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September 1972

Alumni Association o f Pa cific Lutheran University

We Remember When ... Eight Paci fic Lutheran graduating classes from 1922 to 1967 will be honored at Home­ coming Oct. 1�15. In recalling those special years in a series of brief sketcbes, we find we jndeed have a tableau o f campus history with which most of our alumni can find a familiar tie. See pp. 7-10

From an original by Dan Snope. I\lustration courtesy of Puget Sound National Bank

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Season Tickets On Sale

PLU 1972-73 Artist Series Features International Attractions International artists from Ger­ many, Austria, Spain and Hunga­ ry, as well as the United States, will highlight Pacific Lutheran University' s 1 9 72-73 Artist Series repertoire . Season tickets are now on sale. Among the Series attractions this commg year are barItone Wil­ liam War field, the Obernkirken Childrens Choir, Johann Strauss Ensemble of the Vienna Sympho­ ny, Spanish guitarists The Rome­ ros, and the National Shakespeare Company. In addition, the Artist Series is sponsoring a series of seven Mon­ day evening concerts with interna­ tionally-famous Hungarian concert pianist Istvan Nadas in October

William Warfield ****

Christmas Concert Tickets Available "This Day (Hodie) , " a Christmas cantata by Ralph Vaughn Wil­ liams, will be featured during Pa­ cific Lutheran University's annual Christmas Festival Concert. Con­ cert performances are scheduled for Dec. 8, 9 and 10 in Olson Audi­ torium at 8: 15 p.m. The work, written for soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra, in­ cludes words from the Gospels, the Vespers for Christmas Day and other sources. Participating will be the C hoir of the West, Maurice Skones, director; the University Chorale and University Singers, Edward Harmic, director; and the Universi­ ty Sympbony Orchestra, Jerry Kracht, director. Alumni are encouraged to make requests for free tickets early. Send ticket orders, including date preferred, to Christmas Festival Concert, Music Department, PLU . ** * *

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and November. Nadas, currently artist-in-residence at Washington State University, will perform all of the Beethoven piano sonatas and will deliver brief lectures on the three periods of Beethoven's works during the seven-week se­ ries. Warfield, one of the world's great vocal artists who performed before a capacity audience at PLU four years ago, will open the Artist Series season Friday, Sept. 29. The program will be held in Olson Auditorium at 8 : 1 5 p . m . . Warfield's credits , since he be­ came recognized as one of Ameri­ ca's premier vocal artists 22 years ago, defy repetition. So great is his impact upon audiences that the State Department on six separate occasions requested his serVIces as a cultural ambassador of the Unit­ ed States . As such he has per­ concerts of hundreds formed around the world. He starred internationally with the Gershwin opera "Porgy and Bess," made his movie debut in MGM's "Show Boat," and had made frequent appearances on na­ tional television. Children's Obernkirken The Choir, scheduled to appear here Saturday, Oct. 28, has also delight­ ed audiences the w orld over . Like the picturesque medieval German town it comes from, the choir - 36 golden-braided girls in traditional bright red skirts and velvet jackets and boys in lederho­ sen - looks like the joyous incar­ nation of a tale out of Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen. Founded in 1949 by Edith Moell­ er and Erna Pielsticker, both still serving the organization as direc­ tor and administrator respectively, the choir is currently on its 12th concert tour of the United States. The 12-member Johann Strauss Ensemble, founded in 1 965, will perform at PLU Friday, Nov. 10. It was established to simulate the kind of orchestra with which J 0hann Strauss was associated. The purpose of the six string and six wind and brass instrumen­ talists was to interpret the immor­ tal music of the Strauss family in its original form, since the Strauss family did not perform with the large orchestras as we know them today. They also interpret the classic dances of Haydn, Mozart, Beethov­ en and Shubert. The Romeros, "the royal family of the Spanish guitar, " will appear in concert here Thursday, Jan. 1 1 , 1 973. Currently beginning their ninth consecutive concert season in America, The Romeros include Celedonio and his sons, Celin, Pepe and Angel. Now permanent American resi­ dents, The Romeros completed an extended European concert tour last fall Rounding out the ambitious 1 972-73 PLU Artist Series season April 29 will be an appearance by the National Shakespeare Compa­ ny. The company will perform the bard's famous "King Lear." Tickets for the entire Artist Se­ ries season may be purchased for $ 1 0 apiece by contacting the Uni­ versity C enter ticket office at PLU . Tickets are also available for the N adas series only .

Obernkirken Children'S Choir

Johann Strauss Ensemble

The Romeros

Bill Cosby Show To Highlight '72 Homecoming Weekend At PLU One of the nation's great enter­ tainers, actor-commedian Bill Cos­ by, will offer his unique blend of comedy and comment at Pacific Lutheran University Saturday, Oct. 14_ The program , a highlight of the 1972 Homecoming Weekend at

winning three Emmy awards for his role in the "I Spy" series . The historical casting of a black man as an equal partner to a white man created international interest in the show and in Bill Cosby. In recent years he has been a hit in all phases of show business:

movies, albums and personal ap­ pearances as well as television. His lifelong interest in the tp.aching field is reflected in his numerous appearances on public television children's programs. This fall he will begin his third television series.

Wiegman Declares Theme For Year; Mortvedt Keynotes Opening Convo Pacific Lutheran University President Eugene Wiegman de­ dared the 1972-73 academic year at PLU a "Year of Life" during the university's opening convocation Sept. 7. Sel ction of a theme f r the year contiJllled a tradition begun four yea rs ago at the beginning of Dr. Wiegma n ' s dministratio n at LU. Bill Coh .

PLU, will be h 1 in Olson Audito ­ rium t 9:30 p.m. 011 w i ng the alumm banquet. program .Jotni ng Cosby on th will be T he Masters Children. a rsatile show group that p res ,ilts a total form of ntertainment; Sl ging, da ndn . comedy and drama. In th ir fow' y e o 1" togeth­ er, the 'i:- member of the gloup have p'rlorme al l over tbe w dd. Cosby has been a familiar figure to tel visIon audien c es for a num­ ber of years. He gained hIS initlal na ti onal popul arit T a s a guest on numer u variety show in th ar­ ty , 0'5. His J'ontines, w ich rclit:d heavily on e xagger t d h ild hood reDuniscences, were an illSta nt hit. DW'in g the mid-'60's he bro ke th . color barrier on television by

Recalling t1' gedies that contino ue to lake pIa 'e throughout the world in ' pT te of th human was e i nvolved, Dr. Wiegman said, "Let us begin t a lking of life in new way Lel us stress the quality of life and understand its depth througb rigorous study, through fe -c reating activitie and til 'ougb our worship of God . Let us mak life meal11ngful thro gh lo e 11 toward ano t he r , for love is the ful­ fillm 0 of Lifo>." Guest speaker at the convoca­ tio was PLU presid nt Emeritus Robert . L. Mortvcdt. vh served as pr eSIdent of the university £ '0111 H162- 9 lIe c · lied upon thE! mo re than 2 000 a sembled s udents and . aliz the potentials 5 gu est 1 ell as the limitatl ns of t he a rth and to s ek ways to s lve the earth's many probl m s .

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Coronation of Homecoming Queen

Songfest - Olson Auditorium

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Serpentine Rally

All-Campus Stomp - Memorial Gym

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Homecoming Ball

�aturbap, ®ctober 14 lO-12a.m.

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Open House - Alumni House

Class reunions, luncheons, to be arranged

Homecoming Game - PLU

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Alumni HOLJse

Alumni Banquet, Chris Knutzen Hall University Center

H mecoming CO{lcert

Olson Auditorium

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He likened the world to a global spidel's web; " when the spider walks or the fly lands it shakes the fa bric of the world . " "Science and technology have been kmtting our nati n, our peo­ ple and the world community to­ gether," he said "In many inst­ ances beneficial COlliequcn s have ensued; bu th p tential for tr uma has al 0 in cre :-ed. ' tudent body pre Ident D o n ald Y d r 'esponded to the anno unc ment of the them for the yea!, stating that he believed :l quali ty of life to be more than a declara­ tio n, more than a spe ifi d year. bul p rsuil th t should continu throughout a lifetIme. One 1 the highlights f the Pi 0gram w s the p resen tat J on f a doct r of humane lelter� deg e to tlrs . Marylyn GOI' of. ew York Cit y . 'Ir Gor has ser\' d Ot the past three year as. enio)' program spc ialist, undergradu ate social work education cl ivi ion of he Cou ncil on Social Work Education the nation J accredJ ing b dy or sodal work ducat lOJ1 acros the nation. pr rn tions weI' also F<lcul.t announced y D r. Wiegman. Th y ar to full prof 5S l': D r . John Herzog, mathematic ; Dr. Lawrence lVIeye , mn. ic; Dr. hilip Nordquist , history; and Dr. Kwong-Tin Ta ng, physics . To associate professor: Dr. Sei­ ichi Adachi, counselin g; Dr . Ken· neth Batker, mathematics ; Dr. Kenneth Christopherson, religion; Dr. Josephine Fletcher, education ; Dr. Arthur Gee, biology ; William Gilbertson, sociology ; Katharine Monroe, foreign languages ; Dr. Dwight Oberholtzer , sociology; Dr . John Petersen, religion; Dr. R W. Petty, education ; and Dr. Wolf­ gang Ulbricht, political science . To assistant professor: Dr. Dav­ id Johnson, history ; and David Robbins, music . Professors receiving doctorates during the past year include Brian Lowes, geology; Gunnulf Myrbo, philosophy ; Christopherson, Fletcher and Johnson. The Emma Storaasli Award, presented annually to the top freshman student at PLU, was awarded to lVlll1g-San g Leung of Hong Kong and Janet Knutsen of San Diego, Calif. Both maintained 4.0 grade averages through 10 courses last yea r .

October 12-13-14-1 5

Reunion Classes Pre 1921 -1922 -1932 1942 - 1947 - 1952 1957 1962 -1967

As busy as he is with his many ventures, Cosby has been a crusad­ er throughout his career for a bet­ ter world and for better under­ standing between peoples . Tickets for the Cosby show at PLU may be obtained by contact­ ing the Alumni Office . ****

PLU Honors Natiollal Social Work Education Leader The direct I of undergraduat.e a ctivitie for the oullcil 11 0 lal Work Education, New York. re­ ceived an honorary doctor of hu­ mane Ie ters degree from Pacific Lutheran University Thursday morning Honored wa Mrs. Ma 'ylyn Gore, enior p rogram pecialist for the undergraduate social work education division f the council. CSWE is the national accrediting body for social work education , and also p rovides educational serv­ ices for unde graduate faculty development and growth. The degree was presented to Mrs. Gore by PLU Pr sident Eu­ gene Wiegman at a special convo· cation in Olson Auditorium. The p rogram officially opened the uni­ versity's 82nd academic year . Mrs. Gore has served with the CSWE first as a consultant and then as director since 1968. I n her role she has championed liberal arts education and academic rigor for undergraduate social work education . Dr . J. A. Schiller, chairmen of the PLU department of s cia I sci­ ence and chai m n of the coun­ cil's advisory committee, stated that " Mrs. Gore has given strong leadership to the development of an appropriate balanc between professional cOIU'::>e content and cial work liberal arts content in education curricula. " According to Dr. Wiegman, PLU has become increasingly involved in undergraduate social work edu­ cation through one of its faculty members since 1966. It seemed appropriate that the university provide another evidence of that support and interest by awarding the honorary degree to Mrs. Gore, he said. _

Travelin' With Harv

A Greeting And An Invitation

Where There

By Ronald Lerch President PLU Alumni Association

Is No Vision By Harvey eufeld Director of Alumru Relations

ON THE ROAD AGAIN ! Under the best of circumstances I get tired of being alert. But in Au­ gust - in Arizona - on a record day of heat? W� continue on. It's yaca­ lion's end and we are all homeward bound. The kids are In the front seat doing some back seat driving. The fre�way chan�es from a rib n of c? n­ crete to master hypnotist! The long white center lIne melts 111tO shImmerIng illusions. I think - "Why bother?" But we continue on, and finally we're

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there. The Grand Canyon -- a . pectacle of awesome grandeur and natural his­ tory without equal anywhere! I wouldn't have rnisse� it for anythIng. .Even the children, whose attention is usually captured by Hems of lesser slgrufI­ cance (' Hey, look! There's Flintstone on a SIgn board!"),. I say, ev�n the sly children gasped as the enormity of the chasm unfolded while we caut stepped to the rim of the south canyon wall. . . "Do nothing to mar its grandeur ... keep It for your chIldren, your children's children, and all who come after you, as the one great sight which every American should see." . The vear was 1903. President Theodore Roosevelt was speakIng. He man. every for held has canyon the Significance shared t.he almost religious Lndian leg nds 4,000 years old speak of theology and natural SCIence In the canyon. 01 everyone felt the same about this spectacle. Spanish conquistadores reache the rim in 1540. But they were looking for gold. Missionary prIests ca e in 1771. They were looking for souls. In 1826 fur traders came. They said litLle about "the chasm." By 1858 the first comprehensive report was filed by Lt Joseph Ives. This is what he said.Of course he was wrong. Bad

vision.

'Our reconnolt.e ng parlles have now been out in ail directions and everywhere have been headed off by Impassable obstacles. The region last explored is, of course, altogether valueless. It can be approached only from the south, and after entering it there IS nothing to do, but leave. Ours has been the first and will doubtless be the last party of whites to visit this profitless locali­ ty. It seems intended by nature that. the Colorado river. �ong tl1e greater portion of its lonely and majestic way shall be lorev­

er unvisited and undisturbed." There is a parable here. "Whe.re there is no vision the people perish." Every age has its prophets. There have always been me�1 wh? could see beyond the immediate sensation who could see th glory of a thmg long be­ fore others. Our pioneers who established PLU were such people. Such men of vi­ sion say to us, "It is the business of a Christian college to prove in our day and age that sound learning and high religion belong together - �at the best education has a religious perspective at its center and that valid f81th actually spurs men to inquiry which is both disciplined �nd free." Some. see folly in our educational endeavor. Others, men of VISIon, see a tlung as beautiful and nece sary to preserve as the grandest of nature's wonders. How's your vision?

It's a pleasure to greet you at the start of another school and alumni year.Last year was a good year for our Alumni Association under the firm direction of our new alumni director, Harv Neufeld, and the very capable leadership of our president, Dr. Roy Virak. During the year we (1) acquired not only a new alumni director but an Al­ umni House; (2) started a very comprehensive computer program to keep track of our alumni - a computer program that should al­ low us to find our alums much faster as well as identify them by location, class year, and even oc­ cupation; (3) acquired 600 new alumni by means of graduation and found another 900 "lost" alum­ ni; (4) conducted our first alumni tour - in .June to the Holy Land; a nd (5) carried out our usual scholarship program, annual fund drive and other services to the University. What about this next year? First of all, we want to hear from you . .. don't be modest . .. write and t.ell us where you are and what you're dOing! Nothing makes "01 Hlirv" happier than to hear from OUI alumni throughout the world. He makes a special trip to the mail room everyday in hopes of finding a letter from you. We want to update our files and find our missing alumni. Secondly. we in­ vite you to get more invol ed in the work of your Alumni Associa­ tion. We have ideas about some new programs in student recruit­ ment and student placement. We'll try to develop the programs but we need your halp as alumni in com­ pleting them. Thirdly, we want to make the alumni / university a strong relationship two-way through a program directed at bet­ ter service to our Alumni, possibly through job placement and con­ tinuing education programs. Final­ ly, we want to continue a strong

New PLU Alumni Board M embers

financial support program to our University, especially during this period of financial difficulty for private colleges and universi�ies.

Five Board Members Complete Term I would like to take this oppor­ tunity . to thank five board mem­ bers who have finished four years of service with the Alumni Board: Rev. Phil Falk, Spokane; Curt Hovl nd, Seattle; Rev. Robert Keller, Olympia; Dr. Ray Tobia­ son, Puyallup; and Vic Knutzen, Federal Way, who was our alumni representative to the P.L.U. Board of Regents. Special thanks also to Dr. Roy Virak for his outstanding year as president of our Alumni Association. Retreat for Board Members We welcome seven new mem­ bers to your Alumni Board: Tom Mays, Longview; Jim Capelli, Tacoma; Wayne Saverud, Kalis­ pell, Mont.; Jon Olson, Thousand Oaks, California; Jim Feek, Seat-

Definitions Of History By Dr. Eugene Wiegman Presjdent Pacific Lutheran University

or all the definitions of hi tory, the one I like best is a single word: Invention. Whether one speaks of a people. a leader. a church or a university, events are memorable because in theIr hour they are bold and differ­ ent. History is a series of unique, creative moment that shape our present and futUre. This scene is dedicated to the men and W0:11en who lived the his­ tory of Pacific Lutheran Universi­ ty. As I read these articles, the thread that distinguishes our heri­ tage begins to evolve. Through the years, the founders and supporters of PLU have per­ ceived history in a special way, as a dialogue between man and God. Their challenge has been to carry out this theme with inventiveness and honesty. In recounting this careful and interesting history, we too often

Not pictured Lloyd Johnson, student James Capelli '58

J!ln Olson '62

Helen Hauge '52

Larry Haug e 'SO

J.IIlDe� F ee k '66

tie; Helen and Larry Hauge, Ta­ coma; and Lloyd Johnson, student, Lebanon, Ore. Jim Feek and HelEIl Hauge served on our board last year and were re-eleeted to serve two year terms. Larry Hauge, a former P.L.U. alumni clirector, will serve as our new representative to the P.L.U. Board of Regents. Jon Olson also comes to us as a former P.L.U. alumni director and we look forward to renewing acquaintances with him. The first meeting of the new Alumni Board will be a three day retreat at Holden Village the week­ end of September 15. During these three days of getting acquainted, work, meditation and reflection, we hope to plan our activities for the coming year as weB as to set the stage for the future. We wel­ come your comments and ideas on the direction you want your Alum­ ru Association to pursue . . . talk to a board member . . . ask him what's happening. Better yet, ask him "where can I help?"

Wayne Saverud '67

forget the human commitment and sometimes personal saCrIfice that lie behind Ollr progress. Each time I review the incredi­ ble story of Bjug Harstad and his barren acres of blackberries, and how this land gave birth to a Uni­ versity, T wonder at his courage and strength. It is instructive to speculate 011 whether this feat could be repeated in 1972. Yet, the inventiveness and fore­ sight that raised Harstad Hall has persisted: U1rough the uncertain· ties of the 20's, the depression of the �'s, the great war of the 40's, the boom of the SO's, and, yes, the turmoil of the 60's. And now, in this our 82nd year, we face again a challenge for the best minds this institution. Shall PLU adopt such innova­ tive trends in higher education as the three-year degree, credit by examination, the interdiSCiplinary degree, and campus out reach programs. What new methods of cost anal­ ysis can be applied? What new programs and curricula are appro­ priate to our Christian heritage and future'? What will be our rela­ tionship with ,tate and federal government in the next 10 years? These questions barely scratch the surface of many decisions that must be made. Higher education is eompetitive and our future is not sure unless we antiCipate the fu­ ture and can move forward with certainty and mission. Tlus is the purpose of the facul­ ty Commission on Academic Ex­ cellence: to provide us with a fun­ damental analysis of our strengths and to project our goals and pur­ poses in !he years ahead. Their careful deiiberations re­ call yet another definition of histo­ ry that Rev. Harstad would have understood: 'l'ne main thing is not to wdte history but.o make It.

Alulnni Around The World 1941 NEIL J. HOFF has been re-e­ lected to the Board of Governors of the Washington State Bar Associa­ tion. He represents the Sixth Con­ gressional District. 1949 DONALD PEDERSEN has been named manager of the Central Point branch of First National Bank of Oregon. He joined the bank in 1949 and worked primarily in the operations field until 1967 when he was named commercial loan officer at the Springfield branch. Before his recent assign­ ment, he was manager of the White City branch. HARRY C. CARLSON is now the pastor of Calvary Lutheran Church in Rio Linda, Calif. He and his wife, Violet, have one son, Michael, lO'h. 1951 B. H. (HOWIE) SHULL is the new chairman of Tacoma Com­ munity College's speech I drama dept. He is married to former HARRIET J. OLSON '54. 1952 GORDON MEESKE has just completed twenty years of teach­ ing. He has taught business educa­ tion subjects at Eatonville H.S., Davis H.S. (Yakima), and Franklin H.S. (Seattle) where he will be starting his 18th year in Septem­ ber. 1953 DR. JAMES KAUTH has com­ pleted a three-year residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery and has returned to his previous assignment at U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in San Francisco. He is Deputy Chief, Department of Surgery and also Chief, Plastic Surgery. On July 1, 1971 he was promoted to medical director (colonel) in the U.S. Public Health Service. 1954 IVER HAUGEN has just com­ pleted a year as intern chaplain at SI. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washing­ ton D.C. and began the resident program on July 1. His wife, GIN­ NY (GRAHN '56), is teaching kin­ George's Prince in dergarten County, Maryland. They have four daughters; Andrea 12, Kari 11, Lynell 9, and Kristi 6. REV. JOHN RYDGREN is pro­ duction director of KRLA radio in Pasadena, Calif. He is married to former NANCY ANN TURMAN '54. 1955 FAITH E. (BUELTMANN) STERN is living in Takoma Park, Maryland where she is a housewife and active in various community activities. She and her husband, Kurt, have two children; Karen 10 and Alan 5. 1958 Woodburn, Ore. attorney MAR· VIN O. BOLLAND is running for the House of Representatives in District 28, which includes Wood­ burn, Silverton, and Molalla. He will compete with three other can­ didates for the Republican nomina· tion. DANA (BLOVNT) TURCOTT directed a four week workshop in language disabilities at Highline Community College this summer. The course dealt with the training of parents and teachers in methods of helping children with reading and writing handicaps. Dana and her husband, GORDON '60, live in Federal Way, Wash. J. ARTHUR JOHNSON is living in Syracuse, N.Y., where he has been working for General Electric since October, 1971 in Sonar Data Processing.

1959 REV. ROBERT ROIKO, who had served as a missionary to Brazil since 1963, has joined the staff of Grace Lutheran Church, Salem, Ore. for a year's residency program. Rev. Roiko is one of the first to enter this new program of the Board of World Missions de­ signed to assist returned mission­ aries in becoming familiar with stateside ministries. He is married to former ALONA JONES x'62. 1960 JOAN (RUUD) CROSTON has been teaching 8th grade in San Jose, Calif. for the past six years. Joan and her family are now mov­ ing to Napa where her husband, Lee, will be a flight instructor for Japan Airlines. REV. GEORGE DOEBLER has accepted a call to become director of chaplaincy programs in the Tennessee Department of Mental Health, Knoxville, Tenn. He pre­ viously served as staff chaplain at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Wash­ ington, D.C. LEE J. HILL received an Ed.D. in July from Oklahoma State U. His math dissertation emphasized Continued Fractions and their Ap­ plications to Topics in Number Theory. Lee and his wife, PAULA TRANUM x'59, are returning to Ashland, Ore. and Lee will teach math at SOC. They have two daughters. JAMES O. SPARKS is selling life insurance and mutual funds for Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance. He and his wife, Myrna, live in Tacoma and have four children; Shawn 10, Judy 8, Dana 6, and Corey 3. 1961 KARL P. REITZ is professor and head of the math department at Chapman College, Orange, Calif. He is currently serving as chair­ man of the International Studies Council and is on Chapman's Exec­ utive Committee. 1963 MRS. THOMAS L. ANGLE (JOANNE LAPP) is currently en­ rolled in the graduate program of the U. of Oregon School of Librari­ anship in Eugene. MR. AND l\<1RS. BOB JOHNSON (MYRTIS KABEARY x'63) are liv­ ing in Pleasant Hill, Calif. Bob is teaching American Government at Campolindo H.S. in Moraga, and environmental educ. at the U. of Calif. Myrtis taught for four years in San Francisco and now is a housewife and mother of Liv Ann 1. SANDRA KAY (JOHNSON) NEELY is the asst. manager of Jay's Hallmark Shoppe in Boze­ man, Mont. Her husband, Michael, is an electronics design engineer for Development Technology, Inc. there. They have two children; Michelle 7';2 and Steven 10. DOUG McCLARY has received an appointment to attend the FBI Academy in Washington D.C. Fol­ lowing 14 weeks of training, he will be assigned to a field office to serve as a speCial agent. Doug is married to former JOAN PAYNE x'63. KENNETH CARLSON received his MAE from Whitworth College, Spokane in May, 1971. He has been teaching biology at West Valley H.S. in Spokane for the past four years. REV. RICHARD MAHAN is currently the pastor of St. Timothy Lutheran Churci"l In 6. (;lJdll"�LOn, W. Va. He was previously at Trini­ ty in Jersey City, N.J. 1964 CPT. DENNIS D. HOWARD is currently stationed in Vietnam. His career field is computer program­ ming and systems analysis. His wife, LINDA STOLER '65, is at home in Vancouver, Wash.

1965 MR. AND MRS. STEPHEN SALLEE (V. KATHLEEN BEVAN '68) are living in Monroe, Wash. Kathleen has just completed a one­ year medical technology course at Children's Orthopedic Hospital Medical Center in Seattle. DR. AND MRS. RONALD A. MILLER (JEAN I. ANDREWS '65) have moved from Gallup, N.M. to Whitefish, Mont. Dr. Miller began a practice at The Physicians Clinic there on July 1. Ron and Jean have two children; Jon and Lauri. DR. RICHARD D. BAERG has been appOinted to the faculty of Harvard Medical School in Boston. He will be asst. professor of medi­ cine. REV. RICHARD D. FINCH was ordained into the ministry of the Lutheran Church of America at Our Redeemers Lutheran Church, Seattle, on May 25. Since graduat­ ing from PLU, Richard has done graduate work at the U. of W., Iowa State, and Harvard and has taught psychology at the high. school and college levels. Stanley Hoobing, newlywed pas­ tor of Central Lutheran Church in Morton, Wash., joined his bride Carol in a unique and original wedding custom recently. Asking the wedding guests to give cash in lieu of traditional wedding pre­ sents, the Hoobings then gave their wedding gifts, $166 in all, to the Lutheran Church in America's Love Compels Action Appeal. They did it "to share our love of God with others in the United States and around the world." 1966 KATHY AND GARY (CZYHOLD '66) HABEDANK are living in Tacoma. Kathy has just finished her second year of teach­ ing classroom music and piano at Annie Wright Seminary and Gary is a stock broker for Foster and Marshall in Tacoma. LINDA (RUED) POIRIER is working as a public health nurse with the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Dept. Her husband, Verne, is a line equipment operator with Puget Sound Power and Light Co. in Puyallup. They recently bought a home in Federal Way and have one son; Kevin 5. BYRON R. HOLMGREN re­ ceived an Ed.D. in special educa­ tion and administration from the U. of Maryland in June. He is pres­ ently teaching at Troy State U., Alabama in the School of Educa­ tion. ED SZELIGA is teaching 6th grade in Issaquah, Wash. He just received his MAE from SPC in June. His wife, former NANCY BARCLAY '67, taught kindergarten for 4 % years until the birth of their son in April. DAVID A. FISHER has been promoted to refuge manager of the Columbian White-tailed Deer Na­ tional Wildlife Refuge, headquar­ tered near Ilwaco, Wash. David, his wife, Cathy, and two sons have established residence near Skamo­ kawa, Wash. SANDRA (OLESON) KVKA received an MS in Nursing from the V. of Arizona in May. She has moved to Flagstaff, Ariz. where her husband, Joe, is a civil engi­ neer. They have one daughter, Korina Jo 1. CARL SWENSON is assistant professor at Claflin U., Orange­ berg, S. C. He received his Ph.D. from Washington State V. in Au­ gust. CRAIG VISTA SVARE received an MA in June from the Graduate Theological Union. He will be in art at Calif. State V. in Northridge this coming year. MRS. NELSON) women's partment

JIM JACOBSON (LIN is currently head of the physical education de­ at Laney College, Oak-

land, Calif. She is the coach of Laney's new fenCing team. 1967 DAVID PEARSON is gathering information for his Ph.D. in Ecua­ dor, Peru Bolivia, and Argentina. His wife, Nancy, is along as his assistant. He is with the Dept. of Zoology, U. of W. and will return to finish his dissertation in Janu­ ary, 1973. BAUER ARTHUR MRS. (SANDRA KJERSTAD) is on con­ tract to write a history of a two year experimental project funded by the Ford Foundation. The Ford grant of $725,000 established the Integrated Regional Environmen­ tal Management project with the San Diego County Environmental Development Agency. PHIL AARHUS was released from active duty in the Navy in October, 1971. He spent three years in New York serving as officer in charge of the blood bank at st. Albans Naval Hospital, Long Is­ land. Phil and his wife, KAREN WUEST '67, have returned to Ore­ gon where Phil is a medical tech­ nologist at McAuley Hospital in Coos Bay and Karen is a regis­ tered nurse in pediatrics part time. They are living in North Bend and have two daughters; Sonja Beth 3 and Gretchen Leigh 1. 1968 MR. AND MRS. KENNETH WAGONER (MYRNA LARSON '66) are living in Tacoma. Ken is teaching 5th grade at Lake Louise Elementary School and Myrna is supervisor of Child Welfare Serv­ ices, Tacoma Department of Social and Health Services. They have one daughter, Anne Irene 1. DR. MICHAEL D. BOYD was among 101 graduates of the Medi­ cal College of Wisconsin in May. He will serve a medicine intern­ ship at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Mich. He is married to former PAMELA PIHL x'71. REV. JOSEPH C. MYERS has been called to serve Emmaus Lu­ theran Church at Kennard, Neb. and Immanuel Lutheran Church at Orum. He was ordained June 11 after graduating from Wartburg Theological Seminary and is mar­ ried to former RUTH M. HANSEN x'59. DAVID HERFINDAHL received his medical degree from UCLA Medical School in June. He will be serving a residency in family prac­ tice at Ventura County Hospital, in Ventura, Calif. He is married to former ANN R. WHITELOCK '69. CYNTHIA (THOMPSON) STERN has been working for the past three years for Ramsey Coun­ ty, St. Paul, Minn. as a social worker in the adoptions section. Her husband, Jim, just graduated from Luther Seminary and they will be moving to Lubeck, Ger­ many to work for the German Lu­ theran Church. They have one son, Patrick 3. CPT. RICHARD P. KNUDSON graduated from the U. of Oregon Medical School in June and is now doing a pediatric internship in Hawaii at Tripier Army Hospital. He and his wife, KATHY (TEKSE '69), hope to be in Hawaii for Rich's residency in pediatrics also. REV. PHILIP RUE has taken over the pastoral duties at Christ Lutheran Church in Big Sandy, Mont. He and his wife, Mary, have two children; Kirsten 2'h and Dana 2 mos. MRS. RALPH NAZARETH (LINDA A. CRAKER) has moved to Stoney Brook, N.Y. She is a graduate student in the English Department of the State U. of New York. Two PLU grads graduated from the U. of W. School of Medicine in June. They are JOHN W. ATKIN­ SON and JOHN C. OAKLEY. Both are members of Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honorary Society.

1969 REV. JOHN MELTON was or­ dained June 18 at Mt. View Luther­ an Church in Parkland. He was installed into his first pastorate, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Colville, Wash. in July. John and his wife, Karen, have one daughter, Bir­ dena. Recently wed, MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MANN (JOAN SEAS­ TRAND '69) are living in St. Paul, Minn. They are both teaching in elementary schools there. JOHN KNAPP recently com­ pleted theological studies at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. and will be intern pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Great Falls for his intern year. He is married to former LYNN SMALL x'72. RICK NELSON has begun work on a masters degree in curriculum development and principalship at the U. of British Columbia. He is currently team-teaching 5-6th grade level at Shadow Lake Ele­ mentary in Maple Valley, Wash. MRS. HAUGHEES RICH (NANCY MILES) has moved to a new home in Puyallup. Nancy will start graduate work this fall through a U. of W. extension pro­ gram in Nursing in connection with Tacoma General Hospital. She has one son, Eric 15 mos. COBURN TUELL, recently married to Linda Shields, is doing post degree studies in hotel man­ agement at WSU in Pullman, Wash. DICK KING has received a graduate aSSistantship in universi­ ty media services at Boston U. where he will be studying this fall. His duties will be in assisting pro­ fessors in preparing large lecture demonstrations. Newlywed MRS. BRUCE ABEL (CAROLYN RAMSFIELD) is liv­ ing in Superior, Colo. This fall will begin her fourth year of teaching math at Sproul Jr. High there. MRS. NORMAN ENGLUND (JEANNE LANDDECK) is living in Everett. Both Jeanne and her husband are attending the U. of W. Graduate School of Social Work. 1970 BONNIE KAY OHRT received an MS in Statistics from Miami V., Oxford, Ohio on June 11. MR. AND MRS. JIM PETERS have just completed two years of Peace Corps service on the island of Saipan, Micronesia. Jim was the editor of the local paper, the Mari­ anas Variety, and GAYLE (NIEMI '68) worked for the Trust Territory Training Center teaching, training, and writing curriculum. They will begin an eight month trip around the world in September. JOAN CLORE has just finished teaching for two years in Missouri Synod Lutheran Day School, Buhl, Idaho. She will begin teaching at Pasadena Lutheran School, Calif. this fall. MR. AND MRS. DAVID LEE are in Hartford, Conn. Davis is asst. dean for student services at Trinity College there. KATE (LANGERT ' 60 ) is a housewife and mother of three-year old Erick. KATHERINE JOHN AND (PARRISH '70) FINSTUEN have moved to Bothell, Wash. John will be on an intern year at First Lu­ theran Church. He will then return to.Yale Divinity School to complete his degree. Katherine is a nurse at U. of W. Hospital in Seattle. She has just completed two years of nursing at Yale-New Haven Hospi­ tal in New Haven, Conn. 2d LT MICHAEL L. Mc­ CAULEY has been awarded silver wings upon graduation from Air Force navigator training at Mather AFB, Calif. He is now assigned for flying duty at Caswell AFB, Texas. ,Continued on Page 61

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PATRICIA (KNOWLES) BUSH­ ORN and her husband, Ken, are living in Seattle. Patricia has been a nurse at Virginia Mason Hospital since October, 1972. DAVE HALSTEAD is now head football coach at Yelm H.S., Yelm, Wash. He was previously asst. coach. Dave is married to former LINDA L. BARKER '71.

2d LT. JOHN H. KRUMMEL has been awarded silver wings at Vance AFB, Okla. upon graduation from Air Force pilot training. He is currently assigned to Lajes Field, Azores where he will fly with a unit that provides global airlift for military forces. HAL VAR E. OLSTEAD is cur­ rently teaching 3rd and 4th grade at Maple Falls Elementary School, Maple Falls, Wash. With only three teachers in the building, he is spreading his talents by being audiO-VIsual coordinator, baseball coa ch, asst. athletic director, and vice-pres. of the Maple Falls PTA. MR . AND MRS. BRIAN (RED) BURCHFIELD (SUSAN VAN HOY '69) bave returned to Chicago, III. after spend.i ng the summer in Seat­ tle. Red is beginning his second year at Lutheran School of Theolo­ gy. This past summer, Red was in Clinical Pastoral Education at Echo Glen Children's Center and Susie did secretarial work for the ALC District Office. LAWRENCE LYCKSELL began a tour of duty in Vietnam in June. He is serving as a communications specialist near Saigon. ROBERT OMDAL is an actuari­ al student at Milliman and Robert­ son Consulting Actuaries in Seattle. He is in the process of taking So­ ciety of Actuaries exams. Robert is married to former ELAINE GREENUP x'63, who is teaching at a scho I for handicapped children in Poulsbo . BRIGITTE GREVE is living in Newberg, Ore. She is teaching elementary classroom music, ele­ mentary strings, and orchestra in the Newberg School District. LT. STEPHEN H. MANGEL­ SEN is in the Air Force . He is cur­ rently attending navigator school at Mather AFB, Calif. MR. AND MRS. RANDY SPA­ DA (CHARLOTTE OLBERG '70)

began a two year term in the Peace Corps in June. They are on the island of Tenian in Micronesia . Randy is working in agriculture and Charlotte is teaching elemen­ tary school. PAUL WUEST , a student at Minneapolis, Seminary, Luther Minn. , will be serving his intern­ ship in Tacoma this coming year and his wife, JANE ( RANDAL L ) , will finish her last year a t PLU.

1972

CARLA STALL and JENNIFER WEST spent the past summer in Kodiak, Alaska. Carla was sent by her church in Spokane and Jenni­ fer by her church in Seattle to serve as mission volunteers at Woody Island Bible Camp. MARTA HESS has been select­ ed to begin a year-long graduate program to train for top-level ad­ ministrative positions in higher education under the recently fund­ ed Project Upward Mobility at UPS in Tacoma. The progra m in­ cludes a �week internship with partiCipating institutions and agen­ cies in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. KATHRYN HEDTVEDT is now living in Kelso, Wash. She will be­ gin teaching English at Kelso High School this school year. ROBERT WRIGHT conducted an informal bird clinic in The Sea Ranch, Calif. this summer. He will be going on to graduate work this fall.

Births Arthur Bauer (Sandra Kjerstad '67 ) , son, Paul Sigurd, born March 7, 1971 , Kenneth Carlson '63, adopt­ ed son, Erik Iver, born June 1, '68 Wagoner Kenneth 1971, daughter, (Myrna Larson '66 ) , Anne Irene, born July 1, 1971, Joe Kuka (Sandra Oleson '66 ) , daugh­ ter, Korina Jo, born August 22, 1971, Bob Johnson '63 (M yrtis Ka­ beary x'63 ) , daughter, Liv Ann, born September 10, 1971, Brian (Red) Burchfield '71 (Susan Van Hoy '69 ) , daughter, Erin Marie, born October 13, 1971, Louis W. Truschel '65 (Judy A. Moe x'67),

son, Jeffrey Louis, born November 29, 1971, joins sister, Angela 2 1h ; Jerry Hansen '66 (Sandi Fre­ dekind '65 ) , son, Jay Christopher, born December 4, 197 1 , joins broth­ er Jon Eric 51h , William Grammer (Mary Wanless x'61 ) , son, John Christopher, born January 7, 1972, joins brothers Fred 9 and Dickey 5, Rev. Robert C. Olsen '63 (Kaye Whisler '64 ) , daughter, Ruth Anne, born February 8, 1972, Gary Eide (Linda Sather '63 ) , son, Erik Mar­ tin, born February 9, 1972, Robert Junell (Janet FryhIing '58 ) , daugh­ ter, Jeanine Roberta, born March 25, 1972, Ed Szeliga '66 (Nancy Barclay '67 ) , son , Clay, born April 6, 1972 ; Richard Adams (Diane Neese '64 ) , daughter , Becky Anne, born April 19, 1972, joins brother Greg 2, Lee Croston (Joan Ruud ' 60 ) , daughter , Kelly Lynn, born April 24, 1972, Richard Kessel (Margo Marit daughter, Knudson '64) , Krista-Anne, born April 28, 1972, joins brother Brett Richard 2, Doug Linvog '68 (Betty Erickson '68 ), son, Erik Douglas, born May 7, 1972, David Miller (Kari Kruger '67 ) , daughter, Serri Elizabeth, born May 12, 1972; Dr. Bruce Bindel '63 (Sharon Baumeister '64 ) , son, Mark Alan, born June 13, 1972, joins brother Matthew 2, Albert W. Perry '65 (Leslie Geer '65 ) , son, Tracy Les­ ter, born July 26, 1972, joins broth­ er Todd Sheridan 3.

Marriages July 3, 197 1 : Roger Edstrom '66 to Vera Wollin '66, August, 197 1 :

Norman Englund t o Jeanne Land­ deck '69, February 12, 1972 : Ken­ neth Bushorn to Patricia M. Knowles '71, May, 1972 : Alan Woo­ dard to Kathleen Gilbertson '72, May, 1972 : Stephen M. Gregory '72 to Joyce I. Viele '72 ; June, 1972 : James Voros '71 to Patty Jo Simonson, June, 1972: Stephen Estes '71 to Linda D. Kastning, June 3, 1972: Kenneth L. Magee to Mary Ann Lee '70, June 4, 1972 : Michael Hanlon '70 to Su­ san D. Blosser, June 9, 1972: James E. Jackson to Catherine Cates '71, June 9, 1972: Robert B.

Atkinson '71 to Helyn K. (Cappy) Lowery ; June 10, 1972 : James B. Olsen '63 to Barbara Whalin, June 10, 1972: Richard Mocabee to Patricia Ann Read '69, June 10, 1972 : Philip Ranheim '68 to Karen L. Swanson, June 10, 1972 : Lee J. Hoines '71 to Anita E . Brumback x'74, June 17, 1972: William A. Schaffer '72 to Virginia Kaye Wolf, June 18, 1972 : Paul Wuest '71 to Jane Randall '73' une 24, 1972 : Tom Holmes '71 to Paula Johnson '71, July, 1972 : Larry A. Omdal '67 to Desiree A. Bodin, July, 1972: Charles C. Con­ way '71;to Sheryl Ann Wolfe '72, July 1, 1972: Bruce Abel to Carolyn Ramsfield '69, July 8, 1972 : Charles Mann '69 to Joan Seastrand '69, July 8, 1972 : Melvin J. Novak to Linda A. Turner '71. July 23, 1972 : Bruce H. Pearson to Nancy Carol Jurgensen '67, July 29, 1972: David A. Olson to Bar­ bara Joyce Samuelson '68, August 19, 1972: William G. Zabel '72 to Julie Williamson '71, August 26, 1972 : Coburn Tuell '69 to Linda Shields.

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Deaths Martin M. Leque, PLA, 1910, died in his home town of Stanwood, Wash. on June 25, 1972. He was born in Stanwood on January 1 , 1890 and had spent all his life there. Mr. Leque was active in and circles church Lutheran served for twenty-five years on the board of Josephine Sunset Home in Stanwood. He was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church from which he was buried on June 29. He is survived by his wife, Sar­ ah; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Ann Bass of Texas, a member of the class of 1 940 ; a sister, Mrs. Ola Ordal ; five grandchildren and two grea t-grandchildern. Walter Goplerud '38, vice prin­ cipal at High Point Elementary School, Seattle, died suddenly July 8, 1972. Born in Silverton , Oregon, Mr. Goplerud received his mas­ ter's degree from Columbia U. and joined the Seattle School District in 1951. Survivors include his wife, Mary, and two children , Betsy and

Patty; . a brother , John ; and two sisters, Inga Goplerud and Mrs. Hakkon Larsen. Theodore F. E. Nelsson, busi­ ness manager at PLU from 1934-44, died June 6, 1972. He was born in Tacoma and had lived here all his life. He was a retired comptroller Boatbuilding Co., Western for treasurer of the Columbia Confer­ ence, Augustana Synod of the Lu­ theran Churches, a lifelong mem­ ber of First Lutheran Church, a member of Tacoma Elks, and past president of the Tacoma Propeller ClUb. Survivors include his wife, Rose ; a daughter, Mrs. George (Rosealee ) Morris; a son, Maj. Franz Nelsson ; and one grand­ daughter. Robert Lee Goodfellow '61 died in June in an Edmonds, Wash. hospital. He was a speech t erapist engaged in private practice in the Northwest Hospital in Seattle. He was a member of the American Speech and Hearing Assoc . , an of· ficer in the Washington State Speech and Hearing Assoc . , a member of the Snohomish Human Relations Council, and a member of the Edmonds Lions Club and Edmonds Unitarian Church. Survi­ vors include his parents, two sis­ ters, a brother, four nieces and two nephews. Laurence Brackett of Port An­ geles, Wash., husband of Karin (Pihl ) '66, died in a mid-air light plane collision June 1, 1972. Also dead as a result of the collision are Mr. and Mrs. Perry Brackett, par­ ents of the deceased. Survivors include his wife, Karin, and an in­ Kristina Marie, daughter, fant born November 9, 1971. Carl Gustaf Peterson, Class of 1972, died July 24 in Tacoma fol­ lowing a traffic accident that morning. A native of Tacoma, he was 24 years of age. Peterson was a member of the shot putting brigade four-man which didn't give up a point in dual-meet competition for PLU in the 1971 track season. He attended Lutheran Evangelical Parkland Church and was a member of Ta­ coma Elks Lodge. Survivors iriclude his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peterson , and a sister, Jorja Peterson, all of Gig Harbor.

'Lost' Alumni The Alumni Office is in the process of trying to locate our "lost alumns." If you know the whereabouts of any of your classmates on this list, please let us know : 193�1939: David M. Chamberlain '30; Mrs. Harry E. Palmer '30 (Pauline R. Larson ) ; Mrs. Roy Paulson '30 (Dorothy Bodley ) ; San­ key B. Johnson '31 ; Mrs. William Tagg '31 ( Eleanor Lofthus ) ; Mrs. Richard Kieseck­ er '32 ( Louise Schneider ) ; Charlotte J. (Shoup) White '32 ; Clifford D. Ford '33; Mrs. E. J. Gilbert '33 (Ellen L. Soley ) ; Mrs. Frederick A . Robinson '33 , (Nedra Dubigk ) ; Mrs. E. Erickson '34 (Lillian Johnson) ; Mrs. Richard Walsh '34 (Lillian Johnson ) ; Mrs . Donald Morrow '35 (Alice Nolan ) ; Harold C. Johansen '35; Karen P. Hvidding '35; Dr. Joseph Hanson '35; Mrs. R. C. Bringham '35 (Virginia A. Boen ) ; Orlando C . Asper '35 ; Harold M . Demps­ ter '35 ; Mrs. Clifford Nybakke '35 (Viola Larsen ) ; Winnifred (Butsch ) OehIerich '35; Mary C. Dodge '36; Mrs. George Ford '36 ( E smeralda Torvend) ; Mrs. Clarence Haase '36 (Gertrude Stenberg ) ; GunhiId Larson '36; Mrs. Richard Matthews '36 (Eline G. Benson) ; Barbara A. Kline '37; Mrs. Clarence Niemi '37 (Bernice Thomp­ son ) ; Mrs. Arthur W. Paulsen, Jr. '37 (AIda A. Johnson) ; Rev. George H. Rus­ tad '37; Anne M. Thorlaksson '37; Janice (Brones) Patton '38; Mrs. Robert Sanders '38 (Dorothy Kniffon ) ; George Alexander '39; Mrs. Emil Chaki '39 (Rosella Han­ son) ; Gerhard Karlstad '39; Mrs. Paul E .

Smith '39; (Dorothy Petersen ) ; Carol E . Snyder '39.

1940-1949:

Mrs. Gerald B. Anderson '40 (Leola R . Lockwood ) ; Lois M . Hoffman '40; Mr. and Mrs. Robert N . Hurlburt '40 ( Lois Porter '48 ) ; Fales Martin '40; Mrs. Keith Brown '41 (Betty N. Winter ) ; Mary Ann (Leque ) Bass '41 ; Mrs. Kenneth Dorman '41 (Norma J. Judd ) ; Glenn H. Isakson '41 ; Jane (Himes) Oliver '41 ; Lillian I . Aaberg '42; Mildred I. King '42; Peggy M. (Peterson) Arness '43 ; Mrs. John Brown­ ing '43 (Georgiana Atkinson ) ; Palmer O . Johnsen '43; Dorothy E. Peterson '43; Mrs. Ricardo E. Saldivar '43 (Doree Sachs) ; John M. Gaul '44 ; Lois K. Morris '44; Lyle Nyland '44 ; Mrs. Ira otto '44 (Mary R. Lono ) ; William C. Petersen '44 ; Mrs. William G. Repp '44 (Valeria Moehnke ) ; Marian C. (Crowell) Wagner '44; Evan J. V. Carlson '45; Peter N . Holm '45 ; Wilma C . Johnson '45; Dr. Al­ bert McCay '45; Mary J. (Cain) Mills '45; Mrs. George W. Ransey '45 (Vema Teg­ land ) ; Mrs. Albert E . Scott '45 (Maxine Main ) ; Clifford E. Hawkings '46; Carolyn P. Hawley '46 ; Mabel L. Jordan '46 ; Al­ bert F. Kuhn '46 ; Edwin A. F. Valentine '47; Knut Aass '48; Margaret Cushman '48; Mary A. Everson '48; Mrs. Shirley (Morgan ) Grayson '48; Mrs. Maxine (Rusinko) Johnson '48 ; Jacklyn (Slater) Mitchell '48 ; Mrs. David E. Peterson '48 (Margaret Taylor) ; Harold J. Evans '49; Harold M. Heany '49; Hjordis Hetle '49 ; Mrs. Robert Leroy '49 (Marion Knutson) ;

Patricia (Winney ) Pugh '49; Mabel L. Runyan '49; Alice F. Stewart '49; Fred J . Mrs. Dale Thrasher '49 Sutter '49; (Kathryn Herman ) ; Hattie Walker '49; Grace I. Walters '49. 1950: Swain B. Amason; Marjorie H. Bow­ man ; Robert C. Burzlaff; Mrs. E. W. Cummings (Ruth Dobbs ) ; Robert E. Dahl­ berg ; Elizabeth (Reuter) Hensel ; Delia (Marshall) Jordan ; Walter Masters ; Carl E. Munsen ; Phyllis Nygaard ; Dale Pit­ ner ; Ellen E. Smith ; Richard J. Svare ; Robert William Tuttle ; Mrs. Donald A. Wahlstrom (Joy E . Smith ) ; Mrs. Ralph L. Young (Gertrude Dykstra ) . 1951: Olive (Isaksen) Antonson; Ronald H. Bucholz ; Doris E. (Stansbury ) Harvey ; Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Kenny ( Bettie Cruts ) ; Richard C. Knapp ; Robert N . Larson ; Eileen (McLaren ) Livingston; Walter H. Lucas ; Charles William Mar­ tin ; Gordon J. Reid ; Virginia L. Sak­ shaug ; Doris J. Shaw ; Mary E. Talbot ; . Lawrence A. Utigard ; Mrs. Ralph Wake­ field (Gloria Wildmoe ) ; John A. Wold. 1952 : Russell P. Baumgardner ; Stanley D . Erickson; Jeane (Frances ) Fritz ; Eugene C. Hendrickson ; Mrs. William A. Hueller (Carol Sletto ) ; Thelma Staswick; Alan L . Stoddard ; James E . Williamson ; Jeanet­ tea (Darling) Strohmaier. 1953: Mrs. Gerald J. Anderson (Carolyn Re­ Beutler ; Shirley Frank E. inerson) ;

(Rogers) Charnell ; Beatrice (Konop) Cof­ fey ; Geraldine L. Johnson ; David L. Kan­ dal ; Joan (Chernut) Markley ; Dr. and Mrs. Verne F. Newhouse (Hazel John­ son) ; Robert J. Orlando; Mrs. Richard Perden (Mary L. Myklebust ) ; Margarethe (Schilke) Phillips ; Dr. George D. Reule; Marjorie J. (Hill ) Rolandelli ; Elsie A. (Reppito) Simmons; Anne E. Stray; Rev. Marvin Undseth; Mrs. Dale W. Wagoner (Marilyn J. Lunde) . 1954: Uoyd R. Harvey ; William L. Hash ; Dr. Terry K. McLean ; Judith F. Ovestake ; Melvin A. Sundahl ; Ianthe Ingman Swope ; Julia (Bendikas) Zvilius.

PLU Receives G.E . Foundation Grant

Pacific Lutheran University will receive a $2, 500 grant this year from the General Electric Founda­ tion, to support undergraduate education in physics. The grant is part of a more than $3,285,000 educational support package sponsored in 1972 by the General Electric Company and the General E lectric Foundation, an independent trust established by the COUlpa ny in 1952.

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Colorful Country Lawyer Recalls Days As Pioneer PLU Professor By Milton Nesvig Last January President Eugene Wiegman received a letter from Galesville, Wis. , which stated in part: "I have just read, in The Lutheran Digest, that your School of Business has been accepted as an accredited member of the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business. Congratula­ tions to you and to the institution. "I was very much interested i n this particular piece of news be­ cause way back in the years 1 9 1 1 and 1 9 1 2 I was on the faculty of that great institution of learning." The writer was Arthur F. Giere, a colorful country lawyer who de­ scribes himself on his personal sta­ tionery and calling cards as a "hobbyist and amateur in subjects pertaining to the Alphabetist, Bib­ liophilist, GenealogIst, Monenolo­ gist, Numismatist, Paternosterv­ ersionist, Philatelist, Philologist." Attorney Giere was admitted to the bar in 1 9 1 2 in Everett, Wash., and is in his 60th year in the prac­ tice of law. Since 1 9 1 8 he has been at Galesville. But law is only one facet of the life of this brilliant, amazing per­ son who thinks, speaks and moves like a man half his 87 years. In 1 9 1 1 the Lutheran Church issued Giere a call to teach at Pa­ cific Lutheran Academy in Park­ land. "I accepted the call and I got

'I Remember When' (Editor's note:

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Irene Dahl was

one of the most prominent, ener­

getic and popular students Pacific Lutheran ever had during a seven­ year academic career that spanned both high school and college here durin g the '20's. A campus, organi­ zation and church youth leader, she also served as president of the Alumni Association in 1932. Mar­ ried in 1937 to OIai Hageness , himself a leader and student body president at PLC in 1930-31 , she was the mother of two children. She died in 1957 at the age of 46. The following article app eared in the Moo ring Mast in 1947. ) . By IreneDahl Hageness Once you've gotten plain hon­ est with yourself and admitted your girlish fi�ure ain't what it used to be, admitted after a couple of gulps that you really do belong to the "mid·twenties era" of PLC, and that after all, you're closer to 40 than you ever thought possible, it becomes fun to relegate yourself to the group of middle-aged alum­ ni, marvel at the energy of youth, note with pleasure changes in your Alma Mater since "your day," and look forward to the time when maybe your daughter will wander down to the kicking post with the son of, say that handsome senior you had a crush o n in your fresh­ man year. Might as well be honest - PLC was just a baby when you arrived as a high school frosh back in '23. Dean Hauge was only a half dozen years out of college himself, and the whole student body in the high school and two-year college needed only one chartered street car to carry them and the faculty to an all-school picnic at American Lake. (1923-24 enrollment: 84 students, including 1 1 in college.) You look at page one of your memory book - it shows a pict re

Included on the following pages are a series of historical vi­ gnettes from past years at Pacific Lutheran. Materials have been drawn particularly from those class years that will be celebrating reunions at Homecoming this fall. Spaced as they are, however, at five year intervals, the articles should hopefully offer a hint of re­ miniscence and nostalgia for most alumni readers.

a salary of $ 1 ,000, " he recalls. "It cost me only $26 to get out there on the train so that was a real deal for a fellow who was broke . " The new teacher was busy . He was principal of the Department of Commerce and taught law, book­ keeping and stenography. He was director of the band and orchestra and the choir. Then E nglish was added to his teaching load and they needed a Latin teacher, so he taught that. On top of all this he was dean of men and lived in the dormitory. Giere directed the choir in the church across the street where Trinity Lutheran Church now stands. Rev. Bjug Harstad, PLU founder, was the pastor and also taught religion at the school . "They had to have a minister do that in those days," said Giere. There were about 1 2 5 students when Giere was here and most of them were Norwegians. Classes were conducted in English (except Harstad's religions classes), but Norwegian and English were used interchangeably in everything else. Church services were in Norwegi-

By 1 9 1 2 Giere had met the re­ quirement of one year's residence in Washington to take the bar examination. He was successful and entered private law practice in Everett with Andrew Engeset. On the side he taught for two years at Columbia College (merged with PLU in 1920).

In his "spare time" the indefa­ tigable attorney was doing corre­ spondence work with the U . of Minnesota on his doctorate. In 1 9 14 he was awarded his Ph. D. with a dissertation on the subjec­ tive mind (now termed extra senso­ ry perception). The same year he was appointed U . S. District judge in Centralia, Wash., where he served until the U . S. entered World War I . He served in Chicago with the American Red Cross and then went to Galesville in 1 9 1 8 .

Arthur F. Giere

an and the man who ran the Park­ land store on Garfield Street couldn' t talk English.

The years since the n have found him getting married, raising a fam­ ily of three children, serving on college, church, government and civic boards, writing over 800 arti· cles (he still produces two a week for various publications), compil­ ing 350 versions of The Lord's Prayer, assembling one of the most extensive personal collections of antique coms in the world, plus many other coins, building a collection of over 32, 000 stamps, becoming a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner, and learning Hebrew.

Pacific Lutheran Was 'Just A Baby' In The 1920's of "My School," consisting of three buildings, Old Main, the late gym, and the chapel which was used only for church. In fact, every­ thing "went on" in Old Main ex­ cept athletics. Much of the first floor was devoted to faculty apart­ ments - Dean of Men Ramstad, his wife and toddlers, Peggy and Billy, came in '25 to occupy the present art studio - daughter Toppy was not yet on the scene. The north end housed two fami­ lies, Prof. and Mrs. Joe Edwards, newly-weds, and the Rev. George Henricksen family. The "reception room" was to the left as you en­ tered Old Main. To your right, occupying all that is now office space, was the library and study hall. All high school students were required to be in study hall be· tween classes. When you reached college you could study or not, as you pleased, and were privileged to occupy the one long table up in one end. President Ordal had a one-room office, and anything in the way of records and business was done in three or four adj oining rooms. Two classrooms on first floor, about three in the basement, about four on second and a chemistry lab of sorts on the mezzanine above third were more than enough. Oh yes, the bell system. The old brass hand bell, reposing on a shelf near the drinking fountain, was rung by anyone who had a watch and could tear himself from class at the ap­ pointed hour. Most of the students lived off campus. Those from afar lived on second and third floors - the men in the south wing and the girls in the north. Mom Kreidler taught art, had charge of the girls, and did any nursing needed - in both wings. We had daily compulsory chapel

downstairs in about one-third of what is now the dining hall. You sat in alphabetical order, girls on the right and men on the left, with the faculty sitting in the back row. Skipping chapel rated demerits, and enough of them added up a bad grade in deportment. Page two in my book shows the faculty in 1 927 - 1 1 members! Those were the days when many of the boys didn't register until the Alaska fishing season was over and they could return with enough cash for another two semesters, and when idle winter months at­ tracted many "new-comers" from Norway to learn English. ('27 the enrollment: 1 1 7, with 1 2 in col· lege.) I turn in my book to early athlet­ ic pictures - Ramstad' s girls' bas­ ketball team, clad in what then seemed quite daring - long, full, black bloomers, black sweaters, black sox to the knees! And there is the first football team, also Ramstad coached, with young Billy Ramstad as mascot, about '26. Remember the first game out back of Old Main? Fred Scheel from ' Norway didn't like being taken out because of a bloody nose, but after all, as he remarked when he took a seat on the woodpile which served as bleachers, he got to see some of the game, which was important, as he had never before seen a game of football! The Mooring Mast boasted that during PLU's second season the team downed such strong opponents as St. Leo's, Cen­ tralia and Lincoln high schools, and the College of Puget Sound reserves. G ary Lane is on that pic· ture - our first gold star of World War II - he died five years ago this May in the Philippines. The first Mooring Mast came out in 1 924, edited by Palma Heim­ dahl. Dorothy Lehmann submitted

the name, "Mooring Mast," since there was then a real mooring mast a few miles south, built for visiting dirigibles. (Only one ever came, the Shenendoah, so the mast was later dismantled.) Lindbergh made history the year I finished high by flymg his "Spirit of St. Louis" across the Atlantic. Our class prophecy humorously pre­ dicted an air field some day to be located beyond the present golf course, then unsettled prairie. (We never dreamed of so large a one as McChord field!)

Music - plenty, with some of the profs having to help in the men's section. MISS Jessen's oper­ ettas with leads by Solveig Ryn­ ning and Monty Langlo were some­ thing to be proud of. ' 2 7 saw the beginning of our present "Choir of the West." We had "uniform dress" that year among the �irls - much despised blue skirts, white middy blouses and black ties.

I turn some more pages - some faded flowers from my graduation corsage - no mortar· board gradu­ ations in those days. The "young ladies" were charming in formal gowns, like mine, which in ' 2 7 was a knee-length, three-tiered, long­ waisted affair, sleeveless, made of rose and gold changeable taffeta! The flat-chested , boyish figure was in vogue, but we stuck to high heels.

Yes, "those were the days," and the spirit of PLC was the same then as now, the same as it was in my parents' generation 20 years before - the same as I hope it will be when my daughter (who should be fed this very minute) becomes a cooed and smiles at " the good old days when Grandpa and Grandma (in 1 907) and Dad and Mom (in 1 929) met at PLC !

1936-37

1931-32

PLC Grows Gradually During Depression Years

PLU Choir Gets Unusual Name On Chicago Tour

In the spring of 1 93 7 , Pacific Lutheran College coed Margaret Rorem reflected on her decision to enter college; more specifically PLC. "I looked at the world about me and found it somewhat appalling, " she wrote. "Depression years had left their effect on the minds of people. Many were living a hemmed-in, one-sided existence with no definite foundation on which to build. " 1 wanted a full life - a life that would nourish and develop every side of me." Her career at PLC fulfilled that desire, though there was lingering on campus some signs of the De­ pression's effects . There were oc­ casional complaints about lack of school spirit and cooperation. These were years under Presi­ dent O. A. Tinglestad ; years in which PLC continued to grow, if gradually. During the fall of 1 936 the president took an extended trip east to seek support for the college. "More than $100 was spent for new library books" dur­ ing the same period. Groundbreaking for the only building erected at PLU between 1 920 and 1 946, the library-class­ room building (Xavier Hall), was the highlight of the 1 937 May Fes­ tival. Reigning over the festivities that day was Queen Verna Teg­ lund. It seems quite surprising, but "peace" and " ecology" were seri­ ous issues 35 years ago. Anti-war sentiments would seem unlikely since the Great War had ended 20 years before aijd the outbreak of World War II was several years away. But the stormclouds of war were beginning to apear. Student speakers discussed the problem during a special program in the spring of '37. Roland Wuest noted, " Why should the world waste its money, men and time destroying its very being? " Luella Davis bemoaned, "We no longer fight against the idea of a world at war - we resign our­ selves to and prepare for it." Beatrice Sidders asserted, "War is out of date - it solves nothing ; peace i s the only possible conclu­ sion. " Mooring Mast editor Hazel Hagerup concluded, "The problem of maintaining peace is, to say the least, very difficult. . .for the bulk of the world's population is becom­ ing increasingly nationalistic and not truly patriotic . . . "

A front page Mooring Mast opin­ ion feature in the fall of '36 de­ scribed ecological concerns long before the term became popular: "Whenever we take a pleasure trip in our car, we sing songs of praise and thanksgiving to the sideroads. "The heavy-duty highways, smooth ribbons of concrete, are all very well to get you there in a hur­ ry . . . " But honestly, what i s there to see except the road ahead? Re­ freshment stands and inns spring up every few miles, most of them plastered with glaring signs ; blar­ ing billboards intrude into every kvely view ; even the barns offer testimonials, while fleeting glimps-

es of village main streets offer lit­ tle except more signs urging the traveler to stop and buy . . . " It was a year in which Cliff Ol­ son's Gladiators were beginning to

be heard from on the gridiron, one year before the appearance of Marv Tommervik on the scene. And in the spring, 85 PLC grad­ uates were awarded diplomas .

A view of the campus from below the hill was essentially unchanged from 1914 to 1937.

194 1 -42

Campus ,Calm Shattered By War; Collegians Join March To Front As one pursues the history of a college as we have attempted to do for this issue of Scene, one cannot help but be struck by the almost continuous preoccupation on cam­ pus with the fortunes and philoso­ phies of war. Perhaps it is because those most directly affected by international conflict are those same young peo­ ple, who, in the flower youth, pop­ ulate the campuses. Or perhaps it also has to do with an as )let un­ tainted idealism that manifests it­ self in both pacifistic and patriotic ways. Both concerns were certainly manifest at Pacific Lutheran in the winter of 1 94 1-42 when, with ap­ palling suddenness, the calm of the campus was shattered by the events of Dec. 7 and the days that followed. In a few short weeks many of PLC' s male students had gone to war and many others fol­ lowed at the end of the term . For perhaps the only time in its history, the United States seriously expected an attack on its shores. West Coast blackouts were fre­ quent. Two PLC students from Alaska had to be returned home by military convoy. The girls on cam-

pus took first aid courses or joined the Red Cross. In January there was a Mooring Mast editorial that reflected some of the students sentiment of the times. It read in part: "The pacifist has no longer the privilege of withdrawing from bloodshed, due to the manner in which war has been brought to our door and to that of other peaceful nations. "Numerous times in the Old Testament the Children of God were commanded to take up' arms against the forces of evIl that sought to deal God out of exist­ ence." The year had begun on a hap­ pier note. It was the final season that the Gladiator Flying Circus football team had enthralled Northwest crowds. Marv Harsh­ man and Marv Tommervik were All-Americans. Jt was the college's Golden Jubi­ lee year and an optimistic develop­ ment drive had begun under the leadership of Rev. Mikkel Lono. The drive had a four-phase goal: ( 1 ) reduce debt; (2) build a girls' dorm and heating plant; (3) com­ plete the library ; and (4) provide health and infirmary facilities.

The Choir of the West has been a source of pride at Pacific Luther­ an for over 40 years. But how ma ny students or alumni have heard or remember how it got its unusual name? The year was 1 93 1 and the Pa­ cific Lutheran College Choir was in its fourth year under founder Joseph Edwards. A concert tour of the midwest, the choir's first ex­ tended tour ever, was planned, highlight of which would be an appearance in Chicago. Many of the s; ngers had never been beyond the Cascade Moun­ tains. "Very few had glimpsed the Rockies , " a Mooring Mast article noted. "Now they were going to taste the heat of the Middle West­ ern plains and face the notorious ' C hicago gunme n . ' " After appearances in South Dakota and Sioux City, la . , the choir reached Chicago. One of the first things they saw was a police patrol wagon. It was during the Chicago ap­ pearance before an audience of 20,000 that the only a cappella col­ lege choir west of the Missouri River was dubbed " the choir of the west. " In 193 1 , both President O . A . Tinglestad and coach Cliff Olson were in their third year at PLC . They were to bring academic hon­ or and athletic glory to the school in the years ahead . Though it was one of the worst years of the Depression, 193 1 -32 was a year of progress on campus . The PLC Development Association had 7,000 members and was com­ missioned to raise $ 13,500 of a budget of $62 ,000. That fall the Gladiators claimed the junior college football champi­ onship of W ashington. The word "feminism" appeared in a Mooring Mast editorial but we doubt it had the connotation it does today . The article read in part: "Will extreme feminism ever return to stay? It is doubtful if it will. Two years, or possibly three years ago, the womens ' dresses were simple things to produce, as very little material was needed. Then the hems began to migrate nearer the floor . . . "

1946-47

GIs Return Home; Influx Means Enrollment Boom There probably have been few landmark years at Pacific Luther­ an to match the significance of 1 946-47. Suddenly, from a small enroll­ ment donimated primarily by young women, the student body skyrocketed to a population of 600, more than two-thirds of them male. In fact, more than half of the student body was made up of re­ turning GIs. The impact was felt throughout the still small campus, with a more mature, sophisticated atmosphere in the classroom brought on by a senous body of well-trav elea stu­ dents, many of them in their mid­ twenti es.

Though it wasn't to make a ma­ jor impact ·until the following year, the GI influx also played a great part in the athletic fortunes at PLC III tne late ''iV's. 11 never received quite the ballyhoo of the great pre­ war Gladiator teams, but the 1 94 7 football aggregation was o n e o f the strongest ever fielded in Parkland. Coached by none other than all­ time greats Marv Tommervik and Marv Harshman, the Lutes record­ ed the school's second and, to date, last undefeated grid season. The year was culminated with a victory in the Pear Bowl, PLU's only bona fide bowl appearance in history. It was also the following year

that the Lute basketball team be­ gan a string of winning seasons that has now reached 25 and has yet to be stopped. The campus was gradually tak­ ing on a new look. Early in the year work was begun on the sci­ ence building, and in May of 1 947 the cornerstone was laid for Mem­ orial Gymnasium. Memorial Gym may now be the only court facility in the country that has never and now will never house a losing bas­ ketball team. Saga king and queen that year were Harold Hauge and Edna Hag­ lund. Student body president was La Verne Linnerson.

1956 57 -

Basketball Hysteria Is Mood At PLU During The Late '50's Two words, " basketball hyster­ ia," best desc'l'ibe the prevailing mood o n the Pacific Lutheran Col­ lege campus 15 years ago. . Not since 1 9 4 1 had the campus seen anything to approach it. Al­ though the Lutes were beaten ear­ ly In the eason by the Buchan Bakers, defending national AAU champions, it gradually became apparent that coach Marv Harsh­ man had assembled the greatest court team in Pacific Lutheran his­ tory.

19.5 1 -.32

eMS (Eastv old)

Building Rises On Parkland Pebbles In 1 9 52 the appearance of the Pacific Lutheran College campus changed dramatically. It was that year that the chapel-music-sp eech leMS ) building was completed on what is now the heart of the cam­

pus.

It is with th at buildin�, later to be re-named Eastvold C hapel in honor of long-time president Dr. Seth Eastvpld, that the campus has been most . prominently identified in the 20 years since. And it is on the land that i t was built that Ta­ coma old- timers will remember that the great football teams of the Olson Era held their practices. Parkland Pebbles it was called. Until 19 9. when Olson Audito­ rium was completed the CMS rEastv old) building was oIle of the major cultural and entertainment centers in the northwest. Hundreds of famous personalities have appeared upon its stage. Its future was probably accur­ ately predicted in 1 9 52 when visit­ ing actress Beverly Michaels ac­ claimed it as " the best amateur faCilities" she had ever seen. Bill Ri ke, who recently was named a PLU Distinguished AluIn­ nus for his national prominence in medical research, teamed with Jon Ericson to become debate champi­ on of 1 1 western states. They de­ baled an Australian team i n Janu­ ary of 1 9 5 2 . Excellence i n debate has been a tradition at PLU since. Mal Soine, recently di rector of the alumni fund drive for two years, directed the annual Alpha Psi Omega play. Judd Doughty, now director of broadcast services at PLU, had the lead i n that play. TherE! were many others. Naomi Roe was Homecoming Queen. Louise Stephenson was cho en May Queen. Saga King was Jim Liming and Art Broback was stu­ dent body president. It was the year before the 1 9 52 national elections, and the Republi­ cans outpolled the Democ rats on campus 68 per cent to 17 per cent. General Eisenhower and Harold St' 'sen ran neck and n€'ck in the campus preference poll , while Adlai Stevenson wasn't even men · tioned The an nua l Campus Chest dr iv e now a pe rma tlent P U lradiU n . \\ as run f o r the first irn ' in 1 952. Fo r hari ./ gr ou p: were t iL b '11 ,

rhciaries.

E v e n t h e Buchans game was avenged as the Lutes rolled to a 2 1 - 1 regular season record and a 3 1 -2 mark overall. Thev raced through the Evergreen Coilference schedule and the district NAIA playoffs to earn their tickets to the nationals in Kansas City. At the tournament they were the only team undefeated against college competition, and for a few evenings i t appeared that record would remain intact. They ran eas­ ily past Elon, Stetson and Texas Southern before fallin & 7 1 -70 to Tennessee State and tuture pro star Dick Barnett. State would go on to take three 'st raight national titles. Chuck C urtis. Roger Iverson and Jim Van Beek received m ost of the acclaim. but Nick Kelderman. Jack Sinderson, Tom Sahli. Bob Roiko, Lute Jerstad, Ardeen Iverson, Glen C ampbell, C huck G eldaker, John Jacobson and Rich Hamlin were also standouts. While there may have been hys­ teria surrounding the exploits of the PLC hoopsters, the atmosphere generally on campus wa orderly ­ almost placid. One of the maj or gripes seemed to have to do with dating. The Silver Stampede, featuring the crowning of Slewfoot S u and Pecos Bill, highlighted the official " girl-ask-boy" weekend. A cooed's reactio n : "It's not so good when you haven 't enough nerve to ask who you .want; and the person you've got enough . nerve to ask. you don't want." \ There was the editonal in the Mooring Mast Nov . 30 that asked. "are there any ' B oyless Baileys' unable to capture their ' loverboy­ nik' or 'Scraggs' looking for femi­ nine friendship here at Luteville ? " T h e piece had t o d o with the possi­ bility of organizing a dating bu­ reau. One of the student was so high on PLC that she wrote the M ooring Mast, " Man, what a terrific col­ lege ! Terrific Gla diators, terrific campus, terrific actors and actress­ es, terrific singers . . . There seemed LO be little reac­ tion to world events; what there was was supportive. A September Mooring Mast editorial read: "

"Today the government of the U nited States is spending bill ions of the taxpayers' dollars to re-arm our nation . . . Must we. as civ i · lized. intelligent people living i n the wurld's richest nation conSider this a rational plan of operation? . . . The emphatic answer is YES. " . . . We as C hristia ns should be the first to realize that the best way to fight fire is with fire. IF there is no water to be found . . . "

Another MM article looked with awe a t the $ 1 ,200.000 annu al budget, comparing it to 1 943 when eXpCIt���Ul e::. W 1.i1i eli .j> J..);).UUU. ( i n 1 9 7 2 the budget was $8 million . ) A s i n almost every year there were a number of distinguished campus visitors. Former First Lady E leanor Roosevelt hE'aded the list that year. Homecoming Que n wa� Carol Bot ' em i l l er ; Joy Telsoll \\:.ts Lucia Bridt " nd Ma y Qu n wa J oa n ne Bayne

There were 11 people on PLC 's 1927 fnculty. From left, Lavina Amundson, William Freed, Philip Hauge, Lora Kreidler, Hans Hoff, President Olaf Orela ! , O. J. tuen, John Xavier, Anders Ramstad, Sarah Parr and Joseph Edwards.

1961-62

Era Of Rapid Growth Is On Horizon As PL U Enters �60�s (Editor's note : Following are xcerpts from an end-of-the-y ar Mooring Mast a rticle by Marilyn Broggemeiel', published in May,

1962.)

" I t ' s been a year like a l l years, filled with events that alter and illuminate our lives . . . President Eastvold a nnou nCes resignation . . . the Knights go to Ka nsas City . . . adoption of a new constitution . . . construction 0 a new men's dorm and cafeteria . . . and Dr. R. A . L. Mortvedt named new president. . "These were some of the thi ngs that made a change, but w hat about the l ittle things - like the hair nets worn by all cafeteria workers . . . Ivy's exhibitionist . . . the invasion of the :3 2nd Division . . . the Raisin Bran (.'ontest . . . and t he 10 o'cl ocks given to freshmen girl s . "But i t was not a complete year of change, for the majority of things stayed the same : there were classes to atte nd and skip . . . we continued carrying umbrellas i n the rain . . . again broccoli was a n essential part of every meal . . . students still hiked the hill be­ tween upper and lower campus . . . and Evergreen continued having water fights. "Who were the stude nts whose names illuminated this yea r '? C harles Mays, our ASPLU presi­ dent . . . Queen Carol Teslow, 1 96 1 Homecoming Quee n . . Lucia Bride, Karin Pihl . . . Hans Ai­ bertson, the " comic Swede" who entertained us at basketball games (and set national high j ump re­ cords in the spring) . . . Mary BakKen anJ Lany t' oulsen. who wore the crowns of Saga King and Queen . . . and our Mav Festival Queen, Karen Hegstad. . "But what about thOSl' people who e names never made head­ l i nes'! . tho e who were up a j i night dec:oratin for Hom comlng . who tore down the . . the \Joy bridg � 10 j ewel' C::lm w; . the ch apel speaker who toiled hours •

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trying to think of something appro­ priate to say to an uninterested audience . . . the few stUdents who put the finishing touches on the Daffodil float . . . "Our faith i n God also has been given a chance to gww . . . daily as we prayed together i n chapel , or on SUQ,days at chun: h , or on spe­ cial occasions as the Mission Festi­ val . . . the Candlelight Service at Christmas . . . the rally in the gym during Spiritual Emphasis Week . . . the night the guys from Ever­ green sang "The Lord's Prayer" . . . and the special Lenten service during Passion Week. "Yes, it has been a year like all years, but j ust a little grea te r . " A s Mooring Mast Editor's , A nne Haggert and Mark Lono led what seems t oday a rather mild crusade to inspire the student body to more participatiun a nd less "apathy " , more libera l dormitory hours and less "criticism without alterna­ tives . " The latter was a theme also being inspired at that time by Pres­ ident John F . Kennedy . And, as might be expeeted, they were themes that are still relevant i n some respects today. It was a year that PLU honored two pioneer professors, now de­ cease d , Dr. Alexander Ariton a nd Dr. John Xavier. D r . Arlton, re­ tired biology professor, was affec­ tionately called the Beloved Bird­ man of Parkland ; a nd Dr. Xavier. h istory professor, librarian, food service director, dean of faculty and even president during more than 40 years at PLU, was a sotlrce of continuing inspiration. The faculty community was going through a period of academ­ ic self·study under the leadership of Dr . E . C . Knorr. The are doing the same today . Locally. the Seattle World 's Fair has ope ned. On the national scene there wa: cont roversy surroullding the al leged inieriority of U. S . ed ucation i 1 co parison \\ i' h us

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Five Years 'Like A Generation' ; PLU Matures As A University Five years. Really such a short time in a person's life or in the history of an in­ stitution, but what a difference those years can make in terms of events and attitudes ! There are still students at Pacific Lutheran University who were enrolled at the institution five years ago. But from looking at publica­ tions and photographs from that year one might sense that a generation had passed. Student dissent, in word and dee d , has never erupted in a destruc­ tive or irresponsible manner at PLU . But the tactics of criticism, COI11 mon in recent years , had begun to be apparent in 1966-6 7 . Vietnam was becoming controversial, but open opposition was still h idden. There was a general student acceptance of the explanations provI 'ed by Vice-President Hu bert Humphrey during his visit here in S 'ptember. Di. cussions of -' natio nal" issues also included topics such as drugs, p n ma rily LSD, and the "new" morality. B ut proba bly the most pronunent campus disputes involved campus issues' the mandatory chapel policy, "open house" in the resid nee halls, dres codes, the ho ors system, teacher eV l uatlOn and "apathy . " The fact that these issues were brought bef re the administration in a serious, mature fashion probably h- d greater impact on student life at P U than anything tha t has transpir d since . During the ens ing five years great strides have been made toward more equitable policies in all o l. hec;e a n many other areas . The student generation that graduated in 1 967 als experie nced m o re f a ch nge in gen ral university life and image th n any other cmss, before or since The f l i ngs of some ma y have bee n summed up i.n a slalem(> t by Palu Ols n which app ar d in the May 1 9, 1 967 of the Mooring Mast: What bas tl'an!>'J}ired in genera lion of s tu dents j t h e subtle de­ st r uction of goo d old PLU' 10 favor of Pacific Lutheran UNIVERSITY , a •

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place, above all, of sophisticatio n . " Olsen's words were echoed by others who observed the "death of the small dorms , " having seen five new residence halls completed at PLU during their college years . President Robert Mortvedt was soon to describe the rapid physical and academic cha nges as a "maturation" of the university. In 1968 he said, "I am concerned that faculty, students, constituents and alumni begin to think of Pacific Lutheran University in terms of 'maturity ; ' for until that time comes, the university will command neither the respect nor the support it merits and deserves . " H e also spoke of t h e concern for "carrying on dynamic programs which attract able and eager students and faculty - programs which suggest the institution is pushing toward greatness ." In 1 967 PLU was indeed "pushing toward greatness . " The sciences received a $ 1 98,000 grant from the Research Corporation of New York which belped those disciplines achieve a permanent and prominent. place among the exceptional offerings in the country. The library was com· pleted and began operation with a major assi t from student helpers who physically transferred some 1 4 0 , 000 volumes from the old facility to the new. Many other departments were moving rapidly toward 'rna· turation " as witnessed by the appointment of :38 new faculty member� camp s-wide the following fal l . KPLU -F:.vJ, wr .ich this fall goes to 40,000 watts and a potential lis· te ning audience of over two milli on people, made its first broadcast in 1967. In additi on to t he Vice·PreSIdent , such vaunted pcr50nalitje� as Senators Warren Magnuson ' nd Henry Jackson , a u thor Max L rn l� r and ent rtai ne.l"S Lo is Ar mst ro n g Carlos Montoya and V incent Pric(> wen among the maIlY dl. tinguisb d visit ors to the ·ampus. Til J firey Ballet ummel" resi dencr s at PLU ann ounced the fIrst of four 'on eClltlv Julie Dan kin was the T Iomecoming Qu en; ,Ja n , wanson was h () sen Lucia Brid , an d Angie f ic h olson reigned at the May Festival ,

Involved PLU Professor Receives Top Honor From Faculty Colleagues

Ron Lerch

Ron Lerch To S erve Tern1 As Alumni Prexy Ronald E. Lerch, a senior re­ search scientist for Westinghouse Hanford Company in Richland, Wash ., is the new president of the Pacific Lutheran University Alum­ ni Association. Lerch, 32, became a member of the board two years ago to fill an unexpired term. He was re-elected to the board last year. A native of Portland, Ore . , Lerch eamed his baehelor's degree in Chemistry at PLU in 1 9 6 1 and his P h . D . in organic chemistry at Oregon State University in 1966 . He was selected one of the Da­ tion's Outstanding Young Men by the U . S . Jaycees in 1 969. During his undergraduate days Lerch was active in Associated Men Students and served as treas­ urer of the senior class. He is married to the former ,J udy Rasmussen '62 They have three children, Jeffrey 6, Scott 5, and Kristin 2 . He is currently active in Kenne­ wick Lutheran Church and the American Chemical Society.

professor wh o has b ome deeply involved in new community planning aeross the na L ion h s b en award e d a Regl ney Profes­ sorship at Pacific Luth eran Univ r­ sity. Dr. Dwight Zula uf, professor of bu iness administration at PLU, was granted the award on the basis of his "d monstrated excellence in and contribution to a field of learn­ ing or public affairs." DetermUled by a vote of faculty members, the award carries with i t a stipend and arrangements for leave time to pursue study or pro­ jects of the individual's choosing. Dr. Zulauf is the second professor to be so honored under the pro­ gram, which was instituted by the Board of Regents last year. Zulauf has served as dean of the School of Business, director of data processing and has worked on a variety of university committees at various times since joining the PLU faculty in 1 94 9 . He has also been active in community affairs, including the Good Samaritan Hospital board of governors, Lu­ theran We!fare Society board of directors and the Tacoma Area Council Campfire Girls. During the past two summers Zulauf h as served as project fi­ nance director of the first in-town new town to receive official recog­ nition by the Office of New Com­ munities of the U .s . Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The new town IS the Cedar­ Riverside community in Minn�apo­ lis. He has also served as a consult­ ant. to other communities across the country investigating the in­ town new t.own concept. According to Zulauf, the con­ cept involves no direct cost to the government. Rather HUD guaran­ tees bonds issued by the city to develop public facilities to hold

Dr. Leasure Resigns; Accepts Penn State Post r Daniel R. Le lIT , vicp· president of student affairs cI t Pa· cific Lu theran Universi ty ince 1 966, resigned in August. He ha, accepted a position at Penn State Uruversity as assistant vice-presi dent for stud nt affairs in charge of stUdent services.

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and develop the land. A private developer acquires the land and develops it in stages relating t o a master plan prepared by partici­ pating agencies. In the case of the Cedar-Riverside eonmmnity, 98 agenci.es were involved , Zulauf pointed out. The Cedar-Riverside communi­ ty, Zulauf explained , has been a blighted area for more than 30 years. Rather than take govern­ m ent mo ney and clear the whole area under urban development and, as is often the case, replace a horizontal ghetto with a vertical ghetto, the new town concept seeks quality of life , not just housing. "It brings together people plans, envi.ronmental plans and financial plans , " Zulauf said. " I t provides, not unly a place to live, but places to work, places to shop and places to play . " Zulauf plans t o take leave from PLU during the first eight months of next year. DUring that time he plans study in N ew Zealand and Washington , D.C., followed by a visiting professorship at the U n i­ versity of Washington . Next sum­ mer ht; plans further work, either with t.he Office of N ew Communi­ ties (HUD), or the Security Ex­ change Commission.

A committee to advise on the selection of a new vice-presidenl for student. life has been appoinit:o by PLU President Eugene Wieg man . During D r . Leasure's six yean, at PLU he provided outstanding and creative leadership in the stu dent life area . He leaves the uni versity with thanks and best wish es from PLU to him and his family

I-Iawaii TOUt, Lute Games Lure Alums In Dec. Follow the Lute basketball tealr. to HawaIi . In connection with the two-gam� series between PLU a n d the Uni· versity of Hawaii Dec. 8-9, your Alumni Association is oifeling a one-week tonI' to the Islands a: bargain rates.

Under the direction of Alumru Director Harvey Neufeld, the tou. will leave Seattle-Tacoma airport Dec. 2 and return Dec. 9. The cost is only $249 round trip and Hill includes seven night in an air-con ditioned room in the Holiday Ish Hotel on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu.

Make reservations, along with a deposit of $25 per person to TOURS , Alumni House, PLU .

Frosty Greets 28 Lettermen As Lutes Gear For '72 Grid Season When the 1 972 graduation plug was pulled, Pacific Lutheran's inte­ rior offensive line was swept away with only one starter spared, yet new head coach Frosty Westering bouyantly views the upcoming sea­ son with enthusiasm. Surrounded by 28 returning let­ terme n, Westering will introduce the multiple split-wing T offense to Luteville, where the Wishbone T and Slot I formations have been on display in recent years. The Lutes, 5-4 last year with a one-third share of the Northwest Conference title, have defensive depth plus accomplished running backs and receivers . The crucial

Dave Harshman Joins Athletic Staff at PLU Dave Harshman, scion of o n e of Pacific Lutheran U niversity's most prominent athletic families, joins the PLU athletic department staff this month, it was announced by Dr. David M. Olson, chairman of the chool of Physical Education Ha rshman, 25, a two sport standout in his undergraduate days at Washington State, will coach PLU's j u nior varsity basketball team and assist with the training duties in addition to pursuing a graduate studies program . Son of Marv Harshman, former Lute athlete and coach, now head basketball coach at the University of Washington, D ave graduated from Pullman High School where he was first team All-State in both baseball and basketball, earning All-American honorable mention recognition in the latter sport. At Washington State, Harshman earned three baseball letters and one basketball monogram. A sec­ ond baseman and outfielder, Dave was an honorable mention All­ Coast selection in the diamond sport. Harshman comes to PLU from Waitsburg High School, where he served as head basketball coach and assistant football coach. In 1 9 7 1 Harshman coached the Wash­ ington State junior varsity baseball team .

quarterback job is up for grabs while incoming freshmen and transfers will have to produce to bring the offensive line up to standard. Rising to the surface is another strong running machine, a Lute trademark, led by seniors Don McPherson a nd Dan Pritchard . McPherson churned out 636 yards last year, a 4 . 6 average per carry, while Pritchard, a 220-pound pile driver, has bulled his way for 1 , 3 3 0 yards i n three seasons. I n addi­ tion, Frank Spear and Rich Kout­ chak are capable leather carriers. Frank Spear Sr. '50 is a former Lute star. Top candidates for the quarter­ back position vacated by Jim Had­ land were Tom O'Rourke and Rick Finseth until O'Rourke was felled by mononucleosis two weeks a go . Now much i s likely to depend on Finseth, a sophomore, who was a drop-back p assing sensation in his prep days in Vancouver, B. C . I n a wide-open attack, the Lutes will throw with frequency, often in the direction of co-captain Ira Hammon, a split end who gathered in 19 tosses last year for 3 13 yards. Other prime targets are Dave Greenwood, Mike Tomal a nd Wingback John Amidon. Dave Cornell, a transfer from Columbia Basin Junior College, will battle for the tight end spot . Graduation cleaned house in the interior line and Westering will build around j unior George Van Over, a 245-pound tackle . Former Olympic College standout Jim Saxwold (2 10) has a good shot at a guard position while freshmen must help fill the void. At center, the frosh have the inside track with Les Bennett (220), Ron E ilers (205), and Kurt Nowadnick ( 1 90) the top prospects. Kurt is the son of former Lute gridder George '52. Defensively the Lutes have size and know-how at tackles with Rick Bowles (230), Bruce Reikow (2 10) and Bob Jones (230) leading the parade. Quantity a nd quality are also evident at the end position, where Don Poier (2 1 0), Dave Ben­ nett ( 2 10), Bill Sims ( 205) and Bob Womack (200) discourage traffic. The linebacker delegation is led by Glenn Davis (205), Little All­ Northwest selection. Other veter­ ans include Charlie Evans ( 1 95),

PLU coaches discuss plans for 1972 football season, which gets underway Sept. 23. From left, Paul Hoseth, Joe Broeker, Forrest "Frosty" Westering and Duane Oyler.

Terry Griffith ( 1 75), and Jim Breh­ mer ( 1 95) who doubles as a field goal specialist. In the secondary it is a grab-bag for experience with Al Schlecht, Greg Collman, Mark Clinto n , Bob Holloway, Doug Ruecker and Kurt Snow all combat veterans . Senior John Oberg is passing up the grid­ iron this year to concentrate his

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"The President's Own ," The United States Marine Band, will appear in concert at Olson Auditorium on Monday. Oct. 9 at 8 : 15 p .m. Sponsored by the Lute Club, the Red Coats are an assemblage of forty-five of the country 's finest virtuosos. General admission tickets, priced at $2.00 for adults, $l.00 for students, are on sale at Lakewood Record & Book, The Brass Ear, Ted Brown M.usic (downtown ) , and at PLU.

energies on track. The Lutes open the season against Whitworth in Spokane Sept. 23. The following week they entertain California Lutheran in a n 8 p .m. game at Franklin-Pierce Stadium. The Homecoming game against Whitman Oct. 14 kicks off the NorthWest Conference race for the Lutes.

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PLU Radio Station Ups Power; To Reach 2 Million Listeners

Professor Reigstad Authors Study Of Norwegian Novelist Rolvaag

What in the world is public ra­ dio? More than two million Puget Sound area listeners in seven coun­ ties will have an opportunity to become more familiar with it this fall. KPLU-FM at Pacific Lutheran U niversity, a member of National Educational Radio and National Public Radio has begun installa­ tion of a transmitter that will in­ crease the station's power from 10 watts to 40,000 watts. The increase will rank KPLU­ FM, 88. 5 mhz as the second most powerful non - commercial radio outlet in the Northwest, exceeded only by the U niversity of Washing­ ton radio station.

As many authors know, some books simmer in the mind for years, even decades, before they are written . In the case of Prof. Paul Reigstad of PLU, his new book, Rolvaag, His Life and Art, carries the flavor of a lifetime of interest in and study of the famed Norwegian-American novelist. Both of Reigstad's parents had studied Norwegian language and literature under O. E . Rolvaag at St . Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., shortly after the turn of the centu­ ry. In 1927, when Reigstad was six years old, Rolvaag's most famous novel, Giants in the Earth , was published and became a frequent household topic. ' During his own undergraduate years at St. Olaf, before World War II , Reigstad was a classmate of Karl Rolvaag, the novelist's son, who went on to become governor of Minnesota and then ambassador to Iceland under Kennedy. As a graduate student during the mid-50's, Reigstad selected Rolvaag as the subject of his doc­ toral dissertation. He saw then the possibilities for a book, as only one volume has previously been pub­ lished about the novelist. But Reigstad realized he would have to study Norwegian to read Rolvaag's novels in their original language. He also felt he should visit the land of the novelist's birth and child­ hood years. Reigstad, who has served on the English faculty at Pacific Lutheran

Droj:!ramming currently run­ ning from 5 p . m . to midnight daily, will be increased to 18 hours daily as automated equipment is in­ stalled, according to Judd Dough­ ty, director of broadcast services at PLU. The KPLU-FM broadcast sched­ ule will emphasize fine music, news, educational and public af­ fairs programs. Empbasis will be placed on local programming with the station making its resources available to a variety of community cultural, educational and public service groups, Doughty indicated . KPLU-FM also broadcasts pro­ grams prepared by National Public Radio, Deutsche Welle Radio Ger­ many, U nited Press International and Canadian, British and South

African Broadcasting Corpora­ tions. In May the station began its first programming in stereo with live broadcasts of PLU Symphony Or­ chestra and band concerts. At present, the station's signal covers a radius of only 1 1 miles. As of September. its programming will be beamed into Pierce, King, Thurston, Mason, Lewis, Snohom­ ish and Kitsap counties. "This is a major step in the uni­ versity's effort to serve the com­ m unity as an educational, cultural and public service resource, " PLU President Eugene Wiegman said. "We hope our good neighbors in the Puget Sound community will join with us in taking advantage of this new capability," he added. Approval for the new power capability and construction permit were issued by the Federal Com­ munications Commission.

Attention Parents: If this magazine is ad­ dressed to your son or daughter who no longer maintain a permanent ad­ dress at your home, please clip off the address label and return it with the correct address to the Alumni House, Pacific Lutheran University. Thank you kind­ ly for helping us to update our records.

Calendar Of PLU Events Artist Series 1972-7l Sept. 29 - William Warfield , baritone Oct. 28 - Obernkirken Childrens Choir Nov. 10 - Johann Strauss Ensemble of the Vienna Symphony Jan. 1 1 - The Romeros, " royal family of Spanish guitar" April 29 - National Shakespeare Company production of " King Lear" Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13 - Istvan Nadas, Hungarian pianist (Nadas will per­ form all of Beethoven 's piano sonatas and will give three lectures on Beethoven 's works during the six-week series. ) For purchase of A rtist Series season tickets write Artist Series, University Cen­ ter ticket oIflCt·, PLU, or call LE 1-6900 e.�l. 403. Entire series is $10; Nadas con­ cert only, 5. Single admission price, $3; Nadas concerts, $1 .25. • • •

Drama Season 1972-73 Oct. 19-21 - "Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare Oct. 26-28, Nov. 2-4 - " PinOCchio, " Child­ ren's Theatre Nov. 16-18 - "A Company of Wayward Saints" Jan. 26, Feb. 16, Feb. 22 - "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Mari­ golds" Jan. 25, Feb. 17, Feb. 24 - "You're So Full of What's Right, You Can't See What's Good ! " Jan. 27, Feb. 15, 18, 23, 2 5 - "You ' re A Good Man, Charlie B rown ! " Mar. 1-3, 8-10 - "The Brave Little Tai­ lor ! " Children's Theatre Mar. 15-17 - " Hadrian the Seventh"

Campus Conc e rts 1972-73 Oct. 13 - Homecoming Concert Oct. 24 - University Symphony Orchestra Concert Nov. 2 - University Concert Band Fall Concert Nov. 7 - Contemporary Music Concert

Nov. 17 - Marjorie Lepley Piano Recital Dec. 8, 9, and 10 - Christmas Festival Concert Jan. 19 - Faculty Trio Jan. 22 - California Lutheran Choir and Orchestra Jan. 27 - Music Theatre Jan. 29 - University Symphony Orchestra Concert Feb. 9 and 10 - Opera WorksIlop Feb. 13 - Knapp duo piano recital Z;'eb. 15, 18, 23, 25 - Music Theatre March 3 - Uusitalo duo Mar h 9 - Contemporary Music Concert March 20 - University Symphony Orches­ tra Concert March 25 - Los Angeles City College Band April 3 - Choir of the West H mecoming Concert April 10 - Chamber Music Recital April 12 - University Chorale Homecom­ ing Concert May 3 - University Concert Band Spring Concert May 6 - Choir of the West Concert May 8 - University Symphony Orchestra Concert May 10 - Contemporary Music Concert May 12 - University Symphony Orchestra and Choir Of The West Concert May 17 - POP CONCERT May 26 - Graduation Concert Unless otherwise indicated, all events be­ gin at 8 : 15 P.M.

1973 Spring Concert Tour Choir of the West March 21 - Spokane, Wash. March 22 - Mis30ula, Mont. March 23 - Great Falls, Mont. March 24 - Havre, Mont. March 25 - Billings, Mont. March 26 - Rapid City, S. Dak. March 27 - Denver, Colo. March 28 - Grand Junction, Colo. March 29 - Salt Lake City, Utah March 30 - Boise, Idaho March 31 - Pendleton, Ore. April 1 - Walla Walla, Wash. (Afternoon) Richland, Wash. ( Evening)

April 2 - Portland, Ore. April 3 - Homecoming Concert - PLU Football 1972 Sept. 23 - Whitworth, 1 : 00 p.m., Spokane Sept. 30 - California Lutheran, 8 : 00 p.m., Horne 1 : 30 Oct. 7 - Pacific, (League Day ) p.m., Horne Oct. 14 - Whitman, (Homecoming) 1 : 30 p . m . , Horne Oct. 21 - Wil mette, 1 : 30 p.m. , Salem, Ore. Oct. 28 - C llege of Idaho, 1 : 30 p.m., Caldwell, Jd. Nov. 4 - Lewis & Clark , 1 . 30 p.m . , Port­ land, Ore. Nov. 11 - Linfield (Dad 's Day ) , 1 : 30 . m. , Home Nov. 18 - U of Puget Sound , 1 : 30 p.m., Horne

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University since 1947 and is now chairman of the division of human­ ities , was granted a year's sabbati­ cal leave from the university in 1966. He spent most of that year in Norway. The author has also been able to draw on a store of unpublished Rolvaag materials, many of them gleaned during a week-long visit with Rolvaag's widow in 1956. The concern of Reigstad's study, in his own words, is "with Rolvaag the novelist, rather than with Rol­ vaag the historian or prophet of acculturation. " Rolvaag's novels are examined in a biographical context which reveals the forces and influences which shaped his artistic development . D uring his sabbatical research, Reigstad was assisted by grants from the American Philosophical Society, the American-Scandinavi­ an Foundation and the American Lutheran Church. His book was published by the University of Nebraska Press .

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Basketball 1972-73 Dec. 1 - Central Washington, There Dec. 2 - Simon Fraser, HOME Dec. 6 - Service Team ( Hawaii ) , There Dec. 8 & 9 - University of Hawaii, There Dec. 15 - St. Martins, HOME Dec. l3 - St. Martins, 1'here Jan. 2 - Seattle Pacific, There Jan. 5 - Lewis & Clark, HOME Jan. 6 - Whitworth, HOME Jan. 12 - Linfield, There Jan. 13 - Pacific, There Jan. 15 - Oregon College of Ed., HOME Jan. 20 - Willamette, HOME Jan. 23 - U. of Puget Sound, HOME Jan. 27 - Pacific, HOME Feb. 2 - College of Idaho, There Feb. 3 - Whitman, There Feb. 5 - U. of Alaska, HOME Feb. 9 - Linfield, HOME Feb. 12 - Central Washington, HOME Feb. 15 - Willamette, There Feb. 16 - Lewis & Clark, There Feb. 19 - College of Idaho, HOME Feb. 23 - Whitman, HOME Feb. 26 - Whitworth, There. (ALL HOME GAMES START AT 7 : 30 p.m.)

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A lu mn i A ss ocia tion of Pac ific L utheran Universi ty

Homecoming '72-Excitenlent, Nostalgia PLU's lll'72 Homecoming was a time for storytelling. Comedian Bill Cosby ( below ) kept OI54)n o\uditorium filled with laughter with his school days memories. Author John McCallum's 'Gladiator' anecdotes were the highlight of the alumni banquet. And each returning alum bad stories to tell and recall . See pp. 2, 3, 4, 6.

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l\lumni Return For 1 972 Homecoming Reunions

Rehashing campus memories from 40 years ago were from left, Rev. Tbeodor Gulhau­ gen ( ' 16 i of Parkland. C larence Lund ( '27 ) of Gig Harbor, Carl Coltom ( '26 ) 01 Parkland. Millard Quayl e ( '31) or Battleground, Nina ( O ksness '27) Johnson of Parkland, Muriel (W atts '32) Velton of Salem, Ore., and Bertha (Olson '27 ! Totten of Long Beach, Calif. Mrs . ToUen was born on campus. Her father, an engineer, began work here in 1909.

Remembering old times at the 1937 reunion were from left, Henry 015o)n ( '37 ) of Park­ land and Fred Heany ( '38) of U n iversity Place.

I nspecting a new Alumni House mural were Class of '52 returnees from left. Beverly (Sjoboen ) Blcasdale of Tacoma, George and Phyllis ( Isvick) N owadnick of Snohomish, and Gloria ( Julte ) and Roy Virak of Tacoma.

Former PLU gridders and t heir wives, paying their first visit to the Alumni House, were from left, Mr. and Mrs. George ( Edna Wilson ',12 ) Thorleifson '42 of Edmonds and !\Ir. and Mrs. Erling ( Fern Dahl '47 ) Holand '47 of Bothell.

Surveying the campus from the Administration Building are Mr. ami Mrs. Johll (Mildred Van Buren '56 ) Olden '57, left, of Renton, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert ( M ary Reinertson x'59) Monson '57 of Ephrata.

Visiting al Ihl' AIUmn! nolUSC \l Cft' ffom I -fl, (j rrard CarlSlrllm [ '52 1 'If Olympia. CarllI ( H a3Vik '40 ) Tilmm.. r .... lk of Parkland and nnrolhy I Ulr un 't2 : Hnnhn1an (Ir �,'al ,.

Among Ih 1961 n�turncc' \\ere Irllm I ,rl. \lr . and . Irs. Phil ( Knr n WUf.'�1 1 . '!lrth Bend. Ore .. and PCler Wind-rling uf Tacoma.

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Haines, Iverson Rate Alumnus Of The

Year Honors

A Cal ifornia research scientist and a local school teacher were the recipi nts of Alumnus of the Year awards at the annual PLU Homeoming banquet Saturday, Oct. 14_ Dr. Richard Haines of Los Altos, Calif., and Roger Iverson of Gig Harbor accepted the honors, pre­ sented on behalf of the Alumni Association by association presi­ dent Ron Lerch. Dr. Haines, who received a bach­ elor's degree in psychology from PLU is 1 960, is a member of the research team assigned to t he space program at Ames Research Center in Los Altos. He has de­ signed experiments dealing with briefing and debriefing of astro­ naut crews. Pre ently he is engaged in re­ :-earch and design of spacecraft i nt eriors as weil as experiments c oncerning commercial airline anti -collision warning procedures. Haines earned both his masters and doctors d e greE'S at Michigan State Universiiy. He has published . dentifi e. articles in 30 j ournals dUJ'lOg 1h past 1 0 years a nd e­ cenlly completed a boo k entitled. , What Lies e d." Iverson . a t acher at Peninsula HIgh kchool in Gig Harbor w h o also S TV d t h e school for 12 years ru basketbal l co ach, was elected thiS past spring to t he National A:. ciali on of Intercollegiate Ath· let ics nall of Fame. Iverson is PLC's second leading basketball 'corer f all time and sparked four rips 0 the natIOnal NAIA PL Ollmamen t from 1 9 56-59. He was l1:lmed to the all-tournament team in 1957 and 1 9 59. Last " ear he was also named to the l1-timc NAIA all-tournament tea m .

Alumni Association president Ron Lerch, left, presents Alumnus of the Year citation to Roger Iverson . . .

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Planning, Placen1ent Office Plans Alumni Service In the mid- '60's, the nation's job market had an overabundance of openings. At Pacific Lutheran University, as at most colleges. interviewers often flocked to the doors f the graduates. With a bit of luck, a graduate would often come up with four or five solid job offers. The only diffi­ cu lty came in deciding which offer looked best. In the past three years there bas been a rather severe turnabout in the employment situation. An in­ creasing number of alumni have had difficulty in locating an ade­ quate job.

plied with job candidates at pre­ sent, has maintained the highest placement percentage in the state of Washington under the direction of coordinator John Hanson ( ' 62). However, these fields account f r, at best, 50 per cent of PLU's graduates. Many of the rest have had increasing difiicul . in locat­ ing an adequate J o b , in some cases because they lack a definitive skill. Even some masters degree gradu­ ates in the social sciences have had difficulty locating a position they feel is commensurate with their ability.

There are, of course, some fields that PLU gradua tes do find rela­ tively open in the employment market. These include medical fields, accounting and some busi­ ness-related occupations. Even the PLU School of Education, working in a field that is vastly oversup-

Christmas Festival Concert at PLU eatures Vaughn Williams' 'Hodie' "T his Day (H odie)," a Christmas cantata by ' Ralph V aughn Wil­ liams will be featured during Pa­ cific Lut.heran University' s annual Chnstmas Festival Concert. Per­ formances of the traditional holi­ day event WIll be offered Dec. 8, 9 and 1 0 in Olson Auditorium at 8:

1 5 p.m. The work. written for soloists.

mIxed chorus and orchestra, in­ cludes words from the Gospels, the vespers for Christmas Da ' and other -ources. Participating will be the Choir of the West, Maurice Skones, di rector: the University C horale and University Singers, Edward Harmic, director: and the Universi­ ty Symphony Orchestra, Jerry Kracht, conductor. "Hodie" ' s considered to be one of Vaughn Williams most radiant work . It was written nearly 20 years ago when the composer was in his 82nd year, and he conducted i ts first performance at the Three Choirs Festival at Worcester Ca­ thedral in September 1 9 5 4 . The predominant mood o f " H od­ ie" is one of j oyful exhuberance, but 't is not on the surface alone.

The final chorus. to Milton' s words. is a universal vision of peace for all seasons, and as so of­ ten in other works, Vaughn Wil­ liams has chosen words which asso­ ciate the art of music with this ide­ al. ; ' Hodie" has been described as the music of goodwill, from the heart and mind of a great English visionary. Ticket orders shOUld be sent to Christmas Festival Concert, M usic Department, PLU. For alumni liv­ ing nearby, tickets may also be picked up at the University Center ticket office. Cbri tmas Festiva l C oncert Ticket Order F orm

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Tim Brooks

To more adequately deal with needs in a tightened job market, the PLU Career Planning and Placement Office has expanded its services under the direction of Tim Brooks . Services are provided in three general areas, according to Brooks. The first is career planning. Many un dergraduates particularly are not fully aware of the fields i n which openings are plentiful o r of those that have become increasing­ ly closed to new applicants. Coun­ seling offered through the Career Planning Office is intended to fo­ cus attention in these areas and to make accurate estimates of job market situations in the future. This service is available to alumni as well as undergraduates. The second is to develop good job search techniques among those graduates who have decided what

type of position they wish to find. This area was sorely neglected in recent years when j obs were plen­ tifu l, Brooks indicated. In fact , there are still many sin­ cere j o b seekers who sit back wait­ ing for the offer to come to them, he ob erved . Brooks has been working With alumni on a one-to-one basis in this area . But the demand for this serv­ ice has been so great that a series of informal group sessions wiil be conducted during January and anytime thereafter when the need . arises. These seSSIOns will be open to both alumni and undergrad uates. Material to be covered will include preparing for j ob search, defining sources of job information, writing cover letters and resumes, and in­ terview techniques. Two experi­ mental sessions of this type have already been tried with members of the senior class. Results have been excellent, Brooks reported. The final area of service. of course, is the maintenance of a continuing current file on job openings. M ost of these positions at present are obtained through the many contacts the university has in the empioyment community. The Place nent Office has also re­ cently been allowed to join the Washington State Employment Office's Job Bank. This provides approximately 500 job openings of all sorts. Brooks is also making a deter­ mined effort to encourage alumni who are currently employed to as­ sist in this area. " M any of our alumni who are successful in their respective fields occasionally be­ come aware of j ob opportunities ," he said "If these opportunities are passed on to this office, they could be disseminated to other qualified alumni who have registered with this offIce. " A s a result o f increased commu­ nication with alumni this year, several unemployed graduates have found work in their area of interest. Brooks is confident th� trend will continue . For additional information con­ cerning career pJanning and place­ ment contact Tim Brooks, Career Planning and Placement, Universi­ ty Center, PLU, Tacoma, Washing­ ton 98447.

Our Founding Fathers' Legacy : Daring To Be Different

Homecoming TiIne of Celebration By Ronald Lerch Presi dent PLU Alumni Association What does the word "Home­ coming" mean to you? Does it pro­ ject joy? Excitement? Nostalgia" A time of celebration? For me, PLU Homecoming-'72 was all of these things and many more. Homecoming was the joy of renewing old acquaintances with PLU facuIty members and friends, many of whom I had not seen for a long time (including my former babysitter ) . It was the excitement of seeing a very good PLU football team roll to an impressive victory over Whitman College, It was the . nostalgia of hearing about the ex­ ploits of the gladiators of old (PLU variety, that is) in the Golden Era of Athletics at PLU so ably told by storyteller extraordinaire, Mr. John McCallum. It was the thrill of presenting awards of "Alumnus of the Year" to Roger Iverson-'59 and Dr. Richard Haines-'60 both of whom have brought honor to them­ selves and to PLU, and cf present­ ing a special service citation to our alumni ambassador throughout the

For a complimentary copy of "Mllking Your Will' or infonnation on · life-income plans, contact Ed Larson '57, Development Office, Pacific Lutheran University,

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world , "Mr. PLU" - Milt Nesvig. ( The standing ovation that Milt received was especially thrilling. ) Homecoming was the fun of listen­ ing to Mr. Bill Cosby reflect on his own school days. It was the cele­ bration of returning to one's alma mater and having the chance to reflect on what it means to have been able to attend a university like Pacific Lutheran. It was the chance to thank God for all the blessings that we have received that we so often take for granted . Someone once said, "PLU is a small school but there are those of us that love it ! " I think that this statement reflects the feelings of many of us about PLU and well it should. Next time you have a chance to go back to PLU, take the opportunity to do so. ' ,

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At our fall board meeting at Holden Village two alumni were elected members-at-Iarge to the Alumni Board. They are Chaplain Paul Running of Gig Harbor. Wash., and Dr. Jeff Probstfield of Minneapolis, Minn. We welcome these two new board members and look forward to working with them. Also at the Holden i l lage meet­ ing. Dr. Christy Ulleland was elect­ ed 1st vice-president ( chairman elect) and Mr. Jerry Dodgen was elected 2nd vice-president. A com­ plete list of all board members is shown elsewhere in this isue of Scene.

By Dr, Eugene Wiegman President Pacific Lutheran University ( Editor's note: The following mes­ sage was presented by President Wiegman at PLU's Founder'S Day observance Oct. 13, 19'72) , Visualize with me this picture: a band of serious-looking Norwegi­ an immigrants, 12 in number, seat­ ed in a lantern-lit room, with a document before thenl on the ta­ ble. The year is 1890. They have gathered for one reason : to draft and sign a charter giving birth to Pacific Lutheran University. Our founders were stout-hearted Norwegian pioneers, fresh from the East and the old country. They were in the act of planning a uni­ versity - even before building home, church or community. Poor in means but rich in spiri t, they sat for many a long evening and wrote a constitution that has guid­ ed us for 82 years. Let me quote from that document : " The object and purpose of the trustees of said Pacific Lutheran University Association and their successors shall be to found, estab­ lish and maintain a University or College and shall build and cause to be built and erected the neces­ sary buildings on the said sections for the purpose of educating and giving instruction to the youth of this stat e, and any and all other states and countries who may w· to avail themselves of the oppor­ tunities offered, upon such terms and regulations as may be pre­ scribed by the trustees . " It i s hard to look back four­ score years and tell precisely what

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Emeritus B y Harvey Neufeld Di rect or o f Alumni Relations

Emeritus (past participle of emerere - to obtain by service , to complete one's term ) . "Holding after retirement (as from profes­ sional or academic office) an hon­ orary title corresponding to that held during active service . . .often used post.:positively (professor emeritus) and sometimes convert· ed to 'emeriti ' after a plural sub­ stantive ( professors emeriti ) . " Old soldiers never die. They just fade away. But old professors don't even do that. They show up at basketball games, concerts and homecomings. This paragraph to­ day is a short tribute to those ter­ rific people.

My thought is triggered by two things. First, I was deeply moved by the superb attendance of PLU's faculty emeriti during Homecom­ ing '72. Second, I've just concluded a short Thanksgiving visit with my parents, both of whom are healthy and alert , both nearing three score years and ten. Dad is a principal emeritus. In each of these instances the feeling of family is very deep. Sometimes in the presence of this elite corps of emeriti we stand reproved , enlightened, but particu­ larly in awe of their integrity and dedication. We are never bored. For even the repetitious conversa­ tions are a tribute to the things they remember best - their stu­ dents. They remember them best because they loved them the most.

And while they respected all of their pupils, particularly they re­ call those who did well beyond all expectations. Perhaps they re­ member the Chinese proverb, "The good teacher is always mea­ sured by the number of students who have surpassed him." In many ways these emeriti are much like other folks their age, They are white-haired, thinning or bald, Their perfect health is not so perfect anymore. Their bones ache, will be aching, or have ached, They are story-tellers, ad­ visors, babysitters, family histori­ ans and philanthropists, They af­ finn their grandsons to be a chip off the old block and their grand­ daughters to be the very image of the beauty of grandmother. And why not? It's true. isn't it? Sometimes I think we will never have a generation of emeriti again as we do now, Teachers retiring in this decade will probably be the last of those whose education was won over incredible obstacles. Few in the 1980's will remember the Depression. These emeriti of ours grew up in a world when a man could buy all the potatoes he could carry for a quarter, when the won­ der drugs were Castor Oil and camphor. Their salary was often paid in kind, not cash. Teaching 1820 hours a week with little or no benefit to one's family had a way of developing character, PLU has always been at the

cutting edge of character develop­ ment. And rightly so. Teaching that would lay any claim at all to distinction must exert the influence of personality upon personality rather than merely impart a set of facts. No one could argue that our emerti professors and administra­ tors have not influenced positively and perhaps for eternity the char­ acter of those stUdents with whom they came in contact from day to day. What are they all doing now? Their quality of life we hope reo mains much the same, From time to time We hear from them as they give us information about former students for the alumni magazine. For those that were orators we find that they still speak with pre­ cision and vigor. For those that were musiCians, we see them strike 'as true a note as they have. Those that taught English still write as superbly and articulately as before. And those who were administrators move with the same precision and astuteness that they had when they were at PLU. True, the object of their organiza­ tion ·and their speeches and their music may now be a different cir­ cle of friends or even a form of hobby or gardening. Nevertheless, they continue to do as well as ever. We think our emeriti are tops. They've (arned our respect and we salute them. God be with them. P.S. Why not include them on your Christmas card list?

the founders had in mind when they literally created Pacific Lu­ theran University out of nothing. It is difficult to judge the events of their day, and still more difficult to interpret those historical events and apply them to 1972. But if we are to avoid the admonition, "Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it," then we must look closely to the lessons our founding fathers wrote. This band of Norwegian immi­ grants purchased land on the prairies of Parkland on which to build a University. They had a dream and sensed a mission ; they were determined, come what may, to establish a place of learning for their sons and daughters. Why they located in the cornfield of Parkland, in those days a great distance from downtown Tacoma, is open to conjecture. Several reasons are advanced, one of which is predominant : to escape from the worldliness of the growing sea.:port Tacoma. The farm prairie was a safer setting for students than the urban center. Our founders must have consi­ dered the plight of innocent coeds, unaccustomed to the evils of their day. They may also have desired to protect young men from card playing, drinking, carousing and IlOOI. aybe they worned about the improprieties of the faculty, and their temptation to enter local politics, Possibly they thought about protecting the President from the press, and foolish state­ ments. Ultimately, they were con­ cerned with protecting everyone at PLU from the evils of " the dance." Ever on their lips was the Old Testament admonition , "My son, if sinners entice thee, flee and consent thou not . " A modern trans­ lation wQuld be, "get thee down to Parkland." And they did. Parkland was a place where an immigrant people could be at peace with themselves, live their own culture, speak their own language, extol their own vir­ tues and raise their children as they saw fit. But, for a dream to become reaUty, it must be molded by ac­ tion, To write a charter is one thing. To enroll students, secure a faculty, and erect a building is something else. If you read the his­ tory of Old Main (Harstad Hall ) and the tenacity of our first presi­ dent, Bjug Harstad , you will know how people outside their culture became acquainted with classic Norwegian stubbornness. Despite the fact that they had no money, faced a national depression and a schism in the church and lived in a wilderness, the University opened its door to the first class in 1894. And so the University was begun. If we ended our look at these immigrants with this scant review of facts, we would do them a grave injustice. We would not contribute to a better understanding of our history and destiny if we failed to explore the motives of these found­ ing fathers. We would be guilty of "ignoring history at the peril of repeating it." First, our founding fathers had a purpose for laying the corner­ stone of this university: to provide a unique education for their child­ ren. They were driven to this ac­ tion by a belief that conquered the unconquerable. Their beliefs led them to run where only the strong dare go. What was this belief? What caused them to sacrifice, toil, sweat and eventually conquer this harsh frontier? I think it was this: They believed - without reserva­ uon-- ihat they were God's people

called to do God's work. Not once in our early history did men question that they bad a Christian mission in Parkland, This resolve bade them to be different, to be distinctive, to care more for the blessing of God than the approval of men, They believed they were a special people, chosen by God to do his will. It '("(IS so hl'nrr.s,' th"y /}('/iI'vl'd il. That is their history and their contribution to Pacific Lutheran University. What of us today? What shall we write in the history of Parkland and PLU? Do we - as our fathers - dare to be different, unique and distinctive? We claim to be, It says so in our catalog , We say we are a community of Christian professors and scholars, and therefore we are somehow different from other in­ stitutions of higher learning, Possi­ bly so, but there are over 500 col­ leges in America that classify themselves as Christian or church­ related. Are we different because we carry the name of the Great Re­ former, Martin Luther? There are over 50 such colleges and universi­ ties in tbe United States alone which trace their heritage to Lu­ ther and his Reformation. Are we different because of academic ex­ cellence? � ost colleges make some claim to this elusive com­ modity, from Harvard to Parsons. Is it our understanding of individu­ al freedom? Others have shown us equal ways of using our freedom, not least of which are the Quakers. What distinguishes us then? What is our legitimate claim? I have, like some of you, puz­ zled over this dilemma and searched for an answer. I am in­ creasingly convinced that our an­ swer lies in our heritage, in those good Norwegian immigrants who started this school. Their answer, and our answer, is found in the history of God's people and in pages as old as man himself. It emerges in the Word of God, time and again. That answer is this: God calls us to be His peo­ ple, to be peculiar and unique, set aside to do His Will , yet a part of this world to live as men. It is that simple. We are unique because God has made us unique, Our foun­ dation is built on nothing less than this, and upon our belief in God's promise, "You are my people, I have called you by a holy name and made you apart from the worl d . " By believing this, w e are stamped as a different and unusual · people. Lest we become swelled with pride, we need only remem· ber that God chose us and did it. in Luther's words, "without any mer· it or worthiness in us " Not by our deeds did He call us, but by his love through Jesus Christ His Son. This is the incomparable mystery, and this is our bleSSing. Eighty-two years ago our foun· ders believed this promise : "You are God's people and you shall do his work, " My hope is t.hat we can write that promise again, here at Pacific Lutheran University and also in the world, We must write today with different tools, but we can do so only if we share the spiro it which nurtured this institution, W e must go forth convinced of our adoption by God and of our person· aI worth to him and to mankind. In doing so, we shall write our own history as God's people, and generations yet to come can cele· brate our successes in every field, They will honor us for our belie! and for our actions. This is God's promise to you, and to me, and to our children tomorrow .

AIunlni Around The World 1942 KENNETH M. JOHNSON has been named acting principal of Northgate High School in Seattle, Wash. He had been principal of Lowell School since 1969. Mrs. Johnson is the former ALALIE FOSsa '45. 1949 EDWARD W. RANDALL was a DemocraUC candidate for Wash­ ington State Senator from the 25th District. He has served more than :IJ years in the Air Force and taught in the Tacoma School Dis­ bict since retiring from the Air Force. He and his wife, Evelyn, are residing in Puyallup. 1953 JAMES EARL WILLIAMSON received a Doctor of Education degree from the U. of Arizona in September, 1972. He is married to former JACQUELINE NELSON .

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1955 ALLEN L. MOEN obtained his Ph.D. in physics in 1968 from Washington State U. He is current­ ly chairman of the physics depart­ ment at Central College in Pella, lao He has been a member of that department since 1963. He and his wife, JULIA (BRUNNER '58) have three children. 1957 DR. WALTER CAPPS has been selected as one of the 25 outstand­ mg teachers of religion in Ameri· can colleges and universities by the Society for Re\i.gion in Higher Education. Dr. Capps is associate professor of religion and director of the Center for Religious Studies at the U. of California, Santa Bar· bara , and is married to former LOIS R. GRIMSRUD '59. REV. RICHARD NIEMAN is now pastor at Our Saviour's Lu­ theran Church in Spokane, Wash. Dick is married to former STELLA ANDERSON '57. 1958 LCDR JON C. SOINE, business­ man in Everett, Wash., was re­ cently cited for recognition for completion of advanced study at LIIe National Security Seminar conducted by the Industrial College of the Armed Forces of Washing­ ton D.C . , conducted in Duluth, Minn. He is supply officer for the Naval Reserve Centers in Everett and Bellingham. BEA SCHEELE recently re­ signed from t.he Division of World Missions of the American Lutheran Church after serving in New Guin­ ea since 1961. She has taken em­ ployment at Holy Family Hospital in Spokane, Wash. as a nurse anes­ thetist on the staff. DAVID KNUTSON is assistant professor of religion at PLU, while his wife, former MARILYN FORCE '59, is a,resource teacher for Tacoma Public Schools. They have two children; Kari 7 and Kristofer 4. 1959 FRED WARNER, budget direc­ tor for the Tacoma Public Schools, was a non-partisan candidate for Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction this fall. REV. DAVID J. LUNDE is temporarily on leave from his par­ ish in Cambridge, Wis. He is doing graduate study at Southern Meth­ odist University in Dallas, Tex. 1960 REV. RICHARD G. PETERSON has moved from New Westminster, B.C., to assume pastoral duties at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in KirlrJand, Wash. He was installed Sept. 22. He had served parishes in Alberta and British Columbia for the past eigh t years. P astor Peter· son and his wife, .MURIEL have four child­ (SWENSON '61 ) , ren .

DR. KENNETH G. GILLILAND has opened a general practice of· fice in Escondido, Calif. He re­ ceived his MD from the U. W. Medical School in 1965 and was in private practice in Grass Valley for four years. Members of the ALC, Kenneth and his wife, JOANN (WALDOW '60 ) , have five children. 1961 SAM GANGE has been elected to the position of coordinator of counseling staff for the Counseling Center of California State U. at San Diego. Sam is residing in La Mesa. DARRYL TROEDSON was re­ cently promoted to marketing co­ ordinator, consumers products di­ vision, for 3M Company. Darryl and his wife, Martha, have just moved to Stillwater, Minn. , from S. Pasadena, Calif. KARL P . REITZ is a college professor and head of the math dept. at Chapman College in Or­ ange, Calif. He is currently serving as chairman of the international studies council and is on the execu­ tive committee. Karl is married to former JUDY JOHNSON '64. 1962 DICK HE LSTROM is revenue requirements administrator for R.C.A. Alaska Communications in Anchorage. His wife, NORMA (DAYHUFF '63), is finishing her second year as president of Cen­ tral Lutheran Church Women. ' They have three children ; Jeff B, Chris 4, and Julie 3. RAYMON H(} i living in Kennewick, Wash. He is teaching in the art department at Columbia Basin College. ARMY CHAPLAIN (CAPT. ) LORANCE O. SCHOENBERG re­ cently completed a nine-week chaplain officer basic course at the U.S. Army Chaplain School, Ft. Hamilton, N.Y. His wife, NELLIE M. (BREIMER '62 ) , is living in Evansville, Minn.

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DR. MARV FREDRICKSON is into his second year of internal medicine residency at the U. of Oregon Medical School. Following this year, he has been accepted for a two year fellowship in hematolo­ gy there. Marv is married to for­ mer CAROLE J. HAALAND '64 and they have a baby daughter, Berit Liv. MRS. A. RICHARD BUSH (RUTH HURD) has been named state director to the Montana Asso­ ciation of Real Estate Boards for 1972-75. She attended the National Association of Real Estate Boards Convention in Hawaii as the Mon­ tana delegate in November. Ruth and her husband have two child­ ren ; Traci and David. DR. DAVID KNIEFEL is in Raleigh, N.C., where he has been teaching education at the U . of N.C. for the past year. HOWARD N. LARSON is cur­ rently flying DC·9 jets as a first officer (co-pilot ) for Delta Airlines, the fourth largest air carrier in the U .S. He and his wife, Anica, are living in Hurst, Tex. and have one son, Erik. 1965 STEVE PRUD'HOMME is liv­ ing in Denver, Colo. He is prepar­ ing to go into military cha lainCy upon receiving his l\Iaster 0 Divin­ ity degree from Conservative Bap­ tist Seminary . He has one more year of study. Steve married an Arizona girl , Carolyn Carruth , in August of '70. JAMES M. COLLIER is a doc­ toral student in art history at the U. of Michigan. He received an MA in the same field from the U . of Oregon i n 1970. Jim taught art history at the U. of Missouri in 1970-71. He recently returned from a study of Renaissance Art in Flor­ ence, Italy, with his wife, Leah,

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PEELER LARRY MRS . (EILEEN SCHUTTE ) received a Masters degree in education from Seattle Pacific College in June, 1972. Her husband works for Bur­ roughs Company in the Seattle­ Tacoma area. They have two sons ; Mike 2 and Steve B mos. FRED R. EATON has been named as assistant administrator of Providence Hospital in Seattle. He was the former director of administrative services at Valley Medical Center in Fresno, Calif. He will have responsibility for the profeSSional service departments of the hospi tal. NORMA ZYLSTRA has recently become the new director of West­ minster Nursery School in Chehal­ is, Wash. The school is sponsored by Westminster Presbyterian Church where she is an active member. 1966 MARK MARKEN is a kinder­ garten teacher in ABC Unified School District, in Cerritos, Calif. where she has taught for the past two years. She previously taught for two years in Anchorage, Alaska and recently finished her fifth year in Hawaii. PHILLIP SCHUUR has been appointed controller for Mayfair Markets in Washington. He is a CP A and is currently living in Kent. REGINALD LAURSEN is a pro­ fessor at Luther College where he has been since Sept. of 1970. He obtained his Ph.D. from Washing­ ton State U. in August 1971. He and his wife, Jerilyn, have two child­ ren. EARL F. ECKLUND, JR. ob­ tained his Ph.D. from Washington State U. in August and is now as­ sistant professor of computer sci­ ence at Northern I llinois U. In August he gave a paper at the Col­ orado Number Theory Conference in Boulder on " Power Residues and Non-Residues in the Eisenstein Integers . " He is married to former FRAN M. CLIFTON '65. 1967 KAREN (KORSMO ) VIGELAND entered the Buffalo School of Medicine, State U . of New York this fall. 1968 PHILLIP RANHEIM entered the U. of Washington School of Medicine this fall. DALE NYBRO is living in Sta­ ten Island, N.Y. He is presently working as a therapy coordinator at a residential treatment center for boys, a branch of "Lutheran Community Services," and is also attending Long Island University graduate school. LINDA ALLEN is currently working with the sanctuary move­ ment in Bay area churches, Oak­ land, Calif. In the past year she has sung to audiences in Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, Australia , the Philippines, Okinawa, Sweden, England, Ireland, and the U.S. Linda is a singer-songwriter and plays the dulcimer, guitar and au­ toharp. After teaching for two years at Centre College in Danville, Ky., RICK CROUSE is currently work­ ing on his Ph. D. in theatre at Bowling Green State Univ. in Bowling Green, Ohio. 1969 RUSS DION recently accepted a promotion to head office salesman at Graybar Electric in Seattle. He had been working at the Tacoma branch of this firm since gradua­ tion. His wife, SHELLY (ROSE '69) continues to work as executive secretary in the School of Business at PLU. Future plans include a move to Federal Way in the next few months.

1970 and RONALD INGRID (KNUTZEN '70) GINTZ have moved to Orange, Calif. where Ron was transferred at the end of Julv. Ingrid is working at Century Data Systems. They hope to return to Wa shington eventually. PETER and JEAN (SWANSON '72) SWANSON are living in Mt. Vernon, Wash. where Peter is working at Skagit Valley Hospital. Jean is a part-time teacher in so­ cial studies at Mt. Vernon High School. JULIE (RADFORD) CROSS is working as a medical technologist at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. Her husband, Mike, is an electronic engineer working for a computer company in Anaheim. KAYE HALWAS recently had a visit to her home after a trip to Europe. She is currently a Navy nurse. PHILIP ABRAHAM is living in Ames, la. where he is currently a doctoral student at Iowa State U , i n the dept. of bacteriology. 1971 WILLIAM P. ZAN'DER is a second lieutenant in the U .S. A�my. He is currently working With NATO forces on a missile base in Northern Germany. CAROL ELLISON is into her second year of teaching German at Sebome High School after spending the summer in Europe working at the Summer Olympics in Munich. FRED JENSEN has been with First National Bank of Oregon since June, 1971 when he began his training at their Astoria branch. He was recently promoted to pro­ asst. cashier in the Installment Credit Loan De.pt. at the Tillamook branch. LEWIS E. SIMPSON recently left Wartburg Theological Semi­ nary after one year of studies to begin for a BAE in elementary educatIon at the U. of Wisconsin, Platteville. His wife, LYNN (BRATLIE '71) is teaching elemen­ tary school for her second year. .

1972 WA YNE SV AREN has accepted his first teaching position at Roundup High School in Roundup, Mont. He will be teaching English and speech. THOMPSON PATRICIA is teaching in the Central Kitsap School District in the Fairview Middle School in Silverdale, Wash. ROBERT RISCH is credit man­ ager at a local jewelry store in Tacoma. DIKKA SCHNACKENBERG i s enjoying a semester of relaxation in Tacoma . She is giving piano les­ sons to interested students. RALPH HARRIS is taking MNS courses here and teaching part­ time at Ft. Steilacoom Community College. He is also the new scout­ master at Trinity Lutheran Church. ROBERT HARTL is taking courses at PLU in preparation for actuarial exams. JUDY LEHDE has obtained a teaching position at Spanaway Jun­ ior High School in the Bethel Dis­ trict. SARAH LOU (WARD) KULUN­ GOWSKI is in Germany with her husband, Mike. She is living with a German family while he is on maneuvers and while their apart­ ment is being finished.

ARMY PRIVATE ROBERT R. WOOLERY completed eight weeks of Basic Training at the U.S. Army Training Center, Infantry, Ft. Polk, La. He received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, combat tactics, mili­ tary courtesy, military justice, first aid, and army history and traditions. NANCY A.�N (NELSON ) ENG­ LAND is currently teaching 1st and 2nd grades in the Bethel School District. Tacoma. Her hus­ ' band, Gordon, is at.tending Seattle U.

DAVID RASKIN is Management Trainee of the K-Mart in San Jose, Calif . , where he has been working since July. ROBIN GEORGE is currently teaching kindergarten at Garfield Elementary School in Toppenish, Wash.

M arriages June 21, 1970 : James M . Collier '65 to Leah R. Lively. August, 1970: Steve Prud'homme '65 to Carolyn Carruth . December 11, 1971 : Norman Eng­ lish to Margaret Richards x'71. June 16, 1972 : Gordon H. England to Nancy Ann Nelson '72. June 24, 1972 : Stan Hoobing '65 to Carol Kinzie. July B, 1972: Dale Nybro '68 to Ruth Kolbjornsen. July 8, 1972: Patrick D. O'Boyle to Judith T. Boon '70. July 29, 1972: David A. Olson to Barbara J. Samuelson '68. August, 1972 : Paul Richter '72 to Karen Binz. August 5, 1972 : Arthur H . Ruud '72 to Kathryn L. Hunt. August 5, 1972: Kenneth R. E bert to Ann Carruthers '72. August 12, 1972 : James D. Puttler '72 to Linda Gray Satra '72. August IB, 1972 : David E . Smith '72 to Margaret A. Dryver '72. August 19, 1972 : Franklin A. Wil­ son '72 to Marcia K. Taylor ' 7 1 . August 1 9 , 1972: George W . Wood '71 to Jean·Marie Olsen '72. August 19. 1972 : William Zabel '72 to Julie Williamson '71. August 20, 1972 : Peter M . Swanson '71 to Jean Ann Swanson '72. September, 1972: P hilip J. Lavik '72 to Christine E. Laird x'75. September, 1972: Ralph E. Cum­ :mins to Gayle Dickson '69. September 1, 1972: Rick Crouse '68 to Melissa A. Coe. September 9, 1972: Lowell M . An­ derson '71 to JoMarie Anderson '72. September 15, 1972 : David A . Ramey to Alice Landry '72. September 15, 1972 : David Q. Carl­ son '72 to Flavia V. Flaherty '72. October 14, 1972 : Mike Cross to Julie Radford '70.

Births Larry Peeler ( Eileen Schutte '65) son, Steve, born January . I, 1971, joins brother Mike 2. Gerald Fetterly (Anita Reimann '6 1 ) , son, Dennis Craig, born Octo­ ber 24, 1971. Gerald Dunlap '64 ( Maren Ris­ tuben '64 ) , son, Paul Vincent, born February 22, 1972. Marv Fredrickson Dr. '64 (Carole J. Haaland '64 ) , daughter, Berit Liv, born March 1 1 , 1972. A. Richard Bush (Ruth Hurd '64 ) , daughter, Traci Glynn, born March 13, 1972, joins brother David Verlin 21h . Mel Jangard, daughter, Jessica Anne, born March 15, 1972, jOins brothers, David and Brandt. Richard Kirsch ( Karen Cha)­ berg '62 ) , daughter, Konnie lone, born April 12, 1972, joins brother Kendal 3. Leif Dah) '61 (Carol Teslow ·52 \ . son, Thor Jeffrey, born July 28 , 1972, joins sister, Kristin Mari 3 . D r . John C . Oakley '68 (Shirley A. Craft '69 ) , son, John Chrbto­ pher, born August 9, 1972. Ralph Quaas (Ellen Laaback '62 ), daughter, Kari Elizalx. lh. born September 10, 1972. Tyler Coplen '66 (Anne Rryson '68 ) , daughter Sara Elisabeth, bo. n September 14, 1972. Thomas Brandt (Dianc Peter­ sen '6B), son, Boyd Thomas, born September 28, 1972. B ruce R. Christopherson '70 (Cathy Randolph - former staff ) , son, Eric Bruce, born October 6. 1972.

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Homecoming Reunions Cont.

Dr. Jason Boe, left, with son Brian and wife Kathryn. Sampling hors d'oeuvres a t the '62 reunion are from left, Karen ( Crusan ) Owens and

Connie (Willhite ) Orne of Parkland and Barbara (Ellefson) Eaton of Puyallup.

PLU Alumnus Is N ew President

of Oregon State Senate

Romecommg queens, Thelma ( Reeve '62) Hansoll, left, Ilnd Carol Two former PL ( Teslow '61 ) Dab l , chat with Milton Nesvig, assistant to the president for church rela­ tions and publications, and Carol's husband, LeU Dahl '61. Mrs. Hanson lives in Gig llarbor : the Dab l s reside in Pull man.

The newly-elected president of the 1 973 Oregon Senate is a Pacif­ ic Lutheran U niversity graduate, Dr. Jason Boe, ' 5 1 . Dr. Boe's wife, the former Kathryn Reule, ' 5 2 , also was graduated from PLU. After finishing his undergradu­ ate work at PLU, Boe went on to the U niversity of Washington and also Pacific University, where he received his Doctor of Optometry degree in 1 9 5 5 , He currently oper­ ates two optometry offices, one in Reedsport and the other in Flor­ ence. Dr. Eoe began his political carer when he became a city council­ man in Reedsport in 1 958. He served three terms in the Oregon H ouse of Representatives before being elected to the Senate in 1 9 7 0 . It should be noted that when Boe ran for the Senate this year he faced no opposition, and received both the Democratic and Republi­ can nomination . B o e a n d his family are members of Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Reedsport, where they have been quite active over the y ears. Among his past activities in the church are included serving as congregational president, teaching Sunday School, and attending the 1 965 Detroit convention in which he was quite active in that conven­ tion's discussion of federal aid to

education. The new Senate president be­ lieves that church people should become more involved in politics. "In general, the church population has let the art and science of poli­ tics go by default and has not participated ," he says. "There is a need to bring the Christian ethic­ into more immediate rapport with the body politic. " My Christian faith is a tremen­ dous help to me in my political life," he adds. " have encouraged other Christians to participate in POl itICS ; in fact, three city council positions were recently won by members of the local Lutheran congregation. ' , Mrs. B oe enj oys the political scene because it "offers an oppor­ tunity to meet many interesting people. When you are in the mid­ dle of the governmental process such meetings inevitably occur. This in itself is rewarding . " Dr. Boe's brother, Dwight, i s a PLU graduate. He is currently vice-president at Camrose College in Canada. Mrs. B oe's sister and brother are also PLU graduates. Her sister, Elizabeth (Mrs. David Schweinderl, lives in Tacoma; while a brother, G. Ronald Reule, is a urologist in Portland. The B oes have three sons , Eric 1 9 , Peter 1 8 . and B ri a n 14.

Adding to a strong Class of '62 bowing were I'rom l eft, AI Bl om quis , of Issaquah witb PLll drama professor Eric Norilllol m, Ken Lohre of Pleasanton. Calif., former alumni director Jon Olson, now of Thousand Oaks, Calif.. and Ken Ruud of Issaquah.

Visi ting at the University Ccnter were from left, Judy ( Anderson ) Demoro of OakIa�d, Cal if., Darlene Storkson of Lake Stevens lind .Joyce ( Ol sl' n ) Lohre of Plea anton, Cahf., from the Class of '62.

HONORED - Rev. Milton 1 .e�vig '35. <IS. iSiant to the presiden t for church relations and publications at PLU ami a former president !If (he PLU Alumni Association, was ho­ nored with a Special Service Citation at the Homecoming A lumni Banquet Oct. 14. With him is his wife ; Hazel.

Lutes Exude OptiInisn1 Heading Into 1972-73 Basketball Season A ' h a d basket

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ve rsarv ca -e commemoratin 2" consecu ti v(, \\ I nnin g basketba l l seaso ns, h . del icately ilnge re d th knife, full.' e xpecti n g that weU · wIshers hn planted a sev n foot freshman J u mping Jack beneath the fudg frosti ng. Then he returned to reality. Nevertheles . Lundgaard can firi d consolation with a 6·8 6-8 . 6front line decorati ng the court an a bevy of backcourt veterans to sweeten the outlook for the ] 972 73 season . PL U . 1 5 - 1 1 last year and tied for third place in the Northwest Con­ ference with a 9-5 record, lost six players through graduation, in­ cluding Ake Palm, the schoo l ' s fifth leading career scorer. Pal m, who concluded his four­ year Lute career with 1.48 1 points . just ahead of Lundgaard's career total . carried a heavy portion of the scoring load last year. Always the optimist, however, Lundgaard feels there is untapped scoring potential among the seven return­ ing lettermen. Though none aver­ aged in double figures last year because Lundgaard often used 10 or 12 evenly talented players in a game. several had outstanding 1 11 dividual games. In addition, the coach sees a bright futur "or some of the Lute newcomers . "As good or better than" sums up Lundgaard's analysis in com­ paring the 1 973 squad with last year's aggregati on. If better, the reason could be that there will be less battling f I' starting positions, which has been caused in recent years by squads that were almost t 0 balanced i n terms of talent . Across the front l ine PLU may go with 6-8 senior Ro eI' Wiley at forward. 6-8 senior Dennis hil lip s at center, and 6·6 sophomore Mi ke Berger at the other Cornel' po 1 although Berger will be sideline d in the early going with a broken finge . Wiley . a good outside shoote ', averaged 6.3 points per game last year in a part-time role. A rugged re bounder. Roger, who reached a c reel' h i gh of 35 points i n a game against College of Idaho as a soph­ omore . could come on big as a scorer. Phillips picked up additional expe rience p laying this summer with the Venture fOl' Victory team in the Orient. A {,recision marks­ man from mside ne hi t on 54 per cent of his shots last year after set­ ting a , chool recor d and l eadi ng he .l':orthwest Conference with a 60 per cen t average a, a sophlJ­ more. Plavin behind Pa lm mosl of t he time las t Y<'31' he av ra g ed 6 . 7 poin t..; p r gam ' Duri ng hI: freshman year BN gel' made a rapId ascent f am the luniOI' varsil V earlv in the season, 'worked his \';a ' i n to tll tarting linl'up. and 1 1 1 1 1shed as th learn' second 1 adm rcbounder . He ta l ·

Ii d tit d 1 . . J 11 I t: rg r \\ ill b ' pressed by 6·3 junIOr Blake 1)u lJ·om. lip (!'Ol t he Ja.'"ee sq lIad when' .1l(� pac e d all scor -r: WIth �:l8 pom t . an 1 1 .4. arcl age ALI) 'yelllg a starling iJst h al l or'Ward is 6·4 iunior Mark " i lli , Wil l iS. a tra n , fel' ro m mm u n il�' College, Gr l'n Ri 'e ' •

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brothel' of the 'parted 1 97 2 Lut I nSpiratIOllal A al'd WInn '1' Bruc Willis and son of Ho a ni Wi Ii ( 48 1 and Ehzabeth ( StueD 44) I n t e backc o url. team capt a i n 6 - 1 senior who L '1 McIntosh, was sidelI ne d last year with a hro­ k n an kl . will ably quarter ba ck ' the Lute offense . Kim Estrad a. a 1 semo '. is also back. T 1 Lutes have hree top guard prospc('ts whose names offer a hi n t of nostalgIa 1'0: Lute fa n s . The v are 6- 1 j lI m o r Neal Anderse n. brother of Mark ( ' 6 7 ) a former top­ notch Lute guard ; 5 - 1 0 j unior Randy Leeland. brother of Do u g ('67 1 another recent standout; and Scott Iverson, 6-0 sophomore. the younger brother of NAIA Hal! o · Farner, Roger ( ' 59 ) . Andersen and Leeland are lettermen . L

FAMILIAR NAMES - Dave Harshman, center, son of former PLU athletic star·coach· athletic director Marv Harshman, is PLU's assistant court coach. Surrounding h i m is a quartet of varsity basketballers whose brothers formerty competed in the same sport for the Lutes. From leU are Randy Leeland, Neal Andersen, Harshman, Mark Willis and Scott Iverson.

Fourth Straight Winning Season Rewarding, Frustrating Northwest small colleges play an unpredictable, exciting brand of football and Pacific L utheran U ni· versity is no exce ption. The season was both rewarding and frustratmg for new Lute hea d coach Forrest " Frosty" Wester l ng. But he brought an obvious inspira­ tion and enthusiasm to the pro­ gram. both on and off the field. and fan interest kept pace . The season began Sep t . 23 i n Spokane against the Whitworth Pirates, a new Northwest Confer­ ence entr ' . There were some ap­ prehensive flutters when tht' Lutes heard about the Bucs' openmg 5343 win over Lewis a nd Clark the previou week but PLU prevailed in Westering's debut 1 2 - 7 . Whi­ tworth we nt on to record a strong 7-2 sea, I I . The following week was also a me tal chailenge as the CalifornIa Luthera n College Kingsmen were N, IA Dl\ri iOIl II champs i n 1 97 1 and had never lost to PL in three outings . But again the Westering corps ere victorious, 3 1 - 9. Lute eup oria was short-lived, ho ever. as the Pacific Boxers dumped the locals 9-7 enroute to the best season record in t e eon· ference (8- l l . Then the Lut " , q u it successful i n Homecoming battles in recent years, enjoyed this year's fray particularly, romping past Whitman 34-7 on Oct. 1 4 . Each o f the next three weeks brightened Lute chances for anoth­ eJ conference championshi p . First there was a come·from ·behjnd 2012 VI ctory over stu bbo r Willa­ rueHe in Salem Caldwell. rd . . whe re many conterenee aspira ts have been plunge d i nto a d n of Coyotes ov r the yl\Cll'S. y, il d proved nQ obstacle as the I ute. cli m bed IU 0 lhe �AlA top 10 rith a 46 - 1 9 romp The season 's hig h pomt wa. reached in PorUand t he f ol l ow mg \\ eel- as PLL recorded its first hutoul of th season , a 26 ·0 defeat ot Lewi:. and Clar'k, The ' ictorv adva: lceu PLU. now 6-1. to n . 9 i n til(' poll� a n d :('t up <l ti I e elm h with t he Linfield W ildcats, w h o had already cJnched a ti for the cr wo . A that p int thl' Parkland e,·· pr stalled. Tit Lutes pl a ye d .. n ev 11 bal lgam wit h hp l\' i1dcals

except for one important factor: turnovers. PLU coughed u p the ball seven times and Linfield took the contest 2 1 -7. T h e Lutes closed out t h e season against cross-town archrival Uni­ versity of Puget Sound. The Log· gel's had started slowly . winning only one of th(>ir first four gam s. B u t they came into the season fina­ le with 'a 6-3 record . almost identi· cal with the Lutes' 6·2 ma rk. At the end of the afternoon the Lutes were on the short end of a 3 7 - 1 9 score. The Loggers had effectively shut off the vaunted PLU ground machine and had mounted a punishing attack of their ow n . The g a m resul t ed in sever'l l PIX record book entnes. howe v r PLU scored in its 3 1st co nsecu tive game, a new standard. Senior 'plit end Ira Hammon was in on thre receptions new records: three T i n a game (tying a DaVE' G reenwood mark set earlier in the seaso n ) ; nine T D receptions i n a season (eclipsing Earl Platt's 1 940 record of six ) : and 1 9 1 yards receiving i n a single game (topping Platt's 1 94 0 m a r k o f 1 58 yards ) . And finally, sophomore quarterbac k Rick Fin­ seth tossed 1 1 aeri al s good for 283 yards. The mark exceeded Jill Hadland's 197 1 record of 26 1 . which had surpassed a Marv Tom­ merv i k standard of 240 yards that. had stood for :3 0 years 1 9 72 the Lutes once again had a powerful ground attack, led by senior full back Dan Pritchard The 230-pound powerhouse, who picked up most of his mileacre through the brutal front lines of the northwest. becam only t ec ond Lute in history to l' ack up over 700 'ar 's in a s a s o n ana oth more than 2.000 In a careel . a hie 'em nts placed h im second unlv to ' 7 1 "!ad DC) e Hal tea d . whe set standard� of 895 and 2,485 his e n io! year. In

PLL l e d the- conference i . I'u�h· i ng ocren.<;� a ga i n , a category ney bave dominated for th pa t five years

Though the PLLT aerial gum wa . nol a big factor t1l1lil the la t t er part of th e sea:on , Fmseth hit them wh e 1 lr·ey co u nt e . ehal kll1g u p 1:3 TD p a sses 1'01 a team t o t al of

1 6, equal to Tommervik's 1940 mark . He also became only the fourth Lute quarterback to toss for more than 1 . 0 00 yards in a season. Senior ends I ra H ammon and Dave Greenwood caught 46 passes between them for the vast bulk of the aerial yardage . The PLU defense as one of the strongest i n recent years and led the conference in passing defense by a wide margi n . Linebacker Glenn Davis l i ve d up to his Little All ·Northwest ra nking of last year with 89 tackles in n i ne games . as the Cornerback Bob Hollowav key in a top-notch veteran defen­ sive second a ry. Th season couldn't be wrapped up withou t . word a bout t he Bombers. the PLU second string plaver� who wil l be the Lute stars of the future B mId -season they were sentuTIenta'l crowd favorites, and their late·game performances more often than not. lived up to the fans' expectation .

PLU Matmen Eye Top Rung Of Loop Ladder For three years, Coach Roy Carl­ so n's wrestlers have ridden the Northwest Conference mat escala­ tor to greater heights, adva ncing from fifth in 1 97 0 to the runner-up plateau last season . Now, with foul' iettermen returning, including tW( 1972 WC finalists, the Lutes wi l l be seeking a route t o the t o p n o r .J uni or ary Berner, two-timl l W(' c:hamp at 1 58 pounds, re turns h defend his crown . Jim BOYCI will be out to be tte! hi mun b r two rank in th 1 7 7 rou n d class, while twt· t hird ·lac\:, .!nli;h­ tel Glenn DaviS ( 1 9 1 ) an Jo n �tedJ will ad . muscle to the Lute 111 move up m l m a c h i ne Sted j e 1', trom 1 34 to 1 42 t h i s FL U 5-5 111 dual meets lid yeaI'. has a proIDlSing gl' U of fn'sh men . Ab ilil y to pkk up te<lIU [l Il1L'i in the 1 50 oun brack('L wb tt' there is a m3npC'lW I hort ag<' . wil l be a key 0 over' 1 1 SllCceSS. �

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ladiators' Brings Pacific Lutheran

Sports History, Personalities Alive By Earl Luebker Tacoma News Tribune Sports Editor He's a little too old to be a Boy Scout these days, but John McCallum has done a good deed for Pacific Lutheran U niversity sports fans. McCallum, the busy, Tacomaborn author, has a new book on the stands, and it's filled with the lore that has made folk heroes out of such personalities as Cliff Olson, Marv Tommervik, Marv Harshman, Roger Iverson, Chuck Curtis and Jim Van Beek . McCallum has done an excellent job of bringing the school's illustrious athletic history into focus. Pacific Lutheran , for a small college with no Intent to become an athletic factory , has provided Ta'oma with many of its sports thrills. The Lutes' m morable 16- 1 3 VICtory over Gonzaga in 1 940 at Stadtopic of discusium Bowl b still sion whenever football fans get together. Th n there was the Curtis-I verson-Van Beek triumvirate which brought the L tes second and third -place finishes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics basketball tourname nt at Kansas City in th� 1956-59 era. Iso there ere the 1 970 and 1 972 four-with -coxswain crews which stood the rowmg world on its ear bv "inishm g thi rd and fifth, respecti ely , in the Intercollegiate Rowmg Association reg tta on

. ttention Parents:

If tbis magazine 13 addresse to your on or aughter who no longer mamtain a permanent ad­ d ress at y Ul" home. please cbp off the address l a be and return it with th correct address to the A umni House, Pacific L utheran Universit .

Lake Onondaga in one of the great rags-to-riches stories. McCallum tells all of these sagas, and more, in his colorful ac.count of the doings of Olson, the Marvelous Marvs and many of the others who brought natio1lal recognition to Pacific Lutheran. * * * * * * *

In "The Gladiators," the reader gets to know these greats and many others personally. McCallum spend exhaustive months with tape recorder and note pad, recording the thoughts and memories of dozens of Lutes, past and present. The book not only recounts what happened in competition, but the locker room, classroom and personal experiences that have made the Pacific Lutheran sports saga memorable. Through the eyes of a great sports fan and author, the history of the school itself, from one building in the Parkland meadows to a modern umversity, becomes real again for a lumni and friends alike. The book is available through the PLU Bookstore, ' 3 . 5 0 paperbound; $ 6 . 95 hardcover .

Dr. Ron Lerch '61 ( 1975) 5611 West Victoria Kennewick , Wa. 99336

Succe� is win ning 1 7 of 1 8 'crence swimmmg vents t th c m e and finding out later that the " spoiler" l' tr nsferr d to Y ur s cho 1 Success is brpaking hool I ecords i n wholesale lots. q ualifying �wi!nmers [or the naf onal produci ng wo AU-A­ meet. an merica n s . T h e . uthor of this success story is PLU swim coach Gary Chase. And while the a bove narrative is

Term Expires May 1974

James Feek '66 15516 Cascadian Way Bothell, Wa. 98011

Helen Jensen Hauge '52 First Vice P resident 8860 Gramercy Place SW Dr. Christy Ulleland '63 ( 1975) Tacoma , Wa. 98498 i5l SW 160th No. 120 Robert E. Johnson '63 Seattle, Wa. 98J66 416 Powell Avenue Pleasant Hill, Calif. 94523 Sec nd Vice P resident J erry Dodgen '64 ( 1973 ) ] ·U 3 Madrone Drive : lodesto, Calif. 95350

Rev. William H. Ray '59 4649 Northview Court Burnaby 1. BC, Canada

secretary -Treasurer

Term Expi res May 1975

IIarvey J. Neufeid '54 Director of Alumni Relations Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, Wa. 98447

Richard Hildahl '65 Box 171 Steilacoom, Wa. 98388

Term Expires May 1973

Charles Geldaker '58 8525 South Trillium Way Wes t Linn, Ore. 97068

Alumni Volunteers Make November Fund Telethon A Big Success One hundred alumni volunteers in Seattle, Tacoma and Portland participated this past month in a two-day Alumni Annual Fund Te­ If'thon which brought pledges for the year very close to the 1972 goal of $ 50,000 . They could have become dis­ cou aged when they found that

FL U Tank Power louse Poises For H 'gh National Ranking

PLU Alumni Association Board of Directors 1972-73 P res ident

Rev. Wally Berton, right, and fellow alumni volunteers in the Portland area were part of a corps of 100 callers in the Seattle, Tacoma and Portland areas working on a two­ day alumni telethon Nov. 19-%0.

Jon B. Olson '62 1528 Calle Hondanada Thousand Oaks, Calif. 91360 Wayne Saverud '67 315 First Avenue East Kalispell, Mont. 5900 1 Represent at ives to the University Board of Regents Esther Westby Aus '32 (1974 ) 1674 Las Canoas Road Santa Barbara, Calif. 93105

Carl T. Fynboe '49 ( 1973) 6505 Aifaretta SW Tacoma, Wa . 98499 Lawrence J. Hauge '50 ( 1975) 8860 Gramercy Place SW Tacoma, Wa. 98498

Members-aI-Large Nan Aageson Nokleberg '53 Dr. Jeff Probstfield '63 ( 1973 ) Park Avenue Estates 2412 Humbolt Avenue South 5 19 - 102nd Street Court Sou t h Minneapolis, Minn. 55405 Tacoma, W a . 98444 ,Term Expires May 1976

Betty Riggers Keith '53 17022 35th NE Seattle, Wa. 98155

G. James Capelli 8116 - 88th Court SW Tacoma, Wa. 98498

Dr. Roy Virak '52 1319 Palm Drive Tacoma, Wa. 98466

Thomas Mays '62 14 Larry Lane Longview, Wa. 98632

Chap. Paul Running '54 ( 1973) 1930 North Island View Road Oak Harbor, Wa. 98277 Ex�fficio (Student Representative ) Lloyd Johnson '73 ( 1973) Ordal Hall 220 Pacific Lutheran U niversity Tacoma , Wa. 98447

less than a yea r ld, the u pdated edition may IDa e the 1 9i2 tale seem ike a mod I'll tragedy.

With eight lettermen back in­ q uali fiers. cluding five ! ati n PL U . 1 0th at the national 1 �AIA c ampionship m et last spring, is l oaded with talent and should be power to be rec oned with in na­ tional competition. In addition t hiS tank veterans, Chase has 10 promising freshmen and two trans­ fers with Impressive credentials. Senior Terry Ludwig from Belle­ vue earned ll-America honors with a sixth place finish in the NAIA 500-yard freestyle . Ludwig soloed to the 1650 and 200 free­ style Northwest Conference titles and had a key role in two other blue ribbon relay units . Another standout is Mike Os­ borne , who finished fourth in the 400 individual medley at the na­ tionals to join the All-America elite. Only a sophomore , he is de­ fending NWC champion in the 200 and 400 1M, the 100 butterfly and i s a member of two titled relay teams. Senior Bill Armstrong won first place in the 50 freestyle at the conference meet. Other veterans i nc! ude Pete Carder, a junior distance speCialist With natIonai meet expenence, and Bob Loverin, a member of the Lute national qualifying foursome in the 400 and 800 freestyle relay. Jim Holland. Geoff Pentz and di­ ver Dave Ferrin have had their 10ments of glory. Transfer Ken Wilson from Lin­ field was the "spoiler" last year, depriving the Lutes of a clean sweep at the NWC meet. Wilson won the 1 00 backstroke title. H e , along with Washington StHte trans­ fer Gary Hafer, will strengthen PLU in both backstroke events.

704 people were not home . But the telethoners persisted in making 2,082 calls in the three cities. Five hundred and nine people were very cordial in their conver­ satIOns with fellow alums but felt they could make no gift to PLU at this time . On th other hand, 54 1 alumni promised to help with the fund before th end of the year. Thei l' particIpa ti on will swell the total fund participation urir.g 1972 beyond the 1,600 mark. Many of the ersons called bad ot given to the annual fund be­ fore . Hence the te ethon w a sig­ ificant brca kthr ugh, < ccordi ng euto alu ml1l director Harvey feld . Specific dollar amount pledged e ceeded $6, 50 0 and With ut'!w pledges ' onlin 1 in the tot, 1 could well exceed $ 7 , 5 00. The av rage ledge was $ � 2 . O.

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Labors Of Love And Inspiration PLU Iud nt and fOClllty have seem d to e n more Inv ed than u aI In a variety or projl'C lS (or both pllrsonal growth and ommunity well-being, F r biology professor Dr. 路J us Knuds n Ib low ) Its a remarkable Pt, Defiance display in memory of his s n. FOr Interim stud nts, it was travel or i nnovation. For the Univ rsity. it m ant a new tommunlty C4mmitm 路nl. ' e pp 2, 3. -I, 6. 8.

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of lil l' in the Thinl V m id a S e e n 111 dev l opi. n g Ea I fncan n a tions. was urH.l erl a]\en bv 2 0 PLU stu­ d nts . The grou p. u n de r the I ad­ iJeal! B uchanan and elship of , 1 JI'. tewart G ovig. spent 21 days in Kenya and Tanzania stU dying )·overnments . educ ationa l inst itu­ tio n s . hospital and medical faci li­ ties, communications media and church organizations. Buchanan. vice-president for business and finance at PLU . served as business manager for the Lutheran C hurch i n Tanzania from 1 958-() 2 . Dr. Govig, professor o f religi o n . h a s traveled extensively in that part of the world. In addition to their educational efforts. the groups spent several weeks prior t o the j ourney collect­ ing food and clothing to be distrib­ uted t hrough mission stations in b o t h countries. The group was hosted at several 'tops by PLU graduates. I n Nairo­ b i . K e n v a . the ·tudents observed and int �rvi w e d 1 cal and a\..ional government officials under the guidance of Barak Mbajah 1 '671. a Kenya treasury ofJic ial.

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Eng lIsh professor lJ r. iJan Van T < ssel I \cl a simi l ar group (I f stu­ dents on a tou!' l a b led LitPl"arv I l aunts of t he British lsI s. His ir;­ tent was to give stud nts a grasp of t h e sweep of Bri t is h literature. its origins and backgro u n d s . "The events. phenomena and folklore frequently alluded to by British writers is en hanced by vis­ iting authentic settings , " he sai d .

Biology professor Dr. Randy Bohannon taught an auto mechanics course, pril1lJjrily for women, entitled Anatomy of an Automobile.

A list of j u s t a f e w of t h e tour highlights includes stomping grounds o f C ha r les Dickens, Jane Austen. Shakespeare. Wordsworth. Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson ; historical sit.es such as the Tower of London, Canterbury. Ba ttle of Hastings site. King Ar­ thur's legendary " round table " at Salisbury; and many many others. On campus , PLU thespians pre­ pared for an ambitious repertory series featurin g the winsome musi­ cal . " Y ou' re A G o od iVIan. Ch riie Brown . " the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Effect o f Gamma Rays o n Man-in­ the-Moon Marigolds'"' and "An Evening o f vance . " (Continued on Page 6 )

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Major Tacoma Comlnunity Action Study To B e Undertaken On PLU Calnpus The end result of a long-range community education-action pro­ ject launched in Tacoma in J anu­ ary could be' the positive transfor­ m ation o f the qual ity of life i n the Pierce County-Tacoma area. That is the intent. at any rate. of a sizeable group o f public officials nd civic leaders gathered for the

official announcement of the pro­ j ect Jan . 1 9 . PLU President Eugene Wieg· man. chairman of the initial . edu­ cational phase of the project. acted as spokesm a n . H e outlined plans for a series of 10 one-day seminars to be held at PLU . Called U rban Policy Institutes. they will be con-

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M ark Salzlnan's Death S addens CaIn pus, Alulnni Comlnunities H . M a r k Salzman. former Pacif­ ic Lutheran University athletic director and director of physical education. died N ov . :30. 1972. in Tacoma following an extended ill ness . Salzman . .)(). served as athletic director for 11 years and was a member of the PLU coaching staff for 17 years until disabling illness forced his retirement in the spring of 1968. During his tenu re PLl" s athlet · ic an d physical educa tion program showed proba bly its greatest growth in hi st ory . It was under his directiun t hat plans were devel­ oped for the construction of Olsun Auditorium . one of the finest ath­ letic p l an t s o f i ts type in t he na­ tion.

A native of Di x on . Ill. Iw al so served as head track coach and assistant ba�ketb II and football toach . and coordinated the school ' s i n t ra mu ral p rog ra m . S;Jlzman coached three national [rack champions w ho won e igh t t i · ! e s . a n d w a s named N A I A District ! Track Coach o f the Year i n 19fiS. Ie wa� 31 () honored by the NAIA for his services to the national small-college athletic body which Lnclurte servin£( t hree lCrms as Db· trict I chairman. '-

He also served as a memuer of the board of directors of the Ta­ coma-Pierce County Recreation Federation. I n announcing Salzman's retire­ ment i n 1968. then PLU Pre::;idclll Dr . Robert Mortvedt cal led Mark's service "often beyond the call of duty . " PLU si nce has named an award in hi s honor. to be presented annually to persons making ou t · standing contributions to track and field in the Tacoma area. Known as " Duke" in his college days. Salzman earned let ters in football. basketba l l . and track at Carthage ; I ll . , Col lege. wherc he graduated in 1917 . While there he was voted mest valuable ba sket ­ ball player and ou t stand i ng athlete of t he rear He did graduate work at North ­ ern IllinOIS State College and George Williams C ol lege before receivi ng his master of art s degree from t he Cniversity of I ow a in

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During Wor:Ll War H S a lzma n served in the �avy partidpating in the invasions of t he Phil ippin . and Okinawa. l Ie is survived by hi s Wife. 1\1ar· jorie daughter Cheryl ' M rs . Peter Falk I of Seat tl e . son Mark. his parents. t hree sister!> and a bro t h · er.

ducted under the auspices of the Brookings Institution of Washin g ­ to n , D . C . . and w i l l feature t h e e x ­ pertise o f s o m e of t h e nation's most prominent urban scientists. Some 80 local persons. carefully selected for their commitment and leadership ability. will participate in the seminars. according to W ieg­ man . Public officials. businessmen. labor leaders. educators and repre­ sentatives of a broad selection of civic . service and special interest groups will b e involved. he said. , S l ated to begin in February. the ·seminars will be held every three weeks through October. M uch o f the subject matter will be gleaned from a sample survey of Tacoma area citizens prior to the seminar. These materials will be analyzed in the light of the latest in urban· rural plan ning and policy·making research d ata. accordmg to Wieg· man . At the conclusion of the ses­ sions. a plan for action will be de­ veloped and presented t o the pub· lic by the seminar participants. he said. H e stressed that there are no pre-conceived or predetermined programs involved . "The first phase is educat ional i n nature only . " he said. .lJ I' . John ( sman is B rookings Institu ion director responsible for the local seminars. Brookings is a norrprofit organization dedicated to exploring newer and better ways fo r people to live t o gether and achieve mutual goals. he ex · plai ned. Purpose of the local seminars is to confront public officials and Civ­ ic leaders wit h the nc\v knowledge available from recent u rban re­ search and to acquaint them With ways to llse their knowledge in t he policy·making proc ess. according .' to Wiegman . He poin t ed out that the seminar participants will process informa­ tion fronl several sources t he cornmunily - through the sample survey ; scholars - working in cent.ers o f urban researc h ; and the large volume o f knowledge that n'as ,been built up i n the past dec · ade . The group will also work closely with existing local govern· mental j u risdictions Seminar participants will deal with a broad spec t rum of current I

bnd future issues economic devel­ opment. governmental efficiency. taxation. transport ation . j obs. busi· ness opportunities. agricultural development . growth. social and health services. environment. qual­ ity o f life and others.

PLU To Host Summer Seminars For Clergy, Laity A series of "Semmars for En­ richment o f Ministry" for clergy and laity is planned again for t his coming summer at PLU . The seminars. geared to devel· oping increased ef fectiveness and new and sharpened skills. can be of benefit to pastors. chapla ins . youth and Christian education directors. parish workers and lay persons. " I mproving I nterpersonal E f f ec· tiveness" will be held J u ly 9 - 1 3 by u r . Ronald Jorgenson and u r. Branton H o lm berg PLC faculty. I t focuses o n commu nica ti on and group process skills . "Theology Today: B l ' i n g I l u · ma n . " runs J u l v 1 6-20 . . n d deals " with the human side o f h e Gospe l . Guest instructors are I Jr . Gordon Lathrop. Dr. \lI ichael A n derso n . lene �Ioris a n d .J ohn Fab i a n . Lathrop is university nllnister a t PLU : Anderson is a Tacoma pro­ fessor and clergym a n : :VIs :Yl oris is director of the Individual lJevelop­ ment Center in Seattle and Fabian is an LCA counselor and elt'rgy· man. ur. .lJonald Smith . Lutheran consult ant t o c lergy and C H O I C E director Robert M e nzel w i l l head " Improved Parish E ffectiveness : 'cw Models for M issio n . " July 1 6 · 20. Sound principles of organiza­ tional management are the topics "You and Your Values . " a value orientation workshop. will be held J u ly 5-7. Rev . John Recher and Rev . George Lusk. both I n teract staffers and clergymen from Fed­ eral Way. are the leaders. For further information on the workshops contact the . C H O IC E Center at PLU .

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By Uarvey Neufel d Director of Alumni Relations

Was this Heaven? Of course not. But it was an unbelievable stunning scene. So breathtaking was the view that it would defy descri ption . So I will no describe it bu t. only tell you the elements of this most extraordinary sight. It was sunset. W were flying ovel' Ihe Rockies on a flight west to Spokane I ot a mini trace of pollu­ tion was U 1 the air. ViSIbili ty must bav been over 100 miles. The mountain peak gllslenmg with a mantle of new-fal len snow reflect­ ed a hundred shades of orange and red tha t came {rom tbe setting sun It is mom ts like these that add a speci"l d i mension to my work, One 's imagina tion is imme­ diately prodded into thin king of the grandeur of thest' rugged peaks. They stand starkly against the elements. Unlike man, they defy time. They EIre splashed with lakes and slashed with e any oDs and cer­ tainly are a tonic for tired souls. A man is humbled when he lookS at these enormous spires standing tall in the heavens. These mountains asl. Civiliz.ations decline and fade :vI. n-made monuments wither to dust wtt.h the ravages of me. Riv " dry up. Forests burn. But mowltains endure. The moment of medi tation is sbarply interrupted by the stew­ ardess who thrusts the evening paper mto our hands. And there the headlines blaze the newest sto­ r - Peace in Vietna m ' The ela­ Uon of rea ding that good news fits wel l i nlo the pattern of this moWl­ tai n-top flight. It all seems too good 0 be true . We will be more than happy to put the clOSIng touches to this bitter and agonizing chapter in ou; history . Or will we? Just as we could not agree on the disposition and waging of war it seems that at the time of peace we will not be able to agree on our government's actions. If a flight over the Rookies gave me a glImpse of Heaven then Mar­ tha's Coffee Shop on my drive home from Spokane to Tacoma gave me a glimpse of something else. In the conversations around me it seemed almost as if people really didn't care, about the old war or the new peace. They didn't care when the fight­ ing was raging and they don't seem to care about the peace now that it has come. No doubt this peace is different from other peace agreements that we have known. Winning and losing are not the is­ sues. In fact all of the iSSues are not clear. Even the prisoner of war and the MIA situations are clouded at the present time. Some of the dead are alive, and some of the alive seem to be dead. We never knew the whole truth about the war, and it seems we will know less truth about the peace. Per­ haps that is why people don't care. Not caring is apathy. It is pre­ cisely this apathy that causes the most concern to the thinking man. The danger is that people who do not think seriously about anything wiII tend to stand for nothing. But somehow we must find the time to re-establish perspectives, to define spiritual objectives, to outline goals that effect the moral fiber of our soci ety. At PLU we shall try to incul­ cate respect for learning and truth. to free the mind from ignorance and prejudice, to preserve and extend knowled ge and to establish life-long habits of reflection and

Iearrung We have said that PLU provides a locus for Ule interplay of Christian faith and all human learning and culture. For the most part I think our graduates reflect this kind of commitment. These ideals are te rri iic antidotes to apa­ thy. It takes time and effort and mountai n-top exp riences to add new dimensions of meaning to our ltfe. All th e more essential then that w direct our gaze upward, past the cathedral-l ike - pires of granile. past those silent sentinels of the ages to the Creator of all the hills and alleys. And we D l Ust pray as Thllreau has suggested tbat we be given the strength t possess the most diffi c ult mountam of all , which is Hf itself.

As President of Pacific Luther­ an niv rsity. I was pleased to announce recently, before the as­ sembled news media , the establish­ ment of the 'I'acoma-Pierce County Policy Institute at PLU As cha i r· man and acting spokesman for the Institute. I feel this is 11 golden op rtunity for the advancement of our area, Let me explain briefly the background for my convictions, as to what exactly the Institute entails. what it can do for our area. and PacUic Luthera n niver­ s ity . The Tacoma-Pierce County Pol­ icy Institute is a long-range educa­ tion-action project aimed at tbe positive transforma tion of the Pierce County and Tacoma area. It onducted in conjunction wiII be with the Brookings Institution of Washington D. C . Brookings is a non-profit organization ded icated to th exploration of bettel ways for people to live together and achieve mutual goals. Brookings

will assi"t In the construction of an urban-rural planning conference, which will begin this month of February. Subject matter for seminar dis­ cussiOlls will partial ly be obtained from the results of a questionnaire sent to Ii cross- sec tio n of citizens from the Tacoma and Pierce Coun­ ty egion . Semillar sessions will convene one day every three weeks for a (otal of 10 group meetings . Some 80 local persons selected for th 'if commitment and leadership abil i­ ties will be invited to participate in the semin r studies. A wide varie­ ty of men and women including: city and county elecled officials, businessmen, farmers, labor lead­ ers, housewives. educato and other area residents will be in­ volved. Subj ect matler for s'mium dis­

cussions will partially be obtained from the results of a questionnaIre

You Too Can Take Part In PLU AlumIli Activities ! By Ronald Lerch President PLU Alumni Association

Various alums have asked me 'about the structure of the PLU Alumni Board of Directors, what we do, and most importantly . where they might participate in our activities. With this article I will try to answer some of their questions. The Alumni Board consists of sixteen members elected by the Alumni to serve four years each, a student member appointed by ASPLU , the Alumni Director, and up to three members-at-Iarge ap­ pointed by the board of directors to serve one-year terms . Officers include a president , first vice­ president who is also president­ elect, a second vice-president, and a secretary·treasurer ( the Alum­ ni Director) . We meet as a full board three times a year and func­ tion on various committees during the rest of the year. It is through the committee structure that all alums can participate in the work of the Alumni Association. To this end, let me explain the function of our various committees and what they hope to accomplish. If some of the work sounds interesti ng to you and you would like to partici­ pate please contact Harv at the Alumni Office. Suggestions you might have about how we can function better as an Alumni Asso­ ciation or on how we might better serve our Alumni and our Univer­ sity would also be welcome. The total make-up of the PLU Alumni Board of Directors is listed else­ where in this issue of Scene. Con­ tact a member to find out more about your Alumni Association. Alumni Fund Committee This committee, headed by Jim Feek, is responsible for directing the annual giving program of al­ umni. It has the largest alumni participation of any of our commit­ tees. For example , in November over 100 interested alums partici­ pated in a two-day Telethon in Se­ attie, Portland, and Tacoma during which they contacted 1,200 other alums about a gift to PLU . The telethon served as a year-end fol­ ' low-up to our alumni drive. Over 500 alums agreed to give a gift to PLU of which 160 were " first­ time" givers. That brought our total number of alumni partici-

pants to over 1, 500, an all-time high. The lotal amoWlt raised dur­ ing the calendar year was over �3,OOO for an average gift of about

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This year the "alumni fund" will become part of the Annual Fund of the niversity under the direction of the PLU Development Office. We w ill still have responsi­ bility for contacting all alumni but combining the drive wiU enable solicitation of alumni for a single gIft to the University. We will still be looking for alumni to work on the annual giving program and welcome your participation on this important committee. Communications Committee The communications commit­ lee . headed by Christy Ull land. is a new committee and has been charged with reviewing all current communications of the alumni as­ sociation and of making alumni cummunications more effective. They are currently formulating an editorial policy for Scene and, in cooperation with the school of busi­ ness, are developing an attitude and readership survey of alums. The attitude and readership survey has been developed during Interim by a student, Steve Roche, in the school of business and will survey a random sample of alumni. If you are contacted, please cooperate fully in answering the questions so that we might honestly evaluate the effectiveness of alumni com­ munications. communications the Since committee is primarily interested in developing better two-way communications between all alum­ ni, we will have to hear from you ! We would encourage you to keep in touch with the Alumni Office. Let us know of your interesting experiences or of those of other alumni. Records and Recognition Committee A third committee is the re­ cords and recognition committee headed by Chuck Geldaker. The primary responsibility of this committee is to screen nomina­ tions for "Distinguished Alumnus" and "Alumnus of the Year." We invite you to send in your nomina-

tions of outstanding alumni. Nomi­ nation s should include biographical information about the nominee, outstanding accomplishments of the nominee, and the primary rea­ son that you are nominating the alumnus. Last year w recei ved some 79 letters nominating various alumni for the two awards. Alu mni Activities and Services This committee. headed by Bob Johnson, is charged with develop­ ing the various alumni activities. The committee has several sub­ committees The "Activities Com­ mittee," chaired by Betty Keith, is reviewing HomecolTIlng and evalu­ ating it from an alumni point of view, It is also looking at a possi­ ble Founder 'S Day Activity in May. The " Student Recruitment Com­ mittee" h .aded by Jerry Dodgen, is looking at ways alumni through­ out the world can participate in recruiting outstanding stUdents for PLU. This area becomes increas­ ingly important during this period of decreasing enrollment in the universities. Another subcommit­ tee, "Job Placement," headed by Merle Overland, is looking at the possibility of some type of continu­ ing job placement for alumni. A fourth potential activity being looked at by the Alumni Activities Committee is a continuing educa­ tion program for alumni . . Underclass Activities Committee The underclass activities com­ mittee, headed by Helen Hauge, is responsible for developing a mean­ ingful student-alumni program. Planned activities include the " sec­ ond annual" Alumni-Senior Pizza Night in the PLU Cave to be held February 19th following the PLU­

College of Idaho basketball game. Letters are being sent to all alum­ ni in the PLU area and to seniors at PLU inviting them for "free" pizza.

Other activities are being planned for spring as we try to acquaint the PLU students with our Alumni Association before they leave PLU. We want them to feel that they are an important part of the Alumni Association when they leave PLU. Again, We welcome your sup­ port of our activities.

sent to a cross se tion of cItizens from the Tacoma and 'crce Co un· t. region . TIle galbered responses concerning urban i1l1d mrsl affairs und reo will serve to e tablish a source base f r t he policy-pla nning

process . The seminar 'cgmenl of the conferen 'e or h se I wUI be dl' rected by national con�llitants on rural-urban affrurs Their foeus will be centered around themes of economic developmen t. go\'em mental effici ncy taxation, trans· portation, jobs. business opportuni ties. agricultural d veJopment the environment, qualitv 1)1' 1if� and other policies necessary to achlevt a desirable fu ture for our area . At the conc.lusion uf the ten seminar sessi ons. a blueprint of proposals [or policy wiD be con· s tr ucted 1 0 be recomme nded tu public offic.ials for their pteview. Brookings' record of achieve­ ment is impe ccable Its communIty af[airs planning department , under the dire lion of Dr. John Osman has been hr m ly endor 'ed by eonressmen. elected a ficials and (!orn munity members of cities who have implemented these urban· rural planning servic . The iniLial orgamzation and re­ planning activities for th confer· ence enlistment is due to a group of con c er tl d citizenry who d(,' knowledge the n eed for toupera· live. indepth study or th(' gro Ih of Tacoma and Pierce County These men now form the confer· ence steering committe and in· elud e : \Vl!liam Johnston. presi· deni, Johnston-Sterling '0 . ; John Aram. vi ce-presid ent, Weyerhaeu· ser.Howard Scott UnlLed Mutual Savings, president and member of the Board of Regents ' Pet. r Wal· lerich. president, South 'l'acomu :viotors al d cha 'rman of the ·Mard. North Pacific Banl\ ; General \\'ii­ lia I Elder. [' tired United tates Air Force ; Frank Ja ks()n, Count · Extension Agent a nd myself_ The county eommissioners: Sheridan, Huntingt 1m and �allagh­ er; city council men ' Mayo John· ston, and Bill Donaldson, city manager, have also shared in tbe formulation activitie� for the pro­ ject . Funding for the conference has been acquired soley thro�h per· sonal and priv t enterprise dona· tions. PLU ill host the conference and provide all meeting facilities for the Phase I activit ies. In domg so, th e university wiII al�o beneht. Under the provisions of the con· tract I signed with Dr Osmall. Mort.vedt Library will receive a set of all resourc materials used for the seminar sessions. Also, a limit· ed library of books dealing with issues of community planning po lio cies will be provided. Both stu· dents and faculty will have an opportunity to sit.,in on some of the seminar discu ssions. However, many of the participating national consultants have agreed to conduct evening lectures exclusively for students and faculty. I am firmly convinced this In· stitute will enrich our area through a process of educatable explora· tion. As I stated to the press: "Speaking on behalf of the confer· ence Steering Committee and PLU, we anticipate a succes fal future for our area .We believe Tacoma and Pierce County is a great place to live ; but with the combined ef· forts of the Brookings Institution and the spirit of our citizenry. we are confident. our endeavors wiII make it even better." We ask all Citizens, and espe· cially the PLU alumni to join us in this venture.

Almnni Around The World Faculty

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... iety 1.36 JOA ! A TSAP ALlS has re­ d fro m Tacoma Public Sehools ,1111 just completed a trip around rhe 'Iorld including vou thern Eu- ' '"P' I 'orth Af rica an A ia. L!U9 \IRS. ADA MA RTHE ( Holder I ' LSON retIred this year atter 46 .E contn UIIUS years teaching i n Min­ n-sota LII r Wa ·hington. 1951

(Cruts I KENNY. now g • duated wi th faculty a vised honors 111 English fl om the Univer­ �l\' ,,( Washington i s 1I'0rk n g m s an Seattle in he Fme Arts Artist Author. Her specia ty is lIamond-poinL ngrav;ng of scenes and lXIrlr its on full p rcenl lead Ia_ S. Examples of her Il urk are m the Vllite H usc and Smithsonian InstItute in \\ ashmgton. D. . and Bennington '111 soon be in til :(use 111 and ormng Museum of G1as�. l Ier hu 'band DONALD K. !\E. · ;Y is teachIng mathematics ! Fostor H i gh School nd at High­ Imp Communi ty CQlIe ge. DO! ALD E. EED vi ited he Alumni , m 'e early in De mbel'. I e moved fl' Om Tacoma Ihre !'ears ago to work tor Burlington )iorthern R' ilway in the Portland yard He is rnployt'd in the car ., artmenl BE'M'IE

1953

J. r Lun e l W -\G­ NER writes lhat she i living in Dar.ingtlll . Pa . , where her hus­ lWod DALE is a flight engineer for They AirlInes. Pan American luvl' Iwo ('hildren, Ann L• nn. 8. and Terr 6.

MA lLYN

1955 REV. JA"t ES A. LOKKEN is

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Sehool Dlstricl to the American School of Vientiane in Laos ror t wo year'. ( ver is school princtpal and Camille teaches math and physical educa tion. They ha vt' two children. \.l1nnie !1. and Kevin 6.

1956

C. GO DON STROM, �l.D .. �ead of tbe otology division of the Dept. of thol ryngology at the U . S . Naval Hospita l . Oakland. Calif. recently presen ed three scientific paper at a meeting of hIS col­ I"agues in the Republic of Pana. He was accompanied on the tnp by his I I-year old daughter. KRISTEN. 1959

RI CHARD OLSEN has been elec te d to the City Council of Albany . Ore. His wife is the former Clintena Walls of the Class of '60. 1 96 1

DR. DARRYL D. DETTMANN, a U . S. Air Force major, has been

assigned to duty as a general den­ tist at the USAF Hospital in Og­ den. U tah. has HILDEBRAND LOREN recently been promoted to direc­ tor. sales administration of Mattei Toy Company in Los Angeles. He lives with his wife Nelda and chil­ dren Harold, 10. and Dolores. 9, in EI Segundo . CalIf.

1962

REV. ROBERT W. MOORE is of the Fairmont now Chairman Humanities Council in Fairmont . W. Va .. which sponsors a series of Performers in the Arts. His wife SERENA ( Hopp '62) has been pi'st for several recitals at Fair­ mont State College and recently was harpSichordist for the college­ commumty production of Handel's "Messiah . "

1963

Dr. John NIartilia. associate profess r of marketing al PLU . rtlcl e . "Word of wil l bave an �routh CommuniC-dtlon in t he In­ duslrial Adoption Process ." pub I i fihed in a book ConsumjU' Behav­ iur. by hoI. K. M . Phadk� of th niver ' i ty 01 B ombav Ineli<t . DOUG' McCLAR - Is now a spe­ ci.al agent for the FBI as ig ned to rhe Los Angeles FBI FI el d Office . They moved to Los Ang les in October and Doug and his wife n, Shane. age 8 . Joan have a SCHAFrGunderson I RUTH ermany FLER 1 now living In with her husband. Major Albert 'charner .... ho is stationed with the U. S Army in Stuttgar . Ruth serves on the tuttgart area Am!'!r­ ican Red Cross Council as Nursing Se kes coorciInator. They are enjoying Eu ropp and seeing the ith their three children SIghts Lauri. 7. Gregory . 5. and Krislina 2.

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PASTOR PHIL Y KE RS , for­ ross 01 mer a sistant pastor at Chr'st Lutheran ChuTeh. Bellevue. has been Installed as pastor at Family of Christ Luther' n Church ill Vancouver. Wash _ Pastor Yok­ el'S graduated [rom Evangelical LUlher n Theological Seminary . Columbus , Ohio, in 19B8_ He is marned to the fOlmer Kathy VoId and th y have two daughters. Jor­ di, 3. and :'vlari . 1 . KEN ETH MI LLER is curren t ­ l y teachin biology at Rugers High School in the Puyal lup School Dis­ t rict after having taughl on Mercer I sl and the past four years Hi' wife. Rh da. r Pappajohn '65) re­ Ceived ber Master of Li brary Sti­ ence at the U niversity of Washing­ ton in 1909. She then taught 2nd grade on Mercer I sland [or two years. Ken and Rhoda live in E tonville wi th th ir s n. Jon Chris­ tian. DR. PETER H . van KONY­ NENBURG has joined Rohm and Haas Company. Philadelphi a . Pa manufacturel of chemicals. plas­ tics fibers and health products. He has been assign d to th compa­ ny's reserach division at the Bris­ t.ol . Pa . . site. He resides with his wife and dau hter in Levi town. Pa. 1 965

KAREN (Johnson ) BEIER is clinical director of tht' Speech & Hearing Center at Oregon College of Educat ion and alsel serves as an instructor In speech pathology and audiology. LINDA ( Mays I BRANAE has moved to Billings. Mont. where her husband Ga ry . is teaching in the public school system. They moved to Billings I' l orn Puyallup in Au­ gust of 1972. LINDA (Stolee l HOWARD is now living in Belleville. I I I . . where her husband. Dennis. is stationed at Scott AFB. They have a son. Randy, 3. and a daughter. Pamella Rose. 8 months. SANDRA ( B owdish I KREIS is working hal f-time as the Lutheran Eastern at counselor campus Washington State College through Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Cheney. She also substitute teaches in five towns in the area. She lives with her husband. Roger. who is a state trooper in Ritzville. and son Jacob, who is ?2 months old NORD(Curtis) MARYLOU STROM is living in Alberta, Cana­ da with her doctor husband, Jerry. and their children. Curtis. t Ja­ nelle. 2. and Daniel Anders 1. WILLIAM PETERSON is pres­ ' ently on the staff of the Oceanog­ raphy Department. Oregon State University . doing research ori the effects of coastal upwelling on zoo­ plankton produc tion and catches of Dungeness Crabs. William is mar­ ried and lives in Philomath. Ore. He is organist at the local Luther­ an church . as well as church secre­ tary and secretary of the local Audobon Soci\:'ty.

STEPHEN A. TORKKO, for­ mt'ri pastor at Royal Lutheran Church. Royal City. Wash . is now e­ resident assistant pastor a t thany Lutheran Church in Port­ land . Ore, DR . Ttl ODORE J. V f CE LA 'V will complete his mili tary �rvice t.ouI' in Gam1isch. Germany next . 13) an has re eived an appoint­ ment as a resident in ort hopedic surgery a t the University ot f Jre­ gon Medical 'chool beginning i n July 1973. A second child w a s add­ ed to the f mily when Jay Todd was hom in Munich on September 2i!. 1 97 1 .

F BARBARA CAPTAIN ZEBBS is stationed with the Army Nurse 's Corps a FI. Sam Houslon, Tex . . having recently c()mpl�ted tht> five-week Army Health urs­ ing Orien t , tion Coul-se a t the U. S. Service Fie] Medical Army S hool . Brooke Army Medical C n­ ter. 1966

JANIS I Yunker t SIEGEL and ner husband . RIchard . are now liv­ ing in New York where he i s a captam at Gri ffiss AFB doing re­ search in aerial reconaissance. JANIS received her mas ers in education from the UniVersity of Wisconsll1 in l908 and has been teaching secondary math for five year . She is nO\\ enjoying staying at home with her new son . born in S ptember 1972.

1967

GARARD GUSTAFSON moved to Tacoma with his wife Carol (Tiedeman I in the summel I' 1 972 . where he has set up practice as an optometrist. He was formerly i n Chicago. III . . where h e was asso­ ciated with the staff a t Illinois Col­ lege of Optometry. He gradua ted from that college in 1971 . w' FLATNESS PETER J. graduated from Central Washing­ ton College in August 1 972 wi th a degree In education. He is now teaching biological science i n the Central Kitsap School District in Silverdale. Wash

1968

JOHN PEDERSON and wife CATHY (Severson '69 1 returned from the Philippines in 'lay '72. after spending two years as Peace Corp ' volunteers. John is now at­ tending the University of W shing­ ton Graduale School and Cathy is working at the Children's Home Society of Washington.

1969

RICK NELSON is working a t t.he Bun Marche Distribution Cen­ ter near Southcenter, south of Se­ attle He i a new member of Shep­ Lutheran Va lley the of herd Church. MARK SELID is now living in I llinois where he is manager of Florsheim Shoe Shop. Randhurst Shopping Center. Mt. Prospect . Ill. MARVIN G . SLlND has been appointed as a teaching assistant in history at Washington State University for the 1 972-73 school year. He is now working toward his Ph. D. degree in history . JEFFREY W. TOMPKINS is an ensign in the Supply Corps of the U. S. Navy and is attending Naval Supply Corps School . Athens. G a . COBURN TUELL is completing graduate studies in Hotel Adminis­ tration at Washington State Uni­ versity. Pullman. Wash. He mar­ ried Linda Shields i n Stevenson. Wash .. August 26. '72. HARRY WICKS has been pro­ moted to corporate vice-president of Marketing of Systemation, Inc. in Colorado Springs. Colo. He has been with the corporation since his discharge from the U. S. Army in November 1971. He and his family currently live in Colorado Springs, I Taylor . JULIE and JIM AAGESON have moved to SI. Paul . Minn. where Jim is a first year student at Luther Theological Sem­ , inary. Jim is doing some field work at S t . Mark's Lutheran. an inner-city church in St. Paul . and Julie is teaching in tht' :'vi ounds

View District. a 'uburo of S t . Paul. in a non-graded op n school WILLIAM ALLEN I S working as <I ·ivilIan ..t Fort Lel d s . as an educational con 'ultant and inslruc­ tor in drur.: and alclll Hll abuse pre­ vent IOn JOH ." W H ANG W I wa ' re. 'cntl discharged from the U S, , A rmy after servi Ii two years in G ermany llnd I - now living i Seat­ tle. RICHARD COCKLE is now on the staff 0 the Tri-Citv Herald's t h lio . Wash .. bureau office In and lives there WIth hi wit · and one child. Before moving to the Columbia Basin. Richard was em­ ployed by the York nispatch in York. P a . 197 1

' K oll l KATHY AND JOH� BANGS ND are teaching in the Bure' u of Indian AITair� Da a Alaska Emmonak S hool i small Eskimo village on the ering Sea Coast of [he mOuth of the u­ kon Ri ver.

R BERT D. TRO;vl PETER is now in his third yeur at the Luther­ an Seminary al SI Paul . Minn. He is erv i ng his third term as an in­ tern at the Holy Cross Lutheran in Wheaton. Ill. lie w s Chur married to Janet Andel sen I t JanuaTv ( 1972 ' . RONALD LAR 0 T . with witI' LiNDA and daughter WE, D . arc

living in Sea ttle wher on is manager in the comptrol le de­ Pacific Northwest at parl m nt Bell. been has LARSO STEVE ,�lected tn represent the Lutheran Studen Movement as part of the North Arllerican delegatIO n to the World Assembly elf the World Stu­ dent Christian Federation in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia . He is engaged Lo 2 to Rebecca be married Jun Voight.s. He is presenUy livi ng in Chicago. DENNIS MA(,NUSON thi P1;st 'ummer was ordamed deacon in the niled MethodIst Chw'ch and is currently a second year student at the Iliff Schuol uf Thl'ology in Dener. VICTORIA VERNON EANE is working on her , 1 sters a t the University of T braska where her husband aI-a obtained his lasters .

Marriages June 1%9 - Garard Gustafson arol Tiedeman. June 12. 1970 - Sheryll P . Brady '69 10 Bryan Bucci. August 2 1 . 1971 - Victoria Ver­ non '70 to Christopher _\1 . Kean. September 3 . 1971 - M M , lark Carlson '67 ( Karel1 ) . February 1 972 - Christine M Peterson '72 to Bnan Youngqui st. August 5 . 1972 - Beverly Jean Bell '68 to G . William Kasper III. August 19. 1972 -- .Jean Marie Olsen '72 to George Wood '71 . August 26. 1972 - Linda ShIelds '72 to Coburn 1. Tuell '69. September 10. 1972 - Renee Rudenick ' 7 1 to Robert Burggraf '67 t o

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September 16. 1972 - Flavia Virginia Flaherty '72 to David Q . Carlson '72. OctoiJer 20 1972 - Laurel Mo­ sier '72 to Randal Spitzer '74. November 1 8 . 1972 - Orpha Lee Christopherson '72 to Warren Carl Bailey. December I. 1972 - Marilyn Miller '70 to Marion Szczepaniak. Decem ber 2. 1972 - Allan D. Erickson '72 to Jody Raitanen. December 23. 1972 - Diane L . Bengston '72 to Robert L . Vernon '72.

December 23. 1972 - Marie Anne Johnston '72 to Gregory H . Nelsen ' 7 1 . 1972 -- Thomas F . S Jones '70 to :vtary Veronica Hartley. 1972 - Lewis Eli Thompson '1)8 to Betty Elaine Thiel.

1972

Lt! IDA A RES is working as a learning special' ,t in Point .Road School . L i l l i e Sil 'e . 1 ' . J. dtagnns­ ing and teachint; chiWren wilh le arnr ng dIsabilit ies. GAIL l30rz is teach i ng S p a nish at S home High School in 8elling­ ham afte r a summer working as a aval Torpe­ 'eeretary a t Keypor t do S ta tion near Brernerton Wash. BI LL C URRY nas been flamed housing liaison with the f tropoli­ ouneil m Ta­ tan Development coma He will provide staff assist­ ance to 1 W-In orne persons with housing problE' ms and work for eha ge and Im pr('lVemen t . Ht' is also serving on 'facoma s Human Com mi sion 's housing R lations commi t t ee for M . D . C .

RfCK GARLAND IS � ork.ing in program trail1tng managemt'J1t wi h Washll1gton Mutua l Savill S and Loan Bank in Seatl l e .

Births \ lilIlam Eugene Le f I 'tarie OSS IlIlam !II ielsen '63 1 a son Iay · :I. 1 970. Dr. Ted. J . Vlge nd '65 and Mrs . Vi eland. second clull , a on . born i n ' Munich 6n Seplemlle 28. 1971.

Dr . Jerry 1 'ordstrom �tary Lou anit'J Ander·s. Curtis '65 J a s n J anu ry 25. l !ln. j IllS Curt i s . i . and J neilE'. 2. Kenneth tilltr '64 ( Rhuda Pap­ 651 s n. Jon Christi 1. p aj oh n Feb. 4. '72. Ronald Larson '71 am! !VII'S. Larson daught r Wendy Ku}-. u

3. ' 72. r . J . . Burlem ( Karen and­ strom '61l1 daughter Carne Ann. August 2 1 . '72 joins bI' Itllt'l St even 6 and sist r Amv 3 -

iegel I .Janis Richard Aidel Yun.k l' 66 1 'on. Sept 6 .' n. Dr. P'i\ter Guhlhoff 'll nd Mrs. 19. '72. pL Guhlhoff. daughter. joins sisters onia. 9. and I ngnd. 7. 'lichael Gu tin '63 and M rs . I'pt. Gustin. daughter Julre \nn . 13. '72. joins SIst er Jen ifer Lau­ reen . 3. Darrell Lindbo '70 tS u.zanne '70 ) son Darrell Torrey. Swartz Sept. 26. ' 72. , :Vlarcia . 7 Timothy S ll t!r r Vake '67 1 sun. Sept 28. '72. Paul Roesch. Jr. I ancv Kvins­ ' l and ' 66 J son Scott Paul . vec. 1 . '72.

Deaths Clara Larsgaard '69

Clara Larsgaard (Gil l of Puyal­ lup. wife of Dr. John O. Larsgaard. PLU psychology professor. died of cancer Jan 9 at the a e of 50. Memorial services welt' held at Mountain View Lutheran Church in Puyal lup. where tht! Larsgaards have been members since 1965. born in Mrs. Larsgaard wa Farwell. Minn . . and moved to Eugene. Ore . . as a child. She grad­ uated from high school in E ugene. The Larsgaards were married in 1947 after Mrs. Larsgaard had att ended Concordia College r Moorhea d . Minn. I for one year. Returning to school at PLU in 1958. she earned her bachelor's degree in education after almost 10 years of part-time study. She earned her fifth year certification last sum­ mer. I n recent years she served as a kindergarten teacher at Fi rgrove School in Puyallup. Survivors include her husband : two daughters. Karen of Denver and Cheryl at home; two sons at home. John and David l a PLU student r . four sisters and ,I broth­ er. The Larsgaard family has re­ quested that any memorial gi fts b€ made to the PLU scholCU'ship fund or th.� AmerIcan Cancel' SfJci �ty.

Africa Highlight Of '73 Interim tContinued from Page 2,

The "Charlie Bro wn" cast j o ur­ neyed to Roseburg. Ore . . to prev­ iew its production, leading u p to five performances on the PLU stage . The final four campus per· formances will be held Feb. 15. 18. 2 :1 and 2 5 . An Evening o f Dance. featuring d ance instructor Kathy Iverson's interim dance class and guest art­ ists. will be staged Feb. 17 a nd 24 . " M arigolds" will be performed Feb. 16 and 2 2 . All opened late i n January. Resu lts of a Tacoma area survey o n environmental attitudes. con­ ducted by an interim class led by commu n i cation arts instructor Virginia Eman and Univ ersity of Washington professor Dr. Donald

Douglas '5 9l. are due in mid-Fe­ bruary . The survey. conducted J a n . 82 4 . in vestigated public attitudes toward environmental problems in Tacoma. The study is patterned after similar studies headed by Dr. Dou glas i n Seattle and Stockholm. Swed e n . Five groups of Tacoma citizens were the primary focus of the re­ search effort. They i ncluded the general public. business and i n ­ dustrial management personnel. high school and college age stu­ dents. high school and college teachers and members of environ­ mental action groups. Purpose of the proj ect is to de­ termine and evaluate attitudes as they relate to economic growth. energy production and consump­ tion, e nforcement of e nviromnen­ tal regulations, i ndustrial develop­ ment and governmental actions. I t was one of several meaningful surveys and research studies con­ ducted during the month as inter· im projects C o urses also included PH'para­ tion for Marriage. Body Language. War and Moralitv Natural Sp lec­ tion in H uman P o u l ation. Indians. Norse Mythology. P o pu l ism . Liv­ ing Church M usic . and Women ' s tudies. A uniq u e additi n to the interim l' , perie nce was a series o f -t o spe-

cial events talks. seminars. work­ shops concerts. plays and discus· sions - no grades , no classes ; just experiencial vignettes. They dealt with everything from calligraphy to bridge lessons and back massage instruction. PLU interim courses stress the innovative and the experimental. They are designed for the non­ major and are planned with the desire in min d to transcend the usual learning framework with fresh imagi nation . PLU also works cooperatively with other institu­ tions : last year :15 PLU students stu died on other campuses during J a n u ary and 45 students from oth­ er schools enrolled in the PLU program

University of Dar Es Salaam aca­ demic officer Dr. Isaria Kimambo ( '62), chats with Neal Stixrud ( '62), Dr. stew­ art Govig and PLU student Winston Zee.

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Anita ( G regersen '59) Christian, an elementary school teacher in Tacoma, enjoys a pri­ vate moment with a pupil at a primary school in Kinampanda, Tanzania.

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Dean Buchanan, left, and Dr. Stewart Govig, right, PLU tour leaders, with Chris Tari mo, director of the pesticide control re­ search center in Tanzania. Tarimo was the recipient of PLU's first master of science degree in 1965.

Mrs. Robert Ouko, second from right, wife of the Minister of the East African Community, talks with PLU students Donna Turn­ er, Carol Clingman and Nancy Turner. Dr. Ouko received an honorary doctor's degree from PLU a year ago.

PLU Teacher Placement Office S erves Alumni Services of the Pacific Lutheran University Teacher P l acement Of­ fice are available to PLU alumni considering a job change for the 1 973-74 school year . According to director John Han­ son ( '62), the Placement Office i s equipped t o assist teachers, coun­ selors, admin istrators and school nurses with career guidance, cre­ dential services and j ob listings. Many graduates are apparently unaware of the services offered lumni through our office." he said. "In spih� of the highly p u bli­ cized teacher over-su pply, w e' are able to provide many alumni with assistance i n l()catmg new j ob op­ portunities each year . " C a ndidates wishing t o up-date their credentials and register for

placement may do so for no charge. A minimum fee is billed alumni for credential mailings and for the weekly vacancy listings. The PLU Teacher Placement Office has consistently maintained one of the highest placement rates i n the state of Washington .

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Lute Cagers Face Uphill Battle In Drive For Title, Winning Year : t the tbree-qu rte" mal k in lhe season, PLU basketball had a l l the markings of d TY re-run i.e .. 1 11 story l the same as in previous e p isodes and a concl uslOn is al­ ready i ngrai.ned in the mmd of th . viewer. It is a ta le of dversltv at the onset. followed by the entra nce of the heroes a t.tiI'·' in gold an b l ack. so that finally the coach can be exp cted to d rive away in the unset and lI v e happily forever it !' ( ossibly having extended the winning season streak to 26 years!. T he Lut ' got off to their usual lackluster start, winning but one contest in their first eight engage­ ments, not unlike previous scripts which called for 1 ·6, 4-4, 2-7, and 2-6 openings since 1968. Then PLU's size and speed be­ gan to turn the tide, the Lutes jumping to a 5-3 mark in the Northwest Conference. Unfortun­ ately for the Lutes, size and speed aren 't attached to the same play­ ers ; some are blessed with one mgredient, the others have the second. Thus PLU continued the trend of using a multitude of play­ ers, with but two, Roger Wiley and Kim Estrada, maintaining a scor­ ing average in double figures. Season play got u nderway on Dec. 1 , and for the first time the Lut didn't have to fight the snow to make it to Ellensburg. They didn't battle much when they ar­ rived at the gym, either, dropping a 78-60 contest. Mike Berger, shedding a cast from his broken right hand the morning of the game , paced the Lutes with nine points. The foll owing night PLU leveled off its record l not to be duplicated again until February) h r dumping Simon Fraser 63-60 on home UniTurf. In one of the great wipe-outs sinee Pearl Harbor, PLU dropped four games during a one week engagement in Hawaii (the 62-60 loss to Hawaii Marines a non­ counter ). Poweriul University of Hawaii upended PLU twice 87-62 and 99-80, while Hilo College ral­ lied from an eight point deficit with four minutes remaining to edge the Lutes 76-74, despite a 26point effort by Roger Wiley. For the first time in a series which dates back to 1 933, St. Mar­ tin's took the measure of PLU twice in one season, winning 8 1 - 76 in Parkland and 94-88 on the Saints' court. Kim Estrada, with 1 8 tallies, and Mike Berger, who canned 22, led the Lute scorers in a losing cause . PLU's road woes contlllued ( before leveling off PLU would reach 1 -8 away from home ) on the second day ot' the new year. Seat­ tle Pac.ific ripped PU 7 1 -62 with the Lutes' twin towers, 6-8 Dennis Phillips and Roger Wile , throw­ ing in 12 points each. •

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boards and romped to a 82-74 Win in �1cMmnville, fight ing off a late Lute raU" , The Lutes . at one time 18 point - down. were led by Wile: nd 1 eal Andersen with 16 �nd 1 5 poin�. 'WC The Lutes regained thE' lead with precision free throw shoot"ng, smkin$. 27 of 32 ch rity tosses in a 93-73 win over Pacific, the first roa d win of the season . Wiley took scoring honors with 24 points. A stubborn Oregon College of Education five , outclassed 1 06-79 a year ago , battled the Lutes on even terms before sinking 66-60. Willamette became the next victim of the revitalized Lutes as team captain Lyle Mclntosh provided the heroics, stealing two passes and converting a pair of crucial free throws in the closing mo­ ments to preserve a 59-54 win. While season shooting accuracy marks were being threatened at both the free throw line and from the floor, PLU lost the touch against UPS, falling 74-57 and hit­ ting only 33 per cent from the field. The sights were adjusted in the second Pacific tilt, PLU setting a school record with 31 of 33 free throws converted on the way to a 99-76 victory. Wiley was high with 18 points. PLU hadn't been beaten by Col­ lege of Idaho since 1 96 7 , but the Coyotes out-boarded the taller Lutes and rolled to a 76-68 win in CaldwelL Berger and Estrada had 12 points each. Disaster also struck the following night, the Lutes absorbing their second straight conference defeat (tying a as Whitman school record) crushed the Parklanders 75-52 . With eight games remaining on the schedule, five at home and three on the road, the Lute log read seven victories and 1 1 de­ feats. A real scramble during the remainder of the month would petermine whether a conference championship and a 26th consecu­ tive winning season could still be nailed down.

Coach ('..ene Lundgaard and team captain Lyle McIn tosh co m me n t on jersey style changes since McIntosh began his court career at PLU five years ago, He sat out last year with an injury, At center is the jersey worn by the three-time captain a a jayvee, a style reminiscent of late 'SO's glory years', This year's new jersey hangs at right.

Seven PLU Tankers Qualify For Nationals Grantland Rice's old adage: " It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game" is no long­ er applicable to the PLU swim because, within the program framework of the Northwest Con­ ference, the Lutes always win. The question is, rather, was a school record bettered or did a swimmer qualify for the NAIA national meet? - Referred to as Chase's Chasers, coach Gary C hase has the follow­ ing swimmers eligible for the na­ honal meet: Terry Ludwig - 200, 500, and 1 650 yard freestyle; Gary Hafer - 100 backstroke and 400 medley relay; Glen Preston - 500 and 1 6 5 0 freestyle ; Scott Wake­ field - 200 butterfly, 200 back­ stroke, 400 individual medley, and 400 medley relay; Mike Osborne 200 individual medley, 400 individ­ ual medley, 200 backstroke and 200 butterfly ; Steve Randle - 50 freestyle and 400 medley relay; Gary Shellgren - 400 medley relay and 200 breakststroke .

Pitching depth, lack of which has plagued the PLU baseball pro­ gram in recent years, is expected to be the strength of the Lute dia­ mond nine, which has upgraded its win output 1 00 per cent in each of the past two seasons. The Lutes, 7-9 in NWC play, 817 overall, can call on righthander M ike Berger, a hard-throwing 6-6 sophomore, who led the confer­ ence in strikeouts last veal' and was named to the NWC all-star team. A stylish southpaw, senior John Roeber is a proven winner, while Ron Chapman, another sen­ ior, came on strong late last season as a knuckleball specialist. Senior Dave Bennett, the Lutes' biggest winner two years ago, can also play the outfield. Third baseman Dennis Zamber­ l in , who stroked for a . 280 average last year, is expected to get a lot of help in the lumber department from outfielder Tracy Totten, a .324 swatsman in NWC play, and newcomer Rob Gradjeda, a second baseman.

Lute Field Stars Bolster Spring Track Title Hopes I f you look at track and field as the purists do, dissecting the two partners, PLU's team strength in

the former is questionable, but in the latter the Lutes are the class of the Northwest Conference.

Openin g N orthwest Conference

play in the iriendly confines of

Olson Auditorium , the Lutes swept bac -to-back games fro m Whit­ worth 8 1-55 and Lewis & Clar k 66-56. DennL PnillIps led the way in tilE' loop opene . with 17 poin t , while R ger W iley c nned 15 again t the Pioneers Wi ! y brok Lhe game open with 10 unan­ sw red po mts m slightly over two minutes of play late in the f ra . Li..nlle ld outmuscled PLU on the

Mound Strength Key to PL U Diamond Hopes

Third place finishers in the con­ ference last year, PLU is loaded in the weights events. Dan Pritchard, defending NWC champion, had his school record heave of 53-5 1!2 shattered in January when teammate Randy Shipley tossed the iron ball 55-6 '/2 to place sec­ ond in the �AIA indoor champion­ ships. Transfer Greg Cornell and returnee Greg Abenroth, a 2 1 5foot j avelin thrower, see double­ duty in the weight department. A Tacoma product, Mark Smith, is a sophomore transfer with superb high schoo! credentials and is in the 160-foot range in the discus.

,�eil Mar in and Jon Oberg h ope Lgam the form that brt)u,ht them c onfer en c e titles two vea 3g0 in the ir1tprmediate htlrdles John Ami­ and 880 Pole vault. don and high j umper Scott Rut ledge have pNsonal bests neat' c h ampionshl p levels while f resb­ men Dou Wilson, a triple jumpe . Mike Whi te, a 1 tJg j u m sppcialist, and hurdler Da ve ff essemer have to

Ra)' Seale, ni Tacoma. right. t he oDI�' member (II the i..llilcd tate boxlDg It'alh 1 0 �in an 01) mpJ(' Gold Medai in Munich. viSited the PLU Cam]1l!S III JllU.Imry. Ue parliclrated in a ra ses 'inn with students and oHicialed al a IxIxing :dtlbltion. With �alcs is Phil �1Jner PLl) admissions ('oUD.\elar,

shown gre<lt promise.

Sp otlight On Alumni

�'O------_2:P�r�of. Knudsell Prepares 'A Gift

V r . Jens Knu dse n < " 5 2 ) is wor ki ng against time He is w orkin g 80 hou rs a week at Pt. Defi ance Aquar I Um in acoma. alone and without p a y . bu ildi ng a series of six dl ora mas that in some ub· tl e way are extensions of h is complexity . Dr. Knu ds en. who has . over the past severa l y a1' completed a number of displays for th � aquarium, needs at least 4 . 000 hours for this gra ndes t of his works. and he only has a y ar of 'abbaL ical I v from PLU . And that year must be shared with the c o mpleti ng of t w o books and a trip to E niwetok to continue a research proj cL . The PLU bi o l o gy professor i s certain that these exhibits d t:l ils o f whicl\. h ave evolv ed i n his m i n d f r many , ears, can pr ov id e a uni qu e l e arn i n g opport unity for people of aU ages and all l ev e l � of int erest a ld bac h.grou nd . BUill m large w oden cabinets with gla_ · rant . the d iOl'am s will con tai n wildli fe s peci mens and sculptured figures mount. d in rea li;; tic' 1Iy r e pro d u c e d surroundings m e rgi n g into a p. inted bac:kgro u n . Four of he six are ma rine exhibits , VleWC i from a dlvcr"s pers pec· tive . Rippling light will h >ighte the u nderwat 'I' effect . The ex hibi ts inc lu d e a a pe Fla ttery I Washington oasl i display, Pug et ' ound ( 1 gra. s a wharf piling w it. clw ractcristi<' bal'Dacle� and oth l' t ypicat underwater hIe. a coral I ei . and tw rorest . 'cne� . ThE" u niqu e i e at u'e of he f ores t e · hi bi t · that o l l e is . small section of he other. e nlarged '> times. It kalur . an 80 i nch slug. b 1 1 s. nl.. . a mI ev . n a 28- inch pu ll tab from J pop can i\+lon ' for the v t und .- t aki ng C Oles froru · ev el al Oll l'C , Th C a pe Fla ttery display is a memortal contri buted by fnend'> and f(� lIow f acul y III I1Jh�I'S to tl I<' .JlUci en . on l y Oil . J immy whf) di d last Febru ary . ThE: Pt LJdi nnce fo rest seem' I: f u nded by lh C reso J a m i l I l ren ere' () b a f I l uw member d th PLlJ bi ology facuJ' yl as a m murial l hel Creso Ad ditional f unds are earru rked by the Tacoma %ollloglt'al

JenB Knudsen, PLU biology professor, prepares one of several spectacul ur diorrun s at the Tac:olD.:l Point Defiance Aqu ariu m,

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ketball co ac h , is Marv Harshman ( ·4:2), University of Washington rvmg as honorary W as hin g ton state c hairm an for Ke y '7, a nalio Wide wh ic h be ga n durin g Advent non·denominational evangelism crusad

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manv l a l nls . , . al wa . ad I hi. t ar oi (·ltmg old ami 1 cady til dit' and l' \allzmg tha ' I h adn· 1.}( 1I1 ' <f llyt hlllg · ' he exp l a i ll _ d Harpel alld Row has re cen t ly publ lshl>d 1m rll'w book, ·Co ll ct'l i ng and Prese 'ving Plan and An imals " T h e handbook describe. and 1 1 1 m, lrat s tee niq 1 s for c o l lec t i n g 11 p esen'ing bu logical pc ' i mt:' n s of alJ basic p l a n t an I an i ma l grou ps .

ECOIl Ini Expansion Ostenson's Goal W1lh In Ostenso 1 " 6 1 ; has Le n servi ng for t he past year as execu· t lve d i recto r of the Seattl l'·Kng Cou nty Ec.: n mlc Dev I pment C ouncil. Form(>rlv executive seCl' tar and ch Ief a dm inistra tiv e offi cer for t h e ou t heas t rn' vUthigan Tr nspor . lio n Aulh \ m t y O s t I1son n o w develops

(The a bOVe story mcludes exerpts from a Ta coma cws Trlbun J f(>atul' . a} tiel> wri t te n by Tacorua f 'N' ·lanc" r :'fancy Z es.. That artic\f> \,/,IS pub­ llsh eci J a n . 7 . LU7J . I

econ omic di e rsi ficatio n prog ra ms for th ' C OlmciL He ic; prnunl'lly reo pom i b le f o r he lpin g create an a tmosphere in Seat­ tI e " c on d ucive 0 conomic expansion . . Oslens 11. the son of PLU earth sc ie nces pro fess or r. Burton �ten­ s o n holds a masters degree in g o v e rnm e n ta l administ ration from Whar ton �chool o f Fina n c e aI d Commel ceo univ rsity f Pennys lvania. a n a law degree fr om W i l l a me tte U niver. i t ' . Salem. reo

Gilbreath Prollloted At Cal S tat

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VI'. S tu a rt Gilbrealh ( ' 5 6 ) . has recent ly l' e n promol d to fu ll p l'o f SOl' and gl 'en t en ur in the Scho 1 o f Pu blic Adnl i ni st l·atJOn and l'J'ban Studi es at C al ifornia State U n iversity in San Dieg .!.Jr. Gil br eJth j oi ned the Sclio 1 last year aft 'I' t h ree y ars as an asso­ ci at pro fessor of psychol ogy at th� n ive l'sity . His present Ju lie · inciud · t(lachi ng courses in p u bl i pel' onne l lld minist.ra ti 1 1 . the ries of rganiza ti o n al ma n ageme n t and c ollec t ive barga inin g ru. well as �ll pervlsion fll puhl ic a dmmi strati n gradu at (> student�. 1 . G i lbl' 'ath is t he au thor of Il0r£! 1 than 2 pll bli -bed artIc le: amI pa er s dealing p rim lily wit h th fi l is o [ psychol ogy coun dmg per sonll '1 . hum a n relatio n s a n d r el a t e d tOpiCS. lIe has he n ll1volvl'd If1 n ' '­ ly a dozen rei arch n l l d Vl'1 pme nt proj ec

Wayne Saverud '67 31.5 Fir:;t A\'l!nul! Ea't Kalispe.I I , \-I ont 5900 1

Lokken Editor For Bible S oci ty

PLU Alumni Association Board of Directors 1 972-73 Pre ident

Term Expir(�s May 1974 J

Feek '00 15516 Cascadian Way Bolhell. Wa. 96011 me�

Helen Jensen JIauge 52 8860. Gramercy Place SW I Jr . Christy U lleland '63 09751 Tacmna, Wa 98498 1 1 SW 100th No. UD Robert E . ,Johnson 63 Seattle, Wa. 98166 "i6 Powell Avenue Plea sant Hitl. Cal if. 9-1523 Sec nd Vice Pr sidenl

. First VIce President

J erry Dodg en '64 ( 1913) 1 413 � ladrone Drive Modesto, Calif. 95350

Rev . William H. Ray '59 4649 Norlhview Court B urnaby 1, BC, Canadn

Seer tary·Treasurer

Term E:xpires May )975

Harvey J eufeld '54 Director of Alumni Relations Pacifk Lutheran University Tacoma , Wa. 98447

R ichard llildahl ·65 Box 1 7 1 SteilacOom. Wa . 98388

Term DopJr

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Geldaker '58 18525 Gulli Trill.i.lJ m Way West Unn . Ore. !l7068 s

on B. Ison '62 1528 Calle Hondanada

epresenlalives to lhe Unlver!tll;)· Board 1)1 Regent · st her Westby Aus ';12 ( 1974 1674 Las Canaas Road ;:.anla B a rbara Calif 93105

Ca rl T. Fynboe '49 ( 1973) 6505 Alfaret.ta SW Tacoll'la, Wa . 9849'J Lawrence .1. Hauge '50 ( 1975)

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'racoll'.s Wa 98498

llem hers·aH.arge Dr JelC Probs LIleld 63 ( 1 9731 Estates 24 12 Humbol l Avenue Jllth In!t'l Court South Minneap(llis , Minn. 55405

Nan Aag son .NokJeberg • 3

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Betty Riggers Keith '53 17022 :l5th NE ealt/e, Wn . 98155

G. James apell 8 1 16 . 88th COurl S\ ' Ta(:orna, W 98498

Dr. Roy Vi rak '52 1319 Palm Drive Tacoma , Wa . 98466

Thomas Mays '62 14 Larry Lane Lnngvi ew , Wa . 98632

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lorl t.l is UH�l'e Ile p rsun uu i ldin g I jst! in the d IOramas of this SCOpe "tone. Certa i nly fl'w men possess th ' scienl J ii<. n(}w ll'dge art! tic Jbili l�· and cr' flSuHlnshi n c sal" 10 do :. r c j . no t o n ly a biologJst. bu t a phol. grapher .1rtisL lU lhoJ' aud t'J'uft--Hw n ,

Harshman I' c�ntl) participated In a Seattle area television broadcas t wh1ch ki c ked off K '7' in the P get soun d area . Spearheading t h e C'ampaign in the BellIngham area is R v. Leonard E ricksen t'59 . TIe a1. 0 t'unuucled a kic k off TV progra m earlier this year . The theme of Ke. '73 is "CallUlg our C ontinent to Christ," Tnt lL of I e rl< ad , whI t: 1 i voIVf>. mul' thal! UO ChUl ell d enou inatioll. b to r each �ch pl'rSOll in tlu' country with the message of the Gospel d urin g l h com ng y('ar

Dr. Ron Lerch '61 ( 1975 ) 56 1 1 Wesl VictOria Kennewick , Wa 99336

Of Nature' For Tacoll1 a C0l11l11U ity

Chap . Paul Hwwng .,54 1 1973 1 1931) Nortb J land View Road

Oak Harbor, Wa . 98277

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Rev . J dmes r . Lo' ken of L 'ew York City � Y ! '5 5! has rell!l1tly ac· c('pled I1l'W respons ibiliti s as 'di tor of publica l io n s f or the ,.\. meri an Bi· bl e Socie ty Re v . 'L kln is r c!,Sponsibl" r J roducJng BiblE! Soci ty leclfl . , 1'0ch u rl'S . bo a rd 01 manag 1's rfo'ports. ann ua l re purts and t>d i.lol'i ul rev iew of all rnat I'ia ..s pro d u c ed by th p u blic a tiol ls epartruent stafr An ordained clergyman. Lokken has b EHl one . t a team of fow' dl­ e pas [oar Lors for the Ll l ur git:al C on fere nce . Washington , I) . C . for y ars. HI' hus also been on ibe slaff If Lutheral1 I- oru n! Jagazine S lll C •

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Bischoff Principal At Utah Scl100l I )r Rnhel't W Bischut'f I 50 :\1 . \ '.if:! I 11 b ·t·n appull1lNI prillt'lpLl ! of L he tJ tall c �u{)l trw 1 h ' B l i rlll h ' I lw (j ,. , ' n 's EXami l li l l Boal' l l !j t a t o r tah tab I I I ' . BIschulf .mtl hIS l<tUlih" h a v e recen LJ v III H'd to 0 den where till' t tah School fIJI' the E1l1lo is locat(d .\II,J'! ! e-c�n t l \' I I I' Bischofl was 1.'ourd inat()J' ViiiUa i) JI and lcappt!t1 T e ar lwI' Pr rpar<ltlon 1.),·0 1 nm !J CPUI tmer,t oj Sp 'CUl l I� lueati 10 . 'orl he! n l l l inui ' I} ,j \ ersit) ' Kd l �" III �

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Volume 3 No. 4 May. 1 973

Alumni Associa tion of Paci fic Lutheran U n iversi ty

Lives Of S ervice: A Challenge To Graduates Dr. Walter Capps, recipient o f the P L U Distinguished Alumnus Award, a n d four Wash足 inllton state l egi slators are just a few of the thousands 01 alumni offering lives of serv足 in to mankind. They can be a source of inspiration to the 567 students receiving PLlJ degrees this spring. See pp. 2, 7, 8, 9.

Legislators from left : Reps. Earl Tilly and Phyllis Erickson ; Sen . .Jack Metcalf and

Rep. Robert Curtis.

Theologian Dr. Walter Capps Receives PLU Distingllished Almnnus Award One of t he nation's leading fig­ ures in the field of religious educa­ tio n was awarded the PLU Alumni Association's highest honor, th ' Distingu i shed Alumnus A wa rd . at PLU ;\IIay 7 . D r . Walter Capps, director of the T n lit ule of R e I "gi liS Studit·s at the TJ niversi y of Cal ifornIa S ant Ba rbara, was pres nt ed the a yard by Alu mni Asso l a tion PI' s­ id 'nt Ronald �er h d u rin g a spe­ cwl l:onvo atlOn at which P l' . Ca ps presented greetings. Capps also conduct -,d a series of four public lectures during his two-day visit on campus. Topic of the lec­ tures was "Sanity, Holiness and Loves Body in a Protean Age . " D U l ing the lectures, Capp's anal­ ysis of man's rel i gious and psychol­ ogical natures were presented in terms of a commentary on works by several contemporary wri ters, including 'fh(' :\lodel of Protean Man by Robert J. Lifton. The new man, as described by Lifton, has characteristics reminis­ cent of Proteus, the mythical Grc k sea god, who could rapidly change appearance, character and principles. Capps attributed the changes in m a n ' s conceptions of f undamental

binary relationships: spirit·body, time-Lt crnity and li fe·death. Scep· t e l'S ot nuclear holocaust, overpo­ pulation and envirol1l len tal crises h av e radically changed our atti­ t u des towal'd former absol ute:, he asser e d . Protean m a n is a m biva lent. H e vul nera ble, i n mpl 'tp a llt! un­ finished, 3ccordmg 0 Capps. "But he is here to sta ' , " t h speakel said . . . and he (:an help us att:ll n the religiolls m atur' ty for which we all a re destined . " IS

In addition to the l cturc s rip ,

CiPPS held discussions with stu· dents in their classrooms.

A prolific writer himself who has authored or edited five books and more than :30 magazine and newspaper articles in the past eight years. Capps has become one of the natio n ' s leading spokesmen in the fields of religion and philos­ ophy. Tht� Society for Religion in Higher Education last year recog­ nized him as one of the outstand­ ing teachers of religion in Ameri­ ca. H e has also received fellowships from the Society and from the H u manities and Creative Arts I n­ stitutes at the University of Cali· fornia, and was a Rockefeller Doc· toral Fellow at Yale U niversity.

PLU Di stinguished Alumnus Award i s presented to Dr. Walter Capps by Alumni Asso­ ciation President Ronald L erch.

Capps' primary a rea of concern is the u pgrading of the teaching and understanding of religion on state campuses. H is writings have covered a broad spectrum of reli­ gious topics with particular empha­ sis on analysis of the works of prominent theologians, past and present. Both Capps and his wife . Lois. attended PLl in the late 1 9 5 0 ' s . In addit i on, he ho!ds bachelor's de· g l'ee's from Portland S bt e Univer­ sity a d Augustana Theological S mil ary, masters degrees from Yale Divinity School and Yale U niversity, ancl a eloctorate from Yale.

D.·. Walter Capps

He has served at the U C-Santa Barbara campus for the past nine years. Dr. Copps. left, meets with slud nts in a religion class taught by David Kllutson ( '58 ) . second from left.

California Alumni Friends H onor Dr . Capps At Aus Reception Dr. Walter Capps, PLU' s Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient, was the guest of honor April 15 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Aus of Santa Barbara , Calif. Mrs. Aus is an alumni representative to the PLU Board of RI'gents. The reception was the spring alumni program for the Southern Cal· i fornia a rea. A!umni from the Los Angeles - Thousand Oaks - Ven­ tura - Santa Barbara communities were present. The reception was an opportunity to honor Dr. Capps in his own community for persons who would be unable to attend campus ceremo­ nies in his honor. PLU President and }Jrs. Eugene Wiegman were on hand as representatives of the u n i versity. A special international flavor was lent to the reception by guests from all over th(' worl d who a re c urrently serving as regular and visiting faculty members at the University of California - Santa Barbara . Among the notable guests were Dr. Vernon Cheao l .. t iC SB chan­ cellor, and his wife; Dr. Jose·Luis Aranguren . noted E u ropea n writer cu rrently teaching Spanish at U C·SH ; Dr. Raimundo Panikkar of Ban'e­ lona, a member of Dr. Capps' religious studies department at UC-SB ; Irving Laucks, a foundation director from Irving, and a member of the board for the Ce nter for t he St udy of Democratic Institutions in Eula . and his wife ; John ( Teddy ) Cogh,'y, former New York Times religion edi­ tor and a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of DemocratIc Institu· tions, a nd his wife; and tvI s. Lisa-Lotte Dolby of C opehage n, currently assistant d irector of the LaCasa de Maria Retreat Center in :\1ontecito.

Dr. Walter Capps, left, visits with PLU President Eugene Wiegman.

Goals, Plans for Future of PLU Announced by Board of Regents At the May 1 4 meeting o f the Pa 'ific Luth 'ran U niversity Board o f Regents, PLU President Eugene Wiegman a n d t he board, by j oint actio n . agreed that dunng the e nsuing y('al' the P residen will p l ' c prin ary emphasis on identi­ fYlll g futu! e goals and objcctiv s of t11 w1i versity, together w i1 h methods to be employed in achiev­ ing t h ' m . Dr, Wiegman w a s offered a PTesi d0ntial L ave with full pay a nd benefits for on e yea r comm­ (l n ting on August 1 , 1 9 74. The o f­ fer W' s a ccepted by D r . Wiegman. I n other action, the PLU Board of Regents appro ed the appo i t­ ment of Rev. J am e s Beckman as associate universit I minister. M e Beckman m t crne d a t P Ll.: d u ring the 1 9 7 1 -72 aca demi c year. A committee o f four. to include W iegman and one representative each from the board, the faculty and the student body was estab­ lished for the purpose of selecting candidates for the post o f vice­ president for finance and opera­ tions. The university development plan outlined by university con­ sultant Walter Darling was accept­ ed. The plan will affect all ele"

ments o f Univ ersity life, including academics . research, organization and p ubli c relations, Also adopted was a n o rganizational plan for the university submitted by H a rry J . Prior a nd Associat s o f Seattle. An I nter-Lutheran C o ntinuing Education Program rcpresc n t i ng the expanded educatio n al i tere ts of clergy and J aity in the various L theran church hod ies. was ap­ proved. In response to a p roposal sub­ mitted by the students t 1 ro ugh the Student Life commi. tec, the boo I'd reaHirmed th . .xisti ng univc rsity policy which p rohibits the use o t lcoholic beverages o n campus. The board also approvcd seven new fac ulty appointments, alo n g with recommendations 0 the uni­ versity rank and tenure committee. President Wiegman stated that for the past two years the Board and the President have been work­ ing toward reorganization and set­ ting goals for the institution and the refinement of a long-range development plan . He added that he was looking forward, in the coming year, to spending a greater portion of his energy in the rede­ fining of these goals and carrying out o f these plans .

567 Degrees To Be Granted At Spring Commencement Exercises Degrees will be granted to 567 seniors and graduate students and M ichael Dederer, chairman of the PLU Board of Regents, will be honored a t 1973 Commencement exercises at PLU Sunday. May 2 7 . T h e ceremonies will be held in Olson Auditorium at 3 : 30 p . m . Dederer will be honored f o r his long service, both to his communi­ ty and to higher education across the state. In addition to his leader­ ship o f the PLU board , Dederer is also a member of the Washington State University Board o f Trus­ tees, He was recently elected presi­ dent of the Seattle Historical Socie­ ty and has been active for many years in Seattle business, church and servic organizations. Among the students to be ho­ nored during Commencement are Ted Carlson of Corvallis, Ore" a j u nior recipient of the George Fisher Scholar Athlete Award ; Dennis Phillips of Spokane, Jack H ewins Award ; Margaret Loverin o f Tacoma, Woman of the Year i n Sports; M a rk Buchanan o f Tacoma Alpha Kappa Psi and American Marketing Association Awards ; Jack Nixon of Sumner, Financial Executives I nstitute Award; and Andrew Turner of Tacoma, Lu­ theran B rotherhood Award . A total o f I I I seniors will be graduating with honors. Three rat­ ed summa cum laude are Maribeth Anderson and Curtis Wickre, both o f Tacom a, and Karen N o rman of Port Angeles. Among the 496 bachelors de­ grees, a total o f 207 bachelor of arts degrees will be presente d ; also bachelor o f arts in education, 1 4 1 ; bachel o r o f business administra­ tiun , 5 2 ; bachelor o f nursing, 4 :3 ; bachelor o f science, 2 5 ; bachelor

of fine arts, 1 9 ; and bachelor o f music, six . Among 7 1 masters degree c�mdi­ dates are 30 in social sciences, 2 1 i n education, 1 1 i n business admin­ istration, fou r in humanities, three in natural sciences a nd two in mu­ sic. Degrees will be conferred by President E u gene Wiegman, who will also speak on "A Challenge to the Graduates . " G reetings will be given by Dederer and Ron Lerch, president o f the PLU Alumni Asso­ ciation. Also scheduled d Wi'2g C om mencement Weekend a re a presi­ dent's reception for parents and graduates, a commencement con­ cert and a commencement worship service. A nurses' pinning ceremo­ ny will 'be held i n Eastvold Audito­ rium at l O : 30 a.m. Saturday, May 26. T h e reception will be held at the University Center Saturday at 2 : 30 p . m . That evening the PLU Sym­ phony , Concert B a nd and Choir of the West will present a concert in Olson Auditorum a t 8: 15 p.m. Rev . G o rdon Lathrop, u niversity minister, will deliver the sermon at the commencement worship serv­ ice Sunday at l O a . m , i n Olson Auditorium . Music will be provid­ ed by the University Chorale with members of the faculty and stu­ dent body also taking part in the service.

Carol Hidy and Dean Suess

PLU Musical Troubadours Plan Second Summer Concert Tour A pair of roving trou badou rs from Pacific Lutheran U niversity will tour the western United States this summer on behalf of the u ni­ v e rsity and the Alumni Associa­ ti on. The duo, known as Carol, Dean and Guitar, will sing their sacred a nd secular folk music concerts i n Lutheran churches in Washington, Oregon, California and Arizona. The enthusiastic response to a sim­ ilar tour they made last summer led to this summer's tour , Carol Hidy, an accomplished

Research Grant F or Sciences Awarded To PLU A $ 16,600 gran t from Research Corporation o f New York was awarded to Pacific Lutheran Uni­ versity recently. The grant, made u nder the foundation ' s ' Cottrell College Science Grants program, will be used in research dealing with dispersion of molecu lar polar­ izabilities. Principal researchers a re Dr. K. T. Tang and Dr. Sher­ man Nornes, professors of physics at PLU. Cottrell grants s4Pport academic research programs i n the natural sciences at private, predominately u ndergraduate institutions. Research Corpora tion, a fou nda­ tio n for the advancement of sci­ e nce , was created 60 years a go by Frederick C ottrell as a. non-profit institution for the support of scien­ tific research.

PLU Receives $ 1 ,500 Shell Grant A $ 1 , 500 assist grant from Shell Companies Foundation has been a wa rded to Pacific Lutheran Uni­ versity. The funds will be used for general faculty development, pro­ fessional development and for in-

stituti onal purposes, according to the provisions of the grant. This is the fourth time the a n­ nual assist grant has been awarded to PLU .

folk guitarist from M ercer Island, Wash., h a s collected ballads and fol k songs for many years . An English major who has studied church music at PLU, she re­ searches the origins and develop­ ments o f the songs the duo per­ forms, and when necessary trans­ l a te s them into modern E nglish. The daughter of Rev and M rs. Ross H idy of M e rcer Island, she is a national merit scholar and will be a teaching assistant in innovative composition and E nglish at the' PLU Learning Skills Center next' fall . A j unior, she is twice winner of the PLU all-school oratory con­ test. Dean Suess, a seni o r music ma­ j o r in French horn performance and education, arranges music for the tour, including ballads, folk and contemporary popular music and sacred folk music. H e seeks to produce arrangements that are both musically beautiful and true to the song's origi n . T h e son of M r . and M rs . Charles Suess of Seattle, he is tenor section leader of the PLU Choir of the West and principle French horn in the U niversity Symphony. He is also a member o f Blue Key, a na­ tional scholastic honorary. About their music Carol com­ ments, " I t's music that draws peo­ ple closer together because it speaks to the deep human feelings and experiences that all people have. A ballad doesn't' aim at one particular generation. I f it's funny, everyone laughs; if it's tragic, we recognize the tragedy as part of what we all face.

"And it's appropriate to sing this music in churches because God is active in all o f life, not j ust Sunday morning, " she added. Ca rol and Dean will be in Cali· fornia and Arizona in J u ne and most of July, and in O regon and Washington during the last part of J uly and the month o f August. For in formation concerning their tour o r to schedule appearances, con­ tact the Alumni H ouse at PLl] .

Toward A Decade Of Prolnise

Travelin' With Harv

Contest By Harvey Neufeld Director of Alumni Relations

It was a drizzly, lazy Saturday morning. Not the kind of day that you really want to get up and get with it. I think I know how sermon­ weary preachers feel on Monday morning, and how tig ht-nerved executives feel after a critical board meeting. During the week, 1 had answered the phone, driven hund reds of miles, and seen literal­ ly dozens of people and the most gracious thing I could imagine was to be left alone Saturday morning. But such was not my forttme at tllis time. Actually, however, before the day's end my reticence to become involved in another vcnture of the family was displaced by a great sense of personal pride in my young violinist son. This morning it was my duty to transport my boy and a few other music students to the annual spring contest. I t is very difficult to describe such an I.'vent to someone who does not have children engaged in musical endeavor or who has not had some­ one "try out" for a musical event. In its most positive aspect, I could say that the contest, when we ar­ rived. seemed to represent a deli b­ erate effort at organized confusion. Fou r-Coot boys with six-foot bass violins and six-Coot boys with 12-inch piccolos and full-grown girls not quite ladies passed in a constant turmoil between buildings in which harried adjudicators sat praying for the day's end. At long last it was time for my boy to play. There was not a con­ cert hall, just a simple corner in the library. There were no bleach­ ers, just a few stacking chairs scattered for some of the parents, who looked more like chauffeurs than concert types. My wife and I sat down beside another couple whose son had just finished his recital. They glanced toward us and nodded in a kind of way that

only parents can understand. Prob­ ably years of agonizing listening to scales and arpeggios both in and out of tune had preceded this event today. The adjudicators' approval would in some small way serve as a launching board for another year of lessons and trials and speeches about discipline and practice. The lady who served as the " judge" in our room was a most kindly person. She obviously had spent years tutoring t he young and quite understood their tension and their awkwardness. Two fingers on the wrong key and none on the right one could easily be explained by the simple phrase "well you probably will grow out of that. " I felt quite confident that when our boy finally played that he would get a fair hearing. Mrs. Olson had come along that day ( not the one that makes coffee ) . to serve as the pianist. I am persuaded that all the :VIrs. Olsons of our world ought to be given medals for services over and above the call of duty. For indeed she had practiced patiently with our young lad and with many others that came from our school to play that day. And all of this sim­ ply to help young people become artists. The violin was tucked firmly under the chin. The bow was poised and we waited with eager anticipation for what would have to be a superb performance. After all he was my son! The melody was a Scottish tune that increased with difficulty as each bar passed, demanding more and more dexter­ ity as the concerto came to a cli­ matic conclusion. My son began with a wide pleasant sweeping of the bow over the low and mellow tones of the G and D strings. It was a most magnificent sound, almost Wagnerian in its depth and comprehension. I was amazed that a boy so young could have so much musicianship. As the musical ren­ dition hastened to its conclusion (it was obvious that the pages were gray and then black with sixteenth and thirty-second notes ) the fervor and love for my child within my

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heart built almost to the bursting point. With an almost Paganinian skill, that young lad swooped across the bridge of his violin cre­ ating sOllnds both intricate and del­ icate. So precise they would thrill your soul ! And then it was all over. An awkward silence followed as our anticipation was disturbed only slightly by the shuffling of papers and a few remarks to herself as the adjudicator prepared for the grade. Finally it came. Good! At that moment I felt that the world itself had been unfair to me and to my son. Good was just not good enough_ Why, as a matter of fact, the musical rendition was excellent. superb, heart-warming, ecstatic. precise, absolutely mar­ velous. How in all the world with the kind of faculties that this adju­ dicator possessed could she ever come to the conclusion that the performance was only good? It was a Grade I I . For me it had to be a Grade I . For awhile it seemed to me that the countenance of my son fell for he realized that he had accomplished his goal but that he hadn' t accomplished mine. Then it occurred to me that the goal that I had set for him was too high and that I must not try to work out my own desires for excellence through my children. Of course it was good. It was great. To us, his par­ ents, it was the best, and so it didn't really matter what the adju­ dicator thought. It was enough encouragement for him to continue at least for another year. Now you may ask what has this got to do with alumni work. As many of you know PLU is going through a rather critical self anal­ ysis at this very time. Programs for future development are being clouded by events that tend to dis­ courage those engaged in the mar­ ket place of higher education. It becomes evermore expensive to maintain a school such as PLU . It is always difficult to hold to our heritage of Christ ian education. The twin dragons of high costs and low enrollments tackle us at every turn of the road. We cannot imag­ ine why anyone would not want to come to PLU nor why the educa­ tion we give here is not superior to that of any other college. Like par­ ents, we see things that are not quite attained. Perhaps we are too closely in­ volved. It may be that the educa­ tional adjudicators across the country would say, "PLU. you have come a long, long way. You are much better than you 've ever been. You have dreams of great­ ness that can come true and we grade you as good. " Within the family we think such a grade would be too harsh. We are excel­ lent. We represent the finest of Christian colleges. For us only the sky is the limit. But our critics and our advisors tell us some truth and with that we must learn to live. Excellence is something we strive for constantly. Its pursuit is never ended. Someday, perhaps quite soon. we will be better than good. We will be great. But we will not be­ come that way uliless we have the undivided support of a host of peo­ ple who are willing to pay the price both in encouragement and in gifts, that excellence in educa­ tion might prevail at PLU. We think we have demonstrated the worthwhileness of mil' endeavol'. And. like parents who drive happi­ ly home from the annual spring contest, we know that the endeavor to which we have given ourselves will eventually produce the finest and the best in those with whom we work everyday.

T h e theme of t h e 1973 PLU Alumni Association annual fund campaign, "Toward a Decade of Promise." takes on a speci a l meaning as t h e association com­ pletes its first decade under a fulI­ time director. During that 10-year period un­ der the leadership of Larry Hauge ( ' 50 ) , .Jon Olson ( '62 ) and the cur­ rent director. H arvey Neufeld ( 54 ) . alumni have contributed' more than half a million dollars through the association to the de­ velopment of their alma mater and to the welfare of students. Annual fund giving began back in 1963, though there had been pe­ riodic alumni fund canlpaigns as far back as 1912. The drive in 1962 netted $8,520. It was a beginning. Annual giving had increased to over $20,000 a year by 1966 when the alumni were invited to partici­ pate in a fund-raising effort for the new Mortvedt Li brary, Though the general fund total declined. alumni gifts toward the library exceeded $60.000 a year for t he next four years. Since that time as well, giv­ ing to the annual fund has grown each year and last year exceeded $50,000 for the first time. The Alumni Association story during the past 10 years has been an exciting one, one that lends it­ self easily to the forecast of "A Decade of Promise" to come. Services to alums have in­ creased manyfold. Regular com­ munications are deemed vitally important and have been carried out, first through the quarterly university magazine, Reflections, and during the past three years through Scene, which is designed specifically for alums. In addition there are numerous mailings to all alumni as well as a prodigious effort to communicate with as many as possible on a per­ sonal basis, To give alums a permanent " home" at the university, the asso­ ciation last year acquired the Alumni House, which houses alum­ ni offices and the Religious Life office. In addition to providing var­ ious meeting rooms. it provides space for social and private gath­ erings, as well as being simply a place for a pleasant chat and a cup of coffee. As the house has become more familiar, hundreds of alums have made it a welcome spot to stop during campus visits. In addition, the alumni associa­ tion has conducted numerous pro­ jects for the benefit of alums and the university. Homecoming is an annual highlight. More than 80 alumni scholarships have been awarded in the past 10 years. Ma­ jor efforts have been made in the area of continuing education, both through Reflections and Scene and through the Alumni Lecture Series and special university events ei­ ther sponsored or co-sponsored by the associ ation. Special gifts to the univel'Sity have included a TV van mobile unit, microfilm equipment. library volwnes and numerous individual gifts. A common alumni complaint at other schools and sometimes at PLU is thai the " only time they hear from the university is when it wants money. " The PLU Alumni Association is making every effort to see that this is not the case a t PLU ! Yet there is a continuing need for fundS to continue present programs and services and to de­ velop new and even more exciting projects as alumns work with their alma mater to build a greater uni­ versity. The greatest need is for unre­ stricted funds, but gifts for specific purposes are always warmly wel­ comed as well. Why do PLU alumni partici­ pate'� For many it is a matter of personal pride. PLU has demon­ strated its integrity as an academ­ ic institution. This past year. for

example, PLU produced its first Rhodes Scholar, Bruce Bjerke. Bruce was one of .only four such scholars chosen across the entire West Coast. It's also an investment in lead­ ership. Not only has PLU been cil· ed as a top flight educational insti· tution in the Northwest and acrO!>:i the nation. but hundreds of letters every year come to the Alumni Office telling of leadership provid· ed by PLU alumni around the world. In each issue of Scene li e attempt to bring you some o f those stories. Support to PLU helps as­ sure that this kind of leadership development continues. It's a matter of financial ne· cessity. A gift is an expression o[ personal interest and will encour· age others to become involved. Through concientious financial management PLU has mamtained a balanced budget through the years . but more and more t.he uni· versity must rely on friends and alumni to assure fiscal health. Finally, it is a matter of Chris· tian commitment. A recent college study showed that by 1980 more than 200 private institutions may have to close their doors or be amalgamated with state institu· tions. PLU's position is very strong now. But it can only remain that way if it is able to secure a grow· ing host of committed people who will undergird its educational en· deavor to extend a quality educa· tion in a Christian enviromnent.

An Expression Of Thanks The nursing office in the new Aida Ingram Hall School of Nurs· ing Complex has been named in honor of Mrs. Eline Morken 01 Parkland, founder and former director of the nursing program at PLU . In a recent letter to President Eugene Wiegman, she expressed her thanks to the u ni ver si ty, alum· ni and friends who made the honor possible. She wrote : Please accept my belated thanks and appreciation for the honor bestowed upon me at the time of the dedication of the Aida Ingram Hall (in February ) . I was completely overwhel med when I noted that the Nursing Office was to be designated in my name. M� appreciation goes to you and oth­ ers who may have been involved in that decision. It is a thrill for me to see hOIl the School of Nursing is forging ahead under its present le.adership and faculty. In my opinion, thl early success of the school was due primarily to the exellent quali ty of the students we had who were courageous enougn t o enroll in a new and struggling non-accredited school, and to the fine cooperation and support the administration and faculty of Pacific Lutheran College gave us. With this support We were able to lay the foundation firmly though slowly and I see now that the pa­ tience of everyone has paid off in the quality of the present program.

Please extend my sincen' ap­ preciation to all others who have made this a reality . Through this m1'!dium too. could I ex1end my t.ha nks to the friends and alumni" who contributed funds designated for the room named in my honor. May our Good Lord continue to bless Pacific Lutheran University, its administ.ration, faculty and staff, and not. least . all its students. Respect flJ lly, R. Eline Morken

Alumni Around The World 1932

MURIEL E . SCHOLZ of Seattle. former elementary teacher and now retired, completed a Holy Land Tour in March of this year which included Athens, Corinth and Cairo. She says it was a beautiful experience. She has two daughters, one son and eight grandchildren.

1940

DR. WESLEY F. GABRIO has just compl eted a term as President of t h e Washington State Obstetri­ cal Association.

1943

D R . O. �t SOLA has been in­ stalled as chief of staff at Stevens Hospital in Edmonds. He will serve a two-year term.

1950

JOHN G. HEWSTON, associate professor of Natural Resources at California State University-Hum­ has since 1966, boldt. been presented the first annua l "Outstanding :vIember" Award by the Redwood Region Audubon So­ ciety. Two years ago Hewston also received the Outstanding Profes­ sional Wildlifer Award from the Humboldt Wildlife Society Chapter. HERSCHEL MOBLEY of Gig Harbor is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Puget Sound Mariners' M useum.

1951

LUELLA TOSO JOHNSON of Tacoma received the Lakewood Jaycees Women's Award for 1973 for outstanding achievement on the community level during 1972. REV. LOWELL KNUDSON has assumed the pastorate at West . eattle' s First Lutheran Church, coming from Everett where he has been for the past twelve years. For the past six years Pastor Knudson has been a member of the Board of Regents of PLU. He is married and has two sons and three daugh­ ters.

1952

JASON BOE is a member of the Oregon Senate. This is his first full term in the Senate having been reelected without opposition from either party and receiving almost 100 per cent of the vote in his coun­ ty. Earlier he had been elected to an unexpired two-year term in the Senate and was named to the ways and means committee. He received his bachelor's degree from PLU and his doctorate in optometry from Pacific University, Forest Grove, Ore. CHAPLAIN ( M ajor) PAUL

BRAAFLADT has completed the U .S. Air Force senior chaplain course at Maxwell AFB, Ala. He is being assigned to McChord AFB, Tacoma, Wash. His wife. Esther. is from Newfolden, Minn. A biology professor, DR. JENS KNUDSEN, has been selected by fellow faculty members and ad­ ministrators as PLU's third Regen­ cy Professor on the basis of his demonstrated excellence and con­ tinuing contributions in the field of biology. DR. LUTHER STEEN i s a member of the religion faculty at Wagner Lutheran College in Staten I sland, NY.

1953

EVERETT and ARDYTH SAV­ AGE and family are in Taiwan still enjoying their work there in the hospital which they write averages 135 patients a day and Ardyth is putting in half days at the school as a volunteer librarian. They hope to be home this summer for a short furlough and to renew friend­ ships before returning to Taiwan in September.

1954

KENNETH SIEGELE has joined the staff of the American Lutheran Church Foundation in Minneapolis as a consultant. Pas­ tor Siegle is married and they have four children. Prior to ac­ cepting the Foundation assign­ ment, Pastor Siegele was an assist­ ant to the Di rector of Stewardship and served congregations in t h e three Dakota districts. PAUL STEEN, alumnus and former director of television at PLU, is now director-producer of KEBS-TV and Radio and teaches part time at the Uni versity of Cali­ fornia-San Diego.

1955

Miss MARY ESTERGREEN. former missionary to New Guinea,

is on leave of absence from the Division of World Missions of the American Luth eran Church. She went to New Guinea in 1963 and taught fo-r six years in the Kathar­ ine Lehmann School of missionar­ ies' children, then taught for a year in a school for New Guineans.

1956

( Jerstad ) KAY and STEW MORTON are living in Argentia, Newfoundland. Stew is command­ ing officer of the U. S. Naval Facil­ ity and will finish a two-year tour in August 1974. They have two children, Paul 15 and Susan 12.

1958

THOMAS C. REEVES, asso­ ciate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, represented PLU at the inaugura­ tion of the C hancellor at the Uni­ versity of Wisconsin-Stout in March of this year. REV. ROBERT WINKEL, for­ merly assistant pastor at Gethsem­ ane, Seattle, is taking over at Lu­ theran Compass Mission for Art Gronberg.

1959

CHARLES W . CURTIS has been advanced to sales engineer with the New Haven Trap Rock Co. and will handle sales and product con­ sultation with the firm's customers in lower Fairfield County, West­ chester County and the Bronx area of New York City. He lives with his wife Antoinette and daughters, Constance and Charmane on Kel­ sey Hill Road, Deep River, Conn. REIJER GROENVELD is asso­ ciate right-of-way agent, California State Department of Transporta­ tion. He appraises air rights for freeways. His wife, Barbara, teaches educationally handicapped, i s a newly elected councilwoman and a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. They have three children, Reijer III, M ark and Gary. RICHARD HAMLIN will be­ come the new superintendent of Colfax school system this summer. He was formerly assistant superin­ tendent of the Othello school sys­ tem for the past three' .years. He and his wife, Joann, have four sons. Rick, Randy, Rod and Ryan.

KARl KOLLTVEIT ( M elkevik) and husband are now living in H a ugesund, Norway. Mr. Kolltveit is a teacher of history, French and English. They have three children, Olav, Kristin and Nina. REV. CLARE H . LEDUM, Jr. was installed as Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Madera, Calif., i n March. He and his wife Dorothy have two children, David and Ka­ thy. FRED WARNER, budget direc­ tor for the Tacoma Sc hool District, has been appointed to the post of assistant superintendent for finan­ cial services. Fred has been with the Tacoma School District since 1959. He will assume his new duties June I, 1973. JON WEFALD is Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of Minnesota having been appointed to that position in January 1971 by Governor Wendell Anderson.

1960

DONALD MORKEN has been elected president of Seattle N orth­ west Securities Corporation. H e will be coordinating a l l operations as well as heading the firm's mu­ nicipal consulting department. RICHARD W. STEDTFELD, Ph. D, has been named director of human resource development at St. Michael's Hospital at Stevens Point, Wisc.

1961

As a member of the League of Women Voters, Anita Hi!lesland Londgren '59 worked on the Secretary of State's Hot Line answering quest ions last fall and also served on T rna's Charter Review Committee. Recently she has become a poii worker. helping to man the voting booth on election day,

has been ap­ DIAN BLOM pointed as assistant principal at Kentridge Senior High School afld is the first woman in the district's history to become a secondary school administrator. Kentridge is in the Kent, Wash., school district. JUDY NELSON will receive her BA in Education and 5th Year Cer­ tificate in Art from the University of Hawaii in May of this year. REV. JOE EVERETT S�lITH is the new Pastor of St. J ames Lu­ theran Church in Portland, Ore. He was formerly Pastor at Sharon Lutheran C hurch in Hoquiam, Wash .. and has served parishes in Vancouver. Wash. and San Diego. He is also a graduate of Pacific Luthcran Seminary of Berkeley Calif.. and has done graduate work at Portland State U niversity. Pastor RON SOINE of Del City,

Okla.. dedicated the 170-bed Ex­ tended Care Unit of Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C He is the first non-governmental person to perform such a task. He was chaplain to the House of Rep­ resentatives. State of Oklahoma during the week of March 4 and is presently Pastor of Ascension Lu­ theran Church, American Mission . Congregation, Del City, Okla.

1962

KA Y (Reckord ) AMES has re­ tired after working for 13 and a half years with KIEM TV i KRED Radio. She and her husband live in Eureka, Calif.. and they have one son. MARTHA STOA BAKKE, former missionary nurse to India spoke at St. Peter By The Sea Lutheran Church in late March. Mrs. Bakke, who returned to the U.S. in Decem­ ber 1970, is now a staff nurse at the University of Washington Hos­ pital. RIT A ( H armon ) BOOTH is in Guadalajara, Jalisco, M exico where she has been a missionary for five years. Her husband is also a missionary there. ROGER LUND has been named the new director of personnel and placement for Inland Empire Goodwill Industries.

1963

GENE BLACK has been trans­ ferred to Phoenix , Ariz., as district manager for Travelers Insurance Co. Joining him in Arizona is his wife, Laura (Auby) and his two sons, Steven and Kevin. (Balch ) CORALIE McCORT received her M A from Western State College in August of 1972 in Elementary Curriculum and is now teaching 5th grade. She lives with her husband Mike in Bellingham. SHARON TREAT (Tobiasen ) married Robert Treat, July 8, 1972 and they live in Salinas, CA where Sh aron teaches piano lessons.

1964

Rev. GEORGE BEARD has accepted a call to be the pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Junction City, Ore. KARSTEN and KIM LUNDR­ ING are residing in Thousand Oaks, Calif., where Karsten is an assistant manager with Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance. He has just been re-elected to the Board of Regents at California Lutheran College and is also on the Alumni Board there. KAREN RAPP spent last sum­ mer touring Europe for the second time. She was accompanied by two of her sisters and they visited rela­ tives and friends in Norway, Swe­ den, Belgium and Switzerland. They also toured England, Scot­ land, Holland, Germany, Austria, Italy and Hungary. STELLA (Cummings ) TOWN­ SEND is working as a health re­ cord consultant for a non-profit corporation that services several of the existing federal programs in Minneapolis.

where Virgil was installed a s as­ sistant pastor of Grace Lutheran Church. Mrs. White ( Marsha Stirn '68) is keeping busy being a home­ maker and mother.

1966

KENNETH S. FREDERICKS i s a n ensign in t h e Navy serving a s t h e assistant supply officer on the USS Mobile (LKA-U5) . JOE and KAREN GRANDE are living in Bellevue Wash., where Joe is now associate pastor at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church. They have two children, Jon and Alison Louise. GARY HABEDANK ( Kathryn Czyhold '66) writes that Kathryn teaches music at Annie Wright Seminary in Tacoma and Gary is a stockbroker. Rev. GERALD LORENZ and wife (JANET PETERSON ) has been e lected to the Bowdle City, S.D. Council and will also serve on . the Hospital Board. Janet sub­ teaches occasionally. PHIL SCHUUR is the new Con­ troller for Mayfair stores in the state of Washington. Capt. DAVID J. EKBERG has received the U . S . Air Force Com­ mendation Medal at George AFB, Calif., and was decorated for meri­ torious service a s a workload con­ trol officer at Laredo AFB, Tex. He is now at George where h e serves as commander o f a Field Training Detachment.

1967

REBECCA (Olson) EVANS is a Guidance Counselor Intern in Suf­ field. Conn. She will receive a masters in Education in Counseling in June from Westfield State Col­ lege. Her husband has been accept­ ed for the Navy's college program and they are hoping for a transfer back to the W est Coast. RON and VERGIE HUGHES are houseparents for a group fos­ ter home for teenage boys in Vien­ na, Va. RICK STEEN i s living in Kirk­ land, Wash . , where he is a life in­ surance salesman. SHIRLEY TREIT is in Alexan­ dria, V a . , where she is a captain in the U . S. Army. Just recently she has been placed in the Directorate, Facilities and E ngineering.

1968

ARCHIE KOVANEN is now the principal of Arthur Young & Co., CPAs, Tacoma office. ROBERT and CAREN LORENZ are living in Battleground Wash . , where Bob is teaching and Caren is staying home taking care of the family. JIM TERADA, now happily married, is a doctoral student in higher education at the Univers.ity of Colorado, Boulder campus. MICHAEL 1. WOODS has been elected vice-president of M arketing by the Cortez Corporation in Kent, Ohio. Cortez is a leading manufac­ turer of luxury motor homes.

( Continued on Pa ge 6 )

1965

and ROE BEVERLY (Thompson ) HATLEN are now re­ siding in Eugene, Ore., where R oe i s controller of International King's Table, Inc., a rapidly growing coast-to-coast chain of American Smorgasbord restaurants. Beverly is currently working part time as a registered nurse at the Eugene H.ospital and Clinic. Rev. STAN HOOBING has been installed as pastor of Good Shep­ herd Lutheran Church in Richland. Wash. He was formerly minister at Central Lutheran Church of east­ ern Lewis County for four years. DAVID C. NELSON has been appointed district account manag­ er for the Z-Brick Co. in Seattle. Rev. and ;\'Irs. VIRGIL WHITE and son, Brent, have moved from R amona, S . D . to Ada, :\linn. ,

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Alulnni Around The World 1969

advising is DION SHELLY t ransfer students and runs PLU's SchoO! of Business office. JA'.<lES FLATNESS has com­ pl eted his studies for a masters in history at the University of I l l inois. ' I HERSTAD just returned TO'' from the East Coast after a four­ yaar hitch w1lh the N avy. Tom plans to return to PLU in the fal! for his masters in Art . H e and his wife are now residing in Tacoma. JAMES G. ( S ki p ) LAW is pro­ ject manager. corporate construc­ tion dept . . Hewlett-Packard Corp. in Palo Alto, and is continuing a 'vanced studies ,lt the U niversity f Santa C la ra . O L :'vI ALA N is legIslative management a ud i t or with King �ounty in ,' eaWI'. He i: 'ontinuing his d(1cloral studll;!l; � t lhe U ni ver­ sit v f}f Washin gt on. TIl\1 SMITH has moved to L Jolla C:1lif . . wheTe lle has a job with Na ional :'Ilarjne F i sheri es erv i c c to work on popUlation dy­ namics of p orp o ise populalions. His wH ' i 'l a rgene Smith ' 6 9 ) and daug ht e r Rachel join turn t here. SHARO • , !liN S'I'EThTBE RG is presf'ntly at home III , 1 anchcr, \To .. with her baby SOli b"'en ha � B R e CE VO, T, DA hirep as secretm y-manager of the Cham be r of :'.<I ont . G l endi ve.. Cammeree. Bruce is m arried and they have one child.

K HOB t. RA \' is presently at · t ending Lut her Theological Sem i ­

lLa ry \l orltiHg t fm ards a fUll-linw career In t he, Chri. !ian m i ni st n . Prior to ('nt!>nfl� t l l\' senullary lle .mrJ.. u.l t w o ) l'ar� j or L oomi s C ou r ­ Ier SCfl lce out oj Portland . Ore. and w i fe LlNOnn DARELL SUSANNE I S wart 7. '70 I moved to Phoenix in .J u ly II here he is a m(lnagemenl train e with Karsten �Hg. Corp. " lARi LYN :I'I I L LEH has been ;l­ I I supervisor of t h e nursing staff

at Yakima Valley :Vlemorial Hospi­ tal slIIce April 1 97 1 . I n December she was married t o l\<larion Szcze­ paniak by Rev Steve Morrison of the Cla�s of '69 P Uo' . KEN E MORKEN is presently studYing a t Augustana College. H is working on a Master of Arts in Teaching degree. Ken says there arc many eX-Parklanders there. among them are : Olav Malmin . Merle pfleuger. Gehar Sehmutter­ er.

1970

BILL ADKISSON. vice-president of Seattle University, is completing couT-se work for a P h D in higher education at the University of Washington. He earned his MBA at PLU . IRENE BERG, tra eled with her husband, :\1 arshall, to Mexico. Cuernavaca, Toxco and Acapulco this past Janu ary. (Ed ) COLLINS is an JOHN A ssociate with Smartt-Ingeles & Associates in Colorado Springs. CHRISTINE A, LARSON, after

graduation from PLU entered the U. S. Army Medical Field Service School in San Antonio. Tex. In August 1971 she graduated with a certificate in physical therapy. She General Leiterman at worked Hospital in San Francisco until June 1972 when she moved to Pull­ man, Wash. to head the physical therapy Department at Eskaton Pullman Health Care Center. GOB LAU R I E is employee rela­ t i ons supervisor with Beehtel Cor­ poration in San Francisco. i s operations ROGERS JL'1 in Weyerhaeuser for manager :\11ssissippi . Alabama. RICHARD LEAKE . and his wife Penny. a PLU chool of � vrsing i nst ructor on leave. will be at Ohio Univ ersi ty this eomlng year. Leake has been g ra n t . ct a t uition scholar­ ship and a teaching a 'sistantship u t OhIO t l . in t h e fi dd of t'('onomic educat .lon.

197 1 K E N ! -ETH DOGGETT and wife

Barbara ( Kohl i are liv ing in Lake Oswego. On', Ken is in news broadcast at KXL-Radio in Port ­ land a n d Barbara is a nu rse i n the r ecov ery room in a Portland Hos­ pit.al. D. FLANSBU RG is RONAL completing hIS Juris Doctor studies at Gonzaga University. is no ' assistant to JOHN H E I the President of Alaska Airlines in SeatU . .JOJf: H. KRU\rVI E L , is a se­ cond lieutpna nL in tht> U. S. Air For" e and i s on duty a t Kadena A B. Oki nawa . He is a pilot. and is aSSIgned t o ;j lmit of fhe _ lilitary Airlift Command which provides global airlift for the U.S. Military

rorces.

,J IM OBERG is lami nLited and hardwood l umber products manag­ e r for Weyerhaeuser Company in Tacoma. BILL PAGE is supervisor of minority and women 's recruitment i n the State Department of Person­ nel in Olympia He is completing studies for his MA in Social Sci­ ence at PLU 2nd Lt. JON E. STE I N E R , has been awarded his silver wings at Reese A F B , Tex. He has now been assigned to McChord A F B , in Ta­ coma where he will fly the C-141 aircraft with an Air Force Reserve unit. PAUL WUEST is interning at Hope Lutheran Church in Tacoma and plans to attend Luther Semi­ nary. JU DITH SCH M I DT will be mov­ ing to Frankfur t . Germany in Feb­ ruary of this year. She will be with the North Germany Exchange Re­ gion. European Exchange System in Frankfurt.

1972

M I KE HENTON is completing the :VI BA program a t the Universi­ ty of Oregon i n Eugene. MALCOLM L . KLUG received Stanford 's Terman Award - an

honor given to the top 10 students from all areas of engineering at the University. Malcolm will grad­ uate from Stanford in June w i t h both a BA a n d MA degree i n electrical engineering. He i s in the upper five per cent of his class. PAUL KUSCHE is m an ager of Marketing Research of t he Nal­ ley's Fine Foods Division in Ta­ coma. DONALD B . SWANSON has moved to Cupertino. Calif . . where he is worki11g for Hewlett-Packard COlllpan , a designer and manufac­ turer of e.lectronic. medical. ana­ lytical and computing in st l'Um nts and syst.em s.

1972-73 Fifteen Pacific Lutheran Uni­ versity raduates are students Lit Luther TheOl ogical Seminary in Sl.

Paul thi s ye ' I' , There is one senior. 1ELVEI ; RO�ALD a nd thr second-year men, RICH ARD HOL:VI E S , P H I L I P TESVIG and P H I LIP STRAIN. The fi rst-vear' men are ; .lAME AAGE ON. ,JOl i N BECK . ROBERT GRAY. THONI A HELGESEN. CONRAD HUNZIKE R , H RLEN :VIENK. DAVTD P ULSO , DA V I D SHINE, _VIlKKI-:L THO}II'SON. PH IL I P TUI DEL and FRANK W I LSON . . 'IAJOR JAMES A COATS is ' rborne Comman der of t he (;8 t h Missile M"inl enance Squadron at t hl' U. S. Air Force at Gol dsboro 1'\ . C . :\11 <1.101' Coats is a lI1 e l l l ber , , 1 ommand. AOler t h e S t ru t egic Air ica 's nuclear cI t crrent force III' long range b om be rs and intl"rconti· nenlal bal l ist ic missiles. PrIor til I I:, Ci.'isi f,(nrrwnt at Seymour-John­ Slln AFB he was s l ationed w i l h the 2.,) th !\'orl h American Aerospa(:e at Region Command Defense I l e has l\.lcChord A F B . Wash completed more t hall 18 years of military service. including duty in Viet nam. He was commissioned in Officer Candidate through 19fil Schoo/ ,

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L I N DA JEAN GATCH ' has been appointed to the position of aover tising pn>mot ion assistant for the Sea t t l e ABC-TV affiliate. began GEORGE KRISTINE training December 1st with the Peace Corps in Seoul. Korea. JOYCE GRAN has accepted a call from the American Lutheran Church to teach in their American school. Ft. Dauphin. Madagascar. She teaches history. French and girl ' s P . E . in grades six through 12. MYRNA LARSEN is now em­ ployed as vocational rehabilitation counselor for the State Social and Rehabilit ation Services in Great Falls. Mont. LT . DIANA M. RICE is an army nurse and medical specialist corps officer at Brooke Army Med­ ical Center. Ft. Sam I/ouston. Tex. KAREN STENBERG is present­ ly teaching a s a Remedial Reading Teacher in Grandview School Dis­ tricL The classroom is a Title I Migrant room at Arthur H. Sm ith

School . This is Karen 's first .year of teaching.

ALLAN 0 E R I CKSON is em­ ployed as assistant manager o f Improvement Home Erickson ' s C nter in Cannon Beach. Ore. l i e WLiS married i n December '72 t o Jody Raitanen.

Births '\'1 IV! Dennis L . Flath '68 Helen Hosum '65 ) a daughter, Elizabeth Anne. Feb. 18. 1972. She is lheir first child. :\1 ,\,1 Hagevik '62 I Sandra Tynes ) a son Erik Sweri March :1. 1973 - joins Rondi 5. "1 . �1 Frederic k .J . Hansen r 'vlarilyn Paulson '62 ) are the par· ent ()f a son. K ri stian Eric, born \ta!'(� 6. 1972. He joins brother Jens. The fa mily is now l i vi ng ill Cupertino. Cal.if Vi i\r Kars ten L. Lundring '64 ( irsten Boddi ng '64 ) a son , Erik K ' rsten. Api'll 14. 1972. :\II . I\t Arthur M arti nson '57 a son. �1ay 1 4 , 1972. He is the !\1ar­ lin son's first child. ,\-1 M Fisher I Judy Henningsen '69 ) a son Kevin Frederick. July It 1972'65 '\Iacdollal d Mike :VI M ( E loi ' H arrison '67 ) a cia gh t e r Erin, Dec. 12, 1972. jojn� brothers Tim thy and "lark. Chap. :VI Step he L . Brandl. USN , '56. a daughter I' irsten Lee . Dec. 16. 1 972. ;\'I "1 J m W iUis '70. a daughter Si r i 1'\ oe l l e. J an. 1 1 . 19n in Glen · I

dale. N Y M M Hoffman ! J ean Wi ldrick (0 ) a son. Sean I\'athan, Jan. 30. 1 973.

D :VI Ramos ( J udy Wandel '68 ) a son PaUl Wandel. Feb. 1 6 . 1973. : I M John Nofplot I Carol Sand \' '70 ) twins, John Paul & Melinda Jacqueline. March 20. IBn M . :\1 Chase ( "'largaret Ziegler '68 ) daughter. Heather Suzanne. April 2, 1973. M M Gary Ha bedank '66. a daughter Silke Kristine. April 4 . 1 973. M :\1 Joe Grande ( K aren Kane '66 ) a daughter, April 19, 197:3. They named her Alison Louise and she joins a brother Jon age 31/2. W e had a note from :Vl rs. Earl Dumas '41 the other day telling us that she has a new great grand­ child as of February 1 973. He is Eric Lether of Redwood City, Cal­ if.

Marriages Carol Sand '70 to John Nofplot. July. 1971. Jane Randall '73 to Paul Wuest '71 . June, 1972. Karen Hendrickson '71 to R i ­ chard D . Hansen, Aug. 1 9 . 1972. Gerd-Inger Gregersen '72 t o "'lark Alexander �'l cDougall . Dec. 28. 1972.

. Barbara Kohl '71 to Kenneth Doggett '7 1 , Dec. 30, 1 972. Janice Irene Johnstone '72 to R oger A . Kasper '70. January. 1973. :VIargaret Christopherson '68 to Capt. David Stevely, Feb. 3, 197:l. Linda Christine Olsen '73 to Edward til an Amundson '72, Feb. 17, 1973. Donna Woodward '71 to Randall �l Oakley of :Vl u rray. Kentucky on Feb. 23. 197:3 . Linda Mae Lee '72 to Re3gan Noe Baker. '\,I arch 10. 1973. Nancy Louise Franz '69 to :\l or­ Hz '\li l burn. Jr.. \1arch 23. 1971 '72 to Hewitson E. Charles Christ i e L . Miller. ,\'l arch 31 . 1973. Mary Ann Key '71 to Larry Slitz . .'Vlach :31 . 197:l. Dayid \V. H l um '66 to Alice . 'I Cumming ie Apri l . 197:1. Linda E lizabeth Gray ' 71 to Ronald Ward . M ay 12. 197:3 in Chapel H i ll. _ I e Randall Ray Grams '72 to Lou Ann Clark. ,"la\' 8 . 197:3. L i nda Ann 'H,l Osen '72 to Karl 'vl arclls Nelson '72. Jeanne 1<:. Jentzsch '65 to .John Boschker of Pullman. Wash.

Deaths UANNAII

J. RAS�1USSE 1 01 pilssed awa\, Wash . . '\'I arch 20. 197� at the age of 92. She had been a music t eacher in the S an wo od school system for manv years and was organist in Our Sa­ viour's L J t /r 'r a n Church or St an ­ wood a nd a member of th WJsh· Retired Teacher ' ington State Association. POLLY LANGLO SAVAGE '27. passed away January 26 in SLinta Barbara. Cal i f . Polly was an out­ standing student and alhlete at PLU in t he mid-twenties. Polly grew up in Santa Barbara and spent most of her life there, except for a couple of years of teaching in the state o f Washington after she graduated from PLU. WALTER LUCOS '51 died of a heart attack while stationed at Fort Riley, Kans .. where he was a Stanwoocl .

the U.S. in colonel lieutenant Army. This note has just been re­ ceived by us although Walter pas­ sed away on July 17, 1 97 1 . He re ceived his BA from PLC in 1951 and a masters degree in social work from the University of Cali­ fomia at Berkley in 1953. He worked for the Alameda County Welfare Commission in Oakland for three years before reentering the army. He was stationed at var­ ious forts throughout the U . S . and Germany serving as psychiat.ric so­ cial worker. Chief of Social Work Service and Chief of Army Com­ munity Services. He was married to Polly Bass, a U .S . Army Nurse in 1957 and had two children. His father. Herman Lucas, a retired Lutheran pastor. lives in San Fran­ cisco.

'Lost' Alumni 1955 Florence E. Christensen. Avis E . Jemen. M r s . R . B. Kenda l l . Ruth E . Ripo· Ii. Shirley A. ( Lewis ) Tobiason. 1956 Jean M. Christianson. Henry R . Rippy. 'J oan ( Foster' ) Hergert. !liary ( Beard ) Stout . Mrs. A. Thomas Swindland I Constance A. Hustad ) . MrS. Robert Tol­ le fson I Marilyn Triolo ) . Mrs. James D. Wever ( Loris A. Zellme r ) . 1957 .Ioallne ( F'uller ) Burnett . Leroy O . Dan. Robert Engstrom-Heg. Mrs. Bryan F . Fines moxie Klock I. F'red Hermez, Mrs. WiJIi<lm Holman I Marlene Cheslev ) . ,/l rayr C . Kayaian. :\'lrs. Robert E . Ke"lI:i I Olivette Hendrickson ) . Jerome L. Larson. Irene A. Luebke. :-"Irs. A. J . :Vlontemayer ( Ruth E . Skow i . Jerin '.<1. ( Larson ) Paul. Paulsen. Jr. Roy E. Ml'. and :\Olrs. : l rs. Joseph Rowe I Darlene Haugen i . . v I :\OIary A. }Ioa ) .

1958 Roy Elliott , Donald R . H a l l , Don­ ald R. Kas!. Betsy J . Kilmer, Mrs. Dan Mackey ( Arlene Baker ) . Mrs. Ralph W . Morgan ( M arilyn S . Smith ) . M r s . Ronald l\-Iorse ( Beverly J. Severeid ) , Mrs. Gary A. Nelson ( Joanne Knutson ) . Lawrence T. Ross, Mrs. Edward Sanders ( Diane ,J . Kenealy ) . Lloyd G. Saye r , John Summar5. Mrs. Howard J. Uecke ( F lora Davidson ) . Dr . Kevin A . Frenzel. 1959 Sethe E , Anderson. Jr.. "Irs. George W. Andreas I Janet Leonard ) , Wal­ lace '\1. Beasley. Arlene Dahle. David L . HundtQfte. ( !iudson ) Joanne Hauge. Wayne S. Johnston. David L. Lester. :'1el­ vin L. Lockwood , Frank Lorbieski. :\'lr5. Albert D. '\kCue ( l\'la rjurie Jahnke ) . Mrs . Jack :Vlaltese. Merle D. Martinson. Doris Pedersen. Frances Merrithew. ( Sick I Edward E . Rockwood. ;\'Irs. Paul Schwei-

kerl ( Elizabeth Ziehm ) . Mrs. Charles D. Snyder (Carolyn L. h:l 11g ) , :Vlrs. Gene Soules ( M ary E. Kin g l . Sylvia J. ( Fylling ) Sprague. Mrs. Charles Staples ( Diane Ols­ ness ) . Gary C. Tokstad, Diane Triolo, Mrs_ Ronald E . Tripp ( Karen Kuhblank ) , ; Iur­ l II'S. Bryan Wall ( Ka thryn V Mr. and V phy ) . Mrs. Robert T. Walsh (Juanita Kla h r ) , Robert E . Wheatley, Mrs. Lynn Wulf ( Lynn Ottum ) , Shew Kong Young, Carl R . Zingler. 1960 Kathleen M. Almgren. Mrs. : ,11'5. Mar­ George Beattie (NancY Fant ) , \ t in N . Boone ( Maureen E. Lannen ) . Ray­ mond R. Bos. Harvey L . Christopherson. Mrs. John ChUl':1la . Marilyn J. Donaldson. ,Juris Eglitis. Carter French, George A. Green. '\1r5. Joseph Hauser ( lone A. Rodne ) . Mrs. Frank E. ,Johnson, ,Jr . , Shar­ Joseph (Claudette ) : on ,1 . :'VI ackey. Vlrs.

Manzo. Phillip A . Rasmussen, Beth R . Ratko, Richard H . R e h n . Marilyh D . (Tet z ) Vogle. 1961 1\'lr5. Richard C. Anderson ( Nancy Gunderson l. Ann Marie Betzman. Mrs. Brian Biggs (Colleen Estenson ) , M r s . Robert Bigham ( Diane Repp ) , Leslie R . ( Lila Campbell Bowers, M r s . Robert Carter D. Richard Mrs . Greene ) . (Margaret J. Olsson ). Mrs. Jerry Coop ( Yvonne Woerner ) . Dr. Darrvl D. Dett­ man. Mary P. Dunlap. Bonita K. Gregg, Lars Hagerup-Lal'ssen, Cecelia Hu. John R. ,Johnson. Linda C. Johnson. M r s . Karl Kastle (Janet Wunderlich ) . Gary S. Kie­ : Vlrs. Dennis Lemke land. John H. Kirtley. : (Janyce Pakiser ) . Alice :Vlen-!\1uir. Mrs . John W . Newel l . Jr .. John F. Reams. Sar­ ah P. Sharpe. Bruce A . Vik, Robert E . Wagner . .julie I S immons ) Wallace.

Spotlight On ��umni 1

What kind of a person runs for public office? Apparently, one qualification is an unusually strong sense of com­ mitment. It also takes leadership ablility a nd the wil ingness to work hard . "And we're all egotists and all prima donnas," Washington State Senator Jack Metcalf observed, seriously " You have to be, " he added. "to take the heat a nd rough and tumble of this business. "

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Metcalf ( ' 5 1 ) of Muk ilteo is one of six PLU alumni currently serv­ ing in the Washington state legisla­ ture. An l l -year veteran of the political hustings, he was one of four who sat down with SCENE during the hectic closing days of the 1973 session to discuss politics, families and PLU . Also on hand were Reps. Robert Curtis ( ' 55) a nd Earl Tilly (x'56) of Wenatchee and Phyllis Erickson, Tacoma, whose long association with PLU and Parkland make her a part of the PLU family, Unable to participate were Reps. Duane Berentson ( ' 5 1 ) of Burling­ ton, another l l -year veteran, and Wayne E hlers of Tacoma, a PLU graduate student. Though they all arrived in Olympia by di fferent means and for di fferent reasons, they all agreed that one of their chief rea­ sons for desiring to serve was relat­ ed to commitment. For Metcalf, it was a "commitment to something better - a 'commitment to right­ eousness' if you will . " And that, he

Rep, Earl Tilly

COll1mibnent M arks S ervice Of Alumni In State Legislature sa id, was an attitude not unrelated to his experiences at PLU . Curtis had felt there was an obli­ gation to step in for at least two reasons. The first was that it seemed no one else would - "most people don't care." The other rea­ son was the belief that " I can do the job better than the other per­ son that's ru nning." Tilly's reactions were similar and :V(rs. Erickson moved into state politics as a quite natural next step from 20 years of active community servIce. Polit ic al " perience helps too . Curtis had worked on two cam­ paigns before trying himself, and Til ly worked on the Curtis cam­ paign. One of the hardest aspects of politics is the " heat" , and in som cases, the hate, reflected by con­ stituents who are in disagreement o opposition, " particularly when it comes from close friends and neighbors , " Metcalf noted . " j 0 one really understands QT' appreciates it until they go t h rough it," I\lrs: Erickson added . As a result, legislators find themselv s bonded to on anot her, as in a closely-k ni t club , out of mu tua l respec t. The respect is there even when there is serious opposit ion on issues. Accordi ng to Metcalf, however, an election loser rapidly finds him­ self outside the club. :Vl embership is not a permanent thing. "And that's ego-shattering," Mrs. Erickson added. "Suddenly people don't have time for you l i ke they used to . " There was a rapid agreement on the effect of politics on families. It's rough on spouses but really terrific for the children. Curtis noted that he could deal with a situation as it comes along, while his wife, although aware of the situation, is helpless. "That's frustrating," he added sympatheti­ cally. For the children, politics is en­ lightening. The campaigns are something the whole family ca n work on. Children of both Curtis and Metcalf had also served as pages, and their daughters had worked as secretaries for one an­ other. Tilly's children, though much younger, have been honor­ ary pages. There is no one profession typi­ cal of state legislator. Metcalf and E hlers are teachers, Tilly is a busi­ nessman, Curtis is a developer, Mrs . E rickson is a homemaker, and Berentson is. in insurance and securities, Tilly had bucked the notion among some that businessmen don't get involved because it would be bad for their business. It turns out, he noted, that business rela­ tionships weren't changed. For some, his involvement makes no difference, others aren't interest­ ed. Those that are respect the leg­ islator's courage to take a risk and right to take a side. Politics, then, is keenly reward­ ing and keenly frustrating. Sum­ ming up more than a decade of leg­ islatIve service, Metcalf pointed to his realization that it is really im­ possible to legislate a righteous, j ust or perfect society, as has long been a common impression, or at

Sen. Jack Metcalf

l east, wish. "The soc' ety has to improve itself, and l egislation can follow ," h commented. " On the other hand, legislation can lead a society in t he opposite directi on," he ad ded. "Drinking is an example. Legislating prohibi­ tion didn' t work. But legislation can encourage more drinking." He inf >(Ted such measures as 10 ered age limits, modi fied reg la 10 S and more moderat·. penaltl 's.

Graduate Scores First As Woman TV Technician A 1 972 PLU graduate is the first woman sound and TV technician on the West Coast outside of Los Angeles. Jane Wilson, 2 2 , has been work­ ing at KOIN-TV in Portland since J a nuary, particularly as a TV cam­ erawoman. " :V1y generation is the first one, I think, which is really being al­ lowe � to experi ?1ellt, to grow up knowll1g we don t have to be secre­ taries, teahcers or nurses," Miss Wilson says. She came along at the right ime. Until j ust a few yea rs ago. many studios wouldn't let even a man under six feet tall operate a c mera. M ISS Wilson is five feet tall . She had four years expenence in the PLU radio and TV depa rt­ ment before applying f r work in Portland.

PLU Graduate Student Earns Harvard Stipend Larry Crockett, a graduate stu­

d Il t at Pacific Lutheran U n i ver i­

Rep. Phyllis Erickson

Curtis emphasized the continu­ ing need for legislators with strong moral fiber. "There's a saying that you can't legislate morality," he remarked, "and as Jack said, you can't. But you can't just step out of yourself and divorce your feeling from what you are doing. Your moral background plays a part. "Anyone that is a C hristian can't set aside his ideals when he be­ comes a politician." Funny. None of them really seem like Qrima donnas. And if they are, we need more like them .

ty in Tacoma , Wash., has received a full yea r scholarship to attend Harvard Divinity School. The scholarship, sponsored by the Rockefeller Bros. Fund Inc., the Andrew Mellon Foundation a nd the Lutheran Church in Amer­ ica, is offered to selected students agreeing to spend "a trial year" i n seminary. The scholarship, which can be used at a ny school of theology in the country, is unique in that it is offered to only those students will­ ing to explore the viability of a career in the ministry, rather than those intent upon doing so. Ap­ proximately 60 fellowships are awarded each year. C rockett maj ored in humanities and philosophy as an undergradu· ate.

Attention, Parents! If this newspaper is addressed to your son or daughter who no longer maintains permanent address at your home, please clip off the address la­ bel and return it with the correct address to Alumni House, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma , Wash .

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Lerch Invents N uclear Treatment Alumni Association President Ronald Lerch , '6 1 ) recently received a patent dIsclosure award from his firm . l I anford Engineering IJevelop­ �'lent Laborat ory. for the conception and development of a nl'W process for the treatment of low level solid nuclear wastes. iJisposal oj nu�lear wastes is an i mportant problem in the nuclear energy fIeld today Sll1ce many radioactive wastes must be stored for 10nl5 '" ' periods of t ime to assure t hat no health hazard has been i ncurred . Recogniz ing this problem. Ur. Lerch and a colleague conceived and developed a chemical diges t i o n process to treat these was\(,' materials reducing the i r volume to two 01' t hreE' per cent of the original bulk and produc1l1g a . noncon.l bustible residue for safe storage. The process is capa ­ ble ot handling a WIde variet y of wast es. is economical . and t he chel11 icals used can be recyclcd over and over again

PLU Alum Teaches Youngsters In South Pacific Island_ Paradise

Kathy Bangsund with Eskimo youngsters

Bangsunds Enjoy Life As Teachers In Remote Alaska Eskimo Village " Life in the 'lower 48 states' now seems strange to us ; we've made a thorough transition ," John and Kathy (Koll ' 7 1 ) Bangsund ( ' 7 1) wrote recently. The Bangsunds are elementary school teachers i n Emmonak, Alas­ ka, six miles off the coast of the Bering Sea at the mouth of the Yukon "River. They are completing their second year teaching in a vil­ lage school run by the Bureau ot I ndian Affairs. The couple com­ pllses one-third of the faculty at the school, which serves 1 70 Eski­ mo children, kindergarten through grade eight. Beyond eighth grade the young people either attend a boarding school in one of the large cities or travel all the way to the "lower 48." "I a m teaching t h e kindergarte­ ners and thoroughly enjoy these lively, inquisitive children," Kathy writes. "John teaches fourth and fifth graders and finds himself using any means available to ac­ quaint his students with the world outside. A world o f automation, freeways, supermarkets and com­ puters is indeed foreign to youngs­ ters from the village, who have only had electricity in their homes for one year and still are without sewer systems, running water, tel­ evision and numerous other trap­ pings of civilization. "Yet, the young people especial­ ly will be seeing many, many changes in their parents' and grandparents' old ways," she con­ tinues. "The life in the village is caught between two cultures and it i s the children who will have to be able to function i n both worlds. " Consequently, the Bangsunds' life is an exciting and challenging venture, according to Kathy. The people of the village are very friendly and are very willing to teach the white man the old Eski­ mo ways. "In many respects, we are learn­ ing much more than we are teach­ ing, but it is a tremendous way to liv e , " the couple agrees. The winters. she says, last from late September until May and the frozen rivers, of which there are h undreds around that part of Alas­ ka, become " freeways" for trav­ el by snow machine. " Our we�kends are usually spent out on

. the frail either hunting or visiting i n neighboring villages," Kathy adds. " Lest any ecologists become alarmed," she continues, " i t is good to remember that one hunts here to clothe and feed himself, rather than for sport or trophies.

Kathy, left, and John Bangsund

In order to survive the winter cli­ mate, it is absolutely essential to have proper clothing, which is of­ ten the product of a successful hunt . " The Bangsunds are housed in a teacher's quarters provided by the B . l .A . Very comfortable, it is the only place in town with running water, a luxury that becomes much appreciated. _Contact with the outside world is by short-wave radio and bush plane. Mai l service is reliable, but during some stretches of bad weather, it can be two or three weeks between mail days. "We're very settled up here and are thoroughly satisfied with our way of life," she concludes.

Out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is a group of islands called the Kingdom of Tonga . Some­ where in that Polynesian chain is a smaller group of islands called Ha'apai. One of those islands is · only two miles square in size, but includes Pilolevu College, a school serving some 400 children grades 7-12. Pennie Moblo ('70) teaches at Pilovevu, "out here in the middle of nowhere . " Teaching in the islands c a n be different. "The main motivation for students to study comes from a 'higher learning exa m ' , nationally given," she says. "But a majority of kids don't care if they pass . "For an ambitious teacher, this could be most frustrating," Pennie says. "But I'm afraid the sunshine, flowers and laughter have carried me somewhere beyond ambition and consequently I enjoy myself and my students. "My j ob is to teach math , sci-

Faculty Wives Recipe Book Now Available Faculty Wives at PLU have re­ cently published a unique recipe book, " Faculty Wives Cookery Favorites," which is being distrib- uted on a donation basis to raise funds for the Faculty Wives Schol­ arship Fund . To date , more than $600 has been raised through distribution of the recipe book, according to sales co-chairmen Carol Neufeld and Margie Anderson. The book has 19 sections, in­ cluding many meat, fish and foul recipes, diet recipes and foreign cookery. Foreign recipes include German stew, Swedish meatballs, Chinese Roast Pork, Wun Lun, French Pea Soup, Bersch, Danish cookies, Ae­ bliskiver and Banana Fritters. Family meat recipes include Stay in Bed Stew, Shepherd's Pie, Slop­ py Joes, 4-H Pizza burger, Chicken Tremendous and Yummy Chicken. More than 75 alumni, former faculty, their wives and friends have contributed to the book, along with the faculty wives. Den­ na (Carlson ' 6 1 ) Asbjornsen of Puyallup has illustrated the book. Recipe books are available at the University Center Information Desk and by mail order. They may be obtained by sending a donation of $4 or more to Cookbook, Box 38, Faculty Wives, Pacific Luther­ an University, Tacoma, Wash. 9844 7 .

International Fair Held On PL U Campus An International Fair, featuring

foods, fashions and entertainment from many foreign countries, was

held at Pacific Lutheran Universi­ ty March 3 1 . The fair was sponsored by the

PLU International Student Organi­ zation. Purpose of the event, according to student coordinator Kathy Duz­ en was to create more communica­ tion and improve understanding among cultures .

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ence a n d English, but I've mainly tried to teach someone to reason.'· she continues . Pennie describes her students in three distinct groups . First there are those few who are curious and interested. They will pass the tests and go on to become teachers. nurses and agricultural specialists or government service workers. "They keep me working," she as· serts . Then there is a group i nterested enough to come to class and do some of the work, bu t will fi nish school and go back to their homes to work in the bush and become mothers and fathers . "They keep me laughing , " Pennie comments. Last, there are those who sit all day under the mango tree and wait for Pennie to come out of class so they can discuss the important things, like how European boys and girls date , how many children Pat Boone has. or where Pennie's mother gets her food if thert aren't a ny pigs, chickens, yams or coconuts i n the yard . "They keep me happy," Pennie says. In addition to her normal teach· ing, Pennie gives lessons in science to government elementary school teachers and works with Wesleyan Church elementary teachers to try and help the m develop the study of modern mathematics in their schools. "Whatever I've given, though, isn't enough to pay for the plea· sure of seeing a student dancing, 'Osai coming from the bush with coconuts on his bushknife and a red hybiscus behind his ear, Mahe on horseback, Ma'u giggling over that silly stuff in the Sears catalog, or a Ha'apai sunset," she muses. What she once thought would be the longest two years of her lift' "have suddenly become quite short. "

Summer Theatre Selects Four PLU Thespians Four PLU thespians have been selected as members of the Coeur d' Alene (Id.) Summer Music Thea· tre, a summer stock company that will offer four stage productions during June, July and August of this year. Craig Huisenga and Gwen Lar· son ('73), D oug Parker (' 72), and Scott Green ( ' 7 1 ) are among 23 company players selected by audio tion from among more than 200 aspirants. The auditions were held in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Huisenga and Miss Larson, both graduating seniors this spring, have played major roles in numer· ous PLU productions during the past four years and were both members of the Choir of the West. Parker, Cl. graduate student, was named both best actor and best director last year, and Green is beginning his second summer at Coeur d' Alene. He was best direc· tor at PLU two years ago. William Parker, PLU drama professor, has been selected as director of the Coeur ct' Alene the­ atre this summer.

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Beal Appointed Vice-President And Dean Of Student Life At PLU D r . Philip Beal, former dean of student life at PLU, was appointed vice-president and dean for stu­ dent life at the university in larch. Dr. Beal joined the PLU staff as dean of men in 1 968 and was •

Dr. Philip Beal named dean for student life last June. Selection of Dr. Beal was recom­ mended by an advisory committee comprised of students, faculty members and administrators after a review of applications from across the country. The new vice­ president succeeds Dr. Daniel Lea­ sure, who resigned last year to accept an administrative post with Pennsylv ania State U niversity, University Park, Pa. During almost five years at PLU, Beal has been actively in-

volved in policy decisions giving students a greater voice in u niver­ sity affairs and in their own per­ sonal lives as they relate to the campus. He has served on the provost's advisory committee on academic advising and as an advis­ or to numerous student groups and has worked closely with student government and residence hall committees. He has also taught a number of courses in the student personnel services area through the PLU School of Education. One of Bears foremost goals as vice-president will be to develop opportunities for student participa­ tion in all areas of the student life divisio n . He is also concerned with more "experiential" aspects of education that would integrate the academic program with total stu­ dent development. "In addition," he added, " the limited size of the enrollment at PLU makes possible a personal contact with students. That is, and must continue to be, a hallmark of this type of institution." Beal came to PLU from the Uni­ versity o f Oregon, where he served for five years as assistant dean of men, assistant dean of students and finally as associate dean of students. He holds a bachelor of arts de­ gree in psychology and German fro m Cornell University, a masters degree in student personnel serv­ ices from Northwestern U niversity and a doctorate from the Universi­ ty of Oregon in higher education student personnel and counseling.

Karl To Head National PKD Office At PLU

Theodore O . H. Karl

NSF S elects PL U Professor For Institute A PLU professor is one of 25 mathematics teachers from col­ leges and u niversities across the country selected to participate in a National Science Foundation-spon­ sored institute this summer. Dr. John Herzog, professor of mathematics and chairman of the Depart ment of Mathematics at PLU, will attend the eight-week institute at Washington State Uni­ versity between J u ne 1 8 and Aug. 10. The institute will b e devoted t o study of mathematical approaches to economics problems. Principal aims of the sessions, according to Herzog, are to train participants to introduce work of this kind at their own institution s .

The national headquarters of Pi Kappa Delta, national honorary forensics organization, will be lo­ cated at Pacific Lutheran U niversi­ ty for the next four years under the auspices of Theodore O. H. Karl, chairman of the PLU Depa rt­ ment of Communication Arts. Karl, who was elected secretary­ treasurer of the organization dur­ ing the annual PKD convention i n Omaha, Nebr., in March, will be responsible for coordinating the regular activities of the 47,000member organization. Karl served as national PKD president from 1 967-69 and as vice-president from 1 965-67 . FIe has also served on the national council for 1 2 of the past 13 years and has been a member of the or­ ganization for 40 years. As secre­ tary-treasurer, he succeeds Dr. Larry Norton, a dean at Bradley University, who retires this year. Norton has served in the post for the past 10 years . . The chairman of the national PKD convention in 1 97 1 , Karl also spearheaded hosting of the nation­ al convention on the PLU campus in 1 96 5 . He served as chairman of the organization ' s constitutional revision committee and implement­ ed the revisions during his term as president. Karl, who joined the PLU facul­ ty in 1 940 and created a Depart­ ment of Speech at that time, re­ turned in 1 94 8 following wartime service. He initiated PLU ' s mem­ bership in PKD in 1 94 9 .

PL U Professors Receive National Recognition

Tang Receives $20,000 Grant For Research Dr. Kwong-Tin Tang, professor of physics at Pacific Lutheran Uni­ versity, has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society, according to PLU President Eugene Wiegman. Tang, 37, a professor at PLU since 1967, is active i n research involving reactive scattering of fundamental chemical systems. According to Tang, purpose of the research is to determine how fast certain chemical reactions take place . "Even the most simple reactions are not well understood , " h e aid . " W e know they take place, but we don't understand their fun­ damental nature . " . The Petroleum Research Fund grant is to be administered over a two-year period, according to Tang. The PLU professor, who holds bachelor's and master's degrees

from the U niversity of Washington and a doctorate from Columbia University, has been actively in­ volved i n research activities during his entire career in addition t o his normal teaching load. Re sults of his work have been published in numerous scholarly j ou rnals.

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Three Pacific Lutheran Univer­ sity faculty members and adminis­ trators have been selected Out­ standing Educators of America for 1 97 3 . They are A. Dean Buchanan, vice-president for business and finance ; Dr. Kenneth Johnston, dean of the School of Education ; a n d Paul Liebelt, assistant profes­ sor of mathematics. Nomi nated eatlier this year for this national recognition, they were selected on the basis of their professional and civic achievements. Buchana n, who has held a num­ ber of posts with the National As­ sociation of College and University

Business Officers, this year has served as director of that organiza­ tion's nationwide program of semi­ nars for college and university business officers as well as admin­ istrator of a Ford Foundation grant to NACUBO for develop­ ment of a training manual for col. lege fund accounting. Johnston was recently cited for outstanding achievemE�nt by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. He was a lso active for four years as an advisor to a national pro.iect in ear­ ly childhood education and has served as a consultant to the Ftanklin -PiercE' School District

Dr. Kenneth Johnston experimental schools program . Liebelt has served ·as the liaison to the PLU faculty relative to cam­ pus computer services and has played a vital role i n making the computer useful to the faculty as an academic tool. He is also deeply involved in professional research work. Outstanding Educators of Amer­ ica is an annual awards program honoring distinguished men and women for their exceptional serv­ iee, achievements and leadership in the field of @ducation. Eath year, those chosen are featured i n the national a ards volume. " Out­ standing Educators of America . "

PLU Stu/dent Body Elects Kelsey Redlin President for 1 973-74 A you n g woman who aspires to practice law and might even consi­ der pol itics was elected student body president at PLU his spring. Kelsey Red l i n. 20. of C rosby, . Da .. su cceeded ' u l11ner. Wauh . . sl'nio l' Don Yocler i n the h i ghest ledcd st udent office Ci t PLU . Th first woman in recent memry to hold the position at PLU. M iss R dlin ran on a platform slo­ gan borrowed from W Iter age­ hot , an English wri ter and econo­ mist: " One of the great pI "asures i n l i fe is doing what people say you cannot do. I intend to have that g!'(�at pleasure and J'd like to share it with yo u . " A s student body p resident . hel fi rst goal is to motivate more stu­ . d e n ts to get involved . . M a ny peo­ ple have abilities . They j ust need a push to get them go ing," she s i d . S h e would a l s o l i k e to s e e the students broaden their concerns beyond the campus and get in­ volved in lobbying a nd other or­ ganized efforts. "There already is a lobbying group made up of stu­ dent body presidents," she ex­ pbined , " but it should go further than that. "Students at p rivate universities have their own concerns. They should be heard .. For example. we have political science students that are gaining expertise in their field and it would gIve them great expe­ rience," she added. ' ' I 'm excited about a unive rsity community," Miss Redlin contin­ ued . "T here are so many sources to draw from. The faculty has ex­ pertise, the students are gaining, expertise. These talents could be used to i nfluence change and im­ provements in m any area s . " Miss Redlin seems t o exemplify a new breed o f student that is still impatient for change and actively seeks involvement, but is training herself for an effective role in the societal structure. Duri ng her two-and-a-half years at PLU she has served as a resi­ dence hall officer, vice-chairman

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of the residence hall co ncil , h ad of the student j u dicial board, and a member of the sele ction commi ttee for a vice-president of stUdent life a nd the fat:ulty-student standards committee. She has also been a n A ssociated Students' senator, a member of the debate team, and secretary o f the PLU chapter of Pi K appa Delta, national forensics honorary. Most s u rprisingly, she lists stu­ dent body p resident among her many activities at C rosby High School . Miss Redlin is m a j oring i n phi­ losphy at PLU. A slo elected by ASPLU were Dan Frazier, Tacoma, busi ness vice-president; David Johnson, Redwood City, Calif. . activities vice-president ; and Daniel H a uge, Pasco, Wash .. executive vice-presi­ dent. Elected to the student senate .were Mau rene H a nsen, Westlake, Ore. ; Kevin Reem, Studio City, Calif. ; Hele n Pohlig, Bismarck, N . Da k . ; Ronald Skagen, Bellevue, Wash ; Gordon Campbell, Seattle, Wash . ; Sandy Likkel, Nezperce, ld. ; Cheryl G reenstreet, Everett Wash . ; and Kathy Toepel, Spring­ field, V a .

PLU Students Earn Colull1bia University Engineering Scholarships Two Pacific Lutheran U niversity students have received $ 1 , 600 scholarships from Columbia U n i­ versity School of E ngineering and Applie d Sciences. Kenneth Ku and M i ng-Sang Leung. both of Hong Kong, will pursue advanced studies in engi­ neering at Columbi a un der the p rovisions of a joint study program involving PLU and Columbia. Under provisions of the pro­ gram , a student completes his first three years of the j oint program at PLU and then transfers to Colum­ bia for the last two years of profes­ sional study. A t the end of four years. a PLU bachelor's degree is

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A student at P L U f r three 'ears. Gee h�s be n 11 und ergra d ­ uate fellow d m i ng the past year. He wil be n of a bo t 0 students accepted this yeat for the olum­ bia graduate program in physics. Last year 17 were accepted. The physics department at Col­ umbia is rated among the best in its field i n the country, according

Pak Toon Gee to K. T. Tang, chairman of the physics department at PLU . Gee will receive his PLU degree in physics this spring. Duri ng his career at the university he has par­ ticipated in an undergraduate re­ search project and wrote a paper accepted for pU blication i n the foremost physics j o urnal in the country, Physical Review. He has also excelled in all phases of phys­ ics, mathematics and science, ac­ cording to Tang. Gee transferred to PLV after one year at Baptist College in Hong Kong and is also a graduate of PuiY ing M iddle School in that city. His parents, M r. and Mrs. Wing H ing Gee, now live at 104 H opewell Ave . . Aliquippa, Pa.

Carulyn Schutz of pokane, a senwr �1 Patlfic Luthera n U nivcrsit\', W3' crown d 19n lay Queen at PLl: Ma}' i during Ihe annual campus l'llay Festiv�1. .\'l iss Schutz. an clem ntary educuli�a ' m .ior at PLU, is a radu ate of Sp kane's S ha dl e Park High School . She il the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon A Schutz of Spokane.

Bus. Ad. Profs Selected For Case Workshop Professors of business admio i� tration from LU ha ve b en select ed for the third consecutIve year t participate in the a nn ual I ntercol legiate Case DE'velopment Work· shop, according to Andrew Towl director of the International Ca� Clearing House <.it Harvard Univer­ sity. Profs. G u nd a r King, Charle< Peterson and C h arles Dirksen will participate in the program, spon· sored by the ICC H . The workshop will be held at the University u' Santa Clara next October. Faculty members from 40 schools are selected for the work­ shops each year, according to Towl . Participants develop cases dealing with real busi ness prob­ lems, which are use d in classrooms across the country for practical a pplication of textbook methods. King, the dean o f the I'Ll' School of Business Administration. will serve on the workshop admin­ istrative sta f f . Peterson, a profes· sor of business admi nistration and a certified public accountant, will prepare an accounting case dealing with a loca l real estate develop· ment. Dirksen, an assistant profes· sor, plans to present a case dealing with a hospital information system. PL U professors of business ad­ ministration who have participated in past years include King, Vernon Stintzi, John Martilla and Davl� Carvey .

PLU Library Cited One Of Best In Country Pacific Lutheran University's M o rtvedt Library is prominently featured in a new 530-page volume by Ralph E. Ellsworth entitled Ac a d e mic Library Buildings: A Guide To Architectural Issues and Solutions. Co-sponsored by the Council on

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Overall Sports Suprelnacy Earns PLU NWC All-Sports Trophy For the first time since its incep­ lOn, the . orthwest Conference <\Il-.� po r t Trophy rests in the tro­ phy case at Pacific Lutheran U ni­ versity. Renamed this year as the John Lewis Trophy, in m mory of the long-tim Willamette U niversity athl tic direc or who passed away in January, the award i emblemat­ ic f over-all sup re macy in the , :WC' nine-sport program. The Lu tes edged Linfield Col­ lege i n the final compilation of team standings. The two schools were t i d 65 -65 going into t h e ten­ niS and track mee ts early in May.

PLU captured the tennis title a � d finished second in track, while Linfield cou ntered by winning the track crown n d pl aced fOUIth in tennis. The fi nal point totals were PLU 9 1 , Linfield 87, L wis and Clark 67, Whi tw ort h 62. Willamette 6 1 , Pacific 5 7 , Whitm a n 4 3 and Col­ le ge of I daho 3 8 . PLU w o n championships out­ right i n swimming, tennis and go lf, and tied for first i n basketball. The Lutes were second in track, third in football, fifth in cross country, tied f l' fifth in wrestling and were sixth in baseba l l .

Musclemen Keep PLU Near Top Of Track Lists I n Northwest C o nference track and fiel d circles, two distinct pow­ ers emerged, the swift and the strong. Linfield Co llege, with a stable of speedsters, was the for­ mer, Paci fic Lutheran the latter. With regularity the Lutes swept both the shot a n d discus in dual and triangular meets leading up to th NWC get - together. Randy Shipley, the round-ball specialist, and Mark Smith, the platter per­ former, each authored new records in the Lute track and field ledger. Shipley, a senior from Lake Ste­ vens . br oke his own school record in the shot with a 58- :31/2 heave at the Washington State U nivel si y I n door Meet in early seaso n . The 50 pound strongm an' s best ou t­ door effort was 57-6. •

Lutes Capture NWC Tennis Chan1pionship With ju nior Ted Carlson claim­ ing the conference singles title, Pacific Lutheran w o n its second straight Northwest Conference tennis crown at Linfield Col lege .'Vlay 1 ] . Carlso n won the singles crown' by CJut-pointing teammate Paul Bakken 6-3, 6-4 as the Lutes out­ scored runner-up Lewis a n d C l ark :3 7-30 . Col lege o f I daho followed with 16, Linfield scur ·d 1 4 , a n d Whitworth, Pacific, Whitman a n d "Villamette closed o u t t h e field. Lute net coach Mike Ben son ra nl"s Carlson, who didn't lose a set in the two-day N WC meet , as one of the top contend ers for the singles championship in the NAIA District 1 tournament, being held :VIa 1 8 - 1 9 at PLU . O ne of the bright spots for PLU at the conference tourney was the play of Bakken. U nseeded, the Aptos, Cali f . , sophomore overcame the discom forts o f pulled stomach muscles to battle his way to the singles finals. PLU freshman Steve K n ow won the consolation title i n singles and paired with Rick Gu stafson to take consol "tion doubles.

an Pritchard, former Lute re­ co rd-holder, Dave Co rnell a n d Mark Smith crambled for seco n d , third , a n d fourth place ri bbons.

Smith, a sophomore from Ta­ coma's Curtis High Schoo l , bet­ tered the existing school record i n the discus b y nearly five feet. A 1 6 1 - 0 throw at the Salzman Relays was followed by a 1 62 - 7 loft at lin­ fiel d . Gregg Abenroth, sophomore from Plentywoo d , Mont. , also qual­ ified for the NAIA National M ee t M a y 2 5 - 2 6 . A versatile weightman, Gregg was one of the ranking j av ­ el i n throwers i n the NWC, with a regular season best effort of 2 1 6 - 7 .

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PLU Swilnn1ers Take Third Plac e In NAIA Tournalnent; Ludwig Stars Terry Ludwig, Bellevue senior, firmly esta bl ished his candidacy for the Un ited States team which wil l compete at the Worl d Games in Moscow this summer by splash­ ing to three national swim titles at the National Association of I nter­ collegiate Athletics swimming championships M a rch 8- 1 0 i n Pitts­ burg, Kans. Lute mermen shattered 13 school records e n route t o a third place finish at the national meet and Coach Ga ry Chase was named NAIA " C oach of the Year. " As a result of their perform­ ances, Ludwig. Glenn Preston, Scott Wakefield, Gary H afer, a n d B o b Loverin earned All America honors . Ludwig chu rned out a 4 : 4 5 . 6 5 clocking i n the 500-yard freestyle on the first day of competiti o n , breaking t h e AlA stand ard of 4 :

Lute Golfers S eek Sweep Of Tourna111 ents With ' Lute sophomore Mark Clinton leadin g the way, PLU golf­ ers reached the tWCJ-thirds plateau in their quest for a grand slam of regional gol f honors by sweeping both the Northwest Small College Golf Classic and the N orthwest C onference tourney. In the six round classic , played o n courses throughout Washington and Oregon between April 14 and 24, coach Roy Carlson ' s Lutes romped over runnerup W illamette by 4 5 1/2 points. Clinton . o f Tac om­ a, long o f f the tee and accur<l:te with the short irons. took medalIst honors. The Lutes rallied from a 1 3 stroke deficit a �ter the first round at the Torthwest C onference tour­ nament to outclass Lewis & Clark by 38 strokes. The 72-hole tourney concluded April 30 on the Tokatee Golf course neal' Eugene, Ore. PLU averaged three over par from its fuur best cards in the final day o f competitio n, 36 holes. Cl in­ toil took medalist hc)nors with a 7573-75-74 - 297. while Yakima j u n ior Blake Bostro m , the 1 9 7 1 medalist, was seco n d with a 30 1 tota l . Eric Feste was fifth With a 314. The NAIA D istrict 1 tournament is slated for .vIay 1 7- 1 8 at Sudden Valley Golf Course i n Bellingham. PLU finished third at the district meet last year.

4 8 . 0 9 . The time was 1 1 seconds u n der his previous best effort. Keeping up the title-a-day pace, Terry outdistanced the field the following day in the 200-yard freestyle w ith a winning time of 1 : 4 6 . 2 6 . H e completed the sweep with a 1 6 : 5 1 . 4 mark i n the 1 6 5 0 freestyle, 3 5 . 3 seconds under his previous best clock,i ng. Chase, who masterminded the moves of the eleven-man Lute squad that set school records at the Pittsburg pool in every event ex­ cept the 50 freestyle, 1 00 frees­ tyle, 100 butterfly, and div i ng (where there were no Lute entries), is in his third year at P LU . The Former Washington State Un iversity swimming standout has led the Lutes to three straight Northwest Conference titles. a tenth place finish at the 1 9 72 na­ tionals, a nd now third place. PLU trailed Sim o n F aser and West Liberty ( West Virginia), who had 378 and 2 7 7 poin s respectively to the Lutes' 197 . reston a (reshman from Aber­ deen, earned All-America hon o rs for his third place finish in the 1 6 50 freest 'Ie. Loveri n , a Tacoma sophomore, and Hafer, a San Jose, Calif.. j u n ior, were o n the 800-yar free relay unit which finished sec­ o n d . Preston and Ludwig swam the other two legs in this quartet. Wakefield, a freshman from Spo­ kane, earned national hOl1ors for a second place finish in the 400 indi­ vidual medley and thi rd place in the 200 butterfly.

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Anna Marn Nielsen Honored By Gamma Chap ter A retired teacher who taught aspiring teachers at Pacific Lutheran University for 25 years was honored in April by G amma Chapter, the Association of PLU Alumni Women. Anna M arn Nielsen, 70, was the guest of honor at the annual Gamma Chapter luncheon, held in Chris Knutzen Hall in the U niversity Center. A p rofessor of education at PLU from 1 9 39 to 1 96 4 , Miss Nielsen also served the university for many years as chairman of the education department and as di rector of teacher education. Miss N i elsen, whose career spanned nearly a half century, began teaching in a one-room schoolhouse in rural Iowa in 1 9 2 1 . She was 1 8 years old, working her way through Northern I owa U niversity, which was a teachers' college at that time. She later earned a mas· ters degree at Columbia University and taught at Northern I owa for uine years before coming to PLU . She is a past president of the Tacoma Seroptimist Club and Washington Administrative Women for Edu­ cation. S he served on the Pierce County school board for eight years and was a secretary to the Tacoma Youth SYllphony b oard. A life member of the National Education Association, she i s an honorary member of Delta Kappa G, mma, honorary teachers' associa tion. Miss Nielsen is listed i n \!Vho's vVho i n America. Whli's Who in Ameri can Education, Who's Who of American Women and Personalities of the West and M idwest.

Ray Wheeler of Tacoma, a jun­ ior at Pacific Lutheran University, has been named editor o f SAGA, the PLU yearbook, for 1 9 7 3 - 7 4 . Wheeler, a television broadcast­ ing major, is a former organiza· tional and production manager for 'vVeyerhaeuser Compa ny . The editor of the yearbook an­ nually receives a scholarhip.

Report Features FLU Student Billie Vernon of C hico, Calif., a stude t at PU , is fe atured in the 1 9 72 annual r�port of Lutheran Brotherhood , Iinn eapolis -based frate m al lIlsurance society. She is featured as one of more than 1 . 300 Lutheran Brotherhood scholarship­ winners during the past year. Bil­ lie was awarded a $500 senior col­ lege schol<.lr'ihip.

Anna !\"lam Nielsen

CriIninal Justice Topic Of COlnlllunity Education/Action Program A region-wide project designed to ac..,quaint the public with the criminal justice system and what can be done to improve i t is being conducted in the Puget Sound area during April and May. Focus of the project , entitled "The Second Mile," is a series of six weekly half-hour television programs prepared by KING-TV i n Seattle i n conjunction with the Puget Sound Coalition. PLU 's Cen­ t er for H uman Organization in Changing Environments (CHOICE) is a Coalition member, and has been actively involved in the re­ search for the TV programs as well as organization of som e 400 discus­ si on groups. H undreds of Puget Sou nd area

citizens are taking part in the pro­ ject as members o f the groups. These persons have been viewing the programs and working with other prepared materials to ac­ quaint themselves with the topic and to explore ways of improving the system. At the conclusion of the proj ect, results, evaluations and recom­ mendations made by the various groups will be compiled and ana­ lyzed by the C oalition. Two years ago a similar project on the subject of the environment resulted in continuing action by participants in many ways. Some continued to work as groups on certain phases of the problem.

PLU Alu111ni Association Board of Directors 1972-73 P resident

D r. Ron Ler ch '61 ( 1 975 1

561 1 West V i ctoria K ennewick . Wa. 993:l6 Fi rst Vic e President

Dr. Christy UJ \eland '6;3 1 1 97.5 1 1 5 1 S\V 160lh No. 121> S e a ttle. Wa. 98166 Seeond Vice Pr •'ident

Term Expires May 1974 J a m es Feek '66 15516 Cascaclian Way Bothe l l . \Va. 980 1 1

Helen Jensen H a ug e '52 8860 Gramercv PlaCt' SW T ac om a . W a . '984 98 Robert E. Johnson '6:3 216 Pow 11 Avenue Pl easant Hill. Calif. 91523

: Try Dodgen '64 ( ] 973) J l l:l :\'iadrone Drive

.\ !odesto, Calif 95:350

Rev . Wil liam H . Ray '59 46�9 Northview GoW't Burnaby 1. Be . Canada

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1 h.lfvey J . euf e l d '54 Director of Al umni Relations Paci fic Lutheran t' niVCl'sitv .

R i chard I lUdahl '65 Box 1 7 1 Steflacoom. \\' a. 98388

Tacoma. \Va. 98447

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Chades (lel dake:- ' 53 I H�:l!l South Tr i l lium Way . We'st Li nn. Or . 97068 t e l l y f-t iggers Keith '53

Nan Aagcson Nokleberg '53 Park AvenuE' Estates 51!! - 102nd SlTeet Court South Tacoma. \\'a. 98+14 Term Expires May 1976

l 70�2 �5th :'-IE S,'[l ttie, Wa. 98155

G. J1lmes Capelli 8116 - 88t h Court SW Tacoma. \V'1. 98493

D r Itoy Virak '52 l :i , 9 Palm Drive T�lcoma. Wa. 91\466

Thomas Mays '62 14 L a rry Lane Longview. Wa. 986:32

M a ny individuals became involved with the work of existing agencies. In addition, both organizations a n d agencies were able to benefit from resource materials developed dur­ ing the project.

The project and the topic of crime and crimi nal justice will be covered in depth in the J une issue of Reflections. What's New With You? �Iea.. UN the IpOce below to tend us newl of on odd,••• change, new ptomoti on, hano,.,

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Jon B . OlsOn '62 1528 Cafle Hondanada Thousand Oaks, Calif. 91 360

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Dr. Jeff PruDstfield '6:, ( 197:) ) 2412 l Ium boit Avenue South :\l inneapolis. }linn, i ; :l405

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