St Olaf College - Viking Yearbook (Northfield, MN)

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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.

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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 ORX II I Ii IJAIIL Q . mi MRS. ELIZABETH VVALSINGHAM KELSEY WITH UNDAUNTED Poisis and systematic busy-ness, Mrs. Elizabeth VValsingham Kelsey conducted all the affairs of the dramatics department, took a group to the Cape Girardeau contest, and taught several classes in oral interpretation and dramatic expression. Her supervision has been given to everything from the construction of uflatsn to the slightest turning of a phrase in every productiong and she has also won a reputation for assembling programs among townspeople. Mr. Orville Dahlfs own proficiency in forensics has set a high standard for his stu- dents, and his engaging manner of presenting ideas has been an excellent example of a poised personality. Strongly opposed to the idea that the winning of debates and tourna- ments was the criterion of a good debate team and the end and purpose of debating, he nevertheless led both the men,s and women's team through to championships in the Northwest Debate Tournament, an achievement unprecedented in the history of the tourney. He was also the proud father of a blue-ribbon boy! DR. IULIUS BoRAAs, head of the school's department of education, was noted for his sense of humor, and often spent the first few days after vacations by having his students tell their favorite jokes. He has served on the state Board of Education for some seventeen years, and he was reappointed this year as president of that board. He has a system of his own for making statistics helpful, and he believes that teaching to think is the backbone of education. cs' t E -. urs , Q. -. - ' Y r . N ,4 .Wy r ' uv- '- EDUCATION DRAMATICS AND FURENSICS A is I