Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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THIRTY-THREE 012wa Dean of the Conservatory Lat smneone sing Co 116; Iightlr'cr move the minutes fledged with music. eTENNYsoN. The value of music in a well- rounded educational plan is rec- ognized throughout our land from kindergarten to university. Music refreshes the mind, stimulates the emotions, quickens the aesthetic perceptions, and gives wings to the imagination. For more than four decades Augustana Conservatory has made a definite contribution to the mu- sical and artistic life of the Tri- Cities. Music study in a College Conservatory has many advan- tages. Participation in the musi- cal activities of the campus pro- vides worth-while recreation in the education of the young musician Many of Augustanais musical graduates return each year at Home-coming time, bringing to their Alma Mater records of line achievement. Their aim is to re' late music to life and to carry the torch of high ideais wherever their path may lead, and Augustana Conservatory wishes them God- speed. ESTELLE MANDEVILLE. Page Sixteen IVA C. PEARCE, A.M., ME. I ummmulh, ISSIE: ILIi. t'nlumhm mnem- of chm nu. lama: .u.l' A H. .xuguclzlm, 19:11. At Jumlslnlm eincu 1. Dawn of Om! Expression The constant endeavor of the Department of Oral Expression is to make all its work of practical service to the student either as a: means of general culture or as training in more adequate and ef- fective expression of himself in the business of everyday life. In conjunction With the regular courses offered in both the college and the Oral Expression depart- ment, the department presented this year as usual seven one-act plays and two major productions. In these shorter plays everyone enrolled in second 01 third year speech classes was given a part Whether he had ever been in a play before 01' not. Lack of a suitable stage has somewhat handicapped this work. but efforts are being made to pro- vide a good auditorium for dra- matic production, and their suc- cessful termination should place Augustana's Speech department on a stiIl higher plane. Already, in- creased enroilment in public speak- ing classes has necessitated adding two advanced speech students to the regular faculty. IVA C. PEARCE.

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WM NINETEEN -t-Im2:nOzv FHRTY-THREE C10NRAD BERGENDOFF A.,M. B,.,D PHD. RV 10M: HJL Amy tuna iiil: IHLD. l'niwnity l Seminary l'hilz-uizlplnu JJIS- -19; lipla-zllm LIIIuJ. Professor of Systematic Theology. Dean of the Seminary AUGUSTANA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Education for the ministry of the Church is the main goal of our Augustana Theological Seminary. Decades ago this Seminary made an accredited AB. the preparatory requirement for entrance. It seeks to furnish a theological preparation true to the Sacred Scriptures and a witness of the faith of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, as well as to train men for the gospel ministry of the Church which owns and supports the Seminary. It would be a spiritual center for refreshing of the Church. The complex problems of the Christian, hence of our Lutheran, Church today have always in this Seminary received the attention called for by sound Christian faith and practice. The contemporary cultures, coming and going as cultures do come and go, are duly received, with discriminative critique, sifting, rejection, adoption or whatever else Christian faith calls for. This Seminary has maintained, does maintain and ever will, under God, that While the notions and theories of man have their time, the Church of Christ. the Word of God, and the consequent faith of the Church abide through the millen- niums of human efforts in life, thought, and achievements. A constant growth in the ideals of seminary life, teaching, and purpose has marked the Seminary from its youthful days of 1860 in Chicago, then in Paxton, Illinois, finally at its present location since 1875 The archi- tecturally splendid complex of buildings housing the Seminary activities crowns what still is called ttZion Hili and has become a favorite place for various conventions and assemblies of our Church. The Seminary welcomes coming students of a new schooi year. It Will be pleased to have visitors to the city of Rock Island view the lovely buildings and attend, if they have the leisure, the lectures. May God continue to bless the Augustana Theological Seminary, from which. twelve hundred pastors have gone forth to preach the gospel. THE THEDLOGICAL FACULTY. mszU vm Puge Fifteen

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RUTH PEARSON, A.B. .LIB. Rmv- THN'I N PnHemu ht C'nlumlliu. Mlllllm'r 0 IFISI, .'II All: Decm 0f I'Vomen Aside from the regular routine of class work, the young women of Augustana find open to them many interests and activities which afr ford social, cultural, and recrea- tional training. The Augustana Womants Club is an All-Augie co-ed organization which assists in the orientation of freshman girls by sponsoring the Big' Sister and the Little Sister program. It also sponsors an an- nual All-Augie Co-ed Banquet. On our campus are six sororities whose total membership is about 110. The Valkyries and the Augustana Girls? Athletic Association afford their members wholesome recreation and training in the popular sports. Music-loving girls may take part in the rendition of Handelts Mes- siah and compete for the honor of being an ttOriole. Many pleas- ant memories are linked With the informal get-togethers in the Woments Building. Augustana affords sufficient ex- tracurricular activities to assure everyone of a pleasant and varied student life. RUTH PEARSON. LOWELL VOGEL SIMPSON, A.M. .LIS. 192th I tr JHxn ly M Jan, mm-I' 01' 1921. Head of Summer and Night Schools The Summer Session of Augus- tana College was organized in 1916. Since its inception it has grown steadily both in respect to the num- ber of students attending and to the number of courses offered. It is an integral part of the college year. The studies are planned to meet primarily the needs of the following classes of students: tn teachers who may desire a better training for their work in the class- room 01' W110 are preparing to meet the requirements for the var- ious teacherst certiflcates; Qt stu- dents needing education credits to qualify for the teacher? certifl- cates; wt teachers who desire ulti- mately to obtain a bacealaureate degree; Md students who Wish to obtain advanced credit to shorten their college course; t5t persons who wish to enter the courses for cultural purpGSESt A striking advantage of the summer session is that students work in small classes under close individual supervision and guid- ance of the instructors. L. V. SIMPSON. Page Seventeen NINETEEN equnOz THIRTY-THREE mziD-HJU rm