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

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Prologue Standing on :1 bluff in the center of the Augustana campus, the Bell Tower symbolizes the spirit of Augustana's past and present. Throughout the years it has witnessed the variety of campus events, while representing the spirit of the Swedish heritage our fathers transplanted to this soil in the mid-nineteenth century. Augustana grew from their hopes of founding a liberal arts college based on the ideals of Christian education - the small college atmosphere which attempts to develop a well-rounded personality. Though the tower was built from beams of the first Old Main, its bell rings out the sounds of Augustana present. In the year 1958-59, stu- dents saw expansion in the physical plant of the college. Many changes show the approach of Augustana to its centennial celebration in 1960: near completion of the Fine Arts Auditorium and the Student Union Building. In the midst of this outward growth, individual students have realized, in determining gained perspectives, their respons- ibility in overcoming student apathy; this was the crux of the Student Union program. The 1959 Rockety-I is a memorial to this one year of opportunity and accomplishment as part of the whole college experience. The sounds of the Bell Tower ring in our memories, calling us to relive these adventures. We, the editors of the Rackety-I, give you these sounds and sights of the campus, hoping they will evoke for you, as they do for us, the Augustana spirit.

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Dedication This book is dedicated t0 KNUT ERIC ERICKSON for almost half a century a loyal friend of Augustana and for two decades its chief financial officer. His life term has been dedicated to the service of the Church, first in the parish ministry and then in the field of higher educa- tion. Through his faithful and skillful care of the rev SnurCes uf the college he has cumributed immeasurably In its ngth, and by his quiet helpfulness to hundreds of students he has enriched the lives uf an untold number of alumni, who join with the present student body in honoring one of the finest of Augustana's sons. Catching 3 lat: glance at the city of Man- treal, Dr. Erickson eujnyed the leisure of his 1957 vacation. Away from the respon- Jr'hilitiet a: Augmmrm, be and his wife traveled also Ibrangb England and Sweden.

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Table 6f Contents Story of Year The College Story . The Student Story . The Bell S omzds - l - IVben we Study - Admiuistration . Faculty Undergraduates The Bell Sound: - - - 7179?: we Meet - Greek Societies Campus Clubs . Organgzatiom . The Bell Somzds . - - When we Win - Autumn Sports Winter Sports . Spring Sport; . The Bell Sounds - - - When we Leave - Memories Senior: Lutheran School of Nnrsin Memories . . . Faculty Classes Advertisers - Organizational Index - WAYNE jonusou - Firs: Semener Editor PAT NELLANS, an BOWMAN, RON PALMER -- Secaud Smarter Editors RON LARSON - Business Mamager 120 150 152 158 166 174 176 186 204 206 210 21 3 221 260