Large crowd observing cornerstone laying ceremony for Steensland Library. Steensland Library; cornerstone laying; Ellestad, nils J. (1845-1912) vice-president of the United Norwegian Church in America to right of cornerstone; Kildahl, John N. (1857-1921) college president, with cane to left of cornerstone.
Mohn family sitting in front of Main overlooking Northfield. From left to right; Adults: Unknown, Unknown, College President Thorbjorn N. Mohn, Edward Mohn, Mrs. Mohn, Mrs. O.G. Felland. Children in front: George Mohn (in carriage), Ray Mohn, John Mohn, Thonny Felland, "Pooh-Bah" the campus dog mascot.
1906 academy graduates. Academy graduates; Four girls at right: Mohn, Anna (1888-1963); Felland, Elsa; Hauge, Katherine; Ytterboe, Evelyn; two from right Nesdahl, Severt; four from right Thompson, J. Jorgenson (1881-1963); six from right Storholt, Eivind. Notice students clutching rolled diplomas.
Female academy graduates dressed for a party, with Ladies' Hall in the background. At left Felland, Osmund (in carriage under umbrella) and Felland, Thea J. (1853-1905); at right Felland, Thonny (1884-1976). Notice boardwalk on campus grounds.
St. Olaf Band. St. Olaf Band; Christiansen, F. Melius (1871-1955) band director, second row, third from left; Kildahl, John N. (1857-1921) college president, second row fourth from left.
St. Olaf Faculty on the veranda of the president's house. St. Olaf faculty; presidents house; Top to bottom, left to right: Glasoe, Rev. O.; Glasoe, P.M. (1874-1956); Homnes, F. Bue; Anderson, A.; Mellby, A.; Ryland, A.S.; Grose, Ingebrikt F. (1862-1939); Larson (Steensland) M.; Mellby, C.A. (1869-1963); Steensland, M.M.; Fossum, Andrew A. (1860-1943); Eikeland, P.J.; Lee, Olav (1859-1943); Ytterboe, H.T.(1857-1904); Flaten, Nils (1867-1947); Kildahl, John N. (1857-1921); Felland, Ole G. (1853-1938); Running, T.
People gathered following laying of the Hoyme Chapel cornerstone; taken from the porch of Steensland Library. Hoyme Chapel; cornerstone laying; Kildahl, John N. (1857-1921) college president to left of cornerstone on platform; Ellestad, Nils J. (1845-1912) vice-president of United Norwegian Church in America on platform to right of cornerstone. People stand on the wooden boardwalks.
A winter view of St. Olaf from the roof of Ladies' Hall, the Main, windmill, and Northfield are in the background. Notice gymnasium apparatus on edge of school grounds.
Student body gathered in Hoyme Chapel (destroyed by fire in 1923), picture taken from pulpit of chapel. Note that girls and boys are seated in separate sections and men have their hats off while women kept their hats on.