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Augsburg Now: Hour Melodious photos

Fall 1997, Vol. 60, No. 1

"Hour Melodious" Members

On Tuesday, October 30, 1934, professor and director of the Augsburg College Choir Henry Opseth chose 50 students to join the choir; 70 turned out for the audition.

First Soprano
Lydia (Mitlyng) Pokrass '35
Kathleen (Oswald) Lupcho '38
Kathyrn Simonson
Sophia (Iverson) Gjerde '36
Agnes Ness
Gretha Halvorson
Arvida Norum
Florence Oscarson
Margaret Moore
Esther (Sather) Kennedy '38
Eunice Ditmarson

Second Soprano
Lillian Hildahl
Salome (Eidness) Cannelin '38
Bernice (Paulson) Elliott '37
Geneva Larson
Ruth (Hanson) Bielke '35

First Alto
Gertrude (Lund) Hognander '36
Anna (Kveen) Sveom '36
Adeline Amundson
Esther Hovland
Marie (Pierce) Mitlyng '37
Dorothy Hanson
Hannah (Mehus) Stensvaag '38

Second Alto
Faythe (Rear) White '35
Margaret (Sateren) Trautwein '37
La Vonne Johnson
Dorothy Morgan
Gertrude Tangvald
Irene Neseth '38
Ruth Bower Batalden '36

First Tenor
Jerome Formo '37
Ralph Caspersen
Stanley Wick '36
Alvin Hexum

Second Tenor
Clarence Eliason '35
Oscar Anderson '38
David Parks
Joseph Walla '43

First Bass
Harold Nydahl '35
Julian Framstad
Randolph Paulson
Arnold Sundal '38
Ruben Hoveland

Second Bass
Leland Sateren '35
Fritz Morgan '34
Donald Teigland '37
Abner Strommen '38
Willard Nelson
Warren Quanbeck
Ian Quello '38



The "Hour Melodious"
Dedication and the program created from it
List of Augsburg choir members for the 1934-'35 academic year
The fans of "Hour Melodious" sing praises
Orville Hognander obituary
Article on Henry Opseth from the Augsburg Echo, March 15, 1935
Radio Days - a web site dedicated to radio history.


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