Echo April 18, 1969

              The Augsburg Echo
Vol. LXXV
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 18, 1969
Number 17
LaRhae in the Pink as
Student Society Chief
—Photo by Tom Peterson
THE OFFICIAL PICTURE of this year's outgoing student body leaders.
From left to right, Secretary LaRhae Grindal, President Richard Fen-
ton, Treasurer Richard King, and Vice-President Brad Refsland.
The person who sits as president
of the Augsburg Student Society
with its budget of $42,000 and its
responsibilities to the Augsburg
student can't help but be a busy
person. Now that the election is
over and we're waiting for the new
officers to move into their administrative role, this opportunity will
be taken to examine the office of
president, the people who hold it
now and the people who hope to
hold it shortly.
In the eyes of Richard Fenton
and those who have been associated
with the Student Government office, the past year has been a very
successful year. Every major item
on the Fenton-Refsland platform
has been achieved, the Student Government office is sitting much better financially, and the relationships of the Government office, especially the relationships with the
Winter Term Successes
Dean's List Honors 143
One hundred forty-three students
have been named to the winter term
Dean's List. To be awarded this
honor, the student must obtain a
3.5 or higher grade-point average
with a minimum of 12 credits. The
list includes the following students:
Susan Ackerman, James Agre,
Dallas Ahrens, Ann Anderson,
Lynn Anderson, Susan Anderson,
Kerry Bade, Stafford Baker, Nancy
Baron, David Benzel, Patricia Berg,
Diane Bergmann, Candace Berg-
strom, Gary Bergstrom, Dawn
Bernstrom, Lynda Bickel, Christine
Billmark, Mary Bjerke, Yvonne
Bjur, Barbara Blazina, Susan Blom-
quist, Terrance Blue, Sandra Bol-
stad.
BRUCE BORESON, Brian Bott-
ge, Dennis Brackin, Timothy Brady, Katherine Breisemeister, Lois
Brude, Nancy Buckmeier, John Bul-
gerin, Marilyn Buschbom, Kenneth
Campbell, Pearl Hung-Chu Cheung,
Anne Chindvall, Sonya Christensen,
Laura Christensen, David Chris-
tianson, Susan Clabaugh, Sharon
Clark, Vicki Cole, Jan Dewing, Gordon Ditmanson.
Paul Ditmanson, Nadine Emerson, Nancy Emebo, Pamela Enge,
John Engman, Anne Erickson, Donovan Erickson, David Farb, Linda
Finholt, Gregory Fitzloff, Nancy
Follingstad, Kathleen Ford, Kristin
Foss, Paul Frank, Steven Frantz,
Peter Gale, Sheryl Gifford, Carolyn
Gilbertson, Michael Good, Catharine Gorder, Robert Grams, Theodore Gredvig.
Theodore Groskreutz, Thomas
Groth, Thomas Haas, Roberta Hal-
seth, Joan Halvorson, Carol Halvor-
Students Graduate
The following students have
graduated upon completion of the
winter term: John C. Anthonisen.
David L. Beenken, Sonya R. Christensen. Donald J. Horner. Russell
K. Jones, Susan Krinke, Peter K.
W. Kwan, Carl M. Locken. M.
Stephen Moline, Stephen L. Nelson,
Nancy L. Neumann, Sharon J. Ris-
kedahl, Lee F. Schaller, Anne L.
Stivland, Linda J. Winkler, and
Thomas C. Jetzer.
son, Ray Hanson, Naomi Haugen,
Claudia Havens, Janice Hawkins,
Nancy Heege, Royce Helmbrecht,
Kay Hendrickson, Rachel Hendrick-
son, Rosanne Hendrickson, William
Henry, Kaye Hermann, Ertwin
Hermerding, Nancy Hernke, Robert Hilleque, David Hoplin, Philip
Hoversten.
MARK IDSTROM, Gerald Jacobs, Miriam Jacobson, Leroy Jensen, Bruce T. Johnson, Jerry L.
Johnson, Laurel Johnson, Morris
Johnson, Ronald K. Johnson, Sandra Jones, Judith Kangas, Michelle
Karkhoff, Lynn Kelley, Suzanne
Kelly, Deanna Klomp, Byron Knat-
terud, Jacqueline Kniefel, William
Knutson, Joyce Kulseth, Marilyn
Kusel, Marilyn Lading, Larry Lam-
parske.
Laurel Larsen, Lawrence Larson,
Mary Beth Larson, Janiel Lee, Leslie Lee, Nancy Leiviska, Marcia
Leslie, Janet Levin, Gregory Lewis,
Susan Lindberg, Cheryl Lindroos,
Margit Livingston, Mary Loken,
Mary Long, Mark Lund, Brian Lun-
dell, Susan Maahs, Betty Mackay,
Charles Maland, Portia M a 1 a n d,
David Markson, Sharon Marx, Larry Matthews, Helen McArthur.
Michael McHugh, Christine
Menk, Karen Merriman, John Midt-
ling, Marnee Moline, Susan Morgan, Marilyn Moxness, Christine
Nelson, Gregg Nelson, Janet Nelson, Karen Nelson, Mary Nelson,
Steven Nelson, Timothy Nelson,
Margaret Ness, Lucy Neve, Gail
Niederloh, Lennice Nordaune, Andrea Norman, Lynn Oeder, Marlys
Oelschlager, Richard Olmstead,
Bruce Olson.
MARLENE OLSON, Judy On-
dov, Linda Ormond, Brian Pabst,
Nancy Paddock, Nancy Paulson,
Judy Pederson, John Person, Dale
W. Peterson. Dianne Peterson, Lois
Peterson. Ronald Peterson, Terry
Peterson, Ronald Petrich, Leanne
Phinney, Patricia Piepenburg. William Powers, Nancy Pullis, Darlene
Ramstad, Bradley Refsland, Linda
Reishus.
Sharon Riskedahl, Susan Risum,
Lynn Rivers, Leslie Robinson, Mary
Robinson, Susan Rogers, Nancy
R o 1 f e, Bonnie Rosvold, Adriana
Saiovici, Karen Sandness, Paula
Schert, James Schieble, E u 1 e e n
Schweim, Susan Scott, Paul Sedio,
Kathleen Sevig, Susan Sharpe, David Siedler, Virginia Simengaard,
Darrell Skogen, Donald Smith,
Wayne Sneva.
Alan Soli, E a r 1 e Solomonson,
Kathleen Solomonson, Patricia
Stanwood, John-Mark Stensvaag,
Mary Strom, Peter Strommen, Ronald A. Swanson, Sally Swanson,
Mary Sylvester, Julie Teigland,
John Telste, Kenneth Thornton, Ar-
dell Thorpe, Norma Tollefson, Ai-
mee Treehock, Mark Treehock, David Ulvin, Roger Upchaft, Leif Ur-
seth.
Nancy Velde, Nancy Voss, Leslie
Walck, Philip Walen, Sue Walton,
Lynn Watson, Cheryl Westberg,
Glennis Wilda, Jeannette Wold,
Peggy Zieske.
faculty,   have   been   greatly   improved.
FENTON ADMITS that the office was more than he had expected before the elections of last year.
A sadder fact is that that presidency seems to be growing in responsibility yearly. The structure of the
Student Government as it stands
now is bad. To few people are doing all of the work. Because they
are the only ones that really know
what's happening, the executive office finds itself sponsoring most of
the legislation brought before the
Student Council.
Because he serves on practically
every on campus committee connected with student life and administrative functions, the president
finds himself in the awkward position of being the only person who
knows everything. This narrows
the margin for error in his judgments to nothing because there is
no one to back up his mistakes.
Richard believes that the only way
to survive in this office is to develop a sound philosophy of operations and to avoid pressure.
Also, the president should be able
to delegate some of his powers to
the vice president and make the
vice president the second in the
know as well as the second in command so that if anything should
happen to the president, the vice
president could take charge in his
absence. Hey, just like real government!
THIS IS WHERE Fenton and
Refsland tend to disagree. Richard
would like to see a delegation of
the presidential powers while Brad
sees no formal changes needed.
Brad believes that it's up to the
people in the office to do as they
see fit.
The Grindal-Martinson administration follows the thoughts of
Brad Refsland for Ron Martinson
has promised throughout the campaign and even now that he will
be a more active vice president.
Ron comes from Amery, Wisconsin,
where he along with the other 2,499
inhabitants (the cemetery is outside of town) spend most of their
spare time being spoiled rotten by
their mothers. When asked for this
article to say something important,
Ron, without hesitation, picked up
a St. Paul phone directory, opened
it to the yellow pages and informed
me that St. Paul Structural Steel
isn't worth anything.
LaRhae was found to be in good
spirits for a Thursday and an interview although she was rather
weary from roller painting the executive office pink. The enthusiasm
of the office was already showing
on her face. She is looking forward
to next year even though she is
going to be super busy. LaRhae
plans to major in music and minor
in religion. Besides interests in
school and school government, LaRhae finds time to direct the choir
in her father's church which has
more confirmed members than Amery, Wisconsin, has citizens.
The re-occurring complaint of
both LaRhae and Ron was that
more students don't stop by the office and tell them what they want
done. If anything around campus
bothers you, stop in and tell somebody. They sincerely want to know.
Timia Discussion
On March 25, Timia sponsored a
coffee hour with discussion centering on graduate school opportunities for Augsburg students. Panelists included Miss Ruth Askov, Dr.
John Holum, Dr. Philip Quanbeck
and Dr. Joel Torstenson.
The general opinion was that
Augsburg students aiming toward
graduate study are somewhat at a
disadvantage to students at more
selective schools due to unscholarly
influences of some Augsburg students.
Also expressed was the opinion
that Augsburg students of sufficient ability and achievement do
get into the nation's best graduate
schools and give strong competition to their fellow grad students.
English Teacher Attempts to
Thwart Bored Fly Catching
by Craig B. Carlson to his students and the material is   blackboard, using a tape recorder
We used anything we could get   centrally important. I have always   to correct papers, letting students
away with — handkerchiefs, flypa-   thought Arnold's line, grade   themselves   and   arranging
per, hands. Dr. Bottomley did not
pay much attention to us anyway,
but he always mistook our hand-
waving for a question. He thought
he was the best teacher on campus
and had the  most inquisitive  stu
And we are here as on a darkling   the chairs in the classroom in a cir-
plain cle sometimes help.
Swept with confused alarms of      TWO   ENGLISH   teachers   also
struggle and flight, <jj<i a theme assignment with their
Where ignortant armies clash by   students, handed it in on time, xe-
night. roxed it for the class, found it was
dents. The day he fell off the plat-   an   excellent   definition   of   educa-   m0re difficult than they imagined,
form—backwards like a giant red-   tion. and received, I am delighted to re-
wood—was one of my most memor-       Basically, a teacher must resist  port, low C's from their colleagues,
able days as a student. the temptation to elevate himself,       jn tne gprjng I would also hope
I graduated with notebooks to feel that he has the scoop on his more 0f the faculty would take ad-
filled, lectures attended, and, as subject. The assumption should be vantage of Murphy Square now
Yeats writes, "ignorant as the one of horizontalness, or perhaps an<j then. If we are sensitizing stu-
dawn." Now. as a teacher, without humaneness, in the frustrating pur-
any claim of authority of wisdom, suit of knowledge. A teacher can
I wonder how to stop fly catching act as the rudder of the ship, but
in my classes. I have three general if he assumes the captaincy and
and personal suggestions for the dons golden buttons, he will have
teaching of English, but, as Elli- an unwilling crew at best and most
son writes, "who knows but that, probably risk a ship wreck,
on the lower frequencies, I speak Practically, I have found that
for you?" calling students  by  their first
FIRST, THE teacher's approach   names,   misspelling  words   on   the
dents to their environment through
our respective disciplines, then perhaps Murphy Square would be relevant?
The choice of material for a
course, I imagine, is best left to
the individual teacher. Records,
films, tapes, and song and dance in
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