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WHAT SHAKKSPEARE MIGHT HAVE SAIT) WERE HE PRE­ VENTED FROM TAKING AN ACTIVE PART IN THE EDITING OF THE FIRST ISSUE OV HIS COLLEGE PAPER BY AN UNEXPECTED ILLNESS. [Editor’s Note: This short farce-dialogue is not to be looked upon as an allegory. On the contrary it is purposed to be no thing • more thnn a plain naarative, its whole plan of action and its events lying strictly in the past. Anyone attempting to dissent from this theory will be left to the tortures of his own conscience.]

The scene is laid in the drawing room of Wm. Shakespeare's house in London somewhere between the years 1178 and 1616.

By the excrements of my valance, dearest Anne, my little body is aweary of this great world.

Saycst tliou so, sweet William, canst state thy ailment and its cause that I may with application fitting and tender subside what torments thee—or is’t a trouble of the mind,—has some venture of thine miscarried, no—then perhaps thou art in love?

Pie! Fie! Such words from thee, my spouse, yet in sooth, I know not why I am so sad; something worries me, but, I am yet to learn what stuff，tis made of and whereof ’tis born. And such a want— —wit sadness makes of me that I have much ado to know myself.

Then let us say you’re sad because you are not merry and ’twere as easy for you to laugh and leap and say you are merry be­ cause you are not sad! But look thru the buttery window where thy friend Marlowe comes mincing down our street in consonancy with his made-to-order form. He’s sure to acquaint thee with the latest；tidings of the decisions of your brother writers touching on

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the matters connected with that newly broached magazine of your poet’s college. Now mind, Shakespeare, that thou enterest not in any engagement which may tax your mental powers to the fur­ therance of your illness. If tliou dost show thy disobedience herein beshrew me if I do not deftly and freely give thy weary little body a severe introduction to my gravy ladle. Fare ye well awhile, I’ll end my exhortation on the morrow and leave you now to better company; and know also that I shall plant my ear beyond yon keyhole in the very wind of your conversation.

Thanks in faith, silence only is commendable. Via! Aroint thee, tliou guiled wench. Thou drawest the thread of thy ver­ bosity finer than the staple of thy argument. Marry, Marry, why ever did I marry thee, (knocking outside.) I hear a knocking at the front entrance. What ho! Is’t Marlowe my good catercousin? Give thyself free admittance, tliy key is turned, (enter Mar­ lowe.) Hail to thee, sweet Christ. What purport has tliy visit?

Good evening, Bard of Aron, and sensible regreets I bring from all the members of our coterie that have united in his great literary project of which tliou knowest. Of that I come to tell tliee. First, however, I would know what in the beaten way of friendship de­ tained your presence yestereven at our selection and allottment of offices.

All me, good brother; I have of late lost all my mirth, for­ gone all custom of exercise and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air— Perdy, this is nothing but a prelude to the toothache I was myself inflicted with it therefore cheer up Willie, for there never yet was a philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently.

Hast seen a leech.

More than that, I’ve heard him, albeit my visit was bootless, for his diagnosis stands not within the prospect of belief. To wit, he accuses my nerves of dancing too much and robs me of a quart of blood for that and then finally settles that it’s my heart that’s at variance.

So, so, now we have it. Thy symptoms proclaim a sickness of the heart. Art perhaps in love, for all true lovers are unstaid and skittish in all motions else save in the constant image of tlie creating that is beloved.

Out upon thee, Beelzebub! Who bribed thee? Nay, the time is out of joint and all is leagued against me. Oh, man, couldst read the innermost page of my mind thou wouldst konw that love is not imprinted there, yea, that its very thot is filled with odious reminiscence; and therein I counsel thee, if ever thine eye stays upon some favour that it loves then let that love be younger than thyself, for women are as roses whose fair flower being once dis­ played doth fall that very liour and alas, how full of briers is this common working day world when that has happened. But I’ll

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stay no longer question on this subject. Tell me, how resulted your election.

True enough, new honors came thick upon thee, for thou upon unanimous declaration wast chosen head and chief of our little kingdom of scribes. In anticipation of thy brilliant success I do extend my warm congratulations.

Tush, tush, Christopher. Into what dangers would you lead me! That you would have me seek into myself for that which is not in me. Besides my illness and the thought of this affianced evil. Oh, tis the most unkindest cut of all. No, my resignation is preordained.

Ach Willie, why be in awe of such a thing as thou thyself.

Why not let me be your glass wherein you will modestly discover that of yourself of which you know not. Take note of me; man delights not in me and woman either—although by your smiling you seem to think so—and yet I am happy in that I hold the world but as the world,—a stage where every man must play his part or blow a sennet on his trumpet as I do.

No, no, good seynoir, not being inured to my walk of life, thou canst not guess off hand its hardships and, as for thee being my mirror, thou’rt far to small, and I could only see me half or less than that. No, the Fates have willed— Indeed, thou almost makest me hold opinion with Pythagoras that the spirits of stockich, hard and stubborn animals inhabit (livers men’s minds at times. Surely when I recount to thee the names of those who were yesterday decreed to occupy the remain­ ing staff positions thou wilt forget all thy moody forebodings and assume thy new duties in measureless content.

Marlowe, I dare do all becomes a man, who dares do more is none; but prithee, go on with your tale.

Then know that I have been created your first aide-de-camp, a guide to lead thee thru financial straits, a golden musician to in­ spire thee with thoughts of poetry by the jingling of my coins, in short, your prop and staff when our paper’s life is low.

Is’t true? To be sure, that tune strikes me better. Indeed, thou，rt almost tall enough to be my staff. Proceed on the third man be thy fellow I were almost loath to quit my post.

Good, good, I，ll feast thy ears with a store of good news before I go, my collaborator is a man of noted depth and biting satire. Had not the inborn largess of his mind recently established liis genuis beyond a doubt, he might not have aspired to this literary eminence, for he came but shortly across the water where, ’tis said, the Germans and the Russians doted much on liis absence, besides, his course in life is run incomparison to ourselves, his gray hairs having already donned the sable coat.

Thou canst not mean this Fischart whose masterly paragraph, entitled ‘ The action of gravity on the three dimensions’ merited such praise among our greater wits?

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The selfsame one and whate’er may be the faults of his country­ men, his new office sit well on him, and metliinks，as he’s endowed with a mixing quality and an appealing personality, lie’s also well adapted for the husbandry and manage of our circular about this city.

His appontment strikes me well and I take your welcome com­ munication thus far as an earnest of yet greater things to come.

You’re right in that, it was an earnest, for now I truly have a bit of news for thee. History is repitition and so ’tis here. A second time the gods have sent forth a Panodora to grace our staff and bring a blessing to mankind thru the gentle and just criticism of our friends and visitors.

What tho my memory of the fair sex be rather green and that it rather me befitted to bear my heart and all my senses contracted in one brow of woe at remembrance of that thought, yet can I now but praise and extol your choice and with an auspicious aiul a dropping eye do only question whether you wert not deceived.

Man, ask anything but that, as soon as anyone dares put. our judgment in this matter on the scale or hold a week supposal of her worth, straightway, according to the stipulations of a seal’d compact well ratified by king and abbot inter nos, do we bid the transgressor dismount his tuck and be yare or lose liis life.

By my troth, thou scarest up my spleen and nuikst me whitelivered at once. I have no doubt but that she is no homo norus and of well tried steel and noble talent. I-lowbeit what is better, mine languidness doth make its fight before the flow of thy voca­ bulary. Therefore halt not but fall to and give me intelligence of whom you have encumbered with the lot of commenting on our hot-contes bed games on green and board withal.

Who else but you defender of monarchy among the blacks, Tommy Hobbes. As thou knowest he hath a special predilection for that altisonant word Leviathan, but then ’t'vas reasoned that lie might cater to his hobby in that the word can well be employed in the sporting language for the designation of almost everything, be it inglorious defeat, a black eye, or a long-nosed hero.

Quite true and well conjecturad. Notify me further, who His that’s doomed to expatrate over all this little scene of man without localizing for more than one month at a time.

Thou meanst De rebus omnibus? Lord Bacon, whom fortune culled from the aborigines of Canada, our prospective colony in the newly discovered world doth occupy that place.

Is’t he? That was a lucky throw. Why this Bacon was won't to bear his faculties so meek that none but shepherds could outvie him, but of late or within the scope of tlie last half-decade lie’s shown a rarer putting-on, as ’twere roused by a typhus germ, he now doth mingle much in politics, besides, he has that wished for lawyer's melancholy which enables him to cope with arguments of state, He is well fitted. His first class dissertation on myself, soon to be

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published, almost rivals his talk on the eating and dygesting of books and magazines, which he does without compunction.

Thy pleasure likes me well. How say you now when I report whom we have chosen for the enlivening of our periodical thru the vivid description of our current doings and the recording of our daily jokes,—no other than those two bright comets on the literary horizon, Beaumont and Fletcher.

Avaunt, Christ, with thy selection! That duet of playwright’s in our midst! Nix! United we stand, divided we tip over. That’s a state within a state and ne’er does well. Why, bawcoch, this little Beaumont, is yet in the morn and liquid dew of his youth, yet doth lie bestride this narrow cily like a 'La Crossus/ and we petty men— oil my heart bubbles over.

Herein dost thou do him great wrong. He is the card or calendar of gentry for you shall find in him the continent of what part, of gentleman or a poet would see.

Your lordship speaks most infallibly of him. Well perhaps (he choice was happy afler all, but never can I reconcile myself to Fletcher. He doctored up an unfinished play of mine upon a time, and l found to my extreme non-enjoyment that he is a fellow of infinite size and malapert jest but small fancy. Marry, is he not a creation of that; quire?

Again thou hast made a grievous mistake in thy conception of this dramatist, for his size is, in truth, finite, altlio some will have it that his wishes wore endless had he not the advantage of a sharp blade, but (o wit, hispia muter is a veritable container of wise saws, modtM-n instancos and liiugh-enjendering items, while in the verity of his oxtolnient he is a soul of great article, a singer whose voices at time outstrips the hautboy and at others grunts lower than the most sinister notes on a tuba.

What hidden womlers are often revealed under one’s own threshold, lie holds his past with my good wishes. Hast any more to say. All, I had almost forgot your locals.

Ay true, and to that enviable height have we elevated Ben Jonson, who will hereafter depict every man in his humour.

Jonson to be sure, yet like I not the crude and ruthless manner in which catalogued my parts and promulgated that I knew little •Latin and less Greek. Thou knowst thyself that is not true.

Besides I’ve thought already the man is tainted in his wits, for he points backward and calls it liis future. For liis future he might methinks more profitably look toward the clouds ere he strikes his head against them.

No indeed, this Ben is an absolute and knowing knave. But shortly since lie was pricked on by a most emulate pride to show his colors in the “Upstart,” and to this, ’tis said, he owes his greatness of today. To divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, for he is quite prodigous in his molecules. Therefore we had best leave liime alone.

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I’m of your opinion and, of course, there’s no denying that theres something in him despite his lanky arms.

And now, sweet Stratford, Ive anatomized our procedure to thee.

I notice that thy native hue of resolution, sicklied over for a time by the pale cast of suffragetic whims and supposed sadness has returned, and it now follows as the night the day that my good news have determined thy path, and thou canst not say nay.

Oil Christie, (looks fearfully at kitchen door) if ’twere done when ’tis done, ’twere well— Bah, wouldst live a coward in thine own esteem, letting ‘I dare not，wait upon ‘I would’ like the poor cat in the adage? Thy illness is but temporary. Come, give me thy word and after that let come what come may.

But perpend, my leech witlial has decreed that I walk a small tether than the rest and that for the time being I cease all literary activities, which necessarily precludes the invention and formation of poems and rhymes, the attributes to awe and majesfy, and good college paper, after the fashion of aspirants and spring poets.

What matter if it does. Comfort thyself with the thought that tho the manufacture of a rhyme gives thee recreation and satisfac­ tion e’en like the solving of some algebraic problem, yet lends it naught to the edification of the reader, who wipes his brow and thanks Heaven when he’s thru with thy concation, if, in sooth, lie tasteth it at all.

Ay, there’s the rub. *Tis sad, but true.

Well Bill, what are your inclinations now. There are nine more months after this in which thou canst become a poet if it suits thee.

Marlowe, my mind is set. Take and hold my hand, Shakes­ peare sets this foot of his as far as goes the farthest. I fear no man―nor woman either.—Hatheway, some cakes and ale please!

(No answer.) Minx, understand me not or dost think because thou deemst thyself virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale? (no answer.) Didst hear her give answer?

No, but her voice was ever low.

Her voice low! Tell me not in mournful numbers. Why often she squeaked out at midnight without any mitigation or re­ morse of voice. Albeit, let’s make inquest, (open door.) Ah she sleeps!

After the day’s fitful fever she slumbers well.

Therefore made she no remonstration or interruptions in our confabulation this evening. Methought was very strange. But wake her not. It is no matter. Let her enjoy the honey heavy dew of slumber, while we the busy brains will not content ourselves with all. A stoop of win e is now our least.

Ay, how sweet is solitude with just one good friend and a bumper of wine.

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But before we seat ourselves again to converse on other mat­ ters let us raise our glasses and pledge to the best of our powers that: During our whole regime We’ll value no such theme, As the keeping free of any caper Which furthers not our college paper.

E. C. K. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. William Shakespeare was born on the 22d or 23d of April, 15G4, at Sratford-on-Avon, in Warwickshire. His father, John Shakespeare, was a prosperous trader in corn, wool, and leather, a shrewd man of business, who enjoyed a high social and political position in the community in which he lived. His mother was Mary Arden, youngest daughter of Robert Arden, a wealthy yeoman farmer of Wilmocote. They had eight children, four sons and four daughters, of whom William was the first son and third child.

In when William was about four years old, his father was made high-bail iff of Stratford; three years later he became chief aldorman. It is, therefore, reasonable to assume that he gave his ohiklrcMi the best education Stratford could offer. In 1571, he entered (he Stratford Grammar School, and it is here that he ob­ tained practically his entire education. The curriculum provided for a careful study of Latin grammar and literature, together with some rudimentary Greek.

There has been considerable difference of opinion as to the extent of the knowledge of Latin that Shakespeare acquired at school; some authorities maintain that it cannot have been very extensive, and cite as a proof his friend Ben Jonson’s celebrated And though thou liadst small Latin and less Greek,—” line: Others deduce from internal evidence in the Plays, that he must have been well acquainted with the originals of the classic Latin writers, and argue that Jonson, one of thee most learned men of liis time, withal something of a pedant, might have considered wsmall Latin” a fair working knowledge of the language. Of Eng­ lish books but few were accessible to Shakespeare while at school, and among these the only one that can be said to have had any influence on his literary style was the English Bible in the popular Genevan version, first issued about 1560. The reference to biblical characters and the use of biblical quotations in his plays indicat? at least a general acquaintance with both the Old and New Test­ aments.

It is probable that Shakespeare was withdrawn from school in 1578, when he was nearly fourteen years of age, in order to help his father out of difficulties that had arisen in his financial

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affairs. Tradition reports that he was apprenticed to a butcher, and this report is borne out by his biographer, Aubrey, who adds: “When he killed a calf, he would doe it in a high style and make a speecli.” Other reports, such as that he was employed as clerk in a law office, or engaged for some time as a schoolmaster, seem to be based rather on inference from his plays than on creditable witness; yet it is not improbable that they may be true, as Shakes­ peare was at the time forced to earn money as best he could. The only indubitable fact that arises through the cloud of uncertainty that enshrouds this part of his life, is that he married, in Novem­ ber, 1582, while he was still in his eighteenth year, Anne Hathaway, daughter of Richard Hathaway, a fairly prosperous husbandman of Shottery.

Six months after their marriage their first child, a daughter, was born, and, a few days after, baptized in the Stratford parish church under the name of Susannah. Two years after, their only other children, a boy and a girl, were born, and baptized under the names of Hamnet and Judith.

In 1586, four years after their marriage, Shakespeare left his wife and children at Stratford and betook himself to London. For this action several reasons have been brought forth. It is claimed by some that Shakespeare’s domestic life turned out unhappily; that he was forced into marrying Anna Hathaway by her relatives and friends; and that the disparity of age between him and his wife (she was liis senior by nearly eight years) was too great to allow of harmony in their married life. On the other hand, it is maintained that he left Stratford for the reason assigned by Nich­ olas Rowe, the first critical editor of Shakespeare’s works. “He had” wrote Rowe in 1709, “by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and among them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing, engaged him with them more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecot, Stratford. For this lie was prosecuted by that gentleman, as he thought, somewhat too severely, and, in order to revenge that ill-usage, lie made a ballad upon him, and though this .probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is said to have been so very bitter that it redoubled the prosecution against him to that degree that lie was obliged to leave his business and family in. Warwickshire and shelter himself in London.”

It is stated by Ben Jonson that Shakespeare, after his arrival in London, first looked to the play-houses for employment, and that liis orginal connection with the theatre was made when he sta­ tioned himself among the boys who held the horses of visitors to the plays, and organized them into a band that soon became known as “Shakespeare’s Boys.>, However, it is certain that he was soon transferred into the interior of the theatre, though employed at first in a very humble capacity, that of ‘prompter’s attendant，，or call-boy.

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From here on his rise was rapid. After a few years we find him one of the principal actors at the Globe, at that time the best theatre in London. It is confirmed by a fellow-actor, William Beeston, that ‘‘he did act exceeding well，”’ and in the list of the players who acted in Jonson's “Sejaiius，” his name is parallel with that of Richard Burbage, the greatest tragic actor of his time.

It is probable that at about this time he made his first dram­ atic efforts. To “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” the shortest of all his dramas, and practically the only one with an original plot, the priority in point of lime is generally assigned. That it was suc­ cessful may be inferred from the envious allusion in Robert Greene’s There is an upstart crow, beautified with “Groatsworth of Wit: our feathers, that, with his Typers heart wrapt in a players hide supposes lie is as well able to bumbast out a blanke verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum is, in his owne conceite，the only 'Shake-scene* in the countrie.”

In 1593，Richard Field published “Venus and Adonis,” with a dedication by Shakespeare to his patron, the Earl of Southampton.

How Shakespeare secured the patronage of Southampton is a matter of conjecture. Southampton was acknowledged the hand­ somest man at. Court, and it is certain that he was “a dear lover and cherisher as well of Uie lovers of poets as of the poets tliemselves." Shakespeare seems to have enjoyed intimate relations with him, and it is said that at one time, when he was contemplat­ ing a purchase, the Eaii gave him forty thousand dollars to go though with it. Twenty of Shakespeare's Sonnets, published in 1G01), are addressed to his patron in terms of the most endearing friendship.

In 159G Shakespeare returned to Stratford after an absence of nearly eleven years, and assisted his father materially in his financial affairs, so lhat in October of the same year the latter applied, through the intervention of his son, at the College of Heralds for a coat-of-arms. His application was received favor­ ably, and the following shield was assigned to the Shakespeare family. “Gold, oil a bend sable, a speare of the first, and for Iiis crest or cognizance of falcon, his wings displayed argent, standing oil a wreath of his colours, supporting a spear gold steeled as aforesaid.” In the following year Shakespeare did even more to re­ deem the prestige and reputation of his family by purchasing the largest house in Stratford, commonly known as New Place, He was enabled to do this by the income afforded him by his plays, amounting to about eight hundred dollars per year, and hy his salary as an actor, amounting to at least four thousand for the same time. His chief source of income was, howver, his share in the receipts of the Globe theatre, which amounted to nearly twenty thousand dollars a year, at that time an enormous income for a country gentleman.

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During the next ten years of his life lie devoted much of his time to tlie building up of a large landed estate, to the collection of tlie Stratford titles, and to extensive purchasing of land in and about liis native town. It was during this time, when it would seem that his mind would be largely occupied with financial mat­ ters, that he produced liis noblest literary work, the immortal plays acknowledged to be the “greatest birth of time,” the grandest pro­ ductions of the liuman mind.

The closing years of his life (1611-1616) were spent “as all men of good sense may wish theirs may be, in ease, retirement, and tlie conversation of his friends.** On January 25, 161C, Shake­ speare made his will, and on Tuesday, April 23, 1616, he died at tlie age of 53, simultaneously with the great SpanisU author Cervantes.

His earthly remains lie buried in Stratford cliurcli. At the foot of the bust on liis tomb are inscribed the lines: “Stay, passenger, why goest tliou by so fast?

Read, if thou canst, whom envious death hath plast, Within this monument; Shakespeare with 'vliome， Quick nature die; whose name cloth deck ys tombe For more than cost; sitli all yt lie hath wilt Leaves living art but page to serve his \viU.” AEtatis 53.

Die 23 Ap. Obiit ano. doi. 1616.

For three hundred years his remains have mouldered in the tomb, but liis influence is by far greater today than at the time in which lie lived. His works have been translated into a greater number of languages than any other book or set of books, with tlie exception of the Bible.

The estimate that civilized humanity has formed of liis genius is well expressed in Ben Jonscm’s lines: “Triumph，my Britain, thou hast one to show, To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe.

He was not of an age, but for all time.”

S. H.，1S.

THE INSCRIPTION ON A FORESTS CEMETERY, (Reminicent of an Actual Experience.)

The night was hot; so stuffy was my berth E’en sleep refused to do his wonted work Of closing down tlie shutters of tlie eye, The lids, that bar from view those sights on earth That lacerate the inner man, like dirk The vitals, leaving strength but for a sigh.

And while in the sleeping-car I sought repose Before me signs of death and guilt arose.

THE BLACK AND BED. Twas not mirage I saw,—but real sights Of Cemetery; a quadrangle vast And grim, yet oddly grand for place of Death.

Behold the shafts, and slabs, great monoliths So thickly strewn—the mind was all aghast At all this fill of yard in depth and breath!

Wisconsin’s northern woods in where appeared This sight,—this monumental monster reared.

You saw there stones an hundred feet in height;Aga in like infant’s markers others lay; The snow-white marble, polished, gilded, bright, Reflected glorious full-moons ev'ry ray.

This view, which haunted me since that same night, I readily enchanted dream believed;— What woe I ever should be undeceived!

I saw, forsooth! And yet the truth to me In fiery lines—(that sear the very soul!)— Revealed herself, sore-pained, reproachful, wan!

A Forest fired : Each monument a tree, Not flaming now yet all a living coal, I saw!—A gruesome sight!—The train sped on.

But. by that ghastly light I clearly read This that the lurid sylvan victims said:-一 “Our race is old, a venerated stock "Extending in its branches limitless.

“We held our heads aloft in grateful pride; “ But bade all welcome who to us would flock “To rest at root, or nest in crown,—and bless “Us like a veiled and courted virgin bride! ‘*\Ve knew,—godgiven Paradise began “With trees, the home and meat and balm of man. ‘‘We nursed, and cooled, and groomed the gurgling brook; “Caressingly we tended ev’ry drop “Of moisture, ere from here life-giving flight ‘‘In aid of man and beast and plant it took; “Tlien—work performed, as ordered, for rich crop— “To us, their home, returned each valient sprite.

“And now?—Abusing tree ‘twas Adam fell; “Alas, this cast o’re all a vicious spell!

“If king or beggar with us shelter sought “We gave them shadow and a bed of moss, “To say the least;—their use was thanks enough!

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THE BLACK AND BED. “That ached, ttie wliich to sooth all seemed at loss, €<Who, weary-eyed, sought help from there above— “We sang to them most tender lullabies “And in Aeolian whispers spoke of joys.

“Tliy loved ones, man, tliy sick and young to shield “Against inclement weather and such like, “You know we opened wide our treasure gate; “For you and yours our life and limbs we yield “And bear thy rending saw, tliy hammer’s strike.

“But you—in wantonness exterminate!

“See here our lot!—Accounting us a bliss “No savage Indian treated us like this!

“Refuse us not a hearing, man; for versed “In all the lettering of your lore, we know “These tilings: By wronging us you tempt the Lord, **The ordered Nature; and His laws stand first!

“Know next: Your selfish ignorance will go “Great ways to pauperize the coming liord!

“Nor individual, nor nation may “XJupunislied go,—yet nature’s laws betray!

“In pyre, by folly built at cost of tree, “Perceive, oil man, the consequential force “O’relooked by cultrue's self-aggrandizement; “Discern the wisdom in our dying plea “To you: ‘Waste NOT!’一or taste the ashes of REMORSE!”一 Thus read, I saw of veil much portent!

Th’ Inscriptions on the Forest’s Cemefry Reprove,— —and more: Appeal to you and me!

AUGUST C. BENDLER.

*) Note: A reference to writing in runes; and later printing from wooden type,— —even on paper from wood pulp. 一The Author.

OSTERN IN RUSSLA^l).

Wolil in keinem Lande wird soviel auf das Osterfest gerustet wie in Russland. Wahrend der sieben Woclien der Pastenzeit muss das Volk vieles entbehren, nicht nur kraftige Speisen, son dern auch alle geselligen Zusaramenkiiiifte, Ilochzeiten und Tiinze miissen vermieden werden. Diese Vorschriften der griechishen und romisch katolisehcn Kirclie lasten sclnver auf dem sonst so lebhaften Russen, aber er ist im Grossen and Ganzen ein gutes Kirchenmit-

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glied, das gewissenhaft die Anordnungen des Popen und Priesters befolgt. So ist denn das Osterfest sein Befreiungsfest, und in dem Geiste wil’d es aucli gefeiert.

Selbst der Aermste will bei der Riistung zu Ostern nicht zuruckbleiben und schreitet zu nianchen unnotigen Ausgaben. Die Eitelkeit der russischen Miidchcn begniigt sich nicht mit einem neuen Osterhut, sondern will von Kopf bis Fuss neu eingekleidet sein; ja, selbst das alle Miitterclien kauft ein neues Kleid, Oder wenigstens cin scliwarzes Kopftuch, auf das bunte Blumen gedruckt sind.

Aber nicht nur jung und alt prangt am Osterfest, sondern auch die Hauser werden friscli mit Kalk iibertuncfit, die Wohnstuben wer(lcn gnindlich gcreinigl; und ein Dorf zur Osterzeit macht einen rccht licblichen Kindruck. Die Baume stehen in ihrem frischen Grun und von dem Friihlingsgewande sticht das Weiss der schlichten Haucrn woli n ungcn ab. Sell on am Griindonnerstag Oder friiher begin nen die llavisfniuon mit Backen, Braten und Kochen. Es wird soviel zubcreilct, (lass (lie Fainilie geniigend hat, um wenigslens drei Turc davon speisen zu konnen. Die Vornehmen und Wohlhabcndcn schmiicken dann einen Tisch mit Blumen und stellen einen Tcil der Spciscn darauf; da liegen dann die gefiirbten Eier, oin gobratones Foi'kcl mit ciner Iliibc im Maul, Kuchen, Brot und Dclikatcssen, je nachdem cs die Mi ltd der betreffenden Familie crlaubten. Der Geistliclie wird geliolt, cr weiht (lie Speisen mit liciligom Woihwasscr and spricht sciiicn Scgen dariiber, (loch darf nicliiw (hivon werden his nach der Morgenmesse am Ostersonntag. Die armon Lcuto nuisccn ilire Osterspeiscn zur Kirche (ragen uih! sic clort 'veiheu lasscn.

Am Ostcrsonntog vor Sonnenaufgang eilen die Bauern und armcn Stacltcr mil gcfulltcu Korbcn und Mulden zur Kirche. Vor dor Kirche auf dem Mofe breiten sic ilire Ostermahlzeiten aus.

Wahroml nun cler Pope in der Kirclic seine Messe liest, wartet das Volk dranssen ungcduldig, denn sie sind luingrig, diirfen aber piclits essen bis die Speisen eingeweiht sind. **Mochte doch der Batjuschka (Pope) bald konimcii,” sagt jemand leise zu seinem Nachbar, “ich liabc eine Flasche Sell naps liier und mochte gerne eins trinken.”—“Ja icli bin auch schou durstig，”一bemerkt der andere. Endlicli ersclieint der GcisUiche. Die Glockcii liiuten und er besprengt die Speisen mit Weillwasser, claim spricht er den Seg?n und begriisst die Gemeinde dreimal mit dem Ostergruss: “Christos woskres” (Christus ist erstanden), worauf die Gemeinde mit einem “'Voistjiuo woslires” (Er ist walirhaftig auferstanden) antwortet.

Der Pope entfernt sicli, und in aller Eile werden die Speisen in Korbe gepaekt, und in kurzer Zeit ist niemand mehr in Oder bei der Kirche zu sehen. Alles stromt so schnell wie moglich nach Ilause, um sich nach der langen Fastenzeit doch endlich einmal wiedcr an einem feisten Braten giitig zu tun. Doch erst teilt der Iiausvater ein gekochtes Ei in soviele Teile als Glieder in der Fami-

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lie sind, und nachdem dieses verzehrt ist, kann ein jeder essen, was ihm beliebt.

Wahrend der Ostertage begrussen sich Verwandte, Nachbarn, Preunde und Fremde mit einem Kuss und dem vohingenannten Ostergruss. (Der Osterkuss ist ein sehr beliebter Kunstgriff fiir russische Scliundroman-Schriftsteller.)

Gegen zwolf Ulir am Ostersonntag fangen die Glocken an zu lauten und tonen dann ohne Auflidren bis spiit in die Nacht hinein.

Das junge Volk versammelt sicli dann auf dem Kirchhof,—die Kirchen in Russland habcn gewohnlich einen geraumigen Ilof,—und nun wird gespielt und gesungen liach I-Ierzenslust bis (lie untergehende Sonne mahnt, nach I-lause zu gelien. Am zweiten ja oft nocli am dritten Osterfeiertage kommt (lie Jugend zusammen.

Walirend die Pabrikenarbeiter sclion am Mittwoch zur Arbeit gehen miissen, feiern die Landleute die gauze Woclie liindurch.

Am Samstag nach Ostern bereiten die Russen ein Liebesniahl fur die Bettler, von denen es in Russland eine grosse Menge gibt.

Da lagern sich denn vor der Kirche Lalime, Blinde, Alte, Schwachc and solche, die nicht arbeiten wollen, und die Gemeiiulc teilt ilmcn eine kraftige Mahlzeit aus. Ab und zu reicht wohl auch jemancl die Wodkaflasche lierum, und man trinkt aufs Wolil des freundlichen gebers.

So feiern die Russen Ostern, sie freuen sich alle, aber der grossere Teil nicht dariiber, dass durch die Auferstchung Christi dem Tode der Stachel und der I-Iolle der Sieg genommen ist, sondern dass sie nun vom Joch, das ilmen die Kirche aufgelegt hat, G. J.S. befreit sind.

Contributions to the Litcrarf Dcparimcnt arc requested from AlUmnf nod tirvfcrg^«duat«fl. AH Utctmrr ihould be addre&acd to the Editor-in-Chic! and all business communlcatlona to the Bualncu M羼 The t ermsof subscriptions are 1 Dollar per annum, payable in advance. Slnfffc copies I Sumos ent 暴 cicotcdin oATmcnt. NotUv ua if vom wUh your Addrcu chAnsxd or tout MO«r dUcontlnu«L AdvcrtUlog rates furnished upon application, Tke Black ni Red It forwarded to all subscribers until order lor its diicontlnuancc li received or the nub scribcr !a more than one year in arrears* Entered at the PostofHcc o! Watertown, WU^aa sccond-cUsa matter*

OUR REFLECTIONS AND OUR HOPES, OUR PROSPECTS ATS!) OUR DETERMINATIONS AS 飞VE TUKN THE THE FIRST PAGE OF VOLUME XX. Volume XIX lies complete with closed clasps,—a last farewell to you the retiring editors—your work is now done, and hail to the Black and Red’s twentieth year;—to your place, ye to whom the task of filling its twentieth tome is consigned.

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sure, ’tis Father Chronos, our well-meaning, venerable old comrade and companion upon this bank and shoal of time; he who brings us the many fitful and varied hours of our life and is also destined to bring yon moment which marks its termination, he now thrusts his hoary form before us and points back. Yes, not being unac­ quainted with such visits, we will follow thy suggestion, aged courier, we will pause for this short respite which thou hast granted to lake a few lingering glances to our rear ere we are again hurried on by thy swift invisible chariots.

And what is it that meets our eyes and makes its impress on our minds. I3cliin(I us stretches out the well-beaten course of our cartlily wandering tluis far in seemingly infinite length. In vain we strain our eyes for a glimpse for the starting goal; but alas, all is obscured. I<】vcn the period of our care-frce youth (were wo not in it 1川I. yesterday) is fast receding from our view. Is’t pos­ sible? I lave wc really arrived at that stage in our career where we arc almost able to shoulder (lie work and the responsibilities con­ comitant with the edition of a college paper, or is it only one of those petty little dreams in which aspiring poets and satirists love to paiu( dazzling Ulopias and then to awaken and find ’t'vas all an hallucination? There stands Father Time at our side and smiles coniplacouIly. All. hast often had this experience, sire, not so.

Yes,—-what wc can hardly conceive is reality and on dream.

And the silent fool, of memory sets itself in motion again and \v;indoi\s fjirllier alon^ the narrow path. Now we recall the days in the far-off dawn of our cruditional pursuits when the Black and Red was (o our minds a circular of vast inexhaustible knowledge capable of being undersfood by the wisest only. Even some of the wit in the joke column was oftimes to abstruse or to far beneath the surface to be grasped by our immature capacity. But this epoch soon passed. The sum of education and ambition rose higher and higher in the heaven of our adolescene and as it came nearer its zenith our Haunting ideas assumed fantastical shapes and dangerous proportions. Should Fate only be kind enough once to bestrow on us the office of publishing a college paper to what unreached heights would not our native genius and our stupendous knowledge bear its standard. Alas again; we had but advanced unto the braggart age of youth. Soon a growing feather was plucked here and there from the wings of our vaulting literary aspirations to make us soar a more ordinary pitch when we found to our intense amazement that several of our greatest projects with the pen met with sincere disapproval an(l censure from acknowledged authori­ ties. To abridge a long tale, may it be added that our flights finally ceased entirely and another, the latest scene, was ushered in, in which we appeared with bowed heads and modest faces, sader but wiser men.

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duties gentle readers, and offer to you the Black and Red filled with the products of our efforts for another year. As is only natural we hope to keep up its ancient prestige during our regime and shall consider our work well done if we succeed in qoing so.

Our prospects toward this end are perhaps as bright as they ever were, for not only is our staff comprised of able and efficient men, but we are also fortunate in having a host of willing advertisers (more tlian ever before) in the many merchants and business people of Watertown, without whose invaluable financial aid, we freely own, our paper could not exist. In addition to this, the oft-quoted and much desired cooperation of all alumni has developed from tlieory into actual practice of late, both along the lines of subscrip­ tion and contribution, and bids fair to become a most prominent factor in the publication of our paper in the near future.

To the above mentioned parties and to all our many friends and coadjutors we wish to express our heartiest thanks, even before we begin, in anticipation of their assistance and good-will. And then there remains but one to whom we must look for support in our enterprise and that is our God. God who has witnessed and furtliered the growth of the Black and Red for nineteen long years and lias allowed that its edition be entrusted to our hands for this year he may also remove all obstacles and conditions which really tend to its detriment and give us help and strength so that Volume XX may not occupy our unworthy place in the line of its predecessors.

His aid being invoked, we now begin our forward march fearlessly and hopeful.

Father Time is already speeding away. What a curious smile he wore just before starting when lie heard of our optimistic expectations—almost as to say, **we shall see.” Yes indeed, Time will tell.

PATRIOTISM. At the present time patriotism is a word that is often used, though not always with the same meaning. Of course, everybody knows that patriotism is a citizen’s love for liis country, but there are different ways in which the different people try to show their patriotic zeal. Some seem to think that love for their country means hatred toward every other nation. This, however, is a wrong idea. Enmity towards other countries is not only not the only sign, but it is no sign at all, of the love of one’s own. Just as rivalry in base ball, football or any other school activity does not arouse ill will among the students of the different colleges, if the right spirit exists among them, so it should also be among the nations.

Citizens of one country should be interested in the doings and advances of those of other countries, since both have the same purpose in view, namely, to further the welfare of their nation.

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It is laudable if people salute the flag, sing patriotic songs and praise the good qualities of our dear old country, but all these things are not necessarily signs of true partiotism. Some people who seem to be the most loyal to their country do not hesitate to cheat their government by evading taxes, or to resort to fraud in public offices. Such people seem patriotic enough as long as they are not inconvenienced, but as soon as the government demands their active support their display of patriotism vanishes. Their personal well-being is dearer to them than their country’s welfare.

The essence of true patriotism is the sacrifice of personal interest to public welfare. A nation possessing a large number of men with such a conception of patriotism is indeed fortunate. Carl Schurz is an admirable example of such a patriot. During his political career he had many chances to hoard money, but he lived and died without wealth, as he did not approve of the means of getting it. Ilis interests were centred upon the welfare of his country. Of course lie soon had many enemies, bwt that did not frighten him or cause him to abandon his principles. He even in­ curred the displeasure of the president while he was working for what he considered the interests of his country. To such a man the world will point as a model citizen. I-Iis is the patriotism that —A. G. K. counts.

CO-OPERATION. Co-operation! What is it? Webster defines it as, concurrent effort or labor. Probably a better definition would be this: that which you do not find among students in any branch of college activity, that is, generally speaking. For where is more dissension to be found than just in a student body of the average college. And just there one ought to find the most harmony, and co-operation that is, co-operation among students in general and also between students and faculty.

Co-operation among students in general, that is, in college and class work! Let us consider what it means in college work.

Take, for instance, a foot ball team. The students ought to co­ operate among themselves, each man ought to feel it his especial duty, if he is in any way able, to see to it that there are enough candidates out on the field in the beginning of the year, be it by going out himself or by inducing others to try out. A lack of co-operation in this respect always means a shortage of material and hence a poor football team. In fact the secret of a championship team lies just in this question of co-operation. In the same way students ought to co-operate in producing other athletic teams.

Then take the case of a musical organization. If the thing is a fealure it is invariably the fault of the director or leader. No, the individual members are never to be blauced. The fault however

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does in reality lie with tlie various members of the organization.

If they all work against the leader or director, if they “bum” rehearsals, if they don’t practice at home, what will be the result?

The enterprise will be ail utter failure. And why? Because there was no cooperation. Had tlie members cooperated and harmoni­ ously worked, together, had they all tired to do their very best, their efforts would surely have been crowned with grand success.

Likewise it is with the literary and debating societies. It seems the average student is fully satisfied with himself and liis remarkable achievement if he recites some little jungle or other bit of petty verse once ever so often. He must never attempt any­ thing that requires real work, anything that will help to raise the standard of the society. Such conditions ought not prevail. On the contrary, every man ought to strive for some high ideal, every man ought to strive with the rest to attain the highest possible standard. Then and only tlien will our literary societies amount to something.

The aforementioned cases are, however, not to be taken spe­ cifically, they are to serve moreso as types of cooperation in general college activities.

Furthermore there ought to be the same cooperation among students in classes. The one common end in view ought to be at all times to raise tlie standard of tlie class. But unforlimatcly those conditions prevail only in Utopia.

Between faculty and students there ought also be a like co­ operation. The students should at all times work in perfect har­ mony with tlieir instructors. Cooperation iu this respect, always means a desirable profit for botli students and professors, Sludc'nts will gain decidedly in so far that they will certainly learn and accomplish more, and the professors will naturally be able to lead an easier and more peaceful life. In student activities too, the faculty ought always take a live interest and cooperate heartily in any sanctioned movement of the tudents. Thus and only thus will we ever arrive at anything.

O. C. K.

NOTICE! It has been the custom to reimburse in a small way the editors of the Black and Red staffs for their work by allowing them several volumes gratis. But there has been no definite rule or a set num­ ber of volumes which each editor was to receive and the matter was left to the Business Manager. As a result several misunderstand­ ings have occurred. To avoid this, the present staff has agreed upon the following: Each editor shall receive the Black and Red gratis for as many years as he has been a member of the staff.

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According to this ruling the following are still to receive the Black and Red gratis: ■_1 year Alfred J. Schweppe 2 years Leon Drowatzky— _1 year Albert Manthey___ .3 years Paul G. Eickmann_ 2 years Gertrude Schlueter.

■2 years A. F. Westendorf__ _1 year Henry J. Brandt— —When Fortune means to men most good She looks upon him with a threatening eye.

—Shakespeare.

—Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

—Shakespeare.

—When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in batallions.

—Shakespeare.

—O, what men dare do! what men may do! what men daily do, not knowing what they do!

—Shakespeare.

—We cannot hold mortality’s strong hand.

—Shakespeare.

—And thus I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint when most I seem the devil.

—Shakespeare.

—Men’s evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water —Shakespeare.

—0, judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason.

—Shakespeare.

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The hardships and weary toils of an editor! Slowly we were plodding our way along the stony path to the end of our year’s ac­ tivity as editors of the Black and Red, panting as always under tho crushing weight of that pitiless sentence: the hardships aiul toils of an editor be upon tliee for another year! Slowly by degrees our courage was sinking. Then came the enormous amount of work of tlie farewell number like a mountain-high wave upon our sink­ ing ship. Life and hope seemed to have departed from us forever.

All was dismal gloom! Presently there broke forth thru the dark forbidding skies a twinkling silvery star that shed a beam of hope in the hearts of all the crew. It was tlie thought of the approach­ ing banquet. Life again assumed a rosier here and our hopes once more soared high.

The eve of the banquet was finally come. At half past eight the old and the new staff assembled with solemn faces and empty stomachs in the gala hall of the refectory to taste once more of the inimitable cuisine of the good hostess, Mrs. L. Koeninger. The room was tastily decorated in black and red. Bands of crepe paper streamed from one lofty center of the ceiling to all parts of the room forming, as it were, one immense canopy. Words can, how­ ever, not do justice to the beauty of it all, tlie harmony of the color scheme and the delicate touches of finery.

After we had feasted our eyes with, the pleasing sight we sat down to a sumptuous five-course dinner. While we were earnestly endeavoring to do ample justice to the bounty of good things spread before us, tie toastmaster, Elmer C. Kiessling, delighted his hearers

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with a short address regarding the work in store for the staff of the ensuing year. Mr. Westendorf, the ex-editor-in-chief, then ex­ pounded to us the merits and demirits of the Black and Red during the last year and gave each and every editor a bit of useful advice regarding the management of his particular department. There­ upon the remaning members of the old staff were called upon to cease eating for a few moments. Some really brilliant oratory was displayed then. Some delivered an educative, but nevertheless in­ teresting address, others again struck up a lighter vein. No topics were given the various orations, but judging from what was said they seemed to be as follows: Adalbert Westendorf (Ex-Ed-in-cliief): What the Black and Red should have been!

Pauly Eickmann (Business Mgr.): The best way to dispose of “(lead-beaT’ subs.

Walter Sprengler (Advertising Mgr.): A Genial Discourse on the Art of Getting Ads. Miss G. Schluetcr (Do Rebus Omnibus): Resolved that if a column is no good it. is invariably the fault of the reader, llcnry ,1. Hrandt (Exchange Ed.): Why it is profitable to exchange change magazines with young ladies seminaries.

ITelmuth W. Schaefer (Athletic Ed.): Why we won our football games. (Because (lie band played on Conn instruments.)

I^lmer C. Kiessling (Collgc Notes I0d.): A jitney bus ride on a lake steamer up the crook I'orserverance to the island Successs.

Otto C. Klaye (Local Ed.): The Foolhardiness of Ultra-Conserva­ tism in bating.

Gustav J. Sell lego 1 (Joke Ed.): Why I could never appreciate my own jokes.

Between the speeches a number of “Lebe IIoclis” were sung to the various editors, both old and new. Nor were the Faculty committee, (he subscribers and the advertisers forgotten in the toasts. Slowly, however, the hands of the old clock approached the small hours of night, and the cocks already began to send forth their lusty chanticleer through the clear morning air. So we loathinly broke up our happy symposium, but ere we left, another 4<Lebe I-Ioch,” probably the heartiest of the evening was sung to our good hostess, in recognition of the genuine good will she had manifested toward us.

Lest we forget! It surely will not be omiss if we say some­ thing of the unusual ability Mr. Schaefer, business manager, dis­ played in arranging the banquet. To the untiring efforts of Mr. Schaefer it was largely due that there were enough weeds at the banquet, therefore, Vivat Mr. Schaefer!

The following attended: Adalbert F. Westendorf, Paul G. Eickmann, Walter Sprengler, Gertrude M. Schlueter, Henry J. Brandt, of the Senior Class; Elmer C. Kiessling, Helmuth W. Schae-fer, Miss Adeline Kortegast, Gustav J. Schlegel, Waldemar Retzlaff,

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of the Junior Class; Otto C. Klaye, Samuel Herrmann, Adolph G. Zeisler of the Sophomore Class; Wm. Lehmann of the Freshman Class.

Entertainment Given Jointly By the Philomatliian and Lyceum Literary Societies on March 11, Program.

Friedemann Kaiser Friedricli March College Military Band.

Bret Harte 2. John Burns of Gettysburg Miss Rosalie Schauer.

Pr. Schiller 3. Der Graf von Habsburg Walter Sprengler.

Louis Tobaben 4. Operatic Medley Overture Mandolin-Guitar Trio. .W. Wordsworth 5. The Flower Girl Miss Lucy Jaeger. .__J. A. Parks 6. When the Tide comes in College Quartette.

7. Debate.

Affirmative: Philip Proehlke. Negative: Percy Sterz Raynilond Timmel, William Lehmann.

8. Dialogue.

Elmer C. Kiessling, Helmutli W. Schaefer.

9. The Young Man Waited_____________________ Anonymous Paul Naumann.

Anonymous 10. Royal Opera Company Select Operatic Orchestra.

11. Extemperaneous Speech: Studentenleben in Russland.

Gustav J. Schlegel.

Kittredge 12. (a) Tenting on the Old Camp Ground __Silclier (b) Lebe Wohl__________________ N. W. C. Men’s Glee Club.

Arranged by Master of Ceremonies John F. Henning ’18.

The above entertainment concluded the season for both literary societies, and a happy conclusion it was for so successful a season.

The prog ram as a literary program was well up to the high standard of the soccieties.,and as an entertainment it left little to be wished for. The College Band, under the able direction of H. W. Schaefer opened the program with the lively, spirited march Kaiser Friedricli.

Suffice it to say, that the number was nothing short of a decided hit, at least judging from the incessant applause of the audience. The second number was a recitation by Miss Rosalie Schauer. Miss Schauer may well be complimented for the excellent rendition of her selection. Walter Sprengler now entertained us with a German 1.

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poem entitled “Der Graf von I-Iabsburg.” Nature herself seems to have indued Mr. Sprengler with the talents of a pulpit orator. His pronounciation and enunciation of the German is unusually fine and distinct, and his delivery is surely nothing below the standard.

The fourth number on the program was a musical selection by our Senior—Mandolin-Guitar-Trio. The trio as usual lived up to its reputation by rendering the overture and enchores like profes­ sionals. “The Flower Girl” was next by Miss Lucy Jaeger. The selection was of a rather pathetic nature. Miss Jaeger however seems peculiarly adapted for just this kind. Her efforts, if they really were that, to hold the audience's attention throughout were crowned with decided success. The smiling faces of our College Quartette appeared next on the stage. The song they sang was nothing short of fair, yes, it might even be called passing good. As usual they were forward and unmannerly enough to favor the audience with four or five encores. The debate claimed the atten­ tion of the talkative audience next. The weight of argument was entirely on the negative side. Mr. Froehlke is especially to be com­ mended for liis forceful and energetic delivery. Mr. Timmel’s debate evinced clear thinking and logical reasoning. William Lehmann repulsed the onslaughts of the affirmative admirably. As for Mr. Sterz, suffice it to say that it was lie who carried away the honors for the negative. The eighth number on the program was a humorous dialogue by Elmer C. Kiessling and Helmuth C. Schaefer. It was very much appreciated and very frequently drew out a hearty laugh from the audience. Mr. Naumann next rendered a comic recitation entitled “The Young Man Waited.” The success of his rendition was largely due to the fact that he lived in his selection. Perhaps experience aided him somewhat in this respect.

The Royal Opera Company represented by a select orchestra of which Elmer C. Kiessling was the director, surely was a tremendous success. The number was a set of witty parodies on great operas.

Messrs. Kock and Timmel, the violin virtuosos, performed with the skill and precision of professionals. Gustav J. Schlegel was next called upon to give an extemperaneous speech on “Das Studentenleben in Russland.” Mr. Schlegel is happily endowed with that great gift of speaking impromptu. Generally such speeches and addresses are more or less a failure. Not so with Mr. Schlegel however. His delivery was free and fluent, not in the least jerky.

His speech in general was very interesting and despite the short notice he had his material admirably well arranged. The closing number of the program was a song “Tenting on the Old Camp Ground** by the Men’s Glee Club. Despite the absence of a director the Glee Club performed most excellently. If the Club keeps up its good work of the past, Northwestern will, before the close of this school-year, be able to say with pride, that she has one of the best, if not the best Glee Club in the state.

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PHILOMATHIAN LITERARY SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS. On April 6 the members of the Philomathian Literary Society convened in chapel to elect new officers for the next year. Elmer C. Kiessling ^7 was elected to the presidency, Carl C. Kuske ’18 was presented with the vice-presidency and Raymond Timmel ’18， was honored with the office of secretary and treasurer. All three men liave shown considerable ability and talent in the work of tlie past year and everything points to a prosperous year ahead for the Philomathian under their management.

LYCEUM, LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS. Ex-President W. Zank, on April 8, called a meeting of the Lyceum, Literary and Debating Society for the election of officers for the ensuing year.

The following were elected: Helmuth W. Schaefer, *17 President.

Otto C. Klage, ’18, Vice-President.

John P. Henning, ’18, Secretary and Treasurer.

May the society flourish under their leadership!

ENGLISH SERVICES AT ST. MARK，S LUTHERAN CHURCH. An English Lutheran congregation is being organized by the local St. Mark’s church. The services are held every Sunday morn­ ing at half past ten o’clock in tlie spacious hall of the parochial school. The sermons will be preached alternately by some of our professors. If the attendance increases in the future as it has in the past, especially the student attendance, the enterprise promises to be a decided success. To insure that, dear student, you can do a little too. If you but attend regularly and join heart and soul in with the yet weak congregation and sing lustily along, the efforts of the founders will not have been in vain, for at present, the singing is still rather weak. The song, however, is always an im­ portant factor in making the service complete and a hearty Lutheran service. Therefor, dear student, make it a point lleverjCo miss a single service during the school year. The doctrine is, a? you know, verily the same as that preached at our German churck; so why not attend the English? '

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AXIS DEM SEMINAR. I-Ierr Kerapf aus Milwaukee stattete Herrn E. Sterz und anderen Bekannten am 12. Marz ein freundlichen Besuch ab.

Wir freuten uns am 22. Miirz I-Ierrn Pastor J. P. G. Harders, unsern Missionar unter den Indianern in Globe, Arizona und Umgegend, in unserer Mitte zu liaben. Pastor Harders hielt uns einen Vortrag liber die Apachen und liber die Arbeit, die unter ihnen von seiten unserer Missionare get rieben wird.

Unser Herr Praeses, W. liar twig, predigte am 19. Marz in Eldorado.

Am 25. Miirz besuchte uns Herr Hans I-Ioyer, frulier ein Watertown er, jetzt abcr ein Student der “Marquette Medical School.”

Herr Praeses Bergemann aus Fond du Lac hielt sich am 27.

Marz kurze Zeit im Seminar auf.

Die erste Vorlesung in der Liturgik wurde am Abend des 28.

Miirz von Prof. J. V. Koehler gehalten. Vorlesungen in der Litur­ gik werden nun jede Woclie einmal gehalten.

Dr. A. R Ernst aus Watertown besuchte am 30. Miirz Dir. J. Schaller.

Die llerren Wietzke, Koeninger und Hillmer liaben sich alle eineu grossartigen Titel verscliafft; denn mit dem gewohnlichen B. H. waren sie niclit zufrieden. Sie sind “Mem. N. G. S.”—“Member of the National Geographical Society.” Ncbenbei bemerkt, Eintritt kostet nur einen Taler!

Am 2. April bcsuchten uns Ilerr C. Butscher, frliher aus N. W. C., aber jetzt aus St. John’s Military Academy zu Delafield, und H. Kieckbuscli, ebenfalls friiher ein Watertowner, jetzt aber ein Geschilftsmann in Milwaukee.

Wer lnitte es jemals gedacht, class sich sogar unser Freund Hillmer mit dem AusUifteln von April-fool jokes abgeben wiirde.

Es ist aber wirklicli geschelien.

Der Biicherjude Uisst sagen, class das Geschaft nichts zu wunschen iibrig Uisst. /&(/ ^ —I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.

—Shakespeare.

—Cursed be he that moves my bones.

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The “Augustana Observer** (Rock Island, 111.) contains much interesting material. Two of the articles in your literary depart­ ment deserve special mention. “A Tribute to the Memory of Dr. T. N. Hasselquist” is timely, as you have celebrated the hundredlh anniversary of his birth lately. It shows liow the former president of your college devoted many years of his life to building up an institution of learning which conformed to his ideals. Me did not spend liis life in working for his own interests, blit for those of the school which lie loved so dearly, and for that reason the present generation is enjoying tlie fruits of his labors. Your college will certainly be prosperous if every student takes Dr. Hasselquist for a model, as you suggest. The diction of this article is good.

“The Necessity of Physical Education” is very appropriate and instructive, showing wliat a blessing health is and how one should live to remain healthy, namely, by taking proper care of the body.

The student especially must remember that it is absolutely neces­ sary for him to devote a certain amount of time to exercise, as lie gets very little of it in his regular work. It is well to develop the mind thoroughly, but the body should not be neglected, A well filled mind in a worn-out body may be of great value, but it would be of infinitely greater value in a strong, healthy body.”

The numerous articles on the different sports show that athletics is an important factor at your college. This part of your paper shows much enthusiasm and love for your college, which, however, is also evident throughout your magazine.

The other departments are all good. The “Observatory” miglit contain more material.

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THE CRESSET. The “Cresset” presents a neat and inviting appearance, exter­ nally as well as internally. Your literary department is quite good.

“School Spirit” is well written excepting the last sentence, in which a plural pronoun refers to a singular noun.

The Vicar of Wakefield” is a synopsis of Goldsmith’s story with the writer’s opinion of it. There are too many paragraphs in this story, quite a number of them consisting of but one short sentence.

A good outline in which the story is divided into certain periods would help to remedy this fault. You also have trouble with the tenses. We know from experience that one is tempted to change tenses frequently when writing a synopsis. An occasional change is excusable, but it should not occur as often as is the case in your writing. The last part, in which you give your opinion of the story, is good, blit it might have been carried out farther.

“A Hard-earned Triumph is a short, but interesting story, showing that it is not always the most gifted people who are suc­ cessful, but that a moderately talented person who works diligently has a fair opportunity to succeed in his undertakings.

“An Unlucky AclveiUure” is an interesting little story treat­ ing of the pranks of boys.

The department on music contains, besides several musical programs, an interesting and well written article on the “Effects of the Present War on Music.”

The other departments are all well edited. it

THE IIEMNICA. The March number of the “Heninica” (Red Wing, Minn.) has two good essays. “The Rights of the Cliild” deserves none but favorable comment. It contains good points, which are also car­ ried out well. The paragraphing is good, as is also the language.

“The Rural School” is an interesting article on the faults of our country-schools and the possibilities of improving the condi­ tions. The diction is quite good in general. However, there are three or four poor expressions in your writing, for instance, “He cannot help but feel.” It is permissible to say, “He cannot help feeling,M or, “He cannot but feel;’’ but your expression is incorrect.

We are unable to criticize the Norwegian part of your paper.

The editorials on “Loyalty to Our Seminary” and “A Mistake” are good and show college spirit.

The other departments make quite a good showing, especially the “Locals,” which contain quite a bit of original matter, and the exchanges, which are more thorough and more interesting than those which we find in many of the other college papers.

THE ASSAULT ON YERDUN. Those who believed Germany too weak to assume the offensive against superior forces in the West after the strenuous campaign in the East, had reason to be surprised when the report came from Verdun that the Germans were collecting great masses of troops in the immediate neighborhood, and that they were here setting into position their huge siege guns for the bombardment of the finest and best defended fortress in Prance. It soon became apparent that a new and carefully planned offensive was under way.

There was some doubt at the time as to the puropse of the Ger­ man assault; it was thought by some that Germany, believing as she does in attack, might have made this daring and unexpected move to counteract the great Ally offensive that was under way; others thought that the purpose of the Germans was to draw great masses of Allied troops to the defense of Verdun, and then to pene­ trate at some point on the French front that might have been left insufficiently guarded. But it is now certain that the German ob­ ject is the capture of Verdun at almost any price.

It cannot be denied that the capture of Verdun would be a grave blow to the Allies. With this, the strongest point on the whole Allied line and the main defense of the French right flank, in their hands, the Germans may be able to repeat their tactics of last sum­ mer, force back the Allied right wing, thereby compelling their cen­ ter to retreat, and drive the Allies back upon Paris, thus taking a great step toward the .winning of the war.

Allied war critics, however, are confident that Verdun can be i held against all attacks, and speculate on the probable position of Germany, should this, their supreme effort, fail. They assert that Germany has already sacrificed the 200,000 men she was declared to be willing to pay as the price of Verdun; that the morale of the German troops has been greatly weakened in consequence; and that ;an Allied offensive, having for its object the clearing of French soil j from the invader, is becoming to look more probable from day to day. But so far the predictions of these critics have not become true.

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OUR AFFAIR WITH VILLA, On March 9, 1916, the American town of Columbus, N. M., was attacked by a band of Mexican insurgents under the leadership of General Francisco Villa. Seventeen American citizens were killed and many public buildings were looted and burned before aid could be brought.

The Government of the United States took immediate action.

On March 10th, General Funston was authorized by the President to begin the pursuit of Villa with 5,000 men, the expedition to start out as soon as the troops could be got together. At the same time it was reported that 25,000 Carranza troops were being rushed to the border.

In order to prevent a war with Mexico, it was asked of Car­ ranza whether he would object against the pursuit of Villa on Mex­ ican soil. lie replied that lie would, not attempt to hinder the Am­ erican punitive expedition, provided that the same privilege should be allowed his men in case of an unauthorized American raid on a Mexican town.

On March 16th, the chase began in earnest; 4,000 American soldiers, under the leadership of General Pershing, crossed the Rio Grande. At the same time, all Americans residing in Mexico were warned by the American consel, William W. Canada,—falsely as has since turned out—to leave Mexico without delay. It was re­ ported at llic time that 2,000 Carranzistas, commanded by the Mex­ ican general Luis Herrera, had joined Villa, and it was feared that the American forces might be greatly outniunberecl. Nevertheless, Villa made no stand against Gen. Pershing, but fled in the direc­ tion of Casas Grandes.

On March 21st, reports from Carranza sources seemed to in­ dicate that Villa had been completely surrounded by the combined Mexican and American forces, und that liis capture would be a mat­ ter of but a few hours. At the present time, however, it seems that Villa has escaped into the mountainous regions of southern Mexico, where it will be extremely difficult to keep up the chase, and it is not unlikely that our forces may have to be withdrawn.

一The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.

―Shakespeare.

一A friend should bear his friend’s infirmities But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.

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―We regret to announce the death of Mrs. L. Janke, mother of Palmer Janke, ’19, who departed this life April 6th. She was buried onbBStoil 9th. _.........

—Hans Wappler, ’19, ous soi-disant lawyer and attorney, left for his home in Chicago, March 23, on account of illness. He will re­ turn after the Easter recess, however. Among those who will miss his presence in the meantime are the “Metropolis Upstart” and room 43.

—Edward Blakewell received a visit from his mother and sister March 10.

—Max Stern, prep, discontinued his studies March 31, on ac­ count of illness but will return after Easter.

—Mr. Carl Maier of Milwaukee called on Benno Kupfer, ’1(5, March 26.

—Mrs. Albert Rohda called on her son Dudley, prep, March 22. 一Al. Reinhardt, of Concordia College, St. Paul, visited C. Ploclier, ’17, on March 19. He was very favorably impressed with the col­ lege grounds and the town in general. 一Hans, Henry and Arnold Meyer, of Oconomowoc visited W. Retzlaff, ’17, on March 28. ―William Iiuth, ’16, journeyed to his home in Milwaukee to at­ tend the funeral of his grandmother. He returned March 2S. —Among the names that appeared on the society page of the “Ixonia Daily News” was that of Leonard Bemthal，，1S，our sole representative from that place. The cause for his sudden advance­ ment is attributed to the fact that he attended a wedding in Ixonia, March 26, and another in Milwaukee, April 3, the latter being the golden wedding of his grandparents.

—Dave, our antediluvian representative from Door county, after using all that pharmacy could yield in the line of hair tonics dur­ ing the last century, has finally succeeded in raising a beard. It is just long enough to pull, which Dave does whenever he is aware that a person hasn’t noticed it, and not too long to be in the way.

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don. Therefore Dave intends to leave school on April 13 and travel to that place to ask her whether she likes him or the beard better.

On lier decision hangs the life of Dave’s red-haired beard.

—In spite of the fact that Gustav and Fat persuaded us that a course in music would not further our intellectual capacities but on the other hand prove obnoxious, the malady has again cropped out. This lime in the person of “Abe” Naulin. At present lie has one pupil, besides himself, in the person of “Sinker,” who has a bedroom on the third floor for himself, in which he gives vent to the flames which fall from heaven for him in obstreperous snoring.

“Al)e, on the other hand, sings — “My Country ’tis of Thee” while playing “Die Wacht am Rhein” 011 his mandolin. If we think of the treatment and patronage other famous musicians received in their youth, wc cannot but prognosticate a beautiful future for “Abe.” —Rev. IT. Klingbiel, of Ixonia Center, Wis” visited his friends in (lie dormitory March 30.

—Many students attended the concert rendered by the Lawrence Glee Club March 24. Tlicy all enjoyed the program hugely, es­ pecially (lie jokes of the ventriloquist. 一Karl Kraus, *18, who failed to return after the Christmas re­ cess, returned April 3. He conveyed to his pigmy friend “Heine” the sad tidings that his home town was under water. Heine now consoles lumseir with the glad tidings that he won’t have to write for his weekly check until the water goes down. I-Ie will probably make good use of (lie sponge.

—Mr. 1. Albrecht,, agent for the Dustless Brush Co. of Milwau­ kee, was in (own in search of students who wished to become rich by liis patented process of selling brushes. lie finally succeeded in convincing our venerable “Leonard” that it would be nice to be­ come a millionare, and so we shall see Leonard sell brushes next summer.

—A. Retzlaff, ’17，received a visit from his cousin Al. Thiede, March 27, who stopped here on liis way from Detroit to New Ulm. —Francis Voigt, prep, visited with his uncle in Oconomowoc, Sunday, March 26.

—Ernst .Winter, Acc. J14, and ex-postmaster of Ixonia, accepted a position with the Standard Oil Co. of Norfolk, Neb., April 1.

—\V. Shujalin of Fond du Lac visited his brother Alvin, prep, March 26.

—Otto C. Klaye was agreeably surprised by a visit from his bro­ ther Henry J., March 15.

—Kurt Timmel, prep, visited with his mother and sister in Oconomowoc, April 2.

—We cannot all be masters, nor all masters cannot be truly followed.

—Shakespeare.

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IATHLETICS BASE BALL. With the opening of the baseball season but a week off, base­ ball enthusiasts undoubtedly have given thought to the lineup of our nine this coming season.

After watching the candidates at work one must come to the conclusion that out of the old as well as new material a winning combination can be moulded together. Ever since the close of the basketball season the candidates for baseball went thru their daily calisthenics in the gymnasium. The pre-season workouts consisted in winding up the arm, getting the hand in good condition by impeding the whizzing horseliide, stopping rollers, track running, and other athletic features. Due to the unfavorable conditions of the weather, outside work was an impossibility for a time, but in spite of lowering clouds on the horizon and cold winds the squad ventured out and worked on the field for the last two weeks, where most time is devoted to batting and fielding practice. We have pitchers enough to keep throwing the pill all day, and in that way both pitchers and batters get practice, while the rest can practice fielding.

Since the training squad is such an unusually large one this year, it was found necessary to lay out two more diamonds, giving each and everyone a fair chance to get into condition. According to the statement from tlie baseball headquarters most of the con­ testants are developing an amazing efficiency, so that it looks as if we have the making of a “crack” team again. When the time comes to weed out, which is very near, the captain will have a scru­ pulous job. Under the regime of Capt. R. Vollmers, who is assisted by the coach, Prof. E. Kowalke, the picked team is expected to be in the “pink” of physical condition, and it will be going at a good “clip” within a short time. 'With nothing but good material to

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choose from, the future team ought to be a big success and will make our team rank as one of the best college teams in the state.

Conditions look very favorable and a banner season is looked for.

The team undoubtedly will eclipse all records set by their famous predecessors and will bring out the largest crowd that ever wel­ comed our athletes here.

Every year our team is marred to a certain extent by the loss of some of its stellar players, and the last year was no exception.

But with five men back the outlook is bright, nevertheless. Weak spots are yet to be filled, but in most cases the vacant positions have been provided for. The infield consists of uniformly good material, and any close competition for infield positions is out of ques­ tion. Quite a bit of emulation, however, exists between the men trying out for "garden duty.”

In the infield G. Kobs, one of the best hurlers that ever sent a ball across home plate for Northwestern, forsook his berth. It must be conquered by another man this season. Chief hopes for this position are centered about A. Westendorf, who is coming through a severe training course of five months winding up his hard grind and retrieving the old-time speed which he displayed last year.

His wonderful arm will fill many a heart with Gorgonian terror.

W. Zank, B. Lange,.and H. Schumacher show possibility for second string hurlers and are developing an ability of no inferior class.

There is no doubt that J. Henning will again catch for the team this year. 1-Ie will be able to hold down his berth without difficulty.

His marvelous playing made itself manifest many a time last sea­ son, when he sped the ball to second or third in time only to reward the runner with a ticket for the return trip. W. Bodamer, who caught for the team a number of times last year, and R. Timmel will play second string behind the bat.

Captain R. Vollmers will work on third again. The captain’s long experience in baseball, his remarkable playing and speed has awarded him the honor to pilot the nine of 1916. This will be the second season that he hugs the sack on third. And who would blame him? No rival has turned up as yet. Being the head of the flock, lie sets a sparkling example for the rest to follow and will be able to lead the aggregation to success.

According to all indications we will see a new face at short.

E. Duxe played with the scrubs heretofore, where lie showed possibilities. He shows a good deal of promise being lightning-fast on his feet. The newcomer may turn out to be a whale; only time can reveal what he will do in the game.

The departure of O. Medenwald, who divided the honors with the rest last year, has made it necessary to fill the vacancy at second. B. Lange is endeavoring to cover the bag at second. On the whole he is a willing worker with a fairly good whip and is looking very promising, while J. Bublitz with no mediocre qualities

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is also trying out for the position. The work of both candidates is put upon the scale which will develop their future.

On first we also see a new but familiar face. Last year F. Koenig was one of our best cleanup men and a clever first sack专r.

Paul Eickmann deserted his last year’s position on short and landed on the sack at first to put on the shoes of his predecessor. Eickmann actually has the edge for speed and handles himself well. Baseball enthusiasts will have any opportunity to see a star game played on first thruout the season.

In the outfield one of our old ^standpatters,H. Brandt, is the only one that survived the last year’s gleaning. Branclt will again work at centerfield. His three years experience on the team lias brought him into the limelight, and is now of our stars and cleanup men. When Brandt brandishes the bat, he bangs the pill around in a fine style. His fielding is of a calibre seldom on a college squad.

After the old horsehide is pulled down, Brandt’s mitt has the *4stuffM to keep the ball there. Errors in centerfield will be out of question.

The vacancies made by the departure of A. Kelirbcrg, E. Kolander, and P. Lutzke, the renowned pig-skin warriors of 19131914, are yet to be filled. According to the statements from head­ quarters about ten men are eager to test tlieir breathing apparatus and chase the flies this year. The following are considered as the candidates for “garden duty” either at right or left field: I Gaimn, T. Binhammer, P. Naumann, E. Lange, K. Krauss and K. Mueller.

Naumann is a promising man. He at least thinks so, “for nothing makes it either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Several other candidates are on the list, but tlie above mentioned will most likely be the constitutive elements of tlie 1916 squad. They are all hard at work every day desiring to whirl themselves into fame thru some spectacular feat.

If the men come thru as is expected, they will be able to give them all a battle. We shall have the team that will bring the pen­ nant home. Some of the games will undoubtedly surpass all athletic event ever held within the boundaries of the N. W. C. campus.

Manager C. F. Fuelling has worked out the following schedule: April 28.

University of Wis. at Watertown__ ―May 6.

Carroll at Waukesha____________ _May 13.

Beloit at Beloit________________ _May 17.

Milton at Watertown-----------------_May 20.

Ripon at Watertown____________ _May 24.

Whitewater at Whitewater--------_May 27.

Seminary of W. at Watertown-----_May 30.

City of Watertown at city ball park .June 1.

Carroll at Watertown----------------.June 3.

Ripon at Ripon-----------------------■June 13.

Milton at Milton----------------------The second team will play Wayland Academy at Watertown on May 19.

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BASKET BALL. Although all the games of this year’s basket ball schedule had been played, nevertheless some of our basketball enthusiasts had an opportunity to see several post-season games. On Saturday, the 25th day of March, the Milk Abstainers met the Heavy Chuckers.

This undoubtedly was one of the biggest basket ball events among the post-season contests. It was on the whole a sportsmanlike and remarkably fast game, replete with grandstand features and other athletic “stunts,” and marked one of the noblest gladiatorical combats that ever graced the battle-scarred landscape of the N. W. C. gymnasium. E. Hahn, captain of. the Milk Abstainers, who intends to take his team to the Seminary next year, wished to test the ability of his quintette and gave manager C. Fuelling orders to schedule a game with the Heavy Chuckers. On the day preceding the game the captain made his team go thru an endurance test for an hour and injected considerable “pep” into his proteges. The Heavy Chuckers, however, just went thru a few gymnastic features a few minutes before the game. The Milk Abstainers received a hard blow when Gustav Schlegel, one of their fastest FORWARDS, was benched on account of overweight. The first half ended with the Heavy Eaters in the lead, the score being 12-7. This first half had already shown signs of true classic grandeur. On both sides the Teutonic spirit occasionally had to be checked by the referee’s whistle.

In the second half both teams came back strong fortified with the fatalist's determination to win or die in the attempt. After a few minutes “Hades broke loose,” and Billy Bryan’s peace dove had to occupy space in some other locality. In a wonderful rally the forwards of the Heavy Chuckers ran up the score from 7-20.

Excitement ran high when the forwards of the Milk Abstainers scored one point after another on a string of freak and weird shots, also on quick plays from center. This gave them the lead. During the last few minutes a grand scramble existed in front of the baskets, but of no avail. This half ended with the score 29-24 in favor of the Milk Abstainers.

The forwards of the Heavy Chuckers starred throughout the game and in fact each and every point was made by them. The rest of the team showed no ability to connect with the basket what­ soever, which, according to Captain C. Kock’s statements, weakened the team considerably. The team, however, consisted of a sports­ manlike lot and took its defeat in a good spirit. On the Milk Abstainer team A. Westendorf, T. Binhammer, and W. Bodammer showed ability of unusual calibre. This triumvirate netted the majority of the baskets.

Mr. Carl Schweppe, Mr. Herbert Parisius, A. Westendorf, T. Binhammer, and Walter Bodammer being the heroes of the day,

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were honored with the iron cross, Walter Sprengeler was fouled most, setting a new record for slugging and rough playing.

Following is the lineup: Heayy Chuckers.

Position.

Mr. C. Schweppe Mr. H. Parisius W. Retzlaff W. Sprengeler C. Schmelzer Referee: John Henning.

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Milk Abstainers.

A. Westendorf T. Binhammer W. Kirchbaum W. Bodammer B. Westendorf

—Shakespeare.

—Foul deeds will rise though all tlie earth o’erwlielmed them to men’s eyes!

—Shakespeare. ―All the world’s a stage, And all tlie men and women merely players.

—Shakespeare.

Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

—Shakespeare. iitl

Let your own discretion be your tutor.

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—Shakespeare.

—No profit ^rows where is no pleasure ta’en In brief, sir, study what you most affect.

—Shakespeare.

—If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men’s cottages princes’ palaces.

—Shakespeare.

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—He that wants money, means and content is without three good friends.

—Shakespeare. ―Some are born great some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon ’em.

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；Love is but a little pill, Resting on the window sill. ―Expiring editors. 一Music: Where did you get dot violin—in de pawn-shop? When Christmas comes again, make good use of it, give it away.

—Dr: How did this formula develop.

Smokey: They put it in hypo.

—Prof: Some people can’t see red— Student: Yes, but still more can’t see straight.

一“Alkibiades wurde wegen seiner Schonheit von vielen Frauen nachgejagt.”

Damals hatte man wahrscheinlich auch Leap Year.” 一Fritz to K---------k in the bath room. Kluck, you don’t have to look at our feet, you won，t find any corn anyway.

—Short: Money has wings, and student life makes it fly.

Long: Some houses have wings too, because I’ve seen many a house fly.

Short: 0, I thought nothing on the house except the chimney flue. Ex.

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一Plat: I liad time to review the incidents of the roast turkey (Russo Turkish) war. 一Prof: Das gehort doch Ilmen nicht; Sie haben eine ganz andere Handschrift.

Brutus: Die Zeiten andern sich.

—Provided none of the students who entered the mustache race are disqualified, we shall soon see a hair-raising finish.

—New command for the military company while walking through a mud puddle. Break step! so the water doesn't splash.

—Dad: Syrup is made of corn; pigs eat corn. Why not eat the pigs and save tlie syrup?

—Some one: The French have no more guns to shoot, so they shoot sheep-head.

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Jim: ‘You are?”

Jack: “Yes, I once cleaned up $10,000,000 in six months.”

Jim: ‘How’s that?”

Jack: “Well, I had a job in the mint, scrubbing old coins.”

• * * * " —All that glisters is not butter.

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：l 一Pealy: The Kaiser sent his wash home and as yet it hasn't been returned. Whenever he wants to go now, he has to put on his iron cross or go out in his car. 一Bar:

I received . a letter from Grabow. He has a good job but here’s quite a bit of head-work connected with it.

Pealy: Where does the head-work come in.

Bar: He，s a barber.

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一Translation: De gustibus non disputandum est. “uber die Guste darf man nicht disputi穸ren.”

—Dr. in natural science: Name a few more species that belong to the night shade family.

T 1: Pajamas.

• • • • —Student: The result is four feet on the head.

Leonidas: Four feet on his head! That man must have been a wonder. 一Hans: Lefs go out to-night.

Snipes: No, sir, you stay up and go to bed.

—Chuck is doubtful and pauses after he has translated a Greek word correctly.

Prof: Hat der “Chuck” was richtig, so steht er da zwanzig Minutcn und triumphiert.

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—Two Sophs walk down street. The elongated co-ed comes up the street. First Soph points at telephone post and says: ••Some post.，，Elongated co-ed says: ‘TIow do you do?”

Second Soph: “0, lie didn’t mean you.”

—A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench.

—Shakespeare.

—Purpose is but the slave to memory; Of violent birth and poor validity.

—Shakespeare.

—Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.

—Shakespeare.

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SUNSHINE AND STORM.

The wanderer stays his step entranced To gaze on earth’s green verdure fair, All Nature seems thru Spring enhanced And sunbeams sparkle everywhere.

He listens to the gushing brook And hears the oriole’s merry lay; Now spies a hidden shaded nook And revels in this fairy day.

Yet hark, was that not thunder’s roll? ’Tis true, dark clouds obscure the sun.

Ah, haste thee, traveller, reach thy goal Er yet the lowering storm’s begun.

Thus rapidly earth’s joys do go; Few hours are for pleasure spared; E’en while we smile grief brings us low: For grief then we must be prepared.

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Volume XX.

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Watertown, Wis., May 1916.

Number 2

AN AFTERNOON IN AN APACIIK CAMP.

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It is a beautiful Arizona afternoon on a Saturday in February.

We are the guests of the teacher of the Indian Mission School at Globe, Arizona. As we are of course anxious to learn something about the hovels and tlie habits of the Apaches, we saddle our horses immediately after dinner and accompany our host on his trip to (lie so-called Globe Indian Camps, on which visit lie invites the Indians, old and young, to attend the services in the chapel on the following day.

We soon come in sight of the Railroad Camps, so called because they are located on railroad property. We see about fifty tepees, all on a piece of ground comprising about five acres. Our guide tells us that about a week ago there were only about ten tepees there, but that during the last week a large number of Indians have come from Roosevelt, Geronimo, Miami, and San Carlos, thinking to find work here, in which presumption they were not mistaken, since the recent heavy spring floods have necessitated much construction work on railroad tracks and bridges. Our host goes on to tell us that the Apache is very much of a nomad, and that, therefore, by next week there will perhaps be only half a dozen tepees where we now see so many.

During the course of this conversation we have arrived at the camps. What queer-looking things those tepees are! We had always pictured them as of a different shape. Most likely from our

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early reading of Indian stories we got the impression that there was only one kind of Indian home, and that that was the extremely cone-shaped wigwam, the kind we imagine Hiawatha to have lived in. However, the typical Apache dwelling is much different. It looks like a large bushel basket, inverted, and then covered with canvas, a little hole being left in the inverted bottom to serve as a chimney. The average tepee is from ten to lifteen feet in diameter, and is in the center about eight feet high. The canvas is tightly stretched over a framework of cactus poles, mesquite brush, and weeds. We are told that will】 the Apaches the women not only help plan the home, but are also (lie sole architects, carpenters and con­ tractors.

Now let us look into one of these tepees. We life up the piece of cloth hanging over the yard high entrance, and—how cosy! We perfectly agree with our host when he maintains that, especially on a cool rainy day, an Apache tepee is the cosiest place in the world.

The floor of the tepee is, of course, mother earth. An inviting fire is blazing in the center of the floor. A pot of coffee is steaming on the coals. Our eyes soon adjust themselves to the dim light, and we discern a young man and his wife squatting on a mattress a little distance from the fire. Our host introduces the handsome young chief as Dobeena, and his charming wife as Weneena. Their threevear-old son, Wilson, the cutest little chap, a namesake of the Presi­ dent, soon overcomes his baslifulness and crawls out from under some blankets under which he lias been hiding.

Wc find this young couple very friendly. Dobeena is quite (allxative and sjjeaks a surprisingly fluent and correct English, an accomplishment which lie owes to the Mission School, which he a( I ended for four years. Weneena is preparing a dough consisting of flour, water, and a little baking-powder. Of this dough she then takes small qiuintitics, flattens them in her hand into large pan­ cakes, which she bakes on the live coals. Wc are lolcl that these cakes are torteos, the Apache's “stall’ of life.” While sitting tailorfashion beside the lire, we notice with pleasant surprise that the tepee contains a number of articles which we had not expected to find there, above all a Singer sewing machine of the latest model!

We notice that the kitchen utensils consist mainly of a frying-pan, a few knives, a kettle or two, several cups of assorted sizes, two or three tin pails, and the indispensable coffee-pot; for the Apache is extremely fond of coffee, preferring it very strong, very sweet, and without milk, butter and milk being shunned almost to exclusion by all Apaches. From the framework of the tepee are suspended, in chaotic order, a looking glass, flour, sugar, meat, shoes, scissors, stockings, and many other similar things. We are positive that, should an impressionist see such a sight, he would put it on canvas and entitle it “Housekeeping.” We found practically the same arrangement of things in all the other tepees we visited that after-

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noon, for witli nearly all Apaclies one tepee serves for all purposes, although some of the families have two and even three tepees. We also fo皿d a few wooden tubs.

We bid Dobeena and his wife farewell and visit the rest of the camps, but do not stay long at any one of tliem, for we find them very much similar to tlie one just described. Upon asking why we find so many more women at home than men, we are told that quite a few of the men are working at tlie rouncl-liouse, at the foundry, and on the section; several are doiug delivery work for grocery stores, and others are cleaning yards for people clown town. It might be interesting to add that it is customary for but one man to work when there are several male members in a family. This one man provides the whole family with tlie necessities of life.

When he becomes tired of liis job, which is nothing unusual, lie will politely let another member of the family take tlie place as bread­ winner, whilst the man who has quit work lives for a time “on the other fellow.” It is nothing unusual for one man to support as many as a dozen people, among them parents-in-law, brotliers-inlaw, sisters-in-law, and even more distant relatives.

We proceed on our tour. In the distance we see approximately twenty-five men and several women congregated in one place and evidently deeply interested in something in the center of the circle.

As we draw near, tlie majority of them shuflle off in all direclions, only a few remaining squatted on the ground, seemingly either too lazy or too indifferent to move. These few eye us rather sharply; for we have broken up a gambling party! Among the Apaches, men and women, old and young, are inveterate gamblers. Our host tells us that the Apache will hardly play any game without staking something on it, either money, or blankets, or saddles, or any other property he may have, including clothing. A game without gamb­ ling is without interest, especially to the older Apache. At the gambling party just referred to, we noticed that Mexican playing cards were used, but later we also saw some “regular” playing cards in use, and these were, by the way, used by a one-eyed squaw playing at solitaire.

In one of the last tepees among the Railroad Camps we notice six five-gallon kerosene cans standing around a camp fire tnul filled with a boiling liquid looking very much like dishwater, or like water in which extremely dirty clothes arc being boiled. We inno­ cently ask our guide whether Saturday is wasli-day among tlie Apaches. He is forced to laugh very heartily before he is able to tell us that the steaming liquid is not dishwater, but booze! It is the homemade, intoxicating Apache drink called “tulclipai，” brewed from corn which has been allowed to germinate in the ground for about a week. The root of a certain herb causes the liquid to ferment and makes it fairly intoxicating. We smell of the concoction and find that it very much resembles stale beer; we cannot, however, muster up enough courage to **Uave one.”

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We stop for a few minutes at Oscar, the interpreter’s house.

Yes, he lias a neat little house, kept clean by his charming wife Dason. On looking about we notice with surprise quite a collection of books, a cook stove, and an iron bedstead. As it is still early in the afternoon, Oscar is not yot home from the grocery store, where he is employed as clerk.

1 weaving the Railroad Camps, we ride about two miles south­ ward to the other Globe camps, which are located on four hills near the tracks of the Arizona Eastern Railroad.

On the way to these camps we see a young Indian advancing toward us. As we draw closer, he disappears. Where is he! It seems as if the earth liad swallowed him. Our guide warns us that we should not express our surprise in such a loud voice lest the Indian in question might hear us. He then goes on to tell us that the Apache 1i«ts an ability to hide himself which almost rivals that of the chameleon. We learn that the Indian throws himself down forwards, apparently without bending his knees, and crouches flat in a small hollow in the ground so (hat it would be almost hopeless to try to fuul him, unless you would accidently step on him.

Another way of hiding is by standing perfectly still, so that they look like a cactus or like a fcncc-post.

We see several ymmg Indian women at a distance. They do look romantic in their brightly colored garb. Imagine a fifteen-yearold Apacho girl dressod in an oxlromely wide and bright red skirt reaching to l ho ankles. (They use about ten yards of calico for ono skirt.) The blousc-likc waist is perhaps of a bright purple color. Over all is thrown an ornii^o-coiored shawl about two yards square, tied (ogolher in front nml h.anging loosely over the back, entirely at tho moi-cy of the wind. Then those raven-colored hair tloating carelessly over the shoulders. One of these women so attired livens up the dosort scene wonderfully. We must admit that an Indian girl in such an attire looks charming, and that all attempts at inducing thorn to wear “civilized” clothes take away all this natural charm, not to montion tho hygienic side of the question.

By this time we have arrived at our destination. The first sight that greets us is a squaw disapperiring post-haste over the crest of an adjacent hill, on her back a little girl and at her hand a little boy. Our host smiles at the procedure and tells us that the woman is afraid that we might nsk licr to send the children to school. As this woman, however, is only a visitor in Globe for a short time, her fears are ungrounded. Then the teacher tells us his experiences with a little boy whom he tried to win for the mission-school.

Almost daily he looked for the lad, till, after three months, he found him in a tepee, lvddon uiulcr a pile of blankets. The Apache papas and mamas like to keep their children at home as long as possible, it often taking several years before they can be induced to send their child to school. One little girly, we are told, was by her mother reported dead for tliree years. No one, of course, believed the

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mother; still no one could disprove her statements, till one day a truant officer accidently found the “dead” girl, well and happy.

Such instances are especially true of Indians off the reservation, where tlie government is quite lax concerning compulsory school attendance. Uncle Sam tries to shift this duty on the state govern­ ment, and vice versa.

We visit tepee after tepee. In one we see women sewing dresses. We cannot but admire how careful they are with everyone of tlieir stitches, for in such minor tilings the Apache is very fastidious. Another woman is weaving a basket. Let us look at the design. In the center of tlie round basket is a curled rattle­ snake. A series of black zig-zag marks, conscientiously placed at regular intervals, point from tlie rim of the basket to the center.

These designs have a religious meaning; for tlie Apache lias a superstition which says that when you make a picture of anything, that object will perish. This basket, therefore, is intended to diminish the power of two dreaded enemies, the rattlesiifike and lightning. This superstition also explains to us why it is so difficult to obtain pictures of the Apaches, especially of the older ones.

At another tepee we see a girl making a hatband of colored glass beads. Look at tlie pretty, original design she is weaving into this piece of attire, undoubtedly intended as a present for lier lover. Here we see a man tanning a deerskin. His equipment is very crude, consisting merely of a knife and the juice of a certain plant, but he is abtaining very good results. There we see a man making a pair of buckskin moccasins for his wife. His only tools are an old awl and a dull knife, but he is so adept in the use of these instruments that the result is workmanship par excellence.

At one of the last tepees we find a woman who has just completed a water basket which will hold about three gallons. She is just . making the basket water-tight by painting it with the rosin of a certain fir tree which grows in the nearby mountains.

A large number of tlie men and women, however, are simply doing nothing. They seem to idle their time away completely.

They seem to be incurably affected with procrastination. They do not seem to care for the morrow. Or as our friend jokingly put it, “The most of them do not provide from twelve o’clock tili noon.”

But we must not criticize tlie Indian too severely for this characteris­ tic. Concerning material things, he has no hope for the future, according to his way of looking at conditions brought about by the advent of the hated white man. All his hunting grounds are forever hopelessly lost, thanks to the rapacity of his white brother.

And as hunting was, in the savage state, his one and only diversion, why should he work now, after this is gone once for all. And now in a much less degree does the Indian worry about the future of his soul, being on an extremely low stage of civilization, and the religious instinct being almost nil, so that some authorities are

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prone to say that the Apache has absolutely no knowledge of even a Higher Being, much less of a Divine Being.

We have visited all the camps. On our return home we meet quite a few Indians, men coming from work, and women carrying on their backs, with wonderful grace and poise, bales of alfalfa hay, five-gallon cans of water, and bundles of wood weighing from seventy-five to one hundred pounds.

At about half of the distance from home we meet a gray-haired chief. “Ilayoo clnyah?” asks our host. “Ko! answers the old man, pointing in the direction of the Indian village. Upon inquiry we elicit the information that the question put to the old man was, “Where are you going?” And that the answer was, “There!” mean­ ing liis home.

The conversation grows monosyllabic. Soon we are lost in thought. Ilayoo clnyah? Quo vadis? We think of the Apache of the future. Where is he going? Is he going to the destiny of his forefathers, or will lie be civilized and claim his place as a useful part of humanity? Will Uncle Sam with his wonderfully intricate, elaborate, and quite efficient system of Indian education transform the Indian into an integral part of American society? Oh yes, the govornnienfs system will make proficient farmers, laborers, artisans, and even professionals, of the Indian. Uncle Sam's code of morals will even turn out men and women who are on a moral plane as high as (hat of the average American. But no more. For Uncle Sam is trying to civilize by almost completely ignoring the only civilizing power known, the Gospel. And this side of the question brings our thoughts to the mission work which is being done among the Apaches, with very gratifying results, by the mis­ sionaries sent by our Lutheran Christians. Are their prospects for For as the success also vague, as some people like to think? No! rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall My word be that goelh forth out of My mouth; it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.”

We were formerly, due to irgonarnce, quite prejudiced against the Indian Mission. But we have changed our views. The Apache Mission is no white elephant. It is a great work, a fulfillment of the divine command that the Gospel shall be preached to all nations.

We muse on as we let our horses walk. Our fancy carries us into the future. We see scores of Indian children leaving their homes every morning. Where are they going? They are on their way to a Christian school, where they learn to know and to love Him who said, “Let the little ones come unto me.” We see whole Apache families, neatly dressed, leaving their abodes of a Sunday morning. Where are they going? They are going to church to learn “the one thing needful.” Finally our fancy shows us an

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Apache on his deathbed. He is not despondent, hopeless, desperate, comfortless. The missionary enters. After a little conversation he asks, “Hayoo dnyah?” Without hesitating, but with a certainty that only sure hope can give, the dying Apache points heavenward and joyfully stammers, “Ko!” H. C. Nitz, ’15.

—When the home team wins, it’s due to good playing; when tlie Anony. other fellow wins, it’s merely an accident.

—Misery acquaints a person with strange bedfellows.

Shakespeare. 一The one sure way to avoid mistakes due to your inability to distinguish, between toadstools and mushrooms is to confine your Anony. operations to boiled cabbage.

—Then fly betimes, for only they Conquer love, that run away.

Carew.

—Every time you avoid doing wrong you increase your inclina­ tion to do right.

Anony.

—Actions of the last age are like Almanacs of the last year.

Denham.

—Sometimes a man gets tired of being good and experiments in vice out of curiosity.

Anony. ―Look round the habitable world, how few know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue.

Dryden.

—Occasionally it is a good idea to keep still and listen.

Anony.

THE BLACK ANB BED. THE KIPPLING RILL. Softly rippling silvery rill Can’st thou nevermore be still, Must thou ever be a-murmering, Ragged rocks and sands to fill With the laughter of thy freedom, Echoed in harmonious trill?

Wherefore must thy gurgling waters Ever surge with life and glee, Ever sing thy jocund lovesong To the wood thrush on the tree?

Shalt thou nevermore grow weary Of thy stayed and routine life, As the endless seasons dreary Hasten on with change unrife?

Ages hast thou kept thy channel, Flow'd in never changing way, Yet thou livest still in pleasure, And lorgefst thy banks of clay.

Mortal creatures are far different; The monotonies of life Daily wax and grow upon us, Till we’re mindless of the strife.

One man’s life may scarce be counted, Much less do we mark his years, But when troubles come in squadrons, Minutes multiply the fears; Then the seconds teem with anguish, And we sadly long for rest. # * # All disheartened in life’s struggle, We aye fail to see what’s best.

Comes a wan and careworn lover To the ever tuneful brook, Seats himself upon the border In some quaint, retired nook, And with heart that’s full of sorrow Sadly bares the gloomy trend Of his unrequited passion To his confidant and friend.

But liis sorrows seem to languish As the brook in glee replies; For its answer seems to tell him: “In true effort victory lies.

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THE BLACK AND BED. “So to win her must thou woo her, “Never must tliou despair; “Souls that dwell near reason’s ruin “Their own beauty’s life impair.

“All great things are not won lightly, “But with perseverance’ stress, “Even though we seek an object “That we never can possess.

“Still the lesson that grief taught us “Shall for evermore remain, “While with each new beaming victory, “Ten-fold will success obtain.

“In defeat lies gain and treasure “When the conquered is but true; “For our heart has learned to honor “Those who failed yet tried to do. ‘‘Often things deemed lost are certain, “If pursued with strength of will, “Wliile the spirit that would languish “In despair but founded ill “Often loses in tlie struggle “That perforce itself must win.”

And he rose, in heart contented, Once more firmly to begin; As all men who seek from Nature, From her warm and peaceful glow, For the learning that she giveth Unto those who long to know.

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Truly thou are Nature’s mirror, Little brooklet, pure of soul, Always happy, never vanquished, Ever flowing toward thy goal.

Sometimes is thy path impeded With thy troubles and thy toil; But the murmur of thy waters, Never ceasing from their moil, Sing and ripple in the sunshine, Flowing o’er their golden sands, Sharing bliss and perfect comfort With the pilgrims of all lands.

Puny man may learn his lesson From thy spirit dauntless still, From thy quaint and quiet murmur, Ever rippling little rill.

L. C. Drowatzky, ’15.

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DIE PANAMA AUSSTELLUNG ZU SAN FRANCISCO. In (ler Stadt San Francisco,—die ja ganz auf Hligeln liegt,— erlieben sicli (lie liolien Fillmore Berge, auf (ler einen Seite sanft ansteigend, auf der andern schroff zum blauen Meere herabfallend.

Auf dem Gipfel dieser Hohe stehend, sahen wir hinab und dort wo die Wellen den Sand des Ufers besplilen, entrollte sich das Wunderbild jener March on stadt zum ersten Mai vor unsern Augen.

Unvergesslich sollte dieser Anblick sein,—eine Stadt des 1川liteii Orients mit Moscheen und Tempeln lag sie zu unsern Fiissen, eine Stadt von Turmen und Zinnen, farbigen runden Kuppeln und grossen griinen Gartenfliichen. Sie musste eben aus dem Miiclienland von “Tausend und eine Nacht” hierher versetzt worden sein, und noch lag ein leiser Nebel 'vie Zauber auf den Zinnen unci wand sich wie ein Schleier (lurch die hohen Zypresscn, (lie Alleen und Treppengiinge entlang.

An das Ufer dos blauen Hafens sich anschmiegend lag sie da, diese Stadt der sanHen Farben,—braun, griin und dunkelrot in der niilden Schaltierung des Diimmerscheins noch zauberhafter. Im Hintergrunde leucliteten Farben denen man diese MUchenstadt zur vollendelsten Haitmonie angepasst hatte,—das Schiefergriin der Wellen die da wogton und rollten mit ihren weissen Schaumspitzen das Graugriin der Berge jenseits des Hafens, sanft wie die Berge Palastinas.

Dor stolzc Juwelenturm hob sich majestiitisch im Vordergrund.

Zu seinen Fiissen spielten lustige Springbrunnen auf griinem Rasen in mitten gelber Stiefiniitterchenbeete Oder breiter Streifen von rotei Hegonien, die sich wie seidene Bander ausnahmen, wahrend am Soclcel des Turnies die kraftvollen Gestalten von hanengrossen Kreuzrittern, die Schultern stolz zuriickgeworfen, zu Pferd trotzig uml furchtlos Wacht hielten. Vor uns lag der Stille Ozean.

Die Sonne sank tiefer im Westen, und die Abendluft unwehte uns kiilil, als wir herabstiegen. Das Wasser wurde grauer, der Himmel fiirbte sich purpurn; die lustigen Weisen einer Kapelle klagen an unser Ohr und dann aus dem Lager der Marinesoldaten die Trompetentone eines spaten Signals.

Die Berge janseits sanken ins Abenddunkel, die Lichter der Kriegsscliiffe und einer Yacht im Vordergrund blinkten wie belle PPlaneten. Allmiihlicli stahl sich aus hundert verborgenen Winkeln ein sanfter Lichtstrahl nach dem andern hervor, bis die gauze Wunderstadt mit ihrer bunten Farbenpracht in einer Lichtflut gebadet war, deren Wirkung einer der herrlichsten Eindriicke in der Erinnerung des Besuchers blieb. Am Juwelenturm schlichen rote Lichter empor, wahrend weisse Lichtstreifen den Himmel (lurclikreuzten und im Hintergrund eine Aurora borealis in vielen Farben wie ein grosser Facher leise schwebte.

Der Hafen und die Berge und die Stadt selbst deckte der Abend, in wnudersamer Pracht aber leuchtete die Ausstellung,―ein Traum,

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der dort, wo das Stille Meer durchs goldene Tor Amerikas Ufer bespiilt, zur Wirkliclikeit geworden.

Amerika liatte ein grosses Preudcnfest geriistet. Ihm war die Vollendung eines gewaltigen Werkes gelungen, und es hatte guten Grund zu feiern und alle Welt einzuladen. Der Panama Kanal verband den Westen mit dem Osten, und so waren aucli liier beim Weihefest die Volker der Welt aus Ost und West erschienen. Trotz des blutigen Weltkrieges druben traf man unter dem Torweg des Juwelenturms Vertreter aus aller I-Ierren Liiiiclern.

Beim Planen und Bauen einer Weltausstellving abcr sind ausser der Lage noch zwei andere Dinge von der li6chsten Wichtigkeit, namlich die Arcliitektur und die Art and Wiese, der Welt die Produkte der Zivilisation zu zeigen und Anleitiung fiir weitere Ar­ beit in der Zukunft zu geben.

Da die Ausstellung dicht am Ufer des Meeres gelegen ist, und die ganze Umgebung an das Mittellandisclie Meer erinnert, so ware die geeignetetste Bauart, die einer Stadt des fernen Ostens.

Beim Ausfuliren der Arcliitektur versuchte man aus Genuilden, Skulptur und Landschaften einen allgemeinen Gedanken zustande zu bringen, dessen einzelne Bcstandeilc als ein Toil eines grossen Ganzen erscheinen sollten.

Wie bei einer solchen grossen Versammlimg der Nat ion en passend ist, kamen Typen vieler verschiedenen Bauarten zum Ausdruck. So zum Beispiel ist die Pestlialle und das Gartengebaude nacli dem Baustil der franzosischen Renaissance gebaut, wiilirend der Hof der Piille ganz und gar gothisch ist.

Die Plane der Gruppierung der Gebiiude befinden sicli im Einklang mit dem uberwiiltigenden Bildo, welches sich da uusgebreitet hat. Keine unzusammenhangende Gebiiude, die auf ein weites Gelande geworfen sind, wie dies so haufig bei friilieren Ausstellung der Pall war, sondern zwolf massive Paliiste, deren bunt scliattierte Dacher und Wande in kiinstlichen Seen ihr Spiegelbild scliauen.

Die ganze Ausstellung ist in drei Haiiptgruppen zerlegt. Rechte ist die Avenue der Lustbarkeiten, die sogenanntc “Zone of Pleasure.” In der Mitte sind die Ausstellungspaliiste, die um den Juwelenturm gruppiert sind, und links erstreckt sich eine 300 Fuss breite Esplanade, von tropischen Gewiiclien eingefasst, an der sich die Palaste der fremden Nationen und verscheidenen Staiite befinden.

An der einen Seite erstreckt sich also die Avenue der Lustbarkeiten. Im Ganzen liaben $12,000,000 die Kosten fiir dasAiniisement der Ausstellungsbesucher in diesen Schaustellungen gedeckt.

Besonders sehenswert ist eine vorzugliclie Reproduktion des Pana­ ma Kanals, die allein fast eine halbe Million Dollars gekostet haben soil.

Perner das “Grand Canyon of Arizona,” die grossartige Aus­ stellung der Sante Pe Eisenbalmgesellschaft und viele andere der ausgesuchtesten Sehenswiirdigkeiten.

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ein. Die Objekte, die darin ausgestellt sind, passen in den Rahmen dieses riesigen Unternehmens. Das wurde (lurch zwei Umstande gewahrleistet: erstens, hat (liese Ausstellung keine Antiquitatensammlung gehabt, sondern sie war vielmehr eine Zusammenstellung der grossten Errungenscliaften auf alien Gebieten, und zwar mit besonderm Hinblick auf die erzielten Erfolge wahrend der vergangenen zehn Jahro; zweitens, deutet der Uinstand, dass mehr Applikationen fur Raum in den verschiedenen Palasten eingegangen sind als bewilligt wcrden konnten, daraufliin, dass die Ausstellungsbehorde die Gelcgenlicit liatte, nur die allerbesten Erzeugnisse, die hervorgcbraclil wurdcn, der Welt vorziifiihren.

Wie sclion gesagt, sind die Ausstellungspalaste um den Juwelenturni gruppiert, der eincr tier Ilauptsehcnswurdigkeiten der Aus­ stellung 1st.

Mit seiner Reihonfolgc von ubcrcinandergestellten Gallerien und Stock work cn, kaun man iiiclit bchaupten, dass er eine bestimmte Bauart vcrtrilt, aber die Hauptmerkmale sind die corinthischen uml dorisclicn Pfeiler. I-Iocli oben auf der Spitze steht eine starke Silule auf dor vier Atlasse cine Wcltkugel auf iliren Schultern slutzen, dio eincn Durclimesser von z'vanzig Fuss besitzt.

Die Masse Stahl, die zu diesem Turin verarbeitet ist, ist so gross, dass bei einer Tcnincraturverschiedenheit von 100 Grade Fahrenheit tier Turin ungefjihr sechs Zoll wachsen Oder abnehmen wiircle, je naclidem die Temperatur steigen Oder fallen wiirde.

Das Tor, (las (lurch den Turm fiihrt, ist 120 Fuss hoch, der Turm selbst hat: et'va cine Mohe von 450 Fuss.

Voni ;uu Sockol, uml et'vas zur linken Hand steht eine hohe Statue von Cortez zu PfercI, rechts eine von Pizarro. Auf der oberDer Priessten Siiulenrcihe sind die Figurcn *'Dcr Abenteurer, teiV’ “I)ci. IMiilosopli” und *'Dcr Soldat.”

Der Juwelonturni crhiilt seinen Namen von den Juwelen, mit denen er gcschmuckt ist. Etwa 150,000 dicser Edelsteine, in Oesterreich geschliffen, werfen (kis Liclit in einer Myriade von Farben zuriick.

Das erste Gebiiiide rechts vom Turin ist der Palast des Fabrikwesens. Die Ausstellungsobjekte sind aus vielen verschiedenen Iiulustrien genommen. Besonders bemerkenswert war eine Wohnung, mit jeder moglichen elektrischen Bequemlichkeit ausgestattet, und die Ausstellung der “Keen Kutter” Messerfabrik die den goldnen Preis erhiclt. Ferner waren prachtvolle japancsische Stickereien. auch italienisclie Bildliauerei liier zu sehen.

Vom Palast dcs Fabrikwcsens komnit man iiber den “Hof der Blumen” in den Palast des Industriewesens. Das Tor dieses Gebiiudes, eine Reprocluktion des Eingags zum Santa Cruz Spital in Toledo, Spanien, kostete $15,000. In dem Palast selbst sind viele prachtvolle Ausstellungen zu sehen. Da waren seidene Waaren, kostbare Edelsteine, Gewander, Stickereien, Uliren, Lederwaren und vieles andere. Von besonderem Interesse war die Ausstellung

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der “Roger Silberwarenhandlung.” Ein Chesterfield Silber Ser­ vice, das $14,500 kosten sollte, war zur Schau ausgestellt, auch die silberne Schaufel mit der President Taft den ersten Spatenstich Erde ausstach.

Am ostlichen Elide der Gruppe der Ausstellungsgebaude steht der Maschinenpalast, das grosste Holzgebaude der Welt. 1,500 Tonnen Bolzen und Nagel wurden bei der Aufstellung dieses Baues verbraucht.

Das architektonische Motiv ist das des Badeliauses Diocletians.

Das Schiff dieses kolossalen Baues ist so gross, class der beriihmte Flieger Beachy den ersten Plugversuch unter einem Daclie darin machte. Die Ausstellung darin schliesst alles ein, was limn unl.er dem Begriff Maschine verstehen kann, Wasser und elektrische Motoren und hunderte von Kraftanlagen. Besonders interessant war die Regierungaustellung. Shrapnell, Kanonen jedes Kalibers, Unterseeboote und alles, was fur Ileer und Flotte notig ist, war hier zu finden.

Die iibrigen Palaste im einzelnen zu beschreiben wiire selir langwierig. Da waren noch die Palaste der Lebensmittel, des Ackerbaues, der freien Kunste, des Minenwesens, des Verkehrs, des Erziehungswesens, und die Festhalle, in der sich die siebent grosste Orgel der Welt befand.

Von besonderem Interesse war der Palast der schonen Ki'mste.

Der Bau selbst ist eine Nachahmung des Sonnentempels in At hen.

Auch ist er teilweise nach dem Stil des Mausoleums des Lysicrates gebaut. Der Eindruck, den man gewinnt, wenn man aus der Feme auf diesen Palast schaut, ist der einer alten Ruine, die mit Vogctation vieler Jahrliunderte bewachsen ist.

Unter seinem Daclie birgt dieses Gebaude viele wertvolle Kunstschatze. Jede Art der Kunst ist hier vertreten. Auch Futurisnuis und Kubismus, wenn man in die Geheimnisse dicser Kunst eingeweiht ist, kann man hier geniessen.

Auch durfte der Palast des Gartenbaues niclit liberselion worden. Er ist der Moschee Alimeds I. in Konstantinopel selir ahnlich obgleich das Detail aus der Zeit der franzosisclieii Renaissance stammt. Der Glasdom ist der grosste seiner Art. Die Ausstellungen selbst bestehen meistens aus tropischen Gewachsen und Friichten. Auch Blumen, die hierzulande wachsen, aufs prachtigste entwickelt, sind ansgestellt. Da sind zum Beispiele Georginen von der Grosse eines Kohlkopfes und Mohnblumen, welche die Grosse eines gewohnlichen Prauenliutes erlangt haben.

Nachdem man durch die verscliiedenen Ausstellungspaliiste geganen ist, kommt man in die sogenannten “Iimereu ll6fe.” Jeder derselben versinnbildliclit einen volkstumlichen, vaterliindisclien Oder allgemein menschlichen Gedanken. Der grosste und interossanteste von ihnen ist der “Hof des Weltalls,” der grosser ist als der Schlosspalast in Berlin. Dieser Hof versinnbildliclit den Zweck

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der Ausstellung, welche die Fertigstellung des Panama Kanals feiert, und die grosse Wirkung die der Bau des Kanals auf den Verkehr der ganzen Welt haben wird. Der Hof ist vom Suden durch den Juwelenturm, vom Norden durch einen Vorhof, vom Westen und Osten durch grosse Portale zugiinglich. Auf den grossen Toren stehen zwei Statuengruppen, “Die Volker des Ostens und des Westens.

Ferner befinden sich in diesem I-Iofe zwei Springbrunnen, die viel Bewunderung erregt haben. Es sind, “Der Sonnenaufgang” und “Der Sonneiumtergang.” Der Sonnenaufgang wird dargestellt durch einen athletisch gebauten Jiingling der mit ausgebreitenten Fliigeln, auf den Zehenspitzen sich erhebend, sich anschickt, den Flug durch den Himmel zu unternehmen. Hoffnung, Vertrauen und Mut, Kraft und alles, was wir mit dem Sonnenaufgang verbinden, zeigt sich in ihm.

Ihm gegeniiber steht “Der Sonnenuntergang,” eine anmutige Frauengestalt, die die Fliigel iiber ihrem Haupte zusammenfaltet und sanft zu ihrer Ruhe hinabsinkt. Die Saulen, auf denen diese Figuren stehen, sind durchsichtig, und Nachts werden sie von innen illuminiert und leuchten 'vie zwie Feuersaulen.

Die iibrigen I-Iofe sind nicht weniger reizend. Von hohen Saulengiingen eingefasst, mit den ausgesuchtesten Bildhauerarbeiten geschmuckt, erscheinen sie wie kleine Stuckchen Eden, und libera 11 bliihen die Kinder Floras, um Auge und Herz zu erfreuen.

Den linken Fliigel der Ausstellung bilden die Gebaude der einzelnen Liinder und Staaten, von denen ich nur die schildern will, die mir am bemerkenswertesten scheinen. Californien ist durch das prosste Gebaude, das je ein einzelner Staat auf einer Ausstellung baute, vertreten. Unser Staat hatte auch ein ganz ansehnliches Gebaude errichtet. Pennsylvania hatte nur einen kleinen Bau, in deni sich die Freilieitsglocke befand. Hawaii hatte ein grosses Aquarium verfertigen lassen.

Von den fremden Liindern war Kanada am besten vertreten.

Alle Produkte dieses Landes waren da zur Scliau gestellt. Ausserdem waren grosse Panoramen, in denen lebendige Tiere und Vogel, in den gewohnten Verhiiltnissen lebend, zu sehen waren.

Auch Frankreich hatte ein scliones Gebaude geleistet, in dem wertvolle Gobelins, I-Iandarbeiten und Rodins beriihmte Statute “Le Penseur,” alles von Frankreich heriibergeschickt, zu sehen waren.

Doch was vielleicht uns alien auf der ganzen Ausstellung als das Schonste erscliienen ware, war eine Statue beim italienischen Gebaude. Es war eine Marmorfigur des Heilandes von Rafaello Romanelli. Mit segnend erhobener Hand stand er vor einer verfallenen Ruine. Es solte den Sieg des Christentums iiber das Heidentum versinnbildlichen. Um so auffallender war dies Bild in dem Treiben und Wiihlen einer solchen Menschenmasse, wie sie sich eingefunden hatte.

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rungenscliaften auf dem Gebiete der Elektrizitat in den Dienst gezogen werden, bedarf wohl kaum eines Hinweises. Auf den meisten Ausstellungen aber wurde das Auge〔lurch allzu grelle Lichteffekten ermiidet, indem die Umrisse der Gebaude mit Lichterreihen abgegrenzt wurden. Diesem vorzubeugen wurden von einer Plattform von der Bai aus bunte Liclitstrahlen in facherformiger Weise auf das Gelande geworfen, wahrend verborgene Scheinwerfer die Tiirrne und Kuppeln mit einem weichen Lichte iiberfluteten, sodass kein direkter Liclitstrahl das Auge des Zuschauers erreiclite.

San Francisco, die Stadt, in welcher die Vereinigten Staaten die Nationen der Welt willkommen liiess, ist der ihr widerfalirenen Ehre wurdig. Vor nahezu einem Jalirliundert von spanischen Forschern und Missionaren gegriindet, ist aus clem einsamcn Flecken an dem Ozean, den zu libersegeln nur selten ein Scliiffcr den Mut fand, eine Weltstadt geworden. Nicht liinger ist die Stadt eine Niederlassung von Goldsucliern, ein Ilafen, wo raulic Seeleute Dunen und sandige Hugel fanden, sondern eine liochmoderne Stadt mit breiten Strassen, eingefasst mit von Reiclitum zeugenclen Ge8chaftspalasten, eleganten Wohnhausern, priiclitigen offentlichen Gebauden und uber tausend Hotels.

Deutschland, das seit Jahrhunderten an der Spitze aller grosseren Bewegungen stand, das in Literatur, idealen Bestrebungen, im Handel, kurz in der Zivilization riesige Fortschritte gemacht hat, durfte bei der Volkerzusammenkunft in 1915 nicht fehlen. Obgleich nicht officiell vertreten, waren deutsche Fabrikanten, deutsche Musiker und Kiinstler stets im Vordertreffen zu finden.

Das deutsche Volk hat die dargebotene Freundscliaftsliand gerne ergriffen.

Man konnte an der Bai von San Francisco ein Flanunenzeichen sehen, einen Wilkommengruss, der da sagte: <4CALIFORN1EN LADET DIE WELT EIN,” und uber die Bergc uml Tiilcr Amerikas, uber den Atlantischen Ozean bis zur Siidsee, bis zu don Eicheu und Buchenwaldern der alten deutsclien Heimat, bis zu den Alpcn und dem Rhein erscholl der Ruf und der Willkommcngruss.

Ungefahr 19,000,000 Leute liaben der Einkidung Folge geleistet, sodass die Ausstellung auch in finanziellcr Iliiisiclit grossart•igen Erfolg hatte.

Verglichen mit alien vorhergegangenen Ausstellungen, hat diese an Schonheit alle uberragt, denn niemals hat die Natur der Menschenkunst in ihrer vollsten Bllite, 'vie sie auf jener Ausstell­ ung vertreten war, einen soldi entzuckenden Ralimeu verliehen.

P. S. ’17.

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EINER MUTTER KAMPF. Lange, lange wahrt die Nacht, Langsam flieli’n die Stunden; Mutter sitzt am Bett und wacht Kind will nicht gesunden.

Ach, es liegt am Fieber krank, Phantasiert im Schmerze, Und der Mutter wil’d so bang, 1st so weh ums Herze.

Soil sie nun den einz’gen Sohn, Den ihr Gott. gegeben, Hire Ilofl’nung sehen schon Scheiclen aus clem Leben?

Immer kiirzer brennt das Licht, Kalt wird’s in dem Zimmer; ‘s Fieber lasst das Kindchen nicht, Wil’d nur immer schlimmer.

Mutter legt (lie Decke warm Um die kranken Glieder, Nimmt das Kind dann auf den Arm, Schreitet auf und nieder.

Abgebrannt ist nun das Licht, Dunkel 'vird’s im Zimmer, Durch das kleine Fenster bricht Fahlen Mondes Schimmer.

Und die Mutter, matt und mtid’ Von dem vielen Wachen, Singt dem Kind sein Lieblingslied, Doch es mag nicht lachen.

“Lieber Gott,” so bittet sie, ‘‘Habe doch Erbarmen!

Nimm dies Kind doch nicht so friih Aus den Mutterarmen!” ‘‘Ach, icli hab* den Gatten schon Hin zum Grab geleitet.

Ist denn fur den einz’gen Sohn Auch der Sarg bereitet?”

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Endlich hat die Miidigkeit, Doch sie aberwunden; Und sie sclilaft trotz Angst und Leid, Ruht fiir ein’ge Stunden.

Sieh, da tritt der Sensenmann In das kalte Zimmer, Blickt den Knaben finster an Bei des Mondes Scliimmer.

Sucht mit seiner kalten Hand *s Kindes Herz zu fassen.

Um es dann als Liebespfand Mutter Erd zu lassen.

Und er fuhlt und sucht und fiililt, Mocht das Herz erreichen, Doch die Mutter fest es liielt, Will vom Kind niclit weichen.

—“Nimm mich mit, du Mensclienfeind, Oder lass den Knaben, Willst du nifcht, so lass vereint Gleich. zwei Griiber graben.”

Doch der Tod lacht hohnisch nur Ob der Mutter Worte, Gegen ihn gibts keine Kur, Leid ist sein Konsorte.

Es beginnt ein Ringen; Er beginnt ein Ringen; Ihre Liebe ist so gross, Muss den Tod bezwingen.

Pest umsclilungen halt sie warm Ihren kranken Knaben, Schiitzt ihn mit dem recliten Arm, —Tod darf ilm niclit liaben.—

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Lange wahrt der Kampf noch an.

Wer wird iiberwinden?

Endlich kraht der erste Hahn, Tod muss jetzt verschwinden.

Fruhlingssonne scheinet nun Durch die Fensterscheiben, Sucht die Miulen, die noch ruh’n, Will den Schlaf vertreiben.

Bald erwacht das Kind clarauf, Frei vom Fieberschmerze, Weckt’s die Mutter lachend auf, Schmiegt sich an ihr Herze.

Mutterliebe wunderbar, Wer kann dich beschreiben, Die du kampfst im Traum sogar, Du musst siegreich bleiben.

一Be wise wordly, be not worldly wise.

G. J. S.，17.

Quarles.

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一Con lent men t consists in not wanting what you can’t get.

Anony. 一There is in souls a sympathy with sounds; And as the mind is pitched, the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touched within us, and the heart replies.

Cowper.

—The man with a scheme is not looking out for your interest; Anony. it’s your principal lie’s after.

—Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man.

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Two American tourists loaded down with cameres, fieldglasses, and travelling-bags were trudging along a dusty road at twilight towards the fair city of Genf in Switzerland. It was autumn. The golden sun was slowly disappearing behind the picturesque mountain slopes that lay before them. The fresh moun­ tain breezes mingled with the aroma of the dying leaves of the woods put new vigor into the bosoms of the fatigued travellers.

“Jim, let’s walk faster and find a tavern before evening, for I doubt whether there are any arc-lights in this country, and we’ll be looking for a lodging-sign with a match, panted out Dick amid the groans of his fat companion, who had stopped to shift his travelling-bag from one hand to the other.

“We should have hired a jitney-bus instead of walking these twenty miles, but you wanted your own way,” sighed Jim. Just then the two gained the crest of a hill and there lay Genf at their feet nestled in, as it were, between lofty mountain sides like a gem in its matrix. After another fifteen minutes of panting and groaning they reached the first house in the outskirts of the city. The inhabitants that passed them stopped and gazed at them for the two topped them all by a foot. Besides it is nothing unusual in Switzerland that the population turns out and celebrates the arrival of strangers not merely out of curiousity but cause of an innate feeling of hospitality which prompts so many of them to welcome in travellers at dusk.

The close fitting travelling-suit of gray, showed the muscular well-developed form of an athlete of fairly gigantic proportions whose very erect carriage enhanced liis height and invested him with a commanding air while the breadth of liis chest and his square shoulders indicated that life had called him to out-door pursuits rather than to a cloistered career. I-lis companion clad in a stylish serge was almost a head smaller than he and although he had an erect carriage lie lacked the square shoulders and well developed chest of his companion. Yet lie was the handsomer of the two.

All eyes turned towards the tourists as they walked into the cafe because of their neat and attractive appearance.

In a secuded corner of the cafe Dick and Jim appeased their appetites with the good cheer which the jolly waiter placed before them. After they had finished their supper Dick picked up the Genf Gazette and glanced over the head lines of the front page while Jim lit a cigar and tipped the waiter who stood next to him: expectantly extending his palm.

“Look here, Professor I-Ialpin is visiting in this city and has been here for two days. Let us find liim,” cried Dick, thrusting the paper into Jim’s hands.

Dick forced his way through the crowded hall to the head-clerk and asked him if he knew the whereabouts of the professor.

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“Have no time for a tete-a-tete, drawled out the lazy clerk as he dropped into a revolving chair which stood behind the desk.

“See here, Mister, I’ll none of that talk, snapped Dick, my name is Richard Clemens and this is my friend,” pointing to Jim, who had made liis way to his friend’s side, “This is Janies Tracy, we’re from Harvard University of the United States. Tell us if Professor I-Ialpiii has been here, for I am sure you’ll know an American by sight. "lie is in the cafe now and stays at the hotel across the street,” reluctantly responded the clerk.

Dick was an intimate friend of the professor for he had studied under liim for several years. He had enjoyed many a pleasant hour in (lie study of the professor during his school years. In classes Dick ranked as one of lhe foremost students. Jim who had been in (lie same class with Dick had laid his studies aside at the beginning of Hie school year and had spent most of his time in billiard-halls and pool rooms. 1-Ie failed to pass the final examin­ ations. During (lie last school year Professor Hal pin had tried his utniosl to help liim along but his efforts were in vain and at the end of the spring semester Jim flunked. Professor Hal pin had been Jim’s class professor during the last year and to him Jim attributed his misfortune and from then on he bore a grudge against him. This very unexpected meeting displeased Jim very much, for he had never liked professors ami least of all Professor Ilalpin.

In (he farthest, corner of the cafe hidden behind a screen of sweet-scented llowers sat Professor Halpin with his legs thrown lazily across each other deeply interested in a book and his meer­ schaum.

Dick who had searched all parts of the cafe except the cozy corner occupied by (he professor burst in upon him, grasped liis hand und heartily shook it. **Overjoyed to see you, Mr. Clemens,” gasped the professor slapping him on (he back, “aiul you to Mr. Tracy,” as lie extended a friendly hand to Dick’s companion. The three sat down at a table and the waiter took their orders. Dick briefly told the professor about tlieir travels in Europe and Asia. The professor then related to the young men his adventures and told them that he was travel­ ing about studying tlie topographical conditions of Europe. Jim let Dick do the entertaining while he watched the people enjoy their refreshments. The music and the refreshing autumn air were so pleasing to them that they kept up a hearty conversation until the clock striking eleven terminated tlieir visit.

“Dick,” said Jim, as he tuggled at his knotted shoe-string that niglit, “l suppose Halpin wants to travel home with us now since we have to leave for the opening semester next week.”

“Forget that old grudge of yours, and turn out the light,” returned Jim.

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“You can do as you please, Mr. Clemens, I won’t have anything to do with him.”

Dick did not fall asleep immediately, for he was thinking how lie could drive the conceited ideas that Jim had about himself out of his head and bring about a reconciliation with the professor.

The next morning Dick and the professor walked up the mountain side to watch the sun rise. They each picked a bouquet of flowers which were so plentiously to be found by the road-side and snapped several pictures of the pretty scenery. Dick fully explained Jim’s case to the professor who was surprised and asked him if he would not talk to Jim. The professor promised that he would, but not for the present, for he believed that Jim would realize his mistake without anyone telling him about it. The next few days the professor and Dick enjoyed together, going out for long walks and rides. Before every excursion either Dick or the professor invited Jim to come along with them but the stubborn Jim always declined and spent most of his time in the cafe playing cards with some of the fellows he had met.

Jim had just finished his breakfast one forenoon when Dick came into the room and set a bouquet of flowers wet with dew into a vase.

"Well Dick, did you take the professor out for an airing again this morning?” lie asked with a sneer?

Dick would tolerate no such sauciness and told him lo keep his thoughts to himself. Then followed a very warm argument which was interrupted by the professor who opened the door and politely asked for permission to visit. Dick admitted him, took his hat and cane, and placed a chair for him. Jim had not spoken a word to the professor since the night he met him. On the present occasion he picked up a book and pretended to be reading and smoking at the same time. After the professor and Dick had lit their cigars, the former pulled his chair close to Jim’s and asked him to listen to him for but a few moments, provided he had time.

Jim consented.

“James Tracy, began the professor, I'll start in medias res.

Last year you failed in several of your studies and you will un­ doubtedly have to make these up before you can enter the junior class t.liis opening semester. You had not been doing the requested work in spite of admonition. I was a little liard on you, perhaps, but I was doing my duty towards you. Now you care nothing what­ ever about your studies and you are blaming mo for something which you alone could have prevented. A young man of your capacity ought to be at the head of his class. You are misusing the gifts God has biven you. Why did you not come to me before this and straighten out this serious matter? Did not your conscience trouble you in the least with a grudge resting upon it? Brace up and face things like a man and you will ^ master them.

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never thought that Professor Halpin would talk to him in this way and at the present he was at a loss of words. As soon as the professor had ；finished his exhortation he arose and made his departure with Dick.

Jim was disgusted with everything and everybody during the whole afternoon. He retired very early that evening. The words of the professor were still ringing in liis ears and try hard as he would lie could not fall asleep for his conscience troubled him.

The next morning Jim awoke Dick before sunrise.

"I could not sleep last niglit，’’ said lie, “I thought about what the professor had told me. Will you tell him that I should like to see him?”

This was unnecessary for the professor appeared immediately after breakfast. Jim was the first to grasp his hand, “Professor, I can not express my thanks in words to you, for what you told me yesterday. I should have had that bit of solid advice last year.

I am going to reform.”

“I am glad lo hear that, James Tracy, so let us forget the past.

Come let us ride out into the country and enjoy the fresh air.”

From now on (he U11.ee were together almost all the time. Jim learned many things from the professor while they travelled thus.

The vacation was spent and (lie three returned to America as happy as tourists could be. James Tracy was the happiest boy of all that entered Harvard at the opening of the first semester, not only because he had passed liis examinations but more so because he had learned a lesson of his life.

—Poetry may bring returns—if a stamp is inclosed with it.

Anony.

—The world 1ms liUIe use for the man who tells it a disagree­ Anony. able truth.

Spencer, —The noblest mind the best contentment has.

—Happiness is always where we find it, but seldom where we Anony. go to seek it.

—A primrose by the river’s brim A yellow primrose was to him, And nothing more.

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Wordsworth.

—All things come to the other fellow if you sit down and wait.

Anony.

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Some parallels and general statements and a few other anno­ tations.

History is repetition! We are told that in olden times there lived a mighty king, called Xerxes, recognized as the greatest ruler on earth. We hear of how he gathered an immense army, such a vast congregation of warriors that the very thought of defeating them never entered the mind of mortal man, least of all that of Xerxes. Then we follow him as lie marches thru Asia Minor and finally arrives at the little country which he intends to subjugate.

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Already we see the Greeks led into lifelong captivity and their country trampled over by foreigners, when lo: there follow the pages which recount the inglorious rout of the Persian fleet at Salamis and the final flight of Xerxes.

Similarly we are surprised when we read the story of the Invincible Armada of Philip II. So gigantic an undertaking could hardly be humbled by such a small aspiring and impertinent nation as England. Yet the proud and exalted Spaniards must content themselves with a terrible shattering of their bright calcu­ lations and their far-reaching plans.

What in the above adduced cases was the cause of such a reverse of fortunes in the very face of success? Perhaps it was the selfconfidence of Xerxes or a mismanagement of his affairs. ’Tis true the Greeks were exceptionally valorous soldiers, but his men fought well also and had besides an enormous superiority in num­ bers. Or in the latler case, who would attempt to decide today, especially an admirer of the Germans and a hater of Spaniards, whether it was the belter seamanship of the English or a sacrifice oil llie part of the Spanish which accounted for the tragic end of the Armada.

What shall we ascribe it to then? Fortunately the Greek mind was ingenious enough to imagine a certain something which it gave the epithet fate, invested it with the names and robes of three Goddesses and then blamed it for everything either natural or phenomenal which happened (hereafter.

And thus when we speak of our misfortunes in our first number of the Black and Red, such as misprints and other slips of mind and pen, we will try to censure neither Hygeia, nor the Easter recess, nor the editors, nor the printers, but will lay all the blame at Fate’s door and console ourselves with the thought that history shows other examples where vaulting aspirations were brought low. Meanwhile, however, we wish to bring our apologies to our many readers for the shortcomings of the beginning number of Vol. XX and also to state by way of condolence that if at all in our power the following numbers will have fewer marks of carelessness than the first venture.

The following are a few corrections of the more gross mistakes.

In the poem “Tlie inscription on a forest’s cemetery:’’ I stanza, 7th line should be ‘in sleeping car’ Instead of *in the sleeping;’ III stanza, the proper 3d line is omitted, it should read, after一 “others lay” *‘But for the thought of death a wondrous sight.”

V stanza, 1st line, 5th word: ‘of venerated’ instead of ‘a venerated st * IX stanza, 1st line, asterisk should be placed above Versed/ IX stanza. 4th line, ‘Wlio ordered，instead of ‘The ordered.， X stanza, 3d line, 3d word: ‘culture’s，instead of ‘cultrue’s.’

X stanza, 6th line, 5d word: ‘evil’ instead of ‘veil.’

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Besides this the words Arbor Day should have been placed over the poem, as the designation of the day for which it was written.

Furthermore on the title page Shakespeare is said to have given up liis ghost on January 23, 1616. It should, of course, be April 23, 1616.

Lastly it will be noticed that instead of starting with one in the numbering of pages the counting of Vol. XIX was simply resumed, tlie whole number being regarded as No.II，Vol. XIX. The next issue, however, will start in with Page 40 as No. 2, Vol. XX. All else that is not right must this time follow the old rule: “Was geschrieben steht, das steht gesclirieben.”

E. C. K. DUTY, In these days of European warfare we daily read of the heroic deeds done by tlie valiant soldiers. Here an aviator brings down one or more of his enemies, and there a handful of men succeed in capturing a superior force or destroying vast quantities of the enemy’s ammunitions. Ask any of these persons: What are you doing?” and they well invariably respond: “We are only doing our duty,” Although we are no soldiers, yet we also have our duties to perform and they are, of course, of an entirely different nature.

The soldier fights for his fatherland while mine and your duty is to keep up the old standard of our school if we cannot raise it. It is, therefore, our main duty to be present at all our respective recitations and to be regularly prepared for them. Can we all pride ourselves in the fulfillment of this one duty? Decidedly not! We all must own that often we do not do what is required, and as a result we must suffer in tlie examinations. Of course there are times occasionally when a person is prevented from performing this and other duties, but then it is our duty to see to it that we shall not have occasion to be detained from the performance of such a duty.

Other duties of a student are loyalty to tlie school, obedience to its precepts, hearty support of the various athletic teams, societies and organizations, and obedience to their rules and regu­ lations. Pertaining to these obligations of the individual student we must also say: They are, as a rule, not performed in tlie strict sense of the word. Nearly every one of us shirks, but let us all try to overcome this propensity, one and all. The more the merrier it will be, and what astounding results we shall obtain, if all of us do nothing more than only our duty! ’Tis true, we receive no Iron Cross or Medal of tlie Legion of Honor as a compensation, but the self-satisfaction and ease of conscience at knowing that you have done your duty is the best reward of intellectual worth, medals s. are only outward show.

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NEIGHBORLY SPIRIT, A friendly spirit ought to exist between all people, be it between individuals, states or nations. On observing the jealousy which exists between countries, one naturally looks for the cause of this evil. We have experienced, for instance, that a country which made wonderful industrial progress soon had enemies to contend with. What was envy at first, developed into hatred procreating hostility.

One must conclude that two forces are always active: the destructive and constructive. Man was in his original state a social being, and therefore fostered the development of the con­ structive spirit. As the races progressed in later years, man became more selfish and egoistical; he did not consider the welfare of others as he did in earlier years. The result was that man-kind became destructive. The “almighty dollar” has been the lure to lead men into a chase of destruction rather than construction. This mone­ tary greediness engendered indierence in the part of the individual for his fellow man and promoted disrespect for the rights of others.

There was a t ime when Bill Smith let his chickens trespass on John Jones’ garden, not even dreaming that it would displease his neigh­ bor. This was also true of nations in early years. But since mutual frienclshij) was tainted by the destructive elements, con­ ditions have changed entirely. There actually exists no neighborly spirit between most countries and just now this has made itself manifest more than ever. Avarice and various other kindred evils prevent a friendly spirit. Many people justly believe that the pursuit of the “almighty dollar”一commercialism—is at the bottom of (he 'vliole European trouble. One country aspires to possess a greater number of “simoleons” than the other. All desires are marked by the stamp of covetousness. If tlie fames auri could be checked and dispatched to teh regions of oblivion, friendship an(j neighborly spirit among the countries would, without doubt, b I restored.

W. R. WHICH ONE ARE YOU, FELLOW-STUDENTS? When going thru the dormitory one notices various striking things in the different rooms and at the deslcs of the students. In one room it is manifest that the students living in it have taken pains to make it cozy and attractive. The walls are tastily decorated, the floor is always clean, the furnishings on the tables are placed in order, and the books are put back into place after having been used. In the bed-room tlie same conditions reign, and nothing unnecessary is to be seen. Again we notice that other students are negligent, so that their rooms and property are to our

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dormitory what the slums are to the cities. A feeble attempt probably lias been made to decorate the walls, paper and dirt is on the floor, and tlie books lie about in every possible corner.

The students wlio are negligent and whose rooms and belong­ ings are in disorder are usually the ones that are not satisfied.

When they come in from the outside, something seems to be wrong.

What the trouble is, they know not; for they are not observant enough because of their sluggishness. Just such students are the ones who always like to find fault with the institution, although the fault really lies with them. They are the ones that enjoy themselves when they can “knock.” But the student who keeps his room in order can enjoy himself in it and will be able to sit down and study because it is more comfortable and homelike.

Besides he makes life easier for the inspector, in so far as the inspector does not everlastingly have to be at his heels with reprimands, since he keeps everything in order out of his own free will. He is also the student who remains true and loyal to liis school and always has and will have a good will and a good word left for Northwestern.

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—For of the soul tlie body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.

Spencer.

—The true poet is able to distinguish between the fire of genius in his bosom and the gnawing of hunger in his stomach.

Anony.

—Be not deceived; evil communications corrupt good manners.

1. Cor. XV 47. 一It is surprising how many really good people there are in this wicked world of ours—if we could only take their word for it.

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AKHOR DAY. Although the struggle between winter and spring lasted quite long this year, and many warm days were followed by frosty nights, we were enabled to have our Arbor Day on Tuesday, April 11. The sun shone warm and everything gave promise of being a suitable (lay, so a meeling of the sliulcnt body was called by the vicepresident of (lie Junior class, and tlie work to be done was divided among the different classes. The members of the three lower classes of the Preparatory department were to supply themselves with rakes to rake the lawn. The Fourth-year Preparatory class was to haul away the leaves and branches; whereas the Freshmen together with (he Base-ball players worked on the campus. The Sophomore class, as usual, under the direction of Dr. J. H. Ott trimmed and chopped clown trees. The members of the Junior class acted as bosses, and the Seniors, having worked so many years, retired on a pension.

At eight o’clock the bell rang notifying the students to begin their work. And for several hours following this all was busy life in the park. The Preps stood in a long line raking the lawn, like a squad of workmen who are laying a railroad track. The Juniors constantly gave orders, sending the Preps wherever help was necessary. Tlie Fourth year Preparatory class had a little trouble at the beginning. Their cart, wherewith they were to haul the leaves, had two new wheels which would not turn on their axles. At last the lucky idea of changing the wheels struck someone ,and although the cart after this change made the impression of a hyena —its front wheels beinng higher than the back—the work could

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now be done with, less exertion. Many of the members of theSophomore class on this day had a chance to show that they are the true descendants of the old German pioneers, proving themselves quite well adapted to handling the axe.

At about ten o’clock the bell of the dining hall rang, and the students all ruslied for their lunch.—How well the bread and lem­ onade teasted after two hours of work outside!—The Juniors who dished out the lunch were in danger of being left without any of it themselves, for like Russian wolves their colleagues consumed the prepared sandwiches, and like the camels of the Sahara raided the lemonade pitchers. Thanks only to the cautiousness of some shrewd Juniors who liid a basketful of lunch were they saved from starving on that memorable forenoon.

At half past ten the work was again resumed, ancl by noon we had forced the last remnants of winter out of the park.

In the forenoon the Preps were kept busy for a few hours making a new base-ball diamond on the Campus.

Thus we celebrated Arbor Day, and the prospects of enjoying the day next year again are good, for the leaves which are now still growing will undoubtedly fall in the Autumn and cover the ground until our busy hands shall remove them on our next Arbor Day. SENIOR BANQUET. P. G. Eickmann gave liis classmates a treat by tendering them a banquet at his home on Ruth street on the eve of April 29. This manifestation of kindness seems to be of the order with the urban members of the Senior classes, and to say that they are always ap­ preciated by them would, if we dare to express the sentiments of former classes as harmonizing with those of the present, one, be putting it mildly.

Suffice it to say, after the resident Seniors liad cautiously avoided the common fare of the mass they gathered up tlieir stray urban members and proceeded to the 'home of the host’s mother, Mrs. Eickmann. Here we might promulgate what lias been thus far confined to utmost secrecy. As far as we can infer from defective evidence certain members must have battled for the honors of summoning these aforementioned stray members of the 1916 clan to the diversions that had tastefully been prepared for them, for we are told that our president had a rival who sought to deprive him of the lucrative opportunities of his exalted office.

However, this is only based on rumors the gravity of which no doubt our readers have all experienced.

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rooms. Each and evey member was forced to give expression to his feelings of mingled gladness and surprise because of the surround­ ing to which he seemed suddenly placed when the good cheer that was awaiting him looomed like specters before his staring gaze.

The internal ensuing can easier be imagined than described, but suffice it to say, when the class retired from the rooms the other­ wise seemingly insatiable requirements of some seemed satisfied.

As Paul has an established reputation for being an able entertainer it seemed to be an implied fact that he Seniors were to be agreeably entertained in the course of the evening. The Senior trio was the center of attraction for some time certainly, but for those not by nature disposed toward the tantalizing sonance of Apollo, other amateurs furnished diversion. Rumor has it that at Bar’s lecture oil “nionopeds” and Pealy’s remarks on natural erubescence of man savored of wit, but again these are only conjectures and lack confirmation of the masses. The evening was especially trying to our baseball players, for being in training they were forced to look for a spectral realization of their dreams in the balmy at­ mosphere t hat hung over the heads of the as yet uncovered stars of baseball fame. But the optimism that the events of the evening brought with them could not be quelled by such trivial restrictions.

As could be expected the evening passed with unusual rapidity.

Before the happy, unsuspecting Seniors were aware of it, the time for departure was fast upon them, and after several enthusiastic “lebc lioclis” to their kind and generous hostess, they took ieave, satisfied (luil. they could not have spent a more enjoyable evening.

Long will our hostess be remembered to the class of ’16 after they have left tlicir Alma Mater and quitted the opportunity of enjoying such an agreeable evening together again. Another “lebe hoch” to Mrs. Eickmann.

NEW PIPE ORGAN AT N. W. C. The new pipe organ, the gift of the Lutheran congregation of Winona, arrived here safely some few clays ago and is now being installed. For this reason we are not yet able to say whether its tone is of exquisite heavenly quality, or of the sombre and staid variety. It takes the place of our former music-box, which latter waos moved to the dormitory cliapel, where it in its turn supplanted our little harmonium. The new organ has one manual, but more registers than the old one. When we designate the instrument as new, it must not be forgotten that this adjective applies only to its life at our school; for it has already served thirty years in the Lu­ theran church of Winona. Under the hands of a skillful organtuner it, however, will be thoroughly rejuvenated, so that we can really speak of a new organ. We wish hereby to express our heart­ iest thanks for the gift to St. Martin’s congregation of Winona.

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With, regret the student body received the intelligence of Dr. Hoermann’s resignation as a member of our faculty. Dr. Hoermann, our able professor of History, has accepted a position as pastor of a Lutheran congregation at Honolulu, Hawaii. His resig­ nation goes into effect at the expiration of this term, and he will begin his work at Honolulu some time in the summer. The doctor had been in doubt for several months as to whether he should ac­ cept the call or not, but finally did so because he believed the change of climate would be conducive to the better health of his wife. For us, his scholars, it is quite difficult to imagine, at least at present, what our school-life will be without our history recitations with the doctor. History is within itself the most interesting of all branches, but Dr. Hoermann raised the interest to the second power. Never can we forget those clays when we finally became accustomed to the fact that Thutmoses was born in Egypt or that Pipin was the “Rex, dux et princeps Frankorum.” It is rumored, however, that we are to have one consolation, for the doctor has decided to keep our paper supplied with an article fresh from Hon­ olulu every month hereafter. Despite this glorious prospect we are loath to see him go. We wish him much success.

AUS DEM SEMINAR. Fiir das dritte Tertial wurden folgende Beam ten erwahlt: W. Wietzke, Prases; H. Bartz, Vice-Prases; R. Huth, Schatzmeister; W. Behrens, Sekretar.

Die Herren E. A. Arnold Sitz, H. Rosin imd 0. Pluedeniann hatten diesen Mon at den Ziegen peter, der besser gesagt, der Ziegonpeter hatte sie.

Die zweite Klasse ist um einen Mann grosser geworden. Herr W. F. Beitz trat nach Ostern hier ein.

In der Exegese sind wir nun bei der Repetition des Bplieserbriefs; in der lsagogik nehmen wir eine Einleitung in das N. T. durch.

Herr Pastor E. Bruns aus Appleton Junction stattete uns am 2. Mai einen freundlichen Besuch ab.

Der 7. Mai war* “Visitors Day” im Seminar. Unsere Gaste waren die Herren: H. Parisius, W. Lueckel, Ed. Hahn, W. Fuhlbrigge, C. Fuelling, alle vom N. W. C.; R. Ave Lallemant aus Iron Ridge, und H. Schumann aus Watertown.

Am 4. Mai besuchte Herr Pastor A. Scuhlz aus Milwaukee I-Ierrn M. Glaeser.

Ein ganze Anzahl wohnte dem Konzert des A Kapelle Chors bei. Judas Maccabaeus, ein Orotarium von G. F. I-Iaendel wurde aufgefiihrt.

Der ^Gemutliche Abend” wird am 19. Mai gefeiert.

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ALUMNI. O. E. Plath, ’10, now instructor in German in the Massachu­ setts Institute of Techniology, has an article on “Schiller’s In­ fluence on Wilhelm Meister’s Lebensjahie” in the May number of Modern Language Notes.

Adolph Stiehmke, ’15, a student of the Concordia Seminary of St. Louis, has again resumed his studies after having undergone a successful operation for appendicitis. While at home during the period of his convalescence, he also honored our school with a visit.

Our inspectors for the next school year are C. Schweppe, Wm. Hartwig and Walter Schumann.

Andrew Braemer, ’07, has quit wielding the ferule and is now engaged in practical geography, viz., in expediting Uncle Sam’6 mail from Black Creek, Wis. MEETING OF ALUMNI SOCIETY. In the afternoon at 2:30 on Commencement Day the annual meeting of the Alumni Society will take place in the chapel of the Recitation Hall. If attendance justifies it, there will be smoker at a place to be designated later.

HANS ROLLER MOUSSA, Pres.

THE QUARTERLY TATLER. The literary department of the **Quarterly Tatler” contains one article and four stories. The article on William Shakespeare is a short review of the great dramatist’s life. The English used could be improved. The punctuation is faulty, and in some cases the lack of a comma causes ambiguity. The latter fault can also be found in the first story, “A Joke.” This story has a few faulty ex­ pressions, such as “tliere was $5 in the purse.” We enjoyed this story very much. “True Love” is told very cleverly, “Tlie Unknow n” is the story of a young, unknown artist, showing among other things how renown is the only thing which elevates a great man in the eyes of many people, while his abilities are entirely disregarded. “The Tale of Ysobel” is interesting and well told.

“Just a Sermon” might have been placed with the editorials. The column entitled “The Drama” is not found in many school papers.

Your April number speaks of the tribute paid to William Winter, the Shakespearean scholar. As a whole your paper is good.

THE TIGER. The “Tiger” (Little Rock, Ark.) makes a good showing for a high school paper. In the April number the literary department consists entirely of fiction. We would suggest that you reduce the number of stories and have one or two articles or essays. A stu­ dent will certainly get more out of writing an article, even though he gets most of his information out of an encyclopedia, than he will get out of narrating an event, such as “Aunt Molly at the Meet.”

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“Bob’s Unfortunate Argument” is a story telling us how Bob learned to think before he tried to argue. “Loyalty” is in our opinion the best story in this number. It is well written and ap­ propriate for a school-paper. Although Bob felt that he had been treated unjustly and although he was at first determined to take revenge, his loyalty conquered over these feelings, and he won the day for his college. “The Feather from the Sky” and “The Winner of the 440” are two interesting stories. The language used in both is good. The departments are all well edited. The exchange de­ partment, however, might be improved upon. Instead of passing one short remark on each one of your exchanges, why don’t you criticise fewer magazines more fully? If anybody is to benefit by your comments, they must be longer and treat the subject more ex­ tensively.

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THE I.UTIIKRAN NORMAL SCHOOL MIRROE. The “Lutheran Normal School Mirror (Sioux Falls, S. D.) has one article and one story in the April number. We read “A Glimpse of Japan” with much interest. The writer gives us a vivid picture of that distant island, based on her own observation during her stay there. We get a fair idea of the pleasant and the unpleasant sides of life in this country. The language is good with the exception of one or two expressions. Your paper is, indeed, fortunate in being able to get such articles as this one and the one entitled <4From South Africa” in the previous number. “The Most Interest­ ing Event of My VacationM is a story relating a really interesting experience of the writer. “School News” relates the current events at your school. Your jokes are good.

THE 1VARTBURG QUARTERLY. The “Wartburg Quarterly” (Clinton, Iowa) is one of our best exchanges. It is interesting from cover to cover. We do not find any printer’s mistakes. The material is arranged neatly; and the literary department is well balanced in regard to light and heavy reading. “Meister Brauns letzte Erlebnisse” is a German story telling of the good and the bad sides of camp-life. Your German is fairly good, but the punctuation might be improved. ^Jennie's Husband” is good. 4*Maschine and Seele” is an interesting article.

The thoughts are good and they are expressed well. The writer shows how the player-piano spoils the taste of the people for music, as they generally play popular music and thus lose all taste for good compositions. We have the same remarks to make about Der schreckliche Tiger” that were made on the other German story.

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While the language is fairly good, the punctuation is poor in some cases. “A Review of Braithwaite’s Anthology of American Maga­ zine Verse for 1915” is good. The interesting essay under the “Alumni” column, “The Influence of Goethe on Carlyle,” concluded in the last number of your paper, shows that the alumni take an active interest in furthering the paper of their alma mater. Your exchange column is exceptionally good. It treats the subjects fully; but we would suggest that you criticise more than one paper in each number. As you publish only four numbers during the year, you will certainly not get a chance to criticise all your exchanges.

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JfUSSIANS IN FRANCE. FVoni Marseilles, the chief French seaport in the Mediterran­ ean, has come the startling news that large detachments of soldiers, the total of which is estimated variously from 30,000 to 250,000 men，have arrived from Russia, and that they are at present pre­ paring to join the Allied forces on the Western Front. That these troops should have reached France safely, in spite of the enormous difficulties on the way, is remarkable.

The first dificulty to confront the leaders of the expedition was the circumstance that the great Russian harbor, Archangel, from which the expedition would naturally be expected to start, is ice­ bound from November to April, generally somewhat longer. How this difficulty was met. is as yet unknown, but.it is assumed that the completion of (he new Russian railroad from Petrograd to the Antarctic lias has made it possible for most of the troops to embark at Ekaterina. a hitherto comparatively insignificant port about 500 miles farther north.

But there were still greater difficulties to overcome. The stretch of sea between Iceland and the British Isles is at the present time a veritable mine field, and it can be easily seen that the progress of the expedition must have been very much retarded, to say noth­ ing of the extreme danger with which it was fraught. Still more dangerous was the passage around Ireland and the coast of France and Spain till the strait of Gibraltar, a region practically controlled by the German submarines.

The reason for the enterprise, as assigned in the dispatches from France, that, since ammunition can more easily be obtained in France than in Russia, a man in France is worth more to the Allied cause than the same man in Russia, can hardly have prompted the Ally war council to a step involving so much of dan­ ger and hazard. .

It is far more likely that the enormous losses the Allies have of late suffered about Verdun, with the consequent weakening of other points along the battle front, have necessitated the expedition.

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as a means of providing the much-needed reinforcements, since France called her last reserves to the colors.

That the troops were not landed in England and then trans­ ported across the channel, but were conveyed along the much longer route around Ireland, through Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, may have its reason in the greater possibility thus offered of a safe arrival, but it is as likely that they were landed at Marseilles for the moral effect on the French population.

The sight of these Russian soldiers一picked men from the Czar’s finest regiments—cannot fail to stimulate the people of France to still greater exertion toward the winning of the war.

Finally, however, we must admit that we have a faint sus­ picion that the whole thing is a cock and bull story. If any Slavs appeared at Marseilles at all, they were Serbians togged up to rep­ resent Russians.

GERMANY’S REPLY. The German note recently received at Washington has proved a surprise to those who expected a complete explanation of Ger­ many’s stand in regard to the submarine controversy. As a matter of fact, such an explanation was unnecessary. The position Germany had definitely taken in regard to the matter had been fully explained in her last few notes. Our note to Germany was simply a demand that all illegal submarine activity on the part of Germany must cease.

That Germany’s answer has done much to relieve tlie strained situation between the two nations cannot be denied. Germany has given us the assurance that her submarine commanders have re­ ceived instructions to the effect that no armed merchant-ship or liner may be torpedoed or no neutral lives be taken or endangered contrary to what our administration thinks is international law.

Nevertheless, the situation still presents some elements of dan­ ger. Though Germany has, as far as words go, submitted to all the demands in our note, she has intimated, in terms not to be misun­ derstood, that if the United States does not force Great Britain to end her illegal blockade of foodstuffs, the kind of submarine activity it has protested against may be resumed.

How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude!

But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper, Solitude is sweet.

Cowper.

一About forty students stayed here during the Easter vacation.

The baseball team practiced whenever the weather would permit.

Joe Kobs, Jack Maar and Zig Medenwald, ’15ers and former athletes at Northwestern, lent their aid in rounding the team into shape.

—Otto C. Klaye, Karl Q. Kraus and Benjamin J. Westendorf, ’18, attended pre-nuptial festivities of friends in Milwaukee, April 30 and May 1.

—Elmer Kiesling, ’17， our honorable editor-in-chief, returned after a two months absence on account of illness. With our editorin-chief in our midst again we are filled with new life and ambition to make our paper rank among the best. 一Walter W. Sprengler,，1(3，visited Hartford during the Easter recess.

—Otto C. Klaye and A. Zeisler, ’18, returned before the usual time. The former to do pressing business in town and the latter to join the baseball squad. 一Saxe was assisted by Doc in his work at the refectory during the busy Easter season. Both are becoming very adept, especially Saxie.

—Fred Kolander,，17, returned late, but was in a hurry at that, on account of a previous engagement.

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―Ed. Kolander,，15, stopped off here, April 11, on his way home.

—>Ph. Proehlke, ’16, and Heinz Gruendeman, ’17, are collecting from the Watertown business men. The receipts are to be used for financing the baseball team. We have a team to be proud of, and no one ought to miss a game.

—Otto Henkel, ex-*16, visited here during Easter.

—The sober seniors are getting ready for graduation. It has leaked out that they have purchased invitations and postage stamps to date.

—One beautiful Friday afternoon during the Easter vacation, one could see a four-legged quadruped, surnamed skunk, carrying a suitcase up Main street towards the Northwestern depot. It savored of the malthouse. Looks suspicious, Walter. ―R, Wittchow, *14 Ac., and Pingel, ex-’17, were visitors in room 24 of late. There was much talk about Conn clarinets, with which our Graf of Kenosha is well acquainted. He finally convinced his guests that Conn’s clarinets convince. ―Rev. J. C. Spilman, ex-87, visited his son Carl, prep, May 4.

—M. Croll and T. Boettcher, preps, hiked to Johnson Creek April 29. 一Max Stern, prep, visited in Oconomowoc April 26.

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—The invincible Quinta baseball team scored a decisive victory over the Quarta team on May 3. Mielke was on the firing line for the latter, but had the usual fortune of a good pitcher, namely, it was his day off. 一A. Matzke, *18, and L. Vohs, *18, left April 13 to attend a silver wedding. ―Lucy Jaeger, ’19, mourns the death of her mother, who departed from this life after a lingering illness April 27.

—A meeting of the directors of the different institutions was held here during the Easter recess. Director Ackermann D. M. L. C., New Ulm, Prof. Shaller of Wauwautosa and Prof. Hoenecke of Saginaw, attended.

—Mr. C. Schweppe spent April 20 and 21 at Kenosha.

—Prof. Kowalke made a business trip to Milwaukee April 19.

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—Prof. Frank has returned from the hospital where he was operated upon for tumor of the bladder and is now on the way to recovery. May we see him in our midst in the near future.

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—Dr. J. H. Ott and Dr. A. F. Ernst left town April 28. The former went to Madison, where he attended the Shakespeare festivities, and the latter to Milwaukee on business. 一Prof. Sauer moved from Western avenue to Ninth street to the aggrandizement of the Freshman class (two periods of leisure.) 一The honorable Hans Wappler, ’19, returned April 26 after an absence of a month. He suffered from an attack of blood poison.

Welcome into our midst again. .

—Immanuel Uetzmann entered the Sexta class after Easter. At the same time Alex Hillmer entered Quinta.

—E. Sauer, prep, returned April 30. He was forced to remain at home a week on account of a sprained ankle.

—Karl Kraus, ’18, played chaperon to a small children’s con­ vention, given by Mme. La Sotto, one rainy night in April. He reports a reasonable time.

—“All the campus is a golf course, and I am the only player/ so quoteth Mueller. And verily it is true. For every day he can be seen carefully placing the little white pill on a grass-grown hillock, then scientifically planting his no. 10’s two feet away with heels together forming a beautiful, but yet exact, 45 degree angle.

With this as a base he allows the rest of his body to go up erect until we get to the hips. From here on his body is slightly inclined, forming an obtuse angle. Now all is in readiness for the put.

Pealy and Kluck, liis worthy proteges, are at a distance of about twenty feet watching every move closely. After swinging his club for about ten minutes, evidently to knock the humidity out of the air, the blow is dealt. And what a blow it is! Look not for the pill, for Muellen sluggeth mightily. A close record of all the puts has not been kept, but one that tickled us most totaled ten and twosixteenths feet. He is practicing daily for the tournament to be held at Ixonia, where he will meet Leonidas Brutus for the title “Dr. of Golf.”

His object is to form a golf club, of which he will, of course, be captain on account of his prowess. He urges all ball-players to adopt it and play a game of golf before breakfast every morning to instill “pep” into the limbs and acquire a good batting eye.

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in spite of liis efforts to interest the faculty in ordaining a course of golf here, lie has met with little success. Scientists have as yet found no reason.

—About forty loyal rooters journeyed to Waukesha Saturday, May 6, to attend the Carroll-Northwestern game. After the game H. Koch, ’19, and Homer Williams, prep, journeyed to Milwaukee.

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The loss of an experienced player like Vollmers is, without doubt, a great sacrifice. He again worked on third this year. His playing was, as always, of unusual calibre. According to all anticipations liis splendid work would have made him the center of much admiration. But this unfortunate mishap circumvented all hopes of the chief for winding up the season in a blaze of glory.

The injured pilot was confined in the hospital for two weeks, during which time he got accustomed to the conveniences of his “fast mail”一crutches. At present the invalid is rapidly recuperating, and it is expected that he will soon enjoy life somewhat better. H. Brandt is now the acting captain.

E. Duxe was lately pressed into service at third, while B. Lange landed on short. Lange is a very safe player and his work up to his time can but be highly lauded. J. Bublitz is a regular player and easily holds down the sack at second. P. Naumann and K. Krauss are doing “sentinel duty” in the outfield, the former in right-

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field, the latter in leftfield. Naumann is surprising many with his fielding and batting. He is slowly paving his way to fame and renown. The rest of the positions are covered by the same men who were mentioned in the last number of this paper.

University of Wis., 7, N. W. C., 3.

The initial contest of the baseball season was played on the twenty-third of April. The splendid weather brought out an unusually large crowd. On this occasion our team was tried in the furnace and proven pure. Those who profess to speak knowingly of a game of ball were well satisfied with the fortitude which our nine exhibited tliruout the game. One must consider that the players of the university team had the work of a string of outside games in their system, while our players were making their debut.

During the first three innings no runs were made on either side. In the fourth inning, however, Bublitz was the first one to stir the “pulverem Olympicum. He got on by an error by the thirdbaseman.

Brandt paved Bublitz’s way to second by a hit. Bublitz then stole third and got home on an error by the catcher.

In the fifth inning Henning hammered out a two bagger to leftfield and finally scored on Krauss’s hit.

In the sixth inning Wisconsin got her first score. Slaby got on by an error by short and was advanced to second by an overthrow to first. Slaby scored on a liit by Levis.

The seventh and eighth innings decided the game, when Wisconsin scored 6 runs. In the former inning Pederson hit a three bagger, Levis and Ross each a two bagger, Slaby and Reese got a single. Several errors permitted the men to brush the home plate. In the latter inning Fox and Ross scored.

In the ninth inning our hope revived somewhat, when Duxe got a hit. He advanced to second on a passed ball, and error by the first baseman enabled Duxe to get home.

A feature of the day was a spectacular double-play by Eicltmann, and Duxe. Sparkling stunts were displayed by Eickmann, B. Lange, and Henning.

Score: U. of Wisconsin.

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Totals __ 33 3 5 27 11 4 Score by innings: Wisconsin______ 00000142 0—7 Northwestern__ Summary: Two base hits—Ross, Levis, Fox, Henning, Naumann, Eickmann. Three base hit—Pederson. Secrifice hit—Pederson. Stolen bases—Fox, Krauss. Struck out—By Cusick, 5; by Westendorf, 2.

Doublep lays—Eickmann to Duxe to Eickmann. Bases on Balls— Off Westendorf, 2. Umpire一H. P. Bahr. Scorer—Fuelling. Time of game 1:30.

N. W. C” 16” Carroll, 7.

On the sixth of May Carroll got about as severe a bombardment as it has received in some time. Combined in harmonious union, about fifty students who furnished the soft and melodious chords during (lie game accompanied our aggregation to Carroll’s battle­ field. Our squad came, saw, and simply conquered what was to be conquered. In the second round we made numerous connections with the slow benders. A somewhat fantastical person could have thought himself sitting on a tree in France and watching the Germans bombard Verdun. Before the finish of this inning seven men were sent over the counting station. Thinking that these ever­ lasting wallops would prove fatal, Carroll called in another twirler to stop the rush. This man at first looked to be a better flinger, but later one got the impression that he never wore a base ball uniform before. He was only capable of serving a two inch bender. When­ ever the bases were loaded, he could not prevent our men from smacking the old horsehide out for safe hits. Westendorf served the ball during the whole game, his curves broke nicely and had a lot of smoke. He was a little wild at times, but when it came to a pinch he was there with control. Westendorf held the opponents to nine hits, while we grabbed off twenty. A drizzling yain set in in the eighth inning. In order to cut the remaining innings short, our men took to stealing bases, at which they were eagerly pursued and put out. Undoubtedly we could have collected a few more runs out of the whole mess. Eickmann, Henning, Westendorf and

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Totals _ 40 7 10 27 11 4 Score by innings: Northwestern 17040301 0—16 01020003 1—7 Carroll____ Summary: Bases stolen—Duxe, Kuhlmann; two-base hits—Duxe, Bublitz, Eickmann (2), Henning, Westendorf, Montgomery, Kuhlmann; three-base hits—Henning, Moore; home runs—Kuhlmann; double play—Duxe to Bublitz to Eickmann; bases on balls—off Westendorf, 2; off Montgomery, 1; Hit by pitched ball—by Montgomery 1; struck out~by Westendorf, 2; by Rogentine, 3.

Umpire~Pixler.

Scorer—Fuelling.

Time of game— —1:40.

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the whole country. This widespread cry probably influenced our “Senate and House of Athletes” to pass a “Bill of Prepardness” for the welfare of Northwestern’s future baseball teams.

Immediately after the bill was passed, a charter was drawn up to meet its requirements. The object of the initiative is to mould together a greater variety of good material for our baseball teams.

Experience taught us that one or more persons fall out of the ranks nearly every season. The vacancies must be filled by some inferior men out of second team. Consequently the team has a weak spot for the rest of the season. Among the graduates there are also some who make room for successors. We were always lucky enough to be capable of filling vacancies with good material and we always have had just enough players for the team. But what we wish to acquire is this: We want at least two or three excellent and ef­ ficient men for each and every position in the squad. From now on all the “stars” of the “prep” department will constitute a team which will work under the auspices of experienced men. Under these conditions the young players will be given a chance to in­ crease their ability in this sport, and they will be nearly full-fledged when entering the second team. This chance for glory and fame will undoubtedly be an incentive for many to try and succeed. If this plan will work out successfully, we shall be prepared for ill luck, nor need we be afraid if, to borrow a famous writer’s majestic language, “Fortune shakes her wings and leaves us.” !

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—What is the gender of ovum?

You can’t tell till it’s hatched. ―Smoke: college?

How’s the fellow that swallowed the pin that goes to

—Ed: If you had “career” and were locked up in the piano-room, what would you do if a fire would break out?

Bel: I’d take a key out of the piano, unlock the door and walk out —Dr.: What is meant by a black-leg in the phrase, “a combina­ tion between a Puritan and a black-leg?”

Pealy: I suppose a man wearing a black stocking. ―Philip: Aha, Fat got a pennant from that corpulent school, Stout.

—Jack: If you don’t change there, you’re a hopeless case.

Joe: Well, you didn’t change as yet.

Len: a hopeless case.

—Prof.: King:

What parties existed in the U. S. in 1792?

Federal party and Boston tea-party.

—Prof.: Als er sieht, dass die Damen nochnicht augekommen sind: Wo bliebt denn die Damlichkeit der Klasse, die Herrlichkeit ist hier. 一Hans (in band rehearsal): too low.

Sock:Hold it up higher.

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—Student 1: That “Shorty” is some sprinter, isn，t he?

Student 2: O, he runs to long in one place.

Dad: Pshaw; “Shorty runs with his feet too close to the ground.

—Snipes: Tomorrow I’ll buy some films and take a picture of every pig that comes along.

Sock: Take me, too. 一After seeing Mueller walk around on the campus practicing golf, we must give the poet credit who wrote “Das Wandern ist des Muellers Lust.”

—Borchardt: How is it that my instrument is in tune with the town band and not with the college band?

Music: You see, our’s is the exact tune.

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-k, sie sind dummer als die Polizei es erlaubt.”

—Why would a barber rather shave two Germans than one Irish­ man ?

Because for shaving two Germans he gets thirty cents, whereas for shaving one Irishman he gets only fifteen cents.

—Down in the lumber yard they pack the lumber in closed cars when they ship it now, so that birds don’t eat out the grain.

—Prof.: Was ftir ein Satzteil ist das?

Smoky: Ungerechtes Objekt.

—Ham took out Schinken.

—It’s after supper, all is still When two young truants, by the mill, Some mixture in some papers pour And straighway both inhale galore.

Then to the dormitory sure but slow They trot as fast as they can go.

An hour later with swimming heads, Both young preps quickly seek their beds; A junior, full of wise suspicion, Takes on himself a heavy mission.

With innate slyness he explores, He sees, he scents and then implores Some preps to sweep the stairs and floor, While they meanwhile sing “Nevermore.”

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THE DEPARTING SEKIOR.

The race is run, the Senior doffs his gown And fast, for time is scant, doth bid adieu, But soon, as fond and parting friends will do, He glances back once more with heart cast down.

The field where oft in sport he gained renowns How still it lies! And there the sacred view Of classroom he discerns, jes e’en his pew, Where long lie toiled to win sweet wisdom’s crown.

Oh couldst thou start anew!

But seven years

From thee hath stol’n tlie subtle thief of youth, And thou must now leave all. Yet shed no tears, Because thou’rt loath to part; for he treads smooth lVho takes lvith him sweet thoughts of former cheers， And he endowed with knowledge and God’s Truth, E. C. K.

Volume XX.

Watertown, Wis., June 1916.

Number 3

THE SOUL OF GERMANY. COMMENCEMENT ORATION BY H. J. BRANDT. When Napoleon reconstructed Germany in 1803, his plan was to establish a Germany that would be blindly devoted to him. He subjugated the independent cities on the left bank of the Rhine, deprived them of their rulers, and made them do his bidding. Those independencies on the eastern bank, whose future political exis­ tence was destined to thwart his plans, he added to the domain of Prussia and those states that had ignominiously accepted the Napoleonic yoke. A few years later the little emperor stood aghast when he realized that by doing this he had not joined the larger German states to his cause, but that he had been instrumental in re-awakening the national fe eling of the German people, which had practically lain dormant since Herman drove the Roman legions from German soil. Napoleon and in general the whole of the civilized world of that day realized for a second time in the history of the world that there was a soul in the German people that could not be subjugated by the laws of mortals or fettered by chains of servitude.

When today, after forty-three years of peace and prosperity, these same Germans, though now socially and politically united, were called to their nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standard to defend what peace and prosperity had made dear to them, this same soul manifested itself as still existing and pervading everything. Today more than ever before we shall find emphasized in the annals of history that there is still existing in this nation a soul that cannot be demoralized by the fire of its enemies nor crushed by the flood of criticism and Blander.

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If asked how this soul manifests itself that lives on though individuals come and go, I would not ascribe it to material things, but to the character of the German as it has been developed by decades of spiritual and physical freedom. But nevertheless to no small extent we find it in their institutions governmental and others as they have been developed, reconstructed, and re-arranged until today they stand forth to those acquainted with them, as the realization of the ideal conception of those institutions.

Deeply rooted in the core of the German empire, lies a character trait that today constitutes a great part of the soul of the German nation. It is a trait that pervades all mankind to a greater or lesser degree, a trait that can be surpressed but never exterminated —the religious. The German people is a religious people. Since times immemorial religion has helped to form the destinies of this nation. In Tacitus’ “Germania,” we read that the tribes inhabiting the forests of his Germania were imbued with a religious spirit.

Already then they felt the presence of a Being above the common mortal and since they were heathens, he was the product of their ingenuity. But a religion there was among them, though they knew nothing of the true God. In the early part of the Middle Ages are meet Bonifacious hewing down the reputed oak under which the Germans worshiped their duties and attempting to establish an altar to the true and living God. With the expansion of the nation, worship of God progressed until today it is known as the country of pure religious sentiments.

This religious awe is nourished in the breast of the individual from hio youth, and it wells forth in utmost sincerity. Germany’s enemies may accuse her of sacrilege and hypocrisy, but a spirit that has captivated a whole nation will not dawn at its enemies’ bidding nor will it be quelled by jealous slander.

Closely associated with the Germans profound respect for religion is his love for truth. Events upon events in recent times go to prove this simple statement. You will recall pages upon pages of foreign literature accusing Germany of falsehoods and some even attempting to prove this innate in the German people. But Germany^ light of truth has again pierced the walls of darkness that surround her on all sides, despite the fact that she has been repeatedly arraigned as a gross prevaricator and subsequently condemned into the depths of the Inferno even by some of our unhappily deluded fellow citizens. However, we have the con­ firmation of the nation’s honesty from the lips of her enemies, and history shows us that we shall not err if we believe it.

The cry in America for preparedness is but a manifestation of America’s belief in a third characteristic of the German people— thoroughness. Never before teh present conflict has thoroughness been considered so exclusively German. But we need only revert to history to find that only a stronger character trait, the religious, prevented her from carrying it out to such an extent as it is being

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done today. It has existed since the days of Caeser and Augustus though we readily admit that the spirit of thoroughness has gained in intensity with the onrush of events, and this partly because of the pressing necessity, partly because of an evolution in the mental capacity of the German as a nation.

In the middle of the eighteenth century the mind of the nation was, we would not say revolutionized, but at least somewhat altered.

The nation began to assume a changed aspect on various subjects, due to the influence of German philosophers. One of the most noted of these men was Kant, with whom originated the idea of duty which, the German people perhaps consciously perhaps subcon­ sciously religiously follow. They believe today with the great philosopher that love for work should be there for work’s sake, that it is the duty of man to work and this because of its importance and not so much because of the emoluments derived from it. Among the French and English, the children are trained to have success in view, be it personal honor or wealth. To incite them on toward this end prizes are offered them in school and lucrative positions form the Tantalus apple for later years. Not so with the German people: their system teaches them that duty requires them to act.

This is the only incentive offered them, a truly noble one. It is this idea of d^ity that brings them willingly to the trenches to fight for their fatherland, and not a spontaneous ebullition of patriotism that is destined to wane at the first reverses. It is this idea of duty to a large extent that makes the students of the German univer­ sities more successful than those of other countries. This noble trait today pervades the entire nation to the welfare of its people and to the ill success of its enemies.

Not the character of the German people alone could have main­ tained this nation as a nation if this had been its only weapon wherewith to stave off political foes. Such foes cannot be wholly intimated by religion, by truth, by thoroughness, or by the stand that the adversary takes toward duty. In strained political relations these can aid but little, the power of conviction must carry the field and if this falls short of its mark them might must take its place.

To meet the demands of the people in such predicaments, a govern­ ment has been instituted in Germany and adopted to the situation that today vies with the governments of the world. It has proved itself so requisite to the welfare of Germany and it is so popular with the people it protects, that it forms no small portion of that soul that makes Germany what it is. Without this perfect organization of political authority, this country sandwitched in between warlike neighbors as it is, could not exist. The year 1871 first saw the event of the present system of legislation, whose merits are known to everybody interested in the political situation in Europe. The rapidity with which it was developed is due partly to the voluntary co-operation of the onetime kingdoms, duchies, and free cities, but in no small part to the pressure from without.

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We call Germany’s government a perfect institution. Yes, it is the most perfect realization of the conception of government that man has ever developed. But while viewing it through American spectacles, there are certain reasons why an American might easily be misled into forming a somewhat erroneous opinion of the rights enjoyed by a German under that government and of the measure of his contentment with those rights. The Americans contend that a German enjoys less liberty under his government than they do under the Stars and Stripes. If it is personal liberty of which they are speaking, then we agree with them. But, my friends, liberty under a government does not consist in the unrestricted freedom of an individual from external restraint, as seems to be the idea prevailing in America, but in sacrificing certain trivial personal rights that the laws of the state, which protects the individual, can be enforced.

A freedom of this kind the Germans enjoy to the same if not to a higher degree than the Americans.

Nor does an American realize that there is a vast difference between the rights of an American and those of his Teutonic neighbor, due to the government under which each enjoys life. He cannot understand the hereditary rights of German rulers, nor why others are appointed and not elected. The German understands this perfectly, for from his knowledge of government he realizes that a break in the continuity spells destruction, and a political error, the fall of a nation. It is for this reason that the Germans are devoted to their restricted monarchical form of government. Whyshould they not, if their independence as a whole has not been diminished by the restrictions that the individual is subjected to?

When we pass before our mind's eye Germany’s development as it shows itself in her character and governmental institutions, when we picture to ourselves the life-giving streams of human beings that have issued faith from Germany during the last century to all parts of the globe, when we reflect what seeds of intellectual and moral development were sown by the Germans, when we do this, then a conviction forces itself upon us that much of the development of the human race must be ascribed to the German nation. This conviction is forced upon us by the intellectual merit of the nation and the universality of the German spirit. There is no nation whose think­ ing was at once so free from prejudice and so philosophical as the German. It knows how to unite the freedom of intellectual life with the restraints of the practical sides in paths of utmost harmony.

The ultimate result of this intellectual progress is a twofold one. There are two great movements Iporn of the German intellec­ tual life upon which henceforth the intellectual and moral progress of man must rest: the Reformation and the critical philosophy of Kant. The Reformation severed the fetters that bound intellectual life to popery, the institution that checked all progress; and Kanfs Critique of pure Reason showed the instabilities of philosophical

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On these foundations is built the intellectual side of our time whose deepest significance consists in the attempt to reconcile the result of free inquiry with tlie religious needs of the heart and to lay a foun­ dation for the harmonious organization of mankind.

In these great questions Germany not only laid the foundation for the heated struggle that ensued, but tpok a leading part in it, and this because of the intellectual makeup of the German people.

Because of what Germany has done along these lines in the intellec­ tual would, she rightfully deserves the place ascribed to her by many, that of the leader in the intellectual world today. Not one man has enabled her to mount this exalted position, but many. Germany as a nation did it, and this because the moral and intellectual progress was innate in that great soul of which the soul of the individual in Germany is but a part.

But all this could not have been achieved nor could Germany stand paramount before the world as the champion of intellectual development, had it not been for another system, upon which Germany bases the cause of her existence—the educational.

Theoretically we might call it the fourth part of Germany’s soul, but practically it is inseparable from the foregoing three. The Germany of today without her educational system could be under­ stood no more than Shakespeare’s Hemlet with that problematical hero omitted. Germany considers it so indispensable to her welfare that there is no subject today to which she devotes more careful attention. There is no institution upon which she is more willing to spend money, not even her system of defenses otherwise con­ sidered so requisite to her existence.

Germany has instituted a system of schools that is superior to any in the world. It is an institution of perfect harmony in its various phases, a thing that is sadly lacking in the American educa­ tional system.

Education even the higher, is in Germany, not the portion of a few. The government is at present operating this system with such remarkable success that the tuition has practically vanished in most departments of education or is at the most comparatively low.

The opening of the educational institutions to rich and poor alike has made education in Germany in theory as well as in practice thoroughly democratic. Neither wealth nor social position enables a student to pass the inevitable state—examinations, without which, even men of high social standing find careers closed to them.

Germany’s ambition is to educate men and women that will be of benefit to the state irrespective of tlieir social standing. It realizes that there is no gain to a country like that derived from the possession of an intelligent and disciplined population. This is why the army is considered a school. Here the German youth is taught the value of good government. Nowhere will a subject so vividly

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realize the advantages to be gained from a government until he is actively interested it in. To become interested in a good govern­ ment is what the army teaches the Germans, and that the returns are inestimable I hardly need emphasize.

The fruits of this system of education have helped not only Germany but other countries as well. She has benefited the whole world by cultivating the seemingly impractical subjects of philology and philosophy and with no less assiduity medicine, chemistry, and technology—in short all those sciences that directly affect the physical and social wellbeing of mankind. She has done alone in practically forty-five years what other civilized nations have doubt­ fully accomplished in the whole period of their existence. She has gladdened the hearts of almost all nations by the products of her dexterity and ingenuity. She has developed a national character to which we all can look up in reverence. It is God’s will that has combined these qualities in the Germans and formed the soul in the German people, a soul which is at present beyond the power of man to subdue, and which is destined to live until another, as yet inconseivable to the intellect of man, will take its place in the progress of civilization.

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1)1E BEDEUTUNG DER IPHIGENII： AUCH FCR UNSERE ZEIT. Rede gehalten l>ei der Aktusfeier von A. F. Westendorf.

Dei，Stoff, den Goethe in seinem Drama, Die Iphigenie auf Tauris, behandelt, ist der alten griechischen Sage entnommen.

Die Grieclien waren im Begriff, einen Zug gegen Troja zu unternehmen, um den Raub der Helene, der schonen Gemahlin des Menelaos, zu strafen. Alles war fur die Abfahrt in Bereitschaft, aber der Wind war ilinen zuwider. Die Goetter waren ohne Zweifel dem Unternelimen nicht giinstig gesinnt. Sie mussten versohnt werden. Ohne ihre Zustimmung durfte die Falirt nicht unternommen werden. Deswegen trugen sie einen alten Seher auf, er solle den Willen der Gotter erforschen. Die Antwort lautete: Nur durch das Opfer der Iphigenie, der Tochter Agamenons, konne der Zorn der Gotter besanftigt werden. Trotzdem sich ihr Vater heftig dagegen straubte, ware die Tat geschehen, wenn nicht Ar­ temis die Jungfrau vom Altare entrissen und sie nach Tauris gefuhrt hatte. Dort setzte sie die gerettete Jungfrau in ihrem heiligen Haine als Priesterin ein. Hier lebte sie nun zehn Jahre voller zuversicht auf die Gottin welche sie gerettet hatte. Sie hoffte ohne Unterlass. dass die Gottin sie wieder Heim fiihren wiirde zu ihren Lieben und sie tauschte sich ncht in ihrer Hoffnung.

Schon in der Wahl des Stoffes hat Goethe verstanden, dem Als ich wieder nach dem Flecken hinblickte, schien die Mondsichel

THE BLAGS AM) BED. Altertum etwas zu entlehnen, das der modernen Anschauung nahe liegt. Es findet sich schon in dem Stoffe ein Zug des Christentums vor, nainlich die gottliche Gnade. Das hilflose Menschenskind wird nicht ohne Weiteres geopfert, sondern eine Gottin errettet den Menschen yon sicherem Tode. Sie setzt die Gerettete als ihre Dienerin ein und gewinnt durch sie andere Menschen fur Liebe und Bintracht. Diesen, den modernen Anschauungen sich wahrenden Stoff, hat Goethe ferner mit modernen Gedanken und Anschauungen so durchwoben, dass das Ganze einen modernen Eindruck macht. Man empfindet es kaum mehr als etwas, das einem fremden Volke entlehnt ist. Besonders durch die Beisetzung deutscher und christlicher Tugenden hat es den fremden Stoff in ein echt deutsches, modernes Dama verwandelt.

Hier siegt nicht die Liige. Es siegt die Wahrhaftigkeit, trotzdem sie einen sicheren Tod zu bringen scheint. Dem Pylades, der nach echt griechischen Art sogleich in der Luge seine Rettung sucht, tritt die lautere Iphigenic entgegen und spricht trotz der ^rossen Gefahr, in welche die Wahrheit sie und ihren Bruder sturzen konnte, die Wahrheit. Ihre Worte, mit der sie die Liige riigt, treten der christlichen Sittlichkeit sehr nahe, ja sie decken sich, wenn sie spricht: Weh, Oh weh der Liige! Sie befreiet nicht Wie jedes wahrgesprochâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ne Wort Die Brust; sie macht uns nicht getrost, sie angstigt Den, der heimlich sie schmiedet, und sie kehrt, Ein losgedriickter Pfeil von einem Gotte Gewendet und versagend, sich zuriick Und trifft den Schiitzen.

So auch tritt ein echt deutsches Pflichgefuhl hervor. Iphigenie kann sich durch ihr Jawort zur Konigin machen, sie kann sich von aller Miihe und Arbeit eines Priesterlebens befreien, wenn sie nur bereit ist, die ihr angebotene Hand des Konigs zu ergreifen.

Aber sie hat ihre Pflicht gegeniiber ihrem Vaterlande und Geschlechte nicht vergessen. Sie bleibt fest. Ganz spiegelt es das deutsche Pflichtgefuhl wieder, wie es sich im heutigen Kriege so herrlich bewahrt.

Auch die Heimatliebe tritt zu tage. Wohl keinem anderen Menschen ist die Sehnsucht nach der Heimat vertrauter als den Deutschen. An sie kniipfen sich alle Erinnerungen friiheren Glucks und Leides, alles was ihm lieb und wert war, liegt dort. Er sehnt sich zuriick nach den Ortschaften, die er friiher so gut gekannt. Ganz diese Eigenschaft finden wir auch in der Iphigenie.

Auch sie musste schon in friiher Jugen ihre Heimat verlassen, und ihre Sehnsucht nach den vaterlichen Herd ist gross. Taglich sitzt sie am Gestade des Meeres und blickt sehnslichtig nach dem fernen Westen. Dort wohnen ihre Lieben. Wann wird ihr yergonnt sein, noch einmal ihre Lieben zu sehen und ihr Schicksal zu erfahren!

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Paul G. Eickinann Pauly and P. G. Hobbies: Modesty and grape fruit.

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So tief und innig 1st die Heimatliebe beschrieben, dass sie in jedem deutschen Herzen eine entsprechende Saite riihren muss.

Ebenso wird die Zuversicht zu den Gottern verherrlicht. Schon die Tatsache, dass die Menschen voller Erwartung alles Guten zu den Gottern sehen, schliesst den alten Gott des Altertums aus. Es ist nicht mehr ein Gott voller menschlichen Gebrechens, der uns beschrieben wird. Der Gott, der mit Neid auf den gliicklichen Menschen sieht und ihm wenn moglich auch Leid zufiigte, finden wir nicht mehr. Sondern ein giitiger, gnadiger Gott, der mit Liebe uber die irrenden Menschen herrscht und alles zum Besten fiihret, vertritt in der “Iphigenie auf Tauris” den Gott des Altertums. Die Menschen blicken mit Zuversicht und Vertrauen zu ihn auf. Er hingegen sucht, die Menschen mit Wohltaten zu sich zu fiihren.

So innig und kindlich, so ganz dem christlichen Sinne analog, ist das Gebet der Tphigenie, wenn sie zu ihrer Gottin spricht: Auch hab’ ich stets dich gehofft und hoffe Noch jetzt auf dich, Diana, die du mich, Des grossten Konigs verstoss’ne Tochter, "In deinen heil’gen sanften Arm genommen.

Und besonders gegen Orest, den Bruder Iphigeniens, der sich durch seinen Muttermord schwer versiindigt hat, zeigt sich die gottliche Gnade. Er sucht sich seiber von seiner Siindenlast zu befreien, aber er kann nicht; er ist schon der Verzweiflung verfallen. Da tritt die gottliche Gute und Barmherzigkeit ein und befreit ihn von seiner schrecklichen Schuld. Froh und lebensfrisch kann er wiederum in die freudigen Worte ausbrechen: Ihr Gotter— 0 lasst mich auch in meiner Schwester Armen, An meines Freund es Brust, was ihr mir gonnt, Mit vollem Dank geniessen und behalten!

Es losst sich der Fluch, mir sagt’s das Herz.

Besonders in der Iphigenie, der Hauptheldin des Dramas, hat Goethe die modernen christlichen Grundsatze verkniipft. Sie steht nicht da als eine blosse Heidin, sondern sie birgt in sich Eigenschaften, die eine Christin zieren. Solche Wahrheitsliebe, solch reines Herz findet sich in keiner Gestalt, die das Altertum aufzuweisen hat. Ein solches Gottvertrauen findet sich nur in dem Her­ zen einer von Christentum beriihrten. Zu diesen treten die andern Tugenden so dass wir sie nicht kurzweg eine Heidin nennen diirfen, Wir fiihlen dass sie nicht mehr die Gestalt ist, die, die Sage des Altertums schuf. Sie bietet uns ein Vorbild wie es kein Charakter der Ant ike vermag. Rein, lauter, voller Liebe zu ihren Mitmenschen, ohne Arg und Trug, wie Goethe uns die Iphigenie darstellt, ist keine Personlichkeit des Altertums gezeichnet. Sie ist kein Produkt des alten Aberglaubens. Solche Tugenden sind nur in einer christlichen Atmosphare zu suchen. Denn der alte, starre Aberglaube macht kein Herz warm und liebevoll, kein Gemiit ernst und in sich g6kehrt, auch erweckt er kein Zutrauen zu einem Gott.

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Nur ein Genie, wie Goethe es besass, konnte einen so fremden Stoff dem Deutsclien angleichen, wie dies in der Iphigenie auf Taurris geschieht. Er wusste, dass das Altertum mit seinen Sitten, Gebrauchen und seinem Aberglauben dem deutschen Volke fremd sind. Es mussten seinen Charakteren andere Eigenschaften beigelegt werden, als die, die das Altertum den seinen beilegt. Es mussten neue, deutsche und christliche Ziige ihnen zugelegt 'verden, urn das Werk fur das deutsche Volk eindrucksvoll zu machen.

Und dieses hat Goethe in herrlicher Weise gethan. Das Gediclit ist nun kein fremdes, dem Deutschen unverstandliches. Es birgt in sich keine Eigentumlichkeiten der Antike die abstossen und befremden. Was an der Antike anziehend und verstandlich war hat er beibehalten und gebraucht. Was den Deutschen jedoch abstiess Oder ihm unverstandlich war hat er ganzlich bei seite gelassen und hat an dessen statt herrliche, deutsche und christliche Tugenden gstellt. Den, alten, romantischen Hintergrund der An­ tike hat er jedoch beibehalten und ausgeschmiickt. Die alten Gottertempel und Haine, die alten Landschaften sind alle auf’s genaueste und mit wunderbarem Reize geschildert. Aber den blutbespritzten Opferaltar, den dem Tode geweihten Gefangenen, den Priester mit dem blutigen Messer hat er weggelassen, und an seine statt tritt eine stille ernste Priesterin, die vor jedem blutigen Opfer zuruckschaudert und mit Liebe den armen Gefangenen aufnimmt und ihm Gnade versichert. Das Grauenhafte der Antike ist ausgeschaltet. Nur das, das wir an der Alten, griechisclien Sage als anziehend fiihlen, findet sich noch vor. Diesem sind dann die liei’rlichsten Tugenden des Christentums und des Deutschtums beigelegt worden, sodass dies Drama was den sittlichen und aestlietischen Gehalt anbelangt niclit zu ubertreffen ist. Das Gauze ist nun nicht mehr ein Drama in antiken Sinne, sondern vielmehr ein Hoheslied christliclier Tugenden. Wir konnen nunmehr die Gefiihle, die die Personen in dem Drama erregen, verstehen. Sie sind unsere Gefiihle. Das Drama ist trotz des fremden Hintergrundes ein echt deutsches; es ist ein kostliches Bestandteil unseres Reichtums geworden, ein Schatz, den zu geniessen uns besonders vergonnt ist. Andere Dichtungen, die in so erhabener Weise christ­ liche Grundsatze behandeln, sind selten. Eben deswegen konnen wir die Iphigenie mit desto grosserem Genuss lesen und diirfen stolz sein, dass uns, die wir die deutsche Sprache unsere Muttersprache nennen, vor alien andern dies Meisterwerk gegeben ist.

Schon der erhabene Stoff, der behandelt wird, lasst eine ebenso erhabene Sprache erwarten. Und in dieser Erwartung werden wir nicht getauscht. Goethe wird der Meister der deutschen Sprache genannt. Er ist der Dichter, dem vor alien andern die Gabe ward, zu reden, was er fiihlte. Alle seine Werke bezeugen die ausserordentliche Gabe, die er besass, die Sprache zu gebrauchen. So treffen wir auch in diesem Werke auf eine wunderbare Sprache.

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jeder sie verstehen kann. Es kommen keine ubertriebenen, bildlichen Ausdrucke vor, keine schwer zu verstehenden Redewendungen. Keine rednerischen Expositionen, die das Drama an Klarheit beeintrachtigen wlirden, sind zu finden. Und trotzdem die Sprache sehr einfach ist, ist die gauze Umkleidung der Gedanken passend. Der hohe Gedanke wird stets in schlichter und doch geeigneter Weise ausgedriickt. Die tiefen, inneren Kampfe der menschlichen Seele, die nahe Verzweiflung und die frohe Wiederbelebung der Hoffnung werden in derselben einfachen und doch argreifenden Weise geschildert. Die Klarheit und Frische der Sprache ist schwer zu ubertreffen.

Goethe verdient in alien seinen Werken die hochste Anerkennung. Aber besonders hat er sich in der Iphigenie, in der er es verstanden hat, einen fremden Stoff in einer verbildlichen Sprache meisterhaft zu behandeln, hat er sich ein Verdienst erworben.

Wenn wir auch ganz aus dem Auge lassen, wie er sich durch dies Drama um die deutsche Dichtung wohl verdient gemacht hat, wie er der neueren Dichtung einen ungeheuren Schatz auf gedeckt hat, so ist er trotzdem unseres Dankes wiirdig. Denn er hat in diesem Drama dem deutschen Volke eines der vollkommensten Dichtungen der Welt gegeben. Das Werk ist in einer solchen Sprache geschrieben und mit solchen Anschauuungen und Empfindungen durchwoben, dass es nicht alleine eiiie Gabe ist fur die hoheren, gebildeten Kreisse, sondern auch fiir den schlichten Mann. Es ist im vollen Sinne des Wortes ein Geschenk an das deutsche Volk. Ein Geschenk ist es, das zu besitzen wirklich eine hohe Freude ist. Es sollte deshalb dies Geschenk nicht unbeachtet bleiben, sondern es sollte ihm die gebiihrende Anerkennung gezollt werden und es sollte vor alien gelesen und durchgedacht werden.

Goethe war kein Christ wie seine ganze Lebensweise bezeugt.

Aber um die Gestalten zu schaffen, die selbst in seinen Augen als die vollkommensten dastehen. musste selbst der Wertmensch da suchen, wo er alleine solche Tugenden, wie er sie seinen Characteren beilegt, zu finden hoffen durfte, in der Heiligen Schrift.

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A RETROSPECT. For years it has been the custom to allay the fears and doubts of a graduate by means of a reassuring class-prophecy. It has been the good fortune of each class until now to have one who was the victim of prophetic vision and was for that reason capable of tell­ ing his class-mates what Fate had in store for them. But the class of 1916 has no such good fortune as to find one in its midst who is prophetically inclined. Does this mean that the class has no future worthy of a prophetic vision? We hope not. The reason is most likely to be found in the fact that there is such a diversity of gift

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and genius in the class that the brain of one man was not capable of comprehending all the wonders and great deeds which the future must bring through this class.

Still is would be doing us an injustice to deny ourselves an introduction to them. The present time, however, is not conven­ ient. For after all these years of mental labor these men are de­ serving of a rest and we do not wish to impose our presence on these few moments of respite. Perhaps we can find a time more suited to introduce ourselves in tlie past. We could ask Father Time to lead us back fiften years and let us meet them while they still have mostly hours of leisure.

Father Time has pronounced himself willing to lead us back to the year 1901. We step into his 1900 Model Brush and spin back over all the intervening years until we have arrived at the door of the year 1901. It is a bright, warm day. That is in itself very convenient since we can expect to meet most of them outside and will not have to disturb the ladies in their housework.

Just as we expected, we meet Bar first. He is running down the street as fast as only Bar can travel. Marbles, keys, nails and other such small treasures which are so dear to a boy’s heart are falling out of his pocket. The anxious, affrighted look on his face leads us to believe that there is some reason for his haste. Bar is by this time hidden in a cloud of dust on the horizon, but from teh other direction comes an old, pursy gentleman hastening as fast as two rheumatic legs can carry two hundred and fifty pounds of avoirdupois. “Wait, you rascal, I’ll teach you to break win­ dows/* he cries between blowing and puffing. But Bar has by this time vanished from sight and we can expect no immediate applica­ tion of justice. The broken window was in all probability the re­ sult of one of Bar’s three-base fouls.

It was really to bad that Bar could not stay longer and become acquainted, but 've’ll have to make the best of it and see whom we can meet. Ah, there’s Secty! He comes up to us, smiles, shrugs his shoulder, smiles once more and runs into—the kitchen.

Pshaw, it seems as though they are not very anxious to meet us. But we’ll keep on. There may be some that are bolder. And we are not mistaken. For there's a smiling maiden with windwinnowed golden hair sitting in a field arranging a garland of the flowers which she has gathered. She greets us pleasantly and even presents us with one of teh artistic wreaths. We are about to enjoy a pleasant conversation with the lively lass when she arises and with air serene and graceful starts to recite a rhapsody from Ovid’s Metamorphosis. We would fain stay and hear her out, but it seems as though Father Time has had a row with the old verse-maker and can’t bear to stay and listen to some of his effusions. Willynilly we are forced to leave and seek an atmosphere more congenial to Father Time.

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just the correct length,” we hear words issuing from a door. We must alight and discover the meaning of those words. How lucky, the door is open. All we need do is to look in and satisfy our curiosity. Well, of all things, if there isn’t Pealy having his first long trousers made. “He is so tall,” says his mother, “and he is so terribly hard on stockings that we are going to try long canvass trousers.” How gracile he looks! Those graceful limbs would do justice to an Apollo if they were not so long and thin. Father Time giggles out aloud; Peal}7 hears him and runs over to close the door since he does not want anyone to see him undergo the man­ euvers necessary when trying on new clothes.

It seems as though we'll see no more of Pealy. A short time brings us up to an urchin strolling down the road fare-foot. Upon our inquiry as to his name we receive a low, guttural exclamation.

He slinks off into the nearby wood and disappears. “That Irvin,” says Father Time, “I saw the tomahawk.”

But we are not kept waiting long for here is Knaz playing school. He is pupil, his neighbor’s little daughter is the teacher.

And such a good pupil as Knaz is! His teacher must praise his be­ havior before the whole class, composed of dogs, cats, one dog and a milk-can. It would be a shame to disturb their innocent play, so we'll continue on our journey.

We keep spinning along through the pleasant country, when suddenly an explosion followed by a sizzling noise tells us that one of the tires has been punctured. Father Time mutters something about rotten tires and bother and stops his car. While he is busy­ ing himself with the troublesome wheel, we stroll about to see what we can see. A lovely little brook is running through the meadows.

A serene quiet reign over the pretty country-side disturbed only by the lazy hum of the bees. Suddenly a frightful noise, a blowing, puffing destroys the tranquillity which just now held sway. It sounds as though a wounded sea-monster were threshing the waters in his great agony. The sound comes nearer, we notice that it emanates from the brook. We know not whether to remain or to seek safety in flight. ^ Our indecision is cut short by the appearance of the cause of the hidious noise. It is Doc taking his morning dip and incident­ ally playing submarine. We are delighted to meet Doc. He was a healthy babe when born and has grown into a robust boy, one of whom his father might well be proud. Even now he does not take a swim unless he has a twenty-five pound dumb-bell in each hand and an Indian-club between each of his toes. Doc has just pro­ nounced himself willing to show us a few “stunts” when old Father Time calls and tells us that he is ready to proceed. We are soon spinning along the country road again. .

Presently we see a pretty house that attracts our attention.

Father Time tells us that that is the home of Benno. We get out of the car and step up to the door. A kindly old gentleman greets

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us. We tell him that we are the committee of Investigation and Promulgation of Genius and that we should like to see Benno. “I should be glad to please you,” says the old gentleman. “But Benno is not as yet born. ” We hastily beg pardon and inquire as to the whereabouts of Henry. He tells us that we shall in all prob­ ability meet him with his nurse somewhere along the road. A ride of a minute brings us to the side of a portly old woman push­ ing a baby-carriage. We ask her whether or not she is Henry’s nurse and she answers in the affirmative. We then beg that she show him to us. She proceeds carefully to lift the cover and reveals to us a singularly pretty child softly sleeping. But even in ite sleep it must show the tooth of which it can boast since a week ago yesterday. Ah, me, Vanity in such a small child! What can be the results of that when the child grows up?

Witli these profound misgivings we proceed onward to discover where Rooster is. But our search for him is futile. Still our troubles are rewarded in seeing Jumper, the songbird, sitting on a rail-fence and kicking his bare heels against the rails in time to “The Old Folks at Home” with variations which Fat is playing on a guitar constructed out of a shoe-box and a barrel-stave. The wonderful harmony induces us to step a moment and listen. But since their entire repertoire consists of this one composition we start on our journey once more.

Accidents never come singly. After to having repaired our tire we must run over a rustic whose rake and hoe mark and scratch our car so that we are actually ashamed to go farther. But we must complete our journey despite this. There are still several to visit. Especially do we wish to see P. G. But before reaching his abode we meet the ever perambulating Rooster. He is walking along the road humming to himself the tune, “will they miss me when I’m gone,” intermingled with strains from “Roamin’ in the Gloamin’ ’’ and "The Old Oaken Bucket,” As we pass him lie roars “Hello” at us in a voice that would make Steutor town green with envy. Our ears are still ringing when we arrive at the home of P. G. 1We are ushered into the room where the future celebrity lay in his cradle. He liad succeeded in kicking off both of his little shoes. His attendant tells us that lie had insisted on having just that pair by crying and squirming until the nurse could scarcely hold him. The shoes were several sizes too large. We gaze upon the future base ball and foot ball marvel as lie lay lustily kicking both feet, through which, exercise,，tis said, he acquired the remark­ able ability to kick drops.

Now there’s only Westy to visit. But upon arriving at his domicile his mother tells us that he is still in bed and judging by the present volume and powers of his snores would in all probability remain there for some time.

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have become acquainted with them all and that was worth the price of the gasoline that was used on the trip.

EIISE SOMMERNACHT DI WALDE. -Den ganzen Tag 'vanderten mein Komerad und ich durch den Wald. Als es noch hell war, kamen wir zu einem Fluss. Hier bebeschlossen wir, uns wahrend der Nacht aufzuhalten. Ich machte ein Feuer und sclilug clas Zelt auf, wahrend mein Kamerad es versuchte, einige Fische fiir das Abendessen zu fangen. Obwohl der Fang gering war, mangelte es bei der Mahlzeit nicht an Speise; denn es fehlte nicht an Niissen und wilder Frucht. Nach dem Essen sassen wir am Ufer und ergotzten uns in der Abendkiihle.

Still und ruhig senkte sich der Abend auf Wald und Fluss hernieder. Die letzten Strahlen der Sonne tauchten den westlichen Himmel in Gold und Purpur. Bald vergliihte auch dieses etzte Tageslicht. Im Osten erblickten wir plotzlich den roten Kreis des Mondes. Langsam stieg er fiber die Waldbaume hervor und goss sein silberweisses Licht in reicher Fiille auf den Erdboden nieder.

Die Sterne schienen wie blitzende Diamanten am Himmel. Das Nordlicht flackerte in manigfaltigen Farben am nordlichen Himmel entlang. Modi liber den Baumen fielen Sternschnuppen. Der Fluss war wie ein Spiegel. Ganz unten am entgegengesetzten Ufer kam ein Hirsch, um zu trinken; wie still und stattlich stand er dort!

Alles war von Zauberglanz umflossen. Es sang die Nachtigall; Eulen, Fledermause und Lichtkjifer schwebten in der Luft. Die Wolfe heulten in der Feme. Auch die Frosche und Insekten erhoben ihre Stimmen und noch dazu in einer nicht unmusikalischen Weise. Welche eine Schonheit der Natur stand uns hier vor Augen!

Hier herrschte Gott allein! Mensch, Haus, Fabrik, Schule, Eisenbahn, Luftscliiff, Ballspiel, Tanz und was sonst noch in der Zivllisation vorkommt, war hier unbekannt. Wir beide wurden aufs innigste bewegt; meine Augenlieder fingen an schwer zu werden, Da sah ich meinen Kameraden seine Flote holen. Sein musikalischer Geist kam uber ihn, und er spielte in wundervollen Tonen.

Es war mir, als ob es eine Zauberflote ware.

Wie lang ich schlief, weiss ich nicht, aber plotzlich erwachte ich. Mein Kamerad lag schlafend, seine Flote noch in seiner Hand.

Alles war merkwurdig still, das Feuer war erloschen. Ein dunkelroter Flecken erschein am Himmel. Um denselben war kein Stern zu sehen, doch diese schienen hell und klar am iibrigen Himmel.

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aus dem Dunklem hervor. Nun wusste ich, dass wir mitten in einer Mondfinsternis waren. Am sudwestlichen Himmel war zu gleicher Zeit ein grosser Komet mit einem langen hellen Schwanz sichtbar.

In kurzer Zeit schlief ich wieder ein.

Niedrig am westlichen Horizont scheint noch der blasse Mond; eanft und mild bricht die Morgenrote durch den Nebelschleier iiber den stillen Wald herein. Am Ufer des Flusses im Walde schlafen noch zwei mtide Wanderer. Mit den ersten Sonnenstrahlen des neuen Tages erwachen sie und gedenken des schonen Verses: “Wohlauf, im Namen Jesu Christ!

Der helle Tag erschienen ist!”

I. G. —If you can keep a good resolution afloat for only one day it has done you at least twenty-four hours’ worth of good.

―A fool squanders a lot of money for experience, then proceeds to give others the benefit of it free of charge.

—No man can ever gain a practical knowledge of the world by pursuing his studies in a rocking chair.

—About the only satisfactory substitute for wisdom is silence.

一In order to enjoy life a man must be a little miserable occa­ sionally. |i

一Never do a thing gratis today that someone is likely to pay you to do to-morrow.

—One trouble with most of our brilliant thoughts is that they were original with the ancient thinkers.

—A man seldom gets it in the neck by keeping his mouth shut.

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THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. There is perhaps no month in the whole year that is looked forward to with so much joy, so much fearful anticipation and so much regret by the different students as June. First of all June with its bright sunny days and its wonderful starlit evenings is one of the most beautiful of months in itself entirely Independent of the fact that it marks the termination of the school year and li

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brings the glorious vacation days. No wonder then that student and teacher alike hail its advent with unmitigated joy.

Yet the prettiest rose is not without its thorns, and thus it comes that the balmy days of June may be turned into minutes of anxious care and toil for the unhappy student who has reason to fear the merciless examinations and other final reckonings con­ comitant with the last days of school. How lucky and happy the man who has no misgivings as to the outcome of the ordeal and stands the final test with honor.

Such a man is the graduating senior. He is to be congratulated.

Thru years of long and patient labor he has overcome one obstacle after another and carried off the palm in many trying engagements.

He has now reached the highest rung of the ladder and pauses to retrospect ere he enters the more serious and unknown regions of his future life to battle with the world. And then is experienced that aforementioned feeling of regret. As lie sees the hours speeding away, each of which shorten the precious time which he is yet to spend at the old familiar school, he is often perhaps tempted to wish that liis stay might be prolonged and the minutes stopped for a while in their never ceasing haste. Yes it is often harder than one thinks to bid a last adieu to old acquaintances and to cast the last glance on the place which has been a home for seven long years.

But so it will ever be. Things grow dear to us and we are forced to leave them. In fact, we must part from everything one day. With the graduating class it is different, however. Their life now lies before them, and even if they are loath to leave old Northwestern, they are just as desirous to make their mark in the world.

And to this end we wish them the best of luck. Being equipped with a sensible, liberal and Christian education, they are especially well adapted to do this. They need not become great lights mounted on pedestals of fame. Their ambition is of a more modest but for better and worthier cast. Most of them intend to become workers in the vineyard of our Lord. There they can show them­ selves true sons of Northwestern, for at Northwestern it was that their vision was broadened and their insight into the significant factors of life was deepened. There also it was where they learned that the most exalted of all labor is that carried on in the interest of God. May He speed our departing seniors and give them success.

E. C. K. ADVICE. Advice is one of the most valuable gifts a man caji bestow on another. He who receives it gains knowledge and insight without first passing through the hard and costly school of experience, and

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h.e also becomes acquainted with errors in his conduct which lie may never be able to detect without it.

That a gift so precious should be so seldom appreciated is, indeed remarkable. The apparent inconsistency is probably best explained by taking into consideration two circumstances: first, good advice is often not recognized when given, secondly, it is often given in the wrong way.

It is not difficult to see why good advice is not often recognised, when one considers the vast amount of bad or indifferent advice commonly met with.

That advice should be often given in the wrong way is not at all remarkable, for it is an easy thing to make a blunder in a matter requiring so much tact and careful consideration. The most common mistake made in this respect is the disregard of the end of advice, i. e., improvement.

As advice is commonly given, it consists of a direct statement to the person advised of his mistake and the manner of avoiding it in the future. This manner of giving advice is very effective if you can make a man feel that your aim in giving advice is his betterment.

The difficulty lies in the fact that it is often a difficult thing to convince a man of your good intentions. Ver3, often he will suspect that your aim is a selfish display of superiority, and he will conse­ quently resent the assendancy over himself that you imply by giving him advice.

When this natural resentment is present the acceptance of the advice and subsequent improvement are impossible. Advice must be given, in an indirect manner. either by example or covert suggestion, and the man be left to correct himself.

A silent example cannot possibly offend, and is, at the same time, more eloquent than the most elaborate lecture or lengthy admonition.

Advice given in this manner cannot fail of attaining its true ends, improvement and the correction of error. *

PARTIALITY. of Partiality, or undue fondness, is in some sense the anton co-operation. Where the one is, the other cannot exist, i we need co-operation in the state, home and school, so we must exclude partiality.

A partial magistrate will soon find himself in trouble with his neighbors. He may gain the friendship of one man at the loss of anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Eventually they will both become his enemies. But let us shift to our place in life, the school, and see where we can exclude partiality there.

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First of all among the students. Members of the lower classes, commonly called “foxes,” are expected to respect their higher schoolmates. As a token of this respect the little “fox” is required to do odds and ends, such as “shagging his wash” or going down town, for his superiors. This in itself were not a bad custom if it were not for partiality of the upper classman. For one group of “foxes,” generally classed as having a “good pull” are exempted from these favors. The others, then, who have no pull are required to do the shagging. In this way a student’s life is made disagree­ able for him. He becomes disgusted and leaves school, thus often ruining his career.

Partiality ought not exist between the student and those who have charge over him. If the latter are partial and punish one student severely for the same offense that they only laugh at in the case of another or if they allow one more freedom than another, they will soon have all the students in arms against them. Here we must of course neglect alleged partiality.

So we see that to live peacefully and joyfully together, we must treat all alike. Not only is it our duty to do this, but it also tends to our own ultimate gain. Why not ban partiality in every form then!

Thought is deeper than all speech; Telling deeper than all thought; Souls to souls can never teach What unto themselves was taught.

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason’s spite, One truth is clear, whatever is, is right.

—Crauch.

—Pope.

Without the smile from partial beauty won, Of what were man?—A world without a sun.

—Campbell.

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i BAKD GOES TO TRENTON. A select band of fourteen members and the college quartet accepted the invitation of Rev. Ph. Koehler to furnish the necessary music for the dedication of the new church of the St. John’s congregation at Trenton on Sunday, May 28. We left Watertown on the Saturday before and preceeded via rail to Burnett Jet” where we were met by several members of the congregation who took us in automobiles to our respective places of lodging for the evening.

Sunday turned out to be an ideal day，and long before the portals of the new church were opened to the public a large multitude had already gathered around the picturesque vicarage. For the morn­ ing and afternoon services the band accompanied the hymns and played the preludes while the quartet sang several selections. It is not to be forgotten that an excellent dinner had been prepared for all visitors by the ladies of the congregation to which our loyal “buncli，” being prominent visitors, did ample justice. Toward eve­ ning automobiles again carried us to Burnett in time to catch the southbound passenger. To say the least, we all enjoyed ourselves very much, and hereby thank the Rev. Ph. Koehler and the members cf his congregation for their hospitality. *

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ANNUAL BANQUET OF FACULTY AND GRADUATES. This grand and glorious festivity took place on the evening of the 31st of May in the east wing of our spacious refectory. Here the hostess, Mrs. Koeninger, with the aid of the ladies of the facli

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ulty, had prepared tasteful decorations, and the sumptuous threecourse dinner, the like of which mortal man is privileged to see only once in the course of his life. After the courses had been served, all guests betook themselves to the auditorium of the gym­ nasium, which had been festively decked with flowers and gaudy ribbons, to receive them. And no'v the remainder of the evening was spent in every mode of entertainment, consisting of games, musical renditions and speeches. At about twelve o’clock the party broke up and all members left for their homes. Everyone, even the waiters and waitresses, enjoyed themselves thoroughly. Still the joy would, no doubt, not have been quite so great, were it not for the delightful consolation that everyone might sleep a few hours longer the next morning, it being Ascension day, which v/e always have off.

MARCHOUT AND SHAM BATTLE AT WATERLOO. We are in a sad predicament this year as regards the publishing of the news of the sham battle. Whereas, we are ready to go to print, it seems the two enemies to be matched have not gathered up enough hatred and courage to attack each other as yet. But we are assured that the conflict will be staged, and they also tell us that it will take place in Waterloo on the 10th of June, if the weather permits and all else is auspicious. Be that as it may, people who have tired of reading bloody accounts of real wars in the dailes and are waiting and yearning for a little fiction in this line must be patient until next fall when it is hoped that a vivid account can be published in these pages. The only facts that we know thus far are that the marcliout takes place on the 10th of June, our desti­ nation being Waterloo, where we are supposed to liven the Kinderfest, which is dated for that day, v/ith our sham battle and an open air concert by the band.

A select band intends to travel from Waterloo to Marshall on Monday, June 12th, where v/e will participate in another church festivity of some kind.

CONCERT. Our annual June concert will take place in the auditorium on the evening of Thursday, the 15th. At the time of printing, the pro­ gram is not as yet complete, altho several classical numbers will be included. Everyone is cordially invited.

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Herr Praes. Bergemann aus Found du Lac besuchte das Semi­ nar am 17. Mai. Am 17. Mai stattete Herr Pastor F. Loeper aus Wilton uns einen Besucli ab.

Herr Pastor Buenger aus Kenosha besuchte am 23. Mai Herrn O. Kehrberg.

Herr Pastor W. Pankow aus Dalton stattete uns am 22. Mai einen freundlichen Besuch ab.

Herr Walter Hillmer predigte am 21. Mai in Green Bay. Herr Pastor Paul Proehlke aus Savanna, 111., war am 31. Mai unser Gast. Sein Besuch war sehr “remunerative.”

Herr Pastor Reier besuchte uns am 24. ult.

Die Herren Schlegel und Krichbaum aus N. W. C., Watertown, hielten sich am 1. Juni kurze Zeit bei uns auf.

Am 30. Mai erfreute Herr F. Lutzke aus Beaver Dam seinen Sohn, Herrn P. Lutzke mit einem Besucli. t)ber unser Base-ball Spiel mit N. W. C. sielie man “Athletics” in dieser Nummer.

Wir schliessen am 9. Juni.

―Some philosophers are men who imagine they are in the fool­ proof class. ―A man without ambition is like a pan of dough without any yeast to raise it.

—He prayeth best, who loveth best All things, both great and small.

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Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet sake That for a hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.

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ORCHESTRA. E. Kiessling，’17 ，President.

W. Sprengeler, ’16, Vice-President.

O. Klaye，’18，Secretary.

T. Boettcher, Prep., Librarian.

Those who expect to find an exhaustive and detailed account of this organization’s history thruout the school year will undoubted­ ly be forced to admit that their anticipations were unreasonable. For how could the most interesting of historians recount the many long and weary rehersals, how could he depict the dejected looks of some unfortunate members who played nothing but wrong notes, or how could he imitate the director’s energetic voice or the electric touch of his baton without becoming more wearisome to his reader than the poorest preacher to his mos t disinterested listner.

For this reason we will try to forget all odious reminiscences and record only those impressions which we receive when looking at ourselves at the end of the year.

When speaking of our orchestra the reader will do well not to understand under this term an organization somewhat on the style of the Chicago or Boston Symphony; neither will he picture to himself one poor violinist and an amateur pianist who fills in all open spaces with a few chords by ear. We have chosen the auream mediocritatem, our orchestra being comprised of about thirty men whose natural proclivities have induced them to furnish themselves with diverse instruments, to engage the services of a director and to meet at certain periods for the purpose of furthering

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their own meagre knowledge of music thru practice and later to give proof of their achievements before the public at our annual concerts and other occasions. Our efforts this year have been at­ tended with the same success as has been realized by the organ­ izations of former years. Our director is a very able man, and the members themselves, with few exceptions, easily rank with musi­ cians of other colleges.

It has never been a custom here that the orchestra participate to any great extent in social doings of any sort, and this has evi­ dently led some to believe that belonging to the orchestra is nothing but a world of trouble and work without any recompense. Just as if the highest ambition for the orchestra member were to show his ill-tuned violin in ever so many society circles and to glean a few words of praise from those who praise and laud merely for the sake of convention.

Our aim on the contrary is to better and broaden our under­ standing of music, and this can only be attained thru hard work and thru practice of really good and significant music; not of light marches and ephemeral songs. Considering this, we are satisfied that we have not sacrificed too much for the cause, and look for­ ward to another year of hard work and final success.

N. B. This is not intended to frighten anyone, however, who contemplates bequeathing the orchestra a legacy or something K. similar. Money is always our great bother, as yet. *

THE BAND. Helmuth W. Schaefer, *17, President.

Walter W. Sprengeler, *16, Vice-President.

Adolph G. Zeisler, *18, Secretary.

William F. Lehmann, ’19, Librarian.

The band is that one of our musical organizations which has not attained its former standard both in size and in ability. Out of last year’s band of forty-four pieces we had left at the beginning of this school year only twenty-two—just one-half. Gradually, however, this number was increased by about a dozen men, so that we now have thirty-four members in all. Owing to the large pro­ portion of inexperienced players we are prevented from trying to master anything but moderately difficult music, such as “Pique Dame” overture and “Blue Danube” waltzes, besides a number of military marches.

Graduation will deprive us of four men: one solo cornet, two baritones, and a snare drum. The loss of both baritones will strike us most severely, but there are no reasons whatever to dispair，since solo baritone will be handled by the brother of our present solo baritonist. Provisions have also been made for substitutes for the

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other three musicians who graduate this year, and things at pres­ ent seem to indicate that the band as a whole will prosper and not deteriorate during the year 1916-1917.

Our present instrumentation, which will be augmented by a few new men next fall, includes six cornets, seven clarinets, four saxophones, five altos, three trombones, two baritones, two tenors, two tubas, one piccolo, a snare and a bass drum (34 pieces).

W. N, C. MALE CHORUS, C. F. Fuelling, President.

W. Sprengeler, Vice-President.

W. E. Zank, Secretary-Treasurer.

L. C. Bernthal, Librarian.

To say much of the male chorus, this by far, the largest of our musical organizations, is by no means the object of this short art­ icle. It merely wishes to make mention of the fact that the male chorus taht has borne the name of Northwestern during the last years. The standard set by the organization of previous years has been by far surpassed, insofar as the present organization has practiced numerous selections of grand opera and has rendered these with great success. Honorable mention was given the chorus at the concert given early in March, and the organization intends to carry off the laurels in the coming June Concert. Rehearsals have been attended very regular throughout the year, so that the officers had but little reason to complain. With the able assistance of our competent director the chorus will very likely carry quite a heavy part of the coming program, and every individual member feels quite safe in saying that he will do his utmost to appear in tip-top shape. But let us not tire the reader with excessive praise of this organization. We hereby ask you, one and all, to come and listen to our performance and it is sure that you will be perfectly satisfied with us.

MALE QUARTET. What is a quartet? Webster tells us, a group consisting of four. Also according to all usage and etymological rules a quartet must consist of four. But almost everyone interested in our quartet this last year was on the verge of doubting the etymological rules, usage, and Webster, for it took seven to make a quartet at N. W. C. In September 1915, we started out with the following: A. Zeisler, first tenor; A. Westendorf, second tenor; B. Westendorf, first bass; P. Froehlke, second bass. As time passed our first bass singer took sick and had to leave the institution. E.

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Kiessling then creditably filled the open position. Being tall, lie had an easy time of holding his position, just as the first baseman on a ball team lias the advantage, provided he is tall. After singing some time E. Kiessling was also taken ill and had to retire. An able singer was soon found in W. Retzlaff, who is also tall and who has many other advantages; for since he is a '•Nigger/* he can put the riglit effect into the songs of the south, and his coming from a German town makes it easy for him to sing German.

Anotlier disadvantage the quartet had to experience was that it could not have more than four members. All our other organiza­ tions have grown and have been larger this year than other years, but the quartet, could not grow, except in length, breadth, and thickness. These hardships did not discourage the quartet in the least, the members worked harder and will be in the “pink” of condition for the June concert with serious and humorous songs.

The quartet now consists of: Adolph Zeisler, ’18, first tenor.

Adelbert Westendorf, ’16, second tenor.

Waldemar Retzlaff, ’17, first bass.

Philip Froehlke, ’16, second bass.

Hope springs eternal in. the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest, The soul, uneasy and confined from liome, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.

Fame deserved no enemy can grudge.

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THE ^EIVBEKRY STYLUS. The May number of the “Newberry Stylus” (Newberry, S. C.) is up to the standard set by previous numbers. This paper always has a strong and well balanced literary department. The Maynumber contains three articles and two stories. The first article, “Millions for Defense,” is in our opinion the best contribution in this number. The arrangement of the material and the diction are excellent. The v/riter treats the subject of preparedness very thoroughly from the affirmative point of view. He sums up th€ condition of our country in the following sentence: “The United States Government offers her citizens as protection against foreign aggression (as far as adequacy is concerned) powderless ammunition, gunless artillery, horseless cavalry, a soldierless army, defenseless coast defense and a shipless navy.’ He contends that it is the duty of our government to offer our large nation a better protection against all aggressors. He refutes the arguments of the opponents of preparedness and brings convincing ones in favor of it. “America First'* is very good. It shows how this slogan is often misused. It does not mean that we must hate all foreign nations and ideas in consequence of our love for America; but it does mean “America before all small domestic and local interests.” Some of the statements made in your introduction do not agree with history. “Cecilia” and “Bob，s Dream” are two interesting and well-told stories. “A Criticism of Tliaclteray’s Style as Seen in ‘Henry Esmond’，’ is good. It tells of the chief characteristics of Thackeray^ stories. In some cases you might have had better transitious between the paragraphs. Quite a

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number of consecutive paragraphs begin with the same phrase.

There are two editorials of some length. “And Then We Sever” pulsory Gym” treats of the necessity of that very important factor is a farewell to the students and especially to the senior. “Comof a student’s life, exercise. The writer suggests that “gym” classes be introduced into the regular college course. The points that are brought out are good. Your joke department is always good and generally it contains more and better material than many other papers.

THE ALMANACK. The April number of the “Almanak” (Lake Forest, 111.,) contains several good things. One of the chief attractions of your paper is the pictures of your school and its surroundings. This number has four poems, some of them deserving praise, as “The Trawlers.” Robert Louis Stevenson” is a short essay showing us the most important characteristics of his novels. It is worked out well. “Why I Want to Go to College” has some very good arguments. “El Morro” is a description of the old stronghold of the Spaniards at Porto Rico. “Lili” is a pathetic story telling of the struggles of a Russian Jewess, the daughter of orthodox parents, whose sole ambition in. life was to become a Christian. Of your The writer editorials “Thinking” is especially appropriate, encourages the students to aim to possess originality. They should think and not be satisfied to let other people do it for them. “The Library” is a department which suggests books that ought to be read by the students. The large number of books on birds sug­ gested as well as “How the Bird Mania Has Struck Us” seems to show that there are many bird-enthusiasts among your students.

“SeU Control” is very good.

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Receiving the Stranger” shows that it is God’s will that we be kind towards strangers. The literary department has a very good essay on General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, one of the fighters of th Revolutionary War. It shows how this man, a high officer in the army of Frederick the Great, came to America and helped our

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country by reforming our army. Although he had many difficulties to overcome, he succeeded in introducing the discipline to which he had become accustomed in Germany into our army. He did not ask for a title or for money as a recompense for his services; he came here to help the United States because he approved of the noble cause for which they were fighting. Your German is fairly good with the exception of several English expressions.

“The Girls at Baseball” is interesting, although we doubt whether a game could be quite as bad as it is pictured. “My Home Town” gives us a short description of Hadjin. You might have made it more interesting by telling us other things about the town instead of enumerating the different buildings in it. This number contains seven editorials. They are all good, although several of them are somewhat short. “In schwarzem Ge'vande” and “Aus der Schule in das Leben” deserve special mention. The other departments are all well edited.

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THE SURRENDER AT KUT-EL-AMARKA. On November 21,1916, General Townshend, in command of the British expeditionary army having for its aim the capture of Bagdad, encountered a numerically superior Turkish force at Ctesiphon, and was subsequently forced to retreat down the Tigris to Kut-El-Amama. After a gallant defense, lasting nearly five months and terminated only by teh exhaustion of the food supply, General Townsend sent his last wireless to the relief expedition down the Tigris that eh had surrendered.

From the military point of view, the Turkish success at Kut is not of the first importance. As long as the main British army under General Lake is undefeated, the defeat of General Townshend’s force is little more than a repulse of the attack on Bagdad.

It is from its indirect effect that the defeat derives its import­ ance. The fact that the despised Turks have here, as at the Dardanells, succeeded in foiling tlieir enemies, may be regarded as the hardest blow to British military prestige that has been struck during the war, and cannot but influence unfavorably the ascendancy Great Britain has thus far maintained in the Orient.

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DOUBLING OUR REGULAR ARMY. After the long dead-lock on the size of the army to be provided for in the Army Reorganization bill, the House of Representatives and the Senate have agreed on a compromise measure, the chief points of which are enumerated by the Washington correspondent of the New York “World” as follows: “Peace-strength of regular Army, 11,000 officers, 200,000 men.

“War-strength, 11,500, officers, 225,000 men, to which would be added necessary staff troops, scouts, and unassigned recruits (at least 25,000), with 17,000 National Guard officers and 440,000 men, making a total of 718,500 (probably more) men.

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“Potential enlistment in National Guard increased from 500 to 800 for each member of Congress. This will add about 160,000 men to the militia.

“Term of enlistment for regulars made seven years—three with the colors and four with teh reserve. It is also provided that, after one year’s service, a man may be discharged from the active army if he is sufficiently well trained to go in the reserve.

“Training camps for civilians, similar to the Plattsburgh camp, substituted for volunteer army plan.

“Plan for an Officers’ Reserve Training Corps, to equip civilians for time of war adopted.

“Broader provisions made for aviation service.

“General Staff decreased from 88 to 54 members; militia officers removed therefrom, but two allowed in Militia Bureau. “$20,000,000 provided for Government nitrate plant.”

That American sentiment would widely diverge on the subject of a further addition to our present Regular Army, was to be expected from the division of sentiment in Congress. As the com­ promise measure now stands, it has met with much approval and much criticism on teh part of the American press. It has displeased both the extreme preparedness propogandists and the extreme Pacifists, and pleased those who advocated a sane and moderated preparedness program.

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Northwestern Wins College Championship of 1916 after Whalloping Ripon.

MILTON, 0; N. W. C., 1.

On May 17 our squad met Milton on our field. This game was a very hot contest throughout and certainly was a tough game to lose. Both sides were about equally matched. Nor was there a chance for a runaway, as was the case at Carroll. It was a close game, full of excitement and interest. Making his debut, Zank, nevertheless, pitched a magnificent game. He had them standing up, sitting down, and rolling over. The opponents were incap­ able of connecting with his speedy benders. Also our men found it difficult to get in touch with the pill. But in tlie last inning things

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began to happen. Eickmann got to first on an error by the short­ stop and stole second. The next man to bat was the hero of the day. Henning got a safe swat to left, which brought in the winning run. The Milton crew, however, did not escape the whitewash bucket.

NORTHWESTERN AB RIB SH P A E Lange, ss 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 Duxe, 3b 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 Bublitz, 2b 4 00 0 1 4 0 Brandt, cf 4 00 0 1 0 0 Eickmann, lb__ 4 1 1 0 17 0 0 Henning, c .

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Summary: Stolen bases—Eickmann, Duxe, Henning (2), West Double plays—Zank, Bublitz, Eickmann. Bases on balls—Off Lush, 1. Struck out~by Zank, 5; by Lush, 9. Time of game, 1:20. Umpires—Schweppe, Inglis. Scorer一 Fuelling.

lYAYLAISD, 6; N. y\\ SECONDS, 3.

On the nineteenth of May our seconds took arms against the nine from Wayland Academy. During the first four inningss our Seconds fought valiantly. But in the fifth inning the weak spots were put to test. For a while some of the infielders were dangling in the air, and it took quite a while before they settled down to work again. Sometimes an error is inevitable, but miscues, such as were made in the infield, were rather foolish, and could have been avoided. The outfielders, however, were moulded into good shape and displayed some dandy grandstand features. Grundeman, for instance, played a star game and now has joined the ranks of our first team. He made three sensational catches, hit a couple two-sackers, and stole three bases. Also Zeisler showed up good and made first team. Thinking that he was swinging his gulf club, Mueller clubbed out a three bagger. Everyone must admit that Mueller played a good game on third and showed possibilities.

Smith and Eisenhart starred for Wayland, the former stole 3 bases, the latter 4.

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Totals 32 13 4 0 27 11 3 NORTHWESTERN. WAYLAND. AB R IB SH P A E Baumgarten, lb - 5100700 Schaefer, cf___ 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 3 0 3 0 0 Mueller, 3b 4 110 12 1 Eisenhart, ss 5 1 0 0 0 5 0 Bloor, p___ Binhammer, r£ - 4100000 Schellenberg, c _ 5 1 1 0 10 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 Ziesler, ss 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 Umlandt, cf Grundeman, If — 4030200 Smith, 3b - ... 3 0 1 0 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 7 0 0 Timmel, c Schumacher, p_3000040 Friday, rf . — 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 Umlandt G, If 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Zank, p ----Schellenberg, 2b 2110100 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 Wacker, 2b 4 0 0 0 15 0 0 Lehmann, lb .36 6 8 0 27 5 4 --------------------------Totals Summary: Bases stolen―Grundeman (3), Waker, Baumgarten, Eisenhart (4), Smith (3), C. Schellenberg, Friday, Waix. Two base hits—Grundeman.

Three base hits一Mueller. Bases on balls—Off Schumacher, 1; off Bloor, 2.

Struch out—By Schumacher, 5; by Zank, 2; by Bloor, 10. Umpires—Merceanx, Schwcppe. Scorer—Fuelling. Time of game, 1:45. 本

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Score by Innings: N. W. C. .0 001000001 Ripon .0 000010000 Summary: Bases stolen—Duxe, Lange, Grundemann, Fox. Two base hits— Zeisler, Krauss, Montie, Fox. Three base hits―Westendorf, Howard. Double plays—Henning to Duxe to Eickmann; Beach to Brach to Guston. Bases on balls一 Off Beach, 1. Struck out—By Westendorf, 8; by Beach, 10. Umpire, Kuenzi.

Scorer, Fuelling. Time of game, 1:30.

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Hoping to see our squad win another game, about thirty stu­ dents rode to Whitewater by automobile. The weather was not very favorable during the first half, but later the light rain ceased, and there was more of a possibility to see a good game of ball.

Westendorf was knocked off the hill in the third round, permitting five men to tramp over the plate. Zank then took up the job and pitched good ball, giving Whitewater only one run and five hits during the remaining innings. Muldeen, who pitched for Whitewater, struck out 13 men. Brandt and Eickmann were the only ones of our aggregation who had a good day with the club. Our nine, however, consisted of a sportmanslike lot and carted home the defeat in a good spirit.

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LUTH. SEM., 8; N, W. C., 1.

On tlie 27 th of May we had an occasion to see some of our old timers in action. Holding their seniors in high esteem, our men thought it proper to let the old “standbies” win from us. Wietzke had three singles to his credit, Lindloff two singles. Kehrberg walloped out a home run to the left. Westendorf and Eickmann each got a two bagger.

NORTHWESTERN. AB R IB SH 0 1 0 Duxe, 3b .4 0 1 0 Brandt, cf ■3 0 0 0 Lange, ss_ .3 0 1 0 Henning, c Eickmann, lb___ 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 Zeisler，rf •3 1 0 0 Bublitz, 2b "Westendorf, p----- 4 0 1 0 Grundemann, If —4 0 0 0

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LUTHERAN SEMINARY. AB R IB SH P 1 0 0 8 Rosin, c . .4 0 3 0 0 Wietzke, 3b Mendenwald, 2b._4 0 0 0 1 Manteufel, ss___ 4 0 0 0 3 .4 0 0 0 0 Kobs, p ___ •3 0 0 1 2 Bartz, cf .4 0 0 0 0 Lutzke, rf .3 1 2 0 2 Kehrberg, If .4 1 2 0 7 Lindloff, lb

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AYATRETOWN, 4; N. W. C., 2.

After defeating Watertown for three consecutive years, we lost to the home team on Memorial Day. Our men could not straighten out the benders served by Brielmeier. Duxe and Lange got the only hits for us. Kohli, Henke and Brielmeier each got a two bag­ ger. Mereness stole three bases.

WATERTOWN CITY. AB R IB SH P A E Knapp, ss —. •■■4 0 6 0 1 0 0 Nowack, 2b - —4 0 10 12 0 Brielmeier, p .—4 110 110 Kohli, cf ___ .—3 110 10 0 Henke, rf ______ 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 Kleveneow, c___ 4 0 0 0 14 2 0 Reiff, If. •3010100 Mereness, 3b___ 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Koenig, lb .3 0 0 0 6 0 0

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Summary: Bases stolen—Duxe, Lange, Nowack, Mereness (3), Brielmeier, Klevenaw. Two base hits—Kohli, Henke, Brielmeier. Bases on balls—Off Westendorf, 9; by Brielmeier, 16. Umpire—Kuenzi. Scorer—Fuelling. Time of game, 1:35. 氺 本

CARROLL, 3; N, H C.，6.

The old adage “Tliey never come back” was illustrated when Carroll was trounced again on our grounds on June 1. They knew, of course, that there was no hope for victory, but made as good an effort as they possibly could. And to our surprise they played real ball at times. In the third inning an inexcusable error followed by some bony thinking allowed four of our men to brush the home plate. In the fifth round the score was 6-0 in our favor. After that Carroll tightened up a little more and held us the rest of the way.

Zank threw the whole game and handled the pill well. Eickman made some wonderful stops on first. Whether high or low, the pill always landed in his mitt. Up to this time Eickman has made no errors on first, and we all hope that he will have an errorless sea­ son. Duxe, Lange and Henning played a great game, making some neat stops and plays. They turned in a few double plays, which kept Carroll back when they looked dangerous.

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Summary: Bases stolen—Duxe (2), Brandt, Bickmann, Bublitz, Kuhlmann.

Two base hits—Duxe, Brandt, Eickmann, Derry, McMillan. Double plays—Lange to Eickmann, Zank to Eickmann. Base on balls—Off Zank, 1. Struck out by Zank, 6; by Rogentine, 5. Umpire—■Kuenzi. Scorer—Fuelling. Time of game 1:35.

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NORTHWESTERN WALLOPS RBPON EST THE DECIDING BATTLE FOR COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP OF 1916.

RIPON, 1; N, W. C.，7.

Playing an errorless game, our squad defeated Ripon for the second time on June 3. Westendorf had the right stuff on the pill and allowed only four hits. As the whole team worked like a clock, the pitcher was not afraid to allow a hit at times. But whenever he was in a pinch, he mixed them up and worked himself out nicely.

He struck out only one man, and this he did in the critical moment when the bases were loaded. Brandt had a perfect day with the club, lacing out two doubles and a single; his fielding, too, was ad­ mired by many. Two men being out in the ninth round, Henning unloaded the stations when he hit a hearty smack to right. Honor­ able mention is due to Krauss, who made six “nifty” catches.

Lange worked fine on short, making some magnificent throws.

Volk starred for Ripon and drove out a two bagger.

NORTHWESTERN. AB R IBSH P A E 4 10 0 13 0 Duze, 3b 3 2 3 0 4 1 0 Brandt, cf .

Zeisler, rf 4 21 0 0 0 0 Henning, c .6 0 1 0 2 0 0 Eickmann, lb___ 6 0 1 0 11 0 0 Lange, ss .4110120 Westendorf, p …3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Krauss, If 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 Bublitz, 2b •4 1 1 0 2 2 0

Montie, 2b Brach, p Johnson, ss Howard, c Carey, c£ Giedlenske, Fox, If __ Volk, 3b _ Seldon, rf

RIPON. AB R IB SH P A E 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 1 0 8 0 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 lb 3 0 0 1 10 1 0 .2010100 •3 0 1 0 2 2 0 .2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals •35 7 8 0 27 11 0 .29 1 4 1 27 11 2 Totals Summary: Bases stolen一Brandt (2), Lange, Carey. Two base hits一 Brandt (2), Henning, Bublitz, Lange, Volk. Bases on balls—Off Westendorf, 3; off Brach, 5. Struck out—by Westendorf,1; by Brach, 7. Umpire—Griffith, Scorer—Fuelling. Time of game, 1:45.

The college championship was successfully carted home by our aggregation. What Milton will do in their second game with us is doubtful. Probably they will make an earnest effort to trounce us.

But our lines of defence in the infield, as well as the outfield are now impregnable and Milton has no more hope for victory than Sir John Jellicot and Beatty had for a victory over Admiral Scherer.

We gave them all a fight, and although we have the pennant, we shall make no exception with Milton. We have had, without doubt, a team with winning abilities and a successful season. Three cheers on the team.

RARA-RARA-RARA THE TEAM-THE TEAM-THB TEAM.

一Louis Meyer, ’19, journeyed to Juneau, April 14, to visit friends and relatives.

—Fred Kaiser, prep., went to Oshkosh, May 27, to attend a silver wedding. 一Theo, Heidtke, prep., visited with his uncle in Milwaukee, May 27. 一Theo. Mohnhardt and Carl Spilman, preps., were visitors in Horicon, May 31.

—Karl Kraus and R. Timmel, ’18, spent Sunday, May 31, in Oconomowoc. Karl threw the populace of that place in ecstasies over his nine-fingered piano playing. 一Armin Retzlaff, ’17, made a short business trip to Jefferson May 21. ―W. Heidtke, prep., received a visit from his mother Wednes­ day morning, May 31, and accompanied her to Juneau in the after­ noon. 一Alvin Tiedt, prep., attended the wedding of his cousin at Appleton, May 27.

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—L. Bemthal, ’18, left for Hubbleton, June 1. ―Homer Williams and Fritz Steuber, preps., visited their re­ spective parental abodes May 27. The former at Milwaukee, the latter at Clyman. 一Fred J. W. Schleicher, ex，16, visited with friends and former classmates May 29-31. ―Kurt Timmel, prep., held down the sidewalks in Oconomowoc, May 27. It being his annual visit there. ―Louise, ex，19, and Amalia List, paid their brother John, prep., a visit May 29.

—Erich Schulz of Fond du Lac came to Watertown, May 30, to attend the Watertown-Northwestern baseball game. 一“Smoky” Timmel has been elected to the captaincy of the sec­ ond team to fill the vacancy caused by Bodamer’s rsignation. With such promising men as himself behind the bat and the limber first baseman he will soon turn out a fine team. The way they eat up bunts and work the squeeze play is beyond spectacular ism. They are amateurs beyond the stars.

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—Schumacher, our most promising baseballite, lias been seen with white socks.

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—Walter Bodammer, ’17, spent May 28, at Oconomowoc. ―The Quinta Prep-champ baseball team lost to Quarta in a four­ teen inning game. The feature of the game was the umpiring of Huber, who won the game for the latter.

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—A select band composed of the following players, Schaefer, Gamm, Sterz, Sprengler, Kiesling, Klingmann, Zeisler, Lehmann, Borchardt, Kock, Uetzmann, Retzlaff, Proehlke and Westendorf, journeyed to Trenton, May 27, to furnish the music for the dedica­ tion of the Lutheran church at that place.

—Melvin Croll and Francis Voigt, preps., journeyed to Oconomowoc per pedes, May 14, returning the next day by rail.

—On May 21, Theo. Boettcher and Melvin Croll, preps., walked to and returned from Jefferson. Training for the marchout most likely. 一Lucy Jaeger, for several years honorary member of the class of ’19, has finally abdicted from the ranks of the learned to take up the more somber duties of housekeeping. Never again shall her angelic voice ring through the molecules of atmosphere in the Eng­ lish hour while delivering a thesis on some elaborate topic. To say that we shall miss her would indeed be trifling. May she enjoy success in her new occupation and never forget her loyal friends in the class of ’19. 一Room 28 is fast losing its reputation as a rendezous for intel­ lectually brilliant and assiduous students. One of its most coruscant members, Charley Schmidt, has left it in the lurch. The reasons for his sudden departure are about as difficult to trace as the pain in a window. (?) But, one that looms up as the most probable is the fact that somebody’s generosity is at a low ebb. Others have suggested that Charley, after gaining great wisdom in 28, is ’bout to form an intellectual circle of his own in the residence district of Watertown. But whatever his reasons may be, Room 28 wishes him good luck and may he never forget what he learned there.

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By what cord was Noah’s arc subtended?

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Pealy: How’s that?

Dad: We have recitations by days, I sleep by night.

一In welche drei Reiche teilt man die sichtbaren Kreaturen ein?

Quintaner: In Masculina, Feminina and Neutra.

一Prof: Wo ist denn der Beyl heute Morgen?

Schroeder: Er nimmt Buchhalten (bookkeeping) in dieser Stunde. 一Mistress: Did the fisherman who called here this morning have frog legs?

Servant: I don’t know, mum, he wore pants.

THE BLACK AND BED. 0 SEMORES, VALETE. Wer gehet so spat durch Nacht und Wind?

Von der Klasse ’16 es welche sind.

Den Horaz halten sie unter dem Arm, Sie halten ihn sicher, sie halten ihn warm.

“Mein ‘Henry,’ was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht?”

“Siehst ‘Sectie’ du den langen Satz nicht?” ‘‘Der Satz wird bereiten uns sehr viel Schweiss.”

“Ach Henry, ach Henry, ich weiss, ich weiss.”

Und bald sind sie versammelt all, Von der Klasse ’16 breit und schmall.

Sie reden iiber den langen Satz Und jeder sich hinter den Ohren kratzt.

Endlich tut eroffnen das Wort Der Bruder “Jumper，” er ist ein Sport.

“Damit wir uns nicht Schande bereiten, Wollen wir jetzt nicht daruber streiten.’

Und der “Benno” mit hohem Blick Von des Zimmers sehr grossem Raume Ueberschaut mit gestrecktem Genick Und spricht mit guter Laune.

“Fest wie der Erde Grund, Steh mit Horaz ich im Bund.”

Doch mit den Lateinern ist Kein Bund zu flechten zu jeder Frist.

Wohltatig ist des “Roosters” Macht, Wenn sie der Mensch bezahmt, bewacht; Und was er bildet, was er macht, Kann man recht sehen wenn er lacht.

Weh wenn sich der “Hahn” geiibet; Denn sein Hunger ist sehr gross.

Und er Kniep sehr heftig liebet, Und auf einmal legt er los.

Mit ihm ist nun aucli der “Bar.” Solche Jungens sincl sehr rar.

Sein Gesicht, so schon wie Morgen, Braucht auf dieser Welt nicht sorgen.

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THE BLACK AND BED. Ja, der liebe “Pealy” auch, Der schon lang nach altem Brauch Hie und da ’nen Witz kann machen, Dass wir alle sollen lachen.

Doch den “Doc” nicht zu vergessen, Der schon manche Nacht gesessen XJnd daruber nachgedacht Bis die Tiir beinah gekracht.

Und der “Fat” hereingekommen.

Kaum hatt* er die Zeit genommen, Wenn der liebe “Knaz,” der Tiefe, Nicht schon lange nach ihm riefe.

Dann der Pauli kommt herein.

Aber er ist nicht allein Denn der Westie kommt aucli mit Beide schreiben Schritt fiir Scliritt.

Dann die “Gertrud,” lieb und zart Auch. sehr oft studieret hart, Und wenn sie tut darnach fiihlen Ist sie gut beim tennis spielen.

Doch der mit der grossten Zunge Ist der “Gamm，” der liebe Junge.

Auch beim Ballspiel ist er gut Welches einflosst ihm den Mut.

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THE BLACK AND BED. WHEN I AM DEAD. When I am dead and clothed in sleep, Will you be there? Will you be there To tell my friends I have gone hence A better home to seek than this below?

And tell them that they need not grieve, Nor press their lamentations all too far, For I am gone and need no sooth Beyond a passing glimpse of sad farewell.

A better land than this shall be my meed, AncI there all troubles will be turned to joy; No more of toil and weary strife to vex The poor and hapless creature in his woe.

Then peace will glow. In rapture will My countenance be clothed, and I will know Of joys unheard and never seen till now.

But what of you, my friend?一 When I am dead and gone away, Will you be true To all those ideals we so oft’ in friendship Confidentially trusting did discuss; Or will you soon forget, as most friends do, That in a shrouded cloak I have been laid away, in trust to wait Until you come through death To press my hand and say we part no more?

Will you still have that faith in me Which was your wont, And know that I am waiting till you leave This earthly haunt to join Me in that happy home above the sky?

But why these dreaming doubts and fears?— Have I the right to ask that you remember me In after years when I am dead?

Ah, no, my friend; I shall be gone.

I simply pray that you may live As you thing right; As God from heaven directs and sanctifies; As our ideals have taught both you and me; That parting sorrow may be reconciled, And we anon be joined in sweet accord.

Grieve not my friend, since grieving is for naught, ‘Tis but a moment till we meet again, Therefore, grieve not in agony alone, When I am— —dead------ and gone.

Leon C. Drowatzky, ’15

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HANNOS TOD. Eine freie Erilndung auf Grund von Liyius XXI, 18.

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Es war um das Jahr 218 vor Christi Geburt. Die Strassen von Karthago war gefult mit heimkehrenden Arbeitern, die sich vielleicht noch hier and da bei einem Kramerladen eilig anhielten, um frisches Obst Oder sonst etwas fur ihr Abendbrot zu kaufen. Draussen vor den Mauern konnte man auf jeder Strasse nali and fern Landleute auf ihren Wagen sehen, die sich beeilten, noch vor Sonnenuntergang innerhalb der Mauern der Stadt zu sein.

Es war ein heisser Tag gewesen. Menschen and Tiere waren mit Staub bedeckt, und alles atmete tief auf and freute sich, als der Tag sich abkuehlte and die erquickende Abendluft zu wehen anfing.

Die Gassen wurden leer. Alles ruhte von des Tages Last and Hitze.

Da, plotzlich horte man wider Laerm auf den Strassen. Eine kleine Schaar Soldaten marschierte aus der grossen Staatshalle heraus.

Vor ihnen her zogen Trommler. Hinter ihnen kamen die Schopheten und Magistrate in ihren langen, dunklen Gewandern. Hatte die Senatssitzung so lange gedauert? Es musste doch eine Sache von der grossten Wichtigkeit verhandelt sein. Das merkt man auch den Mienen der hinausstroemenden Senatoren ab. Alle scheinen aufgeregt, doch ist es nicht eine Aufregung, die aus Unmut hervorgeht, sondern bei diesen Mannern geht sie hervor aus der Freude liber den Sieg ihrer Sache.

Aber wer ist jener ehrwiirdige Greis, der ganz von den iibrigen abgesondert, seine Schritte zu uns lenkt? Er scheint verzweifelt

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zu sein. Sein Gang ist ruhig and gemessen, sein Blick auf die Erde gerichtet. Schmerz und deprimierende Sorge malen sich auf seinen edlen Ziigen. Seine Amtsgenossen gehen ihm aus dem Wege, ja manche werfen sogar verachtliche Blicke auf ihn. Er scheint sie gar nicht zu bemerken. Jetzt bleibt er stehen, sein Haupt aufgerichtet, and blickt die Strasse entlang. Nun erkennt man ihn; die schone hohe Stirn kann nur dem Han no gehoren.

Hanno, 'vie ja jedermann in Karthago weiss, ist der Anfiihrer der Antibarkiden partei. Er ist es, der entshcieden fiir Frieden mit Rom eingetreten war and sogar die Auslieferung Hannibals empfohlen hatte. Als aber vor etwa einem Monat die Kunde von der Einnahme Sagunts durch Hannibal nach Karthago kam, da verlor Hanno sein Anschen beim Volk. Seine Gegner benutzten den giinstigen Augenblick. als die panze Einwohnerschaft liber den grossen Sieg jubelte, um nicht unr das Volk, sondern auch seine samtlichen Anhanger ini Senate ihm abspenstig zu machen. Hanno versuchte sein moglichstes, einen Krieg mit Rom zu verhindern. Aber es half nichts. Sell on eine geraume Zeit hatte er den Sitzungen nicht mehr beigewohnt, sodass man seiner zu spotten begann and nur mit Verachtung seiner gedachte. Wie kam es aber, dass er heute zum Senate ging?

Der Grund war folgender. Hanno hatte in der vorigen Nacht einen wunderbaren Traum gehabt. Es erschein ihm ein gottlicher Bote, dessen Gesicht heller als die Sonne leuchtete. Hanno fiel vor ihm auf die Kniee, and die Erscheinung sprach zu ihm folgende Worte: “Hanno, du hast alien Grund, dich zu fiirchten! Ich bin ein Bote des Erdenschopfers und komme dich aufzufordern, dein Volk und deilie Mitbuergcr zu warnen. Es sei denn, dass sie von ihrer lippigen und leichtfertigen Lebensweise ablassen und dem Kriege mit Rom ein Ende machen, dadurch dass die Hannibal ausliefern, so sollen sie schwcr bestraft werden und der Macht Roms einstmals unterliegen.

Zuerst werden sie allerdings siegen, aber am Ende werden sie samt ihren Familien und Giitern den romischen Legionen zur Beute fallen. So mache dich nun anf und kiindige diese meine Botschaft dem Senate an. Wehe aber den Mannern von Karthago, wenn sie meinen Worten nicht Folge leisten. Und das habt zum Zeichen: Die Romer werden inzwischen dreimal tnnerhalb eurer Mauern sein. Das erstenial werden sie um Frieden bitten, aber das zweitemal als Eroberer und das drittemal als Zerstorer kommen. Darum beaclitet bci Zciten diese Warming, ruft Hannibal nach Hause und bezahlt den Romern eine zufriedenstellende Kriegsentschadigung.”

Nach diesen Worten verschwand der Bote. Hanno erwachte.

Ach, es war nur ein Traum! Doch, wie er zitterte, sein liebes Kar­ thago in Triimmcrn zu sclien! Er meinte schon den romischen Schlachtruf in den Strassen zu horen. Da sprang er vom Lager

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auf.—>Nein, es war kein blosser Traum，es war gewiss eine gottliclie Botschaft an ihn. Wie froh war er, dass es noch Zeit war, sein Volk vor dem drohenden Verderben zu warnen. Schlaflos verbrachte er den ubrigen Teil der Nacht. Schon bei Sonnenaufgang machte er sich auf den Weg nacli der Versammlungshalle, um dort durch Trompetenschall die Senatoren zu einer besonderen Zitzung zusammenrufen zu lassen. Zuerst hatte er gar niclit gezweifelt, dass seine Mitblirger einer solclien ausserordentlichen Botschaft Gehor schenken wurden. Je langer er aber dariiber nachdachte, desto schwerer wurde es ihm um das Herz. Er fiircbtete, dass die Karthager in ihrem Siegeswahn niclit auf ihn horen und seines Traumes wegen ihn noch verlachen wurden.

Die Senatoren hatten sich bald versammelt, neugerig zu erfahren, weswegen sie wohl gerufen seien. Als sich nun alle gesetzt hatten, begann Hanno und erzahlte seinen merkwiirdigen Traum und bat die Senatoren, dieses Vorzeichen niclit zu verachten.

Wie er aber gefurchtet hatte, so kam es. Fast alle waren gegen ihn. Die einen beschuldigten ihn offen, die Geschichte erfunden zu haben, andere verholinten ihn, weil er einem Traum Glauben schenke. Da aber Hanno trotz alien Verleumdungen seine Sache wiederholte, ja sogar handeringend die Senatoren anflehte，stimmten ihm endlich eine Anzahl bei. Man liess nun die weisen Magier und Zeichendeuter kommen, um ihre Deutung des Traumes zu horen. Sie kamen, allein ihre Deutungen waren ungiinstig fur den Plan Hannos. Alle Aussagen der Magier lauteten zu Gunsten Karthagos. Jetzt stand Hanno wieder allein da.

Als es zur Abstimmung kam, stimmten alle daflir, die Sache beim alten zu lassen. Traurig verliess er die Versamnilung und kehrte niedergeschlagen liach Hause zuruch. Dort angekommen. seufzte er auf und warf sich auf sein Lager nieder. Nun war er des Lebens satt. Sein Volk, seine frulieren Freunde wollten von ihm nichts mehr wissen. Seine Vaterstadt, fiir die cr sogar sein Leben geopfert hatte, kehrte ihm den Rucken. Die Karthager woll­ ten nun. einmal niclit auf ihn horen und mussten also die Folgen tragen. Als schon der Morgen dammerte, fiel cr endlich in einen beruhigenden Schlaf.

Die Sonne war wieder aufgegangcn. Der Tag scliien heiss werden zu wollen. Da plotzlich vernahm man lauten Trompetenschall gerade wie gestern. Erschreckt fuhr Hanno auf von seinem Lager.

Was sollte das bedeuten? War es vielleicht das Freudenzeichen eines neuen Siges, Oder rief der Trompetenschall den Sen at zu einer besonderen Beratung herbei? Es war wohl das Letztere.

Er kleidete sich schnell an. Nach dem Forum wollte er liatiirlich nicht gehen. Dort ware er ja ein unwillkommener Gast gewesen. Er blieb zu Hause und wartete, obwohl seine Aufregung immer grosser wurde. Sein Gefiihl sagtc ihm, dass man im Senate iiber etwas Ausserordentliches verhandele. Indessen zogen im Westen kleine graue Wolken herauf, wohl die Vorboten eines Ge-

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witters. Schliesslich konnte er nicht inehr an sich halten und begab sich selbst dorthin. Die Seitengassen waren leer. Als er zum Forum gelangte, sah er eine grosse Menschenmenge daselbst versammelt. Mit hastigen Schritten bahnte er sich einen Weg durch das Gedrange. Da sahe er fiinf iniponierende Gestalten in langen, weissen purpurverbramten Manteln daherschreiten. Sie hatten schwarze und durclulringende Augen, und der Ausdruck ihrer Gesichter war ein entsclilossener. Mit majestatischer Miene schauten sie weder rechts noch links, als ob sie die Herren der Welt seien.

Als Han no sie sah, stutzte er. Sah er recht? Es waren die Romer.

Sein Traum war also erflillt! Es war ihr eststes Kommen. Mussten ihm seine Gegner jetzt nicht glauben? Buchstablich war doch sein Traum in Erfiillung gegangen. Aber es war noch Zeit, um Frieden zu biten.

Die Romer niuss/ten schon am friihen Morgen eingetroffen sein. Daher der friilie Ruf zur Versammlung. Eben waren sie im Begriff vor dem Senate zu erscheinen und ihre Sache vorzulegen.

Hanno folgte ihnen in die Halle. Da begann nun Quintus Fabiua, der Wortfiilirer der Romer, zu reden. Er wolle Auskunft von den Karthagern, ob sie Hannibal in diesem Kriege wirklich unterstutzten. In Rom glaube man, class dies kaum moglich sein konne, da ja erst kiirzlicli ein Bund zwischen den beiden Volkern geschlossen sei. Da man aber auf wiederholte Anfragen keine Antwort erhalten habe, so habe sie der romische Senat als Legaten hierher geschickt um zu erfaliren, 'vie es eigentlich um den Vertrag stiinde. \Venn es sich herausstelle, class das Biindnis von seiten der Karthager verletzt worden sei, so wurde das romische Volk sofort Genugtuung veiiangen Oder die Karthager zu Wasser und zu Land bekriegen.

Jetzt erliob sich ein vornehmer Karthager, der sich viel auf seine Weisheit und rednerischen Gaben einbildete. Im Gegensatz zu dem hotticlien Ton des Romers sprach er in ironischer, fast hohnischer Weise. Er beschuldigte die Romer, den Vertrag zuerst verletzt zu haben. Er fiilirte dafiir viele Beweise an, um zu zeigen, dass sie immer den eigenen Vorteil im Auge gehabt hatten. Dann sagte er auch, dass es die Romer nichts anginge, ob Hannibal im Namen seiner Vaterstadt Krieg fiihre Oder nicht. *'Karthago fiihre nur einen Verteidigungskrieg und wurde darurn keinen weiteren Aufschluss iiber die Sache geben.â&#x20AC;?

Mit Staunen hatte Hanno die Worte des kiihnen Karthagers mit angehort. Siclierlich hatte er gedacht, dass man zu besserer Erkenntnis gekommen sei. Da kam ihm wieder der schreckliche Gedanke: Karthagos Untergang ist nun einmal bestimmt. Zu einem letzten Versuch, Karthago vor den Verderben zu retten, er­ liob er sich jetzt. Tief atmete er auf und begann zu reden. Aber nur wenige Worte hatte er gesagt,,da ging ein lautes Zischen durch die Versammlung. Er pausierte (einige Minuten, aber da fing man

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sogar an zu pfeifen und zu jolilen. Er sail sich genotigt, sich wieder zu setzen. Das Gewitter war inzwischen heraufgezogen. Die Sonne war verhullt, und Blitze und Donnerschlage folgten schnell aufeinander.

Die Romer hatten gemerkt, wie die Sache eigentlich stand.

Sie wussten, dass nichts zu machen war. Die Karthager wollten den Krieg. Da erhob sich der stattlicher Fabius zum zweiten Male.

Es war ein hoch dramatisclier Moment: die leuchtenden Blitze, der rollende Dormer, die Menge Volks, die still, kaum atmend, lauschte, und der stolze Romer, dessen dunkle Augen funkelten, als er seine Toga mit der linken Hand aufhob und mil liefer, majestatischer Stimme fragte: “Ilir Manner von Karthago, hier in meinem Arme trage icli Krieg und Frieden. Wiihlt, was ihr wollt!>, —Keine Antwort kam. Es war ein beklemmender Augenblick.

Nur Hanno rang mit sich selbst, ob er antworten solle im Nanien seines Volkes. Er sah schon in der ernsten, eisernen Miene des Fabius die Rachsucht, die nicht ruhen wiirde, bis Karthago selbst zerstort wurde. Jetzt gait es zu reden Oder nie! Er stand auf und begann: “Wir wollen Frieden!—Wei ter kam er nicht. Ein Soliat sclilug den Greis mit einer Lanze zu Boden. Im selben Moment srfolgte ein mchtiger Donnerschlag, worauf der Soldat seine Lanze yor Schrecken fallen lies. Grosse Besturzung befiel die gauze VerWas sammlung. Da erhob abermal der Romer seine Stimme: wollt ihr? Sagt an!” Das Unwetter und das energische Auftreten des Romers hatten die Karthager etwas eingeschiichtert. Man blickte auf den ohnmachtigdaliegenden Greis und forderte den Scliopheten auf, Antwort zu geben. “Gib, uns, was du willst,” erwiderte dieser. ^Dann nehmt Krieg!” sprach Fabius und liess seine Toga fallen.

Nun brach das Gewitter erst recht los. Der Sturm tobte und der IHimmel leuchtete vor lauter Peuer. Die Romer erhoben sich um z u gehen. Da lag der edle Hanno vor ihnen—ein kleiner Blutstrom quoll aus seinem Munde liervor. Er war tot. Fabius wandte sich an die Anwesenden mit den Worten: “Dies ist euer erstes Opfer. So werdet ihr einst daliegen! Schlimmer wie dieser Sturm werden wir wuten. Eure Stadt soil einem Trummerhaufen gleich werden! Bis dahin, lebet wohl!” Dann verliess er mit seinen Gefahrten den Saal.

Der Schrecken, den der frevelhafte Mord Hannos und das furchtbare Toben des Wetters eingeflosst hatte, war bald voriiber.

Bald waren es wieder die alten leichtfertigen Karthager. Hatten sie doch die Worte Hannos niclit misachtet! Es sollte aber nicht sein. Sie legten sich selber den Pallstrick um. Freilich vergingen noch viele Jahre, ehe die schrecklichen Prophezeihungen in Erfiillung gingen; aber als die Romer zum letzten Mai kamen, wurden sie buchstablich erfiillt.

E. C. K.

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A CODE FOR 1916-17.

The beginning of a new epoch, however small, indeed every turning point in our careers, is the popular time with us for making resolutions. Heaven knows how much we sin against resolutions, how well they are not kept, and how little we seem to care. Yet a good resolution taken seriously even tho not fulfilled perfectly is nevertheless an effort to become better and as such has its distinct value. All we need is to keep on in our endeavors and not become

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lax and tlius recede again. Thus at the opening of a new schoolyear it is meet that we resolve to do or to abolish certain things according as they are beneficial or detrimental to our school, our fellow-men, and ourselves. Following are a few rules which if often and attentively reviewed may help us to lead a more regular and useful life during the ensuing school-year: Never let the dust of a whole day gather on your bible.

Don’t view chapel as a period of rest or dreaming.

Prepare your lessons conscientiously from day to day. Never put them off for a few days in the hope of making up for the rest quite easily. It is astounding how work of this kind accumulates.

If you deem yourself slighted by any of your teachers, put your­ self in their position, and after having meditated very clearly for a while, confess whether you should not have done tlie same as they did.

Don’t condemn your neighbor because he cannot look through your eyes or because his tastes diverge widely from yours.

Beware of loud boisterous gibes against your teachers when among your comrades. In fact cultivate yourself never to speak of anyone absent other than you would care to speak of him while present.

Be neither too officious nor over-inquisitive.

Cultivate originality and individuality, and let no other person, either ancient or contemporary, thru book or thru tongue, do your thinking for you.

Learn to converse intelligently, politely and vividly, taking care to purge your speech of all meaningless by-worcls.

Have your hobby and ride it hard, but do not let it lessen or eclipse your energy or interest for your vocation.

Set a high-price on your honor as a Christian and as a gentleman.

Remember that charity is the keynote of our religion. Prac­ tice it wherever possible.

Learn to appreciate all arts and sciences.

Read extensively, ponder over all you read or see, and arrive at your own conclusions. It is better to have a slightly wrong idea than none at all. Do not cling tenaciously to your pet opinions, however, if somebody proves them wrong to you.

Acquire a taste for that which is beautiful and refined.

Always practice cleanliness be it on your own person or in your abode.

Help to keep your college buildings and grounds clean and in order.

Take regular daily exercise.

Above all neglect nothing which is conducive to the general welfare, no matter at what sacrifice on your part. You will find E. C. K. that your life will become more pleasant as a result.

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THE HIGH COST OF PAPER. If anyone had been asked at the beginning of the present Euro­ pean war to state which one of the stucieiit organizations were the most likely to suffer on account of our brethren’s difference across the water, he would undoiibteclly have mentioned the Military Com­ pany, since that despite the antique rifles of it members might pos­ sibly be called out for guard or patrol work. He hardly could have guessed that bloodshed would indirectly raise the price of paper to more than one hundred per cent of its original cost and thus threaten the existence of all lesser growths in the dense forest of books, newspapers and periodicals, ot which latter class the Black and Red claims an honorable membership.

But the unexpected is upon us nevertheless , and to elude it： grasp or to make amends is the task set before us. It has been de­ cided after the fashion of numerous other papers to reduce the num­ ber of our exchanges to a great extent, retaining only so many as to make it possible for us to keep up our Exchange column.

Also the contributors are to receive only two complimentary numbers instead of three as formerly. Whatever else can be done to keep the treasury as well-filled as in previous years will, of course, be atended to, and it is hoped in this way, to be able to keep up the standard of our paper in every way.

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As has been the custom of late years, a conimencenient concert was again rendered by the various student organizations under the able leadership of Prof. Hans B. Duetzmann. All told the concert was, we can justly say, a grand success musically, that is, judging from the opinion expressed by many artists of the town after the last echoes of the grand finale of the last band selection had died away in the spacious hall. For, to say the least, we were just a trifle disappointed with the reception with which the people of Wa­ tertown welcomed the unusual musical treat offered them. ’Tis true there were some people in the audience, but are these the select few in a town otherwise so wide-awake who can appreciate good music?

Some may say, are those concerts really wliat we say they are, in other words, are they of any real value, are they worth the price of admission? In answer to this question we can only refer you to our able leader of the past, Prof. Hans B. Duetzmann. Mr. Duetzmann’s remarkable ability as director alone accounts for the high standard to which our musical organizations have risen in the past two years.

Of those deserving especial mention for their meritous playing that evening Mr. Sprengler seems to us to be the foremost. Mr. Sprengler, tho an ameteur, performed with the skill and technique of a professional. The audience, becoming more and more enthu­ siastic as the number progressed, broke forth time and again with a very volley of tumultuous applause when Mr. Sprengler would

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occasionally remove his instrument from his lips during a rest.

Thru graduation we have lost in him one of the best musicians that ever followed the paths of Jubal at Northwestern.

The renditions of the orchestra, band and chorus were well nigh perfect. From a solemn, majestic andante, thru a tripping, flighty pizzicato, to a crashing grand finale all was unison and per­ fect harmony, thanks to the undying efforts of both students and director.

The quartette as usual lived up to its reputation and offered its talents in a somewhat lighter vein. Unbounded applause met the singers when they made their appearance on the stage, and un­ bounded applause still filled the hall when another set of perform­ ers appeared for the next number on the program.

With still a most satisfactory supply of virtuosos yet in the making, we can look forward to a most successful season for the ensuing year.

DIRECTORY OF THE VAUIOUS STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS. Senior Class.

Elmer C. Kiessling, Pres.

Helmuth W. Schaefer, Vice-Pres.

Otto Gruendemann, Sec’y & Treas.

Junior Class.

G. Adolph Zeisler, Pres.

Otto C. Klaye, Vice-Pres.

Karl Kuske, Sec’y & Treas.

Sophomore Class.

Wm. Lehmann, Pres.

Ewald Tacke, Vice-Pres.

Fred Brandt, Sec’y & Treas.

Freshmann Class.

Kurt Timmel, Pres.

Erich Kupfer, Vice-Pres.

Max Stern, Sec’y & Treas.

Lyceum Literary Society.

Helmuth W. Schaefer, '17, Pres.

Otto C. Klaye, ’18, Vice-Pres.

John F. Henning, '18, Sec’y.

Philomathean Lit. Society.

Elmer C. Kiessling, *17, Pres.

Karl Kuske, *18, Vice-Pres.

Raymond Timmel, *18, Sec’y.

N. W. C. Band.

Helrauth W. Schaefer, ’17，Prea.

Waldemar Retzlaff, ’17，Vice-Prea.

Wm. Lehmann, ’19, Sec’y.

T. Uetzmann, Prep. Libr.

N. IV. C. Chorus.

G. Adolph Zeisler，’18，Pres.

Arinin Retzlaff, ’17，Vice-Pres.

John Henning, ’18, Sec’y.

Ewald Tacke, *19, Libr. jV. W. C. Orchestra.

Elmer C. Kiessling, *17, Pres.

Christian Kock, ’17, Vice-Prea.

Otto C. Klaye, ’18, Sec’y.

Hans Koch, *19, Librarian.

N. W. C. Athletic Board.

Otto Gruendemann, *17，Pres.

Carl Kuske, ’18, Sec’y (Capt of Foot­ ball Team.) .

Helmuth W. Schaefer, ’17.

Walter Bodamer, ’17.

John F. Henning, ’18.

Waldemar Retzlaff, ’17.

Managers of Football Team.

Waldemar Retzlaff, *17, Mgr. Otto C. Klaye, *18, Mgr.

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Walter Gutzk«___ John Henning___ Walter Meyer___ Bdw. Duxe______

N. W. C. Military Company.

Capt. & Pres.

Carl Sievert------ Lieut. I. Fred Brandt. ___ Lieut. II. Belno Lange____ ------- Serg. I. Raymond Timmel. ____ Serg. II.

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_ ALUMNI. Minutes of the meeting of the Alumni Society of N. W. C., June 16, 1916.

According to custom the Alumni Society of N. W. C. held its annual meeting on the afternoon of commencement day. When the president of the society, the Rev. H. K. Moussa, called the meet­ ing to order thirty members were present. The treasurer, Dr. H. Ott, read his report thru which it was learned that although the society had donated several valuable sets of books to the college library during the past two years, a little more than two hundred dollars still remained in the treasury. Furthermore, as the dona­ tions for the painting of the portrait of Dr. A. Ernst exceeded the cost of same by sixty-seven dollars, this amount was turned over to the Alumni treasury.

This proceeding being in accord with the will of the donors, the auditing committee, consisting of Prof.

Chas, Bolle and the Rev. L. Koeninger, appointed by the president, reported that they found the accounts of the treasury correct. Up­ on this assurance the society accepted the report of Dr. Ott and approved the expenditures he made during the past two years.

The books of the treasurer furthermore showed that in the year 1912 the society loaned the college band $30.50. As this sum had not been paid up to date it was decided to cancel the account.

A few members pointed to the value that special funds are to institutions and expressed their conviction that the society ought to create an alumni fund which being at the disposal of the society m ight at any time be used for the benefit of the college. The Rev. H • Knuth and A. Bendler started the fund and the society fell in line by adding $100.00.

Following this the club expressed its sincere regrets to Dr. Hoermann, its historian, who having accepted a position as clergy­ man of a German Lutheran congregation in Honolulu, Hawaii, could not henceforth attend the regular meetings. It was hoped, however, that his work in his new position would be crowned with success.

The following officers were elected for a term of three years: President, Rev. H. K. Moussa; First Vice-President, Prof Kowalke; Second Vice-President, Rev. J. Meyer; Secretary, Rev. W. Eggert; Treasurer, Dr. J. H. Ott. After the class of 1916 had joined the society, adjournment W. A. Bggert, Sec. followed.

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AUS DEM SEMINAR. Unser Studierjahr fingen wir am 6. Sept. an. Herr Direktor Schaller hielt in dem Eroffnungsgottesdienst die Predigt iiber die Worte: Apostelgeschichte 2, 11. Er zeigte, dass vor allem unsere Aufgabe ist, die Grosstaten Gottes (magnalia Dei) zu lernen und zu verkiindigen.

Gleich am G. Sept, wurden die Coetusbeamten erwahlt. Beamte sind: R. Iiuth. Prases; W. F. Beitz, Vice-Prases; R. Fenske, Sec.; M. Kowalske, Scliatzmeister.

Die dritte Klasse ziihlt fuufzehn Mann.

Herr Martin Schroder, Concordia College, Milwaukee, ’16，trat in die dritte Klasse ein.

Der Stundenplan ist verandert worden. Die Vorlesungen werden gehalten von 7:30 A. M. bis 12:30 P. M. Die I-Ierren Pastoren W. Behrens, ’16, L. Koniger, ’16, F. 0.

Marohn, ’16, sollen sich diesen Sommer verheiratet haben. Wir hoffen nachsten Monat mehr berichten zu konnen.

Herr Pastor J. Brenner aus Milwaukee trat diesen Sommer in den heiligen Ehestand.

Auch dieses Jahr wollen wir wieder einen Gemutlichen Abend feiern. Dies sagen wir hauptsachlich der dritten Klasse wegen!

Herr Adelbert Westendorf ist unser neuer Baseball Kapitan.

“Tohn wabolin” sahen unsere Tenniscourts aus. Wir haben sie aber wieder in guten Zustand versetzt.

Notice to Subscribers!

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The “Pacific Star” is one of our very best exchanges. The frontispiece is unique and attractive. In the June number there are two poems, “Must I Forget” and “Hope,” of which especially the latter deserves praise. “Tlie Prisoner of Cliillon” treats of the poem by Byron. The article is good, but in our opinion the writer does not give us enough thoughts of his own regarding the poem.

The introduction is rather long; the body has too many quotations, leaving only a small part of the article as the thoughts of the writer.

“The Secret of Jake’s Success” is certainly interesting, but we think that a story containing so much slang ought not to be found in a college paper. From the description we have not been able to guess of what that mysterious liquid was composed that was such a wonderful aid to the pitcher. “The Columbia River Highway” describes some of the wonders of nature along this picturesque road of over 300 miles. We get a pretty fair picture of the principal sights from this description. The diction is good. We certainly enjoyed the humorous story “No Trespassing.n “Forgetfulness’: is an article showing us the advantage of forgetfulness. By forgetting all things that are useless and only tend to make us unhappy we shall be better able to retain those which may help us. The edit­ orial department is large, and most of the articles are very good.

“The Beauty of the Soul” is the best editorial. It shows us of how little value external beauty is when compared with the beauty of the soul. It is of great importance to keep our soul free from stains, since the soul does not perish as all earthly beauty must.

Your “Alumni” department is exceptionally good, showing that former students are still taking an interest in their college and its magazine.

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Luther College Visitor.

The '*Luther College Visitor” is the first exchange to reach us this year. Although it is a small paper, it always contains several good articles. The literary department of the August number is good, but a story would have improved it. The object of this num­ ber seems to be to show the great value of a Christian education.

“A Statement by One 'Vho Knows” shows the results of an education without Christ.

The Most Expensive Family in Americ” gives us an example of an irreligious family, of which almost every one of the 1,200 descendants is given to some vice. This family cost the state of New York over one million dollars. As a contrast a Christian family is traced in which not one of the 1,394 descendants has been convicted of a crime, while the different members have held positions in almost every department of social, religious, edu­ cational and political life. All of the editorials advocate the ad­ visability of getting an education, and, if possible, a Christian edu­ cation. They are good, though some of them are rather short.

The other two departments are well edited. Where your jokes this month?

Die Gewall. einer Sprache is nicht, class sie das Fremde ab—Gothe. weist, sondern class sie es verschlingt.

The worst evil we have to contend with in the world is insin— Anony. cerity.

Public office is a coat which every man imagines is a misfit on —Anony. the back of others.

Unwissende werfen Fragen auf, welche von Wissenden vor —Gothe. tausend Jahren schon beantwortet sind.

Eigentlich weiss man nur, wenn man wenig weiss; mit dem —Gothe.

Wissen wiichst der Zweifel.

Three hundred years ago any man absent from church on Sun­ day was fined a shilling. What a war revenue that would pro­ duce now. ―Anony.

THE AVERTED STRIKE.

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Reports on the latest developments in the threatened nation­ wide railway strike are diverting the attention of the American public from the contemplating of the European war to that of a domestic crisis, almost as far-reaching in its possible effects upon this country.

What distress and suffering would be brought about if a strike, such as is at present threatened, were actually declared and main­ tained, is apparent to any one who has ever considered the import­ ance of organized transportation systems to our national wellbeing.

Commerce would be paralyzed almost instantly, cities cut off from an adequate food supply, and millions of wage-earners, left without employment, would be brought, together with their fam­ ilies, to the verge of actual starvation.

This unprecedented situation has been brought about through the growing discontent of raihvay labor. Several months ago, 400,000 engineers, firemen, conductors and brakemen, all members of railway brotherhoods, notified the railway companies that they wanted their present ten-liour-a-day schedule reduced to eight hours, with time-and-half pay for all time put in beyond that.

The railroads declared this demand unnecessary and exorbitant, and attempted to show, by means of tables, that men who worked on their railway systems were being paid more for tlieir services than any other class of day-laborers in the United States, and that the eight-hour day alone, without the overtime, would oc­ casion an annual combined wage increase of at least sixty million dollars to men who were already the most highly paid in the trans­ portation service. Upon these arguments they based their refusal to comply with the men’s demands.

The men thereupon notified the railroad managers that they would shortly go out oil a strike, to last until their demands would be granted. At first there had been no time set for the commence­ ment of the strike, but a secret signal had already been arranged upon.

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The railway companies were by this time seriously alarmed at the evident determination of the men, and elected a representative committee to confer with the Brotherhood heads at New York. For some time they tried to come to a satisfactory conclusion, but in vain. The Brotherhood heads declared that the strike would begin on the morning of Labor Day, September the fourth.

President Wilson then called together the Federal Board df Mediation and Conciliation, to meet the Brotherhood and railway representatives in New York. They also failed in their attempt at a compromise. It seemed certain that the strike would be called on the given day.

The president thereupon called the Brotherhood and railway heads to the White House by telegraph, and there proposed to them a compromise plan in ored to prevent, at least, an immediate strike.

The Brotherhood heads declared themselves willing to accept the plan, but the committee representing the railroads insisted on a settlement of the question by arbitration. It became evident to the President that he .could do no more toward compromise; he made a special speech before Congress, stated the arguments in. favor of either side, told of his eorts to settle the case, and asked Congress, to consider the following propositions: To enlarge the membership of the interstate commerce com­ mission to equip it to (leal with like situations.

That an eight-hour day be established for all trainmen engaged； in interstate commerce.

That a commission investigate the effect of the eight-hour day, but without recommedation, that the public may learn from a dis­ interested source of the merits of the case.

That the interstate commerce commission consider the in­ creased cost of the eight-hour day in making rates.

That the mediation law be amended to prevent strikes, or lock­ outs, while industrial disputes are being investigated.

That the president be empowered to operate the railways in case of military necessity.

As a consequence, the Senate passed, on Sept. 2, the so-called Adamson Eight-hour Law, by a vote of 43 to 28. Thereupon the strike order was rescinded by telegraph.

The law, as it stands at present, applies only to the men actually engaged in running trains on roads engaged in interstate commerce.

It provides for an eight-hour day for all employes engage? in operating trains on interstate railways, with the same pay as given, for ten hours’ work, and pro rata overtime, and for a commission to be appointed by President Wilson to investigate into and report on the effects of the eight-hour day as applied to railways.

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At present nothing definite can be said about the efficiency of our this year’s football squad. One may, however, anticipate with­ out any scruples that Northwestern’s team will give them all an idea what it means to win from a hard working and fast bunch.

Altho some of our celebrated pigskin warriors like Westendorf, Eickmann, Zank, Brandt and Froehlke are not to be found on the gridiron this season, we have other men who will be in the pink of condition within a short time and will easily hold down the posi­ tions of the former men. The new players, however, are by no means “green” material, but they have had from two to three years experience on second team, where most of our men get their start and are hammered into shape in the daily scrimmages with the first team. During the last week about thiry men have been out on the field every day and are trying their best to make as good an appear­ ance as possible.

Up to the present time there were no scrimmages, but the men were only given a chance to put their breathing apparatus into bet­ ter condition. Hundred yard dashes, one and half-mile runs around the campus are some of the bodily exercises to promote strength and endurance.

Coach Kowalke is giving the men all the necessary informa­ tion and is doing everything on his part to make a team of winning abilities. If the men are willing to work, which they undoubtedly are, and do their part, we can but look forth to a successful season.

We shall give our opponents as hard a rub as they ever received at the hands of a Northwestern eleven. If luck happens to boost us just a little bit, we shall be able to cart home a string of victories with the championship penant tied to the end.

Captain Kuske seems to be well satisfied with the material and is confiedent that the lineup will be of “some” class. Kuske is,

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without doubt, a popular man amongst the athletes and will prove to be the right man to pilot our eleven. The captain has forwarded the following list of players who are eligible either for first or second team: First team—O. Gruendemann, C. Schmelzer, T. Binnhammer, W. Gutzke, W. Retzlaff, E. Duxe, B. Lange, J. Henning, A. Zeisler, L. Vohs, C. Kuske.

Subs of first or regular on second—E. Sternbeck, A. Retzlaff, A. Matzke, R. Timmel, W. Bodammer, P. Naumann, E. Tacke, L. Strassen, R. Falk, B. Westendorf, E. Wacker, S. Liesner, C. Abelmann, M. Stern, G. Press, 0. Bernthal, J. Bublitz.

This paper goes to press too early in the football season to make any certain statements on the lineup of the team. Time, however, will tell which the real lineup will be.

The games scheduled so far are as follows: Carroll at Waukesha—Sept. 30.

Beloit at Watertown—Oct. 7.

Milwaukee Normal at Milwaukee—Oct. 14.

Whitewater Normal at Whitwater—Oct. 21.

Ripon at Watertown—Nov. 11.

Second team will play Wayland Academy at Watertown on Nov. 4.

Der Irrtum ist recht gut, solange wir jung sind; mann muss —Gothe. ihn nur nicht mit ins Alter schleppen.

Don’t wear clothing loud enough to attract a crowd.

―Anony.

A man with a single idea is a crank, yet a man with no ideas — Anony. at all may be a social success.

Some men waste half their wind in doing a thing and the other 一Anony. half in blowing about it.

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—Leonard Bernthal was a visitor -at Ixonia Center, Sunday, Sept. 3.

—Fred Scholtz, former member of the class of ’18, paid former friends and classmates a visit Sept. 6 and 7. He was on his way to Dubuque.

—Roice Dallmann, prep, spent Sept. 3 and 4 at his home in Wa­ terloo.

—Out of due respect for his home town Kurt Timmel spent Sun­ day, Sept. 3, at Oconomowoc.

—The Rev. A. F. Herzfeldt of Black Creek called on Alvin Liedt and Harry Shuelke, Sept. 7.

—Carl Mueller, ’19, famous golf star and bicyclist, journeyed to Oconomowoc, Sept. 3. While there he enjoyed several games of golf.

It would probably be of much interest to his many friends to hear that he came twenty points from the world’s record.

—Miss Ella Dietert of Waterloo visited with the coeds Sept. 7.

—The Rev. Kupfer visited his son Erich, ’20，on his way home •i from Lowell, Sept. 4.

—Theo. Broitzmann, ’20，visited his parental abode at Reeseville, Sept. 3 and 4.

—0. Lanzendorf of Morrisonville visited Max Stern, ’20，while attending the Watertown Inter-County fair, Sept. 6.

—The honorable Messrs. Ph. Froehlke, W. Fulbrigge, A. Westendorf, P. Eickmann, W. Zank, R. Volmers, P. Schleicher, W. Sprengler, R. Hahn, M. Wehausen, W. Lindloff, E. Kolander, O. Medenwald, A. Kehrberg and B. Kupfer stopped off here on their way to the seminary at Wauwatosa, to visit kith and kin.

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一H. Kolander and E. Ebert, graduate of the teacher Seminary at New Ulm, were visitors in Watertown, Aug. 31.

—»Walter and Alvin Schujahn were visitors at Waukesa Beach, Sept. 4.

—Mart.Buenger, Gilbert Steffen, Arthur Shaefer, preps, and Helmuth Shaefer, ’17, returned to their studies Sept. 4. The cause of the delay was beautifully stated in the Kenosha Disturber under the headline: Ford car runs into Kenosha bringing traffic to a stand­ still.

—Mr. W. Shuelke visited his son Harvey, prep, Sept. 7. 一Adam Riese of Oconomowc toured to Watertown, Sept. 6. While here he took Timmel, 18, and Lehmann,，19, former friends, to the Fair in his limousine. 一Erich Hoppe, ’20, failed to return to his studies, having entered the Senior class of the Platteville high school.

—Our beloved Alma Mater has again called her children from their vacational haunts. Practically everybody has returned. Only here and there we hear of one becoming dismayed at the project of having to forsake the familiar bean-day (Monday) on account of the activity of Mars during the student’s brief sojourn. In fact one feels himself in the boots of Rip Van Winkle returning to a home filled with new customs.

The preparatory department has received several new additions while the following have entered the collegiate department. Andrae Senior class: E. Falk, G. Gieschen, W. Beck, C. Strasen, B. Friebe, T. Sieloff, H. Stock, T. Kock, and Paul Albrecht, sophomore; Broitzmann, Sternbeck, Kramer, Schujahn, Freshman.

—Among the new arrivals this year is a patented fly-catcher.

Its phenomenal feature is that it captures flies alive and fattens them to bursting at a low price. Being an open-air affair it is also very salubrious for breeding and hatching of young flies. It is al­ ready taxed to capacity, and Nigger, its proud owner, is daily await­ ing the arrival of his mechanic, Francis Voigt, under whose care­ ful management he will offer them for sale to the public. His am­ bition is to corner the raisin market, thus forcing his competitors to lower the price on raisins to such an extent that every family, no matter how poor, can afford to have raisin pie at least once a week. Wilson and Hughes, or any other presidential candidate would probably assure their own election by supporting this philanthropical movement. Nigger is confident of success and is plan­ ning on a large cold-storage building in the near future.

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the four foot yard-stick.

—Sock: I believe I got a pull with the inspector, he talked to me this morning.

Smoky: What did he say?

Sock: Get up!

—Eddie:

Ach, sie sollten mit einem guten Vorspiel vorbeigehen.

—I: Did you ever see a living body with more than one head?

II: No, did you?

I: Sure, student body.

• • • * —Phaffy, our 260 pounder comes along.

Ben: Company retreat, here comes the Landsturm.

Phaffy: Don’t get scared, it’s only the Goulash Kanone.

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Karl: Schreuhecken and hilden Wonig. 一’Tis afer midnight When the setting sun Is slowly rising in the west.

The active goat, The sportive cow, Jumping hilariously from bough to bough. 一Chuck: Do you know the Invocatio Musae?

Dad: Where is that, in Homer?

Chuck: No, I guess it’s in the Iliad. !

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—According to all news, Ben and Sock had a fine, probably a hair-raising trip, when they crossed the lake to resume their studies at Northwestern. Since we cannot believe all reports now-a-days, we made an effort to find out real facts from Sock’s and Ben’s own lips. And lo! According to Sock the fact is: Every time he (Sock) took his exercise by running from the cabin of the boat to the railing, Ben told him to sit still and not rock the boat. We then proceeded to Ben’s room and asked him how he enjoyed the trip.

Whereupon Ben said in disgust. Usque ad nauseam.

—Prof to Smokes, who has just translated: T■1, die Ubersetzung ist unbrauchbar.

Smokes: Sie ist aber auch repetitio.

One hundred years ago to-day, With wilderness here, With powder in his gun, the man went out and got the deer.

But now the thing is somewhat changed, And on another plan.

With powder on her cheeks the dear Goes out and gets the man.

—Ex. Goes out and gets the man.

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Shoes Stores.

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Barbers.

Sim Block.

George Zoelle.

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Herman T. Voigt.

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Bentzln's Grocery.

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Fred E. Mass— And the Following: Watertown Creamery Co. Baumann Dairy Co. Wm. Gorder Co. Barker Lumber & Fuel Co. New Method Laundry.

H. C. Reichert, Teacher of Piano, Violin, Harmony.

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Bank of Watertown.

Aug. Gamm, Crockery.

C. Buerger's Meat Market.

R. P. Koenig & Co” Millers.

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City Dry Cleaning and Pressing.

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R literary:

The PHON

Poem: When I am Dead Storv: Ilurnios Tod........

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Ivtlitorials.................................................

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College Notes......................... .................

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Directory of Student Organizations.

Alumni Column....................................

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Red TABLE OF CONTENTS Literrary: Autumn, (Poem) 161 Die Schlacht bei Philippi 162 "Be proud of your Country"ă&#x20AC;?166 Wie Gott Luther zum Reformator seiner Kirche zaberei168 tet und berufen hat Editorials___________ 170 College Notes..............

173 Aus dem Seminar 175 Alumni Notes___ 177 Exchanges__________ 178 Dc Rebus Omnibus__ 180 Athletics___________ ,182 Loculs.

186 Jokes _ 189

Northwestern ^College Watertown, Wisconsin

OCTOBER 1916

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AUTUMN. The soft mellow rays of the moon’s silent light— The magical charm of the cool grayish night— With each step a rustling of dead fallen leaves— What season but Autumn such painting receives?

Ahead stands the farmhouse, a lump on the hill, But for a dog’s bark from afar all is still; A pale glimm’ring lamp in the window is seen; A mockery it seems to the moon’s ghastly sheen.

The orchards rich-laden prove Fall’s bounteous horn, The fields now are peopled with towers of corn; Like boulders the pumpkins lie strewn on the ground, Of nuts falling heavy, oft comes a faint sound.

Ahigh in the ether small downy clouds float, The chariots of goblins, the witches white coat, And stealth’ly they work in the moon’s smiling light Till Earth they’ve enshrouded in Frost’s robe of white.

E. C. K.

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Watertown, Wis., October 1916.

Number 5

DIE SCHLACHT BEI PHILIPPI. (Nov. 42, Ante Christum natum.)

Leuchtend stieg im Osten die Sonne aus den Wolken, einen klaren Novembertag einleitend, und ubergoss die Spitzen der makedonischen Berge mit lichtem Glanz. Unten in der Ebene jedoch, nach Philippi zu, herrschte nocli unsicheres, diisteres Zwielicht, und aus den Siimpfen gegen das Meer bin stiegen diclite graue Nebel auf. Aber schon wird es unten lebendig: eine Tuba erscliallt aus der Feme und kiindet an, dass irgendwo ein I-Ieer sein Lager liaben muss. Nun erschallt auch, vom Morgenwinde getragen, von clen Bergen herunter Hornerschall. Sollen die friedliclien Tiller Makedoniens, nur gewohnt an die sanften Tone der I-Iirtenflote und das liebliche Klingeln und Tinkeln der Glocken, der Scliauplatz yon Kampf and Ki-iegsgeschrei werden?

Dtisfer gegen den purpurnen Himmel heben sich Sclianzen und Tiirme eines Lagers wie Silnetten ab; nein, nicht ein, sondern zwei Lager sind es, die auf den fast unzugiinglichen, schroffabfallenden Fglsen wie Vorposten stehen. Es sind die Lager der Morder Gasars: Brutus and Cassius! Trotz der friilien Morgenstunde, ist hier schon alles lebendig: Waffen wered geputzt und untersuclit; Schwerter werden geschliffen und die Bogenschlitzen fiillen ihre Kocher; alles wird bereit gemacht fur einen Befehl zum Angriff geg?n die Peinde in der Ebene. Und plotzlicli liiftet eine frische Brise die Nebel, und die Sonne beleuchtet nun zwei Lager in der Ebene von derselben Grosse wie die auf den Bergen: die Lager der Triu-

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morirn Octavian und Antonius. Sie sind so angelegt, dass das des Octavian dem des Brutus, und das des Antonius dem des Cassius gegenuberliegt. Rechts vom Lager des Cassius, am Fusse des Berges, liegen die obengenannten Siimpfe, auf denen wie eine Riesenschlange ein maclitiger Dannn—das Werk des Antonius—liegt.

Auch in den Lagern in der Ebene wird alles zubereitet zu einem etwaigen Angriff, wie man es seit zwanzig Tagen jeden Morgen getan.

Unterdessen sitzen oben im Zelte des Cassius die beiden Feldherrn mit ihren Offizieren in ernster Beratung beisammen. Sollen sie einen Angriff wagen Oder nicht; das ist (lie Frage, die sie beWarum schaftigt. Cassius stimmt ganz entschieden dagegen: sollen wir uns der Gefahr aussetzen, wo wir (loch dasselbe erreichen konnen durch ruliiges Abwarten? Denn bei den Feinden ist, wie wir wissen, grosser Mangel an Lebensmittel, wahrend wir von unserer FloUe Proviant in I-Iiille und Fiille erhalten konnen. Dieses wissen die Feinde, und deshalb wollen sie uns zum Kampfe reizen; deshalb liat Antonius die ungeheuren Anstrengungen nicht gescheut, sondcrn hat den Damm liber den Sumpf gebaut. Greifen 'yir sie aber an, so laufen wir Gefahr, das, was wir haben zu ver­ lieren. Darum, lasst uns abwarten!”

Also spricht der Epicuraer; nun aber erhebt sich die kleine dustere Gestalt des Stoikers Brutus. Wie von Furien gepeitscht, hatte sein Gewissen keine Ruhe finden konnen seit dem Morde; und als seincm, von schlaflosen Nachten erschiittertem und iiberreitztem Gemiit ciiies Naclits ein schreckliches Gesicht erscheint, das ihn vor dem konmicnden Kampf warnt, ist es mit seiner stoischen Ruhe und scinem Gleichmut vorbei. Er ist verdriesslich und in gereitzter Slimmung, dazu von bitterem Ilass gegen die Feinde erfiillt, inul aus dieser Stimmung lieraus sagt er: ‘‘Nie sind Romer vor einem Kampfe zuri'ickgeschrekt, wo cs die Freiheit gait; nie war es ihre Sitte, den siclicren Weg zu wahlen vor clem ehrenvolleren; und warum sollen wir dies tunc? Warum greifen wir sie nicht jetzt an, wo sie wegen Mangels an Proviant geschwacht und ihre Solpaten wegen des Siechtums des Octavian missmutig sind? Jetzt sind weder Verhaben ihre beiden I-Ieere n ur einen Fiihrer; jetzt . starkungen fiir sie zu erwarten. Dagegen sind unsere Soldaten . siegesgewiss und enthusiastisch. Darum sage icll: la.„'; heute kampfen!M Die nleisten Offiziere, besonders die stimmen ihm bei, uns es wird besclilossen, an demselben . anzugreifen. Ein Schlachtplan ist schnell entworfen. solle auf dem Damm den Sumpf uberschreiten und das Lager aes Antonius stiirmen, wahrend Brutus iiber die Passe rechts nem Lager in die Ebene rucken und das Lager Octavian sag solle. ^.un 一es mag etwa S Uhr sein—das langersehnte Zeichen Angnfr gegeben, und unter grossem Geschrei werden alle ocnwiengkeiten mit Leichtigkeit uberwunden. In den Lagern der

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Die Mannen des Antonius ziehen wohlgemut in den Kampf; aber die Soldaten Octavians sind unsicher und mismutig; denn die ermutigende Nahe des Feldherrn fehlt ihnen. Dieser hat sich, (lurch einen Traum seines Arztes gewarnt, auf einen nahen Hugel bringen lassen, und kann von dort die Schlacht beobachten. Die Caesarianer stellen sich vor ihren Lagern in zwei Divisionen a.uf und erwarten den Ansturm der Republicaner, die von den Bergen und iiber den Sumpf herlibersturmen, sich sclinell mil romischer Disziplin in Schlaclitordnung aufstellen und zum Angriff sclireiten.

Im Laufschritt rucken sie voran und jetzt, jetzt sind sie aneinander.

Aber fest wie eine Mauer stehen die Caesarianer, gegen die die Republikaner wie Sturmbocke vergeblich anrennen. Eine Stimde nacli der anderen vergeht, ohne dass eine Wendung eintritt; wie Idimpfende Panther halten sich die Heere umschlungen und zerfleischen einander; alles ist in Staub gehullt, wahrend die Sonne mit tropischer Hitze niederstrahlt. Und schon fangt sie an, sich gegen Westen zu neigen, da fangen die Scharen des Cassius zu wanken an und ziehen sich langsam, tapfer kampf end, Schritt fiir Schritt zuriick, indem sie versuchen, den Damm und das Lager zu errcichen.

Auf dem rechten Fliigel dagegen ist Brutus im Vortcil; die tapferen Soldaten Octavians kampfen zwar wie Romer, werden aber von Romern unter besserer Fiihrung langsam zuriickgetrieben; denn Brutus leitet hier selbst den Kampf. Daă&#x20AC; vird ihm gemeldet, dass der linke Fliigel weiche, und schnell entsclilossen scliickt er seinem Kollegen einen Reitertrupp zur Hilfe. Cassius sieht die Reiter kommen, glaubt Brutus sei auch besiegt und halt die Reiter fiir Verstarkung des Antonius; er schickt ihnen zur Rekognoszierung den Centurionen Titianus entgegen; dieser komnit bei ihnen an und wird freudig in ihre Mitte genommen. Als Cassius dieses sieht, glaubt er seinen Hauptmann gefangen, seine Mutniassung erfullt; reisst in iibereilten Verzweiflung den Dolcli aus dem Giirtel, mit dem er Caesar einst ermordet, und durchbohrt damit seine eigene Brust.

Die Nachricht vom Felde des Feldherrn verbreitete sich mit Windeseile iiber das ganze Schlaclitfeld, und nun brechen seine Soldaten in wilde Plucht aus, auf den Damm zu. Hier ensteht ein furclitbares Gedrange, vorne der Sumpf mit dem nur sclimalen Damm, und hinten. die verfolgenden Sieger; was nicht niedergemaclit wird, versinkt im schlammigen Sumpfe und nur etliche Hundert gelangen in die Berge, verfolgt von den Caesarianern; die Verfolger ersturmen das Lager, plundern es und ubergeben es den Flammen.

Wahernddessen hat Brutus die Reilien der Soldaten Octavians durchbrochen und ihr Lager zerstort. Und wahrend die Naclit ihre Schleier ausbreitet, sehen die Caesarianer in der Ebene auf den Bergen die Flammen des Scheiterhaufens zum Himinel emporlod-

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Nun folgen vierzehn Tage miissigen Wartens auf Seiten der Republikaner, ungeheurer Anstrengungen aber auf Seiten der Caesarianer, diese zum Kampfe zu reizen. Denn der Mangel am Notigsten hat stetig zugenommen. Eine Flotte mit Proviant und Verstiirkung aus Brundisium unter Domitius Colonus wird von den im Meerbusen kreuzenden Sell iffen des Flottenflihrers Ahenobarbus abgeschnitten und zerstreut. Immer grosser wird der Mangel und immer melir versuclit man, Brutus, dessen Lager zu hoch und fest gelegen ist, um anzugreiffen zu werden, und der durch die letzte Schlacht zu warten gelernt, zum kiimpfen zu zu bringen. Aber zwei Umstande bewegen ihn schliesslich, den verhangnisvollen Kampf zu wagen. Er hat nichts vom Erfolg des Ahenobarbus gehort und beschliesst daher, anzugreifen, ehe die Verstarkung anlangl; aucli dringen die Soldaten, denen er die Beute von Sparta und Thessalonich versprochen hat, 'venn sie bei ilim blieben, auf Kampf, um dann gegen diese Stadte vorriicken zu konnen. In der Naclit vor dem Kampf ersclieint ilim dasselbe Gesicht, das ihm vor der ersten Schlacht erscliienen war. Du hast,” sagt der Geist, “meine Warming missachtet has gekampft und gesiegt; aber wisse: die Mahnen Caesar’s schrein um Rache; und ein Reich, auf Frevel erbaut, kann nicht bestelien!” Das Gespenst verschwindet und Bru­ tus bleibt halbbetiiubt liegen; was hatte der Geist gesagt? Das Reich, das er zu relten versuclit solle untergehen? Gern-wiirde er seine Befehle ruckgiingig machen; doch er ist beschlossen zu kampfen; unmoglich wiir's, die begeisterten Soldaten zuriickzuhalten.

Der anbrechende Morgen bringt einen triiben, sturmischen Tag; graue Wolken hiingen schwer am Himmel und ab und zu stiirzt ein Regenguss zu Boden. Da,—ein Tubaton—das Zeichen zur Schlacht!

Wie am ersten Schlacht tage stiirmendie Soldaten in die Ebene und greifen die dort stehenden Kolonnen an. Ein fiirchterlicher Kampf entspinnt sicli, der den ganzen Tag hindurch dauert. Es mag / et'va vier Uhr sein, da fan gen die Riehen der Republikaner an, zu wanken, und brechen scliliesslich in wilde Flucht aus. Sobald sie sehen, dass der Kampf sich zum Schlechten wendet, stiirzen sich viele Vornehme Romer, darunter Catos Sohn, nochmals gegen den Feind und suchen und finden so ihren Tod, an der Republik ver­ z'yeifelnd. Umsonst versuclit Brutus, seine Scharen zu halten; er wird vom Strome mit fortgerissen.

Die ganze Nacht hindurch irrt er in den Bergen umher begleitet von vier Legionen. Die erscheinende Morgen rote findet ihn auch von diesen verlassen, umgeben von Spaliern und vom Lager abgeschnitten. Der Regen des gestrigen yages pat sich in einen Sturm verwandelt, der im Gebirge furchterlich tobt.

Brutus und die wenigen, die bei ihm sind haben in einer Hiitte Schutz gesucht. Endlich sieht Brutus, der bisher immer noch gehofft, seine lioffnungslose Lage ein und lasst sich um

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niclit in die Hande der Feinde zu fallen von seinem Freund Strato von Epirus ersteclien. In dem Augenblick, in dem er fallt, streckt ein Blitzstrahl eine liohe Eiche vor der Hohle zu Boden, gleichsam als wolle der Himmel seinen Sclimerz ausdrucken iiber den schmahlichen XJntergang der glorreiclien Republik. Das Wort des Gespentes aber ging in Brfullung: Brutus ging unter, und die Repub­ lik, die er als Letzter vertrat, machte einer anderen, glanzenderen, G. G.,，19. wenn auch. tugendloseren Regierungsform Platz!

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Dear friends,一I wont call ye ladies and gentlemen, becuz I know ye tew well fer thet. Ye all know, seein’ ez haow I’m runnin* fer the high and mighty office of county treasurer, it kin only be befittin* thet I give y4 a speech. There will be Hire pints tew my speech. First, my platform; secondly, aour American Ideals; third­ ly aour Ferreign Policy.

Naow my platform is ez follows: I am the best man fitted for this here office, becuz I am well known in this here communitee of aours. Ye know, I never cheated enny one of my friends, which goes to show thet I am an honest man. Then there is good pay in a job like thet, and if enny man is fit tew draw that pay, I’m the one.

If ye want better roads, vote for me. If ye want better cattle, vote fer me. Naow tliefs my platform, and you can’t find a better one araound here. If I am elected, see to it thet my pay comes in regiler.

Naow tew come tew the second pint. What aire our ideals?

Well, we aire all tryin, tew make aour country a better and more prosperous nashun. In the first place we must consider the men thet aire runnin’ this here nashun. They aire as ye all know, John D. Rockenfeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Woodrow Wilson. Of course, we fellers hev somethin tew say wunce in a while. But name enny man thet made liis money differently and more honest than Rockenfeller or Carnegie. And look at the fine buildin’s and libraries them fellers is puttin’ up. Of course ye can’t expect none fer a while naow, becuz the prize of oil and stell is goiii’ daown.

Ye see they’ve got tew cetch up with what they paid aout so far. I almost fergot tew mention aour congress. They get a word in edgewise wunce in a wliile. Why they’re wonderful. I tell you, aour congress is the greatest body of men thet money kin buy. Look et the people thet aire doin’ so much good fe rtliis great home of the brave and the free. Take fer instance the prohibishunists. Thar sloggan is: Down with drink! Naow tliem’s my sentiments, but I say keep it daown. Then thar is Billy Sunday, After Edison

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167 heard him, he invented the talkin’ machine. Billy knows how tew make the money and get his name in the papers. Why on his last holler daown in New Jersey, he cleaned up about thirty-five thou­ sand dollars. Now it aint everybuddy thet kin do that. Not even Bill Bryan, even if he does drink grape juice and wear a peace dove on his hat. Naow if we all cud make money like thet, thar wudn’t be enny kickin, and hollerin’ goin’ on. And them fellers thet/s got all the money run the country tew. Talkin，abaout this country gettin’ intew war. Why thar aint no nashun wud dast tackle us, the way we aire prepared. Why we’ve got almost eighty thousand men in aour army, and we’ve got a few guns tew. Then thar’s aour navy. Look et aour subs and aroplanes. They’re the most wonderful things agoin’. Our subs go up and aour aroplanes go down. But some of aour subs is real sensibul. Where they get daown wunce, they stay daown. O thar aint nuthin like us.

Naow, my friends, befer ye go tew sleep, I wish tew explainify to you aour ferign policy. Ye all know thet President Wilson hez a purty hard job on his hands on account of this here Yurropeen war. Of course, lie reely oughter help John Bull a little, becuz Kaiser Bill is the fault of the hull bizness. Ye see/ England and her paowerful allies, fer instance, Russia, hez got tew lick Germany, becuz we want some cultshur after the war. We need it. Ye know thet England hez allays ben the boss of the hull wurld so fer and Germany’s ben a’ swipin’ a lot of her trade and of course Johnny Bull sure can’t stand fer thet, and he hez got tew git Germany aout of the way, so，s he kin read aour mail easier, becuz thar might be somethin' in it, tliet don't suit him and he’d just hate tew ask us tew apologize fer it. And it aint no more’n right neither. And then tew think thet them barbarians of Germans would shoot daown all them ships with a lot of mules and other people on board. I say, any free born American citizen hez a right tew go where he pleases, but Mexico, ’cuz lie’s liable tew be held up by bandits and shot and robbed. Nobuddy with common sense ought tew go daown thar. Tliets why aour soldiers is cornin’ back. Ye see we hate tew shoot them Mexicans, becuz that would be unhuman, and the President believes in liummanitie. Of course we kin tell ’em tew keep quiet wunce in a while, so’s not tew disturb us while we're gettin* reddy anuther note tew Germany, fer sendin’ a couple British ships daown. 0 U’s a shame the way they do it. Of course, Mexi­ co wud be obligin’ enuff tew do thet fer us. She ought tew, becuz we aint done her nothin’. I tell you President Wilson is a peace­ ful man. He wouldn’t fight with ennybuddy. Naow I axe you as he sez: Be proud of your country. And don’t forgit tew vote fer Elihu Perkins. I thank you.

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Wenn Gott ein in tiefer schmachvoller Knechtschaft schmachtendes Volk erretten will, erweckt er den Retter selbst. Als die Kinder Israel einst in Agyptenland von Pharao bedrangt wurden, bereitete der Herr ihnen einen Retter in Moses, den er wunderbar fuhrte. Damit die neutestamentliche Kirche sich schneller ausbreite, erweckte Gott Paulus, der sein Evangelium in ganz Asien und Europa predigte.und so dazu beitrug, dasselbe auszubreiten.

So hat er auch Luther zum Reformator bereitet, der den Antichris­ ten uberwinden sollte, als die Wahrheit in Traditionen und Irrtum begraben lag.

Luther war eine Gottesgabe, die Gott der Welt gegeben hatte, sein Volk aus der Finsternis des Papsttums zuriick zum Liclite der Wahrheit zu bringen. Luther wurde von bauerlichen Eltern geboren. Das, was vor der Welt gering ist, erwiihlt sich Gott liaufig, um seine grossen Taten in Staat und Kirche auszuricliten. Auch ist es von holier Bedeutung, dass Luther gegen Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts geboren wurde. Der Strom der Renaissance liberflutete damals Deutschland. Neues Streben erfullte die Leute, die alten Sprachen wieder zu studieren, die Luther spiiter auch wissen musste, um die Bibel zu iibersetzen. Auch wurde Luther nicht lange nach der Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst geboren. Dies alles waren Dinge, die die Reformation sehr fordern sollten.

Kein Zufall war es, dass Luther zu einer Zeit lebte, da Roms Macht sank. Die romische Kirche war verkommen. Dies lehren zwei Tatsachen. Erstens das grosse Schisma, wo drei Papste mit einander um den Stuhl Petri wetteiferten, und zweitens die Taten des Papstes Alexander VIâ&#x20AC;? dessen Laster sogar dem Hofe lieidnischer Regenten fremd waren. So verkommen war die Kirche, dass selbst Manner in ihrer Mitte versuchten Reformen anzustellen.

Man bemiihte sich, diesem unwurdigen und der Cliristenheit uberaus schadigenden Zustande durcli Konzile in Pisa, Konstanz und Basel ein Ende zu machen. Die Konzile aber vermocliten keine Verbesserung der Zustande zu Stande zu bringen. Auf dem Konzil zu Konstanz verurteilte man Johann Hus, dem eine Reform sehr am Herzen lag, zum Feuertode. So glaubten sie, die Kirche zu verbessern. Gott wollte sie in einer anderen Weise reformiert haben, namlich durch sein Wort allein.

Aber Luther musste erst auf seine Lebensarbeit vorbereitet werden, um spater tiichtig in seinem Berufe zu werden. Er wurde in alien Wissenschaften seiner Zeit unterrichtet, besonders in den Sprachen. Sem Vater wolle ihn zu einem Rechtsgelehrten ausbilden lassen, deshalb sclieute er keine Miihe, seinen Sohn in die besten Schulen zu scliicken. Auf der Universitat zu Erfurt kam Luther mit der humanistisclien Bewegung in Beruhrung. Luther zicimete sich uberall durch Pleiss und Lernbegierde aus.

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Sollte Luther der Reformator der Kirche werden, so musste er aus eigener Anschauung das Elend seiner Briider kennen lernen.

Dies geschah, indem er ins Kloster ging. Hier richtete er sich nach alien Regeln, die die Kirche ihm bot, um Frieden mit Gott zu erlangen, und seiner Seligkeit gewiss zu werden. Er sah aber bald ein, dass alles nichts half. Er kannte die Gnade Gottes nicht, deshalb meinte er durch sein eigen Tun selig werden zu miissen. Doch musste er an sich erfahren, wie vergeblich alle Menschensatzungen sind, dem Menschen ein gutes Gewissen vor Gott zu geben, wie ganz umsonst es ist, dies zu versuchen, wie es schliesslich zur Verzweiflung fiihrt, wenn man sich selbst durch seine Werke den Frieden des Gewissens und die Gewissheit der Gewissheit der Seligkeit erwerben will und es dabei ernst meint.

Gott lies Luther niclit in seinem Siindenelend stecken, sondern zeigte ihm die rechte Hilfe in aller Siindennot. Er liess Luther die Bibel im Kloster linden. Audi trosteten ihn ein alter Monch und besonders Doktor Staupitz. Den rechten Grund fand Luther aber im Wort,besonders in dem Spruche, Romer 3,28: So halten wir es nun, dass der Mensch gerecht werde, ohne des Gesetzes Werk allein durch den Glauben. Als Luther diese Wahrheit des Evangeliums erkannte, da war sein Gewissen beruhigt. Er hatte die Versicherung, dass wir allein durch den Glauben an Jesum Christum selig werden.

Endlich brach der Tag der Reformation an. Luther war nun gerustet, sein Werk auszufiihren. Gott hatte ihm zu erkennen gegeben, dass man nur aus Gnaden selig werden kann. Er war zur rechten, tiefen Erkenntniss des Evangeliums gekommen. Damit hatte Luther nun die rechte Waffe, womit er das Papsttum uberwinden konnte. Er hatte die Kraft des Evangeliums an sich erfahren, und er konnte es auch anderen deslialb predigen.

So hat Gott Luther zu seinem Werkzeug ausgeriistet, nicht unmittelbar wie einst im alten Testament Moses und die Propheten, sondern mittelbar, wie er jetzt die Prediger des Evangeliums beruft, durch Menschen.

Gott fiigte es auch so, dass seine Lehrer seine grossen Gaben erkannten, und ihn zum Priester ordinierten, um den Christen in der Gemeinde zu predigen. Ohne seinen Willen machte man ihn zum Professor an der University zu Wittenberg und zum Doktor der heiligen Schrift. Er musste schworen, dass er nichts anders sein Leben lang lehren und predigen werde, als das, was in der Bibel stehe, und dass er sie gegen alle Peinde verteidigen werde. Als Luther nun sein. Amt ausrichwollte, kam der Papst ihm in den Weg mit seinem Helfershelfer Johann Tetzel und wollte die reine Lehre nicht dulden. So kam Luther zum Kanipf mit Rom, und es kam durch Gottes Fiigung zur Reformation.

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Our life at best is a certain bondage, an inquietude, a constant yearning, hoping and expecting, ever to remain with us until we have entered into the -blessed hereafter. Its joys are material, transient, and unstable.

In moments of relaxation alone, when almost oblivious of our mortal selves, we may obtain a short, small glimpse of eternity.

There we are ourselves as we ought to be and hope to be, we are raised to higher regions away from the grind and monotony of our constrained routine.

These flights of fancy, little more than exalted air castles, act like tonics to our being, indue us with new hope, and bring cheer and content. We return from them refreshed and purified.

Let me then have music, O muse, deep, noble, soul-inspiring music, that I may follow in the paths of its dying melodies as they pass beyond our sphere.

Let me have poetry and literature that I may mount on the winged steeds of master minds in their ethereal courses.

Let me have art, beautiful art, in every form that it may write its aerial story on the unlimited page of imagination.

And for the greatest happiness of meditation give me the wis­ dom and understanding of thy word, o God, that I may commune directly with tliee, the final fountain of solace, hope, and rest.

E. C. K. STICK TO YOUR WORD. What is more disgusting than transactions with people on whom one cannot rely, people who are so convincing and voluble in their promises that one reposes absolute confidence in them only to become aware that all their pledges were idle prattle!

If you are not in a position to live up to certain engagements, dare to say no, even tlio a refusal is somewhat embarrassing. By delaying and shuffling, matters eventually become more acute since there is added to the unpleasantness of a refusal the disappoint­ ment of having been imposed upon by false assurances.

In most cases, however, there is no need of any embarrassment that might be caused by declining. Put method and system into all your business and never neglect anything essential. By doing so you will not fall behind and be handicapped by time in meeting your obligations. Systematical work accustoms one to become punctual, thus avoiding any attempts to evade demands made with right on you.

How different on the other hand is the development when one begins to let the sinful Adam obtain ascendency. Of course it will be impossible after periods of continued sloth to do your duty in. the time allotted. Excuses must then be framed up and promises renewed on the strength of hard luck stories, and once you start

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doing this it becomes second nature to you. Your speech and ac­ tions bear the mark of prevarication and unreliability, and any reputation you may have had of being a dependable man soon is forfeited.

And all tliis because you have been lazy and haven’t had enough backbone to stick to your word. Do not let this accusation be thrown up to you, fellow-student. Redeem yourself. Youi will find E. C. K. that there is enjoyment in punctuality.

Death stands above me, whispering low I know not what into my ear Of his strange language all I know Is, there is not a word of fear.

Laudor.

* Th workman who turns out a poor job is an improvement on the one who does nothing but stand around and make remarks Anony. about it.

Die Irrtiimer des Menschen machen ilin eigentlich liebensGoethe. wurdig.

It is sometimes easier to step into another man’s shoes than Anony. it is to walk in them.

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The effectiveness of a cruiser depends upon the crew.

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NEW TEACHER INSTALLED — Prof. Westerh&uHC, formerly pastor of the Lutheran Congregfation at Elroy, having1 accepted a call as teacher at Northwestern, was installed on October 2, He is at present instructor of Greek and Latin.

N. V,\ C. KOOTERS JOURNEY TO WAUKESHA, SEPT. 30, 1916.

For weeks both the college football team and rooters rehearsed and practiced with but one thought, and that was, to show their opponents liow to play real football ancl how to root with real col­ lege spirit. With the very same thought in mind they, on Satur­ day, Sept. 30, boarded the In terurban en route for Carroll College of Waukesha. It surely was a spirited crowd that so journeyed forth either to win or lose. If ever Mirth, Wit and Joy assumed a form corporeal, they surely clid that day. For “Sock” Krauss, asst, yell-master, couldn’t let a second slip by without provoking peals of laughter from his followers. Ray Timmel, our deserving jester and yell-master proper, try hard as he could, couldn’t avoid bringing into the face of every one a grin whenever he opened his mouth either to render one of his favorite ditties or to rid him­ self of some nonsensical philosophy. Yes, even our prosaic con­ ductor fairly shook with mirlli. After about an liour’s riding we pulled into the city of springs. In double file and martial tread we proceeded up tlie main avenue of the burg with Sock and Smoky

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at the head. Thru the gates we filed into the field of battle. Presently the referee tooted his klaxon for the fray to begin. Then there arose from tlie ominous ranks of the doughty followers of the Black and Red emblem, a sliout so awful and terrifying that our valiant op­ ponents began to shake and tremble somewhere about their knees.

The small Carroll following was, we are sorry to say, so intimated by the deafening cheering of the N. W. C. rooters, that they hardly let themselves be heard for the rest of the day. And so Northwestern carried away the honors of the day, that is, in rooting. When we were already ten miles distant from Waukesha, on our way home, we could still see tlie welkin reverberate over that town, due to spirited rooting and cheering of the loyal Northwesterners.

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How the fire started or was started, no none seems to know.

But let us vouchsafe our opinion which, in so far as we are con­ cerned, is the best one.that has ben uttered as yet. We are fully convinced that the foul perpetrator was an over-grown horse-fly.

The said animal had been buzzing about that part of the building the entire day. The natural consequence was that said animal would by evening have a hot-box in the axle directly underneath the wings. Naturally the animal, or zoologically more correct, creature, would take its lodgings for the night in the dirtiest corner of the hallway, and such was the waste-basket. Alas! Eureka!

The second of the two fires was really of more importance, in so far that the fire department had to be called. The students, however, succeeded in extinguishing this also even before the de­ partment arrived. Nevertheless it caused some disturbance in the

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dormitory when the cry “Fire!” resounded thru our halls at about half past eight in the evening. “Rex” Kiessling was this time the coolest of us all, for hardly had he heard the cry, he galloped into the hallway, triumphantly holding high above his loftiness, a tumbler half full of water, crying at the top of his voice: “G?oV friends! Sweet friends! Tell me, where doth the conflagration rage ,for I must quench it!” But, alas, the fire was not so near Rex as he thought. It was a shed in the barnyard.

Friend Matzke, after having inspected the ruins of the still in­ tact shed came to the conclusion, that a lightning bolt must have struck the edifice the night before. Here we heartily concur with him, as his conclusion is most logical.

MEMBERS OF N. W. C. CONCERT COMMITTEE APPOINTED. At a meting of the several musical organizations the following were appointed members of the concert committee for the year 1916-17, as representative of the Orchestra, Christian Kock, ’17; representative of the choir, Bernhard J. Westendorf, *18; repre­ sentative of the band, Karl Kuske, ’18. The other members are Elmer C. Kiessling, ’17，president of the orchestra; Helmuth W. Schaefer, *17, president of the band, and Adolf G. Zeisler, *18, presi­ dent of the chorus.

BASEBALL MANAGERS ELECTED. On Oct. 4 the collegiate department met for the election of base­ ball managers. The election resulted as follows: Armin Retzlaff, ’17, manager; Helmuth W. Schaefer,，17, assistant manager. Mr. Retzlaff was chosen for his remarkable ability at “jewing，:’ and Schaefer was chosen because he would save the athletic association some railroad fares, being of such small stature.

AUS DEM SEMINAR. Unsern lieben Martin Glaser besuchte am 15. Sept, sein Freund Arthur Kirst aus Tomah.

Herr Helmuth Plass, ein friilieres Mitglied der 1. Klasse und gege nwartig ** Lehrer an der Hochscliule zu Oakwood, besuchte uns am 15..Sept.

Ewald Sterz predigte am 17. Sept, in Whitewater und Richmond.

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Herr Pastor W. Keibel, Seelsorger der Nain-Gemeinde in Mil­ waukee, ein Mitglied der letztjahrigen Klasse, beehrte das Seminar am 19. Sept, mit einem Besucli.

Die Herren Westendorf und Sprengeler aus der 3. Klasse reisten am 17. Sept, nacli Neosho, um an einer festliclien Gelegenheit teilzunehmen.

Unser lieber Studiengenosse Paul Eickraann musste sicli am 19. Sept, einer schweren Operation im Milwaukee Hospital unterziehen, doch ist cr mit Gottes Hilfe nun auf dem Wege der Besserung. Wir wiinschen ihm baldige Genesung.

W. Hutli aus der 3. Klasse, betrauert den Tod seines Vaters, der am 19. Sept, verschied.

Herr Alfred Schweppe, Alumnus der R W. C.，’15 Klasse und zur Zeit Student an der Staats-Universitat, besuchte uns am 23.

Sept.—An diesem Tage erlebten wir auch einen Besuch cles Herrn H. Hoyer, weiland Student am N. W. C., nun Medizinstudierender an der Marquette Universitat.

Am 1. Okt. liatten wir Besuch von der Alma Mater in Watertown, namlich den Herrn Tutor Clias. Schweppe und seine Pfleglinge die Herren Oberprimaner G. Schlegel and P. Kolander.

Eine ganze Anzahl unsrer Seminaristen besuchten die Konzerte der Militar Kapelle des 3. Deutschen See-Bataillons aus Tsingtau. Herr H. Greffin der aus Hartford zu den Konzerten ^ekommen war, besuchte seinen Freund Herrn Paul Lutzke im Seminar.

Eine ansehnliche Schaar unserer Studenten pilgerten am 30.

Sept, nacli Waukesha um der Niederlage des N. W. C. Football Teams beizuwohnen.

Watertown erfreute sich am 8. Okt. eines Besuclies der Herrn B. Kupfer, W. Fuhlbrigge, W. Zank und Ph. Froehlke aus dem Sem­ inar.

F. Manteufel predigte am 1. Okt. in Dale und stattete auf dieser Reise auch seiner Heimat bei Appleton einen Besuch ab.

Der Herr Pastor F. 0. Marolin aus Milwaukee besuchte uns am 7. Okt. Am 23. Sept, begrussten wir unsern alten Freund Herrn Hans Press, der bei 0. Medenwald einkehrte. Er reiste von hier nach Detroit wo er eine Gescliaftsstelle antreten wird.

Und nicht zu vergessen! Es besuchten uns am 8. Okt. die Her­ ren Kaiser, Schuhjahn, und Hermann vom N. W. C. Von Heimatsliebe ergriffen, zog 0. Pluedemann am 7. Okt. auf Besucli nacli Theresa ins Vaterhaus.

E. Sterz wurde am 1. Okt. von seinen Schwestern besucht.

Am 6. Okt. Nachmittags fiihrte der Herr Pastor E. Duemling, Stadtmissionar aus Milwaukee, eine grossc Schaar unsrer Seminaristen auf einen Rundgang durch die County-Anstalten in Wau­ watosa. Wir haben einen interessanten und lehrreichen. Nachmit-

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tag verlebt und es diirften manche der Eindrucke, die wir dabie gewonnen, fur unsere spater Wirksamkeit von hohem Werte sein.

Unser Studiengenosse H. Nitz aus der 3. Klasse reiste am 10.

Okt. nach Rice, Arizona, um auf einige Monate die Vakanz an der Peridot-Station unsrer Indianermission zu fiillen. Herr Nitz hat auch letztes Jahr in der dortigen Mission, an der Schule zu Globe, gearbeitet. Wir wunschen ihm Gottes Segen zur Arbeit und dass er wohlbehalten zu uns zuriickkehren moge.

Die Tennis-Courts beim Seminar haben unter der regen Wirk­ samkeit des M. Cowalsky eine erhebliche Verschonerung erlebt, dazu eine neue Umzaumung und andere Reparaturen.

Auch unser Pooltisch ist neuuberzogen worden.

Die Skt. Johannis-Gemeincle (Rev. H. Geischen) in Wauwa­ tosa ffeierte am 8. Okt. ihr Missionsfest. Bei clerselben Gelegenheit wurden drei heniiche Gemixlde, die von Herrn Prof. J. Ph. Kohler gemalt waren, eingeweiht. Ein ausgewahlter Chor von unseren Studenten trug einen Psalmgesang vor.

In der Abwesenheit des Herrn Nitz hat Bruder Jim Wehausen das eintriigliche Gescliaft des Blicherjuden ubernommen. Auf prompte und reelle Bedienung, so viel es die schlechten Zeiten erlauben, soil er sich verpflichtet haben.

ALUMNI COLUMN. The 1916 Seminary graduates, old Northwesterners, have been distributed as follows: Wm. I-Iartwig and Walter Schumann, tutors at N. W. C., while the following are in charge of parishes: W. Hillnier, Benton Harbor, Mich.; W. Keibel, Milwaukee, Wis.; A. Koelpin, McNaughton, Wis.; Leon. Koeninger, Raymon, S. D.; H. Lietzau, Star Prairie, Wis.; Wm. Lueckel, Joseph, Oregon; F. Marohn, Milwaukee, Wis.; H. Parisius, Morton, Minn.; Wm. Wietzke, Graftore, Nebr.

Henry Brandt, *16, is at present a student of history at the Ne­ braska State University, Lincoln, Nebr.

Hans Hoyer, ex.，17, has decided oil a mental rest for a year in order to learn various trades, as for instance, corn husking, garden­ ing and others.

Wei、fremde Spraclien nicht kennt, weiss nichts von seiner Goethe. eigenen.

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No race has the right to threaten our peace and happiness by desig­ nating descendants of other races as Hyphenated Americans. “No race is justified for affirming the superiority of its own heritage to that of all others in our democratic country.” “The Home and America>, is an interesting article on the degeneration of the Am­ erican home. There is little to criticise except that the introduc­ tion is too long in comparison with the body of the article, It points out that the home is the place where the reforms of social evils must be begun. The other departments, especially tlie Exchanges** and “Locals” are good.

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We are sorry to say that we are able to enjoy only half of the “Augsburg Echo,” coming to us from Minneapolis, Minn. The Eng­ lish part of your June number is good. The editorials are only of local interest. The literary department might have been improved by a short story. The “Valedictory” is certainly appropriate and shows the right kind of spirit. It shows how the really great men of all times have become so by having deep convictions and by dar­ ing to put them into practice. Their names remain while those of men who are afraid to fight for their views perish with them, “It takes more courage to live for a principle and suffer in patience than to die for it. The orator then goes on to show that this applies to us as Christians, that we should not be ashamed of God’s name. **A Plea For Equal Suffrage” gives us the writer’s view on the sub•ject. Howver, it seems to be based mainly on examples, which, as a rule, do not prove very much. Where is the work of the depart­ ment editors? in looking over the names of your staff we notice that you have about four editors whose departments are not repre­ sented. The advertisements on the covers of your paper detract from its good appearance.

THE QUARTERLY TATLER. The June number of the **Quarterly Tatler” from New York City contains several good things. The editorials pertain to the affairs of the school. “I-Iis Violin” and “Tlie Haunted House” are inter­ esting and well-told stories. “True Love” is the story of a Civil 'yar veteran to whom the horrors of war came back by the declara­ tion of the present war, causing his death. In our opinion it is the best story in this number, as regards material as well as diction.

“Tlie Wallflower” is a simple story, somewhat on the order of those which one finds everywhere. The literary department consists only of stories. A short essay would improve it very much. Surely some of the students at your school would be capable of writing an article. We would also suggest that you arrange your material a little more systematically.

Every failure is a step toward success.

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This is apparently borne out by the fact that tlie Mikado has flatly ignored Count (ikuma’s recommendation that Viscount Kato be appointed as his successor, and lias appointed in liis stead Count Terauchii a professed opponent of Okuma, and a man of pronounced radical tendencies, an imperialist and expansionist.

Japan’s change of premiers will, therefore, import more than a mere change of cabinet heads; it will mean a changed course in Japanese politics. China and America, especially, have reason to contemplate this course with some apprehension.

Nearly a year ago, Premier Okuma was interviewed on the sub­ ject of the policy his cabinet intended with respect to Japan, and is credited with replying: “The United States has gained its present greatness and power as the result of a long process of annexations of territory by both purchase and conquest. . . By these acts of conquest Mexico, direct­ ly* mjist have lost greatly. Yet, indirectly, Mexico has been bene­ fited immeasurably by the conduct of her strong and faithful neigh­ bor一the United States. . . Now it is not going too far to say that a very good parallel can be drawn between the relation at present existing between Japan and China, and that of the United States towards Mexico in the past—the only noticeable difference being in the relative magnitude and resources of the nationalities in the Far East.”

If this is Japanese conservation, what can we expect of the new radical premier and cabinet? It is hardly to be expected that the European war will be influenced by the coming change in Japan’s foreign policy, but it is certainly probable that this change may bring about a new and decisive diplomatic tendency which will come strongly in conflict with American interests.

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It may be that the new government will not immediately re­ vive the question of Japanese immigration into the United States, but it is expected that Japan will now pursue its aims in China with­ out much regard to American protest or interference.

The late premier frequently expressed friendship toward the United States, and declared that war between the two nations was Impossible. Will his successor be disposed to adopt the same at­ titude?

For ’tis with feelings as with waters: The shallow murmur, while the deep are dumb.

Mine be a cot beside the hill; A beehive’s hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near.

Anony.

Rogers.

For most men (till by losing rendered sager) Will back their own opinion by a wager.

Byron.

’Tis pleasant, sure, to see one’s name in print; A book’s a book, altho there’s nothing in’t.

Byron.

He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast.

Coleridge. ♦

Could sympathy only be converted into cash, there is strong reason, to believe that not so much of it would be wasted. 一Anony. 傘

Some writers have a wealth of thought, but all have a thought Anony. of wealth.

ATHLETICS NORTHWESTERN LOSES TO CARROLL.

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Althougli our men had the speed and team-work, they had to take a beating from Carroll’s heavy and experienced players on Sept.

30th on the Carroll campus. The score was 36 to 2, somewhat dis­ couraging to be sure, but this was the first game of tlie season, and better things doubtless are promised and expected for the ensuing games.

During tlie first half both squads went along, apparently very evenly matched pair. Although within the shadows of the goal­ posts at various times, neither side was able to plant tlie pigskin behind the goal-line. Thrilling scenes and big moments, which were plenty in the first two quarters, often brought the bleachers to their feet. Time and again Carroll’s efforts were frustrated in trying to smash our stonewall. One foreward pass after another was intercepted by our men, many plays were broken, we had them in our grip. Whenever our opponents loomed up on tlie horizon of the danger zone, the whole bunch looked to be spiked down, and there were slim chances for any gains. The ball contiually see-sawed back and forth, and both sidees were frequently penalized for off­ sides and pugilistic performances. In the first quarter, however, the Black and Red was the first to score two points on a wild pass over the goal line, which was downed for a safety. In tlie second quarter the Orange and White got the pumpkin on our five yard line. Without mediocre success a two hundred pounder, Shepherd, tried to cripple and penetrate our defense. Anticipating that the

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ball would go over after the next down, Carroll kicked a “nifty” goal from the field. The ultimate result after the first half was 3 to 2 in Carroll’s favor.

Up to this time things looked very favorable, and Northwestern went in with all kinds of pep. But before long the baloon went up, when Carroll got away with an end run, carrying the ball to our live yard line. A few minutes later the opponents had worked the pigskin across the goal. After this Northwestern was “up” and dangled in the air like the latest prices—be it a tennis racquet, a set of false teeth, a leg of veal, a Palm Beach suit, a blueberry pie, a pound of butter or cheese, or a case of eggs, everything is up— —• But luckily our team came “down” again and was able to hold the runaway somewhat in the latter part of the fourth quarter. But the “high living” had done things which could not be’ remedied in half a quarter. In the drive our opponents netted 33 points. When the whistle sounded the end of the game, Carroll was proclaimed victor of the day. The White and Yellow won by a score of 36 to 2.

Keller, Kuchenberg and Atwood starred for Carroll, while Duxe, Gutzke, Zeisler, and Capt. Kuske came across with the “stuff” for Northwestern.

The lineup was as follows: NORTHWESTERN (2) CARROLL (3G) Gutzke R. E. Atwood Binhammer R. T. Mundt Bodammer Howland R. G. Volis Shepherd C. Matzke More L. G. Kuske (Captain) L.T. Keller Strasen Mohlke L.E. Lange Kuchenberg Q. Schmelzer Haugen R. H. Duxe L. H. Keller (Captain) Zeisler F. B. Taugher Summary: Referee: Huegel, Marquette; Umpire: De Windt Harvard; Head Lineman: Vosburg, Lawrence. Substitutions: Northwestern—Henning for Zeisler. Carroll—Howard for How­ land; Olsen for More; Robb for Molilke; Fischer for Taugher; Prange for Haugen. Touchdowns: Keller, Atwood, Kuchenberg 3.

Goals from touchdowns: Keller 3. Field goal: Keller.

Nortliwestern Ties Beloit Again.

Too much beef and not enough pep in the second half on the Beloit team nearly enabled Northwestern to hand Beloit a beating on Oct. 7. In a “spliffy” game that brought out sensation and thrill­ ing football our pigskin chasers tied Beloit in the second half by a score of 14 to 14 on our campus. Beloit evidently had expected to roll up a monstrous score, but were disappointed in the second half

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The first half was a rather ragged game on both sides, and neither side seemed to get away with any plays to much advantage.

In the first quarter the game see-sawed up and down the field until Beloit scored oil a forward. Near the end of the second quarter the visitors had planted tlie ball within scoring distance of the goal, and after a few unsuccessful straight bucks rather luckily got the oval across the line on a short sidepass. This ended the first half with the score 14 toO in Beloit’s favor. B. Lange started for Northwestern in this half, preventing Beloit from crossing tlie goal-line twice after tlie runner had passed every man but the quarter.

In the second half our men opened up and did not hold back their repertoire of plays as before, outplaying Beloit at every stage of the game. One of the redeeming features in the second half was that our whole team worked like a clock. Whichever play Beloit tried gained nothing for them. Our line stood like a wall and nothing could get through or over it. Luther Vohs, our rangy center, played the best game of his life and deserves a great deal of praise for the exhibition lie put up in defense, as well as offense. The Beloit backfield was rather slow with tlie exception of Lehr, left half, who hit the line with terrific force whenever called upon and at times was indomitable on his smashes. It was due to him that the first touch­ down of the game was scored. Time after time we held Beloit for downs and forced them to punt. They were simply fagged and never recovered from the smashing attacks of our men on the line, Throughout tlie second half the Black and Red played a heedful game, employing the various formations with line smashes and forwards, at which Lange and Duxe showed unusual adeptness. It was due to Gutzke’s sterling work in pulling down the forwards that we made our first touchdown of 1916 in the third quarter and easily gained ground for the rest of the game. After the third quarter we began a big drive down the field. Strasen, left end, put tlie finish­ ing touch to this impressive marcli by grabbing a freaky forward on the other side of the goal.

Lange successfully kicked both goals of our two touchdowns, to find our team right there in the defense, as well as in the offense.

Time and again the opponents attacked our line only to run up against an impregnable line, and were even thrown back on differ­ ent occasions wlieii advanced within striking distance of the goal­ line.

The idea of straight line plunging was given up after this by the visitors and they tried nothing but forward passes, all of which were intercepted or misjudged. With about six minutes to play, we started another marcli up the field and doubtless would have netted another touchdown, had it not been for a fumble. Beloit’s end recovered the ball and pulled off a thrilling run down the field, but Schmelzer proved to be the faster sprinter of tlie two and had the runner curled up on the ground before he ever reached the danger zone. This was the only chance Beloit had for scoring in.

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the second half. Soon the time was lip leaving the score 14 to 14.

Duxe played a consistent game, his returning of punts being of a sensational order. The work of our line, although outweighed, was marvelled at by all. The outcome of this game undoubtedly in­ jected all kinds of ginger into our football warriors, which will brace them up for the coming battles of this season.

The Lineup: NORTHWESTERN (14) BELOIT (14) Gutzke Schutz R. E3.

Binhammer R.T. Fodd Bodammer Shepherd R. G. Vohs C. Vance Matzke L.G. Pratt Kuske (Capt.)

L. T. Stuessy. (Capt.)

Strasen L.E. Allen Lange Phelps Q. Schmelzer R.H. Evans Duxe Lehr L. H. Naumann Miles P. B. Summary: Referee: Pierce, Moumoutli; Umpire: De Windt, Harvard; Headlinesman: Manning, Marquette; Substitutions: Northwestern—Henning for Naumann; Beloit—Phelps for Aidrich ;Allen for Newton. Touchdawns: Northwestern—Gutzke, Strasen; Beloit—Lehr, Allen. Goals for touchdowns—Lange 2; Phelps 2. Subs: Northwestern一Henning, A. Retzlaff, W. Retzlaff, Wacker, Tacke; Beloit—Eichhardt, Bickford, Phelps, Allen.

Everything on earth has its use—but it is well for us that we —Anony. don’t know the use of some things.

When some people ask for time to think, we wonder what they are going to think with.

—Anony.

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—Mrs. W. Heidtke and daughters Irma and Paula visited with Waldemar Heidtke, *20, and Theo. Heidtke, prep. ―Dudley Rhoda, prep, journyed to his home in Oconomowoc, October 7. ―Rev. H. Brandt paid liis son Fred, *19, and Arnold, prep, a visit October 1. ―Our amiable “Cliuck” was agreeably surprised by a visit from his mother and sister Dolores.

—Walter Schujalin, prep, visited kith and kin in Milwaukee, October 7.

—T. Broitzmann, ’20, migrated to his parental abode, Reeseville, Oct. 7. T and I. Uetzmann, preps, were also visitors at that me­ tropolis. 一Mr. and Mrs. F. Schujalin motored to Watertown from Fond du Lac to visit their sons Alvin,，20, and Walter, prep, Sept. 23. 一Karl Kraus, ’18，entertained the inhabitants of Waterloo, Sept. 23 and 24.

—Ph. Froehlke, Roy Vollmers, Walter Zank, Willie Pulbrigge and Benno Kupfer from the seminary attended the Beloit-Northwest­ ern game.

—Belno Lange, ’18, and Byron, prep, received a visit from their mother Sept. 23.

—Rev. J. Spilman visited his son Carl, ’20, Sept. 25.

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一G. Schlegel and P. Kolander, ’17, trolleyed to Milwaukee after the Carroll game at Waukesha, Sept. 30.

—Arthur Genz, prep, honored Beaver Dam with his presence, Sept. 23.

—Walter Hermann, prep, spent Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7 and 8, in Milwaukee. 一Hans Press, ex-’17，surprised former classmates and acquaint­ ances by dropping in on them Sept. 21.

—G. Press and K. Timmel, ’20, went sightseeing in Oconomowoc, Sept. 30.

—W. Heidtke, ’20, made an extended trip to Juneau, Sept. 23. The following Sunday he accompanied L. Beruthal, ’18，to Richwood.

—Geraldine Giesclien renewed acquaintances in Milwaukee, — Sept. 30.

—George Froehlich, prep, received a visit from liis parents Sept.

— 23. He reciprocated by returning the visit Oct. 1. 一H. Kuckhahn, prep, visited his uncle at Neoslia, Sept. 30. 一R. Moskopf, prep, received a visit from his cousin A. Sonnenberg, Sept. 30.

—Mr. Huettel called oil his son Walter, prep. Sept. 22. Walter visited relatives in Iron Ridge, Sept. 30, and in Hustisford, Oct. 7.

—Fred Kaiser, prep, visited with his grandmother at Milwaukee, October 7. 一Max Stern and Theo. Voges, ’20，toured to Oconomowoc Sep­ tember 23.

—Mr. and Mrs. Weber and Miss E. Radtke of Lake Mills called on Theo. Voyes, ’20, Oct. 7.

—Theo. Voges, ’20, paid a visit to his grandparents at Lake Mills, October 8. 一Cornelia Groth, ’19, played hostess to her classmates, the hon­ orable sophomores, on Sunday evening, Oct. 1，her natal day. Games of all sorts were indulged in, Giesclien, Tacke, Kalfahs and Sievert carrying off prizes. Refreshments were served and after singing a “Lebe Hoch” to their hostess, the guests departed expressing the wish that she might live to enjoy many more returns of the day.

It is hardly necessary to mention that they never had so much enjoyment condensed in so few but precious hours.

—Thru misinformation it was stated in these columns, in the June number that Lucy Jaeger,，19, had discontinued her studies.

This was not the case, however, as she was forced to give up her schoolwork on account of ill health. We are pleased to announce that she graduated with full honors with her classmates of the Academic Department last June. 一Another case of youthful extravagance and thoughtlessness was brought to light a few days ago when it was seen on what the poor Preshies had squandered their few pennies. They had their minds set on purchasing a sweater and instead of getting some­ thing significant their eyes were caught by two cotton remnant

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waists which it seems were offered to tliem by an imposter of some bankrupt firm. Tlie results are as follows: The garments, orig­ inally •white, already show signs of black, while tlie gold stripes about the arms bear an unmistakable greenish hue. Add to this the fact that they have become tlie eyesores of all intellectual people thruout town and the tale of woe is complete. The one re­ deeming feature is that the gold will most likely be a perfect green in the near future. That will indeed be symbolic.

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—Adam’s alter Jammer: Noa doas ist joa wieder die Buhmelkloasse. 一Prof: Ja, der Brutus hat ein ungemein freches Mundwerk.

Snipes: Auch beim Essen.

—Sock: Since we were at Neosho we’ve changed Pfaffy’s name from “Frechdaclis” to “Fressdachs.” 一Smoky: Will Sinker’s heel ever heal up?

Krauss: It ought to, it's on the heel now.

—Karl: Der “Klondike” ist wieder gefunden worden, wir soilten ein gemastet Kalb schlachten.

Pickle: Karl, sie sind aber noch niclit fertig zum Sterben, sind sie? 一Prof: In what sense only is swine used at the present day?

Horse: In the biblical sense. 一Prof: Paragraph, Sterz, in der Grammatik.

S: Ich liabe keinen Paragraph—Sterz in meinem Buch. 一Joe: If the sugar is taken out of the sugar cane, what is left.

Ray: The cane.

—Pealy: I like this place better, because the Profs call me “Herr” Froehlke.

Plebs: They ought to call you “red hair” Froehlke.

—Prof: Wie wird der lateinische Comparativ oft gebraucht?

Wacker: Falsch. 一Legs: Sinker is a fast runner, he’s a regular one-horse Ford.

Percy: Yes, one-horse Ford, but thirty-horse weight. 一Sock: Make Uncle eat sheet music and watch him spit-toons. 一Prof: What does the prefix “mis” mean?

King: It means a young girl thafs not married yet.

—Adam: Wenn der Jiingste Tag weit genug entfernt ist, werden wir diesen Brief vielleicht noch vollstandig iibersetzen.

—Timmel: Tliey’re installing all kinds of courses up here. Now they have a Spanish course, pretty soon we’ll have apple cores.

—A new meter installed in one of the class rooms; Lauss, Hort das nicht bald auf, So werf ich sie rauss.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS. Literarj: Poem: Am Danksaguugstage 191 Irische Kultur im Altertmu-----192 197 Poem： To Curl Schurz— 19S The Tsinj; Tao Band.. _ 199 On the Value of Semitics 201 Editorials_______________ 204 College Notes........................

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Wie darf ich mit so trubem Sinn Vor Gottes Antlitz treten hin?”

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THE BLACK AND RED

Volume XX.

Watertown, Wis., November 1916.

Number 6

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Die Urbewohner Irlands waren zwei keltisclie Volksstamme, die in der Geschichte unter dem Namen Fomoren imd Firbolgen bekannt sind. Die Fomoren waren hochgewaclisene Gestalien, stark, mit scwarzen Haaren; sie zeichneten sich aus im Fischfang und Handel.

Ihre Wohnsitze waren auf den Inseln der Westkliste Irlands. Die Firbolgen waren, wie die Fomoren, sellwar zbelia art, unterscheiden sich aber yon jenen dadurch, dass ilir Korperbau bedeutend kleiner und ihre Gesichtsfarbe gelblicli war, so dass sie den Laplandern ahnlich gesehen haben mocliten. Hire Wohnsitze lagen mehr im Innern des Landes, und sie bescliilftigten sich mit Krieg und Jagd. Beide Volker wohnten geraunie Zeit in Holilen.

Ihre. Waffen verfertigten sie aus Bronze, die sie aus Kupfererz zu gewinnen wussten. Ihre Kleidung bestand^ aus Hirschfellen, die roh zusammengeschneidert und iiber der Brust mit einer Metall.brosche zusammengeheftet waren.

Jahrhundertelang hatten die beiden Stamme ungestort in Irland gelebt; da kamen von Norden, verniutlicli aus dem heutigen Diinemark, hochgewachsene Seekrieger an die Nordkiiste Irlands, beschauten sich das schone und fruchtbare Land und besclilossen, sicli dort niederzulassen. Nach langen Kampfen besiegten sie die beiden einheimischen Volksstamme. Die kunstvoll aus Gold-bronze geschmeideten Waffen, die man. noch in neuester Zeit in den alten Pyramiden und Erdhiigeln Irlands vorfand, stammen von diesen nordischen Kriegen her, und zeugen davon, dass diese auf einer hoheren Kulturstufe standen als die beiden von ihnen besiegten

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Volker. Im Verlauf von einigen Jahrhunderten hatten sie sich. zur herrschenden Maclit in Irland aufgeschwungen; dann wurden sie gezwungen, sich vor einem neuen erobernden Volke, den Milesiern, zu beugen.

Die Milesier kamen vom Festland heriiber, nach alter tJberlieferung von Spanien und Gallien. Sie waren hochgewachsen, mit braunem Oder rotem Haar und grauen Augen, und besassen eine braunliche Hautfarbe.

Mit diesem Volksstamm fing eine neue Ara der Kultur in Irland an. Man begann, die reichen Schatze cles Landes, die die vorhergehenden kriegerisclien und jagdlicbenden Volker vielfach ausser Acht gelassen hatten, besser auszunutzen. Besonders wertvoll wurde den Bewolinern cles Landes die Einfiihrung eines ausgedehnten Ackerbauwesens, wie es auf dem Festlande betrieben wurde.

Aucli die mineralischen Schatze des Landes wurden nun in erhohtem Masse ausgebeutet.

Sehr geschickt waren die Milesier in der Schmiedekunst. Was sie mit ihren oft unzureiclienden Werkzeugen damals zustande bracliten, lasst sich sehr wolil mit den Erzeugnissen der modernen Goldschmeidekunst vergleiclien.

Audi in (ler Fiirbekunst waren sie sehr weit vorangeschritten, und waren in manclier I-Iinsicht darin weiter gekommen als wir.

Zwar verstanden sie liingst nicht alle die verscheidenen Farben, die heute gebraucht werden, zu erzielen; dafiir waren aber ihre Farben um vieles besser und dauerhafter. Beim Farben von Gewandern wurden streng (lie Standcsunterscliiede bewahrt. Der Konig oder Piirst clurfte sieben vcrscliicdene Farben in seiner Tracht zeigen, die holieren Adeligen seclis, und so herab bis zum gemeinen Mann, dem die Grenze durch seinen Reichtiun Oder sein Ansehen gesetzt wurde.

Ihre Gesetze hatten die Milesier mit sich vom Kontinent lieriibergebraclit, wo sie allgemein als die â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brehoiiâ&#x20AC;?-Gesetze, d. i., Ge­ setze des Richters, bekannt gewesen waren. Die Grundlage der Gesellschaft, auf die diese Gesetze bezug hatten, war ursprunglich die Familie, dann die durch Verbindung verschiedener Familien untereinander gebildete Sippscliaft. Das Oberhaupt (ler Familie war der Vater, der iiber Leib und Leben seines Weibes, seiner Kinder und seiner Knechte unbeschrilnkte Gewalt hatte. Bei den heutigen Verhaltnissen hort die gesetzliclie Autoritiit des Vaters iiber seine Sohne auf, sobald dieselben ein vom Staate bestimmtes Alter erreicht haben. In den Verhaltnissen jener Zeiten aber, wo es pei den vielen kleinen Familienkriegen unerlasslicli war, dass die Glieder einer jeden Familie zueinander hielten, hatte der Familienvater walirend seiner Lebenszeit aucli iiber erwachsene Sohne, die vielleiclit sclion selber Oberhaupt einer Familie sein mochten, noch immer die absolute Autoritiit. Es war gar nichts Ungewohnliclies, (lass ein solcher Familienvater iiber eine streitbare Nachkommenschaft von 150 Mann verfugte, die den Angriffen feindlicher Fami-

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Mit der Zeit kam es auch dahin, dass befreundete Familien sicli zur beiderseitigen Sicherheit miteinander verbanden. Wollten nun die Familien, die sich niclit derartig mit anderen verbundet hatten, vor den Angriffen einer solchen Familienvereinigung sicher sein, so musste sie sich ebenfalls an andere Familien anzuschliessen suchen. So entwickelte sich im Laufe der Zeit der irlandische Volksstamm; die Oberhaupter der yerbiindeten Familien bildeten gewissermassen einen Edelstand, der den reichsten oder kriegskundigsten aus seiner Mitte zum Konig wahlte. Dass hierbei gar mancher, der selber gern Konig gewesen ware, sich nach der Wahl eines Nebenbuhlers mit seiner Pamilie gegen den Stamm auflehnte, ist leicht zu verstehen; oft fiihrte dieser Umstand zu Fehden und Kleinkriegen, wie sie auf Jahrhunderte hinaus die einzige Geschichte Irlands ausmachen.

Einen weiteren Grund fur Streitigkeiten konnte man in der Tatsache finden, dass der Reichtum einer Familie dazumal zum grossten Teil aus Vieh, besonders Rindvieh, bestand. Bei der verhaltnissmassig geringen Bevolkerung des Landes, die sich bei den vielen Kriegen nicht viel um Ackerbau bekiimmern konnte, war der Wert selbst des besten Ackerlandes liur gering. Dagegen war Vieh, das man jederzeit auf Wanderungen mit sich lielimen konnte, das eine weniger bestandige Aufmerksamkeit von Seiten der slreitbaren Manner beanspruchte, von hohem Wert. Die Vcrsuclnmg, in die eine zahlreiche Pamilie bei einer Hungersnot kommen moclite, war daher oft sehr stark, und gewann bei den mangelliaften Strafgesetzen des Volkes oft die Oberhand.

Von den Kustenstammen, die weniger von den Kriegen im Innern zu leiden hatten, wurde in dieser Zeit ein reger Handel, be­ sonders mit den Bewohnern Galliens, getrieben, deren gewaltigc und kunstvoll erbaute Schiffe schon vor 2000 Jahrcn Caesar und das ganze romische Volk bewundern mussten.

Am Ende des vierten Jahrhunderts hatte sich Irland zu einer hohen Bntwicklungsstufe emporgeschwungen; doch trat bald der Mangel an einer eigentliclien Religion, der einem so rasch emporgebliihten und reich gewordenen Staat leiclit verderblich werden konnte, klar zu Tage. Grosse Verdienste um das irische Volk erâ&#x20AC;˘warb sich in dieser Hinsicht der Schotte Succat, heute allgemein unter dem Namen St. Patricius bekannt.

Er war in dem Teil des nordlichen Schottlands geboren worden, den ein irischer Volksstamm, die Scoten, sich zum Wohnsitz auserlesen und nach dem sie ihre Kultur und Sprache gebraclit liatten.

Als er etwa sechzehn Jahre alt war, wurde er von einem feindliclien Volkstamm wahrend eines Krieges gefangen genommen und nacli Irland weggeschleppt. Sechs Jahre lang diente er hier als SchafMrt, bevor er eine Gelegenheit fand, in die Heimat zu flielien. Di? Legende berichtet, er habe nacli seiner Riickkehr in der Heimat kelne Eulie mehr finden konnen, da er an die heidnisclien Stamme

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daclite, die er in Irland zuriickgelassen hatte, und schliesslich sei ihm, der von Jugend auf die christliche Lehre angehort und sie in sich aufgenommen hatte, im Traum das Wehklagen der irischen Heiden zu Ohren gekommen: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Komm zu uns, wohne mit uns, hilf uns!â&#x20AC;? So gescliah es, class er etwa um das Jahr 432 sich aufmachte, um in Irland Mission zu treiben.

Seine Arbeit war ihm insofern sehr erleichtert, als er keinen Widerstand von Seiten der Vertreter einer heidnischen Religion Oder Gottlieit zu erwarten liatte, braclite aber insofern ungeheure Schwierigkeiten mit sich, als die vielen benaclibarten kleinen Stamme sich fast ununterbrochen bekampften, und er von jedem Volk, zu dem er (lurch Feindes Land kam, als Verbundeter derselben angesehen wurde. Patricius, tier viel in der Welt umhergekommen war und auch die Irliinder, bei denen er jahrelang verweilt hatte, sehr gut kannte, war sowolil durch seine Einsicht in die Landesverhaltnisse als durch seine Fahigkeit, mit Mensclien umzugehen, der rechte Mann, solchen Schwierigkeiten entgegenzutreten.

Er suchte sich with rend seiner Rundreise durch die verschiedenen Gebiete zuerst das Wohhvollen der Konige Oder Hauptlinge zu gewinnen. I-Iatte er erst so viel erreiclit, war es nicht schwer, auch bei den einzelnen Glieclern des Stammes Gehor zu finden.

Seine Gabe, die verschiedensten Charaktere fur sicli zu gewinnen und ilinen, wenn sic ihm feindlich gesinnt waren, gewandt naher zu treten, trug viel dazu bei, class der Sieg des Christentums in Irland oline Miirtyrer erreicht werden konnte. Sechzig Jahre lang wirktc er als Missionar, und das grosse Verdienst, das er sich um das irische Volk erworben, wil'd liocli heute allgemein anerkannt. Seine Nachfolger setzten seine Arbeit mit grossem Erfolge fort; Klrchen, Kloster und Schulen wurden in alien Teilen des Landes errichtet, und die Zahl der Bekehrten wuclis bedeutend von Jahr zu Jahr.

Columba (521) war der erste, der dem Ausland die christliche Lelire von Irland her zuflilirte. Er stammte aus dem koniglichen Geschlechte der Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neills, und war einer der ersten, die in Irland bekehrt worden waren. Ihm war, wie er meinte, Unrecht von der Kirche in Irland geschehen, und er verliess deshalb das Land, um anderswo ungehindert wirken zu konnen. Mit zwolf Begleitem begab er sich 563 nach der auf der Westkliste Schottlands befindlichen Insel Iona, und begriindete hier ein Kloster. Bald war er unter den Schotten so we it vorangekommen, wie seiner Zeit Patricius unter den Iren. Sell on gab es in beiden Landern viele hundert Kirchen und Schulen, und ilire Zahl war bestanding im Wachsen.

Nur wenig beliinderten den siegreichen Lauf des Christentums die Raubzuge der Norweger und Danen, obgleich sie Irland zu diesen Zeiten oft in Gefahr brachten. Einige Jahrhunderte hindurch pliinderten diese Seerauber die christlichen Kirclien und Scliulen, die der Kiiste entlang ihren Angriffen ausgesetzt waren, bis 1014 Brian Boru ihre Macht in der Schlacht bei Clontarf, nahe dem lieutigen Dublin, dauernd brach.

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Als die Scliulen der Kirclie in Irland immer grosser und besuchter wurden, kam zum Studium der Heiligen Schrift lioch das Studium der alten romiscchen und griechisclien Dichter und GescliicMssclireiber hinzu. Auch die Aufzeichnungen uber die Geschichte Irlands, die sicli fur Forsclier der Geschichte der Urvolker Europas nocli heute ausserst wertvoll erweisen, stammen aus dieser Zeit. Der Ruf dieser Schulen verbreitete sicli bald uber England und das europaische Festland. Tausende von Studenten jedes Standes und Alters, selbst Konige kamen nach Irland, um die Scliulung, die jedein frei angeboten wurde, hier durchzumachen.

Einzelne Schulen, wie die zu Bangor, im Norden des Landes, konnten eine Schulerzalil von fiber 3000 aufweisen. Um eine aucli nur annalirend geniigende Anzahl JBiicher fiir die Studierenden liefern zu konnen, waren Schreiber bestandig an der Arbeit. Die Sclireibekunst wurde um diese Zeit selir geflegt, und die Bucher, die aus den Schulen Irlands hervorgingen, waren niclit nur sauber und schon geschrieben, sondern aucli auf das kunstvollste verziert. Besondere Sorgfalt wurde auf die Anfangsbuchstaben verwendet. Sie wurden in verschiedenen Parben mit der Feder ausgefiihrt und mit zierliclien Schnorkeln und Piguren umgeben. Als ein besonders kunstyoll illuminiertes Manuskript aus jener Zeit mag das beriilimte “Buch von Kells,” eine lateinische Abschrift der vier Evangelien, angefiihrt werden; fiinf Farben wurden in der Aussclimuckung angewendet, jeder Anfangsl?uchstabe zeugt von stundenlanger sorg‘ faltiger Arbeit. Ohne Zweifel ist es das sclionste Manuskript der Welt.

So wurde Irland nach dem Pall des romischen Weltreichs, der die Kultur des klassischen Altertums unter dem Ansturm machtiger Heidenvolker untergehen liess, die Scliatzkammer fiir die Kunst und Wissenschaft gliicklicher Tage, aus der in spiiteren Jalirhunderten die Volker der Erde den sicher bewalirten Reich turn hervorholen konnten.

Der unmittelbare Erfolg der kirchlichen Erzielning war ein grossen Missionseifer. Bislier liatte nur einer, Columba, die christliche Lehre ausserhalb des Landes verkiindigt, und obgleicli er in seiner Arbeit grossen Erfolg geliabt liatte, war doch sein Wirkungskreis ein selir beschrankter gewesen; das Festland von Europa war das grosse Feld, auf das seine Naclifolger es abgeselien liatten.

Unter diesen war der bedeutendste Columbanus. Elie er sicli entschlossen hatte, auf dem Pestlande Mission zu treiben, war er Lehrer in. der grossen Schule zu Bangor gewesen; er glaubte aber, die Heiden im Ausland bedurften seiner mehr als die irisclien Chris­ ten, die mit Predigern, Kirchen und Scliulen wohl verselien waren, und so schiffte er im Jahre 543 nach. Frankreicli hinuber. Hier begriindete er wahrend seines zwanzigjahrigen erfolgreiclien Wirkens die Kloster Luxeuil und Fontaines, bis ilin 563 der Burgundenkonig Theodorich, dessen lasterbaftes Leben er offentlich getadelt liatte, aus seinen Landen yerwies. Columbanus begab sich nun.

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nach dein unteren Rhein, verweilte dann einige Zeit in der Schweiz, wo Gallus, einer seiner Schuler, zuruckblieb und 612 bei Konstanz das Kloster St. Gallen begriindete, iiberstieg dann die Alpen, und begriindete zwischen Mailand und Genoa das Kloster Bobbio.

Andere bedeutende irische Missionare dieser Zeit waren Fursa, “der Apostel Belgiens,” Fridolin, der an den Ufern des Rheins wirkte, und Cataldus, der Bischof von Tarent.

So war Irland beim Abschluss des achten Jahrhunderts eins der civilisiertesten und reichsten Lander der Erde geworden. Es war traurig, dass dies dem kleinen Lande zum Verderben gereichen sollte. Mit clem ersten Raubzug der Normannen beginnt die rucksichtslose Raub- und Unterdriickungspolitik, die England bis auf den heutigen Tag Irland gegenuber verfolgt und vermittelst derer sie dies einst so reiche und kulturell hochstehende Volk zu einer Nation von armen, abhangigen Pachtern gemacht hat. Seit 1254 spielt Irland keine grosse Rolle mehr in der Geschichte der Volker.

Seit Jahrhunderten hat Irland auf den Augenblick gewartet, der ihm die Lostrennung von England und damit die Moglichkeit geben wird, der Welt zu zeigen, was es als selbststandiges Land zu tun vermag. 1st dieser Augenblick jetzt gekommen? Das kiinftige Schicksal Irlands wird vielleicht auf den Schlachtfeldern des S. 0. H.,，18. heutigen Weltkrieges entschieden.

TO CARL SCHUEZ. (Lines conceived while standing near the ruins of his old home.)

Full sixty years the sun o’er this small brow Has ris’n and st, since first thou stoodest here And gazedst on this city’s young career.

Thou hadst a vision then of what is now, For soon thy sturdy axe of shrub and bough This chosen coign of vantage had made clear; Thy home was built,一a landmark far and near, Which naught save fire’s might at last could bow.

Yet shall we grieve that nothing more remains Than ruins, that e’en the site now stands apart Where thou foresaws’t the city’s busiest lanes? ’Tis better thus. Some vulgar birth or mart Had fast effaced the thoughts this spot retains Of thee, thou deep and noble German heart.

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THE IMPERIAL GERMAN SEA BATALLION TSING TAO BAND. 0. K. Wille, Conductor.

German bands, are not such rarety in the United States, at least not in the larger cities, where a person occasionally comes across a small aggregation on some street corner dispensing tunes of the fatherland though their brass horns, but a real German ^Militarkapelle” is something that lias, as a rule, not been heard but in coast cities like New York and Boston. It was, therefore, very for­ tunate for the city of Milwaukee and vicinity to secure the band of tlie Third Sea Batallion Tsing Tao for a series of concerts at the spacious auditorium of that city, two of which—one on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 14, and the other the following afternoon—were heard by a number of our students who happened to be in Milwaukee on those days.

This band was formerly stationed at the fortress of Tsing Tao which, the Japanese captured from the Germans at the beginning of the war. Band men of Germany, however, not being classed as soldiers, but as Red Cross assistants, Japan was obliged to release these men and they came to this country for the purpose of raising funds for the benefit of the German-Austrian Red Cross, giving con­ certs at New York, Chicago and other places. The band consists of thirty-eight pieces with the. following instrumentation: Ten cla-rinets, four trumpets, two Fliigel horns, four French horns, two bari­ tones, one tenor, three slide trombones, two E flat basses, two BB flat basses, three flutes and piccolos, one oboe, two bassoons, one snare drum ;and tympani, one bass drum. ^ The ind ividual members are all masters of their respective in­ struments and during all renditions demonstrated that they had perfect control over them, producing the softest pianissimo and tlie most majestic fortissimo without showing any signs of over-exer­ tion. They produce the finest grade of tone and we must say this especially of the clarinets. There was no squeaking whatever and would the band have been shielded from view many a person would have mistaken the clarinets for violins. Even the most critical ear could not detect any false notes or any deviation of pitch of any in­ strument whatsoever, and for an ordinary military band, such as this organization is, it certainly is a great achievement to render music in such a manner as this band did. Particulary must we mar­ vel when we consider that the instruments used were not of such, high grade as the best American makes. The average American military band cannot be compared with this organization and this is only a common band compared to some of the more famous “Mill: tSrkapellen.” Every member must have completed a four years’ music course before he was accepted. The director also is a very able man and the attention of his players alone goes to show that lie understands his" business to perfection. Unlike most of our regi-

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mental band directors, Mr. Wille is a graduate of one of the best music schools of liis country.

The concerts were, of course, of an entirely different nature than a person would expect of a concert band like Sousa’s or Pryor’s.

Sousa and the rest play to mostly American audiences while Con­ ductor Wille’s task was to arrange a program for a strongly Ger­ man gathering and for this reason so many German “Volkslieder” appeared on the programs. American melodies and selections, how­ ever, were not neglected and “On Wisconsin,” “Salute to the Stars and Stripes,” Victor Herbert’s “America,” and above all “The Star Spangled Banner” appeared on at least the two programs referred to. Special features on the programs were the trombone solos by Mr. Reinhardt and the Fanfares at the end of the programs. Mr. Reinhardt’s specialty is song-playing and he certainly is an artist at it. He also possesses a remarkable embouchure taking high E flat and F with ease and producing a splendid tone even in this register. The Fanfares are special marches written for from eight to ten long F or G bugles and kettle drums with a band accompani­ ment. The buglers and the tympanist took their position at the front edge of the stage and made a very military appearance, tilt­ ing their horns at ail angle of nearly forty-five degrees besides ren­ dering all the difficult bugle calls without the slightest indication of a false note. The instruments used for these marches some­ what resembles our infantry bugle but they have only one turn in­ stead of two and measure about two and one-half feet from mouth­ piece to bell. Each instrument also had a banner attached with th^ German colors on one side and the batallion insignia on the other making a change pleasing to the eye when the instruments were raised to the lips and lowered, one side being visible while at rest and the other side while playing.

From Milwaukee the band went to New Yprk where it is now engaged making phonograph records for a certain company and when this engagement is filled they are going on a cruize with an unknown destination.

H. W. S., ’17.

ON THE VALUE OF SEMITICS.

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To the Editor of the Black and Red:— While doing research work at the Milwaukee Public Library I came across the quotations I now am sending you. I put them down and sent them with the idea, that they might inspire one or the other of our Northwestern boys to take up liis Hebrew, and Sem­ itics in general,—valuable not only for our Bible studies, though treated as “discard” by the superficial—with all the more downright pleasure. The quotations are taken from an article by Prof. A. E. Drake, who, to use the words of the publishers of the article, “died

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almost immediately after finishing his reading the proof of this article. His death is deplored by scholars the world over.”

Without entering on the systematic and thorough work as such, or its merits, I will simply adduce the quotations promised. In the beginning of his fine article, published 1913, he says: '•Philologists are extremely pessimistic regarding any ques­ tion of possible kinship of the Aryan languages with any others.

It is moreover, assumed that, after all the thorough examinations made with a veiw to connecting the Aryan languages with others, if any such kinship ever existed, all traces of it have in the lapse of ages been mutilated past possible recognition; and that it is therefore futile at this late date to search for such traces. But so much depends upon the natural and the acquired equipment of the investigators in such matters that such assumptions seem to me to be quite unscientific.”

And after producing his interesting article on the subject in­ dicated he concludes: “The ruling Aryan philologists of to-day, however, trusting in the dicta of the sciholars of seventy and eighty years ago, have come into mature years without having gained an acquaintance with the Semitic languages and are quite content to pursue their investiga­ tions in the Aryan languages without troubling themselves with the question of Aryan-Semitic kinship. Evidently, to determine the true perspective of the developement of the Aryan languages will require a younger generation of scholars, energetic enough to embrace in their scheme of serious studies various Semitic, Aryan, and Scythian languages.”

I ever and again regret that the learned Noah Webster, lexacographic pioneer, knew no Semitics. And ever since have we gone as he went in ignorance of the Aryan-Semitic kinship. It is, incidentally, well that young men bear in mind that there always has been and will be a dearth of really original work, and that there is nothing perfect except the word of God. Therefore: Ex­ Aug. C. Bendler. celsior. There is room, at the top!

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THANKSGIVING. When the Pilgrim forefathers had gathered in their first har­ vest, when they beheld the blessings which God had bestowed on them in their first year in this new home, they felt it to be their duty to set aside a day on which to offer thanks to their Creator in thus providing for them. They assembled and thanked God fer­ vently and spent the day in rejoicing and feasting.

To-day the purpose of Thanksgiving has undergone a slight change, everywhere at least excepting in the formal federal procla-

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mation which, designates the day. People celebrate it as a day of feasting and rest.，Tis true they also rejoice if the turkey is large enough and roasted just right, and they may even think that God lias certainly been kind and generous if the crops have turned out es­ pecially well, so that no shortage is noticed in the purse or on the table. The order of tilings lias thus been reversed.

And yet what a difference in our gifts and in those of the sturdy colonists. They were exceedingly happy and grateful in that they had enough to maintain their existence and in that they might wor­ ship God in their own way without molestation. We, however, are satisfied if we have enough to live respectably and comfortably with­ out having to touch a snug bank deposit. Times and onditions of course, have changed.

We who are Christians, however, ought not to forget the real purpose of Thanksgiving day. Everything that we have is from God, and all that is not granted us is a blessing from God. His knowledge of our needs is deeper than ours. Outward gifts are often curses, and misfortunes blessings. In days of plenty a feel­ ing of security soon makes us forget our obligations. We grow to be fastidious and are dissatisfied when our material welfare is not always in a flourishing state, even as in this year when crops were a trifle below the usual average while the cost of living is ascend­ ing. Only tribulation brings us to our senses again and makes us feel our helplessness.

A Christian will realize therefore that the fulfillment of his wishes hardly ever turns out to be for his eternal good. His duty it is to school his heart to become firm in his faith to God and to accept his lot, be it good or bad, as the best in tlie end. And for the blessing of this deep truth lie will offer thanks to the Lord daily.

Thanksgiying day to him will primarily be a solemn recapitulation and a symbol of you future day when lie expects to thank God in person for the eternal blessings of heaven, of which these earthly E. C. K. gifts are but the adumbration.

DELIBERATION. The beauties and advantages of deliberation like those of so many other things are never quite forcibly brought home to one, • except thru experience. Not even experience effects the desired resuits in many instances. Time and again we catch ourselves in tlie midst of rash actions which when traced to their beginning have nothing for their cause but a lack of consideration. Especially Joes this seem to be the case in our youthful years. It is truly forth压t our deeds are not of all-too-great moment as a rule and pat they are not taken as seriously by the world as we often would nave them taken.

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Be that as it may, it is well if we profit by our experiences.

When one conceives plans, theories, or invitations, it were wise to allow them a reasonable time for digestion before offering them to the public. Digestion here would be the careful consideration of a matter from every point of view. If thus after cool dispassionate reflection, the ardor and conviction of the first moment has not abated—well and good. Then there is at least one chance in ten that you are in the right.

It finally resolves itself into the well-known maxim, ‘Think be­ fore you speak,’ which applies especially to new ideas emanating from people who have not as yet reached the marriageable age.

And after you’ve thought, then speak firmly and be ready with proofs and reasons to back your opinion, or remain silent altogether, which latter method is oft the better.

E. C. K.

WORK AND PLAY. Two prime necessities of our life are work and play. The two maintain a prominent place, since neither could exist for any length of time to the total exclusion of the other. First, however, in im­ portance comes work. It is an essential part in every man’s career.

Without it what were our life but a drudgery, a terrible sentence.

Work is our chief joy, our greatest blessing, a noble prelude to rest, contentment, and peace of mind. It acts as a tonic to the soul dis­ tracted by grief or pain. It is like a strong pillar that bears a pon­ derous weight with ease and grace.

But as in all other things, so in this the old aphorism 'Variety is the spice of life’ finds its application. Variety we must have to avoid monotony, fatigue, and depression. Somber minor chords would soon lose their beauty and become a bore to us, were they not interspersed occasionally with blithesome major harmonies.

Our nature thus calls for play. There are as many kinds of play as there are of work and some may be even more difficult.

The one characteristic attribute of all is relaxation. As soon as our mind or body looses itself from the strain of work and concen­ tration and forgets all worries, we partake of this second neccessity of life. If our work becomes disgusting and we are sick at heart, it is play we need. Play refreshes us and fits us out for work. It is a balm and a cure for tlie physical or mental frame broken down by continuous application.

Play, however, must not consist in wild extravagances or ex­ cesses, since these but further distraction and distruction in a differ­ ent way. It is to be sensibly indulged in, in proportion as it is re­ quired. For him engaged in brain work it is most advantageous when combined with bodily exercise, since that of itself relieves the tenseness of our nervous systems.

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Finally if play shall serve its purpose, it must go hand in hand with natural living. We must have all possible fresh air, and plen­ ty of sleep. We must regulate our diet and get the ‘back to nature habit. All then that is left is to bequeath our troubles to the winds and we will find that our work becomes pleasure and life harmony.

E.C. K.

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GERMAN CLUB ORGANIZED AT NORTHAVESTERN. At last Northwestern, too, can boast of a German Club. The thought of organizing one long lay lingering in the minds of many students, but their hopes never materialized, Since time out of mind students have felt the need of such an organization, but organizing one was always left to the next man and that man always waited for someone else to carry the plan into execution. Even now the club came into existence merely, as it were, by accident.

It happened thus. Pour members of the Junior class, Otto C. Klaye, Herbert Lau, Arthur Matzke and Luther M. Vohs were one evening chatting together over their pipes. Casually one proposed that they speak German for the rest of the evening, and then, in their conversation, they became fully convinced of the benefits to be de­ rived from a club in which German only should be spoken. There­ upon they decided to form just such an organization. Each of the four was to pick from the ranks of the Senior and Junior classes four associates. That very evening they set about soliciting members, and by next morning the list totalled twenty-four.

Immediately on that morning the four charter-members called a meeting of all would-be members for the organization of the club and election of officers. The club decided to elect new officers eacli month, so that each member might stand a chance of holding one office or another during the year. As tlie first president to hold office during the month of November the society singled out Ed­ ward Blakewell. This surely was a happy choice, at least judging from his opening address before the club. Into the chair of vicepresident the club cast Raymond Timmel, a man who is destined some day to be a leader in his community. One reason why the club chose him was because we need energetic men who can con­ quer all the obstacles which lie strewn so abundantly in our way.

As social secretary the followers of Germania fixed upon Elmer C. Kiessling. Mr. Kiessling has, ever since he was cast by Fortune

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into the limelight, evinced remarkable ability in arranging pro­ grams, hence our choice of him as our social secretary. As their faithful amanuensis they elected Otto C. Klaye. We would fain say something by way of encomium for our business secretary but modesty forbids us.

The club was organized with a view to fostering German ideals in our midst, and to improve the German as it is spoken among us.

Some may say, in short, the club should make good Germans out of loyal Americans, but such is not the purpose of the society. It is our earnest desire merely to acquire those particular benefits which are to be derived from true German culture and with these meet the deficiencies that exist in the cultured American. In this way we purpose to take from German culture all those things which are good and beneficial and combine them with the best of American culture, and so make a man out of every one of us, who will throw into the shade those of his fellow-men who know but oue culture.

On Sunday, Oct. 29, in the afternoon, the club convened for its first regular meeting. Vice-president Timmel presided at the meet­ ing, President Blakewell being off on a week-end vacation. It also fell to Mr. Timmel to make the opening address. Barring a few minor blunders in the use of idiomatic German, Mr. Timmel came off with flying colors. The speech itself was well worked out, in­ teresting and instructive. The topic of his address was “Man’s natural aversion to solitude.”

Thereupon our social secretay Kiessling belabored us with eulogies on German “Diclifung und Dichter,” which were, however, quite true and deserved. lie pointed out to us especially the pious fervor of the war poets, that love for their fatherland which we Americans can only imagine and admire. This address was of de­ cided educational value, especially as regards language, as Mr. Kiessling is a writer of no mean repute.

Karl Kuske then afforded us great pleasure with that good old folk-song “Du, du liegst mir im Herzen.” After the last word of the song had fleeted away in the air, Karl Krauss, our cartoonist, was called upon to picture to the assembly characteristic German types. This rendition was slightly _ humorous, but why should we not be permitted to indulge in an honest, hearty laugh when opportunity presents itself. Of course care should be taken not to introduce too much matter of that sort into the club, lest it be di­ vested of its dignity. After a short, genial conversation the club adjourned. All present pronounced this first meeting a decided success.

May the society prosper and serve the purpose for which it was organized!

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The **M. H. Aerolitli” is one of the few of our exchanges that still pays a great deal of attention to German; in fact, the greater part of it is written in German. “Martin Luther” gives us the his­ tory of the great reformer and the conditions that lead up to the Reformation. It is told quite well, but the diction betrays the fact that German is not an <'UmgangsspracheM with the writer. There are several mistakes of which we are not quite sure whether the printer or the writer is to blame. For instance, “Musestunden” for “Mussestunden,” or “Wegen seiner larmenden Wesens.”

Our Nation’s Unanswered Prayer” shows careful and good work. It shows our nation’s inconsistency during the present war. At the begin­ ning our nation was preaching universal peace. Several weeks after the beginning of the struggle President Wilson even issued a proclamation for a Day of Prayer. However, when the belliger­ ents needed the supplies of our munition factories, the views of the nation changed. Since the selling of arms was not direc forbidden in International law, they did not see any wrong in Their greed for money makes further prayer for peace impossible and it is also the cause of our nation’s unanswered prayer. The writer sums up his reasons for an embargo on arms in tlie follow­ ing sentence: “International Law invites it, humanity cries for it, consistency demands it, and our prayer perhaps remains unan­ swered because of this inconsistency. In the article “Die Macht der Gewohnlieit” several expressions are somewhat crude, for in­ stance, “Ein solclier Menscli lebt dann ein Leben, das wert ist, belebt zu werden.” The transitions are somewhat abrupt in some cases. Both of the German editorials have a mistake in the declen­ sion of nouns. However, we do not want to discourage writing German articles for college papers. The other departments are well taken care of.

THE SPECTATOR. Next we turn our

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two phrases. “The Art of Conversation” is very good. It con­ tains some good advice for the person who wishes to be a good talker. Of the editorials “Virtue of Vice?” deserves special men­ tion. It shows that American haste is a detriment rather than an aid to progress. This haste has also taken hold of our school system, and the results show that it is not beneficial. Our views of the exchange department co-incide with those which the editor puts forth by way of introduction to liis column. “Tickles, Tears and Tales” are good.

THE SCOUT. “America and Japan” is an article giving us the writer’s view of the meaning of Japan’s actions. He seems to view the situation rather optimistically. We must confess that we do not agree with him in some respects. “An Adventure with a Shoemaker” is an interesting account. It gives us a good picture of the burly old cobbler with all his wisdom and the power of giving advice. We certainly sympathized with the poor victim of his lecture. “The School-Tax Problem” is an article endeavoring to show us a way of reducing the school taxes. The writer takes as a model the pub­ lic-school system of Gary, Ind. If this were carried out, it certainly would reduce the amount of money needed for the mainten­ ance of our schools. The editorial “The Good-for-nothing Man” shows us that such a man is more dangerous than a wicked person, since we know what a wicked man is, while we often overlook the good-for-nothing man. As a whole your paper is good.

THE GOSHEN COLLEGE RECORD. The literary department of the October number of “The Goshen College Record” is rather short. We enjoyed the story, “Contra­ band of War. It is told in an interesting way. The editorials are of local interest, pertaining mainly to the affairs of the college and the college paper. “Interclass Debates” and “Class Organiza­ tions” hardly belong under the editorial column. We do not think that the exchanges and the jokes ought to be mixed with the ad­ vertisements.

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POLAND MADE AN INDEPENDENT KINGDOM. i

On November 6, 1916, a manifesto announcing the re-creation the ancient kingdom of Poland and proclaiming its recognition by the Central Powers as an autonomous hereditary monarchy was read by the representatives of the German and Austrian govern­ ments at Warsau and Lublin. It was brought about by the joint action of the German and Austrian emperors in response to the P1®3* presented by a representative delegation of Poles that the Polisli people be allowed to combine into an indepemlent Polish state.

Poland ceased to exist as an independent nation since 1772, Russia, Austria, and Prussia, each fearing that its neighbor would strive to gain possession of Poland and thus bring about a war, compromised to the effect that each of the three nations be al­ lowed to take for itself a restricted section of Polish territory. This compromise is known as the First Division of Poland. years later the same nations took from Poland still jnye of its territory. This, the Second Division of Poland, progeneral uprising among the Poles who were still indepenaent, tne Russians were driven from Warsau, and victory seemed ssurea, when dissension among the Poles set in and spoiled all jailer of liberty. The Poles were decisively defeated, Third and final Division of Polish territory was ,W^1C^ embraced all Polish territory and marked the of,.Poland and its disappearance from the ranks of inde­ pendent nations.

1807, Napoleon promised the restoration of Poland, but suca ®stfbllshing a certain degree of political independence to »d only> which he named tlie “Grand Duchy of 18K aw, and which lost its independence after liis downfall, in The Congress of Vienna (1815) determinded the future sta of Poland; the concept “Poland” and certain riglits belonging to t Polish people as a whole were retained, but the original roi boundaries of 1771 were not restored. Through diplomatic ma-

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chinations, Russia at this time gained control of nearly four fifths of the Polish, empire.

Since Catherine II. the program laid down by Russia toward Poland, which sought to effect through Russian sovereignty in Pol­ ish territory a closer contact with Western Europe, had been fol­ lowed out, the Russians striving to maintain and augment this sovereignty by repressing all manifestations of Polish national spirit as expressed by the Polish administration, the Polish schools, and the Polish army. Such action by Russia was resented by the greater part of the Polish people, and Russia was forced to carry out its aims in Poland by force of arms.

The Polish insurrection under Nicholas I. terminated in the incorporation of all Polish territory into the Russian empire, and provoked the most barbarous system of subjugation ever practised by a modern nation upon another. Since then, Poland has seen in Russia an enemy to its religion, language, and culture, and is, in so far, an enemy to Panslavism and inclined toward the victory of the Central Empires.

The form of government established by the proclamation of the Central powers extends to all the Polish provinces at present under their protection, and provides for every city a form of administra­ tion, embracing all the rights enjoyed by the city of Warsaw since its occupation by the Germans early in the war.

It is wrong to suppose that Poland is unfitted for independent national existence because it has failed to maintain such existence in the past when it might have done so, and those who are of the opinion that there is, properly speaking, no real Polish nation, are still more in error. The term “nation” should be made to include not only those people who have succeeded in uniting in a state of their own, but also those which show characteristic quality as ex­ pressed in their language and customs. Poland lias a language of its own, its peculiar national consciousness, and a great literature, which gives evidence of profound racial characteristics tending to enrich the characteristics of humanity. Such qualities of a people bear within them the germs of national resurrection.

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Displaying a dash in attack that swept our disciples complete­ ly of their feet in the first quarter, the Normals of Milwaukee de­ feated our aggregation on Nov.; 14. It was a game which proved how harmful over-confidence may be at times. Most of us were of the opinion that our opponents would easily be snowed under. But after a few downs things began to take a different line. The Normals exhibited a smashing game of football of the varsity order and pounded our line for gains a little too often. During the first quarter they marched down the field twice scoring two touchdowns over our line. Both goals were kicked. After this quarter our men desperately and again resumed their usual old-time pep, ynich manifested itself, when we made a few spectacular rushes 也6 field. But some way or other something always tram­ meled our plays whenever we were within the scoring zone. A various times we had an opportunity to cross the goal, but just then either fumble the oval or fail to make our downs. Thus tne play zigzagged back and forth, and neither side seemed to get away with anything. But in the last quarter the opponents opened jjp once more and came back with sparkling form, rushing our crew aowi\ field for another touchdown. After tlie final whistle sounded the end of the game the score was 21 to 0 in the opponent’s ravor. Giving the Normals all the credit they deserve, it is apRarf^ our eleven had a day of tough luck. Had they been on clay the outcome of the game would have been entirely differThe field conditions, too, were bad and prevented our men from uncorking its usual trick plays.

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Milwaukee Normal.

Northwestern. ________ Gifford Strasen_____ .L. £].. _________ Witte Kuske (Capt.) _L. T. ________ Larsen Bodammer__ L. G.. ________ Austin Vohs_______ : C. Matzke_____ _R. G._ _____Brunhardt Binhammer— _R. T. ________ Sivyer Gutzke______ ,!Ft. £2— __________ Hoe _______ Hostelt Lange______ Q. ________Gifford Duxe_______ L. H._ _______ Kassner Scmelzer____ _R. H. ______ Ebbling Zeisler______ F. Officials: Some insignificant gentlemen. Substitutions—N. W. C., Henning for Lange; Normal一McHugh for Gifford, Larsen for Riordan, Hoe for Austin, Gifford for Hanley. Scorer—Touchdowns —Normal, Kassner 2, Hanley 1. Goals from touchdowns—Hostelt 2 out of 3.

North western 7; Whitewater Normals 7.

Witht a firm intention to wipe out the dark spot which marked our record since the defeat of the Milwaukee Normals on Oct. 14th, our eleven hooked up in the annual battle with the Whitewater Normal on Oct. 21. Both teams played very good foot ball thru-out the game, and everybody on the side-lines was more than satisfied with the melee. The first score came in the opening quarter when the Normals went over for a touchdown via the forward pass route.

Hanson kicked goal. In the second quarter the Black and Red opened up with some tricky forward pass formations which netted big gains. The flashlight play came at the end of this quarter. Our backline men proved to be whales at their positions and their team­ work was of the varsity order. Time and again we punctured the opponent’s line at will. After a series of effective line smashes the old pigskin was planted on Whitewaters two yard line. Our marcli, however, was not at an end. On an open formation Duxe shot across for a touchdown. Lange kicked goal winding up the second period with a tie, 7 to 7.

The remaining period saw fierce fighting on both teams. The grid warriors pushed each other up and down the field fighting for every inch of ground. One was down upon the other like an eagle upon its prey. Both teams played like an all-star combination for the rest of the game, and neither side had an occasion to score.

With but three minutes to play, Northwestern, nevertheless, start­ ed another rush down the field landing within the scoring zone.

Only the blow of the whistle stopped us from carring the oval across for a second touchdown.

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The lineup: Northwestern.

Whitewater Normals.

•L着 £]•— _________ Ludtke Bodammer---Gruendemann 丄.T._ ---------------Agnew Matzke------■_L. G. ________ Johnson Vohs---------C. _______ Desmond ,_R. G.. -------------Muldeen Schmelzer---Binhammer—.

R. T._. _________Madden Gutzke------_R. E._ __________ Meyer Lange -------Q.—--------------Hanson L. H. _________ Larken Duxe--------Naumann---R. H. ___________ Gray _________ Bremer Zeisler------F. Officials—Referee—Huegel, Marquette; umpire—Mucks, Wis­ consin. Substitutions—Normals: Connett for Madden, Meyer for Ludtke, Malone for Hanson, Haven for Gray, Danmouth for Larken. Score—Touchdowns—Northwestern, Duxe 1; Normals, Ludt­ ke 1. Goals from touchdowns—Lange 1 Hanson 1. 本

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Worked to a. razor edge after three weeks of stiff practice, chuck full of confidence, and fight from head to foot, with plenty of gritthat just about describes our gridi:ron warriors, as they lined up on the local campus against the much talked of whirlwind Ripon team, which was bragged to be one of the strongest elevens that ever donned the football regalia for a college in Wisconsin. With the intention of duplicating the last year’s performance, the Ripon men, much to their surprise, did not run up against any soft picking, but hooked up with a bunch of finished players, whose teamwork and precision of power was of no mediocre class. Nortliwestern’s men doubtless put up their best exhibition of this season, and altlio they had to bow down in defeat, it was by no means humiliating, considering how Ripon trounced other colleges, as Caroll, 26 to 0.

Thru-out the whole game punting on both sides was resorted to rather often, and had it not been for the wonderful toe of Duxe, ylio booted the pigskin for an average of 65 yards, whenever punt­ ing was necessary, the visitors probably would of had more of a chance to score. We had practically a university line and backfield, and at no stage of the first half did the visitors threaten our goal, in fact, the ball was never near enough for Ripon to make a chanceable dropkick. We tried a field goal, but were unsuccessful in the attempt. After 2 quarters of hard battle the first half wound up scoreless.

Tlie second half was marked by more open field plays. Early in the third quarter Ripon managed to get near to our goal oil a for-

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ward pass and booted a drop kick between our goal-post, which netted them three points. In the fourth, quarter Ripon saw that they could absolutely not score by keeping up the old style of play­ ing and resorted entirely to open field playing. Our men, however, were alert and nothing slipped thru them very easily.

John­ son tried his best to get away with the forwards, but had slim chances of crossing the goal line. Finally after a series of unsuc­ cessful passes, the visitors left half grabbed a pass out of the air behind the goal scoring a touchdown. Wyman did not kick the goal, leaving the score 9 to 0 in the visitor’s favor till the end of the game. Each and everyone of Northwestern warriors played a con­ sistent game, with Duxe standing out most brilliantly; Johnson starred for Ripon showing his skill in pulling down forwards.

Nothing sensational or brilliant marked the victory of the visitors, who were more than satisfied to win with the smallest score. North­ western displayed a team that could play a steady game of foot­ ball and hold the team which put it over the others of the inter­ conference colleges to the lowest score.

The lineup: Ripon.

Northwestern. .Moriarity — Bodammer _L. S. .―Doman Kuske (Capt.)

L. T._ -Shepherd -Matzke_____ _L. G._ Kenyon Volis _______ C. _ Hudtloff Schmelzer__ R. G._ Kohlberg •R. T._ Binhanimer Boettge Gutzke______ R. E. Wyinann Lange ______ Q. Halverson Duxe_______ L. H. _Lindauer Naumann___ R. H. _ Hartlett Zeisler_____ F. Officials: Referee—Samp, Wisconsin; umpire—Haummerson, Wisconsin; headlinesman—Pierce, Monmouth. Substitutions― Northwestern—Grueiulemann for Volis, W. Retzlaff for Naumann.

Ripon一Johnson for Wymann. Scores—Touchdowns, Halverson 1.

Field goal Wyman 1.

Northwestern Seconds, 6; lVaylaml Academy, 6.

In a bitterly contested game Wayland Academy and our Sec­ onds battled to a 6 to 6 tie at the local campus on Nov. 4. Both teams were about evenly matched and a good game was to be expected. At the outset both aggregations were unable to gain and resorted to punting. In the second quarter the visitors worked the ball into our territory and started a steady march, towards our goal.

T^e Seconds, forming a bolstered line, braced up and held the vis­ itors for their downs. The ball went over to us, and we immediate-

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ly kicked out of danger. The first half ended scoreless. The first touclidowii was made in the third period, when Henning grabbed one of Wayland’3 forwards and, eluding the whole visiting team, went across for a touchdown. It was a brilliant feat and pandimonum reigned on the side lines. The goal was missed, making the score 6 to 0 in our favor. In the fourth quarter Wayland open­ ed with an attack that swept our Seconds off their feet at various times and proved fatal during the last three minutes of the game.

Having worked the ball up to our 10 yard line, the visitors tried line plunges and whipped our line to slireds. They went over for a touclidown just before the final whistle blew. The goal kick failed, which left the score 6 to 6. A. Retzlaff and Henning who made some brilliant open field runs, were the shining lights for our Seconds. Molberg starred for Wayland.

The lineup: Wayland.

Northwestern Seconds ___Roeder Wacker------------_L. £!..

—Schmidt Abelman------------L. T.__Prieder Behn---------------丄G__ Colton Falk___________ C. Simonton Liesener________ _R. G. __ Friday R. T._. _ —Fiske Tacke__ _H. K..

Schaefer -Maulton Q. .TBrumlioff A. Retzlaff L. H._ _Umlandt Henning 一 •R. H. Gerber W. Retzlaff P. Officials: Referee~Rosin, Northwestern Alumnus; umpire一 Gruendemann, Nortliwestern. Headlinesman: Kuske, Northwestem. Touchdowns一Henning 1; Molberg 1.

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—Theo. Binhammer, ’17, was a guest at Waterloo at the liome of Ws roommate, Dahlmann, prep, Oct. 28.

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—Wm. Schmidt, ex ’18, paid us a visit on the way to Madison, Nov. 6, 7, where he will take a course in cheese -making.

A. Schujahn, 1 —Harry Hierl, of San Francisco, visitedd his frined ，20, Oct. 27, 28. While here he enjoyed an auto-trip around the city and to Oconomowoc. He left for Boston shortly after.

—Gerald Hoenecke visited with relatives in Milwaukee, Oct. 20.

—Carl Spielman, ’20, and H. Schumacher, ’18, were Sunday vis­ itors in Edgerton, Nov. 6.

—Sunday, Nov. 5, also found the Stueber brothers, preps, at their parental abodes. ―A. and W. Schujahn and F. Kaiser journeyed to Milwaukee (via boxcar) to attend the Milwaukee Normal-Northwestern game, Oc­ tober 14.

—O. C. Stern of Miles City, Montana, and H. Stern of Milwaukee paid their brother Max ’20, a visit Oct. 27. 一Mr. Gutzke of La Crosse sojourned in Watertown over Sunday, Nov. 6, and visited with his son Walter, ’17. He left Sunday evening on a business trip to Milwaukee.

—Horicon, Wis., was arrayed in its brightest colors Oct. 20, it be­ ing the annual visit of T. Heidtke, prep, to that metropolis.

—Oct. 14, found P. Sternbeck, ’20, at his home in Kiel. 一Edwin Schulz of Fond du Lac enrolled as a member of the Freshman class Oct. 31. 一Ericli Kupfer, ’20，played the host to his classmate W. Mielke. ’20, at his home in Milwaukee Oct. 14.

—The coeds were honored by a visit from Miss Alma Hensler October 26.

—Paul Naumann, *17, and Belno Lange, ’18, spent Saturday, Oct. 28, duck-liunting on Beaver Dam lake. The dead have not been counted as yet, but they are said to run up into the zero’s.

—W. Meyer, ’18, was agreeably surprised by a visit from his folks October 15. 一Carl Schmidt, ex ’18，is now at the seminary at Springfield.

His letters to friends and former classmates imply that he is well satisfied with the place. We shall probably hear him make one of his little sermons soon.

—H. Rosin, ’14, was visitor in the dormitory, Nov. 4, 5. He offiiated at the Wayland-Northwestern II. game on Saturday, Oct. 4.

—E. and W. Sauer, preps, attended the celebration of the twentyfifth anniversary of the founding of the Lutheran church in Ju.neau Oct. 29. ―F. Scholz, ex ’18, more commonly known as Texas, was a week­ end visitor among former classmates, Nov. 4, 5. He left for Texas November 6. ，一Adolph Zeisler, Luther Vohs, Ed. Duxe and Leonard Bernthal, ’18, were spectators at the Ripon-Carroll game at Waukesha Nov. 4.

—A. Tiedt, prep, received a visit from his folks October 27. ―Adolph Zeisler, ’18, was a visitor at the home of his cousin in

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Milwaukee, Oct. 28. While there he also visited the Seminary at Wauwautosa. ―W. Lehmann, ’19，and Ray Timmel, ’18, attended the Oconomowoc-Racine College game at Oconomowoc, Oct. 21. They re­ turned with a good impression of the game. The forward passing of the latter’s brother and the line plunging of Luick Mauer were especially commendable.

—W. Mohnhardt, our venerable “Pa,” returned to his studies Oct. 18, after a somewhat prolonged vacation.

He enrolled in the Quarta class.

—Kurt Timmel and W. Klingman, *20, were visitors in Oconomowoc Nov. 4-5.

—Percy Sterz, ’17, better known as “Phaffy,” has left our midst to take up the more pulling proposition of dentistry. No more shall we see liis corpulent mass of immortality in our midst nor partake of his wit and humor. No more shall the band boast of a heavy cornet section, for with him leaves one of its heaviest as well as best musicians. No more sliall his honorable classmates listen tp his sound logic and recondite reasoning, nor have their blue Mondays turned into days of ecstasy by his timely jokes. But we still have one hope, and that is, that we may some day (after we have become Morgans) put our molars under his scientific care free of compen­ sation. Till then, ‘Success.’

AUS DEM SEMINAR. Am 20. Okt. feierten wir in der altublichen Weise unsern Gemutlichen Abend. Nach altem Usus wurde bei dieser Gelegenlieit die neueintretende Klasse “festlich” bewillkommt. Sonst is alles gliicklich abgelaufen.

Ed. Kolander reiste am 22. Okt. nach Eldorado, um dort zu predigen.

Herr Pastor Walter Keihel aus Milwaukee besuchte uns am 26.

Okt. Ebenso beehrte uns Herr Pastor P. 0. Marolin, Missionsprediger in Milwaukee, am 28. Okt. mit einem Besuch.

Am 28. Okt. hielt die Milwaukee Stadtkonferenz ihre monatliclie Versammlung im Lehrsaal des Seminars.

Unser Kollege Aug. Kehrberg machte am 29. Okt. einen Streifzug nach Janesville, um alte Freundschaften aufzufrischen.

Auch hat Watertown an demselben Datum unsern Biicherjuden Martin J. Wehausen begriissen diirfen. Er machte eine Gescliaftsreise dorthin.

Bruder Paul Lutzke reiste am 13. Okt. nach Watertown, um in aller Stille sein Wiegenfest zu feiern. E. Sterz begleitete ilm.

Als unser Collge Football Team am 14. Okt. mit den Milwaukee Normals spielte, wareu auch zahlreiche Seminaristen unter den ZuBchauem.

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B. Arnold Sitz predigte am 29. Okt. in Green Bay und brachte uns Grusse von vielen dortigen Freunden mit.

Wir freuen uns berichten zu durfen, dass unser Mitschuler Paul Eickmann wieder so weit genesen ist, dass er aus dem Hospital entlassen werden konnte. Zur weiteren Erholung hat er. sich in das heimatliche Watertown zurlickgezogen, und wir hoffen ihn nach Weihnachten vollig genesen wieder unter uns zu begriissen.

Richard Janke hielt am 23. Okt. fur Pastor C. Lieberum in Mil­ waukee Schule.

Unser genialer Geschaftsmann Gustav Fischer zeigt hiermit dem studierenden Publikum an, dass er einen neuen Vorrat von Dustless Brushes, Besen, Blirsten und Burstclien in jedem Format erlialten hat und zu massigen Preisen verkaufen wird.

E. F. Sterz empfing am 30. Okt. Besucli von seinen Eltern aus Watertown.

Zur Feier des Reformationsfestes predigte Prof. J. Ph. Kohler am 29. Okt. in Wauwautosa.

Wir haben nun mit den Katechesen und Predigten der ersten and zweiten Klasse begonnen.

Die Pirma Beitz & Sitz bereiste am 3. Nov. Lomira und Umgegend.

Unser Landsmann Johann Brenz machte diesen Herbst ofters Heisen nach Chicago, doch scheint er sich nun fur den Winter gelagert zu haben.

Herr Karl Kionka, ein Milglied der letzjahrigen Kandidatenklasse, besuchte am 7. Nov. seine Freunde irn Seminar. Er liat einen Beruf nach Daggett, Michigan, angenommen.

M. Wehausen predigte am 12. November in der Parochie Jacksonsport, Bailey’s Harbor.

Die Wis. Staats-Lehrerkonferenz tagte am 9. Nov. in d. Bethesda-Gemeindeschule. Das Seminar war von einer grosseren Schaar unsrer Studenten vertreten. Prof. J. Ph. Kohler von Wauwautosa und Dir. Prof. Ad. Ackermann von New Ulm hielten Vortriige.

Herr Heinrich Rosin war am 4. Nov. in Watertown, um bei einem Football-game des zweiten N. W. C. Teams als Umpire zu fungiren.

Am 11. Nov. besuchte Herr Lehrer G. Meyer aus Medford die Herren Sprengler, Janke, Fuhlbrigge, et al.

Percy Sterz, Student an der hiesigen Marquette Universitat, und weiland Mitglied der Oberprima am N. W. C. stattete am 12.

Nov. seinem Bruder Ewald und alten Freunden im Seminar einen Besuch ab.

Martin Glaeser predigte am 22. Okt. in Palmyra.

Zig besuchte am letzten Sonntag Onkel Albert in Milwaukee.

Die Wahl erregte auch in unsern stillen Mauern ungemeines Eine Interesse, Gespanntheit und—schliessliche Enttauschung. “unter uns” angestellte Stimmenaufnalime fiel zu Herrn Hughes* Gunsten aus.

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一0, cursed “Spike,” speak what I am, That I should pull you from a “Ham.” 一Chuck, after the band had played “Fanfaren MSrsclie:” don’t think so much of those Frauen-Verein Marsche, do you?

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一Eddie: O ungliickseliges Schloss, mit Fliegen (Fluchen) erbaut, und Flohe (Fliiche) werden dich bewohnen! 一Leonidas: I traced my ancestors back to 1250.

Heinz: And couldn’t you find the missing link? ―Prof: What was the occupation of the ancient Greeks?

Stehesel: t They hunted and pasteurized sheep.

—Q uartaner translating. Tiberio imperante terrae motus fuit.

DleH errsc:haft des Tiberius war ein Erdbeben.

一I Student: What is a couplet?

II Student: A couplet is a small couple.

—Dad: Are you smoking a camel, Sock?

Sock: No, it*s a hand rolled.

Dad: Well, there’s a bump on it.

—Legs: What makes the coffee so bitter?

Luther: I don’t know.

Legs:The taste.

-Dr: Hecuba had fifty sons and thirty daughters.

Ray: Yes, and tlien she was killed before slie died. ―Prof: Why do we have comparatively warm weather in Ice­ land.

Sock: Because Iceland is surrounded by floating ice, and ice is a poor conductor of heat, so the heat stays on the land.

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■n: Student: Impossible! How is it that you weren’t killed?

-n: O, I was standing below the railroad bridge.

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Thicker, thicker, thicker,— Whiter, whiter, whiter,一 From day to day It perfumes the way; ’Tis the question of the hour: Is it starch or is it flour?

A Disparaging* Ode to Bad Music.

What is it that keeps us from study at night?

What is it that saddens and worsens our plight When sick or fatigued or when "on the blink?”一 *Tis the music, o friends, of the dear roller rink.

With a bang and a clang And a shriek and a squeak Like a sparrow that sang With a hole in his beak It keeps going and going and going.

For him who expended his wits on that worry *Twere meet to be singed in a hot purgatory; For donkeys when singing have more harmony Than ever was heard in this Calliope.

Yet for that and all that With its drums and its rags And its yells shrill and flat, It draws people by ‘snags’ And keeps going and going and going.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS. Literarj: The first Christmas Eve 221 A Trip down the Hudson___ 222 Das Yolkslied 226 Peace and how we came by it 229 Paul............................................ 230 Editorials___ 232 College Notes 235 Musicals___ 238 Exchanges__ 240 As others see us.

242 De Rebus Omnibus ,246 Athletics________ 248 Locals.

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THE FIRST CHRISTMAS EYE.

，Twas a still and starlit evening Long ago in Palestine; Shepherds on the field slept quiet Midst their flocks of sheep and kine; Blissful rest gazed down from heaven On this tired earth below;一 Yet behold! a fiery meteor High above doth fly and glow.

Nearer, nearer speeds the body, Spreading splendor in its way, Sheep and shepherds, steeped in slumber, Half arise and think ’tis day.

Close to earth the star descending, Now abates its maddening flight, Now makes halt and beaming brightly Casts on Bethlehem its light.

Meanwhile on the sky’s dark background There appears a lambent flame, Issuing from the heavenly dais Thru a mighty gatelike frame.

Hosts of angels fill the portal, Radiant all with hallowed shine, And in sweet, harmonious chorus Send to earth tlieir song divine.

Up, ye shepherds, bring your praises To the Son of God on high!

Up, yon star shines on the manger Where the new-born King doth lie, Worship Him, join in thanksgiving! ’Tis your Saviour in this pen; And proclaim the angers greetings: Peace on earth, good will to men.

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A TRIP DOWN THE HUDSON. Ten oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock in the morning of the twentieth of August found us (my companion and myself) comfortably established toward the forepart of the second deck of a large, Hudson river, palace-steamer, anxiously awaiting the whistle, which should give us the signal that we were about to set off. It was an almost perfect day. Like a yellow gem set in a field of blue, tlie sun shone forth from a cloudless sky. The heat of its rays was not noticed on the boat as it lay softly on the cool and gentle waters. The decks were being filled with, people, and we soon found ourselves penned in a small corner with faces of every description within whispering distance.

Finally the gangplank was raised, and without further ado tlie ship began to move. All was glad expectation. In a short while we were clear of the wharf and had started on our downward course.

Behind us rose the stately panorama of Albany with its numerous tall edifices of white stone rising from a cluster of houses and trees on the hillside on which it is built. A considerable distance had already been covered when the massive capitol building crowning the summit was gradually lost to view. But new scenes began to present themselves. To be sure the banks were rather plain thus far, sometimes steep, sometimes low, and covered with various, tho ordinary forms of vegetation. Here and there a cozy villa peeped out from a shady nook while a small town was espied almost every mile.

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Soon after the first fifty miles of our trip lay behind us, we be­ held something in the western horizon which had the appearance of a huge lowering cloud. The thought that this fine day might be marred by a storm cast a gloom over us. Blit any depression caused for a moment by this idea was soon dispelled when the dis­ tant cloud took on more and more the aspect of a ridge of moun­ tains. It was indeed the Catskill range, and altho the base of these hills is but three miles from the Hudson they were covered with a sort of haze, which lent them something of the fairylike and the imaginative of a mirage. One had the feeling of looking into an enchanted land. And an enchanted land it was to some extent, for somewhere among those hills was the spot where the immortal Rip Van Winkle once led his varied existence. In the contempla­ tion of this scene and in the meditation of the lore connected with it, we almost seemed to partake invisibly of old Rip’s mysterious potion, which causes one to forget the common world and all its troubles. But Rip having a shrewish wife had more reason to for­ get the world altogether and thus willingly resigned himself to the effects of that drug, whereas we, not yet being so unfortunate, were not so anxious to quaff this Lethean draught to the dregs. Thus we soon awoke to the fact that it was long past dinner time and that our stomachs had dispensed with provender since early in the morning.

Accordingly we bent our steps toward the spacious dining par­ lor. This apartment looks most inviting with its spotless white tables decorated profusely with fresh flowers. Here you listen to music constantly. Here you see scores of happy couples swinging to the siren strains of the latest ragtime hits as played by a medi­ ocre orchestra. But these outward enjoyments, it seems, are also calculated to satisfy hunger, for the custom prevalent here is to eat little and pay much. However, the old proverb says: ‘While at Rome, do as the Romans do* and this we found ourselves obliged to do. And surely one has plenty of other occasions to administer to the wants of the stomach, for instance, during the whole school year. Why then grumble at a shortage at such a time!

The Catskill mountains kept us company for upwards of two hours and formed the center of attraction. A host of islands lay along our path, while the villages were becoming more numerous at every turn. At one place there are three in one cluster: Ger­ mantown, settled by German refugees from the Palatinate early in JJie eighteenth century, on the east bank and Malden and West Camp on the opposite side. We have now reached Kingston, one of the oldest towns in the state of New York. The shore becomes steeper and steeper as we go on, the overhanging crags and bluffs giving the river a beauty all its own. Occasionally a noble mansion 9r a !arge institute of some kind with carefully kept parks adjoin­ ing, greets our eyes from the high banks, while a snorting engine with a long train of cars bursts forth every now and then from the

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very heart of a hill. These are the passengers of the New York Central railway, whose tracks line both shores of the river and run tliru numerous tunnels on their way to New York.

Poughkeepsie is now sighted, where our boat is to make its first stop. On this side of the city we pass under the huge canti­ lever bridge, whose plane is 212 feet above tide-water. With a shudder one learns of the feats of some daredevil divers who for the sake of money or notoriety have plunged from this bridge into the river and survived the mad attempt. The greater part of Pough­ keepsie, including the famous Vassar College, is not visible as it lies behind the knolls and bluffs which line the river. In vain we strive to discern the firm of Smith Bros., who manufacture tlie pop­ ular cough-drops, which were our trusted companious during win­ ter time before we entered the 'teens/ The scenery becomes more wierd and wonderful and romantic at every moment. W6 pass the former home of S. P. B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, then discern the Beacon mountains in the distance, so-called because beacon fires were lighted on their summits as signals during the Revolution. Near by lies the little town of Beacon, which is used as the setting of Cooper’s 'The Spy.’ In a seemingly short time we have made our second stop at the pier of Newburg, where a massive throng of people is congregated wait­ ing for the steamer.

Newburg, like Albany, is situated on a hillside and contains many places of historical interest. Here it was that some of the veterans of the Revolution wanted to make Washington king, and here also the Continental army was formally disbanded in 1783.

One hardly gets the impression that Newburg is a thriving manu­ facturing city of some thirty thousand inhabitants from its quaint aspect and its apparently small extension. In fact this was the case with every town or city that we passed. Quite often what we would have rated as a hamlet turned out to be a community of several thousand people.

With Newburg out of sight we once more forget ourselves in rapt admiration, of the grand scenes whicli now crowd upon the eye. We enter thru the so-called Northern gate into tlie famous Highlands. On our right rises the grand old Storm King, wlio re­ ceived his name from the poet Willis. On the eastern side the hard­ ly less impressive Breakneck mountain bids defiance to the world.

Tlie broad majestic expanse of water continues to be lined with veri­ table mountains on both sides,、sparsely covered for the most part with trees.

After losing sight of Old Cro* Nest mountain, linked in Americap_ literature with Joseph Rodman Drake’s fairy story ‘The Cul­ prit Fay’ and rounding Constitution Island, where an ineffective chain was thrown across the river during the war of Independence to obstruct the British ships, we gradually come into view of West Point The splendid terraced mass of buildings which confronts

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the traveler is indeed as impressive and as beautiful as any old fortress along the Rhine can possibly be.

Iona Island, containing a U. S. arsenal, and a sharp promon­ tory, known as Anthony’s Nose and often compared with the Lore­ lei on the Rhine, are new objects of wonder. Then comes the old sentinel, Dunderberg mountain, and we issue forth thru the southern gateway of the Highlands. One hardly notices that the hills be­ come any smaller or less rugged, however. Just below the town of Peekskill our ship passes Stony Point, the second impregnable Gib­ raltar of the British in Revolutionary times, which was, however, stormed and captured by ‘Mad’ Anthony Wayne. Next we note the grim walls of Sing Sing prison, founded in 1826, close by the water’s edge. A little farther on, at Nyack, the river reaches its greatest breadth, it being about two miles from shore to shore. This widen­ ing is known as Tappan Zee. On the east coast of this Zee Sleepy Hollow, the home of Icabod Crane, is located, while Irving’s own home, Surinyside, can be seen thru a thick screen of trees a few miles to the South. All along the way handsome residences of rich or noted persons are passed beautifying the shore and interesting the traveler.

As the river again assumes its customary width another natural wonder receives its due share of admiration. This is the continu­ ous, solid wall of the Palisades, extending for about sixteen miles along the western bank of the river and reaching a height of 550 feet in some places. It consists of a red igneous rock crysstallized in columnar form, which adds to the apparent height of the:facade.

But the sun was by this time already below the horizon and tlie mystic scenes were overcast witli the shadows of evening. A cool breeze had sprung up from the direction of the ocean, which made us draw up our coats tightly. Finally night came upon us and •myriads of electric lights began to grow visible on the shore. A dozen times we were quite sure that New York lay before us only to find out that it was another small town or a suburb. As we came nearer the outskirts of the great city, the whole river be­ came illuminated with the most lavish electrical glare from the And yet never ending string of buildings near the waters edge. _ New York was always some miles distant. We were on the tenter­ hooks with, nervous anticipation.

In the meanwhile the passengers, not being able to feast their eyes on the marvels of nature anymore, gathered in groups and listened to stories or retired to the inner part of the vessel to par­ ticipate in the enjoyment of dancing. A gentleman of rather bulky stature thrust himself in the limelight on our end of the ship and soon was the center of attraction by virtue of his wit and his knack of telling stories. He recited numerous tales of Jews, Germans, and Irishmen and kept his hearers in a constant turmoil of laugliter. It turned out that lie was a prominent Russian pianist and composer, whose name I cannot recall at present.

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We also gained the acquaintance of a young New Yorker, who upon learning that we bailed from Wisconsin, was eager to know particulars of that much-heard-of state, whose great agricultural university and good roads were so renowned. We were quite sur­ prised upon, hearing that these seemed to be the causes of Wis­ consin^ cosmopolitan fame. Nevertheless we tried to add to his respect of the Badger State by mentioning a score of other good features.

But a general stir 911 board indicated that we were at last near our destination. In fact we had been sailing alongside New York for quite a time already, but it is quite impossible for strangers to identify a single place at night. Everything was bathed in a flood of electricity. The culmination came, however, when the skyscrap­ ers loomed into view. As the skyline of these colossal edifices 'be­ came distinct, our whole being was filled with awe and wonder.

It seemed as tho the piercing light on the top of the Woolworth building, the so-called Cathedral of Commerce, and the tallest build­ ing in the world, was located in the clouds. The river was bordered with quays and docks for the accomodation of ships and ferries of a hundred different companies. We were proceeding on our way amidst a flotilla of barges, tugs, and transports.

To one not accustomed to such diversified surroundings, eve rything moves as in a dream. Thus it was with us. Iji a dream we saw the boat pull close to a landing, in a dream we passed thru a long depot and set foot 011 the solid ground of this modern ‘Roma Aeterna.’ And when we woke 011 the following morning all appeared to have been one long dream since the moment when we first beheld the towering structures of lower Manhattan.

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DAS YOLKSLIED. Ein jedes Volk hat in seiner Literatur eine Zeit erlebt, in der eine Reihe seiner grossten Dichter zugleich aufgetreten und durch ihre Schopfungen das Geistesleben des Volkes zur hochsten Bltite emporgefuhrt haben, docli nur dem deutschen Volke ist es beschieden gewesen, zwei solclie Bluteperioden liervorzubringen, die eine als der deutsche Geist mit dem christlichen Geiste sicli verbunden hatte, im 13. Jahrliundert, die zweite, als der deutsch-christliche Geist das Fremdlandische, das in die deutsche Literatur eindrang und sie sogar beherrsclite, in sicli aufgenommen hatte, und so das Auftreten eines Schiller und eines Goethe ermoglicht wurde.

Aber zwischen diesen beiden Bluteperioden liegt ehie Zeit, so ode wie sie selten ein Kulturvolk durchzumachen gehabt. Docli auch wenn wir diese Zeit im Geiste durcheilen, linden wir nocli etwas, das uns erquickt, wie die Oase in der Wiiste den durstenden Wanderer. Es ist das Volkslied. Am Vorabend der dunkelsten

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Stunden der deutschen Literaturgeschichte, als der Glanz der ersten grossen Dichterzeit verblasst war, und das Fremdlandische, dem sich die Gebildeten mehr und mehr zuwandten, schon seinen alles vaterlandisclie knechtenden Einfluss auszuiiben begann, da sprudelte die deutsche Dichtung noch einmal aus dem Volke selbst hervor und mit soldi elementarer Gewalt, dass noch die grossten Geister der neuen Bliitezeit aus diesem Strome schopfen konnten.

Seine hochste Bliite erreicht das weltliche Volkslied zu Ende des 15. und am An fang des 16. Jahrhunderts, also gerade wahrend die Reformation sich zu ihrem grossen Siegeslaufe vorbereitete und in der ersten lierrlichen Zeit dieses Siegeslaufes selbst. Das ganze Volk ist in heftiger Galirung begriffen. Wissbegierde, Krieg, Erwerbslust erregen einen ungemeinen Drang zum Wandern. Verhiiltnisse und Schicksale treiben Gebildete und ungebildete von Ort zu Ort. Und dieses abenteuerliche, von den mannigfachsten Einfliissen bewegte aussere Leben lost auch ein reiches inneres Leben in der Seele eines jeden aus. Auch der geringste Burger und Bauer fuhlt einen Drang in sich zu singen und zu dichten. Wie sollte auch einer, der im Strudel der Leidenschaften und Empfindungen steht, die das ganze Volk durchwogen, diesem Drange widerstehen? Der wandernde Hanclwerksbursche, der flotte Reiter, der wilde Lands­ knecht, der fahrende Student, sie alle konnen nicht schweigen, sie mitssen ihren Empfindungen, ihrem Lieben und Hoffen, ihrem Freud und Leld Ausdruck geben. Sie sind die Dichter des Volksliedes, und diese Dichter stelien in der Wirklichkeit, mitten im vollen Leben des Volkes, ja, sie sind das Volk selbst, denn ihr Lied fliesst nicht aus der Begabung, die der einzelne besitzt, sondern aus einem dichterischen Vermogen, das dem ganzen Volke als kostliche Naturgabe von Gott verliehen ist.

Darum driickt auch ihr Lied in der ganzen Art der Schilderung den kernigen, naturwahren, manchmal auch derben Sinn des Volkes aus. Alles ist wahr, lebendig, ungekiinstelt. Es kann gar nicht anders sein, denn diese Manner aus dem Volke sind Natursohne, die, was sie besingen, nicht gehort und gelesen, sondern gesehen und erlebt. Darum legen sie so gar keinen Wert auf Gedankengang, Schilderung, In halt, verachten alle Effekthascherie. Der in­ here Ton der Empllndung ist ihnen alles. Sie erzahlen nicht von ihren Gefiihlen; sondern ihre Gefuhle reden aus ihnen in der einfachen und doch so bilderreichen Sprache des Volkes. Und gerade wie die Gefuhle und Leidenschaften stossweise das menschliche Herz erschuttern, so bringt ihre Schilderung die Gefuhle stossweise zum Ausdruck. Um mit Vilmar zu reden: “Ihre Sprache ist abgebrQchen, pausierend von Moment zu Moment rasch iiberspringend u^d die Mittelglieder der Handlung als Nebensachen iibergehend, wie in der Erinnerung an erlebtes Leid und genossene Freude nur die bewegtesten Augenblicke gleich sonnenbegliinzten Berggipfeln au与 der Feme zu uns heruberleuchten, wahrend die Taler mit den.

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Diese liickenhafte Schilderung ist bedingt durch. die sinnliche Anschaulichkeit, mit der der Dicliter alles darstellt. Er ergeht sich nie in abstrakten Begriffen, sondern er ist konkret, so konkret, dass seine Bilder sich oft bis zur Keckheit versteigen. Er vertauscht Raum und Zeit, schweigt einen Arm lang stille und verlegt einen Ort drei Meilen liinter Weilinachten. Fiir ihn ist nicht nur der Mensch mit Vernunft begabt, sondern die Tier- und Pflanzenwelt, die ganze Natur empfindet, denkt, redet gerade wie er. Mit der Nachtigall und mit der Haselstaude verkehrt er wie mit seinesgleichen. Die Blumen wandern von Ort zu Ort. Treue Liebe blliht im Vergissmeinnicht. So lebt der Dichter am Herzen der Natur; sie ist seine beste Freundin, der er sein innerstes Herz erschliessen kann, das er sonst keinem offenbart.

XJnd wie die Form des Volksliedes so ganz naturlich, ganz volkstiimlich, alles gekiinstelte verschmahend ist, so auch der Inhalt. Es wird nichts neues, nichts ersonnenes im Volksliede besungen, ja, der Stoff ist gar nicht erfindbar und ersinnbar, er ist etwas, was das gauze Volk empfunden und erlebt. Wie konnte auch dieses Lied eine so ziindende Wirkung ausiiben, wenn nicht jeder die geschilderten Empfindungen in seinem eigenen Herzen verspurte, die erzahlten Taten selbst miterlebt Oder doch mit grosstem Interesse verfolgt hatte?

Viele besonders der alteren Volkslieder sind historischen Inhalts. Sie erzahlen von volkstumlichen I-Ielden, beriichtigten Rauberhauptlingen und grossen Schlacten. Docli der weitaus grosste und Lied yon der Schlacht bei Pavia. Doch der weitaus grosste und auch der literarisch wertvollste Teil sind die Liebeslieder. Liebesgliick und Liebesschmerz, Treue und Untreue werden hier besungen. Griisse an die Geliebte werden dem Voglein zur Bestellung aufgetragen. Schwenniitige Klagen ertonen um die gestorbene Brant. Sehr oft sprechen die Liebeslieder vom Abschiedssctimerz, denn in jener unruhigen Zeit musste oft geschieden sein. Andere sind Naturlieder. In seinen tiefsten Affekten meidet der Mensch die Geselligkeit, fliichtet sich zur Natur, die seine Empfindungen nie stort, die immer mit ihm sympathisiert. .

Aber das Volkslied ist eine mannliche Poesie, die sich nicht nur mit Liebe beschaftigt. Dalier findet aucli das Miigdlein im holzernen Reifrock, das beim Wirt unten im Keller liegt, viele Verehrer. Diese Trink- und Gesellschaftslieder mit ihrem urwuchsigen Humor und ihrem Bilderreichtum verfehlen heute nocli. nie ihre Wirkung. Wie alle anderen Volkslieder sind auch sie dem Leben abgelauscht, ein Widerschein der Geftihle, die das Herz des Menschen erfiillen.

So ist das Volkslied der unmittelbare Ausdruck des tiefempfundenen Lebens des Volkes selbst, dessen Freude und dessen Schmerz es in der einfachsten Naturwahrheit wiedergibt, gerade wie das Herz es empfindet. Weil dies das Wesen des Volksliedes ist, darum ist es unsterblich, darum ist der grosste deutsche Dich-

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J- V. A., ’17 PEACE, AND HOW WE CAME BY IT. The prayer on the lips of every Christian in this country had for the last two years been that peace be made. At the same time our factories were working overtime to meet the orders for am­ munition. Such conditions ought not to have existed in a coun­ try termed neutral, but the manufacturers were not to be convinced oil that point. The poorer class had been fighting hard to support themselves and their loved ones. But now that is a tiling of the past, for peace has been made. It happened in the following man­ ner.

In one of our eastern cities lives a rich and influential ammu­ nition manufacturer. This man practically controlled all the mu­ nition factories during the war. 1-Ie was of a miserly disposition and it was almost impossible to sway him from his designs. Citi­ zens came to him daily and begged him to use his influence and power to stop the great sacrifice of lives across the ocean. The petitions which he received from his fellow country-men remained unread.

One day a fellow-manufacturer called a meeting of all the man­ ufacturers of the East. What he wanted at this meeting was to speak to the assembly and to try to persuade them to stop further shipments. He lingered on the subject of neutrality, and he de­ scribed to them the evil that they were doing their fellow-country­ men by sending munitions to the beligerents. A few of the me n agreed with him and promised to act accordingly, but the majority of them were not in favor of this motive, among them the Boss, as he was called. Neither side would concede anything to the other, so the meeting was adjourned to the following day.

The magnate turned liis steps to his rooms, where he decided to go to bed and forget about the matter for the present, but he could not sleep, for his conscience pricked him. Several hours passed before sleep came to his relief.

Suddenly two masked men entered the room and at the point of a revolver forced him to dress and go with him. They took him to the wharf. They were taken aboard a ship and the two mys­ terious men locked him into a room, where he sat cold and miser­ able for an immeasurable length of time, it seemed to him.

They landed at Genoa and proceeded by train to a small vil­ lage in the Alps. Here lay an old vine-covered castle, in which, there lived a mysterious old man, who was the real instigator of this war. He had incited one of tlie crowned heads to declare war on a neighboring country, and now lie practically had the whole con­ tinent embroiled thru his schemes. This man led the terrified

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prisoner into a small room and told him that lie must leave im' mediately for tlxe battle-field and suffer for his greed and obstinacy.

His cowardly heart sank within him at these words, but all tlie same they forced him into a train and took him to the border.

Here he was transferred to a supply train and in a short time he found himself amidst death, disease and the most horrible suffering.

Days, weeks, months passed and he was still laboring in tlie trenches. Winter was now approaching and the poor soldiers suf­ fered from the cold and from disease. The Boss was scarcely able to move his debilitated legs for he suffered, from rheumatism. On the faces of the men one could see how they were suffering.

One night his company was called out to reconnoiter. On near­ ing the enemy’s lines they were fired upon and the manufacturer fell. His comrades picked him up and carried him back to a fieldhospital in the rear of the lines. Here lie stayed, driven almost to insanity by his fever, until one night a hostile aeroplane dropped a bomb on the building and completely demolished it. He started up. He saw that he was still in his chamber. It had all been a dream.

It was morning. He looked into the mirror. His hair had turned gray over night, and his face was so plowed up by deep wrinkles, tliat he looked twenty years older. That morning the meeting of the manufacturers was resumed, but this time the Boss spoke. He convinced them to stop manufacturing munitions and they departed. Ere night all the munition factories had cancelled their orders. Peace was consequently declared, and it was announced on Christmas eve. Again the words resounded thru the umverse: “Peace on earth, good-will toward men."

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PAUL. Es war auf dem westlichen Kriegsschauplatz, im nordlichen Prankreich. Deutsche und englische Schiitzengraben, die parallel nebeneinander herliefen, storten den sonst friedlichen Anblick.

Wenn der Kampf gerade niclit im Gange war, konnten die Soldaten von dem einen Schiitzengraben mit denen im anderen reden.

Mit der Zeit hatte sich ein fast nachbarliclies Verhaltnis lierausgebildet. Nach jeder Schlacht fragten sie einander, wie es denn gelie, und driickten ihr Mitlied aus, wenn einer Oder der andere schwer verwundet worden Oder sogar gefallen war. Es wurden zwischen ihnen auch Sachen ausgetauscht wie etwa Tabak, Zigaretten und Zigarren. So wurde das Verhaltnis zwischen ilinen ein beinahe freundschaftliches. , Zu dieser seltsamen Preundschaft zwischen Deutsclien und Briten, zwischen denen doch sonst die bitterste Peindscliaft lierrscbt, trug ein deutscher Soldat, der sich besonderer Beliebtheit erfreuen

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durfte, und den alle beim Vornamen nannten, sehr viel bei. Er hiess Paul. Paul war ein gottbegnadeter Sanger und hatte zu Friedenszeiten in manchem Konzert jniitgewirkt und seine fast atemlos lauschenden Zuhorer lioch erfreut. Als der Heerruf aber erscholl, musste auch er gegen den Feind aus riicken und sich in den Schiitzengraben stellen. Wenn er da nianchjnal in triiber Stimmung war, Oder seine Kameraden, des Blutvergiessens miide, sich nacli der Heimat, Eltern und Geschwistern Oder der teuer Geliebten, die ihrer mit pochenden Herzen harrten, sehnten, suchte er die Trauerstimmung durch seinen Gesang zu verscheuchen. ‘Er sang von Lenz and Liebe, von sel’ger goldner Zeit, von Freiheit, Mannerwiirde, von Treu’ und I-Ieiligkeit; er sang von allem Siissen, was Menschenbrust durclibebt, er sang von allem Hohen, was Menschenherz erhebt/ Jedesmal, wenn er sang, kamen auch die Eng­ lander aus ihrem Schiitzgraben hervor und lauschten seinen lieblichen Weisen. Kaum war er fertig mit einem Lied, so wurde ihm schon stiirmisch Beifall geklatscht, und die Briten liessen ihm Beweise ihrer Anerkennung in Form von Zigarren, Tabak, Schokolade und dergleichen zugehen.

Es war an einem schonen Herbsttag. Der Tag neigte sich schon. Wieder sang Paul, und eine grosse Zuhorerschaft lauschte.

Paul sang niclit wie sonst. Zwar verriet sein Gesang auch diesmal Paul’s Meisterschaft; seine ganze Seele spiegelte sich darin wieder.

Er erregte keine froliliche Stimmung.

Ein schweriniitiger Ton zog sich durch alle Lieder. Erinnerte ilin vielleiclit die sinkende Sonne und das fallende Laub an seine eigene Hinfalligkeit?

Als Paul geendet, waren alle tief ergriffen und gingen schweigend an iliren Platz zuruck.

In der folgenden Nacht wurden die Deutschen zu einem Sturmaugriff heraus geflilirt. Sie drangen vor bis an die englischen Schrecklich Schutzengraben, und es kam zu einem Handgemenge. _ ging es da her. Der Tod selber schien mit einer verderbenbringenden Sense einen Raubzug zu halten. Endlich Hess das Toben der Schlacht wieder nacli. Den ubrigen Teil der Nacht horte man nur noch das Rasseln der Lazarettwagen und das Stohnen der Verwundeten. Mancher tat in dieser Nacht seinen letzten Atemzug.

Am nachsten Morgen herrschte umheimliche Stille auf der deutschen Seite. Paul’s Lieder, die sonst fruhmorgens einen jeden ermunterten, erscliollen niclit mehr. Bald stieg ein englischer SolTell Paul to come and dat aus dem Schiitzengraben und rief: sing!” Er erhielt aber keine Antwort. Er wiederholte seine Bitte, und dann kam endlich ein deutscher Soldat langsam aus dem Schiitzengraben hervor und rief traurig in gebrochenem English: “You shooted Paul. He sing no more.”

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A MERRY CHRISTMAS. Where is there a holiday more glady anticipated or more un­ iversally celebrated and enjoyed, than Christmas! For old and young, for rich and poor, it is a time of happiness, of spiritual and material well-being.

Peace on earth, good will to men, was the greeting of the angels to the shepherds. What glad tidings!

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Saviour and his subsequent self-sacrifice there was to be peace on earth, the delicious peace of the heart and mind, which alleviates our trials and toils here below with the assurance of eternal bless­ ing thru faith. There was to be good will toward all men, the good will of God which evidences itself in the sending of Jesus to die for our sins. Truly Christmas is a day of rejoicing before all other days for these spiritual gifts.

But the felicity of the soul has also communicated itself to the material side of our existence. Christmas is the day of mirth and good times, of giving and receiving and making others happy. The very atmosphere seems filled with tokens of merriment and greet­ ing. Children revel in the thots of Santa Claus, young folks in­ dulge in merry making, students regale themselves during their desired vacations, fathers and mothers delight in the ecstasy of their little ones, whilst old age luxuriates and grows young again in the cheer and glee of the family gathered around the glitter­ ing Christmas tree. All hearts burst forth with rapturous good will toward each other, and all that are possessed of the least bit of warmth and feeling would send the message thru the whole world to every stricken soul: * Peace on earth, good will to men! Rejoice! Be merry! This is the Lord’s day.’

And this is our greeting to our friends and our readers. God grant you all a Merry Christmas in the highest and widest sense E. C. K. of the word.

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A thing that often impresses one in this enlightened age of ours is the prevalent ignorance of everything contained in or be­ longing to the Bible. Sad to say, this ignorance has not restricted itself to people that profess no creed at all, but pervades our Chris­ tian folk as well. To become convinced of the truth of this state­ ment, we need but take ourselves as examples. How often are we forced to keep our silence in a discussion pertaining to some simple biblical fact. It is hardly saying too much that the majority of us can but cite a few passages to prove some of the most important parts of our doctrine.

The Bible has been called the Book of books, and that it as­ suredly is. It includes history, poetry, didactic writing, and phil­ osophy. Its teachings are more exalted, more beautiful, and more inspiring than anything that this world can boast of, and this is even admitted by non-believers. Should not a Christian then, for whom the Bible is everything finally, make it his duty to gain a thorough understanding of this book before all others.

Homer was the Bible of the ancient Greeks. Everyone that wished to lay the slightest claim to the distinction of being an Athenian citizen was expected to be conversant with Homer’s epics.

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The young Mohammedan learns his Koran almost by heart. We Christians, who have a far greater, in fact the only correct, con­ ception of God thru the Bible, should thus stand behind heathens in our respect and interest for our holy book?

Let us try to make up for any sloth or disinterestedness of the past. Let us turn to the Bible and peruse it thoroughly, because it is God’s word and because it contains deep and significant wis­ dom.

But we must read it in the correct way. It is quite unfortunate that our Bible is divided into verses and chapters in the arbitrary fashion that it is. This leads one to stop when the chapter cornea to a close—whether the development of the thought ends there or not, with a result that much remains unclear and obscure. Why not read tlie Bible, or its separate books at least, like any other book, from beginning to end without intermision. You will find that the spirit of the context and the general impression of the whole thus gained will do much to give you a deeper insight into the Divine word.

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There is a marked tendency the present day towards the mis­ use or even neglect of good literature. Good literature is always elbowed into the background and the lighter authors are almost invariably preferred. It seems as though the English classics for instance, are by far too heavy brain food for the American people: they haven’t the intellectual training necessary for the appreciation of good classic literature. To remedy this evil we must begin at the very root of it, begin in the schools, the heart of the intellectual world, and more precisely, at our American colleges. For where is literature often more neglected than in some of our American colleges?

A visit to the reading room or to the library clearly illustrates this tendency. During spare time there will invariably be a larger number assembled looking at pictures of current events or hurriedly glancing thru a magazine for mere drops of information, than read­ ing some article worth while reading and thinking about. Educa­ tion is not the accumulation of bits of information, nor is it in any way strengthened by a random search for it. The events pass by and perhaps loose their entire importance and significance, and then, what have we gained by such reading? Nothing!

The primary purpose of a library in our institution is to fur­ nish reading material which will supplement and strengthen the studies in the class-room. The library is, so to speak, replete with masterpieces of literature to serve in any branch of study one might be especially interested in. The result of collateral reading is in­ estimable. Then again but a mere nibbling here and there with-

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out digesting what we have taken in, has the same harmful effect upon the mind that such “eating between meals” has upon the body as respects physical nourishment. It reminds us very much of the difference in eating at an American seven-course dinner and sitting composedly over a genuine German meal. At the former there will be perhaps forty or fifty dainty dishes at which one is permitted only to nibble a bit and then turn to the next; at the dinner prepared by a competent German housewife one will taste of something really substantial. The meal is perhaps plainer but it tends not so much to satisfy the palate as to meet the demands of the stomach. Just so it is with our collateral reading. We nibble at this, we taste of that, however, not long enough to get the real taste and full satisfaction out of it. Therefore let’s drink at the 0. C. K. Pierian Spring, and deep or—not at all!

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Am 19. November feierten wir das 25jahrige Amtsjubilaum un­ seres lieben Herrn Professor W. Henkel. Ih Stillen wurden im Laufe der Woche Anordnungen zu dieser Peier getroffen. Sonntag Abend versammelten sich die Fakultat, einige Pastoren der Centralkonferenz und die Studenten in der Turnhalle. Einige Minuten nach acht Uhr erschien der Jubilar und nahm den Ehrensitz ein.

Das Orchester spielte den Eingangsmarsch, and dann sang die ganze Versammlung, unter der Begleitung der Kapelle, das Lied: “Lobe den Herren, den machtigen Konig der Ehren.” Herr Pastor Sterz aus Watertown sprach das Gebet, und darauf hielt Herr Pastor Meyer aus Oconomowoc die Pestrede. Der Redner fuhrte aus, wie

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herrlich das Amt sei, in dem der Jubilar 25 Jahre gestanden, wie wichtig das Werk, dem er sich gewidmet. Pastor Meyer verbreitete sich dann noch liber die Sclionheit und den praktischen Wert der griechischen und deutschen Sprache, die hauptsachlichsten Facher, in denen Prof. Henkel unterrichtet Nach Beschluss der Rede sang der N. W. C. Mannerchor den 8. Psalm: Herr, unser Gott,” und darauf hielt Prof. Dr. Ernst eine Ansprache, in der er ausfuhrte, wie schwierig die Arbeit sei, die dem Jubilar aufgelegt ist. Dr. Ernst schloss, indem er im Namen der Fakultat die Gliickwiinsche iiberbraclite.

Die Versammlung sang dann die ersten zwei Verse des Liedes: “Bis hierher hat mich Gott gebracht.” Pastor Meyer sprach dann im Namen der Centralkonferenz die herzlichsten Gluckwunsche aus und iiberreichte dem Jubilar ein Geldgeschenk. Herr Prof. Dr. Ott ubergab das Geschenk der Fakultat, ein griechisch-englisches Worterbuch.

Zuletzt hielt der President des Zotus, Herr E. Kiessling, ’17, eine kurze Ansprache, uberbrachte die Gluckwunsche der Studenten und iiberreichte dem Professor einen Gehstock. Der Jubilar bedankte sich fiir die ihm erwiesene Liebe. Pastor Sterz sprach den Segen, und mit dem letzten Verse des begonnen Liedes wurde die Peier geschlossen.

PHI GAMMA RHO. As the old name was fast becoming meaningless, the Lyceum Literary Society decided to adopt a new and more significant name, that would in some way be symbolical of the work of the club.

After some assiduous racking of the brain certain illustrious mem­ bers hit upon the idea of converting the Lyceum into a Greek letter society. The letters chosen were Phi, Gamma, and Rho, signifying respectively, friendship, the arts, and oratory. For such is the purpose and aim of the society, to promote friendship and frater­ nity among members, to instil and propagate in all the love for that which, is great and good in the arts, and to become proficient in debating and public speaking.

The Phi Gamma Rho officers are: Helmuth W. Schaefer, ’17, President.

Otto Klaye, ’18, Vice-President.

John F. Henning, ’18, Secretary.

PHILOMATHEAN LITERARY SOCIETY. The program rendered Nov. 25th, marked the opening of a series of literary meetings which are held alternatively every Sat-

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urday evening by the Philomathean Literary Society and Phi Gam­ ma Rho. Generally speaking this program was not what it might have been. The partial failure may have been due probaly to the fact that it was the initial program of the year, but even obstacles of this kind can easily be overcome by real effort. To us it seems that it was more due to a lack of interest and an abundance of “I-don’tcare enthusiasm.” We do, however, by no means say that the en­ tire program was beneath the standard established by the society in former years. Some numbers, in fact, deserve the highest praise, among which are the Messrs. Timmel and Kock, for the excellence of their violin duet; President Kiessling, for his instructive and interesting opening address; Mr. Koch and Mr. Vohs, for the good rendering of their reading; and the Messrs. Timmel, Krauss and Westendorf, for their pleasing little comedy sketch entitled “No­ body Home, An Autobiography of Raymond Timmel.” Mr. Kuske, also, deserves honorable mention for his work.

With a little more interest, a little more effort and a good deal more life the Philomathean could, with such an abundance of ora­ tors and artists yet in the making, atain to that for which they \vould otherwise in vain strive, perfection. So let’s get together and do our part, and not be satisfied with being only nominally members who deem themselves worthy of the Nobel Prize merely for sitting in our meetings, as it were, in complete stupefaction and letting themselves be heard and seen on the stage once every year or thereabouts!

The officers of the Philomathian are: Elmer C. Kiessling, ’17, President.

Karl Kuske, *18, Vice-President.

Raymond Timmel, ’18，Secretary.

GERMAN CLUB CHANGES OFFICERS. At a meeting of the German Club the following were elected officers for the month of December: President—Edward C. Duxe, ’18.

Vice-President—Belno R. Lange, ’18.

Social Secretary—Adolf G. Zeisler, ’18.

Business Secretary—Walter Bodammer, ’17.

The work of the club has thus for been highly satisfactory.

It is in reality the most spirited organization existing at North­ western, probably as a result of “Deutsches Wesen und ^Cultur.”

During the past month we have had the extraordinary priv­ ilege of entertaining sucli distinguished guests as, Mr. Alfred J. Schweppe, ’14, of the University of Wisconsin, and the Messrs. Hen­ ry Rosin, 14, Walter Zank, Roy Vollmers, Philip Froehlke and Wm. Fuehlbrigge,，16s, all of the Theological Seminary.

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Our work during tlie past month consisted mainly in readings from some German classics, original and impromptu speeches, short musicals and debates. A subject that is never broached in our midst is that big tug-of-war across the waters. We can thank Pres­ ident Wilson for this, since he proclaimed the neutrality which we are so “religiously” upholding. (Note: President Wilson will shortly be voted an honorary member of the German Club.)

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The orchestra enjoyed a long period of vacation this year, re­ hearsals not being resumed until a few weeks ago. Altlio numeorus changes have been made in the personnel, there is every reason to believe that our material is as good as it was in previous years.

Upon Klaye’s and Blakewell’s resignations tlie cello department was left vacant. Two promising men, however, are now acquir­ ing proficiency on these instruments: Albrecht, ’19，a former New Ulm student, and Boettcher, prep. ‘Nig’ Retzlaff is in charge of tlie doublebass, which was in the able hands of Sprengler last sea­ son. Falk, ’19, a new acquisition from Concordia, lias proved him­ self a worthy successor of our lost fledging, the prospective dentist Sterz, while Felton, also a Concordia man, is winning for himself the distinction, of being a virtuoso on the piano. The violins are of about the same caliber as in the preceding year with only two new additions, T. Kock, ’19, and Craemer, J20. Orders have also been placed for a set of low pitch clarinets and a flute and as soon as tliey arrive the orchestra will play in low pitch altogether. With Prof.

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Thru graduation last June the chorus was deprived of some good singers, especially in the second bass and first tenor sections.

Quite a few new students, however, have joined the chorus, filling out the vacancies left by last year’s class. Professor Bolle now directs the chorus and judging from the singing at present, this organization will be able to put up some first class music when we give our annual concert. The first public appearance of the chorus was at the celebration of Professor HenkeFs twenty-fifth anni­ versary.

Z. Male Quartet.

Shortly after the male chorus began with their rehearsals, Professor Bolle and the remaining members of last year’s quartet gave a few singers a tryout to fill the positions left open by A. Westendorf and P. Proehlke. The most capable singers were A. Retzlaff and B. Westendorf. The quartet has made a few public ap­ pearances and showed up well. The members are: Adolph Zeisler, ’18, first tenor.

Armin Retzlaff, ’17, second tenor.

Waldemar Retzlaff, ’17, first bass.

Z. Bernhard Westendorf, *18, second bass.

The Band.

The various sections of the band have undergone some changes.

Lehman was shifted from first alto to baritone in Sprengeler’s place, who graduated last June. Matzke was taken out of the tenor sec­ tion and he now is playing first alto. A new arrival this year is • Erich Falk, last year at Concordia College, Milwaukee. Falk plays solo cornet. Several other new men have taken instruments and we hope that they will be able to join us after the Christmas recess.

Another change lias been made as to directors. Prof. H. A. Frank is now leading the band instead of our last year’s director.

We have been seriously considering to change our pitcli from high, to low pitch. The orchestra has already done this, but we

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cannot, as yet, change the band over on account of lacking the nec­ thing for essary funds. A change of pitch is the most desirable ( two reasons: First. It is easier to play in low pitch, and second, changing to low pitch would mean a new set of instruments. Our old ones are already so ancient that many of them are out of good working order and lack the responsiveness of newer instruments.

To accomplish what we have been considering we need quite a sum of money and we are hoping that a few of our more opulent Luth­ erans will incline their hearts toward us and favor us with a few donations especially since Christmas, the time of giving, is so close a:t hand.

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THE HEMGVICA. “The Hemnica,> from Red Wing, Minn., comes to us with a new and attractive cover design this year. The October number *contains two articles, “Relationship of College and Student” and “ The Modern Jew.” The first points out the things that a college owes . itis students and tliose which the students in tlieir turn owe to their college. .“The Moderh Jew** is the article we enjoyed most in thi8 ponti’s issue. It treats of the interesting question of re­ establishing a Hebrew kingdom in Palestine. It gives us a descfiption of the colonies, which, in spite of all difficulties, have pros­ pered until the present war broke out. Many of the colonies have 说姐 destroyed because all able-bodied men have been forced to go tb war. The writer of tlie article deplores the fact that tlie prog­ ress of Hebrew colonization has been retarded by the war. There are a few peculiar constructions in this essay, for instance, “Still his e^es have ever beheld the sublime vision of a return to his own

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land, gather his relationship about him, etc.” As a whole it is well written. There are two editorials of some length. “The Campus Microscope” pictures to us three bad specimens of students and alumni. The editorial is good. The writer of <<Coeducatipnn be­ lieves that this system has already shown good results after the few months’ trial which it has had at your college.

THE TRINITONIAN. “The Trinitonian” from Waxahachie, Texas, is a very neat­ looking paper. It is one of the few of our exchanges that continues to come without advertisements on its covers. The practice of putting advertisements on covers may be excusable during this paper-famine, but it certainly detracts from the appearance of the magazine. “If” is a poem. The thoughts are good, but the meter is faulty in some cases. We enjoyed the story, <4The Beast with a Soul” very much. It shows us what a wonderful power music had upon a man who had nourished his desire for revenge for so many years, causing him to shrink from the gruesome act when he finally had g,n opportunity to take revenge. “If” is an interest­ ing and well-told story worked out according to Kipling’s poem “If.” It pictures to us a man who conquered all odds after he had gained the determination to make a success of his life. “The Sherman Game” is a poem on the foot-ball team. The editorial department contains only write-ups about the different college activities. We would suggest that you insert a department for these things and leave the editorial department for articles of greater importance.

THE ROUSER. A new exchange has reached us from Madison, Minn. - “The Houser” is quite a good little magazine for a high school paper.

The literary department contains two stories and two poems. Why don’t you try to have a short article or two in your paper? Both of the stories are so simple that they hardly suffice to make up a literary department. The meter in the poem “Foot-ball” is rather faulty. In the poem “English As Is Spoken,” the meter is much better, but we do not like the idea of introducing all those slang expressions into the paper of an institution of learning. We do not quite agree with the writer of the editorial, “A Balanced Educ^tion.” We do not believe in laying too much stress upon ath­ letics. Athletics are desirable as far as they afford the student exercise, which is so essential to his health; but there is such a

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things as carrying athletics into extremes. It is not always the stu­ dent who was a star athlete at college that is most successful in. life. One sometimes finds that tlie heroes in athletic contests are very dull in their classes. The other departments of your maga­ zine are well taken care of.

GOSHEN COLLEGE RECORD. “The Evolution of the Drama” in the November number of the “Goshen College Record” (Goshen, Indiana) is an article well worth reading. It follows up the development of the dranm fyom tlie time of the ancient Greeks to the present time. “Peace” is a short story in whicli very little stress is laid on the plot; but the description is very good. The idea of peace, is brought out beauti­ fully thougliout the story. As “Our Observatories” is written by one of your professors, we shall not attempt to criticise it. “I Haven’t Time” is a very goo.d editorial urging tlie student to ar­ range his work and to utilize spare moments in order to make the most of his time. The departments all show careful work.

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The Comenian, Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pa.: “The Black and Red” for April is a timely number in that most of the Literary department is devoted to material concerning the life and work of Shakespeare. The title of tlie first article is mys­ tifying, to say the least. When we read,“ What Shakespeare miglit have said were lie prevented from taking an active part in tlie edit­ ing of the first issue of his college paper by an unexpected illness.” we are entirely at a loss as to what we may expect in tlie develop­ ment of such a theme. However, the article is cleverly written, and the various quotations, together with the humorous aspects of the Bard’s home life are most effectively worked into the narrative.

The thought becomes disconnected when local affairs are brought in, but on the whole, the article is quite unique and shows origin­ ality of a high order. The toast at the conclusion is one eminently suitable to any editorial staff entering its journalistic career:

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During our whole regime We’ll value no such theme As the keeping free of any caper Which furthers not our college paper.

The poem, “The Inscription on a Forest’s Cemetery,” is at times poorly rhymed, but expresses worthy sentiments, showing the crim­ inally careless manner in which our forests are destroyed, or neg­ lected until fire ruins them. The German article, “Ostern in Russland,” is a fine description of Easter customs in Russia, illustrating how strictly Russian Catholics observe the mandates of their Church at this holiday season.

The various departments reach a high standard of literary ability, and give the magazine the correct balance. The column, De Rebus Omnibus, discussing news of universal interest, is a feat­ ure which might well be imitated by other publications.

The D. M. L. C. Messenger, Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn.: “The Black and Red,” May number, is a Shakespeare number of considerable interest. The first article brings the chief’s con­ ception of what Shakespeare might have said about editing a col­ lege paper and includes an estimation of each newly elected member of the staff. Naturally, many of the references therein con tained remained a puzzle to us, nevertheless we were interested and amused. Shakespeare’s biography is ably written. “Ostern in Russland” proved to be highly interesting reading and smacked of personal experience. Exchanges are well written, as is also true of Athletics. Campus and Classroom bears witness to a well developed sense of humor at N. W. C. We often wish the same could be said of D. M. L. C. In reading the “Black and Red” one is often disturbed by encountering misprints. A little extra effort in proof-reading would surely be instrumental in eliminating these disturbing elements.

The Dubuque Student, Dubuque German College, Dubuque, la.: The new staff of the “Black and Red” are certainly doing their best to keep up the standard of their magazine. The last two issues, and especially tlie May issue give proof of this fact. The first two articles in the May number “An Afternoon in an Apache Camp” and “Die Ausstellung zu San Francisco” are instructive as well as great­ ly interesting. The poems are also good. Of the other depart­ ments we need not speak, it is not necessary.

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The Tiger, High School, Little Rock, Ark.: “The Black and Red” is very interesting to a German. many the hobby in Watertown?

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Luther College Visitor, Lutlier College, Wahoo, Nebraska: “The Black and Red” is one of the neatest exchanges we receive.

One thing which it lacks is poetry. This would make it more com­ plete and a few more short stories would also add a great deal to the paper.

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The June issue of “The Black and Red”，Northwestern College, Watertown, Wis” is especially attractive. Possibly it is the most attractive issue of “The Black and Red” to reach us. The timely pliotos and sketches of the graduating class, with the editorial, “The End of the School Year,” make the magazine in keeping with the close of the college year. The article, “The Soul of Germany,” finds its chief merit in the information it contains. It is well written, but it lacks that smoothness and rhythmical sound that adds so much to an article of that kind. We realize our incompetency in trying to criticise the German contributions. “A Retrospect” very vividly bring back to the departing Senior memories of his youth.

The author shows very striking imagination in dealing with the subject matter. The only poem, a sonnet to “The Departing Sen­ ior/* is very timely, expressing tlie attitude of the departing student.

The thought and tlie rhythm are good. Allow us to congratulate you upon your championship team in baseball. You are very fortunate in having so much enthusiasm in your band. Good music adds so much to the life of the student. The departments on a whole show interest and thought. We would suggest, however, the addition of a poem to make your literary department more complete.

Tlie Scout, Park Region Luther College, Fergus Falls, Minn.: “TJie Black and Red” hails from Watertown, Wisconsin. The first thing to attract our attention is the poem ^When I Ain Dead/* undoubtedly dedicated to a friend. When compared with the other departments, the one oil literature seems rather short. We believe that literature should be of primary importance in a college paper.

From your alumni notes we gather that the members of the Alumni Society take an active interest in the welfare of their Alma Mater.

“A Code for 1916-17,” an editorial, treats on the subject of making resolutions. Are resolutions ever kept? Is anything gained from making resolutions? The writer points to the fact that resolu-

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tions are very difficult to keep, but that the effort put forth is of distinctive value in itself.

Where are your musicals? The other departments are well cared for. The Averted Strike” sums up the main items of importance in the railroad strike which recently threatened our country.

College Chips, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa: One of our very interesting exchanges comes to us from NorthWestern College, Watertown, Wis. The September number of the “Black and Red” has a plain design, but it is well worth reading.

Only one poem, “When I Am Dead,” which contains several worthy sentiments, especially in the last few lines, is found. “Hannos Tod” is an account in the German, based on Livius XXI, 18. It recounts vividly the attempt on the part of Hanno, the great Carthaginian, to avert the war with Rome, and liow he was overruled by the Sen­ ate, and despised by the masses for his seeming weakness. It hap­ pened later, as Hanno had predicted, that Carthage was destroyed.

The Editorial department contains a few excellent “Rules,” which might well be worth any one’s time to read. One rule, es­ Learn to converse intelpecially, struck us as being very good: ligently, politely, and vividly, taking care to purge your speech ol all meaningless by-words.” This very college man should try to observe, for it seems that slang and “meaningless by-words” are more prevalent among undergraduates than other classes. Slang too often is the characteristic of the slothful mind, and it is well to avoid its use. The Averted Strike” gives a clear idea of the threatened railway strike of last September, and reduces the so-called Adamson Eight-hour Law down to its most important features.

The Locals department is good, but some improvement could be made on the jokes.

Goshen College Record, Goshen, Indiana: We do not want to close this column without mentioning the “Black and Red.” Your “Code for 1916-17” is an admirable one.

It contains sound advice and many good thoughts. However, your notice to delinquent subscribers seems a bit glaring, and一well, un-beautiful, if you will permit the expression. But then, great crises demand heroic measures.

The Augustana Observer, Augustana College, Rock Island 111.: The first real college paper to reach us was “The Black and Red.” This paper is as neat as ever. It continues to come in that “sturdy, masculine” quality of paper in spite of the advance in price

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of paper. The first to arrest our attention as we open the twin cover is a poem. Tlie very title tells us that it is one of melanclioly.

Some might object to such a theme for a college paper on the score that it is too sad, but let them remember that many of the most beautiful gems in literature are sad. Bryant’s most favorite theme is death. Beauty does not tempt us to giggle. The poem contains some poetic touches. These two verses, for instance, are real velvety: “For I am gone and need no sooth.

Beyond a passing glimpse of sad farewell.”

“Hanno’s Tod” is a somewhat unique article for a college pub­ lication, but that does not detract from its worth. We feel when we read it that tlie author lias actually entered into the spirit of those remote times. Hanno，s dream is skilfully handled thruout the story. Such portrayals of the past afford healthful exercise for the imagination.

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The Augsburg Echo, Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, Minn.: “The Black and Red” is right on time. It is one of the jour­ nals that we like to see and read. The poem “When I Am Dead” shows some poetical ability, but seems to “liang crepe” cm the con­ tents of the journal. It makes an appeal to the inner emotions, although it does not have the smoothness that we like to see in a poem. It is of course intended to make us think of the life here­ after.

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THE CHANGE OF THRONES IN AUSTRIA. On Nov. 22, 1916, Vienna announced the death of Austria’s venerable monarch, Francis Joseph I. His death marks the close of one of the longest and most event­ ful reigns in the world’s history.

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Few sovereigns have begun their reign under more unfavor­ able conditions than the deceased emporer. When he ascended the throne in 1848, then but nineteen years of age, great political up­ heavals were taking place in the empire he was to rule, and indeed all over Europe. His predecessor, Ferdinand I., who had ruled Austria while Francis Joseph was not yet of age, had been twice forced to flee from Vienna before the fury of dissatisfied insurrec­ tionists; Bohemia, Hungary, Slavonia and Croatia had demanded independence. It seemed as if the Austrian empire were facing disintegration.

Similar conditions existed at the time all over Europe. Great mobs of insurgents had gained the ascendancy over the government in Prance, had forced Louis Philippe to abdicate, and had set up the French Republic. Great riots in Berlin threatened conditions of a like nature for Prussia. London, Rome and Madrid were also racked by insurrection, though in a less degree.

But the young emporer did not despair. He believed in the future of the Austrian empire, and resolved to make the binding together of the many discordant elements united under his sceptre his life-work. It was no easy task he had set himself. The sixtyeight years of his reign were filled with care, work, and sorrow; especially at the outset his work was discouragingly difficult. With­ out any thought of private gain or ambition, either of which would have endangered the attainment of his aim, he devoted his life solely to the service of his country, and pursued througout his reign a policy of disinterested self-effacement. That he should have suc­ ceeded in his endeavors is due, in a large degree, to the love and devotion of his subjects, who revered him as a father, and saw in him the band that held them together and gave them the strength of unity.

The test of the value of his services to the empire came with the present European war. Would the structure he had reared be strong enough to support the burden of concerted military action, directed principally against a nation that was connected to part or the Austrian empire by language, race, and creed? The Austrian people met their test in a manner that fully justified the exertions of their monarch in their behalf, and that proved a surprise to those who had expected domestic strife and internal dissension. Though Francis Joseph did not live to see the day of final victory, he saw that Austria would endure, and that his work had not been done in vain.

Since the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand at Sarajewo, Charles Francis Joseph, the Archduke’s nephew, has been consid­ ered undisputed heir presumptive to the Austrian throne. Even before the assassination he had a chance to succeed Francis Joseph, because of his uncle’s morganatic marriage. He and his wife, the Princess Zita of Bourbon, are well known and popular throughout Austria, and are connected by relationship with most of the Cath-

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olic German princes. The situation he will have to face is no easy one; there are many who believe that with the death of Francis Joseph, the ties that bound the Austrian people together will be dis­ solved, and that Austria is again facing disintegration. The task confronting him is in many ways similar to the one that confronted Francis Joseph in 1848. How he will meet the situation is of im­ portance not only to Austria, but to Germany and Turkey, its allies, as well, and may prove to have an important bearing on the out­ come of the European war.

ATHLETICS# FOOTBALL. The Ripon game on tlie 11th of November wound up our foot­ ball season for 1916. Although we had to bow down in defeat, our gridiron warriors feel satisfied with the outcome of the game, Our aggregation was the eleven which held Ripon to the lowest score this season. Ripon had an extraordinary fast team, and it took a hardened and drilled bunch to prevent them from running away.

The following were the scores °； of interconference b S：0Ri^on93NL^renCe Rip0n 26> Carroll0? Ripo^ 1Z, fll be ablePto ^nbee

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menbare and a banner season will be looked for. Our Dut un thA make next'season a success and will ern^s ?^mnnc that ever was Pulled off on Northwestiectfd^w ^incohe* s}10Zms Ze made against Ripon doubtless in?.m^er ^to whole football affair. With the right pep and spirit our eleven will give them all a neck to neck tustle. it is to be remembered, however, that we shall not find all the

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warriors of this year on the gridiron again the next season. Six men will lay down their arms next June and will fall out of the ranks of the loyal fighters for the Black and Red. When the sea­ son of 1917 again starts, there will be six vacancies, which must needs be filled. There is no doubt that we all regret this loss of material which was thoroughly experienced and hammered into shape. The following men most likely will never don a foot­ ball suit for Northwestern again: Bodamer, Binhammer, Gruendemann, Schmelzer, Gutzke and Naumann. It is hardly necessary to write in strong commendation of the above named men. They all played the game to perfection and proved themselves worthy of their respective positions on their team. Northwestern can but be thankful for their services rendered.

A few days after the final game the football team convened to receive their well earned official “N.” By the approval of the Ath­ letic Board the official “N” was changed this year. Formerly the size of the official “N” was 5x5 inches, but since the change the size will be 8x8 inches. On the opposite page the picture of the team shows Capt. Kuske wearing one of the lately designed “Ns”. The new “N” is more conspicuous than the former and undoubtedly will show better. In compliance with the decision of the Athletic Board the following men were decked with an official “N” by the captain of the team: Bodammer, Binhammer, Schmelzer, Gruendemann, Naumann, Duxe, Gutzke, Zeisler, Lange, Matzke, Vohs, Strasen, and W. Retzlaff. A few days after the ceremonial distributions of the “Ns” the army of football warriors surrendered to the forces of basket ball enthusiasts, who now triumphantly go through their daily calisthenics in the gym to get in shape for the coming basket ball season, which will begin immediately after the Christmas recess.

—Otto C. Klaye, ’18, was agreeably surprised by a visit from his mother and sister Nov 29. 一Walter Bodammer, *17, accompanied Raymond Timmel, ’18, to

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the latter’s home in Oconomowoc Nov. 11.

E. Duxe, ’18, Adolph Zeisler, ’18, and W. and A. Retzlaff, ’17, were spectators at the University of Wisconsin-Chicago game at Madison, Nov. 25. 一R. Fenske, ex ’14, popped up in Watertown, Nov. 28. 一Helmuth. W. Schaefer spent Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 25-26, at his home in Kenoslia. 一Eugene Beyl, prep, was surprised by a visit from his sister and brother-in-law, who stopped in on him while on their honeymoon. ―William Puehlbrigge, William Lindloff and Martin Wehauser, members of the class of 1915，trolleyed to Watertown to spend Thanksgiving day with former friends.

—0. Oebser and Paul and August Holzeater of SpringValley, Wis., called on W. Lau, ’18, Nov. 27.

—Our midget friend, Elmer Prenzlow, graced Woodland with his presence, Nov. 25.

—The Reverends Ebert and Bendler of Milwaukee called on Ed­ mund, prep, the former’s son, Nov. 23. 一Arnold Huttel of Cataract, Wis., paid his brother “Farmer” Hiittel, prep, a visit, Nov. 23.

—At last our orchestra will play with instruments. The almigh­ ty “Shep” has, after weeks of hard work and much speaking, in­ duced the members of the orchestra to buy from him. The new addition consists of two clarinets and a flute of C. G. Conn design.

—Thanksgiving clay came at last and with it a large number of our fellow students journeyed home or spent the day with nearby relatives. W. Voigt, prep, transported himself to Appleton; B. and B. Lange, ’18, P. Naumann, ’17, and Fred Kaiser spent the day in Bea­ ver Dam .E. Kupfer and T. Broitzmann,，29, ate their turkey at Reeseville; E. Schulz, *20, at Milwaukee; Harvey Heinke, prep, at Brillion; E. Schumacher, *18, and C. Spilman, ’20，at Horicon; L. Bernthal, ’18, at Port Atkinson; G. Gieschen, ’19, at Johnson Creek; A and W. Schujahn, prep, at Fond du Loc; Dahlman, prep, at Water­ loo; Kahlfass,，19, at Neenah; A and W. Retzlaff, *17, at the home of Mr. Kuester at Helenville. Our amiable Chuck, lest we forget ravenously devoured a leg of pork at Baraboo. “Tanglefoot” spent the day in the reference room playing checkers on the multiplica­ tion table.

—Raymond Smoky and William Dad were fatally surprised Thanksgiving day afternoon by receiving an invitation to a three o’clock turkey lunch from one of the former’s intimate friends, Mr. Alliston. The only regret is that tlie turkey did not live long enough to see those boys eat him. .

—And now Watertown, in particular our school, can pride itself on the ne plus ultra in fashion in the form of the antiquated, an­ tediluvian skull caps of the class of，20. The cap with is small tassel, scientifically placed on the head of one of the redoubtable Freshmen, puts one in mind of a Turk in his last days, whose hair

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are shaved close to his yellow head with the exception of a little tuft in the center to make it easy for Mohammend to pull him into the Arabian Paradise—Arabian Paradise? Ah! now we see why they ordered those tufts.

AUS DEM SEMINAR. Herr Pastor Enno Duemling, Anstaltsmisisonar in Milwaukee, besuchte am 16. Nov. Ewald Sterz und andre Freunde im Seminar.

Unser lieber Beitz empfing am 18. Nov. Besuch von seinem Freunde, Rev. Matth. Benko vom Luth. Seminary in Maywood.

In der Golgatha-Kirche (P. P. Kupfer) in Milwaukee fand am Abend des 19. Nov. ein Kirchenkonzert statt, bei welchem Student Benno Kupfer aus der dritten Klasse auf der Orgel mitwirkte. Auch unser beliebte Geigenvirtuose, 0. Pluedemann, erschein auf dem Program.

Martin Nommensen reiste am 20. Nov. zu seiner Schwester in New London, die dort plotzlich erkrankt war.

Im Interesse unserer Mission unter den Apachen Arizonas be­ such ten am 21. Nov. die I-Ierrn: Pastor J. F. Harders, Indianermissionar in Globe, Ariz., und Prases G. E. Bergemann aus Fond du Lac das Seminar. Student Gustav Fischer aus Glencoe, Minn., ein Mitglied der ersten Klasse wurde als Missionar fiir die vakante Sta­ tion Rice gewonnen. Er wird bald liach Weihnacliten in sein neues Arbeitsfeld reisen, wo Student H. C. Nitz zur Zeit noch aushilft.

Pastor Harders kehrte am 23. Nov. wieder nach Arizona zuriick, nachdem er uns manches Lehrreiclie und Interessante aus seinen Erlebnissen mitgeteilt und uns die Sache der Indianermission besonders ans Herz gelegt hatte.

Am 26. Nov. predigte Reinhold Fenske in Columbus, Da uns Gustav Fischer nun bald verlassen muss, haben wir das verantwortungsvolle Amt des Seminar-Elektrikers Herrn Hugo Hoenecke ubertragen. Die iibrigen Fischer-Geschafte gehen nun an das jungere Glied der Firma iiber und werden mit derselben Promptheit wie vorher ausgefuhrt.

Wahrend unser Bericht zu Papier konimt, machen sich zaWEs reiche Ausfliigler auf den Weg, alle mit strahlenden Mienen•— locken namlich namlicli die angenehmen Diifte des Dank Danktag-Bratens g ar manchen unsrer Seminaristen a.n an den heimatlichen Herd. W er aber nicht in der Nahe wohrit, geht anderwarts bei Freunden zu _____ w___ Besuch. Die Watertowner gehen naturlich alle zu Muttern.一Wehausen reist nach Watertown, 0. Kehrberg nach Oshkosh, und E. A. Sitz nach Ixonia. W. Beitz besucht Freund Alfred Schweppe in Madison.

Am 15. Dezember beginnen unsre Weihnachtsferien. Die Vorfreude macht sich schon leise bei alien geltend, besonders bei denen die in weiterer Entfernung wohnen und nicht Gelegenheit haben

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inzwischen nach Hause zu reisen.

Allen Freunden des Seminars wiinschen wir eine gesegnete Festzeit!

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一Ben: Did you have etymology already, Tanglefoot?

Tanglefoot: Ya, I just got a box-full from home yesterday.

—Smoky: The old Romaus must have eaten boards.

Someone: Why? Smoky: Didn’t you read in our lesson this morning; sie assen Wild-brett? • —Roy: Napoleon was the laziest guy on earth, they had to carry him to his bier.

—What kind of tax did they have at the time of Henry III? x.

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—Westy: You don’t know what “sufficient” means? Well, TH explain it. Suppose you give a cat a pan full of milk, after she has finished it, she has sufficient. Now do you know what it means?

T 1: Sure, cat full of milk. 一Sock: Farmer bit himself in the head.

Hitchcock: How did he get up there?

Sock: He stood on a chair. .—Dad: What’s the difference between the North pole and tlie South pole?

V s: Don’t know.

Dad: All the difference in the world. 一Bernhard: Do you want to buy this book,一Milton’s minor poems?

Ah, go on, you can’t kid me, I’m never going to be a miner. ―Legs: Once a guy had a package of cigarettes, but he didn t want to smoke because he didn’t have a match.

• 广 一Tanglefoot went out on Halloween and turned windows inside out. ―Prof: To whom was Charles I. related thru liis mother.

Stud: To his father.

—Prof: Du, Hans, was hast du da?

Schuler: Nichts.

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Prof: Dann tue es weg, du storst damit die Stunde.

—I: Are you a lover of animals?

II: Indeed, there’s nothing I like better than a good roast turkey. 一Rei sender: Sie, Herr Conducteur, ist in der nachsten Station Zeit, ein Glass Bier zu trinken?

Conducteur: O ja, wenn sie nicht weiter fahren. ―Finally we have found out that the real reason why Mr. Hughes was not elected president was because he didn’t get enough votes.

—Gottlieb (als ihm die Kindtaufgaste zu lange bleiben): Frau, woirn ze Bette gelin, die Leite kennten heem gehn woll’n. 一I. Student (auf der Strasse): Bist du bei Geld?

M. Student (emport): Bist du bei Sinnen.

Zwei Knaben wollten einen Koter Am Schwanz erfassen, aber weder Dem Andern gliickt es noch dem Einen Der Koter hatte namlich keinen. ―A: Doesn’t that make a terrible noise when you stand so near one of those 42 centimeters when it is fired.

B: Sure, but it cracks just as loud if you’re farther off.

The Juniors to him did he call.

You see it had been so decreed —Smoky.

That Juniors never miss a feed.

Paid Advertisement.

Notice: I hereby wish to announce to all my friends and nonadmirers that I have changed my name to ‘Conn Cornetski*—»Helmuth Schaefer. ―Sam: If they don’t fix the roof on the gym pretty soon, we’ll have to patch it with the Athletic Board.

—I. Student: Aha, you got a letter from a girl.

II. Student: No I didn’t, I got it from my sist er. 一Dr.: The etymology of Matzke is this::Matzz is a ‘Koseform’ of Matthias— Someone: What about the “ke?”

Smokes: That’s the vocative singular of the ancient form H” Aufschwung.

All joy, all joy’s our Schaefer boy He’s glad as is a hornet; And just because dear Santa Claus ..

Brought him a nice new cornet.

Refrain: 0 happy, happy, little Conn, Throu’rt just like Mary’s lamb, For Schaefer takes thee everywhere:— In truth, thou’rt his tin ram.

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Owen's Drug Co. William Gehrke.

Eberle's Drug Store.

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W. D. Sproesser Co. Wiggenhorn & Son.

Barbers.

Sim Block.

George Zoelle.

Bert Froemmiug.

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Cigars and Tobacco.

Sonnemann & Amann.

Juniata.

Schlueter Bros.

Wiggenhorn Bros.

Groceries, Bentzin's Grocery.

Fred Bittner.

J. B. Heismann.

Fred E. Mass—

Hardware.

W. G. Pritzlaff D. &. P. Kusel Furniture.

C. P. Nowack, F. G. Keck & Co. Photographers.

Dennlqger's Gallery.

Watertown Photo Co. Doctors.

Dr. T. G. Abelmann.

Dr. E. H厂 Cook* Dentists.

Dr. B. J. Hoermann.

Dr. A. J. Schlueter.

Dr. F. F. Schlueter.

Candy Shops, Baumann's P arlor.

The Princess Confifectionery.

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E. V. Leschinger.

A. Kaliebe.

Geo. W. Spohn.

Leo Ruesch.

0. F. Kurzweg.

And tho Following: Watertown Creamery Co. Baumann Dairy Co. Wm. Gorder Co. Barker Lumber & Fuel Co. New Method Laundry.

H. C. Reichert, Teacher of Piano, Violin, Harmony.

Walter A. Kralimer, Bakery.

Bank of Watertown.

Aug. Gamm, Crockery.

C. Buerger’s Meat Market.

R. P. Koenig & Co” Millers.

Chas. Heismann, Painter, Picture Framing.

City Dry Cleaning and Pressing.

Siegler & Sclilueter, Insurance.

H. P. Bahr, Insurance.

The Lincoln Chemical Works.

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A man who wears Adler-Rochester Clothes shows the world he knows how to dress the part of success.

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DR A. J- SCHLUETER

、|._ENTIST Watertown, Wls.

313 Main Street IVe Recommend

W. D. SPROESSER CO.

‘‘BOSTONIAN，，

JEWEIiERS

SHOES FOR MEN.

Leo Ruesch 210 West Main Street.

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402 Main St

Pianos and Victor Victrolas A large Stock of Records con­ stantly on hand.

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'Phone No. 259-Y Watertown, Wis.

New Method Laundry DIETER & ULLRICH, Prop.

218 First Street

'Phonk 81-Y

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GUSTAV SCHLEGEL, Manager STUDENTS LAUNDRY AGENCY

OWEN，S DRUG STORE 412 MAIN STREET NEAR CORNER OF FIFTH

Agents for Seneca Cameras and Photographic Supplies

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DENTIST Over Wigfgrenhom’s Jewelry Store Entrance on First Street

COR. F2RST and MAIN STREETS

Telephone No. 258

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Fineit Grades HARD WHEAT, WINTER WHEAT AND RYE FLOURS

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An All = Star Line=Up of

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No matter what Style signal you respond to, you'll find us primed for the emergency. We are willing - anxious, to tackle your overcoat problem, and we’ll score every time.

Our store the “Home of the Overcoat’” is now loaded down with every new, staple and novelty overcoat style and fabric produced for the season from

SI 2.50 to S30.00

NERTEL & HOffMANN 107-109

MAiN STREET

BOYS, HEED THIS LAST CALL ::卜

Pettibone is not trying to inflict some “cheap” bargain on you. But out of good will for you and your College, because of pleasant business relations, 've made up a REAL LEATHER BELT for 75c, if bought in lots of 25, as it would be a loss selling only one here and there. It is worth 冬 1.50，and GOING UP.. Do you know that leather will be a luxury—that you may pay $30 for a pair of leather shoes some fine future day? This belt will then cost you $5.

75c each I丨:;

So here.s your last chance—this offer won't appear again. Made of fine black or tan Leather to stand hardest wear,—1 inch wide, solid bronze plate, with fuli name, monogram or initials of Colitge. Get your frier.ds to chip in—and order 25—show them this offer. Each Belt Guaranteed. We have higher priced belts—but no better value.

THE PETTIBONE BROS. [^G. CO, Cincinnati, o.

Jlsk for College Cadet Catalog 335.

Watertown Creamery Co. Manufacturers of

FANCY CREAMERY BUTTER AND ICE CREAM WATERTOWN, WILLIAM GEHRKE DRUGGIST THE VALDONA STORE

315 Main St.

Watertown, Wis.

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Tee gream, 0andie$ and 602 Main St.

Watertown, Wis.

WATERTOWN, WIS,

George Zoelle’s

Barber Shop

Right Across from the Postoffice Herman T. Voigt,

STUDENTS:

deposit your funds with this bank and make all payments by check.

No matter how small一your account will receive careful attention.

BANK Of WATERTOWN Ute 创best

Watertown Photo Co. MEYER，S

THE BARBER 119 West Main St.

Watertown, Wis.

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GALLERY

114 Third St. A STUDIO THAT ALWAYS PLEASES

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We cordially solicit a share of your patronage. We carry a complete line of Drugs, Medicines, Cigars, Stationery and all goods found in a first-class Drug Store, Cameras, Films to fit all makes, and other Photo Supplies. Give us a call. Yours truly, GAMM CORNER DRUG CO.

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BASKETBALL

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110-112 Main Street.

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The QuicK=Stepping College Man will find more real fun in wearing Collegian Clothes than he has ever experienced in any clothes. These “natty" garments are shaped along bold Jines and the fabrics sparkle with life.

Whether it’s a suit or overcoat, tone prevails.

Don’t think^for a minute that you have seen or worn styles as bright as the Collegian styles, for you haven't. You'll realize jt the moment you see them.

C®.

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Staple and Fancy Groceries and School Supplies

605 Main St.

Watertown, Wis.

THE BLACK and RED CIGAR NOW LEADS *EM ALL

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FIRST STREET Telephone 86

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We must all have them.

The first thought is to get them good.

The second thought is to get them cheap If we can get both together we arc era 11 y satisfied. That is why all people dealing with us are "generally satisfied” They get pure, fresh groceries at small prices.

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PHONE 135-Y

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Literary: On the Embargo Qoeation...... 235 A Dog's Story----------- 266 The Love of an Indian----- - 261 Editorials................................... 263 Lutheran Student Conference 266 of America••-.

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THE BLACK AND RED

Volume XX.

Watertown, Wis., January 1917.

Number 8

ON Till： KMRAKGO QUESTION. (This speech was delivered by Rev. II. R. Zimmermann, Dec. 16，1916, at a banquet in West Salem, Wis., given in honor of the soldiers who returned from the front.)

• Welcome home! That is what this gathering is meant to spell for you. We are glad to have you with us again, hale and hearty, you, our soldier boys. You know what that means when I say “our boys.” When you left for the border, following the call of your country, facing an uncertain future, you did not go to fulfill your own duty only, you went for all of us. You were ready to be made part of a living wall against any harm that might threaten our body politic. True, that wasn’t necessary and we are glad of it for your sake and our country’s. But we are not unmindful of the fact that you were ready to give even that last full measure of devotion for your country. That is the reason why we would like to show you our appreciation to-night. , But it seems to me this happy home-coming celebration is also peculiarly auspicious for an object lesson. A question widely discussed because of the European conflict is the question whether it ]ls right for a nation avowedly neutral to furnish munitions of war to one of the parties concerned in the strife. That question is an:swered for you to-night if you but consider for a moment what might have been, had we been forced into a war with our Southern Neigh­ bor. It would not have been an easy task to force her to her knees, but it would have been accomplished, if thru no other way then surely because she lacks the establishments for the output of things necessary for the prosecution of war. Now supposing you were informed that wliat you and everybody else had hoped for, namely,

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that a shortage of ammunition would bring the conflict to a speedy termination, could not longer be hoped for, it being no longer based on actual facts, because another nation was keeping the Mexicans well supplied with everything needed. What would you then think of a traffic of that kind? What would you say, you, who would have had to face those imported bullets? What would you say, you moth­ ers and fathers, sweethearts, sisters and brothers if your boy, your beloved, your brother had been maimed for life or found an untimely death thru those imported missiles? Yes, what would you all, you fellow-citizens, then say? I don’t know what you would say, but I know that you would be tempted to curse the nation that tried to coin money out of blood. You would be tempted to curse the secretary of war, who did not use every available engine of de­ struction to prevent those messengerss of death from getting into the hands of our enemies. And there is your answer to the question.

But.I would not stop there. Citizens of a neutral nation have just as little right to furnish munitions to both parties of a combat at the same time. What a despicable thing for a third party to do, to urge on some men who have gone a fighting and above that to hand them the tools with which to destroy themselves. It is no different where nations are concerned. It is murder. And it is hypocracy to feign friendship for nations and at the same time furnisli them with the means of their undoing.

And do not think for a minute that we have made any friends with this traffic. England already sneeringly tells us that we liavo participated in the war for the money we would get out of it. Voices, like that of the “London Chronicle, ” are getting to be more numerous,„_f which - tell us ^ that the war would have been over ere this had ahnnf ^^rnished the tools, with the result, as they suppose, much ^气with ^finitely less of the slaughter of the nahJ11. ablest sons. And, ladies and gentlemen, those voices

haj tim^r^^t=fter the close of the war when those People

n?ma^es a nation great. We Americans must tn w ^^teousness because we love our country and we want JhiWa and a leader among the nations of the world in the are ^reaV Then one of the things we must stand for is ntJ 011 ^jnitions in all future wars, which no not concern w10n\v WS,must accept the statement of President Wilson, of Death opened, that the an embargo in times of war.

A DOGPS TALE. I hope nobody will feel offended or insulted to find a contribu­ tion by one of those domesticated quadrupeds which are commonly pronounced speechless. Many bipedal authors are above this conyic-

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tion relative to the inability in animals of uttering their sentiments, and have sufficiently proved that dogs can express themselves in beautiful and idiomatic English. Very few magazines or Sunday papers go to press nowadays without having an animal story in them.

But you must not expect any copious language from a dog who has passed the bulk of his life in idleness and indolence, or to do unnatural bow-wowing.

It cannot date my terrestial Am. Locality and pedigree of my birth are also unknown. The first thing I can recollect was a big fat woman walloping her nose all over me and flattering me with a lot of that drivelling poodle palaver to which all dog-lovers are given.

My first master was very partial to intoxicating liquors. When­ ever he would take me out for a walk on a line, I knew which way to head. I would then tighten the line of my custodian in front of an attractive saloon. He would tie me to a table-leg and enjoy himself with a few bumpers while I settled beneath the table and drifted drowsily away into that vast mysterious void which men call sleep. When he unwound me from the table leg, after about two hours, he wouldn’t know his own mind enough to make both legs walk one way and would play me outside like a fisherman plays a catfish.

I tell you I pitied that poor biped when he came home. He was carrying about deep, octagon dents in his anatomy as the re­ sult of being reproached by his wife with the aid of that humble utensil, the flatiron: and she served it hot or cold. Whenever I scented an immediate fall of crockery and tinware, I retired behind the kitchen stove until perhaps a badly aimed hunk of Swiss cheese or something of less porosity would come sailing my way. Then I would arise indignantly and pronounce myself an innocent bystan­ der with such a volume of voice that would always bring the matri­ monial altercation to a sudden close.

I had a dog’s life with these people. Almost all day I lay there in niy corner sleeping and dreaming about being out chasing cats into basements as a dog was intended to do. It was Intolerable that I, who stood two feet high and could have taken all cats and dogs in the neighborhood like so many pills, should be kept behind the stove on a soft cushion and be taught to stand on two legs and hear my mistress tell the funniest stories into my ears that you could have listened to for hours without straining a vest button.

Then, too, she would never leave me out for a decent reinforcement of my stomach, and I needed that so badly. I was dog-tired of this life and desired a change. I had always cherished hopes to do something great, at least something useful some day.

My master had an intimate friend next door with whose dog I often touched noses and who was my only confidant. Whenever I would meet him in the hall for a five minutes tete-a-tete, I com-

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plained about my unhappy lot and intimated that I was going to the dogs. He always cheered me up, however. Indeed, lie was a dog I could look up to, for lie was always lively and animating. The only accomplishment in which I was superior to him wais my skill at scenting. No dog equalled me on that point, I assure you. And my master knew it, for he had often tried me on that head with good results. He always bragged about this canine faculty of mine to other men.

“Why,” he would say, “I’ll go bail there’s nothing anywhere under the broad sweep of heavens that my doggies，nose won’t find.

Give him the clue and lie will find you out the very north-pole itself.”

One day, however, we met a person who took the liberty of dis­ believing my proficiency in performing according to my master’s ideas. This refusal to believe his statements and this depreciation of my value brought my master altogether beside himself and me too. Too bad I was tied to the table-leg! Such disbelief of my ability was like a belittling tin-can on my tail of self-conceit. Those two argued heatedly over the point in dispute and my owner even entered on a bet of five dolars that I could scent out a dollar a day after he had deposited it at random in any street of the city. The dollar was therefore deposited, and I was to perform the following day. I dreamt about finding gold-mines that night. Tlie next day two silver dollars were held under my nose and my master said: “Here, take a whiff, and now go and make a name for yourself!

Find the mate to these here cart-wheels and make your master richer by five of them. Go on, go on, fetch it, I know you can do it.”

I started off. There was nothing to it. I simply followed my nose as fast as I could. It took me further, however, than my master and I had anticipated. He could not follow, of course, for I went faster than any human could travel by that mode of locomotion called running. Finally I was led to a large park and my search came to an end suddenly. There on a solitary park bench that was hidden to a casual passer-by rested a sliabby-looking person whose senses were lost in profound repose. He was a young man who must have been rather prepossessing in better days, but now a some"wh^t massive accumulation of animal substance about the lower region of his face tended to make him look rather unpleasant.

Time’s teeth had caught hold of his coat and trousers here and there; in short, he was a tramp. I jumped upon the bench一ray nose had not deceived me, for there in those torn trousers the object of my search was evidently concealed. But how bring this dollar whence it came? The danger of my master losing five dollars troubled me not a little. Take the trousers along? In trying to execute this the tramp awoke. But I mistook badly when I be­ lieved that he would part with the dollar. Well, we both were stub­ born. He had found the dollar, so had 1; he wouldn’t give it up, neither would I. I stuck to him stubbornly, wherever lie went, I followed, just HKe the 扭mb that Mary had. “And everywhere where

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Mary went the lamb was sure to go.” I soon grew so used to it that I considered him my only master and quite forgot the former one.

We let that bone of contention rest, and became very good friends, indeed.

There was no string now and I leaped and frisked round my new master’s legs as happy as ever. I soon got an insight into his troubled existence. It was tragic. Day for day he entered certain large factories and asked every person who seemed possessed of some authority: “Is there any chance for employment here? Have you got some work for me.”

But the answer was always negative, everyone declined to listen to his sad story, which he told time and again, and which seemed so worth listening to. Bad company—large speculations—ruin— deprived of home, those were its themes. He would always wind up by taking my head between his hands and saying: “All, doggie, ’tis a sad lot to be a tramp, a beggar, an outcast at twenty-two. But it’s no use crying over spilt milk, it’s my fault and so long as you and I have enough to keep life agoing we’ll not despair.”

He thought I didn’t understand, but I did, and I spoke to him in my way, and cheered him up by licking his hand and wagging my tail.

One day after having again tried to gain employment and been refused at all places he retired to his accustomed bench in the park in utter despair. A casual examination of his waistcoat-pocket, as lie was ruminating there, awakened his memory to the fact that the two or three small coins his forefinger encountered there, were not sufficient to buy even a bun for himself, and, oh, the empty feeling his sad look imparted to my shrunken stomach. However, I told him-in my way: “Don’t worry about me, Charley, I’ll take care of myself, and I’ve got two bones stored away which will suffice me (it was a lie).

I’m no epicure or whatever you call ’em. I’ll content myself with rubbing my body against your leg and wagging my tail.”

My master’s head was too full of fatigue and sorrow to listen to me. He buried liis unshaven face in his hands and wept like a child. I left him to his own thought. About a block and a half from my Charley’s bench, on which he was wont to gather that little repose which that hard seat could offer, a large house stood which was enveloped in darkness now, for it was well-nigh mid­ night. I now remembered having made acquaintance, some time ago, with a big Newfoundlander, who had the honor to keep t^iis house from falling to pieces. To this house, then, I repaired to in­ quire from my friend whether he could find me a warm meal. I was surprised, though, not to be welcomed by the Newfoundlander.

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“Now,” I thought, “your off duty to-night, eh? It would be easy for Mr. Thief to enter here.”

Just then a passing wind blew a whiff of some fresh meat into my nose. Say, did my ribs come inward! I followed my nose to an open basement window. My, that was a tempting smell! Watch me go in and put a cargo on board, thought I. I made one jump thru the win—by the three bone-lieads of Cerberus, there was a stun­ ner! The window came down with a crashing blow and caught my tail and held me suspended. The stars were shooting like sparks from an emery-wheel! Imagine me with my noble weight held up by that slender part of my anatomy, with heaps and heaps of fresh meat right under my nose―did I howl? I must have stunned the whole neighborhood with my yells. If that yell wouldn’t move the head of that house his legs couldn’t.

'No sooner had I begun my doleful cry for help when two dark figures advanced out of tlie darkness of the room with masked faces and bundles in hand and tried hard to get out of the room. Thieves, indeed! One opened the window that held me captive, made several wild stabs at me with ail open knife and tried to disappear, But my blood was up, I smelt tlie rat. In acknowledgement of his as­ sistance I nabbed him very gently in the leg, being that part which came readiest to my grasp, and made him howl in his turn. The other figure had managed to escape thru the window, but his flight was also impeded for I saw him struggle fiercely with another per­ son. I then passed to a state of profound ignorance of the objects about me. In due time I gathered my senses, -so to speak, and found myself in Cliarley’s arms. These words struck my ear: “Well, just the same, you and your dog have been instrumental in saving a good deal of my property and I am under great obliga­ tions to you. Is there, anything I could do for you?”

I opened my eyes and beheld the speaker of these words, a benevolent-looking man in a large bath-robe, and he addressed them to Charley.

“Oil, thank you,” was the reply,” if you could secure a place of employment for me and a bone or two for my doggie I’d be very grateful, indeed.”

I tried to say something but could only whine dolefully. I was supposed to have assisted at—oh, I saw now. My unearthly ululations had not only brought the master of the house down but also piade Charley stir his bones and came just in time to assist in check­ ing the two intruders, who had been busily at work in ridding that big house of some of its valuables. Hence this accomodating ad­ dress of the head of the house. If Fd had ten tails, I couldn’t have done enough wagging to do justice to tlie occasion. But the fact was I didn’t have any, at least not a whole one. It was amputated!

I was a sorry sight. But I was not the only one who had suffered, for there on "the ground lay the big Newfoundlander, stone-dead, with a knife thru his heart. I was contended with my- tailless lot,

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for my Charley obtained a good position, re-entered society, ac­ quired wealth, and I got a pleasant house, and that all thru the aid —H. E. *18. of a poor dog’s tail.

THE LOVE OF AN INDIAN. The Chippewas, a warlike Indian-tribe of our state, had for many years been on the war-path with their neighbors, the mighty Poxes. One day, while the majority of the Fox warriors were ab­ sent, a band of Chippewa gallants successfully surprised the camp of their unsuspicious enemies and, after cruelly butchering their helpless women and children and robbing all within their reach, they took a number of Fox warriors captives and left as suddenly as they had appeared. Now it so chanced that the only son of the aged Fox chief, “Fire-stone,” was one of these unfortunate captives.

This circumstnace wrought a devilish smile of revenge on every Chippewa gallant’s face and every one of them was probably devis­ ing a more painful and horrible death for the Fox chief-to-be than liis neighbor. Indeed, a dreadful fate awaited all captives. But the most dreadful fate of all was to be that of “Fire-stone’s” son, **Fleetfoot.” Was this young gallant not to be the future leader of their blood-thirsty enemies, the Foxes? Ah yes, they would kill him inch by inch, or burn him alive, or if anybody had devised a still more painful death, they surely would resort to that!

On their arrival at the Chippewa camp, the brave warriors were greeted by demonic displays of delight. Young and old grab­ bed weapons and swung them menacingly about the heads of the helpless captives. But who can describe their joy when they be­ held the future chief, “Fleet-foot,” among the captives! Shriek upon shriek rent the air! Such shrieks that would make our blood curdle. But behold the captives! They, and especially “Fleetfoot” are as calm and quiet as though nothing extraordinary was occurring. Not a muscle moves, not by one look do they show their hatred and anguish.

After the displays of delightful revenge had somewhat sub­ sided, “Fleet-foot” is singled out. Around a pole, which was erect­ ed vertically in the ground, small, dry twigs are heaped. Then “Fleet-foot” is tied with his back to the stake. The Chippewas, with their tomohawks and knives raised above their contorted faces, # begin their terrible war-dance around the stake. One warrior is just about to make a thrust at “Fleet-foot,” when—behold, there issues from the bordering forest with a still stately step and calm mien the greatest enemy of the Chippewa tribe, the aged chief “Firestone!

Invoiuntarily every Cliippewa warrior raises his weapon, anger and terrible hatred sits on every brow. There is their dead­ liest enemy, tlie enemy that has mercilessly murdered hundreds of their wives and children and bathed liis tomohawk in Chippewa

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blood; here lie is now, alone, all alone, even in their midst! And though the tomohawks and scalp-knives are ready to bury themselves in tlieir enemy, not one moves. A terrible hush is spread around! But lo, “Fire-stone,” as undisturbed as though this scene were an everyday occurrence, approaches his threatening enemies with a firm step and set countenance. Passing his son at the stake without notice, lie confronts “Long-paw,” the Chippewa chief, and listlessly leaning on his spear, addresses him in a quiet and appar­ ently passionless voice: “0 Long-paw, you behold in me the dead­ liest enemy of the Cliippewas, the enemy that has bedecked his wig­ wam with scalps of your warriors, the enemy that will in times to come prove to be the death of many of the warriors he is now fac­ ing. <*Fire-stone,s,* son, however, has not yet seen many summers and has not killed many Chippewa gallants. Therefore, take you “Fire-stone” and kill him, but let liis son return to tlie wigwam of the Poxes. I have spoken”一 Breathlessly the Chippewas had listened. “Long-pa、v” now motions them aside to a council of war. , In. the mean time “Fleet-foot,” moved by the noble self-sacri­ fice and love of his father, ventures to beg him to withdraw his offer and let him, “Fleet-foot,” die an heroic death. “Fire-stone,” how­ ever, bestows a look upon his son which tells him that all attempt to alter his father’s resolution are vain. The young captive there­ fore .casts his eyes down and silently awaits the outcome of the council.

At length the Chippewas have arrived at a conclusion. “Long: paw” calmly says to “Fire-stone:” “Chief, your wish is granted.”

“Fleet-foot” is released. The young warrior is undecided whether he should remain and die witli his father or go back to liis tribe, “Fire-stone,” noticing his irresolution steps up to liiin and quietly says: Go, son, to tlie wigwams of the brave Foxes and tell them their white-haired chief died as a Fox for his soil at the hands of their enemy. May the brave Pox warriors avenge his death !M —One last look of inexpressible anguish the son casts upon his lov­ ing father.—The white-liaired cliief, however, says to him while a faint smile hovers about his stern lips: “Go, iny son! It is my will!”

And without once more looking about, the son leaves the camp of his enemies. Hardly has he gained tlie thicket, when the air is rent by the diabolical shrieks of his blood-tliirsty enemies. His father, tied to the stake at which he, the son, was to liave died, is enveloped in flames. But though the pains are dreadful, not a sound escapes his firmly-closed lips, not a muscle moves, With undisturbed calmness the aged “Fire-stone” dies for liis son.一 一，18.

Such was the love of an Indian.

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A NEW YEA1TS LETTER TO NORTinYESTERN. Dear Friends: 、 First of all I wisli everyone, alumni, faculty, students, and friends a prosperous and happy New Year.

It is a peculiarity of the human race in general that it seeks something tangible and concrete, some starting-point, some axis or center as the base of its actions and thoughts. Otherwise why should there be any difference between tlie conventional New Year’s

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day and any other day. Could not the year start just as well on the 12tli of June or tlie 17tli of November. And so in the highest sense it is; every day should be looked upon as a New Year’s day, a day of confession, repentance, and new resolution.

But then it is quite well that we have this conventional New Year, for it is also human nature to neglect and forget that which happens every day. Whereas then each passing day is a day of re­ pentance for itself and purification for the next, New Year may be looked upon as a day of critical investigation in one’s life during the whole year with earnest endeavors for the coming one.

The walks and duties of life are too manifold that they might be dwellt upon here. May it suffice to direct a few words to you, my student-friends, concerning your work during the remainder of the school-year.

Remember that you are now entering upon the last half, the final stretch of the term 1916-17. Of course the first reports will not make their appearance until the first of next month, but you need not wait for them to convince you of your laziness if you’ve been lazy. By this time you know just what to expect in your mark­ ings, according as you have been diligent or otherwise. If you haven’t done you’re duty, then start in right now. You perhaps won’t be able to change the February report card, but you’ll have worked up an irresistible momentum for the second semester so as to carry off laurels next June. But don’t wait for the reportcard. That isn’t always reliable anyway. Make your work, the amount of pains taken and your deserts clear to yourself, being sure to give plenty of leeway for innate egoism. Then there’s more fun when your report-card turns out to be higher than your estimate.

Don’t believe it, however, and work harder then ever; for it might only have been a delusion; and if it were true, then with your added effort you will soon be a shining light. If it happens to be lower than you think you deserve, keep right oil and know that real effort will be acknowledged in time.

To you lower-class members, I would advise sound study of all fundamentals. No matter if they’re sour or if you don’t quite un­ derstand their purpose, do nothing but study them daily, The understanding of their value will come soon enough.

And you Freshmen and Sophomores, review them thoroughly and mightily quick if you’re weak in any point. With most of you the knowledge of tlieir advantages is fully counterbalanced by nat­ ural inertia. But don’t delay. Overcome the careless, lazy at­ titude. ' And you Juniors and Seniors, I hope those of you wlio know yourselves deficient in your classic fundamentals may have enough energy and power to fill in all the gaps. For those who haven’t, accept my sympathy. But don’t give up nevertheless. You will be surprised at the great amount you have learned in school after all, despite your shirking. Set to work and find out, prove to your-

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self how much you know. Then enlarge on that and do it in quiet haste. If you can't quite win the battle anymore, then try to hold your field; in the worst event permit nothing but a well organized retreat. Don't sacrifice another second, however.

And now having remitted some of my convictions to you, I will close, hoping that you may combine your New Year's enthusiasm with such resolutions.

With best wishes for success, I remain, Your friend, K.

NEW METHOD IN WORK OF Tlll� Ll'fERARY SOCIETIES. The enthusiasm evinced among the members of the literary societies for their work in this field was as faint and heartless this fall perhaps as it ever had been before. What with new plans and ideas broached by some students, what with experimenting in other ways of infusing interest into all, the general attitude was indiffer­ ence and disinclination.

The faculty, taking the matter in h2.nd, appointed a commit­ tee consisting of three competent and interested professors, who investigated the manner of work and the results attained thus far.

They too came to the conclusion that some different method must be devised to make benefits from this work worth the pains taken.

Of course nothing new finally was introduced, but better ways of attacking the work along these lines was agreed upon, and then the very fact that the faculty committee has proposed to take an active share in the preparation of the different numbers of each program argues success and better results.

Special attention is going to be given to activities in debat­ ing, extempore speaking and original essay work. The declama­ tion of poems and pieces of prose, tho also to be cultivated, will take a less prominent place than hitherto. The acting of individual scenes from great dramas is to be encouraged, and it is pleasing to note that some projects of this nature are already afoot among cer­ tain classes. Each speaker is under the direct supervision of one of the committee members, who will listen to and criticize the speaker's rendition before he appears on the program. In the case of original work the manuscripts will be perused beforehand also.

In this way it is hoped a better and more instructive criticism may be offered .

There is no doubt that this plan will succeed if you you are will­ ing to do your share, worthy fellow-student. Before you grumbled that there wasn't anything to be gained, that the programs were dry and uninteresting, etc. Of course we all know that there was not a little laziness of your own included in your outbursts. Now

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you have no excuse excepting your slotli, which is, in truth, worse than none. Buckle down and try your best! Get the class spirit, the society spirit of friendly rivalry. Let each class show forth its talent and outvie tlie other in all branches of our work: debat­ ing, declaiming, etc. And you, members, fight and work for your respective societies. Remember the society that wins the greatest number of debates will win the big pennant. If you once get start­ ed, there will be no occasion to complain of staleness- and wasting of effort any more. If you wake up, your neighbor will too, and, before we know it, everyone will be alive with tense interest and E. C. K. enthusiasm. The fun and the benefit are all yours.

LUTHERAN STUDENT CONFERENCE OF AMERICA. • Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, February 15-18, 1917 May>vood, Illinois.

PROGRAM. Thursday, Fel). 15, 7:30 P. H. Opening exercises.

Address—“The Student Days of Martin Luther,Dr. M. Fritchel, Dubuque Iowa.

Address of Welcome~President Elmer F. Krauss, D. D. Reply~President of the Conference.

Informal reception to delegates and visitors.

Friday, Feb. 10, 9:30 A. H. Opening Worship. Reports. Appointments. .

Paper—“Organized Effort to Awaken Student Interest for Mis­ sions/* Rev. L. W. Rupp, Leetsdale, Pa. Discussion to involve the draft of a new constitution.

Address~**The Lutheran. Student and the Quadricentennial/* Rev. H. R. Gold, Executive Secretary of the Joint Lutheran Commit­ tee for the Quadricentennial, Philadelphia, Pa. Session 2:00 Y, H. Topic—“Our Equipment for Volunteer Mission Study, and Its Use,” Rev. Joseph Tetlie, Madison, Volunteer for Educational Mis­ sions, China.

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Address—“The Home Situation in Its Appeal to the Student,” Rev. W. K. Frick, D. D., Milwaukee, Wis.

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Eycning' Session, 8:00 P. M. Address—“The Latin American Situation,” Dr. L. \V. Wolf, Baltimore, Md” Secretary Foreign Mission Board of the General Synod.

Saturday, Feb. 17, 9:30 A. M. Reports of Committees. Elections.

Address—“The Foreign Field and Our Lutheran College Volun­ teers/' Prof. Adolph Hult, Augustana College, Rock Island, 111.

Discussion.

Topics— (a) Mission Interest Among Our College Girls, Lady represen­ tative of one of the colleges. (b) Our College Women and Social Service, Sister Malinda Mun­ son, Chicago.

Session, 2:00 P. M. 1. Student Reports on Mission Activities at the Schools repre­ sented.

2. Address—“The Need of Spiritual Power in College Life,” Prof. C. M. Weswig, Norwegian Theological Seminary, St. Anthony.

Park, Minn.

3. Address—“The Function of the Luther League at Our Schools,” Rev. Luther M. Kuhns, Omaha, Neb., Editor Luther League Review.

Banquet, 6:00 P. M. Address—“The Student and Civic Duty,” Judge Oscar M. Torrison, Chicago.

Closing1 Session一Sunday, Feb. 18, 10:30 A. M. At Wicker Park English Lutheran Church. Rev. A. C. Anda, Pastor. .

Sermon—Prof. D. I-I. Bauslin, D. D., Hamma Divinity School.

NOTICE. 1. At the closing service the Wicker Park Church Choir will assist. Throughout the sessions there will be singing and music furnished by tlie Chicago Seminary students. Student singing will be a feature.

2. The above numbers are subject to change as to order, and in one or two instances as to speaker.

3. Student participation is desired. The program will reveal some live topics for discussion. Represent your school by partici.pating.

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4. The Conference should be a milestone in the progress of this . organization. Let all schools send delegates and so share by pres­ ence and counsel.

5. Any desiring information as to the Conference may. address C. O. Solberg, Northfield, Minnesota, president; or Mr. E. S. Nichol­ son, Maywood, Illinois, corresponding secretary.

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With the passing of December the officers of the German Club receded into the background to relinquish the honors to a new set officials. The following were elected to wield the sceptre dur­ ing the month of January: The amiable Mr. Annin Retzlaff, *17 was hurled into the third heaven of vice presidency; Theo. Binhammer, ’17，was persuaded to sacrifice himself to the vice-presi­ dency; it was Waldemar Retzlaff’s lot to be elected the official re­ membrancer of our achievements. Then there’s not to be forgotpen our social secretary and master of ceremonies, Arthur Matzke, ^18. With such a galaxy of stars to enlighten the path wherein our duty lies we are sure to achieve unprecedented success.

The following alumni whom we have had the pleasure to en­ tertain in our midst, have been elected honorary members of the society and shall, when present^ derive the same benefit and enjoy the same privileges as regular members of the club: Messrs. Hen­ ry Rosin, ’14, Alfred J. Schweppe, *15, Paul G. Eickmami, Wm. Fulilbrigge, Phillip Proehlke, Roy Vollmers, Walter Zank, all *16.

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Football Managers for 1917 Elected.

At a meeting of the students of the college Walter T. Meier, ’18, and “Dad” Lehmann, *19, were elected manager and assistant man­ ager respectively. Mr. Meier is the ideal man for the position as he is a conscientious, assidious worker, full of vim and vigor. Mr. Lehmann, too, is especially cut out for his role. Imagine “Dad” in a handsome pair of overalls of an azure tint trotting away be­ hind the marking-machine, at all times gazing into the canopy of heaven, mistaking the lowing of tlie cows and the harmonious cater­ wauling of a few innocent pussies in the barnyard for the music of the sphere’s, but alas! we must leave off here lest we saint him ere we complete our eulogy of him.

Plii Gain inn RIio一Dec. 2, 1910.

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Du, du liegst mir im Herzen N. W. C. Male Chorus.

Opening Address by the President, Helimitli W. Schaefer Der Wilde—______________________________________ Erich Falk.

Brother Watkins Fred Kolander.

Mark Anthony’s Oration over the Dead Body of Caesar.

Otto C. Klaye.

Johann der Seifensieder.

Ewald Tacke.

The Glory of War. Walter T. Meier.

Dialogue: Special Sale____________________________ Wiiilliam Z. Lehmann, Carl Al. Strasen.

Pipe Organ Solo: Melody in F________________________ Edgar Felten.

Master of Ceremonies, John P. Henning, ’18.

This program marked the opening of the literary season for Phi Gamma Rho and a grand opening it was, judging from the re­ port of the critics. The address of the President, Helmuth W. Schaefer, was both timely and interesting. The other recitations were all in at least one way meritous. Of course, perfection can never be expected, but t here ought always to be something in every number of the program from which any one in the audience might derive some particular benefit.

The dialogue ‘‘A Special Sale” presented by Lehmann and Strasen was good. Their impersonation of the roles was natural and well nigh perfect. One thing about this number worthy of especial

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mention was, that it wasn’t too long. Most of our comic recita­ tions, dialogues, etc., take well with the audience and everybody presents a smiling countenance, and then the people on the stage forget all about leaving it, since the audience is, as they think so well pleased with them. It is a good thing to know when to stop, a fact that Lehmann and Strasen were well aware of. * * * Program rendered by Philomathian Literary Society on Saturday, December 9,1916.

PROGRAM. (Raymond Timmel, Master of Ceremonies.)

1. Loewenbraut A. von Cliamisso Karl G. Sievert.

2. Die Kreuzschau A. von Cliamisso Paul G. Albrecht.

3. A Fairy Tale.

E. F. Turner Walter H. Beck.

4. Pipe Organ Solo一(a) Parting Song from <4Trompeter von Siildngen” _________________ (b) Midsummer Niglit Rcveries.Karl F. Krauss Karl F. Krauss.

5. Der Tod des Tiberius Geibel Gerhard Gieschen.

6. Taillefer Uhland Gerhard Press.

7. Die Juden in Russland G. F. Schlegel Gustaav P. Schlegel.

Original 8. The Alabama Minstrles______________________ Karl F. Krauss, Raymond Timmel, Adolf G. Zeisler, Bernhard J. Westendorf, Waldemar Retzlaff, Christian Kock, Armin Retzlaff, Edward C. Blakewell.

This, the second program of the Philomathian society, was so different from, and so much better than the first program, that one would be inclined to think that it was an altogether new society, or the old one resurrected which rendered it. The remarkable suc­ cess was probably due to a little rivalry which was brought about at just this time between the societies. The first program rendered by the Philomathian had been something of a failure, whereas the opening of Phi Gamma Rho had been a marked success. Now it was most natural that the Philomatliian would rouse itself' and make an effort to keep pace with the progress of its rival, in which, respect they succeeded admirably. Such rivalry, that is, friendly rivalry, should always exist between the societies, so that the in­ terest will not lag and a more rapid progress to the goal sought by each society, i. e., the championship in our fields of work, be brought about.

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Walter H. Beck deserves honorable mention for tlie good ren­ dering of his selection and the energy and determination evinced by him in committing this lengthy piece to memory. “Der Tod des Tiberius** by Gerhard Gieschen was well declaimed; the tense and often decidedly dramatic situations were brought out in an excel­ lent manner. Gustav J. Schlegel is to be especially commended for his lecture on “Die Juden in Russland.’，Mr. Schlegel is a capable writer and speaker, a fact which the audience soon became aware of, as he with his peculiar magnetic personality led the audience from scene to scene, and epoch to epoch in the history of the Russian Jew.

WARTBURG QUARTERLY. The first number of the "Wartburg Quarterly” (Clinton, Iowa) comes to us with a very dignified-looking cover-design. As we turn the cover, we note the neat arrangement of the material.

“Horace Bridges on 'The Right to Die, Maeterlinck and Ingersoll versus Humanity’ ’’ is a rather philosophical article on suicide. It shows that the great thinkers cannot advance in argument to prove that the taking of one’s own life is wrong. Religion is the only yhing that can convince people that suicide is a sin. The article is worked out very- well and shows hard work. We enjoyed “Eine Idylle” very much. The writer certainly succeeded in picturing the scene which had given him so much enjoyment. “A Day in the Beautiful City of Colorado Springs” is a description of some of the m9re important sights in and about Colorado Springs. The only thing that we want to criticize in the diction is the frequent use of the word “wonderful.” Undoubtedly the sights are wonderful, but there are synonyms of the word wliicli you might have used

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for the sake of variety. “Rache” is a very interesting story. The German is excellent. The story takes us back to the fifth century when the first Anglo-Saxons came to England and became masters of the Britons, who had called them from the mainland to defend them against the Piets and Scots. “Sara Teasdale’s ‘Rivers to the Sea’ ’’ pictures Sara Teasdale to us as one of tlie leading lyrical poets of America at the present time. “The Influence of Milton’s ‘Satan’ and the Shakespeare ‘Genie’ on Goethe’s ‘Faust’ ” written by an alumnus is very interesting, trying to show us how much of Goethe’s drama is original and how much he got from other authors.

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The D. M. L. C. Messenger” (New Ulm, Minn.) is a neat-look1Ii^.i?na^azin?' .The quality of paper as well as the arrangement of tlie material is good. The only thing which mars the good appearance is the advertisements on the covers. However, we note that most of our exchanges have resorted to this means of saving paper; therefore we shall not criticize that too severely. “How .Keep Order,* is an instructive essay by one of your alumni, givmg us writer’s ideas and methods of keeping order in the class.They are based on his experience as teacher. “Wallen18 a short history of the man. It gives us all the main facts life; but some of them are passed over to rapidly. The artought to have been longer. There are several mistakes in ixerman, for instance, **Er eignete sich zu.” “Trials and Tribula:lon®.a Famous Author” tells about the troubles of the writer m His first attempt at producing literature. We felt for him wnen we read of his trials; but we think that it was for , tlle PaPer that his story did not appear in it ^ . e<^>rial “Christmas Spirit” is appropriate. It tells us not to ^joy Onnstmas merely as an occasion to exchange gifts. While tms practice is not wrong, we must not forget that these presents m®reJy symbols of the great gift from heaven which was bestowed upon us at Christmas time. The only thing we want to criticize m the editorial **Nach getaner Arbeit ist gut rulien” is me use of the word ‘*Landsleute” for “Landleute,” which gives the ?en^e^cf an entirely different meaning from what the writer in­ tended to express.

THE raWBERRY STYLUS. ‘:The Newberry Stylus” (Newberry, S. C.) certainly is fortunate in being able to have such a good literary department in each number. The articles are generally well-chosen and treat the subject quite thoroughly. “The Dream That Will Come True” is very good.

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The writer is sure that the first steps toward universal peace have been taken and that the dream of so many people will soon come true. “The Box From Home” is the story of a student who gave his own thanksgiving dinner to a poor family in order to make them happy. The conservation of natural resources is a thing of universal interest and is therefore a good topic to treat in an article.

The writer urges that we preserve our natural resources systemat­ ically, thus avoiding waste of the many by-products. “Guy’s Mis­ take” is a romantic love story that happened during the present war. The plot is worked out very well. The writer of “Tlie New Preparedness” treats this much talked-of subject from a different point of view than is generally taken. He urges moral prepared­ ness as immorality will be the fiercest foe with which we have to contend. If we are not prepared morally, our country is in danger of going the way of Rome, as France is already beginning to do.

The editorial “Mexico” defends our neighbors against the judgment of many people who form their opinion of the Mexicans from the few bandits who create unrest near our border.

CENTRAL POWEKS PROPOSE PEACE. On December 12th, 1916, the German government, following a consultation with its allies and a speech of the Imperial Chancellor before the Reichstag, caused to be transmitted to the President of the United States a note suggesting an interchange of opinions be­ tween the belligerent nations, having for its object the reaching of an appropriate basis for the establishment of a lasting peace.

The motive which impelled the Central Powers to this step was, according to the wording of the note, not the possibility of territor­ ial acquisition presented by their recent successes, but the desire to avoid further shedding of blood, and to preserve for Europe the

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fruits of her work during the last few decades preceding the war.

No intimation was given of the terms Germany and her alUes were willtng to accept, but that the Central Powers would refuse to accept a peace based upon the assumption that they are beaten was made quite clear by the wording of the note, which insists on "a guaranty of the existence, of the honor and liberty of evolution of their nations" as the basis of the negotiations they were willing to enter into.

That the Central Powers were determined to continue the war to the bitter end was stated in no uncertain terms in the body of the note itself, and was made still more evident by the words the German Chancellor employed when elaborating on this determination before the Relchstag: "If our enemies decline to end the war if they wish to take upon themselves the world's heavy burden of all these terrors which hereafter will follow, then even in the least and smallest homes every German heart will burn in sacred wrath against our en­ emies, who are unwilling to stop human slaughter in order that their plans of conquest and annihilation may continue."

The note, coming, as it did, from the quarter it was least ex­ pected from, gave some hope of peace, but it was generally believed in America that the language in which it was couched and the omis­ sion of definite peace terms would make it unacceptable to the Allies.

That this belief was true was proved by the reception it met. at the various Ally capitals, to which President ,vnson had sent copies by request of the Central Powers. Far from being accepted at its face value, the note was called a clumsy political trick, a noose with the rope-end In the hands of the Germans, a product of manifest in­ sincerity. The motives which had impelled the German govem­ ment to propose peace were among others commonly believed to be: 1. Weakness among the Central Powers, especially of Austria.

2. Desire to move members of the Entente to a seperate peace.

3. Necessity of buying up the faltering spirits within the Father­ land.

4. Desire to make the Allies seem responsible for the continu• ation of the war in the eyes of neutral nations, and thus to secure their moral support.

5. Desire to provide a forerunner of, and justification for, a new campaign of ruthlessness in submarine warfare.

Undismayed by the cold reception the German note bad met with by the Allies peoples, President Wilson, on the 18th of Decem· ber, addressed a note to the various European government in which he urged an immediate conference of the belligerents, In which they might discuss their terms of peace as well as constructive measures to prevent a war like the present world-war from ever occurlng again and to arrive at satisfactory mutual guarantees for the safety of the smaller nations. He expressed also his willingness to take the in­ itiative toward a conference of this sort.

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capitals, France and Russia declared that peace as offered them by this note was unacceptable to them. Their stand was approved by Great Britain and officially expressed in the speech of the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George: “We accepted the war for an object, a worthy object. The war will end when that object is attained----the allies entered into war to defend Europe against the aggression of Prussian military domination, and they must insist that the end is a most complete and effective guaranty against the possibilty of that caste ever again disturbing the peace of Europe” Since then, up to the time of writing only Germany lias answer­ ed the note of our President, declaring her willingness to partici­ pate in a conference on neutral ground as advocated by him. It is on the answer of the Allies that hopes for a speedy and lasting peace must depend.

ATHLETICS 曆 Altho quite a few of us take extensive interest in fowling, most enthusiasm at present is centered around basketball, ou^ _ j^tlv minent branch of athletics during the wintry months. , ? after the Christmas recess the teams of the collegiate d p made their daily appearance on the basketball floor to f ever get in trim for the series of games to be played, the biggest e staged in Northwestern’s gym. The coming ^®ur^aine.^m_ whicli will be a drawing card for monster crowds. The four tea will enter tlie race are made up of the stiffest and material to be had, and a neck to neck tussle for the cha p P is guaranteed. It will he a hot contest from start to fin arouse more enthusiasm and fervor than ever. Whicn o ^ tettes will pull down the first purse cannot be Tanticipatea at tms time; but it is rumored that the Seniors and Juniors y will demanstrate themselves hot pursuers of first place.

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The respective managers, A. Matzke, ’18, L. Meyer, ’19, K. Timmel, ’20, and W. Retzlaff, 'll, met on Jan. 6th to draw up the schedule, appoint officials, scorer, and timekeepers; Gruendemann and Gutzke, ’17，Lange and Duxe, ’18，Lehmann and Tacke, ’19, Sternbeck and Press, ’20, will officiate at the games. H. Schaefer, *17, was appointed official scorer and B. Westendorf, ’18, official time­ keeper. The initial games are scheduled for Jan. 13th, which day will be epochal in Northwestern’s athletic activities. The follow­ ing is the schedule: BASKETBALL SCHEDULE. II. I. Soph. & Fresh.

Jan. 13_ -------- Sr. & Jr-----& Fresh.

Jan. 17_ ___ Sr. & Soph____ ___ Jr. & Soph.

Jan. 20_ __ Sr. & Fresh____ Soph. & Fresh.

Jan. 24. _____ Jr. & Sr-----__Sr. & Fresh.

Jan. 27. __ Jr. & Soph____ ___ Sr. & Soph.

Jan. 31. __ Jr. & Fresh____ .__Jr. & Fresh.

Feb. 3. ___ Soph. & Sr-----__Sr. & Fresh.

Feb. 7. ___Soph. & Jr____ ______ Sr. & Jr. Feb. 10. _Soph. & Presli___ ___ Jr. & Soph.

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Feb. 17. ___Fresh. & Jr____ _____ Jr. & Sr. Feb. 21.

Fresli. & Soph____ OFFICIALS. Jr. Sr. Lange Grundemann Duxe Gutzke Fresh.

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Press Lehmann Sternbeck Tacke Scorer—Schaefer, ’1*7. Time keeper—Westendorf, *18.

—The much-coveted and long-hoped-for December 19 came at last. In fact if it had not come soon, as our little Elmer wisely said, the year would have been over and we would not have had a Christmas vacation, for with that much-sought-for day our Christ­ mas recess began. 7:30 a. m. found practically everybody making his way for the last 1916 recitations. And what recitations they were! It seemed as tho the final gong would never sound. Here and there a young Sextaner restlessly moving from one end of his seat to the other, another tapping nervously on his desk with his lead-pencil, while still another figuring out how he could save money to buy little sister the doll she so wished for, sat anxiously waiting for the recitation to close. Finally the gong rang and the profes­ sors, after wishing all their fledglings a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, dismissed them. During the rest of that day and on the following fast trains were carrying them to their homes.

On December 21 all were gone with the exception of V. Andreae, “Spike” Schmelzer, who was sick of "giving utterance” to the waves while going to his home in Michigan, Sam Herrmann and his brothers Otto and John. The latter, who live in Regina, Saskatche­ wan, had theii* grips packed for the trip home, but when they heard that Canada had joined the allies they cancelled their berths for fear of the recruiting officers. In spite of their disappointment they declare they enjoyed themselves and had a very merry Christ­ mas. ' —Harvey Sclimehling, formerly at Racine, Wis., now with the Independent Incubator concern of Oconomowoc, called on Ray Timmel, ’18, Friday, Jan. 5. While here he renewed acquaintances with Wm. Lehmann, *19, and Carl Strasen, ’19. 一January 3, marked the close of our Christmas recess and prac­ tically everybody returned punctually. A few straggled in during the night, others the next morning. Among the missing were E. Priebe, *19, W. Sternbeck, *20, Emil Huber and John Ellwein, preps.

The latter two, husky North Dakota plainsmen, are probably snowed in. But we are sending them rays of hope and by the aid of these

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they will probably soon melt the snow about them. A. Tiedt, prep, of Black Creek, \Vis., discontinued his studies while Arthur Titus of Pond du Lac and Lawrence Bauderab of Marshfield entered as special students. The latter’s brother, Edgar, entered the Quinta class.

AUS DEM SEMINAR. Am 30. November besuchte Herr Arthur Pahl von Wrightstown seinen ehrwiirdigen Olieim, unsern Kollegen Heinrich Rosin.

Herr Arthur Steinhaus von Morgan, Minn., Studierender an der Milwaukee School of Engineering suchte am 4. Dez. seinen Freund Samuel Baer im Seminar auf.

Angehender Zahnarzt Percy Sterz von der Marquette Universitat erfreute am 7. Dez. seinen Bruder und Freunde im Seminar mit einem Besuche.

Bei Gelegenheit einer Reise nach Milwaukee kehrte Herr Pas­ tor Ph. Koehler von Iron Ridge am 9. Dez. bei seinem alten Freunde Herrn Paul Lutzke im Seminar ein.

Desselbigen Tages stattete Herr Imanuel Albrecht aus Water­ loo, Iowa, seinen Freunden im Seminar: Kolander, Janke, Lindloff, und sonstigenMinnesotanern am 9. Dez. einen kurzen Besucli ab. .aAlter Bekannter, Arthur Schatz, weiland Student am N.W.C. So, t ..z?r ?eit Angestellter einer Auto-Fabrik in Racine, ii^Semfnar11 ®uc^erju<^en Martinus Wehausen and sonstige Freunde

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Wie bei uns iiblich, erwahlten wir neue Coetusbeamten fur das 。二？Zum Prases des Coetus wurde Wm. F. Beitz als yjzefriises Max Cowalsky und als Scliatzmeister Edfar ua?nm- Auch die neuen “Bimmler，，and Postrrager wurden ernannt.

Kurz vor Anfang der Weihnachtsferien iibernalim Herr Fred Manteufel die Scliularbeit in der Gemeinde des Herrn Pastor P. Brockmann in Waukesha, da der dortige Lelirer erkrankt war.

Zum Beginnn des neuen Semesters durften wir unsern lieben Genossen, H. C. Nitz, Mitglied der dritten Klasse, wieder in unserm Kreise begrussen. Herr Nitz hatte seit Oktober die Arbeit an der Pesidot-Rice Station unsrer Indianermission in Arizona iibernommen. Kandidat Gustav Fischer ist nun permanent in dieses Ge-

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Doch. einen andern Studiengenossen mussten wir aus unserm Kreise scheiden sehen. Student Alfred Uplegger aus der ersten Klasse, Sohn des Herrn Prof. F. Uplegger, Direktor der Luth. Hochschule in Milwaukee, ist einem Beruf in die Arbeit unsrer Indianermission zu Globe, Arizona, gefolgt.

Herr Uplegger wurde am 1. Jan. Abends in der St. Markus Kirche zu Milwaukee ordiniert und ist am 7. Jan. in sein neues Arbeitsfeld in Globe gereist.

H. C. Nitz hat nacli seiner Wiederkehr aus Arizona wieder seinen alten Bucherhandel ubernommen und giebt hiermit bekannt, dass er sich bestreben werde, auch in Zukunft seinem Geshaft den hohen Ruf zu wahren, den dasselbe unter der geschickten und kundigen Leitung seines Stellvertreters, Jim Wehausen, erlangt hat.

Freund Paul Eickmann aus Watertown besuchte uns am 5. JanEr musste krankheitshalber seine Albeit im Seminar aufgeben und gedenkt fiir den Rest des Jahres eine Stellung in einem Geschiifte anzutreten. Wir hoffen jedoch, dass er niichstes Jahr in bester Gesundheit seine Arbeit bei uns fortsetzen kann.

Am 7. Jan. predigte Reinhold Fenske in Palmyra.

Herr L. Karrer, aus Milwaukee, ein friilierer Schuler unsrer Alma Mater in Watertown beehrte am 6. Dez. Manteufel und andre Bekannte im Seminar mit einem Besuch. Er wird in das Theolog.

Seminar der Missouri-Synode zu Springfield eintreten.

Unser Ex-Biicherjude Wehausen mochte bei seinem Eintritt in den Ruhestand seinen Kunden und Gonnern herzlichen Dank aussprechen.

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—Legs: Doesn’t Jack’s neck remind you of a typewriter?

Pete: No, what makes you think so?

Legs: It’s underwood.

—Sock: There were about twenty cookies here, now there are only four left, how did that happen?

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Smoky: I suppose it was so dark that I missed those four. ―Prof: Nun einmal wacker iibersetzen.

Class::Wacker fehlt, er kann nicht.

—Dr.:What kind of classes are there in England?

Klondike: Two, male and female.

—Eber: Whose fault was it that the trains were so late?

Smoky II: The firemen’s, he shovelled the coal in up-side down. . 一Hey Mike, and phawt do ye tink of these new sanitary drinkin* cups?

Sure Pat, and soon we’ll have to spit on our hands with an eye dropper. 一Smoky II: Too bad Tanglefoot isn’t here.

Smoky I: Don’t need any in winter.

Smoky II: Why? Smoky I: There are no flies.

—V -s: Let’s put out an aviation paper.

Ben: There is one already.

V----- s: What’s the name of it.

Ben: Fly paper. 一If Pig is Pork, and Cow is Beef, is Mutton Jeff? 一Horse: What’s the best way to catch a rabbit?

Baldy: Make a noise like a carrot. 一Mother, may I go out to play?

What, with those holes in your trousers?

No’m, with the boy next door.

WAR NEWS. 一The Russians expected a German raid and took all their Stock­ holm.

—Bell: Several hotly pursued German marines took refuge in a pig pen and held it against al1 comers. Hence, the pen is mightier than the sword. ―The battle field was just alive with dead men.

—Every time the English shoot a cannon, $700 goes up in smoke, so the Germans save money by. using smokeless powder. 一Dad: Why is a pair of skates like an apple?

John: Whew, I suppose that’s one of your deep ones again.

Dad: They both occasioned the fall of man. ―Sock: What do we have farm instruments and musical im­ plements for?

Gerry: I give up.

Sock: Well, the farmer uses farm instruments to cultivate his musical ear.

OUR ABYEBTISERS. (Without them this paper could not exist.)

General Stores.

Schempf Bros Co. W. F. Brandt & Son Co. Men’s Clothing Stores.

Wegemann-Faber-Kaerclier Co. Hertel & Hoffmann.

Drngs and Stationary.

Gamm Corner Drug Co. Bittner & Tetzlaff.

Owen's Drug Co. William Gehrke.

Eberle's Drug Store.

Shoes Stores.

E. V. Lescliinger.

A. Kaliebe.

Geo. W. Spohn.

Leo Ruescli.

0. F. Kurzweg.

Barbers.

Sira Block.

Georgo Zoelle.

Bert Froemming.

Herman T. Voigt.

Chas. Sonimcrfcld Cigars and Tobacco.

Sonnemann & Amann.

Juniata.

Schlueter Bros.

Wiggenliorn Bros.

Jewelry.

Chas. J. Sallck.

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W. G. Pritzlaff Co. D, &. P. Kusel Co.

Groceries.

Bentzin’8 Grocery.

Fred Bittner.

J. E. Heismann.

Fred E. Mass—

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C. P. Nowack.

F, G. Keck & Co. Photographers.

Denninger's Gallery.

Watertown Photo Co. Doctors.

Dr. T. C. Abelmann.

Dr. E. H. Cook.

Dentists.

Dr. E. J. Hoermann.

Dr. A. J. Schlueter.

Dr. F. F. Schlueter.

Candy Shops.

Baumann's Parlor.

The Princess Confectionery.

And the Following: Watertown Creamery Co. Wm. Gorder Co. Barker Lumber & Fuel Co. New Method Laundry.

H. C. Reichert, Teacher of Piano, Violin, Harmony.

Bank of Watertown.

Aug. Gamm, Crockery.

C. Buerger’s Meat Market.

R. P. Koenig & Co” Millers.

Chas. Heismann, Painter, Picture Framing.

City Dry Cleaning and Pressing.

Siegler & Schlueter, Insurance.

H. P. Bahr, Insurance.

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In February, smallest of the small, Two lights have risen, each upon its time, To lead, like Isr’els pillared flame sublime, •

Our state thru danger’s night from tyrant’s thrall.

Two heroes, both appearing when the call Of bridled human rights did rend this clime.

Thru truth and pow’r the first from foreign crime Us freed, the last our rupture did forestall.

Thus greatness from this modest month has sprung.

A deeper symbol we may here construe: Real greatness humble is at heart. Its tongue Is second to the deed, as in those two.

Its patriotism oft may be unsung Till lapse of years has proved it wise and true.

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Volume XX.

Watertown, Wis., February 1917.

Number 9

THE LOST :NECKLACE.

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of thp loss.of these Priceless jewels as the eternal wrath No dniihf lacnlege sPread disheartenment among the priests.

Ene-iiqh cn丨/ deed was perpetrated by one or other of those hated counJ^v f^iWh0 we/e now Paying the lords in the neighboring cover niV raoLh11 that no time must be lost in trying to reat *14 p onr>nooIe^»Valu^le, even many shook their heads in doubt cast intc QeS+?;task- And then, according to custom, they awaftPd who undertake the search. Anxiously all whom thP wni^f0?6/ f?r Jt was indeed ⑽ small undertaking. He in ^ off.^at® decreed must devote his whole liife, if neces^°iLt0 find the .treasure. If, however, he abandoned Mrvnr 0，hls h卞 was forfeited to appease the wrath of the idol. u+nl.uc^ chance had it that Haiper, the youthful son of gained a Brahmin, should engage in this luckloo of ^ 11 丨ghminded youth that he was, never shrank in ,the task, yet the thought of it was terrible. Here he into^Wo ^i.Sple?dld future before him as chief priest, with a beed sweetheart ready to become his wife, with honor and riches

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in store for him. Now he must sacrifice all, perhaps forever. How could he break the news to his sweetheart. He decided to inform her of his fate that evening. Otherwise he had awaited the shadows of evening with joyful expectation. Then he and Palab, for such or was his love’s name, were won’t to wander among the cool Sjoves or among the idols of the temple in rapt silent love. How different to-night! No more happiness, but a final sad adieu.

And the night found these two lovers again walking togetner in the temple. Palab was perhaps not so fervid in her love as Kaiper was. Her nature was more light and transient. Especially o late she had grown more and more sceptical as to the lntaiiiDiiity of her religion and had even voiced sentiments in favor or tne Englishmen's God, a thing which shocked her lover severely. Ana so to-night his anguish became doubly acute, when he felt tnat Palab some way or other attempted to ridicule the vow he had taken upon himself. She predicted that he would soon return from ms wild-goose chase, and so they parted. Once more Palab tried to coax him from his determination, but he refused. Was it oecause she loved him so? He hardly could convince himself of tnat alter her other actions of late. , The next morning he gazed upon the roofs of his paternal nome for the last time for many a long day. He set out for the ing British camps. One by one he hired out as servant to the dl^er~ ent British officers, but nowhere could he fasten on a clue, une day, however, he believed himself near the end of his quest, we overheard a conversation between a British officer and a merchant about some costly diamond. More he could not hear, but that was enough. He accordingly searched the officer’s tent thoroly, out found nothing. He concluded that the Englishman carried the gems on his person. He would surprise him in some quiet place and de­ mand them. One day then as the officer, Drowden by name, maae an excursion to the hills, lie lay in ambush along the road siae.

When Drowden passed on his v/ay home in the evening, i\aiPu^ suddenly issued forth from his place of seclusion and ordered nim to stop and deliver the necklace. Drowden denied.his, possession thereof and even evinced great astonishment at Raipur^ niere accusation. Raiper, however would listen to no such vain talk, but, instead, unsheathed his poniard and shouted in his veruacuiar tongue, “Deliver tlie necklace or die.” But Drowden made no^i#s of surrender and—instantly Raiper’s mortal weapon pierced tne officer’s body. Upon examining the corpse’s wearing apparel, Raipur found to his extreme disappointment, nothing but a coins of practically no value. “What have I done? Alas. I killed an innocent mail,” cried he in mental agony. Thereupon ne drew the corpse aside and returned to the encampinent. lJurii g the next few days, he remained in seclusion and submitted nimsei to torture in an endeavor to expiate liis crime. But soon he again resumed his quest.

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Upon reflection he finally came to the conclusion that Drowden perhaps bad been the guilty person after all. What a foolish dee d he had done in killing the man and thus losing the clue. But his hopes, tho delayed, were not lost. Drowden had a. brother officer in the army and him Raipur now set about to watch closely. Yea.rs passed. Raipur was approaching the prime of his life, when one day he heard that this same Drowden whom he had l<illed had a young son who was coming out to the Orient that very summer.

Ah, here was a new way, perhaps. The son might have knowledg e of the stolen jewels.

And then the long-wished-for day came and Drowden made his appearence. Raiper hired out as his servant and kept a close watch over all bis movements, but in vain. Here and there be followed him for many more years and finally when Drowclen, new­ ly appointed a major, decided to return to England, Raipur also made preparations to follow him. It was a sore trial for him to leave his native land, but be who had during fifteen years of patie1�t searching experienced so many disappointments could also sacri­ fice this. He had become Drowden's most attached servant. And so the long trip was made and they finally arrived In London, ancl on the day following, at the cozy country seat of the Drowden family.

On the trip he again overheard a conversation of his master and another man about precious jewels. This revived his spirits and he once more hoped that his efforts might be attended with success.

With alacrity he set about his duties in the new household a few days after his arrival. "Perhaps my opportunity will now come," he muttered to himself.

A few days later his attention was attracted by a Hindoo female servant who approached him with a staring look. Her face lo?lted <:a;reworn and betrayed mental agony. "Raipur," she exclauned with a broken voice, and dropping at his feet, gave vent to her feel­ ings by weeping. Raipur stood still in astonishment. He had no power to speak. for he saw none other than Palab, the girl he loved so dearly in his youthful days. Both said nothing for several minutes; Palab's sobbing was all that was audible in the large room. At last Raipur found words and opened the conversation in his vernacular tongue.

"Why do you weep?" he asked ' "Have we not all reason to be happy at our meeting? What is your trouble; I pray you, tell me. " "Raipur" she replied, "I am in great distress, because I hav e deserted you. My story is short, but I crave your forgiveness, for what I am to tell you. Shortly after you left Calcutta, I married a young Englishman in India. He loved me dearly. Soon after our Diarriage we came here to England,-! think it is now about fifteen summers ago. But when we began to move much in society everyone of his friends neglected him, because he had me for his wif.e. They would not leave him unmolested until he had divorced himself from me. And this be did. But before we parted, he secured for me a

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good home, this very place, where I am now serving as chamber­ maid for twelve years. But I pray you leave me alone in this world, and worry not about my welfare, but seek your own. I have no hopes for better clays.” Here she paused and began to tremble. Then she proceeded with an uncertain voice “Have you found the necklace?”

“No,” replied Raiper, “I have now been seeking after that treasure for fully eighteen years. Many clues have I detected, but they were all based on erroneous suspicious on my part. Many lands and people have I seen in the course of my travels. I was even led to this island, yes even to this house, by my suspicions.

And let me tell you,” he whispered, “never before on all my travels have I been more confident of success than I am just now, in this very house.” Palab began to tremble and could say no more.

“Palab,” he whispered, “do you know that I suspect Henry Drowden, the owner of this place, of the sacrilege?” Suddenly Palab’s features brightened, and jumping to her feet she exclaimed: “Drowden? My master Drowden ? No, he is too honest to be a partner in so base a deed. Altho I have been only his mother’s servant, I have learned to know his character thru her descriptions.

Besides, I have never found a clue to the discovery of the necklace in this house, nay, not in this island. I had not forgotten you and your ill fate, and I therefore, always tried to help in the search wherever I could. I likewise often had erroneous suspicions for which I often suffered severely. Raiper, I beg you, desist from your firm determination to find it, and return to India with the satisfaction of having done your duty.** “I shall return to my native land, but never, never shall I discontinue my efforts to find that necklace" Therewith he tore himself from her and ran out of the house. It seemed that Palab’s belief in her lord's innocence convinced him of the futility of search in that direction.一Several days later he was sailing for his native land. He stepped ashore at Madras and thence travelled northward on horseback. After another term of five years of fruitless searching he at length arrived in his old home, Culcutta.

There he submitted himself to the priests. His father and the other priests familiar to him in liis youth, had died long ago. He pleaded for mercy and pardon, but the prescripts of the sacred law made them inexorable. He was sentenced to death.

They, however, granted him ten days, time to prepare for his cruel fate.

Nine days were gone, and at sunset, Raipur walked to the temple with the intention of bringing his last plea for mercy before the gods. He was thoughtfully walking along a path between shrubs and bushes on the temple grounds, where many years ago Palab and he had wandered in mutual love. Suddenly he stumbled across a body in liis path. How was it that an instant fear overcame him, and Palab’s face appeared before his

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mind’s eye in. anguish. He bent down—what was it he grasped.

He stood as if paralyzed—It was the diamond necklace. Once more he bent down to inspect the corpse. Ah, there was his Palab, in­ deed, with a dagger thru her heart. Now he understood all. She had stolen the necklace. Oh that she had had the courage to ad­ mit the deed. But alas, in her youth she was too fickle, in her age too much afraid. But she had perhaps suffered more than he.

Why should lie heap reproaches on her in her death. He would follow her and enjoy that happiness which was denied them on earth with the gods. And as the sun arose on the tenth day iit shone upon two corpses in the narrow path, but there in the temple its rays were reflected by the brilliant diamond necklace that once I-I. W. K” *19. more graced the neck of the idol.

M03SDNACHT, Von des blauen Athers Bogen Stralilt des Mondes Silberlicht Glitzert auf des Sees Wogen, Der am Ufer sanft sich bricht.

Und die Tannen rauschen im Kreise Leise, leise Verstohlenerweise.

Spielend um die Felsen streichen Nachtlicli sanft die Abendliifte, Mystisch schweben Nebelstreifen In der Felsen rauhe Klufte, Und die Wellen platscliern am Strande Leckend, leckend Am schimmernden Sande.

Und auf Abendwindes Flugeln tJber Wellen, Pels und Grotte, Pliegt die Seele, frei von Zugeln, Steigt hinauf zu ihrem Gotte.

Schwingt sicli auf zum sternigen Himmel Feme, feme Vom Erdengetummel.

Gerardo, *19.

WON BY HIS BROTHER. Allow me to introduce tlie main'characters of this little nar­ rative to you. As in all stories, we have our sturdy, robust young

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man, whom we shall call Frank. But instead of a girl this time, we shall content ourselves with his meek, demure brother Orval.

Frank was always a star in any kind of athletics; Orval, however, was not culled out for anything in that line. His talents found a more delightful occupation in quiet meditation or in the perusing of books. Whatever Frank said was good. What Orval said was good, too, but he never got a chance to say anything. If there were any jokes to spring at home, Orval was by the vep nature of things the logical butt of them. If there were any special allow­ ances given out, Frank was sure to receive them.

Orval, being a year younger than his esteemed brother, was only a junior when Frank graduated from their local high school.

As is the case with all prominent young men, the elder son was to go to college,—in this case to a college in a city named Kingston, not very far from the parental town. Would Orval go there the next year, too? Surely; even though Frank jokingly expressed his doubt that Orval would be a success anywhere except in a ladies’ college. So Prank went to college; while his brother entered on his last year at the high school.

By dint of hard work Orval managed to place himself at the head of tlie high school graduating class, so far as wisdom was concerned. In addition he had won quite a bit of fame thru his excellent playing of the leading woman’s role in the class play But this only proved to be a fresh magazine of jokes for the mem bers of his family. Frank, on the other hand, in his college caree; was just fairly good in classes, whereas in every branch of athletics he made quite a showing for a freshman.

Towards the end of the school year, generally during the last week in May, it was the custom of the Kingston College to arrange a track meet with different schools. It was the great event of the year. Not only were there students from the competing schools present, but the interested people from neighboring towns turned up also. To his immense joy Frank had made the track team,一 something quite unusual for a student in his first year. Naturally this caused great joy at home, where he had always been the pet.

Uuluckily his father's business detained him from coming, but mamnia just couldn’t miss seeing her brilliant son’s starring. She de­ cided to take Orval along, so that he might be impressed by his older brother’s success and perhaps model his own ways and am­ bitions accordingly.

The day being fair, a large concourse had assembled. All the visitors were seated in an open grandstand, before which the ath­ lete contended. There were many different contests, in all of which.

Prank showed up quite well, and in some he carried off individual honors. He was passing the grandstand just after he had won a jumping match, when looking up he saw his mother and brother quite near him. Both, waved to him and he returned the saluta­ tion. Orval' was just about to climb down to his brother when lie

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heard part of a conversation between that worthy and his com­ panions.

One of Frank’s friends asked him, ‘‘Wlio was that you waved to?”

“That was my mother,” answered Frank.

“But there’s a young fellow beside her who waved, too. Who is lie?”

“O, that’s just my little girl-brother. How much time have I before the relay race?”

Orval remained where he was and bit his lips in vexation, but said nothing, since this was not the first time his brother had harped on his likeness to the weaker sex. That unlucky classplay in which he had been tempted to impersonate a lady, just for fun of course, made the chance for ridicule better too. He consoled himself with the thought, however, that perhaps he might yet drive home the fact in his brother’s mind that he was not to be ignored this way during all his life.

The day closed without any more incidents of note. Orval was filled with tense eagerness to be able to attend this college the following year; and during the summer vacation that followed soon after the track meet, he had to be repeatedly assured that he could do so. Frank was continually teasing and pestering him.

He said the girls at college would laugh at him if he wasn’t proficient in at least one branch of athletics and could do no more than play a female’s part in a play. But Orval still remained the quiet meek fellow that he always was.

Thus summer vacation passed and to his intense disappoint­ ment Orval could not go to college, anyway. His father took sick and he must needs attend to the book-keeping of the firm, at which job he was much more an adept than his brother. He was assured that he might go to school yet and make his class, as soon as the father had recovered. Frank of course could not afford to miss re­ citations and so went on alone. The fatlier, however, was ill longer than all had expected, and by the time lie was able to take charge of the business again, it was believed in the family circle that his younger son would have to stay at home for the rest of the year.

Orval saw that he had no choice in the matter and therefore made the best of it.

The year passed around and May was here again and Prank kept the folks at home well aware of tlie fact that the college、yas soon to have its track meet again. The whole college was relying on Prank to bring them through to victory,—a fact which that young athlete well knew how to exploit in his letters. His parents were as proud of his achievements as he was, but circumstances did not allow either to see his expected victories. Therefore when the eventful day arrived, Orval was the only one who left home to and see the long-waited-for contest. His mother noticed that fe left home an hour before train time, but thought no more of it. If

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someone had taken pains to follow him, however, that person would have seen him go out of his way to stop at a house and secure a good sized package, which he took the trouble to carry along with him to Kingston.

When he arrived there, he went at once to the home of a widowed aunt, to whom he divulged his secret. She acquiesced in his scheme, for she liad always had a warm heart for her younger nephew. A few minutes later, when Orval issued from her house, his appearance was completely changed into that of a comely young lass. No one could have detected a mistake in his dress or liis actions. Evidently his practice in acting ladies parts had stood him in good stead. He decided to call himself Beryl Rivers for the time being, and by that name we shall know him in the following para­ graphs. Beryl sallied forth and walked to the college campus, where many spectators were already gathered. She took a good seat in the grandstand where all of the various matches could be seen. Of course there were some young gallants who tried to flirt with her, all of whose advances she checked save those of one whom she thought she could possibly use. His advances were encouraged and the two were soon gayly chatting together.

Meanwhile the contests began. It was in the finest part of the afternoon. Frank piled up successive points and honors to his credit in the longer races and jumps, and lost but a few points in the dashes. He and his friends carried away the laurels, however.

Beryl was quite enthusiastic over any matches wherein Frank feat­ ured. How I should like to meet that star,” she exclaimed; whereat her companion could but show his gallantry in offering to bring about an introduction. After the sports an opportunity soon pre­ sented itself, and Frank was introduced to the pretty Beryl. She made herself so very interesting that Frank was quite entranced by her graces. The power of fantastical imagination which the • presence of a specially agreeable member of the opposite sex never fails to instill into the soul of a young man, also had its influence on Frank. Forthwith lie bethought himself that everyone was privileged to invite a guest for the grand banquet staged that even­ ing. No sooner had this entered his mind than his plan was com­ plete. With a flush of enthusiasm he asked his new acquaintance, Beryl, to be his companion for the evening,.to which slie consented with alacrity. Thereupon they parted. Frank was to call for her at seven o’clock sharp at one of the hotels where she had told him she was staying for the day with her father and mother.

How transported he was now. This was to be a perfect day.

He had won athletic victories. I-Ie had heard the expressions of ad­ miration from his comrades and schoolmates. Beryl’s glances had been proof that his renown had found its way to other persons also.

Surely he was a hero.

Long before seven o’clock he was loitering around the hotel.

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He had barely eaten any supper. Never before had he spent so much, time on his dress. Often he was in doubt whether his neck­ tie were straight, but a side-glance in one of the large plate glass windows reassured him. At length it was time for him to call for Beryl. He found her ready, an d during the time he escorted her to the banquet hall he was in ecsstasies. During the banquet he was called upon to respond to a toast and broke down miserably, simply because he could not think of his topic and Beryl at the same time.

But he was happy,_happy as a boy with his first bicycle.

Later in the evening as Frank was escorting Beryl home, she said: “Come to think of it, you haven’t even told me where you really liye. It seems to me as though I saw a name like yours in a newspaper from a little country town named Meuston.”

"Why, that is the town I live in,” said Frank.

“Ib that so? Now let me see,—0 yes, now I remember. You impersonated the part of a girl so successfully in your class play last year, at least the paper was quite enthusiastic about it.”

“Aha,” laughed Frank, “ that was my little brother. Yes it seems he did do a little something that time. But as a rule he has quite a time into making other people believe that he really knows something.”

“Is that true?” asked Beryl doubtfully. “One hardly got that impression from the write-up in the paper.”

“Oh well, my little brother is all right, but the worst of it is that he ought to have been born a woman. But by the way, I expected him here to-day for the festivities. He evidently didn't come, unless,” he added with a chuckle, “he might have lost him­ self in the girls’ dormitory. You didn’t happen to see him there, did you?”

“Yes, Frank, I did, and I even brought him along with me,” answered a calm voice beside him.

Frank started and grew pale. Surely that was Orval’s voice.

He turned toward his partner. But the pretty Beryl had taken off her hat and her wig and in her place stood Orval quietly eyeing his overwhelmed brother. But Prank did not wait long, however. He extended his hand to his brother and exclaimed, “Orval, you have won the day. I assure you that henceforth I shall respect you as my superior,一at least in brains.” ， And often afterwards the parents wondered what had effected the change in the mutual relations of the brothers, who never had been able to get along together. But neither of them ever di­ vulged a word and the aunt was cautioned to secrecy.

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OUR SCHOOL’S SOUL. This soul is the combina,Every school has a soul of its own. _ tion of the characters of teachers, students, environments, etc. Each contributes his share to the individual character of the school’s soul. If any of these factors is influenced by any evil, it will natur­ ally affect the whole.

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strangers to a great extent judge the school. No doubt there is no school that has not some little fault as regards the private life and character of its students. But this is just the reason why we should make clear to ourselves any bad features, freely confess tliem and work against them.

Something that might impress one who is initiated into our private college life, as undesirable is in particular two things: the bluff-spirit and the parody-spirit. Both are incompatible with up­ right Christian breeding and thoroughness and depth in learning, both of which it is our object to attain.

The bluff-spirit need hardly be explained. It consists of those of our actions in which we would give out that we are more than we really are. It evidences itself in the classroom and in our deal­ ings with out-siders and often accompanies us as a destructive legacy far out into life. It is a dangerous thing, this bluff-spirit. First we are apt to play with it, but sooner or later it starts to play with us. The more we use it, the more we are forced to rely upon it.

Therefore let us eschew it altogether and not let it rule over us.

Rather be rated as the lowest in people’s estimation than to be con­ sidered great or popular with nothing but pretence as a foundation.

Final and lasting fame, you must learn soon enough, will come only from true effort.

The other spirit was called the parody-spirit, which is stating it somewhat obscurely and euphemistically. It comes to light in a score of different phases, but it always has a deteriorating effect.

Now it is nothing but an innocent and witty travesty on some poem or song, made for the enlivening of a program perhaps. Soon, however, it becomes degenerate both in the method of its creation一 being a quibble, sad to say, on subjects far too sacred for a sincere Christian—and in its contents, which often diverge widely from refined sentiment.

Even tho this happens only in individual cases, it nevertheless leaves bad traces behind, and this is only too true among us. Things of the utmost seriousness and dignity are viewed from the lud­ icrous standpoint and everything differing from the impression thus gained is thoughtlessly branded as narrow. The supposed liberal spirit"—liberal only in malam partem—thus paves the way for grosser transgressions in word and deed. The foregoing words may have said too much or may have adumbrated the subject too obscurely. Yet if you, my fellow students, will peruse it carefully, you will undoubtedly agree with me in some things. To speak plainly, we must strive to attain that niveau in our private school-life in which we need not feel any compunction to admit any visitor一be he of the highest rank―at any time to our circles.

And to accomplish this rests mainly with the liigher-class mem­ ber. As a rule we set the pace. If our example is good, it will assuredly have a good effect and will help in eliminating certain objectionable features. E. C. K.

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WHATEVER IS, IS RIGHT. At the present state of affairs when it seems as if all powers of the world are going to align themselves on one side or the other in the great war, this short sentence of Pope may have a somewhat calming influence on the excited minds of those to whom it may seem that reason and the sense of right has deserted the greater part of mankind. And this may apply especially to us, who are included in the category of German-Americans and often unjustly designated hyphenates. We shall not debate the question of who has right and who has wrong, however. Each and everyone undoubtedly has his convictions on that point. And why should we, who have hith­ erto sympathized with the Central Powers, why should we now divest ourselves of that sympathy when our country is on the verge of a war. True iif Germany attacks us, we must fight for our coun­ try. That is our sacred duty. Otherwise we see no reason why we should stumble over ourselves to parade our loyalty.

And yet it is a bitter pill to swallow. Even the present dip­ lomatic break with Germany and the circumstances that led up to it fills us with sorrow and apprehension. All around us we hear and read of terrible denunciations and maledictions pronounced on the very country which brought forth our fathers and which we are convinced is in the right.

In such a turmoil it is best to resign oneself completely to more cold and dispassionate looking on, trying also to console onesei with such thoughts of comfort as are contained in Pope s n*ssay on Man,” from which the above quotation is taken. And how in­ deed can we fathom the wonderful ways of God, we ^who^ see out a part and not the whole.” We cannot even pass a final juagemen on those actions of the entente or of our country which our feel­ ings tell us are wrong. ，Tis good that we have our ideaus and tnat we expend all possible efforts in attaining them. If, however, aespite everything our work seems to have been in vain, tlien it is wise to keep our balance, withdraw for a while from the smoke oi the battle and take a new perspective of the whole field.

Then too comes the comfort of the old German adage: Wnere the need is greatest, G6d，s help is nearest. Thus if the worst com? to worst we may find enough consolation in such, thoughts. 】Let us not be influenced by the noise around ys and lose ourselves in minor quibblings. If, however, the occasion to proclaim trutn and right presents itself, then let us not be tardy.

E. C. K.

THE WORK IN OUR LITERARY SOCIETIES DURING THE PAST. In a retrospect on our work and our achievements in our lit­ erary societies during tlie past weeks, we can honestly say that success has crowned our efforts thus far, especially as regards the work of the Philomathian. Most of the interest was centered in the debates, which were quite numerous and exceptionally inter­ esting and instructive. The first debate, which was discussed m an earlier issue of this columh, “Resolved, that National Prohibi­ tion be adopted in the U. S”” was won by the unanimous vote of the judges by the Philomathian. One week later the Philomathian reaped another war-trophy by defeating Phi Gamma Rho in the hotly contested debate “Resolved, that the moving picture theater of the present day is an evil.” Thereupon a free-for-all debate was held, by the two societies. The cause of dissension was the question ••Should basket-ball be adopted at N. W. C. instead of inter­ collegiate baseball.” As fate would have it the Philomathian came off victor in this fray also.

The success of this free-for-all debate at the first attempt was indeed quite gratifying. Almost an hour and a half had elapsed before both sides were thru with bringing forth new arguments, yet the interest and excitement never waned in the least. It is hoped that more of these affairs may be staged in the future, as both interest and cooperation is created and facility in quick tliink-. ing and extemporaneous speaking is obtained.

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295 THE BLACK AND BED. -^0^ impression. It has seemingly become the custom, or better, the liabit with our debaters when sitting before the audience to shake their heads violently at the same time displaying an incredulous and “I-know-it-all” smile that should in some way or other portray the emotions of the individual in question, whenever the opponent ad­ vances a strong argument. Such behavior surely does not bespeak a gentleman. If your opponent presents an argument, be it ever so weak or ridiculous, be gentleman enough not to hurt his feelings.

It most assuredly gives one the impression that it is your convic­ tion that you "know it all and he，s a dunce, or a fool.” Let’s not neglect good behavior, even tho we are disposed to be pugnacious in a heated debate!

NEWS COLUMN INSERTED IN THE WATERTOWN TIMES. Shortly after the Christmas recess a movement for more publicity was started by some wide-awake students. One result of these endeavors was a news column in Watertown’s daily paper, the Times. At the present the column is regularly published every Friday evening, with Otto C. Klaye as its editor. The why and the wherefor of the column can be seen from the first issue, from which we quote the following: ‘‘The people of Watertown know less of N. W. C. than people three hundred miles away. They are however, not the ones to be blamed for this lack of aquaintance with the life at the school. The fault really lies with us, with the students of Northwestern College. No news, no reports of our activities ever reached the eyes or ears of many citizens of this town save an occasional bit of gossip that is carried down by some talkative individual. How can the public then, be interested in the welfare and progress of the institution? To bring about the rela­ tion which ought to exist between the school and the public in a college town, to convey the real spirit of the institution as a center of learning, and also to awaken and nourish in the people of Watertown an interest in the activities at Northwestern: this is the task we have set ourselves and which we shall try, with the aid of the good will of the editor of the Times, to fulfill to the best of our ability.”

STUDENTS HEAR EDISON CONCERT. A varied and most interesting musical program was given on the new diamond disc Edison under the auspices of the Drug Co. in the chapel Feb. 8th. From the first number, On wis. consin, to the last, tlie famous Bird-song,,sung by Miss Anna Case, the attention of the hearers was centered in the latest and most perfect product of the great inevntor. The wonaer-

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fiii solo of Miss Case was answered with a thundering encliore. We hereby wish to express our gratitude to Mr. Stapleton for this rare treat.

ORCHESTRA PLAYS AT MASS-MEETING. Despite the frigid temperature and the raging blizzard, the members of the .orchestra packed their instruments and themselves in the warmest possible clothing on the afternoon of Feb. 4th and betook themselves to the local St. Henry’s liall to furnish the neces­ sary music for the mass-meeting of all German ladies of Watertown, held for the purpose of debating on the advisability of institu­ ting a bazaar in this city for the benefit of German war-sufferers.

It was decided to have a bazaar, provided the political conditions in this country were favorable. The orchestra played a medly of German songs and several marches.

ALUMM Born to Mr. E. Heilmann *05 and wife at Iowa City on the fiftli inst. a daughter. ^ Paul W. Peters *09 and wife are still in Berlin, Germany, wne Mr. Peters expects to take his degree next June.

Irwin Gamm，16 is at present taking a course in forestry at tlie University of Washington.

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CO-ED NOTES. On February 5th the co-eds .received a visit from the Misses Meta Fox and Alma Hensler of Waterloo.

On Feb. .11th Adela Dornfeld was a visitor at the home of her parents in Marshall.

Viola Creyt also spent this day with her parents, her home be­ ing in Lebanon. .

Miss Hattie Detert made a trip to Westfield on the 14th of this month to attend the wedding of her uncle. ^ Miss Margaret Koenig, honorary member of the class of ’20, resumed her studies on the 12th after an absence of two weeks.

During that time she suffered from an acute attack of tonsilitis.

Dorothy Huth spent a few days at the home of her parents in Richards Avenue to recruit from the effects of the mid-year exams at Donner College. On Feb. 10 she entertained at a small card party at which several co-eds were present.

Miss Meta Priegnitz has decided to leave the ranks of the stud­ ious and enter upon her career in the business world. She has ac­ cepted a position as bookkeeper and stenographer in Mr. Biefeld’s office. We wish her all success in the work she has chosen.

The girls are all busy making fancyvvork for the bazaar which is to take place in Milwaukee some time during May. The feminine portion of Northwestern College is taking a lively interest in the basketball games played every Wednesday and Saturday by the different class teams. They have even at­ tempted to form a team among themselves, but till now no definite results can be reported. Bowling also finds great favor witn tnem.

A team is being organized which intends to match itself witn tne ladies of the faculty in the near future. Those trying for tne team are M. Ablemann, D. Ott, G. Ott, M. Mueller, Hattie Detert, E. De­ tert, V. Creyt, and Cornelia Groth. The scores attained till now are being withheld this month, but it is probable that the next issue may give the gentlemen a chance to wonder at their atnietic prowess. C. G.

THE RED AND BLUE. We were pleased to receive the “Red and Blue,” Franklin School, New York city, a magazine which we have been expecting since last September. The first number to reach us was the Decem­ ber issue, which piade a very favorable impression on us. It ~ con-

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tains two editorials. “Merry Christmas” urges us to celebrate Christmas boisterously, that is, in giving a rather loud expression to our happy sentiments. Some of the thoughts are put down in a somewhat disconnected way. The writer of “Finish What You’ve Begu n” does not look upon the time spent upon finishing a useless task as wasted; on the contrary, he sees a benefit in heeding the words. We, too, think that a person who follows the advice given in these words is a trifle idealistic. “Man Proposes; God Disposes” is certainly an appropriate title for the first story. We regret that we have not had the opportunity of reading the first part of your story. It is the best story found in our exchanges for some time.

The story is told in a very capable manner. The writer has brought in a love story, but he does not lay so much stress on silly love-talk, such as we find in so many stories. He certainly succeeded in picturing Frederick as a noble character and an ideal brother.

The description of the contented mother in her peaceful surround­ ings is very good. “On the Street Car” is a simple story ridicul­ ing high-school girls. “The Diamond Necklace” is a story some­ what on the order of those found in Sunday magazines. However it is quite interesting. The departments are all arranged well with a good cut at the head of each one.

THE SCOUT. Thee literary department of the January number of the “Scout” (Fergus Falls, Minn.) contains three articles, all of which liave very interesting titles. “The Parlements and Their Influence on the French Revolution” shows us the origin and the development of the parlements up to the French Revolution. Although they had been an important factor in bringing about the revolution, they lost all power when the Estates General met in 1789. **The In­ fluence of Foreign Countries upon Norway through the Viking Expeditions1* describes the life of the Vikings in Scandinavia and how their expeditions to Ireland, France, Spain and other coun­ tries brought the customs of the more civilized countries and even bits of the Christian religion to their country. The article is inter­ esting and well told. “The Nibelungenlied” is somewhat on the • order of the preceding article. It almost seems to be a sequel to it The topic is certainly an interesting one, and the author succeeded in working it out well. The only thing that we miss is a good story.

The three editorials are all good, especially the one entitled “Literature—What Kind?” The editor of Exchanges has found a novel way of using his department. He intends to give a historical survey of the various magazines. His first attempt is quite interesting.

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THE GERMAN BLOCKADE. On Jan. 31st, 1917, Johannes von Bernstorff, anbassador from Germany, transmitted to Mr. Lansing on behalf of his government a note in which the Central Powers informed the United States that they had deemed it necessary forcefully to prevent, on and after Feb. 1, 1917, all navigation in certain circumscribed zones around Great Britain, Prance, and Italy, and in the eastern Mediterranean.

As reasons for this drastic action the note sets forth: 1. Germany and her allies are now fighting for their exis­ tence. The Entente allies have rejected tlieir offer of peace, and liave declared that they will continue the fight until the Central Powers are crushed and humiliated.

2. Since Great Britian, through its blockade of German ports, is preventing the legitimate trade of neutrals with the Central Powers and among themselves, without protest on their part, Ger­ many and her allies feel justified in adopting a similar course.

3. The Central Powers are confident that this measure will re­ sult in a speedy, termination of tlie war and the restoration of peace.

Thereupon as was expected President Wilson promptly broke off diplomatic connections with Germany and handed y. Bernstorff

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his passports, thereby putting our country into a position where any overt act on Germany’s part may cause war. At the same time lie urged, rather unexpectedly, other neutral nations to adopt measures of a similar kind. Germany must have considered the removal of all restraints on her submarine worth the risk of incur­ ring the active displeasure of the United States.

That Germany will gain more than she loses by this step there can be no doubt. Despite the restrictions that the consideration for neutral rights had imposed upon them, the German submarines had succeeded in destroying, since the beginning of the war, 4,021,500 tons of shipping, three fourths of it British. At the present rate of destruction, all the shipyards in the world could not replace the daily loss in vessels. Limited as they were, they have proved a constantly increasing menace to England, and that they have proved effective in blockade work is evinced by the fact that they have succeeded in putting the English peole on greatly reduced rations. With the removal of all restraints, as stated in the note, Ger­ many expects to starve England into submission within ninety days.

For this purpose Germany, by dint of careful planning and ex­ perimentation, has developed two new types of submarines that are expected to be many times as efficient as any heretofore in use, and It is asserted that she has more than three hundred of them.

Both types of vessels are comprehended under the official desig­ nation “Tauclikreuzer.” The smaller of the two is 260 feet long, lias a displacement of 2,400 tons, is protected by a 1leavy armor of tough steel plate, mounts from 4 to 10 powerful guns, carri es from eight to ten 53-centimeter torpedo tubes, and has a cruising radius of 8,000 miles. The motors develop 7,000 horsepower, driving the boat over the surface at a speed of 22 knots an hour. The larger type is a veritable cruiser-submarine, fully equipped to fight in both capa cities. It measures over 400 feet in length, and lias a surface speed of 26 knots, with a surface cruising radius of from 18,000 to 24,000 miles. It carries thirty large torpedo tubes and mounts upward of twenty guns.

With these submarines Germany intends to play her trumps.

If she does not succeed in this blockade, she will probably have to submit. It was solely the conquest of Romania, as is frankly ad­ mitted, that saved the Central Powers from starvation. On the other hand, should the blockade prove successful, England will un­ doubtedly be starved to submission within a comparatively short time. English papers admit that there is not enough food in the British Isles to sustain the population for more than sixty days if supplies should be out off.

IATHLETICS BASKETBALL. Since the opening of the basketball season on the 13th of Jan. Northwestern's gym is the scene of much hilarity and agitation.

Every Wednesday and Saturday the respective quintettes of the col­ legiate department clash to defend the honor of their class and to win, if possible, first place or second in the annual tournament. The games played thus far were filled with thrills and hard playing, and everybody who was lucky enough to see some of the sparkling team­ work was more than satisfied with the exhibitions. There is no doubt that the Juniors will have the honor of taking first place after the tournament. Up to this time every team which was taken into, camp by them had to bow down in defeat, and there is good hope that they will reign supreme till the end. In order to avoid the in­ commodity of traveling in a day-coach, the Seniors ordered their berth in advance, and the second berth will doubtless afford them enough comfort till next June. A mantle of obscurity is cast over the outcome of the battle between the rest of the belligerents, un­ reliable reports of victory from both sides are received every day.

It is rumored that the Sophs will avail themselves of their reper­ The toire of plays after this and put themselves in third place.— Freshmen are determined to keep up the pep which they had at the beginning and put up a good fight till the finish. Who will get the horns? We have to await the outcome of the future clashes which will decide the fate of the one or the other.

Saturday, January 13, 1917—First Period.

G FT. F. Seniors, 26.

Juniors, 35.

G. FT. F. 0 2 Lange, P-----Gutzke, F----------- 6 5 3 0 0 0 Lau, F— Schlueter, F-------- 5 3 0 0 0 0 Gruendemann, C----- 1 Duxe, C_ 8 0 0 0 Meier, G Bodamer, G 0 0 0 0 0 Naumann, G Zeisler, G 0 0 0 Officials: Lehmann, Press.

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Wednesday, January 17,1917一First Period. f Seniors, 28.

Sophomores, 17.

G. FT. F. G. .

Gutzke, F — .6 6 2 Strasen, P--------ScWueter, F .5 0 0 C. Mueller, F-----Gruendemann, C------0 0 Tacke, C-----------W. Rtezlaff, G 0 0 3 Brandt, G_______ Naumann, G — — .0 0 0 Lehmann, G------Officials:—Lange, Press.

Second Period.

Juniors, 62.

G. FT. F. G. FT. P. Freshmen, 7.

Lange, P----.0 0 1 -10 6 0 Klingmann, F .

Lau, F_____ Press, F--------600 Duxe, C____ 0 0 0 -502 Bublitz, C____ Meier, G----10 6 Sternbeck, G -000 Zeisler, G …

0 0 Stern, G--------000 0 0 R. Timmel, P K. Timmel, P -300 Wacker, F …

-200 Vohs, C____ -000 Henning, G .

-10 0 Kuske, G …

-10 0 Officials: Gutzke, Lehmann.

Saturday, January 20, 1917一First Period.

Seniors, 23.

G. FT. ^ G. FT. P. Freshmen, 30. .6 Gutzke, P----5 3 0 Press, P______ .3 Schlueter, F _ -2 0 0 Mielke, F____ .3 Gruendemann, C ___i 2 0 Bublitz, C------W. Retzlaff, G __0 0 4 Sternbeck, G __ Naumann, G .

—1 0 0 Stern, G--------Bodamer, G _ —1 0 0 Officials: Lange, Lehmann.

Second Period.

Juniors, 56.

G. FT. F. Sophomores, 14.

G. FT F. Lange, P___ 10 2 1 Tacke, F________ Lau, P_____ 3 0 1 Lehmann, F-----Duxe, C___ 9 0 2 Sievert, C----------Meier, G____ 10 1 Abelmann, G-----Zeisler, G___ 4 0 1 Brandt, G --------Officials: Gutzke, Sternbeck.

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G. FT. F. Sophomores, 21. .4 0 1 Strasen, P---------10 0 Stock, F________ .3 0 0 Tacke, C________ -0 0 2 Brandt, G-----------4 0 4 Sievert, G---------Officials: Gutzke, Lange.

5 4 10 0

Freshmen, 24.

Press, P______ Mielke, F____ Bublitz, C____ Stern, G_____ Sternbeck, G __

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THE BLACK AND BED.

Wednesday, January 24,1917一First Period.

G. FT. F. Seniors, 24.

G. FT. F. Juniors, 40.

7 0 0 Gutzke, F______ Lange, P__ 4 1 6 0 0 0 Schlueter, P---0 Wacker, F __ 0 7 0 0 4 W. Retzlaff, C— Duxe, C___ 0 3 0 5 0 2 Naumann, G---Zeisler, G __ 2 0 0 0 0 0 Gruendemann, G Lau, G____ 2 0 0 Officials: Tacke, Press.

Sophomores, 32.

Strasen, F _ Lehmann, P Tacke, C —.

Brandt, G ― Abelmann, G

Second Period.

Freshmen, 15 G. FT. F. Press, F--------8 0 0 Klingmann, F _ 4 4 2 Bublitz, C------2 0 3 Sternbeck, G — 0 0 0 Stern, G--------0 0 2 Mielke, P------Officials: Gutzke, Lange.

G. FT. P. 0

3 0 0

0

.2 0 2

0 0 0

6 2 0

iSaturday, January 27,1917一First Period.

Sophomores, 17. G. FT. F. Juniors, 47.

G. FT. F. Lehmann, P.---------- 1 1 1 Lange, P _______ 9 3 1 0 Lau, P__________ Strasen, P ».

0 0 0 6 0 2 Duxe, C_______ 9 0 0 Tacke, C …

0 0 1 Meier, G_______ Abelmann, G 0 0 1 0 0 0 Zeisler, G______ 3 0 2 Brandt, G __ 0 0 Wacker, F_____ Sievert, G — 10 0 Officials: Press, Gutzke.

Seniors, 41.

Gutzke, P___ Schlueter, P > W. Retzlaff, C Naumann, G 一 Bodamer, G

Second Period.

Freshmen, 9 G. FT. F. Press, F------.9 3 1 Sternbeck, F .4 0 1 Bublitz, C----.0 0 2 Mielke, G----.5 0 2 Stern, G------■10 0 Officials: Lehmann, Duxe.

"Wednesday, January 31, 1917一First Period.

Freshmen, 13.

Juniors, 74.

G. FT. F. Lange, F---Press, F------------7 6 1 Lau, F____ Klingmann, P----8 0 1 Duxe, C____ Bublitz, C_______ 15 0 2 Meier, G___ Sternbeck, G------0 0 0 Zeisler, G …

Stern, G------------4 0 1 K. Tirnmel, F-------Officials: Gutzke, Lehmann.

G. FT. P. 2 0 0

0

5

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304

Seniors, 31.

Gutzke, P___ 'Schlueter, F W. Retzlaff, C Naumann, G .

Bodamer, G —

THE BLACK AND BED. Second Period.

G. FT. P. Sophomores, 19.

-8 10 Strasen, P .2 0 0 Lehmann, P -0 0 4 Sievert, C — _5 0 2 Abelmann, G .0 0 0 Brandt, G — Officials: Lange, Sternbeck.

G. FT. P. 0

10 4 0 0 0 3 0

0 1 1 0

--Dudley Rohda, prep., the only member of the fair sex in our building, is again starting his cycle of Sunday visits to his home in Ocoi^iowoc. He goes for half fare on the Interurban. 一Thanks to the kind intervention of Venus and Athene, thanks to tlie swift wings of Psyche’s consort, and thanks finally to his own jimd filled with the breath of Greek and Latin literature, our _— beloved friend, brother, hero and translator, Gualterius T. Gutzke, +i7，+I?er?ber the last year’s football team, wishes to announce tnat he has once more resumed operations in the war zone of sea pirag and buccaneering, after an absence of almost a week.

—W. A. Titus, of Pond du Lac, visited his son Arthur, prep., while en route to New York City.

Feb"^4 Bernthal inhaled the balmy atmosphere of Ixonia Center, —P. Wasson, of Milwaukee, called on his son, Guerdon, prep., January 24.

—Paul. Geschke and Hans Kaiser, loyal adherents of the Emperor, dropped in on Fred Kaiser, prep., for a little diplomatic chat, Jan. 15. 上 ney embarked for Chicago the same evening.

-—Theodore Heidtke, prominent stockholder of the Quinta second basketball team, resumed his studies Jan. 29, after an absence of three weeks caused by illness.

Tfi£ BLACK AND BED.

305

一Miss Edna Timmel called on her brother Raymond, ’18 and Kurt ’20, Jan. 27.

—Julius Keppler, acc. ’13, paid our institution a short visit Feb. 4.

—The Rev. J. C. Spilman of Edgerton called on his son Carl, ’20, Jan. 24, while on his way to Milwaukee.

—The Mrs. Rev. J. B. Bernthal of Ixonia paid her son Leonard, *18, a short visit. 一Mrs. F. C. Uetzmann of Wrightstown called on her sons Theophil and Immanuel, preps., while on a week-end visit to Watertown.

—Maximilian Ferdinand Stern, ’20，journeyed to Oconomowoc Feb. 7. 一Jan. 20, 21, found W. C. Meyer, ’18, enjoying himself in Juneau. 一The following Seminary students crossed our threshold: Paul Lutzke, ’15，Jan. 14, Henry Nitz,，15, and Martin Wehausen, ’15, Jan. 20, 21，and W. Zank,，16, Feb. 3.

—Mrs. J. C. Spilman was a visitor in Watertown Jan. 26-29. While here she called on her son Carl,，20.

—During the forenoon of Feb. 5th, Paul Naumann, *17, received a telegram containing the sad and unexpected news of his father’s sudden death that morning. Rev. Justus Naumann resided at St. Paul and was president of the Minnesota synod. His son left for home a few hours later. The funeral took place on the 8th.

On the same day Carl Schmelzer,，17, and P. Voigt, prep, were called to their respective homes in Sterling, Mich., and Appleton on account of the critical illness of their mothers.

AUS DEM SEMINAR. Am 11. Januar beging Heinrich Gieschen seinen Geburtstag und seine Kollegen der Oberklasse liessen sich diese Geieg nicht entgehen, ihn in seinem Heim in Milwaukee Abends zu uberraschen. Das Geburtstagskind entgalt seinen Gasten die Jiaeie “Uberrumpelung” so, dass alle nachher berichteten, emen kostncnen Abend yerlebt zu haben. t a 一, Paul Lutzke leistete sich am 12. Jan. einen Ausflug nacn Wa­ tertown.

Am 14. Jan. predigte Otto Medenwald in Waukegan.

An demselben Sonntage predigte Ewald Sterz in den Gemeinden Jacksonport und Bailey’s Harbor.

Unsern Biicherhandler H. C. Nitz besuchte am 14. Jan. seine Schwester, eine Schulerin der Luther-Hochschule in Milwaukee.

Freund W. Keibel, Pastor an der Nain Gemeinde in Milwaukee besuchte uns am 15. Jan. Am 14. Jao predigte J. I. M. Wehausen in Racine und S. M. Baer in Palmyra.

Roy Vollmers war am 15. Jan. durch Krankheit an sein Lager

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THE BtiACKi Aid> jEtEB.

gefesselt, so dass er einige Tage n icht den Stunden beiwohnen konnte. Doch ist er unter der treuen. Pflege seiner Genossen Frohlke und Schleicher bald wieder vollends genesen.

P. Karl Kionka, ein Mitglied der letztjahrigen Kandidatenklasse und zur Zeit Pastor der Gemeinde in Daggett, Mich” feierte am 17.

Jan. seinen Geburtstag iin Elternheim in Milwaukee. Zu dieser Peier waren einige alten Freunde aus dem Seminar geladen, die dem Gastgeber einen recht frohlichen Abend verdanken.

Eine ausgedehnte Reise unternahm M. Wehausen am 20. Jan., da er eine Rundfahrt von Oconomowoc und Ebenezer nach Watertown machte. Reisebericht spater.---------Auch Kollege Nitz wurde alsdann vom Reisefieber ergriffen.

Er pilgerte zuerst nach Watertown, von da gings nach Madison, wo er seinen alten Bekannten Alfred Schweppe besuchte.

Herr Lehrer Backer aus Milwaukee stattete seinen Freunden im Seminar, friiheren Stdiengenossen zu New Ulm, am 20. Jan. einen Besuch ab.

Am 23. Jan. besuchte Herr Pastor A. Froehlke von Neenah sei­ nen Sohn Philip und S. Baer.

P. Walter Pankow, Pastor in Dalton, Wis., erfreute uns am 23.

Jan. mit einen Besucli.

Wieder einmal durfte Theresa, Wis., iliren genialen Mitburger, uns'era. Genossen Otto Pluedermann erblicken, der am 2. Pebruar den Weg zur Heimat einschlug.

Ewald Sterz hielt vom 22-26 Jan. in der Gemeinde des Pastors Paul Pieper in Cudahy Schule, da die Lehrerin erkrankt war.

Am 30. Jan. reiste Philip Frohlke, Glied der dritten Klasse, nach Hause (Neenah) um Zeitweilig in der dortigen Gemeindeschule zu unterrichten, da eine Vakanz eingetreten ist.

Am 22. Jan. konnten wir einen neuen Schuler in unsern Kreis aufnehmen, namlich Herbert Harthun von Milwaukee, der vom Sem­ inar in St. Louis zu uns gekommen ist.

Da wir mit der Exegese des Romerbriefes zu Scliluss gekommen sind, haben wir am 14. Pebruar mit der Kirchengeschichte begonnen. Bis Zu Schluss des Scliuljahres werden wir uns mit der “Neuesten Zeit” (1689-1917) der Kirchengeschichte beschaftigen.

Monsieur B^enske, unser Cotus-Sekretar, ist endlich nach langer vergeblicher Umsicht, mit vielen Sorgen, Bedenken and Unkosten verbunden, zu der rechten Fullfeder gekommen. Wir gratuliren (der Fountain-pen Co.)!

VI

iPS.'T

—IN MEMORIAM. George Washington was born on the 22 of February, 1732. Ever since his birth he began growing into manhood and at the age of the American Revolution led the troops of the colonies. Many a battle he lost, but many he won. After the war was over, and the English wouldn，t fight any more, he was elected President of the U. S. Because there were no statistics to prove the presence of any other president before him, he was called the first president of the U. S. His untimely death caused his demise, shortly before his funeral.

—Dad. ―Prof: Ich glaube, dass die Klasse wieder nicht prapariert ist.

Sock: Sagen sie lieber “noch nicht,anstatt “wieder nicht.”

Der Zimmermann, der Zimmermann, Der sehe sicli den Tacitus an.

—Luther is our drum major. This comes from the Latin drumus maior, the largest drum. Although he doesn’t carry a drum, he sure­ ly carries a large drum stick. 一Smoky translating: A bullet stepped into view and a man was seen on the Rockies, just out of sight.

—Sock: What is a Spaniard when he has eaten his father and mother?

Hitchcock: A cannibal.

Sock: No, an orphan. 一Croll wants to buy a flashlight that you light with matches, in order to save batteries. ―O. Snipes: “I don，t care a trifle, but it enrages me so.” ―The best example for economy is our friend Shep. When he sits down, he doesn’t put his feet on the floor, to save the soles. When he goes up the stairs, lie takes two steps at a time to save the carpet.

—What’s a hero?

One who listens to Beans play the bass horn for five minutes. ―Bei unserem Eddie ist der Komparativ von Glas, Glaser. 一If you take the S off of Smiley, what will be left.

Smokey: Miley, in other words a three-mile shag.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

I Literary: [-• Poem: At the End___ ____ •309 l:c Henrik Ibsen nnd the Rights ot the Individual..................... .310 3H. L' .^ocm: Fmebltng. r 、Varmu kaempfen wir?............. 315 K Sir John Manmlcvillc in a Movie 321 nho Die Schlacht am SUaggerak-----323 291 ditorials---........294 ollepe Notes .Alumni Notes---- ... ........296 207 rCoed Notes-----------297 changes Kebus Omnihus...

299 ?.01 ,We tics.....................

304

:A us dem Seminar

305 307

ffles to Volume XX

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WISCONSIN

)liAa(scDR£D EDITORIAL STAFF.

Waldemar A. Retzlaff Helmuth W. Schaefer Samuel 0. Herrmann

Adeline G. Kortegast Elmer C. Kiessling William H. Lehmann

Otto C. Klaye Gustav J Schlegel Adolf G. Zeisler

A. Wacker, J. Henning, E. Blakewell, A. Matzke, L. Volis, K. Kuske, R. Timm el H. Lau, W. Meier, E, Duxe, A. Zeisler. B. Lange

Above are the champions: The class basket ball team of 'IS. Its accomplishments are unique and unpreceiulented, having 1000 per cent to its credit; besides, the valient Juniors ran up the high­ est score ever made at N. W. C. SI -8. Duxe, the captain also made the highest number of points that any player here could ever boast of. Their other great and good qualities we will commit to posterity in the following ode: It’s the finest team I’ve ever seen, Their motto was: * We’re quick and clean.’

Whene’er the ball did come their way One basket more was stored away.

The reason why they played so clean: They were all of the Class ’18.

We'll honor them to do them right; We’ll honor the maroon and white.

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BLACK AND RED

^KpS^> *> 二

Volume XX.

Watertown, Wis., March 1917.

Number 10

AT THE END. Solemn rings the minutes’ toll Of Time’s subtle foot engendered; In their shortening, passing role Swiftly is their verdict rendered.

“You are thru” before they flee Each to say is given power.

All men’s acts by their decree Once attain their final hour.

Now they call ere yet begun Is the tardy workman’s labor; Plans conceived are left undone; He must leave when sounds Time’s tabor.

Thus we go, but why lament; Others fill as well our places; In the path the minutes went Speed we to eternal graces.

E. C. K.

310

THE BLACK AND BED.

HENRIK IBSEN AND THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL. That cycle of decades whose birth was contemporaneous with the beginning of the French Revolution and whose limit as yet lies below the horizon of the present time may fitly be termed the age of the rise of the individual, the age of social enlightenment. Be­ liefs and customs deeply imbedded in the hearts and characters of people’s are naturally not overthrown without any resistance at a single onslaught. Never was this statement more true than in reference to the general conception of the inferior and depen­ dent position of the individual which dominated the world in a greater or lesser degree, during all times prior to the eighteenth century.

Revolution and fanaticism then, with reaction and epigonous slackness in its wake, were tlie phenomena that , we might expect when once the tongue of personal freedom had loosed itself. His­ tory has provided us with the example which bears out this theory.

Soon after the extremes of tlie French Revolution followed the era of Napoleon in which, as in the years immediately following, the individual contented himself with a mere verbal assertion of his rights, whereas he almost unconsciously fell victim to some of the worst and most drastic forms of absolutism. Fortunately, how­ ever, this was but a necessary stagnation. The dam of centurylong oppresion had once been broken. Where was there now a permanent barrier to impede the onrush of Freedom for one and all?

With redoubled fury the curbed spirits of the people broke their bounds in the memorable months of 1S4S. But once again had vaulting ambition o’erleaped itself. Much was gained,，tis true, but what was that in comparison with the original intent.

Lassitude took the place of frenzied zeal. The self-satisfied, de­ pendent liberal stepped into the ranks of the enthusiastic, radical leader. And in this age it was destined that Henrik Ibsen should be placed.

Even as Schiller was the poetic herald of the underlying prin­ ciples of the French Revolution, so Ibsen may be regarded as the voice of 1848. Ibsen was just twenty years of age and a humble apprentice to a yet humbler apothecary in the little town of Grimstad, Norway, when the thunder-clouds of *48 began to show them­ selves. Hardly would the excited minds of that time, themselves so soon after to recede into sloth, have foreseen in the penurious, brooding youth with his pestle and mortar in hand and his stock­ ingless feet a future champion of their cause, one who would en­ large on their ideas with, unflinching effort long after they had for­ gotten their fervor.

Even at that time Ibsen gave vent to liis revolutionary tenden­ cies in the form of his first drama, “Catiline,” which lie had finally compiled after desultory perusals by lamplight of Sallust and Cicero.

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Of course this, as all liis first works, is directly under the influence of local conditions in Norway, and since its artistic value is but small also, can hardly be viewed with interest other than to trace the development of the poet’3 ideals. The years Immediately sub­ sequent to the production of “Catiline” have been termed the his­ torical period in Ibsen’s literary life. The dramas of this time are based in the main on Norse folk-lore and show the poet in his mak­ ing. Not until the year 1864 did Ibsen liberate himself from the spell of his environments, but then it was to do so in a most de­ cidedThe^mmediate cause was the indifferent and neutral attitude which Norway observed toward the annexation by Schleswig-Holstein, which had hitherto been under the jurisdic­ tion of the Danish crown. To a Pan-Scandinavian enthusiast, as Ibsen then was, this apathy on the part of his countrymen, he had all along learnt to detest, seemed nothing short of cornblooded treason. In the most violent language he anathematizea the pedantic, self-satisfied Norwegians and quit his country there never to return to it for twenty-seven years. Fortunately an allowance voted him by the Storthing shortly before enabled him to take this step. This also terminated an epoch m nis literary career. Henceforth he is an European, a cosmopolitan Poe~* ... settings indeed and his characters are bound to Norway s milieu, but his thoughts and reflections concern the world at large.

In the balmy sun of the Eternal City, whither lie had betaken himself, he finished his first great masterpiece, Brand. fii or Nothing* is Brand’s maxim. I-Iis countrymen, including His own mother, offer him, their clergyman, a part, offer him nine tenins of Uieir affections and fortunes in the time of need. Bra .ever, spurns them all, demanding everything or nothing, ing that when tlie moment of trial is passed they will hug their fish ego as much as ever. He is the incarnation of • But alas, his idea of God becomes distorted from the God or love to the old-testament God of vengeance. He dies a sacrifice at altar of a mistaken method for raising the ideals of his peoP1®It would seem that Ibsen liad changed his views^ on certain questions during the period of Brand's creation. Ibsen s ne^ ^ ° a motive was to awaken his countrymen, and all other people similar condition, from their complacent lethargy. Naturally we are led to expect that Brand will open the road to sucn a re^ and if not successful in the carrying out of his scheme, then at to be a symbolic, tragic guide to the correct way. But before id completed the fifth act, he evidently felt that Brand with nis aDnomal will-power and his all-or-nothing challenge could not be type of man that would elevate his phlegmatic bretnren at • And here already that lack of clearness in the motives, tnat co *• flict of ideas which became so characteristic of all of Ibsen s iuther works makes its appearance. Brand confesses at last tnat ne

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has chosen the wrong path. He dies by his own fault while his people are but strengthened in their indolent opinions.

To one not initiated in the character and methods of the drama­ tist Ibsen, the different conflicting theories and motives massed to­ gether in one and the same work and the customary question-mark with which he winds up his action may seem dire confusion. And confusion there is to a certain extent, but with a man of Ibsen’s temperament it was inevitable. His writings without exception are polemical, reformative writings. Apart from this, of course, his dramas, especially from “Brand” on, are of high artistic value.

But art was to him, as it was to so many stormy natures before him, as for instance, Schiller or Beethoven, only the medium thru which lie expressed his thoughts and strove to inculcate them on his readers. That objective adoration of art for the sake of art, possessed by a Shakespeare, a Goethe, or a Mozart, was totally for­ eign to his nature. And so instead of conforming to the rules of art he made them conform to his own needs, whereby tie created a new form of drama and domiciled the terse prose dialogue, which knows nothing of soliloquies or of chance-happenings, on the mod­ ern stage.

As a writer with a puropse, then, Ibsen may be likened to a solitary Diogenes entering with his lantern of sceptical criticism and questioning into every walk of society, dragging forth each traditional custom or belief and holding it up to public gaze from every point of view. His highest ideal in life was truth, absolute truth in all respects, and that was why when finding a questionable social institution he would subject it to the most discriminating survey, baring each and everything with the sole purpose of reform.

Of course his dramas seldom indicated the remedy; all they did was to set hipa most painstaking and comprehensive diagnosis.

And—in this Ibsen fulfilled his duty as a poet-reformer, The solution of such great problems lay beyond his time. It was enough that he caught the volatile ideas of liis age and crystallized them for the benefit of his contemporaries. It is far more difficult to arouse the latent energy of people and install a lasting enthusiasm in them than it is to direct this energy and enthusiasm along the right lines when it has once been aroused. Ibsen set the world a-thinking by digging up each deep-seated conviction, as regards the different phazes of society, and displaying it from every angle in the sun of present-day civilization and knowledge.

Any lack of clarity in his dramas is not therefore to be ascribed to a bemuddled mind. It is rather due to the poets intrinsic love of truth in not wishing to leave anything hidden. As soon as he be­ gan to doubt, he reflected that doubt in his work as a symptom of a most minute diagnosis, wishing merely to give it a fair chance of proving itself a fundamental principle in the future make-up of society. And it is but natural that many doubts should present themselves. Social questions of great moment, like those of tlie

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individual rights of man, have many a condition, many a doubt, many an impossibility in their van. Should the individual be ab­ solutely free? Should lie live only for himself? Should these rights be restricted to the masculine world? Should these rights be subservient to the institutions of state and religion? And all these doubts Ibsen at least articulated.

In the course of his development he gave different answers to them as he evolved one from the other. In “Peer Gynt” the con­ stant exhortation is: ‘‘Go straight thru, find thyself and be your­ self enough,” in other words, mind neither custom nor fellowman.

Make clear to yourself your vocation, then practice it, regardless of human weakness around you. The “Pillars of Society” modi­ fies this, saying, "Be yourself, but after the spirit of Truth and Lib­ erty.” In “A Dolls House,” that sedes doctrine of woman’s rights, these incontestable privileges are extended to women also, and in their apportionment the poet finds no obstacle in the sacred bands of matrimony. Then, however, comes the ban of environment, of destiny, and of heritage. Can every man be himself? The gruesome example of “Ghosts” answers ‘No.’ No? Perhaps, however, the elite natures of mankind are the elect in this case. The com­ mon crowd, the ‘compact majority’ is accordingly denounced in “An Enemy of the People.” The blessings of learning to know oneself, the blessings of free and unrestrained thought and action can only be enjoyed by a few whose inborn tendencies make them able to be raised to a higher niveau than that of the rest of the world. Ibsen here bordered very closely on Nietsche’s theory of the superman, as he otherwise also lias many points in common with that erratic genius.

But finally after all these vague hypotheses the poet sets for himself a slightly different standard, to which he adheres to the end. Tho this standard was little more than an unexplained name in his dramas, which referred to the future, we may deduce his con­ ception of it from the works of his so-called period of resignation, ill which he despairs of reforming the world at its present stage, never losing heart for the future, however. The teaching of this future ideal may be summed up thus: From individual bondage thru Freedom to an exercise of the Free-will. The individual must learn to know himself, to be true to himself and to be content with himself. Further he must be in a position to do this. All decep­ tion, all lies must therefore be eliminated, be they in connection with self, with family, with church, or with state. Truth and free­ dom are the only media for the realization of this spiritual meta­ morphosis. After the individual has thus learnt himself and made clear to himself what his position on earth is, then comes the third great factor in this new social code: Willingness to serve and elevate others, willingness to place the naturally egoistic part of self .u^ider the authority of political and social institutions, in so far as these do not tend to restrict his ethical rights.

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Ibsen, as aforesaid, perhaps more felt than knew how to voice this theory. What matters it. His life-work had been accomp­ lished. He passed for out beyond the walls which hemmed in the ideals of 1848. He sliook off the deceptive cloak of pseudo-liberal­ ism whicli followed upon it and filled the minds of his time with premonitions of a greater future. His work was mainly a work of demolishing existing social evils. How the fundamental notions of society once destroyed will be rebuilt, time alon'e can tell. The civilized world, Ibsen admitted, was not yet on a high enough plane for his social polity on the eve of the twentieth century. Most of us, holding fast as we do to the biblical tenets of the unalterable sinfulness of mail in liis mortal state, will hardly be convinced by Ibsen’s idealistic conviction that the steadily increasing spiritual enlightenment will make tlie future generations competent to live under such Utopian institutions.

Be that as it may, we are not going too far in saying that we now stand at tlie beginning of a new epoch. New ideas are arising.

Questions of eternal peace, of woman’s rights, of supermen are be­ ing mooted everywhere. Of many of these Ibsen was the prophet.

Surely he is destined to live as a reformer and an iconoclast until the world at large lias agreed on tliose problems which he first clothed in words, while those of liis works that have long since been included in the category of world-literature will insure his fame as a dramatic poet for many years to come.

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FRCHLING. Fliehe, alter, kalter Winter, Schon zieht Jungfrau Pruhling ein, Palirt auf einem gold’nen Wagen, Bringet warmen Sonnenscliein.

In dem Wagen liegen Blumen Und verbreiten Bltitenduft; Bunte Scharen, Pruhlingsvogel Plattern zwitscliernd.durcli die Luft.

Munter rieseln klare Bache Von den Bergen in das Tal, Und die weisse Winterdecke Schmilzt zu Wasser uberall.

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Laue Liifte wehen leise, Wecken alle Pflanzen auf, Hie und da schon bliihen Veilchen, Andre spriessen bald zu Hauf.

Priihling wird es auf der Brde, Friihling predigt die Natur; Ach raocht doch der Volkerfriihling Priedenbringend einzieh’n nur.

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WARUM KJiMPFEN WIR ?

Die Sonne war bereits untergegangen, nur das Abendrot leuchtete noch und malte die Westseite der weissgetunchten Dorfhauser in ein liebliches Rot. Es herrschte Totenstille im Dorfe. Ab und zu bellte ein Hund auf, vielleicht aus Arger, weil ihm die Miicke, nach der er in der Dunkelheit schnappte, entwischte; der Hund auf dem Nachbargeliofte meldete sich auch, um anzudeuten, dass er noch wach sei,—dann wurde es wieder still.

Noch ruhen die Bewohner des Dorfes nicht auf dem Ofen, dazu ist es noch zu fruh. Aber warum soil man sich versammeln? Die jungen Manner sind schon zwei Jahre lang fort in den Krieg, die Vater beinahe anderthalb, nur von wenigen horte man, dass sie gefallen seien, was den iibrigen zustiess weiss niemand im Dorfe.

Wer soli sich denn unter der Dorflinde versammeln? Die alten Greise um wiederum zu fragen: “Hast du etwas von deinen Sohnen geh6rt?” Diese Prage hatten sie sich gegenseitig hundertmal gestellt, und die Antwort war immer dieselbe, “Nein!” Das Einzige, was diese Leute wussten, lautete ungefahr so: “Die russischen Truppen drangen siegreich vor” Daran zweifeln ja die einfachen Bauern gar nicht, sie kennen die Tapferketi ilires Heeres, dazu sagte man ihnen, die Deutschen seien Feiglinge, auch das glauben sie, nur eins konnten sie nicht verstehen, warum horten sie nichts von ihren Sohnen.—Sollten nicht die Frauen zusammenkommen und die jungen Mjidchen? Die Frauen, die so gern Neuigkeiten horen und verbreiten, konnen jetzt nichts erfahren, nur dann und 'Wann gelangt neben den Siegesnachrichten auch eine Hiobspost yon dem Tode dieses Oder jenes Nachbars zu iliren Ohren, dann klagen sie wohl, aber die Sorge ums tagliche Brot drangt sie zur Arbeit, und die saure Arbeit dringt sie, ihren Schmerz zu vergessen. Und die jungen Madchen? Ach, sie schweigen, wie ein jeder, dessen Luftschlosser zerstort daniederliegen, sie traumten bei Beginn des Krieges, wie sie mit siegreichen, mit ordengeschmuckten Kriegern fum Traualtar schreiten wurden, aber jezt, da nicts da war,, das ihre Hoffnungen nahrte, fingen diese an zu verbleiclien, wie eine Blume, der das liohe dichte Unkraut das Sonnenlicht raubte.

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In dieser Dammerstunde naherte sich dem Dorfe ein rustiger Mann in guter deutscher Kleidung. Micli erkennnt kaum jemand, dachte er und beschleunigte seine Schritte, als er das erste Haus erblickte. Er ging auch unbemerkt auf die Wohnung zu, die ihm zuerst ins Auge gefallen war. Leise offnete er die Pforte, da sprang der Hofhund bellend auf ihn zu. “Kuscli dich, Zigan!” rief er. Der Hund erkannte die Stimme, er klaffte nur und sprang freudig am Manne empor. Indem knarrte die Tur in iliren Angeln, und die Hausfrau stand auf der Schwelle.

“Heilige Anna,” riefvsie, “bist du es Nikita, Oder ist es dein Geist! ?” Dabei fiel sie ihm um den Hals und bedeckte sein Gesicht mit Kiissen.

“Ich bin es,” erwiderte er und zog sie mit sich ins Haus.

Die Wohnstube war nur sparlich von einer klelnen Ollampe erleuchtet. Die Kinder hatten sich bereits zur Rulie begeben, aber sie schliefen noch niclit, vielleicht ahnten sie etwas, Oder der Hun­ ger qualte sie und liess sie nicht einschlafen.

“Ruhen sclion die Kinder?” fragte der Gatte. Doch ehe noch die Frau eine Antwort geben konnte, hatte die aclitjiihrige Natalja die Stimme ihres Vaters erkannt, sie zupfte ilire jiingere Sell wester am Rockchen, “komm!” rief sie ilir zu, und im Nu war sie vom Ofen gerutscht und fiel ihrem Vater um den Hals. Anjutka folgte, da aber ilire Scliwester den Vater immer noch fest umschlungen hielt, und die Mutter seine rechte Hand, griff sie zur linken,—doch sie liess diese sofort fallen.

“Sie ist ja liart und kalt, “rief sie erstaunt aus. Der Vater lachelte: **Ware es nicht um diese Hand, so ware ich jetzt nicht bei euch, sondern lege wohl drei Arschinen tief in der Erde,” sagte er, “es ist eine Gimimihand.

Alle betrachteten das Wunderding.

“Lass gut sein, Nikita, komm, ich zeige dir (leinen Sohn, der wird dir deine Hand einst ersetzen,” rief die Mutter freudestrahlend und fiihrte ihn zu Scliwinge, einen Korb, der mit vier Schnuren an der Decke befestigt liing; dort lag das Kind im friedliclien Schlummer.

Freudentranen traten dem Vater in die Augen. Ein Sohn, ja, ejn Sohn, wie oft liat er niclit fern vom heimatlichen Dorfe von einem Sohne g'etraumt, und hier lag er wirklich in der Schwinge, schlief und kannte seinen Vater nicht einmal. “Wie heisst er, und wie alt ist er? fragte der gluckliche Gatte.

—“Zu Peter-Paul wird er ein Jahr alt sein, und wir nannten ihn nach dir, wir dachten------ du konntest vielleicht nicht zurtickkehren. Soil ich ihn weeken?” fulir sie liastig fort. “Acli, lass ihn nur ruhen,” dabei beugte er sich libers Kind, kiisste es und sprach: “Gott segne dich, Nikita Nildtowitsch!”

Endlich hatte sich die Gattin von der freudigen Uberraschung soweit erholt, dass sie daran daclite ihrem Manne etwas zum Essen vorzusetzen. Aber was? Im Hause hatte sie zwar Wasser, aber kein Brot, das Mehl war ilir ausgegangen, und wo soilte sie Geld

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herschaffen, um welches zu kaufen. “Lauf, Natalja, schnell zur Nachbarin und bitte, sie mochte uns ein Laib Brot leihen, sage ihr, der Vater sei heimgekommen, und der I wan Petrowitsch sollte doch heriiberltommen•，’ Das Madchen eilte davon und kehrte bald mit einem Laib Brot zuriick. In kurzer Zeit summte der Samowar, und Nikita liess sich nieder zum durftigen Abendessen. Er war am Vormittag in Nishni-Nowgorod angelangt, dort verzehrte er ein Stuck Brot, trank ein Glas Tee, und wanderte dann den ganzen Nachmittag an der Wolga entlang stromabwarts bis er ins Heimatsdorf gelangte.

Inzwischen war die Kunde von der Heimkehr Nikitas wie ein Lauffeuer durch das ganze Dorf geeilt. Greis an Greis, Frau an Frau, drangten sich in die enge Stube und iiberhauften den Ankommling mit Fragen. “Nikita Iwanowitsch, wo ist mein Sohn, was macht er?”---------- “Mein Mann,---------- und der Meinige?” schallte es aus einer anderen Ecke. Docli der Gefragte konnte nur die wenigsten Fragen beantworten. Schliesslich zerstreuten sich die Besucher, unwillig uber die karge Auskunft, aber in der Hoffnung, dass sie morgen melir erfahren wiirden. Nur einige Greise blieben am Tische sitzen, um doch sofort aus clem Munde eines, der da gewesen war, den Sacliverlialt zu horen. ,4Erzahlt alles，was ihr wisst, Nikita,” bat Iwan Petrowitsch, °seht wir wissen nichts, wir sind wohl zu dumni, und man sagt uns nichts, aber warum sagt man uns nicht, wo unsere Sohne sind, o sie noch leben, Oder ob sie gefangen sind, Oder of sie vielleicht scho: im Grabe liegen,”一da traten deni Alten die Tranen in die Auger er wischte sie mit dem Rockarmel ab und schwieg. **Ja, erzilhlt,” fuhr Peter Wasiljewitsch fort, “was dem Zar angeht, das wollen wir ja nicht wissen, aber was unser eigen Blut betrifft, iibrigens,” dabei schaute er sich scheu um und fulir gelieimnisvoll fort, “glaube ich, dass dieser Krieg ebenso enden wird wie der gegen Japan.” Die andern schuttelten vereinend die Kopfe.

Nikita Iwanowitsch erhob sich von seinem Schemel, schritt bis zur Tiir, offnete sie und blickte hinaus in die Nacht. Es ruhte alles, nur gegen das Fenster flatterte ein Nachtfalter, gleichsam als wollte er auch noch das letzte Licht im Dorfe ausloschen. Der Bauer schloss die Haustur und verriegelte sie.

“Anna, du bedarfst der Ruhe, lege dich sclilafen, ich habe nocn mit diesen Mannern eine wichtige Angelegenheit zu besprechen, sagte er zur Gattin. Gehorsam legte sie sich zu den Kindern aut den Ofen. Nikita ging zum Tisch, wo die Greise stumm vor sicii hiiibriitend sassen. n “Gevatter,” ergriff er das Wort, “man hat mir gesagt, icIi soiie schweigen, und ich habe auf meinem Marsche heute auch aiie uorfer vermieden, aber hier kann ich nicht schweigen. Ich sene, wie ihr euch angstigt um eure Kinder und Verwandten, und aas nicnt ohne Grund, es ware Unrecht, wollte ich hier kurzweg benaupten. ich weiss von Nichts. Aber ihr miisst mir versprecnen, nicnt zu

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laut daruber zu reden.’’ Die Bauern ahnten, dass sie etwas hochst Unerfreuliches horen sollten und nickten nur zustimmend. Nikita fuhr fort: “Es ist wahr ich kann nicht einem jeden von euch sagen, wo seine Sohne sind, acht nur waren von diesem Dorfe in einem Regimente, und ich bin der Einzigste, der noch lebt, die Obrigen sind in der Schlacht bei Warscliau gefalien, auch mir drang eine Kugel durch den Arm.-----------“Scliaut her!” und er streckte ilinen die Gummihand entgegen.-----------------“Ilir sehet mich fragend an, Iwan Petrowitscli,” sagte der Redner nach einer Weile, **ja, eure beiden Sohne sind gut aufgehoben.” ―Der Alte verstand ihn, seine Augen blitzten, er ballte seine Fauste, “Niemzy gadjuki,” (die deutschen Nattern) sclirie er auf und ein Scliwall von Plucliwortern folgte. Das rauhe Gefiilil der Wut hatte ihn ergriffen, unterdriickte das Mitleid und seinen eigenen Schmerz, und verschaffte sich Luft. “Beruliigt euch, Iwan,” baten die anderen, “weckt docli Frau und Kinder nicht.” Da kam er zur Besinnung, schnell schlug er drei Kreuze, als wollte er damit das Gesagte gut machen, liess such ruhig auf die Bank nieder und stierte den Boden an. Man schwieg eine Zeitlang dann fuhr Nikita Iwanowitsch fort.

“Ihr Audit, Gevatter, iiber die Deutschen, weil sie unsere Sohne im Kampfe toten, glaubt ihr, dass einem deutschen Vater sein Sohn aicht ebenso lieb ist wie euch? Und wer totet ihre Kinder? Wir und unsere Bundesgenossen.一Nein, Nachbarn, ihr tut den Deutschen Unrecht, sie kampfen gezwungen von iliren Feinden, und wir 一gezwungen von unserer Obrigkeit. Und was tut der Tscliin fur uns?—Als unsere Truppen Novo-Georgiewsk raumten, da lag ich im Lazarett verwundet und schwach infolge des Blutverlusts. Ich bat, ich flehte, man sollte mich doch mitnehmen, denn mann hatte mir gesagt, dass die Deutschen alle Gefangenen toten, aber man schenkte meinen Bitten kein Gehor. Ich versuchte mir selbst zu helfen brach aber bewusstlos zusammen.” -----“Als ich erwachte, war bereits eine Woche verstrichen, ich befand mich im Innern des sonnigen Deutschlands und meine Hand hatte man amputiert.” Alles geschah wider Erwarten, ich glaubte pian wiirde mich erschiessen, Oder wenigsten.sobald ich genesen bin, in Ketten werfen und hinter Schloss und Riegel setzen, aber im Gegenteil man liess mich frei in einem alten Schlossgarten umherwandeln. Da sass ich dann oft auf einer bemoosten Steinbank und sann; mir war alles noch wie ein Traum. |*Eines Morgens sonnte icli mich wieder in dem Garten. Etwas abseits spielten die Kinder der vornehmen Dame, die ihr Schloss in ein Hospital verwandelt hatte und selbst friih- und spat als Krankenflegerin wirkte. Die Kleinen spielten wie gewohnlich Krieg, und ich sass und schaute zu. Kinder sind Kinder, daclite ich, sie spielen dieselben kindlichen Spiele an der Elbe wie an der Wolga. Das Madchen, just so alt wie meine Anjutka, hat eine Puppe auf dem Arme und nimmt Abschied von ihrem Bruder, der in den Krieg

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zieht, der kiisst seine Schwester und dann die Puppe und dann wieder sie und eilt von dannen; und das Madchen setzt sich hin und weint, Oder glaubt zu weinen, indem sie das Taschentuch vor die Augen halt.—Dieser Auftritt der Kinder erinnerte mich an meinen Abschied, an meine Kinder, wie sie sich aus Lumpen und einem Holzloffel Puppen zu machen pflegten, und dabei ebenso gliicklich waren wie diese. Und wiederum tauchte in mir der Gedanke auf, wie geht es den Deinen zu Hause, haben sie noch zu essen, denn tagtiiglich horte ich von den Niederlagen, die unsere Truppen erlitten.

Man erzahlte mir davon, aber nicht, wie man erwarten wiirde, auf schadenfrohe Weise, sondern mit wahrem Mitleide, man bedauerte meine Landsleute, die da kampfen mussten oline zu wissen, warum. Und diese Worte, 'varum kampfen wir, schossen mir wieder und wieder durch den Kopf und auch jetzt griibelte ich daruber iiacli•” _.

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“Da plotzlich horte ich raschen I-Iufschlag und das Schnaufen eines Pferdes, es war scheu geworden, hatte die Umzaunung durchbrochen und raste nun die Gartenallee hinab. Ich dachte an die Kinder, und da stand der Knabe in der Mitte des Weges, im Nu hatte ich ihn ergriffen und zur Seite gezogen. —Aus Dank dafur hat mir die Mutter des Knaben diese Gummihand geschenkt und bewirkte es, dass bei dem niichsten Gefangenenaustausch ich mitgeschickt wurde.”

“So bin ich nun hier, Gevatter, aber warum wir kampfen, weiss ich immer noch nicht. Wir haben Land, viel und fruchtbares Land, und wir opfern unseren besten Krafte auf. Tausende von den Unseren sind arbeitsunfahig, verstummelt und verkriippelt, arger als ich, und vielleicht noch mehr haben, wie eure beiden Sohne, Iwan Petrowitsch, das Zeitliche gesegnet.—Was haben die Deutschen uns zu Leide getan?------ Wir hatten einen deutschen Schmied hier im Dorfe, den Michel, hat er euch je etwas zu Leide getan?

Nein, aber man hat ihn nach Sibirien geschleppt, als der Krieg ausbrach, und der Wasil versteht sein Handwerk nicht so gut als jener.

Ich glaube, meine Nachbarn, unsere Regierung hat einen Becher mit Wermut gefiillt und wir miissen ihn bis zur Hefe ausleeren.

Der Redner brach ab, die Bauern erhuben sich von ihren Sitzen und machten Anstalten zu gehen. Sie hatten wahrend der langen Erzahlung Nikitas geschwiegen und schwiegen auch jetzt, was sie gehort hatten, klang so neu, so befremdend, und doch war es wahr, aber die Wahrheit ist oft schwer zu verdauen.

Nikita Iwanowitsch geleitete seine Giiste bis zur Pforte, dort wiinschten sie einander einen guten Morgen, denn der Hahn hatte bereits die erste Stunde des Tages angekiindigt, und ein jeder begab sich nach seiner Wohnung. Auch Nikita warf sich auf’s Lager, nachdem er noch einen Blick auf seinen Kleinsten geworfen hatte, mtide aber mit erleichtertem Herzn schlief er bald ein.

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Kreise seiner gliickliclien Familie und erzahlte ihnen von seinen Erlebnissen. Die Kinder lauschten andachtig, des Vaters Berichte waren ebenso interessant wie der Mutter Marchen.

Da auf einmal bellte der Hund, an dem Tore befestigten zwei berittene Polizisten ihre Pferde, offneten die Pforte, zogen ihre Degen und schritten auf das Hans zu. Nikita ging ihnen, Boses • ahnend, entgegen.

“Im Namen des Zaren,” raunte der altere Polizist ihn an, “ihr seid verhaftet;** dabei fasste er ihn bei der Schulter, wahrend der andere ilim Fesseln anlegte.—Frau und Kinder eilten auf den Hof, weinten. und jammerten, Nikita trostete sie: “Geht nur in’s Haus,M sagte er ruhing und gefasst, ich.. kehre bald zuriick, ich weiss ja nocli gar niclit, weshalb man mich verhaftet.”一Die Frau liiingte sich: an seinen Hals und wollte ihn nicht wieder von sich lassen; die Polizisten schimpften, was das Weib sie aufzuhalten habe, sie drohten. Endlich bewegte Nikita seine sonst so geliorsame Gattin ins Haus zu gehen. Sie eilte in die Stube, kehrte aber sofort mit dem Kleinen im Arme wieder zuruck. Das Kind weinte, vielleicht weil die Muttei.es aus dem friedlichen Schlummer gerissen, Oder weil es die Mutter weinen sah. Da traten aucli dem standliaften Vater die Triinen in die Augen; nur die Polizisten blieben unbewegt, und fluchten, weil sie hier Zeit vergeuden mussten. Auf einmal griff der eine das Kind dem Vater aus dem Arm und trug es unsanft ins Haus, der Vater winkte, und die Mutter, scliluchzend und wankend, folgte mit den Kindern.

Die Polizisten bestiegen ihre Pferde nahmen den Verhafteten in die Mitte und zogen los' Bei jedem Schritt, den Nikita machte, klirrten die Ketten an seinen Fussen. Dieser dumpfe Klang rief die Bewohner aus Fenster und auf die Strasse, und bald folgte das ganze Dorf trotz der Befehle der Polizisten, sich zu zerstreuen. Auch der Pope hatte den Zug heranwalzen selien, er eilte hinaus. “Warum?” fragte er, zu den Polizisten hinzutretend. Alles drangte sich lieran, um die Antwort zu horen,—eine wahre Tellszene war es. “ Er hat gefahrliche Liigen verbreitet,” lautet die Anklage.

Nikita sprang auf einen Stein der am Wege lag, und rief: “ Ge­ vatter, Nachbarn, wiisst ihr warum wir kiimpfen? Ich weiss es jetzt, um das Reclit der freien Rede, um das Reclit, die Wahrheit zu sagen. Geht alle nacli Hause, sorget nicht um micli”--------------Er wollte nocli mehr sagen, aber die Polizisten stiessen ilin voni Stein hinab und befahlen ihm zu scliweiegn.

Nikita Iwanowitsch ist nicht zuriickgekehrt, man scliickte ihn nach den fernen Osten, nach Sibirien, weiter fort von seinem Weib und Kindern als er es vordem gewesen, da ist er ein Gefangener seines eigenen Volkes. Ihn hatte die Regierung, weil er zu laut gesprochen, in harte Fesseln gesclilagen, aber was es gesagt hatte, konnte sie nicht yertilgen.

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SIR JOHN MAUNDEYILLE, KNIGHT, IN A MOVIE SHOW. (This is the first chapter of the second volume of his wonder­ ful travels recently unearthed in the brain of ye undersigned scribe.)

Of all the diverse wonders and strange peoples and countries that I have recorded in my first book there be none greater than those I shall now tell you of. And ye shall understand that after my gout and rheumatics had left me, that did some time distress me sore, I, Sir John, did once more take my staff and collect my faithful followers about me for a journey into far off lands. Know then that in the 5th month of the year A. D. 1347 I took ship and came to a distant shore of which we knew not the name. And cast­ ing anchor, we passed over a bridge clept ‘Five and one half Centu­ ries and entered into a country full marvelous wherein there are many diversities and folks of such strange manner that it surpasseth all else on earth. And that country beareth the name of ‘1917.’ And it is a great country and a fair, noble and rich. And ye shall know .that in the streets of the city whereto we went there be great palaces that reach unto the clouds and receive their light from the stars.

And truly the stars are there so close to the earth that men do see by them as well as by the sun, so that there is no darkness in that land. But fast beside the streets there are in that city whereof I spoke palaces full heavenly and full marvelous. To wit there be an arena and on each side many pillars, as men approach, that shim brighter than gold and diamonds. And also be there folk of di verse kinds going in and out constantly, as there were within sonu mighty king or chan.

Before one comes to the great entrance there be many paint­ ings of bright color and great dimensions standing about. Many of these are of the finest workmanship, so that men may wonder at them, but others do present right strange spectacles resembling women only they be all red and distorted. Others, wit ye, show pic­ tures of women who have but thin dress and tight. And I trow on this account that the women be made to suffer much from cold or otherwise. Also did I marvel at a procession of females on one of these pictures which were each bearing aloft a heavy standard while that the men did laugh and look at them. And surely that betokeneth slavery of women there.

And many other wondrous things there could be seen of which I wot well you would scarce believe me, but ye shall understand tliat my fellows and I had great lust to see the estate of that great pourt from within. And after that we did give some gold (for gold is valued there even more highly than by the Jew folk in our land) they did let us enter.

And albeit that some men will not believe me but hold it for fable to tell them what I saw there, nevertheless I shall tell you some things thereof. And wit well that there is within a vale in which there is naught of light but all darkness, like in Egypt when that Pharao

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was stubborn, wherefore I think too that this folk is suffering punish­ ment because of some evil deed. Nevertheless in the distance there be seen men and women in bright daylight which do live and go about their work. But those men that go in this darkness must do so day by day, which is their doom, until their eyesight be all destroyed and they be all confounded by the happiness of their lucky brothers there in the distance, which they must always see like Tan­ talus his apple. Yet, wit ye well, that is not all. For men thus punished know it not until they must needs go to this black pit or else that they grow always weary.

And in that place is also a ghastly noise coming from the depths, which tires men’s minds. And it is verily like unto bad music. But it was told me that men soon get accustomed to its tones and get much enjoyment therefrom. Yet had I a waxing suspicion that this might be the land wherein dwelt the Sirens who of old, ye know, would have misled Odysseus but that the ears of his fellows were stuffed with wax. And I feared much for my men, yet I conceive not how that such music could really seduce men.

That distant land which one could discern was parted from the valley of darkness by a thick falling of rain. And right foolish raethinks be the actions of those people there. For there would appear there all manner of people and truly no lack of women. And they were in such manner of habiliment as we know naught of, # altlio there was more of covering with them than with the Lamians, that wicked people where we were, who thought themselves bound to be as in Paradise, forgetting the terrible fall into sinful­ ness of Adam and Eve, his wife. And the women never appeared but that their lips were of a dark color and their eyebrows also, which made them look like evil spectres. And surely, virtue was not marked in their faces.

Of the men, tho they often seemed great heroes, I had not chosen one for my yeoman, for to wit they had all the qualities of our amor­ ous knights without any of tlieir manliness. Some fell to capering and jumping up and down so that I liave no doubt they were beset of the bad one like him that our Lord cured in the graveyard.

There be many other things yet that do make this such a ter­ rible place for those who must go there. Yet my men and I did get exceeding tired of it and were moved with much pity. Then suddenly there arose a strange laughter and a clapping from the darkness. I trow that was the fiend clapping his wings in exulta­ tion, wherefore my fellows and I straightway passed out tliru. the great hall door into the arena where burnt more then 10,000 little stars. And in truth who has not seen this place can not believe it, for it is a wonderful sight and terrible, as I have rehearsed to you.

Thence we took to our ships again.

And the name of that Palace was Nickle Show in the tongue B. C. K, of that country. By some men it is clept Movie.

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DIE SCHLACHT AM SKAGERRAK. Seit jenem grossen Kampfe an der Kuste Schottlands, in welchem die spanische Armada besiegt wurde, galten die Englander als die Beherrscher der Meere. Damals freute man sich uber diesen Sieg, weil dadurch den tyrannischen Spaniern die Macht genommen wurde. Aber der gegenwartige Krieg lelirt, dass das Joch der Englander gerade so schwer zu ertragen ist, wie das der Spanier war. Obwohl sie nicht so tapfer sind wie die Spanier vor mehr als dreihundert Jahren, die den Feind auf clem Schlachtfelde zu besiegen versuchten, so verstehen sie es doch, den Feind und auch neutralen Landern durcli ihre Schiffe zu schaden.

Zu Anfang des Krieges wurde festgestellt, wie viele Soldaten die Zentralmachte ins Feld stellen konnten, und wie viel mehr ihren Peinden zur Verfligung standen. Hiermit wollte man beweisen, dass der Kampf fiir Deutschland und seine Verbiindeten aussichtslos sei. Ferner wurde behauptet, dass die Zentralmachte auf dem Meere nocli viel weniger auf einen Sieg hoffen konnten, da die englische Flotte der feindlichen so weit iibeiiegen sei.

Den Deutschen jedoch schien ein Kampf auf dem Wasser gar nicht so aussichtslos. Die Soldaten der Marine hofften zweiunclzwanzig Monate vergeblich auf das Erscheinen der englischen Flot­ te, damit sie sich mil der grossen Seemacht messen konnten. Schon seit dem Beginn des Krieges hielten die Wachtschiffe Umschau nach dem Feinde. Es wurde zuletzt eine selir langweilige Beschiiftigung, aber sie clurfte nicht aufgegeben 'verden. Lange schien die Arbeit vergeblich zu sein.

Endlich, nachdem beinahe zwei Jahre des Krieges vergangen waren, wurde der deutschen Flotte die langersehnte Gelegenheit geboten. Eine Abteilung Schiffe erhielt den Befehl, die Englander aufzusuchen. Sie fuhren iiber die Nordsee, aber sie konnten kein feindliches Schiff erspahen. Um jedoch nicht vergeblich aus dem Hafen gefahren zu sein, naherten sie sich der englischen Kliste.

Infolge des Nebels gelang es ihnen auch, friihmorgens die Kliste unbemerkt zu erreichen. Nun machten sie sich an die Arbeit, eine Pestung zu beschiessen. Ehe die aus dem Schlaf erweekten Eng­ lander recht zur Besinnung gekommen waren, war ihr Fort an der Kliste zerstort. Zwei Schiffe wurden noch versenkt; dann ging es weiter.

Inzwischen wurde eine andere Abteilung deutscher Schiffe beauftragt, wieder einmal einen Versuch zu machen, die Englander auf der See zu treffen und mit ihnen zu kampfen. Diesmal gelang es ihnen auch wirklich. Am 31. Mai, etwa um vier Uhr nacliniittags kamen vier englische Kreuzer in Sicht. Als sie die Deutschen sahen, flohen sie, aber sie wurden verfolgt, bis sie in Reichweite der deutschen Geschutze waren. Doch bald wurde die Verfolgung aufgegeben, denn aus der Feme sahen die Deutschen machtige Rauchwolken aufsteigen, die das Herannahen starker feindlicher verkundeten. Nun ging es mit ungeheurer Schnelligkeit

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auf diese zu. Grosse Freude herrschte auf den deutschen Schiffen, • denn endlich schien ihr Wunscli, mit der englischen Marine zu kampfen, in Erflillung zu gehen. Als sie nahe genug am Feind waren, um ihre Geschutze zu gebrauchen, war das Ziel schon auf die einzelnen Schiffe verteilt.

Nun begann der Kampf. Der Wind erschwerte den Engliindern das Zielen, da er den Rauch und den Pulverdampf vor den Geschiitzen hertrieb. Dies war ohne Zweifel die Ursache des schlechten Zielens zu Anfang der Schlaclit. Schon nach kurzem Ringen verschwand das englische Scliiff "Queen Mary” in den Fluten. Die­ se Nachricht wurde auf den deutschen Schiffen mit Jubel begriisst.

War dies doch das Scliiff, von dem die Englander gesagt hatten, dass sein blosses Erscheinen auf dem Meere die Feinde in die Flucht schlagen wurde. Mit neuein Mut auf deutscher Seite wurde weiter gefochten. Bald sank ein zweites der sechs Panzerkrcuzer der Eng­ lander. Das Vertrauen der Deutschen auf die Leitung wurde noch womoglich erhoht, als die fuuf deutschen Schiffe bereits zwci ihrer Gegner versenkt hatten.

Unvermutet jedoch nalite den bedriingten Engliindern Ililfe, als vom Norden her eine Anzahl Linienschiffe herbeikam. Nun gestaltete sich die Sache ernster fur die deutschen Schiffe. Obwohl sie auch schon Schaden gelitten liatten, nahmen sie (loch ohne Zogern den Kampf mit den neuen Gegnern auf, denn das Bewusstsein des soeben errungenen Sieges war noch in ilirer Seele. Von beiden Seiten kamen die Torpedoboote zum Angriff herbei. Nacli einem kurzen Gefecht dieser Boote hatten (lie Englander den Verlust zweier grosser Zerstorer zu verzeichnen, wahrend die Deutschen ein Torpedoboot verloren.

Schon am Nachraittag war die Meldung bei der I-Iauptflotte eingetroffen, dass der Feind in Siclit sei, und nun folgte eine Meldung auf die andere iiber den Verlauf des Kampfes. So schnell wie moglich machte sich das deutsche Gros anf den Weg, um den Bedrangten zu helfen. Sie griffen sogleich bei ihrer Ankunft in den Kampf ein，und nun entspann sich ein furcliterliches Morden und Zerstoren. Schon nach kurzer Zeit wurde dies den Engliindern zu viel, und, um dem Feuer der am weitesten sudlich stehenden Schiffen zu entgehen, wandten sie sich nach Norden; aber die Tragweite der deutschen Gescliutze machte diesen Versuch nutzlos. Nun versuchten sie, um die deutschen Spitze zu segeln, aber auch dies gelang ihnen nicht, da ihre Absichten schnell durchschaut waren.

Unaufhorlich dauerte der Kampf fort. Fast kein Schiff der Englander blieb unversehrt. Unter anderen wurden die Schiffe “Warrior” und “Warspite” zum Sinken gebracht. Aber auch die deutsche Flotte hatte schon bedeutende Verluste. Der Schlaclitkreuzer “Liitzow” wurde versenkt. Dies war aber auch der einzige deutsche “dreadnought,” der in dieser Schlacht verloren ging.

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den ausgebessert, wo es noch moglich war; denn ein jedes Schiff hatte eine Lecksicherungsgruppe.

Nach sechstiindigem Kampfe, etwa um zehn Uhr nacjits, stand die gesamte englische Flotte der deutschen gegeniiber, nachdem Englands starkste Schiffe unter Jellicoe zur Hilfe gekommen waren und aucli das letzte deutsche Geschwader herangeriickt war.

Jellicoe versuchte abermals, die Spitze der deutschen Flotte zu umfassen und brachte die Deutschen dabei in eine sehr gefahrliche Lage. Aber schnell entschlossen verstand es Admiral Sclieerďź&#x152; durch geschicktes Manovrieren der Gefalir zu entgehen.

Nun wurde den Torpedobootsflottillen eine Gelegenlieit gegeben, einen Angriff zu machen. Sie, die wahrend des ganzen Krieges sicli noch keinen Ruhm erworben hatten, bekamen nun endlich eine Gelegenheit, etwas zu leisten. Einige hatten zwar sclion vor etlichen Stunden gefochten, aber das waren liiiigst nicht alle. gewesen, da seitdem noch viele liinzugekommen waren. Wie Fliegen umsummten sie die englischen Gescliosse, als sie sie lierannahen sahen, aber trotzdem kamen sie diclit genug an den Feind heran, um ihm Verderben zu bereiteii. Was sie in jahrelanger t)bung gelernt hatten, das durften sie nun zum erstenmal gebrauchen. Iminer scliwerer wurden (lie Wirkungen der Torpedoboote, bis es den Englandern zu gefahrlich wurde. Plotzlich wand ten sie sich nach Norden um. In der Dunkellieit konnten die Deutschen keine Spur ihrer Gegner mehr ausser den Feuerblitzen aus ihren Geschutzen sehen, welche nun als Ziele gebraucht werden mussten. Sie benutzten Scheinwerfer, aber umsonst. Das Feuer der englischen Schiffe wurde immer seltener, bis es endlicli um Mitternacht ganz verstummte.

Noch etliche Stunden verbrachte die deutsche Flotte beim SuChen der Feinde, aber sie waren nirgends zu linden. Einige Stunden spiiter, als die Schiffe auf clem I-Ieimwege waren, niacMe eine Anzahl englishe Zerstorer einen Angriff auf sie. Sie versuchten, ungesehen heranzukommen, aber die Deutschen liielten trotzs der Feier des Sieges Wacht und versenkten einen nach dem anderen.

Etliche kamen beschadigt davon. Die deutschen Torpedoboote machten sicli an die Arbeit, die noch Lebenden aus dem Wasser zu retten.

Die Mannschaft der Zeppeline liatte geliofft, dass auch si? an der Schlacht teilnehmen konnte, aber das Wetter gestattete es nicht.

Es regnete fast den ganzen Tag, und deshalb mussten sie im Ha fen zuriickbleiben. Als die Schlacht voruber war, fuhren sie hinaus, um in der Nordsee auszukundschaften, ob sicli da noch feindliche Schiffe aufhielten. Obgleich sie in der Schlacht nicht hatten mithelfen konnen, so durften sie doch dazu beitragen, die Schlacht zu einem sicheren und glucklichen Abschluss zu bringen. .

In dieser ersten grossen Seeschlacht des Krieges verloren die Deutschen ein Linienschiff, einen Panzerkreuzer, vier kleine Kreuzer und fliuf Torpedoboote. Die Englander dagegen hatten den

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Verlust folgender Schiffe zu verzeichnen: drei Schlachtkreuzer, vier Panzerkreuzer, zwei Zerstorer, vier Fuhrerschiffe, elf Zerstorer, ein Linienschiff und einen kleinen Kreuzer.

Die Freude in Deutschland war naturlich gross, als die Meldung dieses Sieges dort eintraf. Oberall wurde der Sieg gefeiert.

Man freute sicli besonders deswegen, weil die Englander iinmer so mit ihren Seeherrschaft geprahlt hatten. Audi in anderen Landern war Freude iiber den Erfolg der tapferen Deutsclien.

Aber es ware toricht zu behapten, dass England’s Herrschaft durch diese eine Niederlage schon gebroclien sei. Wenn dies geschehen soli, dann mussen noch mehrere solche Sclilachten folgen mit einem siegreichen Ausgang fiir die Deutsclien. Aber lasst uns hoffen und beten, dass ein baldiger Priede den Krieg beende, ehe es eine zweite so schreckliche Sclilacht gibt.

A. G. K.

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THE LAST PLEA TO THOSE WHOM IT CONCERNS. With this number of the Black and Red, the last word is be­ ing said in Volume XX. Many and varied have been the experi­ ences of its staff during its edition. But since it were tedious even.

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to indicate them here, we purpose dropping them altogether with the probable exception of one, which is not so much an experience itself, but a fountain whence experience (generally of an unpleas­ ant type) springs forth.

In short it is the question of finances which we would commit to the somber colors of print in the hopes that some of our friends or readers, who are in a position to do so, may take thought and try to make clear to themselves whether a gift or fund of some kind were not as appropriate for the Black and Red in these days of abnor­ mal price in paper and printing materials as it might be for any other good cause, or as it was for our musical organizations last year.

Our paper has been criticized as being printed too closely, on too cheap paper, etc., etc. Our cuts are of the foregoing years, in fact we feel ourselves limited in the carrying out of any novel or happy idea.

Therefore we formulate this plea. It is a plea directed to those who have either influence or means, to some of our influential and richer Lutherans. There are many of these. There are also a hundred different ways in which the Black and Red might receive a modest donation to help it cope successfully with its ever increas­ ing financial problems. This then is our last petition. There is yet a chance for someone to win himself the undying thankfulness of a school in bringing about either a symbolical allowance or a private gift for the above mentioned purpose. If not, the glory of such a deed will accrue to us as soon as we have a voice in matters.

As for the rest, we wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to our subscribers and advertisers, to those of our teachers who willingly sacrificed their time to read our manuscripts, and to our fellow-stu­ dents who always lent a ready hand in folding. Thus we lay aside our pens which have brought tears, smiles and fatigue to you, worthy reader, and consign them to the care of our successors.

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N. B.一Since no valid reasons could be adduced that the De Rebus Omnibus column had a peculiar right to exist, it was de­ cided to drop this column beginning with the first number of Vol­ ume XXI. E. C. K.

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Follow me now, my friend and I will lead you to the scene of our bi-weekly music rehearsals. Of course you must not expect much more than a certain amount of space limited by four walls, a ceiling and a floor. Here it is now. Notice, there are abo_�t forty folding chairs and half as many pieces lying about pronus­ cuously. On those the musicians sit (on the whole chairs) after they have been arranged somewhat. Of course that single lonely table there is rather filled with rick-rack and the floor, to be sure shows traces of ashes and burnt matches, but that will be swept away in due time.

'Don't the walls look rather bare and empty?' you ask. Well 'tis true one would hardly think of this room when speaking of cosiness. No wonder that the players find their stay in here so stale at times. I'm almost tempted to think that we have been neglecting our music�room.

But then, you see there's a new blackboard and I believe I ca!l detect some attempt at order iu these music cabinets. Perhaps it isn't so bad anyway. It seems a little interest has been awakene � somewhere. All that is needed now is a few decorations.-Vlouldn t the pictures of the organizations be quite appropriate. Surely, they would relieve the barren look quite a bit; and a curtain in that window wouldn't be so bad either, do you notice the sun shines In the eyes of the players all the while?

All that is Qeeded after this is a little cleanliness and order �d as soon as some pride is once engendered that will follow of itself. Really I believe if you pay us another visit a year hence you'll find this one of ·Apollo's favorite retreats.

E.C.K.

THE LITERARY SOCIETIES AGAIN.

The season of our literary programs is now over. Activities in this line were suspended somewhat earlier than in preceding years, tho we ·have as many programs to our credit. In addition to this each society has planned to render a Shakespearean play.

This year's work has developed in extremes. The beginning was inauspicious, little general interest being evinced. Soon, how­ ever, a spirit of society competition arose in connection with the debates which has not been equaled for many years. Thru the mysterious office of Fate then, one society snatched all the debat­ _ ing Victories from the other, and this bad a slightly bad effec t In that it disheartened the one side while it made the other over-con­ fident and· easy-going. Much i� thus left to do for next year in eliminating these tendencies.

Nevertheless it is not saying too much that the societies have really prospered this year. What if they can't point to just that many nicely arranged programs which ran off quite harmoniously,

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etc. To tell the truth it seems we are gradually growing out of the age which boasted of your cut and dried, well-balanced program that had so and so many poems and musical numbers and whose success was measured simply by the neatness with which each speaker got up, spoke and sat down again. Without attempting to denounce those programs at all or to maintain for a minute that we have reached as high a standard in our way as they did in theirs, we would yet call attention to a few germs of something new that seem to have enjoyed a slight propagation now and then during the season.

First of all serious original essay-work has come into vogue.

Debating has also enjoyed a large measure of popularity. But an evil that has crept in, especially in debating, is the tendency to read instead of speaking without notes. This is frustrating the aims of the society. Thru debating we do not wish to learn to read that and that many books beforehand ancl cull out a sentence here and there until we finally have a concoction which we transmit to the audience from behind the curtain of our manuscripts. Wliat we want to learn is to gather our thoughts, to deliver them in our own words and to think quick and sharp. The free-for-all debates are tlie best for this purpose. Where something must be written be­ forehand, however, it should be memorized perfectly. And the work of accomplishing good memorizing at all times, devolves up­ on the societies of next year. . .

Another commendable feature which has been introduced, is the rendering of individual scenes of good dramas. Work of this kind is not only more beneficial to the participators, since they take inucli more pains in working up something of this kind, but it is more interesting than poems, for instance.

As for comic dialogues or semi-vaudeville of any kind it is not and ought not to be worthy of a literary society, to use the words of a critic. There are half a dozen other places at our school where we. can occupy our laugli-creating geniuses profitably and appro­ priately, but let us not stoop to cheapen a good classical program l>y introducing trash. If the niveau of the hearers is that low, then it surely deserves to be elevated instead of being catered to in its tastes.

Then finally the enthusiasm and interest must be universal.

Every member must be a “live wire” at all times. The nearest we came to tliat this year was on the eve of an exciting debate.

If there is a faction within a society that is constantly apathetic, one that constantly sneers at the enthusiasm of other members, it necessarily has a bad effect. .

Our work is now practically over. What we have said per­ tains mostly to the coming year. Perhaps there is a modicum of truth in some of these things. At least you, my fellow-students, can hardly deny there is much to do yet. Therefore to your place and try your best, each and all.

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The close of all activities in the German Club and in the Lit­ erary Societies, in which tlie Philomatliean won the silver loving cup for its clean sweep of victories in debating, have made this montli peculiarly destitute of happenings which are wont to at­ tract the world at large and at the same time fill the College Notes column. Nevertheless it must not be supposed that our schoollife is. percolated with monotony. On the contrary it is so tense 了ith interest and plannings for the future that days appear like hours, hours like minutes, etc., to the smallest fraction of a second.

For some there is the Black and Red banquet, to be given by the members of the new staff on March 24th, to look forward to. Others again are totally engrossed in the rehearsing and directing of Julius Caesar,” which play shall have been rendered on the evening of the 17th of March; if the citizens have learned their parts by that ^ime- Many of our number again think, talk and act nothing but baseball during these days, much to the ennui of their more philo­ sophical brothers.

Then there is another faction which consists of certain impor­ tunate representatives from all classes and which visit you in your room in separate groups displaying basket-ball pictures and pos­ tals at a very cheap price. And then must one invent all sorts of tales of hard luck for with seven first teams and seven second teams ^ Person could squander a fortune in ordering (and paying for) a dozen pictures of each.

The most of us are of course welcoming the near Easter recess with an excess of joyful anticipation, which sense of happiness very naturally is always connected with a house, town, city or the like where live the parents, the sisters and brothers, or those which are neither mother nor sisters.

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For a more complete picture of our humours and feelings at this time we (efer our readers to the class notes. Much therein is very elucidating if it were only intelligible. For the rest Ky° u must wait till the next number.

E. C.

CO-ED NOTES. Margaret Koenig was a visitor in Milwaukee the 15th of Feb. Miss Alma Hensler of Waterloo spent the last days of February at the home of her friend, Hattie Detert.

Adela Dornfeld spent Sunday, March 4th, with lier parents in Marshal.

The only co-eds who journeyed to Oconomowoc to witness the dedication of the new Lutheran church built there recently were Elizabeth Lehmann and Adeline Kortegast, former member of the class of，17. Miss Lehmann reported a very good time, the con­ genial company no doubt contributing to the truth of that statement.

We are sorry to say that Margaret Koenig is again oil the sick list. She has not attended recitations since the 19th of February.

She is, however, convalescing and we hope she will be with us sooq.

Edna Detert, prep., was also absent from recitations February 21st to March 7th, owing to sickness.

Many of the co-eds attended the dedication exercises at the new High School on February 22. A good program was rendered.

On March 7th Miss Olive Achtenhagen, formerly of Milwaukee Do wner College, entered Northwestern to take up a special course.

Anent bowling it might be chronicled that the girls did not in­ dulge in any games the last few weeks owing to the fact that they were unusually busy. March 9tli, however, again found a number of them assembled in the bowling alley, and they have resolved to make the most of the time still left.

C. G.

SENIORS. Suffice it to say that the writer took an extensive course in characterization before he ventured to undertake the difficult, task of inscribing on the pages of history names of the most prominent men from Senegal. .

A1 though, it is very evident that Spring is approaching our frined Andrew lias not put his skates on cold storage as yet. Sweet “Dandelion” is still ringing in his ears.

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Ho, Sal, Ho!—Horse Binhammer wishes to announce that he has opened ail art gallery in room 54. At present he has the pic­ ture of a Michigan peacli on exhibition. Visitors welcome!

Bodie, alias Philoctetes, our man from Galilee, is still in the lead in. the race for Nazareth despite the trouble he is having with liis foot, which is not yet healed. “I Am Going Back To The Farm” is his favorite song.

Capt. Heinz lias assumed the title of a reformer. Over a squad are riding the water wagon with him. The aggregation is en route to tlie White House where our cap expects to find more recruits.

The captain of the last year’s Junior basket ball team, Fiasco P. Gutzke, was appointed Head of the Latin and Greek department; he will take up his duties on the 15th of June, when his gang of sea pr iates will cast anchor near tlie mouth of the Rock river and repair the galleys.

Eupliues Rex, brother of Elmer Prenzlow, wishes to annouce that since lie is director of the Beaver Dam Orchestra his pupils will not find him at home Saturdays and Sundays. All those who take hand organ lessons are asked to appear Mondays with tlieir green march books.

Kock and Plocher turned economists and claim College Avenue is too well lighted. They recommend “Woody’s Place” for free lunch and good entertainment. Do not forget tlie place boys: “Woody’s Place.”

Did you ever note the peculiar way Fritz has of spoiling the crease in your trousers? A rainy day is his greatest joy. There's a reason!

Abbot had an intercourse with Billy Bryan lately and shortly was appointed sergeant of Capt. Heinz, squad.

What a fad! Hitherto Hans Ott taught violin lessons to each and everybody, but after the Easter recess only those of the fair sex will be enabled to benefit by his musical abilities.

Probably some of us have been alarmed at the irregular deliv­ eries of Kuhn’s Grocery. Boly says liis plug is suffering from a severe attack of pneumonia at present and is not expected to live; but prompt deliveries will be made henceforth with his gearless tricycle. According to Boley’s day-book soda crackers, Spear Head, chocolate caramels (extra hard,) peanuts and lemon drops are in great demand.

Nigger, the only basket ball shooter in captivity on the Senior team, has signed a contract to work for Bethesda & Co. in , tlie future, with whom he intends to design a box of larger dimensions for the Piper Heidsick Gum Co. Do you know why Tony Zangel (Helmuth) still wears high heels (extra high) ? And why does lie lug a flutecase from one recitation room into another? Tony says the seats are rather high, but with the assistance of his flute case he finds no trouble in geting seated.

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Our friend Gustav lately expressed tlie wish that summer would only come to stop the rheumatic .spells in his right leg. We know that his “Welcome to All” basket for soiled habiliments will always be filled and must needs have new handles as soon as warmer weather sets in, when a collar—rubber collars excluded―will be flabby before 10:00 a. m. Before you buy your spring neck-ornaments do not neglect to look over Gus，latest stock of rubber and paper goods.

Bing! Bang! Br-r-r-r-r-r-r! Ping! “Wliat in the world was that noise?” “Our company is maneuvering, I suppose.” “Why I am shocked.** “Do you all see Teddy down there? He just returned from West Point on a short vacation and was just telling Joe about liis experience in one of the sham campaigns.”

Due to his skill at basket ball Spike has been offered a position with Long, Reach & Co., a firm dealing in all kinds of meats, as ham, spareribs etc.

Class Slogan—Who is going over to Kuhn’s?

Favorite Song—Wenn ich in meinem Garten geh’ In meinem gruenen Hut, So ist dies mein erster Gedanke: Wer heut’ die “Peanuts” horn tut.

JUNIOKS Our autedeluwian sycophant, Leonard Brutus, is still on duty catching flies, rats and other reptiles for wholesale exportation to the Imperial Government of Balucliistau. That Lucius is somewhat a supernatural being can hardly be denied. One of his later and very extraordinary achievements in the field of science and moon-shining is that he can hear chalk talk. He avers that he can do more with ordinary chalk than any other mortal.

Our next victim is Sam of Canada who thinks because he eats spaghetti he’s a poet. Apropos Sam! Eeven tho one eats beans he is not necessarily a trombone soloist such as Duxe!

And Sam’s in love—yes, let it be proclaimed from every house-top, zeppelin and stepladder, that Sam’s in love. But—good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you up to such a sudden flood of mutiny and e~~w<e’re only referring to his sister.

And Eddie! At first __ we• had the intention to let this space blank—that is, it was to be a sort of photographic reproduction of Eddie’s “Seelen-leben,” but we found something interesting on his desk from which we herewith give an excerpt. The following “Ode to Vermuth, the vernal Goddess of the Cycle” struck us as a master­ piece.

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“Come, thou Goddess, sweet and holy, Thou that handsome thinkest Boly, Come, to me thou wonder-worker, Thou who knowest I’m a corker,” etc.

Our esteemed Tanta will soon matriculate in the matrimonial fine arts such as tatting, crocheting, manicuring, and cutting out paper dolls. According to extant rumors he will come in for a Nobel Prize in 1918 because of his scientific improvements on Copper’s great invention, the renowned hydraulic pressure “Orgelschule.”

Congratulations, Walter!

What is laziness and hot air combined?—Snipes K. Kuske: Vanitas vanitatum! Karl has discarded his old garden shears and now uses an up-to-date safety razor.

—Matzke, sometimes misnamed Dave, our “vigentogenai，ian, indi­ visible non-entity, has finally removed that reddish bit of hirsute monstrosity from tlie south side of his face. Some say be perpe­ trated the foul deed for fear of being apprehended as a “Zulu-Kaffer” spy.

—We all cherish, the memory of our great heroes, and we all admire our great American filibuster, the historic John Paul Jones, but why somebody should evince such attachment, adoration and devotion toward his progeny, we fail to see. Really Westie, how Aan<es it?

—Timmel, our Smokey, has for a length of time been devoting a great part of his time to an earnest study of English History. The reason—he will shortly write a thesis on “The Reign of Elizabeth.”

Some say it will be more or less autobiographical. He lias already taken several photographs of the Fair Grounds, some of which are to illustrate the volume.

—WANTED;: Somebody to laugh at my jokes. Brains not required.一Sock.

A bib and a cradle. No! Just for himself.—Luther.

A baby carriage for girls so that I can go out once in a while.一 Heine.

Somebody to laugh at my jokes. Brains not required.一Lock.

An Irish flag—to hang out of my window.—Zei. Some charcoal to blacken the four hairs on my cliin.一Klaye.

—Literature as represented in our midst:— Much Ads About Nothing—Bell talking about himself, love’s Labor Lost—Cliaudy’s many attempts and failures.

Comedy of Errors—Klondike working “IVIatli” problems.

Paradise Lost—When Klondike can’t wack butts.

The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table—Bernthal (Autocracy: when nobody else gets a chance.)

The Scarlet Letter~U. (The Symbol whereby you shall know a Junior.

Treasure Island—One noodle in our soup, occasionally.

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Les Miseraliles—Juniors making Latin Exams.

Not Like Other Girls—Polly Wacker.

Bon Quixote—Capt. Chaudy.

Our Mutual Friend—Anton’s Dog. Ber Kampf in it dem Draclien—Zei trying to cut the meat on his plate Jack and the Bean-stalk.—Eddie.

The Wandering Jew—Butch.

—Glass Motto: “A little Latin and less Greek.”

—Glass Flower: Canada Thistle.

SOPIIOMORS. In olden times they had wise men That numbered minus three plus ten; And each one had the thing he taught Into a single sentence wrought.— In our class we find some men Who sayings quote as men did then: “Conicamus” Doc Sievert says, “Doriamus” is Meyer’s phrase; Then Baldy comes as number three With liis “si milii credisti!

As number four upon our list Dare we our dear old Homer miss? ^ His teachers call him Kock for short “Id non scissi” is his retort.

And Albrecht next, our Kolporteur Who makes his money anywhere, Deserves the prize with th* erudition: “Die Leut* war,n klug, wenn，s nur was wtissten.”

And then comes Red, of whom ’tis said, He’d die with brown hair on his head.

His precept now for years has been “Eks oudenos, ouden estin.”

French Siegfried firmly says: “Why, man!

Munitions are no contraband.

And Jeff presents the learned call: “Learn everything and know it all.”

And Beck ’s the teamster’s bit and halter Wlio yell: “Whoa, Beck!” instead of Walter.

Not yellow，s Jap, nor comes from Nippon; At basketball he sure’s a pippin.

And are the fruits of vic’try sweet?

Indeed―with fudge from Marguerite.

Of Adam Stock we can but claim:

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Pete Plass’s a sentimental chap, Who leaves ’tween every word a lap..

Is Sinker fat? Well I should smile, And thinking takes him quite a while.

Oh! Erve，s a lad of mammoth mind, Who answers quizz’ of every kind.

Pat Falk’s a jolly, merry soul His horn he blows thru a wee hole.

Hans Koch’s the pet of Mr. Bounce, And very oft they nearly trounce, When Koch gets witty, cracks some jokes, Wher<eat the whole class nearly croaks.

Of fair-liaired Gerald we dare say A poet he will be some day.

Of Abelmann one cannot speak, Because he won a Ford last week; But just the same we flatter him, To get a ride in his red tin.

Of Polly Mueller, that great sage, A mail could almost write a page; But then it will suffice to say He bucks liis English, every day.

Of Schatzclien we dare justly say She’s getting fairer every day.

And here I close, the Muse has left, And my harangue in two is cleft.

FRESHMEN. ―Freshmen they call us, And fresh are we: Excuse our classnotes For fresh they must be.

—Rumor has it that Max Stern has accepted a position with Billy Sunday lecturing on social purity. ―Shorty Doerr is peddling milk nowadays raising funds to get a copyright on his latest production entitled: “The Old Famliy Hairbrush.” ,—Since Buffalo Bill died Chief Foghorn Croll has accepted a po­ sition as teacher of elocution on the Blackfoot Indian Reservation.

—Jack Bublitz has succeeded in obtaining the agency for the new alarm candle, guaranteed not to go out unless blown out. Mr. Bublitz will be pleased to demonstrate the new invention to all prospective buyers.—adv. t—Mr. Sternbeck has applied for reduced rates on the interurban to the Northwestern depot.

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一The Kaiser recently sent a letter to Miller imploring him to return and fight for his native land, but Orlo flatly refused him, for it would never do to neglect liis sauerkraut business here.

—Heidtke firmly asserts that Hammurabi was a greater man than Napoleon. Just now his favorite hero is Henry VIII. —Jerry Press claims that he has cornered the mousetrap trust, and that by June competition will be a thing of the past. Are you going to neglect the butcher shop, Jerry? ―Miss Detert, being a member of the fair sex, will be excused from this ordeal. Just the same we hope she may never change ex­ cept in name.

—Krueger, the Touchstone of our class, says it is absolutely nec­ essary that he come into the doctor’s hour half an hour late' every day.

—Give Shujahn a piece of cheese and a cracker and send him to Coony; that’s his idea of heaven. , —Never mind, good reader, Messer knows on which side his bread is knieped.

—Kremer has just challenged Cicero to debate on the question: Resolved that Latin is a better language than Greek.

—If Ted Broitzmann can go home once a week and feed the cows, he is satisfied.

—Ever since the war began Mielke’s highest ambition lias been to have a mustache like the Kaiser's. Don’t give lip the ship, Art, by the time Germany shall need another Kaiser your wliislcers will have reached the required length.

—Louis Stark, our strong man, exercises in the reference room ev­ ery night. One night last week he broke all former records by lifting Webster’s dictionary two inches from the ground.

—WANTED: — Someone to hold Spilman’s glasses while he is enjoying his eve­ ning quart of milk. Getting quite old for the bottle, Shylock.

—Wallie Klingniann is very busy just now building an ice cream stand. He expects to handle the cones by the dozens next summer.

—Class Motto—0—kau—chee.

LUTIIEKAN NORMAL SCHOOL MIRROIl. The February number of the “Lutheran Normal School Mirror” (Sioux Falls, S. D.) contains a story and a short article.. The story “Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 'The Secret Garden’ ’’ is told well and we enjoyed it very much. But then we came to the next piece of literature entitled “Tlie Silo.” We are somewhat undecided as to whether this was infant to be an article or a joke. The first two paragraphs are written well enough, but some of the expressions and thoughts in the remaining part are not worthy of appearing in a literary department. "Maybe you’re not crazy about silage” and ‘Tm not afraid to bet a peanut” are a few of the expressions used.

The topics for the editorials are all well chosen, especially the ones entitled “Personality and Character of Lincoln” and “Reading Well.” The other department are well edited. .

COLLEGE CHIPS. “True Preparedness” in the February number of ^College Chips” (Decorah, Iowa) is very good in every way. The wnter has expressed a number of very good thoughts. Altliougn m0^ , us realize that universal peace is impossible, we know tnat o y that nation which, though prepared for war, still advocates pe , can be called truly great.” The writer very correctly expresses me

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thought that true preparedness of a nation does not depend so much upon its military forces as it does upon the character of its people.

We need men of character for every position, and therefore it is the character that must be developed, which can best be done by the aid of the Christian religion. The next two departments headed “Historicals，，and “Sciences” are something quite unique, as we do not find them in any other papers. The former contains an article en­ titled "The Development of our Means of Transportation from the Revolution to the Civil War. It describes the poor means of trans­ portation before the War of 1812. It gives the poverty in the East­ ern states after the war and the hope of the people of being more fortunate in the West as the reasons for improving the roads, so many people went to the West. The article is worked out well. Al­ though a “To be continued’’ story is not very desirable for a college paper, the topic which the author has chosen is interesting enough and provides enough material for a long article. “Parasitism” is an article that sounds quite scientific. It describes the development of the different kinds of parasites. The editorials are appropriate and Interesting.

We take this opportunity to thank our exchanges for their kind advise and their friendly criticism of our paper. We hope that “The Black and Red” may be benefited by their arrival in the future as It lias been in the past, Following is the list of our exchanges: Alma Mater, St. Louis, Mo.; Augsburg Echo, Minneapolis, Minn; Augustana Observer, Rock Island, 111; The Bethany Echo, Mankato, Minn.; College Breezes, St. Peter, Minn.; College Chips, Decorah, Iowa; The Cresset, Red Wing, Minn; D. M. L. C. Messenger, New Ulm, Minn; Hemnica, Red Wing, Minn; Luther College Visitor, Wahoo, Neb.; Lutheran Normal School Mirror, Sioux Falls, S. D.; The Monitou Messenger, Northfield, Minn.; The Newberry Stylus, Newberry, S. C.; The Scout, Fergus Falls, Minn.; The Spectator, Columbus, Ohio; The Almanack, Lake Forest, 111.; The Comenian, Bethlehem, Pa.; The Carroll Echo, Waukesha, Wis.; The Laurentian，Appleton, Wis.; The Lincolnian, Lincoln, 111.; M. H. Aerolith, Plymouth, Wis.; Milton College Review, Milton, Wis.; Pacific Star, St. Benedict, Ore.; The Sibyl, Riverside, Cal.; The Tiger, Little Rock，Ark.; The Trinitonian, Waxahachie, Texas; The Quarterly Tatler, New York; The Red and Blue, New York; The College Chronicle, Naperville, 111.; The Dubuque Student, Dubuque, la.; Wartburg Quarterly, Clinton, la.; The Collegion, Hastings, Neb.; The Student, Grand Forks, N. D.; Goshen College Records, Goshen, Ind.; The Pharos, Mendota, 111.; The Trumpet, Scandinavia, Wis.; The Royal Purple, Whitewater, Wis.; The A-R-C Light, Augusta, Georgia; The Rouser, Madison, Minn.

ATHLETICS BASKET BALL. Again a basket ball tournament of Northwestern is brought to a close. On the 21st of February the teams appeared in their battle array to wind up the tournament of this year. A large crowd of spectators had gathered to see some of their favorites win fame and glory in the final conflict. That the games were unusually fast and full of clever team-work was proved by the enthusiasm which the rooters showed. It is evident that a team of Northwestern could lock horns with any quintette in the state and give any team, no. matter from which college it might be or by whom it would happen to be coached, a drubbing which would not pass into oblivion for years and be entered in the annals of basket ball. We would be able to put out not only one but at least two teams of the stillest ma­ terial, which easily could clean up anything that would venture to connect up within the dimensions of a basket ball floor. As things look now Northwestern probably will have to follow the precedent of the neighboring colleges and drop baseball in a few years, Intercollegiate basket ball would then be substituted. But this change will not be made for a few years if it will be made at all, as our base­ ball teams were always strong and known over the whole state for having a monoply of the State Championship Title, consequently most of our athletes are not in favor of dropping this brancli of ath­ letics. Our baseball prospects this year are better than ever, and there is no doubt that a string of victories are on ice for our nine of 1917. We carted home one “well done hamburger” after another last year and we surely shall do it again in the coming season.

Of our basket ball teams the Juniors made an enviable record this year having won every game and first honors, as was anticipated _ long before the end of the series. In most of the clashes there was

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no imminent danger of losing their grip on the thousand percentage.

The forwards of the Junior team attained a wonderful eye and ex­ hibited a remarkable ability in netting baskets. On one of the pages of this issue the reader may find a picture of the champions.

Second place was clinched by the Seniors after getting into ac­ tion in the latter part of the tournament. The season of the Seniors was rather unlucky, at least they say so; at various times the team was crippled by the absence of some of its mainstays and entered the fray greatly handicapped. Even the captain fell out of rank for a time and our first lieutenant, who embraced the captaincy last year, was pressed into service to head the squad. The Seniors showed some progress this year as third place was alotted them last year.

Much interest was centered around the outcome of tlie strife between the Sophs and Freshmen, since it was difficult to predict which side would net third place. In short the Freshmen came in on the third boat, and the Sophs conquered what remained to be conquered, namely a nice pair of tin horns polished with “Gold Dust,” The Sophs nevertheless took the defeat like real sportmen and are resolute to remove this blotch from their record in the next contest.

Individual Standings Of The Various Players.

Timmel P Duxe C •< Lange F Gutzke.

G. & P Wacker P Strasen F Naumann …G. & P Lau G. & P Stock P Press F Lehmann …F. & G Bublitz C Schlueter ___G. & F Sternbeck…G. & C Tacke C Henning G Gruendemann …C Zeisler___ G Mielke___ F C. MuellerP Brandt___ G Binhammer G Klingmann F Sievert ___ G Bodamer__

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一This being the last opportunity tlie editor of this to give vent to his sentiments, he wishes to thank all nis irien that have patiently conned over his lines and found them ratn Errare dry, beseeching them to have mercy on his faults for: humanum est.” Au Revoir! , .hp —W. Gutzke,，17, journeyed to Racine, March 5, to attend tue funeral of his uncle.

A , .. TT_s 一Franklin Blumenfeld, ex-，16, at present a student at tlie u versity of Wisconsin, called on former friends March 3. ―Martin Buenger, prep., graced the monotony of Kenosna ^ his presence, Feb. 5. , . ―Leonard Bemthal, *18, eminent citizen of Ixonia, enjoyed iii self at Waterloo Feb. 18. _ _ —*‘Happy” Froehlicli, prep., spent Wilson’s inaugural day in M waukee.

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—Rev. J. Plocher of St. Paul paid his son Carl, ’17, a visit, Mar. 2.

—Mrs. Prank Peters of W. Greenville, a suburb of New London, lying two miles east of that metropolis as the sparrow flies, jour­ neyed to Watertown to gaze at Uncle’s beard and incidentally to visit Luther Vohs, *1S. —It was five o’clock, Thursday morning, Feb. 22, and Dad and Smoky were taking their regular walk to the fair grounds. They had just reached their terminus and were about to turn back when they heard a hoarse “urp iirp.” “Wliat’s that?” said Smoky. **1 don’t know,” said Dad, equally surprised. “Let’s go and investi­ gate,M said Smoky, “there might be a tramp sleeping behind the fence there. You can’t tell. He might have swallowed some snow that is at this instant melting in his stomach.” They arrived at the spot whence the sound proceeded in an instnat. And what was their surprise to behold a large robin contentedly relishing a large worm.—Upon espying the intruders the robin took wing, but in his haste dropt one of his calling cards on Smoky’s shoulder as a proof to all that Smoky and Dad had seen the first robin.

—Theo. Binnhammer, *17, accompanied Roger Dalilman, prep., to his home at Waterloo, Feb. 21. .

—A. Schujahn, ’20, and Arthur Titus, prep., journeyed to their parental abodes in the metropolis of Fond du Lac, Feb. 13.

—Edward Blakewell,，18, celebrated Washington’s birthday at his home in Baraboo. .The semi-quadrupeds, AV. and F. Steuber, paid their weekly visit to the inhabitants of Clyman, March 4. .

—A. and W. Schujahn, AV. and A. Retzlaff, ’17, R. and K. Tinimel and Harry Jeske journeyed to Oconomowoc, Sunday, March 4，to attend the dedication of the new Lutheran church.

—The Misses P. A. and G. Strasen of Milwaukee, gave Carl Strasen，’19, an overwhelming surprise on Feb. 18, by paying him an unexpected visit. „ ―Our recondite and coruscating Gerdon Wasson, alias ^Tubby, wh? has recently commenced a campaign against the use of plati­ tudinous ponderosity in promulgating one’s esoteric cogitations, wishes to announce that he has changed his seat of occupations from room 25 to room 28. All those desiring intercourse with him are referred to his manager, Hans Koch.

—*Heeseville had company March 4. The guest was no other than the distinguished Tlieo. Broitzman,，20.

—Erich Kupfer, ’20, held down sidewalks in Milwaukee, Febru­ ary 20-22. 、，—Peter Plass,，14, renewed acquaintances with old friends in the * dormitory, Feb. 10, —E. and W. Sauer, preps., partook of the atmosphere of Juneau, Peb. 18. ―Gustav Kalfalis, assistant veterinary surgieon to Polly Mueller, attended the annual convention of that order at Neenah, Feb, 21-26，

THE BL.A.OX A.ND RED. -Carl Spilman, '20, went home for a week end vacation Feb. 12, on account of illness.

-Vic Otto, '16, and former member of the Freischeutz players, called on H. Schaefer, '17, our brass-horn agent. Rumor has it that Shep p�rsuaded Vic to try three in one oil on his Ford.

AUS DEM SEMINAR. Die Herrn R. Witt und E. Huber von unserm College in Water­ town besuchten alte Freunde und Verwandte im Seminar am 6. Fehr.

Herr Wm. Voigt, friiher ein Student im N. W. C., stattete am 7. Febr. seinen alten Freunden ein freundlichen Besuch ab. Herr Voigt ist Leiter eines Eisenwaarengeschafts in Merrill, Wis. Am 7. Fehr. verweilte Herr Alfred Schweppe (N. W. C. '16) aus Madison in unserer Mitte. Herr Schweppe ist ein Student an der Staatsuniversitii.t.

Herr H. Schumann, ebenfalls von der U. of Wis., hielt sich am 8. Febr. einige Zeit hier auf.

Herr R. Huth besuchte vom 9-10 Febr. seine Eltern in Water­ town.

Wir freuten uns am 12. Febr. unsern alten Freund, Herl'n Pas­ tor H. Lietzau, aus New Richmond, Wis., begriissen zu diirfen. Mit dem Herrn Pastor war bier Herr Otto Doring ebenfalls aus New Richmond.

Herr M. Wehausen verliess uns am 17. Febr. und reiste nach Brillion, wo er bis Ostern die Gemeindeschule leiten wird.

Am 17. Febr. machte Herr Gerv. Fischer geschii.ftshalber einen Ausflug nach Watertown.

Die Herrn Aufseher W. Schumann uud K. Schweppe aus Wa­ tertown waren am 22. Febr. einen Augenblick bier.

Unser "Detektiv" E. Arnold Sitz spionierte am 23. Febr. in Wa­ tertown.

Unser Mitschiiler Martin Glaeser wurde am 21. Febr. im St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, wegen Blindarmentziindun g operier t.

Herr Glaeser 1st jetzt so weit genesen, dass er das Hospital verlas­ sen hat, und er gedenkt nach kurzer Zeit in seine Heimat (Tomah) zu reisen. Nach Ostern wird er wieder sein Studium bier auf­ nehmen.

Praes. Bergemann aus Fond du Lac wohnte am 26. Fehr. einer Fakultii.tssitzung im Seminar bei.

Inspektor Wm. Hartwig aus Watertown und R. Witt, Schiiler des N. W. C., besuchten uns am 2. Marz.

Am 2. Marz erhielt Herr Haar ein Telegramm aus Loretto, Welches die traurige Nachricht enthielt, dass seine Mutter schwer krank eel. Er reiste sofort ab. Wir haben noch keine Nachricht von Herrn Haar erhalten,-

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Herr Pastor B. Riem aus Kenosha begriisste am 5. Marz alte Preunde im Seminar.

Herr Pastor 0. Toepel aus Bristol, Wis., war unser Gast am 7. Marz.

Herr Ewald P. Sterz, ein Mitglied der ersten Klasse, hat einen Beruf von den Gemeinden in Jacksonsport und Bailey’s Harbor erhalten und angenommen.

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THE EXPIRING EDITORS. 一Their work is done, it is. Rex writes no more And fast, for he is tall, doth bid adieu.

So Shep, now lightly, just to save his shoe, With cornet under arm, walks to the door.

Then Gustav, on his face a joyful frown, Nig at his side with features as a clown.

Lest we forget, our dearest Adeline, Without whom, you know, we were wont to whine.

Why go so soon? You did receive the hunch: You did the work, while we were all at ease.

Now you are going and we must do it all.

But now, why don’t you go?—•We buy the lunch.

You heard it said, and while we stand and freeze, You come, sit down, and help yourselves to all. 一Shep was a good business manager. Although ther sheep to watch, Shep watched the books.

—Pills for earthquakes? :a basket ball game.

Snipes: Why? Smoky II: Five on each side. w ««annw—Sock': He，s witty all right, but the fellow who wrote S bound” is Whittier.

—Hitchcock: Did you see the race this afternoon?

Parmer: What race?

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Hitchcock: The European race.

—Gust, telling us his experiences as advertising manager: I tackled this man, I tackled that man, I tackled those men一 Dad: You ought to go out for football.

Smoky I: I had an awful experience. I was on the wheel of a windmill and it revolved about fifty times before I fell off. Then I went to Washington to get a pension.

Sock: What reason did you have for getting a pension?

Smoky I: I was a survivor of the revolution.

Snip es: I read that if we have war, the Profs will have to go to the front first.

Roy: That wouldn’t work, it would be a slaughter of saints.

—Dave, on the street car: What end should we get off?

Luther: I don’t care, they both stop.

—Wurstie: I can’t find my pillow-slips.

Gust: Maybe they slipped away.

Shep: I have about a thousand letterheads.

Dad: Be careful to what barber you take them.

KATASTROPHE. Nun kommt ja bald die Osterzeit, Dies macht uns aucli sehr viele Freud*.

CJnd wir, die wir nicht werden reisen Und nicht die Fische dxirfen speisen, Die in dem See dort schwimmen ’rum, Wir lniissen uns wolil sehen um, Wo wir uns konnen amusieren Und friedlich dazu gut studieren.

Wolil jeder, der nach Hause zieht, Gern nach der Speisekammer sielit.

Dort kann er seinen Magen fullen, Wahrscheinlich auch den Hunger stillen.

Der Student sicli saclit will schleichen ’nein, Docli well, da steht der Vater sein.

“Nun wolil, mein Sohn, komrn du mit mir, Nicht konnen wir verliandeln hier.

Nun her einmal, dein Pocketbucli, Damit ich es schon untersuch.”一 “Mein Solin, was birgst du so bang dein Gesiclit?”

“Siehst, Vater, du das Pocketbucli nicht?”

“Mein lieber Sohn, ich sell es genau, Doch will ich dir zeigen schwarz auf blau, Dass du mit deinem Gelde musst Nicht leben mir in Freud' und Lust.”

THE BLACK AND BED. Nach Ostern kommt der Jung zuriick, In dem Gesicht ein trauriger Blick.

-Mlt Geld muss er jetzt sparsam seh!

Darr nlcht mehr so viel blasen 'rein.

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-Ben.

A Dog's Story _____________________________________________256 Alumni Notes ------------------------------ ________73 , 177, 296 Am Danksagungstage (Poem) _______________________________191 An A fternoon in an Apache Camp___________________________-42 As Otbere See Us__________________________________________242 339 Athletics____________34, 83, 124, 154, 182,210, 248, 275, 301, A t the End_____________________________________________ 309 A Trip Down the Hudso11 ___________________________________222 344 Au s dem Seminar _____27, 72, 114, 149,175,216,251,278, 305, Autumn _____________ . ____________________________________161 Be Proud of Your C ountry __________________________________166 Changed A broad ___________________________________________60 Class Notes-------------------------------------------331 Coed Notes ________________________________________ _297, 331 College Notes_________22,69,112, 146, 173,204, 2.35,268,294, 330 Das Volkslied _____________________________________________226 De Rebus Omnibus_________30, 77, 122, 151, 180, 208, 246, 273, 299 Die Bedeutung der Iphigenie auch fiir unsere Zeit______________97 Die Panama Ausstellung zu San Francisco_____________________51 Die Schlach t am Skaggerak______________________________ 323 Die Scblacht bei Philippi_ _______________________________l62, 69 Director y of Student Organizations__________________________l47 Editorials___________l4,64, 108,143, 170, 20 1, 232,263,291, 326 E iner Mutter Kampf ________________________________________57 E ine Sommernacht im Wa lde_______________________________106 338 Exchanges___________28, 74, 119, 150, 178, 206,240,271,297, Hanna's Tod ______________________________________________138 Henrik Ibsen and the Rights of the IndividuaL ____________ _ Irische Kultur im Altertum_________________________________l92 .Tokes_______________39, 89, 134,158, 189, 218,2 62,279, 307, 345 Lo cals_______________32, 79, 131,156, 186,214, 249,277,304 342 Lutheran Student Conference of America____________________266 Mondnacht (Poen1) -----�---------------------------------286 Mu sical Organizations _____________________________________115 On the Embargo Question ___________________________________226 On the Va lue of Semitics____________________________________l99 Ostern in Russland _________________________________________12 Paul _____ ____________ _______________________________ _____230 Peace and How We Can1e By IL------------------�-- -------229

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Retrospection____________________ Sir John Maundeville in a Movie Show Sunshine and Storm (Poem)-----------The First Christmas Eve (Poem)-----The Inscription on a Forest’s Cemetery (Poem) The Lost Necklace ___________ The Love of an Indian-----------------------------The Rippling Rill (Poem)------------------------The Soul of Germany-----------------------------The Tsing Tao Band-------------------------------To Carl Schurz (Poem)---------------------------The Departing Senior (Poem)------------------Warum kampfen wir?____________________ Washington and Lincoln (Poem)---------------What Shakespeare Might Have Said-----------When I am Dead (Poem)-------------------------Wie Gott Luther zum Reformator berufen hat William Shakespeare___ _________________ Won by His Brother_________ —

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