The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-07-30

Library Science at the University
OF Chicago, who few years ago
supervised the reorganization Of the
Vatican Library in Rome, and who
is one of the foremost library au-
thorities in the world; Hon. l..
Swenson, United States Minister to
the Netherlands; Hon. j. A. O.
Preus, former. governor of Mime
sofa; the late Hon. o. j. Kvale,
member of Congress, and his son,
Hon. Paul ]. Kvale, who succeeded
him in Congress-; Hon. Oscar M.
Torrison, late Judge Of the Circuit
Court in Chicago; Prof. Enoch e.
Peterson, Director Of the Univer-
sity of Michigan Archaeological Ex-
cavations in the Fayoum, Egypt;
Hon. Nils Olsen, Head of the Bur
eau of Economies, Washington, D.
c.; DR.. Henning Larsen, Professor
of English at the University of
Iowa; Prof. William Korten, Pro-
fessor of French at Princeton Uni
versity; DR.. T. F. Guillixson, Pres
ident of Luther Theological Semin-
airy, st. Paul; DR.. ]. Astrup, Di-
rector of Missions among the Zulus
in South America; DR.. L. Braafiadt,
medical missionary in China before
the recent disturbances there; Rev.
N. M. Ylvisaker, Executive Secre-
tary of the Young Peoples Luther
League of America; the late DR..
Lauritz Larsen, President of the
National Lutheran Council; City
Superintendent Prof. I. T. Smiley,
South st. Paul, Mimi, Prof I. A.
Opstad, Iowa City, Iowa; and Prof.
H. o. Eaxvik, Bismark, N. D., and
others. Over $50 Of the students
Of the College have studied theol-
ogy and become ordained ministers
of the Gospel.
Luther College has always ranked
high in scholarship and its gradu-
ates have been accepted in the grad
uate departments and in the law
and medical schools Of the best
universities.
il The famous Luther College Con-
cert Band, of sixty-eight members
has toured the United States from
coast to coast and some years ago
made an extended tour of Europe.
The Luther College Chorus, Of
sixty members, is a more recent or
ganization, but the critics shower
ed it with compliments during its
tour this summer. It was a sensa-
ton at the International Conven-
ton of the Young Peoples Luther
League and Choral Union held in
Chicago in June, where it gave a
concert before an audience of 1000
people. Besides these two musical
organizations, there are numerous
lesser organizations, both vocal and
instrumental.
Since Luther College is college
for men, athletics, such as foot
ball, basketball, baseball, track and
tennis, are in a fiourishing condi-
ton. The college has had base
ball team, for instance, which, for
forty years has taken leading po-
sition among college and univer-
sity baseball teams in the country,
measuring bats successfully with
the teams of state universities, Not
re Dame University, Hosei Univer-
sity of Japan and others.
The college has a library of ov-
err $4,000 volumes, housed in beau
tiful fireproof building. 1t has one
of the most beautiful and well-ar-
ranged gymnasiums for college OF
it's size in the country. 1t has a
large pioneer museum, which at
tracts thousands of visitors every
year. It has property and funds
valued at more than 1880, 100000. 1t
has a campus of 40 acres and a
360-acre farm adjoining the college
campus on the north. The farm
furnishes the college boarding club
with meat, milk, vegetables, poul-
try, and eggs, and is a paying pro-
position.
Friends and former students will
assemble in great numbers on the
campus next October to celebrate
the SEVENTEEN anniversary. Ad-
dresses, vocal and instrumental
music, class reunions, and other
events will characterize the occas-
ion. The former students and other
friends of the college are trying to
raise 100000 as a birthday gift
for the College.
Luther College has had three
presidents: Rev. Laur, Larsen, d.
D., 1S61-1902; Rev. c. K. Preus,
19O2-1921; and Oscar L. Olson, Phi
D., who has been president since
1921.
In April, the college was honored
by a letter of congratulation from
President Hoover, on its forth
coming SEVENTEEN anniversary.