Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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I A week of chapel talks is concluded by a communion service. The north court of Si Melby becomes the setting for the service: faculty and students alike partake. Serving the com- munion are Pastors L. At. Gudmestad, Richard Husfloen, and Orlin Mandsager. Corinthians 13 the low chapters of the Bible is one of the themes used during sev- eral of the Faith in Life week activities. In the daily chajh'l setting. Pastor , M Gud- mestad s teaks about the relation between love and sex. Personal thought and prayer is encouraged: Go i. Sex and the College Campus provokes thought and individual com munion. The series of five talks emphasizes the fwrsonal relationship and the importance of religious beliefs placed with the topic of sex. 19

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FAITH IN LIFE Highlighting the year’s religious activities at Augs- burg College is the annual Faith in Life Week. The 1965 version dealt with a long avoided topic of dis- cussion God, Sex, and the College Campus”. The week’s program of activities encouraged individual thought and expression of those thoughts. Discussion periods led by faculty members and students were held in the faculty lounge and the coffee house. Discussions were on the new morality, homo- sexuality, and Hugh Hefner’s philosophy. Chapel talks given by Rev. L. M. Gudmestad served as a base for the theme of the week. Each event from the showing of La Dolce Vita” to the vesper service was tied to the general theme. Students’ comments on the week ... a good and frank approach to a controversial topic ... the speaker and the chapel services were thought-provoking . . . the special music at chapel was great . . . it’s been a worthwhile week with a pertinent subject.” Faith in Life Week served as a highlight of religious activities —but yet, it stressed the direct inter- play of those things religious and secular; religion and God are not to be considered apart from modern man and what pertains to him. Dor. Mattison leach a discussion period on the Hugh Hefner philosophy.

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French Club euro.'. ninking ' !. Bon Matin and son :s by other language clubs remind Christmas Buffet diners that Christmas is interna tional. A . v -i ted sparkle escapes the eye of Mr Palosaari's daughter as she d ■;. urs Smorgasbord delicacies at Augsburg's Christmas Buffet CHRISTMAS Tree-trimming and Christmas caroling in Gerda Mor- tenson Lounge launched Augsburg’s holiday activities. Out- standing convocations included the Choir’s program of in- spirational Christmas music and a presentation of Pullman Car Hiawatha” by the drama department. I’ll be home for Christmas” was the theme of the annual Christmas buffet which was highlighted by campus talent. Norwegian lefse and jule kage. The Children’s Groups party and Open House in the dormitories completed holiday events and students be- gan the seasonal migration toward homes, families, and tur- key dinners. Christmas is a momentary return to the childhood world of make-believe ... below M. Westermo and A Stivland confide Yuletide dreams to Santa. 20