Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Sivertsen Hall has been the upperclass women's dormitory for five years. The girls who live there are inconvenienced by the three-block walk to school which is drudge during the cold winter months and an invigorating stroll on the sunny summer days. Mrs. Torvik. the house-mother, and every girl living at Sivertsen Hall contribute to the pleasant, co-operative atmo- sphere. And. all is not work and study. The recreation room in the basement is equipped with many indoor games. Ping-pong has proved to be the long time favorite. Saturday mornings are devoted to cleaning the rooms. All of the girls pitch in willingly and work hard. Passersby cough and wonder what the huge low-hanging cloud on the corner is. But we just smile and say. That's Sivertsen Hall. Today is clean- ing day. Before noon every room is dustless and in perfect order. Other immovable backdrops which make up the scenery of our campus are Morton Hall, West Hall, and Old Main. The two former are girls’ dormitories, and the latter houses church, faculty, and athletic offices. Extensive plans were executed this year to raise funds to raze Old Main and West Hall. On this space a Library-Science Hall will be erected after the war. Midnight snacks Sivertsen Hall

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Sver rup-Oftedal Memorial Hall (? Z K 2.U4 News center There it stands! On the corner of 22nd Avenue and th Street, Sverdrup Oftedal Memor-al Hall, home to all the Auqthurq fellows. From 1943 until summer, 1944, the dormitory housed soldiers who were attending the University of Minnesota. Now the Augsburg males have had a chance to prove that they are dutiful housekeepers. Not the exception but the rule are the rabid bull-sessions at midnight. Besides serving as the men's dormitory. Memorial Hall holds the offices of the Dean of Men. Prof. Soberg. and Drs. Helland and Kleven. Of course, among Auggies the Memorial dining hall is famous. Sleepy eyed students gulp a hasty breakfast there at ten minutes of eight, but seem to arrive promptly for their eight o’clock classes. Again at noon the dining hall is filled with the chatter of happy voices. The off-campus students and faculty members only increase the pleasantness of the hour. Between three and four o'clock the thin students who wish to add weight and the plump ones who should know better straggle in for a snack in preparation for dinner. As has been indicated before terrific studying is common in Memorial Hall—the night before a term paper is due and during the week of final exams. Sometimes one doubts if the sturdy, red brick will be able to withstand the pressure. How ever, reliable sources say that the hardy building on the north- east comer of the Augsburg campus will be standing many years hence irrespective of the hard use given it by the gang holding down the fort.

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Sver rup-Oftedal Memorial Hall Out News center There it stands! On the corner of 22nd Avenue and 7th Street. Sverdrup-Oftedal Memorial Hall, home to all the Augsburg fellows. From 1943 until summer. 1944. the dormitory housed soldiers who were attending the University of Minnesota. Now the Augsburg males have had a chance to prove that they are dutiful housekeepers. Not the exception but the rule are tho rabid bull-sessions at midnight. Besides serving as the men's dormitory. Memorial Hall holds the offices of the Dean of Men. Prof. Soberg. and Drs. Holland and Kleven. Of course, among Auggies the Memorial dining hall is famous. Sleepy-eyed students gulp a hasty breakfast there at ten minutes of eight, but seem to arrive promptly for their eight o’clock classes. Again at noon the dining hall is filled with the chatter of happy voices. The off-campus students and faculty members only increase the pleasantness of the hour. Between three and four o'clock the thin students who wish to add weight and the plump ones who should know better straggle in for a snack in preparation for dinner. As has been indicated before, terrific studying is common in Memorial Hall—the night before a term paper is due and during the week of final exams. Sometimes one doubts if the sturdy, red brick will be able to withstand the pressure. How ever, reliable sources say that the hardy building on the north- east corner of the Augsburg campus will be standing many years hence irrespective of the hard use given it by the gang holding down the fort. I t I i « I