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

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3 Jin Hivmnriam Br. QB. 31. Elnhmmn, 13711-19413 Tangible evidence of Dr. Oscar J. Johnson's ener- getic pursuits on behalf of Gustavus Adolphus col- lege will live long to remind students ot the spirit that has made the College on the Hill. During his administration he actively participated in campaigns for the endowment fund and additional buildings. Old Main, Johnson Hall, the White House lthe Reading Halll, the Library and the Auditorium were the only buildings standing when he made his 'first tour of inspection in I9I4. Only l28 students at- tended the college. When he retired in l94l, tive buildings had been added to the campus: the Gym- nasium, Rundstrom Hall, Uhler Hall, the Stadium, and Myrum Memorial Field House. The student body had increased in number to 578. His attendance at Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, and later at Augustana College, Rock lsland, Illinois, earned for him a degree of Bachelor of Arts in I896. He received his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Augustana Theological Seminary, Rock lsland, Illinois, in I899. An honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was presented him in l9l7 by that seminary. His activities weren't limited to those official. He served on the Board of Foreign Missions of the Augus- tana Synod and became president of that organi- lation.

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1 ilu Apprvrizltinn .Xa Br. 7 . QI. Qlarltnn sinh Br. Elnnhnu -Elarznn Dr. Ernest C. Carlton has been a member of the Gustavus Adolphus facult since I904 when he became head of the Greet department. He had been an Upsala college teacher, a preacher at Battleboro, Vt., and the editor of the North New Jersey Enterprize before coming to G. A. Assisting students in his English classes hasn't been his only activity here. He has also been occu- pied with civic affairs having been a councilman for I0 years, chairman of Nicollet county finance cpngmittee, and president of the St. Peter music cu . Dr. Carlton received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Augustana college in Rock Island and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Twelve years a professor at Gustavus Adolphus, Dr. Joshua Larson still perpetuates the school tra- dition through his work in the archives as historian. lt was through his efforts that the Lyric Male chorus, founded in I889, was reorganized under the name Svea Male chorus in I934. Dr. Larson was honored by the faculty at a din- ner in Rundstrom lounge celebrating his eightieth birthday on November 20, I946. A graduate of Yale where he received his A.M. and Ph. D., Dr. Larson taught at Minnesota college in Minneapolis from I906 until I93I when the col- lege closed. He then became a member of the faculty of Augustana college, Rock Island. He took his place on the Gustavus faculty in I934.