Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
BENCSTON NAMED
academies HEAD
Augustana Class Meets and Organizes
for the Term and Plans for
Social fairs.
BUSY SEASON Is IN PROSPECT
Adelphlc and PhrenOkOsmian Society
Hold Sessions mt Which Pro-
grams Are Presented.

Ralph Bengston has been selected
by the academies of Augustana college
as their head for the coming wear. The
other officers are as follows:
vice president-Carl Freeman.
SecTetary-Mildred Bloomgren.
Treasurer-Melvin Anderson.
The academy colors for the coming
year Will be gold and black. the former
colors of purple and gold being dis
carded in favor of these A special
social committee composed of Minnie
Anderson, Florence johnson and Carl
OkerblOom was appointed for the en-
suing year and it is predicted that the
social functions to follow will come
fast. The first one will be in the shape
Of d wiener roast" at CampbelI's is
land to take place tomorrow afternoon
Second meeting Of the Adelphic Lit
erary society was held Yesterday after
noon. A short business session was
held first and several new members
voted into the society. The program
for the afternoon was then given, as
follows.
Reading -Inez Gull
Vocal solO-Lael Johnson
Our Lyceum" Leonard Kendall
manager of the lyCeUm board.
Talk. The Students Inheritance
Professor Conrad Bergendof
Professor Bergendof's speech was
the feature of the program and
he devoted his address to i'm
pressing upon his audience the
large Inheritance of every stu
dent in five lines. scientific, insti-
tutiOnaI, literary. aesthetic and moral.
He declared that what we know in
these lines is just as truly our inherit
ance as anything which might be re
Ceived from ones ancestors, inasmuch
as We have done nothing to earn it and
receive it from our forbears He fur
Their brought cut the idea that the
only inheritance tax that must be paid
on this knowledge is that of work and
that if a student would pursue his
studies faithfully in the literary soci-
cites and in the class room he would
get knowledge worth far more than
the work which he spent to obtain it.
PhrPnOkOSmian Meets.
The PhrenOkOsmian Literary society
met yesterday afternoon at and the
following program was given:
Speech-Roy V. Peel
Vocal solo-Carl GustavsOn
RecitatiOn-CarI l.. Carlson
Speech-Carl Londberg
Vocal sOlO-Herbert NordIander.
Selection Phrenokosmian orchestra.
The Webster Debating club met yes
terday afternoon for a business session.
Plans and questions for the approach
ing inter-club contest occupied the ma
jOr part of the discussion, it being nee
eSsary that the club submit three Ques-
tiOns for inter-club debate with the
Balfour and Gladstone societies. Two
questions were finally decided upon and
it was decided to give for the third the
question that Will be decided upon be-
tween the Webster club and one of the
colleges in Minnesota with which there
will be a debate
Political Club Launched.
Augustana Republican club. one Of
the branches of the Republican Ma
tfonal College league, was organized in
one of the rooms of the main building
yesterday afternoon with L. Z. Jones
as president. The organization took
place under the direction of F. X
Chandler, who has been sent out by
the republican national committee to
organize such clubs in the colleges of
the country The other officers Of the
society are:
Vice president-C. Fl. Kalquist.
Secretary-Elmer T. Peterson.
Treasurer-E. L. Frederickson
All of these young men are well
known in the school, the secretary be-
ing editor of the Observer and the 9th
ers prominent in various activities of
the school.