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TABLE OF CONTENTS LITERARY— The Edison Institute Museum.

The Chorus Chronicle............

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On Civilization—Greek and Modern..7

EDITORIALS— Senior Spring.................. .........

Concerning Obstreperous Card Playing.................................

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N. W. C. Band.........................

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

SEMINARY NOTES、.....................

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

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

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

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

CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM ADVERTISEMENTS

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXX.

Watertown, Wis., April 1936

Number 1

March 3. 1870. i^ihlislircl monthly. Subscription, One Dollar.

THE EDISON INSTITUTE MUSEUM K, Lcderer

One of the most educational museums I have ever visited is the Edison Institute Museum at Dearborn, Michigan. It is rightly called a textbook of human and technical history. The museum proper is divided into three major divisions, represent足 ing the three main industrial arts: agriculture, manufacture, and transportation.

The building in itself is interesting and worth a little in足 spection. The entire front of the building is an architectural reproduction of three famous buildings: Independence Hall, Congress Hall, and the City Hall of old Philadelphia. One chamber of Independence Hall is identical with the one in which the Declaration of Independence was signed. The main exhibi足 tion hall covers approximately eight acres, and has 350,000 square feet of floor space which is covered with teakwood. The flooring has been laid in the herringbone design, the boards being dovetailed together and laid on a mastic base. Through足 out the building there is indirect lighting, and the ornamental grills around each supporting colum are hot-water radiators.

On entering the main hall one is directed to the left side of the building where his attention is quickly taken up in observ­ ing the implements of agriculture. Here one finds the imple­ ments arranged in the order of their evolution and according to the season’s crop. The first implement is the plow. Then follow the seeding implements—corn planters, potatoe planters, and seed drills—cultivators, reapers, threshing rigs and silo fillers. Last of all are implements by which certain crops are prepared for market. In this group there is a reproduction of McCormick's first reaper. This division also includes the tex­ tile display, outstanding in which is a model of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin and the first practical Singer sewing machine, which was made in 1854.

The second division, that of manufacture, begins with a steam engine display which is followed by the atmospheric pressure machine. The earliest atmospheric pressure engine is know as the Newcomen design. Next in order are the marine engines. The last large machine is a combination gas-steam engine. One of the first atmospheric engines developed nine­ teen horsepower, The last type mentioned is rated to develop 6000 horsepower and weighs 750 tons. The latest machines are those electrically run, With the electrical equipment display is a collection of 1,100 incandescent lamps, a piece from every cable stretched across the Atlantic since 1858, and a few of Edison’s many inventions.

In the transportation group we find examples from the earliest to the modern times: the chariot, oxcart, covered wagon, carriages, automobiles一both gasoline and electric, airplanes, motorcycles, and every imaginable kind of bicycle, boat, and locomotive. Even Kaiser Wilhelm’s gold and ivory decorated car is to be found there. The “Rocket,” the first successful steam engine, and “Sam Hill,” a locomotive of the Civil War days, are the most interesting exhibits in the transportation group.

To complete the exhibit are handicraft shops such as: a Blacksmith^ Shop, Pewter Shop, Tinsmith’s Shop, and a Candlemaker^ Shop.

I should suggest that anyone who is able to make a trip to Dearborn, Michigan, should visit one of the most educational museums in our country.

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3 THE CHORUS CHRONICLE (abridged) G. A. s.

Bacon says, “Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of edu­ cation.” He also advises that whoever travels “keep a diary.”

This is a diary. The words of the old master gave the incentive for recording the events of the male chorus trip herein set down.

April 2, Thursday. All kit, boodle, and persons were pro­ perly stowed in the bus by 1:00 o’clock. We left right on time for Ableman, 85 miles. Roads were slushy. Snow flurries.

Cold. We felt the need of a literary name for our bus. When Jason went traveling, he didn’t call his boat just boat. No sir.

We wouldn’t be outdone. A fitting cognomen wasn’t found at the time. W. Hoyer objected to F. Thierfelder’s watch because it shook the bus. At Waterloo we picked up G. Schmelzer. He was good-will touring. Left us at Madison. At Baraboo we had to get permission from the state capital to go to Ableman.

Exclusive place. Roads were banned for heavy loads. Arrived at Ableman 4:35. Guests of Rev. P. Lehmann and St. John’s congregation. “Candy Man” Koenig told us all about the stone quarries. Shades of last year at supper. The women who serve the first meal away from school are always hit the hardest.

Concert at 8:00. Met hosts. Taken to homes.

April 3, Friday. Sleeping together presented difficulties.

Hard to synchronize shift of position from spoon to woodpile.

Beautiful day. Sun shining, sky clear. Some of us were shown what was to be seen: Wisconsin Dells, Cold Water Canyon, and Devils Lake. This Cold Water Canyon is quite a place.

Spit all of fifty feet. Dinner together at church. A thank you, “Sie Leben Hoch,” and good-by. At 1:05 we left for Wonewoc, 20 miles. Went riding merrily along when all of a sudden there was a commotion up in front. K. Gurgel was waving his arms and yelling, “Hey, you went right through the place.” We went back. Believe it or not, by George, there it was. Our secretary gave us a lead for naming our bus. By an involved and clever derivation we concluded that it should be called the Ph. D I. Arrived at 2:05. Guests of Rev. M. Glaeser and St. Jacobis congregation. Sang a few songs for school children.

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Impromptu program. Quartet, follow the flea, etc. ‘‘Sie Leben Hoch” and to bed. / April 4, Saturday. Snow and cold. Officers spent morning trying to get permission to go over the highway to West Salem.

Couldn’t be done. Dinner at homes. Big doings in the after­ noon. Couldn’t go on with Ph. D. What’s to do about it. Go back or take the train. We took the train, naturally. Prepara­ tions were hurriedly made. Left our stand. Excitement ran high. All met the monkey wrench with a healthy note of youth­ ful optimism and good will. “Onward Old Northwestern.” We bid Bill Wagner, our driver, a rousing good-by, held up the train, and clambered aboard. Left at 2:05, 54 miles to West Salem. Thierfelder was appointed brakeman and tried to keep us on the right track. Good training. The vicepresident was made very happy. “Crazy” Emil Toepel grudgingly admitted he pulled a good pun. Puns were rampant throughout. Even our director was guilty. Before concert he was heard to say, “Pay attention but not at tension.” That wasn’t so bad.

Most were lousy. It’s one drawback of studying so many lan­ guages. The punning- possibilities are too greatly multiplied.

At Elroy we changed trains. Three tunnels left us in the dark awhile. Four fellows left the train to put a little more bang in Bangor. Arrived West Salem at 4:00. Guests of Rev. J. Schwartz’s congregation. Taken to homes. Supper at 6:00 together at the church. Good food was spoiling us. We couldn’t do justice to the meals. Concert at 8:00.

April 5, Palm Sunday. Cloudy and thawing. Slushy.

Church at 10:00. Confirmation. Chorus sang two songs. Din­ ner together in church basement at 12:00 noon. Left in private cars of congregation members for Barre Mills between 1:00 and 1:30, 5 miles. Lehninger ill. Stayed at West Salem. Went home later. Concert 2:30 at St. John’s church; Rev. J. Paustian.

Supper at 4:00 in parish hall. Piled into private cars and were taken to Winona, 40 miles. Straggled in between 6:30 and 8:00.

Sun shone in Minnesota. Guests of St. Matthew’s; Rev. P. Froehlke. Concert at 8:00. Met hosts. Heavy day; tiring.

Rest was welcome.

April 6, Monday. Bright and sunshiny but quite cold.

Officers spent morning dashing around, trying to arrange trans4

portation. Dinner together at church, 12:30. Sunshine was reflected in dispositions of the fellows. Cheerfulness reigned.

During the afternoon private cars took us to Lewiston, 15 miles.

All arrived by 5:00. Guests of Rev. R. Korn and St. John’s congregation. Here our worries were over. We again could get and use a bus. Director, officers, and all slept more easily.

Road conditions and weather had presented obstacles but they only whetted our mettle. Ingenuity and resourcefulness came to the fore. We’re thankful for the cooperation of pastors, congregations, and the bus company. We were taken to homes for supper. Started blowing and snowing. Regular Minnesota blizzard. Concert at 8:00.

April 7, Tuesday. Bright and clear. Snow had drifted.

Thawing a little. Long trip ahead. Every one ate a hearty breakfast. Met our new bus, Ph. D. II, and driver Ed. Peder­ son. Had to wait for Schultz and Mehlberg. Finally came bouncing up with horse and wagon. Left at 10:46 for Sleepy Eye, 235 miles. Because of road ban had to go around by way of Twin Cities. Thierfelder finally solved the watch problem by hanging it on rubber band. Stopped at Fort Snelling.

Urgent. Also at New Ulm. Dropped home-towners. Left shirts at laundry. Beautiful day for traveling. Snow almost gone. Arrived at Sleepy Eye 4:45. Guests of Rev. Wm. Al­ brecht and St. John’s congregation. Taken to honles for sup­ per. Concert at 8:00. Cold, moonlight night. E. Breilingwas caught bringing a cup out of church. Aren’t you ashamed?

April 8, Wednesday. Warm sunshine. Temperature higher.

Walked around town in morning. Ate dinner at home. Cloudy at noon. Left at 1:00 for New Ulm, 14 miles. Went to D. M. L. C. dormitory. Cleaned up, pressed clothes, took shower.

Supper together at St. Paul’s school hall. Served by ladies of Rev. Hinnenthal’s congregation. Walked around the much heard of town. Concert at 8:00. Boys went here and there after concert. A good time was had by all. New Ulm wasn’t disappointing. Ask Schwartz. First time N. W. C. boys came late into a dormitory without doing penance.

April 9, Thursday. We slept late. Breakfast served be­ tween 8:00 and 10:00 at school hall. Strolled down from college dorm at our leisure. Cloudy, damp, and cold but not freezing.

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buildings. Left for Belleplaine about 1:45, 97 miles. Noisy trip. Arrived at 4:00. Guests of Rev. W. Schuetze and his congregation. Sang at Altenheim. Taken to homes for supper. Found out Minnesota farm roads “aren’t so good.” Concert at 8:00.

April 10, Good Friday. Slightly warmer. Scattered clouds and sunshine. Left Belleplaine at 8:20 for St. Paul, 43 miles.

Arrived at St. James at 10:00. Rev. C. Bolle had made arrange­ ments for us. Dinner together at 10:45. Sang two songs for women. Went to St. Paul auditorium. Sang before the noon­ day service from 12:00 to 12:45. Sang two numbers during the service. Afterward we went to the St. Paul studio of WTCN. Sang from 1:45 to 2:15. Left St. Paul at 2:45. Eddie got us a new bus, Ph. D. III. New horn too. Russow was tutor. Arrived at Neillsville at 6:20, 151 miles. Cloudy and drizzling. Guests of Rev. Wm. Baumann and St. John’s congregation. Hurriedly taken to homes for supper. Concert at 8:00. A tiring day.

Bed was welcome. Lambert barely slept. Left his pajamas at Belleplaine.

April 11, Saturday. Sun shinning. Dinner together at school hall. Left 12:30 for Readfield, 100 miles. Fine day for traveling. Stopped at Stevens Point. Martin gave the local girls a treat. Reached Readfield at 4:00. Guests of Rev. F. Weyland and Zion’s congregation. Supper together in church at 5:00. Caught up on our outside reading. Catalogs were in­ teresting. Concert at 7:45. Lunch after concert. Impromptu program. Met hosts. Eddie had to sleep in bus. No garage big enough for his kiddy car, “The Poontang Special.”

April 12, Easter Sunday. Bright and warm. Left Readfield at 8:15. With the help of road map, compass, and Hoyer we found Winneconne, 29 miles. Guests of Rev. O. Hoyer and St Paul’s congregation. Arrived at 9:00. Church at 9:30.

Chorus sang two songs and went to communion. Dinner at 11:30. Cloudy at noon. Sprinkled a little. Concert at 2:30.

Supper together at 5:00. Left 5:20 for Weyauwega, 33 miles.

Arrived at 6:15. Guests of Rev. M. Hensel and St. Petris con­ gregation. Concert at 8:00. Met hosts and taken to homes.

A busy but not such a tiring day.

April 13. Bright sunshine. Went to church at 10:15.

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looks. Dinner at private homes. Left 1:35 for Markesan, 62 miles. Arrived 3:15. Guests of Rev. G. Kobs and St. John’s congregation. Supper together in church basement 5:15. Con­ cert at 8:00. Cake and ice cream afterward, impromptu program.

Left for Watertown about 10:00, 50 miles. Noisy trip. Con­ tinual singing. Arrived dorm 11:15. So long, Eddie. Vy here now, t’vould be vondering veder any von vould be shpeeking de English language ven ve got back. Now I’m doing it. Paging a shotgun!

Thus endeth the chorus trip, an enjoyable one. Wherever we went, we were well received, and our music was accepted in the same spirit in which it was sung. We can justly say it was well done. On numerous occasions we were highly cornplimented. Of course we all realize that such compliments were really meant for the second basses, but it wouldn’t have done to slight the others because they did very well in accompanying us. To all those who helped in making this trip possible we extend our gratitude. We appreciate what you have done and thank you for it. No one can measure the good our singing rni^ht have done. We do know, however, that the trip to us as individuals was of great value. ‘‘To see once is better than to hear a hundred times.” Its great fun to knowingly say, “Yeah, I’ve been there.” And we did have a. good time. Yup, Yup! ON CIVILIZATION — GREEK AND MODERN Frederick Wemcr

Civilization is a state of social culture characterized by relative progress in the arts, science, and statecraft; or the development of means to express the aspirations of the human spirit, as in art or religion — that is, if you accept Webster’s definition.

Those who have studied ancient history here at North­ western have had it continually forced upon and impressed on them that the Greeks reached the heights of civilization in the ancient world. Certainly there must be a reason for this in­ sistence on our recognition of the greatness of Greek culture.

We will see sufficient reason for this if we consider the de­ velopment of the arts in Greece. Look at the Parthenon, built

by Ictinus and decorated with the sculpture of Pheidias. Even in its state of ruin it is a thing of beauty! What must it have 7

been when newly built, with its beautiful colors of temple and statue! The statue of Hermes holding the infant Dionysus, by Praxiteles, has wonderfully true proportions. The sculptor must have had an intimate and extensive knowledge of human anatomy.

In another branch of art, the drama, the Greeks have not been surpassed, at least not in tragedy. Euripides with his “Iphigenia in Tauris” and “Medea,” Sophocles’ “Oedipus” and “Antigone” still are among- the greatest tragedies and are read both in the original and in translations. In Aristophanes we have the great comedy writer of the “Frogs” and “Clouds.”

The “Iliad” and “Odyssey” are considered two of the greatest narrative poems ever written.

In the sciences we find the brilliant mathematician Archi­ medes; Plato and Aristotle were outstanding in the science of Physics, and Hippocrates in the field of medicine did much by theory that in practice is only now being begun. Theoretically they did much in science, practically but little.

Solon and Lycurgus were great statesmen, but the consti­ tutional inability of the Greeks to pull together except in the gravest danger prevented any great progress in statecraft and government.

Education, certainly a part of civilization, was good, but only for the freeborn, voting men. The youth received education in rhetoric, history, philosophy, law, lilerature, and especially in the care of the body. It only trained for statecraft and leadership.

There were, however, great drawbacks in the Greek civilization. Historians in general agree that the Greek woman was but little more than a slave. The only reason for marriage was to perpetuate the race. Howard W. Haggard says courtes­ ans were the only women among the Greeks to attain distinction.

The Greeks kept slaves and treated them as such. A slave’s life meant no more to his master than a flea’s life means to us.

Science made great strides in theory but little in practice, and few material comforts were known. To the Greeks of his day Hippocrates’ medical theories were as useful as Einstein’s equations of relativity are to most of us.

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we are imitators and copyists showing but little originality.

We have produced wonderful paintings, but we do not know whether the Greeks did any painting. In music, which seems to have been neglected among the Greeks, the modern world, especially Italy and Germany, has done very much.

As to philosophy — we have great names such as Kant, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer, but seemingly little progress has been made. The old Greek ideas seem to have been rehashed and dished out under new names. The drama has taken a turn and does not serve the same purpose now as in Greek life.

Comparison is difficult.

In sciences we have undoubtedly surpassed the Greeks.

They had many theories, few facts; we have more theories, but also incomparably more facts. Botany, chemistry, zoology, and countless other logies were either in the embryonic state or non­ existent.

In statecraft we have probably surpassed the Greeks.

Consider such names as Webster, Pitt, Metternich, Talleyrand, Bismarck. Certainly we have equalled them in education — how could we fail to do that, when education, education for each and every one of us, is our national fetish!

We do not have slaves, a sign of civilization. Women oc­ cupy a high position in modern life. They enjoy equal oppor­ tunities and frequently more than equal. Science, including medicine and surgery, has made life a much more comfortable pastime.

All in all I think we must yield the palm to Greek civili­ zation as being the greater, but oh ! it’s so comfortable to put the bread in the electric toaster, plug in the electric percolator, and lean back in an easy chair, listening to the radio.

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^bitoxhxls Senior Spring................

HEN you see the Seniors walking about with the manner that they seem almost unconsciously to adopt in these balmy spring days — a manner somewhat overbearing and condescending that makes them do and say a lot of things modest young men shouldn’t, an irritating manner that brings our anathemas on the heads of its bearers— don’t be too ready to blame them. That a Senior should have about him this superior air in these times is traditional and almost inevitable.

They begin to think rather highly of themselves, their worth, their knowledge, their everything. “I never felt quite so smart as I did in the spring of my Senior year,” a senior of some years back once said, expressing concisely the feeling that the grad­ uates to be seem to have in common. But perhaps one shouldn’t find too much fault with them. It must be rather hard to keep a balance, when one comes to the final stage of a college career, when the proverbial “Senior Spring” brings whisperings of 10

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bigger, greater things, things far above this mediocre college life. “I’m finally through with college and glad of it — I know pretty much — I have a B.A. degree cinched — I’m getting out in the world soon — no more of this college life for me.” Some­ thing of such thoughts must of necessity swirl in the Senior’s mind. They are almost forced to act and speak as they now do.

And we, who haven’t yet touched the tops they have attained, hardly have a right to judge them. So remember this and next time you are annoyed by a Senior’s manner, don’t be too ready to blame him.

Fredrich Concerning Obstreperous Card Playing................ every day down in the smoking room—this matter 1Tofhappens obstreperous card playing.

Only yesterday I was lying in an ungainly and therefore all the more comfortable position on the softest davenport right beside the radio. From the speaker were issuing forth the sweet strains of Brahm’s “Wiegenlied.

Is there anything more conducive to dreaming than that melody ? I was dreaming1 — nothing else than the age-old urge to let one’s sup­ pressed egotism run rampant —nature’s own restorative.

And then it happened. Crash ! No, it wasn’t so loud as the report of a cannon. That would be exaggeration in the first degree. But it was a nevertheless deafening report. (Had I been a turtle, Mother Instinct would have reached out and snatched my head back under my shell. But fate, so it would seem, willed it that I be a human and assume the sorrows and joys of humans.) There followed another report even more emphatic than the first. I felt I was being deliberately annoyed, I might even go so far as to say harassed. No sooner had my emotions risen to the above mentioned point, than my ear drums were assailed by two more vicious crashes.

That was just a bit too much. It was the very last straw, so to speak, of my patience. There was now an imperative need for arising and tracking down the source of this undue disturbance. Four solitary card players were my only com­ panions in distress, and they showed no signs of having been frightened by any such fearful racket. I must seek elsewhere.

Just as I was turning my back, I was summoned to a sudden halt.

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Bang! My trusty little eye sighted that table just in time to see three animated fists whack down three defenseless cards with three resounding crashes.

I felt elated : I had spotted the source. But now for the noise proper. The cause : an irresistible force encountering an immovable object. The motive: a means of expressing either humiliating chagrin caused by thwarted schemes or the inane glee caused by victory. Of course, the motive is unconscious (as one often suspects the players of being). It is a reflex action caused by the noble attempt to maintain an inscrutable "poker face.” But every emotion will out somewhere. With card players this “somewhere” often lies in violent action.

Were these players old men, there would likely be another motive — nature’s method of gently exercising their fast wast­ ing limbs. But these players are happy boys : youthful, vigor­ ous, fresh, and emotional.

Therefore, it will continue to happen every day down in the smoking room 一 this matter of obstreperous card playing，， C. Thurow

N. W. C. Band It seems that unless there is a decided change in the attitude of the students, the college band must fall into oblivion. This probably sounds strange, since the band now is virtually as good as ever. Our first statement may be somewhat exagge­ rated, but it is highly probable, for after the “musical Seniors” have graduated in June, the band will be considerably decreased in size and ability. At present there are but four preps in the band, and more than half the band’s members are Juniors and Seniors. Unless more interest is exhibited among the younger students, the band will be reduced to mediocrity within a few years.

The advantages and benefits of a college band are obvious and need hardly be recounted. Perhaps chief among them is the promotion of an appreciation for the better grade of music, expecially for classical gems. Of course this appreciation may be cultivated by other means. However, he who hears a composition of one of the old masters, derives greater pleasure from it and appreciates it more, if he himself has at one time or another 12

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played it or at it, since he is familiar with the technicalities of the score. The band gives one the opportunity of enjoying this pleasure in music, for each year a half dozen or more larger, more famous classical compositions are drilled.

If the band were able to add about five preps to its member­ ship each year, it would thrive indeed. For the preps who join have usually developed a fairly good technique by the time they are collegiates—at least with the proper amount of application, a necessary evil (as it were) commonly called practice. We hope that more of the students especially the preps will show their interest in music (or endeavor to acquire one) by under­ taking to master some instrument and joining the band in the near future, for only thus can the band maintain its present status and proficiency and continue to be a benefit to its mem­ bers and to others.

F. A. G.

ALUMNI

Mr. Hans Schlei, ’11，was for some time head of the music department of the Sheboygan public schools. On account of illness he yielded his position but still directs a 60 voice a capella choir in Sheboygan.

Mr. Oerding，ex ’11，is vice president of the Bradford Piano Co. of Milwaukee, the sole agents for the Hammond electric organ in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

A girl was born to tho Rev. Mr. and Mrs. M. Stern, Neosho, Wis., during the month of March. Pastor Stern is a member of the class of ’20.

The Rev. Mr. A. Voges，’28, who has been occupying the position of teacher at Pastor C. Buenger’s congregation in Kenosha, has accepted the call to serve as assistant pastor.

The Rev. Mr. A. J. Engel, ’25，is serving the pastorate at Cambria, Wis., during the vacancy caused by the death of the Rev. Mr. F. Weerts, ’86.

The Mid-Season Concert was very well attended by the alumni. Besides a very large number of Seminary students and the usual amount of alumni living in Watertown a considerable 13

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number of former Northwestern students who live out of town also made their appearance. The following are a number of them : Pastor 0. Hoyer, 700, Pastor M. Raasch, ’03，Pastor C. Sauer, 777, Pastor P. Koehler, ^9, Pastor Weyland, Mr. J. Meyer, ’30, Pastor P. Lehmann, ’10, Pastor W. Zank，’16, Miss Trapp, ex ’33, Pastor A. Dornfeld, ’27, Pastor M. Hilleman, ’90, Mr. L. Heller, ex ’37, Mr. C. Trapp, ’31, Pastor W. Hartwig, ’13, Pastor M. Stern, ’20, and Mrs. Koeninger. If any of our alumni visitors were missed in this list, we assure them nevertheless that their visit was also welcome.

The engagement of Miss Betty McLaughlin to Mr. Philip Von Rohr Sauer was announced recently. Mr. Sauer is an in­ structor in the Winona Senior High School. Miss McLaughlin is attending Carleton college where she is studying oil painting-.

Mr. Sauer is a member of the class of ’29 and received his M.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin in ’32. The wedding' will take place early in July, and July 24 the couple will sail for Germany where Miss McLaughlin will continue her work in painting and Mr. Sauer will study literature and philosophy.

Mr. D. Schwartz, ex ’35, since September has been studying music at the Boston Conservatory of Music.

A girl was born recently to the Rev, Mr. and Mrs. W. Zink of Dale, Wis. Pastor Zink is a member of the class of ’2G. During the first part of March a boy was born to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. H. Schultz. Pastor Schultz is a member of the class of ’31. Mr. A. Schultz, his brother and a member of the class of ’32, drove up from Saginaw, Mich., where he is serving as tutor, to be present at the christening on Easter Sunday.

The three Westendorf alumni had the opportunity of being together for a short visit a number of weeks ago. The Rev. Mr. A. Westendorf of Bay City, Mich” ’16，and the Rev. Mr. B. Westendorf of Flint, Mich” ’18, drove up to Thiensville to see their brother, the Rev. Mr. S. Westendorf, 728.

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The college papers of the past month have given more space to the topics of war and neutrality and our system of ed­ ucation than to any other ideas. In general the modern student sees that there are faults that need remedying, but as yet I haven’t found a single one that knows just how this is to be done. In fact, many of the editorials are so meritless that they are unfit for quoting. Since “The Stentor’’ of Lake Forest has one of the better articles on the subject of neutrality, excerpts from it follow.

‘Without complete neutrality there can be no neutrality.

The United States maintains a large and active commerce with almost all the nations of the world; how should she absolutely stop her international trade 'without becoming embroiled in war?

When the powers of the world placed an oil embargo upon Italy recently, the only noticeable difference in American oil trade with Italy was that the merchandise was shipped from South American refineries rather than from the ports of the United States. Is this an embargo? Or neutrality ? ‘‘There are rumors that should Russia and Japan again go to war, the United States would rapidly be drawn into the vortex. Why? The answers are many and simple: Japan is a restless and aggressive nation, desiring the expansion of her territories; Japan is jealous and suspicious of the American possession of strategic naval points in the Pacific. ‘‘And then at home there is cause to feel that a statement ^utrality (referring to President Roosevelt’s recent speech) is of little avail. When war is desired, American propagandists 16

know how to swing public opinion towards it; the SpanishAmerican War is often called “Hearst’s War.” The fickle American press is one of the most dangerous enemies of neu­ trality; “free speech” but a Utopian opium reverie. Could we deny war now, if it started ? Hearst is greater now than in 1898; and “big business” is stronger than ever before in our governmental and private history .Hypocrisy is our American problem. ’’ *

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Despite all the anti-war activities, formation of groups of “Veterans of Future Wars” and peace federations, the more open-minded college students seem to believe that our millionaire bankers, political dabblers, and newspapers will drag us into another war in the near future. A writer from Wake Forest in the “Old Gold and Black” sums up this sentiment in a vein which differs from the preceding article.

“College students are coming into first contact with the word “fight” in the present tense, And most of them don’t like the idea. They discover that “authorities” on international affairs alternately warn them of impending disaster and reassure them of world peace. They are told that war is impossible today because the mighty nations are bankrupt, and then they read a technical treatise that places blame for war on the capitalist system a small group of greedy exploiters who can, on a moment’s notice, plunge Europe into another struggle.

In the confusion of clashing opinions and theories it is im­ possible to accurately interpret current events and correctly forecast their ultimate turn. Undeniably very few want war, but whether the will of the majority can be exercised is purely a matter of conjecture.

“It seems that in attempting to devise reliable means for the prevention of war, scholars should Revise some plan that would allow the majority to exercise its will. And doesn’t it, when viewed in that light, sound simple? Too, too simple !n There’s the question. Can such a device be found ? Our modern form of representative government gives as deficient a solution of the problems as the ancient monarchial systems. It is possible that those who advocate a socialistic or communistic state would fail as well as all those who have tried other systems.

But perhaps it would be a good thing to let them try their hand at it anyway. Whatever is done, however, must be done quickly, for it certainly looks as though we are rapidly drifting into another war! it’s a terrifying thing to think of, let alone ex­ perience the suffering of the men in the field and of the women at home. A war now would be more futile than the last one, for there would be nothing left to be gained by it, and it will surely cause the downfall of our western civilization. « 4

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facing the American college today is that of extra-curricular activities. Despite all the efforts made in the past two or three years to solve this problem, it still remains an awesome and fear-invoking specter threatening to do away with the very foundation of student life and to stifle the growth of the college student before it has fairly begun.” .

The author believes that the cessation of intercollegiate football and the forming of clubs and choirs is a great step for­ ward in respect to this. But still there is cause for complaint: “Almost all of the extra-curricular activities are so oligarchical that students find a closed door in front of them, when they desire admittance. Something must be done to make these groups more democratic and thus give every student a chance. ” This is really quite a problem, and perhaps every student should have a directing voice in college activities. But even this won’t solve it, for as soon as an organization becoms so democratic that everyone has something to say, so much dead wood comes into it that it degenerates until no one gets any benefit ouf of it. * * * “The Royal Purple” of the Whitewater Normal asks, “What does the American college student think about? How far beyond the next class preparation (Editor’s note: Does he? I’m surprised.), the next meal, or the next date does his mind function ?

“We read of the political activities of the students of other nations, some may be poorly advised or even radical, but it does prove that the youth in the higher schools of those countries are doing some thinking. What does the average college student here think or know about national and international politics, about world affairs in general ?

“Isn’t it true that many students let as much as a week pass without even glancing at a newspaper and that popular music displaces the programs of news commentators and the speeches of national figures ?’’

Maybe he’s right, but maybe he who doesn’t look at the newspapers is the deeper thinker. The great men they acquaint us with are mainly of the genus Karpis, Dillinger, and Capone; and what they tell us is such momentous news as the latest murder, robbery, divorce scandal, or sports} record. Does it pay to read such stuff? Every man has plenty of evil in his own mind and heart, without loading it with the added burden of another man’s perversions.

And as for the speeches of our “national figures,M they are so insufferably stale as a rule that a person can hardly be blamed for not reading or listening to them in toto. And if it’s a politician, you can be sure he won’t carry out half of what he promises anyway. So why waste your time listening to him?

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“The Man: I want a loaf of Mumsie’s Bread, a package of Krunchies, some Goody Sonny Spread, a pound of Aunt Annie’s Sugar Candy, Bitsey-Bitesize.

The Clerk: Sorry. No Krunchies. How about Krinkly Krisps, Oatsie Toasties, Eatum-Wheatums, Cheesie Weesies, or Dramma’s Doughnies ?

The Man (toddling toward the meat department): Tan’t det anysin’ else. Dot to det some meat.”

Although that’s from the “Red Cat” of Western Reserve, it sounds like some of the chorus-members in a serious con­ versation. During the annual Easter tour some member inno­ vated a baby-talk of almost the same kind. By the time they got back, the whole chorus was talking that way. Now it’s even spreading among the students. The first thing- the faculty knows, the “little tots” will be coming to classes wearing diapers.

A writer in the **Augustana Observer” found some interst­ ing statistics on the Townsend Plan.

"The population of the United States reported at 124,000,000 Those eligible for old age pension under the 50.000.000 Townsend bill 74.000.000 Number of persons prohibited under child-labor laws and working on government jobs................ 60,000,000 Which leaves just.................. ............................... 14,000.000 Number of persons unemployed:......................... 13,999,998 2 Balance to produce the nation’s goods.................

Just you and me, and I’m all worn out.”

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細謹隊s BASEBALL Approximately twenty-five candidates answered Coach Umnus’ call early in March. Among these are seven lettermen from last year, quite a number of experienced players, and a few hopeful rookies. Three of last year’s lettermen, Capt.

Schroeder, C. Frey, and M. Toepel, who occupied first base, second base, and center field respectively, were lost through graduation and will have to be replaced. Capt. Koehler will burn them in for his last year, while Wendland again watches him through the mask. Lambert and Schumann will probably do much of the relief pitching. Eckert, Wantoch, and Kuester may see some action on the mound also. Russow and Panzer will assist Wendland behind the plate. Most competition will be seen in the infield.

After about two weeks had been spent in the gym limbering stiff arms, the squad went out onto the diamond and was able to have some batting and fielding practise and a few scrimmages before winter’s last (?) fling and Easter vacation intervened.

Since Coach Umnus was occupied with spring football, Captain Koehler had charge of most of the practise before the Easter recess.

The teaam will have to play good baseball to better last year’ record of nine wins, one tie, and no defeats. However, on account of some “virtue” of N. W. C. regardless of what occurs in football or basketball each year the baseball team does well.

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expect a successful baseball season even though the team may meet with very keen competition.

The following (temporary) baseball schedule has been ar­ ranged by manager Bloom: April 18 U. of Extension (here) April 25 Lake Forest (here) April 30 Seminary (here) U. of Extension (there) May 2 May 4 U. of Wisconsin B’s (there) tentative May 6 Whitewater (there) tentative Wheaton (there) May 9 May 16 Whitewater (here) tentative May 20 Lake Forest (there) May 23 Engineers (here) May 27 Seminary (there) Engineers (there) June 2 June 6 Waupun, State Prison (there) Spring Football Seminary 6 Northwestern 7 After several weeks of spring football practise a scheduled game was played with the Seminary — a bit of an innovation here, but it harmonized well with the weather. The college squad, its ranks somewhat depleted by its rival baseball and the loss of the graduating seniors, managed to outplay the Seminary during the first half of the game. About a minute before the close of the half a long pass from Hempel to Toepel was com­ pleted for a touchdown. Pagels converted scoring the winning point. During the second half the Seminary seemed to have the edge, especially after it got its passing attack under way.

After Reuschel had intercepted a pass, C. Frey completed a long pass to Sydow, who carried the ball within a few yards of the goal. Reuschel carried it over, but the try for the extra­ point was no good. Toward the close of the game the Seminary threatened once more, working the ball down to the four yard line, where with seconds of play remaining it fumbled. So the game ended with the home team one point ahead.

Seminary-----Northwestern----L.E. Toepel, M. Toepel, E. L.T. Witt Wantoch Toppe Hahn L.G. Schwertfeger Koenig C. Thierfelder R.G. Weiss, E. Sydow R.T. Kuester Siegler K.E. Frey, G. 21

Stuebe R.H. Frey, I. Hempel L.H. Martin, J. Pagels F.B. Reuschel Sauer Frey, C. Q. Substitutions:— Seminary: Tietz and J. Bratke.

N. W. C.: P. Martin, Ten Broek, Krug, R. Frey, Schmelzer, and Jungkuntz. *

Kittenball and tennis are once more becoming1 popular at Northwestern. Golfers also have begun their trek from one end of the athletic field to the other. We do not as yet know what will be done in the way of track; however, kittenball, tennis, and horseshoe tournaments are being arranged.

On March 27, 1936, the coaches and athletic directors of the schools belonging to the Tri-State Intercollegiate Conference met at Milton. Last year’s officers were reelected — Mr. Cran­ dall of Milton, president; and Mr. Wendland of N. W. C., sec. and treas. It was decided that a trophy be awarded each year to the championship team. This is to apply both to football and basketball.

The baseball championship for 1935 was awarded to N. W.C., the basketball championship to the Milwaukee School of En­ gineering, and the football championship to Milton. A motion was also passed to abolish the centre jump in basketball for the coming season. The following all-conference basketball team was chosen: Forwards Guards Sunby — Milton Kessler —Mission House Dalton — Engineers Thomson — Engineers Hardin 一 Wartburg Fowler — Aurora Wredling Aurora Loofboro — Milton Centers Hisslink — Mission House Koehler 一 Northwestern

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In the old days Locals editors were accustomed to post a sign on the bulletin board on the tenth of each month: Have your Locals ready tonight. Then he would make the rounds of the dormitory, hoping to gather enough material for the column.

But he never did. After the loss of much time, patience, and shoe leather he might if lucky get one, possibly two, news items.

Students either didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know or wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell. Hence the prac­ tise was discounted. None other has yet been devised to have the students do there part in making this column a success.

Their lack of interest often led to a faulty column, for Locals ought to be a record of all interesting activity on the campus (our policy for the coming year) and not even a Locals editor is omniscient or omnipresent. So a faulty column is a fault of the student. All student criticism must therefore be considered as self-criticism and will not at all bother us.

The chorus went on a twelve-day tour during Easter vacation.

In these trying times anything from Townsend Plans to Senior probation may be expected. But not even the wildest imagination could have foreseen our strange experience on the Ides of April. All students were back from vacation on time.

The whole thing is unexplainable, unless it is to be taken as a sign of the reawakening of true intellectual pursuit among college, we might now call them, scholars. Schabow was the 23

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last to arrive. He pulled in at 7:55 A. M. But Schabow always spends that extra night in Appleton. * * * Some of the fellows spent their Easter vacation in Watertown. Their number varied—twelve was about the average— as their occupations varied. Reede enjoyed himself. Becker and Tiefel had a good time. * * * With due ceremony the Sophomores celebrated Breiling’s birthday, April 16. The cake was large with tan frosting. The host received his guests in a sweatshirt, paint pants, and silver slippers. According to the byword: When two or three Soph­ omores get together, Fama is in the midst of them. They spent half the afternoon discussing one another. Schabow and Volkman were on the tapis for the longest time. Which of their records is darkest is very hard to determine.

On April 22 Zimmermann came to chapel with shirt collar buttoned and tie neatly knotted. May we expect two shaves a week also?

This is not a Sophomore number.

Higher authorities have requested Ed. Zell and Marvin Volkmann to change tables in the refectory. They now sit very near the inspector’s table, where he has them under his thumb.

Zell is Zell, but when a voting man (“Jumbo” though otherwise a confirmed communist, will vote for Borah in November) over twenty-one years old must be treated so childishly, things have gone too far.

A motto for the inmates of Room 46: It’s an ill wind that blows out of a tire. They must endure a three-week probation, all because of a flat tire.

Breiling was elected assistant football-manager, Zimmer­ mann second assistant baseball-manager. *

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Juniors chose a very bad day for Arbor Day. The wind blew and the snow fell, but Arbor Day went on.

Though their intellectual achievements gain very little re­ cognition, the Class of ’38 is content. They have their names on the intramural placque twice: for basketball and volleyball championship. Their strong ping-pong squad expects to annex that cherished title also. Hail, Class of ’》8.

The Mid-Season Concert was presented March 31. Need­ less to say, it was a success. The program follows: 1. The New Dawn—Overture .Edw. Russell Cuius Animam—Stabat Mater --G. Rossini His Honor—March.................

••H. Fillmore Orchestra—Prof. W. Herrmann, Director

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Et Incarnatus Est (Motette from B Minor Mass) J. S. Bach 0 Lamb of God Most Holy—Chorale J. S. Bach Salavation UntoUs Has Come—Motette in 5 voices-J. Brahms Mixed Chorus—Prof. A. Sitz, Director

3. Nocturne (Op. 15, No. 2)

Fr. Chopin

Piano Solo Winfred Lehmann

Arr. G. Trinkaus 4. The Lam pi it Hour__ ......Carl Wilhelm Die Wacht am Rhein Weocto Singers D. Hallemeyer, M. Nelson, 1st Tenor, T. Sauer, K. Lederer, 1st Bass, A. Schuetze, F. Thierfelder, 2nd Tenor, V. Weyland, H. Schaller, 2nd Bass.

K. Gurgel, Director

INTERMISSION 5. Man Lives, Moves, and has Being—Motette Christ, the Life of All the Living—Chorale Erschallet, ihr Lieder—Motette and Fugue

H. Naegeli Darmstadt ■J. S. Bach

Male Chorus—Prof. C. Bolle, Director

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University of Kansas—March.......

Semiramide — Overture.................

Tenth Regiment—March.............. .

.........J. J. Richards ................G. Rossini _______ R. B. Hall

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Wordsworth, an ardent lover of nature, gives us a beauti­ ful picture of early spring: “The birds around me hopped and played, Their thoughts I cannot measure:— But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure.

The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. ’ ’ The students who walk to school every day can really ap­ preciate the truth of the preceeding stanzas. Early in the morning the rising sun is seen, various birds are heard and sometimes seen, the budding trees are closely examined by some lovers of nature, and even early spring blooms are spied.

We feel the spring breezes brushing our faces and sweeping through our hair. However it is not always a pleasure to use a “footmobile” to transfer us from one place to another, especially when there is a slight precipitation or some other spring evil.

Several coeds, who are hiking enthusiasts, have gone on long tramps in the surrounding country or along the banks of the river. They were quite fearless, having，braved the wind, cold, and mud on many of their hikes. A large bouquet of pussy-willows embellished the table in our room after one of these so-called explorations. Everyone denied having placed them there, but a twinkle in “Evie” Moldenhauer’s eyes be­ trayed her secret.

The annual Spring Concert caused the usual enthusiasm and questions about the color of dresses and shoes to be worn by the coeds. So far a harmony of one color has not been at­ tained, but the tendency to wear one color and one style of garment for the concert is increasing. We hope Mixed Choruses of the future will be successful in achieving this improvement of appearance.

An event which is looked forward to with great enthusiasm by many is Arbor Day. This is one day, so tradition holds,

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when the all-superior Juniors can rest or loaf as they wish and the lower classmen must do the laboring. It is customary for the Freshmen to prepare the lunch, which usually consists of pop, cookies, sandwiches, olives, and pickles. The refreshments this year were very appetizing. The Sophomores do the light cleaning in the coed room, such as washing the windows and dusting. The Preps take care of their room and scrub the entire floor surface of both rooms. The Seniors are mere figure­ heads. Although the elements were against us, the day was enjoyed by all, and our living quarters are again free from grime. Many coeds have pictures which are scrutinized by all and which evoke much joy and laughter.

A recent addition of great importance to the coed room was a new Standard Webster Dictionary mounted on a low pivoting pedestal. Much admiration has been bestowed upon it by coeds and visitors alike. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases.” The old Webster Dictionary has been donated to the Preps with due ceremony.

Helen Mitzner and Ruth Pfaffenbach were ill at a most in­ opportune time. Both spent several days of their well-deserved Easter vacation in bed. They both were with us again when classes were resumed.

Ruth Bickett and Helen Kuenzi, former coeds, were visitors in the girls’ room during the past month.

March 25 marked the beginning of much excitement for the coeds. Plans were begun for a party for the entire student body and the faculty. Entertainment was provided in the gymnasium and refreshments was served in the dining hall.

Campus and Classroom With pipe gurgling like a mountain stream in spring and with waste-basket resembling Vesuvius at the time of the. Fla­ vians (eruptions consisting of brilliantly rotten captationes benevolentiae, et cetera,) I’ll present my introductory lines m an elementary, concise manner. # In past years Campus and Classroom designated a joke (?) column. My predecessor was different. I am not. I am a member of a society called “The Bugaboos and Bugbears of People Who Are Different/* The password of this society is: 27

“Quash that ‘originally different’ attitude. You haven’t got a chance against the herd instinct.” Therefore this column will follow tradition as a joke (??) column. Some joke columns appeal to Sextaners and Seniors. Some appeal to the average type. Some don’t appeal. Who cares?

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“No, but this is Mr. Merri weather’s office. Hold the line.”

(Pause) “Hello.”

“Hello, is this Mr. Wadsworth P. W. Merriweather the Sixth?”

“No, this is Mr. Men'iweather’s private secretary. Hold the line, please.”

(Pause) “Hello.”

‘•Hello, is this Mr. Wadsworth P. W. Merriweather the Sixth?”

“Yes.” “Well, this is Spike Wilson. H’ya fatso.

—N. Y. U. Medley.

Freshman—Pm a little stiff from bowling.

Coach—I don’t care where your from. Shorty, get busy.

‘•‘I am sorry,” said the dentist, “but you cannot have an appointment with me this afternoon. I have eighteen cavities to fill.” 一And he picked up his golf bag and went out.

— Notre Dame Juggler.

Just stuff: To understand what is meant by 4the four winds,’ go out­ side and empty a tub of ashes. If this doesn’t satisfy you, take a hike on a cold day, build a fire, and try remaining warm and unasphyxiated at the same time.

The ultimate in tact is that of a salesgirl who lifts a 44 from the rack and says, “Here’s a sweet little thing.”

Current ‘wow’ a few days before Easter vacation: ‘‘Snow arbor day to-day.” Another on the night of March 28, when a certain Mr. Cox failed to appear. “Is coccyx?” The latter was heard with variations. (For similar groan-tinglers see F. A. G. He’s subtile.)

Personal nomination for the most tantalizing enticement in Watertownian advertising: Man Size Hamburger.

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I For those frequenters of halls of Terpsichore, modern in­ genuity has again risen to the occasion with something called Truckin. I’d give a well-broken-in pipe to see certain people I know do this creation. Which reminds me of a good definition for modern swing—jam, only arranged.

Simile: As hackneyed as the expression ‘lest we insult your intelligence, at a 1935-6 Literary Programme.

This is just stuff. Colonel Stoopnagle’s definition of stuff: “Stuff is which, when you got it, you don’t want it, and when you havn’t got it, you can’t get along without it, which is stuff.

Lines: Written by a Fag, Which Has Been Flippantly Flipped by the Flick of a Finger.

I can stand the guy who smokes me short, Yells ‘Snipes’ and ‘Butts’ and all such sort.

I can stand the beginner who takes a puff And acts as though he’s inhaling the stuff, I can stomach the prof who has the chest To make my butt the butt of his jest.

I can even stand that sordid bloke Who stoops down low when in need of a smoke.

But that Sophomore stude makes me rant and rage Who blows me out at the toothpick stage.

And assuming an air of deference, sez, “I’ll keep it for future reference, yez.’’

DE REBUS RAZZBERRIBUS A former writer of Campus and Classroom had a section in his column devoted to razzberries. He is still living. During this most delightful season of spring, when the vernal breezes cause rah-rah boys to fly with Pegasus, when coeds become Horaerically cow-eyed, and when Freshmen muster up an expression on their faces, this columnist is also moved to be­ stow a few seasonal flowers: A dandelion—to Mr. Edwin Streamline Breiling, exponent par excellence of streamline pipes and wind-resistant hats, which distinguish him from the average yokel as a man with an eye to the future and a trust in the Townsend plan. But woe to the pipe-smokers whose prize meerschaum falls into the hands of this futurist. It will be returned to the owner ‘streamlined’.

A pansy — to Mr. Maurice Sliphorn Nelson, president con­ sensu omnium of the Add-a-note club. What could be more exhilarating, what more fittingly adapted to the ultimate com­ pletion of some march, than to hear that mellifluous blast from the trombone section when the other members of the band are already blowing the spit out of their horns. Such virtuosity must be commended, Mr. Nelson.

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A violet — to Mr. Fred Cochrane Zimmerman, recently appointed as second assistant manager of the Northwestern baseball team. A fitting choice. This rabid Tiger bleacherite can give invaluable tips as to how it’s done by champions, f’r instance, how Goose Goslin kicks the mud out of his cleats, or on which side of his face Mickey Cochrane weal’s his cut plug1.

A garland of skunk cabbage — to that never to be disil­ lusioned gamboling, (also gambling) array of class-hikers, who during this vernal season run amuck. 本

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Us Girls Gracious, it’s been five years since I’ve seen you. You look lots older, too.” ‘‘Really, my dear ? I doubt if I would have recognized you, but for your coat.’’ (i

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B. 一 Hello mother.

M. — Hello Cookie, I sure am glad you’re back.

B. 一 Why do you call me Cookie ? You never used to.

M. — Son, I call you Cookie ‘cause you’ve been a wafer so long.

(Doughn‘t say it) 一 West Point Pointer. * Around about hyar it was the usual procedure in this column to go into either glowing： exhortations or quibbling quips concerning that little green (?) box in the recitation building, which to the dismay of my predecessors was a storehouse for tooth­ picks and gum-wads (they usually speculated as to the flavor of the gum) rather than a haven for contributed jokes. We, too, will exhort: Dear Gentle Reader (if any), Are you funny ? Have you some latent humor inherent in your system that is fairly screaming for self-expression ? When you tell a joke, do the others laugh louder than yourself ? If so, write your contribution on a slip of paper and drop it in the joke box. You will become eligible for the following awards: 1. How to Become Varsity Fullback in Three (3) Simple Lessons — a book. !

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3. A ticket to the Classic. (If you are of the female variety I’ll get two tickets.)

In case of a tie, duplicate prizes will be awarded (No 3 ex­ cepted if of female variety). No cigar bands or reasonable facsimiles thereof are required. Puns by A. Lehmann and any joke containing Rastus or Little Audrey will be disregarded.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS LITERARY— Sinclair Lewis Discovers America…32 Beware The Spring.......... ............

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EDITORIALS— This Game Politics.....................

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Do You Possess Personality__ Some Call It Love....................

This Matter of The Old Lyceum Course.................................

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

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXX.

Watertown, Wis., May 1936

Number 2

Entered at the Postoflice at Watertown, Wis., as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1870. Publislicd monthly. Subscription, One Dollar.

SINCLAIR LEWIS DISCOVERS AMERICA Nathanael Luetke

Mr. Wrenn, a character in one of Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; novels, made his way to England with the one hope of realizing his ideals in this far off land. He arrived at his destination all right, but to his amazement he was sadly disappointed. The people there were too wise and too reserved. He returned to America a sadder and wiser man with a full appreciation of America and its opportunities.

This Mr. Wrenn is an exact type of our modern American novelists, who too often are not satisfied with the many scenes and settings which America offers them in the production of their novels. As Mr. Wrenn they must be shown the true beauty of America and must learn to appreciate it.

Mathew Arnold in his essays on criticism often found it necessary to criticize many artists for their philistinism and their narrowness of views and interest; now many of the authors of our country have gone to the other extreme and have lost sight of a self-respecting, dignified, and healthy provin­ cialism. It is a shame how they miss the scenes and material of 32

our American land, which might so well be molded into the most interesting novels. The skyscrapers of New York, the ‘ ‘Time’s Cream Stick, ‘ ‘limousines throwing off teethy smiles, ” business America, Pittsburgh with its smoke and cheap cigars, the American female gold-digger, the ridiculous advertisements to be seen everywhere, and many other scenes offer our novelists the greatest opportunities for satire and description.

The scenes in England have been satirized and have been made the settings of novels enough all ready. It is now about time that American novelists adopt Lewis’ principle and make use of the great opportunities offered by our land. The poets have an excuse for not staying at home, since they live among the stars anyway instead of dwelling on our earth, but novelists have no excuse whatever.

Christopher Benson says in an essay of his that American spirit in literature is a myth. He shows that literature does not spring out of life spontaneously but always has some literary parentage. Lewis’ novels show this to be true in a certain sense, since they too reflect much influence exerted by English authors and many thoughts gleaned from English literature, but yet we can’t also help noticing a certain American spirit in his style and artistic expression different from all English styles. In Thackeray’s novels, for instance, the various psychological problems and feelings of the characters are de­ scribed apart from the true action of the story, sometimes occupying entire pages. This essential part of the novel Lewis takes care of in a different way. In the form of short, pithy sentences he weaves it right in with the sentences which carry out the action and thereby substitutes for many words by the consequent provocation of much thought, which then it is not necessary for him to laboriously write out. This then expresses the racy and unresting spirit of the American and an altogether different style, showing a healthy provincialism.

Lewis certainly has opened up and laid bare by example the rich field of material which our land offers the novelist. When Mr. Wrenn, the Northerner, and his landlady, the Southerner, express the traditionary animosity existing for each other, they thereby show human nature in a very much more effective way than any expression of animosity existing between two English people could possibly effect. It has something more fresh and 33

unhackneyed about it. Lewis’ description of Yankee smartness combined with “the brisk romance of money making” certainly opens up an entirely new field of human relation. The success of Dickens, who described characters as well as anybody possible can, lay without doubt in the fact that he used the scenes which were at hand. He didn't go beyond the sphere of his acquaintance and choose scenes which were unfamiliar to him and couldn’t therefore be described so well. Lewis has done the same thing.

He takes America as it is and observes its scenes and their potentialities. The Pittsburgh cheap cigar, the snappy Yankee, and the droll Southerner are his topics for satire and description, and, indeed, he is successful for just this reason.

Lewis’ novels then might well serve our unpatriotic literary men as an example. As Mr. Wrenn they should go abroad and become broadened; they should be able to appreciate foreign scenes too; philistinism should be carefully avoided. But by all means should they not forget to come back to America again. That is the place where they really belong.

BEWARE THE SPRING // Sophomore

This writing-idea isn’t so good, especially not at this time of year. In almost any other season a whole troupe of subjects lies open to the optimistic novice in the art of pushing the pen.

But in the springtime there is only one theme, broad as the universe and budding from every tree, or field, or flashing eye.

That theme is love. And so you see it is difficult for one lacking experience and information in that direction to produce even the excuse of a composition in a season so controlled by one exclusive subject.

But wait! for another note seems to be coming from the depths of the May morning — issuing from the faint hum of new-born insects and the soft musing of the breeze. Yes, it is another voice, or rather feeling; for it is almost drowned by the former messenger. And that subdued but sweet voice is poetry.

Poetry veiled and delicate, but a voice, nevertheless; and what is more cheering, another subject for the drooping pen.

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writes poetry! As for a heroine, none is required. If both were present they would fall in love anyway sooner or later, as they always do, and our story would again be on the rocks.

Our hero, of course, attended college. Poets that are real poets almost always do. They don’t go there to learn poetry, though. In fact, a lot of them don’t go there to learn anything.

This one went to get atmosphere and background, but he found that the atmosphere was mostly ordinary air, and that the background could only be obtained by sitting on his back and grinding out translations and assignments.

Nevertheless, our hero did have some of the stuff in him of which poets are made, and even under such adversities that be­ set him — with examinations, weariness, and beer parties on every side — he managed to make a beginning toward his chosen art, not of his own will, however. Spring will come, and it got him too. One day he started off nobly enough thus: Two Martins met the other day, As they were Northward bound: The Miss, half purple and half gray, The Mr., purple all around. ‘‘Where are you bound, my bouncing dear, On this bright April day?” *4Alas, kind sir, I’m lost I fear, And I’m come from Georgia way.”

"A sorry plight indeed, but why Not come along with me?

We’ll build a nest up near the sky And nurse our nestlings three.”

And now they live in our orchard lot, In a house high in a tree.

They love the orchard, they love their cot And they love their nestlings three.

That wasn’t so bad. Not for a beginner, at least. Given freedom and twenty years of practice he might have got some­ place. But he didn’t get the freedom. Another manuscript shows how his noble spirit was hardened by the cares of every­ day existense. Vigor and freshness are ebbing swiftly. Evi­ dently the piece was supposed to be a sonnet, but nothing ever came of it. The reason for failure is given in the fragment itself. The heading scribbled over it is 35

AFTERNOON CLASS Clumsily we climb the stairs.

Bleary eyed, about half dead; Lagging to the class in pairs Or one by one, with feet of lead.

We’ve had too much to eat, Each sinks into his seat, And blood to ease the stomach’s cares Sinks slowly from the head.

And so, in utter hopelessness, the year ended. Another came and almost slipped past again before our hero really woke up. He hadn’t actually been fast asleep, but was instead in the dreamy, half-dazed condition in which the mind is most susceptible to facts. When taking in facts the mind must be strictly onetrack, or it will begin thinking instead of absorbing and spend so much time within its own sphere that outside influences will be bounced off. Our hero really was quite successful. But towards spring he again began doing what in classes is ordi­ narily called dreaming, but actually is merely a forgetting of outside forces and an awakening to oneself. And then the thought of his old ambition came to him again. He wrote several sketches, including the following, called SPRING RAIN A gloom has settled darkly To dull the glowing day; And that first warmth which came with Spring The rainy wind has washed away.

That is as far as he came, when suddenly disaster overtook him. In short, he met a certain young girl and promptly forgot everything else. Only this he left scribbled on a scrap of paper one morning: I asked her if she loved me, She answered not a word; And yet her eyes showed plainly— That was all. Things went on as before. The teachers taught and the students grumbled, took notes, or slept; but as for our hero, he finally finished school, was married, and was really never heard of again.

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COHOES AND COVENTRY F. G.

Undoubtedly everyone has heard of Coventry, England, at some time or other. It was made infamous many centuries ago by the notorious Lady Godiva. That Coventry is not re­ garded very highly is evident in the phrase, ‘‘Send him to Coventry” (refuse to associate with him). This expression has been proverbial for so long that to determine the exact cir­ cumstance which gave birth to it presents rather an enigma.

At any rate, the Godiva incident most probably cast some of the dark light on the city. Since we have never had the oppor­ tunity to visit the place, we do not know whether or not it de­ serves its ignominy. However, we shall assume that the English people is justified in its attitude toward Coventry.

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Perhaps some of you do not realize that there is in these fair states, a city which bids strongly to eclipse Coventry in notoriety. You may have seen the name Cohoes printed on a pager bag, box, or greeting card, for these are products of its most thriving industries. Like its English rival Cohoes is primarily a manufacturing town. Entering from the south end one is greeted by streets dotted with yawning abysses and shellhole-like cavities. This arouses an immediate distaste for the city. Almost the whole of the city resembles a slovenly slum. The decrepitude of the buildings and the attitude, bearing, and appearance of its natives makes Cohoes more detestable. If it could boast of sights of historic interest, we should be obliged to term its roads and buildings quaint instead of decrepit; however, it possesses no great amount of that re­ deeming virtue.

Probably its imperfections prejudiced us to such an extent that we were unable to appreciate its better qualities. However, Cohoes surely blots its escutcheon by flaunting its worn brick streets, slums, and disused factories. We deprecate it ardently and propose that in America one “Send him to Cohoes” here­ after•for Cohoes is not half so distant, and it is undoubtedly just as appropriate a place as the English outcast.

Note: In the event that a Cohoesian should chance upon this and feel that we have done Cohoes an injustice, we would appreciate very much to have him send us any suggestions, strictures, anathemas, or the like and inform us if we have erred.

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Jhttarrals This Game Politics HE other day I had the pleasure of hearing a political discussion. It was one of these profound bull-sessions in which a group of average American citizens sneak out of their respective back doors, congregate, clear their throats, and become backyard politicians. On this occasion this particular group was in excellent voice. They dabbled in Karl Marx, they delved in the U. S. constitution, they denounced the ‘‘present administration,” they diagonosed political problems besetting anything and anybody from Postmaster General Jim Farley to Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg. Had not their wives put them to rout at the proper moment, they would undoubtedly have cooked up a mild revolution. Now as utterly incongruous as their arguments may have been, and as harebrained as their political insight indubitably was, they managed to evolve an idea (whether by some inspiration or by the law of averages based on the principle that you can’t be wrong all the time) that struck me as being nothing short of phenomenal. It 40

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amounted to this, that right now is an excellent time for any young man seeking to advance himself materially to do so byentering politics.

The more one considers the matter, the more arguments can be found to substantiate this statement. First of all, this is the open season for politics, the year of ’lection, as the oldtimers style it. You might not see anything exceptionally promising in this, since the process of election comes once every four years. True enough, but when has there been a year when the outcome has been more predestined from the beginning, more "in the bag”（if you will bear the expression)? Prac­ tically all that is necessary for a prospective candidate aspiring to acquire some fat, political job is the name Democrat. Why? Because the Republicans are so destitute of real fighting issues and campaign thunder that they can’t hope to compete with a foe that is doling out money more lavishly than the old Romans of the “panem-et-circenses” era. Yes, opportunities are fairly flaunting themselves in the face of the young Democrat. After being elected, he will see opened before his eyes spoils of victory that have been unprecedented in the annals of history. And like a true member of his clan he will feed, yes, gorge, and gormandize at the political trough. The present day voter won’t know what he is voting for. How can he ? It is already an accepted truism that even Dr. Tugwell and his bunch of braintrusters don’t know what it is all about. When he casts his vote, he will undoubtedly vote the ticket that seems the best meal ticket for him. So a profound political perception is not at all necessary for the politician.

Of course, a certain amount of talent mixed with a few bad qualities will help the cause along. The ideal politician would be a man of great talent and absolutely no principle. The man who will best succeed is the one who can best deceive the gullible public by the art of hurling oral invectives and innu­ endoes at his opponent, mixed in with a few saline aspersions and derogatory epithets. In short, you gotta know how to sling mud. Then, too, the ability to promise will be an invaluable aid in the forthcoming campaign. Regarding this it is generally considered the best advice to promise anything and everything from balancing the budget and lowering taxes (a paradox in it­ self) to filling every dinner pail with caviar and pie alamode.

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It is an；unwritten law amongjpoliticians that campaign promises are not fulfilled, so almost anything will do. A bit of backslapping and baby-coddling will also go a long way.

So, if you are a Democrat and a man of fair talent and no scruples at all, procure a soap-box, a snappy slogan, and become a politician. It is a very lucrative game.

E. W. Let It Be Known T AST summer I had an argument. It lasted a whole canning La season and was the pet abomination of an entire warehouse crew. Someone called me lazy. It’s not the first time. For the past three years I’ve heard it from prep to president. One person sugared it a little by saying something about “a perfect picture of graceful laziness.” Another excused it by saying “He’s not lazy, it’s just his western ways.” But most of the time it has been just plain common, everyday lazy. I disagree.

I demand a definition and proper application.

That’s what got us going. There we were, two of the "preachers,” stripped to the waist, sweating, alternately bend­ ing, picking cans from a steaming crate, and arguing loudly and emphatically about what constituted laziness. Others would come along, pause, listen, smile, shake their head, and walk on. But this was not the usual back-slapping harangue.

No sir! It was a learned discussion. We went at it logically and tried to establish the next higher j?enus and everything.

It’s surprising all the big words we remembered.

You see, I differentiate between laziness and conservation of energy. I believe in action according to the needs of the situation. If you’re going down under a punt, get down under it, but if you’re merely going for a walk, just walk. And then there’s the matter of using out your time. We all know there’s a difference between mere business and useful employment.

But who’s to determine which is what ? You can get all wound up in that. That’s what we did. We couldn’t come to a defini­ tion, conclusion, or application. Not even in a month. We finally decided the whole thing was caused by, related, and propor­ tional to the spots on the sun and dropped it. And I still main­ tain Pm not lazy. Call me careless, deliberate, or indifferent, but you’re breeding an argument if you mention laziness.

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Do You Possess Personality ?

ERSONALITY is the mark of character which gives distinc­ tion to an individual; it is the brand or trade-mark by which others recognize and know us. By nature we are all members of a common group acting according to the precedents of the mob, but it is only when we exert ourselves in thinking and acting as individuals that we acquire distinction. “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players” 一 what kind of player are you ? Do you distinguish yourself or are you nonchalantly playing a mediocre role ? Although there must be capacity for culture in the blood, and not everyone of us can hope to be a Napoleon or George Washington, neverthe­ less, personality does demand a certain commanding esteem and self-respect. He who displays a determination and confidence in his behavior becomes heir to one of the worthiest possessions of men 一 character.

Is there anything in life more irritating than weak char­ acter ? One who timidly withdraws from any controversy in the fear of offending someone, and who when called upon for de­ cision will calmly apologize and excuse himself because of his indifference V There is no surer guaranty of becoming a scoff than bashfulness, and it is just he who is ever governed by his self-concious self that shows a bashful and unpredominating： face to the world. The self-concious man has self always supreme and in the fear of having this in any way encroached upon by the action of others would rather protect himself, yes, even sacrifice reputation through assuming an attitude of un­ concern and indifference. Bacon says, *'There is in human nature generally more of the fool than the wise.” Indifference and lack of decision certainly do not bespeak the wise man.

Man as a unit in society must associate with men, and in this conformity with others there must be developed a person­ ality which will readily respond to the wishes and good favor of others. Herein lies a secret of knowing oneself: in knowing how one’s presence can give pleasure and what actions will be the least likely to give offence. There is a type or model by which society ordinarily judges a man’s character: namely, that expressed through manners. Now manners are factitious in nature, as having grown out of circumstances, and are 43

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therefore not inherent in man by nature, but, just as neatness and cleanliness can become habitual with constant deliberation and practice, so to a self-possessed man suitable manners become a part of his unconcious self. Through manners the individual applies himself to the occasion and acquires a means of self-reliance as a basis for his behavior. It has often been quoted, ‘‘Character is what you are, and reputation is what people think you are.” If through behavior man can learn to perform his deeds so that what people think he is is consistent with what he really is, then truly has he developed into a strong character.

The question was once asked of the great Demosthenes, “What is the chief part of an orator ?” He answered, “Action.”

“What next?” “Action.” So it is also characteristic of the noble character that he exert influence, that he be not reluctant to speak but ever free to express his opinions.

Speech is an art for sharpening the wit and a means by which man expresses his manliness and character as an individual; therefore, let everyone take advantage of this gift in excercising it to the greatest Rain. Although he may have entirely the wrong attitudes, if he is sincere in presenting these views, then shall he be accredited because of his candor, and his nobleness shall be justly esteemed. All honor to the man that fears not what others may think, but has a platform of that for which he stands and professes to be. He who would disregard all conventionality and would let the natural soul within him, the soul that longs for intercourse, have free range, would often be the better because of it, as Henry More says: “There is something about us that knows better often what we would be at than we ourselves.” Be honest to others and to yourself by expressing your feelings according to the way you are by nature and hope to be ! He who would be laboring with formality and form, as “a verse where every syllable is measured,” would ever be im­ posing upon the good pleasure of his audience by covering up the very nature within him. “Behavior like apparel should be not too strait of point device but free for exercise and motion.”

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the most evil character is better than no character at all.

Throughout life attempt to exert a predominating influence in accordance with what you are and ever profess to be, and let your maxim be “esse quam videri!”

Milton Weishahn Some Call It Love T’m moved by the mood of the season. It’s spring. Prosaic JL ob servations are in order. It’s a common failing. We all do it. Last month’s Black and Red had a brilliant example.

Students at the end of their senior year inevitably become offensivly conceited because of the knowledge they supposedly have acquired. It just can’t be helped. They may not be con­ ceited or they may have been all along but given the combina­ tion of a spring and a sophomore and they’re certain to be.

Expect it again. This is by the by. I started to write about something else.

In spring, like everybody else, I see the birds and buds, the blue of fading evening skies, and the. billing and cooing of couples aimlessly strolling about the avenues. It’s the time for snatches of poetry, ditties to the moon and stars, sweet noth­ ings whispered into fragrant ears, and, oh yes— Byronic collar effects. That’s necessary for all great lovers, so we’re told.

Romance is in the air. What about it?

Once we had a cat, Oswald, a beautiful creature. Sleek and black, intelligent too. He had our affection and was petted and pampered and had the first choice of the upholstered fur­ niture. The run of the house, that’s what. We were very fond of him. And we had reason to believe he thought well of us. And why not? We led him a good life. Well, one day Oswald up and left us. It upset us. We looked, inquired, and advertised but no cat. We were in the habit of having him around and we missed the little devil. The loss was regretted, not in deep sorrow but with a certain pensiveness, you know, “Oswald’s gone.” However, in a short time we forgot about him, the habit was broken, another cat came along, took our affection，and Oswald was nothing but a pleasant memory.

That’s the way it is in love. It’s merely another habit.

It’s not necessary, but pleasant. It starts from an inborn pro­ clivity toward the second gender. Urge No. 3 (see Heilmann, 45

<xnlt Handbuch der Paedagogik). We build a halo and are blinded by it. It’s a good thing or perhaps we’d never get started. If nothing unpleasant or antagonizing interferes with the grow­ ing affection，we unconciously let it develop into a settled tendency. We become accustomed to have someone on whom we can shower our attention and who showers a little on us.

Divergence of paths may cause a separation, the habit is broken, the affection dwindles—momentary regret, a wistful smile, a fond memory, that’s all. Sooner or later we’ll begin all over again. After a while we may find out that all the angels are still in heaven, but it’s too late. One of these habits is going to grow until a closer bond is demanded. And that’s that.

About this time all those who are stirred by the touch of Eros will say, “Smart-aleck, wait’ll it hits you.” I’ll smile.

G. A. S. This Matter of the Old Lyceum Course................

HAT has happened to the old lyceum course ? Six years ago a few programs were given, but since then they have suddenly died out. You’ve guessed it; the depression has again been accused. In this same number of the Black and Red there is a forum to be found treating social events at Northwestern.

Why consider only college parties under this heading ? These lyceum programs which were at one time presented satisfied one of the crying needs introduced into every argument brought for­ ward in behalf of college parties — diversion. Wouldn’t a good concert or lecture serve the purpose? When these lyceum courses were given, they were appreciated by the people of Watertown; they were well attended. Just consider how seldom the average resident of Watertown has the opportunity of being present at something other than the thirty-five cent “fleecing” at the local theater. During February a certain Mr. Cox was to give a lecture on the Byrd expedition to Antarctica. The audience wasn’t large, but remember there was practically no advertising.

With a carefully planned season it would be possible to advertise extensively.

There is only one thing necessary, money. At present there is quite a sum of money lying in the treasury of the literarysocieties. Since plays at Northwestern seem to have seen their day, this money is helping no one. The musical organizations 46

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R. R.

What is your opinion as to the worth of social activities for its here at Northwestern?

The worth of social activities at Northwestern, in my opinion, depends greatly upon the individual. Musical organiza­ tions belong to this category, and through them we gain enjoy­ ment, education, and at the same time can rest assured that we are spending our leisure usefully. It is the aim of the literary societies to give all the opportunity to face the public. For future pastors it is indispensable to be able to do this. Large gatherings of both sexes might help one or the other to over­ come shyness. But this too depends upon the individual; some never are able to overcome this feeling, while others have too much of the superior feeling. I suggest that we do not stress social activities too much, since the individual seems to take care of this angle of life better without being urged too much from the outside. After all, we’re here to gain a little book know­ ledge also.

V. J. W. Social activities in themselves area great aid in broadening and developing the mind of the college student, but as many beneficial things they too are usually worth little except under the right circumstances. A college student who has not de­ veloped his mind so that he can readily absorb the benefits of this sort of life might as well not live it at all. We should not put the cart before the horse. The development of the mind by reading and contemplation should come first, and social activi­ ties should come afterwards. In this life we should always have an intellectual basis established on which we might then build.

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The coeds “threw a party.” Those students who didn’t attend were called “bolters.”

Being an optimist, I sincerely hope that all those who attended enjoyed themselves. But “variety is the spice of life,” and at least for me the salt of “bunko” has lost all its savour.

I. W. W. Friends are a great joy and blessing for everybody. The purpose of social activities is to help a person form a larger scope of friendship. When school opens in September, we see many new faces with whom we wish to form friendship but never receive the opportunity. Tnrough social activities we are able to meet them and through the study of their characters then derive benefits of positive worth.

G. M. C. We are often inclined to form derogatory and biased opinions of some of our fellow students and professors, opinions formed merely by impressions without much or any understanding of the person himself. Having become intimate with the person, we usually discover our impressions to have been quite misleading.

Social activities provide a means of learning to know one another better, of forming wholesome Christian friendships.

Surely that is a benefit to us.

M. V. The social conduct of our students in or out of school is in­ deed not to be commended. That lack of luster of common courtesy is very apparent. Most of us, for our life’s work, are not to be social lions, but a certain knowledge of social courtesy is very imperative. Certain social activities bring a self-confi­ dence, a grace of conversation, and easiness of manner, which for a pastor is necessary. Therefore, I think social activities, as far as we can enter into them, are highly commendable.

H. B. This matter of social activities may be compared to a child and a toy. When the child sees the toy its neighbor has, it cries for one like it; when it has had one like it for a time, it throws the toy away. I have seen the toy of social activities cried for, obtained, and thrown into the corner. What next? Well, if the spoiled thing who once possessed it cries too much, get it for him again. Otherwise save it for the next generation.

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As far as social activities are concerned, I don’t consider those affairs of ours as such. By the word social we under­ stand something pertaining to mutual companionship or inter­ course, and mutual immediately indicates a certain equality and reciprocal relationship between the two parties in question.

Now, at our supervised f unctions here, the two parties in question being the coed body and the boys as a whole, the mere prepon­ derance of the latter at once destroys the balance so necessary for a ‘ 'good time to be had by all.

R. P. J. I believe that one of the greatest benefits for a wellrounded, educated person is derived from the social contact which he makes at college. Our college years are the years when we should acquire the ability to deal with people of varied personality.

I believe that cliques are detrimental to a man’s character.

They are formed by a group of “real fellows with whom one likes to hang around.’’ They usually possess one’s own bad traits, which, when exercised together, produce nothing good.

Therefore, I’d rather make Northwestern College the place where a social program is encouraged the most. A thorough understanding of human nature and the ability to gain the personal faith of all with whom one may come into contact should be the aim of everyone.

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ALUMNI

The Rev. Mr. G. Press, ’20, who up to this time has been serving a congregation at Sioux City, Iowa, accepted a call to Hope Lutheran Church in Detroit.

Mr. E. Wacker，’23, who has been living in Washington for a number of years, recently moved to Detroit.

Mr. F. Tiefel，’35, is making a trip to Europe. After he has returned at the end of this summer, he intends to enroll at the Thiensville seminary.

The Rev. Mr. R. Kettenacker，’30, of Terry, Montana, was in town on April 17.

The engagement of Miss Edna Stuebs to the Rev. Mr. R. Otto, ex ’32, was announced recently. The marriage will take place in July.

The Rev. Mr. G. Fischer, *22, of Marinette, Wisconsin, had a new parsonage built recently.

The Rev. Mr. A. Eickmann, ’06, who has again recovered his health after a short rest is back at his pastorate at Nodine, Minn., and has resumed all his former duties.

Mr. George J. Tegtmeyer，ex ’17, died a few weeks ago in his home at 5844 North Whipple street in Chicago. Mr. Tegtmeyer was 40 years old. For the last six years he was a member 50

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of P. L. Crawford and Co” auditing concern at 203 North Wabash avenue. He formerly served as instructor and secretary of the Walton School of Commerce. His wife, Mrs. Jeanne Tegtmeyer, and a daughter survive. Burial was in St. Lucas cemetery.

The Rev. Mr. R. Hoenecke, ’28, was transferred from Mans­ field, Washington, to Tacoma. Here he is serving two congre­ gations, Faith and Grace Lutheran.

The Rev. Mr. A. Sydow，’03，of Tacoma, Washington, has returned from Arizona, where he had been recovering his health, and has again taken up all his former duties.

The c丫ass of ’ll is planning a reunion here at Watertown in June. It will be a celebration of its 25th anniversary of grad­ uation from Northwestern.

Mr. H. Wicke，’34, will teach school at Mayville, Wisconsin, this summer.

The Rev. Mr. F. Zarling, 01, is serving the congregation at Woodland, Wisconsin, until a new pastor is called. This position was left vacant by the death of Pastor Lescow.

Mr. R. Weyland, ’34, is graduating this June from the Doctor Martin Luther College at New Ulm. He continued his study of music there besides obtaining the regular normal-school education. Last year he attended the Lawrence Conservatory of Music at Appleton and also taught at a studio in that town.

Last summer he taught occasionally at Appleton, Neenah, and Plymouth. Mr. Weyland has been making a thorough and successful study of music for a number of years now and in­ tends to continue this in the future.

The members of the class of ’34 were entertained on May 10 at the home of their classmate, Miss Glenna Rasmussen.

ALUMNI MEETING. The Alumni Society convened in the college gymnasium on Commencement Day, June 13, 1935, at 2:50 P. M., for its annual meeting. The president, the Reverend E. B. Schlueter, pre­ sided. The minutes of the preceding meeting were approved as read. The roll call followed. There were present on e hundred and six members, representing classes from 1877 to 1934.

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

The treasurer. Dr. J. H. Ott, submitted his annual report.

Report of Treasurer of Alumni Society: Receipts 1933-1934 Annual Dues ______ $172.00 Cash on hand June 14, 1934 416.25 $588.25 Expenses Transferred to fund....... $389.28 Box rent to Nov. 26, 1935 2.75 51

8.50 $400.53 Postage and Envelopes $187.72 Cash on hand June 13, 1935.

Interest Account Balance last year...

84.79 18.48 Interest 1934-1935. $389.28 $492.55 Transfered to fund Bought four $100 Farm Loan Mort­ $389.28 gages and accrued interest.............

Cash on hand in fund June 13,1935.... $103.27 An auditing committee, composed of the Pastors A. Schultz, W. Zank, and H. Geiger, was appointed by the chairman.

The society honored the memory of: the Reverend A. Froehlke, ’86，the Reverend H. Brandt，’79, Dr. W. Notz，’97, the Reverend E. Schulz, ’91，and the Reverend F. Wittfaut，’95, by rising.

The secretary was instructed to extend the sympathy of the society to the respective families.

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

A copy of the old constitution of the Alumni Society in German was presented and read by the chairman.

It was resolved that the president constitute a committee of one to translate the constitution into English and to make the proper corrections and such additions as he deems necessary.

This constitution is to be presented to the society for discussion and adoption in the annual meeting of June 18, ]936.

It was recommended to place a register for visiting alumni and alumnae in the gymnasium on commencement day.

Adjournment followed at 3:35 P. M. Walter A. Schumann, Secretary.

NOTICE Meeting of the Alumni Society. # On Commencement Day, Thursday, June 18, following the noontime luncheon, there will be a business meeting of the Alumni Society in the gymnasium.

E. Benj. Schlueter, President.

NOTICE The class of 1911 will meet June 18th to observe the twentyfifth anniversary of its graduation. A noon-day luncheon will serve as an opportunity to get together. Herbert Koch has kindly consented to make the necessary arrangements. Mem­ bers who plan to attend will please notify Mr. Koch, Columbus, Wis” in due time.

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From day to day things are becoming easier for us. Listen to what the "Royal Purple’’ of Whitewater Normal has to say.

“Determination is an innermost desire to attain a certain goal.”

So far, so good. The definition gives us the correct logical genus and the essential characteristic. But now: “Outwardly it is indicated by squared shoulders, a rhythmic step, a steady eye, a firm chin, and a high head. Carriage is of great impor­ tance, as it gives us a staunch assurance. This added bit of confidence may be exactly what you need.”

We all know that you have to have determination to get anywhere in life. And often it is a lack of self-confidence that robs us of determination. According to this article all you have to do is walk properly and carry your head in the correct posi­ tion and then you can’t but reach the goal you set for yourself.

From your carriage people will see that you want to get somewhere and will by their own free will yield to your wishes.

How easy. But how foolish. You’ll need something besides physical bearing to stay on top of the heap in these days.

A writer in the “Calvin College Chimes” believes that American culture today is worse off than ever before. “With evidence everywhere present that we have quit the materialism of the late twenty’s, we yet cling tenaciously to the materialistic standards of that period. Sheer size has become the yard-stick of culture, glamour her chief virtue, big business her god­ father, and material gain her raison d’etre.”

Two things that would be powerful cultural and educational assets, if properly used, are the cause of this. They are the radio and the movies. ‘‘Most appalling of all is the sublimation 53

of individual participation in the arts. Hardly a generation ago it was a tradition that each child of the family had to take piano lessons as soon as able. Now you will find most —pianos standing idle, while the family Atwater Kent wags its mechani­ cal tongue from early dawn till late at night. People who were not inclined to music would pursue some sister art, such as amateur dramatics. If the practice still existed, it would be sheer folly, for a colony of physically-favored folk on the sunkissed California hills of Beverly cavort before grinding cameras, and lo, a million people file into soft-seated movie palaces and have culture cranked out to them from a can.”

That the radio has caused many to give up their personal cultural endeavors can hardly be denied. You know, it’s so much easier to turn a radio dial than to play a piano. And what a low grade of culture it gives us in compensation for the above mentioned loss. A few individuals own the entire broad­ casting system. Since they want to make a paying proposition of it, they give such programs as appeal to those who have no idea of culture at all; baseball, jazz, and vulgar humor is nearly the sum total.

“Such capricious control of our culture-life can be banished only through a reconstruction of our whole philosophy. The American mind must be freed of this size-complex, nothing but an outworn dogma of the inflation period.”

He is quite right; somthing must be done to change the situation. It would be a good thing, if the radio and movies were under the control of a government board, just as the English have it. The board could see to it that the people get not what they want, but what they should have. The quoted article is a bit vague in that respect, but this would perhaps gradually change “our whole philosophy.”

As I have said before, the mind of the modern student is in a state of helpless confusion. He sees that there are many things which are wrong in our civilization, but they are at a loss how to eradicate, or at least remedy, these evils. He is looking for a solution of these problems, but he seems never to find one. The teachers as leaders should put us on the right track. From one he hears this, from the other that. As a result he is more than ever bewildered.

He sees that, unless he has a “pull” somewhere, or is exceptionally lucky, after he is graduated he won’t even get a job so he can earn his own living. Quite naturally the average student becomes cynical. What’s the use of doing anything?

He flits from one thing to another, just in order not be bored.

The “Oregon State Daily Barometer” sums this thing up neatly, “An overweening youth who gives himself unrestrainedly, now to this, now to that desire, who now takes up business, then wants to play statesman, now wishes to go to war, and 54

响j then, recumbent upon the bear skin, wishes to philosophize----such a life, without order, standard, or duty, he calls free and happy, and many will admire a youth and regard him as an adept in the ‘ ‘fine art of living’ ’---- this is the character of the democratic state. ‘‘Plato had drunk deeply from the cup of human experience, when he spoke these words. ‘‘How well he describes the average American of the enlightened twentieth century----- a rushing, speed-mad in­ dividual always picking up tag ends and never really getting anywhere. How completely he pictures the life of the average college student----- ‘playing at the fine art of living.’ ’’ It is at once evident that this attitude is the wrong one.

These would-be cynics attack and attempt to tear down all the ideals which are worth striving for, even if they can never be attained. Anyway “The Daily Texan” says that most college students are merely putting up a front, when they express a cynical attitude toward all ideals----- and those who hold them.

“While this attitude is commendable as a reaction against an absolute, mushy idealism that led its followers to ignore facts that are obvious to scientific students, it puts the cynics in as comical predicament as would the idealism they seek to shun. “just as one cannot say ‘I lie’ and tell the truth, one can­ not say ‘I have no ideals’ and be truthful. The very statement shows that the speaker has a very definite ideal, and that ideal is negative. This person’s ideal is typified by the man who trusts nobody, believes in nothing fine, and has degenerated to the condition of seeking his own interests and nothing else.

“Since these students cannot escape ideals, it would seem that they would do better to select ideals worthy of the name, ideals that would be frankly recognized as ideals. The nambypamby, impractical idealism the cynics fight against is dead.

The time has come for them to stop ； this dummy warfare and begin a fight for something useful.”

Again this leaves us with a problem. Even if we decide upon something as useful, the chances are that we won’t be able to do anything in that line. Every field is crowded with men as it is. There is but little hope that there will be room for us for quite a number of years to come. And in the meantime, in order to keep us satisfied, our leaders tell us to keep a stiff upper lip. “Tfie Daily Cardinal” is quite right when it complains, .‘ ‘But we are a bit puzzled and left in a daze by the indefinite platitudes passed on to us by those who have gone through the things that we are about to face. “Grin and bear it,” they say. A hard worker will always come out on top,” we are assured. We are comforted by these bits of archaic humor.

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BASEBALL Northwestern opened its baseball season with an easy victory over the University of Extension by the score of thirteen to three. The Extension team displayed some rather ragged field­ ing, making five errors. They used three pitchers in a vain attempt to stop the hits and runs. Perhaps the opponents were dazzled by Northwestern’s new baseball suits. Captain Koehler pitched a good game; he made thirteen strike outs without any great effort. Sydow started out as a veritable “slugger” this year; he batted in three runs with a double and two singles in three times at bat. Among the other hitters were Wiedenmeyer and Kuester with two singles each. At first “Wimpy’s” odd, choppy swing was amusing, but he proved that he can hit them that way too. On the whole the game was not at all nervetingling; and we await a better exhibition of batting and field­ ing. The box score : 56

t吵划‘妙| N. W. C. ABR H E ..4 3 0 0 Schwartz, cf ..4 2 0 0 Hanser, If... ..3 0 3 0 Sydow, 3b...

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Wiedenmeyer, ss..5 0 2 1 —5 0 2 0 Kuester, lb. ...4 0 0 0 I. Frey, 2b._ —3310 Wendland, c Koehler, p— — ...3 3 0 1 Hempel, 2b ... —110 0 Wantoch, 3b.. ...1 0 0 0 0. Laper, cf… ...1 0 0 0 R. Frey, rf—. ..0 0 0 0 Lehmann, If.. ...0 0 0 0 Lehninger, lb ...0 0 0 0 .38 13 9 2 Totals.

U. of Ext. ABRH E ..5 113 Dawley, ss... .4111 Morrissey, 2d Leitzke, lb.... ..4 0 3 0 Perchbacker, 3b_._3 0 10 .4011 Raynor, cf-_„ .4 0 0 1 Hahn, rf___ ■3100 Liebman, If— 4 0 0 0 Rumack, c.._ .0 0 0 0 Strand, p...... .2 0 0 0 Rosenberg, p 10 0 0 Vopalinski, p Totals.......... 34 3 7 5 Score by innings: .102 303 22 N. W. C. •001 010 001 Ext......

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On April 25 the college nine met Lake Forest. Reports of the opposing team’s prowess and efficiency had preceded it here.

The most impressive fact was that Lake Forest had been de­ feated by Northwestern U. by only one point. All of this served to give the Goslings an inferiority complex which was aug­ mented when they saw the massive physiques of the invaders.

One could hardly say that the titanic Lake Forest team lacked confidence. The Foresters made several depreciating remarks about our diamond but condescended to play on it, nevertheless.

The first inning was disastrous for the home team; every­ one seemed to have baseball-phobia and threw or kicked the ball anywhere to be rid of it. Even the fielders tried hard to elude it. Dick Frey had an uncommon amount of bad luck “muffing” two balls and allowing two runs to score. Before the inning ended Lake Forest had pushed over four runs on three errors and one hit. At this point of the game our opponents seemed to consider the game as ‘‘in the bag,” so to speak. Sydow made a beautiful, wild throw in the second inning which permitted another run to score. Shortly after this Northwestern worked an old but interesting play. Lake Forest was beguiled into attempting a double steal from the first and third bases. Wendthrew toward second which was covered by Wiedenmeyer.

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3 0 0 0 Eiserman, c„ .3010 3 111 Peterson, lb Sydow, 3b-… .5 0 0 0 .4111 2 0 0 0 Boyle, 3b_ Lambert, rf..

J. Robert, ss •4101 Wiedenmeyer, ss..4 0 0 2 Emery, 2b...

•3111 3 110 G. Frey, lb.

Larsen, p, cf .3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 I. Frey, 2b...

Kaeding, rf..

4 0 0 0 4 12 1 Maiman, If .2100 Wendland, c. .10 0 0 3 2 0 0 Perry, If...

Koehler, p...

Total 32 5 4 3 Total.....

30 6 4 6 Score by innings: L. F. C,. .410 000 000 .100 401 00 N. W. C. Umpires: Maltz and Eickmann.

The college squad played its third game on April 29 defeating the Seminary team here by the score of nine to four. Koehler again pitched an almost excellent game. The Seminarians were unable to do much of anything against him. In addition to his good work on the mound, Hep pounded out three hits for the high average of the day. Lambert also is finding his batting eye. He connected squarely with one of Nommensen’s pitches and sent the ball out against the fence in center field for a home run. George Frey, otherwise known as the “batbreaker, made a spectacular, cheer-rousing, double play. With a man on first in the sixth inning he made a shoe-string catch of a foul line-drive and caught the baserunner off the bag. The game would have been much more interesting had it not been for 58

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Northwestern’s nine errors, five of which were made in the seventh inning. A few of the errors were excusable, but there is much room for improvement in the team’s fielding. Some sort of “E” club should be organized among the players. It surely would have a large membership. The box score : Seminary N. W. C. AB R H E AB R H E ..3 0 0 1 Buch, 2b ..5 111 Schwartz, cf ..5 112 Schroeder, 3b Hauser, If_ .-4 0 0 0 ..5 12 1 Sydow, 3b— Biesmann, c... -3 0 0 0 Lambert, rf, cf■…5 2 2 1 Knief, cf...... ..3 10 0 Kuester, lb..........3 110 Wiedenmeyer, 2b..3 110 Nommensen, p....4 111 3 2 11 Wendland, c 4110 Siegler, If, cf 4 13 0 Koehler, p..

3 0 10 Buenger, lb..

4 0 2 2 Hempel, ss.

4 0 0 0 C. Frey, ss_ 2 0 0 1 Laper, rf...

4 110 Toepel, rf__ 10 0 0 G. Frey, lb 10 0 0 10 10 Boede, If. I. Frey, 2b.

35 4 5 2 Total Total 39 9 15 9

.000 000 310

Score by innings: Sem.

011 151 00 N. W. C. Umpires: Wendland and Eickmann.

Northwestern’s baseball team travelled down to Whitewater on May 5 and defeated a fraternity team there by the score of nine to five. Koehler, with thirteen strike outs to his credit, pitched well as usual, but the opponents managed to hit him for five doubles and two singles. Wendland did some good batting getting two doubles and a single. Lambert, Sydow, and George Frey also made a two-base hit each. The team cooperated much better with Koehler than it did in the previous game. Its fielding seemed to have improved.

Statistics : N. W. C. Whitewater ABR H E ABR H E Hauser, If….

•4 0 0 0 ..6 2 2 0 Rasonsky, ss._ Schwartz, cf. .2110 —5120 Truesdale, lf._ Sydow, 3b_._. ..4 2 2 0 Holverson, rf_. •3102 Lambert, rf_. .4130 -4110 C. Moroni, lb.

Hempel, ss...

• ■4 10 2 Cook, 2b____ ■2 0 0 0 Wendland, c.

-5 0 3 0 Rowbotram, p. .3 0 0 1 Koehler, p -5110 McClain, c....

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Wiedenmeyer, 2b„4 3 G. Frey, lb 2 Kuester, lb 1 I. Frey, 2b.

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0 0 0 12 1 0 10 0 0 0 9 14 3

Klann, cf......

Cooper, rf__ F. Moroni, ss Bubats, 2b Farina, 3b-…

Total一…

..4 0 0 0 -10 0 0 ..2 0 10 ..2 0 10 —2111 •33 5 7 5

On May 9 the college nine continued its winning streak by defeating the Wheaton team down in Illinois. Both teams were on a batting spree, and the pitchers had a hard time of it.

Koehler seemed to have an off-day. The Wheatonians gathered fifteen hits, among them a home run, a triple, and a two-bagger.

Northwestern made two double plays: Hempel to Wiedenmeyer and another by Wiedenmeyer unassisted. However, even at that it seems that our team needs more fielding practise before it will be able to eliminate its glaring errors. Sydow established a sort of record for this year; he was credited with three errors, but he balanced them by pounding out three hits — he certainly swings a wicked bat. Northwestern led throughout, although its lead seemed very uncertain at times especially in the last of the ninth. The box score : Wheaton N. W. C. AB R H E AB R H E 4 10 1 Sewell, 3b Hanser, If… .5131 Schwartz, cf 5 12 0 Stuart, lb, p 6 0 3 0 5 13 3 Ellis, p, If...

4 112 Sydow, 3b...

Lambert, rf.

5 12 0 Fitzimmons,ss.„.5 Oil 5 0 2 0 Wilson, c.

5 0 11 Hempel, ss._ 4 12 2 Wendland, c 5 2 11 Merrit, cf G. Frey, lb..

2 0 0 1 McDonald, If, rf..5 110 5 3 11 Kuester, lb.

3 0 2 0 Grosser, 2b 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 Hansen, rf Koehler, p …

Wiedenmeyer, 2b..4 2 2 0 Woolmington, lb--2 0 10 10 10 43 8 14 7 *Johnston Total 44 7 15 8 Total. * Batted for Woolmington in ninth.

112 210 010 Score by innings: N. W. C. .010 012 102 Wheaton On May 13 the baseball team extended its winning streak by defeating the U. of Extension. The game was important in that it proved that we have a _pitcher who can step into the veteran Koehler’s shoes next year in the person of “Red” Lam­ bert Although the team was off on its hitting, it gave him 60

t good support. Sydow found that he wasn’t ip the mood to hit the pitcher, but by allowing the pitcher to hit him he got on base twice. Lambert helped win his own game in the fifth in­ ning by driving home Wendland and Hempel, who had arrived on base with singles, with his long three-base hit. A few minutes later Red scored on a wild pitch. In the seventh inning with two outs Wendland dropped or missed a low third strike and got Lambert into a bit of a hole. However, Red brought the game to an end with his thirteenth strike out. Since the field was available for but two hours, only seven innings could be played.

Captain Koehler coached in place of Coach Umnus, who was unable to accompany the team. Statistics : Extension N. W. C. AB R H E AB R H E Daw fey, ss... .3 0 0 1 •4 0 0 1 Hanser, If....

3 110 Schwartz, cf. ..3 0 0 0 Morrissey, 2b •3110 ..2 0 0 0 Leitzke, lb— Sydow, 3b—. ..4 111 Perchbacker, 3b...3 0 1 2 Wendland, c.

3 0 0 0 -2110 Holz, If____ Hempel, ss— 2 0 0 0 • ■4 110 Rosenberg, p Lambert, p...

2 0 0 1 ..3 10 0 Rumack, c-…

Kuester, lb 3 0 0 0 ..4 0 10 Raynor, cf.…

Frey, G., rf.. ..2 0 0 0 Hahn, rf.......

3 0 10 Frey, I., 2b..

25 2 4 4 .28 4 4 2 Total......

Total.....

Score by innings : N. W. C... ....010 030 0 Ext.......... ....000 110 0 Umpire: Andrews.

Tennis Northwestern7s tennis team, which was chosen by a ladder tournament, has proved itself to be rather efficient by winning three of its first four matches. Tennis seems to be gaining in popularity here, and we believe it will continue to do so. A more extensive schedule was arranged this year than in previous years. A number of games still remain to be played. Members of this:team : R. Quandt, Neubauer, Weiss, Hinnenthal, W. Lehmann, and Pagels.

The first match was played against the Way land team on May 6. Northwestern won it fairly easily, five matches to one.

In its second match Northwestern was thoroughly defeated by the “Tilden-like” Wheatonians, who took every match.

On May 11 the tennis team scored a perfect six to nothing victory over our old rival Milton. Milton did not succeed in winning a single set.

The fourth match was played with the Seminary an May 14.

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The competition was keen, but the ^college [team managed to defeat the Seminary four matches to two. Raabe and the Siegler-Nommensen combination won the Seminary’s matches.

Hockey The hockey squad recently held a meeting at which Siegler was reelected captain for the next season. Letters were awarded to the following: Siegler, A. Lehmann, Zehms, Lederer, Hanser, 0. Laper, Hempel, and Newmann.

We hope the ice will be more constant next season, for the last one was not very good. It permitted but three games of which two were won and one lost.

Scores : N. VV. C........2 Madison West........0 N. W. C........ 4 U. of Extension........3 N. W. C........1 Madison West........2 KiUcnbull Standings May 15 W L Pet. W L Pet. Freshmen- -6 0 1.000 Tertia......... 5 1 .833 Seniors__ ..3 2 .600 Quinta........4 2 .667 Sophomores ...1 4 .200 Sexta......... 3 3 •500 •000 Juniors 15 .166 Quarta—…0 6

Student activities during these May days 一 when books be­ come as millstones about the neck — are many and varied : swimming, boating, ornithologizing (Bade reports having seen the rare Indigo Bunting), tennis, hiking —the list is so long.

It is in months like May that one especially feels the burden of dormitory restrictions—the six permissions are all too few when the pleasant evenings call — how very few they must be to the 62

afflicted that also hear a far stronger call — and one longs for the comparatively free life of the juniors or, better still the seniors.

Such rhapsodizing over prosaic familiarities is entirely out of place in a Locals column. Lest we forget. Lest we forget. 氺氺木

The going out and the coming in of the seniors is now en­ tirely in their own hands. As a reward for their meritorious behavior during the past eight months the higher authorities have given them unrestricted permissions for the rest of their days at Northwestern. Which again brings to mind the be­ wildering thought that Messrs. Mittelstaedt, Koehler, Bradtke, et al. are just about on the threshhold. Play-it-safe Russow has already paid for his diploma. To think, only another month of Sydow’s morning serenades or Koehler’s pitching： or Kugler or a lot of other things. 木

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The Weocto Singers sang at Markesan, May 10, for church services and also later in the day at an entertainment. May 19 they provided between-the-acts music for a Juneau home-talent play, as did our brass quartet the day before.

May Flowers With sighs we bestow a bleeding heart to Ernst Wendland who joined the disillusioned throng of gamboling class hikers some weeks ago and also some age-old, yet still applicable, ad­ vice: He who owns a green house must not throw stones. , * * * The Stathmothian, a hiking club composed of nine members, has been founded with constitution and all. The officers and their offices are too numerous to mention. Examples are: Zickuhr — diplomat,^ or Werner — publicity agent. This one recalls to mind a long list of other clubs that have graced Northwestern in former years. Example: The Kit-Kat Klub. 氺

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Some dozen of our people were privileged to hear the concert of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, directed by Stokowski in Milwaukee, May 11, For anyone interested here is the list: Tutor Naumann, Miss Schumann, Miss Winkenwerder, Bergholz, Lehmann, Weyland, Siegler, and 0. Laper. ♦

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Drum Major Thierfelder is drilling the band for a strenuous marching campaign. Or shall we say the band is drilling Thierfelder ? The Band is also practising faithfully for their coming concert appearances. They will play at Juneau, in Watertown, and perhaps at some other places.

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A number of banquets were held. The Black and Red, the Athletic Board, the Octet, the senior class, all celebrated in grand style.

We shed a few tears over the utter lack of interest in dramatics among the students. Only some seven fellows were willing to try out for the short plays that were to have been given by the Literary Societies, and when not a single co-ed appeared at the try-outs — you remember these plays were not to have been public presentations — naturally the project was given up. What’s a play without a heroine? This appears as another sign of the dead rotting in the Societies that was quite noticeable in the past season. 本

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The sophomores are greatly enjoying their hikes. But for some reason Schabow will hike no more. Schabow, the life of many a past wiener-roast, can’t be persuaded to join the rest of the crowd. Perhaps i^s love for Greek that keeps him in every night, perhaps it isn’t. Nevertheless, the sophomores are enjoying their hikes. If we were Winchel or if the jingling of hush-money in our jeans hadn’t stilled all desires to tell our tale, we might write some rather, to put it mildly, interesting bits of news. 氺氺本

Would that there were something to say about the fresh­ men ! This column is absolutely nil without some mention of that most delightful bunch of fellows, the class of ’39 —that is, if this were a joke column.

Is it better that the college students get along without their milk or their baseball team ? A fit subject for lengthy debate and one not to be lightly dismissed. It almost led to a feud between “Moses,” custodian of the college’s menagerie, and Coach Umnus. The cows persisted in trampling on the surface of our ball diamond. Six-gun Umnus threatened to shoot down the whole herd. Serious trouble was finally averted when a happy compromise, represented by the rope stretched across the campus, was found. And now we can keep both the cows and our baseball nine and everyone is happy.

Burning question : Will next year’s junior class come in late to meals and shag out early ?

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(Slath May is a month in which those coeds who have botanical proclivities can begin to make use of them. The coeds have several botanists among them. Daily, and also nocturnally, hikes are scheduled. Several times these hikes have meted out valuable experiences and findings to the hike enthusiasts, and sometimes they returned with nothing but scratches and bruises. Dandelions were among the first flowers to invade the coed rooms, and then other early blooms were produced by the coeds. One of the junior coeds claims the distinction of having found the first four-leaf clover. She donated it to the coed room for “good luck.”

The sudden changes of weather seem to have worked havoc on the coeds. Many have annoying colds which prevent them from fully appreciating the warm May days.

The reason why some coeds rush to class out of breath and with a flushed countenance is not that they are blushing but that they have been playing a strenuous game of tennis. Many of us enjoy this sport and some are promising1 champions.

Do not become alarmed at the heavy pounding： which re­ sounds in the classrooms at times. The source is in the coed room. Helen Winkenwerder claims the title of Champion Nut­ cracker and at times applies her skill to a nut which may happen to pass her way. The squirrels are good friends of her too.

She keeps a generous supply of peanuts in her pocket, and when­ ever she meets a squirrel she treats him.

The arrival of warm weather marks the beginning of another episode in the life of a coed—that of relaxation from study.

Now is the time when we underclassmen more than ever envy the senior who languidly strolls to class. More than that—we envy every other person and creature who does not have to spend his evenings indoors gleaning some valuable information from a musty text book. 0 well, such is the life of a student!

The Misses Helen Winkenwerder, Lucille Streich, Hazel Herro, Doris Lehmann, Arline Schumann, and Harriet Owen were among those who attended the concert of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra in Milwaukee recently.

The Misses Ruth Bickett, Mary Hawkins, and Janet Kusel were visitors in the coed room several weeks ago. It seemed like old times to have them with us again.

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Campus and Classroom ENGLISH BARDS AND A SOPH REVIEWER Just take a tip from English bards, If you would be a poet famed, In Soph’more English you can learn How immortality they claimed.

Prime requisite for poet prime一 You must be a self-righteous ass, A simple, idiotic dope, If you would be in Wordworth’s class.

You must be a conceited prig, A bad, Byronic, caustic cuss; Or one of Shelley’s caliber, Whose brain was a chaotic muss.

To nut it all up in a shell: If you’re a crazed, eccentric card, Try putting down your thought in verse, You’ll be a famed, immortal bard.

The Science prof., after breaking a piece of chalk to dem­ onstrate the fact that certain substances are brittle, tosses one of the pieces nonchalantly half-way across the room into the wastebasket. Whereupon “ahems，” "kaff-kaff,” and similar noises of the throat fill the classroom. The prof” sensing that the throat irritations are a bit unnatural, exclaims, “Well, I hit it, didn’t I?” He seems to be in fine fettle on this particular day. A few minutes later phenomena of nature are discussed, particularily places where gases and vapors rise out of the earth. Mr. Fredrich, ever inquisitively searching for knowledge (?), in­ quires whether perhaps the Delphic oracle was based on some such phenomenon. Whereupon the prof, explains: “No, I don’t think so. That was probably some other kind of gasmost likely hot air.”

It’s just little things like that that brighten up the period.

The sophs were studying Keats, and the assignment for the morrow was 'The Pot of Basil.” Breiling forgot the • assignment, so he asked Becker what it was. Becker said, “Something about a pot, I guess.” Whereupon Breiling pre­ pared “Ode on a Grecian Urn.” 66

\ m JUd汍一 Kuester: Hey, Hempel! Yer engine’s smokin!

Hempel: Well, it’s old enough. 本

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Zeke (to girl friend): Meet Mr. Nelson.

Girl Friend: Oh, are you that famous half? 氺氺本

FROSH HERO WORSHIP Jap: See that man over there? That’s the captain of the team!

Emil: Yeah?

Jap: See that pipe in his mouth?

Emil: Uh huh.

Jap: See the smoke coming out? It’s ht!

Emil: Sure.

Jap: Well, he did that with my match.

MIRABILE DICTU The coast was clear, the hall empty. I braced myself, and with affected bravery swaggered over to that little, green jokebox, which daily smiled at me with its emptiness and said, “liello, Sucker!” I looked around a trifle sheepishly (anybody would, after being taken for a ride so often) and opened the blasted thing up.

4 4Well, for the—somebody—after all these years—it must be a mirage—nope—I’ll be hanged,” said I. And I was. Feast your eyes on the following contribution: One Bum: Who was that lady I saw you with last night?

Another Bum: That was no lady, that used to be my wife.

Just see what small effort walked off with all three prizes!

If the contributer will see me personally, Pll reward him.

He’ll play fullback on the varsity next fall, eat his corn on cob a la de luxe this summer, and see Shirley Temple next time she comes to the local flicker. And all this by doctoring up a bemildewed joke just enough so that it isn’t funny anymore.

(As if it ever was in its original state.)

A few puns (pew funs): Tiefel: Use “vermin” in a sentence.

Volkmann: Before I go fishin’，I go vermin’.

Bradtke: Do you prefer blondes?

Frey: Well—peroxide do and peroxide don’t.

(An up and coming young poet has condescended, at my request, to write a poem on the recent Sophomore class hike.

He wishes, however, that his epic ode be printed anonymously, He is a poet of the first water, in fact, a second Homer and Milton rolled up in one. I hope you enjoy this classic.)

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A Sort of Epic Ode or Something on a Class Hike Oh, gentle Muse, Poontangia, Tenth Muse of hikes and hikers fair, Assisted by dread Thalia Bear us through the Pegasean air.

Of late Soph’moria went anew With victuals and assessories Ahiking, as she’s wont to do.

Oe’r dusty rails and verdant lees Along the Rock Riviera She bent her eager, zealous way, Observing fauna and flora Bathed in light of fading day.

Upon a much frequented bank Soph’moria sat and spread her feast (?).

When in the West the red sun sank, Full Luna pierced the clouding East.

Until then everything went well.

But some incendiary dog, A sneaking, skulking, scoundrel fell, Kindled some brush east of the bog.

So blankets, jackets, and the like Were utilized in that hot fight.

And even someone lost his pipe While the blaze was at its height.

When it had been extinguished With dripping brow and thorn-torn limb, They did inspire the heart with dread.

Then did “Dick”* the campfire trim And they did once more round it sit.

Much time was spent in senseless games Until each one would fain have quit, Especially the demure dames.

When presently from distant dell Piercing the sky’s nocturnal dome, A curfew tolled its warning knell, The lowing herd wound slowly home. * A proverbial Sophmorian fire-trimmer, maker, and extinguisher.

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LITERARY— Revolution

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T丫 THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXX.

Watertown, Wis., June 1936

Number 3

Hmercd at the PostoOico at VVacortown, Wis., as second class matter under Act of March 3, 187”，Published monthly. Subscription, One Dollar.

REVOLUTION An Evaluation English Oration — Theodore Mittelstaedt

The story of revolution reaches back far into recorded history. We read of the Israelitish people at the time of the judges, of how they were no longer content with Theocracy, but rose against the aged Samuel and demanded, Make us a king such as all the nations have, who shall rule over us, go out before us and fight our battles. ... In this early incident of biblical narrative are found elements of revolution as we under­ stand it today, revolution as the basic overthrow of existing government and the substitution of another, by the governed.

Just where and when revolution first occurred is difficult to determine. In the light of human experience I think we can safely say that the idea of revolution is as old as history. In every nation, in every period of its history there have been those who talked of revolution, threatened and promised it.

The spirit of revolution has always been,—existing as a sort of subterranean rumble, rumbling on through generations on end, now consciously felt, now hardly sensed, yet always there. Fed 69

by accumulated injustices, inequalities, fanaticisms and follies, it suddenly erupted and leaped into the world as those de­ structive, savagely animal, and horribly ugly spectacles which history knows as revolutions. There is hardly a nation the pages of whose history are not black with the dust and blood of revolutionary war.

Yet they talk of revolution today—the men and women of our time; they talk of it and dream of it, descry it in every governmental crisis. There is, it seems, a powerful fascination about the very word, making the blood to flow hot or cold, according to a man’s temperament. It is the glamor, the appeal of the past. Paradoxical as it may sound at first, the further we stand from a fact, the deeper its effect on us, the greater its aesthetic pull. Even our own prosaic past has its own particu­ lar, half-romantic character. So also historical events; they come down to us in epic dress and have that aromatic, intoxi­ cating, and confusing effect which actuality never posseses.

It is on the basis of this peculiar truth that revolutionists today make their appeal to the students of our universities and colleges,—and it is an intriguing appeal. We must admit we are intellectually thrilled by the picture of a Rousseau or Voltaire, appalling monarchs, and ruling the rabble by the might of the pen. There were the pikemen of Cromwell and the dancers who danced when the Bastille fell; there were the embattled farmers who fired the shot heard round the world. All told, there are pictures such as to make one forgive mistakes and forget tragedies. And indeed, though revolutions are fraught with the greatest sorrow and tragedy, they are nonetheless not void of great and noble thought, heroic deed, bravery and romance.

To give you an accurate picture of the story of revolution is very difficult, because governmental development does not follow hard and fast lines. In all its multiplicity of changes, political and economic, intellectual and moral, the history of revolution fairly challenges interpretation and analysis. And yet, when viewed in historical perspective, all revolutions are strikingly the same; we find that by and large they have developed after a definite, almost unvarying pattern. Of course, names are new and terms are altered. Yet whatever the issues and animating ideals, whether privilege, exploitation, 70

oppression, starvation, or the will to power—in every revolu­ tion we find much the identical drama of situation and develop­ ment. There is the unrest and discontent of the masses; the weakness of existing government; the decadence of the ruling class; there is the breakdown of the forces of law and order; the establishment of despotism in the name of the revolutionary party. Party power, however, is usually short-lived. Faction and strife breed within the party. The result is the final windup either in reaction or counter-revolution, or in some form of dictatorship, with the ultimate surrender of the very revolu­ tionary cause itself. That, briefly told, is the almost stereo­ typed phenomenon of revolution.

In so cursory a consideration of the vast subject of revolu­ tion, we must needs leave untouched the ethical issue of whether revolution is ever justifiable. We cannot trace specific causes and stages of development — those are controversial subjects, defying final and complete establishment. To arrive at an evaluation with any show of certainty, we can but put down the results, actual facts as recorded by history. If we consider revolutions in the light of a definite knowledge of the past, there emerge certain qualities that strike us in every instance.

Contrary to popular conceptions, a revolution is not an up­ rising of a whole people. History shows that there never has been an uprising of a whole people — or of even a substantial majority. Revolutions are perpetrated by rather small desperate minorities, guided and controlled sometimes by a self-assertive, flamboyant, visible potential dictator on a white horse, more often by keen shrewd minds, directing play from behind the scenes.

In November, 1917, the Russian government was seized by a small group of less than two million workers led by a mere handful of aggressive leaders — Lenin, Trotzky, Stalin — who dictated completely the government of 140 million people.

In the English revolution of the seventeenth century, more than nine tenths of the people were unconscious of the struggle.

Unconcernedly they went on harvesting their fields, weaving at their looms, buying and selling in their shops.

In our American revolution the uprising of ‘‘three million people armed in the holy cause of liberty” never occurred.

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population of the colonies was for American independence; one third was indifferent and the other actively pro-British. James Truslow Adams makes the startling, if not revealing statement that * 'during the war more colonials fought in the ranks of the British army than joined the American one.”

Revolutions are for the most part effected only by force and violence. History might teach us that the so-called peaceful revolution that communists are professedly working for today runs contrary to the course of human events. In almost every case, the role played by the army — whether civilian or one of “shirts” of one color or another — cannot be pooh-poohed into insignificance. In unsettled times and times of stress the prin­ ciple is especially true that he who controls the army, controls the government. Revolutionists usually do not apologize for the use of compulsion. 14Great problems in the lives of nations,” Lenin wrote, “are solved only by force.”

Historically demonstrated, there is something ironic about revolutions. They are popularly supposed to have achieved for mankind its liberties and progress. Yet a realistic view shows that almost every revolution in itself was a drama of delusion.

In no instance have the original professed hopes of revolution been realized. Disappointment, failure and futility are written large across the pages of their histories.

The Roman revolution began in a struggle for the freedom of the common man; it ended by giving the Roman world over to the despotism of the Caesars and left the people with fewer rights than they had before.

The French revolution created neither liberty nor equality nor fraternity; it overthrew absolutism, but not for long; abso­ lutism soon returned in the dictatorship of Robespierre and then of Napoleon.

But the American revolution! you say. Did it not achieve for us our national independence? True enough. But it was an incidental achievement. National independence was not the orig­ inal hope of the revolution. It is commonly accepted fiction that the revolution gave us our democratic ideology — but it has no factual support. The American people had almost as many civil rights and personal liberties before the revolution as after.

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an afterthought. We must remember too that at no time was colonial government so unstable as during the period following the revolution.

However, when we say that revolutions have never accom­ plished that for which they were fought, it is not said that they have worked all for evil. Clearly, certain benefits have come, directly and indirectly.

A final dispassionate estimate would probably show that re­ volutions have swept away many obsolescent and evil things, but many evil and unjust things remained. Weighed in the balance —the good and the evil — the balance hangs heavy to the side of the evil. Revolutions have solved many problems, but have left in their wake vaster problems that they seem only to have re­ vealed. For all their votes and in spite of all their passion and effort, common men everywhere are still not free and enjoying an equal happiness.

The immense promise of a new society remains unfulfilled.

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SBenn \oir ben ©djriften iiutljerg unb feiner S^itgenoffen einen 93时 ttiibmen, finben roir aud) getegenttid) SBittenberg ermci^nt. 5)iefe 58emet!ungen iiber bie ©tabt finb natfirh由 gang aUgemein, aber fie Qeben un§ bo由 eine 5(rt uon ©efamtbitb Don ber ©tabt. ©o nennt 9)2e(andjt5on in einem Sriefe an ©amerariuS SBittenberg, „@inen Sleden, ber !eine $dufer, {onbern nur 袖en, fcfjtedjte 3)orf6iitten 73

ent^aWe, bie au§ Se^m Beftanben unb mit $eu unb ©trol) gebecft lufiren.4* Sutler wirb nod) groBer, er fdjimpft: ift 5ie su SBittenberg nidjt melir benn eine ©djinMeidje, roic (iijen §ier gu 333ittenberg rate in einem ©djinManbe.'1 (Sin anbermaf nber aitijert cr fid) janftec: „Unfer Sanb gar [anbig ift unb anberS nidjts, benn eitel ©teine, benn e§ ift nitftt ein fetteg Srbrei由，bennod) gibt un§ @ott au§ biefen @teinen guten S33ein unb !oftH(f)eS 货orn, abec met! bo§ SBunbcrmccf tagtid) gefdjieljt, fo toera由ten mir e2." ^ergog ©eorg, fein rooljlbefanntec ©egner, nennt bie ©tabt ein Sod)： „3)a6 ein einjetner 职6n由 ciuS etnern 2od)e fofdje ^Reformation foil furne^men, [et nid)t gu Ieiben.M gi6t nod) anbere SBemecfungen iiBec bie ©tabt, aber biefe finb meiftenS mit einent gemiffen i^iete tin Sluge gefdjrieBen. ©o aufeert fid), gum ©eijpiel, 5)ietenberg, in einent Sriefe an ©odjtaeuS, ganj tenbensioS. @r war faft ber Bitterfte ^einb Siutl)ec2, unb e3 ift ba^er !ein SBimber, menu ec iiBer ba§ ©tcibtdjen mettert unb eg init ben gcauen @16丨ern ber Wi^gunft betradjtet. ©o rebeten Sutler unb feine Seitgenoffen iiBer SBittenberg. Um aber ein utefjr beftimmteS 93ilb Don 3Bitten6erg gu Befommen, ift e§ notig, bie ©tabt etraa§ naljer in Setradit^u ne^men.

3Bittenberg tuurbe iti ber 9)?itte beS 1J5. 3fll)r!juntiert§ nnflelegt. ©d&nefi entmirfette fid) bie @tabtf benn fie raurbe faft fofort nadj i^rer 93egrunbung gur 9iefibeng bee 级Sfanier burdj §((Bred)t II. er^oben. 职an muB eS ben tiidjtigen Siirgern (affen, bajj fie redjt fd)(au \uaren, benn f由on im Sa[)re 1293 narjmen [ie bie ©tabtredjte folbcc in 贝n* fprud). aber bee 贷nr沾由fifd】e Snjetg ber ?(g!anier auSftarb unb bie ©tabt an bie SSettiner iiberging, gab eg einen fursen ©tillftanb bee SBeiterentroidetung. tuurbe erft anberS, al§ itad) ber iieip: gifier Xeitung ber [ddjfifdjen Sanber, 1485, unb nad) bent STobe JetneS Waters @rnft, 1486, Sciebrid] ber SBeife ^urfadjfen erljiett unb ben @nt[d)Iufe fafjte, S33ittenberg, an beffen Sefife bie 贷urraiirbe geBunbcn war, audj auSerlidj ju etner raiirbigen Sauptftabt feineS ^urfiirften* tumg ju ma由eit. S)arnadE| entroidelte fie [tdEj [djneH. Srn aUgemetnen !ann man fagen, bag bie ©tabt in SBiertet ein* geteilt mac: 5tm toeftficEjen @nbe raar ba§ Sofjtniger SBtertel; btc 职itte na^rn bag 9J?ar!tuierteI ein; im norbofttid&en Xei(e tag baS Subendiectet; unb im fuboftticEjen ieile, bag (SIfteruiertel. 926rblid) Don ber ©tabt §atte bie @IBe i^ren Sauf. 5(m weft⑽en @nbe ber @tabt befanb [id& baS ©如ojjtor. S)iefem gerabe gegeniiber, am oft* Hdjen @nbe, mar baS ©(ftertor.

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S)ie ©ebaube raaren meiften§ _ ©tein geBaut, bod) gob e3 fe^r t)ie(e rjotserne23uben im SOlarfttiiectel, raofetBft bie S3atfer, @d^uma由er unb anbere ©anbwer!er i^re SBaren feit ^ieUen. ©iefc SofeBuben roacen naturlid) tnit ©tro^ Bebecft. 3u Sutlers 3eit [ctjon maren bie gau[cr bidjt sufammen gebrudt, meldjeg bie 2Kauer mit i^rem urn* gebettben SBall benotigte. Safjt un3 nun etn paac eingelne ©eBaube betradjten. 3n ber SEJiitte ber ©tabt auf einem 趋iigel war bie ©tabt* firdje gebaut, beffen 艾iirme fpater^in aBgetcagen wurben. 5(m weft* (idjeit @nbe ftanb ba§ !urfur[tnd)e ©djtojj t)on 沃debrief bem SBeifen guc fetfien <Beit gebaut. 2)ag ©由tojj beftanb au§ plumpen ©tein* weinben, bie bur由 flrofje, )d)6ne Senfter gegtiebert maren. 3扣erg* fliebet um!ranaten ba§ 由ge间oft. Swei mudjtige ©rfturme ragten (jod) empor. ©oldje 9J?iinner mie iiucag unb ?Ubcedjt SDiicer Fjalfen in bee ^erfectigung beg 93amt3ec!§. S)a raac fern grofjec Untec[djieb sroifdjcn biejer 飯d】e unb ben Jeutigen 5licdjen. ©ie wurbe Uon ber Uniuerfitat bei uieleit ©efegen^eiten benuijt.別re Xiir ga(t ben ©tu* beitteu a(3 ©djtuarjbreti, mornuf aud) iiufter feine fiinfunbneunjifl Xljefen anfdjtug. ©ic ©eifttidjen ber 5lird〕e raaren aud) iidjeer an ber Uniuerfitat, ba bcibe bee fatljotiidjen ^icdje ange^orten.这m $|ajre 154() raurben bie 2iirmc ber 5lirdje abgetragen, bamit man 邮(je auf bie ^irdje aufftellen fonnte.

5)a3 fogenanute „©^tunrge 洽au§" ober, mit anberen SBorten, baS ^luguftinerfroftec rourbe unter ©eneSmigung beS $apfteS oon 9)iondjen erbaut. ®e(b bagu rourbe natiirli由加it ben gurften Derlangt unb ec^atten. 2)aS geplante ©ebaube raurbe nie ganjlid) uollenbet megen ©elbmanoe^, barum mieteten bie 9Jiond)e fid) ein @o(pita( in ber 9calje nuf bie 93ebingung, bafe fie ba§ ©ebciube erfe^en roiirben. 5)ie§ taten fie aud〕jpaterJjin.这n biefern ©aufc oerbradjte Sutler fein SeBen, benn e§ raurbe ifim naetj^cr tiom Slurfurften ge= fdjenlt.

S)ie Unitjcrfitcit tuucbe in ben S的ren 1509 Bi3 1511 t)on Hinton 92ijmeJ erbaut. ©ie tear in sraei gtugel auSgcbe^nt. S)a3 unterc ©toctwer! biente ©orfaat. Oben Befanben fid) bie ©tubiergimmer unb bie ^ammern. ^uifdjen ben Beiben ^liigeln max ber berii^mte UniucrjltcitSBcunnen. S)ag ©ebdube mar geraumig unb aud)加gietiif由 eingeridjtet. S)iefe(Ben ^yadjer, bie uBerad gete^rt rnurben, rourben aud) 5ier eingeprdgt.

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ROMA IMPERIO DIVI AUGUSTI REDIVIVA Latin Oration — Orvin Sommers.

The Roman government, as it existed during the first century before Christ, cannot justly be named a Republic. The Senate and the Assembly were too weak to give the government strength and stability. For this reason they were forced in every emergency to confer extraordinary powers upon individuals or small groups of men of recognized ability. This power was usually in the form of the military imperium; military achieve­ ments were the sure road to political success. Thus Roman History in the period following upon the death of Sulla centered in the lives of a small group of men such as Marius, Pompey, and Caesar, whose personal ambitions and rivalries were the determining factors in the affairs of state, as is always the case with tyrants.

Corruption did not only pervade the goverment of Rome, but also the social life of the times. The Patricians were corrupted and demoralized by luxury and vice. With few excep­ tions, people refused to submit to the connubial yoke. The family estate was despised; divorce was a daily occurence; children were burdensome. The plebeians placed their trust entirely in the dole and thronged the public games.

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By the end of the Republic, literature as the free utterance of the people became impossible. No Catullus could again arise to defy Caesar or Caesarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorites. No Cicero could challenge the oppressors of the people. The drama had deteriorated, catering entirely to the foolish and vulgar taste of the people.

With the sole exception of Lucretius* On the Nature of Things, no great masterpiece was produced by Republican Rome.

Whether or not Augustus sought to establish a disguised form of monarchical government is not the question under discussion. He did, however, usher in an era of the Pax Romana, during which Roman society and literature were revived.

The reawakening of the old Roman virtues, which he regarded as the essential basis for a sound state, was necessarily preceded by a revival of the ancient religious ceremonies.

First of all he reestablished the ancient priestly colleges, whose office it was to perform the rites due to the various divinities. To provide these colleges with the required number of patrician members, Augustus created new patrician families.

He himself was enrolled in each of these colleges and in the year 12 B. C., was elected Pontifex Maximus. The Lares, guardian spirits of the crossways, were among those divinities whose cult was thus quickened into life. Each of the 265 pre­ cincts of Rome was provided with a shrine dedicated to the Lares and to the spirit which watched over the fortunes of Augustus.

A new religion, the Imperial Cult, arose in the provinces.

It was a worship of the goddess Roma, the personification of the Roman State and Augustus. The Imperial Cult in the provinces was the expression of the absolute authority of Rome and of the divine Augustus over the subjects of Rome, but for that very reason Augustus could not permit it to develop in Italy.

That would have been a denial of his claim to be pi'inceps civiuvi Romanovum, and would have stamped his government a monarchy. Although this cult received no official encouragement in Italy itself, colleges of Augustales were established in many Italian municipalities for the purpose of celebrating the Imperial Cult. Since the Augustales were exclusively drawn from the class freedmen, he avoided being worshipped by Roman citi77

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Augustus, however, did not believe that religion alone had the power to check the degenerate tendencies of his age. He therefore resorted to legislation. The Julian laws, by placing disabilities on unmarried or childless persons, aimed at the restoration of the soundness of family life, the encouragement of marriage, and the discouragement of childlessness. The lex Papia Popimea had the same end in view, since it gave prece­ dence to fathers over less fortunate persons among the candidates for public office.

Augustus did not only attempt to check vice and luxury by precept, but also by his own example. His manner of living was plain; his diet simple and spare, When he learned of the vices of his own daughter and grandaughter, the two Julias, he did not shrink from enforcing his laws. They were banished from Rome.

The restoration of the gods to their former position in the life of the Romans brought about the rebuilding of the city.

Augustus rebuilt the old Forum and continued work on the Forum of Julius Caesar. Many new temples were erected. The inscription of Augustus at Ancyra records the restoration of 82 temples in Rome itself.

That phase of reform under Augustus from which we derive most benefit is the rebirth of Roman Literature. Its office under the empire was to aid social reform; now it serves to give us a complete description of this period in Roman History.

Now that the Pax Romana reigned, people turned from military pursuits and interested themselves in gaining and spending money. Much of this was spent in fostering the fine arts; more went to pay for luxury and thus provided much material for the satirists.

Although absolute Rome demanded that every author conform to the popular worship of the Emperor, Augustus himself countenanced frankness and freedom of speech. He gathered about him the ablest poets of the day, relieved them from want, and encouraged their highest activity. This is especially true of Virgil. The Aeneid, his best known work, is a magnificent epic poem, which was expressly written to glorify Augustus 78

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Concerning the work of Horace in general, it is perhaps sufficient to say that he found the apt expression for nearly every thought of earthly man. Through his satires he took a leading part in the attempted social reform. He flayed everyone and everything. He denounced greed, avarice, adultery, gluttony, drunkeness, and Epicureanism. Nothing could escape his pen. Surely his direct attacks on the wealthy and influential did not protect him against the assassin ; only a protege of the Emperor could criticize with such impunity, and that he was through Maecenas. We can easily see of how little value the satires were in stemming the tide of luxury and vice, but we can join with many of his contemporaries to enjoy not being the butt of his observations.

The divine Augustus did not accomplish his jyreat purpose, namely, to found an eternal Roman empire. But he did make his name immortal: he brought Roman civilization to its highest level. He could not oppose destiny, the preordained plans of the true God, in whose hands he was but a tool.

THE SONG OF *36 G. A. S.

(Longfellow, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m truly sorry.)

From the fields of Minnesota, From the land of South Dakota, From the prairies of Nebraska, From the far west, fair Tacoma, From the great lakes of the northland, From the dunes of Michigan and From Wisconsin and Ohio, From their many states and cities, From their homes in divers places, Came some youths, some untaught youngsters, To the shores of Sinissippi, To Northwestern, to our college, There to gain much needed knowledge.

There to learn and to discover What to do and when to do it, What to say and when to say it, What to wear and when to wear it.

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I With the wisdom of the ages Handed down from ancient peoples, From the Greeks and from the Romans, From the Britains, from the Germans.

There dismayed perhaps did wonder Why the Lord in all his mercy Chose to favor such a people With a language such as Hebrew.

There they built their minds and bodies.

Learned the lore of ancient annals, And the youthful sports and pastimes, Grew in knowledge and in stature, Out of boyhood into manhood.

Now they leave their alma mater, Now forsake her friendly bosom, Soon to go into the world, inTo the vale of tears and sorrow.

There to work, to toil, and struggle, There to build a home and household, Rearing sons, some latent hopefuls, Later send them off to college, To the self-same alma mater.

There to follow in the footsteps Trod by sons for generations, There to occupy the classrooms Ech’ing with paternal errors.

There to tread the same old hallways Where their fathers once did saunter.

May they carry on traditions, Wear their neckties without murmur, Get their water three times daily From the pump so old and squeaky.

May they live up to the spirit Of the school, sedate and solid.

May they study hard and faithful All their subjects-----even Hebrew.

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Knowing well his fathers weakness Will increase his waking hours Saying slyly, “Papa tell me All about your days at college.”

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14Come, my son, and I will tell you, Climb upon my knee and listen To the stories wide and varied Of my friends and of my classmates, Of those days so free and happy.

How within the dormitory We did run and play in laughter.

Swinging down the hallways singing, Shouting loudly, joking, punning.

And the sounds of noisy scuffles Down the halls reverberating Would arouse the order-keeper To investigate the matter.

He would find us still and quiet, Unbeknownst of all disturbance, Sitting at our desks in study, At a book intently gazing 'tho it up-side-down was lying.

How in classes we did caper, Or perhaps by droning wearied, ‘hind our books did soundly slumber.”

Then, now warming to my talking, Touch upon a topic dearer To my heart now weak and sluggish.

“How we played within our pasture, Vied in games, in many contests.

How----- once when we were losing, I，the football intercepting, Started up the field arunning, Turning, twisting, never stopping, Dodging, driving, ever striving, Passing by the one and twenty, Fin’lly reached the far-off goal line, Fin’lly made the winning touchdown.’: Then I’ll look down on my youngster Snuggling in my lap so cozy, There to see the admiration Of this lad for his proud father.

There he’ll lie so small and splendid, But he’ll slumber just as we did.

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Andrew Bloom Toledo. Ohio

John Bradtke Iron Ridge, Wisconsin

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Everett Dobratz Sullivan, Wisconsin

Immanuel Frey Hoskins, Nebraska

Delmer Hallemeyer Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Kurt Hinnenthal New Ulm, Minnesota

Waldemar Hoyer Winneconne, Wisconsin

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Orvin Sommers Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Gilbert Sydow Tacoma, Washington

Gilbert Tictz Watertown, Wisconsin

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Jbttartals Rediscovering Jazz...............

UR well beloved friend Mr. Noah Webster says, “Jazz is a type of American music developed from ragtime by the introduction of eccentric noises and negro melodies and now characterized by melodious themes, feverishly syncopated.”

I have witnessed a very great lack of correct information re­ garding this subject, so I would like to open a new avenue of thought, that is, new to some of you, concerning this muchdiscussed but little known topic.

One of the main reasons for my desire to discuss this topic is the ignorance that many of my fellow students in the dor­ mitory show whenever they listen to the clubroom radio. I have often engaged in conversation one of these pseudo-musicians who doesn’t want to spoil his taste for good music by listening to such uncultural harmonies. Generally he changes the subject without giving jazz another sensible thought or a fair chance.

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cynical attitude such as this. They usually confess that there really are times when they enjoy listening to jazz. They lean back with a cigarette in their mouth and with lights dimmed are lulled to sleep by a soft waltz; but here is their first great mistake. Such music cannot be termed jazz. It maybe popular dance music, or dinner music, but it positively is not jazz. Never­ theless, jazz does not have to be ‘hot’ neither. It can portray any emotion, such as the playing of the Tiger Rag、and on the other extreme, Gloomy Sunday.

Furthermore, if anyone can give a full, rounded-out answer as to what jazz is, how it is to be interpreted, if you can state on black and white all of its multiple and almost mysterious qualities, you will be not only the first person in the world to do it, but a genius with the striking traitof “UnbefangeneNaivite.”

This indefinable something is the very heart and soul, the very essence of jazz; for jazz can logically and mechanically be taken apart and you will know precisely what its constituent parts are. Put it together again and you have an altogether different creature.

Real, true jazz can only be played by a master musician, who has a plain pattern worked out for him in the form of the strains of a simple melody and who proceeds to weave an in­ tricate web of runs, scales, intervals, octaves, tenths, and trip­ lets, using the gruppetto, grace notes, single and double appoggiature, et cetera. He weaves this intricate web into the simple pattern given him, improvising, or more technically speaking ‘‘ad libbing.”

In the complete ensemble the heart of jazz is the achieve­ ment of surprise through eccentricity. This is usually done by having in the group one outstanding genius of some instrument whose technic and sense of rhythm combined with some indi­ vidual striking characteristic make him so marvellous. He really makes the band. That is the case with some dance bands.

Horace Heidt without his singing guitar or his million-dollar trombone player would have a very common-place aggregation.

Thus I could name many: what is Wayne King without his violins and saxophones, or Guy Lombardo without his saxo­ phones, or Duke Ellington without his piano playing. Duke Ellington’s great piano playing was, by the way, recognized by the Philharmonic society of New York when after his interpre91

tation of the St. Louis Blues they accorded him tremendous applause.

This improvising of the soloist, while the rest of the orchestra forms the rhythm and the background, is the essence of jazz.

This vital point of jazz is often called free speech in music, the main exponents of which at the present time are: Benny Good­ man with his clarinet, Louis Armstrong with his cornet, and Eddie Duchin at the piano.

Just as a good speaker is not bound by certain cut and dried words and sentences prepared beforehand and delivered ver­ batim by him but forms them as he goes and in result gets a new, live freshness in his presentation, so these masters can go through the entire range of musical feeling with their improv­ isations. This is a field for true musical geniuses, who are also creative artists.

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The Rev. Mr. Christian Sauer has retired from his pastorate at Ixonia. On Pentecost Monday he preached his last sermon to his congregation and thereby ended a ministerial career of 56 years. He will make his home in Watertown. Pastor Sauer, who is now 76, is a member of the class of ’77 and attended seminaries at St. Louis and Milwaukee. He received his first pastorate at Mon tel lo in 1880, remaining there four years, and then stayed at Wonewoc for seven years. He next served at Judeau for 35 years, coming to Ixonia in 1925. Pastor Sauer’s father was a pastor, and two of his brothers also served congre­ gations near here. Two sons, Pastors E. and A. Sauer, are teaching at the Doctor Martin Luther College and the Saginaw Lutheran Seminary.

A girl was born to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. G. Kobs, Markesan, Wisconsin, during the month of May. Pastor Kobs is a member of the class of ’15.

A boy was born to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. L. Bleichwehl of Cataract, Wisconsin. Pastor Bleichwehl is a member of the class of ’30.

The Rev. Mr. M. Dornfeld, ex7 32, and Miss Myrna Albrecht, ex’ 37, intend to be married this summer. Pastor Dornfeld will then take his wife to Michigan, where he has received a call to serve as pastor.

The Rev. Mr. L. Vater of Medford, Wisconsin, ’29, and Miss Daisy Behm will be married this summer.

Prof. A. Sauer, ’06, completed his 25th year of service as teacher at the Saginaw Lutheran College. To show their ap­ preciation the alumni prepared a little luncheon and social evening in honor of the professor after the graduation exercises on June 16.

A boy was born to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hillmer during the latter part of May. Pastor Hillmer lives in Kenosha and is a member of the class of ’13.

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Mr. M. Franzmann, ’28, received the call as professor here at Northwestern. Mr. R. Gensmer，’33，received the call as tutor.

The Rev. Mr. H. Jungkuntz, ex ’82，moved from Jefferson to Milwaukee.

The Rev. Mr. W. Frank，’25, of Morgan, Minnesota, spent his vacation at his home in Jackson, Wisconsin.

The Rev. 0. Gruendemann, ’17, has moved to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

Mr. C. Hotlen, ’34, will occupy the position of playground supervisor of a number of parks in Madison during the summer vacation.

The Rev. Mr. K. Vertz，’31，of Hale, Michigan, returned to Wisconsin recently. His wife, who had been living： in Wisconsin for several months until Pastor Vertz was settled at his new station, accompanied him on the return trip.

This summer Mr. A. Schultz, J32, will resume his position as supervisor of one of Milwaukee’s parks.

The Rev. Mr. W. Holzhausen, ’21，received a call to Sioux City, Iowa. He had been serving at Gresham, Nebraska, up to this time.

Mr. R. Weyland, ’34, received the call to serve as teacher at Hortonville, Wisconsin.

Miss E. Tares, ex ’37，Miss A. Nommenson，ex ’37，Miss R. Holzhueter，ex ’38, Mr. R. Weyland, ’34, and Mr. A. Moldenhauer, ex MO, participated in the concerts given at Waterloo and Columbus by the D. M. L. C. chorus. The business mana­ ger, Prof. E. Sauer, ’07, paid a visit to the college.

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A few lines from the “West Allis Vocational School News:’’ “A great American philosopher has said. ‘Every man knocks his own business, but sticks to it like glue.1 The statement is rather strong in some respects, but the fact is that being more familiar with the grind and vexations of his own occupation, every man is apt to think some other pasture has greener grass/* The farmer complains about the weather and the instability of prices. The merchant is ready to despair over the small volume of business and the disproportionate overhead.

But still they stick. The same thing can be said of all colleges.

So far the papers have been full of editorials which found fault with our poor system of education, the humdrum of collegelife, the particular college which the writer attended and every­ thing about colleges in general. Suddenly the papers are replete with the mournful adieus of the parting1 seniors. How sorry , they are to leave their “Old Alma Mater;M after all, it was the best place in the world. Now that they are about to change ‘‘pastures,’’they wish they could come back at least another year. What rot those articles contain. They fairly drip with sentimentality. The only justification that can be found for the seniors who wrote them, is that they did not have entire possession of their mentality at the time. All in all, there’s not a one of them fit to be quoted. 氺本氺

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砂| threat to our civilization in'*the "army of agressive Japan, American pacifists still harp"!upon the same theme. “The Racquet” of La Crosse State Teachers’ College gives us a little bit of news that you may have missed in the voluminous columns of the daily papers.

“Recently we were made to realize just how near such remote places as the Hawaian Islands really are. A wreath of leis was sent by Governor Poindexter of the Islands to President Roosevelt of these United States and delivered in forty-five hours. The first sta^e of the five-thousand-mile journey was made by a Pan-American clipper, the new trans-Pacific flying service, and the second by regular air mail planes.”

This should adequately prove to us that distance is no longer an insurmountable barrier in the way of a nation which wishes to wage war with another. The auther adds, “We are definitely no longer removed from our worldy neighbors. Every day the world is made more and more into one big family — even to the aspect of fighting•” A writer in the Agnes Scott “Agonistic” believes that American youth is just plain lazy. Compared with European students, we are woefully lacking in energy. Heretofore the bit of energy we did expend went for sports, chess, movies, and a good time in general. At last, however, we seem to be awake­ ning.

“The manifestation of the existence of some degree of unity and purpose in some of the college-student portion of Young America in peace sentiments at least, provides subjects for comparison with the youth activities of other countries. Under the three famous dictatorships, those of Italy, and Russia, members of the younger generation, not as individuals but as a group, find most prestige and power.

“The Fascist movement in its beginnings was pushed by the younger people. Now the children of its organizers are being educated to Fascism from infancy In 1932 half of the Italians between 8 and 18 belonged to the Batilla. In Germany and Russia this organization of the youth around the state ideal is repeated with perhaps a greater degree of youthful enthu­ siasm. Russian youths predominate in the direction of the new industries and in the new music, art, and literature. Russia is often called the **land of Youth.” Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin seem to need the energy and idealism of the youth to make their governments go. It is certain that a union of young people does have great potentialities— potentialities which may or may not be used for good.”

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sign, at least, that there is a spark of life left in a student body which has seemed to be dead the last twenty years.

The Lake Forest “Stentor” gives us a few statistics concerning the V. F. W. “Seven Princeton undergraduates started a joke. The “joke” now has an estimated membership of some twenty-eight thousand persons and is sweeping the country!

Still, ‘‘The Veterans of Future Wars” remains founded a joke, for its purpose was to laugh out of Congress the lobbying of the American Legion for advance payment of the bonus.”

The manifesto which the organization has published states that since the war is inevitable and since every man of military age will have to take part, they should receive a bonus. Fur­ thermore, since a lot of these men will be killed, they should be paid right now, so they can get the full benefit of their country’s gratitude.

“The manifesto also includes a provision for the “future wives of the Veterans of Future Wars，” and maintains the slogan “America for Americans.”

“One of the humorous slants of the movement was the 250word telegram from a theological college in Boston which asked the founder for the privilege of praying over future graves of future veterans of future wars.

4‘The V. F. W. has some serious backers such as Donald A. Hobart, national commander of the American Veterans Associa­ tion, Senator J. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, and professors of Princeton University.’’

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ATM I5ASI：BALL On May fifteenth the college nine just barely defeated the Whitewater team here in a return game by a six to five score.

Only six innings could he played, because the visiting team arrived rather late. The home team gained an early lead, but a later rally by the enemy scored five runs and made the out­ come very uncertain or rather it seemed that Northwestern would not be able to boast of “seven straight.” When North­ western came to bat in the second half of the last, the sixth, inning, the score was five to three in favor of the opponents.

Hempel cracked out a timely triple and scored later on Kuester’s grounder. Koehler then sent a grounder through the infield and reached second on the error while Kuester took third. At this strategic point of the jrame George Frey was put in as pinch hitter. After he had made two swinging strikes, things looked rather hopeless. However, in spite of the mental hazard George emerged again as the hero with a clean, well-placed single, which scored two runs and won the game.

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砂j 12 10 Hempel, ss.

110 0 Lambert, rf 3 110 Kuester, lb 3 10 0 Koehler, p„ Wiedenmeyer, 2b..2 0 10 0 0 0 1 I. Frey, 2b 10 10 G. Frey.— Total.

Dubats, 2b, p 3 110 Dable, if.........

3 0 0 0 Rowbotram, p, 2b 3 0 1 0 C. Moroni, lb 2 110 Messman, 3b 2 110 Total 24 5 7 2

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Umpire: Wendland Score by innings: Northwestern 030 003 Whitewater 000 014 Northwestern’s baseball team travelled to Lake Forest, 111., on the twentieth of May and suffered its first defeat there by a score of seven to four. The Foresters7 revenue was sweet, and they enjoyed every bit of it. They jrot twelve hits off Koehler, but good hitters as they were, Herby struck out eleven of the Titans. Hempel managed to “find” Rouse for two hits. Other­ wise we did very little hitting — at least, when hits were needed to drive in runs, they were rarely forthcoming. We do not wish to detract from house’s glory, but it is our opinion that our team was again in one of its slumps, in which it exhibits a general inability to hit much of anything that is smaller than a pumpkin. For it has happened rather frequently this season that with two or three men on base and none out three men were unable even to hit the ball out of the infield, much less get a hit. This has happened against less accomplished pitchers than Rouse. We hope that the team as a whole will be able to do better hitting in the few games yet remaining to be played.

The box score: N. W. C. L. F. C. AB R H E ABR H E Hanser, If.... ..3 0 0 0 M. Rouse, p._ .

4 0 0 1 Schwartz, cf. ..4 0 10 Emery, 2b_______4 111 ..3 110 Sydow, 3b.... ..4111 Maiman, If......... 5010 Wendland, c. ..4 12 1 Hempel, ss...

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Raabe was the laureled paragon for the Seminary by virtue of his high batting average and the fact that he made their only run. The game was really a unique one, in that Northwestern played the entire game without making an error. Perhaps we had better retract our previous statements concerning the team’s fielding — time will tell. Furthermore, if the hitting continues, we may be forced into another recantation.

Seminary N. W. C. AB H II E AB R H E Schwartz, cf G 4 3 0 Biesmann, c ..4 0 10 .3100 Hansel' If...

Siegler, cf ..4 0 0 0 Sydow, 3b.., 4 10 0 Buch, 2b___ ..4 0 2 0 Wendland.c.

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A third encounter ended in a tie.

The Way land Academy team bowed to it a second time, but not without a fight, for it won two of the six matches.

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A return game with the Seminary resulted in a three to three tie. The fact that it was hard fought made it an in­ teresting match.

On the whole our team has had a very satisfactory season with one defeat and one tie.

Eidcnhall The supercilious sophomores (for next year) have actually obtained the collegiate kitten ball championship, which they coveted for so long. All agree that Breiling’s juniors, who were in a slump at the beginning of the season, would surely have obtained the championship, had there been but five more games.

At this writing the quinta und tertia teams are tied for the prep championship.

June brings an end to many things both pleasant and un­ pleasant and wrings from us sighs of sadness and sighs of relief, Mentionables that have betaken themselves to the shades are : The tutorial career of 0. Naumann. Richard Gensmer of this year’s Seminary graduating class will replace him.

A very extended school year. The student body’s proposal to shorten it by a week never got to first base with the faculty.

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heave too many sighs, for next year there will again be fresh­ men with us. May they be not so noisy !

The long and distinguished professorship of Wm. Huth.

M. Franzmann has been chosen to fulfill the vacancy. The students extend a saddened vale and also a hearty ave.

The reign of the officers of our organizations.

New officers are : Male Chorus: pres•—K. Gurgel; vice pres.—T. Sauer ; sec.—A. Schuetze ; librarian—R. Jungkuntz.

Band: pres.—0. Siegler; vice pres.—F. Grunwald ; sec.

A. Stuebs; librarian—I. Bade.

Mixed Chorus: pres.—R. Reim; vice pres.—V. Quandt; sec.—R. Pfaffenbach; librarian—P. Martin.

Orchestra: pres.—E. Toepel; vice pres.—H. Neubauer; librarian—H. Dasler.

Class officers also. Those elected for next year : Class of ’37: pres. — 0. Siegler; vice pres.—T. Sauer; sec. and treas.—G. Frey.

Class of ’38 : pres. — E. Fredrich; vice pres. ― F. Grun­ wald :sec.—C. Krug; treas.—H. Birner.

Class of ’39: pres.—R. Jungkuntz; vice pres.—B. Kuschel; sec. and treas.—E. C. Toepel.

Class of 40: pres. 一 D. Brick; vice pres. — W. Hahn ; sec. and treas.—T. Bradtke.

An intramural kittenball contest that the freshmen carried off by a wide margin. The juniors, however, had a great deal of fun giving the champs their only defeat. They even ban­ queted themselves on this victory. This kittenball playing might be bearable, even enjoyable, could we always remember that it’s only a game. But it becomes rather disgusting to play with fellows who rant and rave and completely lose their tempers over a few errors their team-mates make or over an umpire’s bad decision.

Not to forget — the educational endeavors of another class at N. W. C. With this we put an end to all these finalities.

Will some one submit the name of Arden Stuebs to the Carnegie Hero-Awards commission ? The young man is in 105

line for a medal. He pulled Tiefel out of Rock River, when their boat overturned.

N. B. Tiefel cannot swim.

TheAbschiedsgabe of the senior class has already been put into use. They presented the Reading Room with a set of magazine covers for the periodicals we receive. The gift is undoubtedly useful and very fine, but think how difficult it will make things for some few who have made it a practise to stick the magazines in their pockets and walk away with them. Now, if some one would supply us with a dictionary and a life’s sub­ scription to the Ladies’ Home Journal, our Reading Room would be complete.

A large number of students, especially the former D. M. L. C. boys, heard the Doctor Martin Luther College Mixed Choir’s concerts at Waterloo and Columbus.

If one may number our vices anionj? Locals — We all agree that it gets plenty hot on some June days, but that shouldn’t be an excuse for us to make it a rule to come to classes, meals, chapel in shirt sleeves. When the mercury hits above 100° F., it might be permitted, scarcely otherwise. Espec­ ially since there are ladies —but we really don’t want to destroy anyone’s editorial possibilities. A coed might neatly write a squib on this subject, so keep it in mind for next June. That is, if coeds write for the Black and Reds at all.

The seniors, anticipating the final parting, are partying all the time. The faculty, Miss Schumann, Koehler, Tietz, all played host or hostess, as the case may be, to them in the past month.

Canoeing has been very popular here, especially the canoe­ ing by moonlight. Sad to say we can’t report any overturned canoes or more heroes to stand with Stuebs. The canoeing it­ self must suffice and very well can. For what could be more entrancing than a canoe-ride on quiet water under a moon on one of these June nights ?

The June nights have been very fine — nights for hikes — nights for swims — fitting nights for our Ro meos — —nights for cramming---- We might finally out-night even Shakespeare, did not someone’s footing come to our ears. It is the editor.

He comes with an hourglass, whose upper half, long emptied, bears witness that the final deadline has come. Very, very poetic close, not?

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We rejoice in the fact that this is June and also that it is the last time we will be troubling our mind with subject matter for the Coed Notes. More than once gray hairs have appeared on our heads after such deep meditation.

During the past months many changes have occurred in the administration branch of the coeds. Elections were held for coed offices. Miss Helen VVinkenwerder succeeds Arline Schu­ mann as president: Helen Grosnick was elected vice president; Margaret Strauss is the new treasurer, and Ruth Pfaffenbach is secretary. They assumed their respective offices June 2.

The coeds had their annual banquet at the Green Bowl on May 27. The tables were beautifully decorated in black and red by Mary Lutovsky and Beulah Bussewitz. Pan-browned chicken and squab were served. Miss Hazel Herro acted as toast-master. Arline Schumann, our only senior, was presented with a bouquet of roses. Speeches were given by many of the coeds. A lar^o number of them informed us that they would not be with us next year. Later in the evening other enter­ tainment followed.

Several coeds traveled to Waterloo, March 2, to hear the New Ulm Chorus. They enjoyed the concert very much, The next day several jrirls from New Ulm visited the coed room.

Amonp： them were Ruby Holzhueter and Marie Hinnenthal.

Miss Gertrude S.vdow from the state of Washington was also a visitor here.

Ruth Scheele motored to Iowa, June 4, to attend the gradu­ ation exercises of Wartburj? College.

Jane Kelly is ill and will not be able to return to classes for the rest of the season.

Interesting Facts and Fancies: Marlys Miller and Beatrice Borchardt will be students at the University of Wisconsin next semester.

Mary Abelmann intends to bicycle to California.

Evelyn Schroeder bequeathed her portion of the mirror to other coeds.

Harriet O wen and Helen Winkenwerder have flower gardens.

Helen is specializing in pansies.

Hildegard Wallner is going to attend Downer College.

Ethel Weihert and Marion Jones are planning on entering the “U.” Ruth Pfaffenbach holds three offices as secretary.

Beulah Bussewitz may be secretary for her father in the automobile industry.

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Margaret Lutovsky[treated us to a'ldelicious box of candy on her birthday. ， .

Anita Zahn will be a bridesmaid soon.

Evelyn Moldenhauer’s laughter will remain as an echo in the coed room.

Helen Mitzner has only one more German speech to give.

The four juniors are planning on having a cottage this year.

By the time this number reaches you the coeds will have survived a strenuous period of studying and will be looking for­ ward to a joyous vacation.

Campus and Classroom A speaker was lecturing on Forest Reserve. "I don’t sup­ pose/7 said he, “that there is a single person in the house who has done a single thing to conserve our timber resources.”

Silence was king for a second, and then a meek, milque­ toast voice from the rear of the hall timidly retorted: “I — I once shot a woodpecker.” 氺氺氺

Marv “Jumbo” Volkmann, upon hearing a coed stifle one of those itsy-bitsy sneezes: **Why don’t cha let yerself go?” 本

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Did you notice a new glint in the green of the joke box, a luster that seems to indicate that this coagulator of pun and fun is taking a new lease on life? Well, neither did I, but that just goes to show how unappreciative an inanimate thing can become after being scorned and disregarded for so long. One would expect that after the absolutely unprecedented amount of jokes that have found refuge within its drab walls during the past few weeks (two jokes, to be exact), it would gleam a bit more brightly. Yes, strange as it seems, two (zwei, duo) contributions have been found in it for this month to hang up some sort of record.

Here they are: 1. One fellow: Who was that laity I saw you with last night?

An other fellow: That was no laity, that was Pfaff.

2. Hey Marv, are you steady?

Jumbo: Yup! I am constant, or rather steady as the Northern Star.

Whitney: So am I; but come on, we have to steady Shorty a bit, he’s having a little tough luck.

(Ed. ’s note In the above two jokes (?) we have exempli­ fied a very subtile type of humor. A bit of concentration is required to catch on, and also a knowledge of the college perso108

nalities involved (in the latter case, their habits as well). So if you don，t catch on, by all means don’t laugh.)

A short Short Story The bear met Algy. The bear was bulgy..The bulge was W .M. S. Geode Algy.

Porter (to passenger): Where for?

Passenger: Wye. And porter does not reply “ ’Cos I want to know,” but puts a lable on passenger’s portmanteau accordingly.

----- Punch, the London Charivari, 1895 Some years ago a prroup of raw, uncultured yokels entered this our beloved institute as just another bunch of frosh. And now they are leaving1 us as the finished product, with the realiza­ tion of their ultimate poal ( a B. A. with honorable dismissal) fulfilled. The mere thought of their departure at first moves us to burst into tears of regret. But to every primary bolt there is also a secondary one: to every action, an equal and opposite reaction. So, too, when we reconsider their departure, the resultant reaction changes our attitude. Take Koehler, for instance, whose stout soup-bone made opposing batsmen re­ semble duck-soup and meat on the table and who has seen approximately six seasons of mound duty. If he would remain here any longer, other schools would absolutely and flatly refuse to compete in any more baseball games with our teams. And then Sydow----- there’s a man. But a few more years of his line, and the gullible collejriates would go on a general migration to Tacoma. And besides, his basso-profundo belches forth no new songs any more. Something like a broken record. With respect to Kugler, his piccolo playing hasn’t been up to par of late; he probably burned himself out in his youth. No use for him any­ more. And Mehlberg：, too, should be given a chance for new fields to conquer. So on down the line. Well, so long seniors; glad you’re goin’.

Haste thee Summer, bring with thee A fat job in the pea-eree, Green-backs, checks, a million bucks.

Travel, cruises, and— aw shucks— What I need most is plain to see; A good joke book’s the thing for me

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MAY WE MEET AGAIN Farewell students â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Now that you are about to go vacationing we wish you a happy time.

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The Black and R ec

September 1936

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— Big Fish

110

Lock and Key.

112

Obituary..

113

EDITORIALS— Nota Bene

117

Debunking

118

On Returning to School

119

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

120

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

121 125 127 129 132 134

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

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

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

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

CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM ADVERTISEMENTS

r不 THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXX.

Watkrtown, Wis., Sept. 1936

Number 4

Encored at the Postotlico al \ViUt*riown March 3. 1870- Published monthly. Subscription, One Dollar.

BIG FISH Krnst Wvndland

The 1936 editions of magazines and newspapers, as in years previous, have glowingly depicted the thrills of fishing, which have been augmented from time to time, as everyone will have experienced, by the usual amount of yarns and tall stories synonymous with the sport. I will readily admit that to land a thirty-pound muskie with rod and reel constitutes the utmost in thrill and dexterity, and a mess of trout caught with a fly rod must afford no end of pleasure, but I am also of the opinion that all that is fishy is not glamorous, and that nine times out of ten the fish is attached to a worm, practically and figuratively.

Such has also been my experience.

Let us take the case of Mr. Disillusioned Fisherman No. 347,856 (to be conservative), a type of that vast classă&#x20AC; which subscribes regularily to Field and Stream or what have you, which purchases rod, reel, and accessories, approaching infinity in number, and thereupon for an exciting time betakes itself to the shores of a lake, preferably somewhere north, where the 110

only fish in sight are pictured on advertising placards. He follows the instinct of his herd and selects a lake that is virtu­ ally fished out, but characteristically well stocked with tradition concerning uncaught muskies and fabulous pike holes. From dawn till late evening he patiently tests those spots appearing auspicious. The hot sun combines forces with swarms of horse­ flies to render his hours endless. His expensive lures prove ineffective, including that ‘sure-fire’ surf bait, for which he squandered a small fortune. His alarm clock announces the fact that Rosy-fingered Dawn is ushering in his last day of vacation. He splashes his boat outward on the mist-covered waters in the direction of a spot reputedly abounding in pike.

After attaching a mud minnow to his hook (as suggested by the fishing editor of the Daily Bugle), he proceeds to watch his cork. Several hours elapse. He is still watching the cork.

Suddenly it goes down with a glug. He shakes his head vigorously at this sudden turn of events to assure himself that it is not a mirage. Thereupon he pulls up with gusto, to find dangling on the end of his line—a diminutive perch. Obviously this story involves a fish, a sucker, to be specific, of the twolegged variety.

The thrill of a perfect cast in waters alive with hungry monsters, or peaceful diversion in a secluded nook with a bamboo pole, with the quick realization of something alive and fighting at the end of a taut line—that is what they are all striving for. But instead they find themselves trying to deter­ mine with a clear conscience whether those miniature blue gill are bass of the large or small mouth variety, or sitting on the banks of the Rock River with a can of worms, where they can rest assured that they will land a carp or two.

If done rightly, fishing is an ideal sport. Yet as it is per­ formed by the vast majority, it comprises the acme of stupidity.

Perhaps this is because of the fact that it has been grossly overplayed. The sport in itself is harmless and detrimental only to this general run of enthusiasts. After all, they have to endure the snags and mosquito-bites. Yet the manner in which they tempt one’s sense of decorum with their unreasonable exaggerations and pseudo-exploits is downright execrable. So, if you happen to see someone whose eyes gleam at the mere mention of the word ‘fish, ’ beware, lest he regale you with his vain babbling into a fit of indignation.

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LOCK AND KEY F. Werner

To my mind comes a quotation to the effect that “the higher a man’s civilization, the more keys he bears.”

Upon consideration, there seems to be much to this. We, the Americans, boast of being a highly civilized nation. Look into the average home, or even here at school. All valuables are locked up, and open houses are never empty. Keys are associated with almost everything from cars to saxophone cases.

Among the nations considered less civilized this is not the case. Who ever heard of a primitive Indian, that is, living as he did before white men disturbed him, locking his tepee or long-house ? The native Africans of today do not lock up either.

Even among the white inhabitants of Alaska and northern Canada locked doors are unknown. In the eyes of the cultured, refined Easterner these people are uncultured and have but little civilization.

Why do people use the lock ? To me the lock and key seem a very fitting symbol of distrust of one’s fellowmen. Isn’t it strange that the most highly civilized people should show the most distrust ? For it is they, after all, who use lock and key the most, and we know that it is a necessity.

Among the uncivilized natives of the hinterland we find no lock or key. A childlike trust in their fellowmen seems to be prevalent. There is a kind of fundamental honesty which civilization seems to rob man of. You will notice that many of the suave, polished gentlemen do not scruple to fleece you of wealth. Faults and sins though the ‘native’ has, the lack of honesty is not a common one.

I believe the conclusion must be drawn that the gain of higher civilization is at the loss of fundamental honesty. Man then uses his wits more to cheat his fellowmen instead of bend­ ing his own back to something. Only Christianity can keep a man from falling into the pitfalls the devil places in higher civilization. The more educated the man, the more subtle the temptations. Even the Christian often falls, as is testified by the prevalent use of lock and key in Christian households and institutions.

F. Werner 112

WALDEMAR DOBRATZ

Waldemar Dobratz was born Sept. 8, 1911. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dobratz, who reside near Concord, Wis. He was baptized and confirmed by the Rev. R. H. Rubel and attended the Christian Day School at Concord. At North­ western College he was an outstanding student, being student director of the college band and editor in chief of the Black and Red during his senior year. He was graduated from North­ western in 1933 and three years later, last June, from the theological seminary at Thiensville. The last few years he had been quite active in several community bands in the neighbor­ hood of Concord. About two months ago, July 25, he received a call to serve as assistant pastor and teacher at Brillion, Wis. 113

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EVERETT DOBRATZ

Everett Dobratz was born on March 24, 1914. Following the footsteps of his brother he also came from the Christian Day School to Northwestern. Like his brother he was fond of music and last year he directed the band, also belonging to the Black and Red staff. His cheerfulness and friendliness will be remembered by all of us who knew him. Last June he was graduated from Northwestern College. He had made arrange­ ments to enter the seminary at Thiensville.

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Ralph Rubel was born in Milwaukee, April 19, 1920, of the Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Rubel. The Reverend R. H. Rubel now serves the St. Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lutheran congregation at Concord.

After attending the Watertown High School for a year, Ralph last year entered the preparatory department of Northwestern College. Before the school year came to a close, he had joined the college band. One of his roommates for the year was Everett Dobratz. During the course of the summer recess he played in the Concord band with Waldemar and Everett. These three set out on Sunday evening, July 26, for Oconomowoc to attend a band concert.

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3 In the same car were Verna and Norma Dobratz, sisters of Waldemar and Everett, andHelmaGartzke, fiancee ofWaldemar.

As we all know, the car was crushed between two trains on the Oconomowoc-Concord railroad crossing. As to causes, whether the driver was blinded by the lights of south-bound traffic, whether he miscalculated the speed of the approaching trains ä¸&#x20AC; it is hard to determine. At any rate, five of the occupants were killed instantly, and the sixth, Verna Dobratz, died the next morning without having regained consciousness.

The six were buried in the St. Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cemetery at Concord. Officiating at the services were pastors Schwertfeger, C. Wedel, N. Paustian, F. H. Eggers and professors J. Meyer and E. E. Kowalke.

Homecoming Celebration!

Milton versus Northwestern, Friday, October 23.

The Homecoming Committee cordially invites i

alumni and friends to attend the game and evening program of activities.

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

EDITORIAL STAFF ..Editor in Chief Associate Editor

Oscar Siegler.

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J^ttartals Nota Bene HIS is not to be a plea, but a reminder. For forty years the students of Northwestern College have been publishing a monthly journal, this Black and Red. With the cooperation of the students and alumni the Black and Red has been able to gather sufficient material to be printed each month.

All it needed was the money to pay for the printing. As you all no doubt know, it is from our advertisers that we get the money to publish this journal. And this is no small sum. True, in the case of many of our advertisers their advertisement is merely an act of courtesy and kindness toward the college. But we do have advertisers who, so to speak, would give their last shirt for the college and who operate such a business which any student could patronize. Though the trade from the student body is sometimes not sufficient to pay for the advertisement — remember this: the business people who are so faithfully sup­ porting us are happy to see any student drop in and if it is for

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a mere nickel purchase. This visit spells appreciation to them, and that is all they expect. You younger students and new students, before purchasing an article, consult the advertising section of your Black and Red. It means a lot to the adver­ tisers and it means a lot to the college. Don’t let us be forced to spread the advertisements among the literary and editorial sections of our journal just to call your attention to them!

V. W. Debunking

nAHA,“Yes,a Californian.’’ sir, a resident of the greatest state ‘‘Uh—huh, well I’m a reporter and the editor of the '*Gettys­ burg Address，” and I’d like to ask you a few questions about your state.”

“0. K. You’ll learn about the best.”

“How long have you lived in California?”

"All my life.”

“And do you believe that California is—” “The best state? And how!”

"What is the outstanding feature of the state V1 “The weather. Why, I can remember—M “Say, I hear that the fruits and vegetables out there are the best there are. ’ ’ “You heard right, all right. Why, when I left, everything was so big and — “Uh—huh. You don’t have irrigation as some of those other Western States, do you V * “Of course not. California is the land of perf—” “Yeah! I also heard that California is the land of perpetual sunshine.”

“I’ll say so; from north to south, from east to west rain never falls to ruin our twenty-four-hour days.”

“Just one more question. Since you’ve lived in California all your life, maybe you can tell me how it happens that your fruit and vegetables can be the best without irrigation or rain ?”

"Er—-ah, why “Uh—huh. Just as I thought!”

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On Returning to School n/^OME on, son, hold her down! Sixty is too fast. She’s only l a Ford and running on practically three cylinders at that.”

With a sigh of relief, the sweating motor lowered its crip­ pled hum to a more comfortable tone. But after a mile or so that poor motor was again disgustedly squealing along at its former frantic pace.

Somehow neither the motor nor dad could understand why we had to bounce from bump to bump at such a frightfully high frequency. But I understood. Three months of vacation had proved profitable as well as enjoyable, but those three months had nevertheless made me homesick — for school and for a sight of familiar faces.

At eight o’clock Wednesday evening the faithful Ford, knowing that ‘‘anything worth doing at all is worth doing well, ’’ made its way round the last dark corner and stopped at the rear entrance. Yes, a day late. Others always laugh at the old excuse Better late than never.” I don’t — when I’m involved.

Wishing to learn what room had been saved for me, I dashed into the office with a merry “Hello!” I was received with an even more merry “Hello! Glad-to-see-you-do-you-want-to-payyour-fees-now ?’’ But it was a welcome sound. I told you I was really homesick for the place.

And then the fellows began coming around. The age-old question, “Hello, how are you, Jim?” And the inevitable answer, “Fine, how’s yourself, kid?” Time-worn though these phrases may be and unconsciously though they may be spoken, ihere’s a world of meaning in them. Every single word says, “The vacation was okay, but, boy! you don’t know how good it seems to be back here again with all of you !”

“Ah, classes again!’’ The pessimist would say, "Well, back to the old grind again.” But I noticed that all faces were smilingly optimistic. Even the new ones wore a brave smile.

Here’s for success to them, one and all!

After classes I walked into my room. There was my trunk staring me in the face. Today, a week later, I happened to saunter into my room again, I tried to avert my eyes, but what was the use! There it was, that trunk of mine, still staring me in the face. Within another week I may have it stored up in the attic.

All in all, except for the never failing job of unpacking, school is one grand care-free life. It involves the happiest days of our lives. Let’s make the most of it while we can, fellows.

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The Rev. Mr. 0. Naumann，，31, accepted the call to the new Arlington Lutheran Church in Toledo, a church which just recently has been taken over by our synod. He was installed into office on the Sunday of Sept. 13 with pastors Timmel， Gauss, and Luetke officiating. Before Pastor Naumann came to Toledo to take over his new charge, he was married on Sept. 5 to Miss Dorothy Schwartz of LaCrosse, Wisconsin. The new church which Pastor Naumann is serving is located in one of the newer sections of Toledo, and the neighborhood is very decidedly Lutheran. We hope that he will have just as much success with these people as he had while tutoring here at Northwestern.

The Rev. Mr. A. Schwerin, ’31，who has already been teaching at Neenah, Wisconsin, for some time, has also accepted the call to be assistant pastor. During the latter part of August he was married to Miss Meta Sielaff.

The following calls were accepted recently: the Rev. Mr. G. Struck, ’30, who had been serving the congregation at Hillrose, Colorado, accepted the call to Maribel, Wisconsin; the Rev. Mr. B. Hahm, ’32, who had been serving the congregations at Pigeon and Owosso, Michigan, until they should receive new pastors, accepted a call to South Dakota; the Rev. Mr. W. Krueger, ’24, who had been serving at Bison, S. Dakota, accepted the call to Ixonia, Wisconsin; the Rev. Mr. A. Buenger, ’33, has a charge near Milwaukee; the Rev. Mr. M. Liesener, ’33, accepted the call to Brillion, Wis. Pastors E. Zell，’08, P. Horn, ’08, W. Eggert, ’07，and W. Wadzinski, ex ’09，celebrated their 25th anniversaries of or­ dination recently.

The engagement of Miss Clara Mehlberg of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to the Rev. Mr. O. Heier，’32，of Circle, Montana, was announced recently.

Prof. H. Vogel, ’28, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, was married to Miss Hilda Zahn this summer. The Rev. Mr. J. Dahlke, ’31, of Milwaukee was married to Miss Caroline Kanzier 121

during the early part of August. After accepting the call to teach at Bay City, Mich” Mr. N. Berndt, ex ’34, was married to Miss Virginia Haeckel. And it was also reported that Mr. E. Moser, ’34, who is teaching near Bowdle, S. Dakota, was married to Miss Althea Blumhardt of Bowdle, S. Dakota. We extend our congratulations to these four couples.

Mr. Meinhardt Raabe，ex ’37，was working in a midget colony again this summer. He spent the last part of June at the Texas Centennial Exposition, and during the remaining part of the summer he belonged to the colony at the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland. While he was at the Cleveland Exposition he also played in the midget band. Mr. Raabe intends to enroll at the University of Wisconsin this fall.

Prof. W. Huth，’81, who just recently retired from his professorship here at Northwestern, is now living with his daughter in Whitewater, Wisconsin.

We congratulate Prof. E. Kiessling and his wife, f17, upon the birth of a son during the first part of September.

Children were also born to the following alumni during the summer vacation: the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. V. Schultz，’31，of Platteville, Colorado, the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. A. Voigt, ’28，of De Pere, Wisconsin, and the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. V. Siegler, ’17.

A girl was born to our former inspector, the Rev. Mr. W. Kleinke and his wife, ’24, during the first part of August. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Kleinke live at Mishicot, Wis. The following alumni have sent new students to Northwestern this year: the Rev. Mr. P. Horn, ’08, the Rev. Mr. E. Zell, *08, the Rev. Mr. E. Tacke, ’19, the Rev. Mr. A. Reuschel, ex ’10, Prof. C. Schweppe，’12, Prof. A. Schaller，’11，the Rev. Mr. A. Kehrberg，’15, the Rev. Mr. A. Koelpin，’13，the Rev. Mr. E. Walther, 705, Mr. W. Petrie, ex 716, the Rev. Mr. L. Bernthal，’18, and the Rev. Mr. A. Hanke，’ll.

Mr. R. Hagedorn, ’35, is now attending the library school at the University of Wisconsin. Mr. C. Hotlen, ’34, also went to the University this fall and besides this has a position as playground director in Madison.

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The Rev. Mr. E. M. Plass，ex ’20, accepted a call to teach English and History at the Concordia College in Milwaukee.

Since 1925 Professor Plass was serving Mt. Calvary Congrega­ tion in Milwaukee, which congregation he also organized.

After he had completed a year of post-graduate work at the St. Louis Seminary, he also held a professorship at the Concor­ dia Seminary in Porto Alegro, Brazil, for a number of years.

During the summer vacation Prof. W. Schaller, ’11，and his family drove to Wisconsin from Saginaw, Michigan. Prof.

Schaller had the opportunity then to see Northwestern College again for the first time since he graduated 25 years ago.

Mr. N. Valleskey, ’35, recently accepted a position as agent for the Creditor’s Adjustment Bureau.

The church of the Rev. Mr. P. Naumann in Milwaukee is being redecorated.

Mr. W. Petrie, ex ’16, received a position as salesman for Nation’s Business, a magazine published by the U. S. Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. M. Schwenzen, ’33, accepted a call to teach at Milwau­ kee.

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Mr. F. Tiefel, ’35, has resumed his studies at the Theinsville Seminary after spending three months in Europe. Most of his time was spent in Greece and Germany. While moving about Germany he bought a bicycle and covered 600 miles with it, including the trip from Munich to Berlin. Mr. Tiefel reports many interesting experiences, the most serious of which was the near loss of his precious passport.

The Rev. Mr. H. Rutz, ’30，of Gary, S. Dakota, recently moved into a new parsonage.

The Rev. Mr. K. Vertz，’31, has the construction of a new church underway at his mission station in Yale, Michigan.

During the first part of this month he drove over to Wisconsin and preached at the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Lutheran Church at Mishicot.

Mr. H. Seigler, ’31, recently received the position of research assistant in the biology department of A. and M. College of Texas. Together with others of the department he will do 123

ten months of research work on the Mexican quail in the Sam Houston National Forest.

Dr. Henry Koch, ’09，of Berlin, Germany, visited the college during the summer. Mr. Arnold Sprehn. also paid a visit here for the first time since he was graduated in 1908.

A child was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. Bunge of West Allis, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Bunge are both members of the class of ’33. Mrs. Bunge is known to us as Miss Wendland.

The wife of the Rev. Mr. G. 0. Krause, 22, died at her home in Stetsonville, Wisconsin, the 21st of this month. Funeral services were held at Stetsonville on the following Wednesday and at Bethel Church in Milwaukee on Monday. We wish to offer our sympathy to the family.

One of Northwestern’s first graduates was in Watertown recently—Dr. A. Bertling, who was graduated from the normal department in the early ’80’s. Dr. Bertling taught at a paro­ chial school for a while after his graduation, but soon thereafter took up the study of medicine. At present he is a prominent surgeon in Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Taber recently announced the marriage of their daughter, Elizabeth Perkins, to Dr. Anton Sohrweide, ex ’32. The wedding was held on Sept. 12 at Highland-onHudson, New York. After Oct. 1 the young couple will reside at 504 Crawford Avenue, Syracuse, New York.

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Good old September. This is one month in which the Exchange editor has a “snap.” There were really only four papers that had to be looked through, and two of them came too late last June to be incorporated in the column at that time.

The other two show merely the dust collected during vacation, for there isn’t a single quotable word in them, except for such words as “the，” “a,” etc.

But now to get down to the bare facts. It is almost a truism to say that a collegepaper shows forth the thoughts of the students. Is this really the case? Read what a writer in “The East Texan” says. Omitting a rather long introduction, begin with: “so the college prints what it likes with a few minor ex­ ceptions.

“The college authorities must remain inviolate. Like the king and Mussolini, they can do no wrong. ‘ ‘College tradition must carry on unflayed. However motheaten, however absurd, they are “a joy forever.” Such they must remain.

“To insure hewing to the line the paper is supervised. And if it is not a good little paper it gets no supper. Furthermore, if it continues to be a problem child, it is put quietly out of existance, and only those complain who still beleive iri the fable of untampered publication.”

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A student at Creighton University wrote an article on racial and religious tolerance. He believes that the proper spirit of tolerance is mainly the result of three causes: travel, wide reading, and formal education.

1 Travel is the agent that brings one into contact with people of all classes and creeds. It not only teaches a respect for the other fellow’s way of looking at life, but it also adds in­ sight to one’s own way of looking at it.

“Wide reading is secondary to, but a good substitute for travel, when it comes to broadening the knowledge of “how the other half lives.” In books one can meet and live with characters whom he would find it inconvenient or even im­ possible to meet in actual life. A more clear-cut understanding of an abstract principle can be obtained from reading a book whose purpose is ostensibly to expound that principal than from talking to a person who merely follows, or, consciously, lives under the influence of that principle, For instance, if one wants to inform himself with regard to the theory of supply and demand, production and distribution, he will gain most by going to books for his answer. He will obtain but little infor­ mation from the stenographer who types letters in the mail­ order department of a supply company.

“Perhaps the most potent force in the development of an attitude of tolerance is the modern university. Any liberal arts college almost presupposes a widely traveled student body. The reading required of and encouraged among the students is the kind that teaches, stimulates, and inspires. A college education rolls travel and wide reading into one and lends a guiding hand through the medium of competent instructors who have seen life as it is, have studied and observed the development of hundreds of students under their care, and are able to point to the right road with accuracy.

“The tolerant person need not agree with the guiding prin­ ciples of his fellow man. His ticket of admission to the ranks of the tolerant is merely his willingness to “let alone” the fellow who holds a set of values different from his own.”

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FOOTBALL The much-venerated king of sports has descended upon us once more. Since the first day of school a squad of about twenty-five candidates has heen drilling arduously. There is, apparently, a new zeal among the aspirants, with some exceptions. Many of them attend the afternoon practise with much the same fervor one exhibits when walking into his first Hebrew class. After several days of stiffening callisthenics the squad under the command of Coach Leonard Umnus indulged in rigorous blocking, tackling, punting, and dummy scrimmag­ ing. The first regular scrimmage on September sixteenth proved that much more drilling is necessary. The eight lettermen who are with the squad again this year are Wendland, Pagels, and Hempel in the backfield, and Captain Koenig, G. Frey, Harmening, Toepel, Kuester, and Wantoch in the line.

Krug, Ten Broeck, Schlenner, and Volkmann are aspiring to the guard positions. Other promising linemen are Wiechmann, Habben, and Naumann. Ends are most prolific; among the reserves for this position are Fredrich, Tabbert, and Hertler.

Among those trying for backfield positions are Stuebs, R. Frey, Baganz, Schabow, Hillmer, Sauer, and Bradtke. Much of the material is untried and raw as yet. Although there are more than two elevens at each practise, it is somewhat disappointing both to the coach and to the players that, whereas we had antici­ pated an increased interest in football, it is only average. Per­ haps we may attribute this to a renewed zeal for intellectual pursuits.

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^ IRt'H i The coach has been showing the linemen some new (to us, at least) tactics. To our untrained eye they seem to be just a bit rough and boisterous, but perhaps that is merely because we have been accustomed to the lollipop style of football of former days. On the whole the coach is giving the squad a thorough drilling. Besides being able to show them how to do it, he is also rather adept at demonstrating how not to do it. It is then that his antics become amusing to the spectators, of which there always are quite a few.

A unique, as it were, feature of the football schedule for this season is the fact that our team is billed for three home­ coming games besides its own. Why is it that we are so much in demand ? Can it be that the other colleges desire keen compe­ tition for their home-coming game or do they consider our team "meat on the table.” The latter seems to be more probable.

At any rate, these three teams will be more intent than ever upon defeating us. It really would be downright nasty to spoil their homecoming celebrations, but we hope to show them we are not exactly “duck soup.”

The schedule : Sept. 26, Seminary — here Oct. 3, Mission House — here Oct. 10, Platteville一 there Oct. 17, Aurora — there Oct. 23, Milton — here (homecoming) Oct. 31, Wartburg—there Nov. 7, Open Date BASEBALL On June fifth ‘‘Red’’ Lambert pitched to his third victory in as many games by shutting out the Wisconsin School of Engineering team. The college team supported him well both in hitting and fielding, tallying eight times.

The college nine played the Waupun prison team on the sixth of June. It might have been a fitting close to our season had not a certain Mr. Piontek spoiled things for us by blasting out two home runs. Perhaps the prison team’s greater profi­ ciency was caused by the fact that they had been practising to­ gether for many years. At least, we lost by a four-two score.

It was Captain Koehler’s last game. He had been the regular pitcher here for so many years that his hurling was traditional, and he was a constant source of terror to our opponents. It was with regrets that we saw him leave. This ended the base­ ball season for 1936 with nine victories and two defeats.

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The other junior in the room — this all said with proper blushes —quite modestly relinquished his deserved position in deference to Volkmann^ many loud-spoken claims to the title of monitor.

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The freshmen are again wearing the traditional green caps.

No matter what any one hopes, says, thinks, or does, freshmen will always wear the green caps and will in future days as now joyfully make themselves ridiculous during their two weeks of buttoning. Yet there are those who can believe in the perfect­ ibility of mankind.

Jerry “A Bicycle Built for Two” Cares rides the Frey bicycle. He does not ride it alone. To say more would be to em­ barrass Cares. Therefore we pause, only making a * ‘Gedankenstrich” 一 Think your thoughts. *

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Room 46 is the room of the year. Its beautiful drapes, fine rug, desk covers, and easy chairs make of it a veritable oasis in the desert of the other barren dormitory rooms. Becker, monitor, furnished a flyswatter; Schabow, assistant monitor, a picture for his desk. The rest is all a gift from their ”Sex,” Fuhremann of Appleton.

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Of interest to readers not living in the dormitory: the band is valiantly trying to compensate for its dearth of experienced players with incessant practice. Individuals (the trombonist on first floor, etc.,) and groups can be heard practising at almost any time. That is the spirit that makes for success.

Such willingness to work must bring results. We feel sure that this year’s band will ably uphold the honor of the school.

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On Sept. 22 the West Wisconsin District of the Wisconsin Synod honored Professors Kowalke, Wendland, and Westerhaus on completing twenty-five years of service in the church. The celebration was held in the college gymnasium. The Ladies Aid Society of St. Mark’s Congregation, Watertown, prepared a luncheon. * * * * F. Grunwald received six pounds of bananas from his adoring classmates on his twentieth birthday, Sept. 16. Grun­ wald did not eat all of the bananas at one time.

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Before we entirely forget the past summer in the routine of school life, we wish to acquaint you with the vacation activities of some of our well-known students. This can best be done by giving you their words.

E. W.: Did you have a pleasant vacation, Art ?

A. G.: Yes, I must say I had a lot of fun scouting (pres, part, fern.) around. How was your summer ?

E. W.: More1 less wasn’t so bad.

N. B. For those who haven’t an intimate knowledge of the persons involved the above bon mot will remain a mystery.

But some will understand and laugh.

For the purpose of its perpetuation, we reprint the program of the Commencement Concert given by the musical organiza­ tions last June 17.

PROGRAM I. Silver Chord_____ -—Charles O'Neill Valse des Fleurs__ P. Tschaikowsky Caesar’s Triumphal …G. F. Mitchell Band一Prof. G. Wesierhaus, Director

II. The Swiss Boy

Arr. by Paul de Ville

Clarinet Duet — E. Dobratz, O. Sicgler

III. The Time O’Day • R. G. Cole Would God I Were a Tender Apple Blossom__ A. Weidig Mein Schatzlein....................... ......................... ..Max Regor Mixed Chorus—Prof. A. Sitz, Director

IV. A Home on the Range.......

Aura Lee............................

Passing By..........................

Die Miihle im Schwarzwald

Ai'i'. H. Fishbum ....... G. Pout-ton ........... E. Purcell ....... R. EUenberg

Male Chorus一Prof. C. Bolle, Director

V. The Daughter of the Regiment The Gasconader___________

_____Theo. Moses H. A. Vandercook

Orchestra—Prof. W. Herrmann, Director

VI. Festival Overture (A Mighty Fortress).......

O. Nicolai

Orchestra, Male Chorus, Mixed Chorus—D. Hallemeyer, Director Chorus Arrangement—A. Lehmann *36

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I 0 The school year is again underway, and this brings to an end the enjoyable summer diversions. Many coeds returned with a new coat of tan abundantly sprinkled with brown beauty spots and with curly locks which have twisted to new heights during the damp weather period we have been scowling at.

This month brought old friends who had been separated during the summer season back together again, and, of course, the customary exchange of experiences and vacation labors was the main topic of discussion the first few days. A group of new coeds trip diurnally down the freshly oiled steps. At this time the upper class-men bestow their super-knowledge upon them and to their many inquiries sometimes give sensible responses and sometimes?? We must confess, in spite of everything, the general grind has begun.

The coed rooms have undergone a complete transformation during vacation. Pretty drapes grace the windows of both rooms, and the furniture gleams with a new coat of varnish.

Someone said the elves did it, but we have our own suspicions.

A bar of Ivory Soap shines forth from the wash basin, and every nook and corner assumes a certain look of cleanliness.

The coeds have new mascots. Two little pussies have taken the chair of honor and watch the maneuvers of the lassies through a long telescope.

The gavel has fallen and our first meeting was called to order. The president showed her supremacy and dictated to her subordinates those laws of the coeds which are to be strictly observed in the coed rooms.

We have very few of the last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coeds with us, but many new room-pals have arrived. The new freshmen are: Diana Beckmann, Katherine Dakin, Elda Damrow, Kathleen Darcey, Joyce Krueger, Mary Jane Kuenzi, Helen McFarland, Margaret Pfaffenbachďź&#x152;Isabel Roche, Beverly Zimmermann, and Ruth Zoelle. Victoria Quandt and Mildred Eisfeldt have crossed from the preparatory to the collegiate department. In the preparatory department Irma Matthes and Ruth Kosanke are sextaners, and Grace Kowalke has entered the tertia class.

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office at Jefferson. Marion Jones, Beatrice Borchard, Ethel Weihert, Hazel Herro, Marlys Miller, Helen Mitzner, and Jane Kelly will attend the University of Wisconsin. Margaret Lutovsky and Mary Lutovsky have transferred to Mount Mary.

Hildegarde Wallner is a freshman at Downer, and Mary Abelmann entered Wayland Academy at Beaver Dam. Mary Hawkins, ex，38, was married this month to Kenneth Rhodes. The young couple will make their home in Chicago.

So far nothing has been said about Mixed Chorus, but many coeds express their desires to join it, and we are all anxiously waiting for it to begin.

Curious notes on the bulletin board — “Cleaning — sign up now. ” Reluctantly the girls place their signatures on the list.

A unique advertisement bearing the words, ‘‘Wanted: name for a turtle,” is posted on the board. Evidently, someone has a new pet. Four names have been suggested, none of which seems suitable for the turtle.

Interesting facts about the upper classmen. Ruth Pfaffenbach is a pianist with no lack of ability and talent.

Mildred Eisfeldt makes the typewriter fairly dance when she presses the keys.

Victoria Quandt has glasses. The better to see you with, my dears.

Helen Winkenwerder takes French. 4,Parley-vous Francais?”

Evelyn Schroeder still has trouble with her curls.

Anita Weihert was tired of the damp weather playing havoc with her curls and had a barber snip them off.

Several former coeds visited college the past week. It seemed like ye olden times to see them again. They were Mai’lys Miller, Beatrice Borchard, and Marion Jones.

The two hardest th ings in writing a column are a fitting beginning and a good ending. It seems almost more difficult to end than it did to begin; so, we’ll end simply by wishing you all a successful year.

Anita Weihert Helen Winkenwerder

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Campus and Classroom With autumnal breezes announcing the return of another school year (same old blubber, but it fills up space), it is with a distinct sense of pleasure that we resume the task of writing this column. (Oh yeah?) In addition to systematically re­ reviewing Greek fundamentals, our vacation was conscientiously spent in compiling bits of humor for your entertainment.

(Lucky for me I ran across that old joke book last night.) We sincerely (Heh, heh!) hope that you find our efforts enjoyable.

The tutor eyed the bottle suspiciously.

“It’s—it’s only ammonia,” stammered Schmelzer.

“Oh, is it?” said the tutor, taking a long swallow.

It was.

(N. B. We solemmly deny the authenticity hereof.)

Schabow (writing): I won’t write any more, dear, my roommate is reading over my shoulder.

Tabbert: You’re a liar.

In order to insure tranquillity for all, this column o’ersteps its bounds, as it were, to explain a few baffling idiosyncrasies of this our college to those newly matriculated students, lest these same by improper guffaw or otherwise incur the wrath of the student body and become ostracized from its ranks. New­ comers, we admonish: • If perchance in the plot of lawn betwixt recitation hall and old dormitory you should see a few sticks meticulously tied to­ gether with rope in the manner of a fence, carefully guarding a twig sticking up from the ground, don’t laugh. This spot is to convey to posterity the memory of the present senior class, which each year thereupon plants a twig to immortalize its name, apparently hoping that by some miracle the aforesaid twig will develop into a mighty tree.

If on some balmy evening you should stick your head out of the window and despite the cloudless sky you should perceive a drop of moisture on the back of your neck, don’t be amazed.

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It is merely a third-floor marksman expectorating, or, if you will, spitting. This is a common sport, especially fascinating to those of upper floor areas.

If by dint of effort you should succeed in barging through some twenty odd bulletin-board spectators and find written thereon nothing more significant than some announcement mutilated in such a manner as to give it a ludricous import, don’t do anything rash. It is considered a type of humor here­ abouts and is consistently practiced. Recent example: (Origin­ al) ‘‘Wear football suits to-day.” (Mutilated) ‘‘Wear fall suits to-day.” Extremely funny.

“McDonall, will ye not have a cigarette?”

“Thank ye, no. I never smoke wi’ gloves on. I canna stand the smell of burning leather.”

First Imbiber—I found (his) a half dollar.

Second Inebriate—Itsh mine, itsh got my name on it.

“Whatsh your name?”

“E. Pluribus Unum.”

“Yeah, itsh yoursh/’ Among the many contributions found in the joke-box for this month was a booklet entitled “New Book of Monologues,” published in 1913. A somewhat cursory reading reveals the following to be representative of the wit of that time: There was an old German who was quite sick for some time.

The doctor told him he might eat anything he wanted. He told his wife he would like some Limburger cheese. His wife was a good-hearted woman; she bought twenty pounds of this distinct cheese, and put some in every room in the house, that he might get a nip whenever he wanted it. The doctor called the next morning. When the servant opened the door, the doctor paused a moment, then said, “When did he die?”

Becker: What’sa matter, old top?

Zimmerman: I just busted my lifetime pen, and now I gotta die.

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VAGARIES OF A BANANA ADDICT (Graciously submitted to this column by a poetical banana fiend)

“Gie fools their silks And knaves their wine,” I’ll have bananas for mine.

Their mellow, golden, savour, And tropical bouquet Intoxicate the palate Of even a gourmet.

I may not be an epicure, But I care not for that.

For I hope some day To hie away To a far off tropical isle There to spend quite a while In sequestered nooks With a store of bananas, A box of “havanas，’’ And a goodly supply of books.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— South Dakota Prairies...........

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Heroes, Ancient and Modern

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Fact, Theory, Science, or Thereabouts............... .

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Fifteen-Minute Rest Stop.....

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Theories of Evolution...........

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EDITORIALS— The Whys and Wherefores of Smoking as Observed from the Side Lines.....................

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In Defence of Anglers and Angling 149 THE FORUM.......................

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

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

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

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

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

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

CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM ADVERTISEMENTS

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1•了 THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXX.

Watertown, Wis., Oct. 1936

Entered at the Postoflice at Waiertowi March 3, 18ro. FublisJjfd monthly. S

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SOUTH DAKOTA PRAIRIES Edward JFeiss

Much has been said and written about the beautiful scenery of Wisconsin and the neighboring states but little in praise of the Dakota prairies. I, pridefully and boastingly, shall endeaver to give you some conception of this beautiful region, as I have learned to know it.

Along our rivers, about our lakes, among the mountains of our southwestern corner there is beautiful scenery of the con­ ventional type, which should receive due praise. In the center from the northern to the southern border lies our great prairie region. We have it to a greater extent and in a more beautiful guise than any other state.

The Prairie, level or gently rolling, is a region brought to the highest point of perfection — as far as inhabitability is con­ cerned. It is a region well ordered and arranged by the Creator, inhabited by a people of peace and endurance; a region far beyond the treachery of the sea, the savagery of the mountains.

Broodingly yet thoughtfully the clear blue sky with its millions 137

t of stars stretches from horizon to horizon. Here is a world that is open, frank, constant, giving man room to look about, to know his littleness, and to feel his greatness. The Prairie is the world in its calm, serene, beautiful disposition, meditative, unhurried, unafraid. To know the Prairie, to know it as a mother, is to feel the exceeding beauty of the earth.

There is no other place where one may realize the immensity of the earth as in the midst of the Prairie — unless it be that near kin of the Prairie: the ocean. On the Prairie we know our earth for what it is, and as we turn our faces to the sky, we know that we are a part of all. The Prairie is clothed by the universal grass and beautified by the flowers that are fitted to it: the pasque flower of the spring, the wild rose of summer, the goldenrod and wild sunflower of autumn. Here we see the sky of a deeper blue, the clouds of a more glowing white, the stars of a brighter twinkle, than anywhere else. Every spot on the Prairie is a High Place whereon may be offered sacrifices to Beauty. The Prairie is but a desert watered and as has been said, “the desert is of God, and in the desert no man may deny Him.” Place a compass on the map and set the arms to cover six hundred miles; place one in the middle of South Dakota and swing the other round. In this great circle, twelve hundred miles in diameter, you will have the Prairie, nipping the Rocky Mountains, and missing some of the plains in Manitoba, Sas­ katchewan, Oklahoma, and Texas, but the greatest part of the Prairie will be inclosed within this imaginary line. By drawingan “x” over the continent of North America one finds that the center is in the heart of our great plains.

Once you become a lover of this large open plain, it will remain as near and permanent in your heart as it does 一 physi­ cally speaking 一 in the heart of our continent.

HEROES, ANCIENT AND MODERN Clayton Krug

There’s something wrong in the hero business. It seems to be getting entirely out of hand. Just a short while ago we were all whooping it up for Joe Louis, the invincible, and what did he do but get himself knocked out. Then there was Babe Ruth 138

—remember him ? What a man he was! the king of swat.

But who ever hears of him now ? Even Clark Gable, idol of American women, isn’t what he used to be. And yet just a few days ago they were the brightest stars — together with such as Lefty Grove, Jack Dempsey, and Bobby Jones. Now they’ve gone, like meteors that disappear before one finishes exclaiming ‘‘Look at that!” Yes, things are in abaci way. Some of us who are a little slow in such matters scarcely get one pedestal of heroes arranged before someone comes along and tells us that it’s all out of date.

In the old days things were different. Not that there weren’t any heroes. That would be an impossibility. We mortals are worshippers by nature, either of ourselves or of someone else. It’s just that the old-time big shots seemed to wear better. One could depend on them to come through at any time : and if, like Rip Van Winkle, a fellow chanced to doze off for twenty years or so, he could wake up to find the same old boys pawing up the stamping ground. Take Hercules, for example. There was a man ! To be sure, it took him a long time to get started, but once he did get going, you could sit back and enjoy watching him the rest of your life. And even today after I don’t know how many thousands of years, he is still a boy to be reckoned with.

Then there was St. George. When he jumped on his big white horse and dug in his spurs, the rust from his armor flew up in clouds, and there wasn’t a dragon in the country that didn’t chatter its teeth loose with fear as it crept off to its cave.

And don’t tell me that old St. George was just a flare-up either.

Why, they say that he and the Sleeping Beauty played together as kids, and then after a hundred and some years he was best man when she married the prince who rescued her. George would have done the rescuing himself, but he happened to be down in Africa just then, tracking- down a herd of tigers that had been acting up. Some say, too, that old George was too cagey to miss such a rescue — that he had penetrated the wall of fire and had seen the sleeping princess; but instead of waking her he had crawled away and lit out for Africa because she wasn’t so beautiful as he had expected.

When it comes to an all-round hero, there’s Beowulf to re­ member too. As you know, he was the fellow who tangled 139

with the man-eating giant from the bottom of the North Sea. To be sure, the monster got away alive after the first fight, and Beowulf had to follow him to his underwater cave and finish him off the next day. But Beowulf was a drinker as well as fighter, and there are those who claim that he would have killed the giant on the spot if it hadn’t been for the two barrels of beer he drank just before the fight.

Then there was Samson, the mighty man. When he be­ came really incensed and began tearing up the sod down in those parts, there wasn’t a Philistine in sight who didn’t wish that he had migrated to Egypt before things started to blow off.

And a fighter to the end, every one of them. Just to think of such men makes one sigh with regret at the present situation.

Which of our modern heroes do we dare even to mention in comparison with the great men of old. Somehow our own heroes seem weak and small when they are placed side by side with the big men of past ages.

Perhaps this weakness is caused by the fact that our heroes are so often great only in sports or entertainment, instead of being in real day by day life and in activities that actually amount to something. They are mighty in a game, or in an un­ real picture; but we never come to know their real selves, their personality. Then, when they go down in defeat, they must also go down in our estimation. The ancient heroes, as far as the people were concerned, existed in real life and could be loved and respected in defeat as well as victory, not only because of themselves but because of the ideals and causes for which they stood. In other words, our heroes are great only so long as they win. Defeat is fatal, because of our weak-backed custom of honoring the man on top, regardless of his principles or of the methods he used in getting there. We cheer a man one day because he wins a game, and boo him off the field the next be­ cause he loses.

What to do about it ? Nothing, except stop being a heroworshipper or, if that is impossible, choose a more stable subject of worship, one that is real and lasting, and is based on genuine principles. In some countries such figures can easily be chosen from the field of politics. Germany’s Hitler, for instance, makes an admirable godlet for the Germans. When he comes along, they can shout ‘‘Hoch’’ to their hearts’ content, and, even if he 140

were to disappear, his principles of Fascism would live on and be talked about, because Fascism is a doctrine that extends to emotion and belief.

Here in America politics do not form such momentous issues, and heroes may be a little hard to find. Perhaps that explains our willingness to follow more transitory heroes. Still, if you can find nothing better, take politics: Conservatism, Liberalism, even Lemke if you wish, we won’t mind. Only get something solid and attach yourself to it. It will do you good.

FACT, THEORY, SCIENCE, OR THEREABOUTS o.s.

The term "science” generally denotes classified knowledge in reference to general truths or particular facts, classified knowledge in practically any phase of natural phenomena.

Knowledge” as a term implies truth, fact, reality and in no wise includes supposition, theory, hypothesis. Science, it is true, employs theory, but theory as such should only be considered an aid, never an actual part of science. Theory should never be coordinated with fact in the system of any science一 so long as one regards science as a knowledge, as a systema­ tized arrangement of facts. From all this one would be led to conclude that theory plays a relatively unimportant part in the field of science, that science and fact are almost synonymous.

This doesn’t seem to be the case.

Descartes in his quest for knowledge finally came to the conclusion that there is only one real certainty, as far as man himself is concerned : man’s own existence. “Cogito ergo sum.” Although this appears to be a syllogism, which of ne­ cessity is based on two certainties, two truths to begin with, the idea, nevertheless, is noteworthy. All socalled knowledge concerning objects beyond the confines of the mind itself is based on the assumption that man’s five or more senses reveal actualities, denying the possibility that these apparently tang­ ible objects may be sole mental conceptions. “Based on the the assumption” 一 that doesn’t exactly harmonize with “fact” and “knowledge.”

But perhaps the existence of an objective world can be proved. Can we then assume that man’s senses reveal this <4

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world to man as it really is? Many cases have been observed where the human senses entirely misrepresent certain pheno­ mena to the human mind. This leaves room for doubt. Can we prove, to use a crude example, that the eyes portray objects to the mind right side up? It would almost seem as if this ‘‘knowledge’，of science really signifies the consciousness of supposed facts as the senses perceive them. However, for the sake of argument we can assume, not being scientists, that the existence of an objective world and the general reliability of our senses are facts.

When scientists observe and record natural phenomena and notice definite relations among these facts, they naturally at­ tempt to establish the nature of these relations, since systema­ tizing and coordinating form an important phase in scientific study. And one of these relations is that of cause and effect.

Perhaps no other question receives so much attention and space in the sciences as the one which seeks for reason, for cause.

Perhaps no answer is based less on “knowledge” and “fact” than the.one which pretends to show the result, the effect. For example : water freezes because the temperature falls below 0° C. Here’s a statement which can’t be proved any more than the one about the moon being made of green cheese. Neverthe­ less, this statement and thousands like it are found in a field supposedly dealing with knowledge, with facts. True, some scientists still are careful to state that water freezes when the temperature, etc., but a causal connection is usually implied.

Temporal consequences are assumed to be causal relationships.

As far as fact is concerned man only knows (and perhaps that’s going too far) that water freezes when the temperature falls below the freezing point —a purely temporal relation which cannot be confused with cause and effect until man knows what the structure of matter is, what the fundamental unit, what the essence! As Thomas Hardy once said in a different sense but applicable here in reference to natural phenomena: “A multitude whose tendencies could be perceived, though not its essences/* Is science synonymous with fact and knowledge ? No. Science records a few facts and philosophizes about many theories.

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FIFTEEN-MINUTE REST STOP x $Milton Weishahn

„ To those who are accustomed to the bus as a mode of travel the】 above title may be self explanatory, but to those who have had little experience with such travel I shall attempt to clarify by description what I have personally experienced. Rest stops occur at intervals of about one and one-half to two hours upon any long journey of several hundred miles or more, and in this particular instance we shall consider only one of them, namely, a stop in the middle of an overnight journey at about 3:00 o’clock A.M. Sleeping in a bus is one of those rare achievements in life which many men attempt, but only few attain. Anyone who has tried to sleep in an almost upright, seated position with limited leg room while the vehicle swerves around curves, jerks to sudden stops, and then grinds again through four speeds before it finally again recovers its smooth flowing momentum can well vouch for this. Such is the atmospere in which we find ourselves on this journey, and, if we could but pierce the dark­ ness about us, we would see our neighboring travelers swaying about in their seats, nodding, blinking, dozing, yes, perhaps even sleeping, but with scarcely a sound audible. Thus the night seems to pass monotonously on, until, with the apparently sudden change of momentum, we surmise that another city has been reached. If we have enough energy to raise our drooping eyelids, the lighted streets will prove we are right. As we near the station at a slower pace, the lights above us flash on with an audible snapping of many buttons.

Easily we now roll into the station until a jerk that is followed by a forceful psh-sht of the air brakes tells us that we have ceased motion. “Atlantic City—fifteen-minute rest stop_ rest rooms to your right,” utters the driver, whose words reecho over the sleepy gloom. There is now the motion of one or two wide-awake passengers who are prompt in leaving the bus; others groan, yawn, stretch, and then stumble out also. The loud talking and jesting of the drivers and mechanics outside is almost sure to arouse those still sleeping; so that they too at last become aware that another lap of the tiresome trek across the country has been completed. But how crisp and chilly that fresh morning air feels; and a cold shiver passes over the entire 143

body. That oily, muggy feeling may be partly remedied with a bit of tidying up, but the features of everyone still lack all possibilities of even smiling, and speech is limited. Dreamily we saunter down the street in an attempt to impress the name and the appearance of the city upon the mind with only the few flickering lights of night clubs and taverns and the scrambling taxi-drivers as the basis for conclusions. Discouraged with the reception that our dulled mind has given to all this, we step closer to the bus, yawning several times in so doing. We look aghast at the huge tires and motor, which are now being servi­ ced, marveling at the abuse that such must endure, hoping in the meantime, however, that we’ll get there all right by to­ morrow.

As we step into the bus again, we are immediately aware of the cozy warmth that pervades all, and the seats seem ever so much more inviting. The driver soon accosts us with the command, "Tickets please!” With an air of disregard we casually hand him that crumpled slip of paper, which upon close scrutiny he immediately returns. How glad we feel at the assurance of not having to be disturbed again for several hours as everyone becomes settled. We have begun to doze when the motor hums. The bus rolls out over the rough streets, and once more we recline as the lights are snapped out. Extreme quiet conducive to peaceful slumber soon follows, and the weary body sinks into soft relaxation rocked by the rythmic tossing upon the concrete road.

THEORIES OF EVOLUTION F. A. W.

Most people make the mistake of speaking of Evolution as one clearcut theory; it is not. Every new exponent of evo­ lutionary theories modifies them and adds his own imaginings.

The old Greek Thales said all life arose from the ocean; Anaximander sees the aquatic as the basis of life from which all land animals develop. Aristotle believed that acquired characeristics are inherited and carried on from generation to genera­ tion. Lucretius has all things rise from the earth fully formed.

The great philosopher Kant summed up all previous views.

Buffon brings in the new idea of degeneration—conservative scientists admit there is some basis of truth for this, since 144

changes or mutations of the germ plasm by gamma or x-rays are inherited as a loss of something. Lamarque, the famous Frenchman, holds the theory of change from environment and use and disuse, for which the giraffe is the classic example.

There are also some who assume a creator in the beginning and evolution from that point. Gregory of Nyssa said God created the laws of the universe and this universe gradually developed out of chaos. God created a seed, which developed into everything which now exists, according to St. Augustine.

Darwin brings in the idea of natural selection, or, as Huxley calls it, survival of the fittest. Mistakenly people often refer to Darwinism when they say evolution; Darwinism is not synonymous with evolution, but only one facet of it. This mistake probably arises from the fact that he was one of the greatest modern exponents and his Origin of the Species was published at a time when the public was beginning to be very receptive to evolutionary ideas. He has incorporated much of Buffon and Lamarque in his works.

Haeckel, famous German scientist of the nineteenth century, followed Darwin and developed what he called morphology, namely, that each individual is an epitome of the form-modifications undergone by his ancestors in evolutionary develop­ ment. For him the source of all life is the metazoa, a multi­ cellular animal which begins life as a single cell.

Today there are as many definitions for the term evolution as there are well-known scientists. Even Prof. Le Conte’s defi­ nition of evolution as ‘‘a continuous progressive change accord­ ing to certain laws and by means of resident forces” is not commonly accepted.

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Jbttarutls The Whys and Wherefores of Smoking as Observed from the Side Lines .

T OFTEN happens that there come times in my life — during “bull” sessions and the like—when smoke, to use that trite phrase, gets in my eyes. Consequently, it is at times like these that I begin to wonder why the habit of smoking exists. Per­ haps you wish to join me?

Let’s begin with the little fellow. Ah, there we have it: “little fellow.” That’s why he smokes. He knows what would happen if his parents found out, and he is most acutely aware (ask him how he knows) that the school authorities forbid it.

But the fault doesn’t lie entirely with him: it’s just that certain quirk in human nature which makes us thrill at even the very thought of disobeying or transgressing, especially when we succeed in getting away with it Or perhaps the "little fellow,” thinking of his hero-idol, reason’s thus: "Shucks, pa V ma dunno what’s good fer me.

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How kin I ever get big ‘n’ tough like Roland Jones, unless I smoke, too?”

Within a few months or years our “little Jimmy” has arrived at the transitional stage of “Jim” when he discovers to his dismay that the old thrill of smoking is gone, but there is still that feeling of maturity. He continues to smoke. After this it’s only a matter of time until Jim becomes a habitual or inveterate smoker!

Why does he still stubbornly persist in smoking? For one thing, it bolsters up his self-confidence. Let’s observe Jim paying his respects at or “horning in” on a party at the inap­ proachable Smythes. He walks in with a rag somewhat re­ sembling a hat, crushed under his arm. He wears a foolish grin for a smile. His tongue is paralyzed, and in his mind there is an immense vacuum. At the critical moment he dives for a cigarette. Immediately he becomes the old self-confident, smiling, flattering Jim. “You wouldn’t get far without your cigarettes, would you, Jim? But remember, there’s such a thing as burning one’s fingers!”

Jim often finds himself alone or with a friend. There’s nothing much to do. In this age of activity, inactivity bores and irritates us. And so with Jim and his pal. For want of anything better to do and perhaps rather than do anything worthwhile, they smoke. Being profitably occupied, they accordingly rest contented.

At this point, the crisis of our discussion, we humbly beg Jim’s pardon for comparing him to a cow, but our point must, at any cost, be driven home.

The cow walks on four legs; Jim on two. Unlike, we agree. But now note. A similarity. Jim, like the cow, de­ sires that contented feeling after meals. Jim lights his ciga­ rette; the cow chews her cud. Again, a striking dissimilarity.

In chewing her cud the cow adheres strictly to cold logic, merely re-chewing her food, the better to digest it; but Jim in smoking his cigarette, yields to a habit which has become an irrepressible desire, while excusing himself with the delusion that he is aiding his digestion. To smoke, I ajn convinced, does not aid the digestion; but not to smoke does (for a few days) impair the digestion. Neither the smoke nor its aroma facilitate digestion. By consistently smoking after three meals 147

each day, the body has fallen into the habit of going through the actions of smoking. To suddenly stop is to break a firmly seated habit. That may rather violently upset the nervous system, which in turn hinders proper digestion. So we may inform Jim, though we know he won’t believe a word of it, that he is merely doing something by the not doing of which (very literal) he might slow up his digestive processes for a short while. Get it?

As for the smoking fiend, there is little to be said. To the best of our knowledge, no one has ever smoked his way to fame; but we might advise him, as soon as he becomes deft enough to light one cigarette from the butt of the previous one, to apply at Mr. Ripley’s office. Mr. Ripley, we feel sure, will do all he can do for him.

In the above paragraphs we have attempted to show that smoking is nothing but a habit which lends, one might say, distinction to one’s self-confidence, which at times makes one feel occupied, busy, and more or less important (depending upon the brand), and which aids digestion retrogressively. In short, smoking or the craving for a cigarette is only a mental state which correspondingly affects the physical body.

But there seems to be some murmuring. All right, far be it from us to avoid a word or two about the fairer but weaker sex.

Say what we will, we must admit that the thermometer of social usage, though gradually approaching the melting point, still registers considerably below freezing where women smokers are concerned. Women are aware of this. That is why some begin to smoke. It establishes them, they believe, as individuals. Little do they realize how much it detracts from their charm.

After a time, of course, smoking becomes a habit with women, just as with men. Then the more broad-minded among us do not protest against women smoking, provided they do so a bit gracefully and keep in mind that there’s a time and place for everything.

Now, if during the course of the next several weeks you should spy a new smoker in the ranks, one from whose actions you judge him to be nothing but a beginner, a novice, one might say, in the art; don’t laugh, and please don’t smile, but just this 148

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C. Thurow.

In Defence of Anglers and Angling................

T SEEMS that of late certain persons have either developed ■ a false notion regarding that venerated sport and recre­ ation, or, for want of other subjects to criticize and condemn, have decided that all fishermen are suckers and suffer from some mental incapacity. Since we have done considerable dabb­ ling with hook and line, although being neither an expert nor a professional angler, we feel qualified, justified, and obliged to wield our pen in defense of the art, lest said persons live on with their prejudiced opinion and induce other gulls to swallow the fallacy.

Undoubtedly, everyone has a hobby, either a mental or a physical recreation, which he loves to indulge. Some enjoy sports of an athletic nature, others delight in stamp-, coin-, or antique-collecting, while ornithology, reading, or bridge in­ terests others. Very often we are inclined to condemn and scoff at every recreation or Zeitvertreib which we ourselves are not adept at and which hence does not appeal to us. Can it be that the writer of the invective which appeared in this paper last month (whose benighted condition we are attempting here­ with to illumine) has been disappointed because the fish did not fight for the priviledge of biting on his hook ? Undoubtedly, said person has never given the fish a fair chance, but, embit­ tered by his failure, has falsely deduced that he is representative of a legion of disillusioned anglers. Hence he condemns himself in his article. These lines from Walton’s “Complete Angler” effectively apply in this case. “You know, t’is an easy thing to scoff at any art or recreation: a little wit, mixed with illnature, confidence, and malice will do it; but though they often venture boldly, yet are they often caught in their own trap, according to that of Lucian, the father of the family of scoffers.

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Fishing, one of the oldest of recreations, was practised even in ancient times. Possibly, many will remember the picture in Xenophon’s Anabasis of the Greek mercenaries fishing from inflated bags in the middle of a river. By reading Plutarch one will discover that angling was not at all contempt­ ible in the days of Mark Antony and Cleopatra; in fact, it was one of the most popular diversions. Fishing is also conducive to contemplation and meditation which is more than can be said for most other recreations. According to Walton angling was for that reason recommended to clergymen in ancient Ecclesi­ astical Canons. Surely a recreation with a history such as that, which has had devoted followers throughout the ages, has some charm about it, some pleasure elsewhere unattainable, or it would not have endured through the millenia to the present skeptical, materialistic age.

In conclusion, if this my attempt is not convincing, perhaps a perusal of Walton’s famous book would be of value, and “may the Rod of the critic be exchanged for that of the fisher; and endless be the willing captives of Walton’s imperishable Line.”

F. Grunwald

Prior to the year of 1933 the Federal Government adhered rather strictly to the Constitution which provided that it should consist of three branches, the Legislative (Congress), the Ju­ dicial, and the Executive. During the past four years the present administration has felt that it was necessary for the Legislative branch to become subordinated to the Executive.

This was accomplished by delegating to the Executive branch certain of the powers which heretofore resided with Congress and, in addition, by having the Executive draft many of the Legislative bills, urging immediate passage of almost all legis­ lation sponsored by it, supposedly as the result of emergency.

Do you feel that this departure was warranted and that it should be incorporated as a part of the routine procedure of the Executive and Legislative branch of our government ?

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What is a constitution anyway? Isn’t it merely a state­ ment of principles，by which a government might be kept intact ? When, therefore, a government is in danger of crumbling, it is simply incompatible with the idea of a consti­ tution that one should blindly adhere to a constitution whose stipulations make it difficult for the government to save the country. Even if many of President Roosevelt7s measures did momentarily take away some of our much cherished American freedom, it was a sacrifice which was worth very much.

D. M. The constitution of these United States is undoubtedly the greatest document for the protection of man’s inalienable rights ever drawn up. Almost anyone would say that after reading it.

But when we look at the system which has grown up under it, we begin to doubt its efficacy.

The Congress, at loggerheads with itself and the President, has, as the Athenians at Demosthenes，time, wasted away the time in planless arguments, while the time for action swiftly passed by; or else it passed laws which were worse than useless?.

Time and again, when the President really did something, howls of protest come from the other two branches of our government that it was unconstitutional.

All that may have been tolerable in the days of prosperity, but during a depression like the present one it could no longer go on that way. There had to be some men at the head strong enough to get bills and measures passed quickly. When we get back to normal, then we can perhaps do without such a man and return to the status quo ante.

However, most disturbing of all was the way in which capitalism had grown up under the protection of the Constitu­ tion. The all-powerful capitalist was permitted to exploit those who were less fortunate or less able. Even to-day the sweat­ shop is not totally out of existence. The oil and mining indus­ tries, owned to this day by a few great magnates, furnish some of the most gruesome examples of the inhuman treatment of workers. Can a constitution that protects such things be basi­ cally right? Perhaps the Constitution is sound, but surely the interpretation which the capitalists have placed upon it is entirely wrong.

L. S. From a study of historical facts we can readily see that a departure from the Constitution, when the conditions in a country demand it, is without doubt the most wise move that a government could possible make. Somewhat before the time of the French Revolution we know that Montesquieu introduced into France the idea that there is no perfect government, but that a government must always be adapted to the conditions of the country. The common people were being oppressed by the 151

nobility in France and were on the verge of a rebellion. The conditions, therefore, demanded a change in the government which would satisfy the proletariat, but, instead of making the necessary changes which Montesquieu advised, the nobility continued its oppression, and the result was a terrible and gruesome rebellion.

Likewise, in the U. S. troubles arose which had to be remedied. People were entirely dissatisfied, and rebellions were imminent. The remedies against rebellion could not be produced without changes in the Constitution, and therefore the Constitution had to be made flexible for once. This is what Roosevelt did, and in view of the fact that he aided the country thereby, his actions certainly were warranted.

N. L. Everyone realizes that in cases of emergency quick action must be taken. Since the Legislative branch of our government very often is rather slow in carrying out its business, the chief executive was justified in hurrying certain measures through Congress.

This power should, however, be only temporary. When the emergency has been met, government should be restored to its normal order.

T. S. Our government consists of three bodies, and the powers of each are clearly defined in the Constitution. One depart­ ment, therefore, should not usurp the powers of another. Since the Legislative body has become subordinate to the Executive department, the integrity of the Constitution has been cast aside, leaving a hole through which many evils can creep.

Modern European states are infested with the evil of des­ potism. America is not immune. The Constitution prior to the last administration was the foundation on which American society was based. America cannot exist as a democracy if we disregard the Constitution. "Ou gar aspaleis tais politeiais hai pros tons tyrannous hautai lian fiomiliae.” With the Consti­ tution broken what would prevent an ambitious president from becoming a tyrant? President Roosevelt has succeeded in shift­ ing the elastic clause of the Constitution from the Legislative to the Executive department. Through this he can without trouble obtain the powers of an autocrat. The only check is that we return to the infallible code of the Constitution and preserve the freedom of speech, press, and religion.

L. K. Do you recall the days prior to 1933 ? Did you watch the car-loadings, which is an excellent barometer of business, prior to 1933 ? Did you look at the financial pages of the newspapers with their announcements of bank failures prior to 1933 ? Do you recall the hordes of unemployed and motionless machinery 152

of our factories prior to 1933 ? We all remember those bleak, bare, dismal days when car loadings were practically nil, when stocks and bonds were worthless, when millions of unemployed roamed the streets, when factory after factory closed its doors because of the lack of work and foreign trade. Now ask yourself! Wasn’t that a crisis that had to be dealt with im­ mediately ? Was there time to wait until the babblers in our Congress could decide what should be done ? I firmly believe that the departure from the constitutional rules was warranted in every respect. It was time that a Quintus Fabius Maximus should arise, grasp the situation, and give the command to de­ feat the greatest enemy that ever invaded our United States — financial depression with its horrors.

The supreme court should determine when a national crisis exists and when it has passed over. After the supreme court has declared that an emergency no longer exists, all branches of government should be restored to their former power given them by the Constitution, but I believe that it is a very great mistake for a government to bind itself to an inflexible con­ stitution in times of national crises.

A. L. The following bit of information is the result of a poll taken among the students of the collegiate department. Probably this might also be considered an answer to our Forum question, but we realize too that these votes were given in many instances for other principles which the various candidates have estab­ lished.

President Roosevelt polled 84 votes, Alf Landon received 50, Lemke 3, Thomas 2, and the Communist candidate,, Browder, was favored with 1.

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ALUMNI

Mr. A. Sauer, ’29, is now a professor in the Semitic Lan­ guage Department at Chicago University. After Mr. Sauer was graduated from the Thiensville Seminary, he studied at Chicago University for a while and then spent three years in Germany, where he obtained his doctor of philosophy degree.

Up until now he was an instructor at Chicago University.

Mr. Floyd Dietert, ex ’40，paid a visit to the college re­ cently. We hear that he is busy selling automobiles at Marshall, Wisconsin.

Mr. A. Myron, ex *37, and Mr. W. Herrmann, ex ’37，were also in town. Mr. Myron is working in Madison, and Mr. Herrmann informs us that he is studying law at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa.

Mr. Dean Hotlen，ex ’37, was married on Oct. 9 to Miss Genevieve Schrotz. They intend to make their home at Madison, Wisconsin.

The Lutheran church at St. James, Minnesota, recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding. The present pastor is the Rev. Mr. E. C. Birkholz, ’09. The celebration covered two Sundays, during which a number of the former pastors took part. The first pastor, a member of Northwestern’s first graduating class, the Rev. Mr. E. Pankow, ’72，preached a sermon, and pastors W. Schvveppe/29, and K. Schweppe, ’12， also held services.

Even if we are somewhat late in announcing this, probably some of the alumni have not heard that boys were born to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. E. Kasischke，’28，of Yale, Michigan, and the Rev. and Mrs. A. Wacker, ’18，of Scio, Michigan, during the summer.

We also offer the best of wishes to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. A. Dornfeld，’27，of Richwood, Wisconsin, and Pastor E. Krueger，’31，and his wife, of Mandan, North Dakota. Boys were born to both of these alumni.

The Rev. Mr. J. Pohley，’94，recently retired from the ministry. He had been serving at Menasha, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Mr. R. Biesmann, ’33，is substituting as teacher at St. Lucas school in Milwaukee. The Rev. Mr. E. Schaller, ’23，who had been serving at Mound City, S. Dakota, was recently installed into office at Clear Lake. The Rev. Mr. H. Resting, ’33, accepted the call to serve as assistant pastor and teacher at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The Rev. Mr. 0. Kreie,732, is now occupying the place left vacant by Pastor Struck at 155

^:Ha j Hillrose, Colorado, and the Rev. Mr. L. Ristow, ’30，accepted a call to New London, Wisconsin, where he is now serving as assistant pastor and teacher.

The Rev. Mr. E. Schoenicke, ^O, who had been living at Greenleaf, Wisconsin, is now living in Watertown.

Mr. M. 0. Nelson, ex ’37，is now working in a Penney Store at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Mr. E. Zell, ’08, of Mishicott, Wisconsin, made a trip through Michigan about a month ago. While he was there, he visited many of his old friends at Bay City and Saginaw.

If you have a good memory, you will perhaps recall that this column gave you several examples of what the American students think about the movement for international peace.

Judging from the haste and flightiness with which they have taken up one subject after another, only to drop it just as quickly, it was quite reasonable to expect that this topic too would have its heyday and then pass out of the picture. For once this precedent has been broken; college papers still carry article after article dealing with this problem. Most of them are very poor, but the “Old Gold and Black” of Wake Forest is outstanding, at least, from the point of vigorous language.

The writer does not believe that the young Americans of today will let themselves be hoodwinked into entering another war. “Old warriors were fed on pink mist and hero tales; their offspring have in the last decade been fed on the mud and blood of war.” He may underestimate the power of William 156

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Before the World War the Americans had no conception of how gruesome the methods of modern warfare and how sordid the causes and reasons for a war might really be. Today the status of affairs has changed considerably. We know that we no longer fight to protect certain high ideals, but to protect the moneyed interests of a country. And most of us do not care to slaughter and be slaughtered for the sake of another’s dollars.

“There are only two classes left who ardently long for war, aside from a few cynical scoop-hunting news-hawks and pro­ fessional militarists. One includes profiteers who clean up millions by selling carloads of munitions and supplies to warring governments. The second group is typified by a business man tired of life at thirty, one who drank the heady wine of 1920 sensuality and found only bitter dregs at the bottom, one who looks over his swelling paunch at a drab world that to his jaded eyes is naught but an unweeded garden, grown to seed. To such men war is relief from monotony, promise of adventure, something new.”

If we could only keep these thoughts at all times alive in the majority and somehow induce our slanderous press to stop crowding its pages with lies purposely concocted to roil up the masses, there might be hope that we would keep out of war for at least the next fifty years.

Since the elections are drawing on apace, it is quite natural that most college editorial sections have a word or two to say about it. The “Spectator” of Concordia Teachers’ College has an article built up on the writing of another man.

“The writer pointed out that the ten million young Amer­ icans who since 1932 have become of legal age, could swing the entire presidential election of this year, if they only knew what they wanted. American youth was challenged to point out just what it wished and then stick to that something.

“The youth of America has tried to study the political situation, but always has found kibitzers. The Democrats are no good, because they spend too much money. The Republicans talk, but accomplish little. Socialism is still pictured as a brown­ faced man with wire whiskers and a smoking bomb in his hand.

Communism is taboo, because of its principles. ‘Look at Russia’ settles the issue.”

Just think of it. If the youth would only unite, you might even get to be President. A marvellous prospect, isn’t it?

If — —, if------. But how different reality is. One thinks this is right, the other that. One votes the Democratic ticket, the other Republican; that’s the way the vast majority goes.

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the “wire whiskers. ” Each one gets rather too heated if the other fellow doesn’t see his point of view. And all the while life just keeps going on as it always has.

For weeks the newspapers have daily been crowded with accounts of the civil war in Spain. If a person has any bent for history at all, he is forced to think back to the days when this our country went through a similar upheaval. The horrors we read about pointedly bring home to us how our own ances­ tors must have suffered back in the last century. Devoutly we hope that such a cataclysm never again《alls over us. We of the North have to practical intents and purposes forgotten the entire matter, but we often wonder how the people of the South, which was exhausted from the ravages of war, feel about it. At such a time it is reassuring to read what a Southern lad writes in the publication of a Southern college.

The following is another excerpt from the “Old Gold and Black” of Wake Forest College.

44America need never fear another civil war; her people are too well acquainted with each other. To be sure, gentle silverhaired oldsters in the South still quiver, when they tell how Sherman burned their crops, led off their cows, stole their silverware, and threw their most precious possessions into the mill race. Grown men and collegians from the North rarely get a square deal in politics and appointments down here; while supercilious Yankees still view with traces of scorn their Southern cousins. However, there is a wealth of good-will in America, based on common interests, that knits its far-flung citizens into a harmonious brotherhood. They see the same movies, talk about the same presidential aspirants, read the same news, think the same thoughts; no clear-cut differences of opinion are discernible along geographical or even class lines.

America need fear no civil war so long as powers and publica­ tions do not merge in a unified campaign to dupe the masses.”

“The Mooring Mast” of Pacific Lutheran College advises everyone to budget his time in order to “increase scholastic output.” The writer takes a rather interesting parallel from practical life. *'Some years ago a psychologist, Frank Gilbreth, noticed that bricklayers used too many movements in laying bricks.

He took motion pictures. He studied. He thought At length he discovered, using only five simple movements, that he could lay one brick. It has taken the bricklayers eighteen movements to do the same. The result of Mr. Gilbreth’s studies was a tripling of brick output.”

Now, if budgeting- our time would bring about the same results, our own “Black and Red” might really get to be quite a paper. And if students at the other colleges do the same, the Exchange editor wouldn’t throw paper after paper aside as worthless. Sorry to say, such is not now the case.

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With the ball on the eigh-yard line Sauer, our husky freshman halfback, again squirmed over for a touchdown. The attempt for the extra point was unsuccessful. The final touchdown of the game was made by E. Toepel (the acting captain), who intercepted a pass and ran fifty-five yards to the goal line.

Pagels, who was kept out of the game on account of an injury (as was Captain Koenig), entered the game for a short time to attempt the extra tally, to no avail.

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Seminary N. W. C. QB C. Frey Wendland LH Schultz Sauer RH Sydow Stuebs FB Martin Hempel E. Toepel LE M. Toepel Habben LT Witt Raabe Krug LG Wiechman C Schwertfeger Wantoch RG Toppe Kuester RT Thierfelder G. Frey RE R. Siegler Substitutions: N. W. C. — Pagels, Hilmer, Jungkuntz, Naumann, Volkmann, Fredrich, Tabbert, Her tier, Harmening, R. Frey, Schlenner, Ten Broeck, T. Bradtke, and Baganz.

Sem. — I. Frey, G. Bradtke, and Broecker.

N. W. C. -46 Mission House — 0 On October third a large crowd packed the “Stadium” to watch Umnus’s black and red horde overwhelm Mission House.

After receiving the opening kick off, the home team marched steadily and irresistably to the goal line. Sauer carried the ball over right tackle for repeated first downs and finally crossed the goal line standing up. Pagels kicked the extra point. When the home team next got the ball, the process was repeated.

Sauer, with the aid of perfect blocking and interference, carried the ball fifty-three yards to a touchdown in approximately six plays. “Nibbs” also converted. He was then replaced by Baganz, who a few minutes later carried the ball over right tackle for twenty-five yards and a touchdown. Pagels converted. At this point the reserves entered the game. Although Mission House threatened to score after working the ball down 160

to our ten-yard line on passes, the reserves held the line and gained possession of the ball on downs. The regulars soon reentered the game, and Emil Toepel blocked an attempted pass.

Krug, the galloping guard, caught the ball as it fell and, while Emil blocked for him, proceeded to execute a sixty-five-yard tantivy to the goal line in about six seconds flat. The attempt for the extra point was frustrated.

After the half Mission House fumbled on its own three-yard line. Northwestern recovered the ball, and Sauer gained another touchdown. A few minutes later Sauer scored again on an offtackle play. Mission House at this time was thoroughly de­ moralized; the members of the team were constantly quarreling with one another. We again gained possession of the ball.

After several runs by Stuebs, Sauer on his “n’’th off-tackle play carried over the seventh touchdown of the game (and his seventh for the season). A pass from Pagels to Toepel scored the extra point. Then the reserves and Volkmann (who is by the way, as far as we know, the only player in the history of Northwestern who has smoked openly while awaiting his chance to enter the game) replaced the regulars. Northwestern’s play was rather ragged in the fourth period. Mission House threatend to score, but luckily our goal remained inviolate. Thus ended a very interesting game.

M. H. N. W. C. QB Ley Wendland LH Grau Sauer RH Winneville Stuebs FB Olson Pagels LE Zenk E. Toepel LT Linberg Habben Arndt LG Krug Saubert Koenig C Schultz Wantoch RG Kuester RT Staldent RE Bauman G. Frey Substitutions : N.W.C.—Baganz, Tabbert, Frey, Fred rich, Hempel, Harmening, Schlenner, Jungkuntz, Wiechman, Ten Broek, Bradtke, Volkmann, and Kehrberg.

N. W. C. —0 Platteville S. 0. M. — 25 Any glowing dream of a conference championship that our team might have entertained was irrevocably blasted by the Platteville Miners. The lop-sided score was the result of Northwestern’s incomparable boners and fumbles. Had it not been for blocked kicks, breaks, and our blunders the game might have ended with the Miners ahead by but six points; for they earned only one of the four touchdowns they made.

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The co-eds will sing this year. For some time it was feared they would not, since their former conductor, Prof. Sitz, was unable to direct again. But Karl Gurgel was persuaded to take charge. Although they have lost a full month of rehearsal, the mixed chorus, with better than average material to draw upon, promises a successful year.

The juniors ordered class rings.

Another of our fine, old traditions has gone its way. The frosh-soph tug-of-war is no more. As could be expected, the sophomores were very eager to continue the silly practice. The freshmen werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. That the freshmen should have the per­ spicacity to see the folly of such an affair and then exhibit courage enough to denounce it by their non-participation comes as a distinct surprise. Who would expect such a thing from Boldt, Kohl, and their companions.

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Coach Leonard Umnus surprised the entire audience by announcing his marriage to Miss Emma Tjaden of Menominee, Mich. The wedding had taken place during the football game and the evening luncheon. The Rev. K. Timmel of Watertown officiated. Congratulation, Mr. and Mrs. Umnus! *

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Oct. 23 was Homecoming Day. After the football game with Milton, the many alumni and friends of the college present gathered in the gymnasium for the Homecoming festivities.

A luncheon was served. Toastmaster for the evening was Prof. Eickmann. Speeches and music contributed to the even­ ing^ entertainment.

Alfred Hertler left his white cap at Aurora College. Now if only Franck would go somewhere, very far away, and forget his cardinal shirt, all would be sartorially perfect with us. * * * The San Carlo Opera Company, performing at the Pabst Theatre in Milwaukee during the last week in October, attracted a sizable number of our students. 氺

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Professors here function with such regularity that one is prone to doubt the veracity of the absent-minded-professor stories. No doubt, many of these are pure fiction. That a professor can be absent minded, however, is proved by the following tale, to the truth of which the quinta class will swear.

One of our instructors (his name shall go unrevealed) was scheduled to meet the quintaners in a class. They were anx­ iously awaitinp： him in their class room. The final bell had rung, and still the professor did not make his appearance.

Finally he came walking out of the faculty room towards the room, text-book in his hand. When he got to the open door of his already filled classroom, he did not enter, but leisurely strolled past and made his way homeward. Needless to say the quintaners did not call him back. But to do the professor justice, perhaps he did not really forget about the period. * * * « On Oct. 12 a spoon was made to float in the gravy served at dinner. In the college refectory silver, not wooden ware, is used. This is not to be taken as a criticism of the food we receive, but merely as a bald statement of fact. 氺本

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The mystic Knights of B. A. B. (Lenninger, Baganz, etc.) have suspended activities, now that the weather has become too cold for wiener roasts. But as soon as snow falls and the river freezes, they will carry on an extensive program _ of skating and sleigh-ride parties. Their most mysterious maidens are knitting themselves, during their added empty hours, woolen gloves in eager anticipation.

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Oloeh With the arrival of autumn a new spirit of enthusiasm has enveloped the coeds. They have participated in several hikes and reported an enjoyable time. In spite of the fact that the elements weren’t very favorable, no one returned with a cold or rheumatism. The falling leaves and the new robes which the trees have donned make the tramps all the more exciting.

Mixed chorus rehearsals have begun. A new method has been introduced. Tryouts were made and each coed placed where she could “warble” to the best of her ability. The thorough cooperation of the members of the chorus is desired.

Karl Gurgel is the director.

Mildred Eisfeld has a position in the office of the Globe Milling Company of this city. She left a kitten here to fill her place, but to date the kitten has not returned.

Anita Ihlenfeldt works in the office of the Carnation Milk Company at Oconomowoc, and Lorraine Asmus is employed in the office of the Booth Shoe Company in Watertown.

The coeds have a new pet peeve and grievance. They have two pencil sharpeners in their rooms but neither of them makes the pencil points what the coeds wish them to be. They grind and grind and the sharpener makes a great deal of noise, but the pencil invariably comes out doll.

Queer sounds and funny noises coming： from one corner of the room do not necessarily denote the presence of a member of the family Muridae. Sometimes a sliding umbrella can scare a woman just as much. This was recently proved by the jump and scream of one of our bravest coeds.

Katharine Dakin started a new fad when, at the request of a professor, she brought a fly swatter along to class. The flies kept their distance from her that day. A fly-swatting campaign has been carried on in the girls’ rooms ever since.

The sweet old custom of the coeds is again adhered to this year, and Helen Winkenwerder treated us to the first box of fudge. Everyone enjoyed the candy, and some tried to obtain a double portion by shifting positions at various times.

Beverly Zimmermann received an early initiation when she fell down the steps one day. The fall left no serious injuries.

Josephine Fischer attended a baseball game in Chicago.

She states, however, that the wrong team won.

Caroline Mitzner, Helen Whitmore, and Mary Lutovsky were visitors during the past month.

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Poetry (Annotated) The score was tie/1 a whit to play, The goal post’s shadow neared.

The ball was snapped,2, into the fray The doughty fullback veered.

Before him gaped a hole immense; Fame’s much sought presence loomed.

At this criterion intense— The prof his specs resumed: “Will you continue to translate” 一” Our hero heard his name.

The classroom stable” and sedate, Flashed into view again.

Thus from the realm of phantasy, From tackles rough and tough— To bitter actuality, To alpha beta stuff51 • The gaping hole was there no more, Instead, a Greek consort; On foreign ground an X to score Was ne’er our hero’s forte.

A I\aegianM adversative Opposed, his goal to cross.

An aoristic optative Besmeared him for a loss.

Indicating that neither team had as yet scored.

I. e” with reference to the propelling of the ball between the legs, usually performed by the center on the team. Not as in the expression ‘to snap the finger,’ or ‘a soft snap.’

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Do not misconstrue as noun in opposition to classroom. The context requires the adjectival purport.

‘Alpha, beta stuff’ used here loosely for the study of the Greek language. See Crosby and Shaeffer.

Figuratively speaking, of course. Dr. Kaegi, famous grammarian, never played football. * * * * Grunwald: What’s the fastest growing thing in the world?

Volkmann: The fish you catch.

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Pm pretty certain, though, that I wouldn’t make such a hot poet. A poet has got to have pretty long hair. Mine is pretty short. So I，m pretty much convinced I’m not a poet. But Fall makes a person pretty sad. A lotta leaves are fallingpretty thick, and all kindsa other stuff is pretty sad. I’m pretty sure I could write a pretty good poem about Fall if I was a poet.

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Bill Shakespeare, writing Hamlet, wrote thus: The king shall drink to Hamlet’s better breath: And in the cup an union shall he throw.

Milt Weishahn, reading Hamlet, read thus: The king shall drink to Hamlet’s better breath, And in the cup an onion shall he throw.

No, now, Weishahn!

An inspiration hath again overwhelmed my poetic friend (who as yet desires his name to remain among the unmention­ ables, but promises to publish his complete works posthumously) with the following result: I would much rather be a Greek Than study old Hebrew.

And it is my conviction eke, (N. B. the spelling) That I’ll never be a Jew. I have a tough time with my schwas, And arbitrary machinations.

T’would be much pleasanter in spas To satisfy my fascinations.

Doc Kaegi I would eulogize, Also Homer and Herodot; But for those rules by Hebrew guys (Davidson) I do not care a jot!

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LITERARYâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Burden Of The Mystery....

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THE BURDEN OF THE MYSTERY E. Fredrich

The pall of gloom that an irrepressible world-weariness has infused in the Romantic Poetry of the nineteenth century is readily discernible in the work of John Keats. From his earliest lines to his very last there is an underlying tenor of discontent with life and yearning for death which pervades the whole of his work. **Verse, Fame, and Beauty are intense indeed, but Death intenser — Death is Life’s high meed... like a sick eagle looking at the sky... here, where but to think is to be full of sorrow and leaden-eyeM despair*... ofttimes I prayed intense, that death would take me from the vale and all its burthens.

Thoughts like these are constantly casting a shadow over his yerse.

The words of Keats himself will best serve to explain the many recurrences of this saddened leitmotif. In a letter to his friend Reynolds, in which he describes human life as a “large mansion of many chambers,” he writes: “Weno sooner get into the chamber of Maiden-thought when we see nothing but 167

pleasant wonders and think of delaying there forever in delight.

However, one’s vision into the heart and nature of man is sharpened —one’s nerves are convinced that the world is full of Misery and Heartbreak, Pain, Sickness, and oppression, where­ by this chamber becomes gradually darkened and many doors leading to dark passages are set open一We see not the balance of good and evil—we are in a mist—We feel ‘the burden of the mystery.’ ’’ The burden of the unanswerable mystery of a life fraught • with pain, misery, and every evil and only eased in death, weighed heavily on his poetic soul and infused the tragic note in his songs. He never realized that the only answer to the mystery was that it would always be unanswerable to mortal man. He might in some future time have found an answer — not really an answer but only a hopeless acceptance that life is so —had his resolve “to get knowledge, to get understanding, which can take away the heat and fever and help, by widening specu­ lation, to ease the Burden of the Mystery” been carried out.

In this unfulfilled desire lies the supposition that Keats might have become a very great poet of human affairs and struggles —his highest hope — or a worthy dramatist — his greatest ambition. But this was not to be. Death took him before he could gain the necessary knowledge.

Meanwhile he attempted to pierce the dark passages with his poetic principles. By an implicit belief that the essence of every object is beauty and therefore true, he sought to re­ gard the evils of life as “soul-makers”，necessary steps that we, the intelligences or sparks of the divinity, must have undergone and transcended before acquiring an identity and becoming souls. He believed that only the imaginary grievances could torment him; the real ones stimulated him to get out of or avoid them. For him the excellence of every art was its in­ tensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate from their being in close relationship to Beauty and Truth.” With such beliefs he attempted to ease the burden of the mystery.

But in this Keats never succeeded. The beliefs were soon changed to doubts, doubts that gave rise to his gloom-filled lines.

In a world choked with pain his eyes were fixed on an unreach­ able realm of essential beauty and, when a more-than-full measure of misery beset him, when financial troubles, ill health, 168

bereavement, hopeless love oppressed him, disillusionment and depression of necessity followed. The high theories failed to successfully combat such bitter realities. Evil became a reality, no longer a “soul-maker;” the world truly a vale of tears, not a vale of “soul-making.” The poet soon experienced the crush­ ing weight of “real grievances” that can so easily drive to utter despair. There were disagreeables that no art could remove.

His high note, “a thing of beauty is a joy forever”, becomes the haunting “she dwells with beauty — beauty that must die.”

The beauties of nature lost their power over him, who could imagine no more pleasant existence than to live a life of sensations that such beauties aroused in his soul. He laments in the sonnet written at the tomb of Burns; “All is cold beauty; pain is never done; for who has mind to relish Minos-wise, the Real of Beauty, free from the dead hue sickly imagination and sick pride canst wan upon it V1 With all his poetic beliefs turning to bitter ashes he even at times doubted the worth of his poetry. “If I should die, I have left no immortal work behind me — nothing to make my friends proud of my memory, but if I had had time I would have made myself remembered.” More than ever he wished to trace the poems to come, whose faint conception brought the blood to his forehead; his verses of beauty and of romance seemed to him inconsequential, unenduring, and yielding him no worthier epitaph than, “Here lies one whose name is writ in water.”

But in this he was mistaken. His own dictum, the Genius of Poetry must work out its own salvation in a man —that which is creative must create itself, did not lie. His rich genius, in working out its salvation, inspired some of the most beautiful poetry of our language, poetry that is truly lasting. Matthew Arnold’s reply to a saner self-criticism of Keats_I think I shall be among the English poets when I am dead — has proved true.

Arnold said : he is 一 he is with Shakespeare.

This depression was no mere moral lapse, as is maintained, brought on by the combined troubles that beset Keats _ though indirectly they may have caused it. This was an inevitability to the theorist soaring about in the heavens without the stability of knowledge to withstand the buffeting of the stormwinds.

Keats tried hard to ease the burden through all those weary months of his life when Death, who had long before put his fell 169

marks on the poet, approached closer and closer to claim his own, but it was no go. Sometimes he seemingly succeeded in dispelling the shadow with empty words. Yet his true feelings would always have out, as when, nearing the end of his wretched existence, he murmers, “Oh, Brown, I have coals of fire in my breast. It surprises me that the human heart is capable of containing and bearing so much misery. Was I born for this end?” He had not yet found the answer. That which had cast the pall of gloom over his poetry had not yet been removed.

As through the whole of his life, so also in death, he had not yet been able to ease the Burden of the Mystery.

OUR PRESENT-DAY SOCIALISM, AN IMPRACTICABLE DREAM N. Luetke

Socialism in its present form is without doubt an impractic­ able fancy and unapproachable ideal. Socialism as presented

by Mr. Norman Thomas might possibly be practicable, but the question is whether this is the socialism of all its representa­ tives. A man acquainted with the facts will naturally cast aside the conventional conception of a socialist as a man with a grizzled beard and a bomb in his hand, but does this elimination of socialism’s greatest evil give us the right now to say that socialism is able to supplant our bankrupt capitalistic system with something truly rejuvenating and healthful?

The world is not yet ripe enough to accept socialism. The majority of people have not as yet begun to realize the great worth of healthful socialism, and as a result we continue to have the minority on the wrong side. Before socialism can become practicable, the majority must be on top, so that it can then coerce the selfish minority, but this condition will without doubt never prevail. There are too many people who will never be­ come entirely disinterested in material things, and therefore socialism always stands in a position of hostility over against society as a whole and can never effect anything in spite of all its well-meant efforts.

As long as socialism is promoted by individual reformers, nothing will ever be gained, since the individual with a strong sense of responsibility in doing good can never escape the feel­ ing of moral superiority, and this is something altogether foreign 170

to and incompatible with a true desire for the betterment of this world. In reality such people do not wish to make others pure, but merely have a selfish longing to elevate their own characters, which attitude will never produce real socialism.

“The most fruitful part of a man’s influence is the influence of which he is wholly unconscious.” Those who would promote socialism should go out into the world and unconsciously set examples by working hard, trying to avoid taking more than they deserve, and avoiding all that is harsh, pompous, selfish, and base. This is the only practicable kind of socialism, and, as long as it is not practised, we shall never get any results with our impracticable reform method.

If one wishes to look deeper, he can readily see that these reformers really fight against the very essence of their doctrine when they express the desire to distribute the rich man’s money equally. A true socialist will never ask the rich man to give him even the least particle of his money, since he proposes to be disinterested in gain and only interested in the common good, and neither could the rich man get rid of his money by giving it for public use, since in a truly socialistic community the public alone should take care of public institutions. Therefore one must conclude that our socialism cannot remedy the evils of our capitalistic system, and if reformers do try to remedy it by taking the capitalists’ money, they merely become capitalists too, since they are just as selfish as the people from whom they took the money.

The worst feature about our socialism is that it cuts every­ body down to a dead level. Individualism cannot exist in a socialistic community, and as a result we have a dampening of the human spirit in an intellectual as well as in a physical way.

Unless withdrawn toward the inner circle of self-communion, the socialist loses the better part of his individuality, his thoughts become of little worth, and his sensibilities grow as arid as a tuft of moss. He is forced to think what the com­ munity thinks, and that sort of thought is not always of the highest quality, at least not enough to satisfy all men. A dead level is a terrible thing in itself, and for the man who wants to develop himself and progress it becomes a veritable hell.

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tion. But, if there is one trait which all people have, it is their love for property and social distinction. It doesn’t make any difference how democratic a country is; there is nobody who wouldn，t become indignant if he were assigned to a class below him. The democrat never minds it, if he is raised to a higher class, but woe to him who lowers him! Everybody has ambition, and with that the idea of socialism is incompatible. As long as there is only a love for the influence of administrative offices and little consideration for the responsibility accruing to it, socialism will never be practicable. Even old Silas Foster, that great preacher of socialism in “The Blithedale Romance,” wasn’t entirely disinterested in material things. When he felt that the Boston market gardeners were doing better than he, he told his people that they should get up earlier, so that they might be able to compete with these people. In spite of their separation from the greedy and struggling world, they wished to get the advantage over the outside barbarian; a flagrant contradiction indeed.

The lack of sincerity in socialistic communities is also a great hindrance for the success of such endeavors. Many peo­ ple do not take up these socialistic ideas because they believe in them, but because they have met with difficulties and come just to be relieved. They look for a Utopia and forget that in a truly socialistic community they must work harder than before.

As a result they are glad to return to the old order of things, and the ideal which they propose to follow is entirely forgotten as soon as the memory of the difficulties passes away. They are not natural reformers, but become such by the pressure of exceptional misfortunes, and therefore they can never remain true to the end. The lack of faith in genuine sympathies is one of the innumerable tokens showing how difficult it is to re­ form the world.

Indeed, one must admire and respect the spiritual aspirations shown by the proponents of such well-meant endeavors for the good of mankind, but, nevertheless, what they are doing will never come to a successful conclusion. It is all wrong at bottom, and therefore it is about time that these people begin to use their energy for something promising of more encouraging results. The capitalistic system is bankrupt, we realize一other­ wise there wouldn’t be so much evidence of inequality, a viola­ tion of democracy’s very essence, but socialism as we have it will never remedy the condition.

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THE DROUTH D. Grummert

A few years ago the cry went up to the effect that there was a great overproduction of wheat, corn, cotton, and other products raised from the soil. These cries, becoming louder and louder, came to the ears of the government. The United States finally decided to lend a helping hand. They brought to light the AAA. Its birthday was on the twelfth of May, 1934.

This was an act of the government to check overproduction.

To do this the number of acres to be seeded into wheat and the like were reduced by leaving a certain amount of land lie idle and by paying the farmer for thus curtailing his crops.

The task which the AAA undertook was well done by the drouth, too well in fact. First the people were speaking of an overproduction and now they may well speak of the opposite.

It is estimated that now, counting only what the United States produced, there is only enough wheat in the country to supply the citizens with bread until the beginning of June, a month before the first harvest. The same goes for corn. Many farm­ ers raised only enough to feed their stock, if they raised any.

Many people often ask this question: “What is the cause of the drouth ?M First of all, during the war the prices went sky high, while the farmer in turn put out as many acres of small grain as possible. He broke up much of the prairie which should have remained standing and sowed into it anything which promised a profit and helped supply the great demand of the government for food. This tended to bring abount a general degeneration of the soil. After more of the prairie was broken up, there was nothing to hold the soil and moisture. Conse­ quently, when there was no rain and the wind began to blow, a dust storm resulted.

The worst of these storms took place on the twelfth of May, 1934, the same day that gave birth to the AAA. The ground was literally blown away from under the people’s feet; dust was piled up like the snowbanks in winter; fences were covered; small buildings disappeared. More storms continued to follow.

Mornings would begin bright and clear with only a small cloud on the western horizon. As the cloud rose, rain seemed certain. A breeze would spring up, accompanied by that simi173

lar choking odor in the air and a haze that thickened every minute. A feeling of despair and helplessness would settle over the people as they realized that it was another storm. Inside the houses the lights had to be turned on; night, black choking night had returned. No seed could stand such an onslaught.

During the reign of the drouth both animals and plants suffered severely. Of grass and water there was little if any; livestock was emaciated. Although many people did not realize it, the government lent a helping hand and still plays a leading role. Many cattle, old and young, too poor to be sold on the markets, were bought by the government. The cattle in turn were shipped to greener pastures or killed outright.

Not only did the cattle, or livestock in general, suffer severe­ ly from such a rainless period, but also the trees and shrubs.

Orchards, the pride of their ownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hearts, and trees that were planted to serve as a windbreak during the winter or for shade in the summer were destroyed.

This question often confronts us: does such a drouth affect health? Yes it does, but only indirectly. In connection with the drouth there is a shortage of water. Since the water is obtained from half-choked wells or other more questionable sources, it may have been contaminated. As a result there has been a slight increase of typhoid'fever in several states for this very reason. In many sections, such as the Dakotas, water had to be shipped in like oil or gasoline. This was done mainly for the livestock. It is also a matter of fact that in some hotels in the Middle West people were even forbidden to bathe daily, on account of water shortage.

Yet another result of the drouth is the emigration of the people from the drought-stricken parts of the country to those that in comparison might be called paradises. Time and again these same people had sowed their crops in hopes of a good harvest, but the drouth did not leave. Many families have moved from the mid-western states to the west coast.

To deal with this situation, many proposals have been brought forward, chief among them being the building of wind­ breaks and irrigation, but no one as yet has been able to control such forces of nature as rain and wind.

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“There shall be wars and rumors of wars.” Surely this portion of Christ’s description of the latter days applies to our own times as to none other. One war is hardly completed when another starts. Italy had hardly gained control of Ethiopia when the Spaniards let the bulls rest and started shooting each other.

We naturally ask, “What is the reason for all this unrest?”

It is true that the causes of all the international troubles in the last few years are somewhat alike, but at present we are in­ terested only in Spain’s Civil War. Here we have a nation in the throes of its growing pains. The struggle is one of the new against the old, of democracy against monarchy, of the poor downtrodden peasants against the landed nobility, of modern progress against medieval disJcinesia, of the freedom of religion against Catholicism; yes, as one of the rebels told a war cor­ respondent, “of Nordic individualism against Oriental despotism.” Of great influence, too, in causing the rebellion were the depression, the world battle between communism and Fascism, the weakness of the present government, and the great munition-makers and war organizers. Of course, these causes are so interdependent and so confused because of their temporal proximity that it is often difficult to say this is this and not that.

Let us view the first point more closely, the struggle of republicanism against absolutism. Like all other European nations after the World War, Spain was infused with the re­ publican idea. This first manifested itself in the Catalan.

Separatist movement. The agitation kept increasing like the “fleet evil that moving grows,” until in 1931 King Alfonso was forced to abdicate to save his face. But do not think that the old imperialistic-minded Carlists fully acquiesced in the change.

Oh no! They were, indeed, quiet for a time, while Spain showed the world and itself, as many an other Continental has done, that an uninformed people, always used to the guiding hand of a king, cannot at a moment’s notice take over the reins of government and successfully hold them. But when the pendulum began to swing the other way, when the first thrill of the new had faded away into the sordidness of 175

reality, they again brought forth plots for a restoration of the monarchy, did these Carlists. These culminated in the revolution of 1934, which, premature and poorly managed, failed.

However, the absolutist still schemed on and finally turned most of the army, mercenarily enough indeed, to their idea of how bright things would look if Don Juan, nephew of Alfonso, sat upon the throne. They then were nearly ready for the coup.

Along with this question went the economic question, or, more specifically, the agricultural question. On the one hand we have the landlords, the nobility, on the other, the peasant.

Twelve hundred families in Spain own forty percent of the land.

Two men own each considerably over 100,000 acres. These families, through a feudalistic system of leasing and subleasing, exact from the land all that the traffic will bear—and then some.

Most are absentee landlords, and many do not even live in the nation. But they revel in the spoils. Now, the peasantry.

They dwell on the barren soil, most of which is as unproductive as our western drought-stricken plains. By dint of hard, ex­ cruciating labor, with wooden plow, scythe, and flail, they manage to earn enough to pay their rentals and very little more.

They “reside” in most delapidated hovels of tin cans, tar paper, and other odds and ends, with no modern improvements. They often do not have meat to eat for a year at a time and frequently live on potatoes alone or die of starvation. When the present government tried to help the peasants, the landlords naturally joined with the monarchists in their designs against it.

Closely connected with this issue is the industrial and financial backwardness of the country. Spain’s production of pig iron is less than that of Luxembourg. Although it has enormous coal deposits, it has to import coal. Its railroad mileage is proportionately less than even that of mountainous Switzerl and. Because of this backwardness, due largely to lack of modern machinery and methods, Spain cannot com­ pete in the world markets, especially in the face of rising tariffs.

Consequently, wages are low, living conditions of factory workers and other laborers are very poor. This causes discon­ tent between employers and employees, resulting in strikes and riots. And the government cannot help. The poverty-stricken people cannot pay taxes, the rich will not pay taxes, and bankers, domestic and foreign, fearing the unstable economic 176

i conditions and government, invest elsewhere. So the laborers sided with the peasants in demanding reform and resisting the upper classes. Still paradoxically, the National Labor Union (socialistic) split up, one side later joining the rebel faction.

Finally, we have the church problem. The Catholic church still retains its medieval customs and rituals and, being a strong landholding power, sides with the monarchist, with those who wish to retain the old order. The peasants and laborers realized the church had a great deal to do with their oppression; so they, with the moral, financial, and physical assistance of the liberal left government, began burning churches and destroying church property and privilege in an effort to unburden themselves.

Ergo, the church took part in plots against the government.

Though these are the most important of the causes leading to the present strife in Spain, there are others of sufficient im­ portance to be discussed.

The world-wide depression hit Spain as well as most other nations, accentuating the already unhealthful situation. When there came a decrease in demand for all products, such as oranges and olives, and each nation determined to become selfsupporting, the manufacturing and other industries had to lay­ off workers. Where could these laborers now turn? To the soil only. But since agricultural prices fell too, there was no room on the farms. The unemployed, therefore, cluttered about the larger cities, where they hoped to find something to eat, and where they were open and willing to follow any leader who offered them bread. Thus idleness ever breeds evil.

Into all this turmoil entered the current European contest between Hitlerism and Leninism, between Fascism (Naziism) and communism. Because Europe is so instilled with these ideas, Spain could not but assert itself one way or another.

And it asserted itself both ways. The monarchists and in­ dustrialists (rebels, as we know them today) embraced Fascism, though just how they intend to harmonize it with their other views is not known. The government, supported by the work­ ing classes, embraced communism. This made pro-Fascist and and pro-communist nations secretly assist in bringing the op­ posing factions, already hot with the friction, to their kindling point.

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the government and the ineffectiveness of the Cortes under President Azana, elected last February. Senor Azana learned of the treasonous defection of the army and arrested about 200 of the officers who were suspected of complicity in the conspiracy. But instead of executing or imprisoning the criminals, the president exiled them, including General Franco, into distant parts of the nation, just where they could do their greatest harm by instigating the people. The debility of the legislative department, the Cortes, is shown in that it failed to vote money even for paying the election debts or relieving the suffering people.

Always on the modern war scene there are backstage those who have a very large part in arranging conflicts, the munitionmanufacturers and organizers. Two of the men who filled the latter role in Spain were Juan March, financier, and Gil Robles, the Catholic proponent. Munitions came from the DuPonts, the Krupp Iron Works, and, no doubt, others.

At last the stage was nearly set and the master directors were about to begin the drama with a grand opening. But an unexpected accident opened the trap door too soon and spoiled the whole show. The monarchist leader, Jose Calvo Soleto, was killed on the streets of Madrid. The rebels knew they had to strike at once or see their whole plan fail. Almost simultane­ ously with the attack of the foreign legionnaires against the Socialists in Melilla, Morocco, the army all over Spain attempted to seize the arsenals and succeeded in all but a few such places as Barcelona and Valencia. Meanwhile, Franco came back posthaste from his ‘‘exile’’ in the Canaries, took over command, and began the war in earnest.

But for a mishap the revolt might have been finished four months ago, whereas now it drags on its gory and destructive way.

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Jhitortals Why we need a decentralized form of government...

UCH has been said and written lately concerning the federal government. The democratic party, prior to the last administration, adhered to a strict interpretation of the Constitution relative to federal and state rights. This meant a decentralized form of government. Roosevelt has taken away this local liberty of action. He is the center around which a highly centralized form of government is developing.

The machine has made the American people a dependent nation. The rugged individualism of our forefathers has been forgotten. We depend upon the machine to supply our daily necessities. Some people even depend upon the machine to bring death, so that this land of plenty might not become overpopulated. It is natural, therefore, to depend upon the govern­ ment more and more.

The theism of the Hebrew Commonwealth united the people into an indivisible body. Under ideal conditions theocracy would be a perfect form of government.

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A highly centralized form of government will avoid dis­ sensions and nonconformities. The individual with his own convictions 一 political, religious, or what have you — will be forced to conform to the ruling philosophy. The destiny of a nation will be in the hands of a selected group. This idea has been a dream of the Roman Church. Luther, however, showed them that such a government was a mistake. The inalienable rights that every person possesses should not be given to the government.

If temporal and spiritual powers would remain separate, such a government would be an ideal. History has proved that the human mind will always mix temporal and spiritual power. If we were all of the same religious convictions, we could be in harmony with those who believe that the government in the hands of a few would be advantageous. The Hebrew nation was governed under such conditions. America has an open door to every color and creed. It harbors every person, regard­ less of his creed. We cannot, therefore, as true Christians and Americans be in sympathy with those who believe that a highly centralized government would be better, for fear that our own Christian rights would be infringed upon.

Lyle Koenig.

Parasites ARASITE! Doesn’t that word leave a bad taste in your mouth? Don’t you despise parasites? Of course you would; for any respectable human being would. But I am going to call you a parasite; for some of you are parasites, in the full sense of the word. We all are included in that term to a greater or lesser degree, but now I wish to restrict myself to those who are genuine, unmistakable parasites to the greater degree.

What is their origin? How do they enter into that class?

Their origin may be traced back to two main causes: indolence and inability. If you are a parasite by the former cause, you ought to be shot; for you’re only a burden to mankind; if by the latter cause, may you have sympathizers!

Let us look at some distinguishing characteristics of a para­ site. How may we recognize one? It’s easy. A favorite time for one to appear is during the morning study-hour or on the

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evening before the day on which a book report is due. At 7:30 he leaves his room in search of his Greek preparation (or is it Latin or Hebrew this time?). He has several prospects in view who have been quite satisfactory of late. He makes his attack and, if the person attacked isn’t too hard-hearted, finds himself prepared for the day.

The methods of attack vary somewhat. Some at least are honest: "I didn’t prepare this for today, may I use your pre­ paration 7 Usually they aren’t the regular parasites. Others try to conceal their “parasitism” under petty excuses: “I didn’t feel well last night, so I haven’t this prepared. May I, etc.?” Those one attempts to evade. Others are still more deceitful: “I couldn’t quite get this sentence, how did you do it?” Under the pretense that he made an effort to get each sentence he proceeds from one to another of his victims until he has his preparation complete. He has made an art out of it.

One abhors such parasites, for their deceit condemns them.

However, what is most detestable about parasites is their attitude toward those who refuse to be consumed by them.

They brand him as tight, niggardly, churlish, crabby. He may even be considered conceited. Why? Because he won’t do their work for them. Because he isn’t a sucker.

These parasites are also the most ungrateful, thankless human beings that exist. They don’t know the value of one’s labor. How should they? They never performed any work.

They accept everything in a most matter-of-fact way.

What will finally happen if they are forced to seek their own food is not for me to judge. I only wish to say that they are undesirable creatures and hope that they may meet with many having the same high regard toward these human leeches.

Armin Schuetze

By the way T) ECENTLY there has come to my knowledge from reliable sources a criticism, cast, I presume, at my person, and directed at the column which goes under the name of campus and classroom. It is unfortunate, indeed, that my antagonists did not come to me directly with their censure, but I am told that in some instances their indignation is assuming violent 181

proportions and is a force to be reckoned with. Briefly it amounts to this, that this column as it is being conducted now is too narrow, that it is too much confined to the activities of a certain select (if you would consider them such) few. The criticism is undoubtedly true. It is a lamentable state of affairs that a column styled Campus and Classroom doesn’t contain all the manifestations of good (we specify) humor that happen to occur on campus and in classroom irrespective of when they are pulled and who pulls them. But it doesn’t require a brilliant mind to realize that it is a practical impossibility for one mortal to perform this monumental task of assemblage, even though he might have indefatigable cooperation on the part of all students. (Needless to say, such cooperation isn’t forthcoming; nor is it expected; nor has that ever been the objective of my column.) No, it cannot be that my antagonists are quite so dull that they fail to realize this bit of elementary reasoning. I am rather inclined to believe that this so-called criticism is caused by that type of humanity which considers the ultimate in distinc­ tion to consist in seeing its own name in print. These believe thereby to surround themselves with a glamour that will distinguish them from the common, ordinary tripe.

We neither believe that an issue has arisen that will cause a great stir in the history of mankind, nor that our critics will be silenced by this article. It is written by the way—take it or leave it. The column will continue despite its many deficiencies.

E. W. Democracy continues............

HE capitalistic system and its domination of mankind is crumbling. The fall of the system is inevitable, judging from the trend of affairs at present. The rise of the common man is still taking place. I have chosen to present one striking example of this. A liberal federal administration has given collective bargaining a great boost. The labor unions have grown sufficiently strong to compel the great “trusts” to give employees a just wage. To hold this position required real co­ operation on the part of the union members. With their daily bread at stake, the cooperation of all straight-thinking laborers is assured. I believe that this cooperation, which has obtained such a position of strength for the common laborer, is an indi182

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The federal administration in the past four years has made some bad mistakes; it has been thwarted in carrying out some of its measures so that these measures did not bring about the good objectives which the administration had in mind; never­ theless, it has apparently accomplished sufficient good to con­ vince the majority of the people that it was working for the good of the people. Mr. Roosevelt has been reelected as leader of the nation with a democratic form of government in a time when democracies are collapsing the world over. If he would be the savior of his country, let him preserve, protect, and de­ fend the spirit and the form of true democracy. Let also the members of the Congress remember that they have been elected to represent the people and therefore are to work for the good of the people. Let all our representatives keep in mind that it would not be healthy for them to trifle with a living spirit of democracy by ignoring the constitution to further their own selfish interests, or on the other hand to neglect to take neces­ sary steps to prevent an oligarchy of selfish plutocrats from exploiting the common man. May God preserve the spirit and the form of true democracy for us which is still with us.

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The Rev. Mr. M. Monhardt, one of Northwestern’s first students, died suddenly on Nov. 7 at the age of 76. He had retired from his pastorate early in September and was residing in 184

South Milwaukee until his death. During 54 years of service in the ministry Pastor Monhardt served congregations in and around Escanaba, Michigan, and the Lutheran churches at Cale­ donia and South Milwaukee. At South Milwaukee he worked faithfully for 41 long years. Funeral services were held in Wauwatosa with Pastor L. H. Voss preaching the sermon.

The Rev. Mr. G. Schaller, ex ’33, has taken over the pastor­ ate left vacant by Pastor Monhardt.

The engagement of Miss Melenie Schultz of Lansing, Michigan, to Mr. W. Dasler, ex ’30，was recently announced.

Miss Schultz is studying at Michigan State University in Lans­ ing at present, and Mr. Dasler is working for his doctor’s degree in chemistry at the university at Madison.

Mr. A. Schumann, ex ’38，recently obtained a position as instructor in an aviation school at Ogallala, Nebraska.

Mr. L. Freitag, ’32, is working in a bank at Milwaukee.

During the last month boys were born to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. T. Redlin, ’23，of Kingston, Wisconsin, and Pastor P. Heyn and his wife, ’31，of Detroit, Michigan.

The Rev. Mr. J. Bade, ’12，of Balaton, Minnesota, drove up to Watertown a few weeks ago to get his son, who was un­ fortunately forced to discontinue his studies becau.se of illness.

The Rev. Mr. A. Voges, ’28, has returned to his church and his work at Kenosha. He spent the last two months in Watertown recuperating from a rather serious sickness, and we are glad to say that he has fully recovered again.

The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. W. Zank，’16, of Waterloo, Wiscon­ sin, report the birth of a boy during the month of October.

Very many alumni were present at the homecoming game to see their Alma Mater defeat Milton and to participate in the luncheon and get-together after the game. Minnesota was represented by Pastors A. Eickmann, ’？6, P. Froelke，，12, R. Korn, ’06, A. Hanke, ’11，and H. Kuckhahn, ’22. Many alumni residing in Wisconsin including a goodly number of Seminary students also made their appearance. From an observation of the numerous happy gatherings and smiling faces during the celebration we could easily conclude that the alumni enjoyed the occasion.

The Rev. Mr. F. Schoenberg, ex ’00，accepted a call as pastor to a United Lutheran Church in North Portland, Oregon.

Mr. P. Moltman, ex ’37, of Savannah, Illinois, stopped off at Watertown recently for a short visit with his former classmates.

His brother, who was also a member of tne class of ’37，is working together with Mr. E. Doll，ex ’36, in a Hollywood Movie Studio—according to report.

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This past month college papers have dealt almost exclusively with two su bjects: the presidential election and homecoming.

Since the former is a thing of the past, it perhaps smacks too much of the post bellum prophecies, with which Virgil has so well acquainted us, to mention anything about it. Nevertheless, the Augustana Oberserver contains a fact of which you are most likely ignorant: “It’s hard to believe that President Roosevelt’s picture has been printed on 45,000 pounds of paper as a part of the campaign ammunition sent out by the Democratic head­ quarters. But yet, it’s true.”

Think of it, 45,000 pounds of paper! It makes a person wonder just how many trees had to be cut down in order to make such an amount of paper. And every tree that was cut means that our natural resources and national wealth (the pulp and paper manufacturers, of course, are glad about it, because that means just so many more dollars for them) have decreased by a corresponding amount. Most of that paper is now sticking in the windows of deserted buildings, or cluttering up the streets and countryside, so that it can’t even be used for start­ ing fires. Roosevelt may be ‘‘a gallant leader,” but that does not give the Democrats the right to ruin the little beauty we have and of which we stand in such great need. Then, when you stop to think that Roosevelt was only one of the thousands of candidates whose face was stuck up in every empty corner, your mind cannot help being stupefied by the terrific waste.

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sometimes wonders how much paper the Chicago Tribuue wasted on Landon. Wasted in a double sense: in the sense with which that word is used above, and in this sense that the candidate for whom all that paper was used wasn’t even elected.

But perhaps this is going just a bit too far. This spending “spree” on the part of the papers has shown us one thing: “The newspaper no longer formulates public opinion; the might of Hearst, in this respect at least, is broken. The radio with its more personal connection has forged to the front. Of course, the seed of danger is imbedded in this very fact; for the radio can by means of this same personal connection become a greater power for evil than the newspaper ever was. Until now, how­ ever, its good services are so predominant that we can all heartily join in saying: “Long life and more power to the radio!”

Concerning the other theme of college papers but little can be said. Since we had our own homecoming, we know just what such a thing is without finding out about it from someone else. Besides, this subject hardly gives the students a chance to produce anything great in the field of thought; at least, I hate to think that the rotten articles on this topic with which the papers have been crammed show student thought at its best. And since this column is supposed to contain only the choicest bits, I shall not quote any of the editorials.

It is an old, but nevertheless still interesting, argument whether innate quality or environment is the greater factor in the determination of character development. The Red and White of Immanuel Lutheran College gives predominance to the latter.

"An important factor in life is environment. Whether or not it be plant or animal life, the character and amount of growth are chiefly dependent upon environment. When we look upon education simply as a process of amassing a great store of knowledge, environment is definitely out of the picture.

But when we look upon education as life, as mentally living and growing, environment becomes one of the greatest factors in the difficult problems of acquiring a proper education.”

What this writer restricts to education can very well be applied to life as a whole, for it is to be hoped that character development continues, when college days are a thing of the past. It would be too bad, if it should stop the day students got their degrees; for, because of the spirit of paternalism pre­ vailing in many colleges, many young men have no character of their own at all. It is an absolute wonder that many fellows turn out as well as they do, but this is undoubtedly one example in which innate qualities are more potent than surroundings.

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That environment influences us greatly hardly anyone will deny. But just as the case cited above shows that our sur­ roundings can be overcome, so there are thousands of a similar nature.You can be a poet without being an Oxonian. Burns composed his best works walking behind the plow. Although you have spent all your life in the squalor and filth of the slums, if you have the inborn qualities, you will appreciate everything beautiful, and if you haven’t these qualities, you will be bored to death even in the Louvre. Likewise in the field of morality.

Not that man has a character who lives where temptation seldom comes his way, but he is great who lives in a region where temptations abound and still resists evil. And so it is possible to keep on ad infinitum, until we come to the conclusion that environment is not the greatest factor in character develop­ ment.

The Augustana Oberver tells us that “A” is the first letter of the alphabet in all the alphabets of the world except one, the Ethiopian.” If you know with what letter they begin it, please tell us.

Still another quotation from the Augustana Oberver: “In contrast to some monarchs, the Italian King can do no wrong：.

Mussolini won’t let him.”

The Carroll College Echo has an editorial pleading for a saner understanding of the Negro. “Too long have we scoffed at the faults and ignorances of Negroes when we ourselves have caused those faults and ignorances. For too long a time we’ve told falsehoods and accredited evils to racial minorities, when the real cause is that they are making a little profit which we ourselves would like. Although we do not rail against an Englishman for making a fortune because he’s English, yet we feel that because another is of a different color, he should be “put in his place” and kept an economic slave. To do this we charge him with all manner of artocities and lies and inflict both mental and physical tortures in a land which is supposed to be free.”

Ah! There we have the whole thing in a few words, “sup­ posed to be free.” “Supposed,” but that is as far as it ever gets. Whoever heard of a country in which every constituent member could exercise the same freedom. One nation is bur­ dened with the tyranny of a dictator, the other by the tyranny of plutocrats. One country discriminates against the Jew, another against the Negro. You can have your choice which . one of these is the better.

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臟limes FOOTBALL Aurora 一 19 N. W. C—7 Aurora proved itself the luckier team in the contest there on October seventeenth. The Aurora team really only worked for one of its touchdowns. Wredling carried the ball over after our team had been forced back to the two-yard line. Aurora’s other two touchdowns were the result of breaks. One was made by Sherman, an Aurora guard, who caught a short fumbled punt on our twenty-five-yard line and carried it over. The third of our opponents’ touchdowns was make by Shaw after one of his teammates had blocked a Northwestern punt on the fifteenyard line. Northwestern’s sole touchdown was made by Sauer on a twenty-two-yard run. Pagels accounted for the extra point.

Starting lineups': Aurora N. W. C. FB Crimi Hempel RH Shaw Stuebs Sauer Siebert LH QB J. Wredling Wendland RE Holslag G. Frey RT Byrd Naumann Wantoch Lockward RG Gilman Koenig C Sherman Krug LG Cutler Habben LT D. Wredling E. Toepel LE 189

Milton — 7 N. W. C. —12 In the homecoming game on October twenty-third Northwestern’s eleven defeated its old rival Milton before a large crowd of students, alumni, and visitors. The game was inter­ esting enough — even for the visiting Minnesotans. The Coach really won the game with his pep-talk in the dressing room be­ fore the game. Our team was on edge and made use of Milton’s fumble on the kick-off and a subsequent penalty on Milton to advance the ball to the two-yard line —only to fumble without scoring. In the second quarter Sauer scored from the twelveyard line after he, with the aid of Pagels, had carried the ball about fifty yards toward the goal. The kick for the additional point went awry. Milton retaliated shortly after this with a seventy-five-yard return of a punt by Beebe, tying the score.

Sherman put his team in the lead with a line plunge for the extra tally. Sauer, after a short Milton punt, carried over another touchdown from the thirty-yard line. The kick again was slightly askew. Our five-point lead seemed rather small when Milton came uncomfortably near to our goal in the last minutes of the game. Fortunately our defense warded off the pass attack, putting Coach Umnus in a merry mood.

Sauer and Pagels deserve the laurel for their offensive play, while Koenig and Toepel were conspicuous on the de­ fensive. Some of the spectators including most of the coeds and sextaners really understood what was going on in this game because of the amplification system operated by ‘ ‘Registrationer’ ’ Lehninger.

Lineups: N. W. C. Milton FB Hempel Sherman RH Sauer Loofboro Stuebs LH Beebe Brown Wendland QB G. Frey RE Luebke Kuester RT Prielipp Wantoch RG Monroe Koenig C Holmes Krug Watson LG Habben LT Howard E. Toepel LE Hull Wartburg 一 14 N. W. C. — 0 On October thirty-first Northwestern’s team, having spent the entire preceding day traveling to Clinton, Iowa, suffered its third defeat of the season at the hands of Wartburg College’s team. According to reports Northwestern outplayd its op190

ponents until the fourth quarter, when the first Wartburg touchdown was scored, climaxing a drive from mid-field. A few minutes later Wartburg gained possession of the ball by intercepting a pass on the fifty-yard line. Then the Wartburg team and the penalizing officials marched down the field for another touchdown. (The officials, by the way, accounted for thirty-five of the fifty yards gained.) A pass was completed for the extra point. Wartburg enjoyed its homecomig celebra­ tion. Our team enjoyed the journey.

Lineups: N. W. C. Wartburg Pagels FB Ellermeier Stuebs RH Starkling Sauer LH Harden Wendland QB Dean LE Frey Chadwick Kuester LT Nickel Wantoch LG Roesler Koenig C Ackermann Krug RG Harris Habben RT Kuester RE Toepel Opperman Substitutions: Hempel and Ten Broek.

N. W. C. — 54 U. Ext. — 0 Coach Umnus placed his reserves in the lineup against the University Extension team here on November seventh. The game was a coming-out party for the reserves, but it ended up as a track meet for the regulars in the fourth quarter.

After the opening kick-off the Extension team punted from its ten-yard line to its own twenty-five-yard line. Then the reserves kept the ball within striking distance of the goal, until Pagels finally completed a pass to Hertler, the practically omni­ present end, who made a frantic lunge across the goal line for a touchdown. Pagels converted.

The next score was made when the reserves entered the game shortly before the half. Hempel made a forty-yard gain on the first down before he was tackled on the opponents’ fortyfive-yard line. Then began a steady march toward the inviting goal line. Sauer, Pagels, Stuebs, and Hempel effected an ad­ vance to the twenty-yard line, whence Sauer carried the ball over^ A pass from Hempel to Toepel scored the additional point.

The reserves reentered the game after the half. After several first downs by the opponents Schlenner intercepted a pass on the Extension forty-five-yard line. Baganz gained twenty yards, and a pass from Pagels to Hillmer advanced the 191

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by Pagels on a line plunge. The extra tally was not made.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter the reserves except­ ing Pagels, who alternates with Hempel in the regular fullback position, were replaced by the first team. After a few minutes of play Pagels carried the ball thirty-five yards to a touchdown in two attempts. He also kicked the extra point. A few minutes later Wendland make a long return of a punt to the Extension forty-yard line. Hempel, having replaced Pagels, completed a long pass to Toepel for another touchdown. The Extension team was rather helpless against this onslaught.

Sauer intercepted a pass and carried it fifty yards to a touch­ down. The extra point was made on a ruse. While the oppos­ ing linemen were confused by the Northwestern backfield’s cries of 44Check! Check!” Hempel crashel through them for the tally. Sauer made another touchdown, after Hempel com­ pleted a long pass to Stuebs, on a forty-yard run. The attempt for the extra point was foiled. The Extension team held pos­ session of the ball for a short time, but soon lost it in mid-field.

On our first play Sauer ran through the opponents with hardly a hand touching him, scoring the eighth touchdown of the game.

A strategem-pass from Hempel to Toepel scored the additional point. Later Wendland ran forty yards with an intercepted pass; he was tackled on the ten-yard line. Sauer came within a yard of the goal on the next play. The gun saved the Exten­ sion team from further ignominy.

The game was a fitting close to a fairly succesful season with four victories and three defeats. No Rose Bowl this year!

Outstanding in this game were Baganz, Hempel, Pagels, Sauer, Stuebs, Toepel, and Wendland on the offensive. Hillmer’s consistently efficient tackling and blocking were a feature of Northwestern’s defensive play.

It may be of interest to some to know a bit concerning that famous play number thirty-four, the off-tackle play worked so effectively by Sauer throughout the season. It is a single wingback formation, with Sauer in tail-back position. Stuebs and G. Frey take out the tackle hitting him inward toward the center of the line, while Hempel and Wendland hit the end out­ ward. Meanwhile Wantoch and Krug, he’s the galloper, pull out of the line and rush through the gap between the tackle and end at the secondary followed by Sauer with the ball.

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Panzer, will-o’-the-wisp of the sophomore class, contributes one of the typical student pranks that make this college life so very interesting. Panzer—who loves his last few minutes of sleep in the morning as nothing else—becomes tired of having the Inspector, vainly attempting to get him up by 6:15, pull the covers off the bed. It happened once too often, and Panzer, thoroughly aroused, swore revenge. The next morning he arose early, carefully stuffed his bed, and hid himself in his locker. When the Inspector again tore the bedcovers off the bed, Panzer was able to make guffaws. That was Panzer’s revenge. Very, very funny!

Raymond Frey and Norman Sauer were elected basketball managers. Zimmermann was chosen to be librarian of the Mixed Chorus.

The class of ’40 is rapidly developing its ego. The members have chosen, in all seriousness, purple and gold as their class colors. They have begun to swell their coffer; $3.17 in dues have been collected. In six months they will have become sophomores.

Fashion note: Green has become the most popular shade for Fall and Winter. This tendency is especially noticeable in shirt colors. An overwhelming number of deep green shirts 193

are to be seen. Why and wherefore is hard to say. King Edward VIII may have started it by wearing a shirt of this coloring. It also may have been someone else’s influence.

Since snow flurries and cold have put an end to all pigskin­ chasing, our football players have had to find other pastimes to fill their hours. Toepel now plays the game of basketball; ex­ captain Jungkuntz, that of billiards. Habben, after lengthy deliberation on whether to take up piano-playing or to get married, decided on neither. Ex-captain Koenig, noble soul, pores over his books.

May fierce Boreas blow hence into remote icy regions every one of those inconsiderate bounders who insist on having all windows flung wide for the cold winter blasts!

The Literary Societies plan to offer two programs before the Christmas vacation. No definite dates have as yet been set. This ushers in a rather important part of our extra-curri­ cular activities. Much will again, as always before, be said about unified programs, factual speeches, values and evils of the societies, plays and the like. Many will condemn the meet­ ings as trivial and worthless. One thing should be remembered, especially by seniors that are presenting programs: there has as yet been no conclusive evidence advanced for the belief that the programs cannot be praiseworthy.

One day during the last month the freshmen were found sitting in a row busily shaping black and red crepe paper into curls and balls. Upon inquiry it was learned that the cause of their intensive labor was to make pompons for the coeds to wear to the Homecoming football game.

The Homecoming celebration was a big event for the coeds.

Many former coeds returned to their Alma Mater and were joy­ fully greeted by their friends who are still here. The luncheon climaxed the day, and all who were able to attended it.

Ruth Pfaffenbach received a tiny white elephant, named “Roscoe-Elly,” as a birthday present from her class. It came to an untimely end, however, when a professor became annoyed by the distraction it was causing during his lectures, and ordered it to be cast into the waste-paper basket.

Several coeds were fortunate enough to attend the opera this year. They reported that they were very much pleased with the performances.

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I砂她土 A new safety device has been added to the list of conveniences in the coed room. Railings have been put on the wall by the stairway to safeguard against any falls when anyone is ascending or descending the steps.

On the twentieth of November the coeds decided to have a coed party. There was an entertainment committee and, best of all, a refreshment committee. Prizes were awarded to winners of various games and contests, and the coeds seemingly enjoyed themselves.

An additional hour has been set aside for chorus. This is conducted solely for sectional practice. The coeds are very cooperative and have agreed to attend promptly. Since the rehearsal is held at noon, many of them bring their dinners with them, and we enjoy our meal together.

If at times a peculiar, rather medicinal odor is noticeable, the source of it may probably be traced to the coed rooms.

Several coeds, who are studying to become competent book­ keepers, use a chemical mixture, called “Ink Eradicator,’’ to remove errors.

Diana Beckmann and Kathleen Darcey almost spent a night in the girls’ room recently. Some practical jokers had hidden their jackets, caps, and mittens, and they were unable to find them. Diana’s cap served as a modernistic lamp shade done in colors of black and red. Volunteer searchers found their jackets neatly tucked away under the dressing table in the prep room.

This time the queer sounds in the corner really did denote the presence of a member of the family Muridae. The girls’ lunch must be an attraction, because this ‘wee beastie，has be­ come an almost daily visitor. One of the coeds, armed with a book, attempted to exterminate the intruder, but he coyly ran to a register and disappeared. After that a trap was set, but since then he has failed to make an appearance.

Joyce Krueger and Katherine Dakin are the errand-girls for the girls. They make trips to the store daily to purchase bits of refreshments for the coeds.

Among those who visited the coeds during the past month were Helen Mitzner, Helen Perry, Patricia Roche, Laura Marie Meyers, and Ruth Fredrich.

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Campus and Classroom ODE Thou intellectual beauty, lovelier far Than fabulated Naiad e’er could be— Fairer than Aphrodite, splendent star Of old Olympus，glitt’ring hierarchy— Thy bright effulgent presence hath ensnared A greater host of victims hopelessly Than Argive Helen’s beauty unimpaired, A cause of epic animosity.

Thou art of beauties all the ultimate, The cynosure of all attractions fair, Embodiment of virtue, consummate, The acme of perfection, and----Aw, shucks, you’re the tops. 氺

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A few days prior to this year’s homecoming game, certain rabid enthusiasts saw fit to chalk the blackboards of classrooms with savage imperatives, such as: “Beat Milton!” “Rip Milton Apart!” etc.; whereupon Milton Weishahn, upon entering a classroom and beholding these glaring exhortations, wittily remarked: ‘‘Say, they must have declared open season on me.”

DAFFYNITIONS Pence—an article of male attire Expanse—cost Violate—a dainty flower Seed—observed Ship—a wool-bearing animal Pig—to select Phase—physiognomy, countenance, visage, puss Dais—periods of time Shoe—yes, indeed Ride一correct Column—serene, peaceful Guess—motor fuel Slip—to slumber Impotent—big shot —Ex. * * * * Recently the joke-box revealed a contribution, bringing the grand total for the year up to two*. This one bears the in­ scription, ‘‘This Modest Effort is Respectfully Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Lamented Football Season.” (Apparently 196

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the author does not take his football in the right spirit.) It is: At the coach’s invitation He joined the football aggregation, Deemed it just an avocation To lighten the burden of education.

But his dreams of relaxation Were shattered short of realization, Since this foolish occupation Consists in bodily agitation.

In this awful situation He yearned in dreary contemplation For many a former delectation j； Forbidden now by proclamation.

What, then, was his worst privation? ，士is stated by this regulation, ___ •‘dig’rettes shall not be a ration ^ For players who wish to keep their station!”

•Note: We ignore the caramel, slightly used, that was also donated. In the strict sense articles of food, toothpicks, etc., are not considered bits of humor.

Stude: I just brought home a skunk.

Roommate: Where ya gonna keep him?

Stude: I’m gonna tie him under your bed.

Roommate: What about the smell?

Stude: He’ll have to get used to it like IJdid. 本

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It was logic class: principles of division were being dis­ cussed. The class was asked to give an example using the term “peach.” Zimmerman, rabid Michigander, suggested *'Michigan peach/} The professor queried, “Zimmerman，what was the principle that prompted you to say “Michigan peach?”

Zim was perplexed, but Volkmann came to the rescue with the answer, “Fanaticism!”

INVOCATION TO A “PONY” (Graciously submitted by a friend in tribute to his many translations) Come now, stout steed, and bear us O’er these impassable pages.

Be thou our winged Pegasus, That marvel of bygone ages.

Beguile us not, as thy forebear, Did that Bellerophon of old, Who, shaken off, fell through thin air For being presumptuously bold.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— Choice Morsels for Mental Chewing 198 The Night Before Christmas

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Afterclap...............................

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The Strange Beast................

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Our Find.................................

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The Limited...... ....................

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EDITORIALS— Merry Christmas............. .

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A Few Suggestions..............

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A man’s a man for a’ that.

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Silent disturbance................

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What students think of the Black and Red..............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXX.

Watertown, Wis., Dec. 1936

Number 7

Entered at the Po<;ioflicc at Watertown, as second class matter under Act of March 3. 1879* Published monthly. Subscription, One Dollar.

CHOICE MORSELS FOR MENTAL CHEWING Carl Thurow

Last night I chanced upon the notebook of a friend. It was that type of notebook admired by all and kept by few — not a conglomeration of cold, dry facts, but an intelligent collection of humor and wit and wisdom, of philosophical sayings, and of a keen insight into that elusive thing called human nature.

Let’s lean back in our chairs and pore over the pages.

Who else but Confucius should head the list ? He may have been an ancient, but he had a head on him! You’ll agree. *'Virtue cannot live in solitude; neighbors are sure to grow up around it Few are those who err on the side of self-restraint .…Study without thought is vain; thought without study is perilous ….The nobler sort of man is dignified but not proud; the inferior man is proud but not dignified.…Those who know do not speak; those who speak do not know.... He who raises himself on tiptoe cannot stand firm; he who stretches his legs wide apart cannot walk.... To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good 198

(and he was only an old heathen at that!).... Requite injury with kindness.” Rather profound, perhaps, but it makes sense, even though it is over two thousand years old.

We all know who painted the Last Suppei\ but we are pro­ bably not aware that the same man was a bit of a philosopher on the other side. Listen to what he tells us. “Vows begin when hope dies___Life well spent is long •…You can have neither a greater nor a less dominion than that over yourself.... It is easier to resist at the beginning then at the end.... He who takes the snake by the tail is afterwards bitten by it.” Trouble is we won’t let experience be our guide. We’ll consistently grab that same snake a second and a third time.

And with that our friend firmly decided he has enough of the heavy stuff. On the next page he has inserted the follow­ ing pun (not quite of the modern trend): “Living is like quilt­ ing—you ought to keep the peace and do away with the scraps.”

We would not, however, advise everyone to accept this next thought at its face value: ‘‘Looks like everything in the world comes right if we just wait long enough.” Most of us are mdined to wait too long.

Variety, our friend assures us, is the spice of life. Why not some German ? “Sie ist eine hubsche Figur und hat ein klassisches Gesicht. Hat sie denn auchVerstand Vf Translation (somewhat modernized): “She’s a sweet young thing; but has she any common sense ?’’ He follows through with a definition clever enouph to stump old Webster himself. “Common sense is doing or saying the right thing in the right way at the right time.”

Here’s a page on which our friend must have been suffering from some disappointment —perhaps in love, because he took the following from an old Persian stoic and fatalist: “Life is like snow, and the sun is burning hot ….The vanities of the present day will soon melt away.…A scolding wife in the dwelling of a peaceable man is his hell even in this world. II History, we observe, has a way of repeating itself!

Here in the upper corner he has scribbled this remnant: “---- a dinner so complicated that it tasted like a lexicon.”

Our friend seems wisely to have saved the best till the last.

He has chosen a Frenchman, LaRochefoucauld (pronounce at your own risk!), who saw fit to enter this vale of tears and laughter 199

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three years before Shakespeare left it. And he’s surprisingly like Shakespeare in his uncanny understanding of human nature.

He was most certainly a keen observer of his fellow men as well as of himself, and he was honest enough to state his observations as he found them. His method of expression is as clever and witty as the thought it expreses. His dad must have kept him in one night, because he was sore when he burst out with “Old people like to give good advice, since they no longer set bad examples.” How often we, too, are forced to console ourselves with that thought! And Christians though we pride ourselves in being, the following is only too often true: “When we resist temptation, it is usually because temptation is weak, not because we are strong.... Repentance is less a sorrow at We having sinned than a fear of the possible consequences often encourage people who are setting out to make their way in the world because we are jealous of those who are firmly established.” Who of us can deny that this Frenchman really knew his people and saw through their petty self-deceptions, their wiles, hypocrisies ? We can see his sly smile and the impish glint in his eye as he gives us the following advice : * ‘Our true qualities never make us as ridiculous as those we affect___ A man who is never foolish is not as wise as he thinks___Devoting one’s life to keeping well is one of the most tedious of ailments (this pertains especially to certain older women; but, then, they must have something with which to occupy their time).... Ridicule shames more than disgrace (Martin Luther was well aware of this, too).... Sometimes we think we dislike flattery when it is only its method we dis­ like .... What we most dislike in the vanity of others is that it wounds our own___The reason we feel so bitterly against those who play tricks on us, is that they think themselves cleverer than we.... Little confidence as we may have in what people tell us, we always think them more sincere toward us than toward the next man (thus we persist in flattering our­ selves) .... So-called liberality is in most cases but the vanity of giving—a thing we prize more highly than the gift (?—!!)•” What this Frenchman has told us is enough to keep us all thinking for weeks without any danger of running low on material.

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home，” because our friend of the notebook has with a wry smile of admission inscribed on the last page and in capital letters this grand concluding thought: “THE TRUTH WILL OUCH!!’’

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Louis Pingel, Jr.

This was the fourth week that Tommy had checked off the days in December on the calendar. Twenty-three checks were already there, alternating in color, one red, one green. He had to stand on a chair to reach the first nineteen numbers, but by standing on his tip-toes he could just reach the squares sur­ rounding the numbers from twenty on. Now he put on the final green check; to make a red one on the following day would hardly be necessary. This done, he went into the living room to practice his music lesson. This week he was playing Christ­ mas carols; nothing like getting into the right spirit, you know.

Then he had one piece he enjoyed playing- very much. There were words to it, too. All about Santa Claus. The chorus con­ tained the sentence: “Santa Claus, who fears no danger, Over all the world a ranger, Everywhere a welcome stranger, Speeds afar on Christmas Eve.” In the last years doubt had begun to creep into his heart about this Santa-Claus business, and this year he was deter­ mined to get at the bottom of the mystery. At supper he drank a cup of black coffee while his father answered the telephone and his mother was in the pantry. He’d have to keep awake somehow. He went to bed when his mother told him to, but it seemed an age before everything was quiet downstairs and two ages before he heard a faint tinkle of a bell. ‘ ‘That must be Santa now，” thought Tommy. Seconds later he found himself on his way downstairs, as silently as a cat walking on cotton.

There he was, cap, beard, and all, standing before the din­ ing room window. “That’s the window with the broken latch.

I’ll bet he came in there, ’’ Tommy whispered to himself. Crouch­ ing behind his father’s big chair, he watched wide eyed, hoping his father wouldn’t come downstairs and spoil the fun.

The fact that no bag of toys was in sight didn’t worry Tommy much; it was very likely out in the sleigh. When the figure 201

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moved towards his mother’s silver chest and began removing silverware, Tommy became suspicious, however, and decided to interfere. “This must be that crook dad was talking about for whose arrest they’re offering five hundred dollars. Some idea dressing up like Santa Claus. I’ll say he knows more tricks than an organ grinder’s monkey. Dad will be proud of me if I help him get this fellow. “That five hundred dollars will buy a new wash-machine and loads of other things too,” mused Tommy. As his hand slid over the seat of the chair behind which he had concealed himself, he felt his father’s policeman’s cap and gun. He knew his father had forbidden him to even touch the gun, since he always kept it loaded, but in an emer­ gency like this—well, that was another story. It was out of its holster in a moment, and, turning on the lights with his free hand, he leveled the weapon at the supposed thief and in a remarkably clear voice said, “Hands up, there! You can’t take that silverware!”

“For pity’s sake, Tommy, be quiet and put down that gun!

Help me find a couple forks, and we’ll finish that lemon pie that was left from dinner.

Five minutes later, between mouthfuls of lemon pie, Tommy said, "You make a fine Santa Claus, dad.”

AFTERCLAP F. A. W.

Scene: Hades. Characters : varied, representing nations ancient and early medieval. The representative of late medieval and modern nations is but one, whom we shall call Americus.

He is boasting to the others of the achievements of the modern times.

Amei'icus: * 'Why, take our social life and government. The United States of America was the first nation to have political equality for all. Where but in modern nations do you find that women have equality with men ?”

(The question is merely rhetorical, but an answer is forthcoming.)

Akkade: ‘‘Such a silly question ! Over five centuries before our venerable friend Abraham visited the earth, we women had social and political equality with our husbands. In our old Akkadian records you will even find that it is always written •women and men.’ ” 202

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Athenus: “What is the United States of America ! When we still suffered so miserably in the world, we had political democ­ racy. We even allowed foreigners to sit in our meetings!”

Americus (somewhat taken back, but determined not to show it): “In the fields of literature and human thought and specu­ lation we have reached the heights, yes, the very acme. What dramatists can you compare to Shakespeare and Ibsen ? Ah, the soul-piercing beauty of the lyrics of Goethe and Heine! In history I challenge all of you to show a greater—nay, even an equal to Leopold von Ranke. Could any ancient comprehend the ideas of Kant, Nietzsche, and Havelock Ellis? I can’t help laughing at the absurdity of it all.”

Athenus •• ‘‘You must be a philistine not to have heard of So­ phocles and Euripides. Kant and Nietzsche drew all their ideas from our relatives, especially from Aristotle and Plato. As for Ellis — in our period of decline and decay, we didn’t even need such an apostle of sin•” Persa: “For beauty of description and figures of speech, no one can compare with our poets Hafiz and Sa’di!”

Athenus: “Almost forgot to correct you about von Ranke.

Thucydides can certainly hold his own with him•” Americus (beginning to show that he is in deep water): “But in business and doing things swiftly and efficiently we are im­ measurably superior. What can be compared to the telegraph, yes, even the postal system, for speed. And banking — why, you didn’t even have money you could carry around, much less—’ ’ Chine: “KublaiKhan printed paper money, stamped with his own seal, which certainly could be carried around.”

Babylonus: “And the Egibi for five generations were just as important and useful as the Rothschilds of Europe.”

Saracene: “Noureddin established a carrier system of pigeons, which, although slower than the telegraph, is much swifter than the postal service and more accurate also. ’ ’ Babylonus: “What can compare with building our great palace in fifteen days ? The throne room alone is two hundred feet long and eighty feet wide. The vault of this room would be a laurel for any great architect even today. For mere size only, Nineveh crowded London off the map.”

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also had its accomplishments) ：1 “YoiTseem to have done some­ thing in business, in the fields of literature and thought, and even in social and political equality, but science is something new. Even the earlier part of our modern time didn’t know much about it. In astronomy, chemistry, and countless other sciences of which you never heard 一 here at least we are supreme.”

Akkade: “In other scientific fields we must yield the palm to you, but you wrong us when you say we knew no astronomy.

Our priests figured out tables for eclipses and noted sun-spots, which scientists recently made so much of. We also divided the day into twenty-four hours and the year into twelve months.

Even the signs of the Zodiac were known to us.”

Babylonus: “We also knew much astronomy. Our priests discovered Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury. They even had instruments sufficiently accurate to discover the satellites of Jupiter.”

Egyptus: “We knew how to make glass. We also learned to rotate crops and so conserve the soil.”

Chine: Before 122 A.D. we already used coal for heating our baths. Liu An calls it ‘ice-charcoal.’ ” Americus: “It seems you fellows discovered almost every­ thing except steam and electricity. It’s too bad that so much of what you discovered went lost and had to be re-discovered.

It seems there really isn’t anything new under the sun.”

THE STRANGE BEAST Fritz Peterson

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“Yes, here are those tracks again, just as I saw them yester­ day. See that narrow sliding path made by the tail. It looks like the track of a big dinna-sour that I read about in the paper last winter.”

“By gumminy ! Look at those footmarks in the mud along side, on both sides. Big as a horse’s.”

“Boy, that certainly must have been some animal!”

“Well, let’s get going and see if we can find the animal, whatever it is. Have you got your guns loaded? It may be right over this next knoll.”

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These Dakota farmers were not superstitious, for they had lived through many a strange experience, but never had they seen any beast that left a trail anything like the one they were now gazing upon.

On this Sunday Joe Cook’s birthday was being celebrated at his home, and in the course of the afternoon’s conversation, he had mentioned the strange phenomenon. The visitors did not at first take him seriously, because he was the kind of man who got a pleasure out of ‘ ‘pulling a fast one’ ’ now and then. But up­ on his stout denial that he was fooling this time, they had become curious and decided to go and see what Joe had described and perhaps even follow the trail until they found out what had made it. For as Henry Beans said, “It ain’t hardly safe to send the kids to school tomorrow.”

Now, in their work clothes and carrying all sorts of guns, they were crossing over the knoll, where the tracks could be plainly seen in the newly-plowed ground. From the field it went into the rough land beyond, where even in the grass and buck­ brush the trail could be easily followed.

Topping the knoll, the men saw the trail lead down to a pond in the hollow below where the animal had waded out into the water, evidently to drink.

"Apparently an aquatic animal,” said Art Fields, home from college over the week-end.

A little farther along, on an old haystack bottom, were evidences that the animal had spent the night. There were many tracks, and the ground had been packed down as if something had lain there for a long time. “Hank” found a few red hairs and showed them to the others. “Gowsh, he must’ve been an ugly-lookin’ brute,” he drawled.

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Marsh where it led to a haystack which the beast had nearly tipped over. After firing their guns in the air to frighten the animal away if it should be on the other side of the stack (for they weren’t taking any chances), they began to follow the still plain trail out into the Marsh.

Suddenly "Listen ! What’s that?” Joe hissed between his teeth; “I heard something rustle in the rushes over there.”

Instinctively the men grasped their guns more tightly and waited for the ‘‘something’’ to make its appearance. They could plainly see the rushes moving now as it pressed forward. Every eye was fixed on the spot where the animal must emerge.

But, “What are you guys shootin’ up the place about?” came a familiar voice from the marsh, and out stepped Sy Evers, who lived on the other side.

“We’re — we’re hunting,” replied Joe, trying to be calm.

“Wa’al，so’m I. Did you fellers see anythin’ of my red bull ? I had ’im snubbed to a steel post in the yard yestiddy mornin’，and he tore out the post and headed out into the Marsh.

Hain’t seen hide nor hair of ’im since.”

OUR FIND Clayton Krug

The idea of buried treasure always stirs our imagination.

Somehow, we never completely get over Captain Kidd and Treasure Island days; and even a vague rumor of hermit’s hoard or lost riches sets us speculating. We are all just lazy enough to hope that some day and somehow we will be able to enjoy the use of something we didn’t have to work for. Personally, I never had much faith in Santa Claus or other manifestations of his type, but a little incident that occurred some time ago proved to me that such things can happen.

During the hot spell of the past summer I was working with a small construction crew, digging the basement for a new tavern, to replace one that had burned down. Day after day we pushed, shoveled, and picked, digging through rocks, ashes, cement blocks, and burned tin. After two weeks of this the old debris was cleared away, but three feet more of depht into the virgin hardpan below was required.

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fallen in weeks. Leaves, crops, grasses, and our spirits alike were drooping under the burning sun and thirsty wind. Then suddenly something happened. A bystander might have heard the following conversation: “Boy, it’s hot! Who's going to buy me a beer?”

“Even beer wouldn’t make this ground seem any softer.

I thought it would be easier after the rocks were out, but this combination of flint and glue is even tougher.”

“Oh, well, it isn’t as bad as if it were worse.”

“No, I suppose not. Say! look at this; it seems to be sandy on this one spot. Digs real easy. ’’ “That’s queer. It should be all the same. Maybe it will be all sand now.”

“No, it seems to be just this one spot. Give me that pick and I’ll find out how deep it is. ” “Whoa! What’s that? ，， “More junk—old inner tubes—wrapping paper—and— “Hey, wait a minute! I struck something—something solid. Look out! Throw that pick away; it’s a jug of some kind. ” “Here，let me help. Careful now—steady—it’s pretty heavy. I wonder—? ，， At this sudden turn of events we had all become alive with a start. Gone now was that lethargy of mind that inevitably is a close companion of strenuous and monotonous physical exertion. With the high-pitched reply of the hidden jug as the pick struck it, our mental and spiritual beings flashed into action, and we became alive with anticipation and suspense.

The dismal weariness of the day vanished as we nervously brought our find to light, hopefuly, enough, because each of us had a secret inkling as to what it might contain, yet fearful lest our hopes be dashed to the ground. When our find had been carefully and safely lifted from its hiding place, the conversa­ tion was resumed.

“It’s a five-gallon jug. That’s funny! I wonder what could be in it?” ‘‘Here, don’t shake it like that! You’ll get it all stirred up.”

“Pull out the cork!”

“I can’t its tight. Somebody quick get that cork-screw!

It’s on the shelf inside.”

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In nervous haste the knife blade was applied to the cork.

After some hesitation it came out, not with the light-hearted, carefree pop of a soft drink bottle, but with a solemn and melan­ choly complaint, such as one might suppose to be the result of years of solitary aloofness and pent up dignity. At the same time the venerable old jug took a deep breath of the new fresh air and exhaled, as it were, the long entombed air from its lungs.

A strong yet sweet odor drifted to our nostrils and compelled us to proceed.

“Boy! Smell that stuff!” exclaimed someone, in an alto­ gether irreverent tone of voice. ‘‘I wonder whether it’s any good. Get a glass—no, never mind; just hand me that dipper over there.”

“Here! Pour some in. Hm—looks good.”

Without further ceremony he took a deep and hearty draught; then suddenly assumed a somewhat pained, but never­ theless downright pleasant and jovial expression.

“Whew! That’s real stuff!”

Let me taste it too.”

“Careful, it might be poisoned.”

“What’s wrong with you? Here, drink some!”

“Well, all right. Say, that isn’t bad at all! Has every­ body had some? Let’s take another for good measure. It’s on the house!”

What we had found, of course, was prohibition liquor. We learned later that it had been made and buried by the former proprietor of the tavern some twelve years before. Later in the rush of business, it had been forgotten.

So we found our treasure. Although the actual reality of its substance may not be held in great esteem by some, that makes little difference to us. Practically, I am willing to admit, it didn’t do anyone much good; but just the same it was our treasure, and we liked it—in a purely symbolical sense, of course. <i

THE LIMITED Milton Weishahn

It was a cold, blustery, March morning as the Rocky Mount­ ain Limited rolled easily out of the dark corridors of the Chicago station to begin its long journey across the country. The long, 208

heavy breaths of the engine gradually became shorter and quicker as we increased speed through the yards. The idle box­ cars and switch-engines seemed to flit by faster and faster.

The only scenery now evident was that of the weather-beaten tumble-down houses with their characteristic wash tubs and garbage cans. The straining beast was no longer heard as the rumbling sound of the wheels dulled the ear. The continued din was soon lost to perception, and we glided along with apparent ease. Only when a bridge was crossed, did we again become aware of the great speed with which we were moving along, for a crashing resonance penetrated the utmost spaces of the depression below.

Faster and faster, as if half crazed, that heavy beast roared over the distance, and the long white rolls of smoke slapped â&#x20AC;˘ their tails wildly against the windows. Beautiful were the color effects of these flapping ribbons, as the sunlight pierced their vaporous content, and the deep contrast of the reds, the yellow, and the blues dimmed the eye.

More and more scattered became winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last white patches of snow, as we journeyed onward into the Iowa country. Once again did I realize the greatness of the approaching plain and the vast treeless stretches to the west, while the sun in its golden red at sunset cast long shadows from the wavy horizon.

The scattered bodies of water from the melting, snows cut out distinct forms of silver upon the dusky gloom ; in the passing cornfields the corn shocks flapped their restless, white fingers in the evening breezes. Now and then the dark outline of a cow or several horses was evident upon the dusky plain, truly suggestive of the buffalo, which in its stateliness and glory once roamed these regions.

But now, as often before, my wondering thoughts were diverted to things more definite, for the train ground to a stop; before us had loomed one of those commonplace railwaystations of the west. Several parties left our car; others entered anew; the baggage was hastily transferred; two short whistles summoned us onward; and we left the waving- hands of those behind us. On and on this passenger with a hundred others sped like the wind, and we were rocked almost to sleep by the swaying of the car. Yes, it really was remarkable how soon the light clusters of another train appeared, grew bright, 209

and then flashed quickly by—geography, climate, and distance seemed indeed to be conquered.

“Candies, cookies, Hershey bars, ten cents” 一 this attend­ ant thought we are always hungry — and then there was the chef who cried for the fifth time: “Last call foa suppa!” I missed a bed on the coach, but I managed. We must have gone a long way. I wondered whether it was almost morning. “Des Moines，” cried the conductor. I was entirely awake. A verybeautiful, lighted city with its illuminated dome!

Frozen brakes caused trouble, and we were delayed. But how interesting it was to watch the maneuvers at the station: small tractors and baggage wagons went hither and thither; taxicabs sped away from the curb; delivery trucks left for the city; and everywhere people hastened to and fro. In the mean­ time a hearse drew up to the curb, and a large wooden box was loaded. With an air of deep consideration, I could only remark, “Another mortal who could not keep pace with this busy world.”

For me existence again ceased for a time, until I was suddenly awakened by a tap on the shoulder and the command of the conductor, “Get ready, only a few more minutes.” With a start I arose and, seizing my luggage, swayed down the narrow isle to the doorway. The scattered lights of that small Nebraska town penetrated the cold darkness, and when the door opened I shuddered in the strong wind that cut my face.

The stop was brief. After but a minute I dazedly watched the huge demon speed away into the darkness. The shrill whistle screeched through the early morning air, and I stood alone in the dark.

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Jirttortitls Merry Christmas...............

AVE you ever felt that Christmas isn’t quite what it used to be, that you haven’t quite the spirit that you had when you were a youngster? I think nearly everyone experiences this feeling with a rather acute pain of sadness or regret. Then why not celebrate Christmas the way those happy children do!

The only way to celebrate Christmas is to be light-hearted and gay. Why worry about your dignity and mature understanding during that season. Isn’t it for this very reason that Dad or Brother get down on the floor with the little fellow to ‘ ‘show him how the train runs?” Don’t you think it’s because of remembrances of childhood that Mother or Sister show little sister how the dolly walks and how the dolly is dressed? Don’t we all get a “kick” out of walking through the toy departments at Christmas time. Surely, it looks funny to see a big strapping football hero stop to finger a little toy car, or to see a stern business man laugh at the way a mechanical toy runs along.

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That they do it every one knows. They’re remembering how they enjoyed Christmas with its toys and the tree.

Most children like a decorated tree. An older person may also appreciate the sight of a tree, but too often it’s just the sight. Standing a little away from the tree he remarks, “How well filled out this tree is. How long its needles are.” Why not look at the Christmas tree with the joy that children do.

Children don’t only rejoice at their toys and trees. Oh no, tbere’s more to their Christmas than that. What child doesn’t thoroughly enjoy a Christmas program. He wants to sing those songs so familiar to us all and tell us over and over again the old Christmas story. “Well,” you may say, “don’t we all sing Christmas songs and hear and read the Christmas story?”

Here’s the rub. We sing elaborate songs or, if not elaborate songs, the old simple, beautiful ones with, if not boredom, cer­ tainly a kind of carelessness. Let’s enjoy Christmas the way children do. Let’s sing our songs with happy glee. Songs that are light and easy to understand, songs that make the air ring with merriment and good wishes to all. Accept Christmas with the faith of a child. Let’s “raise our happy voices” and this year enjoy Christmas the way children do.

Ruth Pfaffenbach.

A Few Suggestions................

HE time has arrived again when the masters of ceremony must choose topics for literary programs, and the various members of the two literary societies should be prepared to participate in these programs. A number of programs have been drawn up already, and from first appearances it seems as if the masters of ceremony do not intend to bind themselves by any deadening customs and precedents. New ideas are always welcomed, and this is especially true at a time when the literary society work is in need of a few emendations anyway.

Last year the subject of originality of material was brought to discussion very often. One of our critics deplored the fact that the good old art of poem declamation had virtually been banned from the programs of recent years, and a cry was raised for more work in dramatics. Endeavors of this sort, we realize, offer our members a better opportunity for a display of origin­ ality of expression, but we must admit too that it really is un-

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3^eZl| fair to say that most speech-making evinces no originality and should therefore be gradually eliminated from our programs.

Most of us haven’t developed true style in our speech-making as yet, and therefore our speeches do not appear as original as they often are. Even if they are not entirely original, the speaker enriches himself by his topic, and his audience can also gain some benefit from it. In connection with this, however， it should not be forgotten that speeches containing mere iso­ lated facts will benefit neither the speaker or audience, and therefore such poor imitations of intellectual efforts are taboo.

If a speech does not stir one in his convictions, produce new ideas, or excite one’s artistic feelings, it might as well not be delivered at all.

As soon as the subject of originality and effectiveness of speeches is discussed, the problem of unified programs naturally suggests itself. In order that a speech might really contain something solid and vital, the speaker must have a little more freedom in choosing his topic, since a man cannot express any thoughts on any subject unless he has lived with it and turned all his energy and attention to it for a considerable time, at least. Nobody can shake a speech out of his sleeve, and it is just this that is often expected in many of our unified programs.

Unless the topic is a highly interesting one and very broad in its scope, very few members have interested themselves sufficiently in the topics of unified programs so that they might be able to produce good speeches. By relinquishing unity in our programs we probably lose a certain logical continuity, but it is better to sacrifice this than clearness of thought and thoroughness of work.

The interest in the two literary societies seems to have flagged a bit this year, and therefore it is the duty of the mas­ ters of ceremony to choose topics and methods of presentation which will create a healthful interest again and will give each member a chance to present what he has. Our aims should be set as high as possible, and if we do not attain them, we can feel that we tried anyway, which is always a sign of life.

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A man’s a man for a5 that................

A WAY it’s disgusting. Now for almost two decades 1NI’ve been trying my best to grow some real whiskers, some that I really felt I should shave off. And what’s the result ?

I’m almost where I started. To think of it! Almost a third of my lifetime wasted in feminine smoothness, that ‘‘schoolgirlish” smoothness so odious to us young men (permit me to apply that term to myself).

When I was a boy — didn’t I often watch my father shave, feeling important, because some day I’d be able to do the same, and my sisters wouldn’t ? And the time when my father made my entire chin white with shaving soap; how I looked into the mirror and threw out my little chest! I knew that some day I’d shave, just as some day I’d drive a car or preach.

And when I was a sextaner—how I dreamed that in the not too distant future I’d say, just as the upper classmen did, “My whiskers are terrible. I gotta shave every other day. Hope there’s hot water, Then I’d be admired just as I admired them. That would be proof that I’m a real he-man, just as much as any beard-growing ditch-digger in the country.

But time passed on while I kept my hand on my chin and eye in the mirror, waiting for any sprouts that might necessitate the purchase of that masculine instrument, the razor. Occasion­ ally I inquired what razor was most effective against a stiff beard. I could even see myself carefully manipulating a straight­ edge. Still they wouldn’t come. Finally I decided to invest in a razor anyway — a nice stainless steel Gem razor from the dime-store and a tube of Burma Shave to go with it (do you re­ call those rhymes about Burma Shave and tough whiskers?).

What’s more, I really applied some of that sweet-smelling cream to my face and raked it off with my Gem. What a thrill! Never­ theless, I believe also in this case the anticipation was greater than the realization: I had unwittingly removed a mole, the only place a few hair would condescend to grow.

Months elapsed before I again encountered my Gem. My first experience had not been all too successful — neither Burma Shave nor my Gem razor had starched my fuzz any. Since I was getting older, I felt it proper for my age to shave occasion­ ally, just to keep up with my fellow students and to get a 214

little practice, so that, if some real whiskers would finally sprout, they would not find me unprepared.

Thus I have kept it up, even to the present day. Now I regularly shave once a week, and, lest you think that I don’t need it after a week, let me tell you that once a classmate of mine told me I missed some hair the last time I shaved before I had shaved at all. So I had to shave to remove those hair that I had missed the last time I didn’t shave.

To be frank with you, they are beginning to grow a little better, and after a week some one with a fine tactile sense is able to feel something on my chin. It isn’t much, but nobody was born with a big beard. So I still have good hope.

What if they don’t grow ? All most men do with them is to shave them off again as close as possible without injury to their skin. Besides, I once heard that even George Washington (or was it some one else ?) couldn't grow a beard. Did you ever see a picture of him with one ? We all consider him a great man.

So, whiskers or no whiskers, “A man’s a man for a’ that!’’

Armin Schuetze Silent disturbance................

HE FIRST of two evils that we may call silent disturbances is present in all schools graced with the fairer portion of the human race. In our institution only one collegiate class is free from this silent disturbance; this, by the way, is their chief claim to distinction.

Before undertaking the task of propounding the evil, it may be well to remind the reader that the parties involved are fre­ quently the victims of Cupid. After the fatal arrow has reached its mark, Mercury is immediately summoned to deliver the amorous message. And at this point the disturbance originates.

The entire process is a series of slight-of-hand performances by means of which the message clandestinely reaches its destination. Now, limiting this disturbance to one particular class, the process originates in the rear part of the room, and the series is completed when the carefully folded slip of paper experiences the daintier touch. But one must also bear in mind that the entire process may be reversed.

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The second of the two silent disturbances may be con­ sidered the lesser of the two evils, merely because of the fact that there is only one party involved. The scalawag craftily exposes his timepiece for a clear view, so that he may at a glance determine the time yet to elapse before that expected bell.

The only solution for this disturbance is in the emulation of the custom established in the German Gymnasium: namely, depriving all students of the privilege of wearing wrist watches in the class rooms.

Finally, the art of heavy slumbering to an almost complete cessation of conscious life was also formerly classed as a form of silent disturbance. However, since the sophomore regime introduced sonorous emittances while in this dormant state, this must be classed as an obstreperous disturbance.

P. B. What students think of the Black and Red............

RITICIZING students for not writing articles and urging them to do so is an old, worn-out theme. But it is one thing just to state this fact, to stay on the surface of things; to get underneath it all, to see why they do not write is something altogether different. The main reason, believe it or not, why students of Northwestern College do not write articles for the Black and Red is that they are too lazy. They have not yet learned to will to do something. They would much rather play cards, shoot billiards, smoke, listen to the radio, watch the foot­ ball teams practice, take a shag, do most anything but a little creative thinking and writing.

In other words, most students are indifferent to the fact that the Black and Red is a ‘‘monthly publication by the students of Northwestern.” They absolutely don’t care whether the Black and Red comes out next month or not. In fact, I doubt if very many of them so much as read the whole copy.

Then, there are some who have, or at least think they have, valid grounds for not writing; in truth, this goes so far that some even deride it with no uncertain derogatory remarks. Just the other day I heard a student exclaim: ‘‘As long as the Black and Red stays a family paper, I’m staying out of it.” At first

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I actually was non-plussed, I couldn’t comprehend at all what he was driving at. Upon various inquiries and some research of my own, I finally found the cause of this junior’s chagrin.

It seems that our esteemed upper classman had picked up his Black and Red the evening of its appearance and was reading that paragraph in the Locals starting with: “The Mystic Knights of B. A. B. — ” Immediately his eye was arrested, and he re­ read this phrase, not understanding it. After having read the rest of the paragraph, he again came back to the introductory remark. He then parsed the sentence in vain and finally gave up in despair. On first thought the abbreviation B. A. B. gave some hope; but that was immediately dispelled by a few lines farther on which mentioned “their most mysterious maidens” as going along on these excursions. Now if a junior doesn’t know what the title meant, Heaven help a sailor on a night like this.

What do the alumni think of the Locals that end up like this: “For those who haven’t an intimate knowledge of the persons involved the above bon mot will remain a mystery.”

A large part of the Locals and Campus and Classroom is even strange and puzzling to some students. Some of the columns and even articles appear to be annotated conversations of mem­ bers of a certain clique which is now condescending to let the hoi polloi in on some weighty propositions. In summa, let the Black and Red remain in the family, but not a family paper.

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The Rev. Mr. G. Schaller, ex’33, was married on Thanks­ giving Day to Miss Ruth Bruesehoff, ex’35，of Watertown.

Pastor H. Schaller，’09, a brother of the groom, performed the wedding ceremony and also preached a short sermon. Prof. W. Schaller,，11, and his family drove to the wedding from Saginaw, Michigan.

On November 26, Thanksgiving Day, Mr. Ii. Schlueter, ex，38, met death in an automobile accident near Wisconsin Rapids. The truck which he was driving for a Watertown business concern overturned on a curve, and Mr. Schlueter was instantly killed. Mr. G. Wohlfeil, ex’39, was along at the time, but he escaped with minor injuries. Mr. Schlueter attended Northwestern during his freshman year and was a member of the commercial department. Many of the students remember him as a member of the hockey team. The burial services were held in Watertown in November 29.

Mr. Dean Hotlen, ex137, and his wife moved to Baltimore, Maryland, to assume a government appointment in that city.

He has received the position of technical accountant.

The Rev. Mr. R. Schoeneck, ’32, is rapidly recovering from a nervous breakdown at his home near Pelican Lake, Wisconsin.

In September he relinquished his pastorate of a year at New London, Wisconsin, and since that time he has been spending his time as “lumberjack” in the big woods near his home、By means of this healthful work and the relaxation of an occasional hunting trip he is regaining his former strength.

The Rev. Mr. M. Raasch, 03, of Lake Mills, Wisconsin, recently celebrated his silver-wedding anniversary and the 25th anniversary of his service as pastor at Lake Mills.

The Rev. Mr. H. Jungkuntz, ex’76, died on Dec. 1 at his home in Milwaukee at the age of 80 years. After he had at­ tended Northwestern for a number of years, he went to Fort Wayne and was finally graduated from the theological seminary at St. Louis. He served a number of Missouri Synod congre­ gations in Indiana until 1923, at which time he accepted a call to Jefferson, Wisconsin, as assistant pastor. Seven years ago he retired from the ministry after more than fifty years of service. The burial services were held at Jefferson with Pastor 0. Kuhlow, ’99, officiating.

Before we close the column for this month, we wish to make an appeal to all alumni to send in whatever news they can.

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When one looks over the news in this column, he can readily see that it really does not represent all the alumni, By means of sons of alumni here at Northwestern we can on ly contact very few former students, mostly pastors. We would appreciate it very much, therefore, if alumni would send in news about classmates whom we never have the opportunity to contact.

Many alumni never hear about former students, and news about them would be welcomed as pleasant reminders.

mm Just why are you attending college? “Usually the only reason given for urging young people to attend college is the benefits they will receive from this advanced education in later life. People do not seem to recognize that the years spent in college are the most enjoyable part of a person’s life.

“How often we hear an older person say that he wished he were back in college again. In American colleges the social life has been developed to a high degree. One enjoys being among interesting people of his own age.”

The Peptomist of Superior State Teachers’ College, accord­ ing to this article, seems to believe that social activities are just as important in a college as the educational facilities. If this is sterling truth, our own Northwestern must turn out a terrible group of ignoramuses every year. ‘‘Everyone deserves some enjoyment out of life, especially when he is young, before he assumes the responsibility of earn­ ing a living. The college age is the best time for this, for one is then old enough to appreciate the good times he has and yet realizes that life does not all consist of such things.”

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This last paragraph gives the reason for the other two.

Well, if that’s what people want in college, let them have it.

But in all fairness our faculty must be praised for not yielding to the popular clamor in this respect. The idea of going to a college for pleasure. I’m sure that the vast majority of young people could find more enjoyment away from college walls out in the world, where they would not be bothered by attendance at classes and where they would not continually have an exam­ ination in Greek and Hebrew, or in whatever subjects you take, staring you in the face. Those examinations are highly uncomfortable anyway, for they show you too clearly for comfort how little you really do know, even if you get an “excellent” in it.

No, quite the contrary; we do and should attend college for the purpose of working and preparing for our later life. This is just the great weakness in too many of our American colleges, that social activities take up so much of the student’s time that he has no time left fora little honest studying.

The Luther College Visitor has a challenge for youth: “Sir Wilmot Lewis, British journalist, said of newspaper work: 'The duty of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted, and to afflict the comfortable! ‘Tis good philosophy and sound, but, like other good things, difficult of attainment. It is far easier to ride with the popular drift than it is to paddle tortuously against the current thought.”

What Sir Wilmot said about the papers can very well be applied to life in general. We dare not sit idly on the side lines; all of us must get into the game and stop the slippery fellows who are running for a touchdown with those rights and resources which properly belong to all humanity and not to the individual. “Let age have its rightful rest, but youth, whose face is being slapped with the gloves of usurpers, must either accept that challenge and fight on, or become slaves and die in misery. The question inevitably comes, will youth do some­ thing more than just to talk about it?” It is very doubtful, for it’s so pleasant just to sit back and let things take whatever course they will.

Everyone knows that the human mind works peculiarly, that it can always find reasons for doing or not doing a certain thing. But the Augmtana Observer gives us one of the absurdest we’ve ever seen. “Dr. Ajalmar, speaking of the way some people think, told one class the other day that one of the argu­ ments against the construction of the Panama Canal was the quotation, ‘What God hath joined together let no man put asunder., ” 氺氺

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“Even the madcap publicity stunts of war advocates in prewar days have met their match in the bedlamite who is chasing around scattering feathers in the interest of peace.’’

The writter unwittingly gives the most cutting criticism of this peace agitation in the word “bedlamite.” These peace agitators dash about senselessly; they make a large splurge; and when they go away, the people still talk about the glory and bravery of war and its heroes. The great fault of these men is the fact that they fail to take human nature into con­ sideration ;they still believe in the perfectibility of man. As long as the ‘‘bedlamite’’ rushes around, there is slight hope for this movement.

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BASKETBALL St. Jacobi 一 31 Northwestern — 34 Northwestern opened its basketball season with a game against the St. Jacobi Lutheran church team of Milwaukee.

The home team offered a more or less passive resistance to the invaders during the first five minutes of play. By the time the Goslings realized that they were playing a basketball game, their opponents had developed a ten-point lead. Henrichs, the opposing centre, accounted for goal after goal. After the first quarter the game was played on more equal terms; North­ western^ five even had a slight edge and began to overtake St. Jacobi. Hackbarth, one of our fast forwards, ran rampant and tallied six field goals in all. Toward the end of the game Northwestern’s play almost approached the brilliancy which denotes an efficient basketball machine. With but two minutes of play remaining our opponent’s lead had been cut down to two points. Schweppe then earned the laurel wreath with a field goal which tied the score. The game ended, and a threeminute overtime period was necessary to decide the contest.

Emil Toepel was awarded a free throw, and made it good for a one-point lead. A minute later Lambert increased the lead with a beautiful long shot. The period ended with North­ western the victors.

The game certainly was interesting and exciting. The last minutes were especially hard on the spectator’s nerves. As we have said, excluding the slow start Northwestern played rather well, but we have yet to observe the team’s efficiency in conference competition.

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Northwestern — 27 Engineers — 33 The Goslings travelled to Milwaukee on December fifth to meet the School of Engineering in their first conference game.

Hopes ran high before the game, but in the contest itself the Northwestern five lacked the aggressive spirit necessary to emerge victorious. We heard complaints against Mr. SchiffelSein’s officiating; that might possibly have been a contributing factor. It may be that the old “jinx” which followed the foot­ ball team on its invasions has returned to torment the basket­ ball squad while it is on the road; at any rate, we believe the team to be capable of greater efforts.

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Oridinarily it makes for stale writing to tell of one more fellow attempting to raise a mustache. Such an event, though by no means uncommon (witness: Koenig, Weiss, Wendland, Schabow, etc.), is generally so noticeable and so much joked about that it becomes common knowledge, even too common fora Locals column. This time, however, we are guilty of no bana­ lity. Weishahn is raising a mustache. Very few persons noticed it. Perhaps you didn’t either. 幸氺

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Since the new rule regarding the billiard table has gone into effect, whereby the whacking system has been abolished and the table is given to one class for a day, the sophomores with a great surplus of time on their hands have taken to play­ ing carom in the clubroom. Carom of all things! Shades of the old Vesuvius Club must groan at seeing their haunts debased with such childish pastimes and sigh for better days when college students were men and played “Schafskopf.” Emil Toepel is the best carom player in the dormitory.

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Drear-nigh ted December is undoubtedly the most unevent­ ful month of the college calendar. Not even a coed party this year. The coeds were selfish; they kept their annual party all to themselves. Censorship precludes the publishing of words we would like to write.

Best deed of the month: erection of the bird-feeding station in the college park. Thanks go to Oscar Siegler, whose idea it was and who has promised to keep it stocked with feed, and Breiling, hammer-wielder deluxe, who built it, not to forget Inspector Kremer, without whom it couldn’t have been erected. « * * * Emil Toepel shall henceforth be called not “Crazy” but “Georgie” (printed on request). Why, we know not. * * * * Schlenner is winning for himself a no uncertain place in the list of Northwestern^ immortals. His fame shall stand with that of the fellow who tied the cow in the faculty room or of any that have in some such way distinguished themselves.

Schlenner shall in future years be known as the only student to get through*a whole school year without a light bulb. That is, if he doesn’t get one for the second semester or if another like him doesn’t come to Northwestern. Both of which are very unlikely. 本

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An assortment of juniors, sophomores, and one freshman were feted on December 4 at the home of Harold Neubauer.

Harmening, Reede, and Neubauer, who have birthdays on suc­ cessive days in early December, staged a combined party for them. The freshman won the booby prize. * * * i For those that are interested: Roland Ehlke has the highest score of the senior bowlers to date. His best game was a 236 affair.

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The Christmas season with its hustle and bustle has again descended upon us. The coed rooms are beautifully decorated with holiday embellishments. Bells and red and green streamers brighten the walls and windows. The coeds discuss their diurnal shopping tours together, and those who work have interesting conversations concerning their employers, purchas­ ers, and what they sell or do. The more domestically inclined ones relate cookie- and cake-baking incidents to us, and now and then a sample of some baked goods chances our way. These little facts all help make Christmas a truly joyful and pleasant time.

Many coeds enjoyed lavish Thanksgiving meals consisting of duck, turkey, goose, or chicken together the with customary trimmings. Everyone, however, returned the next day for classes, and no one complained of any serious cases of in­ digestion.

Ruth Zoelle’s mother has been given a vote of thanks by the coeds. Her thoughtfulness was appreciated by all. One Wednesday when most of the coeds eat here, Mrs. Zoelle volunteered to make us a big kettle of hot chili con carne. It was brought up at noon, and we formed a long soup line, holding our dishes and spoons, anxiously waiting- for our bowls to be filled.

The coeds must now become seamstresses, since it has been decided to vest the mixed chorus in smocks. Material was priced and the pattern selected. After several meetings and a great deal of discussion, it was finally agreed that our treasury would buy a controlling interest in the garments, and each coed would contribute the rest. The smocks will then remain at school at the end of the year for use in future years.

This month we shall present the third and, we hope, final episode in the life and adventures of our little gray mouse.

One day when he made his usual appearance, capable *G-women1 were put on his trail and, after detecting the location of his entrance, placed a trap on its threshhold. The next morning excitement reigned in the girls’ rooms. The ‘bold adventurer’ had come forth during the night and, lured by the odor of every mouse’s favorite food, unwittingly stepped into the trap.

Chief Detective Doris Lehmann, contrary to the usual feminine reaction, immediately picked up the trap and the mouse.

Judging from the shrieks and screams that were heard coming from the coed rooms, not all the girls felt quite as friendly toward the victim. Peace was again restored after the mouse was borne away by the janitor to be cremated.

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when singing, and now, whenever we have mixed chorus, she inevitably carries a box of them with her and, when she deems it necessary, takes one.

Victoria Quandt and Anita Weihert, after several days of private consultations on food, have come to the conclusion that both like the same menus and decided that they would some day have an apartment together.

Kathleen Darcey has achieved about the highest degree in absentmindedness. A few days ago she was asked to keep the soup warm for dinner. She placed it on the burner, and then she and a friend began a conversation. When Evelyn suggested that she stir it, so that it would not scorch at the bottom, Kathleen did. Not until they were eating dinner, did they finally realize that there was no heat coming from the burner.

Kathleen had forgotten to light it.

Visitors in the coed rooms were Mildred Eisfeldt, Mary Lutovsky, Irma Salvner, and Hildegarde Wallner.

The Christmas recess is being looked forward to with much interest by the coeds. Many of them plan on using that time to catch up on homework for classes. Several will be spending the vacation in other cities; others plan on recuperating from the strenuous effort they are exerting while clerking and shopping during- the Christmas rush. No matter what we may be doing then, we close now by wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year.

Campus and Classroom The writer of this column has a confession to make to you, dear reader, and to you, another dear reader, and to you, still another dear reader. (If there is yet still another dear reader of this column, we apologize for having forgotten you.) He, with the collaboration of the Muse Nonentity, presumptuously ground out a sonnet on the joke box that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t nice at all. In fact, this said sonnet contained such a gross misrepresentation of facts that the bard is worthy of having his poetic license revoked. The sonnet: When first I entered into Witâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demesne In quest of jesting quip or playful pun, I looked to thee as spot Utopian Where I might endless fun and frolic glean.

Alas, how disillusioned have I been To find thee not a laureled paragon Of laughter, but a haven helcyon Of tooth-picks masticate and waste unclean.

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Yet unprolific as thy years have been Since first thou mad’st thy presence on the wall, Thou wilt remain— a battered piece of tin, Of color nondescript—to share withal With learned profs and studes of lofty mien Benigned position in the recitation hall.

(Fourtenn lines count ’em) And just why does this (atrocious) bit of versification contain such a gross misrepresentation of facts? Because the joke-box is no longer unproductive, unprolific, and all that sort of thing. On the contrary. Why, within the past few weeks it has been so consistent with its contributions that the editor is very much surprised if he doesn’t find one or more of these on his daily tour of inspection. They include everything from tricky odes on the Darwinian theory to subtle poems on the Townsend plan, not to mention the latest issue of Dr. Miles，joke book recently contributed. Their number is infinite, their quality uniform. The Ed. regrets that it is virtually an impossibility to present them all to you for your merriment, but he has selected one for your enjoyment, only after employing- intricate systems of hocus-pocus, eeny-meeny-miny-mo, et al, in its selection. It is: A Picture of the Sweet Young Thing, or Why Love goes (Ed.’s note: we always wondered.)

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“Isn’t my hat just too ducky for words? You know, I bought it for three-ninety-eight at a pick-up sale.”

“Yeah, what would you call—.”

“Oh，I just have to tell you about Fifi. I bought the sweet­ est bow for her colar. Do you know what she did why say, are you listening to me?”

“I was ju-’’ “Did you hear what that old cat of a teacher did today?

She had the brass to tell me I wasn’t doing so well in biology.

That old hen. I don’t care what frogs come from. I detest them. You know what my little brother had today? He had his pockets full of tadpoles. Can you imagine? What are tad­ poles? I just loath them. ’ ’ ::Frogs come fr— ‘‘Did you say something? Oh, here we are home. I’d ask you in, but—well, good-night Bill, I had the loveliest time.

See you tomorrow. Ta-ta.” “(Gensored)” “Melvin…

MelVIN!” "Huh, ma?”

“Are you spitting in the fish bowl?”

“No, but 丄 been cornin’ pretty close.”

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Afewjokespickeduphitherandyon: Grandpappy Morgan, hillbilly of the Ozarks, had wandered off into the woods and failed to return for supper; so young Tolliver was sent to look for him. He found him standing in the bushes. ‘‘Gettin’ dark, Grandpap,” the tot ventured.

“Yep.”

“Suppertime，Grandpap.”

“Yep.”

“Ain’t ye hungry?”

"Yep.， "Wal， air ye comin home?

“Nope.”

“Why ain，t ye?”

“Can，t.”

“Why can’t ye?，， “Standin’ in a b’ar trap.

The champion athlete in bed with a cold was told that he had a temperature.

•‘How high is it, Doc?” “A hundred and one.”

"What’s the world record?”

Bold, yet clever prophetic statement, recently heard in a classroom: *'England is a mockracy of democracy!’’

Menacing threat, which might be directed at a certain junior coed: If you’re not good, I’ll crack my knuckles at you.”

In this day and age of radio advertizing by means of letters that are “absolutely unsolicited,” we follow the trend of the times and advertize, as it were, by means of an absolutely unsolicited” letter (with a bit of suggestion thrown in concering Christmas presents): Deer Editer, I think your colume is so cute, and your potery is jest gurrand. Next to Wordsworth and Keats and all those other guys I think yer the best of the whole bunch of the potes what I read. I’m gonna purchess a great big mob of Black and Red’s, and then I’m gonna rip out your columes and rap my presents in them. Isn’t that dukky.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARYParnassus in Two Tongues.

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Thornby’s Son.................... .

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EDITORIALS— To whom it may concern-----

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Mexico.......................................

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What's what about smoking.

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The double standard..............

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English, a business language

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SEMINARY NOTES_______

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

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

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

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

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXX.

Watertown, Wis.，Jan. 1937

Number 8

Entered at the Postofficc al Watertown, Wis., as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1870. Published monthly. Subscription, One Dollar.

PARNASSUS IN TWO TONGUES Victor Weylond

The sixteenth century of Elizabethan Renaissance brought forth Shakespeare as the laurelled muse in England. About two centuries later the Age of Romanticism midst storm and stress gave birth to the ever-questing Goethe in Germany. Both Shakespeare and Goethe occupy the highest point of Parnassus in England and Germany respectively. Goethe the man and Shakespeare the blithe spirit—who were they ?

Goethe was probably the most learned man of his day. He received his education in Strassburg and Leipzig. But that was only primer work for the man Goethe. He out-universitied all universities with his private study, research, environments, and experiences. To all who are willing to read large volumes of biography his life is known ; and knowing his life we can say that his works paint a picture of his life. But Shakespeare — who was he and what was he ? No one knows, and no one will ever know. Shakespeare’s life is almost as great an enigma as Homer’s. We do know that Skakespeare at one time was ar231

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rested for poaching on someone else’s property, that he owned the Globe Theater and lost it, and that he left a last will and testament. But whatever is more than these is unrecorded. We conjecture that he studied as a child from the popular horn­ books and primers of his day, but we are not sure. By internal evidence from his plays we conjecture that he knew a little Latin and less Greek. Goethe’s sources were his life and ed­ ucation. Shakespeare’s sources were chronicles, histories, and former dramas. In this respect the German muse was original; whereas the muse across the channel in many instances adapted the findings of past ages.

Goethe, the wise, all-knowing owl of his day, nevertheless stretched out the arms of his mind in an everlasting questing.

Goethe looked for the cosmic, categorical essence of life. And that was the chief source of his deeper works. He hoped to atone for his wanton life by wringing from it far-reachingprinciples, such as “das ewig Weibliche.” These principles he then honored by immortalizing them in his writings. Shake­ speare, on the other hand, whom history cannot acclaim as the paragon of knowledge and wisdom of his day, whom the loyal Baconites even condemned as never having lived or written plays at all, was not only an introvert but also an extravert.

Shakespeare possessed by nature that for which Goethe spent a lifetime in hopeless search. The living Goethe sought the essence of life ; the doubtful Shakespeare had the essence of life without looking for it. Shakespeare dipped his pen into the soul of men and wrote. Goethe dipped his pen into his own writhing- soul and wrote. Goethe’s works, therefore, are sub­ jective. His pen was subject to his whims and moods. Shake­ speare^ plays are purely objective. We can say this, because we know nothing of his life. We cannot determine from his plays whether he was a Puritan or a libertine. Shakespeare is not a document; he is a playwright, who wrote for the enter­ tainment of his audience. But we know that Goethe was a libertine and a naturalist. His works give evidence to this. But Shakespeare gives evidence to nothing concerning his life or life’s principles. He favors and condemns both Puritanism and libertinism in one and the same plays. Shakespeare never speaks ex-cathedra. Goethe chiefly wrote about himself and his intimate associates. Shakespeare’s types are mirrors of 232

⑽j you and me. That is what characterizes him as universal.

Goethe wrote his self-portrait. Shakespeare wrote the portraits of all people for all times in every clime. Goethe was a philo­ sopher, and the world knows it. Shakespeare was a keen, practical psychologist in poetry. George Santayana, the famed philosopher and psychologist, says that the best philosophers are poets and that the most reliable psychology is recorded in soul-inspired poetry; which also is partly true of Goethe.

Goethe delved no deeper than into the depth of his own mind.

Shakespeare looked down into the depth of other souls. In this respect he lived in the balcony. Goethe, on the other hand, lived in the arena, although his mind was in the belfry. The topics Goethe discussed he sublimated into philosophy. The topics and people Shakespeare wrote about are his fancy’s children, “his fairest creatures.” Goethe wrote to appease his mind; Shakespeare enjoyed playing with his own poetic children.

Lastly, just a word concerning form: although Goethe was breaking away from Classicism, still, his verse is noble. There is a grace in his verse that give it beauty of form. The variable form of Shakespeare’s verse always fits the content: the ugly for the ugly, the beautiful for the beautiful, the lofty for the heroic and lofty. In Shakespeare we find beauty of form wed­ ded to beauty of content. That is perfect beauty, and that is aethetic truth.

Goethe is summarized in his creature Faust, the lustful man of the belfry who stepped into the arena. Shakespeare, unknown as he is, we perhaps could say is summarized in his creature Hamlet, the sane and insane, the all in all, the enigma of psychology.

THORNBY’S SON Ray Wiechmann

Late Wednesday afternoon Milton was sitting over his books in one of the dormitories of Humboldt University, awaiting the arrival of his roommate, Bob Thornby. He had always been proud of his roommate and now when he heard that Bob was to play in the basketball game against Leeland a week from Saturday, this pride increased. The door opened slowly, and Bob, with eyes on the floor, entered the room. Milton threw aside his books, and with outstretched hand practically ran to 233

响j the door. "Congratulations, old man,” he said. “I just know you’ll make good Saturday.”

Bob, still with a gloomy look on his face, said, “No, Milton, I can’t seem to feel that way about it. After all, I’ll be in that game only because Red is ineligible. He’s failing in English.

Furthermore, Milton, you know my dad. He wanted me to go to State, because it’s plainer on the map. He finally consented to let me come up here, but insisted I make the basketball team, or it would mean quits for me. Dad was a whiz of a player in his day, and you know how dads are. They want to be able to point their finger and say, “That’s my boy,’’ especially when sports are concerned. Da&’s coming up for the game, and he’ll surely hear how it happened that I got into the game, and when he finds out that I’ve been riding the bench all year, well 一•” ‘‘Gee, kid, won’t your dad give you another chance? Red is very little better than you at that center position. Next spring he’ll graduate, and the—.” ‘‘No, Milton, you don’t know my dad. When he sets his mind on a certain —. Wait a minute, there goes the telephone.

Hello. Yes, this is Bob speaking. Yes, Yes, I know. What’s that? Why—why certainly, Coach. All right, I’ll do my best.

Good-bye.”

“Was it the coach, Bob ? What did he say ?M “Oh, not much. He’s certainly a peach of a guy, isn’t he?”

“Gee, he certainly is. There’s one fellow for whom I’d give my gold fillings any day.”

“I figured you’d feel that way about it, Milton. That’s why I accepted.”

“Accepted what ?”

“Coach just asked me whether I would give Red some private help in English for a week and a half. He has a chance to take a test before the game, and if he passes it, he can play in the game. Coach says that the faculty suggested me as his tutor.”

“You aren’t really going to do it, are you, Bob “And why not?”

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The next week and a half rolled past quickly. Under Bob’s tutoring Red had done exceptionally well and had passed his test. The students were glad that their star could play again, but no one really knew what had gone on behind the curtain.

It was the Saturday of the game. Bob’s father had written that he would arrive on the campus at seven o’clock. It was six-thirty now and time for Bob to get ready for the game.

“I’ll leave dad in your care, Milton,” Bob said. **You can ex­ plain to him why I wasn’t here to meet him. You two might as well come to the game together too.”

“0. K.，Bob. Hope you get in.”

About a half-hour after Bob had ambled away to the locker room, Mr. C. Thornby’s car rolled up at the domitory. Milton entertained him as well as he could, and when it was time for the game to start, the two went over and found a good seat.

When the players jogged out on the floor, Thornby’s eyes gleamed with pride at the sight of his son, but when he saw his son sit down on the bench with the rest of the substitutes, the tide turned.

“Why isn’t Bob in there ?” he demanded.

“Oh，I guess the coach is trying out various combinations for the championship game,” Milton answered, trying to smooth things out a little.

Thornby seemed temporarily satisfied with this answer, but the cat wasn’t in the bag long.

Red was playing an exceptionally fine game and finally even began receiving old Thornby’s admiration. Red kept sink­ ing bucket after bucket, and as the game rolled on, Thornby even found himself yelling at the top of his voice for Red. During the half Thornby’s excitement was given a chance to cool down, and his thoughts went back to Bob. He was be­ ginning to realize now why Bob was not playing at the center position.

The score during the rest of the game was close, and the original quintet remained in the game. Humboldt won, but Bob saw no action.

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While Thornby and Milton were waiting for Bob after the game, Thornby remarked, “That Red fellow is really a fine player, isn’t he?”

“Yes,” Milton admitted, “he is, but Bob was really the hero tonight. He won the game, not Red.” “Bob did what! What are you talking about V1 Milton told him the entire story of Bob’s sportsmanship.

“My son did that V9 inquired Mr. Thornby. “Well, I’ll be-.”

When Bob had finished dressing, he walked over to where his father and Milton were sitting. Half ashamed, he said, “Hello, dad.”

“Hello, son，” came the reply. “You didn’t get to play to­ night, did you V1 “No, Ididn，t.”

“Well, perhaps you’ll be able to do better next year.”

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Jbttnrtal s To whom it may concern UDENTS in general are commonly recognized as beings apart from all others, living on a plane of their own. The reasons for this distinction may not be evident to the student himself, for he cannot see the light which he himself walks in.

However, he should not be so blinded that he fails to distinguish right from wrong, or what is courteous and proper from what is uncouth. Wherefore it is necessary to call to attention some habits now practised among us which it were well to rid ourselves of as soon as possible, and that with the resolve in mind that they shall never reappear among us.

One of the most prominent of these very evidently unnecessary evils is the habit of reading over someone else’s shoulder, said action usually being accompanied by audible breathing of varied pitch and tone. Not only is this habit of extreme annoyance to the legitimate reader, but it is also decidedly unhealthful. A little patience on the part of the overeager reader will affect the correction of this unhappy situation.

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This year it has been permitted those who enjoy classical music to listen to the Sunday evening concerts. The privilege is indeed appreciated by many members of the collegiate body, but of late an abuse of it has arisen. It appears that some persons who find it difficult to occupy themselves with studies, or whatever else is in order during the study hours, are making a practise of hieing themselves away to the club room and there engaging in the very entrancing pastime of “shooting the bull.”

Since this game is not characterized by silence, especially not when it becomes slightly fervid or humorous, it is quite dis­ quieting to those who are trying to listen to the concerts.

Furthermore, this abuse, if it continues, stands as a threat to the existence of the privilege.

The habit of throwing refuse from our dormitory windows has been existent so long that it may almost be called tra­ ditionary. But certainly it is a tradition to be banished — and that the sooner the better. We have every reason to pride ourselves in the beauty of our campus, but the sight of orange peels, apple cores, and other miscellaneous objects which daily come sailing out of the dormitory windows certainly does not lend to the picturesqueness of the campus. Visitors to our school have been heard to remark about the array of rubbish which accumulates beneath our windows. ’Twere well we hid our faces in corners and blushed with shame that we have been so careless!

It should be self-understood that by the time a person attains high school or college age he has learned enough manners to conduct himself properly at the table. Using the above statement as a standard, some of us should still be in grade school. Practical jokes, if pouring water on another’s chair may be called practical, are out of order in most places. At the table they become intolerable. Neither does throwing the butter or bread from one end of the board to the other constitute what are generally recognized as correct table manners.

A glance into the mirror to ascertain whether everything about one’s self is in order is occasionally neccessary. If in this glimpse anyone has found something that needed adjustment, the purpose of this writing is accomplished. The adjustment itself is up to the individual.

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Mexico a hundred years we have had in the embassy FORin ALMOST Mexico City men who, almost without exception, were at least unfriendly, to Mexico. Newspapers,

inimical, or especially the Associated Press, always report things in the light most unfavorable to Mexico. If Mexican news meat isn’t gory, it isn’t wanted by most editors. If a new dam or a high­ way is built, it is not written up unless it can be construed as bearing on war preparations.

The usual picture of Mexico is that of a down-trodden back­ ward country still in the worst stages of feudalism. The in­ habitants are supposedly under the thraldom of the Roman Church. Education is never thought of in connection with a Mexican.

The only American organization which is friendly to the Mexicans is the University Club. This is also the only organi­ zation which deals directly with the Mexicans. On good author­ ity it is said our diplomats receive their information and news from Mexicophobes. One dare not judge a people on the reports of its enemies!

With reason do Mexicans feel anger at the attitude of American newspapers and organizations, but travelers in Mexico give us a different report. They say the people are much more friendly and hospitable than their own countrymen — the Mexicans seem to cloak their bloodthirstiness very well at a moment’s notice ! In small towns without hotel facilities people get up at late hours to feed and house travelers — hospitality demands it. The excessive charges of European hostelries are also unknown.

In outlying districts and among the Indians the Roman Church had and has many in thraldom. However, this does not hold good for larger cities and communities near them. The expulsion of priests from schools and even from churches several years ago was not the act of a mere few at that time in power.

Many Mexicans did not belong to the Roman Church, and many who did only belonged because it was the only church. The action of the government was just and right, even though American newspapers, as usual in the case of Mexico or Germany, set up a howl that Mexico was persecuting the church.

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always in practice, the action was to separate the church and state. The Romanists had obtained what amounted to almost a strangle-hold on many of the states and their government.

Since the Mexicans are a rather excitable people, this did in some cases lead to bloodshed, but neither party can claim clean skirts in this. We, who fought in a revolution against England for a much more insignificant reason, should not censure our neighbor for attempting to establish the religious freedom and separation of church and state which we have so long enjoyed.

Mexico has schools in the more settled parts. These schools are about as efficient as our little red schoolhouse — now painted white. It is true, they do not educate many of the Indians in the outlying districts, but time will bring that. They do not have as many colleges and universities as we do, but they have some, and they are considered good. They even play football at some of them.

Travelers, such as Harry Franck and Halliburton, credit the upper classes in the cities with being well acquainted with world affairs and frequently also well-read. Hospitality一of the humblest and the highest—is a sacred duty. The peon is not much worse in condition than the poor and illiterate here ; the Indian is better off in Mexico — they didn’t corral him and put him on a dole, thus depriving him of all initiative.

Mexico is neither as democratic as we are, nor as stable as we were, but it seems to be advancing. Remember, they have several hundred years of Spanish oppression, continued by the Roman Church, to cleanse from their system. If you read their history, you won’t be surprised at whatever they do. Give Mexico fair play and a sporting chance !

F. A. W. What’s what about smoking................

EVERAL months ago some budding young bounder had the bold effrontery to try his all to shaky pen on an article against smoking. He was undoubtedly one of the sissified lads who, his constitution being non-resistant to cigarettes, prefers to have everyone else stop smoking too. At first I merely raised a questioning1 eyebrow, but the more I think of it, the more I chafe and itch under my collar. We smokers ought really to thrust forth our chins and snap the whip over the heads of any

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Math such would-be reformers. We, who know what’s what, must shoot a few holes through such radical theories.

The young upstart’s first point: The “little fellow” smokes because disobedience thrills him. Now that point has rather slippery footing. How about the little fellows (and some of the oldsters too) who swipe cookies and jam? Don’t try telling us they do it for the sake of disobeying. Oh, no! They’re hungry.

They like it. That’s why. The mere fact that it’s against the rules, doesn’t prove that to be the reason for the little fellow’s smoking. It’ll take a better argument than that to floor us.

His follow-through stroke: We smoke to gain self-confi­ dence. And we’ll bounce it right back at him. Men need selfconfidence more than anything else. (That, you see, is why women were made. We men blusteringly claim that women are our downfall, but to ourselves we shamefacedly admit that they are the pedestals, not door mats, upon which we stand — and mighty solid ones at that — usually.) And so, if we stand in need of a little self-assurance, a fifteen-cent package of smoke is certainly a sane investment, especially in the case of bachelors.

His third blow: We smoke to pass the time. Here our worthy opponent again bit his own ears. Now time, as we all know, often has a way of making a mighty lengthy and tedious affair of itself. Furthermore, time is that which lies between one cigarette and the next. The more cigarettes we consume, the shorter and more frequent are the intervals of time. Con­ sequently, smoking seems to make Old Man Time hobble along a bit more spryly. So why not smoke!

His fourth attempt: We think smoking aids our digestion.

At this point our opponent, feeling himself slipping, makes a try at waxing witty by comparing us to our sister, the cow.

Well, we suppose any sort of weapon is fair in debate, but nevertheless, how can the judges overlook this: a confessed, young non-smoker trying to tell us veterans that we’ve been laboring under a silly delusion. What does he know about it!

Talks as though he’s physicain and psychologist combined!

Take my word for it, the word of an inveterate-no-less-than-one cigarette-a-day smoker for the past three months; I know.

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Carl Thurow.

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TUST the other day I noticed a small news-item, insignificantly ^ plac ed in a lower corner of a newspaper, which related the story of an American engineer stationed in Moscow, who on Christmas Day had lost his wallet, which contained $1,300, and valuable documents. Two days later it was returned to him untouched, accompanied by an anonymous letter advising the American to be more careful in the future and signed “A Russian Friend.’’

I was deeply impressed by this act, which so displayed the honesty and nobility of the character of this Bolshevik, who, instead of thus returning the wallet, might have turned it in to the State lost-and-found bureau and claimed one-third of the value of its contents. And yet, I thought, the Government under which this unknown Bolshevik lives is not honest enough even to admit its obligation to repay the millions of dollars which its owes to America and its 125,000,000 inhabitants.

But is this so unusual ? Can we not discern the same double standard in the United States ? We must remember that the collective ethics and morals of a nation, as shown by the acts of its government, are not necessarily of the same standard as the ethics and morals of the individual citizens who make up that nation. What if we, as private American citizens, should pursue the same standard as the New Deal, which the deceived, disillusioned American public gave such a tremendous vote of confidence last November ? What if we, as private American Citizens, should ruthlessly kill thousands upon thousands of little pigs and plow under acre after acre of flourishing grain ?

What if we, as private American citizens, should attempt to open telegrams and letters of our associates ? What if we, as private American citizens, should try to dictate to those who are SUPPOSED to be a check over us, and to manage things as we see fit and to our own advantage ? What if we, as private American citizens, should rashly squander our earnings with no thought for the morrow, as our beloved New Deal Government has during the past three years ? Certainly such persons would 242

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Yes, that British statesman certainly uttered a great truth, who once exclaimed : ‘ 'What scoundrels we should all be if we did in private life some of the things we do in public life.”

R. W. H. English, a business language ? a recent discussion a certain college professor asserted that the English language is a business language. His main contention was that since America and England are the in­ dustrial centers of the world, it naturally follows that their speech must have been necessarily influenced. He attempted to prove that English is ungraceful, cramped, and matter-offact, that it is without feeling or emotion, by stating that Ger­ man, for example, is a language pervaded with sensation.

But what manner of argumentation is this ? Just to say that German is an emotional, sensitive language proves nothing.

The two statements don’t jibe, since they have nothing in com­ mon, nor is one even the antithesis of the other. He then con­ tinued by citing a number of outstanding German poets together with a few well-chosen and effective passages. The recitation alone was more persuasive than anything he had said before.

But it must be taken into account that German was his mother tongue, and he spoke accordingly. Moreover, his ar­ ticulation fitted the passage so perfectly that the rendition was truly eloquent.

Is that the reason why English can not be touching ? What is business-like about the tranquility of the opening stanzas of Gray’s Elegy, the solemnity of Milton’s “organ tones,” or the picturesque descriptions of Goldsmith’s “Deserted Village?”

The vulgate of one language should not be compared with the elevated diction used by the literary geniuses of another.

English may be more of a business language than German, but is it only a business language ?

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A number of the alumni were involved in the shift which took place amongst the congregations of the Michigan district.

Pastor L. Meyer, ’19, who had been serving at Sterling, Michi­ gan, moved to Allegan, and Pastor R. Kaschinske, ’32，of Hartford, Michigan, is now occupying the position which was left vacant at Sterling. Pastor A. Voges, ’28, accepted a call to a new mission station at Vassar, Michigan. Heretofore, Pastors E. Froehlich，’31，and A. Schultz, ’32, attended to the services.

Pastor R. Biesmann, ’33, accepted a call to Kenosha as assistant pastor and teacher. Pastor H. Buch, ’33, has assumed a charge at South Shore, S. Dakota. Pastor C. Trapp, ’31，is occupying a temporary teacher’s position at the Lutheran High School in Milwaukee. Pastor W. Schweppe，’29，of Osceola, Wisconsin, will soon take leave for Africa, where he will serve in the mission field of the Synodical Conference.

A number of engagements were announced recently. Miss Irma Engel of Amboy, Minnesota, was engaged to Pastor M. Fleischer, ’30, of Red Granite, Wisconsin. The engagement of Miss Elsie Rodrian to Mr. E. Marquardt, ex ’38, has been re­ ported from Algoma, Wisconsin. Miss Hildegarde Kleemann of Watertown became engaged to Mr. A. Reuschel, *35.

A few reports concerning alumni of Eagle River, Wisconsin, have recently come to us. Mr. E. Krubsack, ex ’37, stopped off at Watertown on his way back from Chicago, where he had been doing some buying for his new business project at Eagle River. Mr. Krubsack has opened a jewelry store. Mr. E. Zimpelmann, ’34，he reports, is working in partnership with his father. Since the contracting business is improving rapidly, he is kept very busy. .

Prof. T. Binhammer, 'll, and his wife were blessed with the birth of a girl during the first part of January.

During the first part of December a very unfortunate thing happened to Pastor Keturakat. ex ’08, and his family at Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. A faulty flue started a fire which burnt out the entire house and caused an extensive loss. We are glad to say that nobody was harmed and that the church building was not touched. After the remains of the old house have been torn down, the congregation will build a new parsonage.

Pastor P. G. Naumann，’17，and his wife, of Milwaukee, report the birth of a girl during the first part of December.

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its church redecorated. The pastor is the Rev. Mr. R. Ziesemer of the class of ’10.

The wife of the Rev. Mr. E. Dornfeld, Watertown, died during the Christmas holidays. Pastor Dornfeld is a member of the class of ’97.

Pastor A. Maas，’33, has been conducting the Sunday morn­ ing services which are broadcast over WTMJ by the Synodi­ cal Conference of Milwaukee County.

The Rev. Mr. A. Buengei，，’33，of North Milwaukee was married to Miss Avis Stroede during the first part of January.

Prof. E. Scharf，’28, and Pastor 0. Engel, ’31，fellow-members of an old quartet, were in the wedding party.

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" — a graduate of a ten-room Lutheran College in the Middle West” is the slurring characterization of one of the figures in one of Sinclair Lewis’s novels. And I’m sure you too have had people tell you to go to a big university rather than to a small college, that you receive a better education in the for­ mer, that a degree from the latter means practically nothing, when it comes to getting a position. If you have been searc hmg for an answer showing the advantages of a small college, here is one from the W. M. S. Geode: “The advantages of a small school are fully as many as those of the larger institutions. In a small school the students are in very close contact with the instructors, and the value of this statement cannot be over emphasized. In large schools the only possible course of teaching is mass or group education.

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This method has its values in the fact that the students are forced to rely upon themselves almost entirely to gain a com­ prehensive knowledge of the course. The chief disadvantage to this method of instruction is that only a limited number of courses can be undertaken by the average student. In a school where it is possible for the student to come in close contact with the instructor, thus obtaining almost individual instruction, the possibilities for undertaking a larger curriculum are very much greater.

“The modern trend of education in the larger schools is to allow only exceptional students to carry a large number of courses. In a small school the average student can usually carry as many courses as an exceptional student of a large school, because with more individual instruction the load on the student is not so great.

In a small school the educational facilities of larger insti­ tutions are not available, but the courses are usually presented in such a manner that they are easier to master than the same courses, when studied at a larger school.’’

That a small college has its advantages cannot be doubted.

Take our own Northwestern as an example. At what other college or university could you take as many subjects as here?

You may never get to be an eminent Greek scholar by this method, but just think what a broad education you’re getting; what a solid foundation is being laid for anything you may afterwards specialize in. If you are at all an average human being：, your mind has been broadened; it has become receptive for the most varied interests offered by life, one of the prime factors in true greatness together with the ability for hard work.

As the quoted article said, the chief disadvantage of a small college is its lack of “educational facilities,” that is, the lack of big libraries and laboratories. It is regrettable that the lack of money usually prevents the overcoming of this difficulty.

But since such is the case, the ideal, it seems, would be some­ thing like this: to get a broad foundation at a small college and then to do the advanced work at a large institution, where you have all facilities in addition to personal supervision by the in­ structor; for in really advanced work the classes are usually very small, even at the largest universities. (i

The Racquety publication of La Crosse State Teachers College, bemoans the fact that pragmatism has undermined the position of the humanities in the average college education.

The writer of the article quotes the words of Howard Mumford Jones: “Plato and Socrates are the essence of Hellenism, not the spoils of war heaped up in the Athenian treasury. One admires 247

“妙 lr{eh J the great scholastic tradition of the Middle Age, not the wealth of the robber barons------. The statistician has destroyed the philosopher, and the fanatic has stepped in. Why do we trust statistics and distrust the philosopher?”

The writer now continues in his own words: “The classics and these disciplines, grammar, rhetoric, logic, and mathema­ tics; they are irreplaceable and not easily acquired. In the words of de Toqueville, The human mind must be coerced into theoretical studies; it runs of its own accord to practical appli­ cations.* . ， “Intellectuality is being discarded for vocationalism; and, consequently, the great gains we will make in science will be more than offset by the losses we shall sustain in philosophy and religion. It is evident that undisciplined pragmatism is not in itself complete. The present trend in education may re­ sult in the degradation of our colleges and universities to the level of vocational schools.”

In this materialistic age it is rather reassuring to read that not all of our future teachers are so steeped in materialism that they believe all time spent on the humanities to be wasted.

What an empty, unsatisfying life that must be which is spent in pursuing merely pragmatical aims and objectives. It is clear that we have made great gains materially; look at all the marvelous inventions of the last thirty years. But how dark the horizon is, when we look to the intellectual side of man; what man that even remotely approaches the magnitude of Socrates, Luther, or Kant have we brought forth ? Of what value is this gain and the resulting wealth, if the questioning mind of man can find no reason for his existence? Absolute despair can be the only end.

It is a grave question, whether we’ll even be able to make material gains, if vocationalism crowds out intellectualism. An intelligent mechanical engineer once told me that, if the present trend becomes still more pronounced, material progress would cease; for the mind of man will become so blunt that he couldn’t produce anything, if he wanted to; that no one would have enough interest in another man’s welfare to produce any bene­ fits, if he still could; that, if there were a few humanitarians left, faster than they could produce anything, it would be destroyed by the cynics. That’s a dark picture, but looking at it in the cold light of logic we must admit that it is in its general points quite correct.

During the last year we have read about the investigation for communism in our own state university. Now Mr. Hqarst’s “red-baiting” activities have produced the same result in the universities of New York City. The Carrol iScho has an editor­ ial which shows that these investigations are worse than useless.

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First it proves that this procedure brings about exactly the opposite result which it intends.

“It makes of those whose beliefs are questioned martyrs who attract further recruits and thus fans the flame of red sentiment; or it drives the activity underground, whence it will inevitably explode.” To be sure, this gives the communists the desired publicity absolutely gratis.

The article goes on to prove that this procedure is wasteful of time and money. “The time, money, and energy spent for investigations and blustering debate could with far greater div­ idends be devoted to giving the students the thing which they seek in communism. Little is required to satisfy most people with things as they are. A chance to earn a living and the comforting knowledge that all others have the same chance are all that most college students ask of life. If, then, our legis­ lators, publishers, and patriotic societies would devote their time to create an equal and universal opportunity to work, they would be advancing more rapidly toward the same objective which they are now trying to reach by searching out and sup­ pressing young radicals.” This is all very good, but the writer forgets that capitalism may be so effete that it can no longer give us that “universal opportunity to work.”

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Schiller was the theme of the presentation. The program was unique among other programs in that it was not burdened by much dull talk on the subject and in that it was German through­ out. Both of which reasons render it praiseworthy. Schiller was allowed to speak for himself in his drama and poetry.

Acting, which seems to have become a lost art among us, was far from inspired. Actors spoke their lines, walked through their parts, and did very little else. Scenes from “Wallenstein” —a dialogue between Octavia and Max Piccolomini and a soli­ loquy of Wallenstein—and from “Maria Stuart” were presented.

Krug’s “Leicester” from the latter was the best bit of acting of the whole performance. Needless to say, the audience laughed at mo^t of the tragic moments. Jungkuntz gave the only speech of the evening, a talk based on “Die Glocke，’’ 台chiller’s finest piece of poetry. The mixed chorus, under the direction of Karl Gurgel, sang two songs, “Holder Friede” and “Am fernen Himmel blinken.” Mr. Seifert deserves praise for choosing a fitting subject and also for decently presenting it.

Jan. 14 Theodore Sauer presented his literary program on church music. In speeches by De Ruiter, Hilbert Schaller, and Karl Gurgel the history and development of singing in the church was traced. De Ruiter spoke on the pre-Reformation period. Schaller’s theme was the choral and its development.

He advocated a more frequent use of the true choral in our churches. Faulty memory-work somewhat spoiled his speech, as it also did De Ruiter’s; Gurgel spoke on Bach. The mixed chorus again offered two numbers, one of which was sung by the women alone. Critical discussion after the program was lengthy. Sauer brought an interesting fact to light. He has 253

kept count of the type of hymns we sing in chapel and found that out of twenty-six hymns, only five chorals were sung and these were all composed at least 150 years after the Reforma­ tion. Not one of the Reformation chorals was sung.

We were privileged to see moving pictures of the great Gopher footballers of the University of Minnesota one evening.

Coach Umnus procured the films，which were shown in the gymnasium. Just when the Minnesota boys have to some ex­ tent forgotten the glories of the mighty Widseth, Smith and Co., these pictures had to be brought in to enliven their memory and unleash a new barrage of the oft heard paeans to these conquering heroes. *

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The locals column is not only a source of pleasure to those who read it but also benefits them materially. Some kindly soul, who read the last month’s Locals and was touched by the bit about Schlenner’s not having a light bulb, presented him with a Mazda and a new lamp to go with it.

And yet there are those that will harshly criticize the column!

4'Northwestern Goslings” shall henceforth be the official terminology whereby our athletic teams shall be known in the headlines. We can now meet the “Falcons,” etc. on their own terms. The significance of the name “Goslings” for our teams is somewhat bewildering. It surely cannot refer to the slowly waddling stuffed geese that are raised in Watertown. Some have raised the point that it may refer to the mythological fowl that laid the golden goose-eggs. Others believe that it may point to the transferred meaning that the word has acquired.

Be that as it may, “Goslings” is our name, and we shall stick by it.

In reference to the preceding paragraph we offer a sugges­ tion. Perhaps the “N Club” could purchase a flock of geese for mascot purposes. Then we would not only be assured of victory on the athletic field but also of an occasional breakfast of fried eggs.

Schierenbeck, the sage from Sanborn, reports a very pleas­ ant trip back to school after his Christmas vacation. Schmelzer a not so pleasant one. His was the unfortunate experience of misplacing his travel ticket, being forced to buy another, then finding the lost one, and ending up by having one too many tickets.

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0 The one event which seemed to be foremost in the minds of the coeds returning to college after the holiday recess was the examination period. The very first day someone counted the number of days that would intervene until the process of writing semester finals began. About a week elasped and then the usual questions similar to these were asked, “Does he give hard tests? What do you have to know?” Many coeds voiced their perplexities to the seniors, who, they hoped, might be able to impart some knowledge, but even the seniors were enveloped by the shadow cast by the forthcoming examinations and were as much confused and worried as the underclassmen. Now and then someone’s face brightened as a solution to some question came into the mind. Matters were made easier when several exams were given prior to the scheduled time.

The girls were greeted the first morning of their return from vacation by a very much disarrayed room. The furniture was piled together in one corner of the room, books were strewn over the floor, and the curtains were hanging awry. The first thought was night prowlers, but closer investigation disclosed loose pieces of wood and plaster. The ceiling was scrutinized and it was discovered that new connections had been made on the heating pipe.

The beginning of a new year is the time when most of us make resolutions and break them after the first few days.

There are others who make no resolutions but do something worthwhile every day. Foremost among the latter is Ruth Pfaffenbach. She started the year out right by making the girls’ room livable again. Although the floor was scrubbed and the furniture put back in its place in the course of the day, the walls were spattered with spots and stains so that the girls found it impossible to hang their coats on the hooks. Ruth came to the rescue with soap and water, scrubbing and scrub­ bing until the walls shone forth bright and clean. The uncom­ fortable chilliness of the room added to the difficulty of her task.

All the coeds join in thanking her for this service. Every effort expended for the cause of cleanliness in the girls’ room is verymuch appreciated.

Do not become alarmed if you notice two young women wearing a red mitten on one hand and a white mitten on the other. It is not a case of having absentmindedly snatched the wrong mitten. They are merely following the latest style trends.

At last a uniformly attired mixed chorus has been accomplished. The chorus made its first appearance as a vested choir when it sang for the literary program on January fourteenth.

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i The coeds were dressed in white smocks trimmed with black bows.

The impluvium in the atrium may have been an important feature of the Roman house but now it is no longer a desirable one. The impluvium, as is well-known, was an opening in the roof through which the rain might fall into a basin below. In one corner of the girls’ room is an aperture leading directly to the room above. Instead of rain, however, the girls have re­ ceived a daily shower of chalk, sticks, and rulers. Since the hole is located very near one of the windows, the curtain and curtain rod have suffered from the sticks so freely bestowed.

It is fortunate for us that the impluvium is no longer in use and therefore the hole in the ceiling of the coed room will not be permanent.

Mary Abelmann, Jean Hoffmann, Helen Whitmore, and Dorothy Prahl were recent visitors.

Campus and Classroom Although not having caused a definite stir in literary circles as yet, a new school of poetry has arisen, which may or may not reach the heights of immortality striven for by so many, attained by so few. Thus far the only manifestations of this movement have consisted, inauspiciously enough, in occasional bits of poetry appearing in this column, but sometime within the next fifty years (or so) a complete volume of poems composed by this school threatens to make its appearance.

The school might be adequately referred to as the Hyper Super Neo-Classic Romanticists, which must suffice until pos­ terity coins a more suitable monicker, so to speak. It has been the prime purpose of the various members (two in number) to write in an elevated style on trite subjects. That is the chief charac­ teristic of the movement. Invocations in banalities, sonnets on things commonplace, * 'funny stuff after the manner of Homer,” as someone once put it. Of course, to narrow the scope of such a far flung movement to a few basic essentials would be a rank absurdity. The school is as versatile as its name implies. It is capable of the trenchant satire of a Byron, the sublimity of a Milton, and the suspended animation of a Shelley (although these phases have not as yet been attempted). It might be stated somewhat emphatically, however, that the poetry has no didactic tendencies. Whether or not this movement will sur­ vive the successive stages of adverse criticsim and pedantic annotations is difficult at this point to ascertain. If it does npt, it is certainly not worthy of your time, nor anyone else’s for that matter. Should it survive, it is fairly safe to say that the 256

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By way of concrete illustration we have selected for your further elucidation a few minor bits of inspiration. (Get the poetic instinct.) If nothing else, you may get a rough idea of how poetry looks in the formative period of a school’s develop­ ment.

ODE TO A SPICED, PICKLED HERRING I sing thy praise, thou dear delight Of my ecstatic appetite.

Thy savor is ambrosial Most worthy of the fam6d laurel.

I fain would raise thee to the height Of yonder sparkling satellite.

Oh, esculent little vagabond From th* North Atlantic herring pond.

Some day I’ll build a hatchery Where thou and all thy progeny May swim about in spicy glee To sate my great voracity.

ELEGY ON A BROKEN PIPE The earth rolls on, and stars above yet shine, The sun renews its warmth—and yet not mine To eulogize galactic spheres in verse.

A dirge would be more terse.

For I have lost a pipe, a treasured friend, Whose brier had a sudden, shattering end.

In mine own hand the wretched deed was wrought That so much pathos brought.

Alas what boots it with incessant care* To break it in and then to have it break.

Invariably I smash a rare bruyere But e’er preserve intact a two-bit make.

So I’ll build a pyre For my pet brier And enkindle the blaze with chaff, And I’ll shed a tear For many a year ’Cause it cost me a buck and a half. *Thank you, Mr. Milton.

Eddie Breiling gives us a few prize “boners” pulled in exams: Vacuum—a large empty space where the pope lives.

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The liver is an infernal organ.

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A short story, inspired on New Year’s Eve, entitled ^Her­ man Goes to Town,” or “Insomnia, and How to Cure it:’’ His name was Herman and, frankly speaking, Herman was a dud. Not that Herman was dumb, not at all. Herman mem­ orized all the Hebrew vocables, did all the collateral reading：, looked up all the etymologies. But somehow or other he didn’t hitch. He never went off, did Herman, never really let himself ero. Herman realized this and was obsessed with the thought.

He couldn’t sleep.

Came Christmas vacation, and Herman went home for the holidays, to a little prairie town of some seventy-eight dormant inhabitants. Came New Year’s Eve, and Herman’s obsession reached a crisis. He was goinj? to dissipate just once—let him­ self go. The lid was off; the sky was the limit. At approxi­ mately ten minutes to twelve he sauntered down Main Street and swaggered into the local Spittoonery Annex. “Gimme a beer and a pack of cigarettes,” said Herman to the bartender in his rasping1 tenor. “I’ll be hoi'n-s'voggled !” said Hangover Butch, and his jaw dropped two inches as he fulfilled the order.

The other occupants of the bar room didn’t know what to make of it. Dead-Eye Zeke let one fly at the nearest cuspidor and missed for the first time in twenty-seven years. Herman downed his beer and staggered out of the place, lighting a cigarrette as nonchalantly as is possible with no previous practice.

But this wasn’t all to Herman’s spree, no sir. Herman^ dander was up; he’d show ’em how to celebrate. He climbed up onto the village bandstand in the center of the town and shrieked at the top of his voice, “Happy New Year!” and he really could go to town. Just as if a rooster had saved up all the crows in his life for one long cock-a-doodle. Thereupon, to sort of bring matters to a climax, Herman shot off a blank in his dad’s .32 pistol and went home.

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One of the men spoke, “I dug this hole where I was told to and began to put the dirt back like I was supposed to. But all the dirt won’t go back in. What’ll I do?”

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The spinster, shocked by the language used by the two men repairing telephone wires near her house, wrote to the company to complain. The foreman was ordered to report the happening to his superior.

“Me and Bill Winterbottom were on this job,’’ he reported.

“I was up on the telephone pole and accidently let hot lead fall on Bill, and it went down his neck. Then he called to me: ‘You really must be more careful, Harry!’ ”

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TABLE OF CONTENTS LITERARY— Shelley—The Idealistic HerdAbandoned Deer............... .

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Drama By Accident.............. .

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EDITORIALS— The Labor Unions..................

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Poe, Poetry, Poetic Principle

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Newspaper and Magazine Clippings 269 Roosevelt and Communism...

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A Dream..............................

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To Those Whom It Concerns

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My Mustache.......................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM ADVERTISEMENTS

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r丫 THE BLACK AND RED Volume XXXX.

Watertown, Wis.，Feb. 1937

Number 9

Entered at the Postoflice at Watertown. Wis., as second class matter under Act of March 3，1870* Published monthly. Subscription* One Dollar.

SHELLEY—THE IDEALISTIC HERD-ABANDONED DEER F. A. Grunwald

The early nineteenth century saw the rise and development of the Romantic poets, who effected a rebellion against the classic forms. This group of poets drew much o’f its inspiration from nature. Beautiful as some of the poetry is, it very fre­ quently reflects an “uncertainty at the core” of its author. The Romantics, among a vast number of topics, wrote often on love and, lapsing into characteristic melancholy, on death. Typical, in some respects, of the great Romantics, yet somewhat more rebellious, so to speak, and more spirit-like is Percy Bysshe Shelley.

He has often been condemned because he is frequently pre­ occupied with the intangible theme, ideal beauty, an impalpable shadow of a shadow, as in “Alastor,” “Epipsychidion，” and “Ode to Intellectual or Ideal Beauty.” Shelley had an almost impalpable perception of an indefinable essence or force behind the material world. His life in one of its many aspects was a fruitless striving after this power. In the self-description in 260

“Adonais” he very aptly states that"he "had gazed on Nature’s naked loveliness, Actaeon-like, and now fled astray;and his own thoughts pursued like raging hounds, their father and their prey.” Shelley frequently uses a woman as the symbol of this intellectual or ideal beauty. Throughout his life Shelley searched for an ideal woman, an Antigone. He was always in love with the conception of this Antigone; often he had found her, only to be disappointed.

Shelley’s supreme idealism and his ethereal nature hindered him to some extent from becoming the poet of human nature to the extent that Wordsworth was; Shelley could not bind himself continually to something so concrete and so earthly as that. However, considering a striving after ideals to be innate in man，s nature, Shelley may be looked upon as a poet of human nature even when he writes on these lofty themes, but in a somewhat different manner. Shelley loved to soar ; yet even as he soars, the poet is overwhelmed by mortality and melan­ choly. His use of the Manichaean allegory of the serpent and the eagle is frequent and characteristic. Shelley is the eagle, pierced by the deadly fang and entangled in the coil of the serpent, soaring, striving ever upward — yet doomed.

The Platonic influence over Shelley is evident in “Prometheus Unbound，” which has profoundly influenced many thinking minds, and into which a mass of allegory has been read. In this lyrical drama Shelley, the clear thinker, puts philosophy into its most beautiful form. His hatred of tyranny and oppression is expressed; he was still fired with the passion to reform and liberate the world. Here the poet also states his erroneous, yet sincere, belief in the perfectibility of man. Shelley realized that the world at his time was corrupt and wicked; yet he had faith in the fallacy that man possessed some innate spark of good and would some day through pain, suffering, and love blossom forth into a perfect state with the assistance of some divine man. The poet’s conception of this Utopia was rather vague; Love and Beauty were to rule there. Still this idea, hazy as it was, was real in his mind. Some of the strangest things were realities to this truly idealistic poet, who always believed ideas to be “more real than brass.” Nevertheless, this faith in the perfectibility of man later began to fail Shelley, as is evident in the poem he was writing shortly before his death, 261

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“The Triumph of Life.” This poem breaks off unfinished with, the enigma, “then what is life ?” Death solved it and ended it.

One of the chief reasons for Shelley’s leaving England in 1818 was his * ‘perpetual experience of neglect or enmity from almost everyone except those supported by (his) resources.”

His contemporary critics and reviewers were cruel, his readers and admirers, few. At times he heeded not the vituperations of his calumniators; for “when one is listening to the music of the spheres, he does not hear the frogs croaking.” Shelley was not, however, without his dejected moments. It seems that the higher the idealist soars, the lower he sinks again into the slough of despondency. In such despair he once wrote, “of hatred I am proud. — with scorn content; indifference which once hurt me, is now grown itself indifferent.” On another occasion in a hypochondriac mood Shelley wrote the self-pitying, dejected lines in “Adonais,” depicting himself as “a phantom among men — companionless... a power girt round with weak­ ness, ...a dying- lamp,.... a broken billow—a herd-abandoned deer struck by the hunter’s dart.” It was in that abysmal Shelleyan melancholy and despair that he occasionally thought that future judges would say of his name and poetry, “Guilty— Death !” Nevertheless, when more composed, he realized that his name was secure, for he was “treading the thorny road, which leads, through toil and hate, to Fame’s serene abode.”

Like the other Romantic poets Shelley often thought on death. He seems not to have feared it but rather to have longed for it. He undoubtedly expected in death to consummate his search for ideal beauty. Trelawney speaks of ‘‘the careless — not to say impatient way in which he bore the burden of his life.” Shelley himself says, “I could lie down like a tired child …and hear the sea breathe o’er my dying brain its last monotony.” He loved the sea and spent much of his time sailing.

Before the poet could make use of the sea, he beguiled many hours in boating on the Thames, where he composed some of his beautiful short lyrical poems, which are comparable in beauty and aerialness only to Mendelsohn’s music to a Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shelley almost always spoke of death in con­ nection with the sea; the two were inseparably connected in his mind. He narrowly escaped drowning several times. Byron’s warning, “if you can’t swim beware of Providence,” always 262

went unheeded. And thus death came to him in the sea while sailing his craft Ariel on the Bay of Spezzia during a storm.

On a stone, lying in a nook of the wall surrounding the Protestant cemetery in Rome, near the pyramid of Cestius, are There he lies buried inscribed the words, ‘‘Cor Cordium. where “grey walls moulder round, on which dull Time feeds, like slow fire upon a hoary brand; and one keen pyramid with wedge sublime;... doth stand like flame, transformed to marble; and beneath, a field is spread, on which a newer band have pitched in Heaven’s smile their camp of death.”

The herd-abandoned deer had fled “where,” as he believed, “all is fled.”

DRAMA BY ACCIDENT N. Luctke

When one hears the words ‘ ‘drama, ‘ ‘stage, ’ ’ or ‘ ‘theatre, ’ ’ a conglomerate picture usually passes through his mind, and he sees elaborate stage settings, recollections of touching and soul­ stirring scenes, and probably some famous actor too in one of his great roles. Since man has shown himself a stickler for concreteness and tangibility in all other ways, it seems to be natural that he should also try to resolve the incidents of life into a tangible and plastic representation. Man has gone so far in this matter that he even tries to make the human emotions concrete in the form of dances and other physical contortions and movements which go under that name. Since drama repre­ rents in its very essence a very successful realization of this desire of mankind for tangibility, it would appear to the chance observer that the dramatic idea must have sprung from the human brain fully formed and did not go through a gradual development as other literary forms did.

It is true that drama is a very vivid expression of life and action. If the playwright merely attempts to produce pleasant feelings for his audience and falsifies life to do it, the result is melodrama, which can only be considered decidedly non-artistic.

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indicates very well that drama was not always meant for the representation of life scenes. The modern practice whereby a ten-minute intermission between acts is made to represent a lapse of months and even years can find nothing comparable to it in real life. Since drama originally did not concern itself with this earthly life anyway, such a practice did not seem to destroy verisimilitude, and the custom was merely retained in modern drama for lack of a better method.

Drama was originally knit up very intimately with religious themes and religious celebrations. Among the Greeks “tragedy and comedy were the natural response to the Greek demand for the enrichment of worship by art;” when drama was revived after the Renaissance, it merely served as a vehicle for the in­ struction of the young in Bible stories, which was acted by the Church officers in the Churches. The Greeks merely meant to worship a God with their earliest dramatic works and never intended to represent life scenes. The playwrights who finally dared to represent life scenes were considered egregious liars, who threatened to destroy truthfulness in all transactions.

Drama was always considered so completely bound up with religion alone that Solon, the great law-giver, became unusually angry and violently struck the ground with his long staff, when he saw the playwright Thespis hauling his dramatic presenta­ tions in honor of the god Dionysus around on wagons and pre­ senting them not only in hallowed places but also as a pastime.

Even at the height of Greek drama, at the time of Aeschylus and his successors, the religious conservatists would not be satisfied with mere drama and demanded a retention of the religious element in the so-called satyr plays. The drama of the Middle Ages finally lost its religious character, but this development took a long time.

The Greek originators of the drama never really meant to produce the present forms of art. In fact, the texts of the original dramas, if we may call them that, were never com­ posed, and everything the actors said was purely extemporane­ ous. The idea of character representation was an accidental development and purely undesigned. During the course of the Dionysiac festivals, from which the dramatic idea originated, some of the revelers, having become excited and heated by wine and strong drink, would be brought to the sublime con264

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Shakespeare is often considered the real originator of drama, and in a certain sense this is very true. However, drama has its roots farther back in history, if we want to be exact, and the fact is that it has come to us not in a natural way and fully dressed but in a purely accidental manner and very gradually. It too had to pass through a development, but this might never have begun, if certain fortuitous events had not made their appearance at the beginning of its history.

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J&ttnrtais The Labor Unions................

P A union man is asked what the object and purpose of the labor unions is, he will probably say they are there to ad­ vance the rights of the common worker and prevent his em­ ployer from unjustly treating him. It is undoubtedly true that through the influence of the unions many employers and also legislatures passed rulings and laws by which the working conditions and pay of the laborers were much improved. We give due credit for past achievements, but are the unions still really for the workman, or is that a mere slogan, only a set of euphonious words ?

After much reading and debate on the subject, the sources sometimes being pro, sometimes con, I believe the conclusion must be drawn that the labor unions are not working for better shop conditions nor for better pay, but only for power and mastery over this country of ours.

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guarantees every man the right to work and labor without compulsion. The unions deny this right; where they are power­ ful enough they demand a “closed shop.” (Under the NRA — fortunately declared against our fundamental law — labor was bound over to the A. F. of L. and the closed shop!) If the employer does not grant this, they, usually by means of force and violence, compel all non-union men to leave.

Contrary to protestations of many union men they do not favor the small owner and businessman. From personal talks with some of these small owners I learned that high wages and very short hours make it practically impossible for them to maintain the proper amount of help. It certainly is unfair to expect to pay a man who waits on two customers in an hour the same as the man who waits on fifteen or more in the same time, but the union does expect it.

Strikes are no longer for the purpose of obtaining better working conditions or more reasonable pay. Several excellent proofs of this are at hand. When the Kohler plant struck several years ago, the average pay was not below fifty dollars a week, and the conditions under which the men worked were some of the best found. The General Motors strike is a like ex­ ample. According to news magazines and our Michigan breth­ ren, the pay is as high as anywhere in the automobile industry —which is considered one of the best paying 一 and shop con­ ditions are also good.

Unions do not strike by decision of the majority. In both the Kohler and the General Motors strikes it has been made evident that the majority of the workers 一 which certainly included many union men — were not in favor of a strike. Why did they strike then ? Because it was orders from the executives of the union.

From these previous conclusions I draw the further con­ clusion that the labor unions are not run by the working man nor run for him. The unions are now but a racket; the heads of them, just as the heads of most of the big companies, are former workmen who have come into positions of power and who use their positions to gratify their desire to be in high places and rule men.

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Poe, Poetry, Poetic Principle E WORKS of Edgar Allan Poe were all composed coolly, ethodically, mathematically. No sudden inspiration caused a beautiful poem to flow from his pen. Hard work, a desire for originality, and clear logic were his chief tools. The latter especially pervades his poetic principle, which he expands in various essays and which greatly influences his critical writings.

It embraces mainly these points: First, as reason proceeds from the intellect and as passion proceeds from the heart, so beauty proceeds from the soul.

Second, beauty results from the contemplation of the thoroughly beautiful, which must elevate the soul. The most intense, most elevating subject is the contemplation of a beauti­ ful woman.

Third, the highest manifestation of beauty is associated with a tinge of sadness; the highest manifestation of sadness, in turn, is death.

Ergo, the perfect theme of a poem is the death of a beauti­ ful woman.

His logic is further seen in his idea concerning the length of an ideal poem. Unless it can be read in one sitting, other affairs interfere, and the aroused excitement of the soul is suspended, the effect is destroyed. Therefore, about a halfhour is the limit. If a poem is too long, it creates alternating effects, which nullify each other. Thus Paradise Lost is a group of poems set end to end, evoking different sensations; it is, therefore, a negation of feelings and technically speaking is no poem. Too short a poem, however, is also to be avoided.

More than two or three stanzas are required to produce any lasting effect. He takes as an example a minor poem of Shelley’s, entitled the Serenade，comprising three stanzas of eight verses each ; the poem is a gem in itself but is too short to create the intended feeling of ethereal imagination.

Whether we all agree with these statements is something else. But the fact remains that Poe had some very definite ideas concerning poetry, and what is more important, in my opinion, he carried them out to the letter. The Raven, the construction of which he himself relates to us in his “Philosophy of Composition,’’ is a splendid example thereof.

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0 TAKE or cut clippings out of magazines or newspapers is not only unsightly, but it is, indeed, very inconsiderate and unfair to the fellow-students. Why should one or a group of self-selected students take the privilege to cut out clippings ?

The newspapers and magazines are there for ready access to all students. By the way, all students pay reading-room fees, and all pay an equal amount, so one student has as much right to the papers and magazines as the other. Some magazines are weekly and some are monthly magazines. Did you ever stop to think that the article which you read and which you clipped, either in its entirety or only in part, may also have been of equal interest to the next one ? If it was a weekly magazine in which you found that interesting article, couldn’t you have waited until the magazine was taken out of the reading-room and then expressed your desire for the article to the studentbody president? So with all magazines.

The same applies to the daily newspapers. The morningpapers are to be taken out of the reading-room after chapel by the student in charge and no clippings, I include crossword puzzles, are to be taken from them until that time. If you want something then, if you will be considerate, ask the man in charge, and he will be glad to grant you the necessary per­ mission. For your information : if you are at a loss as to who the “man in charge” is, look at the piece of paper on the frame of the west door of the reading-room. It is quite legible! That list will give you the information desired. That’s what it’s there for! Again the same applies to the evening-papers. These papers are to remain in the reading-room until 11 p.m. Only after 11 p.m. may clippings be taken from them. Do I hear the remark : “But I retire at 10 or 10:30 p.m.” If that’s the case, go to the same “man in charge/1 and I am sure he would make an effort to get it for you.

Let us cooperate with one another. Remember, you are not the only one who wishes to read the papers and magazines nor are you the only one who paid his reading-room fee!

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Roosevelt And Communism E ARE today facing a problem that never before pre足 sented itself with such brilliant and enticing colors.

Science during the last three decades has advanced with astound足 ing rapidity. Sane moral doctrine has been corrupted and cast aside without much deference. Sound governmental doctrines have been questioned and repudiated for radical and impractical theories. Religion has become a secondary issue. The whole field of human endeavor has become a cesspool of radical ideas.

The American newspapers have been giving the public one headline after another regarding social, moral, national, and international catastrophies. The news that European nations are preparing for another great war is frequent. The people of America should by this time realize that they are being given stimulants to offset the weakening resistance of democratic principles. They should also realize that any person with the characteristics of an autocrat is dangerous. The results of the last election proved otherwise.

The Supreme Court of the United States has proved to be an obstruction to all radical persons and ideas. Roosevelt recog足 nized this during1 the last administration and is trying to remove this hindrance by altering the Supreme Court so that it will comply with his demands. The Supreme Court of the United States has stood as a governor, limiting the powers of any person or faction in order to preserve the integrity of personal aspirations. The Constitution defines the liberties of the in足 dividual and grants us such personal freedom. Roosevelt saw that the Supreme Court would not allow him to gain control of labor and production through the N.R.A. and A. A.A, The reaction was that in order to gain control of these two forces he had to alter the Constitution and the Supreme Court. That is. what he is trying to do by adding new members to the latter.

If the people of the United States are foolish enough to believe that Roosevelt is harboring altruistic principles, they are semi-blind and cannot see that the N.R.A. and A.A.A. were crude forms of collectivism, a socialistic doctrine subordinate to communism. Stalin has been the dictator of Russia and chief disciple of Lenin, the father of modern communism. Russia with a dictator is strictly communistic, and communism is the nearly perfect form of collectivism.

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If Roosevelt is granted his request, we will be in the hands of one powerful faction, behind which Roosevelt, a man with radical tendencies, is the sole authority. The Supreme Court is the only curb that will prevent Roosevelt from becoming the dictator in America, because the spectacle of any great man is a force in itself. If he succeeds in adding new members to the Supreme Court to gain a majority, America is headed down the same road of communism along which European nations have already gone.

Lyle Koenig.

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LTHOUGH there may be several things in the system of our college that do not help toward original or high grade work, still there seem to be two evils that hinder students most.

Supposing the writer of an English Essay is suddenly visited by the muse at about five o’clock in the afternoon. He dashes to his desk and, feverishly digging up paper and pencil, begins to write down the thoughts that come to him. He warms up to his subject. He is certain that this essay should get at least an Ex. minus with all the thoughts he is getting. Suddenly some preps come stamping into the room and start a rousing, boisterous conversation about the most silly subject they can think of. The exasperated young man tears his hair in frenzy.

The preps considerately leave at five-forty-five. He settles down, and the broken thoughts again begin to flow. When they are just warming up to the old enthusiasm, he is startled by the pleasant tinkling of the supper bell. Within three minutes he must be in the dining hall. ‘‘Good-by, sweet muse, that hast no time to tarry !’’ By seven-thirty the inspiration is entirely gone. He will be glad to get a fair plus on his essay now.

What would be a correction for such an unsatisfactory system?

It is hard to imagine anything practical for a college of our size, but if we lean back and shut our eyes, we can easily dream of the ideal. Then, first of all, the preps and collegiates would not be in the same buildings. Secondly, meals would be served in restaurant fashion over a period of one hour. Every one could go to meals at his leisure. Banish the idea of running to breakfast with flapping shirt tails. No longer would the sophs and frosh have to stand out of breath before the inspector, 271

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hunting for excuses for being late. The meals would then be­ come a dignified relaxation from work instead of a carefully policed part of the routine. Then too, if some one would really happen to be intensely absorbed in his work, he could order dinner to be served to his room, have it dispensed within seven minutes, light up his cigarette, and keep right on chewing his pencil and pulling his hair. Then, in true Oxford style he could “close the oaken door” and be left undisturbed for as long a period as he liked.

Well, things probably will never be that way at North­ western, and it’s probably just as well. What excuse could we possibly have for our fair plus’s under such an ideal system ?

N. R. To Those Whom It Concerns OPORTSMANSHIP is a quality in which almost every school O prides itself, or at least should pride itself, very highly; but whenever that quality is mentioned the Northwestern student body must perforce hide its many faces in shame.

We, as a student body, have gained the none too enviable reputation (it would be more exact to say, “have become rather notorious”）for being “poor sports.” Upon further inquiry among those who call us poor sports, we find them to be the outsiders and strangers who have attended our games. And their reason is based on our obnoxious habit of booing at either the least or else no provocation whatsoever.

Since all of us, being quite human, have somewhere in us a sense of pride, we strongly resent this accusation. But let’s be sporting enough to look into the matter and admit that we might be in the wrong. Did we, as a group, ever sit through a full game without booing at least once, even when our op­ ponents were trailing hopelessly in the rear ? There is only one honest answer: No!” “But,” we reply, “it isn’t our fault.

The referees don’t always seem to give us fair decisions.” Now that is a poor excuse, and we know it!

Sportsmanship is the spirit of fair play and the ability as well as the inclination to smilingly and gracefully accept dam­ aging defeats and doubtful decisions. Since we have never been out on that floor trying to referee a game, we cannot un­ derstand how humanly impossible it is to see everything that < i

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In a way that one spectator was right who was overheard to say, “It’s so boorish to boo!” q Thurow My Mustache...............

FTER having endured all manner of remarks about that • fuzzy bunch of hair which now and then is permitted to collect under my nose, I have found need to make a defense before that certain very critical group. I have tried to raise a mustache and I’m proud of it!

In the life of every young man there comes a time when his thoughts tend to things more majestic. There is that excited romantic feeling about everything that longs and seeks for something different. This period is coexistent with college life, since at this age it expresses itself most predominantly. What height of fashion was it that saw no need for garters, winter underwear, or a hat? None other than that created by college youth. Everywhere the sentiment has been voiced, “be col­ legiate/* “show your sporting blood!” This wild spirit has pervaded our nation so deeply that it has become synonymous with the term Amei'ican. And who could better portray the typical American young man than the college student with his sleeked hair, raccoon coat, cigarette, and little mustache ? Yes, a mustache—that characteristic which is a stamp of distinction, class, and fashion upon anyone who is so fortunate as to possess one.

Many have agreed that the “muzzy” I have been fostering at various times has not come up to the fullest requirements.

I realize that this product of several long and tedious weeks has not been satisfactory to the owner himself, and I am harrassed by such remarks as, “Jew forget t’wash ? Ya missed a hair !’’

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has wrought its evil effects even here. Every morning for weeks at a time I have soaked the area with olive oil, and still so frail and colorless those fuzzy hairs stick out!

Yet, in addition to this disappointment, there would be some who would embarrass me.with their pronounced critical remarks. Some would say, “What a foolish idea!” But dear readers, who could go so far to say that a mustache does not embellish and beautify the face ? The distinct, sharply-cut lines, harmonizing with the deep features of the upper jaw, bring to light those hidden virtues of man. Beneath that “imizzy,” no matter how abbreviated it may be, there is the sum total of the “he-man” displayed — courage, endurance, and stateliness.

Ancient times considered whiskers a charm, and the use of the razor would have been strictly forbidden. No man would allow himself to become so effeminate as to appear unshaven in public.

But how sadly man has permitted himself to degenerate; so that today he is satisfied to appear as smooth as a tin soldier!

Not everyone can raise a mustache, and that is what gives it its distinctiveness. With exercise and training one can become skilled in almost anything, but in the matter of raising mus­ taches, we have but to thank our ancestors. What is this age coming to? With men following women in powdering their faces, manicuring their fingernails, and curling their hair ? If you want to be a sissy, go ahead—and receive my compliments!

But if you should be so unfortunate as I, who do not belong to that hairy group, you can at least pay your respects to an­ tiquity by encouraging that little bit of fuzz that you do have.

If, thereby, you are influencing others to recognize and appreci­ ate true manly beauty, and are stimulating the interest for bigger and better mustaches, then indeed you have not labored in vain. Perhaps those squeamish, yellow hairs have been in­ jured by too frequent shaving. Give them a chance to stretch out and mature into long, black, virile hairs. And if you aren’t at first successful, don’t give up, but care for that “charley” just a little longer —the time will come!

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%\\t ^[ormti During the last few years the principles of capitalism and rugged individualism have been opposed, and their ethics have been seriously questioned. Jerome Davis says: “No business is justified unless it places service to the public and its own em­ ployees ahead of dividends, and the fact is that the texture of our economic system is unmistakably interwoven with selfish­ ness and crass materialism.” Owen D. Young says: “In its basic principles capitalism is not wrong. I admit that many evils have crept into this system, but I also believe that exploitation of the working man and its attendant evils can be removed without the need of any serious modification of the present economic system. I am convinced that capitalism is meant for public service and the good of society in general.” Do you think the capitalistic system is just and fair; must it be modified to serve the public; or should it be supplanted by a fairer economic system?

Mr. Young says that capitalism is not wrong in its princi­ ples. What are these principles? The sum and substance is this: an economic system in which the production and distribu­ tion of commodities is entrusted to competing individuals; the men who have by abilities risen to the top or control are to em­ ploy and reward those below according to merit. Sounds very fine, doesn’t it? Yes, even idealistic. So do most other ideas when cleverly propounded. But what is the state of affairs when we look at the actualities? Capitalism then amounts to no more than this: to enrich yourself by using either the money or labor of another man. Thus Samuel Insul could not be con­ victed, because he did nothing contrary to the ethics of “big business.”

Such a system cannot be “meant for public service and the good of society in general” despite Mr. Young’s words. Neither can exploitation be done away with, because this exploitation is the very tap-root of the entire philosophy. The capitalist, of course, will put it more suavely; he will say that there is no such thing as exploitation, that no one need work for a wage with which he is dissatisfied. Very learnedly he will discourse on the “freedom contract，” a myth which has no foundation in reality. Certainly a man can give up his job, but how is he going to live? A fine “freedom of contract” that is.

The only solution of the problem is the introduction of an entirely new system. We must put cooperation in the place now occupied bv profit-seeking, and in the place of lust for power we must put social service, in short, socialism.

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Socialism as interpreted by modern socialists is as^ far­ fetched and foreign to the American populace as metaphysics to a horse. Socialism is the stepping stone which is used by com­ munists to gain the good will and whole-hearted support of any democratic nation. It is a cancerous growth of American society which is gradually corrupting the ideals of our fore-fathers and forcing the American people to believe that communism and democracy are one and the same thing.

A modification of the present system would only lead to Fascism or some other modified form of autocracy. Roosevelt with his army of politicians is trying to modify the present system so that the government without the hindrance of public sentiment or the Supreme Court will be able to control all labor and utilities. What more would any Hitler or Mussolini want?

With the labor and the utilities in his hands he will be able to govern and shape the lives of one hundred and thirty million people to the dictates of his own selfish will, To prove this point we only have to consider the N. R. A. and A. A. A. A change in our present economic system would be a move toward communism, an enemy of religion, science, and culture, and a modification would most likely lead to a harmful dictator­ ship. We should, therefore, keep the lesser of the evils and let the individual be the sole authority. In other words, capital­ ism and democracy are inseparable.

L. Koenig Owen D. Young is right; from a wordly standpoint the basic principles of capitalism are right. It has, in some guise or other, been present since the Fall. Evils have crept in, but corrective legislation has been and is remedying this. It is the only system under which a man can, by sheer merit of brain and brawn, rise from humble origins to heights in the world— witness Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Alfred Nobel. And the fact is that you are a capitalist too, even if you only have a sav­ ings account or a government bond. The charge is made that capitalism is basically selfish—is anything not done in Christ otherwise?

Some hail the recent General Motors strike as a signal vic­ tory as an eventual result of which capitalism will be replaced by a hazy, Utopian system—communism, I suppose, with one man, instead of several dozen, raking in the profit. (Observe Russia!) The union movement, at present, is not really a movement to free the working man, but it is only a means by 276

which John Lewis can fight and strive to wrest for himself the supremacy now in the hands of the great executives of industry.

F. A. W. Capitalism is to my idea the most natural and, therefore, best of all economic systems. Socialism would be the happiest system, could the change to it from capitalism be effected by a slow evolutionary process. The only other possible manner in which socialism could be realized is through a class war, and if the prolitarian forces succeed in overthrowing capitalism in such a class war, what is invariably the result? Without doubt the government would be in the hands of a faction, and democracy, the ideal of any equality-loving people, would not be realized.

Communism, a system which presupposes common ownership but never grants it, is the most unnatural of any economic system and for this reason also brings no good results. We only have to look at Boshevik Russia to discover how miserable any people becomes under such a system.

Capitalism is by no means a fair economic system, but we have no choice. No government will ever rid a nation of the few aggressive individuals who monopolize land and capital, and on the other hand the Bible tells us that “the poor shall never cease out of the land.” The situation is not happy in our country where a large percentage of people are unemployed, but the only solution to relieve the present situation is that the government take the natural system of capitalism as it is and try to improve upon it as far as it can.

A. T. It goes without questioning in my opinion that the tenet of capitalism can never be reconciled with the idea of unselfish service to the public. Can any economic system which preaches the principle of rugged individualism among the many grasp­ ing, covetous, and selfish people in our nation be conducive to the establishment of fair business methods in its end-result?

The individual is only too ready to trample his brother under foot in his scramble for temporal wealth. The “laissez faire” principle is a pretty theory, but it is a failure in practice, since it fails to take human nature into consideration. The statement that the individual, if he is let alone, will naturally seek an em­ ployment which will serve the public does not hold water.

Original man never respects the infinite worth of the individual and isn’t such a fool that he does not see that unjust oppression of the smaller fry will always bring the most material gain.

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are merely seeking the right of collective bargaining, will never produce any good results, since the working man is just as oppressive and just as unfair as the capitalist, when he gets into the saddle. The only solution then is that the government continue to play the role of an unprejudiced and impartial judge.

The Wagner Labor Relations act is a step towards a higher level of justice, but Roosevelt’s administration should not forget that the working man can also do wrong and needs checking in like manner.

N. L. Socialism as opposed to capitalism looks very golden indeed, as long as we look at the theory alone. The rude awakening comes, however, as soon as we see someone trying to put these theories into practice. Nowhere can we see this better than in trouble which a large corporation experienced a short time ago in the dealings with organized labor.

The average working man had no complaint and was fully satisfied with his wages. At this time then there appeared a man who said the company was mistreating its employees. He was organizing the laborers of this organization under the pre­ tense of trying to create better working conditions. It all sounded very well. A certain class of people believed it.

It was with the aid of this class of people, a small mino that the leader attempted to bring capitalism from its perch. The fact that he used unlawful means apparently did not bother him. Neither did the fact that many families suf­ fered want as a result of his interference with their income.

What this labor leader actually wanted was not the well-being of the working- man, but merely more members in his labor or­ ganization.

Thus it always is in socialism. Outwardly its leaders seem to be working for the common good, but when their actions are examined more closely, it is very evident that their efforts are bound to benefit themselves much more than the common man whom they are “aiding.”

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On January 27 Pastor C. Auerswald died at his home in Appleton, Wisconsin, at the age of 71 years. Immediately after he came to this country from Germany, he enrolled at North­ western, where he attended until ’87. Pastor Auerswald was finally graduated into the ministry, and during his life he served eleven different mission fields or separate congregations. Seven years ago he retired from his work because of poor health.

Funeral services were held at Appleton, where Pastor Auers­ wald was also buried.

On January 31 St. John’s Lutheran Church of Milwaukee held a farewell service for the group that recently departed for the mission field among the Ibesikpos in Nigeria, Africa. Pastor W. Schweppe, J29, was one of the two workers sent by our synod. Pastor I. Albrecht, ’96，of Fairfax, Minnesota, just returned from Africa, where he was sent as a member of an investigating committee. It was very fitting, therefore, that he should preach the sermon at this farewell service.

The engagement of Miss Bernice Kieck, ex ’37, to Mr. Martin Olson of Fargo, N. Dakota, has been announced.

Two alumni from Michigan returned to Wisconsin and visited the College. Pastor C. Kionka, ’25, of Swan Creek, Michigan, was in town for a day, and Pastor K. Vertz, ’31，of Yale, Michigan, returned to attend the funeral of his fatherin-law.

The congregation of Pastor P. Dowidat，’99, at Minneapolis, Minnesota, is making preparations for a very extensive re­ modeling of its church building. The members plan to install a new organ and will also enlarge the church in accordance with the growing needs of the congregation.

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The investigations concerning communism and atheism have led many people to believe that the American students are the most radical group in the country. In reality the diametric opposite is the truth. Here is what the Old Gold and Black of Wake Forest College writes: “Probably the most conservative group in America today is composed of college students. William Allen White, deplor­ ing the fact that young Americans are more staid than their fathers, pleads for bigger and better college riots. He contends that youth in ferment provides more suitable material for build­ ing a new world than youth in a state of satisfied indifference.

“A study made by Fortune magazine of the 1,200,000 college students in America reveals that the collegians of today wish only to find a secure niche in the world and sit t ,whereas their predecessors wanted to turn the world ups down. A look among older nations reveals tempestuous youth overseas, but only apathy is apparent west of the Atlantic.”

Without being in favor of riots and demonstrations, we can say there is a great deal of truth in this. How many so-called radicals would stick by their present profession, if they had a chance to pret a good position merely by denying their beliefs.

And what is to become of such people, when they become older?

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Americans are no longer close to nature and the good earth.

Rugged outdoor life has been replaced by sofa-squatting, and lounge lizards have supplanted healthy sportsmen.”

This cannot be the case, because the European student is still farther removed from “natureand the good earth.” Never­ theless, he has an almost notorious reputation as a radical.

What then is the cause? It’s hard to say. In our opinion the chief reason is the terrible laziness of the American student.

It’s so easy and enjoyable just to drift along and accept the wisdom and research of those who have gone before. Why should a person bother himself with new thoughts! As soon as this Weltanschauung is put aside, we can hope for a construc­ tive radicalism.

Many of the college papers have columns which give inter­ esting little facts concerning colleges, students, and life in general. Here are a few from last month: “University of Wisconsin co-eds use enough lipstick annu­ ally to paint four good-sized barns! The average co-ed covers 9.68 square feet of lips a year.’’

“The first American medical book was written by two Aztec Indians about 1550. The Smithsonian Institute has a photo­ graphic copy of the book.’’

New York artists prefer to paint plump women for the reason that curves lend themselves to canvas very well. Too, it is less costly for them to use plump women for models, inasmuch as they pose for $1 an hour, while slender fashion models want $5 an hour for the same work. Time has not changed the artist’s preference for woman. In Michelangelo’s day and in Titian^ time there were plenty of slender women, but in master­ pieces of these men the women are not slender.”

4'Alexander Bell was not the first man to produce sound over electric wires. Fifteen years before his first audition a German sent music over the wire.”

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We ought to have something like that here at Northwestern.

Perhaps we wouldn’t get quite that much money every year, but we would be well on the way to a new library, if the money were put aside for that purpose.

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BASKETBALL Northwestern — 37 Mission House — 28 Plymouth, January 16. The officials were all-observing and called thirty-two fouls during the game. The Black and Red men displayed their wonted inaccuracy on free throws making but five of the fifteen or more allotted them. The "Muskies” led at the half by a thirteen to eight score, but Northwestern had the game its own way in the second half. Hempel went on a scoring spree toward the end of the game, tallying four long field goals.

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Northwestern Milton FG FT PF FG FT PF 2 4 f. Lanton 0 0 0 f. Hackbarth 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 f. Luebke f. Schweppe 3 2 1 f. Burdick 0 0 0 f. Toepel 2 0 1 f. Sunby 9 3 3 c. Naumann 0 0 2 f. Sayre 0 0 0 c. Becker 0 2 3 c. Loofboro, L. 0 0 0 g. Hempel 2 1 c. Wenger 10 0 1 g. Horn 0 0 2 g. Loofboro, V 0 13 g. Lambert 10 2 g. Hull 10 7 14 g. Sherman 0 0 0 14

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Seminary 一 33 Northwestern —16 Watertown, February 3. The Seminarians gained a sweet revenge for their ignominious defeat of last year and other years. Against their efficient onslaughts the attempts of the home team were as mere aimless waddlings and skirmishings of so many goslings or rather Stuffed Geese.

Koehler’s offensive play was outstanding; he scored thir­ teen points, many of them on those characteristic overhead shots. M. Toepel and Roekle starred defensively, the latter also contributed eight points to increase the Seminary’s margin.

Northwestern played about as bad as it ever has and never even threatened to overtake their antagonistic opponents.

Northwestern Seminary FG FT PF FG FT PF 0 0 f. G. Frey 0 f. C. Frey 0 0 1 3 0 f. Hackbarth 3 f. Hallemeyer 0 0 0 0 0 0 f. Schweppe 3 1 1 f. Schewe 2 c. Koehler 0 0 f. Toepel 6 1 0 c. Becker 1 0 2 c. Raabe 0 0 0 c. Naumann 0 0 2 g. M. Toepel 0 0 1 g. Horn 0 2 1 0 1 g. Witt 2 1 g. Lambert 2 2 J g. Roekle 3 g. Hempel 1 0 14 5 5 7 2 11 Northwestern—30 Aurora—26 Aurora, February 6. The Aurora team was unable to stop Emil Toepel; it was his night to scintillate, and he led our offense with eight dazzling field goals and four free throws. Had he been checked, we might have lost, for our lead was never too secure.

Northwestern Aurora FG FT PF FG FT PF f. Hackbarth 1 1 10 0 3 f. Bretthauer f. Frey 0 0 3 2 4 3 f. Courcier 0 2 f. Schweppe 1 0 f. Lock ward f. Toepel 8 4 2 3 0 1 c. Hulbert c. Naumann 0 2 1 1 g. Fowler 1 g. Horn 0 0 2 1 0 1 g. Shaw g. Lambert 1 0 3 0 3 g. Seibert g. Hempel 0 0 0 8 8 12 11 8 12 Northwestern—21

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m\ Whitewater, February 10. The Whitewater team proved for a second time that it is truly an efficient basketball machine.

In agility, accuracy, and cooperation it surpasses our team. Of the teams we have competed with this year it is second only to Milwaukee Concordia. The Northwestern five did not give up without a struggle, however futile, and succeeded in out-fouling its opponents as is invariably the case. Austin, of the opposition with eight points, and Naumann, Koenings, and Andrews with seven, were high scorers of the game.

Northwestern Whitewater FG FT PF FG FT PF 0 0 1 2 2 2 f. Hullick f. Hackbarth 0 1 0 0 0 0 f. Hiller f. Frey 0 f. Kohlmeier 0 0 113_ f. Toepel 0 f. Andrews 2 3 4 0 0 f. Schweppe 1 c. Koenings 3 1 1 3 1 c. Naumann 3 2 0 0 1 c. Austin c. Becker c. Pearsons 1 1 4 3 0 0 g. Horn 3 g. Farina 2 0 1 2 0 g. Lambert 1 g. Jenks 0 0 0 g. Hempel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 g. Koeppen g. Wantoch g. Salmons 0 1 0 7 7 14 g. Nueremberg 0 0 0 11 9 12 Northwestern â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 28 Platteville Minersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;29 Platteville, February 13. A victory in this game promised an opportunity for Northwestern to tie for first place in the TriState Conference. The game was intensely exciting, but Northwestern^ attempts fell just short of a triumph. The Black and Red men really lost on an excess of fouls and on its poor free-throw average, for they tallied one more field goal than the opponents. Hackbarth was high scorer with six field goals, five of them made in the second half.

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St. Valentine’s Day brought its customary returns to cer­ tain of the students, especially to Koenig, that man of many sides and much-varied past. His was the distinction of having received the most valentines — five and each from a different source. Schlenner philosophically stated his views on the sub­ ject of valentines. “Valentines are just kid’s stuff. When you get older you don’t go in for that sentimental slop anymore.”

Two minor accidents disturbed the equanimity of our college existence. One was the inexplicable explosion that slightly rocked the Recitation building, the other the flood in the boiler room. Speculation is rife as to the cause of the explosion, which did no more serious damage than rouse a few students that were slumbering through their lectures. The flood in the boiler-room resulted from fireman Ten Broek’s failure to turn off a pump one evening. In the morning there was a foot of water in the room and no heat in the radiators.

William Hahn, class of ’40，discontinued his studies at Northwestern. He has transfered to Marquette, where he is taking a premedical course. Panzer, sophomore, also left North­ western to begin work. 氺

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Hallauer had an evil experience last month. One Friday night he went out, intending to see the evening’s cinema enter­ tainment. On the way to the Classic he changed his mind and sought better enjoyment. During the bank-night proceedings at the theatre his name was drawn for one of the five-dollar prizes. But we need not mourn too much for Hallauer. For there is a retribution in such matters. If one is unlucky at 287

bank-nights, one may be lucky at cards or billiards or love.

And Hallauer expresses no regrets at not going to the show on that fateful evening and missing the five dollars. What an evening his must have been!

Wiechmann invited some friends to share the contents of a box he received in the mail, supposedly containing candy and cake. His guests eagerly watched him open the box and were very much surprised, as was Wiechmann, to see therein instead of edibles a picture. The feast became a feast of the eyes, and, strange to say, the hungry lads went away well-satisfied.

Which again demonstrates the superiority of mind over matter.

Should anyone by chance sleep through a breakfast' this picture stands on Wiechmann’s desk to tide him over to dinner.

The proposed Werner sleigh-ride party, set for February 8, was rained out. The novel event promised to prove very interesting. * * * * The Logic class, of course, couldn’t get past the study of the syllogism without advancing the traditional syllogism generally attributed to Bradtke I: Football is a sport.

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Wiechmann experienced the misfortune of slipping, while entering a car, and breaking a bone in his foot. One of Volkmann’sgastronomical feats proved too much even for him. He suffered an evil attack of indigestion. 氺

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This year, as in preceding years, the sophomores in toto are expressing an unsympathetic view on Wordsworth and his daffodils and leech-gatherers. « * * Hallauer, it is reported, has purchased several rolls’of film for his camera. This should serve as a warning to all privacyloving persons. Hallauer has developed the art of candidcamera photography to its highest stages. His stolen sjiot of Wendland in one of his lighter moments is winning prizes at exhibitions for its intimacy and sheer ludicrousness. To avoid future embarrassment, we advise every one to keep a weather eye open for Hallauer and his camera.

Those gallant triumvirs, Jungkuntz, Schlenner, and Toepel, 288

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are leading one anotherla merry；race. The victory? is [to him who uses up his six permissions first. Safest bet is for Jungkuntz to show. He is handicapped more than the others. He might justly enter a claim of interference, should he lose.

The male chorus had its picture taken, H. Sauer with it. We mention Sauer and the male chorus in one sentence, because they are so much alike in their occupations. The male chorus sings; Sauer sings. But there the resemblance ends.

The male chorus sings well four times a week, not too loudly, behind closed doors; Sauer sings at all times, at the top of his voice, in the halls. Another difference: everyone wishes the male chorus to continue it vocal efforts, while all desire Sauer to discontinue his.

The irrepressible Schabow continues to scintillate with brilliant exhibitions of wit in the junior English class, except, of course, when he is called upon to answer a question. An example of the aforesaid wit: Professor — Does any one know the German poem that contains a mention of “Muskateller”？ Schabow — Professor, you mean the novel ‘The Three Musketellers,” don’t you!

At the herring supper of the third week of February table No. 5, in the dining-hall, consumed only three platters of the choice fish instead of the customary eight. Why? Because Harmening had imbibed a few malted milks just before supper, because Volkmann was absent, and because Grunwald was not his usual self that evening. ♦

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The Hoosier Hotshots, misfit basketball team composed of Koenig, Wendland, Zimmermann, Jungkuntz, Pagels, and Wiechmann, travelled to Waterloo to play a game there. We print this sport item in Locals, because the Hotshots scarcely deserve space in the Athletics column. They lost their game to an equally misfit team by a score of 28—27. But they were "handicaptured”一using the vernacular of their opponents—by the fact that they were forced to play with only five men, Pagels, star guard, having been drafted into service by the hockey team. * * * Three Literary Programs were given during the past month.

January 28 Werner and Thurow of the Philomathean Society presented a program of wide subject-matter. Persia, Scandina­ via, Spain — their nature and literature — were treated. Two piano selections by Miss Pfaffenbach provided a pleasant inter289

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The Phi Gamma Rho meeting was held February 4. Weyland offered a program on Goethe. The presentation was wellbalanced throughout. Koenig and Luetke gave speeches, the latter speaking in German, Koenig in English. Several of Goethe’s shorter poems were recited by Grummert and by Koepsell. The Weocto singers sang three songs, “Heidenroesiein,” “In einem kuehlen Grunde,” and “Steh ich in finstrer Mitternacht. ” The second act of Hebbel’s “Agnes Bernauer” was presented. Reim, Breiling, Wendland, Harmening, Birner, Lehninprer, and Miss Pfaffenbach made up the cast.

Breiling in the role of “Toerring” furnished a good bit of acting. Perhaps we shall have to modify the statement that acting is a lost art among us.

February 11 Zehms and Schuetze presented a program, the theme of which was “Wit and Humor.” Kuschel gave a general speech on wit and humor that was interesting. The remainder of the program was devoted to speeches on and readings from the two great humorists, Twain and Reuter.

Weishahn spoke on Mart Twain’s life. Ten Broek read from his “Innocents Abroad.” The speech on Fritz Reuter was given in German by Adalbert Geiger. One of Renter’s humor­ ous prose pieces, “Abenteuer des Inspektor Braesig,” was read

by R. Schaller.

0 The first signs of spring are apparent. Several new sweaters are sported by some of the coeds, and other coeds have emerged with new coiffures. Still others come to classes with wet pedal extremities. One persistently hums “Rustle Spring,” and some have gone on preseasonal hikes and obtained muddy feet and colds or coughs. ， # It seems that absentmindedness is becoming the rule rather than the exception. Evelyn Schroeder also must have been preoccupied one day. She looked and looked for her other overshoe and all the while she had it on her foot.

The coeds again wish to thank Mrs. Zoelle for making the delicious chili for their Wednesday “cafeteria.”

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Isabel Roche has her own inimitable way of taking a slide as she demonstrated to us one day. First she took a little run, then a short, swift slide, and then — “Whoops, my dear!” 一 this one ended in an upset. This incident took place, not on the ice, but in the girls’ room. Isabel, however, suffered no ill effects and no one else attempted to follow her example.

Although the mixed chorus rehearses three times a week, it is not enough for the freshmen girls. They have two songs which they continually sing. The titles are, “She Sat in a Hammock” and “A Fly Sat on a Wall.” Fop weeks these songs were the popular favorites until one day Anita Weihert, tired of hearing the lingo, advised the freshmen to swat the fly. Since then the ditty has been placed in the portfolio of past hit tunes.

Two coeds recently created an effigy of the coed president.

They placed her coat on a hanger and then stuffed it with pillows. A hat was perched on top of the coat, and mittens extended from the sleeves. A French book in the crook of an arm completed the likeness.

During the last month birthdays were celebrated by Beverly Zimmermann, Jo Fisher, Doris Lehmann, and Grace Kowalke.

The coeds, as now seems to be the custom, ‘sweetly’ benefitted.

Helen MacFarland had a birthday during Christmas vacation, but she also treated.

The end of the first semester in other schools brought many visitors to Northwestern. These included Beatrice Borchardt, Marlys Miller, Hildegarde Wallner, Marion Jones, Jane Kelly, Helen Kuenzi, and Sally Ivory.

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Campus and Classroom No doubt you read the announcement in last month’s Cam­ pus and Classroom column (or maybe you didn’t) concerning the formation of a new school of poetry at this our institution, the Hyper Super Neo-Classic Romantic School. The literary fervor excited certainly wasn’t monstrous, nor stupendous.

Nor was it even colossal. But it did arouse the ire of a certain well-known critic and fellow student who apparently doesn’t feel that it is right to invoke Muses on themes so commonplace, as practiced by the H. S. N. C. Romanticists. He gives vent to his ire in the following: Sonnet on the New School of Poetasters 0 much invoked Muse! who on thy favorites Dost show’r thy gifts, be they deserved or no, That all this pow，r may see and recognize and know As thine alone to grant or to withhold, Lest man, puffed up with his own ignorance, or its Identical twin, called pride, ascribe to work And zeal and sweat, yea, even, with a smirk To self-taught skill the product of thy mould: Oh, why does such lese majesty escape thine eye As that displayed by these young parvenus, Whose only aim in life is to confuse The credulous and simple by devices sly?

If he a poet is who mourns a pipe, How soon may we expect an “Ode on Tripe?”

To which he graciously and somewhat humbly appends a note: “No one can regret the publication of the above bad verse more than the author himself. But his opponents have chosen their weapons (and very shrewdly, to be sure), so he must accommodate himself to their choice, unskilled as he is in the use of the same.”

Undoubtedly this critic-bard **has got something.there.”

His rhyme-scheme is delicate, his choice of words precise. He even shows some thought. It isn’t nice at all to be so nasty to the Muses, is it? No. But that he has the unprecedented brass to call us of the H. S. N. C. R. School poetasters, mere dabblers in the art of writing poetry, is a downright insult!

May he choose his weapons at twenty paces!

Very, very sad that he should be our enemy—he would make an excellent second Byron in our school. Perhaps we can convince him with more verse. Hmm— (deep thought)—lessee, now, how might the Muse best descend? (Light-bulb over my 292

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head indicating idea) my baritone—!—no, not baritone voice— musical instrument一!—Yeah, looks like a tuba that has taken the latest reducing pills—yeah—sorta sawed off. Well, here goes— — Euterpe, wilt thou pardon me, Exalted Muse of music’s throne, While I a bit presumptuously Immortalize my baritone?

Although ’tis yet quite musical, Its pipes belie antiquity would seem in era biblical With Jubal it commenced to be.

And then, perhaps you weren’t told, In days of Grecian minstrelsy That Orpheus left his harp quite cold For baritonic artistry.

And Nero played while Rome did burn A violin? You err, my friend.

Undoubtedly he gave my horn A heated, syncopated trend.

But now this horn of glorious past Lies in my own unworthy hand.

All I can muster is a blast While playing in the college band.

And yet its dulcet tones would please A Bach or Rimsky-Korsakov; And, in a tepid strain, appease A Calloway or Rubinoff.

Some day I’ll write a symphony, And in a philharmonic way With brilliant virtuosity A baritone concerto play.

If you can stifle a few of those yawns and bear a bit more poetry, we shall present to you a little gem recently contributed, entitled: A Real Thrill Last night I held a little hand So dainty and so sweet; I thought my heart would surely break So wildly it did beat.

No other hand in all the world Can greater solace bring Than that sweet hand I held last night: Four aces and a king.

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It seems that Volkmann and Schabow were discussin Marv showed a preference for opera and symphony • Whereupon Shorty Shabow said, “Aw, you only wanna listen to opera and all that stuff just to be one of the hoi polloi.”

The sophomores were discussing the Greek word “derma.”

The professor asked for an English derivative of “derma” meaning skin-specialist. Jungkuntz blurted out: ‘ ‘Taxidermist!’ ’ Milt Weishahn occasionally makes happy errors while read­ ing in English class. The other day the original was: * 'Drink as much as you please yourself, if you don’t find it revolting.”

But Milt read: “Drink as much as you please yourself, if you don’t find it revolving•” Horn: How long have you been shaving?

Habben: Four years now.

Horn: G’wan.

Habben: Yes sir. Cut myself both times.

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RADIO —A MUSIC TEACHER George Frey

Often the statement is made that one must have some musical ability or inclination to appreciate and enjoy music.

This no doubt is true to a certain extent. It is only reasonable that a person with natural musical ability comes in closer contact and becomes better acquainted with musical compositions and therefore has a keener understanding and appreciation for music than a person without a similar gift. However, the state­ ment that an untalented person lacks all appreciation and enjoy­ ment of music certainly must be denied. It is a rare person, indeed, who has no feeling at all for music.

The musical genius — one who can express his feeling in musical composition — is born that way. A genius, however, is rare. More common is the person with a certain degree of natural ability and a bit of education and training in music, who can play instruments or use his voice for his own pleasure or for the enjoyment of others. However, there is, indeed, no small number of persons who just are not talented to express 295

themselves musically by means of voice or instrument. Their enjoyment of music must come when they have opportunity to hear it.

The radio, without doubt, affords the greatest opportunity for one to become acquainted with music. It can, in a way, be called an educator in music appreciation — especially within recent years, since truly great musical organizations have been given a place on the air.

How is a person’s appreciation for music developed ? The first time he hears a melody it probably means nothing to him.

However, the second time he begins to recognize it, especially if it is a tuneful melody — a melody with “catchy” phrases that are easily remembered. These are usually the light classics, in which one’s taste first takes an interest. For instance, the melody of the “Blue Danube Waltz” is always recognized after being heard once or twice. It is the beauty of such tunes that first is appreciated. It is then that one begins to feel like doing rash things to maestro so-and-so when he “syncopates and in­ terpolates the * Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz’ in his own inimit­ able way.” Next a person’s taste for a little more serious music is developed. He begins to enjoy, possibly, the more tuneful operatic airs. Then he begins to appreciate the heavier and more serious bits of opera music. Lighter symphonic works soon are enjoyed. Then, finally, a source of interest is found in the composers and their lives. Names of certain composers are linked with a definite type of composition. One is able, for instance, to distinguish music by Sullivan from that of Bach.

Not as the nineteenth-century society niadame of the newlyrich order who, assuming an affected interest as a patron of music, once said to W. S. Gilbert: “Oh，Mr. Gilbert, your friend Sullivan’s music is just too delightful. It reminds me so much of dear Bach (she pronounced it Batch). Do tell me, what is Batch doing right now ? Is he composing anything ?” To which Gilbert, with a sober face, replied: ‘‘Well no, madam. Just now, as a matter of fact, dear Batch is by way of decomposing.”

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FIRST THINGS COME FIRST Nathanael Luetke

“My father restrained me from every evil deed and pre­ served me untainted by any shameful reproach, which is the most outstanding ornament of virtue, and it caused him little anxiety whether anybody would consider it a mistake on his part, if I should obtain only small gains in later life as an auctioneer perhaps or a tax-collector.”

To those who do not recall this quotation I might reply that this thought was expressed by none other than Horace, that great Roman poet who wandered uncertainly and aimlessly through numerous philosophies and yet gave expression to so many truths. Horace has written a satire in which he approves of the way his father reared him, and during the course of the poem he introduces the question of education’s real purpose.

This same educational problem is also an important question to-day, and this fine statement undoubtedly offers a very sane viewpoint and throws a very beautiful light upon the whole matter.

As Horace intimates, everything in this life indicates very clearly the indispensability of a foundation. No Tower of Babel can ever be brought closer to the stars without a strong founda­ tion, and likewise will no structure of human endeavor ever attain a worthy goal, unless a foundation consisting of correct attitudes, good methods, and noble purposes has first been laid. All real civilization is merely the result of such a struggle towards a loftier goal than that of the mere materialist. Beavers can build a dam, bees can build a home, and most animals can even raise families, but only man can do these things because he wills it so — and it is this will in man which can be directed and taught to follow the best of principles.

Mere knowledge before it has come under any ennobling influence is usually a destructive force. Indeed, it can create and produce, but behind most of its effort lies some selfish reason. The criminal uses his knowledge to gain selfish ends in an illegitimate way; the capitalist supposedly does much for the public with the aid of his understanding, but yet facts often 297

indicate that he really does all this merely to capture ill-acquired wealth within the bounds of the law. Very few are they who actually believe that deeds of love, deeds which only seek to make life more pleasant for fellowmen, are the only worthy things in life. This attitude should be inculcated within a person before he enters public life instead of merely teaching him how to compete most advantageously with other people and how to be a successful business man at somebody else’s expense. Joyspreading altruists would not be such a rare quantity in this world then.

Crudity and coarseness can be found in any corner; polish and a sense for the beautiful must be sought out. In daily life one often meets that Scrooge of Dickens’ Christmas Carol，one who is a good manager but yet as rough and uncouth as uncut timber. Isn’t the appearance of some refined person at such a moment an exhilarating and encouraging sight? Studies in music, dramatics, and poetry merely for their own sake can very well further the development of an aesthetic sense and an all-consuming desire to seek out only the beautiful in all things.

That man who has seen beauty once will not be satisfied in any field of human endeavor until he has assured himself that she is at hand there too, and he will not let anybody palm grossness off onto him as something which is just as good. The ability to appreciate beauty in music and poetry always presupposes a similar ability to appreciate beauty in the business world, daily life, and also private life.

It is a known fact too that the so-called impractical studies also provide for the indispensable need of initiative and a sense of responsibility. Without these two basic motives no advance could be made in any field. Students of logic and psychology have learnt from experience that no problem can be solved without a thorough investigation. Of course, the true scholar really investigates merely for the sake of the pleasure which lies in discovering something, but yet it is inevitable that certain useful by-products should also be derived from this scholarly work. A certain pioneering attitude is unconsciously assumed by such a scholar in later life, whereby he always shows him­ self willing to undertake and tackle any new problem. When he has once specialized in a certain field, it seems self-evident to him that he should thoroughly solve any troublesome matter 298

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Without doubt those people are not acquainted with the facts who say that the students of the arts never know how to manage in a specialized field. As somebody once said, the arts are the handmaidens of the specialist. By means of them a man is freed from his own narrow circle and taught to correctly evaluate all the noble things in life, so that capability in anyspecialized field follows as naturally as day succeeds night.

OPTIMISM AND A HEALTHY MIND Carl Thurow

Whenever the word optimism is mentioned, most of us are inclined to sneer, our reason being either a bit of envy because we can’t be more optimistic ourselves or the common error of assuming the exception to be the rule. The exception is that super-optimist who flutters about with his head lost in a silvery cloud of happy illusions; but this type of person is as much to be pitied as the pessimist, because sooner or later he is certain to be blown into a cloud of sad disillusions and blackest pessimism from which he will very likely never emerge. However, we must bear in mind that we are not concerned with this super­ optimism (the exception to the rule), but rather with the ordi­ nary optimism by which we understand that healthy frame of mind which thoroughly comprehends life as it is and still tends to put the most favorable construction on happenings and actions and which accepts this life as highly interesting and certainly very much worth living.

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f，砂3qeZl j ing an effort to be optimistic, because there are so often times when a really great effort is necessary. It is in just such times of doubt that we can most benefit by stopping to consider : What good is optimism ?

One of its greatest benefits is that it broadens our per­ spective of life, gives us a more wholesome aspect— a sort of bird’s-eye view which realizes with Hawthorne that “Life is made up of marble and mud” but that at the same time the fifth of the mud is almost completely outshone by the simple beauty of the marble. The broadened perspective of this bird’s-eye view gives us the advantage of being wiser judges of human happenings and affairs.

When we hear ugly rumors (than which even the sharpest arrows are more kind) about our neighbor, we won’t be inclined to accept and magnify them. Rather, we’ll disregard those rumors and give our neighbor the benefit of the doubt, until we are fully aware of the facts and can clearly judge for ourselves.

And when another man’s actions are doubtful or he has done something wrong, we will be more merciful and humane in our behavior toward him realizing that good and evil work together in this world and that no one is so bad that some good cannot be found in him.

An optimistic person also suffers less from worry — that swift pathway to an early grave. When things go wrong and others run about in a state of frantic excitement wishing they knew what to do, he sits calmly back and decides what to do.

When some important business deal is pending or some relative is ill, others will toss about all night in bed wandering what can be done, what will happen, how it will ever end, and why they can’t sleep; while he, knowing that everything possible has been done, calmly hopes and prays for a favorable outcome and then goes off to sleep.

At times when our plans have gone wrong and our hopes have been frustrated, and the whole world seems to be against us 一 we all experience that —optimism acts as a mental balance to save us from falling into the pit of pessimism. It serves to keep us calm and injects into our veins a few drops of Hamlet’s fatalism when he says, ‘‘There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will.” I recently heard tell of a fine old lady whose son was sent to prison. In all sincerety 300

she remarked; “It is all for the best. The Lord is keeping him out of trouble now.” Were our desires always to be fulfilled, we would soon lose all interest in living.

And thus we find that optimism is after all only a point of view. Two men can be standing on a corner looking at a beautiful new building. One man will walk over to observe it on the shaded side, the other will take the trouble to step around the corner and view it in the sunlight. One man will complain, “I’m already fifty years old,’’ another will say, “I’m only fifty years old.”

If only we would understand how much our happiness depends on our state of mind, we would learn that, humanly speaking, an optimistic mind is the surest support for our morale as well as our surest moral support.

A COMPARISON Clayton Krug

The past is always pointed to as a time when people were good. Almost every mature person seems to think that the youth as well as the aged of his younger days were the people.

They didn’t go tearing over the countryside at all hours of the night—didn’t go out so often in the first place. They weren’t such spendthrifts, nor were they so lazy as the present gener­ ation. Instead, they worked hard and saved money; they took things seriously, instead of cynically condemning everything about them. Well and good, we agree to all of these things.

In fact, we are almost convinced at first that the present age is a shameful blot on humanity’s clean white vest. But that idea does not last long. Already early in life we hear things that make us wonder. There were Sodom and Gomorrah — so bad that the whole place had to be cleaned out with fire. Then we remember the Flood — a close shave for the human family in general. They must have done something. And so, even in the early grades we begin to have a secret feeling of superiority over against the Good Old Days, in spite of George Washington, who never told a lie, and Lincoln, who walked six miles to re­ turn an overcharge of three cents.

The idea that the past was a better time than the present did not, however, originate with the past generation; for even in the most ancient times the presant looked bad to men. The 301

I Greek Euripides longed for the moral stability of the past. The Roman Tacitus pointed to the Germans as examples of what the former Roman race had been, while poets and singers of the Middle ages told about King Arthur and his knights, who did nothing but ride about the countryside, righting wrongs and seeking to do good. The past has alway contained a Golden Age, which is looked back to as a model of what the present should be, but is not. Man’s morals and behavior are apparently getting worse and worse.

On the other hand, there is the millennium idea to be dealt with—the doctrine that some day, somehow, we shall all be good, both morally and intellectually. It is the idea that some­ one expressed for himself with the words "Every day and in every way I’m getting better and better” applied to the whole human tribe. Or, as our wishful-thinking modern philosophers state it, War, Hatred, and Co. are to be crowded out of the nest just as soon as man, still in his infancy with hardly a dry feather on him, comes to his mature senses and gets out into the sunlight. It is a belief in the final and complete triumph of man over all obstacles, and is a contradiction of the idea ex­ pressed above. Fully as old as the backward-looking Golden Age idea, the millennium thought got a new start with the rise of Humanism. As it stands, it is, of course, impossible. It might work, if all the humans alive when the plan started could stay alive forever. According to the present scheme of life, a man is usually looked on as being fairly good by the time he becomes seventy. Naturally, he can afford to be by that time.

From this improvement with age we can at least assume that a man who lived for ages would come to feel that crime, war, dishonesty, etc., do not pay. But as things stand at present it can’t be done. Even if the old people have improved with age and experience, their children don’t seem to profit by it. No wide-awake young person is entirely willing to accept his parent’s or anybody else’s word for it. He wants to try everything for himself. And as a result he is constantly getting into trouble: from the time he burns his fingers on the stove, until he is old enough to quarrel with his wife, and beyond. The same mis­ takes are gone through again and again. The difference be­ tween one generation and the next lies more in the way they go about making these mistakes than in the relative goodness of 302

the things they do. Perhaps that is why we look so bad to our elders.

It is this consistency in the human race — this repetition of the same experiences and actions with only a change of outward color—that makes both a genuine Golden Age and a millennium impossible, especially in the field of human behavior. Man still has to be satisfied with the present, for it is the only millen­ nium he will experience between birth and the grave. And he may as well accept the idea; for the present is on the whole no worse than the past, and just as good as the future. Just the same, one is inspired by the belief that in the old days people were really good: so good that only in the still better days to come will their innocence be put to shame. It is, to use a picture, as if that pig called the Present were being lifted out of the slough with the Past at its tail and the Future at is head. The only trouble with the picture is that the two helpers are just as hopelessly stuck in the bog as their friend, the Present.

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HOBBIES Willard Kehrberg

Have you a hobby ? Many of you will perhaps answer, “No.” You think of such popularized hobbies as stamp-col­ lecting, coin-collecting, etc., and say, “No, I haven’t any hobby.”

But there you are mistaken. Every normal person has a hobby; only, perhaps, you don’t consider yours a hobby. A hobby may be defined as something in which you interest yourself outside of your regular occupation. Those cigar bands you save, the books you read, the autographs you collect, the knickknacks you make, are all your hobbies. Yours may seem absurd to another, but you have it just the same.

But to what purpose hobbies ? The answer is simple. Their chief purpose is relaxation or diversion from the regular routine of life. Mind and body need a rest after a day’s work. A man of my acquaintance works all day as a clerk in a store. In the evening he comes home and takes his coins, of which he has a large collection. He spends the evening studying and cataloging them. His mind is relaxed from the strain of the day and his body at rest, His hobby does this for him.

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Kaiser Wilhelm, who is now in Holland, during the time he was Emperor was a proficient cabinetmaker. Even this man who shaped the destinies of nations had his hobby. He needed something besides the affairs of state.

Women also have their hobbies. My mother saves recipes of every imaginable soup, cake, or pie. It would be utterly im­ possible ever to use all of them, but she carefully saves them.

Many women do sewing merely for a pastime. And then there are the girls who save photographs of their favorite mq^ie star or the words of a popular song. Practical use there may be none, but everyone has her hobby.

Everyone should spend some time at his hobby. In the daily rush of business, few take proper time to get their needed re­ laxation. Of course, hobbies have their very practical purposes too. Nothing has proved that so much as the last depression.

When men were thrown out of work and all their time was spare time, many of them took their hobbies seriously. The coin­ collector sold some of his coins, the amateur carpenter became a professional cabinetmaker, the woman who sewed for pleasure, now sewed for profit, my mother studied her recipes for more economical ways of preparing food, those who planted gardens as a hobby found that the hobby could become a means of supporting them. Necessity put the hobbies to the practical test, and they proved themselves worthy.

And now after the depression, when Social Security threat­ ens to kill our middle-aged persons with boredom, hobbies will again come to the rescue. Those unable to obtain work, will occupy their time with that which has been their love for years.

So, dear reader, don’t be afraid to let your hobby develop, even if it seems very ridiculous now. It is useful now and may become even more useful. Time spent on a hobby is well spent.

A DAY IN YELLOWSTONE Wayne Ten Broek

It was an early morning in the beginning of August. The sound of downpouring rain awoke me as I lay half-asleep in the rear seat of a large sedan. Raising myself to a sitting position, 304

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Time and again I had dreamt of this situation; at last it had become a reality. To-day I would see at least a part of that nationally famous beauty spot. By six o’clock the rain had sub­ sided and the sun had come out brightly. After I had partaken of a light breakfast, I sat down to make my plans for the day, or rather my expectations ; one can never be so sure of when or where he will be stalled when making his trip via the hitchhike route.

While thus contemplating my program for the day, I was disturbed by the sound of rushing waters. To satisfy my curiosity I betook myself in that direction. In a short time I was standing on the bridge which spans the Yellowstone River.

Huge, black boulders protruded out of the water’s surface. The water itself, muddy this morning, moved at a terrific pace.

The banks which hemmed it in were high, steep, and rocky. As I watched the continuous flow of the water, dodging madly be­ tween the stones and racing along the outer rocky banks, I could think of no better word than power, wild power, unbridled as yet by the hands of man.

Realizing that it was necessary for me to be on my way if I intended to make any progress, I forced myself from the sight and started walking slowly down the road. On either side there flourished an abundance of grass and clover, the aroma of which saturated the air. As I walked, gazing on the countryside, two young deer came bounding into sight. When they had drawn quite near, they stopped, gazing suspiciously at me at first.

They seemed so carefree and happy, I decided to stop and watch them for a while. They never fed very long in one spot but kept moving about, picking only the choicest and tenderest leaves. I must have watched them for thirty minutes or more.

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But so far my progress had been very slow. I had not yet learned how to enjoy such sights as these in a minimum of time.

A few minutes later a Yellowstone service truck happened along. The driver yielded to my thumbing and picked me up.

After he had assured me he was “going pretty far,” I sat back in my seat and enjoyed the scenery, which was now flittipg swiftly past my window.

The first wonder of the park was now coming into sight.

As we drove along and looked high above us to our right, some high yellow terraces with steaming water flowing over them could be seen. I sat looking at them in awe, and a smell similar to burning sulfur came to my nostrils. The terraces appeared to be very smooth and glittered like amber beneath the bright sunlight. The car was soon well beyond the peculiar formations, and I could see them no longer. Upon asking, I learned that we had just passed the Mammouth Hot Springs.

The road at this point made a U-turn to the right, and we started ascending a steep grade. In a short time the hot springs were again in sight but this time they lay far below us. The springs issued forth from a small sandy plain. The hot water then flowed down in shallow streams and over the terraces which had been seen from below. As the car sped round a cliff, the Springs disappeared from sight for the last time.

The grade which we were now following was an ascending one. The trees were the most noteworthy sights. Tall stately pine-they were. Low mountains were to be seen in the near distance, their sides crowded with these pine. One Avondered why such beautiful trees choose places, such as these, to sub+ side. . When such a mountain side was near the road ：side, it was awe-inspiring to look up and see all the pine, enrooted between the creyices of the rocks, standing at the same sharp angle with the mountain side.

We were now at a high elevation. Our road, as strai ght and as level as an avenue, was hemmed in on both sides by the pine. This section seemed to be a favorite haunt of the bears.

Big brown bears could be seen, lying- at the road side basking in the sun. Others were enjoying themselves as they ate deli­ cacies from the hands of the sight-seers.

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Slowly one could notice a change, however. The surround­ ings were becoming less scenic. The pine were no longer so dense. The small bodies of water, which until now had been so numerous, were no longer to be seen. Suddenly, as we rounded a turn, a town streched before us and the sign *'Western Outlet” greeted our eyes. The moments had been brief, but they had made a deep impression.

HANDEL Adalbert Geiger

We have heard much of Bach and of his contributions to the Lutheran church in the form of chorales and other forms of composition. I think it would be very fitting also to consider his contemporary, George Friedrich Handel.

Handel was born in 1685 in Halle, the same year in which Bach was born. (The family name was properly Haendel, later, however, commonly Anglicized into Handel.)

The historic position of Handel is peculiar. To a cer­ tain degree he appears, like Bach, as a natural consumma­ tion of movements that had been long in progress in Italy and Germany, since lie stands out as the most powerful opera-writer in the early Italian manner, and was also an organ contrapuntist in the direct German line. But the final application of his energetic and sturdy genius to the oratorio was unprecedented. And the fact that this took place in England and acquired concentrated influence there has linked him closely with modern choral music. Although he was keenly alive to the dominant tendencies of his age and facile with conventional writing for immediate pop­ ular success, lie also often broke through traditions with the confident, independence that betokens original convic­ tion and creative invention of high order. The circum­ stances of his career developed artistic characteristics very different from those of Bach, setting him in another cate­ gory, artistically not so high, but practically, for a long time, more effective. His individual works usually do not bear such minute analysis as those of Bach, but his pop­ ular impression has been infinitely greater and in its sphere thoroughly healthy and noble. Certainly he towers in dig­ nity above all others of his contemporaries except Bach.

Since Handel lived through the first half of the eighteenth cent.urv. he was contemporary with masters like Bach. Scarlatti, Georg Reutter Sr. and Jr” Bach’s sons, Priedeman and Karl Philip Emanual Bach, and others.

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lacking. His youth was spent in the atmosphere of Ger­ man church music and the Hamburg opera. For a time he was also intimate with musicians in Venice, Rome, and Naples, Italy.

Granting whatever may be necessary for the bent given him at Hamburg and in Italy and for influence of his later conditions, his development was mainly an independent one, guided by his own desires and the possibilities of his public. He was fortunate in choosing to work in England, where traditions were unformed. This made it possible for him to deal freely with all forms and also to devise new ones. Hence he was able to be the founder of a special English tradition which still continues. But his compara­ tive isolation kept his works from being widely known else­ where and it delayed the full recognition of his genius.

Handel was first of all a dramatic musician, his am­ bition centering upon the opera. Under this impulse he took such forms as his age provided, such as librettos, and then put his music together as he thought dramatic effective­ ness required. His originality was shown more in the essential truth, beauty, and energy of particular numbers than in any remodeling of accepted methods. His resources of melody were unrestricted, evolved out of a complex, nervous harmony, rather than from a simple chord-scheme, as in later writers. He much excelled his contemporaries in characterization, embodying in phrase, movement, and figure the general quality and the personal reactions of a dramatic situation. His instinct for arrangement was unerring, so that effective contrasts and climaxes were never wanting. The full list of his operas includes over forty full operas, over ten pasticcios, and several serenatas. The subjects of these works are almost all from classical myth­ ology or history, with some from medieval romance.

The step from the opera to the oratorio was a short one, since Handers notion of the oratorio was primarily dramatic and not liturgical. He transferred to it precisely the same methods as to the opera, except in the one feature of the chorus. He perceived that in a concert-form the chorus was feasible as it was not in the theatre, and that for the expression of the profound and collective emotions of religion its use on a grand scale was inevitable. Here he applied the resources of his contrapuntal skill with a lucidity, breadth, and sublimity seldom since surpassed.

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砂J suited in a new composite type for the English oratorio that has since persisted. Although, much of his success in this field was due to the excellence of some of his librettos, his masterly use of choral means—though, not so original or learned as Bach’s, but far more immediately effective― gives his works of this class a commanding interest. His oratorios, including a few early works, number about twenty and to these may be added one or two of the serenatas and a few of the larger church works. The substance of most of his works was, of course, Biblical.

Handel produced about fifteen choral works, on which his modern renown almost wholly rests, including Saul， Israel in Egypt, Joshua, Salomon, Theodora, and Hepht«h«, The Messiah he produced on a concert-tour to Dublin. These works vary in method, the majority being modeled in dra­ matic form, while Israel in Egypt is unique for its gigantic series of pictorial ‘plague’ choruses. The Messiah, follow­ ing its masterly libretto, is almost wholly contemplative and devotional. In these works all the choral numbers are lifted to a chief place and developed with extraordinary variety and vigor, thus constituting a musical type of great importance. The recognition of these works by Continen­ tal critcs was slow, however, so that their general influence came much later.

Handel was a superior organist, and to most of his oratorio performances contributed what were called Con­ certos/ partly, perhaps, extemporaneous, partly published later. These works are distinctly concertistic, rather than churchly, and they stand detached from the choral-mater­ ial. He used the orchestra of his day with dramatic variety and power, in accompaniments, in many overtures, and in some incidental numbers. Without distinctly advancing established forms, he brought into them the freshness of idea, effectiveness of plan, and vigor of treatment that marked his vocal writing. In all, he wrote some seventyovertures, usually on the French plan. The orchestra, as lie found it, was much stronger in the woodwind than is now common, and the harpsichord or organ far more in­ dispensable.

It was not until his later years, when his enemies had disappeared, that his powers as a composer, conductor, and organist were universally acknowledged. In 1753 lie became almost totally blind, but he continued active till with­ in ten days of his death. He died in the year 1760 and was buried in Westminster Abbey in the poet’s corner with, notable public honor.

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Although not done in such great degree, yet this fault of using large words where small words would suffice is too common among students — especially college students.

That this is a fault can easily be shown. R. L. S. says, “Never confuse your reader,” and “Never take liberties with your reader’s intelligence.” This applies more yet in speaking than in writing. Would it not confuse you if a roommate asked you to pass the commercial fluid ? Perhaps it would in time dawn on you that he meant the ink, but by that time much of more value might have been accomplished. Taking liberties with your readers intelligence might often more properly be called taking liberties with his education. If you read for a aboring man a piece of poetry in meter, it will not help him much if you say it is an iambic trimeter acatalectic in dipodes, but if you say it is composed of three large divisions, each sub­ divided into a part having a short and along syllable, etc., he will readily grasp the idea. So also the jargon of physics — ether, light-year — means nothing to the uninitiated.

By one’s choice of words one also shows his taste. Short words are much more apt to be simple and direct, while long words are frequently redundant and merely pretentious.

Simplicity and directness are in almost all cases held to show good taste. “Will you accord me permission ?’’ and “May I ?’’

Is not the last beyond measure better than the first ? These shorter, more direct words, so frequently of Anglo-Saxon origin, are very often also more beautiful — and why not add beauty to this life wherever it is possible ?

Emily Post says, “Best taste invariably chooses the shortest, simplest words or phrases that can express the meaning in­ tended.7 7 • This practice is not to be encouraged even in class, but it is not verv bad there. In that case it does not confuse or overrate the intelligence of the listener but it still shows poor taste. It does, however, tend to become a habit. For people who, as most of us intend, become ministers whose tools are words this habit is a decided hindrance and it is to be denounced and ab311

horred. Billy Sunday said, “Don’t try to be a Daniel Webster.

Jesus put the cookies and jam on the lowest shelf.” Both in the original and in translations of the Bible this can easily be seen.

Note the beauty, the simplicity, and the directness of most parts of the Bible, especially the New Testament. Even an unbeliever cannot deny the Bible this. As pastors who will preach this Gospel, would it not be very fitting if we also took Jesus’s example in this respect and preached, not for the astonishment and ad­ miration, but for the understanding and salvation of the people ?

F. A. Werner Sportsmanship................

HO is it that does not enjoy a good basketball game ?

Certainly more and more are learning to like the game every year. But who, as a true lover of the sport, can really receive the full enjoyment when he is assailed by several*‘Ohs” to the right of him, several “0 Refs” to the left of him, and too many “boos” all around him. At the close of the game one is forced to leave the gymnasium bewildered and discouraged by the apparent selfishness of the crowd. They seem concerned only about winning the game, and everyone blocking this win is their bitterest enemy. Cannot this attitude be curbed ? This brings us to the ever present yet seemingly ever forgettable subject of sportsmanship.

Certainly the first rule of sportsmanship should be to give the opponent an even chance. This does not only mean one should give him credit for a good play or shot, but one might even give him an occasional cheer. But let not this be as happened in a recent preliminary game, where it produced an ironical effect on the spectators. A very encouraging cheer was given for the opponent. But, it came at a time when more than encouragement was needed. The home team had already more than tripled the score of the opponents, and certain victory was in sight. Why not start the game not only with cheers for the home team, but for the opponent also ? If pride forbids the giving of cheers on an equal basis, at least let the opposing team know we consider him a capable opponent and are not only calling for the kill.

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far too prevalent at our games. Why is this ? The crowd uses this means mainly in showing its disapproval of the decisions of the officials. Yet these officials have been chosen by the home team as trained and capable men. Of course, they make mis­ takes and miss a push here and a shove there. But after all, have you ever tried to officiate a game ? Have you ever tried to keep an eye on ten fast men and see that they do not violate a bookful of rules ? You who have had the misfortune know that it is not so easily done. Besides, what good does booing do ? The referees cannot change their decisions. Furthermore, why should we pick the time when the whistle blows to our disadvantage to raise our heartiest complaints. It is peculiar that when the opponent suffers we only look at our neighbor and smile.

I should think our pride would demand that we act as sports, that our school may be looked upon as a model of sportsmanship and school spirit. This seems to be an art that has been lost!

James Vogt

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atamt During recent years many universities have shown a decided trend towards the introduction of mere technical and profes­ sional courses to the exclusion of most academic courses. Foreignlanguage courses as well as courses in music, poetry, drama, painting, and the other fine arts have been displaced by curriculums consisting of studies in tap-dancing, radio-broadcasting, and other such purely vocational pursuits. All so-called im­ practical studies, which only seek to prepare students for life in a general way, have been neglected in favor of purely prac­ tical courses, which seek to create immediate efficiency in par­ ticular lines.

Do you approve of the introduction of merely professional courses, or do you think that a curriculum containing academic courses is more beneficial?

The tendency to pursue such courses which are merely pro­ fessional or practical seems to have grown more pronounced in recent years. In this materialistic age the average student learns only to earn; studying for the pure love of the subject, be it science or art, is incompatible with his“ Weltanschauung.”

So deeply has the spirit of this ‘‘almighty-dollai，civilization’’ been imbued in the modern mind that an education which cannot be converted into glittering, palpable mammon means virtually nothing; hence the student plunges into the abyss of specialization.

The broadening academic course is certainly the ideal.

Almost anyone who applies himself to such a plan of study is broadened iand becomes somewhat more cosmopolitan. The humanities impart a certain culture to the student and give him an understanding of and appreciation for gTeat and beautiful things which cannot be measured in material things.

There usually comes a time when one must contend with grim reality; ideals then are usually outweighed by the necessity for practicability. If technical or professional courses are necessary at all, they should by no means be pursued to the exclusion of academic or classical courses but should rather be taken up after the college years, unless, of course, immediate need or lack of means should preclude following the ideal.

F. G. An average university student desiring to enter a technical field，who has studied four years of Latin in high school, several more in college, and even a year or two on Greek, has wasted just that much time, unless he is by nature an ardent lover of classical literature, which has never yet happened; for this love 314

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Language is a medium of thought, knowledge, wisdom.

This fact all except the utterly pedantic linguist admit. Yet how many educators practice it? They spend several years presenting a smattering of the classics, some even stressing grammer. The thought, the subject matter transmitted through the medium of the language, is too often rudely .passed over.

Thus they neglect the one and only use of a language.

G. H. If man’s only purpose on earth were to live—eat, sleep, pay his taxes, and die—then I could agree with the gross material­ ists who feel that the education of a young man to-day must be a technical and professional one, and that the pursuit of the liberal arts is but a waste of time. Even the average liberalarts student of this day has learned how to labor with his hands and thereby keep the wolf from his door. Why should he then entirely discard the finer things in life, which his Maker gave him to enjoy and whereby his soul might become a little more beautiful—his soul, that mysterious something which distin­ guishes him from the animal, whose ambition in life is merely to be comfortably situated?

V. W. It is without doubt a detriment to mankind that the class­ ical courses are being displaced by purely vocational courses.

As a result of such a development people will become ignorant of the classics and fine arts, upon which all our education and knowledge is based. If our classical education were withheld from us, would we not fall into ignorance and become unintelli­ gent fools like primitive men? All these ages man has been striving for knowledge and been putting it into such a form so that we can appropriate it in the easiest possible manner.

Should we then give up our classical education now for merely vocational pursuits?

E. B. To introduce a practical course in tap-dancing at this insti­ tution would certainly be a more or less impractical procedure, to say the least. Considering the profession for which we are studying, our curriculum is ideal. It is almost without excep­ tion academic and at the same time (almost without exception) intensely technical and prosessional—for us.. We could want little more. But, since our school is an exception among schools, we must assume the average college student’s point of view.

What is the ideal curriculum? Purely academic? Hardly.

Courses in foreign languages, music, literature, and art accomplish more than the mere acquiring of knowledge; they tend greatly to broaden one’s outlook on life, which means cultivat­ ing the appreciation of the finer things in life and the develop315

I ing of general intelligence and common sense - two very similar mental qualities, which when allied are a mighty powerful weapon against the storms and turmoils of this world as well as a fine master key to the door of the understanding of human nature and successful association with our fellow men. But the fact remains that a purely academic curriculum is not the proper training for enabling us to make a success of this effi­ ciently modernized business of living.

Then there is the other extreme—a purely technical and professional curriculum. True: that would equip us with many beautiful theories and perhaps a little practical experience with which to enter any of the various fields of occupation. But how far and how fast could we travel with a basket full of theories and only a handful of practical experience, while lacking the broader intelligence which would more fully enable us to adapt ourselves to every situation and to cope with every struggle that will come our way and at the same time raise us above the plane of humdrum existence to an appreciation of the finer things in life?

The only alternative then seems to be a curriculum intelli­ gently combining and interweaving academic and professional courses.

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Professor Walter H. Beck, ’19, at present registrar and Professor of Education at Immanuel Lutheran College and Theological Seminary at Greensboro, N. C., was honored with the Doctor of Education degree by Temple University at the midyear commencement on February 15th. His doctoral disser­ tation was a study of “Lutheran Elementary Schools in the United States,” a comprehensive historical treatment of the development and administration of more than four thousand elementary schools established within all Lutheran synods since 1818. Dr. Ralph Owen, *05, was a member of the advisory committee and cooperated with much interest in the preparation of this study. The published history is to include a detailed treatment of the development of Lutheran schools in the colon­ ial and early national period, based upon Dr. Beck’s M. A. thesis presented to the University of Wisconsin in 1929, and upon a more comprehensive account prepared as an S. T. M. thesis at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia in 1935. During the school year 1934-1935 Dr. Beck was on a leave of absence to carry on his final residence work at Temple Uni­ versity and Mt. Airy Seminary. Since receiving his Master’s degree at Wisconsin, he has also spent two summers at Colum­ bia University and one at the University of Pennsylvania. His special field of study has been the history and philosophy of education, as well as church history and religious education.

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Di，. Beck has been on the faculty of Immanuel College since 1925, and as registrar has been active in standardizing and accrediting the junior college and normal divisions of the institu­ tion.

— Pastor W. Schweppe，’29, was married to Miss Leola Roesler of Dale, \Visconsin，during the latter part of February. The young couple will sail for Africa some time this month to live for three years in the new missionary station to which Pastor Schweppe has been sent.

The students who are corresponding with Mr. I. Bade, ex ，38, have brought us the welcome report that he intends to resume his studies here at Northwestern next year. Mr. Bade was forced to discontinue his studies last November but has fully recovered from his sickness. ? Mr. W. Schultz, ’34, is continuing his studies at Marquette since the beginning of the new semester. According to report he is devoting most of his time to a course in history.

Messrs. Nelson, Heller, Myren, and Detert visited the college for a few hours.

Mr. A. Bolle, ’34, who is taking a course in forestry at the University of Montana, recently sent us a few reports in regard to his work. Last summer Mr. Bolle worked with a surveying crew and helped survey 300,000 acres of timber, grassland, and meadows near the Anaconda Range and the Continental Divide.

This summer promises to offer equally interesting work.

Dr. O. E. Brandt, ’80, professor emeritus of Luther Theo­ logical Seminary, St. Paul, was guest of honor at the annual dinner of the Twin City Luther College Club at Hope Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. The dinner was a celebration of the seventy-fifth birthday of Dr. Brandt, the oldest Charter mem­ ber of the Club. Dr. Brandt was made a commander of the Order of St. Olav by King Haakon of Norway in 1924.

The greater part of the alumni news for this nnmber was sent to us directly by interested graduates. The revived in­ terest was greatly appreciated. This is your column, alumni, and our intention is to make it as interesting as possible for you. Since your cooperation is our most adequate means to this end, it is our sincere hope that other graduates will also become interested.

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“Have you ever thought seriously about how great it would be to retire at sixty-five and have life to do with as you please?”

This question reminded us of the pictures which a short while ago accompanied the advertisements of insurance policies which would enable a man to retire even before sixty-five. Those pictures portrayed a man lying in a hammock just dreaming away his time, or else in some other pose denoting absolute idleness. In the distance some one was racking his brains or muscles just to earn enough to live, but this man who had sense enough to take out the correct insurance policy could loaf in perfect ease of mind.

Is this what the word “retirement” connotes to most people?

What a terrible thing it must be to do nothing; how boring such a life must get to be. Just imagine spending your life in a hammock. Is a man fit for nothing else after he is sixty years old? After that age he ought to be ready to bring forth the best fruits of his life. He has then had a lot of experience; a long period of training is behind him. He has had time to learn many things and correct mistakes in his own make-up. He is 319

no longer moved by every passing whim and fancy but has matured in his own philosophy of life. No, no, we strenuously object, when anyone says that man is unable to do anything constructive after sixty.

The lynching of a negro in the city of Wake Forest, N. C., called forth an editorial in the Old Gold and Black of Wake Forest College. The writer lashes into race distinction and into the unfairness against the negro.

“It seems that the black man cannot get a square deal in the South. Officers of the law probably regard as poppycock those ringing words from the document nobody knows, The United States Constitution — 'All men are created equal — They are endowed with inalienable rights_among them are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.’ Until every man in America gets fair trial regardless of his color, justice will be just a farce, governed by judicial whims and warped by pre­ judice.”

When a man in the South says this, it really means some­ thing. If anyone has the right to scorn the negro, it is the Southerner. For he almost lives with them. He sees all their worst points and characteristics. He knows their bad habits and has to bear with them. And that there are many things in the black man which are repulsive to the white no man can deny. Yet here a white man, a Southerner to boot, pleads for justice for the negro.

“Are the thinking, habits, living conditions of negroes as high as those of whites? Certainly not, for their ancestors were savages, when their white contemporaries were chasing them out of the jungle to cultivate cotton. Yet colored people have improved themselves remarkably in recent decades.”

The writer admits that they are not on our plane of civiliza­ tion, but he also shows the reason therefor and points out that it is no fault of their own. Yes, he could have gone on to say that in America this backward condition of the negro is largely the result of the white man’s endeavors. Have we not done everything possible to keep him uneducated, brutal, and uncultured ? Have we not flogged them physically, mentally, and spiritually for centuries? It is a wonder that they have developed as much as they have. The article gives us an example of what the colored man can do, when he is given a proper chance. ‘ 'There are still brutish blacks at the lower end of the scale, but they have their white-skinned counterparts. In the upper stratum of negro society are some highly developed citizens.

For example, consider Dr. George W. Carver, distinguished negro scientist, who has directed agricultural research at Tuskegee Institute for more than thirty-five years, made 285 use­ ful products from the peanut, exhibited his paintings all over the world, toured the United States as a concert pianist, and 320

originated recipes which are used by cooks in leading hotels throughout the country.”

This is absolute proof that the negro can do great things, if he is given only half a chance. The great Paul Robeson might be quoted as another example. What is our part in all this?

Study the black man and his problems; gain a better under­ standing of him and thus overcome the natural antipathy to him which lies in most of us.

After reading college papers for a whole year we still find the cigarette advertisements the most interesting parts of them. What beauties from stage, screen, and bathing beach have we not seen within that time; what athletes, and what figures prominent in the world’s affairs. And what won’t a cigarette do for you? How can you live without smoking?

They*re a prime requisite for digestion, nerves, stamina, throat, and for every other organ and function of the body. They are the veritable ‘‘staff of life.” We are still wondering whether there are gulls who fall for all this stuff.

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the end of the third quarter. This had spurred the Miners on to greater efforts, and a veritable “free for all” ensued, re­ sembling more a football game than a basketball game. The Platteville team, chiefly as a result of J. “Squirrel” Burris’s accuracy, forged within three points of the lead before the final whistle intervened. J. Burris was the high scorer of the game with seventeen points.

Platteville Northwestern FG FT PF FG FT PF 2 3 f. J. Burris 7 3 1 1 f. Hackbarth 3 2 f. Schweppe 3 f. Schroeder 3 3 1 2 c. Dvorak 2 0 f. Toepel 0 12 0 0 0 f. Frey 0 0 0 5 0 1 c. Pittenger c. Naumann 1 g.

Wilsey 10 0 0 1 g. Horn 3 0 0 g. D. Burris 0 0 2 g. Lambert 0 0 0 g. De Witt g. Hempel 0 12 14 5 10 11 8 8 Northwestern—28 Engineers—21 Watertown, February 20. This victory balanced the defeat we had received at the hands of the Engineers earlier in the season. Hackbarth was high scorer and the outstanding player.

Naumann made some good shots under the basket, and Horn, as usual, was quite adept at getting rebounds. We also had the opportunity of watching Lambert sink a few of those graceful long shots.

Northwestern Engineers FG FT PF FG FT PF f. Hackbarth 7 0 2 f. Nirenberg 1 0 0 f. Schweppe 0 0 2 f. Kaiser 0 f. Toepel 1 1 4 f. Krizan 2 c. Naumann 3 1 1 c. Hummer 0 1 4 g. Horn 0 0 1 c. Webb 0 0 1 2 Lambert 0 4 g. Schultz 2 g. Hempel 0 0 0 g. Gutowski 3 13

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|__啦篇违 咖J few seconds before the close of the half by a fortuitous con­ currence of ball and basket, the Concordians took a one-point lead with the score at sixteen to fifteen. Northwestern re­ gained the lead very shortly after the beginning of the second half on baskets by Hackbarth and Naumann and retained it until there were but eight minutes of play remaining. At that time Hackbarth left the game on fouls. He had played a bril­ liant game tallying five field goals; he easily outshone anyone on the floor. Loss of his dashing offense further weakened our already fatigued team, and Concordia scored repeatedly, finally gaining a thirteen-point lead as they found the range. A. Koepke and Webber were the main figures in this final spurt. Webber was the high scorer of the game with fifteen points. This Concordia team is quite expert, we regret that its seven or eight leading players are graduating.

We are sure everyone’s enjoyment of the game was greatly increased by the blatant dissonance of the Missouri horn (rather a misnomer, cannon would be more apt) which some rabid fan brought to the game.

Northwestern Concordia FG FT PF FG FT PF 4 f. Rickman f. Hackbarth 5 0 0 12 2 0 f. A. Koepke 5 11 0 f. Schweppe 0 1 f. Van f. Toepel 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 f. Meyer 0 0 0 c. Naumann c. Wolter 0 1 3 2 0 2 g. Hempel 0 0 0 c. W. Koepke g. Horn 0 0 0 g. Webber 7 0 0 0 2 g. Lambert g. Hafeman 1 0 0 9 6 9 g. Losser 2 2 0 16 5 9 Aurora — 31 Northwestern — 43 Watertown, March 5. The Aurora team had a decided edge on us early in the game, but not for long. By the end of the first half spectacular shots by Hackbarth, Toepel, Naumann, and Schweppe had gained the lead for us by the score of twentyfive to fourteen. An effective rally by Aurora in the second half tallied sixteen points to make the score thirty-three to thirty, still in our favor. Only about four minutes remained, and our three-point advantage seemed rather unconvincing.

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Hackbarth’s seemingly impossible shots and his dazzling floor-work made him the outstanding player of the game. He tallied sixteen points on seven field goals and two free throws.

Horn again displayed his consistent abitity to pull down the rebounds; Lambert and Toepel were primarily our outstanding defensive players. Courcier of the opposition was second high scorer with fourteen points.

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The Mid-Season Concert, traditionally presented by our musical organizations shortly before the spring recess has been postponed and will not be driven until April 23. At this concert the Weocto Singers and Eldor Toepel, horn soloist, will be featured in special numbers. * * * * Edgar Harmening is spending a few weeks at his home in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.

“Is Koenig master of ceremonies of this literary program?” someone remarked; “I’ll bet it’s on Russia.” Unluckily for him, the fellow found no takers. The program was on Russia.

Speeches by Reim, Breiling, and Birkholz filled out some minutes. The Male and Mixed Choruses sang Russian sacred songs. The best number of the program was the presentation of Tolstoi’s “The Root of all Evil.” Everything considered this was the finest performance of all the plays that has thus far this year been presented. Speaking of plays, no spring play will be given this year. 氺 本本本 The preps are building model airplanes, vying for a trophy.

The seniors are engaged in a bowling tournament. The winner is also to receive a trophy. 丰

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With relief this column is written. It is our last. Was it not more pleasant reading than writing, woe to us and to you.

It was no very good column, nor was it very bad, notwithstand­ ing 含chabow’s bitter denunciation that it was the worst of the columns. It was a column. That is our only defense and our only apology.

9k ♦ * No poll is necessary to establish Jack Benny as the dormi­ tory's favorite radio entertainer. The mad stampede from dining-hall to the clubroom for ring-side seats around our Philco (“What’s in a name”）is sufficient proof. An honest man is very likely to be trampled underfoot when the rush is on.

Comedians are fine but scarcely anything to cause college students—even juniors join the stampede—to become rude and breathless. ♦

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Certain collegiates attempted to beat the preps at their own games and were soundly trounced for their pains. In the pingpong tournament none of the upper classmen could even get in the finals. Preps monopolized the honors. Let this be a lesson! * * * Lovers of poetry (pardon us, Apollo) are anxiously awaiting 325

the arrival of Spring to see its effect on that group of poets (pardon us, Keats) which, for want of a Letier name，we call the pseudo-surrealistic school. Nature^ rebirth, spring-beauties, green grasses, and the like, should stimulate these highly im­ aginative fellows to reach hitherto unattained Parnassian heights.

“Moses” has been released from his duties as caretaker of the college cattle and gardens. Mr. Zimdars has been engaged to succeed him. Mr. Zimdars formerly was employed as janitor of St. Mark’s school of Watertown.

(Roth This month the writers of this column decided to try their luck with a contribution box. A box was put in a convenient place for the literary-minded ones to donate their compositions.

The box contained an abundant supply of newsy bits which we shall now permit all of you to read.

After pondering over various and sundry methods of getting our names in the Coed Notes, we have decided that the only sure-fire method is to visit Northwestern. So don’t be surprised if you see some familiar people coming along wearing signs saying, “We are visitors.”

The K.A.D/s of the girls* room (Darcey and Dakin) wish to make a public announcement to the effect that those jackets which are so blithely worn by all members of the girls* room are really their own private property. The community feeling is so strong among the coeds that they send them out by the hour at absolutely no cost.

Now that spring is just around the corner the hottest guy in school” (Percival Sylvester, the pipe who keeps us warm in winter) will soon be abandoned and stand unobserved in his corner.

The freshmen coeds are now going through that speechmaking era, and on the mornings when speeches are due, the girls’ room is quite well-populated with headaches, nervous prostrations, shaky knees, and perturbed minds as the chief symptoms of this plague.

Lately the bulletin board is being used for posting ‘‘epistlelets,” and when the young woman to whom one of them is ad­ dressed comes along, she immediately releases the note from its thumbtack and isolates herself in some corner where she may enjoy the contents of the note alone. One day five other people i 4

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Kathleen Darcey must have planned to start a candy shop judging from the various boxes which have accumulated on her shelf. There now is very little room for books, and a pile of boxes has already been placed under a bench. They bear many names all the way from Johnston’s chocolates to licorice.

Under the able coachmanship of Kay Dakin, Joyce Krueger has been initiated into the great mysteries of that intriguing pastime, bridge, and the roster of bridge-playing coeds is now just about complete. While some of the beginners still insist on trumping their partner’s ace, they’ll catch on to the fine points of the game after a short time.

Finally the hole between the coed room and the room above has been boarded up. No more will we be bombarded with chalk and yardsticks from above, for now the boys will have to find some other pastime for their odd moments before class.

It seems as if our president must be numbered among those noted for absentmindedness. In spite of a definite announce­ ment that there would be no chorus rehearsal, the next day she brought her lunch.

One blue Monday morning Anita Weihert decided to bring good cheer into the coed room at recess by offering a select group of coeds a generous piece of her immense candy bar.

Oh no, she’s not extravagant, it was a bridge prize. Other donations followed — mostly booby prizes.

We suggest that Mary Jane Kuenzi walk on the sidewalks when she takes a walk. Recently, while prowling around the water tower, she got stuck in the mud and all but ruined a pair of shoes. Kay Dakin ably came to her assistance.

Did you know that — Evelyn Schroeder takes care of each separate curl before and after each class ? , Mary Jane Kuenzi has a snappy comeback for practically every crack pulled in the girls’ room ? Her favorite indoor sport seems to be squelching Kay Dakin.

Victoria Quandt acts as U. S. postmistress for the freshmen romancers V “Pfaffie” has a mania for neatness ? Whenever she sees some of the careless freshmen’s possessions lying around she hastens to put them in their proper place.

Last but not least was this contribution: Students are now getting over the effects of New Years and anxiously awaiting Christmas.

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Campus and Classroom The editor of this column realizes that his time is just about up. In fact, this column will be his last to be ground out in this volume. No longer will his literary flies harass the nectar and ambrosia of the Muses; Zeus will be able to preserve his thunderbolt^ for future reference. Since his column has been sung in a lighter strain, along more or less humorous lines, he can readily imagine that Thalia, Muse of Comedy, will loosen her golden tresses and go into a song and dance out of sheer relief.

Just what is this thing called Humor anyway? The Ed. feels that it is about time he is becoming somewhat enlightened on the subject, so he has surrounded himself with 1the available reference works, lights his pipe, and prepares himself to go into a slight dissertation on the subject. Encyclopedias to the right of him, Outlines of Humor to the left of him, dictionaries in front of him, he rides into the valley of something or other, much after the manner of a student about to plough through forty lines of Homer, surrounded by translations, preparations, commentaries, yes, perhap s even a few dictionaries.

He finds that Humor is ‘‘not an exact science, but rather an art whose principles are based on several accepted theories.”

Quite enlightening! An art based on theories—hmm— For these theories the authorities take him back to the Greeks, Plato, Aristotle, and the rest of the old boys, who it seems, figured everything out for the moderns to expand upon.

Of these there are two theories generally accepted. There is Aristotle’s theory of the incongruous, which has come to be known as the Disappointment theory, or Frustrated Expecta­ tions. Then there is Plato’s theory which capitalizes the enjoyment derived from the discomfiture of a fellow man, now commonly known among pedants as the Derision theory.

The Ed. is overwhelmed at the thought of this knowledge hitherto unkown by him, relights his pipe, and attempts to get at the essence of the whole thing.

He considers the first theory, the Disappointment or Frus­ trated Expectation theory. This involves the idea of the ludic­ rous or incongruous element. Although authorities generally recognize this theory as one of the two basic ideas underlying Humor, they become just a bit cryptic, a trifle vague in attem­ pting to define it. One says of this Frustrated Expetation, “It is the frustrating of a carefully built up expectation.”

Really now! Another says, ‘‘It arises in the very act of per­ ception when that act is brought to nothing by two conflicting 328

qualities of fact or feeling.” Either the Ed. is a downright blockhead, or these definitions involving the incongruous are utterly incongruous in themselves. Unless—is it possible— could it be that Milt Weishahn’s erstwhile mustache was a con­ crete example of this Frustrated Expectation theory? There was the expectation of a heavy growth. It was frustrated. Every­ body got a big kick out of it. Ergo—frustrated expectation in­ volves the ludicrous. Maybeso.

The Ed. is by this time in a somewhat befuddled condition.

He extricates himself sufficiently from his tohu vabohu to direct his attention toward the second theory, the Derision theory.

Plato says of it, “The pleasure we derive in laughing at the comic is an enjoyment of other people’s misfortune, due to a feeling of superiority or gratified vanity that we ourselves are not in like plight.” In other words, all pleasure in laughing at a comic scene is a pharasaical enjoyment of another’s discomfiture.

Yet, our references quickly add, it must be only discomfiture, not grav e misfortune or sorrow. If a professor rather hurriedly storms into ii a classroom and goes sprawling over a wastebasket, we laugh. That’s Humor. If he arises in an obvious state of discomfiture and exclaims, “Well, didn’t you ever see that be­ fore?” more laughter ensues, embellished with a few foreign elements of obstreperous intent. But if he breaks his leg, we do not laugh.

This Derision theory includes also jests at the ignorance or stupidity of another. Boners, a social faux pas, feigned in­ tellectuality, and so on. The Ed. recalls a little incident in this connection that happened at the local cannery. A seed sales­ man, not a particularly brilliant fellow, was in the throes of selling his product He didn’t seem to be getting anywhere.

Suddenly he hit upon a new angle of approach. “Now I don’t wanna be a wise guy,” said he, “but you know that when seed is promiscuously strewn over the surface of the earth, it —— Maybe it was the manner in which he stumbled over the word “promiscuously;” at any rate, his efforts were squelched in derisive laughter.

It seems, according to enclyclopedists, that the Derision theory of Plato impinges on and coincides more or less with the Frustrated Expectation theory of Artistotle. The two overlap.

Perhaps an example of this might be taken from science class.

The professor has before him an assemblage of test tubes, retorts, Florence flasks, electrostatic machines, spectroscopes, litmus paper, acid anhydrides, catalytic agents, electrolites, light bulbs, and radioactive substances. (The Ed. does not profess to be a scientist. He might exaggerate a bit for effect.)

Water is boiling in a beaker (rather, the molecules of H2O are sufficiently agitated by the application of heat to undergo violent 329

motion). The professor proceeds to the experiment with all the avidity of an old alchemist in quest of the philosopher’s stone.

The various stages of the experiment are gone through. Every­ thing is worked up to a climax. After about forty-five minutes of feverish labor the crucial moment is at hand. “Now,” says the prof., “if the experiment is a success, the light bulb will illuminate when it is screwed into the socket. The light bulb is screwd in. Not even a flicker. Here we have an in­ stance of Frustrated Expectation with the ultimate result of Derisive enjoyment. Or have we? Too bad Aristotle and Plato could not have witnessed the spectacle and settled this matter definitely, once and for all. It would have been such a boon to humanity. „ The philosophers seem to have disregarded three types of Humor quite popular at the present day, mimickry, hillbilly jokes, and puns. The Ed. can readily understand why mimickry and hillbilly jokes were not considered at all, but how about puns? Would it have been that they encluded puns under the theory of Derision? It seems that most attempts at that gentle art come to the ignominious fate of derision.

Dr. Isaac Barrow, an Englishman of the seventeenth century, refers to the pun rather nicely while speaking of “facetiousness.” He says, “Sometimes itplayeth in words and phrazes, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound.” Perhaps ’round about hyar it wouldn’t be a bad idea to repeat that much-heard story of “The Moose and the Scot，’’ much-heard from Mr. Frederick A. W. Grunwald. There was once a Scot who was visiting friends in America. While hunting in Maine with his American friend, the Scot saw a large, cow-like animal with branching horns.

Upon inquiring the name of the animal, he was informed that the animal was a moose. The Scot replied, “If thats a moose; I’d like to see a i，at!”

The Ed. has carefully considered the subject of Humor and what has he got? A sadly overworked pipe, a headache, and an art based on a few vague theories. Should he attempt to define this “elusive, evasive, evanescent, ephemeral, intangible； imponderable something,” he would merely be heaping ridicule upon the Ridiculous, incongruity upon the incongruous, derision upon the Derisive. 二 Just what is this thing called Humor anyway? 氺氺氺

So long.

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INDEX OF VOLUME XXXX Afterclap—F. A. Werner—202 A Man’s a Man for A’ That—A. Schuetze 一214 Announcements: Alumni Society — 51 Class Reunion of 1911—52 Homecoming Celebration 一 116 Mid-Season Concert—313 Beware The Spring — C. Krug — 34 Big Fish — E. Wendland — 110 Burden of the Mystery, The—E. Fredrich — 167

By The Way — E. Wendland —181 Causes of the Spanish Revolution, The—F. Peterson —175 _ Charakterzuege Luthers, die in seinen Briefen hervorgehoben werden一 V. Weyland - 37 Choice Morsels For Mental Chewing—C. Thurow—198 Chorus Chronicle, The—G. A. Sydo w—3 Cohoes And Coventry—F. A. Grunvwald— —38 Columns: Alumni—13, 60, 93, 121, 155, 184, 219, 246, 280I, 317 Athletics—20, 56, 101, 127, 159, 189, 223, 250, 283,:321 Campus and Classroom—27, 66, 108, 134，165，196, 228, 256, 292, 328 Coed Notes—26, 65, 107, 132, 164, 194, 227, 255, 290, 326 Exchange—16, 63, 98, 125, 156, 186, 220, 246, 281, 319 Forum—47, 150, 276, 314 Locals—23, 62, 104, 129, 162, 193, 225, 253, 287, 324 Seminary Notes—14, 49, 95, 120, 154, 184, 218, 244, 279, 316 Comparison, A. — C. Krug — 301 Concerning Obstreperous Card Playing — C. Thurow —11 Day In Yellowstone, A — W. Ten Broek — 304 Debunking — I. Weiss —118 Democracy Continues — W. Zickuhr —182 Do You Possess Personality — M. Weishahn—43 Double Standard, The — R. Holtz — 242 Drama By Accident — N. Luetke 一 263 Dream, A — N. Reim — 271 Drouht, The —D. Grummert —173 Edison Institute Museum, The — K. Lederer — 1 Eine weitere Bitte um einen deutschen Verein—F. A. Werner—92 English, A Business Language — G. Hillmer—243 Fact, Theory, Science, or Thereabouts— O. Seigler —141 Few Suggestions, A — N. Luetke —212 Fifteen-Minute Rest Stop — M. Weishahn 一143 First Things Come First — N. Luetke — 297 Handel — A. Geiger — 307 Heroes, Ancient and Modern — C. Krug—138 Hobbies — W. Kehrberg — 303 In Defence of Anglers and Angling—F. A. Grunwald —149 Labor Unions, The — F. A. Werner—266 Let It Be Known —G. A. Sydow — 42 Limited, The — M. Weishahn — 208

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Lo ck And Key —F. A. Werner—112 Lo ng Words—F. A. Werner —311 Merry Christmas —Ruth Pfaffenbach — 211 Mexico —F. A. Werner —239 My Mustache—M. Weishahn —273. .

Newspaper and Magazine Clippings — A. Geiger — 269 Night Before Christmas, The —L. Pingel, Jr. — 201 Nota Bene — V. Weyland 一 117 N. W. C. Band — F. Grunwald —12 Obituary: Waldemar and Everett Dojbratz, Ralph Rubel —113 On Civilization-Greek and '* ^ " On Returning to School — C. Thurow —119 Optimism and a Healthy Mind — C. Thurow — 299 Our Find — C. Krug — 206 Our Present-Day Socialis m, an Impracticable Dream — N. Luetke — 170 Parasites — A. Schuetze —180 Parnassus in Two Tongues — V. Weyland — 231 Poe, Poetry, Poetic Principle — G. Iiillmer — 268 Radio-A Music Teacher - G. Frey — 295 Rediscovering Jazz — G. Hillmer — 90 Revolution, an Evaluation; English Oration — T. Mittlestaedt — 69 Roma Imperio Divi Augusti Rediviva; Latin Oration — O. Sommers — 76 Roosevelt and Communism — L. Koenig — 270 Senior Spring —E. Fredrich •—10 Shelley-The Idealistic Herd-Abandoned Deer — F. A. Grunwald — 260 Silent Disturbance — P. Baganz — 215 Sinclair Lewis Discovers America — N. Luetke - 32 Some Call It Love — G. Sydow — 45 Song o f ’36—G. Sydow —79 South Dakota I Prairies — Edward Weisz —137 Sportsmanship — J. Vogt — 312 Strange Beast, The - F. Peterson-- 204 Theories of Evolution — F. A,.Werner -144 This Game Politics — E. Wenidland — 40 This Matter of the Old Lyceum Course — R. Reim —46 Thornby’s Son —R. Wiechman - 233 To Those Whom It Concerns — C. Thurow 一 272 To Whom It May Concern ― M. Volkman — 237 What Students Think of the Black and Red — G. Hillmer — 216 What’s What About Smoking — C. Thurow — 240 Why We Need a Decentralized Form of Government — L. Koenig—179 Whys and Wherefores of Smoking as Observed from the Side Lines r The— C. Thurow --146 Wie sah Wittenberg zu Luthers Lebenszeit aus? German Oration — E. Dobratz - 73

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Watertown, Wis.

BRINKMAN DAIRY CO, Dealers in

PUKE DAIRY PRODUCTS Milk and Cream A Specialty

112 Third St.

Mi Phone 736

308 Third Street

JHeltbua^er printing Olampang Commercial Printers English and German Printing.

113 N. Fourth Street Telephone 162-W

Printers of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Black and Red".

Style and Quality Are represented to the highest degree at Fischer’s.

Whether your need is one of our new SPRING SUITS, or one of our Essley shirts featuring the new Trubenized collar, you will find it to your cornplete satisfaction.

We invite you to come in and

inspect our merchandise.

W. A. NACK MEAT MARKET

East Side Bakery

“Quality First” POULTRY IN SEASON

Made like you would at Home

Phone 19-W

621 Main St.

Bread - Rolls - Delicious Cakes

Schmutzlers

FURNITURE, RUGS FUNERAL SERVICE

Main and 7th St. Phone 1266 WISCONSIN

WATERTOWN.

Lumber-Coal-Coke"Wood-Fuel Oil All Kinds of Building Material Phoue 37 SERVICE

NO ORDER TOO LARGE NO ORDER TOO SMALL

Phone 38 SATISFACTION

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Jack Thusius

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Diamonds, Jewelry and Silver Ware Dealer in Elgin Watches

BUILT FOR BETTER SERVICE 213 Fifth St.

Tel. 54

117 Third Street

Kelly-Borcliard Co. The Me^s Store of Friendly Service Featuring

KECK Furniture

Hart Schaffncr & Marx Clothes

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Wilson Bros. Furnishings Gordon and S(c(son Hals

QUALITY SINCE 1853

202 Main Street

Wm. Gorder Co. Coal, Fuel Oil, Wood, Coke Sewer Pipe and Building Material 608 Main Street

Telephone 33

D. & F. KUSEL CO. A COMPLETE LINE OF

ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT 108-112 W. Main Street

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Vilaplionc and Movietone Programs

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Star Lunch Restaurant MEALS AND LUNCHES 圃M棚 Regular Dinner 11:00 to 2:00 Courteous Service Always

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Wm. Schubert, Proprietor 411 Main Street

JE 關OLD SUITS of Character 15 to 22.50

BANK OF WATERTOWN WATERTOWN, WIS.

ESTABLISHED 1854

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When you are in need of

SHOES think of

BOOTH SHOES and CROSBY SQUARES Manufactured by

Walter Booth Shoe Co,

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LEO RUESCH & SON 210 W. Main St. Watertown, Wisconsin

FURNACES Installed, Repaired and Rebuilt Sheet Metal and Tin Work of all kinds.

JOHN KUCKKAHN 210 N. 3rd Phone 848-w

WM. GEHRKE DRUGGIST 315 Main Street

Watertown, Wis.

H.C. Reichert Instructor of Music

Pipe organ. Piano, Violin9 Mandolin9 Cello, Spanish and Howalan Guitar9 Harmony

Studio 109 Main St., Scott Store Bldg.

GHAS. HEISMANN AND WALTER P. SGHLUETER Complete Line of

DE1VOE3 Paints and Varnishes Glass atic! Wallpaper Phone 178-\v

404 Main St.

Seager & Brand mmm UP-TO-DATE BARBER SHOP 9 Main St.

Phone 138-W

Watertown, Wis.

KOSER，S BAKEHY FANCY PASTRIES

DELICIOUS CAKES

1 We have a Variety of the finest Baked Goods that can be made. |j TRY OUR "HOME-MADE BREAD” The bread with the homemade flavor—Always The Best.

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LeMacher Studio

H, & D. Motor Company Genuine

Ford

Portrait and Commercial

Photography Tel. 82

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Phone 263-W

Products

115 N. 4th Street

Third and Jefferson Sts.

WATERTOWN, WIS.

Sabin Drug Co. Main and 4th Sts.

BLOCK & ANDRES, Proprietors Mail Orders Promptly Attended To

Telephone 197

Squibb Products Wahl Eversharps and Pens Refresh Yourself at our Soda Fountain

AUTOMOBILES Wisconsin^ Own Motor Cars

A.KRAMP COMPANY WATERTOWN, WIS.

Phone 32-W

TheROYAL

Meat Market QUALITY

MEATS

Wc Specialize In

Home Dressed and Home Made Products

First Class Work At

SIM BLOCK «THE BARBER

j ROYAL HAMS j ROYAL BACON

405 Main St.

Phone 107

205 THIRD ST.

Busseys

Walgreen System Drug Store

AT THE SHARP CORNER GROCERIES TOBACCO

FRUITS CANDY

JEWELERS SINCE 1853

Corona Typewriters Sheaffer Lifetime Pens 204 Main Street Phone 181

For Finer Things in Bakery Stop in and see our Clerks

Quality Bakery

Salick Jewelry and Drug Co. CLASSIC THEATRE BLDG.

TRY OUR SALTED NUTS 101 Main Street

Phone 235

HEATING STOKERS AIR CONDITIONERS OIL BURNERS FREE ENGINEERING SERVICE

PLUMBING

Otto Biefeld Company