Dana College - Danian Yearbook (Blair, NE)

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mail 'fiery 1926 . , t 15 ,gt B I lg.: 'UNI' 2 Q' u 52.7 f SSRN?-' 231 Mo-i491-H ,e num MP 19 '1 ' . I gg . - It A 1 1- 45315 5 , V UL ' ' ' 1 '- . ' mr v' f' .- ' -' , f ,. ,, The aggregate enrollment of students that have attended Dana College is 3956. From the college department there have been only three graduates. The first graduate was Esther Bonnesen who graduated in 1922. The next two were Carl Nelson and Knud Larsen in 1925. This year there will be 2 graduates. The college 9I11'O11lllG1lt for the year 1925-26 is 67. This shows a decided increase over former years. , Student life in the earlier days was very different. in some respects from what it is now, The students as a rule were older men and their view of life was rather more sober than that of students of to-day. They lived much as one large family. This atmosphere of one family has been endeavored to be made a permanent characteristic of Dana. to the present day, and just how successful these efforts are, can be best judged by spending a few days at Dana.. During the first years a. much simpler life prevailed. Each one had to keen himself supplied with an oil can, a custom which was kept up until the installation of electricity in 1909. Many humorus experiences are on record in connection with these oil CELHS. If the supply ran sho1't, and lessons were unprepared, no doubt many an i1npai1'ed mental vision was the result for the following day in the class rooms. A students boarding club continued until 1899. The club elected a chairman whose duties involved the buying' of food, engaging a cook and maids, and t.he like. The expenses were divided among the members of the club. Many pleasant memories are associated with this boarding club. ' Societies and organizations rightly have a place in school lite. The Students' Christian Association, organized in 1890, is one of the the most prominent of these. Its tneinbership comprises the majority of the student enrollment. Meetings are held weekly in which talks of a. devotional nature are given both in Enfzlish and in Danish. During the winter term Sunday afternoon ineetinas are held. This organiza- tion is of deep spiritual significance in t.he life of the school. Literary work apart from class room work has been given much attention. The two literary societies are the Danish and the English-Dannebrog and Hesperian. Programs are alter- nately rendered weekly. each society havingej bi-weekly meetinxrs. Until t.he organiza- tion of the Student Body, the two societies annually gave a joint program 'followed by a banquet. This banquet, one of the most important festivities of the year, has now been taken over by the student organization. The Trinity Seminary Hedningemissionsforeninxg is of comparatively recent organization. Its aim is to work for the interests of mission activities. A mission study class not connected with the society, hc-wever, conducts weekly studies. Various athletic organizations have been made. The Basket Bajl team was a member of the Nebraska Conference this year, winning more than half of the games played. The tennis club maintains three tennis courts and holds an annual tourna- ment. G-ymnasinin classes are held for both men a.nd women. The two musical organizations, the choir and the orchestra. are constantly gaining in prominence. The choir was organized in the fall of 1914 under 'thc leadership oi' M1's. Agnes Nielsen-Andersen. It was then called the Dana College Choral Union. In the spring of 1916 it made a tour in Iowa singing a. repertoire of religious songs. Tours have been made annually for several years. This year the most extensive trip of all has been planned, and will include cities in Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. A Norse reading circle meets once a month to discuss studies in Norse literature. The club includes members from the city of Blair and usually meets in private homes. Declamatory contests have been given for several years. Two of Blair's citizens. Mr. Van Duesen. editor of the Pilot, and Mr. Brock of the Citizens State Bank, have each established prizes tor annual contests in oratorical and dramatic work. An contest provides for a prize of F525 annually. The contest is alter- nately English and Danish, Tho Student publication of I-Iermes is of widest interest. It goes wherever the students rio. and even farther to friends and well-wishers oi' Dana. It is now published bi-monthly. A few years ago an Alumni orgzanization was formed. It is doing active work for its Alma. Mater, and much of Greater Dana will no doubt be due to its influence. Forty years have gone their way for Dana, years of constant progress. This progress has not been through the efforts of one man alone, but through that of a whole Synod. What its future will be, is not for us to know exactly, but with Gocl's blessing upon it for the years to come as it has been upon it in the past, we can be assured that its future is secure. l l l l 1 l l I imrinu.-.n.r.,.m1m..-n1:1n,,,,,-nn1nu...,H.-.rur.1.,,,1m,-un-I...-.m,...rur..m1.,.1.,...,..-M11 -mln -. .1,.u...,n.-.,.i1..i.1i.,i. 4

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