St Olaf College - Viking Yearbook (Northfield, MN)

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PHILOSOPHY AND 46 PSYCHOLOGY ggi. Q MR. seiiiifrfiaii has been with us since last fall as a temporary instructor in psychology to Fill the vacancy left by the illness and death of the late Professor Ringstad. He left a deh- nite impression of his energetic scholarship on his students, which scholarship he intends to continue and deepen in graduate study at Harvard. WITH A sAeR1F1c:E akin to martyrdom, Professor Arthur Solum gave up his sleep on three days of each week to climb the Ad building stairs for an early morning radio broadcast. Despite the fact that as a Math instructor he dealt mainly with blackboard figures and theories, he was also qualihed as a civil engineer and proved it by supervising the con- struction of Agnes Mellby Hall, a man-sized iob even for a practicing engineer. This year he continued his work of teaching surveying and analytical mechanics. President of the Northfield St. Olaf Club and teaching IDOSI of the sixteen math courses offered, Professor Clarence Carlson still had time to indulge in his hobby of gardening, on which subject he was an expert. He liked especially to experiment with tulip bulbs. This year the Carlsons were engrossed in plans for a new home. Professors Hetle and Possum also taught courses in this department. Mr. Carlson, Mr. Solum MATHEMATICS

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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

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An . , it YUM N Xkiebertloil, Haro t ' t. 5 ,xotixintulb . G. Mr. l Stafxtlln-' ' tte Mr. KU . J ls - l' 9 ned: lN'lxsS lvl UL L gel BIGLOGY PROFESSOR ENGEBRET T. TUFTE, head of the department, taught Biology, but more and more as the year progressed, he had to give his time to anxious seniors who haunted his office, wondering what the next step was. He dealt with them individually, giving sound advice and a reassuring optimism, born of an excellent record for placing students. A collection of Indian curios took his spare time. With a renowned dry sense of humor, Dr. Bieberdorf conducted his classes in Botany and his students on tours of inspection. His project of naming the trees on the campus, and his talks over WCAL, were added activities that made all the students more botany- conscious. Contributing an excellent article to the Crmzpzzs, Professor Holmquist became known not only as an instructor in Zoology, but also as an example of a real progressive student. He has spent his vacations teaching and studying at the University of Minnesota and Northwestern. Miss Grace Holstad evinced a deep personal interest in her Biology students. She was unmistakably a lover of music, for she attended the symphonies in the cities regularly and was often called upon by her friends to sing herself. She demonstrated a real enjoy- ment of life, and revealed the possession of a quality of making others around her enjoy it too. Harold Hansen, St. Olaf graduate in 1938, was the man who had to withstand the barrage of questions which came the way of the laboratory instructor.