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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— Our Legacy..................................

Caxton at Westminster______ _

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One Chance in a Thousand....... .

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Just Like a Woman...................

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EDITORIALS— Prologue.............................. .

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A Grievance..........................

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The Object of Examinations.

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Apologia...... .........................

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The Play...............................

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SEMINARY NOTES...............

ALUMNI NOTES...................

EXCHANGE...........................

ATHLETICS..........................

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CO-ED NOTES...................... .CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXVIII.

Watertown, Wis., April 1934

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March 3. 187^. Published monthly. Subscription , One Dollar.

OUR LEGACY The universal ridicule and hatred of all things German threatens to deprive us of all those earmarks which we possess as descendants of German forefathers. Nevertheless there is one characteristic which, I think, everyone who has as a child ridden a hobby-horse to the tune of ‘‘Hopp, hopp, hopp’’ will retain to the end of his life: that is the love for song. Everyone who has once made the acquaintance of it will certainly always retain a high admiration for that precious heritage known to the German as his Liederschatz. Nor need a lover of German song fear, when maintaining that his song is more beautiful than, say, a song in the English language, the criticism that he is partial to the productions of his own countrymen, that his eulogy of German song is but his own biased opinion. No, he can bring an objective proof, based on phonetic principles, for the statement that German song is more beautiful than English.

“The audibility of language depends largely upon vowels.

Those languages in which vowel sounds occur most frequently as compared with consonants are the most musical，” states an authoritative critic. Compare the two languages, German and English, and see the deplorable result. The few vowels of the

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English language which are still called long are, in pronuncia­ tion, hardly enunciated distinctly enough to bring out even their identity. The Englishman, as also the American, has no love for the beauty of sounds for their own sake; he is purely utili­ tarian in his pronunciation. For him Alnwick must be shortened to annick, Chomondeley to chumly, Brougham to broom. The German, on the other hand, does not slight the abundant vowels of his language. Note the frequency in the German language of the broad or “Italian” A, which has been called the most beautiful sound in all language; also the long E, I, 0, U, the Ue, and the Oe. You will realize that English is a language of efficiency, of speed, but not of beauty; that the German sentence, on the other hand, is in itself a piece of art.

Consonants, too, can add to the beauty of a language. It depends largely upon the consonants whether the effects of onomatopoeia and alliteration are to be made possible in a lan­ guage. While the Englishman seeks to avoid unusual or sug­ gestive sounds such as sharp S’s and rolling R’s, the German does not fail to give them their full value: he pronounces every consonant; he delights in sharp, distinctly pronounced sounds: his Z can be cutting as a northern blizzard; his Sch soft and melodic as a summer breeze.

In regard to the mechanics of language, therefore, it will generally be admitted that German has an esthetic advantage over against English. But there is another factor which adds to beauty of language—namely, the sentiment expressed. Has it ever occurred to you that Germany has not as yet produced such a prosaic satirist as Pope? The poetry of Germany is pri­ marily romantic. The German has a depth of feeling which can not be fathomed by one who is not sympathetically inclined towards him. The meaning of the term “Gemtit” for instance, can not be conveyed by any corresponding term of the English language; the German still has a monopoly both on the word and on its concept. It is a thing which can never be explained to a non-German, and one which need not be explained to a true son of the Vaterland. The Lied is a true exposition of the in­ nermost sentiment which characterizes an entire nation.

How fortunate is the German to be the possessor of a lan­ guage capable of expressing the utmost that might be demand­ ed of it, of the world’s greatest and most beautiful supply of melodies, and of a temperament given to song!

H. F. CAXTON AT WESTMINSTER The first volumes printed in the English language were put to press by Caxton not in England but on the Continent. In 1476 Caxton, however, crossed the Channel and set up his shop in Westminster, a borough of London, at the Red Pale. It was 2

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situated within the precincts of the abbey and was near to an old chapel of St. Anne. The spot is now appropriately marked by a red granite pillar at the entrance to the Dean’s Yard.

This was the greatest event in the history of English literature between the death of Chaucer and that of Spenser. But for the prodigious energy of Caxton, many of the names of the denizens of the Poets’ Corner would be unknown to us. Even Chaucer’s grave had been grossly neglected before Caxton came to Westminster and was on the verge of being forgotten.

Caxton, however, placed an epitaph on Chaucer’s grave, which remained its only distinguishing mark until 1555. During the sixteen years before his death Caxton printed from eighty to ninety volumes.

Westminster Abbey had been important along literary lines before Caxton. There was a scriptorium in the cloisters. The grooves in the stonework to fit the desks could be plainly traced in 'the north walk until very recently. Of the many monks who had labored in the scriptorium the outstanding literary figures were those of Ingulf and Matthew of Westminster.

Chaucer also lived at Westminster, where he was Clerk of the Works during the time of Richard II. With the arrival of Cax­ ton the scriptorium lost its former importance. Everyone was interested in the marvel which Caxton had brought from Bruges. A continuous stream of nobles and high churchmen came to see him and his press, in spite of the fact that he had taken a house in the Almonry where the charitable monks dis­ pensed their alms.

Although Caxton was a man of some means, he enjoyed the patronage of many of the nobility. Earl Rivers, brother-in-law to Edward IV, was his most liberal patron, although his was an ulterior motive. Earl Rivers had made a translation from the French of the Didos and Suyin^s of (he Philosophers and, vain as he was, he wished to see his work in print. His volume is the first dated book printed in the English language on Eng­ lish soil. Caxton in his preface to the book with his customary humor calls our attention to the fact that the Earl had omitted Socrates1 remarks on women. That Caxton includes them, however, does not display very good taste on his part.

Whether the Dictos and Sayings of (lie Philosophers was the first English book to be printed in England is not definitely known. It is, however, the first one to bear a date. Caxton may have printed various service books for the Abbey before, since he was closely connected with it. In some of the prefaces to his translations he occasionally mentions that he received help from the abbot. Easteney was abbot at the time and re­ peatedly delegated Islip to help Caxton. Islip had much to do with selecting the printing-house and settling Caxton in it.

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itor, binder, and publisher, all in one. Of the works of Chaucer, whom he especially admired, he printed two editions of The Canterburry Tales, Troilus and Oriseydc, The Parliament of Fowles, The House oi Fame, and others. It is surprising that he never issued Chaucer’s complete works. Just as has been said of Chaucer, thus it is said of Caxton that he was factor in unifying the English language. He used the same English that Chaucer used. Thus he assured the supremacy of the vernacular over the French and Latin, although the Oxford press later battled for the supremacy of the Latin. Caxton also had some influence on the trend of thought in England, since through his printing he dictated to public taste.

Printing, as Caxton did it, was a laborious process. His press was no improvement over the one used by Gutenberg. A press of this kind was a development of the cheese or cider press, a familiar sight on all of the larger estates during the Middle Ages. It consisted of two upright beams and t\vo cross­ beams, to the upper of which the platen was attached. A wood or stone bed rested on the lower beam. After the forms of type had been placed on the bed, incased in frames called coffins, and after the type had been inked by hand with inkinp：balls of wool covered with soft leather, a dampened piece of paper was placed on the type and the platen was screwed down.

After a few moments the platen was raised and the printed page was removed and hung up to dry. Such a simple affair was considered marvelous in Caxton’s time.

Books printed four hundred and fifty years ago differ widely from our own. They had no title page, but had a colophon instead. The type was also different. Caxton never used Latin type, but rather a type which was similar to the writing to which the clergy was accustomed. Latin type was introduced by ' Caxton,s ~ successor, but was not popular for a long time.

There is also a difference between Caxton’s early work and his work after 1480. After that year Caxton made all his lines of even length, something which he had not done before. How many books Caxton printed for the Abbey is not known, since only a small number has been preserved. Every fragment of Caxton’s printing is valued highly. Westminster Abbey pre­ serves one fragment which can be counted among the curiosities of literature. These few lines of Caxton’s printing were found in a rat’s hole, when the Chapter-house underwent renovation.

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ONE CHANCE IN A THOUSAND After slowly emerging from the warehouse I leisurely walked upon the wharf. My trusty slave, valise in hand, was at my side. At the wharf’s side the * 'Southern Queen1 J lay snugly moored. Negro stevedores, busily engaged in loading her with cotton, were trundling their trucks back and forth across the dock.

Before I boarded the vessel, I had opportunity to examine her appearance hastily. She did not tower high above me, and from this fact I inferred that her hull did not project much above the water line. A huge side wheel demonstrated her means of locomotion, and two rakish funnels indicated that she was designed for speed. Very little superstructure was visible, in fact two slender masts were the only objects which vied with the funnels for prominence above the deck. Evidently the •‘Southern QueenM did not desire to be conspicuous, for her hull was painted a dull grey.

I went aboard in order to acquaint myself further with my environment for the next forty-eight hours. At the gangplank a nattily attired officer met me. I introduced myself as the emissary of the Confederate Government to the court of a cer­ tain European monarch. “Oh yes,” he replied, “we made the necessary arrangements immediately after receiving the tele­ gram from Richmond. I’ll show you to your cabin and then I’ll take you to the captain.” After glimpsing at my quarters I was presented to the captain. He proved to be a bluff English­ man, a real sea dog, who looked just as daring as the illustrious Blake. He nonchalantly assured me that I would be on the ‘•Trafalgar’’at; Nassau within forty-eight hours. The affable captain ordered a seaman to conduct me about the ship. Before I proceed further in her description I will identify her. You know her name, but do you realize that she was the most successful blockade runner during the American Civil War? The year was 1863, and the Federal blockade was slowly strangling the South. Only through such swift blockade runners could the South maintain any communication with foreign countries.

Our vessel, the ‘‘Southern Queen,” was built in Liverpool and commanded by English officers. She was reputedly the fastest ship afloat.

Under the leadership of my ffuide I went below. In the engine room I found machinery capable of driving a vessel four times the “Southern Queen’s” size. Immense boilers provided the life blood for these engines—steam. Because so much space was occupied by the propelling machinery only a rela­ tively small cargo could be carried.

After I emerged from the bowels of the ship my guide left me and I was free to stroll about the deck. The sky was clear 7

and a moon that was nearly full made the night ideal for lovers but abominable for blockade runners. As I leaned on the rail­ ing I noticed that the final preparations were being made for departure. Under the raucous commands of an officer some darkies were casting the ship’s hawsers from the spiles of the dock and pulling in the gangplank. The wheels began to turn.

Slowly the “Southern Queen” drew away from the wharf. I had started on the most exciting and perilous journey of my life. But I did not worry, for had not the runner with her clean pair of heels caused the captain of many a Union blockad­ ing vessel to gnash his teeth in chagrin?

Although the ship had been steaming up for some time, I noticed that only a thin blue veil of smoke had coursed from her funnels. To my inquiry a fellow passenger replied that hard coal was burned when running the blockade in order to escape detection by any telltale smoke.

The side wheels turned faster. The dock slowly dropped behind, and a few “bon voyages” shouted by those watchingour sailing were our last greetings from the Confederacy before we entered on the adventure of a lifetime.

The increased pulsating of the engines told us that the ship was gathering speed. Ahead the entrance to the harbor loomed.

War had removed the navigation lights, and I wondered how the helmsman could now hit the opening, which was difficult even when the navigation aids were present. But the "Southern Queen” did not hesitate. Rather she increased her speed and smoothly slipped through the opening.

We were now in the open sea. Immediately a course was set to the South-East, and we cruised along silently at threequarter speed. To the North-East a black mass lay on the sur­ face of the sea. I raised my glasses to see her better, but no enlargement was necessary to inform me that she was the Federal warship patrolling that section of the coast. She appeared to be standing still or moving at a snail’s pace, and practically no smoke coursed from her funnels. As yet we were undetected. The rapid pace we were maintaining would have us free from all danger within a few minutes. Suddenly a dull red glow was cast over the deck. I glanced up, and saw a shower of sparks burst from the rear funnel. Either some fool stoker had thrown the wrong type of coal into the furnace or the fuel had been faulty. Although the shower of sparks immediately subsided I knew that our presence was betrayed.

A few seconds later a rocket coursed skyward from the cruiser.

This had but one meaning—stop. In answer the side wheels churned the water more quickly.

The black object began to move. Dense smoke began to rise from her funnels. A burst of flame, a tardy report, and a whistling projectile comprised the customary shot across the 8

:hAJ bow. It was directed across our bow, but the Yankees might just as well have saved that warning shot. It was merely an incentive for greater speed on the part of the “Southern Queen.”

I realized that we were in for a chase. The Federal Govern­ ment was determined to end the activities of the famous block­ ade runner. Consequently the fastest cruisers of the Union Navy had been patrolling the entrance to the harbor into which the “Southern Queen” regularly ran.

If we only were not visible to our pursuer! But that in­ fernal moon made objects on the surface of the ocean nearly as visible as they were by day. Another burst of flame, a high trajectory, and a screaming shell passed over us and exploded beyond. The next shell exploded much nearer. Without doubt the cruiser was gaining. The third shell burst uncomfortably close. Apparently the Yankee gunners could see us, for it was manifestly impossible to fire so accurately at an unseen target.

Dense clouds of smoke rolling from our funnels indicated that our furnaces were now burning soft coal. Evidently the captain realized that concealment was no longer possible and was rely­ ing on the superior heating power of soft coal to further accelerate our speed. The increased vibration of the engines caused the ship to tremble violently.

Again I looked at our pursuer through my glasses. Had the “Southern Queen’’ finally met her equal or perhaps master?

The persistent cruiser undoubtedly was gaining. Another shot.

This time the projectile exploded very near the blockade runner, and we could see the fragments of the shell falling into the water within a few feet of the ship’s side. And to our dismay the black object of the cruiser steadily became larger. If only a shell would not find its mark! A hit would disable or sink the “Queen,” for her construction was very frail. Again a shell sought us. This time, however, the cannoneers must have erred in their calculation, for they did not strike nearly as close as on the previous occasion. Still the inexorable pursuer continued to decrease the distance separating the ships. The cruiser’s guns spoke less frequently now. Were they witholding their fire because they were confident that their superior speed would soon overtake us? Perhaps they thought shelling now would only cause unnecessary bloodshed. Our crew worked feverishly.

In the east the sky was beginning to gray, presaging that the sun would soon peek over the horizon. With the increasing light the cruiser continued to overhaul us. Only a distance of a scant two city blocks separated us, and this distance soon narrowed down considerably. It was now sufficiently light to distinguish the cruiser’s most intimate outlines. I was now able to read the word “Republic” on its nameplate. Between my fears of capture and imprisonment there mingled a feeling of admiration as I watched this magnificent warship gradually 9

| g^JGUa^H 砂:He在Ij overtake us. She, the pride of the Federal Navy, was recently launched at Philadelphia. She bore the name of the glorious Union I was seeking to injure. It was the irony of fate that I should be captured by this vessel.

My fellow passengers, as true landlubbers, were bewailing their hard lot. “We，11 rot in some Yankee prison. Capture is inevitable,” was the cry. Indeed it seemed as if capture could not be avoided. In a few minutes we would be overhauled dnd boarded. My diplomatic career was to be ended before it be­ gan, and most likely I’d rue my action in some military prison.

Dejectedly I watched the “Republic” surge triumphantly forward. In a few moments the ‘‘Southern Queen’’ would be flying Federal colors. .

Suddenly a terrific explosion was heard. From the side of the “Republic” a flame shot up and the cruiser immediately began listing to port. Her speed slackened. We began dravving away. Now she stopped completely. The distance between us was rapidly increasing, All the frantic efforts of her crew availed not to correct the list; the proud warship lay as a sailing vessel becalmed. As the minutes passed she steadily became smaller, and soon only a black speck was visible. In a little over an hour she was only a memory, as far as we were concerned.

I successfully reached Nassau in the Bahamas where I boarded the ship which carried me to Europe. Months later I learned that the Federal cruiser “Republic” had struck a mine when about to effect the capture of a blockade runner. Ap­ parently the mine had become detached from the mine field laid at the entrance of one of the Southern harbors and had drifted into the path of the “Republic.”

The explosion, however, was not fatal, for the unfortunate vessel managed to limp back to her base under her own power.

What if the “Southern Queen” had struck the mine? It was one chance in a thousand, you might say, that the cruiser should strike the mine. That one chance perhaps saved my life, and most certainly it enabled me to start on my diplomatic career.

Carl F. Broecker JUST LIKE A WOMAN! Apollo had just put his fiery steeds away for an evening： of sleep and rest and the shadows of evening were slowly lowering upon the streets of Chicago where I stood at the curb, awaiting the arrival of the approaching ’bus, whose headlights I could see rounding the corner not many feet away. At last the moment had arrived ! I was about to begin the last lap of my journey and tomorrow I would be at my destination ! Ah yes, what joy­ ful thoughts raced through my mind as I hopped into my ’bus !

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Entering the ’bus, she had taken the seat directly behind me, only to find that there was not the customary foot-rest attached.

She lost no time in voicing her grievance to the driver, who kindly explained that it must have been broken off and the damage overlooked at the garage, and designated another seat for her comfort. About to take the designated seat, she re­ membered that a gentleman had already taken it and had left the coach for a few moments. Then she stood in the aisle a few seconds, contemplating whether or not a foot-rest would, after all, be really necessary. Finally she decided it wasn’t and sat down. “At last!’’ thought I. “Now foy some sleep !”

But alas, the woman had changed her mind again. She would take the seat which the driver had designated to her. Thinking that she was finally satisfied, the driver started the motor, but above its sound was heard the woman’s complaining voice, in­ forming1 passengers that the spring in the seat was broken. In the meantime a gentleman had taken half of the double seat which she had at first occupied. As she walked by, glaring at him, he asked politely, “Oh, was this your seat, ma’am?”

“Yes, it was my seat,” she answered hastily with much em­ phasis on the *4 was/7 and took a seat farther to the rear of the ’bus, so that I could hear only an occasional grumbling, where I sat.

Then the driver turned deliberately around and asked, '*Well, are you ready no'v ?’’ From the rear came the voice, by this time well known to all the passengers, “My goodness!

What have you been waiting around for ? I do hate delays!

Wpy didn’t you get started long ago ? I’m in a hurry!” A grinding of the gears was the only outward evidence of the driver’s emotions and thoughts at that particular moment.

We had ridden for about ten minutes, and I was dozing off, when I heard complaining in tjie rear again, and in a second the woman seated herself in the seat she had originally oc­ cupied. And of all the vacant seats in the coach that evening she would have to choose the one behind me!

I heard her say in a shrill voice to the gentleman beside her that she simply couldn’t stand riding over the wheels. The man, supposing he was obliged to be friendly toward her be­ cause he had taken her original seat, politely sympathized with her. Poor fellow !- I am sympathizing with him to this day !

I was preparing to take another seat, the farthest away from the woman that I could get, when we arrived at the Union Station. A supposedly bright idea came into my head. I would see if I could take another ’bus a little later. I hurried out, leaving my coat on the chair, just in case —. I was informed 11

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— Raving inwardly, I took my seat resolving to face my fate and hope the best. “The best” at present was the story of her husband’s operation. He had never been ill before in his life, and it had all come on “so sudden.” Yes, she was going to visit him now to cheer him up a bit. Oh yes, all the way to St. Anne’s Hospital in Toledo. (A general groan was heard from the neighboring passengers.) Yes, she had travelled quite a bit in her days. She’d been over this road five times since last December. Yes, she had one daughter, but her son had died six years before. No, he’d had pneumonia. Percy had always had trouble with his lungs and never could talk above a whisper.

(Why did it have to be her soil’s lungs ?) No, she had never been to Hollywood, but years ago her brother, Hiram, had, and he had come back and asked her to return with him and try to break into the movies, but she had thought she wouldn’t stand a chance. Oh, did he really think so ? Thanks! Well, her favorites were Fanny Rand and Gertie Garbage.

Yes, she thought the NRA was just simply wonderful. (I felt like ask­ ing* her why, if she thought so much of the NRA, she didn’t place an NRA sticker over her mouth—it was certainly working1 overtime !…）Oh, pardon her! The way that driver took the corners how could a body stay in a decent position. It certainly got on her nerves to have a reckless driver. And then, too, hadn’t he noticed a “knock” in the engine ? She couldn’t stand noise. She had a good notion to get off at the next stop and wait for the next ’bus. (Five polite gentlemen at this point kindly offered to attend to her transfer and baggage.) No, she’d have to stand it, for her husband was waiting for her, and she had never been one to disappoint her husband. She’d always been taught to think of others first. (What a failure her teacher had turned out to be!) ••• No, thanks ! She’d never smoked.

No, she didn’t think it was ladylike. No, she didn’t care, if he really wanted to, but the smoke did irritate so and—oh, that would be so very kind of him not to. (Six cigarettes including, my own began to glow in the darkness of the，bus.)

The coach quickly filled with smoke, and between the woman’s words little coughs were interspersed. After a time the coughs outnumbered the words, and finally she reluctantly “shut up,” politely excusing herself to her companion before reclining in her chair to take a nap. A number of backs reclined 12

a second afterward. I saw by my watch that I had twenty minutes before the end of my journey so I followed suit.

Those twenty minutes of peace passed quickly, and I had soon reached my destination. I put on my coat, picked up my bajr, and started to leave. But I couldn’t resist a great temp­ tation. The woman was by this time fast asleep. I shook her gently by the arm. ‘‘I hope that your husband has a very swift recovery,’’ I said.

She glared at me sharply and then whispered, “Oh dear, you would have to wake me up and after I have tried all evening to get to sleep !”

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THE BLACK AND RED Published Monthly by the Students of Northwestern College

EDITORIAL STAFF ..Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor

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PROLOGUE It has been the custom that the new editor beg for contri­ butions on approximately page fourteen of the number openinghis volume. This has been done since Volume III; before this time the Black and Red was essentially a publication of the Alumni. We realize that this is utterly bootless and unneces­ sary. The majority of those who “go by the College” would not be affected. The only song of the Sirens which would in­ cite many of these to write, would be a promise of a mark on their report card. The normal motives of pride, duty and privilege would not allure them. The rest of this group seems to think its accountableness performed in that it carps at the work of the others. For that group of students which realizes its duty and has too much pride to be satisfied with mere mediocrity, such an article is unnecessary. The realization that they have accomplished something really worthwhile for the College and themselves, is the greatest incentive and reward they can have.

The Black and Red has attained literary heights in the past years. Our goal lies beyond this, and there is no conceivable reason why this cannot be reached. Talent is to be found in 14

our ranks; this factor is not essential, but is to be considered as a lion’s share of opportunity. Interest and zeal are the only essential requisites. So we enter our term with optimistic and ambitious ideals, hoping that more and more of the disinterested majority will realize that it is an honor and a privilege to write for the Black and Red. R. H. A GRIEVANCE Did you ever stop to think that articles have to be typed for the Black and Red before they are taken to the printers?

Probably you never did. I didn’t either until I found myself at such work.

Yes, work. Maybe you don’t think it is work, but then, you probably never saw any of those articles before they ap­ peared in the Black and Red. After the articles have been written they are given to the typist. You say that’s easy enough. The work is all there.

All you must do is type it. If that were all it would be easy indeed.

Let me tell you about some of the different articles that are handed to the typist. One of the first that comes to my mind is one that has such abominable writing that it can scarcely be read. I type a few words and then there’s a letter that might be an “r” or a “v”； either would be suitable. The best thing 1 can do is to have the dictionary at my side and look up every word that bears resemblance to the one in question and with the definition decide whether it is correct. I know all of you haven’t the gift of a beautiful handwriting but—a handwriting that is at least decipherable can be acquired. Handwriting that cannot be read is usually due to writing too fast. I know that from my own experience.

Another article could be read easily if it weren’t for various words and phrases slipped in here and there. You probably wrote the article, then read it over and thought of a better sen­ tence. The one was crossed out and the other inserted some­ where, probably in the margin, and then the usual “follow the arrow. ” Then you thought one sentence would sound better in another place so there’s a line running between several sen­ tences to indicate where it is to be inserted. It does finally make one see in circles. Don’t you think it would be better to write the article over, taking an extra half hour of time, than to make the typist take an hour or two of his time that would and • should be spent elsewhere?

One other type of article must be mentioned although this occurs infrequently. This is a case of the writer saving on his supply of paper—and alas for the typist. The lines are so 15

closely written that when I am half through a page all the letters are dancing before me.

Without any exaggeration I worked on one article, six or seven pages long, four days. I never could spend more than an hour and one-half a day at typing it, but that same article written legibly should have taken only three-fourths of an hour to type.

Therefore, I humbly appeal to you, contributors to the Black and Red, to have pity on the typists.

E. R. ďź&#x152;38 THE OBJECT OF EXAMINATIONS Examinations are one of the most essential features in our present day educational system. As these examinations are very important, so likewise the effects brought about by them are essential to a harmonious spirit in the classroom. Nothing can more easily disrupt true relations between teacher and student than a false object for an examination.

Only then will a written test prove successful when the object is to benefit first the student and then the teacher. After a student has diligently applied himself to his task of studyi the subject before him, he wishes to know whether or not hi has been able to sift the grain and obtain those kernels that will sprout into useful sources of knowledge. For this reason he at all times has a right to expect that only such questions will be found which will redound to an efficient estimation of his ability at choosing the essentials. Especially within the survey courses, which do not aim at an intensive study of the small phases, will he be unprepared to write upon the chaff that covers or has covered the important essentials. It is true many students cram and pile up great heaps of detail. Such students, however, should not be catered to in any manner whatsoever.

Only he is in a true sense a student who can judge between the useful and the unessential and who then can by diligent appli­ cation make the essential his own. Therefore the object of the examination should be to aid those who are real and diligent students.

At no time should tests which are to cover a certain field of a study be filled with catch questions of little or no use. These questions immediately arouse the suspicion of the class. After the class once begins to mistrust the teacher, not only does the professor suffer but also those who are beneath him. From that time on they look at every question with a doubtful eye.

If the question appears to be easy, they immediately conclude that a catch is somewhere involved. No longer do those who are eager to forge ahead look forward to a true test of their past weeks of labor.

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This object of catching a student has also one other serious objection. These catch questions have already helped to shove some of the weaker members of the class into failure. Many students become very discouraged after they fail an examina­ tion. How many times do we not hear the ‘‘what’s the use” phrase uttered? If this should ever be the result of a test, the damage is indeed inestimable. There are many who are at all times near the border of an inferiority complex, which is so very destructive to any hope of attaining a good education.

Examinations ought to be the last thing to act as an agent in pushing these doubting students into the abyss of despondency.

May a surprise test be given in order to check up on the work of a class, and is this purpose on a high level? Yes, this is indeed a good way to prod on those who only study when a test is assigned. Although this is a very good method of bring­ ing the class to time, no professor ought to revenge himself upon the class by firing impossible questions into these examinations. Good surprise tests will prove to be a good stimulant to the whole class if all things are on the square.

There is no doubt that an examination which is given as a help to the student will be welcomed by the class. And if the class discovers that the professor is making use of this in­ strument solely to help them and to check up on his instructions, they will respect him and respond in a hearty manner. If per­ chance they fail and are at all characters, they will look within themselves to find the mistakes and will also ask the professor for aid in detecting their own weaknesses. In this way the professor will become a true pedagogue to his class, and the results will become manifest in a class spirit that cannot be excelled.

K. Gurgel APOLOGIA Opinions on jazz which were expressed in the last two issues of the preceding- volume of the Black and Red strike us as being untenable, in fact as being- merely amusing, because they do not proceed from an unbiased standard of criticism. That this is the case is demonstrated by the lack of knowledge displayed concerning the topic under discussion. In the first article, an attack on jazz, a moralization more or less, the clinching argu­ ment was to have been that jazz is a repetition of ten measures.

Even a drummer should know that music, any kind, moves in cycles of four or multiples thereof; however we’ll let that pass.

The unforgivable is that he should overlook the fact that sym­ phonies are frequently based on themes of four or perhaps even two measures. As for the other article: where does she, the authoress, derive the authority to outmode the term jazz and to 17

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include all modern music under jazz ? She certainly does this by dropping the distinguishing term. And doubtlessly we can blame to overmuch zeal the assumption that the lover of class­ ical music is absolutely intolerant of jazz. We find the inverse true, for every sane article on jazz that has come to our atten­ tion was written by someone thoroughly versed in the classics.

As for the deification of George Gershwin which seems to be a national disease instead of simply local: the reason that we do not hear much of his other “great” works (other than the *'Rhapsody in Blue’’）is that the plagiarism in them is al­ together too obvious. Even the “Rhapsody in Blue,7 is not purely original, for to us at least the most beautiful strain in it is simply a jazz version of the second theme of the first move­ ment of the Cesar Franck “Symphony in D Minor.”

We do not wish to stop the use of jazz as a topic for edi­ torials in college publications, and we do not wish to discourage those who are conscientious enough to write editorials for the Black and Red, but we do intend to discourage expressions such as this: “We wish to remain reprobates.” This is a direct denial of the purpose of a college education, for it says in other words : My opinion is the Mohammed to which the mountain must come, but in this case a Mohammed who will allow neither force nor fact to change his intent. We can readily see that this does not agree with the purpose of a college education, to broaden the perspective. It is a lack of perspective that leads to the narrow-minded views that have been taken of jazz: on the one hand that it is the quintessence of music, and on the other hand that it has absolutely no value : that it is the noise of evolutionists reverting to type. Jazz should be considered as a phase of music, but merely as a phase, and credit should be given to it only insofar as it may make some lasting contributions to music. (Although by this we justify jazz, we insist that it is not this quality that appeals to the typical jazz hound.)

In a comparative analysis of jazz it is absolutely necessary that one keep in mind the place of jazz in the scheme of music. In practice this means that though the classicist has a perfect right to a preference in music, he should tolerate jazz as an ex­ pression of the spirit of the age and should look in it for a development that may become a permanent part of music. To the jazz hound it means that he should consider jazz not as the quintessence of music, but rather as music in the travail of pro­ ducing that something which will be an all enduring, integral part of music.

A. Bolle and R. Siegler THE PLAY The literary societies, after much argument pro and con, chose as the play to be given this spring *‘Der Bibliothekar.

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Another argument in favor of the German play is the fact that it is entirely without offense. In past years we have been rather sharply criticized for the types of plays presented. This play should surely meet everyone’s approval. Let’s hope that for once we shall have the whole-hearted support of all those who were formerly dissatisfied.

There is no doubt that the play is a good one. However, will it draw an audience? There is no denying that it is more or less of an experiment. Still, if every student and friend pushes this play, there is no reason why it will not be staged before a capacity house. Therefore, let us, the Student-body, properly support the cast and .the directors so that it will be easier and more pleasant for them to overcome the obstacles that will naturally arise before the play can be a success.

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ALUMNI

Lenore H. Geweke，’28，who received her Ph. D. at the University of Wisconsin in the summer of *32, is now professor of Latin at Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois. Her thesis has recently been published in the Classical Journal.

Dr. 0. Plath, *10, Ph. D., Boston University, has recently published a book on Bumblebees. Since the summer of 1920 Dr. Plath has devoted a large part of his time to the solution of several interesting problems which had been either incorrectly or only partially solved by previous workers. Among the new and more striking results of Dr. Plath’s investigations are the pronounced differences which he has detected in the different species of bumblebees, the singular methods employed by Bombus fervidus in dealing with its enemies, and the simple and very plausible explanation of the “trumpeter” bee’s behavior.

Rev. G. Redlin, *28, of Allenton, Wis” a former tutor at Northwestern, received many friendly greetings from students during his call here on April 9.

Professors H. Bierwagen, ’21，H. Vogel, and E. Scharf, both ’28, are said to have accompanied the choir of Winnebago Academy on its tour through the eastern part of Wisconsin during the Easter holidays.

Prof. A. Sitz，’09, M. A.，and wife visited with Mrs. Sitz’s brother, Rev. L. Koeninger，’13, and family, of Manitowoc, Wis., on Palm Sunday.

Alumni who showed their interest in Northwestern’s musical organizations by attending the Mid-season Concert on March 20, were: Rev. A. Dornfeld, ’27，Rev. F. Zarling，’01，Rev. M. Stern, 720, Rev. G. Redlin, *28, Rev. F. Marohn, *13, Rev. K. Timmel, ’20, Misses L. and G. Thu row, Rev. and Mrs. Ph. Koehler of Milwaukee, Rev. Arnold Schuitz, ’02，Rev. N. Paustian, ’29, Ruth Mayer, ex-’34, A. Schevve, P. Heyn, O. Engel, J. Dahlke, K. Vertz, H. Warnke, E. Krueger, C. Trapp, H. Schultz, all *31, A. Schlutz, ’32, A. Buenger, M. Schwenzen, R. Biesman, W. Dobratz，’33, and Herbert Notbohm, ex-’35.

Philip Sauer，’29, M. A.，visited with several of the profes­ sors here during the Easter Recess.

Rev. Lee Sabrowsky，’28，Colome, So. Dak” was called to his home here at Watertown, Wis., on April 9, on account of the death of his mother.

Rev. Martin Glaeser，’15，has recently recovered from an illness with which he was troubled for some time.

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細 IHeZt I We wish to congratulate Carl Kluender，’11，and his wife, whom the Lord blessed with a baby girl. .

Rev. Aug. Kehrberg，’15，formerly of Zilwaukee, Mich” has accepted a call to Frankenmuth, Mich.

It is a great pleasure for us to announce that Raymond Lenz, ex-’33，was at this last Spring election elected assessor of the town of Lake Mills, Jefferson County, Wis. He is there known as the boy-assessor. Congratulations, “Sam”！ Herbert von Haden，’29, recently called on Rev. N. Paustian, ’29, and Rudolph Timmel, ex-’29, at Oconomowoc, Wis., to try to arrange for a class reunion some time in the near future.

The engagement of Prof. W. Pless, ’30, and Dorothy Nohos has been announced.

Rev. H. Nitz，’15，of Rockford, Minn., visited several classes at Northwestern on April 4.

Adolph Scheck, ex-’34，has completed his term of service at the reforestration camp.

The wife of Rev. A. Moyer, ’77, died shortly before Easter.

The pastors of the Winnebago Conference attended the funeral.

Officiating pastors were: Rev. P. Oehlert, ?05, of Kaukauna, who delivered the German sermon; Rev. E. Benj. Schlueter, ’00, of Oshkosh, who delivered the English; and Rev. Froelke of Neenah, who gave the address at the grave. Rev. Hoyer has already served his congregation at Princeton, Wis., over fiftythree years.

Dean Hotlen, ex-’37, has recently passed a civil service ex­ amination with a good standing and has consequently received a position in the Administration Building at the University of Wisconsin.

We here also wish to express our sympathy with the sur­ vivors and friends of Rev. Ralph Gamm, ’24, of Faulkton, So. Dak., who died recently on the way to Watertown to see his father, who was critically ill. Rev. Gamm was afflicted with pleurisy and on account of his illness had not preached since January. He was married about a year ago. He was buried here at Watertown on April 15.

I should like to take this opportunity to remind all alumni that this column is especially included in the Black and Red for their benefit and pleasure. It is to be their Forum, their treasury for news about old classmates and friends. During the past years we received several notes stating a desire for a larger Alumni column. For one thing, that tells us that the alumni are interested in the column; we take pleasure in this fact. For another thing, however, it tells us that many of the alumni have perhaps forgotten that an alumni note can not be manufactured by us. Under the present conditions it must be obtained by asking (with a few exceptions, however, and due credit be given to these donors). Our sources here for alumni 23

news are greatly limited. Therefore, if the alumni would like to enjoy a larger and better column henceforth, I should sug­ gest that they make some contributions to the column. Let this suggestion be an earnest appeal to each individual alumnus. If you have any unusual experience, jot it down on a card and address it to the Associate Editor of the Black and Red. Make this column more interesting for one another. I am herewith transferring this section of the Black and Red into your hands.

You shall make it what it is to be in the future.

Hardly has the Peace of Versailles been recorded in the annals of history—and war is again the international problem.

Russia and Japan, Germany and France, Hitler and Mussolini— all are lining up against each other for their various purposes.

Reliable writers speak of war in the near future as inevitable, describe Europe as a powder barrel again waiting for a spark to set it off. Why? What is it all about? These questions are being answered by peace movements throughout American colleges.

Stout also has organized a Peace Movement with an educa­ tional program that will bring out facts showing the origins of war, the results of war, the answers to the question, “Why war?M, and similar topics. The program includes having book reviews of the best material in this field, taking part in inter­ national correspondence with students in Europe, joining peace organizations of national and international scope, purchasing books and pamphlets on peace investigations, posting a clipping 24

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service of current events, and having distinguished local and out-of-town speakers at meetings. We quote the “Stoutonia”: ‘•Everlasting world peace. A goal for which man has been striving for many centuries.” “一it is time means were devised for crushing the present war scare. A new method of attain­ ing this end has been devised. Colleges over the entire United States are attempting to do their part by conducting peace movements. Students are being urged to take part by refusing to take part in any aggressive war.” “The attitude of the entire world will be changed. The peace movement must be transmitted to and accepted by all nations. They must be per­ suaded that their differences can be settled in ways other than the horrible extreme of war. The attainment of this goal is the aim of the present generation. To this end they have institut­ ed peace movements in American colleges.” We heartily approve of any movement that has such a sensible and noble goal. War is foolish, war is futile, “war is hell.” But despite our aversion for war and our leaning toward pacifism, our enthusiam is dampened a bit by the realization of the impossibility of ever attaining world peace. And when it comes to persuad­ ing nations to settle their quarrels by means other than war, our enthusiasm is entirely displaced by a feeling of helplessness.

As long as there are people on this earth, as long as there are different nations, there is going to be war. In the light of history and human nature, any striving for world peace seems futile. What American colleges can accomplish toward that end is pitifully little. Nevertheless, we must respect the at­ tempt at least and encourage it. If this peace movement, although it recognizes the hopelessness of its case, yet has the courage to attempt what little it can, it certainly should not be discouraged. It deserves the whole-hearted support of every serious college student.

If the writers of the Co-ed Notes were peeved at a recent article on jazz, we advise them to read an article on the same topic in the March number of the “D. M. L. C. Messenger’’，to see what “a pitiful specimen of humanity” they (and we) are in that young lady’s opinion.

Northland College seems to be troubled with the old problem of cribbing, better known around here as “smearing.” The writer of the editorial in the “Student Life” is alarmed that some students value their grades above their honor. We agree; cribbing should be considered a disgrace by every student.

What surprises us is that the writer barely mentions the moral problem involved and bases his objection on the cribber getting as good a mark as the student who studies and comes by his 25

mark honestly, And that leads to the much-debated problem of marks: “For a time we tried the idealistic view of education, ‘Grades don’t mean anything,，but we find this very hard to stick to when other grades are compared to ours. Actual­ ly, we had a very definite idea of what we wished to learn in college and cared little about our grades but at last our tenden­ cy to excel is showing itself and while we may actually excel in something we would like to have it show on the record books now and after we have graduated.” We suggest, beside the use of a few commas, that the writer have his marks framed and hung in the parlor. For what purpose is he studying?

Certainly the benefit derived from study remains the same re­ gardless of the fairness of one’s neighbor^ or even one’s own marks. We feel sorry for the writer if he gave up what he calls the idealistic view of education simply because he began comparing grades. The entire editorial smacks of grade-school days.

Gems : Butler University is now offering a course in the fine art of staying married.

Exactly 150 students and three professors at Akron Uni­ versity signed an agreement to commit mass suicide by decapi­ tation. The college editors pulled the stunt to see how many would sign a document without reading it.

Coeds at Purdue are now offered a course in Charm, de­ signed to teach them how to avoid spilling cocktails on their favorite party gowns and how to smoke a cigarette gracefully.

Princeton Freshmen admit that they prefer Phi Beta Kappa keys to varsity letters.

Some coeds (again) at Washington College, having been permitted to smoke in classes, ambled into a class sporting corn-cobs. 氺氺

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“The Spectator” makes the following observation: ^Stu­ dents* arguments too often become mental and vocal bouts in which the aim is not to learn the truth, but to prove themselves right at all costs. Instead of trying to exchange ideas and broaden their view, they keep to their same old rut and hold that what they believe is right, is right simply because they believe so.” Yes, we’ve noticed the same thing.

Emily Post’s “Etiquette” is the most frequently drawn book in the Concordia College (Milwaukee) library.

Thought-provokers: The “Carroll Echo”： “If we must have thinkers, leave it 26

to the great men of creative minds, and not the ordinary folks Why, oh why, do our elders go to such labor like most of us. and expense to make thinkers out of us ordinary chaff “Leave it to the Beethovens who can give us more symphonies, and the Robert Brownings, and the Tolstoys, and Emersons, the great emancipators and scientists. By thinking and giving ex­ pression, their contributions enrich the world. But for us to try it can only mean despair.” “As for literature, the great books written by men who really understand what life is—let musty professors keep them. They can do us no good; we are better off if we do not know those things, “No, let our diet consist of Detective Stories, Western Adventures and True Story Magazines. Let us go on thinking that life is like that, full of heroes, pretty heroines and villains that always come to justice.”

According to the “Racquet，” Ring W. Lardner, Jr” main­ tains that college should be primarily a social institution. The “bull session” is the foundation of a college education, the most effective means of making college a valuable preparation for life, because it consists of the frank exchange of ideas on widely varied subjects between boys of different environments.

Because the utmost candor is essential if an exchange of ideas is to be beneficial, the ‘‘bull session’’ has this advantage over the classroom, that the discussion is frank, for too many factors enter into the classroom to allow a free and unrestrained dis­ cussion between professor and student. l)o you agree?

This is our idea of an interesting and highly original editor­ ial. A Stout coed, (not a pun!) calling herself “The Duckling Herself/7 delivers the following barrage: '*Such men! ^ Such insipid, childish, adolescent, juvenile, egotistical, satisfied, superior babies!” “A cultureless bunch; no finesse to them.”

It seems that the Stout men weren’t gallant enough to dance with the less beautiful coeds at a school party.

From the ' ‘Spectator’ ’ comes the following comment on "Looking into Luther,” an article in the “American Mercury” for March which debunks Luther. “Some of his (the author’s) claims are half-true, others entirely false.” "Luther no staunch Christian? Preposterous! Luther obscene, a drunk­ ard? Ridiculous! Such an exaggerated misinterpretation of Luther is the result of preconceived prejudice or of a lament­ able lack of correct facts and understanding. While we do not claim that Luther was perfect, we do respect him highly as the noble character he was, as a true Christian, and the great Reformer. So history and fair-minded writers describe him to 27

us.’’ We would advise those who have not read the article in ‘‘lilercury，，to do so. It is a typical example of distortion and misrepresentation in spite of historical facts. It is the kind of debunking and idol-smashing that the “Mercury” takes such a derisive delight in. 氺氺氺 The “Creighton Quarterly Shadows” is by far the best exchange we receive. Its format is very formal and attractive, and immediately strikes the eye. Perhaps it impresses us more than do other college papers because it is a magazine devoted entirely to literary matter, having none of the informal features of the usual paper, such as jokes, columns, or advertisements.

The April number contains no less than seventeen poems—some good, some bad. We recommend “The Socialistic Challenge,” an interesting, impartial, and apparently accurate analysis of the Five Year Plan.

As an “abschreckendes Beispiel” of what should not appear in a college paper, we reprint from the “Racquet” the last verse of a so-called poem entitled ‘ ‘Song of the Boarding House. ” When you’re through and plate’s all clean, Against the wall your chair you lean, And attempt all others to squelch, By uttering the loudest, most vulgar belch.

For obvious reasons no one claims the authorship of this classic. Our only comment is that the so-called poem certainly displays an abysmal lack of good taste, not to mention selfrespect.

We have often heard the American college student berated for his indifference toward the political affairs of his country, for not taking part in youth movements. The prominence of French and Cuban students in national affairs is well known.

In Germany, Italy, and Russia young men are holding respon­ sible positions. Is there something wrong with the American college student? We think not, at least nothing serious. We read with pleasure and approval a defense of the college student in America, quoted by the ‘‘Intercollegiate Digest” from the ‘‘Colgate Maroon.” In America political changes have not witnessed a great surge of student movements. ‘‘Not that the young men and women of the United States are not interested in current affairs, for they most certainly are; but they realize their own shortcomings and realize that nothing worthwhile can be accomplished by impulsive, childlike movements. They know that great constructive advances in the fields of economics, society, and government are not brought about overnight.”

“The young men and women of the United States are by no 28

means content with things as they are. They’re reading, thinking, discussing possibilities for betterment in our civiliza­ tion. They^'e trying hard to find the answer to the problems of their age. And when they do,—they’ll act, not impulsively, but constructively with a determination born of understanding. ’’ The phraseology may sound a bit pompous, but the ideas are sound. In our opinion the American college student is not such a hopelessly bad specimen after all. We may sound a bit too optimistic and immature, but somehow we have faith in the college student of our generation and in his future.

Conference Data On April 6th the Tri-state Intercollegiate Conference representatives met at Milton. The basketball championship for 1933-34 was given to Milton College. The Milwaukee School of Engineering and Aurora College presented their application for admission to the conference and both were accepted. Aurora college will participate in all three sports, football, basketball, and baseball, whereas the School of Engineering will only take part in two, basketball and baseball. Until now there had been no ruling as to how many years of competition each individual student should have, but in their last meeting the officials decided that no student should be allowed to play more than four years in the conference.

The following were chosen for the first and second all-con­ ference teams: 29

Forwards: Center: Guards:

Forwards: Center: Guards:

First Team Zimpelmann N. W. C. Wartburg Landdeck Milton Kelling Mission House Kessler Milton Stevens Second Team Milton Sunby Mission House Steinecker Miners Loeffelholz Wartburg Eller Milton Werfel

Individual Scoring in (he Conference B F. T. T. 1).

68 28 12 Zimpelmann N. W. C. 65 26 13 Milton Sunby 54 22 Wartburg 10 Landdeck 50 14 Mission House 18 Steinecker 48 16 16 Milton Kelling 46 8 19 Loeffelholz Miners 46 17 12 Roekle N. W. C. 45 19 7 Kessler Mission House 42 19 4 Mission House Hessling 39 Wartburg 12 15 Damsalla Mission House 14 9 37 Eckhart 3G 14 8 Clark Miners 35 Milton 16 3 Parker 34 12 10 Eller Wartb 34 Schewe N. W. ucrg 9 16 12 32 Werfel Milton 10 12 32 Eberhardt Mission House.

10 Milton again took the honors in the free-throwing contest, Sunby netting 45 out of his 50 attempts.

The athletic board put its stamp of approval on the follow­ ing basketball players by awarding them letters: co-captains: Zimpelmann and Schewe; Roekle, Koehler, Hallemeyer, Raabe, and manager Hotlen. The athletic board also found it necessary to revise its constitution.

Bascbali Spring is here and with it the baseball season. Until now our men have been doing some hard practicing in the gymna­ sium. On April 9th Coach Kleinke asked his men to appear on the diamond. About twenty-five spirited candidates, all eager 30

I处m in pursuit of a berth on the season’s nine, answered his first call. The list of candidates contains some very promising and equally balanced material. Coach Kleinke faces a difficult problem in whipping together a tip-top winning machine, but observing the competition already displayed by the candidates and their encouraging performance in practice, he can be sure that he will be able to put out just as good a team as last season.

The outfield has still two veterans from last year and the third member to complete the trio will easily be supplied by one of the new candidates. . A catcher, first baseman, and third baseman must still be developed. The infield, with Koehler seeking fame on the rubber this season, will entirely be forlorn of veterans; all new faces will be seen in this department. At this early writing no one dare attempt to prophesy the person­ nel of this season’s nine. Finally, looking at the new material and their performance in practice, the Northwestern fans can be assured of a good display of baseball this season and see the team at the close of the season with most of their games to their credit.

Until now Coach Kleinke has not been able to get a com­ plete schedule with dates of certainty. We expect to have it in the near future. The following is a tentative schedule: April 28 : Spencerian College at Watertown May 5 : Milwaukee School of Engineering at Watertown May 16 : Milton at Watertown May 23 : Milton at Watertown (?)

May 30 : Watertown team at Watertown # June 2 : Milwaukee School of Engineering at Milwaukee June 15 : Alumni at Watertown Two games with Seminary; dates uncertain Two games with Mission House Arrangements are also being made for a tennis and golf meet of the conference but we can offer no fixed date for these engagements yet.

1934 Football Schedule Sept. 22 : Seminary at Watertown Sept. 29 : Lake Forest at Lake Forest Oct. 6: Mission House at Watertown Oct. 13: Platteville Miners at Platteville Oct. 20 : Dubuque University at Dubuque Oct 26: Milton College at Watertown Nov. 3: Wartburg at Clinton

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Not to repeat the Locals Editors，annual tale of woe, we merely ask in introducing ourselves to this column that. since Locals admittedly are for the most part not, you bear with us until we learn the art of inventing news that may interest you.

And so to our task. .

Easter vacation has been. Students made their return sooner or later. Still reported among： the missing are gager and Mielke, Sophomores. Fellow-classmen are straining ing their wits trying to explain away their absence. Expla­ nations are sundry—cf. Latin hour. However, rumored infor­ mation from a perhaps more reliable source has it that the two have discontinued their studies for the year.

Schroeder, F. Tiefel, Mehlberg, and Weiss kept the home fires burning in the dormitory over the spring recess. They are most superlative in describing how royally our matron fed them.

But, as someone has said somewhere, all good things have an end.

Eliminating the common factor of eating and sleeping, • vacations were spent in ways too divers to mention. Witt and V. Tiefel, and Hoff and Keturakat rode coal tenders and played hide-and-seek or something such with railroad clicks. Roekle and I. Frey thumbed their way through Michigan and also stopped at Kenosha. Roekle still thinks the Michigan moon is, what shall we say — more interesting.

Spring is here and apparently is making itself felt....

Young ipan’s fancy turns—and they say that a few Juniors have joined him. But who will frown if on these romantic nights the call to trysted hours get the best of our more romantic souls.

The tennis courts were recently re-marked. This marks the beginning of another season of tennis and track for our tennis enthusiasts of the dormitory. Not to be ambiguous, we might say that in order to play tennis on the college courts it is 32

anh necessary to come in at least fourth in the morning track race.

Every morning immediately after breakfast Senior chases Sextaner from refectory to room 4 to sign for a tennis hour. A quick get-away apparently is very essential. — A most laudable system!

Spring elections were held for positions on varsity athletic teams. Schroeder was elected to lead the baseball team this year. Assistant managers for the coming seasons in baseball, football, and basketball are Witt, Kugler, and Hinnenthal, re­ spectively.

Toppe and Buzzewitz have set an unusual record for nature rambling. On Sunday, April 8, they made an excursion into the Oconomowoc lake country, and in the course of their tramp they claim to have circuited 22 lakes, touched 8 towns, and, all told, to have trudged 35 long miles.

DerBibliothekar,” a farce in four acts by Moser, has been selected by the Literary Societies for the major dramatic presen­ tation this year. The play is written in simple German, easily understood, and contains much humor of dialogue and situation.

The cast has been chosen and includes seventeen characters.

The play is directed by Professor Kiessling, assisted by student P. Ben ter t. The date for the presentation of “Der Bibliothekar” has been set for May twenty-fifth.

On the nights of April fifth and sixth the College Orchestra assisted in the presentation of a comedy drama by the St. Mark’s Ladies Aid Society. The orchestra played a concert and also selections between acts to appreciative audiences.

Items of inconsequential consequence : 0. The pool-table has been removed from the Vesuvius clubroom. Mielke and Sager have discontinued their studies.

0. A single new blackboard eraser is to be found in several classrooms.—The College must have bought at least a half dozen.

0. The college pump has been chained to a drinking cup.

0. Contrast in combinations of dress for men is quite the swank this year.

Several of the student body heard the internationally famous St. Olaf’s Choir while on its tour through the state.

Wicke, Sommers, and prep Detert heard the choir at Madison, April second; Heller, Lederer, and Schuetze attended the con­ cert given in Milwaukee on April fourth.

An opportunity was offered to students and citizens of Wa­ tertown to attend a musical concert of unusual excellence when the Jane Dudley Quintet of Madison appeared in concert at the 4 <

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College Auditorium on April 12. The music was wonderful, played with grace and exceptional artistry; the audience, as concerns numbers, was poor and wholly unworthy of such splendid music. It is to be lamented that such a classical concert .—able to attract only a very small percentage of the student is body, a veritable handful of the townspeople, and two faculty members. .

On March tenth a program treating of “The American Drama” was presented by the Philomathean Society. The pro­ gram was arranged by V. Tiefel. The College Orchestra played Franz L^har’s “Merry Widow” and a march, 14From Tropic to Tropic* * by Alexander. H. Wicke spoke on the American Drama, showing its development and briefly discussing the modern American drama. His speech covered the subject very adequately. Two dramatic readings were given by F. Weyland, the “Maiden and the Weather-cock” by Longfellow, and “ImphM,” Anonymous. C. Frey gave the biography of Eugene 0*Neill in a lively, interesting manner. Modern music in a special arrangement was played by the Six Sophomore Syncopators.

The program was concluded with a dramatic presentation, “lie, ’’

by Eugene O’Neill. The superb acting of the entire cast un­ doubtedly gave this drama first place among the dramatic per­ formances given by the societies this year. The acting of Miss Wall and E. Schroeder as the leading characters was especially deserving of praise. The other members of the ca*st included J. Mahnke, L. Seifert, E. Toepel, W. Zickur, S. Kugler, and L. Heller. Professor Sitz was critic.

On March sixteenth R. Siegler, Phi Gamma Rho, presented a program dedicated to Education. The program was not a unity in the strictest sense; as stated by the Master of Cere­ monies, each speaker was permitted to choose for his subject whatever phase in the field of education most interested him.

H. Wicke opened the progam with an organ _ solo, “Elegy” by Frederic Lacy. “The Object of Education” was the topic chosen by C. Hotlen. His speech was arranged well and was given with a pleasing delivery. C. Toppe spoke on Universities, American, English, and German. The speech was excellent in every respect. An original “Socratic Dialogue” was given by N. Vallesky, as Socrates, and S. Kugler, as Crito. The travesty was quite cleverly arranged and won numerous laughs from the audience. H, Fredrichs spoke on Students, rather, on the fraternity life of students, specifically of the students of the universities of Germany, where, theoretically at least, the student is free. The speech was interesting and excellently delivered. The Freshman Chorus, directed by K. Gurgel, coneluded the program by singing three student songs in typical student spirit, “Northwestern，” “Er lebe hoch,” and the “Drinking Song” from Sigmund Romberg*s “Student 31

Prince.” Suggestions and criticisms were added by the critic, Professor Kiessling.

The Mid-Season concert was given on March 20. It is hardly necessary to say that the concert was a success. The program as presented follows: .Keler-Bela 1. Overture, Consecration Waltz, Violets.............. .Emile Waldteufel W. H. Myddleton Down South................

Orchestra— Prof. W. Herrmann, Director 2. When Allan-A-Dale Went A-Hunting ■R. L. Pearsall Lilac Time...........................................

W. Harmans Mixed Chorus—Prof. A. Sitz, Director 3. Grandfather’s Clock Work—Parks De Sandman..........

D. Protheroe Male Quartette 1st Tenor, E. Schewe 2nd Tenor, E. Toepel

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1st Bass, T. Sauer 2nd Bass, A. Bolle

Potpourri Standard Overture No. 2__ „Arr. by M. L. Lake Brass Quartette 1st Cornet, Miss E. Conklin 2nd Cornet, II. Koehler

Alto, E. Toepel Trombonee, T. 1\Mittelstaedt

_H. Pfeil 5. Still Ruht der See____ • H. Scholken Sternennacht __ ____ .F. Mail， Like the Woodland Rose J. H. Mannder Border Ballad.…：___ Male Chorus -Prof. C. Bolle, Director 6. Man Lebt Nur Einmal (Valse Caprice after Johann Strauss) ........... ........................................ ...................... C. Tauzig Piano Solo Rudolph Weyland

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Light Cavalry..................................... __ F. v. Suppe Overture, Leonore (Fidelio).............. __ L. v. Beethoven Arr. by M. C. Meyrelies

K. L. King March, Gallant Zouaves Band—Prof. G. W. Westerhaus, Director

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Ho hum! So this is Spring with all its lightly turning fancies — but still they expect co-ed notes.

Perhaps some of you may be interested in what has hap­ pened to our dictionary. We have forbidden the use of it and are preserving it as a relic and have dedicated it and its senility to the class of，36. We have had several offers from noted museums, but we just can’t bring it upon ourselves to part with it.

The date for the co-ed banquet has been set for Monday, May 28; place — Green Bowl. Now all co-eds, along with the thousand American housewives, will pray for fair weather.

Housewives and co-eds together we should avert the rain as we did last year along with other things.

One of the co-eds is cutting three wisdom teeth at once; so she says; we remain skeptical. At that rate she need no longer attend classes. We will mention here that the anticipated change is not apparent.

Two of our Freshmen have developed a taste for natural science. The first for Zoology. She has a pair of pet turtles; the one is called ‘‘Wimpy’’ (it was born on Tuesday), the other Century of Progress, “Centy” for short. She is going，to bring： them visiting as soon as the weather is a bit warmer. We are looking forward to it eagerly. The other freshman is going in for Botany. She is going to raise a marshmallow tree and plant one near every out-door oven. She should develop a macaroni tree and Italy would raise a monument to her.

The Sophomore girls are somewhat downcast. Their ideal has not returned from his Easter vacation.

On Friday, April 13, Ruth Heppe visited school.

From all reports everyone enjoyed Easter vacation.

Mary Alice Roth was one of the judges at a district declam­ atory contest at Waterloo and Marshall.

My pen is getting heavier and heavier. Just about this time I’m glad I don’t write for a newspaper.

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Cf. previous April numbers for introductory speech.

A Close Shave During a recent visit to town, Ezra Hoskins decided to take his wife to their first movie. They gazed with wonder and amazement at the fast action and antics of the people on the screen. Finally an automobile came into sight in the distance and approached the audience at a great rate of speed. Just as it seemed that it must drive headlong into the crowd, it swung to one side and disappeared. Ezra rose and grabbed his wife firmly by the arm. “Come on, Tildy,” he shouted, “let’s get out. That dad-blamed thing didn’t miss by more’n ten feet!”

Patron (posing for photo) - What will these pictures cost me?

Photographer - They * re twenty-five dollars a dozen. Now look pleasant! * * * Professor — Wonderful, is it not, that nature provides so bounteously for the manifold needs of mankind ?

Hoyer - Yes. For instance, think how useful ears are to hang spectacles on. * * * Reilly—Did you hear about Pat O’Rourke gettin, drowned yesterday ?

Flannigan — Drowned ? No. I thought he was a first-rate long-distance swimmer.

Reilly—So he was, but you know what strong union prin­ ciples he had. Just as he was about to reach the shore, he heard the whistle blow and he quit work for the day. 琳氺*

Fat’s latest pun— “It’s spring;’’ said the tree, "let’s leave.”

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Clerk—What’s the matter, sonny?

Little Boy—Please sir, have you seen a lady without a little boy who looks like me ? 幸本氺

If he asks me, I’ll say ‘yes’. It doesn’t make much differ­ ence. He’s clever and good-looking. His hands are gentle. I like to feel them in my hair. I think he would treat me right.

If lie doesn’t ask me—all right—but if he does, I’ll say ‘yes’.’’

“Shampoo, madam?” i i

“Yes.”

氺氺氺

Teacher—Jimmie, define and give me an example of heredity.

Jimmie — It means that — that — well, if your grandfather didn’t have no children, your father wouldn’t have none either 一 neither would you. * * * A customer sat down at a table in a smart restaurant and tied his napkin around his neck. The manager, scandalized, called a boy and said to him: ‘‘Try to make him understand as tactfully as possible that that’s not done.

Boy (seriously to customer)—Shave or haircut, sir ?

Howard (on the telephone)—Hello, dear, would you like to have dinner with me tonight ?

She—I’d love to.

Howard—Well, tell your mother I’ll be over at six o’clock.

Professor — This liquid is like a litmus paper —put it in a basic solution and it turns blue. Put it in an acid solution and it turns red.

Student—I’m sorry, sir; I’m a little color blind. Can’t you mix something with a bell on it ? * * * Mistress—Bridget, it seems to me that the crankiest women get the best cooks.

Bridget—Aw, go on with your blarney ! 本本木

Diner—Are you the waiter who took my order ?

Waiter—Yes, sir.

Diner—You’re looking well after your vacation.

Friend—So you’ve been to college, eh ?

Sydow—Yeah. ^ Friend—How high can you count ?

Sydow—One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king.

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Ziegenhagen—Who crossed the Alps with elephants ?

Keturakat—Burbank, you otta know that.

Gob (to fellow gob sitting on bunk) —Hey, Joe, take off your shirt. I want to see how yer spell Matilda.

Femininity Her very entrance served to dominate the scene.

She stood, all jrrace and poise, a lovely queen.

Her hair was blond and soothing, fold on fold, Like moonbeams on a field of marigold.

The music, throbbing1 plaintive wistful sighs, Seemed but an undeserving background for her eyes, Of haunting1 pulse-exciting hue, Reflected in her gown of star dust blue.

Her body would call forth a deathless hymn Reserved in all its youth, and sweetly slim.

Still in the arch-way, set above the throng She turned, each movement fluid as a song, And with a smiling, tantalizing, lowered glance, To me, enveloped in a halo of romance, As over all a gauze of quiet fell, She clearly murmured, “Ain’t this swell ? } >

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— Political Philosophy of Henry Clay 40 A Moonlight Walk in a Churchyard 42 A Gay Deception

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Transcendentalism......................

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On The Universality, Versatility and Power of Music...............

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EDITORIALS—

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A Message from the Throne

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Our Choruses.............. .

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A Defense.................. .

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Let’s Learn to Speak.

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The Artifices of Jubal

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The Play.....................

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SEMINARY NOTES...............

ALUMNI NOTES...................

THE FORUM........................

EXCHANGE...........................

ATHLETICS ..........................

LOCALS ...............................

CO-ED NOTES......................

CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXVIII.

Watrrtown, Wis., May 1934

Number 2

One Dollar.

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF HENRY CLAY One of the wise of antiquity remarks: ‘‘Contrariorum enim contraria sunt consequential.’’ Of the moderns, one whose education covered the span of some sixty-odd years writes in his autobiography : ‘‘Double standards are inspiration to men of letters, but they arc apt to be fatal to politicians.” Both sen­ tences are applicable in studying the political philosophy of Henry Clay. A man of emotional temperament, Clay became a statesman of moderation, which was really a denial of his character, a contradiction. This contradiction begot more con­ tradictions, which we may term compromises — makeshifts, which society was destined to sweep into the ash-heap in Civil War times. This double standard, or rather absence of any standard at all, proved fatal to Clay’s life ambition, the presi­ dency. Although at any one time he would have been the per­ sonal choice of a majority of the people, he was not elected to this high office because he was lacking in stable convictions upon any great question of political principle.

The only suitabte phrase which would cover this contra40

dictory philosophy would be that Clay believed in the “eternal principle of self-preservation.” He believed that this principle justified any measure which seemed to be necessary. With the “eternal principle of self-preservation” he meant that the union of the states must be preserved at all costs. The principle of union is a good principle, but it cannot be achieved and cannot be carried out by means of a series of compromises, disliked by those who voted for them and intended to be replaced when the first opportunity would present itself. A union cannot be built upon and dare not rest upon basic principles which do not satis­ fy. A prerequisite of union is unanimity of spirit. It is im­ possible for each of two parties to sacrifice some of their favorite principles and then to remain content. A political philosophy based on the supposition that the foregoing is possible cannot be permanent. In fact, it can hardly be called a philosophy.

Clay’s conception of the nature of a compromise was pe­ culiar and not altogether true. Clay, in his speech On The Compromise of 1850, says of it: “it is a work of mutual con­ cession —an agreement in which there are reciprocal stipu­ lations —a work in which, for the sake of peace and concord, one party abates his extreme demands in consideration of an abatement of extreme demands by the other party : it is a measure of mutual concession — a measure of mutual sacrifice.”

Clay’s use of the word mutual cannot be allowed. The word has a connotation which does not fit it for use in discussing the nature of a compromise. A compromise is the surrender of certain principles for the time being for the purpose of gaining the passage of other wished-for considerations. Nations and unions cannot be built upon such a shaky foundation. As a concession a compromise is by its very nature temporary.

This philosophy formed the core of the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1833, and the Compromise of 1850. Clay, as a result of this philosophy, did not achieve any permanent resuits. His political philosophy did not force the people and the country to take a definite stand on any question, to solve any problem once and for all, and failed to shape the destiny of the nation in years to come. Despite this principle of his, which no truly great statesman championed, Clay enjoyed an immense popularity. He was more popular than any other statesman of the time. Adams was cold and was disliked by the people; Calhoun embodied reason and logic; the other statesmen lacked Clay’s oratorical fire and personal magnetism.

H. Wicke

ANNUAL CONCERT June 13 41

A MOONLIGHT WALK IN A CHURCHYARD “Beautiful night.” “Yes, a beautiful night.” It is indeed a wonderful night; one that can best be described by that some­ what overworked phrase “a night made for love.’’ All the requisites are here. It is spring. The growing moon, not yet made cynical by the ravings of mankind, shines down graciously on the closed flowers and on the leaves. The breeze is just strong enough to stir her hair against your face. And from a nearby marsh the frogs furnish the necessary music. Oh, how contraditory this serenity to the chaos that seethes within my heart.

For years I have loved. And then, on such a night, all my hopes and my trust in all that is fine and true must be shattered, What caused it I need not say, for I do not intend to write a story. But I was dazed and hurt; so hastily I walked away, down a path that leads through the church-yard. It has long been a habit of mine, whenever something has troubled me, to wander about among1 the graves and there I have always found a certain amount of composure. So tonight I turned into it quite uncon­ sciously. Slowly my mind awoke from its lethargy. Moralizing as little as possible, I shall attempt to set down some of my thoughts, just as they came to me, while looking at the tomb­ stones.

There are some ten thousand people lying here. Many I have known personally. It’s a queer thing. Not one of all this number could decide whether he wanted to be born or not; and not one could put ofT his death for just a single hour. On the choosinp： of these two most important events, birth and death, we haven't a word to say. A queer affair.

Ten thousand people lying here. All of them came the same way, and all of them traveled the same journey straight to death. All of them lived the same life. We are as it were, all aboard a ship, seeking something:; but most of us do not even know what we are seeking. Yet what wranglings and quarrels arise between the members of the crew. Here lie Art —and Louis—, side by side. As long as they lived they would not look at each other. If the one saw the other, he promptly turned aside. All this hatred was brought about by such a trivial thing as a cow breaking through the linefence. During the “flu” epidemic Art died one day, Louis the next.. Even in the hour of death, they did not forgive. But here, in death, they lie side by side. I wonder, are they finally reconciled?

This is the most peaceful grave in the entire cemetery.

Those two evergreens standing on each side look exactly like sentinels. That leafy vine is creeping up on the stone, so that everything below the nameplate is covered. A little later on even the name will be hidden. Then, indeed, the sleeper will 42

I也—砂於孜3 be buried in deepest oblivion. Who lies here? I shall see. In the moonlight the name can barely be deciphered. James Illing, a veteran of the War of 1812. There are no garden flowers on his grave, so all his close relatives must also be dead, or else they have moved away. The turf is exceptionally fine. To James Illing we can say, “In pace requiescat. ” .

A thin cloud is passing over the moon; it looks like the veil of a bride. My God! why did this have to happen tonight? I prayed to Thee for one happy hour of love. Is this Thy way of answering prayer? Come, I must pull myself together. Smoke a cigarette and go on.

Here is the grave of young George—.He only lived twentytwo years. Throughout his life his was the firmest faith and trust in God that I have ever seen. And the Lord seemingly rewarded him. God granted him the love of a young woman, whom he was going to marry in the fall. Then one afternoon, he fell from a load of hay and broke his neck. He never rew gained consciousness. The arranging and selection of flowers on his grave is a work art. There are roses, the flower of love; violets, now finished with flowering; sweet-scented rose­ mary; and several other redolent blossoms. Very often the young woman, still true to the memory of her lover, comes to water the little plot and take care of it. At times I have seen her stealthily wipe away the tears. I wonder, where is she to­ night? and what are her thoughts?

Down in this corner are the suicides. No fond memories cling about these graves. Ragweed and burdock are the only adornments. Rarely does anyone look at them. And when they do, it is with a “holier-than-thou” attitude. Were they really so bad? I knew several of them. They were no worse than most men, but the riddle of life proved to be too inexplic­ able for them. In a moment of weakness and despair they ended it. Are they so worthy of opprobrium? I cannot feel that it is my duty to censure them very severely. Rather, I rage against those who lie under five thousand dollar monuments at the top of the cemetery. For they were the main cause of making life so hard for those farther down.

Here I am at the goal of all my walks in the cemetery. It is the grave of the greatest and noblest man I ever knew. The grave of my father. Stevenson’s, Requiem truly pertains to him.

“Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie, Glad did I live and gladly die.

And I laid me down with a will.”

“This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill.”

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It seems he was the only person in the world who had love enough towards me to forgive me, and to understand all my doubts and questions. As long as he lived I took all my troubles to him and received help in return for my confidence. To whom should I turn know? I can’t go to anyone, for they are either puzzled, or they laugh and call me insane, just because I happen to think farther than they do. I have to bear the load myself.

And what a terrible burden it is. I am still young in years, but already I am “bowed down by the weight of centuries.”

How often didn’t father tell me, “If you want success, especially success in love, you daren’t be a thinker. People hate a thinker, for he disturbs their smug complacency.” I never could quite see into that, but tonight I feel that it is true.

The girl I love has left me for the embraces of a fellow who couldn’t have a thought, except those of childish joys and pleas­ ures, if he lived to be a hundred and fifty years old. But he is a smooth talker and a flatterer, two attributes with which you can go far. Then Father always added, ‘‘Never chase the willo'-the-wisp, Success. And I won’t. I’ll be just what I am, and if I have to go through life weary and lonesome. It is getting late. I must go back. I’ll attempt to forget. Here is a new grave, as yet unoccupied. Here I’ll bury all my hopes and all the memories of her whom I love. Yes, I’ll sink my love itself within this quiet spot. In the Greek manner ，in times of forced and hurried burial, I’ll throw in a handful of earth; and therewith will the rite of burial be complete. Is true love deathless and everlasting? Will my love arise again in emulation of the Phoenix?

Lester Seifert.

A GAY DECEPTION It was a brilliant June morning. As my fleet roadster was gathering speed at the outskirts of a small New Jersey town a well-attired youth came into view. A suitcase bearing several stickers of a large Eastern university stood at his side. When I espied the stickers my right foot gently bore down on a pedal and the hydraulic brakes smoothly brought the car to a stop.

With alacrity the youth jumped into the vehicle. I instructed him to place his baggage in the open rumble seat.

“Good morning,” he greeted. “It surely feels good to be rolling again after a tiresome hour’s wait.” ''Where are you bound for ?’’ I asked.

“I’m on my way to Indiana after finishing my Junior year at College.” I was on the verge of telling him that I was enroute to Chicago and that he consequently could accompany me to the Hoosier State. But I refrained. Instead I returned, “I’m driving to Pittsburgh to-day, that should help you considerably.”

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The youth appeared delighted at the prospect of an all-day lift.

I merely acted as the typical long-distance motorist does, who first before revealing his ulitmate destination, ascertains whether the person riding with him is agreeable company or not.

The conversation now subsided into a discussion of the latest national gossip.

The highway lay thru gently undulating country. Because traffic was moderate I could relax as I guided the motor thru the hamlets and small towns that regularly appeared. In an hour we crossed the wide Delaware into Pennsylvania. By this time we had grown quite familiar, for I addressed him as Roy and he called me Jim. By occasional glances I managed to ac­ quaint myself a little more intimately with his appearance. He was finely featured and according to his build would qualify as a track man if he were athletically inclined. With the rising hills of the Keystone State a feeling of void rose in my stomach.

“Let’s stop at the next town and have lunch,” I suggested.

“This air has taken away the entire effect of breakfast.M Roy naturally agreed with me. In the next village we sought out a little restaurant where we consumed one of the customary short orders. Between mouthfuls we continued our conversation. * 'Roy, Pittsburgh is only the stop of to-day’s drive. I’m going to Chicago, and you can ride as far as Indiana.”

“That’s more luck than I deserve, Jim, for I’ll be making the journey home in practically one jump. It surely was fortu­ nate that you picked me up.”

In a few minutes we were again on the road. The route was scenic, for far to the left and right rose low blue moun­ tains. In general the highway seemed to lie along ridges, altho very occasionally we descended into a valley from which we had to climb again. As the afternoon declined, for the first time we lacked a topic for conversation. Investigation has revealed that it takes a group of conversing college youths seven minutes on the average to reach a certain subject. We had been to­ gether almost seven hours before we advanced to that subject.

“You know，” I began, “I considered it quite an achievement to get my first date. When I asked the girl to attend a movie with me I thought the very existence of the world de­ pended on her answer. After I had taken her out twice I laughed at my first anxiety and wondered what made her at first seem so desirable. I never saw her again, but she marked the beginning of an epoch in my life. How do you find the noble art of cultivating the fair sex’s friendship ?’， ‘ 'Oh, I always managed to exist. I always tried to have the advantageous atmosphere present to aid me in my conquests. ’ ’ “You mean soft lights, music, and moonlight — if it’s avail­ able Vf 45

“Yes, those concomitant conditions change the swain’s cause from a lost to a successful one.”

“It’s just a case of the powerful influence of environment.

What would we do if those little helps did not exist ?”

“I hate to visualize that,” Roy agreed. “It certainly would make our sledding much harder.”

The sun was sinking to meet the western hills. At the next town we stopped for supper. Pittsburgh was approximately a two hours’ drive distant, and I thought that we could easily reach it that night. However, about fifteen miles from our last stop we were confronted by a barrier which blockaded the road, A si gn revealing that a bridge was washed out indicated that we were to detour.

"That’s peculiar,” I exclaimed. “My road map is a very recent issue and does not show this detour. That bridge must have been destroyed in the last few days. All we can do is follow the sign.”

Accordingly we proceeded on the uninviting road which served to carry the detour. It did not belie its first appearance, for it proved to be rough and tortuous. Apparently it had been constructed according to the lines of least resistance ; its course was entirely governed by the contour of the hilly terrain. The roadster trembled, shook, and careened precariously. In ad­ dition a dust, which penetrated everywhere, enveloped us. I expressed my exasperation in remarks which were framed in niore than picturesque language. No relief came with approach­ ing darkness. Instead conditions seemed to grow worse.

“We’ll never get to Pittsburgh to-night if this continues,” I grumbled. ‘‘We might as well stop at the first town for the night. I can’t imagine that this road could boast a town.”

But it could ; for after several more minutes of bumping we crawled over the brow of a hill and saw several lights twinkle in the distance. Soon we found ourselves in the village. It _ was a typical one-street town. The solitary gaunt hotel dis­ tinguished itself from its neighboring buildings by its greater size. “I think we’ll have to stay here to-night, Roy ; it’s im­ possible to continue farther.

As I brought the roadster to a halt the lounging natives regarded its racy lines with admiring eyes. On alighting from the car we were subjected to the usual scrutiny accorded to strangers in an isolated town. ... .

Roy commented, “we must be distinguished looking.

The way those bumpkins size us up makes me feel as if we were royal personages.”

In the lobby a wizened old man, evidently serving in the capacity of clerk, sat behind the desk reading.

“Good evening,” I began. “Each of us would like to engage a room for the night.’’

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“I’m sorry, sir,” he replied, but we’ve a gang of those men working on the dam here and only one room is left. I expect you gentlemen will have to double up.” ‘‘Is that agreeable, Roy ? I’m afraid it’s the best we can do. ” “WeS, er—Jim, i really can’t sleep with anyone. I kick like a Missouri mule, and you’d certainly find yourself on the {loor before morning.”

“Oh, I’ll take a chance on that,” I replied. “I，m thickskinned and thick-boned. I don’t think you’ll be able to dent my body.”

"I like to sleep outdoors, Jim, and if you don’t mind, I’ll sleep in your roadster.1 * “I couldn’t let you do that; half of the bed will be un­ occupied and I insist that you take it.”

The hotel keeper contemplated us rather skeptically, for evidently he couldn’t understand why two young- men should make so much ado about sleeping1 together. Roy was adamant and finally we agreed to abide by the arrangement he had suggested.

As a result of the uneveness of the bed sleep was not rest­ ful. After the bright morning sun had awakened me, I dressed and descended to the hotel’s main floor. Roy was reading on the veranda. ‘‘How did you sleep?’’ I inquired.

“Marvelously, Jim. And was sweet Morpheus kind to you?’’

“He was,” f prevaricated. “My sleep was as deep as the Caribbean. Let’s get some breakfast and be off. l，d like to reach Chicago comfortably today.”

After a rather sparing repast in the hotel’s dingy dining： room we were again moving. The detour was not any better than on the preceding evening, but we endured it now with far more patience. After a mile or so we crossed the rampaging river which had caused all the annoyance by washing，out the bridge over which we were to travel. A short time later we werei again on the highway over which our route lay.

“Boy, that’s a relief. Now we can cruise along at a re­ spectable speed. That snail’s pace nearly drove me mad ! And the dust! I feel the grime all over me. At the first opportunity we’ll take a swim. According to the map, we should strike some lake soon.’’

“I’m glad I’ve a swimming suit along, Jim. I never dreamed it would be so useful.”

Toward noon a blue sheet of water peeked from some trees to the left. It lay in a slight depression, and the road veered sharply to meet it. As we approached, a large bathhouse emerged from under the foliage.

“That’s right down our alley,” I exclaimed, “and shall we enjoy that dip !’’ Before I could bring the roadster to a comi i

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plete stop Roy seized his suitcase and with a shout was off to the bathhouse.

"Wait a minute,” I cried, “I’ll be right with you.”

Last one in the water is an imbecile,” he exclaimed, and disappeared into the bathhouse.

In a minute I was in the bathhouse but could not find Roy anywhere. ‘‘Oh，’’ I thought, ‘‘he has the jump on me and I might as well not hurry.7, I naturally am a laggard and consequently undressed slowly, and leisurely donned my bathing suit. After I had checked my clothes I sauntered out.

Roy was nowhere to be seen on the almost deserted beach.

Perplexed, I sat down to await developments. As I gazed idly at the azure water and the few swimmers I felt a light touch on my shoulder. Glancinp： up, I found myself looking into the laughing eyes of an attractive girl who stood at my side. A flash in my brain told me that this was a case of mistaken identity. ‘‘It’s peculiar you don’t recognize me, Jim, but I’m the girl you picked up in New Jersey.”

“You ? A ffirl ? Pm afraid I don’t understand. A young man came with me.’’

Yes; I’m the Roy you befriended. I admit I was convincing as a male.’’ hard to believe, and certainly amazing. Still, I recognize your facial features. The joke’s on me. I never doubted that you were a virile young man.’’

“Before we swim. I’d like to tell you what motivated this deception. I bet a classmate at college that I could hitch-hike home to Indiana in a man’s garb. But I just couldn’t wait any longer to reveal my true identity. It was great fun, and you are charming company. From now on you can call me Cynthia.”

She grasped my hand and coaxed me to my feet. Her soft and tender hand sent thrills up and down my spine. Together we sprinted to the lake and plunged into its limpid depths.

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TRANSCENDENTALISM The word “transcendental” in its philosophic sense goes back to Kant and his Critique of Pure Reason. Kant says, “I call knowledge transcendental which is occupied not so much with objects, as with our a priori concepts of objects.” In his Critique of Practical Reason he says that the ideas of God, of freedom, and of immortality are inevitable intuitions of the practical nature of man, and these intuitions have therefore not a merely sentimental but a real validity. # Kantian conceptions of this nature were broadly generalized 48

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In the field of religion the romantic concepts of transcen­ dentalism by their very nature came in conflict with the Puritanic spirit of legalism, strict morality and adamantine doctrines.

It was a psychological reaction. The young man in the ro­ mantic age felt his blood throbbing with soul — a soul that can­ not be denied. The natural result was that they put off what: ever was not philosophically and romantically essential and merely kept a kernel. Thereby, they thought, they were subduing what they considered of secondary importance and stress­ ing the one essential thing — that there is a God. Thus they came to deny the doctrine of the Trinity and to believe that God exists in only one person. This belief found expression in the new Unitarian movement. William Charming was the bridge between Unitarianism and Transcendentalism. Many of his ideas he got from the writings of Rousseau, William Godwin, and Mary Wollstonecraft. These early Unitarians may not have considered the work of Christ of no importance and worth­ less; but, for the time being and filled with their romantic and gnostic fervor, they found that Christ (as a person of the God­ head) had no place in their philosophy. Consequently, for the sake of the new philosophy, the idea of God’s work of redemp­ tion faded away, and they laid great stress on the essence of the one God. Thus they became gnostics. They said with Kant that through the goodness, truth, and beauty incarnate in the natural world, the individual soul comes in contact with and appropriates to itself the spirit and being of God. To Emerson God and Nature were merely two aspects of a single spirit.

In the field of education Amos Alcott was the outstanding pan of this period. He became known as the American Pestalozzi, the American Plato, and Emerson’s “tedious archangel.”

Alcott believed in the plenary inspiration of childhood.

• Brook Farm was transcendentalism put into practice—i. e., jP pjft. Jt was characteristic of transcendentalism in its be­ lief that the material factors of life should be subservient to the spiri^ufl gnd ideal and in its conviction that right thinking W0V^ toward better social conditions—finally, to a perfect society. In time the inhabitants of Brook Farm found out to their embarrassment that they were wrong.

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Ferdinand Weyland ON THE UNIVERSALITY, VERSATILITY AND POWER OF MUSIC At present I am not so interested in presenting a definition of music or a branch of music, but I wish to discuss briefly the influences music has on the human race. We all know that music in its many and varied phases is (in the abstract sense) entirely stationary. But considering1 music by means of its in­ fluences, we at once approach a more interesting subject. The varied influence that difTerent music has on different people is a subject involving music “in action,” performing its calling.

Influence is, to a certain extent, the pervading effect of an abstract or concrete thing on something else. We are concerned about this pervading1 effect of music on the individual alone, and also in general on the human race.

Why can music influence or have an effect on the human race? Why is music the most popular of arts? Why has music such versatility? And, — how do we explain the power of music?

The first question obviously finds its answer in the remaining three. Music has an influence on the human race (including all races, and classes of social distinction) because it has univer­ sal appeal, because it is so versatile and because of its pervading power. I wish to have the reader understand, however, that by these answers I do not at all presume to satisfy everyone. I am merely presenting and briefly discussing and explaining the views of a few men who have made it their object to, at least theoretically, explain the phenomenon of the influence of music.

Let us recall that the fundamental elements of music are rhythm, melody and harmony (Of. “Expression in Musiq，’’ B. & R., Nov. 1933). Rhythm is that element of music which finds organic or instinctive basis in the human nervous system.

Man’s nervous system attunes itself automatically to the rhythmic “beatings” felt with the reproduction of a musical composition. How do we know that these rhythmic ‘‘beatings’： actually attune themselves to the human nervous system ?

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t，如a办 laws of physics. But to illustrate this fact let us restrict our­ selves to the dance forms of music (including all classes of music involving any sort of regular recurring movement) where rhythmic accents predominate over the *'phrase accents.” It must be conceded that music with a strong rhythmic accent has response, its immediate response, an almost unpremeditated _ . in any individual of any race or class. The proof of this response is a reflex action in the individual, manifested in the almost irresistible urge to follow this accent by a simultaneous imitation of it (often by stamping of feet) or by yielding en­ tirely to the urge by producing rhythmic movements in accordance with the “beatings” produced by the music. We find this urge especiallystrong among the barbarian tribes and among the illit­ erate in general—this unrestrained yielding to the call of a tom­ tom or to the boom-boom of a jazz band. In every class, however, this urge is extant. If nothing else—it produces a restlessness.

Who is not conquered by the rhythm (all due respect to the melody) of the ‘‘Soldier’s March” of Gounod1 sFaust? By means of its rhythm music has a reaction and hence a just appeal among all classes of people. The reflex action of the nervous system assures this appeal.

The versatility of music is the unique power of music to stimulate emotion and cause it to appear with various colorings (pain, joy, enthusiasm, patriotism, grief, fatigue, etc). Briefly, one could say that music has such versatility because the various emotions in a human being are aroused by, for instance, the varied use of a melody. The melody may be representative of, rather, suggestive of various emotions, depending- to a great extent on its accompaniment. Duplication in runs, change of harmonies, the producing of ingenious and unexpected modula­ tions, intensifying and increasing of the speed of the accompaniment \vithin a melody, predominance of bass, treble and a host of various manners of arousing different tones or qualities of emotion. Schopenhauer presents this plausible explanation of the versatility of music: “Music is itself the idea of the world, not an image of the idea, as the other arts are, but an image of the , will itself. It never expresses phenomena, but solely the inner being, the essence of phenomena, the will. It expresses not this or that particular joy, this or that sorrow, this or that pain or honor or exultation or repose of mind itself, but. as it were, in abstracts, the essentials of these without . their rpotives.” Literature is merely a representation, whereas music • is the suggestion itself. Music is sensuously more im­ pressive and insistent. Its dramatic influence produces a deep contemplative passive reaction. We can clearly see that if one tries to translate music into other terms he produces vain jargon and circumlocution and thereby unconsciously tries to destroy music itself. Music is and ever shall be intranslatable. Let it 51

suffice us to enjoy the versatility of music. I shall cite a few outstanding examples from musical literature to demonstrate the versatility of music. Everyone is aquainted with the ‘ ‘Finale’’ of the Beethoven Ninth Symphony. It is a grand chorus of exultation affecting the emotions of the hearers, turning them to a corresponding feeling of exultation. The Chopin Study, opus 10, No. 12, also called the “Revolutionary Etude/' tunes the emotional consciousness of the hearer to a passionate and ever heightening grief. The Liszt “Liebestraum” No. 3 stimu­ lates the emotional consciousness of the hearer to a reflex action of possibly a feeling of yearning or hope. The mighty and un­ forgettable “Soldier’s March” in Gounod^ Faust affects the emotional consciousness to the extent of instilling the feeling of courage. The tone of feeling aroused by the preceding ex­ amples are, of course, to a certain extent subjective. But, let us remember that the feeling that comes on us upon hearing a piece of music is * ‘the essentials of this feeling, without the actual feeling and its concommitants and motives.” As Spencer says: ‘•Music is but a developed form of emotional outcries of the primitives.” One is often led astray by the titles of so-called “programatic” music, whereas our absolute music has free course to work on the emotions. Some day when music appre­ ciation has developed appreciably in our country let us hope that the composers will find no more need of “programatic music and that it will suffice to affix the composers name and opus number to the score—and, of course, a few guides for its reproduction.

Music is above literature because it influences the elements of sensuous expression. Music both in thought _ and sensuous factors conforms closely to the natural laws of emotional reaction. Therefore, music is above literature and art in general as far as directness and appeal is concerned.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE THRONE The following fifteen novels were selected by William Lyon Phelps as the best ever written. Since the reading of classical novels has been superseded by reading of modern novels, we consider it of benefit to place this list before the eyes of all those who would be “well read,” Robinson Crusoe, DeFoe Gulliver’s Fravels, Swift Clarissa Harlowe Richardson Tom Jones, Fielding Eugene Grandet, Balzac Three Musketeers, Dumas David Copperfield, Dickens Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne Henry Esmond, Thackeray Madame Bovary, Flaubert Fathers and Children, Turgenev Les Miserables, Hugo Anna Karenina, Tolstoi Brothers Karamozov, Dostoyevsky Huckleberry Finn, Twain 53

OUR CHORUSES A number of students were coming back from a concert given by the chorus of an almost unknown college and were discussing the program. ‘‘Why can’t we have a chorus like tliat?” one of these students asked.

The answer to that question is, ‘‘We can have a chorus like that.” There is no reason why Northwestern should not have both a male chorus and a mixed chorus which can compare with the choruses of other colleges of our size. Someone might ask, “How can we have a good chorus?’’

First of all there must be in the students themselves a true interest and pride in their chorus work. Without each member’s whole-hearted cooperation we can accomplish very little—as we have been doing. I am sure that if we would use the entire period for singing, vve would accomplish much more than by using half the period or more for studying Hebrew or Greek, reading a story book, or quoting the latest joke magazines.

Most of us know that in both choruses we have quite a number of students who are nothing more or less than ballast.

To be sure, when a large chorus gets on the platform, it makes a great impression, but a chorus must also be able to sing well enough to add to this first impression, not to detract from it.

A large chorus is a very fine thing, but only as long as every member is a capable singer. We all know that this is not the case here at Northwestern. Take for instance the male chorus.

We have at the present time about sixty members. If this number were cut to about forty, we could eliminate those members who have no real interest in the chorus, or who will not sing, and who thus hinder the progress of our work. There should be more rigid requirements for entrance. Thus we could eliminate those who cannot sing. With only members who have a true interest in the chorus and who are able to sing, we could then have a chorus which would really accomplish something and be a credit to Northwestern.

As the chorus of a Lutheran college, we should have a definite purpose in mind when arranging our programs, namely that of acquainting our people with their own music, the music of the Lutheran church. It is a sad fact that together with the passing of the German language in our church circles, we are. dropping many of our Lutheran chorales in favor of the senti­ mental music of our own time. Instead of also adopting this music, we should try to create in our people a new interest in the chorales of our "singing church,” the pearls which they are casting to the swine. .

We have in Bach one of the greatest composers of all times.

He has given us the best arrangements of the Lutheran chorale.

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nal of Bach:—“Choirs would be much better occupied in learn­ ing these beautiful settings of Bach (which are not hard if practiced a little) than in rehearsing* vulgar anthems by in­ different composers.*1 Bach’s choral arrangements and motet of “Jesu，meine Freude” is, without a doubt, the greatest piece of church music ever written. But why should we attempt some of his greater works as long as we even have difficulty with his simplest chorales?

Let us think these things over during the summer and come back next September with the determination to make both of our choruses something really worthwhile.

T. S.，37 A DEFENSE Hark! I come not in the defense of the patria. Ford cars, Freshmen or any other group of clowns but rather in a defense of a worthier cause, namely, musical appreciation. I should endeavor to correct an erroneous conception common in our circles, namely, that a technical skill is essential to a musical appreciation.

It would seem that one’s musical appreciation is determined by the fact whether or not one is a member of a musical organ­ ization at Northwestern, particularly the band. It is accepted as biblical truth that if a man plays a 'base* horn or a drum that this individual has a keen appreciation of music. His ‘base’ horn or drum is his passport into the realm of musical apprecia­ tion. I take leave to differ. I do not doubt that there are benefits to be derived from playing an instrument, particularly the wind instruments. Allow me to mention a benefit. Some years ago the authorities at Northwestern took cognizance of the fact when the members of the band were excused from attending gym classes which were then organized and since abandoned. The lads received lung stimulation by virtue of the fact that to produce a sound one must blow; hence, a two­ fold benefit—lung exercise and the production of a sound.

I should like to advance the point that a technical skill is not essential to a musical appreciation. The proper technical skill would be of great value in so far that it would enable this certain individual to understand the structure of the musical score. I dare say with a good conscience that most amateur musicians have little understanding of musical structure.

Mr. Downes, a worthy._gentleman and a man capable of holding an opinion in such matters, comes to the defense when he says, “It is not the business of the listener to try to under­ stand the technical niceties but rather to feel the effect of the combined orchestration.’’ On the other, Mr. Downes maintains that there are certain prerequisites for musical appreciation.

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Allow me to mention them. First, a soul or a capacity for feel­ ing. Secondly, an imagination. Thirdly, two ears. Do these points need explanation? These points are defined in the plain­ est English.

If a man is conscious of these three points I am sure he will be able to understand more than a piece of jazz or a Prus­ sian march. It is a great relief to know that a musical appre­ ciation is not restricted to instrumental playing or technical skill.

V. ’36 LKT，S LEARN TO SPEAK A great numl)er of us studying here at Northwestern College are preparing to enter the ministry. One qualifica­ tion every pastor should possess in order to carry on his work most successfully is that he be an effective orator. Have you not at times felt that a certain lecture was very good, but, because it was poorly delivered, you had difficulty in being an attentive listener? A speech, meager in content, if de­ livered well, will at least impress the few main points con­ tained in il ui)on your mind. If you hear an effective speaker you are forced by him to listen, whereas, if you hear a poor speaker, you yourself must make a special effort to be attent­ ive. Should we，future pastors, not all aim to be the type of speaker to whom the audience must listen ? Truly, we cannot all be like Demosthenes or Cicero, but we also do not want to be of the other extreme.

It is certain that, except for a few who are especially gifted in the art of speaking, we must be instructed as to sonic rules of rhetoric. We also must receive a certain amount of training, so Unit our bad habits are overcome and new and better ones arc taught us until they become as natural. It is also a great advantage to have the ability of speaking quite well extemporaneously. There are innumer­ able little 1 ricks of oratory that we should learn.

Indeed, we do have a little practice in public speaking, both in classes and in our Literary Societies, but to what does this amount? To perhaps two or three speeches in English class, some memorized poems in German, and at the most two speeches in the Literai*y Societies. We do drive some benefit from these opportunities of talking publicly, but is it enough? Personally I believe that some deliveries made in the Literary Societies were poor. By making mention of this I do not wish to offend anyone, neither do I wish anyone to think me of the opinion that I could do better. I merely \vish to show our need of a more comprehensive study of oratory. None of us are so efficient in the art of public 56

speaking that we could not learn anything new concerning it, neither are any of us so stupid that we could not derive some benefit from it.

What I believe we should do is to spend one or two per­ iods a week solely for the purpose of learning rhetoric. These periods would be obligatory to everybody taking the pastor’s course. Each speaker would be subject to severe criticism, where necessary, and to praise, where deserved. At intervals also speeches would be delivered extemporaneously, or in­ formal debates held. This would also teach us to express our­ selves much more clearly and definitely than we do at times.

If such classes would be held once or twice weekly for not less than two years, I am certain that all of us would leave our college with greater skill in oratory and more selfconfidence when speaking informally or formally in a company of strangers.

A. S.，37 THE ARTIFICES OF JUBAL ‘‘I overheard Jove one day,” said Silenus, "talking of destroying the earth; he said it had failed; they were all rogues and vixens who went from bad to worse as fast as the days succeeded each other. Minerva said she hoped not; they were only ridiculous little creatures with this odd circumstance that they had a blur or indeterminate aspect. Seen far or seen near; if you called them bad, they would appear so; if you called them good, they would appear so; and there was no one person or action among them which would not puzzle her owl, much more all Olympus, to know whether it was fundamentally bad or good.”

In this manner Silenus criticized the nature of mortals.

This Greek satyrist was shrewd enough not to seek any credit by offering practical criticism, and he was skeptical enough to believe that even the gods were at a loss to criticize justly the doings and undoings of men. From this point of view then, who would wish to force on anyone his own fault findings or praises on so much discussed a topic as popular music? While there are people at the point of bending the knee in reverence to jazz and others are almost compelled to throw the first stone, the subject is always left open to discussion. Even Silenus saw that there were two sides to every argument. So much has already been written on jazz that it appears the topic has be­ come an informal Forum column in the Black and Red. I wish to add here a few rambling thoughts that may help to present the subject in a different light; namely, that jazz is a symptom of the machine age, a criterion of the Industrial Revolution.

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Jazz and rag-time music had their origin among the Negroes, who expressed their feelings in many moods — sinister and menacing, primitive bordering on barbaric, as well as humorous, care-frec, and childlike. Jazz is the result of Negro music played .. upon by American life and influences. Through it we may learn to free ourselves musically and show the true American spirit of adventure and daring.

Jazz is then a style of music that originated among the Negroes and later on was accepted by modern song writers who transposed various themes of classical music into the peculiar style expressive of the Negro spirit. It was like putting the old wine of famous musicians into new bottles for an impatient, unintelligent, racy, music-loving public. The fate of such music can be seen from the parable. It is generally out of style in a short time and soon forgotten.

America is a melting pot of every nationality, color, race, and denomination. Our popular music represents an amalga­ mation of all the whims, moods, and gestures of these polyglot races.^ This is a quality of music as Prof. Wilson stated, "Music is the universal language which, when all other 58

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Modern music leans more and more heavily on titles and mimed drama. To state a few titles will make this evident.

The song “Wagon Wheels” expresses the sentiment of people to whom the wild West, Indian trails and covered wagons seem only a dream of yesterday in contrast to the hustle and bustle of fast modern city life. “Throw Another Log on the Fire” and “There’s an Old Spinning Wheel in the Parlor” ye songs of like sentiment. With the nation panic-stricken a title like “My Boulevard of Broken Dreams” may well describe the condition of Prosperity Avenue to-day. What romantic setting' could be more ideal than one with the moonlight trickling through an ivy shaded balcony upon two lovers and a sobbing saxophone in the distance moaning away at “One Minute to One.’’ In conclusion, “All musical people seem to be happy. It is the engrossing pursuit — almost the only innocent and unpunished passion.”--Sidney Smith.

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THE PLAY As has been announced previously, the Literary Societies will present a play this spring which will differ radically from the plays presented to appreciative audiences in the past six years. The play is written in the German language. Moser’s Der Bibliothekar was selected both for its dramatic value and because it is a play which will be thoroughly enjoyed by all who can attend it. In this four-act comedy all the elements neces­ sary for an excellent production are to be found: interest, rollicking humor, excellent opportunities for good acting — all enhanced by the fact that it is to be presented in a language which is beloved by many and admired by all.

Those who do not live in Watertown may send their reser­ vations for tickets to C. Frey, Northwestern College.

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The Northwestern Players PRESENT

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At the College Auditorium Watertown, Wisconsin

FRIDAY, MAY 25 8:00 P. M.

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Rev. E. Pankow, ’72, Madison, Wis.f recently celebrated his eightliy-fifth birthday and the fifthy-ninth anniversary of his ordination. Although he is now retired, he still re­ gularly attends the Synodical conferences; he is in excellent health. Rev. Pankow is the only surviving member of the first class that was graduated from Northwestern.

Rev. R. Ziesemer, ’10，of Appleton, Wis.，claims to be the first victim of the golfing season. On one of the first clays in May he was struck on the cheek by a golfball while playing an early morning game. He received immediate treat­ ment at the county general hospital.

It has been reported to us that Rev. E. C. Kuehl, ’29, of Circle, Mont., is to marry Miss Helen Giedt ol* Howdle, So. Dak. on June 3. Miss Giedt is a graduate nurse of SI. John's Lutheran Hospital at Red Wing, Minn.

Classmates present at the funeral of Rev. Ralph Gamm, ’24, were; Rev. W. Krueger, Bison, So. Dak., Rev. W. Schmidt, Flasher, No. Dak., Rev. W. Kleinke, tutor, N. W. C., and Rev. H. Grunwald, Kiel, Wis. Other alumni present were Prof. II. Bierwagen, ’21, Fond du Lac, Wis., L. Ristow, now attend­ ing our Seminary at Thiensville, Prof. W. Wichmann, ’30, Johnson Creek, Wis., and Marcus Toepel of Bangor, NVis., a graduate of our Preparatory Department.

Alumni who visited Northwestern recently were: Rev. R. Bittorf, ’26, Winner, So. Dak” J. Dalilke, W. Dobratz, M. Schwenzen, M. Dornfeld, Seminary students, Rev. A. Doriifeld, ’27, Riclnvood, Wis., V. Lehmann, ex-’33, of Madison, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. AValter Bunge, ex-’33, Milwaukee, Rev. Pli. Koehler, Milwaukee, and Rev. 0. Koch, Lowell, Wis., both *09, Hilbert Siegler, *31, Madison, I-T. Klingbeil, ex-’37, Chicago, K. Kneiske, H. von Haden, and Rev. I-I. Paustian, all ’29, and the Seminary baseball team.

Prof. J. Koehler, 77, Neillsville, Wis., Prof. II. Fleischer, *97, N. W. C., Rev. Ph. Koehler, *09, Milwaukee, and Prof. W. Huth, *81, N. W. C., attended the funeral of Miss Dorothea Koehler at Hustisford, Wis., on May 7. Prof. Huth delivered tlie sermon for the occasion.

J- Dahlke, *31, Seminary, preached at Sullivan, Wis., on May 6. E. Biesmann and R. Gensmer, ’33, preached tlieir first sermons at Rev. Ph. Koehler’s church at Milwaukee recently.

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Mr. Biesmann preached the English sermon, Mr. Gensmer the German.

A daughter was born to the Rev. and Mrs. Kurt Timmel, Watertown, Wis., several weeks ago.

E. Koehler, ’30，received the position of editor of the newspaper at Green lake, Wis.，a short time ago.

Rev. K. Machmiller, retired pastor of Manitowoc, Wis.， celebrated his eightieth birthday shortly before this pub­ lication.

R. Timmel, ex-*29, on April 27 directed his Oconomowoc High School band in the tri-city concert given at Watertown, Wis. Mr. Timmel has proved himself to be a capable dir­ ector.

Wallace Block, cx-’36, Watertown, was married a short time ago.

0. I-Ieier, ’32, Seminary, will teach the parochial school at Caledonia, Waupaca County, Wis., during the summer months.

Rev. W. (Gutzke, ’17，McMillan, Wis., visited with his father-in-law. Dr. J. II. Ott, N. W. C., early in May. Alumni present at the concert given by the N. W. C. Male Chorus at Beaver Dam on May 6 were: Rev. G. Pieper, ’09，Fond du Lac, Wis., Rev. L. Kirst, ’03，at whose church the concert was given, Elmer Gentz, ex-’34，Juneau, Wis., and Kurt Piepenbrink, ex-’35，Beaver Dam. Prof. E. Kowalke, ’0S，N. W. C., preached at Trinity Church, Watertown, on May 6 for the fifteenth anniversary of its founding.

The congregation at Lake Geneva, Wis.. Rev. I-I. Diehl, 'OT.pastor, celebrated its fiftieth jubilee on May 6. Prof. I-I. Flei«=c^er, *97. N. W. C., Rev. P. Oehlert,，05, Kaukauna, Wis., and Rev. Gieschen of Jerusalem Church, Milwaukee, preached for the occasion.

Rev. T. Voges, ’21，Huilsburg, Wis., is quickly recover­ ing from a recent operation.

Prof. W. Schaller,’ll. director of the Michigan Lutheran Seminary Chorus at Saginaw, and his wife celebrated tlieir nineteenHi wedding anniversary while on a concert tour to Toledo, Ohio with the chorus.

Prof. E. Kiessling,，17, N. W. C.，intends to leave North­ western for several months next year, so that he might take an advanced course at the University of Chicago. The temp­ orary vacancy will be .filled by Martin Franzmann. ’28. a Greek scholar of the late Prof. Paul Shorey of that uni­ versity.

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ALUMNI MEETING The Alumni Society convened in the college gymnasium on Commencement Day, June 15, 1933, at 2:00 P. M.，for its annual meeting. The president, the Reverend E. B. Schlueter, presided. The minutes of the preceding meeting were ap­ proved as read. The roll call followed. There were present sixty-four members, representing classes from 1877 to 1932.

The graduating class, composed of seventeen members, was admitted into membership.

The treasurer, Dr. J. I-I. Ott, submitted his annual report: Receipts $ 151.50 Annual dues

10.00

Class of 1922

161.50

Total...................................

101.60 $263.10

Cash on hand, June 16，1932.

Expenses Rent of Safety deposit box.

Envelopes, Stamps ..............

Cash on hand, June 15, 1933 Interest Account Reported last year................ .

Wis. Gas and Elec. Co..............

Interest on Savings Ac’t...........

$

2.50 S.43

10.93 $ 252.17

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32.50 15.00 5.46

52.96

$ 305.13 Amount in Savings Ac’t. $5,293.12 Investment Account …•An auditing committee, composed of the Pastors H. Kirchner and I. Uetzmann, was appointed by the chair.

The Society honored the memory of six of its departf»ri members: the Pastors A. Baebenroth, ’78: J. Bersholz. ’97: O. Sonnemann. *98: O. Hagredorn. *91: A. Spierins. *81: and Arnold Gatz. ’30. student of thftolosv. The secretary was in­ structed to extend the sympathy of the society to the res­ pective families.

The committee on the noontime luncheon was since the local college board had placed this matter in^o the hands of th« man«s：er of the colleee refectory. Mr .T. Pohdft.

Herewith the society is relieved of all responsibility in the matter.

By resolution the members of the former luncheon cnmniittee were appointed as a committee to consider the ques65

tion of the advisability of a special alumni gathering at Com­ mencements.

The report of the treasurer, having been examined by the auditing committee and attested as correct, was adopted as read.

Adjournment followed at 2:40 P. M. Walter A. Schumann, Secretary.

Notice: Meeting' of the Alumni Society.

On Commencement Day, Thursday, June 14, following the noontime luncheon, there will be a business meeting of the Alumni Society in the gymnasium.

E. Benj. Schlueter, President.

“What would be your attitude toward military ser­ vice if the United States should enter a war?”

Conrad Frey— —It is difficult to answer this question with any amount of accuracy, since in times of stress one must always remember that propaganda goes a long way in making a person entirely in favor of war. By propaganda one becomes so reconciled to the thought of war that it makes one feel that the enemy should be utterly destroyed. Of course, anyone would volunteer for service under these cir­ cumstances. If a person could think clearly in such a time of stress, he would not volunteer.

Allen Hoff—“Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die,” when our financiers “cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war.” Although I label myself a pacifist and would not be among those to raise the war whoop, I would not bear the inner disgrace of a coward, but I would have my rendezvous with death, and “if I to my pledged word am true, I shall not fail that ren­ dezvous/* Lester Seifert—I ignore the question, for I consider it foolish. What is the use of arguing, when it will bring us no results ? This country is so ridden by the autocracy of wealth that willingly or unwillingly we must go to war, when the big financiers decide that their dollars need pro­ tection. And then the college man with his idealism will be the first one to be “bamboozled” into thinking that the war is being fought for altruistic reasons.

Oscar Siegler—Probably the only tangible benefit de­ rived by the majority of citizens of the United States in the 66

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last war is that every American can still say that he’s a member of one of the greatest powers in the world. To pre­ serve this privilege in the United States one out of every 790 citizens had to give his life, and all of the debts—including the pensions一will not have been paid in the year 2000. For the same privilege in France one out of every forty citizens was killed and the other thirty-nine will be defraying the expenses for the rest of tlieir lives.—No! The profit gained through any war besides a defensive one is far below the cost. The American citizens should refuse to enter any war except in defense of lives and liberty!

Fredrick Tiefel一Were our country engaged in a de­ fensive war, it would be my duty to render service. If, how­ ever, our country were the aggressor, my willingness to enter service would depend on whether 1 believed my country justifiable in its cause or not.

Eugene Toepel一I would be willing to serve my country at any time it might need my services. I would fight in any type of warfare—defensive or aggressive. I consider it to be my duty to uphold the government of which I am a part, and v/hich protects and defends me.

Carleton Toppe—Admittedly, war is futile and vain.

Consideration of that fact alone should suffice to compel men to hesitate before obeying the insidious call of a brass band playing stirring, patriotic marches on every street corner.

No, I would not be among the first to enlist. Nor would 1 fly the colors of a conscientious objector. For who, amid the fires and tumult heralding Mars’ approach, can well judge real motives and bind his conscience thereby ? I prefer the golden mean. Under coercion, I should serve with the real­ ization that my government demands my services to pro­ tect it.

Rudolph H. R. Weyland—Were war declared ton it e and 1 drafted for military service, I feel that patriotism would not be my motive for submitting to service; I would term it a lack of moral courage to run away from the inevitable. 1 would go blindly, entertaining no thought of any future re­ turn, or even death in war. I would run to meet the evil I would most avoid. I believe that I would be rather calm about it all. And—by the way—if my doctor would tell me that I have but twenty-four hours to live, it would not excite me.

True, I would experience an interesting sensation, but 1 would not bother to reason about it. History shows that we all can die—I would not be the first one. However, as a believer in the cross of Christ, the event of my death would not be so difficult for me.

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Education seems to be keeping pace with government these days in trying new experiments and attempting to bring about a new deal. Despite the respectable antiquity of education and its well-nigh sacred institutions, experiments are continually being carried on by modern educators. Among these perhaps the one best known around here is Prof. Meiklejohn’s now dis­ continued Experimental College of ‘‘guinea pigs” at the Uni­ versity of Wisconsin. This is but one of the many attempts of pedagogues to make education more adaptable to the rapidly changing conditions of modern times. Three new types of ex­ periments have come to our attention, which we think are at least worth knowing about.

One of the less radical experiments is cooperative education, not exactly new, but recently resurrected. We learn from the Augustana Observer that the University of Toledo is inaugurat­ ing a system of cooperative education in its colleges of business administration and engineering, which aims to close the great gap which exists between college and life. This plan calls for an arrangement between schools and business concerns to employ students on a part-time training program, thus linking the theory of the classroom with actual practice in the students’ chosen fields and giving the students ‘‘more actual contact with practical realities.” The students will spend alternate periods of eighteen weeks in school and in industry. “Educator? are now recognizing that students must be learning to earn a living while learning to live a life. The cultural aspect of education must be balanced with a technical training. The two are in­ 68

extricably interwoven, and must be coordinated and balanced if education is to point toward the development of a fuller, better, and easier life.” .

A more novel experiment if that of the University of Mis­ souri, which plans to offer special, non-credit courses to students of poor ability, otherwise known as “dumb,” and to those not working toward a degree. These courses, which cannot be flunked, are designed to give those inferior students who do not ordinarily get through college an opportunity to receive some kind of education at least, an education which is appro­ priate to their stage of mental development, and which will make them better citizens and more useful to society. By thus removing the ballast this plan will also permit the regular classes to speed up their work.

The experiment being attempted by Olivet College is per­ haps the boldest of them all. This plan dispenses with regular classes entirely and leaves the individual student completely on his own initiative in acquiring an education. Each student is his own master. Mornings are devoted to private study, after­ noons to athletics and recreational leisure, and evenings to discussions, debates, and informal meetings of students and instructors. Comprehensive examinations will be given at the end of the school year to determine the success of the plan by the progress made by each student.

In a lighter vein: Something new in football. Ohio University has introduced a twelfth man on its football team, whom they call the “Humorist.” He wears a regular uniform, but warms the bench during all games. His main duty is to keep the team in good humor and to prevent players from getting nervous during a big game. We suggest the use of a rotten punster to put the players in a murderous state of mind.

A non-credit course in soap sculpture has been included in the new curriculm of Westminster college.

During this school year grid coaches at the University of Southern California inaugurated winter football practice to prepare for spring football practice to prepare for the season next fall.

“Resolved: We are becoming a race of lunatics,” was the subject of a recent debate at Albany State College. The Spectator adds that a critical observer of the ways of men and the world would be tempted to substitute “have become” for •‘are becoming.’’

A recent number of the Old Gold and Black contained an article of well over a thousand words on "The Art of Kissing.”

We have always been somewhat in the dark as to what constitutes what is called a trained mind. We are therefore 69

thankful to the Racquet for the following enlightment on that subject, which they say is a composite definition obtained from British and American educators of the highest standing and of unquestionable ability. "A trained mind is one that has learned through extensive reading of books dealing with several related subjects, as well as through the guidance of competent teachers, to understand why the subjects are related; to criticize in­ telligently the statements and opinions that it encounters in reading; to distinguish between that which is false and worth­ less and that which is genuine and worthy; to think, in short, for itself, and to go on thinking for itself through life; to speak and write clearly and logically on any subject concerning which it has formed an opinion; and to have a sincere appreciation of and respect for intellectual pursuits.” Quite an assignment for us ordinary mortals.

Something to think about: .The Intercollegiate Digest: * ‘At present, perhaps, the best training for the use of leisure time may be acquired through a liberal arts course in college. Such an education opens new intellectual vistas. It leads to an appreciation of the treasures of art and literature, allowing the individual an opportunity to relieve an overtaxed mind.”

The Carroll Echo: **No war has ever served to settle any­ thing. The popular theory that war purifies the bloodstream of a nation is a fallacy.” “It is a sad commentary on modern civilization to think that we allow our great intellectuals to use their time perfecting instruments of destruction in the form of poison gases and high explosives.’’ “As a citizen in this country, as a partaker of its many privileges, I am indebted and dutybound to respond to her appeal in every crisis. But when I see the futility and blindness of war, I must not and cannot in all sincerity serve her. Try as I will, I cannot picture myself hurling a hand grenade into the face of a fellowman.

The clear irrationality of it all would stay my participation. ” “一I would uncompromisingly refuse to support this country in a war of aggression, or oppression. I look to reason for the answer, and for the establishment of World Peace.”

The Minnesota Daily quotes William Allen White’s con­ ception of a student: “fhe ideal student is always in revolt.

Conformity is death to youth. Later in life youth will learn to conform with wisdom; but at the home plate, with the bat in its hand，before the bases are run, youth should revolt, free, on its toes, rarin, to go.”

The Royal Purple: “A college education, it is universally admitted, consists of, first, the knowledge obtained through book learning and secondly, the beneficial social training the student gains through the varied personal contacts he makes in 70

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The Bowdoin Orient: 4'Socially the modern undergraduate is perhaps advanced even farther than his elders; politically he is still a child. No one questions the assertion that young men ought to care more about the reasons causing war, or that they ought to labor more for the prevention of war, than anybody else. Because, you see, these same young men will have to fight that war. Therefore the entire problem of international affairs, of national economics, and of society must concern young men today. ”

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Last month we stated the opinion, apropos of peace move­ ments in American colleges, that American colleges can accomplish but little toward the attainment of world peace.

But we by no means wanted to take the attitude that the Rutgers Targum does in the following cynical comment on the circulation of a petition by the International Realtions Club con­ cerning the League of Nations. “The whole scheme, like so many other well-intentioned peace projects fostered in Ameri­ can colleges, appears to be not unlike the case of children ‘playing house.1 It may be good training, and even keep them out of mischief. But it should not be taken too seriousl y.”

Very superior and smart — but ridiculous. Such an attitude would belittle even a praiseworthy attempt on the part of college students to do something worthwhile for the betterment of society, any striving toward the attainment of an ideal such as world peace. We feel that students can at least accomplish something, insignificant as it may be. This something is cor­ rectly defined by the Minnesota Daily: “While youth movements may do little to stop the inexorable trends of the times, they certainly serve to sound a note of warning to diplomatic leaders the world over. These leaders have it in their power to make an end to war; expression of anti-war sentiment on the part of youths will make them hesitate before plunging the world into another chaos•，’ Call it “playing house” if you will, but it is certainly more praiseworthy and constructive than mental apathy or editorial smartness. One college paper goes so far as to say that the Oxford Union movement undoubtedly avoided war with Russia a few years ago by their astounding refusal to fight for king or country in the event of war.

Miscellania: A set of the “Works of Dr. Martin Luther,” valued at $200,000, comprises one of the most valuable collections in the Ohio State library.

Milton College has a crooning coach. An enterprising 71

reporter of the Royal Purple discovered that their coach and athletic director also sings in the college Glee Club.

The Racquet says that jazz is not dying —it always sounded like that.

The Augustana (Rock Island, 111.) choir was chosen from nearly two-hundred applicants to represent college and univer­ sity choirs throughout the United States at the National Music Supervisors’ convention in Chicago, at which were present approximately 5000 music supervisors from the United States, Canada, and some European countries.

Several men at the La Crosse State Teachers College have formed a Gigolo Club, whose purpose is to be of help to coeds who have difficulty in finding dates. Although the service is free, the girls are expected to pay all date expenses.

“The important matter to be decided is what shall be our attitude — our attitude as American citizens, as workers, as students — in the event that this nation is faced with the prospect of war? No matter what the cost, the United States 一 not the United States as some fictional entity but as composed of human beings who for the most part want peace ardently — must stay out.” “As students we should say that we will have nothing to do with war. We will not participate whatever the reason is. We believe that wars are brought on by financial dynasts whose goal is to protect and strenghten their dynasties.

If war does come in this country, we, as students, should throw in our lots with the white-collar slaves, the factory-workers, the farmers, and, united, advance upon the war-makers — the imperialist, the banker, the munition-maker 一 and smash them before they smash us.” This vehement and slightly^ more radical than usual excerpt is quoted from an editorial in the Columbia Spectator.

When George Bernard Shaw makes a statement for the benefit of the listening world it is usually quite quotable and regularly finds its way into print. Recently an American ' * college student wrote him a letter in which he questioned the social value of a university education. The following is selected from the letter he received in reply. “I advise you very strongly to remain in your groove, and postpone all questions as to your future career until you have finished your college course and are prepared to offer yourself to whatever cause you may choose to serve, as an adult man with a certified liberal educa­ tion and the standing and experience of a college graduate.” ‘‘There is one character in which you will be welcome nowhere, u seful nowhere, and a nuisance everywhere; and that is the character of anerratic half-educated youth excited with revolu72

i tionary ideas, at odds with his family and his school and all the institutions other within his reach because he is really at odds with his own unstable nerves.” He then goes on to say that an officer on a liner is much more at home in society than the average business man, and that a college man, regardless of how ignorant he may actually be, has a superiority in manners rela­ tive to the average man of his class who has not been through college. “The secret of the ship and the college is the same: one gets in them the best substitute for communal training at present available in the middle and upper classes.’’ “The art of life is very rarely the art of embracing your circumstances; for until you have mastered them you will neither be able to alter them nor know whether and how they need alteration. ’’ “I think it very likely that the time will come when there will be a break between the school and the university of some years during which the student will go out into the world to earn his own living so that he may come to college as a self-reliant adult, and not as a schoolboy.” ♦

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After all has been said and done we find that the subject of war is rather prominent in our column. This needs no justifica­ tion, but lest we be accused of fanaticism and allied vices, we say by way of explanation that this is only natural, for war is the international topic of the day. This important question, which is so vital to college students as citizens or future citizens and which should be of immediate concern to everyone, is being discussed with impassioned and sometimes radical zeal in college papers everywhere.—All excerpts which we quote from other papers should not be considered as expressions of our own opinion, but merely as representative examples of what students at other colleges are thinking and doing, the presentation of which is really the purpose of this column.

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Spencerian College 5; Nortliweslern 21.

On April 28th the college nine opened up their 1934 base­ ball season in a decisive defeat over the Milwaukee Spencerian college swamping them by a score of 21—5. After a decided lead had been attained Koehler was . relieved by Schroeder.

Numerous hits for our boys was the main feature of the game.

Especially must we here mention Conrad Frey, who gave him­ self a 1000 per cent batting average, getting four timely hits out of four times at bat. Frey went to bed immediately after sup­ per —to recover from over-exertion. Schlicht surprised the Northwestern boys in the eighth frame by getting a clean hit over center field rounding1 the bases for one of those Babe Ruth specials. Although the brand of baseball that was displayed in this game was not so smooth as it might have been, never­ theless, we must give the boys credit for the spirit that they showed.

Northwestern—AB R H E Spencerian College— 2 10 0 Schwartz, cf AB R H E Schroeder, lb, p...4 3 1 0 Voight, cf__ .4102 Schumann, rf 2 10 0 Schlicht, rf•…

4 2 10 .3210 Sydow, 3d_…

3 2 10 Siegler, If__ Cook, 3b._......

•4121 3 3 10 D. Frey, ss...

Milanowshi, c. •4013 4 2 4 0 C. Frey, 2b._.

Warner, lb, p. .4010 Wendland, c_____4 2 11 Sara, If....... . .4 0 0 1 2 2 10 Koehler, p 3 0 10 Warhel, ss...... .4113 Toepel, cf 74

3 110 0 10 0 3 110 10 10 A. Lehmann, rf...2 0 10 2 0 2 0 Lambert, cf 42 21 17 1 Home runs—Wendland, Schlicht. Walks —Off Koehler, 0; off Schroeder, 1; off Flynn, 4; off Warner, 3. Struck out—

By Koehler, 7; by Schroeder, 5. Hit by pitched ball—Koehler, 1; Schroeder, 2. Umpire—Wendland (Northwestern).

Seminary 3; Norlliwcslern 5.

The Black and Red men added another victory to their credit on May 1st by sending the Seminary boys back to Thiensville with a 5—3 defeat. The Northwestern players collected their five runs in the first five innings of play. The Seminary did not come through until the seventh frame when Ehlert and Heyn were driven across the plate by Raasch’s home run. The Northwestern players showed a better brand of ball than they did in the last game making only two errors in the game.

Raasch did not hurl as well as we have seen him do in years past. Koehler worked well for Northwestern and had his last year’s teammates guessing from start to finish. Mark Schwartz was master of the hickory stick for the day, getting three hits out of three times at bat. Mark, however, had the hard luck of turning his ankle while sliding into second. The college team received the breaks throughout the game and most of its runs must be accredited to the errors of the Seminary boys.

Seminary— AB R H E Northwestern—AB R H E .5 1 1 1 Schwartz, cf— ■3130 Ehlert, 3b... .4011 Schroeder, lb.

Biesmann, c.

5 110 .4110 Schumann, rf.

Raasch, p...

•5 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 Sydow, 3b.......

Buenger, lb. .3 0 0 2 Nommensen, ss, If 4 0 1 3 Siegler, If 5 0 0 0 Buch, 2b..... ......4 011 D. Frey, ss.. .4110 Meyer, cf.... …4 0 0 0 C. Frey, 2b_. .4110 Goeglein, rf ___ 4 0 0 0 Wendland, c .4110 Heyn, ss..... ......3 1 1 0 Koehler, p... .4 0 2 0 Knief, lf_ 2 0 10 ......1 0 10 Lambert, cf.

36 3 7 6 39 5 12 2 Home runs—Raasch. Walks — Raasch, 1; Koehler, 0.

Struck out —By Raasch, 7; by Koehler, 12. Two-base hits — Buch, 1; Schroeder, 1. Umpire —Wendland (Northwestern).

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School of Engineering 4; Northwestern 18.

The School of Engineering from Milwaukee, which always gave Northwestern a close game for the last few years, fell short of expectation on May 5th when they were defeated by our baseball club by a score of 18—4. During the first few innings it seemed as though it would be a close tussle, but in the sixth and seventh frame Northwestern opened up at the stick and crossed the rubber for eleven runs. Coach Kleinke used every possible substitute and they worked as well as the regulars, since Mabbett, the hurler for the Engineers, weak­ ened considerably during the last few frames. Schroeder left the mound in the fifth frame with the Engineers leading by a score of 4—3. Koehler then held them for no scores. In the sixth inning Conrad Frey and M. Toepel scored on Schroeder’s double putting Northwestern in the lead. Scores kept on piling up and the game finally ended e in an 18—4 victory.

From the first three」games we can justly say that Coach Kleinke has succeeded in givinp： • • his candidates the fundamentals of the ffame. With a little more “zip” from each player und a little better batting eye the team as a whole will look as smooth as we can expect. So far the spirit among the players has been what it should be. Boys! with such spirit backed by the coach we can do wonders! Let’s go, fellows, and get some more victories, in order that the prophecy of our last month’s issue may be a correct one!

Northwestern—AB R H E School of Engineering一 .5 3 3 0 AB R H E Lambert, If... .5120 Thomson, lb •• .5010 Siegler, cf__ .5 2 2 0 Trainer, ss...... .5011 Schumann, lb Margulis, 2b...

•4111 .5120 Sydow, 3b._ .5 2 3 1 Myszewski, 3b .4 0 0 0 D. Frey, ss.

Voss, cf.......... .3210 .3100 C. Frey, 2b. .3110 Striebing, If... .4111 Koehler, p...

Flater, c......... .4010 4 0 12 Wendland, c Geiser, rf....... .3010 Schroeder, p, rf…4 2 2 0 1110 Mabbett, p__ .4111 Cares, If......

10 11 37 4 8 5 Trachte, lb„ A. Lehmann, rf— —0 0 0 0 ..10 0 0 Niemann, 3b ■JL110 Miller, 2b.—. ..2 110 M. Toepel, rf ..0 110 G. Frey, ss_...

44 18 21 3 76

Home runs — Lambert, Schumann, Sydow, Siegler, Margulis. Walks—Off Mabbett, 3; off Schroeder, 1; off Koehler, 1.

Struck out — By Mabbett, 10; by Schroeder, 7; by Koehler, 6.

Three-base hits—Wendland, Schroeder. Double play — Lambert to C. Frey. Umpire—Wendland (Northwestern).

K1TTENBALL 3 Sophs.........

2 Boys’ Room 2 2 Seniors......

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0 3 Juniors___ TENNIS In the recent college tennis tournament Geweke and Raabe were the runners-up for the finals. Geweke came through as the college champion defeating Raabe three sets out of five : 6-4, 5—7, 3—6, 6—3, 6—2. On May 5th the college team had a match scheduled with the Spencerian college net team, but the Milwaukeeans failed to show up. No fixed dates of further matches have as yet been submitted to me.

LJ Arbor Day! Undoubtedly outstanding among the events of the past month. On this traditional day of labor triumphant (determined by the schedule of the Junior class) preps solicit rakes and valiantly tire themselves giving the impression of working. Notwithstanding, it must in fairness to the under­ classmen be said that the park this year at least bears a fair semblance of having been cleaned. Stated as a matter of record, collegiates also worked. Freshmen labored with the 77

^ :Hell J baseball diamond; the Sophomore Labor Union contributed ninety minutes; Juniors and Seniors enjoyed social contacts under pretexts of general supervision and lunch provision respectively. .

The Sophomores upheld tradition and planted their class tree on Arbor Day. With military escort and to the martial music of the full-scored Sophomore band the tree was borne on a single-wheeled chariot to the northwest corner of the gym.

Here, with English, German, Latin, and Greek speeches extoll­ ing the merits of class and tree and an appropriate number in German by the band, the Sophomores planted the tree — a Colorado blue spruce — which shall stand as a living memorial of the class of *36. In this connection it might also be mentioned that the Senior class recently planted a grove of 23 white pines in some remote corner of the campus.

The band is now playing a concert in the park every Wed­ nesday evening from six until seven. The time seems rather unhappily chosen in that it is in apparent conflict with other unworthy campus activities, rather, they in conflict with it.

All who attend the concerts, however, enjoy them.

Botanizing Quintaners are at this season a^ain despoiling and deflowering the woods. To complete the process of general room beautification huge boulders are also dragged into their rooms by very ingenious methods.

What with the F. E. R. A. sodding the triangle and students actually keeping off the grass the park improvement program progresses. Further indication that the college has become tree- and park improvement-minded may be seen at the west entrance of the dormitory. The former tearful entrance flank­ ing of weeping birch and mulberry has been replaced by a setting of evergreens, ranging in genera from the creeping juniper to the spreading Austrian pine. For generic parti­ culars see Kugler.

Over the week-end of May 5-6 “Nubs” Valleskey did not go to Juneau.

The male chorus gave a concert of sacred music at the St. parties church, Beaver Dam, on the evening of Sunday, May 6.

On Sunday, May 13, the chorus presented its concert at the St. Jean’s Church, Waterloo. These were the first of four trips which the chorus will make this year.

It is rumored that the government will re-employ the un­ employed to ship back the Dakotas which were blown to these parjs in the recent dust storm so that Mehlberg will be able to go home for the vacation.

One of the furnaces in the dormitory has been equipped with a stoker which automatically controls steam pressure and ®^l.min3Ltes the attention of a fireman. If rumor may be counted, this labor-saving device comes as a distinct surprise where the 78

orthodox though tottering theory that the machine destroys the laborer has ever been strongly upheld.

The Sophomore tree is doing nicely, thanks to the co­ operative efforts of the classmen. Every morning at sun-up or thereabouts the member whom the fate of the alphabet appoints enjoys the coveted privilege of carrying a bucket of water to the class*s thriving venture in arboriculture.

The Cambridge History of English Literature has been placed on the reference shelf of the reading room. Because of a deficit discovered in the treasury after the History had been ordered the Black and Red staff bought the volumes for the reading room.

Class banquets have become more or less the order of events for the Seniors. Bolle, Bentert, and Mahnke have been hosts to the class and it is reported that still other banquets are pending final arrangements. — An incident having to do with a radio microphone which occurred at the Mahnke home well demonstrated the truism that you can fool all the people, even Seniors, some of the time. The recitation hall still stands!

AROUND THE CLOCK WITH THE COEDS. 8:05 Second Coed arrives early to get full benefit of tlie mirror. No one has ever seen the first one come. We be­ lieve she spends the night here because no one succeeds in getting here before her. One by one the rest of them come and one begins Lo hear such snatches of conversation as these: “May 1 use your comb? Just look at my hair, 1 feel like a Pekinese. __ ” "Say, give me some of that lipstick.”

“Where is my purse, get up, are you silling on my books?”

“Get away from that mirror, you’ve been there for the last ten minutes.” “Let me have the other end of that table run­ ner so 1 can wipe off my shoes too.”

8:30 “Oil Dear! there’s tlie bell, where's a hymn book?” and there is a general rush up the steps.

8:31 A Coed comes rushing up very much out of breath, "Has everyone gone to chapel?” she gasps ancl proceeds to (lo in two minutes what it took various others all the way from an hour to ten minutes to do.

Now there follows an interlude of an hour or so, the occurrences of which we hear al the end of the period.

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9:35 The Freshmen stagger down the stairs and gasp, “What a history test! Why, I never heard of some of those tilings.” They question the Sophomores, and the Sophomores say arrogantly, “Oh, we knew that immediately.” There is more searching for books, more crowding to the mirror, then off to class—except a few, some of which study; others do not. There is a certain Sophomore in particular who is un­ usually voluble. The studious Coeds try to persuade her to go for a walk, or else they get up snootily and move into the prep room.

10:30 conies around and there ensues a perfect bedlam, “What a perfectly gorgeous dress!" “Where did you get that bracelet? Wool worths? Not really!” “What did you do last night? With him? Honestly!’’ “I see you have a haircut. Oh no, it’s not too short; I like it that way.” There are cries of "Who is going to the store?” No one answers but a number say “Bring me three penny bars, bring me an apple” et cetera.

The Sophomores begin their antics and the Freshmen ex­ claim “You Sophomores! you’d think you’d be grown up by this time.” You see the actions of the Sophomores are beneath the dignity of the Freshmen. They still feel the weight of their position as Coeds too greatly to act natural. But wait until next year; they may unbend by then. That’s all right dears; it is dignified to be Freshmen一to the Freshmen any­ way.

10:40 The bell rings and the Freshmen, who all the time have been sitting, books in hand, start up and rush to class.

The Sophomores wander about languidly, gathering up books, until someone says, “Hadn’t we better go to class The motion is approved, so they go. But our Senior sits and sits. Others ask her if she has a class this period. She re­ plies, “Yes, sometime this period.” After a lapse of ten or fifteen minutes she gets up and leisurely goes to class. Oh, for the freedom of a Senior.

11:35 This is the period of sighs and yawns and rumbling stomachs and yearning after sandwiches and dinners waiting at home, from which no lecturer, no matter liow interesting, can divert the mind. Then— 12:30 The hour long awaited arrives. There is no comb­ ing of hair nor powdering of noses but an immediate rush for home. For those who remain there is the unwrapping and exchanging of goodies, the discussion of movies and songs, and now and then an argument.

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i Soon, those who have an afternoon class return.

2:05 Off to class we go feeling much refreshed. In one hour we will be free.

3:00 As we come down from class our President (oc­ casionally) reminds us that the floor must be swept. We respond negligently and sometimes one of us feels the urge to clean. We gather up our things and start for home. It’s really not a hard life if you don’t take it seriously.

We have headed this column “Around the Clock with the Coeds.” What happens the rest of the time is not to our knowledge, but it is much the same with all of us — back to class the next morning.

Arbor day has come and gone. All in all it was a lovely day, much enjoyed by all of us, plenty of lunch and plenty of fun. The Preps need to be complimented on the cleaning they did. The lipstick marks have disappeared from beneath the mirror, and we can see through our windows once more.

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Found: Roll of five-dollar bills. Will the owner please form a line in front of the tutor’s office?

Joe — (on board ship) — Had supper yet?

Doe 一 No, quite the contrary.

The following correction appeared in a weekly paper: "Our paper stated last week that Mr. A. Stringley is a defective in the police force. This was a typographical error. Mr. Stringley is really a detective in the police farce.” ♦

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Tailor 一 How’ll you have it? A cuff in the pants and a belt in the back?

Customer — Say, do you want a sock in the nose? * * * Prof, (in Logic)—What is justice?

Vallesky — Justice is er — er when you step on one end of a board and the other end hits you. That’s justice. 氺

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Prison Visitor — And what’s your name, my good man?

Prisoner — 9742 Visitor — Is that your real name?

Prisoner — Naw, dat’s just me pen name. * * * Some people say thatfleas are black But I dont think it’s so.

For Mary had a little lamb Whose fleas were white as snow.

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The Viking doorman scorns fatigue, Humming a marriage march from Grieg.

The Italian bootblack’s brushes ply To an aria from “Butterfly.”

The German florist sprays the palms, Crooning a lullaby from Brahms.

The French chef seasons a rich fillet To a broken phrase of Charpentier.

The Russian liftman signals off, Whispering Rimsky Korsakoff.

'The American guest in the gilded suite Sings ‘‘She’s my baby; ain’t she neat?”

Just Another Suicide Author —This is the plot of my story. A midnight scene.

The burglars creep steadily toward the house. They climb a wall and force open a window and enter the room. The clock strikes one.

Sweet Thing (breathlessly) —Which one?

An ambiguous definition of “tight”： full of Scotch.

First Veteran — Did you ever eat any horsemeat?

Second — No, I always remember the fate of poor Dugan when he was in the war. He was eating some horsemeat in France when someone said “Whoa!” 一and he choked to death. *

She waited at the corner joyously — then pensively — then expectantly — then casually — then anxiously — and an hour passed. ‘‘Man,” she said, “is a brute: faithless and untrue, incapable of keeping a promise.”

Two hundred yards down the same street he said the same thing about women.

She was on the wrong corner.

It’s Pa who Pays.

A1—I bought the little lady a machine of her own.

Pal—Packard, Lincoln, Marmon, or Buick?

Al—Maytag.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— Esse Quam Videri.......................... 84 Percy Bysshe Shelley....... 二............ 85 SBie geftaltete fi由 bie flBerfejjung be3 SItten 2：eftamentg unter Sutlers Sii^rung ?..................................... 88 Cicero^ Contribution To Ancient Philosophy................................... 91 Effusions......................................... 94 The Ink Bottle.

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EDITORIALS— Mr. Senior.

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Sports.

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ALUMNI NOTES..................

EXCHANGE...........................

ATHLETICS..........................

LOCALS................................

COED NOTES ......................

CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

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Watertown, Wis.，June 1934

Number 3

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ESSK QUAM VIDKRI TO BK UATHI：R THAN SEEM TO BE” (Class Motto) Only what’s true will persevere, Only what’s real will stay, Only what’s honest need not fear A test in any way.

But that which only seems to be, Yet fills the eyes with sham, Is nothing in reality And satisfies no man.

The counterfeit lacks quality, Therefore it’s not desired : So he who does pretend to be Is also not required.

The wicked does not like to show His actuality.

He knows his character is low, Hence, tries to seem to be.

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With him who lacks ability This also is a fact.

He does not wish the world to see How he does knowledge lack.

But pretense is dishonesty, Born back in Paradise, Where Satan in his infamy Said things not true and wise.

Dishonesty is Satan’s joke, Pretense is his delight.

Deceitfully he wears a cloak Of pure angelic white.

But truth and honesty, forsooth, Are attributes of God. His works are always done in truth, His Word, it faileth not.

His angels also ever are Truthbearing messengers.

Of joyful news from heav’n afar They are the harbingers.

Go forth, young men, flee all disguise And stand on verity!

And waver not in any wise, Cleave to reality!

For all disguise and pretense void Will out some day; your fame Then certainly will be destroyed, Your name be full of shame.

But if you do your work in love, Your duties well with glee Turning your heart toward God above, YouTl be, not seem to be.

Dedicated to the Class of 1934

by H. Geiger，’07 PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY English Oration—C. Toppe

Of Shelley Matthew Arnold once said that he was “an ineffectual angel, pinnacled dim in the intense inane.’’ That pronouncement in short expresses what the majority of people think of Shelley and his poetry. To them it is a painting of 85

rainbows, a dabbling in fantasies, an intoxicated imagination playing with the supernatural. But that he is a supreme lyricist very few will deny.

Still, is Shelley’s poetry merely the “baseless fabric of a vision?” Is he merely the magnified child that Francis Thomp­ son would deem him? After serious contemplation we must admit that he is more than that. His entire life was a passion­ ate devotion to reason and intellect, and these are not the pursuits of children. It is a deplorable fact that his thought is often obscured under the too lush growth of his imagination, under excessive sentimentalities, vague and cold etherealness.

He tried to stand, as he himself said, upon a promontory and to descry what lay in the far distance. As a result of this, his main theme was a condition of life that has not yet been brought to pass, and his poetry has been condemned more than that of any other great Romantic as attenuated, indistinct, un­ real and ineffectual. To imagine such a condition of life de­ manded a firm belief in the futile doctrine of the perfectibility of man.

Of a sensitive and highly-strung nature, Shelley was stirred at an early age by the spirit of revolt; and from a boy’s miser­ ies he reaped a sense of cruelty and injustice that was never entirely effaced. This spirit of revolt soon fastened itself upon the existing institutions. In matters of government he became communistically inclined; in matters of religion atheistic. He applied the term atheistic to himself in his younger days, not so much to make clear his stand, as to throw down a gauntlet, to put a chip on his shoulder, to invite argument. Dominated by such a spirit, his mind was a fertile seedbed for such ideas as were embodied in Godwin’s Political Justice.

To attempt to understand Shelley without the aid of Godwin is a task hardly more promising than it would be to read Milton without the Bible. Godwin in short explains Shelley. While it is doubtless true that Shelley transformed most of . Godwin’s principles, or clothed them with a dazzling- imaginative luster, yet they do stand out without sufficient clearness, especially in his earlier works, to warrant establishing them as proceeding from the old philosopher. One of Shelley’s first great works, Queen Maby contains practically every important doctrine that Godwin postulated. It was chiefly Godwin who taught him to hate institutions, to exalt reason as the only basis of morality, and to believe in the doctrines of communism, universal benevolence, and perfectibility. Under the glare-light of these principles religion, especially the Old Testament economy, would appear to be false. In his later years these views were greatly modified. Indeed, this fact must always be borne in pind when one is studying Shelley. He often repudiated, in his later years, the views that he had held in his youth. From his 86

juvenile atheistic stand he later approached very near to Christi­ anity. Still, despite these changing views, Godwin was some­ thing of an idol in his eyes to the end of his days. His cold, grasping, selfish nature was too readily overlooked by his ardent disciple. It is only in his purely personal utterances, or in such fancies as the Witch of Atlas, that Shelley can escape from the obsession of Political Justice.

All his life Shelley harbored in his heart a reforming complex and a feeling of universal benevolence. The sufferings of others engendered in him a deep feeling of commiseration and a genuine desire to do everything in his power for them.

Harriet Westbrook^ case is a fine illustration of this quality.

He married the sixteen-year old school-girl because her father was persecuting her by forcing her to go to school. The greater share of his fortune was lavished upon his friends and upon the poor. Leigh Hunt and Shelley^ father-in-law, Godwin, often experienced his generosity. It is estimated that Godwin alone received between fifteen and twenty-five thousand dollars fro丨m the poet. In his youth he waxed militant against all fornis of _. oppression and endeavoured to stir up the people to strive to better their conditions. Tyranny was always abhorrent to him.

His Address to the Irish People is a splendid example of a zealous young reformer’s brochure against universal oppression.

This sympathy for suffering humanity is perhaps a sympathy born in his own health and self-pity for his imagined state of persecution, which if not always a major motif, is heard as an undertone in almost all of his poetry. In his self-portrait in Adonais, the death of Keats impresses him with a sense of his own insignificance; and of his tragedy, the tragedy of a pariah, like his own Wandenng Jew, bearing the cross on his brow. It is perhaps more evident in his Stanzas Written w Dejection near Naples. Nor is all of his persecution complex a vain imagin­ ing. The world pointed at Shelley with a finger oT scorn; it deprived him of his children; called his works puerile; looked upon him as a menace to society. We shall not say that Shelley was justified in making himself such a thoroughly de­ tested mortal. Shelley’s morality cannot be condoned, but we can demand that the critic at least understand it. But still for Shelley and his poetry the fact remains that he was hated.

Any discussion of Shelley would be incomplete without a consideration of his position with regard to the Romantic movement. In regard to one characteristic of the movement, subjectivity, he is perhaps the most subjective of all the Romanticists. As to the other two, a love of the picturesque and a reactionary spirit, we need not read far into Shelley to discover both of these traits. In Alastor Shelley is most purely a Romanticist. The ardor and anguish of a vague desire, the splendor of the universe and the secret languor mingled with 87

the ecstasies which Nature pours out, have never been more vividly expressed. t .

Another quality of the Romantic movement^ 'was its aspiration. Shelley strove to project himself beyond life, his dome of many-colored glass that stains the white radiance of eternity. That pure and intense aspiration is among the first notes of his poetry. In this respect he closely resembles the Faust of Goethe. What did Shelley strive for? In a general way we can say that he pursued the principle of Beauty — although Keats did this more intensely. Shelley’s worship is remote and “intellectual,” at once too abstract and too simple to take in much of the concrete world. But this does not say that his visions and pictures are not concrete in themselves.

He excels his competitors in ideality and its concomitants sublimity, beauty and the abstract passion for good. Too often the defects that go alonp： with it mar his work - producing at times vagueness, unreality, and glittering indistinctness, in which excess of sentiment welters amid excess of words. All through his poetry there is an undertone of sadness, another chord frequently struck in the Romantic movement.

In the realm of pure poetry Shelley reigns supreme. The last act of ProvicthcuH Unbound and the choruses in Hellas con­ tain passages that approach pure poetry as nearly as mortal can approach it. Here the choruses sweep down upon us with a reckless abandon that leaves the mind cloyed with the beauty of their lines. The incomparable music of the stanzas weaves an enduring： spell. L//(vV/«.s is often considered to be a touch­ stone of poetic appreciation. I believe that it would be no sullying of the honor of that jrreat poem if we should append to this category of touchstones Shelley’s The Cloud，To a S/cplarlc, and Ode to the West Wind. In forming the final opinion of Shelley we can do better than to quote from Wordsworth’s sonnet To a Skylark: “Leave to the nightingale her shady wood, a privacy of glorious light is thine.” If we would under­ stand Shelley we must soar aloft as a skylark and read his poetry in the light of his own views of the nature and value of poetry.

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CICERO’S CONTRIBUTION TO ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY Latin Oration — C. Hotlcn

To most readers Marcus Tullius Cicero is known as a great orator and statesman. In addition to his achievements in these fields, however, his work on philosophy is decidedly no mean contribution to his own people and to subsequent ages. It is still an open question whether his orations or his philosophic writings exerted the greater influence during the centuries that followed.

Since no comparison of the two is possible here, we shall briefly discuss his contribution to ancient philosophy.

Philosophy was not popular in Rome in the early Republic.

The practical Romans found no pleasure in abstract thinking.

The immediate things of daily life and future success interested them. Cato the Elder, about 155 B. C” believed that philoso­ phy was opposed to Roman religion and the welfare of the state. He opposed philosophy and became instrumental in securing the banishment of three Greek philosophers who had come to teach in Rome.

Philosophy first found its way into Rome after the fall of Corinth in 146 B. C. After this time the Romans came into direct contact with Greek life and culture. Still in Rome philo­ sophy made little advancement during the century before Cicero. The important teachers of this time were Amafinius, who wrote in a very crude and unpolished style, and Lucretius, the author of “De Rerum Natura.” The latter especially introduced the philosophy of Epicurus. Cicero gave little heed to the Epicurian philosophy of these men and believed that they could not invalidate his claim to the title of pioneer in Roman philosophy.

Cicero’s chief aim in writing on philosophy was to bring ancient Greek philosophy to the Romans in their own tongue.

His critics censured him and said : ‘‘Why put Greek philosophy into a Roman dress! If anyone is interested in this subject, let him study it in the Greek tongue.’’ However, Cicero had a ready answer for his opponents. Since many Romans could not readily understand the Greek, a history of philosophy in the vernacular was necessary. On the other hand, if Roman drama based on Greek drama had a just place in Roman literature, 91

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why not Greek philosophy in Roman garb? It must also be remembered that Cicero was not merely a compiler of Greek thought, but he elaborated upon it and made contributions to it.

His works soon merited recognition and were highly esteemed by his contemporaries; and during the subsequent centuries up to the present, his attainments in philosophy were everywhere studied and admired. Another reason for their importance is the fact that many of the Greek books on philosophy have been lost, and parts of them have been preserved for posterity only in Cicero’s works.

Despite the fact that Cicero accomplished great success in philosophy, he spent only two years in writing his philosophic works. During the greater part of his life he was exceedingly busy in performing the duties of his offices and in pleading the cases of his clients in the courts. By the year 45 B. C., how­ ever, Caesar held absolute sway in Rome, and under his despotic rule Cicero no longer had a place in public life and reluctantly turned from his occupation in behalf of the Republic.

His sorrow at the loss of his position in the State was enhanced by the death of his only, much beloved daughter, Tullia, who died in the year 45 B. C. In his afflictions and grief Cicero again turned for consolation to his favorite study of phi­ losophy and in subsequent years wrote all his philosophic works.

Early Greek philosophy first embraced the realms of phy­ sical science. It dealt with the number of the heavenly bodies, their motions, intervals, and the origin of things. This side of philosophy, though highly esteemed by many, was not consid­ ered important by Cicero. Mental philosophy was also treated by many, but Cicero gave little attention to that.

With Socrates of Athens began a new era in Greek phi­ losophy. The subject of ethics was advocated by him as the all important thing in philosophy. Cicero was in teres ted in morality and hence he said that Socrates was the first man that brought philosophy down from heaven and that philosophy began with Socrates.

Although no two philosophers exactly agreed, four princi­ pal schools flourished in Cicero’s time. They were the New Academy, the Peripatetic, the Stoic and the Epicurean. The chief difference of these schools lay in their conception of the supreme good. Cicero followed no specific doctrine of these several schools, but he chose whatever he found good in any one system. Since he was engaged in finding out what leads to a happy life, he came to the final conclusion that virtue in itself is sufficiently strong for a happy life. .

Since Cicero had become an eclectic, he finally pledged his allegiance to the New Academy. The principal dogma of this school was that there is no ultimate or absolute truth touching a given question. It is natural that Cicero should have had a defin92

ite regard for this school. From his experience as a lawyer he had learned that there are two sides to every question and that to be shackled by a definite dogma militates against the pos­ sibility of being a fair and unbiased judge.

If we recall to our memory that Cicero only devoted two years of actual writing to philosophy, the extent of his work is really stupendous. In this short time he wrote twenty-one books on philosophic subjects. On the other hand, he shows none of the infirmities of other rapid writers, but his style is as smooth and elegant, as polished and perfect here as in his former works.

In his philosophic works Cicero gave to the world much of ancient thought, which would otherwise have been lost. To the western world he gave philosophy in a new garment â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Latin language. To posterity he handed down a heritage that has always been studied and admired. To the scholars of all times, he has been a master teacher. The rulers of imperial Rome, the fathers of the early church, the schoolmen of the Middle Ages, the promoters of the rebirth of learning, the patrons of Humanism, and countless modern scholars, all alike, owe a tribute of gratitude to the illustrious son of Arpinum, Marcus Tullius Cicero.

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EFFUSIONS While some of the fellows have flown the coop There，re others have entered to fill out their boots.

Once a host of recruits just as fresh as the green, All eager to follow a serious mien.

(Ah me) how we then were the kids in the flock Believing in innocence all that was taught.

Just a few days of doubt but then all had become In the know of what must and what must not be done.

How nites must be spent, how the time must be killed, To keep bugs at bay and the water jugs filled.

In unprepared moments to feint and palaver To flitter die Pferde mit ‘wenn’ und mit 'aber.1 How we wrote down in fear and in trembling what then We imagined the facts of the lecture had been.

How Napoleon Bonapart (Boy, what a handle) With an elephant charge killed the last lousy Vandal, In the ‘Firemen’s Park’ down at Waterloo, Uncle Elbe was there. — Then we took question two.

And while our account concerns lads in their teens We’ll mention the creatures who lately donned jeans.

Tho beer and blue eagles may cause us vexation We still must administer coeducation.

Like a flower parade in gorgeous array They flocked to the doors on our opening day They came in a rush - and they stayed but a year, How often we’ve wondered just what was the lure?

We’ve studied the work of both scholar and wit, We’ve not found the word that the Greeks had for it.

For soon in disgust they quit Milton and Pope, They’ll parse no more verbs, they have given up hope To shoulder the burden, to carry the load To find the lost chord or the Old Ox Road.

Where stomachs, mentalities, body and soul Have held, some have captured what may seem a goal: The Seniors, examples of all that they pen Of upright, enlightened, efficient young men For such noble thots and for such sentiment Don’t you think they should make me their president.

(Oh no, it’s no autobiography, I just had to bring that in somewhere you see) If water flows on when these fellows are gone, If out of the remnant no others go wrong, If another with less psychological ardor Restores all the pedagogue’s children to order, If undergrads honor our Alma’s fair name We’ll mason with mortar board loyal acclaim.

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CARLETON TOPPE,

ERWIN SCHEWE,

Waterloo, Wisconsin.

President of the class 3, 4.

President of the student body.

Editor of the Black and Red. Viice-president of the Phi Gamma Rho Literary Society.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Vice-president of the class 2, 3, 4; president 1.

Secretary of the Philomathean Literary Society.

President of the Male Chorus.

President of the Mixed Chorus.

Quartet 2, 3, 4.

Athletic Board.

Football 1, 2, 3, 4.

Basketball 2, 3, 4; Co-captain 4.

Baseball 3.

Tennis.

GERHARD GEIGER, Leeds, Wisconsin.

Secretary-treasurer of the class 1, 2, 3, 4.

Male Chorus.

Orchestra 3, 4.

PAUL BENTERT, Watertown, Wisconsin.

Philomathean.

Male Chorus.

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ARNOLD BOLLE,

ALBERT BUSSEWITZ,

Watertown, Wisconsin.

Associate Editor of the Black and Red. President of the Philomathean Literary Society.

Male Chorus.

Quartet 2. 3, 4.

Football 3.

Golf.

Juneau, Wisconsin.

Hockey; Captain 3; Co-captain 4.

CURTIS HOTLEN,

WALTER HOEPNER,

Madison, Wisconsin.

Vice-president of the N club.

Male Chorus 3, 4.

Football 2, 3. 4 Basketball manager 4.

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Black and Red. Vice-president of the rhilomathcan Literary Society.

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MARTIN LEMKE,

OSCAR LEMKE, Reedsville, Wisconsin.

Philomathean.

Male Chorus.

Football 4.

Greenleaf, Wisconsin.

Philomathean.

Male Chorus.

Band.

Football 2.

JONATHAN MAHNKE, West Allis, Wisconsin.

Phi Gamma Rho. Athletic Board.

Male Chorus 3, 4

EDWIN MOSER, Bowdle, South Dakota.

Philomathean.

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ALFRED NICOLAUS,

JOHN RAABE,

Random Lake, Wisconsin.

Male Chorus.

Football manager 4.

New Ulm, Minnesota.

Secretary of the Male Chorus.

President of the Athletic Board.

President of the N club.

President of the Vesuvius club.

Band; dress sergeant 2.

Football 2, 3, 4.

Basketball 2, 3, 4.

Tennis.

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GLENNA RASMUSSEN,

WALTER SCHULTZ,

Hartland, Wisconsin.

Philomathean.

Mixed Chorus.

North Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Phi Gamma Rho.

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REGINALD SIEGLER,

RICHARD STIEMKE, Watertown, Wisconsin.

Philomathean.

Male Chorus.

Hockey.

Golf.

Bangor, Wisconsin.

Vice-president of the ' class 1, president 2. g Black and Red. Phi Gamma Rho, Band.

President of the Orchestra Mixed Chorus 4.

Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Baseball 3, 4.

Hockey; Co-captain 4.

Golf.

FERDINAND WEYLAND,

VICTOR TIEFEL, Hadar, Nebraska.

Philomathean.

Male Chorus.

Baseball manager 4.

Larsen, Wisconsin.

Phi Gamma Rho. Male Chorus.

Mixed Chorus; librarian 4

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HAROLD WICKE,

RUDOLPH WEYLAND,

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Black and Red. Philomathean.

Band.

Vice-president of the Male Chorus.

Mixed Chorus; librarian, 3.

Quartet 2, 3.

Larsen, Wisconsin.

Phi Gamma Rho. Orchestra.

Male Chorus 1; accompanist 2.

Mixed Chorus.

EVERETT ZIMPELMANN, Eagle River, Wisconsin.

President of the Phi Gamma Rho Literary Society.

Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Co-captain ‘1.

Tennis.

Class Officers: President—Carle ton Toppe Vice-president—Erwin Schevve , Secretary-treasurer -Gerhard Geiger Class Motto: Esse Quam Videri.

Class Flower: Senior Rose.

Class Golors: Scarlet and Pearl.

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THE INK BOTTLE Last fall I purchased a bottle of ink. Now it’s empty. A startling fact which began a chain of thoughts. Where could one person use a whole bottle of ink in a single school year?

Indeed perplexing. But it’s gone. Some letters, a few essays.

I flatter myself. Looking down I find the solution. Most of it has been used during times of mental hesitation in drawing geometrical designs on the desk cover or in changing the petunias to flora of uncertain genus. Soaked up by a piece of cotton cloth. What a pity!

In these inky depths are stored potential powers capable of shaking the world. How to release them? If I could but rub it like an Aladdin’s lamp and bring from its vapors an Aeneid or Paradise Lost! “0 Muse divine, give me power to speak.”

I believe that’s the correct way to start. It sounds good, but evidently the omens aren’t favorable. I must have a bad liver.

Would that I could spread that ink in words and measures beautiful over which students two thousand years from now would sweat and groan. To have them vacantly gaze at the curious symbols and fuss and fume in vain attempts to decipher and translate the unknown phrases. To have a learned pro­ fessor after successfully picking the meat from the bone exclaim with accents deep “Some boy! Some boy!’’ My dusty remains would gather together and turn over in spiteful glee.

What noble aspirations, but not for me. Leave poetry to the poets. My ludicrous inclination is a result of the season.

In spring a man’s fancy poetically turns to thoughts of love, but mere thoughts are so unsatisfying.

Yet couldn’t I coin a sententious saying, a proverb, heavy with satirical wisdom which would send my name scooting down thru the ages? “A bird in hand gathers no moss. ” Not so good. It’s no use. I have a pen and I have ink but some­ where something is lacking. The knot on the anterior extremity of my spinal column which keeps it from unraveling is a wee bit loose. Everything slips thru. As a last resort to raise comment I might try imagining a devil in the room and in a sudden fit of passion chase him off with my bottle of ink. It’s been done. I’d leave a mark for a short while at least.

So I slowly lower my head from its brief flight into the ethereal atmosphere and sink back into my customary coma.

Bonum est contemplari.

G. Sydow

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ybttnrtctls MR. SENIOR! Again, with the advent of graduation, desks, walls and waste baskets have become well stocked with the season’s crop of “name-cards,” each of which shouts forth unto the world the name of some honorable Senior. This is in accordance with an old Northwestern custom, found elsewhere only in high schools, of sowing broadcast the cards which graduating students sometimes have printed to go with their pictures and announcements. Why is it that a college student still prefers to send a cheap printed card to his friend, rather than a per­ sonal note? Several reasons suggest themselves, yet far be it from me to accuse our Seniors of acting, in this case, with any premeditated reason. The average student is probably only led by a sort of herd-instinct to follow the ancient tradition, neither knowing nor caring to know that the rest of the world has 102

changed its customs since the time when his father went to college.

Now let us look at the cards themselves. Some of them are fancy to the point of absurdity, the type ranging from Victorian scrollwork to rimmed Wedding Text. The only re­ quirement seems to be to break every established rule of etiquette. For instance, in any elementry book on etiquette you can find this or some similar sentence: "No man has his name engraved on his card without the title of “Mr.” before it.” Surely it is a false modesty on the part of a college graduate to think himself unworthy of such a title! Yet hardly once in five years does one find that everyday title upon the card of a Northwestern student. The cards, for that matter, are not even engraved!

Trivial matters, you will say; yet, when one analyzes the case, he can not help coming to the conclusion that such mannerisms are the sign of a provincial mind, the evidence that the respective person has not the necessary stamina to observe a universal custom in opposition to a local one. A change to the better is easily made; and if you must persist with childish delight in broadcasting mementos, at least have the courage to tell the world that, in spite of your habits, you are eligible to the title “Mr.” II. 0. F. SPORTS The question which this article will attempt to answer is, “Which sport annoys the non-participant most?”

“What’s it to him? He don’t have to watch,” will be the rejoinder of the sportsman. This statement is undeniably true.

If eyes were one’s only sense, the non-participant would be happy. But in this our highly civilized, or rather, modern world, the ears play perhaps a more important role than the eyes; and the sense of hearing is not so readily dispensed with as the sense of sight. It is the non-participant who suffers; the fanatic, to use the unabbreviated word, who enjoys the sport.

We shall begin with the sports now in season. It is a real pleasure to watch a game of tennis and to observe the grace­ ful, lithe movements of the player. The game is able to hold the spectator in suspense and offers him many a thrill. It seems to be an ideal sport for all concerned and not concerned.

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But woe! What is more annoying, what is a greater menace to sanity, than being lodged in a room next to a tennis enthusi­ ast， who, during his spare time, exercises his wrist by batting a ball against the wall of his room? Apropos of this, who can deny the theory of mental telepathy? For no sooner does the victim become interested in his book, but there will be the double thump of a tennis ball striking first the wall and then the floor. The victim hardly accustoms his ear to this, when the ball flies off at an unexpected angle and bounces into the paraphernalia cluttering the desk of some student. Then the sound of the chase ensues—a mad dash, an overturned chair, a howl—and the victim must begin to read the paragraph over again. No—with all its beauty and grace, tennis has its de­ cided drawback.

Baseball is yet worse, even if it is the sport which is hon­ ored by having1 the President of the United States open the season by tossing the first ball to the players. There is no escape from its clutches. If one flees beyond the furthest reaches of the radio, he will invariably encounter a loud­ mouthed discussion of the merits of the various batters, pitch­ ers and referees. If he walks down a seemingly quiet street, the radios, sensing his approach, shriek at him from the houses.

In what corner of the country is there no radio? Offices, restaurants, automobiles and even bathing beaches — every place seems to be well equipped. And in such a flight the ear becomes unusually sensitive to all sounds related to baseball.

Even if he retreats to the woods, he will very likely chance upon a group of baseball-minded picnickers. But this isn’t the only annoying feature. The other, almost as bad, but more avoidable, at any rate by one with will power, is that it makes one laugh. In itself this is no evil, but from earliest youth we were taught not to laupfh at other people’s clothes and actions.

Let it suffice that we confess and confide our impolite proclivity; to describe what is so peculiar and ridiculous about the ‘‘uni­ form，’’ if we may use this misnomer, would be going too far.

Football is another of the major sports. This sport is able to hold the interest of students more than any other sport. The student of Darwinism is able to make many observations of human actions and impulses which no person in a normal state of mind would carry into execution for him; the student of History can compare their outfits with those of the knights of j)ld or with inquisitorial devices; the student of Psychology can lea^n much, in observing the spectators, of the state of mind in which the Romans were when they watched the gladiatorial contests; and so on with the students of almost all branches — Medicine, Advertising, Religion, Dementia, or what you will.

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horror when he sees a bleeding piece or pieces of humanity carried off the field, to one of delight when he learns that the game has been “called off.” And who can help laughing when he sees some player caught unawares set down hard and sud­ denly? Football has its merits.

An escape from this is also difficult because of the radio.

Nevertheless, if one must listen, it is more easily tolerated than a baseball broadcast because it is not continuous. During the intermission and when a score is obtained it is possible to hear music of a sort, which, at least, gives some evidence of a trace of civilization. It would indeed be necessary to conclude that this is the least unpleasant of sports, were it not for the fact that each game and individual play is re-played at least five times.

Basketball also has its interests and attractions. It is a pleasure to see a well-built youth gracefully caper about the floor, and it is one of the most laugh-provoking of occurences to see the majority of bony, gangling bodies awkwardly fall down here, there and everywhere. It is almost as good as a bathing beach. But the great nuisance, besides the fact that the radio hums with basketball games, and that these, too, are re-played with much fervor and countless “ifs,” is that the players practice bouncing the ball in their so-called study rooms in such a way that the whole building is caused to vibrate.

So we see that it is a most difficult problem to decide which of the sports is most annoying to the non-participant. We must conclude that they are all on about the same level.

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Rev. L. Koeninger, ’13，and family of Manitowoc, Wis., visited with relatives and Manitowoc students at Watertown on May 12 and 13.

The committee of the class of ’20 which is arranging for a class reunion met here at the College on the evening of May 13.

Rev. I. Frey, ’10, Hoskins, Nebraska, who was at Milwau­ kee on business, visited his sons at Northwestern on May 23.

Outside alumni who attended the sacred concert given by our Seminary Choral society here in our auditorium on May 19 were: Rev. A. Deprnei，，’20, Whitewater, So. Dak., Profs. W. Pless, ’30，H. Vogel, and E. Scharf，’28, all of Winnebago Academy, Fond (lu Lac, Wis., and Prof. W. Wichmann, ’30，of Johnson Creek, Wis. George Rosenhauer, ’28, St. Petersburg, Florida, has for the next school term received a position at Phelps, Wis. Besides teaching he will also coach athletics.

The German play “Dei，Bibliothekar” given by our literary societies on May 25 was well attended by Seminary students and many alumni of this vicinity.

Dr. H. Bluhm, 28, an instructor at the state university at Madison, visited several classes at Northwestern on May 26.

The thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the Bethesda Lutheran Home al Watertown was attended by several Seminary students and pastors of this vicinity. Rev. F. Zarling, ’01， Iron Ridge, Wis，preached the sermon for the forenoon services in the German language. Rev. Mennicke of Reeseville, Wis. preached for the English services in the afternoon.

About the middle of May the dramatic society of Winnebago Lutheran Academy at Fond du Lac presented Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew/1 The play was directed by Prof.

E. Scharf, *28. The excellent presentation was a proof of Mr. Scharf’s outstanding abilities as a dramatic coach. Dr. J. H. Ott，’85，and Prof. E. Kiessling, 'Yl, of Northwestern and many Seminary students attended the play.

The engagement of Miss Margaret Schmeling,，29, and Rev. G. Fischer of Madison has been announced.

Rev. Ph. Koehler and family of Milwaukee spent Decora­ tion Day at Watertown, witnessing the parade in the forenoon and the college baseball game against the American Legion in the afternoon.

A son was born to the Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Prenzlow, Cor­ nell, Wis., several weeks ago.

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Mr. Edgar Groth, ’29, who has been teaching parochial school at Oshkosh, Wis., plans on spending about a half year in Europe soon.

Marcus Liesener, ’33, Seminary, was seriously afflicted with ear trouble since Easter. About the last week in May he suf­ fered a mastoid operation. The Black and Red wishes him a quick recovery.

Graduating members of the Seminary who have so far received calls are: Otto Engel to Bruce, Wis.; Victor Schultz to a mission field in Colorado; Oscar Naumann to Northwestern as tutor; Erwin Froehlich to Michigan Lutheran Seminary at Saginaw as tutor, taking the place of Roland Hoenecke, ’28, who received a call to Mansfield, Washington; Albert Sippert to Estalline, South Dakota; and Edward Krueger to Mandan, North Dakota.

mM From the Mission House News comes a contribution to the ever-raging controversy over the relative values of a liberal arts curriculum and a professional one. ‘‘A great deal of the value of life to the individual hinges upon his personal develop­ ment before he has begun his specialized training. It is unnecessary to elaborate upon the fact that a substantial back­ ground of knowledge in the arts and sciences is of great help to the man who contemplates a career which requires specialized training.” "The Liberal Arts college should also give the student an educational background that will enable him to make intelligent use of his leisure time. If he cannot intelligently use this leisure it will be of comparatively little value to him.”

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Indiscriminate gleanings: (It is truly surprising to see how many invaluable little nuggets of assorted information can be amassed while paging through college papers.)

The Floating University, whose campus is the whole world, \vill weigh anchor on October 4 for a 225 day cruise, visiting sixty ports in forty-three countries.

There are approximately 1,000,000 college students in the United States today.

When a New York hotel inserted a half-inch ad for three bus boys (waiters’ assistants who clear the tables) in the columns of a city paper, more than a thousand applicants answered the call, among- whom were twelve Ph. D.*s, six Phi Beta Kappas, and scores of both American and European college graduates.

A student at Concordia Teachers College chose as his favorite magazines the Walther League Messenger and the Pathfinder.

Freshmen girls at Rollins college are treated the same way as the boys. They are forced to wear little blue and yellow caps, to salute upperclassmen, to do their share of singing, clapping, and foolish dancing during initiation, and to wash all the make-up off their faces. The only thing they escape is paddling.

A professor of psychology at Johns Hopkins University is doing special research work on the problem of why babies suck their —thumbs.

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^ :Hen j a pyromaniac. There have been nine fires, some of a very serious nature, of apparently incendiary origin during the year.

In an effort to catch the fire bug and to protect the school against any more such attempts at incendiarism, each building is being completely guarded at night by a force of student watchmen, and students are being quizzed by a psychoanalyst.

According to the Mission House News，when Northwestern played baseball there “they stole everything but the umpire’s masi’’ A sigh from H. L. Mencken: "Any man engaged habitually in controversy, as I have been for twenty years, must enter upon his declining- days with a melancholy sense of its hollow­ ness and futility. ” If the experiments of a certain psychology professor prove to be successful we may soon be able to listen to professors1 lectures while we sleep, or at least while in a state of “light hypnosis. ” We were under the impression that certain students here had already successfully demonstrated that.

College students will be permitted to join C. C. C. camps this summer if they are willing to pay for their board which amounts to about forty cents a day. About four per cent of the men in the camps at present have at some time attended college.

The Cheshire, an attractive little quarterly of Milwaukee State Teachers College, contains an amusing little skit on “Ministers’ Houses.” “Ministerial living-rooms are usually furnished in the main with the furniture he bought when he was married. He has never had enough money since he acquired a family to buy such unessential thing's as new furniture, so the original leather-covered rocker and the motheaten davenport and the library table of oak still stand. Per­ haps it is because the furniture is so old that it can’t be marred and scratched any more that ministers’ living-rooms seem so thoroughly lived in. One never feels afraid to disturb the smoothness of a cushion or the shiny expanse of a table.” »« Perhaps that is what distinguishes ministers* houses — their informality, their comfortable oldness, their general open­ doored hospitality.”

A writer in the Carroll Echo gives us his idea of true education: *'Might it not be truly said that the character of true education may be fairly and truly summed up by the following three points: (1) the power to discriminate among relative values, (2) a profound appreciation of and reverence for superior values, and (3) a fervent spirit of sincere and honest doubt. ’ ’ Further on the editorial becomes a bit stronger. “ 一nine chances out of ten a man, in order to achieve superior 109

scholastic grades, must be essentially and before all else an extreme conformist, one who accepts without question every­ thing on textbook and pedagogic authority. Too many students are perpetually afraid to speak their own minds, granted that they do have private minds, afraid to be honest with themselves since it would so likely cost them their good standing with a professor. They sacrifice the individuality and original thinking： that marks a truly educated man to the attainment of a pro­ fessor’s grade, believing that to be the one and only stamp by which you can tell a scholar. The best scholars do not stick to beaten paths; they are not conventional. But by convention­ ality, by conformity one can become a Phi Beta Kappa.”

Another bit of sensationalism from George Bernard Shaw, the inveterate headline hunter: “When your professor gives you facts, you should say to yourselves: ‘nothing of this is worth being remembered. * Like the rag-picker digging in the dustbins of history, you should appraise what you find, keep the good and leave the rest.” Other of his views expressed in a recent article “Don’t Go to a University” are that in uni­ versities, as promoters of culture, lies the future downfall of our civilization: that because too much culture has ruined other civilizations before ours we should profit by these examples and discourage all culture and higher learning; that men who write textbooks know nothing about their subjects; that students should refrain from looking into their textbooks any more than is absolutely necessary to prevent their suspension. However, he adds, with a twinkle in his eye and a satisfied chuckle at his cleverness, *'I take delight in insinuating the poison of doubt into you.” ♦

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Our home boys proved themselves to be superior to Semi­ nary when they took their second victory from the Thiensville nine on May 8th. In the first meeting of the teams at Watertown the Northwestern nine won by a 5—3 count.

Led by the outfielder Lambert, who made four hits in five trips, our visiting boys walloped the offerings of Kaasch and Heyn for 11 safeties. Koehler was touched lor nine hits but after the third inning kept them well scattered and Seminary was held scoreless.

Seminary scored its first run in the second frame. North­ western tallied two in the third but Seminary came back with a four run barrage in the last half of the third. Four counters in the fifth and three in the sixth gave our boys the winning margin.

Seminary— AB R H E Northwestern—AB R H E Biesmann, c._ ••5 110 Lambert, If.. .5 3 4 0 Buch, 2b.......

-4 0 0 0 Schroeder, rf ..2 2 2 0 Raasch, p, lb ..5 10 0 Schumann, lb …5 2 3 0 Heyn, lb, p..

-3211 Sydow, 3b__ …5 0 10 Nommensen, ss....4 14 2 Siegler, cf-… …5 0 0 0 Ehlert, 3b._ .4011 I. Frey, ss............5 0 12 Siegel, cf...

•4 0 0 0 _3 0 0 3 C. Frey, 2b.

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Struck out—By Raasch, 1; by Heyn, 5; by Koehler, 12. Double play — Koehler to Schumann. Two-base hits — Nommensen, Lambert. Three-base hit—Schumann. Stolen bases—C. Frey, Biesmann. Hit by pitcher — Heyn by Koehler. Umpire — Armin Schultz.

Mission House G; Northwestern 17.

On May 12th our baseball players motored up to Plymouth and brought back with them their fifth victory of the season defeating- the Mission House team by a 17—6 score. Rather cool weather and a strong gale made it somewhat uncomfortable for play. Koehler again took his position on the mound and worked well in spite of the prevailing gale.

Northwestern started scoring in the first inning. A walk for Siegler and a fielder’s choice for Schumann gave North­ western its first occupants of the bases. Schumann and Siegler, after a double steal to second and third, crossed the plate for runs on C. Frey’s single. Van Akkern, the hurler for the op­ ponents, found difficulty in pushing the pill by our boys. North­ western scored in each inning except in the third and the sixth.

Siegler hit his second homer for the season.

When our boys came back the discussion was not so much about the big victory, rather about the wonderful reception that the Mission House students gave them.

Northwestern—AB R H E Mission House—AB R H E Bodemann, cf... …4 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 Siegler, cf___ Danne, c............. …2 110 Schroeder, rf..

6 12 0 •5 5 2 0 VanAkkern, p.. .3 2 2 1 Schumann, lb Eckart, ss_____ …3 10 0 .6 2 2 0 Sydovv, 3d___ .6210 Diestlehorst, 3b....4 2 3 0 I. Frey, ss___ .6120 Hesslink, 2b C. Frey, 2b...

4 0 2 0 .4121 Grittner, lb 4 0 12 Lambert, lf...

Truger, rf_. .4110 Wendland, c…

4 0 0 0 .5 2 3 0 Rusch, If-…

3 0 0 0 Koehler, p___ 10 0 0 Heye, c___ .2 0 0 1 G. Frey, cf…. .2010 Scheib, p … .0 0 0 1 M. Toefel, rf_.

48 17 18 1 33 6 9 5 Home run—Siegler. Walk—OffVanAkkern, 3; off Koehler, 1. Struck out — By Van Akkern, 8; by Scheib, 1; by Koehler, 13. Two-base hits — Koehler, Siegler, Van Akkern, Hesslink, Diestlehorst. Three-base hit — M. Toepel. Umpire — Egbert (Mission House).

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University Extension 9; Northwestern 7.

On May 18th our ball team shifted gears and dropped their first defeat of the season to the Milwaukee invaders in a 9—7 tilt. The seven errors committed by our boys gave the Exten­ sion an easy advantage. Our players were not accustomed to the stuff that Tikvick offered. Koehler turned in fair work on the slab, and would have won his game, had his teammates slept at home instead of while playing ball.

Northwestern threatened in the ninth with a three run ral but with the last man out we still found ourselves trailing two scores.

Northwestern—-AB R H E University Extension— AB R H E Lambert, rf.. .5210 4 2 11 Schroeder, If. Helwig, ss ■4110 Hagensen, rf 5 111 Schumann, lb .5110 5 0 0 0 Sydow, 3d._ Tikvick, p …

4 0 13 .5 2 2 0 Honeck, c ― •5111 Siegler, cf" Jones, cf___ •4110 .3110 .4010 Wendland, c Du Mey, If... .4 0 0 0 -4111 I. Frey, ss._ Wilson, 2b._.

Huennekens, 3b—.4 10 1 C. Frey, 2b_____3 111 4 0 12 Jacobson, lb 3 0 10 Koehler, p.

10 10 Callahan, lb.

110 0 G. Frey, ss 38 7 9 7 39 9 8 3 Base on balls—Off Koehler, 2; off Tikvick, 3. Struck out一

By Koehler, 13; by Tikvick, 6. Hit by pitched ball Koehler, 2; Tikvick, 0. Home run—Honeck. Umpire—Wend land (North­ western) .

Aurora 7; Northwestern 8.

Working hard under a sweltering, Illinois sun our baseball nine walked off the diamond with another victory to their credit. In the first three innings of play no one crossed the plate for either side. In the fourth frame Schumann hit for three sacks and scored on Lambert’s double. Sydow reached first on an error advancing Lambert to third. Schroeder’s single drove in Lambert and advanced Sydow to third. C. Frey followed Schroeder with a free ticket to first. C. Frey then stole second and both he and Schroeder came in on I. Frey’s hit, giving our boys a five run lead. Five errors for Northwestern again gave the Illinois nine their runs. The game proceeded with a neck to neck score and it was still a tie in the ninth.

Siegler brought in the winning run on an error by Fowler at short.

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Northwestern— AB R H E AB R H E 4 10 0 Siegler, cf ■ •5 0 0 0 Schumann, lb......4 13 0 ..5 12 1 5 110 Lambert, rf ..5 0 0 1 5 10 0 Sydow, 3b_. ..5 10 0 Schroeder, If.......4 2 2 0 ..5 0 10 4 12 0 Wendland, c ..5 110 4 111 C. Frey, 2b ..2 10 1 3 0 0 2 I. Frey, ss.. ..5 12 0 4 0 10 Koehler, p.. .4100 10 0 2 G. Frey, ss. ..0 10 0 ..2 0 0 0 38 8 10 5 43 7 6 3 Struck out—By Koehler, 11; by Buote, 8. Base on balls— Off Koehler, 4; off Buote, 3. Three-base hit-Schumann. Twobase hit — Keepers, Krohn, Hashell, Lambert, Wendland.

Umpire—Tesch (Aurora).

Aurora — Cooper, rf.....

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Stone, cf.......

Turck, 2b.......

Hashell, 3b....

Cantrall, If__ Krohn, lb__ Buote, p____ Wagner, If....

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Mission House .H; Nor(hwcs(ern H. On May 25th the college nine took their second decisive victory from Mission House. Our boys again had a chance to raise their batting averages and they surely did. The team worked well both in the field and at the plate. Coach Kleinke used his substitutes for the greater part of the game and saved his regulars for the game on the following day with University Extension. Schroeder, Schumann and Kirst all saw action on the mound.

Northwestern—AB R H E Mission House—AB R II E 3 110 Bodemann, cf.......4 10 0 Siegler, lf--5 ^an"\3b-：.......... t I Ichumann lb, p..3 32 12 00 Diestlehorst, ss…_5 112 Sydow, 3d.............. 5 110 Van Akkern, 2b..,5 0 10 Lambert, rf............2 0 10 5 0 0 1 Wendland, c...........2 10 0 Heye, c.._.

C. Frey, 2b............ 4 12 0 Ludwig, lb 3 0 0 0 I. Frey, ss..............5 2 2 5 Truger, rf_ 3 110 Schroeder, p.........-2 12 0 Hoopmann, If....... 3 0 10 Cares, If.................1 0 0 p Scheib, p 3 0 0 1 Nelson, If.............. 1 0 0 0 3 0 10 Frey, 2b 35 3 4 4 G. 110 0八 Miller, c.— A. Lehmann, rf— —0 0 0 0 Kirst, p................. 1110 .......

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Struck out—By Schroeder, 3; by Kirst, 0; by Schumann, 2;

by Scheib, 4. Home run—M. Schwartz. Double play—Schroeder to C. Frey to Schumann. Hit by pitched ball — Hoopmann

by Schroeder; Bodemann by Kirst. Umpire—Wendland (North­ western).

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Revenge was sweet for our baseball team on May 26th when they took the University Extension into camp at Sherman Park in Milwaukee. The Milwaukee collegians were taken by surprise and received a good workout by trying to get the balls .back into the infield which Northwestern pounded out of the lot. Schumann led the batting artillery by getting three hits out of three times at bat. Lambert started the bombardment by hitting a homer in the first inning with two men on. Schroeder pulled the same stunt in the eighth frame. Wendland also hit for four sacks but was called out failing to touch third. Koehler worked excellently on the mound allowing his opponents but five hits.

Mark Schwartz made a sensational catch in the field in the ninth, spearing the ball out of mid-air in deep center, topping off the game with a complete victory.

University Extension — Northwestern -AB R H E AB R H E Siegler, rf___ ..4 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 Wilson, 2b... .5010 Schwartz, ss 3 3 0 Hagensen, ss .5 0 0 2 Schumann, lb . .3 •4 3 2 0 Lambert, lf..

Du Mey, c... .4 0 0 1 Sydow, 3d__ .5211 Jones, p.......

4 110 Schroeder, cf 6 14 0 Huennekens, 3b...4 0 0 1 C. Frey, 2b... .3101 4 111 Jacobson, lb. .4010 Wendland, c.

• 5121 Meintzlaff, cf .4 2 2 0 Koehler, p…. .1110 I. Frey, ss....

Busser, If__ 3 10 0 Miller, •0 0 0 0 c.......

Helwig, rf__ .4011 G. Frey, 2b..

-2 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 37 4 6 5 Koenig, ss...

A. Lehmann, If…0 0 0 0 41 15 15 5~ Home runs— Lambert, Schroeder, Jones. Struck out —By Koehler, 9; by Jones, 8; Three-base hits—Meintzlaff, Schroeder.

Two-base hits — Koehler, Wendland, I. Frey, Schroeder. Hit by pitched ball — Wendland and Siegler by Jones. Umpire一 Rosin and Niebler (Milwaukee).

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Decoration Day brought with it Northwestern’s second de­ feat of the season in a close game with the American Legion of Watertown. After being： partly fatigued by parading the streets practically all forenoon our boys still had enough pep left to give the Legion all the competition they wanted. The Legion opened up with four runs in the first inning but found themselves tied at the end of the second frame, Siegler cracking the first ball across the plate for his third homer of the season. The score remained a draw until the sixth frame when Block and Duerr, hitting for singles, were driven in by Biefeld’s double. North­ western failed to score any runs after the second inning.

Koehler was nicked for thirteen hits, whereas Duerr allowed but nine scattered hits.

Northwestern—AB R H E AB R H E Legion— .5130 Siegler, cf__ Biefeld, ss... ........5 0 3 1 .5120 Schroeder, If Beisner, cf... ........4 0 0 .3010 Schumann, lb Neubauer, 2b ........5 110 .4 0 0 0 Lambert, rf...

Schramm, lb ........5 1 10 ■2 0 0 0 Sydow, 3b__ Zahn, 3b___ ____5 10 0 3 0 0 1 Wendland, c..

Mullen, rf … ____5 1 1 0 ■4 0 0 0 I. Frey, ss ...

Blaese, If__ 5 0 2 0 3 12 1 C. Frey, 2b...

Block, c........

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Duerr, p........

4 12 0 .10 0 0 Schwartz, 2b.

33 4 9 4 42 6 13 1 Base on balls—Off Koehler, 1; off Duerr, 4. Struck out一

By Koehler, 3; by Duerr, 1. Home run—Siegler. Three-base hit—Neubauer. Two-base hit—Biefeld. Umpire (Curtis), School of Engineering 1; Northwestern 15.

On June 2nd Northwestern successfully closed its baseball All we season by swamping the Engineers by a 15一1 score. 一 . need to say about the game is that there were.plenty of hits and runs. Wendland connected for four sacks in the second inning. In the last inning Northwestern scored six runs.

On June 14 th the college will meet the Alumni in a post­ season game. The team will probably only lose one member in the person of Siegler, whose consistancy in the field and at the plate will have to be replaced by a new member in the coming year.

It would probably also be of interest to know that our baseball team has lost but three games out of the twenty-one that were played in last year’s and this year’s season.

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6 12 0 Schumann, lb 2 0 0 0 Sydow, 3b__ 4 2 3 0 Schroeder, If 4 12 0 I. Frey, ss 5 10 0 C. Frey, 2b 3 2 10 Wendland, c 4 12 0 Koehler, p., 3 13 0 Lambert, rf.

A. Lehmann, If-…1 0 0 0 .1110 Miller, c...

1110 G. Frey, 2b 45 51 18 0 Base on balls—Off Koehler, 2; off Mabbet, 4. Struck out一

By Koehler, 14; by Mabbett, 14. Home run—Wendland. Twobase hit—Schumann. Umpire (Andrews).

Season baiting averages.

AB R H Average .487 41 14 20 Lambert Schroeder 46 17 22 •478 .434 Schumann 46 19 20 Koehler 38 9 14 •368 Schwartz 20 9 7 •350 C. Frey 41 12 14 .333 I. Frey 44 12 12 .272 Siegler 48 10 12 • 250 Wendland 37 11 9 •243 Sydow .177 45 9 8 G. Frey 11 1 5 .454 Miller 6 4 3 • 500 A. Lehmann 3 0 1 •333 M. Toepel 7 1 3 .428 Trachte 4 2 • 500 Kirst 1 1 1 1.000 Niemann 0 .000 Cares 2 .500 Nelson 1 1 0 •000 Koenig 0 0 0 •000 442 133 154 .348 Letter men for the 1934 baseball season are :Schumann, Koehler, Siegler: Lambert, Sydow, C. Frey, I. Frey, Wendland, Schwartz, captain Schroeder and manager Tiefel.

School of Engineering— AB R H E 0 0 2 Flater, c......... ..4 Thomson, 2b- ..4 110 0 0 0 Uhll, lb........... ..3 0 2 0 Mabbett, p … -.4 .4010 Trainer, ss......

3 0 0 0 Koerth, If....... .3010 Myszewski, 3b •3 0 0 0 Geiser, cf........

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TENNIS. The Northwestern net team won three out of their four meets: Milton 0 ; Northwestern 6., Seminary 0 ; Northwestern 6.

Milton 0; Northwestern 6.

Ripon 4 ; Northwestern 1.

GOLF. The Northwestern golf club composed of Stiemke, Lueck, Siegler and Bolle took the first meet from Milton on the Janes­ ville greens by a 10—0 count. In the second meet with Lueck absent and Sydow taking- his place they lost 6—5. In both meets Stiemke shot 76 for low man.

June! Finis to another year of stringing along with reci­ tations, textbooks, monotones and monotonies of classrooms, et cet. A dread week of finals (wee-houred cramming and spontaneous forgetting) and two months of diversions diverse.

Such is the life of a student! At this date (late, say the editors, typists, and all other thorns in the flesh of a ye columnist) finals and speculations as to finals run rampant in dormitory chatter and dwarf all items of interest. Why finals should inspire such dread fear seems strange. Great men and wise would tell us that exams are but a pleasant antithesis to class­ room routine, successful only as a gauge on the success of the instructor. But where final exams rate as high as in some cases 75 per cent on final standings dread perhaps is the word ^0r 5em* any rate, the dread finals are here and all candidly admit that it’s a wonderful sensation of relief to chuck text after text into the book-box as the gauntlet is run.

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Finals remind one of studying, and studying reminds all dormitorians of bugs, those nemeses of all us weaker mortals afflicted with the malady of putting off work to the last night.

Were it not adding insult to injury, pages of invective should be let loose upon the pesky race.To any _ one interested in this sort of night life we heartily recommend the screenless dorm.

—Strangely enough, just at this season we learn that in some year past the old dormitory was furnished with screens, but that at the request of students they were removed and are now rusting in the attic.

Measles continue to claim their own. The brothers Bradtke, Schroeder, Reuschel, and Sommers are the latest victims to make the total of those victimized so far this spring a taker’s dozen.

Bolle, Toppe, and E. Bussewitz have compiled a bird record for the Watertown Region which lists 267 species. The record is considered one of the best for such a restricted territory in the state.

R. Weyland was recently awarded a scholarship for the study of applied music and theory at the Lawrence Conserva­ tory of Music. He will assume studies there in fall.

J. Raabe took off the last days of May to go to Michigan to function as best man for his brother’s wedding.

May 25, Gustav von Moser’s German comedy Dcr Bibliothekar was presented to a large audience. From the point of pure entertainment the production was the most successful staged in past seasons. Certainly no other play has won so many friends for dramatics at Northwestern. The fact that requests were made to become personally acquainted with some of the players and that expressions taken from the comedy color speech among students and even on the street stands as ^reat enough tribute to the excellence and popularity of the presentation.

May 17, Hoepner, Wicke, and Sommers, and Hagedorn, Barthels, and Zarling accompanied Professors Kiessling and Ott to Fon du Lac to see the Taming of the Shrew produced by the players of the Winnebago Lutheran Academy.

Changes in government resultant from recent elections: — Vesuvius Club: Schroeder, president; M. Toepel, vice president; Kugler, treasurer.

N Club: Reuschel, president; M. Toepel, vice president; Roekle, secretary.

Freshmen: 0. Siegler, president; Gurgel, vice president; T. Sauer, secretary.

Tertia: Fredrich, president; Grunwald, vice president; R. Toepel, secretary.

The choral society of the Lutheran Seminary of Thiensville gave a sacred concert at the college gymnasium, May 19. The chorus showed they well deserved the reputation they have won; 121

their concert was such as to truly thrill all lovers of the Lutheran choral.

June 3，the band and brass quartet played for a school picnic at Iron Ridge. On the same day the chorus and vocal quartet presented concerts at Fox Lake and Randolph. The Sand’s other trip was to Beaver Dam, June 9.

To all who have read this far — farewell.

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On the evening of the twenty-eighth of May the Coeds held their annual banquet in honor of the graduates from both depart­ ments. The olives were very much enjoyed, especially by a select few. The dessert consisted of such a colossal piece of Schaumtorte that you had to stand up to see the person across the table from you. Melba Wall was Mistress of Ceremonies, and speeches were given by the honored as well as the new officers. From all appearances everyone enjoyed herself. And so another coed banquet ended.

Some of the Coeds attended the Circus. They were disap­ pointed; apparently it does not compare with the Girl’s Room.

There they had only two elephants and three monkeys while in the Girl’s Room__Well, we won’t go into it.

To the following Coeds we extend a hearty vote of thanks: Arline Schumann, for providing cookies and scolding.

Melba Wall, for telling us jokes from all the movies and radio programs and keeping us amused in general.

Helen Arnold, for providing fresh air.

Gertrude Wuetrich, for teaching us to act like ladies.

Margaret Krahn, for being a living, walking, and breathing example of “Decorum.”

Evelyn Schroeder, for leaving us one-sixteenth of the mirror each recess.

Mary Alyce Roth, for showing us what the well-dressed college girl should wear.

Marion Jones, for whistling.

Anita Weihert, for gaining a few pounds.

Glenna Rassmussen, for her frequent notices to the janitor.

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The time has come to lend thine ears to "Au revoir, pleasant dreams.” It is with a peculiar mixture of sorrow, relief, and surprise that we bid you farewell; sorrow because of the usual mournful reasons; relief, because we won’t have to sit down once a month and plague our brains with trying to think up coed notes; and surprise that we really have any left—brains, we mean. We are sorry that we will not be here next year to carry on our great mission of defending American popular music.

May we say in passing that we regret exceedingly that our few innocent statements succeeded in stirring up such a tempest.

It is only through gross misunderstanding that such a situation could arise. We, however, knowing that many worthwhile persons have read our article and expressed their approval, can in all confidence turn a deaf ear to the “taunts and gibes” of our opponents and continue on our “primrose path to the ever­ lasting bonfire” which, according to their opinions, seems to be our destination.

And now we say to our friends and to all who have tolerated us during the past years — “Good-bye, good luck, and thanks for listenin’.”

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Locals ? .Simultaneous News Items — Chicago: “Midget of Midget Village must learn how to smoke.’’

“Huge fire started in hay barn of Union Stock Yards.”

So what ? * * * A native of a Western town, which had had a remarkable boom some years ago, moved away and he happened to run across one of his old neighbors on a trip to Washington. The first one asked the second how things were in the old home town. The friend replied: “You can’t imagine how dull they are. You remember Bill Watson? Well, he dropped dead in front of the post office Sunday and they didn’t find the body until Thursday• ” * * * Dentist to patient—I told you not to swallow; that’s my last pair of pliers. * * * Alias Gracie Allen F. Lehman—Is it true that that clock will run fourteen days without winding ?

Dealer—Yes, it is.

F. Lehman—Then how long will it go if it’s wound ? * * * Letter received by a manufacturer : Katcheewan Feesh My deer fran: I get pump from you tree days ago. Eets one fine pumpBut for why you no send the handle? How you tmk I get water up from de creek eef I have no handle on de confound thing? Pleese send it queekly.

Pierre P. S. I find the confound handle—nevah mind.

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A Short, Short Story Not so long ago there were two women who went to court with a squabble about the ownership of a poodle. The wise old judge decided to award the dog to the elder of the two women.

Neither of them would take the cur after that!

The blacksmith was instructing a novice in the way to treat a horseshoe. “I’ll bring the shoe from the fire and lay it on the anvil. When I nod my head, you hit it with this hammer.”

The apprentice did exactly as he was told, but he’ll never hit a blacksmith again. 本*

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Mariner’s theme song: A Gull And A Buoy Were Dancing.

Say waiter, this coffee is nothing but mud.

Yes sir, certainly it is; it was only ground this morning. *

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She —Did anyone ever tell you how wonderful you are?

He —Don^ believe they ever did.

She—Then where’dyou get the idea ? * * * —What would a cannibal be if he ate his father’s sister?

—An ant eater, sir. 一 Not bad. What would he be if he ate his wife’s mother? 一 Gladiator, sir. ♦ ♦ ♦ A Scotchman, wishing to report an accident within the limitations of a ten word telegram, sent the following message: “Bruises hurt Stop Erased afford Stop Erected Stop Analysis hurt too Stop Infectious dead.”

(Bruce is hurt. He raced a Ford. He wrecked it. And Alice is hurt too. In fact she is dead.)

“Hello,” called a feminine voice over the telephone, “is this the Humane Society?” ‘‘Yes,” was the reply. *'Well, there’s a book ggent sitting in a tree teasing my dog.

She - Henry, dear, we have been going together now. for more than ten years. Don’t you think we ought to get married?

He-Yes, you’re right—but who’ll have us? * * * Street Car Conductor-How old are you, my little girl?

Little Boston Girl -If the corporation doesn’t object, I’d prefer to pay full fare and keep my own statistics.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— American Music Faces Changes....126 Reading................

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A Dakota Blizzard

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EDITORIALS— Vesuvius Has Erupted

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Broken Reverie..........

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SEMINARY NOTES...............

ALUMNI NOTES..................

THE FORUM.......................

EXCHANGE...........................

ATHLETICS..........................

LOCALS...............................

COED NOTES ......................

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r丫 THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXVIII.

Watkutown, Wis., Sept. 1934

Number 4

AMERICAN MUSIC FACES CHANGES Karl Gurgel

Throughout the last centuries of history the world has looked upon constant changes in both literature and music.

The frequent alterations are noticeable both as to style and as to content. We are now living in a period in which America seems to be demanding： and also seems to be obtaining decided changes in its music. Whether the obvious transitional period of today will have any influence upon our tomorrow’s musical tendencies is not yet evident. Let us, however, but glance at a few outstanding facts in regard to the music after the World War and that of the present time.

Shortly after the World War the American nation as a whole entered an age in which all things pointed to a successful and happy era. Many positions were to be found; labor received good wages; and the farmers obtained ”，comparatively ,, wonderful prices for their commodities. Youth was ablaze with the golden opportunity that flashed through its mmd and placed wreaths of smiles about the faces. , From this grasping, happy, and contented youth came iortn the jazz of the second decade of this century. It presented to his carefree character a rhythm that could easily swing his body into perfect harmony with his inner soul.

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This dancing, jazzing age sped faster and faster into a shiftless and thoughtless period. No more were there present great quantities of that individualism that would without a doubt seek new ways to overcome life’s great hazards. This age did not know of these hazards or else it utterly neglected to regard them as a matter of importance. And as more and more it became^a period of speed and amusements and of constant effort­ less advancement, it took down with itself the enjoyments it possessed.

The music of this time did not only enlist constant syncopa­ tions but with leaps and bounds it degraded into a worthless art that possessed neither balance of rhythm and harmony nor beauty of thought. The words that accompanied the score reached a stage where they perfectly reflected an ugly character of the time.

And then a crash. A thoughtless age striving to go higher than the allotted summit crashed down to an abysmal depth.

Then rapidly individuals and Hollywood tried to laugh off this fall with music and enjoyments that would pacify troubled and despairing hearts by satisfying unwholesome desires. Now indeed music—no, let no one call that music—and now jazz reached its lowest point. , Shortly. hereafter we notice a change of attitude toward life. Each individual again realized that conscientious thinking and quiet meditation are necessary for the maintenance of his own self and others. The polls registered new records in the numbers of votes. Meetings that advanced private and public interests were better attended. Youth saw that only persons with the best progressive principles and with untiring zeal ob­ tained the desired positions in life. Thereupon he with the older generations and with the truly educated learned how to analyze correctly.

When he had learned this, he beheld a musical art which had not advanced but one which had contributed a style that w.as without harmonic and rhythmatic soundness. It but showed piiji what a failure he and his productions were. When he beJjel j this and when he thought of the music of the past ages, he desired only one thing and that was a radical change. If he could not produce a better style, he was for the time willing to accept the fruits of the efforts of departed masters. That the abjve statements are not mere hash can be verified by many substantial facts. During the course of last year’s broadcasts, the leading cigarette companies presented for their daily and weekly programs music of the masters both in symphonic and m operatic form. Who would dare to say that cirgarette com­ panies do not comply with their customers’ desires and with the audience^ wishes? Although last year the World，s Fair had only jazz orchestras out at the centers of attraction, this year 127

I ^3llatk ^ the Century of Progress presented three great symphonic orchestras. Wayne King, the king of the world’s most beauti­ ful ballroom, the Aragon, presented innumerable works of masters on his programs this summer. It will here be admitted that he changed the rhythm somewhat, but by doing that he showed that we are in a transitional age. And perhaps he modernized the rhythm only a little because he did not believe in too rapid a change.

There should be no doubt that music has again come into a stage where it may go back into the art column. If it should however fail to take steps in the right direction, “Cab” Callo­ way and the rest of the unorthodox musical entertainers may yet take American music down into a state where it will be like unto the Dead Sea. Music it might be, but more and more it will taste salty, and finally it will lack even a spot where man might plunge his happy or weary soul for a few minutes of de­ lightful entertainment of beautiful comfort.

READING Fredrick Werner

An article in a recent number of the D. M. L. C. Messenger awakened my interest. The writer said she could not at all become interested in reading：; Dickens, Scott, Tennyson, and the many others read in our English course put her to sleep or drove her out of doors. To me it seems queer that anyone should be unable to read, but—upon reflection—I think perhaps most people must learn how to read.

Addison says, “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” Imagine the condition of your bodies if you never played tennis, softball, or didn’t even walk ! In just this con­ dition are the minds of thousands of people — not only of uneducated people, but even of highschool graduates. All they ever read is the comic strip and, perhaps, the detailed list of crimes found in most larger newspapers. Even those who read only Time get more mental exercise than these.

Books are a pleasant diversion on rainy days or at odd moments. Isn’t it much better to spend two hours reading a worthwhile book than to recline in your chair and cuss because you must go to this old prison ? If you must crab, do it while waiting for the tutor to get up after the meal and give thanks.

If you have read at all, it is a joy to pick up a book and reread p rejoicing as when you visit an old, beloved acquaintance.

Langford says it possesses this added advantage that “Books Jre never out when you knock at the door, are never ‘not at home, when you call.”

Let us take the case of any young aspiring American.

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possible to start with a book like “Quo Vadis”； but Zane Grey, or some other popular author, would be an excellent starting point. However, the advice of Dr. Johnson, “a man ought to read just as inclination leads him ; for what he reads as a task will do him little good” should be followed. This type would very likely absorb and interest the reader for some time, but an inquiring intellect would soon wish for more substantial food.

The Western type is too obvious. Consider this : "... They recovered only to see two masked men, guns in hand, one at the head of a lead horse, the other near the right Van Avery shifted his feet, with front wheel of the stage no intention of interfering with the robbery, but as quick as a flash the spokesman fired. Van Avery was down, his body motionless. ‘Damned fool to reach for a gun----- •’ This is quite typical of cowboy and range novels. At first interesting, it soon palls and becomes sickening. The patient would now perhaps turn to Peter Kyne, or, if too sick of western slang and shooting, to Joseph Lincoln’s stories of the eastern seaboard. From these it is but a step to the novels of Sir Walter Scott and Cooper. Alexandre Dumas could certainly not be neglected by any younger person. 1 Member how Porthos, Athos, Aramis, and D’Artagnan alone stood off the cardinaPs guards, fought for a lady’s honor, rescued a damsel in distress and performed every other deed a boy would wish to emulate ?

Perhaps the girls would get more enjoyment from Major’s “When Knighthood was in Flower,” with its delicate intrigues and love plots. Hardy, Sienkiewicz, and Sabatini go somewhat deeper and closer to human beings and their problems. A person who has reached this goal will be able to find his way among the thousands of authors and pick the better ones.

Some people prefer biography. Emil Ludwig1 and Gamaliel Bradford, both prolific writers, are easy to read and popular.

Emil Ludwig’s style is something like this : "It was a night in June; the sky was clear and every star shone. Laetitia was dreaming that her boy would some day be a great Emperor.

The biographies would be excellent, but he uses the "paint_ brush” too much. Strachey also has a good style, but is not too dramatic. During the last decades autobiographies have become very popular. Maurois, Headlam, and Kircheisen, whose ‘‘Memoirs of Napoleon” is the best biography of Na­ poleon, are some of the more reliable and serious biographers. _ Some might prefer the biographies of nations to those of men.

Such men as H. G. Wells and Hendrik van Loon have ‘‘popu­ larized’’ these. J. T. Adams, Fish, and Paxson write accurately, but interestingly. In this realm we can read from Wells to von Ranke and Thucydides.

Travelogs are very interesting. Halliburton amuses with a recitation of his antics all over the globe. Franck is another 129

university man who is not spending his time making millions, but in seeing millions — of things, not of money. Ditmars and Beebe give us travel tales which are educational in animal and plant life. Every normal person, at some time or another, gets the “Wanderlust,” but most of us cannot go as we would. Is not an exciting narrative of some other man’s travels a good substitute ? Beebe takes us to the bottom of the ocean, where we see sponges and living plants and multifariously colored fish. Dagwid in “Green HeIlM tells us of Tiger Man, who lives in the jungle and hunts tigers with a bow and arrow because of the love he bears his friend’s wife.

Short stories intriprue one, but there are so many writers and kinds of story, that one must experiment for himself. The Golden Book is just the thing- for such readers.

• Plays are a field of which I know practically nothing. Any librarian can pive information as to the easier, one-act plays.

Noel Coward is supposedly at the head of modern dramatists, if we except Eugene O’Neil. Shakespeare, Goethe, Schiller, and Lessinjr are deeper, but more interesting because more uni­ versal problems are treated and solved for us. It is the close­ ness to nature and life that has made these men famous.

The Essay field is another in which much has been written.

Such articles as McFee’s “Syncopating to Philadelphia” are humorous and in a lighter vein. Belloc and Chesterton write essays which are deeper and require thought, very one of these types of literature contains enough material to keep one busy a lifetime, but that would tend to make one narrow in veiw. The “'veil readM man will know some of the best of every kind, even though he may be more interested in biography than in short stories. But remember Lytton’s remark, “In science read by preference the newest books; in literature the oldest.1 J Whatever you like best, read and — read more.

A DAKOTA BLIZZARD Elmer Mehlberg

I awoke with a start and sat up in bed shivering from the cold. The roaring wind was sending sheets of snow past my window. My heart sank. Why must the elements release pieir pent-up fury on this particular day ? Here I was marooned in the western Dakota *'breaks,^ twenty miles from the nearest railroad station. An innumerable number of hills and deep rendered impassable by the swirling valleys, which are often _ blizzards, separated me from town. And, what made things worse, the only means of transportation in this “no man’s land” was a model “T” Ford, which long before should have been in the junk.

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Mv Thanksgiving vacation, which I had spent with my aunt and uncle, had been |a pleasant one. School was to open the next day. The necessary preparations for returning had all been completed the day before. I was to leave this morn­ ing, —and now ? I did not like the idea of missing school, and I determined not to, under any circumstances. I hurriedly dressed, descended the steps, and ate breakfast. My uncle tried to dissuade me from going, advising that we wait until the storm subsided, but I insisted. I must be back at school by the next morning at all costs. Seeing that further remonstrance was useless he unwillingly agreed to take me to the station.

Our plans were immediately laid. We would go to his brother’s home, who lived near the station, for dinner. I could then leave on the evening train. Since the model “T” was without a top, we fastened a blanket to the windshield in order to serve us as a windbreak. Warmly clothed, we began our hazardous trip.

The storm gave no indications of subsiding, but continued to howl and pile the swirling snow across the roads. Slowly we made our way through the deepening snow. Our unshel­ tered faces were lashed and stung by the cold and snow. With each minute the depth of the snow increased, at times forcing the car to stall. The situation was becoming desperate. “We will have to turn back. We’ll never make it，’’ my uncle finally informed me.

“We must make it and will make it. If you can endure it, I can,” I returnd. When it came to the question of endurance my uncle never shirked. I had touched his pride. He gritted his teeth and said, “We’re going.” I regretted my last words but it was too late now to retract the statement. I pulled my cap down lower and resolved to make the most of the situation.

At length we reached a graded county road and sped along at a reasonable rate of speed, shortening the distance a good ten miles. At this point our course took us off the county road on to a partly graded and partly prairie road.

The battle was on. Man pitted against the elements. What tremendous odds. The cold, raging northwesterly seemed to send stinging darts of frost through our bodies. Our journey again became a slow and laborious one, now stopping, now reversing and now forward again. Thus we continued for an hour. At times we shouted words of encouragement to each other desperately trying to keep the inevitable note of hopeless­ ness from our strained voices.

Numbed from the cold we fortunately reached a schoolhouse, and there decided to warm ourselves and thaw out the frozen radiator of the car. We fairly stumbled into its protect­ ing shelter. We at once set about warming ourselves by jump­ ing and running about the room. I spied a mouth organ lying 131

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My feet were beginning： to freeze. We worked feverishly for more than an hour repairing the damage. After much pushing1 and shoveling wo succeeded in extricating ourselves from the perilous position and crossed over the hill.

Having overcome this last impediment safely we reached the graveled highway and finally our destination. We hastened into the house stiff and numb with cold. Both of my feet were frozen. My uncle had escaped unscathed. I bathed my feet in kerosene and soon restored the proper blood circulation. A cup of hot coffee completely revived us. The battle was won against the blizzard ; however, too narrowly won for comfort.

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^bttartals VESUVIUS HAS ERUPTED To the old students the change taking1 place this fall is not unexpected. Even the dissolving of the Vesuvius Club is not a huge surprise. However, before the club becomes a memory, its reputation should be defended.

For a quite a number of years the members of Vesuvius were known, among those not well acquainted with the College, as a group of rowdies and barbarians. It is not at all difficult to explain how the club got such a reputation. In the first place, in order to make a new member feel the proper respect, grossly exaggerated reports concerning his coming initiation were told him. The idea was to scare him as much as possible. This plan was invariably a success. The report of such barbaric doings, which never happened, got into the hands of other people. Of course, these exaggerated reports became doubly exaggerated. Finally rumors became so bad that it would have been difficult to digest them with the well known ‘ ‘grain of salt. ” In the second place, some students who took several years of high school here went to sister institutions. Of course, all 133

attlt the Preps had been told stories by imaginative collegiates, who thought that no one could possibly swallow such a camel. But they were believed, and repeated with awe, gusto and embel­ lishment.

There are many factors which contributed to the downfall of Vesuvius. Many students who, for reasons best known to themselves, did not join the club, justified their refusal, although their action needed no justification. It would, indeed, be difficult to believe that some of these students had nothing to do with the reputation Vesuvius gained for itself.

Vesuvius has erupted, is gone but not forgotten.

C. Frey BROKEN REVERIE “Hey!”

Lonj? and faintly piercing the morning air it floats down the hall. Throbbing, penetrating, a forewarning of impending disturbance. At each slam of the door the bloodcurdling whoop comes closer and closer. Three rooms away; two rooms away; next room; then ‘‘Bang!，， Like a thundering avalanche it fills the smallest cracks and shakes everything out of order in my room. It rolls on the eardrum, deranges the neural arc, gets in the hair, and bores through to the marrow. Windows rattle and walls tremble. From the luxury of sweet repose one is plunged abruptly into a morass of confusion and despair—verily shocked into the realization of a new day. If the vocal effort doesn’t bring about the desired result, a push which bends the the springs to the floor bounces the unfortunate victim up to the ceiling. He wakes up. .

What a voice! What a power! What a wonderful voice for gathering the strays! It calls for admiration. But at so early an hour? No! ii’s inhuman. I emphasize it; ifs down­ right vicious. Sometimes I believe that it is injurious to my delicate constitution. Surely, such an explosion harms the functions and dulls the keenness of the sense organs. If I develop into a nervous wreck, I，ll lay the blame to this barbaric practice.

I heard it for the first time early last year and I was amazed and bewildered. That was a trying week. The next time I Nvas annoyed. That week was roundly disgusting. The last time was too much. I began scheming, plotting to outwit the human “Big Ben.” Although I stooped to such practices, I soon found that all my efforts were in vain. Even locked doors were useless; so intent was he on his work that he clambered along the outside wall and came in the window! That was too much. I was beaten, downtrodden, stepped on. I turned martyr and suffered in silence. The only ray of cheer was the 134

hope for peace in the future. Maybe he’d be on a different floor next year. I clung to it like a drowning man, but to no avail.

The very first morning of this new year I heard that nerveshattering blast. 0 mortal agony! Mind you; the first morn­ ing! After a summer of being awakened by a gentle motherly touch or opening my eyes voluntarily as the Lord intended. It wouldn，t have been so bad if Fd been gently initiated the first few weeks by some of the lesser "Baby Bens,” but to be again brutally awakened by that uncultured bellow—! I groaned; I muttered; I said a few things, but I knew my fate too well.

After such a racket sleep was impossible. Pretense was futile.

With aching heart and drooping eyelids I rolled out of bed and thanked my lucky stars that this year he is a Senior.

Gilbert Sydow

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Rev. F. Reuter, ’28，was married to Miss Evelyn Dorn of Hendricks, Minn, early this last summer. Rev. Reuter and his wife are now living at Argo, South Dakota, where the young pastor is serving the Lutheran congregation.

Rev. Martin Glaeser，’15，of Wonewoc, Wis., having been seriously ill, spent much of the summer in the hospital at La Crosse. He has now again returned home and is rapidly con­ valescing. He intends to begin preaching again in October.

H. Schultz, ’31，of Milwaukee, served the congregation during his absence.

T1*.? class of ’29 had its reunion here on June 13. The class was very well represented.

Rene Claudon is applying for admission to the law school of the University of Pennsylvania.

Rev. H. Witt, ’29，is now serving the Lutheran congre­ gation at Lamar, Colorado. Until recently he served at Mullen, Nebraska.

Rev. Arnold Sitz, ’14，of Tucson, Arizona, visited with his brother, Prof. A. Sitz of Watertown, for a time this summer.

The following Alumni have sons entering this institution this fall. Those whose sons are entering： the Freshman College class are : Rev. J. Bade, ’12，of Balaton, Minn.; Rev. Ernst Birkholz, ’09，of St. James, Minn.; Rev. E. Reim，’11，of Fond du Lac, Wis.; Prof. W. Schaller, ^l, of Saginaw, Mich.; Rev. H. Schaller, ’09, of Tomah, Wis. Those whose sons are enter­ ing Sexta (Freshman High School) are : Rev. Ph. Koehler, *09, and Mrs. Ph. Koehler, an alumna, of Milwaukee, Wis.; Rev. L. Koeninger, ’13, of Manitowoc, Wis.: Rev. R. Ziesemer, ’10, of Appleton, Wis.; Rev. E. Zell, *08, of Mishicot, Wis.; Rev. F. Loeper, ’10, of Whitewater, Wis.; Rev. W. Keturakat，ex，08; Rev. 0. Hoyer, *00, of Winneconne, Wis.; Rev. O. Koch, *09, of Lowell, Wis.; and Rev. H. Geiger, *07, of Morrisonville, Wis. Frederick Miller, ex ’35, Amery, Wis., called on classmates and friends at N. W. C. on his return trip from a Century of Progress.

Prof. R. Kremer, ’20, was installed as permanent inspector of Northwestern College, Oscar Naumann, ’31, as tutor, at the opening services of this term.

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Miss Margaret Schmeling，’29，and Rev. G. Fischer of Madison were married early this spring. Cornelius Trapp, ’31， and Miss Alma Greinert, ex ’31，were also married recently.

Recent visitors at this institution were 0. Kreie, ’32, Arthur Winter, ex *17, and Dr. Gerhart Thrun, ex 713, dentist at Lansing, Mich.

Prof. W. Schumann, *12, N. W. C., preached for mission festival at Manitowoc, Wis., on Sept. 16.

Cornelia Notz is Librarian of the Tariff Commission at Washington, D. C. Hugo Winkenwerder was recently appointed acting presi­ dent of the University of Washington.

The class of ’34 is represented by sixteen members at the Seminary this fall. i Everett Zimpelmann, ’34，is working with his father at Eagle River, Wis. He is doing contract work.

Arnold Bolle, *34, is at a fire observation tower in Lincoln, Mont. He will soon take up his studies at the University of Montana at Missoula, Mont.

Paul Ben tort, ’3‘1，is at home working in Watertown.

Rudolph Weyland, ’34, is taking a course in advanced music at Lawrence Conservatory, Appleton, Wis. Edwin Moser, ’34, has a teaching position at Bovvdle, South Dak. in a Junior High School.

Walter Schultz，’34，is still undecided as to whether he should attend Milwaukee Normal or the U. Curtis Hotlen. ’34，recently underwent a major operation and is recuperating at his home.

Prof. Hans Bier'vagen，’21，and Erma Sharf were married on May 29.

Rudolph Otto, ex ’32，has accepted a call to Arizona.

Erwin Sharf, ’28，and Gerold Martin, ’29，attended the University of Wis. this summer.

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“What is your opinion of popular music?”

Martin Birkholz — My opinion of popular music is not very high. Its due reward of being short-lived becomes it, since its themes are taken from the master works of past musicians — so transfigured as to fit the whims and fancies of an impatient, unintelligent, racy, music-loving public.

Gerhardt Ehlert — The term “popular” sufficiently explains popular music. It is a type of music for the populus. It is the type of music that is fitting for dance and probably romance.

If you hear an orchestra playing something popular, I am sure it reminds you first of all of a ballroom. On second thought some romantic ideas might not be altogether impossible. — But popular music can hardly be considered an art, since it is so simple and meaningless. I can’t imagine anyone comparing it with something classical, in which a composer, as a real artist, may tell you all about some great incident he has experienced, for example. — And finally, let us look at the musician, disre­ garding how well drilled he may be technically. Which do you think requires more art, to be able to play a classical composition or to just understand good rhythm? Remember, it takes an artist to understand an art and render it successfully.

Karl Gurgel — First, I believe that popular music as a style of music is all right as long as it does not continually transgress all rules of good harmony. —Secondly, I believe that it should not be the most popular choice of any individual. A good grade of popular music should be enjoyed occasionally as one having read some thirty useful articles enjoys the joke column. — Thirdly, I believe that if any person cares for popular music, he should take care in choosing his type of interpreter. Let him not prefer “Cab” Calloway, the American music killer, to Wayne King, who at least keeps jazz in the music class and who at times presents some very enjoyable concerts.

Allen Hoff — The popular music of our day is a symptom of the machine age, a criterion of the Industrial Revolution.

Modern life vibrates with all sorts of noises. “Machinery, has changed the world. ‘ ‘We are living in a dynasty of dynamics, ’ ’ says Van Vechten. There is little of a soul in modern life.

The spirit has become wearied, dulled, impatient, and restless from the monotonous clicking, ticking, puffing, rumbling, and grinding of the machine age and the iron regularity of days and hours. Popular music is justified in so far as it renders this somewhat artificial and overdone sensation.

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Clayton Krug_ According to Webster,,popular music is defined as ^melody, or harmony, generally ,—suitable . to the common people.” As usual, Noah is right. If a certain type of music were not suited to common tastes, it could not be called "popular.” It is interesting to notice, however, that the words "melodyM and ‘‘harmony’’ are included in the definition.

This restriction automatically eliminates that uncouth jumbling of harsh noises commonly called jazz, especially its worst forms, from the realm of true music. The other restriction, expressed in the word “popular,” would possibly eliminate the intricate and involved compositions of some great masters.—I do not place myself either above or below the common people; and therefore I too share in the right to enjoy popular music, and in the right to insist that the simple, unpolished melodies are by far the most beautiful and artistic of all musical compositions.

Eugene Toepel ― Music expresses man’s sentiments or nioods. It reflects the nature of people’s lives. Popular music is typical of the life of most people living at the present.

Because of the speed at which we carry on our everyday lives, the demand is for short, simple, and soothing melodies. Operas are, as far as the average person is concerned, to a great extent taboo. - I do not scorn popular music; neither do I consider it cultivated; but I readily accept it as expressive of the present-day people. It is the “folk song” of today.

Martin Toepel — That type of music which expresses the spirit of the age in which it was written has always been loved most by the common people. Our popular music is the expression of the spirit of our time. (Were it not, those oft repeated strains would soon find deaf ears.) Therefore, as a true son of this age, I enjoy and appreciate ‘‘popular music.”

Neither can the criticism of those who have allowed their ideas to grow old with their bodies and are unable to adjust themselves to the change in time make me less enthusiastic for our own music. (Under the term 4,popular music’’ I do not include such super-jazz compositions as “White Heat.’’)

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Since our long line of venerable predecessors have with remarkable regularity informed their gentle readers that ex­ changes do not arrive in time for the September number and that hence there is no material to justify a column, we shall with deliberate indifference omit any mention of the matter whatso­ ever.

We had planned to write a scholarly yet interesting sketch on the ideal college paper or on the purpose of and benefits ac­ cruing from an exchange column, but while paging' through the files of our paper—a very engaging pastime, by the way- we found to our chagrin that that field had already been compe­ tently and somewhat prolifically covered. One of our many phobias is the fear of being accused of plagiarism. ., We had also planned, by way of injecting a bit of origin­ ality into the column, to do a little musing, something like this: Nice to be back again and see all the old friends . . . Wonder if that’s true about the Spanish government banning coeducation on the ground that it has a harmful effect on the students ...

Glad to see that David Teske, our friend and former classmate, is.making a good job of it as editor of the Student Voice at River Falls .. . Wonder why more alumni and alumnae don’t subscribe to the B & R .. . Wish we were sailing with the Floating University this fall . . . That’s as far as we got. Our musing Muse wasn^ very amusing. .

Our masterpiece, however, was to have been a clever little skit on the trials of an exchange editor. The reader was to imagine us frenziedly groping for an inspiration while slinking 141

| m math ^ about the campus with disheveled hair, shaking bands, a wild look in our bloodshot eyes, muttering into a week’s growth of beard. On second thought, this seemed a bit overdone. Any­ way, everybody knew that we never let our beard grow for more than a day. And when we discovered—again while look­ ing through the files—that the column was no less than thirtyseven years old, having been born during volume one, our trials appeared rather commonplace and insignificant—in fact, they ceased to exist. The realization of the respectable age and the sacred tradition behind our column instilled in us such a feeling of humble deference and respect that we blushed guiltily for having- even contemplated the idea of writing a mildly irreverent sally on the shortcomings of the exchange column during its adolescence.

All this planning and scrapping consumed quite a portion of time. We were in a dilemma. The denouement, however, came quite swiftly. The editor whirled into our sanctum, in­ formed us that the deadline was only five minutes away, and demanded our column.

But I haven’t anything to write,” I protested.

The editor is really a kind soul and is always willing to help his colleagues. “That’s all right, nobody ever reads your column anyway.”

This encouragement provided the necessary incentive.

Without further ado we combed our hair, sat down at the type­ writer, and dashed this off on the spur of the moment.

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When the students returned to Northwestern this fall one of the first things that met their ears was that Northwestern had a new coach. Walter Ott has offered his services in the emergency created by the loss of Coach Ivleinke. To many of you Walter Ott may be an old acquaintance but for the benefit of those to whom he is not known I here in this column take the liberty of introducing Coach Walter Ott. Football, the sport of the year, has again placed itself on the throne and reigns supreme. In years past it seemed as though Football was on the decline at Northwestern and would have to give up its sway entirely, but with renewed vigor, with stern countenance, with expanded chest and with a set mind it has this year resolved to rule absolute. Football has drawn up its code of laws and everyone desiring to stay within its pre­ cincts must either conform to these laws or seek shelter in exile.

He who diligently performs the duties of Football’s government shall receive his just pay. Such decrees the ruler, Football, has offered.

In answer to Coach Walter Ott’s first call about twentyfive spirited candidates were supplied with a football habit Since then the number of candidates has been increased to about thirty. Coach Ott has l?een giving the boys some hard workouts and has been spending most of the practice periods in teaching the boys the fundamentals. The boys are keeping strict training rules this year and are standing up fine under 143

the hard workouts. The material for this year’s team is some­ what new, and men will have to be found to fill in the vacancies left from last year. We have several lettermen out on the field but not enough to make up a full team. Nine lettermen were lost from last year’s team and they will have to be replaced by new material. Thierfelder, a letterman from last year, has already severely hurt his knee and is liable to be out for the first part of the season. But with the coach and the players and the prevailing spirit of the players we can have the confidence that these minor obstacles can easily be overcome. The backfield will undoubtedly prove a veritable Gordian knot for the coach, but with Alexander’s sword hanging high even that can be solved. Come on then, coach and team, do your share! Come on then, student body, coeds and all, let us do our share in backing both coach and team !

The following schedule has been arranged by Manager Groth for this year’s season : Sept. 22 —Seminary—Here Sept. 29 — Lake Forest—There Oct. 6 一 Mission House—Here Oct. 13 — Platteville Miners—There Oct. 20 — Dubuque U. — There Oct. 26 — Milton — Here Nov. 3 — Wartburg—There.

On June 14th the college baseball team defeated the Alumni by a score of 5—1. The Alumni with Koehler on the mound were not able to stop Northwestern’s hitting attack until Kleinke took the position on the mound.

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Back at school, the grand old grind which our government would call “relief,” and, as concerns Locals, not much for ye columnist to cheer about. The student body is for the most part still in the process of orientation and acclimation. Excitement is latent; activities are languid. Discontent and September melancholy are the prevailing moods.

The report runs strong that dormitory discipline has become new-dealish. (We neither believe nor disbelieve it, it neither bores nor excites us.) Nonetheless, matter for marvel though it may be, it is apparent that the dormitorians have learned that it is not impossible to rise at 6:15, not too impossible to conform generally to quite sane regulations. If good enough will be let alone dormitory discipline should continue to function creditably. And if this be said editorially, so help me, I’m glad we said it.

For reasons moral, democratic, or otherwise, the Vesuvius Club, time-honored fraternity of men who in the hard-boiled argot of the day can ‘‘take it,” has been disbanded.

With a new mentor at the helm of gridiron activities, Pig­ skin Preferred at the Alma Mater seems to have reached a new high, 一 Extra activity about the football field comes from the fact 1 •-that the local High School is this year using the campus for its practice sessions.

An item (called to our attention) which escaped us last year and which we herewith with due pardon state as a matte-sr of record: For the project of flanking the west entrance of the dormitory with evergreens the present Senior class, the class of ’35, contributed the sum total of ten (10) dollars.

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The Inspector has already stolen the laugh, so we but men­ tion that subscribing students have received their fall copies of Sears Roebuck.

On Saturday, September 15, friends and sympathizers gathered at the barracks to give a rousing send-off to Ruprecht’s Ford and the doughty band of four as they took off on a perilous excursion to Milwaukee.

Among the obvious innovations about the dorm and campus are a lamp in the front park (gift of the class of ’34)，a lounge for the preparatory students, a new bulletin board designed by prep Hartwig, and a reference room in the former first floor reading room.

On the evening of September 14, Cadet Toepel of the New York Merchant Marines showed to students of the dormitory a thousand feet of film taken on a three month’s cruise.

Enrollment this year is reported to number 219, an increase of twenty over that of last year. The number of dormitory residents has also correspondingly climbed to 146. To judge from crowded bedrooms, that number fills the dormitory to very near capacity.

Primaries and politics apparently do not much disturb the complacent surface of student body apathy. With regular ex­ ceptions, of course. Hoyer and Kugler are officiously devoting time and interest to a publicity campaign in the interests of a prominent candidate. As their share in party spoils they are asking an eighth part of something or other.

All musical organizations have resumed activities. A determined effort is being made by every organization to make the good of last year a better this year.

About this time of every month last year we were accustomed to hear someone complain about the Coed Notes being due. We thought nothing of it at the time, but now we surely sympathize with those who wrote them. Well, we are still inexperienced, but we shall endeavor to do our best in performing our duty.

The number of girls in the collegiate department has in­ creased to thirty this year; the girls in the preparatory depart­ ment number only nine. May we introduce Ruth Bickett, Beulah Bussewitz, Cecilia Dierker, Mary Hawkins, Margaret Jones, Jane Kelly, Helen Kuenzi, Janet Kusel, Mary Lutovsky, 146

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Evelyn Moldenhauer, Harriet Owen, Helen Perry, Ruth Pfaffenbach, Ruth Scheele, Jeanette Stevens, and Ethel Weihert, the new Freshman coeds; Inga Wallner and Helen Grosnick, the new Sextaners; and Lucille Streich, a special student.

Ruby Holzhueter, Florence Kuckkahn, Helen Mitzner, and Dorothy Schlueter have crossed the collegiate threshold.

We are all interested in knowing what has become of those who have not returned. Irma Engel is attending the high school at Menomonie Falls. Ruth Fred rich has entered the Whitewater State Teachers College. Catherine McFarland is waitress at the Main Cafe. Carolina Seifert does office work for Attorney Hartwig. June Wickert, Helen Arnold, Elmira Hatzung, Gertrude Wuetrich, and Glenna Rasmussen are at home. Lillian Lutovsky is bookkeeper at Kosei^s Bakery.

Eugenia Meyer teaches Latin and English in the high school at North Fond du Lac. Mary Alice Roth has a position as steno­ grapher in the Federal Building in Milwaukee. Melba Wall is singing with an orchestra.

One of the things which caught every girl’s eye on the opening day was the new red and black dressing table in the collegiate room. The old umbrella stand finally proved itself more useful. A pin cushion, a box for our darning cotton, and a shears adorn the top, but beware! to any one who looks under it Other things have been added, which we won’t mention, for we don’t want to tell all our beauty secrets.

The faculty has given us a new dictionary. We wish to take this opportunity to thank them sincerely for it. Now we can go to the dictionary and be sure of finding a word in its right place.

An added attraction in the room is the addition of two new pillows. From such a donation we conclude that Florence must like to study in comfort.

Did you ever know that cough syrup is a good cake flavor­ ing ? Anita Weihert mistook it for vanilla while baking a cake this summer and assures us that the cake had no bad taste..

One of the Freshmen coeds was seen carrying a big dahlia to a certain professor. We wonder what her reason is.

Question : Where did the other part of each curtain in the prep room go? If you must know the answer, ask Mildred Eisfeldt and Florence Behling.

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He—Do you know the difference between a taxi and a bus?

She—No. He—Bus, please! * * * Money enables one to go around in the best of circles, but for that matter so does a bum cigar. * * * She—Is that a Jersey cow over there?

Broecker—Couldn’t say; I didn’t see the license plates. ♦

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Author一I want to tell you a story that will make your hair curl.

Sandy—Hoot mon! Wait’ll I get my wife! She wants a finger wave. * * * Prof.—Translate: Rex fugit G. Bradtke—The king flees.

Prof.—The past is usually expressed with ‘‘has.’’

G. Bradtke—The king has flees. * .An aged mother was scolding her oldest boy for some of she exclaimed, his bad habits. “Ain’t you’shamed ofyerself，’’ o "to be chawin’ terbaccer an’ smokin’ that ole pipe? You is jest aruinin, your health!”

“But, listen, Ma,” replied her son, "I’m past seventy years old, ain’t I?” “Yes, you is，” admitted the mother, “but maybe if you didn’t chaw an，smoke you’d be ninety by now.”

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A bird in the hand is bad table manners. 本**

Judge—Who was driving when you hit that car?

Inebriate (triumphantly)—None of us; we were all in the back seat. * * * Guest—You have pretty long days, don’t you?

Waiter—Very long, sir. Sometimes they measure two hours from tip to tip. * * * A stranger in town strolled over to the local baseball field to see a game that was going on. Turning to a boy, he inquired: "Whafs the score?”

The boy answered: *'Forty-three to nothing and none out.”

“Do you think the home club will w in?” asked the stranger. ‘‘It don’t look any too good,’’ said the boy. “Our side ain’t had a chance to bat yet.”

Slightly Mixed Boss—Why do you want the afternoon off?

Office Boy—I want to see prandma knock a home run—I mean, I want to go to Babe Ruth’s funeral.

Some men are so narrow minded, they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.

Kugler-We must have a new dishwasher in this restaurant.

Hallemeyer—What makes you think that, Sherlock?

Kugler—Because the fingerprints on the dishes are different. 氺本本

Customer—I’d like to see something cheap in a straw hat.

Clerk—Try this on and look in the mirror. * * * Young wife—Itfs a shame. Not a thing in the house that’s fit to eat.:.I’m ” igoing straight home to mama, Husband—I believe I’ll go with you. * * * 4'What is that deaf and dumb carpenter so frantic about?”

"He just hit his thumb with a hammer and he can’t find his pad and pencil.”

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— Universal Drama...........................

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The Object of Lessing’s ‘‘Nathan der Weise”................................... .155 A Glance at Modern Astronomy …-158 How Should Man Feel in Relation 159 to the Universe ?— — Celibacy of the Clergy

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Had She But Lived......

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EDITORIALSHow Much Can A Man Earn ?

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SEMINARY NOTES.................

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ALUMNI NOTES....................

EXCHANGE.............................

169 172 175 178 180 182

ATHLETICS............................

LOCALS..................................

COED NOTES ........................

CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXVIII.

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Number 5

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UNIVERSAL DRAMA Robert Iloltz

The last lines were spoken! A flourish of the orchestra accompanied the closing of the curtains. The hu^e throng, enthralled by the impressive performance, remained seated in the colossal theater. A death-like silence reigned supreme. The music drifted into subdued waltz strains, and suddenly an in­ credible ovation arose. The heroine appeared in the opening of the parted curtains, and the applause swelled simultaneously.

This was repeated twice, and then the crowd marched slowly down the aisles to the numerous exits. .

Packed tightly into this seething mass of humanity, I m^le my way as quickly as possible, already thinking of a clever be­ ginning to my write-up of the play for the Coiiri&r. I was determined to make it the spiciest and most original review ever written—for my entire career would be greatly dependent upon this one article. By way of explanation, 1 say at this point that I had just finished my course in journalism，anf， willing to start at the bottom, had asked the editor of the Couriei', one of the smaller newspapers of the city, for a posi­ tion. Mr. Free mo nt—gracious gentleman that he is—said that he would have to give me a trial first. Well this was my trial.

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I had just seen the superb performance of that newly-risen star, Marion Doak, and now I was to write the review which would prove me either worthy or unworthy of a position.

My thoughts on the subject were interrupted when I heard someone in front of me make mention of Miss Doak. I must confess that I strained both ears to catch every word that was said, but in this case I think it was undoubtedly legitimate eaves-dropping.

“Yes, she’s been Miss Doak’s maid ever since Miss Doak’s been leadin’ lady, and do you know what she told me about her when I went around to see her just before we came in?”

“Why no! You never even said a word about it to me!” _ “Well, I guess I didn’t. I was so impressed by all this grand Greek architecture and decoratin’ that I must have for­ gotten all about it. You know this is the first time I’ve ever been in a real big theater, so--’’ “Yes，but what was you goin’ to tell me about this here lady actress?1 * “Oh, yes! Thanks for remindin’ me, Daisy. Well, about ten minutes before the curtain was to go up, Miss Doak, she gets a telegram. Rosie watched her while she read it, an’ she said her face started to twitch all over, then the telegram fell to the floor, and Miss Doak threw herself on the couch and just cried an’ cried—hard7n Rosie*d ever seen any one cry before.”

“Well, can you i-ma-gine that! Say I’d like to------ ’’ “But that ain’t the half of it! Rosie was just goin’ to pick up the telegram an’ see what it said, when one of them stage men they have back there opens up the door and yells ‘Ready, Miss Doak，’ and lo and behold, she jumps up, picks up the tele­ gram and locks it in the dresser-drawer, fixes her hair and face a little, and then walks out just as calm-like as if nothin’ happened atall!”

I then became separated from the two, but I had heard plenty, and I don’t mean perhaps. What a story it would make for the Courier, if only I could一but there was no time now for 1 *ifs71—action was the thing!

Once out into the open again, I hurried around to the stage door. I walked in, nonchalantly smoking a cigarette. I must say I. was exceedingly impressed by the great deal of activity relative to the second curtain—the moving of scenery, the deliv­ ering of messages and costumes, and the general atmosphere of commotion. Walking along the corridor I came to Miss Doak’s rooms. A rotund gentleman with full regalia, and apparently a full stomach, was keeping his silent vigil before the door.

Approaching him with an air of respect, I expressed my desire to see Miss Doak at once. ^ *'Sorry, Sir,” he answered in a humorously official tone, but Miss Doak is not to be disturbed.”

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“But, Sir, I must see her about that telegram that了I stopped abruptly, thinking I had blasted every hope of gaining an entrance. He would never allow a newspaper reporter to annoy a hysterical leading actress. But to my surprise, he opened the door, bowed majestically, and said, *'Certainly, sir.”

Half dazed, I entered the diminutive back-stage apartment.

The doorman must have thought that I had something important to tell Miss Doak relative to the news contained in the telegram, and had not recognized me as a reporter, since the trademarks, which eventually make their appearance upon all the members of that group of “news-getters,” had not yet become stamped upon me.

A young woman entered from a side room. Because of her hair and distinctive features, I recognized her immediately as the great actress. But what a difference in those eyes that had been laughing a few minutes before. How changed were the lips that had parted into such a joyous smile at the final curtain!

With her woeful, tear-stained eyes, drooping mouth, and be­ smeared cosmetics she offered a pitiable, yet beautiful sight.

Her agony was clearly apparent, and I almost lost the courage to go on, but I thought of what it meant to me, and resolved at least to try.

Although at first rather timid and reluctant about telling her story, finally, after much imploring, she shrugged her shoulders and spoke.

• “Well, I guess there’s no use in concealing it any longer— — it’ll all come out sooner or later,—I’ll have to be brief as there’s not much time before the second performance.”

I expressed my appreciation, and thereupon she gave me not only the desired information, but also the dramatic story of her life.

"As so many authors begin their tragic tales, I too shall start mine by saying that I was the only child of wealthy parents. I was reared amid the best of environment. I re­ ceived the best of everything and anything. I always got my ?wn way. But on my seventeenth birthday, for the first time in my life I didn’t get what I wanted. I loved Jack Brockman —madly, yet truly. We asked my parents’ permission to be married. Here I was refused. I was bitter. I hated the world.

I even threatened to take my own life. All this had no effect on my relentless father. After a month of irrepressible pain gnd sorrow, Jack and I ran away together and were married.

But naturally we were caught by those gripping hands of the law—yes, by those hands, even more gripping because of that check with my father’s signature at the bottom, which th would receive when I was returned. Needless to say, t marriage was annulled, Jack and I never saw each other again, and now—now—now we shall never!"

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Here she could restrain herself no longer and sobbed con­ vulsively in the already damp handkerchief. After a time she regained her composure and continued in a voice that clearly revealed the pains in her heavy heart.

“In time I 'got over if—that is, people said I did, and per­ haps outwardly I did become my natural self again, but always in my inner soul there burned that fire of my love for Jack.

When I was twenty-one, my parents were both taken from me by a terrible accident. Cruel as it may sound, no sooner had the shock of my bereavement worn off: than I began to search for my lover. I traveled in Europe, China, India, South America —everywhere trying to find the man who meant so much to me.

Then came the crash of ’29 and like millions of others, my for­ tune dwindled to a mere nothing. In desperate straits I found a job in a vaudeville chorus. It was a long struggle to the top —a bitter piil to swallow, but after years of patience and con­ stant striving I finally gained success. But one thing I had not gained—and that is a companion to take Jack’s place. Many were the proposals that came my way, but as gently as I could I declined them all. Last week I received a telegram. It was from him. He had seen my picture in the papers, had recog­ nized it at once, and declared he would be here today, and we would be married again. But—but—today has come—and Jack” —(sobs)—‘‘Jack will never come!”

After another “lavish flow of tears,” she began again. ‘‘He was killed in an accident late this afternoon. As he was dying, he handed to one of the men about him a wrinkled piece of paper. All he said was ‘Tell her—please!’ Tonight I received the message notifying me of his death, and now—now there is nothing— At this juncture the door opened and a voice called * * Ready, Miss Doak!” She sprang to her feet, arranged her hair and make-up, and smiled as she passed me — a completely reno­ vated person, ready to make her first entrance. .Returning to my rooms, I could not but wonder at the drama m which that girl was participating—not the play which I was review, in which she portrayed the joyous, rollicking heroine, but her own “Drama of Life” with the tragic and pathetic in­ cidents which she had just related to me. philosophical thoughts were intemipted by laughter and other sounds of hilarity across the street. A bride and were descending the steps, amid a shower of “rice and old shoes/} They ran together to the car parked in front and started off on their honeymoon. There by the curb stood a small, bent woman of perhaps sixty-five, although she appeared t? be much older than that. I recognized her as the widow of me late Judge Hardy. That must have been her youngest son, Jim, who had ridden away with that lovely young bride. She 153

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had had three other sons, too, but all had fallen in the Great War. Her husband had committed suicide three years before because of a disgraceful political affair. Yes, I thought, taking one last glance at the broken woman who was now left entirely alone, all these are characters in another ''Drama of Life.”

Still walking slowly along the street, I suddenly heard cries of "Stop him! Stop him!” Just ahead of me I saw an efficient policeman stopping a small, frail-looking man, who was shouting wildly.

“Let me go! Let me go!”

“Be quiet! That purse doesn’t belong to you!”

“Well, I should say it doesn’t,” said a lady, who had just appeared on the scene. “He grabbed it from me, officer. Arrest him at once!”

“But my children, Miss! They are starving! They’ve got to have something to eat! My wife is sick and----,4Come along, shrimp! I’ve heard that story dozens of times,” interrupted the cop, handing the purse over to the woman and pushing the unfortunate creature ahead of him toward the police telephone. ‘‘ Hence, with this little incident, I had witnessed a third **Drama of Life^—the last of the evening.

Sitting in my room a few moments later, surprising as it may seem to you, I was not preparing my article for the Coin'ier, but was thinking over the events of the evening, and ultimately there came to my mind those familiar lines of Shake­ speare: “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” Yes, indeed, all life seems to me one great drama. There are, of course, many sub-plots; but somehow, all are connected. The play has been running ever since the first curtain was opened upon the Garden of Eden; since that time many curtains have been opened and closed, many en­ trances and exits have been made, many cues have been missed, pany lines have been forgotten, and many real artists have been discovered.

A certain group of the characters have had major roles assigned to them, among them Alexander, Napoleon, Washing^n* Lincoln, Luther, Calvin, Mussolini, Hitler, and F. D. Roosevelt. What dominating personalities the characters of Alexander and Napoleon brought forth! What a performance 5y good old Abe! What staunch courage stood out in Luther’s drama! And President Roosevelt? Yes, with the rest of the world, I too am wondering whether he will continue his com­ mendable performance, and just what kind of exit he will make.

Some of the characters have been unjustly criticized; others have been praised too highly for their performance, when the =al credit lies in some insignificant actor. We must not forget that all the characters do not hew to the same line, but one 154

has been cast in a domineering role, another in a sentimental one, others as policemen, politicians, or businessmen, and these should be judged according to the sincerity with which they portray their respective roles.

Wars have held the spotlight often during the drama.

Each one has brought out new characters, new stage properties, and new thoughts. In spite of the many times we have " •been told that wars are fought only for dollars and cents, I sincerely believe that Woodrow Wilson was only acting his assigned part of a Calvinist when he said that the United States was entering the war to make the world “safe for democracy—a better place to live in.” In my opinion he really believed these statements to be the one and only truth; in his heart and soul he visioned as the setting for his drama an International Brotherhood of Nations a modern Utopia.

Yes, we have all been given a part in this great “Drama of Life.’’ Some are satisfied with their roles; others grumble and complain, forgetting that often the least important part can be made the ‘‘hit’’ of the production by some honest acting. There have been moments when some have forgotten their speeches, their heads have been swirling, millions of bees have been buzzing round about, and all has been thrown into utter con­ fusion. But not for long — for that Great Director in the wing came to the rescue, as he will also in the future, with a few whispered words, and the scene progressed without the audience detecting the “hitch.”

THE OBJECT OF LESSING’S “NATHAN DER WEISE” Victor Weyland

Lessing^s Nathan der Weise occupies a very prominent rank in German literature一in fact the most prominent after Goethe’s Faust. Although Nathan der Weise abounds in passages full of tenderness and feeling, it is a mine of philosophical and scien­ tific ideas. Lessing, however, had a definite object in mind as he wrote the drama. Before pointing this out, let us take a survey of the drama itself.

Nathan, a wealthy Jew in Jerusalem, had just returned from a long journey. After his welcome he learned that his home had been on fire and that Recha would have perished in the flames, had it not been that she was saved by a captive, a Templar, whose life had been spared by the Sultan. Recha was not, as she believed, the daughter of Nathan, but more or less adopted by him since her infancy. Her parents were Christians.

Now the Templar who had rescued her from the flames fell in love with her. He, not knowing that she was of Christian parentage, refrained from making any approaches; for he despised the Jewish race. In the course of time he was in­ 155

formed of her adoption. Now things looked bright again. But instead of ending the drama in the conventional way, Lessing, to suit his own purposes, has the Templar learn that the one he loves as his future wife is really his sister. It is also revealed at the end of the drama that the Templar is a son of the Sultan’s lost brother.

In this brief survey we, of course, cannot find Lessing’s object. It is through the mouth of Nathan, the wise Jew, that the dramatist expresses his philosophy. In answer to the Sultans’s question, which religion he deemed best, Nathan asks whether he will allow him to relate a little story before fully confiding his thoughts. The permission having been granted, Nathan relates a “fable about three rings,” to show that he thought it was impossible for any human being to decide which of the existing creeds was the true one. The fable has it that many years ago a man lived in the East who possessed a ring of priceless value. The stone in it had the secret power to make its wearer pleasing both to God and man. This ring was passed on to that son who was dearest to his father, with the under­ standing that he in turn must will it to the son most pleasing to him. The possessor of this ring also became lord of the house.

So this ring came, from son to son, finally to a father of three sons. Only from time to time now this one, now that one, now the third one — just as he happened to be alone with each 一 seemed the worthiest of the ring. Thus in some sort of pious weakness he promised each one the ring. Finally, as the father felt death approaching, he was at a loss. It hurt him to think that two of his sons, who relied on his word, must be dis­ appointed. 一 What now ? Secretly he sent for an artist from whom he ordered two other rings according to the pattern of his own. The artist was not to spare costs or labor in making each exactly alike. At last the task was completed with success.

Even the father was not able to discern the model ring. With joy he called his sons, each in particular ; and each in particular he gave his blessings — and his ring — and died. .

That was the end of the fable with which Nathan believed to have answered the Sultan’s question. The application of this story to the question of religion makes it quite evident that Lessing had in mind to teach “the gospel of universal love and brotherhood, based on the common humanity of men.” His maxim was that all religions are entitled to respect, provided that they are founded on the principles of humanity, and that none of them has a right to claim exclusive possession of truth and to stigmatize all others as absolutely false. This forms the ethical basis of Nathan der Weise.

Permit me to quote a few lines of German from the drama.

They are words of Nathan trying to prove that religions cannot be.distinguished from each other as regards their reasons for existence.

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Geschrieben oder iiberliefert ?— Und Geschichte muss doch wohl allein auf Treu’ Und Glauben angenommen werden ? —Nicht ?

This, of course, was the dramatist’s viewpoint. He has Nathan continue in his speech to argue that everybody is morally justified in adhering to the belief of his own kindred, and that no one has the right to demand that he assume another creed ; because, as he says, all creeds have the same foundation — namely, tradition.

Since Lessing thought such to be the case, the duty of mutual tolerance became obvious to him; not the tolerance arising from indifference (which, he said, is only a negative virtue), but that of rational tolerance which has its source in the foundation of universal love. Lessing portrays Nathan as the living representative of this stage of tolerance, at which he only arrived in consequence of his views of the relation in which revealed religions seemed to him to stand to each other. Lessing himself says, “Nathans Gesinnung gegen alle positive ReliRionen ist von jeher die meinige gewesen.”

Perhaps, moved by the great historical wrong to which the Jewish race has been subjected for so many centuries, he felt that he must certainly send forth a plea for the removal of the national stigma. Certainly he did not think of one race or of one religious denomination only. He pleaded for the oppressed of the universe, whether they were Jews, Roman Catholics, or Unitarians, vindicating the right of existence of all religions.

In this sense he has placed the motto Introite, nam et keic Dii sunt! _ *'Enter, for here too are gods” 一 at the head of his drama.

He pleaded for tolerance of the persons of other men, also for tolerance of the ideas held by other men. With this plea we Christians have no quarrel. The drama, however, goes farther than that. It pleads not only for tolerance of the ideas of others but for acceptance of them as right. It subtly suggests that we must tolerate in our own minds contradictory religious opinions, any one of which or none of which may be Truth. It suggests that there is no one Truth and that hence there can be no firm personal conviction of Truth. To the question: What is Truth? comes the answer: What you will.

By suggestion the drama stands in flat contradiction to Christ’s: ‘‘I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no man cometh to the Father but by me.”

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A GLANCE AT MODERN ASTRONOMY Eugene Toepel

Comparatively few people, upon looking- upward at the sparkling heavens at night, really understand the significance of the starry universe. Only astronomers, amateur or profess­ ional, are able to grasp the hidden glories. Meny men have simplified the language of this science so that any person can also appreciate the heavens.

In the course of this article let us consider some of the more important bodies in our galaxy such as the sun, moon, planets, and the stars as a whole.

A galaxy is a system of heavenly bodies. Our galaxy in­ cludes our sun and all the bodies that revolve about it. There are many such systems in the universe.

The sun is the source of all the energy, both heat and light, that is found on the earth. If it should stop giving off light for only a short time all life on this earth would cease. By using a spectroscope, which is an instrument that decomposes a light ray into a colored band, scientists have estimated the sun to be about ninety-three million miles from the earth. According to the modern theory, the sun’s energy is the result of the break­ ing down of atoms by the intense heat of the sun. The sun’s surface temperature is estimated at six thousand degrees centi­ grade. If an airplane and its pilot were to fly close to the sun they would immediately be changed to gas. We only receive one two-billionth of the total energy given off by the sun. Yet this small part is enough to supply one hundred sixty thousand horsepower for every man, woman, and child living. It may be interesting to note, in connection with the sun, that some scien­ tists have accounted for the “Ice Age” by the fact that large clouds of cool gases came between the earth and sun. These absorbed much of the heat and thus caused the cold temperature on earth.

The moon is not a self-illuminating1 body. It merely reflects tpe light from the sun. It has a very low gravitational pull, so that the weight of objects there is much less than the weight of those same objects on earth.

Planets are wandering celestial bodies which revolve about tpe sun in definite orbits or paths. They also have moons revol­ ving about them. To look at Saturn through a telescope on a. cIgr night, is a beautiful spectacle. It has rings encircling it which are thought to be belts crowded with stars. .night it is possible to see about five or six thousand stars with the naked eye and, with the telescope, about one billion. 丄 his astounding number of stars causes us to wonder why the stars do not clash together. But when scientists tell us that there is only one chance in one quadrillion, we cease fearing.

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I Many stars group together and form definite shapes or figures.

These groups are called constellations. .

Possibly the “Big Dipper” or Ursa Major (Great Bear) is the best known. It contains seven stars in the shape of a dipper. (Ancient mythology has it that this constellation is the shape of a bear which was swung into the sky, and thus its tail was stretched.) If a person is able to distinguish a small star close to the second star in the handle, he is supposed to havei good eyes.

There is also the “Pole” or “North Star.” This star may be found by following upward along a line connecting the two stars which are on the top and bottom of the dipper on the side opposite the handle. This star has been used by sailors, woods­ men， explorers, and others to determine directions.

Stars are classified in magnitudes. A magnitude is the re­ lative dimness of stars. Six magnitudes cover all the stars visible to the eye. Magnitude is measured by making the light of the star dim out to that of a standard light by increasing or decreasing the thickness of glass in the telescope. . .

The Zodiac is an area around the celestial sphere which is sixteen degrees wide. It is the path of the planets. This area has been divided into twelve equal spaces thirty degrees long.

These divisions each have a given sign or name and are re­ presented by a certain constellation. These constellations are not all visible at the same time but appear and vanish at certain times. By observing these the ancients divided their year.

Man’s conception of the universe has been greatly increased by use of the telescope. The first telescope was probably made about 1600 by Hans Lippershey, a Dutch manufacturer of spec­ tacles. It was then improved by Galileo. Constant improve­ ments have resulted in the great telescopes of today. At the present time the construction of a giant telescope is in progres s.

This instrument will enable men to study stars which are millioins of miles away.

No matter how much of the information of the heavens is revealed to us we shall never cease to be greatly impressed and mystified when we gaze aloft at the sparkling stars set like geys in the ebon heavens. We must admit that the clockwork of the universe was not an accident.

HOW SHOULD MAN FEEL IN RELATION TO THE UNIVERSE? Armin Schuetze

To. know that-----solar our cluster of stars is not the only cluster in the heavens is enough to take a little conceit out of man’s colossal opinion of himself.” Not long ago while reading a book on astronomy I ran across this sentence. It was of such 159

a nature that I could not help stopping and meditating about it for a length of time. What is this colossal opinion that we have of ourselves? Just why should the knowledge of the great number of spheres in space and their huge size take the con­ ceit out of our colossal opinion of ourselves?

He takes for granted that we have a colossal opinion of ourselves. How is this meant ? Is it in a physical or mental sense? If it is meant physically, I admit that the hugeness of the universe might make us seem small and insignificant as far as size is concerned. However, I wonder whether there are so very many human beings who really believe themselves import­ ant because of their immense bodies. Those who do, only believe themselves large in comparison to their fellow human beings. The mere sight of an elephant will 'cause anyone to realize that his physical strength in comparison to all existing power and strength is very small. In fact, I am of the opinion that the sight of an elephant will better lessen this conceit than will the thought of our immense universe. So our colos­ sal opinion of ourselves in a physical sense does not come into consideration. , Now as to a mental sense. I admit that we human beings all are conceited, to some extent at least, and in some cases it can actually be called a “colossal opinion of themselves.”

But is this conceit lessened any by the knowledge of the great magnitude of our universe? A short passage out of a science — this question. “Any being that can make a book shall___ answer telescope to peer a billion miles out into space and can plan another to explore thirty times the celestial volume now visible .• • must have at least something in common with Divinity.”

Eyen if the acquaintance with the great universe should dimin­ ish the conceit, the fact that we can invent devices to learn more about it only seems to increase the conceit all the more, and in a much more dangerous way. So then our conceit in the physical sense, if there is any, does not come into consideration, and our mental conceit is not diminished.

From this we might conclude that we are not to be aiiectea at all when we observe and study about our universe. This, however, is a hasty conclusion. We should be moved by the immenseness of the heavenly spheres and by their great num­ ber. The importance of our part in this universe should become more apparent to us. In the creation, for whom were the sun, moon, and stars placed into the sky? The sun should give light to us here on earth during the day, the moon and stars during the night. The entire universe, whatever of it is visible to the naked eye and whatever of it is not, was created for the purpose of serving us human beings. Whether the earth revolves about the sun or the sun about the earth, this one fact still remains true, that the earth is the principle body in the universe. But 160

i this should not cause our chests to expand and our vest and shirt buttons to fly in all directions. Rather, our importance should give us a feeling of responsibility; it should create in us a desire to make our lives worth living, since we have been thought worthy of such a great universe.

This importance of the earth in relation to the universe should not keep us from admiring it. Everyone who looks at the night sky must, if the regard for beautiful and great things has not altogether left him, marvel at and even in a certain sense respect it. However, never should it make us feel in­ significant, for it is there to serve us.

CELIBACY OF THE CLERGY Fredrick Tiefel

In ancient times celibacy was considered an unnatural state. Marriage was regarded as a duty. In regard to mar­ riage among the Egyptians, Breasted says, “To all youths marriage and the foundations of a household were recommended as the only wise course.” Herodotus informs us that the greatest misfortune that could befall an ancient Persian was to be childless. In various places in ancient Greece criminal pro­ ceedings might be taken against celibates. Cicero writes of a law according to which the censors had to impose a tax on un­ married men. In Corea “the male human being who is unmarried is never called *a man, ’ whatever his age, but goes by the name of ‘yatow，’ a name given by the Chinese to unmarriageable young girls.” Among the Jews, the possibility of becoming the ancestor of the Messiah made marriage a duty.

The popular belief that those officiating at religious func­ tions were to be celibates was quite prevalent. The Vestal Virgins, the priestesses of Delphi, the priests connected with the cults of the Ephesian Artemis, the Phrygian Cybele, and the Assyrian Astarte, the Asramas among the Hindus, the Buddhist and Taoist priests, and the priests of Inca are some examples. One reason for this was the idea that the priests or priestesses had dedicated themselves to the gods or goddesses, and were therefore forbidden to marry. But there is another reason for sacerdotal celibacy: namely, that the marriage relation was believed to be defiling The idea of defilement mayv be traced in the ceremonial rites of most religions. Herodotus observed this fact among the Babylonians, Egyptians, and Arabs. “In Greece those who took part in certain religious festivals were obliged to be con­ tinent for some time previously.” In the Koran continence is demanded of those who make the pilgrimage to Mecca. For a nation like the Jews celibacy could never become an ideal. Yet among them we find two sects, the Essenes and Therapeutae, 161

who regarded virginity as the ideal of sanctity. Dr. E. Schuerer maintains that the above-mentioned idea could be the only rea­ son, probably to a great extent due to the influence of the Greek Mystics, who advocated asceticism.

The Essenes and Therapeutae were in reality religious ascetics, and it is at this time that asceticism begins to flourish.

Chastity as the ideal of sanctity was one of the tenets of asceticism, which under organized form became known as monasticism. The belief that chastity itself was meritorious in the sight of God was also the natural reaction from the appall­ ing moral corruption of the decaying Roman Empire. Religious celibacy was commended, moreover, as a means of self-mortifi­ cation, in view of the fact that the celibate was suppressing one of the strongest of all sensual appetites. The rapidity with which the number of ascetics multiplied is surprising. The Lives of the Saints paints with an appalling vividness the agonies of their struggle. Lack of space prevents me from giving even a cursory sketch of the development of monasticism. ‘The progress of the monastic movement was not less rapid or uni­ versal than that of Christianity itself.”

Such then were the beliefs and tendencies which 'led" by \ degrees to the obligatory celibacy of the secular and regular clergy. A synod held in Elvira in Spain (295-302). insisted on the absolute continence of the higher ecclesiactics, but its resolution met with little success. The victory for clerical celibacy is chiefly due to Gregory VII (1073-1085). .

It is a popular illusion that the atrocious immorality in the century before the Reformation was a new fact. The fact appears, however, that ecclesiastical immorality was no less outrageous during the eighth and following centuries. H. C. Lea, Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church，gives a very good account of the moral condition during the Middle Ages.

"An Italian bishop of the tenth century epigrammatically de­ scribed the morals of his time, when he declared, that if he were to enforce the canons against unchaste people administer­ ing ecclesiastical rites, no one would be left in the church except Jhe boys; and if he were to observe the canon against the bastards, these also must be excluded.” “A tax called ‘Cula’ which was in fact a license to clergymen to keep con­ cubines, was during several centuries systematically levied by grmces.” “Nicolas of Clemangis, a leading member of the Council of Constance (1414-18), declared that the custom of obliging the priest to select a concubine, as a necessary social precaution, had become very common; that the laity were firmly persuaded that priests never lived a life of real celibacy, and that, where no proofs of concubinage were found, they always assumed the existence of a more serious vice.” The.twist which such immorality on the part of the clergy would give to 162

the morality of the laity should be obvious to everyone. From Augustine’s time onward marriage was reckoned as a sacra­ ment. But the ideal married life was that attributed to Mary and Joseph. “Thus Augustine cited this as an example that true marriage may exist where there is a mutual vow of chastity and held that the sooner this relation was established the better.” The emperor Henry II，Edward the Confessor of England, and Alphonso II of Spain were examples of it. In other words, marriage was viewed in its coarsest and most degraded form.

When the Gospel was again restored to its proper position through the Reformation, it was natural that a correct concept of true morality would follow. Luther set fourth his position on marriage in the light of Scriptures (Eph. 5, 22-33). He took the initiative by marrying, and, as he says, “if only to vex the devil and the papists.” '4Luther had completely emanci­ pated himself from the evalution of the celibate self-centered ife as the highest form of Christian life, .... and had enarged his conception of the family and State as, equally with the Church, essentials of the divine constitution of things/* Freedom from the hypocrisy and false conception of morals during the Middle Ages has shown its good results in the social condition of both laity and clergy—especially of the clergy.

“As impartial an authority as Who’s Who shows the clergymen contributed to America proportionately 2,400 times as many eminent sons as did unskilled laborers, thirty-five times as many as farmers, four times as many as business men, and over twice as many as the average of other professional men.” Dr. Clarence G. Campbell, president of the English Research Con­ vention (1930), declared: “We know from reliable, factual data that the best quality of leaders rises, and rises in the greatest frequency, from the progeny of the Clergy.” .

The Roman Catholic Church continues to enforce clerical celibacy. Today the Roman Catholic Church is estimated to have somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,500,000 persons vowed to celibacy. We still find a retirement from the world in the system of education usually adopted by the Catholic priesthood, which has for its preeminent object to prevent sins, and for its means a constant and minute supervision. The Catholics con­ fess (Cath. Enel., ‘‘Celibacy”），4'the one serious objection against the law of clerical celibacy is the difficulty which its observance presents for all but men of exceptionally strong character and high principle.”

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f— HAD SHE BUT LIVED Carl Broecker

The rolls of history abound in tragedy. From time im­ memorial individuals of great promise have had their brilliant careers cut short by untimely deaths. What would the militar­ ist Alexander the Great, the poets Keats and Shelley, and the physicist Moseley have achieved if they had not died as young men! The case of a young American woman is just as striking as those of the immortals mentioned.

Theodosia Burr was born at New York City in 1783. Her father, Aaron Burr, played a rather notorious role in the early history of the United States.

Theodosia, a precocious child, was carefully educated by her parents. In linguistic studies she excelled. After her mother’s death in 1794 Theodosia became mistress of her father’s household. That position she held until her marriage in 1801 to Joseph Allston, a wealthy Southern planter, who subsequently was elected governor of South Carolina. Theodosia’s corres­ pondence with her father after her removal to the South is of great interest and shows continued devotion to his affairs.

In 1807 Burr was tried for treason at Richmond. His daughter hastened to his defence. Her beauty, brilliant per­ sonality, and relationship to her father not only placed her in the public eye, but also gained the sympathy of the nation for him.

In 1812 Theodosia sailed from Charleston for New York on the pilot boat Patriot. The vessel never reached its destina­ tion. What became of the ill-fated Patriot was never definitely known.

After some years an ex-buccaneer turned up who had the following story to tell. He was a member of the merry crew of the pirate ship that had captured the PatHot off the Virginia coast. The freebooters disguised their sloop so that it appeared to be a peaceful merchantman. By displaying distress signals they had lured the unsuspecting Patriot to its doom. After the prize had been looted, its passengers and crew were trans­ ferred to the buccaneer’s ship. The unfortunate voyagers then had the pleasure of seeing their once proud vessel scuttled. At first it was intended to hold the captives for heavy ransom, but several days later something happened to change the whole plan. By the narrowest of margins the pirates managed to escape from an American frigate which had refused to be de­ ceived by the disguise. It became apparent that if the bucca­ neers had been taken with the captives aboard, they would have suffered the punishment invariably meted out to the vultures of the sea. Therefore, in order to avoid any further embarrassroent if they were again approached, the pirates decided to 164

eliminate their guests. This they could do by the simple expedeint of having them walk the plank. The male captives were first invited to do so. When they showed great reluctance Theodosia put their cowardice to shame. As she stepped on the fatal plank she exclaimed, “I’ll show you men how to die!”

A moment later the swirling waters closed over her.

However, some believe that the Patriot foundered with all hands off Cape Hatteras.

It is no matter which way Theodosia died. However, it is interesting to conjecture what she might have accomplished if the usual span of life had been accorded her.

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Jbitortcrls HOW MUCH CAN A MAN EARN?

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millions of dollars, if he has done a service for society worthy of this large amount.

We have seen in past years that men have done very much for society. Many a gift of love offered to humanity has been termed priceless, and many times have we heard people mention the great worth of the discoveries and work of great men.

In discussing an instance of service to society, how many thousands of dollars do the great experimenters with the de­ vastating diseases of yellow fever and tuberculosis deserve for their reward? The immense good they have done for humanity in the saving of thousands of lives is inestimable, and, if we were still living during the times of the great plagues, which often reaped harvests of thousands of lives, what reward might we offer to the persons who would relieve us of these afflictions.

What great recompense might be made by society for the work done by the Curies, who spent most of their lives in their experiments with radium and paved the way for its use in the cure of cancer. For the sake of humanity Pierre Curie worked with radium until his death, and Madame Curie carried on his experiments, until she died this year. The worth of their work is immense, and they truly could have earned a million dollars.

So we see that a man can possibly earn millions of dollars.

Although a man who has a large amount of wealth might make us rather suspicious as to whether he deserves it or not, we should never speak too soon. Many a man can own very much in this world and ccan still have a clear conscience and a head that he need not bow in shame.

But I admit it is not very probable for a man to have a large amount of money which he has truly earned. It is pos­ sible; but how many men really receive of society everything they deserve? Have the great men who have served humanity merely for the sake of love been rewarded according to their merit? No; in fact many a person who has given his life for the good of this world, has died a poor, unappreciated man. The real helpers of humanity rarely receive their retribution, and the case is usually, that some men are so busy collecting wealth that they haven’t time to benefit society, and other men are so busy benefiting society that they haven’t time to collect wealth.

Indeed, many a capitalist is living who has only been endeavoring to collect money, so that one does not wonder that people speak about “crooked” capitalists. But I truly believe a man can possibly earn a huge sum of money and can still be within the limits of honesty and merit.

N. Luetke

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ALUNNI

In the first issue of this volume of the Black and Red we requested of the alumni that they make more contributions to this column and make it more interesting for themselves. We received none in answer to this request. The very few that we did receive came from sources which had already existed.

To say the least: we find in such a response no encouragement to renew our efforts in making this a more interesting, more enjoyable, and more extensive column especially for the numerous alumni subscribers. However, we shall excuse the past and optimistically look forward to a brighter future. We shall make another attempt for improvement. If we receive no co­ operation we are doomed to failure, and the column is bound to lag. Alumnus, are you willing to let it lag ? Your effort alone can effect an immense improvement.

Rev. C. Doehler, ’82, spent some time at Northwestern on Oct. 14 visiting with his grandsons, the Hoyer brothers.

Rev. W. Keturakat, ex ’08, delivered the English sermon for the St. Mark’s congregation at Watertown, Wis., on the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of the congregation on Oct. 14. Rev. G. Bergemann, ’85, of Fond du Lac, preached for the German services.

Rev. H. Schaller，’09, of Tomah, Wis” recently preached for the mission festival celebration at Columbus, Wis. Being so near to Watertown he also called on his son Roland, who is attending Northwestern.

Robert Geweke, ex *37, is this year continuing his studies at the University of Wisconsin.

Walter Werwath, ex *37, has for the past few months assisted his father in the care of the Milwaukee School of Engi­ neering exhibition in the travel and transport building at A Century of Progress Exhibition at Chicago.

The congregation at Bangor, Wis., of which Rev. C. Siegler, :93, is in charge, recently celebrated the twenty-fifth jubilee of its present church building. Speakers were : Rev. R. Siegler, founder of the congregation, Rev. Ph. H. Hartwig, ex ’08, of 169

I ^Jlhxth ^ Hartland, Wis., and Rev. John Mittelstaedt, ’98, of Menomonie, Wis. Rev. A. R. Frederking, ’26, formerly at Vero Beach, Florida, has accepted a call to the congregation at Arcadia, Michigan.

He intends to be installed on November 4.

Miss Gertrude Wuethrich, ex ’36, was recently married.

Rev. L. Koeninger, ’13, of Manitowoc, Wis., preached for the mission festival services of the congregation of Rev. E. Ph. Dornfeld, ’04, of Milwaukee on Oct. 14. Rev. R. Ziesemer, ’10, of Appleton, and Rev. P. Bergmann, ’09, of Milwaukee delivered the sermons for the two mission festival services of Trinity congregation atWatertown on Oct. 7. Pastor: Rev.K.Timmel, ’20.

Rev. H. Eckert, ’30, who has been serving the Manitowoc mother congregation as assistant pastor and teacher of several grades, has accepted a call to Reedsville, Wis. Rev. Eckert married Miss Irma Reuschel of Kaukauna on Oct. 23. The Black and Red wishes them the richest bessings of a happy married life.

Waldemar Dobratz, ’33, who plays first solo cornet for the Oconomowoc Legion Band, left with the band on Oct. 18 for a tour of ten days through the southern states. This band is the official legion band of the state of Wisconsin, and it is therefore going to represent this state at the National Legion Band Con­ vention at Miami, Florida. On their return these local players intend to give a concert in the White House at Washington.

Recently we got hold of a newspaper bearing the title “The Kendall Keystone,” across the front page of which was scrawled in masculine handwriting: Printed weekly by a former “farmer” student of Northwestern. In the first column of the next page we found that the editor and publisher of this paper was Oliver R. Witte, ex ’30. From it we also learned that last June Mr. Witte married Miss Virginia Kohlhorst of Denver, Colorado.

We extend our congratulations. .Paul and Luther Schliesser，’30 and ’32 respectively, visited friends at our Seminary at Thiensville recently. Luth er, wiho is enrolled in the Missouri Synod Seminary at St. Louis ,is not attending school this year. He is to preach as a vicar if a position is available.

Alumni visitors of Northwestern during the past month were : Herman and Gerhardt Meyer, ex ’32 and ex ’35 respec­ tively ; Rev. M. Stern，’20 ; Leonard Kirst，ex ’38 ; Victor Tiefel, Reginald Siegler, John Raabe, and Erwin Schewe，all ’34 ; Carl Ziegenhagen, ex *36 : Rev. Ph. Koehler, ’09, and Mrs. Koehler ; Rev. Martin Buenger, ’21; Mrs. L. Koeninger; Rev. E. Zell, ’08; Kenneth Vertz, ’31; and Rev. E. Reim, 'll. We beg the pardon of those whom we missed.

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r^Matk T Hustisford last month. A baby boy was recently also born to the Rev. and Mrs. N. Schlavensky of Denmark, Wis. Gerhardt Pape, once a student at Northwestern and a recent graduate of our teachers’ normal at New Ulm, has accepted a call as teacher to Reedsville, Wis. John Dahlke, ’31，is serving as tutor at our normal at New Ulm. In August Rev. S. Westendorf，’28, of Thiensville married Miss Leona Walker. We wish them a blessed married life.

Prof. G. Westerhaus, ’08, Northwestern, on Oct. 16, left for Nebraska to attend the funeral of his nephew.

Recently a son of Dr. E. Petzel, Normal - ’89, visited the institution. He told us that his father went back to Germany, was lector at the University of Hamburg, and is now enjoying a pension from the University.

Donald Schwartz, ex ’35，was greatly surprised recently in a hotel at Minneapolis, when a group of officers of the law de­ manded entrance into his room. Upon entrance they ordered 4<hands up’’ with several barrels pointed at him. They were positive they had caught the notorious4 ‘Baby Face’ ’ Nelson. Not until they had thoroughly searched his entire baggage and questioned him considerably were they convinced that they had erred.

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The most important news item of the month is the allotment of more than thirteen million dollars by the FERA to 100,000 college students — $15 a month for each student. Because the principal objective of using relief funds for student aid is to in­ crease the number of young men and women going to college, this money is not to be used for the ordinary maintenance or routine activities of the colleges but is to be paid to the students for doing special work on the campus and “socially desirable work” off the campus, such as extension classes, adult education, supervision of recreational activities, local welfare work, and any other activities that increase the usefulness of the college to the community. The National Student Mirt'Oi' is of the opinion that the money earned is not so important as the experience these students will gain through their contact with the extra­ mural world. 4 'Every American — no, every college and uni­ versity should insist that every undergraduate contact the world in a practical capacity before he be allowed a degree.

4 'Certainly it is a more useful and educational requirement than —for example — military training. And if there is any college student without an interest in either education, social service, °f government — to name only a few possibilities — —he ha s no right to a degree. ” Just one question — who is going to pay for all this ?

Apropos of the reading of newspapers by college students rePr*J}t the opinions of students at other colleges. The ^djntal Chimes thinks that "there is no better way to keep in the 172

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Daily, important decisions are made which should be of interest to the student. Campus life cannot be too full so as to leave no time for daily reading of newspapers.” . the drama of life is enacted for the student daily in the press. Literature ― yes, one can find literary gems even in the newspaper. Political science, economics, sociology — all are contained in the pages of the metropolitan daily. As a practical application of classroom lore, the newspaper is filling a needed service.” In the same vein the Bethany Scroll maintains that “every college student should be vitally interested in and deeply concerned with the progress and welfare of his own country. It is the mark of an intelligent person.” “Aim high scholastically. BUT READ THE PAPERS as well as your textbooks. Know what is going on in the world and form your own opinion. In so doing you will be getting a well rounded education, not merely that of the textbooks/* Grist: Two University of Wisconsin astronomers have discovered that the “island universe” in which the earth is located is only half as large as astronomers thought it to be.

The student body of an Arkansas college demanded the resignation of the president of the college because he was so crude as to say that dancing is “nothing less than a sex orgy” and that all who dance will “go to hell.”

The veterinary field is one of the few uncrowded professions still open to the college graduate.

Wake Forest college is beginning the second century of its existence. As part of the hazing activities of that same institution two hundred Freshmen were driven through the streets of the town sans trousers.

Einstein would make education “A free and living process, with no drilling of the memory, and no examinations, mainly a process of appeal to the senses in order to draw out delicate reactions.', A columnist of the Mission House News proves that “even and learned men are subject to infantile regression.”

When the school purchased a new bus the faculty couldn’t rest jintil they had a ride in it, so the day it arrived all of them piled in and were taken for a spin.

It is now possible for college students to take out insurance against flunking. If the student flunks the company gives him enough money to pay his way through summer school. certain professor has calculated that back in 490 B.C. it Phidippides four hours to run the original marathon to Athens, while the present Olympic record for the same distance is only two and one-half hours. The difference, he explains, 173

may be due to the fact that Phidippides fought in the battle all day before making the run.

We thank the American Campus for a few of the above items and the following story. The town in which Dartmouth is located required all eligible Dartmouth students to vote in order that it might collect a poll tax from them. In retaliation, the students attended a town meeting： in which they introduced and passed two bills, proposing the building of a wall eight miles high around the town and the construction of a town hall one foot wide and a mile long. The town officials had to take the matter to Washington to get out of building the two structures.

Editorial comment from the Valparaiso Torch: "As one continues to study the meaning of true scholasticism, and one reads over the names of the honor students, one finds that there are many students on the list who do not devote all their time and energy to studies — but who also had time to be active in school organizations. When one then seeks for an answer to the logical question, “What is the secret of their success?” there can be only one answer. They know how to budget their time 一 they have their hours for play, as well as their hours for work.” “Too many of us have not learned to budget our time.

We throw away valuable moments with trivial deeds—moments that neither benefit our scholastic efforts nor add any prestige to our social standards.” ,In an editorial entitled “Church and the Student” a writer in the Old Gold and Black gives his reasons why a student should attend church. “••• a quiet, reverent, religious service will add to your personality something that cannot be derived from a date, a classroom, the football field, or Sunday papers.

A religious service will help to endow you with goodness, piety, and respect for truth and wisdom.” If you become bored and restless in church “it can be charged to the fact that you have not sufficiently developed your mental tastes for quiet, thoughtprovoking discussions of the better things.’’ “Football，basket­ ball, and baseball go with their respective seasons, but the church rests upon an eternal principle, is an institution pointed toward truth and abiding satisfactions, and is one organization from which can be derived those values that go to make the well-rounded life.” We must admit that we have never heard these reasons before. We were a bit startled at this novel way of considering this question and at the writer’s remarkable omission of the one great reason. Perhaps if the writer defined accurately the * ‘Letter things, ” the ‘ 'abiding satisfactions, ’’ and the “well-rounded life” resulting from church attendance, he might find the real reason. Make your own comments.

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The Northwestern football squad clashing with the Seminary eleven on September 22 opened its gridseason with a reverse.

The first quarter proved to be an equal battle between the two teams and not until Melvin Schwenzen recovered a fumble for Seminary in the second quarter did the ball move to any great distance in one direction. With the ball in good position after the recovered fumble Seminary made use of the opporturnity and completed the long pass thrown by Martin and received by Buenger who then crossed the goal for Seminary’s first six points.

In the second half Northwestern again found difficulty in stopping that Martin-Buenger pass attack. Martin’s spectacula? passing and speed gave Seminary two more touchdowns in this period. Our squad seemed to be lacking the necessary punch both offensively and defensively. Our touchdown came shortly after the second half when we took the ball from midfield over the goal.

Seminary— Northwestern— Biesmann..

L. E, __ Sydow Resting__ L. T. …-Witt M. Lemke. __ Harmening L. G. Schwenzen C. __ Breiling Raabe.......

R. G. -…Bradtke Siegel.......

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R.H, .Schaller Reuschel (captain) Buenger .

F. B. Northwestern 0 0 6 0 —6 Seminary 0 6 6 6 —18 Substitutes—Northwestern: Schwartz, Seifert, Schultz, Roekle.

Seminary: Thierfelder, 0. Lemke.

Lake Forest 53; Northwestern 0.

September 29 marked another defeat for Northwestern. It was just another one of those defeats that a sport’s editor has not so very much to say about. Northwestern, totally out­ weighed, worked hard, but everything was in vain against the smooth-working opponents who built up a 21—0 lead in the first half. In the second half Lake Forest added five more touchdowns ending the game with a 53—0 score. Even though Lake Forest piled up so many points, they did, nevertheless, find difficulty in running the ball around Martin Toepel’s end.

Northwestern made but three first downs to Lake Forest’s eleven. Mark Schwartz punted an average of thirty yards to Lake Forest’s forty-five. Schweitzer with his long end runs played a stellar game for Lake Forest.

Northwestern一 Lake Forest— ....... Toepel Dohr.........

R. E. ....... Sydow Bade.........

L. E. ....... Tietz Sprier......

R. T. _一…Witt Spring.......

L. T. .......Bradtke Grace.......

R. G. ....... Harmening T. Roberts L. G. ___ Breiling Daiker___ C. ___ Schwartz L. Roberts Q. .......Wendland R. H. Wuhs........ .......Zarling Dyar.........

L. H. •......Reuschel (capt.)

Schweitzer F. B. Substitutes—Northwestern: C. Frey, Schaller, Seifert, Roekle, Koenig, I. Frey, Volkmann, Russow. Lake Forest: Vogt, Woodmark, Bloom, Eisermann, Flinn, Gyllenberg, Larsen, F. Roberts, Rouse.

Mission House 6 ; Northwestern 6. .Coach Ott against Coach Ott, and the score 6—6. What a coincidence! Such was the result of Northwestern’s first con­ ference game. Northwestern again outweighed put up a good fight. On the defense Toepel was Northwestern’s mainstay throughout the entire game. Both teams scored in the first 176

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Northwestern-Mission House— ___ Fredrich L. E, Zenk............

•…L. T....... ....... Witt Stadler......... ....... Russow L. G. Nonhof......... ....... Breiling Saubert........

C. ....... Bradtke Riedesel........ ___ Lambert R. T. Grittner........ ....... Toepel Kane............ ___ Schwartz Van Akkeren.

Q. R. H ....... C. Frey Daane........... ....... Wendland Hooper.........

L. H, ....... Schaller Kessler........

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0 0 0 —6 Northwestern 6 Mission House 0 6 0 0 —6 Substitutes—Reuschel, Harmening, Seifert, Schultz, Sydow, Zarling, Koenig.

PlaKeville Miners 0; Northwestern 19.

On October 16 our squad motored to Platteville and brought with them a conference victory. Our boys took the Miners by surprise when Mark Schwartz standing on his own thirty-five yard line threw a pass to Wendland on Platteville’s thirty-five yard line. Wendland neatly evaded the Platteville secondary and raced over the goal for a touchdown. Schaller’s kick for the extra point was good. Platteville then received the ball on Northwestern^ kick-off and started a touchdown march. Our boys finally stopped them on the fifteen-yard line. Wendland punted immediately and set the Miners back on their five-yard line. Sydow broke through the line and blocked and recovered a kick which put Northwestern in a scoring position. On the next play Reuschel took the ball over for the second touchdown.

This upset the Platteville gridders to such an extent that they began to fumble. Roekle recovered a fumble and Northwestern was off on another touchdown march. The referee’s whistle for the half was the only thing that finally stopped our boys.

In the third quarter Northwestern opened up on a pass offense and completed seven out of ten. Schaller receiving one these passes made the third touchdown. In the last quarter it was Reuschel going through the line for consistent gains and he left the ball on Platteville7s five-yard line at the end of the game.

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L. T. ....... Witt ....... Harmening Wilken...........

L. G.. ___ Breiling Walker (c?pt.)

C. ....... Bradtke Lawnsbsrg__ R. G. Horn.......

R. T. .......Sydow ....... Toepel Wienel....

R. E, ....... Schwartz Dixon__ Q. R. H. .......Wendland Piquette.. ....... Schaller Duan.....

L. H. ___ Reuschel Orton___ F. B. 13 0 6 0 —19 Northwestern Platteville 0 0 0 0 —0 Substitutes — Platteville : Cordingly, Quick, Burris. North­ western :Koenig, C. Frey, Weisz, Krug, Lambert, Schultz, Seifert.

October_autumnal grandeur and a persistent Indian Summer, much to the dismay of studies, yet ideally suited to the sudden fad for wiener roasts that has caught the dormitory.

As news-hunter we lament the passing of Vesuvius and all the crack-brained inventions of initiations, always a filler for at J^ast half a column. Pranks and caprices of former days will live but as saga. But glory be! the freshmen and green caps still remain to lend a rakish air. Admittedly, green caps are a downright silly custom. Yet it is just another of our tinkling traditions.

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An arm in a sling, a heroic limp, or a banged up nose are proudly possessed at this season. Crutches are the crowning distinction. — Absolute victims of the gentle game of football are Russow and Thierfelder, who will be definitely out of play for the remainder of the season with injured knees.

Upon a dare involving a few shekels, Schabow, freshmen football’s hope, recently undertook to reach the rafters of the gym by climbing a supporting rod in the fashion of our tailed progenitors. He was within arm’s reach of the beam when the rod gave way. Fortunately, however, he landed head up and escaped with but a few minutes’ minus of daylight and a sprained ankle.

Sommers, Dobratz, Krug, and Reim attended the annual banquet of the Winnebago Lutheran Academy Association oi Fond du Lac on October 21. The banquet incidentally also celebrated the academy’s tenth anniversary. Sommers assisted in the program with a piano solo.

R. Toepel took a two-week’s vacation from classes at the beginning of the month to attend his brother’s graduation from the Academy of Merchant Marines of New York University.

On October 11 the college orchestra provided dinner music for a chicken supper given by the Salem’s congregation at Lowell. On October 17 the brass quartette played for a similar function at Richwood.

Kugler took off classes the sixth of October to attend his brother’s wedding at Kenosha.

Benches of rather unique construction and of flashy red and white color have been placed about the dormitory. At this season, however, we would suggest rather an improvement in the seating facilities of the college smoker.

Posing as staff photographers, Bradtke and Roekle induced several of our unsuspecting coeds to pose prettily for them.

Imagine their disappointment and embarrassment when this number comes out. Criminal deception! There ought to be a law. j Ford still runs, the midnight experience of Roekle and Dick Frey to the contrary, notwithstanding.

Kugler awoke the other night with a sparrow bouncing Birds of a feather is the general explanation 2ffei，ed- Which answer does not satisfy Sam, who is still looking for the Junior with the practical jokester bent of mind.

A sudden flair for astronomy has developed among the Juniors and Sophomores this fall. The college telescope has been used on several occasions to assist in the popular study.

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The dormitory was thrown into excitement when an announcement in the hand of the president appeared on the bulletin board, announcing the 17 and 18 of this month as holidays because of a convention at Baraboo. The excitement was short-lived, however, when it was discovered to be an announcement from last year, diligently saved for the occasion by some great mind.

College for the coeds has become more or less of a habit by this time. Everything is proceeding so peacefully that even our president is well satisfied. Certainly it’s almost too good to be true. Perhaps it is only the lull before the storm. How­ ever, time will tell.

It was indeed a pleasant surprise for the students to have a social gathering so early in the year, and we would like to express our sincere thanks to Mrs. Rhode and the faculty for this enjoyable evening. Do you think if we were very good another would be forthcoming in the near future ?

Hikes! Magic word ! Shall we let you listen to the stream of chatter it evokes when mentioned in the girls’ room ? Listen: “Who ? What ? Where ? When ? Why I don’t even know him.

I’ll trade you,” etc.

Not only do coeds at N.W.C. get a good foundation in the liberal arts, but also in housewifely arts. And we assure you that each little woman is as adept at handling a broom and dustpan as a pencil and pen. So come what may, she will always be prepared.

Sometimes it would seem as though the Freshmen were competing with each other for the lowest mark in Mathematics.

At present five is the lowest average. Has anyone a lower mark to report ?

• Considering the fact that the Mixed Chorus has so many new and talented members, perhaps it will be noted for some­ thing besides its styles this year. And speaking of the chorus, may we introduce our leading soloist, Ruth Bickett, who was forced into that role inasmuch as she is the only one who can reach high “6.”

Mary Lutovsky evidently believes in saying it with flowers as her offerings to the girls’ room testify. Keep it up, Mary.

Although there are many flowers of another type already there, one kind merely serves to emphasize the beauty of the other.

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Dutifully we report that Glenna Rasmussen, Betty Jaeger, Ruth Mayer, Helen Prentiss, Helen Arnold, Ruth Fredrich, Eleanor Reuschel, Ruth Bruesehoff, Lorraine Jacobson, and Mrs. Walter Bunge attended the football game September 22.

We wish to extend our heartiest congratulations to Gertrude Wuethrich and Alvin Burrough who were married in the past month.

We must say that Evelyn Moldenhauer is getting a very good business training. She answers at least two notes a day.

Why : Is Marion Jones thankful for that hot water pipe on cold mornings ?

Does Jane Kelly find it hard to choose ?

Does Cecilia Dierker prefer blondes ?

Does Helen Kuenzi wait so eagerly for week-ends?

Does Margaret Jones feel ‘‘horsey’’ these days?

Does Harriet Owen sing, “You’ve Got to be a Football Hero”？ ^ We feel that it is our sisterly duty to issue a warning to a certain young damsel who makes a practice of standing in drafty halls. Now Miss Kusel, it’s all for your own good.

And now, having informed you of the latest news and having hinted at the latest gossip, we leave you till next month.

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But after all there is nothing so pathetic as to see a horsefly perched on an automobile. * * * Professor (on campus with an astronomy class): If there are any of you who are still in doubt as to the location of the constellations or stars that we have mentioned tonight, I wish that you’d speak up now.

Geiger the Elder (with a puzzled frown on his face): I can’t seem to find Zenith that you were talking about. 氺氺本

Weather report from Mexico: Chili today; hot tamale. * * * 二What are you so gloomy about?” ‘.‘I bought a suit with two pairs of pants, and I burned a hole in the coat.” 本 Here lies a pedestrian, cold as ice; ， He only jumped once when he should have jumped twice. ♦

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Boy: I walked home in back of a street car tonight and saved five cents.

Sandy: Why didn’t you walk home behind a bus and save ten cents. * * * First Sextaner: Do you know the symbol for water?

Second Sextaner: Sure; H I J K L M N 0.

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A magician was giving a performance and was about to present his most mysterious trick. He bared his arms and said, "Now will some little boy step up on the stage and assist me?

Any bright boy will do. Yes, yes, my little man; you will answer very well. But first I wish to ask you a question. You have never seen me before, have you?’’

“No, Daddy，” piped the boy.

A Scotchman had fallen into a well. While swimming around, he called to his wife. She came running to him and said, “Should I call the hired help from the fields to pull you out?”

"What time is it?’’ asked Sandy.

Eleven-thirty.”

“Never mind; I’ll swim around until dinner time.” * * * Some people prefer Russia to Denmark Since Rostovzeff used to live there.

Others like Bach and Beethoven Or France with its Louis Pasteur.

Still many would sooner read Dickens Than Huygens, Poe, Dostoyevsky.

But the person who puts out this column Has more use for the Scotch and their Sandy.

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Tom Mix continues to be very popular. He received a letter from a fan saying, “I have seen you in all of your pic­ tures and think you are wonderful. Please send me a picture of your horse.” * * * A motorcycle cop overhauled a lady speeder. “Say; do you realize that you were doing sixty-five miles an hour?”

“Don’t be silly. I couldn’t have been going over thirtyfive at the most. In fact, I don’t believe I was going more than twenty.” :‘Maybe you’re right. I’ll tear this ticket up and give you one for parking.’’ ^ ^ met a Model T Ford on the road. The mule said to the Ford, “What are you?”

“I’m an automobile; what are you?’’

“I’m a horse.”

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November 1934

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Professor Wm. H. Huth

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LITERARYâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Black-Cat Jinx

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The Saar.

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Plowing.

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The Bad Lands of South Dakota

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EDITORIALSIn Praise of an Artist.

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Phi Gamma Rho..........

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Philomathean Society.

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SEMINARY NOTES.................

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Professor Win. II. Hu(h William Henry Huth was born February 11, 1860, at Pitts­ burg, Pennsylvania, in the Pittsburg Infirmary, of which his father was at that time the manager. In 1865 his father re­ moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to become the manager of the newly founded Milwaukee Hospital in the city. Under the influence of devout parents, of an aunt, Sister Barbara Kaag, who was the new matron of the hospital, and of the kindly and great-hearted Dr. Wm. Passavant, the founder of both the Pittsburg Infirmary and the Milwaukee Hospital, Professor Huth spent his childhood and early boyhood. His playground was the open prairie that in those days extended from the hospital grounds as far as Sixteenth Street. His elementary schooling was begun in the parochial school of Trinity Church and was completed in Grace Church School, where he was con­ firmed in 1874 by Pastor Th. Jaeckel.

Immediately after confirmation, at Easter time in 1874, he was sent to Northwestern College to prepare for the ministry.

Those were the days of oil lamps and wood-stoves. There was a stove in each study-room in the dormitory, and out of doors there was a separate woodpile, sawbuck and saw for each one of the rooms. The student was his own woodcutter and fireman.

The faculty under which Professor Huth completed his preparatory and college work consisted of six men, Dr. Ernst, the President, and Professors Wm. Notz, Eugene Notz, Easterday, Smith, and Brohm. In 1881 he was graduated and in the same year entered the theological seminary in Milwaukee where he completed his preparation for the ministry in 1884.

Professor Huth’s first charge was the congregation in Whitewater, Wisconsin. It was here that he was united in marriage with Minnie Busch, of Whitewater, in 1886. At the end of two years’ pastorate in Whitewater he accepted a call to Green Bay, where he remained nine years, then to Hustisford, and then after 16 years of service there, he was called in 1910 to a professorship at Northwestern College, where for 24 years without a break he has given cheerful, faithful service, rounding out a half-century of labor in the vineyard of his Lord, for which may the Lord bless and reward him.

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXVIII. Watertown, Wis., Nov. 1934 Entered at the Postoffice .vt March 3. 1870. Published monthly. Subscription. One Dollar.

Number 6 idcr Act of

THE BLACK-CAT JINX Theodore Sauer

The crowd was tense with excitement as it watched the two leading speedboats round the turn into the final lap of the national outboard motorboat championship race. Jack Hen­ ning’s “Red Comet” was in the lead, followed closely by Bob Crandall in his “Felix the Cat”. Crandall opened the throttle to the limit and slowly closed the gap between himself and Henning. With one half lap to go, both boats were even. The crowd was wild with excitement as the boats neared the finish line. Crandall edged ahead and finished about a foot ahead of Henning. The roar of the crowd drowned out the high tone of the speeding motors. Practically everyone had wished to see the likeable Crandall defeat Jack Henning, the millionaire’s son. “ The loudspeakers on the judge’s barge thundered out, “Jack Henning wins the 1933 outboard motorboat champion­ ship, setting a record of 50.236 miles an hour. Second place goes to Robert Crandall.”

A murmur of disappointment and disapproval rose from the crowd. It was a close race, but almost everyone agreed that Crandall should have been the champion. Bob was very much disappointed over the outcome of the race, but his only 185

comment was, "Well, Felix, some people say you’re a jinx, but we’ll show them next year.” .

During the following winter Bob spent all his spare time designing and building a new boat which should carry him to victory in the 1934 races. When the 1934 racing season opened, Bob was ready with his “Felix II”. He entered quite a number of races and returned with almost as many trophies. He was, however, not as much interested in winning these trophies as he was in preparing for the national races in October.

The big races were only one week away. Bob had his boat and motor in as perfect condition as was possible. He wanted to give it one more trial run on the river before taking it to the races.

“Come on, Dick”，he called to a neighbor friend. “We’re going to see how fast she’ll go to-day.”

“O.K. Let’s go.”

Twenty minutes later “Felix II” was running faster than its predecessor had ever thought of going, “Good going,” murmured Dick to himself as he watched from the shore.

"You made that last mile in sixty-five seconds.

Bob came back to shore, well satisfied with the performance of his boat. *4Well, Dick, what do you think of her?” .

Couldn’t be better. I know who the new champion will be, and I don’t mean maybe. * * They took the trim little boat from the water, set it on its trailer and started for home. They were just turning onto the road when Bob saw a large truck coming toward him.

He tried to swerve out of its path, but it was too late. There was a sickening crash as the truck crushed the trailer against the curb. Bob jumped out of the car and saw the remains of his boat and trailer lying in a tangled mass against the curb. A groan of despair left his lips. The races were the next week.

“There’s only one thing we can do, Dick, and that is to build a new one. We just simply have to win that race this year.

He went home. That night he worked late, starting to build a new boat. With the races now less than a week ahead, he worked day and night on “Felix III”： At the end of the fifth day it sat on its rack, glistening in its fresh coat of black and white paint.

“How does she look, Dick?” asked Bob. ‘‘Beautiful; only I hope that black cat won’t be a jinx to you in this race.”

“Wait just two days. We’ll show them, ’’ was Bqb’s answer.

On the day of the race Bob was there with his trim little craft. So were over a hundred other pilots. The smaller classes boats were racing preliminary heats. Bob was carefully inspecting every part of his boat, so that when the time for his 186 i i

race would come, everything would be ready, when he heard a jeering voice call, “Well, look who’s here. I wonder if he is expecting to win a race?”

Bob felt that he was meant and looked to see who spoke.

About fifty feet down the floating pier was Jack Henning and his four mechanics. It seemed they had had a good joke at Bob’s expense. He was surprised when he saw two boats in the water at Henning’s pier. “I don’t like the looks of that,” muttered Crandall to himself.

Turning to Dick, he said, “I’m going to win that race this afternoon or get wet trying it. Henning has thrown me plenty of dirt already, and I’m going to show him a thing or two.** The cannon shot, signifying that there were still five minutes left before Bob’s race, sent about forty boats onto the river. The water was in a turmoil. Boats were darting to and fro trying to get into the best starting position. The starting clock showed thirty seconds — ten seconds — five — then time; the official starter dropped his flag and the race was on. Bob made a good start and was one of a group of about ten boats which was out in the lead. There was the “Red Comet” about ten yards to his left. Bob glanced to his right and to his surprise noticed the other boat which he had seen at Henning’s dock before the race. “The Blue Comet,’’ thought Bob. “That’s bad.”

When the boats had rounded the first run, Bob was in third place. Neither of the two ahead of him belonged to Henning.

By the time the boats reached the second turn, Crandall was in second place, followed closely by the “Red 6omet”. At the end of the turn Bob found himself out in the lead together with Jack Henning. Very close behind them was the '*Blue Comet.”

Their position remained the same until the beginning of the final lap, with the exception that Henning had dropped back, while his other boat was even with Crandall. * *Now what is he up to?” wondered Bob. • The “Blue Comet” was swinging off the course toward the Henning came alongside the “Felix III’’ while the Blue Comet” swung sharply to the left and crossed over directly in front of Bob. He had a boat to the left and one crossing over directly in front of him. A crash seemed in­ evitable. He shut off the motor and swung sharply to the fi. ^ lg^lt cra^ swun^ about, was caught in the wash of the Blue Comet” and tipped over, throwing Crandall into the watfr. The crowd gasped in astonishment. It all happened so fast that everything was over before the crowd realized what was taking place.

The outcome of the race was evident. The "Blue Comet” slowed its pace, so that Henning won an easy victory.

A patrol boat picked up Bob and towed his capsized boat to 187

shore. The cheer which the crowd gave him was greater than it could possibly have been, had he won the race. In the eyes of the people he was a sort of martyr.

Crandall refused to comment on the tactics used by the champion. His only answer was the grim determination with which he began to prepare his boat for the time trials for speed on the last day.

This last day of the races was usually attended by a rather small crowd, but this time there were more people present than the day before. Everyone heard that Crandall would attempt to set a world’s speed record. The loudspeaker thundered out, ‘•Robert Crandall is the next pilot who will attempt to set a new Class F record.11 A tremendous cheer went up from the crowd. From the farther end of the mile course one could see a small white speck coming at high speed. The fast running motor was whining a slightly higher tone than it had ever whined before. It came closer. It was going so fast, that it scarcely touched the water.

Like a flash it crossed the finish line.

Again the loud speaker announced, ‘‘Robert Crandall covered the one mile in 59 seconds for a world’s record of 61.018 miles an hour.’’

The crowd went wild with cheering. Bob was happy when Jie jumped out of his boat and called to Dick, “Who said that black cat, Felix, was a jinx?”

THE SAAR Frederick Werner

The Saar district is situated between Germany and France in the big bend on the Northern side of Lorraine. Although it only contains seven hundred and twenty-six square miles, it has about eight hundred thousand inhabitants, being the most densely populated part of Europe. In this territory are many coal mines, which furnish the coal used to smelt the iron of Lorraine, just across the borderline. About fifty per cent of the population works in these mines; the rest work in the Ger­ man iron works. The capitol is at Saarbriicken.

On January 13, 1935, these people will be confronted with the question to whom they will belong. They have a choice of going over to France or Germany or remaining under the tutelage of the League of Nations.

According to their history, one would expect them to choose Germany. From 1815 until May 5, 1919，they belonged to Germany. In the Hall of Mirrors, at Versailles, the League of Nations gave to France the coal mines of the Saar region as reparation for the coal mines of Northern France destroyed in the World War. This wiped 300,000,000 gold marks from Ger188

many’s reparation to France. The people of this basin were to be ruled by a committee of five, appointed by the League of Nations. This committee is composed of men from disinterested nations, except for the member from the Saar. This commission is responsible to the League of Nations only, not to the people.

It is really a good tyranny. It has the swift moving ability and freedom from the whims of the people found in tyrannies, but it is not interested in its own gain nor is it corruptible At the end of fifteen years a plebiscite was to be held.

Only those habitual residents of the Saar on June 28, 1919, would be able to vote. If they preferred Germany to France or the League, Germany would have to buy back the coal mines at a figure set by three experts. The governing commission would still have authority for twelve months. All complaints of the residents would be brought before it and adjudicated.

Today everything is at a standstill in this island between France and Germany. No new buildings are being erected, no credit is granted, no money is invested—nor will be, until after the fateful thirteenth of January, 1935. Five thousand Jews have their possessions in such condition as to be able to leave the country immediately if it goes to Germany. Much of the money is deposited in French banks. Not even one pawnbroker can be found within the borders. It has prospered under the commission’s hands. Good roads cross all over the province — and they are paid for. The government has no debts at all, but even a small surplus. The population has grown by 200,000 — a somewhat doubtful blessing since the country was already so very densely populated. There has been general economic prosperity, whereas the rest of the world has had depressions.

This year France and Germany began a newspaper cam­ paign for their respective countries. There are at least thirtyfive German owned and controlled newspapers, several French, a nd several German anti-Hitler newspapers. France and Ger­ many have secured promises from each other to avoid “any proceedings, reprisals, or discrimations” against anyone for his vote or political stand or religion. Four of the five members of the commission demanded international police on the grounds that Germany was attempting to terrorize the people into voting for Germany. These police will be hired for just before and just after the election, the winner paying for them.

Until Hitler came into power, ninety-nine per cent of the people were said to favor “Anschluss” with Germany. This is quite natural, since the people speak German, and almost all of them are Germans. Some express it thus: “Hitler is for today, Germany is eternal” and “Better black bread with one’s own than white bread with the foreigners.” Hitler and DrGoebbels promise the Saarlanders something very like Utopia.

The factories of Herman Rochling, Otto Wolf and the Luxem189

burg Abed employ almost half'the"population and pull strongly towards Germany. Ninety-seven per cent of the people are said to belong to the German Front, a Nazi organization, but, as the ballot is secret, that is not any indication of the votes.

Hitler’s interference in church afiairs, his attitude to labor unions and abolishment of freedom of press, speech — and almost thought—have turned against him the Catholics, the Labor Party, and the Communists. Seventy thousand of these met at Sulzbach and swore the Sulzbach oath: ‘‘Never shall the Saar return to Hitler and never shall the Brown Plague devastate our country. We wish to be free. That is why the majority of people will vote against Hitler on January 13.”

These groups are in favor of the status quo. .If the Saar votes for Germany, Germany must buy the coal mines at 300,000,000 gold marks and pay the municipal debts to England and the United States at 600,000,000 gold francs before the provernment will be given over.

France does not really want the Saar, since it already has all the German-speakinj? people it wants in Alsace-Lorraine.

However, she does not want Germany to get it. She promises to sell the coal mines very cheaply and keep up the lack of customs to France, if the League of Nations is chosen as ruler.

If they vote for the League, she would favor giving them the right of self-determination or the right to vote to go to Germany or to France at some later date.

The Labor Unions, Communists, and Catholics — at least some — are going to vote for the League of Nations. The good management so far is also in favor of the League rule. If Hitler is really pursuing such asinine policies in the Saar, there may be an upset in favor of the League.

If there is a large minority in this miniature AlsaceLorraine, there may be a division of the basin, as the Versailles Treaty says “the will of the citizens, ” not the majority.

It is important to the rest of the world what the decision is.

9n it may rest the future wars of Europe. There is even danger that Germany will, in case of defeat, try a “putsch”， as in Austria in July.

The eyes of the thinkers and statesmen of the world rest upon the Saar Basin.

PLOWING Clayton Krug

In our modern times, when the entire earth about us vibrates with the hum of machines, and almost everyone seems to be connected in some way or other with industry or business, we are often apt to forget what lies at the bottom of it all.

Men speak of the industrial age, of the rule of the machine, 190

and even of a golden era which is to result from it, without ever giving a thought to the foundation upon which it all must be built. And that foundation is agriculture. The tilling of the soil is the mainstay of all civilization.

Where agriculture is carried on, the land must be worked.

A plot of ground may be very fertile, but if it is not worked up over and over again, it sooni becomes unproductive. Each particle of soil must be loosened and turned over, so that the mellowing influences of air, rain, and frost may get at it; and by means of gradual weathering and rotting, fertilty is main­ tained. This simple fact was noted by the earliest farmers, and long ago the plow was invented to help in this loosening and turning over of the ground.

The ambitious farmer who early in the morning drives out his tractor and hitches a plow behind it often does not realize that he is combining almost the oldest and newest implements, and making them work together. His tractor is comparatively new, but the plow is almost as old as man himself. Some of the earliest Egyptian monuments depict a plow in use. Plows are mentioned in the Bible at the time of Samuel. All through the ages down to present times the plow has humbly been doing its work.

The first plows were naturally crude and inefficient and consisted merely of a pointed stick with a beam attached to the front by which they could be drawn. A handle was fixed be­ hind to steady the plow and hold it in place. The idea itself is a very simple one. Just as a small boy hoeing in a garden be­ comes tired of the monotonous chopping and tries to speed up the task by dragging his hoe through the ground, so some weary farmer long ago perhaps saw a branch with a projecting Pfint，and instead of pulling it himself, hooked his ox to it. In Jhis way one of the world’s most useful implements might have been invented.

Even today the plow is the fanner’s most simple implex^ent. In our state three types of plows are generally used; tj^e walking plow, the sulky plow, and the tractor plow. Of these the first is the simplest. Its working parts are the share, which cuts the earth; the moldboard, which turns it over; and sideboard, which helps to keep the plow in the ground, △bo/e the ground are the beam, to which the horses are hitxjhed, and the handles for steering the plow and regulating Us depth. Sometimes a coulter is added to help cut the earth, especially in plowing sod. A sulky is simply an ordinary plow mounted on wheels; and a tractor plow, usually somewhat la^gef has a device by which the plow can automatically be raised and lowered.

Ancient plows only, dug up the ground without turning it over. During the entire ancient era, the only improvement in 191

them was the use of the metal in the place of wood for the point. It was not until late in the Medieval period that some­ one conceived the idea of a moldboard, a curved plate attached behind the point, which turns over the loosened soil. Even the modern plow can do only these two things, although it does them in a more efficient way.

It is hard to believe that there is anyone who has not seen a farmer plowing his fields; or anyone who has not as a child followed barefoot in the freshly cut path, pausing here and there to play in the rich, moist earth, or to collect a heap of angleworms, which he soon left behind in order to catch up with the steadily moving plow. It is one of the unforgettable experiences that a child can have. _ ， When the farmer has harvested his crops, and fall rains have moistened and softened the ground, he knows that the time has come to begin preparing for next year’s crops. If the weather is favorable, he may do all of his plowing in the fall, but usually he plows only those fields which must be planted earliest and leaves the remainder until the following spring1.

Working with a walking plow, it is considered a good day’s work to turn over two or three acres. With a tractor plow, one can cover seven or eiffht acres daily.

Plowing in itself is really a very simple thing, but under its simplicity there lies a deep meaning. During all the centuries of man’s existence, this simple process has been proing on. Wars, nations, dynasties, and races have come and gone, but underneath it all agriculture, the raising of food, has not stopped. It cannot stop; for if it did, many of the Earth’s millions would face starvation.

Anyone who has hitched his tractor or team to the plow early in the morning and has worked steadily until nightfall, knows that he has done a full day’s work. Although he may return home tirecl and w.orn out, still he has a sense of deep satisfaction at the close of each day. For plowing ushers •in the new season. Even though a harvest may have been poor, the farmer soon forgets and looks forward to the next year with ever renewed hope. He forgets all his hardships and looks to the future. When he goes out to plow, he covers up all the past year’s disappointments and failures and brings to the surface renewed hope and expectation. And so from year to year he draws from it the courage and strength to go on in his fight to wrest from the soil its abundant, yet elusive treasure.

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Xib tieieljt, bod) ©tjallie fin ©uppen, bat nejiug nidi. mofte em fdjptnMidier un [dipinblidier; fine ^ru nnu，fetter »nb fetter, ©in ©oajn fdjladjtetc noalj bi Rubber un tnor bicf im ft art; fine 5)od)ber attJttjer noaj ben Jabber, unb fie njor )o biinn bat enc e binoali berd)s fifen !unn. @ finite ocf, benn en aS e nod) an bi 3ferbal)n arbebete, noaftm e ene ^ubbcl met un Hiterte boaniet uon bi ©anb* farce rung un brot fin 93eu; et ig ocf nie raebber ritig tuasamjewaffen. ©Jjaflie Jjinft, bod) tie Soln，e (open rafdi uormert?. S)e 0Ue i§ nu bob, un ©liallie renut ji^ tie SBirtfdjaft met [in SonQ. ©o iuor e tnebber in ofe 9fad)botfdiaf, aunuer fene Tjet iebadit, bat e bie S，ar2} fang be^eljl, benn e [op ja affeS up.宏o由 ©liallie roor Huarf. © mo!t ii^ fin egen ©djnapg. Un bcutn fotten 肌ami, Sru unb 资inge iim ben ⑽ un bran fen. ©n ©ag in 穴ri的erraft ptete id jang ©ftallie fin Slurnfelbt, rao e enU 贷oftjen rutbrof. Un a§ et en ^etten 2)ag toor, un a? bie ^parr ute njoren, fo jing id noal) em ^en, i'tni en met em tua toetetl’n.獅 je, bat 丨⑽ id. ©fjaflie n?ente wie en 货hit. ’ 9?a, ©^adie, root is benn (oS? SBat menft bu benn”？ ^^ite 93?orjen raor min Song nod) en bitj uon ®ditiap§ bebuffett, fo mofte e mi mat nid) jang ricftHq. Sdj fteb em en bib jefdjimpt, un e breftt fid) rum un fdilet me en’n Ijen.贝rather boariint roen \d ocf nicE) jeroabe, ammer ji^ bent \d baran, tt)ie \d min Jabber od e§ 193

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Were you to stand on some high place on God’s earth, overlooking some famous display of scenery and you were so awe struck with admiration that you had to stand there speech­ less before so grand a display of nature, I would hardly expect you to write an article describing in words that scene which left you speechless as you were observing it. And again, were you to make an attempt at describing that scene and used only descriptive words in the superlative degree, I would soon doubt your statements and there would come to my mind other scenes \vith a grandeur that I had experienced which are “most beau­ tiful/1 “most magnificent,” or “most weird.” However, I have the confidence that the theme of my writing will bear me out no matter what descriptive words I choose or how vividly I may present the beauty of the pandemonious Bad Lands of South Dakota.

The. Bad Lands are the world’s greatest example of the production of weird, fantastic, inexplainable freaks of nature, through early erosion. Great mountains, deep canyons, little hills, castles, palaces, fortresses, and figures of every shape, size and description stand silently, without a spear of vegeta­ tion, while directly at their feet is that nutritious grass which makes South Dakota famous. As we look at these formations a little longer we seem to see lumbering animals and reptiles of a bygone age. There is a gorge of multicolored rock called “The Cradle of the Extinct Mammoth.” Strata upon strata of pastel hues rise and fall, flare up and recede again, a riotous blend of glorious color, and beauty-thrilling, and with the colors of the Grand Canyon. There are sights indeed worth traveling the world round to behold. We vision a past civilization far away on either hand; away yonder to the horizon we see what appears to be a city of antiquity, domes, towers, minarets, yonder a moat, there a drawbridge; there a cathedral is ghastly, silent, clothed in soundless awe and mystery in this most weird and scenic spot on earth.

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i ^Math ^ :He It is small wonder that the Indians named them Mako (land) and Sica (bad). Four decades ago it was a difficult country to travel through, not only on account of its roughness and pre­ cipitous walks, but many men, both red and white, have perished miserably because they were unable to find water. The longer one studies the Mako Sica the more bewildered one becomes in attempting to describe them accurately. To the layman they are more weird, unfathomable, and unexplainable, than the Egyptain sphinx, but to the archeologist they are an open book, where he gloatingly attempts to read the riddle of the dead past. Just west of this region are the Black Hills where Mount Coolidge, 6400 feet high, keeps sentinel watch over this vast domain, presenting in itself at once a view indescribable, vast, and grand. South of Kadoka, South Dakota, is one of the most beautiful sections of the Bad Lands, and is known as Kodak Point. Going south from Kadoka twelve miles, you will suddenly find yourself driving along a precipice and will behold stretching far to the South, East, and West a vast solitude clothed in mystery of the ages, grand, silent, majestic. , To the west of the Bad Lands the Black Hills rise to dis­ tinctive heights and to the east lies the vast expanse of the Great Plains with its level tracts of rolling prairies where the earth and the sky meet in a perfect circle. Here also the fir­ mament showeth forth the handiwork of God. The dry and pure atmosphere gives occasion for clear blue skies and colorful sunsets unrivaled by any in the world.

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Jbttartjxls IN PRAISE OF AN ARTIST A gentleman full six feet — deep set eyes---a prominent nose --- a deep voice and a deeper soul. This is the man Fritz Leiber. Mr. Leiber’s physical features are highly expressive of his inner soul. A fine picture of strength and masculine beauty superbly modelled. The rhythm and poetry of form is a striking quality of the man. The perfect symmetry of his features combined with that highly expressive voice places Leiber a stride ahead of the rest of the stage world.

Any player would be able to go through the routine of speechmaking and do it well, yet he may not be an artist. He is merely imitative and not creative. Leiber’s interpretation of Shakespeare is truly creative. The overworked lines and soliloquies flow with fresh, new life.

The emotion of his soul seems to surge and surge, and never reaches a climax. Once on his tip-toes he remains on them throughout the performance; there is no such thing as a let-down once he has started to mount, and there seem no bounds wherein his emotions might be contained. ‘‘ Mr. George Nathan speaks a truth when he says, “In 196

Leiber there is all the born sense of poetry and drama and wild passionate beauty that the others lack.”

The great poet could not be honored more than having an interpreter such as Leiber.

The element of masculine beauty, ruggednes, gracefulness are so mixed so as to make a full man. A man that can play the part of the ancient Lear and play it well and the ambitious Macbeth, the suave Antonius and the melancholy Hamlet is truly a great actor and a great artist.

J. Vincent PHI GAMMA RHO The season of literary programs is about to begin. For the benefit of those who are not yet acquainted with our literary societies and their aim I shall quote the article of the Phi Gamma Rho constitution entitled “The Object of the Society.”

It reads : ‘‘The object of the society shall be to inculcate and to encourage interest in and appreciation for good writing, reading, speaking, and debating.” Although our membership has in­ creased considerably this year, we shall try hard to give every member a chance to receive the distinct benefits offered by the organization. The only means by which these benefits can be obtained is by taking part in the activities of the society, namely in the programs which it presents.

In order to give everyone a chance in the alotted number of programs, I should like to suggest to the masters of ceremonies that they arrange their, programs in such a way that as many members as possible can take part in each program. Rather have the separate numbers shorter and have more of them. .1 think such an arrangement would be preferable, because it would make our programs more efficient in this respect that each participant would receive practically the identical benefits in quality and quantity as he would receive in the former type of program, in which each number was somewhat longer; and at the same time this arrangement would make it possible for more members to receive these same benefits in one program ; besides, I think it would tend to make a program move faster and perhaps exclude many chances of monotony.

On the other hand, it is of course expected of all members to be perfectly willing to take part in a program when asked to do ' so. With membership increased as it is, chances are that If each person will not be called upon much oftener than once. 一,he misses that chance, he is the loser. Or, if he does not con­ sider it thus, why did he join the society at all ? Was it only for this reason that he would proudly be able to say, '*1 am a member of the Phi Gamma Rho (or Philomathean) Vf Frankly: such members are undesirable. Since it was his own desire to 197

<xnh join, I should think it the most logical thing for every member to be eager to partake in a program and to make an effort to make his appearance a specimen of his utmost ability. Programs gnven with such zeal and effort must of necessity be most enjoyable for participants and for the audience as well.

G. B. PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY What practical benefit will I derive from having joined a literary society ? This seems to be the popular criterion among students. It is possible to enumerate certain practical benefits: confidence when appearing publicly, application of the rules of rhetoric, etc. We would rather not emphasize these points — they are self-evident. That is the purely commercial point of view.

Let us rather brinp： the literary aspect into the foreground.

Whether the result of our effort be an essay, or a reproduction of the musical expression of some artist, or a portrayal of character on the stajre, our chief object is to enter and attempt to appreciate the other person’s mode of thinking： and life.

Thus we will supply ourselves with instruments for our later life. Mere rhetorical, musical, or theatrical attainment will not be the end of our endeavors. Nor will they serve merely to please. As a true ‘‘Pliilomathean，’’ let each member show a willingness and enthusiasm to put forth the best efforts when called upon to participate in any program.

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Ijat ini?, ndui(id), fdjon ettidje 9M t»er|prod)cu, bajj er foinmen roirb, aber bi§ jel\t Ijat eS fid) bei ijm nod) nidjt ntadjen (affen. @o (ange e8 raarm genug mar, fudjten bie meiften non unS 9?ad)3 mittag? eine ©tunbe (Scl)o(ung im ..fittenbair* ©piel. Um ba§ ®pie( etroaS intereffanter su madden, Ijatten mir im§ in uier 9)?annfdiaftcn uerteilt ie uadi ben „©ectioiW in unferm 3Bol)nnebaitbe. ^)ie 9)iann* fdjaft uon „©cction III" modjte gerne “Boss” )cin, aBer bie Don „Section IV1' giueifclt bn§ an unb raill fidi nod) einmal mit U)r meffen.

S3 on ie(jt on ttjirb e3 inol)( ,<ba§fctbair, fein miiffeii, met! bie Suft I^on jiemUdi fiilit ift. 々err S)obraft fid) mit feiuem ^orn eine 9ieife na由 ^(oriba uerbient. @r l)Qt jtoar eine 9Bodie ©diute uerfaumen muffeit, aber roei[ man jo nid)t jeben Stag eine 9ici|e ltnd) ^yloviDa umfonft friegen fami, bann niuft inau fdion geljeit, tneitn fid) bie ©eleflenl)eit barbietet. @ine foldje 9ieije ift Qeiuijj einige ^afle feljr idjtuerer ?lrbeit im 9?ad)s 石ole? beg 55er[(iumten toert. .'oerr 5)obra^ ()at fo ntandieS Don Sn* tereffe ge^eljen: Dag ©umberianb ©ebirge; (Sliattanoofla; einen flro&en STerpentimnalb: Orlanbo; 9)iianii; bie Slufte beS 饥tlantUdjen 0gean§; ba? ©eminole Snbian tillage; eine Alligator garm; ©aaleaft 汩arf — bie jdjonfte 沉ennbalm in ber SBett; ©t. ^UQiifiine, pie afteftc ©tabt in ben SJereinigten ©taaten ; ^ort 肌organ ; 3Baf^s ington, 5).S;; ba尽兑apitot; i)a?职[)ite 6^ou[e ; Arlington ©emetartj; ©enerat fiee’§ 沉efibence; 9Kt. Vernon; ufra. $err 5)obra^ meint, e3 wax eine fdjonc (ange 9ieife uon ettua 4000册eiten.

Stfidje unter im§ fjaben bie ©eleflenljeit tua^rfleuommen, ein8 ober ba§ anbere uon ©^ate^peare^ ©djaufpielen in 9^i(roaufee 311 [etjen.

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JVlitmnt JJute The item that gives me most pleasure to include in this column this month I shall place at the head of the column. It is that at least one alumnus is interested enough, concerned enough to help make this column more interesting for his alum­ ni friends by sending us an interesting contribution of news concerning- alumni in his vicinity. This man is the Reverend R. J. Palmer, '22, of Willow Lake, So. Dak. He writes : 4<For the alumni column : Did you in your column call attention to the fact that Pastor Walter Schmidt of Flasher, So. Dak., received and accepted a call from the Faulkton, So. Dak., congregation? This happened, I believe, in June.

That Pastor G. Schleprel of Hazel ton，No. Dak., accepted a call extended to him by the Rauville, So. Dak., congregation?

This happened, I believe, in August. _ The Circle, Montana, congregation, of which Pastor E. Kuehl is pastor, has built a new parsonage.

The congregation of Elgin, No. Dak., of which Pastor Paul Kuehl is pastor, is enlarging its church.** We know that this man is interested in the column, because he even added a special suggestion to us: “If it were possible for the editor of the alumni department to send out cards to alumni subscribers with a set of questions printed on the cards, I believe it would be possible to bring us more news. However, your treasury may not be able to stand that added expense. *} We sincerely thank Rev. Palmer for this suggestion. In answering, I wish to say that this has not been done before, because we felt that the alumni themselves know better than we do what they enjov reading in their column. Such news we wish that they would send in to us for publication and let others enjoy it also. We didn’t feel that there were any questions necessary on our part, because those questions would have to cover such a wide field that they could not include everything- that might take place, which would be interesting to publish. However, I could perhaps condense all such pos­ sible questions into this general statement: Send us everything 200

about alumni which would be interesting for alumni to read.

That includes besides the present — the past and even the distant past. By news of the distant past I mean for instance an account of a class history, or interesting recollections of your college life, or what happened to all different members of your class when they dispersed in all directions, as the rays of the sun, after their years of preparation had come to an end. Such contributions I’m sure would be very interesting to all alumni and also enjoyable to him who writes such an account.

Now, ye other alumni, it is your duty to show your appre­ ciation for Rev. Palmer’s contribution by making similar con­ tributions for his benefit and enjoyment, as he made this one for yours.

Further news that I have gleaned : Gerhard Struck, ’30, has accepted a call to fill the vacancy left by Rev. H. Eckert，’30，at Manitowoc as teacher and assistant pastor.

W. Koepsel, ex-’34, having been severely ill, has now re­ covered and is resuming his studies at our Theological Seminary at Thiensville. Mr. Koepsel was graduated from Concordia College, Milwaukee, last spring.

The wife of Rev. M. Pankow died a short time ago. Rev. Pankow has now established his residence with his son, Rev. W. Pankow, ’12, of New London.

W. E. Reim, who attended Northwestern in the early ’80’s， passed away at his home in Watertown on Nov. 11. Mr. Reim taught in various parochial schools of our synod until eight years ago.

Rev. J. W. Schwartz, ’90，of West Salem, and Rev. H. Schaller，’09, of Tomah, were spectators at the Milton-Northwestern football game. They were especially interested, because each had a son on the team that was playing good ball. 产 Mr. Heilmann, who attended this institution in the，70’s. died at his home in Minneapolis on Nov. 8. His son, Ernst Heilmann, *05, Ph. D., who was here for the funeral, is teach­ ing at the University of Minnesota.

Prof. A. Schaller,，07, of New Ulm, was present for Mr. Heilmann^ funeral here at Watertown. He also visited with His nephews at N. W. C. Paul Heyn, ^l, was ordained and installed as assistant pastor at his father’s congregation in Detroit, Mich” on Sept. 16.

To Rev. Edgar Hoenecke，’23, and wife, of Plymouth,Mich., there was recently born their fifth child, Kurt Wilhelm. Con­ gratulations !

Martin I^utzke，ex • ’36，now attending the University of Valparaiso, visited Northwestern on the evening of Nov. 16.

Rudolph Schlueter，’21，Ph. D” is teaching at the University of Montana.

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Rev. L. Bleichwehl, ’30, visited here on Nov. 11. Althou he had a call to a mission field in Colorado last spring, he continuing to serve as assistant pastor for the congregation at Larsen, Wis. The following alumni took part in the celebration of Prof.

Huth’s golden jubilee of his ordination into the service of the church: Rev. E. Dornfeld, Watertown; Rev. A. Dornfeld, Richwood; Rev. H. Ebert, Milwaukee; Rev. W. Eggert, Watertown; Rev. E. Fredrick, Helenville; Rev. H. Geiger, Morrisonville; Rev. M. Hillemann, Marshall; Rev. R. Huth, Milwaukee, Prof.

Huth’s son; Rev. J. Jenny, Milwaukee; Rev. M. Keturakat, Sun Prairie; Rev. L. Kirst, Beaver Dam; Rev. H. Knuth, Mil­ waukee; Rev. 0. Kuhlow, Jefferson; Rev. E. Loeper, Whitewater; Rev. A. Paap, Farmington; Rev. J. Reuschel, Kaukauna; Rev. K. Timmel, Watertown; Rev. VV. Zank, Deerfield; the entire faculty of N. W. C” and undoubtedly still others, whom I have missed.

Rev. H. Kock, *94, has resigned from the ministry and is now living in Manitowoc.

Waldemar Dobratz, ’33, returned to the Seminary on Oct. 30 from his trip to Florida with the Oconomowoc Band. He says his band took fourth place in the convention there.

Harold Guth, ex-,32, and wife are parents of a baby girl.

Congratulations!

Arthur Dobberstein. *29. was married in Watertown Oct. 21.

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whose mild and delicate lavendar fragrance is just the thing for combating that odor of tobacco. For the coeds there will be a renaissance of the good old high-top shoes of the innocent 90’s， with fancy lacings for evening wear---- The origin of the word “jazz” has been traced back to the slaves of the west coast of Africa and has been found incorporated in the Creole patois as a synonym for “hurry up”___Our foreign correspondent in­ forms us that according to a recent Nazi decree only ten per cent of the students in German universities may be women, and that chess is compulsory at all Soviet colleges___Editors’s note in the editorial columns of the Old Gold and Black: “Due to the fact that there is so much news of more interest to the students than pitiful editorial chatter, this discussion will be continued in the next issue”. ... “I swear that I would rather live under the czar’s government than under communism,” was the startling statement made to Carroll students by a former Rabbi, a life-long- resident of Russia. He concluded his address on ‘•Communism’’ by assuring them that they are living under the finest government in the world and admonished them that only the younjr Christians of today can keep it so.

The Intercoileg km gives one young man’s idea of what he wants topret out of college : A letter in athletics; a grade average of B; time for some real friendships, both men and women; some real piece of service on the campus or in the community; to do well what I do: the discovery of scientifically valid pro­ cesses of growth physically, mental, religious, and the begin­ ning of habits of growth in that direction. “In a word, I’d try to be a growing, human, Christian student and if anyone got more fun out of life than I，I’d ask him how he got that way.”

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/rmMiTrs University of Dubuque 48; Northweslcrn 0.

In a rather ragged, one-sided game the University of Dubuque subjected the Northwestern eleven to a harrowing defeat, October 20, the second worst defeat, that Northwestern was forced to undergo during the entire season. Dubuque’s running attack, built around a very fast back field ace, Gibbs, met with very little resistance. With a fast-clicking backfield to pierce the line for him—one that performed with mechanical perfection and bone-crushing impetus — Gibbs blasted the line for large gains.

Northwestern entered the second half of the fray trailing 20—0. With the line sagging and the defense collapsing- before the powerful attack of the University the backfield of Dubuque ran wild and piled up a total of 48 points.

As the University of Dubuque is not in our conference the defeat was not so serious as it seems to be. The large score is also tolerable since we all knew that our players, even in their best display of football, would not be able to cope with the offered opposition.

University of Dubuque— Northwestern— Medick...................... . L. E. ___Roekle Holtz, C. C................ . L. T. ......Sydow Sharpe........................ L. G. ......Harmening Mundhenke, C. C....... C. ___Koenig Bauereis.................... R. G. ......Weisz Anthony.................... R. T, …―Witt 205

R. E. M. Toepel Earl ...

R. H. C. Frey Vonah. .L. H. Schaller Bock …

F. B. Reuschel Barron Schwartz Gibbs..

Q. University of Dubuque 20 28 —48 Northwestern 0 0—0 Substitutes—Bradtke, Breiling, Wendland, Seifert, Zarling, Lambert.

Milton 0; Northwestern 19.

Homecoming! The Northwestern gridders offered the alumni a very good treat on October 20 defeating Milton by a 19—0 margin. The Black and Red men marched out on the field and played a brand of football such as they had not yet offered this season. In the early part of the game M. Toepel received a pass on a fake play and carried the ball deep into Milton’s territory. On the next play Mark Schwartz on a line plunge brought the ball within his opponents’ 20-yard line.

Captain Reuschel then carried the ball over the goal on a triple lateral pass. Schaller, Northwestern’s right half, converted the extra point. In the next few minutes of play Northwestern had again advanced the ball to Milton’s 8-yard line but were held for three downs. On the fourth down Schaller tried a place kick from the 15-yard line but disappointed the spectators.

During the second and third quarters both teams fought to no avail, the ball being in midfield most of the time. In the last quarter that small but fast and evasive back, Wendland, snatched one of Milton’s passes and ran 50 yards for a touch­ down. Nevertheless, even this did not dishearten the fighting eleven of Milton. On several passes and end runs they brought the ball within our 20-yard . line. This time it was captain Reuschel that intercepted one of Milton’s passes and raced 70 yards for a third touchdown.

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L. G. ...... Koenig Andersen.......

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R. G. ___ Witt Holmes ...........

R. T. .......M. Toepel Barber............

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0 12 —19 Northwestern 7 0 0 0 0 0 —0 Milton Substitutes — Northwestern : Breiling, Lambert, Seifert, Steubs, I. Frey, Fredrich, Yolkmann, Grunwald, Schultz. Milton: Lawton, H. Johnson, Brant.

Wartbur^ 8; Northwestern 0.

On November 3 Northwestern closed its grid season by handing Wartburg the last game. On a muddy and slippery field and in a downpour of rain our boys made every attempt to gain a victory which would have given them the undisputed conference title. On the kick-off M. Toepel fumbled the ball in his own territory and Wartburg recovered. The Wartburg Knights then pushed Northwestern with its back against the wall and forced the Black and Red men to punt. Schwartz was unable to get the punt off and Wartburg fell on the ball for a safety. Shortly after the safety Wartburg again scored taking the ball over from the 20-yard line. .

The second half was an even battle with Petersen’s punting superior to that of Schwartz. It was Wartburg’s abitity and Northwestern’s inability to hang on to the ball that accounted for the score. By losing this game Northwestern will very likely find itself occupying third place in the conference, but, since there are still a few games to be played, we cannot give the exact data until next month’s issue. .

As to the season in general we can say that Coach Ott did very well, taking into consideration the amount of material and the inexperienced men he had to work with. Captain Reuschel, Witt, M. Toepel, C. Frey, and Zarling will have to be replaced by new material next year but with the experience gained by the members that were new to the squad this year, next year’s season will very well take care of itself.

N orthwestern— — Wartburg— Bomhoff..............

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L. T, •Tietz Ketelson............. .Weisz L. G. Karsten.............. .Koenig C. Hein................... .Harmening R. G. Eller...................

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On the evening of November 7 the student body, faculty, the Central Conference, and friends gathered in the gymnasium to fete Professor Muth and to honor him in the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of his service in the church. The jubilee services were conducted by Pastors Timmel and Jenny, assisted by the college chorus. An informal social hour followed the services. - - Of Professor I-Iuth’s fifty years of active service twenty-four were spent as a member of the faculty of our college. _ It was therefore a special privilege for the student body to help honor the professor who by his genial friendliness has won the love and respect of all.

An educational lecture with slides on the subject of evolu­ tion was presented to the student body on November 9 by Dr. Eugene Bergholz of Milwaukee. Citing evolutionary teach­ ing as a decided menace to Christian student-youth, espe­ cially at the larger schools, Dr. Bergholz showed that the evolutionary theory can be combated on its own grounds of scientific discovery. Special instances of fallacies in the deduc­ tions of the theorists were demonstrated from the fields of embryology and geology. The lecture was very interesting, spd although treating an old subject, it created in student discussion the furor of a new topic. It is reported that deftlyput questions elicited even the professors，comments for great shares of the periods on the next day. This with the preps, of course.

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I Ye shades of former days! Hallow-e’en has come and gone, and what shocking tales of crimes committed we have to re­ count ! Among other outrages equally atrocious a bench was moved from the triangle to the dorm entrance, and some daring fellow actually thought of ringing the college bell—at least, the door to the chain was found open the next morning. A volunteer corps was on duty on the campus far into the night. It is re­ ported that they successfully prevented several youngsters not yet of school age from walking off with our goal posts.

The sophomore octette, latest of the unofficial musical organizations in the dormitory, sang for Reformation festival services at Neosho, and at Wonewoc on November 18.

Occupants of the sick-room at various times during the past month, as victims of colds for the most part, were Reuschel, Zarling, Sommers, Mehlberg, Koenig, Reinke, Schabow, and Reede.

Freshmen have drawn memberships to the Philomathean and Phi Gamma Rho literary societies, and arrangements are now being made for the series of ten weekly programs to be given this year. The initial program of the literary season will be presented on December 7 by the Philomathean society.

Greatly impressed by a professor’s holding： forth on the subject of prophylactic mustaches, those latest of scientific dis­ coveries, the sophomores feel that the idea should be sold to the world, which necessarily calls for organization. Hence among us the Pi Mu Beta (Prophylactic Mustache Brotherhood) and those fuzzy growths on the upper lips of the sophomores.

At the time of this writing the dormitory is keyed _ in anticipation for the night of the 21 — date of the party being arranged by the coed department for the male students and faculty. The coeds deserve a hand for their nobility in fore­ going their usual Christmas party to give us this social evening, which we are certain will be a success.

To be candid, we were a bit shy of news this month, or perhaps we hayen’t kept pace with recent turns — not quite up on the latest tittle-tattle. But at any rate, the reader will at this point please supply the usual editorial wails. And if Mr. Student will do something worthy of Locals, we’ll perhaps have something for you. And thafs no promise !

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ffloeh JCct It is indeed gratifying to know that so many people are interested in the coeds. The requests for answers to the *‘Whys’’ were, to say the least, numerous. We are very sorry that the coeds do not wish (hem to be made public. However, if you must know the answers, those coeds who are concerned will be only too glad to inform you. This also holds true for the following : Why: Does Ruby sing, “There’s an Old Spinning Wheel”?

Is Ruth Bickett waiting so eagerly for Thanksgiving?

Does Anita Weihert say she has probation?

Does the phrase 44meet the family” have a special signi­ ficance for Florence Kuckkahn?

Does Ruth Fred rich visit N. W. C. so often?

Has Eva Taras changed so ?

Does Mary Hawkins prefer to ‘‘look up” to a man?

Is Mary Lutovsky afraid that we might ask a question about her?

Does Cecilia Dierker believe in the hand of Fate?

A new use for vanity cases has been found. When old and empty they may easily be filled with milk (a straw may be used), and there you liave a useful little utensil from which to feed stray kittens.

Mary Abelmann is the most favored coed at N. W. C. Every day she poes boldly alone to the dormitory and is never reproved. But if some other coed would try it— Miss r We are happy to report that the warning we gave _ Kusel about standing in drafty halls was taken to heart. Now Janet stands outside. manv of the coeds. It is a fact Night school has claimed___ worthy of note that the domestic classes are most widely attended.

Once upon a time Beulah Bussewitz had a black rooster which she named Pat. She was so proud of it that although it went the way of all j?ood roosters she has never forgotten it.

Consequently, when Professor Herrmann demanded a speech Beulah knew that no better subject could be chosen than of the dear departed Pat. To get herself in the mood she purchased a supply of corn candy and took it to class with her. So well )vas her tale told that Pat became a living creature to the class. the excitement following the speech she left the candy on Jjer desk and thought regretfully that, like Pat, it would never … °e seen again. This just goes to show how she misjudges human nature. Imagine her embarrassment when Professor 210

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CH?A most enjoyable evening was spent at Ruth Bickett’s recently. The entertainment included “fifty,” “telephoning,” and singing.

No one can say that the coeds shirked in cheering1 at the homecominjr game. They modestly take credit for having helped to win that jrame.

Evelyn Conklin will ask for permission before she reads another paper over someone’s shoulder, since what she thought was a mere composition proved to be a personal letter.

When the efficient Jeanette Stevens appeared at school limpinp： and altogether looking much “under the weather” the coeds knowingly shook their heads. But for once they were mistaken. To make a long story short, mother sent Jeanette for pickles. Pickles in hand she missed a step and Jeanette and the pickle jar took the consequences.

Eleanor Reuschel, a former coed, was bridesmaid at her sister’s wedding- recently. Her desire to wear pink satin was at last satisfied.

The coeds wish to thank whoever was responsible for providing them with a taste of lobster, and Ruth Pfaffenbach for washing： the table-runner.

Harriet O'yen brought her lunch to school one day care­ fully wrapped in silver paper. She opened it eaprerly at recess and to her disgust found that she had brought the wrong package. Who could eat buttons?

Well, coeds will be coeds.

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Sec. Student They pet all the people out in the street and have them yodel. Then the number of echoes is divided by the number of mountains.

1»ULL OVER! There was a dense fop and the officer on the bridge was becoming more and more exasperated. . .

As he leaned over the side of the bridge trying to pierce the gloom, he saw a hazy figure leaning on a rail a few yards from his ship. He almost choked. ..

“What do you think you’re doing with your blinking ship? he roared. “Don’t you know the rules of the road?” .

“This ain’t no blinking ship, guv’nor,” said a quiet voice.

‘This ’ere’s a lighthouse.” * * * Professor—Were your parents surprised when you graduated from highschool ?

Frosh—No, they had been expecting it for several years. * * * A traveler in the west noticed that a farmer was having trouble with his horse. It would start, go slowly for a short distance, then stop. Thereupon the traveler approached the farmer and asked solicitously, “Is your horse sick V* :‘Not as I know of,M said the farmer.

“Is he balky ?” the traveler asked. . .“No,” replied the farmer hastily, “but he is so danged fraid Pll say ‘whoa，and he won’t hear me that he stops every once in a while to listen.，， 212

Kindly Old Lady (noticing small boy" wiping his nose on his sleeve) Young man, don’t you have a handkerchief ?

Small Boy—Yeah, but I don’t lend it to strangers. * * * Professor—If this class is alive, the Dead Sea is a geyser. * * * “Oh, what a funny looking cow!’’ said the chic young thing from the city. “Why hasn’t it any horns ?’’

“There are many reasons,” answered the farmer, “why a cow does not have horns. Some are born without horns and do not have any until the late years of their life. Others are de­ horned, while still other breeds are not supposed to have horns at all. There are many reasons why a cow sometimes does not have horns. But the chief reason that this cow does not have any horns is that it isn’t a cow at all. It’s a horse. ，， Business is so bad in Hollywood that King Kong is working for an organ grinder. 孝本幸

As the story goes, a man was being examined for Soviet citizenship.

“If you had a thousand acres of land,” asked the official, “would you give half of it to the state ?’’ :‘Yes,” said the applicant.

“And if you had a million dollars, would you give half of that to the state?”

“Sure, ” pipes the Slav. ''And if you had two pairs of pants, would you share them?’’

“And why not?”

“I’ve got two pairs of pants.” * * * Sextaner—Who won the race between London and Australia?

Quintaner—Australia, I believe. *

During a licenise exam, the cop rode out with a beautiful and otherwise girl. He asked, "What is the black center line for?”

She thought a while and then replied, **For bicycles, of course/*

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Loeffler & Benke FLORAL SHOP 10 Main St.

Phone 649

A. KRAMP COMPANY The Largest Garage in the City

Telephone 32-W

Nash Cars

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RACINE C€I\E NOW IS THE TIME TO FILL YOUR BINS FOR WINTER USE, BEFORE PRICES ADVANCE. ORDER FROM YOUR LOCAL DEALER

Wisconsin Gas & Electric Co. Watertown, Wis.

KNIGHT Radio and Sound

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SIM BLOCK UTHE BARBERS 205 Third Street

BILL KRUEGER WATERTOWN'S INSURANCE MAN

BLOCK & ANDRES, Have your Shoes rebuilt where Proprietors Mail Orders Promptly Attended To

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200 First Street

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The Christmas Flower.

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Two Dogs.

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Christmas at Grandfather’s Home 222 Dead Man’s Valley.

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Horace Bottomsley, Gold Hunter

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EDITORIALS— Editor’s Notes......

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On Reading Books

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SEMINARY NOTES..............

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Watertown, Wis., Dec. 1934

Number 7

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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Ruth Pfnffenbach

It was only a few minutes before shop closing time on Christmas Eve in a large city. Snow was still falling lightly on the fur collars of the women and on the rough overcoats of the men. These were all happy people who had a little last minute shopping to do. It was easy to tell that these people 'yere happy, for their voices were loud, and frequently high lilting laughter rose to the smoky clouds above. Not even the children stopped at the shop windows which for weeks had held their admiring gaze. Everyone was in a hurry, but hurry though they must, a smile was an impossible thing to remove.

I followed a particularly happy group of children down the busy avenue, curious to know what they held in their arms and why they had those mysteriously happy faces. The story was revealed to me by their conversation. They were taking pep­ permint stick candy and all sorts of soft delicacies to the old man at the railroad tracks. The gifts were to him who kept others in safety while the fast passenger trains tore through the street. I could not help remembering just such an old man *9 my own home town and thought of the times when but a single ‘‘hello’’ lit his face with smiles. I knew then that these 214

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children would be more happy in their Christmas joy because they had thought to make another happy.

In this little bit of the world where I thought that surely everyone was happy, I was somewhat bewildered to find an ex­ pensively dressed man with an honest but definitely sad face.

He was walking slowly along with his head bent so low that his chin rested upon his coat collar. I had an urgent desire to stop and speak to him, to find out his trouble and make an attempt to comfort him, but somehow my understanding in­ stinct kept me from it. I crossed the street and followed the object of my inspection. I was a bit nervous for fear he would notice me. My nervous fear was unnecessary because this man was evidently too absorbed in his thoughts to pay attention to any passer-by.

In this way I followed him for about a mile. We were now nearing a section of the town where the poorer people lived.

No, they were not slums but the homes of poor people, poorer than one can imagine, who were striving to make both ends meet.

Close at hand was a relief station built not for the poor people who lived in that section, but for the unfortunate *'knights of the road.” A line of mqn stood at open windows from which the food was handed out. In the middle of the line stood a lone, small girl. This must have roused the man I was follow­ ing from his thoughts, for he too looked in amazement at the dark-complexioned little girl with her thin mittenless hands and her dark, curly head unprotected from the cold. She looked in­ deed to be an object of despair and dejection.

Why should she be standing in a bread line which contained grown-up men, none of whom had sympathy enough to put her at the head of the line? I decided to cross the street to take the child from the line. The well dressed man must have de­ cided the way I did, for before I could cross the street he was at her side. He smiled friendlily at the pathetic creature and must have spoken very encouragingly, for instead of running away as I had expected her to do, she returned his smile with a much sweeter smile. She had been standing： in line to get a hamburger sandwich for supper because there was nothing to eat at home.

Presently she took the hand of the man and began walking with him. I watched their procedure and then quite suddenly I decided that this matter could not go unwatched. Who could tell? Perhaps this man was luring the child away by happy promises. I followed them wonderingly into the wealthy res卜 dential district. He took the girl into the house and said some­ thing to his wife, which I could not understand from my perch on the garbage can on the rear porch of the house. It took so^ie time until the pretty lady returned with the little, dark­ haired, Italian girl. The little girl was, to my surprise, dressed 215

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in a new outfit of clothes which seemed to have been made ex­ pressly for her. The lady then prepared some food for the girl while her earnest husband told the sad story of the loss of their own daughter of the same age. She had passed away just a year ago today. The story was so sad that my eyes brimmed with tears and my throat choked with sobs. I was dismayed, when I broke from the reverie, which I had been in after listening to the story, to find that the little girl had already finished with her supper. However, her bright eyes and happy face assured me that all had gone well.

The party of three then departed, arms laden with packages and baskets, to the Italian girl’s home. The happiness that followed at that home cannot be expressed. It was their first real Christmas for years. The next morning the little church in the poor section of town held among its many, an odd party of seven. A family of five, dressed neatly but poorly, and an expensively dressed couple. , ,When praise was sung, this party of seven raised their shining faces and sang their praises to the Lord. Above all the voices the clear voice of the little, dark-haired girl rang bell-like to the heavens. 1 am sure her Maker heard her grate­ ful thanks and blessed her earnest little heart.

STUBBORNESS Immanuel Bade

James Panky had just finished what he called a hard meaning’s work plowing1 with an old sulky and three bronchos which always were more inclined to go in three different directions than to pull straight ahead. This morning they seemed more obstinate than ever. To most farmers this was the ordinary way for such animals to act, but such a thing always annoyed Jim, who, although he had been farming many years, was not yet accustomed to this. In fact, he didn’t want to be. He considered himself a lord on this farm and wanted everyone to obey, even the animals; nevertheless he was not able to get obedience from them either by gentle urging or by force.

Jim always worked with one idea in mind. Some day he would move back to town, build a house that would suit him perfectly, and live on interest for the rest of his days. Togeth­ er with his wife, who shared this hope with him, he had moved to the farm—the doctor had said he needed fresh air, and in those days there was still (if ever there has been) a profit in raising grain and livestock.

It had been a nice place those days and for a time had been kept in good condition. Gradually, however, this one aim, 216

innocent though it might have been, became his undoing. ~ time went on, the dollar took possession of him, and his wife gave it all the help she could. Now depression and drought were here. How it hurt to take from the surplus saved from other years and use it to buy feed for both man and beast!

Every coin spent haunted him. Only when there was a definite gain in view, did he willingly open his purse, unless it was to count its valued contents. .

The thoughts of his heart, depression, and drought certainly showed themselves on his farm. The yard showed signs of neglect. The buildings demanded paint; the machinery was waiting for the shelter of the shed. Behind the barn the pigs were waddling in the mud created by failure to stop the wind­ mill on time. About five hundred feet east of the buildings was a paved highway along which there was a continual race of vehicles. Along this road he hoped he would some day trium­ phantly ride into the city and leave this drudgery forever. To the north and west a grove which was seriously threatening not to bear leaves the following year unless it received more moisture, separated the yard from the fields of stubble now already partly plowed under. Looking southward one saw a herd of lean cattle searching for the last green blades of grass remain­ ing in the pasture. A few were straining the barbed wire fence on the other side in order to reach the grass growing along the railroad tracks.

Jim now went into the house. He threw his hat on the washing machine which, when not in use, served as hat and coat rack. “Such a life!” he said to his wife. “If a gun and bullets wouldn’t be so expensive I’d have shot those bronchos a long time ago. Were those pigs out again today? Something always has to happen. If the pigs don’t eat chickens, the cows break down the fence. ” .

“No, for a change they weren’t,” she replied. “It is rather peculiar, isn’t it? But you better wash. We can’t waste our time talking about pigs. We have work to do.” . .

He washed, and they sat down to eat dinner. Again Jim began on the subject. “If I had known this when I started this business, I would never have tried it. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s just plain stubborness on the part of those beasts, and I’d like to see some one take it out of them. They’re all alike—from chicken to horse.”

At the mention of chicken his wife took notice. “Yes, those chickens. Who can keep them from scratching out all the flowers and vegetables? They just want to do it, and that’s all. If they wouldn’t be worth seven cents a pound, I’d say let the pigs eat them.”

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dog—say, if we had a dog, Td die. It’s a wonder a person doesn’t get killed the way it is.”

“It certainly is—isn’t that our ring? Go, answer it.”

Jim went to the telephone. “Hello. Yes. What? Cows on the track? Again? Thank you.” Quickly he replaced the receiver and got his straw hat.

“0 Jim, hurry. It’s almost time for the train. Some of them might be killed,” called his wife to him.

He needed no further urging. His property was in danger.

He got a hammer, a pair of pinchers, and some staples, and set out for the tracks.

The cows would have to break out now, and in the farth­ est corner at that! It isn’t enough if the horses bother a per­ son!” he was thinking as he walked over the dry, dusty pasture.

Several years ago it might have occured to him to feed the cattle, but now that was out of the question. Meat and butter didn’t bring any profit anyway. He just kept his herd in case prices might go up.

Now he was at the place where the cattle had broken through the fence. 4 ‘Can’t chase them in this way, ’’ he thought. ‘‘I’ll have to put the fence down, or some might get cut.” He pulled out several more staples; then the fence was down. One wire had been broken, and the others had been pulled so loose here that it was not difficult at all. What? Was that the train whistle? Now to get the cows in!

All the cows had not been out of the pasture when he arrived; but when, after he opened the fence, he went to get those who were out, these walked out to enjoy the greener grass also. Then his task began. The cows would go past the open­ ing first in one direction than in the other. They just didn’t want to get back into that dry, dead enclosure. Another whistle! The train was a mile closer. Not much time now.

In a few minutes the dangerous thing would be here.

At length he persuaded most of the cows to go back. Once the leaders were in, the rest followed. Just one old critter refused to be conquered, but he didn’t notice her and started the herd on a run for home. When he thought they were far enough away, he returned to put up the fence. There was the cow, and there, hardly more than a mile away, was the train.

Quickly he ran around her. He got her into the middle of the tracks, but farther she would not go. She seemed to be fascinated by the sound of the approaching train, nor would she go back into the lot of starvation. He urged, he patted her, he hit her with the hammer. He scolded. Finally he kicked. She simply stood looking at the train. He tried to Pull her ahead; then tried the tail. Do anything he wanted, he could not rescue his precious creature from the jaws of death.

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Then suddenly the cow walked quietly off the track and into the pasture. “Thank goodness,” he said to himself, “that the critter is saved. I might even have had to pay someone to re­ move the remains.’’

The foolish man and his earthly possessions! He had en­ tirely forgotten to walk off the tracks himself. The train came and passed. He was no more, but the cow was in the pasture.

THE CHRISTMAS FLOWER Mary Lutovsky

The poinsettia is not a native of California but takes to the climate of the state as if it were. It is a native of Mexico and was brought to this country by Gilbert Poinsette, the American Consul under President Van Buren, from whom the bright flower takes its name. The brilliant whorl of bloom that we admire in the plant, strictly speaking is not the flower at all, but a big bunch of leaves that turn this color in late fall. The flowers themselves are small, insignificant things of a yellowish green.

When brought to this country from Mexico the Christmas flower did not at once become popular. Poinsette raised some of the plants on his estates in the South, and later a Scotch gardener of Philadelphia saw it and propagated it to some extent. Like many other things it had to go abroad to achieve fame. After being cultivated in some places in Europe its popularity spread to this country and it became, as one might say, fashionable.

Deservedly so, however, for nothing so brightens winter days as this fine plant. Set against dark bungalows or dull walls it glows with a glorious radiance. It is semitropical, so that it will not grow outdoors in cold climates, but it is easily culti­ vated in greenhouses and is a familiar sight in the markets at Christmas time almost everywhere.

So popular has it grown that one town in California, where the flower flourishes in unusual quantities, holds a Poinsettia Fete each year. Floats trimmed with the velvety leaves, and girls dressed to represent the flowers parade the streets.

The cut blooms, even when the stems are waxed, do not keep a great while. A single plant in a pot with one flower is the most satisfactory and keeps the longest to remind one of the thoughtfulness of some friend.

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:♦砂31a A TWO DOGS Ernst Wend丨and

A low, whimpering cry stirred Buck out of his morning nap. He stretched himself, yawned, and raised his shaggy body. The wavering cry came again, this time more distinctly and mingled with sharp yelps of pain. His curiosity was aroused, and he set out in the direction from which the cry was last heard.

Buck was a large, full-grown airedale with a rough, shaggy coat of light brown hair interspersed with patches of black.

Like most airedales he was homely, yet as he walked cautiously with ears pricked up and body tense, his features seemed to assume an almost intelligent expression.

He tested the morning breeze with his nostrils. A warm odor drifted to him, familiar yet not disquieting. Mixed with it was another well-known odor, generally associated with trouble. He paused.

Finally he thrust his head around the corner of the wood­ shed, from where the disquieting, yet intriguing noises came.

An interesting spectacle presented itself to him.

A large cat and a little fox terrier were engaged in battle.

The terrier was getting1 the beating of his life. But the cat, recognizing the grizzled features of Buck, realized that this was no place for him, and took refuge up the nearest tree.

Buck hesitated. He studied the little puppy, who was even smaller than the cat at whose hands he had just received a beating. The puppy wiggled his body ingratiatingly, advanced at a hesitating' crawl, and prostrated himself at Buck’s feet.

He licked his snout with his small, pink tongue.

For several minutes the chance acquaintances surveyed each other carefully. Buck discovered a keen delight in the attentions of the little stranger. Spot, the little puppy, realized that here was a friend he could trust. And when Buck trotted off in quest of more adventure, the puppy followed.

During the ensuing weeks the two dog：s became inseparable companions. The friendship that existed between the two was almost unexplainable because of the marked difference in character of the doss.

Buck was—the idol of the boys. He would pull their sleds in winter, go squirrel hunting with them, and accompany them on their long hikes in the country. He was never considered troublesome. Even the old maid who lived next door to Buck seldom complained that he had damaged her garden.

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One day towards evening they were returning from one of their excursions into the country. They were travelling by way of the streetcar tracks, and it was necessary for them to cross a viaduct in order to reach home.

Spot was about one hundred yards ahead of Buck, who had stopped momentarily to investigate a woodchuck hole, and as a result he reached the trestle first. He proceeded to cross it.

He had almost traversed half of it, when one of his rear paws slipped, and he fell between the ties. He clutched desperately with his forelegs and managed to secure a hold on the tie in front of him. The tie behind him held him in a cramped po­ sition. If he would have released the hold of his forelegs, he would have plunged seventy-five feet to his death on the rail­ road tracks below. In the distance a streetcar whistle was heard, faintly, yet distinctly. The terrier did not realize that his position between the ties made it impossible for the street­ car to hit him. As he heard it approaching：, his whines turned into sharp barks of distress.

Meanwhile Buck was proceeding1 down the tracks at a slow trot. Suddenly he heard the terror-stricken cries of his com­ panion. He quickened his pace, and as he approached the viaduct, he saw the precarious position of the terrier with the streetcar bearing down upon him. Not realizing that Spot was safe, but sensing danger, he ran down the tracks as he had never run before, fairly flinging himself toward the little dog. It was a race for Spot between the streetcar and Buck. The distance between the two was narrowing rapidly. Buck was winning.

Flashing past Spot like a big, brown streak, he clamped the scruff of the terrier’s neck in his powerful jaws, and dashed for the other side of the viaduct. Just as he was making a final lunge for safety, the streetcar was upon him and killed him instantly. The little terrier was hurled to the side of the tracks, unharmed. ， For a moment the terrier crouched beside the motionless, bloodstained form of Buck. Then he disappeared slowly and dejectedly into the dusk.

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“Merry Christmas ! Merry Christmas !’’ is the greeting of the many voices as grandfather opens the door for our entrance.

It is already midday and most of the guests have arrived before us. Immediately a joyful handshaking with the many relatives and friends follows. After leaving our numerous wraps in the bedroom reserved for this purpose, we then step into the crowded kitchen, which is now the chief point of interest. The room is of spacious dimensions so common to the usual rural home. The sweet savor of roast fowl, pies, cakes and other specialties for the occasion pervades the entire surroundings.

In the pantry, located on one end of the room near a large cabinet, is grandmother, busily engaged in cutting the many pies. As we enter, she approaches us with a gentle smile and, all the while cling-inp: to her knife with one hand, shakes hands with the other and gives her heartiest holiday greetings.

The room is the scene of a boisterous and noisy group.

The women hastily attach aprons to themselves and go to help grandmother with the details of the holiday dinner. Grand­ father, seemingly quite interested and no doubt also attracted by the scent of the roast, is entertaining the men, who were in the kitchen with the women. The contents of the cigar box, which is henceforth to become the chief resort of the men, is now for the first time distributed. Within a few minutes the room is filled with a blue haze, and a new mixture of holiday fragrance circulates over everyone. Besides the chattering of the men and the bustling： of the women, the children are also contributing their share to the tumult by running about, laugh­ ing and shrieking, as they acquaint themselves with their new cousins.

“What did Santa Claus bring you ? Did Santa bring you all you wanted ? I got a doll, a ball, a car,----- Such are the expressions heard, which, added to the mutterings of the many other groups in the room, make the joyful spirit of the occasion • appear truly grasped by everyone. The young girls, who are also interesting' themselves in the events of the kitchen, stand at the doorway taking care of the babies. These likewise are gurgling their sighs of contentment and delight. The rapping of a newcomer is not heard and the door suddenly opens. A loud “Merry Christmas” streams forth from the throng as Uncle John and his family enter. “Merry Christ­ mas, everybody,” is the response, and after a brief introduction the many conversations continue as before. * 222

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The parlor is occupied by the men, who are lounging about and enjoying the satisfaction of their second cigar. Uncle John and Uncle Henry are exercising their humorous wits with the result that everyone is kept in a continual fit of laughter. On the dining room table grandmother now places many varieties of cookies, which have been made by her busy hands during the previous weeks. Beside the cookies are placed nuts and candies, the bowls of which are not permitted to remain empty the rest of the afternoon. The women sit about the hall, renewing their associations with their relatives and apparently enjoying them­ selves by chatting about this or that subject. The older boys and girls find their entertainment in the kitchen, where the various delicacies in candy, nuts, and cookies are also available.

Games, story-telling, singing, and the like entertain this group for the next several hours. At various intervals grandfather appears to enlighten the spirit of his guests with a generous goblet of his best vintage. Grandmother is also ever occupied and busily running about. She is expecting Santa Claus, and so must prepare for his visit.

A beautifully decorated Christmas tree is placed upon the table, the room is darkened and the many colored candles ai’e lighted. All the household now gathers in the room about the tree for the scene which is to be the most spectacular of the day. The burning candles and the freshly cut fir boughs emit a fragrance only experienced at Christmas, and the many lights twinkle as the tree is shaken by the anxious movements of those about it. The children sing the songs of the Christ Child and the glory of this festive season, while the elders join them in the more familiar songs. In the midst of this procedure, the true Santa really steps into the room with a large pack on his back. The children are excited and overjoyed. Santa calls upon one after the other of the children, who, quite frightened, sing a song or recite the Christmas pieces they have learned.

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The excitement even increases when one of the elders is called upon for a selection. Grandmother helps Santa distribute the gifts to the circle of friends about him. These are horns and handkerchiefs for the boys, toilet sets for the girls, dresses for the women, and large boxes of grandfather’s favorite brand of cigars for the men. Grandmother and grandfather also are the recipients of many useful and wonderful gifts. Santa receives the heartiest thanks from all. Then hastily wishing all a Happy New Year, he departs through the rear doorway.

Joyful excitement reigns for another hour with tooting horns, noisy children, and laughing adults. In spite of the fact that all appetites have been satisfied with the eating of the many delicacies throughout the afternoon, grandmother insists on preparing lunch, which in all respects equals a sumptuous sup­ per. Sausage, biscuits, cranberries, and the usual pie and cake entice all tx) eat this last meal, which is to conclude the meeting of .this united group for another year. To the reminiscent mind this incident marks the close of a truly happy day.

And as the wintry sun is casting its last faint brilliancy upon the crusted snow, the closing words of farewell ensue.

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Far up in the northernmost part of the province of Alberta, Canada, is a small, almost hidden gulch, known as Dead Man’s Valley. High, towering mountains rise about it on all sides, from whose bleak summits the snows are swept down onto the thick fir trees in the ravine below. A small river, frozen over most of the year, churns sluggishly through the bottom of the gorge. In places on the river’s frozen surface, black, irregular spots can be seen, where the water moves so swiftly that it never freezes. No animals live there, for there is no sustenance for them. The valley is cruel and cold and treacherous.

Ominous and foreboding as the valley itself is the legend which is told of it. This legend has been handed down by generations of the Nahinni Indians. They never enter the valley for they believe that the Evil Spirit abides there. Once a large tribe of Indians descended into it. They never were seen again. In order to gain the favor of the Evil Spirit the Nahinnis have offerings tied to the trees at the mouth of the gorge, which marks the only entrance to the valley.

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They don’t want anyone to get that gold.”

George Hall was supposed to be a farmer but he was seldom, if ever, to be found at home. Most of his time he spent in prospecting in the far reaches of the North, while his wife and children kept up the farm at Mayerthorpe, in the southern part of Alberta.

Two weeks after his visit to the Valley, Hall arrived safely home. His wife, Josephine, was ailing, and one of the younger children was seriously ill with pneumonia. The harvest had been a poor one and everything pointed to a hard winter in the Hall household. George Hall was uneasy. ， ‘‘Angus,’’ he said to his brother one evening, ‘‘we haven’t enough money to carry us through the winter and I know of only one way'of getting it. That’s by going to Dead Man’s Valley!”

“George, you must be crazy!’，roared Angus. “You’ll never come back from that valley alive. No one ever has. Haven’t you heard that Nahinni legend ?，’ _ “Yes, I’ve heard it，but it’s just one of those wild Indian stories, i’ve never made a real strike yet, but I’ll make one in that valley. I know I will. There’s gold there and I’m going to get it.” .

“But at least wait a while, George. You’ll never make it now. At least wait until spring opens up. It won’t l^e long.

“We need the money now ! 1 can’t wait until spring. For twenty years I’ve traveled over the roughest country that God ever created, and I’ve always come through. I’m not going to stop now for the sake of a foolish Indian legend. I’m leaving tomorrow!”

After a terrible journey through snow-blocked forests, over frozen rivers and lakes, George Hall finally arrived at the valley.

A roaring blizzard, blasting straight down from the North, made his approach to the narrow entrance of the gorge difficult.

The icy snow, driven by the swift, sudden gusts, cut into his face, and blinded him. He felt weak and fatigued. Hall saw the frozen offerings which theNahinnis had tied to the branches swaying stiffly in the wind. He stumbled — he was very cold.

With a silent prayer on his pale, quivering lips he began his descent into the valley.

Suddenly, as if from nowhere, dark, silent figures appeared.

Long, colored blankets were wrapped closely about their bodies.

The wind whipped and tugged at the blankets and blew their long strands of jet-black hair about their bronze-colored faces.

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up stiffly. They seemed to rebuke the wind.

The figure of Hall grew less distinct. Then it was lost to view in the swirling snows. The wind howled — it seemed to moan.

“Him no come back，’’ said one of the Indian figures.

George Hall never returned. For five years the Royal Mounted have searched for him, but they have discovered no trace of him. His wife, a broken woman, still awaits his return.

The bones of some who】• receded Hall have been found ; of others, not even so much.

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HORACE BOTTOMSLEY, GOLD HUNTER F. Grumvald

“Good evening, Horace! How’s the old inventor progress­ ing?” asked Johnnie Walters.

“Don’t mind if I say I’m doing pretty good,” rejoined the old man gaily. ‘‘What’ll yours be, Johnnie, another banana malted?”

“No!” replied Johnnie, “I think I’ll have a marshmallow malted this time.’’

While this malted is being noisily lapped up, we will pro­ ceed to identify the characters. ‘‘ Horace Bottomsley was the proprietor and sole owner of 4'The Greasy Spoon’’，an ice cream parlor, adjoining the campus of Mildew University on the outskirts of an eastern metropolis.

Horace was an extremely odd person; to most of the students of Mildew he seemed to be just a bit unbalanced, so they humored him. He thought he possessed inventive genius and was constantly working on an invention that would make it very easy to detect and determine the exact location of gold in the earth.

Johnnie was attending- Mildew as a Senior. “The Greasy Spoon’’ was frequented by Johnnie and many of his fellow students. In fact they virtually haunted the place. It was a modest little building- about a century old. The age was par­ ticularly noticeable on the floor, which was badly worn and had large cracks between the boards. this time Johnnie had finished his malted milk. He as *'Horace, may I see this object upon which you have been working for the past three years, or haven’t you finished it yet?”

‘It hain’t quite done yet, but I’ll show it to you anyway,” replied the old man as he shambled out of the room. A few seconds later he returned with “it.” * There, ain’t she a beauty?’’ he asked. Johnnie looked at yt in amazement; then he felt the urge to burst forth into guftaws of hilarious laughter, but he restrained himself. The in226

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vention resembled an electric toaster mounted on an ancient alarm clock. Finally Johnnie managed to say, “It sure is!

When will it be finished? Pd like to see you try it out.”

“I’ll let you know when she’s all set to go,” was the reply.

Horace worked feverishly at this odd device for several months. He spent all his spare time on it and slept only a few hours each night.

After four months had gone by, Johnnie was informed that the invention had been completed and that it would be given the first test the next night. Johnnie asked several of his friends to come along if they wanted a big laugh. They readily accepted. When they arrived, they found Horace wait­ ing impatiently with childlike eagerness. Johnnie’s friends burst into spasms of laughter when they saw the odd contri­ vance. However, when they saw Horace throw a gold tooth onto the floor they almost split. Undaunted, Horace said, “Now listen for the bell, fellars. When I get this here con­ traption near the gold tooth the bell will ring.”

As he advanced with his invention toward the gold tooth, which had fallen into a crack between two floorboards, a hush fell over the room. Johnnie and his friends watched with mouths agape. Horace even set the contraption on the floor on the top of the crack which held the gold tooth, but the bell failed to ring. With a copious flow of curses Horace dashed the invention against the wall. The students returned to the university weak with laughter.

The next day Horace pulled up one of the floorboards to recover his lost gold tooth. To his astonishment he found a thin strip of yellow metal and many shiny specks of dust.

That same day workman removed all the floorboards in his establishment and sifted the dust found between the cracks.

This dust contained more than nine thousand dollars worth of gold and platinum in dust and filings. Horace was informed that “The Greasy Spoon” had for many decades been owned by several Dutch jewelers. That accounted for the gold and platinum filings in the cracks.

Not long after that “The Greasy Spoon” was torn down and a new and more modern one erected in its place.

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We will pry no further into the depths of the students’ minds. We leave this task to the psychopathologist.

ON READING BOOKS When we were very small we liked impossible stories, especially those about giants who had hands as big as a room and who could cover a mile with one step. How many of us were really interested in the tales about knights and beautiful princesses? We would believe anything, of course, even though it was just as incredible as if it were taken from the-4raHan Nights. At that time we liked nonsense stories too, and silly verses.

Now that we have grown up, life is perhaps never as real and earnest as it was when we were twelve years old. Then we did not ask too many questions but began to take things more seriously. We wondered a little suspiciously at the ad­ ventures of Tom Swift and Tarzan. Just how fortunate, were they in all their enterprises? Would they have clone well in the face of real difficulties, such as we met in school and in games?

We were doubtful.

Incidentally, our parents and teachers, about this time realizing that we were ripe for romance, unanimously advised us to read Ivanhoe, The Tale of Two Cities, and Launcelot and Elaine. Just as we believed implicitly in Tom Swift before, so were we inclined to take these splendid but impossible stories at full value.

The question now arises if we actually enjoyed these books.

My opinion is that we did not know much about the more in­ teresting books which came in at a later period. Now, when someone suggests our reading stories concerning real people such as George Eliot’s Mill on the Floss, or Thackeray’s Vanity Fair we don^ like them, and we say so. For, in these kinds of stories, people are not obviously always right and heroic.

Do we always expect a hero or heroine in a story, and are we disappointed if there isn’t any? Most of us idolize the hero or heroine, and if anything happens to him we won’t rest until we come to the part where he or she is safe again. All of us have a natural desire for happy endings. When they don’t come about, we feel quite definitely cheated. Happy endings may be delightful, but a complete surprise often gives us more real pleasure.

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One of the most difficult tasks for any reader is to decide clearly whether a book is really true to experience, or whether it is a fairly good piece of rot. How we detest “fairy” tales!

Dr. Sterling A. Lenoard, associate Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, said that we should try to stim­ ulate our mind with good literature, not with trashy fiction, such as is written so much now. We should also try to concen­ trate when we read.

Some people read books so that they can act intelligent and can talk about the book of the month. Others like to be seen coming out of the library with an armful of reading material. Of course, it is good to be able to discuss certain books and to note what some people really got out of the story.

There is no end of opinion. I think many of us read to obtain a better usage of words and to become better acquainted with the dictionary. And others read to pass the time.

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Since I have again received no outside contributions for this column I can offer very little news for this issue.

First, I wish to correct an error in last month’s issue. The item: 4<The congregation of Elgin, North Dakota, of which Pastor Paul Kuehl is pastor, has built a new parsonage,” should read: “of which Pastor Paul Kuske is pastor.”

My attention was also called to a slight error in the item about the Rev. L. Bleichwehl, ’30. The call to a mission field in Colorado was never formally given him. Therefore, if any­ one got the impression that he refused his call, it was false.

The matter was reconsidered before the call was given out, and it was decided not to send a man there at the present time.

Wm. Sachs, ex-’29, was recently married. On his honey­ moon he called on several old classmates of his, among whom were Fredrick Brick of Manitowoc and the Rev. G. Schaefer of Collins. Mr. Sachs is at present employed by a paper company at Wisconsin Rapids. We extend our congratulations.

Rev. G. Fischer, formerly of Madison, has removed to the Mrs. Fischer will be rememtown of Grover near Peshtigo. _ bered as Margaret Schmeling, ’29.

St. Peter’s Lutheran Congregation at Fond du Lac on Dec. 6 celebrated, in honor of Rev. G. Bergemann, ’85，the thirtyfifth anniversary of his pastorate there.

The Rev. Ed. Krueger, ’31，of Mandan, North Dakota, visited at his home in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, recently. During that time the Rev. Paul Heyn and candidate Harold Warnke, two of his former classmates, went to Sleepy Eye and visited with him.

Charles Skinner, ex-’87, a prominent lawyer of Watertown, died December 4.

Rev. A. Fischer, *26, of Sodus, Michigan, has recovered from pneumonia, with which he was seriously afflicted for some time. .

Prof. Gisel Bothne, ’79, emeritus of the University of Minnesota, died December 8.

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酬腦 Sequel to the editorial “Pedant 01，Student?” quoted in part last month from the Calvin College Chimes: « « When next you feel the urge to come to a class sternly repress it. Classes have no place in the life of the modern student, for he must seek the cultural opportunities afforded by social contacts, and in finding these, one must discourage the tendency that leads so many to the classroom where he is likely to encounter the stultifying effects of the medieval system of learning by rote.

Instead, the student with the modern outlook must go beyond and above the contacts of the classroom which will result only in mental sloth, and mental exhaustion. The sincere student must instead go out into the world, and gather, let us say, at a little cafe where over his coffee he may discuss the arts, litera­ ture, and life with his associates. Then, and then only, will the student get a real knowledge of life and a broad-based education founded upon the richness of personal experience. ‘‘The reactionary type of student may object to this doc­ trine on the grounds that it will almost inevitably result in low grades and the discouragement of our professors. However, if you have faithfully followed such a course of learning you must by now realize that marks are mere symobls of the amount of mental opium you have imbibed and mean nothing at all.”

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The Chicago Tribune has been removed from the periodical room of Aurora College. Says the Aurora Borealis, ‘The 'Trib7 was the bad apple in our periodical reading barrel. Not that it could degrade the contents of all the other periodicals we take, but it did diminish their influence and the good it is possible to receive from them.”

The dormitory students of Concordia College (Milwaukee) miss their former director. Since his departure they have to be in a half-hour earlier on Sunday nights. We extend our sym­ pathy.

The campus of Augustana College was recently shaken by the tremors of a miniature earthquake.

The results of a psychology experiment conducted some­ where or other show that the outstanding ‘‘pet peeves’’ of the men are baby talk, back seat driving, loud girls, excessive use of makeup, and the biting of fingernails. Ihe coeds hate un­ cleanliness, people who know it all, and braggarts. How about silly giggling?

The Supreme Court recently upheld the action of the Uni­ versity of California when it expelled two conscientious object­ ors because they refused to take part in the R. 0. T. C.—Speak­ ing of compulsory military training, the universities of Wiscon­ sin and Minnesota are the only “land grant” colleges that have done away with this foolishness.

The President of Aurora College says that students should get away from the idea that in going to college they are preparmg for life and realize that they are in life.

The editorial columns of college papers are pretty well agreed that the species known as homo collegiatus, Joe College, or the rah-rah student is fast becoming extinct. Chief among the many contributing factors seems to be the depression.

“Oxford university is still in a medieval state. The dismal atmosphere of the place reminded me of Sleepy Hollow,” says one traveler. ‘‘I was particularly impressed by the lack of bath tubs.*J Two thoughts on the same subject— The business manager of the New York Times: “A too prevalent human failing is the tendency to believe everything one —」sees in print. You may smile at a newspaper man asking you not to believe everything you read. Often critics make the greater mistake of telling you to believe nothing you see in the newspapers. But many unthinking citizens seem to regard as sacred, ipso facto true, the printed word, especially if it sup­ ports in some way their preconceived opinions,” 234

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I am not particularly interested in how much you know, but I am interested in knowing whether the education you are re­ ceiving has trained you to think originally and courageously without being influenced by a printed page or a spoken word.”

FOOTBALL The football season was fairly successful at Northwestern, the Black and Red ending up in second place in the conference standings. Much credit must be given to Coach Ott, who de­ veloped the comparatively green material that reported for practice this year into a conference contender.

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School of Engineering 14, Northwestern 34 After several weeks of hard practice, the Northwestern cagers completely overwhelmed the Milwaukee School of Engi­ neering 34-14 in the opening game of the season. It was a conference game, played at Milwaukee on December 1. The Black and Red went into a long lead early in the game and held it without any difficulty. Our team broke through its opponent’s defense repeatedly for short shots at the hoop, proving the effectiveness of Coach Ott’s system of offense. The fast break­ ing attack was built up around Schwartz, flashy forward, who displayed an unerring eye for the basket, sinking seven baskets and a free throw to lead the scoring with fifteen points. The combination of Schwartz, Hallemeyer, Koehler, Tietz, and Roekle clicked so smoothly that the Engineers seemed completely out­ classed. Captain Roekle scored eight points and was the out­ standing player defensively. The game was marred by many fouls, committed by both teams. The general play of the team surpassed all expectations, and assured the Northwestern fans of a successful season.

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On December seventh the initial program of the literary season was presented in the chapel of the Recitation Hall by the Philomathean Society. The program was arranged and prepared by W. Thurow; Professor Schumann acted as critic.

Though falling far short in literary and dramatic rating, the program, nevertheless, from the point of pure entertainment served well to introduce the literary season.

A highlight of the program was the first appearance of the Northwestern Chamber Quintet. The Quintet is the newest of the student musical groups and performed creditably for so re­ cent an organization. The efforts of such independent organi­ zations deserve to be encouraged. —The debate presented as the second number on the program was won by the affirmative by a unanimous count. Professor Schumann, F. Tiefel, and M. Toepel acted as critics.

The program as presented: 1. “Sounds from Home”.

“At the Mountain Inn

Jos. Gungl Aug. Labitzky

Northwestern Chamber Quintet George Barthels, 1st Violin Delmer Brick, 2nd Violin Samuel Kugler, Viola

Arnold Lehman, Cello Karl Gurgel, Bass Winfred Lehman, Piano

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The Freshmen claim this number. To give you a more intimate glimpse at their class, they have assumed responsibility for this column. What follows has been arranged by two Freshman classmen.

The class numbers have again started. As is customary, the Freshman class has the first opportunity to show its ability.

The Freshmen have taken over the Literary, Editorial, Locals, Humor, and Athletics columns. To make this Locals Column a success, several, whose names will remain a secret, have cooper(ifed with all their intelligence. (Italics ours. Ed.) _ Judging from the record of our basketball team thus far, a little vacation before a game does not harm the players in the least.

Acting on a petition submitted by the students, the faculty gave the student body a Thanksgiving vacation of four days.

However, these free days will be made up on a- later date.

Approximately forty remained here over the vacation. The smiles on their faces as they left the refectory on Thursday proved that all enjoyed Mrs. Rhode’s Thanksgiving- dinner.

Apparently some Freshmen failed to realize when the vaca­ tion ended. They attended a party, and the next morning they were greeted with two weeks probation.

“Roily” Schaller seems to like probation better than any freshmen; he has had it twice now, and even writes editorials and speeches about it.

The radio in the collegiates’ club room has finally been re­ paired, but they are still looking for the improvements on the furniture.

Two new cues have been provided for the billiard table.

Hallauer and Schabo'v have the privilege of keeping them in good condition.

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The most dependable man in the freshman class is “Fat” Toepel—just invite him to a party. .

Many students attended the Civic Orchestra Concert in the High School gymnasium.

The ‘‘prophylactic club’’ of the Sophomore class is not a division of the House of David. _ Profs. Binhammer and Eickman, and Tutor Nauman believe in physical exercise; to proye this they cut down the dead tree just east of the recitation building.

Due to “Shorty’s” zealous efforts, wrestling has a new start. Edward Weisz was chosen coach. .

Roily’’ was the first this year to discover that ice is not always dry. ,, The Freshman team seemed to have the game “in the bag,” but were defeated by the Senior quintet. ‘‘Red’’ Lambert is the Freshman class coach and seems to have a hard time picking a team from fifteen able candidates.

“Wimpy” Wiedenmeyer has finally decided to play in the College band. This raises the Freshman representation to 12.

Four boys were recently employed in giving Professor Kremer’s kitchen floor a Christmas present. They scraped, sandpapered and varnished it.

Because of the great number of parties that the Freshman coeds have given in honor of the boys, the Freshman boys are not so sure whether “Coeducation should be abolished” as two Seniors have recently proved to us.

Edwin Breiling has the honor of making the first basket of the season for the Frosh team. We all know that Eddie will make many more baskets.

"Ernie1 * Wendland has been appointed custodian of open­ ing and closing the windows in Latin class for his second con­ secutive year. Maybe he is expecting an ‘‘N’’ for this too.

A few students followed the team to Milwaukee to root for them, when our team opposed the Concordia quintet. Blit everyone came back disappointed.

Kurt Lederer is now the official skate sharpener of the College. He reports good business. .

Edward Fredrich, we believe, is the most modest, boy in the class. He makes speeches and writes editorials which per­ tain only to himself.

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Do you see that lovely blonde ? All the adjectives that usually apply to blondes surely apply to her. It is said that she plans to be an actress. It won’t 6e long until we see announced on the Classic bill boards Ruth Bickett in a musical comedy "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.”

There’s an attractive serious-minded girl. What, she’s a Latin “shark ?’’ But she is not one of those girls who spend all their time studying, indeed not. Beulah is an accomplished little housekeeper.

Did you know Cecilia Dierker has a career before her ?

The opera will soon welcome this talented young singer.

One girl who excellently represents the modern coed is Jane Kelly, ambitious, cheerful and natural. And she intends to be a librarian ! But somehow it is difficult to see Jane Kelly growing old among rows and rows of books.

It’s a fine thinp： to see a girl interested in physical culture.

Another brunette Helen Kuenzi has many ambitions, ranging from chorus girl onward.

A hearty laugh and a ready smile, thafs Florence Kuckkahn.

Fond of sweets, is she ? Well, sweets to the sweet. And she intends to be a nurse. Dare we report that her pet expression is “Ain’t it a fright ?M So you think Janet Kusel resembles Alice Faye ? You would never forget that charming voice after you heard it once. She intends to become an interior decorator, but she decorates any room by her mere presence. .

Who is that sweet-faced girl who speaks so intelligently about all current events ? You never have to fear a lack of conversation with Mary Lutovsky. She can discuss almost any subject well, a good feature for one who intends to become a teacher, is it not ? ..

There is a cute, baby-faced blonde, whom the adjective 二‘ducky,” used so much lately, seems to appropriately describe.

Some persons might wonder how such a little thing could ever be a teacher, especially how Ruby would manage the big boys, but you would be surprised. , .

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If you can imagine a girl who is sober and studious one moment and giggling and full of tricks the next you have a faint idea of the type of person Helen Mitzner is. Her future is uncertain but we predict that she will be either a comedian or a politician. ， The best natured, most happy-go-lucky coed is Evelyn Moldenhauer. She may fulfil her ambition of being somebody’s “stenog” for a short time, but----------- • .

Everyone’s pal is Harriet Owen. We call her “Our Sophie.M She is never on time but always has a good excuse for being late.

Don’t you envy those people who always seem cheerful, pleasant, and never disturbed by life’s little troubles ? Helen Perry is one of those fortunate ones. Her chosen- profession is dietetics.

Whenever Ruth Pfaffenbach is present, silence is unknown.

No one is exempt from her teasing, but she is a good sport and can take as well as she gives. She insists that she will some day be an English teacher, but we still think that she should teach Latin.

And then there ,is slender Dorothy Schlueter. Like every­ one we shake our heads and say, ‘‘Dorothy, Dorothy.” She has a peppy, teasing personality and is very temperamental. Her ambition at present is to be a female Walter Winchell, but you never can tell. Tomorrow she may want to be a second Garbo or the Singing Lady.

When you think of someone efficient, business-like and a persistent worker at everything she attempts, you immediately think of Jeanette Stevens. She may begin as a secretary, but it won’t take long before she is dictating to her employer.

Then there is another type of girl at N. W. C. You know the kind that people whisperingly talk about, saying “Oh, she^ naturally very intelligent.” And that’s the kind of a girl Ethel Weiliei't is. But she doesn’t study all the time.

Fashion’s latest dictates are well represented by Ruth Scheele. Her clothes are the envy of her classmates. This good taste of hers ought to come in handy in her chosen profession as buyer for some large concern.

A short time ago you would have seen Margaret Jones in this merry 宮roup. Since she is now employed in the Dairy Distributions office in Milwaukee she has escaped a description.

Can you imagine: “Gertie” awkward ? ::Buzzy” unladylike ?

“Cele” walking home alone from mixed chorus ?

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“Rub” tall ? “liawkie” with straight hair ? ‘‘Elizabeth” without her income ? ‘ ‘Tel” sophisticated ?

“Flo” reading loud enough ?

“Kuse” affected ?

“Mary Lou” embarrassed ?

“Mitzy” signing her own name to a note ?

“Ev” without her lunch ?

“Sophie” on time ?

“Topsy” cross ?

“Pfaffy” with red cheeks ?

“Dot” fat?

“Stevie” forgetting her dinner]? “运thie” with lessons unpreparedj?

“Ruthie” without bangs ?

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“Oh,” replied the milkman, ‘‘their sustenance is wholly of vegetable origin, rich in chlorophyll and opulent in butyraceous qualities.”

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Hubby: “Darling, I think you spend altogether too much money in getting your hand read/7 Wifey: •'And, dear, I think you spend altogether too much money getting your nose red.” ♦

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Prof: Grunwald, give me an example of an imaginary spheroid.”

Fritz: “A rooster’s egg.” * * * Mrs. Gotrich (to caller): “Yes, our little Henry is wonder­ fully smart in school.”

Caller: 44What is he studying?M Mrs. Gotrich: “He’s studying French and Spanish and algebra. Henry, say “Good morning” for the lady in algebra.” ♦

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Eddie—‘‘Have you the firmness of character that enables a person to go on and do his duty in the face of ingratitude, criticism, and heartless ridicule?n Fat—‘‘I ought to have, I cooked for a camping party last summer.”

Her Hero Shorty, home for vacation: “Yep, I made the football team!

His Best Girl: '*Honestly? What part did you play?M Shorty: 44I did the aerial work.”

His Girl: “Aerial work? Whafs that?”

Shorty: “Why, I blew up the footballs.”

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Too Fast For Them First Constable: "Did you get that speedin’ feller’s licence number?”

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Bade: “I’ve eaten meat all my life and I’m as strong as an ox. ” Birkholz: “That’s funny. I’ve always eaten fish and yet I can’t swim a stroke.”

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Why She Haunted Him A man we know of had a wife who was of a very scraggy order, in spite of the fact that she ate enough for three harvest hands. Not long1 ago she ‘‘叩 and died on as he ex­ pressed it. The husband, wishing to honor his wife, planned to put a tombstone over her grave bearing the simple words *'Lord, She Was Thine.” As he had a piece of old marble which he had got in a trade some years before, he decided to use this for the stone. The marble was a little too narrow for the purpose, but the local stone mason did his best. He found there was not quite room for the whole inscription, and this is the way it read when the monument was erected: ''Lord, She Was Thin.”

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“Sure.” . » « You see, I’m stout, and I have to get off the train back­

wards; the porter thinks I’m getting on and gives me a shove on ajjain. I’m five stations past my destination now.” * * * Touching Tales An English lord who had arrived from England was talking to an American Boy Scout. “My grandfather,” he said, “was a very great man. One day Queen Vistoria touched his shoulder with a sword and made him a lord.”

“Aw, that’s nothin，,” the Boy Scout replied. “One day Red Wing, an Indian, touched my grandfather on the head with a tomahawk and made him an angel!” 氺氺幸

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Watkrtown, Wis., Jan. 1935

Number 8

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THE FORM AND EFFECT OF DICKENS，HUMOR Nathanael Luctke

Of all humorists Dickens is the king. In almost every instance his writings are true descriptions of incidents which really might occur and of scenes which really might exist. He is not a wit who with his exaggeration and ridicule amuses his readers, but he is a genuine humorist. Sometimes Dickens does blossom into wit of irony, but in general he describes just those things which he might see with his own eyes and might hear with his own ears. .

Every humorous author has his own methods of producing humor, and to be interesting he must avoid using the same forms. There are many ways of creating humor, and Dickens is a master in this respect. His humorous writings are never stereotyped, but they are always made interesting by the various ways in which they are produced.

Dickens’ most interesting humor is created by honest de­ scriptions. These descriptions do not cause a person to break out into peals of laughter, but they make him smile, and true humor is not in laughter, but in smiles which lie far deeper.

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what intoxicated, he must say with a smile that Dickens cer­ tainly did succeed in his description. Wit takes us by surprise and gives rise to a sudden outburst of laughter, but a descrip­ tion true to life permits us to remain in a natural setting and amuses us as long as it lasts.

But, as we know, a humorist like Dickens does not only make a reader smile, but he can also rouse him to hearty laughter. To bring this about he is not compelled to depart from a true description of an incident, but he must make use of a few tricks.

The use of bombastic language in the production of humor, which method is used by all humorous authors, is also found ex­ tensively in Dickens’ writings. It is evident that this method is effective only when employed by a true genius. He usually uses such bombastic language in treating of trivial subjects.

He calls Mr. Pickwick and his followers, who are just common men, “illustrious men” with “comprehensive minds,” and he speaks of their deeds "which will ever be discussed.” The bom­ bastic speech that Dickens places in the mouth of Mr. Micawber is also an example of humor which is rarely surpassed. At times such descriptions seem to be somewhat ironical, but in reality Dickens rarely wishes to employ irony to excite laughter.

Dickens also creates a rich humor by vividness of descrip­ tion and by entrance into the minutest detail. Especially in his character sketches where he wishes to be humorous does Dickens make use of these two factors in bringing about his end. The names themselves as Mr. and Mrs. Pott, Lady Snuphanuph, Lord Mutanhed, Alfred Jingle, and Mr. Snodgrass are so very descriptive of the characters，traits that one must smile with a feeling of appreciation for the success of Dickens in selecting such appropriate names for his characters.

When Dickens describes the physical appearance of a pecu­ liar character, he describes him from head to foot. The follow­ ing description of a certain reformer, Mr. Stiggins, shows the unusual ability of Dickens in this kind of writing: “He was a primfaced, red-nosed man, with along：，thin countenance, and semi-rattlesnake sort of eye—rather sharp, but decidely bad.

He wore very short trousers, and black, cotton stockings, which, like the rest of his apparel, were particularly rusty. His looks were starched, but his white neckerchief was not.” Indeed, if Dickens wishes to be humorous, the thorough description of his characters certainly amuses the reader. .

By means of the repetition of a humorous thought Dickens also produces humor. After he has once described a character, he also impresses a picture of this person upon the reader’s mind every time he introduces him in the story. In one place he describes a butler as a ‘‘gentleman with powdery hair,M and in another place he speaks of “a man with a dirty face.” Every 248

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By circumlocution and tautology much humor is also pro­ duced by Dickens. He does not always call a spade a spade, but he uses many words, so that one is forced to laugh. In one place instead of saying that a man spoke imperatively he says that “he conjugated himself into the imperative mood，” and in another place instead of saying that a certain person punched a man he says that "he made a demonstration on his ribs.” This kind of humor, too, is restricted to the use of geniuses.

It is such humor especially which causes us to smile. We are either forced to remark at the cleverness3, or <our attention is attracted by the fresh and unusual views given by such circumlocutions. Dickens might have said that a man was punched, but, when he says that a demonstration was made on his ribs, we see the fists already flying and can very well hear the grunts emitted by the men. A smile from the reader is the result.

The titles themselves of the chapters in Dickens’ humorous stories also convey humorous thoughts to the reader. With cleverness and circumlocution Dickens suggestively condenses in a few words the humor of the chapter, so that one is held in suspense and wonders what humorous contents the chapter holds in store for him. The following title of a chapter in Pickwick Papers shows how the reader is held in suspense: “How Mr. Pickwick undertook to drive and Mr. Winkle to ride; and how they both did it.” In one of his Christmas stories the chapter headings show cleverness. This Christmas story is called The Cricket on the Hearth, and the two chapter headings are ‘‘Chirp the First” and *'Chirp the Second.” Such cleverness certainly forces the reader to smile.

These, then, are some of the ways in which Dickens pro­ duces his rich humor. There have been very many humorous authors, but Dickens with his various forms of humor is with­ out doubt the king： of them all.

THOUGHTS ON RADIO Adalbert Geiger

It is very seldom that one now enters a home in which one does not see a radio in the most convenient corner. One usually finds it set so that the lady of the house may understand quite clearly every word while she is doing her work in the kitchen, but usually she turns it on only for the sake of having noises that are different, to furnish variety. In spite of the fact that 249

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Has the development of it or have the improvements on it reached their peak?

When one stops to think about these things, one finds a wealth of material for discussion. Let us consider some ad­ vantages. If you ever were “shut-in” you will quite easily realize one great advantage. Despite the fact that some are “shut-ins,” they may come into contact with practically the whole world. You hear the news of the day at whatever time you please. At other moments you may enjoy a concert by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra or the New York Philharmonic.

You would think that it is beneficial to the Church, in so far that the services are broadcast. Hasn’t many a person who was unable to attend church service, been able, nevertheless, to take part in the service by means of his radio ? So we could continue to enumerate a long list of advantages. We see that it has many of them.

But let us not always look at the brightest or best side only, for we must occasionally stop to consider the other side of it also. If we look back to the baseball games, the thought may occur to us that radio offers, even with the advantages, one great disadvantage by broadcasting the games of the leagues.

Some people contend that that is a disadvantage, because it dis­ courages baseball in their own locality. People do not even need leave their homes, in this case, to hear a game. In this way the home teams, which are “feeders” for the league teams, surely do not receive the support they should have. In time this may effect not only the ruin of baseball in home localities, but also of other activities in a similar way. A radio report also can never rouse in a person the same emotions which would exist were he present, as, to mention an obvious example, the presentation of a drama -- although the attempt to convey such noble pieces is highly laudable - or an opera, or even a concert; for the human element is lacking, the sight of the actress or musicians. But having them presented to us by radio is infinitely better than missing them entirely. Another disad­ vantage might also be, that, as it is very good because it broad­ casts church services which are a decided benefit for those who are not permitted to leave their homes on account of illness, so it may also do harm, since people can have services in their immediate homes. People who are not confined to their homes often think it suffices to have heard the service over the radio; consequently, they think it unnecessary to attend the ser­ vices at their church where they belong. Furthermore, many think it, for that reason, unnecessary to be members of a church at all. No, it isn’t so much that they have the services over the radio but usually the underlying, the principal reason is, they 250

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Besides speaking of the radio just in the homes, let us see what further importance it is to the rest of the world.

Wherever man can go today a microphone can follow. The radio accompanied Lieutenant Commander Settle on his stratos­ phere flight, it followed Admiral Byrd to the poles and traveled with William Beebe in his bathysphere 2,200 feet beneath the sea. By means of the radio William Beebe in his bathysphere was able to give an immediate and accurate account of what he saw. Of course, at present only the short wave sets are able to get such accounts.

Because of the versatility of the radio, combined with its ability to transmit the human voice thousands of miles in the twinkling of an eye, it is not an easy matter to be a radio re­ porter; for he must be a man able to give a vivid spoken account of what he sees and hears. Just as an example to show how important it is for him to be able to give a vivid description of what he sees and hears we might take the event when Presi­ dent Roosevelt came to Chicago to address the American Legion the fall of 1933. He left his train in the downtown district, rode through the crowded streets to the hall where he delivered his. address, was carried by auto several blocks to the World’s Fair grounds, from there to a cemetery ten miles distant, and finally, again rode back to board his train. During the entire day the National Broadcasting Company followed him and de­ scribed virtually every moment of the eventful visit to those who were listening to the broadcast. It did not, however, hap­ pen once during the entire day that the President was near a broadcasting station, yet the radio was able to give, its ‘‘listeners-in’’ a vivid account of what happened from the time he arrived in the morning until the time he left again in the evening. This was done by a broadcasting truck equipped with a portable short-wave transmitter which had its receiving coun­ terpart on one of the lofty towers of the World’s Fair sky ride, from where the words were carried to the studios.

Besides speaking of such advantages and disadvantages, let us also consider the other question of the first part, namely, 7- has the development or improvements of the radio reached its peak ? Radio broadcasting has just passed its thirteenth birthday and many wonder whether there will be any future changes comparable to its early triumphs. One great change was that from a battery set with three dials to an electric super­ heterodyne with one dial. Do you see any chances for further changes and improvements ? We do not always hear of the in­ ventions or discoveries as they are made. It has been discov­ ered that by means of a supersensitive receiver man has found a means by which he may explore the depths of space by capturing the sounds radiating from them. Doctor Karl G. 251

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By means of this machine Doctor Jansky has already heard sounds he believes may emanate from the Milky Way. He classes certain stars as real radio transmitters.

The new nut-size radio tubes developed by the R. C. A. research laboratories made the advent of vest-pocket micro­ wave receiver set possible. With such developments is it not easy to vision the day of radio telephone conversation between private individuals, each person being assigned a wave length and a “telephone number?” A static-free era in radio commun­ ication is predicted. This is based on a statement by Marconi, * There is no static in the micro-wave field.” “If we can solve the problem of making ultra-short waves bend sufficiently to compete with the long waves, we shall have reached the eve of an era of wireless communication of hitherto undreamed of cheapness.’’ _ , The National Broadcasting Company is conducting experi­ ments in a television laboratory to perfect television. There is seemingly still much to be done to make television a success.

A discovery of Marconi’s that he can send micro-waves beyond the horizon, may help make television a success.

Radio is proving successful in medicine. The value of a radio fever-machine has been proved. Crops can be hastened so that many qualities of plant life, which were unknown up to this time, can be brought to life. Practically every person has taken to radio. For ocean liners, airplanes and submarines the radio is invaluable. Freight train engineers have found the radio valuable in switching operations. Radio telephone con­ versation, it seems, from trains will be common in the near future. Within the next few years we will probably also see the rapid extension of remote control radio devices, because it is becoming more and more easy to control the operation of a distant apparatus, whether it be a loud speaker or a superdreadnaught. So you see the advantages are innumerable.

Think of fighting the next war with radio !

A number of instruments depending on the radio are soon to appear. They range from a midget organ which can roar with the noise of a cannon, to instruments like the theremin which produces the soft shading of a violin. So to be a musician in time to come, you may only need to learn how to wave your hands correctly. ______________ ©tuc 25«rcugcfd)idjtc, bic fcin Warriicu \\t.

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Shrieking sirens! Shrill whistles of factories and locomo­ tives! Trumpets and bugles! A sky transformed into a theater of light, fire, and war! Airplanes in fire-dives as bombs burst about them!

Amid such hilarious activities America’s *'Century of Pro­ gress5 7 came to an end. At the stroke of twelve last October 31, those millions of brightly-colored lights were darkened, and hundreds of thousands of spectators turned weary and aching feet toward the exits. Outside the now locked turnstiles the procession baited for a few moments to view a half mile of aerial explosions, which thundered the death knell of the Fair.

With this mass of merrymakers let us pause, not for a final glance at a spectacle of all times, but for consideration of the subject, progress, in respect to the past, present, and future.

The past we can briefly dismiss. That there really has been a century of progress without the quotations or italics, all but a few eccentric pessimists readily admit. The millions who at­ tended the Fair these last two years that is, if they went to see something： other than the “Streets of ParisM or “Devils Play Ground” or various other attractions saw before their eyes conclusive illustration of the great progress made.

And so in the future, too, although we cannot predict it to be a certainty, we have every reason to believe that progress will be made. Numerous fields are open in which advancement can and must be made. Besides the scientific progress in the future, think of the benefits the city of Chicago will reap for years to come. How many of those 15,000,000 Fair visitors will be drawn to Chicago to vacation, to shop, or to seek the city|s educational and inspirational advantages? Or how many will return to live there or in inviting suburbs, such as happened after the Fair of 1893? ' But the benefits that we, the present generation, shall feel and see, are the ones that should and do concern us most. ‘‘Vyho can sum up the millions of dollars spent for gasoline. rePairs, food, and lodging at small communities all over the country by 6,000,000 tourists who rode in 2,000,000 cars enroute to and from the Fair?” asks Charles M. Hayes, the president of the Chicago Motor Club.

Employment should be placed at the top of the list of cur­ rent benefits. A total of 500,000 men .......and .. women were employed from several months to two years in the following manner: 220,000 men employed for indefinite periods for miscel­ laneous work before the Fair opened: 125,000 men employed on the average of eight months in the construction of Fair buildlngs and exhibits; 115,000 jobs were created in the Chicago 254

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The Fair also effected a great deal of new business. A total of 50,000,000 dollars* worth of construction work was begun and completed before the two Exposition periods opened. In addition it is estimated that 700,000,000 dollars were poured into the Chicago market by the 15,000,000 out-of-town Fail，visitors.

A widespread circulation of money was also one of the benefits, indicated by the great increase in Chicago bank debits during- the Fair months. Debits are bank transactions, par­ ticularly the cashing of checks against accounts. These debits increased 12 percent in 1933, and 14 per cent in 1934, each greater than 1932.

Officials have stated that the educational, spiritual, and in­ spirational benefits can best be measured in terms of interest and attendance. The following1 estimations have been made: 4,000,000 visited the Hall of Religion; 34,OCO,OCO (90per cent of the total Fair attendance) entered the Hall of Science; 1,974,180 persons visited the Art Institute during the Fair months of 1933 and 1934, which is three times as many as during the cor­ responding months of 19:32: .'{,824,429 visited the Field Museum in contrast to the 1,020,344 in the similar five months of 1932.

Add to these the payment of taxes, public debt reduction, and real estate boom, and one can plainly see that the benefits are manifold, if he really desires to do so. "Chicago,” says Thomas J. Fleming, the vice-president of the. Chicago Real Estate Board, .‘enters the dawn of a new and brighter era with the close of the spectacular World’s Fair of 1933 and 1934. ” Yes, Chicago has entered a “new and brighter era,M and is anxious to have the world follow her forward. Two years ago the whole civilized world laughed at Chicago because of its crime: now it has only respect and admiration for the city that lias become Uncle Sam’s commander-in-chief in this war against depression. This great commander has issued a command and yo'v pauses, expectantly awaiting- the cry of loyalty from his fellow cohorts. He has given the command with all the strength and domination, of a Napoleon or Ludendorf. It con­ tains only two words but two words packed with dynamite.

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The canoe drifted lazily beneath the low sweep of the poplar trees whose delicate leaves lightly fluttered in the soft evening breeze. Here and there dark-brown patches of old logs appeared, jutting out of the lake and lapped by the caressing ripples of the deep blue water. A fox-squirrel paused halfway 255

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The radio is usually considered an invention to be ranked with the highest in value both cultural and practical. By culti­ vating the tastes of the people for an art such as music, it supposedly has raised the cultural standard of the people. By facilitating rapid communication among all parts of the globe and by bringing the people into direct acquaintance with the existing ideas and activities, the radio is an unmistakable, practical blessing___ ex hypothesi! It seems, however, that it hasn’t been closely considered, especially in connection with the common attribute of most homes and the inseparable com­ panion of the radio—the easychair. Although the easychair very likely doesn’t shift the scene, it certainly adds another hue to it. .

Take a plush-covered easychair, place it next to a radio, tune in on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wayne King, or what have you, and you’ve produced a combination conducive to nothing but dreams and fatal to active thought. Granted that the radio does cultivate one’s taste for music, granted that the radio does mark a marvelous improvement in lines of communication, at the same time, having made its way into the homes of millions of people, it is suppressing all other forms of mental activity during a very important time...... . “leisure hours”.......by stifling thought and smothering energy with a shackling film of music, requiring only one sense, but demanding the entire mind. In fact, it amounts to nothing less than a stupefying, benumbing drug, as habit-forming as the opium of De Quincey, more widely spread than the pipe of China, sapping the energy and ambition from the blood of the addict like a host of tickling leeches, leaving nothing but the traces of a mind drifting like a cloud in the coma of a dream.

And all under the name of progress, enlightenment, art! Cul­ tivating the taste for music? Perhaps. Raising the cultural standard? No! Matthew Arnold says: “Not only in the moral sphere, but also in the intellectual and spiritual sphere, energy and honesty are the most important and fruitful qualities.

Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and art is mainly an affair of genius; therefore, a nation whose spirit is characterized by energy may well be eminent in art. Again, the highest reach of science is an inventive power, a faculty of divination, akin to the highest power exercised in art therefore, a nation whose spirit is characterized by energy may well be eminent in science.”

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HINTS FOR THE PICTURETAKER George Frey

Perhaps every one of us who has taken pictures, has exper­ ienced disappointment when the photofinisher tells us that about half of our pictures “turned out.” Naturally we begin to blame the camera, the film, or the finisher himself. However, nine times out of ten it is our own fault. In order to be sure that every one of our pictures will ‘.turn out” we must keep in mind a few simple, but important, points concerning picture­ taking.

Our greatest trouble is giving the proper exposure. Either we fail to adjust the camera correctly or we take pictures in very poor light.

To adjust the camera, say we take a folding camera with the most popular size lens as an example. We notice two scales on the lens-support — one above the lens, the other below it.

The upper scale is marked 25 and 50; in a few cases also 100.

These markings show the shutter speed; 25 means 1-25 of a second; 50 means 1-50 of a second. For ordinary picturetaking this scale should be set at 25.

The lower scale is marked either f. 7.9-11-16 - 22 - 32 - 45, or U. S. 4 - 8 -16 - 32 - 64 -128. F 7.9 corresponds to U. S. 4; f.

11 is the same as U. S. 8, and so on. These numbers tell the size of the diaphragm or stop-opening, which allows light to pass through the lens. The lowest number has the largest opening. So if we have the stop-opening set at f. 7.9 or U. S. 4, we are permitting as much light to enter the camera as is poss­ ible. For the average picture f. 16 is the proper stop to use if the shutter speed is set at 1-25 of a second. It must be remembered that f. 11 permits only half as much light to enter the camera as f. 7.9. F. 16 is half as large as f. 11, and so on up the scale. So we may use f. 11 with a shutter speed of 1-50 of a second, or f. 7.9 with a speed of 1-100 of a second. The exposure would be the same. When we wish to take a picture of a moving object we must use a larger opening and a faster shutter speed. However, if a larger opening is used, the depth of focus is decreased. That is, the distance in front of and behind the subject focused on, within which objects are sharp and distinct, is decreased. For instance, if the stop is f. 16 and the camera is focused on 15 feet, everything from 93A feet to 32 feet from the camera will be in focus. If f. 7.9 is used, everything from 11% feet to 20 feet from the camera will be in focus. So in order to get a picture sharp and clear throughout we must use the smallest stop possible without under-exposing the negative.

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How early and how late in the day we may take pictures is determined by the film we use. With regular film we must wait until 2V2 hours after sunrise and must stop 2l/2 hours be­ fore sunset. If we use Verichrome or a similar film we may begin an hour and a half earlier and need not stop until an hour and a half later. Supersensitive “pan” film may be used from sunrise to sunset. .

Snapshots may be taken on cloudy days if Verichrome film is used. If the sky is very dark, we must not try to take a snapshot with a box camera. A folding camera may be used if the stop-opening is made larger.

If the sunlight is exceptionally strong, as it is, for instance, on the seashore or on a snow-covered landscape, better results are obtained if a smaller stop is used; say f. 22. The second largest stop on a box camera may be used. The same may be done for very distant landscapes showing much sky' Very often we wish to take pictures indoors. This may be done. However, under ordinary daylight conditions a time ex­ posure is necessary. If the room has more than one window and the walls are light, an exposure of five seconds should be sufficient provided the sun is shining brightly outside. F. 1G must be used. If the walls of the room are dark and there is only one window, the exposure must be lengthened to forty seconds. Indoor pictures may also be taken at night under artifical light; either with photo-flash of photo-Hood bulbs, or under ordinary electric lights. The simplest to use is the photo­ flash bulb; but it is also the most expensive to use. Photo-Hood bulbs give very good results. With one photo-flood bulb placed ten feet from the subject an exposure of about ten seconds is necessary when stop f. 16 is used. If S. S. “pan” film is used the exposure need be only three seconds. Snapshots can also be taken indoors at night. At least two photo-flood bulbs are needed for illumination. The camera must have at least an f.

6.3 lens. (This is nearly twice as fast as f. 7.9.) The film must be S. S. “pan.” If we have an average sized room illumi­ nated evenly by ordinary bulbs totaling about two hundred watts, an exposure of forty-five seconds is necessary. F. 11 must be used.

Even if we do give the correct exposure, very often we spoil the negative in some other way. If we have focusing cameras we sometimes forget to set the focus. The result is a blurred picture. There are three “sets” to be remembered by the owner of a focusing camera—set focus; set shutter; set stop.

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If these few suggestions are kept in mind we all should be able to take good pictures. Our efforts will be rewarded, for we shall have instead of an album filled with eyesores an album which will give us pleasure when we look through it.

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STUDENT CRITICISM AT LITERARY PROGRAMS How much good is derived froom our Literary Societies is indeed hard to determine. Great benefits are indeed obtained oy those who participate in the rendering of the programs, but I am sure that also the other members would find these pro­ grams more beneficial if they would take an active part in the criticism.

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After the program _ _ is over, you are called on to express what helpful suggestions and criticism you have to offer. It will here be admitted that you have not had much time to put your thoughts and conclusions into words, but this need not appear as a disadvantage. As time goes on it should be more and more of a beautiful and advantageous handicap — if no one objects to my choice of noun and adjectives. In order to speak well when one delivers an impromptu _ speech, the individual must have definitely in mind what he wishes to say, must com­ mand words that will express his sentiments in no doubtful way, and must say it in such a concise manner that the audience is neither puzzled nor dazed by unending and involved sentence constructions. This is indeed a big order; if you don’t believe it, just stop to think of the numerous times you spoke to your friends with disastrous results merely because they interpreted your words in the wrong- way. This misunderstanding was not at all the fault of your friends; you failed to make use of the three ‘.musts’’ that were discussed in this same paragraph.

Even though your criticism has now been thoughtfully conceived and has already been presented to an appreciative audience, your benefits do not as yet cease. An alert and criti­ cal group of students will never let your criticism stand without comment unless there is not an iota that they can attack. This is nothing to be afraid of; it should be a thing1 desired, for your mind again receives some valuable exercise. Your mind must no'v with great accuracy and speed pick out the flaws in the replies that are contrary to the criticism offered and that are not entirely correct. By doing this, however, the individual must train his temperamental self to remain calm and must by all means be a lover of peace. The responses to the attacks made upon his criticism must also be to the point, and should at all times accentuate the main points of the argument in order that both or all sides drive for a like goal.

You may grant some of these benefits to be such, but as yet you have some pet objections to raise. Permit me to help you quote one or two of them.

The person whom I criticize and wish to aid might become hostile to me for pointing out his errors among so many fellow students. If he does, he has so far missed one of the chief objectives of our Literary Societies; but here it can be said that he has plenty of company which also is ignorant of this purP9se- This one purpose, and one of the best it should be, is to aid the individual members in both public appearance as well as 262

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You may also think yourself incapable of presenting critic­ ism because you are not supposed to know so much about the subject. Render what little you have and you will see that many constructive ideas related to the subject will be added by friends who are better acquainted with the topic of the speech or program.

Pages and pages could be written upon this subject; but if after they have been written the faculty critics are yet the only men that enjoy the benefits of this work at the programs, I am sure that none of us will receive any good whatsoever from the numerous advantages that were mentioned. Perhaps if one could look into the forces that motivate or rather don’t motivate this rij?id and quiet attitude, he could find the essential means that mipht restore Ejry])t.’s lost art of mumification.

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JUmmti JJntes I take great pleasure in stating that this month we have received contributions from at least a few of the alumni for tlieir column. I herewith wish to thank these contributors in the name of the Black and Red and especially in the name of all other alumni readers, whose sentiments on the matter, I am sure, are the same as ours.

My first item is one received from the Professor Wm. Luebke, Ph. D., University of Denver, Colorado : Ruth Luebke (A. B., University of Denver, 1933)，daughter of William F. Luebke，’0含，is studying fine arts at the University of Berlin on a Fellowship of the Institute of International Edu­ cation. Before going abroad she completed two PWA projects: A small bronze buffalo for the Wichita National Forest in Okla­ homa and an over-mantel relief for the Colorado State Home for Dependent Children in Denver.

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The Rev. F. E. Stern (I think, for the contribution was only signed F. E. S.)，Detroit Michigan, sent us the following contribution : A son was born to the Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Wacker of Detroit on the 6th of December, 1934. Rev. Wacker is of the class oi ’18.

Rev. Adelbert Voges，’28, tutor at Saginaw, spent Thanks­ giving with the Rev. F. Stern family of Detroit.

Rev. Erwin Froelich，’31，tutor at Saginaw, spent the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday at the home of his parents in Sodus, Michigan. # # Mr. Gerhard Geiger, ’34, a seminary student at Thiensville, who has also sent us alumni news for previous issues, supports the column with the following items : Rev. H. Oswald，’29, married Getrude John of Mankato, Minnesota, on December 27.

Rev. W. Kleinke, ’24, is taking care of the vacancy at Madison caused by the Rev. G. Fisher’s acceptance of a call to Peshtigo.

Rev. Theo. Mahnke,，26, has again received the call to Madison.

Prof. J. Meyer of the Seminary gave an address at the Winnebago Academy Christmas Program December 20.

E. Moser, *34, spent his Christmas vacation at Watertown.

Rev. F. Wittfaut, ’95, died December 10. He was buried at Cross Plains, December 13.

George Rosenhauer, ’28, was seen in Milwaukee lately.

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Further news : Rev. L. Bleichwehl，’30，married Miss Alma Schwantz of Brillion, Wisconsin, on January 9.

Hans Schultz, ’31，is now assistant pastor at his father’s congregation, the Rev. Arnold Schultz, at Milwaukee.

Amos Schwerin, ’31，has received a call to a congregation near Mandan, North Dakota.

A second child was recently born to the Rev. and Mrs. Werner Franzmann of Coloma, Michigan.

Rev. I. Albrecht, ’96, Fairfax, Minnesota, is a member of the committee of the Synodical Conference which will soon spend several weeks in Africa to investigate a certain territory there for the purpose of considering whether it is possible or advisable to begin a mission field there in answer to a request from that place. Rev. Albrecht’s vacancy during his abscence will be filled by Candidate F. Zarling.

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Rev. Theo. Voges, ’21，is now serving as chaplin in a C.C.C. camp in Illinois.

Rev. R. Kremer, ’20, Inspector at Northwestern, has been absent since the Christmas holidays on account of illness. It was reported to us that he is quickly improving and expects to be back with us the early part of February.

Prof. E. Kiessling temporarily left this institution after the Christmas recess, so that he might complete his course of study in Church History at the Universi ty of Chicago during the next few months. The vacancy which he caused at Northwestern has been filled by Prof. Martin Franzmann, ’28.

The Rev. and Mrs. Waldemar Gieschen of Crivitz, Wiscon­ sin, announce the birth of a daughter on December 20.

I hope that during the coming month more alumni will send in their shares to this column, as several have now very kindly done.

At this stage of the school year nothing could be more ap­ propriate than a paragraph about examinations, always a fertile topic for editorials at the end of the semester. We quote from the W. M. S. Geode a paragraph written in what we take to be the miner’s jargon: . “The exam crucible which adds ballast to our mental hatch twice a year resolves itself into more than one purpose. Though, theoretically, college is a place where ac­ quisition of learning comes spontaneously and from sheer desire, the testing gauge is as much an accelerator for increased effici­ ency as an odometer for knowledge measurement. The men266

tal machine, in most instances, requires rather a stimulating draft through its dampers, than a pop-valve to prevent overheating Alas, how true. The editorial then gives a wellknown educator’s reasons for exams: Examinations (1) hold one down to one’s tasks, (2) enable the instructor to determine individual progress, (3) serve as a means of review, and (4) serve as a basis for grading and recording, and as study incen­ tives. The only trouble is that after an all-night session of feverish cramming these perfectly valid reasons are bound to lose some of their powers of persuasion on the mental machine.

The attitude of a great number of students could be expressed in the words of the Old Gold and Black columnist, who without any editorial flourish whatsoever comes right to the point and says simply, "Exams are a pain in the neck.”

We enjoy reading and quoting editorials that take the un­ popular side of a question and thus stimulate discussion. The following- excerpt taken from an editorial in the Student Life is worth a good argument. "In this day and age, we hear on every hand how women are replacing men in the shops, in the office and in public life. In short, there is a general tendency to take woman off her pedestal and put her on equal footing with man. The so-called ‘stronger sex，is being sapped of its strength. ‘We are man’s equal,* cry the women and seem to be proving it in a great many respects. Now, my fellow men, if we are no longer the stronger sex, then it is no longer neces­ sary for us to protect this mythical weaker sex, now our equals.

They are quite capable of taking care of themselves. So, you see, it is no longer necessary or even desirable that a man should allow a woman to pass first, or give his seat to her in a rocking streetcar, or raise his hat when meeting her on the street, or put her overshoes on for her, etc., etc. We should treat her as we do our fellow men. If she slaps your face, slap hers.” We feel sure that the writer doesn’t want the last sentence to be taken literally. Save for venturing the opinion that one’s manners often depend quite a bit on the circum­ stances, we maintain a discreet silence.

A recent number of the Saturday Review of Literature made a serious accusation against American colleges and universities.

It said that the small interest shown by the American public in good reading must be due to a defect in education. ‘ ‘It is un­ deniable that of the thousands turned out by the colleges and universities only the tiniest minority are eager or willing or able to read extensively on their own. Why?” The high schools may have a good excuse, but the colleges have no such easy alibi. “Why do they fail to make a reading public of their 267

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There is time for eating, loving, dying, and also for resting, sporting, talking—time for everything necessary and all things really desirable/J Many reasons for this condition were ad­ vanced by readers in letters to the editor. One blamed the instructors because they do not kindle any flame in their stu­ dents; another said that college English courses are too traditionalized in both content and method; another deplored the fact that English courses spend too much time on Spenser, Swift, George Eliot, and the Bronte sisters, and not enough on A. E. Housman, Aldous Huxley, Virginia Woolf, and Dorothy Richardson; and still another called it a plain case of laziness. 本

Short shots— ， In a survey at Hunter College it was found that of the 650 Freshmen coeds only one intends to marry after graduation.

The others are planning to work . . . . Pu n-o f-the-mon th: Col­ lege is a great life, if you don’t weekend .... The Milton College Revieiv says, “Of all the newspapers published in this country today the small college paper has the greatest oppor­ tunity to be the dullest. And more often than not, it is” • • • Sign on the dean’s office: Get your marks here and pass out quietly .... Advice from a professor: “If you’re not in the mood to study, don’t When you find yourself wondering what you are reading take a run around the block. Reading yourself to sleep becomes a habit” .... One columnist in all seriousness advises his fellow students to stop wasting their time on cheap pulp magazines and to read magazines like Collier's or Liberty instead .... The Daily Kansan observes, “There are two kinds of students who brag about their grades, those who make mostly A’s and those who come up with flunks^ .... The Literary Digest is conducting a poll among- students in American colleges and universities to determine their attitude toward military service in the event of war. * * * Here’s an excellent thought on “Criticism” taken from the Bethany Scroll. “Healthy criticism is helpful. It must arise from interest, not jealousy. It need not, as often claimed, be constructive criticism, in the sense that one must give a solution for what he is denouncing, for often just showing a person what is wrong, will set him right. Probably this, however, would be called constructive criticism, for the solution then is self-evident. Constructive criticism is what a good critic must 268

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Such a chance, needless to say, comes very rarely. Therefore criticism, arising from a natural desire for improvement in fellow men, is indeed a worthy occupation and deserves en­ couragement.” Sound, constructive criticism need not neces­ sarily suggest something better, but it must at all times arise from the desire to improve, never from petty personal motives.

The D. M. L. C. Messenger recently celebrated the twentyfifth year of its existence by putting out a special anniversary number dressed up in an attractive silver cover. It is a number above the average and rates mention. What interested us most was an article against coeducation, called by the writer “the error of coeducation” and “this bane for femininity.” We have selected a few of the more challenging statements. When America's last frontier disappeared and there was no more spinning and weaving to do, the American woman found her­ self at leisure, "so women, to kill time with a show of industry, blessed the institutions of learning with their receptive minds.’’

“It is still for the same reason that women go to school—to kill time or to get a business training. Culture does not play a part in women’s education.” Of course women are entitled to an education, but "this education, however, should be a combina­ tion of a cultural and a housekeeping training to be received in a school for pfirls only.” “No sane man would begrudge the women a little education; but what he doesn’t like is when they invade the stamping' grounds of the college man. To the aver­ age serious-minded male student the co-eds are an incessant iijitation with their petty babble and shallow conversation.M ‘‘Like our late friend Prohibition, co-education is a ‘noble experi­ ment. * “Woman，although her exterior has changed, is still a woman, and therefore she cannot but serve the purpose for which she was created.’’ Naturally, we can’t endorse these statements. We predict that the writer won’t be allowed to forget this article for some time to come. It ought to bring down upon his head a veritable barrage of feminine wrath and scorn, and produce a scathing article in reply.

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If Roekle，veteran guard, plays the whole season as he has the first games, there is no doubt but that he will be among the i all-conference candidates. His ball handling- and defensi ve playing have shown him to be a player of value to any team.

Mission House 23, Norlliwestern 28 On December 14 the Black and Red cagers opened a home stand of three games by entirely outplaying and defeating the husky Mission House team. Northwestern, led by its stellar guard, Roekle, showed from the very beginning of the game, that it was to be counted on in this year’s race. Close to. the end of the first half, however, the Muskies went into a tem­ porary lead and were on the long end of a 14 to 10 score at the half. In the second half the defensive playing of Northwestern held the opponents in check while the scoring combination of Hallemeyer and Schwartz put the game on ice for the home 货am. Schwartz with 11 points was high man for the locals while Daane set the pace for the opponents by scoring 3 field goals.

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二:Locals for this month have been taken over by the Sopho­ mores. What follows has been prepared by one of their number.

The Sonhomorf* class extends New Year greetings to the readers of Us number of the Black and Red. By this time evervone should realize the happiness of a new year. They have had two weeks to get rid of their annual headaches.

Geiger is making final preparations for a vigorous campaign which will take more than four permissions a month to complete.

Despondent because of his inability to grow a presentable mustache. a youthful member of the “Phi Mu Alpha” (The Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Upper Lips), presented a motion to dissolve Northwestern^ chapter. Numerous fellow members, finding themselves in a similar plight, helped constitute a majority. As a result our own Sophomore organization is pono — only a few mustaches linger on.

A Sonhomorc once said that probation to him only meant that he didn’t ask for permission to go out.

Two more members of the class have had their eyes examined with satisfactory results — for the optician. .… year many resolutions have been With the start of a new made. Following： is a list of some resolutions resolved by members of the Sophomore class: The Misses Marion Jones and Anita Weihert have resolved to start to class from the Coed Room before the second bell rings. This allows them time for “spills” going up the steps.

Among Oscar Siegler’s list is one that he will not buy any more clothing with zippers attached — exclusive of sweaters, jackets and overshoes. Zipper attachments and a tendency to be forgetful don’t go so well.

Elmer Zehms has stated that this year his weekly letter shall come on Saturday instead of Tuesday. This gives him the week-end to recover.

Thierfelder and Lederer have a mutual resolution which benefits the entire dormitory. From now on they have agreed to play a quiet game of checkers.

Robert Holtz sincerely promises to say at least one sensible thing a day.

Maurice Nelson is going to give his glass arm an occasional rest. It is to hard on one’s back, eh Maurice ?

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Meinhardt (Tarzan) Raabe, whose class affiliations have long been disputed, includes a resolution to pass at least one thing at every meal.

Enough resolutions! — They only are forgotten as soon as January is over! Now for some last-minute news !

The champions of the day are Eddie Weisz and Henry Ellwein. These two heroes battled the “Dakota blizzards” in a rumble seat while going home this last Christmas vacation.

Jerry Cares says that squirrel hunting, using a long string with a peanut fastened to the end, is not so good. The room directly beneath Jerry’s is occupied by the ravenous collegiate midgets who grab the peanuts before the squirrels get a chance.

Koenig and Reinke have suddenly become Latin scholars.

They have been handling the reveiws very efficiently.

A popular topic of discussion is Evelyn Conklin’s interest in the calendar which hangs in the History .room. Oh yes, Evelyn, there are only about eighty days left until Easter vacation.

Two members of the class found the allotted time for va­ cation inadequate so they contracted influenza. They are Maurice Nelson and Eugene Toepel.

Things that cause wrinkles on the Sophomores * brows : Freshmen moaning over their Greek and fighting： about the billiard table. ^ Juniors very unsuccessfully trying to imitate someone’s speech and calling out Hebrew words, which Moses wouldn’t have understood, from one end of the dining room to the other, trying to impress some timid Preps.

Seniors arguing continuously from between mouthfuls at breakfast until the last few puffs on cigarettes before retiring.

Once upon a time there was a coed who returned to classes rested after the Christmas vacation and eager to j?et back to her studies—and next month we will tell you another fairy tale about a coed—but wait and see.

Several coeds returned with smiles glued on their faces and a glassy stare in their eyes. If suddenly approached they would pleasantly inquire, “May I help you pleaseNo, ifs not a New Year’s resolution: it’s just the after effects of kindly assistjjjg the Wool worth Company to handle the Christmas rush.

These coeds were very sorry to have missed the annual Christ­ mas program, but work before play is their motto.

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It must have been a white Christmas for many of the coeds, judging from all the white sweaters that appeared after the holidays. ^ Did anyone notice the unseemly bump on Ruth Bickett’s fair forehead ? Lest anyone get a wrong impression let us assure you that it was merely an accident. For, when one’s head ac­ cidentally meets a sharp corner on the stairs in the dark and no beefsteak is handy, what more can you expect?

The coeds wish to thank whoever was responsible for fixing the pipe in the girl’s room. Although, of course, we miss our daily showers, and perhaps if it hadn’t been fixed we could now be skating in the collegiate room.

Ruth Pfaffenbach must have privacy. So don’t be sur­ prised if you see her with all the pillows propped about her studying on the stairs.

Believe it or not the Mixed Chorus made a very good im­ pression at the recent Literary program on which they appeared.

And we’ll have you know that the frocks had nothing to do with it. Each little coed was modestly attired in her schoolday apparel.

The Freshman class united in wishing Mary Lutovsky a happy birthday on January 11. The class wouldn’t mind if she had one every day of the year if it were always accompanied with fudge —and such fudpre !

For the benefit of those unfortunate people who have not made the acquaintance of our worthy Sophomore coeds let us present: Evelyn Conklin, Marian Jones, Anita Weihert, and Helen Winkemverder.

Anita Weihert is becoming： famous for her skill in wielding the needle and the broom. It’s a wise girl who knows her housekeeping! However, we fear that Anita will be one of those women who with a fierce gleam in her eye searches every nook and cranny for elusive dust. Proof—After one coed had painstakingly cleaned the girls’ room, Anita cleaned it again.

And to think that on most days it，s difficult to get any coed to clean.

Interesting facts—Helen Winkemverder has promised to be bridesmaid to at least half of N. W. C. coeds. Cecelia Dierker agrees with a certain professor that relaxation is necessary.

Ruth Scheele attended the N. W. C.—Wartburg game. Evelyn Schroeder would rather play bridge than study.

An unusual drama was unwittingly presented by four coeds recently.

Characters: Evelyn Conklin, Helen Perry, Marian Jones, and Ruth Pfaffenbach. # The scene opened with Evelyn daintily tripping down the stairs, slipping and falling. Luckily no bones were broken, and she was ably assisted in rising by a sympathetic group of coeds.

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A salesman was eloquent about the merits of a vacuum cleaner, but the Yorkshire woman did not seem impressed. She told him to talk less and show her what the thing could do.

He took off his coat, fitted up the cleaner, thrust his arm up the chimney, and brought down several handfuls of soot, which he scattered over the drawing-room carpet. He then shoveled some ashes from the grate and sprinkled the carpet with them, adding a shovelful of soil from the garden. Then he smiled and rubbed his hands.

“Now I’ll show you what this vacuum cleaner can do.

You’ll be surprised, mum. Where’s the electric switch?”

“Switch!” echoed the Yorkshire woman. "Switch? Ee, we’ve nobbut gas.”

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He—I say, I pruess you’ve p：one out with worse looking fellows than I, haven’t you?

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EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE E. L. Mehlberg

The literature of America did not have a legendary be­ ginning as did the literature of most of the European coun­ tries. Our early writers came from England. They came at a time when English literature was at its greatest glory. Sidney and Spenser were but recently dead; Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Bacon were still in their prime; Milton and Dryden \v^re soon to write their notable poetry. In spite of the literary achievement of the native country, few books of out­ standing literary value were written here before the beginning of the nineteenth century. ， To produce such a literature as England boasted of required peace, leisure, ideal rather than a practicable view of life, and a strong centralized form of government. The pioneers had none of these. On the contrary their hands were busy subduing the wilderness, and their minds were occupied with the problems of free government and religious toleration. .

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"The authority of the magistrates” and “the liberty of the people’’ were questions which all of Europe had for centuries feared either to meet or avoid.

These Puritans squarely met these problems, and battled with them until they had mastered them. This is the reason why they produced no great literature; they were too busy solving the great problems of living. Such books as were writ­ ten here dealt largely with matters of religion, government and exploration.

The first historian in America was Captain John Smith of Virginia. He was an English adventurer and deserves our attention in so far as his little company at Jamestown was the first successful attempt at colonization is America. As a historian he is very inaccurate, since he did not write history for the sake of history, but merely to incite England to colonize America. ^ Turning from Virginia we henceforth find no outstanding literary men outside of the New England colonies. The agri­ cultural lands of the Middle and Southern colonies largely attracted simple farmers and tobacco growers. These settlers were scattered over a great expanse of territory, isolated from their neighbors by dense wilderness. In addition to this handi­ cap. there was also a prevailing sentiment against education.

A striking example of this is found in one of their own govern­ ors, Sir William Berkeley, who said as late as 1670: “1 thank God that there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have them these hundred years.” So we see there was no chance for literature in these colonies. On the other hand, in the New England colonies the inhabitants were concentrated. in towns and villages. These colonists were mostly Puritans with all the virtues and prejudices of their sect. They immediately established schools. On Sunday they used their meetinghouse for worship, and during the week they gathered there for political purposes. They decidedly encouraged literature.

We owe our knowledge of early colonial history to two out­ standing historians: William Bradford and John Winthrop, contemporaries. William Bradford came over in the Mayflower.

He was governor of the colony for more than thirty years.

During this time he wrote a History of Plymouth Plantation.

His style is simple, direct and truthful. The History of New England written by John Winthrop, governor of Massachus­ etts Bay Colony, vividly portrays the life of the colony. It interests us because it characterizes the grim, austere, and superstitious lives of the Puritans.

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vatism and intolerance in matters both political and religious.

The Mathers are typical writers of this age. They were the in­ tellectual leaders of their day. Under the influence of Increase Mather, Puritanism reached its height. Increase Mather was a dictorial and domineering autocrat. He bore himself arro­ gantly toward his lesser fellows. The source of his power lay in the pulpit and his absolute control over the press. To the end he was an enemy of freedom and fought democracy. He stood for principles which were altogether contrary to the ideals of liberty-loving colonists. They finally turned upon him with such fierce antagonism that his power was broken. Cotton Mather, the son of Increase, through his firm belief in the in­ fallibility of his father’s conclusions, increased the rising oppo­ sition against eccesiastical dominion. And though he supported Puritan conservatism to the last, it was a lost cause.

The power of the church in political affairs was now broken; but the fire and brimstone theology peculiar to the Puritans continued to flourish in the next generation, where it reached its climax in the forceful preacher, Jonathan Edwards. His sermon entitled, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” caused such havoc in the church that he was dismissed. Eccle­ siastical democracy was fully won, and separation of church and state successfully effected.

Theology gave way to politics. Spiritual yearnings were replaced by the shrewd practical “philosophy of common sense” in the personage of Benjamin Franklin.

England began to increase the burden of taxation on the colonies. Americans protested, and soon orators, pamphleteers, and statesmen began to agitate for freedom. James Otis, a young lawyer, bitterly attacked the tyranny of English tax collectors in speeches proclaiming the idea of "taxation without representation.” England remained unaffected and proceeded to pass the Stamp Act. The passing of the Stamp Act drew the colonies together. A sense of political unity and of loyal comradeship sprang up. Franklin faithfully devoted his efforts to reconcile England. When England refused to listen, Patrick Henry in his fiery “liberty or death” speech whipped the Americans to arms. Thomas Jefferson compiled the actual document of the Declaration of Independence. After the war was won, Washington delivered his famous farewell address.

Hamilton wrote essays, known to us as the “Federalists,” in which he laid down the fundamental principles of our American theory of government. .

Phillip Freneau erased the thoughts of war by publishing his nature poetry. His poetry embodies the independent be­ ginning of the romantic movement in America.

Brockden Brown began to write fiction. He is America’s first novelist.

The works of Freneau and Brown introduced a new idea of American literature.

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WAS BACON A POET ?

The Stratfordians are wont to ask, “How could that dry fellow have written the plays V1 In reply to this question the Baconians aver that Bacon was a poet. In 1615 his name appeared seventh in a list of Elizabethan poets, to be found in Stowe’s Annales. We chanced on the following, reprinted it, and we leave it to the reader’s judgment to decide whether Bacon can be called a poet or not.

THE LIFE OF MAN The world’s a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span: In his conception wretched, from the womb So to the tomb: Curst from his cradle, and brought up in years With cares and fears.

Who then to frail mortality shall trust.

But limns on water, or but writes in dust.

Yet whilst with sorrow here we live opprest.

What life is best?

Courts are but only superficial schools To dandle fools: The rural parts are turn’d into a den Of savage men: And where’s a city from foul vice so free, But may be term^ the worst of all the three?

Domestic cares afflict the husband’s bed, Or pains his head: Those that live single, take it for a curse, Or do things worse: Some would have children, those that have them, moan Or wish them gone: What is it, then, to have, or have no wife, But single thraldom, or a double strife?

Our own affections still at home to please Is a disease: To cross the seas to any foreign soil Peril and toil; Wars with their noise affright us; when they cease, We’re worse in peace; What then remains, but that we still should cry Not to be born, or, being born, to die?

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I IIOW PETER PUGET DUG PUGET SOUND Gilbert Sydow

The name is Puget, with a "u” as in pug and “g” as in get. Hard sounds for a hard man. Pete would roar with in­ dignation if he knew how we had softened the letters of his name. He’s been gone many a year now. The last I heard of him, he was cutting wood to stoke the fires of Pandemonium.

Poor soul. A sad fate for one whose deeds were so many and so great. Yet, maybe he suffers his just deserts. It’s been said, he went around without a necktie.

During the days Paul Bunyan logged the toothpick forests of upper Michigan and Wisconsin, Pete cut the huge, stately cedars and firs of western Washington. Great men, those two.

They both could swing a mean ax. It’s hard to say who was superior, but judging- from the country they worked and the size of the timber they cut, Pete had the edge. Why so little is known of him is beyond me. I suppose it’s because he lived away out in the rhubarb. Geography is poorly conceived.

Once Pete extended his operations into Idaho and logged the forests of the Bitter Roots. After he had his camp in smooth working order and the cutting was progressing, he lost interest. It’s very peculiar. Lumbering was a passion with him. Maybe it was because the trees weren’t so big and the problems of hauling so difficult as those of his usual stamping ground. He moped around the camp satisfied with the most menial tasks. By rights, he was a topper and a better one has never scaled a trunk. Everyone was dismayed. To see such a big hulk lie around doing- nothing was pitiful. Finally, disgust­ ing. One day, when everyone had almost given up, he unex­ pectedly jumped up and said, ‘‘I know what I need，一a good meal of clams. My diet lacks minerals.” So he 叩s，grabs his clam gun, mounts Dutiful Dut, his mighty mare, and goes a-fanninp： it across the Big Bend to the coast. He certainly could fork the broom tails. Without losing a bit of time he starts digging and I’m telling you the dirt was flying. His ravenous appetite for sea-food drove him mad. Left and right, hither . and yon. over. under and in between, the earth was thrown around. On all sides the old terra firma was piled in jumbled masses. Deep holes yawned. Dut, trying to dodge the flying shovel, stumbled and fell on her head. So long and so fast Pete worked that the metal on his clam gun glowed a dull red. He did get the clams and he did have a feast. The old shells he dumped at the place where Seattle now stands. If you ever get there, t:take note of the peculiar odor. It’s from the decaying clams Pete left lyinp： around.

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Nowhere in the world was the sea more pain table. To this day we call the spot where he started digging, Commencement Bay and the depression left by Dut’s fall, Horsehead Bay. All around were forest covered hills and majestic snow-capped peaks. Once debris, now the Cascades and Olympics, the most magnificent mountains in this country. Lakes, falls, rushing torrents and powerful rivers filled the valleys. Such stupendous scenery. Feeble words cannot describe it. Adequate super­ latives have not been formed.

Awestruck, Pete beheld it. “Here,” he said, 4<the Al­ mighty has showered His blessings. Here is the most delightful spot on earth. Here I will build a city.” So he founded Tacoma, the Hub of the Evergreen Playground. ®iw flliicfU由cr 9?utfrf).

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Jbttariab MERELY A SUGGESTION Toward the close of every Literary Society season a meeting is held in which plans are made for the 4Big Play.，The meet­ ing begins with a motion that a play be given. The president announces that the floor is at the disposal of anyone who wishes to make remarks. This offers an opportunity for a long in­ formal debate,—an opportunity which is always taken; at least it has for the past three years. I shall not enter into the arguments pro and con except to show my bent by saying that I have never heard a really positive argument against indulging in dramatics. The only thing that these squabblings show it the fact that the Literary Societies are composed of individuals whose tastes differ too widely; so widely that the Literary Societies as a whole ought not to sponsor a dramatic production.

How can we say, “The Literary Societies of Northwestern College present Such and Such, a play by ‘So and So’，’’ when perhaps only half the group subscribes to the ventureThe only \vay in which the Societies as a whole give any aid is in a financial way. Since the 'house is divided against itself’ in • this matter, I would suggest that a Dramatic Society be formed.

This would perforce contain that section of the student body • which is interested in the drama as a form of art and recrea­ tion. I believe that persons who can derive some enjoyment opt of play rehearsals should not be deprived of it any more than those who enjoy juggling a pigskin should be deprived of 287

I their fun. The latter are given free rein; why suggest suppressing dramatics? This proposed Dramatic Society could present several dramatic evenings during the course of the winter season, — evenings in which a number of one-act plays might be given. A larger play would be a fitting climax to the season. Members would have the opportunity of participating in all the branches of presenting a play,—directing, acting, staigemanaging, etc. Of coujrse, we should have someone who is in authority to advise us, but I am sure we should encounter no difficulties in that respect.

0. S. BARRELS During exam week I saw someone measuring the contents of a barrel. I said to myself, 4 * Barrel, you and I are in the same boat. I know just how you feel.” I suppose my kindred thoughts were lost on the barrel. It didn’t need sympathy, but I did. The measuring stick lowered into my think-tan k groped about rather low before it found something that left a mark.

I began to reflect. Exams, classes, education. What’s it all about ? I looked for answers. There are many. First came to mind the opinion of Robert Hutchins, president of the Uni­ versity of Chicago. He says, “It is to teach them (the kiddies) to think, to think straight if possible; but to think always for themselves.” Heartily I added my Yea! Yea! On second thought, Phooey. Just a lot of propaganda to flatter the young­ sters. To think straight is all right, but to think for them­ selves----- ? No! Young people shouldn’t do that. Ifs an in­ sult to the frowning walls of age and experience. Either fall in line or get out. Again I thought of the barrel. How like formal education. Day by day, week by week, facts, truths, formulas, opinions, data, beliefs, personal prejudices, what have you, are poured into it. Twice a year the measuring stick is let down to see how full it is. Sometimes barrels have leaks.

The process continues. When the barrel is supposedly full the bung is driven home, seal put on, and out she comes. After roll­ ing about a bit the bung works loose and out pour the same facts, truths, formulas, opinions, data, beliefs, personal pre­ judices, what have you. Nothing new. Nothing fresh. Same old stuff. And we’ll peddle it to our children. Thus the torch of learning is carried on. The joy of originating is left out.

William Blake says, “Thank Heaven, I never was sent to school, to be flogged into following the style of a fool.” I wonder. Huxley considers artificial education merely a prepa­ ration to receive Nature’s education. “Manhood, not scholar­ ship, is the first aim of education,’’ was E. T. Seton’s idea, None of them put much stock in “book learnin’.” Is it so ex­ ceedingly important ? Think it over but don’t be influenced.

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^lunutx ^Uites Rev. Hanz Schultz, ’31，has accepted the call to Hazelton, North Dakota.

Candidate Kenneth Vertz, ’31， was ordained in January. ， He is fulfilling the duties of a supply pastor for a congregation near Mishicot, Wisconsin, until another pastor is called A daughter was recently born to the Prof, and Mrs. Hans Bierwagen, *21, of Fond du Lac. Rev. T. Sauer, ’83，of Appleton has resigned as pastor.

Rev. Brandt, formerly assistant pastor, is succeeding him.

It has been reported that John John, *26, pastor at Marsh­ field, is married. .

Howard Fredricks, ex ’35，has left the University of Wis­ consin and is continuing his course of study at La Crosse State Teachers College.

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Rev. Th. Mahnke，’26，has accepted the call to Madison.

Rev. W. Kleinke，’24, has received the call to fill the vacancy at Cataract, Wis. Mrs. M. Franzmann, ex ’31，who is teaching in a parochial school in Cleveland, Ohio, recently visited her husband, the Prof. M. Franzmann, who is substituting for Prof. Kiessling at Northwestern.

A son was born to the Rev. and Mrs. G. Redlin in January.

The Professors Sitz, Schumann, and Schmeling of North­ western have taken turns during the past few months in serving the congregation at La Crosse during the illness of Rev. G. Fischer.

Ralph Lemke, ex ’34，has accepted a teaching position at Tomah. He is teaching typing and shorthand.

Paul Schliesser, ’36，recently decided to enter the Seminary.

He is a member of the Junior class.

Rev. Emil Schultz, ’91，and Rev. 0. Theobald died early in February of this year.

February 16 was the date of the marriage of Rev. Victor Schultz, ’31，of Platteville, Colorado, and Miss Elinora Nickel of Wauwatosa. Tutor Oscar Naumann of Northwestern, a classmate of Rev. Schultz, attended the ceremony as best man.

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“In Europe students cannot think and speak critically about the government, the schools, the church, the industrial system or about anything which is importan[t. In America they can.

So they don’t.” Quite a sweeping indictment. Are we guilty?

Hardly. This is one of those grand generalizations which flow so smoothly and beautifully from the editorial pen but which fortunately don’t hold good.

The state Assembly recently voted down a bill which pro­ posed an investigation of the alleged 4'rampant commun ism and radicalism” in the state university. Of this action the Carroll Echo says, “The assembly branch of the Wisconsin state legislature is to be congratulated on its intelligent stand • . • ‘‘Radicalism is worthwhile. Practically every worthwhile movement has grown from a group which at one time or other was considered to be radical. Surely our govern­ ment today is a radical government. The present crop of Con­ ductors* who rode into office with the ‘Big Train’ would kill some of the tendencies which gave them their offices; they would strangle true radicalism, which is the progressive ele­ ment in our society, along with the reds. If there is radicalism in our schools, it must not be confused with the doctrines which are preached in such places as Red Arrow Park in Milwaukee.”

“If these radical opinions are worthwhile and we believe that a good share of them are held by thinking, constructive students, no amount of persecution will drive them out. No legislative inquiry will drive a student from his position who has arrived at an honest conviction. Give us honest radicalism rather than the thieving, ‘Star Spangled Banner’ politician who has so fre­ quently gained a seat in our legislative halls. ” *

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At this point in our monthly clipping spree we for some reason or other suddenly grew quite weary of college editorials.

We decided to read more carefully the lesser and more lowly sections of our exchanges. Once again we dived into the pile of papers and came up with the following- handful of assorted paragraphs. .

The Carnegie Foundation has found that college seniors after four years improve slightly in general intelligence, but seem to lose ground over their high school days in selling, grammar, literature, and history.

Hitler’s autobiography Mein Kampf, Nazi best-seller, is now a compulsory textbook in all of Germany’s primary and secondary schools.

A saxophone is produced in the U. S. every 40 seconds.

The Oracle says, “Our statistics department informs us that if they were all laid end to end in the Sahara Desert, it would be a good idea.” If all the jokes about laying things end to end were laid end to end there would be no end.

Of the 112,607 students in 118 American colleges and uni­ versities who voted in the Literary Digest College Peace Poll 83% would fight if the United States were invaded, but only 17% would take up arms if the U. S. were the aggressor. On other questions the majority thought that the U. S. can stay out of war; that the possession by the U. S. of the largest naval and air force in the world is not a sound method of keeping us out of war; that government control of ammunitions should be adopted: that universal conscription should be enforced; and that the U. S. should not enter the League of Nations.

At Olivet college a debate on “Is Dutch Dating Desirable?” was won by the affirmative. At another college Dutch-Date Week was a colossal success. Not a bad idea.

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Louis Untermeyer, well-known poet and anthologist, says, “The poetry produced by American college students is more disciplined and promising than it ever was in the past.” A reader of the Black and Red would be inclined to call it extinct.

One of the evil influences exerted by modern books and movies, as demonstrated by the Old Gold and Black: “College • a glimpse of an ivy covered Gothic tower …lanes through ， emerald green lawns shaded by century-old oaks, beneath which students sprawl and chat... a football arcs its way over a great College …where bright colored roadsters concrete stadium flash in front of palace-like fraternity Houses …where gay crowds gather along the Senior Wall to sing College songs at twilight …where couples stroll along the bank of a lazy river while a pale yellow moon looks on …College …where all the profs are amiable nitwits who ride bicycles... where every­ body hangs out at a soda fountain run by a nice old man who extends unlimited credit…where all the co-eds are blond, amorous, and lovely and all the men are star halfbacks... it vuist be like that, the books and movies couldn’t all be wrong.

Yep, it must be swell to go to college.” Well —we have some oaks.

A certain college professor assures us that humor can range from wisdom to ingenious nonsense. “It is a common mistake, ” says he, “to regard the pun as a low form of wit.”

The students of Aurora college originated something new in academic circles when they chipped together and bought a new rug for the president’s office. And our poor president doesn’t even have an office! . During_ the recent exams at the University of Wisconsin mimeographed copies of a set of questions brought as high as six dollars apiece. The theft was discovered, however, and an entirely new set of questions greeted the class next day.

A columnist of the Student Voice gives us some inside dope on international diplomacy. A few years before the World War two drunk U. S. Marines were.stabbed by Mexicans because they were molesting some native women. The U. S. considered this an insult and demanded of the Mexican government a twenty-one gun salute as an apology. Mexico refused and war 义ouiq have resulted, had not a few sane statesmen persuaded the administration to be satisfied with a smaller salute. ,a luncheon at the University of Minnesota a professor described the difference between a university and an insane asylum. Said the professor, **You have to show improvement to get out of the asylum.”

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Percentage Lost Won 1000 0 Milton 10 .667 2 Engineers 4 .625 3 Aurora 5 4 .600 Wartburg 6 •400 6 4 Northwestern .273 Mission House 8 3 .000 9 Miners 0 Mission House 31, Northwestern 27 Northwestern received its first conference defeat from the Muskies on January 18. Mission House forged into the lead after the first few minutes of play and was never headed during 294

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One of the evil influences exerted by modern books and movies, as demonstrated by the Old Gold and Black: “College " • a glimpse of an ivy covered Gothic tower …lanes through emerald green lawns shaded by century-old oaks, beneath which students sprawl and chat... a football arcs its way over a great concrete stadium... College... where bright colored roadsters flash in front of palace-like fraternity houses... where gay crowds gather along the Senior Wall to sing College songs at twilight" • where couples stroll along the bank of a lazy river while a pale yellow moon looks on ... College …where all the profs are amiable nitwits who ride bicycles …where every­ body hangs out at a soda fountain run by a nice old man who extends unlimited credit... where all the co-eds are blond, amorous, and lovely and all the men are star halfbacks... it must be like that, the books and movies couldn’t all be wrong.

Yep, it must be swell to go to college.” Well — vve have some oaks.

A certain college professor assures us that humor can range from wisdom to ingenious nonsense. "It is a common mistake, ’ ’ says he, "to regard the pun as a low form of wit.”

The students of Aurora college originated something new in academic circles when they chipped together and bought a new rug for the president’s office. And our poor president doesn’t even have an office!

During the recent exams at the University of Wisconsin mimeographed copies of a set of questions brought as high as six dollars apiece. The theft was discovered, however, and an entirely new set of questions greeted the class next day.

A columnist of the Student Voice gives us some inside dope on international diplomacy. A few years before the World War two drunk U. S. Marines were stabbed by Mexicans because they were molesting some native women. The U. S. considered this an insult and demanded of the Mexican government a twenty-one gun salute as an apology. Mexico refused and war would have resulted, had not a few sane statesmen persuaded the administration to be satisfied with a smaller salute.

At a luncheon at the University of Minnesota a professor described the difference between a university and an insane asylum. Said the professor, “You have to show improvement to get out of the asylum.”

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Most of the scheduled games have been played. The only hindrance in this sport is the traveling expense. So far the players have paid their own traveling expenses. The financing of this team ought to be taken over by the students themselves or by some student organization because the athletic department is not able to pay these minor sport expenses. Players on the team are: Siegler, Vallesky, Schaller, Zehms, Schlueter, Pagels, A. Lehman, Laper, Hanser, Hoefer, Grabner and Reim.

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With the recurring rondo of finals pluperfected and the study-instinct no longer the privunn mobile of the dorm world, our microcosm falls back into the beaten path—lack-lustre routine disturbed only by the “intellectual” outbursts of the Seniors.—Another lap of what is called a formal education relegated to the past and expeditely forgotten, except for reports sent home. And apropos reports, those anticipating letters to proud parents, explaining that grade in house deport­ ment! ‘Twas the other fellow that done the dirt.

“Fat” Lehmann, punster of sorts and class contributor of the lack-wit bon mot, has new “artistic proclivities”，says he.

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The Senior basketball team, be it mentioned,, is a strictly democratic organization. No one wants the captaincy.

John Bradtke in a seat directly in front of Raabe has a peculiar attraction for the “Traz’s” toe. Honoring him in the breech, as Hamlet would say.

What Seniors live by—the noisome art of logomachy. We imagine Seniors without argument as so many fish out of water.

They have gained a reputation, ^is true,— —for caviling, quibbl­ ing, for irrelevancies and quiddities, in short, as Micawber would say, for argu men turn ad absurdum. It is sad that many are deluded into believing that their misdirected talents must be displayed at every meeting of the literary societies.

If you would ask us, the tutor’s apparent success in enforc­ ing the ancient precept of “early to bed, early to rise^ may be all right, but it eliminates one of the keenest thrills of dormi­ tory life. True enough, at 10:30 or thereabouts the human clay seems to consider that it has finished its cycle. And there those who hold that this is the seemly and appointed time to go to bed and they do so as a matter of routine. Happy creatures, those hypnophils, in a brutish, sedentary fashion! But what supreme delights and adventures unknown to the snoring fel­ lows are experienced by those burning the midnight kilowatts.

The unusual stillness of the dormitory halls, books scattered over the desk, festoons of smoke overhead, thoughts running in clear, never before experienced channels. The perfection of existence! We may not always reach this state. We may doze off, to be roused from the bottom of our chair at 3:00 A. M. \yhen the dorm turns over on the other side. But we have lived the more—us wooers of the Night.

On January 17 the Phi Gamma Rho Literary Society pre­ sented a program on Euripides and his Age. Mr. Fleischer acted as master of ceremonies; Proffessor Schumann as critic.

Outstanding on the program was the presentation of Aristophanes，comedy, The Frogs, a literary criticism of Aeschylus and Euripides. It was a noble venture, considering that the plays of Aristophanes little interest the modern spectator, be­ cause, as it has been put, we can not “get the jokes on the wing. ’ ’ The general humorous conception of the play, however, comes through to us. The presentation was adapted from Plumptre’s translation. It was cut to about one fourth of the original by omitting all the choruses with the exception of the well-known Brekekekex koax koax.

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Laurence Bolton Crossing the Bar..................... ___ Bortniansky Russischer Vespergesang............

The N. W. C. Quartrt Eugene Toepel Theodore Sauer Fredrick Grunwald Karl Gurgel Carl Broecker An Attic Dream A play by Aristophanes The Frogs ______ Howard Russow The God Dionysus (Bacchus)..

Ed gar Harmening Xanthias, his slave............... . .Martin Toepel Aeschylus....... .... ................... .

Samuel Kugler Euripides................................

Fredrick ThierfeTder Hercules..................... ........... ..Norbert Valleskey Pluto, God of the Underworld ____ Edward Weiss Charon................................... . .......Victor Weyland Aeaous, house porter to Pluto ___Robert Reim A Corpse.................. ...........

Bearers of the Corpse A Chorus of Frogs A Flute Player

Mr. Hoff, Phi Gamma Rho, presented his program on February 8. The subject of the program was Moods in Shake­ speare. The program reflected strongly the influence of Fritz Leiber’s recent appearance in these parts. Pretentiously arranged, it was for student presentation fairly successful. Pro­ fessor Sitz was crtic.

The Program: Twelfth Night—Three Merry Men Are We.....................

M. Nelson, D. Hallemeyer, T. Sauer Macbeth Porter Scene ..............

Ham let Soliloquy .................

The'Two Gentlemen of Verona—Who is Sylvia______ Miss Dierker.

Julius Caesar Cobbler First Citizen Antony_____ Popilius Seno Soothsayer Citizens Marcus Brutus.

Cassius.

Casca__ Trebonius Flavius Citizen Cinna__

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Song .Seifert Vincent ___Solo Seifert W. Lehmann Werner ..Vincent .Bergholz Grunwald A. Lehmann Breiling

Marullus ) Servant f Calpumia ■

Fredericks Miss Jones

Citizens / Claudius i Portia____

Birner Miss Kusel

On February 14 the Philomathean Society presented an admirable program dedicated to the 250th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach. The program was arranged by Mr. Witt; Professor Franzmann was critic.

The Program: Be Still My Soul O Lamm Gottes.

O Lamm Gottes.

Life Of J. S. Bach

…J. S. Bach .arranged by J. Eccard arranged by J. S. Bach Northwestern Quartet Raymond Frey

As a Bird at Dawning Singeth Father of Thy Love and Power Northwestern Quartet Bach and Haendcl...................

Oscar Siegler Three Two-Part Inventions__ Winfred Lehmann Interesting Episodes of Bach's Life .

Waldemar Hoyer Come Blessed Death Blessing and Glory Unto God Northwestern Male Chorus A Criticism of Bach's Music Orvin Sommers

•.......Original __ J. S. Bach ...J. S. Bach ...Original J. S. Bach Original J. S. Bach .J. S. Bach Original

e$ Arlinc Schumann Helen Winkenwcrder

Since this is the Junior number, we feel that we ought to tell you something about the Junior coeds: Arline Schumann and Margaret Krahn. However, we found them too busy read­ ing their German to answer any questions.

Although there wasn’t a Valentine box in the girls’ room this year, you would have been convinced that February 14th was a heartfelt day if you had seen the valentines that the coeds received.

If you had heard the noise in both rooms one recess you never would have believed that Hauptmann’s verdict had been .reached the day before. Nevertheless we are sure that twelve girls could never make a jury because it is too hard for them to come to an agreement.

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Helen Perry continued the sweet custom begun by Mary Lutovsky. She also brought fudge to school on her birthday and treated the coeds.

Several coeds took part in the recent style show at the Classic.

We must keep Eva from getting so excited if she happens to be a little late for class. Attempting to find a pencil in a hurry one day she overturned the table drawer. Fortunately we had enough carpenters around to make the necessary repairs and gather up the scattered articles.

A number of the coeds went to Professor Huth’s house to congratulate him on his seventy-fifth birthday. We all join in wishing him many more birthdays.

Did you know that Ruth Scheele frightened every one into thinking that she had the mumps? She didn’t really have them, but what she did have was such a good imitation of them that even a professor was fooled and sent her to the doctor.

Many sleigh-ride parties were planned, and some of them were given in the past month.

For a short time during the week of examinations the girls* room was supplied with a swimming pool in which the girls might refresh themselves. But since the cold weather pre­ vented them from taking any chances, they called the janitor who shut off the water which was streaming from the broken pipe. The dictionary and the curtains have by this time re­ covered from the soaking which they received.

Winter sports are dangerous sports, as several coeds pain­ fully found out. Jane Kelly and Beulah Bussewitz received in­ juries while tobagganing. Although others received no actual injuries, nevertheless liniment was much in demand.

The giant who appeared at Schempf’s proved to be quite an attraction for many of the coeds. There was a man to whom they had to look up!

The pipe around which everyone hovered in cold weather has been covered, and many girls feel that they have lost a good friend.

Note: The names of Evelyn Schroeder and Eva Taras were omitted in the list of Sophomore coeds which appeared in the preceding issue of the Black and Red. (Editor’s Note: Last month the mistake was entirely ours, and we blush mentally. But to regain the trust of the readers and to show how much we have improved because of criticism, we add—still blushing—that the name of another modest and unassuming, but thoroughly likeable and talented coed was omitted----- Margaret Lutovsky.)

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GLKANINGS FROM THE PAST The Juniors have been engaged in a bit of research. A document, an ancient code of laws, has been brought to light.

The dusty archives have given up a hidden treasure and again the secrets of the past are put under the microscope of scholar­ ship. Now we know in what manner our fathers walked these halls. What rules, what guides they had to keep them on the straight and narrow. Lest our critical analysis be for naught, we here publish the outstanding results of our labors.

"Wednesday afternoon, free. The students of Prep depart­ ment have use of the shower room. Saturday afternoon, free.

The students of collegiate department have the use of the shower room.’’ Cleanly people, those ancients.

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We wonder if they slept in classes, too? * * * “Beim Essen soil vermieden werden die Hast, Speisen nachzuholen (“Whacking extras”），das Aufstiitzen mit beiden Armen, das zu laute Einschlurfen der Speisen und Schmatzen, das Zumundeftihren des Messers, das unnotige Herumdrehen und Zuriickkehren mit dem Stuhle, das Beiniiberschlagen, das Sichentfernen von seinem Platze ohne Erlaubnis des Inspektors zwecks Unterhaltung und allzulaute Unterhaltung.” ♦

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Monitor—Why are you eating with your knife?

Prep—Why, my fork leaks. * ★ * Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself has said, As he bumped his toe against the bed, “Waiter!”

“Yes, Sir.” ‘‘Have you ever been to the zoo?’’

“No, Sir.” .

“Well, you’d sure get a kick out of watching the turtles zip by.” *

Beginner (who had never fished before) — Oh, I’ve a bite. Now what do I do?

Fisherman — Reel in your line. .

Beginner — I’ve done that; the fish is tight against end of the pole. Now what do I do?

Fisherman (disgustedly) — Climb up the rod and stab

got the . it!

Here lies the body of Suson Jones, Resting beneath these polished stones, Her name was Brown instead of c Jones, But Brown won’t rhyme with polished stones, And she won’t know if it’s Brown or Jones.

Dizzy Definitions A door knob is a thing a revolving door goes round without —一 a straw is something which you drink something through two of them — — cobblestones are a pavement that people would rather were asphalt than----- cream is something which dry cereal doesn’t taste as good without it, unless you use milk, but haven’t any — 一 and one car they are all dying to ride in is the hearse.

"PatM — Do I need a haircut ?

“Mike” 一 Hm. — You ought to buy a dog license. *‘Das Schuldenmachen ist verboten.”

"Karten- und andere Gluckspiele sind verboten. ” 307

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Schlueter Plumbing Shop DRUG STORES Owen’s Bittner & TetzlatT Busse's Walgreen System Drug Store Wm. Gehrke Sabin Drug Co. RESTAURANTS Star Lunch The Patio GARAGES A. Kramp Co. Hafemeister Motor Sales, Inc. H. & D. Motor Co.

LUMBER and FUEL Wm. Gorder Co. West Side Lumber Co. Hutson Braun Lumber Co. GROCERIES Bentzin’s John C. Heismann Otto’s Grocery Northwestern Delicatessen BARBERS Seager & Brand Young's Marble Barber Shop Charles Sommerfeld Sim Block MEAT MARKETS Julius Bayer W. A. Nack The Royal Meat Market Block & Andres

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We believe that the home industries should be patronized by local retailers and the retail stores should be patronized by the townspeople. Thus will the money paid out in salaries, wages, etc., do the most good to the community.

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W.D. Sproesser Go. JEWELERS Telephone 263-J

Pianos

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412 Main St.

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Northwestern Delicatessen “The Place for Goodies’’

A. POLZIN Candies, Ice Cream, Cigarettes, Groceries 1207 WESTERN AVENUE

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AID ASSOCIATION FOR LUTHERANS Fraternal Legal Reserve Insurance Appleton, Wisconsin TIIIKTY-TWO YKAHS OF PHOGRESS Through thirty-two years of constantly changing economic conditions, the Aid Association has made consistent progress in the fraternal field of life insurance.

The Association has never failed to meet every obligation in full regardless of the conditions that confronted it during all1 these years, and to-day occupies a position financially stronger than ever, with assets over $16,000,000, prepared to render even greater service to its members.

In its various plans of life insurance, the Aid Association for Lutherans offers to the Lutherans of the Synodical Conference that absolute SAFETY that all who purchase life insurance are seeking. For further particular information, consult our local representative, or write to the Association.

AID ASSOCIATION FOR LUTHERANS BL«M9

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When it’s Fruits or Groceries — Call up—or Call on

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PIANIST

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Otto’s Grocery Dealer in Groceries, Feed and Flour, Vegetables and Fruits.

Telephone 597 111 N. 4th St.

W1GGENII0UN JEWELRY COMPANY Diamonds--Watches

Watertown, Wis. i 13 Main St.

TIETZ CLEANERS and DYERS

KECK Furniture

Relining，Repairing and Alteration

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Steam，Hot Water Kclly-BorchardGo. and Vapor Heating 'The Merits Store

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See us about the New Areola Hot Water System.

KEHR BROS.

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Hart Schaffncr iV： Marx Clothes

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Main and 4th Sts.

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Everything To Be Found in a First Class Drug Store”

BANK OF WATERTOWN WATERTOWN, WIS.

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All Eyes on WESTINGHOUSE! The New REFRIGERATOR For The Streamline Age Now On Display ------At The------

Riverside Electric Service 200 First Street

WATERTOWN, WIS.

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W. A. NACK

Telephone 709

MEAT MARKET

Easl Side Bakery

••Quality First” POULTRY IN SEASON Phone 19-W 621 Main St.

Made like you would at Home Bread - l{oils - Delicious Cakes

Schmutzler’s

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Main and 7th St. Phone 1 266 WATKKTOWN,

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Phone 107

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FURNITURE Funeral Service Funeral Home Our Service Satisfies Phone 150

607-613 Main St.

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Shoe Repair Service

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The latest styles are now on display.

Make your Selection now.

Priced 3t $1.95 $3_00 " $3>50 Kuenzi & Frattinger 305 Main St.

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BILL KRUEGER

Jack Thusius

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FINE WATCH, CLOCK AND JEWELRY REPAIRING

INSURANCE MAN

117 Third Street

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Watertown, Wis., March 1935 Number 10 :ription. One Dollar.

ANOTIIKIl IF OF HISTORY Carl Broecker

Although individuals have always tried to be masters of their fates, the turn of events and not their own efforts invariably determines their destinies. The turn of events is often brought about by some apparently trivial happening.

Our American Revolutionary War offers us an example of two ambitious persons, nearly equal in ability and brilliance, who suffered opposite fates as the result of an occurrence which in itself seemed insignificant.

Benedict Arnold was an intrepid American officer who had distinguished himself at Quebec and Saratoga. But Congress had treated him shabbily, withholding from him the promotion he deserved and permitting1 itself to be the tribunal by vvhich he was tried on frivolous charges. Although Congress acquitted him of these charges it recommended that he be reprimanded.

To the proud spirit of Arnold it was unbearable that Congress should heaj) censure upon its lack of appreciation of his services.

While in Philadelphia Arnold was in close contact with the large loyalist element there. He also became engaged to a comely loyalist This influence had much to do with his later actions. The close of Arnoldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lengthy trial finally enabled 308

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him to turn his thoughts again to military affairs. At this time the fortunes of the colonies were at a low ebb. Incompetent Congress was torn by dissension, and the war had every appearance of being prolonged into a long, sanguinary struggle.

Arnold determined that he would spare the colonies much bloodshed by giving the revolution its deathblow through traitorous action. In addition Arnold’s finances were depleted and the British had promised to reward treason liberally. Per­ haps Arnold was also motivated by the example of Monk, the successful restorer of Charles II, or of Malborough, who deserted James II for William. At any rate, Arnold thought that the inefficiency of Congress fully justified a return of British rule. .

But how to accomplish this purpose? Washington, after the trial, had offered Arnold the post of honor in the next campaign. Although on the field he might play into the hands of the enemy, he could harm the American cause more by to the making the capture of some strategic point possible .

British. The post of commandant at West Point was open.

This was perhaps the most important fortification in America.

Its strategic value lay in the fact that its possession would enable the English to control the Hudson and thus sever New England from the other colonies.

In this manner treason could accomplish what Bur^oyne had failed to do. Moreover, the magazine of West Point con­ tained military stores which were irreparable as far as the colonies were concerned. Accordingly Arnold pleaded ill-health, applied for the post, and received it. .

Soon Arnold entered into a correspondence with Major John Andre, General Clinton’s adjutant, who concealed his indentity under the name of John Anderson. Ten thousand guineas and a major-general’s commission were to be the price of West Point. Andre was a dashing officer, well-gifted, and showed promise of rising to great heights. In order to conelude the negotiations he volunteered to interview Arnold.

Clinton, realizing- the danger of the mission, charged Andre not to go within the American lines, not to disguise his person, and to have nothing to do with incriminating1 papers.

The sloop of 'yar, Vulture, with Andre on board, dropped anchor at a point sixteen miles below West Point. There Andre, his scarlet uniform covered by a long military cloak, was con­ veyed to shore by a loyalist farmer named Smith. On landing ^ndre met Arnold. At a nearby farmhouse the two, conferring through the night and part of the next day, arranged the be­ trayal. As the interview drew to a close the American comwum ei，i.^ave Andre drawings of the West Point defenses, m,11 breakfast they were startled by the sound of guns. ine fired upon by a land battery, was compelled to 309

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drop down the stream. The military officer who commanded the battery merely fired on the Vulture because it had ventured too far up the river, and never realized that by this act he had unwittingly won the Revolutionary War. Arnold saw that with the Vulture gone it was necessary for Andre to return by land.

For this reason he gave Andre a pass through the American lines and instructed Smith to accompany him to the nearest British outpost. On Smith’s suggestion Andre disguised him­ self as a civilian. The all-important plans of West Point were concealed in his stocking. Smith, fearing for his safety, deserted his charge on the way. Andre, using his pass to advantage, successfully passed the regular American pickets.

But at Tarrytown, when nearly in sight of the welcome British outposts, he was stopped by three patriot militiamen. Mistakingthem for Tory ‘‘cowboys’’ he told them that he was an English officer and offered money for his release. Their suspicions were now thoroughly aroused, and despite his showing of the pass they led him to the nearest American outpost. From there he was taken to Fort Putnam where he was tried by a court of inquiry of which Nathanael Greene, La Fayette, and Von Steuben were members.

The trial was conducted very fairly. On his examination by the board Andre explicitly stated that the boat in which he came ashore carried no flajr, that he did not consider himself under the protection of a flag, and that if he did, he certainly might have returned under it. In a frank and manly manner he con fessed a premeditated design to deceive. Andre’s personal nobility and admirable military bearing made it difficult for the tribunal to pass judgment. But spy he was, and as such he had to bo treated. With extreme reluctance the officers sen­ tenced him to hanpr. In the grey dawn Andre was led out to the ^allows, where his noble manner of meeting death further endeared him to his foes.

Meanwhile, how was Arnold faring? Learning of Andrei capture, he succeeded in gaining the Vulture. On his arrival at West Point Washington was surprised at Arnold’s absence.

Suspicious, he made adequate preparations for defense.

Arnold, upon reaching New York, received his major-generalship. In the scarlet uniform he played the rather sordid role of burning1 Richmond and New London. After the war his life was one of disappointment and disgrace.

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In that case Andre would be known merely as a spy who completed the negotiations between Clinton and Arnold. That is the way Arnold and Andre intended it to be, but the turn of events, brought about by a seemingly unimportant occurrence, dictated otherwise. Arnold by failure pained the contempt and execration of both Americans and English while Andre through death became a hero. A monument to him was placed in Westminster Abbey, and in 1821 his remains were taken up and reburied near it.

THE GREEKS，A NATION SUI GENERIS Erwin Schroeder

Of all the nations in times past and present the Greeks, if one may be so bold, are a people in a class by themselves, unique, unrivaled, a nation sui generis. They with their shining brightness have outshone all nations of the ancient world and we satellites of the modern world must be content with the light that they deign to reflect upon us. Historians with universal consent assign to the Greeks a berth in the ancient, the eastern world, but strictly speaking they do not bear the hallmarks that give title to a place there. In reality the Greeks are exponents of the modern, the western world.

And to satisfy the curious “Why?” of the historian we have but to point out that it is the supremacy of the mind in the affairs of man that divides the modern world from the ancient world with its indelible stamp of irrationalism. Among： no other nation of the world, every person will grant that, did the mind wield a more despotic sway than it did among the Greeks. In Egypt, in Crete, in Mesopotamia the mind played but a secondary role; there our eye is met by the enthroned despot, whose whims and fancies constitute the determining factors of the state; a mis­ erable and subjugated populace slavishly executing the passions and chimeras of the ruling individual. In Greece and in Greece alone do we find that the mind is asserting itself for the first time. While other nations of the Nile and the Euphrates valleys had to content themselves with the irrational the Greeks ventured to go beyond these limited bounds and by doing so they became the first intellectuals, the protagonists of the mind. Therefore we can draw our conclusion by means of a legitimate syllogism and say that, strictly speaking, the Greeks are Moderns and Ancients only in the matter of centuries.

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should presently go to by way of death. The misery to which the Pharaoh subjected his people gave them no peace, and hence the Egyptian sought peace in death. The monarch’s commands naturally excluded the use of the mind which could not give the individual any hope where life was hopeless and which could not give him any strength to endure the unendurable. Whereas Egypt submitted and faced toward death for peace, Greece re­ sisted and rejoiced and exposed herself full-face towards life.

Nowhere in all Greece do we find any resemblance of the sub­ missiveness, for it is entirely against Nature’s statutes that the Greeks, a high-spirited people as they were, should be inclined to obey laws. Furthermore, the hilly country of Greece offered its rebels the best of refuge. True it is, Greece saw an Age of Tyrants but the only sure thing we know about them is that they were put a stop to.

In Greece the joy of life finds expression, a characteristic foreign to all preceding nations. The Greeks were the first people to play, and they played on a great scale. All over Greece there were games, contests of every description, four of which occurred each year at definite seasons. No general, no trage­ dian received greater praise than the Olympic victor. Although his prize consisted only in a wreath of olive branches yet he was prouder of this wreath than the present American football hero is of his half a million dollar movie offer. Generals gave the Olympic victor place and poets commemorated his victory by an ode. The historian Thucydides is forced to pause in the heat of battle when one of his personages has conquered in the games and he kindly asks the reader to doff his hat in honor of the victor. The joy that the Greek found in life is stamped upon everything that he has left behind. By that I do not mean that life to the Greek was all joy, all beauty, all happiness. No, his literature is full of sorrow as well. The Greek was terribly aware of life’s uncertainty and the imminence of death. Life, as one of the poets epitomized it, is only a shadow’s dream.

But even in the darkest hours of life and in the shadows of ap­ proaching1 death the Greek can rejoice. In Oedipus Coloneus, when life has nothing more to offer to the blind and decrepit Oedipus, the sable curtain of tragedy is lifted to the poet’s love of the outdoor world, of the nightingale’s thrilling note piercing the thick foliage of the forests and resounding in the green glades, of the stainless tide of pure waters quickening the earth’s living frame, of the glory of the narcissus and the gleaming white crocus “which the Muses love and Aphrodite with the golden rein.” One might argue that this is only the tragedian’s trick or artifice to heighten the contrast but it does not strike us as such. It is the natural expression of a tragedian who is so consciously aware of the beauty of life that he must give expression to it.

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In one of the earlier paragraphs we made the statement that the Greek race was unique in that they were the first people to give to the individual the liberty of using his mind and intellect. In Egypt the priest’s “Thus far and no farther” set the limits for the individuals. In Greece the individuals established the bounds for the priests. His was the temple and the temple only. The notion of consulting a priest concerning the education of his children or about Truth would not even occur to a Greek. If he could not reason it out for himself he went to Socrates or to some other outstanding mind of the day.

Who could imagine any priest giving advice to an individual with the famous dictum “Know thyself”？ Thus, free from priestly rule the Greeks were free to think. Even from their use of the language we can conclude that the Greeks were intellectualists. Our word “school” comes from the Greek word for “leisure”. Of course, reasoned the Greek, given leisure a man will employ it in thinking. Our word ‘‘philosophy’’ is quite an absract term for us but to the Greek it meant the love of knowl­ edge. They called their doctors “physicians”，persons who had studied and thought out the facts of nature. St. Luke observes the Athenians as “spending their time in nothing else but to tell or hear something new.” The Athenians bring St. Paul to the Areopagus “to know what teaching this is.” No other nation thus thirsted for knowledge, and in their thirst for knowledge they reached the high-water mark almost in every region of thought. Sculpture which can be compared to theirs must still be produced; no modern structure is more beautiful than their buildings were; no prose of ours is more lucid than the prose of the Bible and of Plato; as an historian Thucydides is unrivaled; no epic can be mentioned with Homer; no odes can be set beside Pindar; no music can be compared with theirs since we know not what it was like; of the world’s four greatest tragedians Shakespeare is the only non-Greek. It is a sad fact that so very little remains of what the Greeks produced. Their buildings and sculpturings have for the most part crumbled.

Their writings have been lost, but even with the little that remains the Greek nation, a nation sui generis，sits on the throne of supremacy and is offering us，the modern world, the challenge to out-Greek the Greeks.

THE ANNOTATED TEXT Ralph Hagedorn

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not only by learned Germans, but also by foolish English and Americans. See what happened to Shakespere! We read his works not for the plot and character development, but for the allusions, usually cleverly hidden, to the stage, the sea, the law. Swift’s experience with “the learned commentator Wotton” is well-known. So we present the following as a commen­ tator a thousand years hence would handle the text — or as it could be handled even today.)

I never saw a purple coio, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you a/nyhow, I'd rather see than be one.

Note one. I. The author of this poem is unknown. But we can readily deduce that he was a person of the lower stratum of society, since the higher classes use “we” although the writer speaks of but one person, himself. Yet, it has occurred that a person of the nobler classes has used ‘‘I.’’ So we can definitely state, and with assurance maintain, that it was probably written by a person of the lower class, possibly by one of the upper class of society. A third possibility, that it was written by one of the middle class, cannot be excluded.

Note two. Saw. Used in sense “perceive with the eye, behold, view,” not 4'a serrated or toothed instrument.”

Observe their primitive conception of sight; they evidently imagined that the beam of light cut its way into their brains.

Note three. =any.

Note four. Purple. Purple was the color which indicated royalty, but the line is more readily comprehensible if we take purple in its original meaning，“a mollusk, a shellfish”. Since this is a lyric, we can assume that the word order has been inverted, and if we supply the word “eating,” we read, ‘‘I never saw a cow eating shellfish.’’ Note the lofty tone this lends the poem, in that the cow is transferred from the herbiverous genus to an imaginary genus which eats shellfish, thus delighting the reader with the mental pleasure resulting from an unexpected, pleasant conception.

Or, “an intimidated shellfish,” since “cow,” as a verb, has that meaning. The proper form would be “cowed,” but poetic license seems to allow this. Cf. G&G, par. 847, sec. 7, note 206.

Or “cow could be the personification of the verb, thus“I never saw a purple (or regally-colored) intimidation.”

Again note the loftiness of this conception. We must admit that the American was a lofty-minded, sensitive, subtle nation.

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Or, the word “cow” also means a stupid person (cant); so we read, “I never saw a regal dolt.” The statement is ob­ viously ironical.

Or, there are six other possibilities. We shall merely enumerate them, since lack of space prohibits us from expound­ ing them: pui'ple = earcockle, a disease affecting wheat, in which an eelworm infests the ear; cloth dyed purple; any pig­ ment which colors purple; galls formed by the disease earcockle; the male orchis; highly rhetorical; colored or stained as by blood; a color similar to crimson. The posibilities seem limit­ less. The Americans were adept at selecting just the rigth words.

Or, if we accept the translation “intimidated shellfish,” we may use the word “saw” (apocopated form of “sawed”）in its literal sense— “cut with a toothed instrument.” Hence, “1 never sawed an intimidated shellfish”- perhaps because he didn’t like the rasping sound, or because he didn’t like the then popular “roughage” in his food. This emendation renders the interpretation a bit more difficult. The word “see” in 11. two and four must be read “saw,” a mistake due to the poet’s ignorance i Cf. note 1, I). Then we read: I never sawed an intimidated shellfish, I never ho pe t o saw one; But I can tell you ， anyhow, ^ I’d rather saw'than 6e one.

N. B. “Tell” does not mean “count,” but ''narrate, relate.” (Editor’s Note: This emendation is perhaps a bit strained. It seems to border on the ludicrous, spoiling the genuine lyric beauty of the poem, tending to make it didactic.

At best the delicate thought of the whole is such as to be somebeyond our comprehension. We visualize these things er<rnt*y,辽 & Pei，haps one of the most difficult of the lyrics thus far excavated. The new findings in the garbage and refuse heaps at the mouth of the Missouri River oiler no futher clues or variant readings.)

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I MAKE FRIENDSHIP WITH A COQUETTE Allen Hoff

One of the few things I have discovered during the several years I have devoted, more or less, to a study of the past as revealed in the present and of the present as explained by the past is this: that in order to get the right point of view one needs the right perspective. And one does not get the right perspective with one’s nose glued to the object under observa­ tion ;that good observation consists not in a multiplicity of detail, but in co-ordination of detail according to a true perspec­ tive of relative importance; that in observing the spectacle of the world one is trying to see life as it is and not a concourse of abstractions; and that education tends to establish the correct viewpoint to one’s outlook on life.

When, then, a man is “solely” immersed in the study of Literature and History and the Social Sciences, those factors that anon we spoke of will naturally present themselves to the student. Therewith all would be said and I could conclude my article. For, in striving after intellectual advancement and the power of independent thought does not the right perspective present itself when by the light of the midnight oil one delves to the depths of past history and passes his eyes over so many pages of literature and says “Yea and Amen” to what one or the other of philosophers has to say? And is it not the truth well spoken that reading maketh a full man? Ah! ,rTis only another consummation devoutly to be wished. “How can a man comprehend p：reat matters, that breaks his mind too much to small observations?’’ And therein lies the rub!

Our student, after waking up from dreams, books, and college honors, which have been his sole and constant compan­ ions in the formative years of his college days, will find that the intemperance of yesterday is weighing down the mind for today; also if that intemperance takes on the form of a zealous stoicism. In his mad chase after scholastic distinction, our student has fallen short in that most engrossing pursuit: that of making personal contact with men and especially women of his own age. He has been observing life as the sailor who went “port-hole” sightseeing on his cruise around the world and never thought once of making an inland excursion at some place or other. He has not that composite photograph of the intel­ lectual traits and domineering characteristics of all the members of the miniature world which comprises the society of his inl­ i " mediate community. He steps out into life irresolute and greatly perturbed as to the past and the future. Well has a man in our midst described him as one “In whose sunken eyes an everlasting questing lies.”

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When he finds himself in the presence of mixed company, he feels the lack of moral courage so greatly that his chastity is offended. He can not bare to endure it and he strolls off, away from the ladies’ presence, who would be his friends, “into the dark walk, at the end of which lives that well-known pasteboard Solitaryin whose surroundings our student lives, smugly complacent, making darlings out of his ugliest thoughts.

He has few friends and no one recognizes his achievements.

One after another the grievances over the social intolerance he has experienced is marshalling itself silently against his castle and keeping its ground, and within the cold, empty walls live care and distrust and dismay. And when things come to a very bad pass, he fancies himself growing insolent and ungrateful at the expense of his social dignity to the amusement of others.

And now he jumps to conclusions thinking that others are in need of his service and he steps up to reform the world with slogans of dripping sentimentality. For every ‘‘wherefore’’ he has a ‘‘why’’ wherein he stands invincible, too dull to concede that the conventional ways of the world distort the picture of ideal society no more than do his pedantic, narrow, dry-as-dust views of life. It becomes obvious that our student has fallen out of step with people of his own age and has grown old before his day, and his lot has been a melancholic, blue one. It proves the fact that if a man’s mind is filled with memories and remi­ niscences instead of anticipation, then he is growing- old. He has made a travesty out of life and has become very narrow in * his outlook by limiting his experience and thought to books and study and by neglecting to make any social contacts. .

Will we not gain a tremendously superior understanding about ourselves and our own problems if we are able to con. template our own achievements against a background of habits and experiences different from our own? Arnold Bennet has made this observation in Seeing Life, “Human curiosity counts among the highest social virtues (as indifference counts among the basest defects), because it leads to the disclosure of the causes of character and temperament and thereby to a better understanding of the springs of human conduct.”

Any life in which, at some point, men and women do not freely associate is an abnormal one, bringing much mental and spiritual loss, and a limitation of thought, experience, and growth. And now I come to the point where I frankly call the spade by its own blunt name: Whether we miss •love . or whether we find it, our attitude toward it dominates our life and thought. _ Bacon does a little more than just moralize when he s$ys，“A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no 317

I吨—咕抑在3 love. ’ ’ Thackeray speaks in general, 4 The world is a lookingglass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face/7 Therefore I would contend with such who do not distinguish between love and lust, liberty and license, affection and aversion. After all I think there is more truth than sense in what Burns says, ‘‘The man in arms ’gainst female charms Even he her willing slave is.” Thackery speaks to us with familiarity.

I quote him again: “ ’Tis an error, surely, to talk of the sim­ plicity of youth. I think no persons are more hypocritical and have a more affected behaviour to one another than the young1.

They deceive themselves and each other with artifices that do not impose upon men of the world; and so we get to understand truth better, and grow simpler as we grow older.”

Now I take it that the difference twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweed 1 e-dee has been established. Let us direct these bright rays of mental illumination upon our Coed department. Lo! They are entirely absorbed by the drab drapery that hangs over it. Yes, we know that love is blind. — So turn on that “dark” light. 一 Now do you see the personality throbbing1 there — an ardont, happy, young thing- with endearing, evanescent youngcharms a kindly, smiling, tender, gentle, generous heart of its own----- the antipode of yourself?

LITTLE TIMMIE Ralph Hagedorn

Little Timmie cried and cried and cried. Here it was only eijrht-thirty, and he was being- sent to bed already. A big boy like him ! Eight years old. Just wait till he grew old enough to take care of himself, then he’d----- Suddenly he stopped crying. Why, when would he be old enough to take care of himself? to know when to come in from play? when to get up? when to go to bed? He would find out. .

Early the next morning he awoke with that burning question yet in his mind. When ?

So he asked Jackie, his brother, “Jackie, when will I be old enough to take care of myself?”

Jackie looked down on Timmie, and said, “Well, I guess that when you get to be about fourteen, as old as me, then you ought to be able to.”

Timmie wasn’t satisfied; so he asked Robbie the same question. Robbie, with all the wisdom of his twenty years, replied, “Well, m’lad, it’s a profound problem. But I’d say that when you reach the age of twenty you’ll have had enough experiences to enable you to judge fairly well for yourself what’s right and what’s wrong.”

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the answers, just as the dog got the ferret yesterday. Why, mamma had said forty-three, Jackie fourteen, Robbie twenty.

So he asked Aunt Mae. She stared a moment. Great tears rushed to her eyes. “0 Timmie, you must be at least thirty. If I had known last year what I know now----- ’’ but Timmie had left.. Whatever Aunt Mae knew, he he knew Aunt Mae and her crying fits.

So he went to papa. Papa looked at Timmie for a second, smiled, and said, “Son, you must be at least forty-seven — even if mamma does say that I can’t take care of myself yet, — that she has to put out my rubbers and my scarf for me, and doesn’t see how I get anywhere. But two years ago I was a fool. I — the stocks, you made an unforgivable error in .judgment _ know.” And he settled back in his chair, his eyes wandered restlessly to the ceiling, and he started a detailed account of his bootless venture, so that his son might profit from his ex­ perience. But his son knew the story, and fled as soon as his father’s eyes rested on their favorite design on the ceiling.

So he finally went to Grandpapa, who was seventy-some­ thing. Timmie didn’t remember just what. Gandpapa started.

He had been caught napping behind his Time. It irritated him to be caught napping. So he gruffly rapped out, "All men and women are fools until they’re seventy-three. When I was forty, I wondered how I could ever have been guilty of the things I did at twenty; when I was sixty, I thought I was an imbecile at forty, now I see that I was unable to make correct decisions even at sixty. Any man who doesn’t change his views on most problems every ten years is mentally dead. He makes no pro­ gress. He implies that he has reached perfection. He is a fool.

Wait until you’re seventy.” Frowning over his Time, he ab­ ruptly dismissed Timmie.

Timmie pondered and pondered and pondered.

Then Timmie smiled and smiled and smiled.

That night Timmie went to bed at seven-thirty.

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THE BLACK AND RED Published Monthly by the Students of Northwestern College

Ralph Hagedorn George Barthels

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This issue ends the Sisyphean labors of the “old” staff.

The staff for next year : .Editor in Chief T. Mittelstaedt .Associate Editor 0. Sommers.... .Business Manager E. Dobratz__ .Advertising Manager N. Luetke___ .Advertising Manager F. Fredrich__ .Exchange W. Lehmann — .Athletics H. Bergholz....

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We wish the new staff all the luck in the world; the staff will need it if Appalling Apathy, the tenth Muse, continues to hold sway over the minds of the students as she has — although, to be sure, she did nod at times during the past year.

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However, knowing beforehand that he would only be straining his voice to no purpose, he consoles himself by saying that, in spite of all propaganda, even Britishers buy Japanese cotton, and even residents of Watertown buy from mail order houses.

Suddenly it dawns upon him that, through the medium of the Black and Red, he reaches a highly selected group of intelli­ gent readers and that an appeal to reason will do what all lung power fails to accomplish. Consider therefore, you readers of the Black and Red, the reasons for choosing to spend your pittance at those business places which advertise in our magazine. Let’s start this way: are there any merchants who make a special effort to attract student trade? Naturally your answer, the Black and Red advertisers. Very well; these are the men who invest a certain amount of money every month to draw students. Are they going to stop at this? Of course not; after paying to get into their stores they are not going to let you get out again without making a special effort to have you buy there. They will give you special attention, special service, sometimes even special discounts. Here, then, you will get the best service. Why not, therefore, make the Black and Red advertising section your buying guide?

Perhaps you smile when you think of the small size of the contribution which you make to Watertown trade. Yet I can assure you that even your small mite is appreciated. No one was more astonished then I, when, on taking up the \york of advertising manager about a year ago, I learned how willing' to help us and to cooperate with us the majority of merchants were. I have been forced to come to the conclusion that deep down in the hearts of many of them there is a warm spot for Northwestern. They do appreciate the trade which is brought here by the college.

On the other hand it is also true that a very few business houses are absolutely indifferent to the existence of our school.

They would not consider advertising in a paper which is so limited in circulation, for they assert that they are efficient and impartial; yet their only accomplishment is the destruction of that spirit of warmth and friendliness which charaterizes small city life. Again let me emphasize that you use your Black and Red as a guide to those places where you get friendly, personal service!

And lastly, let’s not forget the old appeal: “Without them the Black and Red could not exist.” They have supported us during five years of depression. We will show our appreciation!

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A PLAY? Just what the object of a play is, has been heatedly dis­ cussed of late. It is my belief that most plays of any value are written and staged for the primary purpose of presenting good, clean entertainment. One thing for which most plays are not written is to teach the audience a moral. It is contrary to human nature of anyone to enjoy and popularize plays which are primarily staged for the purpose of teaching a certain moral.

Plays of this type together with their authors are not very well known. To illustrate the reaction against teaching： morals through art, we have only to turn to the poetry of the Augustan Age. For just this, the poetry of that period has been justly and universally criticized.

All of this discussion has arisen because of the opposition of a small faction in our literary societies against staging a play this spring. Allow me to list a few of the arguments of the minority.

An argument which I consider very weak is the one which states that whatever the author represents through his play, we must necessarily advocate. This can be dismissed with one sentence: just because a rough basketball game has been played in our gymnasium, does that necessarily mean that we advocate roughness in sports? Decidedly not!

Another very, very weak argument is the contention that those taking part in a play derive no benefit from the time spent. The fallacy of this argument lies in the very beginning.

Those taking part in a play are not doing this because they expect ••to expand intellectually.” No, they take part because they enjoy acting. It would be laughable tor anyone to state that the reason I spend some time beating a drum in an organization is‘‘to expand intellectually.” The one and only reason is the fact that I enjoy playing.

The idea that presenting a play always tends to make our college too worldly — Well, if that is the case, I suggest that we pull ourselves into a shell and withdraw from all activities. Of course, a line has to be drawn somewhere; but surely, as long as our productions hew to a set literary standard, it would be rather straight-laced to call this a tendency towards the too-worldly.

The remark was also made, I believe, that the time used in play practise could be better used for studying. Theoretically, this is the best argument of the opposition; but make the application, and everyone knows or will soon find out that play or no play that time would not be spent in studying.

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ASSORTED OPINIONS The complete head to this editorial should read “Assorted Opinions—Subject to Change Without Notice.” Being by nature precautious, we use this as a shield against any pointed darts of criticism that may be aimed our way. Taking for granted, then, that opinions require no proof, justification, or defense, laying no claim to originality, and announcing before­ hand that we will not be held accountable in the future for anything written below, it is at present our opinion that— Most arguments, instead of being intelligent discussions and exchanges of ideas to broaden one’s outlook and to arrive at some truth, are merely mental and verbal combats in which everyone attempts to prove himself right at all costs. it’s a lot more fun to aim low and score a bull’s-eye than to get a stiff neck shooting at the moon.

A poet’s greatness is directly proportional to the number of ideas read into his works by posterity.

The brave man and the coward have much in common. The actions of both are motivated by fear, the only difference being that the coward fears death more than the consequences in life, while the brave man fears the consequences in life more than death.

Many a swan song turns out to be no more than a dismal croak.

Vanity becomes offensive only when a person attempts to conceal it under a still more vain assumption of false modesty.

The student who believes that falling and being in love is merely a foolish and irrational process which gives more pain than pleasure, and is only nature’s trick to perpetuate the species, will usually be the one to fall the hardest. Any young man or woman who does not experience this noble emotion at least once should see a psychiatrist.

An epigram is a dull truth inverted into a clever fallacy.

The lyrics of popular songs would make an excellent encyclopedia of the facts of life.

There is nothing so intolerant as intolerance of intolerance.

Indispensable accessories for the student who would be thought clever are a cynical smirk and a pair of oscillating eye­ brows.

The student who doesn’t know how to waste time is just as pitiful a spectacle as the one who doesn’t know how to make use of it.

People who go about spouting their private opinions in public come pretty close to being prize bores.

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OUR GREEK SYSTEM Several years ap：o a new system of teaching Greek was inaugurated here. Greek is now begun in the Freshman year.

It is my firm conviction that this system will in the very near future prove entirely unsatisfactory. There are already a few major evils which must soon be dealt with.

In the first place, the change from a high school course to a libera] arts course, such as we have here, is almost too big a step without burdening the Freshman still further with a new and entirely strange language. If the Freshman wants to learn Greek, and the fact is pounded in to him that Greek is most vitally important for his chosen field, he must necessarily spend most of his time on this language, and leave little or no time for his other five subjects. It is humanly impossble for anyone but a marked genius to become a pood student of Greek and still do justice to his other studies under the present system. It might also be added at this point that it is not fair to the other mem­ bers of the faculty for one teacher to have a monopoly on the studying time of the students. It can not be denied: there is and always will be monopolization under this system.

One of the main arguments in favor of the new system, was I believe, that the same material could be covered in four years that was formerly covered in six. Pm beginning to doubt the validity of that argument. In order to cover the same amount covered under the old method, a good, firm foundation is need­ ed. The remarks heard during： the past few years lead me to believe that the fundamentals are shaky, for the simple reason that the time is short and the course must be taken in definitely measured strides, which allow for no relapse of any sort.

In order to do good work in Greek, one must enjoy the subject to some extent. But when Greek has to be jammed and crammed into the mind of a student, where can there be any enjoyment in the subject? It’s only too true that the large majority will develop a tremendous dislike for the subject in a surprisingly short time. The present method, then, is built up entirely too much on the university system, where a student reads Greek within the first two months. It is an extremely Rood method, if the aim is just to gain a slight reading： know­ ledge; but it is not the type of Greek knowledge that can be applied in the field of religion.

Psychology teaches, as eeveryone knows, that a human being gathers most of his active knowledge in his early youth. The German schools stress this and obtain very good results. In Germany a pupil begins Latin about the age of ten, and Greek about the age of fourteen. Under our system the student be­ gins Greek about the eighteenth year. That is a noticeable difference. That little difference in age will tend to make it just a bit more difficult for the Freshman too.

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The only apparent solution seems to be to return to teaching Greek in Quarta. Someone, no doubt, will say that the public high school graduate isn’t being taken into consideration. There is exactly one solution to that problem. Place him back one year. In this way, he can also make up part of his deficiency in German. German is very necessary according： to the stand­ ards of this school; in fact, it is nearly placed on the same level with Greek; however, it is my personal opinion that we are m a period where German is making its last, grand deathstruggle for existence, and it is fighting a losing battle.

Since it is a fact that the present schedule of the Freshmen is now top-heavy, that the results of the new system are not up to the expected and necessary standard, that the beginner gains a distinctive dislike for Greek, and that Freshmen are at the age when memorization becomes more and more diHicult, how can the present system still be called satisfactory ?

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^lumnt ^Jntes Rev. A. Hellmann, ’30, Eads, Colorado, has announced his engagement to Miss Verona Nerese of Rochester, Minn.

Rev. W. Kleinke, *24, former tutor at Northwestern, has chosen to accept the call to Gibson, Wis.; he had also received a call to Cataract, Wis. He will begin serving the Gibson con­ gregation in early April.

Miss Lenore Geweke,’28, Ph. D. University of Wis., has been appointed head of the Latin department of the Superior State Teachers’ College. During the past few years Miss Geweke has been collaborating1 with Professor A. D. Winspear, University of Wisconsin, in writing a book on Roman history.

Construction and Reconstruction of the Roman Emit ire. During the past semester they have begun writing a book on the Emperor Hadrian.

A daughter was born to the Rev. and Mrs. G. Fischer in late February. Mrs. Fischer will be remembered as Margaret Schmeling，’29.

Erwin Froehlich, *31, who has this year begun to serve as tutor and basketball coach for Michigan Lutheran Seminary at Saginaw, has guided his basketball team through a very suc­ cessful season. They have won the district championship and have therefore entered the regional tournament.

Martin Dornfeld, ex ’32，underwent a serious operation some time ap：o. He has been rapidly recovering.

Elmer Koehler, ’30，is at present employed at Madison, Wis. He is a salesman for a company which manufacturers a new type of charging-account ledgers.

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Miss Margaret Ott, ’24，is planning on going abroad this summer. She intends to spend most of her time in England.

Rev. R. Kettenacker, ’30, has accepted a call to Terry, Montana.

Rev. M. Stern，’20, has recently undergone a major opera­ tion at the Fond du Lac hospital. He is rapidly regaining strength and will soon be able to resume his duties as pastor of the congregation of Neosho, Wis. A child was recently born to Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Kneiske.

Mr. Kneiske was a member of the class of J29.

Rev. H. Ebert, ’85，of Milwaukee, celebrated his fortieth anniversary as pastor of his congregation at Milwaukee the last Sunday in February. Dr. Ott of Northwestern, a classmate of his, attended the celebration.

The engagement of Oscar Naumann, J31, tutor at North­ western, and Miss Dorothy Schwarz of Milwaukee was an­ nounced recently.

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One of the winning orations printed in the Calvin College Chimes makes a serious endeavor to analyze the great problem of culture and civilization. When a college student attempts a subject such as this he naturally lays himself open to accusations of plagiarism, of going beyond his depth, and of taking himself and the world too seriously. However, this oration seems to be the genuine product of some serious, original thinking, and is the kind of article one has a right to expect of college papers at least occasionally, an article to which no student would be ashamed to sign his name. — What is meant by culture? “The 328

anthropologists believe that culture is identical with civilization, that culture includes all the achievements of the past and the present. There are sociologists, however, who distinguish be­ tween culture and civilization. By culture they mean some­ thing the same as German Kultur before the World War. The distinction between the terms is a distinction between means and end. Civilization is a means to culture. For example: Language in itself is a product of civilization. When we use language as a tool to produce good literature we have passed in­ to the field of culture. ” When civilization is not used to develop the higher and nobler things of life, cultural lag is present, as illustrated by the traditional examples of the radio and the movies and scores of other examples in everyday life, when, for instance, a basketball game draws a larger crowd than does a beautiful sacred concert by a world famous choir, or when a Century of Progress Exposition is characterized by blatant commercialism and cheap immorality. Why haven’t we de­ veloped culturally as we should? *'I think it is due to our general attitude. We find ourselves in the midst of a complex world and we rush madly around without stopping to think.

We turn this way and that according to our whims and the visions of pleasure. We blindly follow the multitude in the search for the God of Happiness. We lend an ear to the sen­ sational while we fail to see the less glamorous trail leading in the opposite direction. We’ve begun a policy of following our feelings, and sometimes our feelings play us tricks.” Civiliza­ tion must be used to promote culture, because culture is a factor in the development of good character, culture and good character go hand in hand. Although perfection of the human race is naturally impossible, we must nevertheless make a real attempt at self-improvement, the first step of which is the possession of worthwhile ideals and an aim in life. The prime function of every school ought to be to provide its students with high ideals and to insist on the development of strong, honest character. “If we have the right ideals in life we shall desire to develop our character. If we desire to develop our character we will develop culture—we shall, then, use civilization as a means to culture. Only then will we use our inventions to ad­ vance us culturally and morally.” The weighing and sifting of theses ideas we leave to the readers (if any) who have read this far.

What is more expressive than college slang? The following English teachers’ nightmares are taken from the Dictionary of American Slang.

Apple-polisher—a student who, in N. W. C. slang, sucks for a drag with the professors.

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Desert horse - Camel cigarette.

Detroit disaster—a Ford.

Equestrain—«*x student who uses a translation (pons, pony, jimmy.)

Forgettogether—a faculty meeting.

Huddle system—cheating in course work or examinations.

Jewish engineering—course in business administration.

“With a Harvard diploma and a dime you can buy a ham­ burger and a cup of coffee almost anywhere.” This much quoted cynicism is the opening sentence of an editorial in the Stentor which deplores the “ever-increasing tendency to meas­ ure all levels of education, including the college level, in terms of the ability to secure and keep a good position.” The value of an education should not be computed in dollars and cents.

Rather, ‘‘a liberal arts college . . . can, and does, render two eminently tangible services to society. In the first place it can act as a sifting- agent for industrial concerns. The scholastic record of the college student is a fail，prediction of his probable success in the business world.” “The college’s second service is its age-old task of educating for the use of leisure time.” ❖ * * Odds and ends — More and more colleges are abandoning the system of marking： by grades and are adopting instead the system of marking a student as either passing or failing. _ The Beloit Round Table, founded in 1856, is the second oldest college paper in the United States. The Black and Red was founded in 1897.

A "League for the Promotion of War” has been organized at the University of Iowa by a group of students who believe that dictatorship is the only solution for the complex problems of modern civilization. Founded in opposition to another group there which is advocating world peace, two of its resolutions are compulsory military training for all male citizens, and four years of required military study. As their honorary leader they have invited none other than Huey P. Long.

The University of Wisconsin Daily Cardinal predicts that Dr. Glenn Frank will be the Republican condidate for president in 1936. With Kingfish Long in there too the next campaign ought to be a great show—if not a circus.

A regular reader of college papers cannot but be impressed by the great amount of anti-war sentiment they express. In them we read of war polls, conscientious objectors, youth move­ ments, peace movements, international relations clubs, resolu­ tions, oaths, and other such activities. Hardly a number 330

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Hundreds of columns of print are weekly devoted to the advo­ cating of peace, the exhorting to refuse to fight, the assuring that college students can prevent war. All of which will make interesting reading during the next war.

The United States has a higher proportion of college gradu­ ates than any other nation in the world, there being one for every forty-four persons.

A man who drives past Mission House college regularly finally discovered after more than two years of commuting that it was not the Sheboygan County Asylum.

Our Dumb Animals informs us that the Supreme Court has decided that any school known as a "landgrant” institution can compel every student to take military training, whatever his conscientious or religious convictions may be. 氺

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The Black and Red is occasionally read and quoted beyond the bounds of the campus. As proof of this startling1 statement we submit the following list, reminding you beforehand, how­ ever, that very few of our exchanges have regular exchange columns. The D. M. L. C. Messenger' thought highly of our literary programs and commented on the articles "Our Little World,” ‘‘A Suggestion,” and “How Much Can a Man Earn?”

The Royal Purple reprinted the poem “Snowflakes.” The Bethany Scroll quoted a sentence from the article ••Keadiqg.”

The Calvin College Chimes quoted a sentence from "American Music Faces Changes.” A few sentences from the Exchange column and quite a few jokes served as space fillers here and there. The list could be longer.— Compliments received by the staff from subscribers number exactly two. One praised the series of articles on music, while the other said among other things that the Black and Red always makes her feel young again. To these two loyal readers, a hearty thanks. * * * Ah yes—lest we forget—this last is our column, the end of the volume, that milestone in a student’s career where, having written with a neat flourish the word finis, he sings a swan song, lays down his pen with mingled feelings of relief and regret, and expresses the sincere wish that his successor ___ will accomplish \yhat he with his meager talents has failed to do.

Ujiy only wish is that the former function of the Exchange editor as combination critic and oracle will remain a thing of tne past, and that our successor’s work won’t be too noticeably superior to ours.

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Final Conference S(undinj^s for the 1934—1935 Season Pet. Games Won Lost •917 Milton ...* 12 11 2 •750 6 Engineers 8 4 .600 6 10 Aurora.... .600 4 6 Wartburg 10 •417 7 5 Northwestern ...12 .250 9 3 Mission House…12 .087 11 12 Platteville All-Conference Basketball Teams First Team Forwards: Sunby Milton Turk Aurora Medsker Milton Center: Eller Wartburg Guards: Loofboro Milton Second Team Forwards: Burris Platteville Miners Dalton and Eckhart Engineers and Mission House Wilkins Engineers Center: Guards: Fowler Aurora Roekle and Paschen Northwestern and Mission House Final Glass Standings The Seniors ended their basketball season with a perfect record retaining a 1000% average in the class tournament. We also might inform you that this was the first perfect record since 1926.

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On February 22 the Phi Gamma Rho literary society presented a program titled • ‘A Glimpse at Mythology. ’，The iDroffram was arranged by Mr. Toepel; Professor Schumann was critic.

The Program : ... Ted Mittelstaedt Mythology................................

Harold Neubauer Egyptian Mythology................

The Weocto Singers The Glee Club of Hummingville ... Herbert Fleischer The Argonauts........................ .......Theodore Sauer Norse Mythology..................... ........... One-act Play Modesty....................................

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The Cast: Ruby Holzhueter Henriette....... .Maurice Nelson Jacques..........

Herbert Koehler Albert ...........

On March 1，Mr. Frey, Philomathean, presented a program giving a brief survey of American Literature. Critic for the evening was Professor Sitz.

The Program : Lester Groth Literature and What Literature Is______ Clayton Krug Development of the American Short Story • .......Hoeltig ___ H. Proch ---.T. Koschat

Hunter’s Galop____ The Suabian Maid__ Koernthner Volkslied The Brass Quartet

Helen Winkenwerder .......Ralph Hagedorn ........ Arnold Lehman

The American Novel American Poetry__ Incidental Music......

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Evelyn Schroeder The college chorus has concluded preparations for a series of sacred concerts to be piven on a tour of the Fox River valley.

The tour is scheduled to extend from April 11 to 16. The chorus will appear in concert at Winneconne, Neenah, Dundas, Appleton, Green Bay, Reedsville, and Manitowoc. On Sunday, April 7, the chorus will present its concert at Iron Ridge in the after­ noon, and in the evening at West Bend, The concert will be given here as a Homecoming Concert, scheduled for April 26.

A group of approximately twenty dormitorians took the opportunity to see and hear the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a recent Monday night Milwaukee concert. To several the thrill of a first symphonic concert.

It’s an annual affair, the advent of spring, yet loses none of its peculiar stimulus for all that. At about this turn of the calendar the virus of warm, starry nights is injected into our well-ordered system and begins to work havoc with studious dorm. The signs are unmistakable, it won’t be long! And, incidentally, —we ve already seen flashy sartorial skyrockets taken from a remote corner of the locker, ready to be set off on the first day of honest to goodness spring.

For a fortnight we inquiring reporter have haunted the secludes of cliqueish gabfest artists, all ears for a subject fit for an epitaph on this the Senior literary finale. But woe betide, not even a pinchbeck literary, nary an expression of noble sentiment, nothing above the rating of the vapid. The usual bilge, hefisc upon bctisc，but we pardon — the even slight indi­ cation of Springtime has already lapped up all budding brain­ waves (slightly mixed, that!). But at any rate, this is the Senior number. And as to the Seniors, a right nice lot, though a bit puffed with the divine afflatus and perhaps a bit argu­ mentative, attributes which have achieved a general nuisance value all in their own name. Among its scintillating entities the class counts a washroom vocalist (gr-r-r-r), one “roll-yourown，’’ a track man second only to a certain Junior, and Frey’s Ford. — We might continue ad infinitum on the theme of the Seniors, tempting subjects for adjectival diatribes. But for our just plain laziness, touch of the seasonal fever, mental exhaus­ tion, and such, we’ll plead the excuse of charity, leaving the lads to be graduated with at least a fair showing of self-respect.

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according to rules handed down the time to become a bit lachry­ mose and with misted eyes to declare regrets at leaving dear reader, express sympathy and good wishes to worthy successor, and in terms most abject thank all for the veritable Jobian patience with the humble efforts of the past ten months. —We are not mooded to depart from precedent. We too wish to say all the above, thought we can^ for the life of us j?et tearful about it. So we make our editorial exit, heaving mightily the traditional ‘‘sigh of relief not untempered with regret.”

The many happy thoughts which come with spring have not made it easier to write the Coed Notes. And the fact that we have no Senior Coed makes matters worse.

Spring was welcomed with smiles and cheery “Good niornings” in the coed department this year and a larger number of bright faces than usual viewed the spring parade wliicli the ''Sophomore thrillers” staged. Several girls wished to follow their example by donning white shoes, but a sudden change of weather prevented this. ^ A shout of joy went through the girl’s rooms. What’s it all about ? The mixed chorus was excused from practice and many of the girls rejoiced because they could now attend the All Star vs. Varsity basketball game without feelinK guilty of “playing hooky.”

Ruth Pfaffenbach is a true follower of the latest modes.

She has quite successfully succeeded in creating a new style — the streamlined haircut.

“Springlitis” seems to have affected two coeds rather se riously. At any rate they tried to fool their professor and kept class mates guessing when they appeared in each other’s apparel.

We are all glad to see Mary Hawkins again. When the last snow storm came she was on her way to the sunny south. Of course Mary enjoys being back among' the coeds again. There were too many crabs down there.

A number of the coeds were Milwaukee visitors recently.

Florence Kuckkahn and Helen Mitzner were week-end guests of Ruby Holzhueter. ,Stay in your room after this!” And with this bombastic outburst of words a regiment of preps came rushing into the collegiate room to give several coeds who had unconcernedly littered the preps* room with papers the “works”. However a 乂u,c?

P*e(^sed in which the collepriates agreed to be more aieiui the next time they made use of the preps，room.

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Percival Sylvester, the Romeo of the coed room, seems to be losing popularity with some of the coeds now that warmer weather is here.

Surprise parties were given for several of the coeds in honor of their birthdays.

Mary Lutovsky saw the performance of “Mary, Queen of Scots” at Mount Mary College.

We are about to bid farewell to one we dearly love. Hildegarde Wallner is sailing for Germany on March 25th and will not be with us any more this season. Having handkerchiefs damped with tears the coeds all wish her a “bon voyage”.

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Dining Room Elegy Of all the sad words Afloat or ashore, The saddest are these : There ain’t no more. *

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Cop—How did you happen to hit him ?

Motorist—I didn’t; I pulled up to let him cross and he fainted. ♦

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Student—Well, it’s this way. I wrote it all right but forgot to fill my pen. 氺 氺

What is youth V I’m a thophmore.

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If I before did solemnly state, As saddest words: there ain’t no more, I hereby do declare my mistake The saddest are: I’ve heard that before! *

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Rastus—I’se got three aces; whut yoJ got?

Abe—I’se got two deuces and a rahzor.

Rastus—Yo* all wins niggah; good Lawd, I don’t see how you draws such hands!

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Mental Torture “When my wife gets fresh, I tell her to shut up,” "You don’t say.”

“No, but I think it.”

With spring and warmer weather coming along, the dormi­ tory will again be a place where the old custom of getting un­ dressed to go to bed won’t have to be reversed.

He—Well, kid you lost your bet, and now I want the forfeit.

She—I don’t know what you mean and besides someone might see us.

Notice: A poem now follows.

Here’s to the student who can take it and grin, Throw back his shoulders and put out his chin When someone on third floor comes running in Bradtke and Holtz are at it again !”

Here’s to the student whose watch says “One” Who, with light in the office and excuses — none, Remembering the night he came late once before, Shrugs his shoulders and uses the door.

Here’s to the student who’s seen these pages And though at the stale jokes he mutters and rages And hoping to see me at the end of some twine Still has the patience to read this last line.

Farewell Since this is the last number for the staff of 1934—35 I would like to express — (New start). Twelve months have elapsed, and as I look back with mingled feelings of regret and —(Better idea coming). Since this is supposed to be the joke column and since this is the last number and since this fare­ well address is supposed to be funny and since — and since — and — er (another start). To the many faithful and loyal sup­ porters of this column, who must by this time have come to the conclusion that history isn’t the only thing that repeats itself, I hereby take the opportunity to close this — to close with the following — to close — to — aw shoot! Goodbye!

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INDEX OF VOLUME XXXVIII Alumni-22, 63, 106, 137, 169, 200, 232, 264, 289, 327.

American Music Paces Changes—K. Gurgel—126.

Annotated Text, The— R. Hagedorn —313.

Another “If” of History—C. Broecker—308.

A Play?—C. Frey-322.

Apologia—A. Bolle and R. Siegler—17 Artifices of Jubal, The—A. Hoff—57 Assorted Opinions—W. Thurow—323 Athletics-29, 74, 113, 143, 175, 205, 236, 270, 294, 332 Bad Lands of South Dakota, The—A. Hoff—194 Barrels-G. Sydow—288 Black-Cat Jfinx, The—T. Sauer—185 Broken Reveirie—G. Sydow—134 Campus and Classroom-37, 82, 124, 148, 182, 212, 244, 278, 306, 341 Caxton at Wesminster— H. Wicke-2 Celibacy of the Clergy—F. Tiefel,—161 Coed Notes—36, 79, lffi, 146, 180, 210, 242, 276, 304, 339 Christmas at Grandfather’s Home—M. Weishahn—222 Christmas Flower, The—M. Lutovsky—219 Christmas Spirit—R. Pfaffenbach—214 Cicero’s Contribution to Ancient Philosophy—C. Hotlen—91 Dakota Blizzard, A—E. Mehlberg—130 Dead Man’s Valley—M." Volkmann—224 Defense, A—J. Vincent—66 Die Bedeutung Luthers fuer die Begruendung der neuhochdeutschen Schriftsprachei—E.__ Schroeder—6 Early American Literature—E. Mehlberg—280 Editor’s Notes-R. Hagedorn—228 Effusions—P. Bentert—94 Eine Baerengeschichte, die kein Maerchen ist—E. Taras—252 Eine Schilderung des Tragischen in “Der Jungfrau von Orleans”一V. Weyland-13 Ein gluecklicher Rutsch—A. Lehmann—285 Esse Quam Videri "To Be Rather Than Seem To Be’’一H. Geiger, *07―84 Exchange—24, 68, 107, 141, 172, 203, 233, 266, 29U, 328 Form and Effect of Dickens’ Humor, The—N. Luetke—247 Forum, The—66, 139 Forward March!—R. Holtz—264 Gay Deception, A—C. Broecker—44 Glance at Modern Astromony, A—Eugene Toepel—158 Grievance, A一E. Reuschel—16 Had She But Lived—C. Broecker—164 Hints for the Picturetaker—G. Frey —257 Horace Bottomsley, Gold Hxinter—F..Grunwald—226 How Much Can a Man Earn?—N. Luetke—16(5 How Peter Puget Dug Puget Sound—G. Sydow—284 How Shoul d Man Feel In Relation to the Universe?—A. Schuetze—159 I Make Friendship with a Coquette—A. Hoff—316 Ink Bottle, The—G. Sydow— 101 In Praise of an Artist—J. Vincent一196 I Wonder!—O. Siegler—265 Just Like a Woman—R. Holtz—10 Let’s Learn to Sp<eak—A. Schuetze—56 Little Timmiie-R. Hagedorn— 318 Locals—32, 77, 120, 145, 178, 208, 239, 274, 301, 337

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Merely A Suggestion—0. Sommers—287 Message from the Throne, A—R. Hap：edorn—53 "t Walk in a Churchyard, A—L. Seifert—42 Moonlight Mr. Senior!—H. Fleischer—102 Object of Examinations, The—K. Gurgel—16 Object of Lessing’s "Nathan der Weise,” The—V. Weyland—155 One Chance in a Thousand—C. Broecker—•7 On Reading Books—H Neubauer—229 On the Universality, Versatility and Power of Music—R. Weyland—50 Our Choruses—T. Sauer—64 Our Greek System—C. Frey—32<1 Our Legacy—H. Fleischer—1 Percy Bysshe Shelley—C. Toppe-85 Phi Gamma Rho—G. Barthels -197 Philomathean Society—F. Tiefel—198 Play, The—C. Frey—] 8, 60 Plowing—C. Krug—190. of Henry Clay—H. Wicke—40.

Political Philoso Professor Wm. &hy：Huth—E. Kowalke—184.

Prologue—R. Hagedorn—14.

Reading -F. Werner—128.

Saar, The—F. Werner—188. , Schallie—L. Seifert—193.

Seminary Notes—20, 61, 135, 168, 199, 231, 264, 289, 326 Solltcn wir Studenten nicht mehr Deutsch sprechen ?—V. Weyland—260.

Sports -R. H agedorn-103.

Stubborn ness -1. Bade—216.

Student Criticism at Literary Programs—K. Gurgel—261.

The Greeks, A Nation Sui Generis—E. Schroeder—311.

Thoughts on Radio—A. Geiger- 249.

Transcendentalism—F. Weyland—48.

Two Dops—E. Wendland—220.

Universal Drama—R. Holtz—150 Vesuvius Has Erupted- C. Frey—133 Was Bacon a Poet?—R. Hagedorn—283 We Will Remember—H. Fleischer—321 Wie gestaltete sich die Uebersetzung des Alten Testaments unter Luthers Fuehrung?—H. Wicke—88

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