Concordia College - Cobber Yearbook (Moorhead, MN)

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Final Week eginnmg of the and PRING arrives and with it green grass, bud- ding trees, picnics, and final exams. The season is met with mixed emotions . . . a touch of sadness mingled with relief. Seniors look forward with re- lief to graduation as they cover the last lap-filing placement papers, typing up personal data sheets, ordering announcements, measuring for robes, and cram-ming for exams. Then comes Iune . . . and graduation. Black-robed seniors form a procession and enter, stepping the Triumphal Marchi' with dignity A cross section of Cobbers seated in the perma- nent seating area of the Fieldhouse slaves over a final semester examination. Graduates, suddenly interested in horticulture, go through the tradi- tional tree-planting ceremony in the rain. Dorothy Paulson handles the s-hovel while Rey Larsen, salutatorian, hovers near. s addressed

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spared follf Registration me arms at the rem S ORIENTATION week nears completion, upper classmen begin to swarm the campus. Regis- tration proceeds with step three, each student hav- ing already completed step two, the scramble to get class cards necessary to fill carefully worked-out schedules or maybe just to avoid those eight o'clock classes. Step three covers the Hnancial aspects of getting a college education. Classes follow closely on the heels of registration and soon note-taking, book- toting Cobbers fill classrooms, labs and library. is Absorbed in her study of biology, Nancy Hammer pores over models displaying the mitotic process. Iohn, Iohnson fills out his papers at the controllerls temporary desk in the fieldhouse Registration, step three, is serious business to administrators and students alike. In a momentary lull, Arvid Olson picks up his class-cards in step two of registration. -To 105

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pffmg. OVCI' 3 e tradi- dles the l Gabfiel Hinge, Concordia alumnus and eco- nomic advisor to President Eisenhower, re- ceived an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the commencement program, Commencement agrees, diplomas for the worthy The Rev. O. H. Hove the symbols of his hono OMMENCEMENT in a liberal arts school means the end of college careers and the beginning of countless others. Combining totals of Ianuary and Iune graduations, Concordia graduated over two hundred seniors with bachelor of art, music or sci- ence degrees. Eleven girls received diplomas of com- pletion in ele-mentary education in 1957. Gradua- tion is not actually a commencement but rather the continuation of a life 3 a degree is not a goal but a stepping stone to the future. was invested with rary doctorate. The morning after baccalaureate the seniors of '57 gathered in the Memorial Auditorium for the last time as a class. Dr. Gabriel Hauge addressed the commencement audience before degrees and diplomas were conferred by Dr. Knutson, president of Concordia College.