Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 1930s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 6-3-1937 The inonW an Winona State Teachers' College Follow this and additional works at: https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan1930s Recommended Citation Winona State Teachers' College, "The inonW an" (1937). The Winonan - 1930s. 96. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan1930s/96 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The inonW an – Student Newspaper at OpenRiver. It has been accepted for inclusion in The inonW an - 1930s by an authorized administrator of OpenRiver. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Seniors ! THE WINONAN Farewell! VOL. XX WINONA, MINNESOTA., JuNE 3, 1937 No. 9 Rev. Iklenield Speaks Senior Class Degrees Granted At Baccalaureate Friday to 53 Senior Supper Held Preceding Graduates Evening Program The climax of either two or four The Senior Supper held at Shep- years of study and hard work has ard Hall Sunday at 6 :00 P. M. been reached. The Annual Com- opened the activities of Commence- mencement will be held Friday, ment week. The graduates of the June 4th, at ten o'clock in the degree course were guests of the morning. Reverend Gerald Wat- college. The supper provided the kins of the Trinity Baptist Church opportunity for a very enjoyable in Minneapolis is to be guest informal gathering of the class. speaker. The theme of his speech This was followed by the Bac- will be " The Yoke of Youth." calaureate services held in Somsen Commencement may mean the Hall at 8 :00. The graduating end of school life for many of the students entered to an organ pro- graduates, but its real meaning cessional, "Largo" by Handel, lies deeper than that; it is the played by Miss Agnes Bard. The beginning of a new life. For years, graduates of both classes were these graduates have been guided seated in the front center section Front row: M. Garlough, V. Gislason, M. Buehler, J. Wachs, R. Small, D. Westfall, J. MacDonald, M. Peterson. in everything they have under- with the degree students present- Second row: H. Schroch, P. LaDue, A. Liebe, V. Lumovich, E. Mead, D. Mallory, V. Yates. Third row: D. Stoehr, F. Schultz, NI. Berven, A. J. Buck, H. Uggen, U. Costello, I. Johnson, M. Rideout. taken ; now they are going out on ing a uniform appearance in their Fourth row: J. Gerlich, H. Krage, E. Kreutz, S. Niskenen, I. Pyknen, M. Clarke, B. J. Failing. their own and do the things they caps and gowns. The services Fifth row: F. Gislason, W. Bixby, 0. Thomas, R. Griese, F. Nelson, E. Edstrom, W. Franzmann, E. Cohen. Sixth row: W. Lynne, G. Engstrom, K. MacPherson, A. Wilson, R. Anderson, F. Miller. think are best. They have gained were opened with the hymn a great deal of knowledge and in- "Holy, Holy, Holy" by Dykes Alumni Honored Seniors Leave Activities of Year formation ; now they are going to sung by the audience and followed have an opportunity to put into by prayer, concluding with the At Reunion Dinner Their Alma Mater Reviewed Class. Night practice what they have learned. Lord's Prayer chanted by all. Good luck, graduates, in whatever Special music was presented by Special honor was given to the Winona State Teachers College An animated annual, reviewing you undertake ! the Apollo Club under the direc- alumni class of fifty years ago at is proud—yes indeed—very proud the activities of the past year, will In contrast 'to the four graduates tion of Mr. A. H. Lang-um of the Alumni Dinner which was held to have this fine group of men and feature class night in the audi- in the first degree class in 1926, Rochester. Their selection was women receiving their degree from June 3, at St. Paul's Parish House. torium of Somsen Hall this even- there will be . fifty-three degree "Dear Land of Home" from the this institution. ing. The committee in charge in- graduates this year. The number _____L.pera_IfTaruahauser by Wagner. Honor was also given those who _ The. _folio W are, receiving. _their_ cludes___Marion Clarke,_ Fred. Nel- of degree graduates has rapidly -- Rev. F. W. Ihlenfeld, pastor of attended the Normal School in the B.E. degree : Rudolph Anderson, son, and William Franzmann. increased during the past eleven the Faith English Lutheran first building used. This was a H. S., Luverne ; Margaret Berven, Assisting them in the direction of years. In 1927, there were seven; Church, Winona, delivered an in- small two-story building located H. S., Dexter ; Monda. Birkholz, the various numbers are Victor in 1928, twelve; in 1929, twenty- spiring sermon entitled "Religion, down town and was operated with Pine Island ; Marion Clarke, Jr. Gisla.son, Mary Garlough, John two ; in 1930, twelve ; in 1931, A Call to Life." Basing his but two or three teachers. H. S., Preston ; Edward Cohen, Wachs, Dorothy Westfall, Everett twenty ; in 1932, forty-seven ; in sermon on verses 6-8 in the first H. S., Eveleth ; Ursula Costello, Edstrom, Fredrik Gislason, Is- 1933, thirty-eight; in 1934, forty- chapter of Deuteronomy, he drew Guests for the dinner arrived H. S., Weaver ; Everett Edstrom, abel Johnson, Anna Jane Buck, three ; in 1935, fifty-five ; in 1936, a parallel between the instance of from many parts of the country, H. S. Worthington; George Engs- Elizabeth Mead, and Miss Pender- forty-nine. The number of two- Moses' giving to the Israelites the including California. Members of trom, H. S., Winona ; Betty Jane gast. The lights committee in- year graduates has decreased. In challenging words to move on, the present graduating classes Failing, Elem., Winona; William cludes John Laakso and Merle past years there have been as many which are supposed to come from were guests at the banquet. Franzmann, H. S., Lake City; Ohlsen ; the stage crew, Caryl as two hudred graduating from the God of Israel, and the re- The program consisted mainly Mary Garlough, E. Kg., Min- Spriestersbach, Norris Olson, Clark the two-year course ; this year ceiving of this same message by neapolis; Juanita Gehrlich, H. S., Fuller, and Orville Thomas. of talks by representatives of re- there are only seventy-six. those of the present generation Fountain City, Wis. ; Fredrik The program is to be announced Congratulations and success to who hear the word now. Today cent graduating classes who are Gislason, II. S., Minneapolis; in a novel way. After being grad- the graduates ! the call to life finds supreme ex- doing unique or interesting work. Victor Gislason, H. S., Minnea- uated from teachers college, a pression through the Christian This is to show members of the polis; Roy Griese, H. S., Winona ; young man becomes an inventor. religion. present classes some of the things Isabel Johnson, H. S., Weaver ; His brain child is a. marvelous Awards Given The closing hymn, "Come Thou that are before them. Mr. Grimm Robert Keller, H. S., Stillwater ; instrument called the Seeback- Almighty King" by Giardini Harriet Krage, Jr. H. S., Winona; phone. teacher of history, At Last Chapel was in charge of college songs. A was followed by an organ roll Ethel Kruetz, H. S., Winona; wishing to see the device, calls on postlude, "Fantasia, G Minor", by The reunion began five o'clock and Phyllis La Due, El. Jr. H. S., St. the inventor, unaware that he and Curtains were drawn in a grand Bach as played by Joseph Bonnet. the dinner promptly at six. Paul ; Annabelle Liebe, El. Owa- the inventor were classmates ten finale upon somber faces as the There was no formal recessional Alumni and graduates attended tonna ; Vukasava. Lumovich, Jr. H. years before. Upon joyfully rec- students witnessed the last chapel- by the graduates. class night after the banquet. S., Kinney ; Walter Lynne, H. S., ognizing each other, the two use hour program of this year, Thurs- Winona ; June MacDonald, H. S., the Seebackphone to take them day, June 3, at 9 :50 a. m. Awards Eveleth ; Kermit MacPherson, H. back to. their last year in college. for faithful work in extra curri- Genevieve Nerdahl Appointed S., Winona ; Dorothy Mallory, El. Then the fun begins, for with the cular departments were presented. Winonan Editor-In-Chief Jr. H. S., Sioux Falls, S. Dak.; aid of the invention they recall Fred Nelson, president of We- Editor in Chief—Genevieve Nerdahl. Helen Marek, El., Chatfield; Eliza- vividly the events of that year. nonah Players, awarded the Guard Assistant Editors — Delbert Roche, beth Mead, H. S., Red Wing; They see bewildered freshmen ar- members of that organization The new 1937-38 Winonan staff Betty Washburn. Guard pins. Those receiving pins . is responsible for this edition of Make-up Editors — Avis Nordquist, Francis Miller, H. S., Winona; riving on the first day ; they re- Paula Meyer. Ruth Miller, El., Winona; Fred- live the uproarious episodes of were M. Clarke, M. Garlough, J. the school paper. Under the guid- Assistant Make-up Editor — Adelaide erick Nelson, H. S., Albert Lea; stunt night and the comradeship Wachs, L. Wood, J. MacDonald, ance of the present staff the new Gunderson. Literary Editor—Bernice Arvidson. Saima Niskanen, H. S., Kinney ; of homecoming ; they stage plays; A. J. Buck, R. Keller, J. David- staff has had the opportunity of Business Staff—Glenn Johnson, Caryl Frances Peake, El., Winona ; they remember the trials of taking son, A. Gunderson, A. Nordquist, gaining important information Spriesterbach. Sports Editors- Myles Peterson, H. S., Wabasha; pictures for the annual ; they live P. Seaton, J. Laakso, and C. and experience. The joint student- Men—Adolph Bremer, Leslie Ottman, William Kaczrowski, Arthur Andrejek.