The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-10-05
Entire Community Joins
in Welcome to Students

Valley City churches and townspeo.
pie are making every effort to vel.
come the new students of the Nor.
NAL school to this community. Sew.
eral of the churches of the city united
last evening in each held reception
OF welcome to the students of their
denominations, in their respective
church parlors.
On Monday evening the faculty and
former students Of the State Normal
school will entertain at a reception in
the auditorium for the new students.
The gathering will be in the nature of
mass meeting with short spick talks,
songs, yells, vocal and instrumental
music, etc.
The event is being held to welcome
the new students to the activities of
the school and to make them feel that
they are part Of the school com.
munity. Arrangements are in the
hands of Mrs. Spur, dean of women,
and the faculty social committee. Mrs.
Spur also requests Of the patronesses
of the Womens League to be present
with their husbands to assist at the
reception.
Refreshments will be served during
the evening and a general welcome
accorded the new students by those
who have been in attendance before
this term.
The reception for the Normal stu
dents of Swedish parentage and Luth.
eran faith given by the Luther League
OF the Swedish Lutheran church Fri.
day evening was great success.
While not so many of the older mem.
bers of the church responded, the re-
spouse of the young people of the
Normal school, as we'll as Of the con.
gregation, was we'll nigh unanimous.
No literary or musical program was
held, as it was decided to make this
meeting social one. Only few ref.
erences were made by the pastor to
the aim and position of the Lutheran
church and few words of encourage.
ment to the guests of the evening.
The social hour was thoroughly en-
joyed by all present Various interest
ing games were played and a contest
was held, Miss Laura Hedstrum carry
ing off the honOrs. After a goOdly
number of games had been played a
dainty and generous lunch was served.
The Misses Anna Larson and Laura
Hedstrum had charge of the refresh
ments and did their work in a very
creditable manner The evening was
a very pleasant one for all present.
There must be some Methodist in
the bunch at the Normal said one
who was present at the reception at
the Methodist church for the students
Friday night. If there are any more
than were present and they had seen
fit to come, it might have been neces-
cary to call in a policeman to keep
them from trampling each other. The
house was so crowded that it was al
most impossible to carry out the play
part of the program. THE more the
merrier" seemed true, however, and
lots of inconsistencies must have been
dispelled, while all of the students
came to feel that they were among
friends. Fully 200 young people we're
present. The formal program consist
ed of solo by Mrs. M. C. James, a
reading by Miss Snyder, instructor in
public speaking in the city schools,
and several selections by the male
quartet, Messrs. Buckwalter, Hunt,
Zimmerman and Myers. Following this
the ladies served light refreshments.
In a few fitting words the pastor as
sured the group that the church sim
cerely hoped to be of service to them,
and by some personal references en-
couraged them to feel that there is a
friend for every trouble, if only they
will use him.