Long Beach City College - Saga Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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DEAN PHILIP E. HAUGE i All kinds of changes in higher education have been sug- gested. Today colleges and universities propose stream-lined programs, accelerated programs, War-emergency programs, pre-induction programs and many others. Some colleges and universities are offering four quarters of work during the year, others three semesters per year. Both groups plan their work so that students may complete the regular four-year program in two and one-half or three years. One outstanding American institution has endorsed a program which called for the con- ferring of the B. A. degree at the end of the sophomore year. But why these changes? Theoretically, in order that we may retain those i'freedoms for which our father's fought and in which is found the true essence of democracy. Practically, so that our young people may be better prepared for today's all- out effort and tomorroW's period of reconstruction. It is fitting, therefore, that the Saga honor this year's football team, not because it Won another championship but primarily because it is the embodiment of ideals of manhood that makes victory in the present struggle assured. -Dean Philip E. I-lauge.

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PRE IDENT TINGLESTAD This year's Saga does well in suggesting that we ponder the national recognition which unexpectedly came to us this year. It was the football team that did it. Of course there was competent and experienced coaching, also exceptional native ability in certain players, but there were deeper factors than these: proper recognition of health and strength as God-given qualifications or assets, and loyal teamwork with the Willing submergence of individual ambitions for the benefit of all. These deeper factors are well-known to those who recognize human responsibility to the Lord and the Creator. There also had to be genuine loyalty and allegiance on the part of the larger group or groups which the team represented or came to represent. Finally, the perspective of a well-balanced college education had to be protected from distortion. Immediately after the close of the football season real War came to our nation. It is more than a hope, it is our belief, that the qualities which brought such wide recognition and acclaim may be significantly in evidence as these same young men go forth to give their all in a vastly larger and more serious cause-the preservation of freedom and the Winning of peace. President Tinglestad.

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.psf -V. Ii ll I W -4 4 s .V its as 1 , , K sf Z' I . x, fi' J? fm l it Qs. K A Aw 4 79 '. ' Sym., ' wi. , 5 QE. . - Q W' J 6 r ' 1 ft' 1. 3, , K A 1 I Iesse P. Pflueger. A. B.. B. S.. C. T .... as many interests as the initials after his name would indicate . . . probably the only teacher having every student in school in his classes . . . usually begins puttering in his garden long before anybody else. Herbert R. Ransom, Ph. D. . two years ago came to us from the University of Washington . . . frequently seen on the golf course . . . considered a good critic of literature. Harold G. Ronning. M. Th., Ph. D .... this ear he has been working hard on the Golden jubilee campaign . . . also teaches Christianity and education . . . an pounder of Dewey's principles. Arling G. Sannerud. M. Ed ..,. his con- nection with P. L. C. dates from the time he was a gridiron hero . . . returned later as teacher of college history and is now acting principal of the high school. Ole I. Stuen, M. A .,.. another one of our faculty who was once a student here . . . teaches Norse and mathematics . . . gen- erally seen working in his garden when you walk by his home. E. Arthur Larson. A. B.. C. T .... comes out from his work with a Tacoma congre- gation to teach Swedish . . . holds class out doors when weather permits but fears there isn't much work done. Eugene W. Caddey. B. A .... surprised to find he was a teacher instead of a student . . , a former swimming and wrestling champ at the University of Washington , . . will be missed as he enters military service this summer. john U. Xavier, M. A.. C. T .... faculty member who has served the longest . . . has new retired from tasks of teaching Greek and science . . . still holds reins in the library. Anders W. Ramstcd. M. C.. C. T. . . . more commonly known as Plammy . . . would enjoy the farm life . . , being aeronautical ground instructor got him and he soon took to wings . . . teaches chemistry and mathematics. Miss Georgia Reneau. Ph. M .... one of the most learned women on the coast . . . known to study many hours for each class . . . will never kill a bug or trim a tree. W. D. Keith Reid. M. S .... as friendly with the students as any teacher could be . . . turn out business men and women . . likes to relate stories of college days. Lowell I. Satre. M. A .... one man who can't say, It's all Greek to me . . . next year the senior girls will miss walking to dinner with him because he enters the military service this summer . . . besides English he speaks Greek, Latin, French, and German. Edwin Tingelstad. M. A .... is seen little around school lately because of his job as director of alumni mobilization for the Golden jubilee Campaign . . . enjoys golf when he has time for it. Mrs. Gudrun N. Running, B. A. . . . takes time out from being mama to teach future opera stors . . . is a dramatic soprano . . . has appeared in concerts and many musicals. Elvin M. Akre, B. A .... graduate from Concordia College . . . taught in thecpublic schools, but in 1939 joined the P. L. . staff . . . teacher of history and languages . . . worries over the band. NCI PICTURE Karl E. Weiss. B. Mus. . . . succeeded his wife as piano instructor . . . graduate of the Eastman School of Music and has studied abroad . . . director of the St. Cecilia Chorus and vice president of Ta- coma Civic Music . . . enjoys telling tales of his young daughter. Mrs. Rhoda H. Young. B. A .... left her brood at the Senior Dorm to become Mrs. Young, but is still known as Ma . . . another P. L. C. graduate and a recent one . . . chaperones all choir trips.