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I TABLE OF CONTENTS LITERARYAn English Scene The Old Gulch

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Legitimate Repetition in Literature 5 The Value of Art.

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Poe’s Mathematical Formula

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EDITORIALS— The Turn of a Volume

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Cymbal and Clarion …

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Born or Made.............

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Reading the Classics..

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The W. A. T. Review.

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

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

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AN ENGLISH SCENE Egdon Heath John Vincent

Were you to chance upon the high road that leads from Bath to Castci'bridjio von should come upon Egdon Heath, lying directly east of Casterbridgre. The heath is girded to the south by the Froom …within a stone’s throw of the channel — a day’s journey to Southampton.

No other natural formation has more right to the landscape in southern England than the heath. Perhaps no literary locale has been more neglected in the three Kingdoms than Egdon Heath — on second thought — that is precisely why Egdon Heath holds such a great fascination and delight for me. Every tourist and ‘‘school inarm’’ with any pretensions at all goes to the Lake district and occasionally one finds an odd duck who made a tour to the Hebrides. Very seldom one crosses the path of a tourist who is directly acquainted with Egdon Heath.

After all, there is something cheap and desecrating about popu­ lar veneration.

I have never had the privilege of seeing an English mailcoach, a hedgerow, an English bookstall, a thatched cottage,

I ^3llath ^ Canterbury Cathedral, an English heath, or experienced the divine pleasure that attends an English fireside; nevertheless, I feel that I have experienced that emotional pleasure which usually accompanies the actual experience.

II The heath has always held a peculiar delight for me and especially Egdon Heath, the scene of Tess, of Elizabeth, Gabriel Oaks, the mayor and the reddleman. The heath forms a very definite and intricate part of the、make-up of every one of Hardy’s characters from the sturdy reddleman to the pot-house maltster.

Hard by Casterbridge lay Egdon Heath, a heath on which are still found ruins of Druid fanes, Roman amphitheatres and Norman arches, Elizabethan and Georgian architecture. The heath is totally imbued with a fine, old tradition dating back beyond recorded time. The heath is at once allurinp： and forbidding. Witness the different aspects. What could be more pleasing than the heath in spring with its silky plumage and pleasant dissonances of a hundred different sounds coming from frogs and crickets alike. At dawn—we see an old man sallying1 leisurely down the ancient Roman highway that traverses the heath. An afternoon in November — the withered vegetation suggesting gloom, furze-cutters gathering up their last faggots before night overtakes them. A shift of scene - three rustics playing at dice by lantern light of a summer evening. Midnight presents a different aspect — stormy heavens with torrents of rain pouring down on the already saturated heath the traffic death of Thomasin.

These are the scenes that add color to this vast, silent, sleeping heath.

Perhaps no other author has succeeded so well in combining the setting- and making it such an intricate part of his work as Hardy. The heath has been the greatest force in moldinj? the life of the individual characters. The whole mood of Hardy’s novels is directly influenced and overcast by the heath and, I suppose, to thoroughly appreciate Hardy one must come in direct contact with Egdon Heath.

THE OLD GULCH Gilbert Sydow

Years ago, a very few years ago, the old gulch was entirely different. A quiet secluded spot in the midst of a large city, removed from the intrusions of cars and people. A delightful paradise which oncoming progress had left almost wholly unmarred. But for a few slight encroachments—a railroad track 2

along one side, the city dump and dog pond at the lower end一 it was ideal. To a few, a vertitable Garden of Eden.

A small green meadow covered the bottom. A fair sized stream overflowing from the reservoir ran its entire length.

Sparkling springs of clear, cold water abounded everywhere, giving rise to rushing rivulets that sang merrily as they raced down the steep slopes. They were free to wander as their in­ clination desired. Big (logwoods and maples grew abundantly, and thick underbrush overspread the sides. Wilderness and freedom was their first prerogative. Untamed and uncultured the pfulch lived in the state of nature. # But now a big wide highway passes down its middle; a wonderful road, capable of handling the flood of traffic that demanded it. Cars, buses, trucks and people come and go, never conscious of the hallowed ground they are treading.

Scars left by steam shovels show on the sides, now hideous in their geometrical exactness. Imposing structures of steel re­ place the once picturesque wooden bridges. The meadow is smothered under the great mass of earth that forms the road bed. The stream is buried far beneath in a hard unyielding culvert which forces its once meandering flow into a straight, bleak path. The springs are clomped or closed with pipes. The old trees and bushes that grew so luxuriantly on the slopes are destroyed. Now a formal park covers the hillsides. Trees, maddening in their straight rows, line the highways. Bushes and shrubs are confined to designated places. Flowers are kept in beds.

Oh yes, everything is in order. A splendid boulevard, a lovely park. Objects of admiration to the lovers of artificial beauty.

Formerly the jyulch was a plorious realm, the stamping ground for a ganjr of unrestrained youths. What a diversity of characters, and what a variety of events it saw enacted. In the course of one day the heroes of fable paraded before its eyes, performing： valorous deeds and ‘‘attacking windmills’’. It saw cowboys and Indians slaughter each other in bloody massacres and heard them fill its hollows with wild whoops. It beheld explorers and pirates fight for new-discovered lands and buried riches. It listened to the clang of wood on tin as gladiators pounded each other, and it cried with the warrior who failed to ward off a vicious blow with his garbage can top. It watched these adventurers as they built lean-tos beside its springs and as they endeavored to cook some choice morsel of filched fruit over a small fire.

It blushed as it saw naked boys swim in the stream watch­ ing with eagle-eye for the dog catcher, who, with the public interest at heart, was not well disposed to this immodesty. It even hid their clothes in its sheltering bushes. It viewed these kids while at the dump they set afire everything that burned and then, armed with sling-shots, vied with each other in killing 3

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the rats that scampered from the blaze. It reproved them when they recklessly played on the railroad tracks and stole rides on the moving box-cars which the puffing switch engine bumped around. It sympathized as they battled with intruders who challenged their kingship over this domain. It rejoiced with them as they swayed high in the tree tops singing and ; shouting just because it felt good to sing and shout. W hat days and what events those were!

Now both the realm and the adventurers are gone. The gulch has been cultivated. The boys are following. In the same manner their careless freedom and abandonment is being forced into regular and well-accepted paths. The meanderings and wanderings are being put within unyielding limits and rambling outgrowths are being placed in well-defined rows.

Shouts and songs are buried beneath a pile of modest reserve.

The slightest whistle is piped up. All attempts at singing are confined to lone mountain peaks, where Aeolus alone can hear.

A sudden burst of exuberant spirits displayed by a clash down stairs four at a time brings sarcastic reprimands which hints that such actions lean toward imbeciltiy. As for climbing trees?

Never! All actions that depart from sedate sobriety are frowned upon. Conventions make demands. Proper dress is essential. All behavior, all attire must be kept accordinp： io regulations. Thus the boys like the gulch are transformed from the natural to the unnatural. The primitive (iiialities are supplanted by cultured proprieties. Behold Washington Mem­ orial Park! Behold the gentleman! (maybe) But how that spirit would sometimes like to rebel. How it would like to say, “To blazes with old conventions. They’re only relative. What’s proper today is proper tomorrow.How foolish! General Public will see that you get in step or remove you from the ranks. ‘‘When I was a child I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man I put away childish things.” The truth came home with the force of a pile driver. So it is. The unbalanced division of life is accepted. A few years a kid, many years a grown up.

(Or is it groan up? Excuse, please.) The size and apre deter­ mine, not the heart. Let it be. The independent spirit realizes the new order and admits it to be the best.

Perverse tendencies are covered with a cloak of better judgement. Bubbling moods are hid beneath a calm unexcited mien. To use the words of Shessel, “We must become hard and stony outside like the Sends (a mountain in the Alps) and put a cooling armor of ice around our heart, and subtle night herself must scarcely know how it burns and glows within.” So a careless, indifferent air is assumed and mock-serious habits are followed. Sentiment and emotion are discarded. Slow, composed movements are practised. Stoicism is accepted as a 4

good way to meet life. Who knows how much of it is pretense and hypocrisy?

The old gulch and the boys are gone, but those days and those doings will never be forgotten. It was the time of life when nothing- mattered but the present, and that present was filled to overflowing： with ceaseless activity which accomplished little, but which gave memories that will be cherished forever and proudly related to posterity.

LEGITIMATE REPETITION IN LITERATURE Nathnnncl Luctkc

Literature need not only offer entirely new thoughts, but it might also show the author’s adaptability to old views. When­ ever a writer repeats himself or sets forth a thought which is not entirely original with him, he should not immediately be stepped on, nor is it fair to consider his work just another piece of well-chewed ideas. The use of assimilated facts and ideas in writing is very pleasing to the reader, and any literary work produced in this way is without doubt just as interesting as any so-called orijrinal work.

A mechanic reuses his tools again and again in his work, and likewise might an author repeat himself or another’s ideas without borinp： his readers. Holmes says, ‘‘He must be a poor creature, who doesn’t often repeat himself, since the truths that a man carries with himself are his tools. It is permitted to use the same types but not the same stereotype.” For a good author a thought is always original, since it always comes over a new route, by a new group of incidents.

A ])erson might even use the same words and still be con­ sidered a p：ood author. The same incidents should bring up the same idea, and certain working- tools and a sound mind should always produce the same result. Thoughts sleep in an author’s soul, and the associations with which they are connected must brinj? them forth in his writings.

When we look into literature, repetitions often become apparent. The best authors repeat themselves or make use of the thoughts of another author in their own peculiar manner.

Many of the plots of Shakespeare’s plays were not original, but can it then be said that he was merely an imitator ? On the contrary, he created his literary work in his own peculiar style, and it was just that which made him famous. He contributed to ancient ideas and thereby made them more interesting and comprehensive.

Goethe’s and Schiller’s literary works especially can show us legitimate repetitions. In their works repetitions of their own ideas can be seen and also the repetition of thoughts which 5

were gained from other sources or from one another. Indeed, how foolish would it now seem on analysis of the work of these two authors to say that the best literature is entirely original!

Throughout the literary productions of these two authors the references to Homer and the Bible are of the greatest fre­ quency. These references, as is the case with all great authors, were appropriated by these authors to serve their own purposes, whatever they might have been.

Thoughts grow old in a person’s memory in proportion to their importance. If any important statement makes an lm* pression upon an author’s mind, he remembers it, and during this time of thought he on his own part embellishes that which he has been contemplating.

In Goethe’s and Schiller’s writings we see this to be the case also. They both appropriated the Bible and Homer ex­ tensively and fitted references from these two sources into their own work and thought.

In Schiller’s Maid of Orleans this legitimate method of writing is especially apparent. In this work faith, fate, and destiny were especially brought to the foreground, and to bring about his ends Schiller turned to the Bible and Homer. In the Bible he found those passages with which he clothed his thoughts in regard to faith, and, when he wished to describe the destinies of individuals or countries, he turned to Homer as a means for embellishments. Throughout his youth Schiller had probably thought about the Homeric and Biblical references he brought forth in this work, and now he finally wrote them down. In these instances we can speak of legitimate repetition.

In Goethe’s and Schiller’s writings there are also, as I have already indicated, very many repetitions of their own ideas.

When one reads Maria Stuart or any one of Schiller’s later dramas, he often hits upon phrases or thoughts which are also found in Goethe’s Goetz or Herman und Dorothea. When Schiller was still attending the military academy at Stuttgart, he read Goetz, and this early reading is reflected in his later dramas.

A good example of such legitimate repetition is seen in Schiller’s Maria Stuart When Kennedy tries to diminish the grossness of Maria Stuart*s crime, she says that bad spirits are the cause of it all. This same thought was set forth by Goethe in his Goetz, when Weislingen was dying as a result of his traitorous associations with Adelheid. But Schiller did not only repeat this idea; instead of merely doing that, he expanded upon the thought and described more fully the action of these bad spirits. He tells how they leave a bad conscience in the deserted criminal, and all in all the description is more vivid, which fact shows that a thought although repeated can still be kept fresh.

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these to be found in Goethe’s and Schiller’s work and the writmgs of other authors, I will only mention one more. In his in one _place the belief Hemlann und Dorothea Goethe expresses . that men are more wild and blood-thirsty than the most dread­ ful animals of nature. When we read Schiller’s dramas we often find the same belief expressed, but it is mentioned oftener and in connection with examples as proof of the statement.

Probably when Goethe and Schiller talked over Hehnann und Dorothea during its production, this thought was impressed up­ on Schiller’s fertile mind. He then added it to his already welldeveloped store of ideas concerning man and finally incorpo­ rated it in his dramas not as a useless repetition but as a nucleus of fresh ideas.

There is no doubt then that some of the best literature contains a large number of legitimate repetitions. One must admit that original literary productions—call them theses if you will—call forth the most productive abilities of an author and as a result are rich in thought, but it must be conceded that a literary work teeming with enriched and appropriated references is without doubt also of the utmost interest to a reader.

THE VALUE OF ART Lyle Koenig

The term Art, in general, applies to those human activities which tend towards aestheticism. Art is always interpretation, never representation. It is the expression of a thought, a feel­ ing- put into a medium. There are different media through which the artist may work. No matter what medium the artist chooses, his work will always be emotional expression. It is upon this fact that the value of all art depends. We are able to share the artist’s thoughts and feelings, to realize his purpose when they are put into a sensual medium.

There are three theories concerning the Value of Art. They are the Hedonistic theory, the Moralistic or the Platonic theory, and the Intellectualistic theory.

The Hedonistic theory maintains that the value of art consists in the satisfaction of our senses. The Platonic theory tells us that art helps us to experience edifying emotions. And the Intellectualist wants us to believe that the purpose of art is truth. These three theories help us to classify art. They do not, however, if taken individually, give us a clear idea of what the value of art is.

The delight in color and sound and rythmical movement is the value of art as the Hedonist explains it. This may be true in the industrial arts, but it is not true in all branches of art.

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destruction of churches in Russia give us pleasure ? They do not. We are depressed and filled with compassion rather than with an emotion of happiness. A beautiful church building does, however, give us a feeling of satisfaction. We are also delighted when we hear a Bach choral. Yet it is true that all works of art cannot give satisfaction to our senses.

The Platonic theory tells us that art helps us to experience edifying emotions. This theory includes more branches of art then the Hedonistic theory. It does, nevertheless, fall short of explaining all branches of art. A picture portraying Christ in the garden of Gethsemane does fill us with edifying emotions.

The same is true of a beautiful church building, a Beethoven symphony and a poem by Burns. But a mural painting of a scene from the Thirty Years War does not give us the same emotion.

The Intellectualistic theory states that the purpose of art is truth. Here we are confronted with the question, what is truth.

Truth should be the true expression of thought, purpose, of feeling. Thought, purpose or feeling should never be idealized.

This cannot be; for human emotions play such an important part in the work of the artist. Communists demand that art express only those feelings which are common, the religious and moral.

They want to limit the field of art to those things which are common to a race. If this attitude is taken, the purpose of art is truth. But how can all art be common to a race when the source of art is personal emotion? Any act would make two different impressions when seen through the eyes of two dilVerent people. We cannot, therefore, demand that art be truth.

What then is the purpose and value of art ? The artist should strive to be subjective, that is, to put into a sensual medium his personal emotions when under the influence of an outside impression. He should try to give us his emotional feeling, using color, sound, and rythmical movement. The prime value of art is not an immediate value, but history be­ comes a living reality through art. Art is the____ memory, of a race. Literature precedes history. When a historian writes the history of a race he uses the art of that race as his source of information. It is to the music, the literature and the plastic arts that we refer when we want to establish the character­ istics of a race. The purpose of art, therefore, is to give to posterity the characteristics of the race that produced it. The value of art consists in this, that it gives to posterity what a camera gives to us.

POE’S MATHEMATICAL FORMULA Ernest Wcndlaud

I was sitting at my desk one evening, smoking my pipe.

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by students in spring, I began to wonder whether or not I could contrive a poem by means of a definite, mathematical formula, as set forth by Poe in his Philosophy of Composition.

An hour later, with my hair in a state of confusion and my waste-basket overflowing with futile attempts, I reached the conclusion that Poe was either a genius sent from heaven, or a downright liar. I was inclined to favor the latter conclusion.

Poe would have me believe that in order to write a good poem, I must set myself to work and, quoting his very words, “pro­ ceed step by step to its completion with the precision and rigid consequence of a mathematical problem•” What a methodical, coldblooded conception! If that were the case, Einstein surely missed his calling. He totally disregards that true source of all Rood poetry, inspiration.

And not only does he claim that all of his poems were com­ posed by this method, but also that all the other famous poets employed the same formula, and that they never divulged this secret because of their authorial vanity, lest the public get a . peep at the vacillating1 crudities of thought which they were subject to while writing a poem. My opinion on this was, that not only did Poe have the impudence to write a paper of this kind, but also had the conceit to class himself with all the other famous poets.

Having thus sufliciently satisfied myself that foe’s Philosophy of Coni position was a breach of decorum on his part, and that it was written to serve as a defense against an insinuation that in The Rarrn he had imitated the repetitions of phrases in Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, I worked myself up into that 'species of frenzy，which Poe so much despised. I decided that nothinp： would make my self-satisfaction more complete, than writing： a parody on The Raven, thus slaughtering some of the phrases which Poe claimed originated by mathematical formula.

This was my result: Once upon a pleasent evening, while I silently was grieving, That to Poe whom once I worshipped, now I grievous malice bore, Suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping.

Quickly I my pipe extinguished; bodly opened up the door.

Peering out into the darkness I saw standing at my door Mr. Poe and nothing more. # , “Poet”, cried I, “thing of evil, tell me now, if a man or devil, Whether truth on earth you practiced, or deception did outpour.J1 In Philosophy of Composition false I wrote, I make admission.”

This he said and nothing more, disappearing from my door.

Liar, wretch, fallacious poet disappearing from my door.

Satisfaction evermore!

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HAT our college like every other college large or small T in the United States must have its band, is so great a truism that none, not even the most radical among us, might assail it

without engendering in the minds of their fellow students grave doubts concerning their sanity. Therefore, to mitigate the harsh judgments that must fall on our heads and to avert our speedy relegation to Northwestern’s little band of heretics and dissenters, we hope to gain the benevolence of all band members by these generalizations: Good band music should be and is appreciated and enjoyed by all of us. The musical training acquired in the band is of value to its members. The band is not only beneficial to its members but also necessary for the maintenance of the college itself. Should anyone doubt so grave an assertion, we ask him to look about and take note of the few occurrences in our student life in which the band plays no major or minor part. Football and basketball p：ames, parties, concerts, Arbor Days, Memorial Days, holiday departures, and graduation exercises couldn’t possibly come off without the stirring- music of our band. The creative joy that accompanies all music-making is a good and noble influence an Sir Drummer. This could go on indefinitely but need not. Our purpose is served. After this eulogy no one can accuse us of intolerance or of musical non-appreciation.

Now all this is very true. The band in itself is a very fine and noble institution, and we are not casting stones at it. But those maddening： practices that we must endure during every possible minute of free time are what we object to. That is the offensive part of the band. Conjugate PAUO at some one every time he sits down to read or study and see if he won’t lose all respect and flavor for even Homer. So it is with us. When they blast that horrible concoction of shrieking clarinets and belching basses in our ear every afternoon, we just can’t help wishing all things pertaining to the band to lands of brimstone and fire. Perhaps there is something of the beautiful in the nonotonous umpa-umpa of the French horn, which our untrained ear cannot catch. Perhaps the clarinet player derives some keen esthetic pleasure from his playing that compensates for the nerve-racking he wreaks on all quiet-loving scholars. Per­ haps this is so. But until it has been definitely proved or until some utterly sound-proof rooms are erected as far from our door as possible for all who find it a necessity to practice on their band instruments when we are around, we will be very cold towards the band and sometimes very bitter.

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seems to be a continual conflict about the true 夏 nature of a gentleman. One essayist says “Here is one.”

Another answers “Lo, here”. Answers to the question vary with the decade, the class, the surroundings, and the character of the men who think about the matter.

A purely objective study of the question leaves one as muddled as the ideas studied. Here is an author who says ‘‘He (the gentleman) is a man who stands up for his rights among his fellows. A man who, having set out on his course, perseveres in it, right or wrong. A man of his word, untouched by the weakness and sentimentalily of those about him.” In other words, a blockhead. Here is another: ‘‘He is one who never inflicts pain.’’ That would exclude any open disagreement with another man’s ideas or conduct. Perhaps it would also eliminate paddling one’s children. — A wash rag. Another: ‘‘The idea of a gentleman involves the sense of personal dignity and worth.”

In that case, we are all gentlemen.

But there the trouble lies. Where is the man who, except in a most morose mood, would deny being a gentleman? The idea that a gentleman is ‘‘the shape I am’’ has prevented many a person from ever becoming one.

What then is a gentleman?

According to our own humble idea, there can be no one perfect ideal of a gentleman; no set rule of conduct that will produce sure-fire results. Different times and occasions require different behavior. To be accounted a gentleman on a threshingcrew one day and at a concert the next necessarily involves some change. But does this change extend any farther than mere outward behavior and attitude ? Hardly.

If one is a true gentleman in the cow-stable, one will also with a little training be one in a drawing-room— and vice-versa.

For it is a moral quality, only reflected in the exterior actions and manners of a man. To be a true gentleman is a rare gift, born in some, acquired by a few, but sadly lacking in many.

Clayton Krug Reading the Classics................

ANY people almost shudder, at least inwardly, when they M hear the word classic. This is perhaps largely because their teachers in grades and in high school forced them through some

of the classics, stuffing： them as the farmers stuff geese, not because of any desire to benefit them, but just because it was a means to an end; in the case of the student, to produce a gradu­ ate. Some teachers do attempt to instil a love for the better 12

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kind of books in their students, but they often meet prejudice against the "high-brow stuff.” The classics are too “high­ brow” for many of these “low-brows,” but unfortunately, many who could appreciate these books are hindered from it by this absurd prejudice.

Books are to be read for pleasure. An at-all-intelligent person will not be satisfied with the pleasure of football, hiking, or any other sport. These are pleasures of the body, very good and necessary, but, while they build up the body, the mind is allowed to fall into disuse and decay. George Dorsey is right when he says, “the more you use your brain, the more brain you have to use.” An intelligent being, such as man is supposed to be, certainly needs a higher form of pleasure than the dumb brutes of the field.

Reading books of any kind may be a pleasure, but so many are so insipid, lifeless, shallow that one soon wearies of the m, if one ever did appreciate them. There is no real depth and thought in the greater number of books written. I do not mean they should have in view the idea of educating, but one becomes rather tired of having an adult write like a child of about ten.

The so-called classics can be defined as books —excluding books containing merely data and facts — which have stood the test of time. Bacon, Swift, Dumas, Hugo are good examples.

The works of these men are still in demand. The most popular books 一 when the library bought themare now to be found in the library cellar or attic. This seems to happen to Zane Grey’s works. His very popular works of five or six years ago are no longer to be found on the library shelves. — And he has a fleet of companions.

What makes these classics stand the wear and tear of years?

I believe two things are responsible .for this. One is the style of the author. Style is an indivivual thing, every real author having his own peculiar style. I don’t believe I would attempt to define style. Books are written on it, but with all the care­ ful analysis, a small undefinable something remains. Another important factor, perhaps more important, is the knowlege of human nature displayed by these writers. Take Charles Dickens1 Tale of Two Cities. Sydney Carton developes from a lazy, selfindulgent being into a heroic, self-sacrificing man through the power of his unselfish love for Lucie Manette. The Defarges are accurate examples of the hatred engendered by much op­ pression. They show us the overwhelming cruelty and blood­ shed resulting when hatred, bursting the dam of repression, leaps forth. Madame Defarge represents the intelligence, Defarge the brute force, of the revolutionary party in France.

These people portray the reactions of various types of men under different circumstances. Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice is a much more widely known example of good knowl13

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edge of human nature, Shylock being especially prominent.

Most of us are interested in studying the nature, of our fellow beings, but that takes a long time. It is better, to a certain extent, to disregard Pope’s “The proper study of man­ kind is man,” and learn human nature from the characters of the great authors. This will undoubtedly help us in judging men correctly.

Most educated people read books; the classics, by the judge­ ment of time, are the best books — they are a pleasure to read for the fine style and the good portrayal of human nature. This ought to be inducement enough that they be read.

Frederick Werner The W. A. I. Review................

NEW publication, of interest to all students and alumni of A Northwestern, will make its appearance before the public in the latter part of May and will thereafter be published once

every six months.

The magazine will be called the Wisconsin Athlete InterCollegiate Review and will be edited by Dale Medsker, Milton college athlete. Printed on eight by twelve stock the magazine is to contain a resume of all sports activities Of thirty-three state normal schools and colleges. Records for the past sport seasons, new schedules and articles on the general outlook for sports at the various schools will fill the pages along with some two hundred and fifty cuts of athletic teams, individual athletes, and action pictures taken during athletic contests.

The magazine will fill a long felt need and deserves the hearty support of students at Northwestern and other state schools. Herbert Koehler has been appointed local correspondent and representative. Northwestern students who want copies of the magazine will be wise to see him and reserve a copy, for the supply in each school will be limited.

arunt A four-year college course has been advocated during which the student need only read and assimilate 200 books. The list contains such books as the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare, Nietzsche.

Which type of course would you prefer; one such as this, or the one taught at N. W. C. ?

We can best reply to this question by stating the purpose of a college education : It is to obtain a liberal education, and this by studying and assimilating the outstanding thoughts of great men who lived before us. Therefore this would prove the ideal 14

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college education, for one would study only the best, and so would receive completely in a short time what we under the present system of meandering about among inconsequential details and sometimes even absolute trash do not acquire in a lifetime. — W. L. In my opinion the proposed course should only be adapted to exceptional students. At present the average age of the Freshman is eighteen. Besides being left with a hazy outlook from the cramming and stuffing of the preparatory years, he is .undergoing a physical change as well as a mental change. He would be unprepared for the course of reading and assimilating; therefore the foundation would be weak and inadequate.

One could not expect a liberal education from this method.

Assuming that the study of the classics would not continue in this proposed course, the books then would all be in the English language. The foundation would necessitate this. The student’s acq uaintance with the classics, an essential portion of a liberal edu cation, would be distant indeed if it were only through translations. 一 M. B. ’38.

The question cannot be suitably answered without first considering the purpose of our educational endeavors. Were a mere cultural atmosphere the desired end of my studies, I would cast my preferences with the two hundred books, since they would give me a contact with the best that has been said and thought and would not burden me with courses like Freshman Mathematics, that are unnecessary in acquiring this atmosphere.

But to fulfill the aim of this college it would be absurd to think of replacing our present method with the proposed one, which would not at all give us the rigid training necessary for our future work. — E. F. A college course today is looked upon as a firm steppingstone to a position after being graduated. Whether it is pleasing to us or not, we who must look for a means of earning our livelihood are forced to submit to this idea. But if this mis­ conception were everywhere thrown overboard and if a college were then looked upon as a place where we learn to think for ourselves, the first would be the best possible course. Even as the course stands today I find I have learned vastly more from my reading than from classes. Then also in this ideal college you would work purely for your own benefit; but under present conditions, whether you wish to or not, you do at least to a small extent work because the instructor wishes you to. Thus we find that many people after leaving- college never search for further knowledge and never have a thought of their own. — L. S.

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多謂htarg @3 Ijat bent $errn gefaden, tie ©djroefter unferg SJlitftubenten, ^errn feedenborf, Don biejer @rbe %u fid) gu rufen. 3)iefe(be entfdjUef am 4.9J?ars. SBir fpredjen $ecrn ©ecfenborf unjer [)er#id】e§ 93ei(eib au§. 饥m 10. SWarj itadjinittagg gaBen unfer 6ljor unb Ouortett ein ^ongert in ber SeruJatemS ^irdje gu 93?itmau!ee uor einer grofjen 93er* jammlung. 5)er flemifelite S^oc ber ©emeinbe befdjerte iui§ mit eitiem !oft(id]en 5l6enbeffen, unb nad) bem @fjen Ijaben rair unS mit ucr= (djiebenen ®dell涵aft到pielen amufiert.

OBroo^t ba§ ©tubium ber ^Ijeologic bei un§ bie §auptia由e ift, pibt e§ ettidje unter un§, bie and] in an been ©adien feljr gcfdjictt fiub.

SBiirjtenb beS Satires Ijaben fid) etlid】e i^errn in bem poiiQ,< ©pielen geubt. 35or furger Beit murbe ein Fournier gcl)n(teii, au? met由em §err 浙al)nfe fiegreid) Ijeruorfaiti, inbem er feineu ^H'iuaten O. Siemte ootlftanbig aufS ©aupt f由tug. ^)erc @l)Iert Ijat jein ©tubium auf unferm ©eminav am 12. 9J?cirs eingeftellt. bleiben atfo nod) uicrgeljn in bet sweiten Piaffe iibrig. ^>errn 93ud)§ (infec ^aunten ift je|jt fdjon tuieber beinnijc Qcljeilt.

Tjat itm beim ?lrbeiten in eineut 9iab gerquetfdit. sDi'an bad)tc erft, er jei gebcodien, aber bei nciljerer Unterjudjung fteHtc eg fid) l)er= aug, bafe aIIeg nod) in Drbnung fei.

S)ie ©tubentenfdjoft m卿te £>errn ©eiger su i[)rem ueuen 93ib(io= tljefar. @r rairb an bie ©telle be§ ©errn Sell treten, ber ung tuci^ renb ber lejjten gtoei Sal)te a(g 93ibtiotl)e!or jo treu gebient tjat.

SBeit bie 押ei oberen 货(affen uer^altniSmnfeifl Hein [inb, Ijabcit bie 9J?ibb(er§ bie§ Saljr brei anftatt giuei ^rebigten in ber iilafic fles fatten, unb bie DBertlaffe Ijat graet anftatt eiue ^atedjefe geljaUen. 3m roenn ber ©djnee fdjmilst, unb uiel sBafier nibt, fpielen bie Winter gem im SBaffer. i)ie3 ivriUiiatjr ift .'perr ^'eftinfl groei 9)?at in unfere Sagune gefatten. ©err 93uenger ift nur ein Wat ^ineingefallen.

JJotes Dr. W. F. Notz, ’87, Dean of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, was decorated with the order of the Italian Crown by Ambassador Rosso on April 5. The decoration was for his promotion of international good will. Dr. Notzis also President of the Academy of World Economics in Washington.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bleichwehl paid Northwestern a short visit on their way from San Diego, Cal. Mr. Bleichwehl，’30, has accepted a call to Cataract, Wis. A child was recently born to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Walter 16

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Paustian. The Rev. Mr. Paustian was a member of the class of ’29.

Professors A. Sitz，’09，and W. Schumann, ’12, assisted the Rev. Mr. Fischer of La Crosse, Wis. during Holy Week.

A friend from Libertyville, 111. has informed us of the death of the Rev. Mr. Karl Eissfeldt, for 58 years a pastor of the Missouri Synod. He died in Prospect, 111. at the age of 80 years.

In 1870 the deceased entered the Northwestern University at Watertown, preparatory to the theological studies at the Con­ cordia Theological Seminary at St. Louis, Mo” from which he was graduated in 1877.

Mr. Rudolph Weyland, ’34，recently extended a weekend visit so that he might attend the Mid-Season Concert. Mr. Weyland is a student at Lawrence College. We are told that he has been elected to the staff of the Lawrentian to serve as Editor of the Conservatory Department.

An interesting account of Heinrich von Rohr and the be­ ginnings of the Lutheran Church in Wisconsin was written and published in the March issue of The Wisconsin Magazine of Hifitorn by Philip von Rohr Sauer，’29. A digest: Heinrich von Rohr spent his youth as a highly favored officer in the service of Fredrick William III of Prussia. He married at the age of thirty-two and was converted to Chris­ tianity by the marriage sermon. From this time on he took an active interest in Lutheran theology. In 1817 King1 Fredrick William, in his Prussian zeal for unity, had proclaimed the Union, a merger between the Lutheran and Reformed Churches.

Since the Union was a direct contradiction to his orthodox principles, Hein rich von Rohr firmly opposed it. He was cash­ iered from the Pussian army in 1837. Heinrich von Rohr, aided

by Pastor Grabau, carried on missionary work among the nonUnionist Lutherans of Saxony and Pomerania for a year, but after much persecution they decided to make America their land of refuge.

In 1837 the group of immigrants settled at Buffalo. Both Grabau and von Rohr were born leaders, and since two leaders in one community are undesirable, Heinrich von Rohr set out for Wisconsin with forty families. This group formed the Freistadt colony approximatly twenty miles northwest of Milwaukee.

Pastor Grabau sent such an urgent call to Heinrich von Rohr to serve as school teacher in Buffalo in the y'ear 1840, that he sold his property in Freistadt and moved back to Buffalo. Besides teaching, he prepared himself for the ministry and was ordained in 1844, at the age of 47 years. His first congregation was at Humberstone, Canada. In 1846 he answered a call to New Bergholtz, New York.

The remainder of von Rohr’s life was spent in inspiring immigrants to share the advantages of his new freedom and to organize in one orthodox body the Lutherans that he had in17

fluenced. His own Buffalo Synod, he felt, was assuming an ecclesiastical organization altogether too strict for Protestant churches. He had for this reason gradually separated himself from the traditional Buffalo Synod and during the latter years of his career became the leader of a small independent group.

Unable himself to bring the congregations of this group under any of the Lutheran Synods, he left the problem at his death in 1874 to his son and successor, Philip. The latter after much litigation and investigation saw fit to dissolve the group and to join the newly organized synodical conference of which Dr. C. F. Walther, the eminent leader of the Missouri Synod, was the head.

This consummation of his life’s work in his son, Philip, was the crowning joy of Heinrich von Rohr’s ambition. From the period when he discarded the family tradition of service to the king until the time when his last sermon was preached in New Bergholtz, the sole motive of his life was to serve his master.

His native modesty, so remarkable in a Prussian officer, was fertile ground for the propagation of the Gospel. No sooner had his Pauline nature met with its magnetic influence than the whole gamut of his worldly advantages became mere means to an end. His remarkable training, his leadership and organizingpower, his dynamic will, his love of adventure, his patience where patience was desirable, and even his undeniable individualism all these were directed toward his calling. And in all the data that have remained we find this as the supreme, the paramount object of his life. His struggle with the Prussian dynasty as well as his battle against the American frontier, had no other source than his missionary zeal. And with the salvation of souls as his ultimate aim he quietly completed his modest course. Soli Deo Gloria — to God alone he wished the credit to be given.

In the current volume of the Black and Red we shall print 〆 those minutes of early Synodical conferences dating from the founding of the Wisconsin Synod in 1849 to 1855. Since these minutes exist only in the manuscript, it is desirable to have them in a more permanent form — one which may more easily be referred to. This reason for printing them may perhaps appear more or less a selfish one, but we are confident that our readers will be interested in the historical data which they contain.

Assoc. Editor. * * * * * Crgnuifrttiou ber (Juauflclifrfjcn Sutleri{d)cn 3t)uobc uou 5©i^coufiw.

5)en 8.沱es. 1849 uerfammeUen fid) in 职ihuaufee im ^irdjen* faate ber eoangetifdjen (utijerifdien ©emeinbe bie ^aftoceu 9Jiuel)Is 6aujer, S33rebe, SBeinmann unb SOI®?, unt ben roi兩tigen @egenftanb 18

ber Ginridjtung einer ©tjnobe in S33i8confin gegenfeitig gu Beraten unb 各u befpredien. 3)iefe S5erfamm(ung trurbe mit ©efang unb ©ebet eroffnet unb [obann ber uorlieflenbe ©egenftanb in Seratung gegogen unb na由oietfeitiger S3efpre(ftung beSfelben Don befagten $cebigern einftimmig gemiinf由t unb fur notig befunben, jejjt eine ©tjnobe in SSi?confin fonflruieren, unb bann bejdjtoffen : 1. ban bic s« erridjtenbe ©tjnobe ben 9? a men „5)ie erfte beut[rfjcu.*Iutt). ©tjnobe Don SBigconfin" ^aben unb fii^ren foil, unb unter bem nain(ic^en 況amen unb Senennung ewige 況adjfolge tjaben folic*.

2. bag bie S3eamten befagter ©tjnobe fur bieSmat auf 2 3的re crwciWt roerben follen.

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3)cr ^rafibnit 9)iue^(^oeufer rnurbc bann beauflragt, foba(b al^ ntoQUd) eine ^onftitution fur bie 0tjnobe entroerfen, welcfje bent ^efcnntni^ bcrfelben cutipcedjeu miifte. 2)ann nnirbe enb(id) iiiilcOt nodi bciriiluiicn, baft bie nadbfljaljrlidje St)noba(uerianim(imfl ben '21. Wai 1850 in OJranuiHe, 2Bi?.f ftattfinbm foUe, roobei bie OKicbcr bcr)dbeii il)rc iolirlid^cn 5kridite mit^ubringen ijabeii. So ne|d)cl)cn bcu S. 1S4J) in Wiliuaufec.

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ben SBeifaH fanb. 5)nnn murbe tie uom ^rafibenten aBgefofete ^on* ftitution uorfldefen itnb Don .^apilel gu ^apitet befprodjen unb nadj einigen ^banbcrungen einftimmiq angenommen.贝uf SBorfdjtag wurbc Befdjtoffen, bafi bie PP. 3Brebe linb^Beinmaun a(S eine 货omitee Beauftragt feien, im ^erfaufe bie[e§ ^alireS ein paffenbeS ©tjnoba(* fiegel madjen ju (affen.

SSrebe Befd^tog bie oomittcigli^e 33er* fammtuns mit ©ebet.況 a由mittag.— 屯.SBeinmann eroffnete bte 5krfammhnig mit ©ebet. ©obann murbe auf 35orfd)(aq befdjtoffen, bafj bie 汩rebiger in itjren ©emeinben, raeldje mit un8 in ^erbinbunfl fletjen, 14^age uor ber ja()r(i(ften ©er* 1 fammlung eine ^oUeTte erEjcben ^aben, unb ba§ gum 93eften fur bie ©tjnobalfaffe. ^Befditoffen, bafj jeber ^rebiger, welder in imferec i SSerbinbutig fte^t, fidi BefonberS ber ^uflenb onneljmen unb 艾age§» l ftftute, ^Bibelftunben, 9)?iffiongftunben u.i.jn. ju Ijaften ()abc.

6- ©onrab, berseit Colporteur, metdier fengft unraieberftetjtidje 9?ei0ung gum Ti(.汨rebigtanit Jjatte, murbe bent 肌inifieduni uorge= ftellt, pepruft unb nod) feinen BereitS fdion uorljanbenen Slenntniffen fiir tudjtig befunben, nts ©tubioJuS ber ^Ijeologie angenommen gu raerben, unb bann burdi ©timmenmefjrljcit entfd&ieben unb befd)(offen, )bafj SonraD bei P. SBtebe fein ©tubiuut antreten !6nne unb bem** felben foctan m;t allem obsulteqen uerpfUdjtet fei. ©obamt gab Der ^ilkftl’iDent einigen ©liebern ber ©tjnoDe furje 5：l)eologuniena, wo= ruber fie n_d】e Snfpradjen ()ie(ten. 5)er tefete ^unft ber 33efpred)s ung betraf Die m uieten ^amitien uernac爾Siflte 办au§anbnd)t, unb bemgufolge tuurben [ammttidje 犯rebiger aufmevtfam gemadjt, mit allem g-Ieife batjm tDirten, baf? in unfcren ©emeiuben ber unb ^amilienaltar auffledd】tet merben moge. ©nblirf) wurbe nod) bc= jdjloffen, t)afe bie nadjftjdlirlidje s-8eriammlung ttiiebenim am 1)1. ^Drei einigteitSfeft ftattfinben foQ. 5)er 0<t biefer ^eriammtmtg fomitc nod) nidjt ipe^iell angegeben raerben. 3)ie 圯erfemmitu叩 uertagte fid) unb bet $rftfiDent erftattete ber ©emeinbe in ©ranuille Ijer^lidjen S)an! fiir itjre freunblid)e ^lufnatjme unb grofee ©aftfreuiibidjaft utib jdjlofe fobann mit ©ebet unb ©eqen. 姐m s^benl) rautbe in bee 931iiiifteria(ueciamm(ung befotiberS ba= rauf aufmertfam gemadit, baf3 roir in unierec lenten 3eit [e(jr notig Jaben, in (Sinljeit be8 ©eifteg mit einanber su fdmpfen, in 兑raft bet: ©nabe gegen ben iminer me^t iiber^anb ne^menben teufelifdjen Un* gtauBen in SSigconfin. ©o gefc^e^en in ©ranDille in 2Si§confin, ben 2S. 9)kt 1850.

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Despite the many attempts at poetry in college publications, it is frequently evident that the budding poets write not by in­ spiration but by sheer will power; a lack of knowledge of what poetry really is might even be imputed to these not-to-be-discouraged poets. In the Cheshire a student makes use of his travels and discoveries in the “realms of 琴old” to tell us how to learn to know poetry. Poetry is a necessity for no one; yet it enlarges and adds to one’s life, perhaps by teaching us through the experience and thoughts of others, perhaps by giving us sheer joy. But no one is able to bring us to poetrv, to tell us what poetry is; alone through reading can we find this. 4 'Poetry speaks for itself; you must listen to it if you want its meaning.

The poet is emotionally moved; he tries to capture his feeling with words. Whether he secretes it into fourteen lines or expands it into an epic makes no difference to you, who accept the completed poem and strive to recapture the poet’s emotion.

You are not interested in how the feeling is expressed, but in what that feeling is. Usually, if you don’t undersand what the poet says, you blame him for it. Maybe his expression is faulty; then too, maybe your grasp of life isn’t large enough yet to interpert his poem. For it is your own experience that makes poetry. ’ ’ “As I have said, you should go to the poets for poetry. Which ones? If you’re afraid that you’ll miss the best poets, you’re beginning the wrong way already. There are no best ones until you make some the best. There are great ones, and good ones, and poor ones for somebody else, but that doesn’t mean that yours will be the same. You can choose for 21

yourself. You can begin with anthologies or with individual poets. Once you begin your interests will shape your reading.

And then, if you associate with the poets, you will come to understand what poetry is.”

As the Tribune for Chicago, so various papers have set ideals for a more perfect college system. The New Orleans Item-Tribune has about the most progressive ideas concerning administration and policies, ideas which may be applied to any college without harm. Several of the outstanding are: “Cut out ruthlessly the loafers from among both students and faculty even though some of them are sons of wealthy alumni. Cut out antiquated and nonsocial courses; make them all show results in the broadening of altruistic knowledge. Institute courses which shall function in a working knowledge of America as it is or is to be—if anybody can be found to teach such courses. If not, do it anyhow； it will educate the faculty. Do away with the execrable injustice of outgrown marking systems and their regimentation of mediocrity. Take the Ph. D. off its pedestal.

The lure of pure intellectualism is gone, and the college may as well accept the fact.” So there’s where the Mercunj KOt its idea that undergraduates can do what professors have undone!

The Northerners aren’t far behind in proposing college re­ form. The following is an excerpt from the Indiana Daily Student: “Far too many professors take one of the easier courses open to them—one giving the same lectures year after year, thus boring his class and losing both the students’ interest and his own; the other injecting so much personal philosophy into his teaching that the objective of the course、 is lost in a multitude of petty mental meanderings whose only worth is to entertain the students.” A scientist put it more concisely in saying that the average professor each day expends as much energy as is contained in a single peanut.

The followi vmg information from the Stentor: “From the latest reports from Germany it would seem that a new Sparta is arising in the world to stand against the inheritors of Athen­ ian culture. Sweeping changes have been made in the German educational system, intellectualism is to be driven out of the Reich, and intellectuals subjugated to the power of the govern­ ment.” In addition to regulating the choice of professors the freedom of the students is almost squelched. **A great part of the student’s time is devoted to “voluntary” labor, work in the Storm Troops and the like. Scientific work is not allowed to interfere with this work. The amount of time each student must work is specified. It does not matter that these ‘‘vohm22

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The tradition of the southern gentleman is still being carried on, and by means of a college. After the end of the Civil War Lee, the perfect southern gentleman, devoted his abilities to governing Washington and Lee University with the result that it still remains one of the chief arguments in favor of the honor system. The Student Voice says that “no supervision of students is exercised during examinations, yet no cheating is known. Nothing is locked about the institution; books, articles of clothing, and all sorts of property are left anywhere with the assurance that they will not be disturbed.”

New students are thoroughly instructed in the requirements of the honor codes and impressed with the importance of rigidly observing it, because it is explained, this school is built around tradition, and the essence of that tradition is that “it’s a plea­ sure to be a gentleman!”

Tidbits: A professor at the University of Washington was contin­ ually amazed by coeds who persisted in powdering and rouging during class-time. So he and a student hatched a little scheme between themselves. The student came to the next lecture, pulled out a razor and a shaving mug, and proceeded to lather up, before the raucous guffaws of his classmates.

The Black and Red is one of nine hundred and seventy-five college papers in the United States.

A member of the Wisconsin assembly upholds the maxim of beginning with the youth in his effort to stamp out the dangerous communistic tendencies now exhibiting themyelves in every classroom. He proposes that all school buses be painted red, white, and blue.

The statement of a professor of psychology at Oregon State: Professors as a rule give A’s to pupils who are meek and whose ideas are most easily molded to their own; the students with conflicting ideas are rewarded with B’s or lower marks.

In these times when student papers are reflecting student ideas concerning spring and the romance connected (Cf. Tenny­ son) one has to go far to find such sane idea: Love is a misun­ derstanding between fools.

Out of every hundred boys only two complete a four-year college course.

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I ^Math A student at the University of Kentucky attended a class in German for two weeks before he found he was in the wrong place; he thought it was a class in geology.

These professors of psychology seem to tear apart all the old principles; another has discovered that a student can study best while listening to a radio.

Huron College, London, Ontario, with an enrollment of only twenty students is the smallest college in the world.

And we think it our duty to report to all collegiate football players that they are in no danger of dying out in the next few years. Coach Crisler has carefully weighed the chances of professional football driving collegiate off the map, and the pro’s chances were found wanting.

Baseball Professor Wendland has assumed the responsibility of coaching the baseball team for this season. As a nucleus for his team he has eight letter-men of lastc year’s team. They are: Koehler, Lambert, Sydow, C. Frey, Wendland, Schwartz, I. Frey, and Schroeder, who is serving： his second season as captain. Only two letter-men were lost through graduation last year.

Practice was begun on March 18, but few outdoor practices have been held because weather conditions have made them impossible. For this reason Coach Wendland has not had suf­ ficient opportunity to determine the ability of new candidates.

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Nevertheless, with most of the veterans returning to fill their posts we can hope for a successful season. Perhaps Lambert and captain Schroeder can aid a great deal with their good batting. Last year Lambert topped the list with an average of .487 and Schroeder was second with .478. Schumann, who ranked third, was one of the two graduating lettermen, but we believe that his place can be filled. Wendland will undoubtedly fill the catcher’s position with Koehler and Schroeder to com­ plete the batteries. We also expect great things of A. Lehmann this season. Last year he batted .333.

The following schedule is, at this writing, incomplete: April 27 University Extension at N. W. C. May 4 Mission House at N. W. C. May 11 S. 0. E. at Milwaukee May 18 University Extension at Milwaukee May 25 Mission House at Plymouth June 1 Aurora at N. W. C. June 8 S. 0. E. at N. W. C. Tennis There will be a tennis team again this year. A tournament will be held at some time after the Easter recess in which the members will be chosen by the process of elimination.

Golf

Sydo'v is the sole remaining1 veteran of the golf team.

Upon him devolves the responsibility of finding： a few other misinformed individuals to complete the quota necessary for undertaking a meet with another institution.

A football schedule Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2

has been arranged for the season of 1935: Seminary at N. W. C. Aurora at N • W. C. Mission House at Plymouth Platteville Miners at N. W. C. Lake Forest at Lake Forest Milton at Milton Wartburg at N. W. C.

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The program itself, which the Chorus intended to present throughout its tour through Winneconnie, Neenah, Dundas, Appleton, Green Bay, Reedsville, and Manitowoc and which was again to be used here in Watertown, April 26, for the homecoming of the Chorus, was as follows: Pari I 1. Motette (Psalm 8)..................... ....... . ___ Schnabel 2. The Vast Unnumbered Throngs........ ____E. Grieg 3. Blessing and Glory Unto Our God___ __ J. S. Bach 4. Christ, the Life of All the Living..... .

1687 Pari 11 5. Komm, suesser Tod... ..........J. S. Bach 6. Die Grosse Doxologie ___ Bortniansky 7. 0 Bone Jesu............... .......... Palestrina 8. Beautiful Savior......... ....... .......... Wick Part III 9. Ein* Feste Burg........... ...... .................

Luther-Nevin 10. How Bright Appears the Morning Star __ J. S. Bach 11. God so Loved the World....................... ___ R. Palme 12. Father in Heaven____ •F. Flemming 26

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C. C. Lutkin 15. Benediction........................... .........

The Rise of Silas La/pham，Berkley Square, and finally The Good-Natured Man. At first, the two literary societies decided to present The Rise of Silas Lapham as the final play, but upon second thought The Good-Natured Man by Oliver Goldsmith was chosen. The players have already been selected and prac­ tice will soon be in full swing. The play will be presented on May 31.

The Mid-Season Concert was again the ‘‘best concert ever given at Northwestern17 according to some of the more enthu­ siastic music-lovers in the audience. Since the concert last year was the best and since the preceding one was also the best given up to that time, one would almost be led to believe that the first concert couldn’t have been much more than a mouth organ recital. Nevertheless, that the audience did enjoy the concert was evident from the reception all four organizations received. Mention must also be made of Miss Evelyn Conklin, the cornet soloist of the evening, who displayed an unusual amount of technical skill coupled with her customary good tone when she played Clark’s Carnival of Venice, nor can one very easily forget the Brass Quartette, the specialty of which has always been harmony, obtained through the remarkable blend­ ing of the four instruments.

And then there are some who insist that it wasn’t the play­ ing so much, which put the concert across, but that it was the new stage with its megaphone-like effect. And these aren’t Sophmores either!

Another Arbor Day has come and gone; the grass is still growing; the trees are blossoming; everything came through all right. Some say it was because of the wind and others maintain it was the fault of the Juniors—anyway, we could stand another Arbor Day. The high-point of the day was the Sophomore tree-planting, when Old Hickory was lowered into the ground amidst the har­ monious strains of Lake Front Park March as played by Reinke’s Sophomore Class Band.

N. B. Observations made on a strictly unbiased and objec­ tive basis.

Television must be on the upgrade—an exhibition was held at Watertown. The exhibit was given by the Milwaukee School of Engineering during the closing part of March and quite a number of students attended. That quite a few were disap­ pointed was evident as they gazed into the scanning disk.

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York—any studio at least a hundred miles away would have been all right—they found themselves gazing into the face none other than “Zoo” Thierfelder, who was sitting exactly six feet away! That the pictures were sent by wire from the send­ ing booth to the receiving disk only a few feet away should have in no way detracted from the exhibit, since it is but a slight matter to transfer the electrical currents into radio waves.

On March 29, Mr. H. Adam, chemist at the Fleischmann Malting Company^ plant and a graduate from the University of Munich, gave a talk on modern Germany, illustrating his talk with slides. Besides presenting a copious supply of in­ teresting statistics in connection with the Jews, Mr. Adam quite capably showed that there was another side to the Hitler story other than that offered by the “capitalist-owned American press.”

Eddie Weiss is well on the road to recovery after an opera­ tion in the St. Mary’s Hospital for appendicitis.

(ttoeb JJotes Arlinc Scliuiiianit Helen WinkcnM^rdcr

Dear me! The puzzled looks on most of the faces of the coeds this past week seem to be a sign that either real spring weather is late in arriving or that there must be an unusual number of tests. A few minutes of waiting and the puzzle is solved—it’s a test, and what a test!

“Do you know the principle of the radio?” “What’s the solution to this problem?’’ "What is direct inference?” “What did you study for this?” and thus on and on the questions go until one’s head begins to whirl from the buzzing. An hour of silence elapses and then a coed is seen staggering down the stairs with a disgusted look on her face. She sinks into a chair almost exhausted, frightening her friends, who ask the one question, “How was it?’’ 'Terrible! Such questions! You have to know the whole book or you can’t write at all.” Well, there is one consolation; vacation is near at hand.

One of the topics of discussion uppermost in the minds of the coeds at present is the forth-coming concert. Judging from what we hear many of them will appear in new dresses and shoes and with pretty curls.

One Friday morning mysticism pervaded the atmosphere in the coed room. The girls were all gathered around the table holding slips of paper and seemingly very much interested in the answers received for some of the questions which they 28

asked. Fortunately or unfortunately we have a fortune-teller among us, who on this particular morning was working her sorcery on the girls. From the screams of delight and the ex­ citement at the moment we conclude that many of the coeds are going to obtain their desires.

Several of the coeds whose sole ambition it is to become school teachers enacted a little scene all their own while waiting for a literary meeting to begin. They had a school with a con­ scientious teacher, but, sad to say, the pupils were not very apt and also quite disorderly. Their fun ceased when the “princi­ pal” and several members of the societies appeared on the scene.

The German students in the girls’ room are sadly in need An air of resignation pervades of a “deutsches Worterbuch. the little group which is preparing its “deutsche Aufgabe.”

After about fifteen minutes of nerve-racking and unsuccessful searches for unfamiliar words, they begin to pull their hair, throw books into corners, andsiprh ^Me miseram,11 or ( to concoct words of their own which in the end do not benefit anyone, least of all the student.

Helen Mitzner, Ruby Holzhueter, Florence Kuckkahn, and Evelyn Conklin visited Ruth Fredrick at Whitewater, March 28.

The Northwestern Players present

The Good-Natured Man by OLIVER GOLDSMITH

AT THE COLLEGE AUDITORIUM Watertown, Wisconsin

FRIDAY, MAY 31st 8:00 P. M.

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Campus and Classroom Way down deep in my heart there always was a furtive suspicion of a “drag” with the faculty. Of course, it would never have been admitted to anyone; that would have been con­ trary ta all student ethics. But now that I’ve been appointed to the Black and Red staff, why not come right out and shout it from the fourth floor of Ernst Hall?

And then came the first meeting of the human element of this mirror of college thought and life. Isn’t that the classic definition of a student publication? In the end it may be the best after all to be a conservative (there is the example of many great teachers for us to follow), and, right or wrong1, to hold to the old ideas and traditions. This last remark was just by the way, perhaps somewhat imitating to you, but a column­ ist just can’t let the chance to make such a remark slip by un­ used; for how should he get his column filled out otherwise?

But now to return to the meeting. First of all a vote was taken to decide what position each man should occupy. To my lot fell the old Campus and Classroom, commonly known as the “joke column. ” Immediately I protested that it was impossible for me to write such a column, for I’m really not at all humor­ ous. So you see that raising side-burns isn’t necessarily synony­ mous with ‘‘funny.” Our editor, yes, and the entire staff too, upheld my protest. We were all to think about it and then to set our ideas logically before the staff. The idea, as in all democratic insitutions, was that the best one would then be chosen.

After that our editor gave us a short talk on what he wanted us to do, in short, he sort of outlined a course of procedure for us to follow. The pictures of the former staff mem­ bers looked and smiled down upon us and ironically urged us to make a failure of it all as they had done. And, I suppose, so it will be to the end of time, unless some staff has such a super­ abundance of good sense that they won’t have a photograph made. But we’ll show ’em. Then we separated, ostensibly for the purpose of concentrating.

To think! And after having it dinned into our ears that people of our age can’t think anyway. (Subsequent events proved that perhaps the man was right after all). After one hears such a statement from the rostrum of authority countless number of times, one finally does believe it; blindly one follows precept and law. I, for one, was at a loss: what should I do?

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An entire afternoon I spent up in our room reading old Campus and Classroom columns. Most of the “jokes” were very poor, although some were fair. To make a long story short, I could not decide whether to throw the old aside or not, until I went down to the clubroom and heard the Triumphal March from Aida. My mind snapped to a decision. If a man wants to get anywhere, he dare not be hampered by a lot of worthless and outworn traditions and inhibitions. The staff is right; the column must be changed. And now, a new man with a new column. That should go well, even if James Hilton says that the new engrafted upon the old very often brings forth the best fruits. But as for myself, I doubt it very much. At least I’m going to do my best to give you something1 that will be pleasant and, at times, beneficial. But to get the most out of anyone’s writing- you must know something1 about the writer, and the quickest knowledge may be pained by knowing his hates and likes. So here goes.

I hate: Women who have that certain musical lilt in their “Goodni-ight.”

People who say they don’t know anything and then really don’t, 01. is it, people who say that they really know some thing and then really do: which one is the right one anyway?1 No _ _ difference: don’t you hate them just the same?

Anyone who says he hates those who smoke long-stemmed pipes and thinks they do it to draw attention to themselves, and then uses one himself. I find such a pipe affords a cooler smoke, and almost everybody will bear me out in that.

Fellows who smoke in their rooms, especially since it’s against the house-rules.

Chesterfield cigarettes.

Fellows who hate to see you listening to an opera.

A lot of petty things too small to be mentioned, among them myself.

The result of an afternoon’s reading, conversation, and cogitation: New York is cosmopolitan; Chicago is mid-western; Milwaukee is just Wisconsin without any of the beauties of nature. Note that Watertown was spared. “ Quite recently a sonnet was found in a rocky niche in the 4'Lake Country.” The paper is yellowed by age and weather.

Evidently it is the first and only draught of the poem, for many words, and at times whole lines, are crossed out and re­ placed. Most peculiar is the fact that it wasn’t destroyed by a skunk to line its nest.

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After some deliberation most of the critics came to the con­ clusion that it was written by Wordsworth. This stand is not at all untenable, for the spirit and philosophy is Wordsworthian throughout; and then the very idea of leaving a poem in a skunkhole would have appealed strongly to the man, for did he not write some ‘‘Lines’’ and leave them ‘‘upon a seat in a Yewtree?’’ Although some say the piece has rare merits, whatever that may mean, it is my opinion that it was written either in early youth, or in second childhood. In all fairness I must add the opinion of one of the broadest modern critics: 4'Words­ worth, perhaps more than any other man, was, even during his own life, unduly critized and ridiculed because of his peculiar nature philosophy and religion. Thus being attacked because he saw sparks of divinity in everything, he could scarcely beat an ignominious retreat; so within his own mind he advanced his theory to include even such a despised creature as the pole­ cat. The meter of the piece halts and the rhyme is lame, and the thoughts a bit disconnected, but such things can be forgiven in an unpublished piece.” The poem follows: Sonnet to a Skunk On meeting one on this lea.

Hail, lowliest of all thy kind! ’Tis in vain That so much useless scorn is heap’d oil the, For slowly thou plodd’st across this lea, None knowing what thoughts turn within thy brain.

Eight steps away his sad and low refrain The cricket chirps, but poorly hid within The chalice of the buttercup. Still in Thy reverie now passing—now again, Thou’It never find him there. To me it seems.

While all mankind mocks and laughs thee to scorn, Thy mind dwells on some diviner being, Of which we all are part. Inside the bourne Of our minds are few, in thine constant, gleams Of glory beyond man’s power of seeing.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— Behind the Doric Column..............

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S)ie (SteHung ber beutfdjen Siteratur in ber SBetttiteratur...................

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Inconsideration

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On Satisfaction

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EDITORIALS— A Reply to *'Cymbal and Clarion” 46 Biographies..............

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A College Freshman

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The Play

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

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ADVERTISEMENTS

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yy> THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXIX.

Watertown, Wis., May 1935

Number 2

Entered at the Posto历co at Watertown. VVis., as second class matter under Act of March 3, i$70< PubUsh(?d monthly. Subscription, One Dollar.

BEHIND THE DORIC COLUMN Gilbert Sydow

Maybe I flatter the column by calling it Doric. It’s simple, scratched and scarred, but sturdy, that’s all. It’s pedestal and capital are nondescript and it’s not fluted; but it is a good column, serving its purpose well, and doing its bit in keeping the ceiling away from the floor. The charm lies not in symme­ trical beauty or appeal to the eye, but in its position. In front is the dais where sits the overseeing eye. Behind is a protected haven hidden from the questioning glance. Was there ever a more delightful spot. There one can scatter his anatomy abroad, slowly sink back in comfortable repose and take a pleasure jaunt to the “Unknown Country” and try to get a wee glimpse over the hill. Or one can make touchdowns or baskets or homeruns by scores; or lead a victorious army through the home­ town streets; or astound the world with a new idea; or best of all, as Landor says, reflect on “The little girl that struck at me at the rout.” Travel everywhere and do anything. Our mind would continually make us the heros of our mental novels, 33

but inevitably it closes with the eyes. Ahah! sweet sleep. But not for long. Someone is certain to drop a consonant preformative a little too hard and we must compensate by waking up and putting on the interest with double forte. We hit a threebagger and are caught off base. “The world is with us and again we are getting and spending.’’ There’s a life to live and work to be done. Tempus fugit very schnell. We must get somewhere. We are taught to wear a shirt, coat, and tie, so we must at least reach that position where such will be our daily attire. Can’t do it sleeping.

The eight hours that good health prescribes is all that’s necessary, but it must be kept within certain limits, usually starting around ten at night. If it is shifted until the wakinghour comes near noon, we are guilty of something or other. And if we mention this irregularity — my goodness! Now I person­ ally believe in a certain established order in living habits. I regard the old saws and sayings, Morgenstunde hat Gold im Munde and so forth. I think that “when one begins to turn in bed it，s time to turn out”. (Wellington) And yet I believe everyone should experience the various moods of each hour of the day. When it comes right down to it we’ll have to agree with Colton, “Bed is a bundle of paradoxes, we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.”

Is this sleeping merely a matter of turning out the light, waiting till the eyes close, waking and getting up? Something： we do because of physical necessity? Or can it be an occasion like ice cream on Reformation Day. It seems it can be that.

Men with feeling hearts have given thought to it in their works.

In the state of drowsiness, daydreaming, sleep, when the mind is uncontrolled, free of the things upon which daily life compels it to dwell, one approaches closest to the mystical and super­ natural. Who knows, one might grasp a new thought from the world of ideas floating about us. That offensive sleeping youth may hit on something. Wordsworth was a follower of such a method. However, if similar results are obtained I’m not for it. Or if results shown by this article are produced, I’m still not for it. Nevertheless, there always are moments when we like to say: 34

•Tm tired of planning and toiling In the crowded hives of men; Heart-weary of building and spoiling, And spoiling and building again.

And I long for the dear old river.

Where I dreamed my youth away; For a dreamer lives forever And a toiler dies in a day”. (O’Reilly)

①ic Sfcffuno bcr bcuffdjcn fiifcrafitr in bcr SScItfitcratur Herbert Fleischer

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Citerotur ein! ©cCjIiiB ift fTor: bic ©djrciTiFuitft luar dOcit nirfit itjr 撕tt塵 fi'mftlcrifdjcn Wu§bnuT§. gdCjIt oiiicni -S5oIf alfo bcr fi'mftrcrifdf)e Sricflj, fcincn ©cift in ber Siiernhir auS^u^riidPcn, fo ftnirb UipTjI nic cin flro&cr Sidjtcr in fciitcr Witte <uifftoT)cn, ber fein ^olf nor -ber 53ScTt liertrctcn foim. ^Mfloacn fctjcn lunir^ in ^ormcncu ciu ^olf auberer ?frh •Olmiotil bic ^cmnifltcn •St-noFen maT fo tiiclc Gintt)ot)itcr :Ijcr6en aTS ^Rovluoflcn, fo ilucpbeu 'fie borf) ctuf bem ©cliictc <i>ec ^Seltlitcvatur Imn bic[cr Hcincn Nation iVticriroffcn. fyerner ift biefe ^iflcu)rf)oft, bic Sitcrotuu ^um ?fu§bntcf§miftof if)rc§ (^cKu、§ 311 ma* rficn, <mdj lici ber bcuHctien Nation in Went ©rabe liorliaubcu. Action .^art ber ©rofic, ber crflc Wnnn, ber niirKirf)，瓜uitfcTi" indite, forberte bic Sitcrahir an [cincni ^>ofc. Safivcub ber bimMn ^vaT)r(jiuibcrtc, 'ba ba§ ^OoTf oT)iic fiutftlerifdic 汹T)m袖oft mar, Midfi ben nod) ber birfitcrifrfic ©cift immer <wit Mien: loin 炫 r^ciwiiS,，bn§ ^oIF§Ticb, ift cin cm jobcm .Q'enner her bcutfdjcn Sitcrotur Wanut. ^>odj ticfombcrS ：bic •acTmiffc ber 'fticitcrcn ^vaTirtjunbcrfc finb berart baf? fie cin fiir offcmnl IfieftaHacn, bnfj liefer Nation ber 05cift bc§ litcrorijtfjou ^fu§bnuf§ nidjt fremb iit.

S)ic SBcTtlitcrahir Tjat ferner biefc ©ijimfrfjafi■•㈣ fie tu川 cinor WanuiolfaTfi^fcit ber 0in*arficn, foluoT)! Imn ber Tiu!Mirf)cinfoc()cn fic« IirSifdicn, <t!6 aurf) -ber fcinfiiMc'nbcn flrierf)ifcf)CM. C'U'Tiraiirfi luarfu'n faun; quB jcbcr flclntnnt fie cine Monbere ^yriidic itnb .Q'niH. Todi i»ic§ forbert fie lion jcbcr ©iuiadjc, bon :ber fie C'U'Tmiurf) nindit. baf? fie foTiifl fei, ben (Sk'ift bc6 ^oIfc§ Inicboniniericn; ban iii' ^'crinoflcn tioBe, ba§ ^Fcnfu'vftc, iua§ ber SSortfiiniftier lion itir Dorlamit au§3ubriicfcn. -DTinc cine folrf) ^offenbe Slmidie luirb cine Motion fauni cine nrofjc Siternfur Tu'rlu、沌riiuicn. 9ff§ ^duiicf eiitor Slu*adn\ bic fid) nirfit 3m. Siferatur ciauct, Iimurf)! man utir >bic tu、i“1cTu、 lun* Surlier <m3uf{ff)cn. @S fl<tB 311 ber 3cit Tmuu cine bouHcf)c Sprodu'! 炫S 4r>arcn fo bictc 5Dhmbartcn int 2<mbc, baft ber 如irnvhmu. cim'r dflcnb ben ber ttubcrcn f<ift (jar nidit bcrft^icu Fonuto. *5)ic Ok'Teljrfcn M SmibcS 'fdjamten fid) Ujrcr Sprarfie nub soiU'n t)ic Ifaicini^u' tun'； c§ fd^icit, al§ oT> bie <S^rodje nic 311 (Hjrcn nub WnfeTion rom-meu fomiic. 5Dodj iDcnn mir I)cutc cmf bie flu^|cn ^irfihtuacn juriicffctimteu, bie footer in -biefer Slirocfic -qcfdjrioften Jworben [tub, fo crFcnucu luir, iaf? ber iBearunber Mefer Iiodjaiiflcferjciicn G^rodjo ber SScItlitcratur cincii ibauernben S)icnft fltfleiftet ^at. Sutler luar c§. ber auS i>cn liiclen 肌uitbcirtcH cine cinTicitncTic bcutfdic ©liradic frfimicbctc; or To mm cite 观邱lige t»oITStiui.tTidjc 9fu§Wicfe imb ?)?cbcnSnrtcn: -cr maefite bie ncuerfunbene @J.irarf)c iiircf) feint* 迅迅efilfierfeijimfl in ftema S)cutfrf)Ianb Xu'^nnt. ^v. ?f. 3icrn, in fciiuT 仙icfih、Scr 3iVrtIikTrttm，," iafit bon 迪m: „^on Sutlicr auSaetjenb, crfdjicit bie lmfcrtifle ucuT)od>bcut* fdjc <©djriftUu*ad)c *bcr Sirfitfunft nnb 3?croMaiuFcit ⑽iuicMcii, alcidj atun 9fu§brucf bc§ ticffiuuiflftcn @cbanfi'ii§ lnie 3111* farbin au» fdjQuIidicn 5DarfteItuiifl unmitteKiaren Sebci诏." 5>ie ^djrciln'r, mcldje feit Sitter bie bculfd}c ©t>racf)c 31a* Sra^crin U)rc§ ©ciftc§ flcanndjt 36

Beit, TjoTkii 3ul>T)I tidnic[cn, bafj bicfc tidffiiiniflc ©t>r<idC)C cine 这imiflfcit bc§ ^eniittS, iebe ^tinHnunfl ber <seclc au§» S Iicfifef, lucW)c j；cbc Sicfc briirfcn faim. *<Diefc (5iflcnfcf}affcn, .rocldfic fie cincrfcitS 311c ©i)rodf)c ber ^TjilofiU^cit flcmarfit TjnTu'ii, T&e脚igen fie mm and) fitr bic ^ocfie <Dcutfdiraiib fomt ■ftcfi cincr ^radje riUjmcit, bic amtcr ibcn Uiercn Stirnd>cn bcr 35cTtritcrotnr t)iliter feiucr anberen jurudPauftc^cn IDraitcfit.

Sutebt bci<fnn'flten iuir nodi aT§ cin ©rforberntS fur 3fiicrfcmmito in 'ber ScrtTiterahir, baft cine Nation <iro6c, fierborrageitbc tWanner cr3cuat bic burdi itirc Iitcrnri)c{)cu SBerFo ben C5eiTt iTircB ^oTfc§ nor ber 5BcTt in fiinftlcrifcfier <vontt cntfaltcn fonuen. SoTdic Wanner, bic inirHicf) bn§ imicrc r^ciftc^Micn it)rc§ 3m* 9fnTcf>ainuifl Briitflcit, finbet ninii iiticralt in ber ScTtlitcrahir: bonier, derail, ©ante, •STiafcfiicnrc. CTerbanteS,领fen: nu§ ifircit ^erfen cnUifairflcn hmv unfcrc ?fiiffaFfmia t)cm ber .Q'uTtur, mclrfie fie bertreten. 3Sic lucit fiitb benn min ibic ^DcuHcTini in biefer ?Hid)fuiut norcmflcfdjritten? Gin .^inmeiS ouf cinirtc Wanner, Mo in ber bcutfcficn SifiTohir <ba§ 0h*of{e aclciftcf TiaTicn, ift T)icr notia, die mir fanen Tonnon, bnfj fie oud) in biefer ©c» 3icT)iuui ben ^riiforbcnuiflcn her ^cTWitcrntiir cntfj)rid)t. ^rfion um bn§ 1200 cn*cT)icn in TniticfiTonb cine lu”i ^idjtcnt, bic icn Xiamen ^iititcfnnncr ifiWircn. ^iefc Didder, lion lucfrfii'ii ^SnTHjer tion ber TiwIuu'iJu、，.^cinrirf) lunt ^Petbedfe nub fRciimwr ber ?ffte n>oIilTH'fnnnt fiub. ouftnirfcltcn Ucrfrfiipbcnc fiiiiftrcrifdic ?vor« liint bo? 5iebC'3. Tic 3Mt fount bicie friVTie ^idjtuna Tion^tTadifirf) burdi Me Soflcn, bic fie tK'r 9iorfrUH,,Tf iiticrlicfcrtc:，，窆rifton". mtS i)er c^ifdion Tirfifima t^on Wottfricb Uon StrnMmra. frinolil alS bic ©cifle bom WroT. non S^olfnrom lion Cffdicn^ncTi uficrtraacn, finb in ber euro* t>aifd>cn S?itcratnr TiodijicFcicrh CTmnVfif J>’u，Winnciciiiflcr 11111 Me Witte ㈣oicni'rinion ^nhrfiiiubnl^ ou^^uro^o luTirfmmubcn, jo licrcrl»tc fief) •bod) bio ffhor bor lUriicTicn Tidfihimi, nu'trfu' flier Aimi crftcn 5WoIc ouf bcutfdjcm ^obon aimo^nnt inorbcit 1t>ar, ouf bic mittcIaTtcrTid)cu 职ci* fterfanacr. imb Wit imfor bem ^olfe Xii§ ouf bcu TuMitiacn ^cu飞 inciter. ?Nit ber WdcOirfih、foUten tnuienb ?s#o(iro Iiaf molif fein CsaTjrliiuibert cine Xicbciitcnbcrc ?RoTTp (icibiclt nT§ &a§ fcdwe^ittc. ^icr, <mtt bent llmfd)U.niiin bon cincr SBdlmifdkuuinfl t>rr ^venfeitiflfeit ^ur SBett* onfdiamuirt ber 5)ic§fcitiafoit. Iicitinnt bic mabernc 制t: (tuf altcn ®c« •Tneten ber 兑mift imb 3®iifcnfrf)aft macfite her nioberne 肌enfrf) jefet tiefcn^aftc Sortfrf»rittc. Todi iTuicf) iVT>cr bic .^loiifc feiner S^itfl^noffen va«tc cine aoinoltiac Jviaur: Wortin Puttier. ^011 itim <mirb dft baf? feine Iitorarifdic ^atiafoit <i!Tcin fitr ^cutiWaub miditia Juar.^bdi TiaTicn nrir fdion olicn anaebeutct. baf? or bnrcf) ba§ Sdiaffcn cincr au§* bntcf^fdfjirtcn ©^radic ber 3M册ercitur cincit aroficn S)icnft Tciftete. ?fud) tat cr nodi inctir: er anti ber 25elt bctttfdic 5?i&cT: benfert 4uir ttjirf) ibnfj cincr ber erften :flitteit cunrifrf)cn TOcMicrfebungen, bie ^c§ jti)iibalc, im heutirfu'ii Sembe flcmarfit «\mirbc! 9?cTicn »ber S3i» l»cKtS6ei*fe^unio ift ^uffjcr and) ficute nod) feineS ge^attigen Sicbcr* 37

响 IritlL j| fd)Q^e§ 扣egcii <nif .literari丨df)cm ©oDict-e tueXffientTjint. §f-itrf) -bic Sicbcr Hon 伽ul ©ertjarbt, bic non ^oTju SB-cglct) in§ (?nfllifd)c ii'Bcrtraocn morbcit finb, [in!b alfnemciit 'ticfaimf. ° tJCuf hie Sleforniation folfltc ^ricfl, her ntit iluenifi UntcrBrcrfnni^cn Iii§ in iba§ nciuwl)nte ^aTn^mvbcrt rcitfjte, To -baft in ^cittfrfifanb fdiluiei'itflc ^ertialtnifiic toiiauben Hi>nrcn. '^B'cirjrcnb in amberen San­ scrit folrfic Wanner mic 5)?aBcIni5, Gerliantcg, <S^cnicr nub ■©I)aTc« fpearc, beren 3Bcrfc Ijeute nodj flcfcfcn -merben, 3m' liotfcn <»tahtr ficraiUrnttfifcn, imturbcn in 2)eut[c{iJanb bic ^itnftc frfi*lnor Dcrnadrlaffiflt.①cr cine ^Dlnitn, ber fciit Wcrfma-I auf bem ^>enfciv ：bcr Bcii lief?, imar ber 师齡的 ©ottfrieb SciiBnife, beffen ^afionaTi§mu§ iit <bcr ^criobc ber 沉ufffSrimg foftDoI)! in ^ronfreief) inio audj in ©cutfrfilonb cinffuf3rcid) luar. 3fl§ baim um .bic Witte ^vcvrirTjunbcrl^ bic bariticbcrlicflenbc bcutfrfic Sitcrahtr fid) ,^u crlu^cn faub fie ficfi mit ben ^effetn -ber <t»§Iaitbi[dicn Hcticrr»crrfc(>nift cm •bic uiuTmicm'fmicn fkffi[d)cn ^cacln ber fraii3afifd)cn Sikrnhtr %irfibcm bic neuercn Sitcraturcn fid) lion ban itnTienifdicn ©infftift ber f)?cnaiff<mcc To&flefaflt Ijatten, mar fvranfrcidi bodi im 饥affi汹而S Ttcefen acTiIi-eTicn. imb Tjattc 311 biefer 8eit fcinc ^inffuf^'inTiarc iVTicr flails n^tcub <temad)t: in ^itfllanb n>nrcn fcinc i^miiitticrirctcr ^)rl)bcn itnb ^oUc; in ScutfdjTmib ftnar :®oH翻b beffen ^roi)T)ct. Um DniifrfyTtiub btv3 bon S^ahir immer ftarf roniaiitifdf) <1011101011 mar, lion 'bicfcn aii^fanMfrfjen 制feTn 311 Ticfrcien, ■crlioticit fid) ?iiwci WrtwiuT ^ritiFcr, ^o^ncr intb SGreitinjtcr.肌it itircn ©djriften ^oaen ®oHMf)cb ltnb ilircr Holier* fefeitiifl tion 肌iltcm§ „^cuTornicm 汜m，<ibic§" Ticaonucn fic bic ^i>nic» flung, ；bi€ S)eiiifdilanb l>on alTcn fran^ofifclicn fllcacln Xiefreitc, unb iic 53aTin fiir bic flrofteii ^iditcr bc§ ncumctjui'cu 丨iibcdf、ctucto.

Siterorifdjc ^aHafcit in ^cutfcMon'b lrnlim IDoTb ftiicrauf FtarF ,\n.

Berber, ber auf SfiafcUicacc aTS Wuftor fiir ^euff^Tmvb ftiimiid Tialf Tiierbiircf) in ber 现ietiev^eTfcTmiia hci* 奴U)m，mit. ^odi join ^rof^cS ^eubicnft, ba§ aam ©urc^a 'Tieciuf-fuf?tc, -umr bic ©ntbedfumi linb ^cfomtug be§ 犯oIMiebeS, mcTrfic§ Ticutautaflc Tmrf) in Gftrcu ftdit. 'Sein „©timmcit ber Golfer in 2icbcrnM n't lion Tiodjftcr 53cbcuhuifl, bciut c§ 'Bcaeidinet ben 9fnlrania ber aon^cn romanttjdien 53⑽cflii叩. @in Tcud)fcnbc§ 5Jeif|)icT beffen, n»a§ luar imtcu „intornatiomiTcr ©eift," berftdjcn, Xiiefctiiu? 05ott^i>Ib©i^iraim Scffinfl. <Scm „Saofoon,# ift ein SBert luormi dn 咨rernber, oljnc SWirffidjt «uf feme ^iotioiialitat fciiicn ©efaffen finben Tamt. ^ier fietjt .man fcinc acmcinc 33et)or^u<jung cigcncr D^tionalitat; iicin, fter ©rfjreilicr ifjat ber 仰聯it 2BcIt, nur 'icnx beutfdjcn ^cvIF, ctilnn§ m 'faflen. ^ic 53cotiacf)hmflcn, bic cr ii'Bcr >bic 贷imft marf)t, inirb jcbcr StTitifcu iber freieu 贷ihiftc acuicf3cn inoITcn; Tjier ift <?in 5)id)ter, ber ber flauacu -SScIt G^jovt! "公am如印⑽e ①ramatm^ic," mi§ Krdldjer irfleub cin ^irfjtcr l)icl 9hi|cn 3ieTjen faun, bic ^rrtiimer bc§ frai^ftfcfjcn ©djaitUiicB; fein cigeneS Senbcnaftiidf, „^atl)an ber SBeifc/' ift ein WciTtcrftiicf ber rationaliftif^en 5Di兩timg.

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-SBoIfflang ©octOe ift ()eutc bon fciitcm mobcrnen S>irf|« ter ii^ertroffen njorben.贷aum Ijattc er [dn 24. ^aTjr erreidjt, fo Inmrbe cu jdjou 'burrf) 'fetnen 汧oman „2>ic Sciben jungen： 3Bert^er/, luclt6erul)mt. 5Die[eB S3'ud) erfrfjieit in bitflen 3fuflag€ti, amb betfireitete fid) in UcDerfefeungcu in <iffc Saubcr 炫iiroi)a§.这11 <Deittid)lan^ 如rri’dC)ic 311 biefer Seit bie <Stunn- unb Suangperiobe. 50,000 banner fat­ ten im <SidDcni(tt)rigen Slrieg oljne Sinn im-b SJkrftaitb 办沾创&en einBiifeeu miiffcn. ^nfolge bee {jrojsen 沢ot I)crrid)tc in IDHttoIeuropa ctn (Scift 'beS @fcptici§mu§ tmb ber ^entimentafitat. ifeinem ©djmtfpiel „bic 9lauf[icrM i»ritcftc ber jirngc ©djiffer jeinc ©ofimrnmg aiiS; riicfiidjt^Ioiec 贷am|)f flogcit bie 'beftdljeubc ©cfcttfdjaft ift i)a§ Seitinotiti <bc§ ^11 返oe均战"必鱗 toon 恐erlitf)iiigw," frf)on ein _r ^al)re ifriil)cr gcbidjtct fcljen amc baSfel'Oc 53ilb ciner <mard)ifd)eit geit, bod) Ucrbicnt ber ,pau|)td)aroftei% ©邱,burcfi feme 定oWfcrfcit invb 炫I)rIid)fcit bic tjorfjftc 5Beimmbcning. 5)icfc SMdjhmgcn iwr ^turm- unb ©rano^eriobc Ijotfcn nuf bic cnfl'Iifdjcit 5Romantif<?r eincit ftarfen 炫ii卜 ©ijron, ber S)ic()ter ber in jpateren 这命cn fUon ©oet^e jo Did iidiumibcrt inorbcn ift ift iron cincm ^Iritifcc "eine ^ufammcnjetjiui^ uou SBtrfiTjcr imb bem 9taiiibcrM ncnaiuit luocbeit.①er @cift beB ift bcr[eUH\ ber in SI)cf(ct)B "沉[nftor" 311m 93orfd)em fainmt. ?(ud) in icn ^erfeu Stiller 3cott6, (icionberS in fcincu Si^bcrn, jpitrt wan ben bcutfdjcn (rinflufj; Scott 6cfd)afti<jtc ficT) IjcfonberS mit @ocHjeitubicu, unb iibcrieUtc fc^jar ben ,，©的•" 33alb alicc 3_i bie C'JmuittcrtDoIfcii ber Shicm- unb S)ra娜eriobe norii'ticr, 11m bic jiuci ^ro&cn bcaitfdjen 兩ter in itjrcc DoHcn 麥errIidjfoit 311 offonXiarou. Srijiffcc n>anbtc jirf) in fpatcrcn Saftren bem Stubium 'ber ©cfd)irf)tc unb ber 聊ilofa的ie 糾;jcinc ^iftorifdjen 2>ramen Ijrtticn eincit t)ot)cu in ber SBeltliterahir Qcmonnen, ftria^rcnb )cin wSBiUjelm itjin Uor ber SBelt ben (S^rcntitot, „5>id)ter ber SrdlK'it," lu'iidHifit lijnt. Oioct^jc, ber ein fefjr IjoljeS 'Xlter crrcidjte, unirbc ein ticbeutoubcu Sintitmiiffeiiidjaftlcr unb 3ugleid) ein reifer 肌eiifdf)ciifi、mu、i., ber imftaube mar, ber 58crfaffer etner iber grofeten ber nu^crucu 'Srfjriftcn, 311 uniorben. 2Sa§ ①ante bcin 2)2iWal­ ter iiKir# 01jafcft)carc ber JlU'uaiiiancc, ba§ nnir-bc ©odljc burd) feinen，石cmft" bem Jiiobcrncn 3eitwfhT.汾 biefcm 2Berfe ift ba§ 3Scjen ber flau^cu moberncu .Qulhtr 3U)ammeiuiefa{3t.①er (5kift beS w@tre’lu、ii§," bci，©ocMjc ju feiner fiUjrcn foffte, ift -berfeH&e, iber bem 9}?eufd)cn in fcnicr 2Siffcnid)aft unb iiv feinen 兑imfiftubien boran^cgaiuicn ift. G'5 [d)eiut faft imgkiuiMid), i)ie 9BcIt je due Befiere S>arftrihm分 bcB SSefenS unfcrel 加丨tciItcrS fetjeii duirb. 5Dec 35irf)ter einc^ foldieit 3Scrfc§ flemanii, mic im SfuSlanbc baucrnieS 3tnfoljcu: Waii3oui initrbc *bcr ^iVtjrcr ciner italieniidjen roniantiicfien 58c» lucgimn; in ^anemarf 3cii3te Ocljlcnidilagcr ben ®octOe|cT)eii ©infrufe; foqar in 夺rcmfrdd) inntrbe "Scuift" Don ient 9bina?iHfcr be Verbal einqcfitljrt; in Snglanb juareit -ber 33cnuimberer biere: ©oleribge fudjte bie ^nfllaubcr auf vScTiiHcr unb@oetl)c aufmerfi'am auniadjen，- SarlQle, ier 39

ctowtS ftiater TcDte « ®octr)c faft bci'Qottcrtc, Ta§ |o Diot ^cutjd), bafj fcin eiHjlifdjei: ©till baruutcr litt! ©oetljcS %djifoI-flec faitben c§ nidjt Icid)t, bic bcutfdjen^dtiler, bic nn @octl)c fleiuo'Onl .marcn, ^ufcicben jit [terfen. 58eriid)tlid)ciiiuei|e untrbcu fic „®pigoncn" — 9lad)fommIiugc — geiKurnt. ®od) iyat .Me 28clt tieit 況cmwmtifcrn bcf，19.这ar)rr)imbert§ i)icl 311 licrbanfen. 'ben 3扣ei Sanibern, m -bte 58伽cflimg am ftar![tcn mar, (5n0Taivb itnb ©cutjdjranb,⑽utf)㈣ iuiflcU)8()nIicf) tiiclc Sorifer enUuu\ ^ruf^crtjalO ber rfDer Icifteten bieje cmfiflcn Odjrciber mid) in bcu SBiffcn^ fdjaft 55ebe»icnbe§: ajon §M)ec miijeucflt marf)tcit fic auf ibcm 麵iete beu @c[d)id)tc 9kd)foi'[rf)iui'flcn; :bie 沉Itci’i川細i伽⑽,eu (^i'Ochmflculicb,肌iiinefiinQci，，luittclarterlidjc Sijrifcu) luurbcu in§ SeDcn fle* vufen; bie Ucrtflcidjenbc ^u*Qd)U)iffenjd)aft unb .bic 聊洱oloflic u川rben 311 auiibcrialcu ■2Bi[fcu[d>aftcn. 5Dic cmbcccn Saubcu (JitropaS, nnb tic* jonberS ©nQtaub, t»ictcn ciu fff)nlid)c§ 33ilb -bar; 311 feiner lioriflen _3eit fatten bic tjcufdjiobcncn SUmitiu.cn ®uviUhi§ foId)c iutcruotionofm 3iigc flC3ei8t fold) cine '2Bcrf)ieronirfunfl _mifciu(uibcir ai'I)oTit mic 311 ber be§ 9biuantici§mu§.

Um ‘Me 肌ittc Ic^tcn ^•a'fjrljimbcrtS crljol) [irf) in ^cutidjf-anb bee 33cQuunbcf IttuftKecildjcn SRcaTiSntiiS/ ^riebrid) ©r ift cB, iber bie moberne Sra'flobic crbadjte. 2Bo c§ [id) in ber altcrcu 2：r«ijobie um i»ic 5ru^iuirfiuHi uub -Siilijmum fiir eiu 的㈣⑴爪尽，[orbitfle.lual)ltc§ 3}ergcTjeu Ijanbcltc, joITtc c§ fid) iu ber noiuMt mu 屮riiqU1!1’"， bie fid) burd) i)ie 33crmittclmiii bcu Ijanbeluben ^cr[onen oii^iuirfciu Ijanbeln. ^cBlicl ift in -ber SSeTtlitcrotuu ic^ucflen Uon 58cbcuhmfl, 扣ei{ i»iefe neuc Svcrflobic, im'ic ct* [ic Plante, itnb luie ber ^lormcflcr ^s50» fen fic 311 ©Ijrcn Iiradjte, 'bic ©nutblagc faft <tHcr ipdtercu S>id)tuufl fleluor-ben ift.

IldTier bie S>id)tunfl bcu ©cflemuart founcu ^uic uirfjt.tiicl faflcu. 肌obemte 58erreI)r§indiT)oben Iiaticn c§ iDcJuirft, bafe faft <tlte Me Ijcnii^e Siteratur intcvnntiouat ift. 3Sel'd)c '3)id)tiT ^)outid)fanb^, bcf)cn 31'crto 'Ijeutc im 9fn§Iaiibe gelefeu luerben, ciucit tlcrbcubcu (Jiubnuf taffen luec^cn, faint man nur raten. S)od) fonncti uiic faflcu,⑽,mcim bic I)eutigc 伽_uig jinn 9tahtralif'mu§ cine IiebeuhmflSUoITc fcin folttc, fo fteljt 5)eutfd>riQnb <ber SBdt 'Ijicrin t)oran. !5)cc 9Jaturafi§mu§/ mcIrfuT fo3DoI)f ；bie fran^ojifdjc al§ nud) -bie bcutfcfjc ^3it()nc Don ciucm 3i'itmu'ili<jan ©tittftanbe rettete, dDurbe Uon ^inci ©cutfdjeu, ^>0^ unb 3rf)Iaf, Sognlitbct 2fud) -bee flrofjtc ^idjtcr biejeu ^ScfjuUv ©eiiTjart 公aupimaniu ift fllcicf)fan§ ein <De»tidiiT； bafj iljut cine Stelfima in icr SBeltfiterotur ijcrfidjcct ift ift Don attcit ^ritifeun 3UQegeiien. ^tnicre beutfdjc ^)id)tcc beu ©egcinnai't bcrcu 3Bcrfc iu granfrcicT), Gnglanb 1111b Sfanerifa {jdefeu merbeu, finb: Neumann •©uSermann, iWay ^al办e, Otto命artlcBeii,芬訓f SBebefinb, t>frt()ur ©djui^Ier, ©tefan Smcifl, S^oma§ 如aim, Syana @cufd，^yaFofi SSaffcnuann, u. a. It liter )o uieren finb bodj etlidjc, bic cinen fOfcilicnbcu Giubrmf marfjen luerbcu!

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bcr bciitfdjcu S)id)teu cr^jidfjtnrf) uBcr.gaii'flen. Sfatrf) >bie onbercu [teller, bic ©cidjidjtirfjrei'^cr, .bie 抑Uofo沖eiwuri) bie SBificnjdjaftlcr, ration -luic gar uid)t in IBctradjt flcjoacn. 5Dod) IjaBcu mir auS ben anacfuTjrteu 沿eifrMen ddoTjI fo bid •gefejen, «ba& biej:beutjtfje Nation aitrf) biefc €igeitfd)aft 5efi仏 banner Gefuorau^riiigeii, Me bie feit TjaBen, 55crtrctcc iif)rcB 5Bo(fc^ Uor ber 3Bcft 311 inerben. ①(unit Ijalicn luvic olfo foTtflcftefft, bafj bic beutjdje 价a士ioimKitcra* htr cine (Dcarfjtcnsiucrtc ©tcffuiH] in bcr ^crtfitcrahu* licrbient. 3mn ©rfjluffc juijdjtcn mir nod) cine ^erflfeidjimg m-arfjen, uni U)re <SteKun.g ct>ma3 naf)cu 3it tieftimmcii. mod)tcn miu cfclua bic Quelle alter utobccnen Sitcratur itennen. fJcaufrdcT), ber (5i€ic 沒ciliet话,fdjeint un§ auf tbcu Ijcutiflcn 工cvfl ininicr ^ertreter -bcS 获la職Smu5 gcfiucfcit 3« fetn. S|Hiiiicn folflte im 'flroBeu unb ^ranireid> narf). ^Dorf) in bon norblirfjen Saubcni (5uropa§ UMid)§ iber 9lomantici§muB onUun*. ©iifflaub, bo§ in ^oubeuro^a join 3.>ertci-bifler 'Oattc lucrbcit fonnen, 30(1 tior, cine SWittcTftcftunfl jmiidjcn bem SlotnanticiSmuS imb bi'm U'fnifici§imi§ eiiMniu'rjmcn. 0o naljm 'Seutfdjraivb, ba§ in feinem inncntcii Setien nub iiiimcr ftarf romantild) n^efeu luar, bic Stclfuufl cincS JBoufamtvfcuS bc§ 9?onumtici^nut§ cin, iui^> l)5It 56iB <iuf ben Ijcutiocu 定cig biefc ©tclhino 11 ntcr ben Siteroturen bcr SBelt imic. *3)cr Xitel, „^lortrctor bc5 romautijdjcn ©eiftV’ auf feinc Station l'o fliit mic auf bic beutiefje.

INCONSIDERATION Robert Holtz

'Twas a warm fall day and centuries ago. A gentle breeze softly kissed the smiling daises which blanketed the field, setting them into a rhythmic motion and creating an almost perfect floral dancing chorus, which used as its mirror, so that it might with pride behold its comeliness and grace, a serene pool of water, ornamented here and there with a regal swan or a queenly water-lily. The birds fluttered to and fro, singing lustily in the kingdom of their hearts’ content. Over yonder, farther to the right, lay a spacious apple orchard, whose trees were bending down with lucious fruit. Ah, a sight indeed, to see the bright red pomes basking in the rays from the diurnal monarch of the skies.

But stop! A repulsive sound pervades the calm and quiet of our paradise. Someone is stampeding through the ranks of daisies, brushing his way ruthlessly toward the orchard.

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When he beholds the appealing fruit, the glint in his eyes increases. He hurriedly scrambles up the tree and begins to, shake the limbs vigorously. One by one the apples reluctantly release their hold, and soon the ground is covered. At the sound of a voice, he stops his feverish task and listens to the angry voice of the owner of the orchard. He hadn’ t once stopped to think that someone owned this tree and perhaps would want from it some fruits as a reward for his intensive labor. Quickly he jumps down and runs off unseen by the owner.

Seating ourselves securely on the wings of time, let us swiftly glide through the years until we come to 1935. We are stopping directly above a college dormitory. Our attention is again drawn to the afore-mentioned creature. He doesn’t seem to have aged in the least, nor is his appearance greatly altered.

His character cannot have improved much either, for there he is, deliberately kicking an aluminum utensil which does not be­ long to him. Of course he tells the owner how sorry he is, that he didn’t stop to think of the force that the kick might have, and all that sort of thinpr.

There he is again — shoving his way through the doorways, stepping on toes, brushing others aside, as he is determined to be first. Now we hear him shouting —perhaps he calls it “singing” 一 through the dormitory with all the lustiness that he can muster, not at all thinking of and having compassion on the classes in session in other parts of the building.

It is now study period. Our hero has his entire preparation completed, or so he has succeeded in convincing himself; there­ fore he must begin the customary calls. As he strolls down the hall, he makes it thoroughly plain that he has, at some time before that, placed on the extremity of each of his oxfords a two-inch heel plate. Unable to find a genial listener to his incessant chat, he decides to return to his room, whereupon he begins to read poetry aloud until loud thumps from an adjacent room inform him that he is not the only occupant of the building.

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class-mate’s room, waving a sheet of paper. The class-mate is attempting to practice on his instrument, but this, of course, makes no difference to the intruder, who grabs the horn from his friend’s hands and demands that he immediately correct the essay for him. Of course, the friend has to do it—no matter how much work of his own he was intending to do.

But wait, “you ain’t seen nuthin yet!” Just look what happens in the dining hall! Here he is at his height. We see him seizing handfuls of bread and tearing apart that which he cannot obtain securely in his grasp; we see him filling three pitchers of milk, while several other class-mates walk away empty-handed; we see him throwing articles, upsetting dishes, and in general displaying to all that his greatest caretake is he himself.

Finally it is bedtime. Certainly now he cannot benefit him­ self at the expense of others. But yes, even now, having entered the bedroom, he thoughtlessly slams the door, turns on the light, drops his shoes noisily to the floor, rattles hangers, and in a million other ways disturbs his hitherto sleeping brethren.

The next day dawns at the customary hour. We see some of our hero’s fellow-students looking at him after he has passed them on the campus. One of them shakes his head sadly and says, “That’s a liiprh school product for you!”

The other agrees most mournfully and remarks that he is glad the boy is graduating this year, only to be told that there are several brothers that will year after year replace him; in fact, that there will very likely always be at least one member of the family enrolled, and also that they are all similar in character and appearance, apparently never growing any older or becoming1 more thoughtful.

Now, methinks it’s about time yve should know who this person is that seems to be destined to be present in all walks of life. There he is now, running through some shrubs that line the walk instead of walking around. Ah, I believe he just dropped a small white card. Let’s investigate! Yes, it is his name card. It reads: “I. M. Inconsideration.”

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ON SATISFACTION Milton Weishahn

The instigation to all effort is aroused with the definite ob­ ject of receiving some benefit in the end. The enjoyment we receive in doing our work is increased with the hopes of fulfill­ ing some pleasant dream in the future. This hope, when ful­ filled, gives us a sense of satisfaction—a contentment of body and an elation of spirit.

However, satisfaction may be of various natures, changing with the character, sex, and age of the individual. A small babe will receive the greatest pleasure upon merely being carried about; the school-boy prides himself on being a good ball-player; while in later years this same character may receive great satisfaction in accompanying his wife to a circus. With these surmises the question arises, what are the elements inducive to the greatest satisfaction? All reward is gained through either of two channels, effort or good fortune. When after months and years of diligent work, the stamp of merit is at last impressed upon our character, we are enjoying the greatest happiness this world has to offer. We have reached a goal stationed at the end of a precipitous path which only the most skilled can reach sucessfully. We have attempted and succeeded! But should we experience some pleasure only be­ cause of the good graces of Providence, then our satisfaction cannot be complete. The victorious cry Thalatta! Thalatta! rang with a much clearer and sincerer note than can any shouts of joy from a sweepstake gambler. There is a sense of pleasure in seeing something difficult accomplished. The result of private initiative and talent implies a certain nobleness of character which not everyone is permitted to experience. A gambler with the coins of fortune cannot ascribe his success to any superiority of wit or intelligence, and in so far be proud of any achievement.

But true satisfaction, that which is the result of diligent effort, is seldom attained. Man has set his goal too high and is exhausted when he reaches it in the end. Fate is awaiting us on every hand and rivalry is great. The toil and tribulation are often unbearable.

What win I if I gain the thing I seek?

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Or sells eternity to get a toy?

For one sweet grape, who will the wine destroy?

Or what fond begger but to touch the crown, Would with the sceptre straight be stricken down?

The nobleness of living a pleasant and worthwhile life from day to day, in preference to the utter folly of pining and toiling to fulfill some vain hope, is a lesson well proved, and yet each generation must learn for itself, sometimes at no great cost, sometimes at the dear price of sacrificing the opportunities of a lifetime. If you would experience the best of life, enjoy the small satisfaction you earn at the end of each day and your living will not be squandered on any vain desire of another day.

The Northwestern Players present

The Good-Natured Man by OLIVER GOLDSMITH

AT THE COLLEGE AUDITORIUM Watertown, Wisconsin

FRIDAYďź&#x152;MAY 31st 8:00 P. M.

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lEbitorrals A Reply to “Cymbal and Clarion” AM sure that every member of the band appreciated the statement in the article “Cymbal and Clarion” that everyone enjoys good band music. It adds to the pleasure of the mem­ bers who twice a week spend an hour at practice. The writer of the article, however, objected to the very practices that make this organization of Northwestern a good band. Now we ask him, “How would it be possible to have a band or any such organization with no “maddening practices.” I suppose he really enjoys the radio at which he sits in a comfortable chair and by a turn of the dial gets a station broadcasting the Army or Navy band or a good orchestra. He doesn’t hear them practice, so he can enjoy their music. But remember—-“Practice makes perfect!’’

My object in writing this article is not to argue with the writer of the previous article. The sad state of affairs at the present time is the lack of interest in the band, especially among 46

I the younger students who should learn to play instruments in order to keep up the band. There will be no appreciable loss caused by graduation this year, but in the spring of 1936 there will be a loss of ten players, besides the loss of those discon­ tinuing their studies here. Surely other schools will not supply us with so many players each year as to make up for these losses.

There should be some students who have a little interest in the band and who have a little desire to play some instrument.

At present there are instruments lying idle. Players of the various instruments in the band are willing to help those who desire to play, with their diligent practice as their only fee.

With all these possibilities, why should the band be on a down grade ? Why aren’t there some who want to keep it up ?

We must keep in mind that one can not play in the band after only a few months’ practice. But after diligently prac­ ticing for a year or more, the average player can play most of the music. Now is the time for more students to start to play an instrument, and in future years, instead of decreasing rapid­ ly, the band will remain the same large and snappy organization that it is today.

Elmer Zehms Biographies............

NE could perhaps say without much contradiction that more biographies have been written in the last twenty or thirty years than during any other period of twice that length. Our present day is often termed the ‘‘biographical age’’ of litera­ ture, and not without reason. For they have been biographing and autobiographing each and every great man and some that are not so great: Ludwig, serving up his “cream puffy” works, one in every six months—Maurois, adding spice and in­ authenticities to his otherwise worthy lives—other lesser lights producing- the very readable “psychological” biographies—men who choose the harder task, giving us after years of painstak­ ing labor the truly authentic works.

But no matter to which sort they belong or according to what method they are written, any biography is good to read.

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and has produced for cinema-goers, who demand entertainment above all else, interesting biographical films. But it isn’t only entertainment that we find in biographies. They can teach us much. Someone once said, “Learn the times from the man;’’ another, “Ages are reflected by the great men they produce.

One can learn a great deal more about the South and its atti­ tude during the Civil War by reading the life-story of Lee than in a dozen history books.

In reading biography you have the pleasure of the company of the great, you get to know them, and they remind you to make your own life sublime as they did. Or if they weren’t of the sublime kind, use them as models of what to avoid. Any­ way, read about them.

E. Fredrich A College Freshman HAVE often wondered what the result would have been, had some of the leading essayists of the past few centuries employed their figurative language, artistry of expression, and characteristic styles in order to give us their conceptions of a college Freshman. If you will permit the anachronism, let us assume that some of the classsical stylists are twentieth century contemporaries, and, though the assumption may be a bit bold, that they are directing their aesthetic proclivities to­ ward the lowly Freshman.

Bacon’s essay Of Freshmen would read this way, “What is a Freshman?” said the jesting professor, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly he is like a natural plant, that needs pruning by study. Freshmen serve for pastimes, for ornaments, and sometimes for abilities. Their chief use is to pass the time.

Some are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Studia in Freslimano obliviosa sunt.”

Lafcadio Hearn would not write about Torn Letters. Indeed not! He would write about Tom Letters of a Freshman in the following manner, “Poor little torn letters! — pangs of pain oozing from the bits of paper that will never open to view her love again. Destroyed in the fraction of a moment, that love affair slowly formed through years as numerous as the stars of heaven! — A Freshman, the little fellow with the slick pompadour,—has torn them. Jealousy perhaps.... And in the room, 48

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While we read Rusk in’s opinion, as expressed in his work Freshmen, we wonder if that master of poetic-prose is in earnest, or if he is becoming satirical in his old age: “Freshmen, and students (though these last in their comparative ignorance can hardly be placed in the same category), how of these ? Meek creatures! the first gift to the college, veiling with bushed brilliance its prevalent stupidity. No words that I know of will say what these Freshmen are. None are delicate enough, none are perfect enough, none rich enough. How is one to tell of the traceries of intricate gravy spots, and sweet smell of hair oil, lustrous, fragrant, accentuated by the clash of a green tie with a yellow shirt, yet all framed for the simplest face of a Freshman. And, as the college’s first gift, so are they its most im­ portant element. Trees for the builder’s yard, flowers for the bride’s chamber, corn for the granary, Freshmen for the con­ tinuance of the college.”

We now wander from these generalizations to our own college, to an author actually contemporaneous with us, to the hard, keen realism as exemplified by Sinclair Lewis in his sketch Freshman, Northwestern College: “He was seated at his desk, staring at the drab wall in front of him as if in a trance. Suddenly he wiped the expression of oblivion from his face, tilted his rickety chair at a precarious angle, and began to search for his schedule. Finding it at the bottom of a jumbled disarray of tattered textbooks and dry ink-bottles, he chewed a bit more vigorously at his toothpick, and mused softly to himself, “Let me see now, what’s up for to-morrow ? Greek, I was just at it yesterday; History, oh well, he’ll probably shoot tomorrow; Math., I couldn’t get those problems if I tried; German, nothing; Latin, nothing. That’s that.’’ He arose, stretched himself, yawned, and shambled over to a fly-specked window. Opening it, he leaned out. This was his favorite rendezvous; here he could stroke his straggly beard and spit to his heart’s content.”

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The Play Friday evening, May 31, the Northwestern Players will 0N present Oliver Goldsmith’s The Good-Natured Man, a fiveact comedy. After much casting about, this play was chosen because of its interesting plot, clever humor, literary value, and especially because it is without offense. Again the Literary Societies have chosen a play that is really worth presenting.

The cast has been exceptionally well chosen, and the directing is in very competent hands. If you enjoyed last year’s Der Bibliothekart you will not be disappointed in The Good-Natured Man. Reserved seats will be on sale on or after May 27, at Bittner & Tetzlaff’s Drug Store and at the box office on the evening of the play.

C. F.

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF DISCUSSION? Has discussion any real value? I believe it has. To be sure, you can array many reasons to show that it is a waste of precious time, but discussion, like every other good thing, is bought only at a considerable price. You may say, no one ever changes his stand because of an argument. Perhaps our pride is too strong to desert our own side while we are arguing, but for myself, I know that I have often modified my opinions after all has been said and done.

Now let us look at the positive side of the question. Think of the benefit to be derived from sitting up after the world has become quiet and discussing problems that are troubling you, lightening your heart of the cares that oppress it. It is from such sources that the true essence of friendship springs. And can the value of a friend be measured by 44wasted time?”

At what other time can human character and psychology be so well studied? It is then that you can fully see all the little twists and freaks in a man’s soul and nature. It is then that you can see what makes men act and think in channels differing entirely from each other; what gives rise to the doubts and fears, the hates and loves within a man’s soul; what causes a moral struggle on the part of one and not of the other; how vastly different the ideas concerning the relative value of the important things in life are; what sensations affect one person and how those same sensations are castoff by another, like light 50

from a mirror, without leaving any noticeable traces; in short, why man is as he is. In my opinion there is no subject worthy of study so interesting as man himself. “The proper study of mankind is man’’.

These are my two main reasons. As a third I advance: The increasing of our knowledge. So many an interesting fact, unknown to you beforehand, may be got through discussion and conversation. And, just think of it, all three of these processes go on at the same time, so that you have to keep your mind on the alert to get the highest amount of benefit. All in all, I believe you’ll now agree with me, if you’re not bigoted and stupid, that discussion in every form, from classroom to mid­ night sessions, is valuable and desirable. — L. S. It would take an exceedingly open-minded person to avoid narrowness, were he never to discuss with another and meet different ideas. Discussion removes narrowness of thought and sometimes narrowness of opinion. — E. F. I believe too much stress is laid on the value of discussion.

To be sure, discussion itself is not a useless means of gaining information, but in daily life it often seems to be of no worth whatsoever. The duty of an educated man is this, that he be a man who is always “there” and can be depended upon. He must be a man who can act and not only talk. If discussion can aid an educated man in performing this duty, I think it is a good thing: otherwise it is only a waste of precious time.—N. L. ^ Discussion is a helpful practice. First of all, let’s consider an intellectual discussion. Those who are involved in such a discussion are benefited in more than one way. They think for themselves and give their own opinions. At the same time they find out things which they may not know or understand.

This eventually will broaden one’s intellectual scope. It would be a good thing if more students would use this manner of increasing- their knowledge, instead of each one having his nose constantly in a book and thus taking the views of the author instead of his own. Then we have the ordinary “bull session, ’ ’ which are not exactly harmful either. The entertainment offered in one of these sessions is enjoyable. In this way dis­ agreeable time is spent very quickly. What profiteth it a man if he has knowledge and cannot discuss? Therefore, I believe —A. L. discussion is of value.

Discussion in the ideal refreshes, rejuvenates, and con­ sumes time agreeably. But in the ideal — when two persons (no more, we should be asking too much) talk, morons about athletics, pedants about sex psychology, theologians about the fine points of religion, connoisseurs about art, then discussion may be profitable for them. Yet for years I have searched for the ideal, and found it—once or twice in the forbidden hours of the evening. Otherwise, look at a vivid discussor: his eyes are 51

flaming, his teeth flash, and the words proceed from his mouth in uncontrollable spasms—I hear him now, I can see him in my sleep: he doesn’t talk with you, but at you: and I’m one of those weak-minded persons who has consideration for the other fel­ low’s feelings, thinking he’ll feel offended if I leave. After­ wards I pity myself for having pitied him. And then we have the slayer of discussion, he who tries to monopolize a general conversation; and the unintellectual, but there is an excuse for him. Such has been my experience with most discussions, but the few times that it has not been my experience almost com­ pensates for the previous disappointments.—N. S.

Uitjcrc Dncrfcricn baucrtcu Horn 12. big 311m 2:i. 'Hpril. bicfcr gcit TiaXicn Uiir oFfc -micbcrcnTioTt, luir jeljt micbcr frifd) imb frorjlirf) an ibcr 'Micif iinb. 9\>cil Ofk'rn bic§ ^va^r io fpnt flcfarfcit ift, •tilidfen tiicre fdion jebt auf ben Sdifufj •Scriulialirci? unb bic cr&QeTjcitbc Piaffe mif ba§ ifjncn tror elf 这oljrt'H ?>icT. 众m.3 tun* ben ■Ofterfcricn fc^tcn luir iKtd) iiraltoiu Hjuv nnfiTii ^rafc§ ati uirb UDaljItcn §errn .^afner 31 丨川 ^Diflofor. 2Sir olfc troiitcn biefent ^errn 311, ibnfj cr itu§ in alter 3Bci§Tn'it imb anit ai'ofu'r Wilbc regicren 协iirbe. 3⑽.ft foitntc itjin oitcf) feincr ctioaS Conner fen, after c§ -bauerte nidit Ictnac, ba ^mtrbc or fcln* rabifot. ?fffo fcino UnkTlancu tKurbcn ilnn feinb. (S§ broljti' cine ^etn'Kion, nub dm、id)ion o§, oil c§ 311m offcutlirficn ^3rurf) Foiiuncn iniirbo. Tio Oflcrfcrion a'Jicr niad)tcn bicfcr ^liraimci cin Gutu'. ^orfi ^011 Tvi'rivn Iiioltcu rvir wnfere brciintjrlicfic SBaljI. Sir crmatilten Me folflouben *^tTren:— 3r. ■Srfmlb, ^rafc§; ©nfieT,职帅i，Sfe§: ^iftoin, ^cfrotar: ^(norfi'I'bcr. ^oftmeiftcrflcncral; ^aotic imb 公iff'3⑽’tmdftn•: V?io)omT, Wui* fler, -©10001, SrfrccTc, Scmij uub ^ic§monn, ^iuunlcr. ?fm JU). e伽挪tte .Me ©fubcntcnfdjaft Jl?iTtom ,vuu ©cfrf)aft^fiVf)rer bo*? Semin• an】圯oof 'Store. Gr mirb ncirf)ftc§ ^valjr ^crni <3d)onccf'5 Stcffe ciuiicljmen. @inc grofjc Sfngfllj'T t»on ©fubeuten fut)r am 9. imrfi 5Batcrtoirin 311m inib*fcaTon 兑cm3crt. inurbe l>on liiclcn luMncrft baf? bie t»er[d)icbcncii mitjifcilifdicn ^crciniflimacn fid) inafjrcnb bor febten ^saTi* re inerfbiir'biig t»erl>cffcrt T)(rTicn.

SSeil ber 洛err SeTjrcr ^rettin cincr 伽iifcreiq TicimoTjncn umfjtc, Tjat 资err ■rthi am 23. 9l>rU llutcrrirfit fiir ifju crtcilt. tgoftor O. @ngcl bon 33nice, 9Si§. Tjat un§ fun nad) Ortcrn I>cfud)t. 〜Sfnftatt im§ flciftficfi unb rtciftifl 311 Ticfrfjaftigcn, tjalicn luir am ©df>Iu|3 bcS 9Konai§ bic ©rfinufcl imb ^arfc in bie ,^an*b genom52

in cn uub -unfcnt "camj>uS" t_ig mifocrSumt.啦 Ujurbeit (iwicbcr etIirfje nciic 53auntc flepffaii3t. (fine 3fi_r 加11 Srouen nu§ Wifiuaufcc 'Xjaboit bic •Shibciifcn mit ，bcn luUifl'ftcn 职cbi3incn «nb embern .^cil^inittcln Dei•㈣c丨i. 33B jetjt mufjten fid) bic Stubcntcn immer fcHift mit bic㈣琴錄 berforflen.

5vmvbc ban Seminar <iud) eiit 定ifef) uub -Shit)! fiir gafultat^* 3imnuT, cin ^iano, dwaf、3Safd)c 1111b feef)^ Heine Xc沖idf)c, i)ic unfcr-c 2Birt[d)aftcrin fcljr ivoHfl ifjattc, bon ^rcunbcn au§ SWTiuaufcc,货aufcm* ua uub 3Jcrbi,职iiiit. ocfdjcnft.

0 Congratulations to the Rev. Mr. E. Kuerschner, ’29, of Ladysmith, and Olivia Krueger, Ex. ’32，who were united in marriage April 29, 1935.

The marriage of Evelyn Blumhardt to the Rev. Mr. A. Sippert, ’31，pastor at Estelline, So. Dak., will take place on June 4, 1935.

Mr. E. Moser, *34, is instructor in a grade school at Bowdle, So. Dak. The following Seminary students will teach summer schools in the parish of the Rev. Mr. F. Weyland: H. Buch, ’33，at Readfield, Wis.; H. Resting, *33, at Larsen ; F. Weyland ,，34, at Caledonia.

Dr. 0. E. Plath, ’10, Professor of Biology at Boston Uni­ versity. will conduct courses in Animal Behavior (Comparative Psychology) and German during1 the summer session at that University.

The Rev. Mr. II. Schultz, ’31, who has been installed in his mission field at Hazel ton, No. Dak., will be married to Miss Vera Thorman, Ex. ’33，in June.

A daughter was born to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. S. Westendorf，’28, of Thiensville, Wis.. April 27, 1935.

A daughter was born to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. I. Frey, ’10, on May 14, 1935.

From the Michigan District___ The Rev. Mr. G. Peters，’31，Wayne, Mich., assisted at Trinity Church, Jenera, Ohio, during the months of January and February, due to the illness of Pastor John Gauss.

The Rev. Mr. Paul Heyn，’31，associate pastor to his father in Detroit, Mich., was elected Secretary of the Southeastern Conference of the Michigan District.

Pastors Paul Schultz, Ann Arbor, Mich., H. Stern, Detroit, Mich., and G. Luetke, Toledo, Ohio, all of the class of ’Q7，will this summer have rounded out twenty-five years of the ministry.

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The second installment of Synod minutes dating from 1849 to 1855 contains the first four articles of the constitution adopted May 20. 1850.

Assoc. Editor. ©tatntcn bcr cu.4ntf). ©ljuobc uou 953i§coufiii. 贷ap. I. S5on ber 93enemumg.

SBir Kut5. ^Srebigcr unb 饥bgeorbnete et).4ut[). ©emeinben in SBiScon^in bie rate un§ burd】 unfere 9?amen8unterfd)rift unter biefer Drbnutig ju einem S'orper tierbinben, nennen biefe ^erbinbunfl baS v „beutjdje e»,*tu均.Minifiedum oon 833i§confinH unb unfere jebeS* matige Bujammenfunft eine 9^inifterialt3er[ammruiig, unfere jebe§* matige Sufammtunft aBer mit ben Slbgeorbneten ber mit iut§ ucreinig* ten ©enteinben eine @i)nobQrt3er[ainm(img. 贷ap. II. Son bent ^rafibenten.

1. 5)a§ SKinifterium l)at einen ^rdfibenten, ber yigteid) bent ber ©tjnobe ift, in ben SBerfammtungen berfelben ben 93orfi^t T)nt unb maljrenb unb oujjer benfelBen al§ 纽u行ef)er geelirt mirb.

2. 9iiemanb a(§ ein orbinierter ^rebtger be3 SKinifteciumS tft gu btefem 5Imte raoFjIfa^ig. S)ie 3Ba[】I beffelben ge[d)ierjt bei ber ©mio= batueriantm(ung Surd) eine 9JieI)rl)eit ber ©timuien ber orbinierten ^rebigec, ticen[ierten ^anbibaten unb ^bgeorbneten beim ^tiifang bcr 33ec[amm(unfl, nat^bent bie ^bgcocbneteu fid) (egitimiert Ijabeu.

3. S)ec $rafibent toermaUet fein 3(mt 2 ^aljrc. ©§ foil unb !ann niemanb iiBec 4 ^a^re unmittelbar nadjeinanber bie ©telle uevtreten.

S)ie 2BaI)t gef由ie|t bur由 Settel bei alien ©eamten.

4. @r §at ba§ Died)t, in beii SBerfammtungen 95orfd)(age 311 ma* djen unb feine 93?einung gu jagen, mte iebeg anbere @(ieb.

5. 3Benn bie ©timmen gleid) getei(t finb, I)at er bie entfdjcibenbc ©timme, auger Bet SBa^en bur由 wo er bie feinige mid) gibt, aber nidjt bie entjdjeibenbe ©tintme 巧at.

6. @r ernennt mit ©ene^migung ber 迟erfaminlm叩 bie ^umiteen.

S)o由!ann bei ftreitigen ©adjen jebe ^artei fid) ietbft ciueu 肌min tuaFifen, unb ber ^Srafibent beftimmt ben britten.

7. (Sr Beftimmt mit ^injusie^ung beS ^rebigcrS be§ Ort§, tuo bie Serfammlung geljalten roirb, biejenigen, wetd)e prebigen follen.

8. S)er ^rafibent foil Drbnung FjaUeit; e§ nidjt bulben, baft nieljr al§ ein ©Iteb guc namlic^en 3eit jpredje, ben ©predjenben uor Unter* fire由ung fidjern, benfelben, menn ec fid) uon bem DorHegeuben ©egen* ftanb toerliert, erinnern. Sft ber ©egenftanb rdd)(id) ennogen, unb Sat niemanb meitere 93emer!ungen gu madjen, bann foil er bie @ad)e beutK由 gur ^bftimmung wieber[)okn.

9. @c Dercic^tet bie Drbinationen untec 9)?itr)il丨e ber 93eamten unb Xeitna^me be§ 9)?inifterium§. 5)ie Dcbination gefdjietjt tuomog* lig in offentliefter 55er[ammtunfl. ©§ fann aber fein Slanbibat orbi* niert rnerben alg ber Don jtnei 金)ritteiten ber gegentucirtigen orbiuierten •、®rebiger in einer allgemeinen S^iniftertalDerfammlung fiir tiidjtig bagu ertlcirt worbeti tft.

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10. 2Ba§ Don ber Drbination gift, gift au^) t)on ber 5lufna®me unter bie ^anbibaten be§ SO^inifteriumS unb ber ©rteitung etner ^anbibatenligeng. barf fotc^je nur in einer allgemeinen 职inifteriaP oerfammlung unb mit Sewitligung gmeter ©ritteite ber orbinierten ^Srebigec ftattfinben. 3^ar foil ber ^rafibent bag 汧e由t 5abenf in Befonberen notigen gallen unb nad) angefteUter ^riifung eine Stgenj ab interim gu erteUen, bo由 mirb baburt^ berjenige, metcEjer fie er^aft, feinegtDegg ein ©lieb be§ 如inifterium§, tjte(me!)r f)at fi(| berfetbe bei bee ncidiften 58er[amm(ung beS 93Zinifteriumg um 5Iufnafjme gu metben unb einer ^ritfung gu untertuerfen, n?ie jeber an here 5(ppti!ant.

11. (Sr ernennt bie (Si'aminatoren bee gu priifenben 兌anbibaten 〆 unb ©tubenten. 5)ocft beljfiU jebeS @(ieb bie Srei^eit, in ge^origec Drbnung nci^er gu priifen.

12. @c iiberreidjt ber ©tjnobe einen f由rifrti由eit Script 加n feinen im Saufe be§ ^nl)re§ uerridjteten ?(mtggefdjaften, rnie iiBerFjaupt tjon allem, n?ag toon SBidjtigfeit unb auf bie ©tjnobe fid) be^ie^t unb feit ber (e^ten ^erfammlimg uorgefaden ift.

13. ©r ermaljnt einen jeben ircenben S3ruber, gegen raetdjen SHage bei iOm uorgebcadjt raorben ift, guerft aUein unb Be[onber3.

93(eibt bie§ oI)ne Srfolg, Jo jieljt er bie anberen Seamten §tnp. ^rudjtet aud) bie§ nidjt, fo madjt er ^Iitgeige an ba3 ^inifterium, wo bie Sadje unter[ud)t imb entfdjieben mirb.

14. ©r initerfdjreibt unb iibergibt bie Sefdjtuffe ben ^bgeorbne* ten ber ©cmeinbeii, lucim eg oon iljnen oertangt mirb.

15. (Sr iorat bofiir, bafj bie OrbinationSfdjeine, 2igengen unb aubere ^apicro Qerjiirifl au^gefertigt uub befiegett roerben. Sud) urrters fdjreibt unb iibergibt er fie ben ^ec[onen, raeldjen fie gutommen.

1(). (Sc inttevseidjnet ba§ gefamte SSerfatjren ber ©tjnobat* unb 9J?inifteria(uerfammrung im ^cototoQbuc^e unb treigt ©orge, bafe Bali) nad) einer jeben ^erfammlung alle ©d)riften in ba§ 饥r由iu abgetiefert metben.

17. Sl'cmi ber ^rcifibent im ^nufe be§ 6tjnoba(ia5re3 burd) ^ranfljeit an bee s^errid)tunfl fetner ^(int^gefdjaFte ge^inbert ober auf (cingere _8eit abineienb [ein, ober auf. einen au|erl)a(6 beS ©tjnobatbesirfs lieflenben Drt Beste^en ober fterben follte, fo [oil einftnjeiten ber ©e!cetar [eine ©telle uevtoatten. SoIIte aud) ber bur由 Umftdnbe geljinbcrt fein, \o [oil ber ©djaluneifter sur einftnjeiHQen S3erritf)tung ber @efd)dfte be§ ^rafibenten betJoHmadjtiot fein.

Slap. III.迟on bem ©efretcir.

1. 5)a3 Winifterium ^at einen ©etretar, ber aud) ©e!retar ber ©tjnobe ift, ber alle 2 Safire, tt)ie ber ^rafibent, erroaFjtt tt)trb. 92ie= manb at§ ein orbinierter ^rebigec fann 311 biefem S(mt erroci^t werben.

2. @r fit^ct bag ^roto!oII uon jeber ®erfamm(ung, er fertigt bie ^apiere a(§ iiijensen, DrbinationSfc^eine, Sriefe, 5l6j(^riften t?on Sefd](u[fen aug, unterfdjreibt burd) feine 9?amengunter[dE)nft mit bent ^rdfibenten alle ^apiere, [oroie aud) bie ^roto!o!le ber 9)Zini[tena(s unb <5ijnoba(oerfamm(uiig im ^rotofoflbudje.

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3. @r foil burd) ein Si^utarfdjreiBen ober bur由offenttidje SB latter wenigftenS 8 SBodjen guuoc Befannt utadjen, raami unb mo bie nat^fte ©t)nobatuetiamm(ung ftottfinbet.

4. @r rjcitt ein tjodftanbigeS 5Bergeid)ni§ t?on alien mit un§ oerbunbenen ocbinierten ^rebigem unb tigenfierten Slanbibaten nebft bem Ort iljrer ©eimat, eben(o ein SBergeidjnig oiler ©emeinben, bie mit bem 93Ji[terium in S5erbinbung fteljen.

5. @r trdgt ©orge, bajj jebeS neu aufgenommene ©tieb Jog(eid) biefe unjere SOlinifterialorbnung eigenljanbig unterfdjreibe.

6. ©oUtc ber ©efretar auf irgenb ciSntidje SSeife roie 货ap. II ^ar. 16 mit bejug auf ben ^rcifibenten erraciljnt rourbe, an ber 58er= ttjaltung feineS Unites oertjinbert mecben, fo foil ber ^rcifibent einen anberen ocbinierten $cc6iger pro tempore an beffen ©telle ernennen. 货ap. IV. ®on bem ©djaffleifter.

1. 5)a8职inifteriuni r)at einen ©^aljmeifter, ber sugteic^ @d)ajj= meifter bet ©ijnobe i[t unb mit unb roie bee ^rdfibent unb ©efretnr erraa^t mirb.

2. 92temanb a(S ein orbiniecter $rebiger !ami gu bem 5(mte cr* watjU roerben.

3. @c foil alle bem 9Jiinifterium sugeljorigen ©clbet in ©mpfang ne^men unb uerraa^ren, aUe in geljorigec Drbnunci beiuiHiflte ©um* men gegen 迟ef由einigung au§§al)Ien unb in ben jaljrtid^en ^erfamm= (ungen ber ©tjitobe 9k(^en|d)aft ablegen.

4. foil bem ^cdfibenten einen guten SBiirgen fiir [eine 资affe geben.

5. ©ollte bet ©djatjmeiftcc auf al)n(id)e SBcife toie ^ap. II, 1G Bemerft on ber SBermaUung JeineS Unites Uerljiubert merben, fo foil bee ^Srdfibent einen anberen ernennen unb bafiir fovgen, bag a fie ©elber, S)o!umente unb ^apicre ge^anbrjoBt raerben.

ALUMNI MEETING The Alumni Society convened in the college gymnasium on Commencement Day, June 14,1934, at 2:15 P. M., for its annual meeting. The president, the Reverend E. Benj. Schlueter, presided. The minutes of the preceding meeting were ap­ proved as read. The roll call followed. There were present sixty-five members, representing classes from 1872 to 1933. The graduating class, composed of twenty-three members, was admitted into membership. Dr. J. H. Ott reported that, ^in­ clusive of the members of the class of ’34, seven hundred stu­ dents have been graduated with the degree of B. A. from Northwestern College.’’ The first class was graduated in 1872; the college first opened its doors for the reception of students September 14, 1865.

The election of officers for terms of three years followed, with following results: President, the Reverend E. B. Schlueter, ’00; Secretary, Prof. W. A. Schumann，，12; Treasure^, Dr. J. H. Ott, ’85.

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The treasurer, Dr. J. H. Ott, submitted his annual report: Report of Treasurer of Alumni Society Receipts 1933-4 $175.00 Annual dues........................

252.17 Cash on hand June 15, 1933 $427.17 Expenses $ 2.75 Rent of Deposit Box....

10.92 ».17 Envelopes and Stamps 416.25 Cash on hand (SavingsAc’t. 6-14-34) Interest Account $ 52.96 Reported last year.............

10.08 Interest on Savings account Wisconsin Gas and Electric Co...... 14.85 84.79 Interest Rio Grande do Sul 7’s__ 6.90 $501.04 Cash on hand An auditing committee, composed of the Pastors J. M. Raasch, F. Loeper, and W. Zank, was appointed by the chairman.

A short discussion on the matter of a special alumni gather­ ing and banquet at Commencement followed. It was resolved to put this matter in the hands of the former luncheon com­ mittee.

The society honored the memory of the Reverend Ralph Gamm, ’24, by rising. The Secretary was instructed to extend the sympathy of the society to the widow and the parents of the deceased.

The secretary was instructed to send a congratulatory telegram to the Faculty and the Board of Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota, on the occasion of its golden jubilee, and also a letter of sympathy to Prof. E. R. Bliefernicht, the director, who was reported seriously ill.

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

A motion recommending the investment of $500.00 from the savings account in a federal bond was adopted.

It was resolved that the president appoint a committee to find and present the constitution of the society in the next annual meeting, and, if such cannot be found, to present for discussion and eventual adoption a draft for a new constitution.

Adjournment followed at 3:00 P. M. Walter A. Schumann, Secretary.

Notice: Meeting of the Alumni Society.

On Commencement Day, Thursday, June 13, following the noontime luncheon, there will be a business meeting of the Alumni Society in the gymnasium.

E. Benj. Schlueter, President.

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The Rocking Horse has given up its avowed object of “try­ ing to mirror the intellectual activity of the University of Wis­ consin.” It has come to the conclusion that either student opinion does not reflect very easily or the other possibility一all of which every Black and Red editor has shrewdly forseen and attempted to circumvent. Let us glide over all editorial details into an explanation of events which even some high-school pupils have heard about, the Pound-Stein upheaval. Given a place to teach American in an outstanding university and a month’s time, the author of this article believes he could “push our literature and in consequence our culture ahead at least twenty years, by expounding the lives and works of Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. With both at work upon a fundamental regeneration of thought in our language, a similarity of purpose between them is easily demonstrable. Both of them have a releasing effect. Everything we know and do is tied up with words, with the phrases words make, with the grammar which stultifies, the prose or poetical rhythms which bind us to our indulgences and medievalisms. To Americans especially, thosj who no longer speak English, this is important. It is the words we need to get back to, words washed clean. Until we get the power of thought back through a new minting of words, we ':a^e culturally sunk. Stein has systematically gone to work, smashing every connotation that words have ever had, in order 泛 ge》them back clean. Ezra Pound has taken the next step, tne step of clearing up constructions. He is also striking at the bgis of thought, at the mechanism with which we make our adjustments to things and each other. This is the significance of 58

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^ Z3Relt J the term culture and an indication of literature’s relation thereto.

Both are opposed by stupidity and lack of culture of the pseudo­ erudites, clever guys, the dumb clucks who haven’t sense enough to know what it’s all about.” Well I hope he’s right.

We agree that this Latin examination, given at Carroll, was as delicious as any we ever heard of. **The exam consisted of a Roman feast—hard boiled eggs with salt and pepper, along with an individual bottle of wine 一 unfermented grape juice, delicious pecans, and finally luscious apples, and the reading of Plautus1 comedy Captivi over an extended period of seven hours. At the end of each hour, one course of food was served. ” Thomas Jefferson is universally known as the chief pro­ ponent of democracy after the American Revolution, but the means whereby he sought to perpetuate his ideas are less widely known. The Creighton Quarterly Shadows presents Jefferson as the founder of public education, a task which he assumed in order to educate the newly freed patriot to make use of his privileges. The duty of governing a country which the ignorant farmer had freed with his patriotism soon devolved on his own shoulders: he became the ruler of a country. “It is character­ istic of his far-sightedness that the cause of education was early promoted and championed by Thomas Jefferson. His whole­ hearted interest in education was probably founded upon his earlier democratic convictions and his fear of a strongly centra­ lized government which sometimes derives much of its power from the weakness of those governed. His educational plan, which included everyone, rich and poor, workingman and aristo­ crat, can be summed up in a few words. For the laboring classes he provided public schools where they could receive their elementary training before going to the various appren­ ticeships; for the so called learned there were colleges, for those studying advanced sciences and entering a profession the university. Jefferson firmly believed that the study of the classics was indispensable to the educated mind, defending this system against attacks that were already arising at that time.

In his plans for the University of Virginia he made a provision that no student should graduate without the mastery of Latin, and that if the student was proficient in Greek, the fact should be mentioned on his diploma. In addition to the classics an extensive knowledge of history — history of the ancients studied in the original — was demanded. Only after these studies had been completed was the student permitted to pursue a more exact study of the sciences. The fame due to him is usually nullified by charges of atheism and unbelief, because of the lack of religious instruction in the University of Virginia, which he 59

founded. For abiding by his principles that church and state should be absolutely separated, posterity has branded him as a foe of Christianity and an atheist, charges which Jefferson’s writings contradict. It remains one of his great achievments that he proposed education to establish his ideal government”.

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Peace for the world and communism from the schools still seem to consume all the thought of the collegeman, his illi­ mitable intellect and fertile imagination spending all their efforts in squelching for all time these problems in their manifold ramifications. Irrefutable proofs ranging from conclusive statistics to regard for mother conquer all our prejudices and make us rally to the standard of a sane America protected by a league of Nation. Since it is our opinion that such articles should be seen and not read, we turn to some incidents which make college college.

Tne Collegiate World gives an excerpt from an essay written by a student at the University of Illinois -for class on iiackett’s Henry the Eighth without any comment. “Henry the Eighth was a very fascinating man, being a book which Francis Hackett wrote. He ended feudalism by killing those of the opposite feud and thus became a great dictator. Henry married eight wives and even though a Spanish princess told him she had only one neck he sent for her. Catherine bored Henry and would have me too. So he married and disposed of others by losing his head. Henry’s chief adviser was Wolsey, who was a buteller’s son but who later turned Pope. Wolsey couldn’t speak Spanish though and so his head was cut off. Without a doubt Henry was the greatest magnate of all times. ’ ’ A patriotic Trinity College (Hartford Conn.) professor missed his first class in nearly thirty years because he thought Washington’s birthday was on March 22, and took a holiday.

The Purdue Exponent furnishes us with an incident that should indisputably refute the conclusion we arrived at after the inglorious repulse of the blessings of coeducation. A speaker was discussing the rights of women and said, <4I ask you—when they take coeducation away from the schools what will follow.” And a deep masculine voice from the rear of the room replied, “I will.”

It would appear that the college editor of Louisiana Univer­ sity ran a paper for the students but not for Long.

The revenge of one professional fraternity upon another at the University of South Dakota this winter strikes a new origin­ al note. The first group inserted a want ad in the papers which read, “Wanted—100 men to clear the snow off the stadium and they gave the address and telephone number of the rival house. The number of job seekers had the victims in a sweat for the next 48 hours, until the plot was revealed.

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BASKHALL N. W. C. 2(». University Extension 4.

Watertown, April 27. Northwestern made a favorable beginning of its baseball season by defeating the Wisconsin University Extension of Milwaukee. The game was interesting for the first three innings, but thereafter it dwindled into a succes­ sion of hits and runs for the Goslings.

Tickivich of Milwaukee hit a home run in the third inning.

Milwaukee threatened again in the fourth with two men on base, and in the remainin.c： five innings three runs were scored.

Several Freshmen of Northwestern had an opportunity to display their wares. Tiefel put his to good advantage by batting 9ut a double and a triple. Wiedenmeyer hit safely three times in four chances at bat.

Northwestern University Extension Player A.B. R. H. E. Player A.B. R. H. E. 4 12 4 Schwartz-c. f.

5 2 3 0 Wilson-s.s. c.

Schroeder-1. b.

4 2 2 0 Morrissey-2, b.

5 0 10 C. Frey-2, b.

4 10 0 Perschbacker-r. f. 10 0 0 Lambert-r. f.

4 3 2 0 Jones-1, b., p.c. 4 0 0 0 Sydow-3. b.

2 0 0 0 4 3 10 Maraska-1. f.

R. Hanser-1. f.

10 0 1 2 2 10 Reuss-c. f.

Wiedenmeyer-s. s. 4 3 3 1 Huennekens-3.b, Wendland-c. p. c. 4 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 Koehler-p.

0 0 0 1 3 3 10 Haerted-c.

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2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 Jacobson-c.f.

2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 Callahan-p 3 2 2 0 Schildknecht-s.s. 10 10 2 0 2 0 3 0 10 Raynor-r. f.

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mintzlaff-l.f.

37 4 9 10 45 26 17 1 Base on balls: Off Koehler 1; off Tickivich 0; off Callahan 8; off Huennekens 1: off Jones 0. Struck out: by Koehler 8;

by Tickivich 1; by Callahan 4 ; by Huennekens 2; by Jones 0.

Wild pitches : Tickivich 2. Double plays : Wiedenmeyer to C. Frey to Schroeder. Two base hits: Tiefel 1. Three base hits: Tiefel 1. Home runs: Tickivich 1. Passed balls: Wendland 1.

Hit by pitched ball: Schroeder and Wendland. Given a hearty slap by opposing catcher on spot hit by pitched ball: Wendland.

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Watertown, May. After a shaky first inning, in which the Seminary scored one run on a hit and an error, Koehler settled down and allowed only two hits, a double by Knief in the second and a single by Buch in the third—Buch also succeeded in get­ ting five errors. Northwestern rallied in the sixth inning to score five runs. Three more runs were made in the eighth.

Northwestern Seminary A.B. R. H. E. A.B. R. H. E. Player Player 5 0 15 Schwartz-c.f, l.f. 4 2 1 0 Buch-s.s.

5 0 0 0 Schroeder-l.b.

5 110 Hotlen-r.f.

2 2 0 0 C, Frey-2, b.

5 4 3 1 Biesmann-c.

Lambert-r. f.

5 2 4 2 Nommensen-p 4 110 4 0 0 1 Birkholz-r. f.

0 0 0 0 Siegler-1. f.

3 0 0 0 Sydow-3.b.

2 0 0 1 Buenger-l.b.

3 0 12 I. Frey-3.b.

110 0 Knief-c.f.

4 0 0 0 Hanser-l.f.

2 0 0 0 Schewe-3. b.

4 0 0 1 M. Toepel-c.f.

1 0 0 0 Stiemke-2.b.

Wiedenmeyer-s. s. 5 111 34 3 3 9 Wendland-c 4 0 0 0 Koehler-p 4 10 0 38 12 10 5 Base on balls : Off Koehler 3; off Nommensen 3. Struck out: by Koehler 16; by Nommensen 4. Two base hits: C. Frey 1; Lambert 1; Knief 1.

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S. O. E. 2 • Milwaukee, May 11. For the first three innings Kaiser, pitcher for the Engineers, seemed impregnable, but in the fourth inning Northwestern’s bats began to click and the redoubtable hurler wilted before the succeeding barrage of hits.

Laper-l.b.

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Tiefel-3.b.

M. Toepel-c.f.

A. Lehmann-r.f.

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Koehler seemed to experience*'little difficulty in holding Se opponents to a few scattered hits.

Wiedenmeyer contributed three hits in five trips to the plate, a single, a double, and a triple. Schwartz, lead：off man, batted out a three bagger and Lambert, who bats clean up, hit a double. .

The outstanding feature of the game was Captain Schroeder’s spectacular catch of a ball hit foul outside of the right field foul line. In his pursuit of the ball he was forced to cir­ cumvent three posts and tread a sidewalk which offered no firm footing. He stumbled, slipped, slid, and came gracefully to a halt by bracing one hand against an adjacent fountain with the ball clutched securely in his gloved hand.

Northwestern School of Engineering Player Player A.B. R. H. E. A.B. R. H. E. Schwartz-1, f, c.f. 6 0 10 Geiser-l.f.

4 0 2 0 Schroeder-l.b.

5 0 0 0 Craddler-s.s.

4 0 13 5 12 1 Hackbarth-r. f.

4 0 0 0 C. Frey-2, b.

Lambert-r.

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3 110 Sydow-3.b.

3 2 10 Reynolds-c. f.

4 110 I. Frey-3, b.

2 0 0 0 Mitchel-c.

3 0 0 0 Toepel-c. f.

3 12 0 Jurgens-c.

10 0 0 Hanser-1. f.

2 110 Thomson-1, b.

3 0 10 Wiedenmeyer-s.s. 5 2 3 1 Swablander-l.b. 10 10 Wendland-c.

3 0 0 2 5 2 2 0 Koenig-2, b.

Koehler-p 5 110 Kuether-2.b.

10 0 0 4 0 0 0 45 11 14 2 Kaiser-p.

35 2 7 5 Base on balls: Off Kaiser 1. Struck out: by Koehler 14;

by Kaiser 7. Hit by pitched ball: Bodovinoc. Two base hits: Lambert 1; Wiedenmeyer 1; Craddler 1. Three base hits: Schwartz 1; Wiedenmeyer 1: Swablander 1. Home runs: Reynolds 1. Double plays: Koenig to Craddler to Thomson.

TENNIS. . A tournament was held from which Valleskey emerged the victor. He defeated Neubauer in the final match and Tetzlaff in the semi-finals. Neubauer defeated Quant in the semi-finals.

The tennis team will consist of the four men who played in the semi-finals and possibly two of those who played in the quar­ ter-finals. They will in all probability be Pagels and R. Schaller.

The following schedule has been prepared : May 18 Seminary at N. W. C. (tentative) May 20 Milton at N. W. C. May 25 Aurora at N. W. C. May 29 Milton at Milton A match with Ripon has also been planned, but no definite arrangements have been made.

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Band — Chorus 一 Orcheslra April and May are perhaps the only two months in which the musical organizations threaten too ecli pse sports in general interest aroused. After six months of unappreciated practice the trips form a welcome diversion.

The six-day chorus tour—the culmination of the most in­ tensive drill the chorus very likely has ever undergone — must certainly have been worth the time spent in preparation, accor­ ding to reports received concerning the concerts. At any rate, from a standpoint of the individual members the trip was undoubtly a success, if the “mail-shaggers” have anything to say about it.

The Homecoming of the chorus was also well attended in spite of the stormy weather. According to the local paper the audience voiced its approval with thunderous applause ! That just goes to show how inspiring the music must have been, since it was sacred concert with no applause. But possibly the reporter was still thinking of the Mid-Season Concert.

On April 28 the band gave a concert at the American Lutheran Association auditorium in Milwaukee. The program, including three selections played by the Brass Quartette and a tuba solo by John Woelffer, was enthusiastically received and evidently did justice to the popularity the band has had among this group of people for the last five or six years.

The band also marched on May 16 in the Watertown Safety Week Celebration among seven or eight other bands. Besides the loyal support of the coed department the band aroused considerable applause and favorable comments from quite a few of the spectators. The band’s drum major for next year will be Fredrick Thierfelder. He succeeds George Barthels.

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Two church picnics—one at Juneau and the St. Mark’s School Picnic—will terminate the season for the band. They will take place on the second and ninth of June respectively. The orches­ tra, band, and chorus have also been asked to entertain at the A. A. L. (Aid Association for Lutherans) convention, which is to be held here June 8.

No Band — Chorus — Orchestra The annual play, ‘‘The Good-Natured Man,” by Oliver Goldsmith, which is to be presented May 31 by both literary societies, seems to be progressing quite rapidly.

For several days it was thought that Kugler had started another one of his wedding-cigars, but then it was discovered that the roof was being tarred and papered.

Ornithology attracted considerable attention among the students about the middle of May. It seems that quite a few suddenly discovered that there were other birds on the campus besides robins and English sparrows. After several had spied scarlet tanagers, they were completely won over to the cause, and Black-Throated Blue Warblers are now almost — almost, I said- as common as blue jays.

Meinhardt Raabe, alias ‘‘Tarzan’’，has again found the opportunity to work at an exhibition — this time in San Diego, California, some twenty-five miles north from the border of Lower California.

Banquets of the Black and Red staff and the Athletic Board were held during the middle of May. Black and Red staffs seem to be improving in calibre. The apple pie vs. banana pie debate only lasted three minutes this year and as for tomato dressing or chopped celery - nothing to it!

It has been suggested that the Sophomores put larger stakes round their class trees now that some of the buds are opening.

But this doesn’t seem necessary, since the trees can always be trimmed if they grow too fast.

The following were elected to office: Athletic Board : Junior—Kurt Hinnenthal Sophomore—Nathanael Luetke Freshman—Raymond Frey Assistant Managers: Football—Oscar Siegler Basketball—Karl Gurgel

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The first few days after Easter vacation brought the coeds into a number of congenial huddles. The chief interests were the pictures taken on arbor day. Words to the effect of ‘‘Oh, how cute!” and “I’ll take this one,” were heard. A few days’ silence, and then the general distribution of “photographs” began.

Arbor Day proved an exciting day for the coeds. Each one was assigned some task and soon the two rooms were per­ vaded by a new atmosphere, not that of studying, but that of humming with busybodies. The lunch which the Freshmen coeds prepared was welcomed by more than one of the hard toilers. Several girls returned the next morning with aching backs and arms. But their countenances were cheerful until they saw how muddled up the floors were again. They de­ manded more sandwiches and after tasting them were further disappointed. The sandwiches were flavored with a new spice, “asli-pepper，” no doubt the evidence of night prowlers.

Dorothy Schlueter and Lucille Streich believe that Easter vacation is an opportune time to stay at home and rest. But the rest isn’t so pleasant when a sign on the door proclaims measles.

If you should see any of the coeds walking slowly down the stairs, remember that at this- time of the year they are beginn­ ing their outdoor exercise and it hasn’t had the effect of making them limber yet. One day Harriet Owen came hobbling down into the girls’ room as though every bone in her body were broken. Seeing her in such agony, we all rushed to her aid.

When we asked her the reason for her stiffness, she replied, '*1 played tenpis yesterday.” The stiff joints of Lorraine Asmus and Victoria Quandt were the result of their bicycle ride to Anita Weihert’s one afternoon.

Caecilia Dierker has the leading role in the operetta, * ‘The Sunbonnet Girl，” to be given at St. John，s Parish Hall on May 23 and 24.

Evelyn Moldenhauer related hair-raising bat stories during one of her free periods. Somehow a bat had crept into her room and had decided to spend the nigrht there in comfort.

However, “Evie” thought differently. That night she and her sister put on caps and hid themselves under the cover when they went to bed, lest their visitor become too friendly and fly into their hair. The next morning’s search for the bat proved fruitless and to this day it has not been found.

Margaret Krahn spent Thursday, April 4, in Madison, You who know how much girls like candy will understand why we continue to mention the names of those girls who have 66

brought us some when they had a birthday. In the past month Ethel Wiehert and Mary Abelmann treated us.

Irma Engel recently paid us a short visit.

Evelyn Conklin and Arline Schumann attended the presen­ tation of Bach’s Mass in B Minor at the Auditorium in Milwau­ kee on Thursday, May 9.

Monday, May 6 began a series of meetings which ran far into the week. All the officers of the previous year were re­ elected. They are: Arline Schumann, President; Mildred Eisfeldt, Vice President; Eva Taras,' Secretary; Lydia Naumann, Treasurer. The girls were reminded kindly to pay their dues.

A much disputed subject in the girls’ room lately was the annual Banquet. Many things had to be taken into considera­ tion, among which the most important were time, place, and menu. Various dissensions arose over these things. It took at least four meetings before the final agreement was reached.

The Banquet will now be held May 20 at the Green Bowl Tea Shop. Everyone is looking for warm weather and a clear sky.

ANNUAL CONCERT June 12th

Commencement Exercises June 13th 10 A. M.

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Campus and Classroom Perhaps you would like to enjoy yourself for an hour some Sunday evening? Well, then I advise you to listen to Major Bowes，‘‘Amateur Hour.” At times it is really funnier than Cantor, or all the other radio comedians; for instance, the other week a young fellow imitated a male and a female cat on a fence. It was so realistic that I doubled up with laughter, and every time it has come to my mind since, it has called up a smile. And yet the program isn’t all joke either; one time a young Jew sang one of the Hebrew religious chants. That well known nasal twang that is inextricably wound up in our idea of the Hebrew was entirely lacking. Yes, I believe he is even fit for a career in grand opera. Oh, I shouldn’t have said that, for it is likely to scare all of you away.

Ideally this program is to be purely democratic: the best are always to win. But sometimes it doesn’t “pan out” that way.

You see, if any Irishman is on the program, even if he only plays a mouth-organ, he is sure to win, for the sons of Ierne m • this country throw their votes en masse to their brothers. That the Irish are still a primitive people is the conclusion I have come to after hearing their reels and jigs, which consist for the greatest part merely of ryhthm. I hope I haven’t made any enemies by this last remark, for most of the members of that worthy genus hominis are rather husky and bushy; so I’d hate to meet one in the dark.

First of all I mumble a spell in the best of the maagic formulae of the Middle Ages: Dickum a Toadibus et Schlangibus quibus in his Locis Erdii adjuro diesam readere. So, now you are spellbound; you can’t tear yourself away, even if you so desired; you’ll have to read what I have to say. The matter has been on my mind for some time and now that I have my chance, I won’t fail to give you my own theories concerning the nature of tragedy. In order not to weary you unnecessarithye the following will be quite condensed, so it may not cover all cases, but I beg for clemency in your judgement.

A good way to begin, I suppose, would be to give some recognized person’s opinion, and then show how I differ. As an instance let us take Schiller. He too says this is the funda­ mental law of all tragedy : Tragedy is the representation of the pathos of life, either as it has been expressed in deed, or as it would be expressed, if a person with a definite type of character lived under certain conditions. But now he gives the whole thing a different shade of meaning by adding, “The hero must 68

not be overcome by sufferings; he must feel them, but not be overcome by them.”

To me this seems entirely wrong. In one of the greatest tragedies I have ever read, * ‘The Idiot” by Dostoyevsky, the hero, a truly human figure, is so overcome by his spiritual sufferings that he finally becomes hopelessly i.nsane. This man is conquered by his sufferings, and yet the work is tragic in the highest degree ef the word.

Furthermore, **As a reasoning creature man must not let nature get the better of him, but must subdue and rule nature.”

The word nature in this case means not only the physical world, but also the man’s own spiritual make-up. Thus a man’s character must be so strong and firm that, even if he is ruined, yes, even killed bv the combined forces of outside conditions, r his spirit nevertheless remains unquenchable and rises above his sufferings. This in Schiller’s conception constitutes the highest form of tragedy. Entirely incorrect. In my opinion a man who is utterly destroyed, either by outside forces such as fate and the rest of humanity, or by some inherent weakness, or by a combination of the two, so that one can, so to speak, smell the fire and brimstone consuming him — such a man, I repeat, is the most tragic and pitiable thing that can be imagined. The pathos of life consists not merely in the sufferings and destruction of the body, but still more in the struggles and downfall of the spirit. Perhaps I should not even dare to oppose my opinions to those of so great a man as Schiller, but still I’ll stick to my point.

Is the old German proverb “Der Mai kiihl und nass fiillt des Bauern Scheun’ und Fass” going to be fulfilled this year? We have had all the weather conditions for it so far. All of which reminds me that the weather is one of the handiest of all topics for conversation. What conversation does not sooner or later spend at least a little time on that subject?

Yet how different are rain and snow. Snow comes dancing down like a coy maiden, not certain whether it should kiss the earth it loves or no. Finally, however, it yields to its passion and with a quick dip settles on the bosom of the earth. It is a pleasant sensation to walk outside and feel the flakes light on your lashes, weighing them down as with the “honey-heavy dew of slumber. ” And if a raging blizzard comes, we can see all the elemental force of nature expressed by the fleeing flakes. How pleasant it is then to sit inside the window and watch the flakes scurry past; or else, to lie in bed at night and hear the wind whistle and moan through the trees and around the housecorner, the nearest that we can come to hearing the music of the spheres.

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small pellets, as though for some law disobeyed. A heavy rain­ storm shows the might of the physical universe. A blizzard rarely does any physical damage, but we often hear of the havoc and suffering wreaked on mankind by a rain-storm. Some people do like to see the play of the lightning, and I must admit it interests me too, but I believe, when we examine our feelings, there seems to be a great deal of morbidity in them.

I am tempted to say, defiance against God and the powers of the universe he created. But in order to fully appreciate these different aspects of nature, one must live out in the country, away from our so-called civilized world.

Oh, the grand and glorious country. If I should obey the dictates of my heart, I would go to the country any day in pre­ ference to the town. There it is that you can really feel “Earth’s voluptuous pantings at the first sweet kisses of spring. ’' The Resurrection of Christ is not only the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies and the culmination of our redemption, but it is also the most beautiful picture of the awakening of all nature. All things that have been sleeping through the long winter now burst forth to a glorious new life. To see this rebirth, go to the country. What a marvel this awakening is: gradually the tender blades of grass are pushed higher by the breathing of the earth; the buds that have been dormant all winter swell and finally burst from their passion for the balmy air. Have you ever felt of a young leaf? Are they not marvel­ ously soft and silky? They always call to my mind the softness of a kitten’s ears. The soft calls and songs of the mating birds, blended by the breezes, stir in the heart of man his own inclina­ tion to love and life.

Although the colors are not so varied and pronounced as in fall, spring too has its symphony of hues. The pale barley and darker oats form a beautiful pattern on a background of dark soil; next to that the luscious green of a paddock can be seen; in the distance the willows are decked out in their distinctive green, and behind them are the darker maples and elms and still russet hickory trees. Yes, spring too is resplendent in colors. Alas, it is all only to endure a short while and then it again sinks away into oblivion. Why must it be so? Why can not all things have a happy and undisturbed existence? But what is the use of running our heads against a problem that can not be solved by reason? In a spirit of resignation I close.

“In Wehmut schlaf ich ein und seh in sanftem Traum die suesse Liebe.>,

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NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE Watertown, Wisconsin

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— The Classical Era in English Literature.............................. ..

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De Incendio Romae Et De Persecutione Christianorum Insecuta.. 81 The Memoirs of a Post-Hole Digger 89

EDITORIALS— On Request of the Editor.

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Reminiscences...............

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A Parting Suggestion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM ADVERTISEMENTS

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Dr. J. H. Ott 18854935 Dr. J. H. Ott was born on January 4, 1861，in Tell City, Indiana, of Swiss-German parents. His father, Conrad Ott, had emigrated to this country from Oberlangenhart, Canton Zuerich. In his boyhood home, while he was still attending the elementary school, he became interested in the printing busi­ ness, for in his father’s house there was a printshop in which a small newspaper was set up and printed. Dr. Ott followed that early interest and learned the printing trade, which he practiced for some years in Louisville and St. Louis.

It was while he was working at his trade in St Louis that he became acquainted with a Mr. Martens, a student at North­ western College, at whose brother’s house Dr. Ott had rooms.

Mr. Martens interested him in Northwestern College, and in 1880 Dr. Ott began his studies there as a member of the Quarta class. He was well grounded in English, of course; German was his mother tongue: but he had never studied Latin, and it was necessary to make up a three years’ deficiency in that lan­ guage. He and W. F. Weimar, and a Mr. Faber together set to work at that task, engaged a student-tutor, and in one year covered enough ground in Latin to go on with their class in that language. In 1885 he was graduated together with G. Bergmann, 0. Brandt, H. H. Ebert, H. Knuth, and W. F. Weimar.

That summer Dr. Ott was called to teach English and science at Northwestern College, and in order to prepare him­ self further for the duties he was to take up in September, he matriculated at Amherst College for the summer session. In 1888 he spent another term at the same college studying Latin particularly. Dr. Ott spent the year 1890-91 at the universities of Berlin and Halle, where he devoted himself to the study of English philology and medieval history, in Berlin under Profes­ sors Zupitza and Delbrueck, in Halle under Droysen and the historian Lindner. It was at Halle that he took his Ph. D. degree.

Dr. Ott’s name is inseparably linked with the college library.

In 1886 he and Dr. Charles Ernst (now of Philadelphia, Pa.) were put in charge of the library and made the first catalog of the 1800 volumes that the library then contained. On July 30, 1894, on the day that Dr. Ott returned to Watertown from his 71

wedding journey, two-thirds of the books in that first library were destroyed by fire. At ten o’clock in the night of that day a storm-cloud passed over Watertown; there was but one stroke of lightning, but that one stroke entered the cupola of the main college building, and the resulting fire gutted the building-, almost completely destroyed the library, and completely des­ troyed all the early college records. That was an extremely serious blow to the yet young and struggling institution. The main building was rebuilt that same year, and Dr. Ott immedi­ ately set about rebuilding the library. The present library of about 20,000 accessioned volumes may be called his handiwork.

At very slight cost to the Synod he gathered these volumes, arranged and catalogued them. It is often called “Dr. Ott’s library” and that name is historically accurate.

During his fifty years as professor at our institution Dr. Ott has taught mainly English and History. Most of the graduates will remember him as their English professor. And they all remember him gratefully.

Since the day in 1880, when Dr. Ott entered Northwestern as a Quartaner, he has served his college with complete faith­ fulness, giving unsparingly of his time, his means, and his great gifts. Where there are graduates or former students of Northwestern College, Dr. Ott’s name is held in high esteem and grateful remembrance.

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXIX.

Watertown, Wis., June 1935

Number 3

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THE CLASSICAL ERA IN ENGLISH LITERATURE English Oration â&#x20AC;&#x2022; Ralph Hagcdorn

Literature has often been called a mirror which reflects the life and times of a nation. In support of this description we can with assurance cite the Classical Era in English literature, for at no other period do we find the political and social life of the nation so minutely reflected.

Politically, England had in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 practically ended its long dreary struggle for political freedom.

The Englishman now began to expend his endemic energy in improving on his government and in establishing forms suitable to the new regime, the regime of parliament. Foreign trade, corruption in politics, smuggling, speculation, the improve­ ments in finance, the inflation of wealth by the creation of the national debt------all these were powerful stimulants to the great increase of the national wealth. Unfortunately, this great wealth was unevenly distributed, and resulted quite naturally in luxury and leisure for the rich, an aping of their social refinement and sophistication by the middle classes, and in utter poverty and ignorance for the majority.

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Socially, England progressed with remarkable rapidity in the course of the eighteenth century. City life had superseded country life, and it is in this period that we find the beginnings of city life as we know it today, with its varied interests and amusements, its complexities of social organization, its arti­ ficiality and its crowding, its luxury and its poverty, its brilli­ ance and its wretchedness. Although London with its dirty, unilluminated streets was still unsafe after nightfall because of the wild bands of so-called “Mohocks;” and although coarse vices, heartless punishments and cruel sports were still rampant, —nevertheless man was now in continual contact with his fellow man, and a new social life evolved from this hitherto unprece­ dented condition. Although inwardly somewhat coarse and crude, outwardly men perforce sought to refine their manners, ' —and this refinement was carried to the extreme until it in it­ self almost became a vice. “Good form” became the watch­ word of society, and a ridiculously elaborate social code devel­ oped. Conversation adopted witty tone; foppish mannerisms and simpering affectation were rife; men wore powered wigs, fine laces, silk clothes, and shoes with high, and often red, heels; women spent the greater part of the day at their dressing tables.

In short, superficial formality ruled supreme, a thin venner over a shallow and often erase essence, in society, in politics, in religion, and especially in literature.

In the schools Latin continued to be the basis of the curri­ culum, except in the case of girls; they became models of elegant propriety by zealously applying themselves to needle­ work, dancing, music, and French. In this study of the literture of ancient Rome men of the eighteenth century found their favorite ideas admirably expressed. There were the satires of Martial, Juvenal, and Horace, which scornfully revealed the follies of fashionable Roman society,----- follies startlingly similar to those of fashionable English society of that time; there were the graceful and urbane odes of Horace; there were epics, orations, diatribes----- and the reading of all these remains of ancient civilization and the realization of their dignity and nobility readily brought men to believe that they could make but little improvement upon them; that the best way to enrich their own literature was to engraft it on this foreign trunk, to translate the ancient classics into lucid and 75

dignified English verse or prose, or to model their own prose and poetry upon these great works of the past. Thoughtful men saw in this type of literature a means of improving social life and of purging society of its evils, especially those which remained from the preceding period, that of the Restoration.

Thus the people were in their early youth instructed, and in later life their associations taught them, to avoid all unusual amusements and thrills; they did not want to be carried away to imaginary lands where life was bathed in a rose-colored haze.

They profoundly distrusted and disliked enthusiasm, impassioned emotion, and fervor. They admired common-sense, correctness, polish, restraint, and adherence to established forms and customs; they believed in a well-bred avoidance of extremes.

To them the most interesting subject for thought and reflection was mankind, not mankind in its highest joy or profoundest woe but mankind in its social relationships. Their passion for correctness extended even to their gardens, which were planted and trimmed into exact geometric designs; our modern enthu­ siasm for wild, rugged scenery would have been incompre­ hensible.

Under these political and social conditions literature could take but one course. It became the thrall of the politician.

The people must be approached with ideas, facts and arguments to get the votes necessary to establish reforms. Since prose was the most suitable form of literature for this purpose, we can readily account for the rapid rise of the newspaper and the swift development of elegant prose. Poetry tried to keep pace, but was rapidly degraded; for the warm patronage of the politicians elicited poetasters from Grub Street and bred dunces faster than Swift or Pope could destroy them.

Literature adapted itself to the people. In outward form it attained perfection, but, as was the case with the people, the excellence of form was but a veneer covering a shallow and often crass essence. Therefore we cannot expect the literary hero of this age to be a mind intent upon pondering and re­ vealing the depths of human nature, nor will he be a poet who, after the turmoil of political conflicts and social distractions, betakes himself to the secrecy of lyrical composition; nor will he be a singer who recounts or inspires to great national actions.

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a daffodil, a daisy, or a bird. He will rather be a writer whose point pierces just as deeply into the character of men and women as suffices for the insight which society desires to enjoy, and who never forgets the special in the general. In form he will be an eclectic of eclectics, sworn to fidelity to no one school.

For fear of being considered outlandish, he will circumspectly choose but the most attractive models which the ancients, and their modern imitators, the French and Italians, have to offer.

He will be master of that nicely chosen kind of allusion which is transparent to the educated intelligence; he will avoid allusions either common-place or far-fetched; and he will spare no pains to sustain the interest which he arouses and to make sure of the effect which it is his purpose to create. Controversy, engen­ dered by the violence of party spirit, the survival of religious fanaticism and the licentiousness of society, is the very breath in the nostrils of such a writer and such an age. This was the great age of clubs and coffee-houses, of associations of men bound together by the spirit of common antagonism or hatred towards this or that political or literary counter-coterie. If a man avowed or caused himself to be supposed a member of an opposed coterie, any means of bringing his face to the grind­ stone was accounted within the limits of legitimate warfare.

An aspersion of venom was held a justifiable addition to the point of the foil. To blacken his character, to blast his reputa­ tion, to defile his grandfather’s grave all followed as a matter of course. Great poets made war upon weak women; physical in­ firmities became a butt of ridicule; no enemy was deemed un­ worthy of the most practised steel. The adulatory and especially the amatory verse of this period is perhaps the most unnatural ever composed. Instead of exhausting itself even on ruby lips and dainty feet, it hovers with inquisitive placidity round ladies’ fans, lap-dogs, or paper knives. The ladies themselves could hardly be natural without falling into downright cynicism, and passed an existence as unreal as their outward selves, made up as they were of powders and patches, and fenced in with hur­ dles of whalebone.

Thus we can readily see that the literature of this period is as far from being the most noble production of the human mind as the men and women of the age were from being their own simple, natural, unaffected selves. But whatever we can say 77

I in disparagement of this period, which has been so variously estimated by succeeding generations, we must bear in mind that it has given us models in style and in diction which have never been surpassed; among the prose writers, Swift, Addison, later Fielding, Smollett and Gibbon; among the poets, Pope, whose peculiar style and diction has never been attained by any of his numerous imitators; among the orators, Burke.

These writers returned to their age the seeds which it had sown in them, but grown and tended into magnificent fruits.

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I ^Math DE INCENDIO ROMAE ET DE PERSECUTIONE CHRISTIANORUM INSECUTA. Lnlin Oration — Erwin Schroeder

Of all the losses that Rome ever experienced, of all the disasters that she ever sustained on land and sea, none of them, I should judge, exceeded the calamity of the great fire in 64 A.D. Rome had witnessed many fires, but the fire of that year proved to be more disastrous and more terrible than any that had ever devastated the city of Rome.

During the night of the eighteenth of July, the same day on which the Gauls had once set Rome afire, the conflagration broke out. It had its beginning in that part of the amphitheater situated at the foot of Palatine and the Caelian hills. There amid the shops of the merchant Jews containing inflamm­ able wares such as olive oil, pitch, resin and sulphur the fire soon found nourishment; fanned by the wind it soon gath­ ered strength, licked up the shops, and swept over the whole length of the amphitheater. Nothing was there to interpose delay, no stone houses, no temple walls. Furiously the flames spread along the level ground, shooting up into the hills, and again devouring the hollows. In a moment Rome with its nar­ row winding passages and irregular rows of houses fell prey to the raging flames. What a spectacle that day did reveal!

History knows of no army that overran the city in such a short time as these flames did. Confusion reigned throughout the whole city. Amid the roaring flames the cries of terror-stricken women and children could be heard. Men feeble with old age and in­ experienced children had to succumb to the flames. The crowds, some seeking their own safety, some thinking： of their own friends, some hastening to drag out the sick people, others lingering to wait for them, all increased the general confusion.

Surrounded by flames on all sides, they knew not whither to turn. Often when they had escaped to a refuge close at hand, believing themselves to be safe, this too was seized by fire.

Even places which they were convinced would be secure against flames were involved in the same calamity. Being in doubt which quarter to avoid and whither to betake themselves, they filled the streets or flung themselves down in the open field, while some out of love for their kinsfolk, whom they were un­ able to rescue, perished, even though escape was open to them.

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All human efforts to check the fire weree in vain. The soldiers tore down buildings to deprive the fire of nourishment, but even that was a futile effort. Many in their frenzy openly hurled firebrands and exclaimed that they had been ordered to do so by the emperor. For five days the fire raged, and finally, on the sixth day, the fire was brought to a standstill at the foot of the Esquiline Hill. Out of the fourteen quarters into which Rome was divided only four remained untouched by the fire; three were burnt to the ground ; in the other seven only a few smoking ruins were left. Numerous palaces and temples were destroyed. All the treasures which Rome had won in her many victorious battles and the masterpieces of Greek art, never to be restored again, were lost. Rome, the glory of antiquity, lay in ruins !

How the fire really started is unknown, but, as is alway the case when such calamities occur, inquiries were made as to how it started. Various rumors gained foothold among the populace.

Among them was the rumor that the city had been set on fire as a result of a command issued by the emperor and at the very time that the city was in flames, the emperor appeared on a private stage and sang of the destruction of Troy, comparing the present misfortunes with the calamities of antiquity. To the populace it seemed as though Nero was aiming at the glory of founding a new city. To banish this sinister belief that the conflagration was the result of an order on his part Nero threw open to the populace the Campus Martius and the public build­ ings of Agrippa, even his own gardens, and raised temporary structures to receive the destitute multitude. Supplies of food were brought up from Ostia and the neighboring towns and the price of corn was reduced. These acts, although popular, did not lessen the wide-spread rumor in the least. All human efforts, all the lavish gifts of the emperor, and the propitiations of the gods, did not banish the sinister belief that the conflagration was the result of an order. Consequently to get rid of the re­ port, Nero fastened the guilt upon the Christians and inflicted the most cruel punishments on that hated class. Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths. Covered with skins of beasts they were torn apart by dogs and perished. Many were nailed to the cross. Still others were reserved to burn as torches in the dark of night. A persecution resulted such as the Chris­ tian world had never experienced before and all merely to glut the cruelty of one man.

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WALDEMAR THUROW Waterloo, Wisconsin President of the class 1, 2, 3, 4 President of the student body 4 Black and Red Staff 3, 4 Philomathean Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Orchestra 3

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WALDEMAR ZARLING Iron Ridge, Wisconsin Vice-president of tlie class 2, 3, 4 Philomathean; Vice-president 4 Male Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Secre­ tary-treasurer -1 N Club Football 4 Basketball manager 4

>Js GEORGE BARTHELS Mishicot, Wisconsin Secretary-treasurer of the class 1，2, 3, ‘1 Black and Red Staff 2, 3, 4; Associate Editor 4 Phi Gamma Rho; Secretarytreasurer 3; President 4 Drum Major of the Band 3, 4 Male Chorus 1, 2,3, 4; President^ Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Vice-presi­ dent 3: President 4 Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4

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CARL BROECKER Milwaukee, Wisconsin Phi Gamma Rho Male Chorus 1, 2

GERHARDT EHLERT Eitzen, Minnesota Philomathean Band 1, 2, 3, 4; President 3, 4 Male Chorus 1, 2, S Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4

HERBERT FLEISCHER Watertown, Wisconsin Black and Red Staff 4 Phi Gamma Rho Male Chorus 1

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CONRAD FREY Hoskins, Nebraska Philomathean; Secretarytreasurer 4 Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Male Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Librarian 2 Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 N Club Football 4 Baseball 2, 3, 4 Secretary-treasurer of the Vesu­ vius Club 3

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LESTER GROTH La Crosse, Wisconsin Philomathean N Club Football manager 4

RALPH HAGEDORN Milwaukee, Wisconsin Black and Red Staff 2, 3, 4; Editor 4 Student Librarian 3, 4 Philomathean

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ALLEN HOFF Zeeland, North Dakota Phi Gamma Rho Male Chorus 1, 2 Secretary of the Vesuvius Club 2

GEORGE NIEMANN Watertown, Wisconsin Philomathean Male Chorus 2, 3

ARNOLD REUSCHEL Kaukauna, Wisconsin Phi Gamma Ilho Male Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Athletic Board 2, 3, 4; President 4 N Club; President 4 Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Captain 3, 4

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ERWIN SCHROEDER Eitzen, Minnesota Vice-President of the class 1 Black and Red Staff 4 Phi Gamma Rho Male Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Athletic Board 4 N Club Football 1, 2, 3 Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Captain 3, 4 President of the Vesuvius Club 4

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FREDRICK TIEFEL Hadar, Nebraska Philomathean; President 4 Male Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4

MARTIN TOEPEL Algoma, Wisconsin Phi Gamma Uho; Vice-president*!

Band 1, 2, 3, 4； Dress Sergeant 3 Male Chorus 4 Orchestra 3, t Athletic Board 3, 4 N Club; Secretary 3; Vice-presi­ dent 4 Football 2, 4 Prep Basketball Coach 3, 4 Baseball 4 Vice-president of the Vesuvius Club 4

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NORBERT VALLESKEY Manitowoc, Wisconsin (Concordia *33) Phi Gamma Rho Male Chorus 3 Tennis 3, 4; Captain 4 Hockey 3, 4; Co-captain 4

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MEINHARDT WITT Norfolk, Nebraska Philomathean Male Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 N Club Football 2, 3, 4 Baseball manager 4 Treasurer of the Vesuvius Club 2

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CLASS OFFICERS Waldemar Thurow, President Waldemar Zurling. Vice-president George Barthels, Sec.-truas.

CLASS MOTTO Crux Mihi Ancora

CLASS COLORS Black and Green

CLASS FLOWER Yellow Carnation

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THE MEMOIRS OF A POST-HOLE DIGGER Gilbert Sydow

It was hot, very hot, yet not oppressive. Big Bend heat is dry. I was digging post-holes, chewing, sweating, and softly damning my lot of the day’s work. Did you ever use a posthole digger? It’s a peculiar object of very clever construction, the operation of which will make one aware of muscles he never knew. The first holes took some care and consideration. After that my body became a machine and my mind wandered. And so I went digging away. Thump! Thump! Deep enough to make the post solid, yet not too deep to allow the horses to get over. I began to muse. How like life. We keep plugging along, yet if we go too deep we become buried and don’t stick out far enough to do any good. If we don’t go deep enough we become weak, easily pushed over, absolutely useless. That golden mean must be hit. I smiled at the parallel. “Life is like post-holes. ” I dreamed of academic discussions a thousand years from now. Meantime I had strung out five holes behind me.

A cloud of dust attracted my attention. What the sam-----a car with a large boulder tied on behind was coming- down the hill. And what is more, a youngster was sitting on the boulder.

I was amazed. The car stopped at the bottom of the grade. I took off my glasses, the quizzical peer of my nearsightedness added to my rustic appearance, I tilted my hat, pigeon-toed my feet, bowed my legs, assumed a horsy swagger and stalked over. The driver was untying his dray and the youngster was being cleaned by his mother with handkerchief and saliva.

“Quite some hills you have out here” began the man. The license plate indicated east of the Mississippi. “My brakes aren’t so good, so I used the rock to slow me down.”

I almost choked, but managed, “Yup, I reckon she is kind of steep. You all is quite a ways from home”. I used the lingo acquired from western stories.

“Yes,” he said, “we’ve been traveling for a number of weeks and have seen a lot of country.”

14Wall, you don’t say, I’ve always wanted to travel. Some day I’m going to the city. I hear tell they have cars that run smack-dap down the middle of the streets on tracks. Say, mister, did you ever see one of them street cars?’’

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He stuck out his neck and gave me a pitiful look as if to say, ‘‘Where have you been all your life,” so I spat on his hubcap. Before he got over that I started in.

“Boy, I sure would like to see all them things. You see, I know something about it on account of when I get hole of a newspaper I read it. Most fellows around these parts don’t bother but I got a hankering for to learn something.”

I could see he was getting sympathetic and felt sorry for me. He became patronising. “That’s fine, buddy, keep it up.”

I’d have liked to see him gawk if I had flashed “Andramoi ennepe” on him. The youngster was playing in the sagebrush.

“Say, you’d best run your kid out of the brush. They’s likely to be rattlers in thar.” The nearest one was twelve miles away in tho scab rock above the Columbia.

He became respectful. The boy climbed in the car in a hurry. ‘‘So there are rattlesnakes around here?’’

“Oh yeah! Sometimes they rattle so much at night we can’t sleep unless we stuff our ears.” That was enough. He was ready to go.

“Could you tell me where I could get some water?”

•‘Sure, the ranch house is down the road a piece. Jest help yourself at the well.” I’ll bet he didn’t stop. I laughed and thought “All the world’s a stage and one man in his time plays many parts.7 J I changed it to “one man at the same time” and went back to digging’.

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T IS quite out of vogue to write anything bordering on a panegyric. In fact, you are not quite a man of your own judgment if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t express contempt for some organization or suggest an improvement in the curriculum. In language flowery or pedantic men have scorned every class but their own. Satire has been expressed against many individuals and the student body as a whole. Bombast has belched forth against Greek and other courses. Vituperations have poisoned minds against the value of athletics. And all for what ? Well, those articles were at least amusing. Perhaps amusement was their sole purpose for sprouting forth. But an objective view should show that Northwestern is not what these Menckens would make it.

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tirades continue, and they are to be taken cum grano, rumor has to some extent been silenced. (Or is it that we don’t hear her while here ?) If an institution such as ours can succeed in somewhat silencing this wild woman, certainly the conduct of the college must be improved. The activities within the school itself have raised their standards from half mast. The band is famous for its abilities, the male chorus has accomplished things unprecedented in its history, the literary programs are no longer caterings to groundlings. In athletics, though not everywhere victorious, we have raised ourselves from the mire of mirth in which we were embedded. We are assured that, if we have at least a little applied ourselves, our education is as good as any; so that, with due regard to our mothers, we can not quite agee with Lincoln, but must admit that we also owe something to our Alma Mater. Thus, instead of these continuous fault-finding articles, let at least our parting words be ones of pride, praise, and thanks.

Waldemar Zarling Reminiscences............

HEN ONE approaches the termination of any definite period in one’s life it is a pardonable offense to spend a few brief moments in reminiscences. Thus we have done, and have derived singular blessings from so doing. Not that we could mention any single instance and then proceed to trace the influences and benefits it has had upon our life, but, as our past actions pass before our vision, tinted to a rosy hue or dark melancholy by the fickle moods of memory, a pleasing philo­ sophical calmness pervades our whole being and we become resigned to our lot. We feel ourselves competent, in the light of past experiences, to face any exigency which may arise in the future. For, as the philosophers of old, from a great many instances in our life we have constructed but a few theories which, in our youthful optimism, we believe will be adequately qualified to guide us in any crisis. — But we have strayed too far from our original theme, for our purpose was to mention a few general theories, the fruit of the reminiscences of our college life and not the result.

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would occupy. But the very first glance of the inside of the dormitory sent that ideal crashing. The crash rocked the very foundations of nearly every other ideal, so that one by one they came tumbling down. Had we but known, it was an omen, an indication of the theme of our college life, a period of our life which was but a continual rebuilding of new ideals from shat­ tered ruins of the old, only to be crushed again. Yet from these ruins have arisen some conceptions which, may you pardon our immature judgment, shall remain firm to guide us on in the future.

Thus it was in every phase of our college career. In dor­ mitory life, class work, relation of student to professor, in extra­ curricular activities, in sports, always our fanciful conceptions were rudely pushed aside and more practical and adequate ones took their place. Some conceptions we soon realized had to go, others we mourn to this day.

Were we to picture the faultless Utopia we had drawn of dormitory life or of the relation of professor to student, you would probably laugh us to scorn ; therefore, in the field of sport alone we shall brave your derision and describe as much of our crumbled ideal as we can remember. Football, basketball, and baseball were as necessary to a college as the professors them­ selves. In fact, our ideal could have brooked the absence of a professor much easier than the absence of these sports. Yet they had to be kept at a very high level. If a boy donned a uniform it automatically meant that he had left all personal feelings behind him as much as possible. He had now dedicated his time and ability to the school and the team. In all matters, were he a star or the lowest subsitute, he was to be obedient to the coach and abide by his rules. No enmity was to exist be­ tween players, except a friendly rivalry for positions, that each might try to better himself and thus aid the team. The coach was to be a man who was to inspire trust and confidence, a man to whom a victory or a loss made little difference, but to whom a unity of spirit was of great importance; a man who could recognize the different temperaments of those in his charge and even aid the development of their character.-----But why dwell on broken ideals ? Does contemplating on the broken fragments of a costly vessel decrease the sorrow of its loss ?

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A Parting Suggestion............

ECAUSE of the new system inaugurated here several years ago, a new schedule must be worked out for the in-coming Junior class. This new schedule will necessarily be very com­ plete, especially in the Senior year, since two years of prepa­ ratory Greek must be made up. Free periods will be as scarce as the sun in Wisconsin. Several free periods during the week are very beneficial, especially since the regular student carries at least eight subjects. Even though these free periods are not always used for studying, still they break the monotony and grive the student rest and added zest for his work as a whole.

In order to add several free hours to this coming schedule, why not spend only one semester on logic and one semester on psychology ? Either of these courses can, in my opinion, be easily covered in one semester. If the first semester of the Junior year were spent on logic, and the second on psychology, the schedule for the Senior year would be lightened by the addition of three free periods a week.

Surely this plan is worth considering, since the original schedule was burdensome enough for the student without in­ creasing the grief through an even more complete schedule.

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^luntnt JJotes It is with the deepest regret that we report the death of Dr. F. W. Notz, who since 1924 has served as Dean of Ge orgetown University, Washington D. C. Dr. Notz was born Aug. 10, 1879, at Watertown, Wisconsin. He gained his elementary education at St. Mark’s Parochial School. After his graduation from Northwestern College in 1897, he entered the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Wauwatosa, Wis., and thereupon served as Pastor in Philadelphia, Pa While studying Economics and Philology at the University of Pennsylvania, he was a member of the Archeological Expedition to Palestine. From 1904 to 1913 he was instructor at Northwestern College; he served as Professor of Economics at Georgetown University since 1919.

Dr. Notz gained international fame as a scholar, lecturer, and economist, and was much sought after in high government circles.

The Rev. Mr. S. Fenske，’30, of Milwaukee has accepted a call to the Lutheran congregation at Mercer, Wis. A son a. rived at the home of the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. W. Gutzke, Marshfield, Wis., May 28. The Rev. Mr. Gutzke is a member of the class of，17 and Mrs. Gutzke of the class of ’22.

The. Rev. Mr. D. Rossin，’31，and his Sunday school teach­ ers will attend River Forest College in July for a course in Sun­ day School work.

Mr. N. Pautz, ex ’36, is attending the Wisconsin Commer­ cial Academy at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Prof. C. Schweppe，’12, is acting President of D. M. L. C., New Ulm, Minnesota, during the illness of Prof. E. Bliefernicht，’03.

A new organ was recently dedicated at Ephrata Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, of which the Rev. Mr. F. Pankow, ex ’08, is pastor The Rev. Mr. F. Miller, *29, Calome, South Dakota, spent his vacation with relatives at Milwaukee in May. The St. Johns congregation of Markesan, Wis., whose pas­ tor is the Rev. Mr. C. Kobs, ^l, celebrated on June 3, the fiftieth anniversary of its founding. The speakers on this occasion were Prof. W. Schumann, *12, of N. W. C., and Pas­ tors B. Schlueter, ’00, of Oshkosh, Wis” W. Pankow, *12, New London, and J. Helmes.

Mr. Heinz Bluhm, ’28, has recently published an article on ‘‘The reception of Goethe’s Faust in England after the Middle of the Nineteenth Century.” It appeared in the Joimial of English and German philology.

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The third installment of minutes of Synod meetings, dating from 1849 to 1855, contains the first four articles of the constitution"adopted May 20. 1850.

Assoc. Editor.

Slop. V. 5Bon ben orbiniertcn tjJrebiflern.

1. 3lfTc orbimcrtcn ^rcbifler finb iit 石qiifl auf 9?ang, Xitel unb ^cd)to einanbcr boffin rtlcirf). ^'cbcr ift in fcincr ober jcincn ©emein* ben 33ifdjof. 3fucl) Me 33eamtcu t)cr ^ijnobe fi'rtjren cine ^ruffidjt imr in \o ifcrn i(jrc ?fcmkT 3ur bcr Orbrning unb bee SSofjlfoIjrt bi、§ ^0113011 贷iiUKT弓 notig finb, unb fo moit iljrc ^ffidjt i)t, BriibcrIid) rateit unb jit crmaOncn.

2. G3 tut baOer fein ^rebifler ciucit (Jinflriff in ber ©emcinbc ctnc§ anberen, it»cbcr burri) ^rebigen, nod) burd) ^crridjhmfl onbercr 'Xmt^jcfdjaftc, fei bcim mit t)e§ ^r-cbtacrS ber ©cmcinbe.

3. $ycbcr ^rcbiflcr faim in feincc ©cmcinbc mit ^in^ujic^en beS SHrcTjeiiratcB forrfje Ginridjtimflcii treffon, mic c§ fiir bic ^emcinbc am iUH'ffmafjirtftcii ift. Tod) jof( al(c^ mit bem rciiicu '^itielmort (GOriftcutuni) unb ben ^cFcuntui§id)riftcn nnfcrcr 酶d)e: uBcreinftimHH'ii. XniianfoIiH1 foflcn and) in itiiicmi Oicmciuben affc flottc^bicnft!W)cu ^anMuiiflcn und) ber Iici mi§ cinflcfiUjrtcn %cnbe Dcrridjtet mcri>CH.

4. tvober orMiticrte ^'rebifliT (jat bo€ JRcdjt, fcinc Steffi* 311 tjcrlaf* K'n »nb eiuo on hero iui3imi'()mcn. ^oc() mufj cr in fo midjtiflcr 3fngcleflcn^cit Qcuii[fcnOoft- aB tun* ©ott 'Oanbcln unb jebc derailbenmg bei’nrt folmfb mojilid) bem '^rafibenten (icridjtcn. o. ^eber orbinierte t|Srebiflcr, ber ®cfd)icflirfjfeit ^cigt unb ©eleiU'nfjcit IjaOcn metfl, Skcfjt IjaOcn, jungo banner, bic jidi ban ^rebirttamt mibmen mofkn, in Untcrrid)t 311 ncOmcn unb fie burd) nrd)]cnfc()aftlid)c itnb praftiicfje fiir ben Dienft ber 飯由e 3U bcrcitcn.

6. ^icbcr ^rebirter fofC ciu rtt'nauc^ 圯cqeicfini纟 affa. burd) if)it @etauftcn, ^onfirmierten, 5jffi)ciratetcit unb ^Bcerbiflten, faroic aud) ber fomimtni^icrcnbcn Oilicbcr fcincr ©cincinbc obev ©cnxeinben fiUjren, Me 汜iicfn’r, in indefjen foldic^ ^cr^cidjnis gpfiUjyt [offcit ba§ breibenbe (5iflcnhim ber Wcmcinbc ober Oiemainben fciii.

7.这11 afCon olmui lien ben Strcitiflfcitcn 3ioijc()cn 3U?ei ^rebiflerit uber jiuifdicu cincni ^reMrtor unb beficn ©emcinbc, foiuie aud) J6ct crluaiflcn •Stroitirtfeiten 3iuiic()cit 03cmcinbcn uitb ©cmeiiibcn, incite oc* trcffcivben ^artcion meber burd) iljrc ciflcnc '-yemiUjunfl, noa) uitm) ^crinittcfunfl bc^ ^rdfibenten gefcCjIiditet nrscrbcn fonnen, nioflen ikI) bicfelbcn an bic Hcriommclte Stjnobc luenbcn. 5)icic aber foft Dor^clcgtc 多arf)e mil. bauu uutcrfudicu unb entirfjcibcn, <rocmt uic 4hii'* 96

t ^Math ^ teien crHarcn, bafs fie firf) bcr ©ntfrfjcibung bcr 'Sonobc untcrtDcvfcn moffcn.

8. ^vin fyalTc baf^ oin ^rebiflcr burd) bon ^irrficnrat fcincr 05cmcinbc obcr bitrd) ba§ ©crirfit 2anbc§ oinc§ s^crCircc(icn^ iKii'rmie* fen <n>or-bcn, fo foil, mcnn ba§ Urlcil ⑽uiHcii(iafl untciludit uub firf) icftatiflt Ijnt, cin foldicr ait§ bcm ,^or|)cr auSncfcTjToffcn obcr lion icincm ^fmt fu§l)cnbicrt mcrbcti. mo a. iucim oiu foldior ficfi (iriiuWicf) Iieffcrt unb fcin Unrcrfit fmt aciuodit T)of, Me ©ijnobc ricbcnfcn, oB cS ratfam fen. itjn micbor onf-umefimcn 9. SScnn ciu Witalicb unrercr ^ffi&inbuiKi fein Vrebiatmut nil** berlcflt unb cin aiib«Tc§ Oicfcfiaft trciTit fo ToIT ctn iofrfu'S TOcb fcin ?Rcdit mcTir in bcr 'Snnobc -fiatini. S>nd) T)ot bicTc§ Toincn 53c,yta auf fotdie, U>eTtf)c al§ ^rofcfforen obcr Scljrcr !u ^cminaricn anflcftcfft nticrbcn.

10. 5Scnn ciit rcdfif§maf?iq orbinicrlcr ^reMflcr ciitcr (tnbrrcn diriftlidicn birdie in iiuicrc ^crriinbiutrt oufacMioiuuuMi 川 UM'rbi'u iniinfrfit. unb bo§ tD?ini.ftcrium bon feiuer JvronimirttVit unb ttiontoai* fdjen ^Bitbunfl iuiencmit ift, fo fnnu bcrWe, menu or ba§ eti -Tutti. fcmttniS o!§ bo§ fciniac nuninunt. in unfcrni ^crtimib mtfacnonimcn luerben. unb folf 311 Siij imb 部iiime 'Tier-cd>tirtt fcin, [ofialb or fcinc ©cmcinbc in unicrcr SmiobaftHTTnubima anninunt.

11. ©U.-TitfT). ^rc&iacr. mdcfio itirc Orbination biircf) eiit nubcrc§ WiniMnum cml»f<tuflcu Wen, miiffcn, otic fio mifai'iiommeu morbi'n, ante imb riditinc 8c_Hfe barTonou. ir«nnb ciu ^luetfcl ob, fo foil bcr ^rafibent 011 bic Tircfilidie ^cljorbo idireifn'u, mit bcr or ,^uTcfet licrTninbcn 扣ar•领 nITc§ in Drbnuiuv unb ift (T bnrrf) ^nu'i ^riftei-Ic mifflciiommcn, fo crljcilt cr, iiadjbcm cr bie ^ouftitution unfcridjrieTicn tjat. unb Slinuno.

12. ®pnJo imifj audj ciu .CTanbibat obcr ^Irebhior. bor 011§ ^>ciiffrfiranb fonimt riditifli' imb ante S^itiinine auf3nnu'iicn iuflanbo fcin, Tictior er mifaciiomnieii merbou Foun.

13. @iit ^anbibai, bcr lum bcr *Stmobo li^cnficrt ift. Tint .^nci ^valjrc ficfi cin a»tcr ^frbeiter im 3SetnTicra bc6 .*oomi .^it crtiroTicn, efie cr orbiniert inicrbcn Fomt. nimi ieborfj cin RnlT lun'foinmou. lr»n cine 5fu§uoT)mc bon f)or JWeflcI ituuiifdienSim'rt ift, unb in forrficm Aoff entfdjeibcn $m、i ^)rittetlc bcr orbiuierten ^rcbiacc bc§ 5)?iuiftcriiun§.

14. eine ©unobc itiefit nur au§ ^rebiflcrn ticftcTicn faun, fo <berfM)t fid) l>on felTift baft bicicniacn ^rebiaer, bio iiitfccer 义Vrtiinbiuia <icI)orcu. ilirc 05cmcinbc ba,yt nufforbcnt, fid) nil bio 3mtobo anaufcTiIicfjcu. (?in ^rebiaer ift urn* cin rcrtclniaf?uu'§ Witalicb. tncitn leim' (iJcmeinbe mit .vir ^nnobc fldiort. S*nu'i Ts'aTirc (lint cr 8ci0 ar. nicfjt cr 'ba§ lioltc ^ann m* in biejer 3cit ioinc ^rmeinbe nirf)t 311111 5fnfdjruf? ficinciicn, fo Tjat cr bio Wemcinbc ,^it tH'rrniicn imb rinc niit nn§ l»crliunbcnc Wcmciiibi' au^incljiucn, imb Hiiff oin jordier ^>rcbiacr nirfjf tun, fo faun cr unicrcr Snnobc mtr nl尽{icratcnbcv Witglicb {iciniorjucn, aBer Tjat fcinc Stimutc mcfjr.

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15. 2Bcnu cin orbinici'tcS 5®fllieb bicfeS ^iuiftcciumS non Ijicr mcfl3tcl)t imb fid) -mit dncm nnbcren 肌inifterhmi Ucrtiinbct fo fofl baolcHic, lucnii flcuntiiirijt, 311 ciuc'm ^itje, bod) nidjt mctjr 311 einer Stiininc Dcrcdjtiflt fciu. ilap. VI. 5Soit ben li^c»rfi<?rtcn ^anbibatcu 1. 9Bcr Don biofcm .^orpcr oI§ ^anbibnt aufrtonommcn 311 lucrben nofinfcTjt mufe Dor beni bcrfnmmeitcn 衝nifterium i)er|o»rid) crfrfjeiuen tuib fid) einer ^riifung uutcrjiclju, mid) mufe bcrfoTBc fid) 311 belt 〆 3i)in0ofcn ber clvliitl). .Uirdn' befonnen uub in ionbcrljcit bic unUcr(iubertc ^fuji0Ourflifc()e iloiifcifion Oefcnncn.

2. Die Vlufualjmc faun alfo iup: Ooi ciucr rcdjtsntafjiflcn S5cr. fauimluua acidjdjon, imb bic^ flilt midj fiir berf menu ber 5fpplifont burd) beu ^rafibeufeu eine 2i3C»3 ob interim iTf)a(tcu tjah 3. ^eber .^aiibibat ber in unferc 58erbinbunfl treten 'luifC, mufj mit ben a I ten ®prod)cn un-trout join, Dor oUcm a ber imijj cr bic 3prad)e, in ber man prebiflt, avoiuuiatifalifd) ridjtifl [predjen, mufj for- ^ ner mit ben midjHflftcn ^ludacu iu、r ^Ocorbgic ant :,Defannt f翻，T&e* fonbcrS in ber CSycflcfc. Toauiotif, Woral, iiirdjcnflcfdjicfjte, 34io(ojiotif unh ASomircHif nut fioidjlnaoii uub bar in >uhi()1 311 «^nu[e foin. 2)a§ SKiiiiltcrium 111 aa jobodi in Jvarfon lunt beu flcnannteii ^orberumicn nad) nad)laiKu, uu'iiii mibcit' ber ^pplifaut burd) tonftifle (riflcnidjrtftcn ba§ 來reb_mt Dotrcffcnb 311111 IMmimt tiid)fivi ift uub ba*3 ^aiiflclubc burd) flcifjirtcS 8tubiercn 311 erftreben t»eriprid)t. 〆 1. >viir uu'iicn iHufiuiIjinc nad) nddidjcncr '^rufimii ^uci ①rith、i!e Jut anmcicubon orbiuiorten '^rcbiiior ftiiuuien, ber forr, narfibem er bic (irfiiUuna feiner 'i'flirfjton uoriprodjim itnb bie Monftitiition imtcr3eid)uct hat alo liicniiortor ,sioni>ibai unu'roo WiniitiTiumd anerfaunt fein uub ift ticred)tifit iu beu U>iu anuertraiitcn ©cniciubcu «Ifc ^fctuS niiniitcriarc^ 311 Derma I ten. .

5. Gr ift aber auf Me ilim oniicrtroutcn 05cmcinbcn t)cid)ranft,/ imb barf bicfellicii oljuc (MmitmiC、bi>3、A)('iiiifU，riiun§ ober bc§ ^raji* bontcu nidjt ucrlaiion aber mit anberen Dcriuedficln. 5fuc() barf cr in feinen Qiibcren ©cmcinben NXmt§(ic|d)aftc lu'rriditcn, fei bemu cr Trier〜加n bem ^Prcbiflcr ber Wcmcinbo bet川 erfudjt. 〜 0. ift i()tu crfauDr, imFante C'ieim'inbcn 011311110()111011 mir in bem ivaffc RPenn ber ^rafibent bie (^eiicr)ini(juiifl bn3u flcflcticu Ijat o^ne pciu'Ijmiflima atier nirfit. ^crfiielt cr dicr au§ cifleitom Ohitbitnfen fiti* fid) alteiu ©cmcinbcn, fo foI( cin ioldicr Slanbibat afs fu^cii* biert Qiificfctjcn merben.

7. Gr ii(icrreic()t 脚diet】bem ^liuiftcriimi civile, 1>呼 mi§flccir〆 Dciteh? ^'rebijitcn unb 3iiflfcidi cine uiiiiniirfiaftlirfjo _ 5fCi» lianbrung iUjcr ben Horn ^.'rafibenten 3111101* Mtinimtcu OScGCuftanb, fiat ferner iu feincit ©einoinben cin ^er^cidiniS 311 fiifjrcn non affen Octouftcn, ^oiifirmiertcn u.f.iu., aurf) f)at er in jdjiDieiigen gaffen ben 況at ^rafibenten ein3uI;o(eu.

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8. ©r fommt j的did), lucun nidjt burd) briufleubc Uniftaubc Ucr/ Ijinbcrt 3ur ^cufammlunfl bcr *3i)iiobc uiib l)at oitj unb ■Stimmc in •bcrfelben. s^ud) ci'jdjcint cr im Winiftcrium, I)at aOer fcinc Stinimc.

9. 9Sa§ bic Drbinaticm bcr .^'nubibateii iotriflt io fa mi bie|*d6c nur in cincr rcflclmaf3iflcn Winiftci-ialDcriammlunrt beirf)loffen nucrbcn. 33ei bci* Orbination mirb jebcr ^aubibat auf bic imocraiibcrtc 5rufl§[utrflifc()c ^onfefjion, foiuie mtf bie iiDriflcn 'i}cfcmitui§jcl)riftcn bee cu.»lutl). ilirdjc Dcr^flidjtct unb iljm folflcubc norndcrtt: 1) ©iauben @ic# iJajj bic Simbamcntaffcljren ber ^eiliflcn -Sdjrift in ben ®imiticn§arlifelii ber unDcraiibcrtcn .Uonf. unb ben iUiriiicn eto.-h蛛 ^cfcnutni§fcl)nft<?n vein, mcfcntlirf) itub rid)ti(j cntOalten finb? 2) Sinb Sie and) feit cnt|d)Io|icn foldje Seljrnorm in ^l). rem n)id)tigcn Sfmte 311 fjanMjabcn unb ftd^ bcnfdOen cntiprcdjcnb 311 Ieljrcn? ^ft bie§ 颂re aufrid)ti{jc ©cfimuuifl, {0 foflt'u *3ie: mit @otte§ ^iCjc. 货a|j. VII. $on bcu SrOflcor-bnctcu bcc ©cmcinbc 1.5Da djriftlirfjc @emcinbcn burd) cine 53crbinbiuifl miter cinanbcr fid) gcgcnfeiHg ratcu unb imterftii^cn foKcn unb bn ferner diriftlidje ©emeinben cDcnforoo^I alS ifjrc ^robiflcr ⑽idjtifle 9K'd)tc iTjaticn, in beren 33efi钐 fie gefdjii^t unb <jcficTjcrt lucrbcu mufi'cn, fo fotteu bic mit biefem ®iiniftcrmm UccBuuhcncn ©cmciubeu bcrcrfjtiflt fein, in bcu ©tjnobnrDciianimhuiflcu burd) 9f(iflcorbnctc Dcctfctcu 311 merben.

2•汾c ©cmcinbc, n>dd)c cincn orbiuiorten ^rebider ober ^Tvmbi， baten bicie§311 iljrcm Scljrer I)ot ift bcrorfjtirtt oinon STbflcorbnctcu juc ©ijnobc 311 fdjicfcu. $at ciu '^robiflcr mcOrcrc ©o ntcinbcn, fo Oat mic cin ?fbflcorbnetcr Si贫 uitb Stinime.

3.夺eber 'Xtiflcorbnctc, ber Silj unb •Stimme Oolu'u foff, mufj oiu 33cflfauliiflimfl0i*d)ri'i(icn non bom itirrf)enrnte bor Womciiibe niitbrin* flon unb joIdjeS bem ^rafibcntcii cinljaubiflcu4. 5>ic Srbgcorbneten, jucldjc fid) foldjc Icflitimicrt IjaBcn, foil* 細 ®orfd)Iaflc madjen unb iOtc. 3timmc fici affeu 311 entid)eibcii^en Srflflcn flcbcn, ou^cnontmcn menu iilicr ^nifuitfl, Si^enficrunfl, Or’ bination, ^fujna^mc in baS 9)liniftorium ober nu6 bemfeP&cn oJ&gcftmiint uicrben [off. 5Dicfe5 aotiort bent 9)?iniftcrium auS>

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In an anniversary number we have learned that it is a more desirable form: that this particular paper has “grown from a monthly literary to a weekly campus newspaper.J * Since the columns and news notes of those papers are written by reporters and editors, the student has an opportunity to express his opin­ ion in his paper only when a vote is taken on who the prettiest girl might be. We are hardly so impudent as to set up the Black and Red as a model, but a literary paper does seem more fitting for a college than a mere newspaper.

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Students in our universities, recent graduates, and other intelligent youth are becoming amenable to harmful propaganda.

To maintain the foundations of our present political order, as well as to bring about a more happy social condition where economic rewards will be more equitable distributed, we, the present and former students of our country, do hereby organize with the purpose of achieving those aims in a peaceful and democratic manner.” If Tf—，----1 " you’ve skipped over this excerpt from the Royal Purple as any sensible man would, it’s just a part of the platform of a youth movement “designed to unite all college students in a program for constructive work, or to keep them from turning radica!.’’ T.his〕ust when the University of Pitts­ burg is going to be investigated for not being radical enough.

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that they bury this year’s excitements, and that someone will devise some new gags during the summer for next year’s crop of intellectuals to wax intelligent about. * * * The Boston Latin School celebrated its three-hundredth anniversary this year and has the distinction of being the oldest public secondary school in the United States: at the celebration was President Emeritus Lowell of Harvard, ‘‘who had noticed that at Harvard University the graduates of the Boston Latin School regularly form the largest and smartest group of stu­ dents. The Latin School students still have the same ideal which they have held to for three hundred years, and which has brought them a high standard of accomplishment: they learn their lessons by grinding long hours over their books.”

We omit the moral which the Bellman had added.

Practicability, the chooser of present student’s activities, has virtually driven music out of college. While a “basic know­ ledge of its history, its greatest men and their achievments, and its general appreciation is imperative to the student who attains a degree of Bachelor of Arts, very few college graduates know and appreciate the finer and greater elements of classical music.

Most students will rail a fellow student with ribald remarks, if he decides to listen to a symphony orchestra for a short while in preference to some jazz band; yet it is very likely that their knowledge and appreciation of true music is astonishingly and almost disgustingly absent.” Music as the chief and most en­ joyable of the fine arts should be fostered a bit at a college whose aim it is to teach the arts.

Also from the Carroll Echo: At last! We have found a college paper which effected a change in the method of studying foreign language by means of an editorial. An attempt will be made at Dartmouth for a year to conduct courses in Italian and French literature using English translations for the text books. No knowledge of the languages will be required in either of the courses. The two new additions to the curriculum will treat the literature of the countries as the necessary accompaniments of the society of the time and as a contribution to the respective civilization.:’ We think it is a good idea: at any rate, such courses would inform one of the usually neglected literature of these countries, and we would not need to view them all our life through the eyes of German critics. :* Stephen Leacock maintains that he is teaching because it was the only ‘‘trade that neither required experience nor intel­ lect.” George Bernard Shaw says, ‘‘Those who can, do: those 102

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•Thiensville，May 15. The Seminary opened proceedings by scoring a run in the first inning. Northwestern countered with a run in the second and two in the third. Wendland hit a double, Koehler went to first on an error, and Schroeder singled to score the last two runs. The Seminary scored again in the fifth, but Northwestern led by one run until the ninth, when Buenger walked and finally went home on a passed ball to tie the score.

The game was called in the tenth inning.

Northwestern Seminary A.B. R. H. E. Players Players A.B. R. H. E. 5 0 0 2 Schwartz-1, f.

5 0 0 0 Buch-2.b.

4 111 Schroeder-l.b.

4 0 12 Hotlen-r.f.

3 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 Biesmann-c.

C. Frey-2, b.

5110 Nommensen-p.

4 0 2 1 Lambert-r. f.

3 10 0 2 0 0 0 Buenger-l.b. dow-3.b.

4 10 1 1 0 0 0 Siegler-l.f.

Frey-3, b.

3 10 1 Toepel-c.f.

2 0 0 0 Knief-c.f.

4 0 11 Schewe-s.s.

Hanser-l.f.

2 0 10 4 0 0 1 Wiedenmeyer-s.s. 5 0 10 Raabe-3.b.

Wendland-c.

34 3 4 7 3 110 Koehler-p.

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Base on balls: Off Koehler 3; off Nommensen 4. Struck out:

By Koehler 7; by Nommensen 9. Two base hits: Wendland 1.

Sacrifice hits: I. Frey 1; Biesmann 1. Double Plays: Schewe to Buch to Buenger. Passed balls: Wendland.

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Milwaukee, May 18. The heavy end of the Gosling’s batt­ ing list got under way in the first. Schwartz got a base on balls, Schroeder singled, and Lambert cleaned the bases by hitting a home run. In the remaining innings Schwartz, Lambert, Sydow, and Hanser crossed the plate. Milwaukee tallied its lone run in the fourth on a single and a double.

University Extension Northwestern A.B. R. H. E. Players 4 0 2 0 Wilson f.

4 0 0 1 Koehn-3b.

Tickivich-p., c.f. 4 0 0 0 3 113 Jones-s.s.

Perschbacker-r. f. 4 0 10 Morrissey-2b.,s.s. 3 0 0 0 Callahan-lb.,2b. 3 0 0 1 Huennekens-c.

3 0 0 0 Maraska-c. f.

3 0 0 0 Jacobson-1 b.

10 0 0 10 0 1 Lippmann-2b.

0 0 0 0 Raynor-s.s.

33 1 4 5 Base on balls: Off Koehler 1; off Wilson 4. Struck out: by Koehler 10; by Wilson 2. Wild pitches: Koehler 2; Wilson 5.

Two base hits: Schwartz 1; Perschbacker 1. Home runs: Lambert 1. Sacrifice hits: C. Frey 1; Hanser 1. Stolen bases: Schroeder 1; Hanser 1; Koehler 1.

A.B. R. H. E. Players 4 2 3 0 Schwartz-c. f.

Schroeder-1. b.

4 2 2 0 4 10 0 C. Frey-2, b.

Lambert-r. f.

4 3 2 0 4 3 10 Sydow-3. b.

R. Hanser-1. f.

3 2 10 Wiedenmeyer-s. s. 4 3 3 1 Wendland-c.

4 30 0 Koehler-p.

3 10 4 I. Frey-1, f.

2 00 0 G. Frey-lb.

0 00 0 37~7~9 2

Northwestern 3 Mission House 0 Plymouth, May 22. The first run was scored in the sixth inning by Schroeder after he had hit a double. In the eighth Schwartz got a three bagger and scored on C. Frey，s single.

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Lambert-r. f.

4 0 10 4 0 11 Sydow-3b.

Hanser-l.f.

4 0 0 1 Wledenmeyer-s.s. 4 0 10 3 0 0 0 Wendland-c.

Koehler-p.

3 0 0 0 34 3 7 2

Mission House Players A.B. R. H. E. Traeger-l.f.

4 0 0 0 Schwitzgobel-2b. 4 0 11 VanAkkeren-p. 3 0 11 Eckardt-s.s.

3 0 0 0 Weirwille-3b.

4 0 0 0 Heyl-r. f.

3 0 0 0 Saubert-c.f.

10 0 0 Kessler-c.f.

10 0 0 Doame-c.

3 0 10 Dadevig-lb.

3 0 0 0 29 0 3 2 Base on balls: Off Koehler 1; off Van Akkeren 1. Struck out: By Koehler 11; by Van Akkeren 12. Hit by pitched ball: Kessler.

Two base hits: Schroeder 1. Three base hits: Schwartz 1. Stolen bases: C. Frey 2; Lambert 1; Sydow 1; Hauser 1; Wiedenmeyer 1.

Mission House 2 Northwestern 12 Watertown, May 25. Schwartz led off with a single and was brought home by Lambert, who hit a home run. The second inning, in which every member of the team went to the plate, was the most productive of runs. Schroeder got a homer, which brought in Wendland and Schwartz ahead of him. Lambert walked, Sydow doubled, and Hanser repeated the double to score two more runs. Northwestern scored again in the third, fifth, sixth, and seventh innings.

Eckardt crossed the plate for Mission House in the second after he had hit a triple. Ladevig, who brought Eckardt home, got a three base hit in the sixth and scored on Steiger’s single.

Mission House Northwestern A.B. R. H. E. Players Players A.B. R. H. E. 5 0 10 Traeger-1. f.

Schwartz-c. f.

4 3 2 0 4 0 0 2 Schroeder-l.b.

4 13 0 Heyl-c.

VanAkkeren-2b 4 0 10 G. Frey-1, b.

10 0 0 Eckardt-s.s.，p. 4 111 C. Frey-21b.

5 0 0 0 4 0 10 Kessler-r. f.

Lambert-r.f.,p. 3 3 10 4 13 1 Ladevig：-l.b.

Sydo\v-3.b.

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10 0 0 2 0 0 0 Laubert-c.f.

Hanser-l.f.

3 0 10 4 0 0 1 Pinchen-3.b.

Toepel-c.f.

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By Koehler 10; by Lambert 4; by Steiger 4. Wild pitches: Steiger. Passed balls: Heyl 4. Two base hits: Schwartz; Schroeder 2; Hauser; Sydow. Three base hits: Wiedenmeyer; Eckardt; Ladevig. Home runs: Schroeder; Lambert.

Watertown, June 1. Northwestern won both games of a double header. In the first game the Black and Red held the lead throughout. Aurora took the lead in the beginning of the second game, but at the end of the third inning- the score was tied. Koehler, who then replaced Lambert as pitcher, hit a home run in the sixth to put Northwestern in the lead. This led to a seventh inning rally which resulted in a gain of six runs for Northwestern.

Aurora 4 Nodliwcslcrn 8 A.B. R. H. E. Players A.B. R. H. E. Players 5 0 0 0 4 110 Dunlop-c. f.

Schwartz-c. f.

5 2 11 4 0 11 Turk-2b.

Schroeder-lb.

3 112 C. Frey-2b.

3 0 2 0 Fowler-s.s.

4 0 10 Labert-r.f.

3 110 Stone-c.

4 12 0 4 111 Courcier-lb.

Sydow-3b.

3 0 10 Hanser-l.f.

4 111 Wonderly-3b.

4 0 0 0 Wiedenmeyer-s.s. 4 2 11 Shavv-lf., p.

Wendland-c.

3 10 0 Burnell-r.f.,lf.

4 0 0 0 3 0 10 Koehler-p.

4 12 0 Cooper-r. f.

0 0 0 0 Christian-p.

34 8 10 4 35 4 7 3 Base on balls: Off Koehler 1; off Stone 2. Struck out:

By Koehler 9; by Stone 6. Hit by pitched ball: Courcier, Wonderly, Cooper. Two base hits: Koehler 2. Three base hits: Lambert. Home runs: Fowler.

Northwestern 10 Aurora 3 Players A.B. R. H. E. Players A.B. R. H. E. Schwartz-cf.,lf. 5 2 3 0 Dunlop-c. f.

3 10 0 Schroeder-lb.

5 0 0 1 Turk-2b.

3 10 0 C. Frey-2b.

4 2 2 1 Fowler-s.s.

3 110 Lambert-p.,rf. 4 12 1 Stone-c.

4 0 10 I. Frey-36.

2 10 1 Courcier-lb.

4 0 0 1 Hanser-l.f.

2 0 0 1 Wonderly-3b.

4 0 2 1 Wiedenmeyer-s.s.3 0 10 Shaw-p., If. 4 0 0 1 Wendland-c.

3 10 1 Burnell-rf., If. 4 0 0 0 M. Toepel-r. f. 4 2 2 0 Christian-p.

3 0 10 Koehler-p.

2 110 Eberley-r.f.

10 0 0 G. Frey-lb.

0_ 0 0 0 33 ~35 3 107

Base on balls: Off Lambert 2; off Christian 5. Struck out:

By Lambert 4; by Koehler 8; by Christian 6. Wild pitches: Christian 3. Passed balls: Stone 6. Struck by pitched ball: C. Frey. Two base hits: Schwartz. Home runs: Koehler.

TENNIS. Watertown, May 20. Northwestern experienced little difficulty in defeating Milton by a score of 6—0.

Watertown, May 25. Aurora was defeated, 5—1. Before the match the team was cut to four men — Vallesky, Tetzlaff, Quandt, and Schaller.

Janesville, May 29. The Gosling quartette again turned back Milton, 5—1.

Watertown, May 31. The Seminary was fortunate enough to win three matches and tie the score. Northwestern, how­ ever, remains undefeated for the season.

Although the season was short and not at all trying, we feel sure that our team is worthy of recognition. It can continue to be so with the whole-hearted aid of the Athletic Board and the backing of the students.

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By daily observation through dust-stained windows the college park even now in its spring garb gradually becomes just not the usual another scene----- grass, trees, some shrubs type, but surely nothing to go into ecstasy over. However, when one again and again notices visitors strolling1 through the campus, apparently drawn solely by some scenic attraction, it eventually must dawn upon one that there may be another aspect to our campus besides that which strikes the student’s eye. And on second glance it doesn’t require a very strenous effort to find the attraction: a lawnlike park, several acres in extent, terraced in places, rolling in others, with a blanket of grass only broken here and there by beds of perennial flowers and groups of blossoming shrubbery-----mock-orange, flowering1 almond, honey-suckle, bridle-wreath — and entirely covered by a growth of some twenty-six varieties of trees … locust, walnut, Kentucky coffee-bean, and even the biblical sycamore: enveloped within all this natural beauty, the ivy-covered — —at least, partly covered----- buildings from which long curving walks wind among： the trees to the street on the edge! But this sounds too much like a catalog. The beauty is there, yet it seems only for the visitor.

Did I say beauty?----- beauty!? And here it is the second week in June? Summer and winter, fire and water, Sydow and neckties harmonize better than June and beauty. At a time when the mind must busy itself about such matters as the death of Thothmes III, use of the cognate accusative, and the digestion of a ham sandwich -- — at such a time to mention trees, flowers, nature! Accept my most humble apologies.

On May 31. Oliver Goldsmith’s 44Good-Natured Man” was presented by college players. As far as acting was concerned the play undoubtedly should have been a marked success and, 111

although there were times when it was difficult to understand parts of the dialogues, the players are to be congratulated, not to forget Mr. Franzmann, who offered his services in coaching the players. But the very nature of the play handicapped the efforts of the players. It seems that the play, considering both the small amount of action that it had and the audience, was almost too long----- two and threefourths hours were required to enact it. And here again the blame can’t exactly be placed on the committee which chose the play, since it was allowed only a short period in which to choose the play. Perhaps the only criticism that can be offered isthat the literary societies didn’t start soon enough in electing a committee to select a play.

Nevertheless, the societies have more than sufficient reason to be satisfied; only, speaking with preceding plays in mind it could have been better.

Juniors at last! After six years of anticipation another class has passed the mark. For six years the term Junior was synonomous with authority, dignity, and privilege. And now ----- what a luxury: rushing through the meal, nonchalantly standing up, banging the chair against the table, stalking through the dining1 room, and slamming the door! Ah! for the privileges of a Junior.

It has often been a point of debate just what the members of the graduating class are after June 1. They can’t be Seniors, since the Juniors are Seniors; they can’t be alumni, since they’re still attending classes; they can’t be professors, since they haven’t their degree. Just what they are hasn’t been deter­ mined as yet, but in this age of minute research it shouldn’t take long.

The orchestra was “set up” by the following new officers: Delmer Hallemeyer, president: Samuel Kugler, vice-president; Leonard Koeninger, librarian. The officers of the male chorus: Karl Gurgel, president; Gilbert Sydow, vice-president; Orvin Sommers, secretary. Of the mixed chorus: Theodore Sauer, president; Lydia Nauniann, vice-president; Arline Schumann, secretary.

The final concert given by all the musical organizations of Northwestern will be held June 12 in the college gymnasium.

Another annual coed banquet has been written in the annals of history. The coeds dared the cold and donned sheer organdies and frills. Their appearance reminded one of a rain­ bow. My, was the meal delicious! What coed could resist cake and ice-cream? Since Janet Kusel was toastmistress, it was her 112

duty to call upon the eloquent:speakers. The shortest speeches received the longest applausei. Lorraine Asmus, the Tertia Coed and guest of honor for the evening, was also called upon for a speech. We were pleased to hear that she might be back again next year. After dinner the girls played cards and found other curiosities to interest themselves.

A woman never wants her neighbor to get ahead of her.

Harriet Owen and Ruth Scheele showed Dorothy Schlueter and Lucille Streich that they could get the measles too. Ruth Scheele has not returned yet.

A number of Coeds went on the Freshman hike about the middle of May. The weather was chilly and many of the hikers caught cold. Nevertheless, an enjoyable time was had by all.

The next day the girls were unintentionally chided because very few of their number attended chapel. Their professor had given them their hour off, so why should they rouse weary limbs from much needed rest?

Pleasant surprises are always welcome in the coed room.

During recess on May 27 all the coeds of the collegiate depart­ ment were eating chocolate cake which Margaret Lutovsky had brought. Happy birthday! Margaret, and many more of them.

Two coeds in particular must be mentioned for keeping the coed room tidy. They are Evelyn Schroeder and Janet Carey.

When ‘‘Evie’’ and ‘‘Janie’’ cleaned, even the pillows received an airing, and the room seemed fresh again. Do not think the other coeds don’t know how to clean, because under the direc­ tion of “our president” each one did her bit to keep things in order during the past year.

The play was of general interest to the coeds because this year five were fortunate enough to be chosen for the cast. The excitement reached a climax a few days before the play was presented when the **lucky five’’ displayed their gorgeous gowns and related last minutes details about the staging and actors. After that most of the coeds were determined to see the play.

Among the former coeds seen at the College recently were Eugenia Meyer, Glenna Rasmussen, Gertrude Bunge, Dorothy Groth, Eleanor Stern, Ruth Fred rich, and Eleanor Reuschel.

We believe that there never has been such a congenial group of coeds at N. W. C. as this year, and for this reason we are sorry to think of school closing. Before we part, we wish everyone a happy vacation.

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What might have happened to the letter had it not been put into the box? Would it have fallen prey to the sport of the fleeting winds, lost at last in a field of billowing hay? Or perhaps some faint breeze of a rain-storm about to begin would have borne it just far enough to drop it into the gutter. There it might have met oblivion, soaked and soiled. As another possibility, in my mind’s eye I saw a man stealthily picking it up and sticking it in his pocket. Now in the privacy of his house he opens and reads it.

What did it contain ? Was it some lover sighing ‘‘I drink in thy beauty like the darkling wines of Madeira; It courses through my blood with the stride of a Parthian steed,” with a vast amount more of poor erotic poetry ? The recipient of the letter would have thought it the greatest poetry ever written. Can’t you see the maiden blushes spreading on her cheeks! Yet now it is desecrated by the prying eyes of a stranger. All its charms are lost and it calls forth only loud guffaws.

Let us add a touch of the mysterious. The opener of the letter expected to satisfy his curiosity and instead runs across something written in code. What can it mean? Is a bankrobbery being planned, or a plot to kidnap some rich man》son.

(Luckily I have no money to put in the bank, and no children either.) It may be that here the plot is being laid for at least one perfect crime.

Perhaps, after all, it was couched in plain business terms, merely demanding that a bill be paid. One never can tell in matters of this sort. Only one fact remains, that the letter was put into the mail-box. Was the person who received it pleased, or was it----- but here my reverie was rudely interrupted by a difficult question from one of our teachers and naturally I was caught off guard. Well, such things do happen once in a while.

Now that all has been said and done, I believe that we can safely say that “The Rise of Silas Lapham” had just as much 114

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There was one great thing in the favor of the latter, namely, that it was written by a famous dramatist. If you have once . worked up a good reputation, you can turn almost anything over to the public and it will be swallowed hook, line, and sinker, as the old phrase has it. So keep all your letters and papers, and some day a bunch of pedants may pore over them and reconstruct your entire life and all your thoughts. The greatest drawback of the first is this, that it is a stage adap­ tation of a novel, and so must of a necessity lose some of its color and spirit, while the latter is a fine example of the genteel comedy peculiar to that age. It was not supposed to provoke loud, long bursts of laughter, but to send you home in a better humor than you were before.

Another pet subject coming up, revolutions. Despite all the irksome protestations that revolutions have never yet been of benefit, I believe they have, and I’ll continue to think so un­ til the opposite is proved to me. If we did not have the right to appeal to force, over half the world’s population would be in slavery to the rest. How anyone can say that the Russian revolution has not helped the people is beyond me.

Picture to yourself the calm, serene Russian countryside.

The peasants are busy reaping a large field of wheat. The wind blowing over it makes it look like a golden sea of sunlight and shadows. A noble comes riding along', swinging his quirt; he sees one of the workers missing a few spears of grain. Swish ! the whip whistles through the air and strikes the laborer in the eye, so that it is torn from the socket. The poor fellow tries to flee, but his Lordship, tasting the pleasure of inflicting pain without any danger of retribution, fiercely plies the scourge.

Stung on by his anguish to a helpless rage, the peasant swings about and strikes a deadly blow with his sickle.

The peasant, of course, was clapped into irons and promptly executed without a trial. This is but one of the many instances a similar nature. Centuries of such treatment have left their ineffaceable imprint upon the souls of the people; there is a note of hopelessness in all their music and literature. The masses were kept in abysmal ignorance; most of them could neither read nor write.

You may say that the same things are happening- today. To be sure, we did not so long ago hear of a mass execution. The papers made it seem as though the victims were murdered for no reason at all. I wonder. The success of any revolution always depends upon the ability to satisfy those needs and desires which gave birth to it; especially is this the case in the Red Rebellion, but the favor of the people can never be held by ruthless butcherings.

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It can easily be pointed out that conditions in Russia are not so good as might be wished. And this I admit, but that does not mean that the revolt has failed in its underlying motives. Look at all the benefits that have resulted : No other country has in such a short time so dractically cut down the rate of illiteracy. Through reading we gain know­ ledge, and knowledge is power. There are more schools for adults in Soviet Russia than in any other country. Sadistic lords can no longer oppress the commons. Now the peasant has a chance to rise if he has any ability; Stalin himself is the son of a peasant. All in all, their standard of living has risen.

No longer can the Russian be looked upon as the very epitome of suppression, He can now hold up his head vyith the pride proper to a man. All these things may look trivial and minor, but in the long run it is just these things that will produce the greatest results in the achievements of mankind. That there is much suffering in the present-day Russia, I admit. However, remember that nothing, nothing, whatsoever it be, is brought forth in this world without suffering. We might say that the price of any good cause is a great deal of pain.

Twenty-five years the monarch of his country. It must be pleasurable to lean back in the old throne and review in the mind all the things that have come to pass in those years. More than one prime-minister and their governments have fallen; parties have changed fronts or have faded out of the picture; culture and art have undergone radical changes; philosophies and the attitudes of man toward life have definitely swung over to the machine-ap：e spirit: he alone has endured unchanged through every change, the symbol of the might of the British Empire.

We must say that his clean, strong, masculine body makes a most imposing sight in royal garb. In all the pictures there is something serenely majestic about him, as though nothing could move him to take a step without due consideration; as though he were absolutely sure of his position in this day of tumbling kingdoms. He reminds me of the statues of Rameses II ahead of his rock-temple at Abu-simbel. I cannot see any great talent expressed in his face, but it does attest to a great good-will, and the love that his subjects have for him bear out this idea perfectly. They come together in crowds of thousands just to hear and see him for a few seconds. A brilliant intellect J1? may not possess, but truly King George V is “the father of his country.”

• This is the commencement number. Another Senior class is about to leave us. In the words of other college papers they 116

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Personally, I have always looked forward to the day of my graduation with longing. I shall be glad when I have finished college, for one must live through so many disillusionments and disappointments when there. Oftentimes only my friends have made it tolerable for me. It is then, when thinking of parting from them, that graduation takes on a tinge of sadness. I know that I will miss the familiar faces of those who have become dear to me, Thus it is that our Seniors will be missed. But all things change, and so at college too. Seniors: I greet you: Hail, and fare you well.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— Pro Rebus Athleticis

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Just to be Different.

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Accomodation

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EDITORIALS— In Defense

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SEMINARY NOTES

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ALUMNI NOTES

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EXCHANGE.

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXIX.

Watertown, Wis., Sept. 1935

Number 4

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PRO REBUS ATHLETICIS Nathanael Luetke

At virtually all of our present day colleges and schools athletics have been stressed greatly. Of all extra-mural activi­ ties they have been accorded the greatest consideration and support. Paid coaches are provided in almost all schools and colleges, and the funds reserved for this branch of college life are of enormous sizes, sometimes of sizes which would seem incredible to anybody but the people of the present generation.

Now there are some pessimists who look upon all this ac­ tivity as a distinct sign of decline in aesthetic appreciation and intellectual activity. They point out the decline of the Roman Empire at a time of great athletic activity and conclude upon other weak propositions that our country and all the other countries with a zeal for sports are going the way of all flesh.

But if we wish to meet these people who vent their accumulated bile upon athletics on their own ground, it will not take very much pains on our part to show them that the great­ est intellectual fervour in Athens was accompanied by a great 118

interest in athletics. While the'competitors!? in the Olympic games were winning laurels, Plato, Sophocles, and Aristotle were also crowning their names with intellectual achievements.

And it is this period upon which virtually all of our culture is based.

It, however, is true, I realize, that the universal ardour for athletics cannot be defended or even explained by purely rational means. We cannot lay out our reasons on a platter and then hand them over in perfect assortment to our opponents.

The only procedure to follow in any consideration of this prob­ lem is this, that we observe this great movement as a fact and see what its causes are, by which it is also possible to see its benefits and honorable incentives.

All athletic activity in this country and some foreign countries is in my opinion not a sign of degradation but merely another sign of the domination of Anglo-Saxon customs and desires. The inclination towards sports is innate with us, and this desire has also been instilled in the Latin nations. Instead of following less honorable inclinations these nations have developed their affinity for sports, and should this procedure be criticized upon consideration of the besetting sins of these nations? Positively, I think, it is a turn for the better, if a German student has an interest in sports rather than an interest in how many “steins” of beer he can down” at one sitting1. and if the Italian would make use of boxing gloves instead of a dagger.

Another cause for sports is the desire for the pleasure of feeling the body in motion. Besides deriving a purely physical pleasure from such motion one is granted the mental enjoyment of being in absolute command of all his machihery. In all exercise three powers, either the will, the muscles, or the in­ tellect, come into play. In running, for instance, a person has the pleasure of muscular exertion, but the rower has the additional pleasure of volitional existence, since he can enforce his will upon his boat as a rider directs his horse. All of this pleasure is pure and honorable, and any desire for it which is expressed in sports certainly is not to be condemmed.

Furthermore, when one looks at the benefits derived from sports, he cannot help seeing a veritable array of them. The incentives to sports are, as I have shown, honorable, and there«4

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fore the results can hardly be harmful unless carried to an extreme.

Russel Briggs deplores in an essay the sad conditions at our colleges in regard to morals, especially among the many irresponsible Freshmen. He says that the young men enter college in the majority of cases merely to have a “good time.”

They seek these so called "good times” unless there is some­ thing to deter them from it. The only means by which their minds can be occupied by wholesome thoughts is the training for sports. Holmes says, “Heads without enough ideas to furnish food for the mental clockwork, ill regulated heads, where the faculties are not under the control of the will, these are the heads that are apt to be tampered with by the intro­ duction of stimulants.” But the fact that the minds of many young college students are occupied by ideas about sports saves them for that time when they can apply their minds to more useful knowledge. Sports then without doubt help to lessen the dangers of that critical period of transition between highschool and college.

Now there are those students with minds full of more elevating ideas, which fact apparently does not make it neces­ sary for them to participate in sports in order that they mig keep their minds occupied. Nevertheless they participate in athletics, and many will ask what benefits sports might hold for them.

All honorable institutions offer some benefit to somebody.

Such benefits might seem to be rather insignificant, but they exist nevertheless; and so it is in this case. Robert Browning , says, “Some athletic enjoyment is the greatest relief after e purely intellectual faculties begin to tire.” After a day o in­ tense mental work there is nothing more soothing to the mind than a brisk game of tennis or a game of' baseball. Alonzo Stagg says concerning football, for instance, that it surpasses every other game in its demand for a high combination o physical, mental, and moral qualities, and a diversity where a student can develop his body with a little mental work I s ou think should be one of each student’s ideals. Every student must have some diversion, and sports is the best one can ge .

Certainly I agree that this “cave-man stuff” is foolish, bu as Holmes says “it is a pleasure to see a young man resolve 120

himself into the primitive constituents of his humanity.” As long as a sportsman is not a savage in his activities—and it is almost a rule without an exception that a sensible sport and sensible participants will not produce savages—I don’t see why anybody should not be an upholder of athletics.

JUST TO BE DIFFERENT Gilbert Sydow

Many times during my life I’ve done things for which there was no sane explanation. I’m not referring to actions done out of ignorance of the proper procedure. These were all deliberate.

The result of a perverse tendency to act opposite to the decrees of society. “An impish streak which delights in acting con­ trary to all recognized facts of convention and then laughs at the open mouths and wagging1 heads of the rutted public, just in doing something that isn’t done. I’ve always thought it rather devilish but now I see it does some actual good.”. That fellow would be an ideal companion. What could be more en­ joyable than shocking those who seriously practice the rules of correct behavior, breaking the petty observances which man considers so important. I’ll bet the man in the moon is always laughing. “To pursue trifles is the lot of humanity; and whether we bustle in a pantomine, or strut at a coronation, or shout at a bonfire, or harangue in a senatehouse—whatever ob­ ject we follow, it will at last conduct us to futility and disap­ pointment. The wise bustle and laugh as they walk in the pageant, but fools bustle and are important: and this probably is all the difference between them.”

Previously Pd always considered this a bad trait to be quickly overcome at the age of discretion, but recently I dis­ covered where the doing good comes in. A doctor states that the ‘ ‘Denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hy­ giene of older people and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

In that I take a new stand and consider it a privilege to keep the older people healthy. It evens up matters. When father gets the slipper son can chime in with him “It’s for your own good•，’ So when that young upstart is extremely exasperating, thank him, he’s doing you a big favor.

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(Xjrtlt ACCOMODATION Herbert P. Koehler

To be able to adapt oneself to a situation or person should be one of the things to strive for in life. The word <4accomodation” has a widespread application. Accomodation may even be called a virtue.

It has been said that one ought, in planning his philosophy of life, to set a certain level on or above which to live and act.

If one would find himself in contact with someone not of his level, he ought to break his association with him. To me this seems a narrowminded view. One cannot have people elevate themselves unless they are made to see the inferiority of their class. We must go down to them to bring them up. Of course, the only exception granted to people of this view of abstinence is not to step below the level of moral standard they have set for themselves. By not placing ourselves in the place of and with people of a lower level than ours we often hurt our neighbor, an act which must be avoided. For the broadminded see a kernel of truth if it is present. The narrowminded see only the differ­ ences.

The act of accomodation can be applied in numerous in­ stances, when one says, "Think your share, but never say it,” he is confronted with the answer that he is two-faced and that there is no wisdom like frankness. It must be agreed that frankness is a wisdom, but only when we use frankness in criticism, since to better oneself and raise one’s moral and in­ tellectual standards, one must be guided and criticised. To answer the accusation of being two-faced, one can say that a gentlemen, which we all ought to be, is one who never inflicts pain. This that “least said is soonest mended,” should also answer the accusation. For if you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel you. Generally speaking, a smart man is one who agrees with you. And thus if you agree by thinking your share and not saying it, you are con­ sidered a smart person.

To step below the level one has decided for himself as his plane of living demands some humiliation. Toward this we should remember that shame in some form is a sign of grace.

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(Xttlt cause it is a law that only a man can degrade himself. Know­ ing things will not harm you. Doing them is a different matter.

To always go about with a superior attitude and not at all wish to accomodate our behavior to those of lower ability, to that person we can to some degree apply that a wise man among blockheads is the greatest blockhead of all.

People who pass out compliments are often ridiculed, but it should be kept in mind that we must accomodate ourselves and become one of these ridiculed people occasionally, because nothing makes people so worthy of compliments as occasionally receiving them. One is more delightful for being told one is delightful—just as one is more angry for being told one is angry.

Those who will not deviate from their higher course will say that every man has a right to be conceited until he is suc­ cessful. Success is regularly very difficult to attain, and who ever respected conceit?

If we are by nature not gifted with most things, it’s usually a hard thing to be satisfied. But then we must call to mind that he who lives content with little possesses everything. Here our resigning ourselves to our cross is the rarest sort of courage.

In this consideration of accomodation as a virtue we could possibly find an excuse for the slang term of “hot air.” When one is found saying a lot of sugary words for flattery or pastime, in other words, “shooting a line of hot air,” must we not con­ cede that hot air has thawed out many a cold reception?

When it comes to liking dislikes, it is most difficult to per­ suade oneself to accomodation. But then we must always say that to do the thing one fears to do is the first law of greatness.

It is worth remembering then that true happiness is not in doing what one likes but in liking what one has to do.

But above all, accomodation shows itself as a virtue when we can receive and honor other people’s opinions. Opinion is a species of property one should always be desirous of sharing, though usually we do not care to concede to anyone’s opinion.

He who knows how to concede at the right moment is the right man.

Thus we see that accomodation to a situation or person demands of the individual a great willingness and a looking out for the welfare of his fellow-being. Then whatever happens matters little and for a short time; how you take it matters much and forever.

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HAVE lately heard that some few hold the opinion that all male students desiring to sing ought to be admitted into the male chorus. So far this opinion is held by a very few and this is the case because of very definite reasons; but before this idea creates doubt in the heart of many others, I should like to write a few words in defense of our last year’s changes.

One of the first and essential reasons for limiting the size of the chorus is that all harmonized singing must have a definite amount of balance. By that I mean that the four voices in our case must all be equalized to such an extent that the melody voice is not overpowered nor that the obligato voices are of different vocal strength. This means that one must carefully consider the strength of the first tenor section. In our college department, as well as in many other schools, tenors that have the ability to sing the upper part are about as rare as is water to a desert. This fact had a great deal of influence in deter­ mining the size of this year’s and last year’s choruses.

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Musicians have often made this statement about musical organizations, namely, that the organization is as good as the weakest member. This is indeed quite true, and especially is it true as far as chorus and choir work are concerned. One voice of a peculiar quality has the ability to crash through the line and make itself heard. Although no two voices are exactly alike as to quality, there is one peculiar quality which can prac­ tically not accomodate itself to the other vocalists. This is known as the oboe or harsh reed quality. Either this voice breaks up the unity of adaptation, or the voice is of no practical use to the organization, because it must be subdued to such a volume that it becomes like a dead stop of an organ.

This raspy oboe tune can sometimes be corrected, but often it is an impossibility. Catarrh, sinus trouble, and many other permanent or temporary obstructions in the sound passages create an oboe effect which cannot be corrected at the will of the individual. Music is an art not one bit inferior to painting.

If a certain painting has a wonderful subject, beautiful and artistic alignment, and yet contains one unharmonious feature, it loses its desired effect because the defect hurts the eye of the observer to such an extent that the subject of the painting1 will quite likely be overlooked. No matter how well a choir renders its numbers, if there is one outstanding voice in the choir, the audience upon continually hearing this defect becomes uneasy and restless. This condition can in turn cause the choir as a whole an untold amount of trouble.

We have heard it urged that all the boys should take an active part until the concert season starts; then the concert group could be selected. To start out one could say that there are small points of vantage in such reasoning, but the argu­ ments to the contrary will outweigh these both as to number and as to quality.

One of the arguments to the contrary has again something1 to do with balance of voices. Throughout the practice season the individual singer ought to so accomodate and adjust his voice to the others that when the last month of practice comes, he has acquired such an amount of this adaptation which produces balance that this art is his second nature. Now just try to im­ agine a first tenor section of thirteen ajusting itself to fifty-six other voices for five months and then eleven of those same 125

upper voices during the last month trying for the same perfec­ tion against thirty voices. It would mean that the quality of balance would have to be entirely readjusted.

Supposing we would admit all that desired to sing, what other handicaps would the chorus submit itself to? Above all we would find that terrible adverse monster present who is known as poor discipline. You seem to ask how can we con­ clude this. We don’t conclude; we know it. The years before the chorus was cut to an ideal working size, some members came when they pleased, ‘‘bummed’’ when they pleased, be­ haved as they pleased, studied during practice periods, worked out the daily cross-word puzzles, and some kept up the spirits of the neighboring singers by repeating the best recent jokes.

And why was all this the case?

In the first place one member after the other began to realize that there were certain defects produced by this unbalanced and unharmonized group that even their best efforts could not erase. This produced discouragement; discourage­ ment led them to think with but a passing sigh of their organi­ zation and finally brought them to a position where they indeed thought very little of the indifferent attitudes of theirs and others as to the various rules of good discipline. Some even laughed and poked fun at their weaknesses during the practice peroids, and by doing this they instilled such a harmony of spirit and agressiveness in the chorus that without a moment’s thought we would call that harmony of spirit no spirit, that harmony of agressiveness no agressiveness.

Now add to all this the condition that all be given a chance until the last weeks. Some students naturally know that it is impossible for them to work themselves in as members of a concert choir; they will therefore lose interest and perhaps create an abundance of untold harm to those that strive in the opposite direction. No chorus dare have even one slipping cog.

What have most of the students of our college to say about this matter? I think I am safe in stating that almost the entire body is in favor of the new move and the rest have at no time indicated a decided leaning to the opposite side. When the old members of last year had their first meeting this September, by almost a unanimous vote they decided that even those who 126

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had worked together for one whole year must again take the entrance examination.

Finally, why should not the male chorus make use of every possible and legitimate means to produce the best possible chorus? The band also has examinations that are based on practically the same principles, and has had them for many years. Their standing because of this has certainly kept itself on a high level, and beyond a doubt those who are not even in this organization are proud of the band that represents our school.

Page after page could be written upon what one might call the â&#x20AC;&#x153;new deal,â&#x20AC;? and even those arguments advanced could be more pointedly and technically worked out; but I believe that these words are for the time being sufficient as a defense of what we have done.

Karl Gurgel.

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The Rev. Mr. W. Gutzke, ’17, has accepted the call to the North La Crosse congregation; this pastorate was left vacant through the death of the Rev. Mr. Fischer.

The Rev. Mr. J. Schaefer, ’08，has resigned his office of pastor in West Mequon because of ill health.

Mr. M. Franzman，’28, who served as instructor at North­ western College during the absence of Dr. E. Kiessling, is now attending the Lutheran Seminary at Thiensville, Wisconsin.

Professor E. Kiessling, ’17, who suspended his activity at Northwestern College during the second semester of the last school year to attend the University of Chicago, has returned to us after having earned the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. His thesis is published under the title: The Early Sermons of Luther and Their Relation to the Pre-Reformation Sermons.

Dr. J. Ott，’85, enjoyed a tour of England, Germany, France, and Switzerland during his vacation. While at Bonn, Germany, he met Mr. Alfred Sauer，’29, who is studying for the Doctor of Philosophy degree.

The congregation of the Rev. Mr. H. Geiger, *07, of South Leads, Wis., celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding on June 19, 1935. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Geiger observed their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary September 7, with their children and friends. ' The Rev. Mr. Paul Heyn, ’31，of Detroit, Michigan, was recently married to Miss Helen Berg of Racine, Wisconsin.

Mr. Waldemar Pless, ’30, Professor at the Winnebago Lutheran Academy, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, was married to Miss Dorothy Nohose in August.

Mr. A. Schultz, *32, is now serving in the office of tutor at the Michigan Lutheran Seminary, Saginaw, Michigan.

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Professor A. Sitz, ’09, made his vacation an enjoyable one by visiting Yellowstone National Park.

Mr. Amos Schwerin, ’31，has been chosen as one of the in­ structors in the parochial school of Trinity Lutheran Church, Neenah, Wisconsin. ^ The fourth installment of minutes of Synod meetings, dating from 1849 to 1855, contains the concluding four articles of the constitution adopted May 20, 1850.

Assoc. Editor. 货ap. VIII. 58on bee @tjnobaIuer)ammIung.

1. (oil i的rlid) etne regelmafeige ©tjnobafflcfammluno ftatt* finben.

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Though the college papers we have already received are rather few, we do not intend to make the usual September ex­ change complaint about a complete lack of material. The column will be rather short, but in a month or so all the old papers should be coming back, filled with the hardships and troubles of the vacation, that is, if the idea isn’t too prevalent that exchanging college papers is rather antiquated. Why we + i°n know» our students (the publishers of this Ro5er aimuc.h interest in exchange as in the Black and ^u\ Perhaps it may establish friendly relations with varithat Ssew^hy object. footba11 team cannot accomplish The first exchange we received this year was from Tuskegee Institute. The paper isn’t exceedingly interesting, as it deals with the affairs of the school more than with those of the students; but the school and its origin are rather interesting*.

Tuskegee Institute, was founded about fifty years ago by Booker T. Washington, chiefly for the purpose of educating n egroes, although it also has some white alumni. Bringing his school out of poverty was an immense task, but with work Washing­ ton accomplished it. Before the school had a large endowment, the students themselves had to support it by working a farni, for the negroes of the time were too miserably poor to pay their sons' and daughters* way through college. But now it is a large school and stands as a monument to Washington's aid to the negroes.

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Well, college has begun: and with college, enthusiasm of the students is comparatively high, at any rate for the first week or so. This we find in the Royal Purple, which bases its stirring appeal for the coming year on President Roosevelt’s message to the youth, “Unite and Challenge.” Unite, since "co-operation is essential in the new order and the student should foster this spirit. Challenge when necessary but not unless there is thought and a plan for betterment behind the criticism. True, perhaps you are planning an education for your individual good, but give a fair share of your time and effort to study the problems of the group.” So now you have a new method of attack according to which you may guide your intellectual pursuits in the coming year.

Have you ever thought of it? I haven’t, although we’ve plucked hundreds of leaves from bushes and trees—with no great thanks from them. This Carroll Echo editorial treats of three students who had involuntarily plucked some leaves while walking along, as an analogy to three general types of college students. One ‘‘ruthlessly tore his apart, another left only the veins, and the last improved upon the beauty of the leaf in various ways. These sub-conscious actions brought about a realization of the value of a liberal arts college, where all types of students, interested in various and sundry pursuits, are blended and taught to appreciate their opportunity of living together. ” The designers of the leaves represent the artistic, the practical, and the foolhardy types of students, each of which one meets in college. These the college brings together, so that each type may benefit by the other. Together they may more readily find what they would seek fruitlessly alone.

And in conclusion we have a poem from the Capital Chimes describing perhaps an ideal, and I daresay there wasn’t one of the sort at our college in the last few years, so he belongs to a limited grou P. Not for a parchment piece he left To live in college halls But to enlarge the area Within his spirit’s walls— To hew away the tall frontier That narrowed down his view Of purples in far Tyre And Viking ships in dew.

To the hope that of all the bright, new, intelligent faces around us there may be one of this sort.

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BASKBALL North western 2 S. O. K. 0 Watertown, June 8. Northwestern brought its baseball season to a close by defeating the Milwaukee School of Engi•neer K.oehler’s second shut out. There was no score until the tilth, inning- when Wiedenmeyer singled, stole second, went • ?n an en：ork and scored on Koehler’s single. In the xt ln,IJln^ captain Schroeder, who was playing his last game for JNortnwestern, hit a home run to complete the score.

Northwestern S. 0. E. Player A.B. R. H. E. A.B. R. H. E. Player Schwartz c.f. 4 0 0 0 Hackbarth c.f. 4 0 0 0 Schroeder lb. 3 110 Bodovonac s.s. 3 0 0 0 C. Frey 2b.

3 0 10 Myzewsky 3b.

4 0 3 0 Lambert r.f.

4 0 1 0 Lewis c.

4 0 2 0 Sydow 3b.

3 0 10 Thomson lb 4 0 10 I. Frey 3b.

1 0 0 0 Mitchel r.f.

3 0 0 1 Hanser l.f. . w 1 0 0 0 Kaiser p.

3 0 0 1 w- ^oepel c*f2 0 1 0 Craddler 2b.

3 0 0 0 Wiedenmeyer ss.3 1 1 1 Geiser If. 3 0 0 0 Wenaland c, 3 0 0 0 Meyer r.f.

1 0 0 0 Koelhler p.

3 0 10 32 0 6 1 30 2 7 1 Base on Balls: Off Koehler 1; off Kaiser 3. Struck out :

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6~輕遍洫㈣:Hea—j 1 ； Sydo'y 1; M. Toepel 1; Wiedenmeyer 1; Thomson 1; Myzewsky 1.

Of the ten games played in the 1935 season Northwestern won nine and tied one.

The following members of the team received letters: Captain Schroeder, Lambert, M.Toepel, Wiedenmeyer, Schwartz, Hanser, Sydow, C. Frey, Wendland, and Koehler.

Statistics H. Player A.B. R. E. Percentage.

2 2 3 A. Tiefel 0 .666 2 Birkholz 0 •500 6 M. Toepel 15 3 0 •400 37 14 Lambert 11 3 •378 Schwartz 41 13 13 0 .317 12 6 3 Schroeder 38 .316 12 8 5 C. Frey 39 •307 Hanser 24 6 5 .250 Sydow 24 6 5 5 •250 Wendland 5 2 30 11 .166 Koehler 5 33 8 0 .152 I. Frey 9 0 1 •000 G. Frey 3 0 0 0 •000 R. Frey 0 0 0 •000 FOOTBALL For the season of 1935 Northwestern will be forced to dispense with the services of a coach. Captain Schwartz will undertake the serious task of coaching the team and success will depend to a certain extent on the sportsmanship of his team mates. It is our sincere hope that they will support him.

Twelve letter men of last year’s team have returned. Five men were lost through graduation and one failed to return.

The available letter men are: Captain Schwartz, Roekle, Weiss, Breiling, Harmening, Bradtke, Sydow, Russow, Tietz, Koenig, Seifert, and Wendland.

The following schedule has been arranged by Manager Kugler: September 21 Seminary at N. W. C. September 28 Aurora at N. W. C. October 5 Mission House at Plymouth October 12 Platteville Miners at N. W. C. October 19 Lake Forest at Lake Forest October 26 Milton at Milton November 2 Wartburg at N. W. C. 136

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LJ Rainy week-ends, blue Mondays, budding green caps, nightly fire-drill, fading sun-tans and contemporaneously snuff-chewing students, an epidemic of limps, and ravenous appetites — all certain indications that school has begun and with it football, to some not only contemporaneous with but synonymous to the opening of school. All certain signs, but perhaps the most reliable gauge is the stamp and post card business. Not that anyone hadn't realized that school had opened, but the columnist has to display his powers of observation occasionally and conse­ quently once more: school has begun!

Perhaps the first thing that the returning students observed about the dormitory as he came up the winding entrance-walk was the addition of new screens placed on alternate windows of the study-rooms. And what a blow it was ! To think that not one clumsy June beetle nor even an insistent mosquito will henceforth stir up some modern literary Demosthenes in a bitter tirade against the barbarous conditions which make it ab­ solutely impossible to study. To think, I repeat, that such a fruitfut subject for editorials, essays, columnists, etc. should at one stroke be banished forever. It would be a shock to any college^ paper. Only the settlement of peace between Italy and Ethiopia could be a greater catastrophe. But then, come to think of it, there’s the other window.

Two other noticeable changes in the line of recent improve­ ments are the renovated washrooms and a different road lead­ ing by the rear of the dormitory. That an extensive orchard has been planted on the school grounds will probably be of more interest five years from now. And, by the way, there’s one other improvement, probably not so much concerned about scenery but just as important: Zickuhr has a new pipe. And that reminds me — the chicken coop has been moved.

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Students in the dormitory this year need not be surprised to hear piano music at any time during the night. Jerry Cares has his bedroom up on fourth floor alongside the piano rooms, and since somnambulistic students have been by no means ex­ ceptionally rare, who can tell ? It wasn’t so long ago that Kugler woke up and found himself on the next floor outside the tutor’s office. That wasn’t so hard to explain, but neither has everyone forgotten the night a Sextaner was discovered stroll­ ing through the bedroom with a hammer in his hand. The scream that resulted when the hammer was pulled from the sleeper’s hand brought many a student in that end of the dormitory to a sitting position.

Perhaps no situation requires such delicate maneuvering as the annual Soph-Frosh battle regarding the traditional button­ ing- question. The Sophs realize they haven’t the authority to force and the Frosh have the numbers to refuse. The Sophs’ usual resort is: “We had to, you have to.” The Froshs’ answer: “Baioney!” But until now good old tradition hasn’t been broken. The Sophs’ best bet very likely would be to refuse the Frosh the privilege of wearing green caps.

The reader by this time will probably have begun to wonder whether there weren’t any Sexta highlights or Frosh eccentri­ cities this month. And to tell the truth, despite a diligent search, none could be found worthy of publication. In fact, there seems to have been a general degeneration among the new students of late years. Not like the days of powdered cork, sun-dial keys, chapel collections, bass drum strings, pa­ jama inspections, frenched sheets, and collapsible beds. Yup, them were the days!

0 Happy Days are here again ?! ?! This is the opinion of the coeds as long as examinations are in the distance, but when a professor attempts to question their intellect, they begin wish­ ing themselves home helping mother or, better still, just enjoy­ ing vacation. .

Sharp eyes upon entering the girls’ rooms noticed various changes. The bright red drapings which are noticeable from the outside are not danger signals but merely our faded “antique” drapes given a new finish. A dressing table has also made its appearance in the prep room. Now both collegiates and preps believe that the rooms are completely furnished.

Preps and collegiates are loyal to their colors, red and white, and black and red. These colors have been successfully woven into scarfs and coverings for the tables.

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ai^浪;我J When we page through the Old Family Album, many of the faces we see there are no longer seen among us. Margaret Krahn is in Madison ; Eva Taras and Ruby Holzhueter have left their Alma Mater for New Ulm; Evelyn Conklin is at Beloit; Florence Kuckkahn has taken up nursing at the Mil­ waukee Hospital; Janet Kusel, Ruth Bickett, and Mary Haw­ kins are at the University of Wisconsin ; Dorothy Schlueter is traveling in the East; Cecilia Dierker is at Valparaiso; Helen Kuenzi, Janet Carey, and Jeanette Stevens are at home.

Those who fill new pages are Marlys Miller, Beatrice Borchardt, Hazel Herro, Anita Zahn, and Margaret Joda.

Lorraine Asmus has also entered the collegiate room. The new girls in the preparatory department are Doris Lehmann, Isabelle Fischer, Mary Anne Fleming, Lorraine Neitzel, Anita Ihlenfeldt, and Margaret Strauss.

A meeting was called by the president early in the term to inform the coeds of their various tasks and of the annual dues, and also for the purpose of electing a new secretary. Helen Winkenwerder was unanimously elected to the position.

The carnival gained much interest in the coed rooms. The coeds are still young enough to want spun sugar balls and caramel corn. Several of them decided that it would be safer to straddle wooden horses and ride in circles than to ride a bucking bronco.

Many exchanged weird stories about what they had seen in side-shows. Studies were sadly neglected.

We are glad to have Hildegard Wallner with us again. It was pleasant to receive cards from her during the summer, but to hear her speak about the thrilling experiences which she had and about the ancient glories of Europe is much more interesting.

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Campus and Classroom Once again we have come back to Northwestern in pursuit of that elusive nymph, Sweet Knowledge. Once again the hope beats high within our breasts, this time surely to capture and enthrall the darling of the gods. Whether we succeed or not in this particular aim is more than I can foretell, but I do wish that some few students have come who will be able to contribute something to the intellectual activites of the college, especially the Black and Red. After a little more than two months of vacation, it 1S diffi­ cult to sit down and write a column that is at all presentable.

When I went home, I had the good intention of writing number during the Summer, but it seemed to be quite im­ possible. You see that day in, day out, I was busy; and after a hard day’s work in the fields, I didn't feel like sitting down . to hard mental labors. Gradually, though I hate to admit; it, the thought is being- impressed upon my mind that a Perso who does heavy manual labor cannot produce great 产?f the realm of speculation. Burns is the only example to contrary that I can think of at present; which, of course, iedounds to his greater glory. But do not think that labor therefore debasing; no, rather ennobling. ,, From the above you will have gathered that I spent tne summer on a farm. Yes, I am a son of the soil and ot it.

Life on the farm is by no means a drab existence, ther romance in farming. After all the chores have been • to smoke a cigarette in the darkening dusk and watch the rise above the fields of grain ripe with their golden Promise, hear the faint lowing of a far-a-way cow; to feel evening breezes glide over your body, kissing away a11 hear the dogs of the neighborhood bark their questions a replies; and running over and through these different sensations is the deep diapason of frogs in the marshes. All in » the true poetry of life. During the day it is pure pleasur watch the small white clouds lazily float across the blue sKy, and to wish that one might be able to loaf a bit also, aspects of nature are ever varying. Quick y all things mature from their incipient stages to their final decay. Quiet y day flows into the next. ,.. …

Especially are those tasks pleasing which remove one tro the farm-buildings out into the solitude of the fields. Sue task is hoeing thistles, the farmer’s friends, as they are jocularly called. The unvarying sameness of the up and down stroke in­ duces a person of the speculative type to think about tms 140

㈣j composite affair, life. But even here the monotony is broken by a frog leaping along, or a big ugly black beetle scurrying away, or a ground-sparrow chased from her nest. And then there is that greatest distraction of all: an aeroplane flying overhead. I for one always call a halt and watch the plane approach and gradually fade away. I never tire of watching them glide away, as it appears, into space that is endless.

With it the human mind flies away into infinity, lost in abstract dreams about what we cannot clearly visualize with our Euc­ lidean mind. And well may it set us to thinking, for it is cer­ tainly most unnatural for such a huge machine to move through the air with seemingly no exertion. To me the aeroplane, flitting in and out between the clouds, is the wonder of the present age. This idea in turn leads us to the problem of human progress, or degression, according to whatever opinion we might happen to hold. Thus we could keep going on forever:.Although there are many hard days and many disappoint­ ments, I repeat, there is romance, true romance, in farming. . Who has not at sometime or other met an interesting individual ? Well, Pm going to tell you about one whom I’ve known a long time, and yet really didn’t know at all until she was dead. For miles around she was known as Bizziks, short for Bismarck, although that really wasn’t her name either. .And what a woman she was. The modern slang term of “a devil on wheels’’ covers her to perfection. She had the build and strength of an All-American football tackle, and a temperament as mean as possible in a human being. About fifteen years ago she was left a widow by a husband glad to escape her nagging at any cost. After that she was meaner than ever. On the slightest provocation she punished her children mercilessly. One time she. tied her youngest son to a tree and beat him with a tug until he was unconscious. The children, strange to say, pever complained, but one after the other ran away from home.

Now and then we used to hear something about them : a couple hgd turned out well, but several “went to the dogs right.” But 》bout three years ago they disappeared so completely that nothing more has beep heard of them. Bizziks herself lived in the grossest immorality, but, now it seems almost impossible, was never haled into court. Her end, like her life, was peculiar in every respect. Most likely she was killed by the kick of a mule while backing a load of hay into the barn, but there wasn’t a mark on her body to prove it absolutely. She certainly would be $ fine subject around whom Sinclair Lewis could weave another of his novels. Who knows, maybe he’ll read this and ask me for the inside “dope” on the whole affair, and so I shall at least in one respect have helped write a book. Here’s hoping.

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East Side Bakery

••Quality First” POULTRY IN SEASON

Made like you would at Home

Phone 19-W

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Schmutzler’s

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Leo Ruescli & Son 210 West Main Street

Watertown

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PAGEUS BAKERY PHONE 650-W

COMMERCIAL HOTEL Under New Management

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Comfortable Rooms Excellent Home Cooking

Squibb Products

Tap Room in Connection

Wahl Eversharps and Pens

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KEHR BROS. Heating Con tractors OIL BURNERS STOKERS AIR CONDITIONERS Telephone 1660-W 211 N. Third Street

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TABLE OF CONTENTS LITERARY— Impressions of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts......................... 142 Musik................................................ 144 Odds and Ends................................ 145 Huey Long....................................... 147 Gnothi Sauton................................. 149

EDITORIALSTo Be Different-

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Narrow-minded ?.

152

The “N” Club....

A Suggestion__

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Announcement...

153 154

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

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

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

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

ATHLETICS______________ LOCALS...................................

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

CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM ADVERTISEMENTS

THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXIX.

Watertown, Wis., Oct. 1935

Number 5

Entered at the Postoflicc at Watertown, Wis..；as second class matter under Act of March 3, t87<). PiiblishiMl inomhly. Subscriptio n. One Dollar.

IMPRESSIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS F. A. Grunwald

Exceptional sights and experiences leave a lasting impress on the mind. For this reason one will never forget the New England states, having once visited them. Among these the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is particularly interesting be­ cause of its many historic sites, which actually vivify the American history one has learned.

Boston, an example of a city with historical background, is extremely fascinating. Its older sections are not at all geometrically laid out in square or rectangular blocks with com­ paratively wide streets as is the general custom here, but the streets are narrow and describe peculiar curves. Many of them were cowpaths several centuries ago.

A characteristic feature of Boston is its endless rows of brown stone and brick houses, which are built very close to­ gether and near to the street. These houses were formerly inhabited by the upper classes of people, but now many of them have been converted into rooming houses.

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㈣| Almost in the heart of older Boston stands the Old State House, from the balcony of which Washington often addressed the crowds below. It has been converted into a museum for relics from Colonial and Revolutionary days. Not far west of the State House lies historic Boston Common, once the scene of a battle but now frequented by the unemployed. Nearby are the Old Granary Burial Ground and King’s Chapel Cemetery, where many heroes of the Revolutionary War and other promi­ nent figures in our nation’s history are buried. Among them are John Hancock and Paul Revere.

To reach the Old North Church one must pass through a foreign section of the city, which is overrun by scores of ped­ dlers selling their wares from carts in streets which are so narrow and crowded with people that driving there is practically impossible.

A short distant northwest lies the Charleston Navy Yard and near that the Bunkerhill Monument, which actually is situated on Breed’s Hill, a higher neighboring elevation.

Lexington and Concord are not far from Boston. The Lexington Common with its white colonial style church nearby presents a peaceful sight, as does the battlefield at Concord, where “the rude bridge that arched the flood” once stood, now graced by the statue of a minuteman. One has merely to allow his imagination to race back through the years, and he feels shivers run up and down his backbone and **a thrill that would stir a very river of sluggish blood.”

On the roads leading from Boston to Lexington and Concord the natives are frequently astounded by the query, ‘‘Did Paul Revere pass here?M Almost everyone that visits Plymouth comes merely to see The Rock and is disappointed, since it is merely an ordinary boulder having 1620 graven on its surface and being protected by a roof and a fence.

Driving southward from Plymouth one reaches the well known Cape Cod, which proves to be very interesting. A journey to its tip is well worthwhile. The Cape is dotted with characteristic white cottages with green shutters. Occassionally one gets a glimpse of a Portugese fisherman or of the clamdiggers at work on the tide flats. The water in the sheltered portions of the cape is warm, and a dip in the ocean here con143

vinces one that the ‘briny deep’ is not a misnomer; the buoyant effect of the water is also noticeable.

Since time and space press us, we leave the East now with salt in our hair, hoping some day to return and firmly believing it to have more appeal in its historical background than the scenic West has in its gorgeous gorges, mountains, and forests.

Everett Dobratz

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ODDS AND ENDS Gilbert Sydow

In this day, as in other days, society is very complex. It is made up of individuals, and every individual is different.

Indeed, "unlimited variation is the most invariable thing in nature.M All men are created, but the minute after they are created inequality starts. Where there is inequality there are levels and classes. Where there are levels and classes there are differences of thought, word, and action. Diverse individuals in separate classes. What a mess! What a source of discord! Yet we must live together. How this discord may be overcome is a moot question. Everyone has his own ideas on how the adjustment between the various ranks of society should be made. Everyone has his rules of behavior， his code of ethics, by which he governs his relations with others.

Some read and observe and then form a course of action.

Others act as they are inclined and then justify and defend their action with what amounts to a fine group of vague gener­ alizations. Now which should come first?

I think most will agree that one should define a position for himself. One should have a point of decision. A side line over which he cannot step without being out of bounds. There must be that exact spot where one says “So long, mister, I go a different way.” Joseph had to do it. The moral issue involved must be regarded more than the thought of discomfort to self or others. Accommodation that demands a lowering of an ethical code is degradation. To those who consider such a view narrow-minded I suggest a more thoughtful use of the term lest in applying it to others they include themselves by not perceiving the possibility of another opinion. Narrow-minded­ ness is very difficult to define. Once defined, it is still harder to use. It’s best to let it alone.

But, of course, in petty, everyday life certain adjustments must be made merely for the purpose of getting along. If we’re visiting and breakfast is set for eight o’clock, it’s well to be there at eight o’clock. And if soft boiled eggs are served, even if we don’t care for soft boiled eggs, we eat soft boiled eggs. And like them, too. Why? Because soft boiled eggs are in order. That，s all. And if our host has no interest in athletics we shouldn’t bother him with a discussion of the 145

future of the lateral pass in football. And it isn’t at all in place for some to open wide the class room windows and play Eskimo when there are others around who didn’t put on their long* underwear. Such little adjustments and accommodations are made as a part of tact and courtesy. They are merely super ficial observances that don’t require a laying aside of ethical principles. Just common adaptions that don’t take a great deal of thought or energy to perform.

I never could understand why it is necessary to show more concern than is demanded by proper behavior to momentary acquaintances. Why we should flap and flutter about, and talk incessantly to, and display undue enthusiasm over, and shower with sweet nothings, someone who has no bearing on our life.

Why we should divulge our past, present, and future history, and the age of our grandmother, and how many eggs the old hen is hatching. Perhaps such things are done in order that one might have many people to greet and wave at as he walks along Main Street. Big social success! Must we open ourselves up to everyone we meet? Is there nothing we reserve for the intimacy of friendship? No inner secrets to be kept sacred?

True comradeship isn’t easily tossed about. One who values himself will be very careful to whom he proffers friendship.

Is that conceit? It seems to me that, after going to school for sixteen years, there should be a certain development of tastes, ideas, conversations, likes, dislikes, and actions. That doesn’t mean that we go around with a high and mighty attitude, that we are proud or haughty. It doesn’t imply snobbishness.

It doen’t mean that we do not enjoy those little things that are sweet and simple. But these things that are cheap, brassy, coarse, or off-color, that leave a bad taste in the mouth, we avoid. ‘‘Education should make us want a lake, not an inch deep and a mile wide, but one with depth where we can leave the shore and our sand pails and get out and swim.” That doesn’t require continual profundity. It isn’t so much a matter of technical knowledge, as of a finely tempered spirit and understanding. We should learn to live intensely, to be aware of moments and situations. Then every conversation becomes an interesting study. Every activity an experiment. We will always be ready with open mind and eyes to grasp new thoughts, words, and achievements, to accept, reject, and sift until we 146

find the things of value and throw the rest away. Thus we acquire a true sense of proportion. We are able to place every­ thing in its proper category. We learn to judge thoughts, words, actions, persons, and things. We are able to discern the causes of strife between conflicting personalities. We see which accommodations are necessary and a part of wisdom, which are unnecessary and a part of weakness.

Finally, this getting along with others is mostly a matter of personality. Some can do one thing and get away with it.

Others do the same thing and it doesn’t click. We should study ourselves and learn and use those of our traits which are not offensive. Never copy or imitate. Be an individual. If one can converse pleasantly and can give things a slight humorous twist he’ll be welcome anywhere.

HUEY LONG Richard Jungkuntz

It is not my purpose to write a biography of Huey Pierce Long, or to characterize him, or even to give an estimate of his contribution to American political life and thought in the last decade, but rather briefly to sketch his meteoric rise to a position of national renown and importance from the time when he first breaks into print in serious periodicals until his admission into the United States Senate.

First of all it may be well to describe him and his actions as seen by contemporaneous critics. G. M. Coad in the Nation of April 10, 1929, writes that one of the comic and tragic scenes of the time in Louisiana was a slightly obese, sandy-haired ner­ vous man, stalking as a ham actor imagines Napoleon stalked.

At that time Long was serving his first term as Governor of Louisiana, and it was said that this was solely due to a mis­ managed campaign by the opposition. Be that as it may, men with political insight said then already that Long’s every act since his inauguration clearly showed that his goal was: to be, first of all, dictator of Louisiana, and, second, United States Senator. They furthermore maintained that he was designing to create a political machine (with State funds) which might thwart the will of the people, mock the Legislature, and cir­ cumvent the laws. That these predictions were fulfilled almost to the letter we shall see later.

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The first article on Huey P. Long to appear in a periodical begins like this: ‘‘The Governor of Louisiana has been charged with crimes and misdemeanors in office, incompetency, corrup­ tion, favoritism, oppression in office, and gross misconduct.”

This occured in 1929 when the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana instituted impeachment proceedings against the Governor. Perhaps the most serious of the nineteen charges filed is the one in which he is accused of having attempted to hire a man to murder a Representative in the Legislature.

However, Heuy’s personality and political machine were already at that time potent enough to avert disaster.

On the other hand it seems to me that one ought not give all the credit for his escape from retribution to his own domi­ nant character and well-organized henchmen, but I should rather ascribe it to the fact that real American democracy in its purity (relatively speaking) has not been known or practiced in Louisi­ ana since the Civil War. An abstract proof of this is the well known “grand-father’s clause” and as concrete evidence I should like to quote from the Nation of April 10, 1929: “A State Senator, annoyed by Huey’s haranguing and bull-dozing of committee members in the Legislature, threw a copy of the Constitution at his head and cried, “Maybe you’ve heard of this!”

Huey shouted back, “I am the Constitution just now•” Now is it any wonder that he was able to become a virtual dictator in a state whose citizens tolerate a thing like the foregoing boast?

But this is beside the point. The fact is that Long survived the impeachment trial and the violent enmity of every import­ ant newspaper in Louisiana, although he was investigated and exposed in every known fashion. And he emerged with more political power than has ever before been wielded by a governor of one of the United States. According* to the Outlook of October 21, 1931: “If his statement that he is the consitution is swagger then it certainly is the truth now.

From that time on this remarkable man, who had rushed through a three year law course at Tulane University in seven months, rushed through his administration in the same headlong fashion, opposing most of his officials, the Lieut. Governor included, spending huge sums on public works, and insituting a pseudo-reform of the “dives,” brothels, gambling dens, and 148

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“red light district” of New Orleans, which were second in notoriety only to those of the Barbary Coast. And it was during these years that Huey cleverly took revenge on several persons on his ‘‘skunk-list,’’ who happened to be members of very old and highly respectable Creole families in New Orleans.

His method was simple: he merely disfranchised such individ­ uals who could not upon demand interpret some difficult clause in the Constitution. This was entirely legal, being an applica­ tion of the “grandfather’s clause.”

These and many similar things made Long’s election to the United States Senate seem the only answer to the question, “What can be done with a man like that?’’ So in the fall election of 1931 he easily waded through all opposition to finally attain his long-sought goal. And his first remark after he presented his credentials to Vice-President Curtis has become a byword: “Back home they call me Kingfish.”

Note: In spite of all vitriol released by the press against the defunct Senator from Louisiana, we feel justified in printing this chapter on Long’s political life in the literary section. He was a man of emphatic action, the most recent, the most able， but by no means the last of those statesmen-demagogues whose type is as old as statecraft.—It might be well for the student of political history to make a closer study of Long’s career. He undoubtedly was the outstanding type of the modern practical politician.

Ed. GNOTI11 SAUTON Maurice Nelson

We are all familiar with the great sophist of old who went out among the poets and artisans of the day, seeking wherein true knowledge lies. This Socrates, having examined the works of the poets and artisans, came to this conclusion: “He knows something who believes that he knows nothing.”

Let us examine this philosophy of the great sophist and see if there is any truth in it.

First of all, I would divide mankind into two distinct groups: namely, leaders and followers. One supplements the other.

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understood that until he has attained that goal he must submit himself to proper subordination as a follower.

The question now arises: Are you properly training your­ self to be a leader for your field? You may answer: 4'Yes, I believe I am.

However, can you really step into the other person’s boots when the vacancy arrives? Do you really know yourself?

“Yes,” a certain one will answer, “I never let a thing rest until I have it down pat.’’ I never doubt him because his report always shows a straight “X.” I see him striving for perfection and I feel him trying to impress his perfection on me. I don’t blame him for being proud in that he can put the other person “in his place” through his superior knowledge.

Some day he most likely will rise head and shoulders above his contemporaries, and be in a position to demand a definite exactness from his followers. Yet, is this man happily situated on the pinnacle of knowledge?

No, he isn’t. I believe in the philosophy of Socrates, This man is ignorant because he thinks he is wise. I do not denounce knowledge in itself, please understand; but the egotism, the self-satisfaction, and personal pride that so often accompany loarnedness, they usually lead to self-destruc­ tion. That is the danger of perfection. Perfection in itself is too high above the level of the average. That is why I should hate to attain that certain stage of perfection. Napoleon tried to form a perfect empire, but he met his Waterloo. Kaiser Wilhelm assumed the right to rule the world and he is now chopping wood in Dorn, Holland.

I believe that this is true wisdom and happiness: first, realize with Socrates that you know nothing, then you are treading： the right path; then put everything you have into try­ ing to adapt yourself to your environment，to the situation as it presents itself. Learn to adapt yourself to the knocks and sarcasm of your contemporaries and to come back and take it with a smile. Then you can step along with ease, knowing that you deserve criticism, that you are far from being perfect, that you learn by being receptive to criticism rather than jesuitically justifying： your own means and actions.

You know, Fd hate to stand out among the people of my time like a mountain in a desert. I would rather be nestled in among them, feeling that I am one of them. Then, should they call upon me to be their leader, I would not feel elevated above them in pride and self-satisfaction, but instead, just plain pull­ ing on the same rope with them, to obtain a certain goal which we have in common.

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Jbtiartals To Be Different...............

T IS almost American college tradition that a student accept nothing, be contemptuous of everything. Intellectualism, for the most part, leaves no room for faith, tradition, custom, positive agreement • • • • Rightly enough, the animating ideal of the college student js tb learn to do individual thinking. Too frequently, however, it is the case that, lacking vigour to struggle and to make the actual mental effort needed to form an honest opinion, the in­ competent mind invests itself with the petty false superiority of the easy and spurious critic....

Under the present liberal system there has grown a set of hypercritics, pathetically sophisticate, who make the callowest and most sweeping condemnations without anything to offer except a dull ineffectual criticism, the greater the subject, the more bitter the condemnation. .

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being individual. If the world says so, it must be otherwise, to be different. It is the fear of the mediocre, the creature who dares not be himself, lest he cannot be distinguished from the others....

Biographical history might teach us that the lives of the great were not those of a conscious and painstaking effort to be “different.” The truly great cannot so be lost; he does not fear it. And finally—it does not matter to him.

Narrow-minded ?

NE often hears the proper adjective, Lutheran, made synonymous with, or at least closely linked to, the word, narrow-minded. ‘Narrow-minded’ is in this case improper; in­ deed it is very insulting, since its scope is much too great.

One would assume that the Lutheran takes no interest in the arts or in any other means of enjoyment, and looks askance at anyone who 'gets a little kick out of life.’ Or have the Luther­ ans acquired this stupid name because of an altogether different reason? Perhaps they do not fit in the usual scheme of life: they do not fall for the brainstorms of some moderns who •think up’ new ideas on religion that were current 2000 years ago, or the fad of Unionism, or moral ethics based on the hallucinations of men who would like to be pointed out as philosophers; that is, they do not subscribe to every new liberal movement. Why not reserve the word, narrow-minded, for those whose common sense cannot show them the shallowness of liberal tendencies in religion, of the leveling process, which one often hears expressed thus. 14We all want to go to the same place; why should there be so many religions?” If it should be necessary to call the Lutheran names, do him justice and use ‘non liberal.’ Isn，t it possible to see the broadness of his mind in that he has the ability to recognize the fact that the principles on which he stands are firm and lasting; in the fact that he is not swayed by every breath of hot air? And if any­ one wishes to believe that the Lutheran is narrow-minded in the sense of being an enemy of civilization, I refer him to Luther’s own opinion of the fine arts, one of the indications of civilization: **I am not of the opinion that the Gospel should be employed to strike down and destroy all the arts, as certain

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high ecclesiastics would have it. I would rather that all the arts, and especially music, should be employed in the service of Him who has created them and given them to man.”

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The “N” Club according to its constitution, is to work to THEbring“N”aboutclub,a greater interest in sports. The club has been in existence a little longer than two years. During the past year the club has really begun its work in earnest. It has met with opposition and a fair share of ridicule that is, to say the least, unjust.

We have been working to create an interest in sports, so that all students who are eligible will come out for the respec­ tive teams and so make the competition keener and the individ­ uals harder working contestants.

We also wish to increase the interest in sports, so that those who do not play may become a moral support to the teams to spur them on to better efforts.

The aim of the club is not to make sports a reason for attending our college; that would be ridiclous, to say the least.

Rather it is the club’s objective to create interest, that those who play may derive pleasure from playing and that those who are spectators find pleasure in watching their team play—win or lose.

Howard Russow A Suggestion............... the last school years we frequently found students D URING gathered discussing social life at Northwestern, deeply concerned with the idea of improving it. “Other institutions educate their students socially, why can，t we get organized in some way to improve our social life,，，they argue.

It seems to me that it would be advisable to divide the student body into groups according to their respective classes, or to place two classes in one group. Each group would meet at least once a month with a leader or an instructor, who would freely discuss etiquette or other social problems which would come into consideration. Thus we would have the groups divided according to their advancement in life, and who would, 153

r ^31iath㈣j likewise, have their own problems to discuss. The groups would not be too large and each person would have an oppor­ tunity to ask questions and have his problems solved.

Then, too, wouldn’t it be fun and of social value to have each group take turns at entertaining the others at certain times during the year? This would necessitate the formation of committees, which would familiarize one with correct business procedure, and acquaintance with other people would naturally fall into line. In order to obtain the desired results at the social evenings, we would insist on wholesome entertainment and something new each time. Thus we would become acquainted with new forms of entertainment which would surely be of value to us. In all business meetings we would insist on correct procedure of business. How many of us are there who know how to conduct a meeting correctly?

Certainly we can study the rules of etiquette and Roberts Rules of Order, but without frequent practice and use of what these volumes teach us, these things seem unnatural and per­ haps even annoy us when we are compelled to use them.

I think there is yet another point in favor of such organiza­ tions. Do you remember ever meeting a person whom you had never cared to know for some reason or other, but with whom you made a warm friendship after becoming acquainted with him? “We learn to love those we have despised by rub­ bing against them. ” It is evident that we shall be compelled to associate with people who are polished socially, and Cowper says: “Man in society is like a flower, Blown in his native bed. 'Tis there alone His faculties expanded in full bloom Shine out, there only reach their proper use.”

Can we, therefore, understanding the value of pure, social education, afford to calmly watch other institutions educate their students in these lines without taking steps to have our own social life improved?

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rwaicuh played here on November 2, at 2 p. m.，as the Homecoming game. They have also arranged a luncheon to be held that Satur­ day evening in the gymnasium, at 6 p. m., to commemorate the return of all former N. W. C. athletes. Special invitations have been sent to all who have participated in sports at N. W. C. The committee in charge hopes to see as many present and former N. W. C. students at the luncheon as possible.

In planning a homecoming a well-established principle of N. W. C. had to be followed, namely, to avoid loud publicity and to forget about imitating similar events of other colleges and universities. In consequence the committee has restricted this celebration to those connected with N. W. C. This venture of the N. W. C. Athletic Association and “N” Club is to be a friendly gesture on their part toward all former lettermen. Thus by N. W. C. thinking of them, they may in turn think of N. W. C. and again begin to have more interest in the athletic affairs of their Alma Mater.

The luncheon will last from 6-8 p. m. The food will be light but substantial—and free of charge. The “N” Club will have charge of serving and general arrangements for Home­ coming.

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戰e ^arum Do you hold the opinion that all male students desiring to sing ought to be admitted to the Male Chorus? Or do you be­ lieve that the system of choosing an organization of limited size is Referable ?

By all means a balanced chorus, necessarily limited here, since a musical body, not just a group of singers, is desired.

If all male students were admitted, neither a group of singers nor a balanced organization would be the result. It is the fond hope of but a few to successfully use it as a class which shall teach students to sing.

F. T. W. Permit all applicants to join the chorus and the time spent at rehearsals is more or less wasted time for all. Pick your members and at least those who are in the chorus will derive some benefit from it. Why should we all waste our time ? As it is, at least the most interest and efficient in chorus work are benefited.

The discarding of the old method of handling the male chorus has proved to be of marked benefit to the organization.

Having sung under both the old and the new systems, I feel competent to say that the new method of limiting the number of voices and proving the worth of each is the only way to have a well balanced and hard working chorus. _____ Howard Russow I, though myself not a member, am entirely in favor of the present system used in the male chorus. It is now an organi­ zation worth striving after. If all the students would be per­ mitted to enter the chorus, nothing would be achieved by entering. Now, we who are not in the chorus have something worthwhile to work for, and look forward to. Let’s keep the N. R. chorus an organization worth getting into.

With the experience of being in the chorus of two years ago and the chorus of last year, it is easy to conclude that the latter system is the most satisfactory. It has been said, “permit all the boys who wish to sing in the chorus to join that organi­ zation ;it would be grand if we had a large chorus.” Wouldn’t 156

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the return of those luke-warm members, together with the usual quota of monotones etc., be a grand addition !

K. L. If we allow all students to enter'the male chorus, we should also leave the band and orchestra open to all. The male chorus just as well as these two organizations also wishes to have an organization composed of those who know how to perform. A would-be band member must first learn how to play an instru­ ment; so why shouldn’t the ability to sing well also be de­ N. L. manded of the chorus members ?

Our age is highly specialized; the competitive spirit is naturally strong. That, with a touch of the herd instinct, is the wherefore of a select chorus. — This or that school has a select chorus which has made a tour and perhaps gained some­ what of a reputation. Enter the herd instinct — the result is that we also have a specialized select chorus which also makes tours. It is only inevitable then, I suppose, that specialization, competition, and the quite natural desire to excel should eclipse any arguments as to the greatest good for the greatest number, singing for singing’s sake, and all other such finer ideals.

M. We write this, having learned of the contents of the preceding- opinion. We, as a member of the male chorus, find ourself obligated to refute that poorly thought out argument.

We must call the reader’s attention to the sophistry so boldly put in print, lest anyone be insnared in this logical fallacy and thereby swallow the conclusion which follows so smoothly from a false assumption.

The present system of selecting our chorus was not adopted . with a view to tours. We were neither keeping pace with this highly specialized age, nor was our objective eccentrically bent by the naturally strong competitive spirit of our age. The herd instinct, we must confess, was one of the wherefores of a select chorus, but please, — “heai，&” instinct is the correct spelling1.

We have not a select chorus for the purpose of competing with any other chorus on the battle field of song. We have a select chorus so that we may, without any hindrances, be an organization that can truly represent our school especially among our own people and tell them in song what our school’s objective is and also to present to them, as well as we can, our treasury of sacred songs.

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We regret the fact that we misquoted the note concerning the Rev. Mr. H. Geiger in the September issue. The twentyfifth anniversary celebrated on June 19 was not of the founding of his congregation, but of his office as Pastor. Pastor Geiger also received a call to McMillan, Wis., but he did not accept.

A son was recently born to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. A. Dobberstein, Loganville, Wis. Pastor Dobberstein is a member of the class of ’29. _ .

Pastor Waldemar Gieschen, ’26，was installed in the Friedens Congregation at Wautoma, Wis., Sept. 1, 1935.

The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. G. Schmeling, *26, of Henry, S. D., and their daughters Dorothy and Barbara spent their vacation in Milwaukee.

The Rev. Mr. Winter, ’22，formerly of Mission, S. D., is now Pastor at Broken Bow, Neb. Two members of the Ciass of ’35, Mr. H. Fleischer and Mr. G. Niemann, are students at the University of Wisconsin., Dr. H. Koch, ’09，a Lutheran Pastor in Berlin-Steglitz, Germany, who is visiting in this country, recently delivered a lecture on modern Germany in the N. W. C. Gymnasium.

The Rev. Mr. E. Krueger, *31, of Mandan, N. D., was married to Miss Stueber at Clyman, Wis., Oct. 12.

The Rev. Mr. H. Gieschen, ’94，died suddenly of heart failure on Sept. 20. He resigned his charge at Wauwatosa in 1927 because of failing health, but remained active until his death.

The Rev. Mr. A. Schewe，’31，has taken the place of Pastor Schaefer at Mequon, Wis. Pastor Schaefer resigned because of ill health.

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Are you modern students really less intelligent or more illiterate” than your ancestors? The Old Gold and Black be­ lieves that "the quality of English spoken and written by the average college student at present is very poor. The young people of today are doing- very little reading; instead they are becoming acquainted with the English language through the radio and movies with a consequent evil effect on their spelling and on some other aspects of their writing: and they also ex­ hibit a dismal ignorance of books and letters. A person may, be literate to the extent of being able to read and write, to the extent indeed of having got a sheepskin from college or univer­ sity, and yet be illiterate in the larger meaning of the word.”

We, to our regret, find no evidence about us to nullify this reproach. * * * The old German University with its absent-minded profes­ sors, and dueling and drinking students, has made way joi* 3new university founded on entirely different principles, we learn from the Augustana Observer. “Now only those students no have a sound, well-developed physique in addition to a wentrained mind are accepted at the university. During tne. s^." mer, students enroll in physical training camps to keep Doa fit and minds democratic by associating with men ot humDier positions. When they finally take their examinations as candi­ dates for a university chair, they complete a trial period ot lecturing. If they show undisputed ability, they get a position with a fixed salary, no longer dependent on scanty tees oi a few students, as was their lot in former times.

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The American College: Theses of last year’s Milton College graduates are already bound and placed into their library. Diverse subjects as ''Com­ mon Butterflies of Milton.” "The Formation and Photomicro­ graphy of Crystals of Certain Organic and Inorganic Salts.”

"The Production and Marketing of Chinese Goat Skins” are eligible for public consumption. .

Morris Pratt Institute, the only spiritualist school in the world, reopened this year with an enrollment of seven pupils, after being closed for three years. The school was founded in the latter part of the last century in Whitewater, as the Royal Purple tells us, in appreciation for supernatural manifestations.

Courses in the science of mediumship, the psychic studies of spiritualism and mysteries of seance and cabinet are expected to be attended in greater number because of the increased interest in spiritualism in this return to prosperity.

Another cause for good football teams: in 1933 a state university in the south trained a brilliant halfback throughout his freshman year. When he didn’t return the next fall, an intensive search was conducted and he was found on the squad of a western school. A friend of the school, prominent in politics, notified the boy that, unless he returned, his father would lose his position with the state highway department.

But the son had his entire family moved west, where his father got an even better position in the highway department of that state. * A criminology class at Syracuse University has discovered that morons can dance as well as, if not better than, most people of normal mentality. They are gifted with an abnormally developed sense of rhythm. But don’t our intelligentlooking dance orchestra leaders disprove this discovery.

Some eastern school is said to have originated this idea, and it swept through the whole collegiate world. Students have found that they can polish up their white shoes very neatly with a blackboard eraser. For these three facts we thank the Collegiate World.

We take a few unrelated ideas from a summer travel account in the Royal Purple. The cell in which Socrates drank hemlock is still standing and in so perfect condition that it can still be used for confinement.—In Constantinople the mosaics of the Santa Sophia are finally being uncovered, and by an American.

He makes use of the application of hot loves of bread to remove the plaster, and fine scissors to cut away the thin layer of plaster immediately over the mosiac work. By this method only one square foot of plaster is removed a month. -Russia is develop­ ing an educational aristocracy. Every student wishing to pur163

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sue an educational career may do so at the expense of the state; but still there is a great demand and higher wages for Univer­ sity students. * * * “What good will the study of Browning’s poetry do us?”

To this query the wise professor retorts: “It will give you a state of mind which you will find the equivalent of a Rolls-Royce car. Thus it will save you several thousand dollars.” The Stoutonia believes this to be “a perfect answer to a lot of simi­ lar questions; that culture is merely a state of mind, which some can achieve by living in a thirty-room house or sailing in a pri­ vate yacht, others by looking at an etching, reading a book, or looking at a sunset. Culture is simply a way of easing the spirit, of simplifying- life, of reducing the cost of a happy existence.” Is culture merely that? Rather simple! Then the African savage in an exalted state of mind because of a passion for war, and the victorious foot-ball player, are supremely cultured; in fact, everyone would have his spells of culture. If that student was to receive from Browning’s poetry the same feeling he could purchase, if culture can be bought, then the United States would be the supremely cultured nation.

We beg leave to differ.

Seminary 14 Northwestern 22 Watertown, Sept. 21.

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yard line. A pass was intercepted by Martin who was tackled behind his own goal line for a safety. Later in the first quarter, after a series of passes and line bucks, Sydovv scored on a pass from Wendland. Pagers attempt from placement was blocked.

In the second quarter our Alumni retained possession of the ball long enough to send Reuschel across the goal line and add an extra point, Martin tossing to Lemke.

The Seminary opened the second half by advancing the ball deeply into Northwestern territory. Buenger crashed through for a touchdown and Martin converted. The Goslings aerial attack functioned almost to perfection — Wendland to Hempel.

Pagei’s kick was good and the opponents trailed by one point.

The Black and Red scored again in the last quarter. This time G. Frey received Wendland’s pass and skipped across the goal. Pagers attempt was again successful.

It may be of importance to recall the fact that the sports­ manship displayed at this time was not quite what it should be.

Details are unnecessary. All that need be said is this, that the pep meeting of the previous day seemed to have gone for nought. That sportsmanship so passionately pleaded for remains for us a highly elusive quality.

Seniinary Northwestern _____ R. Lemke Sydow.........

L.E, …L.T.-… .......... Witt Bradtke___ ... ........Liesener Wantoch..... __L. G.__ ............Schroeder Koenig____ C. ..........Thierfelder Kuester.......

R.G. _____Gensmer Seifert........

R.T. _____ M. Toepel Roekle........ __R.E___ _____ C. Frey Wendland....

Q. .......... Reuschel Martin........ _____ Martin Schultz....... _____Buenger Pagels........

F. Substitution: Russow for Bradtke ; Harmening for Wantoch; Breiling for Koenig; Weiss for Kuester; Tietz for Seifert; G. Frey for Roekle; Hempel for Martin.

Aurora 0 Northwestern 0 Watertown, Sept. 28.

Northwestern was fortunate enough to have Aurora fumble when deep in their territory in the opening quarter.

Tietz recovered on the nine-yard line. Pagels brought them out of danger by punting sixty-five yards. For the rest of the half Northwestern played in Aurora’s territory.

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In the third quarter Aurora opened up with a succession of lateral pass plays in a vain endeavor to score. The fourth quarter was fought on even terms, the Black and Red chalking u p several incompleted passes.

Northwestern made eight first downs to Aurora’s five.

They out-punted Aurora. Their line was far superior to that of Aurora. The backfied, however, failed to function properly— at least offensively. They fumbled on second down within one yard of Aurora’s goal line.

Defensive honors to Schultz and Pagels. The outstand­ ing kick of the game was that of Sydow which was good for seventy-three yards.

Northwestern Aurora Sydow........

L.E. ....... Courcier Tictz------ -————. ......Shaw Seifert -.. ....... Lindahl Koenig1....... ......Parent c. ......Sherman Russow___ R.T. ......Cohen Harmeninff. ......Seibert R.E. Roekle....... ......Wredling Wendland..

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Mission House 6 Nortliwcslern Hi Sheboygan, Oct. 5. .

After four minutes of play Pagels place kicked from the Mission House twenty-eight yard line. After the kick-off Tietz received Mission House’s bad punt and returned it to their eight-yard line. Panels took the ball through center for a touchdown and kicked for the extra point. Northwestern kicked off. After an exchange of punts Pagels passed to Wendland for the second touchdown, but failed to convert. Koenig, Roekle, Sydow and Tietz proved to be the mainstays in the line.

Captain Schwarz entered the game, which was his first of the season, and lived up to his reputation. His blocking was superb.

In the third quarter Schultz fumbled and Mission House recovered. They took advantage of their break, and Heyl crossed the goal line. .

Captain Schwarz was injured in the game. He will be forced to confine his activities to coaching for the rest of the season.

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Plallevillc 13 Nortliwestern 45 Watertown, Oct. 12.

A short time after Northwestern had kicked off Platteville was forced to punt. Sydow broke through, blocked the kick, scooped the ball into his arms, and crossed the goal line. Pagels kicked for the extra point. Later in the first quarter Pagels intercepted a Miner pass. Hem pel advanced the ball to the one-yard line and Pagels took it through center for a touchdown. His kick was wide.

Platteville opened the second quarter by scoring on a pass.

The attempt from placement was blocked. The Goslings snapped into action after the kick-off. Sydow made a gain of twenty yards. A pass — Pagels to Wendland — brought the ball to the fifteen-yard line. The Miners intercepted a second pass, but immediately proceeded to fumble. Northwestern recovered and Toepel snared a pass to place the ball in scoring1 position. Pagels cracked the line three times to cross the goal. His kick was blocked. Shortly before the half Platteville scored on a series of passes and converted.

The Black and Red came back with a touchdown in the third quarter. Pagels went through the line. His kick was blocked.

In the fourth Wendland received a pass from Hempel and crossed the goal. Sydow hit center for the extra point. Platte­ ville was soon forced to punt from the end zone. Sydow blocked the kick and fell on the ball to add another six points. A pass for the point after the touchdown failed. Northwestern soon crossed the goal again. Wendland took Ray Frey’s pass and raced the remaining fifteen yards to score. Frey passed to Roekle for the extra point.

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The Frosh-Soph tug-of-war will rapidly become a popular annual event, if all follow the procedure of this year’s tussle.

First of all, each side in turn experienced the rather dampeningsensation of being- dragged through the chilly water at the end of a slippery rope. Then, when the all-important third tuR be­ gan with each contestant still shivering from the thought of the last bath and exerting his utmost in this final effort, pulling with tooth and nail, so to say, amidst the frenzied imploring and shouting of close to a hundred spectators and participants — then, I repeat, the rope’s limit of elasticity was reached and naturally the laws of gravitation took their course. Thereupon a hand to hand grapple ensued. But yet while only a few bodies were floating about in the water, the strife was stopped by arbiter Schwartz, lest the game become disorderly. Finally, a gentleman’s agreement was reached by which it was decided only to throw the presidents of the respective classes into, the fiver— the last president to hit the water then being the victor in lieu of his class. The only trouble in the resultant struggle was that both classes employed defensive strategy, and neither president was dragged closer than five feet to the brink.

Victory was eventually awarded the Frosh as the result of some technical slip on the part of the Sophs.

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Dormitory life has once more assumed the customary routine and most of the students have regained their normal composure with the exception of that bunch from Michigan. And if there’s anything more obstreperous, as far as dormitory peace is con­ cerned, than a Baer-Louis fight, it’s a World Series with the Tigers at one end! The only two choices left for a peaceloving dormitorian is self-willed solitary confinment or stoical indifference with perhaps the aid of a little cotton. And if the Tigers by some stroke of luck accidentally win (Note: the editor has gone on a tour of places unknown), the term ‘‘peace’’ just doesn’t exist for the dormitory.

On October 10, the faculty members and their wives sponsored an informal gathering for the student body. Not to mention the refreshment problem, the attempt alone to enter­ tain a group of this nature is always laudable.

Several new students have shown themselves sufficiently capable and have been accepted as members of the band to augment the number from thirty-one to thity-five. The new members are as follows: Hillmer, Geil, llanke, and Rubel.

An all-time record was recently set by the Junior class.

The official time was 32 minutes and 17 seconds, cutting the old record down by the unprecedented amount of some 76 hours.

In short, the Juniors have chosen their class rings. Just another sign of the disappearance of our German heritage.

A new quartette has been formed due to the resignation of three of the old members. The members this year are Karl Gurgel, Kurt Lederer, Robert Holtz, and Philip Martin. The vocal quartette has always been a popular organization at North­ western and judging from the caliber of the new members, it shouldn’t lose in popularity this year.

Four horse-shoe courts have been completed on the campus directly north of the gymnasium.

Arnold Lehman, already well known for his musical abilites, has attained a new height of musical perfection. The orchestra was playing some march by Itzel-Fulton, and Lehman’s cello­ playing seemed to be particularly brilliant- not to speak of several solos and a cadenza. But suddenly just before the end Lehman happened to glance at the music of the next man and right then and there he stopped. He had been playing the wrong piece! * * * “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley.”

Somehow or other there are no night-school attendants from the dormitory this year. It seems there were several that had intended to go, but — “whistle o’er the lave o，t”.

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Upon close perusal it becomes apparent that certain dates have circles about them or other noticeable marks and a signature beneath them, which signifies the birthday of some coed.

So far the generosity of the birthday children has not been so great. We have not yet received fud^e or cake as in previous years. One girl’s intentions were good, but she forgot to bring the snack — a bag of peanut butter cookies.

The stairs still hold the same menace. Anita Zahn, when attempting to avoid being seen by a professor during a free period, missed a step and hastily retreated down the others. A misstep sent Ruth Pfaffenbach, in her hurry to descend the stairs from Mixed Chorus, tumbling- down the other flights. No damages were reported by either of the girls.

The humane society need not worry about the maltreatment of animals by the coeds. Lorraine Asmus and Milly Eisfeldt like their pets so well that they brought them along to school one afternoon and permitted their less fortunate sisters to play with them.

An incident which happened lately reminds us of the poem, “Mary had a little lamb.” Harriet’s brother followed her to school one day, but Harriet didn’t know it until she saw him being brought to class by one of her classmates. Later in the Period Earl decided that he had better go home. After voicing his intention, he politely left the room.

The crowds went wild, a general uproar ensued : an atmos­ phere of excitement was evident. Don’t become curious. It’s only the baseball series ! The “Tigers” and “Cubs” have many followers and the little band of baseball fans uproariously pro­ claimed their joy. Each coed, when she arrived, stated the score to those already assembled in the girls* rooms. After announcement a new outburst would arise, until at last the bell intervened.

The coeds were keyed to a high state of excitement on October 10th. The social gathering for that evening was the topic of discussion. Gathering from reports, all enjoyed the evening.

November 2nd will be an especially important day for the 2eds. It is not only the date set for the homecoming game and the luncheon, but also Ruth Pfaffenbach’s birthday. ‘‘A meeting this recess ，’一and the preps rush into the 170

collegiate room. There is mystery within the four walls of that room, and until further and more definite arrangements are made nothing more will be mentioned.

Campus and 01 骼s『oom By this time, I suppose, most of us have settled back into the old accustomed rut loafing along as best we can, struggling and fuming against the inhibitions which we feel are placed upon our abilities by the rules of dormitory life .M ay be we’re right and maybe we’re wronjr; Pm going to postpone final judgment till some later day. In my opinion the most irksome moment of the entire day’s stale routine is 6:15 in the morning, when the inevitable call of the Tutor dra.s：s us out of bed by the ears, so to speak. A person’s disposition is spoiled for the whole day by such an oppressive beginning. But there is no use struggling against this edict (ex cathedra, by the way), for the Tutors have a heart of adamant. However, man is so consti­ tuted that he must give vent to his spleen in some manner, or he will become absolutely bitter; and since one of the most harmless ways of doing this is through the medium of the pen.

I’m going to write an essay on the subject. The title is: On Lntc-sleopiiiA Late-sleeping has been the subject of controversy from the most ancient times. There have always been some, perhaps the minority, who have maintained that it is a necessity, and therefore virtuous : and others who have maintained that it is the outcropping of laziness, and therefore morally incorrect.

These opposite views are portrayed in the two proverbs : .,^ie Worpenftunb, (iat floIb?ncn Wuiib ; SSer bie tjerfaumt, ber pelit ©rmiD." And the other side of the question : »5Ser friili aufftetit, ber frift fidi arm, SBer pjnpe fdiiaft 9ieftd)?n nrnnn."

Regarding the entire topic from a more elevated viewpoint, we might say that there are certain professions and callings where late-sleeping is seemly, and others where it is not. The outstanding example of the* latter is the farmer. In order to escape the heat of the day, when man cannot work to the best of his• abilities, it is almost necessary to rise early in the morning ; otherwise the season’s tasks will not proceed with the required rapidity. Then there is also an esthetic benefit to be derived from the early hours that no other time of the day can yield, The country in the morning has a beauty that is 171

peculiar to that time. Objects are not so clear as they are under the full light of day, nor yet so indistinct as they are under the moon. The thin morning vapor, floating upwards in long lazy spirals until it dissolves in the air, produces the same effect on the objects of nature as a bridal veil on a woman; the beauty of the woman is not obscured, rather it is enhanced and made a bit mysterious by ihe slight obstruction. Then all the birds are singing and on the surrounding knolls the par­ tridges are drumming. Then “peace broods o’er all the land.”

There are other occupations, such as that of the scholar, in which it is quite impossible to rise with the sun. During the day he is too often distracted by the sights and sounds of the outside world ; but during the night, when all the rest of the world is quiet and asleep, the mind seems to have an ex­ istence of its own, bound to the physical body only by the thinnest of threads. When it is so detached from the influences of the outside world, then is the time for that profound research, for that philosophic speculation and disputation; then are the greatest and surest results to be produced.

When the brain is functioning thus at the peak of perfect­ ion, the scholar has a hard time to break away from his work and to go to bed. Nay, it is even foolish for him to break off his labors then, for the same thoughts with the same degree of intensity will never by recaptured throughout his entire life, so the final result of his work will lack the homogeneity it would otherwise have possessed. Of course, to obtain this detachment of mind, it is necessary for the body to be healthy, lest the pangs of pain continually draw the mind back to this earth. It is also a well known fact that in order to have a healthy body, a person must get plenty of sleep. Therefore we conclude that it is wrong to forcibly eject from his bed anyone who busies himself in the realms of thought before he has had sufficient sleep.

These generalizations apply only to those people who are by nature industrious, and not to these who are afflicted with latesleeping as a disease, just as some men are afflicted with drinking, although the former may not be so pernicious in its effects as the latter. For such people there is still one hope : since they spend so much of the day in bed, when they do rouse themgelves, they must hurry so much the faster, in order to make up for lost time; „^Bec lang Idjteppt Un brell (eppt 贷imnit oct met."

Years ago all schools used to have a few days off in October, inis interim ----- was called “Potato-digging vacation,” and its length depended upon the quality of that year’s potato harvest.

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Then all the ‘‘kids’’ had to quit ‘‘raising cain” in general and pestering the teacher in particular; then they really had to make themselves useful on the old home-farm. It must have been rather an amusing sight to see the whole family from grandma to child in diapers walk over the fields with their noses bent down to the ground. We might call it a slight variation of the old “nose to the grind-stone” story, if we think of the world as spinning about in space. I believe it wouldn’t be a bad idea if our faculty brought back this good old custom to Northwestern.

It can be taken for granted that the student-body would be pleased with this vacation, at least, if there were no stipulation that we must pick up potatoes.

And then there is the answer that came in for the current “Forum” question. Poor English and immature reasoning combined to make the entire thinp too ludicrious for publication in that column, where only answers showinp： the purest logic are to be published. However, we did not wish the humor of it to be lost in toto, so we decided to put it in the *4 Cam pus and Classroom,n where such things can be admitted under the press of circumstances. The punctuation has not been touched by me.

In particular I want to call your attention to the excellent climax produced by the last word. *'Our Male Chorus must make a distinction of jrood and poor singers. All persons can sing but they haven’t the re­ quirements that make a singer a good sinjrer, which are very necessary for a good chorus. No chorus can be good with singers who can sing loud, but not sweet.”

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— The Fall Obsession............ .

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Complaisance......................

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Cutting Thistles..................

Democracy or Monarchy ?

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EDITORIALS— The Three T’s............

179

That Library Question

180

Ethiopia and Italy......

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183 For Consideration......

Courage (In Commemoration) ■…185 THE FORUM..........................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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T丫 THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXIX.

Watertown, Wis., Nov. 1935

Number 6

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THE FALL OBSESSION Gilbert Sydow

Often as I’ve lain awake at night, painfully trying to find a restful position, unable to sleep because a bruised hip or strained shoulder from football has made slumber impossible, I’ve wondered why anyone plays such a game, For months comfortable relaxation cannot be had. For months one has battered shins, aching knees, bloody elbows, a stiff neck, a scratched face, innumerable little aches and pains. For what ?

A mere game. Is it worth it? Of course, I realize that it is a football player’s failing to glory in a limp. A step-and-a-half gait is very common in fall. All humans are so disposed to like to talk about their physical ailments. We’ve all heard the pro­ saic stories of operations. Yet this morbid delight in organ recitals doesn’t compensate for the bodily discomfort. And then there’s the thought that the injured bones may be the source of early rheumatic pains. Should our future happiness be jeopar­ dized by merely playing a game ?

And that isn’t all. Football becomes a mental obsession.

It grips the mind. Another game, play it, forget it. Football, 173

I也—妙 play it, and it dogs your footsteps. For the whole season one can’t see things in their proper relation. No matter how hard one tries to be very attentive in classes, invariably he finds himself trying to figure out why a certain play doesn’t work or wondering about the strength of next Saturday’s opposition.

One may not want it, but that’s the way it is. A game doesn’t deserve such attention of body, mind, energy, conversation, and action. Indeed, I wonder why anyone plays football.

Yet, if another fall came around and I was given the oppor­ tunity to play, I’d be chasing that silly ball. Even if my better judgment told me it was foolish. Even if I knew of the physical discomfort and upset of mental equilibrium. Why? I believe the answer is found most simply in the idea expressed by these words “rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.”

Ever since Eve ate the apple man has delighted in the strength of his own hand. Especially in youth when vitality is at its height. A young man with sanguinic nature can’t fail to exult in the feeling of something giving way to his own power, and of surpassing others in speed and quickness. “The feeling that he could last forever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men.

The feeling that lures to peril and vain effort. The triumphant conviction of strength, the heat of life in a handful of dust, the glow in the heart.” The thrill of the body in action. It’s the driving spirit of an athlete.

We play the games at school to have an outlet for this over­ abundance of youthful vitality. We wear ourselves down every afternoon so we’ll be satisfied to sit still at night. So we won’t desire to chuck our books out the window, get up on the stair­ way post with a chip on our shoulder and defy the whole world to come and get us down.

The greatest pleasure of playing football is still coming.

After the blood has slowed down, when the glow in the heart has grown dim, when “the feet have been bid a fond adieu,” then one can lean back in an easy chair and really enjoy the game. The unpleasant features will be forgotten, the time a clever passer made you look foolish and the time you were flat on your back when you should have been on your feet. Won’t remember that. But you will remember the time you threw a runner for a ten-yard loss and the time you caught a pass.

Those things can then be enjoyed without the bump on the head or the wrenched shoulder. One can then be thankful he played football at school if only for the memories it has given.

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COMPLAISANCE R. Holtz

‘‘Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in shape of a camel?”

“By the mass, and ’tis like a camel, indeed.”

“Methinks it is like a weasel.”

“It is backed like a weasel.”

“Or like a whale ?”

“Very like a whale.”

For those who are unable to locate the above-quoted excerpt, I might explain that it is taken from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”

It is a conversation between Hamlet and Polonius, the latter of whom shows an abundance of complaisance by agreeing to everything and anything that the young prince says.

Now pupils have been taught and literary critics have agreed for centuries that the works of William Shakespeare are universal and that they will live forever, that his characters are portrayed vividly and true to life. And so today, although Polonius is more or less a minor character in the play, we have many a Polonius in our midst. That is to say, there is an over­ supply of complaisance in the world today.

I am not, bear in mind, treating the term complacency.

All too truly there is plenty of that to be seen too. You your­ self know of persons who are very much satisfied with them­ selves, believing either that they are beyond reproach or improvement, or else settling down in a degraded rut, and being perfectly satisfied, instead of trying to rise. No, my friends, that is not my subject, but rather—“complaisance,” or the continuous agreeing in order to get into a favorable position, even though at times it proves to be a most absurd agreement.

To me there is nothing more totally disgusting and aggravating than to be obliged to sit in a classroom and watch a student’s head nodding1 assent to everything that the professor might say, or at times even to hear his disclosing aloud that he agrees most heartily with the statements of the professor, Or to sit there and listen to an argument, with a number of consci­ entious students arguing against the professor, but with a few, even in the face of absurdity, agreeing with him. Occasionally !his might be a person’s true conviction, but much more often it must be interpreted otherwise.

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Such complaisance is repulsive not only in the classroom, but also in one’s daily life. To have your friend always agree takes the spice out of that friendship. To have your friend occasion­ ally differ with you, express his opinions concerning topics on which he is well-versed, and ultimately perhaps win you over to his way of thinking or be won over to yours—this undoubted­ ly gives that friendship a flavor that will ever be tasty, never repulsive.

In a recent publication of this periodical there appeared an article “Gnothi Sauton,” the theme of which was one of the teachings of Socrates, namely, “He is wise, who believes he knows nothing.” To my way of thinking the author is unjusti­ fied in combining the above mentioned title and theme. For I think that it is possible for a human being, in spite of all his frailties and shortcomings, to gain at least a little knowledge, and at the same time to realize that he knows something, yet not to be conceited about it. To “know thyself”，in my opinion, is to realize what you know and what you don’t know, so that you are able to express your honest opinion on this or that sub­ ject, showing others where they are wrong, and knowing enough to remain silent if you know nothing about the subject under discussion.

I do not wish to make the impression that I enjoy disagree­ ing. contradicting, and starting arguments, just for the sake of being contrary-minded, nor do I approve of one student’s mo­ nopolization of an entire class period by means of continuous interrogation and refutation, attempting： to make it appear as though the professor had ‘‘slipped up” in some matter, which after all is of minor importance, but, on the other hand, to always be a “yes man” is nothing less than to show a lack of original thought, clear reasoning, and commendable character.

CUTTING THISTLES Louis Pingel，Jr.

In my opinion, the only way to successfully halt life’s processes in a gallinaceous biped, as well as to exterminate thistles in a grainfield, is by decapitation. Now, I do not care to impress you with polysyllabic propensities at this time, for I do not wish, as Shakespeare says, to ‘‘show the whole wealth of my wit in an instant.” What I mean to say is this: thistle 176

^5^ heads must be cut off in a grainfield. RLest assured ,this thistle cutting is a sticky job in the sharpest sense of the word. You may say, “why not let both grow together until the harvest?” Here two difficulties show this to be an impossibility.

The seed must be kept from spreading and the weed commis­ sioner must be kept away. Therefore nothing remains to be done but to enter the waving sea of grain armed with a knife and begin severing such thistle heads from the plant as have the audacity to lift themselves above the grain. While only the heads are removed, so as to damage the grain as little as possible, the rest of the plant remains to take vengeance on its tormentor in any vulnerable spot as he passes through the patch. So one moves along, cleansing the gold colored landscape from its purple blotches.

The brain, as you may have guessed, plays no important role in this more or less mechanical procedure. Therefore, it must be otherwise employed, I imagine a very interesting article could be written on the subject “Meditations while cut­ ting thistles in a grainfield.” Last summer while thus employed, I allowed my mind to wander, which I find I can do even now with the most remarkable ease to my dismay or to my joy.

Anything flits through one’s mind when it is allowed to wander. You think of everything from girls to popular songs or electric screwdrivers. Then again, I’ve recited German and English poetry or built air castles, all the time, however, cutting thistles.

When most of the plants are beheaded, and the golden grain crests seemingly overlap the undesirable purple, we sit down at the edge of the field, remove the thistles from our knees, wish many times over Adam and Eve hadn’t sinned, and wonder why it can’t be quitting time instead of ten o’clock.

DEMOCRACY OR MONARCHY? H. Schaller

The question has often been raised, “Which is the better form of government?” It is a question that has perplexed the nations since ancient times. Here in America we have always boasted that our democracy was the best. It is true, our government has lasted over 150 years, much longer than any other one in modern times, without any radical change, but during the last few years we have slipped from our high ideals 177

and are leaning more and more toward monarchical forms.

In recent crises we found it necessary to give the reins of government into the hands of one man, so that proper measures might be taken as quickly as possible，and that the long-winded argument over some minor point by the Senate and House of Representatives might be avoided. Our government is too un­ wieldly for a crisis of this kind. Another reason for its failure is the fact that the people have no real choice in the election of government officials. The political parties nominate the candi­ dates, and the people must vote for one of them whether he is good or not.. The result of this condition is indifference on the part of the people. This has taken place in all democracies since the time of the Greeks and Romans, and has brought about the change to an oligarchy, the rule of a few, or to a monarchy, limited or absolute.

A monarchy has many advantages. Since all power is centered in one man with perhaps an advisory council, improve­ ments and necessary laws can be made in but a fraction of the time it takes with the democratic system. There is of course one great objection to this form. If it should be a success, the king or dictator must be both capable and just. History shows us that when kings were capable their countries flourished. But too often they had no ability whatsoever and, having only their own interests at heart, overburdened the people with taxes of all kinds. When this oppression became too great, the people would revolt; if the revolt was successful, democratic forms were introduced and, since the people were all interested in the government, they were for a time successful. But after several generations we find this interest gradually lessening and one man again coming to the fore. It seems that to keep things running smoothly in a state, a constant change from one to the other must take place.

Evidently, both forms can be used advantageously under certain conditions. If a good man can be found, he and a staff of advisers can rule a country well, and, if the people take an active interest in the government, and their representatives are honest, loyal citizens, a democracy can be very good. It all depends on the ability and integrity of those participating in the administration of the government. If someone should invent a way of choosing only the most capable and honest men, we should have the solution for all our political troubles.

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ybttartals The Three T’s............

E know this subject has often before been treated. We also realize with Shelley that man is impervious to argu­ ment unless his attention is continually called to the subject that stands in need of improvement. Driven on by the thump of a shoe and the blare of a cornet, we have determined to militate against the idea that blowing an instrument for a half hour is practice.

Of course, practice is necessary for anyone who wishes to attain to any degree of skill on a musical instrument. But, as we have stated before, blaring is not practice. For years we have heard zealots at their practice, and not one of them ever observed the least of the principles of scientific practice, to say nothing of the delightful nuances that should be expressed by the musician. On the contrary it seems to be the conception at Northwestern that the quality of a player is equal to the quan­ tity of sound he produces. Small wonder that our organizations cannot produce better results.

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First of all practice should develop three things, tone, time, and technic. If there is anyone exasperating it is he who pays not the slightest regard to time or to tone, but rushes headlong to ’a break, stops, and then starts to blare again. “How sour sweet music is, when time is broke and no proportion kept!”

Can’t the poor simpleton see that that method excludes every possibility of developing these three fundamentals of playing!

Therefore if he practices softly, slowly and precisely, he will gain far more than he does by floundering about haphazardly.

We have our doubts whether this editorial will effect any change. But this is an evil that could easily be removed, if those who wish to gain proficiency on any instrument would only keep their own welfare in mind.

L. L. That Library Question............

T IS unfortunately true that many, very many students -know little or nothing about our college library. Yet it con­ tains a collection of books well worth our acquaintance. Its carefully selected biographies, histories, novels, and reference works both in German and English are excellent. But ask any average student what he knows about the library, and the answer will be disappointing. The Sextaners get to know the library only as a remote addition to the bookstore, and often that is as much as they know about it several years later. Even upper-classmen seldom visit the room. It is said that not more than two or three students appear there in a day.

Plainly then, we are not getting the full value out of our library. It would be a good idea to find out why we aren’t, and to try to do away with the trouble.

First of all, the library is open so seldom and for such short periods of time that students are confused. It is a common dormitory occurence to hear someone’s question “When is the library open?” answered by “I dunno,” or simply a grunt. And after a number of trips over there, only to find it locked, one does get discouraged. Even if one finds the door open, there usually is so little time to look around that a careful study of the books cannot be made. One feels that he is keeping others 180

dht waiting and finally hurries out, either with the wrong book, or with none at all. In order to really enjoy a visit to the library, one should be given plenty of time to browse about until he finds something that interests him, then examine the book more closely, perhaps read a number of pages, and finally to decide whether he wants it or not. Such a practice is inconvenient under the present system.

We know that these facts have been realized, and that attempts have been made to improve things, but perhaps a few suggestions would not be out of place.

Naturally, the ideal solution of the problem would be to find some adequate space to take the place of the present crowded quarters, preferably an entirely new building. But until funds for such a project can be obtained, we have to make the best of the present situation.

In order to make our library really useful to the students, it must be kept open much more than it is now, and ways must be found to make it more familiar to the general student body.

We have in the dormitory a reference room which, judging from personal observation, is used just as little as the library.

However, a student is almost constantly in charge of this room.

Since there are not many books in the reference room, why not move them and the student in charge over to the library ?

Then, even when the bookstore were closed, the library could be kept open and under care. With this difficulty solved, the next problem would be to make students better acquainted with the library. For this purpose I suggest that our school paper be called upon. Wouldn’t it be possible to insert library notes in a new column or in one of those now existing? Such notes could tell about new books received, old volumes interesting historically or otherwise, and point out general facts worthy of notice. In the absence of other material, a short book report could be resorted to. An intelligently written monthly article should go far to attract attention and interest.

Clayton Krug Ethiopia and Italy and Italy are having a little disturbance down in E THIOPIA Africa-—it seems they cannot become accustomed to the idea that “war has been outlawed and all differences of opinion be­ 181

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tween nations will hereafter be settled peaceably in the World Court.’’ Without any tangible excuse, Italy began to invade Ethiopia—not even a formal declaration of war was made. The real reason, of course, is the same as that of Great Britian in the Boer War 一 rich resources of Africa and the chance of millions in profit from the native trade.

Commercially Italy is a very highly developed country. It has some of the best iron and steel works in the world, includ­ ing Vickers-Terni, a subsidiary of the Vickers Arms Corpora­ tion. But iron ore and coal are needed for this; Italy has but little iron and virtually no coal. The countries which possess coal and iron mines are willing enough to sell to Italy, but it would be much more profitable to get these from a colony.

Ethiopia contains much of these resources and others, but is almost entirely undeveloped. Italy believes a combination of their industrial system and Ethiopia’s resources, with Italy at the head, would be an excellent thing.

Italy has a moderate climate varying but little, while Ethiopia has some of the highest temperatures under which a human being can exist. Ethiopia has around the sides a deep belt of barren lowland and farther in high tablelands一with profound ravines and gorges, bridgeless torrents and vast savannahs. A Frenchman calls it “a tropical Switzerland ringed by waterless wastes.” In Red Sea lands malaria, heat­ stroke, dysentery, cholera and cafard—a violent form of blues to which white men are very susceptible—claim very many victims.

Ethiopia is a nation of but ten millions, while Italy has forty millions. Italy has a modern, up-to-date army of over six hundred thousand men. Besides, the Fascist state is one of militarism. Ethiopia’s regular army consists of sixty thousand men, efficiently trained and equipped by Swedish and Belgian officers. The Emperor can, however, form an army of five hundred thousand men, skilled hardy hunters. Italy has many airplanes and tanks, but the French, who had much experience in Morocco, say neither of these are of any use against scat­ tered men. In guerrilla warfare a sharp eye and a hasty foot are the necessary equipment.

Italy has brought into Africa almost as many men to build as to fight. Shelters for the soldiers must be built; wells must 182

be drilled一what water is found is nauseous to a European; roads must be built—a modern army cannot advance rapidly unless it has good roads. All the material used must be shipped by sea from Italy.

Commander-in-chief Graziani says the terrain would puzzle even a Napoleon. Because of the wet season in Ethiopia, speed is imperative. The organization of the Italian army with its complex commissariat, makes for much slower movement than that of the Ethiopean army. The Ethiopean does not walk into battle, but runs; his supplies are carried by a mule and a slave, which can follow him wherever he can gain a foothold. Because of these things his attacks are swift, unexpected and disastrous to the enemy; withdrawal is just as swift. How disastrous such an attack can be the Spaniards found out in 1921, when in one attack an army under Abdel-krim wiped out 20,000 men.

Italy has more men, she has a bigger army and better equipment; Ethiopia has the advantage of climate—a climate which is almost impossible for a white man—and knowledge of the country, whose hardships they are accustomed to. Italy has the advantage in man-power, Ethiopia in nature.

Your conjecture as to the result of this trivial or momen­ tous conflict is as good as mine.

F. A. Werner For Consideration............

N previous issues of this publication opinions in favor of the present system of male chorus selection have been voiced.

The purpose of this discussion is not merely to refute their various arguments, but rather to present a few matters for consideration.

Since the primary object of the male chorus is the promo­ tion of high-grade male chorus singing- (catalog, p. 10), I grant that the present system of limitation and selection of voices is necessary for accomplishing this aim. For a concert choir this is an absolute necessity.

In spite of this noble purpose I offer a suggestion for consideration. Under the present conditions the male chorus has four “sandwiched”, periods per week. Couldn’t two of these periods be opened to all who really are interested in singing, at least until the Christmas recess or the end of the first semester, depending on the length of the concert season?

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Before I begin discussing the pros and cons of this large chorus, let me first expose a few deceptive arguments boldly put into print in the previous issue.

The monster, poor discipline, was mentioned as an impedi­ ment to success in a large chorus. An interested and willing group of singers will not be bothered by disciplinary difficulties.

“Bumming” is the result of no interest. The “skipper” and puzzle expert should be given a dishonorable dismissal. Another deceptive point seemingly taken for granted is that the able are also the interested. The nearly ten per cent, who this year quit the chorus does not prove this point; neither do the “bummers” still prevalent strengthen the argument.

An honest memory will recall that various members were talking about a concert tour when the small chorus was first organized. Perhaps nothing was openly mentioned in a meet­ ing, but certainly the leaders must have had some preconceived notions to that effect. A selection of voices would be the first natural step to prepare a concert chorus.

According to the present arrangement almost seven months are allotted to the chorus to prepare for its tour. Don’t seven months appear to be a very long time for a group of able singers to prepare for one concert? Perhaps this is the efficiency allud­ ed to by someone.

Some one may ask, “Just what could be accomplished by an unblanced large chorus?” A well-balanced organization need not necessarily be expected. Nevertheless proper training and development of the voice, correct breathing, correct enun­ ciation, and sight singing (all of which are essentials for highgrade chorus singing) could be practiced.

Now let us consider a few figures. At present over 40 per cent, of the dormitory collegiates have no connection with any of the four major musical organizations. Over 80 per cent of these have the ministry as their goal. The benefits of chorus work and the need of these in the ministry are only too evident and need not be mentioned here.

That the large chorus has other advantages is shown by a few more facts in figures. More than 75 per cent, of the pre­ sent concert chorus have had previous training in some larger chorus. 60 per cent, of these had the opportunity to sing in Northwestern^ large chorus. Of the remaining 40 per cent” 184

who had a part in this large chorus, 12 per cent, are graduates of the preparatory department of the last two years. What do these figures mean? They show that within two years North­ western will be furnishing but 25 per cent., possibly 35 per cent, of the chorus members; for the remaining 65 per cent, the chorus will have to look to those who come from other schools. Why can I say that? Because we no longer have a chorus, such as other schools have, for training those promising voices coming from the preparatory department.

In other words, the present chorus is standing on the foundation left by the large chorus. No care whatsoever is being taken to strengthen or preserve this foundation, in fact, it is being underminded. In looking only to present success the chorus is neglecting the future; it fails to provide a source from which able singers may later be drawn.

Martin Birkholz Courage (In Commemoration) HE world in the course of its history has seen many courageous men,—men who were very prominent and enjoyed world-wide fame by virtue of outstanding courage.

Such names as Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, and George Washington have always been synonymous with great personal bravery. We are told that Caesar, by a personal appearance at the head of his legions, exposing himself to the shots of the enemy, often turned apparent defeat into glorious victory.

Many other stories of like nature are recorded in history con­ cerning the heroes of the world’s endless wars.

But pre-eminent among the courageous men of our era stands the great reformer of the Church, Dr. Martin Luther. Here was a man who at the Diet of Worms could bravely face power­ ful princes and potentates who were opposed to him, and boldly confess his faith, knowing that to do so might mean imprison­ ment or even death. He indeed had need of a truly sublime courage, steadfast and unyielding. Petty deeds of valor and daring sink into insignificance when compared with the iron determination of this man, who could hope for no earthly reward, no plaudits of an admiring throng.

It is certainly not our purpose to idolize Luther. We know he had his faults and imperfections. But he did have the courage of his convictions, that rare possession which few of us have in the same measure as he. As such he is worthy of emu­ lation on the part of every one of us.

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^arum Do you believe it would be of benefit to our Literary Societies, if only members were admitted to the meetings ?

Chiefly two benefits can be obtained from our Literary ■ Society meetings. To the performers they give training ; while the hearers receive interesting information and entertainment, as well as an opportunity to observe the good points or faults of others. Admitting outsiders to the meetings makes the per­ formers try a little harder and gives them a better chance to test themselves. Besides, any program worth our time ought to be worth that of others. We should admit outsiders.

K. You ask whether only members should be admitted to the pro­ grams. I recall a former program, in the arrangement of which the master of ceremonies visibly catered to the tastes of those who came merely to be entertained. I recall another program more intellectual, which received very disgraceful treatment at the hands of the audience. Rather than permit our programs to be disrupted in these ways, we should exclude all visitors.

P. To my mind the question only concerns itself with the presence of the preparatory students at the meetings. For under present rules of the societies the only other visitors per­ mitted are the faculty members and the collegiates that are non­ members. The former we couldn’t exclude from the meetings even if we should wish to, and the latter by their non-member­ ship display enough lack of interest in the societies that we may assume they will never attend the meetings. So we shall speak only of the preparatory students. True, they often become a nuisance at the meetings through their unseemly behavior. But nevertheless, to bar from all meetings those of them that derive some benefit from the program just because of the misconduct of their ill-behaved brothers would be a grave injustice.

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The Rev. Mr. H. Fritze，，30, of Valentine, Neb., was mar­ ried to Miss Gertrude Reuschel, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, on No­ vember 4. Pastor Fritze was also present at the Homecoming on November 3.

The Rev. Mr. A. Schewe,，31，of West Mequon, was married to Miss Viola Molkentin, Milwaukee, on November 9 at Christ Church, Milwaukee.

A son was born to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. H. Eckert, ’30，of RppHqviIIp

Prof. E. E. Kowalke，’08, delivered an address to delegates of the Young Peoples’ Societies of that part of the Norwegian Lutheran Church which is affiliated with our synod; this rally was held at Bethany College, Mankato, Minnesota, on October 20.

The Homecoming game and luncheon which followed in the evening were well attended by alumni of the college. Prof. E. Wendland served as Master of the evening’s Ceremonies. The speakers were Prof. E. E. Kowalke, the Rev. Messrs. C. Buenger, M. Raasch, H. Wohahn, B. Lange, and Mr. W. Schumann.

Mr. H. Notbohm, Com. ’31，received his Funeral Director’s and Embalmer’s license from the State Board of Health in July. He is a graduate of the Goodman College of Embalm­ ing, Milwaukee. # Prof. C. Schweppe，’12, Acting President of Doctor Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota, was the principal speaker at the annual Winnebago Luthern Accademy Association banquet, held at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on October 20.

On November 1, after fifty-five years as pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church at Princeton, Wisconsin, the Rev. Mr. A. Hoyer, *77, has handed in his resignation. Besides his local duties, he organized churches in Green Lake, Montello, Neillsville, Eagle River, Wautoma, Fairburn and Duluth, Minnesota.

The Rev. Mr. Hoyer will continue to serve his congregation until a succeesor is named.

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An attempt to discover the student’s attitude towards peace Jva^ recently made by the Stentor. The primary object was not [o determine their opinion about peace, but to disprove the prevalent idea that “students are unintelligent, and refuse to 191

I ^3ilath ^ 於这 j take an interest in anything but in women and sports.” The Stentor had never subscribed to such an opinion, and had speedily condemned all such foolish statements. The day which was set as the deadline arrived. There were two replies : and “these came from Freshmen who had not yet acquired that mens impenetrabilis of the more sophisticated upperclassmen. They still had the naive idea that it is well to have an opinion on matters considered important in the outer world. It is hoped that they will soon learn that it is very unfashionable for a college student to hold an opinion of any sort, and that if one does, it is worse than bad taste to express it.” We are glad that our student body is so vastly superior to theirs, that not even one of our Freshman would commit such a folly as to give expression to any opinion.

We pitifully refrain from mentioning the college that en­ joyed no homecoming celebration.

“European youth has long been recognized as a vital force in government affairs. Every nation abroad tries to make contact with her young people and to draw them together. Now in America also the Democrats and Republicans are beginning to realize the desirability of attracting thirty million new votes, of gaining the individual student for their party，” says the Racquet, fortunately heretofore the American student, unlike the European, has refrained from meddling in politics. The latter has inserted himself into politics on all occasions, when­ ever the freedom and liberty of his country stood in peril, and received praise for it. To us that has always seemed a sport or thrill, in place of which our wise American educators have substituted football and basketball. Dabbling in politics is all right for the student, but intense interest in it ought to be left tp the sedate sexagenarians.

From the Relief Administration of last year has developed the National Youth Administration, which is aiding even more students. No less than a hundred thousand under-graduate and four thousand graduate students are being provided with financial assistance. We hope President Roosevelt hereby makes America more educated and cultured.

"Many learned men have in recent years devoted a great deal of labor to comprehensive studies of the American Collegiate education, and have come forward from time to time with their conclusions about it. The result of the study of the Carnegie Foundation is thus summarized: American education is ad192

t ^31lath — 成】 ministered in isolated packages of specific ideas, segregated for the time being in self-contained courses cut off by examinations and credits from every living thing.” Perhaps these learned men have concluded correctly; but this was the only method of ever giving higher education, and it seems impossible to alter it while retaining the present college and university. But then we have always held a slight opinion that the cynics were right who believe that college is a good way to dispose of youth for a few years, and that education merely depends on the individual.

From exams we learn that: The Epistles were wives of the Apostles.

Revolutions is the last chapter in the Bible.

Addis Ababa is king of the Riffs.

Sir Anthony Eden was captain of the stricken liner Dixie.

Maxim Litvinoff is king of the Bulgarians.

Nicholas Murray Butler is governor of Oklahoma.

J. Edgar Hoover is a former president of the United States and recently completed a book called the The White House Gang. 氺 本本 A few wishes from the winning essay in the Panhellenic essay contest of which the title was, What I Would Like to See When I Visit New York. “I want to sit, in the balcony or on the stair, 一 it doesn’t matter, at the Metropolitan, to hear Lily Pons and Tibbet and Grace Moore .... I want to stand on the dock when a great ship sails for Southampton, or Gibraltar, or Paradise .... I want to see the pushcarts of Delancey Street, and Mrs. Cohen and Mrs. Kelly .... I want to see the Statue of Liberty from a tugboat, in brilliant sunlight.... I want to buy old books in a dim, old book shop .... And when I have done these things I shall have no curiosity about Wanamaker’s, the Scandals, the tall buildings. But I shall have seen NewYork.”

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Norlliwcstcrn 0 Lake Forest 65 Lake Forest, 111., Oct. 19. The Black and Red gridders submitted to a thorough drubbing at the hands of a powerful team. However, Lake Forest was favored to win. It was not an upset.---- We omit the casualties.

Northwestern Lake Forest Toepel............ ___Perry Seifert...........

L.T. ......W. Robert Harmening.... ___Crawford G. Frey........... ......Neimeyer c.

Kuester........... ...... Adams R.G. Tietz............... ......Gyllenberg R.T, Roekle............ ......Lineburg R.E. Wendland....... __ F. Roberts Q. Martin.... ....... ___Eiserman L.H. Sydow ............ —_R.H•-…. ......Wulis Pagels............ . ......Larson F. Northwestern 19 Milton 20 Milton, Oct. 26. The Goslings lost their chance to take the lead in the Tri-State conference. The team was handicapped to a certain extent by the absence of some men who were injured.

The opening period was fought on even terms. Milton started the second quarter with a thirty-yard pass which resuited in a touchdown. Their kick failed. They soon scored 194

again-----a drive through the line for sixteen yards. Their attempt from placement was good. Northwestern then opened up with a passing attack which brought them to the two-yard line. Wendland crossed the goal, and Pagel's kick was wide.

Milton recovered Northwestern’s fumble in the third quarter and scored on a pass. Langer converted for the second time.

In the fourth quarter Northwestern resorted to more passes.

Roekle received a pass from Pagels and ran eighty yards for a touchdown. Pagels again failed to make his kick good. Milton began another drive, but Kuester intercepted one of their passes and raced forty yards to cross the goal line. Sydow took the ball through the line for the extra point.

Northwestern Milton L.E. ...Luebke G. Frey..

Harmening............. L.T__ ... Sanger ...Kamrath Kuester…Koenig..... …Newton C. Fry Weiss....... .…-R.T•…......_B. Johnson Seifert......

Roekle___ ....... Hull ....... Smith Wendland..

Q. ....... Loofboro Schultz__ ___ L.H.— ....... Larson.

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Wartbur总6 Northwestern 7 Watertown, Nov. 2. Northwestern satisfied the Alumni by winning the homecoming game. They were outclassed by Wartburg, but were favored with the breaks of the game.

Northwestern received the opening kick-off and on a few plays penetrated into Wartburg territory. A pass from Pagels to Wendland put the ball in scoring position. Wendland scored taking the ball through the line. Pagels kicked for the extra point .

In the second quarter Wartburg got under way. Worth received a pass from Hardin and ran fifteen yards for a touch­ down. Their pass for the point after touchdown failed.

The third quarter was fought on even terms. In the fourth Wartburg advanced the ball from their own forty-yard line to Northwestern’s five where they were penalized fifteen yards for holding. Northwestern received the ball and punted out of danger. A Wartburg pass was intercepted. The Black and Red soon fumbled and Wartburg recovered. Again they marched down the field, this time on a series of passes. The game ended with the ball on Northwestern’s three-yard line.

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L.T. …Kuester Tietz ........

JLj® • ——■ ■ ■ …Blazier Wantoch...

Koenig...... ...Schultz c. ...Kittelson Kuester__ R.G. R.T. ._.Jech Harmening R.E. ...Worth Frey.......... ...Hardin Wendland.

Q. L.H. …Stehling Roekle......

Sydow...... ._____R.H..„ ...Heist __ F. _ Pagels...... …Kolb Twenty varsity awards were issued. Those to receive them were: Captain Schwartz, Manager Kugler, Sydow, Roekle, Bradtke, Schultz, Tietz, I. Frey, Koenig, Seifert, G. Frey, Weiss, Harmening, Breiling, Wendland, Toepel, Pagels ，Hempel, Kuester, and Wantoch. Koenig was elected to captain the team for the season of 1936.

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When it rains, it，s a weekend; when we have sandwiches for lunch, it’s Arbor Day; when Kugler gives a speech, it’s about the athletic board, when we win in football, it’s about time, but, when we combine all four — it’s a homecomingcelebration. And thus it happened, November 2, that the “p” club was host to some three hundred and fifty persons, including perhaps fifty alumni. The celebration actually began the fore­ going evening with bonfire and pep-meeting, but, finally, it was not until Northwestern had been “allowed to win,” as the Wartburg coach jokingly said, “so as not to spoil the fun，” that the homecoming1 could be called a celebration. Entertain­ ment was furnished by several musical organizations; twenty football players were awarded letters; and the luncheon was finally concluded with several discourses by various alumni on the “when we beat Marquette” days. There was a another part to the celebration, but that’s a different story — as F. Lehman or W. Shakespeare would put it. The peculiar fact remains, however, that an unusual number of students volun­ teered to help clean up the next few days. 氺

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Hallowe’en this year found Northwestern in a state of mind entirely defensive. Sentinels paced the campus, passwords be­ came a vogue, and a bugle was put into use. A well-devised alarm system had been established, and everything proceeded with clock-like regularity until the alarm system went off. The alarm was heard well enough, but unforeseen complications arose — there was more than one bugler in the neighborhood.

Many of the students took advantage of the tuberculin test sponsored by the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association and directed by Doctor Teschner of Milwaukee.

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Maurice Nelson, the local Nimrod, will become the “persona grata*J among students in the dining room, if he continues to introduce such delicacies into the refectory as he has brought in — via the help of Mrs. Rhode, of course. Up till now the menu at his table has included pheasant a la francaise and Hasenbraten _ savoury tid-bits that would tickle the palate of Nero himself. * * * The collegiate smoking room has undergone a series of renovations and is now decked out in a fresh coat of paint and new curtains with the additional embellishments of indirect wall-lights and a number of black and red ash-trays.

About this time of the year the annual question arises : ‘•How about Friday and Saturday ?’’ Last year a petition writ­ ten and signed by the student-body was employed, and it seems the members of the faculty finally weakened, but, to immediate­ ly disillusion any student as to the effectiveness of the petitionsystem, a virtual ban was placed on further petitions of the same type. Whether last year’s petition influenced the decision of the faculty or not, it is hard to say, but it may be well to remember that nothing was said about suggestions written and signed by the student-body. * * * The “Weocto” singers seem to have struck the fancy of the members of Zion’s Lutheran Church at Columbus. One week they sang for the Men’s Club and the next week they were asked to sing for the Young People’s Society. The octette under the baton of Karl Gurgel is made up of Delmer Hallemeyer, Maurice Nelson, Armin Schuetze, Frederick Thierfelder, Kurt Lederer, Theodore Sauer, Victor Weyland, and Hilbert Schaller.

Inasmuch as a new athletic director hadn’t been chosen when the basketball season opened, the unenvied responsibility of coaching this year1 steam has been undertaken byArmin Roekle.

Immanuel Bade of the Sophomore class is back in the running again after a lapse of some nineteen days with pneu­ monia.

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I The winter season has arrived and with it an epidemic of colds and sore throats. And to safeguard themselves against the frigid breath of winter many coeds have acquired new wearing apparel.

The cavernous hole in the north wall of the coed room has been repaired. Once again the coeds enjoy .the comfort of a complete room.

Ruth Pfaffenbach revived the custom of treating the coeds on her birthday. She brought a large box of cookies for which we all were very grateful.

A crash and a clamor of voices — such obstreperous Preps!

The curiosity of the Collegiates was aroused and they hastened to the prep room to investigate the cause of the sudden outburst.

It was an unusual catastrophe. One of the preps was in the act of applying lipstick when the mirror, horrified at the idea, fell to the floor and was shattered.

Victoria Quandt attempted something impossible recently.

She was rummaging in the attic and, unaware of the fact that she might be near the exit, she fell through it. Since she did not have wings of Pegasus to check her fall or a pillow to make her landing soft, she received a bruised body and a stiff knee.

The number of coed musicians has diminished and now the musical talents of the coeds are represented by only one, an accomplished violinist, — Hazel Herro.

Dorothy Schlueter, who has been sojourning in the East, has returned to Watertown, healthier and happier than ever.

The prolongation of warm fall weather affected several coeds rather seriously, and they lapsed into a spell of forgetful­ ness. Arline Schumann, forgetting that she had a free period, stepped into a class room unaware of any misdemeanor until she beheld a prep class before her. Doris Lehmann made the grave mistake of enjoying what she thought was a free period when she really had a class. n Two coeds, Evelyn Schroeder and Marion Jones, enacted a little comedy extemporaneously. Spectator-shy they both rushed to a class room together. But the narrowness of the doorway caused them to remain jammed tight in it. Much laughter ensued and all was forgotten. .

The Junior coeds received their rings and pins. Now they may easily be distinguished from the other coeds by exhibiting a flasih of gold here and there. .The homecoming game and luncheon on November 2 were enjoyed by all those coeds who could be present, and also by a number of former coeds which included Ruth Fredrich, Florence 199

Kuckkahn, Margaret Krahn, Lorraine Jacobson, Eleanor and Gertrude Reuschel, Cecelia Dierker, Helen Kuenzi, Ruth Bruesehoff, Mrs. M. Franzmann, Hertha and Louise Notbohm, Mrs. W. Bunge.

Apples, not the golden apples of Atalanta, but a basket of delicious rosy cheeked ones was found standing in the hall one morning. What a refreshing bit they made at recess! The coeds express their thanks to the donor. .

A topic of general conversation and one of interesting discussion was that of the operas given in Milwaukee. Several coeds attended one or more and they were well pleased with the performance. Those who attended the opera were Ruth Scheele, Lorraine Asmus, Anita Weihert, Doris Lehmann, Harriet Owen, and Arline Schumann. pin pricks, .. serious Rolled up sleeves, red spots, or just _ looking faces, consolations offered, all in a huddle — it is not a football game or a fight一 but the coeds waiting for the reaction of the tuberculin test.

Campus and Classroom Whenever a person has to write anything, the hardest nut to crack always comes right at the beginning: how should I begin V After you have begun, the rest seems to come along more or less of its own accord. For me too the big problem is: how should I begin ? That question has always been present, but this time it seems I just can’t find a solution. Within these few months I have learned to appreciate the abilities of such men as Walter Winchell, Christopher Morley, and the greatest of them all, as long as he wrote a column, Mark Hellinger. Of course, all these men produce some hack work, for they have to write too much to be uniformly good all the time. But how they can even write as much as they do is a mystery to me, not at all taking the quality of their work into consideration. Per­ haps the explanation that accounts for the greater part of this ability is the fact that they either travel extensively, or if they stay in a certain city, they live intensely. We however, in our academic, almost monastic, seclusion at college haven’t the op­ portunities to receive so many first-hand impressions of life, but must rely to a great extent upon the chronicles of other men’s experiences. If we do not wish to stoop to plagiarism, we are constantly hemmed in by this limitation. * * * A former writer of this column has said: The fall social whirl has begun: Thanksgiving-Day will soon be here and after 200

that there is the Christmas vacation. To this one of the present sta含members has sententiously added, “And now we have the faculty parties.” To myself I shall arrogate the authority to make another addition. Although it may not strictly belong to our social activities, yet it profitably helps to fill out those hours, when we do not feel like “bucking” our “Anochi, attah, att.”

(Study your Hebrew, if you wish to follow me, my lads, study your Hebrew.) The staff now has a radio, so we can finally listen peacefully to the symphony and opera broadcasts. Gone are the days when we had to race down to the smoking-rpom in order to get at the radio before some fanatic tuned in the “Packer” football game or “America’s Waltz King.” Gone forever are the jeers and deprecations of the groundlings and Philistines, when at rare intervals we did succeed. Surely this manifestation is another proof that Shelley was right, when he wrote that, though the progress may be slow, man will ulti­ mately reach the goal of perfection.

To hear a symphony concert over the radio is almost as good as being in the same hall with the orchestra; the color and atmosphere imparted by the moving violin bows and the other instruments may be lacking, but the music, which is the main thing after all, comes to us in an almost unimpaired condition.

I mentioned “the moving violin bow;’’ there is a certain ele­ gance connected with all its movements that can best be ex­ pressed by the phrase, “the poetry of motion.” Have you ever seen anything more graceful than the way in which an artist handles his violin? It is pure pleasure to watch the move­ ments of Misha Mishakoff, the Concertmeister of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. His wrist must be boneless, so sinuously does it flex and bend.

I have said that the presence of the players adds a touch to the concerts, but even on this point there is difference of opinion.

• Walter Damrosch, for instance, believes that the orchestra itself, including the director, should be concealed from the view of the audience, because there is always a temptation for the listener, if the orchestra is on the stage, to watch the musicians instead of concentrating his thoughts on the music alone. Who is right I don’t know, for I have been present at a symphony concert only once; in the words of the German student phrase “es fehlen mir zu jeder Zeit die Moneten.”

But I do know that the one concert I have heard gave me greater aesthetic benefit and enjoyment than radio broadcasts, although I do grant that very much is to be derived even from them.

The opera, however, is quite different. The huge appeal of all operas consists in this fact that they were especially com­ posed to appeal to both the ear and the eye. When we listen to 201

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them over the radio, the sensuous appeal to the eye is entirely lacking, so at least one half of the artistic care so lavishly be­ stowed upon the composition is lost to us. I have said one half of the enjoyment of an opera is lost to us. Perhaps that isn’t entirely true; I should have proposed a higher figure. Since we haven’t television, we can’t see the dramatic effects that a great singer and actor can produce, for an opera star nowadays is selected in view of his acting as well as his singing.

The last four years it had been my constant wish to see an operaa, but.1 never had a chance. This fall it finally came. I tto see and hear the was able _ i San Carlo Opera Company, when it gave performances in Milwaukee. How should a person de­ scribe the experience? Keats must have felt something like it, when he first looked into Chapman’s translation of Homer. I too felt that an entirely new world was stretching out ahead of me: A world of fairies and goblins and demons under the guise of human beings and portraying our follies and woes.

Taken as a whole the result achieved was beyond my fondest expectations. But there are two great reasons that hinder the company from reaching a still higher place of excellence. Since the manager of the troupe must see to it that he does not run into the red,” for unlike the Metropolitan he receives no donations from millionaire dilletantes to cover any deficits that may occur, he must limit the salaries of the singers and stage expenditures as greatly as possible. At times this makes it necessary for one person to take several minor parts in the same piece. In “Carmen,” for instance, one woman who drew my attention immediately by means of her huge, outstanding jaw took the part of a peasant girl working in a tobacco factory; in the last act she was a rich Spanish lady dressed in all the finery that those people so artistically don. Unfortunately this little occurrence produced a ludicrous moment, when the opera was to produce a highly tragical effect. Then also the company is at a disadvantage for the very reason that it travels. Contin­ ually they have to adapt their stage settings and acting to whatever opportunities the different theater have to offer; in this respect the Pabst Theater is especially unhappy.

And yet I say it was enjoyable, for the final result achieved by the production as a whole far outweighed these defects. One little thing should be mentioned: the San Carlo Opera Company always has singers that fit their respective roles; never are you surprised by seeing a prima donna with an hundred inch girth and long past the prime of youth taking the part of a maiden in her full bloom. This may seem trivial, but it really amounts to a great deal in the general effect. If ever you have, the chance, by all means see an opera. Until you have seen it, it is quite unbelievable how beautiful a ceremony the wedding between music and drama really is.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS LITERARY— Bimillenium Horatianum Christmas Customs.......

The Dream.....................

Down by the Pea-Canning Works The Philosophy of Classroom Windows...........

The Devil’s Claws.

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State Pride...........

If the Shoe Fits_ Poor Me...............

On a Fallacy.......

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

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

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

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Every schoolboy has at one time or the other, consciously or unconsciously, quoted Horace. Horace himself prophesied the fact that he would live through the ages when in an outburst of joy he exclaimed: “I shall not wholly die: my bones shall be interred, but my name and my song will live on and will ever increase in the praises of men.” Not only is Horace worth honoring as a great man and distinguished writer of ancient times, but he has also the distinction, among all Latin authors, of making the strongest appeal to modern sympathies. Thacke­ ray says of Horace “That most delightful and accomplished master.” When Burke and Lord Chatham and other English scholars were selected as statesmen and were recognized as political leaders, it was quite the vogue to throw spice into a speech by quoting a line or two from Horace. His marvelous power of using the most expressive word and the happiest phrase has won for him an immortal palm.

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December 8, 65 B. C. His father was a freedman of the Horatia gens, having been set free before the poet’s birth.

Horace always looked back upon his early childhood with fond and even proud reminiscences, for he himself related how prodigies marked him even in infancy as a special favorite of the gods. Quoting the poet himself— “It is entirely by the gift (Melpomene) that I am marked out as the stringer of the Roman lyre.” At the age of twelve he was brought to Rome by his father and placed under a tutor. From the shrewd counsels of his father, who taught him by instances and not by maxims, and by his own strict example, Horace imbibed that habit of keen observation and that genial view of life which distinguish him from all other satirists. After completing his education in the capital, he went to Athens, to study philosophy, as was customary. While he was there the death of Caesar and the events which followed roused the fierce party spirit that had uneasily slumbered. Horace, then twenty-two years of age, was offered a command by Brutus, who was on his way to Macedonia, which offer he accepted. He shared the defeat of the Republicans at Philippi: since the territory of Venusium was selected to be parcelled out among the soldiery, Harace was deprived of his paternal estate.

Thrown upon his own resources, he sought and obtained permission to come to Rome, where he obtained some small post as a notary attached to the quaestors. Poverty drove him to verse-making. It is quite evident that epodes and satires were the first fruits of his pen. About this time he made the acquaintance of Virgil, who in turn introduced him to his well known patron to be, Maecenas. Thus the minister of the monarchy gained the good will of Horace; but with the monarch it was quite a different matter. Horace paid little heed to Augustus until Augustus, in 29 B. C., finally said at a banquet, ‘‘Why is it that you avoid addressing me of all men in your poems ? Is is that you think posterity will think the worse of you for having been a friend of mine?” This marked the be­ ginning of the rather intimate friendship between Augustus and Horace. It was a greater honor to the prudent ruler to have won the tardy approval of Horace, than to have enlisted from the outset the enthusiastic devotion of Virgil.

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had always desired, a small、competence of his own. This was his Sabine estate, given him by Maecenas, the subject of many beautiful allusions and the cause of his warmest gratitude.

While on his Sabine estate he wrote and published his first three books of the Odes. Horace could also write “occasional” poetry, as may be seen from the fact that he always wrote on whatever subject the emperor might suggest. In 21 B. C. his first book of Epistles was published: in 14 B. C. the fourth book of.the Odes was written. The second book of Epistles and the Ars Poetica were written about 10 B. C. The thing that strikes us most in Horace is that we see in him two different poets. There is the lyricist, winning renown by the importation of a new kind of Greek song; and there is the observant critic and man of the world, entrusting to the tablets, his faithful companions, his reflections on men and things. The former ran his course through the Epodes to the graceful pieces which form the great majority of his Odes, and culminated in the loftier vein of the lyric inspiration that characterises his political Odes. The latter, the critic, be­ gan with a somewhat biting1 type of satire, which he speedily deserted for a lighter and more genial vein, and finally rested in the sober, practical, and healthy moralist and literary critic of the Epistles. It was in the former aspect that he assumed the title of poet; with characteristic modesty he relinquishes all claim to it with regard to his Epistles and Satires. Another reason why Horace was a genius is that he never desired to enlist the world in sympathy with himself, but put himself in sympathy with the world. Horace was, has been, intended himself to be, and is the poet of men of the world. Heathen ethics have no nobler portrait than that of the just man sticking to his purpose, with which the third Ode begins; and Roman patriotism no grander witness than the heart-stirring narrative of Regulus, going forth to Carthage to meet his doom.

The three gems of poetry which Horace sought most were: brevity, ease, and life. In the first he is perhaps unequalled.

It is not only that what he says is brief, but it is in what he omits that we recognize the master hand. He knows precisely what to dwell on, what to hint at, what to pass by. He knows the reader’s weakness and says, ‘‘Read me ! and, however you may judge my work, you shall at least not be bored by long 205

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Horace’s ‘‘swan song’’ evidently was his Ars Poetica, writ­ ten in the hope of regenerating the drama. Its admirable precepts have been approved by every age, and there is probably no treatise in the world to which so few exceptions have been taken.

In 8 B. C. Horace’s patron, Maecenas, died with the desire on his lips that Augustus have a care for Horace. But the legacy was not a long burden. Within a month after the death of Maecenas, Horace’s ashes were laid beside those of his patron on the Esquiline.

CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS Ruth Pfa/J'cnbach

There are few things more delightful than the lingering customs of Christmas, which add so much color to the annual festival. The traditional tree, the holly and mistletoe, the spirit of giving, are all customs to which we cling. During this merry season there are not many people who care to be like Dickens’ Scrooge. People are more inclined to say with Tiny Tim, “God bless us every one.”

Holly and mistletoe are common to the Christmas festival.

The holly wreaths are today almost as necessary as the trees.

Many years ago holly and ivy always appeared together. This sounds strange, but it is not so strange when we know that holly was considered man’s plant and ivy the woman’s plant In medieval times poems and songs were written in sportive opposition. It was an annual joke—whether the man with his holly or the woman with her ivy would rule the house the follow­ ing year. In the course of time we have forgotten the ivy, but we still are faithful to the holly.

Mistletoe has perhaps the most romantic tale. There are many legends concerning it. Among the Britons the cutting of the spray was an important and solemn rite. The cutting took 206

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place some time in November. An impressive procession led by the priest started the ceremony. The Arch Druid, dressed in white, cut the vine with the golden sickle. The ceremony was followed by sacrifice to the pagan gods. Those receiving the sacred sprays hung them over the d^ors of their dwellings.

Because of its supposed curative value, the plant was called a “heal-all.” More modern writing by Washington Irving says that mistletoe is proper at family gatherings, but that it would be wicked to take it to church. Perhaps this was a popular belief, due to the Druidical and legendary background as well as to the well known stories of the darts of Cupid.

Christmas in the home is almost inconceivable without the bright tree. Among the Romans it was customary to exchange boughs on the Kalends of January, as a blessing for the new year. An ancient Scandinavian tale tells us that on certain nights during the Christmas season, mysterious lights seemed to shine on evergreen boughs, nor could anything be done to extinguish them. The origin of the Christmas tree in Germany is usually ascribed to Dr. Martin Luther. There is a story that one night during the Christmas season Luther walked through a forest. Admiring the beauty of the snow covered trees under the glittering stars, he was inspired. He thought of the Christchild who came down from heaven. In order to explain his feeling to his children, he set up a small tree and illuminated it with candles.

As a regular custom the Christmas tree has been traced to the sixteenth century. The custom was kept for two hundred years along the Rhine, and it was not until the nineteenth century that it became national fashion.

THE DREAM

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Milton Weishahn

Since dreams present themselves only in sleep, their true nature has long remained a mystery. Strange are the illusions that are formed, and we are startled upon awakening at the vividness and the clearness of the things we have just visu­ alized. As though by stealth, the images came to us, and we were excited and amazed by their action. We seemed to have been individually enrolled ,as one of the cast of a play, and we were forced to play our role. Whether this brief episode was 207

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of a pleasant nature or not, it was the fulfillment of some pre­ vious thoughts, and we were now led to experience our re­ actions to the situation, as though in reality. The peculiar nature of this procedure is well expressed in the words, No word ivas spoken，all was feeling, The silent transport oj the Heart.

Many theories have been advanced concerning this strange phenomenon, from ancient times onward, and investigations are yet being carried on today. The Greeks such as Democritus and Epicurus attempted the philosophical explanation of dreams and arrived at the following conclusion: they are due to the presence of phantasms or spirits of corporeal objects floating about in the atmosphere, which attack the soul in sleep. It was believed that these spirits permeated also the bodies of animals through the liver, and left their message inscribed there. With this assumption was connected the well-known practice of divi­ nation and the holding of auspices, by which the people believed, that by closely examining the action of the liver of a newly slain animal, the success or failure of some future action could be ascertained.

The forms of divination gradually became more diverse, but the chief purpose remained constant. As the significance of visions became more and more prominent in public life, profes­ sional dream interpreters became very numerous.

The effect of these illusions continued to be further pondered during the succeeding ages, and by the 17th century we find additional vent given to these thoughts in the literature of the day. Shakespeare expressed his reaction to the fear incited by evil dreams: To die; — to sleep;一

To sleep! perchance to dream;— ay， there’s the rub!

For that in sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil， Must give us pause; there’s the respect That makes calamity of so long life.

Also of interest is John Milton’s conception of dreams, which he explains are the work of Fancy, one of the lesser 208

faculties that serve Reason, which controls the mind when Reason is at rest.

Oft, in her absence, mimic Fancy wakes To imitate her, forming imaginations, kery shapes; but, misjoining shapes, Wild work produces oft，and most in dreams, III matching words and deeds long past or late.

Samuel Coleridge also sincerely believed that a dream was the work of Fancy as distinct from that of Reason, since as soon as place was given to the least bit of serious thought, the illusion ceased and one was awakened.

If but a beam of sober Reason play， Lo, Fancy’s fair frost-work melts away.

The author has the sincerest conviction that by the action of this Fancy he composed the poem “Kubla Khan,” or “A Vision in a Dream,” in which composition all the images rose up before him as things, and had with them the corresponding expressions, without any sensation or consciousness of effort on his part. Then, upon awakening, he had the distinct recollec­ tion of the poem and proceeded to write it down without diffi­ culty.

Dreams have been investigated by our modern scientific methods and lmve been defined as a state of unconsciousness during sleep, caused by some action of the nervous system. In this state thoughts stored up in the sub-conscious mind pass over into the conscious mind, influencing the reasoning powers, so that we say we have had an inspiration. Ideas, often after having been hidden deep in the mind by thoughts of a more recent character, are again uncovered in sleep and impressed further upon the mind. Because of this, responsible men disire to ‘‘sleep over an important problem’’ before giving a definite decision, and mathematicians have often found the solution to their difficulties in a night of sleep. Another theory asserts that whenever we sleep we dream, and that these dreams, if remembered upon awakening, counterfeit the fulfillment of wishes. The greatest modern interpreter of dreams is the Jew, Freud. One tenet of his vast and complex theory supports the assertion that only whenever we are disturbed or distorted in our sleep, do we have a dream, and the dream caused by this waking experience is the only one that can be remembered.

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Whatever the theory of dreams may be, they do seem very realistic to us and because of this often cause a bit of dis­ comfort. So real do they seem that we could well express with amazement, And could this be but mere illusion ?

Could Fancy all so real seem ?

Sure Fancy，s scenes are wild confusion, And can it be I did but dream?

The fact that the strength of the dream images exceed the mental images, accounts for their making such a deep impres­ sion on our minds and their being remembered so long. How­ ever, the day of careful analysis of dreams has passed, so that today only by the superstitious person will even a thought be given as to the reason for his vision or the importance that might be implied.

DOWN BY THE PEA-CANNING WORKS E. Wendlaml

The nine o’clock canning factory whistle blows a vicious blast. I take my place next to a rather complicated looking ma­ chine called the filler. It is an assemblage of hoppers, pulleys, wheels, levers, pipes, and mysterious gadgets arranged in such a manner that it can fill cans with the proper mixture of peas and brine, and thereupon seal them. I might add that it is so disarranged that it gets stuck in numerous places with uncanny regularity. My duty, theoretically easy, is to push a lever which sets the machine in motion, and to see to it that it remains in motion without being acted upon by some other force.

I squirt a little oil on the various' parts, and wait for the peas to enter my hopper.

The machinery is set in motion. The huge blanchers growl and spout forth peas on smooth, rolling tables, from where they are transported to my hoppers above. I push the lever and hope for the best. The cans clank with monotonous regularity.

The air is saturated with steam, which condenses on the cool pipes above and drips on my head and shoulders continually.

The din is terrific; the heat oppressive.

The continuous clank, clank, clank of the cans preys upon my mind until it becomes an obsession. Keeping time with it, I recite the first ten lines of the Odyssey, switch off into whist­ ling the popular song of the day, and continue with the stirring 210

strains of King Cotton. Whi]e I am in the transition, a big, black-haired mechanic thrusts his jaw into my face and, spout­ ing tobacco juice and strong language, informs me that my hopper is running over, and that peas are spilling all over the floor. I rush to the operator of the blancher and tell him to give me a chance to catch up. I rush back to my machine.

Just at the crucial moment the capper becomes temperamental.

I hammer it into submission. The cans fail to come; they must be stuck somewhere up the line. I hurl myself pell-mell up three flights of stairs and locate the discrepancy before the very noses of the women who are to send the cans down. The operator of the blancher accosts me as I return, waves his arms wildly, and tells me that if he leaves the peas in the blancher much longer，the result will be mush. I tell him to send them through, and continue the morning’s work in a veritable rain­ storm of peas.

Thus through the long morning, the dragging afternoon, and the interminable night. Milton expresses it perfectly: Chaos Umpire sits, And by decision more imbroils the fray By which he Reigns; next him high Arbiter Chance governs all.

Burly “mechanics” swagger about the factory with an air of importance, and if a machine refuses to function properly, they usually end its misery with chisel and hammer. Whitecollared executives strut about and view from their lofty pin­ nacle the efforts of the lowly laborer. Workers clad in overalls and hipboots slush around with hoses and squirt water with reckless abandon. The foreman, the only one who knows what it is all about, and sometimes he is in doubt, restores order and efficiency wherever possible.

Finally at four o’clock in the morning the long predicted hour of closing arrives. The machinery dies down, and the laborers stagger drowsily out into the morning air with orders to return in a few hours. My ears ring, my eyelids droop, my back aches, and my feet drag. My mind is in a whirl of peas. But beneath this lethargy of drowsiness and sweat there is a feeling of pride, of self-satisfaction. I have earned a few dollars with hard work.

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THE PHILOSOPHY OF CLASSROOM WINDOWS Fred. A. Grunwald

Have you ever sat in a classroom and gazed intently at or through a window, at the scenery it exposed ? Perhaps you have never realized what a great diversion windows really are.

To impress upon your mind their great importance to students, you have merely to pull down all the window shades in an ordinary classroom and notice the groans and other manifesta­ tions of unrest. However, usually one available window suffices to banish any ennui from the mind of even the more languorous student.

Occasionally it is the very window which is fascinating, but more often the scenery intrigues the “window fiend.” It seems that all objects, no matter how commonplace they may be, possess some irresistable charm when viewed through a window, especially if the observer’s vantage point be a class­ room. The windows are “magic casements, opening on the foam of perilous seas in faery lands forlorn.”

Formerly the ancients made window panes of translucent and semi-transparent stones. The students then must have found other means of diversion, for there were without a doubt some dull moments in the classrooms (such as they were) then also.

Even in medieval and modern times windows were often covered with greased paper and the like; glass panes were not always in general use. Several centuries ago there was a tax on windows in England, in effect undoubtedly much to the chagrin of the British student.

As every good thing may be overdone and thus work ill, windows in classrooms may also be considered as other than a blessing. The window-gazer often becomes obsessed and over­ indulges; he forgets that the primary function of a window is that it transmit light and aid in ventilation, not that it serve as an object of admiration and means of distraction continuously.

Yet it would be impracticable to entirely eliminate windows merely to remedy this abuse; moreover, as we have seen, windows (not considering their ordinary uses) are practically a necessity to the student, expecially on Monday; as someone has said, ‘‘Monday’s student without a window is like the proverbial fish without its element.”

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In short, this mystic power whichha classroom window seems to exert is really very simple. There is a lassitude in­ herent in the nature of every student. In his effort to escape the learned atmosphere of the classroom for a bit of mental relaxation, he necessarily makes use of the window, to explore the landscape with his eye and allow his fatigued mind and penned up imagination to wander whither it listeth.

THE DEVIL’S CLAWS G. R. Hillmer

In the years before the war Sod us, Michigan, was a thriving village. Within the town itself there lived some thirty odd families. Practically all of these were German-Russians. They had come over in small groups from the fatherland and had settled on farms in the southwestern part of Michigan. They soon found out that they had made their homes on a territory very favorable for growing fruit. They grew every fruit common to such a climate, as cherries, berries, grapes, apples; and being determined, rugged individualists, they were very successful. If they had poor returns from one crop, a plentiful season would follow so soon that it would wipe out the sorrow of the first. They took their fruit to the market in Sodus every afternoon to be shipped by boat to Chicago and Milwaukee.

Here they collected in groups and discussed the events of the past twenty-four hours. They talked of the prices of the fruit, of the weather, and of the latest happenings in the village.

Anything- connected with superstition or hexen’’ was especially enticing to them. At this particular time the subject was of especial interest to them. A house, lying on the out­ skirts of town, had recently been abandoned by the death of the village bachelor. The second floor of the building was being used as a granary. It was just a week ago that Otto Lenz had gone to that place to steal some grain. Just at midnight, as he was sneaking through the back door, he heard a terrible rattling of chains and pounding of feet above him. Young Otto ran down the road so fast that, when he turned that first curve near the house, his left vest pocket dipped sand. The next day the astounding story was heard that the devil himself was boarding in the abandoned house. With many gesticulations Otto loudly (i

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anlt acclaimed to the gaping crowd that he had distinctly heard Satan rattling his chains and stomping- about with clublike feet.

Fear struck the hearts of all，and they then and there decided to stay away from that place forever. For the youth they had little sympathy. Even if he had only been prowling about the house, as he said, what business had he there in the middle of the night. If he wasn’t in league with the Evil One, he had at least brought misfortune to the town. All of them now had to suffer for his indiscretion.

Sodus was in such a state of mind the following night when a visitor came to spend the night there. He was also a GermanRussian，August Schneider, well-known among his countrymen in the neighborhood. Although he was small of stature, he had large bones and a very powerful body. His face was stern and deeply lined, giving him the continual appearance of intense concentration. His mouth was especially firm and hard. With a heavy, plodding step, much used to walking behind the plow, he wandered to this group and that, picking up bits of infor­ mation from each. But after having heard several stories of the bewitched house, including the one by the unpopular culprit who had probably brought the devil there, he decided to show them what real German bravery was, and how much more fortitude he had than they. Since he had to have a place to sleep anyway, he thought that he could advantageously kill two birds with one stone. When the townfolk heard of this, they thought he must be crazy. And when he calmly held up a ten dollar bill and dared anyone to match his wager, they were con­ vinced of it. The matter suddenly grew serious; and when he asked for a revolver, he was offered an old horse pistol that had been brought from the fatherland, but which still was in good working condition.

Taking only a heavy blanket along, since there was a bed set up already, the traveler reached the house and prepared himself for the night without any mishap. He jumped into bed, already gayly rejoicing as to how he would impress those scare­ crows with his fearlessness. He soon fell into a peaceful slumber. Towards morning he was sharply awakened from a restful slumber by a crash loud enough to have awakened the dead. Sitting upright in bed, he heard those same chains, those same clublike feet that had been described to him by the 214

youth. Every word spoken to him by the populace came to him with a deadening force. Every word of warning struck him to the core. Though there was a heavy frost outside and the thermometer was hovering around the freezing mark even in the room, a perspiration broke out over his body. Hot and then cold tremors swept over him in quick succession. But he acted very normally under the circumstances. The Russian side of his character made him think of all the stories that he had heard of the devil’s terrible deeds and of powers given to men through the instrument of “hexing.” But his German curiosity and natural physical courage urged him to try to find the meaning of this noise. Once he had reached this conclusion, he immediately started to fulfill it.

“Crash!” There went that infernal noise, almost forcing him to jump into bed again and pull the covers over his head.

But just as his Germanic forefathers had steeled themselves to repulse the Romans at the Teutoburg Forest against great odds, so he forced himself to keep on, tiptoeing to the foot of the stairs and then up. Each step seemed a step nearer to eternity, for he was in reality getting nearer and nearer to the very person of the king of the underworld, who had that terrible spear in his hand and that ball and chain tied about him which was making that gruesome racket. He took the last step up, just so that his eyes were even with the floor. And there, sitting full in the moonlight, was a great owl, with its huge staring eyes boring into his own. Clamped on both of its feet were two large, steel hunting traps with a heavy iron chain holding them, set there for keeping an especially huge species of rats out of the grain. The owl must have come into the window, open at the top, attracted by the kernels of scattered corn and had accidently stepped into these massive traps with both feet; and each time the owl attempted to free itself by jumping on the window sill, it was brought down with a tre­ mendous thud by the chains; hence the rattling chains and the bump following. Heaving a great sigh of relief, the visitor proceeded up the remaining stairs and approached the owl.

He cautiously freed the struggling bird. It fluttered to the window and out into the night. This done, he returned to his bed and soon fell into the sleep of the peaceful and contented.

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to the villagers. But to his astonishment and amazement he could see by their expressions and their words that they felt like tearing him apart “Just try to prove that!’’ one of them said. Then a sudden truth struck full upon him. How could he make those people believe what he had witnessed the night before? How could he make those who had heard and believed in such tales all their lives understand or even quietly listen to his words? He had let the prize go.

“Why didn’t I shoot that owl when I had the chance，” he said to himself. “What did I have that pistol for anyway?”

Disgustedly he decided that the best thing now for him to do was to get out of town as quickly and as quietly as possible.

Within fifteen minutes he was on his way, with the small group standing at the fruit market shaking their heads at the sad plight of a certain person who thought that the devil was nothing but a common owl.

REBOUND Richard P. Jungkuntz

Operator, please give me Crescent 1402! . . . Hello, Daisy? . . . How are you, honey? . . . who’m I? Well I’ll give you three guesses. . . . Yeah, that’s right, how’d you know? . . . Oh, I see. Say, whatcha doing to­ night? ...Nothing? Well，I’ll be over, and then maybe we can take in a show afterwhile, 0. K. ? . . . Whaddayamean you don’t want to horn in? I’m not tied to anyone’s apron string. . . . Oh, you mean about me and Alice; well, that’s all washed up. I gave her the air. . . • Yeah，that’s right—ditched her, cut her out, put her on the waiting list. ..How come? Oh, it’s a long story. Mostly a case of me craving a little variety in my feminine friends....

Yeah,—say you don’t mind if I take you out with a shiner on my left glimmer? . • , Uh - huh, got it in a fight. . • Who with? Oh, you know that tall, gangling jack in my class that calls himself Reginald Vandervoort. . . . Yeah, he plays on the basketball team. . . . Naw, I don’t remember just how it started,—I guess he thought I insulted him. . • • What did I tell him? Oh, some crack about him not knowing what the score was when it came to girls. . . • Heck, I 216

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Honest, you aren’t getting me on the rebound, — I just got tired of her. . . . Hey, wait a minute, don’t hang up!

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

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No Class Numbers................

HERE will be no class numbers in the current volume of the Black and Red — a departure from traditional policy, we realize, yet to our mind a justifiable one.

Ideally, where every classman is keenly interested in seeing his class excel on the field of honest literary endeavor, class numbers should make for a more representative, alive and vigorous publication.

Practically, the policy has fallen far short of the ideal; it has been weighed and found wanting, chiefly in point of interest evidenced by the individual classes. — The complacent surface of student body apathy, it would seem, is unruffled by even so powerful a stimulus as class pride.

There is the argument of tradition, we agree, — always an important factor, determining policies greater than ours, to be sure. Gathering prestige and moss as the years roll by, traditions often assume a halo of the sacred, the inviolate, as it

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were. Fundamentally, we all are loath to break with them, however tinkling and trottering they may be.

However, to bring this to a somewhat logical conclusion, we advance that with every tradition there must be a recognized worth. When there is not, when we not longer recognize the tradition to be of value, we believe that it can be broken with impunity.

Conclusive arguments for our change we trust will be found on the very pages of the Black and Red.

Why Write ...... often wondered about the continual paucity of materi­ I HAVE al for the Black and Red. Why don’t more students take

advantage of the opportunity to develop their writing ability?

In a school that stresses the academic side of student life there should be an overabundance of articles that show the results of study or the adventures of an awakening mind. It seems to me there is not a lack of ideas among the indiviual students.

It’s said that where there are three Germans there are five opinions. What a wealth of mental conceptions should come from our hundred some Teutons. However, there is a certain self-consciousness about these ideas. A fear that these thoughts may be ridiculed, laughed at, that the revealing of an inner notion may be considered foolishly sentimental. A hyper­ criticalness of one’s own work.

Forget it! Student opinion is always regarded as such.

No weight is attached to it. No one holds the writer to account.

One’s ideas now aren’t taken seriously. Wait twenty years.

Say the same thing and it may have some effect. Some one niay listen. But not now. Don’t let timidity hinder your literary endeavors. It isn’t so much what you write, as that you write. Of course, one expects something worthy of your age and education. A standard must be set, but it is not high on the literary plane. It couldn’t be for a student publication.

One can be sure that if his writings fail to pass the standards set by the Black and Red his diction is very poor.

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so doing he will be forced to page a dictionary, to find the connotation of words, to know how words may and may not be used. In speaking we are careless. Anything goes. An every­ day speaking vocabulary is very limited. A few hackneyed expressions, a bit of slang, and one gets along. Unless we are put on the spot we shy from conversation that demands an in­ volved form of speaking. For our own self-expression we ought to practice writing. Learn what is right. Then the deliberate misuse of words, a little slang, the violation of gram­ mar rules for style or effect is not a grievous error.

Writing is one form of our education that has a clear prac­ tical application. We all write letters. But what kind of letters ? Are they mere statements of the dry facts or alive and interesting missives that bring delight to both the sender and receiver ? We can write home and bluntly say we need money or we can veil our request in subtle circum­ locutions that at least amuse the dispenser. The good humour thus produced may add to our material welfare. In the Virginian, instead of saying “The pillow is cold，” the hero says “This pillow has need of a southern climate.” That’s what I mean.

Finally, of course, these feeble literary attempts are not of any great importance. Yet, as Carlyle says, “If the edifice I create be but a dog-hutch, it is more honorable to have built a dog-hutch that to have dreamed of building a palace.” We may not get beyond a house for a toy fox terrier, but that’s something.

G. A. S. State Pride A song to thee, fair State of mine, Michigan, my Michigan................

ES，I’m from that noble State across the Lake, and I write with moderate pride; for one should possess a certain amount of pride regarding the district or state in which he has been born and reared. But, fellow countrymen, this is not to be a eulogy on the grand State of Michigan, but rather a condem­ nation of the over-emphasis and excrescence of state pride.

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boasting and the most annoying comments emanate from this group. One is constantly hearing of the famous La Follettes, who rose from oblivion to become blazing stars in the heavens of the state of Wisconsin; of the extraordinary cheese manu­ facturing proclivities of the state; of the numerous hills, lakes, and rivers, and the soul-stirring scenery in general; of the pure, graft-free government of Milwaukee: and this year it’s been those amazing Packers and that Avalanche from Marquette.

Granting, now, that you people of Wisconsin might justly be proud of all the above-mentioned facts, should you forever be ringing these emblazoned deeds of glory into the ears of others, to whom they are of less interest and importance ? Rather, why not face these facts: that the University of Wisconsin ranks ninth among the universities of the country; that with the exception of Indiana, Wisconsin has practically the poorest and least marked highways in the country; that, outside of its deified cheese and ‘‘beer that made Milwaukee famous,” it has no outstanding products or industries; that its natural resources are practically nil? (I haven’t the heart to include the 1935 U. of Wisconsin football team.) Or better yet, why not consider facts that out-of-state men might constantly brag about if they were so immodest and ungentlemanly as some inhabitants of Wisconsin ?

The Minnesotans might mention the mining industry, the hug6 flour mills, and the mighty Gopher football teams. The Nebraskan could boast profusely about the extensive cattle raising and meat packing industries and the unique state capital. The Dakotans would delight in vividly describing the dust storms and the Black Hills. The man from Washington might rave on incessantly about lumbering, fishing, and the renowned Peter Puget. The Ohioan might perhaps talk about the steel industry and union strikes. A resident of Chicago might justly be proud of living in the metropolis of the midwest, a finance, railroad, and manufacturing center — a city that has practically wiped out an underworld, the equal of which has never existed.

Now finally I must mention Michigan — not because I wish to praise or boast of its numerous accomplishments, but out of all fairness and courtesy to my fellow-statesmen. I might in­ considerately rave on for pages and pages about the glories of 221

this grand old state. I could tell you that those illustrious Tigers belong to that state and remind you of their glorious triumph over Chicago’s “youthful Cubs” in the recent World Series, during which we Michiganders weathered the taunts and razzes of the exasperating Cub fans and came up with smiles on our faces and a shekel or two more in our pockets. I could quote astounding figures concerning our great automobile industry with centers at Detroit, Flint, Cadillac, and Plymouth, and in the same breath extol the magnanimous Henry Ford as the king of the auto magnates. So, too, of course, I might remind you of Michigan’s place in the paper, sugar, furniture, and mining industries; of its superior state police department; and of its celebrated corner in the world of sports, in which realm I need only mention Joe Louis, Detroit’s “Brown Bomber;’’ the Michigan State Spartons; the Detroit Lions; and the Michi­ gan Wolverines of a few years ago, when they won four succes­ sive Big Ten titles. Indeed, all these things I might do, but I shan’t burden you with these details, because, as I have stated before, it is not my purpose to impress upon you the worthiness of the State of Michigan.

What I do wish to impress upon you, however, is that we should not stress the fact that we are Michiganders, Wisconsin­ ites, or Minnesotans, but rather that we are all Americans, living under the laws and regulations of the same democratic constitutional government. So, henceforth, when you hear some one mention Wisconsin, or anything belonging to, attached to, or concerning it, and you feel your expanding chest taxing the thread that holds the buttons of your vest in place, just stop and think, looking back about three-quarters of a centrury to the time when Abe Lincoln and the union forces fought heroically to keep these jealous, loosely-connected states bound into one body — the United States of America.

R. Holtz

If the Shoe Fits.............. resentment within the student body against A aGROWING certain attitude expressed by Black and Red columnists has prompted me to make a few remarks.

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t ^jjlaA ^ ^ J slurring reproaches and vicious cynicism never was in order.

And when such remarks are directed at one’s own fellow students a justified indignation is bound to rise. It smacks of a certain disloyalty that would raise a ruff on the most com­ placent man. It isn’t expected that every one has the same opinion on student body functions. We all have our two cents worth to say about everything. But it is expected that the possibility of another opinion be recognized and respected, even if it falls in a lower level than our own, and that under the guise of a column one doesn’t give vent to his personal spleen and openly ridicule the views and doings of others. If the titles of the columns make no limitations, why have columns?

It’s bad enough to have those around who sneer at every­ thing that fails to suit them, but when such sneers brazenly appear in our school publication, one begins to think it over.

That one strives after the so-called higher things in life, the best in literature, the best in music, the best in art, is commendable. One so doing might readily be said to be ap­ proaching the position of a cultured gentleman. But when that one turns around and contemptuously jeers at those who have not developed so far, he shows that he doesn’t know the mean­ ing of the term. A true gentleman wouldn’t claim distinction for being able to enjoy a symphony or opera. He doesn’t flaunt his cultural attainments before others. And he surely doesn’t ridicule. ‘‘A cultured soul must keep a charity, an eagerness that makes it ever ready to seek beauty in unproclaimed places, and to respect ardors it cannot itself feel.” A knowledge that merely puffeth up is a ruinous knowledge. If education to you means placing yourself on a pedestal where no one can reach you and looking down on those about you, take out your books and read them over again, because you’ve missed the point.

Among other things education means putting the best construc­ tion on everything.

I’ll have missed my guess if this isn’t considered the futile mutterings of one of the unenlightened masses, a groundling, trying to storm the lofty citadel of those segragated few who alone have seen the true light.

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Poor Me AVE you ever heard, 44Boy, I sure ‘flopped’ in that exam!’’ from a classmate, one who “pops” some such phrase every time you are waiting for an examination return ? Has it happened to you too, that you sympathized with him only to find a beautiful mark on his paper after it was returned ?

There are some people who take a special delight in enlisting sympathy. You find them everywhere, in the classroom, on the athletic field, in the club room. Haven’t you heard someone bemoaning the fact that he is certainly going to be ‘‘cut，’ from the squad, even though he was first substitute on the first team last year? At the billiard table you will play with a fellow who promises you beforehand that he is going to lose, that he won’t be able to make the simplest shots. After the game is finished you find that the poor boy who was going to lose by ten points has beaten you by fifteen.

I don’t believe there is anyone who does not underrate his ability occasionally. But when you have a “wolfcrier” about you for long, you begin to appreciate the braggart, the person who knows only his own superb skill.

If you will watch a class after an examination, you will invariably notice that it is those who are quiet and say the least who get the low marks. There are very few people who would go about and force their ignorance on the ears of their friends.

There is nothing quite so irritating as a young man begging sympathy.

R. R.

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CCORDING to the Concordia Courier the Northwestern basketball team isn’t playing the Falcons, a nickname recently given to the school in a mammoth sports pep rally, 一 because “Northwestern is simply tired of being on the under side of the score.”

Northwestern’s open dates were submitted to the Concordia athletic board last spring and again this fall, but Concordia took no steps toward an agreement. Considering this fact, who do you think severed basketball relations-----Northwestern or Concordia ?

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Prof. E. Sauer,，07，of Doctor Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn., delivered the sermon at the rededication services of the Juneau Lutheran Church, Dec. 1. The building was re­ cently renovated. Prof. Sauer visited his son at N. W. C. on the preceding Saturday.

The Rev. Mr. H. Fenske，，30, of Mercer, Wis” was married on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, to Miss Loretta Schulteis of Milwaukee, Wis. The ceremony was held at Saron’s Ev. Lutheran Church at Milwaukee. The Rev. Mr. G. Krause, ’22, 225

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Among the guests at the reception were Norman Gauerke, ’28, Chicago, Martin Franzmann, ’28，Thiensville, and Mr. H. • Meyer, *93, Milwaukee. .

Mrs. Henry Geiger, wife of Pastor Henry Geiger, 07, went to her eternal rest on Oct. 28, 1935.

The Rev. Mr. H. Geiger visited his sons here Nov. 21, and also attended the concert given by the Piney Wood’s Quartet.

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“When the historian of the future passes judgment on the current attempts to meet the problems engendered by 3the •Great Depression/ he will probably dwell on the changed attitude of the average American as the theme of his account.

From the outset of the settlement of the American continent, the peculiar conditions of an undeveloped wilderness gave a stamp to the American which distinguished him from his European brother.” The young American secured a wife and struck out for free land in the West. Gradually, however, this opportunity for colonization passed away, and instead of being a self-reliant frontiersman, the present American seeks federal relief when unemployed. ‘ Tor more than a century previous to this, government was looked upon as a dangerous tool, to be used as little as possible. The enhancement of the power of the national executive was bitterly fought. But there can be no doubt at the present that the federal government and president play a far more intimate role in the life of a citizen.

Whether this will have a permanent effect in American attitudes only the future can tell. And unless a new economic set-up is perfected, changes in the American scene seem inevitable, changes which will bring to America social stratifi­ cation in line with European experience.” From the Cheshire. 氺氺氺

“The average male student is so much more polite than the average co-ed that it’s far from funny.” Perhaps you doubt it, but a student at Ohio State has proved it, according to the Old Gold and Black. “Wishing to determine whether the young women would observe the standards of good manners, this 229

curious young man stood beside a much used door and opened it for everyone who approached. Only two out of every fifteen co-eds said thank you for the favor, while but one of every fifteen men neglected to do so. Most of the co-eds seemed to feel, according to the report of the experimenter, that the door was opening of its own accord, probably in deference to their beauty.”

At one of the recent numerous teacher’s conventions the High School system of reading the classics, that the teacher tries to see if she can finish Shakespeare in one year, was sharply criticized. The Stoutonia quotes: “No institution does as much to destroy the love of reading as the average High School. By the manner in which the classics are thrust down their throats, the students tire of them and turn to the pulp thrillers.” Now we’ll feel sorrow instead of pity for the High School student. ♦ ♦ * When a Chimes columnist received not a response from his student body for his efforts in revivifying a column, he con­ cluded that such a reaction was favorable. Assuming a negative response to be a sign of life, he nevertheless determined to arouse a bit more interest, believing a columnist to be a gadfly, and the “student body, like the Athenian populace in the time of Socrates, to resemble nothing so much as a huge, ungainly, lazy horse. The professors try to lead it to the waters of wisdom, but they can’t make it drink. Said horse is content, during most of the school year, to take it as easily as possible, only when a steep grade is encountered in the form of an exam, does it get down to hard work. ” Such a state of mental in­ dolence is exactly the opposite of culture. ‘‘The essence of culture is awareness. To be constantly alert for every im­ pression, every bit of beauty, however commonplace, every in­ teresting occurrence about us — that is culture.” Perhaps we all could attempt to learn this, and not live under the delusion that we must seek what to us appears lofty and high­ brow, in our attempt to gain culture; so that, when we can­ not readily acquire it, we do not turn in bitterness against any one who attempts to use and add to the culture he possesses.

Since we cannot obtain the large spacing for our column, we insert a few short pieces to make it at least look interesting: Enrollment in a certain college’s courses for janitors and kitchen men jumped from eleven to twenty-five this year.

Subjects include civics, French, and algebra.

Another indication of prosperity returning to the country is the increasing amount of gifts to colleges and universities.

Northwestern University has obtained world-famous solo230

ists and musical organizations for its Music Appreciation class of two thousand: among them are Rudolph Ganz and the Ballet Russe. .

The last book written by Lawrence of Arabia, entitled The Mint, is priced at five hundred thousand dollars, a very appropriate name for the price.

Robert M. LaFollette and Charles A. Lindbergh have the honor of being classed with Clark Gable among the twelve outstanding Americans under forty.

How America does fall for ballyhoo. Tickets for the recent premiere of the Rheinhardt-Hollywood Midsummer Night’s Dream in New York were available at prices from $2.50 to $11, and the stage performance, which was much superior to the movie, attracted not one-half the attention and crowds.

A student prank from the Agonistic: A few members of a Stanford Fraternity placed a dummy on a sharp curve in a highway, hid in the bushes and waited to see what would happen. Around the curve came a large sedan, which struck the dummy squarely, sliced it in half and ground to a stop. A woman in a high state of nerves climbed quickly out of the driver’s seat. The funsters blinked, gulped, and ran away when they recognized Mrs. Herbert Hoover. ...

To a junior at Miami University goes the distinction of best supporting himself at college, or perhaps of making money while attending. This scholar carries twenty study hours a week and audits one course; he supports himself by working on the N. .Y. A.，assisting in the physics department, grading papers in the mathematics department, and working daily from seven to midnight in the office of a taxi company.

“Should America send a team to the Olympic Games to be held in Berlin next summer? This question is being discussed more and more as the time for these games approaches; a question that takes its source from the ‘Jew-baitipg’ activities of the German government;” and a question that is illustrating the sportsmanship of our American sportsmen. The Stentor continues “why all this hullaballoo over the politics of Germany ?

Who are we to tell another country how it should run the Olympic Games?M But other papers are not so tolerant; the old American spirit of democracy causes a sense of loathing against a country that is reported to be persecuting the un­ fortunate sons of Jacob. “The original purpose of the Greek Olympics was to foster a friendly feeling among the city-states of that country. Until now the modern Games have produced a similar result/J — But if we consider more deeply, we shall have to yield, and admit that our time-honored and war-proved dogrmas of equality are much more potent than a few historic games, and should easily override them. ' 231

Final Footbal Standings of Team W. Milton 5 Aurora 3 Northwestern 3 Miners 2 Mission House 0 Wartburg .0

Tr卜State Conference L. T. Pet. 0 1.000 0 1 • 700 1 .700 1 0 • 400 3 0 •000 4 • 000 4 0

Baskcthnll Leonard Umnus has been chosen to act as Director of Athletics at Northwestern. He will also take over the task ot coaching the basketball team.

Among the candidates who reported for varsity basketball are six lettermen of last season. They are Schwartz, Waiiemeyer, Koehler, Tietz, Sydow, and G. Frey. Captain Roekle is still unable to participate.

Northwestern 32 Engineers 51 ”7. The Milwaukee Engineers displayed a Di 中 1办/2’ shooting and took a nine point lead beiofthu BIack Red succeeded in finding the hoop. The 衫hal^fourte6^? an(^ were trailing by two points The Engineers commanded the second half. At one time they were leading by a score of thirty-five to fifteen.

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Only the philosopher’s stone could transmute baser metals into gold, but what a new coach can’t accomplish, isn’t worth the mentioning. Not that confidence in itself is to be decried, but this alchemist-like faith is particularly detrimental. Type of material is of secondary importance; championship is bound to result —not only a wrong “slant” on the prime purpose of an athletic director, but a distinct incumbrance to the coach him­ self. Cooperation embraces not only unanimity but equanimity.

To expect the impossible diminishes the possible. Whether this peculiar attitude will become more prevalent or not, remains to be seen. But come what may, the new athletic director de­ serves our support, not our restraint. .Mr. Leonard Umnus, a graduate of the University of Illinois and a resident of Menominee, Michigan, was inducted into the office of athletic director, December 2.

Eating a roasted chicken and carving one are two widely separated processes, as the Thanksgiving dinner soon disclosed.

All proved to be past masters in the first division, but when it came to the second, something evidently was lacking. Some applied their knowledge of vertebrate anatomy; others merely applied the knife. But finally, mutilation is mutilation regard­ less of the angle of approach, and it was a sad-16oking lot of disfigured chickens when the triumphant, knife-brandishing： dissectors had laid down their arms. Of course, the succulent meat was enjoyed so much the more, but it just goes to show -----there still are a few things to be learned outside the book.

A Piney Woods quartette, under the sponsorship of the St. Marks Congregation, gave a concert of sacred and secular songs in the college gymnasium, November 21. Piney Woods is a privately-owned school in Mississippi for the negroes.

The depression is a thing of the past, as far as the Fresh234

man class is concerned. The era of liquid assets and long-term credits has arrived, and hoarding is absolutely inexcusable.

And who knows! One policy seems to be as good as the next, and this “spend it before you lose it” system seems to have its good points. At any rate, basketball suits must be had, and what’s a team without good suits.

The second-floor hall has undergone an improvement where­ by the steps between the old and the new dormitories have been eliminated.

If "an apple a day keeps the doctor away”，we’ll all live to be octogenarians. At least four to five bushels of apples a week were brought over to the dormitory during October and November, and it appears that December won’t be neglected.

The field of sports at Northwestern has suffered a number of major changes this year. Besides the addition of a new athletic director, hockey and tennis have assumed new aspects in their relation to sport as a whole. Both of these sports will henceforth have representatives on the athletic board, and minor numerals will be awarded those putting in the necessary amount of playing time. # The Literary Societies have resumed their activities, and, with the hope of nipping a few of the time-wasting debates in the bud, here is an article of the constitution adopted by both societies: “The object of the society shall be to inculcate and to encourage interest in and appreciation for good writing, reading, speaking, and debating.” That last word, you will notice, is limited, first of all, by an adjective and, secondly, it refers to debates held on the stage!

The term “Christmas” always is related to a large number of irrelevant ideas—such as: sparkling snow, tinseled trees, colored lights, tinkling sleighbells, programs, presents, and an innumerable amount of other charming associations, but there is always one pleasure which, although insignificant in itself, seems to surpass all the others in sheer fascination and enchant­ ment, and that is the Christmas music with which the dormi­ tory is awakened every morning, beginning a week before vacation. Just wherein the absorbing delight and entrancing charm of this traditional custom lie, it is hard to determine.

It may be the newness of this delightful method of being gradually brought back into consciousness; it may be the happy recollections aroused by these childhood songs, but I feel that the main attraction lies therein that it intensifies for a moment the anticipation of Christmas with all its associated qualities.

But the halo evaporates and the fascination suffers by attempted analysis. And so, until 1936—‘‘Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.”

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The scope of material for this column has narrowed con­ siderably and, an exception to the rule, the content has also decreased. Nothing has happened to any of the coeds. Not even one of them was absent Friday as a result of over-indul­ gence in goodies on Thanksgiving Day. Several coeds have decided to do their studying before the Christmas recess so that they might really enjoy the vacation.

Dorothy Lutovsky, Irmgard Koehler, and Ruth Bickett visited the coeds recently.

Helen Mitzner spent a week-end with Florence Kuckkahn in Milwaukee.

This year the coeds are planning on having numerous teaparties during the winter months. Each coed who dines in their room at noon will participate. It has been decided that the necessary utensils and ingredients be supplied by those who wish for a sip of tea.

The literary season causes many little fears and much anxiety among the coeds. Here and there a coed stands alone with lips moving and arms gesticulating. The reason is natural enough. She is practicing for some program on which she was asked to make an appearance.

The coeds join in wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Campus and Classroom This is the December number. It is quite needless to say that this is the month in which we celebrate the holiday of Christmas, or Santa Claus; it all depends upon the way you look at it. If you are still in a state of infantile development, you will be glad that we are having a vacation from the everyday drudgery of college life; if you have experienced disappoint­ ments, disillusionments, if you have felt the “pangs of despised love” and then found your own love perishing, leaving a desert void in place of a rose garden, you will think much more deeply concerning the significance of that day. But I don’t want to preach; we’ll leave that to the minister.

There is one big thing lacking during the Christmas season nowadays, at least in this part of the world. What has become of the Christmas carollers? It is too bad that such a fine old tradition is dying out. It must have added a distinctive touch to the festivities. Imagine a cold night; a few snowflakes are 236

beginning to fall and are gradually becoming thicker .and thicker. And now a group of young people comes along, joy­ ously singing those marvelous old songs that have been inspired by the occasion of Christ’s birth. Leisurely they move along the street, stopping now at this place, now at that. The group need not necessarily be made up of trained singers, or even of people with exceptional ability. All they need is a full concep­ tion of what this season really signifies. If they sing in this spirit, they cannot fail to touch a responsive chord in one’s own being.

Before I spoke rather cynically about those who are happy only because we have a vacation. Do not think that I condemn this attitude entirely, for undoubtedly much might be said in favor of it. And then, it wouldn’t be exactly honest, since I too rejoice in the fact that we’ll get away from “deah ol’ Nawtfiwestern” for a couple of weeks. Perhaps the vacation will have such a salutary affect that we’ll really do something worthwhile, when we come back. Then for me there is always the pleasure of returning to my beloved countryside for a time.

So strong is this feeling in me that I always pity those who have not spent some of their life on a farm. It is an experience which, if you have lived through it, you would not give up for a great deal of “book larnin.”

Undoubtedly most of us have by this time written a letter to Santa Claus, telling him just what we want for Christmas.

And now I can’t resist the temptation to tell you what I have requested. I want to sit in my favorite rocker, smoking either a pipe or a cigarette, and simply dream: I want to stand by the window watching the snow fall or drift along, gradually piling higher and higher between the buildings, and then I want to run outside and feel my face tingle from the cold wind; I want to take my gun and tramp over the fields and through the snow-banks, not particularly anxious to shoot anything at all; and not least I want to pull a crosscut saw until my back seems to be broken. Just why I should ask for such things, would be hard to say, just as each one of you has his own wishes and yet could not logically justify them, except on the grounds that they please you, and that is perhaps a valid excuse for the existence and enjoyment of anything. But I am certain of the fact that each one of us will have his wishes fulfilled, for hayen’t we been good boys all year long, thanks to the tutors?

At the time of this writing, the literary programs for this season have not yet begun, so it nominally is the right of all free-born men to wonder just what they’ll be like. Will our seniors provide that the productions maintain a high level? I 237

still insist that the present senior class is one of the best and most original classes that has ever attended Northwestern, no matter what the profs and all the others think. But will they be able to do this? It is really a harder task than a mere glance at it would lead one to suppose.

In spite of the ability of the seniors, I believe experience teaches us that the contrary will almost certainly happen. In fact, it often seems futile for students to have anything like literary societies, or even a paper. And why? Because there is never a single person at college who produces anything of sufficient merit to compensate for all this bother, waste of time, and labor. Why this should be the case I do not know, for of all the thousands that go to the different colleges, there ought to be some one who has been touched by the kiss of genius.

But if there is, you can never find proof of it in the realm of college activities, Is it that we are too busy attending to other inconsequential affairs; or that we are laboring under the draw­ back of immatutity; or is it simply that we lack all abilities?

But hush! I am saying this in a moment of depression. I sup­ pose, I might say exactly the opposite, if you ask my oppinion on the same subject tomorrow.

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MAIN CAFE A CLEAN, COMFORTABLE, COZY PLACE TO KAT

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KEHR BROS. Heating Contractors OIL BURNERS STOKERS AIR CONDITIONERS

103 Main Street

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BLOCK & ANDRES, Proprietors Mail Orders Promptly Attended To

Telephone 197

Squibb Products Wahl Eversharps and Pens Refresh Yourself at onr Soda Fountain

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Dealer in Groceries, Feed and Flour, Vegetables and Fruits.

Telephone 597

Family Shoe Store.

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Watertown, Wis.

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A. POLZIN Ice Cream, Cigarettes,

Candies, Groceries

1207 WESTERN AVENUE

Phone 195

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Marble Barber Shop 101 First Street 345-J

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Watertown, Wis.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— Beauty Girl..........................

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Twenty Thousand Leagues

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A False Accusation

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

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

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

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM ADVERTISEMENTS

THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXIX. Marcli

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Watertown, Wis., Jan. 1936

Number 8

monihly. Subscription, One Dollar.

BEAUTY GIRL G. Sij(to%v

There you sit, graceless creature, squatting on your haunches, awkwardly short, bow-legged, pug-nosed, with a sagging mouth, just a homely bulldog, a lead paper weight, the watch dog, the guardian of my desk. Waiting and watch­ ing, that’s all you do. Mostly waiting, isn’t it? Because when I do sit down there’s nothing much to watch. I don’t even sit, I slouch, don’t I? And nothing worth while is done, is there? And you don’t like it, do you? No! It bothers you to see me throw the saddle on Pegasus and go visiting. I don’t use the spurs and the quirt. The old broomtail streches out and goes places without them. You’d like to tell me to stay in my own stall, 'vouldn，t you? To come back to earth and to work. But all your frowning doesn’t do much good and it certainly doesn’t improve your looks. Nothing would help that ugly mug of yours. But calling you names doesn’t get me any­ where. You’re still a grim, unblinking reminder of stern reality, a symbol of fixity of purpose, of holding tenaciously to it, of fighting courageously for it. Unmoved, unyielding, 239

㈣j resolute to the end. Never afflicted with flighty brainstorms.

Well, you’re lucky.

Go ahead, I know your glance suggests that pile of books.

They’re nice books, aren’t they. Pretty covers, too. There’s a leather one, a green one, even orange. I doubt if that black one will ever be read. After a while I do get started on them, don’t I? And you’d like to say, “Come on, boy, stick to it.”

You don’t believe things can be learned jestingly, without the sweat drops of hard labor on the brow. But listen, can^ know­ ledge like honey be gathered in different ways? “The butterfly” hovers over flowers and finds it. “The bear clumsily puts his paws in a beehive and licks them.” Must all things connected with learning be ponderous and weighty? I can see that you stand by your perspiration idea. You think that’s a lazy man’s way of looking at it. Maybe you’re correct. I don’t know. Any­ how, you’re all right, you’re a good dog, faithful to your mas­ ters interest. I appreciate it.

Look here! You see this rubber eraser on my pencil?

There’s not much left of it because I use it. You know what that means? That’s put on there because of imperfection, of de­ ficiency in make-up. I get tired. “Much study is a weariness of the flesh’’. And do you know what people do when they get weary? They go to bed. And that’s where I’m ^oing\ And you can still sit there, Beauty Girl, and think it over. ^ic (^cfdjidjtc uum 3ri)uiciu.

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”Sa, mein Ucber Sunge, fo ift'3 ietu, abcr at^ id) iuiifl war, fa【) eS Ijier gan^ anberS auS.①a, ujo ^onifelb mm lueljt, ftmtb bama(3 nod) ein grofjer 53戰dj uub flecobc iibcv bent tuo cr bovt bie Siegung madjt, ftanb bie alto ^ivdjc. llniev 公of (on eiucu (Qttgen ©teiimjurf fiib(id) unb 9?ad)bar SBeber ungefa()v ba, tuo Die flvofje CSidje fteljt. Unfer ©eelforger war bee id)mi bamalv alte Rafter @d)u(s« ein guter, treuljergigec 33vanbenbuvQev, luie luir c§ ja a lie woven, ©in waeferer, alter SWann tuac er. baj$ utuffen imr gefteOen; grog unb fernig mit eiueui langen tueiuen ^ollbart. ^ebeu 5an fam cr nod) un8 f)in. 0ft erga^te er un§ uon feinen ©tubenteujarjren. Xabei fa lit mil’ eine geiDifte@eic^id)tc ein, bie Ijaufig uon il)m er^iiljlt tuurbe. ^ic niufj id) bir nod) fagen, mein lieber banu werben ntcine alten ©lieber ein roenig auSgeru^t (laben.

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I „3u ber Beit mar e§ nocf) 9Kobe, bafe bee ^5a[tor fief) (cIBft etnc j?u办,ettic^e ©ii^ner unb ein ©djnjetn I)ielt. 9?un |otte er mat etn ganj au^gegeidjneteS ©djmein; fo runb unb fett unb gtangenb, tote cS nur fein fornite. ^eben 艾ng Befudte fid) ber alte $aftor baS ©djmein unb 间majjte mit ben Sippen, ttjenn ec an ben feinen @ped unb Sdjinlen badjte. „9?a, e§ fam ja aud) enMid) tie Seit jum ©d)(ad)ten. - SBatcr unb id) nui^teu I)in, um if)m baBei gu ⑽fem TO wtr fertig wareit, war e8 fdjon aienitid) fpat nadjmittagg, jo wodte bee ^aftor, ba§ ©djtDein fofle Me 92adjt iibcr braufjen ^cingen, bamit e8 aud) gut cm3fii5(e. @o fjfiiiflten mir e§ r)od) genug, baft feine umljerfdjraeifenbe ©unbe eS an* ru^ren fonnten, mib bann fe^rten tuir wieber nod) ©auje. „5)en uadjften 9J2orgen fri'iO eitte ber ^aftoc l)in gum ©djroein, um ben SOie^tBraten fiir ba3 grii^ftiid aBiufcfjneiben. ©i, ei, wag fiefjt er ba! 9Jid)tS fieljt er. S)a? ©eftwein ift fort. SBafitenb ber 9?ad)t war jemanb Qcfonimeu unb Ijatte ba§ STier mitgenommen. 5)te @adje mar gnu^ unBegreiflid)； tiiemanb lonnte fid) benfen, n?ec ba8 Sdjwcin flcftol)(en (jaben fonnte. „SDcr flange SBinter tjerremn, unb ber Sena war aud) f由on tiorbei.

Stnmet nod) wax bet ①ie& nirfjt befannt. fa^ fo au3, at3 ob tie @cfd)id)te fiiv al(c Gminfeit ftier fteefen bteiDen rourbe. S)od) nidjt gang.

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"5U. fling ^aftoc ©djufs su iijm Tiiit. „3Bat Tjeft bu benn jefegt, min Sonqe?" 2)er Sube wieber^otte e3. Unb bee ^a[tor fagte: „Smige# ©unbag fimmft bu na Slirdje unb noa bie 汨rebigt leppft bu rup Dor ben ^Utav unb fcggft bat juat lut, bat od alle Sie et oerfta^n.

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toeit genug 扣eg mar, ging er su feinem 货inbe (jin, priigette e§ Qriinb= ltd) burc^i unb prcigte eS was gang anberg ein. „Gnbtic6 !om ber ©onntag. ^Saftoc @由ulj prebigte geraattig gegen jebe gorm ber ©euc^etei. ©leict) nad) ber ^rebigt fagte er: ”柳t nierb en flener Song uot foammrt, ber un§ bie SBoa帕et feggn win." SBiHQ ftanb au由 auf unb lief (angfam gum 5Utar. 5)ie flange ©emetnbe tnadjte mit einem 9lu(J auf. 3)er a(te ^aftor fdjmungelte in grtebeu Dor [\6) ^in. ,,9?a, ma nid) fo Blobe; teg unS bod), wot bu „5)er 资naBe raffte fid) jutammen: mix, bolt, S)et Rafter )}ugt bie SruenS jung uii olt."

S)er ^aftor fiel Beinaljc toon bee hansel, iiaut fiber ben ficirm, ber loSbratf), f^rie er: „@r liigt, er li'igt. ©o tt)at l)eB ic! no nt jeboaf)n.,< rnurbe e§ aud) mieber in bee birdie ftille. Sine ©emeinbe» berjammtung n)ar fur ben nadjften STacj feftgefetjt. S)ie guten S3auern wollten bie ©a由e mat orbenttid) unterfudien. „S)a fam aud) enMid) bie ganje SBa^rljeit an3 Sidjt. SBeber 5atte ia ba§ ©djroein geftoI)(en. 9?mi nmfjte er fiir ba§ ©djroein be* ga^ten, unb Jo I】atte $aftor ©d)iilg raieber feinc (S^re getuonnen. @in Reiter sog SBeber nad) ^ennfi)(uanicn suritef, aDer unfec alter ^oftor ©由uls ftarb 5iec Diele Soljre [pater, ba id) fdjon (cingft Don Soufe fort war. 3a, jci, gri^djen, bama(@ mar nod) aUe§ uiet, Diet anberS.H TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES M. Volkmann

Recollections of childhood incidents always seem to linger in the memory more distinctly than those of occurrences in later life; and when the recollection is a thrilling： one, it remains impressed upon the mind indelibly.

The greatest thrill of my life occurred when I was about ten years old. A building was in the process of construction near our home. Since it offered possibilities for having rather unusual fun, I was in the habit of playing there, despite the fact that trespassing upon the premises was prohibited.

While playing about the building one afternoon with my brother and a friend, we ran upon a cistern which had been left open. The cistern was not level with the surface of the ground, but was sunk about 2 feet. Its water was dirty, of a 242

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muddy-yellow color. Evidently danger is an unknown quantity to boys who wish to have fun; so it wasn’t very long before all three of us were lying stretched out flat upon our stomachs around the edge of the cistern, merrily engaged in throwing long, lance-like sticks into the water. The sticks came bobbing back out of the depths with such velocity that they usually rose about a foot out of the water, whereupon we seized them and threw them back in again. It was great sport, and in our attempts to grab our sticks when they reappeared, we uncon­ sciously kept crawling a little farther over the edge of the sewer. That I had gone the limit was made apparent in a short time; for upon one occasion, when my stick failed to rise out of the water to the usual height, I made a wild grab for it and slipped smoothly into the muddy water.

My first impulse after I felt the waters close about me was to open my mouth and shout for help. Had it been another person, the impulse might not have been so hazardous. But when one has a mouth as cavernous as mine, it is almost de­ cidedly fatal. As it was, I must have gulped down a gallon of the vile liquid before I decided I had enough and closed my yawning chasm. Down, down I went, and believe me, those few moments of my decent seemed an eternity, even to my youthful mind. Finally I did touch bottom of the cistern.

Then I felt myself turn over and begin to slowly rise. I don’t remember any details of my ascension. The next thing I vaguely knew was that I was desparately clutching the rim of the top of the cistern. My trembling1 and pale-faced compan­ ions reached clown and pulled my water-logged bulk out of that vile sewer.

My brother ran home at top speed to summon aid. I re­ mained lying near the scene of my mishap, feeling very misera­ ble indeed.

Eventually I was pumped out and carried home, where a short time later my father administered the antiseptic which left with me an aversion to open cisterns for the remainder of my life.

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

EDITORIAL STAFF ..Editor in Chief Theodore Mittelstaedt.

Associate Editor Orvin Sommers.........

Business Managers ......Business Manager Everett Dobratz...

Nathanael Luetke Advertising Managers Edward Fredrich Department Editors Exchange Winfred Lehmann ..Athletics Hogey Bergholz ......Locals Oscar Siegler....... .Campus and Classroom Lester Seifert.......

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The terms of subscription are One Dollar per annum, payable in advance. Single copies, 15 cents. Stamps not accepted in payment. Notify us if youa wish your address changed or your paper discontinued, Advertising rates furnished unon application.

The Black and Red is forw.araed to all subscribers until order for its discontinuance is received or the subscriber is more than one year in arrears.

J&itartals Laisser-Faire ITHIN the innermost recesses of the average student’s heart is the craving for liberty. Under the present system of professorial, inspectorial, and tutorial college govern­ ment the students are subject to a mass of regulations which hamper the individual even in matters of trifling importance.

The only solution, of course, for this interference is laisser faire, the doctrine that there are certain great natural rights with which no professorial body should interfere—rights ot liie, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The real essence o is theory of college government is that the department of should not interfere with the student’s social routine. :s means that the governing body should not attempt to regu a e the hours of study; furthermore, that it should not ^n^ei e^e with the student’s outside activities. Then, all that would e necessary, would be for the benign faculty to establish a sche­ dule of such a nature that the greatest share of the student s work could be performed in the classroom.

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With this achievment of liberty, happiness would indeed be obtained. In the eyes of the physiocrats the institution would be transformed into a veritable Utopia. Yes, the fruits of liberty would indeed seem to be more precious than the golden apples of ancient fable.

Sadly we admit, that when this theory was employed in respect to trade and industry, the sole trouble was that it did not work well in practice. Perhaps, however, — perhaps, we say, in our case we would merely be confronted with the task of erasing that indelible motto “Aut doce, aut disce, aut discede” from the annals of our college history.

Paul Baganz A False Accusation................ a composition of some kind has been written in the AFTER class-room and the students are leaving the room, one

often hears this statement, “Oh, how I did shoot!” It is said with a tone of voice which suggests careless abandon and a dismal lack of self-appreciation. The particular student departs, thinking he has done nothing.

Now I’ve always asked this question, “In what does shoot­ ing really consist ?” Without doubt much of it consists in a mere “lingo” of words; but is this true of all so called “shooting ?” I don’t think so. Much of it is, I believe, an expression of truly original thought.

Many of these students who dub themselves ‘‘shooters,” I have observed, are well-read men. By reading they have assimilated many ideas and have made them a part of them­ selves. Consequently, when they sit down to an examination, thoughts just flow forth, thoughts suggested by the subject before them. All this enrichment has become so much a part of their nature that it goes forth unnoticed, and consequently these students think they are merely “shooting，” when in reali­ ty they are seeing associations in a topic, — which kind of work is genuinely creative.

There isn’t any reason whatsoever why a person should consider the enumeration of text book facts an excellent piece of work over against so-called “shooting.” This sort of work might look all right on the surface, but upon closer analysis we 245

see that it is something which often merely attaches itself to the outside of the student, stays there until it is removed, but never permeates the nature of the owner so as to do him some good. So-called “shooting,” however, is usually something produced by culture, something therefore of worth.

I’m pretty certain that everybody, after an examination in which he has let loose his store of ideas, has experienced then that peculiar pleasure of a scholar, namely, the feeling that he has discovered something new. Many of his ideas have been brought into alignment with each other and also with other ones, and thereby his sphere of views has been enlarged. In­ stead of merely reciting some unrelated facts, he has produced one great whole out of a number of ideas and made them of more effect and strength.

Next time, then, when we accuse ourselves of “shooting” and thereby show lack of appreciation for our work, it would be good, if we would with all seriousness first of all determine whether more good accrues to a mere enumeration of facts learnt from text books or to ideas which we have introduced by association. The latter procedure will probably then be perferred to the former, and if it isn’t, we at least will be acting in all fairness.

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i ^emmarg JJotes 贝m ^benb oor ben SBei^nacfjtgferien 与ieften mir niit t)te(en Sreunben ber 92ad)bat[d)aft eitie SBei^nadjtgfeier in unferer ^apeHe. 办err $cof. 9J2eijec l)ie(t eine fur^e aber bod) intereffante unb erbaulidje $rebiQt fiber 1. iint. 3,16. finb unfcrec gtuet maljrenb bee gerien ^ter gebtieben. 3)te ©etren hefting unb ©off fjaben ^ier 2Ba由e ge^alten, ma^renb bie atibecn fort waren. @3 ift and) unfer ©liitf, bafe jemanb l)ier geWie* ben ift, fonft tucireu mir nod) Dor bem Seminar im Sdjnee ftecten ge* blieben.①ie gtuei ^erren (jabeu fid) unfer aber erbarmt unb bie SBege ode 油5it rein ge油aufelt. bie ®dju(c am 7. Sanuar wteber offnete, fe^Iten nod) etK由e. $err Siaabe war aber bci ber sroeiten 6tunbe amnefenb. SBo ec bie erfte ©tunbe war, ift alien nod) ein ©e^eimnig. ^err unb ieine ©enoffen rjaben bie 9iei|*e nad) 9?ebra8fa unb guriid in einem atten gorb g(uctnd) au CSnbce gebradjt. ©ecr 5⑽J Derfidjert unS, e8 fei baS le^te 职at nctueicn • (Sr ttertiert rooljt bie Sourage, raaS man iFjm allerbing^ fomn uerbenfen fnmt.

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Congratulations: On Christmas Day Mr. and Mrs. Louis Zahn of Jefferson, Wisconsin, announced the engagement of their daughter Hilda to Prof. Heinrich Vogel, ’26, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Gerhard Gilbert, Ex-36, is engaged to Miss Lucille Pagels of Milwaukee.

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William F. Luebke，’03，a corresponding member of the Schiller-Akademie of Munich, has been asked to prepare a bibliography of the works by and on Schiller in the libraries of the Rocky Mountain Region.

The Rev. Mr. H. Schoeneck, *32, succeeded Rev. Backer as assistant pastor at New London, Wisconsin.

The following calls were received: G. Struck, ’03, to Hillrose, Colorado.

0. Kreie, ’32, is serving as assistant Paster and teacher at Manitowoc in place of the Rev. Mr. Struck.

R. Kaschinske, ’32, to Hartford, Michigan.

K. Yertz, 31, to Hale, Michigan.

H. List, ’29, to a congregation near Superior, Wisconsin. * * * The Rev. Mr. J. Dahlke，’31，is serving as assistant Pastor at the Jerusalem Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Mr. E. Schroeder was enstalled as Pastor of Trinity Church, Liberty, Wisconsin, on Dec. 8, 1935.

The Rev. Mr. A. Sydow, *03, Tacoma, Washington, has been granted a two months’ leave of absence because of illness.

Since a change of climate has been recomended, he will probably go to Arizona.

The Rev. Mr. H. Warnke，，31, has chosen to remain at Platte, So. Dak., in preference to accepting a call to Princeton, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Mr. L. Frey tag, ,32, is canvassing West Green Bay in order to found a mission congregation.

A. Bolle, ’34, son of Prof. C. Bolle, spent the first vacation at home since his graduation. He is attending： the University of Montana, at Missoula, Mont” where he is also an assistant in the botany laboratory. ♦

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large part is devoted to culture. And perhaps the reason is that some suffering souls are attempting to demonstrate to the pioneer sons and daughters of our great middle-west, that they possess a singular failing in that respect. The Royal Purple， in order to elucidate its view, compares the conception the Greeks had of culture with that of our day. ‘‘This word em­ braced their achievements and distinguished their people. Then culture pertained to art and architecture, drama and philosophy; in modern times the meaning of the word has become distorted. ” Many people consider it a natural adjunct to snobbery, forgett­ ing that * Culture in one writer’s estimation is the degree of refinement we reveal by eliminating from our behavior the cheap and common mannerisms that stamp us as plebeians.”

We still hope to see the day, in which the middle west will not be considered the home of the lumberjack and the football player, in which some of the disagreeable vestiges of our once so glorious a frontier have been eradicated.

The furor about schools teaching communism was climaxed by the passing of several laws by our wise legislators requiring oaths of allegiance to the constitution, especially in the east.

Resentment against and open hostility to these laws followed immediately: some noted professors even resigned their positions rather than what they considered their freedom. Students and national papers rushed to their defense: Was American free­ dom of speech gone? ‘,Can it be that those who so blatantly defend democracy usually have weakness to hide, and are afraid that a critical comparison of American government with another system will expose them?” is asked in the Chimes; and then talk of democracy being played out, of its yielding.—But you rabid college students, wait a century. Either we have a great deal of old Americanism in our bones, or else the present American government is too comfortable, for us to seek any change, however ideal.

And in keeping with the times, in our best wishes for your prospering this next semester, prospering without worrking, getting XJs while playing, we have introduced this fo_rmula from the Stoutonia. ‘4All you have to do is change your mental attitude, and work is play. Don’t neglect your lessons until the last thing, hoping to get by with little or no preparation. ” To decisively show how efficacious this method is proves simple.

Emulate the 4'ditch-digger who found it so interesting to study the layers of the earth that he plied his pick twice as fast as his co-workers in trying to uncover new studies.And he got to be straw boss. Since our method is simple, efficient, and gives you pleasure in addition to your other gains, we see a 252

veritable Utopia rising out of the remnants of a concluded semester. * * * Not to discourage any budding young Democrat, but only to show that a professor once in a while pulls a new one, do we insert the following remark by a professor at Wake Forest College. “I have found out who the first democrat was. He was Columbus. He left Europe and didn’t know where he was going; he arrived in America and didn’t know where he was; he returned to Europe and didn’t know where he had been, and it was all done on borrowed money.” * * * “The colleges, of all places, are showing a drop in literacy.”

If you doubt the veracity of that statement, read on and learn that it was emitted from the mouth of a dean who has the additional attribute of being a woman. But such a disclosure to us who have placed our hopes for world disarmament in an educated America! Who have considered a high school edu­ cation and a university course including sociology and music … an ideal education! Yet this remark from the appreciation Varsity News bespeaks the need of a change in our high school and university system. At present the university student has virtually no restrictions in the choice of his course; and his human nature tends to the rest, including the drop in literacy.

The Creighton Quarterly Aesthetic Regeneration Shadows. “Our post-war literature, drama, and art reflected a darkening strain of cynicism, disillusionment, and materialism, a proportional decline in moral tone and an almost utter dearth of spiritual content …Decorum and discrimination were flung to the winds; a eras黾 materialism was the order of the day...

Then the great depression and the reaction which we believe, is setting in brought misery, suffering, despair, and tragedy to millions, but it did bring us **back to earth” most effectively ; it exposed our entire scheme of living as cheap, tawdry, con­ temptible ;it re-instilled in us qualities of sympathy, humility and sensitivity to the genteel •• • Not long ago, the discriminat­ ing patron of the movie or the drama and even the radio listener found it almost impossible to secure suitable fare for his exacting standards. Theatre entertainment consisted mainly in sophistic­ ated farce, inspired musical comedies, and gangster thrillers.

The radio gave us little but ‘‘hotcha’’ rhythms, inane comedy, and resuscitated ragtime. . . Recently film companies have reached boldly into the past for the literary gems of the ages, and with their technical genius and a splendid coterie of players, have breathed magic life into them . . . Two years ago discrimi­ nating tastes were courted with radio broadcasts of matinees 253

|rgrhej^[a^ anA from the Metropolitan Opera House. The results must have been encouraging, for the programs were resumed last year • • • Such unmistakable signs of this regeneration of aesthetic sensi­ bility, this nigh universal trend toward refinement and dis­ criminating choice in recreational tastes suggests a soberer, saner national temper, a rejuvenation of fidelity to a nobler scale of values, a larger perspective, and a more virile moral tone. These things are at least as requisite to a full-rounded life as the means of sustenance.”

BASKETBALL Northwestern 24Mission House 21 Watertown, Dec. 12. The Gosling attack seemed to func­ tion more smoothly than it had the previous week. They took a four point lead to begin the game and succeeded in retaining the lead throughout. Nevertheless it was a close game and thrills were not lacking.

Northwestern Mission House FG FT PF FG FT PF f. Hallemeyer ...2 1 0 0 2 f. Stienecker ..0 f. Schwartz 2 3 3 0 f. Werwille …-3 1 1 f. Hackbarth ....0 c. Hesslink__ 4 0 1 c. Koehler..

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10 3 1____ 0 _0 g. Paschen 9 6 10 9 3 6 Referee : DeVinney, Columbus.

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Milton 18 Northwestern 25 Watertown, Dec. 18. The Black and Red were victorious in another close game. Both teams fought on even terms for almost the entire game. At the half the score was fourteen to thirteen in favor of the Goslings.

Milton went into the lead for a short time in the second half. Then Northwestern forged ahead for a brief period.

Milton tied the score and neither team could obtain a safe marg in until the last few minutes of play, when Northwestern took ja seven point lead and held it.

Milton Northwestern FG FT PF FG FT PF ••2 1 3 f. Parker. f. Hallemeyer ..1 4 0 f. Baxter__ .…-0 0 0 f. Hackbarth ...0 0 0 f. L. Loofboro..l 0 f. Schwartz.......5 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 f. Werner, c. Koehler. .3 0 1 c. Sunby g. Lambert .0 0 1 g. V. Loofboro 1 0 3 .0 0 0 g. Pagels... .0 0 4 g. Hull g. Tietz...... i —0— _A 8~ ~2~ "lO 9 7 6 Referee : Batha, Carroll.

Wartburg 36 Northwestern 22 Watertown, Jan. 10. The Goslings were able to hold the Wartburg five for the first half, but they were outclassed in the second period. The spirit present in the previous games seemed wanting and that good defensive work was not noticeable.

They failed to make good ten chances at gift shots.

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HOCKEY For the present season the hockey team will have Siegler as its captain. A. Lehmann will hold the post of manager and Zehms will act as assistant manager.

On Saturday, January 11，the hockey team defeated Madison West in the first game of the season. The score was two to nothing. Goals were made by Hempel and Kirchner. A. Leh­ mann was credited with nine saves. The following men played: 1. d. Zehms; r. d. Pagels; g. A. Lehmann; 1. w. Lederer. r. w. Siegler; c. Hempel; Substitutes : Newman, Hanser, Kirchner, H. Sauer, Hahn, and 0. Laper.

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Without a doubt the month of January, 1936，should go down in Northwestern annals as the “Month of the Three Plagues.’’ A swelling of the paratid glands with the accompanying two-week confinement can usually be taken with a certain amount of philosophic calmness : a five-day stretch of devitalizing, stupefying examinations always arouses a few doubts as to life’s why’s and wherefore’s and the socalled ad­ vance of civilization; but when in addition to these two nuisances you add a nation-wide epidemic, such as “The Music Goes—’’ I haven’t the nerve to finish — and let it rage unobstructed three, four weeks, twenty-four hours a day — give me the days of Charles the Second with a refuge like the Bubonic Plague.

I would at this time also like to add my bit to the lists of vituperative denunciations of final examinations, but it always reminds me of the proverbial mosquito and the elephant. Each final examination reveals violent protesters, who oddly enough always decide to take the finals anyway. Consequently, I’m skipping a step. I have come to the conclusion the final ex256

卜 ^3iiath ^ aminations are good for three reasons and perhaps more: first, they are a good review of the things one should have learned during the semester ; secondly, nothing gives a person a better feeling than final examinations 一 that have been passed; thirdly, you have to take them in the first place. And so I think that every student should take them whether he likes to or not.

Edgar Harmening and Elroy Marquardt, Sophomores, dis­ continued studies after the holidays. At the same time two new students have made their appearance : Herbert G. Scheitel, of the Junior class, and Edwin Frey, Freshman and fifth member of the Frey clan.

For some four months the Junior English class had been reading Shakespeare and discussing various subjects in connec­ tion with the dramas, such as the absence of curtains on the stages of the time, necessitating the removal of dead bodies during the progress of the play itself, and other similarly related topics. It seems, however, that everything wasn’t quite clear to Carl Thu row, and, as the weeks passed by, the puzzled look on his face grew stronger and stronger until finally he raised his hand : “But Doctor, what do they do with the bodies after they’re carried off ?” 一 (Blank denotes paralysis of all mental functions.) The class in general seems to be recovering, although some members are still wandering about with that sad, dazed expression on their faces.

In order to introduce a course in calisthenics, it has been decided to change the schedule, starting with the second semes­ ter. Whereas the old schedule only included five classes a day, the new one will have six beginning at eight o’clock A.M. with two periods in the afternoon. Periods are included for all musical organizations, and gym classes will be spread through­ out the six hours. The Athletic director, Mr. Umnus, will be in charge of the course in physical education.

The season of the two Literary Societies was officially open­ ed December 6, 1935, with Samuel Kugler, Phi Gamma Rho, as the Master of Ceremonies. The program, celebrating the bimillenium of Horace, had several outstanding features : the pleasant delivery of Miss Mitzner’s speech, the realistic inter­ pretation of a slave on Saturnalian by Nathaniel Luedtke, and the finished rendition of ‘‘Down in the Deep Cellar” by Im­ manuel Bade. The critic was Professor Schumann.

Bimillenium Horatianum G. Nevin 1. Hark ! A Burst of Heavenly Music …Horace Integer Vitae, Ode..........................

The Weocto Singers .Miss H. Mitzner 2. A Biography of Horace.... ......Robert Reim 3. Horace’s Epodes and Odes ...Henry Ellwein 4. My Sabine Farm, Ode......

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i 5. The Reconciliation of Lydia and Horace Miss Weihert and H. Ellwein Orvin Sommers 6. Horace’s Satires—........ ....................... .F. Thierfelder 7. Counterblast against Garlic, Ode._.......

8. Horace vs. Slave on Saturnalian, Satire F. Thierfelder and N. Luedtke -E. Dobratz 9. Horace’s Epistles and Ars Poetica.

F. Kroepsch 10. Down in the Deep Cellar__ I. Bade Baritone Solo A. Lehmann Accompanist The second program, given by Gilbert Sydow and Armin Roekle, Philomatheans, was dedicated to literature in general and as such presented a less unified aspect than the former.

Speaking honors must undoubtedly go to Raymond Frey, and it seems that the audience actually enjoyed the music played by the orchestra. Professor Sitz was critic.

Some little mentioned literary fields Schlepegrell Overture Sunrise.. .Vandercook Gasconader March The Orchestra ___Roland Ehlke Norwegian-Henrik Ibsen Frederick Werner Persian........................... ...............A. Pryor Afifi March..................... ................. Ascher Vision of Allah ..............

The Orchestra Chinese.... ................................

Raymond Frey •............I. Frey A Tale of Old China (Seabrook) ____0. Siegler Baluchistan................. .............

es What a relief it is to destroy the old calender with its obliterated face and to embellish the wall with a table of twelve new months, which are reigned over by Leap Year. So far none of our group have taken advantage of the privileges of leap year, neither have any made serious threats to do so.

Every one seemed glad to get back to school after the long .vacation. Some of the coeds, especially those who worked in stores during the holiday season, declared that finally they would get a rest; others said that they were tired of visiting and feasting. And then there are those few who just couldn’t wait until they came back. Not one was snowbound or ill.

If the walls of our little dungeon were transparent, then about a week before vacation you would have beheld a very 258

“Christmasy” aspect. Little springs of holly were hanging on the curtains. Percival had a boutonniere, and even the pipes and light were resplendent with the season’s decorations.

One member of the junior class pleads that someone become energetic enough to take a file and conscientiously file all the sharp and protruding edges off the doorways. These catches are dire menaces to “mi-lady’s” wardrobe.

“Have you read the bulletin board ? — A long list of names —litte outcries of ecstasy — a meeting now and then — for­ bidding glances at the sun — hopes that it won’t be too cold, but that the snow will remain until Monday night — these are the symbols which reveal that the coeds are planning a sleighride party. They are assured a good time and will have a warm lunch waiting for them in a down-town restaurant.

Skating is queen of the winter sports for the coeds. There are experts as well as beginners among us, but all have the same zeal for the sport. Coasting is another pastime relished by a select few, because it is novel and everyone hasn’t a little brother’s sled to use. On account of their interest in skating and coasting one can easily discern why the coeds are so restless in mixed chorus and in overtime class periods.

Mary Lutovsky tried to balance herself on the edge of a rocker recently. The rocker capsized and Mary was found somewhere beneath the debris. She received no serious injuries and the rocker was easily put together again.

Glenna Rasmussen, who is now in Milwaukee, has not for­ gotten the place where she spent many hours of her youth. The coeds received a Cristmas card from her.

Irma Engel, who plans to enter the Milwaukee Hospital School of Nursing on January 29th, visited the coeds on January 9th.

If any class was disturbed by heavy pounding in the coed room, Anita Weihert must be accused. With the aid of her classmates she carefully replaced a loose curtain rod which had been threatening to fall down for weeks.

The basket ball game with Wartburg was exceptionally in­ teresting to the coeds. Ruth Scheele was the proud possessor of the names and numbers of the members on the squad.

Another sophomore was even more intensely concerned with the outcome. She was so sure that Northwestern would win that she had her week’s allowance staked on them.

Harriet Owen chose the Christmas recess as a most oppor­ tune time to have her tonsils removed. She confided to us that, although she didn’t think that she would be able to survive the operation, it wasn’t as bad as it might have been.

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Campus and Classroom Oh! for the good old days, when men were men and women women. In those days men had a few rights that distinguished them from women, but nowadays the fair sex has arrogated so many of these privileges to themselves that you can hardly tell the two apart. It’s really funny that they still wear dresses.

Perhaps the only way for us to get even is to wear them instead.

Woman suffrage may be all right, but when they had gained that, why weren’t they satisfied? No, this was merely to be a beginning. They had to start smoking cigarettes. They sit at the tavern bars and drink more efficiently than the best old topers in town. At the present time it is a rarity to see a group of intelligent young men sitting over their beer and discussing the problems of the day, or art and literature, or speculating in that abstruse philo soph y to which a glass of good beer is so conducive. Now walk down the street a short way; then come back and peep in again. A brace of young women have entered in the meantime. The conversation has been abruptly broken off. Forgotten are art, philosophy, and everything else. Even the beer mugs have been abandoned. Of course, the attention of the young men has been drawn to something- entirely differ­ ent. They hover about the women like flies. Hm, do you see?

Most likely the women are not drinking beer, for the bar-tender is standing there shaking up one of those gasoliny concoctions that are generally called highballs, or cocktails, or something on that order.

College men used to be able to show their disapproval of this usurpation by smoking pipes instead of cigarettes on and off the campus. But even the pipe is no longer a distinctive mark that tells you a man is coming down the street and not a woman.

Behold! in an eastern University the gentle sex wields this formidable weapon with a skill and pertinacity that puts the ability of the warriors of the human race to shame. These stalwart men-of-war protested with all the vehemence of their undaunted young souls. Siegfried-like they were ready to fight to the death with these Briinnhildes. Alas, alas! Woe, woe is me! How different was the outcome of the two battles. Our modern Amazons are mighty way beyond her of yore. Long and fiercely raged the war. (Nothing extra for the poetry.)

But women, when they once make up their minds, always win; if not by strength of character, then by weakness, as it is ex­ pressed through the medium of tears. Against this last resort all the valiant efforts of a man count for nought. So also in this instance. The women are still smoking pipes.

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All this would pass without an undue stir, if the feminine “sect” would carry the principle of equality out to the end.

But again, no. They always stop just where they would be forced to accept something unpleasant. For instance, if you happen to berate them for taking away your masculine privi­ leges, they answer, “Aw, be modern. These aren’t the Dark Ages. Why shouldn’t we enjoy the same things as you do?”

All right, we’ll grant them those pleasures, but since they want to have equality, let’s see what that would be like. They daren’t feel offended, if we drop those little touches of gallantry that have their foundation in the chivalry of the “DarK Ages,” when women were thought of as creatures entirely different from men and therefore in need of special treatment. No longer do we have to permit the coeds to file out of the class­ rooms ahead of us; to hold open the door for them is medieval; when all the other seats are filled we needn’t stand up and yield our place; and best of all, they won’t have an advantage in the law-courts.

Heretofore woman has always been looked upon as though she had to have protection. Naturally this influenced the courts in her favor. Unless the evidence was too clearly against her, she always won. But now that she is equal, this will no longer be the case; at least, it shouldn’t be.

There is one consolation in store for us, when we are saddened by seeing these tendencies and wondering what the end will be. Northwestern is blessed with a sensible group of coeds. They haven’t as yet adopted these tenets of modern equality. Hurrah for our coeds. But remember, a word of warning is never out of place.

“Music goes round and round.” It’s gone around so often by this time that a person is dizzy from it. It’s got into every­ body’s brain and makes it spin as crazily as the strains of the song itself. It’s broken off all the enjoyment that was to be derived from a life regulated according to a normal regimen.

If you tune in on the radio, it’s 4<Music goes round and round.’’ When you crawl out of bed, you do it to the whistled tune of *'Music goes round and round.’‘ You walk to your meals with the accompaniment of * ^usic goes round and round.” Peculiar gastronomical gyrations are the result of hearing someone at the next table humming the same idiotic piece. You twist unsteadily into the classrooms in step with its varying rhythms. The mind that is still dazzled from the bril­ liance of the professor’s oratory and knowledge is completely unhinged by being spun ‘‘round and round’’ some more. In the end it will drive all of us plain “nutg.”

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reminiscences of bygone days. It makes you recall all the un­ pleasant things that ever happened to y^u and very, very few pleasant memories. Mr. “Fat” Lehmann, for instance, assures me that it reminds him of one of the tortures we had to endure, while we were preps. You see, a certain redoubtable “Ozzie” Siegler used to own a phonograph at that time. And oh, boy! oh, boy! what that poor machine didn’t have to stand isn’t worth mentioning.

Do you remember how that too had to “go round and round?” From earliest morn till bed-time there was no let-up.

Mr. Siegler had purchased all the *'Songs of the Week” for ten months past. Now he seemed to be in league with a well-known fork-tailed gentlemen to play each one them at least twice daily.

Needless to say this burden wore out the phonograph as the modern piece is wearing all mankind to a frazzle. At last the needle would advance until only about one half of the record was played. Then it would stop and play the same groove over and over again. ‘‘Music goes round and round.” In exaspera­ tion Mr. Siegler stamped his foot vehemently on the floor. Lo and behold! the record was finished as though nothing had happened. Fortun a had again abetted her darling in the dis­ covery of new wisdom.

Now I’m wondering, if some big1 brute won’t give us a good hard kick, in order to bring us back to our senses after this ‘‘going round and round’’ has completely exhausted every­ body. From the bottom of my heart I wish that this “Music:’ that ‘‘goes round and round’’ finally '4comes out here’’ as it continually repeats that it does. If it does come out it may as well stay out for good. Ah, I take the hint. I’m «oing to quit too .As an apology let me say that these countless quotation marks have made me just as frantic as you.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— The Red Daggers................

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Inexpensive Travel............

265

The Art of Smoking a Pipe

268

A Strike Episode................

270

“Seniors in College’’.........

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EDITORIALS— N. S.F.A. Physical Education SEMINARY NOTES..............

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

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

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

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

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

CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM ADVERTISEMENTS

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r丫 THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXIX. March

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Watertown, Wis., Feb. 1936

1870. Published monthly. Si

Number 9

Vis" as second class matter under Act of iription. One Dollar.

THE RED DAGGERS E. Wendland

There is a hill overlooking Watertown, the city of garden homes and eccentric characters, and on this hill there stands a water tower. Should you chance to stand on this hill, looking toward the east you will see the Rock River, abounding in carp, crabs, and turtles, and looking toward the west you will behold the spires of churches rising above the homes of retired far­ mers. On the hill itself, in addition to the water tower, (and at present the inert laborers of some alphabetical project), you may notice a patch of weeds, interspread with a few trees and bushes, surrounded by a wire fence. This is known as the Old Cemetery. Should you climb over this fence into the patch of weeds, tread lightly and bare your head, for this was once the stamping grounds of the Red Daggers.

Not so many years ago this spot was an ideal location for the diversion of young gentlemen, a haven for imaginative youth. Trees and underbrush were in abundance. Hawthorn, locust, box-elder, elm, maple, prickly ash, wild elderberry—all sufficiently unkempt to give the place a wild appearance. Trails 263

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supposedly trodden by Indians angled haphazardly about, mak­ ing the thicket penetrable. Moss-covered grave stones, each having a mysterious tradition, lay concealed in secluded nooks.

All this made it quite natural for a number of us from the im­ mediate neighborhood to arm ourselves to the teeth with butcher-knives, hatchets, wooden swords, and sling-shots, and to roam about this woods in search of adventure, much to the discomfiture of the stray cats and hoot-owls whose retreat this had formerly been.

There under the spreading branches of a hawthorn tree we, an ominous looking band of young desperadoes if there ever was one, organized ourselves as the Red Daggers. Our rules of conduct were stoically inclined, but were carried out with a touch of epicureanism. The explicit purpose of our banding together was to harass stray cats and neighborhood grouches. The cats were wise and left the vicinity, but the grouches with their vigorous objections were very unwise.

Occasionally the local police would interfere, but their tenacity didn’t possess any of that bulldog quality, and besides they couldn’t run fast enough.

Each of the members of our troop was characterized by his own peculiar forte. There was our tall, blond general, a Regu­ lar guy’，a youth possessing unusual boldness and resolution, and a born leader. If he would have gone so far as to jump in the river from a cliff, the rest of us would have followed suit.

Then there was our curly haired lieutenant, who could clear any fence with the agility of a deer. Next in rank came the talkative second-lieutenant, our spokesman. If permitted to run amuck with his little hatchet, he could have caused more havoc than a campful of lumberjacks. And so on down the line. Our captain could eat raw crabs with gusto, and our corporal had a mania for prancing about astride an elderberry branch as though it were a prize Arabian steed. We had only one private, whom we would kick out of our midst on one day, only to receive him with open arms the following day; his father owned a grocery store. If I remember correctly, I was a sergeant, and could, until apprehended, smoke cornsilk with the best of them.

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He brought the matter before city officials, and on the pretext that the Old Cemetery was no longer a fit resting place for the dead, the graves were removed to more peaceable surround­ ings, and the trees and underbrush of our stamping grounds were cleared away. The Red Daggers disbanded and turned their attention to more constructive recreation, such as the study of birds, trees, and woodcraft.

However violent we Red Daggers may have been, or what­ ever foolish ideas popped into our heads, it must be said in our defense that we never poked holes through the water tower or caused the woods to go up in smoke.

INEXPENSIVE TRAVEL Cslmjion Krutj

Within the past year I have become acquainted with a kind of travel that is inexpensive, interesting, and even a little romantic.

I had often heard of hitch-hiking, but had always shied from it as a low means of transportation used by bums and careless young boys. It was not until about a year ago that the possibility of doinp： hitch-hiking of my own was forced on me.

It happened that I wished to attend a sports event some miles from school, but didn’t have the money to get there. Another fellow in the same trouble asked me to hike with him and I agreed hesitatingly. With the strange fear of the unknown in­ side me I accompanied my companion to the highway, and still doubting, climbed into the secend car that came along. We rode to our destination and back again with the same motorist.

Since that time, I have become an incurable addict to this outwardly questionable activity; I say outwardly, because to me it has proven itself to be something of a sport or game.

Like every sport, hitch-hiking has its bad points. There is of course some uncertainty in it. Unless you are naturally lucky or just plain good at it you will have to spend some anxious hours on lonely corners or deserted city limits; and once 265

you are safely in a car, you may be called upon to change tires, or be scared to death by a careless driver. Sometimes you even have to furnish cigarettes. Any of these inconveniences can be escaped by using a little judgement in picking your host.

But these little drawbacks cannot be compared with the genuine convenience and fun of this travel. I do not care to stress the low cost of hiking, because it would only bring up bad memories to those unfortunates who, pressed by lack of funds and without the two necessary qualifications of the art— luck and skill—have tried “thumbing” with no success. True, it doesn’t cost anything, and has saved me a good deal, but we shall omit that. More important to me are the other points; speed, comfort, and interest.

Although I have made frequent trips during the past year, it was never necessary for me to wait for a car more than twenty minutes, and at times it was only a matter of seconds until the right soul came along. After one is safely inside the car he has little to do but enjoy the trip and try to become acquainted with his benefactors.

It is not my purpose to convert others to this method of travel, but only to defend my own use of it; for it can never be open to any except those who have enough daring, ingenuity, and lack of false pride to try it, besides the requisite skill and luck mentioned before.

When I intend to hike I dress in my best clothes, take only a small bag or none at all, and go—always alone—to the high­ way that leads to my destination. I walk quite fast to a place suitable for my purpose: one that is open to view and has plenty of room for stopping, seldom bothering to hail anyone before I reach it. Arriving there I walk slowly until a car approaches; then I turn around and fix my eyes directly on the driver and keep them there until he has almost reached me. Just as he goes past I wave my hand once, low and without an extended thumb—and two out of five will stop.

Naturally, there are certain people that one does not attempt to hail: these are those driving commercial trucks, farmers who are usually traveling only a few miles, women driving alone, or those whose cars are already filled.

Those most likely to pick one up are agents traveling alone, husbands and wives, businessmen, or young men of any type.

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Of these, the young men and elderly people are the most friendly and willing to talk. One can’t get much out of a man and woman traveling together, especially if they are young. They usually prefer to converse between themselves or to keep com­ pletely silent. When they do talk, it is often in a condescending manner, as though they didn’t care to lower their prestige in each other’s sight by talking with a stranger. I have had a number of interesting experiences with this type. On one occasion my host was evidently wealthy and openly boastful.

After I had in good faith told him about my school, my parents, and myself, he deliberately ridiculed all three; and although his wife apparently tried to stop him, he succeeded in making a complete ass of himself before the trip was over. Being a guest, I said nothing. He was an interesting study. On another occasion I ventured to begin the conversation with some chance remark; but the driver, who looked like a polished Englishman, evidently didn’t hear me, and turning his head half around asked ‘‘gir?’’ I repeated my statement and he answered ‘‘Oh, yes,” and then closed up completely.

In other cases, however, my experiences have been genu­ inely pleasant. I remember especially a group of three elderly people, who, after they had passed me and gone several hun­ dred yards beyond, suddenly stopped and backed up to take me along. They didn’t know for sure whether I had waved or not.

During the entire trip they were extremely friendly, as though I had been an old acquaintance.

Conversations usually center around the histories and activities of one another, or topics of mutual interest. Young men like to talk about themselves, their jobs and accomplish­ ments, or about sports and hobbies. Travelers are always care­ ful of one’s comfort and satisfaction; they make apologies if the car is a little crowded, if the heater or radio isn’t working.

Drivers have often apologized to me for the age and rattles of their car or the slowness of travel, explaining that they would have a new car, but didn’t get around to buying one yet.

All of this may sound very nice. “But,” you may say, “if this is true, why aren，t the roads flocked with hikers?”

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picked up. I often ask drivers why they stopped. Some of them, accustomed to traveling alone are grateful for any com­ panions that they can get, and would pick up almost anyone.

Others are not quite so plain. No, they don’t usually stop, but can’t explain why they did this time. Still others are openly hostile to the general number of hikers. A short time ago I rode with such a type of man. He liked to pick the boys up, he said, until one time he gave a ride to a man who scared him thoroughly; the fellow was a convict just released from prison, and acted queerly. Since that time he hadn’t picked any one up. “Then why did you stop for me,” I asked. “I don’t know,” was the answer, "you just looked good to me.” I sug­ gested that the reason for it might be my respectable clothes, but he didn’t agree. “Even crooks wear good clothes; it was something else,” he said. Other drivers have expressed the same idea, but not quite so plainly. The gulf between riding and waiting seems, then, to be either one of plain luck, or, as I rather believe, one of giving the motorist a good impression of oneself. And in order to do this the hiker must have "what it takes.’’ You may have a heart of gold and the meakness of a lamb, but if you have the map of the god Mars you are just out of luck when it comes to hiking.

Whether all of this is true or not makes little difference to me; but when the snow melts, and the birds come back, I’m afraid that I shall again find myself on the highway, feeling the anxiety of waiting, then the thrill of the stopping car, and the joys of a swift, comfortable ride through the open country.

I like hiking, and I intend to keep on doing it until age and dignity forbids.

THE ART OF SMOKING A PIPE Norbrrl livii"

Most people would hardly admit pipe smoking within the pale of good manners, to say nothing of conceding it a place among the fine arts. All they see in the procedure is pouring the tobacco into the pipe, lighting it, and then drawing clouds of smoke through the stem. But no, my friends, there is infinitely more connected with smoking a pipe than appears to the casual observer.

First there is the selection of a pipe. Not any one will do.

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Every smoker has his own particular likes and dislikes concern­ ing the different sizes, shapes, and colors of pipes. Young men usually prefer small and slender ones, while older men prefer a larger bowl with shorter stem. Some oldtimers smoke only corn­ cobs, insisting that they have a mellow flavor far surpassing any briarwood. Then there are the artists of bygone days who could gracefully smoke a meerschaum. Sadly enough to say, this form of the art is growing extinct. Certainly he is master­ ful who from experince can size up the good and bad points of a pipe, and immediately pick out the one that is made for him.

After one has the pipe, there is the all important matter of choosing- just the right tobacco. This is equally important and as delicate a task as the selection of the pipe. It take years of experimenting to find just the right tobacco. For each type must be tried under many conditions. That is, in different pipes, and at different stages of dampness. Not until a smoker has tried all the types of tobacco at the different conditions, can he feel that he has found the best tobacco for his taste, and has found the proper moisture content for that much desired mellowness.

Then in the actual process of smoking, practice is needed before perfection can be attained. It is amusing to sit in some public smoking room or club and watch the smokers. If one there sees a person smoking who is not yet sufficiently tried in that gentle art, he will probably see a free comedy. The victim is very likely to smoke calmly for a while, and then suddenly make a wry face, stiffen up, and quickly look about for a cuspidor. He has been letting too much saliva run down the stem of his pipe, and suddenly sucked in a mouthful of buck juice. He will then look about for something to wipe off the stem with, probably use his handkerchief, and then find out that he still can’t get rid of the bitter taste until the pipe has been cleaned. Now this practically never happens to a master.

He takes care first of all to let very little saliva get into the pipe, and then he will also hold the bowl of his pipe at such an angle, that the juices stay down where they belong.

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A good smoker sees to it that he gets a good cake in the bowl of his pipe, and then keeps it carved down to a certain thickness, thus obtaining a cool smoke.

Pipe-smoking is the most democratic of all arts ; the pipe is a good and inseparable friend to everyone who has become acquainted with one. The happiest old man is he, who has his favorite pipes always beside him. They are his most prized possessions.

A STRIKE EPISODE A. Iuorcnz

As long as Jim had been in Milwaukee he had never seen it quite so foggy as it was tonight. He and Jack, his faithful dog, had walked around all day. The master looking for a job and the dog for scraps of food. Since Jim had been living on the county Jack had become a burden. If he could only sell the cur he could get a few more pennies to jingle in his pocket and would not have to share the already scanty rations.

He needed money, money, money. The thought of it made his head swim with dizziness. Muffled, almost inaudible words came from Jim’s scarcely moving lips, “Police dog or no police dog! You never have been any good to me and you never will be.

Jim had not even completed his sentence when he gave Jack a kick that sent him flying into the gutter. A few seconds later he was calling, “Jack, Jack.” He called again and again; it was useless. The dog had disappeared in the murky mist of the river district.

Jim went back to his ill-lighted room in the old brick build­ ing on the southwest corner of Fourth and Cherry streets. He hated the place, but that was all that the county had left. It was now five weeks since the tugboat strike had begun and the fourth week of county aid. It wasn’t his fault that he was almost starving. His weekly check of forty-five dollars had been used to help pay the doctor bills his mother had accumu­ lated during the last years of her life. Jim held no union card 270

and foolish pride kept him from asking his boss for money to meet his financial obligations.

While Jim was eating some county porkless pork-and-beans out of a can and laboring over a crust of bread, smeared with lard, thought after thought raced through his mind. Suddenly he heard himself almost scream the words, “The old fools, I wonder why they had to strike at this time of the year. Winter is approaching, most of us will be laid off anyway.” These thoughts made his heart beat faster and reddened his face. He threw the half empty porkless can of beans into a corner, put on his jacket, pulled his leather cap on his head, and grabbed his canvas gloves.

Jim had decided that the county, his garlic-smelling room, the unions, and all the striking tug workers could go to blazes 一he was going to work. If he was slugged or not it made no difference to him. Jim knew that if he wanted to work his old boss, Henry Marinio, would take him back. As soon as the strike was over he probably would give him a job on the winter crew.

Jim hurried over to the Juneau avenue bridge. That was the dock for all tugs on the Milwaukee river. Hig tug, the Flinch, was usually tied next to the Malcoln, one of the Mil­ waukee^ fire tugs. « « There are three boats out in the harbor waiting to be pulled up the river.” With these words on his lips Jim hastily made a fire in the Flinch’s boilers. ‘‘Well, as soon as there is a little steam up I’ll run over to the corner tavern and phone Hank. He’ll be glad to know someone is faithful.”

Jim did not know that several days before the strikers had wired down the safety valve.

Jim remembered there was ten pounds of steam showing on the gauge. He had stuffed the fire box full of coal. He had hurried to the corner saloon to phone the boss. No one answered the call. He had taken two whiskies and two beers, more than usual when he was in a hurry. Oh yes, he had played a few games of dice between drinks. He remembered that he stepped back on the tug.

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The “Fire Tug Lieutenant” was the first to speak. “Well， young fellow, it was this way. I was reading the paper about eight o’clock when suddenly — pardon me, Jim — say you over there in white, get me a spittoon. As I was saying, it was about eight o’clock when I heard an explosion. It rocked the tug and threw me out of the chair. I ran out of the cabin and not ten yards away I saw the Flinch was blazing. We put out the fire and then went on shore to look around. A low moan was com­ ing from somewhere along the river bank, but it was impossible to locate the place from where it came. The fog was so thick that not even our largest search lights could pierce it. We heard a loud bark and a howling from under the bridge. Several of my men started for the bridge. They had to go slow because of the inky darkness. Suddenly your dog was in our midst; first he would run in the direction of the bridge and then back to us. Jim, you owe your life to that dog. Under the bridge is the last place we would have looked for anyone. Mr. Marinio said that he was looking for you, and had just come from your rooming house when we found you.” Mr. Marinio interrupted, ‘‘How did you happen to come down to the dock Jim, just when this happened? I know you weren’t in sympathy with the strikers, and I didn’t see you around all day when the strikers were there/* Jim told them the truth. He did not care if they put him in prison for life. He had done, in his simple way, what he thought was right. When Jim finished his story there was a long pause — it seemed almost like eternity for the wounded man. If these men would turn him over to the police depart­ ment his life would be ruined. Mr. Marinio broke the silence.

“Jim, after all these years in business this is the strangest con­ fession any man has ever made to me, ’ 一 Jim’s heart was beating faster and the seconds seemed like hours. He knew that the next few sentences would decide his fate — ‘‘but I believe you and I，m not turning you over to the police. If they 272

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Jim had a hard time to keep from crying. “When you’re better, come down and I’ll give you a chance on the winter crew. It’s hard work and you are inexperienced, but as long as you have been with me you have been a conscientious worker. “What about the tug, Henry?’’一asked Jim. “Don’t worry about it, Jim. Insurance covers every inch of loss.”

The boss shook hands with Jim and turned to go. Turning in the doorway, he said, “By the way, Jim, if you want to sell your police dog I’ll give anything you ask, within reason.” Jim smiled, and with a feeble voice, “No, Henry, that dog stays with me.”

“SENIORS IN COLLEGE” Gilbert Sydosv

That “seniors” has to be properly expressed and inflected to be appreciated. There must be combined a bit of surprise, a bit of misapprehension, some pity, a little dismay, and a great deal of disgust, with a slow, horizontal wag of the head. And even then the whimsical humor the expression provokes might be lost. The situation must be seen, the underlying factors understood, to derive the full benefit.

You see, it’s this way. The seniors have a foreordained position. I first found out about it last summer. Three letters from diversified sections of the country used the term “dignified senior’’ in referring to my class status for the coming year. It seems years of tradition have determined that thus it be. The idea is universally accepted. The term might be one of these ‘‘epitheton oi’nans.” Seniors are dignified. Just as freshmen are green. No matter their age or understanding, they are green. Can’t do anything about it. Sophomores and juniors are merely sophomores and juniors. Transitional stages out of which emerge, what ho, — the dignified seniors. And if they aren’t—my goodness. That’s where the wagging heads come in.

The trouble lies in ignoring what might be called the student view-point. It’s common to all schools. The faculty is here, the students, there. One on each side of the alley. Out of that comes a complex that makes students disagree with so much that’s told them. It doesn’t mean a thing. Why, I’ve even caught myself advancing ideas at which in the classroom I 273

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would register disapproval. Why the change ? The complex.

It’s the same spirit that underlies all this college nonsense. It moves students to mis-mark bulletin board notices, to make noise at the wrong time, to play bob-sled, to make puns about everything, to take advantage of fun in numbers. It’s the group and situation that prompts the hilarity. What can be expected from a collection of healthy youths, who still have a sunny, twinkling outlook and are not sobered by the weight of pressing responsibilities. Is it an abnormal or unnatural ten­ dency ? The manifestations may be silly, foolish, ridiculous, and, no doubt, a bit annoying, but that’s all. It’s innocent fun.

Not vicious or mean. No evil intent. No one is trying to under­ mine authority. And it is not habit-forming. As soon as one leaves the dormitory and classroom the attitude changes. I’ve actually known students who are quite the young gentlemen at all other places. Just imagine, in many cases, for two whole weeks during Christmas vacation not even a pun was attempted.

Don’t think that I’m trying to defend foolishness and student tom-foolery. Without a doubt it’s a thorn in the side. When the tables are turned I’ll probably do my share of frowning.

Yet, every once in a while, when the opportunity presents itself, it is not unreasonable that students with their peculiar turn of mind take advantage of delightful set-ups to amuse themselves in their somewhat boisterous and ridiculous manner. But we’re harmless. We think we’re very clever and we’re having a great time. Don’t consider us so absolutely hopeless. The much desired dignity is present in embryo. In due time it will blos­ som forth----- we hope.

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ROM a rather large number of resolutions passed by dele­ FCongress gates to the recent National Student Federation of America (to all of which we claim no affiliation) we have culled a few of the more pertinent articles and are printing them as items of intellectual interest.

The N. S. F. A. supposedly represents student opinion of American colleges, the nation-wide trend of student thought.

Admittedly, it is somewhat doubtful if its delegates represent the opinions of even their student constituencies. It strongly tends to appear as an outgrowth of a typically American passion for conventions and ballyhoo advertisement; an attempt to bring pomp and circumstance to the recluse pursuit of study and thought.

Taken as a whole, the resolutions are rather remote from our own campus thought and interest. They may for the most part be dismissed with an incidental shrug of the shoulders.

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Of the more thought-inviting we print the following in the form of questions unanswered: Should our educational institutions be allowed to require teacher’s oaths and student loyalty oaths as a prerequisite to teaching and studying in these institutions ?

Do you believe in putting military training at our land grant colleges on an optional rather than a compulsory basis ?

Do you believe in the subsidization of athletes participating in intercollegiate competition ?

Do you believe that the Federal Government should assume responsibility for providing an opportunity for needy students to obtain higher education, cultural and recreational advantages, apprenticeship, occupational training, and employment ? If so, is the National Youth Act, in your opinion, adequate to meet this responsibility ?

Do you favor the entrance of the United States into the League of Nations with the provision that we engage in the activities of the League of Nations only up to the point of mili­ tary action ?

Do you approve of the extension of the present Neutrality Act? Are you willing to go on record as favoring the urging of American Youth never again to go beyond the borders of the United States to participate in a foreign war ?

Do you believe that students should be allowed to actively participate in curriculum revision ?

Should we take the responsibility for emphasizing the understandings, attitudes, skills, and other learnings to be gained from college courses rather than credits and grades, or do you believe that credits and grades as used now are of first importance ?

Do you believe in government ownership of public utilities ?

Physical Education............ most students understand why physical train­ ALTHOUGH ing and exercise are necessary, there are still some who firmly oppose physical educational programs at college. They maintain that the system proposed by our faculty members and athletic director won’t work. They can’t understand why two 276

hours a week in a gymnasium, swinging one’s arms, jumping, running, playing with a ball, etc., should have any connection with one’s education. The idea of requiring physical education annoys them.

It is the ambition of every youth to be in prime physical condition and to keep fit. He desires and strives for vigorous manhood.

There are six commonly accepted qualities which should be sought, if this vigor of manhood is to be obtained. They are: muscular strength, endurance, energy, will power, cour­ age, and self-control. Everyone is agreed that these qualities are essential to success. But how shall we develop, obtain, and maintain them?

The only way to develop muscle is to exercise. What is the best exercise? Do we exercise correctly? Again we must be shown and taught the whys and wherefores. Endurance is the ability to stay in the game, or to continue to maintain one’s point in life, when others have become discouraged and tired. The lack of energy means laziness. Critical points in games, as well as in life, demand self-control and will power.

It also is agreed that a human being must maintain good health to be effective. To learn how to exercise is therefore necessary.

Then some one will say that he hasn’t time, or that he could spend that time on his studies and make more valuable use of it in that way. But it is reported that where physical education is in vogue an increase in the intellectual average is noted.

We know that in 1917-1918 more than one-third of the young men called to war were unfit for military duty. Do you advocate such physical conditions in men—conditions which decrease joyful living. We should be ashamed to have these things reported, because we have opportunities to have them corrected.

Another advantage of physicial education is expressed by Major Koehler in these words: “Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds, that on other fields, on other days, become the fruits of victory.”

It is during- our college years that the body goes through a period of development. Why not give it every possible oppor­ tunity to become a vigorous, healthy frame?

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I am sure, therefore, we are agreed that physical education is the foundation upon which all other forms of education are builded. We all want to serve and serve successfully. Let’s boost this new program. Our peace-loving nation, success in our vocations, and health in later life are dependent upon it.

Bernard Kuschel

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The Rev. Mr. F. Weerts, ’86, of Cambria, Wisconsin, died very suddenly on the afternoon of December 25. He had con­ ducted services in the forenoon. Funeral services were held at Cambria on December 27, and at Wauwatosa on the 28th.

The Rev. Mr. H. Warnke, ’31，accepted the office of Pastor at Princeton, Wisconsin, upon receiving the third call.

Dr. F. E. Kosanke returned to Watertown in November, 1935, and now resides at the old Schempf place on Clyman Street. Dr. Kosanke was graduated from N. W. C. in 1904.

He was physician in Watertown until 1927, in Fond du Lac until 1931, and in Lomira until 1935. In 1930 he studied inter­ nal medicine at Harvard.

Mr. H. Sie^ler, ’31，has successfully passed his masters examination in Biology and will therefore receive a Master of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin. During the current semester he will be research assistant to Dr. Aldo Leo­ pold of the conservation department. He will be stationed at Lake Mills, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Mr. K. Vertz, Hale, Michigan, was married to Miss Helen Schwanke on January 17, 1936. Pastor Vertz is a member of the Class of，31.

A bronze medal was awarded Mr. August Gatz, father of Arnold Gatz, Winona, Minnesota, by the Carnegie Hero Fund commission. Arnold Gatz, ’30，gave his life in attempting to save a student from drowning in the Milwaukee River in 1932, when he was a student at the Seminary in Thiensville.

The following in answer to several requests for information concerning the reorganization of the athletic department: The office of Physical director has been filled by Mr. Leonard Umnus, who was engaged by the board for the period ending in June, 1937. Mr. Umnus is thirty-two years of age, is a graduate of the University of Illinois where he played varsity football and has the M. A. degree from the University of Iowa. Since Mr. Umnus has specialized in physical educa­ tion and has had several years’ experience as physical director and coach in high schools and colleges in Kansas, California, and Michigan, he comes well equipped with the special know­ ledge and experience necessary for the kind of work demanded at Northwestern. He entered on his duties on December 1, and has outlined a program of physical training that includes every student in the institution. Arrangements have been made to provide periods for regular and systematic exercise for each of the eight classes.

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Comes the revolution—the new emblem of the typical American college student as prompted by Hollywood, which had previously characterized him with jazz and the hip flask, but now characterizes him as a “dreamer, an easy and eager prey of reds, and a future danger to the American flag.” The former collegiate, who is now grown to be the sedate average American, is going to fall victim to such stuff according to the Varsity News: “Mr. American (having previously been con­ vinced that the depression has made students thoughtful)” will consider the students reds, because of their recent, epoch-mak­ ing contribution to war. Thus far the exposition. Now for our moral. The student “is trying to think things through.

These self-styled patriots who would mold and confine his think­ ing are those who really endanger not only the nation but all humanity ... To college students it emphasizes that we must define and decide the vital issues without reference to the emotional appeals of the selfish controllers of communicative 283

institutions, press, radio, or motion-pictures. Above all, we must keep on thinking. ” Assuredly, we must keep on thinking; now that the average American has been convinced that students think, it would be rank incivility to disillusion him. One truly fortunate advantage lies in the fact that the average American rarely reads a college paper.

At the recent National Student Federation of America Congress a large number of resolutions were passed by delegates who were supposed to represent the student opinion of Ameri­ can colleges as a whole, we learn from the Stentor. The policies of Mr. Hearst were especially criticized; he was condemned for spreading un-American propaganda, and a plan was suggested for boycotting his newspapers and newsreels. Other subjects of discussion concerned themselves with national subjects, such as the aiding of students, entrance into the League of Nations, and one of the most recent contributions of student thought to the world knowledge, whether the student should ever participate in a foreign war.

The recent decision of the Supreme Court killing the A. A. A. aroused the indignation of some students at Iowa State College.

The righteously indignant sufferers showed the injustice done by the six dissenting judges to their patriotism and possibly their pocketbooks by hanging those worthy men in effigy. Ah! tinges of communism. Police, let loose upon the scene, failed to catch their prey. Another remedy, the closing of the college by the governor was suggested by a patriotic organization, per­ haps the renowned daughters, but was rejected. So the crim­ inals are still about, presumably endangering life and limb.

"The music goes round and round.” A devoted admirer of that song had finally been convinced by his aesthetic super­ iors that it contained the most inane nonsense. Then he heard a choir sing a cantata or something of that sort built up on the Scripture passage which compares Solomon to the lilies of the fields. Evidently it had been most conducive to the musical instincts of the author to divide the verse according to his music. The outcome was that the “choir, after expressing un­ bounded admiration for the lilies of the field began to tell the congregation, through the mouth of the soprano that 4 'Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed.” Straightway the soprano was reinforced by the bass, who declared that Solomon was de­ cidedly and emphatically not arrayed. Then the alto ventured it as her opinion that he was not arrayed, when the tenor without a moment’s hesitation, sang as if it had been officially announc­ ed that “he was not arrayed.” Finally the choir completed 284

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After such a lapse of time, the thread was entirely lost, and by “These” one naturally concluded the choir was designated.

Arrayed like one of these? . . . No, most decidedly Solomon in the very zenith of his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ” In the sincere hope of dispelling the impression given by the choirs’ morning presentation the writer gave the choir an opportunity to amend their previous impression by going to hear them in the evening. “But again off started the nimble soprano with the laudable though rather startling announce­ ment, **I will wash.” Straightway the alto, not to be outdone, declared she would wash. Then the deep-chested bass, as though calling up all his fortitude for the plunge, bellowed forth the stern resolve that he would wash. Next a short interlude on the organ strongly suggestive of the escaping of steam or splash of the waves, but at last the choir solved the problem by stating that they proposed to “wash their hands in innocency. ” The writer in the Royal Purple omits his final opinion.

Sidelights from campuses: The Texan, college paper of tbe University of Texas, has the distinction of receiving Ethiopian war news from its own correspondent in Addis Ababa. A sophomore, tired of studying journalism at Texas, worked his way from there to Ethiopia on a freighter, and is now in Addis Ababa obtaining news. There the chief danger to one’s life does not consist in the war accord­ ing to his report but in the native-driven taxis.

“How Can America Stay Out of War?’’ is the title of Eddie Cantor’s essay contest, to which college students are replying at the rate of three to four thousand a day. The best essayist will receive five thousand dollars to use on his education. An­ other outstanding contest is that offered by the producers of “A Tale of Two Cities.” The subject is a comparison of the movie to the novel by Dickens; in this contest the winners will receive a free trip to London and Paris.

The Agonistic mentions an incident in which a professor shows his wit At an eastern college a professor was unable to stay for class so he placed a sign on his door which read as follows: “Prof.------- will be unable to meet his classes today.”

Some college lad seeing a chance to display his sense of humor after reading the notice erased the letter “C” from the word “classes.” The professor noticing the laughter, wheeled around, walked back, looked at the sign, looked at the boy; he then calmly erased the “L” in “lasses” and walked away.

An anachronism has appeared on the University of Minne­ sota campus, a student with a beard. The courageous senior claims that his beard has given him a boon by ridding him of an 285

inferiority complex; now he has acquired that virile feeling.

Even the faculty has been impressed; they have become extra­ ordinarily cordial to the young man and treat him as a colleague.

Unfortunately he didn’t mention whether a mustache possessed similar advantages.

The vast intellectual supremacy of the eastern colleges over ours of the middle-west was further demonstrated by the kid­ napping of a canary bird, mascot of the Yale Daily News, by three Harvard men the other day.

BASKETBALL Northwestern 23 Wartburg 33 Wartburg, January 31. Northwestern suffered defeat for the third time this season and for the second time at the hands of the Wartburg quintet. After the first few minutes of play Wartburg experienced little difficulty in penetrating the Gos­ lings’ defense. The score at the half stood at 17-16 in favor of Wartburg. In the second period Northwestern staged a brief rally, but was promptly smothered by her opponents.

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Winding sidewalks possess many laudable characteristics not least among which we find a certain agreeable harmony associated with trees, shrubs, grass — nature in general, which seems to abhor the regular, the undeviating. But when you have three feet of snow and the job to shovel, there’s nothing better than a good old rule of “the shortest distance between t'vo points,” and Whitey Fred rich will willingly substantiate that statement.

Talking about snow, there is one thing which seems to be neglected on our campus and that is the bird-life. A park of any kind, especially one inclined toward the rambling, untouched, natural type, should not be considered solely a botanical collec­ tion, a place for plant life alone. It is more then that — rather a segregated section of concentrated nature, if such a thing be possible. At any rate bird- and animal-life is not to be ignored.

It is particularly this phase that draws attention at a time when plant life lies dormant. But to get to the point—scores of valu­ able birds starve to death every winter in the immediate vicinity of Watertown, not to mention the hundreds of other birds forced to move elsewhere in search of food. Three or four properly-placed and well-attended feeding stations, however, would considerably diminish this number, turning our sparselyinhabited campus into a mecca for at least fifteen or twenty different species of interesting winterbirds of which we now see so few. Although the season is quite far advanced, the idea is worth considering', at any rate, for future years.

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Only he who knows which newspaper clippings nobody would want to read ; only he who coughs again and again, very thoughtfully deflecting a few germs with his hand, but angrily insisting that all windows be closed ; only he who thinks every­ one begins and ends studying when he does ; only he who con­ siders all men with tastes opposing his own as ignorant or in­ sincere—in which category he places the “smug and affected” opera-lover, the “fawning, grace-seeking” student that asks altogether too many questions; only he who can absolutely not comprehend that perhaps there may be someone with an attitude toward sports and the collateral cheering slightly different from his own viewpoint; only he who fosters consideration as a balance of trade with all the gain on one side ; only such a one 一 I repeat — thinks that the ‘‘no book removal” sign in the reference room refers to the rest of the student body and acts accordingly, unless the fortuitous attendant is foolish enough to incur the indignant and abusive tirade of offended Privilege.

The new schedule is in full swing, and if stiff limbs and sore muscles are any indication, the athletic program seems to be a success.

Photography as an art has had an unusual number of followers the last weeks. Characteristic poses have attracted the most attention, but the outstanding point of interest is the thriving business of the student photograph-finishers, whose records hold orders as high as one hundred and seven reprints from single negatives. Interestifig subject-matter, it seems.

On January 24 the male chorus gave a concert of sacred songs before the members of the local Euterpe Club in the Cole Memorial Hall. Plans are being made for a twelve-day tour which is to take place during the Easter recess and which will extend into Minnesota as far west as New Ulm. Mark Schwartz, Karl Gurgel, and Meinhardt Raabe re­ presented Northwestern in an unofficial ski-meet three weeks ago with the mercury six below und the snow drifts four feet high. Following are the records : Mark Schwartz reached the bottom twice standing up, Karl Gurgel once standing up, and M. Raabe reached the bottom once.

Literary programs as presented by the Phi Gamma Rho and the Philomathean societies : 0. Sommers January 17, De Russia H. Bergholz W. Hoyer February 6, Meet the Japanese A. Bloom February 14, The Olympics J. Bradtke 290

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(Roth “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”

These lines from Shelley inevitably come to us when we gaze out upon the snow-covered world and the steep mountains and projecting precipices of snow. We begin contemplating what Mother Earth will be like when this white substance dis­ appears. One of the numerous diurnal weather prophets in­ formed us that spring is only a few weeks away. If ever a season is welcome, that one will be. How fatigued this ^con­ tinued cold” weather makes us, and how unenthused we are at the incessant donning and doffing of woolen mittens, galoshes, and other warmth-assuring apparel!

The coeds while away their free periods by being enter­ tained by one in their midst who possesses a dramatic tendency.

Hazel Herro’s impersonations of various characters, especially of teachers, are exceptionally realistic. She keeps everyone in good humor and keeps us from performing detrimental mischief.

The intermittent snow-storm trapped some coeds in their homes for a few days. Helen Perry was snow-bound for the longest period of time. But she is now with us again. She had prepared a large box of fudge, which she intended to bestow upon us on her birthday. But, much to our disappointment, her plans were frustrated. However, since Helen Mitzner had pleased us with a delicious boxful on her birthday, the depriva­ tion of sweets was mitigated.

When the mercury fell considerably below zero the coeds kept warm on their way to school by wearing their ski-suits— not to imitate the men—but merely to keep old man winter from . nipping them too severely.

Jack Frost was full of pranks one cold morning and played with Mary Abelmann’s ears on her way to school. He nipped them quite severely, but Mary has nursed them back to normal again. Everyone gave some advice and some tried to frighten her by telling her that her ears would fall off. Mary only laughed and said that, if that was the worst the little prankster could do. she didn’t mind it. Anita Zahn froze her cheek and nose, but she did not suffer from any serious pain.

“Five little coeds standing in a row”一not because they were mischievous or were playing school, but because someone believed that it was warmer to stand up then to sit down. Since the radiator in our room is on the ceiling the tallest and state­ liest among us are the most fortunate. .

The coeds have a unique skating pond in the coed room.

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The appreciators of music among1 the coeds had the oppor­ tunity of hearing the MacDowell Club orchestra at the High School this month. They enjoyed the concert, yet all expressed disappointment in not having heard a soloist. .

Now that examinations are only specters in the past, life in general among the coeds is one of harmonious concordance.

With the exception of a screech or uproarous hilarity, peace reigns and all is well.

Campus and Classroom A new fad has in the past month sprung up at North­ western. At least it is new at Northwestern as far as I have been able to ascertain. A few of our amateur photographers have been taking pictures of the profs, during classes. The idea was, of course, that our instructors were to know nothing of these goings-on. In this way they could be caught in some characteristic classroom position. The excellence of the results obtained is in many instances quite surprising. Since the men were caught unawares, these pictures reveal traits of character that would have been carefully restrained or covered up in a formal photograph.

From one man’s lips you can fairly see the words bursting1 forth in a flow of rhetoric. Another was caught leaning on his chair. His entire attitude expresses the fact that he is about to send forth a line of the worst stuff that can occur in a class­ room, sarcasm. Sarcasm is all ri^ht in its place, but that place surely is not the classroom : there it merely stultifies the ordin­ ary student’s honest attempts to do anything worth while.

Then there’s one of the professors of the dead languages who looks as though you might place the “dead” into a different position in the sentence. Another is the direct opposite. Ah, just by looking at this man you can see that under his guidance the pursuit of knowledge is no burdensome bore; his entire being, with its kindly beaming face, shows forth the spirit of benignity that rules supreme in his classes. With him wisdom gently “droppeth as the dew from heaven.” If any stranger should happen to see his picture, he’ll certainly say, ‘‘to go to that man’s classes must be a pleasure.”

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(Ed.’s Note : We are informed that the “fad” is at least twenty years old. — To the great minds that have gone before, all due recognition!)

The train-wreck that occurred in Watertown is stale stuff by now, so don’t think that I’m writing this with a view to­ wards making a news “scoop”. And besides there was nothing spectacular about it, for not even a single brakeman was killed.

There is, however, one thing that set me wondering. Since the wreck was to happen anyway, why couldn’t I have been there at the time ? It would really have been something to see those railroad-cars flung around like child’s toys.

Still, almost everybody who later went out to the place of the wreck admitted that it was a rather impressive sight. And so it was in truth. If you are at all inclined that way, it made you speculate a bit. Did some evil spirit in a fit of sheer devil­ try throw those cars down in a disordered heap merely to thwart the purposes of man ? Most likely it seems childish and stupid to ask, but just why should anything be destroyed in such a senseless fashion ?

The most impressive thing, however, was the crane which was later brought out in order to clean up the mess and again set the cars on the rails. I used the comparison of a child above and I’m going to return to it again. In this case you can compare the crane to the child himself. Just as the boy picks up his train which has run off the tracks, so this crane worked, or rather played along. Seemingly without exertion it hoisted the huge cars, swung them around and set them down wherever the operator pleased.

The crane was powerful. No one who has seen it at work will deny that. But that the man who built it is still more powerful is the conclusion every reasoning man must come to.

Man may not be able to raise with the strength of his own body the same number of tons as the machine, but the strength of his mind gives him the ability to make the machine do whatever he pleases. It is his all-pervading mind that gives the machine its capacity for useful work, for without this guiding mind it would either stand idle or be an agent of destruction. ‘ ‘What a piece of work is a man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in faculty Nothing is too much for him. If he desires it, he makes the rivers flow more deeply and swiftly; he levels the hills with the valleys and raises the valleys to the level of the hills. All the world must bow to his superior will. And if he 293

cannot overcome nature directly, he always finds some way to mitigate her harshness. In fine a person is tempted to say that nothing, nothing at all, is impossible for man. ‘‘Nil mortalibus arduiest.’’ ‘ ‘Snow, snow everywhere,

On the ground and in the air.”

That’s a fragment of an old song we used to sing back in the brave, bright days of our boyhood. This year the ditty is especially apt, as each and every one of us has by this time found out. And still there is no promise of a let-up. There is more than enough snow on the ground as it is, yet the air is still full of the fluffy stuff. The slightest atmospheric dis­ turbance sends down more of it. Where does it all come from ?

We always had a thaw in the middle of February, but this year it seems to have been postponed until March. If this keeps up very much longer, there won’t be any room left for the snow.

An old truism has it that there is nothing so bad that you can’t find a redeeming feature in it. So also in the present excess of snow. This is the weather that makes real he-men out of us; the weaklings had better leave the battle-front, or they run the danger of perishing. Neither are you this year . bothered with the old-timer’s slurring remarks about the mild­ ness of our winters. Otherwise it was always, “Ha, this ain’t nothin’； this is the climate fer sissies. Why, you shoulda seen it in my day. Them was winters as what could be called win­ ters. No, no, my boy, this ain’t nothin’.” And every time the old familiar tale was told, the snow became at least one inch deeper and the thermometer dropped one degree lower than the time before.

How pleasant it will be, when we in turn get to be oldtimers. Just think how we’ll be able to brag about that one winter, when we were at College. Most likely we too will un­ consciously exaggerate the story every time we tell it. But what of that? There’ll be no real harm done to anyone. It will rather stir the imagination of the grandchild sitting by your side. In this way the very winter upon which you so dearly love to dwell may become immortalized in some great work of art; and you may even become the hero. Would that not be the easiest way to fame? For that reason alone we should feel thankful that we are having a severe winter.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS LITERARY— The Various Purposes Served by the Humor in Mark Twain’s Imaginative Art—.................... 295 Henry Esmond............................ .298 Under a Stone............................ .300 Conquered........... ....................... 302 I’m Only Your Pencil................. 304 306 Bill EDITORIALS— Student Opinion.......... .

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THE VARIOUS PURPOSES

BY THE HUMOR OF MARK TWAIN’S IMAGINATIVE ART Nathanael Luetke

Humor in novels should never exist merely to excite laugh­ ter. Indeed it might have this result, but yet there should be a greater purpose than this behind it. This rather shallow pur­ pose, which can well enough be taken care of by joke-books, should not be the only one in solid literature. Just as novels should not be overfurnished with descriptions, so too they should not be cluttered up with unnecessary humor and wise­ cracking.

Mark Twain, who is especially known for his humor, shows very well its right use in novels. In those novels where he writes in a lighter vein he indeed does use very much humor, but whenever he writes more seriously with the purpose in mind of producing something solid and vital, he is very careful not to use humor except where it is absolutely necessary. At such a time it only serves the end of producing an artistic whole, in 295

<xnlt short, is merely a subservient thing to the greater purposes of literature.

It has been said that the truly educational and enriching books are not those books which interpret man’s processes of thought but those which interpret his life, i. e., those things which he does. If this is true (and, indeed, it certainly seems to be true) then it would be good, if we would look for those means which might be able to interpret life to us. Without doubt we would soon find humor to be able to do this more than anything else. The very essence of humor is an interpretation of life. It sees life’s incongruities and absurdities, from which we can then learn and be enriched. It does not think and try to analyze, but it just observes and passes on, so that we as a result can get by its assistance what De Quincey calls “books of life.” When Satan, a character in the novel, “The Myster­ ious Stranger,” retells the story of how Samson tied torches to the foxes’ tails, that great story of life is embellished by humor: “After he had tied the torches to the foxes’ tails, Samson just sat there on a fence slapping his thighs and laughing, with the tears running down his checks, until finally losing his balance he fell off the fence and sobered up a bit.” This doesn’t really excite loud laughter, but yet upon closer consideration what educational material it contains! It is an interpretation of life in the purest form, an elucidation of “the living soul of the living man.”

The real history of a nation is not composed of a mere tabulation of its reform bills and political pamphlets. Political cartoons and a satirization of a nation’s life can much better tell its life story. It has been said that literature might serve much better as a history course than the conventional course, if it could only be presented in the right way, and this would especially be furthered by the humor in literature. When Mark Twain satirizes the tendency towards warring shown by our race, he effects very much more than he could possibly have done by stating facts. He thereby really shows this side of man’s life in a very effective and impressive way.

If an author wishes to advocate a great cause with success, his best bet is to inject a little humor into his manner of doing it. He can thereby preserve its charm very much more than he could by treating the cause too seriously. Too much serious296

I ness often dulls the sensibilities of the advocate as well as the receptivity of the people who listen to his suggestions. “One of the reasons why goodness is not more attractive is because it gets into the hands of people without lightness and humor.”

If Mark Twain had not added a little humor to the many sug­ gestions for reform which many of his novels contain, they certainly would not have so much of an effect upon the reader and quicken so much thought. A novelist when he preaches his religion must also show himself as human, if he doesn’t want his opinions to appear as the results of mere petulance and temperament of a crank.

It often hurts when a truth is stated outright without being seasoned with a little humor. Humor as such has the character­ istics of tolerance and a readiness to find excuses, but a bare truth never is willing to relent or concede anything. It is a good idea for an author, when he states opinions which might rather bite into the conscience of the reader, to express them in a sarcastic way perhaps. Otherwise the reader will probably harden his heart, and the result will be nil. Therefore Mark Twain satirizes the materialistic desires of men who propose to have Christian ideals instead of merely stating them. “In matters of finance even the most pious of our peasants would have more confidence in an arrangement with the Devil than with an archangel.” The result is a good laugh which might then put us into a good mood for a contemplation of the truth of the opinion. We are not excluded from ‘‘the fruit of the feast” by a heart-hardening, blunt truth.

Humor especially serves Mark Twain as a sort of neutra­ lizer for scenes which might turn into gush, if their sadness were stressed too much. When there is no danger of degenera­ tion into gush as at the time of real pathos, Mark Twain expres­ ses the deepest sympathy, but at all times he also is careful to avoid sentimentality. A genuinely tragic scene is presented to us, when we see how Marget and Ursula, two characters in “The Mysterious Stranger,” are so glad that people are visiting them but, because of their unsuspecting trust, do not see that these same hypocritical people are about to betray them. Yet it is also necessary, if we wish to get real tragedy, that this be seasoned a bit, and therefore Mark Twain uses humor: “The supernatural cat began to strain herself so as to provide the top 297

of everything for the company. She made no murmur, but went on composedly improving in style and prodigality by ex­ perience.” As a result we get the pleasant relief of the humored sufferer and real pathos.

When Mark Twain wishes to denounce the wickedness and dishonorable practices of the human race, he doesn’t merely deliver fiery phillipics against them, but through the mouths of his characters assails them with ridicule. When a certain socalled witch is about to be burnt at the stake by some deluded villagers, she very effectively denounces their wickedness by means of scarcasm: “You can take my life in welcome. I would rather live with the professional devils in perdition than these poor imitators in the village.” Amongst the many critic­ isms of the human race Mark Twain includes this, that they attack injustices too often in the wrong way. ‘‘Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution—these can lift at a colossal injustice—push it a little—weaken it a little century by century; but only laughter can blow it to rages and atoms at a blast.

Against the assaults of laughter nothing can stand.’’ Humor can well ally itself with honor and honesty and be an active champion of all that is helpless and ill-treated.

As many apparently light things are often turned to a good use by novelists, so that fresh and shifting thing called humor is well used by Mark Twain. It produces great results in his novels and serves very well the greater ends of writing. With­ out it there is no doubt but that his imaginative art would bleed and lack very much.

HENRY ESMOND Herbert P. Koehler

The genius of Thackeray was united with a strong histori­ cal instinct, or at any rate an artist’s instinct for the days of Queen Anne and the Georges. The offspring of the union was perhaps the greatest historical novel in English, Henry Esmond.

In Esmond is a power of portraiture and dramatic moment, together with a closely articulate and logical plot. It is the story of a young man struggling under the handicap of supposed illegitimate birth, untoward events, and a passion for the beautiful but wilful Beatrix Esmond, his cousin. Beatrix has a touch of Becky of Vanity Fair about her. Like many another 298

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Many a time Beatrix gave evidence of having love for Henry take hold in her. But then again something would turn up to cause her to turn against him in spasms of dissatisfaction.

We can probably defend her by saying that anger and eager hot injustice are but ways of expressing trust. She could never understand that to better oneself and to raise one’s moral and intellectual standards, one must be guided and criticized. In the case of Beatrix Henry was forced to console himself by saying that woman were meant to be loved, not to be under­ stood. Beatrix must have followed the principle, that by keep­ ing- men off you keep them on, For she ever had plenty of suitors succeeding each other in asking for her hand.

Although love to a man is a thing apart, to Beatrix as to every woman it was her whole existence. Henry’s love for Beatrix had really nothing but beauty to keep it in good health; so, as always is the case, it was to be short-lived and apt to have chill-fits. For Beatrix we can say that she was fortunate that she didn’t get to marry any kind of man she admired.

She really was to be happier with a good man. Whenever she would become angry with Henry for some little thing or other, she simply showed the quickest and surest way of confessing her inferiority, which one does by hating a person. In her favor one could say that when after a momentary fit of anger she would express regret and shame for her behavior toward Henry, it was a certain grace, for shame in some form is a sign of grace. She hoped by marriage to attain position and wealth, but she did not know that who lives content with little possesses everything.

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Society life was a goal of Beatrix in marriage, but for him, although it be a pleasant gale to sail, it never would lead to a port he would care to enter. We must give him credit for bearing up under his handicaps; for defeat is not bitter if you do not swallow it. For him patience was the art of hoping and he did well. He must have believed that it was better to refuse to be disappointed than to accept and be disappointed. Finally, he had to realize definitely that Beatrix was not to be his wife, and then resignation showed itself the rarest sort of courage.

Since there is no remedy for love, but to love more, or to find another love, which is the quickest and surest cure for love, he married the mother of Beatrix in the end. And when one has heard it said that wise and faithful love, quiet and patient hope, are the bread by which the spirit is nourished, one must truly say upon having read this novel that Henry was by far the greater dispenser of this bread.

UNDER A STONE Louis Pinged Jr.

It was a clear, bright moonlight night, and the forest was still, so still that Red Feather moved slowly, lest the snap of a twig or the rustle of leaves reveal his presence to a spying eye.

Every precaution had to be taken, for the Black Hawks, fiercest of Indian tribes, were again on the warpath, and they were bitter enemies of Red Featherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tribe. Why the chief had selected him to carry out this mission, he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite say; yet, here he was on his way to find out how a neighboring tribe felt towards the Black Hawks, and whether they could unite and together defeat these powerful warriors.

Armed to meet any adversary, Red Feather topped a hill and stepped noiselessly into a clearing. Skirting the edge, he walked around until he reached a spot from where he could look up and down the river. Here he halted, drinking in the night air, while his keen eye swept the horizon. His ears caught the soothing ripple of the water flowing over the rocks near the island directly below him. In thought and spirit he drifted along with the stream as it meandered about the island, rounded a bend, and disappeared towards the south.

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Almost due north of him, about a mile away on a gentle acclivity lay the burying ground. When still young he had often walked between the mounds, imagining he heard the dead speaking, when a breeze moaned in the tall pine hedge.

There, too, his grandmother lay buried, from whom he had heard stories of warriors now in the Happy Hunting Grounds.

Beyond the cemetery, in a little hollow closer to the river, was an Indian village, the village he had just left, known to all neighboring tribes because of a spring of cold, crystal clear water in the center. Many years later, a white man, coming down the Sinnisippi, would place his cabin near this spring and become the first white settler in this territory. As Red Feather watched, a mist was rising, threading its way around, and finally hiding the tents completely. In a few moments, now, it would appear as if one were looking over a vast expanse of water.

Suddenly a canoe emerged from the mist, manned by two warriors. Approaching swiftly, it shot the rapids above the island and glided past. Red Feather recognized the occupants at once as Black Hawks. This wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the time and place for reflections, he decided. Why shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there be others in the forest tonight, trying to prevent him from carrying out his mission ? Inwardly he laughed at the idea of a Black Hawk preventing him from reaching his goal, but outwardly he was on guard. After all, there was no need of carelessly exposing himself. His lithe gaunt form disappeared silently and swiftly into the forest, heading westward to the friendly village.

It was well that Red Feather was on guard; there were others in the forest that night. The Black Hawks realized the danger of a coalition against them, and savages, every bit as cunning as Red Feather, stalked about in the forest, intent upon preventing just that which he was trying to accomplish. These sons of the forest would use strategy, one in trying to escape unnoticed, others in trying to capture him.

Red Feather passed a large gnarled oak, the nightly roosting place of a flock of turkeys. Glancing up, he could discern their shadowy forms on the lower branches; he strongly desired to send an unerring shaft into one of their number, but duty came first, he decided. When he returned towards morning, he would take one along home.

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The Redman has moved on, and waves of civilization have surged over this territory for many years. Yet through the years there have been preserved traces of an earlier civilization, if we may call it that. We obtained our land in the same con­ dition as the Indian left it, and now on certain fields on the farm the plowshare frequently brings to light historic relics of bygone days. Not only are they plowed out, but some have been found strangely concealed.

Some years ago, while cleaning up brush in our woods, A1 turned over a large, flat stone. Beneath it lay two arrowheads.

CONQUERED Orville L. Schlcnncr

George Landis was busily tying his necktie before the mirror in his room. He was not in a joyous mood. His dark eyes wore a severe look. He had finally decided to tell Patricia that he must stop seeing her. His two years at college he had been in love with her, or at least he thought he had been.

Often his friends teased him. “Why do you let her drag you around on her apron strings ?n ‘‘Haven’t you any backbone?’’

“Don’t you have any self-respect Vf “Are you afraid of her Vf Constantly he heard such remarks.

Two weeks ago he had met Dona Anderson at a party. She was a brunette with lovely, dark, deep brown eyes. One could hardly help falling in love with her when she looked at you with her dark, mellow eyes. With determination he gave his tie a final twist. He grabbed for his scarf and half-viciously slung it around his neck. He jerked his overcoat onto his tall athletic frame and then, looking in a mirror, he saw a well-satisfied ex­ pression on his face.

Patricia was a young girl just out of high school. She was Irish. Her hair was blond. Her eyes had a light blue color and sparkled with indignation when she was angry. She was strong­ headed and usually had her way. She ruled George by the dangerous glint in her eyes.

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When George stepped into the snappy air of the night, he seemed to become more determined. With hasty steps he began the familiar walk to Patricia’s home. He was steeling his heart against giving in to her. He began to think of what he would say. Slowly his mind began forming a speech. He would say, "Patricia, I have decided to sever our intimate friendship; however, I hope we shall still be good friends. I had hoped to tell you before, but I never could bring myself to do it.”

He was a block away from her home ; his heart began beat­ ing faster and faster. As he neared the house, he could see a light in the parlor. He began to wonder whether he shouldn’t first walk past and see who was in the living room. He walked past, but he saw no one. With firm steps he walked back and turned into the sidewalk leading to the porch. At the end of the walk he stopped and put his foot on the first step. He was about to turn around and walk back. With his last ounce of courage he mounted the steps and walked across the floor of the porch to the doorway. He pushed the button and heard the bell ring inside. His heart began pounding like a trip-hammer.

He began to repeat his speech frantically to himself—“Patricia, I — have decided — to sever our intimate friendship. I never —could bring myself to do —’’ The door opened and Patricia stood in the doorway. She wore a blue dress, the same shade that was in her eyes. Her blue eyes sparkled merrily.

“Patricia,” began George in a solemn tone.

“Oh George, I am so glad to see you. Come in,” said Where have you been, my Patricia, taking him by the arm. darling Vf “Patricia, I "Why didn’t you come to see me lately ?” said Patricia in reproving tones and pulled him to the sofa. ‘‘I have come to tell you—’’ Patricia teasingly interrupted, <4I think you are very hand­ some tonight.’’

By this time he had been gradually weekening. His face had become flushed and his brain was whirling. His strong walls of resistance were swaying and trembling.

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He felt as though he were all alone, standing against an army. Before he could hold his tongue he softly and passionately said, “Patricia, will you promise to marry me V7 “Yes,” came the quick reply.

That night George returned to his room a happy man. He had suddenly realized that he was in love with Patricia and Patricia only. Dona Anderson didn’t mean so much after all.

He never did like brunettes. As for the teasing of his friends —well, they could tease all they wanted to; it didn’t bother him in the least. Some day they would be in similar circum­ stances ;then he could taunt them. Maybe they wouldn’t find such a nice girl. Well, why should he care about them ? He was sitting on top of the world. (i

I，M ONLY YOUR PENCIL Carl Thurow

Am I only a useles thing made of wood and rubber and metal and lead? No, I，ve a duty to perform. I’m your pencil.

Whose? Why, yours, my master, yours. I’m the pal who never deserts you, the silent partner of your troubles and your joys.

And you can trust me: I am your friend 一 a sort of inseparable companion. Yes, in an absent-minded moment you often neglect me and lose me, but, once you become aware of my disappear­ ance, you don’t rest until you’ve found me. How good to have someone in this wide world to care for me — little insignificant me. But still, I don’t think you could get along without me.

I’m the butt of your anger, the receptacle of your every emotion.

A sort of safety valve, perhaps. I don’t mind your chewing me. Of course, it hurts; but I’m doing my duty. To be suc­ cessfully performing one’s duty, no matter what it may be; that is the greatest honor in this world.

But come, there’s no time for idleness this morning. Duty calls! I’m in your pocket, my master, and we are already sitting in chapel. Why that vacant stare in your eye ? It’s there so often. Ah, has chapel become too much a force of habit?

Watch yourself! Fight against it! Don’t let it become a mere matter of routine.

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class room. But you can’t transfer your thoughts so swiftly from the light to the more serious vein. First you must ex­ change a few remarks with your neighbor. Finally you notice me and decide that you are missing something. I go flying across the paper making notes on what is being said. My point becomes flat: you give me a quarter turn, and I scribble on.

But why do I stop moving ? Look, how heavy your eyes are.

Ouch! You have dropped me. Oh, you are sleeping already.

You were up late again last night. You always say you’d rather read than sleep. You do hate going to bed, don’t you ? But I see others are dozing too. There must be another reason. Could it be that the lecture is not presented interestingly enough ?

I believe so.

But fate has better things in store for you, my friend.

Don’t you feel that itch on your nose ? Scratch it! There, that’s better. Oh, did it wake you ? Well, you shouldn’t have been sleeping anyhow •…This inner world of the class room is so small just now, isn’t it ? But turn your eye just a bit to the left.

There’s a window — the gateway to that great outer world.

Come, let’s off and away !

Did the bell scare you ? That’s funny ! It did me too.

This period holds promise of being more interesting. Look out! I think you’ll be called on first. Get your notebook ready.

Now, where is your preparation for today ? Oh, you figure it isn’t worth while and you can gain more by reading as and what you please. And you are angry because of all the time wasted.

Every second, once gone, is lost forever. How many seconds, minutes, and hours haven’t we lost in here! Then is that why you are so officious in this class ? I thought so. You’re rather annoying, you know. And aren’t you often ashamed of your­ self ? You are ? Well, Pm glad to hear that, but it’s still no excuse I often think there’s something about the kindly old gentleman at the desk that seems to say in unison with Browning: “Grow old along with me !

The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made.”

There’s the bell again. How fast this period flew.

Now where are you taking me ? Outdoors ? Ah, that breeze has the feel of spring. Spring! Isn’t it in the spring that a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love ? And 305 !

this is leap year too! Never fear, master, I, your trusty pencil, will draw a protecting circle about you. Oh, you say it’s spring fever that you，re really afraid of. How silly ! You’re possessed with it all year long, even in winter.

And now the day has passed and evening has come and almost gone again; but what have you to show for it ? Very little, I’m sure, because you did nothing but read and talk all evening.

You say you profited by hearing and receiving others’ thoughts and ideas and by expressing your own. Well, perhaps you’re right at that. But come now, it’s early morning again. Why don，t you ever get to bed at a reasonable hour ? Yes, I know you，re sick and tired of going to bed night after night, year after year, but it’s one of those things that must be tolerated.

It calls us back to earth and reminds us that we are still a cog on this great wheel of the world in which we must work and sweat and hate and love. Get along with you now. Good night!

Ho hum! “Here dies another day.”

BILL G. Sydow

Bill lived on the city waterway between the Fifteenth Street bridge and the railroad bridge. On the waterway? Per­ haps. More, in it. Or rather, both. On it when the tide was out. In it when the tide was in. Sometimes his scow was sur­ rounded by the sea, sometimes by a sea of mud, stinking mud at that. But he lived there, all alone, on his gear-covered floats, in the midst of most fascinating surroundings. Nearby was a shipyard. Across the boom-filled waterway, a lumber mill. The water of the bay was teeming with fishermen’s dories, tugs slowly pushing heavily laden barges, and sailboats and pleasure craft winding in and out and around the larger ferries, sound steamers, coast traders and ocean tramps. Along the shore were piers, wharves and warehouses, behind which were railroad yards and truck-filled streets. Lift bridges were constantly raising and lowering, derricks and mammoth cranes were loading and unloading. All accompanied by the shrill, treble peep of little tugs, the deep-throated bass of great ocean liners, the chug of locomotives, the honk of horns, the exhaust of engines, and the wash of wake and wave. Noise. Action.

Everything moving. Something doing, something going on.

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Squeezed in among the big buildings of industry were many tide water shanties. Bill’s was one of these. A shack built on an old, battered, leaky scow in the center of all this activity.

A place where the untiring curiosity of adventure seeking lads could never be satisfied. The interests of the water front are endless. Many were the youngsters who, enticed by the water, were wont to linger around his floats. Many were the hours and afternoons idled away in the company of the old sailor. He was a great man, a hero in their eyes. And why not? He was their friend. He had time for them. He taught them things.

All about the winds and tides, how to build and rig sailboats, how to handle rowboats, and how to sail skipjacks. When some amateur yachtsman would despair of bringing in his little sloop-rigged boat to the landing against the wind through the narrow open water between log booms and piling and would want to resort to oars in summer boarder style, he would yell across the water ‘‘Put those oars away. Come on now, close haul her.” Bang, into the boom. “All right, try it again.

Bring- her about. Tack to the left. Get a little steerage way.

That’s good. Edge her past that piling into the open water.

Slack off, slack off. Port with the tiller. Head her into the wind. There you are. Easy, wasn’t it?”

And he told enchanting- stories. He’d sit on the end of a piling, screw his chew up in his cheek, and in his salty jargon tell of his travels in the days of sail. He had been through the Straits of Magellan, becalmed in the south seas, wrecked off Australia, stranded in Shanghai. He had gambled in Hongkong, fought in Central America, and was jailed in New York. He had worked his way up from cabin boy to master. He knew the world, he knew the game, and he knew how to tell about it. And when he was tired of it all he went on the beach with the windjammers. He built himself a shanty on an old scow and towed it up on the tide flats. His meager living came from the water, fishing, crabbing, clam digging. He made a boat now and then, smoked a pipe, kept two cats, raised geraniums, and was completely content. That to him was a happy life, a good existence. He believed in it and told others to ship out and do the same. See the world, have a wild time, and when you’re all covered with barnacles, crawl up on the shore. He was a picturesque exponent of his own philosophy. It is no wonder that he had a powerful hold on the minds of untried youngsters. It’s fortunate that other influences were stronger or some of them today would be polishing the round end of a scupper plug on some tramp in a far off port.

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Jbttarhxls Student Opinion............

HE influence and power of public opinion have always been recognized and rightly so. As a disciplinarian of motives and actions there is perhaps none more influential. And the truth of this is quite readily appreciated when one notes the sphere and effect of student opinion — comparatively only a small phase.

Motives, the causes behind an act, are unsolvable mysteries, which only an Emil Ludwig can determine, but which the cautious historian suggests, realizing the difficulty of defining one’s own springs of action. Hence, just why a student wears this type of clothes, why one floats with the current of opinion and another is dissentient, why many are self-conscious, why many study----- just why, we’ll not pretend to know. But we will advance the proposal and, yes, maintain the belief that the respect of student opinion is a prime cause in very many cases.

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tiality of general sentiment, and perhaps in itself of not much consequence----- true or not. But with the sphere of influence extended from sociality to morality, the problem assumes new importance.

If the primum mobile is to be handled gingerly in the first field, caution isn’t the term for it when it comes to moral grounds. But certain indications should not be ignored. One can quite reasonably conclude that habitual concurrence with the general opinion in multifarious external activities would tend to bring about-----perhaps even indicate — 一 a mental and moral harmony with the consensus of standards. And so one could perhaps explain the widespread use at present of a standard, i. e. the nickle-collection, as far as church matters are concerned. And then the question would arise whether churchattendance couldn’t lie on the same basis: mere agreement with the general sentiment, the consensus of one’s acquaintances. In both cases essentially unimportant in themselves, but by their of vital significance. But thin relevancy and implication ice would soon stop further questioning. Morality based so heavily upon student sentiment would certainly indicate shallow­ ness of character. But the notion is unwarranted, upon second thought, when one realizes the impossibility of ascertaining mo­ tives intrinsically moral.

However, the entire matter must impress this fact upon us: careless, unhesitating concordance with student opinion can produce a dangerous situation, a condition not only modifying the outward indications of character but eventually requiring pure inner conformity----- a morality as vacillating as public opinion or plain, simple hypocrisy. Implicit, unquestioning agreement with student opinion----- non cupiendum est!

Oscar Siegler A World Revolution.............

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was a revolution in which the British Colonies in America were fighting for representation. In both these well-known revolu­ tions suppression caused those who were subject to a superior power to rebel. Both were successful, but only after starvation and the battle field had taken many lives.

Communist leaders are fighting for a world revolution which presents itself in an altogether different aspect. A war would be a catastrophe as far as communism is concerned. It would call for a concentration of her power in battle instead of in the field of learning. Russia does not want to force the world into subjection and rule it with an iron hand. The Communists do not want to engage the rest of the world in a war to prove their theories. They reverse the process of destruction by first undermining the foundation on which modern society is based and then rebuilding it according to their own ideals. A new foundation will result in a new society.

The first step in such a bloodless revolution is to instil in the mob the element of distrust in all existing institutions. Their second step is to burn the churches and bibles. The last and fatal step is to forbid the people to join any existing- religion or sect. In this way they hope to gradually pick away the foun­ dation on which modern society is based. Their final aim is a classless society. An international communistic state is the primary step toward such a society. And such an international communistic state will come only after the world has been revolutionized and robbed of its moral and civil laws. This is what the communists hope to do. In the place of the existing moral laws they offer carnal pleasure, that is, relative freedom in so far as the flesh has free reign. Such a society appeals to the non-christian public, the weak spot of modern civilization.

They offer a new conception of sin. Sin, according to the communists, is rebellion against a cause. They substitute egotism for individualism and cast aside civil law as we know it.

Communist teachers are working to undermine our society at the present time. Communist teachers are secretly placed in universities. Universities were once the pride of every nation.

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their end. Communist demonstrations are ulcerous sores on the body of modern civilization, indicating a cancerous modern society. Such cancerous growth is eating away a Russian civilization. It is sure death for Russia.

Communism is spreading rapidly. It must be checked un­ less we also wish to follow Russia to her grave. Physical alert­ ness will have nothing to do with the defeat of communism.

An active Christianity and mental alertness is the only possible check.

Lyle Koenig Norlhwesternization ERE is a certain “booing” section in Northwestern College which works to kill all initiative in the classroom.

A student who realizes that he is in the classroom to learn something and who is not ashamed to admit his ignorance by asking the professor why such is so, and who humbly asserts that he cannot understand the issue at hand is immediately jeered by this “booing” section. Little do they realize that peculiar problems always arise in the mind of one who is learn­ ing：, and that unless these problems are clarified by someone who knows, these problems will remain unsolved. A student who dares (for the act has taken upon itself the essence of a dare) to assert himself in the classroom in honor of his firm convictions, who has the initiative to assert himself before the professor when he feels that he disagrees with what is being foisted upon him, gets the “razzberries” from that section of the class. It seems that they are irked by the boldness of the student, but they little realize that they themselves are like jellyfish which confom to the mould of their surroundings with­ out offering any resistance.

This “booing” section works with no little result. In most cases the members of this section succeed in stultifying their victim. They take the boldness out of their subjects (especially the unprincipled ones) and win them over to their ranks. They tend to kill all initiative in the classroom, which should rather be encouraged.

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M. 0. Nelson Who Reads The Classics ?................

ME people think it high-brow to read the greater authors, some of the immortals of literature, such as Tolstoy or Thomas Hardy.

In reality these people are much mistaken when they con­ sider this as being high-brow ; much rather is it being low-brow.

This may seem rather odd, but it brings me to my topic, namely, ‘‘Who reads the Classics By the use of the word classic I would also include Mark Twain, Thomas Hardy, and authors like them, because of their record.

After considerable investigation and research by many librarians, especially by Mr. Charles Compton, of the St. Louis Public Library, the conclusion reached is that the middle class, the common people, make the greatest use of the classics of literature.

Mark Twain is one of the greatest humorists and authors of his time and also the most popular American author of today (disregarding the authors whose names are on every tongue for six months and then sink into bottomless oblivion.)

In some larger cities careful check has been kept on those who drew out Mark Twain. It was found that about forty per cent of the borrowers were students. But that does not indicate very much, since from the sixth grade up through the high school years books by Mark Twain are required for outside reading in English courses. The next large group was that of the clerks and stenographers ; of these one ordinarily does not expect much reading of worthwhile material. Doesn’t one always hear of the shallow, rattle-brained stenographer and the stolid, stupid clerks ?

Looking over the list yet farther we find those having to do with automobiles, such as mechanics, bus drivers, and filling station attendants, shopkeepers, skilled workmen, the pro­ fessional men, and the unemployed. Except for the unemployed, who comprise one of the larger groups of readers, the groups are arranged according to size, the largest coming first. It will 312

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This should show that the uneducated — at best with only public high school education — middle class has an appreciation for good literature. But you will have several objections at fingers’ tips. First of all, you will say that Mark Twain is so popular that everyone reads him; admitted, he is the most popular American author, but not everyone reads him. Perhaps you will also think of this : the educated professional class is numerically very much inferior to the middle class and therefore this class should have more Mark Twain readers. I think we should find more readers of good novels in the professional class ; but if we disregard this, even then we must admit that it is a draw, taking into consideration only Mark Twain.

Rather surprisingly it was found that the books rated as best by literary critics were the most frequently read. Huckle­ berry Finn, a book from which all can derive enjoyment, but whose depths as a study of human nature are plummed by but few, was most frequently read and is undoubtedly Twain’s best work. We find Tom Sawyer second in number of times read and Connecticut Yankee next. The taste of the middle class and the judgment of the critics agree very well until we come to the lesser works.

This should be a good reason on which to base the conten­ tion that the middle uneducated class is the most consistent reader of the classics, but perhaps yet another author should be used as an example.

Thomas Hardy is rather famous; he succeeded in carving out a niche for himself in the hall of famous authors. Among the readers of this man’s novels were found almost exclusively stenographers, salesmen and saleswomen, mechanics and engineers; indeed, members from all classes of what we call plain ordinary common workers. The bosses, lawyers, doctors and all the professional men, all college graduates, all are conspicuous only by their almost total absence.

Even translations of the Greek dramatists and of Homer are read by the hand-laborers, clerks and stenographers, the men and women who do not have our boasted college education, some not even our vaunted high school education. The college graduates, the educated men, were entirely absent from this 313

group — very likely they thought themselves well rid of the Greeks as soon as the college president had handed them their parchment.

With Hardy and the Greek authors there can be no objection on the score of popularity — quite evidently they are not 一 nor on numerical proportion — since the educated people did not to any extent read them. This ought to prove that the indifferent, unthinking, vulgar common people, as the educated man likes to think them, have a discriminating taste in literature.

If asked why they read these books, the most frequent answer is, because they please, they show them their own life, life in general; they see in them a study of man, as indeed they are. This reading of a book because it pleases is perhaps, and very likely, the reason why the people recognize great books and great authors first. It is their demand for novels which brings the novels before the eyes of the critic and the college professor, who doesn’t notice a book which has accumulated less than a hundred years of dust. This was the case with Mark Twain and it is so with Carl Sandburg, who sold thousands of copies of his poems and his Lincoln biography before he re­ ceived recognition from the critics and professors. Today, selections from his works are found in all American anthologies.

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the minds of many, namely, is there to be another literary club at Northwestern ? No, the Germania, German speaking club is to take the place of one of our present literary societies, since it is hardly necessaay to have two of these societies, when the members of both societies are expected to attend each other’s programs and also to stay for the criticism. It is my suggestion that the two be combined under either Phi Gamma Rho or Philomathean. It should indeed be an asset to the students in general to have a Germania. Anyone from the collegiate department could become a member. It would not be a popu­ larity contest, so that only the better speakers would be allowed to join, but the purpose of such a club would be to have especial314

ly those poorer in speaking the German language take part.

It could be arranged that meetings would inter-change with those of the literary societies. The society could have two or three meetings in which nothing but speeches would be given.

After each speech had been delivered, the members could pick out the mistakes, and after that the faculty advisor give his criticism. In the fourth meeting one might arrange a little social to keep the interest of all knitted together. Of course, the conversations and puns would always be in German. This would undoubtedly give certain individuals a better “Sprachgeflihl.” The trouble with most of us is that we never use the German outside the classroom, and there we use it little enough.

We realize that it is a difficult task to start an organization of this kind, because of the lack of genuine interest in the language. The only way a society of this sort can be started is through cooperation on the part of the students. Some of the faculty members have already expressed themselves in favor of such a society.

Different ideas would, of course, be introduced after the organization once got on its feet, which ideas are too numerous to touch upon in an article of this kind. Since many students already are in favor of such a plan, let’s get together and act!

E. F. M. L. Propaganda HE countless slanderous remarks inserted in the columns of our daily papers, exceedingly more pungent during the past few weeks, specifically those concerning the German nation, have incited me with indignation against newspaper propaganda.

If this term is a trifle enigmatical to you, a glance into your daily paper — it matters little whether it is the world’s greatest or merely the home town review — will help to clarify it. There you will find an article on the plight of the Jews in Germany — that is an excellent example of Jewish propaganda.

Almost shamefully we must admit that we are doing noth­ ing about this degrading, superficial, and debilitating calumny.

On the contrary, the Jewist propagandists dish it out and we relish it.

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expressing their opinions. We must bear in mind that they owe their livelihood to their Semitic employers. And, therefore, is it not quite evident that they dare not hazard the chance of being driven to the bread lines by writing the actual truth concerning the Jewish situation in Germany ?

With the knowledge of these facts is it any wonder that a mere boycott assumes the appearance of a monstrous anti­ Jewish movement in the form of brutal persecution ? Let us not be deceived by such spurious propaganda.

However, there are also innumerable other examples of propaganda. If a progressive politician is “raked over the coals” by our daily papers, we can almost be assured that the victim is an honest sincere man of principle. Political debacles always offer a plenty of targets at which the propagandists can direct their mud-slinging campaigns.

Thus it is with all things distasteful to the newspaper magnates; none escape their venom. All projects that tend to decrease the bulge in the pocket-books of Mr. Hearst and his millionaire allies are debased and presented to the undiscerning1 public eye in such a manner that the proposed plan will appear absurd, impracticable and unconstitutional.

Until our daily papers cease to burden us with generali­ zations from insufficient evidence and cease to force upon us unverified and unverifiable premises and conclusions, let us classify them with the tripe; in other words, with the 95 per cent of the stuff printed about the amours of Hollywood stars and merchant princes.

Paul Baganz

Finis issue ends the editorial efforts of the staff of ’36. For T HIS a volume we have wooed the muses of college journalism, if such there be, in the hope of editing a publication somewhat expressive of student thought and opinion. For good or evil, we have scribbled and scribed, dunned a student body, beat the pavement — north side and south — slaved over galley proof, felt the pinch of the tenth.. . And if you think we have been lolling in editors’ easy chairs the while, do us the grace to except at least a few hours. We may not have set the literary world 316

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The new staff has been appointed and organized. We who retire wish them every prospect for a brilliant career.

The new staff: 0. Siegler.....

Editor in Chief N. Luetke__ Associate Editor F. Werner__ Business Manager V. Weyland...

Advertising Manager R. Jungkuntz. .Advertising Manager L. Seifert__ .Exchange F. Grunwald.

Athletics Locals E. Fredrich …

E. Wendland Campus and Classroom M. We Thank You OR special courtesies and services well rendered we express appreciation to typists Hanser, Diedert, and Loeper (Messrs.); to the Misses Schumann and Weihert, who furnished Coed Notes; to Mr. Richard Gensmer, who contributed Seminary Notes.

Gratitude is also due those of the Alumni who at one time or another have sent comment and criticism. Such is the stuff that sharpens the mettle — assures an interest active in parts other than the staff sanctum.

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The Rev. Mr. Benjamin Hahm, ‘32，accepted the call to Pigeon, Michigan, to take the place of the late Rev. G. Wacker.

The Rev. Mr. A. Wacker, *18, of Detroit, Michigan, accepted the call to Scio, Michigan.

The Rev. Mr. Gerhard Struck, 430, was installed in the Trinity Congregation at Hillrose, Colorado, February 23, 1936.

A son was born to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. E. Kuerschner, Ladysmith, Wisconsin, on March 5. Pastor Kuerschner is a member of the class of ’29.

Highlights in the life of Gisle Christian Johnson Bothne, a man prominent in educational circles ，whom we cannot, however, count among our alumni. Our defem > se for the fact that his name appears in this column: Part of his education was acquired at our erstwhile Northwestern University.

Professor Bothne, born at Fredrikshald, Norway, Septem­ ber 7, 1860, came to the United States at the age of sixteen.

He was graduated from Luther College at Decorah, Iowa, in 1878, receiving his master’s degree there five years later after graduate study at the Johns Hopkins and Northwestern (Watertown) universities and the universities of Christiana and Berlin. He served as professor of Greek and Scandinavian languages at Luther College from 1884 until 1907, when he was named associate professor of Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of Minnesota. In 1919 he was made head of the department and continued to direct its activi­ ties until his retirement ten years later.

Dr. Bothne, long a student of Norse literature, was recognized as an outstanding authority on the life and works of Henrik Ibsen. In company with other leading Ibsen scholars and Norwegian writers, he in 1929 was a guest of Norway at the celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of Ibsen’s birth.

In testimony of his position in Norwegian literature the king of Norway made him a Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Olaf. He was the author of a number of papers and articles on Scandinavian subjects and was a member of the Modern Language Association and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The Carnegie Foundation granted Professor Bothne a retiring allowance in July, 1929. He died at Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 8, 1934, in his seventy-fifth year.

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mm Should a college paper display any intellectual life? Or should it be the same drab thing time after time, with a few remarks that show little wit, otherwise sheer groups of non­ sense under the headings of sport or gossip columns? — more of which could be written in German or in some other foreign tongue, so that they would at least be considered intelligent by those who cannot read them. The former is the goal, the latter the realization of the most college papers. Perhaps a college paper really “reflects the thought on the campus;’’ in that case most college papers aren’t a great recommendation for their college. Or it may be as the Stentor says that the absence of material is merely a sign of apathy or laziness. We are not so rude as to judge which of the two is true: certainly a paper that has more subscribers than readers, that arouses absolutely no comment, has no excuse for existing. *

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April 22 has been chosen by the Administrative committee of the American Student union for this year’s Student Strike Against War, according to the Stentor. It is estimated that 350,000 students will leave classes at eleven o’clock that day, a great increase over the 25,000 who “struck” for the first time two years apfo. A conference of student leaders has been called by the ASU to crystallize the specific aims of this year’s strike and draw up a ‘call.’ The ASU will invite graduate leaders from all over the country to sign the 'call/ and — Anyway the last period on Wednesday is the time, a Hebrew class. We should indeed be aiding a worthy cause, and ought to cooperate with the ASU at all costs.

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砂 Irith J The college graduate has more chances for success than his friend who stayed at home instead of seeking a higher education.

Investigations by a Committee on Education of the House of Representatives disclosed that a college man has a thousand times as many opportunities of attaining distinction as the selfmade man. But why does a college education have any effect on one’s future life? The Stoutonia thinks that it is not entirely “the memorization of the kings of England, concentration on his studies, or his knowledge of the causes and cures for tech­ nological unemployment, that makes the college men superior to his neighbors. The cause is rather his contacts with other people, his participation in outside activities, and his acquain­ tance with good books. Many of these influences are received without previous planning; but all must enter the life of a suc­ cessful man, and college is the most convenient place to become exposed to them. ’’ But the study of man’s previous thought under men who have already made a study of that must have some effect in developing the mind. This at least is the only means of developing the mind that man has yet devised, and the only one in wide use, if we except travel. Two girls from Ohio are trying to find out which is more beneficial; one is making： a trip around the world, the other is going to college.

The girl traveling around the world may not have so much success in later life, which after all is very relative and subjec­ tive, but she certainly will have spent her four years much more pleasantly, and will have ample compensation for the exact knowledge she lacks by having a better education than her friend acquired in college.

Some shorter selections: A professor of philosophy at the College of the City of New York is quoted in the Agonistic as saying that those who sleep in class learn more. A wider adoption of his ideas, together with a new system in practice at the University of California, would made college a pleasanter place to spend four years vege­ tating. At California it is now possible for a student to insure himself against being called on in class when unprepared. The rates are five cents per class, and if called on the student is entitled to damages of twenty-five cents.

How dangerous it must be to live out here in the wide west, at least according to a Brown University columnist: he wrote several paragraphs about the “coyaotes” who roam the western plains, and ‘‘menace the lumberjacks.” But the dangers from “coyaotes” are offset by courtesy in automobile driving. A Princeton correspondent wrote that ‘.‘out west when they .see a man driving recklessly, they toot their horn at him three times.

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We saw “spring, when a young man’s fancy etc.” in only one paper, but then spring isn’t very far on its way.

As the referee, umpire, and timekeeper returned to the floor at a recent University of Missouri game, the band began to play the * Three Blind Mice.” In agreement with the new American trend toward more gentlemanly conduct at a basket­ ball game (those who boo officials are in the same category as those who use their knives instead of forks in eating pie at the table) a meeting of the student body was duly called by the coach for an apology.

A writer in The Creighton Quarterly Shadows mentions that in Germany they build a school and call it a “gymnasium”； here we build a gymnasium and call it a school.

A complaint which the same writer mentions about Ameri­ can Universities is that one cannot sleep in classes or miss them entirely as in Germany. I understand that our college is patterned after the German style.

We have written our last exchange column: as this affords a splendid chance for moralizing, we fall in line with our illus­ trious predecessors (illustrious can be pardoned, if you realize that they belong to history) in stating the bit of wisdom we have learned. Our successor, we know, will dree his weird with full glory without any recommendations on our part. It didn’t take us a full year to realize that a college paper is hardly the apotheosis of intelligence: however, after seeing three classes of freshmen enter our college we have learned to over­ look that too. But in one thing our opinion has been strength­ ened; we now believe more firmly in a word of wisdom one of our professors occasionally mentions: the only difference be­ tween a college student and one who didn’t go to college is that the college student has acquired a number of textbooks which he may resort to for information, that is if he hasn’t sold the textbooks.

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細麵：TXS Basketball Milton 19 Northwestern 18 Milton, February 19. Northwestern was not succesful in her second tilt with the Milton five. The Goslings were able to find the hoop but twice during- the first period. They fared better in the second half, but Milton sank five free throws and a field goal — enough to give them one point to spare.

Milton Northwestern FG FT PF FG FT PF 一2 0 2 f. Parker ..1 2 4 f. Schwartz 0 0 ~ f. Baxter. f. Hackbarth... 0 1 2 1 2 5 f. Sunby . f. Hallemeyer …2 0 0 0 0 1 Luebke .10 3 c. f. Toepel...

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0 .3 0 0 c. Koehler. g. Loafboro-…1 0 0 1 g. Lambert .1 1 0 g. Hull..

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0_ _0__1_ g. Boyd 7 4~ IT 6 7 T Referee: Matthewsen, Fort Atkinson. Umpire:Sorenson, Janesville.

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2 0 3 f. Dalton. f. Hackbarth 2 1 0 0 0 0 f. Teeples f. Hallemeyer 0 0 0 2 2 c.

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Welzer 0 1 * 2 .10 0 g. Lambert •0 0 0 g. Pagels..

0 0 0 g. Schultz .10 0 g. Tietz__ 0 g. Thomson …2 •0 0 0 g. Sydow,.

7 9 7 16 4 16 Mission House 33 Northwestern 30 Plymouth, February 27. The Black and Red dropped their second game with the Muskies. Their combination failed to click in the first period, but they functioned more smoothly during the second half and gave their opponents a run.

Northwestern Mission House FG FT PF FG FT PF f. Hallemeyer.... 1 0 3 f. Steinecker 2 0 1 1 0 1 f. Heyl f. Hackbarth...... 4 1 4 f. Wierville....2 5 3 f. G. Frey..

1 1 0 f. Eberhardt..-0 0 0 f. Toepel...

0 1 0 3 2 1 c. Hesslink c. Koehler..

3 1 2 0 0 c. Babler........0 0 2 g. Lambert, .0 2 g. Hessler.

1 —4 1 1 g. Paschen g. Tietz......

3 0 3 13 7 9 12 6 13 Northwestern 19 Seminary 31 t Thiensville, February 29. The Seminary turned the tables.

The Goslings were at a disadvantage on the small flocr. Scoring honors go to Koehler, who caged five field goals and two foul shots.

Northwestern Seminary FG FT PF FG FT PF f. Hackbarth...... 0 2 3 .4 f. Schewe f. Hallemeyer....0 1 0 0 f.

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Tietz, a regular guard, was unable to play.

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0 0 1 f. Hewitt. „0 0 0 f. Hackbarth__ 0 0 3 f. Courcier ..2 0 0 f. Hallemeyer....4 1 c. Wredlin ■•3 2 1 c. Koehler..

2 1 0 c. Parent.. -0 0 0 g. Fowler - ..0 g. Lambert 0 1 3 3 1 g. Lockward…0 0 0 g. Pagels...

0 0 1 g. Lindahl 2^2 7 3 9 9 ~5 5 Northwestern 25 Aurora 27 Watertown, March 7. Northwestern bowed to Aurora for a second time. The game was hotly contested by both teams and foul shots abounded. Schwartz had to be removed from the game because of a head injury.

Aurora Northwestern FG FT PF FG FT PF 2 f. Seibert f. Schwartz .2 0 1 f. Courcier.......2 3 3 f. Hackbarth__ 2 0 2 c. Wredling__ 5 0 3 0 f. Hallemeyer•…0 1 g. Lindahl.......2 2 2 f. Toepel...

12 4 g. Fowler 0 0 4 c. Koehler.

2 g. Holslag.......0 0 0 g. Lambert 0 0 3 g. Pagels..

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Platteville Northwestern FG FT PF FG FT PF ..2 0 3 f. Wilsey …2 0 2 f. Frey..

1 3 f. J. Burris__ 6 -••1 0 2 f. Toepel 0 0 0 2 1 c. Wilkins f. Hallemeyer-…2 g. D. Burris...0 3 0 f. Hackbarth__ 2 0 3 0 6 2 2 g. Petinger__ 2 0 c. Koehler.. g. Dixon 1 0 1 g. Lambert, 2 0 1 g. Pagels...

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Statistics for the Season F.G. F.T. P.F. T.P. Koehler__ 132 58 16 30 Schwartz…

•33 22 91 25 Hackbarth _ .26 68 18 43 Hallemeyer •21 57 7 15 Lambert__ 42 16 27 10 Toepel.......

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5 Becker ...... .0 2 Sydow.......

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0 0 0 0 The following members of the team will receive varsity awards: Captain Roekle, Koehler, Schwartz, Hallemeyer, Tietz, Frey, Lambert, Hackbarth, Pagels, Toepel.

Class Standings W. L. Pet. Sophomore 8 1 .888 Freshman 6 3 .666 Junior 3 6 .333 Senior 1 8 .111

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First the thawing snow, the cracking ice, the opening of streams; then the drying grass, the robin chirrup, the almost redolent breeze; but now its Scheitel—mogul of the Canis Ardens Roasting Society—gazing through the clean window of his room, with a far away look and the dream of new excursions on his face. Undoubtedly, spring is here!

And with it has come renewed activity among the musical organizations. The Mid-Season Concert has required consider­ able rehearsal besides the setting up of the stage—one of the Junior’s privileges. The male chorus has given two concerts: Juneau and Beaver Dam, March 15. Of course, the thirteenhundred-mile tour of the Easter recess is uppermost in the minds of the chorus members, and daily drill has had no neg­ ligible results in developing a group of singers well worth the hearing1. Particulars of the tour are to be found on the follow­ ing page.

• After regarding the question of the annual play for quite some time, the faculty has decided that it would be inadvisable for the Literary Societies to present a play this coming May. Of the several objections the large amount of time required of the students in preparation was of some importance, but evi­ dently not the main reason, considering the time consumed for athletics. At any rate, there will be no final play this year.

The basement of the gymnasium has undergone several changes the past few weeks and would now present an aspect quite unfamiliar to the alumnus of the last two decades.

Has the postman been neglecting you? Would you like at least one letter a week? Could you use a new 1936 calendar?

Join the Liberty League and put the Postoffice Department out of the red! See Robert Holtz, official representative for Jouett Shouse and Irenee Du Pont!

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I Moved by motives that would put a Spartan mother to shame, the Junior class after considerable deliberation has expressed willingness to sacrifice a few more classes to hold several Arbor Days this spring if demanded by the faculty.

Considering the need of such a course, the improved campus would certainly be worth the sacrifice of the class. * The Art Of Smoking a Pipeâ&#x20AC;? as developed by Norbert Reim seems to have had a certain amount of influence among some of the students. Pipes spring up mush-room-like. Here and there we see a connoisseur quizzically inhale a pipe-full to enjoy the pure toasted Kentucky flavor, gazing pityingly upon his less fortunate cigarette-brother. Another article like the first one, and Mr. Reim will have to open a correspondence school.

Literary Programs presented by the Philomathean and Phi Gamma Rho societies: Master of Ceremony Subject A. Lehmann Around the World K. Hinnenthal H. Koehler Townsend Plan (Debate) D. Hallemeyer Arline Schumann Chanting On Tuesday evening, March 17, spring football candidates witnessed a slow-motion picture of the Stanford-Northwestern Palo Alto football game of 1934. Quite a few of the other students also attended.

Auriga, Orion, Aries, and all the rest still hold their attrac­ tion, and cold feet, a pain in the neck, or cold in the head are merely incentives to would-be astronomers.

CHORUS TOUR FOR THE EASTER VACATION: April 2 April 3 April 4 April 5 April 5 April 6 April 7 April 8 April 9 April 10 April 11 April 12 April 12 April 13 April 19

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5 Authentic harbingers of spring are beginning to make their appearance daily in the coed rooms as well as in the wide open spaces. Several coeds have adopted new and distinguished looking haircuts, others have obtained the latest garb styles of the season. The collegiate coeds have moved their property back into their own room once more and have also given the place a pre-seasonal cleaning. More observant coeds report that they have seen many early spring birds and even sprouting and budding perennials.

A few coeds are profound lovers of nature, especially flowers, and by this time are skilled floriculturists. They purchased plants from a department store clerk and were assured by her that they would grow. The clerk was not a prevaricator, because the plants have flourished and blossomed.

We all enjoyed the discussions of these young florists with one another on the care of their plants. One of the coeds is so enthused over the results of her labors that she declares that she is going to plant a flower garden this spring and has already sent for seed catalogs.

There are exceptions to every rule, it seems. We have a regulation which does not permit the coeds to entertain any gentlemen in their coed rooms. A number of days ago a plumber entered our realm and repaired the water-pipe which had burst during the severe cold wave. We now have a plenteous supply of that thirst-quenching liquid â&#x20AC;&#x201D; water.

A menagerie is rapidly developing in the coed rooms. The most recent addition was a yellow chicken. There are many other animals standing about in the most precarious positions.

However, we vouchsafe that no one is in danger because these pets are neither carnivorous nor harmful.

Owing to the fact that her brother was quarantined because of scarlet fever, Marlys Miller was compelled to remain isolated from the public for a period of ten days. She was as happy to be with us again as we were glad to see her.

The number of coeds is slowly diminishing. Helen Perry, Margaret Joda, and Lorraine Neitzel, students of the com­ mercial department, have discontinued their studies at North­ western.

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Campus and Classroom “Panta i，hei” was the well-known maxim of an ancient Greek. “All things change.” This seems to be the only inmutable law in the intire scheme of nature. Even we at Northwestern, where life is admittedly staid and conservative, have in the past month seen instances of this law at work. For example, who, unless he himself saw it, would have believed it possible for us to be loosed almost overnight from the grip of cold and the downy fetters of snow?

Furthermore, the old “Black and Red” staff has again given way to the new. Whether the change has been for the better or for the worse remains to be seen. Honesty demands the addition here of an example of the law of immutability or inertia. When what is now the old staff was in its turn the new staff, it had the firm intention of making this paper an improve­ ment over all the previous issues. Quite naturally we are now asking ourselves to what extent we succeeded. The final judgment of the case is left to you, for I am afraid that I would judge too harshly for my own comfort.

And last, the fine tradition of the springtime-play has been abolished. That it had aesthetic and material benefits can hardly be denied. But the practice in elocution and the sup­ pression of self (necessary in all acting) even in this day of the hypersensitive ego over against its disadvantages were not considered reasons enough for its existence.

Since the path of least resistance has always been the easiest to travel on, there’s really no use complaining. It is extremely doubtful whether our objections to the action of the faculty would effect anything anyway. “Their’s not to------’’， you complete Tennyson’s line. Our situation is a great deal the same, for the faculty certainly should know what it is doing and what is best for the good of all concerned, Those students who would otherwise have acted in the play will now have a lot of extra time at their disposal. But they’il find something else to fill up the time. What’ll they do? Quite simple. They’ll spend a little more time in aimless loafing, listening to inane radio programs and foolish “chewing the fat.” It must have been rather exasperating for those who liked the drama to see such time-consumers and entertainers as sports and concerts continue on their regular course. I suppose the only way out is to accept the decision as final, shrug the shoulders and say, “Oh well!”

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The literary season at N. W. C. is over. Once again we have made a progress through countries and affairs as far removed from us and from each other as the land of Baluchistan and the poetry of Japan, We’ve heard of Horace, sports, world-trips and almost any other conceivable topic. What wise people we have become within the short space of four months. Just think how authoritatively we’ll be able to speak of all these themes.

And all because we had these programs, when we were college boys. Oh it’s a fine thing to have been able to ‘ ‘git a iddicashun,” especially if you didn’t have to do anything to get it.

Now seriously, do you remember anything worthwhile, or did you find the programs very interesting? Wasn’t it really a waste of your time to attend? The customary answer is, “Even if we didn’t, those on the program gained something by it.” If they did, it looks rather selfish to us the other students to waste their time just because those on the programs benefit by it. But even so, I doubt whether they did gain very much.

The average student has to spend so much time and labor on material that really has small interest for him, and that has but little intrinsic value anyway, that it quite offsets the few benefits he might gain from an appearance on a literary program.

There are two possible conclusions to be drawn from this.

Either the programs should be raised to such a level that they arc instructive for the audience, or at least entertaining, and which would at the same time permit the speaker to select a topic which is interesting to him, or else they should be dropped altogether.

Hurrah! at last. For a while it looked as though it wouldn’t happen this year. But our sorrows were premature. All these years of experience should have taught us better. We might have known that it would come sooner or later, if for no other reason than to show us what such a thing looks like. That’s about the only advantage even the most philosophical of men could find in it. _ After such a long introduction you must have guessed that I am referring to the annual digging that takes place in the triangle between the buildings. It has happened so often that the upperclassmen know exactly how deep the workers are from the color of the soil they throw up. They don’t have to look into the hole anymore. This is the one ever recurring blister on our otherwise fine campus. And it takes so long for it to heal. The scar is still visible the following year, and then the sore comes back again.

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When a certain house in Herculaneum was excavated, the archaeologists came upon a gadget that looked remarkably like a modern faucet. They turned it. Lo and behold! the fountains in the house spouted forth and drained away the water quite as well as though they hadn’t been buried for over fourteen centuries. Now that might be called efficiency. But the modern engineer with his greater knowledge of materials and better technical skill ought to do still better work. Just think what a relief it would be not to see that mound of red earth cluttering the lawns every year. As the case now stands, there must something wrong with our modern civilization, but exactly what it is I don’t know.

It is written. And ten long months of it. Now I am glad that it is finished. When I took over this column, I had high ideals and ideas of what it was to be like. Looking- back I see how short my shot has fallen. In my own eyes the failure has been highly ironic, almost tragic. For that very reason I’m not going to spend much time on this my peroration. Just one thing more: May the man who takes over this column not be bound by precedent, but may he follow that trend of his abilities whereby he may reach the greatest heights within his power.

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INDEX OF VOLUME XXXIX Accommodation—H. Koehler—122 Announcement—The Homecomin K Committee—154.

Art of Smoking a Pipe, The—N. Reim Beauty (Girl—G. Sydow—239 Be hind the Doric Column—G. Sydow—33.

Bill—G. Sydow—306.

Bimillenium Horatianum, 65 B. C.—1935 A. D.—S. Kugler—203.

Biographies—E. Fredrich—47, Born or Made—C. Krug—12.

Christmas Customs—Ruth Pfaffenbach—206.

Classical Era in English Literature, The; English Oration—R. Hagedom—74.

College Freshman, A—E. Wendland—48.

Columns: Alumni—16, 63, 95, 129, 159, 188, 226, 247, 279, 319.

Athletics-24, 61, 104, 135, 164, 194, 232, 264, 286, 327.

Campus and Classroom—30, 68, 114, 140, 171, 200, 236, 260, 292, 334.

Coed Notes—28, 66, 112, 135, 170, 199, 236, 268, 291, 333.

Exchange—21, 58, 101, 133, 162, 191, 229, 251, 283, 324.

Locals—26, 64, 111, 137, 168, 197, 234, 266, 289 , 331.

Seminary Notes—16, 62 ,100, 128, 158, 187, 225, 247, 278, 318.

Complaisance—R. Holtz—175.

Conquered—O. Schlenner—302.

Courage (In Commemoration)—H. Schaller—185.

Cutting Thistles—L. Pingel, Jr.—176.

Cymbal and Clarion-E. Fredrich—11.

De Incendio Romae et de Persecutione Christianorum; Latin Oration— E. Schroeder—81.

Democracy or Monarchy - H. Schaller—177.

Devil’s Claws, The —G. Hillmer-213.

Die Geschichte vom Schwein—L. Seifert—240. _ , DieStellung der deutschen Literature in der Weltliteratur一H. Fleischer一35.

Down by the Pea-canning Works—E. Wendland—210.

Dream, The—M. Weishahn—207.

Dr. J. H. Ott 1885-1935-71.

English Scene, An Egdon Heath—J. Vincent—1.

Ethiopia and Italy—F. W erner—181.

Fall Obsession, The—G. Sydow一173.

False Accusation, A—N. Luetke—245.

Finis—T. Mittelstaedt—316.

For Consideration—M. Birkholz—183.

Forum—14, 50, 156, 185.

Germania Club—E. Lehninger—314.

Gnothi Sauton—N. Nelson—149.

Henry Esmond—H. Koehler—298.

Huey Long—R. Jungkuntz—147.

If the Shoe Fits—G. Sydow—222.

I’m Only Your Pencil—C. Thurow—304.

Impressions of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts—F. Grunwald—142.

Inconsideration—R. Holtz—41.

In Defense—K. Gurgel—124.

Inexpensive Travel—C. Krug—265.

In Reply to “Cymbal and Clarion”一E. Zehms—46.

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Jakob Grimm als Maerchendichter und Wisscnschaftler; German Oration— H. Fleischer—78.

Just to be different—G. Sydow—121.

Laisser—Faire—P Baganz—244. _ Legitimate Repetition in Literature一N. Luetke 5.

Memoirs of a Post-hole Digger, The_G. Sydow一89.

Minutes of Synod Meetings 1849 to 1857—18, 54, 96, 130, 159, 188, 226, 248,280,-320.

Musik—E. Dobratz—14-1.

Narrow-minded?—0. Sommers—152.

“N” Club, The—H. Russow-153.

North westernization—M. Nelson—311.

N. S. F. A. —T. Mittelstaedt—275.

No Class Numbers—T. Mittelstaedt—218.

Odds and Ends—G. Sydow—145.

Old Gulch, The~G. Sydow—2.

On a Fallacy—P. B aganz 221.

On Req uest of the Editor -W. Zarlinjc—91.

On Sati sfaction—M. Weishahn—44.

Parting Suggestion, A - C. Frey—50.

Philosophy of Classroom Windows, The—F. Grumvuld —212.

Physical Education—Kuschel—276.

Play, The - C. Frey—50.

Poe’s Mathematical Formula—E. Wendland 8.

Poor Me—R. Reim—224.

Propaganda—P. Baganz—315.

Pro Rebus Athleticis—N. Luetke—118.

Reading： the Classics—F. Werner—14.

Rebound—R. Jungkuntz—216.

Red Daggers, The-E. Wendland—263.

Reminiscences— M. Toepel-92.

“Seniors in College”一G. Sydow—273.

State Pride—R. Holtz-220.

Strike Episode, A—A. Lorenz—270.

Student Opinion—O. Siegler—308.

Suggestion, A—B. Kuschel—153.

That Library Question —C. Krup-180.

Three T’s, The—Lehmann & Seifert-179.

To be Different—T. Mittelstaedt—151.

Turn of a Volume, The-T. Mittlestaedt-10.

Twenty Thousand Leagues—M. Volkmann—242.

Under a Stone—L. Pingel, Jr.—3()0.

Value of Art, The—L. Koenig—7.

Various Purposes Served by the Humor of Mark Twain’s Imaginative Art, The一N. Luetke—295.

W. A. I. Review, The-H. Koehler—14.

We Thank You—T. Mittelstaedt—317.

Who Reads The Classics—F. Werner-312.

Why Write—G. Sydow—219.

World Revolution, A-L. Koenig—309.

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