The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-11
dwelling e Hauge
Bauta Stols Was Big
Event Of onvention
Thousands Upon thousands Fscked to MsOrhead Yesterday
to See Imposing Spectacle and Hear Brilliant
Addresses Of Great Chmchmen

= The feature or the UnlteQ buIHeIau
church sessions today was the appoint
ment of committee to confer with the
Free church regarding consolidation.
Should the Free church unite with the
United. the Norwegian synod and the
Hauge synod, it would mean a grand
consolidation OF practically all the
Norwegian Lutherans in America.
This morning the committee on
union to confer with the Lutheran
Free church was elected consisting of
President DR.. Dahl and Rev. Mr., Hegge
of Stoughton, Wis. This COMMITTEES Is
to go and personally appear before the
convention of the said Free church
whose annual convention is held at
Thief River Falls, June Ills. This
step was advocated on the floor Of the
convention in strong speech by Rev.
r. An1undson Of Lacrosse, Wis. when
the matter was referred to a commit
tee, who presented this motion today.
It's adoption was most heartily advo-
Gated today by Rev. N. G. Peterson.
It met with but little opposition by
a few who did not expect any results.
as similar proposition had been turn
ed down by the Free church two years
ago.
The following committees were elect
ed Tuesday morning:
New Members on Board of Regents
IL Rev. o. G. Lillian; alternate, Rev.
o. M. Norlie 2 Prof. j. A. Aasgaard;
alternate, Rev. Edward Nervig.
Ordination Commtttee-Dr. Dahl
Rev. HI. Roalkvan, Rev. s. Q. Braaten
Rev. T. TharaIdson Rev. O. A Melby,
Foreign MissionsRev. Prof. Stoiee
and J. III. Steaberg.
Home Missions--Rev, III. Q. Holm
and Rev. IT, A. Hagen.
Mission Treasure urer-Rev. Lars Lunj
Publication Committee Rev. l.. r
Thorkveen.
Editor Lutheraneren Rev. Th. Egg
Editor Childre1is Companion Rev
Directors Beloit Orphans Home
Rev. III. M, Solem and Rev, Q. A
Homme Orphans Home Rev. Jens
Mathison.
Rev. j. M. Sundheim and Christian
English Hymn Book Committee
Same as before.
Committee on Districts-Rev. III
RoaIkvam, Rev. Th. Eggen. Rev. p
Tangjord, Rev. M. O. Bockman, Rev
H. Engh, Rev. N. Boe.
Annual Convention COMMITTEES (tc
decide on time and place for next an
nual convention) president Dahl Sec,
rotary Roseland, Treasurer Waldeland
Committee for the Support of Pastors
and Pastors Widows-Rev. j. A. Ur.
ness, Rev, L. 4. Kleppe, Rev. p. G
Toilefson.
Committee on Credentials Rev. M
Il. Waldeland, Rev. q, "A. Norem, Rev
c. E. Sybilrud, Rev. III. p. Grimsby ant
Rev. S. o. Simundson.
Committee on Finance for 1913--Rev
K. Waldeland, Rev. H. @. Holm, Rev
N. Arveson and Gustav Eide.
Committee on Jubilee, or the Twen
ty-fifth AnniversaryDr. Dahl, Rev
o. Lokkensgaard, Rev. p. J. Reinert
son, Rev. s, O. Braaten and Rev. N. g
Peterson.
Directors for Iutheraneren '--Presi
dent of the United church board o
trustees or manager Of Augsburg Pub
fishing house and the editor Of Tn
Lutheraneren.
Committee on Arbitration-P Presiden
Dahl, Rev. A. Oefstedal and Rev. n
Boe.
Directors of the Pension Rev
A. Oefstedal and Rev. S. K. Ulsaker.
Board OF Charities Rev. A. MelanI
(for the Deaconess home1; Rev. HI. M
Solem (for Beloitl; Rev. Bugge (fo
Wittenberg); Rev. Dahlager (for LAX
Park; Rev. O. J, Norby (for the sec
retary's report)
Committee on Higher institutions o
Learning Professor Weswig, Prof. Il
Lokkensgaard, Professor Wigness, Pro
fessor Eileland and Prof. L. w. Boe.
unveiIina 5auta Stone,
Monday afternoon the convention o
the United Norwegian Lutherai
church OF America had no, bushes
session but attended the unveiling o
the "Bautaa or memorial monumen
erected on the campus of Concordi
college, Moorhead, in honor of Han
Nilsen Hauge. the great reformer Q
the Church of Norway. His grea
work Of revival in the church fror
rationalistic slunber took place abou
a century ago. He lived from It'll t
1924. Near the statue platform fo
the speakers and special guests ha
been erected and seats made for tn
occasion. An immense crowd had as
sembled. The weather was fine. Cloud
threatened, but no rain came unit
evening.
Lluther's battle hymn, Al Might
Fortress Is Our God, was sung at tn
the opening, accompanied with musi
by the Concordia college band. unde
the dictatorship of Professor Herts
5dhEus 1uG OpSIl1uS duu1CSS was BY =
by Prof M. o. Boeckman, d. d., presi
dent of the United Church seminar,
st. Paul, who appropriately wore f.
the first time his star, a gift from Kin
Haakon VII Of Norway, received las
Saturday, when DR. Boeckman wa
created q member Of the st. Olaf or
der of Knighthood, with the rank {
commander of the order.
Also Or. Dahl and DR. Kildahl woI
their badges, showing they had bee
formally honored by the king as mem
bers of the ST. Olaf order. The bishO
displayed a double decoration. If
member dies this badge must be re
turned to the king.
DIR. Boeckman said: "It Is apprC
priate that we gather here today
honor the memory Of Hans Mise
Hange one of the great men of MOI
way, d layrlan doing the work OF
prophet. He was a prophet.
Many Norwegians have come
this country to better their condition
and Uncle Sam has been good to then