Midland University - Warrior Yearbook (Fremont, NE)

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Pi Kappa helta Seated (left to right): Bergfelder. Mrs. Hanson. Vosseler. Seiffert. Kuenning. A long-anticipated goal was realized on the campus this year with the establishment of a Midland chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, na- tional honorary forensics fraternity. In- fluential in the work leading to the granting of a charter to Midland was Mrs. Sara Hawkinson, professor of speech and direc- tor of forensics. She is the chapter sponsor. Charter members include Paul Kuenning, Waldo Hanson, Carol Munson, Ruth Berg- felder, Gene Vosseler and Jim Seiffert. Dean Herman Gimmestad, former forensics direc- tor, is an honorary member. New initiates were Marjorie Lang, Bob Hartwig, Dolores Mikkelsen, Bill Christensen and Hugo Rath- kamp. Installation of the chapter took place at a May dinner, with Miss Lenore Ramsey of Wayne as installing officer. Midland's forensics participants this year had one of their busiest seasons, achieving notable results along the way. Finest indi- vidual showing was that of Paul Kuenning, senior - debater who won the state old-line oratory contest in March at Doane College, Crete. He tftu etrfned' the right' to enter .the interstate contest ih 'Chicago,'. ,in which j e missed going to the finals by only oner Hawkinson, Munson. Standing: Dean Gimmestad.- place. His oration was entitled “The Myth Called Progress.” Other Midlanders taking honors at the state meet were: Hugo Rathkamp, tied for first in men's B discussion; Bob Hartwig, second in men's “B” extemporaneous; Mar- jorie Lang, third in women's “A” discussion; and a team which placed second in the “B” section of debate. Alternating on the team were Dolores Mikkelsen, Bill Christensen and Rathkamp. Kuenning and Waldo Hanson, also a sen- ior debater, won five out of eight debates at the 17th annual Northwest Debate Tour- nament in St. Paul, Minnesota. Five other Midlanders planned to attend that contest, but icy roads prevented their automobile trip. Kuenning and Hanson also entered the Pi Kappa Delta meet at Fort Collins, Colorado. Midland students attended a University of Nebraska meet at Lincoln and entertained Augustana College and Omaha University at a practice session in Fremont. A group of Mrs. Hawkinson's students also presented an outstanding program on Paths to ,. 07r Peace”'la fore the Lijerary . Pfpgrtment of the Fremont Woman' Club. r 67

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Seated (left to riaht): Peters. Reynolds. McCall. Splinter. Standing: Kucnning. Juglor. Pflueger. Pi foe ta CpAilcH Pledged to the promotion of student par- ticipation in undergraduate publications. Pi Delta Epsilon, national honorary collegiate journalism fraternity, seeks to establish a code of ethics among the staffs of the indi- vidual college publications. Purposing to elevate the cause of journal- ism, members of this organization, who are tapped after completion of their sophomore year, held key positions in the campus pub- lications. Donna Splinter edited The Mid- land while Paul Kuenning served as its business manager. Pi Delts serving on the staff of the yearbook were Loueva Pflueger, editor; Jack McCall, assistant editor; Leo Jugler, business manager; and Jim Young- quist, assistant business manager. Social event for the year were ceremonies attending initiation of newly tapped mem- bers into the fraternity in the spring. Future plans for the organization include publica- tion of a student directory and assisting in the publication of a student handbook. John G. Van Riper, director of publicity and instructor in journalism, was made an honorary member of the fraternity. Loueva Pflueger was president this year while Paul Kuenning served as vice-president. Martha J. Peters is permanent recording secretary, and Mary Reynolds served as faculty spon- sor. Pago 66

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The Band—Front row (left to right): Boggs. M. Staldcr. Scrivncr, B. Hanson. Stigile. Sancha. Second row: Director Forsborg, Dunker. Hefley. Launt. Hankey. Dahl. Johnson. Liork, Bergfolder, J. Hanson. Third row: D. Stalder, Welbum. Lindquist. Olson, Ayres. Hansen. Wolf, Rathkamp. Coults. Fourth row: Rogge, Boyd, Fourst, Dulo, DeGroff, Jensen. Hamilton, Stransky. Handley, Thiemo. £aw4 W Orchestra Bright new uniforms were the pride of band members and Midlanders in general as the band made their first public appear- ance in them at the Wayne-Midland basket- ball game in February and later in the month at their winter concert. The uniforms gave promise of a marching band in future years. Second band concert took place in con- junction with the orchestra concert in May and featured Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with Willard J. Congreve as piano soloist. Orchestral numbers included works by Mozart and W«ber. Acclaimed by critics as one of the best orchestras in the history of the college, this group as well as the band was under the direction of Carl E. Forsberg, who also in- structed in violin. Various members of band and orchestra comprised smaller instrumental groups such as the pep band, brass sextet, string trio and clarinet trio combining woodwinds and strings. Band officers were Richard Boyd, presi- dent; Bob Olsen, vice-president; Jackie Dunker, secretary; and Bob Stransky, li- brarian. The orchestra chose as their offi- cers Don Nelson, president; Judy Launt, sec- retary-treasurer; and Margaret Hefley, li- brarian. On its twentieth annual tour, lasting from January 10 to February 1, the fifty-voice A Cappella Choir under the direction of Pro- fessor Oscar Lyders covered 4,400 miles, visiting eight western states, including Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Nebraska. The three-part program listed the difficult Bach motet, “Sing Ye to the Lord,” and selections by Gretchaninoff, Christiansen, Lindeman, Grieg and Rachmaninoff. The Orchestra—(loft to right) Hawkinson, Hofloy, Schroeder. McKenzie. M. Stoltenberg, Harrison. Dulo. M. L. Stoltenberg. Rodgers. Rathkamp, Nelson. McGath, Kuenning, Diroctor Forsborg. Newman. Poterson, Olsen, Stonnield, Roy, Boggs, Dahl, Hankey, Willmer. DeGroff, Bergfcldor, Jensen. Headrick, Stransky. Roggs. Page 68