Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-17
AUGUSTANA NOTES.

An organ recital will be given next
Tuesday evening by Wilhelm Middel.
| schultz.
Rev. and Mrs. Jesperson enter
tanned the chapel choir at their home
last Thursday evening. A social and
pleasant time was enjoyed by all pres
emit.
This evening the college band will
give an entertainment in the college
building. There will be plenty of
good music and plenty of good things
to eat.
Next Thursday evening the recita-
tions in all departments will close for
this term. Christmas will soon be
here and with it 3-week's vacation,
which 10 doubt will be enjoyed by
all.
The Augustana Foreign Missionary
society will have charge of the serv-
ices in the chapel Sunday evening.
Rev. J. Telleen will preach mission
airy sermon in English, Christ, the
Light of the World" and the chapel
choir will sing.
There are now very nearly 80 mem
bers enrolled in the Handel Oratorio
society. Many invitations have been
sent out to persons in the three cities
and it is greatly desired that they
will see bit to Join the society and
take hand in the pleasant work.
The third entertainment in the Ly-
ceum entertainment course was given
Wednesday night before a large and
interested audience. The lecturer
was DIR. Eugene May, who spoke on
the subject, Through Switzerland
With Knapsack and Climbing up
the Matterhorn. For nearly two full
hours the speaker held the closest at
tention of the audience.
The sophomores banqueted at the
Harper house last evening, while the
seminarins enjoyed social gathering
or reception in honor of themselves
in the college dining hall. We learn
that the main difference between these
two social events was the fact that
the sophomores enjoyed the company
of ladies while the seminarins did
not.
TIE following program was rem
dered in the AdelPhic last evening":
Music, by Miss Sophie Hult, Miss
Anna Anderson. Miss Anna Ericsson
and A. l.. Hallquist; recitation by
Miss Lydia Sward, and speeches on
Looking Backward Four Months" by |
A. X. Shelander; Christina" by w. |
S. Johnson; The Outgoing Year" by |
Austin Lawrence, and on Vacation"
by c. o. Larson. This was the last |
of the society for this term.
Next year we shall hope to do still |
better than we have done in the past.
A course of lectures will be inaugu-
rated in the business department after
Christmas, in which subjects of gem
eral interest in the business world
will be discussed by prominent speak
ers from the three cities. The work
in the business department is carried
on with the utmost vigor and the
present day attendance is absolutely
The largest it has ever been at the cor
time. +. b. Peterson, of
Rock Island. who graduated in the
business department last spring, has
accepted position at the Luther
academy, Wahoo, Nebraska, to teach
n its business department. Miss
Anna Sheehan, who also graduated
asst spring, now holds position in
and Miss Kathyrin Meenan
las been offered position in the house
# Sehlesinger & Mayer of the same
,lace.
Among matters of interest and i'm
,ortance that were decided upon by
he board at its recent meeting we
mention the following: The morning
devotional exercises will hereafter be
conducted exclusively in the English
anguage and a more suitable time
DIR. Williamson's work dur
ng the spring term is to be confined
o the collegiate department only;
'rof. Bexell was called to take charge
# the mathematics in the preparatory
a summer normal school
will be held, if expedisnt, the execu-
i've committee to make all arrange
nents relative to the same; the pre-
,aratory will hereafter be known as
he academic department; a committee
vas also selected to draw up rules
md regulations for the library.