JULQUSTANA OBSERUERVOL. XXVII AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, ROCK 1SLAND, ILLINOIS, MARCH 27, 1929 No. 26

UPSALA GLEE CLUBTO RENDER CONCERT

THURSDAY^APRIL 11Chorus Is Directed By Conrad

Forsberg, New YorkMusician.

The Upsala college glee club,of East Orange, X. J., whieh hasbeen styled "more than a collegeglee elub." AVÍII give a conoert inthe Augustana auditorium onThursday April 11. The inspir-ation received by Conrad Fors-berg froni hearing th£ famousmale choruses of Germany andScandinavia, while traveling inEurope two years ago, resulted inthe forming of the East Orangechorus npon his return to thiseountry. Mr. Forsberg proposed toorganize and direct a glee clubthat would emulate the well-trained European choruses in itstype of program, finish, and inter-pretation.

That he lias succeeded admir-ably is evidenced by the fact thatthe East Orange choristers havearoused public interest not onlyfor the quality of their singing,which has caused leading criticsto claim for them more than isusually accorded college gleeclubs, but also for the uniquecharacter of their program. Manyof the songs sung are the fruit ofalmost endless search in valuablecollections in Europe.Gustaf Sun-delius, the noted critic of NewYork, specially eommented on themany valuable finds.some of themunknown even to those in the pro-fession, on the program.

Folk songs from France. Eng-land. Germany, and Scandinaviaare featured on everv program.This is one of the things thatcaused Walter Flanagan, musiceditor of the Newark EveningNews, to say that the Upsala gleeclub "emulates in its characterthe Harvardians more than mostundergradute singing organiza-tions."

The chorus will be assisted byMargaret Olsen. one of America'sdistinguished soj)ranos, who issoloist at the Fifth Avenuechurch of tlie Inearnation, NewYork citv.

KEYS ENTERTAIN FRIDAYWITH S P R I N G FORMAL

The Keys, Augie girls' socialclub, held their spring formalFriday evening at the HotelBlackhawk in Davenport. After adelicious dinner, the evening wasspent in playing bridge. Theroom was elcverly decorated inthe colors of the organization,orchid and gold. The favors wereneat, leather-covered book-endswhich were embossed with thecrest of the organization.

Miss Dora Carlson, dean ofwomen, and Mr. William Kamin-ski. assistant football coach, actedas ehaperones.

DR. FOSS IS SPEAKER ATVOTERS' LEAGUE MEETING

Dr. ('. \V. Foss, professor ofhistory at Augustana college wasthe main speaker at a meeting ofthe Rock Island County Leagueof Women Yoters last Thursdaynoon. The meeting was held atthe Fort Armstrong hotel, BockIsland.

Dr. Foss, in his speech, dis-cussed President Hoover's cabi-net, giving a short account of thepolitical life of each of the mem-bers.

DR. E. F. BARTHOLOMEWOBSERVES BIRTHDAY

Dr. E. F. Bartholomew, profes-sor of English literature and phil-osophy at Augustana, celebratedhis eighty-third birthday anniver-sary last Sunday.

Dr. Hartholomew announcedhis resignation as head of theEnglish and philosophy depart-nient about a month ago. The res-ignation will lie effective at theend of the 1929 summer session.For forty-one years he has been aprofessor at Augustana. He hasbeen in the teaching professionsixtv-six years and has studied inGermany at the Universities ofLeipzig and Berlin, as well as sev-eral educational institutions inUnited States. He is noted as atheologian and author, as well asan educator, having written anumber of books on religious andphilosophical topies.

Dr. Bartholomew has two sons,two daughters, and tive grand-children, and one great-grand-child.

ALL-AUGIE BANQUETATTRACTS CROWD OF200 SATURDAY NIGHT

Iowa University Football CoachWas Speaker For

Event.

Two hundred students, alumni,and friends of Augustana collegegathered at the seventh annualAll-Augie banquet in the collegegyinnasium Saturday evening tohonor the students who have dis-tinguished themselves in athleticsand "forensies since the previousbanquet.

The evening started with a con-cert by the Augustana Concertband. After the fine banquet, theprogram was opened by the Ori-oles, girls' glee club, who sangseveral selections.

Mr. Burton Tngwersen, footballcoach of the University of Iowa,Iowa City, was the speaker of theevening. He praised college ath-letes. although he asserted thattoo mueh are expected of them.ÍTo emphasized especially that thestudent sportsman owes mueh tohis college for the opportunity toparticipate in the splendid Amer-ican amateur atliletic system.

Following the address, theWen-nerberg Male chorus, Augie men'sglee club, sang several selections,including the new Augie pepsong. This song received theaward for being the best submit-ted in the song contest which thepep committee has sponsored inconnection with the All-Augiebanquet.

The music and words of thewinning eomposition was com-posed by Alfield Johnson, sopho-more of Ashtalnda, Ohio. She re-ceived a prize of $15. The secondprize of $10 went to Gladys Meur-ling, sénior of Reynolds; and thetliird award of $5 was given toBrvnolf Lundholm, sophomore ofRock Island.

Aunouncement of athletic and

Coniinued on page foiir.

MABEL LUNDAHL LEADSTUESDAY PRAYER MEET

Mabel Lundahl, sénior fromWakefield, Nebr., led the prayermeeting Tuesday night, beauti-fullv presenting the topic pertain-ing to the last word of Christ onthe cross, "It is Finished."

This was the concluding pray-cr session before the Easter vaca-tion.

AUGIE CLASSES TOREOPEN ON APRIL 9

College classes will be discon-tinued at noon tomorrow for anEaster vacation of eleven days,and will be reopened at 8 o'clock,Tuesday morning, April 9.

Many students will leave fortheir homes today, although thelarger number will depart to-morrow.

Many will remain in the tri-cities because of jobs, or on ac-count of the distance of theirhomes.

SEM MALE CHORUS ISRENDERING CONCERTSIN CHICAGO VICINITYChorus W i l l Present Concert

In Lutheran Church AtGary Tonight.

CLARENCE JOHNSON

The Seminarv Male chorus un-der (lirection of Clarence A. John-son, s e m i -nary jún iorof Chicago,is no w en-gaged in atour duringwhich it isscheduled top r e s e n t a" L e n t e ns e r v i c e ofs o n g " infour church-es in Chica-go, Milwaukee, and Gary, Ind.The seminarv singers have madepreliminary appearances in near-by churches, in Eock Island, Cam-bridge, Geneseo, and Princeton.

The chorus will sing tonight inthe Bethlehem Lutheran churchof Gary, and will conclude thetour with a concert Friday eve-ning at the Sharon Lutheranchurch, Chicago. Last night thegroup sang at the Augustana Lu-theran church, Milwaukee, andMondav evening at the Olivet Lu-theran church, Chicago.

The personnel of the chorus isas follows:

First tenor—Bertil E. Edquist.Philip Leaf, Paul V. Nelson, BrorOlson, Harry Sjogren.

Second tenor—Reuben Carlson.líoy YV. Johnson, Paul M. Lind-berg, Anton Youngquist.

First l>ass—Verner Granquist,Reuben Kron, Clifford Nelson,Vernon Serenius, Reuben S])ong.

Second bass—Budolph Bloom-quist, Theodore Forsberg, AlfieldFranzen, Ragnar Moline, Clar-ence T. Nelson.

Accompanist—Clifford A. Nel-son.

Paul A'. Nelson, seminarv sén-ior of Des Moines, is president ofthe chorus and lioy YV. Johnson,middler of Chicago, is manager.

PRESS MEN WILL ATTENDNASHVILLE CONFERENCE

Morris Coleliour, júnior of EockIsland, and Paul Westerberg, sem-inarv júnior of Sioux City, Iowa.will attend the convention of theNational Association of collegeNewswriters, which will be heldin Nashville, Tenn., for one weekbeginning March 29. For the pastyear, Coleliour and Westerberghave been managing the Augus-tana Press bureau.

It is thought that their attend-ance at this conference will makemore efficient the news servicewhich has already secured muehvaluable publieity for the institu-tion. The bureau has an office inthe basement of the DenkmannMemorial library, where news isprepared for papers throughoutthe nation.

Augie Social Clubs Will Not BePermitted To Pledge Freshmen

ORIOLES GIVE CONCERTAT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH

The Orioles, popular Augie co-ed chorus, gave a sacred concertat St. John's Lutheran church,Eock Island, last Sunday night.The concert, which was in ob-servance of Palm Sunday, waswell received by the large audi-ence of students and tri-cityfriends who heard the rendition.

Tuesday, the group entertainedfrom Station WOC, Davenport,between 2 and 3 o'clock. Thechorus also appeared on the pro-gram at the All-Augie banquetlast Saturday night.

The Orioles will leave on theirtwelfth annual tour Friday morn-ing, March 29. At this time theywill tour the states of Illinois,Iowa, and Nebraska.

MEN DEBATE SQUADSARE ELIMINATED INSTATE SEMIFINALS

Loss Of Negative Team ForcesAugie To Drop Hopes

For Title.

Hopes that Augustana's mendebaters would be the state eham-pions were shattered last Fridaynight when the Augie affirmativewon and the negative lost in thesemi-finals of the Illinois Debat-ing conference.

The Augie affirmative teamelashed with 'Wheatoi^s affirma-tive in the college chapei and wasvictorious by the decision of Prof.('. W. Strow, head of the sociologydepartment at Knox college,Galesburg. who was the criticjudge. The negative squad wasless fortunate in their clash withthe powerful Normal affirmativesquad. Prof. C. A. Yager, headof the department of speech atthe University of Illinois, criticjudge, east his vote in favor ofAugie's opponents, thereby elim-inating Augustana from the statefinais.

The Augie affirmative debaterswere. Paul Schwiebert. ArthurIlolmberg, and Neal Eohlfs. Thenegative debaters were IsraelBoxerman. Eov Devinney, andHoward ('olson.

Last Thursday night the Mon-mouth affirmative was defeatedby the Augie negative squad atAugustana. Prof. C. F. Lambert-son, of the forensic department atIowa university. was the judge.

Tomorrow afternoon the Au-gustana affirmative will debatethe North Central negative at Au-gustana. This will complete thedual with North Central, and willbe the last debate of the season fora very successful debating squad.It is hoped that a large crowdwill come out for the event.

SÉNIOR MEN APPEAR INBLUE AND GOLD JACKETS

Augie students are aceustomedto surprises, but lhe sénior menereated a sensation of a new sortwhen they appeared in Students'union Friday morning in jacketsof lurid hue. Evidently the menhad conspirei! to discard theirusual conservatisni in dress, andthe result is these natty jackets ofblue trimmed in gold.

The seniors explain that theyhope to set a precedent, whichmay in time become an honoredtradition of the institution.

Restrictions To Allow PledgingAfter First Semester

Next Year.

Pledging of freshmen to thesocial organizations on the Au-gustana campus is definitely re-stricted by a resolution recentlyadopted by the faculty, accordingto an announcement made yester-day by Prof. Jules Mauritzson,acting-president of Augustanacollege. Under the terms of thenew ruling, pledging of freshmenwill be allowed during the secondsemester of the 1929-30 academicyear, and no pledging of freshmenwill be permitted thereafter.

The resolution was adopted up-on the recommendation of a com-mittee appointed by Acting Prosi-dent Mauritzson to investigate thesituation resulting from the am-biguity of the old regulation andto suggest a better ruling. Thiscommittee was composed of Pro-fessor Mauritzson; Prof. I. M.Anderson, head of the departmentof Greek language and literature;Miss Dora Carlson, dean of wom-en ; Miss Margaret Olmstead, in-struetor in Latin and mathemat-ics; Prof. F. M. Fryxell, head ofthe department of geology; andRev. Herbert Swanson, studentcounsellor.

The new faculty regulation forpledging reads "That during theacademic year of 1929-30 no stu-dent be pledged prior to the be-ginning of the second semester ofhis attendance at the institution;and that thereafter no freshmanor unclassified student be pledgeduntil the beginning of his secondyear of attendance, and no upper-classman until the beginning ofhis second semester of attend-ance."

Formerly the rule read "Thatno freshman or unclassified stu-dent be admitted during his firstyear." The social organizationsmaintained that pledging did notconstitute "admittance" to the or-ganization. The faculty appearsto have recognized the validity ofthis claim in providing for agradual change from the presentpractices of pledging to the newsystem.

There are at present thirteenorganizations on the campuswhich will be affected by the reg-ulation. This includes six co-edgroups. the Keys, Speeds, Ivens,Cogs. Q. T.s. and Phiros: and sev-en men's organizations. the Pops,Pugs, Pars, Gabs, Onos, Osos, andEoundels. Thcse organizationsare primarily of social nature, butare very active in ali affairs of thecollege. Approximately one hun-dred seventy-five students aremembers or pledges of thesegroups.

ISADOR KATZ TO TOUR ASNORTHWESTERN DEBATER

[sador Katz of Eock Island, aformer Augie student who is nowstudying law at Northwesternuniversity, Evanston, is one of themembers of the debating squadwhich will represent the univer-sity on a three weeks trip duringwhich debates are scheduled withtwelve leading universities of theMiddle West and East. Katz hasbeen on the debate team since hisfirst year at Northwestern, andwas very prominent in forensicactivities at Augie.

He has received an importantscholarship at Northwestern, andhas the reputation of being thebest debater and one of the lead-ing law student of the school.