Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-03-15
STUDENTS UNION
CONVENTION
Came to a Close at Luther College
Friday Evening With Singing
of Luther College Sixtieth
Anniversary Cantata
CONVENTION WAS
LARGELY ATTENDED
Declamatory Contest, Debates and
Basket Ball Games Aroused
Much Interest.

The third annual convention of the
Lutheran Students Union came to a
close last Friday evening with the
singing of the Luther college Six
tieth Anniversary Cantata, written
by Rev. Paul Koren with music by
Prof. Dahle for the sixtieth ami
versary of Luther College last fall.
The convention was opened on
Wednesday morning by Rev. o.
SERVER Thorpe of the University
church in Minneapolis. Rev. Thorpe
preached most inspiring sermon on
the convention theme, "Christian
Consecration" following a text chos-
en- from John 1926: eff any man
serve me, let him follow me-" Con-
secration to the task of service in
the church was the key note of Rev.
Thorpe's sermon, which was ably car
ried out by the speakers of the fol-
lowing days.
Thursday morning DR.. G. NJ.
Bruce addressed the convention on
The, theme "The Meaning and the
Demands of Christian Conservation"
setting the back ground for the more
detailed discussions of the following
day. Friday morning Prof. J. N.
Brown of the Canton Lutheran Nor
NAL School spoke on christian Con-
secration in Student Life" followed
by shor. discussion of the theme
by j. Melvin Moe of Luther College.
Hon. Lancelot A. Gordon, Assistant
Secretary of State for Wisconsin
spoke of Christian Conservation in
Social Relations and was followed by
paf0 nf
college who discussed the thefiie fur
tIssr;. ther; The af;erne2eg program ,ss in
,of Profession by Rev. B. E. Berge-
son of Zion Lutheran church, Min
neapolis, MINI; a discussion of the
topic by Mr.. Byron Nelson of Lu-
Their Seminary, st. Paul, Mimi; and
''The Need of the Heather World for
NConsecrated Leaders" by DR.. l.. H.
Breadfladt of the Dept. of Patho-
logy of the John Hopkins University
Medical College, Baltimore, Md. In
the evening Rev. C. X. Malmin of
Heron Lake, Minn., spoke on the
the foreign mission field and Prof.
c. NJ. Weswig of the Luther Theolo-
gical Seminary. st. Paul, Mimi,
spoke on "The Glory of Consecrated
Christian Life"
So much that was instructive and
inspiring was said in the speeches
that were delivered that it would be
quite impossible to give a resume
of them in one short article. The
college will probably print report
of lshe convention in pamphlet form
which will be available for all who
may desire it. All that can be said
here is that there was an air of
genuine earnestness about the whole
convention which made a deep i'm
preston on all who had the pleasure
of attending the sessions and will
undoubtedly have lasting influence
on those who were so fortunate as to
have been elected delegates.
Music for the various sessions was
furnished by Mrs. Helen Hjerleid
johnson, Mrs. A. M. Rovelstad, Mrs.
/. A. Moe, Sylfest p. Orwell, the
Luther College Glee Club, and a
bass auartette composed of E. Toll
sefsrud. Gunnar Malmin, S. Orwell,
and Karl Sheel. The concert by the
Luther College Concert Band under
Professor Sperati on Wednesday eve
ming was undoubtedly one of the best
concerts the band has ever given In
Decorah.
Az the business session of the
Union, Mr.. Lester Pierson OF the
Luther Seminary was elected presi-
dent for the coming year, j. Melvin
Moe of Luther College was elected
vice-president, and Miss Constance
Weswig of st. Olaf was elected
secretary. The treasurer of the On-
ion is a Joint officer with the Ma
tional Young Peoples Luther League
The first and second days OF the
N. |. C. A. Conference Tournament
were featured by contests IN de-
clamation and debate.
The declamatory contest was tht
opening event of the tournament OF
Tuesday. Eight entries from Clifton
Gale, Luther Academy, Canton Nor
NAL, Augustana College and Norma
School, Waldorf College, Luther Col
lege Preparatory, and Red Wins
Seminary took part in this event
First place was given to Miss V
ADELAIDE Teslow of Minneapolis, re
presenting Gale College of Galesville
Wis, second place went to Mis-
Hilda Larsen of Inwood, Iowa, re
presenting Canton Normal of Can
ton, So. Oak, third place went Il
John Haugen of st. Paul, Minn., re
presenting the Luther Prep and hon
orable mention to Miss Olivia Berg
of Wallingford, Iowa, representing
Waldorf College of Forest City
Iowa. Miss Teslow, who won tn
gold medal and the plaque for he
school recited "St. Johns Fund" b.
Homer Greene.
The debate held the following da
was the final of a series which ha
been run off through the winter. i