The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-05-05
MANKATO FREE PRESS
Eberhart To Take
Part In Program,
Commencement Exercises viii
Be Held At Adolphus Col
lege May 16 TO %.
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st. refer, Mimi, Nay 3.-More
than 1000 delegates, alumni and
friends OF the institution are expect
ed TO arrive for the annual com
mencement exercises at Gustavus
AdoIphus college, the annual meet
ing or the Minnesota conference and
the celebration OF the sixtieth ami
versary of the founding OF the
school which will take pace from
May Is to May %. Thet program
Tor the big week, was announced
yesterday by President o. J.
johnson.
The meetings will open Tuesday
morning, May 18th, with a pastoral
conference. A laymen's meeting
and communion service will also
be held that day. Among those who
will ofticiate at these meetings are:
Rev. p. A. Edquist of WorthIngton,
Rev. l.. +. Bergstrom OF Minneapo-
lis, DR.. p. A. Mattson OF Canon
rails, DIR. &. b. l.. Boman of Berna-
dotte and Rev. E. J. Nystrom of
Buffalo. ~
The second day will be devoted TO
devotional and business meetings.
Those who will officiate are Rev. J.
A. Wagner Of Cokato and Rev. Emu
johnson of Sioux Falls. In the ey
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be held. Similar meetings will be
held on Thursday. Those who will
Officiate are: Rev. c. j. Carlson of
ST. Paul and kev. l.. b, Benson of
Redwing.
Handels Messiah will be rendered
by a chorus of 100 voices, under di-
rection of DR.. Nj. n. Lundquist.
The Women's Home and Foreign
Mission society of the conference
will have their meetings on Friday
Among the speakers Will be Rev. A
P. Lawrence OF Milaca, Rev. c. o.
swan of Duluth, Rev. f. D. Stone of
Minneapolis and Rev. Nels Benson
of China. A Swedish Oratorical
contest will take place in the after
noon.
Saturday will be one of the feat
ure days of the week The .dedica-
ton of the new $l25 200 gymnasium
which was completed this week, will
take place in the afternoon Elk gov
ernor A. o. Eberhart of Chicago and
| DIR. Gustav Andreen of Rock Island,
| ILL.,, president OF the Augustana col
lege, will be the principal speakers.
The alumni banquet will be held ar
forwards, when the mater of hiring
new coach will be discussed A
concert by the re united choruses of
the college since it's organization
will be the feature of the evening.
A drinking fountain dedicated to the
memory of Captain Oskar Youngdahl
Of Redwing, killed in action in
France, former alumnus, will also
be installed
The sixtieth anniversary will be
celebrated on Sunday May 81. Ser
vices will not be conducted in the
churches of the st. Peter district on
that day, but all of the members of
these ten congregations will attend
in body, DR.. G. A. Brandelle Of
Chicago, president of the Augustana
synod. will be the speaker at the
morning services. Dr. M. VAIL
strom of Chicago, president emeri-
tus of Gustavus Adolphus college
will speak at the historical program
in the afternoon Among the prom
inent lay men who will speak in the
afternoon are: DIR. c, o. Hertzman,
Ashland, Wis; Ut. G.. G.. Schulz,
former state superintendent of
schools of st. Pani: Senator ]. A.
Jackson of St. Paul; DR.. Peter Pet
erson, president of the Illinois CON
ference Editor E. M Norelius of
Lindstrom; DR.. j. A Krantz, super
intendent of Bethesday hospital. ST.
Paul, and DR.. A. Bergin, president of
the Kansas conference. In the ev-
ening, Pres. Johnson will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon.
Monday. May 22nd is commence
ment day. Fifty two graduates will
complete the, college course, the
largest number in the history of the
school. DR.. w. *. Granville presi-
dent of Pennsylvania, college, Get
tysburg Pa. will be the principal
speaker
The hundreds of visitors will be
housed in private homes and will be
fed at the new gymnasium
| Fisherman John of Saltwater the
Indian who is famous for his ability.
to find the bodies of drown people,
was brought to this city yesterday
to assist in finding the remains of
George Tyler a patient of the state
hos. pital, who ended his life in the
Minnesota river April 81. A. S.
Hammor1 of Montana, a relative of
the deceased. has been conducting
search of the river bottoms ali
week without success