The Exponent, 1952-06-27

              The Exponent
Volume 50, Number 18 Northern State Teachers College June 27, 1952
706 ENROLL FOR FIRST SESSION
FORMER STUDENT TO TEACH PIANO Mixed Quartet
Mrs. Ardis Fahrenwald Baker, a
former student at Northern State
Teachers College, has been selected
to instruct piano at the college be-ginning
the second summer ses-sion,
July 14. Mrs. Baker, the
former Ardis Fahrenwald of Conde,
attended Northern in 1948 and was
piano soloist with the college con-cert
band at that time.
Mrs. Baker received her Bachelor
of Fine Arts degree (summa cum
laude) from the University of
South Dakota in 1950. She com-pleted
her work for the degree
Master of Music (with distinction)
from the University of Indiana in
1951. She also attended Julliard
School of Music, studying piano
with Katherine Bacon while there.
While attending college, Mrs.
Baker taught piano at Conde, Nor-thern
State Teachers College, and
the University of South Dakota.
She held the position of elementary
and high school music instructor at
Ashton, South Dakota, for the
school year 1951-52.
Mrs. Baker was also piano solo-ist
with the University of South
Dakota concert band and held the
same position on the student ar-tists'
program at the national con-vention
of Mu Phi Epsilon, profes-sional
music sorority, at Seattle in
1950. She was the state and dis-trict
winner in the student piano
division of the contest sponsored by
the National Federation of Music
Clubs in 1947, and she was state
winner of the same event in 1949.
Author Speaks
About Europe
Emil Lengyel, internationally-known
author, spoke on the sub-ject,
"Europe's Crisis" at a pro-gram
held Fri., June 13, at 8:00
p.m. in the college auditorium.
As a world traveler, foreign cor-respondent,
lecturer and educator,
Dr. Lengeyel has made use of his
experiences in writing such books
as The Cattle Car Express, a fic-tionalized
account of his own ex-periences
as a prisoner of war in
Siberia during the first World War.
Several of his other books, many of
them best sellers, include The
Cauldron Boils, Hitler, The Danube,
Turkey, and a high school text
book American Role in World Af-fairs.
Dr. Lengyel has addressed aud-iences
from coast to coast, ap-peared
on all national networks and
frequently has participated in
Town Hall Meeting of the Air. He
has been a correspondent for the
New York Times.
NURSES OFFICE HOURS
First Term
8:30 to 11: 45 a. m.
1:00 to 2:30 p. m.
The school doctor is in the
nurse's office daily from 11:00 to
11:45 a.m.
Attention
Graduates
Lists of all of those who have
made application for graduation
with the August 15 graduation
class are posted on the bulletin
boards. If you are planning to
complete a one year, two year,
or four year curriculum before
August 15, your name should be
on the lists posted. If your name
does not appear on the lists,
you should call at the Regis-trar's
Office immediately and
make application for gradua-tion.
Baker
Placement Office
Announces
Positions
Northern's Placement Office an-nounces
that many graduates and
former students have accepted po-sitions
for 1952-53.
Those reported to date are: Ro-bert
Eaton, Bristol; Clark New-man,
Java; Marguerite Newman,
Java; Donna Sprouse, Wakpala;
Russell Aslesen, Huron; Elmer
Diedtrich, Huron; Irving Warner,
Jr., Aberdeen; Orville J. Pederson,
Estelline; Meriel Adland, Brook-ings;
Pearl Odland, Wayzata,
Minn.; Lois Gustafson, Watertown;
Avonne Olson, Watertown; Jean
Perkins, Sisseton; Mary Stangl,
Sisseton; Leona Wahl, Leola; Ra-mona
Schanzenbach, Leola; War-ren
Ham, Hot Springs; Joyce John-son,
McLaughlin; Carline Kimball,
McLaughlin; Harriet Newman, Mc-laughlin;
Vera Cordell, Brown
County rural; Edith Anderson, Mc-
Laughlin; Etta E. Olson, Brook-ings;
Erwin Cleven, Canistota;
June Grace, Britton; Elaine Mc-
Farland, Brookings; Bonita Lar-son,
Brookings; Arvilla Stiles, Mo-bridge;
James Lockington, Minne-apolis,
Minn.; Chris Clemensen,
Northville; Vernon Benson, Hayti;
Wallace Haborson, McLaughlin;
Orvin Hieb, Huxley; Warren F.
Smith, Bath; Marjorie Peckham,
Watertown; Donna Sprouse, Wak-pala;
Elizabeth Kramlich, Mo-bridge;
Bessie L. Whitesell, Selby;
Joyce Vance, Selby; Merlyn Hott-mann,
Watertown; Ileen Wirkus,
Milbank; Ruby Amundrud, Aber-deen;
Marlys Barlow, Redfield;
Timothy Walters, Gettysburg; Mrs.
Fern Walters, Gettysburg; Susan
Corcoran, Hot Springs; William
Welsh, Leola; Robert Bauer, Bath;
Lester Fetzer, Rapid City; Maur-ice
Burchfield, Eugene, Oregon;
Wayne Cleveland, Springfield, Ore-gon;
Mary Stickel, Selby; Charles
Lutgen, Britton; Bethel Dodds,
Sisseton; Marilyn Andresen, Minn-eapolis,
Minn.; Chantel Houde,
Sisseton; Donald Sondergard, Len-nox;
Donna Maas, Aberdeen; Doris
Nielsen, Flandreau; Melvin Gra-bouska,
Gregory; Marlette Parsch,
Sisseton; Irene Buechler, Redfield;
JoAnn Sandquist, Wilmot; Jacque-line
Levtzow, Orient; Wilmer Kir-schenmann,
Herreid; Marley Olsen,
Big Stone City; Alfred Crogan,
Elk Point; Elizabeth Crogan, Elk
Point; Olga Wagner, Webster;
Dorothy Hanson, Watertown; Nor-ma
Van Dyke, Custer; Willard El-lis,
Murdo; Earl Buhler, Waubay;
James Lenihan, Aberdeen; La-
Vonne Jones, Langford; Robert
Saltee, McLaughlin; Donna Sever-ance
Baird, Rapid City; Selma Bas-
Cont. on Page 4
Gives Concert
Quartets from familiar operas
ana musical comedies mixed with
colorful solos and duets were heard
on the stage of the College Audi-torium
on Fri., June 20, when the
Balladeers, a versatile mixed quar-tet,
were presented by the college.
Members of the quartet were
Katherine Henneg, soprano; Ady-line
Johnson, contralto; Gordon
Griebenow, tenor; and Russel Mil-ler,
baritone.
Miss Hennig has sung in New
York in such productions as "Alle-gro"
and "Arms and the Girl." She
has been soloist with the Minnea-polis
Symphony and the St. Paul
Pops.
Miss Johnson, recent winner of
the auditions conducted by Asso-ciated
Concert Bureau, has ap-peared
frequently with the Minne-apolis
Symphony and has sung in
New York's Carnegie Hall.
Griebenow has sung with the
Bach Society and has appeared as
soloist in oratories with major
choral groups as well as having
been a symphony soloist in North-rop
Auditorium in Minneapolis.
Miller has sung in such widely
different capacities as a leading
oratorio baritone and as a member
of Shiek's Sextet in Minneapolis.
Accompanist was Marjorie
Christensen, outstanding midwest
pianist.
Campus Musical
Groups Organize
Northern's music department is
meeting regularly and preparing
for summer programs.
The string department under the
direction of Professor Floyd Glende
will present Bach's E major Con-certo
for Violin and String Orches-tra
with Larry Perkins, Aberdeen,
as soloist. Brahm's E flat Sonata
for Clarinet and Piano will also
be presented featuring Richard
Schlepp, Mobridge, clarinet, and
Jacqueline Levtzow, Rockham, pi-anist.
Members of the orchestra are:
violin—Charol Forbes, Phyllis Min-isch,
and Jeanine Moravec, all of
Aberdeen, and Ruby Akers, Het-tinger,
N. D.; viola—Joan Strader
and Bill de Malignon, Aberdeen;
cello—Jessie Strader, Aberdeen;
bass—Thad Torp, Aberdeen.
Professor Harvey Moen, director
of the band, promises a concert
prior to the Pheasant baseball
game on July 1 at 7:30 p.m. There
will be a variety of numbers.
In the vocal department, Profes-sor
Conan J. Castle will present the
girls' chorus plus private students
and some ensembles on July 8 in
the auditorium.
LSA Holds
Meeting
Getting acquainted was the pur-pose
of the Lutheran Student As-sociation's
first summer meeting
held Mon., June 16, in Lincoln Sun-parlor.
Pastors present who welcomed
the students were: the Reverend A.
Elmer Moe of Bethlehem Lutheran,
pastoral advisor; the Reverend Ed-gar
H. Streufert, St. Paul's Luth-eran;
and the Reverend Harold 0.
Bomhoff, Zion Lutheran.
Jean Peterson, Britton, led devo-tions.
A get-acquainted game was
played, and lunch was served. The
retired officers are in charge of
the summer meetings. They are:
Thad Torp and Jeanine Moravec,
Aberdeen, and Ralph Ensz, Marion.
Castle Named New
Voice Instructor
Castle
Conan J. Castle of North Platte,
Neb., has been selected as assis-tant
professor of voice and direc-tor
of choral groups at Northern
to take the place vacated by Prof.
John Berggren who is on leave of
absence to study for his doctor's
degree at Columbia University in
New York. Prof. Berggren will be
gone for one year.
Prof. Castle received his Bache-lor
of Music and Master degrees
from Northwestern University.
While attending Northwestern, he
was director of the Kendall College
Choir and director of the Student
Madrigal Singers for three years.
He was a member of the North-western
University a cappella choir
for three years and assistant di-rector
for two years. For three
years Prof. Castle was a member
of the Tudor Madrigal Singers
which presented concerts through-out
the east and midwest. He was
soloist for the Northwestern Uni-versity
a cappella choir and chapel
choir.
Strong Demand For
Teachers Exists
There continues to be a strong
demand for teachers,—particularly
in the elementary field. The Place-ment
Bureau urges anyone who is
available for a teaching position
this fall to call at the office im-mediately.
The State Department will grant
a permit to any teacher having a
total of ninety hours including nine
hours in education.
If there are any rural teachers
who would like assistance in secur-ing
a position this fall, please call
and leave your name and address at
the Placement Office.
Friday, June 27—All-school ska-ting
party.
Monday, June 30—College swim,
7:30 p.m., Spafford pool.
Tuesday, July 1—Baseball game—
Aberdeen Pheasants vs. Duluth
Dukes—concert by N.S.T.C. band
at ball park at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 2 — Assembly,
James Moensmith, 8 p.m., Col-lege
Auditorium.
Monday, July 7—College swim,
7:30 p.m., Spafford pool.
Thursday, July 10 — Assembly,
Frederick Vonn, 8 p.m., College
Auditorium.
Monday, July 14—Registration for
second summer session.
STUDENTS FROM 8
STATES AND GUAM
Eight states and the island of
Guam are represented on North-ern's
campus by the 706 students
who registered for the first sum-mer
term.
Of the 211 communities repre-sented,
Aberdeen has the largest
representation with 104 students.
Second is Britton with eighteen,
third is Waubay with seventeen,
and Webster and Hosmer each have
sixteen.
Following these are: Clark and
Boi,vdle, fourteen; Summit, eleven;
Sisseton, Gettysburg, and Andover,
ten; Eureka, nine; Watertown and
Redfield, eight; Revillo, Roscoe,
and Seneca, seven; Rapid City,
Trail City, Florence, Milbank, and
New Effington, six; Roslyn, Tol-stoy,
Turton, Vienna, Wilmot,
Browns Valley, Minn., Claire City,
Doland, Faulkton, Groton, High-more,
Isabel, Langford, Lemmon,
and Onaka, five each.
Seventeen towns are represented
by four students, and 127 towns
are represented with less than four
students.
Minnesota has the largest out-of-
state eenrollment with fifteen
students. There are four students
from North Dakota. Connecticut
and the island of Guam have two
students each. Indiana, California,
and Wisconsin each have one stu-dent
on the campus.
Summer Library
Hours Announced
Miss Lois Bailey, librarian, has
announced the main and reserve
library hours for the summer ses-sions.
The hours are: Monday through
Friday from 7:50 a.m. to 5:00 p,m.,
and Monday through Thursday
from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The
library is not open Friday night.
The libraries are open from 9 a.m.
until noon on Saturdoy. The main
library is open during the noon
hour, but the reserve library is
not.
Reserve books may be taken out
one hour before closing time at
night and Saturday noons. They
may also be taken out before the
library closes for a short period
such as from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. or
over the noon hour, but they must
be returned at the next hour the
library is open.
Student asssitants for the sum-mer
sessions are: Mary Lou Abra-hamson,
Aberdeen; Donna Swen-son,
Strandberg; Jeanette Mullan,
Aberdeen; Mrs. Hasel Vail, Rapid
City; Helen Obermeyer, Aberdeen;
Lorraine Schlomer, Glenham; and
Mary Hill, Redfield.
Johnson Attends
N. D. University
Lloyd F. Johnson, director of
public relations, has left for Grand
Forks where he will attend the
University of North Dakota dur-ing
the summer.
Vergil Kearney, 1951 graduate
of Northern State Teachers Col-lege,
is taking over part of the
work in the publicity office during
Johnson's absence. Kearney was
a member of the faculty of the Ip-swich
public schools during the
past year.
Notice
A college swim will be held
every Monday evening from 7:30
to 8:30 p.m. in the college pool in
Spafford Hall. All students and
their families are eligible to at-tend
this event. Lifeguards will
be on duty at this time.
In addition, there is recreational
swimming every Tuesday, Wed-nesday,
and Thursday from 3:30
to 4:30 p.m. for all students on the
campus.
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