St Olaf College - Viking Yearbook (Northfield, MN)

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SIGURD U. BERGH. Nothing is so strong as gcrzzfleizcssf WUB is our Class Historian. Since our early beginnings he has witnessed the scenes of the '08 class in his quiet, unassuming way. But unpretentiousness is no sign of inactivity. In athletics you und him an enthusiast for tennis and skating, basket ball and football, in music a clarinetist of high rank, and in literary work one who wields a pen of no mean ability, Bergh appreciates labor, but does not .believe in worrying about it. While others may be restless and downcast because of the difficult problems confronting them, Sub faces the sit- uation calmly and cheerfully, and as to results we all know that he meets with success. ALEXANDER AXELTON. V Principle is a passion for t1'uz'h and right. XELTON is an optimist. He is not easily discouraged, and if temporary clouds arise, his hopeful nature soon dispels them. There is a trend of humor in his make-up, which is es- pecially iu evidence, whenever gram for news of week in cieties. Although modest in his fellow-students, his frankness, honesty and regard for others win the respect of all. Among the many excellent traits of his char- acter are conscientiousness, a keen sense of right and wrong, and devotion to duty. As a student he is diligent andipersevering, as a friend he is devoted and true. A lover of na- ture, he has a keen sense for all that is beau- tiful. he is on the pro- our literary so- association with 22

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positive that we selected the most pleasant road. Still it was not unmixed pleas- ure, stern realities met us, Wfe one and all had to proclaim in flowing oratory that there was a South of slavery and secession-that South is dead Qmight as well confess we murdered itj. just here I wish to make a remark, now, the South was dead to begin with, according to the first sentence, but in the very next sentence it shows unmistakable signs of life. The only explanation I can give is that it is one of those exceptions to the rules. After it was indelibly incul- cated upon our memory what he did-this hero in gray with a heart of gold, we turned our attention to other things. Some applied their latent abilities to argumentative oratory with the resulft that our debating team, lead by one of our clan, marched home in victory and not in defeat, and to hearts as loving as ever welcomed heroes home. Others boldly entered the preliminary oratorical contest, with the outcome that here also one of our tribe was chosen to represent our Alma Mater in the Intercollegiate Contest 'this year. Among the social events of the year the Sophomore-Senior reception was the most eventful. Although the royal mandate said so far and no farther,' in regard to necessary extravagance, we did our best under the circumstances, worked faithfully early and late. It was a fair success-subtracting somewhat from what the Seniors 'told us, namely that it was an unprecedented success That is what they told msg 'of course we have not heard what they told others. It might have discouraged us if we had. VVe also had other social events, for our own benefit, which were substantially succesful-we are positive about these. Our girls QI mean the class-girls, of coursel prepared a royal feast for the rest of us, They are few, but. Oh my !-they were equal to the occasion. Vtfe also gathered in festive array at the invitation of our honorary class members, Dr. and Mrs. Glasoeg we spent a pleasant afternoon at Sandy Rock, we sported dull care away for a whole day on the banks of the 'Cannon texcept the committee on arrangementsjg not to mention numerous minor blowouts. Believing in the old saying that everybody should have a sound mind in a sound body, we thought it best to live up to our principles and develop a sound body, so we en- thusiastically entered athletics as presented on the baseball diamond. Modesty K U makes me hesitate to state the results. u Another epoch-making enterprise that was entered upon was the organiza- tion of a class glee club. Despite the faot' that its members may have their even- ings taken up with other things, still they sacrifice an evening each week in practice. This organization has made several public appearances and is improv- ing, with perfection as the limit. After a little while we were agreeably surprised to find ourselves juniors. Wfho would have thought that two years would pass so quickly? Yet what wondrous things have been achieved and what a degree of perfection has been reached in that incredibly short time! Continual grinding, ceaseless pugging, 19

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CHRISTOPHER BIGRGUM. Kindness in a w011'za1'z, 7'ZOIf lim' Z1Z'c11iz.fi01is looks, shall win my lava . I-IRISTOPHER is the old youth of our tribe. By nature he is rather modest and unassuming. He is 'very likely to become a bachelor-of science. For his own ideas he will live or die. perish or survivef, He is a crank on prohibition and if you will believe it, a moderate advocate of woman suffrage. In dress he is neat, in fact his linen represents the model, As a student he is painstaking and dislikes to see things done,by1ha'l'ves.- The Choral Union and the Glee Club are the only student enterprises that have cause to lament his non-support. For these he has promises in store, as he is taking voice culture+at the baseball games. Orro BERGAN. I have no secret of sucress lm! lzaud -work. HIS young man if not the scholar of the class is undoubtedly its most diligent student. His name has become the synonym of text books and good lessons. In spite of poor health and physical debility he is always studying-too much as we so often tell him. It took a long time before we learned to know Bergan-except as a book-worm. But he has come out of his shell now, and we lind him a rare character, one of those innocent, gentle. lamb-like spirits, good-natured, amiable and always glad to do favors. He has won a pere manent place in the heart of every class mem- ber. 23,