Ordean Oen Oral History Interview, 2013 (Part 2)

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Title

Ordean Oen Oral History Interview, 2013 (Part 2)

Subject

Old Main (Moorhead, MN)

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
1944-1947

Contributor

Breitbach, Emily (Interviewer)

Format

Oral Histories

Language

English

Type

Moving Image

Identifier

HH0168b

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Breitbach, Emily

Interviewee

Oen, Ordean

Location

Carl B. Ylvisaker Library (Moorhead, MN)

Original Format

Oral Histories

Duration

6:05

Time Summary

00:15 Dr. Mae Anderson
00:25 Calculus
00:29 Class with Dr. Mae Anderson (Experiences)
00:45 Took over one of Dr. Mae Anderson’s classes because she had a terminal illness – Trigonometry (taught as a junior)
1:00 Jared Hoyer (sp?)
1:30 Never in athletics
1:36 Scholarship recognition
2:02 Atmosphere on campus during wartime (Veterans smoked cigarettes, Old main bathroom smoke just “came out”, Male students more mature)
2:44 Professor Bali (sp?)
2:50 Men mature
3:27 Adjustment to the college (enrollment, teaching)
3:47 Veterans that had returned (GI Bill)
4:16 Skipped a grade of school, started college at 16, several freshman 17
4:33 Some had not finished high school
5:07 Wife, Carol, and himself, Ordean, started an endowment fund

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Oen, Ordean (Donor) and Oen, Carol (Donor), “Ordean Oen Oral History Interview, 2013 (Part 2),” Concordia Memory Project, accessed May 4, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/599.