St Olaf College - Viking Yearbook (Northfield, MN)

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A M Rovnrsmu Enwmm W Scum DT PAUL G SCIIMIDT E G SCHWIEBERT Latm Bwlogy Manager o Muucal Hzszory Organzzanons ICELANDS PIONEER NOVELISTS N the H111 of Lltelary Fame, the lcelandlc saga wr1te1s have a nlche all tllell own These nameless genluses we know nothmo' of thelr 1clent1ty created OI'lg1l1'll lllerature of endurlng vfllue, lltelature aboundmg ln XlV1d character por scupuon and 1n fmlshecl n'1rral1ve sklll In a form replete Wlllll llfe and color, they depleted the c1v1l1zat1on of our ancestols, and left a reco1d the knowledge of wlnch IS nnperatlve for our understandmg of ourselves, as the fundamentals of ou1 soul hfe, 'ne today much the same as those of our foxefathers These early wrlters dld st1ll more They were hteraxy ploneers, they antlclpated yefl, 1Il a degree developed, one of the most modern of lllerary forms the novel RICHARD BECK Hscron SKIFTER ARTHUR K SOLUM Norm SOLUM GEORGE W Sperm Radzo Mathemazzcs Englzsh Englzsh Twenty Fuse . .' . 4 ' ' . : , - 4 - 7 A C . . 4 . . Q . . 4 1 u '. n u u , D n n o l l I c c ' ' ' ' trayal, in simplicity and power of expression, in dramatic: force, in realism of de- w . , . ' . c ' ' . ' . . 9 L ' ' i . ' 4 . , - I - 1 . .

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QARL A- MELLBF' NELS BTINNE ROBERT MORTVEDT MARTIN A. NORDGAAHD History, Economics Cheniwtry, Mathenuzzics Public Speaking Mazhemag-ics IMMANUEL KANT MMANUEL KANT was in lnany respects a true product of the Reformation. His parents were pious folks, pietists of a little group in Konigsberg. As a conse- quence Kant never relinquished a deep reverence for the Bible, moral earnestness, and a serious outlook on life. His appreciation of the value of the individual, as he is htted into any world-scheme, is also in harmony with the new ideas of incli- vidualism, as sponsored by the new era. According to Kant, man legislates to Nature. The deepest note in his thinking is concerned with the high importance of the moral law, inscribed in the heart of meng the impulsion of the feeling of nought- nessf' Wllhe starry heavens above and the moral law within has always filled me with awe, says Kant. It is in this domain that Kant finds the best evidence for the exist- ence of Cod. ' EDWARD O. RINGSTAD. OSCAR OVERBY ROY REIERSON EDWARD O. RINGSTAD OLE E. RQLVAAG Theory of Music Economics Philosophy Norwegzan Twenty-Four

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W , W , , , i r w L., MIXS. G. W. SPOHN HENRY M. THOMPSON J. JQRCEN THOMPSON ENGEBRET TUFTE English Religion Dean of Men Biology l ARTHUR PAULSON ALMA GAARDSMOE English Librarian JEANNETTE BJORNEBY ADRIAN CHRISTIANSEN MRS. ADELAIDE R012 CARL SWANSON Dramatics Athletics Voice Athletzcs Twenty-Six