The Mankato free press., 1921-09-16
Money-Campaign Is to Be
Started For AdoIphus
HEADED BY REV. ARTHUR
Mankato Pastor Is Big Part o
Dynamic Force of
Efforts

Gustavus Adolphus college is as
sured o. the unanimous support of all
the nineteen districts of the confer
ence in q campaign for s600,Q00 TO be
launched October 80. At meeting
in st. Paul Thursday each district
was represented and after DR.. o. J..
Johnson, president Of the college and
Rev. .. J. Arthur. OF the local Luth-
eran church had outlined the plans
tee men gave the plans their hearty en-
aorsement pad pledged themselves to
gO/ back to their respective districts
and arrange meetings in the var
| lous centers and arouse the needed
enthusiasm to carry the campaign
over in the final big week which ends
! with the 9TH OF November which Is
a big day in the history OF the St.
Peter college for 1t marks the birth
day OF the northern viking. Custavus
Aaolphus or Sweden after whom the
college is named. That November =
will be red letter day In the history
of the neighboring college seems to be
assured. t.
Rev. o. ]. Arthur is q big part of
the dynamic force OF the campaign
and Is giving unstintingly of his time
in the interests of the college. He
was selected by the conference at
its meeting in Saltwater last March to
assist President johnson and at the
conclusion of the meeting In st. Paul
the representatives agreed that it
gave the men the enthusiasm with
which they endorsed the campaign.
From now on to the end of the cam
paign Rev. Arthur and President
Johnson will be two Of the busiest
men in the conference and they will
personally visit neary all Of the dis
tricts and organize them thoroughly
and outline definite plans for the
organization of the local churches.
Paul and Minneapolis September 26-7
the campaign committee will visit
Duluth on the following day and be-
tween that time and October 14th
every one of the nineteen districts
will be visited.
Local people win watch with great
interest the progress of the campaign
for the st. Peter institution. Moth
ing comparable to the present under
taking has ever been launched either
i'm the large Minnesota conference or
in any of the conferences that make
| up the large Lutheran Augustana
|
the campaign have expressed high
faith in the return OF prosperity to
the people of Minnesota and the con-
tiguous territory belonging TO the
Minnesota conference, and believe
that the churches of Minnesota, North
and South Dakota, and Northern
Wisconsin will prepare to move SIM
ultaneously for the big educational
work that is being done by the con-
| ference.
Gustavus Adolphus college has be-
gun its sixtieth year with an in
crease in enrolment over former
years. The registrar, Professor Con-
| rad Peterson, has announced that the
senior class will exceed fifty mem
bers and this will be big increase
over any class graduated by the In
stitution.
The college work was opened two
weeks earlier than usual in order to
be able to entertain the large Min
nesota conference in its sixty-fourth
annual convention during the last
week of May at the regular com
Eencement exercises. 1t is expected
that over 500 delegates will attend
the big jubilee celebration at that
time. 1885
Important additions to the staff OF
instructors has been announced by
President Johnson. Among those are
the following: Dr. Peter Froeberg.
formerly instructor in the University
Of Utah and during the war In the
service Of the Federal government
in its research and psychological eli
mic in Washington, D. G. DR.. Froe-
berg's speciality is psychology and he
will teach the courses in that sub
ject and also education.
| Professor Stanley Gray, formerly
Of the faculty in public speaking and
oratory in .Muskingum college, New
Concord. Ohio, will head the depart
ment of public speaking and debate.
| DR.. Matthew Lundquist, also a
former instructor in the music school
at Muskingum college in Ohio has
been secured to head the conserva-
tory at at. Peter DR.. Lundquist en-
joys the distinction of holding de-
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