THE CONCORDIAN VOLUME L CONCORDIA COLLEGE, MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA, APRIL 3, 1959 No. 22 Ground-Breaking Ceremony Student Union - Commons Building Kicked Off with Ground Breaking Earth was turned Tuesday as Concordia's Stu- The heavy overcast day found close to 700 dent Union-Commons building was brought close students, faculty members, administrators, news- to reality. men, photographers and friends of the college Turning the spade after last Tuesday's chapel viewing the proceedings. were Paul Monson, student body president; Gail Construction will begin this summer at the Olson, homecoming queen; George Madsen, stu- south side of South Hall. The Student Union- dent senate treasurer; Dick Hodges, general com- Commons building will cost $325,000 and will mittee chairman and Bob Greenfield, social com- rise two and one-half stories high. missioner. The ground floor of the buff brick building President Joseph Knutson led ground break- will contain a game room and space for mechan- ing activities by reading from Scripture. A spe- ical equipment. On the second level is the lobby cial group of Concordia band members provided which is 21 by 46 feet dimensionally. Also on the occasion with music. The final number, the second or ground level are a newsstand, 150 "Hymn to Concordia" was sung by students and book lockers, off-campus room for girls, cloak faculty with band accompanimeni. room, and a large general lounge and vestibule. The top level includes offices for the publications, Concordian and Cobber, two photography Pledge Society of Choice studios, student government of- fice and two conference rooms. Completely refurbished will To Swell Memberships be the present cafeteria under "The society's the thing" — choice, and thus would have no South Hall and the wall will be and there are so many open- bearing on his first preference." removed between the old and ings! Qualifications for pledging in- the new cafeteria addition. The That should be the main topic clude (1) having at least 12 remodeled cafeteria will be dec- of c o n v ersation Wednesday, credits and an equal number of orated to match the addition in April 8, when society pledging honor points, (2) having attend- the new Student Union-Com- Student Association Officers Paul Monson and George Madsen takes place. It will be conducted ed Concordia at least one full mons building. The present caf- watch as Dick Hodges wields the shovel in Student Union-Com- in the cafeteria from 11 a.m. to semester and (3) not being eteria site has been in use since mons building ceremonies Monday. Hidden behind Hodges is 1 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. and in hunted by the FBI. before 1900. Gail Olson, 1958 Homecoming Queen, who also tried her hand at the Snack Bar from 11 a.m. to The number of seniors gradu- There will be two serving excavating. 6 p.m. ating and other students not re- lines in the new setup, thus With the unusually large turning to school constitute the making the service faster and number of openings (198 for the number of openings for each more efficient. With the Union- girls and 200 for fellows), quite society. Membership in each of Commons building addition, the a challenge will be presented to the seven brother-sister societies capacity will be upped to take Author and Critic Ciardi freshmen to make a strong con- is 60. on some 500 diners at a time. tribution to the fourteen socie- The openings for women in- Students Support ties. Almost one-half of the total clude: Alpha Kappa Chi (AKX) society membership will change 26; Alpha Zeta Phi (Alpha Ze- The $325,000 total cost is pro- Discusses Art of Poetry if all openings are filled. tes) 23; Chi Zeta Lambda (Chi rated about one-third for the Dan Olson, inter-society com- Zetes) 25; Lambda Delta Sigma cafeteria and two-thirds for the Poetry editor of Saturday Review lectures at Concordia next student section. Since 1955 Con- Monday and Tuesday. He is Dr. John Ciardi, nationally known missioner, has this advice for (LDS) 24; Mu Sigma Pi (MSP) 40; Nu Sigma Rho (Nu Sig) 33; cordia students have assessed author, lecturer and critic. prospective pledges: "It is strongly recommended that you and Phi Kappa Chi (Phi Kapps) themselves about $60,000 to- Professor Ciardi, also a poet and educator, speaks under spon- put down second and third 27. wards the cost of the center by a special $5 payment which sorship of the Concordia Lecture Series during a two-day visit in choices, as well as your first For men there are these open- is attached to the registration which he will lecture twice and hold seminar meets. choice, to be assured that you ings: Alpha Epsilon Sigma (AES) fee every semester. The professor of English at Ruttgers University lectures at get into a society. Differing 21; Athenian 32; Beta Tau 8:15 p.m. Monday in Main Auditorium on the subject: "How Does from preceding years, this year Omega (Beta Tau) 22; Chi Delta Completion for the cafeteria a Poem Mean?". Tuesday afternoon he will take society members will not know Phi (Chi Delts) 31; Delta Rho section is scheduled for Septem- part in a seminar at 3:45 in North Lounge at which if a candidate for membership 28; Mondamin 26; and Sigma ber 1 while the Union-Commons time he will discuss "The Love Song of J. Alfred has made a second or third Tau Pi (STP) 40. section will be ready by early Prufrock". winter according to Controller A Tue s d a y COMING APRIL 16 William A. Smaby. morning lec- The cafeteria section will be ture has Ciardi made to serve many various lecturing to stu- purposes. A folding wall will dents in vari- make it possible to create two ous English Minneapolis Symphony Follows Dorati smaller dining rooms. Another feature of the build- i classes at 10:40 by Gary Larson in Main Audi- ing is the section of the cafeteria torium on Antal Dorati brings his world- ducting. here. Last year, Mr. Dorati was which will double as a snack fc&fc'«What Does a traveled Minneapolis Symphony In 1945 he took over the Dal- not able to conduct the Concor- bar during non-meal hours. Ciardi Poem Do?" Orchestra to the Concordia Field- las Symphony Orchestra and in dia concert because of illness Modern Architecture Professor Ciardi is director of house April 16 for their annual 1949 succeeded Dimitri Mitro- and Gerald Samuel, assistant The new structure was de- the Bread Loaf Writer's Confer- visit on the Concordia Artist poulos as director of the Minne- conductor and violinist, direct- signed by Sovik, Mathre, Mad- ence and president of the Na- Series. apolis Symphony orchestra. ed. son and Associates of North- tional College English Associa- The orchestra's stop here is The young pianist, composer, Students may procure tickets field, Minnesota. The same firm tion. one of 70 during the current conductor and arranger has al- next week in Old Main ticket designed Park Region Hall. The Among his published works concert tour. Annually, the sym- ways been a charming attraction office. architects say that the Student are books of poems such as phony plays before 150,000 pa- Union-Commons building will Homeward to America and trons on its tour and another be of buff brick with enameled From Time to Time. He has 165,000 in home concerts. metal panels and glass. The at- received a number of awards, Another capacity crowd is ex- tractive entrance way will face among them the Prix de Rome pected for Concordia's annual the library. in 1956. concert, according to Carl Nar- Concordia's fast growing stu- veson, director of the Artist dent body made construction of Series. The Minneapolis Sym- the Union-Commons building Did You Know ... phony has always been a favor- imperative, according to Presi- . that Professor Ciardi has ite in the Red River Valley area. dent Knutson. He explained that authored 10 books. Conductor Dorati, now in his it will serve a dual purpose in . that there was a myster- ninth season, was born in Buda- housing student activities and ious explosion near the library's pest and gained fame young as doubling the capacity of the reserve reading room Tuesday. a hockey player. In an interna- present cafeteria. that the residents of Grose tional contest, he remembers, Initial insight into the pro- Hall consume approximately 265 his Hungary team was staunchly gress of the monstrous project bottles of pop weekly. beaten by the strong Canadian came last year in the Concor- . that the Concert Choir six ending his hopes in hockey. dian's October 17 issue. Ad- will appear in Langdon, Devils Dorati was enrolled in the ditional information on the topic Lake, and Park River, N. D., Academy of Music in Budapest appeared with a map of the this weekend. and trained as a conductor, pi- building's location in the No- . that a shortage of Snack anist and composer and emerged vember 21, 1958, issue. Now Bar goodies (real or imagined), as the youngest student in the the official "green light" has has resulted in a thorough shake- history of the school to receive been flashed for a fulfillment down of Park Region Hall in- a degree. He was 17. Since then, of one of Concordia's greatest mates. Dorati, age 42, has been con- Conductor Antal Dorati needs. Page 2 THE CONCORDIAN April 3, 1959 Famed Theologian Perceives Dr. Price Heads Senior Graduation Program 4 Protestant, Roman Concept Dr.