The Lone Star Lutheran (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 20, 1959 Page: 1 of 4
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Bischoff Reports
While
Cultures of the organism have
been deposited in the Culture Col-
lection of Algae, Department of
Botany at the University of Indi-
ana, and herbaria specimens have
been sent to the Chicago Natural
History Museum.
It was this research that enabled
Bischoff to receive a National
Science Foundation grant of $6,500
to continue algae research at the
University of Texas beginning in
I June.
Bischoff’s discovery will become
known to the scientific world in
Yugust when the “Biological Bulle-
in” will publish the research. This
is the first biological research to
be published by a member of the
latural science department in the
history of TLC.
New Algae Species
Professor Harry Bischoff, biolo-
gy instructor at TLC, has dis-
covered a new species of Algae, it
vas revealed this week by college
officials.
Funds To Be Given
For Summer Study
The first Ex-Student Faculty
Incentive Grants will be made at a
meeting of the committee in
charge on May 20.
The committee, which includes
Harold Bogisch, Prof. A. G. Gus-
tafson, Dr. Bernard Baumbach, and
Dean A. C. Streng, will consider
the grants for use in summer
study, workshops, and educational
meetings by members of the TLC
faculty.
ACTING AWARDS
ARE PRESENTED
Lila Pfennig and Milton Bade
received the “Eppie” awards for
Best Actress and Best Actor for
1958-1959 at a speech activities
banquet at Lake Breeze Ski Lodge
May 17.
Lila appeared this year as Abi-
gail in The Crucible and as Sabri-
na in Sabrina Fair. Milton por-
trayed Proctor in The Crucible and
Linus Jr. in Sabrina Fair.
The “Eppies” are placques of the
Greek masks of tragdy and com-
edy.
Receiving cups for single out-
standing performances were Carol
Torgerson for her portrayal of
Maude Larrabee in Sabrina Fair
and David LaMasters for Linus
Larrabee, Sr. in Sabrina Fair.
Also recognized at the banquet
for outstanding work in dramatics
were Sherin Pfennig, as Mary
Warren in The Crucible, Iris Audi-
let, as Rebecca Nurse in The Cru-
cible, Carolyn Sue Wiese as Willie
in This Property Is Condemned,
Stanley Sultemeier as Fairchild in
Sabrina Fair, and Nancy Creswell
as Julia in Sabrina Fair.
teaching and studying
narine botany last summer at the
Marine Biological laboratory in
Woods Hole, Mass., Bischoff be-
came interested in a fresh water
inicellular algae. The organism
vas brought back to TLC and
;rown under controlled tempera-
ure and light conditions. Search
if biological literature failed to
'eveal previous record of this par-
icular algae. After eight months
of work on the organism, it was
described as a new species—
Chlamydomonas microhalophila.
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gowns in preparation for commencement exercises. They are, left
to right, Dick Smith, president, Jo Ann Salge, secretary, Don Borg-
stedte, treasurer, and Carl Schoss, vice-president.
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STUDENTS SURVEY
Others are Judy Moltz, Seguin,
Elementary Education; Hoile
Plaehn, Brenham, History; Jerry
Sagebiel, Seguin, Biology; Arthur
Sander, Brenham, History; Richard
Smith, Houston, Biology; Keith
Ueckert, Winters, History; Sam
Wiederhold, Austin, History; Her-
man Wolff, Gonzales, Chemistry;
Helen Almquist, Houston, Elemen-
tary Education; Lois Fay Blase,
Rosenberg, Business Education.
Fifty-five TLC seniors will re-
ceive diplomas at commencement
exercises, June 3, at 7:30 p.m.
Eighteen will receive Bachelor of
Arts degrees and 37 will receive
Bachelor of Science degrees.
As a result of this survey, sev-
eral safety precautions have been
promoted. A streetlight will be in-
stalled at the crosswalk in front
of Kraushaar Hall, a ten-mile-per-
hour speed limit sign will be erect-
ed between Clifton Hall and West
Side parking lot, and the end
doors of Memorial gymnasium will
remain open when large crowds
are gathered there as a fire pre-
caution.
Also graduating are Leon Buck,
Mission, Accounting; Dianne Cres-
well, Port Arthur, Elementary Ed-
ucation; Gene Fuchs, Seguin, Ele-
mentary Education, Frank Giesber,
La Grange, History-English; Wil-
liam Henze, Brenham, General
Business; Lucy Herber, San An-
tonio, Music Education; Jimmie
Herklotz, Giddings, History; Rich-
ard Holt, Clifton, General Busi-
ness; August Janota, Lolita, Music
Education; James Jochen, York-
town, Accounting.
Others receiving diplomas in-
clude Bettye Nowell, Lubbock,
Business Education; Luther Oelke,
Brenham, General Business; Lila
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Other safety hazards which
should be avoided by individual
precautions were noted. These haz-
ards were the blind approach to
Prexy Drive from Memorial Drive
and the slippery sidewalks on cam-
pus during rainy weather.
SAFETY HAZARDS
As a safety project, a group of
students from Health Education
class took a survey of campus
safety hazards. Those in the group
were Millie Crusius, Jerry Nye,
Ronald Pinkard, Richard Carley,
and Bernard Graham.
Others include Herbert Karnau,
Shiner, Music Education; Elaine
Kern, Victoria, History; Joel
Koonce, Refugio, General Business;
Margie Lehrmann, Stamford, Ele-
mentary Education; Mary Lee
Lieke, Tynan, Business Education;
Eileen Maeker, Wilson, Elementary
Education; Marilyn Menn, Bishop,
Business Education; Nancy Mercer,
Houston, Music Education; Janet
Minzenmayer, Winters, Elemen-
tary Education; Delores Nielsen,
Grand Junction, Colo., Elementary
Education.
Candidates for graduation and
their majors include Ernest Alf,
Seguin, History; Iris Audilet, York-
town, Math; Don Borgstedte,
Washington, Sociology; Robert
Braun, Seguin, History; Charles
Brinkmeyer, Seguin, History; Al-
ton Dahl, Clifton, Chemistry; Mil-
burn Franke, Temple, Speech;
Frank Grimsinger, San Antonio,
Christianity; Heinz Gunga, Austin,
German; Kenneth Loeffler, San
Antonio, Chemistry.
VERNELL SULTEMEIER
BARBARA OTTMER
Four Cheerleaders Are Newly Elected
Newly elected cheerleaders for
the coming school year are Nita
Gebert, Vernell Sultemeier, Judy
Mycue, and Barbara Ottmer.
According to George Brookover,
head cheerleader-elect, the cheer-
leaders will have a new style of
uniform.
New yells and new rhythms are
being planned by the group of
cheerleaders, which will work
closely with the band and with the
corps in order to promote school
spirit.
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Seniors To Receive Diplomas
Program Revealed
For Graduation
The program for graduation ex-
ercises has been revealed by Rev.
F E. Brehmer this week. Dr. Erno
Dahl will bring the invocation, and
Rev. H. E. Gibson will have the
final prayer and benediction at
the June 3 program.
Dean A. C. Streng will present
the candidates followed by Presi-
dent A. G. Gustafson, who will
confer the diplomas. The a capella
choir will participate in the pro-
gram as well as the band, which
will play a prelude and proces-
sional.
Following the presentation of
diplomas, the graduates will gather
around the victory bell and sing
“O Stately College of the Plains”.
The graduation exercises will take
place at 7:30 p.m. on the north
side of the chapel, between the
commons and chapel. This is the
second year that this site will be
used.
ENGLISH HEAD
ACCEPTS CALL
Ph.
Pennsylvania.
He will succeed Dr. Adolph C.
Streng who has been at TLC since
1929.
Dr. E. B. Everitt has accepted
the call of the Board of Regents
to become Dean of TLC. Dr. Eve-
ritt, who is head of the English
department, has been at TLC
since 1956. He received his B.A.
and M.A. degrees from Pennsyl-
vania State University, and his
D. from the University of
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Fifty-Five
Speakers Are Told
For Main Events
Speakers for baccalaureate ser-
vice and commencement exercises
for this year have been announced.
Rev. Melton Bulgerin, pastor of
First Lutheran Church in Galvest-
on, will speak at the baccalaureate
service to be held in the Chapel
of the Abiding Presence, May 31,
at 10:30 a.m. Dr. James W. Laurie,
president of Trinity University in
San Antonio, will address the
graduates at commencement, June
3, at 7:00 p.m.
Rev. Bulgerin attended TLC in
1940-42, receiving an Associate
Arts degree. He also has a B.A.
degree from the University of Tex-
as, and is a graduate of Wartburg
Seminary.
Dr. Laurie received two degrees
from Princeton University, and re-
ceived his A.B. degree and D.D.
degree from Coe College. He has
been president of Trinity Univer-
sity since 1951.
COMMISSION VOTES
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
At the meeting of the Commis-
sion of Mexican Missions, which
acting president A. G. Gustafson
attended May 4 and 5, it was voted
to establish a summer scholarship
for seminary students.
The scholarship will prepare
seminary students for bilingual
ministry in Spanish speaking
countires. The fund provides for
study at the University of Mexico
in Mexico City.
The Lone Star Lutheran
Student Publication of Texas Lutheran College
Number 13
SEGUIN, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1959
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