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

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Gail Lindsey, Bill Nordstrom and Rick Joseph write copy for the Centennial Gustavian during the week after commencement. Editor ............ Organizations Editor Academic Editor ..... . . . Sports Editor ...... Special Events Editor Advertising Manager Photographer ...... Business Manager .... . Editor Gall Lindsey talks with one of her staff members about a picture. . . Gail Lindsey . . . . . Carol Harvey . . . Richard Strand William Nordstrom Mary Kay Bradford ...... Gary Benike . . . Folke A. Person . . . E. Fred Fischer THE STAFF

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Academics 16 Faculty 34 Special Events 54 Organizations 82 Athletics 11-4 Cultural 152 Religious 176 Classes 186 Y mal lx' 215- vf-F

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The Gustavus Adolphus school family solemnly posed for this picture in 1878. Ancient Scholars Built Compared to the students of today, our predecessors in the 1878 version of academia led a dull, regimented life: to quote the 1912 Annual, A typical student room, furnished at a cost of approximately twenty dollars, contained table, bookshelf, stove, woodbox, bed, commode and chairs. Com- pared to the bright, sunny rooms in Sorenson Hall or in Wahlstrom of today, life upstairs in Old Main amongst wood boxes and commodes lacks a certain amount of advantage- ous atmosphere to academic pursuit. The 1878 student arose at 5:30 a.m. and ate breakfast at 7:00. His school day began with the call to devotions, con- ducted alternately in Swedish and English by the teachers. Recitations were held from 9:00 to 4:30 except on Saturday and Sunday. On these days, religious exercises were con- ducted by the students at breakfast and in the evenings. The students, for the most part, were earnest Christians, but the other element existed even then. A case of suspen- An 1889 English history class was photographed with their instructor, Professor J. S. Carlson. 1 14 ,