Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-05
Thousands of Personages Over
Country Bidden to Angus
tana Semi Centennial.
$50 FROM THE TRI-CITIES
Program for Synod Jubilee Celebra-
ton, Which Will Continue Five
Days Not Yet Prepared.

is the college seal embossed in blue
and gold The invitation reads as fol
| lows:
1.-The board of directors and the fac
ulties of Augustana college and Theo
logical seminary request the honor OF
your presence at the celebration of its
semi-centennial anniversary, June to
8, 1910. Rock Island, ILL.,"
! In addition to this invitation is en-
| closed another card, also surmounted
with the college seal, announcing the
presidents reception at the Denkmann
Memorial library, Wednesday, June 8.
Thousands of Invitations.
The invitations, which are merely
for the college jubilee celebration and
do not include that of the synod, are
being sent out to colleges and univer-
stiles throughout the land and will
number into the thousands No less
than 1,067 invitations will be sent to
alumni members of the college alone.
All the schools and colleges of the
Augustana synod, nine in number, will
receive invitations, as will also IS 9th
er Lutheran institutions in America.
Twenty-seven Illinois colleges and &c
Iowa institutions will be remembered.
other universities which will be in
vited to send representatives are:
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia,
Pennsylvania. Michigan, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska, Color
ado, Oberlin, Purdue, North Dakota,
South Dakota, and Beloit Two Swed-
ish universities, Upsala and Lund, will
also receive invitations.
In addition to these, $50 invitations
will be sent to prominent men in the
States, 43 to newspapers and 100 to
prominent ministers in America and
Sweden.
College Jubilee Program.
The program for the college jubilee
is enclosed with the invitations. 1t
contains only the program to be given
during the first five days, which are
given over to the college celebration.
The synod will celebrate its jubilee
during the next following five daAs,
but this program has not yet been COM
pIeted. The college program is as fol
lows:
sunday, June D.
10 a. m.-Baccalaureate sermon -
President Gustav Andreen, Phi. d.
2:30 p. m.-Greetings from the Col
leges and Academies of the Augustana
Synod. Gustavus Adolphus college,
President P. A. Mattson. Phi. D.; Beth
any college, President E. F. Pihlblad,
D. D.; Luther college, President o. J.
Johnson; Upsala college, President L.
H Beck, Phi. D.; Northwestern col
lege, President A c. Youngdahl; Min
nesota college, President Frank Mel
son; Trinity college, President ]. AL
fred Anderson; Occur d'Alene college,
President ]. Jesperson.
500 D. m.-"The Pioneers of Angus
tana" Reading of the scriptures and
prayer, Rev. c. J. Scheleen, Manhat-
tan, Kan; address, Rev. M. c. Ran
seen, D. D., Chicago, Ill. Five-minute
speeches: Rev. P. Beckman. Troy,
Idaho: Rev. G. Peters. Rockford, Ill;
Rev. A. w. Dahlsten, D. D.. Window,
Kan; Rev. H. o. Lindeblad, LAGRANGE,
Ill; Rev. ]. Magny, D. D.. Carlton,
Mimi; Rev. o. J. Siljestrom, d. D..
Chicago, ILL.,; Rev. J. Fremling, D. D.,
Cologne, MINI. Benediction, Rev. A.
Lindblom, Chicago, Ill.
Monday, June 8.
800 D. m.-Business and Conserve
tory commencement. Address, Hon.
Harry Olson, chief justice municipal
court, Chicago, Ill Remarks, Consul
c. A. Smith, Minneapolis, MINI.
500 p. m.-Senior Glass Day Exer
cises.
Tuesday, June z.
1000 a m.-Historical Session. DR..
C. M. Esbjorn presiding. Addresses:
Rev. E. Norelius, d. D., president Au-
gustana synod, Vasa, Mimi; Rev. c.
NJ. Esbjorn, Phi. D., New Haven, Conn.
Bishop Won Scheele, Sweden.
2:30 D. m.-'The Sons and Daugh-
tiers of Augustana:" In education,
Hon. c. G. Schultz, st. Paul, Mimi; in
science, Mrs. K. T. Anderson. Rock Is
land. Ill; in medicine, DIR. Joseph Wes-
terlund, Cambridge, Ill; in law and
state, G. B. Anderson, Esq, Chicago.
ILL.,; in journalism and literature, Con-
sui G. N. Swan, Sioux City, Iowa; in
charity work, Rev c. A. Hultkrans. St.
Paul, Mimi: in the church and theolo-
gy. Rev. P. NJ. Lindberg, Omaha, Neb.
500 p. m.-"Greater Augustana:"
Addresses, Governor C. S. Deneen,
Springfield, ILL.,; Governor A o. Eber-
hart, st. Paul, Mimi; Rev. E. Neland
er, Phi D., Los Angeles. Cal; F. c.
Denkmann, Rock Island. III.
Jubilee poem, E. w. Olson, Chicago.
III.
Torchlight procession.
wednesday,, June s.
1000 a. m. = Greetings and Re-
sponses: Address of welcome. Presi-
dent Gustav Andreen. Phi. D.; respons-
es from Upsala and Lund; address by
Hon Herman Ia. F. Lagercrantz, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary of Sweden, Washington, D. c.;
greetings: on behalf of the theological