THE CONCORDIAN VOLUME LIV THE CONCORDIA COLLEGE, MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA, MAY 10, 1963 No. 25 Largest Graduating Class Hears Oscar Anderson at Commencement Baccalaureate and Commence- ginning this fall. The honorary ities extend to both afternoon ment exercises, to be held Sun- degree of doctor of laws will be and evening. The Concordia day, June 2, and Monday, June conferred upon him during the College Band, under the direc- 3, in the Memorial Auditorium, commencement program. tion of Leif I. Christianson, will will culminate four years of ac- Dr. Joseph L. Knulson, pres- perform a concert in Memorial ademic preparation for the ident of Concordia College, Auditorium at 3 p.m. members of the class of 1963, the will give the Baccalaureate Concluding Sunday's program largest graduating class in Con- address, "Baptized with the will be an evening concert at cordia's history. January, June Holy Spirit and with Fire," on 8:15 p.m. in Memorial Auditor- and August graduates, totaling Sunday at 11 a.m. Our Sav- ium by the Concert Choir, di- approximately 360, represent a iors, Good Shepherd and Tri- rected by Paul J. Christiansen. 20 per cent increase over the nity congregations will join Commencement exercises Oslo CobbBrS — Art major Krisii Ylvisaker and Margrethe class of 1962. the graduates and their rela- Monday morning at 10 a.m. com- Skeie, an elementary major, leave for Norway in June to attend Reverend Oscar A. Ander- tives and friends in this ser- plete the program. The opening the University of Oslo International Summer School. The two son, pastor of Trinity Luther- vice which will be broadcast invocation will be presented by over KVOX, Moorhead. will return in November after an extended European tour. an Church in Moorhead, will Rev. Carl Lee, Concordia Col- * * * Baccalaureate Sunday festiv- lege pastor. deliver the commencement * address, "Thou Anoiniesi My * * Head." Cobber Co-eds Leave Rev. Anderson, a 1938 gradu- ate of St. Olaf College, also at- tended Augsburg College and For Summer in Oslo the Lutheran Bible Institute. He Two Concordia students will be attending the University of received the bachelor of theol- Oslo International Summer School on partial scholarships. ogy degree in 1942 from Luther They are Kristi Ylvisaker, junior from Moor head and Theological Seminary and at- Mafgrelhe (Bitty) Skeie, sophomore from Mariinsville, N. J. tended Chicago Lutheran Sem- The girls were selected by the college for this summer session inary in 1947. which will run from June 29-August 9. After serving a Minneapolis Their study plans are centered around learning Norwegian congregation from 1942-1948, he culture. Kristi, an art major, will be taking courses in Norwegian became executive director of the music and art. Bitty, an elementary major and historylminor, will Luther League, a position which study Norwegian history, literature and the Norwegian language. he held for six years. During his The two Cobbers plan to leave New York by boat/on June 19 directorship, in 1952, he attend- and will return November 18 after an extended European tour. ed the Lutheran World Federa- tion Assembly in Hannover, Germany. 'May Fesf Unites Hundreds After serving the congregation at Trinity since 1954, Rev. An- In Mass Music Extravaganza derson has resigned his post to accept the presidency of Augs- High school and church choirs Mound, Princeton, St. Cloud, burg College in Minneapolis be- Rev. Oscar Anderson—"Thou Anointest My Head' in the surrounding area will and Sauk Centre. have an opportunity to work The mass choral numbers under the direction of Prof. Paul for the high school choirs axe J. Christiansen, chairman of the "Pilgrim's Chorus" by Wag* music department at the annual ner, "Lacrymosa" and "Sane- NSF Grant Aids Chem Department May Fest on Saturday and Sun- tus and Hosanna" both by The chemistry department has gram's over-all purpose is to as- He stated that major additions day. Moxart. recently announced the receipt sist colleges and universities in to the lab will include an Infra- About 1,400 singers from "The Heavens are Telling" by of a $11,640 grant from the Na- meeting requirements for com- red Spectrophotometer and An- eleven high school choirs and Hayden and "Sanctus and Hos- tional Science Foundation. petent scientists and engineers. alytical Automatic One-pan Bal- four church choirs are per- anna" by Mozart, will be pre- Made through the Undergrad- At least 50 per cent of the ances. All together more than forming several solo numbers sented Sunday by the following uate Instructional Scientific Pro- direct cost of the equipment a dozen instruments will be as well as mass choral num- church choirs: Bethlehem Lu- gram, the grant is intended spec- must be furnished by non-fed- added. bers. These groups will be theran, Aberdeen, S. D.; United ifically to aid in the purchase of eral sources. A further stip- A graduate of St. Olaf College joined by the Concordia Con- Lutheran, Grand Forks, N. D.; scientific equipment. The pro- ulation is that at the conclu- with M.S. and Ph.D. degrees cert Choir under the direction University Lutheran Church of sion of the two-year program from the University of Wiscon- of Eliot Wold. Hope, Minneapolis, Minn; and Advance Registration a report be made to indicate sin and University of Minnesota, After morning and afternoon Lutheran Church of the Good not only the equipment pur- Dr. Ostercamp has done research rehearsals, a concert will be giv- Shepherd, Moorhead, Minn. Advance registration, for chased, but also the changes at Pennsylvania University and en at 3:30 p.m., featuring the An instrumental ensemble the first semester of the 1963- which it has effected in the with private firms. combined and solo choirs. The composed of members of the 64 school year, will be held in instructional program. Prior to coming to Concordia Concordia Concert Choir will Concordia Concert Band, under the gymnasium Wednesday Director of the program, Dr. he taught at Luther College. sing at 4:45 each afternoon. the direction of Prof. Leif Christ- morning. There will be no Daryl L. Ostercamp, assistant Currently Dr. Ostercamp is en- The high schools participating iansen, will accompany the conv morning classes during the Jj professor of chemistry, will be gaged in a research project spon- are Brainerd, Fertile, Glenwood, bined choirs in the mass num- session. overseeing the purchases and sored by the Research Corpora- Hendrum, Lake Park, Mora, bers. making general arrangements. tion of Chicago, 111. Borg, Guccione Edit '63-64 Concordian; 'Cobber', Directory Editors Appointed Five Cobbers have been chosen to head three of the four Concordia student publications for the 1963-64 school year. Two juniors, Jo Guccione and Marc Borg, will replace Lowell Almen and George Grimsrud as "Concordian" editors. Miss Guccione, a French and elementary education major from Valley Stream, New York, has served as associate editor and fealure editor of the "Concordian" and copy writer on the "Cobber". Borg, a political science and philosophy major from Moorhead, is currently serving as political editor of the "Con- cordian." Marian Wambheim and Sue Goerne will take the reins of Concordia's yearbook, the Cobber, from Dan Holm and Merv Thompson. Miss Wambheim from Hatton, N. D. is an elementary education major and sociology minor. This year she was associate editor of the Cobber; a double English and German major from Minneapolis, Miss Goerne is the faculty editor of the '63 Cobber. The Student Directory, an indispensible part of any Cobber's book collection, will be handled by Jean Svendsbye. Janette Me- / t i the "Concordian", watch Robert McGregor make a Innes is the present editor. Miss Svendsbye, a junior business ed- S . .~ ?.e.w •dito™.*or next vear'» galley sheet of the paper. Also observing are Sue ucation-German major from Hamlet, N. D., has worked on the Concordia student publications witness a part of Goerne and Marian Wambheim, "Cobber" heads, Student Directory for the past two years. a printer's tasks after being named this week. and Jean Svendsbye, who will direct publication The head of the fourth Concordia student publication, the pic- Marc Borg and Joanne Guccione, who will edit of the Student Directory. torial Who's New, will be announced at a later date. Pag« 2 THE CONCORDIAN May 10, 1963 Rand Lauds Plan C-400 Contingency Goes Forward The Contingent C-400 mem- Dr. Sidney A. Rand, execu- investment, a means of contri- bership program, a vehicle by tive director of the Board of buting to the development of in- which seniors can ultimately ob- College Education of the ALC, dividuals and society. If we tain membership in the C-400 views the contingency ai a hold the type of education with Club, is still in its infancy. Yet, part of the C-400 Club experi- which we have been presented after only a few weeks of exis- ment in philanthropy for Ev- to be of worth, we would do our tence, it is bringing forth re- eryman, at another manifesta- utmost to foster its preserva- sponses from many areas. tion of the C-400 spirit. tion." According to Rand, "The pos- "This is our part in pre- sibility of a college senior plan- paring for the succeeding C-400 Names Judd ning a gift to his alma mater generations, the society of the even before he is graduated and future. A Contingent C-400 For Founders' Day being able to look forward to membership affords us, as The annual C-400 Founders' that gift being a thousand dol- members of the class of 1963, lars in a few short years should Day dinner is scheduled for May an excellent opportunity to have great appeal.