St Olaf College - Viking Yearbook (Northfield, MN)

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'P' 'ser QQ I .-e Mrs. Reep. Mrs. Burgh, Mr. Houkom, Miss Mauseth, Miss Rasmussen, Charlotte Stolee WITH THE PLANs for the new library coming closer to realization every day, head librarian Alf I-Ioukom found his tasks steadily increasing, but his ready wit and eagerness to serve the students made them doubly enjoyable. The library now houses 50,000 volumes, with 2,000 new books added this year. Because he possessed a vast store of knowledge, Mr. I-Ioukom's opinion was often called for by the American Library Association. Especially dear to him is his little son Alf, who a few years ago won the first prize as the most beautiful child in the United States. Serving in the St. Olaf library for fourteen years, gracious Mrs. Bergh was a faithful follower of Mr. Houkom's instructions. Since Mr. Bergh was a member of the choir, they used the 1913 European choir trip as their honeymoon. Miss Otelia Rasmussen, with her generous and enthusiastic spirit, kept the reading room a cheerful and quiet place to study. Naturally a lover of young people, she said that she was fascinated by her work of tending to the 400 periodicals and 25 newspapers. Brilliant Miss Viola Mauseth continued the recataloguing of the library, completing this year the making of 35,500 Library of Congress Cards for 12,000 volumes. This is her third position as a cataloguer. Miss Charlotte Stolee assisted her in this exacting work. Mrs. Reep aided the students with the reserve books. She was also politically well informed, having been recently the Republican Committee Woman for Minnesota. LIBRARY BOOK STORE Mantra' Fosseixr would also have liked a bigger estab- lishment, as with his four helpers he braved the after- chapel rush in the book store and supplied the students W , with everything from bobby pins to pennants. His pretty and efficient full-time helper, Miss Mildred Holland, came to us from Slayton, Minn.

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, l STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE '95 141 X.. ?2f 'M Mr. Blv. Miss Luis Brenna IoHN M. BLY, registrar, was known to the students primarily as the patient listener to pleas for additional hours and as the one responsible for sending out the semester grades. In addition to his regular work, he taught courses in General Applied Psychology and the Far East, hlling the latter course with many interesting first-hand anecdotes. Having been superintendent of a secondary Chinese school for twelve years, his major interests were still in Chinese affairs and language. He has visited Iapan four times, spending a three months wedding trip there. VVhile a student at St. Olaf, he was two-year editor of the Messenger. Lois Brenna, his assistant since 1935, made the tables and summaries of registration and gave the students information as to their academic standings. Wearing his sheepskin coat, Edward C. Cook, kindly Doc, was often seen climbing the gymnasium stairs to his office, where, as director of the student health service, he held independent sway. Known to the student body for his abrupt announcements concerning health lectures, he also delivered required hygiene lectures and taught as a professor in the department of Physical Education. I-Ie has been very active in scouting, and recently received the highest award, the Silver Beaver. Our two cheery nurses, Miss Canutta Stolee, director of the hospital, and Miss Nina Hielman, were new this year, having served previously in a St. Paul hospital. Liked by all for their unfailing good humor and helpfulness, Stolee and Red made friends easily and were as sympathetic with the scared Frosh girls as with embarrassed senior fellows. Dr. Cooke, Miss Canutta Stolee, Miss Nina I-Iielman as ' REGISTRAR

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RADIO Mr. Ienscn, Miss Knatvold, Mr. Iohnson RCV- RHSIUUSSCU BUILT AND INIAINTAINED mainly by the free-will gifts of its friends, the St. Olaf radio station, WCAL, was a real venture in faith. This year it received a large gift toward the erection of a new studio building. New programs were Miss Agnes Larson's history classroom broadcast, coffee hour, and the Lutheran hour, with Dr. Walter Maier broad- casting over 66 stations. Marie Rasmusdatter received about the most fan mail from women asking for her excellent recipes. Dr. Martin Hegland, director of the station, was known for his thoughtful station chats and inspirational sermons. I-Ie corresponded with the contributors and helped select talent for the programs. General manager, Milford Iensen, appeared this year on two programs, Currently Speaking and Editorially Speaking. Besides being general overseer, he spent part of his time working on plans for his new home. Production manager, David Iohnson, also acted as chief announcer. He was responsible for starting programs on time and being ready to H11 in in case of an accident or a mis- calculation of the length of a program. Well-trained Naida Knatvold was the new secretary to the staff. The venerable Rev. Gerhard Rasmussen brought peace and comfort to many with his beautiful, unhurried vesper services and meditations. MUSIC MANAGER Bt'siNEss INIANACER of the musical organizations and chairman of the Public Functions Committee. Paul G. Schmidt's digni- fied presence became more indispensable to the college every year. He was a quiet source of strength in the whirl of arrange- ments of such activities as the Christmas Concert and the Music Festival. With the choir since its organization in 1906, his deep voice still contributes immensely to the power of the bass sec- tion.