Dedication Ceremony of the Brooklyn Park Campus, 2pm in the auditorium of the Brooklyn Park Campus. Speakers include: Program Chairman for North Campus ceremony - Richard Jamison, Compensation Manager for General Mills & Chairman of the District 287 School Board; Presentation of Colors - Brigadeer General John R. Dolny ; Narrator of the American Flag Heritage - Technical Sergeant Eugene Stunick (?), 133rd Tactical Airlift Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard; Dedication Speaker - Howard Casmey, State Commissioner of Education; Formal Dedication and Presentation of the Building Key - John Torseth, Architect of the campus buildings; Superintendent Richard E. Emery; Edward Hill, Campus Director of North Campus; Ken Thielen - President of Student Senate, North Campus.
Dedication Ceremony at 4pm in the auditorium of the Eden Prairie Campus. Speakers include: Program Chairman for South Campus ceremony - Lorin Gasterlund, Former Chairman of the District 287 School Board & Executive Committee; Presentation of Colors - Brigadeer General John R. Dolny ; Narrator of the American Flag Heritage - Technical Sergeant Eugene Stunick (?), 133rd Tactical Airlift Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard; Dedication Speaker - Howard Casmey, State Commissioner of Education; Formal Dedication and Presentation of the Building Key - Clair Armstrong, Architect of the campus buildings; Superintendent Richard E. Emery; Dr. James Lund, Campus Director of South Campus; Kimball Winters - President of Student Senate, South Campus.
Film narrator is Joyce Wold. The film is "a spontanous expression of the spirit of the institution by the students and faculty. In their own words it is a joyful reflection of the self image of the school."
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Silent color 16mm film (2 minutes, 58 seconds) of St. Cloud State Teachers College freshmen orientation camp at Lake Koronis, near Paynesville, Minnesota, that shows students square dancing in a cabin. St. Cloud State Teachers College is now St. Cloud State University.
This film shows footage of the future site of Bethel College and Seminary. Scenes from the dedication ceremony are shown including the installation of a box behind the seminary cornerstone inscribed, "Whom shall I send? Here am I, send me." There is footage of the construction of seminary buildings and interior shots of finished buildings. Individuals identified include but are not limited to: Carl Lundquist, Gordon Johnson, Edwin Omark, Virgil Olson, Reuben Omark, Tony Pierson, Alphin Conrad and Clarence Bass. There is no audio.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Silent color 16mm film (2 minutes, 51 seconds) of St. Cloud State Teachers College homecoming parade through downtown St. Cloud that featured floats, homecoming royalty and other personalities, and marching bands. St. Cloud State Teachers College is now St. Cloud State University.
Informal video of the Eden Prairie campus building during the Open House in 1973. Shots include the parking lot and front of the building, the reception area, the student loungs, the Instructional Media Center (IMC), and the Gourmet Dining Room which was serving large tiered cakes and decorated with ice sculptures.
This film is narrated by Jerry Healy. The departments featured include: Speech and Drama, Social Work, Education, and the offices of "The Clarion," Bethel's student newspaper.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Silent black and white 16mm film (4 minutes, 6 seconds) of the St. Cloud State Teachers College marching band performing on a football field. St. Cloud State Teachers College is now St. Cloud State University.
"A Day at Our Saint Paul Concordia" is a black and white, silent film that documents the lifestyle of a student at Concordia College, Saint Paul in the 1920s and 1930s. The film includes shots of the campus, dormitories, classroom instruction, a gymnasium class, a baseball game, and clips from a graduation ceremony. The film highlights many of Concordia's early professors: Martin A. H. Graebner (President), Herman Wollaeger, William Moenkemoeller, Ernest Lussky, Oswald Overn, Fred Wahlers, William Dobberfuhl, E. G. Richard Siebert, Paul Stor, and Oliver Harstad.
This black and white, silent film shows various views of the Minnehaha Falls city park in the spring of 1928. Interspersed are placards quoting Longfellow's poem "The Song of Hiawatha." This film has beautiful shots of the falls during the spring thaw and of the park during the early years of its existence. Minnehaha Falls has been a destination spot on tours of the Twin Cities for new students at Concordia.
This black and white, silent film documents the statue's unveiling on October 30, 1921. The bronze statue was a gift to our campus by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rubbert of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The statue was modeled after a Luther monument in Worms, Germany, and designed by German sculptor Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel. It was cast by the Flour City Ornamental Iron Company of Minneapolis. The statue is over 12 feet high, stands on a pedestal of St. Louis granite, and weighs over 40 tons. On the day of the unveiling, there were more than 3,000 people present. Myrtle Rubbert Buenger, daughter of the donors and daughter-in-law of Concordia's President Theodore Buenger, pulled the cord to unveil the statue. Since the unveiling in the original location at Luther Hall, the statue has moved twice and now resides near the entrance to campus at the Lutheran Memorial Center. The Martin Luther Statue is a significant campus landmark for Concordia University, Saint Paul. The statue has resided in v
This film shows footage of the future site of Bethel College and Seminary. Scenes from the dedication ceremony are shown including the installation of a box behind the seminary cornerstone inscribed, "Whom shall I send? Here am I, send me." There is footage of the construction of seminary buildings and interior shots of finished buildings. Individuals identified include but are not limited to: Carl Lundquist, Gordon Johnson, Edwin Omark, Virgil Olson, Reuben Omark, Tony Pierson, Alphin Conrad and Clarence Bass. There is no audio.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
This silent 16mm film combines color and black and white film (15 minutes, 16 seconds) of two separate events at the St. Cloud State Teachers College: freshmen orientation camp and 1952 homecoming activities. Listed here are the times on the film, by minute and second, of the different activities represented in the video. The first segment is color film of students participating in a variety of activities during freshman orientation camp at Lake Koronis, near Paynesville, Minnesota. 0:23 - Students arrive at Lake Koronis by bus. 2:05 - Students participate in recreational activities such as lounging on the lawn and swimming. 2:35 - Swimming and basket weaving. 4:14 - Students making crafts, weaving, and writing. 5:09 - Man and woman talking together on park bench. 5:30 - Women in bathing suits walk to cabins. 6:01 - Students play volleyball. 6:33 - Men and women participate in archery. 7:20 - Students study a snake. 7:54 - Lake Koronis. 8:00 - Men wearing green freshmen beanie load cots into the back of a truck. 8:23 - Swimming. 8:43 - 1952 homecoming title in black and white. 9:17 - St. Cloud State homecoming parade through downtown St. Cloud that featured floats, homecoming royalty and other personalities, and marching bands in color. 12:12 - ""'Ike' (U.S. presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower) Crowns TC Queen"" title in black and white. 12:22 - U.S. presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower steps up to the podium in front of the Stearns County courthouse in downtown St. Cloud. 12:26 - ""'Ike' Faces Queen-Not Camera No Wonder!"" title. 12:44 - Eisenhower crowns Joyce Pearson as St. Cloud State Teacher College's 1952 homecoming queen on the steps on the Stearns County Courthouse in downtown St. Cloud. 13:19 - Eisenhower gives a speech in front of the Stearns County courthouse in downtown St. Cloud.
This is the first part of a football game between the St. Cloud State College and Mankato State College. The game was played at St. Cloud State's Selke Field in which St. Cloud State, who were wearing dark uniforms, won by the score of 14-7.
This is the second part of a football game between the St. Cloud State College and Mankato State College. The game was played at St. Cloud State's Selke Field in which St. Cloud State, who were wearing dark uniforms, won by the score of 14-7.
This is the second part of a football game between the St. Cloud State Teachers College and St. John's University. The game was played at St. Cloud State's Selke Field at night in which St. John's University, who were wearing dark uniforms, won by the score of 19-7. It was the final season for John McNally as St. John's University head football coach before being replaced by John Gagliardi.
This is the first part of a football game between the St. Cloud State College and St. John's University. The game was played at St. Cloud State's Selke Field at night in which St. John's University, who were wearing dark uniforms, won by the score of 36-6.
This is the second part of a football game between the St. Cloud State College and St. John's University. The game was played at St. Cloud State's Selke Field at night in which St. John's University, who were wearing dark uniforms, won by the score of 36-6.
This is the first part of a football game between the St. Cloud State Teachers College and St. John's University. The game was played at St. Cloud State's Selke Field at night in which St. John's University, who were wearing dark uniforms, won by the score of 19-7. It was the final season for John McNally as St. John's University head football coach before being replaced by John Gagliardi.
This is the first part of a football game between the St. Cloud State Teachers College and St. John's University. The game was played at St. Cloud State's Selke Field in which St. John's University, who were wearing dark uniforms, won by the score of 14-9. This was the first game as St. Cloud State football coach for Jack Wink.
This is the second part of a football game between the St. Cloud State Teachers College and St. John's University. The game was played at St. Cloud State's Selke Field in which St. John's University, who were wearing dark uniforms, won by the score of 14-9. This was the first game as St. Cloud State football coach for Jack Wink.
This is the first part of a football game between the St. Cloud State Teacher's College and Winona State Teacher's College. The game was played at St. Cloud State's Selke Field in which St. Cloud State, who were wearing light uniforms, won by the score of 14-6. This was St. Cloud State's homecoming football game.
This is the second part of a football game between the St. Cloud State Teacher's College and Winona State Teacher's College. The game was played at St. Cloud State's Selke Field in which St. Cloud State, who were wearing light uniforms, won by the score of 14-6. This was St. Cloud State's homecoming football game.
