Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Life Week grace.” Religion is not a force in the life of the American Negro nor in the life of anyone who refuses the Negro an equal recognition. For the Negro the Church is service as a social center and it is not ful- filling the proper function it should. Religion is not a vital factor in the life of the Negro. After revealing the decline of religion as a force in philosophical, psychological, and scientific meth- odology, Dr. Sandin concluded with a ray of hope. We are saved from guilt, he said, by grace. His mes- sage was reinforced by the Holy Communion Service which fol- lowed immediately. Faith in Life Week was also highlighted by afternoon and eve- ning discussions and meditations as well as an Art Exhibition of Christ in Art,” a series of pictures done by Mr. Howard Ellis. Dr. Robert Sandin. cha iel speaker for the week, addresses the student body, faculty, and staff. 23 (

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Faith In I double octet pro , ides special music for one of the chapel sen ices. Dr. Robert Sandin from North- western College was the chapel speaker for Augsburg's Fall Faith in Life Week. The theme for the week was The Decline of Re- ligion.” Special music was provided at each service by the Male Chorus, the Cantorians, the Choir, Miss Adeline Rosenquist, and a double octet from the choir. Dr. Sandin continually reiter- ated throughout the week that religion is not a force in our con- temporary society. He examined society in general, but directed his attack on college students. Dr. Sandin felt that religion was not a force in the lives of these people because they did not take their religion seriously. Dr. Sandin also examined the contemporary so- ciety and found them extremely guilty of expecting what Dietrich Bonhoeffer has called cheap A Holy Communum Service tfor students and faculty) conclude Fall Faith in Life Week

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 Hermia (Kartn Stenback) triea to protect her lover Lysander IDan Peterson Midsummer Night’s Dream dames Heiff performs his role The winter piny was A Mid- summer Night's Dream. The play, a comedy written by Shakespeare, takes place in the city of and country around old Athens in Greece The play concerns mainly the marriage of Thesus and Hip- polyta, portrayed by Bordon Larson and Wanda Wagner. Around this main plot erupt several sub-plots. One is the mar- riage of Ego us’ daughter. Hermia, to Demetrius, one of the nobles of the court. Hermia, portrayed by Karen Stenback, is in love with Lysander, another noble of the court, portrayed by Dan Peterson. The only trouble is that Egeus wants his daughter to marry Demetrius, and quite a sub-plot evolves from this. Also, a few of the local men plan to put on a play for Thesus' wed- ding and the outcome is not soon forgotten. VIike Arndt expresses his feelings