Central Wisconsin College - Valkyrie Yearbook (Scandanavia, WI)

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fmlmis 96 in K 24 l l ESTHER THOMPSON DECLAMATORY CONTESTS Every year the Norse students give a Declamatory contest for the purpose of arousing a greater interest in the Norse depart- ment. The members of all the Norse. classes learn readings and when they have all been given, each class chooses its representa- tive for the local contest. In l92l the Hrst prize was awarded to Ixliss Karen Wfhite. I-Ier declamation was: Somime mend er slikef' That year the first three prizes consisted of money. In 1922 we joined the Siigvald Quale contest. This was instituted by Mrs.. Anna Quale of Eau Claire, VVisconsin, in memory of her son, Sigvald. Its purpose is to promote a greater interest in Norse. The interest of the sum 32500, which Mrs. Quale donated to Det Norsk-e Selskap i Amerika, is used as prizes to the winners in the contests. The winner of the local contest receives a silver medal. This was awarded Miss Esther Thompson, a representative of Norse III. She represented C. VV. Cf. at the finalicontest in Minneapolis, December 9, 1922. Her selection was: 'fGutten fra Lombardy. VVe are proud to say our delegate received Hfth place. Tfhe winner of the nnal contest, receives a gold medal. -

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fi 23 is 'ff - - . 5 ,1 All' hm 93 Norse Department NORMANNA LAG Tn order to keep up a live interest in Norse language and literature, here at C. XM. C. in the fall of 1922, we organized a N'ormanna Lag. VVe are descendants of the Norwegian pioneers who came to this country and through hard and consistent labor built their homes. They loved their mother tongue, and strove for the furtherance of good and noble traits. T'he church and schools which they founded and built. we shall strive to maintain, and the language they loved, we shall preserve. Tn order to accomplish this, we must not let the language of our forefathers die. but cherish it as a treasure. Although this organization is new it has proved very successful. At present a large majority of the students are members. The enthusiasm and interest of the members and also of tour friends manifested itself on November 11, when the Norwegian supper was served consisting of: lute-fish, Molse, lefse, kringle, sand-bakels. rossetes, flat-brod, fattigmander, og kjod-kakker. As this was the First event of its kind given under the auspices of the students. people Hocked to the Rink in great numbers. The large sum of 3163.22 was realized for our Furni- ture Fund. This money was used to equip one of our class rooms with splendid new chairs. After the supper a Norwegian program was given by the members of the Lag. This proved that although we are all Ameri- can born. we could speak the Norwegian language fluently. The officers of this organization are: President. Clara Hillestad. Vice-President. Gladys Gurholt. Secretary, Phillip Hiller. Treasurer, Bertha Lunde. Let us then show that we are worthy of the name of our fore-fathers, and do all in our power to further their language and literature C. P. H. 1923. B. N. L. 1921.

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