St Olaf College - Viking Yearbook (Northfield, MN)

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,-- N ..... XORXYEGIAX gf' nfs ,- U ' xi as 4- 1. an -. F-fr, A T212 521.3 is THE D3?a3.T3.:12NT. Pre-f. Tnecdere lcrgensen. gare lil: students a ct tri: deer trtztis to be realiged tnrt-ugh the study of Henrik lbsen and his dramas. H1s fifixi keenln' felt hen illness Drerented nina front ziieeting his classes during the greater Tart of :ne second sentester. He co-a'.1trf 'auth Miss Saurii. of the biograrny of U. E. Rcltaag. rtlblisied this year. Known to ner friends as a very iofjr and ingenious person. Miss Anna Tnykescn shared ner genuine finceritj. with ner students as she instructed tneit in the fundaziiewals I the Norwegian language. She alsc taught the lbsen ciass during tie second seniester. Miss Esther Gulbrarison enthusiastically directed the Xorvregian play and led tie talk dancing of the ldun Edda Societjc. An ideal of hers is to see that every gif. of Norwegian descent owns a Xorvregian costume to '.'.'ear cn testi: occasions. She li secretary for the Xordznanns Porbundet in Northieli. Interested. and interesting. Mrs. lorgensen caraliy substituted fer rer nusban Q? his language classes. A Dean T. lorgen Thompson taught a special intermediate Xorse c.ass. for :nose 'fxno b ad learned to read or speak Xorse. but needed schooling in the structure of the language. CLASSICAL LANGUAGES THE -QLRSSIQAL Laxotiaor DEP.aRT:.:ENr had among its students the prospective teachers and ntinisters. Distinguished Prof. Narveson. a strong advocate ot the ancient languages. taught Latin and Greek with true Mg' Paxil M124 hlgi:g,. i. Mg XI- 2 scholarly terror. Ha'-ing once planned to enter the ministry. he shared his Christian convictions with the students. Besides being an academic person. he once played football and coached eight basketball teams. He collects ancient coins and is interested in house build- zng. CCDLIISEZ Miss Gertrude Hilleboe painstakingly taught Latin tundamentals. and Prof. Nils Flaten taught an advanced Latin

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Mr . Lfikenswtll -Ns Jfd , Ur P1 ' Sul. . son. A'11.x.x Solum D , r. Spohn i Mfg A A' 1C'Ver ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PROFESSOR GEORGE WEIDA SPOHN, head of the English department and better known as Pop,' Spohn, conducted his classes affectionately, called his students children and addressed them by their first names. Eager to share his ideas, he led classroom discussions on many thought problems. He has a hobby of having hobbies, owning collections of pipes and lead pencils and possessing a large library. This year his greatest interest has been in taking care of his twin grandsons, George and Iohn. Familiar to the students, too, are his beautiful cocker spaniels, Buff, Rummy, Tony and Tally. One of his favorite pastimes was writing poetry, and he set aside every Saturday night and any other night after twelve o'clock for this purpose. Mrs. Marie Meyer won respect by treating her students as intellectual equals, and with her excellent sense of humor, put sparkle into the deadest English prose. Extremely versatile in interests and talents, she is a lane example of a real Nordic arts person. Besides doing line sewing and embroidery, she became known to many in the northwest as Marie Rasmusdatterf the radio-sharer of excellent recipes. A consistent worker, she spends even her summers teaching. Possessing a culture that is genuine because it is a part of her whole personality, Miss Nora Solum conducted a teaching experiment with her freshman class, to show them how to earn their heritage of culture. Doing all her work conscientiously and pains- takingly, she had published an exquisite translation of O. E. Rolvaag's S'Boat of Longingf' and was co-author with Prof. Iorgenson of Rolvaag's biography. Pickled peppers are her specialty for guests, and capers are always to be found on her kitchen shelf. Dr. Arthur Paulson, associate professor, was always willing to learn from the students, and by appearing radical, shocked them into some real thinking. He became a man of property recently and started the building of a new home. Having the courage to carry out original ideas, he enjoyed life immensely. Last fall, Mr. Hjalmar Lokensgaard and his bride moved into a little third-story apartment which they named Attica and have since shown St. Olaf people the real delight of simple living. He is interested in philology and phonetics and plans to start such a course next year. His students were stimulated especially by his class in World Literature. Miss Mary Aasgaard and Miss Stielow each taught a class in Freshman English and challenged their students to mature thinking.

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Mr. Flaten, Mr. Bollenbachcr. Miss Neimi, Miss Stielow, Mr. Fllingson MODERN LANGUAGES TEACHING THE GERMAN LANGUAGE with CXHCUECSS, Prof. Paul Bollenbacher impressed on his students a lasting cultural appreciation of it, and his modern approach to this language study made his classes very interesting. Besides being an ardent gardener, he was inter- ested in cabinet making, and had several pieces of his own work in his home, which he also built himself. He is a World War veteran, but is not the German flying ace that tradition has painted him as being. Spontaneous Miss Hildegarde Stielow continued to infuse life into the newly-formed German club. One of her pastimes was sewing and embroidery, but her main interest outside of teaching was in legal work. Majoring also in accounting, she had visions of storming the men's world when she worked for a short time in a law firm. Teaching scientific German, genial Professor Ellingson sympathized with his students' struggles with the language. He was also a gardener and made good use of his backyard for this purpose. Celebrating his seventy-second birthday and passing his forty-fifth year of teaching at St. Glaf, Professor Nils Flaten, head of the Romance language department, continued to give excellent instruction in the French and Spanish languages. He possessed an immense knowledge of languages, having made fifteen trips to foreign lands, visiting every European country except Russia and the Balkan states. Mr. Flaten has grown many of the trees in Northfield from seed, and raised and cured the tree for the altar in the small chapel in Agnes Mellby Hall. Petite Miss Pearl Neimi, filled with a zest for life, came to us from Waldorf College. Possessing abounding energy, she was interested in horses and weapons, taught French, studied Spanish and Latin, and worked on her doctor's degree at the same time. Her favorite pastime was that of indulging in the luxury of a daily coffee hour.