Luther College - Pioneer Yearbook (Decorah, IA)

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DR. O. 11. H. JPRJEUS PRESIDENT 1932- Greetings ! After Pearl Harbor and De- cember seventh our country has been at war. This prompts me to make my greeting to you, our students, the worcls of Morcleeai to Esther, spoken at a most crttical moment in the history of the Jews, viz., who knoweth whether thou a-rt come to the hingclom for such a time as this? Esther, a young Jewish girl who ha-cl become queen, promptly ancl willingly took her life in hanfl an cl a-ppearefl before the king ancl savecl the people who were cloomecl uncler the royal seal to clestruetion. In a clemocraey all citizens are hings and queens. The sov- ereign power is in their hand. Thus a tremendous responsi- bility rests upon each one of us who claim citizenship under the Stars anrl Stripes. Our colleges train, in large measure, the lead- ers of ou-r nation. Anrl so an in- ytnitely larger share of responsi- bility rests upon instructors ancl stnrlents in Luther College than upon many others. In fact, it may be that out of our midst will come an Esther, a Tihish- ingtou, a Lincoln, a MacArthur. Perhaps you-r area, in siee, will be smaller. Perhaps your tash, in importance, will not seem great. But, still, yours may be the hnal single effort that tips, as flicl the words oj' Mordecai or the petition of Esther, the scales in favor of your nation. Perhaps it will be Luther Uollege, inelucliug our entire personnel, whose contribution will tip the scales. We know not. We leave that in Goflts hands. But in a cr-itical moment sueh as this ,we are conscious of our incliviclual ancl collective respornsibility. Who hnowest whether thou art come to the hingclom for such a time as this. Conscious of the responsibility -which rests upon us I am happy to note the unanimity of spirit with which faculty and students have taken holcl of the grim tash of winning the war, ever since -we wirecl Presiclent Roosevelt the flay after Pearl Harbor 0jf67'7:'Ilfj our all. It gives eviclenee of a fleep seatecl loyalty to Gocl anfl country. To strengthen this loyalty let us constantly sech guidance anfl strength in Uforfl and Sacrament. Let us pray that the Ruler of VVinfl and TfWlves will be with us through the storm. May His peace abicle in the hearts of solflier ancl covilian ancl peace among nations again flawn as the morning sun -upon the earth. And may your sojourn at Luther be blessed a-nfl may you always, in wartime or in peace, be a blessing. Your frien fl, , Wanda

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CARLO A. SPE1z.A'r1: Oslo, Norway. A.B. Luther 1888 . . . C. T. Luther Seminary 1891 . . . Clergyman, Bel- lingham, Tacoma, 1891-19055 instruc- tor, Pacific Lutheran College, 1894- 19053 Mus. D., St. Olaf. 1934 . . . European travel, summers 1914 and 1936 . . . To Luther as instructor 1905. CLARA M. HOYT: Elma, Iowa. B. M. Northwestern U. 1922 . . . Seven years a teacher, Oklahoma City U. . . . Seven years a teacher, Upper Iowa U. . . . Luther 1936 . . . Summer school U. of Iowa 1932-33 . . . Summer school Boston, Mass., 1939 . . . Mem- ber of Mu Phi Epsilon, National As- sociation of Music Teachers . . . Her hobby is the Great Outdoors. O. W. QUALLEY: Ridgeway, Iowa. A.B. Luther 1918 . . . Study at Co- lumbia summer 1921 . . . Buhl Clas- sieal Fellow, QMieh., 1922-23 and 1930- 31 . . . A. M. Mich. 1923, Ph. D. 1931 . . . Staff member U. of Michigan Archaeological Expedition, Fayoum, Egypt, 1924-25 . . . Guest Prof. at U. of Iowa summer of 1935 . . . To Luther in 1918 . . . Sports are his hob bios. INGEBRET DORRUM: Opclal, Norway. P. L. C. 1902 . . . A. B. Luther 1904 . . . A. M. Harvard 1910 . . . Ed. of Trouderlagets Aarbok 1912-17 . . . Teacher at Park Region, Concordia . . . To Luther as instructor 1923 . . . Taught summer sessions at State Agr. College, N. Dak., 1918-23, and State Teachers College, Valley City, N. Dak .... His hobby is l'ransZa'l'iag books and poetry from Norse to Ea- glish and fuicc versa. ,..r,. S-L12 ' EMILY FRANK: Native of Ohio. B. Vassar 1919 . . . A. M. Ohio S 1930 . . . Elementary demonstra and student supervision at Mid town, Conn., and Slippery Rock, . . . Loves music but confesses 'u Zack of ability 'in that Feld . . . ally 'rogarcls tCfl'07l7:'Il-g as a hobby. CHELLIS N. EVANSON: Callendcr, Iowa. A.B. Luther 1918 . . . A. M. U. of Iowa 1926 . Q . Ph. D., ibifl., 1930 . . . U. S. Navy 1918-19 . . . Euro- pean travel, summers 1914 and 1936 . . . To Luther as history instructor 1918 and at present is head of history department . . . His chief hobby is golf.