JlUGUSTANA OBSERUERVOL. XXX AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, -MAY 20, 1932 No. 22

MANY ATTEND FIRSTMARDI GRAS STAGEDON COLLEGE CAMPUS

Eleven Short Acts EntertainMerry-makers During

Evening.

With the successful staginglast night of the first MardiGras ever held at Augustana, stu-dents inaugurated a form of en-tertainmeiit that it is hoped willbecome an annual spring aítair.

Students who attended theMardi Gras were entertained byeleven short acts whieh includednumbers by the college band andseveral short acts by Earl Wynnand Corapany presenting a novel'"Kangaroo Court," Joe West andCompanv, and the Valkyries.

More than one unsuspectingvictim was taken before the "Kan-garoo Court" where he was finedfor violating laws, which, if theywere not on the statute books,sliould have been, according toJudge Wynn. Those who weresentenced had the privilege ofpaying their fine (which gener-ally amounted to about one centand eosts or a nickel and costs forvery grave ofTenses) or taking acertain amount of paddling ad-ministered by Les Stone. Accord-ing to reports, ali fines werepromptly paid.

The entertainment was broughtto a fitting close by a big snakedance on the campus, after whicha pep meeting was held around abonfire in the rear of the gym.

Proceeds from the sale of re-freshments went to help defraythe expenses with the surplus be-ing put in the band treasury.

Eagnar Kastman headed thecommittee on arrangements forthe affair.

SÉNIOR PLAY TO BEGIVEN T0M0RR0W

Hoffbauer and Nothstein HaveLeads in "The Queen's

Husband."

Marian Hoffbauer of Daven-port and Stanley Nothstein ofEock Island, playing the difficultroles of Prineess Anne and KingEric VIII, respectively, will havethe major roles in the séniorclass píay, "The Queen's Hus-band," tomorrow evening in thecollege auditorium.

Miss Pauline Bloomquist ofDes Moines, Iowa. will take thepart of the Queen, and Karl Olan-der of Chicago that of the King'ssecretarv.

Richard Johnson of Lake For-est as General Northrup, MaxClowers of Springfield as LordBirten, Gordon Anderson ofWausa, Xeb., as Prince Wil-liam of Greek, Mareus Olson ofBerwyn as Maj. Blent, and Wil-liam Cederberg of Andover asPhipps will also be in the cast.

MAURITZSON DRAMA ISREPEATED BY REQUEST

The Servnnt in the House, thethird annual Mauritzson Mem-orial presentation, was repeatedby the Augustana Sehool of OralÉxpression for the Eock IslandAVoman's club Saturday, May 21,and before the Young People'sorganization of St. Paul's Eng-lish Lutheran church, Davenport,yesterdav. The produetion wasgiven at Augustana Friday, April15, and was exceptionally well re-ceived.

Commencement Speakers

DR. H. M. GAGE CARL M1LLES

Guest speakers who will be present at the convocatioir exercisesof Augustana College and Theological Seminary, Sunday throughTuesdav, May 29-31.

MEN'S DEBATE SQUADTAKES FIRST HONORSIN ILLINOIS LEAGUEWomen P l a c e Third; Augie

Debaters ReceiveAwards.

Augustana's men's d e b a t esquad placed first in the IllinoisCollegiate Debate League duringthe past season. This champion-ship is the second within threeyears for Augustana, the womendebaters of the college having ledthe league in 1930.

Augustana co-ed debaters alsoended a successful season, win-ning three out of four leaguemeets, and two out of three non-league contests, placing third inthe Women's Debate League.

The men's teams won five outof six conference debates andfour out of five non-league con-tests. The affirmative team losttwo debates, and the negative wonevery encounter.

At the national Tau KappaAlpha convention this spring,Mi riam Lorimer and GeorgeSteele, Augie. debaters, won firstplaces in the women's and men'sextemporaneous speaking con-tests. Florence Lippens, anotherAugie debater, took third placein the women's division.

THREE PROFESSORSADDED TO FACULTY

Changes Noted in Philosophy,Christianity and Speech

Departments

Three new faeulty memberswill greet Augustana studentsnext September. Dr. IíjalmarW. Johnson of Gustavus Adol-phus college will become profes-sor of Philosophy and Chris-tianity, Martin J.Holcomb, A.M.,now of Bcthany college, willcome as associate professor ofspeech, and Oscar V. Anderson,who will receive the B.D. degreefrom Augustana seminary May31, will be a new instruetor inChristianity.

Dr. Johnson, received his A.B.degree at Gustavus Adolphus in1917, his B.D. degree at Yale in1921, and his Ph.D. degree atYale in 1931. He lias also stud-ied at Chicago university.

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FAMOUS LECTURERSTO SPEAK AT AUGIE

Sherwood Eddy, author andworld traveler; Norman Thomas,student of social movements; andDudley C. Watson, oiti ciai lec-turer for the Chicago Art In-stitute are three of the national-ly renovvned speakers scheduledfor addrcsses at Augustana thenext school year, according toan announcement made yester-day by the Board of Control ofStudent Activities. Negotationswith Dr. Robert Millikan, world-famous physicist, and DonaldMcMiJlan, scientist and arctic ex-plorer, are being made and it isbelieved that these men will alsoappear here.

AU the men scheduled for ap-pearances at Augustana are lead-ers in their respective fields andare unusually successful lec-turers. This program of speakerswill take the place of the regularLyceum presentations of the pastfcw years.

AUGUSTANA HOLDSMOCK CONVENTION

Democratic Delegates Na meNew York Governor for

Presidency.

When students of Augustanacollege and seminary held a mockDemocratic political conventionon Thursday night, May 5, inthe college gymnasium, GovernorFranklin D. Eoosevelt of NewYork was nominated for presi-dent on the second ballot.

The results of the first ballotwere as follows: Eoosevelt, 284;Smith, 171; Murray, 141; Gar-ner, 13; Heflin, 9G; Lewis, 76;Eitehie, 68 ; Bryan, 16 ; Eogers,14; Baker, 10." The delegationthen swayed to the support ofEoosevelt, and on the second bal-lot he received the required ma-jority. The final results of thevote were as follows: Eoosevelt,783; Murray, 148; Garner, 86;Smith, 6.

The convention was called toorder by Eoy Anderson, júnior ofIron Mountain, Mich., secretaryof the executive eommittee. EarlWynn, sénior of Coal Valley, gavethe keynote address, then turningover the chair to Henry Stanley,alumnus of Eock Island, who pre-sided over the convention.

The convention was plannedand organized by Dr. A. F. Scher-sten and Prof. O. L. Nordstromof the political science and eco-nomies departments of the col-lege.

Dr. H.M. Gage and Cari MillesWill Speak at Commencement

CAMPUS SOCIAL GROUPSADD 157 TO MEMBERSHIP

Membership of Augustana col-lege sororities and fraternitieshas been increased to 251 throughthe admission to active member-ship of 99 pledges this spring.The six sororities, Sigma Pi Del-ta, Kappa Tau, Kappa Epsilon,Phi Eho, Chi Omega Gamma,and Kappa Epsilon Nu, now have99 co-eds wearing their pins,while the eight fraternities—PhiOmega Phi, Pi Upsilon Gamma,Gamma Alpha Beta, Omega NuOmega, Omicron Sigma Omicron,Phi Alpha Eho, Eho Nu Delta,and Beta Omega Sigma—have acombined membership of 152,having admitted 58 pledges.

ADDITIONS TO AUGIECURRICULUM OFFERMANY ADVANTAGES

Majors Offered in SeventeenSubjects; Journalism

Added.

Additions and revisions in thecurriculum made during the lastyear will make the courses of in-struetion to be offered at Augus-tana next fali unusually compre-hensive. For the first semester,the catalog describes 146 coursesunder thirty different subjectheadings within the college ofliberal arts and, for the springsemester, 152 courses—of whichninety are continuation coursesand sixty-two deal with newphases of the various subjects. Totake ali courses in the collegealone would require twenty-fiveyears of a good studenfs time.

Majors are now offered in sev-enteen different fields of study,due to the introduetion of majorsin physics, psychology, and mu-sic. Two years ago a sociologymajor was added.

Students interested in teachingand coaching following t h e i rgraduation will appreciate the in-troduetion of theorv conrses inthe department of physieal edu-cation, including Anatomy; Phy-siology and Hygiene; the His-tory, Theorv and Methods ofPhysieal Education ; the Theoryof Coaching; and the Organiza-tion and Administration of Physi-eal Education.

Three courses in journalismwill be offered for the'first time,the enrollment being limited tothose who have a special interestin newspaper or magazine writ-ing or who expeet to supervisesehool or church publicationsupon graduation.

CLASS RIVALRY BREAKSOUT ON AUGIE CAMPUS

Traditional class rivalry be-tween the juniors and seniors atAugustana, which broke out re-cently, resulted in the disappear-ance of the sénior caps andgowns, and in the placing of thesénior bench in a prominent po-sition in tlie hall of Old Main.Close organization on the part oftlie juniors made it possible forthem to resist ali efforts of theseniors to prevent usurpation oftheir property. Heads of thetwo classes finally carne to anagreement, and it was not untilthen that the caps and gownswere returned to their rightfulowners.

Exercises Will Begin May 29,With Baccalaureate

Service.

Dr. II. M. Gage, president ofCoe college, Cedar Bapids, Iowa,and president of the LiberalArts College Movement, togetherwith Cari Milles, Swedish sculp-tor of international renown, willbe the guest speakers at the Au-gustana convocation May 31,which will include the conferringof degrees for ali departments ofthe college and seminary.

Baccalaureate services in thecollege auditorium Sunday morn-ing, May 29, at 10 :45, will openthe three days of commencementactivity. Dr. G. A. Andreen willdeliver the baccalaureate addressto the graduates, having as histheme, "Life's Aim."

Monday, May 30, is alumniday, with a full program of eventsplanned for the entire day. Thealumni business meeting will beheld in the college chapei at10:00 a. m., this being precededby an organ recital starting at9 :30. At noon tlie various classeswill hold reunion luncheons.

Alumni who have returned toAugustana for commencementthis sprin<í will hold their annualbanquet Monday evening at 6:30.Plans are being made for a biggerand peppier banquet than ever,and following this gala event thealumni as well as the generalpublic will have the rare oppor-tunity of attending an illustratedlecture by Dr. Cari Milles, thenoted Swedish sculptor. This willbe held in the college chapei at8:00 p. m.

Culmination of the commence-ment exercises will take placewith the general convocation ex-ercises Tuesdav mornina at 10

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AUGIE YEAR-BOOK TOAPPEARNEXT WEEK

Unusual Features CharacterizeRockety-I of Student

Life.

Augustana's year-book, theEochety-I of Í9SS, will be dis-tributed on the campus next week.Advance reports indicate that thepublication will be one of themost interesting annuals everpublished at Augie.

Among the new features of thebook is a complete index whichenables one to find any of itshundreds of pictures instantly.Also, each section of the book hasbeen dedicated to some prominentcampus personality, thus dividingan honor that has gone to one in-dividual in previous years. Thecover is beautifully worked out inblue and gold with an artistic"A" as the principal motif, fol-io win£ the theme of the book.

SECRETARIAL SCIENCECLASSES PLAN CONTEST

The secretarial science depart-ment of Augustana college willmeet at dinner in the collegecafeteria at 6:30 oVlock Tues-day evening, May 24. Follow-ing the dinner, shorthand andtyping contests will be held be-tween students of the day andthe evening school sections of thedepartment. A gold pin will beawarded the winner of each con-test.