AUGSBURG COLLEGE AND THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Minneapolis 4, Minnesota EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR Founded 1869 Vol. XIII, No. 3 Catalog Number April, 1951 THE AUGSBURG BULLETIN 21 5 . Published bi-monthly and one additional issue in April by Augsburg College and Theological Seminary at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Entered as secondtlass matter March 21, 1947 at the post office ot Minneapolis, Minnesota, under the ad of August 24, 1912. FIRST SEMESTER dozsnniM &;iloqssnniM Friday ....................... I Freshma Tats Sept-ber 14, 17, 18 Friday, Monday, Tuesday. ..........Regisnation September 14-18 Friday to Tuesday. ......-...... .Freshman Days September 19, 8:00 A.M. Wednesday ...................... Cl- btgin Saturday ................ .Late Registration Fee October 26-28 Friday w m&y. ............... .Homecoming , - November 17 %&PB -1.............. .Middle of Semester November 22, 23 nnrgday Friday-. ..... .Thanksgiving Recess December 2 I, 4: 20 P.M. Friday-. .<. ;. ............ .Christmas Recess begins ., - January 8, 8:00 A.M. Tuesday. .... .Glasses #beginafter Christmas Recess January 28 .to February I Monday to Friday. ............. : . .Examinations February r Friday .................... .First Semester ends J~ry28 to February I ............Registration for Second Semester February 8 Frklay .................. Late Registration Fee February 22 Friday; holiday. ......... .Washington's Birth&y April 2 Wednesday. ................ .Middle of aer April 9, 4:20 P.M. Wednesday. ............... .Easter Recess begins April 15, 8:oo A.M. Tuesday.. .................. Easter Recess ends 1, =Y; , . ligA- * - qv~$ WQ~' une -... .- .- - Mq 27 'to. 3 .......- - .: -............ .,..... Cobge *'Y~O M1T3dJUPQgB-U82aUA..l.Wmt;onh~ June 1 S day ... no ~~31103~~udrpuA yd liqlffn "I surr; .ljrrbitibbb. .inb. ~t&cv~%3de b%fl&q @&A41sttomrrol>bnomt zo &7--3~"h.?. .~<i1.0.q?9??~~~~gp~&~~ .rlQr .PC frupuA to tx sd? wbnu ,otoaunnlM .-iloqasnniM to 9250 tzoq 9d1 lo IPQI .I? BOARD OF TRUSTEES REV. CLARENCEJ. CARLSEN,President, Minneapolis, Minn. Term expires 1952 REV. CHRIS~ANG. OLSON,Vice-president, Willmar, Minn. Term expires 1951 MR. GEORGES. MICHAELSEN,Secretary, Minneapolis, Minn. Term expires 1953 MR. R. E. MYHRE,Treasurer, Mieapolis, Minn. Term expires 195I MR. L. A. HENNINGER,Minneapolis, Minn. Term expiru 19~2 REV. D. W. LYNGDAL,Duluth, Min. Term expires 1913 REV. ERNESTG. LARSON,Minneapolis, Minn. Term expires 1954 MR. EVEN OSE, Thief River Falls, Minn. Term expires 1954 MR. IVERH. IVERSON,Minot, N. Dak. Term expires 195 5 Advisory Members DR. T. 0. BURNTVEDT,President, Lutheran Free Church, Minneapolis, Minn. DR. BERNHARDCHRISTENSEN, President, Augsburg College and Theological Seminary, Minneapolis, Minn. REV. OLAF ROGNE, Business Director, Augsburg College and Theological Seminary, Minneapolis, Minn. OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION BERNHARDCHRISTENSEN. ....... : ....................... Presidetft MARTINQUASBECK. ... .Dean of the College and Director of Veterans Afiairs OLAP ROGNE............................... : ..... Burmess Director K. BERNERDAHLEN. ................... .....Dean of Students GERDAMORTENSEN. ... -... ..........................Dean of Women LAWRENCEA. QUANBECK.................... .Director of Public Relations MILDREDJOEL ................. .Registrar, Secretary of the General Facult2 MELVIN A. HELLAND........ 1 ......... Secretary of the ~hedo~icalFaculty ALVINR. JOHNSON.................................. .Assistant Trcasrcrer AGNES B. TANGJERD..................................... Librarian MARVINE. TRAUTWEIN. : ............ .Direcior of Placement .............................. MERTONP. STROMMEN.. ,. College Pastor LARS LJLLEHEI.......................... A rchit'ist MRS. RUTHM. WIEG ......... ~ssiitantDirector of Pzcblic Relations .... .- KENNETHS. soRENsoN. ~aia~erof Misical Organizations and ~lz'nzni'Secretary JAMESL. BUEIDE.,.-......................... .Assistant in Public Relations AINO SINKO. ....: .................. Director of Food Service IRVINGHOEL ......................Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds ANNELIES~....STAUB. :. ..........:. ,Secretary to the President and the Dean ELIZABETH-TEIGLA,ND. : ................... .Assistant lo the Alumni Secretary EILEEN QUANBECK........................ Assistant Registrar ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Medical Staff: Drs; C. R. Wall and S. V. Thorson, Physicians; Alice Swensen, R. N., Nurse; Gerda Kirkegaard, R. N., and %ley Larson, Assistant Nurses. Office Stafl: Mrs. Judith Bergh, Secretary, Registrar's Office; Beverly Echan, Secretary, Placement Bureau; A,rthur C. Engen, Bookkeeper, Treasurer's Ofice; Borghild Estness, Secretary, Registrar's 06ce; Mabel Hjelmeland, Typist, Mimeo- graph Mce; Muriel Lidn, Library Assistant; Tena Mehus, Clerk, Registrar's Office; Xldred Nelson, Receptionist and Switchbard Operator; Mrs. Olaf Rogne, Secretary to the Business Djrector; Ragna Sverdrup, Bookkeeper, Treas- urer's O&e; Mrs. Margery Torgem, Veterans' Secretary, Treasurer's Mce. Head Residents in Dormitories: Memorial Hall, Robert Andersen; Sivmtsen Hdl, Milla Thompson; Morton Hall, Sadie Austin; Edda House, Alice Swensen. Supervisor of Househeping: Olga Hermunslie. COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY 195 1-1952 Curriculum: M. Quanbeck, Christensen, Nash, Helland, Stensvaag, Miss Joel. Admissions and Scholarship: Miss Joel, Dahlen, M. Quanbeck, Kleven, L. Sateren. Personnel: Dahlen, Miss Mortensen, Miss Joel, J. Thut, E. W. Anderson, Traut- wein. Library: Olson, Rildahl, Nienaber, Miss Pedemm, Landa. Athletics: Soberg, N&h, E. W. Anderson, Sonnack, Aldre. Social: Mi Segobn, Miss Mortensen, Mrs. Kingsley, Nelson, Thelander, Miss Lund. Studies: Trautwein, Miss Jensen, Miss Joel, Torstenson, Lhdquist. Convocations: M. Qudeck, Miss Jensen, L. Quanbeck, Miss Skurclalsvold, (Stu- dent members 21~included in ,this Committee). Student-Faculty: Dahlen, Miss Mortensen, Urdahl, Hildreth, (Student members also included in this Committee). P7e-Seminary Education: Helland, Stensvaag, Nash, Kleven, Sonnack, R. Ander- son. Teacher Education: Bertness, M. Quanbeck, Torstensm, Miss Sateren. 1950-1951 Faculty Colcncil: M. Quan,kk, Olson, Kleven, J. Thut, Miss Mortensen, Mrs. hdemann, Bemess, Torstenson; E. W. Anderson, Urdd, Stmen, Miss Tangjerd. .-..... The Faculty AUGSBURG THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BERNHARDMARINUS CHRISTENSEN, Th.M., Ph.D., President and Professor of Theology A.B., Augsburg College, 1922; Augsburg Theological Seminary, ~gss-sg; Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1927; Ph.D., Hartford Seminary Foundation, 1929. Additional study: Columbia, Chicago, Berlin, G6ttingen. Teaching: Oak Grove Seminary, Fargo, North Dakota, 1925-26. Patoral work, Brooklyn, New York, 1928-30. At Augsburg since 1930. President since i938. ANDREASHELLAND, A.M., C.T., Professor Emcritrrs of New Testament A.B., Stavanger Cathedral School, I 8 88; A.M., University of Oslo, I 8 89; C.T., Augsburg Theological Seminary, 1893. Additional study: Oslo. Pastor, McIntosh, Minnesota, I 893 -4; Minneapolis, Minnesota, I 894-1902. Secretary, Lutheran Board of Missions, 1907-19; Treasurer, 1924-28; Secretary-Treas- urer, 1933-46. At Augsburg, 1905-1940. LARSLILLEHEI, A.M., C.T., Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology A.B., Augsburg College, 1901; A.M., University of Minnesota, 1904; C.T., Augsburg Theological Seminary, 1907. Additional study: London, Chicago. Teaching: Lutheran Bible Institute, Wahpeton, North Dakota, 1908-19; President, 191 1-14. At Augsburg since 1919. KARLERMISCH, Ph.D., S.T.D., Professor Emeritus of Chrch History A.B., Schwerin, 1897; C.T., Wartburg Seminary, 1900; B.D., Chicago Theological Seminary, 19 14; S.T.M., 1925 ; S.T.D., 193 3 ; A.M., Universiy of Minnesota, 1925; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1927. Pastor, 1900-21. Teaching: Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, 1921-25; University of Mi- nesota, 1925-29. At Augsburg since 1928. MELVIN A. HELLAND,S.T.M., Ph.D., Professor of New Testament, Secretary of the Theological Faculty A.B., Augsburg College, 19 I 5 ; C.T., Augsburg Theological Seminary, 19 I 8 ; S.T.M., Hartford Seminary Foundation, 1919; Ph.D., 1930. Additional study: Grenoble, Chicago. Educational Missionary in Madagascar, 1921-388; Profes- sor of New Testament, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Ivory, Madagascar, 1938-40. At Augsburg since 1941. IVERB. OLSON,Th.B., A.M., Associate Professor of Systematic Theology A.B., Augsburg College, 193 5 ; Th.B., Augsburg Theological Seminary, 1936; A.M., University of Minnesota, 1941. Additional study: Chicago, Mine- sota. Teaching: Oak Grove Seminary, 1936-39; University of Minnesota, 1945-46. Pastor, Sand Creek, Wisconsin, 1939-44. Atdvisor to SPAN Group in Scandimvia, 1950. At Augsbvrg since 1945. PAUL G. SONNACK,A.B., Th.B., lnstnrctor in Chrch History A.B., Augsburg College, 1942; CT., Augsburg Theological Seminary, I 945, Th.B., 1947. Additional study< Qivinitp School, University of Chicago. 1947-49. Putor, Moose Lake., Minn., 1945-47. At Augsburg since 1949. , , ,~, JOHN M S~NSYMG,S.TM. Ph.D., Professor of OId Tntmpfft AB., Augaburg College, 1936; Th.B., Augsburg Tfimlogicd Seminary, 1939; S.T.M., Motd Seminary Foundztioa, 1940; Pb9.. 1941. AddiEional study: Johns Hopkh. Partor, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1941-46. At Augs- REV. FREDRICNORSTAD, A.B., C.T.* ~pe>ial L~cturer, 1950-5I. DiTcctor of Chaplaincy Service, Lutheran Wdfare Society of Minnesota. OwRDCNE, AA., CT., LCCIWRIn Pracfical Tbto&y. AB., Augsburg GHegt, 1922; C.T., Augsburg Thdogical Seminary, 1925. Additional study: Minncsorz Paror, Hcnning, Minnesota, 1925-30; Duluth, M;nncso~193 1-40. At Augsburg since 1940.