. 83 by Pro-
kofieff: 1. Allegro inquieto, 2. Andante caloroso, 3. Precipitate
As his fourth selection, Johnson
will play the MEPHISTO WALTZ
by Liszt.
Ri
AWS Elects Three
Newly elected AWTS officers are
Joy Klemp, president; Vivian Knut-
son, vice president; and Carol
Brandt, treasurer.
Lunnmg
Announced candidates for Student Society president and vice
president at press time were: Julie Gudmestad and Ron Larson,
John Luoma and Clayton Skur-
dahl.
Special Events to Promote
Lutheran Fine Arts Festival
Sixth Annual Lutheran Fine Arts Festival will be in the Lutheran
Brotherhood Life Insurance Building during April.
There will be special events in art drama music and literature.
Guest artist, Cecile Ryden Johnson, will appear at the art exhibit
April 3, 4 and 5. The exhibit will run from April 1 through April 30.
The Religious Drama Players will present J.B. April 9, 10, 16, 17,
at 8:00 p.m.
AMERICA SINGS is the title of the program by the Lutheran Brotherhood Singers April 21 at 7 p.m.
April 24 at 7:00 p.m. there will be a discussion of the Lutheran
Studies Series.
There is no admission charge for any events of the Festival, sponsored by the Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance Company.
Northwestern
is Regional
IAWS Site
Associated Women Student officers from Augsburg will travel to
Evanston, Illinois for a regional
meeting of the Intercollegiate Association of Women Students at
Northwestern University March 22-
25.
Becky   Gisselquist,   newly   appointed IAWS contact for Augsburg, and the new officers elected
Monday will attend the convention from Augsburg.
WE  CONTINUE  TO  GROW is
the theme of the meeting which will
be attended by women student leaders  from  53  universities  and  colleges in eight midwest states.
Campus problems, primarily communication with fellow students,
the faculty and administration, and
the community, will be the topic of
discussions in eleven workshops to
be held at the meeting.
Also included in the four-day
program will be seminars on the
challenge in several vocational
fields and career opportunities in
them, and an address by Mrs. Mar-
gureite Stitt Church, former Illinois congresswoman, at the banquet Tuesday night.
Lois Messenger, a Northwestern
senior, is the chairman of the committee  for the  IAWS  Convention.
Publications
Applications
Are Requested
Commissioner of Publications
Neil Sideen announced this week
that positions of editor and business manager are open to application from qualified students.
These positions are in conjunction with the ECHO and the AUGSBURGIAN. The position of editor
is open for the "A" BOOK.
Qualified students are those with
an overall honor point ration of 1.0
or over.
Applications should be made to
P.O. 913 by March 31. Applicants
will be informed of their outcome
by April 15.
Students with questions are invited to contact either the people
presently in the positions open for
application or the commissioner.
No ECHO
In order to give our hard working (?) staff a chance to have an
enjoyable Easter vacation and to
catch up on some studying there
will be no ECHO until April 8.
The April 8 issue of the ECHO
will give special coverage to the
student society elections.