Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-09-15
LUTHER OPENS
fine ATTENDANCE
Well Known Pioneer College Opened
Last Week for its Sixtieth Sus-
cessful school Year.
ENROLMENT IS
VERY PLEASING
Concert Band Back Monday Freom
successful Concert Trip to
Ames, Iowa.

On the ninth of September Luth-
er College opened it's doors for it's
sixtieth year. The opening exercises
were held in the College Chapel.
President Preus presiding. Professor
F'reus welcomed the faculty and
student body in the words of Mathew
vi, 80: But seek ye first the king
Com OF God and his righteousness
and all these things shall be added
unto you" Professor Preus pictured
the young man coming to college as
a seeker for knowledge with which
70 afterwards gain riches, power, in-
fuence, popularity, or such other ad-
vantages 'as each one may desire.
However, Christ's advice to the
young man is to seek first the king
dom OF God and his righteousness
and all these things shall be ad-
ded. In seeking for knowledge, how
ever, the young man has one advant-
age which the mightiest and wealth
lest will envy him, namely youth.
There is nothing, said Professor
Preus, that can be compared with n
young man with good health, aver
age gifts, and opportunities, and
with ambition to make good. In the
hope that it may be of some assist
ance to this new group of young men
Luther College again opens it's
doors for new school year but that
all else may be we'll, let each one
first seek the kingdom of God.
The President then formally well
coined the new members of the fac
ulty to their work at Luther College,
namely Leonard Moe, as principal of
the Preparatory Department, Oliver
B. Eittreim in the department of
Physics, Myron Larsen in Biology,
and Torvald Waller in German and
Morse. Two of the members of last
years faculty are missing this year,
namely H. Fred Swanson who has
accepted the position of principal of
Gale College. Galeville, Wis, and
Merriam H. Trytten, who is studying
at the university of Christiania,
Norway, as scholar on the Scandi-
navian American Foundation. OF the
rest of the faculty who has not yet
returned to school. Doctor Norlie has
been detained for few days by his
duties as Head Statistician for the
National Lutheran Council at his
office in New York Professor A. NJ
Royelstad returned to his duties al
the college on Saturday after a sum
mer's study at the University OF
Michigan. The faculty of the Univer.
sity has voted to grant Prof. Rovcl.
stad the degree of Doctor of Philos.
ophy, the work for which he has com.
pleted this summer.
The attendance of students is be-
yond what it has been for the cor.
responding date in any previou:
year. There are at present 2OS men
In attendance divided as follows. 21
Seniors. 25 Juniors. 81 Sophomores
81 Freshmen, 40 Senior High School,
and 29 Junior High School. a total
OF 2O3. Since large number of ths
students are not yet back and new
men will be received for some days
yet, it is hoped that the number fol
the year will exceed that of any
previous year.
Luther College is proud of the
fact that enlistments for the war cut
its attendance to half of normal but
1t is pleasing both faculty and friends
to see the return to normal with
gains.
The work of the opening days
was considerably broken up by the
tour of the Concert Band to the
Young Peoples Luther League Con.
Vention of the Iowa District al
Ames, Iowa. Sept. 9-12. The band
left Deeorah in its special cars or
Thursday morning, forty members in
ALL Arriving at Ames at 700 D. m
they were quartered in the fraternity
houses of the Iowa State College
Friday afternoon the band took part
in street parade and spent the eve.
ming in rehearsals. The principal en-.
.gagement of the band was met or
Saturday evening. Due to the bad
roads in the country the audience
Was not so very large. but those who
were there were very enthusiastic
and went away highly pleased. Prof
Sperati received many compli