Ordean Oen Oral History Interview, 2013 (Part 1)
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Title
Ordean Oen Oral History Interview, 2013 (Part 1)
Subject
World War, 1939-1945
Ylvisaker, Carl B.
Description
Interview accounting personal life at Concordia during World War II and about student life
Creator
Oen, Ordean (Donor)
Oen, Carol (Donor)
Publisher
Concordia College Archives
Date
2013-10-12
Contributor
Breitbach, Emily (Interviewer)
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
Format
Oral Histories
Language
English
Type
Moving Image
Identifier
HH0168a
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Breitbach, Emily
Interviewee
Ordean, Oen
Location
Carl B. Ylvisaker Library (Moorhead, Minn.)
Original Format
Oral Histories
Duration
9:09
Time Summary
00:28 Introduces self (Ordean Oen), talks about ancestry, where he’s from, when he came to Concordia
00:43 Scholarships to St Olaf and Concordia and why he chose Concordia
1:10 Joined US Navy at end of freshman year
1:19 Majors (Physics and Mathematics)
1:31 Physics teacher- Konrad Lee
1:36 Mathematics teacher- Dr. Mae Anderson
1:44 Religion teacher- Dr. Ylvisaker
2:00 3 weeks late starting Concordia
2:25 Differences between freshman year and when he returned
2:32 Differences in number of men and women
2:46 Temporary Buildings
3:04 Enrollment Changes (increase)
3:15 Brown Hall opening in 1948
3:24 Dorm life
3:32 Grose Hall used as a men’s dorm
3:36 Where different things were (Cafeteria, library, etc.)
3:51 Chapel (compulsory)
3:56 Choirs
4:14 Change from high school to college
4:38 Concordia faculty
4:44 High School teachers and teaching
4:50 Concordia faculty and teaching
5:05 “Trappers”
5:23 Men freedom v. Women freedom
5:58 Dorm life
6:08 Senior year- Brown hall had opened
6:16 Room in Brown
6:20 Dorm life in Brown/Sharing things
6:32 Lack of cars
6:41 Meals
7:03 What meals consisted of
7:41 The spirit of Concordia
8:10 Close to Concordia
8:12 Friendships formed
8:21 Bonds with faculty
8:48 Still in contact with a few classmates
8: 53 Lost several classmates
00:43 Scholarships to St Olaf and Concordia and why he chose Concordia
1:10 Joined US Navy at end of freshman year
1:19 Majors (Physics and Mathematics)
1:31 Physics teacher- Konrad Lee
1:36 Mathematics teacher- Dr. Mae Anderson
1:44 Religion teacher- Dr. Ylvisaker
2:00 3 weeks late starting Concordia
2:25 Differences between freshman year and when he returned
2:32 Differences in number of men and women
2:46 Temporary Buildings
3:04 Enrollment Changes (increase)
3:15 Brown Hall opening in 1948
3:24 Dorm life
3:32 Grose Hall used as a men’s dorm
3:36 Where different things were (Cafeteria, library, etc.)
3:51 Chapel (compulsory)
3:56 Choirs
4:14 Change from high school to college
4:38 Concordia faculty
4:44 High School teachers and teaching
4:50 Concordia faculty and teaching
5:05 “Trappers”
5:23 Men freedom v. Women freedom
5:58 Dorm life
6:08 Senior year- Brown hall had opened
6:16 Room in Brown
6:20 Dorm life in Brown/Sharing things
6:32 Lack of cars
6:41 Meals
7:03 What meals consisted of
7:41 The spirit of Concordia
8:10 Close to Concordia
8:12 Friendships formed
8:21 Bonds with faculty
8:48 Still in contact with a few classmates
8: 53 Lost several classmates
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Oen, Ordean (Donor) and Oen, Carol (Donor), “Ordean Oen Oral History Interview, 2013 (Part 1),” Concordia Memory Project, accessed May 3, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/594.