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He began his ad- vanced studies at a missionary institute in Stockholm in 1858. In order to prepare himself for work in the foreign mission field he spent two years at Leipsiz, Germany. VVhen his intention was not realized he re- turned to Sweden and graduated from the University at Upsala in 1861. Subsequently, he decided to study theology, and in 1863 he was ordained. During the following six years he labored in the State Church of Sweden. In the year 1869 he came to America with a company of friends who hoped to better their condition in America, settling in central Kansas at Lindsborg. Not only was he an able minister to the spiritual and temporal needs of the pioneer settlers, but we Iind that he was sent to the Kansas legislature, and served two terms in this capacity. In the year 1875 he received a call to become a professor at Augustana College, which he declined. How- ever, in the following year he received a second call which he accepted. Thus for nearly a quarter of a cen- tury, except for a few brief periods, he was connected with this institution. Dr. Olsson took a five months' tour through England, Germany and Bohemia in 18'79.Resigning his position at Augustana in 1888, he as- sumed connection with Bethany College in Kansas. Again in 1889 he visited Europe, and upon his return, ac- cepted a call as the minister of the Lutheran Church at Vfoodhull, Illinois. He was elected the president at Augustana College in 1891, and assumed his duties in this capacity in that year. The Board of Directors decided to confer upon him the Degree of Divinity in 1892. In addition to his educational work, he was busily engaged in writing articles, and was an active contributor to the vari- ous church papers of the Synod. He was distinguished also as the author of various works of great value including: At the Cross , Greeting from Abroad , Christian Hopen, and To Rome and Home Again . As a popular orator he was held in high esteem. His sudden death in May 1900, while acting president of Augustana was a shock to his friends and students. Rev. Gustav Albert Andreen CI 864- D The present head of Augustana College is Reverend Gustav Albert Andreen, Ph.D., R.N.O., D.D. He was born at Porter, Indiana, on March 13, 1864, but received his early education at Swedona, Illinois. At the age of 11, he entered the preparatory department at Augustana, and in six years graduated at the head of his class. Following his graduation in 1881 to 1884, Dr. Andreen was a teacher at Augustana, preparing himself to be a lawyer. In the years 1886 to 1893 he served as a teacher in Bethany College, teaching English, German, and Greek. He decided in 1894 to enter Yale University in order to study for the degree of Doctor of Phil- osophy which he received in 1898. While at Yale, he was instructor in German, and in 1898 he was called to the professorship of Norse and Scandinavian languages and literature at that University. In order to prepare himself for this position, Dr. Andreen spent two years at the University of Upsala, Sweden, and Christiania, Norway, besides making a tour through Germany. Dr. Andreen assumed his new duties at Yale in 1900, and this was the same year that Dr. Olsson, the president of Augustana died. During the following year, Dr. Andreen was unanimously elected president of the college, being installed on October 17, 1901. His far-seeing vision ascertained the needs of the insti- tution, and he began to make provisions for putting the school upon a solid financial basis. He journeyed to Sweden to enlist the sympathy of leading men. The result of the campaign was the subscribing of 120,000 crowns for a professorship at Augustana known as Oscar II, in honor of the King who was among the donors. During the subsequent years, Dr. Andreen has been extremely active in raising endowment funds, a Jubilee Fund , and various campaigns. It is his perseverance and enterprise that have brought to reality the erection of the Auditorium, Theological Seminary, XVomen's Building, and the Denkman Memorial Library. - In 1929, Dr. Andreen and wife made a trip to Europe and the Orient. Although these years have been unusually active, Dr. Andreen has found time to study, read and write. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholastic fraternity. In 1933, he attended summer school at the University of Chicago after which he published the volume, Studies in Lutheran Higher Education , During this year, Dr. Andreen has assumed the task of preparation for the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the founding of Augustana. In connection with the Jubilee, Dr. Andreen has published The Story of Augustana College and Theological Seminary? Vast evidence of his success as a leader is shown through the love and sincere admiration of all students, professors, and friends with whom he has come in contact through the years. 448145,

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3B.e '.P ,.T'T. 7T'f . lilh..iY.'. . ,i--A Q.- V' . l THE PRESIDEIXITS GF AUGUSTAIXIA Rev. Lars paul Esbjorn C1808-18705 The first Augustana president was born in Helsingland, northern Sweden in 1808. At an early age the boy showed an eagerness for study when attending the gymnasium at Gefle. His special interests there in- cluded mathematics, science, astronomy and navigation. After graduation from Gede, Esbjorn entered the University of Upsala, and at 241, he was ordained as a minister. During the following three years we find him as the assistant pastor of the parish of Ostra VVahla in the province of Uppland. Following this he became the chaplain of a large manufacturing establishment, and later a school-teacher in the parish of Hille for fourteen years. During these years in Sweden, Rev. Esbjtirn was an ardent and aggressive worker for the cause of tem- perance. His great activity for this movement aroused enmity among certain factions. VVe find that the great spiritual revival was taking place in Sweden in the 30's, and Dr. Esbjorn became imbued with the spirit of this movement, having held pietistic views despite opposition. ' In 1849 a group of 150 people decided to charter a vessel and sail for America to make their home. At the request of the Swedish Mission, Society, Rev, Esbjorn followed the emigrants in order to look after their spiritualneeds in the new country. They decided to settle in Andover, Henry County, Illinois. There fol- lowed a period of hardship due to the cholera epidemic, economic difficulties, as well as to the scattered and unsegregated state of the Swedish people in America. In spite of the hardships, the minister organized church- es in Galesburg, Moline, Henderson, and Princeton, acting as the visiting pastor. His parish extended over about fifty miles at this time. Rev. Esbjtirn undertook the responsibility of obtaining funds for church buildings, and through his ef- forts, a sum of 552,200 was realized of which 81,500 was contributed by Jenny Lind. The churches at Andover and at Moline were built by this fund. Rev. Esbjiirn remained at Andover until 1856, after which he served the pastorate at Princeton for two years. In 1858, Rev. Esbjiirn was elected professor of theological subjects, Swedish language'and literature, mathematics, and science at Springfield. In 1860 he resigned and left for Chicago. The Conference at Chicago decided to establish an independent Scandinavian Lutheran body which was the beginning of the Augustana Synod. The Lutheran Seminary was opened in Chicago with Esbjorn as the first president, and professor. He was profoundly interested in the sciences, particularly astronomy, phy- sics, and chemistry, and labored diligently for the founding of the school and Synod. Rev. Esbjorn returned to Sweden in 1863 as the pastor of the parish at Ostra Vahla, where he lived until his death in 1870, beloved and respected. i Rev. Tufve Nilsson l-lasselquist, D. D. C1816-18915 Tufve Nilsson Hasselquist was born on March 2, 1816, in the parish of Ousby, in the province of Scania. His life as a student at Kristianstad and Lund was marked by ambition, but little pecuniary backing. He completed his theological studies and was ordained in the State Church of Sweden, following which he served in the parishes of Efverlop and Glemminge. He was influenced by the religious awakening , showing early a pietistic tendency. Hasselquist was active in the temperance movement, touring the country and speaking for the cause. In 1852 a call was extended to him from the congregation at Galesburg, Illinois. Rev. Hasselquist ac- cepted the call although he knew that it would mean hardship and suffering. Indeed, the conditions were un- fortunate, for the Swedes were poor, there was no church building, and many of the settlers had embraced other faiths. Despite these facts, the congregation increased from a mere handful to 360 members. In 1855 he began the publication of I-Iemlandetn which he planned to be both political and religious. Later he published an entirely religious paper called Ratta Hemlandet , and through these two publications he exerted an inestimable influence. He believed in the separation of church and state, and toleration toward other denominations. He was active in the forming of the Augustana Synod, and in 1863 he succeeded Rev. Esbjorn as president of Augustana College. During the twenty-eight years of his presidency, Dr. Hasselquist led an exemplary life of faith, hope, and love. He was vitally interested in the building up and maintaing of a center of religious education, hav- ing for his ideal the realization of complete American collegef' Through his tireless efforts and ceaselcss labor, Augustana College and Seminary came to be well established. Rev. Hasselquist was the editor of .-lfzzyfustaizrl, the leading religious organ of the Swedish Lutheran Augustana Synod. He remained in his position as president until his death in 1891.

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RELIGICDUS LIFE AI AUGLJSIAINIA By KENNETH FARB Religious life at Augustana is not a number of organizationsg it is ., community of young souls. The founders of Augustana believed that religion and education go hand in hand. They favored the simultaneous development of all of the powers with which man is endowed, not least among these powers is that of the Spirit. The Lutheran church is an educating church. Its theory is that of bringing the masses to the highest intellectual level possible. . Augustana College, as the synodical school of a body of two hundred and fifty thousand Luth- erans, is an important part of the church. It prepares young men and young women for life, it places them on an intellectual level equal with students who have attended a state University for the same amount of time. In addition to this it fortifies the spiritual life. This is important in the agerof the new confusion of tongues . Buchmanism tempts students by flattering their intel- ligencen, and by promoting house parties. Theosophy is attempting to introduce oriental Indian paganism in America, so-called Christian Science is doing the same. The Russelites preach election and spread chaos among young Christians, many other really pagan forces are at work among our educated classes. Augustana, as a church college, offers a balanced, adequate curri- culum in a'Christian environment. A professor in a state school found that eighty-four per cent of his freshmen believed in a personal Godg four years later only sixty per cent had such a faith .... Augie has had a Christianity chair since it was founded .... The first American Bible was printed two hundred years before Augustana was foundedg it was printed in the Indian language. . . . . There were thirty-six members of the men's Bible class at Augustana in 1924. . . . In 1922 only one of the fourteen members of Sola Fide wore oxfords for best, the other thirteen used twenty-four inch shoe laces and high tops .... Augustana students helped to distribute the 7,800,766 Bibles, testaments and portions of the Bible distributed by the American Bible Society in 1934 .... In 1905 there was an active tract society at August- ana .... Over the total period of years the entire Bible has been studied and re-studied about twenty-five times in campus Bible study classes .... On jan. 31, 1935, two weeks before the jubilee Conference, 421 delegates Were registered for the Conference .... Eight students from Augustana attended the Student Volunteer Convention in Buffalo, N. Y., 1933 .... Berean sent a Christmas box to George Anderson in Africa in 1930 .... Seven- ty-tive churches in Moline and Rock Island welcome Augie students .... The Augustana Choir broadcasts 'over the national hook-up of both the NBC and the Columbia network. The agency of contact of religious activities with other general departments of the college, and with other colleges, is the Religious Board. It directs and plans all collegiate religious activi- ties and aims to present an organized schedule for each year, sufficient, and yet not too heavy, to meet the demands of the spiritual life of a student during the crucial college years. This Board is composed of the President of the college and the three deans, the professors of Christianity and a representative of each of the student organizations. This Board was organized ten years ago and has served a definite need on the campus. It has direct charge of Sunday afternoon vespers and weekly prayer meetings. The parish of Ching Wang, Chinese pastor, graduate of our seminary, '33, is Yenshih, Honan, China .... Dr. E. E. Ryden was Va first bass in the Wennerberg Chorus of 1914. . . . . Isagogics was a course in the Christianity department back in the 1880's. . . . If Berean girls have eaten as regularly as they do today they have eaten about two thousand dozen rolls on Sunday mornings since the class was founded .... A Student Volunteer Band was organized at Augie in 19183 it had fourteen members .... The Church His- tory text in 1897 had three volumes .... Twenty students attended Augustana last year who had no church connections whatsoever .... Christianity was once under the Swedish department. Sola Fidc Bible class for men was organized in 1920. At that time there were thrcc nn'n's 4415 P7