St Olaf College - Viking Yearbook (Northfield, MN)

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contents college classes activities athletics COPYRIGHT BY BREWER AND WARREN

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COPYRIGHT BY BREWER AND WARREN Foreword the spirit of youth is the hope and the promise of the future. with its forward look, its creative energy, its courage and its appreciation of high ethical and religious standards, it bids Fair to overcome the clif- Ficulties of today and to build a better and d Finer world system of tomorrow. that this spirit, in its best aspects, inspires and dominates the life of st.oldt college, we trust will be the message of this year book.

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in memoriam by the death of ole edvart rolvaag this country lost one of its leading men of letters who had broken new paths in the inter- pretation of the frontier and its pioneer conquerors. during a quarter century of teaching at st. olai, his OWn alma mater, he was even more successful in bringing home to students and colleagues the value of their racial and cultural heritage. the stimulation and inspiration of his vivid and eager mind and of his striking personality will not soon be forgotten by those who had the good fortune to proFit by his teaching and in the records of this college he will long be reckoned as one of her ablest and most useful sons.