Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-10-11
JUBILEE WEEK AT |. G.
Luther College Semi-C Centennial At.
tracing Large Numbers.
A BIG DAY NEXT SUNDAY.
Several Thousand People Will Attend
Jubilee Service, dwelling of
Luther Statue, end Hear
OratOriO Messiah.

This is Jubilee Week at Luther
College, without doubt the greatest
week in the history of the college.
and it is expected that immense
crowds will be here to participate in
the festivities. Full details have been
printed in these columns from week
to week, but the event is one of such
Importance to the people of Decorah
and northeastern Iowa, that we feel
justified in giving it unusual PROM
inence.
There will be several prominent
features Of the weeks program. To-
day will open the General Confer
ence OF the Synod, being meeting
OF all the ministers of the Norwegian
Lutheran church in the United States
and large number are already on
hand for this meeting. The number
OF ministers in attendance will prob
ably run into the hundreds. The
meetings will continue until Friday,
and on Friday evening will occur
the alumni banquet, at the college
auditorium.
The celebration of the fiftieth an
niversary of Luther College will be
on Saturday and Sunday, and the tri-
butte of the friends of the college
throughout the country will be the
presentation to the board of trustees
OF a quarter of a million dollars
($25O, ,O00) as permanent endow-
ment fund, the interest only Of which
may be used for college expenses.
AS is well known, Hon. j. ]. Hill Of
st. Paul started the movement. by
giving $4,000 conditional upon the
raising of 100000 additional. The,
accomplishment of raising this large
endowment in SO short time, with
out much adr abort H. " almost re-
markable, Prof. DIR. H. G.. Stub,
president of the Synod, President C.
X. Preus Of Luther College and 9TH
ers have given able assistance In this
work, and modestly and unassuming-
ly they have gradually secured
pledges until the entire sum is pro-
vided for. The liberality of all in
this matter Is indeed commendable.
The ladies of the church offer as
their tribute magnificent heroic,
imposing statue of Martin Luther,
which already is in position on the
college campus, just east of Larsen
Hall, and will be unveiled Sunday
afternoon. 1t stands upon huge
pedestal. and is replica in bronze
of the statue at Worms. Germany, a
fitting adornment to the campus, and
an impressive monument Of the great
man, whose name the college and the
church it represents bears.
The repetition of the oratorio The
Messiah" will be another prominent
feature of the weeks program, and
will occur on Sunday afternoon, af-
ter the unveiling. One hundred and
sixty-tive voices will sing the
choruses and twenty-five instruments
will furnish accompaniment, all un-
der the efficient direction OF Prof.
Carlo A. Sperati. Soloists of note
will take the title roles, Miss Clara
Williams of Minneapolis, soprano;
Miss Esther Plumb OF Chicago, con-
tralto; Mr.. Edward Walker of Chi
cago, tenor; Mr.. Harry Phillips of
| N nNlt, hn.
be worth coming fifty miles to hear,
for there is nothing like it In the
northwest.
The program in detail is given be-
low:
Friday, Oct. 13.
200 p. m. Alumni Banquet, College
Auditorium.
Saturday, Oct. IL.
10:00 a. M. Music by Luther Col
lege Concert Band, Prof Carlo A.
Sperati, Director.
Hymn.
Invocation. '.7-
Speech OF Welcome ....,.....,
.... Rev. |. b. Torrison
lJubilee-Address. Rt. Rev. Prof. II. G..
Stub. ID. d., President of the Synod
Music.
Presentation of Endowment Fund by
Prof. I'll. G.. Stub to Prof. C.. X.
Preus, President OF the Board of
Trustees of Luther College
Address by President Emeritus, Laur
Larsen, ID. ID.
Benediction.
900 p. m. Music
Address by DR.. l.. Hektoen, Presi-
: dent of the Luther College Alumni
Association.
Greetings.
Glass Reunions.
1900 D. m. Illumination of College
Buildings. &a.
3 Open Air Concert.
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