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Luther College
1889 Commencement

Source: Decorah Republican June 20, 1889 P 5 C 3

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College Graduating Exercises.
“Commencement” is usually a time of rejoicing, of music and flowers; but it was not so with Luther College this year. They were held in the Luther church. The shadow of a great calamity brooded over the event; the gradu ating class alone remained, and the impending death of a favorite teacher— Prof. Ramstad—added a deeper gloom. Most beautifully did the Valedictorian, Mr. Lunde, refer to it in words that were simple, and yet so heart-touching that many of the audience wept freely.

The graduating class is composed of the following gentlemen;

Beito, Gulbrand G., Decorah, Iowa,,
Ingebrigtson, Johan H., Albert Lea, Minnesota.,
Larsen Herman, Decorah, Iowa.,
Lunde, Johannes H., Zumbrota Minn.,
Nilsson, Thomas, Decorah. Iowa.,
Otterson, Ole, Alpena, Mich.,
Strand, Johan J., Northwood, Iowa.,
Torrison, Norman, Manitowac, Wis.,
Vereide, Ole M. Rising Sun, Wis.,

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