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February 1960
No. 4
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Lutl-ter ended the home season on a ltappy note witl-t an 84-78 victory over Concordia. Tl-tis gave tlte lfilltoppers their first conference win and tied them with the losers for fiftli place. It was evident from t'le start that the lfllltoppers were out to win. Wit'l 10 minutes gone Luther had a 27-12 lead. Gron'lolz and Schmeling were ttie key players in tltis drive. Concordia trailed 44-33 at halftime. Early in tl-te second Ital! tlte visitors nar rowed the score to 59-55, and It appeared tliat tlie lfilltoppers would blow another half time lead. Tl-ten a lAlther drive put them atiead 69-60. Concordia ca'me roaring back to tie tlie sc,ore at 73 all with 3 minutes. Ron J.fauer' s basket put tlie Hilltoppers ahead for good. Jerry Gron'lolz, playing his last 'lome game, was carried off tlie floor for his bril liant play tl-trougtiout the season and particu larly tliis game. J.fe scored 20 points and grabbed 19 rebounds. Ron l'fauer returned to the team and contrib..L<>d l� poi� lo tba win ing cause. Lntlier got good scoring balance as Sclimeling finislied wil'l 23 points and Markgraf, 19.
St. Ol af Choir Gives Concert On January 10, at 4:00 p. m., the St. Olaf College Choir presented a sacred concert in the New Ulm High School. Under the able direction of Olaf C . Christiansen, the 59-voice choir sang nine teen selections. One of the selections, "Ad vent Motet," was the same number sung by Coll��e Choir I at our Christmas concerts. The optional number of "Beautiful Saviour " sung acc_ording to the beautiful arrangeme�t by F. Melius Christiansen, ended the sacred song concert. The 59 choir members represent the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin Illinois Io wa, North Dakota, Kansas, Mont�a, Wash: ington, and California. St. Olaf College of Northfield, Minnesota, was founded in 1874. A liberal arts college supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, st. Olaf has about 1850 students enrolled at present.
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Mr. Raymond Brei of Norfolk, Nebraska , lias accepted t'le call to become professor of education liere at Dr. Martin lAltlier College . At the present time he is principal of St. Paul's Lutlieran Sci-tool at Norfolk. Ffe will begin teaching in September. Two otlier men ltave recently been called to teach at Doctor Martin lAltl-ter College. They are Professor Fredrich of Micliigan lAltheran Seminary, Saginaw, Micliigan, and Mr. T. Heiderich of Racine lAltheran 'ffigh School, Racine, Wisconsin, tlie former as teacher of English and the latter of geograpliy.
Miss Kell Presents Recital
Miss Bettie! Kell, assistant instructor in our music department, presented an organ recital on Sunday evening, February 7. flar now--loog reuital wa.s divided into three parts: pre-Bac'l music, works by Jo liann Sebastian Bacli, and post-Bacli, or con temporary organ music. Tl-te first selection of tlie first part was The Magnificat on tlie Ninth Tone by Samuel Scheidt. Miss Kell ·.vas assisted in this num ber by chanters, Anita Rupprecht, Marie Mennicke, Le Ann Sonntag, and Ruth Backer. The second selection of part one was Dietricli Buxtehude's extremely difficult Prelude and Fugue in F-Sharp Minor. The second part of the program was de voted wltolly to compositions by J. s. Bac'1. Miss Kell played tliree of his chorale prel udes and concluded this section witli tlie Fugue in E-Flat Major. In tlie third section Miss Kell concentrat ed on works of modern composers. She played the first movement of tlie Sonatina in A Minor by Leo Sowerby, an American, and Pastorate in G Major by Milhaud. As the final selection of tlie program, Miss Kell c"iose Ludwig Lenel' s O Christ, WI-to Art the Light and Day.
Great Expectations, a dramatization based on the novel of the same name, by Charles Dickens, is tlie play chosen by the Luther Lit erary League for presentation in March. student director and directress are James Fenske and Mary Umnus. Faculty actv1ser is Tutor Wraalstad, The play is progressing quite well. Daily practices are lield, and individual work is done with tlie aid of Miss Krook. The following are members of tlie cast: Ronald Klug, Alice Goelz, James Behmer, David Mielke, Jolin Pankratz, Marjorie Nom mensen, Mary Borgschatz., Pauline Rupprecht , Anita Rupprecht, Rolland Menk, Arlen Koest ler, Lois Ayres, Kathy Stelse, Avis Sieg, and Arnold Nommensen.
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Wednesday, February 3, members of the Synod Planning Committee, of the College Board, and of tlie faculty building committee met Ii ere at Dr. Martin Lutlier College with the architect to discuss tlie plans for the future additions to our campus. The Synod Planning Committee has been establislied to analyze the building needs and plans of our various synodical institutions. Wliile liere at DMLC, this committee cliecked the arcliitects' plans for our future buildings and made necessary clianges and suggestions for clianges. It was also decided tliat tlie first a,.uiti0t,s 011 our campus will be a new music ''1all and necessary additions to tlte boiler liouse. Final plans for ttiese are being drawn up now. Contracts will be let in spring, • excavation and construction may already begin early tliis summer. Mata and Hari Perform Final decisions concerning t'le other pro Sunday afternoon, February 7, the second program of the 1959-1960 Community Con posed buildings liave not yet been made. cert Series was presented at the New Ulm High School. Mata and Hari, well-known dancers of the concert stage and television, presented "The World in Pantomime and Dance." The first part of the program was a group of shorter sketches spoofing anything and everything from silent movies to going steady. Following the intermission we heard a satire on westerns entitled "Have Gun Cet Gold" in which Mata and Hari together por trayed the nine characters. Necessary for this was a number of quick changes. These were done on stage behind a screen to pre sent a fairly unified story. Variety was provided by two piano solos Cont. on page 3, col. 3
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