The Lone Star Lutheran (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 13, 1954 Page: 1 of 4
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The Lone Star Lutheran
Student Publication of Texas Lutheran College
VOLUME 35
SEGUIN, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1954
NUMBER 5
Mid-Winter Band
Concert Presented
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vention this summer.
Luther League members heard
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A technicolor film entitled The
Great Invasion has been scheduled
to be shown at the February
meeting of the Luther League, ac-
cording to Byron Burch, program of -£954
Tommie Duncan,
dent on April 10, 1953. Kraushaar
will remain on the staff as college
) an announce-
ment made January 4.
The president was presented to
the student body in a special con-
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tions thus received by the local
LSA will go to LSAction.
Activities of the LSA for the
past year included the Little Ash-
ram at Camp Chrysallis last
March; the Fall Conference of the
Gulf Region at Houston last No-
vember; service projects at the
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cluded Dr. A. G. Wiederaenders,
liturgist; Mrs. H. H. Weinert, re-
presenting the Board of Regents;
Dr. A. C. Streng, college dean,
speaking for the faculty; and Joe
K. Menn, speaking for the student
body. Sagebiel was presented by
Dr. Kraushaar, former president.
The Rev. C. N. Roth, president of
the Texas District of the Ameri-
can Lutheran Church, conducted
the closing prayer.
Sagebiel, who has been active
in civic and church affairs, com-
pleted his junior college work at
Texas Lutheran College, and re-
ceived his BA degree from Baylor
University. He also attended Wart-
burg Theological Seminary at
Dubuque, Iowa, for two years and
holds an MA degree from the Uni-
versity of Texas. Sagebiel was
called to the position by the Board
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Dr. William F. Kraushaar served
as president of Texas Lutheran
College for a total of 25 years.
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A number of Clifton students
will enroll at TLC for the spring
semester. Transfer students will
receive $200 grants-in-aid from
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Edward A. Sagebiel, Seguin
businessman and lay leader, as-
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Texas Lutheran College on Janu-
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chairman. Beginning at Pearl Har-
bor, this new movie about the New
Guinea Mission Field tells the
story of destruction by war and
reconstruction by consecrated
Christians from five nations.
Heathen tribal dances and wars
are depicted with all the excite- Envelopes have been
ment of first hand experience, those students who expressed
while Baptisms and conversions desire to participate in the new
illustrate “the great invasion” of contributory plan of the LSA,
the Gospel of Christ. This movie Klingler reported. Those partici-
has been selected to emphasize the pating may contribute to both the
war passed at the work of the local LSA and Em- Gonzales Warm Springs Founda-
by tion, Trinity Lutheran Homes at
Round Rock, and Grace Lutheran
Sanatorium at San Antonio; and
a clothing drive last December.
; year are
The Texas Lutheran College
> Monson Named To Two-Semester Term concert ^Band presented its for-
As LSA Prexy; Other Officers Named
Dorothy Monson, junior second-
ary education student from Kene- WCglw.
dy, was named to succeed Edward
Klingler as president of the Lu-
theran Students’ Association for
the next two semesters. Elections
were held at the December 11
meeting of the group, according
to Edward Klingler, past presi-
dent. Other officers elected include
Vida Nell Jacob, Yorktown, vice
president; Melrose Knebel, Aus-
tin, secretary; Faybert Finke,
Houston, treasurer; and Alva Jean
Dornbusch, Knippa, reporter.
These officers have been elected
to fill their respective positions
for the spring and fall semesters
minister of
parish education at the First Me- -
thodist Church, Seguin, addressed
the LSA at the December 11 meet-
ing. Duncan’s talk followed a de-
votional led by Frederick Streng.
Envelopes have been sent to
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TLC-Clifton College Merger Plans
Are Completed, Await Final Approval
Final plans for the proposed the semi-annual meeting of the
merger of Clifton Junior College, TLC Board of Regents January 28
(E L C) with Texas Lutheran Col- and at a meeting of the Board of
lege were completed at a meeting Higher Education of the Evangeli-
held at Clifton on January 6. Pre- cal Lutheran Church February 8.
sident Edward Sagebiel, Professor If the boards approve the plans,
A. G. Gustafson, Dr. A. G. Wiede- the merger will become effective
raenders, and Mr. T. S. Morck re- immediately.
presented the T. L. C. adminis- Discussion at the January 6
tration and Rev. Kurt Hartmann meeting centered on a transfer of
and Mr. Garfield Kiel represented student and alumni records, and
the TLC Board of Regents at classroom, laboratory, library, and
this meeting. athletic equipment. Dr. Wiede-
These plans will be submitted at raenders also spoke to the Clifton
student body about enrolling at
TLC at the end of the present se-
mester.
Discussions for the merger be-
gan at an exploratory meeting on
the TLC campus on December 9.
Representatives of the Clifton Col-
lege Corporation said that their
action was taken as a result of de-
manuel’s Lutheran Church
specifying what amount of their
contribution should go to each
subject, “Social Problems in Sex,” cause on the provided envelopes. Activities "for the coming
(Continued on Page 4) Klingler stated that any contribu- now being planned.
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Appear At Memorial Gym February 8SP^kSa”g Sr-
The Concordia Choir of Moor- ! student from Fredericksburg, was A
head, Minnesota, will appear at ' -----
Memorial Gymnasium on Monday, a-
February 8, according to an an-
nouncement of the TLC Artist
Series Committee. Director of the
choir, Paul F. Melius Christiansen,
is the son of the renowned choral
director and composer, F. Melius
Christiansen.
Arrangements for the local con-
cert are under the supervision of
the Artist Series Committee in
cooperation with the college choir.
The group of 65 singers, who won B
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and throughout the nation includ-
ing two appearances in Carnegie
Hall, will be making their first ap-
pearance in south-central Texas.
The concert here will be one of
three in Texas, the others being
in Dallas and Houston.
The choir has made many ex-
tensive trips and has been laud-
ed from coast to coast as one of
the foremost American choral
groups. Director Christiansen gra-
duated from St. Olaf College, stu-
died composition under Norman
Lockwood at the Oberlin Conser-
vatory and received his master of
music from the Eastman School
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‘A Purpose in Life”. Second
and third place winners were
Estelle Gindorf with a speech en-
titled, “Shall We Draft Women?”
and Erline Hohmann, whose
s speech was entitled, “America’s
| Cornerstone”. Cash prize of $10,
I $5, and $3 were awarded the win-
| ners.
I Judges of the contest were Dr.
|i William F. Kraushaar, college
| chaplain; Dr. E. J. Braulick, pas-
I tor of Emmanuel’s Lutheran
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mal mid-winter concert on Fri-
day, January 8, in Memorial Gym-
nasium. The program, conducted
by Director Louis U. Kromminga,
i was opened with the National An-
them, after which the band play-
ed “The Traveller Overture,” by
Forrest L. Buchtel. Two Chorales,
“In Heaven Above,” a Norwegian
folk song, and “All Men Now
Sing, Rejoice,” by J. S. Bach, fol-
lowed. After this number “An
American Scene,” by Clare Grund- Regents on July 8. 1953.
man, was presented. Kromminga At the time of his election,
I band Sagebiel was a member of the
and Texas Lutheran Choir in Board of Higher Education of the
“America”, by Donald I. Moore. American Lutheran Church. He is
At the intermission, Stan Me- secretary of the National Luther-
Kenzie, a representative from ra- an Brotherhood, and a past presi-
dio station KWED, Seguin, pre- dent of both the Seguin Inde-
sented Director Kromminga with pendent School Board and of the
- an unexpected gift, a Texas Stet- Seguin and Guadalupe County
I . son hat, as a token of appreciation
[ for the work he is doing with the
band. “The Thunderer,” a march
by John Philip Sousa, concluded
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Annual Carnival
Scheduled Jan. 29
An all-school carnival sponsor-
ed by the Phi Theta Kappa and
the TLC Band, will be held in
the Morisse Gymnasium, January
29, at 7:00 P. M.
The special feature and main at- lining enrollment and increasing
traction of the carnival will be an costs. They added: “The growth
impersonation of TLC faculty Texas Lutheran College, a four-
members to be presented by col- 7ear liberal arts college, provides
lege students. Booths for fortune an opportunity for all the youth
telling, testing one’s skill and of the Lutheran bodies in Texas
strength, and refreshments will be avaH themselves of the high
set up. Side shows staging facul-
ty as well as student talent will
contribute to the evening’s enter-
EDWARD A SAGEBIEL, TLC’s new prexy, Is presented to students and faculty by Dr. Wm. F. Kraushaar, former president, tainment. Students, faculty, and
at special convocation services held January 4. Pictured left to right are Joe K. Menn, student body president; Dean A. C. Streng; Community citizens are invited to
Mrs. H. H. Weinert, chairman of the Board of Regents; President Edward A. Sagebiel; former-president Wm. F. Kraushaar- the , . ,
Rev. C. N. Roth, president of the Texas District, ALC; and Dr. A. G. Wiederaenders, vice president for development. tilG CHmiVal.
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