Gustavus Adolphus College - Gustavian Yearbook (St Peter, MN)

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H'-N Z k lHHt'rg3 T' mmm ' LJQ5 2 ff 1, 51535 Jf,1f5KaeUS3I?AW11ZHHfUlQH'?fiil ffdi Fl ALMA MATER Gustavus Adolphus, Remember thy past! Let songs of thy triumphs Be borne on the blast. 0'er prairie and mountain Forever let fame Carve runes of thy glory, Thy deeds, 'round thy name. CHORUS Gustavus Adolphus, Stand firm in the fight, Plant proudly thy banner On victory's height! Thrice Hail! Alma' Mater! Thy children are true. We love thee, forever, Our love we renew. We stand by thy standard, Our phalanx is strong. Thy battle: our battle, Gustavus, live long! rf'-, ,U my-,if W-.25 . P-fx. . L JOHN H. OLSON, '19 T5f.,Qf.f,Q,ffL7QfQIff5,1 IV? S

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' Y. - r' 1 '.' nr ' ' . - 'X '-'vs tx 1' ,J f' ' ' ep' Vin ' '- 1' f, ,yr Y' ' : 5 l llvjf lf' VT 1 if 5...,jfgggrf!atfQrs'tiairrjfiiarftiiffarfsQM2l'Qrf,...,,mf,.i . or ti f. the previous year. In 1857 he established the Minnesota Posten, the first Swedish newspaper published in the state of Minnesota. Thus in the fifties he was a younger contemporary of the pioneer ministers of the Augustana Synod, Hasselquist, Esbjorn, Carlsson, O. Andreen, and Jonas Swenson. His stay, however, at Red Wing and neighboring places was short, for in the year 1858 he accepted the editorship of the i'Hemlandet in Chicago. This work he pursued for a year, when on account of ill health he was forced to resign, whereupon he accepted a call to the Swedish Lutheran church in Attica, Indiana. He remained in Attica only a year and in 1860 accepted another call as a traveling Lutheran minister in Minnesota. During the following year he came in contact with nearly every Swede in Minnesota, traveling from place to place on foot or on horseback. In 1861 he moved to St. Paul, where his family resided for a year, when he was called back to his old congregations at Red Wing and Vasa, his last charge. The next year, 1862, he founded a Swedish academy at Red Wing. This school was the nucleus around which centered the efforts of the early Swedish pioneers of Minnesota, and which later became Gustavus Adolphus College at St. Peter. Dr. Norelius saw that Minnesota was to become the principal home of the Swedish people in America, and realized that if all that was best in the glorious traditions of the Swedish race, and in the Lutheran faith, which they had so valiantly cham- pioned, was to be preserved to Swedish Americans, an institution true to those ideals was necessary. To make real this cherished ambition he labored, apioneer among pioneers, supported as they were by that spirit of indefatigable persistence, patience, and fortitude of mind, which makes dear to us the memory of these struggling people. There was little to give, yet funds were scraped together and the beginning was made with Dr. Norelius as the first president. The result today of his untiring efforts is Gustavus Adolphus College, which, tho in name it commemorates the Swedish King and champion of -the faith, stands, in another sense, a monument to that good and noble man, the founder of our school, Doctor Norelius. It is, therefore, in a spirit of reverence and respect that we Set aside these pages of our Annual as a tribute to his memory. Dr. Norelius was esteemed a great man not only in Minnesota, but thruout the United States and in Sweden. He was twice elected president of the Augustana Synod, first in 1874 and again in 1958. In 1903 he was honored with knighthood in the North Star Order by King Oscar II, receiving the Commanderis Cross of this Order about live years ago. Dr. Norelius' career in the fields of journalism and literature has been deeply interwoven with the progress of the Swedish Americans of the Northwest, he being the first editor of the Minnesota Stats Tidning and author of several works in history, among them The History of the Swedish Americans of Minnesota. His was a life of noble, self-sacrificing service, especially for the church and her educational institutions. He was a man with a strong personality, will power, and staunch faith in Cod and his fellow-men. His name and memory will always inspire us to serve nobly and faithfully. 7 Y ., Y V WV W W H 17' .., , K. . . W.,..-f, . Y.. W .' . e ff V ., Pr sr 1 . , ', ll, .A.w-.- ,, '- J tl f N 5 lg., ,L E V t., ..1,,. ,,....,.,,... vm .r H , X, 17

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