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

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Ohio, and has written about thirteen widely-used books in his field. Dr. Einar Joranson, '08, has been a professor of history at the University of Chicago since 1917, and also in this sphere one thinks of Dr. George M. Stephenson, '10, who has been professor of history at the University of Minnesota since 1918. Dr. Roy V. Peel, '20, has been in the field of political science at the New York University since 1923, and Dr. Elmer Peterson '17, is now in the education department of the University of Iowa. Mr. J. A. Bexell '95, is the retired dean of the School of Commerce at Corvallis, Oregon, and has conducted an agricultural survey of Oregon. He was formerly a collaborator of the U. S. Bureau of Markets. Oscar Broneer, '22, is now an archae- ologist in Athens, Greece, and Alfred A. Anderson '99, is director of the school of commerce at Mackensie College, Sao Palo, Brazil. In writing of prominent scientists of Augustana the following should be mentioned: Dr. Philip Dowell, '85, botanist, chairman of the publication committee of Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences since 19055 O. VV. Ostlund, '79, entomologist, professor at the University of Minnesota., and one of the oldest liv- ing Augustana alumni, Johan A. Udden, '05, geologist, son of J. A. Udden, '81, XVarren O. Nelson, '28, zoologist, professor at the University of Missouri, Dr. Hans O. Haterius, '23, zoologist, Professor at New York University, Alvin Lugn, '16, geologist, professor at the University of Nebraska, Robert Sandstrom, '31, chemist with the Goodrich Rubber Company, and Clarence Berg, '24, biochemist, professor at the Univer- sity of Iowa. The list would have to be more than doubled if we would include all the industrial chemists and teachers in small colleges who are Augustana alumni. Carl R. Chindbloom, '90, is a United States Congressman from the tenth Illinois district. He has served as master of Chancery in the Circuit Court of Cook County from 1916 to 1919, and has been in the field of Constitutional law in Chicago since 1900. Joseph L. Larson, '06, has been a member of the House of Repre- sentatives ,of Massachusetts, and is now a banker in Boston, Massachusetts. Leonard Telleen, '96, has been a county judge from 1910 until his appointment as circuit judge, which position he now holds. Hugo C. Larson, '19, has gained attention as a metallurgist, since he began his Work in 1923 as inspector at the Illinois Steel Company, Gary, Indiana. ' Augustana has played a prominent part in the furnishing of missionaries to the foreign fields. Rev. O. L. Larson, '02, seminary '05, served in India from 1905 to 1923, and was the first treasurer of the U. L. C. Mission in India. Dr. Bertha'Anderson, ex-'20, is now Working in Tanganyika Territory, East Africa. Dr. Esther Johnson, '24, Dr. Edna Miller, '23, and Miss Verna Lofgren, ex-'20, all worked in the medical Held in Africa. Rev. Roy F. Thelander, seminary '14, worked as an Augustana missionary to Honan, China, from 1920 to 1925, and Rev. Thure Holmer, '09, seminary '12, was in the Rajahmundry field of India' from 1912 to 1933. Rev. Anton Lundeen, seminary '16, who is now field secretary of foreign missions, was sent to the Fuchow district in China from 1916 to 1923, and during that time C1922j was held in captivity by bandits for several weeks. ' ismumv.wv- 1 iii.. . . risk. frziulo . G-911' .1151 i V l I 1 i i lllllllll

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A local chapter of the national forensic society, Tau Kappa Alpha, was established in May, 1921, but was relinquished when Augustana was awarded a chapter of Pi Kappa Delta. The Illinois Xi Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, an exceedingly active national fraternity for forensics, was installed by Professor Toussaint of Monmouth, Illinois, in May, 1931. There are now nine active members and five debaters have been invited to be pledges. Since the first regular intercollegaite debate with Luther College in 1905, Augustana has been quite successful in her interschool forensic activities. Recent years especially have brought many successes. In 1930 the women's teams won Hrst in the League of Illinois Colleges, and in 1931 and 1935 they ranked second. The men's teams have ranked high in the League in nearly every year of participation, being undefeated in 1922, 1924, 1932, and 1935, and ranking sec- ond several times. In 1932 Augustana was represented by two men's teams and in 1934 by three men's teams and two women's in the tournament at Southwestern College, Vlfinfield, Kansas. In the last tournament, in the senior men's division, Augustana won third placeg in the womenis divi- sion she tied for fourth place, and in the junior college division she tied for fifth place. August- ana was the only school represented which had all of its teams ranked among the upper half of the participants. In the spring of 193-1, the college sent two men's debate teams to Lexington, Kentucky, to participate unofhcially in the Pi Kappa Delta national tournament, and in 1935 four women and four men represented the school in the fraternity's provincial tournament at Vilaukesha, Wisconsin. In these tournaments both in debate and in the extemporaneous speaking and oratorical contests, in which the debaters also took part, Augustana made a commendable record. In the tour- nament held by St. Thomas College, St. Paul, Minnesota, January, 1935, the four men representa- tives tied for seventh place out of the fifty-four schools present. In oratory for 1933 an Augustana student won Hrst place in the state oratorical contest for promotion of peace and second in the con- test sponsored by the State Oratorical Association with his oration, VVhat VVould You Call It?,' The women's representative in 19344 placed first in the state contest with her oration, A Defense of My People. . During the early years of the debating clubs, forensic activity was informally directed by Dr. E. P. Bartholomew through his argumentation classes. In 1913 Professor A. E. Keiber of Davenport High School was coach of debate. Following him Attorney Clinton Searle coached two years, Conrad Bergendoff, Dean of Augustana Seminary, for one year, and Professor J. F. Page, for two years. Then for a period of ten years, Dr. A. F. Schersten, Professor of Sociology, most successfully directed the debating activities making an excellent record for the school in this field and bringing forensic activity even more to the foreground than it had been in the past. Until about the middle of Dr. Schersten's term as debate coach, women participated with the men. VVhen the activities were separated, Dr. Schersten for some time directed both teams, but was re- lieved by Edwin C. Munson, then a student in the seminary, who coached the women in 1925, 1926, and 1927, by Leonard Smith in 1928, and by Gilbert Munson in 1929. In the spring of 1929, Pro- fessor Paulus Lange took Dr. Schersten's place as instructor of sociology and also assumed his duties as coach of debate. Sigfrid Engstrom, a student of the seminary, directed women's debating in 1930, 1931, and 1932, while Attorney Isadore Katz in 1930 and Dr. lVendell Lund in 1931 and 1932 had charge of the men's activities. Throughout her career as an instructor of oral expres- sion, Miss Iva Pearce was the director of oratory. In the fall of 1932 Martin J. Holcomb was ap- pointed to his present position as director of forensics. He is assisted by Theodore LeVander, formerly of Gustavus Adolphus College, who is coach of oratory. Under Professor Holcomb con- siderable progress has been made in the field of forensics, the program has been greatly enlarged, particularly in reference to participation in tournaments, and largely through his efforts the chap- ter in Pi Kappa Delta was awarded Augustana. iM'1..'!4z I 4' 4 ' ' 'J 1 Lhvlaxii MJ. ., 2:1 L lf'-- ' -- -' -L ,Q-1ry B 1 i. ,. l N E I 1 E i ,s if -1 1 1 l 1 l lll llllll