Concordia College - Cobber Yearbook (Moorhead, MN)

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LPHA PHI GAMM Alpha Phi Gamma, a national collegiate frater- nity for aspiring journalists, is represented on the campus by the Alpha Eta Chapter. To gain admission, a student must either have completed two years on the Concordian staff or have served in a major capacity on the Cobber or the Concordian. Each spring a banquet for new and old members is held. President for the past year has been Howard Wagner. Back row: Lorents, N. Johnson, Eidbo, Nielsen, Bjertness. Fourth row: Morse, Holt, Svendsbye, Dahl, Wagner, Vold. Third row: Stalley, H. Peterson, Larson, Foss, Benson. Second row: Warner, Borg, Elrnquist, Berg, Spoonland, Perila. First row: Benson, Grant, Hanson, Severson, Thue, Meland. PI KAPP DELT 5 Back Row: Lillo, Flaat, Brevik, Ahlness, Svendabye. Front row: Grant, Lee, Meland. Boasting the highest scholastic average on campus last year was the Zeta chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, national honorary forensics fraternity. Requirement for admission is to have participated in at least one oratorial contest or five inter-collegiate debates. Besides being active in speech activities them- selves, Pi Kappa Delta members sponsor annually two speech tournaments at Concordia: the Red River Valley and the Tri-State. This past year's president was Carl Lee. Mr. Allwin Monson acts in an advisory capacity. ,ss

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ALPHA SOCIETY . , I Back row: Tveten, Dr. Bailey, Mr. Schoberg, Huggett, Dr. Hanson, Dr. Mundhjeld, Heuer, Mr. Narveson, Front 1'ow: Meland, Miss Jordahl, Miss Brennun, Miss Thorson, Miss Nordlie, Wetlierbee. Alpha Society is an exclusive organization limited to those students who have, by the second semester of the junior year or any time later, earned at least eighty- five per cent of possible honor points. Members and past members enjoy a luncheon together each fall as part of the Homecoming activi- ties, and a breakfast at Graduation in june. Pledges are formally initiated at the spring banquet. This year's president was Miss Martha Brennun. ALPHA P I QMEGA To this fine group of amateur actors Concordia owes the fall, winter, and spring plays plus the yearly one-act plays. Members receive valuable play pro- duction experience by becoming familiar with other phases such as make-up, lighting, staging, and prompting. In order to qualify for membership in Alpha Psi Omega, students must have a major and a minor role in a play to their credit, or three minor roles. Marlys Meland was president during the first semester and Dean Skyberg served in that capacity during the second. Mr. Ray johnson was faculty advisor. 62 Back row: D. johnson, Thue, Rice, M. I-lcrseth, Knight, Borg, Skyberg, Overvold, Huse. Front row: Severson, Jensen, Meland, Rodul, Wxlrner.

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Miss Borghild Torvick served in the capacity of U PHI EPSILO Back row: Reinertsen, E. Olson, Halverson, Moe, Buckneberg. Front row: Odegaard, Flewell, Gebhard, Rasmussen, Sulerud. iff' V. 2. .-5 Chi Nu Chi is an organization devoted to the furthering of interest in the nursing profession through ' P discussion of pertinent phases of nursing at the bi- monthly meetings. This society is open to all girls interested in nursing as a career. A - Each year the society carries out special projects. ' This year one of them was preparing and sending a '- Christmas parcel to Lois Pederson, a former Cobber now A. V a missionary in Japan. 1. The presidents for the year were Elanore Semingson, - 1 first semester, and Grace Anderson, second semester. Faculty advisor was Miss Cordelia Skeim. E V . V. 1 'tr- , ., L., 64 Concordia is honored to have on its campus the Phi Iota Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, the national honor society in music. Phi Epsilon holds a bi-monthly meeting at which some composer's life and works are discussed and performed. This spring a benefit tea was held to raise money for the Music in Hospitals fund, which provides musical therapy for hospital patients. Membership is limited to girls with a B average in music subjects who show promise of contributing to the world of music. The society awards a medal to the music valedictorian of each graduating class. .eden as, - 5 1 president during the past year. Back row: M. Thompson, Semingson, G. johnson, Albert, Sheph 1rd Third row: Forseth, Lamport, Turmo, Bjerkan, Matteson. Second row: Field, Syltie, A. Fortney, Allen, Nyquist. Front row: Sederstrom, Erickson, P. Fortney, Logue, Grant