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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARYThe Play’s The Thing Unlucky In Love

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El Dorado

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Mythology Today

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Ole Edvart Rolvaag

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Anabasis Und Katabasis

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Us On A Bus

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The Legend of Siegfried

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Memories

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EDITORIALS— Ring Out The Old

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Do College Students Think

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Sculptures In Wax

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

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ALUMNI NOTES

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ATHLETICS

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TUK PLAY’S THE THING R. Grhrkc

Pygmalion once made a beautiful ivory statue of a maiden. The statue was so life-like, fine and beautiful that he fell in love with it and besought the goddess Aphrodite to breathe life into it. His prayer was answered; the maiden lived and breathed. In much the same way Shakes­ peare first wrote his plays, achieving perfection in their craftsmanship, and then he gave them to the actors of his company who made them live and breathe on the Eliza­ bethan stage.

In the Globe theater his plays were interpreted by the voices and gestures of living actors. There his audience saw a big fat Sir John Falstaff, full of good-natured tales and incomparable wit; or a perturbed Hamlet, wavering be­ tween the gloomy despair of the ‘‘antic disposition” and the brilliant sallies of a youthful prince. Unlike a modern Bernard Shaw who is aware that his plays will be published and then read Shakespeare expected actors, not readers, to interpret his plays. The craftsmanship of the plays themselves bears witness to their birth on the stage of the Globe theater.

RED To an audience the action of Shakespeare's play is really a series of fleeting impressions. The scenes shift rapidly and in a play like Anthony and Cleopatra even as many as forty-two follow one another. Like the (labs of color in an impressionistic painting by Manet each scene takes tone and color from what has gone before and gives a peculiar atmosphere to what follows, continually adding to a certain cumulative effect which is only fully felt when the play is over. For example, at the very beginning of Macbeth the witches give the play a foul atmosphere which colors the sergeant’s report of Macbeth’s victory. It is a great victory but it seems to portend foul deeds. The HellPorter jests but it is "grim fooling” for it stands in the shadow of murder and follows that terrifying knocking at the gate. At the very end of the play Macbeth recovers something of his old brave spirit. He will not yield. “Lay oil, Macduff，” he cries “And damn'd be him that first cries ‘Hold, enough!’’’ Yet Shakespeare masterfully reminds his audience that despite this spirit Macbeth is a failure.

Macbeth will fight “though Buriuim wood be come to Dunsinane” and though Macduff be of no woman born... The upper part of the score is filled with new fresh interest but the bass continues the old theme: failure! failure! failure!

With this “Elizabethan” perspective Shakespeare had certain peculiar limitations and yet a certain freedom all of his own. The audience had to be carefully and continu­ ally brought into a state of mind that would be receptive for whatever was intended. In Hamlet the first Player, describing the murder of Priam, “in a dream of passion” weeps for Hecuba yet thereafter I-Iamlet in an even greater soliloquy cries “For Hecuba! What’s Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, that he should weep for her?” The player wept “in a dream of passion” but I-Iamlefs passion is real: tears are in liis eyes, distraction in his aspect, his voice is broken. This is no fiction. His load is greater than he can bear. Shakespeare also had a seeming limitation in the fact that he was dependent on the memory of his audience, thoughts had to be restated but like the Leitmotiv in Wag­ ner^ music dramas, the thoughts were not just restated but also developed and modulated. Then Shakespeare could recall for his audience the original thought and mood and then like a magician even control their innermost feel­ ings. Thus the Prince of Denmark, banished by the King for the murder of Polonius and on his way to the coast, sees Fortinbras pass with twenty thousand men who “for a fantasy and trick of fame go to their graves like beds;’’ 2

RED shame pricks him; he has been wasting time; he cries out “0，from this time forth my thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!” Shakespeare’s audience recalls that “Now could 1 drink hot blood” was followed by “Now might I do it.

How ironical is the word “thoughts.

Here the thought—or motive—of delay is not only restated but de­ veloped and modulated. A limitation has become an. ad­ vantage in the hand of this Master Builder.

The greatest advantage of the “Elizabethan” per­ spective was its freedom. An action, consisting of a series of fleeting impressions is capable of rapid shift of emphasis.

Observe Shakespeare at work in his theatre: Hamlet has killed Polonius; this folly makes immediate action on the part of the King possible; by nightfall Hamlet is to be out of the country; on his way to the coast he meets Fortinbras the very personification of clear-hearted action; Hamlet is touched to the heart; his thoughts are to be bloody.

Shakespeare’s audience loses patience with him. Even in his absence everything seems to give an unfavorable com­ ment upon Hamlet. Ophelia, young, innocent, deeply in love, has been driven into madness by Hamlet’s cruelty to her and by the murder of her father; Laertes returns from France to lead a rebellion against the King and avenge his father's death. The native hue of Laertes’ resolution is sicklied o’er with no pale cast of thought; the figure of Laertes has for a while overshadowed that of Hamlet but now Shakespeare begins to reshift his emphasis. The King succeeds in quieting Laertes; Hamlet’s letter with its startling “toiiiorro'v” announces the sudden and strange return of a changed Hamlet; the King and Laertes plot to kill Hamlet (treacherously) in a fencing match for he **belng' most generous and free from contriving will not peruse the foils;” the grave-digger scene is enjoyable; there is “musing on death but no longing for it;” after the strug­ gle with Laertes at the grave, Hamlet reminds Laertes of their former friendship; though cursed by the mental dis­ traction of an “antic disposition，” lie is sincere but Laertes’ words are insincere. Laertes is despicable beside the great yet perturbed Prince of Denmark. The full light of Shakes­ peare's dramatic art has again been centered on Hamlet.

Shakespeare has prepared his hero for the fencing match, when he will appear the perfect prince, noble in speech and still nobler in death. “Now cracks a noble heart.” Using a great number of scenes and impressions Shakespeare has subtly shifted the dramatic stress.

One result of this shift in dramatic emphasis in Hamlet 3

RED is so interesting that it ought not go unmentioned. The character of Horatio is baffling; its inconsistency was pointed out by G. F. Bradley. In the first scene hQ is the chief spokesman, lie is a ‘‘friend to this ground and liege­ man to the Dane.” He is an old friend of Bernardo and Marcellus. He is better informed than his companions and can tell them, the cause of the military preparations that are being made. He is well acquainted with the history and politics of Denmark. Yet later as Hamlet’s confidant he He is ignorant of addresses him as ••fellow-student.

Danish customs. He hears a “flourish of trumpets and ordnance fired off within” and asks “What does this mean, my lord?” Hanilet explains “Tlie king is taking his rouse.”

Then Horatio again asks “Is it a custom?” If we remem­ ber the conditions of Shakespeare's theatre, this inconsist­ ency will not be troublesome. D. Wilson points out that Horatio “is not a person in actual life or a character in a novel but a piece of dramatic structure. His function is to be the chief spokesman of the first scene and the confidant of the liero for the rest of the play. As the former he gives the audience necessary information about the political sit­ uation in Denmark, as the latter he is the recipient of in­ formation even more necessary for the audience to lieai，.”

The audience would hardly perceive the double role of Horatio. For this was in a play whose action was a series of fleeting impressions. The patrons of the Globe theater unlike the readers of a modern novel were unable to pause, ponder and turn back a few pages to verify the statements.

We have considered some points in the craftsmanship of Shakespeare’s plays. Surely they betray their birth on the stage of the Globe theater, where they first lived, moved and had their being. For us modems who read his plays it would be best if we could sit down in a quiet corner with one of his plays and in our mind’s eye see the players as they have their exits and entrances, see a Falstaff, a Richard II, or especially a Hamlet, who by subtle and gradual varia­ tion of stress 丨becomes so life-like that we must exclaim “What a piece of work is the man! How noble in reason!

How infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable.”

UNLUCKY IN LOVE N. Paustian

She tilted her head, cocked her mischievous eyes at him, and said in her usual saucey manner, “Yes, I think I will go to the party with Tom Blake.”

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RED Such an ominous silence. Until now it had been merely a case of humorous banter, but now, — now it had become an issue. So Sally was going to the yearly party with Tom Blake.

Jim leaned forward and gasped—“you don’t mean, you can’t mean—•” Sally calmly settled it with the words, “Of course I mean it, Tom’s a nice fellow.”

Jim wasn’t thru yet. Not by a long shot. He tried again, But Sally, think of all the good times we’ve had together.

Why, we used to go together when we were kids — even before we went to kindergarten. Remember how I used to carry your books and you used to show me your paper dolls? Remember the birthday parties when you and I used to sit together? Oh, doesn’t our long love mean anything?” Jim’s fists were clenched, his brow was damp with sweat, his eyes were filled with the fire which only a first love can kindle. He looked into her eyes, — deep, blue eyes they were. Her eyes gave out a misty tear, but she shook her head. ‘‘I’m sorry, Jim, but my mind is made up.”

All hope gone, Jim despondently turned away. His life had become dreary, empty. ‘‘And to think that I’ll be the only fellow in my class that won’t have a girl at the 5th grade party,” said he sadly, as he slowly rode off on his tricycle. « i

EL DORADO A. Kcibcl

Gold!— glittering yellow matter — and precious stones in fabulous amount! That, they say, is the strange land of El Dorado. The stories of El Dorado, popularly supposed mythical, make good fiction material — yet, an old see captain told me there is a speck of truth behind many of the tales concerning such a place. This happened in the summer of 1530.

A carefree lad of twelve, I visited the wharves of Lisbon, Portugal’s principal seaport, one late afternoon and dangled my feet over the edge of the pier to watch mighty galleons slip in and out of the harbor. An elderly Portuguese skipper, leaning on a nearby bale and serenely puffing away at his long-stemmed pipe, noticed my interest in the ships. He strode over to me and inquired curtly, *'The sea appeals to you — doesn’t it? Did you ever hear of El Dorado?”

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When I told him I had read myths about it and that I doubted its existence he burst forth with, “It lies in the center of the Sargosso Sea. Twenty years ago this ship you see lying at anchor alongside this pier took me within thirty rods of the island. We could approach no closer because the treacherous seaweed was closing in on us; however we did notice several things: a brilliant display of color bespeckling the shoreline, a radiation of bright yellow above the treetops and some hairy creatures moving about in the shadows.

“Time and again I’ve tried to find a navigable entrance to the island but there is none. I’d like to make another attempt sometime when the luck favors me.” With these words he muttered something about supper, lit his pipe and headed for a nearby in, from which the sound of a bell could he heard.

I must have dozed off, because the captain was beside me when I looked up. He took my arm and said one word, “El Dorado” and pointed to his full-rigged ship. I understood and followed him aboard. The squat galleon leaped forward into the open sea, bound for 31° N. by 40° W. After two months of stormy travel we reached a deadly calm sea, heavy with sea­ weed. The exuberant old sailor spotted a narrow inlet of clear water and he himself steered the ship into it. In the distance, straight ahead I imagined a faint yellow glow. The closer we got the more appearant it became. It intrigued me. And when I could make out that there was land, wooded land, I imagined myself arriving at home. At about the distance of arrow’s cast, I noticed thousands of sparkling gems covering the ground—as if there the gods had pulverized the rainbow.

As soon as we struck ground, I clambered overboard, waded toward the gleaming shoreline and scooped up a handful of most beautiful pearls, amethysts, garnets, emeralds and jaspers—letting them trickle thru my fingers. Suddenly a grass noose dropped over my head, pinned my arms against my body and yanked me into the shadows. Then I was bound hand and foot and carried thru the thick underbrush by some strange beings. As my eyes grew accustomed to the darkness, I could make out the figures to be deeply-tanned specimens of Homo Sapiens. They were briefly clad in animal furs and wore their long hair unrestrained but for a narrow band of gold around the head.

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RED Soon we arrived at a small clearing in front of a cavernous opening. Then first did one of these men face me and speak.

“We are Spanish sea-raiders who were harassing a treasure ship ten years ago. During the night we got stuck in some heavy seaweed. When we saw the hulks of other ships and here and there in the moonlight we guessed at our fate. But when the sun came up we saw this island, with its yellow halo.

We then constructed some light skiffs and slowly shoved our way over the weird green carpet of seaweeds. Once we were on the island, the vast amount of gold rock formations and enchanting gems so astonished us that we forgot all about our predicament — until hunger pangs hit us two days later. We wanted to go back to the ship for food but our skiffs had dis­ appeared into the sea.

“For food we found turtle eggs, eels and some delicious — very delicious一 seaweed. Small fur animals furnished us with the little clothing we need. ‘‘We’ve waited a long time for humans to reach this island.

The few who came could never leave一’’ “If you’re so anxious to be rescued, why did you have to tie me up?” I interrupted.

The pirate replied, “I said nothing of rescue. But we do welcome white men ― because white meat is a rarity on our menu. Ever since we have eaten of the seaweed, an insatiable cannibalistic desire has seized us. To date, only ten sailors landed—none left alive.”

I refused to believe such a fantastic thing as they carried me into the cave and dragged me beside a large golden stone pit with fiery coals covering the bottom. But when they lashed me to a greenwood spit I grew worried. Several of the men were about to lift me over the flames when a bloody scream from the woods rent the air. After the mad pirates had dashed into the woods to see what was up, my friend, the captain, entered and cut the bonds that held me.

“We’ll have to hurry, son,” he said. “A bit of ventril­ oquism comes in handy now and then, but if they find me here our goose will be cooked.” We slipt into the brush and hurried back to the shoreline. When we reached the edge of the woods, I spotted the pirates up a way. They saw us and came running at full speed, swinging their bolos.

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RED “We，llhave to make a break for the ship and trust the deck hands to fight them off，” exclaimed the skipper, as he leaped in­ to the water and waded like a frightened horse. I scooped up a handful of gems and was following close behind him — when something happened.

The captain had safely gotten on board and was bellowing orders to his men, when the ship began to move out. The angry pirates had reached the water’s edge and were rushing pellmell for me. I shouted for the captain as I floundered after the accelerating galleon. The water was already up to my knees and the slimy seaweed so snarled up my leg that I could hardly move an inch, no matter how I pulled at the weeds. Then a heavy hand seized my shoulder and shook me like a rat — and a coarse voice rasped out, “You’re coming with me. Do you want the tide to wash you out?”

The pirate’s strange question so startled me that I awoke.

It was twilight. The "Pirate” proved to be a neighborhood inkeeper.—The tide had reached the edge of the pier and would soon swamp it. And in my clenched fist was—a piece of stray seaweed.

MYTHOLOGY TODAY Robert Staffenhagen

No doubt many of you have heard the words, “You can’t eat your breakfast if you don’t know Greek.” Not at all meaning to discredit the statement, I say, “You can’t live one day of your life without digesting Greek mythology.” Quite naturally, it will be but one course of your meal, which will be accompanied by a generous serving of Roman mythology, Scientists have a peculiar way of spending their time so as to be quite successful in bringing before us “countless numbers” of innovations daily. But I suppose I shouldn’t begrudge them the pleasure. After all, even I find it much more fun to merely turn the crank and open my can of beans than to pry around with the jack-knife for ten minutes and finally cut my finger doing it. But, back to my scientists. Their ingenuity seems inexaustible when it comes to creating new and different de­ vices, uncovering and discovering heretofore unnoticed hooks and crooks in everything. What troubles them is finding some names that John Public will not understand without a diction8

RED ary at hand. Mythology has proved to be a veritable gold mine for them. Again and again they have gone to these old legends for the names of birds, butterflies, insects, fishes, minerals, animals and what have you.

If I should say, “What are Amazons?11, I think I should be stormed with answers. They would quite likely even be correct ones; a band of fierce women warriors—which fills the bill. But who sees the connection between them and the slave-making ants of Europe or America or the Amazon stone, a bright green feldspar?

The Hamadryad, or the nymphs who lived in trees, have had the unhappy fate of finding modern society attach their name to the ugly King Cobra. If one of the sprightly Grecian dryads were to witness a cobra stealthily crawling about its abode, she would be very happy to know that she was bound to stay at home in her tree.

The Cyclopes, or the giant one-eyed shepherds of mythology, would not be startled at all when they found out what we have done with their moniker. For the Cyclopidae of the ci'ustaceans are the proud heirs of the name, for the logical reason that they have a large eye.

Mercury, the messenger of the gods and the escorter of dead souls on their way to Hades, might be very proud to come to America today. He would find his “handle” in great de­ mand. Not only does he supply us with the name for that elusive and swiftly-flowing metal，the fastest of the planet and even Dog’s Mercury, a plant，but he would find that he still is the escorter of dead souls, only this time with the four wheels under him and a Ford motor for propulsion.

Tantalus, who was celebrated for the severe punishment inflicted on him after his death, finds himself listed in the chemical charts as a metallic element. It was isolated only after great difficulty; so we can let that one stand without contesting or too severely chiding it.

Zephymis, the west wind, runs close competition with our good friend, Mercury. Again, we find ourselves in the realm of automobiles.

What would Thor say? He might not be insulted by the use of his name to determine the cognomen of Thorium, the metallic element used in the manufacture of gas mantles. But I’ll wager 9

RED that the god of thunder who would assert himself quite noticeably when he found that we also call him a washing machine.

Jupiter, as the Greeks would have it, the father of gods and men, is well honored by the planet bearing his name. He is a bright light in astronomy as well as in mythology. We call him a fish, too. The gibbar claims the honor here. As a flower, it，s the columbine that shines out, bedecked in Jupitor’s glory.

Mediisa, whose face was supposed to freeze to stone anyone who beheld it, has also been hard hit by name-seekers. Me­ dusa^ head, a cluster of stars, or even as a species of fungus, might not be too hard to take, but to be called a jellyfish would invite something of a cold look.

And in like manner, have many others received fame, re­ known or any attribute imaginable through the searching minds of their followers: Titan, as an acid or a mineral; Phaethon, a genus of tropic birds; Penelope, a subfamily of birds; Juno, a flower or a butterfly; Europa, a satellite of Jupiter, Diana, a monkey or a North American butterjiy; Calliope, a West African humming bird; the ArgonaiUs, Mediterranean cuttlefish; and Apollo, too, had to fall prey to the butterfly seekers.

The modern advertising man has very often found a stimu­ lus to his imagination in mythology. He realizes that all educa­ ted persons are familiar with such myths and stories, and as a natural consequence, he often uses them to point a business moral or to drive home a selling point. Pick up your latest newspaper or magazine and see just how many times they have used such references.

How many instances do you not find using the name of Atlas, the Titan who held the world on his shoulders. A certain bank once made use of the story of Midas to show that it is possible to have too much gold. A fireplace company used the story of Prometheus, who stole the fire for man, to make the implements for the earth more attractive. A restaurant adver­ tizing its delicious, baked apples used the story of Atlanta, the fleetest runner of the world, who stopped to pick up one of the apples dropped by Hippomenes.

Hermes, has appeared again and again on postage stamps, especially the Greek ones. Our own United States has on its stamps used Athenat Clio, Demeter, Europa, Hebe, Hestia, Justice, Peace, and Victory.

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RED Astronomers have been practically merciless in their attack on mythology to name the various constellations, stars, etc.

Manufacturers have given very good competion, if not won the race, in seeking to give new products a title, and that will attract attention. We find, in addition to those already mentioned, the Minei'va automobile, Ajax and Atlas tires, Apollo candies and pianos, Argo starch, Hercules oil-burners and powder, Vulcan springs, Vesta batteries and Mei'cury, as a name for a periodical.

In conclusion, I hope this day your digestion of mythology doesn’t produce ill after-effects. As you see, it’s ali around you; it’s not at all an illusion, it’s an allusion that confronts you so boldly.___________ OLE EDVART ROLVAAG R. Goedc

The following brief biographical sketch has been gathered from the new biography of Ole Edvart Rolvaag by Theodore Jorgensen and Nora Solum.

All quotations taken from the book are by special permission of Harper & Brothers, Publishers.

Under the shadows of the mountains of the Helgeland coast in Nordland, Norway, lies the island of Donna. On this island the wife of Peder Benjamin Rolvaag bore a son on April 22, 1876. And what a boy Ole Edvart Rolvaag turned out to be.

He, with his three brothers and three sisters, was sent to an orthodox Lutheran church school seven miles from his home.

Ole Edvart had a hard time learning to read, due to his lack of an ear for sound combinations. The boy could not read. The boy could not sing. The boy was not healthy. His father called him Tyrk (Turk), because he “was the incarnation of an illiterate Turk.” In spite of this Ole Edvart had a natural cheerfulness. He was proud, obstinate, aggressive, sociable and fun-loving. His mother made all his clothes until he was fifteen years old, and his feet were not hindered by shoes until the same age. No wonder he was happy.

RQlvaag went to school only nine weeks a year, and that for only seven years. The instruction he received was basically religious. The children of his day had great opportunities for reading, for Norway at that time already boasted of many good libraries. Ole Edvart himself was a diligent Bible reader, once he learned to read.

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RED Restless as the ocean, he decided his future lay in America, not on the sea. Consequently in July 1896 he left his home and parents for America. But when he arrived he was not thrilled, for he said he had the feeling as if he was a fly in a corked bottle. At Elk Point, South Dakota, he worked on his uncle's farm. He had difficulty in learning to pronounce English, and this made him uncomfortable and socially dissatisfied. All the while he continued to work on the farm, there was present in him a gnawing restlessness. Rolvaag sought a life work to lead him on. When the Spanish-American War came, he thought of joining the navy. But he only thought.

He had a love affair, but after a while he stated, “Who can understand these women? They are like the impenetrable depth of the ocean. No one can tell what is hidden beneath the surface. — I will quit all women! Let blondes and brunettes equally go to the deuce,—I will go to school.”

So Rolvaag entered Augustana Academy at Canton, South Dakota. His imperfect English hampered him, but his mastery in Norse and his knowledge of literature gave him influence in student affairs. The other students saw him as one who dressed well, had a pithy humor, and a love for good fun.

During the summer he sold books and was a jack-of-alltrades. His love, Bertha Helseth, died; but he soon found another. In 1901, however, he lost his girl, but found his life mission. That mission was: to promote a truly Norwegian American culture in the Middle West.

In his commencement speech in May 1901 he stated an interesting fact, of worth to students of history, that “by the loss of faith or religion the morals of the person or race de­ generates.1 J In the fall of that year he entered St. Olaf College at Northfield, Minnesota. The course he chose led either to the seminary or to a position as teacher of language and literature.

Rolvaag was a good American student with a "fund of salty stories, not always of the kind that could be told to the ladies.”

His schoolmates and professors did not see his earnestness and sensitiveness. Throughout his four years at St. Olaf he made Greek and his pipe his best companions. When told that he could not smoke in the dormitory, he rented rooms in town rather than give up his pipe.

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RED During the summer following his graduation from St. Olaf College he became engaged to Jennie Berdahl, a sister of one of his classmates.

He now returned to Norway, where he entered Kristiana University at Oslo. His daily routine there was rather strenuous: 8:15 a. m. Arose from bed 9:00 a. m.—2:30 p. m. Lectures and library work 2:30 p. m.—6 p. m. A walk and reading 6:00 p. m.—8:30 p. m. More work at the “U” 9:00 p. m.

Light meal 9:00 p. m.—1:30 a. m. Study—thence to bed.

Rolvaag took a personal interest in each of his subjects.

He took many notes. Because of ill health he spent much time in the library instead of running around the campus and town.

Rolvaag had a double personality. He easily became gloomy, but he easily turned gay again. The gay, fun-loving side of him always seemed to be superior.

After he had finished his study in Oslo, he visited his home for several months. From thence he returned to St. Olaf College where in 1906 he became assistant professor in the Norwegian department.

Two years later he married Jennie Berdahl, and on June 25, 1909 his first son was born.

In his classes, Rolvaag laid stress on being a man. After teaching for several years he noted that'4 American students are of small stature intellectually, lack resonance, and have no ‘kingly heads’ among them.—Why can we not have schools that are schools. Schools where the purpose is to learn, not these playgrounds and gathering places for all sorts of hocus-pocus and nonsense.” His students liked him, although he stressed work, and demanded hard work. All students left his classes uplifted.

In 1910 Rolvaag was granted his M. A. degree.

A daughter and another son were born to him. ‘‘He liked children, understood them and could gain their confidence with­ out effort.” Rolvaag also liked to tell children’s stories.

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»RED In March 1915 a third son was born to him, but in the Autumn of that year his oldest boy died. In addition to this, his mother died in December of that year. But Rolvaag advanced, and in the next year he became head of the Norwe­ gian department.

In spite of his heavy schedule of school work and also creative work, Rolvaag wrote many letters. At times he wrote as many as a thousand a year.

When the World War came, Rolvaag was neutral, but he abhorred the false propaganda and slogans. He changed ‘‘Let. us make the world safe for democracy” into "Let us shoot democracy into the Germans.”

In May 1920 Rolvaag^ five-year old son fell into a cistern and drowned. This death caused a change in the father and weakened his faith. He began to attack the Lutheran clergy (of the Norwegian churches) for not having ‘‘fervent cultural interests.’’ He believed the church was not only to foster the religious life of the pioneers, but also the cultural life.

Besides his lectures on the Norwegian dramatist, Ibsen, he began to lecture on Norwegian immigration. He stated, “There is no patriotism, unless it is built upon a love of home and fireside.”

Rolvaag was an officer in many societies for the advance­ ment of Norwegian culture. Among these were the Nordland Society, the For Fedrearven, and the Norwegian American Historical Association.

In his latter years, Rolvaag had a powerful personality.

He was always confident of the worth of his works. He was simple and not at all self conscious, but he could compel interest in any gathering. ‘ ‘He smoked a cigar to the very butt, swore profusely,’’ yet was a typical college professor with a certain sternness and precision of mind.

His health steadily went on the downgrade. Finally on November 5,1931 he died. He was sitting in bed, leaning against the pillows. Mrs. Rolvaag sat down by his side. He suddenly grasped her hand and laid his head on her breast. He was gone.

Concerning his creative achievements: Rolvaag himself once said, “I am to be the poet of Norwegian pioneers in America.” It was with this end in view that most of his novels were written.

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RED His first publication was a Norwegian English dictionary (Ordforklaring) about one hundred and twenty-four pages long.

The first novel Nils and Astri did not gain the favor of the publishers. But in 1912 there appeared his Letters from America (Avierika Breve).

His next novel was On Forgotten Paths, which was not as successful as expected.

A Norse Grammer (in co-authorship with Prof. Eikeland); Deklamationsboken a collection of poems, fairly tales and sketches; and several Norwegian Readers were his next works.

The novel Boat of Longing found little reception.

His one “supreme creative effort” appeared in 1925 and 1926. Volume One, In Those Days and Volume Two, Founding the Kingdom，became in the English version Giants in the Earth. There followed in both the English and Norwegian tongues the Sequel Peeler' Victorious also Pure Gold, a poem Vaarvise (Song of Spring) and Their Fathers God the second book in the Peder Victorious (Series.)

Before his death, Rolvaag had planned to write an auto­ biography (a little more than a dozen pages are finished) and the final volume in his pioneer series on Peder Victorious.

His works speak for themselves. Jorgenson and Solum give interesting and detailed outlines of all his major works.

They have also included many of his essays and speeches almost in their entirety in their excellent book. The book is full of many wise thoughts and sayings. The following are but a few of the many: “The greatest joy comes from being satisfied with what you have.” (« Make no compromise with your conviction whether it is palatable to the mass or not.”

“If the work of teachers is to be most effective and rich in blessings it must be done in the shadow of economic despair•” ‘‘They live the most beautiful lives who know much.” ‘‘Books are stored sunlight, the preserved sunny glow from warm ages long past. ’ ’ Ole Edvart Rolvaag is a book for every student’s library.

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抓ED ANABASIS UND KATABASIS ODER DAS UPGEHEN UND DAS COMING BACK. W. Schumann

Ich will euch etwas sagen About unser chorus tour— Was wir in Michigan taten.

Es wird short sein, be assured.

Die bus, sie kam on Friday Wir gingen about two o’clock.

Das Ding war upgeloaded Mit luggage ganz zu dem top.

Unser driver war ein Norseman, Ganz evident bei seinem name.

Er war ein ganz gut busman Und hiess Herr Vic Sorlein.

Das erst stop war in Racine Wo unser praeses, Wiechmann, Begegnet die alte maid Helen Und borgte von ihr ein nightgown.

Coloma war der naechste Hafen; We left sehr frueh Sonntag morn.

‘Twas gluecklich fuer den Steffenhagen, Dass er war nicht left im Korn.

Naechstens zu der Chesaning, Wo Norm Berg hat seinen Spass.

Da fand er ein gar schoenes Ding Und leerte mit ihr eine Tass.

Von Chesaning zu der Owosso Ging unsere Reise fein.

Der Leyrer returned for his chapeau Und liess seinen scarf behind.

Bay City ist eine schoene Stadt Kipfmueller’s own home ground.

We blame him not for settling da; Ja, die Chorus went to town.

Saginaw ist eine pretty place, So huebsch wie eine picture.

Da Kuehl and Horn hatten eine race; Sie leerten good many a pitcher.

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Cider, apple cider Sogar in dem washpan.

Von Scio zu der stadt Saline Brought uns der Greyhound busman.

Wir assen da gar zu, zu viel; Warum? Es gab nicht ham!

In der metropolis Detroit We toured Ford’s ganze fac’try.

Es war ja keine klein Exploit Im Heim seines jallopy.

Dann zu Genera gingen wir Ein sehr, sehr lange ride.

Wir froren da, es was so drear Und plumbing war outside.

Und in Milwaukee endlich Das tour kam ganz zum stop.

Manche von uns waren sick Vom letzten langen hop.

Als die concert war over —Das Singen war sehr fine 一 Wir fanden unsern Chauffeur Und bald wir waren heim.

Das ist, mein friends, die story Was we did day by day On tour im Jahre “forty” In dem Greyhound busman’s dray.

US ON A BUS C. S. Lcyrer

Fri. March 15: Two o’clock, roll call is taken, a rousing cheer from the crowd present at our departure rises, Bradtke blows his whistle, and we’re off for another chorus tour. Driving the bus, surnamed “Gertrude”，the lady with the governess, is Vic “Pedro” Sorlein, the boy of the many birthdays, from North Dakota. The fellows are all sitting on the edge of their seats eagerly anticipating the good time which was to follow.

They’re getting a real break this year: Besides riding in a big streamlined Greyhound, they are bound for Michigan—’nuS said. . . . First stop was Racinee. Airrived at 3:30. A fine supper was a good preview of the meals to follow. We all ate our share. Wick gave his little after supper speech: *'Speaking 17

^RED for all the fellows—”（he took great pride in omitting the worn-out 4'in behalf of the chorus”)，and we sang the usual “Sielebenhoch”. • • • Concert at 8:00 — a pretty good opening performance before a good crowd. Steffy had a slight laspe of memory during his solo but came through all right—nothing like repeating a line to impress it upon people’s memories ....

Wick, Horn, Kuehl, and Brick spent the night as the guests of two elderly ladies. Wick, being put to bed with a sweet ‘‘nighty night”，slept comfortably in a borrowed flannel night gown. For the rest of the tour he was living for the concert in Milwaukee when he would be able to renew his aquaintance and return the night gown. • • • Alf and Hueb learned all about Bach and the operas.

Sat. March 16: We were scheduled to leave Racine at 10:00 A. M., but because of the demands of several amatuer photo­ graphers, we were delayed fifteen minutes. Before leaving the town we stopped for a short tour of inspection through the Johnson Wax Company’s new million-dollar office building. It is the only office building of its kind in the United States, being built entirely in the ultra-modern style of architecture ....

We stopped again at noon in Chicago for a little lunch while Vic took the bus in to have it washed and overhauled . ... At 5:45 we arrived in Coloma as the guests of Rev. W. Franzmann and congregation. The church was small but was packed for the concert. . . . Most of the fellows were quartered R. F. D. Palm Sunday, March 17: The bus left Coloma at 9:30 A. M. with everyone prepared for a double-header and a hard day.

Shortly after we left the church, we heard the loud honking of a horn and soon became aware of the fact that a car was pur­ suing us. The bus stopped, and Steffy reentered the fold. It seems he was delayed by a barbed wire fence (methaphorically speaking). ... On the way to Chesaning we again stopped, this time at Lansing, Michigan, the world’s greatest operation according to Grams. Here the boys ran into some of Gov. Dickinson^s new laws. ... In the afternoon we gave a concert at Chesaning in the high school auditorium. A few uncalled for solos marred the performance. As Franzmann was giving his usual speech during the program, his irrepressible sense of humor broke out as he calmly informed the audience that “after four years at Northwestern, the student preparing for the ministry spends three years at the cemetery in Thiensville.”

We had heard that Thiensville was quiet, but we didn’t expect it to be that quiet. . . . After the concert the fellows amused themselves about town, and the “Thirsty Five” (Heine, Norm, Len, Phil, and Birk) was created. They had a more than common interest in a certain hotel — a justi fiable interest from all appearances. . . . Schaller lost his camera but finally re18

RED covered it after chasing all over town after it. • • ■ An early supper was served in a hall in town (as usual Kuehl was the in­ dicator showing us when to stop eating), Vic had another birthday, and the octette sang a few numbers. ... On the way to Owosso Vic must have lost his road map, because we got off on a country road and finally had to stop in a farmyard for information. The farmer was rather astonished. He hadn’t ex­ pected that much company just at supper time. No chickens were killed, however, and we proceeded happily on our way....

Before the concert in Owosso, Prof. Bolle’s home town, the octette sang a few numbers for an invalid—a very appreciative audience. She even joined in the singing of one piece. The concert here was one of the better ones of the tour. . . . The boys had been in Owosso a few years before, and many of them had connections. Ted and Norm went back to Chesaning for the night as the guests of Rev. Hoenecke, a former tutor at Saginaw.

Mon. March IS: Most of the fellows slept pretty late recuper­ ating from the strain of the last few days. I spent the morning hiking back to Lansing after my hat which I had left in a restaurant Sunday — it was still there. ... At about 2:10 we left for Bay City, arriving there at 5:00. Here Kipfmiller, the mighty mite of our chorus, entered into his own. Besides being the the center of attraction, he was in all the newspapers — “Local boy makes good, returns home.” From then on all arrangements at Bay City were made through him. . . . Armin “Jack Armstrong” Keibel found the need of a scarf to good advantage. . . . Prof. Bolle became ill in the afternoon and was confined to bed, but was able to direct at the concert in the eve­ ning. ...After the concert the young people’s society of the church, under the very capable leadership of Miss Mina Wecker, gave us a reception in the church basement. Included in the en­ tertainment were a couple characterizations by Franzmann, Dag’s ‘line’，and some secular numbers by the octette rendered in grand style. A few songs by Madam Marie Graeber, recently from Germany, also added to the entertainment. It was a swell party and a swell time. We saw ‘.Harmon’’ Pile—he was doing all right. . .. For many of the fellows the entertainment did not stop at the end of the reception.

Tues. March 19: In the morning the fellows continued to enjoy Bay City’s fine hospitality. Ploetz and Semenske went swim­ ming—not in the bay The short trip to Saginaw was made in the afternoon. “Oh Johnny” Brenner came along afterwards in a private car 一 detained for some reason. . . . Zell spent his time in putting in long distance calls back to Bay City—and talking overtime each time. He says it’s an interesting town.

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5IRED evening, due to the illness of Prof. Bolle, “Prexi” Wiechmann directed both the second and third sections of the program....

After the concert many of the boys were back in their old stamping grounds and enjoyed themselves. Vic, Wick, Brick, Horn, and Kuehl, the five *'pitcher boys’’ had a little contest...

Ted, Red, Art and Carl were the guests of Mrs. Zessin. They say that the cooking in the kitchen of the Seminary leaves nothing to be desired.

Wed. March 20: The boys spent the morning looking over Saginaw. Director Hoenecke of the Seminary showed some of them around. ... At about 2:15 we started out for Scio over snow-covered roads. There supper was served in the school house. Schumann was shocked twice. The first time was when Grams offered him a cigarette. The second time was when it blew up. . . . Concert at 8:00 as usual. Rev. Wacker mentioned to his congregation that the fellows in the chorus were giving up their Easter vacation to make this tour. . . . Kuehl and Brick spent the night at a hotel in Ann Arbor. . . . Schumann and Gehrke slept on corn husks. . . . The apple cider flowed free.

Thur. March 21: Spring came in with plenty of snow. Most of the afternoon was spent in Ann Arbor, the majority of the fellows going through the University of Michigan. Gehrke and Schumann left with countenances radiating satisfaction and in­ telligence. They had caught a glimpse of the Codex Michiganiensis. . . . The octette again sang for an invalid. . . . Schu­ mann became a man. Stern benefited by it. “Boots” set him up. . . . At Saline, Hoffmann and Grams, upon asking a mem­ ber of the audience at the concert which number he liked best, received the prompt and clear reply： “Yah.” “Augie”，by the way, spent a night of terror. Sleeping beside him was “Skeleton” Grams, the boy with the creaky joints. Next to the house in which he was quartered was a cemetery. From overhead, he heard the hum of airplanes, and on the highway near by, large trucks roared by all night. He survived, however. . . . Franzmann and Bradtke each left his mark.

Good Friday, March 22: 8:30 in the morning and the bus left for Detroit. Arriving there about 11:30, the boys had dinner and in the afternoon sang three numbers at a special Good Fri­ day service in the Vogue Theater directly across the street from the church. Gehrke was at the console. . After the services, Spaude had a ripping good time at the home of his hosts. That night he appeared at the concert in a pair of the minister’s trousers. His own were fixed, however, at a profit for him....

All the fellows were very well satisfied with their hosts.

Sat. March 23: The fellows saw Detroit during the morning.

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RED Airport, while still others went across the Detroit River to Can­ ada. ...Mickey’s host offered him some black coffee which he gratefully accepted. . . . The octette sang for a man who had been unable to attend the concert the night before. ... At about 1:15 we left for Jenera, Ohio, Kuehl being the first man ever to pass through Detroit without pants. The trip took us through Toledo where Mickey immensely enjoyed a long suspen­ sion bridge over which we passed. ... At the concert in the evening, Prof. Bolle once more directed the second section of Fortunately his illness has not been serious. our program. i for this concert, and so they were Mark forgot the programs _ passed out while we were singing. Koehler personally took care of the front row. ... At night Horn found accommodations in the bed room.

Easier Sunday, March 24: Rev. Gauss had arranged special Easter Services for us at 8:00 A. M. that we might also partake of spiritual food while on the tour. Rev. Gensmer of Findlay, Ohio, a former tutor at Northwestern, delivered the sermon.

Gehrke again played the organ. Ralph had some of his own ideas as to how a service should be conducted. Result: We sang the doxology twice. . . . We started out on the long trip to Mil­ waukee immediately after church, stopped a couple times to eat the lunch which our hosts in Jenera had packed for us, and for other such necessities, and arrived there at 4:55 P. M” just five minutes before the scheduled time — close figuri nff on the part of manaerer Ted Stern. . . . At Milwaukee, both Wick and Franzmann showed their versatility (and gave the chorus mem­ bers a break) by varying their speeches. The concert at night (it happened to be a good one) was sung_ before the largest crowd of the tour. . . . At about 10:00 P. M. what was left of the chorus (about half of the fellows stayed in Milwaukee or went home) left for Watertown. Joviality reigned on this last trip of the tour. We were unusually noisy, singing practically every song we could think of. As we came into Watertown, we sang, by way of farewell to Vic, “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”，and then as we stopped beside the Recitation Building, we gave Gertrude one last pat, picked up our baggage, and entered the dormitory ready for a good night’s sleep, as the tour became history.

So ended another chorus tour leaving us with happy memories of good meals, fine hosts, both good and bad concerts, long rides on a bus filled with blue smoke of Kuehl’s “El Stenchop” and Micky’s contributions to the atmosphere, and a good time in general. On Monday, unable to break so suddenly from the routine of the tour, we sang a “Sie leben hoph” in the dining hall. The same day Heine received a very friendly letter from the man in Detroit for whom the octette had sung. Inclosed in 21

RED the letter was 31 cents. He had heard that the collection in Detroit was that much short of its quota and was going to make sure that we didn’t go in the hole there. The tour on the whole was successful, both musically and financially. As Alf Walther would say: "There’s one thing about the tour. It was ganz ausgezeichnet.”

THE LEGEND OF SIEGFRIED (Streamlined) K. Neumann

Once upon a time there was fellow by the name of Siegfried.

At the same time a beauty called Kriemhild (What a name!) was known all over Germany. When Siegfried got wind of this, he said: “I must get her as wife. I need a new cook.”

So down he went to the Burgumdians and wooed her. How­ ever, her Pappy said: *'Siegfried, mi ’lad, I also want a wife, but she’s a tough gal and I’ll need your help, especially since you’re the free-for-all champion of the world.”

The outcome of this was that Siegfried made himself in­ visible (Imagine the Invisible Man) and at the games Gunther made the motions while Siegfried did the real work, In appre­ ciation the Ole’ Man gave Kriemhild to Siegfried at a double wedding. The Ole’ Man’s new wife was a gal called Brun­ hild. Of course this was like a Polish wedding with drinking and carousing for weeks.

Now one day before church, while these good people atten­ ded, Kriemhild and Brunhild got into a scrap, which was like a good old hair-pulling contest. But that wasn’t all. Some of the big-shots—Hagen, Ruediger, Volker, etc.—called a council of war and decided to rub out Siegfried. So one day they went on a hunting trip. When the intended victim was fagged out, he took a drink from a hidden flask. While he was kneeling at a spring for his chaser the villain Hagen (the cad!) speared him.

Well, when our hero (now in the happy hunting grounds) was on his bier, his wound bled anew when Hagen walked past.

This convinced Kriemhild that Hagen was the killer. These silly people had a screwy notion that a murdered man’s wound bled when the murderer walked by the bier.)

Now after many years of the waterworks, Kriemhild finally marries king Etzel. In a short time she invites her relatives up 22

RED for the weekend. Hagen was still a bit worried, since his conscience still bothered him, so he prepared to meet the worst.

When the whole shebang got there, she sicked her boys at the relatives (Who wouldn’t). Well, after the bloody butchery, Hagen and Volker were taken captive, only to be slaughtered by her while sitting in the Jug. But some of her boys didn’t think this was so noble, so they returned the compliment The moral of the tale is: Don’t invite your relatives down for the week-end to kill them. They won’t like it!

MEMORIES —PART I. Robert Steffenhagcn

‘‘What does this mean to you?” I know. If you happen to be one of the fellows just 'fresh off the farm’ 一I mean a Male Chorus member whose lot it was to find that his host was a good old-fashioned ‘son of the soil’一no doubt you’re still smacking1 your lips and will taste that chicken and apple pie till the next tour rolls around. But another angle 一I have to tell you what it means to me, too. Did you ever jump into a barrel of flour 一 no, no, I’m getting ahead of myself. Did you ever see a rubber ball (we’ll say accidentally) fall into a bowl of whipped cream? (Maybe you threw it in, who knows?) Well, anyway, what I wanted to say is this. I bunked at a farmhouse one night too. And if I say I bounced into a bowl of whipped cream, you can picture just how Yours Truly looked when he hit the feather bed. ‘Solch etwas habe ich ja nie zuvor gesehen!，And did I sleep? In the morning (when I got up, I mean) I was so deep in my ‘slumbers’ I couldn’t even see over the top of the feather-tick.

(Before I go any further with this, my most humble apolo­ gies are herewith enclosed to the honorable gentleman who has been commissioned to officially write up the tour for public con­ sumption. This is just a memory, no noubt his is a History of the Golden Age.) ‘Aber fort mit der Geschichte.7 I’ll have to be consistent.

So it is still about memories. I remember—fine time to remem­ ber it now — the third verse of a particular song with a certain knave (being a member of the Chorus, as it were) was supposed to sing alone. We were quite a distance from our 23

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The first two verses were fine. Why not? There were forty men singing one song. But credit where credit is due, they did their part in great style. I guess Til have to tell you. I can’t think of anything more to say before it comes to light* Thirty nine men didn’t sing that third verse. It wasn’t their fault; they were still behaving accordinglto the rules. But one poor gobemouche couldn’t do that. (And now, if my Eigenlob seems to forge to the front, bide with me for a few minutes, and we will see if things can’t be a bit straightened out.) I’ll have to say it. I was obliged to sing that verse in the form of a solo.

Notice I said ‘in the form of—was obliged’ and such. (It pays co be specific, boys.) First line OK. Second line OK. And so on down the list until No. 6. Well, now what? That was all right too —in its place. But I thought (correction, I couldn’t have thought) I sang No. 7 where No. 6 had staked claims.

Then I thought. And believe you me, if the cobwebs ever got dusted out of my thinking apparatus in a hurry, I think Racine saw the dust fly for a few minutes.

I looked at the man with the big stick — the director, I mean. He looked at me, too. But he didn’t seem to know that I had asked him what I should sing for the next line. I don’t blame him either. In the first place it was my business, not his. And in the second place, I didn’t ask him so that he would know it. If for one second he could have read my mind!

(Maybe he did —I’d better be careful.) But at least I noticed no change in expression. “It’s up to you, then,” I thought.

(By this time I was thinking pretty fast and the cogs were synchronizing smoothly even tho，they weren’t oiled up.) Did you ever have to give a speech and sort of forget the exact words you wanted to use? “Well, I did!” That’s when it comes in handy to know what your subject is and what the story is about. I always did have sort of a hard time summarizingthings. But they say, "Necessity is the mother of invention.”

At the end of line 7，Yours Truly had one word to get out yet and it had to be one that would tell what two lines had had no chance to do. Those were the two lines that should have been sung. Incidentally, without telling the whole story, it was gone. And if some forty years from now, any one of the Chorus, whether I then recognize him or not, says merely 24

RED “Gone”，he’ll transport me to a shaking chorus stand in Racine, and to memories. . . but it was interesting.

Memories 一 Part II. The scene changes . . . what a relief! Do you want to know why it is that I wrote this article? Do you want to know why I chose this for my subject and why I haven’t stopped with Part I? Ask the honorable ‘Ed’ of the B&R and he’li say it’s because I felt a responsibility to fill up the space allotted to me in this issue, But he’s wrong. It’s truly ‘a spontaneous overflow of emotion recollected in tranquillity’，even tho7 not poetry. It’s because my memory is so faithful in recalling the little incident of Part I, not only in tranquillity, not only now and then, here and there, but *'de die in diem” 一 all the time.

It’s because I remember what I forgot; and if you can’t forget what you forgot to remember, the result is likely to be some­ thing like this.

Research! From here on it’s going to be dry, so don’t say I didn’t warn you (more dry I mean). Our memory is the natural power of retaining what we learn and recalling it on every occasion. Whoever wrote that, said ‘every’. That word alone was a sermon for me. Well, better luck next time; no use crying over spilled milk. Whatsoever we learn must be laid up and preserved in the memory, if we would make it really use­ ful. That one made me think, too. (See, now I think every once in a while.) I just came to the conclusion that what I had learned had been merely laid up and not so well preserved.

Without memory, the soul of man would be but a poor, desti­ tute, naked being, with an everlasting blank spread over it, except the fleeting ideas of the present moment. (I quote these because the man who said them first did so well at telling my story that it would be a gross injustice not to give due credit to his thinking apparatus.) Except for a few words, that state­ ment was a startling coincidence. My soul couldn’t have been involved, but I have a good idea of what he meant by the “blank spread over” and the “fleeting ideas of the present moment.’’

Memory improves in young persons from their childhood, and decays in old age, so it may be increased by art and labor and proper exercise; or it may be injured and quite spoiled by 25

RED sloth or by disease or a stroke on the head. So take my advice, boys. Exercise your memories. Rub hard when you wash your hair. That’s probably as close as you can get to it. Stand on your head two or three times a day for a comfortable period of time. Use your head a lot; I think football is one of the most excellent for this. Note: What you get on the head in football won’t be a stroke, so don’t let that worry you. But by all means, keep your memory in proper exercise. Milo took up a calf and carried it daily on his shoulders. His strength grew with his calf. (You can carry it on your head; keep that on your mind.)

In order that I’m not misunderstood, this goes in quota­ tions: "Teachers should wisely judge of the power and constitu­ tion of youth, and impose no more on them, than they are able to bear with cheerfulness and improvement” Interesting, isn’t it? No further comments.

Should I go on? If your patients are bored (your most humble pardon; that really began as a typographical error) 一 your patience, I meant—here is a good place to turn to the next article, because I’m beginning the last lap now and don’t know just how long before I’ll be finished. The rest is really dry.

Give attention and diligence toward understanding things, keep your attention strongly fixed on your particular subject, and all that is said concerning it, makes a deeper impression upon the mind. Remember that especially when you get out for football, boys.

A clear grasp of your subject is necessary in order to make them dwell on the memory. “It helped me, it will help you too.” And once again, football boys, read closely. Remember you start practice soon. A clear grasp, keep your eyes open, and your subject will dwell.

A frequent review and careful repetition of the things we would learn has a great influence to fix them in the memory.

Mnemon, even from his youth to his old age, never read a book without making some small points, dashes or hooks in the mar­ gin, to mark what parts of the discourse were proper for review.

Get that, boy. Just a few marks or remarks in the margin are really useful when it comes to review. A few words here and there will help a lot. Of course, those that already are a sub­ stantial part of your active vocabulary need not be written in.

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RED This is just my opinion. I sometimes differ with the instructor in these bagatelles.

Do not plunge yourself into other businesses or studies, amusements or recreations, immediately after you have atten­ ded upon instruction, if you can avoid it. Get time, if possible, to recollect the things you have heard, so that they may not be washed all away from the mind. I suppose he means a good bull session, jam fest or something; that one I won’t claim to have interpreted correctly. Naturally, 'if not possible’，if you have other engagements, just forget all about this and you’ll forget all about the rest too.

If you want to remember a new thing or word, try to asso­ ciate it with some word or thing which you have known before and is already well established in your memory: (Well, I can’t think of any good ones that I can tell you right now, but there are a lot of them.)

I might add also that once writing over what we design to remember and giving due atttention to what we write, will fix it more in the mind than reading it five times. That may be.

Who knows? Taking it for granted that it is correct, I must give the upcoming ‘Studenten’ a word of advice. Write out your Anabasis; it will only take you five or six months at the most. And when you begin to read about the Persians, don’t think about the cat that once won the blue ribbon and the same day dragged your old letters through the living room when you had company. Persians are rugs and don’t let anyone tell you different.

And now before I forget, that’s all. (If you read this sentence, I thank you for biding as I have aforementioned.)

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^iritnrhtls Rin总out the old--------Our congratulations to the five Seniors who with the March issue completed their duties as members of the Black and Red staff. You rang the bell for ten months — now Ring in the new------We promise no startling changes, no sensational stories.

Instead of promises, we have hopes — hopes that the muses will hover about our halls whispering ideas into the heads of many budding writers. We hope to continue to have the Black and Red be a true measuring stick of the institution it represents.

Do College Students Think?............

0 college students think? No, they do not. I’ve been looking and looking and haven’t found a single student who ever ponders, opines, or dwells upon a subject until his thinking and research have satisfactorily answered it. Students are

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RED not going to college to think or to learn how to think. They are going because, maybe, they have somewhere in them am­ bitions for a diploma; they believe with a degree scrawled after their fancy signature, they can get by with anything in this world. They are going because the pater and mater are wealthy and a college diploma is one of the "musts” of their rearing. Father, most likely, received his education through experience and hard work; so son shall not be allowed to struggle in that way. He shall get his education through “pulls” with his surname, themes written by paid classmates, and his honorable presence in the classroom. Because he shouldn’t study and think all the time, he is given the things which make his college life a happy one. So he has a snappy sports roadster to dash around in, a large weekly allowance, and all the latest, college-life clothes and every “fad” that strikes the college dormitory and campus. He also may be going to college because his parents have struggled for years to save for his education; they have hopes of his be­ coming a great man some day — maybe president, who knows?

Why should the college student think? There is no reason at all. The average professor of today realizes the student is paying for his time — if you do not make use of it, it is not the professor’s fault. He cannot learn it for you, — you are only hurting yourself by not acquiring and absorbing the knowledge which he imparts.

Why think when you can manage to get passing grades without effort? The average student is intelligent enough to know how to bluff his way through his studies; if he isn’t，he soon learns how.

When is there time to sit down and think? There are too many outside activities. When these are taken care of, there are other things, such as dates and general ‘‘running around’’ to be done.

The board or faculty just doesn’t arrange schedules to allow time for thinking. After all, students put in their time in the classroom, and they must have their recreation; even a student has to sleep once in a while.

Think? Impossible, and what for?

Lorraine Vogler.

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44QYMPHONY? Not for me. It’s too ‘high-falutin!’ It may O be all right for the man with leisure and a top-hat, but it was not meant for me.”

How often haven’t we heard words to this effect. The fellows who profess — or shall I say confess — a liking for the better music are looked upon as being a bit out of the furrow 一.

What gave rise to this idea that symphony was enjoyment only for the rich? Possibly because until quite recently it has been just that. A few decades ago the only access one had to the works of Beethoven, Brahms, and the like was to attend the only too-few concert performances of symphony orchestras, which performances were, and still are on a monetary stratum which isn’t conducive to popular recreation. With the advent of phonographs it seemed likely that we migt be given “gems of music at rock prices”，but no. Popular music did become an inexpensive "repast” of thousands, with records selling for as low as a fraction of a dollar. But symphonies? They remained out of reach of the average purse, retailing usually for several dollars a record, and seldom less than one dollar. And their prices have continued to soar.

The radio has been of great aid in furthering the apprecia­ tion of good music. The drawback here is that one can listen only to what the director selects, and then only once. The long interval between hearings of any one symphony causes it soon to be forgotten.

The average man, however, didn’t know what he was missing; he sat back, listening to jazz, as irresolute as a mould of palsied jello. It remained for the possessor of the classics to make an attempt at wider enjoyment of them. This was begun recently in a nationwide campaign of music appreciation. Per­ haps you have seen the names of Mozart, Bach, etc. being flaunted recently in headlines, and wondered why. That is part of the campaign. Music’s greatest orchestras and conductors have waived all royalties and profits and combined their efforts in bringing ten of the world’s greatest symphonies and symphonic masterpieces within reach of the average income. Their selec­ tion of ten works, picked partly according to public demand, |bring us the all-time "greats” of music at their best. Each symphony 30

RED may be had for a price that compares favorably (or rather un­ favorably) with the price usually demanded for one record.

The sponsors of the Music Appreciation Campaign should be given a rising vote of thanks for the “break” they have given us, and it is to be hoped that soon not only ten, but all symphonies will be offered at this same reasonable price.

H. E. P. Ed. Note: If anyone is interested in this campaign, information may be had by writing: Distribution Headquarters Wisconsin Music Appreciation Campaign 724 North Milwaukee St. Milwaukee, Wis.

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Campus and Classroom When this is published the weather may or may not be suggestive of Spring—as I write the ground is covered with snow. But snow or no snow, Spring is definitely on its way.

There are certain infallible signs..................“Bugs” Kuehl has his annual pre-summer golf-green hair-cut............ :. ‘‘Zeke’’ Wenzel has sorted out his fishing tackle for the coming season. ...............The Grummert boys and the Krause team are planKarlheinz Neumann was an mng a tennis meet The movement of fishes in the usher at a wedding. night is being studied by a student whose interests seem to run in that direction—queer fellow............Sextaner lovers-of-theoutdoors get up in what seem the wee hours of the morning.…

• • Poems and stuff are gurgling forth.............. The birds are busy practicing their legatos, trills, and pizzacatos and our editor's heart is merrily beating a path from one Sunday night supper to the next.

Proof that poems are generated in the springtime sunshine was not long in comingContemplations Birds!

Bees!

Flowers!

Babbling brooks!

The early green!

What can they mean But this is one thingNature’s Spring.

But who can say that these alone Can make the Spring we know?

It’s in the heart of all the young That Spring will rise and grow.

Fancy!

Dreams!

Imagination!

Poems!

Love!

And Contemplation!

What can they mean But this one thing— Student’s Spring.

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5IRED As Reporten By a Senior Place: English Classroom Time: 9:56 A. M. (4 minutes to bell) Prof.: I have two more sonnets to read. So that I’m sure to get both of them read, I’ll read the last one first.

A few weeks ago the last of our entertainment series was presented in which Mr. Otto Schacht sang and gave some com­ mon sense pointer’s about singing and speaking. He said, above all, a good singer is a sincere singer.

Following a tradition first established by the Class of J41 the Freshmen entertained themselves with an evening of home talent. Mainly it were corny. But keep an eye on that Gene Krupa Jones and Uncle Ezra Stelter.

Grapes of Wrath let me leave the theatre with one thought 一Wisconsin alone sent more than $80,000.00 across the ocean to help some people.

Missionary Bodamer of Poland gave an interesting informal lecture to a packed office one afternoon. He assured us that the Nazis have not hindered the activities of the congregations affiliated with us in Poland.

Student’s Lament The Spring is come.

It warms the night.

With yearning hearts.

But pockets light I walk alone To mourn my plight.

De Puellis Which, being translated, is About Girls In view of current rumors concerning our over-emphasized social life it seems fitting that a few Words be said from a student’s viewpoint, There is no denying that we spend much time thinking of some little vision or other that doesn’t make the Hebrew verbs flow any more fluently. We are students and our business should be to study. But besides being students we’re quite ordinary boys. If we make believe we aren’t, we’re 33

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being hypocrites. Yet, if there are some of • us that aren’t bothered with some seemingly boyish tendencies and therefore have more time to study, they have nothing but our respect.

This Didn’t Really Happen Boldt: What are you doing for excitement nowadays?

Dagwood: &uthin’ 一 just working for a baker Boldt: Wadda ya mean — working for a baker?

Dagwood: I need dough.

This Did History Prof.: And before he knew it the king was minus a head.

Dag.: (Dreamily) I bet he was surprised.

And Bradtke still says his best friend is (with a few excep­ tions) his clarinet. You ought to see some of the exceptions.

Copied Ba Ba Black sheep Have you any wool?

Yes, sir, Yes, sir, Three bags full..

One for my master And one for my dame And one for students to pull over the eyes of the 9, 379 professors.

What fellow was invited to a Downer party? What two fellows weren’t? 氺

Heard At a Band Rehearsal To the Baritones: There’s nothing mysterious about it if you don’t keep it clean.

Once upon a time not so long ago a Male Chorus went on a tour. Their last concert was not so far from home and one of the chorus members was pretty surprised when..............

But why should I tell this story when you can hear it from an eye-witness...................

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RED Revenge “Boy, am I mad!” said the choruster lad When he saw his best girl in row four, It is a new fad or else lie’s a cad, ’Cause he cares for her right to his core.

“Boy, am I mad!” said the choruster lad When he saw his best girl in row three.

He tried to look sad with a face that was glad And just bursting right over with glee.

“Boy, am I mad!” said the choruster lad When he saw his best girl in row two.

He couldn’t fool dad if attemped he had.

Even his sister said, **0 Norm, Pooh!, pooh!”

"Boy, am I mad!” said the choruster lad When he saw his best girl in row one.

And, I may add, his pals were all mad Because them all night he did shun.

44Boy, am I gladV1 said the choruster lad When he saw his best girl right beside him.

Thus spoke the cad who said he was mad And thus put himself out on a limb.

Gone With The Wind is an excellent movie but, if it’s all the same to you, lets not say it was perfect.

Dedicated To The Authoress Of An Article In This Issue You^can lead a horse to water But you cannot make him drink.

You can send a boy to college But you cannot make him think. ..................... and this proves it— Our Household Hint For April It is really quite surprising how much easier it is to put on your screens if you take the storm windows off first.

Don’t miss seeing the results of our dormitory census in the next；issue.

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The engagement of Rev. Herbert Koehler, ’36, and Margaret Burquist has been announced.

Prof. A. F. Schaller has accepted a call to Thiensville Seminary.

The Rev. Gerhard Geiger, ’34，is the father of a baby girl born on Feb. 28.

The Rev. C. Frey, ’35, who has been teaching at the Saginaw Seminary, has accepted the call to Kawkawlin, Michigan. The Rev. Frey has recently announced his engagement to Miss Charlotte Frey of Saginaw.

Paul Baganz, ’38，has been teaching at Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Rev. Harry Shiley, a graduate of Thiensville Seminary, has accepted a call to Waukesha.

Recent visitors on the campus were the Rev. Bodammer, Polish general missionary, and the Rev. W. Schweppe ’29, missionary of Nigeria, Africa.

The Rev. A. Koelpin, 713, has accepted the call to Caledo­ nia, Wisconsin. He will be installed the last Sunday of April.

The Rev. E. Rupp, *27, formerly of Sault Ste. Marie, will be installed April 14, at Lomira.

The Rev. R. P. Otto, Ex ’31, became the father of a baby boy on March 24.

The Rev. P. Bast, a graduate of our Seminary, recently passed away at Minneapolis.

The Rev. Geiger^ 707 congregation of N. Leeds had the misfortune of having their church burn to the ground.

Walter Haase Ex ’41 recently visited his former classmates during his spring vacation from the U. of Minnesota.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Colp, Sr., of Robbinsdale, Minn., returned from their winter home in Florida.

Alumni, this is your column. If you have any news items which might interest your fellow-alumni, please send them to the Black and Red, care of the Alumni Editor.

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Conference Data March 14 found Coach Umnus attending the Conference meeting at Madison. He reports that henceforth the Tri-State Conference will be known as the Badger State Inter-Collegiate Conference. Coach Umnus and Prof. Paul Bodenmann of Mission House were re-elected to their respective offices of president and secretary-treasurer for another year. Champion­ ships were awarded as follows: Football … .Milton Basketball Northwestern Baseball (spring 1939) Northwestern Tennis (spring 1939) University Extension Baseball Slants Following the close of a highly successful basket ball season, Northwestern^ third major sport is making its appearance on our campus. On April 2nd a squad of twenty-five players took their initial workout in the gymnasium. Of last year’s cham­ pionship team six lettermen remain: Koehler, Hoffman, Staffeil, Schumann, Koch, and Kehrberg. At present Coach Umnus’ biggest problem is to find suitable replacements for Klages and Behling, last year’s hurlers. Ziesemer, Horn, Hoffmann, and Nolting may solve this problem. Last year’s outfield remains intact with Hoffman, Koch, Peil, and Kehrberg returning. In the infield, gaps will have to be plugged at first base and short-stop, positions left vacant by the graduation of Schweppe and Hempel. Staffeil and Schumann can again be 37

li RED expected to fill their positions at third and second base respec­ tively. Koehler will again hold down the catcher’s post and with a year experience behind him should turn in capable per­ formances. No out-door practices have been held as yet, owing to inclement weather, but if this year’s team maintains the batting average it compiled last year, this department should cause Coach Umnus no loss of hair. The following schedule has been arranged: here May 1 Carroll here May 4 University Extension there May 8 Milton May 11 School of Engineering here here May 14 Seminary here May 17 Milton May 21 School of Engineering there May 23 Seminary there there May 25 University Extension June 1 Waupun Prison there Games have also been tenatively scheduled with Wisconsin B’s and Wright Jr. College.

Intramural Dashes The freshman volley ball team, winners of the recent College Tournament, on March 29, journeyed to Milwaukee to participate in the Conference volley ball tournament. Although they failed to gain the top honors they nevertheless played com­ mendable ball and emerged with a record of 5 wins and 3 losses to gain a second place rating. The following players made up the team: Hartwig, Beske, Stelter, Tacke, Schumann, Zastrow, and Naumann, a Senior.

Again the warm spring sun and the rise of the thermometer announce the advent of our most popular spring sport, kitten ball. Any day a number of enthusiasts can be seen on the campus, striving to regain their last year’s batting eye and to shake off the effects of the long winter hibernation. The Sophs, last year’s champions, again rule as heavy favorites to retain this title.

Tennis Shorts Although the tennis team has three lettermen returning, nevertheless the hope of bringing the tennis trophy to North­ western doesn’t loom too brilliant. For the past two years the team has placed second in the Conference Tournament. The loss of Pagels and Weiss from last year’s team will be keenly felt, since at present no suitable replacements appear able to take their places. Capt. Schaller has arranged the following schedule: 38

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LITERARYJ. S. Bach and the Chorale.

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Veddingen til Mabel

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Panorama

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Bugology

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Cosmetics

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EDITORIALS— What’s New?,

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Baseball, Baseball”

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Third Term

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

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J. S. BACH AND THE CHORALE R, Steffenhagen

One would say that there can be no music in the world more truly devotional than this chorale-music of Bach. It varies from a towering grandeur to a mystical and intimate selfcommunion which is the answer of the Protestant soul to the Catholic soul of Palestrina, or Praeneste. It says everything — yet within the narrow width of a few bars, that are not usually of great musical difficulty.

A few words about the chorale in general will perhaps pre­ sent the foundation more clearly upon which Bach’s works are laid. The chorale itself is a hymn-tune’’，one that has been written or arranged for a hymn or psalm and intended to be sung by a congregation in public worship. It is sung in unison, slowly and strongly, with organ accompaniment, in notes that are almost uniform in length. The melody was given to the tenor and there were at times even five or six voice parts. Its outstanding characteristics are a fine simplicity and a stately solemnity, which render the chorale an ideal form for the expression of religious fervor.

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The most famous of the hymn-tunes composed by Luther, “Ein’ feste Burg,’’ has also been reproduced in the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. By Bach’s time, all the polyphonic (or many-sounded) instrumental and vocal art-forms of the eighteenth century were mature; and though he loved to derive the design as well as the details of a large movement from the shape of the chorale tune on which it was based, he became quite independent of any aid from symmetry in the tune as raw material.

The art-form of the Bach chorale is continous with the uni­ versal practice of writing counterpoint upon a ‘canto fermo’.

Counterpoint is the combination of simultaneous parts, each one independent, but all conducing to a result of uniform and coherent texture. ‘Canto fermo’ is, as the Latin clearly shows us, the fixed song. It may be a plain chant or simple Gregorian melody, but it is prescribed as to its form and use by ecclesiasti­ cal tradition. Bach’s chorale-form is then, simply the practice of writing simultaneous parts upon a plain, prescribed melody.

This elaboration of chorales into contrapuntal works with organ accompaniment gave rise to a distinctive school of German organists and composers, and has had an influence on all modern German music.

The chorale, as it concerns us most intimately here, has been widely adapted to arrangements for male voices. But the field is somewhat restricted in this respect because of two chief di伍culties which present ehemselves. They are: the large compass of some of the melodies themselves and the superbly free spread of the harmonies with which Bach has adorned them.

But luckily there are only a few of the finest chorale-settings in which these difficulties are unconquerable.

The original notation, whether in manuscript or in print, is largely a matter of accident. And the tunes themselves owe 41

RED their vitality solely to the relationship between their notes and, in a smaller degree, to their rhythms. Bach himself used his complete discretion in changing the pitch of the tunes according to the musical work which he had in hand—and all his predecessors and successors claimed a similar freedom.

The performance of the Bach chorales by a Male Voice Choir offers a continual elasticity and variety as between fourpart writing, three-part, and even two. Unessential notes and reduplications disappear and, in addition, the sudden ascent of all the parts at an emotional climax into their top register is more natural to the Male Choir than to the Mixed Choir. Some of the more massive chorales can be sung ‘forte’ throughout, but in general, the better the setting, the more care may be spent on its presentation.

The poetic significance of Bach’s chorale-pieces is perfectly evident. Anything characteristic in the text is immediately depicted in the music. This may be fully seen when the choir sings not the melody but the text, emphasizing not the melodic accents but the words that Bach had so strongly underlined in his harmonies. Since the melody is familiar, he can permit him­ self the most audacious harmony, while the ear is in no danger of missing- the continuity of the melody.

When a chorale text offers him a picture, no matter how external it may be, Bach takes this as the basis of his music.

We can see, even in a glance at certain specimens of different topics, how consistently he followed the idea with which he was working. Words, melody, and even the external structure of the strains are in harmony. For example, the tranquil and even lines represent the idea of strength and confidence to him. This, one can literally see in the make-up of “Wir glauben all an einen Gott.” There is a steady and smooth progression of the notes; and in the graphic line of the melody, it presents a soft general curve.

The doctrinal conflict of Luther and Zwingli in “Jesus Christus unser Heiland” suggests to Bach a theme of extra­ ordinarily wide spacing. It is as if some one were standing on a rolling ship and planting his feet wide apart in order to keep a firm footing. One can see the distinctly separate paths of the two men.

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These pictorial tone-paintings, Bach has expressed by means of his theme in the bass. There are other examples, of joy and grief, worked out in the same general way. But the true greatness of Bach, which lies in this spiritual order of tone­ painting, may be seen in these few cases, representative of its nature.

And now we might say again, considering the intricacies of harmony, the profound thoughts and ideas with which Bach was concerned, and the sincerity of his musical works, “一there can be no music in the world more truly devotional than this chorale music—.”

VEDDINGEN TIL MABEL (Mabel's Wedding) Ars,>id Gullo.rud

One of the greatest misfortunes the people of this modern world have to put with is the common country telephone line.

This is doubly true if you have the bad luck of* having one or more ‘‘schwatzers’’ on your line.

For twelve years we lived on a country telephone line. For twelve years we had to contend with four “schwatzers” who had those wires red hot all day.

One day while I was waiting my chance to get a telephone call in, I listened in on the conversation between two Norwegian women in order to find out what they had to talk about. The following onesided conversation, or should we say, monologue resulted: Hel-lo, hel-lo! Oh, Miss Snurpe, I’m so glad I got hold on you, I tot I should never found you. I called up Mrs. Larson because I know you used to vent dere so much, and I said, could you tell me vere I could find Miss Snurpe? And do you know, she said something awful funny, she said: ‘Miss Snurpe, don’t come here any more because my brudder are married now.

Vasn’tdat a funny thing to say? Den she suyyested I should call up Mrs. Yohnson (you know coalman Yohnson). And I called up Mrs. iTohnson and dot’s de vorst ting I ever did; I got 43 4 C

RED the old man Yohnson on de telephone and I couldn’t unnerstan’ a vord he said.

“He said he vas living on Minnehaha Falls de kunnejeg forstoe—(that I could understand) but he said, 'If you take de street car you’ll never find it, and if you go to de falls you’re lost.

• “Isn’t it funny vit people here in America dey don’t talk Norwegian and dey don’t talk English.

"So I called up Mrs. Hickson (She is Yankee) and I could good unnerstan her. She said, ‘Miss Snurpe var here and sewed for me, but she is gone and she don’t left no telephone number, but I tink I can told you how to found her. You valk up Cedar Avne till you come to Seven Corners, den you snu to de left and dere’s a big red house on de corner, but it ain’t dat one; den it’s two more but it ain’t dose, but it’s de house next to de two vat it ain’t; it are standing kind of far back onde lot.’ < « Ven ve came out of de street car, who should stand right in front of me but your Yentlemen fend. I was yust ready to hug him. I said, could you tell me where I could find Miss Snurpe? and he looked so glad snd said: 'Yes, o’kors, she is living on de Young Vomen’s Christian Assassination.’

“Oh, Miss Snurpe, I’m so glad you could come and yelp, but between you and me, Miss Snurpe, I ain’t so glad in dis vedding som I skud be. Ven I tink of all de fellers Mabel could of had. Dey was youst crazy for her and dey had grand auto­ mobiles. You remember Mr. Vilbur from Vilmet, don’t you? he had fifty tousand in his own right. He was youst crazy for Mabel, he vould come here and call me “mama” and give me candy; oh, he vas so sveet and he had a grand Fierce-Sparrow car一dats one of de best cars you can get. But do you tink Mabel van ted him? No, he vas too tin on de top. ‘‘And den dat preacher; he came from von of de finest families you can come from—dey vas preachers vay back to de time of Moses. He called me “Mama” too, and he had a nice “Dirt” car. But do you tink Mabel wanted him? Oh no, he vas too slow.

“And den dat banker dat was crazy for Mabel. He was in everything grand. He vas a Elk’s tooth, he vas a Skriner, he belonged to the Sons of Norway, I tink he even belonged to de Daughters of Norway. And he had de svellest Kakelak car.

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“And now she’s crazy for Clarence and all he’s got is a second-handy Ford. And yust tink, she could have had a "Kakelak”.

4Tell, I can’t tink about dat now, I got to get something to wear. Dat one dress Mabel was confirmerat in, couldn’t you draping it up on de side and cut off de arms and ring out de neck, and fix it up so good soon you can?

Ven I tink of it, she’s only getting a Ford, but he’s good to look at and he’s young and he ain’t so bowlegged, and Mabel says: ;Ma, you should worry, he’s going to be a civilized engineer/ so maybee it von’t be so bad.

"Veil, I tink somebody vants de line, and besides I got to go and make lefse and flotegrot for de vedding.” ii

PANORAMA R. Gehrke

To see New York from the top of the Empire State Building is to see a moving, working—in fact—a living model. A city whose population outdistances that of countries like Australia, or Greece, or Sweden becomes a fascinating pattern of buildings, streets, water and sky that stretches out in all directions. Sky­ scrapers, theaters, penthouses and shops; the busy harbor, tangled streets, bridges; ships, basses and taxis; countless numbers of people that look like great armies of black ants — all of these things you can see way down below.

For a dollar (and a ten-cent tax) fast elevators will take you up one hundred and two stories to an observatory high above the streets you just came from. It takes only a few minutes. The Empire State really has two observatories: one a terrace, is on the eighty-sixth floor, the other, an enclosed observatory, is up in the peak at the hundred and second floor level. The eighty-sixth floor (where you stop first) includes a restaurant, a souvenir shop and an open air terrace on all four sides. The terrace is built so that you can’t look down into the street directly below, and so that uneasy feeling which usually accompanies being up high doesn’t bother at all. Here you can lean on the heavy stone ledge and gaze at the vast city of New 45

RED York. Its pattern is so fascinating that it can easily hold your attention for hours.

Lying far below is the Hudson River rimming one side of finger-like Manhattan; the East River, the other; and Central Park forming a green patch up toward the middle. Below stretches one of the most famous streets in the world, Fifth Avenue. Shop windows glittering with merchandise, beautiful buildings, the best department stores in America, the Public Library with its much-pictured stone lions, Rockefeller Center with its slick modern architecture, the contrasting Gothic towers of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the aristocratic brownstone apartment houses with their blue canopies and waiting doorman — these are some of the things that have made the name Fifth Avenue famous all over the world. Far up along the Hudson you can see Riverside Drive with the Palisades beyond.

At the far corner of green Central Park stands the gothic Cathedral of St. John the Divine, now half completed. Continning down along Park Avenue, your eye scans some of New York’s finest apartment buildings. The awnings are fresh and colorful. In fact, everything seems to have a certain freshness and brightness.

But Broadway which runs from the near corner of Central Park toward the tip of Manhattan offers a striking contrast to the exclusive atmosphere of Fifth Avenue and Central Park.

It is in Times Square with its fabulous advertisements outlined in thousands of lights that the crowds meet. There beggars, first-nighters and opera-goers rub elbows in the general hubbub.

The stream of lighted letters that spell out the news around the New York Times Building, Wrigley’s colorful fishes, the giant Chevrolet sign and the thousands of twinkling lights are the evidences of an exciting present just as the brownstone apart­ ment houses are the mellowed reminders of an aristocratic past.

Over next to the Hudson you can see the docks of our merchantmen and many of the great ocean liners. From the Empire State the Bremen and the Queen Mary look like trim, bright models. The single wave that comes from the prow of an incoming boat seems to hover unbroken and almost motion­ less on the surface of the quiet Hudson. Out farther you can see Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, Long Island, the New Jersey Shore, thousands of bridges, boats and barges, all part 46

RED of the busy Gateway to America. Liberty still holds her torch high, beckoning to foreigners who must be breathless at the first sight of the promised land — the skyline of New York.

Lower New York is busy. It is noisy with the clattering and steamboat whistles. At the end of Manhattan is the green Battery, the Central Park of former New Yorkers. Now it stands hemmed in by tall skyscrapers, office buildings of the nation’s business. At the head of Wall Street stands old Trinity Church, with its peaceful “country” cemetery, and on the same narrow street are J. P. Morgan’s banks and brokerage houses, the Stock Exchange and the Sub-Treasury with the muchpictured statue of George Washington, who was first inaugura­ ted on the same spot.

From the Empire State you can see magnificent George Washington Bridge spanning the Hudson and the Triborough Bridge that leads up over the East River toward the miniature try Ion and perisphere of the World’s Fair. Famous Brooklyn Bridge which brings the eye back from Brooklyn and Queens leads into the most interesting land of pushcarts and tene­ ments where the markets are ablaze with green and yellow and red vegetables and fruits, and where the children play at the feet of shouting pushcart venders and barganing mothers. In the same general part of town are the foreign sections: China­ town and the Yiddish, Italian, and Hungarian section. Not far away is famous Greenwich Village, the center of Bohemian life in New York, the home of a thousand poor, yet talented and hopeful artists.

If you look again toward Rockefeller Center, the group of buildings at the lower border of Central Park, you will see five beautiful roof gardens. Tons and tons of black dirt had to be hoisted to the terraces where the flowers and trees from every nation have now been planted and are protected and kept up by ingenious methods of watering and cultivation.

From the Empire State Building you can see not only a fascinating model of a city, but a fascinating model of a fascinating city. It is a moft beautiful city with its shining rivers, with its boulevards and bridges and parks, with its sky­ scrapers that sparkle in the sunshine, and with its terraces and gardens high above the street. And it is a most interesting and exciting city with its pushcarts and tenements, with its noise and busy traffic, with its life and glitter and with its people: society-minded, aristocratic, Bohemian, business-like, or poor.

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If perchance, you should on some warm spring day see a certain student, seemingly in search of nothing, suddenly come dashing madly across the campus, armed with a long, formid­ able stick, a white net attached to one end of it, dodging trees, bushes, clotheslines, and other obstacles-don’t be alarmed* He is just pursuing an avocation or rather, a butterfly.

Collecting lepidoptera—moths and butterflies—is just one of my hobbies. I began this hobby one cold autumn day in my Quinta year. A classmate and myself, two aspiring entomolo­ gists, tramped the woods south of Watertown searching for cocoons. We also took along a box—to hold all the cocoons we were going to find. Ah, what a successful walk that was! We were plentifully rewarded with exercise and fresh air. At first this did not discourage me. I tried it again and again, finding on one occasion about twenty cocoons. But the birds had found them first. They were all punctured. I found ten of them on one bush once. They were also worthless. But I’ve become reconciled to such luck and have given it up as hopeless.

Now I catch butterflies and moths with a net. To catch them in this way is a highly developed art. It takes skill to be able to keep your eyes glued to the pesky insect, always flutter­ ing just out of reach, and at the same time to be able to watch where you’re going. And then there’s the net to contend with.

It invariably gets tangled in some bush at the most critical time. And if one is lucky enough, after having avoided all hindrances, to see the fugitive finally come to rest on some tree or bush, then is the time when one must be complete master of the situation. One must proceed with utmost caution. The net must be poised, ready to swoop down on the insect where it is resting from that direction where you think it will fly. Any quick move spells disaster. If you’re out in the woods to bag (bag in its literal sense) big game, be sure to take along a pair of boots, a heavy jacket, and a large canteen of water. I would also advise a good “second wind,” a good share of optimism, and, if you can pick up such desirable items: a box of rejuvena­ tion pills and a bottle of scratch remover.

I’ve tried catching moths a different way—by “sugaring.”

It was a warm night in May, a perfect night—for catching 48

RED moths. The air was hot and sticky. That afternoon I walked out to the woods with another boy and coated a few trees with some sort of concoction from the dining hall, which was sup­ posed to attract the moths. Soaked with alcohol一rubbing1 alcohol—to combat the armies of mosquitoes, each with a net and a flashlight, we entered the dark woods. We came to the first tree. No moths. The second tree. Still no moths, only ants. The last tree. Nothing. Even the moths couldn’t eat the stuff. A little down in the mouth we started back for school. Suddenly a large moth, attracted by the beams of the flashlight, swooped down in front of us. I never moved my net so fast in all my life, sweeping wildly in all directions. But the moth was faster. It disappeared as quickly as it had come.

This incident happened three times, and each time I realized that I was very slow. The night ended in complete failure.

We walked back pretty much tired out, scratched up, and smarting from mosquito bites. But I’m going to try it again.

Catching these insects may be a difficult, but mounting them is just as bad. This is a very delicate and exacting job.

Above all, it takes patience. The wings must be fastened down on two wooden strips and allowed to dry for a week. When mounting them, the wings should be symmetrical with each other. They cannot be touched, for they are very delicate, and the scales (the powder) can be easily rubbed off. Even now the air gets blue around me, when I happen to make a false move and damage the wing- structure.

I have one butterfly which has a remarkable history. It was enjoying life at home in South America about fifteen years ago. From there it traveled to Berlin, Germany, where it lived for thirteen years at the home of my uncle, forgotten and un­ appreciated. He gave the butterfly to me for a remembrance from Berlin. Its wings were folded, exposing the drab under­ surface, certainly not then a very pretty specimen. When I arrived at home, I immediately began the work to unfold the wings. They were dry and very brittle. I exposed the butter­ fly to a very moist atmosphere for two dsys, and then carefully, inch-by inch, I separated the wings. A blaze of color greeted me. The whole upper surface of the wings seemed a solid blue.

Yet, when one looked at the butterfly from different angles, one could distinguish purples, reds, even greens. This is my most prized specimen.

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RED The rest of my collection is comprised of common native moths and butterflies. It isn’t a large collection, nor a valuable one, but it has given me much pleasure in making it. If there­ fore, dear reader, you should happen to hear a flapping of wings on your window some night, just call me. I’ll be glad to relieve you of the noise and at the same time augment my collection.

COSMETICS R. Gocde

Buddy Webster was just like most of us men in that he had the usual averse opinion towards cosmetics. And he didn’t mind telling his fiancee, Inez Roberts, so. They were walking down South 16th Street, a business street of Milwaukee’s great South Side.

“I tell you, Inez, if you women wouldn’t wear so much paint—’’ “Not paint dear, cosmetics，” she corrected him.

“All right, if you women wouldn’t wear so much cosmetics there wouldn’t be half as many divorces.”

“What have cosmetics to do with divorces?”

“Well, just look now, Inez—” “Not so loud Buddy, the people are staring at us.”

“Well, let them stare.” He gave a pedestrian a mean look and went on, ‘‘Now look. A fellow sees what he thinks is a pretty young Jane, he marries her and then when one day she takes off her cosine—，paint, he sees what he really got, then bingo! another divorce. I’m against divorces and so I，m against paint. ’ ’ Inez placed her hand playfully over Buddy’s mouth in order to soften his voice. ‘‘And another thing, if you women wouldn’t wear so much paint, the people out East in New York wouldn’t still think that Wisconsin is full of Indians.” ‘‘You men are only prejudiced, because you think you never get any benefit from cosmetics.”

“Prejudiced! What do you mean prejudiced, we’re just against it—and by the way, what good did a man ever get out of a woman’s cosmetics.”

“Some laundryman had to wash some handkerchiefs with 50

RED lipstick on them. That takes extra time. Well, here’s the bank.” They walked into the Wisconsin State Bank. Near the bank entrance an old fellow called to a gentleman loading beer barrels onto a truck, “Heh, heh, just a pair of young love birds•” ‘‘Ya boy, youain,tkiddin,. I remember when me an Maggie, dat’s me wife now, when we uster argue about the same things when we was courtin，.” The two and several other passersby joined in a laugh.

When Buddy and Inez came out of the bank, Buddy was still talking, “Say boy, I feel like Hank Ford with this five hundred dollars in my pocket.”

“Hi there, Ralph.’’ Inez stopped to chat briefly with another young fellow.

4<Who was that Guy?” u0h，just an exclassmate and an ex-beau. He’s a professor now.

“Oh, one of those wise guys eh. As I was saying before you started to flirt, I feel like J. P. Himself with this five hundred dollars in my—’’ “Quiet! must you always speak so loud?”

“Let’s go to the theater to-night.” He pronounced it with the typical Milwaukee tang, thee-ater. For a moment Buddy lost her, but he located her again by the robin’s nest on her head. “Say, you better hang on to me, I can’t afford to lose you now, two days before my wedding.”

They stopped to admire some pictures in the window of a photographer. Inez took her compact (that capsule which con­ tains a mirror, paint, and a brush to put it on with; in case you didn’t know) out of her purse and began to dab around on her face. “Now that’s just like a woman, right in the middle of South 16th Street.” Inez poked Buddy with her elbow. “Hey, you’re too handy with that arm.”

Inez whispered, “Kick backwards, quick!” Buddy stooped to peer into her face, his countenance bore a quizzical expression, but at the same time his left leg automatically flew back.

“Ouch!” Buddy swung around to see a fellow clasping his one shin with his hands. But this moaning individual also had a wallet in his hand—Buddy’s wallet. Several men had grabbed the pickpocket and were about to exercise justice on him, but 51

RED Buddy took his wallet with as arcastic, “Let him go, he’s only a dumb Polack.”

Later that evening at Inez’ home, her mother and sister were teasing Buddy. “Well,” he said, “What I don’t catch on is how you knew that that Pole was picking my pocket.”

“Only my womanly intuition.”

“Bah, women haven’t any more intuition than trees have brains.”

“Well that’s another subject that can be debated upon.

Listen dear, this is how I saw that fellow. It’s going to hurt your honor, but here goes. I saw him in the mirror in my compact.” The three women looked at the body of the dispiri­ ted Buddy draped over the arm chair. ‘‘Now don’t you ever say that cosmetics never helped a man,—dear.”

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y^ttortals What’s New? • • • • the 19th century composer (famous mostly for R OSSINI, The Barber of Seville and W. Tell Overture), once remarked

to an ambitious young composer who brought his composition for criticism, “There is much in this work that is new, and much that is beautiful. But that which is new is not beautiful, and that which is beautiful is not new.”

What then should the baffled young composer have done?

His original work failed in the aesthetic, his beautiful was lacking in originality. Rossini left but one door open to him: to develop an original beauty or give up writing. Although Rossini was by no means alone in his stand, his opposition seems, at least until the present time, to hold the field. We might place on one side Beethoven (who, in his strictness in adherence to rules is often criticized for lack of beauty and spontaneity), or any contemporary of his who was in complete command of the rules of harmony as they existed, and whose 53

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On the other we might place as the criterion of Rossini’s ideals, Wagner or better still Claude Debussy, the more modern composer of France. His first compositions were received coldly because of their departure from established forms. The works of Debussy, new and strikingly beautiful as they are, have just begun to be really popular. Take for an example his “Afternoon of a Faun”, which probably did much to give the modern style of classical music impetus, through its effects on such composers as Gerschwin and Sibelius.

There is, however, so little that is new in the world, and any one composer has such comparatively short time to discover it, that Rossini’s criterion would cut down the number of present “Authors in Music” to a very few.

I believe that the same rule applies to music as does to the other arts. Milton was far from original in his works, but is he condemned for it? The thing to strive for, according to the Ars Poetica of Horace, is to make old words seem new by using different combinations. We might apply this same rule to Music. Milton accomplished this in literature, Beethoven did it in his own field, so the present day composers should hardly be criticized for failing to be entirely new or original. As Woollcott once said, “Copy one man and you are plagiarizing; copy six and you are doing research work.

H. E. P.

Baseball, Baseball.......... the last few days there have been many heated dis­ D URING cussions on the status of baseball in the athletic set-up here at Northwestern. The athletic board had decreed that baseball henceforth would be classified as a minor sport and the small, minor letters would be given for service on this varsity team. If a player earned three of these emblems, he would be entitled to a regulation, major letter. The question, ‘‘Is this fair to the baseball players, and is it really in any way aiding sports at Northwestern?”

In the April issue of the Black and Red mention was made that four championships had been awarded by the Badger State 54

赛RED Inter-Collegiate Conference. Northwestern College won two of these, basketball and baseball. Some of us like to brag that we have been ruling the conference of late. Yes, you might say we’re batting .500 which is an average that would drive a Brooklyn fan nearly mad. Using an intricate system of * ‘logs’’， I figured out that had we lost either basketball or baseball we would have had a .250 average. You have to do better than that to make even the St. Louis Browns. I think it means very much to the individual student that he can tell the friends back home that Northwestern is “tops” in the conference.

Wasn’t it only recently decided that the conference would award a baseball championship? Now Northwestern College which has been a comparative ‘‘hotbed’’ of baseball among the members has decided to regard it as a minor sport. Could it be that we’re over-emphasizing football and basketball? It would be a shame to concentrate on new laurels and lose those we have and have had for years. It would be buying one cham­ pionship at the price of another. Personally, I never have seen much sense in buying a dollar bill for one hundred cents.

Here are some of the objections to baseball as a major sport: The players do not have to train. It is not a particularly strenous or dangerous game. The players never seem to be working very hard.

Since when are letters given as merit badges of good train­ ing? Naturally, if training is essential for the player to do his best, it can and should be required. We certainly expect our teams to give their best possible performances.

Late this spring we should experience some really hot weather. When the boys in grey are out there having a fast infield or outfield drill under a broiling sun, I dare anyone to say that they’re having a "soft” time.

It takes more than blind luck to pitch a ‘ ‘three-hitter’’ or to bat over .300. If it didn’t, “Skippy” and his Oriole A. C. would be in the major leagues. To be a good ballplayer one must be both physically and mentally very able.

“Baseball is a ‘powder-puff’ game compared to football.”

That’s what many say. Was Mickey Cochrane’s skull fractured in an auto accident or when he fell down a flight of stairs? No, he was unfortunate enough to be struck in the temple by a pitched ball. That’s nothing to laugh off. It has been figured 55

RED out that a ball travels from the hand of the pitcher toward the batter at rates from one hundred miles per hour upward. The Hiawatha does less than that when it travels through Watertown. However, that is not the only danger. Every season many are hurt sliding into the bases, crashing into other players, or fielding hard hit balls. Wrenched knees and broken ankles are not at all infrequent in baseball.

Up to this writing we have not had much competition on the baseball field. In one of our games we outscored our oppo­ nents by more than twenty runs. When we played the same team last year, it was practically the same story, but there was a sequel. In the return game we were defeated.

So we have no competition! It is just that we are apt to become over-confident and start losing a few. We should keep our players hustling, not discourage them.

The basketball, football, and baseball seasons all last approximately two months. Now after three years of varsity baseball the players can trade in their small letters for a nice, big, twelve-inch emblem. That means they have to put in six months of work for what the basketball players earn by work­ ing out one hour each day for two and one half months.

It has been the custom to give letters to every player on a championship football or basketball squad. This year our bucketballers were praised for their high scoring, but what credit is given the baseball team? Maybe our cagers fear the same fate and will start missing a few just to make sure they don’t suffer the displeasure of the athletic board. After all, this might be contagious!

It is the opinion of the writer that any sport in which a conference championship is involved should be regarded as a major sport and be given the full backing of all.

When those in power start running (spelled ruining) things too much, the student body should voice its opinion.

A. W. Tacke ED. NOT£^. After much heated debate, the Athletic Board reversed its former ruling that baseball be changed to a minor sport. Baseball will therefore remain as one of “the big three. ” 56

RED Third Term the past much has been said about a third term.

D URING New Dealers, to whom political “plums” will fall, W. P. A.

and P.W. A. jobholders are usually heard voicing their opinions.

They have a "New Deal” job and don’t just care to be sloughed off the Federal payroll. As yet President Roosevelt has kept himself quite aloof from third term propaganda. He senses the indignation that would be aroused by his committal. The public sentiment does not yet approve of a third term.

Whether he would accept renomination is a question; whether he would receive it is another. There are some reasons for believing he would not receive the renomination; of course, there is much room for dispute. Tradition has established a limitation of two terms. Sanctioned by the unbroken usage for 150 years, it has become an unwritten constitutional provision.

Washington declined the term, which he could have had with­ out a protest. Moreover, every president has recognised the force of this precedent, therefore has declined to run for a third term. Three times the Senate has adopted third term resolu­ tions. In 1927, they adopted the following resolution: Any de­ parture from this time honored custom would be unwise, un­ patriotic and fraught with peril to our free institutions. “This was directed against Coolidge, who at that time was equally popular with the people.

There has been rather much dissension among the members of the Democratic party, and much of the harmony of the party in 1936 has disappeared. Even the popularity of President Roosevelt has subsided. The sentiment of the Senate had changed considerably, as we can see by the opposition to the court-packing program. What the Democratic party will do this year is difficult to foretell. Some “phrase-maker” of the Farley machine will concoct some slogan that is appealing to the American public.

The fact that President Roosevelt tried to pack the Supreme Court is substance to charge that he sought dictatorial powers.

Is there such a grave exigency impending that the present in­ cumbent of office should assume such duties? Have we de­ generated into such an impoverished nation that he should be the only competent man for that office? The presidency does 57

RED not yet represent a mountain inaccessible to man, only to be reached by the eagles.

The government of a democracy is still the servant of the people, not their master; so let it remain. We should not be too willing to abdicate in favor of some audacious aspirer to power.

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Campus and Classroom If you studied hard and did your collateral reading during the winter, you’re no fool.

Previews

The Seniors had their pictures taken, have their gowns ordered, and are selling their books. On the basis of these observations we venture to predict — but don’t quote us — that the Class of ’40 will leave on schedule. .

The commencement ceremonies on Tuesday, June 11 will begin an hour earlier than usual. They will begin at 9:00 A. M. For the first time the Tertianers are also formally graduating and will receive diplomas along with the Seniors. The Com­ mencement Address will be made by Professor Kowalke. Fritz Peterson of Fertile, Minn, will deliver the English oration — “Printing Before Luther”. The German oration — “Das Bennett Gesetz” 一 will be given by Willard Kehrberg of Frankenmuth, Mich.

Rumor has it that if Yehudi gets in early enough after tne final concert, he will give the Hebrew oration, if he passes.

Following the commencement exercises people will congre­ gate informally outside the Gym and congratulate the Seniors who will look silly with those funny caps on. But they’ll do their best to beam with intellectual brilliance as they thank uncle Herman and aunt Louise for the little envelope they didn’t forget to bring.

A meal will be served on the campus but the usual luncheon program and the regular Alumni meeting are to be omitted this yyear.

At 2:00 P. M. on the afternoon of commencement day the A anniversary services commemorating the founding of our college and seminary seventy five years ago will be held in our gymnasium. The speakers who have been invited for the occasion are Rev. John Brenner of Milwaukee, president of our Synod, and Prof. Schweppe, of Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm. Our Male Chorus combined with the Seminary Chorus will be on hand. Friends of our college and seminary are in­ vited to spend the day with us.

And as long as you’re coming for commencement day you might just as well come the night before and hear the final concert. This will give you an idea of what you can expect 一 The band under Prof. Oswald is experimenting nobly with 59

RED the Chorale and Fugue, and March of the Dwarfs. Bradtke is w hipping the orchestra into shape for Procession of the Sardar， a hungarian dance or two, and a couple of encores. Wiechmann tells us to expect Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair from the Male Chorus under the direction of Prof. Bolle. Erwin Ploetz has cancelled all other engagements (a half a week on his summer job) to make a solo appearance with his French Horn.

His selection is Heroic Fantasy. The mixed chorus promises us Wind and Rain in your Hair (as it was). And those are just a few of the things you can expect. You can also expect a freewill offering to be taken.

Arbor Day was observed in the usual manner except that not many Seniors did their Statesman theses. What did they do? Well,.__.it was a nice day for Arbor Day, wasn’t it?

Lest we forget, the Sophomores did plant a tree — an elm near the site of the late historic one. Prof. Rhoda our newly appointed “Park Commissioner” gave a speech along with Prof. Oswald. C. Loeper also held forth and ceremonies were in charge of Pres. Petrie, An aggregation of forty-twoers made music for the occasion. The Juniors regret that they have but one day to give for Arbor Day. Suggested Slogan For Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce: If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute.”

If it’s our national debt we want liquidated, Kipfmiller is without a doubt the man for president. Any man that can spend a week-end in Milwaukee starting out with 25c and return with ia dime is an economic genius.

Overheard in Europe

"Don’t worry, we’ll be over to help you right after we finish our breakfast.”

We enjoyed Primrose Path. Perhaps we shouldn’t have, but here we think was really artistic realism. Yet the picture left us in the dark about one thing. We are still wondering if the drunkard Greek professor didn’t finally finish his translation of Menander and sell it to the ‘‘Loeb Editions” Co. We didn’t see Irene but we did see Rebecca or rather heard about her for about two hours. For a change, the movie is much like the book and it is worth seeing.

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RED Our reporters tried their best to get an interview from our busy editor Mr. Twinkle Toes Franzmann on the eve of his ‘‘anniversary，’. They finally found him shaving and he consen­ ted to give out this statement, “If youre going down to the office, check me out.’’

A book in the hand is worth two on the shelf.

We feel obligated to print this for the inspiration it may give you.

It seems there was a Greek student who wrote a test and thought he was pretty smart when he quoted from Plato in Greek at the end of his paper "Know well that I do not know’’.

(453B) But the professor had the last word when he again quoted from Plato and wrote beneath, "But if you seek diligently, you will find.” (503 D) Richard II wasn’t FcimZet but it was an enjoyable evening.

Shakespeare in a text book and Shakespeare on the stage seem as much alike as music written and music played.

Man-from-Mars Dagwood has been doing some research in Shakespeare lately and is convinced that William S. knew all about baseball for doesn’t he say in Hamlet “A hit, a very palpaple hit!” And surely Milton knew about football when he said, “Alas, what boots it with incessant care?”

To correct any false impressions: Dagwood does not wear dark glasses because he reads Shakespeare and Milton.

On Sunday, May 12 the Male Chorus travled to see Barre Mills, Paustian’s haunts, and La Crosse, Schumann’s new home.

While they were there they sang.

The best one we heard is about the cat who ate some cheese and then sat by the mouse hole with baited breath. (Augustana Observer) *

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The most pathetic tale is about the Freshman who used his last permission in April to see Hunchback of Notre Dame only ^9 convinced after an hour and a half that it wasn’t really a football picture.

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RED With originality quite characteristic of ’41 several fellows threw a breakfast party beginning at 4:30 in the morning.

Your columnist had a press pass but fell asleep at 4:35 and so can give you no. details.

The president of ’41 asks us to print that he had nothing to do with the plans of the aforementioned party.

Franzmann has given over his duties as drum major to Ted Hartwig. Hartwig promises a flashy showing.

Somehow we feel that our dormitory census wasn’t taken in quite the right way. You see, the census taker went around on the first warm Saturday night and he found that we have an en­ rollment of 3 Sextaners, 1 Junior, and 2 Seniors. How he found those two Seniors in is more than we can figure out.

As the preps say when they cut grass, “Mower fun!”

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Extension 3 Northwestern 24 On May 4 Northwestern's youngest baseball team in years took the field against the University Extension for their first game of the year and cracked out a resounding 24-3 victory. Although it must be said that the competition offered by the Extension team was of an inferior order, nev­ ertheless our team appeared to have sufficient batting strength, garnering 15 hits, including 7 two-baggers and a home run by Hoffmann. Ziesemer and Horn, hurling for Northwestern, pitched good ball, allowing only 2 hits in the seven inning span. Frequent errors marred the game, Ex­ tension committing 7 bobbles and our team adding 5 more.

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Northwestern wrote down another victory in the base­ ball records with a 10-6 win over Carroll. Lefty Nolting, making his first start in a Northwestern uniform, pitched a seven hitter and struck out five. Except for the second inning when two walks and a hit scored two runs, and the seventh inning when two hits and two errors allowed 3 runs to score, he was never in serious trouble. Our team scored their 10 runs on 8 hits, 5 walks, and 5 errors. They had two big innings, the first and the fourth, in which they scored 7 of their 10 runs. Again errors marred the game, eleven being committed during the 7 innings.

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Nolting, p.-------

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30 10 8 4 Summary: Home runs_1 Kehrberg. Two base hits―Birkholz, Hoff­ mann 2, Hennings, Loveland. Base on Balls—Nolting 5, Staven 5. Strike­ outs—Nolting 7, Staven 5.

Northwestern 9

Milton 3

Whether it was the scare given them by the Athletic Board, or the fact that baseball is being maintained as a major sport nobody knows, but the team went out and played swell ball to win a 9-2 victory over Milton. Ziesemer in liis second start of the season allowed only 7 hits and pitched shut-out ball until the ninth inning when 2 hits and an error allowed 2 runs to score. Our team put the game on ice in the second inning when 5 consecutive singles by the head of the batting order scored 5 runs. During the course of the game 4 more runs were added for good mea­ sure on timely hitting, for only 2 men were left on bases for our team, while 16 men waited in vain to be pushed home for Milton.

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Box Score Milton AB R H E 2 2 0 Hull, 2. b. ____ 5 2 2 1 Gilbert, c.

Keh’rtiermr:二---------3 0 10 Beebe, B” s. s.

Hoffmann, c. f.

Walthers, s. s.

Kujath, 1. b.----Staffeil, 3. b.— Koehler, c.

Ziesemer, p.

_____.6 110 _____ 5 10 0 _____ 4 0 10 _____ 5 2 2 1 _____ 6 011 _____ 5 13 0 --------------45 9 13 3

Polan, c.-------Deland, c. f. ™ Bladorn, r. f.….

Yoss, 3. b.-----Burdick, 1. f...

Miller, 3. b........

Sweeney, p...... .

Beebe, W., p...

AB R H E 0 0 3 ____1 110 ____4 0 2 0 ____4 110 ____2 0 0 0 ____4 0 0 0 ____3 011 ___ *3 0 10 ____2 0 0 1 ____2 011 ____1 0 0 0 32

2

7

6

Summary: Three base hits—Burdick. Two base hits—Polan. Base on Balls—Ziesemer 6, Sweeney 0. Struck out—Ziesemer 8, Sweeney 1, Beebe 21

TENNIS U. Extension 3 Northwestern 3 On May 3 the tennis team, playing their first match, held the Extension team, defending titalists, to a 3-3 tie.

After losing the first 3 singles matches, a win by T. Frey and two by the two doubles teams squared the match.

Beamish (E) over Koeninger (N) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.

Lang (E) over Sclialler (N) 6-4, 6-2.

Gratz (E) over Grabner (N) 6-3, 7-5.

Frey (N) over Froemmings (E) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Schaller-Koeninger (N) over Gratz-Murray (E) 6-1, G-3.

Berg-Grabner (N) over Weyland-MacCrory (E) 6-2, 6-1.

Northwestern 3 Milton 3 On May 8 the teniiis team tied their second match of the year with the Milton team. Play was very even, every match but one going to 3 sets.

Dallmann (M) over Koeninger (N) 6-0, 8-10, 7-5.

Doran (M) over Sclialler (N) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.

Grabner (N) over Davis (M) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

Fred (N) over Hull (M) 8-6, 6-3.

Schaller-Koeninger (N) over Doran-Davis 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.

Dallmann-Hull (M) over Berg-Grabner 4-6, 6-1, G-0.

Northwestern 2 Whitewater 5 The tennis team lost its first match in 3 years on. May 10, dropping a 5-2 decision to the Whitewater Teachers.

Sclialler and Berg scored the only two singles victories.

M. Boutelle (W) over Koeninger (N) 6-3, 6-3.

Sclialler (N) over E. Boutelle (W) 6-8, 6-3, 6-2.

Luckow (W) over Grabner (N) 6-3, 6-4.

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Berg (N) over I-Iartel (W) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

M. & E. Boutelle (W) over Schaller-Koeninger (N) 6-2, 6-3.

Hartel-Miller (W) over Berg-Grabner (N) 8-6, 10-8.

S. O. E. 7 Northwestern 9 Although outhit 8 to 12 the Goslings managed to take a 9-7 victory over the School of Engineering for their fourth consecutive win of the season. Goodrow, a south­ paw, pitched good ball for the losers chalking up 15 strike­ outs, and had it not been for the poor support given him he might have ended our team’s winning streak. Our team drew first blood with a three-run outburst in the first in­ ning on two errors and a hit by Peil. They added one in the second inning and two in the fifth inning. Horn, the Gosling starting pitcher, pitched well until a 3-run outburst drove him from the box in the fifth inning. Nolting, who replaced him, lasted until the seventh inning when a 3-run splurge drove him to cover. With the score tied at 7 all Birkholz, Hoffmann and Walthers, swinging from the left side of the plate made scratch hits down the third base line, and 2 runs crossed the plate. Ziesemer, replacing Nolting held the visitors scoreless for the final two innings and the Goslings’ winning streak was as yet unbroken.

NortKwcstcrn Birkholz, 2. b....

Peil, 1. f..........

Hoffmann, c. f.

Koch, r. f...........

Walthers, s. s. • Kujath, 1. b.......

Staffeil, 3. b....

Koehler, c.

Horn, p....

Nolting, p.

Ziesemer, P-

Box AB R H E ...5 2 2 1 ...5 2 10 ...4 1 1 1 ...3 2 0 0 ..5 1 3 0 ,..5 0 0 0 3 111 .4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 0 0

Score AB S. O. E. 一 .5 Kroll, 3. b.— —4 Frangish, 1. b.

Zanacannt, 2. b. ------------4 Nirenberg, r. f.........

—■5 Danielson, s. s.-----.…..5 Zakowski, 1. f.-----•—5 Reeve, c. f.. ……4 Macsorely, c. ……4 Goodrow, p..

RHE 0 1 2 12 1 2 3 2 110 0 2 0 110 0 2 0 000 200

40 7 12 6

37 9 8 5 Summary: Three base hits—Nirenberg. Struck out—Goodrow 15, Horn 1, Ziesemer 1. Base on Balls—Goodrow 4, Horn 2.

ATTENTION ALUMNI Oil up those gloves, get those baseball shoes out of the trunk, and work the kinks out of those arms because an Alumni game is scheduled for this year. In connection with the Anniversary Celebration the Alumni game is to be resumed after a lapse of five years. So let’s all plan on playing again and really show the College boys a thing or two about the game.

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0 The Alumni Society convened in the college gymnasium on Commencement Day, Thursday, June 15, 1939, at 2:10 P. M.f for its annual meeting. The president, the Reverend E. Benj.

Schlueter, presided. The roll call was taken. There were present fifty-five members, representing classes from 1881 to 1935. The minutes of the preceding meeting were approved as read. At the request of the class through its president, Mr. Richard Jungkuntz, the graduating class of 1939, composed of twenty-eight members was admitted into membership.

The treasurer, Prof. T. Binhammer, submitted his annual report. It follows: Report of Income and expenses for the year ending

June 15, 1939

Income: Dues............................. $194.35 Interest....................... . 55.00 Total Income............ $249.35 Expenses: Postage and Envelopes Rent of Deposit Box 1937-，38, v1938-’39........ .

Total Expenses......

Net Income....

6.00

.5.50 $ 11.50 $237.85

Cash Accounts: Balance, June 15th, 1938...............

From dues.....................................

From Interest.............................. .

Total cash to be accounted for.

$122.98 194.35 ■ 55.00 $372.23

Disbursements: Expenses................................. .$ 11.50 Balance in Bank.......................

-$360.83" $6154.04 Total investments at costs Theodore Binhammer, Treasurer An Auditing committee, composed of the Pastors A. Schewe and E. Scharf, and Dr. Sauer, was appointed by the Chairman.

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RED It was resolved to send greetings to Dr. J. H. Ott. and to wish him a speedy recovery from his illness. The motion was adopted to send greetings to the Pastors E. Pankow，’72, the only surviving member of the first class graduated: C. Sauer, ’77, and Prof. A. Pieper, who has completed sixty years in the service of the Lord.

The society honored the memory of: the Pastors John Jenny, ’81; J. Spilmann, *87; H. Schultz, ’78; M. Michaels, ’99; S. Jedele, ’02; Philip Frochlke, 716, and Dr. Charles Ernst, ’89.

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

The chronicler. Prof. M. Franzmann, presented biographical sketches of Dr. 0. Felland，’76; J. Spikmann，’87; A. Halfmann, *97, The chronicler was instructed to prepare a questionaire for alumni on the data of their life.

In conformity with the resolution of the meeting of 1938 on the observation of the sixtieth anniversary of the Alumni Society, the Chairman presented the tentative plans of the officers. The proposal to have an alumni mixer with lunch and refreshments on Thursday evening, August 3, in the week of the synod convention, was adopted. It was resolved to invite the ladies. The motion was made and adopted to include the lay delegates also. Expenses will be covered by a charge of fifty cents per person.

The report of the treasurer, having been examind by the auditing committee and attested as correct, was adopted and placed on file.

Adjournment followed at 3:20 P. M. Walter A. Schumann, Secretary.

Notice Meeting of the Alumni Society

On Commencement Day, Tuesday, June 11, following the noontime luncheon, there will be a meeting of the Alumni Society in the gymnasium.

E. Benj. Schlueter, President.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CLASS OF 1940

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LITERARY— English Oration— Printing Before Luther

76

German Oration— Das Bennett-Gesetz

80

Strange Interview

83

EDITORIALSeventy Five Years

86

Philippics:

87

Modern Version

Reflections

90

MUSICAL ORGANIZATION PICTURES.....................

93

CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

96

ALUMNI NOTES

102

ATHLETICS

103

To the Class of

1940

The Class of 1940

Delmar Brick, Pres.

Manitowoc, Wi*.

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Fritz Peterson, Vice-Pres.

Fertile； Minn.

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Traugott Bradtke, Sec’y-Treas.

Iron Ridge, Wis.

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George Boldt Milwaukee, Wis.

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John Brenner Milwaukee, Wis.

Jack deRuiter Detroit, Mich.

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Donald Grummert Plymouth, Nebraska

Albrecht Habben Raymond, So. Dak.

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Marcus Horn Zumbrota, Minn.

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Willard Kehrberg Frankenmuth, Mich,

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Robert Koch Lowell, Wis.

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Clarence Koepsell Lomira, Wis.

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John Kohl Manitowoc, Wis.

Robert Krause Milwaukee, Wis.

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Dietrich Kuehl Selby, So. Dak.

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Frederick Naumann Watertown, Wis.

Reinhart: Pope Milwaukee, Wis.

Harold Sauer Milwaukee, Wis.

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Ralph Schaller Saginaw, Mich.

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Delton Tills Manitowoc, W!s.

Ray Wiechmann New Ulm, Minn.

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume XLIV.

Watertown, Wis., June 1940 i.

Number 3

One Dollar.

ENGLISH ORATION F. Peterson

Printing Before Luther Since words are the only means of communicating knowl­ edge, it follows that every improvement in this means of communication is an aid in the spreading of knowledge. Such an increase in general knowledge was the result of the spread of the Greek language thruout the early Roman Empire, and such is proving to be the result of the universal ad potion of the radio today. Such also was the result of the perfection of a practical printing press.

There had been printinp： in China centuries before Guten­ berg lived. But it must be borne in mind that this printing was done by means of single blocks of wood comprising a whole page on which the characters were laboriously carved by hand.

This type of printing was introduced into Europe shortly after 1400.

A Mr. Coster of Haarlem, Holland, made the next great advance when about 1440 he cut up these wooden blocks into in­ dividual letters, which were held together by threads and which could be used to make a second page when one had been printed.

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RED But Coster died without making his improvement practical or revealing it to the world.

It remained for Johann Gutenberg of Strassburg to establish printing as we know it today as a practical undertaking. It is generally assumed that by 1445 he had completed his great con­ tributions to printing, which are three: the movable metal type, made by casting; secondly, the actual press with its type mould; and thirdly, a viscous ink suitable for metal surfaces.

Though earlier books are sometimes credited to Gutenberg, the first definitely known product of his press is a Latin Bible printed in 1455 at Mainz. This is known as the “42 line” Bible.

Forty-five copies are still extant.

After the sack of the city of Mainz in 1462 there was a rapid spread of the art of printing thruout Europe. Guten­ berg^ assistants, driven out of Mainz, set up printeries in their new places of abode. The first press was set up in Italy in 1464 in the monastery at Subiaco, where almost ten centuries earlier the Benedictine order had been founded. In 1470 three Germans set up a press in Paris. Six years later Caxton began printing at the Red Pale in Westminster Abbey, London. Within fifty years the art of printing was being practised in every country of Europe.

The printing of books was a manifestation of the spirit of the times. At this time men were again becoming interested in something beyond the bare bread and batter affairs of life, were shaking off the mental shackles of superstition and abject dependence on the church. The crusades had something to do with this; the decay of feudalism and the fall of Constantinople did their bit also. Printing came to be the handmaiden and torchbearer of this great emancipation.

Printers lent their services to all three of the great fields of literature of the day. These were Bibles and theological books, the classics, with Cicero in the lead, and the popular ballads and romances.

The new spirit of inquiry led more people to seek to find out for themselves just what the Bible did say. Its truths had long been obscured by papal decree and biased commentators.

The spirit revealed itself in the printing of Bibles in the modern tongues. Of these there were before Luther eighteen editions in German, ten in Italian, one in French, but none in English.

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RED That little material progress in this direction was made, though, is obvious when we consider that the Latin editions with their voluminous notes numbered in the same period over 125.

The classics, of course, had for some time been the main­ stay of university curricula, with the possible exception of theological schools. So it is not strange that there were large numbers of classical works printed from the very start. But the popularity of the handy and cheap enchiridion editions of Aldus Manutius of Venice is evidence that general interest in the classics as literature was on the increase.

The last important group of early printed books comprise popular works in the dress of modern language. Some printers, such as Caxton in England and the Lyons printers of southern France, put out this type of books almost exclusively. And here I think is the greatest influence of early printing. By creating literature in the vernacular in large volume, it helped to arouse the spirit of nationalism, an important characteristic of modern times. This will become clearer when one considers that a common language is one of the basic features of nationalism.

Hence printing1 was a harbinger of our modern era.

A few words are in place in regard to the men who made the printing press practical. As the pioneers and trailblazers of every age, they had to fight against overwhelming odds, and it is a tribute to their courage that they actually did succeed.

For example, Gutenberg was a poor man. The earliest record of his life is that of a lawsuit brought against him for a debt contracted in buying printing materials. Shortly after his first books came out, he lost his first press to his creditors. Yet he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give up. In some way or another he secured a second press and nan aged to put out books until his death a dozen years later.

Then again these men had to try their hand in many fields.

They were obliged to design and build their own equipment.

When they had done that they still were not ready to print a book. They had to translate and edit the materials for their books, and when they were printed, publish and sell them themselves. Because these men were better mechanics than scholars, their first books were far inferior to the manuscripts of the day, and consequently, hard to sell.

The men who copied manuscripts constituted a mighty 78

5MIED opposition. They sought to discredit printing; not only because the work of the first printers was inferior to theirs, but above all because printing was a serious threat to their very occupa­ tion and livelihood. Their antipathy was obviated, when printers began to hire them to prepare copy for the presses, and when the installation of printing presses in universities and monasteries became general, as it did toward the end of the century.

The church also offered the printing industry opposition.

From the start it had looked askance at the great avalanche of profane literature which the printing press was releasing to an everwidening public. However, fortunately for subsequent culture, it took no active measures until near the close of the century when the printing industry was strongly enough established to withstand its assaults. The church did succeed, though, in limiting the number of books printed.

Another difficulty early printers had to contend with was pirating of books. In those days there were no copyright laws.

The printers of Lyons were noted for this practice.

In spite of all these difficulties, the printing industry grew.

By the second decade of the sixteenth century it had assumed an important position in the life of the times. It was a big business, combining the efforts of writers, translators, illumi­ nators, leather workers, and huge selling agencies; it was repre­ sented in every country of Europe. But of greatest significance is this. Books, good books, on every subject, were now available at one-fifth the price of fifty years earlier.

Such then, was the position of printing, when Luther appeared on the scene. He was to give it a message to bear, such as the world has not since seen. This message, when it came, was to swell beyond the covers of Luther’s little booklets, was to burst forth in a flood which touched and warmed the hearts of millions, yet smote upon and rocked the enthroned powers that held those hearts in the cold shackles of fear and ignorance. This message is Luther’s revivified doctrine of justification by faith.

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RED GERMAN ORATION Willard Kehrberg

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S3 or gecabe fitnf^ig Saljren raac ba§ Sennett=@efe|j Don (irofeer S3ebeutung in unferen lut^erifd^en ^reijen. S3 or fiinfgig Sa^ren, baS fjeifjt, Bei bent funfunbgmangigia^rigen 3ubi(fium unferer 況orth meftecn Uniuerfitat im Saf)te 1890, gab eS Diet unb ⑽ige3 ©efprnd) itber bag 93ennetts@e[e(j. llnfere ^kofe丨丨oren 沖 ber ijeit, befonberS 艰rofeffor (Srnft unb hotter 9io(j, fdjcieben utefeS unb fjieften tjiele 9ieben gegen bn§ 迟emiett=®e㈣• roar bie§ eine fritif由e _3eit im 3al)re 1890, ba eS nod) Snbianecfciege im SBeften gab, unb unfere Nation bie 穴iille ilicer ^rafte gu fiiljten begann. gab ftarfe Sluf* regung in biei'eut 2eit SBi^conftnS, roei( gerabe l)iec, in ber Umgegenb Don 9Ki(roaufee, ein SDiittefpunft bee 5)eutidjamenfanec roar, bie bieS ®efe(j, at§ einen birccten ©ingriff in itjre perfontidje anfa^en. ©i|jig maren bie SMnipfe bamals unb ftarfe SluSbriicfe flogen ^tn unb juriirt in bent 货ampf iibec bn§ SJennett*@efefe. ?lber iua? ranteiqent(ic^ bn§ 53ennett=©eie^ ba^ uii丨ere 55orfa[)ren fo r)eftig bagegen tampften? 3)aS ®e[e(j raac juncidjft ein ©dju(* sroangggefe^. 5)ie 2egi封atur Don 28i?con[in mad)te bieS ©efefe im 3的re 1889. S)er fdjeinbare Sroecf biefeS ©efe^eg war, afle ©djuten beg ©taateS unteu g(eidje Orbnung unb gteidjeg @efe|j bringen. 职an由en Seuten fdiien bieS ®e⑽ ein StM gutec OcDnung ju fein, aber unfere ^iUjrcc in bee SBiSconfinfynobe fafjen, ba& 為inter bent ©efe^ feinblidjec ©inn [tect'e, bee unfere ©emeinbe间u[en auSrotten monte. 3(bee biefer 洽ajj muebe in bent ©efejj |*o oerbeett, bajj ein oberfladjlidjer iiefer i^n nid]t meefen roiirbe, oljne bafe ec barauf au卜 meeffam gema由t nmrbe. 95te(e Seute fonnten fagen, M5Barum finb bie Seutjdjen fo Ijeftig gegen ba§ 93ennett:®e㈣？ SBit tonnen feinen ©cunb bafitc in bem ®efe|? finben. ©ie erregen fid) raegen 5lber eS tuaS nidjt oI)ne ©runb, bajj bie ©eutfdjen fid) erregten, berm 办inter ber gefeijlidjen ©pradje lag ein Safe gegen unfere ©emeinbe* f由uleit, eine Seftimmung fie absufdjaffen. ?lber tutr werben in ba3 ©efefc ^ineinfd^auen unb fe^en, wie fie ibren 职an auSf的ren woflten.

S)aS ©e[e^ roar, roie i由 unc^er gejagt ^abe, ein ©dju(jmang§gefej}. ridjtete etUdje 9?eget fur bie Winter, bie gur ©djule geljen totlen, ein. Sum erften, bte Winter im 31 Iter Don fieben bis tiierge^n Sa^ren, mflffen eine ©djule be[ud)en. 3麵 anbern, ber ©c^ulbefudj 80

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ber Winter \oU ununtetBco^en jein; e8 Joll !ein ^flidjtuecjaumniij geBen. S)aS ©efe^ ging and) raeiter unb |efete etlid)e ©tcafen feft, bie fur Joldie SBcrfaumniffc getten foOten. ©o meit, \o gut. 迈ber meiter, bie ©d)u(ef bie bag Slinb Befudjt, wurbe nad) ge= roijfec SBeife einge^ranft. SBenn bie ©djule in eincrn anberen 5)iftri!t (ag, burfte ba§ ^inb fie ni由t Befudjen. S)ie§ roar ein Harer ©ingciff in bie 9^ed)te bee OemeinbeJdjuten, benn in man由en Steiten beS ©taateS, in oereinfamten SDiftcitten, gab eS nur eine ©emeinbe* ferule fur graei ober bcei S)iftrifte ober XomnS. 9iad) biejer 則aufet burfte !ein 货inb aufeecljatb jeineS 5)iflri!tS gur ©由uk obwoljt z9> teine ©emeinbe ba gab unb bie @(tecn tote! tieBer fid) bemitlien mollten, urn ba§ 货mb in eine djrifUi由e ©djufe gu fdjicEen. ©eftion 5 uon bem S3ennett*©efe^:"货eine ©d】u(e foil, unter biefem ©eje|j, als eine ©djute angeferjen weeben, e3 fei benn, baft in berfetBen, ats 丈eit be? @tementar=Unterrid)teS bee Winter, Seien, ©djreiBen,況e由nen unb bie ©efdjic^te ber S5eceinigten ©taaten in ber engKfdjen ©procEje geteljrt S)iefe ©eftion tear oljne ^tneifet ein flatec Slngtiff auf bie ©emeinbe间ulen, benn ju ber Beit roar in ben meiften ©emeinbenfc^ulen ^eut[dj bie ©auptfpra由e. i)ie 资inber, bie nad) ber ©djute !amenf fatten uon ©auje auS, beutfd) gefprodjen unb fo wurbe aud) iljr Untercidjt in ber ©djute in ber beutjdjen @pra由e ge^alten. 3u unferer Beit fc^en rotr nid)t§ oefci^rtidjeS barin, bafj ber ©taat bebtngen [ott, bajj brei gadjec in ber ©djute in bee englif由en ©pradje geteljrt roerben miiffen, ober ratr miiffen un8 au由 ecinnern, bafe int 3的re 1890 bie beut(d)e ©pradje nod) eine ^auptfpradje in bem ©taat SEBiSconfin war. @in ^ocrefponbent ber S^icago tribune 加m 3的re 1890 ec!(arte bie Seute Don S»nenu fur bie reinften S3arbaren, rocil fie fo raenig engtifd) [pradjen. Sn 93e^UQ auf biefe Sebingung, gaben bie SDeutfdjen gu, bafe iljre Winter @ngUf由 in ber ©c^ute (ernen foflten, bamit fie aud) gute93urgec wiir* ben, aber, bag @ngli丨由 Me ^auptjpradje in einer ©djute, beren ©djiiter afle ®eutfd) a(8 9Kuttec[pcac^e gebcaudjten, [ein folle, raoKten fie nid^t gugeben. @tig【U由 unb 5)eutjd) fatten feit ein ^unbert S^)ten neben einanber a(§ ©pradjen in ^rieben flenio^nt. SBarurn nun biefe ^ugcottung ber beutfdjen ©pradje, unb bagu aud) biefer 贝ngriff auf bie ©emeinbef由ulen? war aud) flat nad) biefem @efe^, bog bie Winter nur eine ©djule, bie oon ber ©djulbe^orbe be§ S)iftri!tS aner!annt tuurbe, be* fu由en burften. ?lber nicgenbsroo Jjiefe eS in bem ©efels, baft bie ©djulfie^orbe eine ©由ule, bie alle Sebingungen be3 ©ejefeeS ecfiitlt 81

RED Datte, onerfennen mufjte. ©erabe in ba§ 93e(icben ber ©djulbeljorbe murbe eg gefteUt, oB fie erne 沿riuat丨d】ule ats eine geje^idje ©dju(e an* erfennen rooQte ober ni由t.职it fold) einer 货raft fonnte eine ©dEjut* Beljorbe fid) roeigecn, tie ©emeinbef^uTen in ifjrem S)iftcift anguer* fennen. ©ann burften bie ^inber bie ©emeinbefdjufen nid)t Befudjen, tie bie (5(tern burdj unb Dpfec aufgeridjtet fatten. Sine feinb* Hdje ©rf)u(bel)6rbe fonnte mit ge[e|j(id)em 況e由t in einer furgen 3eit alle ©emeinbefc^uten gufdjtiefjen unb abf由affen. Safe eine ©djulbe5orbe fo roiHfitcridj Oanbein roerbe, raac nidit nut ein Strgnjo^n ber S)eut[d^en. bem ©taat Sfiinoiw, rao ein a^n(id)eS ®e㈣ einge= ridjtet rourbe, gaB e§ ein 33eifpie(, tuie bie ©djuIbeJjotbe fid) roeigerte eine ©emeinbe|c^ule aiiguerfennen, obg(eid) bie ©djute ade gefe^idjen SBebingungen erfiidt【)atte. SDie ©emeinbef由ufe tuurbe gefd^toffen unb bie Seute, bie [o Diet fiit i巧re ©dju(e geopfert fatten, ntugten fid) barein eegeben. 5)ec SiofaIjd)ul6e()orbe rnumte bie§ ©e[e|j eine hjrannifdje ©eiuatt iiber bie s^ciuatfd)ulen ein. bie ©c^utbetjocbe fold) eine Wadjt unb ©croatt iiBec bie ©djuten Ijntte, lomiten bie ®eut丨由en nid)t leiben. @ie Scftimpften mit aU iljcen Slraften bie3 ©efe|}. S)te geroi由tigften Sinroanbe, momit fie bie3 ©efe|j befampften, maren gunadift, bafj ba§ ©efejj bie Seute t^ter ge[et\tid)en 穴reUieit Beraubte unb ferner, bnf3 baS ©efejj ben @Itern bie 9Jiad)t itBer bie ©csierjung ifjrec 贷inter naljnt. 3)urd) bie ^onftitution rourbe iebent bie perjonlidje grei^eit sugefidjert, gu ftreben gu CeBen.賴er bieS angeborene 況etfjt su fireben ju fein murbe bur由 bie§ ©eje^ angegriffen, benn fobatb Srembe ben @(tern Dor间reiben bitrfen, tuie [ie bie Winter eraiefjen fotlen, ift ba3 gamilien* g(iict geftort. 5)aburct) murbe ben 9J2enfdjen aud) bie ©eroiffenSfcei* ^eit geraubt, benn bie§ ©efe|j naljnt ben 货irdjen i^re ©tauten, roorin fie bie Slinbec in bem 由dftli由eit ©Cauben uateccirfjteten. SBeit baS 58ennetts©efe^ fol由e grunbfft抑由en Siedjte angriff, betdnipften bie S)eut丨由en e3.

5(ber mie rourbe ba^ Sennett=©efe^ abge^afi? Sin ^erbft beS Sauces 1890 gingen bie S)eutfdEjen ju ben SBaJfurnen unb mit i^cen ©timrnen erroarjtten fie einen ©ouernor unb ©e[et\geber, bie fit^ Qegen baS Bennett*©efe^ ertlcirten. S)ie republi!ani[d)e ^Sactei tourbe bas burd) ge[d)Iagen, unb bie bemo!ratifd)e Cartel, bie fid) gegen bafe ©e* fe| ertlcirte, fam sum eeften 册al feit [edjSje^n gur Seitung ber Siegierung. S)aS ®efe衫 murbe in bem foigenben Sa^re abgetait. @o uerteibiflten fid) bie S)eut[d]amecifanec, befonberS bie Sut^erancc# gegen bie§ ©e[e^, ba3 bie ©emeinbefdjuten angegtiffen Jatte.

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RED STRANGE INTERVIEW Ardin D. Laper

With pointless punctuality the sun is rising to illuminate a blazing hell.

During the night I’ve lain fearfully clinging to the roots of a tree in Europe.

I am a correspondent come to the scene of battle to write a human interest story.

I would like to tell the world the thoughts of fighting men.

I would like to tell you how men below feel when a bomber dives from clouds as if from nowhere and its target becomes a violent volcano.

I would like to tell you how men in bombers feel when the heat of roaring flames is all around with only space below and then the ground.

Surely these men must have thoughts, but they cannot tell me them.

They are too busy or they are dead.

And so I write the thoughts of other than men who have more time.

THE FIRST

‘‘Some noise, eh? ! I’m a stone in a fence or rather I was in a fence until something big and heavy crawled over the fence.

For a minute I thought I’d be crushed but I rolled off the fence on the soft sod and then that big thing passed over me and now I’m in the sod. Sure is an awful noise! What’s it all for, any­ way?^ THE SECOND

"Boy, what a noise! I sure was scared for a while when that big thing crawled over that fence. I though sure it was coming right fer me and if it had, I guess I’d be just so much pulp. I feel sorta’ self-conscious putting out green leaves when everything else is so colorless. But them leaves have been green every Spring and I guess I can’t change ’em this Spring. I got a couple of renters staying with me but I don’t see how they stand it here with all this noise. What’s it all about, anyway?”

THE THIRD

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»RED guess no one would hear me anyway with all this noise. Me and my wife wouldn’t be staying here if it weren’t for them four eggs my wife’s got to sit on up there. If we’d known there was gonna’ be such a disturbance around these parts, we’d ’a’ never come back here this Spring. Say, what’s all this noise about, anyway?’’

THE FOURTH

"I guess you almost didn’t see me but I can really give you the ‘low down’ on this business ’cause I’m a worm and I been into things. Pretty funny I am, eh? S’pose you wonder why I ain’t feeling sadder—well, you see this disturbance don’t bother me much ’cause now I can crawl around in the ground right under the bird’s feet and he can’t hear me. In fact, I’d like to shake the fellows hand that started this rumpus. I ain’t heard such a lot of good noise in a long time. But what’s all the rumpus for —surely not jes’ to make the world a better place to live in for angle worms, is it?”

THE FIFTH

“My, my, isn’t that noise awful! And a bee just stopped in and told me that it is this way for miles around. I guess I’m pretty delicate to be standing out here all alone but I can’t move and so far I，ve been missed, and what’s more, no one seems to care. I guess I’m not even noticed and that makes me a little disappointed ’cause I thought I looked so pretty this morning in my little white petals—well, they were white until that wadayamacallit crawled next to me and spilled something red on them. Do you know why it came to spill red on my pretty petals or why it wants to lay there with all this noise around?”

THE SIXTH

44Yes, I can give you an interview. I couldn’t have five minutes ago because then I was kept busy by something inside of me. What ever it was, it seems to have gone out of me now and there seems nothing in the world to hurry me. rm the fault of the petals of that flower getting spattered with red.

I didn’t really mean to—I couldn’t help it. It seems something hard came unto me and made a hole, and then that thing that’s been pushing me jumped out, and some of that red stuff went with it and spilled on the flower. I don’t understand it all my84

RED self, but that’s the way it seemed to me. I didn’t ever quite understand either why I was pushed on to come out here in this noise in the first place. But I guess that wasn’t any of my business.”

THE SEVENTH AND LAST

‘‘If you want an interview from me, you’ve got to come down to earth ’cause that’s just what I am. I know I don’t look very brilliant just being a little clod of dirt but I can really tell you what this is all about ’cause with me it’s old stuff.

5fou see, the reason that corpse and flower and worm don’t know what it’s all about is because they haven’t seen things like I have. Of course, I admit some of these new noises even sur­ prised me a little. But I’ve been hearing so many new noises in my life that they don’t bother me much any more. You see things have been happening like this ever since I can remember.

It’s one of the ways things get changed. I sorta’ hated to see changes come too at first but I kinda’ got used to them and doggone if things don’t usually come out for the better when it’s all over! Course I’m not saying I know exactly how this is all gona* turn out but you can be pretty snre that that stone over there will get dug out of the sod again and that there'll be more trees and birds and flowers here after these and they’ll come and go as if this noise never was. That corpse may be reverently carried away or it may just lie there and become a part of me sooner and with less fuss.

"I don’t see why that stone is so surprised about all this.

He came to the surface about twenty five years ago and went through a noise almost as loud as this. But I guess he’s for­ gotten about that, “Oh yes, my dear dumb friends, the noise will sometime stop again and when it does I may have changed my nationality somewhat, but what is so strange about that? i’ve done it before.”

I’m not quite sure I understand all that was told by the clod of dirt but maybe he’s right----- here comes an airpl....

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^^itnrtals Seventy Five Years..........

NNIVERSARIES of colleges are usually taken as opportuni‘ ties to look back and point with pride. Some of the things which are pointed out are tremendous growth in enrollment and falculty, beautiful and impressive buildings, large endowments, a long list of famous alumni and the like.

We at Northwestern College perhaps cannot boast of any phenomenal growth, of buildings and other outward things, but we are nevertheless deeply thankful that our institution has re­ ceived so many blessings for seventy-five years. We are thank­ ful for professors who have trained young men in the Arts and Classics, and who above all have instilled in hundreds of students the tenets of the pure doctrine. We are thankful for alumni who have by their work shown that the education they received at Northwestern was a firm foundation upon which their life work was built. We are thankful for worthy students who were and are a credit to their Alma Mater. We are thank86

赛RED ful for the support given by all the members of the synod.

For all these things and many more we are thankful and confident that the gracious God who has thus far showered blessings upon us and will be with us with the same blessings for the future.

G. Franzmann

Philippics: Modern Version..........

EMOSTHENES* Third Philippic bears witness to the D desperate struggle of the Athenian people to maintain their own freedom and the freedom of all Greek city-states against the tide of imperialism sweeping down upon them f*om the North. The growing power of Philip caused Demosthenes to adopt a policy of “collective security” against the Macedonian military dictatorship. In this clas­ sic speech Demosthenes first protests against those who “study to win your favor rather than to give the best ad­ vice*f and then promises that he himself will give helpful, if unwelcome, advice. It is no longer a question of peace or war, he says; “Philip has settled that by acts of hostility committed as is his custom, without preliminary warning.”

His widespread activities all the way from the Chersonesus to Elis show that lie is a real menace to all the Greek states, who are now sick with internal dissention and corruption.

His improved methods of warfare have made him too for­ midable for Athens single-handed. Athens must keep liim employed at a distance, while she first silences his agents and then persuades all the other states to sink their differ­ ences and make common cause with Athens, the hereditary chaipnion of Greek liberty.

AVliile England Slept, a collection of Winston Cliurcliill’s speeches on Foreign Affairs and National Defense, con­ tains so many echoes of Demosthenes’ thoughts, ideas and spirit that one is tempted to draw a comparison between it and the Third Philippic. Demosthenes answered the ques­ tion of whether Philip was keeping the peace or not thus: “I assert that when lie lays hands on Megara, sets up tyran­ nies in Euboea, makes his way, as now, into Thrace, hatches l^ots in the Peloponnese, and carries out all these opera­ tions wiih his armpcl force, he is breaking the peace aiul mkinj； war upon you—unless you are prepared to say that the men who bring： ud the siege-engines are keeping tlie peace until they actually bring them to bear on the walls.”

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RED In 1932 when Germany claimed equal rights with regard to armaments Churchill spoke, “Mo'v the demand is tnat Germany should be allowed to rearm. Do not delude your­ self. Do not his majesty's government believe........... that all that Germany is asking for is equal status. . . . That is not what Germany is seeking. All these bands of sturdy Teutonic youths, inarching through the streets and roads of Germany, with the light of desire in their eyes to suffer for tlieir Fatherland, are not looking for status. They are look­ ing for weapons and when they have the weapons, believe me they will ask for the return of lost territories and lost colonies, and when that demand is made it cannot fail to shake and possibly shatter to their foundations every one of the countries 1 have mentioned (Belgium, Poland, Ru­ mania, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia).” In the same speech speaking of Germany, 44where the parliamentary sys­ tem and the safeguard of the parliamentary system are in abeyance,” he said, “I (lo not know where Germany’s par­ liamentary system stands today but certainly military men are in control of the essentials.”

In 1934 Churchill told an unheeding House, “The scene has changed. The terrible new fact has occurred. Ger­ many is arming—she is rapidly arming—and no one will stop her. None of the grievances between the victors and the vanquished have been redressed. The spirit of aggres­ sive nationalism was never more rife in Europe and in the world.”

Philip had built up a permanently organized profes­ sional army of lighter, faster troops who together with the fifth columnists had already been more than a match for the amateur militia and mercenaries of the Greek citystates. Demosthenes speaking of Philip’s Blitzkrieg tactics said, “I consider that nothing has been more revolutionized and improved than the art of war.” In 1935 Churchill, real­ izing that Germany had reached air parity with Britain, declared: “From being the least vulnerable of all nations we have, through development in the air, become the most vulnerable, and yet, even now we are not taking the mea­ sures which would be in true proportion to our needs.”

A direct parallel to Demosthenes* Pan-Hellenic idea is Churchill’s idea of collective security, which was to change the League of Nations from shadow to substance. ‘‘This Rhineland episode is but a step, a stage, an in­ cident in this process. There is fear in every country, all round. Even here in this island with some protection from distance, there is fear, deep fear. What is the fear and what 88

RED is the question which arises from that fear? It is, ‘I-Iow are we going to stop this war which seems to be moving towards us in so many ways?’

“There are of course, two practical foreign policies for our country. The first is an alliance between Great Britain and France, the two surviving liberal democracies of the West, who, strongly armed, rich, powerful, with the sea at their disposal, with great air forces and great armies, would stand with their backs to the ocean and allow the explosion which may come in Europe to blast its way eastward or southward. That is a practical foreign policy, but I hope we shall not resign ourselves to that without an earnest ef­ fort to persevere in the other policy—namely, the establish­ ment of real collective security under the League of Nations and of the reign of law and respect for international law throughout Europe. ... I desire to see the collective forces of the world invested with overwhelming power. If you are going to depend on a slight margin, one way or the other, you will have war.” (1936).

Demosthenes had to face the fact that there was fear, deep fear among the Athenians, but he unflinchingly at­ tacked this fear, asserting that the very root of their evil was this reluctance to face disagreeable facts “'vlien you count your chances and discover that tliere is nothing left for you to do.” Churchill also faced this problem of fea* and worry. With the Spanish Civil War raging on one side of England and a united Germany rapidly rearming on the other Churchill spoke ominously.

“We seem to be moving, drifting, steadily, against our will, against the will of every race and every people and every class, towards some hideous catastrophe. Every­ body wishes to stop it, but they do not know how. We have talks of Eastern and Western Pacts, but they make no greater security. Armaments and counter-armaments pro­ ceed apace, and we must find something new. Worry has been defined by some nerve specialists as ‘a spasm of the imagination.’ The mind, it is said, seizes hold of something and simply cannot let it go. Reason, argument, threats, are useless. The grip becomes all the more convulsive. But if you could introduce some new theme, in this case the practical effect of a common purpose and of co-operation for a common end, then indeed it might be that these clenched fists would relax into open hands, that the reign of peace and freedom might begin, and that science, instead of being a shameful prisoner in the galleys of slaughter, 89

5PRED might pour her wealth abounding into the cottage homes of every land.” (1937).

At the end of the Third Pliillipic Demosthenes, assert­ ing that the Chalcidians and Megarians will be unable to save Greece, shouted to the Athenians, “This is a task for you. It was for you that your ancestors won this proud privilege and bequeathed it to you at great and manifold risk. But if every man sits idle, consulting his own pleasure and careful to avoid his own duty not only will he find no one to do it for him, but I fear that those duties that we wish to shirk may all be forced upon us at once.” At the very end of While England Slept stands Churcliill’s pathetic warning and admonition: “Now the victors are the vanquished, and those who threw down their arms in the field and sued for an armis­ tice are striding on to world mastery. That is the position —that is the terrible transformation that has taken place bit by bit. I rejoice to hear from the Prime Minister that a further supreme effort is to be made to place us in a posi­ tion of security. Now is the time at last to rouse the nation.

Perhaps it is the last time it can be roused with a chance of preventing war, or with a chance of coming through to vic­ tory should our efforts to prevent war fail. We should lay aside every hindrance and endeavor by uniting the whole force and spirit of our people to raise again a great British nation, rising in its ancient vigor, can even at this hour save civilization.” (1938).

These two works—the works of two “alarmists” who set about to arouse their people to action and who even­ tually came to wield the supreme power of tlieir peop】against the foe—both surely reflect a striking similarity of thought and spirit. Demosthenes’ attempt to stave off the rising tide of imperialism proved unsuccessful; Athens was defeated. One can hardly avoid asking a question which seems to follow almost naturally: I-Iow will Churchiirs at­ tempt prove, successful or not? ^Churchill’s “While England Slept,” G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1938.

R. Gehrke

Reflections IF ONE examines the catalog of our college he will find that I its aim, continuous with that of our synod, is “to impart a liberal education in the Christian spirit, and especially to prepare students to take up the study of theology.” Without a doubt, 90

RED the institution as such has not deviated from its course. Boards, faculties and our instructors have given their every effort to maintain our standards. And certainly, we cannot say that they have been lax or that they have worked in vain. The results have proved quite the contrary.

But so far I have spoken from the standpoint of a student; I said they have followed the course. What about us as students?

Naturally, it is not our aim to impart the education; ours is to be receptive of what is offered. Our aim is further to be prepared as students. . . . The languages, sciences, philosophy and history of our liberal education are presented to us today, as always, in the Christian spirit, which fact must remain first in our consideration. But aside from that, seldom, if ever, has our institution been better equipped to impart that education.

The question arises now, 44Are we, the students, equipped to be as receptive as possible?” “Are we going to get the best benefits we can out of what we have offered us?” “Are we conscious of the reason for which we are here?’’

The first two questions are highly debatable and their final answers will perhaps, for some, forever remain a matter of opinion. But what about the last one; this we can consider much more objectively, leaving the problem to personal reflec­ tion.

Naturally, any student, whether in high school or in college, can do better work if he has his purposes definitely in mind.

Does yours conform with that of the institution? Much of the slipshod work is done because students have no good idea of what they are doing. Anyone can readily think of examples. and only too frequently finds that it is highly applicable to him­ self, if he but seriously reflects upon his own case. Some students simply go along from day to day doing that which is required of them and nothing more. It’s a natural result of having no definite purpose in mind, a condition which affords them no way to judge the effectiveness of the work they are doing. Individ­ ual initiative can grow only from good soil, a solid purpose. If you find that your purpose lacks the qualities necessary to give it definite shape, consider for a moment the purposes which have already been influential in bringing you to school. Here, too, you may have to say, *Tm here because I’m here,” or upon more serious thought ‘‘I am not aware of just what it was that brought me here.” What might the reason have been?

Ask some students, and your answer will perhaps take shape like this: “I came because it’s the thing to do. It was 91

RED expected of me, and I just didn’t give it any further thought.”

Nearly everyone believes that school exerts a magic influence on those who attend. Many people believe that one needs but to enter school and go along from freshman to senior, and as a result he will be better equipped for all the responsibilites which life brings. If a person enters school at the high-school age with that sort of notion, one is inclined to be somewhat indul­ gent, but certainly not if he remains very long with that opinion.

When we come here at college age, we dare not retain the idea.

(My discussion has, in the last few words, perhaps lost some of its objectiveness. But let your own consideration weigh the matter, and I will not fear the results.) Our school offei's an education; it does not force it down anyone’s throat.

In a very small minority, fortunately, one may find that some are in school merely because of social advantages. Little need be said of such an attitude. Such students are highly liable to fall into habits of idleness and will develop laziness, which, as an expected result, lead him far astray from even obtaining such bagatelles as his social advantages.

Or perhaps ho has come in order to help himself earn a living. I don’t mean to open a discussion on vocational guidance, its merits or defects. Retrospect to the aim of our synod is sufficient to cover the question. “In the Christian spirit”, mercenary aims are of a necessity relegated far from the first consideration.

It is true, one learns to enjoy life by going to school. Not that it is impossible without schooling, but education does broaden one’s interests and extend his horizons. One who learns to appreciate music or the other arts has acquired for himself an unending source of satisfaction. If a person under­ stands the facts of science, he can see meanings in the experi­ ences of his everyday life, those which would lie hidden without a scientific appreciation or knowledge. As a result of the courses one takes, he is introduced to new books, books in a field which would otherwise be unknown to him. There is a benefit indeed in acquiring the reading habit. It need not be boredom; it can easily be an intellectual pleasure and stimulus.

Look at your case. Does it fall into any one of these catagories? Or do you have other purposes and aims? We as the students of Northwestern College cannot but be cognizant of the fact that we are offered “a liberal education in the Christian spirit.” What more need be said? What better offer could be made to anyone under any circumstances?

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Campus and Classroom Election Returns

The new athletic board members for next year: Sophomore, Birkholz.

Junior, Baganz.

Senior, Berg.

Other members are Pres. P. Kuehl, Vice Pres. Grams, and Sec. Baer.

A few days ago the board held its annual dinner party which description doesn’t quite cover all of it.

The Male Chorus officers for next year: Pres., H. Paustian.

Vice Pres., II. Gehrke.

Sec., R. Steffenliagen.

Lib., L. Grams.

The Phi Gamma Rho Literary Society: Pres., A. Laper.

Vice Pres., E. Hoffmann.

Sec., E. Hucbner.

Returns from other organizations are not in.

The Black and Red had its annual banquet without.

The local Memorial Day ceremonies went off as usual except for two things—a cavalry horse bucked off its rider (luring the parade and the speech was good.

Our Departing Brethren

A year ago this columnist wrote a short biography of the members of the class of '70 who are all dead. And right then and there this columnist decided that henceforth a record of the early life of each graduate should be kept in some easily accessible place. Accordingly, this year each one of the class of ’40 was interviewed in person. All infor­ mation, funny or otherwise, was given out by the heroes of the biographies and so our imagination can hardly claim any credit at all for what follows.

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RED Almost without exception tlie whole class has two things in common—their mothers all hoped they’d be presi­ dents and they all wanted to be firemen or “G” men. Nine of the twenty-one come from parsonages. Five are sons of farmers. All except two plan to go to the Seminary at Thiensville.

The President of ’40 is Delmar Carl August Brick who is smart and shy. He was born the son of a Creamery Man­ ager in Manitowoc on Dec. 12, 1918. He has lived in Mani­ towoc all his life and likes it. He can also play the violin.

One of his big early ambitions was to lead a band. During the last year he was president of the orchestra.

On Dec. 27, 1916, Fritz Elwyn Peterson was born at Lake Williams, N. D. He later moved to Fertile, Minn., and he is a son of the soil. His present home is at Red Lake Falls. “Pete” as he is known among friends is quiet, not a little brilliant and a bit cynical. He will most likely go to the University of Minnesota after this year. At one time he was intent on being an aviator. During the last year he was Editor of the Black and Red, Pres, of the Plii Gamma Rho, and Vice Pres, of his class.

On Nov. 8, 1918, at Cochrane, Wis. the fire whistle was blown and everyone thought the war was over. It proved to be a false alarm but little did the citizens know what they might have celebrated for on that day Traugott Paul Helmuth Bradtke first saw light. The Mississippi was right at his back door. When lie was two years old his parents moved to Alma City, Minn., where he lived until lie was six years old. Then he came to Iron Ridge where he still makes his home. His father is a pastor. “Mickey” claims to have gone through a grade school with the toughest student body in the country. Early in his life he liad military aspirations and today he’s in the cavalry carrying a clarinet. This little jittery general knows his music and German and was Pres, of our band this last year. He has charge of the class treas­ ury. The Seminary is doubtful.

Legend had it that George Boldt was born in KosciuskoPark, Milwaukee, but this is not so. Funny Man Boldt came in place of a turkey on Thanksgiving day Nov. 28, 1918.

Some have said that is when the slogan started, “Don’t ac­ cept substitutes.” But this isn’t so either. George came from the Polish section of Milwaukee and his father is a 97

RED mechanic. His early aspirations were, we quote, “shattered by the repeal of the 18th Amendment.” His biggest mo­ ment, he says, is when he said, “No.” He is bound for Sem­ inary.

The Synod Baby is what some call John Fredrich Bren­ ner for he was born during a Synod Conference at his father’s church in Milwaukee on August 10, 1917. His birthplace is on the corner of Eighth and Vliet in the Negro section which for some reason or other he calls the center of the universe. One of his first ambitions was to be a truck driver. He collects stamps and does interior and ex­ terior painting. Prince John is quite dignified except when lie’s —not.

Jachobus Arnold de Ruiter has come a long way. He was born in Haiiaam, Netherlands. The day of his birth was Dec. 26, 1917, and at the age of l1^ he brought his parents over to America with him. Their first stop was at Boston for four years and then he pushed westward to Detroit where his father is employed in the Packard Motor Co. plant. 1-Ie too wanted to be a Fireman and as for hobbies —he tests old sayings. For the last few years he’s been working on “variety is the spice of life” and “there is safety in numbers.” His findings in this field he will probably incorporate in liis “Abschieds Thema.” He is not without co-laborers in this research work.

Donald William John Grummert was born in Bower, Neb., which now is a ghost town, on Oct. 11, 1918. He stayed there for only about six weeks and then moved to the vi­ cinity of Plymouth where he lived for six years on a farm.

His schooling was in public ones until the fall of ’34 when he joined the class of ’40 as a Quartaner. It was his early ambition to become a railroad engineer but now he’s bound for the ministry.

On Jan. 2, 1917 little Albrecht Bernhard Habben was born in the wide open spaces near Crocker, S. D. After two years he moved to Raymond. Albrecht came here from New Ulm in the fall of *36. He has chosen the ministry as his work but he has been advised by some that he would also have abilities as a plumber.

Marcus Paul Horn was born at Morgan, Minn., oil August 30, 1918. He is the son of a pastor. When he was 98

RED eight years old he moved to Zumbrota, Minn., where his home still is. He likes to play football and baritone alon卜 with the cornet. He says he jes* sorta’ casually started goin’ to school and here lie is graduatin’ and ready for Seminary.

Somehow Horn never seems tuiiy dressed unless I-Iabben is near and vice-versa._____________ Willard Kehrberg, the child prodigy of ’40, says he was born early in his life—July 10, 1920 to be exact. His father is a minister and he plans to be one too. His early ambi­ tions were to grow up and to shave. He shaves. He can sit under a tree with a book of poetry and like it. He also enjoys baseball, plays saxophone, and sells shoes. It’s little Willie that’s making the German speech on Commencement Day. His present home is in Prankenmuth, Midi., and liis liigh school days were spent at the Academy in Saginaw.

Robert Jules Koch was born Sept. 23, 191S at Tomah, Wis., where his father was a minister. At the age of three he came to Lowell, Wis., where he has lived ever since. He likes baseball and swimming and planned to be a doctor until he watched his brother's appendix operation and so now he’s going to be a minister.

Clarence Arthur Koepsell was born the son of a drug­ gist at Mayville, Wis., on Dec. 3, 1919. Soon after his birth lie made his home in Lomira and his high school years were spent at the Winnebago Academy in Fond du Lac. I-Iis hob­ bies are playing the piano, anticipating the hit parade, and photography. If silence is genius at work, Koepsell has pretty much of a head start on many of liis classmates.

On Christmas eve 1918 at Two Rivers, Wis., John Henry Kohl came. His father was a Grocer. After living in Two Rivers a short time lie went to St. Louis, Mo. for three years. Prom there it was Port Washington for six, and then ten years in Manitowoc. His home now is at Mishicot. He hunts deer with bow and arrow and has an ability to make funny. Also lie collects coins and at one time wanted to be a G-man.

Robert Paul Krause was born at Manitowoc, Wis., on Nov. 5, 1918. His father is a parochial teacher in Milwau­ kee but when Robert came he was in training for service in the Great War. Robert collects stamps and one time, when 99

RED lie was younger, spent a whole day looking for cigar bands at Waukesha Beach. We can do nothing but agree, I guess, when he says that his birth was the most important thing that happened in his life. He brought Pope with him from Concordia, Milwaukee, in the fall of ’3S. Near I-Iolte, Germany on Sept. 28, 1917, Dietrich August Kuehl was born the son of a Farmer. He then came to America and settled on a 300 acre farm near Selby, S. D. Mobridge is responsible for his high school training. He planned once to be a cowboy but now lie’s going to the Sem­ inary. I-Iitler wanted him back last year, but we couldn’t afford to let him go, and so Hitler is getting along as well as he can without. Dietrich.

Fredrick Arnold Naumann was born at West Bloomliekl,入vis., on Jb’el). 10, 1918. At the age of eight lie came to Watertown where liis father serves as pastor for the Bethescla Home. Me enjoys football, tobogganing, and basket­ ball and likes to diaw. IIe*s going to Thiensville but at one time thoughl seriously of being an artist. One of his big moments, lie says, was when he sat next to Martha Raye.

Reinhart John Fredrick Pope was born at Ableman, Wis. on Nov. 30 1 !.i IS. At the age of six he started making jokes and so lie had to move. Tnis Gilbert and Sullivan fan went to Milwaukee where he attended public school. Funny radio programs and the light classics fascinate him. He is the son of a Realtor and plans to be a minister. Sometime he hopes to cut gems as a hobby. He brought Krause with him from Concordia, Milwaukee, in the fall of ’3S. Harold Alfred Sauer was born on June 9, 1919. At that time his father was a minister in Watertown, S. D. Nine years after he was born, the family came to Milwaukee where his present home is. He’s a backfield man in foot­ ball with feet made for running and he says he collects stamps. He is president of the N club and all his life he “wanted to be a minister like pa.”

On Feb. 13, 1919 Ralph Edmond Schaller was born the son of a minister in Fort Frontenac, Minn. He spent a year or so in Firth, Neb., and then his father was called as a pro­ fessor to Saginaw when Ralph was three years old. He is 100

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- \ In a maternity ward at Manitowoc, Wis. on June 8, 1918 Delton John August Tills was born. This man-abouttown who has brains is the son of a Farmer. Delton plays crack billiards as his hobby and it was his early ambition to become a Forest Ranger or a Cowboy. lie plans to see Tliiensville._____________ On March 3, 1918 Ray Louis Wiechmann was born in Potsdam, Minn. He is one of eleven children. His deceased father was a Pastor. When he was seven years old he moved to Plainview, Minn., for a year and then to Rochester. This Wiechmann, we think, can claim the blue ribbon for having the most irons in the fire. He cut hair for wluit there was in it; he kept his car in working order—usually; played football; was president of the Athletic Board; was student director of the Male Chorus and sole director of the Girls Chorus and Octette. And yet he never seemed to be in a hurry. Also he does upholstering and at one time wanted to be an interior decorator. He has chosen the ministry.

In general, we say the Seniors are JOLLY K()od fellows and to really know them is a circus.

Opening exercices will be on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1940 at 9:00 A. M. in the Gymnasium. New students report a (lay early.

This is the end of column number three for us. Don’t miss the October issue for then you’ll be able to see that fifth column everybody’s talking about.

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RED 0 SIDELIGHT ON A N. W. C. BOY WHO MADE GOOD

Every once in a while we are reminded of someone who spent his early years at Northwestern College and later rose to some position of prominence in the world. Such is the case of Mr. Otto Herbert Falk, board chairman of the Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co. and a director in many corporations, who died recently. Our attention was called to this interesting- man in an article paying tribute to Mr. Falk which appeared in the The Mihvaukee Journal, Sunday, May 26.

Especially interesting1 to Alumni who knew the school that Mr. Falk attended is the letter he wrote to his family in Mil­ waukee, quoted in The Journal. The letter, written in German Script, was dated October 1876, and said in part: dieMama soli “Die box Essen hat gut geschmekt wir haben jetz schoene doch einmal hier herkommen Envelops die Wienerwurst welche du uns geschikt hast, ist schon alle, bis auf zwei......... wir "Wir moechten einmal nach hause kommen ... haben jetz kein Lehrer, da der Lehrer fortgelaufen ist wir muessen das Holz hat uns schon wieder $2.25 gekostet zu hause kommen, denn wir muessen noch eine Jacke und einen schreibe so bald wie moeglich denn Ueberrock haben man fuellt besser, wenn man einen Brief bekommen hat. dein Freund Otto.”

The $2.25 item for wood mentioned by 11-year old Otto recalls the student life of the time when the building we now know as the Old Dormitory was very new. Starkly plain rooms with a wash stand in one corner, a cast iron stove in another, a desk, chair and book racks which each student furnished him­ self. A school where German was the Campus language........ six professors .... Latin spoken fluently by the professors and ably handled by students. .

No doubt many an alumnus sat down at his desk to write just such a letter as Otto Falk did ... . thanking the folks for ‘•chucking’’ .... requesting a visit, a letter, or perhaps a little “touch” from Father .... just as the typical student of today.

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Nort Invest ern 5 So mi nary iJ Continuing their winning paca, our team scored tlieir fifth consecutive triumph in defeating the Seminary in a low scoring game. Red Lambert, on Uie mound for the Sem., showed that he had lost none of his skill by pitching an S-hitter. Horn aiul Ziesemer on the mound for the local team were equally stingy, allowing only 7 hits including a home run, a triple, and a double. Although our team was allowed only eight hits they had the knack of getting them in the clutch, scoring 5 runs on only S hits.

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Hempel, 3. b.......

Lambert, p...Pagels, c. f.---Cares, c. f. ____ Wendland, c.....

Wiedenmeyer, s. s.

Frey, R., r. f.

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Peil, 1. f.----Hoffmann, c. f.

Koch, r. f..........

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Walther, Kujath, 1. b.

Staffeal, c...

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Milton 10 Xortlnvcslern 7 The bottom dropped out of Northwestern's hopes of an undefeated team when Milton rode home with a 10-7 deci­ sion tucked away in their jeans. For the first six innings the game was a ding-dong affair at the end of which the teams were tied at 5 all. But in the seventh inning Ziese­ mer, who had held them in the palm of his hand the week before, replaced Horn and in the next three innings was greeted with a barrage of seven hits and five runs, a handi­ cap which the local team was not able to overcome. This game dropped Northwestern, into a tie for first place with Milton in the conference standings, both teams having a record of 3 wins and 1 loss.

Box Score Northwestern Birkholz, 2. b....

Peil, 1. f............

Hoffmann, c. f.

Kehrberg, r. f. • Kujath, 1. b......

Walther, s. s....

Staffeil, c.-----Ziesemer, p.___ Horn, p................

Koehler, c..........

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Miller, 1. b_____________ .4 0 10 5 2 2 3 Beebe, B., 3. b..

Polan, s. s.

Deland, E., c. f._________4 13 0 Burdick, 1. f----------------- .4 0 2 0 Geschvvandter,r. f..........—J2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Gilbert, 4 110 Beebe, W；, P-

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Summary: Horae runs: Ziesemer: Two base hits: E. Deland; Base on balls: off Beebe 9, off Horn 1; Struck out: by Beebe 5, by Horn 2, by Ziesemer 1.

S. 0. E. 8 Nortlnycstern 9 The Northwestern nine returned to their winning ways against the School of Engineering in an exciting 10 inning contest. The game was hotly contested through­ out with both teams playing “heads up ball” and giving their pitchers good support. Behind in the eighth inning, our team tied the score without a hit by reason of two errors and went on to win in the tenth on hits by Staffeil and Koehler.

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Hoffmann, c. f.

Kehrberg, r. f..

Kujath, 1. b......

Walther, s. s....

Staffeil, 3. b...

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Hahn, r. f.

Rieve, 2. b.

Zancauta, c.…”

Danielson, s. s.

Frangest, 1. b.

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Zakowski, c. f.

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by Goodreau 13, by Ziesemer 8.

S<kminary 5 Nortlnvestern 4 Are we blushing! Boasting of a record of six victories with only one defeat we journeyed out to the Seminary only to meet Red Lambert and defeat. Red pitched beauti­ ful ball, holding our team scoreless for five of the seven in­ nings and encountering difficulties only onco. In the fourth inning our team used 4 hits to score 3 runs. G. Frey spelled defeat in tlie final inning when lie singled and went all the way around on two wild pitches. ooo

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Zimmermann, 1. b.....

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Ziesemer, r. f......

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Kujath, 1. b........

Koehler, c............

Staffeal, c. V....V. Horn, p........ .........

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RED and for the third consecutive year snared the trophy in the Badger State Conference. Our team took away all doubt of the outcome by scoring 7 runs in the first three innings and from then on they coasted into victory and the cham­ pionship. Ziesemer on the other hand pitched a perfect brand of ball allowing only 2 hits and permitting only 5 balls to be hit out of the infield.

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2 2 1 Dunn, 1. f. ______ 3 3 0 Jaber, c. f.______ 110 Eppenberg, c.___ 12 0 Czyzewski，2. b•一 0 2 0 Balcerak, 1. b........

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Kuj ath, 1. b......

Staffeil, 3. b..

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TENNIS Extension 2 1/2 Northwestern 3 1/2 In a return match with Extension our team emerged with a 3 1/2-2 1/2 victory. Our team captured three out of four singles and when darkness halted the doubles the points were split on the basis of games already played.

Koeninger (N) over Beamish (E) 6-2, 3-6, S-6.

Gratz (E) over Schaller (N) 7-5, 6-S, 6-2.

Graebner (N) over McCrory (E) 7-5, 6-4.

Frey (N) over Culbertson (E) 6-0, 6-1.

Schaller-Koeninger (N) 1-6, Beamisli-Gratz (E) 6-3, 3-2.

Graebner-Berg (N) tied Culbertson-McCrory (E) 7-5, 5-7.

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RED Seminary 2 Xortlnvestorn 4 The Seminary tennis team, showing the effects of their “Gemutliches” living were easily defeated for N. W. C.’s second consecutive match. Otto Pagels, Seminary’s weight man was the only opponent to win a singles match and teamed with Weiss to also gain a victory in doubles.

Koeninger (M) over Weiss (S) 6-1, 4-6, 6-0.

Schaller (N) over Neubauer (S) 6-0, 6-1.

Graebner (N) over E. Frey (S) S-6, G-3.

Pagels (S) over T. Frey (N) 6-2, 6-1.

R. Schaller-Koeninger (N) over II. Schal 1 er-Neubauer (S) 6-1, 6-4.

Weiss-Pagels (S) over Berg-Graebner (N) 7-5, 14-12.

Wliiteuater 5 ^fortlnvestcrii 3 After winning 3 of the 4 singles match the tennis team succumbed iu doubles and was finally defeated. The meet hinged on a doubles match which Baganz and Graebner fought for tooth and nail but which was finally lost in three sets.

Koeninger (N) over Boutelle (W) 6-0, 6-3.

Schaller (N) over Luckow (W) 6-3, 6-3.

Graebner (N) over Hartel (W) 6-2, 6-2.

Miller (W) over Berg (N) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3.

E. Boutelle (W) over Frey (N) G-2, 1-6, 6-3.

E. & M. Boutelle (W) over Koeninger-Schaller (N) G-l, 6-2.

Hartel-Miller (W) over Graebner-Baganz (N) 6-4, 1-6, 11-9.

Nortlnvcstern 2 ]>Iiltoii 4 On May 22 the N. W. C. racket wielders were handed a sharp setback by a strong Milton team. Although our team held them to a tie in the first match, in the return match they were just a little too tough.

Doran (M) over Koeninger (N) 6-3, 6-4.

Dallmann (M) over Schaller (N) 1-6, 6-1, 6-1.

Graebner (N) over Davis (M) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.

Berg (N) over Gscliwandtner (M) 6-4, 6-4.

Doran-Dallniann (M) over Koeninger-Schaller (N) 0-6, 6-3, 6-4, Davis-Gschwandtner (M) over Berg-Graebner (N) 6-3, 6-4.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARYâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tyrany ...

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What Is Beauty

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Die Schweiz

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Hippocampus

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The School of Greece

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EDITORIALWhy Quibble

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

121

ATHLETICS

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume XLIV.

Watertown, Wis., Sept. 1940

Number 4

as second class matter under Act of Entered at the Fostoflice at Watertown, March 3- x879. Published monthly. Subscription, One Dollar.

TYRANNY W. Schumann

The sun beats mercilessly down â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dakota sees her king; He combs the land with thermic frown As sole, omniscient ruler.

All things to him have bent their knee In total subjugation; Ardent and chafing in his decree For man, bird, beast, and flowers.

His rule is not a placid one Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;er staunch and grateful lieges; More merciless was ne^r a Hun Than this pyretic lord, The subjects seldom raise their arms In blooming raw rebellion; Their cohorts quickly he disarms More ruthless than by sword.

The trees lift sadly up to him Their naked, peeling arms; No tears his heated eyes do dim To temper their appeal.

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RED The flowers, beasts, and birds have tried And died without relief; He cares not, stands his land astride And glowers with new zeal.

They all their hopes have given up And left his scarred comain, Yet man alone still drinks his cup, He begs and pleads anew, Fresh hopes each year do fill his heart, His monarch heeds them not; Now even man wants to depart And there are left but few.

This tyrant cares not, lets them go, He has still other lands; But unto these he does bestow Compassion without end.

Just why this one should merit this, Is not for us to see; And as for me, I dwell m bliss, So thankful for ou?，regimen.

WHAT IS BEAUTY? Paul Knickelbcin

“A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER: its loveli­ ness increases; it will never pass into nothingness; but still will keep a quiet bower for us, and a sleep full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing，” No truer words on the sub­ ject were ever written than these by Keats in his brilliant and unforgettable poem, Endymion. Although these words don’t express the exact feeling that Keats has for beauty, namely, “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,” I believe that the first quota­ tion “A thing of beauty, etc.” is the more suitable, one. A beautiful thing once seen is hard to forget, just as a beautiful melody lingers in and haunts the mind. The questioti of beauty is one of the least discussed, though by no means the least im­ portant, and one of the most difficult to define in the field of philosophy. Everyone hears the call of beauty, but few wonder why. The savage saw beauty in thick lips and scars, the Greek found it in youth, the Roman found it in power, the Renaissance found it in color, and modern people find it in music and dance.

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RED Everywhere, and at all times, people have been moved by beauty, but most are at a loss to explain it. It is only the philosophers and poets who have tried that difficult task and met with some degree of success.

OF this intangible something, we cannot say that one thing is beautiful, and another not, because another observer may utterly disagree with us in our viewpoint. As the poet so aptly puts it, “The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.” There­ fore we can see how difficult it is to define beauty. As every­ one has his own idea about it, it is necessary to broaden our own view to meet with the view of another. Pre-Socratic Greek tried to define beauty in spatial and quantitative terms; music was a regularity of sound and plastic beauty a regularity of proportions. Plato merged the beautiful with the good. To Aristotle beauty was symmetry, proportion, and an organic order of parts in a united whole. To Winckelmann and Lessing beauty remained an affair of structure and form, but in Kant and Schopenhauer a new note sounds: beauty becomes a disin­ terested happiness. Thus we see how ideas of beauty are changing in the minds of the great philosophers, and indeed a definition of real beauty will never be agreed upon by all at any time. The study of beauty can be easier understood if divided into three main sections: first, the beauty of persons; secondly, the beauty of nature; and thirdly, the beauty of art.

Now we see what a difficult thing it is to give one definition of beauty adequate enough to cover these three fields.

BEAUTY quite naturally conjures up, first of all, a beautful woman. Thru the literature of all time a beautiful woman was prized highly. Poets praised her, knights went to battle for her, and often died for her. (The Greeks, however, exalted the perfect male, beautiful and brave in one.) In speaking of a woman’s eyes, Shakespeare said: ‘‘And those eyes, like break of day, lights that do mislead the morn.”

When Shakespeare said these words, he uttered them for many other men who had been deceived by the features of a beauti­ ful woman who had misused her beauty. “Genuine beauty consists of virtue’’ and ‘‘no loss of beauty results from good­ ness.17 “Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.’’

Just as everything of genuine beauty tends to the elevation of man, even so false beauty — that which is without modesty or 110

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RED virtue — tends to the lowering of man’s morals. ‘‘Genuine beauty consists in virtue.” How true that saying is! It is not only the outward beauty that attracts, but also the inward beauty, the beauty of the soul. As Hunt says, “What is beauty? Not the show of limbs and features. No. •. ，Tis the stainless soul within that outshines the fairest skin.” Without the true beauty of the soul, outward beauty can not be prized much. Think, for instance, of Absalom, who was considered one of the most handsome men in the land of Israel, yet his soul was evil. Man looks for beauty in a woman, but woman looks rather for strength in man and the ability to protect her and his children. Some of the most beautiful lines written about a woman are these penned by Byron: “She walks in beauty like the night Or cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light, Which heaven to gaudy day denies.”

IS beauty of a woman, then, the only beauty in the life of man? No, decidedly not. Because “Though bright and fair is beauty’s flower, Too soon its fragrance must decay, •It blooms but for a little hour, And thus ’tis doomed to fade away.”

In later life, when most human beauty is fading, one can always go out in nature and absorb and enjoy many more beauties than can be told of by the pen. The early flush of dawn, the fresh dew on bright green grass, the cheerful twittering of birds, the quiet noon, the lazy, murmuring stream, the ebb and flow of the ocean, the specks of white against the calm serenity of eve­ ning, the silhouette of the gnarled oak against the evening sky, all these are but a few of the incomparable beauties to be found in nature. When one thinks of the beauties of nature, it is not with any thought of love connected with it, as in the case of woman, but rather of a disinterested pleasure.

A JOY, it is therefore, to behold something beautiful. But we don’t only see things beautiful in nature, we can also hear, touch, taste, and smell beautiful things. At first thought, that 111

RED may seem to be nonsense. But after a little more consideration, we see that it is true. Take, for example, a beautiful melody.

As I have mentioned before, it lingers and repeats itself over and over in our mind. Thus also a voice may affect us, always staying with us, and our mind remembers just how a person laughed, pronounced or said something. As to the sense of touch, many people enjoy the smooth touch of silk, others the soft touch of cotton, and still others the rough touch of wool.

Because of our sense of taste, we enjoy eating many things, not always only to satisfy our hunger, but often to satisfy our taste. Then, to gratify our sense of smell, we often hold a flower to our nose to capture part of its fragrance and also part of its beauty, as a great part of the beauty of a flower can be said to be in its fragrance.

FOREVER —that is, to the end of time here on earth — I believe the most expressive medium of beauty is one in the field of art, namely music. “Music,” as Carlyle so aptly puts it, “is a kind of inarticulate, unfathomable speech, which leads us to the edge of the Infinite, and lets us there for a moment gaze into that.” Sculpture, painting, architecture: all have their place in art and many examples of each are beautiful. In fact, the field is boundles in which art presents objects of beauty; but, in order to create objects of beauty, the artisans must have this beauty in their souls in order that they may be able to create.

Without any inspiration in his heart, a writer cannot produce a good work, just as a painter without a beautiful picture in his mind will not be able to produce it on the canvass. In closing, I would like to say with another author: “There’s beauty all around our paths, if but our watchful eyes can trace it ’midst familiar things, and thru their lovely guise.”

DIE SCHWEIZ R. Goede

Today the history, scenic beauty and quaint customs of the Swiss people are common knowledge to most Americans.

Yet there are certain things about foreign countries that often remain hidden from the outside world, the tourists and the book writers. It was in search of some of these hidden bits of infor­ mation that I interviewed a native Swiss a short time ago.

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Few of our radio warblers can be rated as yodelers accord­ ing to Swiss standards. For real yodeling is native to Switzer­ land. The yodel originated in the Swiss Alps where the cow herders yodeled to call the cows for milking. At first the yodel was a mere call, but it delighted the Swiss ear, and so gradually parts were added to it until the yodel became a song. The yodel is natural and is inborn in the Swiss, although not every Swiss can yodel. There are no schools in which the Swiss are taught to yodel, they just do it. When one goes into the Alps, one feels like singing, and the song that comes forth is the yodel. The yodel is a song of joy, an exclamation of happiness.

It has often happened that those who could not yodel, when visiting in the Alps, found that they too could sing this song of joy. The small Swiss boy when passing a cemetery does not whistle to bolster up his courage, but he yodels to charm the spooks away.

Chalets

Most of the Swiss live in the valleys of Switzerland. But when the time comes to drive the cattle into the mountains for grass and herbage, the Swiss move into the mountains with their cattle. The home or farm home where the cattleherder stays in the mountains, is the chalet. The real Swiss chalet is small and is built principally of wood. Huge boulders are placed on the roofs to prevent heavy snows from washing off the roofs. The name chalet is derived from the balconies along the sides of the house. The railing of this balcony is generally exquisitely carved. In the very high sections of the monntains near the limits of the grazing grounds there are many little huts which have only a door and no windows. These are called little chalets and are used only in summer when the cow herders are tending cattle in those sections of the Alps.

Sea of Clouds

One of the most beautiful, most celestial sights to be seen in the Alps is a Sea of Clouds. One will ascend a mountain, passing through the clouds, and he will suddenly find himself standing on the seashore of a great lake, heaving among the peaks of the mountains. It is water, it is true, but it is only a 113

RED Sea of Clouds. One who has seen such a sea will confess that the Sea of Clouds is the only thing which has all the attributes of water without being water.

Flowers

The Narcissus blooms in May and is found in great abun­ dance all over Switzerland. The Swiss have an annual festival at Lake Geneva which is very similar to the Rose Carnival held on the West Coast of our country. The Swiss collection of wild flowers is almost unbeatable; among the many are the blue gentian, crocus, alpine rose, rhododendron. A strange flower is the Edelweisz, the dry flower. The stem of the Edelweisz does not contain a mite of juice, it is perfectly dry. Neverthe­ less the Edelweisz is found in great abundance in Switzerland.

A familiar scene in the Swiss Alps is a great field of crocus covering many acres and reaching as far as the eye can see.

But at a certain point the flowers cease to grow and right beside them stands the perpetual snow on the Alps. Here the warm flower is in close companionship with the cold snow.

Surprise!

Latin is not a dead language! There are in Switzerland 75,000 people who live in the valleys near Sar Marity. These people, the fourth race of Switzerland, speak their own tongue.

This language, called the Romanche, is the old language of the Romans. Page Mr. Ripley, believe it or not.

Etc.

The streams of Switzerland provide her with a great supply of good drinking water. In towns and cities everywhere there can be found drinking fountains, many of which are beautifully decorated.

In die Schweiz there are no barefoot boys who can go fishing and hunting on nice summer days. For in Switzerland fishing and hunting are professions. In order to protect her supply the Swiss government does not permit hunting1 and fish­ ing for the mere sport of it.

What often seems strange to the travelers, is to see the cities and towns literally dissolved into the forests. For in many places the forests reach right up to the outskirts of the cities.

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RED cause of the great abundance of electrical power furnished by the mountain streams, all the Swiss homes are completely equipped with electric appliances. All the Swiss railroads are electrified and there is not one single locomotive that runs by steam in all Switlerland.

The Swiss government offers special training in evening schools to all who wish to attend. These schools give one a chance to choose his trade or profession before spending money on learning a mischosen trade.

The Swiss watchmaker whom I interviewed showed me a handmade watch which, at the move of a lever, gave the hour, minute, and seconds of the correct time by the ringing of little bells or chimes. This Swiss watchmaker would be glad to make you one at the reduced price of five hundred dollars.

HIPPOCAMPUS, AND WHY IT CANT BE W. Schumann

Bulletin Last evening a group consisting of three local policemen and several citizens noticed an object floating in the river near Oconomowoc St. bridge. After lengthy consideration they came to the astounding conclusion that the object in view was in all certainty a sea ser­ pent. Etc., etc.

One must admit that at first sight, the reader of such an announcement is inclined to speculate over the condition of such persons who claim to have been witnesses to the astounding sight of a sea serpent doing his setting up exercises, and won­ der if they also had not indulged in similar activities. Far be it from me to cast any such reflections on these worthy gentlemen. The fact remains, however, they did see something floating down there in the water strangely resembling a sea serpent. This must be granted. Now I don’t believe it was a sea serpent and shall attempt to prove that it wasn’t, finally offering my own explanation for this amazing sight.

First, one must realize that there are two species of sea serpents, hippocampus mudsonibas and hippocampus clear115

RED wateribus. The hippocampus clearwateri bus is absolutely a denizen of the deep and certainly could not long survive outside of its own habitat. On the other hand, hippocampus mudsonibus is to be found only in muddy, sluggish streams and one would hardly expect it in our mighty Rock. Therefore, I con­ clude, the object in question certainly did not belong to the genus hippocampus. This is logical, is it riot?

Well, if it was no sea serpent, what was it? Gentlemen, you must remember there is a war, in which nations are strug­ gling for their very lives. Countless issues of greatest magnitude depend upon the outcome of this struggle, and the nations in­ volved are staking- their all to win or to go down ignominiously in defeat. The chief weapon, with which each hopes eventually to strangle the other and thus emerge victorious, is the blockade.

Both sides are desperately in need of raw materials and food stuffs, without which their cause is doomed. Both sides look to the richest and most bountifully supplied section of the globe for their wants, and desperately to break the bands of steel that surround them. There is but one method to penetrate this impregnable wall, — the submarine. Gentlemen, that object seen in the vicinity of the Oconomowoc St. bridge was a German submarine! It could hardly be British, for the British need have no fear of us. Now far be it from me to say that the Germans are desirous of obtaining a cargo of stuffed geese and squabs, but you must remember Germany is desperately in need of fats.

Where else would one obtain these commodities than in America’s Dairyland? Also notice that the submarine was not seen in the vicinity of Main St. bridge close to the Auto Supply Store, but at Oconomowoc St. bridge. Gentlemen, a goodlysized herd of cows pasture in the immediate vicinity! Just how the Germans obtained knowledge as to the pasturage of these bovines is not difficult to explain. It is a well-known fact that fifth column activities are world-wide. There are, it is my unpleasant duty to state, fifth columnists at work in our very midst. Undoubtedly this choice bit of information was trans­ mitted to the German high command either by means of a secret radio or by carrier pigeon.

Gentlemen, this must stop! I have attempted to prove to you the absurdity of the belief that the object was a hippo­ campus, and also to show you the seriousness of our position. I have done my duty, now go, do yours! Rid the fair Rock of this menace to Great Lakes’ navigation!

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Athens is a glorious little city. Let’s imagine ourselves coming from Piraeus into that beautiful city with its highwalled acropolis and crowning parthenon. Once inside the walls everywhere we see an interesting and busy life. There stands a crowd ’round a portico; Phidias is just putting up a beautiful frieze depicting a festal procession with fair youths riding their spirited horses, carrying wine-filled amphorae or attending the sacrifical oxen. At the temple itself we see Athena and her guests, the Olympian gods leisurely talking as they await the procession. As we turn into another street a rhapsodist is reciting there; men and wowen listen while tears trickle down their cheeks; for he is telling how Priam fell at the feet of god-like Achilles and kissed those hands — the terrible, the murderous hands, which had slain so many of his sons.

We enter a public place; there is a ring of youths, all leaning intently forward with anxious eyes. Socrates is pitted against the famous sophist from Ionia and has just brought him to a contradiction in terms. This Socrates is an interesting fellow. He resembles the hollow figures of Silenus we’ve seen in the Athenian shops which when opened are found to be full of images of the gods. This uncouth, jesting, pot-bellied chatterbox who, so Aristophanes says, “as a penguin advances with sidelong glances,” has nevertheless a deep seriousness within himself. His words, too, have this Silenus quality.

Externally they’re full of homely and trivial images yet in reality they alone seem to contain sense and reason. His conver­ sation is open to all who care to listen. Unlike the sophists he does not profess to know or teach anything. “His only know­ ledge is his ignorance, his only art is that of a midwife who assists men in the delivery of their true and more considered thought.”

But we are interrupted. A herald is calling — “Make way for the Prytanes;’’ the Assembly is to meet. People come from every side; proclamation is made for whoever wishes to speak; there is a shout; Pericles rises to speak of his own glorious city. ‘‘Athens,’’he says, “is the school of Greece,” and we who have wandered in its busy little streets must agree.

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Finally we go to the huge theatre and there we see poor, blind Oedipus, broken by the horrible truth that he has un­ wittingly killed his own father and married his own mother— we see him led away by Creon—away from his stricken kingdom and from his fair children into miserable exile. Filled with deep awe and admiration we return the little way back to Piraeus. Athens is indeed a glorious little city!

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JbttnrtHls Why Quibble?

OW do you like it here so far?” This question was asked me repeatedly during my first week at Northwestern. It almost occurred to me the inquirers were thirsty for compli­ ments. If such was the case, I did not disappoint them; never­ theless, I spoke the truth.

Those students who have come from other schools, as I have, must agree with me that there is an element of tension between the old and the new students. This tension is either increased or mitigated proportionally to the individual’s ability of adapting himself to a new scholastic environment. But that is not the only aspect of the case concerning tension between old and new students. This tension is either increased or miti­ gated proportionally to the individual’s ability of adapting him­ self to a new scholastic environment. But that is not the only aspect of the case concerning tension between old and new students. Perhaps the environments of the two schools atten119

RED ded by the migrating student are so different that it is extremely difficult for the one in question to adjust himself. This is especially the case if the school entered is generally, or in some respects, inferior to the one last attended.

However, at Northwestern there is no cause for alarm.

The curriculum, food, and advantages for extensive extra­ curricular activities are quite fit for compitition between North­ western and any other school of its size and nature.

What else is contained in the word “invironment”，and what else could there possibly be, to cause tension between old and new students? One may say, “Oh, his attitude isn’t right.”

We must realize that the term “attitude” is so elastic that it may head a list of numberless explanations which describe what old students imagine to be in the hearts of new students.

Pondering over the thought of ‘‘attitude, tension, environ­ ment’’， I have come to the conclusion that there is no important reason for heckling a person with a few peculiarities, no cause for tension, and no flaw in environment.

Call me a pacifist, if you will; but why, why does this trifling over insignificant matters continue? It only tends to disrupt the harmony which the complexities of the world necessitate among the leaders of the Church. I repeat, every­ thing- has every reason to run smoDthly and no reason for dis­ ruption.

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Campus and Classroom Dr. Ott brought the registration cards over to the Gym. The Sextaners have been given solemn instructions about winding the sundial. The Freshmen are starting Greek and wearing green caps. The Sophs were out looking for Venus the other morning. The Juniors go about muttering ‘‘Aleph Beth Gimel............And the Seniors had a Mulligan Stew.

From all appearances you would think school has started.

And it has.

From farms, summer cottages, canning factories, beaches, oil refineries, beer depots, offices, house trailers, race tracks, and Schusters 158 boys have returned to their bucking rooms in the Dorm. A few return for the eighth and last time to a place that is almost home. Others come for the first time to a place that is strange and full of strangers. Some are very glad to be back and others are very homesick.

Some new students claim to have “been around” and don’t mind telling you about it. Other have perhaps lived more sheltered lives and are satisfied to listen. (’S funny thing how a month or two in a dorm can change some of those sheltered ones sometimes.)

The best Sextaner joke we’ve come across this fall is about the one who told the professor in all seriousness that his room monitor was Dagwood Bumstead.

Improvements and Thank You

This year a great tradition passed from our dormitory.

Never more can Juniors give sweeping. From now on they have to call it mopping, for all our rooms are newly waxed to a clean shiny finish which is best cared for with a mop. Painted walls have also helped much to make the study rooms more inviting_ places in which to stay. An oiled driveway and Professor Berg’s many flowers make it more pleasant to say goodbye to your folks and best girl at the back door. The new shower room you’ve got to see to believe. Also they tell us you’d never recognize the renovated Co-ed room. But we wouldn’t know about that.

A few of us have new double deck beds, but the dorm needs many more like them and that’s no bunk.

Also we have a new regime in the refectory — Mr. and Mrs. Bilse formerly of Prairie Farm, Wis. Best wishes for their continued success.

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Other improvements are that Franzmann has one of them new top coats that almost fits anyone his size，and Dag got him­ self some new flashy sox.

Platform

All summer we heard about platforms and so we thought maybe we ought to have one too. This column takes the following stand on certain vital issues of the day: Those people who get up early on Sunday morning and stand in the square calling for their friends at the top of their voices ought to be deported.

Bull sessions ought to be held in places where they’ll not be disturbed by students trying to study or sleep.

Leonard Beske underwent an operation for a blood clot and is coming along nicely.

Some Statistics

159 students will be living in the dorm when the last expected Sextaner arrives. There are 38 Freshmen. The Sexta class numbers 23. There will be 17 hopefuls on commence­ ment day. 25 Co-eds grace our campus and the total enroll­ ment is 211. The personnel in the faculty room is the same as last year.

Vocabulary Study

For the first time and at no extra cost we are herewith publishing a complete guide through Northwestern’s vernacular with etymologies. New students can hardly afford to be with­ out this guide and ought to carry this issue of the Black and Red with them at all times for the first few months to insure correct understanding and usage of our language.

Buck v. to study. “I shall buck Latin tonight.” The w ord, however, is used only for the actual process of studying a limited assignment. One does not say, “He went to Europe to buck the culture of Greece.” Yet it is ocassionally heard in the sense of doing moi'e general research work with the preposition up. “He bucked up on the culture of Greece.” One cannot deny that the word has a force that is lost in the conventional study. Its etymology 122

RED is vague but we are tempted to conclude that it is connected with horses and bucking broncos. It may be that in early times students conceived of their subjects as burdens that were overcome by bucking them off through studying and thus the process of studying became known as bucking. Some advance the interesting theory that perhaps the word is simply a corruption of Bock which we are told is a kind of beer prevalent in Spring and which might have served as a pleasant accompaniment to the students* hours of study. But such a far-fetched theory hardly holds water to say nothing of beer.

Bum y. 1. to ask and to receive without intent to pay back.

“You just bummed a cigarette from me before dinner.”

The word suffers the same misuse as the word borrow. ‘‘I just bummed you a cigarette.’’

2. to willfully not be present without just cause. ‘ ‘He bummed Greek class.the next morning.”

Without a doubt this word is the same as the common term applied to the carefree vagabonds who live off the fat of the land and who are known as hoboes or bums. In the case of the second meaning the connection is not too easily seen but most likely one who did not attend class was aimlessly wandering about or sleeping in the manner of a bum and so the practice became known as bumming.

To cut classes is the equivalent of this on many campuses but it is never used here. (N. B. One guilty of bumming a class receives an unexcused absence which lowers your semester mark one half degree. Three unexcused absences means you pay the faculty a visit formally. So it stands written someplace.)

Chuck v. This word is very likely taken directly from the Western colloquial chuck wagon meaning a wagon that carries a stove and provisions for cooking. It has come to us in the verb form meaning to eat, “She invited me for supper and did I chuck.” The participle form is used commonly and means something to eat. “Did you get any chucking with your laundry?，， " Cram v. This word of course is not restricted to our campus but is in common usage in all American colleges .It probably comes from the Anglo-saxon cramvnan which means to fill. For us it means to fill the brain with a maximum of imformation ina minimum of time. “He came back at 11:30 and crammed for the history test.”

Drag n. The ordinary American colloquial for this is “pull” and it is possible that drag was simply unconsciously substi­ tuted for ^pulV^ by some one who didn’t find that word at the tip of his tongue. It probably seemed funny to 123

RED other students and so they used it to be funny too. ‘‘She has a drag with that Prof.”

Flop in v. tofail or to fall far short of doing a job well, ‘‘If I had studied, I wouldn’t have flopped in.” It is also used transitively meaning to betray someone. “Egbert flopped me in.” This probably has its origin in the word flop which means to fall violently，which one does when one flops in.

Grind v. (Past particple does not occur in this) to buck with unusual diligence and somewhat stoic self-denial. It may come from the familiar saying about putting your nose to the grindstone. The noun grind is derived from this and means one who grinds. G^'easy is often used with the noun and means sweaty or it may be used simply for the alliteration. “The greasy grind sat at his desk all during the football game.’’

The Hole n. This is the derogatory appelation commonly given the Black and Red staff room on the fourth floor of the dorm. Its use probably dates back to the time when the room was still inhabited by people who studied and used the room as a kind of retreat from the outer world as one would crawl in a hole. Or it may be that sometimes the smoky atmosphere suggested the stuffiness of a hole. It has an amusing paradoxical use in “Drop up in the hole and have some tea.”

Jimmy n. This is the endearing appelation for the translation of a piece of literature being studied in the original. We are not sure but we think it is connected with the burgler’s jimmy meaning a small crowbar used to unlock safes etc. Surely a translation is a kind of tool used for un­ locking something and hence it is known as a jimmy.

There are many synomyms for this. Some call it by the more dignified javies. Others are pony, horse, complete commentai'y with notes, and collateral reading.

Shag v. Of all the words in our peculiar vocabulary this is probably the most versatile. Its etymology is baffling and we make no attempt to theorize. Surprisingly Web­ ster lists the verb as dialect meaning to follow or to chase, but this definition falls far short of covering our usage.

First, it may be used as the English word fetch. ‘‘Prep， shag us some more gravy.” Another common meaning is simply to walk and in this sense it is used for escorting a girl friend. “He shagged Sarah home.” From this we get the noun shag meaning a walk usually for pleasure.

4'They went for a shag in the country.” Usage of late has given it the meaning to hitch hike. “He shagged to Milwaukee.”

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Suck v. The closest English equivalent of this is probably to maneuver' with the intent to createfriendly feelings. It is usually used with drag. “Ed gar was sucking- around the professor for a drag.” Apple polishing is the phrase used on most campuses but it is seldom heard here.

Whack v. The formal English for this is to lay claim to or to resei've. “I wack the extra cake.” It is probable that in some uncouth era students laid claim to something by grabing it quickly and thereby hitting it or giving it a whack and thus the process became known as whacking.

The noun is also in common usage meaning claim or reset'vation. “I’ve got next whack on the Green Sheet.”

Next month—a complete index of the professors’ nick­ names—maybe.

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With the Coach’s words of “This year we’re going to run hard, hit hard, and block hard” dinning in their ears the 1940 edition of the football team began their first work out.

Speed is to be the keynote of this year’s team with Coach Umnus grooming three fleet halfbacks, Leyrer, a letter winner, Hanke, former Prep star, and Albrecht, a triple threat new­ comer, for the important task of filling Sauer’s shoes. The rest of the backfield will be chosen from Reuschel, Birkholz, Grabner, Schuppenhauer, Walther and Scheell. Grabner and Birkholz are letter men.

The line, although hard hit by graduation, will have six lettermen returning. Although not packing much beef, Horn, Greve, Spaude, Koehler, Hanke and Wadzinski have enough speed and charge to make any coach smile. Replacements are inexperienced, yet with a little experience A. Walthers, Hartwig, Bauer, L. Hahnke, Madson, Heidemann and Peil should prove valuable to the team.

Alumni—start making arran gements to attend homecoming now! Plan on seeing our 1940 speed merchants. Although Coach Umnus, when queried on the apparent speed of the team replied with the optimism notorious of coaches “Sure the’re fast — fast to the ground.”

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— James Fennimore Cooper

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People and Pylyzudes

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Campaign Publicity

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Inside a Library

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Your Friend

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Angkor, Mystery City of the Orient.__ 136 Five Thousand, Plus'

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume XLIV.

Watertown, Wis.，October 1940.

March 3. 1879. Published monthly.

Number 5

as second class matter under Act of ption. One Dollar

JAMES FENNIMORE COOPER Wilbert Gasvrisch

“Why, I could write a better book than that myself,” exclaimed Fennimore Cooper as he threw aside a novel newly imported from England. His exclamation might be called the birth, and he might be called the founder, of native American literature，for up to his time most English books were written and published in Europe. On his wife’s suggestion, James the fellow who never refused a dare, the fellow who had been expelled from Yale because of his greater love for nature than for books and writing, set out on his first literary adventure.

He did not intend to publish his book, but merely wished to prove to himself that he could write a better book. In his youth Cooper was known as a scribbler who hated to write, even if it was a letter to his dearest friend. However, with some encouragement on the part of his wife, he completed Precaution and was persuaded to print it. As might be expected, it proved a dismal failure. The book is important chiefly because its author was slightly ashamed of it and therefore made up his mind to write something better. So the world got The Spy and its great successors.

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The Spy was the first novel written about America and, although it was a haphazard experiment, it was well received in Europe and in America. Cooper now began writing in earnest and published book after book. At the age of seventeen, for want of a career, he had joined the navy. His adventures on the sea formed a source for sea fiction, in which he was the pioneer. Like its predecessors, The Pilot sprang from a special impulse一namely, to improve the nautical language of The Pirate written by Scott, a landsman. Several times Cooper was tempted to throw away the manuscript, but then and always, consciously or unconsciously, he was as stubborn a being as ever sailed or wrote. Nothing was more likely to spur him on than the disapproval of the world and, in particular, of his friends. The publication of The Pilot was greeted with universal enthusiasm. While touring New York state, an Englishman said to him as he viewed Glenn’s Falls that it was the very scene for a romance. Cooper promised to provide the article in "one book more” as he said. The result was The Last of the Mohicans, probably his most famous tale.

When Cooper attempted to write about social institutions or activities, he was badly received, in fact, he even gained the reputation of being a fellow who gave nobody satisfaction. His faults as a writer were poor style, a loosely connected plot, and poor English. His characters were artificial and acted as in a puppet show. Cooper’s heroines have been laughed at because they were so consciously built according to a formula of “religion and female decorum.” There is no question about it; Cooper liked his heroines shrinking and he liked them proper.

Take for instance Cora and Alice in The Last of the Mohicans.

Lowell says of Cooper’s characters in the Fable: ‘‘His Indians, with proper respect be it said, Are just Natty Bumps, daubed over with red, And his other men figures are clothes upon sticks, The Derniere chemise of a man in a fix.

The women he draws from one model don’t vary, All sappy as maples and fiat as the prairie.”

However he gives him his due credit in: "He had drawn you one character, though, that is new, One wildflower he’s plucked that is wet with the dew, Of this/res/i western ivorld............

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RED That was the secret of his success—he had chosen entirely new settings, the sea, and the American forest. They were his delight and in them he reveled. From his childhood Cooper had shown an aptitude for story telling. In his novels he hurries from crisis to crisis. That is what holds the interest of his readers. He never revised his manuscripts, for said he, •‘What I have written is written, as the Turks say, and it can­ not be helped.”

It was Cooper’s weakness to be angered by silly critics.

He scoffed at them. He brought libel suits which he almost always won, but he never grew rich from the meagre damages paid him. In one case he was awarded damages of twentythree cents, and the editor replied that he was glad to pay, for, in his estimation Cooper’s reputation was not worth a cent more. He was at odds with his critics nearly until his death.

His books comparing England to America invariably brought him into arguments. He was not precisely ambitious of dislike, but he would not move one inch out of his way to win popularity, or even to keep the popularity he had already won. ‘‘He would speak the truth that was in him,” as Henry Boynton puts it.

His massive shoulders, his proud head, the shock of irongray hair, his deep-set gray eyes, always alert beneath over­ hanging brows, bespoke a character of determination, frank­ ness, and generosity. He thoroughly detested English manners.

While in England he was like a country cousin, eternally suspicious of condescension and resentful of ignorance of the English, like city people, who knew nothing of his country and its ways; and he often mistook indifference to him as a stranger for insolence toward him as an American.

But with all his faults, Cooper was undeniably the creator of a new type of literature which he expressed in his own way.

He was a story teller, the founder of native Amet'ican literature.

PEOPLE AND PYLYZUDES H. Paustian

People are interesting creatures. Indeed, this world would be a dull place, were it not for people. Everyone has an idiosyncracy which to some one else is interesting. Each of us innocently goes about secretly amused at everyone else, entirely 129

RED oblivious of our own idiosyncracies, — which makes life all the more interesting. All people may be grouped into classes of coordinate idiosyncracies, such as dormitory residents, pedes­ trians, showgoers, etc. This publication, in order to educate its readers concerning these very vital classifications, will now set forth a diagnosis of one such group of similar habits. We shall follow one member of a certain group as she goes about her shopping duties. The technical name for her we shall find to be ‘ ‘pylyzude’ ’ 一 Pylyzude, a caranzoid or a palometa simillima resembling the caranzoid. If that is too vague, another dictionary calls the pylyzude a zoaid of a coelenterate，as of a hydroid. Rather vague, you say? Then let us quickly set out after a pylyzude, to learn more about her. She is a branch of the American woman. We will not attempt to study her in her native lair, the American city home. She is out of the element here, camouflaged as it were against the modernistic wallpaper and furniture. We will pick up her trail as she leaves on a down-town expedition. If Pyllzy (short for Pylyzude) drives her own car, she is the type who in her bliss backs forcefully into the street, without a glance either way, idly wondering what the motorist (who has just managed to stop in time) is honking about. She gushingly waves a cherry salute in response, driving merrily on her way. Her driving is a feature in itself, but that we’ll leave for another discussion. Let’s pick her up down town after she, having parked her car in a no parking zone (it just seemed to be made for her) begins her expedi­ tion. The street is crowded, but it bothers her not at all. She happily bumps her boisterous way up the street wondering why everyone seems to be going in the wrong direction. Majestically clearing the wide aisle necesssary for her passage. She finally arrives at her destination. Alas, there is a long line-up at the ticket window. It bothers our Pyllzy not at all. She saves time by bargeing directly to the window. — Lines were made for those unfortunates who can’t find their own way to the ticket window. Finding an elevator inside, Pyllzy invariably patron­ izes, the down elevator, when going up, or if she is in a hurry, pushes the buttons of all eight elevators. Deciding to take the steps down, she gets herself into a jam by taking the escalator coming up. After nimbly stepping away futilely she finally realizes her predicament and loudly summons the management 130

RED to her rescue. In a crowded elevator the gentleman who takes off his hat to a Pyllzy will quickly find it crushed between two or more of the same species. Pyllzy is the kind who sits look­ ing out of the library window with the magazine greatly in de­ mand at the moment lying in her lap being used as a fan.

Pyllzy never boards a bus unless it is thoroughly crowded. She snaps buttons and more buttons in her frantic effort to reach the doorway, where she engages the motorman in a lengthy discussion as to whether she should take the Wood St. bus to 1241 Bombard Ave. and walk 3% block or the Gale St. bus to 1719 Chamber St. and walk 4% block. When the doorway is completely blocked she starts a long search for a nickel. She hands out the packages in her handbag to enable her to reach her purse. Then, counting from the outside large purse, she plods her way thru three smaller ones, inside the other, finally finding a dollar bill in the last purse. She then seats herself in true Pyllzian bliss, counting her change.

Have you not met an example of this species? There are hundreds loose among us. Right now I can picture to myself a true specimen saying to her neighbor from whom she borrowed this Black and Red, “What a queer article on people! I wonder whom that fellow could mean?”

CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY R. Goede

Outside of the European war, the World Series, and national defense the interests of Americans are currently turned to the coming presidential election and its preceding campaigns, In respect to these Arthur H. Labaree, a professional journalist and political editor, in the September issue of Writer^ Markets and Methods offers some advice to those who wish to be publicity writers in the coming campaigns. Anyone who follows his advice will further the cause of ‘‘any candidate from dogcatcher to governor.’’

Since the writings of the political writers are read by the American public, I believe it would be of interest to the voters and to the general public to know how such a writer goes about his work.

The publicity writer, at the beginning, must keep it in mind that to be elected, the candidate must have publicity, and 131

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that is the writer’s job to make or get that publicity. He must also forget his own political convictions. Mr. Labaree says, “you can forget them (political convictions) and work success­ fully for the candidate of the opposition party if he pays you enough.” So, he is out to make money; he will make money by getting his candidate publicity; the more successful publicity the candidate gets, the more money he gets. Consequently, the pub writer (as we shall call him for brevity’s sake) must get down to work.

He first gets a list of all the newspapers, including the foreign-language ones, circulating in the district of his candi­ date. To each of these he must send daily releases, whether they appear in print or not.

The pub writer commences the battle with a statement of the candidate’s opening announcement. This includes the famil­ iar “he will wage a gentlemanly campaign; there will be no mudslinging. Mr. Doe intends to win the election upon his record for public service — blah, blah, blah.” No originality on the part of the writer is needed for this, all the pub writers use the same model.

Next comes the story relating what public offices the can­ didate has filled. Mr. Labaree advises, “if he (the candidate) never has held office or done anything praiseworthy, which is far too often the case, you must invent some attainments.” We see therefrom that one must be a good liar to be a pub writer in politics.

Mr. Labaree also tosses in a “trick of the trade.” He ad­ vises the writer never to say “if elected,” but “when elected.”

This, because it must be made evident that Mr. Doe is certain to be elected. “That will win him votes from persons dumb enough to believe you and anxious to be on the winning side.”

As the campaign moves on, the pub writer must create news for his releases. But he must write about facts. So he has to “plant” facts. A barrel of good apples in the candi­ date^ headquarters — especially if he is in a non-apple-raising section — may win votes. Our advisor says, “there are plenty of legitimate, unharmful ‘fake’ stories that can be set out to help along the publicity campaign.”

Another useful device at the hands of the pub writer is the • planting of hecklers at the political meetings. Of course, the 132

RED candidate knows just what questions will be shouted at him, and he will be prepared with the proper vote-winning replies.

Should the campaign come to a virtual stop because there is a lack of public interest, the pub writer is advised to make use of the straw vote. He should have a newspaper print ballots daily to be deposited by readers in ballot boxes. This usually draws interest, and Mr. Labaree adds, that “one method of in­ suring that your candidate gets the biggest daily vote is to see that the ballot boxes are ‘stuffed’. Of course, no honest pub­ licity writer would countenance ballot stuffing, even in a straw vote.

Yet, what is so rare as an honest publicity writer in politics.

In an indirect manner, our advisor makes other suggestions to “boom” the candidate. These are illegal methods, but any­ thing for a story. The pub writer can send the candidate threatening letters; he can call for police protection; he can discover distaphones (even bombs) in the headquarters of his candidate. If the candidate is out for a law-inforcing job he might send him letters from reformed criminals, telling how the candidate set them on the right road (probably the road to jail). Or if the candidate is a judge, he might send him a letter from a struggling widow whom the judge saved from eviction and starvation. The public is made up of many sym­ pathetic souls.

On the eve of election the pub writer must issue a last savage attack giving the opponent no time to answer before the polls open. A prosperous candidate may sometimes finance an issue of a ‘‘newspaper’’，never seen before or again ‘‘containing all sorts of libelous accusations.”

Another last job, is to issue a statement ‘‘predicting whole­ sale fraud at the polls and demanding that the governor or the mayor turn out the state militia or the police to guard the sacredness of the ballot.” This is an old advice, but it is used over and over again.

When the opening of the polls the publicity writers* work is done and he collects, maybe, the wages promised him (nothing is forgotten so quickly as a politician’s promise, says Mr. Labaree, especially if it involves money).

You always suspected that there was trickery behind the campaign stories— now you know!

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RED INSIDE A LIBRARY Ruth Kosanke

Until a short while ago my conception of what really goes on in a public library was rather vague. I had never observed very closely just what did happen when I drew out a book. But now, after about a week as a library apprentice, I have become acutely conscious of the procedure through which each borrowed book must go. Although my knowledge is still very small and incomplete, I shall try to give you a little inside information.

Let us suppose that you wish to draw a book on chemistry.

You enter the library without the remotest idea of where to find such a book. The librarian is standing behind the desk to help you, and she will if she is able. After hearing your question, she will either refer you to the file or give you the location of books on chemistry immediately. All non-fiction books are grouped together in numerical order. The fiction books, by far the larger number, are grouped alphabetically according to the name of the author.

After you have selected your book or books (four are allowed to a person), you present it at the desk with your card.

Each borrower must have a card, which can be readily obtained.

On the card, in addition to your name and the date of the card’s expiration, is a small but very important rectangular metal piece on which is stamped your number. The librarian takes your card and the book. If you observe her closely, you may see her glance at a list of numbers before her. Your number will be listed here if you have a fine, and you will be told about it when you withdraw a book. She places your card into a slit in the checking machine before her. Then she flips open the back cover of your book, removes the card on which is printed the book’s vital statistics, and quickly inserts it into the machine. This operation stamps the book’s card, your num­ ber, and the date that your book is due. It is filed temporarily, and numerically or alphabetically under the date it is due, in a file on top of the front part of the desk. The librarian replaces the book’s card with a blue card, if you have a seven-day book, or a pink card, if it is a fourteen-day book, telling when the book is due. If you have chosen a book from the rental collection, a record of whether you paid for or charged the rent is kept on both cards.

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RED Now imagine that you have read the material you desired and are returning the book. You simply throw it on the desk and forget about it. The librarian opens it, finds on the pink or blue card the date on which it was due, and looks in the file under this date for the original card. She must be careful to match the numbers and titles printed on the card and on the pocket in the book. If your book was overdue, she will make out a card bearing your number, the name of the book, and date due, the date returned, and the fine. Your number will be placed on the aforementioned list, and you will be informed of your debt. If every one would pay his fine imme­ diately, it would save a great deal of trouble for the librarian.

When the original card has been replaced in the book, it is ‘‘slipped’’. All books, except rental and seven day books, are placed on the ‘truck’，a two-shelved bookcase at one end of the desk. From here they are returned to their correct places on the shelves.

If this were all there were to library work, it would be a fairly simple job. All torn books must be removed for mending.

Reserves must be placed on many books. One must be careful to keep ordinary books and books from the 4'closed shelves’’ separate. Books from the closed shelves are those which are not at immediate disposal, but which can be obtained with a few restrictions upon request. They are usually expensive or much desired copies, books out of print or books which contain ob­ jectionable material. The shelves must be kept neat and in order, and frequently must be read to see that books follow each other in the proper sequence. Telephone calls for the renewal of books must be cared for. And all possible aid must be given the student. His questions must be answered and his problems solved.

When you enter the library some night, for that is when it is busiest, and you see the building filled with studeuts very much inclined to be talkative, when you see the desk stacked with books to be slipped, the truck heaped with books to be shelved, and a line of people waiting to have books checked, you will perhaps consider the librarian’s job not such a soft one.

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RED YOUR FRIEND Keibel

Tell me with whom you chum, — I’ll tell you who you are.

If you choose one with merit, your name with it will share Respect of all who know him, be they nearby or afar.

Choose only of the best, then, if you will have to care To be far more discerning—in public — anywhere.

First pause and ponder — sift; not eager in the choice.

Deliberate with Reason; list to your inner voice.

Then set about to gain such prize, which is, for instance, Like the gold — all that it comes in contact with, It part impregnates with its substance.

A true friend is distinguished when crisis is the test.

He selflessly will help you pass through the darkest hour, And balm it with a smile that puts your soul to rest.

He wants not of reward, seeks ne’er a whit of power; But gives his service gratis — as fragrance of the flower.

Cling to that friend, by fire tried, and grapple him Unto your soul with hooks of steel, as to a limb.

And since a friend is one soul — here in two bodies whole, His problems, sorrows share, while he is yet alive, Before his Maker calls him into a heavn’ly role.

Yet, when the Lord Almighty takes him away from you, As much as you did love him, that much of you dies too.

All of you is not earthly, some of it does ascend.

And, though your life continues its normal path to tread, Part of your soul will join it the Day you meet your friend.

ANGKOR, MYSTERY CITY OF THE ORIENT P. Knickelbp.in

Where is Angkor? What is Angkor? These questions are always asked by every person when he first hears that peculiar name, Angkor. Many people have never heard of it, nor did they imagine that such a place had ever existed. Only a very few historians have recorded anything about Angkor. In fact, there is so little known about it even now, that only a few encyclopedias, the better ones, have included it among their pages. Let us take a trip to the Orient and embark on a short visit to this forgotten and unknown city.

Far up in the heavy tropical jungles of French Indo-China is Angkor, one of the most puzzling remains of an ancient 136

RED people ever discovered by man. It represents a culture that must have been far in advance of anything coeval with it and a power that was virtually irresistible even in Asia, where men at arms were plentiful and warfare was a favored pastime.

For hundreds of years this marvelous civilization was hidden from the eyes of the world until a French naturalist, Henri Mohout, while studying tropical life, broke thru the jungle wall and had the honor of becoming the first man to see this wonderful spectacle after the disappearance of the people and their culture. Before him in the quivering, awesome silence, rose the five towers of a vast step-pyramid, a stone tapestry representative of a civilization like nothing else within the knowledge of man. Here was an art and architecture rivaling the pyramids of Egypt. .

These once beautiful temples were then overgrown with weeds and heavy jungle growth and inhabited by bats. Now these ruins lie partly revealed, with the jungle stripped back and the great stones replaced from where they had fallen.

With the creepers and vines and impenetrable growth of the jungle torn away over a diameter of fifteen miles, we see a scattering of such colossal ruins as are seen in few other places in the world except in Egypt Angkor-Thom, the city, and Angkor-Vat, the temple, are in fact “modern” structures as age is measured by archeologists. The city was still inhabited about 1300 A. D. Then something happened, some sudden catastrophe that drove the people out but did not damage the city. Was it an enemy invasion, a revolt of the slaves, a sitdown strike? Partly hewn stones were found, as if the work­ men suddenly quit at a certain zero hour. The highly civilized Khmers vanished, but why didn’t they take their civilization with them, and why was their city not appropiated by their successors? This mystery is still baffling science. How could a comparatively recent civilization vanish without leaving any trace of its existence on the primitive tribes now living in the jungle?

Upon further intensive investigations, a few more facts are found that shed a light, a very dim candle-light, upon this ancient-modern civilization. First of all, there are several theories regarding the origin of this ancient people. One theory claims that they came out of Northern India. Another holds 137

RED that they came from the Madras region. Still another says that a few Brahma priests, probably Khmers, came to Indo-China and conquered the natives by their wit and superior intelligence.

Yet another theory â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and this is the most likely and plausible one, maintains that the people came out of the land of Arya Deca, across the foothills of the Himalayas, across the dark and forbidding wilderness of Upper Burma and thru the land of Siam, and so at last to the golden Chersonese. Various clues have pointed to this migration; such as a carved picture, a broken stele, a kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tablet; these point out the way to the origin of this forgotten race.

These very interesting people were in all probability the greatest engineers of their time. Their culture was equal, if not greater, to that of the men who built Westminster Abbey and Notre Dame. Their capital was the greatest and wealthiest in the Orient, beside being the largest; they were a race of builders having an intelligence equal to any contemporaneous European nation. When they left Angkor they gave the world astounding temples and monuments to attest to their glory and skill.

These people had some very odd (from our point of view) laws and customs. All the people were so fond of perfume that that they would cover their entire bodies with it. Anybody was welcome in Angkor except criminals. When a person committed crime, his toes were cut off, and he was banned from the city.

Capitol punishment was not meted out with rope or axe. These criminals were taken out of the city and buried alive in pits.

Thieves, if caught, had their arms removed. Gambling and loose morals were not illegal, but adultery was severely frowned upon. If a person was suspected of being a thief, he was forced to put his hand in boiling water, and if he withdrew it unharmed, he was declared innocent. That may sound rather silly, but no doubt many of our customs would appear equally foolish to them.

The main attraction for visitors and tourists is the temples.

The main temples of this magnificent city are the Bayon, Angkor-Vat, To Prohm, and Pro Kahn. The name Bayon is supposed to have meant the reliquary for the ashes of kings and princes. Aymonier, a historian of the Khmers, states that the Bayon is a masterpiece of pure Cambodian architecture.

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RED Bas-reliefs adorn the walls of the larger buildings and temples; on the Bayon there are nearly a mile of them: charging elephants, parading kings, battling warriors, gods who rode on strange beasts, dancers, animals, warcraft, acrobats and count­ less numbers of other drawings. The many inscriptions that line the walls and pillars of the temples were written in an alphabet derived from the Sanskrit.

Angkor-Vat has been called the apotheosis of Khmer.

There is a deep moat completely around the temple. The central tower is more than two hundred feet high and the facade is five times as wide as that of the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Some of the huge rocks used in the building of the temple came from forty miles away. These stones were then delicately and in­ tricately carved. The slabs of the temple were cut irregular so that the adjoining slab had to be cut to fit accordingly. Natur­ ally, these temples were built and dedicated to certain gods of their religion.

There seem to have been three chief gods of the Ang­ koreans. They were Brahma, the Creator; Vishnu, the Pre­ server; and Siva, the Destroyer. These three formed what was called the Trimurti. The most important and more interesting of the three was Siva, the all-powerful, terrible destroyer, black lord of demons, perpetrating crimes and tortures, all the while laughing hideously. He was the knife that stabbed, the fire that burned, and the poison that infected; pangs of death to him were pleasure. Such was the chief god that the Angkoreans had invented. In the person of Siva was linked the twin mysteries of life and death.

Angkor was begun about 850 A. D. and finished forty years later. It was probably one of the largest cities of its day. In population it was the size of Carthage at its fall, as large as Rome at the time of the Christian era; and it had something of the might of Babylon and the intellect of Athens. There were also records of well-organized hospitals with doctors, nurses and assistants, both men and women. Part of their duties consisted of the care of the aged and sick among the pilgrims. One record states that 102 hospitals were in operation in Cambodia in the year 1186. Such was the great city of Angkor at the peak of its power.

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One explanation for the disappearance of this over one million people is that a vast army came and destroyed all the people.

But that does not explain, however, why the people did not re­ turn to fight for their city. Another argument states that per­ haps a plague erased this great people off the earth. But since there are no bones, human remains or accoutrements, that does not sound plausible.

Here are many problems for the scientist, historian, and archeologist. It is not so much a question of who built Angkor, but why it was left to the malevolence of the hardly penetrable jungle. There is only one Angkor. There is no such monument to a vanished race elsewhere in the world.

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"Well, how big a place is this that you hail from?” I’ve heard it often in the past and no doubt will many times in the future. And from small on, my little town has been about “five thousand, plus—,’’ plus what? Then I have to add, “plus about five hundred inmates at the State Hospital for the Insane.” Why I always add that, I don’t know. But I do know that in and among that group of some 500 unfortunate souls, are many who are very interesting to note.

My first contacts with those individuals were when I was yet in the lower grades. And naturally I, like many of the rest, could not fully appreciate the situation they were in. We went to watch football games on the Asylum Grounds each week during the season. And scattered among the trees behind the sidelines was always a number of the so-called better ones!

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tions of words they present to a person. At that early time, as I said, I was inclined to view those things as sort of funny!

Now I don’t.

Needless to say, I should long since have outgrown the stage when I looked so lightly upon the plight of those in­ mates. But in my actual experience, I have seen those men, the 'better ones’ the ‘bad’ ones, much more closely. I have watched their behavior on the open grounds; in the dining hall and in their cells. But the one place I have learned to appre­ ciate those men, is at the chapel services.

Young and old, black and white were there. Chapel was not compulsory, but time and again we saw the same faces there. Indeed, there were many that sat there with inexpressive and apparently thoughtless countenances. But there were often instances of sincere and sane attention that would put to shame many an auditor at our regular services.

As it was, and to this day is, there is no regular pastor for the services held at the institution. All denominations have the opportunity to bring the message. But although some did not, our pastor took a zealous interest in the welfare of those five hundred souls. He brought his choir along to help cheer the hearts of any and all who might be receptive of the message our hymns convey.

One poor gentleman was always in fear of the "devil be­ neath the floor.” Another had his hopes set on money. But one of the most interesting ones was a young fellow who con­ sistently brought his Bible to services. As soon as the text was announced, he would page the book, and when he had found the place, would follow intently in his text. Others again joined in on parts of the prayers or hymns. It was, indeed, one of my most enjoyable experiences when I could attend a service and see how surely there is hope even in the face of apparently utter despair. Through the medium of our pastor’s efforts, one man was granted a release from the institution, restored in mind and soul.

I no longer can jest about the condition of these men. It is just too serious. Manifold are the immediate causes of their status, we know. But just as surely do we know the mediate • cause is basically one and the same. It is a thought which we, as students preparing for the ministry, cannot overlook. It is a fact that such conditions prevail, and simply because many do not live nearby, they are, to a great extent, unaware of their true essence. I live in a town of about five thousand plus—plus these five hundred.

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For Better or For Worse FEW years ago, at the time when "swing” music was A enjoying its greatest popularity, there also was a revival of interest in classical music. Several members of our literarysocieties, catching the spirit, induced the societies to purchase an electrical transcriber and some albums of records. It was a very good idea. There was a substantial amount of money in the treasury of the literary societies. Why not use that money to acquaint the students with good music, music that survives and is not here today and gone tomorrow.

The little undertaking seemed headed on the road to success. Many students, after braving the first onslaughts of the classical “stuff”，learned to know it, appreciate it, and remem• ber it. Hopeless addicts of popular music began to hum excerpts from symphony. Others wrote about it. More and more records were added. A small but reasonably substantial library of records was being collected.

About two years ago the transcriber began to falter in efficiency. Many records were worn out because of frequent 142

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Consequently there was a lack of enthusiasm, for who cares to listen to records on a transcriber which does not function properly?

Finally, last year, an attempt was made to have the transcriber repaired and to replace' those records which had been badly damaged. But then the literary societies fell into an unforseen predicament. No money was forthcoming from the treasury. The argument was that the recorder belonged to the dormitory. Therefore the dormitory should pay the expense.

Another argument was that the money in the treasury of the literary societies belonged to those members who had ten years ago collected it. Since no money could be procured from that source, the dormitory fund finally paid for the repairs on the transcriber. But the transcriber, because of lack of proper care, kept deteriorating and was finally hopelessly beyond repair.

This summer the transcriber and the records, owned by the literary societies, were turned over to the dormitory without the knowledge of the literary societies!

It is the opinion of the writer that it would be foolish to give up this understaking. Enough money has already been spent in collecting a library of records. The literary societies should again try to secure funds for a new recorder. If this were at all successful, the transcriber together with the records should be moved to some out-of-the-way spot. The present situation is very unfavorable. The school candy store has made the recording- room a much-trafficked place. The rec­ ords are mishandled, used many times just to provide music. It has been suggested that the transcriber and records be moved to a piano room. This is an isolated place, favorable for such a purpose. It would limit the number of students using the transcriber. But there are still some students who would go to the trouble of walking to the fourth floor to listen to classical and light classical music.

If, however, the efforts of the literary societies should again prove futile, if it be impossible to secure funds to pur­ chase beautiful and educational music, the writer then suggests that, instead of leaving everything go to ruin, to sell the records to the highest bidders. The money gained from the auction 143

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T. Hartwig

Modernism and Jazz

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The full force of this statement struck me when I was engaged in an argument with a fellow student about the relative merits of ‘‘classicism’’ and modernism. It was a long and hot discussion and as the argument drew to a close the point of the argument was lost again and again. For the bene­ fit of certain opponents of modernism and jazz, let us here state clearly the case of modernism and jazz.

For the time being let us be content with a mere definition of this modern music. In a broad sense, modernism and jazz amount to the same thing. Both may simply be defined as the distortion of the conventional in music.

It is human nature to fly off on a tangent from time to time, and the modern tendency has been to deny the value of all tradition and to upset all formulae. This, of course, may reach the point of absurdity, for conventions and formulae do not exist without good reason. Yet every creative artist has ex­ pressed something of heresy against the established beliefs of his time.

Every musician destroyed a tradition. Wagner is a good example. “What crimes are committed in thy name, Oh Music,,> said not a few critics. Another outstanding example is Debussy. How critics militated against any recognition of his genius! Thus we see that the heresies of one generation become the accepted formulae of another.

But it would be foolish and shortsighted to condem all modernistic art, to be general, as mere absurdity, and while there has been much insincerity in all its phases, it must be admitted that a great many artists of the modern school are tnoroughly sincere and worthy of recognition as pioneers in a new technique. The difficulty in judging it fairly is our lack of perspective. We will add this, however, that no one can be 144

RED blamed for feeling a bit suspicious of anything that departs too far from the accepted paths of beauty and truth with so much insincerity and prejudice rampant in every field of art.

Who are the main supporters of this modern music? It did not take a certain professor in a large western university to tell us that the most staunch supporters are found in the ranks of the younger generation. It is quite true that young people are susceptible to modern music, but always from the standpoint of listening to a musical story or looking at a musical picture. For example, a fountain is just as convincing when its waters are scattered in dissonant showers as when it plays with respect­ able tonic and dominant harmonies, and certain phases of ugli­ ness are more easily expressed in modern music of cacophony than in the conventional formulae of the past.

Let us briefly glance at the composition of modern music.

Jazz distorts the conventions of popular music just as modern­ ism in general distorts those of the serious, classic type. In order to simplify the analysis of possible distortions let us re­ mind the reader of the general definition of music. It is the Organization of Sound toward Beauty. Since rhythm, melody, harmony, tone color and form are the five organizing factors in music, their distortion creates the idom of modernism and jazz.

Rhythm is distorted chiefly by syncopation. Melody is distorted by a refusal to follow logical patterns, deliberately seeking in­ tervals that are as unexpected as possible. Harmony may be distorted by definitely unconventional, dissonant chords like those of Debussy. Tone color is distorted by giving the indi­ vidual instruments the opportunity for abnormal sounds such as the muting of the brass. Finally, there are many ways to distort form, from rhapsodies to caprices. Examples of these may be found in the compositions of any modern composer. Think of some of the chords in Stravinski’s Firebird Suite. Consider some of the sounds which are given forth when an orchestra renders Grofe’s Grand Canyon Suite. We could cite examples in respectable composers ad infinitum.

In the long run every music-lover must decide for himself which kind of music he prefers, and it is quite possible to enjoy every kind from classicism to jazz, and with a fair distribution of physical, mental and spiritual profit. Novel music and popular music cannot be ignored, and it is just as silly to lift holy hands in horror over these ‘‘brutalities’’ as to scorn the orthodoxy of those who still find enough satisfaction in the well-established masterpieces of recognized composers.

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Campus and Classroom Willkie Wins One morning after breakfast we had a kind of "gallop” pole to see how the presidential candidates stand in the dorm.

Result: Willkie 64, Roosevelt 8, Thomas 8.

Yehudi Returns

On Sept. 31 Yehudi returned to take his senior year over.

No one missed him until he came back. He stays in our bed­ room and sleeps in the middle bunk. We talked him into making a contribution and he submitted the following:

Draught Gets Gehrke

As a few of his friends were gathered around, Gehrke said, Today I am a man,” and so become eligible for both the draught and the draft.

All but four of the Seniors registered on the 16th—Dagwood was born about thirty days too late. As you know, they ask if you have any special physical characteristics which would easily identify you. Well, Zeke Wenzel told ’em he was handsome and the man at the desk said as kindly as he could, ‘‘That’s a matter of opinion.’’ ii

It CAN Happen Here

We’ve had bacon and pancakes for breakfast.

We don^ know when the trees on our campus have been more beautiful than this fall. The brilliant yellows, reds, and oranges, of the hard maples and oaks and the pale green of the elms in the light of the setting sun do something to us...............

Also the harvest moon coming up from behind the pest house over the old cemetery does something too, Kuehl says.

For a few days Prof. Kowalke attended a conference in Milwaukee and so the Seniors went on having their Hebrew classes alone. If that isn’t a joke, what is?

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We saw the Sea Hawk and came out thoroughly convinced that England has always been a good fairy in a world of thieves, which we suspect is what they wanted us to think.

They wouldn’t refund a bit of our money at the box office although we told them over and over that we saw only two of Brigham Young’s wives.

Theodore M. (Monopoly) Thurow and Paul D. (Dentist) Hartwig study in the afternoons these days. Tacke, we hear, is back to studying- at night again.

Whoops. I’m sorry, We weren’t going to put such stuff in this column, were we?

There are 56 days from Homecoming to Christmas vacation.

There are 88 days to semester exams.

Do your Christmas shopping early.

Seniors, Don’t Wait Till The Last Minute Make Your B. A. Worthwhile There are only 226 days in which to write friendly letters to relatives before commencement day. Twenty-four cents for postage per uncle during the year is one of the safest invest­ ments you can make.

Music Here Again the Male Chorus, Mixed Chorus, Octette, Band and Orchestra help to take up our odd hours. With all respect to the faculty members who at.present devote much of their time to the conducting of the male chorus and band we still say North­ western needs a full time professor for its music department.

Len Koeninger, a Junior from Manitowoc, tears his pretty black hair with one hand while he directs the orchestra with the 147

RED heights before his music other. Dauntlessly he sets makers一Invitation to the Waltz, March from Nutcracker Suite, Dance of the Hours from Mignon, Remembrances of Waldteufel, Scarf Dance, and Triumphal March. A string bass and cello are notably lacking. It is thought that freshman Schaller would help much to fill in with his violin if he’d come sometime.

The Band is under the direction of Prof. Oswald and the student director is busy-man Paustian, a junior from Barre Mills. Many new marches have been distributed and much time has been spent on Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper

by Weinberger and lately it’s been Russian Sailor's Dance by Gliere. Also Hunting Scene and Eric Coates’ Knightsbridge are being taken through. A concert free to the public is to be presented in our gymnasium by the band shortly after Christ­ mas. Librarian Huebner and his assistants together with Prof.

Oswald are putting the library in order. Also the constitution is being-renovated.

The octette will appear publicly without a director but they practice, with Paustian calling signals. Lately they’ve been concentrating on Homecoming numbers. Its personell: Second basses, Franzmann and Koeninger; first basses, Hoffmann and Steffenhagen; second tenors, Paustian and Heidemann; first tenors, Grams and P. Hanke.

Paustian took on himself the perilous task of picking twelve girls from our Co-ed department who together with the octette make up the mixed chorus. Paustian directs this and T. Hartwig takes his place in the tenor section. Highlights of their repertore are Jesu Priceless Treasure and Sleeper, Wake.

Professor Bolle again directs the male chorus of forty singers selected by merit. Paustian is the student president and a little note of interest is that he has a new orange wood baton coming. Lately it’s been college songs and a Motette

by Schnabel.

Henry Peil left his accordion at home this year.

Copied A theology student named Fiddle Refused to accept his degree.

It was bad enough to be Fiddle Without being Fiddle, D. D. And then there’s the professor who asked if Wadzinski was still in the sick room when Wadzinski hadn’t been in his class all year.

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•Correction

Contributed: Having perused over the “guide thru Northwestern’s ver­ nacular’’， one or another of the old students surely must have noticed that our worthy “Campus-and-CIassi，oomei，” omitted one very much used word. For the benefit of new students, undoubtedly not familiar with this vocable, it might be well to insert it.

Butts 1. n. This word occurs in the plural form only and almost always as the object of the sentence. Its etymology is evidently the French word buter, to strike, from where it quite naturally derived it spresent meaning, something struck andthus claimed by some one. The word is generally used in connection with whaclc11 i. e. to lay claim to. To whack butts on an apple places an obligation on the part of the eater to save the whacker part of the apple. The size of butts depends on the generosity of the donor but from the receiver’s viewpoint it is the largest part of a whole.

2. in terj. The word is generally used as an interjection when the whacker suspects that some other persons are intent on the same purpose. “Butts!!!”

Naturally we were quite overjoyed to think someone had read our column. However, we feel that the correction is not altogether justified since Butts is or are in quite general usage and not restricted to our campus. Also we fail to agree with the contributer when he says butts is or are from the French buter. We rather think it’s from the Middle English buttoke which means, in the case of a duck, the part that comes ovet' the fence last But thank you very much, Anonymous. May we hear from you again. 氺氺

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Oh yes, the professors1 nicknames which we promised you— well, we thought it over and....................................

(Confidentially, we had hoped that they’d come around and try to hush us up with an attractive offer ― we were all set to settle for as little as a Per Bene on our diploma — but it didn’t work.)

In the next issue — don’t miss Yehudi’s contribution.

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s The marriages of the following alumini have taken place during the summer, or will take place in the near future: The Rev. George Bartels, “35”；.The Rev. Samuel Kugler, ‘‘36，，； Howard Ambeling, ex The Rev. Lester Groth "35”； The Rev. Gilbert Sydow, “36”； The Rev. Howard Russow, “37”； The Rev. Elmer Mehlberg, “36”； The Rev. Conrad Frey, “35”； The Rev. Carl Broecker, “35”； The Rev. Immanuel Frey, “36”； The Rev. Victor Weyland, “37”.

The Rev. Gilbert Sydow, “36”，has accepted a call to Withrow, Washington.

Armin Schultz, “37”，and George Frey, ‘37’，，have been called as tutors to Saginaw, Michigan, where they will fill the position left vacant by The Rev. Gilbert Sydow.

The Rev. Gerhard Ehlert, "35”，has accepted a call to Bison, South Dakota.

Gerhard Schmelzer, ex “40”，has accepted a teaching pos­ ition in Bylas, Arizona.

The Rev. Waldemar Hoyer, “36”，is in charge of a mission congregation in Waukesha, Wis. Miss Arline Schumann, “36”，is now teaching at Waukesha, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Orvin Sommers, "36”，has accepted a call to Forest, Wisconsin, The Rev. Kurt Hinnenthal, “36”，of Two Rivers, Wis., has been granted a year’s leave of absence because of illness. This temporary vacancy is being filled by The Rev. Roland Ehlke, “37”.

The Rev. Gerhard Geiger, “34”，has received a call to Lancaster, Wis. The Rev. Karl Gurgel, “37”，is now teaching in La Crosse, Wis. The Rev. Oscar Siegler, “37”，has been called as tutor to Mobridge, So. Dak. Miss Anita Weihert, ’37 is now teaching at Bangor, Wis. The Rev. Edward Weisz, ’37 is at the present time teaching at the Bethesda Lutheran Home in Watertown.

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The Rev. J. H. Schwartz, ’90, of West Salem, Wis., has resigned and made his residence in Bloomer, Wis. The Rev. W. Paustian, 29, has accepted a call to West Salem, Wis. The Rev. L. Bleichwehl, ’30, of Cataract, Wis., has received a call to Onalaska, Wis., to fill the post left vacant by W. Paustian.

The Rev. J. Habeck, ’24, of Medford, Wis., has accepted a call to Weyauwega, Wis. The Rev. 0. Naumann, ’31，has eccepted a call as professor at New Ulm, Minn.

The Rev. Edgar Hoenecke, ’23, has refused a call to Neenah, Wis. The Rev. G. Schafer, ’29，has received a call to Neenah, Wis. The Rev. H. Geiger’s, ’07，congregation at North Leeds, Wis., has laid the cornerstone of its new church. The Rev. Engel, ’25, of Pardeeville, Wis., preached the sermon.

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They came, they saw, but they did not conquer. Once every year the Sem. again dons pads and helmets and takes the lid off Northwestern’s football season. The outcome of the game is usually conceded before the opening whistle, but not so this year. Possessing the team which during their college days had won two conference championships, the Seminary came, highly confident of victory. But they reckoned without Albrecht, whose drop kick from the 17 yd. line with only 15 seconds of the game remaining gave us a storybook finish and the first victory of the season.

The two teams battled to a scoreless first half with the Seminary doing most of the ground gaining on smashes, through the line by Hempel and Pagels. The Seminary’s score came late in the third quarter on a 40 yd. drive with Hempel and Pagels alternating in carrying the ball down to the 2 yd. line, from where Frey tarried it over. Pagels failed to convert.

Northwestern countered quickly. A long pass complete to Peil and an off tackle smash by Albrecht brought the ball to the 3 yd, line. A pass Albrecht to Peil, then tied the score. Grabner’s kick for the extra point was blocked. Not content to settle for a tie, the Sem. took to the air. But a pass was intercepted by Albrecht and carried down to the 17 yd. line, from where he “toed” the team to victory.

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Substitutions: Northwestern： Peil, O. Hahnke A. Walther, H. Walther, Leyrer, Kujath, Nitz, Fuerstenau.

Seminary： Hempel, Ten Broek, Zimmermann, Jungkuntz, E. Frey, R. Frey, Tabbert.

Mission House 0

Northwestern 3

Northwestern emerged victorious in their first conference tilt, winning over Mission House, 3—0, in a hard-fought contest.

Again the margin between victory and defeat was the skillful drop kicking of Albrecht.

The game was a heart-breaker for Mission House. Out­ weighing our team 20 lbs. to the man. They rolled up 14 first downs to Northwestern^ 6. Using their superior weight, Mission at one point drove to within the six inch line, only to lose the ball on a fumble, The gosling’s only scoring opportunity came in the second quarter. After an exchange of punts had put the ball on the 31 yd. line, a pass to Peil was complete to the 17 yd. line.

After three line plays had netted them only 3 yds., Albrecht dropped back and drop-kicked the ball squarely between the uprights for the three points which ultimately proved to be the margin of victory. From then on they battled fiercely to hold their slim lead.

Northwestern Horn Greve Hahnke Koehler •aude itzner Peil Birkholz Albrecht Grabner Reuschel

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Mission House: Schimmler, Whiterabbit, Ernst丨 Lobey.

Wisconsin Tech 13

Northwestern 7

Although things are said to run in cycles of three, not SO the Northwestern football team. Seeking their third win of the current season, they were defeated by the big and canny Wisconsin Tech gridders.

The score was close all the way. There was no score the first half, although the Miners had possession of the ball the greater share of the time and continually ripped through our lighter line for gains.

But in the third quarter the Miners’ superior weight began to tell and with consistent gains they drove to the 5 yd. line.

A completed pass in the end zone gave them their first six points.

A center plunged for the extra point failed. Not content with six points, they recovered a fumble on the kickoff and again began a drive which culminated in a short plunge by Howell for the score. Wysce’s kick for the extra point was good. North­ western came back and after two long completed passes Albrecht took the ball across for Northwestern’s only touchdown. Grabner added the extra point.

Northwestern’s line deserves special credit. They were really in there fighting. Although completely dwarfed by the bigger Miner’s they charged and time after time broke through for tackles, to thrust back touchdown drives.

Northwestern G. Horn Greve M. Hanke Koehler Spaude Mitzner Peil Schuppenhauer Albrecht Grabner Reuschel

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Substitutions: Northwestern： P. Hanke, H. Walther, Birkholz, Kujath, Hartwig, Hahnke, Fuerstenau, Leyrer, Miners： Sou ter, Kobdish, Tuttle, Kent, P. Green, Zalewski, Burris, De Witte, Anderson, Brokow, Wochowitz, Chaiton, Keinityz, Erdmann, Koth.

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Aurora 13

Whether it was Aurora’s homecoming spirit, whether it was the long trip or whether it just wasn’t our day to win is hard to say. But Northwestern came out second best in a game played on a wind-swept field in Aurora. Northwestern, except for brief spurts, lacked that winning spark, that will to win, which had marked their first three contests, It wasn’t so mush a case of Aurora winning, but Northwestern losing.

The first half, from a spectator’s point of view, was un­ interesting. Aurora made three first downs to our two. Neither team crossed the fifty-yard line, except once when the Goslings recovered a fumble in Aurora territory late in the 2nd quarter.

But four passes from this point failed to gain a yard.

Immediately after the kickoff for the second half, Grabner recovered a fumble on the 35 yd. line. Failing to gain, Grabner dropped back for a field goal which fell short. Taking the ball Aurora marched all the way down to the 25 yd. line, where an intercepted pass by Mitzner halted the march. Then came the break of the game. Dropping back to kick, Albrecht’s punt was blocked by Clark. The ball, bouncing into the end zone was recovered by Halbert for an Aurora score. Johnson made good on the try for the extra point. Seeking to tie the score, Northwestern began recklessly to pass in their own territory, only to have a pass intercepted on the 27 yd. line. Four line plays netted a first down and then Cooprider ran around end for 6 yds. and a touchdown. They failed to convert. With but four minutes remaining the Goslings again took to the air.

Starting on their own 35 they really began to make things click.

Six completed passes out of seven attempts carried the ball all the way down to the 15 yd. line. A deflected pass, caught by Grabner in the end zone, brought Northwestern its only touch­ down as the final whistle blew. Grabner also added the extra point.

For the first time this year Northwestern outrushed their opponents, gaining 169 yards to Aurora’s 121, although again spotting their opponents about 15 lbs. to the man. Cooprider for Aurora was the outstanding man on the field. Every team seems to have one bad game during the year. Let’s hope this is ours, and that the fellows will really be rarin, to go Home­ coming.

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TENNIS Len Koeninger took the fall tennis tournament, defeating Norm Berg in the finals 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. Other semifinalists were Baganz and Dobratz.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARYâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Anatomy of Intelligence

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Reflections on Still Life

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Time

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The Nero of Russia

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Shangri-La

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In the Beginning

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Nature From a Christian Viewpoint... 168

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ANATOMY OF INTELLIGENCE A. Keibel

Can you tell me why some men are genuises and others fools? What do you think is the secret of human intelligence?

Phrenologists say that the bumps on your head, supposedly due to hyper-developed brain areas, reveal the amount of intelli­ gence you possess. In deceit, this genus of quack rivals astrology. You know as well as I do that the conformation of the skull is not indicative of mental faculties, no more than is the size of the brain. Science has proved this by observation.

It has demonstrated that the depth, number and pattern of the convolutions in the brain of an intellectual are not more compli­ cated than those of a moron.

If, then, all human brains are practically identical, what is the basis for intelligence? Scientists a^sked themselves this question for many years, until one day the fact dawned on them that they had been ignoring the source that gives the brain power to function—namely, the blood supply. Upon examina­ tion they found that the size and complexity of the blood vessels in the membrane covering the brain reveals far more 157

RED brain power than the physical appearance of the gray matter itself. Since 1926, profuse experiments have shown that the membrane adjacent to the brain in those of superior mentality has blood vessels of greater number and caliber than in those of ordinary ability. (This probably brings to mind the Yoga headstand, a practice which does not exercise the brain, but merely promotes circulation in the head .... as for brainal calisthenics, memory work seems to be about the best.)

Another thing scientists discovered was that chemical com­ position of the blood varies with the change in condition of the intelligence. Most cases of insanity of an organic origin have a smaller lime content in the blood than is present in the normal person. In the same cases there is also an abnormal amount of sugar in the blood. It has also been found that the higher the blood sugar content, the higher the nervous tension of the indi­ vidual. From these observations, however, we cannot infer that a case would again become normal with the addition of lime and removal of sugar. These changes are probably only effects of the mental condition.

Can one tell whether a person is thinking, and, if so, how hard? Professors have often expressed the wish that they could. It may seem impossible, but with the aid of a special radio set, the functional activity of the brain can be measured.

In 1890, Dr. Fleischle von Marxow detected faint impulses in the head by means of crude electrical apparatus. With today’s vacuum tube, men can see and study that minute electric current. The scientist tapes electrodes to the arm and fore­ head, then connects them with wires to a special amplifier which records the fluctuations, or waves, on strips of paper.

There are two general classes of brain waves; the alpha, with about ten fluctuations per second, and the beta, with some twenty per second. The rhythm of these waves remains normal day after day but slows down by one third during un­ consciousness. The harder the brain works the more electrical energy it gives out, as in the case of working a difficult mathe­ matics problem. And when you memorize a sentence, the result is a greater display of electrical fireworks by the brain than if you simply read it. Thus one might picture each new thought as being electrified and stored away in a cell, with an occasional review to recharge it.

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^RED In the study of psychology we have learned that a child first begins to perceive objects and follow them with his eyes at about the age of three months. Evidently the human brain awakens the functional activity at this time. Research has dis­ closed that the alpha wave first appears at this period. After that, the alpha waves improve in frequency, amplitude, and rhythm with the mental and physical development until about the tenth year. And during the “selfconscious”，adolescent years there is an increase in the frequency of the electrical energy given out by the brain, perhaps related to the rapid physiological change that takes place in the body.

Because the average frequency of the alpha waves in women is 11 per second, while in men it is 10.2 per second, scientists deduce that women think faster than men. Of course, fellow-men, this is a debatable issue. Perhaps it refers to the emotions — that the “sixth sense” we have been hearing so much about.

Although the picture of what constitutes intelligence is un­ clear to science it is now certain that intelligence at any rate depends not upon the size or weight of the brain, but that it can be gauged by the amount of blood furnished to the brain, and the quality of the blood as influenced by internal chemical changes which may also have to do with the electrical energy of the brain.

REFLECTIONS ON STILL LIFE G. Franzmann

On my desk are several articles that would perhaps make an interesting study in still life for an artist: an ash tray with the head of a sad-faced dog, a small radio, a Hebrew Grammer, a pair of glasses, a “Reserved” sign (a relic of a Homecoming Banquet) a wooden tray containing several articles, a German Bible and a pile of books. Above my desk is a portrait of the Great Reformer. Still, yes; no motion of any kind visible in any one of this rather strange group of what-nots. Yet each one is something live, something real, vital with infinite power of playing on the recesses of my imagination.

Why is the Scotty dog on the ash tray sad? Is it perhaps because he is doomed to a boring existence of squatting before smelly cigarette butts, smelling like the loathsome odor, “ash 159

RED tray breath,” with a burning cigarette resting between his ears? No doubt he would rather be scampering around the "bonny braces of Loch Lomond’’ or posing in front of a new automobile wearing a Scoth-plaid overcoat.

The radio is tuned to a program by the Chicago Opera Co. offering Verdi’s ‘‘La Traviata.” The strains of the violins in the Prelude to the Third Act are overwhelmingly beautiful. I can picture myself as part of the vast audience watching and listening to this musical treat. Colorful Italian costumes----gifted artists and musicians, and all the finery, pomp, and splendor of Grand Opera all mime---- all mine from a rectangu­ lar object of plastic, wire, glass, and steel no longer than a box of soda crackers. Still---- yes. But plenty of potential energy within it.

The Hebrew Grammar lies there. It only serves to awaken an awful respect for the man who can teach its contents and the Hebrews who spoke it without even a conscious effort com­ pensating for gutturals and implying dages fortes.

I just glanced at the picture on the wall, then at the German Bible and the Hebrew Grammer and I realized how truly great a man he must have been to have made such a faith­ ful translation of the Hebrew text without the benefit of good grammars, lexica and reference books. Then I recall incidents when he had to search for days, asking Jewish storekeepers just to find a suitable translation for one word. Certainly none of these now-still objects are without inherent actions.

And so it goes: the “Reserved” sign recalls a thrilling foot­ ball game and a gala banquet. One word recalls a series of events collectively known as Homecoming. The glasses bring oculists and the great new plastics industry to mind. The wooden tray was made in a home for the feeble-minded by people whose lives are tragedy personified.

Just a study in still-life, but nevertheless there is behind each object something great and exiting forming a cross-section of our not-so-still Life.

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TIME Or Why You’d Like to Set the Clock Back Time is akin to a rubber band or is this stretching it too far? At any rate, I base this snappy assumption on a most careful observation. In my hand I am holding a rubber 160

RED band. I am experimenting. By pulling and releasing, I have come to this weighty conclusion: the speed of the released rubber is directly proportional to the tension exerted thereon.

In other words, the greater the tension, the greater the speed.

It seems plausible to apply this conclusion to time also.

How often haven’t you heard someone say, “golly, the time flew today!” Well, there’s a good chance that it was a Monday, and that this someone had been home over the week-end.

Where from, this deduction? Quite simple. Tension makes rubber fly faster, and time is similar to rubber, therefore tension may also make time fly faster! The tension is greatest during class. You aren’t sure of the next question or passage in Greek, so you keep working just one jump ahead of the class.

The tension reaches its climax with each request, "Will you take the next,------- •” Then the tension snaps. You momen­ tarily relax and mop your brow, only to start building up ten­ sion on the next problem. Now, this is simply a race against time. The excitement of this race makes the time fly.

I think that in almost every case, the flight of time is augmented by some sort of excitement or tension. Take, for example, that period of time from breakfast to chapel. While dressing, you are faced by the haunting thought of that Latin which needs reviewing. When you finally get to it, you have continual interruptions to contend with. Meanwhile you are watching that clock cold-heartedly tick on. There is your tension again. When you get the idea that minutes are precious, they flow by all the easier.

On the other hand, I have found that just as the rubber band has no forward motion when it is slack, so also time seems to drag when one is completely relaxed, say, for instance during vacation. ______________ THE NERO OF RUSSIA P. Knickelbein

In seeking excesses to which absolute power may lead, the names of the cruel and wicked emperors of Rome are mentioned, among whom Nero stands as a most notorious monster of cruelty. More modern history has also a Nero in its long line of kings and emperors, namely, Ivan IV of Russia, surnamed “the Terrible”.

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RED Ivan was, undoubtedly, the most cruel ruler the world has ever seen. Many historians have declared him insane, and so do not hold him responsible for his horrible acts of cruelty and bloodthirstiness. He had a flair for barbaric splendor, a streak of superstition, a liking for women, a fancy that he honored his victims by killing them, and a suspicious nature. The latter accounted for both his occasional outbursts of ungovernable fury and his more usual exibitions of icy, calculated cruelty. In our own time, several cruel rulers have arisen, but let us take a short look at the life of this man, who overshadows in crime and cruelty any ruthless ruler of our own time and of all time.

When the Grand Prince Vasili III died in 1533, he left his two sons, Ivan and Iuri, in the not-so-good care of his wife Helen. Helen, an ambitious and unscrupulous woman, assumed the regency of Russia after the death of her husband, and was guided in her authority over the state by her uncle, Michael Glinsky, and her lover, Prince Obelensky.

Five years later, when Helen was poisoned, Prince Shuisky took over the control of Russia, and it was under his rule that Ivan grew up. From boyhood on Ivan had streaks of cruelty which showed time and again. In early youth he tortured animals and rode helter-skelter thru mobs of citizens with his companions, maiming some people for life and even killing others. He was taught to use the Bible at an early age, and, because he had a quick mind, mastered the Greek historical records, the Bible and the Russian church literature with ease.

He particularly liked to read of David and Solomon because of those passages that magnified monarchical authority.

At the age of sixteen Ivan picked himself a wife from the common people, Anastasia by name. One of the first acts of Ivan after his coronation as king was to have Prince Shuisky sewed up in a bear skin and then had him thrown to the wild dogs. After Ivan was married a short while, it seemed as if his wife and married life quieted him down a bit. Ivan, with the help of the priest Sylvester and Adeshev, Ivan’s right-hand man, changed the law code and instituted several new church reforms, which were of great benefit to Russia.

Ivan selected a thousand of the best nobles of the land in 1550, forming them in a single unit and called them by the peaceful name of “Moscow nobles”. They were also called 162

赛RED Oprichniki. These nobles carried a dog’s head and a broom suspended from the saddlebow. The dog’s head signified that they worried the enemies of the Tsar and the broom was to in­ dicate that they swept them off the face of the earth. The Oprichniki committed all kinds of hideous crimes and bloody executions.

Ivan built something on the order of a monastery, in which all his depraved henchmen donned the black priestly garments of the church over their gaudy uniforms. They turned from humble prayer to wine and bloodshed and it is said that they recited their prayers mingled with blasphemy. It it also said that Ivan was so energetic in his prayers that in kneeling to pray he bumped his head on the floor so hard that he raised black and blue marks.

In 1570, Ivan marched on Novgorod and there committed one of the most revolting crimes in history. The slaughter lasted five weeks. The river ran red with blood and streets were dammed up with piles of human carcasses. Whole families were put in the river and pushed under till they perished. Ivan always sought a pretext for his repulsive crimes and was very clever at inventing them. He would quote from the classics in justification of his obsession, namely, unlimited power. Ivan always carried a long, heavy, steel-pointed staff with him, and, when anyone was so indiscreet as to displease him, he would pierce him thru with the heavy murder-rod. Ivan, in a fit of rage, even killed his eldest son with this death-dealing instrument.

A typical day for Ivan would be something like the follow­ ing. After prayer in his private monastery, Ivan would go to the torture chamber. Sometimes a hundred victims awaited his sadistic pleasure, and whole families were often included. In his torture-chamber Ivan had such playful, spine-tingling in­ struments of torture as saws that cut a person in two, pincers to pull the tongue out, and machines that slipped you, like an eel, from your skin.

Ivan turned cities into shambles and provinces into cemeteries. He would remove the epidermis from people, after which they would be flogged. Others were carved, a leg or an arm at a time, and then forced to watch their own limbs eaten by dogs. Ivan killed for the sheer joy of it Other methods in163

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Why didn’t the people protest? The social and psychologi­ cal conditions of the people answer that question. The people yet living were grateful that the hand of Ivan did not fall on them. Ivan claimed devine powers, and the people received their afflictions with adoration because they considered the Tsar and God as one.

Even though Ivan was so very cruel, he yet had some good in him. Later in life, when his course here was almost com­ pleted, he offered prayers for all the people he had murdered and gave alms to their families. He gave lists of his thousands of victims to the priests to offer up prayer for them, and some of these lists ended with the significant quatation, “Lord, Thou k nowest them all.”

Queer as it may sound, one of the best comparisons that can be made in regard to Ivan’s life is that of a chess game. If the reader understands the somewhat complicated game of chess, the comparison will be all the more easily understood.

Ivan was the king, Anastasia the queen. Ivan fared well while his queen was still living to protect him and prevent him from doing any rash acts. After his queen died, taken by the other queen, Death, Ivan was subject to the attack of the evil thoughts crowding his mind. The Oprichniki were the knights who did his bidding, slaughtering the pawns, or lesser people, for no good reason. The castle played quite an important part in Ivan’s life. After the burning of Moscow in 1547, Ivan, with no announcement of any sort, hid out in an abandoned castle. He did not inform the people of his whereabouts, but wrote them letters, telling them of the corrupt practices of some of the higher officials of the kingdom. The people begged and even prayed, on bended knees that Ivan return and rule them.

Ivan compromised on the condition that he could do as he wished in regard to matters of state. The people agreed. With Ivan’s return, there came also a reign of terror, crime and murder such as the world had never seen before. Ivan unleashed all his latent anger and fury on the harmless heads of 164

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Ivan neglected one very important thing; namely, that of watching the other queen. During a game of chess that Ivan was playing with a friend, the sable-vested dark-cloaked Queen of the night, Death, came and, entering the game unseen and unheard by either of the two players, check-mated the Tsar.

SHANGRI-LA .

Wilbert Gasvrisch

Shangri-La! The very word seems to bring an impression of solitude, leisure, dreams. It is a bewitching, musical sound as you repeat it to yourself. It seems to symbolize the Orient with its tranquil, leisurely atmosphere. Hurry, bustle, speed, noise, and excitement are characteristic of the Occident. As the quick-lunch restaurant symbolizes our western word, so the Oriental’s etiquette, his practice of drinking tea with his visitor before approaching the business at hand, symbolizes the East.

His language is musical and evasive. That is what makes it beautiful. Ours is crisp and direct. We try to put as many thoughts into one sentence as we can. That is why our speech is cold. The Oriental has been that way from the beginning of the time he enters history. Even Abraham went through the lengthy, prescribed ceremony when he bought the cave of Machpelah from Ephron, the Hittite.

Shangri-La! You are probably wondering where it is located and what it is. I can’t say. Perhaps there is actually no such place. But it is at least pleasant to think that there is. Inspired

by James Hilton, I take great pleasure in withdrawing to it in my imagination to enjoy a few moments of relaxation — to live for a short time the life of the East. Serene, peaceful, leisurely, unworried by the passing of time, one can retire there to meditate upon a beautiful piece of music, a picture of a book.

Shangri-La, as Hilton describes it, was buried in the KuenLun mountain range of Tibet. This range is perhaps the leastexplored in the world. Whatever passes there are, are terrifically high and unmapped. Legend in Tibet has it that one of the mountains is almost as high as Everest. It also says that the inhabitants of some of the lamaseries have discovered a drug 165

RED which produces longevity. It is upon such legendary reports that Hilton has built his dreamland. A pretty larrasery tucked away in the valley of the Blue Moon, as Mt. Karakal which towered above the village was called in the valley patois, a temperate climate all year round—that is Shangri-La, hidden in the heart of a vitually impassable mountain range. And its inhabitants live with even less concern over the passing of time than their oriental cousins, because they have found the elixir which has been sought by man for centuries to prolong life beyond its natural period. The result is a slackening of the whole tempo of life. If only we could actually do that! Our life is a chase from one thing to another. We hurry as we say “to save time”. But the more we pursue it, the farther we are from catching it. In Shangri-La one has Time, a rare and lovely gift. One has time to read—no need to skim pages to save minutes to devote to some other occupation or to avoid some study lest it prove too engrossing. One has time to enjoy the full savor of beautiful music—no need to take in your concerts through your car radio as you rush to or from work. For Shangri-La is provided with the world’s music by means of records. It possesses a large library of the world’s best litera­ ture. It owns in addition a great many rarities. Books in a variety of languages are there. The lamasery also owns a col­ lection of Chinese art. Additions to its collection of world cul­ ture are made semianually when a daring group of traders from China venture across the treacherous mountains to provide this virtual paradise with some of the latest productions of the out­ side world. What delight to visit this place in one’s imagina­ tion, to admire those delicate, fragile, yet perfectly made trea­ sures, to absorb the music of the masters into the very depths of the soul, to have time to ponder those writings which deserve more than a casual reading, to have time to study and to learn.

The very solitude and the awe-inspiring, ice-covered mountain tops seem to bring one closer to one’s Creator.

Even though Time seems to be slowed down at Shangri-La, it marches steadily on, bring old age and finally death. But after all Shangri-La is only a dream. It too often feels the in­ fluence of Time, although to a lesser degree than the outside world. Sir James Jeans describes Time’s march thus: “We can retrace our steps in pace, but never in time; we 166

RED can move slowly or quickly, or not at all, in space as we choose, but no one can regulate the flow of time— —it rolls on at the same even uncontrollable rate for all of us.”

I am certain that most persons have a “Shangri-La” to which they retire. It’s a pleasant place to go to when your spirits are low. It is virtual fairyland for adults. After a few minutes of mental relaxation, one feels refreshed to resume one’s daily tasks with renewed vigor. But where to find it and to say what it is, that is a problem which only you as an indivi­ dual can answer.

IN THE BEGINNING R. Gocde

The life of an author is indeed exciting, but the most thrilling part of that life is not when the big checks come rolling in, not when the author’s name is on every tongue, not when the author has really settled down to be an honest-to-goodness writer. The thrilling part of his life is in the beginning when he receives a dozen rejection slips for each dollar he earns.

It’s when he is struggling to sell his first stories; that’s when an author’s life is thrilling. And this little story I tell is an example of an author’s life in the beginning.

Lester John liked to write. He wrote articles for his school paper and he was held to be a fairly good writer by his friends.

Consequently, Lester began to write for publication. He wrote stories, sent them to publishers, and in return received only rejection slips. One of his rejection slips read: “We throw this kind in the waste basket.” But writers are fools, and Lester wrote some more stories.

One day he received another large envelope from a pub­ lisher. Lester’s hands trembled with excitement as he questioned, “Is this rejection slip number thirty-nine, or is this check number one?’’ He opened the envelope and out came a check. Lester let out a yell, not unlike those heard on the western plains a century ago. “A check, a check, hurrah! My first check!” His joy knew no bounds. After thirty-eight rejection slips, at last he had a check.

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RED from a woman.) Why, Lester had forgotten to look at the check. A thrill passed through him, how much? Large num­ bers flashed in his brain. He looked at the check, a stunned look covered his face— “I’m rich!” Then, of all things, he let the check fall to the floor, and he walked towards his bedroom.

“Yep, I’m rich. I got a check for sixty cents.”

NATURE FROM A CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT Among nature-lovers fall holds an entrancing charm. It is the last chapter of warmth in nature’s yearbook. It recalls happy thoughts of a pleasant summer just before the dread of cold winter undermines them. As the first nips of frost appear, towering maples are crowned with a fringe of red against a background of blue——blue as only October skies can be. Soon leaves begin to tumble; some are red, others yellow, and there are any number of color combinations. They form a crunching carpet beneath the canopy of interlocking branches overhead.

And what striking contrast of color in the whole panorama!

The rich green of the fir, silhouetted against a background of red and yellow, adds an interesting touch to the finely differen­ tiated shades of color, all of which blend into a magnificent in­ carnation of natural harmony.

This, however, is only one aspect of nature. Lovers of nature find awesome splendor also in steaming waterfalls, whose thundering streams gorge through beds of solid granite.

Some delight in mountain scenes when the sinking sun bathes the countryside with a splash of gold. The snowy winter scene interests others, while still others prefer to stand in awe of Aurora Borealis and the summer lightning. He who appreciates even only one of the beauties of nature is fortunate, for he is on the road to happiness.

Wordsworth was at one time called “the high-priest of nature.’’ This English poet of nineteenth-century romanticism was undoubtedly the greatest of all nature-lovers. Together with his sister Dorothy he would spend long hours walking in the country to devote himself to what he, in his poem Tintem Abbey, called: "The guide, the guardian of my heart, And soul of all my moral being.”

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Nature is often admired by youth and by others who have merely a youthful understanding, but Wordsworth was above that level. He had learned to take hard buffeting and to find in the still, sad music of humanity” ample power to chasten his soul and subdue his misgivings.

Anyone with a small understanding of nature knows that there is a comforting feeling in imbibing its beauty. But we as Christians cannot say that this emotion is our religion, nor does it help us to find God except through the one fact that He has manifested His power through the wondrous work of His creation. God did not even need nature to reveal Himself. He could have made life on earth unspeakably miserable for us by keeping from us the rushing stream, the color of leaf and sky, and the singing of birds. But God is gracious.

Nature, then, exists not merely as a gift of God, but as something which one is obligated to appreciate to be consisted in his belief of Christ the Crucified for we must thank Him for everything we have. Observe how intimately God and nature are related; this correlation is not sufficient however, to allow US to comply with Wordsworth’s idea. It is a relation which allows one with the true religion to enjoy the comforts and beauties of life and at the same time say without greed, “All this is mine and heaven too!”

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HAD just heard a fine performance of that beautiful number

by Sibelius, Valse Triste. With the proper amount of enthu­ siasm which the number merited, I turned to a fellow-student with the suggestion, "I wish our school orchestra could get that selection.” The answer I was given is typical of the attidude of the average student attending the institution. “Oh no, it’s too pretty a piece. The oschestra has ruined enough good music as it is.” And he meant it.

I am not intending to argue about the respective merits of the musical organizations, but I would like very much to straighten out the attitude of the majority of the students toward these groups. Criticism flies free and thick at every concert performance by students. A student, having practised diligently for months, is rewarded at his solo appearance bysneers and politely-concealed grins. The interested few com­ prise less chan one-fourth of the student body. It is this one170

RED fourth that attends the dozen or more practices a week, taking part not in one, but in most of the organizations. We hope to show the centralization of the really constructive interest in an early issue of this publication, giving you on black and white who takes part in what (perhaps I should add一and why).

Much of the blame for the lack of interest has often fallen on the professor-body. True, one might ask how the students can keep interested if the professors take no notice. I agree in part, but feel that perhaps the lackadaisical attitude of the students was perhaps a reason for the reflection of professorinterest. It is a bit much to expect a busy professor to wait around while his aspiring (and otherwise) musicians saunter in, and, a quorum having arrived, try vainly to outyell the entire group.

Students capable of managing a musical organization of fellow-students are few and far between, which makes cooper­ ation all the more necessary. A pat on the back to the efforts of an average musician will be rewarded by more and more success as the efforts continue. If every student were at some time compelled to show his talents at some instrument or other, he would perhaps not groan quite so loudly hearing the painful efforts and squeaks of a clarinet-playing Sextaner, or the not-sosuccessful attempts of the band or orchestra at some overture a bit beyond their reach. He would perhaps learn to realize how much more constructive it is to hide his distaste and say, “It’s improving.” Sour notes within the organization are necessary enough, but they certainly ought to be avoided on the outside.

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Campus and Classroom Telegrams, letters, telephone calls, and cablegrams are stacked on our desk. All demand one thing—the professors* nicknames. We deeply regret having led you on and ask you to kindly consider our position and to realize that it’s the dear professors who finally fill in the blanks or leave ’em in the diplomas next spring. And now having cleared off our desk we can start to write another column.

Homecoming is by now just a pleasant memory, but we can hardly let it pass unnoticed. Highlight of the evening banquet was a discussion by several speakers on the theme — ‘‘Is youth unhappy because it doesn’t know what to do with its hands?”

As for the game—it was a hard fight, but we lost.

Draft Really Comes To Gehrke Little did we realize last month when we tried to make funny with Gehrke that he would be the first and only student in college to receive a questionnaire on the first draft. His serial number is 1307 and his order number is 73. We are glad to s that, of course, it is very improbable that Gehrke’s course study will be in any way interrupted since all Seniors getting B. A. degrees are to be deferred and next year he plans to enroll in our Theological Seminary at Thiensville.

Yehudi Talks

"I guess you all think I don’t amount to very much, but still I know you’re pretty glad to see me sometimes especially when you thought I was somebody else.”

(Signed) Yehudi We Beg Your Pardon

Dance of the Hours is from La Giaconda and not Mignon as printed in our last column. And Koeninger’s hair are not really black.

Program Review

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RED session with the fellows all sitting around informally in a stage setting portraying a “bucking” room. Each one prepared to hold forth on whatever subject interested him. Laper attempted to connect them as chief shooter. Huebner talked about the need of more speech practice. Schaefer talked about propaganda (for 40 minutes). Zell talked about the Garand Rifle. Gullerud read a letter that he supposedly got from the folks back home on the farm. And Hillmer talked about Schubert. A movement of Schubert’s Unfinished was played at the beginning and end of the program which was too much of a good thing. The master of ceremonies was grateful for the frank and intelligent criticsm at the end of the program and it was probably best summed up by saying that as a bull session it was too much session and not enough bull. Prof. A. Sitz was critic.

Statement Of Policy Whether many were scared out by the length and learned­ ness of the first literary pragram is hard to say. We hope not, for whatever the aim has been in the past, we of the present regime feel that after spending four or five hours a day in classical classes we ought to be more concerned with making the Literary Society programs a form of entertainment. By this we do not mean that they should cater to slapstick comedy but we’d like to liven up all the programs with original approaches and departures from the encyclopedic speeches of former years. Whether this is possible remains to be seen.

Tentative programs have as their theme Americana and in­ clude such subjects as Our American Language, American Music—with accent on folk songs, Portrayal of Periods in Our History, American Naturalists. Laper hopes to write and pro­ duce a play called "Dark Beauty”. Also being considered are programs on James Hilton and a presentation of Marlowe’s Faust and Wilder’s Our Town (Signed) Presidents of Literary Societies ‘‘Bugs’’ Kuehl and friends went to hear the Don Cossack Chorus in Milwaukee with “friends.” He assures us he was well chaperoned by a certain doctor. .

We spent an enjoyable Sunday afternoon with the Chicago Symphony in Milwaukee last week and in a few days we, to­ gether with others, hope to hear the N. Y. Philharmonic. We are glad to announce that the local Euterpe Club together with our college is sponsoring a program by the famous Pro Arte Belgian Quartette some time after Christmas. :

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1940 is by far no ordinary year. It has seen the British Empire crumble. It has seen a compulsory draft program come to America. It has seen the first president to be elected for the third time. And a few days ago it saw the fastest gale of the present century. The big wind left us without lights for short intervals and the cedar in front of the dorm was broken off.

Otherwise no damage was done.

Buck 0. Says---

'one call to Waukegan is worth two in Watertown.”

Ideal Schedule

Our attention has been called to the fact that a few among us live on quite rigid schedules. As part of our public service this column presents what we think is a very efficient schedule for the first hour and fifteen minutes of a collegiate’s day.

6:45 Wake up and stretch twice.

6:46 Sit up in bed.

G^V^Take off pajama top.

6:47 Put on under shirt or take off pajama pants. There are two schools of thought concerning the proper procedure here. (If you use a night gown, things are considerably simplified.)

6:47%Put on shorts. (Allow yourself 5 seconds extra here if you wear long underwear.)

6:48 Put on socks and shoes.

6:49 Put on trousers.

6:50 Shut window — grab towel, soap, and wash cloth and go to wash room. (On cold mornings the time for this will be cut in half.)

6:51 and then start washing. Note.—If you did not shave the night before, start this schedule 15 minutes earlier.

6:54 Return to bedroom. Hang up towel and wash cloth. Put soap away.

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6:57 Pick out necktie. Time for this will be determined by the variety you have. One-tie-wardrobes save much time.

6:58 Put on tie.

6:59 Comb your hair.

7:00 Breakfast bell rings and you can put on your coat while going down the hall.

Important! If you happened to have slept with your clothes on, simply wake up at seven and start here.

7:03 Chimes sound in dining hall and prayer is said.

7:04 Sit down and just sit for a minute to recollect what year, month, week, and day you’re living in and what’s going on special, if anything. Try to remember what you did the night before or forget it, as the case may be.

7:05 Pour yourself a cup of water and drink it.

7:06 Dish out some cornflakes and put milk and sugar on them. While you have the milk in your hand you might as well pour yourself a cupful.

7:07 Butter a piece of bread and put some jam on it if you have some jam or if someone else has some.

7:08 Eat your bread and cornflakes alternately to suit your­ self. And take a sip of milk occasionally.

7:12 Start on grapefruit. (You might have sugared it before when you sugared your cornflakes.)

7:16 Butter another piece of bread and put some jam on it again if there is still some left.

7:17 Drink almost all your milk, but be sure to leave a little in the bottom of your cup if you want some in your coffee.

7:18 Eat your bread between sips of coffee.

7:20 End of meal—prayer.

7:21 Go to bucking room and stand beside radiator and look out the window while contemplating the great mysteries of life and getting warm.

7:23 Go to bedroom and overcome temptation to go back to bed.

Make it instead. If you have to change sheets, allow yourself an extra 5 minutes.

7:26 Find your tooth brush and some toothpaste. This will take some time if you are all out of it.

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7:30y2Take tooth brush back to bedroom.

7:31 Shine shoes.

7:35 Try to find out what the assignment is for Hebrew.

7:45 Study Hebrew.

7:50 Try to find out who has a good chance of getting at it in Greek.

7:53 Look for Jimmy.

7:57 Translate Greek.

8:00 Bells ring for chapel and you are off to another day of classes.

Next month—Zeke’s Anthology of Humorous Lulus.

We’ve done it — we’ve written a column without having Dagwood in it.

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The Rev. E. Pankow, the only surviving member of Northwestern’s first class, the class of 1872, died recently. He was 91 years old and until recently was known to have walked the three miles to church every Sunday morning. He had spent the last years of his life in Madison.

The marriages of the following alumni took place recently: The Rev. Gilbert Sydow ’36 was married on November 1, to Miss Ruth Schwartz, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Schwartz, of Bloomer, Wisconsin, The Rev. Harold Wicke ’34 of Hortonville, Wisconsin was married on October 23, to Miss Thekla Hanke, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. A. Hanke, Rollingstone, Minnesota.

The Rev. Herbert Koehler ’36 was married on October 30, to Miss Margaret Burquiest, Superior, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Lewis M. Bleichwehl ’30 has been installed as pastor of St. Paul’s Church, Onalaska, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Sieghard Westendorf ’28 has been installed as pastor of Bethel Ev. Luth. Congregation, Milwaukee.

The Rev. Immanuel G. Frey 736 has been ordained and in­ stalled as pastor of Faith Congregation at Platte, South Dakota.

The Rev. Marcus Schwartz ’36, tutor at Northwestern College, has accepted the call to Collins, Wisconsin to fill the post left vacant by Rev. Gerhard Schaefer ’29, who has been called to Neenah, Wisconsin.

The Rev. John E. Schaefer ’08 of Stillwater, Minnesota has received the call as missionery in the mission field of Winslow, Arizona.

The Rev. Herbert Koehler ’36 has been called to the mission field at Phoenix, Arizona.

The Rev. Alvin Leersen ’29 of Montrose, Minnesota has been installed as pastor of Grace and Trinity Churches at Nye and Osceola, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Henry Koch Ph. D. ’09 of Bronxville, New York, has accepted a call to the North Side Mission in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Howard Russow ’36 has recieved the call to Florence, South Dakota.

The Rev. Samuel Kugler ’36 has been ordained and installed as pastor of Grace and Peace Churches at Burke and Carlock, South Dakota.

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Kurt Lederei，’37 and Carl Thurow ’37 are working at the Mercury Aircraft Corporation in Menominee, Michigan.

Fredrick Werner ’37 is teaching at Forest, Wisconsin.

Eldor Toepel *37 is now teaching at the Bethesda Lutheran Home in Watertown, Wisconsin.

Marcus Horn ’40 has joined the Navy Air Corps.

Many of Northwestern’s alumni visited their alma mater at our Homecoming. The Rev. L. C. Kirst ’03 of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin was the toastmaster at the Homecoming Banquet.

The Rev. A. Hanke ’ll was the Speaker of the Evening.

Some recent visitors at Northwestern were the Rev. Edgar Guenther 708 of Whiteriver, Arizona and Prof. Martin Sprengling Ph. D. *94 of the University of Chicago. Dr. Ott has received many valuable additions to the library from Prof.

Sprengling, many books and even some Egyptain papyri which Prof. Blume is planning to mount and decipher.

The Rev. F. Schumann ’90 of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin has been unable to carry on his regular pastoral duties, having fractured both of his legs. Candidates Kurt Lederer ’37 and Carl Thurow ’37 have assisted him in his work.

The Rev. Waldemar Sauei，’21 of West Bend, Wisconsin has been in the hospital at West Bend, suffering from blood poison­ ing in his toe. The Rev. Prof. Kissling Ph. D. ’17 and students Norbert Reim ’38 and Ernst Wendland ’38 have preached in his absence.

The Rev. John Masch ’12 of Black Creek, Wisconsin was recently honored by his congregation, classmates, and fellowpastors on the occasion of his twenty-fifth anniversary in the ministry.

The wife of the Rev. Reginald Siegler，34 of Whitehall, Wisconsin died unexpectedly recently. Before her marriage a year ago to Rev. Siegler she was Miss Virgina DeGalley, a graduate of Lutheran High at Milwaukee in 1933.

Correction: Armin Schuetzke’37 and George Frey’37 have been called as tutors to Saginaw, Michigan. Armin Schultz ’32 is a Professor at Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw.

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Milton 13 Northwestern 7 Although the Alumni seemed to be under the impression that the team was merely playing the part of perfect Home­ coming hosts in losing to Milton, in reality they were out there attempting to keep their Homecoming record unblemished.

Since Coach Umnus had taken over the helm as Coach at Northwestern his teams have never been defeated in a Home­ coming contest, but this year spelled a different story, During the first half this record seemed to be safe, for early in the first quarter they scored seven points, which lead they held to the half. Taking the ball on the 42 yd. line they drove it down to the 10 yd. line, making 3 first downs, each time by a scant _• From that point Reuschel took it over on a reverse, margin. with Spaude throwing a nice block to spring him loose. Grabner added the extra point. During the first half Northwestern completely outplayed Milton raking up 7 first downs to Milton’s2.

But in the second half the situation was entirely reversed with Milton taking their turn at doing the shoving around, although Reuschel gave them a brief scare, by returning the kickoff 30 yds. and nearly breaking loose. And again when a fumbled punt was recovered by Horn on the 12 yd. line. Both times the Milton line braced to avert scores. Milton began their first drive from the 40 yd. line. Three successive completed passes carried it to the 17 yd. line. Four line bucks carried it to the 5 yd. line from where Bladorn carried it over for the score. A pass, Bladorn to Abbot, was good for the extra point, Although s teadily driving our team back their cause was materially aided when they recovered a fumble on our 30 yd.

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Milton Northwestern Hughes L. E. Horn Burdock Mitzner Bonlley Hanke Hudson Koehler (C) R. Bladorn Spaude R. G. Jaeger Greve Polan Peil K. Bladorn Schuppenhauer Graper Leyer Thomps on Grabner Abbott Reuschel Substitutions: N. W. C. Birkholz, Hartwig, Hahnke, Hanke, Nitz.

Milton Sweeney, Gilbert, Mitchell, Coapmann, Hanson.

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Northwestern closed its 1940 football season with a defeat at the hand of River Forest. River Forest rang up two scores in the opening quarter of play and remained ih front through­ out the game. On their fifth play of the game a 38 yd. pass from Socha to Leitz was complete for the initial Cougar touch­ down. After an exchange of punts the Cougars again scored with Lange and Socho alternating in ball carrying. Socho made good on both conversions. Northwestern scored in the second quarter when, after Peil had recovered a fumble, gains by Reuschel and Leyrer carried the ball to the 20 yd. line. A short pass from Leyrer to Peil and a lateral to Schuppenhauer was good for the score. Grabner kicked the extra point. The score at the half was 14-7. Play during the third quarter was at a standstill, neither team being able to cross the center stripe.

But in the fourth quarter Concordia came to life and scored 16 points in short order. Unleashing a brilliant passing attack which carried them to 4 yd. line they scored on a 4 yd. plunge

by Stahlke. Although Koehler blocked the try for the extra point an alert Concordia man picked it up and ran it across for the point. Immediately after the next kickoff a bad pass from center was recovered in the end zone by Grabner for two extra Cougar points. Still not satisfied, Stahlke ran the kickoff back to the 1 yd. line. Socho scored and kicked his fourth extra point in a row.

Coach Umnus then put in his second team and on a display of razzle-dazzle they moved the ball down the field until a pass Zell to Schuppenhauer was complete for the final score. H. Walther dropped-kicked the extra point. Taking the ball on downs they again started a march on a series of forwards and 180

RED laterals only to have the final whistle stop them on the 7 yd. line. Peil and Hanke, played their final game for Northwestern.

River Forest 30 Northwestern 14 Wurthmann L. E Horn Sauer L. T Greve Fritze L. G Spaude Burger Koehler (C) C. Huebschmann R. G Hahnke R. T Damerow Mitzner R. E Krafft Peil Schuppenhauer Socha (C) Q. B Lange Leyrer L. H R. H Merz Grabner F. B Leitz Reuschel Substitutions: N. W. C. Zell, H. Walther, A. Walther, Fuerstenau, P. Hanke, Birkholz, Kujath, Hartwig, Nitz, Heidemann, Hahnke.

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At a Student body meeting fourteen gridders were awarded letters: Capt. Koehler, Peil, Hanke, Grabner, Albrecht, Reuschel, Leyrer, Birkholz, Horn, Spaude, Greve, Hahnke, Mitzner and Schuppenhauer.

RANDOM THOUGHTS

Total points scored by Northwestern 38—opponents total score 69—of the 14 lettermen 12 will be returning—North­ western completed 29 passes in 74 attempts—Koehler was elected honorary captain for the season—Our opponents com­ pleted 18 passes in 49 attempts—The Goslings gained 525 yds. by rushing and 414 yds. by passing while their opponents gained 1021 yds. by rushing and 235 yds. by passing—the line average was 160 while the backfield tipped the beam at 158—biggest man on the squad was Mitzner at 185 lbs.—Paul Hanke was smallest at 134 lbs. —The squad consisted of 7 Frosh. 11 Sophs, 4 Juniors and 2忌eniors—Grabner made good on every conver­ sion he attempted—the team ended up in fourth place in con­ ference standing.

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LITERARYâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Late Curious Cat

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Christmas Before the Christians

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The Unfinished Parody

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A Day Well-Spent

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She Tried Her Wings

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Impressions and Expressions

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Issue Day

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The Innkeeper's Story

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EDITORIALThe Black and Red

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First Aid Knowledge

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Reading Material

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The Case for the Classics

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Watertown, Wis.，December 1940.

Number 7

Entered at thr Posioflice at Watertown, VVis..

March 3. 1870. Published monthly. Subscription. One Dollar.

THE TOUCHING AND PATHETIC TALE OF

THE LATE CURIOUS CAT Ardin D. Laper

On the morning of Dec. 22，during the Christmas rush of 1911, near the St. Louis Post Office, Thomas died. The coroner and every one else seemed to agree that curiosity had killed him, but not until now could the complete story of the tragedy be told.

Now Thomas was no ordinary cat for he had many noble ancestors. He was a direct descendant of Pussiface which was the name of the renowned character whom rhyme has immor­ talized as the pussy who went to visit the Queen and frightened a mouse under her chair in London. The father of Thomas was one of the three little kittens who lost their mittens and his paternal grandmother was the pussy whom little Tommy Green tossed in a well and was finally pulled out by little Johnny Stout. And so you see Thomas came from a long line of illustri­ ous cats.

Certainly Thomas was a gentleman but he could not afford to be a gentleman cat of leisure. In 1911 we find him on the 183

多RED payroll of the government working for his board. Now post offices don’t usually hire cats, but during the fall of 1911 it was noised around in the poor mouse world of St Louis that people would be sending many Christmas cakes and cookies in the mail. And so many of the needy mouse families migrated to the Post Office for a little seasonal work. The Postmaster was at his wits’ end and finally he appealed to the administration (Republican under Taft) for help and through relatives Thomas Cat got the job of cleaning up the mouse menace.

Now comes the pathetic part. About 1910 St. Louis in­ stalled pneumatic tubes between its main Post Office and the branches. You see, the letters are placed in a container and the container is inserted in the tube, which is about six inches in diameter. Then by means of air pressure the container is shot to its destination where it is stopped by a screen.

For several nights Thomas had been laying for Herman II who at this time was the gangleader of the mousiest racketeers in the St. Louis mouse world. Finally one morning about 3:45 Herman came out of his apartment in the underworld and crept cautiously in the direction of a package of Wisconsin cheese waiting to be delivered. Thomas crouched in the shadows of the Christmas packages as Herman approached. Then of a sudden two cat eyes streaked through the air like twin comets. Herman yelled, 4'Jiggers, the cat’’ and Thomas just missed the tip of Herman’s tail as he made a dive for an opening between two boxes.

Now, of course, Thomas was thoroughly angry with him­ self for having missed getting Herman. He started to walk away in deep disgust when suddenly he remembered the im­ mortal words of his paternal grandmother who set in a well for five hours and thirty-five minutes. She always said, "All things come to those who wait.” And so right then and there Thomas decided to wait for that mouse even if it took all winter.

But while Thomas was deciding all this, Herman was climbing desperately up between the two boxes until he reached the top. Thomas caught sight of him again. Terror stricken Herman looked for some hole that led to some place or other.

Near the pile of packages was the opening of the pneumatic tube. Thomas twisted his tail with a determined twist and his mouth watered. Herman took a run and a jump and into the 184

RED tube he went. Thomas was foiled again. But now with more determination than ever Thomas sat down to wait for Herman to come out again.

At 4:20 the postal employees started dispatching mail through the tube. Thomas watched them and each time they shot another capsule through the tube he thought, “Now Herman will have to come out.” You see, his cat intellect did not fully understand that the containers fitted quite snugly in the tube. Herman never came out. But Thomas still waited and waited and wondered and waited and wondered and wondered. Four days he wondered and waited. Finally he said to himself at 4:17 on the morning of the fifth day. “I’m going to find out where that mouse went, if it kills me!” And so at 4:17% Thomas entered the tube to find Herman.

The postal employees made their usual dispatch through the tube at 4:20.

CHRISTMAS BEFORE THE CHRISTIANS P. Knickelbein

The Christmas holiday was old when Christ was born, is older than Judaism, older than the recorded history of man.

The first “Christmas”，say many authorities, expressed the joy of that primitive man who first observed the winter solistice, when the sun ceases its southward movement and days cease to grow shorter. He rejoiced because his Sun God had not deserted him.

Primitive man knew nothing about the workings of the solar system, but he did know that the sun was his source of life. Its warm rays brought heat to the skin tent of a shivering herder, its light better enabling him to fight off the skulk­ ing wild beasts that dogged his trail. When days began to shorten as the crisp autumn approached, he was frightened.

Each day he watched the sun’s lessening strength with greater worry. Perhaps the Sun God was angry.

So began every Autumn man’s efforts to propitiate the God by offering beasts and humans as sacrifice. Prayers were made and witch-doctors practiced strange rites. Then the solistice came, and men would see that the sun had started its return. Joy was unrestrained, and man celebrated his first 185

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These holidays soon became more elaborate. Homes were decorated with evergreen and friends greeted each other with gifts and a cheery greeting. Northern barbarians called it Yule, put brightly blazing Yule logs on the fires. These logs would be carefully selected, as the festivities lasted only as long as the log burned, and the largest and slowest burning kind of wood was picked.

The Northmen worried about the good fairies of the wood that they might get cold, so the men cut evergreens and brought them inside. There the fairies would have a nice place to spend the winter, warmed by the fire on the hearth.

Most important of all was the mistletoe, a magic symbol of peace. So powerful was its magic that enemies meeting be­ neath it would cast down their weapons and declare a truce until the next day. It was carefully cut from the sacred oak by the king of the druids, with a properly sanctified sickle of gold.

There are few more beautiful legends than the NorseTeutonic myth of the mistletoe.

Balder, god of the summer sun, was beloved by everything on heaven and earth. Only Loki, the evil god who hated all that was good and just, hated him. Balder had traveled all over the earth and secured pledges from everything on or in the earth that they would never harm him. But the mistletoe grew on trees, not on earth, and he neglected to secure its oath.

Loki learned of this, and artfully contrived to make a spear that was tipped with a tiny sliver of mistletoe wood.

At the annual mid-winter sacrifice in Asagard, the dwell­ ing of Odin and Balder, the gods were gathered, throwing their spears at Balder. But none could touch him, for all things on and in the earth had promised to do him no harm. When it came time for Hoeder, the blind god, to cast his spear, Loki substituted the one he had tipped with mistletoe. The slender tip plunged through Balder's heart, and the kindly god died.

Balder was taken by Hel, the goddess of death. All things on heaven and earth wept, and the gods sent an emissary to plead with Hel that Balder should be restored to life. She agreed, if all creatures united to plead for Balder. But Loki, in disguise, refused, and Balder still remains in the dwelling of 186

费RED Hel. Then Freyja, the goddess of love, wept even more bitterly, and her tears have formed the pure, white berries of the mistletoe. Since that time this beautiful little plant is Freyja’s symbol, and when a maiden is kissed beneath a sprig of mistletoe her lover must pluck a berry “tear” in honor of the goddess.

The evergreen acquired a symbolism of its own. With its spreading branches it represented the sun rising higher and higher in the heavens while the green trees below spread their leaves and broke forth with blossom. Apples, nuts and balls were hung on the evergreen to symbolize the sun, moon, and stars.

When Christianity began its celebration of the Nativity, it was only natural that ancient customs should be remembered.

It was traditional that Christ was born on the twenty-fifth of the month, and none knew what month. Since the pagan festival included December 25, it was a good date to celebrate Christmas. Like the pagan, the Christian holiday period lasted for about two weeks.

Adaptation of old rites to Christmas was bitterly opposed by many devout Christians. When Cromwell gained power in England, his Puritan Parliament forbad the celebration of Christmas in any way. The ban officially lasted twelve years, although it received little public acceptance. Mobs in London tore down the proclamations of interdiction as fast as they could be posted.

Today “Merry Christmas” is a welcome greeting in nearly all languages of the world. For pagan and Christian alike the spirit of Christmas has overcome national boundaries, race and hatreds, and frequently has even brought pause in war itself.

This spirit of Christmas is not provoked, however, by the pagan celebration and commemoration of pagan holidays, by the birth of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ. This great gift to earth brought a universal peace upon all sinners that can not, nor will ever be, dispersed by any war or plague that the devil can inflict upon us. Let us give thanks to God for this great gift, not only now daring the Christmas holidays, but always.

Note: Some of the material for this article was taken from the January, 1938 issue of Photo-facts.

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多RED THE UNFINISHED PARODY W. A. S.

’Twas the night before Sunday, and all through the dorm Not a student was bucking a lousy Greek form; Permissions were writ on the white office pad, In hopes that the tutor would not be a cad.

The preps were nestled all. snug in their beds, While visions of extras danced in their heads; And 一---------in his jacket and I in my cloak Had just filled our pipes for a forbidden smoke, When out in the hall there arose such a clamor!

It must have been a Sophomore. What do you think?

A DAY WELL-SPENT A. Keibnl

It happened on a lovely day last summer, that I was lured by the call of the wild to a northern lake which lies snugly among forest-clad hills.

Having always been an ardent sportsman, I immediately pursued the finny-tribe from its shady haunts beneath the lilypads and submerged logs to the murky depths; from weedy inlet and sandy outlet; and, for three hours, I made casts along the irregular shorelines ’till the very frogs began to object • • • • Yet, no fish!

After a weary forenoon of plying the oar, I allowed my boat to drift into a bay, beneath the shade of a large willow tree. I then reeled in and replaced the tempting bassoreno with a wriggling night-crawler. Next, I dropped a few yards of line into the water beside me and wrapped the end around my ankle.

To while away the time, I undertook to clean out my tackle box. From beneath a tangled mass of lines, lures and fishhooks I unearthed a book, a collection of stories under the attractive title “The Witchery of Archery.” It was written in the ’80s by Maurice Thompson, of his and his brother Will’s experiences in the Florida Everglades—with only bows and arrows to procure food.

The intriguing tales so completely possessed my attention that I was barely awake at the “Finis.”

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RED “Who are you?” I called out, as someone entered the bay in a sturdy rowboat. As he rapidly approached me, I perceived a bow at his side. And then, to my astonishment, I recognized the features of Will Thompson. He asked me to join him, for he had seen no one on that lake in two weeks and craved com­ panionship. I eagerly acceded by taking a seat in the stern of his craft.

As Will rythmically bent to his oars and we rapidly left the shore, I was startled to see a huge cypress occupying the identical spot the shady willow formerly held. Even the land­ scape was different. ... In place of the rolling hills there was an immense swamp, sparsely dotted with wooded islands.

We were making for one of these islands when a few herons passed overhead to settle in a gnarled tree that shaded the water some eighty yards before us. Will told me that he sought their beautiful plumage, and, with these words, he selected a trim arrow from his cougar-skin quiver.

He singled out the bird that had alighted on a high, dead branch, and raised his bow. Trembling a bit with excitement, he drew the arrow to the head and let it fly. It was a wild shot: The arrow sang through the air high above the lethargic fowl, missing him fully ten feet. He merely turned his head to one side and glanced at the arrow as it passed. He did not dream of our proximity. Again Will let go, this time cutting close to his beautiful neck. He jerked his head, but did not move a wing.

If we had been armed with a rifle, the first shot would have frightened the game into a spasm of flight. But there he sat, all unconscious of us, till Will shot five times, the arrows whisking past and dropping into the vegetation beyond. With great confidence my companion drew his sixth arrow fully back; his eyes were fixed upon the great bird’s right wing. . . It was a shot to delight the gods. The dull twang of the bow was followed by a quick whisper, and then a dead, solid blow. The feathers puffed out and slowly sailed away. The big wings opened wide and quivered a moment, then the grand old fellow toppled over and came straight down with a loud splash into the water. I rapidly rushed forward, retrieved Will’s prized bird and bore it ashore to help remove the mottled plumage.

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RED soon located a narrow trail, following it for about one-half hour before it yawned into a large clearing. Will slowly surveyed the land with his binoculars, halted a moment, then directed me to identify one indistinct object. Upon enlargement the small blur some sixty yards away proved to be a teal. Will assumed the shooting position: the arrow drawn fully for a long shot, feet planted firmly, left arm thrust out on a line with the shoulders, the face turned squarely over the left, and the right hand in line with the ear and parallel with the arrow, The features of his face were rigid, giving every evidence of intense concentration of thought, while his eyes were fixed eagerly upon the distant game. The biceps and shoulder muscles were solidly tensed at the point of loosing. Twang! The bow shuddered briefly, and the arrow, with a familiar, indescribable sound, darted away like a ray of light. But after all, Will did not hit his bird. Here, however, comes in one of the beauties of archery. He hit so close to the teal, and so hard, that the ground from the blow sprayed all over it, sending it into a con­ vulsive scramble before the take off. When you shoot with a gun, one miss is just as bad as another. It is a miss—one inch, maybe a foot, who knows? — You gain nothing from it. Your bird is missed, that’s all. But with the bow it is the reverse.

Will’s miss was almost as pleasing as a hit—the bird had such a hair-breath escape—the shot was so well sent.

A few thoughts later, I noticed a red squirrel crawling out upon the one of the topmost branches of a large sweet-gum tree, on the point of leaping to a neighboring cypress. It was probably seventy feet from the ground and at least sixty-five yards away. An arrow which should miss him would be hope­ lessly lost in the thicket beyond. Will happened to have a fine broad head arrow nocked upon the string. It was too good a shaft to lose, so he naturally hesitated; but urged on by my derisive "Shoot! you can’t miss him!’’ he drew back the cord, and the strong black-locust bow drove the broad steel arrow­ head through both shoulders. The squirrel came down with only^he feathered end of the shaft clinging in the wound.

Toward dusk we betook ourselves to return campward by following the fleeting rays of the sun. I was groping for a word to rime with “sun,” when my musings were sharply interrupted by the clatter of frightened quail, and I saw a flock of a 190

RED dozen or more rise from the tall grass, and, flying almost straight up, alight in the low branches of a pine. The tree was less than thirty yards away and we were prepared for a shot when, to our surprise, a wildcat leaped ten feet up into the tree and, when the frightened birds flew away, clung with his back to us, turning his head from side to side, looking for a possible bird. Will quickly fixed a steel-head arrow upon the string, and, drawing to the tip, dwelt for one brief second on the aim and released. His shaft entered the very center of the animal’s head at the back. I heard a peculiar “chick” as it struck.

With a yell, the cat sprang from the tree to the ground, clawing at the arrow. Once upon the ground the cat began a series of frantic sounds into the air, all the time screaming as only cats can scream.

Before Will could shoot the second time, it hurled itself at me. I attempted a hasty retreat, only to trip over a twisted root. The cat sailed over my body and crashed to earth stone dead. I tried to get up but could not extricate my foot, in fact, the root was pulling me into the damp earth.

Suddenly everything changed. My foot was in the water, viciously tugged at by something heavy on the end of the line.

Somehow I managed to reclaim my limb and play out the catch —’Twas an 8 lb. black bass! With twilight I quit the waters and headed for home—outwardly a well-satisfied fisherman; in­ wardly a youth fascinated by the spirit of archery.

SHE TRIED HER WINGS Shirley Mac Block

Betty was a pretty young girl with a rich contralto voice.

Ever since she could remember she had loved to sing.

She lived in the thriving town of Marshfield. Betty and her parents had many friends and they often asked Betty to sing for public gatherings. She had been contented with her life until one day in summer. She read a story of a girl like herself who had a beautiful voice. That girl went to the big city and became a famous singer.

Betty began to build air castles after that. How wonder­ ful it would be if she would become a great singer! Then the home town folks would appreciate her more and she would get 191

RED paid for singing instead of having to do it gratis. Her talent Oh, what a wonderful thought! would be worth money She had asked her parents if she might go to Chicago to get a job. She had read lots of ads which advertised for con­ tralto singers. Of course, she did not win over her parents right away. They were shocked at the idea of their daughter going to a strange place to live in strange surroundings. It was absolutely out of the question.

But Betty didn’t think so. She kept asking her parents at least once a day. When she was asked to sing again, she refused. They only wanted her to fill in again — no one appre­ ciated her. Chicago — big lights — the stage — the radio — all were waiting for her. She wouldn’t think of wasting her talent at home.

Then one evening in November, Betty had a long talk with her parents. Her teasing was just a little too much for her father. They talked it over and decided to let Betty try her “wings”. The agreement was that she could go to Chicago for three weeks, financed by her father. If she could find no job by then she was to come back home and be content with what she had.

Betty was overjoyed. She was going to be a great singer!

Greater than any Jenny Lind or Madame Schumann-Heink.

People would notice her, and talk about her, and listen to her singing! Oh, yes, youth does have grand dreams.

The night before she was to leave her mother gave her some advice. She knew the ways of the world and the dis­ appointments and heartaches it can cause. She said to Betty, ‘•Child, don’t set your hopes so high. Greater singers than you have been disappointed. It’s wonderful to have such faith as you have, but someday your bubble will burst, and then, will you be able to take it? Go to Chicago, try hard to succeed, but if you don’t, don’t be too bitter. Just think of the others who haven’t succeeded either.”

“Oh, Mother,” her optimistic daughter replied, “I know ril be a success. Just look at the ads I’ve got. i’ll certainly be able to find a job somewhere among these. And you remember the time I won that singing contest. The judges told me I had great possibilities. So don’t worry about me, I won’t be home in three weeks.”

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RED The next morning Betty left bright and early on the streamliner. Her parents saw her off. Much as she tried not to, her mother had to shed a few tears. Betty was so confi­ dent— She arrived at night when the city was lit up in all its splendor.

Betty immediately went to the Y. W. C. A. to get a room.

But she was too excited to sleep. Tomorrow she would start on her career.

Early the next morning, she started out with a cheerful countenance and her list of ads.

The first place at which she applied, the man at the desk said, “Sorry lady, we’re looking for jazz singers, not opera stars. So Betty crossed that off her list. She was disappointed at the abrupt answer she had received, but she wasn’t dis­ couraged yet.

She went on—from one address to the other—but received the same old answer.

That evening she encouraged herself by thinking that it was only the first day. Tomorrow she’d surely find something.

The next day, and the next, — day after day—it was always the same answer. Sorry, sorry, sorry,—it drummed in her ears.

Everyone had an excuse. On the stage there were no new musicals opening. On the radio they didn’t want an unknown singer. All that was open were jobs for night club singers.

Betty knew that was no way to start a career as a famous singer of the classics!

At the Y. W. C. A. she met other girls. One girl in particu­ lar took a liking to Betty. After she had heard Betty’s story, she said, “Swallow your pride and go home. You’ll be a much greater success there than you ever could be anywhere else.

The home town people will be proud of you, if you accept them.

I had the same dreams, but I didn’t have sense enough to know when to go back home.”

Betty thought that over. What should she do? Go home and sing for benefit performances the rest of her life, or stay in Chicago and hope?

It was drawing near Christmas. People had the Christmas spirit, but not Betty. She was a very disappointed girl. Her bubble bad burst.

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RED The next day she took the train for home. The nearer to home she got, the better she began to feel. At least her parents were there, and they still cared for and believed in her.

At the station, she dreaded to meet people and admit she had failed. But no one questioned her. They spoke as though she had simply come back from a visit. Her friends were glad to see her and they told her all the news of what had happened the past three weeks.

That evening, the choir director of her church called. He asked her to sing a solo for the program on Christmas eve. She thought, “Here it is again. I’m being asked to fill in the pro­ But she accepted. gram.

Christmas eve came. The church was filled with members and friends. The children, all excited, spoke their short pieces.

And then the church darkened. Only the Christmas tree was left to glow. It was Betty’s turn to sing the familiar carol, “Silent Night.”

Betty began to sing. And while standing up in front, facing those dim forms, she noticed how quiet everyone sat and how they listened. Even the little children, with visions of Santa in their minds, stopped their squirming to listen. And then, there in that familiar church, Betty realized she had found her career, — to sing for those at home who really did appreciate her efforts. And as for pay—she knew then that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Her friends liked her singing, and suddenly that was the most important thing in the world to her.

She had tried her wings, and found out that they worked best right at home. ______________ IMPRESSIONS AND EXPRESSIONS H. E. P.

Julius P. Milkbody’s five foot frame walked happily in six foot fashion out of the auditorium. Julius was an idealist, and when an idea had permeated his not-too-sensitive skull, he walked on air, living this idea to the extreme. Such an idea held him now. Into one ear dinned the Fate-echoing horncalls of Beethoven’s Fifth, thrilling him, chilling him as they never had before. His other ear was audience to one of Wagner’s Preludes，and a slow rosy flush reddened his left check as he, 194

赛RED for the first time, visualized the somewhat risque thoughts of Wagner. Ah, this was life. And to think that all these years he had listened to music merely as an ordered form of noise.

But such a bliss—for he now knew that the notes in music were but incidental objects leaning on the bars; the real entity, the real force lay in the thoughts, the ideas expressed thru the music. His 34-inch waist came dreadfully close to the bursting point of his 34-inch suitcoat as he reveled in thoughts of future pleasure.

Why this sudden awakening? He had just listened to a lecutre by A. Verdi Poys, the foremost current critic of music.

And how this long-haired impressionist had stirred him, had awakened new thoughts in him, “How to Listen to Music” had been the theme, and its import had touched Julius to the quick.

If only he could read in music what this super-man did! And why couldn’t he? Professor Poys had said that anyone could become adept at the art merely by applying himself whole­ heartedly to the music. All right, he would try it this very evening. The M. T. Sunday Evening Hour would be a fine pro­ gram to practice on.

Eight o’clock found our hero fully prepared, easy-chair drawn up to the radio, feet on an ottoman, slippers on his feet, dial turned to Y 0 Y, and himself anticipating a new thrill.

A gasp of delight escaped his teeth at the announcement of the first number. It was the Pastoral Symphony. Here would be plenty of room for his mind to roam in. Julius closed his eyes dreamily and leaned back in his chair. And the first chord did transport him off to the hills. He found himself standing with a shepherd among a flock of sheep. He straight­ ened his hair, ruffled by a slight breeze which the rushing of the flutes hinted at. He sat suddenly upright with interest as the lilting oboe portrayed to him a gamboling lamb in its care­ free progress across the green. A tear coursed down his cheek as the lamb stumbled on a stone and fell, and he heaved a sigh of relief when it jumped gaily up again. He looked anxiously overhead at the clouds which the cavorting cello brought forth.

Then the trombones blared forth in solemn tones. He looked for and thought he saw the god of nature sitting on a stump.

He saw other things. Butterflies appeared in the quick flittings of a piccolo; a hawk glided about accompanied by the wide 195

RED sweeps of the violins. A flare of trumpeting set him to trem­ bling as a wolf suddenly rushed into the foreground. The roll and roar of the tympani set him at ease again as the shepherd beat off the invader, and the “bull fiddle” showed him the flight of the wolf, step by step. And so on thru the entire symphony Julius was carried in ecstasy. To his happiness.

Julius P. Milkbody found that in the succeeding numbers he was equally transmitted to the world of ideas in which the com­ poser worked.

Suddenly, however, this newfound pleasure fell down on the head and shoulders of Julius with a crash. One short com­ position was enough to drive the entire theory out of his head for all times. For in the very middle of this certain composition Julius P. Milkbody suddenly dashed wailfully into the kitchen in search of a pail of water in which to sit, — lo, the M. T. Orchestra had chosen to play the prelude, to Dante’s Inferno and poor Julius got a blister.

NOTE: Sad to say, friends, interpretations much like these are made every day by famous critics, and not in a spirit of fun. Every beat of a drum, every call of a trumpet, every trill of a flute calls forth a very thorough explanation which we are given to understand is the only one. Oddly enough (to them, not to me) no two critics, ever agree on an interpretation, and even the finished critic will look at the title twice before he attempts his representation. On one occasion Deems Taylor, a real, honest critic, was to write a suite for a foreign performance.

He couldn’t finish it, however, and at the last moment a dif­ ferent work was substituted. Mr. Taylor’s suite with its four parts was already listed on the program. The next morning a very famous gentlemen in his column of music criticisms gave a very complete explanation of the entire four parts of Mr. Taylor’s Suite, although it was not even performed. He had made the titles fit most admirably into this other work, although it was an entirely different type of composition. He even com­ plimented Mr. Taylor on his representations ! So, if it gives you pleasure (as it should) to let your imagination drift during a selection, go right ahead, but don’t imagine that your thoughts at all coincide with the original ones of the composer.

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RED ISSUE DAY Shirley Mader

The day before Issue Day you can see the spring wagons coming for miles. Off in the distance wagons move slowly to­ ward the town. The Indian comes silently and stolidly. He never rushes his ponies or uses his whip. Although Issue Day is a festive day, you would never know it by looking at the Indians, because they never laugh or sing on their way. The Buck sits on the front seat and drives, while his Squaw squats stolidly in the back. Behind the wagon follow two or three children and a number of dogs of uncertain breed. One child leads a shaggy pony. On the back of the wagon is stretched a rope on which hang dark strips of meat. This is the famous jerked beef. It is hung to dry, exposed to dust and flies. The Indians consider it a delicacy. The wagon contains little else besides a tent, blankets and saddles.

What clothes they have, they wear. Indians care little for styling or matching of colors. They have a passion for bright things and their clothing is a queer mixture of old and new.

The men wear traditional ten gallon hats with rattlesnake skin for bands. The squaws wear bright wool blankets through winter and summer. People in Dakota think the squaws are impossible. You can send them up to the finest Indian schools in the country at Mission or Flandreau, expose them for years to the best in education, and they will still go back to the reserva­ tion, put a blanket around themselves and do their hair in braids. The children, both boys and girls, wear flannel shirts and bibless overalls.

The Indian wagons make a colorful spectacle. By dawn of Issue Day the bluffs around the town are dotted with tents and all the town is crowded with Indians going for their allotments.

In the government houses people are so thick it is hard to move.

The Indian gets his allotment in both money and supplies.

Everything crosses the counter, kegs of beans, barrels of flour, boxes of boots, saddles and halves of beef. They get practically everything they need to live. Men may pity the poor Indian because his land was stolen and his native life destroyed by the white man. But the poor Indian comfortably feeds himself on what the government gives him while the rest of the people 197

RED starve during a depression. It angers the Dakotans. One thing that angers them especially is to see half breeds in their new cars hauling away their supplies.

The high spots of the gift day is the rodeo. Indian ponies are exceptionally wild, and it is considered an art to ride one.

They come dashing out of the pen with their shaggy manes flying and their eyes rolling. The Sioux Indian seems to have the ability to stick on. He thinks this is great sport. Other events in the rodeo are steer-riding, races and bull-dogging.

Bull-dogging is really a feat. A man jumps off a horse on­ to a steer’s head, grabs him by the horns, throws him on his side and ties his forelegs together. It takes perfect timing and a good deal of strength. It is rather a gory spectacle if the steer gets the upper hand, but the Indians enjoy it.

In the evening of this great day they go back to their tents, and the squaws prepare a stew of which they are very fond. It contains only meat. How the Indian’s constitution ever stands the steady diet of meat is a mystery. He eats every kind of meat, everything from beef to snakes. Some Indians even eat dog meat.

After supper a sort of pow-wow is held in: which a few ceremonial dances and a lot of shouting are included. The Sioux Indian has almost forgotten his ancient customs and a lot of the pageantry are lost. After the celebration is over, the Indians do not stay for the night but start for home. By mid­ night the last wagon moves across the bluffs in the slow, silent way which is characteristic of them. Another Issue Day has passed.

THE INNKEEPER’S STORY L. Goede

and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. — Luke 2; 7 It happened when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. Caesar Augustus had decreed that all the world should be taxed, and hence our little town of Bethlehem was filled with many who came to enroll in the town of their birth. All the inns were full and so was mine. I even had some publicans and a Roman soldier in my lodgings.

One night at that time, a humble fellow came out and sought lodgings in my inn. He was a fellow Jew and of the house and lineage of David. But my inn was full, as were the 198

RED others; I told him so. He said his espoused was great with child, he must have lodgings. He was humble, and I would rather have taken him in than the publicans and the Roman; but then, they had paid me well. I told him to be gone.

He went and was not gone long, when my wife came and told me that a maiden had brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room in the inn. I thought of the humble fellow. Well, if they did not mind the cows and the asses in the stable, I did not mind them staying::there. I dismissed further thought of them from my mind.

My guests had all gone to bed, when my door was shaken by pounding fists. I opened it, and two shepherds rushed in to me and told me a crazy story. I thought they were full of wine, but they repeated their tale.

They said they were abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock. And, lo, the angle of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; ‘‘Fear not; behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.”

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.”

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, *'Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.”

And they came with haste and found the maiden and the humble man: and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they came and told me what they had heard and seen.

When the shepherds ceased talking, I wondered. This was either the tale of men full of wine, or it was the story of shep­ herds who had fallen asleep in the field and had dreamt.

I went to the stable, and there I found the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And I saw in the sky a star shining with the light of many stars. Could this child be Immanuel, the Messiah, the promised King? The promised King—the end of publicans and Romans, yet perhaps the end of all their money too for me. This be the Christ? I wondered.

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Jbtiartal $ The Black and Red---Rise and Demise................

forty-four of the “Black and Red” started out with VOLUME a bang this year. It seemed to be another dawn of a new era in the life of the college paper. In the April and May issues of this year it really took longer than twenty minutes to read the complete issue. The staff and the student body seemed to be quite happy about it. Such remarks as “the ‘Black and Red， was interesting for a change this month,” or, "the 4Black and Red* is finally picking up,” were quite frequent. Why ?

It wasn’t the staff so much as the students. There was an above-average contribution of articles. But with the beginning of the new school year everything bogged down. The ‘‘Black and Red” is again in the same old rut. There are no contribu­ tions, and consequently the ‘‘Black and Red’’ has again become a sports，and a “campus-and.classroom” paper.

The first way to remedy this is to renew an interest for the *'Black and Red” in the student body. One might ask what 201

RED happened to the interest. There seem to be five major elements in the student body. The one element, which is very small, manages to contribute a number of articles for every volume.

The second element, probably the largest, makes use of the well-worn excuse, “I haven’t time,” an excuse for laziness.

The third element of students may be conscientious, but very timid. These students insist that they “are no good at writing,” not realizing that if they intend to graduate from this school and continue at the seminary they will eventually have to learn to express themselves. But it’s always easier to begin as soon as possible. Another element voluntarily offers contributions but never keeps the promise. Finally, there is a group of students which thinks that the "Black and Red” is a lot of bunk, which would never write for the “Black and Red,” which seems to have a grievance against the “Black and Red” and in general against all extracutrricular literary pursuits. There is such a thing as school spirit, and this school spirit should not only be confined to the gymnasium and the gridiron. To have school spirit for the literary side is finally more important. If the students would forget all their petty excuses and grievances, if they would all cooperate by contributing, an interest for the “Black and Red” could be easily renewed. It’s like a basket­ ball team. For instance, if two forwards refuse to pass the ball to each other for fear that one might make more points than the other, the whole team will not click. Then the team begins to lose consistently and at the same time the student body loses interest in the team. So it’s partly up to the students to cooperate and put the "Black and Red’ on its feet again. To the budding poet laureate—original poems are always good if the theme is good. To those who can’t find a topic—actual experiences are always interesting, and it isn’t always detrimental to “stretch” the story a bit. Editorials have been very scarce. So far, in this school year there was an average of l% editorial per issue. A good title always helps.

Let us have more variety in authors. All the work of writing should not be imposed on the staff. That’s not their main job.

Without variety the *'Black and Red” becomes monotonous.

The staff however is also to blame for the present condition of the "Black and Red”. Every staff member, including the editor and the columists, should write. A column certainly 202

RED should not excuse a staff member from contributing. The editor himself should set an example. In the second place, the staff should have cooperated last April and May to interest the alumni in the “Black and Red”. This could have been accom­ plished by asking for contributions from the alumni, askingthem to tell stories about the time when they attended North­ western College. This would certainly interest other alumni.

When the staff can once arouse enough interest for the “Black and Red’’ in the student body and the alumni, then the "Black and Red” might begin to prosper. Then the editor might realize a dream—to be able to select the wheat from the chaff. Now any contribution is accepted out of necessity.

Then every issue could have a picture—which always makes the publication more interesting, then only could the printer remove that well known phrase which appears in parentheses in every issue under the words, Our Advertisers.

Theo. Hartwig.

The Great Need For First Aid Knowledge.............

T WAS on a bright, summer afternoon that tragedy struck two members of a family, and brought death to them. Both their lives could have been saved, if the father or mother had known what to do, and what not to do. A few hours of study spent in a First Aid class would have equipped them with suf­ ficient knowledge to have saved their sons’ lives.

The two boys, with their mother and father were enjoying a fast ride in the country. Suddenly, and without warning, the right front tire blew out, hurtling the car across a ditch and into a telephone post. Miraculously, neither of the parents were in­ jured, but both boys were hurt; one seriously, and the other sustained only a minor injury, but, because of improper handling, died. The father, frantic at seeing his two sons injured, could do nothing to aid them. Flagging a passing motorist, he asked the driver to rush his two boys to a hospital.

Hurriedly putting the boys in the rear seat, they drove at breakneck speed to the hospital.

The one boy died en route from loss of blood thru a deep cut on his arm, in which an artery had been severed. The other was pronounced dead upon entrance to the hospital by the doctors. He had had only a fractured rib because of the acci203

RED dent, but because of improper handling, and the wild ride, the broken rib had punctured the spinal cord, and caused death. The father, in his ignorance, had actually killed his sons.

The first boy died because something had not been done, and the other boy died because something which should not have been done, was done. The first boy’s life could have been saved by the simple act of applying digital pressure, which is to cut off the flow of blood thru an artery to a certain part of the body, and so no loss of blood would have occurred. There are six digital pressure points on the body, to take care of the various parts.

Then, thru proper handling, the second boy’s life could also have been saved, because his injury at first certainly was not so very serious, altho all wounds should be treated as serious.

This, then, is only one example when first aid could have been used to good advantage. Others could easily be cited, such as: falls on stairways, falls on icy walks and steps, falls from unsafe ladders and rickety boxes, falls because of children’s toys left lying in the way. But, you say, 14What do we have doctors for?” True, but many times a doctor’s services cannot be acquired immediately, and there is where first aid takes the place of a doctor until his services can be utilized.

Take, for example, the case of a hunter who is accidently shot while hunting far up in the north woods. How soon can a doctor come. It may take hours, and in the meantime, the wounded man needs attention. If he doesn’t receive immediate attention, he may die. First Aid is not final treatment, but only the immediate, temporary treatment given in case of accident or sudden illness before the services of a physician can be secured. In some cases this immediate action saves a life.

In all cases, proper first aid measures reduce suffering and place the patient in the physician’s hands in a better condition to receive treatment.

By learning proper first aid measures lives can be be saved as is seen by the few foregoing examples. First Aid also teaches one how to revive a person from drowning or asphyxiation.

Then you may say “That has never happened to me yet.” No, not yet. But there is always a first time, and when that time comes, I’m sure it will be regretted that First Aid was not 204

RED studied, especially when the life of a loved one is endangered.

Surely, a few hours spent studying proper First Aid methods is well paid for, when this knowledge can save a life, especially the life of a loved one.

Note: This is not an advertisement for Red Cross, but an appeal to study their methods, for your own and your neighbor’s welfare.

P. Knickelbein

Reading Material.............

HAD finished Sunday dinner and wished to spend a com­ fortable afternoon reading. With nothing available at the time in my room, I proceeded from one room to another in search of something. Almost everywhere the answer I received was the same: “Something to read? No, I.haven’t anything, but I know where you can get some comic books.”

It may seem silly to think that students would interest themselves so greatly in these comic books. But are they really “comic” magazines.

Upon a closer study of these publications, which are really a poisonous mushroom growth of the last few years, I received some interesting information. Although it is especially the children up to the age of fourteen who are afflicted with a strange fever for this trash, yet even a large number of other people are also included as victims of this malady. Seventyfive per cent of these books are sold to youngsters who beg a dime from their parents each month to obtain the next install­ ment of their favorite “The Flying Hornet” or *'Machine-GunKilling Joe”； the other twenty-five per cent are purchased by people who are mature, or at least reaching their maturity.

About ten million copies of these “comic” books are sold every month from news stands. At least seventy-five per cent of the over a hundred periodicals now put on sale are of no respectable nature whatever. The old time cowboy novels of years ago were good literature when compared with this tripe.

Save for a few humorous ‘‘gags’’ and repetitions of news­ paper comic strips, it is justifiable to say that the bulk of these “funnies” depend for their appeal upon blazing machine guns, murder, and the invulnerable character who always proves that 205

RED crime does not pay and saves his country from destruction just in the nick of time.

These magazines.seem to have a reaction comparable to that of a narcotic. At first they are read merely for amusement, but it appears that the more they are read, the more people want to read them. This is true in spite of the fact that the print in which they are published is of a very poor grade and is very harmful to the eyes of the reader. The drawings are grotesque caricatures of what they are to represent.

The injection of obscene pictures and of crime into their content has such violent action that, after reading them, the action of a good adventure story seems very dull indeed.

Reading them occasionally may not affect one’s mind very much; but to develop a passion for them, as is happening according to their rapid increase in sales, will certainly kill to a great extent the taste of the American youth for better literature. It wouldn’t be such a bad idea to try to avoid this trash sold under the guise of ‘‘comic’’ magazines, and amuse ourselves with reading which is less destructive to ourselves.

Elton Huebner

The Case For The Classics 'O jitterBach or not to jitterBach, that is the question that is being tossed from pro to con a great deal these days. Bach and the other masters are being experimented upon with some horrifying results. Since I arn aware that the men responsible for these exciting “transcriptions” will be mightily influenced by my opinion, I feel conscience-bound to express my sentiments.

It seems that nothing is so sacred for these fame-seeking gentlemen to turn into dollars. The Classics are being thoroughly and systematically dismembered. First it was “Loch Lomond’’； then they turned to larger prey and we got “Moon Love.” Now, having left Tschaikowsky badly battered, they proceed blithely on to Rachmaninoff, Mozart and even Bach. These classic compositions are found in the ballrooms and nightclubs, spewed from “hot” trumpets in disguised tortured form, and wander over the airways all but unrecognizable. Now in spite of their persistent attempt, the popularity seekers are not ruining the 206

9 RED classics, 一 it’s surprising what Bach can stand 一 but they are ruining many persons’ appreciation and enjoyment of these classics. It becomes difficult now for the classic music lover to listen to, for example, the Andante from Tsehaikowsky’s Fifth Symphony without associating the irrelevant words of “Moon Love” with it. This foreign element spoils the listener’s pleasure to a painful degree.

That is why there is such a strong protest against swinging the classics, and especially against songwriters filching classic melodies for use with'their inconsequential ditties. That is why the plea is heard again and again: You may have your boiler factory swing, your shrieking trumpets and gargling clarinets; but be fair, leave us our share; don’t spoil our music for us!

Kurt Eggert

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Campus and Classroom The shortest distance between two deadlines is the Decem­ ber column.

Now we could write a lengthy column by simply giving a report of what each collegiate wants for Christmas. But suffice it to say that all the Seniors are teasing for a Gesenius Hebrew dictionary (all except Frey—he has a Konig). The Juniors have asked Santa Claus to fill their stockings with old exam papers.

The Sophomores mostly want blondes and the Freshmen can hardly wait to get their new big red Smyth Greek Grammars.

Personal experiences should hardly enter into this column but we can’t help saying that we’ve been selling shoes for the last few weeks and we’d like to pass on an observation—if any­ one tells you that ladies don’t know what they want — call him a liar.

We could tell you about an accident too and fill quite a bit of space, but we know the people involved and shall give them no free publicity. One of the drivers, would like to be quoted as saying that he deeply appreciates the considerate calmness with which everyone looked upon the mishap.

We can’t resist getting in Koeninger’s hair again. This time we’d like to tell you about the tonic he uses in it. He calls it Evening in Paris but we think one application is good for a week anywhere.

A few weeks ago the Literary Societies cooperated to pre­ sent an Information Please program and from all reports a good time was had by all. The members of each society selected a representation of four experts and contributed what were quite intelligent questions. The representatives from each .socitey were: Phi Gamma Rho,—Norman Berg, Len Koeninger, Ruth Zank, and Winfred Schaller; Philomathean — Gerhard Franzmann, Henry Paustian, Marion Maltz, and Wilbert Gawrisch.

The contest ended with 16 points for each society, which was about as it should be. P. Hartwig and Thurow kept score while Gehrke and Laper asked the questions.

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RED On Dec. 5 the Philomathean Society presented a program on the American Language, which was well done. The master of ceremonies was Marvin Hanke and the president of the Philomatheans, Ralph Gehrke, deserves much credit for his assistance in planning the program. The speakers seemed in­ terested in what they were saying and then simply said it and that is probably the secret of anv good speech. The readings were well given and as usual Kurt Eggert knew his stuff at the piano.

The Program

Ralph Gehrke The English and American Languages …-Henry Peil Selections from Schonste Lengewich...

Juba Dance l....... ..Kurt Eggert Bach goes to Town—Templeton I " Fredrick Heidemann American Slang....

Declaration of Inde pendance in Slang 1 .........William Zell

by Menken I Richard Ziesemer Future of the American Language__ After this portion of the program an amusing portion of Christopher Modey’s Trojan Horse was enacted. Those taking part were Henry Peil, Armin Keibel, Leland Grams, Roland Gurgel, Werner Heidtke, Ruben Pagels, Len Beske and Gerhard Franzmann.

Zeke’s Anthology of Humorous Lulus

Zeke: Why does Mr. Armour always walk to his meat-packing house in Chicago?

Stooge: I dunno, why? .

Zeke: Because if he ran everybody would think he was Swift.

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What did the car say to the gasoline pump?

I dunno, what?

I got a feeling your’e fueling me.

Z.: What did one piece of dust say to the other inside the vacumn sweeper?

S.: I dunno, what?

Z.: We were sucked in.

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What did the mayonnaise say to the ice box?

I dunno, what?

Shut the door, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m dressing!

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What did one brake say to the other?

I dunno, what?

Hi. Draulic.

Z.: What did the pop gun say to the trigger?

S.: I dunno, what?

Z.: You get my cork out!

Yes sir, Zeke takes the cake in more ways than one.

And Dagwood wants to know, if one of Noahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sons had the hives during the flood, would you say he had the archives?

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AT_l:Trcc) Northwestern 46

Clyman 29

On December 3, Coach Umnus drew back the curtain and revealed his 1940 basketball performers in a practice game with the Clyman team. Following his practice he alternated two units for equal periods of play, and between the two they managed to pile up a total of 46 points. The game started slowly with the local team scoring only one bucket the first quarter. Clyman took an early 10 point lead, which gap was closed in the final minutes of the first half when a short spurt brought the score to 14 to 13. In the second half they took a commanding lead and after the third quarter were never in danger of being headed. Wally Sauer rang up 12 points for scoring honors. Although the passing was ragged and the shooting erratic, hopes for another high scoring aggregation are fairly bright.

BOX SCORE Northwestern F.G. F.T. P.F. Koeninger f. 2 2 2 Birkholz f. 1 0 0 Sauer 2 f. 5 Berg f. 0 Matson c. 3 0 0 Peterson 2 3 Hoffmann g. 3 Schuppenhauer g 2 2 0 Kuehl g 3 Albrecht 0 0 g

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RED Seminary 39 Northwestern 25 On December 7, Northwestern was soundly jolted by the Seminary. This was the first time since 1934 that the Sem. has stuffed a defeat down the throat of the Goslings in a game on their home floor. Size played an important roll in this defeat.

The Seminary averaged around the six-foot mark in size. This fact led them to control the ball for the greater share of the play and allowed them to score often on rebounds, despite the efforts of their smaller opponents. Evidently Coach Umnus had drilled them too well on their zone defense, for during the game they allowed the Goslings only eight buckets, and six of these came in the first half. The score at the half was 19—15.

Fritz Naumann was the outstanding man on the floor, collecting 17 points, and proving without a doubt that he was more than just a cog in last year’s championship team.

BOX SCORE Northwestern F.G. F.T. P. F. Birkholz f 0 0 Koeninger 2 f. 1 0 0 Berg f. 1 0 Sauer f. 2 2 Knickelbein c. 0 0 3 Matson c. 0 2 Peterson c. 0 0 0 Schuppenhauer g. 0 1 Albrecht g. 0 3 Kuehl 2 0 2 Hoffmann 0 0 g. $

Seminary Lehninger Toepel E. Frey Keibel Naumann Zimmermann Lambert Hempel

F.G. F.T. P. F. 0 0 3 4 0 f. 1 0 3 6 c. 6 0 2 g 2 g 3 0 g. 0 f.

Northwestern 46 Carroll Frosh 30 December 11 found Northwestern regaining their winning stride with a fast, well played victory over Carroll Frosh.

Knickelbein was added to the starting five and this combination functioned smoother than any that Coach Umnus yet put on the floor.

Northwestern ran up a 7 point lead before Carroll scored and maintained a margin throughout the p：ame. The score at the half was 20—17. A rally by the Carroll Frosh in the third quarter narrowed the gap until a sudden flurry of buckets by Northwestern pulled them out of danger. Hoffmann, with his defense play and rebound work and Kuehl, the mighty mite, with his all around floor play played outstanding ball for the Goslings. Kuehl and Koeninger collaborated for 28 of the teams’ 42 points, while Taylor paced Carroll with 13 points.

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Carroll Frosh

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Prognostications

The Juniors will walk away with the Intramural Basket Ball title with the Frosh perhaps offering a little competition.

Before the year is over some one will beat the Zell brothers to the billiard table.

Sports Flash!!!

On December 3, Ardin Laper was seen taking a short walk.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARYDie Schildbuerger

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A Short Short

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Danse Macabre

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Toga Cedit Armis

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Mystery....................

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Why Do We Do It ?

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Voices From The Grave

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EDITORIAL-

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Our Advertisers

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ALUMNI NOTES

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

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ATHLETICS

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THE BLACK AND RED Volumk XLIV.

Watkhtown, Wis., January 1941.

Number 8

DIE SCHILDBUERGER OR

IS IGNORANCE BLISS? (i. Franzmann

Among1 the German folk stories told to me in my childhood, those which awoke niv childish imagination to the highest de­ cree were the ones told about those fascinating villagers ‘‘Die Schildbuerger.” Although much of their charm is lost in at­ tempting to retell them briefly in English, perhaps a few ex­ cerpts will serve to awaken enough interest that one or another may pick them up and read them for himself.

In the large and powerful kingdom of Utopia behind Cal­ cutta lies the quaint village of Schilda. These people were once famed far and wide for their superior intelligence. This was due in a measure to the fact that the first inhabitant was very 'vise and he carefully fostered this wisdom in his children who kept its flame burning brightly in all succeeding generations.

So wise were these people that their fame spread far and wide and their council was sought by everyone including kings and emperors. Thus the men were gone most of the time giving advice to others, leaving their land, cattle and families to shift for themselves. At last the farms were in such a deplorable 214

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RED condition and their wives and children so lonesome that they decided something drastic must be done. A council was held in which the wisest villager proposed a remarkable plan. He said they must lose their reputation for wisdom by becoming the most stupid people on earth. This plan met with the approval of all, so they all resolved to do an about-face and become reknowned for their stupidity instead of wisdom. That’s when the fun starts.

The first big task before the Schildbuerger was that of building a new city hall. Logs for timbers were to be gotten from a wood lying on the far side of hill. The trees were felled and laboriously carried up the hillside and even more laboriously lowered down the other side—all except the last one. It broke loose and rolled down all by itself. All stood dumbfounded.

“Boy, aren’t we the fools though! We could have saved our­ selves all that trouble.” So they immediately set to work pulling the logs up again just to see them roll down.

When the building was completed, only one thing was wrong. The inside was dark as the ace of spades.

They considered the wisest move to be to remove the roof.

This they did; and everything was fine until winter set in and the city hall became uncomfortably cold. The roof had to be replaced but then it was as dark as ever. An unusually brilliant Schildbuerger suggested that they all take pails, sacks and con­ tainers in which to carry the sunlight inside. The next noon when the sun was shining at its brighest all cooperated in the tremendous task. They worked assiduously ’till nightfall, when, to their consternation the hall was as dark as ever.

Upon another occasion, war threatened to disturb their peaceful existence. The wise of the village believed that the large bell in the court house to be a prize military objective for the enemy. But how could it be safeguarded? The plan which met with universal favor was to take the bell, load it on a ship and lower it to the bottom of the sea. When they were about to lower it, someone asked “How in the world will we find it again?’’

"Tha^s easy,” interposed one especially brilliant mind, "we will just make a mark in the side of the boat so we can find it again.” Only one hitch developed—after the war they couldn’t find the bell. They still can’t figure out why.

So the fame of the stupid Schildbuergers spread even far­ ther than their fame as mental giants—which just goes to show that Ignorance is really Bliss. Whoever heard of more con­ tented mortals than the happy imbeciles of Shilda?

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RED A SHORT, SHORT OR Conscriptions and Inscriptions //. Paustian

Immediately upon entering the little room one could sense the tension. The very air seemed too thick to breathe, thick­ ened by a dire threat of some ominous sword, some Damoclean sword, which was suspended over those present. These men, with worry etched in hieroglpyhs on their furrowed foreheads, were generals, and frightened generals, at that.

“To think that such a thing might happen to us. Why, our very existence is threatened. We stand a good chance of being wiped out.” As he spoke General A wiped the perspiration of future suffering from his brow.

General B nodded his head in solemn agreement. “Never before have we been caught with our guns so utterly down.

Why, we haven’t a Chinaman’s chance.’’

•‘We should have known, though. It has been in the air for some time. Those little hints made by our opponents were not just political wordery, as we hoped. This peace, short though it has been, was too good to last, too artificial.”

“And here we sit,” meditated General C, “with our only defence a prayer. Still, the conflict is inevitable, we may as well face it and go down fighting. We must leave our infantry, horses and ponies, behind, and hope to carry the offensive with wit, and wit alone. Perhaps with a lot of blustering we can catch them off-guard.”

General A determinedly banged the table with his fist.

“You，re right. We shall have to shoot a lot, though our shots be but shots in the dark. Like the proverbial fools let us rush in.

With these remarks our strategians once more settled down to ‘‘bucking’’ for their semester exams.

DANSE MACABRE* T. Harlwig

The bell of the old country church clock tolls twelve times and ushers in midnight. In the distance we hear slow, deliber­ ate steps approaching. Without warning a discordant sound * DANCE OF DEATH — SAINT SAENS.

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RED crashes through the air. Someone is tuning a violin. As the moon breaks from behind the clouds we see an old, hoary ghost standing alone in the cemetary near the church. He begins to play his violin, sounding the signal that the coast is clear.

More violins join him. Other ghosts begin to appear, slowly, apprehensively. The old ghost again calls in low reassuringtones. More ghosts answer, individually. Suddenly the whole family of ghosts, specters and skeletons in the cemetery jumps out into the open, tunes the violins, and begins a furious dance. The tempo becomes faster and faster, the music louder and louder, intermingled with the clacking of the dancing skeletons. Soon the queer assembly of apparitions tires of the strenuous dancing. They tune their fiddles again, play a short fugue, and then continue the dance at a much slower pace.

The dance is interrupted. One of the ghosts had an idea. He knows a boy who does not believe that ghosts exist. Why not make a friendly visit and convince the boy with a little harm­ less haunting? The whole assembly, delighted, scurries from the cemetery and like a blast of wind whisks away to the boy’s home.

The ghosts meet again at the designated house, dance around it for a few times, and plan their attack. Quietly they sneak up the back steps to the boy’s room. He is sound asleep.

Everything is set. The fun begins. The skeletons rattle their bones and the ghosts insert a chromatic scale with their violins, effecting a loud highpitched shriek. Again the ghosts achieve pleasant discords by tuning their violins. Then the old specter plays a soft haunting melody, his companions providing ‘spooky’ 'accompaniment. There is a crescendo. They play louder and louder. The boy wakes from a nightmare. The ghosts scurry down the steps out into the open, can hear them running toward the cemetery, their footsteps in time with their loud, boisterous music.

Suddenly, with the crash of a gong, the whole company disappears. The cock crows. Again the gong crashes —then a long silence. Finally dawn, slowly and deliberately, makes its appearance with clear, evenly-measured music. In the distance the echo of the ghosts’ retreating footsteps is heard. It is morning.

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RED TOGA CEDIT ARMIS R. Gchrke

HE following selections from Tyrtaeus, a Spartan poet of the seventh century, are especially interesting to a world which is again beholding the sad spectacle of war. They deal with Sparta’s war against Messenia. In the white heat of that savage struggle a new conception of the Spartan state was forged. There was forged that iron framework which was to fashion and educate every single Spartan in accordance with that well-known ideal pattern — that of the citizen soldier, the patriot-hero.

The State as a means of educating and molding every citizen toward a certain ideal pattern, the obligation it requires from its individual citizens, and the honor, privileges, and glory it bestows on them —all these ideas expressed in Sparta by Tyrtaeus have modern parallels of which we hear almost every day; be it the heroism of a young R. A. F. flier that is praised or that leading intellectual leaders meet to plan a vast educational program for a nation grimly preparing itself for the arduous task of fighting a war-period. It should prove interesting for the reader to compare the way this Spartan poet looks at the Messenian war with the way many people look at the present war; and the resulting conception each has of the State in which the toga gives way to arms might be even more interesting.

The Messenian war was a savage struggle; the Spartan warriors were attempting to quell the great revolt of the same Messenians who had first been conquered by their grandfathers two generations before them. It was a bitter struggle and almost sinking under the great burden. But from the welter of battle came the clear words of the poet Tyrtaeus, whom tra­ dition described as the leader sent to the Spartans by the Delphic Apollo, to save Sparta in her danger and call her forth to glorious deeds— Tyrtaeus tells the Spartan warriors,—"For nineteen years, the spearmen who were our fathers’ fathers fought unceasingly and relentlessly, with steadfast will. Then in the twentieth year, the enemy left their rich fields and fled.” Their land, the rich and fertile Messenian land, was divided among our fathers; the formed owners worked on it as serfs, “laboring like asses under heavy loads, and forced by bitter compulsion to bring 218

RED their masters half of all the produce of their fields. . . . And whenever one of their masters died, they and their wives must go to his funeral and lament for him,” Thus Tyrtaeus sought to encourage the struggling Spartan army by memories of former victories and to terrify it by picturing their doom if they were defeated. ‘‘You are the race of the unconquered Heracles —take heart! Do not fear the number of the enemy, do not flee from them! You know the destruction wrought by woeful Ares, and have felt the spirit of grievous war: you have been in flight and in pursuit.” In this dark hour Tyrtaeus called for a new and trained master-class, able to conquer the Messenians and then to hold them down by force. It is not a call for single heroes like the Homeric Hercules himself but it is the call for “the race of unconquered Hercules*7 to become a nation of heroes.

Here is Tyrtaeus’ ideal: "I would not,” he says, "mention or take account of a man for the prowess of his feet or for his wrestling, even if he had the stature and strength of the Cyclopes and outran the Thracian Boreas. And were he more beautiful in face and body than Tithonus and sweeter of tongue than Adrastus, I would not honor him for these things, even if he had every glory except warlike valor. For no one is a good man in war, unless he can bear to see bloody slaughter and can press hard on the enemy, standing face to face.

That is arete (crowning excellence), cries Tyrtaeus "that is the best and fairest prize which a young man can win among men. That is a good which is common to all — to the city and the whole people — when a man takes his stand and holds his ground relentlessly among the foremost fighters and casts away all thought of shameful flight.” Tyrtaeus lowers all the lofty ideals of the old Greek aristocracy and in a high pitch of excite­ ment he proclaims a new ideal—that of the patriot-hero. There is one standard of excellence, one standard of good and bad, and that’s the state, “the city and the whole people.”

“And” he continues, ‘‘he who falls among the foremost fighters and loses his life in winning glory for his city and his fellow-citizens and his father—his breast and his bossed shield and his breastplate pierced with many wounds in front—he is lamented by young and old together, and the whole city mourns for him in sad grief and his tomb and his children are honored 219

RED among men, and his children’s children likewise and his whole race after him; never is his name and fair fame destroyed, but though he lies beneath the earth he becomes immortal.” Death is beautiful, glorious, if it’s the death of a hero fighting for his country. “Never is his name and fame destroyed, but though he lies beneath the earth he becomes immortal.”

Thus Tyrtaeus expressed the Spartan ideal and thus began to be built the structure of the Spartan city state — its citizen body an armed and trained master-class. This ideal, forged in the white heat of the Messenian war on a religious basis, brought about that strong sense of community in life and effort which is still implied in and especially now admired in the word “Spartan.” A Spartan held his citizen rights by virtue of his status as a soldier. Toga cedit armis.

MYSTERY R. Goode

Upon her return to her apartment following an afternoon downtown, a younj? married woman found in the mailbox an envelope containing two tickets accompanied by this note: Please accept the enclosed tickets; it’s a bully show, and you and your husband will enjoy it immensely. When you return to your apartment after the theatre, you will receive a surprise. Signed, ‘A Friend，.”

Mrs. Wellmann was disturbed and anxious concerning the note. She felt fear in her heart and yet, she sensed a little of adventure in this.

When her husband came home from the office he was merely amused. ‘‘Well, Elaine，’’ he always called her Elaine when he was joking, otherwise she was darling, “Well, Elaine, this seems to me to be purely a prank. And since someone has supplied us with these tickets, I think that’s where we’ll go.”

4'But, the children，’’ (« We can send them to Aunt Susie for the night. She loves to take care of them.”

"But that surprise—” “Listen, dear.” Mr. Wellmann stood arms akimbo, head bent forward, legs spread wide apart, “I’ve figured it out like this. They want us to leave the house for one or several reasons.”

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费RED “Well, Mr. Holmes, what are those?”

"Either they want to rob us — and if they do, they won^ find much here — not after you went shopping this afternoon.’’

•'Well, I tike that—” “Tut, tut, honey,” he drew out the first syllable, “or they want to give us something, perhaps a gift, without us seeing who the donor is; or else they want to spring a party on us and we certainly won’t mind that, will we?”

Elaine was still unconvinced. "Let’s see,” she thought, “fire, robbery, gift, party— Oh, you must be right. I’ll go, John.”

It was a “bully show” and both man and wife forgot all about the note. At their apartment, John unlocked the door and as usual, let Elaine enter first. As she did, there was a clatter of a falling pail, and a mass of something wet and soft fell over her head and shoulders. She screamed and continued to scream until John could find the light switch and turn on the light. But then he doubled in laughter. “Surprise! don’t faint, my dear, just a bucket of wet rice—’’ Laughter took the place of words.

They wondered at the odd prank and cleaned up the mess.

Mr. Wellmann went to the pantry to get a bite to eat and his wife put their clothes in the closet. Crash! she jumped and then stood still with fear. After the crash there came a moan.

She called for John. “John! John! where are you?” The only answer she got was a groan.

On a sudden impulse she ran to the pantry, forced the door open and found the body of her husband slumped on the floor.

He groaned and came to. “Oh—my bean.”

“Darling, are you hurt?”

“No, not at all, oh—’’ “What are all the pots and pans doing on the floor, dear?”

Pots and pans? Oh now I remember. I opened the door, bang! crash! down on my dome come pots, pans and —a heavy mallet, ouch!”

What kind of a surprise was this, or rather what kind of nonsense? The Wellmanns were yet a young couple who enjoyed fun and practical jokes, but this was going rather far.

“Well, Elaine, I think the best thing to do is to go to bed.

In the morning we’ll be better able to see if anything else is hanging in the air ready to fall on us.”

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RED “I really don’t understand this, it’s so odd.”

“Yes, it is. It was meant to be humorous, but there is a mystery connected with it. Who did this and why did they pick such pranks as these? Well, let’s get to bed.”

Elaine went to wash off the remains of the rice and John went to the bedroom to undress. He was in his pajamas when Elaine came into the bedroom. But she screamed, “John, look out behind you! It’ll kill you.” Then she fainted. John was literally scared out of his pants and dove over the bed to the other side of the room. Nothing happened.

From behind the edge of the bed, John lifted his head, and his mouth fell open. He had opened a dresser drawer and now from that drawer slowly crawled out a cold, clammy thing. He went to look at it, a garden snake. He shook his wife, “Oh dear, you can come to now, I’m not dead.”

“Oh John, that thing,—” “That thing is all right, dear, it’s only a little snake (she almost fainted again) and look, this note was tied to its tail:’’ “Greetings and salutations, from your brothers of the Beta, Sigma, Kappa frat. To their old president of ’30 on this the tenth anniversary of his election. Bully show wasn’t it?

Signed, 'The Boys.”

WHY DO WE DO IT? P. Rnickelbein

Why do we use square handkerchiefs? Wear sleeve buttons? Shake hands? Throw rice at weddings? There is an interesting little story connected with each and every one of our customs. The following has been condensed from the De­ cember, 1937, issue of Photo-facts: Because knights of old were armor-clad, the chivalrous male of 1940 is required to take off his hat in an elevator if he is to be accounted decently polite. It is a custom deriving from the fact that only when a knight was among friends did he dare remove his metal helmet. Sometimes, if he were dropping in for only a few minutes, he merely lifted his visor instead of taking off the entire helmet. Ever since, gentlemen have been tipping their hats to the ladies, except for the early Quakers who doffed their hats to no one.

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RED A more ancient custom is that of the handshake. It is a relic of caveman days, when every man’s hand was turned against his brother. The hand of the savage usually held a club or spear, and, to prove his friendliness, he dropped his weapon and extended his empty hand to clasp.

Military salutes of the Fascist and Nazi type descend from the same gesture. A savage holding a shield in one hand extends the other arm before him on an upward slant, palm outward, as proof his intentions are not hostile.

Most drinking customs are of ancient origin. Drinking to the health was literally that in the good old days when the host was always expected to drink first to prove that the wine was not poisoned. A favorite beverage of medieval Europeans was metheglin or mead, a brew made from honey. When a couple was married, it was the custom for them to drink mead for thirty days—a month or “moon.” To this antiquarians trace the word “honeymoon.” Drinking toasts is more of a modern custom, originating in the seventeenth century English belief that putting a piece of toast in the glass heightened the flavor of the wine.

The clothes we wear, and the very handkerchief in our pocket, bear unmistakable earmarks of antiquity which most of us never gave a second thought. At the back of a man’s hat on the inside is a tiny bow, which has been handed down from the days when hats were made in only a few sizes. A draw­ string inside the crown which could be tightened or loosened was used to insure a perfect fit. The band on the outside of the hat goes back to the Egyptian custom of wearing a band around the head to keep the hair in place while traveling.

The V-shaped nick cut in the lapel of a man’s suit was originally put there to permit the fabric to be turned up in a ruff-like collar, protecting the wearer from the weather.

Even more useless is the row of buttons at the cuff-end of a man’s coat sleeve. They survive from a period when sleeves were so tight they had to be slit at the cuff to permit the wearer to thrust his hand through. Wheh the coat was on, the dandy could button up his sleeve. Most tailors today still leave a slight opening at the cuff just beneath the row of buttons.

Your handkerchief is square, and not round, triangular, or rectangular, for a definite reason. Because Marie Antoinette 223

RED liked square “hankies”，Louis XVI of France, thought it would be a good idea to make the shape standard, and so issued an edict on June 2, 1785, decreeing that all handkerchiefs in his kingdom must be as broad as they are long. How well he has succeeded in granting Marie Antoinette her wish!

Marriage and courtship customs date back to savage antiq­ uity, like that of the “coming out” party. Even today many primitive tribes keep their young girls isolated in secluded huts, supervised by chaperons or guardians. When they reach marriageable age the girls literally “come out” of their hutprison, and are introduced to society with elaborate ceremonies.

The best man at the wedding is a descendant of the war­ rior who formerly helped the groom steal the bride. Brides wear veils as a relic of the time when they were shrouded from head to foot. Wedding rings are placed on the left hand, accord­ ing to some authorities, to denote the wife’s subjection to her husband, the left hand being regarded as inferior. When you throw rice at a newly married couple you are wishing them a successful union blessed with many children.

A common explanation for the ‘‘bad luck’’ number 13, is that the thirteenth guest at the Last Supper was Judas Iscariot.

Another theory is that the first arithmeticians found 13 a stub­ born, intractable figure to deal with. It could not be divided by anything but itself; it would not yield neat piles of twos and threes and fours and sixes like the venerated figure 12. Conse­ quently they disliked it and feared it as a bad luck omen.

Probably no custom of commerce has a more bloody history then the barber’s pole. Barbers were the surgeons of their day, an age when blood-letting was regarded as a sure cure for disease. The patient in such operations grasped a pole while the barber opened his veins. After the blood-letting the stained bandages were customarily wound around in neat spirals and the pole set outside the shop to advertise the barber’s services as phelebotomist. In time the blood-dyed bandages came to be represented by red paint.

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RED VOICES FROM THE GRAVE Armin Keibel

“Whose voice of all the great men of the past would you like best to recall and register?” Mrs. Stanley, wife of the famous explorer asked this of Thomas Edison during a demon­ stration of his marvelous invention, the phonograph. Mr. Edison considered for a while, then said that Napoleon was his choice and for a record of his voice he was willing to barter the entire collection of records in my possession.”

Had a certain man not turned his head as he ascended the steps of the U. S. Patent Office building in Washington, in 1928, it is possible that Edison may have been able to hear the voice of Napoleon—not merely a speech or two, but many private discussions with his military staff and even his mutterings dur­ ing imprisonment.

You may wonder what the aforementioned triviality has to do with the reproduction of long-silent voices; therefore, before you begin to doubt the apparent incredibility of that statement, please allow me to relate a strange story.

The date June 15, 1928, will never leave my memory—not only because it marks my graduation from the University of New Mexico, but because I met the Professor George Ellery after the exercises.

I had majored in Archaeology, but for a minor subject, I listened for two years to Professor Ellery’s lectures on Physics.

His daily appearance rarely varied—a grey suit surmounted by a black bow-tie and barely combed white hair, which were compensated for by a trim beard. His alert eyes betrayed a wealth of information behind them—information that he knew to perfection and expected be learned to perfection. That is why his pupils disliked him—because every recitation and test had to be nothing short of flawless. I must admit that his harsh measures annoyed me, but I managed to bear with him till June.

On graduation day, soon after the exercises, this professor Ellery stepped up to me and warmly offered his congratulations.

I was taken back, wondering what sort of a condescending spirit had come over this pedant. My thoughts were shortly answered, for he asked me to act as his assistant during the summer months. We were to do research work in his desert laboratory located in northwestern New Mexico. He added 225 C4

RED that the ruins of a Pueblo village lay in the sands near this re­ treat of his—there I could supplement my science work with a study of a site which had seldom been investigated.

The history of this Aztec outpost had intrigued me ever since I studied its museum pieces and legends. One of these stories had to do with an Indian chief who slew his mate because she refused to give him the three heart-shaped blood-stones she had inherited. She sought divine protection in a newly built kuva， or ceremonial building; but the greedy chief ignored the sanctity of this refuge by seizing the innocent woman and slaying her when she refused to part with the gems. He took what jewelry her fist yielded and departed, sealing the entrance so that her spirit could not escape to haunt him. . . . One of these three gems was found in the chief’s tomb several years ago.

But what had become of the other two stones? For all we knew they were still in the ruins.

During our first week in that unarable land, I found in Professor Ellery most enjoyable company. He was sympathetic towards me and interested in my finds, yet he kept me welloccupied. This was in constructing an electrical device, similar to a radio-recorder, only more complicated and delicate. It was not quite completed when I discovered its extreme sensitivity— the meters registered footfalls two miles away. Just what the Professor wanted with this device, I was yet to learn.

On the day that it was finished. Professor Ellery startled me with an explanation: ‘‘When Edison invented the phono­ graph, the world marveled. It was as impossible, asserted con­ temporary scientists, to capture the human voice as it was to reclaim time. It seemed as fantastic as Baron Munchhausen’s tale of the frozen music. But Edison did devise a machine that did repeat every word which was spoken into it. It faithfully threw back every sound that reached it. Succeeding genera­ tions could now hear their forebears speak.

“However wonderful as Edison’s invention was, it could not repeat what had been spoken before its time 一 Napoleon’s words, for example. ... With Edison, and almost every human being, I have wished that I could hear the actual voices of men who made history — Aristotle, Cicero, Galileo, and so on down the line of ‘‘greats’’. With these thoughts bearing upon my mind, I spent five years planning an instrument that could 226

RED reproduce sounds which perished years ago. That machine is now finished.”

Before any doubts could enter my mind, I suggested that we test the machine in one of the ruined Pueblo buildings.

Professor Ellery favored the thought, so we packed our equip­ ment and left. As we plodded our way across the sands, my superior explained the principle of his device. ‘‘When a sound wave strikes an object, it leaves an impression — a rearrange­ ment of the molecules that lie near the surface. This is analo­ gous to the waves of the sea, which flow onto a beach and disturb the grains of sand with each recession. Just so, the infinitesimal particals which compose a wall, for instance, are moved about by every sound that reaches them. The problem would be that of interpreting the impressions so that we could duplicate the waves that brought about the rearrangement. By reversing the process of impression and recording it, we should obtain the identical waves that left their tracks behind. The resulting record could then be played upon a standard phonograph.”

While searching the ruins for a likely room, I tripped over a dusty slab which hid from view the entrance to an underground kuva. By working around this stone, we loosened the sealing mortar, and finally slid the heavy door aside. A peculiar chill engulfed me as I peered down into the dusty interior. After I had descended into the room, Professor Ellery handed down the valuable device, then clambered down the rickety ladder. I was glancing about the room when my eyes fell upon a rusty dagger lying beside a heap of dust. A sudden recollection nearly struck the machine out of my hands. I gingerly set it down, fell on my knees beside the knife and ran my fingers through the dust until I felt two round objects. Nervously I drew them forth. “The missing blood-stones!” I yelled, ‘‘I’ve found them.” The Professor beamed at my discovery, for I had explained the story to him with my theory that the Indian woman swallowed two of the gems her husband had coveted.

The chief believed he had taken all the gems, but, when the mistake was discovered, he dared not reopen the tomb. I was so overjoyed that I nearly forgot about our scientific investiga­ tion, until the Professor held a finger to his mouth for silence.

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RED we placed the machine against one of the walls and turned on the battery current. The X-ray tube slowly colored and bathed us in a weird green glow. After all the tubes were functioning smoothly and the controls adjusted, the acetate-covered disk be­ gan slowly to revolve. . . . After five minutes of operation, the record was finished and the current automatically turned off.

The Professor placed the record in a special case and hurried out across the desert. His body was aquiver with suspense and the features of his face were rigid. Once indoors, he placed the record gently into the laboratory phonograph and set the needle in place. For a while there was silence — the Professor paled.

But, all of a sudden —out spat the words 广The missing blood­ stones! I’ve found them’’. Professor Ellery leaped to his feet and throwing out his hands, thanked his Maker. After a brief pause, there was the sound of padding feet followed by a violent interchange of two guttural voices. The deeper of the two grew more fierce until it was capped by a shriek —then, a dull thud .... the creaking of a ladder, and finally, the scraping sound of a stone slab sliding into place. Thereafter — silence.

“Voices from the grave!” muttered Professor Ellery solemnly.

After a few hours, I managed to interpret the words and found that they correlated with the story as it appeared in legend manuscripts at New Mexico University.

Looking up into the face of the Professor, I couldn’t help but feel the deepest respect for this “stuffy old prof,” as the pupils used to call him. He looked at me and smiled, as if to say, ‘‘Now do you understand why I was so demanding?’’ In­ stead, he asked that I accompany him to Washington D. C., where he would patent his invention under the name ‘‘Anastasiophone’’ (because it was a voice-resurrector).

As the train bore us swiftly to our destination, I frequently glanced at the Professor beside me. His once-stern face had melted and a pleasing smile governed his features ever since we boarded the “Santa Fe”. He was, no doubt, dreaming about the future—and the past. The key rested upon his lap.

We finally reached the National Capital three days later, on September 7, 1928, and were soon before the Patent Office. As we began to mount the broad, sparkling steps, Professor Ellery told me that he intended to visit Thomas Edison the following afternoon. Perhaps he could help materialize his wish to hear Napoleon’s voice.

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RED But, as we were halfway up the steps, an ambulance with screaming siren, sped down the avenue. Professor Ellery in­ voluntarily turned to see the cause of this nerve-wracking disturbance. Suddenly he misstepped and flew forward—his head striking the pavement and the anastasiophone smashed to bits.

I was so shocked that I did not understand what had occurred until I found myself sitting beside the bed on which lay the bandaged figure of the Professor. I called to him, "Professor!” there was no response. I repeated a trifle louder.

Professor Ellery!” He said nothing . . . simply stared ahead.

Believing him temporarily deaf, I was about to lean over his ear, when a figure in white arrested my action with the quiet words, ‘Tm sorry but your friend will not be able to answer you ... a concussion has irreparably damaged his brain. He has lost his mind.” Tears slipped over my cheeks, as this heart­ rendering information wrenched my whole being. For a mo­ ment. in human weakness, I was on the verge of demanding of God the reason why He nipped this genius in the bloom of his life: but God has a reason, though we understand it not, for everything He does.

Two days later, Professor Ellery passed away, leaving his memory with me. A lonely figure, I made my way back to the desert laboratory, with the hope that I might be able to con­ struct another anastasiophone. There were no blueprints, for the original was built from a plan in the Professor’s mind. For twelve years, now, I have tried to rebuild, from memory and principle, Professor Ellery’s machine. Continual failure has been the fruit of my efforts.

But, I do hope, if someday an unknown again finds a way to resurrect voices from the grave, that he will grant me to hear but a few of the many kind words my beloved Professor Ellery had spoken.

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s. o. s Sail on, O Ship of State!

Sail on, O Union, strong and great.

In these words Longfellow wished a “bon voyage” to the stout and comparatively new little ship of state that had but a century before cast off perforce the chains which had anchored her to the tyranny and despotism of the Old World. Perhaps our earlier pilots realized the decaying and corrupt condition of the rotting old hulk they left in their wake, or perhaps they did what they did because of a trivial tax or two on various commo­ dities. Be that as it may, our independence was won after a long and bloody struggle and our forefathers prior to this century showed their ability in plotting their own course. The 230

RED sound advise of our first president regarding foreign entangle­ ments was recognized as a safe course by these statesmen and they saw fit to make it safer by instituting the Monroe Doctrine.

This principle, acting as a breakwater, has saved our ship of state from a grievous encounter. Are we now going to stand idly by and see our ship steered into the chalkcliffs under forced draft? Americans, beware, lest in your zealous search after fifth columnists you overlook the third termites, who certainly are doing their share of “borrowing from within.’，* Tankers Away!”

W. A. S.

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The advertiser does not lose; instead, his investment yields profits--“Advertising pays!” goes the economic slogan. He creates a desire for his commodity by presenting appealing in­ formation on the needs of Mr. and Mrs. John Public for his effects. The response is almost always surprisingly generous.

Several years ago, a small midwestern firm decided to advertise.

At the end of the year its records showed a profit three times that of the previous year. Advertising in countless publications, over the air, on billboards—almost wherever one may be—is proof of its universal success.

This copy of the “Black and Red” cost 25c in the printing, but its cost to the subscriber is only 10c. What of the additional 15c? This additional expense is met by the ninety businessmen whose ads appear in this addition. We should be unable to edit future copies without their support—so neccessary it is to have advertisers.

These ninety enterprisers understand that they are not supporting our College—but, rather, the “Black and Red.’’ 231

RED The majority of these men do not necessarly expect direct re­ turns from our enrollees, because local Lutherans, faculty men and their families, and even we Northwestern students, would patronize them anyway. They really advertise to show their appreciation for the trade that is theirs because of Northwestern College; for an institution of learning is an asset to any com­ munity that harbors it.

There are some advertisers, however, who would be happy to have more students trade with them. They feel that students ought to deal with them more often than with non-advertisers, who are uninterested in our school. Do not feel that we are asking you to change your habits, but we do request you, out of a sensible regard for everyone who has our interest at heart, to visit those businessmen who help make this paper possible.

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^luntnt 界nte 0 A daughter was born to Prof, and Mrs. E. Kiessling of Watertown, Wisconsin in the early part of December. Prof.

Kiessling, Ph. D., is a member of the class of ’17.

A boy was born to Prof, and Mrs. M. Franzmann, Watertown, Wisconsin during the Christmas vacation. Characteris­ tically Prof. Franzmann announced to his returning Greek class that there is now not only a Greek scholar but also a Latin scholar in the family. Prof. Franzmann is a member of the class of ’28.

A boy was born to Prof, and Mrs. 0. Naumann, New Ulm, Minnesota. Prof. Naumann is a member of the class of ’31 and tutor here at Northwestern in the years of 1935-1936.

Word has reached us that the Rev. Roman Biesmann 733 has been married. Rev. Biesmann is pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Rib Falls, Wisconsin.

A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf Weyland ’34, Mr. Weyland is teacher at the Immanuel Luth. Church St. Paul, Minnesota.

Adelbert Schultz ’36 has been called as assisting missionary at Tucson, Arizona.

Mr. Gerhard Schmeltzer ex. ’39 is now teaching at Bilas, Arizona. Mr. Schmeltzer graduated from Dr. Martin Luther College New Ulm, Minnesota last year.

Norbert Reinke 737 has been working in a publishing house in Chicago.

The Rev. Herbert Nommensen has been installed as pastor in Fountain City, Wisconsin. Pastor Nommensen is member of the class of ’33.

Walter Zickur ’37 has been assisting the Rev. Edward Blakewell ’31 at Salem Lutheran Church and at a North Side Mission in Milwaukee.

The Rev. Albert Sippert ’31 has been installed as pastor in St. John’s Mission congregation at Carrington, North Dakota.

The Rev. Otto Heier, ’33 has been installed as pastor in Our Savior’s Ev. Luth. Church at Jamestown, North Dakota.

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RED The Rev. Traugott Redlin 728, Kingston, Wisconsin was in­ jured by a fall on the day before Christmas and is now unable to perform his pastoral duties.

The Rev. Fredrick Schroeder of Fairburn *27 has been called to Stoddard, Wisconsin. The Rev. Ferdinand Weyland ’34 has been called to fill the post left vacant by Rev. Schroeder.

A correction: Miss Arline Schumann ’36 is teaching at St. John’s Luth. parochial school in Wauwatosa and not in Wau­ kesha.

Gerhard Cares ’37 has been installed as tutor at North­ western College. Mr. Cares took up his duties after the Christ­ mas vacation.

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Campus and Classroom

Form letter 13579J Which you may want to keep for future occasions.

Sunday Eve. Ja.n.------Just before the Battle, Mother Dear Folks, It was a beautiful day here today, but after church and dinner I sat down to study all afternoon. And tonight I studied until just now. Some fellows wanted me to go to the movie but I said I had to study. We are having exams this week, you know, and especially in the------------------------------ (insert your class name) year all the studies are very hard and it’s almost impossible to get good marks. In fact most fellows figure they're lucky if they don’t flunk. So you see if my marks on the report aren’t so high this year you know why.

Love, Your son, —(insert name) — P. S. I’m broke.

We posted the following notice on the bulletin board a few days ago— THE-IMPORTANT-THIN0-I-LEARNED SURVEY All collegiates are asked to submit in brief form the most important bit of knowledge they have picked up since the beginning of school last September.

Your important things may range from rules of Greek accent to information gained in your course of S. 0. (Social Obligations).

You are asked to be sincere.

The result of this survey will be published in the Campus and Classroom column of the Black and Red. Deposit your contributions in container placed in first floor square of dormitory before 9:45 P. M. Tuesday You need not sign your name but please state your class.

Campus and Classroom Editor 235

3PRED We regret that space does not let us print all the important things which everybody learned. And so we submit to our readers only a little sample of the vast amount of stuff that was absorbed during these last five months in our institution.

Strangely enough the Freshmen were the most serious about their replies. One of them learned all this, he says, 1. How and why a student should study.

2. That girls disturb a student’s studying ability.

3. That it is best to check out when leaving the building at night.

Another says, "All bucking: and no shagging makes Jack a smart boy”, and adds .‘that bucking may improve the mind, but the body ought not be neglected.”

And we have nothing- but admiration for the one who stated, "So far I have learned how to study my head off on a sub­ ject and then take a 60^ gracefully.”

The Sophs were almost all glad that they knew the first line of Homer’s Odyssey. In addition, one considered it pretty im­ portant that he knew June. Another said he had learned to appreciate English poetry and Milton while still another observed that both girls and classes were monotonous. Finally, one said he learned an Infinitely indefinite amount of English vocables” and added. *'l also learnt that Jupiter and Saturn a’int so small as we think when we look wit the eye nude.”

The Juniors responded well in quantity but were mostly concerned with trifles. Some were socratic and admitted that they didn’t "no nottin’’ as they said. One among them says, “One must sometime be made to remember what one has pre­ viously learned and almost forgotten.” (We can’t quite figure it out either.) Another says, “Ignorance of some things is bliss but ignorance of other things is-ignorance.” A sharp observer among them wrote, ‘‘Men may come and men may go, but Zell remains the same as ever.”

The Seniors, it seems, were too busy to take time to recall all the important things they had learned. One suspected that we were making a survey simply because we were too lazy to write a column of original material — shhhhhhhh — he’s right.

A seemingly dejected Senior figured that ‘‘A man’s best friend still proves to be his dog.” Another gave us a telephone num­ ber and told us to ask for Mabel.

A contributor without a class says he learned that Laper can’t play the flute and he dares us to print it. In reply we say that since everyone knows that Laper can’t play flute, we see no reason why we should publish it in this column.

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By Dag

Samuel Clemens is dead, I hear.

He lies beneath six feet.

This makes me sad for now I fear I never the Twain shall meet.

During Christmas vacation work was begun on a new recitation building. That is to say we have some new doors on the north entrance of our recitation building. Rumor has it that each worn part will be replaced in this way until eventually weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a complete new building, you see.

We are glad to announce that Mr. Henry Peil of the same state from which Tom Harmon cames has returned to resume the pursuit of his scholastic interests here at Northwestern.

For a while we thought you were a goner, Henry.

On Friday evening, Jan. 17, the world famous Pro Arte Quartet together with Gunnar Johansen presented a concert in our Gymnasium. The program presented in cooperation with the local Euterpe club was well attented and well received.

Although not everyone claimed to have thoroughly enjoyed every bit of the somewhat heavy program, yet everyone left feeling that he had seen real artists at work. We were glad to hear from the musicians that they enjoy living in our Wis­ consin and that they do not at all feel that they are unappreciated in a state that is mainly concerned with agriculture.

COURAGE When the cold of the night Hovers over his head, And he wants to lie straight But he curls up instead, Then that man is a man, After all has been said, Who can push both his feet To the foot of his bed.

And Zeke still says that if we had more horses, things in this country would be more stabalized.

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麵__議 U. Extension 34 Northwestern 40 On Dec. 14th the Goslings took their first stand in defense of their basketball title and emerged victorious over the Uuiversity Extension.

Northwestern started fast and built up an early lead which they fashioned into a commanding half time lead of 19-11. Con­ tinuing their fast pace in the second half they soon built up a 17 point advantage when near calamity struck. The Extension five began dropping in baskets from all angles and scored 15 points, while holding the Goslings scoreless. With the score standing at 34-34 Berg and Knicklebein scored to give the Goslings a 6 point margin of victory.

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A word of praise might be granted the Goslings even in defeat, for they battled a team which had reached the semi-finals in 238

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— Socrates and His Gorgeous

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Standardization

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Blessed Is The Man .

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Connecticut Yankee

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The Irony Of Fate

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Predictions A Reality

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The Parable Of The Poor Student..

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Trucking

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J. S. Bach

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EDITORIAL— Does This Spell Evil?

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Dance

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

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ATHLETICS

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Volume XLIV.

Watertown, Wis.ďź&#x152;February 1941.

Number 9

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

SOCRATES AND HIS GORGEOUS FROM PLATO'S LESSER KNOWN WORKS (Edited by A. D. Laper with an exhaustive introduction.)

The authenticity of this dialogue has in no wise been fully established. Much ink has been spilled by scholars on the manuscript and so it is very difficult to read. Ink removers have been tried but the removers took the original text along and so the manuscript has come down to us as a blank parch­ ment. However, it seems a shame that such a gem of literary culture should be lost to the world, and so we have attempted to reproduce the original text by a careful study of known facts.

The known facts are these. Socrates had a wife. Her name was Xantippe. He must have asked her to marry him. Socrates was not a man to take a hasty step. He proceeded only after being convinced by sound argument that it was the logical thing to do. We may conclude from this that when Socrates proposed to his Gorgeous he had a very interesting dialogue with her. And it is this dialogue we are about to make known to the world of literature.

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RED Scholars have long debated as to just how Plato managed to be present to record Socrates’ proposal to Xantippe. In his book What Plato Didn't Say I. B. Snorey points out that there are two possibilities. But he seems most inclined to conclude that Plato was standing on stilts outside of Xantippe’s room with his ear at the open transom. He points out that this would account for the fact that Plato’s style in this particular dialogue is somewhat stilted. On the other hand he does not overlook the fact that the style of Plato in the Gorgeous Dialogue is plainly cramped. This would seem to indicate that Plato may have written the dialogue under Xantippe’s sofa. Lesser scholars argue that at the time of Socrates there were no sofas or transoms. But these critics completely fail to catch the spirit of Plato.

The Dialouge

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Socrates: Well now, Xantippe, I have come to ask a question.

Xantippe: Take off your shoes and make yourself at home.

Mother and Dad have gone to a lecture.

Soc.: Good. But I see your little brother is not in bed yet.

Xan.: Not yet, but he said he’d go if you’d give him a obol.

Soc.: Truly indeed that is unfortunate for I changed my clothes and I left my wallet in my other sheet.

Xantippe’s Little Brother: Cheap skate! I’m going to sit right here all evening then.

Soc.: Well then, Xantippe, let us ignore him and continue with my present affair. I repeat I have come to ask a question.

Xan.: I can hardly wait.

Soc.: First, does a question not seem to you to be something which one asks?

Xan.: It does.

Soc.: What then is something one asks?

Xan.: A question, Soc.: We agree!

Xantippe’s Little Brother: Aw shucks—-I’m going to bed一such trash.

Soc.: One asks something when one doesn’t know something.

Isn’t that true?

Xan.: It sounds correct.

Soc.: Would you not say that each man knows best what he wants.

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Soc" And therefore it is not necessary to ask someone else what one wants.

Xan.: No it does not seem necessary.

Soc.: But I shall prove that it is necessary for one to ask some­ one else what one wants. Do you think a man would want to live with another person who did not want to live with him?

Xan.: Hardly. Yet if the man enjoyed the other person’s company and it was no concern of his whether the other person enjoyed his company, then he might want to live with the other person. But that would be a selfish man.

Soc.: Wisely spoken, Xantippe! Let us suppose now that I am an unselfish man and that I want someone to live with me.

Xan.: All right let us suppose that.

Soc.: Now I would not want to live with someone who does not want to live with me, would I? Xan.: No. Soc.: Therefore, if I enjoyed the companionship of another and did not know whether he enjoyed my company, might I not be lying if I told him I’d like to live with him?

Xan.: Yes, as an unselfish man of deep convictions you might be lying.

Soc.: You follow me wonderfully. And so you see it is necessary to first ask the other person to find out what one wants.

Xan.: Sounds logical.

Soc.: And so I ask you, Do I want to marry you?

Xan.: Truly indeed I think you are as one wanting to marry me.

STANDARDIZATION Wilbert Gawrisch

Our world is a standardized one. We are all acquainted with the methods of mass production. Every part that a machine turns out is exactly like another. Uniformity to an in­ finitesimal measurement is demanded. The result is that if one part breaks, another can easily be put in its place, and the loss 242

RED of the old one will never be noticed. Unfortunately standardi­ zation has passed from the world of manufacture to our people themselves. The man of today is turned out by one machine.

He is a mere part, exactly like his fellows. No more attention is paid to his death than to the break of a bolt What matters it, for are there not millions more just like him? He is nothing but an imitator of those around him.

Charles and Mary Beard have well expressed the result of this standardization of parts: “The whole scheme of American life, as well as the structure of classes and the economy of the family, felt the impress of the changing machine process as mass production and the vivid selling operations which attended it scattered the same commodities and identical ideas over the country. . . . Thus the technology of interchangeable parts was reflected in the clothing, sports, amusements, literature, archi­ tecture, manners, and speech of the multitude. The curious stamp of uniformity which had arrested the attention of James Bryce at the dawn of the machine age sank deeper and deeper into every phase of national life一 material and spiritual....

All these tendencies, springing naturally out of the whirl of business, where encouraged by the conscious struggle for effi­ ciency in every domain, by the discovery and application of the most economical apparatus for the accomplishment of given ends.”

Within a week of their announcement the modes of New York and Hollywood have swept from shore to shore and be­ come the modes of Centerville, Gopher Praire, and Greensboro, penetrating to the remotest village in the mountains. The entire nation bows to the decree of a fashion which in itself is an imi­ tation, a revival, of that of a bygone day. If feathers on women’s hats are the style, every woman must wear a feather in her hat. If she doesn’t, she in her own mimd feels inferior to her associates. How often haven’t we heard the question, “What are we going to wear?” If John is going to wear a sweater, I must change from my suit and put on a sweater.

Why not wear what you want to wear and what is most comfortable instead of what is the current style?

The same standardization has entered our amusements.

We go to the movies once a week because it is the thing to do.

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Radio produces the same result. Millions listen to a group of comedians who weekly deliver their stuff which leans more often than not to the shady side. The entire country hums the tune of some latest contortion of the music of the masters, a song whose life is long if it lasts three months. Or it swings to some new importation from Africa. Sunday morning is the time to sleep, read the newspapers, and then drive to the lake for a picnic with the gang. To be well-read means to have read the latest installment in True Confessions. Even our language is being trampled under through the means of the radio.

Children singing, “Don’t the moon look pretty tonight?” come to the conclusion that it is correct to say “he don’t”. “The man (^independent mind’’ looks and laughs when he sees how the fickle mob is swayed by loud-voiced fools because it does not use its power to reason or because men are too weak-willed to rise against the popular current, when he sees how it buys picture magazines because it is too indolent to read. Only in­ telligent use of our modern facilities can prevent the complete downfall of our nation.

Like fools we are rushing headlong down the path to destruction. We have become soft and effeminate. Where is the sturdy individual of pioneer days? The American’s per­ sonality and individualism have vanished, and he has become a mere yesman. “The virtue in most request is conformity,’’ as Emerson says. “We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state, but we see that most natures are in­ solvent; cannot satisfy their own wants, have an ambition out of all proportion to their practical force, and do so lean and beg day and night continually. Our housekeeping is mendicant, our arts, our occupations, our marriages ... we have not chosen, but society has chosen for us. We are parlor soldiers. The rugged battle of fate, where strength is born, we shun.”

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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.”

By conforming to usages that have become dead to you, your force is scatterd and the impression of your character blurred.

Individualism is being brought back in the German army where parachutists are trained to be self-reliant when they have landed behind the enemy’s lines. We must take ourselves by the collar and see whether we are sliding. Society never advances as we might be disposed to think. Something is taken for everything that is acquired. We drive cars but have lost the use of our feet. We use precision watches but have lost the ability to tell time by the sun. History shows us that we are on the road to barbarism. We must put our nation into reverse if we are to survive.

BLESSED IS THE MAN M. Koepsell

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What happiness the mind can bring!

What glory ne’er unsung!

This mind to God its praises sings, And He’s the only One. To such a man the world is free, No sorrows, or a tear.

What matter more except that he His heavenly Maker fear?

When steadfast to his God he clings, The world is bright and gay.

He does not see the evil things; God takes them all away.

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Sweet music soothes his tired soul 一 A gift of God divine.

The symphony of the men below Who in 6od’s care recline.

Why is it that that man can laugh?

Why does he feel so gay?

Christ suffered death on his behalf.

He lives eternally!

CONNECTICUT YANKEE Ralph Gehrke

Webster’s Dictionary is such a commonplace to most of us that we never stop to think more about the man who gave his name to that dictionary and who stands almost as a symbol of a whole period in our national life.

Inside the cover of any big Webster’s New International Dictionary is a fine, colored portrait of Noah Webster, the lexicographer. He is a lean, black-coated man . with the quain­ test, old-fashioned air. Though a man of letters, at heart he is still the hard-headed son of a Connecticut farmer. His portrait is not like the portraits of those rich, “cultivated” Bostonians, who sat for the famous Gilbert Stuart; it reflects rather a rough-hewn man “educated” in the Connecticut Hinterland.

His wide brow betrays a scholar; his stern chin, an aggressive and unyielding Connecticut Yankee.

If America ever had a universal man, it was Webster. He was a schoolmaster, lawyer, journalist, philologian, economist, politican，and theologian. He wrote on subjects all the way from the decomposition of white-lead paint and epidemics to the rights of neutral nations in the time of war. But Noah Webster got his real start during the Revolution, when intercourse with England was interrupted. He then supplanted Dilworth’s “Aby-sel-pha’’ Spelling Book with his own popular Speller which was based on common use in America. And so the store­ keepers up and down the country began to buy Webster’s Spellers along with hogsheads of rum and kegs of molasses.

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A typical Yankee, Noah Webster was a fighter. He fought for an author’s copyright law, traveling even through the Middle and Southern States. The copyright, he told the farmers, was the “author’s soil.，’ Only the products belonged to the purchaser; the soil should remain the owner’s.

Even after the revolution his patriotic fervor did not cease.

He saw that, though the Americans boasted of their freedom, their customs, their dress, their arts were still those of the mother-country. Why receive blindly all these things from England? Blind imitation, he said, was smothering American inquiry. And so, daring to set himself against mighty Dr. Johnson and his successors, the hard-headed Noah Webster be­ gan plans for his American Dictionary, — a new Declaration of Independence which should help establish ‘‘a national language as a bond of national union.” Already, he pointed out, the American language is moving and soon no one will be able to stop it. Why shouldn’t these new innovations take their place in the language, even if the English look down on them?

To Webster “the general practice of the nation was the rule of propriety. Thus fighting for his mother-tongue, he began his dictionary. The Spelling Book had prepared the way for the dictionary, for in writing it he had gathered a vast amount of interesting and valuable material on American English and, then too, the money it brought him enabled him to give full attention to the new dictionary.

His American Dictionary, which appeared in 1828, was not only thoroughly American, it was superior to any of the current dictionaries. It contained 70,000 words, an increase of 12,000 247 } y

RED words over Todd’s Johnson. It was immediately recognized for the fullness, clearness, and accuracy of its definitions. Webster included tens of thousands of new definitions, technical terms, and valuable encyclopedic information no previous book con­ tained. Although in etymology he fell into the blunder of deriving all languages from “the ancient Chaldee,’’he noticed the relationship between Greek and Latin and the Teutonic languages before it was generally recognized. In short, he did the task of writing his American Dictionary so well that it was destined to remain a standard work in English.

Noah Webster at his study desk amid piles of dictionaries of Latin, Greek and the Teutonic languages was also a figure symbolic of the nation’s mind at the time when the great American literature was about to make its appearance. Haw­ thorne^ Fanshaw, Poe’s Tametiane and Other Poems, Audubon’s Birds of America, Cooper’s The Prairie, Irving’s Colum­ bus, Bryant’s Thanatopsis — all of these appeared at the same time as the American Dictionary. The sky-larks and nightin­ gales were to give way to the bobolink and the bluebirds and the thrushes; American flowers took the place of English primrose and eglantine. A work like Webster’s American Dictionary showed that the mind of America was working; soon her historians and poets were to prove as independent as their statesmen already had become.

THE IRONY OF FATE H. Paustian

Jonathan Smith sat before a large, decrepit, dirty and cracked mirror, peering eagerly into it as he wrestled with the strange twists of human psychology. Not twelve hours ago he had sat before this very mirror, grieving in a grey dismal room. And now,—now the room seemed to have taken on new color, the limp curtains perked up, even the cracks in the mirror failed to dim his vision. Why the sudden revival? Well, the whole fault— (and remedy) of the situation rested on the narrow but independent shoulders of the opposite sex. Too in­ dependent, drat 'em. They should have been willing, yes, wildly eager to rest their heads on his brawny shoulders (44 inches his chest was, and plenty strong too) and bury their 248

RED hands in his immense ones. Behind him lay a long string of unsuccessful romances, a string knotted with difficulties galore.

There had been Sarah, a trifle large, but master of the culinary art, which art prompted him to a proposal after a month of There ardent courtship. The answer, as always, was “no. was Miss Higgins, with whom things went beautifully until Christmas when she guessed his ultimate purpose in the gift he gave her, a bag of flour, and chased him out of the house.

And there was the old-maid school teacher,—and many others.

But always the same result, until finally Jonathan became sick and tired even to look at the girls, sour-grapish though his malady was.

Sick and tired, that is until this noon at dinner. He had been eating a bowl of soup in the drab little restaurant when suddenly there had flashed before his eyes the image of a beautiful vision of a girl, a girl such as he had never seen be­ fore, and there in this very restaurant! As the blow struck his susceptible heart, his elbow landed in his soup-bowl with a similar splash. And she had smiled,—a quick smile at his pre­ dicament, but nevertheless a smile. With that one glance she had wafted out of the restaurant like the end of a dream.

Since then Jonathan had been busy in search of informa­ tion about this picture come to life. His happiness now centered about the result of his search, — news that she was the new nurse in the division hospital!

The fertile brain of J. P. Smith was already active in planning his strategy. Meet her he must! He jealously thought of his fellow-soldiers in the hospital at this time, being fed by her dainty hands. Lucky dogs! Suddenly a solution brought a smile from ear to ear, — he would join them. Then she would have to nurse him too. But how was he to go about making himself a fit recipient of nurse’s care?

Two hours later found our hero just out beginning his plan.

He climbed awkwardly into the ring with his most bitter enemy, the division boxing champ. What could be faster and more effective as a ticket to the hospital? Jonathan boxed not at all, and surely one good blow by the champ should send him on his merry way to the hospital. However, to make a long story short, J. P. Smith at the bell of round one stepped into a series 249

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of misfortunes. Hoping to anger the champ into effeciency, Jonathan took one wild roundhouse, and Fate, riding with the blow, directed it directly to the point of the champ’s chin, and thus ended his first attempt, with our hero staring dejectedly down at his unconcious opponent. As I said, this was only the first of a series of attempts. He walked under ladders, sought black cats whose paths he might cross, went skiing, smiled at the captain’s wife, yes, he even entered a hockey game as a last resort. Heretofore hockey had always been good for a sprained ankle at the least, but although he was as reckless as a college freshman with a dollar in his pocket, he seemed to lead a charmed life. The very ice seemed to soften as he hit it with a wanton abandon.

Evening- found Jonathan P. Smith in his room, a tired disgusted soldier, badly beaten, but not so badly that even with his predjudice he could deem himself worthy of a trip hospitalward. All attempts had failed.

A spark of decency, dormant thru his escapades all day, suddenly caused his conscience to prick him unmercifully.

What a cad he had been to try to enter the hospital by such foul means. Why, he was cheating the army. Such dishonesty, such “cussedness”！ Jonathan firmly resolved to give up his plan and meet her by fair means or not at all.

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It was with mingled relief and dispair that Jonathan read the notice on the bulletin board the next morning. “Miss Peggy Gates, has been sent home indefinitely on account of illness.

During her absence Miss Lotta Waite will take over the nursing duties.” What a close call he had had! He could just see himself being fondled by the efficient, but unfeminine hands of nurse Waite.

Perhaps it was that he didn’t watch his step, or perhaps it was just a mad quirk of fate, — at any rate, Jonathan P. Smith failed to observe a smooth stretch of ice on the barrack steps, and he flew out into space, to land in the very state of unconsciousness which had been so distant and elusive the prece­ ding day. They carried him off on a stretcher.

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PREDICTIONS A REALITY Armin Keibel

“Thomas Edison has invented a machine that talks!” gasped the world in 1877 when the “Wizard of Menlo Park” made public the news of his great invention, the phonograph.

Thousands of Americans flocked to the Edison Laboratories for a glimpse at this “impossible” creation. .. . Thousands atten­ ded public demonstrations to hear their very words hurled back at them. . . . And, throughout the land, hundreds of families were soon making countless recordings of insignificant but cherished recitals.

The phonograph crossed the Atlantic to astonish European royalty and to amaze the proletariat. Indeed, as an attraction at the famous Universal Exposition of 1889 in Paris, it eclipsed even the 984 ft. Eiffel Tower. ... It entered Africa and also reached Tibet, where the enthralled High Lama made it his personal prayer-machine.

This phonograph had such a promising future that Mr. Edison was asked by the editor of the North American Review to write an article giving his conception of the value of his latest invention. The article, which appeared in 1878, said in part: “It will henceforth be possible to preserve for future generations, the voices as well as the words of our Washing­ tons, our Lincolns, and our Gladstones.”

In truth, today, every outstanding oration and all radio addresses are recorded for posterity. The voices of great figures since the invention of the phonograph, today and in the future, will live until the end of time — to become as common­ place as daily news reports. In the same Review article, with reference to the future of his invention, Thomas Edison predic­ ted ten more uses; “1. Letter-writing and all kinds of dictation without the aid of a stenographer.” . . . . This is what we today find in most large business offices — the dictaphone! As for personal 251

RED letters, recorded correspondence is still somewhat of a novelty, but, for birthday or anniversary greetings, its popularity is in­ creasing.

“2. Phonographic books which will speak to blind people without effort on their part.” . . • Aside from the tactile Braille system, voluminous spiritual and intellectual material is placed upon disks for the benefit and enjoyment of those unable to see.

“3. The teaching of elocution.”

• Most schools for the correction or improvement of speech use the recorded voices of instructors as models to be simulated. In the dissection and synthesis of speech and by imitation through repetition, students find improvement in their delivery.

"4. The reproduction of music.” . . . is, without a doubt, the greatest use of the phonograph today. All kinds of music, played or sung, including the beautiful symphonies of great composers as played by the finest orchestras, can no longer escape us. They are captured upon records which will play them over and over again. We can buy our favorite music.and listen to it any time we please for less than the price our ances­ tors had to pay to hear it but once. ‘‘5. The Family Record (a register of sayings, reminiscenses, etc., by dying persons.)” ... A family wishing to have as a memento the voices of its members — the cry of a baby or its first word; gay, childish laughter; the confident tone of maturity; or the gentle voice of experience—can, for less than two dollars, have a permanent recording- made. ‘‘6. Music boxes and toys.” •• • Many small, inexpensive phonographs are sold for children because records can be bought which tell stories, sing or play rhymes that appeal immensely to youngsters. ‘‘7. Clock that should announce in articulate speech the time for meals, etc.” • • • The only thing that comes to mind with this prediction is that the radio has replaced the need for such a device. At any rate, it can easily be constructed and may enjoy popularity in future years.

“8. The preservation of language by exact reproductions of the manner of pronouncing.”

• Excellent fulfillment of this is the recent sealing of records in the "Crypt of Civili­ zation” at Oglethorpe University in Georgia. Present-day 252

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“9. Educational purposes, ... as lectures to replace an ill teacher. Such records could be studied or referred to at any given moment; and for spelling or for other lessons of con­ venience in committing to memory.’’

• Many classes study­ ing foreign languages often learn the rudiments by carefully listening to articulation on records. This means of acquiring other tongues has proven so successful that many companies are now selling complete courses in sets of records. ‘‘10. Connection with the telephone so as to make that in­ strument an auxiliary in the transmission of permanent and in­ valuable records instead of being the recipient of momentary and fleeting cummunication.” ... As far as I know this is no extensive practice, but can be done as easily as making records on the newer radio sets. It may be that telephone calls of today are too frequent and inexpensive to necessitate recording.

In perfecting this phonograph, Edison made several thousand improvements on the original, hundreds more came from other physicists and thousands more are being added every day. Yet, when we look back to the humble genius of the ‘80’s, with his new-born marvel, making predictions that staggered the imagination of his contemporaries, we are in­ clined to look upon him with respect — for the predictions he made then are today a reality.

THE PARABLE OF THE POOR STUDENT A. JFadzinski

And it came to pass that in the first month of the year nineteen hundred and forty one a decree went out from the faculty saying that all the students should be examined, be­ ginning on the twenty-second day of the first month and ending on the twenty-fourth day of the first month.

And lo, a certain young man, by name Nogrease, heareth these tidings with a heavy heart and betaketh himself unto his abode to think the matter over. 0 woe, thereupon countless, dire thoughts grasp his mind and he beginneth to shake and tremble exceedingly within himself. His heart sinketh into a 253

RED black region where it traverseth the highways and byways of despair and he sayeth unto himself, “Lo, these many weeks have I spent in idleness and dreaming and now cometh the time when I must eat husks, for it is nigh unto impossible for me to learn in a little while what it hath taken me a long while to ignore.” Thereupon he taketh his head into his hands and weepeth bitterly for he is sore afraid. And in his tribulation he putteth on himself cloth of sack and seeketh a heap of ashes whereon he might seat himself. And as he walketh toward a heap of ashes, he earnestly seeketh a light to lead him out of darkness. Behold, as he sitteth upon the ashes, his body taketh unto itself a feeling of great warmth, an exceeding warmth, and soon thereafter a light appeareth unto him from behind and he rejoiceth exceedingly, for hath he not now seen the light, which he sought?

The self-same eve he sitteth himself down whereon he was taught, lighteth himself a candle and a weed, taketh his pen into his hand and beginneth to move it upon the paper and he writeth thusly: “Nogrease Jr., a student of said institution by thy will unto Nogrease Sr., mine own father.

“I beseech thee to take it easy on me after thou hast re­ ceived my semester report for I say unto thee: It ain’t gonna be so hot for I was sore displeased with the favoritism of my professors and it beseemeth me out of spite not to write good tests. For it is not so, ‘He who sucketh receiveth the prize?’

Neither, dear sire, give heed to fables on the bottom of the report. Methinks we shall look upon each other soon. Thy son.”

Thus he salveth his conscience and doth not trouble himself with exams.

He taketh them all in his stride and prayeth for the best.

And lo, it came to pass that he and his father looked upon each other sooner than he expected. And it so happeneth that this young squirt now sitteth and worketh diligently, for had not his light been covered by a basket?

And thus he learned “He who bucketh not, passeth not.”

Ain’t it truth?

TRUCKING Paul Hartwig

It happened around the end of June — the time of the year when to a visitor our vegetable garden seems like a varitable “Garden of Eden’’，and the cabbage patches in particular with 254

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Our corporation had received an order for five tons of this cabbage from a commission house in Milwaukee and my partner and I were to haul this load to market. We drove our truck in­ to a beautiful ten-acre cabbage field and more than a dozen men began cutting the enormous heads, thereby ruining the perfectly formed green picture. Cabbage cutting is a tedious and labori­ ous task and it was nearly noon before we again sped across the field and were enroute to Milwaukee.

To me this trip would have been no different from any other were it not for the last ten miles. We were speeding along the highway when suddenly, being aroused by a quick jolt, we saw our dual wheels pass us and felt the truck slowly edge toward the ditch. Both of us grabbed the steering wheel and tried to keep the truck from leaving the pavement. The more we tried to keep the truck on the pavement, the faster it seemed to edge for the ditch. We were as slaves to a merciless tryant. There was nothing left in our power to do. As the truck went into the ditch, it slowly began to tip and came to rest leaning against a high embankment. There we were so close to our destination and yet so far.

We notified the fruit farm of our mishap. We were in­ structed to remain at the scene and await the arrival of another truck. Night was approaching fast but still no truck was in sight. When the sun had sunk below the horizon, we took the cushion from the cab and lay down under the roof of beautifully illuminated heavens, patiently awaiting the arrival of the other truck.

At 11:30 (P. M.) I was awakend by the familiar sound of squeaking truck brakes. Finally the truck had come, and the cabbage was about to continue its trip to market. However, the two fellows had forgotten to bring bushel baskets in which we could convey the cabbage from one truck to the other. The only thing for us to do now was to unload the whole five tons by hand. The four of us stationed ourselves at regular intervals between the trucks and began tossing the cabbage heads one by one.

After having transferred nearly one-half the load in this very burdensome manner, we decided to leave the rest until daylight. The two older fellows, thinking they had superiority 255

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Shortly after their departure, a semi-trailor came along and stopped, since it is a natural policy of all truckers to aid a fellow trucker in distress. While we were talking with these men, we saw a flash of light running along the electric wires and a beam of light approaching in the ditch. It stopped about two rods from where our truck was lying. As we approached this light, we noticed that it was a car and both occupants showed the effects of strong drinks having been taken in excess. They spoke very loosely and tried to persuade us to help them out of their dilemma. They were not alert enough to perceive that their cnr was in no running condition. Finally they consented to leave their car at the scene and drive into Milwaukee with a man who had stopped to offer his assistance. After all the excitement had ceased, my friend and I climbed into the truck and tried to sleep with the hard cabbages poking us in the ribs.

The next thing we realized cabbage heads were raining down upon us. After we awoke and realized what was happening, we beheld a man standing outside the open door throwing1 these cabbage heads at us. We crawled from the truck and saw the rising sun beaming on the hood of the black Packard parked on the edge of the road. It was a very damp morning and both of us coming from the warm truck began to shiver. The man, noticing us shiver, offered us a drink from a small, odd-looking bottle which we, to his amazement, de­ clined. Then to further indicate his hospitality, he gave us each a cigar and bade us “Good Morning’’. We both proudly lighted our long cigars and climbed back into the truck. I had taken no more than six ‘‘drags’’ when a nauseated feeling overtook me — this being the first cigar I had ever smoked. I tried to go to sleep but couldn’t—everything seemingly was going in circles.

Soon the other fellows returned. After loading the remain­ der of the cabbage into the truck, we all drove into Milwaukee, where the greater part of the morning was spent in getting the bolts for the dual wheels.

We had our dinner in Milwaukee and by supper time we were back on the fruit farm after having made one of the most adventurous trips of my career as a truck driver.

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jMtarutls Does This Spell Evil? the last Christmas recess I made a private survey D URING with the thought in mind to find out just what the people of the city of Milwaukee are reading in the field of magazines.

I should now like to make my findings known to the public, the thinking public.

I first visited the magazine stand at one of the large South Side department stores. My second stop was at a well-known book store which carries a great selection of magazines. My other calls were made at a neighborhood smoke shop and several drug stores.

In brief, the facts are these: The magazine rack at the large department store held 126 different magazines, which I divided into 11 classes. The leaders in the number of different magazines per class were: 258 !*： •:;

RED Slicker (Screen, Romance, True Story) 22 kinds.

21 *' Pulp (Detective, Love, Sex) 16 ‘• Politics, News, Literature 12 ‘‘ Home crafts, Science 4.

10 ‘‘ 5. Fashion, Women It is interesting also to note that there were only two magazines on religion, and six on astrology. Of such magazines as Esquire, It, Pic etc. there were four. But one must remem­ ber that this stock was far from complete because of the Christ­ mas sales. The point I wish to bring out is this, that magazines belonging to the Slicker, Pulp, Esquire classes formed 37% of all the magazines at this rack.

At the bookstore I found 334 different magazines which I divided into 12 classes. The leaders were: 135 kinds 1. Pulp 47 ‘‘ 2. Comic books 3. Slicker 27 ‘‘ 19 ‘‘ 4. Home craft, Science 5. Outdoors, Sports 14 ‘• At this store I found 4 religous magazines, 9 on astrology, 11 on politics and literature, and 12 of Esquire class. One can­ not but notice the greater number of pulp magazines and the number of comic books. Here 52% of all the magazines were of the Slicker, Pulp, Esquire classes.

At the smoke shop the facts were the same, except that the politics, news, literature class was in fourth place.

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I wanted to visit a number of magazines stands in down­ town Milwaukee, but, thanks to a magazine salesman I was spared the trip. From him I learned that the Pulp and Comic books sold high among the people of lower financial standing.

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Notice some of the items in his order book: 300 Click—108 Reader's Digest—zbout 40 other worth while magazines—1500 True Story. These items were but a small section of the city.

How many National Geographies, Harpers，or Saturday Review of Literature do you think I found?

One store keeper had 1050 magazines in stock, and he ex­ pected to sell them before the next issues came out for sale.

But what do these facts and figures mean, other than show­ ing that the people of Milwaukee read a lot of magazines? The magazines which are read most constitute 70% of the whole magazine selection. And what do these magazines contain— DIVORCE, CRIME, HOLLYWOOD - OBSCENE COVERS and PICTURES — FILTHY JOKES and STORIES — SLIME, SLUSH, DIRT. And the comic books, read by old and young alike, they certainly do not cause a mental fatigue on the reader, nor de­ mand a high intellectual capacity to be understood. What they contain can be given in one word—TRASH. Consider what magazines are read the most; what do they contain; what is their source of materials; what is their effect upon the readers. Consider that most of these magazines are read right in the homes. What does that say for home environ­ ment for children?

I am not a moralist. This isn’t meant to be a sermon.

But when one hears so many people talk about fifth columnists and what they might do to America from the inside; when one hears so many people speak of France’s downfall due to inter­ nal weaknesses—economic and moral, when one sees these facts which show what a small part of our people, a representative part of our people, is reading in the field of magazines, he wonders whether these facts do not point to a degeneration in America. One feels like asking, "Does this spell evil?” And as Boake Carter says, “Think it over!”

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It was my good fortune some months ago, while riding from the lively city of Chicago to the more quiet, or shall I say the dead city 88 miles North, to be the traveling companion of a celebrated dance artist. Knowing from experience that a trip is always shorter when the conversation doesn’t lag, and also having found that men like to talk about their work, it was not hard to make the trip interesting, and before long I was com­ pletely taken up by the sensible and enlightening views of my new acquaintance, who was an authority on the dance.

I say his views were enlightening, for he was a man, and every inch a man, who danced to live, who knew the pros and cons of the dancing question, and yet who deplored the ludic­ rous contortions of couples, synchronized to the blare of an Orthophonic or to the harmonious ululations of a so called orchestra.' In a soliloquy of 20 to 30 minutes duration he showed me why and in what way dancing is an art, how it is comparaole to the art of painting and music, how it is similar to the art of acting and how it has been maltreated and abused. He com­ plained that most people cannot dance, but still insist on ex­ hibiting their unartistic skill, whereas they do not try to paint or write music and flaunt their products before the rest of the world. His disgust, however, was molified by the opinion, that the public was ruining the art in ignorance, and he hoped that education and experience would alter conditions in time. He based his hope on a humorous incident, which took place in one of the largest cities in our states. To my surprise he told me that this city, in spite of its size, was known to have less dance floors than other cities only half its size, and proceeded to tell me why. it was one man’s enthusiasm for the spectacular and the newspaper’s love for ridicule that put a stop to much dancing in this town. The story is about a manager of a dance floor.

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The story proved his point and the conversation continued in a similar strain until our destination was reached. In just one hour and fifteen minutes I learned much about dancing.

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Campus and Classroom Exams came as we predicted they would. And they left us also about as we predicted. .

We imagine that the contributor of the following may have dashed off these lines in a moment of passing youth, yet we be­ lieve they are expressive lines containing thoughts common to many of us—be they in passing or otherwise.

Post Exameters Contributed

How can I go on deceiving myself Making myself believe I like the classics?

What to me is fascinating in a form?

What past potential clause e’er stirred me From the lethargy that over-learned Stuffed shirts have made me think was learning?

I know the goal I’m striving for is something fine; That after this half year of torture and despair Has passed and left me free To think of things more elevating Than dages fortes and Thucydides I’ll know more inspiration than despair.

Why should I be sad when I am still so young?

What makes this life seem like shackles and a chain?

If I am ever to be happy—why not now When youth, life, ambition, still are mine?

Must I already grapple problems I dare not face?

Freedom’s my desire—that I crave, Not the stern realities of later life Which men must learn to know and face When they’ve assumed the burdens of a home.

The Story of Beth Esda

We have carefully interviewed the people involved in this affair and find that all consider it a good joke and so permit us to print the following story.

It seems a certain fellow was talking on the phone with his Suzy or whatever her name is, when another fellow came along and wanted to use the phone. The first fellow mentioned this to his Suzy, or whatever her name is, that some one wanted to use the phone. Suzy, or whatever her name is, said ‘ ‘I know someone who wants to meet him. Tell him to call 394 J and ask for Beth.”

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Exhortation

Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said “Today I’m going to stay in bed?”

Elsewhere in this issue you’ll find an article about standard­ ization. Now getting up in the morning is a rather necessary form of standardization and it hardly is a modern development for as far as we know, people have always been getting up in morning more or less.

But did you ever wake up and question the wisdom of all past generations for starting and continuing the custom of getting up in the morning? You have? Well, so have we.

Of course there’s always the gag of playing sick, but then there’s the castor oil too.

Back in Prep years when a fellow stayed in bed on the day that “Des Sangers Fluch” was due, we said he had deutsche Krankheit. The other day Thurow had a variation of this sickness. The Sophomores called it a severe attack of Electrolysis.

We had hoped to have an interview with Big Alf Walther’s week-end guest. But Big Alf explained that they left no time for us in the week-end schedule. He promises us an introduc­ tion next time.

Under the auspices of a few original Juniors a drive for a special date night at the Mission House basketball game was undertaken and with surprising success. Unfortunately, we forgot our notebook that night and so shall not attempt to report any of what we saw. But, at least, it can be said that the enterprising Juniors showed by their drive what students are capable of, if they put their hearts into it.

One Potato to Another--“Listen, spud, don’t mind Kaltenborn. He’s just another commentator.’’

On Tuesday evening, March 4 the college band plans to give a free concert in our gymnasium. The band under the direction of Prof. Oswald has been operating on a new schedule of four 264

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The Program as Tentatively arranged: -R. Wagner Tannhauser March...................... .....................

P. Bucalossi A Hunting Scene.............................................

Three Marches Lights Out............................................... F. F. Me Coy Trouping Days................... ................... ...K. L. King1 ... Leon Jessel Parade of Wooden Soldiers .................

Polka, from Bartered Bride______ _______ ____ Smetana Knightsbridge March, London Suite............... ..Erich Coates Coronation March, from the Prophet............. ..... Meyerbeer None But the Lonely Heart........................... .Tschaikowsky Three Marches H. J. Woods The Golf Girl........................................ . ,C. Sehrman Flag Day...............................................

•F. Goldman Shenandoah........................................ ___R. Gliere Russian Sailors’ Dance, from The Red Poppy ......I. Berlin God Bless America.........................................

The National Anthem P. Hartwig, C. Otto, and T. Thurow attended a semi-for­ mal sauerkraut supper at the home of local friends. We were fortunate in being present to report the evening’s events and to eat. Everything went smoothly except that Otto and Thurow both read the same book on how to be the life of the party and while they argued about what to do next, Hartwig went ahead and did it, book or no book.

Your reporter was stunned by the sight of his clean salad fork after he had eaten his salad. After eating his salad with the wrong fork, he was quick to realize that he was doomed to be a social outcast and so he left to hear the bird lecture back at school.

The “Adventures in Color with Wisconsin Birds” were out­ standing. 'Along with his very remarkable color pictures of birds in their native haunts Mr. Grant presented an interesting, instructive, and entertaining commentary. After seeing with what complete ease certain gulls serenely glide through space with a mere up-draft to carry them, many students wished they were birds until the nextt lecture came and then they wanted to 265

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by Constance and Wesley Mueller.

The Isolationists Leyrer, P. Hanke, Ziesemer and Kirst have returned after ten days of quarantine in the sick room.

Their roommate “Flying Bill” Fischer is recovering nicely from a mild case of scarlet fever.

“Sentimental but Sweet” was the theme of a literay pro­ gram given by the Phi Gamma Rho Literary Society on Feb. 14.

In this program we were given glimpses of the lives and music of a few of our American song writers of the last century. The * 'second team’’ octette became darkies for a half hour and pre­ sented a minstrel show that was well received by the audience.

Arvid Gullerud as the Barker and Interlocuter did much to put the audience in good humor and keep it there. The Male chorus ’’ pretty well for being in the dark. You sang ‘‘Jeanie see, while they sang, a picture of Jeanie by courtesy of theCoty Powder Co. was flashed on a screen. The speeches were interest­ ing and well delivered and the “German” band featuring a trombone smear by M. Hanke added atmosphere to the minstrel.

Karlheinz Neumann was the master of ceremonies.

'The program: A beautiful Dreamer, speech Miss Ruth Kosanke ..H. Walther 'Mid Pleasures and Palaces, speech Male Chorus Jeanie With Light Brown Hair......

Paustian directing Home Sweet Home sung by Audience Oh Sussana!

Old Black Joe R. Goede Dixie, speech....... .

The Mammoth Minstrels with Mischke Heideman Birkholz Otto Radtke H. Walther W. Zell T. Hartwig directing with Arvid Gullerud as Interlocutor One Bowl of Gravy to Another — “The vest is never too good for me”.

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Hifton 39 Nortlnvestern 37 There was a time in previous years when an overtime game meant ultimate victory for the Umnusites. But this surge for victory which these overtime contests formerly brought with them seems to be a thing of the past. For the second time this year the Goslings were bested in an over­ time game, this time by Milton to the tune of 39-37.

Mr. Big in this game was Augie Hoffmann for the locals . His swisher from past the center of the floor, sent the game into an overtime period. He also duplicated this feat in the overtime, but it 'vas not quite enough to coun­ teract baskets by Polan and Davidson.

Milton brought up a small, fast team which displayed a fine brand of ball. Prom the beginning they closely pressed the Northwestern quintet and at tlie half trailed by only 1 point, 16-15. In the third quarter, after North­ western had lost two of its starters via four fouls, they gradually pulled ahead, although Knickelbein and Hoff­ mann matched them basket for basket most of the way and finally tied things up on Augie’s thriller to send the game into an overtime. Knickelbein paced Northwestern’s scor­ ing with 11 points, with Polan duplicating this feat for Milton.

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The game was fast throughout and had a full house augmented by “date” night and a host of Mission House rooters continually on their feet. Mission House took an early lead and by halftime they held it by the slim margin of 21-1S. Neerhof, Muskie captain, kept things going for his team this half by pumping in 15 points.

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Failure from the free throw line cost the Quakers the game. Bot hteams scored 15 field goals, but Northwestern jammed home 9 out of 11 free throws, while Whitewater was successful in only 4 out of 12 attempts.

Northwestern took an early lead and held it until just before the half when the Quakers knotted it up at 20-20.

In the third quarter tlie Goslings missed their stride and not until Whitewater had taken a six point lead did they snap back to tie the score. With the score tied at 33 all quick baskets by Sauer, Kuehl and Berg clinched the game.

This is the first time in the last six or seven encount­ ers that the Goslings have been able to upset the Quakers.

Coming after two previous conference setbacks this game gave indication that the Goslings as yet are not to be counted out of a slice of the basketball championship—we hope.

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The game lost at Milton found Northwestern at its worst. A slippery floor and ball made matters no better.

During the first half they were able to amass only 13 points and consequently at this point they trailed 19-13. In the second half they went out and made more of a battle of it and by the fourth quarter had evened the score. After Milton liad broken the tie with two beautiful one hand push shots Madson countered with a rebound and a short shot.

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ENTRAMURALS This column was jeered and hooted for its prediction that the Juniors were the team to beat in the Intramural basketball race. But when the Juniors overwhelmed the Frosh 46-17 and jumped into a tie for first place they proved once again that the Black & Red is never wrong. A playoff, a mere formality, has been arranged between the three leaders. Captain Baganz has promised to have his team at full strength for these games so they again rule as top heavy favorites and don’t say we didn’t tell you!

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Although lacking in experience and regular practice the brand of hockey displayed in the two games indicated that Northwestern has a powerful team in the making for next year.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Staff Picture) LITE:RARYThe Beetle and The Bead ...••....•.•.. 272 The Thirl:y Pieces of Silver .•••........ 278 Modernismus ................•••.....•.. 280 The Tobacco Question .•••••........... 281 John Read Was A Coward ....•..•.....283 Denunciation .••........•....•.......•.. 286 Incident At The Hofbrauhaus ....•.....287 Why I Smoke A Pipe...............•.•.288 Medley ......•...•••... ................289 EDITORIALWe Throw The Torch .•••..•......•..... 291 May I Protest! ...•..............•...... 292 Standardization?.... ·············-·--·- 293 A Dollar's Worth .......................296 ALUMNI NOTES .........••....... ...... 298 CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM ........ 300 ATHLETICS .....•...••••.••..•••••...... 307 INDEX TO VOL. XLIV .....•...•....••..313

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Watertown, Wis., March 1941.

Number 10

Entered at the Postoffice at Watertown, Wis., second class matter under Act of March 3. i87Q« Published monthly; Subscription, One Dollar.

THE BEETLE AND THE BEAD Ardin D. Laper

Members of the faculty often remark that Professor Wanzig, head of the department of Entomology at the University, would dress more neatly if he had a wife. But that’s just the point of our story — he hasn’t a wife. In fact, no one has been able to interest Adelbert Wanzig in the female species of the family Homo Sapiens since one June night in the spring of 1916 when Adelbert was a senior in the Centerville High School.

All during his high-school days Adelbert had never spent much time thinking about girls because he thought bugs were much more interesting and surely butterflies were a lot prettier.

From early Spring till late Fall Adelbert ran about with his net and cyanide jar —that is, when he wasn’t going to school or working in his father’s grocery store. Now anybody that runs through the town and countryside chasing butterflies is a silly sight and Adelbert was no exception. In fact, he was about as ridiculous as bug collectors come. His clumsy arms and legs dangled out of his clothes. He usually didn’t have time to grab a hat and his hair lay as the wind listeth. Everyone in Center272

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ville chuckled to see Adelbert dash through the neighborhood with his net in one hand and cyanide jar in the other, while just out of his reach a butterfly flitted merrily on its way.

Of course, Adelbert had had a date or two but he had chalked them up as a complete waste of time. How could he enjoy himself with a girl? Why most of them didn’t even know the Anosia Plexippus was the common Monarch butterfly and that it belonged to the family of Lepidoptera which means scaly winged. He often said to himself, “If some of them girls think they’re pretty, they ought to see a Papilio Turunus.”

(That was his favorite—the Tiger Swallow-tail Butterfly.)

But for all of Adelbert’s condemnation of girls, there lived in his heart one secret exception. Elizabeth was almost as pretty as a. Papilio Turunus. But likemanyTiger Swallow-tails that got away, Adelbert only admired and adored Elizabeth from a distance. She was so very delicate and sweet, he thought. She was one of the most popular of the graduating girls ancl the Banker’s daughter too. Adelbert realized that he was just a ridiculous bug collector. But from afar he worshiped Elizabeth.

Somehow he even dared to think she might be interested in Coleoptera—bugs. But Adelbert only dreamed of Elizabeth. He never talked to her—except when he was alone with his moun­ ted butterflies and then he imagined himself speaking- to her in many beautifully worded speeches.

Then there came one night when Adelbert took a great step. He wrote a note to Elizabeth and he asked her — of all things! — “if she wouldn’t please do him the pleasure of allow­ ing him to escort her to the Alumni Ball.” Now the Center­ ville Alumni Ball is held in June the night after Commence­ ment and it is even a bigger social event than the Firemen’s Ball in the Winter. It is the only event at which the ladies of the town display their daring evening gowns. It is the social event of Centerville.

Adelbert wrote the note on the twenty-ninth of April.

Three days he carried it in his Hamlet text and pondered whether he really ought to go through with it. And then one noon just before classes he saw Elilabeth walking toward the drinking fountain in the hall. Adelbert also walked toward the fountain. He had his Hamlet text in his hand. Adelbert held the faucet for Elizabeth while she drank and he fumbled with 273

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All during the next period of English he weighed the matter in his mind again. Perhaps he was partly spurred on

by Hamlet’s final stirring resolution but anyway when the period was over and every one was crowding out into the hall, he did it! He gave her the note!

The next morning on the way to Chemistry class Elizabeth casually told a petrified blushing Adelbert that she’d go with him. For a month Adelbert lived in another world. He still never talked to Elizabeth. But when he thought there weren’t too many watching, he smiled at her sometimes and she always smiled back. Night after night he made romantic speeches to his beautiful Swallow-tail up in his bedroom. He whistled and sang so much around the home that Susie, his little sister, thought he was “a little off” as she said.

Class Day and Graduation passed and then came the all-im­ portant night of the Alumni Ball. Adelbert spent most of the afternoon trying to find the crease in his Sunday suit.

Then he polished his shoes. Adelbert asked his mother to have an early supper. After supper Susie almost died laughing when Adelbert went to brush his teeth and squeezed the paste from the tube on to the brush and then tossed the brush in the cabi­ net and put the tube in his mouth, Tonight Adelbert’s dream would come to life. This was his night with “Elizabeth—Elizabeth—Elizabeth—Elizabeth’’，he whispered to the mirror as he used his father’s razor to remove the harmless fuzz on his chin.

By 7:30 Adelbert had his hair combed and he was ready to go. But even in Centerville the big social events don’t start until nine o’clock and so Adelbert had nothing to do but read the evening paper which Susie had just brought in from the porch. For bringing the paper to him Susie asked Adelbert if he please wouldn’t fix her broken string of green beads. Adel­ bert said he would when he finished looking at the paper.

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And then Adelbert read the funnies and by that time it was a littte after eight. He went to the mirror in the bath­ room to have a last look and at 8:30 he started to walk to Elizabeth’s home.

Adelbert pressed the door bell ceremoniously and took a deep breath as he heard the approaching footsteps of his Dream.

But it was the house maid who opened the door. She asked Adelbert to come in and please have a seat. Adelbert entered a luxuriously furnished room and sat down in a great overstuffed chair. Somehow he began to feel just a little like a Coleoptera.

And then of a sudden She came down the stairs — a vision of loveliness—his Elizabeth.

His first line Adelbert had rehearsed a thousand times. He said, “Good evening, Elizabeth.”

She answered with a casual “Hiya”.

And then Adelbert realized it was his turn to say some­ thing again. But what? Somehow he couldn’t remember what came next. Seems he hadn’t counted on her saying “Hiya” quite so quickly or something.

Finally he said, “Well, I suppose we can get started.”

And she said, “O. K•，’ Adelbert thought to himself. “But those words are so prosaic—4we can get started—we can get started—we can get started’ and then 40. K. — 0. K. — 0. K.，” and then there 275

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Adelbert would try again, — “It’s a nice night.”

“Swell”，she said.

And so Adelbert walked to the Ball trying to make conver­ sation with his Dream.

Everyone that counted in Centerville was there at the Ball that night. And everyone was dressed in his or her finest. The flowing streamers and colored lights transformed the gymna­ sium into a incredible fairyland. The music was furnished by one of the best orchestras in the state. But somehow Adelbert felt uncomfortably out of place and more and more like a Coleoptera. Then he reminded himself, “This is your night with Elizabeth — Elizabeth — Elizabeth•” And then he would venture a remark that he hoped might multiply itself into con­ versation but it usually didn’t. Adelbert attempted only the waltzes. It was during the Beautiful Blue Danube that it all really began to happen.

Adelbert and Elizabeth were gliding smoothly along—that is, he only stepped on her toes now and then. Adelbert couldn’t help saying to himself, “She is in my arms—my Dream—Eliza­ beth—Elizabeth一in my arms!”

And then Adelbert glanced to the floor. There in the center of the Ballroom among dress suits and evening gowns and in the middle of the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz Adelbert saw a bug! Ladies swished over it with their trailing dresses. Men’s hard heels barely missed it as it persued its solitary way across the floor. Adelbert could see that its head and thorax were a shiny green and suddenly he remembered the article in the eve­ ning paper and he also remembered that some old Alumni had come back to Centerville from New Jersey. He must get the bug and examine it to see if it was really a Coleoptera Papillia Japonica! But how? Surely he couldn’t just pick a bug off the floor in the middle of the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz with his Dream in his arms. ‘‘But I must have it,” he said to himself.

There was no time to waste. Any second some shoe might squash the specimen out of existence.

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At the end of the waltz Adelbert excused himself for a few minutes and then he carefully wrapped his Coleoptera Papillia Japo7iico in his handkerchief so it wouldn’t get away before he could get it in his cyanide jar. Then Adelbert returned to Elizabeth just in time to hear a special announcement made by the leader of the orchestra. The announcement left Adelbert quite pale. The orchestra leader said that Elizabeth’s mother reported the loss of a precious stone from her necklace that was a priceless family heirloom having come from one of the royal houses of Europe.

Immediately Elizabeth took Adelbert’s arm and rushed to her mother and said, “Don’t worry, mother, Adelbert found your stone just a few minutes ago, didn’t you, Adelbert?”

At that moment Adelbert would have traded places with any member of the insect world. And then he said, ‘‘Yes —I yes—I found it just a few minutes ago—out there on the floor.”

Desperately Adelbert reached in his pocket. He was going to say he must have lost it and then he felt Susie’s string of beads, and picking one out of his pocket he gave it to Eliza­ beth^ mother.

She bubbled over with joy, *'0 my dear boy, I’ll always be indebted to you. You don’t know what this means to me— an old heirloom from English royalty, you know!”

Adelbert muttered something about that, “’Tweren’t nothing at all.”

Soon Adelbert began to realize what a terrible thing he had done. He had given Elizabeth’s mother one of Susie’s ten cent store beads. The precious stone was still lost! Surely he would have to tell Elizabeth. But who would believe such a story — picking up bugs in the middle of a waltz! But he’d have to tell 277

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He had given her ten cent store paste for a precious stone.

During the remainder of the evening Adelbert was very quiet as he thought of the wrong he had done and how he might best tell Elizabeth. He figured he could tell her on the way home, but somehow he put it off block after block and finally he decided he’d tell her when he said good night on her porch.

And then it seemed that no time at all had passed and he was standing on the spacious porch with the tall white pillars at Elizabeth’s home. It was a warm night and through the open windows Adelbert could hear Elizabeth’s parents laughing and talking. Elizabeth had her hand on the door knob. it sure was a beautiAdelbert said, "Elizabeth, ful night wasn’t it.”

Elizabeth said, “Yes, I had loads of fun.”

The laughing and talking of her parents grew lowder as she began to open the door.

Adelbert persevered, ‘‘Elizabeth, there’s something I’ve got to tell you. It’s about.............f And then as Elizabeth opened the door wider her mother’s laughing and talking became quite clear. ‘‘That was a clever idea of Elizabeth’s to make that impression on all those folks there tonight. At least our credit ought to be good for a few more weeks around town when that story of the necklace gets And did you notice how Elizabeth could hardly around keep from laughing when that droopy bug collector Adelbert gave me my precious stone that I never lost.” And both laughed again.

Adelbert’s Elizabeth was gone,—and with her was gone all of Adelbert’s trust in any of her species. And that is why faculty members at the University still remark today that Prof.

A. Wanzig, eminent head of the Entomoligical Department would probably dress more neatly—if he had a wife.

THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER P. Knickelbp.in

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He had been out of work for six months, and prospects of being employed were far from good. The little money that he had saved was now used up, and he didn’t know how he and his wife could possibly keep on existing without any visible means of support. What made it worse was the fact that he had not told his wife of their true financial condition. What could he do?

A few moments ago his wife had asked him to go to the store, and buy a few necessary food stuffs. He had only a thin dime and a slightly more solid nickle in his pockets, and the storekeeper had told him in the preceding week that his credit would no longer be good at the store. He was now on his way, racking his tired brain for some way out, any way of getting money, money that meant food and warmth for his wife and himself. As he walked, it suddenly began to rain, and, seeking temporary shelter against the impending storm, be became aware of the cathedral across the street.

Hurrying across the street, he entered the church’s quiet solemnity, and, gazing about, walked slowly and reverently down the aisle. He noticed the various paintings, the beautiful panes of stained glass, and especially the figure of Christ on the cross. How forlorn that figure looked! Then, sitting down in one of the front pews, he regarded with grave contemplation the various images and figures.

After some time had passed, and the fury of the storm had lessened, he rose and with bowed head paced slowly toward the door. Nearing the door; a sign on a small wooden box attached to the wall attracted his attention. The sign read “For the Poor.” Here was money! He was poor, wasn’t he? That’s what the box was for, wasn’t it? He certainly needed it more than anybody else right now, didn’t he? He glanced quickly around, and noticed that he was the only one in the church.

Hardly taking time to think, John put his hand in his pocket and withdrew his jack-knife. Placing the edge of the blade under the thin cover of the box, he pried upward, and snapped the weak hasps that held the cover in place.

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Thirty, thirty, where had he heard that number before? In what connection? Then it suddenly dawned upon him. With shaking fingers he again counted the number of pieces he had in his pocket. Exactly thirty. He immediately knew he wouldn’t, he couldn’t use that money. He hurried back to the church, and placed the money back into the box, plus his own 15 cents, and then went from the church with lightened heart while in the ‘‘Poor Box” now rested—Thirty pieces of silver.

MODERNISMUS James Schaefer Not many years ago a young poet by the name of G. Archi­ bald Putnam published a volume of poetry. The poetry, if not revolutionary, at least far transcended any poetry yet written in modernness. He adds a new thing to modern poetry—lack of punctuation. At the first reading, this may sound like a Gertrude Stein poem, but at a second reading you must admit that it is above and beyond anything “Gerty” ever wrote. I found this poem in an anthology of modern poets. Without further drivel, the poem follows in toto.

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There is a certain period of transition in every boy’s life when he is most strongly dominated by the urge to be an adult.

He will first of all insist upon dress like that of grown-ups; then he will adopt their expressions and mannerisms—among which smoking is most common.

The majority of lads who try their hand at smoking, first do so out of curiosity; thereafter, for the sake of attendant ela­ tion. Later, if they have made it a habit, they claim that it has a pleasant, soothing effect; and so they are often unable to rid themselves of what many people consider a bad habit.

The reader is probably familiar with these facts, but I mention them to introduce the letter which appears below. A certain “Donnie”，addressing us in care of the Black and Red, asks us to help solve a problem that to him, as well as to thousands of other youngsters his age, is mountainous. If you have any suggestions other than those appended to this letter, which you believe constructive, please feel free to write us. We are aware that “Donnie’s” problem is not ours alone, but that of most everyone who has passed through the same critical years just short of manhood.

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March 22, 1941 Dear Sirs: I am twelve years old and a Freshman in high school.

A few years ago I read an article in your paper about smoking a pipe and whether smoking was good or not. So I thought you could help me out of a predicament.

Ever since I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a man. I used to play “Cops” and was very tickled when Dad would let me help him steer the car. My heroes were policemen and base­ ball players. And when my mother bought me a pair of long pants I was really happy. But not quite enough, so I tried copying older men by puffing on a cigar that some friends had chipped in for. We felt big, and even though we were a trifle sick, we tried it more often because it made us feel important.

But last year I began to wonder whether it really was so normal, because when I inhaled I felt great, but when the cigar or cigarette was gone, so was that funny feeling of being some­ body. It was like when I used to carry a toy gun or nothing at all.

Therefore, because I couldn’t feel like a grown-up unless I smoked a cigarette, I decided to quit it.

Now, here is where the trouble comes in. When I came to high school this February, I noticed that most of the boys smoked and seemed to get a kick out of it. They looked like they were smart and somebodies. They said I was crazy for not smoking and took me for a sissy. Now they don’t say anything, but still look down on me.

I seem to get along all right in classes, but I feel out of place every time I can’t join in on a smoke after classes or at parties. Maybe I’m wrong, for everybody seems to do it. Even some girls are steady smokers. They say its fashionable, as I should be able to see from the billboards and all important magazines. So, if girls can smoke, what can be wrong with it?

I wish to be a regular fellow, not a “dub” as some boys call it.

Maybe I’ve picked the wrong thing to give up, but I’m still not sure. What do you think? I can’t figure it out. Maybe there’s another side besides mine.

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The wider it is opened, the easier it is to see a weak backbone.

If someone has acquired the tobacco habit, his use of ‘‘smokes’’ to insure concentration and physical relaxation may be excusable, but, nevertheless, some harm is done. By intro­ ducing nicotine into the system, reserve sugar is drained into the blood stream, thus producing a state of fatigue. The very fact that athletic training rules prohibit smoking, thereby classing it with other dissipations, as lack of sleep, should be sufficient reason that it would be a very wise policy for a young man of your age to abstain from smoking in any form what­ ever.

Another matter to consider is that the habit may become offensive to your friends and others with whom you associate.

Of all faux pas, this could become one of the most unpardonable.

JOHN READ WAS A COWARD James Schaefer

John Read was a coward. He had always been one. From the time he ran away from the town bully to the time he was fired for cowardice from his job as a policeman.

Then came the draft in the hectic days of 1917. With a trembling heart Read looked at his order number each day.

Slowly his number climbed toward the top. Finally, one day, he received his selective service papers. One month later he was inducted into the army.

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There he was given three months of preparatory drill.

There the officers were tougher, more irascible. There it was either learn or pay for one’s mistakes with death—the inevitable result of ignorance of trench warfare. The officers soon found out what Read was made of. He was cursed at, he was beaten, but he was still the same despicable coward.

Companions he had none. The other soldiers would “buddy” together, but he was the pariah. The pity of it was that he never tried to overcome his fear. It was like a cancer gnawing at his vitals. This fact only increased the hate of the other soldiers for him.

With a sigh of relief by the training officers, the three months came to an end. Now he could go to the trenches and if he were lucky, to the officer’s way of thinking, he would die.

They were taken to the front in trucks. On the way to the front they passed the troops which they were relieving. Read stared at their faces. Never, he thought, did he ever see such faces. They were drawn and twisted out of shape. Their clothes hung on them like Saul’s suit of armor must have hung on David. They looked to him like so many automatons. Yes, days of vigil and unceasing care had taken their toll on their bodies.

The trucks dropped them off about a mile behind the lines.

From there on they marched to the front line trenches. For the first time Read understand the full meaning of ‘‘the last mile.”

As far as he was concerned, he was a criminal walking his last mile.

He arrived at the front line just in time to be baptized with one of the most terrific bombardments of the war. The Germans concentrated every available gun on his sector. It sounded as if all the imps of hell were blowing up ten thousand arsenals. The earth rocked and heaved under the shock of 284

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Above the whine of the shells could be heard the yammering of machine guns. One peek over the top of the trench was enough to satisfy him. He let out one shriek and headed for the dugout. Here the “non-com” found him. With the toe of his boot he kicked him out of the shelter, disdaining to touch him with the hand. Read stepped up on the firing step, put his rifle to his shoulder, closed his eyes, and pulled the trigger. He didn’t hear the report, but he felt the kick. It was too much for him.

He threw his gun down and headed for the communication trench. He didn’t know where he was going. When he re­ covered, he found himself several miles from the front. Coming toward him, was an ambulance. It slackened its pace, and a soldier jumped off—an M. P. “Where do you think you’re going? ITou’re under arrest!” barked the M. P. The next day Read was brought before the military court and sentenced to be shot as a deserter at five the next morning.

He was taken to the guardhouse. In this little five by seven room, he started to find himself — started to fight his fear. He realized that he was not the only coward in the trenches and that, if other men could stand and fight, so could he.

When they brought him his supper he overheard one of the men say to the guard, “The good ole’ “44” goes over the top tomorrow at four o’clock.” Why, that was his division! If he were only there now! He tried to find out more about it from the guard. No use. The guard wouldn’t have anything to do with a deserter.

Around midnight the Allied artillery opened up. Tons and tons of explosives were hurled through the air. Slowly the German artillery answered. He couldn’t sleep. For hours the infernal racket kept up. Suddenly there was a terrific explosion.

One side of the prison had been blown out. Stunned, Read crawled out through the gaping hole. He looked around for the guard. The guard was dead. The top of his head had been blown off.

He looked at his watch. It showed four o’clock. Without a backward glance he trotted toward the front line trenches.

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The soldier, remembering what Read had done, refused to answer. Read took the soldier’s pistol and put it against his head and threatened, ‘‘Tell me or out your brains go.” The soldier answered mechanically, "release trigger catch, pull back insert bolt, insert belt, release insert bolt, and pull the trigger.” Read looked up. High time something was being done. The Germans were advancing rapidly. He trained the gun on the advancing Germans and pulled the trigger. The Germans melted away, their ranks broke, and they fled in dis­ orderly retreat. The ‘‘good ole 44th’’ charged again, and this time carried everything before them.

Read looked at his watch. “Five o’clock and I’m still alive,” he chuckled. Zing — he crumpled, a bullet through his head. He was dead before his body touched the ground. The execution had been duly carried out.

DENUNCIATION Mose Black

“Ah is requested”，said Parson Black while informing his flock of future services to be held, “Ah is fuddemo’ requested ter denounce de ingagement ob Miss Lily Petunia Robison an’ Mistah Jeems Amalgamated Tompson. De noose will be tied in dis hyer buildin’ nex，Friday evenin’，weddah puhmittin’. Hit wah de intentions at de fust staht off ter hab er possum weddin’ dinnah in conclusion ter de suspicious affaih，but de despective bridegroom hab concluded dat, owin’ ter de solemnitious nature ob de ’casion，hit’ll be bes’ fo’ me ter denounce dat dere will be no suppah ner dinnah, as fust，spected. I’s shuah de con’gation jines me in 'stendin* precipitations to dis lovin’ couple an’ wishin, dem many happy retuhns ob de day.”

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Munich? University, opera, art galleries, museums, and — the “Hofbrauhaus.” Yes, there are other‘‘Hofbrauhauses,” even here in America, but to the German the “Hofbrauhaus” is the “royal brewery.’’ There’s even a song about it: "In Mtinchen steht ein Hofbrauhaus, Eins, zwei, g’suffa-------We couldn’t miss such a well-known place as the “Hofbrauhaus.” Accordingly, arrangements were made to visit this brewery. We had the morning to ourselves; at noon we were to meet at the “Hofbrauhaus.” It would be easy to find, since there’s a saying that “all the streets in Munich lead to the Hofbrauhaus.” I don’t believe it. It took two of us about an hour to find the place. It was useless to inquire. Either the answer was too obvious, or the question was too foolish.

The brewery was not pretentious. But it was old, it had tradition. One could eat a meal there, but the only beverage was beer, and that was served only in liter containers.

A light meal had been ordered. Beer was the main course.

Lunch had progressed about half way like any other meal. But then we were interrupted by a commotion. I saw a strange situation. The American boys at an adjoining table were laughing. Many Germans, dining in the same room, were staring at this table, some amused, others surprised. The waitress, hurrying to find the manager, was evidently very angry. Then I discovered the cause for the disturbance. A very long standing tradition had been broken. Till now, the ‘‘Hofbrauhaus’’ could boast that no other beverage besides beer had ever been drunk within the walls of the brewery. But the brewery hadn’t reckoned with us. One of our boys never drank beer. Since he couldn’t order any other beverage, he did the next best thing. As soon as he became thirsty, he left the brewery and bought a substitute. Beside his plate stood a “tapped” quart of milk.

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Many times I have been asked by someone why I indulge in the filthy habit of pipe smoking. I usually answered that I did not know why I smoked. But one day I came to thinking about the question. After giving the matter quite a bit of con­ sideration, I found that all I could answer was this—I receive a certain indescribable pleasure from smoking a pipe. I receive that pleasure only from a pipe; cigarettes nauseate me, and cigars are too strong.

Where and when did I first smoke a pipe? I recall an Arbor Day at school here in my Tertia year. Among the rec­ ollections of that particular day there are definite remembrances of a nickel corn cob pipe, a package of bitter tobacco, and an evil taste in my mouth, a slight dizziness in the head. In those pictures I certainly do not find any reasons for the continuance in the habit.

There is also another memory picture: a woods, wild flowers, whistling birds, a sweet tasting pipeful of good tobacco, bare feet wriggling in the cool waters of a bubbling spring, a lad quite at peace with the world.

What had taken place between those two pictures, I cannot recall to mind. But somewhere between those occasions I became “addicted” to pipe smoking. How the habit took hold on me, I do not know.

I am not a steady smoker by any means. Often I go for weeks without looking at my pipes; Sometimes I smoke after hard outdoor labor; often when I sit up late and grind away at a copious book; sometimes when I have nothing to do, no one to talk to, nothing to read.

But what do I get out of smoking? I said before, an in­ describable pleasure. A fellow smoker will readily understand what I say. But to a non-smoker — perhaps these verses will explain that pleasure.

Happy mortal! He who knows Pleasure which a pipe bestows; Curling eddies climb the room, Wafting round a mild perfume.

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The pipe, with solemn interposing puff, Makes half a sentence at a time enough, The dozing sages drop the drowsy strain, Then pause, and puff,—and speak, and pause again.

And still a non-smoker does not see what pleasure I re­ ceive from my pipe. To show him what a pipeful of mild, slow burning, fragnant tobacco gives me, I give this picture of my­ self.

Some days at twilight, when it is nearly dusk, I put on my slippers, place myself in a relaxed position, take off my glasses, light up my pipe — and smoke with slow deliberate puffs, with pauses plentifully interspersed. With my glasses off, there is little I can see. The sombre colors of the ending day put a kind of hush, a solitude around me. I puff — and watch the smoke curl up, around, float in the air, gradually vanish. My body is relaxed, my eyes and ears at rest, and then I dream and think and puff. I think of topics for speeches and composi­ tions; I think of events of days past; I philosophize; I see curly heads and dimpled faces in the smoke; often I just think.

If yet the non-indulgent does not understand, I cannot tell him in any other way. I smoke, perhaps, because of those sweet moments of solitude (for ‘‘solitude is such sweet company”）or for the recollections and the memories, or for those faces in the smoke. Or else I must say, I smoke because Ido. MEDLEY Rollin Reim

•Should you happen to be in the ideally-centered room 48 on the third floor of our dormitory during a noon hour — any noon hour, but especially that on Friday,—you would be the involun­ tary audience of a full hour concert of medleys.

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The music is interrupted by a distant wood-against-steel rapping. The different sections straggle and slide to an aggravatingly slow halt. Soon all is silent, but the eccentric caprice of the flute continues. Suddenly you can distinguish words! “You guys arn’t funny!” Then it dawns on you. The squealing doesn’t come from the band room at all, but from the third room down the teeming south hall. A mocking laugh follows the ex­ clamation. The swish of water echoes through the transom of the wash-room across the hall. The familiar “Erwinnnnn Ploetz, teleeeeephone!” from the nerve center on the first floor is partially drowned out by the now joyously combined forces of one band march, one Sex tan er-pou nded scale in A Major, and a barcarolle (In itself well done). The latter two are coming from the insulation-less piano rooms that are all too directly above room 48. During an occasional interlude in the trio of indepen­ dents, a blast of Heinie comes from the barber-shop in the south hall as the insufficient door swings open. These basic elements of the medley are occasionally interspersed with an ‘‘I hear a rhaaaapsody’’ or an untraceable whistle in the hall, “which doth sweetly and aimlessly wander”. Of course, such noises as the crescendo and decrescendo of a golf ball being bowled on the glassy smooth hall floor, or the give-away rapping of a pipe on some window-sill are optional, and may be expected at any time. However, the medley is basically the same from day to day, and always of the same general quality.

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We don’t wish to pat ourselves on the back or make excuses for our shortcomings. One thing for which we can claim no credit is a gratifying improvement in the attitude of the student body toward their College paper. This has been reflected not only by way of increased contributions to these pages, but also in chance remarks heard by staff members. We feel that if this condition prevails, the BLACK and RED cannot help being a worthwhile publication. There is nothing more gratifying to an editor than to receive an unsolicited contribution; not one that has been “dashed off” under protest upon the insistence of the editor. We extend our thanks to the student body. In partic­ ular the editor wishes to thank a most cooperative staff who met the deadline each month without wincing.

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May I Protest!

'HOUGH it be as futile as a Republican protest of a New Deal measure, though it be a mere formality, nevertheless, a protest does seem to be in order; a protest against the atti­ tude of the Northwestern student, an attitude of—no, not even toleration, but rather of open hostility against education. Quod nonsens est? But no!

One form of this hostility manifests itself in the movement against that very small group of students at our College who are given the ignominious (?) title of “greasers,” or “greasy grinds.” This group, since it is so small, should be fostered and cared for like a tender plant as a reminiscene of the old days when fellows went to college to learn.

As I see it, there are two types of "greasy-grinds” and two types of objectors (we might ironically call them * 'con­ scientious objectors”）. The objectors can be classified briefly as those who don’t care a rap for an education and those, on the other hand, who have a secret yearning for learning, but lack the intestinal fortitude to acquire it. Both groups could be condoned if they were honest. But the avenues of education should be left open to those who desire it,一and there’s the rub.

These “collegiates” (meaning those with the rolled-up trouser legs, the “u-rah-rah,” and the apparent exuberant class and school spirit) aren’t content to relax by themselves and let the rest of the world (and incidentally, education) roll by unmolested; they hate to see anyone get ahead, it injures their pride.

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The first group of ‘‘grinds’’ incidentally get their education ••by the way.” That is, they have as a secret obsession the "almighty ‘X’,’’ which they will go to all sorts of efforts to acquire. That they thereby acquire an education is but a side­ line. These are the students who will work hard at a subject the first semester; then, obtaining a mark a half-point lower than expected, will cease from all preparations of this subject Impossible? Oh, no. Again, they will stay awake nights be­ cause of a foolish error in a test, while knowledge they don’t possess if not occurring in the exam, bothers them not at all.

That, however is not the issue. The fact remains that they are learning something by their studying, and they should be allowed to continue to do so as well as the other smaller group of “grinds” who by some strange revelation have discovered the reason for their going to Northwestern, and are really trying to make the best of it.

I don’t merit the title of “greasy-grind,” but were I one, I should consider it a bit of an honor to be sneeringly pointed out with the remark, ‘‘There goes a ‘greasy-grind’.’’ It might be a “to-be-desired” objective.

I am not expecting to stop an elephant with a popgun. This article, if read, will be as quickly forgotten, and the wave of bliss will roll on, completely obliterating the courageous revolu­ tionary group of “greasy-grinds. ” Another yearly attempt will however have been made.

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S OUR country becoming standardized? Not any more stand­ ardized than it was 150 years ago, when every person was supposedly imbued with the ‘‘pioneering’’ a spirit so nobly dis­ played in the settling and establishment of our country. Every­ where a person looks a struggle for originality — against stand­ ardization —can be seen, if not at first glance, certainly after a * EDITOR’S NOTE: Confer "Standardization” Black and Red Fe­ bruary P. 242

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Every day one hears of new inventions, new ideas, books and music.

No doubt machines at the present time are far more stand­ ardized than formerly. But does it end there? Isn’t someone always thinking of some new gadget to improve it, some small change that makes the machine work differently and to a greater advantage? This is the man, the thinking man, who becomes foreman of the factory, rising above his fellow-workers for that little piece of originality. Things are forever being improved.

Every day that “pioneering” spirit can be seen in business.

It is a necessity in the making of a successful business man.

These are the men who chart the course which the company, over which they have control, is to follow. These are the pioneering spirits of the economic world. In like manner they can be found in the political world, sporting world, literary world, or whichever world a person may choose.

Is our country also becoming more standardized as to clothes? Again I answer 一 not anymore than it was 150 years ago. America has revolted and won its freedom. Did it discard the customs and styles of the Old World and institute new styles of its own? No, Paris and London were the criterion of fashion and every ‘‘fashionable’’ person in America obediently followed their decrees. Why did our first president wear a white wig? Because he was bald? No, I think not. Men wore uncomfortable short trousers, white wigs and dainty lace.

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Our age is no different. Every person conforms to the fashions of his class, yet when compared with a member of another class a definite difference is evident.

But let us become more specific. Taking the college student as an example, is he so standardized in his attire? (Ignorance forces me to confine myself wholly to the masculine.) To an out­ sider a collegiate’s clothes may appear a bit odd. Does not this, itself, show that he has a difference, an originality? Of course it does! Who, but a college student, would have started the “dirty” saddle shoe fad? Many such styles (we may call them that since they are so general) have started—not in New York or Chicago and certainly not in Paris—but in the colleges them­ selves, the “brain child” or some original students. The fact it is followed by other students proves its originality. In every college and university there is a very definite trend towards originality which, I am sure, no person can miss. Variety is still and will always remain to be the salt and pepper of life.

But now do not say that all students dress alike. Let us be­ come even more specific. Our own Northwestern College is by no means fashion conscious, yet there are evidences of originality in many things. What student isn’t proud when he is able to bring back to school something new, different from anything any other student may possess? There is a certain pride in being the first to own an article of clothing, be it saddle shoes, re­ versible coat, finger-tip coat, corduroy hat, yellow glove and scarf set, yellow sweater or whatever it may be — definitely something collegiate.

Recently an epidemic of plaid shirts has broken out among the students, one trying to “outdo” the other as to bright (some may say hideous) colors or combination of colors. Is not this a sign of originality in itself. No matter how standardized the idea of a plaid shirt may be there is always the search for something different.

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Merchants realize this quest for the original on the part of the student and cater to it. It is even hard to match two yellow sweaters as to color. People do many things out of a perversity of nature, a wish to do something different. Often the remark has been made, “No two people are alike.” Most likely some men and women have stated that our world is sliding into the depths of conformity and standardization. By their very state­ ments they show that this is not true. Do you wish proof?

Accuse anyone of the evil of conformity. I’m sure you’ll have more proof than you can handle.

Phil. Koehler

A Dollar’s Worth some of the parents of students who paid an extra P ERHAPS dollar at the beginning of the school term earmarked ‘‘entainment’’ wonder just what the student received for that dollar.

The first attraction was The Continental Gypsy Ensemble who presented a top-notch musical entertainment. Tickets were on sale at 35c for this program.

The world-famous Pro Arte Quartet presented the next program. Music of the kind these artists presented is a rare musical experience. Seats for this program were on sale at 50c.

Cleveland P. Grant gave an unusual interesting and inform­ ative illustrated lecture on Wisconsin Birds. The 20c admission price doesn’t indicate the real worth of this fine program. « « Blue Green Waters” a colored movie and lecture by Con­ stance and Wesley Mueller completed the series. 20c was also the admission fee for this program.

So you see we received a great big $1.25,s worth for our dollar. The committee in charge of arranging these programs should be congratulated in presenting fine entertainment at such a low price. Dr. Kiessling heads the entertainment committee.

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We are happy to state that Prof. A. Pieper ’76 of our Theological Seminary is on the road to recovery, after having sustained injuries in a recent fall.

The Rev. Gerhardt Cares ’37 was called from his position as tutor here and installed as pastor of the congregation at Swan Creek, Michigan.

The Rev. Fredrick Thierfelder ’37 who succeeded Mr. Cares as tutor was recently installed as pastor of the congregation at Dundas, Wisconsin.

Walter Zickuhr ’37 has succeeded Mr. Thierfelder as tutor here.

Karl Gurgel ’37, who is now teaching at La Crosse, Wiscon­ sin, has received a call to St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Henry Ellwein ’37, has been installed as pastor of the congregations at Martin, Batesland and Long Valley, S. Dakota.

The Rev. Theodore Sauer ’37, has been installed as pastor of the congregation at Livonia, Michigan.

The Rev. Edward Weiss, ’37, has been called as pastor of the congregation at Valentine, Nebraska. Rev. Weiss married the former Miss Helen Schumacher of Ixonia, Wisconsin.

The Rev. R. Stiemke ’34, has been installed as pastor of the congregation at Wood, S. Dakota.

The Rev. W. Zarling ’35, has accepted a call as missionory among the Apache Indians at Whiteriver, Arizona.

The Rev. Ferdinand Weyland ’34 has been called as pastor of the congregations at Montrose and Crawford Lake, Minnesota.

The Rev. Carl J. Kionka *24, has been installed as pastor of St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Congregation in Dowagiac, Michigan, the post recently vacated by the Rev. Winfred Westendorf *24.

Rev. Westendorf is now pastor of St. Paul’s Congregation, South Haven, Michigan.

Prof. Martin Sprengling J94 of the University of Chicago has made several more visits here and each time he again brought many books and other valuable additions to the library.

The Rev. Victor Weyland ’37 now pastor at Bonduel, Wis­ consin, was married to Miss Olivia Pape, daughter of Teacher and Mrs. Pape, of Manitowoc.

Kurt Lederer ’37 who had been working in the Mercury Aircraft factory at Menominee, Michigan, has received a call to Lena, Wisconsin.

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Norbert Reinke ’37 is working at the Kaufmann Publishing House in Chicago.

The Rev. Immanuel Uetzmann ’22 of Picketts, Wisconsin has accepted the call to St. Luke’s Congregation here in Watertown.

A recent issue of the Ca/pitol Times (Madison) gave a pic­ ture which showed Homer Schweppe ’39 taking tests for admis­ sion into the Army Air Corps. Mr. Schweppe is a student at the University of Wisconsin.

The Rev. Richard M. Mueller ’28 has accepted a call to be pastor of Immanuel’s Lutheran Congregation at Medford, Wis­ consin. The post at Winona, Minnesota, which he left vacant has been taken by Rev. Bentrup.

The Rev. Gerold Martin ’29 has received the call as assistant pastor of Friedens Lutheran Congregation in Kenosha, Wiscon* Rev. Martin has been teaching at Lutheran High School sm. in Milwaukee.

The Rev. Orvin Sommers ’36 has been installed as pastor of St. Paul’s Congregation at Cataract and Little Falls.

Henry Meyer ’32 who has been serving as tutor at North­ western Lutheran Academy in Mobridge, South Dakota, has now been installed as professor.

The engagement of Miss Ruth Pfaffenbach ’38 to Dale Garfoor of Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, was recently announced.

Miss Pfaffenbach has been teaching this year at Verona High School.

The Rev. Werner Franzmann ’25 was unable to perform his pastoral duties because of illness. We are, however, glad to announce that he is well on the road to recovery. The Rev. Wm. Franzmann ’94, who .is now retired and living in Watertown, went to Coloma, Michigan and helped out during his son’s illness.

Correction: The Rev. Otto Heier who is now pastor of Our Savior’s Lutheran Congregation at Jamestown, North Dakota, belongs to the class of ’32 not ’33, as was previously stated.

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Campus and Classroom Late Note

We forgot to mention in the February column that the members of the class of *41 were guests of Professor and Mrs. Kiessling at a chili supper and an evening of informal entertainment. Of course we may be prejudiced, but we think Dr. Kiessling has started a fine thing among the faculty members.

Tobacco and Baseball

By courtesy of Chesterfields and the Chicago Tribune we were shown free movies of the big league baseball teams in action. Also we saw what Chesterfields go through before they get to Kipfmiller’s Canteen.

Concert Review Members of the audience have said the concert given by the college band was a success and if the audience thought so, who are we to argue? After all, we didn’t hear it—there was a Hebrew test on that same day and so your columnist was sick all week.

From The Notebook of a Frosh:

“The morel see of Greek, the better I like Latin.”

“For $120.00 a year I get room and bored.”

Literary on Lincoln The Philomatheans with Peil arranging things presented an interesting program on the life of Abraham Lincoln. A bit of choral reading opened th program. Then Gawrisch summa­ rized several thousand pages of the Lincoln’s Prairie Years in a few enjoyable minutes. Keibel read some excerpts from a book. Geiger spoke of Lincoln’s years in the White House with special reference to his contemporary critics. Leland Grams (Dagwood from Markesan) told us of Lincoln’s humor and had an 300

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Maybe that isn’t exactly what they were arguing about, but it was something like that. Finally, an entertaining play called **Her Name Was Anne’’ was presented. The Cast: .P. Knickelbein Abraham Lincoln.

E. Schultz Secretary Stanton .Miss Phyllis Sauer Anne.................... .1. Scheel Horton.................

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Knickelbein did a fine portrayal of Lincoln, and all the other members of the cast filled their parts well. It was the audience who deserved the most criticism for its often untimely laughter.

W P A —Without Picks and Shovels It is hardly necessary to speak of the Wisconsin Symphony Concert given at the local High School, for if you were there, you know as well as we do that it was worth twice as much as a quarter. So if it cost you fifty cents, you still got your money’s worth and what’s more, she’ll probably like you for it.

Soliloquy Of A Student With One Hand On The Phone (As Shakespeare Might Have Done it)

To date or not to date, that is the question; Whether Jtis nobler in the mind to suffer The slams and scowls of outrageous classmates, Or to take arms against this sea of ridicules And by outfacing end them? To date, to go out: No more; and by going out to say we end The heartaches and the thousand Hebrew forms That school is heir to; ’Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To date, to go out; To go out, perchance to spend; ay there’s the rub; For in that date affair, what dough is spent When we have shuffled off to Main Cafe Must give us pause and make us rather save Those ‘‘bucks’’ we have than spend some others That we have not yet. There’s the respect That makes calamity of going out.

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Thus woman doth make suckers of us all; Then, too, the native hue of damsels* beauty Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of cosmetics; And lovers of great pitch and woo With this regard their currents turn no wiser And enter into that realm from whose bourne No traveler returns alone.

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By Berg, Huebner, and yours truly Blossom Time

After a somewhat hasty change in our cast of characters we had the pleasure of seeing Blossom Time a few weeks ago with our Sports Columnist, Mr. Leonard Koeninger. This also gave Mr. Koeninger an opportunity to spend the evening in fine company.

The fictitious love story of Schubert set to his music was enjoyed by both of us and all those involved.

Good Shot

Under the auspices of the archery club the noted archer, Bill Conger of Milwaukee, came here with a stooge and did some remarkable shooting. The climax of the evening came when he shot the ashes off the stooge’s cigar. Since that time it hasn，t been safe to smoke a cigar or a cigarette on the campus within range of an archer—which is another good reason for Goede to stick to his pipe.

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On the basis of the congressional record portions of the Lend-lease argument in the congress were reproduced in a joint literary program. Those impersonating the representitives were Berg, Wadzinski, Tacke, Keibel, Wittingham, and Koehler.

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WOED TO THE DENTISTS if Leyrer's No Liar

There’ll be no more of teeth decay If salesman Leyrer has his way.

Up and down the dorm he’ll roam And after him the mouths will foam—.

"A brush—a toothbrush for a dollar!”

Through many rooms did Leyrer holler—.

“This thing is yours for half the price, Soon after this the cost will rise!

“This brush is shaped like a fountain pen, You’ll get it soon, but who knows when.

But when you get it, you will know That Mr. Leyrer did not blow.

“If a thick dark taste in your mouth you feel, Apply this brush with a little Teel, The Teel is fed to the brush like ink So all you need is a drain and sink.”

This was Leyrer’s sales-talk-chatter Concerning this new-era matter We wish him luck on this clean-up mission And hope he gets a big commission.

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On Monday Evening, March 31 the Phi Gamma Rho Literary society will present a program of choral readings. Ted Frey is the Master of Ceremonies. Professor Franzmann has given much of his time in selecting readings and drilling the readers in order to make this a really worthwhile program.

MARLOWE'S FAUST

Elaborate plans are being made to make the presentation of Marlowe’s Faust on Thursday evening April 3 the high point of the literary season. Costumes are being rented for the pro­ duction and much time in rehearsal has been spent by the cast and Dr. Kiessling. Members of both societies are cooperating in this undertaking.

EASTER VACATION

In case you didn’t know, we leave Friday noon, April 4 and come back April 15. The Male Chorus is not making a tour at this time but after some “deliberation” decided to go on a week-end tour later in the Spring.

Finally, the rumor is not true that the Seniors have been practicing marching for Commencement Day. Adios

And now we could wax sentimental about this being the last column we will ever write, but let’s not waste any more space.

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But in all fairness to the basketball squad their about face at the end of the season should not go unmentioned. After several lackadaisical exhibitions the Goslings got together and fashioned out three stirring conference victories.

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On Big “Knick’s” shoulders rest the greater share of the glory. Although Northwestern had early taken a slight lead, it was not until he entered the game that they assumed their 23-18 pt. lead by virtue of his eight successive points.

With Knickelbein continuing to show the way they main­ tained their lead until midway in the second half when ac­ curacy from the free throw line and baskets by Zurbruchen and Neerhof shoved tlie Muskies to the fore. Hoffmann, Sauer, and Knickelbein countered quickly to retake the lead and with seconds remaining stalled until Hoffman broke the length of the floor as the final gun sounded.

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Whitewater took an early lead and was never in seri­ ous trouble. At half time they led 21-10. Play ins: an alert and heads up brand of ball, they well deserved their decisive victory.

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.16 Anabasis Und Katabasis, W. Schumann .167 Anatomy of Intelliigence, A. Keibel136 Angkar, Mystery City of the Orient, P. Knickelbein Announcements: 118 Continental Gypsy Ensemble 58 Diamond Ju bilee Service---62 Final Concert 200 Grant lecture with color movies— 200 Mueller lecture with color movies 200 Pro Arte Quartet ........................

297 Mid-Season Concert.. ............... .257 D. Ortner....................................

Bach, J. 40 and the Chorale, R. Steffenhagen Bach, J. 64 • Baseball, Baseball, A. Tacke..........

272 Beetle and the Bead, The, A. Laper 201 Black & Red. The, T. Hartwig-----246 Blessed is the Man, M. Koepsell---48 Bugology, T. Hartwig......................

131 Campaign Publicity, R. Goede-------------------.206 Case for the Classics, K. Eggert........................

185 Christmas before the Christians, P. Knickelbein Columns: Alum ni Notes---------------- ................67, 102, 160, 177, 233, 298 Athletics............................ 37, 63, 103, 126, 162, 179, 211, 238, 267, 307 Campus and Classroom---- •32, 59. 96, 119, 146, 172, 208, 235, 263, 300 246 Connecticut Yankee, R. Goede 127 Cooper, Janies Fennimore, W. Gawrisch 60 Cosmetics, R. Goede__ _____________ 261 Dance, T. Stern 216 Dance Macabre, T. Hartwig _ 80 Das Bennett-Gesetz: German Oration, W. Kehrberg 188 Day Well-Spent, A, A. Keibel...................................

286 Denunciation, W. Schumann_____ ______________ 214 Die Schildbuerger, G. Pranzmann___ 112 Die Schweiz, R. Goede____________ 28 Do College Students Think? L. Yogler .258 Does This Spell Evil? R. Goede____ 296 Dollars Worth, A, G. Franzmann.......

6 El Dorado, A. Keibel.

203 First Aid Knowledge, P. Knickelbein....... .

140 “Five Thousand, Plus-----”，R. Steffenhagen .142 For Better or for Worse, T. Hartwig 116 Hippocampus, W. Schumann_______ 194 Impressions and Expressions, H, E. Paustain .287 Incident at the Hofbrauhaus, T. Hartwig__ Innkeepers Story, L. Goede--------------------.198 184 Inside a Library, R. Kosanke............... .........

167 In the Beginning, R. Goede...........................

248 Irony of Pate, H. Paustain..............................

197 Issue Day, S. Mader.

John Read was a Coward, J. Schaefer.

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Late Curious Cat, A. Laper-------------Legend of Siegfried, The, K. Neumann May I Protest! H. Paustian................. .

Medley, R. Reim----------Memories, R. Steffenhagen Modernism and Jazz, J, E. B. Schaefer Modernismus, J. Schaefer Mystery, R. Goede_____ Mythology Today, R. Steffenhagen Nature from a Christian Viewpoint, M. Koepsell Nero of Russia, The, P. Knickelbein Old Edvart Roelvaag, R, Goede …

Our Advertisers, A. Keibel...........

Panorama, R. Gehrke....... ............

Parable of a Poor Student, A. Wadzinski----------------People and Pylzudes, H. Paustian------------- ------------Philippics, Modern Version, R. Gehrke------------------Predictions a Reality, A. Keibel......................................

Printing Before Luther: English Oration, F. Peterson Reading Material, E. Huebner.......................................

Reflections, R. Steffenhagen.......... ....................... ........

Reflections on Still Life, G. Franzmann-------------------Ring Out the Old, G. Franzmann....... ............................

School of Greece, R. Gehrke----- ------ --------------------Sculptures in Wax, H. E. P------------------- -------------Seventy Five Years, G. Franzmann____ ___________ Shangri-La, W. Gawrisch..............................................

She Tried Her Wings, S. Block----------------------------Short Story, H. Paustian......... .....................—-..........

Socrates and his Gorgeous, A. Laper--------- -----------S. 0. S.f W. A. Schumann........................................ .....

Sour Notes, H. E. Paustian............................. ..............

Standardization, Gawrisch................................ ..............

Standardization? P, Koehler._____ ________________ Strange Interview, A. Laper--------------------------------The Play’s the Thing, R. Gehrke....................................

Third Term, W. Geiger Thirty Pieces of Silver, P. Knickelbein Time, R. Reim__ Tobacco Question, The, A. Keibel...

Toga Cedit Armis, R. Gehrke-------Trucking, P. Hartwig-----------------Tyranny, W. Schumann....... .............

Unfinished Parody, The, A. Keibel.Unlucky in Love, H. Paustian...........

Us on a Bus, C. S. Leyrer................

Veddingen til Mabel, A. Gullerud Voices from the Grave, A. Keibel …

We Throw the Torch, G. Franzmann What is Beauty, P. Knickelbein What’s New? H. E. Paustian ..

Why do we do it? P. Knickelbein Why I Smoke a Pipe, R. Goede __ Why Quibble, M. Koepsell--------Your Friend, A. Keibel ................

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Otto Biefeld Go. DRUG STORES Owen’s Bittner & Tetzlaff Busse’s Walgreen System Drug Store Wm. Gehrke

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PHOTOGRAPHERS Benes Studio LeMacher’8 Studio Meyers’ Studio

BAKERS F. J. Koser Pagel's Bakery Quality Bakery Schmi tty's HARDWARE Koerner & Pingel D. & F. Kusel Co.

INSURANCE Aid Associations for Lutherans Wm. C. Krueger

CLEANERS Tietz Cleaners & Dyers The Vogue

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AND THE FOLLOWING Bank of Watertown; Ruesch’s Shoe Store; Walter P. Schlueter, Painter; 0. R. Pieper Co.; John Kuckkahn; Nowack Funeral Home; Loeffier & Benke; Dr. 0. F. Dierker; Brinkman Dairy Co.; Globe Milling Co.; Wickner’s; Dr. F. E. Kosanke; Better Farms Dairy Products Corporation; Carlton Hotel; Riverside Electric Service; Dr. Harold E. Magnan; Watertown Memorial Co.: Birkholz Floral Shop; The Classic Theatre; Gruner’s Office Supply and Book Store; Dairy Distributers: Verg’s Hobby Shop; Brandfs Soda Grill; Mullen^ Dairy Store: Vanity Millinery Shop; G. B. Lewis Co.; Main Cafe; Watertown Daily Times; Winkenwerder’s; Interstate Jobbers; Sa— lick’s; Milwaukee Lubricants Co.; Railway Express Agency; Klitzner^s; Bonnie Beauty Shop; Dr. Alfred H. Hoermann； Farmers Cooperative Co.; Gamble Store; City Cab; Steam Laun dry； Molzahn&Hertel; Hutson Braun Lumber Co.： Ray Miller Motor Co; Albrecht’s Paint Store; Archie Bros.; Sip and Bite.

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KECK Furniture

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Ill Main St.

Phone 195

Meyers’Studio PORTRAITS and COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY 112 3rd St.

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Otto F. Dierker, M. D.

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MAIN CATE A CLEAN, COMFORTABLE, COZY PLACE TO EAT

Courteous Service WELCOME TO THE BOYS 103 Main Street

Eye Glasses Fitted Office, 312 Main St.

Watertown

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

BANK OF WATERTOWN WATERTOWN, WIS.

ESTABLISHED 1854

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Walter P. Schlueter Complete Line of

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Henry Hafemeister FURNITURE Funeral Service Funeral Home Our Service Satisfies Phone 150

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INTERSTATE JOBBERS AT YOUR

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Independently Owned and Personally Operated By

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PHONE 1697

209 Main St.

Watertown, Wis.

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Coal • Fuel Oil • Wood Building Material PROMPT DELIVERY SERVICE 608 Main Street

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Watertown, Wis.

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WM. C. KRUEGER HAS SPECIALIZED IN

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109 5th St.

LeMACHER STUDIO Watertown’s Ground Floor Studio

Located at 115 North Fourth Street Portrait and Commercial Photography a Specialty

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Dealers in PURE DAIRY PRODUCTS Milk and Cream A Specialty 308 Third Street

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N. Fourth St.

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405 Main St.

Phone 107

AT THE SHARP CORNER

GROCERIES TOBACCO Gifts Fine Jewelry

FRUITS CANDY Watches Watch Hepairs

Wiggenhorn Jewelry Go. 13 Main Street Quality

Since 1866

PLUMBING OIL BURNERS

205 THIRD ST.

Small Payrrent Plan $1.00 per mon.

Sheaffer & Parker Pens FOUNTA1JS SERVICE MALTED MILKS A SPECIALTY

204 Main Street

Phone 181

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ICE CREAM

HEATING STOKERS AIR CONDITIONERS

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Otto Biefeld Company

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DAIRY DISTRIBUTERS Inc. Co-op.

Phone 1220-1221

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BROWSE 0RUNERS Office Supply and Book Store A13 Mam Street

Phone 377

Northwestern Delicatessen “The Place for Goodies”

E. POLZIN Ice Cream, Cigarettes,

1207 WESTERN AVENUE

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410 Main Street

Watertown, Wis.

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From A Friend

PHONE NO. 1

WICKNER，S ROOT SHOP X-RAY SHOE FITTERS

YERG9S HOBBY SHOP BICYCLES

TELE 叫ONE 1006 215 MAIN STREET

MODEL KITS, SKATES Supplies and Repairs

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212 North Second Street

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"WALTER BOOTH SHOES11 for Men

Relining，Repairing Ruesch’s Shoe Store and Alteration 112 Third St.

Phone 620

210 West Main Street .

WATERTOWN MEMORIAL COMPANY INCORPORATED

MONUMENTS, MARKERS. MAUSOLEUMS, BUILDING STONE IN GRANITE, MARBLE AND BRONZE WATERTOWN, W!S.

Riverside Electric Service R. J. CONKLIN, Prop.

207 2nd St. Watertown

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200 First Street

Phone 709

Watertown, Wisconsin

F. E. Kosanke, M. D.

WM. GEHRKE

217 Main St., Watertown, Wis.

DRUGGIST

OFFICE HOURS :

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315 Main Street

Brandt’s Soda Grill

Strege，sGroeery

Watertown's Finest Candies -------HOME MADE 414 East Main St.

Telephone 1359

Watertown, Wis.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES 813 WISCONSIN ST. WATERTOWN,

WISCONSIN

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Watertown, Wisconsin

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Milwaukee Lubricants Go. Molzahn

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