Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

Page 6 text:

As augshukg enters into a new and greater era, many changes are taking place. An enlarged student body, a larger teaching and administrative stafT, and a new building plus improvements in the old edifices, are a few of the outward signs of the new Augsburg, and there is Scholastic and Spiritual progress as well. The 1939 Augsburgian has en- deavored to portray a cross section of student and faculty life as the institution moves towards its goal. In the creation of this yearbook many individuals have been in touch with the work. Mr. Arthur Segal of the bureau of Engraving and Mr. Walter Schmidt of Augsburg Publishing 1 louse have rendered advice and assistance, which the editor found most valuable. I)r. Nash was an experienced and indis- jxmsable advisor. C 0 n T 6 n T 5 Student life is divided into two distinct classifications, the Formal and Informal. It is impossible to depict all the activities of the modern college student in the coniines of one ycar-l ook, but the major interests have been at least partially displayed. Classes, the faculty, clubs, and publica- tions are listed under the broad title At Wo !{. Athletics, student recreation, and off-campus frolic are placed in the section titled At Play.

Page 5 text:

CiV.okc.e svkkdkc'i was born August 3, 1879, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Professor Georg Sverdrup, President of Augsburg College and Seminary, and Katherine Heiberg Sverdrup. His elementary education was received in the Minneapolis Public Schools, and he was graduated from South High School in 1894. He entered Augsburg College that fall, and received a bachelor of Arts degree in 1898 with honors. For the next two years Cleorge Sverdrup attended the University of Minnesota. In 1901 he went to Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, where he continued his studies until 1905. He acquired his Master of Arts degree from Yale in 1902. In 1905 he went abroad, and studied in the American School of Archeology in Jerusalem until 1906. The next year he spent as a teacher at the Syrian Protestant C'ollege in Beirut, Syria. In addition George Sverdrup was American Vice-Consul in Beirut. The death of his father in 1907, caused him to return to this country, and he was apj)ointed teacher in Augsburg C'ollege for the school year 1907-08. Utter he was called as Professor of Old Testament in the Seminary, and was granted a year’s leave of absence, which lie spent in study at the University of Leipzig in Germany. Upon his return in 1909, he was elected vice-president of Augsburg, and served as acting president until the death of Sven Oftcdal in 1911. Then he was elected president and served in that capacity until his death. in m e m o r i n m In 1909 he was married to Miss I Ijaima Stenvig. She and their two daughters and one son survive him. Upsala College in Last Orange, New Jersey bestowed upon him the degree of Doctor l.itcrarum Humanorum, honoris causa. Dr. Sverdrup was also active in the American Lutheran Conference commissions, the American Oriental Society, and as a member and Treasurer of Lutheran Trinity Congregation. The Lutheran Deaconess Hos- pital received much of his time, as did the Lutheran Board of Missions. In the 1937 Augslnirgian Dr. Sverdrup spoke of the need of a new dormitory for the continuance of the work the school is doing. He worked strenuously toward this goal until shortly lx:fore his demise, and his organization of the project did much to insure its success. The building which he fell so necessary is now a reality and stands as a monument to the faith which George Sverdrup exemplified.

Page 7 text:

I