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TABLE OF CONTENTS LITERARY— You gotta know how to Drive on Muddy Roads!________ An Aide-de-Camp of Ghandi

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The Producers ___________

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Lullaby

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The War comes to Norfchfield,Minn. _.

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EDITORIAL-

We Begin______

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Soil man oder soil man nicht

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The Evils of Touch Football

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Chapel Manners______

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COLLEGE NOTESMadison Baritone_____

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Mississippi____________

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There's Magic in Music

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Red Cross Drive______

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Male Chorus Concert__

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ALUMNI NOTES...,..............

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

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ATHLETICS_________________

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m THE BLACK AND RED Volume XLVIII.

Watertown, Wis” April 1944.

second March 3. i8?q. Published monthly. Subscription, One Dollar.

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YOU GOTTA KNOW HOW TO DRIVE ON MUDDY ROADS! L. Schrocder

It was last Easter vacation. My sister and I were going to see uncle OtU one evening. Warm weather and a shower of rain made the country roads treacherous. Just as we turned into Uncle’s driveway, into the ditch we went. Uncle Otto looked at me and shook his head when I told him he would have to pull me out. ‘‘Bub, he said, “I don’t see much hope for you as a minister. Now don’t look at me so puzzled, you maybe know all those Professors teach you down at Watertown, but you gotta kuoiv how to drive on muddy roads! All right, laugh and say you’ll probably get a city call. But, suppose you end up here among the Western Wisconsin hills or in the South Dakota gumbo. You know they have spring break-ups out there too.* If you think this red clay is sticky and greasy wait ’till you get inta that stuff. It’s so slippery and greasy the Homesteaders •Uncle says only spring thaws will trouble you out there; he claims it never rains there. Does it?

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RED usta put it on the axles of their covered wagons. All they had to do was add a little water to it every five miles and a hunk of gumbo the size of a hen’s egg every ten miles. Don’t believe me, hah? Just ask Hans Schultz over in Rat Coulee about it.

He lived on a section out there ’till the summer of ’34•” ‘‘He told me about a minister:they had out in South Dakota.

Couldn’t drive in mud either. Hans says he was a wonderful preacher otherwise, good speaker, good mixer, he could get along with the German-Russians and even the Swedes*, but he just couldn’t drive on muddy roads. He’d get stuck or run in the ditch every time he went out. Hans claims he busted eveners pulling that Plymouth out just the year before he moved to Rat Coulee**. That same spring the daughter of one of the Vorstehers was getting married to a Swede who belonged to the Norwegian church. Well, Trudel had coaxed her Ole into letting her minister marry them and I guess they would have joined her church too. The ceremony was to be at her house in April just before Spring work so they could move on her Pa’s other half section in time for seeding. The roads were kinda tough that Saturday but all of Ole’s uncles from Sioux Falls were there and her aunt from Mitchell too. The women had the pies baked, the potatoes cooked, the chicken fried, and the tables set. Ole had brought a double-header and a barrel of Grain Belt from Alexandria when they had the wedding pictures taken in the forenoon. Everything and everybody was ready. Hans says he was worried that they wouldn’t kill the double header before the ceremony, but they had her spitting already at one-thirty. Come two o’clock and the preacher wasn’t there yet. Trudel was getting worried about Ole; he had been taking a few snorts every now and then to keep his nerve up and he was getting pretty flushed already. Han’s oldest boy, Fritz, was waiting for the preacher back of a hill that was pretty bad, so they’d be sure he’d get there. It got to be twothirty. Trudel’s roses were beginning to get a little wilted and Ole looked like he’d soon need another snort, but—no preacher.

So Hans drove up the road to see if Fritz had broken that evener too. By the time he came back the preacher had called up from Canistota. He got stuck just out of town and had to •Whatta man!

••There IS such a place.

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RED walk a mile back so he could call up. Ole’s folks were all riled up. They said Ole should have known better than to get that German Reverner in the first place. It would take over an hour before someone could drive those ten miles to Canistota and back. Trudel’s Pa was glad he had let her invite Rev. Halver­ son, the Norwegian minister. Lucky he knew the ceremony by heart. Ole managed to hold out during the formalities, but he never did forgive that “German Reverner;M they had to wait so long that the ice had all melted around the barrel of Grain Belt.*” “And say. d’ya remember the minister who used to be here? The one who had the choir singing concerts every Easter. Well, one spring he had them practicing some piece by a fellow from the Old Country. Pach was the fellow’s name, I guess.

The choir had been rehearsing twice a week for four months so they could sing in Winona for Easter. Right after church on Easter morning they left. The choir took Highway 95 by way of Blair, but Reverend had to go over the Tamarack Ridge to make a sick call. You know that lonely stretch along the ridge from the gravel pit to Hunter’s Bridge? He slid in the ditch along： there and had to walk five miles to Sakrison’s Store to get help. In Winona the choir waited for an hour, but then they couldn’t wait any longer, they had to go home for the evening milking; so the high school music teacher directed them. Reverend was disappointed, but that’s what happens if you can’t handle a car on muddy roads.” ‘‘The people didn’t think much of our new minister, ’till that Sunday when he got up Nelson’s hill after your uncle Bill got stuck half way up. I’m telling you he’s respected through­ out the whole county now.”

(• What you need is some practice driving in these condi­ tions. I s’pose I can give you a few gallons so you can get some experience. Might come in handy some day.”

•I guess they drank it. You ever know a Swede?

Uncle meant Bach.

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RED AN AIDE-DE-CAMP OF 6HANDI John Scha afit

A man of India, Dr. Babu L. Singh, appeared in this country some time ago as advocate of the cause for India.

His presentation of his case was brilliant. Both Dr. Singh and his cause are out of the ordinary. Instead of the primitive, barbarian, uneducated man we should expect from India, he appeared as an educated intelligent man, a person willing to sacrifice himself for his cause. We should expect to find that people who have been suppressed by a world power would be filled with a burning desire to get revenge and to kill as many of their lords as possible. Instead of that, we find that the Indians taking up passive resistance are guilty of nothing worse than gentlemanly disobedience.

Babu L. Singh was born into the fighting caste in India.

His ancestors were sikhs, and it was to be expected that young Babu would grow up to be a warrior. The caste system would not allow him to become anything else. But Babu disliked the idea of dedicating himself to the destruction of life. He saw the suffering of his people and decided to do something to alleviate it rather than add to it. He felt that he could best help his countrymen if he became a physician, so after pre­ liminary study he came to the United States where he earned his degree of Doctor of Medicine. Dr. Singh returned to India in order to put to use what he had learned. He went back to his country fully aware of the fact that from now on he was alone in the world. His relatives hated him. Even his parents would have nothing to do with the erring son who had so dis­ graced them by refusing to fight.

But Dr. Singh was not destined to spend his life healing people. Shortly after his return he came into close contact with Mahatma Ghandi, who was trying to gain independence for India by a very strange method, that of passive resistance.

Ghandi believed that the Indians could get their freedom from England without killing an Englishman. If he could only keep his people united and absolutely obedient to him, he could achieve his goal merely by refusing to obey the orders of the government. He would allow his followers to be killed, but under no conditions would they be allowed to kill. Dr. Singh 4

RED became interested when he saw that Ghandi was receiving certain concessions by this method.

In one instance passive resistance was used by Indians who had long been accustomed to getting their salt by taking water from a salt lake and boiling it until all the water had evaporated. This kept the foreign traders from selling as much salt as they thought they should be selling; so the govern­ ment officials decreed that no one be allowed to take water from this pool. Guards were posted to enforce the ruling.

The next day a strange thing happened. A number of young men armed only with dippers started to walk toward the pool.

The guards carried out their orders and killed each of these men. The next day another group made the same one-way trip. On the third day still another group started walking up to the guards. By this time the soldiers were unnerved. They were accustomed to the sight of blood, and they did not mind slaughtering people who were trying to kill them, but they could not force themselves to shoot anyone who attempted neither to injure the soldier nor to protect himself. The guards refused to take any more lives and the order had to be rescinded.

The Indians could again get their salt as they always had.

At another time the government decided to collect a toll at a bridge which had always been toll-free. The Indians felt that they could not afford to pay for the privilege of using this bridge. Each day twenty men volunteered to march up to the soldiers stationed there and attempt to pass them without paying the required fee. And each day the guards clubbed twenty men. This continued until finally the soldiers refused to go on with this butchery. The Indians received permission to use the bridge without paying for it.

There is a good reason for Ghandi’s asking his people to submit in this fashion instead of rebelling against England. It is certainly not that he has any great love for the British. It is rather because Ghandi himself is afraid of what will happen when and if the Indians receive permission to govern them­ selves. He fears that if they gain it by killing they will continue to settle all their own differences in this way, and that the country will be in a constant state of civil war. However, if he can get them to work together peacefully in an attempt to gain the right of self government, they will solve their problems peaceably when they are free.

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RED Ghandi’s ideas appealed to Dr. Singh, so he left his practice and became one of the Mahatma’s lieutenants. For a time he helped in the attempt to make the Indians work together more closely and to persuade them not to take any lives. Later he made a trip to England and America in order to arouse sympathy for India.

He has allied himself with the passive resistance movement even though it calls for great sacrifices on his part. He has spent time in prison in India for aiding in the drive for inde­ pendence. His family hates him and would like to kill him for departing so far from the family tradition. He has endured much abuse here in America where he is despised by many who are inferior to him intellectually but consider themselves superior because their skins are white. But he is willing to endure all this because he visualizes a free India. He is not sure it will happen during his life-time, but he is certain that sometime in the future India will receive the privilege of ruling itself and will then become a prosperous nation. The natural wealth is there; it needs only to be put to proper use. Those of us who were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to talk with Dr. Singh found ourselves unable to become quite so enthusiastic about India’s future, but we could not help admiring this man for the work he is doing so that his country may some day rule itself. He is enduring much because he envisions a brighter future for the Indians—a free and prosperous India.

THE PRODUCERS Ph. H.

After quite a number of years abroad, two gentlemen returned to their onetime home in a pleasant region of Wiscon­ sin^ Kettle Range. They were brothers, both artists in their own right, the one being a musician, the other a painter. They both had tired of the noise of well-dressed world society, and in order to attempt to find what neither America at large nor Europe could offer them, they were coming back to their birth­ place. It seemed to them that away back in their younger years they had enjoyed a unique peace of mind and a happiness which this long time had become lost to them. Crotchety, pernickety, cynical extremists they were, with whom so few 6

RED people could get along well that the brothers were left nearly destitute of friends, even though they were wealthy artists.

On one December evening Phineas Rasch, the musician, and Herman Rasch, the painter, found themselves with bag and baggage standing on the wooden walk before the general store in their home town, waiting to be called for by John, a third brother. John was the only son who remained at home to attend to the farm, so that when the elder Rasches were laid to rest in the village cemetery, he was left the sole heir and in­ habitant of a lonely country establishment. He was a good farmer, noble in character, and afflicted with no artistic temperament.

John arrived at the store in a cutter drawn by a mare, where he found Phineas and Herman out of sorts at having been required to wait in the chilly outside till he came.

“Hello, hello, hello!” they greeted nervously, climbing into the rear seat of the cutter. “It’s been a long time, hasn’t it?”

John was cheerful and shouted a long hello at them, and replied, “Fifteen years, boys, fifteen years!” He laughed aloud as he ticked the mare with a whip. Phineas put his hands to his ears growling.

Loud boor! my eardrums are almost bursted,” he whispered to Herman, who whispered back his condolences.

John talked away until they came to the doorway of the house.

He showed the men inside, lit a lamp, and left to unhitch the horse. While he was gone, Phineas and Herman removed their overcoats. They sat down near the kitchen stove to smoke and to chat.

• • How long do you intend to stay?’’ asked the painter.

“I do not intend to leave,” said Phineas, “until I shall have finished four concertos, not if John puts me out of this house. It is quiet here; just the thing for my jangled nerves, and if our brother doesn’t behave too barbarously, this set of concertos is to be my greatest. As a matter of fact, I have ideas that are going to be unsurpassed in the field of music. What are your plans?’’

Herman lit a meerschaum and retorted: "See here, Phin, old boy, this is my studio for the forthcoming Rasch original. I have no notion how long it will take to complete it, but when that painting is on canvas, it is going to rate the highest award t •

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RED at the international exposition in Paris. I am going to repro-, duce a sunset that will make the evening jealous.”

The artists left one another unmoved by their proud exclamations. They were accustomed to the language of their kind. Before a discussion could be entered into a greater detail, John entered carrying a pail of eggs. “Chickens are doing pretty good this year,” he said, and laughed as he sorted out half a dozen for their supper.

“Indeed?” Herman and Phineas smiled faintly.

The brothers presently sat down to a bachelors’ meal, painstakingly prepared by John, a host entirely alien to in­ hospitality, yet one who was soon to experience a miserable thanklessness on the part of his guests. The food was eaten with relish, but at the same time it was criticized all around.

Herman and Phineas had acquired an artistic crudity of table manners. They did not eat eggs, they said, and as for the rest of the dishes, they were too hard to digest.

On the following day each man set about his particular occupation, all three working with a silent zeal. John realized that his brothers did not mean to be disturbed, nor did this worry him very much, because the painter was unable to begin work before the sun set, and because the musician maintained that he could not compose anything before midnight. John himself had his daytime chores to do. The artists, however, made themselves so hateful as their work progressed, that the peace of which they were searching was altogether done away.

Life in the farmhouse continued in this fashion throughout the winter and into the month of June. John’s fields were tilled and planted. His livestock was producing heavily, and he was in high spirits. The animals and the productive land helped him to ignore the increasingly despicable habits of his brothers.

These two were approaching the end of their labors.

When Herman’s painting was completed, he called on John and Phineas to see his work. Having looked at the brilliant canvas for a while, the musician excused himself for his ignorance of the science of color and said that this synthetic sunset was a record breaker. The farmer observed it in a silence that disturbed Herman. “Well, don’t you like it?” he cried.

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RED “No.”

Shortly after the painting had been shipped to France, Phineas wrote the last note of his fourth concerto, and in turn, he invited the comments of John and of Herman, playing the opera in the parlor of the house. Herman enjoyed ’all four concertos. He praised the music with superlatives typical to many artists. But John had nothing to say.

“I suppose you can’t appreciate this either.” Phineas had no more respect for John’s judgment than he did for Herman’s.

He was only inquiring to satisfy his ego.

John answered a second time, “No.” It was no loss to Phineas and Herman not to be honored by their insignificant brother, for the painting actually received the highest recognition in Paris, and the concertos were per­ formed by a virtuoso not long afterward, with nothing but the most complimentary commendations pouring from the pens of the critics. The fame of the creators was secured. They had produced some great things.

No sooner was the news of the award read, than Herman and Phineas fell deathly ill. They were dissipated characters to begin with, and the overpowering mental strain of producing works of arts despoiled them of their failing strength, although they were in the late prime of life. For many days they lay on their cots, scorching in high fevers, moaning unintelligibly.

There was no help for them, nothing that any country doctor could do to relieve the congestion of their brains. None the less, neither artist died of his fever, but both survived, hope­ lessly deranged persons, and the harvest season saw them taken to an asylum.

John was alone again. He was free to say what he liked in his house without being ridiculed. No one criticised his simple way of living. The harvest of that year was especially bounti­ ful, and he was bound to no creditor. "Guess I don’t know a heap about the fine things,” he mused, one day at dusk, ‘‘but it don’t matter so much. I wonder if Herman could have made something of that sunset in the West.” Gold changed to crimson, and crimson to purple in the sky, and night fell. The whippoorwill fluted its call from the edge of a neighboring woods, and from the town the vesper bell sounded.

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RED LULLABY Don Ortner

Monday morning sleepy Seniors Getting up at sev’n (too soon!)

Looking through their half-closed blinkers,— They’d much rather sleep till noon.

Brushing molars after breakfast, Shaving off their shaggy beard,— (While their wiser classmates steadfast (Slept and dreamt and snored and jeered!)

Trudging slowly up to chapel, Sinking in their sleepy bass,— Who this mystery unravel, Who interpret this sad case?

Not a class have they first hour.

No one bids them rise so soon.

They could sleep still in their bower, Sleep till nine, each in his room.

No one knows the proper answer.

None can say, *1 know, forsooth;’’ But we all a guess may venture, If none blandly call it Truth.

Could it be that eight years’ living On a schedule every day Them to this at last has driven?

All can guess. But none can say.

THE WAR COMES TO NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA IF. SchaIIcry Jr.

The Milwaukee Auditorium on Saturday night, the,15th of April, was the scene of another concert by the St. Olaf Lutheran Choir. As always, whenever we are near enough to one of their stopping points on their annual tour, we hastened to buy a ticket. This famous choir has never disappointed its listeners in its many years of traveling in this country and abroad.

In the past I have never been able to say anything about their work except that it was perfect, as far as mere humans 10

RED ever attain perfection. But this was not so Saturday night.

This performance was different in several respects.

The most striking change was the absence of F. Melius Christiansen. At the age of 73, and after forty years as director of music at St. Olaf College, he has finally been forced to step down from the podium. He has turned over the directorship of his choir to his son, Olaf. Olaf Christiansen has been co-director with his father for several seasons. We certainly regret the passing'of this great man from active duty in the musical world. He came to St. Olaf College in 1903. He alone is responsible for the building and developing of this world-traveled organization, representing such a very small (comparatively) school.

The concert itself also differed from other years. It was definitely not up to the lofty standards of St. Olaf. But I do not mean to lay this at the door of the new conductor, for I heard the choir last year, when Olaf Christiansen directed a portion of the concert, and one was unable to say that his section was either inferior or superior to his father’s. It is more likely that war has also taken its toll at this school. This was borne out by the fact that the bass seems to have been the worst offender. Due to them the proper balance was not main­ tained at all times and even the attacks were faulty occasionally.

These imperfections were not too serious, but they also were not what we expected from this group.

One other fly in the ointment (not restricted to this performance, or to this year) was the program. Too much Christiansen! As a composer I think F. Melius is a fine con­ ductor. The same applies to Olaf, who felt constrained to add one of his compositions besides numerous works of the older Christiansen. Yes, that is a matter of taste, but it is definitely unwise program construction, when fifty per cent of the num­ bers are by Christiansen and family: all in that same very distinctive style. (And then the inevitable encore from the same source). First one is glad to see Nicolai’s chorale 4'Wake, Awake For Night Is Flying” listed on the program. But it is most disillusioning and distressing to the ear and to the pride when one fails to detect the familiar strains. The only resem11

RED blance Christiansen’s arrangements have to the original song is the text.

That pet peeve being removed from the system may we say again that the St. Olaf Choir is always a treat. The Soprano section still has its usual quota of blondes. They can really sing!

N. B. In case other listeners don’t agree with these little criticisms they may blame it on a very upsetting supper that I had that evening in one of the northern suburbs of Milwaukee.

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Jhitorial We Begin...........

N the last issue you were introduced to what is now known as the new staff,” to what will soon be known as “the staff,” and ten issues from now will be known as “the old staff•” As "the new staff” we are to set up a policy or platform, as "the staff” we make a few feeble attempts to carry out this policy, and as “the old staff” we are grateful for what we were able to do, happy to have had the opportunity to do it, thankful that some­ one else will soon be doing it, and generous with pood wishes, congratulations, and hand shakes for the new nine.

Well, since we are still in the first stage of this incomplete metamorphosis, the natural and only thing for us to do is to set up a policy. Policy.

1.) We want ten times as many subscribers as we have.

2.) We want to have ten more pages in our tenth issue than the preceding tenth issue.

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RED 3.)

4.)

5.)

6.)

We want ten shaving lights for each floor of the dormitory.

We want breakfast at ten o’clock.

We want only ten classes a week.

We want ten Arbor Days, one on the~tenth of every month. If weather won’t permit, the., students' will simply have the day off.

7.) We want ten articles (please, at least!) for every issue.

8.) We want ten extended permissions per month for all freshmen and sophomores.

9.) We want ten coeds in every collegiate class.

10.) We want to produce only ten issues.

You will notice the harmony and unity^of the thing. You will also notice the brass and impossibility of at least eighty percent of it. But it is a policy. What more dare one expect?

(Answer: one could expect a policy, not an expression of tenets.) That will do.

After stating a policy we can now say and do what we mean. We do want to have some kind of policy, even though it be nothing but restatement. It can, I think be summed up quite briefly. We want articles. It is up to you to write them, but remember, you will be reading them too. Write what you think others will find, well, I won’t say interesting, but rather, arresting, that is, let it make them smile, laugh, growl, think, feel satisfied, or at least feel something, but don’t let it make them remark only about the poor quality. That isn’t the kind of growling I was thinking of. Certainly the Black and Red is to be sort of an exercise field for our literary selves, but for public display we don’t exhibit our worst when there is better in us.

So, to use an old phrase, we don’t want to sacrifice quality for quantity, especially not when the talent for quality is in the student body; and we don’t want to sacrifice quantity for quality. In other words we want to strive for the golden mean.

Whether this is the golden mean or the cake eaten and had, I don’t know. But let’s try for it, let’s see what ive can do.

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RED The Evils of Touch Football all composition critics will say that my article has N OWnothing to do with the title I chose. But I had to use it.

As those of you who read last month’s athletics column know, the editor of aforementioned column said that I would write an article on “The Evils of Touch Football.” So Pm giving in but only as far as the title is concerned. Even Mischke can’t tell me what the content should be.

Contrary to common belief I have nothing against football any of the sports. That is one of the reasons I have decided or to write this article.

All of you know and many of you complain about the fact that interest in sports at Northwestern has decidedly taken a nose-dive. Rather it has disappeared up to the point where we reminisce about the sports that were in days gone past at Northwestern.

Let’s not be so foolish as to blame the disappearance of our sports interest on the war. True, it has hampered our athletic program. Inter-school competition seems to be out of the question. But that doesn’t mean the inter-class competition is.

This past year we did not have varsity football. Instead we had intra-mural touch football. But what happened? The season’s round of games was never completed. I think that if there had been more student body interest in those games and a better fighting spirit in the fellows participating in those games, the season would have been completed, and we all would have had a good time. (I should say that all of you would have had a good time.)

Then after much haggling and a fine example of interest on the part of a few students a basketball schedule was arranged.

It wasn’t a schedule as in previous years, but it was something that the students could work on. But here again we failed.

Our spirit again was something that would be alive for a few minutes and then die away for the rest of the night. Even though we weren’t playing conference games and didn’t have a championship trophy as our goal, we should have backed the team. Every game the team wins is a pat on the back for the student body.

Now it is spring, time for baseball and kittenball. Due to the fact that our conference competition has been dropped for 16

5IRED the duration, baseball has been dropped. The coach has been a little dubious about an inter-class kittenball schedule because of the lack of interest and the steadily increasing numbers of fellows working afternoons. This hindrance has been overcome by planning to play our games as twilight games. But the Coach is afraid that the kittenball season will be just like the touch football season, starting off with a bang but soon dying out.

I’m writing this article to the student body and also to the faculty and friends of Northwestern. If our twilight league does materialize, come and take part in the games.

Students, see to it that your class plays to win and back them with all you have. Faculty and friends, come to see these games. These games are of the same caliber and sometimes of a higher caliber than inter-school games. Come and show us that you too are interested.

Remember that someday this war will be over and inter­ school competition will be renewed. If our spirit is dead, we will never be able to put out championship teams as we have in the past. So come on, let’s all take an active part in our spring sports activities.

H. Winkel

Chapel Manners............. a sextaner laboriously completing the first of several E VEN years destined to be spent in that class knows by now that we hold chapel exercises daily at regular hours. When the bell rings, he goes to chapel; it’s the self-evident thing for him to do.

He has been told to go to chapel when the bell rings, and so he does it.

Time marches on, and he finally becomes a collegiate. Now he is much more important and pretty much his own boss. He doesen’t have to jump whenever a bell rings. No one can give him sweeping anymore anyhow.

It would certainly be downright wasteful, he says to him­ self, to throw away a two-and-one-half inch cigarette butt merely for the sake of getting to chapel on time. So he waits outside and smokes until he burns his fingers.

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RED By now those who got there on time are already singing the third stanza, and:if he were to go after his hymnal, he couldn’t possibly get back ];before*tthe Scripture reading; so he goes without it. For some unaccountable reason, it hasn’t dawned upon him that he could shag in after the hymn, during the Scripture reading, just"* as Swell as during the third stanza.

Perhaps I shouldn’t have given him the idea.

Without a hymnal, of course, he can’t sing; so he amuses himself by counting his neighbor’s ribs or showing him where an ingot fell on his finger at the foundry.

Occasionally he may be able to share a hymnal with some­ one. ^.Since he has missed:!out on the first three stanzas, he makes up for it now, singingnalternately bass, tenor, and alto, and'often substituting'a bit of barber shop harmony of his own concoction—all at the top of his lungs, of course.

By the time the Scripture reading is over, he has just about settled down.

He finally leaves the chapel, remembering only the announcement that preps should always take their showers before five o’clock.

Jerome Albrecht

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Madison Baritone.............

PFEIFFER, Madison baritone, here March M R.24,WILLIAM was; the first performer to use our collapsible stage this year. The,Junior class labored valiantly to have it ready for him, and it was ready. This fact alone, that he had a stage from which to perform, added to the excellence of the evening’s entertainment, I’m sure. One can become accustomed to an old wooden platform, glaring lights, and all the other little bothers of using the gymnasium for a concert hall, but it is a pleasure to be able to hear a concert in surroundings a little more con­ ducive toward concentration on the music, and not in surround­ ings that detract attention and give even the most beautiful singer or performer a ghastly complexion of shadow and countershadow.

And now, as to Mr. Pfeiffer and his voice. John Charles Thomas need have no too serious worries that Mr. Pfeiffer will soon be knocking at his door and asking for his position as top man in his field. Mr. Pfeiffer isn’t that good, but he is good, very good. From a technical point of view I can say nothing, but I can say that his singing was very pleasing to the ear, as he was to the eye.

Fortunately Mr. Pfeiffer is not only a voice. And when the coeds rushed back to get his autograph, I think it was just as much because of his pleasing stage personality as his voice. To put it differently, he knew how to put a song over.

Backstage after the concert quite a group of collegiates gathered around Mr. Pfeiffer and had a talk with him. They found him just as affable backstage as on the stage.

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RED To conduce this bit without mention of Mrs. Pfeiffer, Mr. Pfeiffer’s accompanist, would be a gross oversight. Besides accompanying her husband she played two selections on the piano herself. She showed herself to be not only an excellent support but also an accomplished pianist in her own right.

By this time you must have concluded that Mr. and Mrs. Pfeiffer gave us an enjoyable evening. They did, and I hope we can have them back next year.

A. With that I, too, conclude.

Mississippi............

HIS movie, March 30, gave us an oversweet dose of the romantic South of showboats, magnolias, ever-full moons, men of honor, ladies of beauty, the cotillion, the waltz---- a beautiful but false and trite dream. Fortunately W. C. Fields, carving his way through a solid wall of human flesh, drinking mint juleps, maneuvering his cigar about the spokes of the boat’s wheel, holding five aces and then drawing four more, made everyone laugh and laugh heartily.

Although Bing Crosby, Field’s showboat songster in the movie, is supposed to be quite an able crooner, the audience was reaction less, that is as far as screaming and swooning are concerned. We had intended to have Frank Sinatra on the stage so that a comparison could be made between these two kings of swoon and croon. Unfortunately he was booked for some time ahead, and we all had to forgo the pleasure of hearing the personality-voice. In this connection some mention might be made of the feminine lead, but it is enough to say that she, like most feminine leads, was beautiful.

For me the highlight of the picture was that one second when a sign swinging in the wind appeared and on it was “Mrs. Perkin’s Seminary.” The next scene was a bunch of giddy teen-age girls unpacking a big box of chucking, and then rushing for bed and blowing the candles out as the sharp-nosed Mrs. Perkins stuck her nose into the room to say an inspectorial good night.

In case any of you have wondered, Bing did finally get the woman in the affair. Final scene—abaft a Mississippi steamer a boy and a girl, moon, kiss. The End. A. 20

RED There’s Magic in Music ON April 19，we were treated to one of the finest movies of the season, “There’s Magic in Music.” The picture showed the much lauded International Music Camp at Interlochen (in Michigan, of course.)

The story (which was to keep the interest of women, chil­ dren, and those students whose musical abilities are limited to “Long live the Weasel’’ and “Pop goes the Queen/’’）told of a young girl with a marvelous voice but a shady past. It looked for a while as though villainous circumstances would win out, but “Papier ist gedu!dig.M The acting seemed a bit poor at times; but perhaps this was due to the contrast with the Music, which was not “duped in,” but was actually performed by the students at the camp.

The highlight of the picture was the fruits of the summer’s labors at Interlochen. They had done “Faust,” and were to give it in conjunction with a standard opera company. Mean­ while, by an unfortunate error, this troupe had done “Carmen.”

The results looked disastrous for a while, but by a clever set of arrangements the two were given together. Came the two chief choruses, the Soldiers’ Chorus from ‘‘Faust’’ and the Toreador Song from “Carmen,” one was used as written, the other provided a descant above it. The result was an exciting bit of Music, climaxing an excellent picture.

Red Cross Drive............

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ITH the class presidents and the Black and Red staff as an organizational core the Red Cross made its annual appeal again this year. Every student and faculty member was personally contacted. The abundance of stickers and pins on anything of, from, or in Northwestern College indicates all too well the success of the drive. This in spite of the fact that the nasty lady, Rumor, insisted the students don’t have as much money this year, that they must save for summer school, and that therefore the Red Cross shouldn’t expect as much.

Fortunately the lack of one or even two dollars will prohibit no one from continuing his studies this summer.

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RED Figures like facts are fine if they are remembered correctly.

The exact total of contributions I don’t know. That’s bad. But I do know they were over two hundred dollars. That’s good.

That we topped last year’s contributions by almost a hundred dollars can be attributed, I think, to the fine financial cooperation from the preps. They deserve much credit. And here I must also include the faculty members, who were extremely liberal with their contributions. The entire collegiate student body received membership cards again this year for do­ nations of a dollar or more per individual.

Mr. Doerr, the local Red Cross chairman, told Mr. Gawrisch to thank the student body and faculty for its liberal contribu­ tions. Let me do it again on behalf of these two worthy gentlemen.

A.

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Long hast thou stood, 0 Church of God _. ________ Lindeman 0 Jesu，einig wahres Haupt ................... ___Reuter-Gawrisch Lord, on our offences in Justice Look Not ______ Mendelssohn PART II ORGAN, Choral and Sinfonia to “Wir danken dir, Gottf,.Bach Kurt Egbert

PART III Prof. II. Oswald

Adoramus Te, Christe Ecce, quomodo moritur 0 Sacred Head______ Christ ist erstanden..-

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Buxtehude

Don Orlner

PART V Kurt Eggert

Luther-Reuter Jesaia, dem Propheten, das geschah _ ___ La Forge One Hundred aud Twenty-first Psalm ..............Bach Erschallet, ihr Lieder._____ ______ OFFERTORY: Choral Prelude, Dasalte Jahr vergangen \3t.Bach Don Ortner

PART VI Prof. II. Oswald

Art Thou with Me............................

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RED 0 Dan Cupid is living up to his reputation as an especially hard worker in the Spring. During the past month the engagement of Margaret Kaercher, Watertown, and Mentor Kujath, *43, was announced. Mentor is now a student at the Seminary. Within the same time, Henrietta Hafner, Lewiston, Minnesota, and Marvin Hanke, *41, made public their engagement. Marvin is a Senior at the Seminary.

Lucille Krueger became the wife of Rev. Delton Tills, *40, at 4:00 P. M., April 15. Rev. John Kohl, *40, performed the ceremony in the Seminary Chapel at Thiensville after Pastor E. Zell, '08, preached the sermon. Winfred Koelpin, ’41, was best man and Marvin Hanke, also of ’41, served as usher. The bride wore a white gown and veil and chose Easter lilies for her bouquet. T. Hartwig, ’43, F. Heidemann, '43, R. Steffenhagen, *42, and L. Koeninger, *43, sang "O Perfect Love" accompanied by R. Gehrke, *41.

Rev. Tills is a missionary in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Among the alumni present at the Mid-Season concert was Miss Ruth Zank, '43, who took advantage of the week-end to do a bit of shopping in Watertown. Miss Zank is now teaching school at the Church of the Good Shepherd, West Allis.

A daughter, Ruth Esther, was bom to Rev. and Mrs. Sieghard Westendorf shortly before Easter. Rev. Westendorf, ’28, is pastor at Bethel Church in Milwaukee.

Rev. I. Bade, ’39, was installed as pastor of the newly-organ­ ized First Lutheran Church of Hersey, Wisconsin, on March 26.

Rev. E. C. Schewe, ’34, was installed as pastor of Zion Evangel:ical Lutheran Church, Cambria, Wisconsin, by Rev. A. J. Engel, '25. Rev. A. Schewe, *31, assisted.

Rev E. C. Kuehl, *29, has since March 26 been preaching at stations in Mancos, Cortez, Dolores, and Ignacio, Colorado.

Eldor Keibel, *39, and Robert Krause, *40, have accepted permanent calls to teach at Lutheran High Milwaukee.

Dr. J. C. Krafft, ’06, died at his home in Oak Park, Illinois, on March 28, 1944. Funeral services were held in Oak Park with Rev. Geisemann delivering the sermon. Burial at Napoleon, Ohio, where Rev. M. J. Zschoche is pastor.

Northwestern College Men in the Service Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson of Jersey City, New Jersey, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Laura Janette, to Lt. Philip Pritzlaff, a former member of the class of ’46. Philip, better known as "Fuzz", is a member of the Marine Air Corps.

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RED Bart Matthias, ex ’45, visited Watertown at Easter. He was taking a well-earned vacation after returning from Naples and Bizerte. Bart had gone across on a ship loaded with bombs for our soldiers in Italy and Africa. While he was at Naples the convoy underwent a terrific bombing. Bart escaped unscathed, but he did see another ship a few hundred feet away demolished by a direct hit. He was not allowed to go ashore at Naples because of the typhus epidemic which was caused by the Germans* turn­ ing the sewage disposal into the city water supply as they re­ treated. The return trip was, for the most part, uneventful. Bart received his greatest thrill when he was allowed to steer his ship past the Statue of Liberty into New York Harbor. While Bart was here, his engagement to Betty Jane Krueger of Watertown was announced.

Pvt. John Becker, ex '45, was home on leave the first part of April. John is now at Johns Hopkins University where he is a pre-med in the A. S. T. P. course.

Pfc. Harold Moenig, ex *44, showed that he deserves that expert rifleman's medal he's wearing when three Italian prisoners of war tried to escape while ’’Max" was on guard duty Max was in Watertown at Easter.

Pvt. Waldemar Bernthal, ex '46, is now in the southwest Paci­ fic in an anti-aircraft division.

Cpl. Rupert Rosin, ex '46, is with our troops in North Africa.

When he is not fighting, ’’Cactus" plays baseball under the direc­ tion of Zeke Bonura, a former member of the Chicago White Sox. Glenn Boyer, ex ’46, 1st class Hospital Apprentice at Great Lakes, visited his friends at Northwestern a short time ago.

Pfc. Martin Nommensen, ex *45, went home on furlough after finishing his training as an Air Corps Mechanic at the Army Air Base at Lincoln, Nebraska. He has gone to Fort Bragg, North Car­ olina, for more training.

The members of the staff wish to send complimentary copies of the Black and Red to every former student who has been in­ ducted into the armed forces since 1940. We have been unable to do this in many cases because we haven’t had the proper ad­ dresses. We ask the help of all our readers in making our files correct and complete. To assure your friends* receiving their copies of the Black and Red each month, give their addresses now to any member of the staff.

You can also help this column by seeing to it that all news of alumni is brought to the attention of some one on the Black and Red staff.

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Apology* It seems The Senior Gentry took pious offense at ’An insidious reference slamming their scholarly attitude’， To wit, "It’s getting toward that time o' year when the Seniors get That smug complacent air about them and start coasting ..."

Said contumely Must be expiated or right tactfully amended, dictated That much maligned, maltreated class of ’44.

What would You do? Obsequiously comply with a eulogy on their un­ flagging efforts?

(Even if they have done some tall bucking—for Seniors) That mayn’t Be: for the fickle hemlock has ironically boomeranged on me in two-fold Wise: this accelerating high-powered Greek Philosophy and 4-hour lucre limit. * Any similarity (including the title) between the above effort and that monstrosity committed by Socrates-Plato, flatters the latter in that this author neither knows nor thinks that he knows how to write poetry, hence the very prosaic prose in verse. '

Apology (a) Billy Zell informs us in no uncertain terms that the little bunnie in his nursery tale goes "ziss, bam, etc/' and not "slap, bang, etc." as quoted in the March issue. The Editor stands corrected.

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RED After careful deliberation we decided against Apology (b), a testimony to be directed in the general direction of Master Fritz Nitz—he*d just get all hot and bothered again, anywho.

After informal installation, the New Staff has moved in, taken over, and ground out its first issue. What do you think of it? A year ago, perhaps, I would have given you a man by man account of the incoming staff—but that's a year ago; anyhow I don’t think it's necessary—there’s Sam Albrecht, Editor—if you don’t know him by now it’s too late to start.

Kratz Schroeder—a second year man & an old hand at this stuff.

John Schaadt—you'd have to have read some of his articles if you get the B & R. Tuch Albrecht—he hardly needs an introduction; he’ll pilot the good ship next year.

Me—Ah, modesty enjoineth silence.

Herman Winkel—a dark horse*that gives promise of becom­ ing a reg'lar albino.

Ed Greve—Ed studied under Gus Nolting一’snuff said.

Leland Wurster—an ambitious lad with plenty of drive—he’s no stranger.

Moose Janke—although only a Frosh, his oaten reed and homely humor are legendary.

—and that's that. The pertinent question before the house now is: can our skipper hold a steady course through the maze of dead-line reefs and languid doldrums of the summer months?

It’s never been attempted before.

Although it’s late April, Reim periodically stares at a neigh­ boring table, wrinkles his brow and asks who the visitor is~and then we tell him the name of the Sextie. He only has about a month yet, but we on Table 27 still have hopes.

In an attempt to releave the long felt need for a course in voice culture (or sump’in), Senor Walther has hit upon the unique *’Blaa ... Blaa .广 method. Having appropriated the ponderous speaker from an ancient phonograph next door, Herbie now merely leans back, jams his apparatus in the door, clears his throat and cuts loose. ’Most any time during the night or day, bucking period not respected, you can expect to hear a very positive: MWe interrupt this program to bring you a special bulletin. The Berlin and Ham­ burg radios went off the air early this morning as heavy forces of 27

RED blaa …blaa . . we shot down 300 of their planes and one of our cities is missing Blaa . . blaa … or The Japanese undersea fleet has been increased by two splendid specimens of 26,000 and 29,000 tons respectively." One moment the Voice may be a lowgrade Deutsch, the next, a high-octane rapid fire Japanese. Iinterspersed are time signals. Eastern, Central, Western, War and School time, for the inconvenience of the listening public. More recently the tendency has been toward the "All aboard for trains leaving on track 5 for: East Medina Junction, Climan Springs, blaa......... 〃 The Voice caters to the Milwaukee Road, the Valley Division, and the Chicago and Northwestern exclusively. After a bit of careful coaching the Oakdale—Tomah—Camp McCoy alongside the more favorably located area is holding its Cooney—Ixonia-~Watertown combine.

Of course this method can't help everybody, says Herbie; you’ve got to have difficulty in closing the top bottons on your vest and also a good set of bellows to start with. What happens if you haven't can best be illustrated by the Schlacht after a "Whitie" Voss substitution.

Shaggy Curs Chapter One This month's intellectual one-two rabbit punch is brief, but to the point: A guest at dinner is served with creamed cauli­ flower. Instead of spooning it out, he dips in both his hands and rubs a double-handful of creamed cauliflower into his scalp with great care and thoroughness. His hostess stares for a moment or two in speechless horror and finally gasps: "Mr. Smith, do you realize that is creamed cauliflower?" 〃Cau liflower!" says Mr. Smith, apparently taken aback. "Why, I thought it was parsnips."

Should there be in our midst some young aspirant aspiring to the Paper-Picking-up Supervisionship or any of the affiliated honorary degrees, we would counsel you thusly: don’t imitate these obnoxious musical advertisements cluttering up the wave lengths nowadays; merely use this as a compaign slogan: ’’There’ll be a static eliminator in every shaving socket', and we guarantee that your rival nominees will become Wilkie’s.

Awhile back our man-about-town, Kurt Eggert, had one of his typical P. M. schedules—Mixed Chorus, Gleemen, and Male Chowith supper somewhere between—so he decided to visit 'Erv's Place’，all quite inconspicuous-like—and promptly got Hap­ py Birthday'd. A few moments later Ame Mischke turned 44— 28

RED and being in a sportive mood the boys topped it off by serenading Max Herman, but that uncharitable worthy refused to respond to outside stimuli—of course he is just a poor layman’s son.

Tids & Bits Ah, those fabulously long Easter vacations—you have just about enough time to get home, unpack, go to church two-three times, pack up again and try to catch the ’School-bound’一’tho some, like that daring Wilbert Gawrisch, don't even try............

There’s a very insistent rumor afloat that 'butchie' haircuts will be a compulsory article this summer up here, which same will probably smite some guys, like 'Goldy-locks* Nommensen and 'Spitcurr Mattek, fairly betwixt the eyes—natcherly, the source of the rumor is unverified...........The Frosh Greeks should be coming soon to that place in the Anabasis where Tissaphemes replies with consummate duplicity’，which includes about all I know of Xenophon, including his Memorabilia..........A First Year Spanish Grammar--sure has a pretty red cover, hasn't it? heh, heh ....

Wouldn’t it seem funny to shave "neath an honest to goodness We heard in English the other day shaving light onc’t? the astonishing fact that ’Ibsen’s heroines are usually women.’ ........... The B & R Staff held its annual banquet the first of this month; I guess they didn't invite a faculty guest this year..........

What is art? Well, take a tree for instance—. After two English periods and one of History the Juniors and Seniors are quite doctrinally sound on that score—except maybe Phil Hensel, and after being closeted in our bedroom for three hours with Reim and Eggert, all three parties came out shaking hands and parted friends, so we’re hoping for the best Rash Promises for May Perhaps a set of lyrics called "The Foundry Boys’ Blues" and maybe the real low down on Arbor Day.

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ATH LETICS Contrary to my predecessor’s prediction that I would begin my column by proclaiming the evils of touch football, I will begin by making some remarks. But about the future issues of this column, as the students should know by this time, we will not have baseball again this year. And to top that, the collegiate de­ partment will stay in Watertown for a summer session. Due to the fact that the majority of the fellows will work in their spare time, sports, that is, official sports, seem to be out of the question or at least very doubtful. So please, bear in mind the fact that the Ath. Ed. will be laboring under difficulties and if he wan­ ders a little in his column do not hold it against him.

Before I start the Athletics column of volume 48 I'd like to say, "thank you, Mr. Mischke".

For Auld Lang Syne 40 years ago—Weather so far has been too chilly for practice.

Infield is in bad condition. Manager C. Sauer had nine games scheduled. Among opponents are Wis. U. and Marquette College. Hopes are high.

35 years ago—Practice game between the regulars and the scrubs won by regulars, Capt. Ziesemer has not yet decided who who will fill the pitcher 's box left vacant by P. Horn. But because of good material and heavy hitters a good season is expected. Among the opponents this year will be Sacred Heart College.

30 years ago—Baseball team picked in March. Capt. . Kehrberg, Coach E. Kowalke. Infield good, but the outfield is doubt­ ful. Plenty of material. Tough schedule. Wis: 4, N.W.C.:1.

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RED 25 years ago—Four regulars back. Westendorf hoped to become one of the mainstays of the pitching staff. Although out­ look is dark, the material can be developed.

20 years aqo—This spring canoeing seems to be a coming sport at N.W.C. Since tennis tournaments have been introduced it is seen that N.W.C. students can do something else besides play baseball. Baseball practice today was in the gym.

15 years ago—30 turned out for baseball. Capt. Eickmann had trouble in arranging a schedule. Only 3 games scheduled so far.

10 years ago—Aurora and Milwaukee School of Engineering joined the tri-state conference. 25 turned out for baseball.

Quite a few berths have to be filled, but the new material looks promising. 1934 football schedule announced. Among opponents is Dubuque U. at Dubuque.

5 years ago—Intramurals held the fore in an indoor meet which included hand ball, pinq pong, bowling, volley ball, and unofficially billiards. N.W.C. defeated Seminary 19—2.

In the same kind of meet at Milton, N.W.C. won 19-13.

Coach Umnus announced no southern trip for training.

Intramural kittenball and tennis starting.

1 year ago—Mischke’s column reveals that the Sophomores (’45) took the volleyball championship. The Quintaners are the school Dartball champions. Kittenball as yet not started.

Seniors ('43) are favored.

The lull between basketball season and baseball is usually pretty hard to fill, but this year Coach Umnus again scheduled a few intramural tournaments.

Immediately after the intramural basketball league we started the volleyball tournament. The four classes were represented by a team from each. But the Sophomore class had a hard time get­ ting a team together so our obliging tutor, D. Brick, helped out.

The Junior class proved superior to all the other teams. But in fairness we must say that ttie Seniors could have showed up a little better if a few of their tall boys woud have played.

Final standings in the intramural league: Won 6 Juniors 4 Frosh 2 Seniors Sophs 0 31

Lost 0 2 4 6

RED In the handball tournament, which was an open tournament with Preps and Varsity entered, Zell won the championship and D. Malchow won the consolation.

After the Seniors finished league bowling, doubles and sin­ gles tournaments were arranged. Both were not finished, when the bowling stopped. In the singles Schuppenhauer led with 630 and Zell was runner up with 570. In the doubles the team of Zell and Keturakat led with 1003; Henke and Kuske were runners up with 985.

It has been reported (courtesy of the faculty room) that Zell’s game of 276 tied E. E. Kowalke's high game, and that this score was the highest ever rolled on our alleys.

N. B. I should say ’’the faculty alleys’’ because we have been told that the alleys were given to the faculty, and then the stu­ dents, namely the Senior class, took them over.

Schaller, that’s Loren our fisherman, has had his rod and reel out for a try out, but he didn't get any thing. A warning, Lorrie, obey the rules, the game warden intends to enforce the 500 ft. from dams rules.

The ball field is now ready for use. Start getting your kittenball teams lined up. We want to make this kittenball season good an exciting. The schedule has not been announced yet, but the games will most likely be played after supper.

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ARBOR DAY

May, 1944

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TABLE OF CONTENTS LITERARY— Both Sides.

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Der Tag---------

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Three Brothers

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May-hem

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Traugott Kompositt und sein Weib Obenfrau___________________

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Velut in Somnio

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The Bear Hunter from Tennessee-----

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Three Sirens________

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Iphigenia in Tauris-----

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I See My First Opera

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Dear Joe___________

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EDITORIAL— Allerlei

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Nachforschung in die Vergangenheit. -

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The Curse of Darkness

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COLLEGE NOTES— The Chorus in Milwaukee

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

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ATHLETICS_________________

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume XLVIII.

Watertown, Wis” May 1944.

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BOTH SIDES Ph. Ii.

The Weed of Life

We wield the sword right doughtily That cuts the spirit quite in two, Who go about too haughtily, And do just what we want to do Unthinking and hard-boiled.

Our own ends we are sharp to serve; Save when it’s practical we swerve To neighbors’ paths turmoiled.

Indifference is our high-walled cloister; We put to shame the placid oyster, Make life’s fair garden wilt.

The Mead of Life

Ho! oriole, up in yon tree, Can you not hear the honey-bee So closely buzzing 1 round you?

You are the messengers of spring, From whom we learn to work, and sing Cantate Domino!

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Number 2

?RED DER TAG * ACT I SCENE I

Instead of a curtain two sections of a wall resembling over­ head garage doors rise revealing a room, toalls R. and L. stripped with blackboards, Rear and L. walls have drafty-looking, dust-covered windows. It is a typical classroom, on the blackboards are Greek paradigms in various handwritings containing numerous mistakes; a radiator in each corner, a roll top desk with chair L. forward, a door R. forward, the rest of the room is filled with classroom desks. The President of the Junior Class of N. W. C. is surrounded by a semicircle of classmates, they are sitting on the desks and standing by radiator L. forward. All are dressed in flannel shirts, sweatshirts, and sweaters without shirts: from several trouser bottoms pajamas peep forth.

PRESIDENT. Well, do we want it today or don’t we?

FIRST STUDENT. No! all we got is Hebrew. They haven’t put any pressure on us yet, let’s wait until Wednesday.

SECOND S. But, we won’t have Hebrew Wednesday.

There is a Board Meeting here. I’d rather get out of Hebrew than Greek. That is all we gain on a Tuesday or Wednesday.

THIRD S. Besides having it today would bite the Seniors where it hurts. They have first hour off and then three dog periods. {General shouts of glee. His companion pais him on the back.)

PRESIDENT. Good idea. Get back at them for the way they hooked us last year. {A brief pause,) 0. K. with every­ one? (All but one yell, and really yell, yes, ya, sure, O.K. There is one loud no.) Tough, Chick, but we’ll be finished by noon so you can still make that dentist appointment. I’ll go and see the Powers That Be now, but since the ground is dry and the sky clear they shouldn’t object. If we have it I’ll ring the big bell, and then we’ll meet here with the preps. (They file out bicker­ ing about “who is going down town.1* ilYou take a bike.”

“Where is your doughT* •Copyright 1943 by L. Schroeder. All rights reserved. Do not make any announce ment for the presentation of this play without first securing permission and terms from L. Schroeder, Ltd., Room 21, N, C,, Watertown. Wis.

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Keepey'-of-the-grounds1 porch. The President of the Junio?， Class rings the doorbell and waits. The Professor himself answers.

PROF. R. {Opening the door and smiling) Good morning!

I wonder what the Junior class President wants.

PRES. We thought today would be a good day for Arbor Day. PROF. R. Yes, the ground is in good condition. Looks like a nice sunny day too. Can the Sophomores get their tree? {Pres, nods yes.) Well, step in, I’ll call the Steward and see if they can make arrangements.

They walk into the hall. The Junior Pres, remahia there and Prof. R. walks out a door R. We hear him give the numher. Yes, the Steward can arrange for the day. Prof. Ii. then calls another number. “Good morning! The students would like to have Arbor Day. What do you think! Yes. W No. All right. I’ll do that Yes. Certainly. Of course. Yes. Good­ bye.1} Prof. R. enters R.) PROF. R. The Steward says they can have lunch ready at ten. Heute ist der Tag! PRES. Thank you. Good morning.

PROF. Good morning.

SCENE III

Classroom of Scene I. Most of the Juniors and about seventy high school students are cramnecl into the room. Everyone is laughing and talking excitedly, “What kind of a J、agn (I id you get?11 “I got Luckies.” “They’re no good, I got Caw els. ** Whose pipe did you borrow?11 “Heh，hell.” ''Schmntz had three cigars, will he get sick!” Then the Junior Pres, pounds on the desk and yells ^Ordei'! Order!'1 The din quiets into whispering and an occasional guffaw.

PRES. Sexta, Quinta, Quarta get rakes. There are a dozen or more in the basement. The rest go around town and borrow some. Remember where you got your rake. Julius and Waldemar, you are waterboys. Tertia, do you know where to get the wagon? {Cries of assent.) Okay, the big bell will ring at about eight. Meet in the Quadrangle between the Dorm and Recitation building. You’ll be assigned to groups then.

You may smoke until evening chapel. Don’t forget to take your rakes back this afternoon. Juniors, stay a minute. That’s all.

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A bright sun shines on the N. W. C. campus. Preps are raking the lawn and cleaning the beds of bushes and shrubs as though they were being paid by the hour，not by the job, but mindful of the punctilious Junior superintendents. Almost every p7'ep has taken advantage of the Smoking Indulgence. Some are —practicing. In the Rear practicing inhaling, others aren't— slack-clad coeds with the aid of senior and junior drones are pounding cushions and washing ivmdoivs, and trees are being trimmed by Sophomores. In the Front stand two Juniors: Bishop, tall, thin, and resembling an ascetic; the other, Bulges， is shorter, apparently non-ascetic.

BULGES: White of the Zex to have my favorite brand.

Guess I’ll bum another. (Strolls over to a jyt'ep and “lifts” a cigarette.) You fellows in the bushes, get those leaves out, don’t just re-arrange them. (Comes back to his companion.)

BISHOP: Well, Bulges, are we having a party this after­ noon?

BULGES: Looks hopeless. The railroad gang wants to go to work and the Rubber company fellows aren’t very enthusias­ tic. Some class! Money! Money! Money! This will be our last Arbor day here and they’d rather work.

BISHOP: Animated coin clutchers! You don’t suppose Hebrew makes them such penny-pinchers, nickel-nursers, and dime-dearies, do you?

BULGES: (Incredulously) Hebrew? Where even the adverbs have a variety of endings? No, Bish, old man, better look for a different thesis for your Ph. D. BISHOP: It was only a stab. {A pause) Ah, could you lend me a buck for a week or so?

BULGES: Impossible.

BISHOP: (Musing) Not such a bad stab.

BULGES: What are you mumbling about?

BISHOP: Nothing, nothing. Look, Doc over there with the coed. I’d like to get a picture of that and send it to ye Ardyce.

BULGES: Would that frost him. (Waterboy appears around the come)' of the recitation building and a prep spies him. The prep baivls outy Water!” which is instantly amplified by the rest 37

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of the group to a man.) Where is our Seven-叩 bottle? My palate pines for a potion. (The bell for lunch goes kling-klang, but before the klang is heard the preps have dropped their rakes and are on their way to the Quadrangle.)

ACT III The jrreps have finished raking the campus between lunch and dmnei\ It is noiv 1:00 o’clock, j). m. and a crowd of studeyiU and coeds have crowded around a hole. In this hole, three feet across and as many deep, stands a lonely birch. Near the hole stands a small table with a pitcher of ivatei' and a glass. Leaning against the table is a shovel. A Faculty member has just finished a mock-heroic dedication speech. He steps down from the pile of dirt which is the podium amid applause. The master ofceremonies is introducing the next speaker.

M. C. And now, our coed! (She receives hopeful applause.)

Coed: A common criticism of women is that they talk too much. {She pours herself a glass of water，sips it, and then disdainfully pours it into the hole.) Why is Arbor day Arbor day? Because we plant a tree. Well, what are we waiting for?

(She and the M. C. take the shovel and throw the first shovelful into the hole. The band strikes up “throw Another Log on the Fire^ to the amusement of the audience. The Grounds1 Keeper and the Planting Committee take over. The assembly leaves.)

THE END THREE BROTHERS R. Demcak

This is a story of the lives of three brothers. Each was the son of the same parents. Each had the same opportunities.

And yet each so strangely chose such a different path in life.

Henry, an energetic lad, was determined to make his mark in business. Doing every job well, he gained the respect of his fellow-workers as well as of his superiors. As time went on, he was invited to join several clubs. Henry now very carefully chose the club to which his superiors belonged. From now on he tried to associate as much as possible with these men. And 38

RED gradually, by his fawning, he gained promotions. Henry had some very capable co-workers. They would discuss many of their ideas with him. Henry would then take these ideas to the higher-ups and claim that they were his very own.

By this same method of stealing ideas from his men and in turn receiving credit for these ideas, Henry advanced veryhigh in the firm. Henry never had time to get married, for he was always too busy with his own devices. He never had any real friends, just those necessary for his business success.

Henry did, however, amass a fortune. But I wonder if he really enjoyed it. He must have been dreadfully worried that somebody as crooked as he would take it from him, just as he had taken it from somebody else.

Now there was another brother called William. He was the very opposite of his brother Henry. Instead of acquiring a fortune, William squandered everything he could. He shunned all responsibility and sought only that which pleased him. He ate to excess, he drank to excess, he did everything to excess.

As a result he became a hermit because he could live much longer that way without having to work. But as a result of this strenuous life, he died a premature death.

William wasn’t the kind of man to cheat anyone else, nor was he the kind of man to go out of his way to help anyone.

It is hard to say who was better, William or Henry.

Charles was the third brother. He wasn’t rich and he wasn’t a fool like his other brothers. But, whether by chance or by choice, he followed the golden mean. He believed that sooner or later all must die and that since you can’t take any­ thing1 with you, it is best to get all you can out of a sane life.

When Charles chose a job, it wasn’t the job that paid the most, but it was the job from which he could derive the greatest satisfaction. He was a good husband, a good father, a good citizen, and a good friend to many. You can rest assured that when Charles died, he had many true mourners.

I think that it is safe to-say that Charles was the wisest and the happiest of all. Henry chose wealth, William chose the world, but Charles chose the golden mean. Whom do you con­ sider to have been the wisest? I don’t think any of the three was wise.

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RED MAY-HEM

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Lorrie Schaller

May is God’s month.

Her dew-spangled sunrises are sinless, ’Tho often exploded by irreverent flickers violating steeple crosses; The deep rich shades of her noons are holy, Yet within, a drab catbird pours out her heart, sensuous, siren-wise; And her still evenings are prayers eloquent, But mocked by the mad loon’s maniacal laughing.

These are soulless beings, Loon, catbird and flicker, doomed creatures of a day; But me, divinely patterned, yea, my very essence God’s May sets aflame with an undeniable restlessness, A wild surging melancholy, a brazen impiety: Something dares me reach up into God’s firmament And pluck its bodies from their sockets, one by one; Sometimes I must run down the scudding wind-clouds, — run, run, run, Till my very bones cry out, and my lungs and temples burst.— I would tame that wild restlessness, and weld it Into one symphony more dissonant than Shostakovitch the Bizarre, Too massive for a 300-piece orchestra•— Whence is your bewitching power, gentle May? Is it of God? or woman? If of God, I am content; But if woman—Oh hence with your charms and leave me alone. ^caugott Slompofitt unb feiit SBctB Dfieufran.

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VELUT IN SOMNIO Marcus Albrecht

I remember falling asleep, ^but I don’t remember waking up.

What should cause such an unusual thing to happen I haven’t been able to figure out, but the best authorities hold that over­ work and consequent fatigue can be contributing factors. Now everyone knows that a college student is especially susceptible to these two vices, first of all because he studies so much, and then because he is just beginning to appreciate the finer things in life like the midnight moon, the early morning stars, and that hallowed tradition, the bull session. So let’s accept these two inevitable student traits as likely causes for what I’m about to tell. Like most causes they will only explain in part, but also like most causes let them be satisfactory.

As I said, I remember falling asleep. Before me stood a policeman, a stately figure in blue with three fascinating stripes on his sleeve and a glistening badge, intricately designed, heaving on his brawny chest. I walked up to him, asked how he liked Northwestern now, and then pulled the visor of his cap down to his nose and gracefully over it. His striped sleeve madly clawed the air and his tongue spit out unutterables. But I ran away so that he couldn’t catch me. I went into a big building. It smelled like a school, you know, paper and pencils, blackboards, sweeping compound, and pencil shavings. Some beautiful girls were walking about in the halls, but I noticed one in particular. She was tall and Nordic, blue eyes and everything. I said hello to her and she seemed surprised. She was carrying an apple. I asked her for a bite, and then she was surprised and ran. What had I done? It certainly was nothing out of the ordinary — for me in such a situation. Anybody would have done the same in such a situation. But why worry?

I went on until I noticed a waste-basket filled to the very top with bits of paper. And as I was going to scatter them about like confetti just to see the pretty little pieces fall—for a person in such a situation is allowed little privileges like that—a man with a broom and an angry face came running and told me to drop it. He boiled. So I ran away from the old sourpuss. He didn’t understand what the situation was. But I was going to have some fun anyway. I went to the theatre, and just to see 42

RED if I could get by with it, I walked in and handed the girl taking tickets a little card. She was so surprised she took it. When I walked in, nobody was laughing, so I went up to the front of the theatre and stood right by the screen. I made rabbits with long ears and ducks with funny bills on the screen, but the people didn’t laugh. They yelled at me, told me to sit down, but I didn’t like that, so I turned on the sprinkler system and everybody got wet. Nobody seemed to understand the condi­ tion I was in.

Brokenhearted I went back to school and I told the tutor nobody understood what condition I was in. He looked at me as if I were mad. Then I cried and went to bed.

I couldn’t even do what I wanted to do in my own dreams.

I thought a person could do anything in his dreams, but every­ body seemed to think I was a little off.

But I had fooled myself. I thought I was dreaming but I wasn’t. Maybe that’s why everybody thought something was wrong.

Gee, I’m sorry. Next time I’ll make sure I’m dreaming.

THE BEAR HUNTER FROM TENNESSEE D. B.

Davy Crockett was a true American frontiersman in every sense of the word. Brought up in the rough and ready atmosphere of the backwoods he learned to fight hard. When this shaky-legged young nation was first assuming the responsi­ bility of a world power, Davy Crockett took his fighting ability to the political frontier, serving first as a member of the Tennessee legislature and later being elected to the House of Representatives where he became a notorious and conspicuous figure because of his peculiar wit and eccentric manners, But disdaining to run for a second term as a Representative because of a disagreement with the president, he went home to Tennessee.

Next to hunting, Davy liked story telling better than any­ thing else. He developed a propensity for telling stories, spiced with anecdotes of the numerous hunts and Indian fights in which he had participated. He was a terrific fighter and is 43

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"That Davy Crockett has the best bar-hounds in the kentry” his neighbors would assure every stranger whenever hunting was discussed. And with these hounds Davy took bear after bear from the Tennessee canebrakes.

A story is told how, on one of his hunting trips, Crockett received the only beating of his life. While hunting along the Mississippi River one day he met a tall rawboned stranger, and in an argument over the merits of his beloved bar-hounds, Crockett challenged the stranger to a free-for-all, no-holdsbarred fight. A few seconds later, a greatly surprised Mr. Crockett arose from the hard ground and shook the hand of the calm, unruffled stranger who then introduced himself as ‘‘Abe Lincoln.’’

Somehow bears were getting scarcer in the hills and swamps of Tennessee, and hearing that they grew bigger and fiercer in the southern cornbrakes, Davy selected his favorite hounds and set off for Texas. But at that time a different type of killing was taking place there, for the free settlers of the Lone Star state were fighting to throw off the yoke of Mexican domination. The Mexican general Santa Anna had crossed the Rio Grande with a large army and was driving all the settlers before him, and was not at all hampered by the sniping and raiding of the handful of American fighting men. Davy Crockett threw himself whole-heartedly into the affair, and was posted with a group of other Americans at the Alamo, an old Spanish mission, to temporarily check the Mexicans until help arrived. Santa Anna attacked with an army of 4,000 and laid seige to the garrison manned by 140 American settlers. The enemy immediately attacked, expecting to swamp the settlers by force of numbers, but the unerring aim and clubbed rifles of the Texans drove the attackers from the walls. Bravely the Mexicans repeated their attack, each time losing many men on their own side but yet whittling down the pitifully small force of defenders. On succeeding days they alternately attacked and shelled the tiny mission until the place was turned into a shambles. One of the seven survivors of the fort, all of whom were afterwards murdered by the Mexicans, reported that Davy 44

RED Crockett was one of the last to fall; for he was still standing when the enemy finally swarmed over the walls, swinging his rifle, long since broken, and increasing the already large circle of dead around him. He was supposed to have fallen from a knife stab given by the Mexicans who had scaled the opposite wall and had dispatched the famous Col. James Bowie, who was lying wounded in an antechamber.

All but seven of.the 140 Americans perished in that bloody, uneven seige, but their stubborn resistance accomplished its purpose in giving reinforcements a chance to be gathered.

Granting the greatest request that a country can ask, Davy Crockett gave his life, as he stood on the roof of a Franciscan mission fighting human enemies instead of roaming through southern canebrakes hunting for fiercer and bigger bears.

THREE SIRENS Ph. llemcl

The University of Wisconsin is a great institution with a metropolitan air about it that at first whiff smells intoxicating, at second, pungent. There Arabians, Chinese, Indians, and Europeans of every nationality tramp the walks day in, day out, together with all types of Americans, a moving mass of people.

An individual life among such a host of humanity counts for but little.

To this place yearly come hundreds of young men and women in quest of a higher education, some to acquire a wise ignorance, others to absorb the sort of wisdom which is driven home with the mallet of toil and trouble. A good many of them are able to take up their studies unhampered; a good many, have to keep the left hand at various occupations in order to maintain themselves, while they page through textbooks with the right. It takes all kinds, there is no doubting that.

Janitors belong to a lowly class of workingmen, yet in spite of this, they do not live drab lives, not all of them. They fight their battles, even if they are never seen wielding more danger­ ous weapons than mops or whisk-brooms. Were they ever to exchange brush and water for pen and ink, they could tell many a story.

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The new place was owned by three maiden ladies, the daughters of a wealthy judge not long dead. They asked John to call at their home before he should undertake the duties of charman at the apartments. They had a list of minutiae, they said, which he must memorize. John had his suspicions from the first. This sort of exactitude on the part of spinsters seldom leads to any good. Notwithstanding, on a windy March night he complied with their request.

In a somewhat rundown colonial house lived the old ladies.

John rang the bell, bringing all three to the door in response.

As the door opened, the odor of moth-balls poured out. John was impressed. The women wore clothes of a by-gone century, entirely misfit, with only a small attempt made at tidiness. An English atmosphere pervaded the rooms, as it struck John, and the peculiar combination of neatness and slovenliness was everywhere apparent.

"Our name is Webster: Mary, Martha, and Clementine, you see. How do you do, Mr. Pynn? wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you sit down, no, not there on my painting. We want you to tell us all about yourself, where you hail from, what your hobbies are, what pro­ fession you intend to take up, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you know? We do not 46

RED allow any girls in our apartments. So far we’ve had very good luck with our boys over at Langdon Street—that’s where the apartments are, you see. Now, here I have a list of things I want you to be certain to attend to. Please never neglect them.

We feel that this is important. After all, our father gave us the money—our father was Judge Webster, Judge Archibald Webster—our father gave us the money to build the apart­ ments, and we want them taken care of, and moreover, we must know how they are taken care of. Never lose this list.

Keep it with you always, on your desk or on the door.” Miss Mary Webster paused to breathe, and John Pynn blew his nose.

Such irrelevant babble was out of the ordinary. *'Great Caesar, she’d make a topnotch machine-gunner!” he thought, as he said, "How do you do?’’ He sat down in a rocker to formulate a question or two. No sooner was he ready to pose one than Miss Clementine broke in: ‘‘We think we are fortunate in finding a willing young man. Our last boy left us with just a day’s notice. Not very regular, don’t you know. We know that you will enjoy work­ ing at the apartments. My sister has prepared a list.. ‘‘I beg your pardon, Madam, may I see your list of agenda?’’

John interjected, realizing that he had been caught in a mael­ strom of old dames* talk, and that he could best extricate him­ self by a gentlemanly rudeness. “I have until eight o’clock.”

The Websters were singular people who lived in an odd house, and who ought to have married. John could think of nothing else as long as he remained in their employ. They were the hardest creatures in the world to deal with, never satisfied, never appreciative, never minding their own affairs, always in­ structing and criticizing in their drawn out manner, shuffling around his domain at any time of the day or night, to see whether he were actually doing his work. They were penny pinchers of the first order, a trio of parsimonious old crickets about whom it was rumored that they possessed a horde of money inherited from their late father. Perhaps so. At any rate, they took a long time in buying the commodities that an efficient janitor needs to have.

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A new brush, you say,” queried Miss Martha, when John asked for an allowance to purchase a few articles. “Why, I’m certain we have one at the house. It’s old but it will do. Now see here, Mr. John Pynn, you have failed to telephone us for four days to let us know how you are getting on. Please do not let this happen again. Never! After all, our father paid for these apartments, you know, and we’re interested, don’t you know. The telephone is right here.” She must have pointed out the telephone’s whereabouts to John a dozen times, just as she showed him where the furnace was any number of times.

One day Miss Clementine noticed that the floor of the base­ ment wanted waxing. She was ill humored, and there was a good deal about her personal frame that lacked mending. She was cross eyed. One of her legs was partially silver, necessi­ tating her walking with a heavy cane. Her hair was disheveled.

“Certainly has the bearing of a witch,” thought John. “Is there some special wax you want me to use, Miss Webster?

You have a can of Old English polish in the----- ” “On the basement floor, Old English wax, young man, on the basement floor! Certainly not. There must be something else in the locker. Whatever you use, do not waste a drop of Old English, not a drop.”

John was nettled, since he knew that there was nothing but a solitary can of the forbidden wax at his disposal. "I know what this will mean. I’ll just have to fork out my last dollar for these saintly characters, and when I ask for a refund, they’ll blow their tops. Well, we’ll try it once more,” he thought, so try it he did. For a dollar he purchased a can of common wax, and after spending a considerable time in scrub­ bing the floor, he did a round job of polishing it.

At the end of the month when he was required to submit a de­ tailed written account of his time and expenses to his employers, he carefully included the bill for one dollar, particularly because his funds were again on the ebb. As he expected, it was not long before Miss Clementine came storming into his quarters in a white heat of rage.

“You are a spendthrift! You didn’t need any wax! Why, there is a whole tin of it in the locker. You shall not get a 48 (c

RED dollar from us, Mr. Pynn. This spending will simply have to stop.” She burst out in this manner, brandishing her cane near John’s legs. He had borne his cross long. For the time being he retained his composure, answering, “I thought the Old English was not to be used.”

That evening he called at the Webster home a second and last time. His tormentors sat primly in their chairs, as John took the same rocker he had sat in on his first visit. Miss Clementine and Miss Mary snapped curtly: “Yes?” "Never in my life,” explained John, “have I worked so assiduously to keep a place in order, nor put in so many hours in doing it. I am leaving you—tomorrow. Not very regular, but nevertheless, you will have to find a new janitor. The money you are keeping which you owe me is what I want. I am hungry and tired.”

"Not a penny of it. There’s no rest for the wicked, you know.” Clementine Webster had a heart of brass.

I do know,” retorted John, who felt justified in adding, under his breath, "Precisely why I sleep so well, when I get the chance!”

It was clear that the sisters were not to be moved, although Miss Martha seemed to make some kind of conciliatory gesture.

She had no voice in the matter, however. Clementine arose and stood directly before John. ‘‘Very good, leave us. We feel we have been more than kind to you. More than kind! Do you have anything to say before you leave?”

This added insult to injury. With all the decorum he could muster for the occasion, John said, ‘‘Nothing, Miss Webster, except that your sisters have been a little less wicked than you in our dealings. Good night.”

Clementine was deflated. Miss Martha showed John to the door, where she quietly expressed her regrets. John smiled, cheered at the thought that this was not an altogether hopeless lot. He mused: ‘‘Cupful of the milk of human kindness there at that, even if it is sour. They should have got married.” ii

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As the house lights dim and the curtain rises1) we see Iphigenia standing in front of a temple in Tauris. That makes us wonder what this beautiful girl is doing so far from home — and all alone, too. She doesn’t leave us in the dark long. She starts right in by telling us who her father and grandfather2) were and how she got to Tauris. It seems her father wanted to go off and fight some one or other,3) but one of the gods4) said he wouldn’t be able to go unless he sacrificed his dear5) daughter.

Well, Agamemnon® seemed to think more of fighting than he did of his daughter, so he sent for for her, telling her she was going to be married to Achilles.7) When she got there, she found the priest wanted to kill her. He would have, too, but Diana8) substituted a deer9) and carried Iphigenia through the air10) into Tauris. There she was made a priestess. All she has to do for a living is sprinkle water on the ship-wrecked sailors who are unfortunate enough to land there. That’s just before the priests sacrifice them. She goes on to say that she has dreamt11) her brother, Orestes, is dead. She believes in dreams, so she offers some sacrifices for her dead12) brother. She then leaves the stapre.

Now Orestes and his friend, Pylades, arrive on the scene.

Orestes has been sent there by the Furies13) to get a statue. If he steals the statue and carries it to Athens, he will no longer suffer14) for killing his mother who had killed his father.15) They 1. O. K. The Greeks didn't have any house lights or curtains. I said it was modified, didn^t I? 2. Not that any one cares particularly.

3. Those Greeks were always fighting.

4. Greek gods were bad people* sometimes.

5. Watch this, there's a pun coming.

6. That's her father.

7. He was a big hero—something like Babe Ruth, 8. Sh e*8 a good goddess.

9. See footnote 5.

10. Goddesses can do anything.

11. I had an interesting dream last night, but I haven't time to tell you about it now.

12. Euripides uses a Pontius Pilate hos here.

13. See footnote 4.

14. The old principle of two wrongs making a right, no doubt.

15. I won’t bother you with the horrid details of the murders.

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But Euripides has one more trick up his sleeve. He has a storm come up and drive them back toward shore. They’d be caught

by Thoas,22) but Athena23) comes to the rescue. She tells Thoas she wants these people to escape. The king complies with her wish and returns to his castle. Iphigenia, Orestes, and Pylades escape and live happily ever after.

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That’s Iphigenia's home town.

See footnote 1. For “houselights or curtains” substitute “post o历ces，” Wouldn’t it be fun to be a postman if everyone told you what was in all the letters?

Bet you thought I’d have a footnote explaining who that is.

See footnote 12. Well, if he didn’t, he should have.

See footnote 17. This time substitute “Chris Crafts.”

He’s the king.

See footnote 4. For “bad” substitute “good.”

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The lights dim and slowly black out the entire auditorium, the orchestra begins in slow, sustained tones, and I lean back and am ready to see my first grand opera. I am perched high up in the top balcony on the right side about half-way back. How­ ever, in such a large building, I can still make good use of the field glasses that I have.

The opera to be performed is Richard Wagner’s Tannhaeuser. Since the Metropolitan, with Lauritz Melchior in the title role, is giving the performance, one can rest assured that the opera will be acted out as well as an opera can be.

The opening scene with its dancing nymphs and wild Bacchantes immediately indicates perfection, for to get through such a dance without getting mixed up somewhere along the line certainly must have taken quite a bit of training. But then, maybe they do it without any set rules and only see to it that they make their exit at the right time. Although the libretto calls for Venus to jump up from her couch, she does not do so. The reason for her not doing so is that Marjorie Lawrence, who plays the part of Venus, is paralyzed. But reclining or standing, she is still effective and lives up to the reputation of Venus; and I don’t think my glasses deceived me.

I don’t know how many people helped in changing the scene, but regardless of their number, it didn’t take them very long to change the setting. Even the floor rug was changed.

This setting is the most beautiful of the opera. All the objects looked natural, but I noticed that the Wartburg and Hoerselberg in the background are woven into a canvas. If I had not noticed a slight waving, I would still be puzzled about it.

Had I known of what length the second act was, I would not have stayed at my seat during the intermission. My advice to future opera goers is to walk around in the halls between acts, or do they say "promenading around in the corridors’，at the Met? I found out why a litthe walk is desirable because I actually dozed off for a few minutes in the second act.

The entrance of the guests at the beginning of the second act was by far the most impressive scene that I have ever witnessed. There was perfect harmony between the glittering 52

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An almost comical note was added at the end of the opera when the final curtain calls were made. It so happened that the conductor, whom I judged to be a little smaller than average in height, made his bows between the two leading male characters.

He really looked like a double 4-F in all three dimensions when he stood between those giants.

The costumes worn were gaudy, to say the least. Since I am even less an authority on clothes than on opera, I really can’t say just what kind of materials they were made of. All I know is that it wasn’t broadcloth. My guess is that they were bought from one of those disposessed royal families that like to make extended visits to America.

Anyone who wishes to fully appreciate an opera should obtain a full libretto and study it as one would for an important test. I can speak from experience because I did not study one, and as a result I had difficulty in following the plot at times.

Being an amateur as far as operas are concerned, I am unable to say anything about the technical details. This was my first opera, but I am quite certain that it won’t be the last.

DEAR JOE NOTE: The writer has recently been afflicted with dreams and visions of Northwestern's becoming a military training post. The following letter, an excerpt from one of these dreams, reproduced here by special permission of Joe, is the type any of our friends might receive if such a thing were to happen. Any similarity to persons, places, or animals, living or dead, is out of the question.

L. S. M. F. T. Prep. Th. Tr. Gp. 43 N. W. C.

DEAR JOE, I know that it’s been a long time since I’ve written to you, but I’ve really been kept plenty busy since I arrived here.

It seems that we won’t even get our extended leaves in June, but I’m still counting on a 30 day furlough around the first of September, and maybe I can get home on a week-end pass sometime before then.

There are all kinds of rumors about our status here; never­ theless, our training program goes on as normal as possible.

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RED taining R. R. beds. Another is with the Sanitation Squad, cleaning up the district. And even a couple of Trainees s./g. are on night K. P. washing milk cans.

I get along 0. K. with the officers here; why, I’ve even got a drag with the post censor. I know hee won’t touch any of my letters.

On the whole, I think this place is CENSORED than CENSORED. The weather here is CENSORED it has CENSORED ever since CENSORED, and the food is CEN For example, tonight’s mess consisted of CENSORED CEN CENSORED and pickles. We get quite a bit of CENSORED but not so much CENSORED. I wish someone would send me a few CENSORED. The local girls are mostly CENSORED, but some are pretty CENSORED. Not so long ago A-day was held here CENSORED men were all assigned to yardbird duty, the WACS distributed re­ freshments, cavalry units were busy with their ponies, and many novices tried their hands at smoke screens.

Well, Joe, it’s almost taps and I’ll have to cut this short— but one more thing. I don’t think it’s a military secret to tell you that CENSORED, which CENSORED, and sometimes even CENSORED. Goodbye for now. I’ve got to get to sleep so I can hear the bugler ring the bell at reveille, because as waker-upper, Sgt. Kelling isn’t the most efficient man in the Army.

Goodnight, Bob

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Allerlei HIS is going to be exactly what the title implies.__In the last issue Lorrie Schaller made quite noticeable mention of the fact that summer numbers of the B & R might cause some difficulty, because heat and mosquitoes aren’t supposed to be the most pleasant incentives toward literary production. Well, our worries were ill-founded and are now over. Faculty consideration and decision were unanimously contrary. Reasons: summer school is too temporary a thing, we are still going to school for the classes, not for the rest they might afford, be­ cause of work that just about everybody will be doing perforce.

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Maybe Lorrie Schaller is just getting better with his camera.

He took the pictures, except one, the little one. The pretty hand and eye of Margie Schmidt, to say nothing of her camera, were responsible for it. Much thanks, both of you__ The un­ usual angle used for the St. Luke’s cut wasn’t just trying to be spectacular, artistic, striking, or different. Hours were spent getting the picture because the church is near the sidewalk.

Across the street, right beside the church, and all around the church are buildings, making it extremely difficult to get any kind of picture without bringing in much of the surrounding scenery, which would, to say the least, be distracting. Don Ortner took the picture. Much obliged___Rollin Reim is an extremely clever fellow. In making a full page cut composite one must make sure that all the pictures are flat and tightly stuck to the paper on which the pictures are to be stuck. Clear?

That’s what he did, even though he is a senior and seniors us­ ually start taking it easy this time of the year, that is, as far as extra curricular activities in school organizations go. (He had me worried there for a minute, 一 Typist.) From the founda­ tion of our hearts we thank you, Mr. Reim. Time will reward you for your unselfish efforts__ I can say the same for John Schaadt. He’s the new alumni notes editor. The editor-inchief forgot to tell the printer to change the staff setup, so John remained listed as just another contributing editor. We make public apology___ A. 56

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RED The Curse of Darkness............ can，t see them! I tell you, I just simply can’t see them!

New ones are sprouting every day—light ones, and dark ones too, perhaps. And it can’t possibly occur again within my life­ time. It really is a downright dirty shame to miss it, but it looks as though I’ll have to. But I won’t give in without a struggle. The best part of one’s best years is worth fighting for. And even if it is too late for me, perhaps I can still do something for all those as yet unaware of what may be in store for them, the budding young preps, who may sprout anytime now. I at least had a taste, but they may never know this joy.

Oh, woe! Something can still be done, but it must be done without delay.

You all know, of course, what I am talking about—shaving lights in the washrooms. There just aren’t any. Rumor says that there is one around yet that didn’t burn out, but its where­ abouts seems destined to go down as an unsolved mystery, just one more un-unraveled abduction. And even if it were found, our problem would not be solved; we would still need eight more.

The situation is desparate. Mustaches, goatees, and nonde­ script sideburn concoctions are in the vogue, many of which may easily force their owners into involuntary lifelong her­ mitage and give rise to a group of celibates in our clergy. The stubborn few who have not yet laid aside their razors are regularly nursing nicked necks, chafed cheeks and chins, and adzed Adam’s apples—those old enough for “5-o，clock Shadow” scrape the scabs off daily, while those only of sufficient years for “Thursday Shadow” get by with once a week.

But the situation is not hopeless. In fact, I have the solu­ tion worked out to the minutest detail. It’s really very simple, but I shan’t disclose it, thereby preventing unjust censures and slurs by those wont to belittle my electrical genius. But this much I will divulge: The installation is simplicity itself. The simplest sextaner could do it without instructions, and when in the post-war world our good old-fashioned shaving lights are again on the market, these may be removed in five minutes, vestigelessly.

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Come on friends, let’s make the future a little brighter for the little shavers!

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Some of the singers had left Watertown on the previous day; the rest left at noon.

The first concert was given at Bethel Church. Three o’clock saw the whole Male Chorus present there, besides the two student organists. By degrees the noise and bustle of last minute preparations died away, and in the gray of the late afternoon, the director and we took our positions to sing the initial song “Long Hast Thou Stood, 0 Church of God,” after the opening service was finished. Somehow it was hard to concentrate properly, so that when the last amen was said, both the organists and the singers were spurred on to improve in the evening concert.

We were royally received by the women of the congrega­ tion, who provided for our supper in the basement of the church. When the meal was over, and when the gleemen of the College had sung several songs in appreciation to the hostesses, we made our way to St. Peter’s Church, where we were scheduled to sing that night at eight o’clock. Everyone took shelter in the schoolhouse across the street from the church, because it had begun to drizzle outside. We were keyed up with the excitement that usually precedes a memorable event. Eight o’clock came as the ponderous bells of St. Peter’s began to ring, and we hurried over to the church entrance in order that our clothes should not be drenched.

Upon entering, with the whole assembly hushed, we were taken aback by the impressive interior of this building. A unique service of song then commenced. In the two transcepts 60

RED at the forward end of the nave, in the banks of benches originally meant for the trustees, we sat, half our number on one side, half on the other.

The pipe organ in St. Peter’s is gigantic. It is an occasion to hear it played at all, but to hear Wir glauben all an einen Gott sounding from it is not to be described. Mr. Karl Jungkuntz, the parish organist, improvised a fitting prelude to the chorale.

For a rare change, some due consideration was given a truly mighty piece of sacred music. We thereupon sang the Great Creed of Luther，the congregation with the chorus, and even though it is sensible for singers to reserve their voices be­ fore a concert, we sang lustily, for this chorale is largely lost to us.

Then once again we opened our part of the service with "Long hast thou stood, 0 Church of God.” This time the harmony rang true more or less from beginning to end, each one of us being fired with attention. The work of the organists was well done. They played Choral and Sinfonia to ^Wir danken dir, Gott” by J. S. Bach, Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne

by D. Buxtehude, and Choral Prelude, “Das alte Jahr vergangen ist'1 by J. S. Bach. From the outside an electrical storm added the emphasis of an occasional thunderbolt and one startling shot of lightning.

The chorus sang thirteen choral selections, some Reuter, some Palestrina, some Bach, and several others. The value of a comparatively new song registered with us. It is: 0 Jesu, einig wahres Haupt. This is an excellent, melodic chorale, reserved, not ephemeral. The Sanctus ‘‘Jesaia dem Propheten, das geschah,” we sang with energy, and Bach’s ‘‘Erschallet, ihr Liedei%” with gusto, mainly because of their powerful texts and because of the majestic fashion in which their music is written.

“0 Light, 0 Trinity most blest,” of Latin vintage was sung last. It is a song with a lulling melody, with the follow­ ing words: 0 Light, 0 Trinity most blest!

True God, supreme and ever best; As now the sun of day departs, Outpour Thy beams upon our hearts.

As darkness deepens, Lord, do Thou A night of quiet rest bestow; From all our sins grant us release, And bless us with Thy perfect peace.

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RED Throughout the service, the leitmotiv suggested in the sixth chapter of Isaiah, read by the pastor as a scripture reading for the evening, was borne out. The congregation closed our wor­ ship by singing the two final stanzas of “Now rest beneath night’s shadows.”

St. Olaf’s choir recently appeared in Milwaukee, which made it possible for a few students from Northwestern to hear that renowned organization perform. The Christiansens, both father and son, must be accorded all the respect due them, since they are counted as masters of choral directing by critics in the ken. They are musicians and composers. Yet in compar­ ing programmes of the St. Olaf concert and the Male Chorus concert, a difference is readily detectable. The one was a pro­ gram. The other was a service, and while technic and fine tonal shadings had to suffice the listener in the St. Olaf concert, its choice of music being weak, technic and tonal shadings played not so much a part in the services at Bethel and at St. Peter’s, as did the material we sang, which bent our efforts away from theatrics. St. Olaf’s program lacked the edifying majesty that pure worship alone can effect.

When our singing was done, we repaired to the church hall where we were given something to eat before our trip back to Watertown. We were received like princes in Milwaukee. We anticipate returning there.

Ph. H.

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^Inmm Mr. and Mrs. John F. Krebs, Milwaukee, announcc the engagement of their daughter, Elaine, to Professor Robert W. Holtz, ’37. Professor Iloltz, instructor of English and Latin at Lutheran High, Milwaukee, is tlic son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Holtz, Sturgis, Michigan.

A son, Martin Oscar, was born to Professor and Mrs. Oscar Naumann recently. Professor Naumann, ’31，teaches Latin and mathematics at Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota.

Rev. Gerliardt Redlin, ’28, visited the college a few weeks ago.

Rev. Redlin, a former tutor of Northwestern, entertained a num­ ber of the students by telling them some of the interesting things that occurred while lie was here. Rev. Redlin is now pastor at Crete, Illinois.

Rev. Theodore Kggcrs, ’15, has been installed as chaplain al Bcthcsda Lullicran Home in Watertown. Rev. Eggers had been pastor at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Lebanon.

The illness of Professor Paul Eickmann, ’16, prevented him from meeting his classes for two weeks in April. He has now recovered and is carrying on as usual.

NORTI-1 WESTERN MEN IN THE SERVICE Pfc. Joel Nitz, cx ’46, visited the college when he was on fur­ lough during llie first part of May. Joel has now returned to the University of Pennsylvania where lie will resume his studying of Hindustan.

Pvt. Louis Zaslrow, cx ’47, was at Northwestern during May. He has returned to camp at Sacramento Valley, California.

Pvt. Wilfred Wietzkc, cx ’46, lias joined the boys who are overseas. His address is: Pvt. Wilfred A. Wietzke, 3770541 r Arm’d Force Co. D, A. P. O. 15315 c/o Postmaster, New York, New York A/C Werner Neitzke, ex *46, has been transferred to Foster Field, Texas, for advanced training. His address is: A/C Werner Neitzke 36819390 Class 44F 8th Fighter Squadron Aviation Cadet Dct. Foster Field Victoria, Texas 63

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Bart Matthias A. B. c/o Fleet Postmaster S. S. Nicholas Gilman American South African Line New York, New York

Annual Meeting of the Alumni Society

The Alumni Society convened in the college chapel on Com­ mencement Day, June 10, 1943, at 2:00 P. M., the Reverend Walter E. Zank, presiding. The minutes of the preceding meeting were approved as read. The roll call followed. There were present thirty-six members, representing classes from 1885 to 1937. The graduating class of 1943, composed of twentyfour members, was admitted into membership.

The treasurer, Prof. Theodore Binhammer, submitted his annual report. It follows: Report of Income and Expenses from June 9, 1942, to June 8, 1943 Income: Dues— Interest Total Income Expenses: Rent of Deposit Box Postage........ .............

Total Expenses Net Income.

$279.00 512.24 $791.24 $ 3.00 11.00 $ 14.00 777.24

Cash Account Balance, June 9, 1942. ........................ $1436.78 From Dues__________ ______ ■ 279.00 From Interest........ .................. .. 512.24 Total Cash to be Accounted for $2228.02 Disbursements: Expenses___________ $ 14.00 Government Bonds___ • 1480.00 Total Disbursements $1494.00 $ 734762 Balance in Bank..

Theodore F. Binhammer, Treas.

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RED An auditing committee, appointed by the chairman and comprised of the Pastors H. Grunwald, W. Pless, and K. Lawrenz, was confirmed by the society.

The chronicler of the society, Prof. M. Franzmann, pre­ sented the names of the members called to their eternal rest.

Pastor Frederick Curshmann, ’85; Pastor Adam Petermann,f 09; Dr. George Ernst, ’88; Pastor Herman Zarwell; Pastor Martin Denninger; Pastor Frederick Meyer, only member of ’87.

It was resolved to suspend the article on the election of officers of the society and to instruct the secretary to cast a general secretarial ballot for the old officers.

Following are the officers of the society: President, the Reverend E. Benj. Schlueter, ’00; first vice-president, the Rev­ erend Walter E. Zank, ’16; second vice-president, Prof. Ernst A. Wendland, ’06: secretary, Walter A. Schuman, ’12; treasurer, Prof. Theodore F. Binhammer, ’17! honorary treasurer, Dr. J. H. Ott, ’85; chronicler, Prof. Martin M. Franzmann, ’28.

The report of the investment committee, presented by Prof.

T. Binhammer, was adopted by the society and placed on file.

The committee was requested to function for another year.

The committee requested the permission and the authority of the society to sell any of the securities at its discretion. The same was granted to the investment committee by resolution of the society.

The committee on the constitution was asked to continue its work and requested to report in the next annual meeting.

A letter from the class of ’33, explaining its absence on the occasion of its tenth anniversary because of the ‘‘all-out’’ effort of the class in the war, was read. A motion made by Pastor W. Pankow, ’12, was passed that we congratulate the class of ’33 and enjoin it to continue on its way, ever mindful of its motto "Sei Getreu.”

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

Adjournment followed at 2:35 P. M. Walter A. Schumann, Secretary.

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Hoof-hoof-hoof-hoof-draggin, to the foundry -(Steel-steel-steel-steel-steel toes in unison!)

There’s no layin’ clown on the job!

Count-counl-count-count-the ingots in the wheelbarrows; I £-your-foot-slips-they will be on top o，you -(Stcel-steel-steel-stcel-steel toes arc bootless then!)

An’ there’s no layin’ down on the job!

Dump-dump-dump-dump-tbe molds onto the concrete: But watch-out-they-doi^t-mar the shiny finish on those Steel-steel-steel-steel-stecl toes immaculate, There’s no layin’ down on the job! ’Dru-tlier-do-most-any other chore except lug-lug-lug-lug-slag out for the slag termites; (For steel-steel-steel-steel-steel toes are corrodible) And still no layin’ down on the job!

We-hav€-slaved-six-weeks in smoke and testify It-is-not-smoke-ingots, molds or anything But steel-steel-stcel-steel-stcel toes in unison!

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RED After breakfast Monday, April 17, the Juniors chawed the fat a spell, the niatlcT before the house being the burning question on the lips of all. Imperturbably (as became their station) the Juniors said one to another: “Wliatta wc got to lose? One day is as hard as the next—’cq)t don't have Greek on Mondays, but—the faculty’s kinda planning on Wednesday.” Result? The preps scat­ tered for rakes. Lest wc clc-tlumder Kratz Schroedcr (’tho we rather think lie’ll l)e asking others what happened that day), here are just a few of the Arbor Day highlights: Definitely an unhappy choice as far as weather was concerned —a warmtlilcss sun and generally stinky chilly一’tho Westie upheld tradition with liis annual vernal plunge .... the usual tasty snack at 10:30—more "7 up” bottles floating around .... a veritable photographic barrage came off after luncheon—wish someone would give me the dope on this black market for roll film .... for once the raking finished by dinner—of course, some Concordiates and New Ulniiles cattily remarked “and it sure looks it” (Meow, meow) .... the tree-planting ceremony centered around a silver, cut-leaf birch, Tuxedo Kruschcl, Platt-deutsch Wurster, and Prof. Eickniann—about all we can remember about the latter’s address was that it had something to do with fertilizer .... after the festivities the assembly broke up into smaller groups which— err, ah—wont their ways .... missed the usual quota of Seniors, snooping around and offering unwanted advice—no doubt they were out in quest of the ^almighty dollar.” 氺

E. E. K. WILL BE HERE TOMORROW This doleful communique occupied a prominent portion of the bulletin board one evening—you might call it the first draft because it was variously and profusely embellished soon afterwards. 氺

Shaggy Canines Chapter the Last This month’s titillating tidbit is a favorite with shagg>*-dog lovers. There is a sour-faced old farmer in a clay coach with an animal-box Oil thc scat beside him, obviously containing something alive. The traditionally flashy drummer, incurably loquacious and inquisitive as usual, gets in and sits down opposite. After studying the box for a while lie leans over and asks: “What you got in that box, stranger?” “Mongoose,” says the farmer, tersely enough to close the conversation. The traveling man shuts up for ten minutes or so, then: “Say, what’s a mongoose?” “Little animal that kills 67

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And then there were the Milwaukee concerts April 23 the Male Chorus steamed into the Big City (except those les wisi rabies who had interests lo look after on Saturday). The concerts were at Bethel and St. Peter’s churches; the chorus did right well by it­ self, the attendance was flattering, the collection was of that quality which makes bursars’ eyes glint and fingers itcli, and the grill) after both concerts was super, to which even the Sem can testify. As you might have gathered by now, the Milwaukee Tour was a suc­ cess. After the spreads, the Glcc*man, Octette, and Kurt Kggcrt held forth with all they knew一and maybe just a litlle more. Thu boys got a big bang out of the clioir room at St. Peter's where they stored their raincoats (if—) and grips: connected by an arrow pointing to a concert poster were these words, “Here’s your chance girls. Don’t, miss it.” (Personally, I suspect minister's kids). As though they hadn't had enough singing for one day, a nucleus of the Gleemen matter-of-factly took over one end of a train coach on the way back and serenaded two lonesome females (and did they lap it up!)—during which time Herb Waltliers saw fit to parade the aisles, pacifying the other passengers who were having trouble sleeping by offering them sandwiches—by the way, where did those gift-boxes of chucking disappear to?

Classes were remarkably quiet that Monday.

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ATHLETICS FOR AULD LANGE SYNE 40 years ago—It seems tliat either there were no sports as yet this year or else the Athletic Editor didn’t make the dead­ 1904 line.

35 years ago_Game with Marquette postponed. Lake Forest 3, 1909 N. W. C. 2. Coming back with a b.nng N. W. C. defeated Ripon 9-3. This is N. W. C/s first game for llic championship title of the Minor Colleges of Wisconsin.

30 years ago—Prof. E. E. Kowalke took his team to Madison, but they were defeated by the University 4-1. N. W. C. 1914 came back in fine form to defeat Whitewater 1S-1.

N. W. C. won their second victory of the season from Ripon 8-1. The Seminary boys went home with drooping heads after being defeated 6-0. N. W. C.’s winning streak was broken by Milton who defeated them 4-1.

25 years ago—N. W. C. 4, Milton 1. This was a strange game.

1919 It was played in a steady drizzle. At the end of the third inning Milton showed their willingness to sac­ rifice the game, so it was called. Weather has been too wet for any tennis.

20 years ago—By the help of costly errors Whitewater defeated N. W. C. 10-1. By walks and heavy hitting, N. W. 1924 C. defeated the seminary team 12-1. Five more games on the schedule.

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years ago—N. W. C. defeated Spencerian College 21-5. The Black & Red men sent the Seminary boys back to 1934 Thiensville after defeating them 5-3. N. W. C. ran up another high score defeating Milwaukee School of Eng. 18-4. Sophs are leading the intcr-class kittenball tournament. Geweke and Raabc were the leaders in the college tennis tournament.

5 years ago—After defeating the local Legion team in several practice games the Black & Red team was ready 1939 for action. They defeated the Seminary 6-2. N. W. C. chalked up a high score defeating Wisconsin Extension 23-5. The game in which N. W. C. and Wisconsin B teams were tied 12 and T2 was called at the end of the ninth because of darkness. In the game with the Seminary, the pitching; duel between Behling and Lambert was won by Behling, who pitched 10 strike outs. N. W. C. won 3-0. N. W. C. slaughtered Milwaukee School of Eng. 24-5. In a very good game N. W. C. beat Carroll 6-2. In tennis N. W. C. and Whitewater tied 3-3. N. W. C. beat Milton 6-0. N. W. C. beat Seminary 6-0.

After the first round of kittenball in which Quarta and Tertia played with the collegiates, Tertia led with 4 wins and r loss. P. Hanke's batting average of .643 was high.

1 year ago—H. Walther organized the golf society. Mattek's black eye was the first softball casualty. Juniors led 1943 the softball league.

Our cold spring seems to have come to an end. The weather is now fine for baseball and all out-door sports, but there aren’t many that are interested. The Freshmen got the ball diamond in good condition on Arbor Day, even though it was a bit wet.

Coach Umnus, Prep hardball team is making good use of the diamond. The other day some of the collegiates played a practice game with the Prep team. The collegiates won by a score of 4-1.

“Judge” Becker astonished us all by getting, the first hit of the 70

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As yet there has been no kittenball league arranged. But a few games between the Juniors and the Frosh are in the offing.

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Becker dropped a railroad tie on his toe the other day, while getting his exercise working for the railroad.

Ortner says be sliould be mentioned in the Athletics column be­ cause he practices organ in the gym. (I’m sorry). ^Big Herb” liasn’t; had the Sextaners out to fix up his six hole golf course on the campus as yet. But lie was seen out there slicing a few drives the other day.

The tennis courts arc being used quite frequently of late. In fact the. custodian of the tennis courts, L. Schaller, is having the boys sign up for courts so that there aren’t any arguments.

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On Arbor Day a nest of bunnie wabbits was discovered just below the sun dial—“Frencliie” Zell was bombarded with requests to hold forth; a few clays later I noticed they were gone, and that Katie Berg’s cat looked considerably sleeker .... The park boys say it gripes the old codgers down there when they chant back and forth the first Psalm in the original—the old duffers naturally assume that since they can’t understand it, it’s uncomplimentary.

(You’ll notice the catalog mentions during the Senior year the commiting to memory of Hebrew Psalnw) .... My “scanSal” notebook is still missing and I’m fast losing faith in billboard advertising ...We heartily disapprove of these guys who come around all hours of the night, masked with hankies, full of good spirits, and try to dump double-deckers .... The Bishop’s hat has been missing two weeks—if anyone knows of its whereabouts, you know where charity begins .... The chorus rehearsal as of April 26U1 is gen­ erally called the “Bank-nite Rehearsal”一for once the entire person­ nel was present .... Ame Misclike’s doing all his work in German now .... * 氺 FLASH I just found this mysterious missive on my desk, transfixed by a curiously wrought Mex dagger with hilt still quivering : “Mi senor Schaller!

Los alumnos veinte de espanol objiten—muy violentamente!!

Que ve usted ? Hay que leer el Black and Red de Abril, los Tids & Bits: “A first Year Spanish Grammar一sure lias a pretty red cover, hasn’t it? Heh, heh . •.. ” IIeh, heh!!

Apologize usted! .... el Spider y la clase de espanol.

Compren ustedes mas vales de los Estados Uniclos.”

If I were brave, I’d tarry and borrow a Spanish dictionary; as it is, I’ll probably just make my Latin roots work, mistranslate “vales,” and apply muy pronto for .clergyman’s discount on a oneway ticket to the border.

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The Class of 1944 LITERARY I — English Oration

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German Oration

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Class History __

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Commencement in two Centuries------

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Final Concert Program—

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Class of 1944 We hope that this issue will be some sort of monument to your memory. In it are your pictures and biographical sketches, at the most poor external manifestations of yourselves. If they were all you are leaving the school or if they were even an outward indication of what you got from this school, we would truly be thankful that you are finally leaving us. You would have an education worth no more than the paper on which your diploma is printed. Your presence here would have been a sham, an utter waste of time and money.

But, what you should be taking with you you know. That you are we hope. To you who have made the most of the past four years, may you continue to do so. To you who have admit­ tedly got less through your own laziness, not inability, may you begin soon to get more.

We will not be sentimentally sad because you are being graduated. We will not shed tears in copious flow. But we will, rather, be happy because you are finally beginning to begin your life and its work, happy with hearts just a little heavy because of personal attachments that will temporarily be broken and happy with souls a little strengthened because harvesters are entering the over-ripe field to work.

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume XLVIII. M«*irch 3.

Watertown, Wis” June 1944.

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ENGLISH ORATION The New Testament in the Light of the Papyri IF iUwri (p(i%vrisrh

It is a matter of common knowledge that the New Testament was originally written in Greek. Unfortunately, however, the original manuscripts of the various New Testa­ ment writings must have perished in the very infancy of the Church, for no allusion is ever made to them by any early Christian writer. All copies which were made from the originals had to be written out by hand, since printing was not invented till the fifteenth century. Now it is impossible to copy great quantities of writing without making mistakes, and, what is worse, copyists were not always very particular about exact work. Some even deliberately altered passages which they felt were unclear. When, in turn, new copies were made from these inaccurate texts, additional errors crept in. That is why no two New Testament manuscripts of the thousands that have survived are ever exactly alike.

How then do we know just what the holy men of God wrote? What were the exact words which Luke wrote to his friend, Theophi丨us, or which Paul dictated to his scribe? For us, who believe in the verbal inspiration of the Bible, this question is of vital importance, since it is not the words of the 85

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English or German translations but the individual Greek words as they were written by the evangelists and apostles which we in faith accept as the very words of God Himself.

It should be emphasized, however, that this uncertainty in the text does not mean that the content as well as the language of Scripture is open to question. It can not be too strongly asserted that in its essential substance the text of the Bible is certain, and no fundamental doctrine of Christian faith rests on a disputed reading. So numerous are the manuscripts of the New Testament, the early translations of it, and the quotations from it in the oldest writers of the Church that it is practically certain that the correct reading of every doubtful passage is preserved in one or the other of these ancient authorities. This can be said of no other work of ancient literature.

Within the last century much progress has been made in that field of study which attempts to determine the correct, original text of the Bible. Within the last fifty years, as a result of the discoveries of Greek papyri in Egypt, the substantial authenticity and integrity of the text of the Bible as we now possess it has been established. To understand the value of these recently discovered papyri for New Testament study we we shall have to look briefly at the way books were made in the early centuries of the Christian era.

The original manuscripts or autographs of the New Testa­ ment were no doubt papyrus rolls, the usual book form of that time. Papyrus is the name of a reed plant which grew plentifully in the swampy places of the Nile Delta. A satis­ factory writing material was made from it by cutting the pith of the papyrus stalk into long, thin strips and placing them side by side on a flat table. A second layer of shorter strips was then laid crosswise on top of the first and glued to it After the layers had been pressed together to form a single sheet, the papyrus was dried in the sun and finally rubbed smooth with a piece of ivory or shell until a material resembling our own brown paper was produced.

Although the size of the papyrus sheets varied greatly, they were usually about ten inches high and about seven inches wide. To make a book, or rather a roll, a number of sheets were glued together so as to form a long strip. The rolls rarely 86

RED exceeded a length of 35 feet. A roll of this size would hold one of the longer Gospels, but no more. The text was written in columns two or three inches wide, with the lines running parallel to the length of the roll. Normally the writing was only on the inside of the roll where the papyrus strips ran horizontally. Pens were prepared from reeds, while the ink was a mixture of lampblack, gum arabic, and water. The marvelous way in which the ink has preserved its color indi­ cates its excellent quality.

But early in the second century a new form of book appeared which soon superseded the papyrus roll in Christian communities. Christians adopted, if they did not actually in­ vent, the codex form. The term “codex” as opposed to “roll” means a manuscript in the form of a modern book with quires and pages. It was in many respects an improvement over the roll. Since both sides of the papyrus sheet could be utilized, it was more economical. It was also far more convenient for reference. Imagine the difficulty of trying to locate a particular passage in a roll book when one constantly had to unroll and roll up one’s manuscript during the search. That is why ancient writers when quoting some authority usually relied on their memory. Furthermore, it would have been quite impossible to combine all the books of the New Testament into a single roll. Such a roll would have been more than two hundred feet long. But in the new book form the whole New Testament could be included in a single volume or two. Thus one papyrus codex of about 200 A. D. contained, when complete, all the epistles of Paul, and another contained all four Gospels and Acts.

The papyrus codex remained in use until the fourth century. By that time the technique of preparing vellum or parchment from calf skins had been perfected, and, since it was far more durable, vellum replaced papyrus in codex books.

Until 1900 the earliest extant manuscripts of the New Testa­ ment were the famous vellum codices, Vatican us and Sinaiticus, which belong to the first half of the fourth century. In the closing years of the nineteenth century, however, papyri began to shed some light on the history of the New Testament text before the days of the vellum codex.

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RED Ancient papyri made their first appearance in the modern world in 1752 when the library of an Epicurean philosopher was uncovered in Herculaneum, one of the towns buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in the year 79. Since then papyri have been found only in Egypt, the marvelously dry climate of that country being especially favorable for their preservation.

Although the first finds in Egypt were made as early as 1778, systematic exploration did not begin until 1889 when the first discovery of Greek papyri by archaeologists was made by Professor Flinders Petrie in the Fayum district of Egypt. He extracted a large number from the cartonnage wrappings of mummies of the Ptolemaic period and brought them to England. Old waste papyri had been glued together into a sort pasteboard, which had been whitened over and painted with mortuary designs. Because many remarkable literary works were found among them, public interest was aroused, and the search was actively pursued among the buried rubbish heaps of old Egyptian towns. As a result, many thousands of papyrus documents are now to be found in the great libraries of Europe and America and some also in the library of Northwestern College.

The first Biblical papyri were discovered by Doctors Gren­ fell and Hunt at Oxyrhynchus in Upper Egypt in 1897. There the Romans in early Christian times had cleared out their record office and sent out baskets full of old documents to be piled up and burned. The fire had gone out, however, and sand had covered the heap, so that Grenfell’s men in some cases carried the papyri to his camp in the very baskets in which the Romans centuries before had sent them out. Among them was found a leaf out of a very early collection of sayings attributed to Jesus, some reading like the canonical sayings of the Gospels while others were new. Another fragment, which was written not later than the third century and which was therefore a century older than the oldest manuscript of the New Testament pre­ viously known, contained most of the first chapter of St. Matthew’s Gospel.

The next important find was a small fragment of John’s Gospel from the first half of the second century. Since it is generally agreed that John wrote his Gospel about 100 A. D., it 88 :

RED is evident that this fragment is part of a copy of the Gospel made within fifty years of the original composition.

But Biblical papyri were not numerous until a discovery in 1930 which has proved to be the most valuable contribution to New Testament research since Tischendorf’s dramatic discovery in 1859 of one of the oldest vellum manuscripts of the Bible in existence, the Codex Sinaiticus. It was in 1930 that Mr. Chester Beatty, an American collector of manuscripts residing in London, acquired from a dealer in Egypt a group of papyrus leaves which proved to be portions of codices of the Greek Bible rang­ ing from the second to the fourth centuries. A number of leaves from the same find were acquired by the University of Michigan. These papyri are said to have been found enclosed in one or more jars in a Coptic graveyard and presumably repre­ sent the library of some early Christian church. They comprise portions of seven manuscripts of the Old Testament, three of the New, and finally, a part of the lost Greek original of the apocryphal book of Enoch and a homily on the Passion.

The New Testament manuscripts are of exceptional import­ ance. All are in codex form and, when complete, covered the whole New Testament except the Pastoral and Catholic Epistles.

One originally contained the four Gospels and Acts and is dated about 225. Another, which is placed at about 200 A. D.， originally contained all the Pauline Epistles. This one is re­ markable for the fact that Hebrews is placed immediately after Romans, showing that at this early date the Christians of this region believed Paul to be the author of Hebrews. The third manuscript contains about one third of the book of Revelation and is dated about the same as the Gospel manuscript. It is these Chester Beatty papyri, as they are called, which have contributed most to our knowledge of book production as well as of the history of the text of the Greek Bible for the previously obscure period before the great vellum manuscripts of the fourth century.

Let us now look briefly at the value of papyri in general.

Every one will recognize the absorbing interest attaching to these old documents. For the most part mere scraps discarded by their first writers and owners as useless, they now recreate and revivify the past for us as nothing else could do. Their 89

RED contents are as varied as life itself and supply materials for the most varied fields of learning. Historian, jurist, and geographer turn to them for information on the period from the third century before Christ to the eighth century after Christ. The paleographer sees in them the development of ordinary script.

To the philologist they show the true place of the Koine, the Common Greek of the period, in the development of the Greek language.

But what is their importance for New Testament study?

In the first place, they have settled once and for all the problem of the kind of Greek in which the New Testament is written.

Scholars had tried in various ways to explain the striking- dis­ similarities between New Testament and classical Greek. The papyri have revealed that the Greek of the New Testament is not a language by itself, nor as one German scholar called it, ■la language of the Holy Ghost.” Neither is it the literary language of that period, which often tried to imitate the great authors of classical times. It is rather the language of every­ day life; it is Common Greek as it was spoken and written by ordinary men and women of the day.

But although the New Testament was written in simple, common language, it does not follow that it is not literary.

That Paul was a master of the language he used, such passages as the triumphant Hymn of Hope in Romans 8 and the glorious Hymn of Love in I Corinthians 13 clearly show.

Secondly, the papyri have put us into a much better position to recover the original words of the New Testament autographs, not only by giving us older manuscripts but also by providing1 us with a rich supply of parallels in the use of the language.

There was a constant tendency on the part of later copyists to substitute polished phrases for what they considered vulgar­ isms or colloquialisms in the original. But now with the help of the papyri we can determine where the copyists tried to make improvements, and we are able to restore the original ex­ pressions to the text in good faith because we see that these supposed vulgarisms and colloquialisms were indeed part of the plain speech of the people. They are found in personal letters such as the one which a schoolboy of the third century A. D. \yrote to his father to convince him that he was studying very 90

RED hard, and yet taking enough recreation to keep in good health.

Thirdly, the papyri have given us a deeper insight into the meaning of the language of the New Testament itself. Many words and grammatical constructions which formerly were dark now become clear in the light of corresponding- usages in the papyri. Old, familiar words, too, take on a richer, deeper meaning, as, for example, parousia, the word used for the re­ turn of the Lord to judge the world. Literally it means “presence.

But the papyri show us that in New Testament times the word was used for the visit of a king, who in the Orient was considered divine. Thus Christ’s ‘‘parousia’’ is His “royal visit” to His people.

So we see that we are today in a position to know more about the New Testament than any previous generation. We have every reason to be thankful for all the discoveries which present-day scholars have been permitted to make. True, there is still much \vork to be done, but present results show that further investigation will, in the end, only confirm our belief that God has in His mercy given us, and preserved among us in its substantial integrity, the revealed Word of His saving Gospel.

Jo^aiuico

GERMAN ORATION aid Aaiitor bcr fiatciufcljulc imii Setter ber Stabtfaiitorci 511 Morgan.

Carl Mischke

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THEY'RE LOOSE! Kralz SchroctJer and Tuch Albrecht

Step right up. folks, and get acquainted with the Class of ’44.

Twenty-six living, breathing oddities, direct from their natural habi­ tats. In captivity from two to eight years, but they're just as fero:ious as tin* day they were captured. Over a score of strange specimens, all for the price of one, twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar. Guaramced satisfaction or your money back. Mad musi­ cians, looney 1 lebrew students, and even a real live American girl.

Please don’t L'liovc.

PALMER SCHAEFER Jeb deserves tribute for the way he has held down his class and lielcl up ihe Profs during his presidency. Because of some minor Confederate General on his family tree he has an affectation of signing his name J. E. B. Schaefer. The Black & Red bene­ fited from his vigorous pen during his two years on the staff. From behind a smoke screen of polysyllabic humor some excellent ideas were brought to light. The band will miss this flutist and the fellow who would wear brown shoes at a concert. Those beetling brows and five syllable words have instilled in the Preps a respect lor authority. Jeb has gone through a good deal of history and contemporary literature that wasn't assigned, but he doesn’t set himself ujj as an unimpeachable authority. An adroit logician, he will often argue pro when lie knows con is right just for the fun of it. But when he claims that a tie he borrowed from me over a year ago is now his because possession is nine-tenths of the law, I suspect sophistry.

ROLLIN ARTHUR REIM This scion of several long-established families in the Synod has an abundance of nicknames. They can be classified under the headings, physical ancl social. In the physical division we find: 95

RED Spider, Pickerel Bait, and Tarzan. His social pseudonyms are: Lem Burger, Lem Jackson, and Mister Rcein. The first three were bestowed upon him by his fellow park laborers this spring, and the last three were concoctions of some gaudy dancers, though vvliat he had to do with them I don’t know. A sense of humor and an ability to get around and make contacts were evident in his articles in the Black & Red. Rollin is no novice at tennis, you know the game for which we used to have enough players to make a team.

As a balance for their somewhat blunt and fiery president this class chose Reim for vice-president. He is a suave diplomat ami the peacemaker in intra-class eruptions. He leaves llie position of stuient-assistant-to-the-librarian to some worthy successor.

FREDERIC HERMAN ALLEN NITZ Fritz Nitz claims lie was the original inspiration for those “Tough, but, oh, so gentle” ads. He says a coninKTcial artist for the Scaled Power Piston Rings Co. gave him a ride while lie was hitchhiking out to ^linnesota several summers ago. Conversation sped along as fast as the salesman’s Mercury, and when ilicir routes parted Fritz thanked his benefactor, gave him that peculiar “from Waterloo” handshake, and intended to be on his way. Ho was sur­ prised when lie was asked if he had a few minutes to spare, Fritz had and the artist sketched him on the spot. For tlu* last several years he has been right hand man to the nurse. Opposing linemen quickly realized that this ponderous fellow staayed i；pul if ho wished to stay put and went over and through if he wished to s^o over and through. Next to shooting the bull himself (usual topic—-a summer un the Great Lakes) his favorite occupation is to listen to someone else chaw the fat.

RALPH NORBERT BAUR

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Jf Ralph is a typical product of tlu* city of New Ulm, this must be a very pleasant place to live. I’ve seen Ralph sitting in a draftv car in sub-zero weather for three hundred miles at thirty-five miles per hour, changing a tire in the mud, standing up in a train for hours. I’ve seen him dirty from head to foot after an afternoon at the foundry, trying to erode himself clean under a cold shower.

I’ve heard him sing throat-rending second-tenor parts for the Male Chorus for minutes at a time, i’ve seen him wash immediately after breakfast after three hours of sleep. 1’ vc seen unfortunate circumstances gyp him out of a date with a pip. And on all these occasions I’ve seen one more thing—a smile on his face— —often a broad grin, never a frown. I don't think his brow was built with frowning furrows at all. He’s good for the morale.

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多RED ROBERT Tl-IRODORR BECKMANN A local yokel—familiarly known as “Preacher Bob.” When the snow wasn't over four inches deep, he parked liis bicycle against the Recitation building every morning at 7:59. Those other mornings at 7:59 would find him tossing an anchor out of liis Ford as he turned into the College driveway, 丁liat same Ford has served his class faillifullv. Besides furnishing transportation Bob supplied the grape juico for those triple X jugs on Arl)or Days. Tliougli lie favors conservative attire (shrinks from green ties and argyle socks, but lias recently modified liis theory about the style of shoes for Iiob Rcckniann) and is rather retiring, he nurses but controls strange fires in liis breast. The dorm dwellers have indulged in his hospitalilv willi ever patent gusto and occasional embarrassing im­ portunities. A conscientious student, and consistent with that qual­ ity has been liis attompt to get a taste of liis lifework by teaching Sunday School at Trinity. Once was worried about his possible in-laws but worries others.

U*：().\ARD (；ICOR(；K BF.RNTHAf. long way in his eight years hereall the Blackic lia> way from five ffct two inches to 6 feet and the same. He attributes it to fre(|iicnt week-ends homo during his prep clays arul to the thirst-inciting Imt ham sandwiches of his last two years. His elon­ gated frame filled an end position on the Varsity. This fellow from Fox Lake is usually calm and reserved, but let some boogie-woogie tickle liis tympanic menihranc and lie’s really hep. And the way he sings the Blues is Second tenor claimed liini in the Male Chorus, wliere lie sang' I：adi and Palestrina with as much enthusiasm as he pours out on the Blues. Don’t bum a cigarette from Blackic unless you inhale, because liis pet peeve is those people who smoke only ai social events and only from someone else’s pack.

Though it can't be proved by me, Blackie must have been a wellbehaved boy, because the Inspector let thim have the room next to his own house this last vear.

SHIRLEY MAE BLOCK Hats off to Miss Block, she’s been thro^ugh ;a lot. For four years now she’s been a member of the class of ’44 In September of 1940 there were others. Frosh classes usually start with several coeds, and this class was no exception. But the others gradually dropped out, as coeds usually do about the time Hebrew starts star­ ing them in the face. By no means do I wish to cast aspersions up­ on the other coeds. It was only natural for them to withdraw from

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Now iMn't get the impression that the Senior class has been mis­ treating its eoed. They iry hard to be gentlemen, I’m sure. But such a bunch can’t behave oil the time. She intends to beer me a libr?rim and already works part time at the Watertown Public Library. She undoubtedly figures that left-handedness will handi­ cap her least in this kind of work. I’m sure slic'd be a success without it. but we wish her an abundance of good luck.

KURT JOHN EGGERT Be it boogie-woogie blaring from the band room or 丁diaikovsky executed in the chapel, chances are it’s Kurt doing it. I tell you, that guy can play anything you can name on the piano gan and "Old Black Joe” on ilie alto horn. He’s practically a genius. lie was student director of the Male Chorus and student director of the Mixed Chorus. Did all ri^lit by himself too. He’s so good he doesn t even need a baton. Once in a while lie even writes a little poem for the Black & Red. They arc so consist­ ently good that none has ever been rejected by the editor. Although he lives in Watertown (he’s another preacher’s son), I don’t be­ lieve many of the sextaners realize it. He’s in the dormitory much more than some fellows wlio live in it and certainly more than lie is at home. But in spite of all his peculiarities he looks almost like any (other) normal human being. In spite of his size (not much bigger than Hanke) he is remarkably handsome and virile looking.

He'd like to be big, but he doesn't admit it. When KurtV at the Seminary, he’s going to have to get used to walking.

WILBERT RICHARD GAWRISCH Wilbert Gawrisch has always been a fine student, a credit to La Crosse. How studious a senior is can be messured by the ratio between his and Gawrisch's total hours of bucking. He has had sufficient will power to spend his free time at his desk instead of at the billiard table or in bed. His high scholastic standing has heaped many honors upon him, the least of which is the secretary­ ship cf the Male Chorus. In his freshman year lie was selected for the Black & Red staff. After a hard year as Advertising Manager and an easier one as Contributing Editor lie finished his term as Editor-in-Chief by putting out the thickest March issue in many years. H-e graduates with a per bcnc and has been selected by the Faculty to give the English oration. He had kept himself so busy until recently that only rarely did he take a night off, and when­ ever he did, it was posted on the bulletin board. But several weeks 98

RED ago lie went to the dogs; lie went out two nights in a row. Lpon admonition lie admitted that he was going to the clogs but said he thought it was about time. I think he’ll get back to work at the Seminary.

ROBERT PAUL HANKE At the bottom of his class—in height, at the top in Lebenslust.

Gets more exercise in the open air than anyone in his class. (Know where the Clay Pits are?) Claims that winning personality comes from his shoe-salesman work. Likes to recall his boyhood, espec­ ially how he used to chew raisins stored in a snuff box. Belonged to every dioral organization, all six of them. Sang the kind of first tenor conductors dream about, and juvenile women 14 to 40 swoon over, in the Male Chorus. Mixed Chorus, Gleemen, Octette, and Quartette. Chanted with the Choral Readers. His lightning get­ away, full speed on the second step, enabled him to beat out a record numlK-r "f bunts in softball, and to pile up yardage in Prep football. Delights in bragging to tlie Preps about “the stuff we pulled when we were Preps" and in promptly and peremptorily putting them in their place if they try anything. After spending eight years here he fears be will be liorftesick for Watertown at the Scm. HOWARD NOLAN HENKE W'ith a nice name like Howard, he reluctantly answers to the appclation ,*Fat7-o.，， It definitely is not complimentary, but he can take it, because lie realizes that he is not repulsively rotund. He knows that no one homely by reason of fatness would get so many letters in colored, perfumed envelopes. So he takes it for granted that he is jusi being kidded. He has a wonderful collection of loud bow ties and yellow sweaters. Tliey go beautifully with his goldenbrown curly hair, lie was not outstanding in basketball, but he’d be sure to make tlie baseball team if we had one; and few are the men whom lie can’t out-bowi rather consistently. If he wanted to brag about the fact that lie came up here from Concordia, Milwau­ kee, he would merely have to write it in verse, set it to music, and let his voice loose in the halls. Everyone in the dormitory would soon know; for he has one of the loudest singing voices this side of the Metropolitan Opera House, and he certainly does not neglect this gift. With something to say, he should make a wonderful preacher.

MAX NORRIS HERRMANN Sandy-haired, droopv-eyed, baggy-trousered Max Herrmann came up here from Concordia, Milwaukee, in his Junior year. He has taken it upon himself to keep the chapel organs in repair. This 99

RED job requires a patient mechanic and musician. If it were not for his efforts, the collegiates would long' since be accompanied by a piano, and the preps would have to get their tones from a pitch pipe, unless they would prefer to have someone play the piano loudly in the band room on the second floor directly overhead. We can all sec how much good lie’s been doing by observing the present condition of the organ in the collegiate chapel. Max has been too busy of late to take care of it, and the result is evident to all, well nigli fatal to the organ. Only prompt attention can save it from a timely death. If the orchestra had not died, he 'vould be a member of the violin section. When Max has something to say, he says it, and fast! He expresses his thouglits in the same number of words as anyone else but in about half the time. His store of jokes seems to be inexhaustible. An hour spent with Max is never dull.

CHARLES WILLIAM KETURAKAT Charley Keturakat is one of those fellows you always wonder about. Just where does lie get that exuberance of energy ? Wlial vitamin complex does be take ? Charley ascribes his zrsi to clean living and a cavalier attitude toward authorities. Recently Ik* lias allowed himself an occasional cigarette in addition to liis Sunday cigar, but he still can’t be held down. During a heavy blizzard one night last February Charley was bicycling down town. At Fourth and Market was a parked truck, but lie couldn't smell it and lie didn’t see it so after wiping llie snow and paint off his face lie spat out part of a tooth. Now Hollywood doesn't want him in spite of his golden smile. There are a few questions we all would like to ask Charley. Wliat do you know about that mythical shaving light ? Were you eniharassed that night when you saw your parents at Rev. Egge rt，s and then looked at your face when von returned to the dorm ? How do you like it up here now, Charley ?

HERBERT CARL KUSICE The youngest man in the class but he doesn’t show it. He was a dormitory resident for well over three years, but now swells the number of Watertown s permanent dwellers. Probably knows the streets of Watertown better than any of his fellow students be­ cause of his work with the cab company. Claims that there is nothing like driving a taxi to make desirable contacts. This fact was impressed on a group of students who overheard a telephone conversation Herb had. (Dormitory life attaches no opprobium to such eavesdropping.) Herb was trying to guess whose that female voice on the other end of the line was, **Is this Jane? No. Marg?

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RED you live over on Cady Street. You called for a taxi from the depot last Sunday night. WFong again ? Hut I know your voice as well my . . . Mother ?" A glass is as I know my mother^. This of cold water soon revived him, and he had a nice visit with his Mother, who was visiting in town. His leaving us means fewer three-bank shots performed on our billiard table next year.

CARL IIICRHKRT MISCHKE He’s a son of the soil from South Dakota, Hazel, to be precise.

But he’s doing all right for “a poor layman's son.” Spent his prep years at Nt*\v LJIm and has been wowing Northwestern ever since from Scpteniljer lo J une and raising- Poland Chinas during the summer. Carl has quite a way with pigs—with women too for that matter, lull lu* manages to keep away from most of them. His voice is truly phenomenal; lie sings first tenor in the Male Chorus and second bass in the Octette. And he's got brains to boot. He served on the I'.i.ac k Ri;n st«iff for two years. He is one of the three members of the Class of ’44 graduating with a per bene, and lias also been selected to give the German oration. They say he was quite a basketball star in his younger days back at New Ulm, but since lie’s been here lie has managed to restrict himself to intra­ mural baskellKill and the presidency of the athletic board. He has found that sufficient to keep his trim figure. It’s really remarkable how a fellow can be so brainy and handsome and yet keep it from going to his lu*a(l.

PAUL FRKDKKICK NOLTING Perhaps llic only man ever to graduate from the Normal department of Dr. Martin Luther College and the Collegiate depart­ He has his own opinion on just ment of Northwestern Colic about everything and doesn’t hesitate to voice it, because he has plenty to back it up with. He’s the biggest man in school (exact dimensions not available, hut they’ll probably change with the years anyhow). Mis tremendous height stood him to good advantage on the basketball floor, where he succeeded in making the going plenty tough for every opposing center. Since there was no collegiate football team, he assisted Coach Umnus in the training of the preps.

Served the Black & Red for a year as business manager. His spare time is never wasted. He bucks a lot, reading mostly material of his own clioice, but most of it certainly couldn’t be classified as light or entertaining'. Some of it is so heavy it puts him to sleep occasionally. I’m sure that the village of Frontenac, Minnesota, noticed it when Gus Molting went away to school for the first time, and we too will certainly be able to notice the difference when a man of such proportions leaves for the Seminary.

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RED DONALD RICHARD ORTNER Ortner seems to be busy all the time: you see, lie’s more or less mxjoring in music at a divinity school. Now don’t get me wrong; by no means does lie neglect his Greek and Hebrew, but lie still spends as much time at the organ as most fellows spend at Greek and Hebrew. Tliat’s why lie's such a busy fdlu'y. He’s plenty good on the organ, but his musical talents are definitely confined to the keyboard. He already has all the absent-mindedness any musician could possibly desire, but he still gets a haircut regularly every month. He grew up (and I do mean up) in Frankcnmuth, Michigan, and spent his prep years at Saginaw. But lu didn’t waste all his time. They say he bucked like the dickens in liis frosh year. Since then lie’s been bucking about as lie pleased, with occa­ sional phenomenal spurts in Hebrew or psychology or wliaicvcr might need it at the moment. A member in high standing of the unorganized but extremely active “Madison Clul).’’ He fits in well with the Class of ’44, because the only requirements are individual­ ism and eccentricity. No two are alike. Whenever the Black & Red has room, he dashes off a few odd articles. They seem to come natural to him.

WINFRED BERNHARD SCHALLER, JR. It seems Winfred B. Sclialler, Jr., should have been twins.

Now don’t get the wrong idea; he isn’t twelve feet tall, and he doesn’t have a few extra limbs or double rows of teeth (although he has several chins). It’s just that he eats so blasted much, plenty for at least two ordinary people. It was raising havoc 'villi his figure for quite a while too. Then finally this spring he gave up his sedentary executive position at a downtown hotel and went to work in the city parks. It’s helping too. He’s another product of the Michigan Lutheran Seminary. Lives right in Saginaw. He lias a certain amount of will power—enough to get up for break­ fast just about every day but not quite enough to get up early enough to get there on time for a change. But then, won’t; hold that against him. It seems that everybody else from Saginaw lias that same difficulty. Schaller has some music in him too; he di­ rected the Prep Chorus for a year. He says Michigan is paradi­ saical, but I think he’ll be overjoyed if his first call takes him our to the wide open spaces of Dakota.

EDWIN CARL SCHMELZER Prepped at the Saginaw Sem, where he played basketball and baseball, and basked in the light of his study lamp as well as in the light coming from the eyes of “quiffs，” as the species of teen-age Janes are referred to there. At the Sem he was considered the 102

RED how to knot a tie, on wliicli side of the head to part authority your hair, on the question of belt or braces, on party etiquette bul not on classroom behavior. Somewhere under his curly locks is a scar, silent witness of a clay in Sexta, a classmate, an argument, and a radiator. After two assiduous and restrained years here he decided not to make Jack a dull boy; remained assiduous but so-o-o restrained. Rumor has it that he was a fanatical tee-totaler, even including coffee in his catalogue of the Verboten; false as a Ford prediction.

KDMUND OTTOMAR SCHULZ Another product of AMchigan Lutheran Seminary at Saginaw.

Lives in Ann Arbor. Thanks to his business head, the shortages of war haven't been able to close the Canteen. He has been forced to struggle along witli potato chips, upstart candy bars, foamy, chocolato-less ice cream bars, and warm Red Rock, but lie managed to keep llie place going—at a profit too. Never yet have I seen him excited. He seems to be able to take everything in his stride. W-vcr seems to be in much of a hurry about anything either. His a'.liletic abilities—lie’s a pitcher—are all going to waste now. There just simply is no baseball team for him to pitch for.

Also played football back in the (lavs when there was still a foot­ ball team. His deep voice—by for the deepest in the class—made him the logical man to read off the Sweepers and Monitors” every \v(?ck in the noisy dining hall. A1J in all, lie’s become a man of some responsibility and influence around here. We hope he won’t turn out to be indispensable.

FRIEDEL CARL FKRDINAND SCHULZ If after talking with Friedel Schulz for half an hour vou don’t know what state he is from, brother, you have been hogging the conversation. Friedel is a self-appointed Public Relations repre­ sentative from Michigan's Chamber of Commerce operating in this area. He begins his day by pointing out at the breakfast table that the cornflakes or Rice Krispies (he hates oatmeal) come from Bat­ tle Creek, Michigan, and if this were Michigan, there wouW be peaches or pears or some other of Michigan’s varied fruits. After breakfast lie leads the Michigan migrants to the Free Press to see how the Tigers or Lions (gee! they sound formidable) have fared.

On the way to classes he usually gripes about the weather, “Is every spring this rainy in Wisconsin, at another time, *'Michigan hasn't had any snow yet.” When he walks down town with an Auslaender, he can’t lielp revealing that Fords are made in Detroit, Buicks in Flint, Pontiacs in Pontiac, etc., etc. All kidding aside, this oldest man in the class is a fine fellow with a generous heart— he even loaned me a dollar once.

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9RED ALLYN WAU-ACE SCIiUPPENAUilR Received more Strafarbcil in his prep years than anyone else in his class and deserved all of it and maybe a little more. Garnered the most prep N's too, and lie lias a sizeable collection of varsity awards. Asserts that he introdticed the one-handed push shot to the Northwestern basketball floor. Doesn’t look like a brawny, bruising fullback, but when he blocked a man, that fellow was out of the play, but definitely. Claims he grew up to be so tnugli be­ cause lie often had to prove to the grade school bullies that violin lessons didn’t ina^c him a sissy. Was elected lo direct the orches­ tra two springs ago, but it rendered its “swan soiipf’ without any baton waving. Since his athletic and social life disintegrated the last two years, “Scliupp” juggled storm windows and screens, and washed windows for recreation and remuneration. If von arc ever called upon to wake him in the morning, don't be alarmed, lie:ll only seem dead; shake liim live or six more times, and he will come to.

HERBERT GICORGE WALTHER For two years now he's lived in the room right above me, and I know a lot about Herb, a lot that I think you'd like to hear, too.

1 wouldn’t dare tell the world all, but I’ll let you in on a little.

Here’s a typical incident, completely consistent with his impetuosity and individualism: Upon losing a football bet, lie calmly tlirew a chair through a closed window—and no one was a bit surprised.

That’s Herb Waltlier in a nutshell! He’s proud of his big- chest and his mighty Resonanzboden, and he makes no secret of tlie fact.

Frequently the dormitory corridors resound with such timely announcements as, *'Na-een o’clock and a-1-11 is we-ell!" or, “The hon­ orable Japanese undersea forces have just been increased by 20,000 tons, please.” His ingenuity lias enabled him to make the best of tlie bad shaving-light situation. He had the most barbarous (in etymological sense) goatee on the campus. I guess the discontinu­ ation of varsity football has made it necessary for him to vent his extra spleen by methods of his own concoction. With men like Herb around Seminary life will ever be lively.

RICHARD ROLAND WERNER Dick is somewhat of a cynic and the hairiest man in tlie class.

He hails from Milwaukee and says lie’s happy that he will be rela­ tively， near 50 Ma and Pa next year. He also affirms that lie doesn t despise the other sex but even sweet love has its less sweet moments. If Dick were in the Army, I believe he would make a 4

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He has mellowed during the last several years, but he is still a firm but fair disciplinarian. Dick is an advocate of das gcmuetliclie Lcbcn. One of liis tenets is a walk every morning with a com­ panion and an occasional stop for refreshments. He should enjoy Seminary life.

IIARKV NEAL WfED^rANN Wicdmann bears the distinction of being the only member of the Class of to liavc graduated from Northwestern Lutheran Academy at ^iobridge, South Dakota. Now that you know that, we can leave many other things unsaid. With a Mobridge gradu­ ate you can sa fvly take a lot for granted. And his home is still further west, wav out near Waublee. That’s in the Bad Lands, practically. Ik* lives on a ranch, of course. What else can a man (lo for a livini： (»m there? He >ays you'd be surprised lio'v civilized Wanblee is. Most fellows don't even carry six -guns with them all the time anvinorL*. and the saloon lias installed electr ic lights. The Sioux boliavo prettv well now too. Scalpings are rare, and scalp， ing parties arc unheard of. But it’s obvious that Harry hasn't a drop of Sioux liloud in his veins. His blond hair is sufficient proof.

But lie’s a ;lie seldom brags about his illustrious back­ ground. What's more, lie?s a conscientious student. In addition to the required ourriculum, lie has shown quite an interest in Rus­ sian and things Russian.

WILLIAM GEORGE ZELL Bullet-beaked Rillv with the massive mandibles is an example of what mothers hope their ?ons will grow up to be. Definitely not bird-brained he missed a per bene by inches. He could zip a foot­ ball a goodly distance and was a slippery runner from the halfback spot. In basketball games he surprised many a taller opponent by taking a rebound out of his fingers. At Male Chorus concerts Bill was one of those four first tenors in tlie front row, who were al­ ways careful to stand with their legs properly spaced. I may be wrong but I think lie is the first drummer to become president of the band. But he has his foibles too. He has been ..liazed” for trying to get a drag with the Inspector by a roundabout way, but his intentions were noble. However, he is a confirmed “griniler，，， a fellow who can sit down to a Utopian meal and complain that his chair isn’t very comfortable. VVliy, I wager he will even “grind” when he reads this.

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PRED A SHORT HISTORY OF THE GRADUATING CLASS On September 6，1936, twenty-four students enrolled as sextaners in the preparatory department. On March 7, 1937, tragedy struck in our midst. Vern Baker of Colome, South Dakota, developed a streptococcic infection and after a very brief illness passed away. During the next few years we added Reim and Nitz to our number. In June, 1940, notwithstanding a few losses, we were able to see twenty-one of our number graduate from the high-school department. We might add as an historical note that our class was the first class to formally graduate. Prior to June, 1940, the fuss and feathers were restricted to the graduating seniors.

In September, 1940, a host of freshmen turned out. Many of them attended for one year and then transferred to other universities and colleges, according to custom. Those who joined our class then and who are still with us include Baur, Kuske, and Mischke from D. M. L. C.: Ortner, Schaller, Schmelzer, Edmund and Friedel Schulz from Michigan Lutheran Seminary; Gawrisch from La Cross High; Wiedmann from Mobridge; and Shirley Block from the local high school. In September, 1942，Henke, Herrmann and Nolting joined the class. Henke and Herrmann were graduates of Concordia, Milwaukee; and Nolting a graduate of the Normal department of D. M. L. C. With these acquisitions there is a graduating class of twenty-six, one of the largest in recent years. The twenty-five male members of the class have been recommended for our Seminary at Thiensville. May we all, by the grace of God, be able to continue our studies at the Seminary.

COMMENCEMENT IN TWO CENTURIES John Schaadt

“Well, there isn’t much to say about it; the exercises were about the same then as they are now. Of course, we had our program in the chapel and there was a Latin speech, but other­ wise it was just like today.” With these words a member of the class of ’98 answered the question, “Could you tell me how commencement in 1944 differs from commencement in the，90’s?’’

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RED In ’98 the exercises were, for the first time, held in the college chapel instead of the Turner Opera House, as previously, because it was felt that a hall in which ‘‘shows and exhibitions of a dubious character” were given was hardly the place for so sacred an event as this. The Juniors, ’99, decorated the hall with black and red bunting, oak leaves, palms, and flowers.

This they did in contrast to the class of ’98, which the year be­ fore, when it had made the arrangements, stated, “Our hall was not draped with colors and ribbons, the walls were not hung with magnificent pictures, elaborate paintings, and other appurtenances; even the proscenium was devoid of floral decorations. All this was deemed non-essential by the managers, knowing that the brilliancy of the graduating class would be sufficiently imposing.”

Where We Have Commencement Today

The Northwestern University Band (it was not until 1911 that we became a college) opened the program by playing the overture “Welcome” by E. N. Catlin. This was followed by the hymn “Nun lob mein’ Seel* den Herrn，’’ which was sung by the assembly, and a prayer by Rev. Chr. Sauer of Juneau. Up to this point the program was very much like those we see and hear today. But then John Mittelstaedt was given a chance to prove to the audience that .‘Bella plerumque perniciosa esse cum iis, qui vincunt, turn iis, qui vincuntur.” Yes, the speech 107

RED was given in the same language as the title. After the applause for the Latin oration had died down, the choir sang ‘‘Salvam fac patriam.” Next John Kavasch expounded Emerson’s statement, '*America, thy name is opportunity.” This was well received by the audience which, as now, was worked up to a hiph patriotic pitch by the war which was then being waged with Spain. The choir sang “America” and Henry Martens concluded the student oratory with his dissertation ‘‘Ueber den Charakter.” When the chorus had sung “Im Wald,” the president of the University, Dr. Augustus Ernst, spoke a few words and declared that the degree of Baccalaureus Artium Liberarum was being conferred on all the graduates. Following the presentation of diplomas, the benediction was given and “Ein’ feste Burg istunser Gott” was sung by all those attending.

Finally, the band played the fitting overture, ‘‘Farewell，’’ by George Goth well.

It is obvious that there have been few changes made at Northwestern. The same degree is given to students planning the same career and the commencement exercise is quite similar to that given in the nineties. According to the Black and Red (volume 1, number 1, 1897) a question often asked at that time was, “When will the synod give us a music teacher?” Even the favorite topic of discussion of the graduates and the rest of the student body has not varied.

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RED COMMENCEMENT CONCERT June lr 8:00 P. M. PROGRAM I PREP CHORUS: Soldiers’ March........................

March of: the Wooden Soldiers

Gounod ...Jessel

L. Huebner

II CLARINET SOLO: Concertino.............

von Weber

H. Witte

III MIXED CHORUS: Madrigal- Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis Sing, Smile, Slumber____

.Wilbye Gounod

K. Eggert Accompanist, FL Kirst Flute, J. Schaefer

IV THE GLEEMEN: Animals A-Comin The Lilac Tree....

Negro Spiritual ........... -Gartlan

V MALE CHORUS: 0 Peaceful Night Loch Lomond.....

Edw. Get'man .arr. Ringwald

Prof- H. Oswald

VI OCTETTE: I Sing a Little Tenor....

Sidewalks of New York VII PIANO SOLO: Rhapsody No. 6...........

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K. Eggert

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A TRIBUTE When the readers of the Black & Red receive this issue, most of them will already have heard of the death of the Rev. Julius Klingmann. He died on May 3, 1944, after a very short illness at the age of seventy-eight years.

He was one of the best known men of our synod, for he was pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Congregation at Watertown, Wisconsin, for a period of forty years. The graduates of North­ western College and all others who attented for the last forty years and listened to his sermons remember him as one who always had some words of advice, instruction, and encouragement for them.

Northwestern College owes a debt of gratitude to him for his services to it as a member of the Board of Trustees for #d. h.. im Lehrgebaeude; mit der andren steht's nicht so schlimm.

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RED thirty-five years, during most of which time he was chairman of this Board.

The Lord endowed him with splended gifts and talents for the upbuilding of the Church, and He was exceedingly gracious to him by letting him work uninterruptedly in His vineyard for a period of fifty-five years.

Before he came to Watertown, he served congregations in Argentine, Kansas, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Bay City, Michigan. At his funeral the Rev. Ph. Koehler of Milwaukee and Prof. A. Schaller of Thiensville preached the sermons, bringing comfort to the family, with whom we all mourn and to whom we herewith express our sympathy.

St. Mark's Ev. Lutheran Church

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RED JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY, MAY 24, 2144.

Dr. J. Queril Grstuorff0

The discovery of certain valuable papyri in Ancient America has finally given us a clue to the culture and civiliza­ tion of that dark era from 1490 to 1988. When the remainder of the material is translated, we feel that we should have a keen insight into a certain part of this period. Dr. Krtvghy and I have had the remarkable stroke of luck to unearth on the site of the “Northwestern” group a set of mss. called the “Black and Red,” dating： from 1897 to 1944.

With the meagre information at hand, we have tried to reconstruct what we feel is an accurate picture of LIFE IN THE NINETEENTH and TWENTIETH CENTURIES. It seems that Northwestern was some sort of congregating place for people like ourselves, for they were forever delving back into things that had happened centuries prior (making this for us, of course, all the more valuable,) and occupying themselves almost exclusively with some vague pursuits that they called "(ireek, Latin, Hebrew, German, and occasionally even Spanish.” Exactly what these constituents were, we have not been able to ascertain. Nor do we know definitely what Northwestern was. They called it by a most strange term, "College,” the etymology of which is rather unclear. By the work of a careless scribe it may be a variant to “cottage,” which seems to have been a place to which people would come periodically for rest. This etymology seems to fit the term in almost all instances extant.

It seems that in the morning students would congregrate in some place known as a refectory. Again, an unclear term.

Probably defective for reflectory. It must have been the place in which they shaved. They were usually not bearded, it seems, although there were some attempts at unconventionality among these men also. A very interesting bit on the subject we find in the May 1944 Black and Red (one of the last) under the astounding title of “The Curse of Darkness.” At this reflectory, or in their language, refectory, was a man in charge against whom various harmless butts of jokes were directed. Something about coiffure (in their peculiar spelling: coffee.)

•English translation by Don Ortner.

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RED Then, without partaking of food, it seems, they would repair to what was known as the Recitation Hall. This seems to have been some sort of building. It must be a Norman-French (that is a part of their language) word for the Anglo-Saxon (more pure) Refutation Hall. That word is clear.

After four hours of strenuous refutation, they seemed again to repair to the reflectory. This time mention is made of herring, which seems to be an older (Elizabethan?) form for the word hair. This bears out what we have said above.

Then they would split into groups. Some would go to a place known as the foundry. The word “dog” appears in connection with this strange word'‘foundry’’almost exclusively.

We assume that it is some form of kennel. Others would go to “work down town.” It seems that Northwestern and its surrounding territory was built over a era tor, which would erupt at times. This would raise the town above the level of the neighboring communities, and it would have to be worked down again. A very small minority stayed at Northwestern to “buck.” The only other use of this word we have found is in connection with another strange term, “doe,” which is Ixonian dialect for “dough.”

After this they would return to the reflectory and go through the same operations; it seems that there was something in the diet of this people that made shaving necessary three or four times a day.

The evening was spent in various ways. Some would “buck.” (See above.) Others would “grease.” This seems to have something to do with cooking*. This one group seems to have broken its fast and eaten. We can find no allusions to food anywhere else. We presume that the day ended in eating and drinking for these, and ior the rest,—nothing.

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WALKING IN CIRCLES R. II.

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Keep off the grass! Every so often some crusader takes up this message, emblazons it on a knee-high-to-a-sextie sign, and with a vociferous effort implants the message in the mind of some student who is taking a short cut across the campus.

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RED One favorite short cut is from the triangle at the fountain below the foot of the Gym hill in a south-southeasterly direction, thence past the class of ’45’s (March class of 1945) fir tree south-southeast by south to the entrance of Northwestern’s men’s dormitory.

Now, I too am a lover of nature and of beauty and of lawns, and I realize that constant crossing of the campus can rob it of a degree of its beauty, but I am also guilty of taking this short cut, the line of least resistance between the dormitory and points beyond College Avenue, and I feel we campus-crossers are entitled to a defense.

Our misdemeanor is not merely due to occasional great haste or negligence, hut to something more concrete. Put yourself into the shoes of some Hebrew-minded junior leaving the dorm and walking (o the rhythm of his qatal, qatela or conjugating to the rhythm of his walk, the latter method being more conducive to progress. All goes well past the Gym till he is about to hit the Hiphil verlcm rztes imperfect at the bottom of the steps. He is confronted by a simple constructive dilemma, a parting of the sidewalks, either branch leading to the same place. If he turns left, he comes lo point X; if he turns right, he comes to point X. This fork cuts him to the quick; his mind is stirred; which way to go? The rhythm of this paradigm is destroyed; he is at a loss for a correct form and must return to the dorm and start all over. Do you wonder that he takes the short cut? And the fact is that a similar problem troubles every one who uses that sidewalk, be he Hebrew scholar or not.

Or take the case of a busy senior about to graduate, having had frosh math plus a well-rounded course here and knowing full well the advantages of sharp corners and straight lines.

What right has anyone to expect him to spend time pondering the merits of right and left?

What is more, this orbit of gravel and cement is a disgrace to the school. Why, any child can run rings around the sprinter who displays the N on his chest.

I do not doubt that this circle is a result of the classical in­ fluence, with its love for symmetry and balance, which is pleasing in its place, but it is to be hoped that with our accelerated course we someday may also acquire accelerated sidewalks.

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^biturtal A Few Things weeks ago when the May Black and Red came out, I A FEW went to see the printer, Mr. Jaeger. The matter troubling my heart was a grave one, and only he could relieve me. My shoulders were bent with a heavy load of censure and my brow wrinkled with worry and fret. How could it hnve happened?

How was it possible? And then Mr. Jaeger smiled at me and said, “I made the mistake. My first as long as I have set up the B and R, twelve years.” We both were happy because we now would again have twelve years of perfect work. Oh yes, I’m referring to the page and a half of Schallei，，s column that appeared at the end of WinkePs. Winkel claims he couldn’t write such stuff, Schaller just claims it.

With the graduation of the seniors the B and R loses some worthwhile contributors. Even though they never became members of the 116

RED staff, they contributed, some frequently, some not quite as frequently. In appreciation let me give at least their names: Shirley Block, Kurt Eggert, Max Herrmann, Herbert Kuske, Frederic Nitz. Don Ortner, Winfred Schaller, Herbert Walther, and William Zell This year the B and R is selling the senior cuts. If any of you seniors wants yours, contact Ed. Greve. He’ll charge you fifty cents for it. Mr. Kehl, boss down at the VVeltbuerger Printing Co., will make pictures from it for you at a decent price, a couple dozen for less than fifty cents. So, if you want some cheap but clear pictures of your­ self, buy your cut The meticulous reader of the last B and R must have noticed a couple split infinitives. Our only excuse is—we thought the infinitives sounded and read better split. The split infinitive rule, just like the never-end-asentence-\vith-a-preposition, rule is one that can be broken, at least by college students in the vigor and brashness of literary development We admit though that it is probably a freedom To you who which is used only because it is a freedom occasionally read the B and R and don’t have a subscription. If you like the B and R there is no better way of indicating that feeling than by ordering a subscription. Such a bold and almost impertinent request I wouldn’t make without good reason. The B and R is in pinching financial straits. Either we have to have more money, or we will have less B and R.

Re Historical Sketches............ beginning our series of historical sketches, it is only B EFORE fair that we state, even though in barest outline, just what the idea is and encompasses. We want to gather, compile, condense, and consolidate as much material as is available. We want to present a concise historical report on the buildings that were and are on the campus so that material is at hand for any possible research and so that the students of today can become acquainted with their college of yesterday. The development of the educational system from earliest days on we don’t want to include, since it is too big a field and would perhaps be just a little difficult for us to handle thoughtfully enough. The build­ ings alone are our interest and we hope will be yours. The first 117

RED article on the buildings will appear in the October Black & Red. The administration buildings, the dormitories, the gymnasiums, the hospital, the refectory, and the so-called barracks all will be treated.

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The Modern Iconoclast has finally come to our shores and set his oarblade here, presumably to stay. He began by messing up the mirrors in the washrooms, which he could hardly conceive as a thing of beauty. The reason is obvious. But of late he，s been mighty busy. Yes, he has taken it upon himself to pick on the defense­ less poster. At first he was content to puncture holes into the drawing with thumbtacks. But now! It takes one fellow hours and hours to prepare these drawings. They are, in their own way, a worthwhile piece of art. A tremendous amount of effort is expended in their production. To what end? So that our little iconoclastic friend can, as he did just rccenily, iuit glasses on the man of Araby, draw airplanes in the sky. lian^ a "Post no bills” sign on the ancient wall, etc. ad disgustam! I propose that we take his oarblade and turn it into a more useful device.

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English is also the most widely read language. Approx­ imately three-fourths of the world’s letters are written, and half its newspapers printed, in English. Announcers for threefifths of the earth’s radio stations broadcast in English.

How long do you think it took for our language to migrate over the globe? It required less than four centuries. This is evinced by the remark of an English grammarian in 1562, 118

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You may wonder how the language migrated so fast and thrived so well. Take a look at the British Isles, and you have the answer. It was from this stronghold that the New World’s colonizers came. But more than this, England became the world’s sea power and the Englishman’s language traveled with him. Pioneers like Hendrik Hudson, John Cabot, and Captain John Cook took the lead. As fortune’s natural wealth smiled, traders were attracted and followed the leader, making English the world’s seaport language.

We can’t forget the English writers whose literature and poetry make the world famous for English. As American capital increased, as science advanced, and as inventions took place, further knowledge of the language became essential to educated persons in other nations. Such words as radio, phono­ graph, telegram, and telephone were borrowed bodily to enrich many other tongues. Thus we see how our language traveled and enrooted itself firmly in mankind.

But there is another English to mention, that is “Basic English.” Last September, Mr. Winston Churchill, in an address at Harvard University, referred to future possibilities of Basic English as a world language. Its inventors C. K. Ogden of Cambridge, England, and Ivar Richards of Harvard Univer­ sity, picked a vocabulary of 850 words: 600 are nouns, 150 are adjectives. The other 100 are “operation” words, and only 16 of the operators are verbs. They are to take the place of 4,000 common verbs. That’s why you don’t enter a room, ascend a mountain, descend a hill, climb a tree, leave a building, or cross a bridge. Instead you go into a room, go up a mountain, go up a tree, go down a hill, go out of a building, or go over a bridge.

The chief purposes of Basic English are to provide an international auxiliary language for world wide use in general communication, commerce, and science, and to impart an easy introduction to English.

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RED purposes, but there are those who say that it should take the place of our present day English in that it will relieve us of tearing our dictionaries apart, and often being in a haze as to what ideas certain individuals are contriving to declare. I be­ lieve such reasons are indications of indolent, lackadaisical con­ ditions too many people are letting themselves slip into.

Practically everyone admires beautiful things, so I ask: “Why should anyone want to strip a language of its beauty and richness?” Personally I don’t believe Basic English can become a substitute, because "So long as the processes of the mind con­ tinue, they will be expressed in many words.” Here is a pood place to close with the superfluous interrogation: “Why do some colleges think it is practical to decrease their present English courses ?,; Leland Wurster

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Gleemen Sing In Gym............ /^N the eleventh of May, sixteen students under the batonage of Kurt E.t>gert gave an informal concert in the college gymnasium. They are com men ly referred to as Gleemen, Gleeclub, and just plain Glee. It was a new venture at North­ western, and since the public was not to be invited, we feared for the success of the program. Naturally the number of people in the audience was considerably less. In fact for a while Kurt thought he’d have less than a dozen there. But in typical fashion the students traipsed in after curtain time, to make a sizeable group, which applauded con brio.

Both Gleemen and Octet did exceptionally well for them­ selves. All of which goes to show what happens to a group that is really interested, even though many of its members are going to school and working in town also. They came tired to their rehearsals, but because of their undaunted spirit, they roused themselves to give their best and to make the most of their rehearsals. Their efforts were not in vain.

Kurt Eggert deserves no small bit of praise. He also de­ serves a few hours of well-earned sleep. Kurt has given the musical organizations of Northwestern the best years of his youth. In spite of all difficulties, he brought also this group through to a fine climax.

Although the various members that soloed did right well by themselves, a word must be said for Lloyd Huebner. This time he really outdid himself. Previously he seemed to hold back; but this was different; he sang as never before.

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GLEEMEN: Winter S)ng________ Bullard Last Night............... Kjerulf The Owl ................. . Olds Four Negro Spirituals: Were you there?

Go down, Moses Little David Dere’s Animals OCTET: I sing a Little Tenor Red Wing in had my Way Down in Arkansas Sidewalks of New York GLEEMEN: Negro Work Song Po’ Or Lazrus. ...............Gartlan The Lilac Tree Grandma Grunts__ Carolina Mountain Song

No Organization Pictures...

HIS is war. That is the shortest explanation that can be given for the absence of organization pictures. The city’s photographers are too busy, the students are too busy, film is too scarce, studios too small, and so on with innumerable little difficulties that couldn’t be overcome. So, no pictures. We will hope that this year’s organizations will be remembered by the absence of their pictures instead of by their presence. But since the purpose of the pictures seems to have been merely to show who was in what when, we print a list of the various organizations’ personnel not as a decided improvement but as the best available substitute.

MALE CHORUS

Director, Prof. H. Oswald. President, K. Eggert. Vicepresident, C. Mischke. Secretary, W. Gawrich. Librarian, J. Albrecht. I Tenor: R. Demcak, P. Hanke, J. Hoenecke, L. Huebner, F. Kempfert, J. Mattek, C. Mischke, M. Stern, W. 122

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PREP CHORUS

Director, W. Schaller. Assistant Manager, D. Malchow.

Librarian, J. Fricke. I Tenor: R. Binhammer, J. Brunner, 0.

Degner, R. Flint, M. Gentz, A. Hanke, R. Hinz, P. Hoenk, G. Kaniess, R. Kirst, N. Menke, E. Prenzlow, F. Schumacher, R. Shekner, W. Stern. II Tenor: D. Bitter, C. Hinderer, K. Kolander, D. Malchow, C. Miller, C. Nommensen, G. Pankow, K. Ranney, P. Wilde. 1 Bass: E. Biebert, D. De Rose, J. Fricke, A. Fuhlbrigge, F. Groenke, W. Krueger, E. Messerschmidt, A. Rademan, D. Sellnow, M. Westerhaus, M. Zank.

II Bass: F. Breiling, A. Broitsman, R. Frohmader, D. Gieschen, W. Hein, P. IIollender, H. Kaiser, L. Messerschmidt, H. Meyer, P. Nitz, H. Otto, M. Petermann, P. Ruege, H. Tacke, F. Uetzmann.

MIXED CHORUS

Director, K. Eggert. Soprano: B. Baum, H. Eggert, D. Fischer, L. Fuhlbrigge, D. Kuerschner, M. Naumann, F. Nell, A. Pingel, M. Pin gel, S. Schmidt, P. Stoppenbach, I. Wahl. Alto: G. Eggert, R. Eggert, V. Marquardt, C. Runge, B. Scharp, J. Westerhaus, H. Ziebell. Tenor: W. Zell, P. Hanke, M. Albrecht, W. Nommensen, R. Demcak. Bass: C. Mischke, L. Schaller, J. Schaadt, P. Hensel, W. Schaller, L. Huebner.

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Director, Prof. H. Oswald. President, W. Zell. Vicepresident, J. Schaefer. Secretary, J. Albrecht. Librarian, R. Dommer. Dress Sergeant, L. Huebner. Clarinet: H. Witte, R. Demcak, E. Messerschmidt, N. Barenz, D. Gieschen, F. Groenke, G. Becker. Saxophone: E. Prenzlow. Flute and Piccolo: J. Schaefer. Cornet: L. Huebner, F. Uetzmann, P. Wilde, H. Krenz.

Alto: F. Nitz, M. Albrecht, A. Schulz. Trombone: W. Winter, F. Kosanke, K. Ranney, L. Wurster. Baritone: R. Dommer.

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I Tenor: P. Hanke, J. Mattek. II Tenor: W. Zell, M. Albrecht. I Bass: K. Eggert, L. Huebner. II Bass: C. Mischke, L. Schaller. ___________ _

Dual Recital............ at the organ and Kurt Eggei t at the piano D ONgaveORTNER a joint recital in the Gym on the evening of May 28.

The program follows. So would a critique but this is being written before the recital; after the recital will be too late, since the invincible deadline will be past. But we can safely say that it will be or was good, depending upon which view­ point you wish to choose, the time when this is being written or when it is being read. Program.

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s Most of the members of the class of ’41 have received their first calls, Norman Berg and Ralph Gehrke will go to Mobridge, South Dakota, as tutors. Norman will have charge of athletics and life in the dormitory, 'vliile Ralph will devote himself to teach­ ing. Theodore Stern will l>e tutor at the Seminary in Saginaw, Michigan, and Waller Schumann will come to Northwestern. Ger­ hard Franzmann will go to New I^ondon, Wisconsin, to teach school and act as assistant past'or, Lclancl Grams has been called to preach at Omak, Washington, and Arm in Keibcl to serve as assist­ ant pasior at Lawler, Iowa. Winfred Koelpin has been called to a colored mission at Toledo, Ohio. Paul Kuehl will preach at Sturgis, South Dakota. Arciin Laper will become missionary at Mankato, Minnesota, ami I.lovd Wenzel at Phoenix, Arizona.

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Rev. Donald Grummcrt, *40, and Frances Staffeil were married Sunday, May 28, at St. AI at thews Church in Oconomowoc.

Rev. Grummon recently accepted a call to Martin, South Dakota.

Rcv. \\ ;»l(K*mar Hover, *36, and Gunliild Hartwig of Hartland will be married Sunday, June 18. Rev. Hoyer is now serving a mission at Wc^town, Wisconsin.

Rev, Harold Sauer, ’40, lias accepted a call to preach at Mound City and Dale. South Dakota.

Rev. Otto Pagcls, '39, has received a call to a new mission field at La Crosse. Rev. Pagcls, who visited the college in May, is now pastor at Lancaster and Dewey, Wisconsin.

For the past few years a gray topcoat has been hanging on a hook behind the door in the staff room. Anyone knowing the ' whereabouts of the owner is requested to write to any member of the staff and give him this information.

NORTHWESTERN MEN IN THE SERVICE Cpl. Richard Neubauer, ex ’46, visited Northwestern in May. Rich is a radio operator in a transport unit and has progressed far enough lo do some instructing. Last month he was transferred from Alliance, Nebraska, to Baer Field, Fort Wayne, Indiana. In commenting on Alliance Rich said, “All they’ve got there is tumble weed and mu(l—there's not a tree around. I think they sent us there so we wouldn't mind going across.

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George Hoenk, ex ’45， was in Watertown May ^ 19. George. a Sergeant Technician 4th Grade, is stationed at Camp Crowder.

Cpl. Janies Doletzky, ex ’45，has been transferred from the tank destroyer to the amphibean tractor division. His address: Cpl. James Doletzkv 36592620 Co. “B” 658 Amphibean Tractor B11.

Fort Ord, California Arthur Nordby, ex 45, will be inducted into the army at Fori Snelling, Minnesota, on May 27.

Eugene Kirst, cx ’44, has been transferred to Ft. Myers, Flor­ ida, after spending a few monlhs in Nevada. His address: Pfc. Eugene A. Kirst 36299287 Class .[4-24 Sqd. A-AAFBU CIS BAAF Ft. Myers, Florida

Notice of Meeting of Alumni Society

There will be no Alumni Banquet this year, for obvious reasons. The Alumni Society will, however, hold its regular meeting on the afternoon of graduation, June 8, at 1:45 P. M.', in the gymnasium.

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EULOGY - ELEGY TlieyVe quite a bunch, this class of ’44 Unique “1 number, gender, case and bore, From shrinipisb Hanke to massive Pelor Nolting, And wolfish Kuske's to Gawrisch quite revolting; Sebastian Ortncr and jivin’ Barenthal, And layman I\lax, and Mischke pastoral. on ad infinitum And so I could And still I couldn’t quite requite ’um For all the space tliey’ve filled in this-here column.

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How I love this sweet pre-graduation confusion, of Seniors bawling for a lift with a trunk of books, of Juniors bawling for a lift, and Scxties just bawling. It is generally conceded in higher circles that the exam schedule this spring is the terrificest ever— the Seniors didn’t get a one off and the Juniors got nine for sure一 things like a three-day Greek exam (to be sure and cover the ma­ terial )help matters along and give Zell a chance to live up to his reputation. Right now it doesn't take much imagination to guess what we Juniors’ll feel like come March, what with a vacationless summer and all. 丁lie only bright spot in our nine-test maze was a glimpse at our summer schedule.

All, summer school. I can just hear profs and flies droning in sweet harmony of a scorching summer A. M.; l loenecke and Westendorf over there art* comparing tans, Scliroeder’s standing almost on his ear trying to ignite a hotfoot match with a magnify127

SIRED ing glass, and Li'l Uoor’s daring Sam to wear shorts. (Can’t you just feel Herb squirming at the Scm ?) There probably 'yon t even be a recess, say between cliapel and first period. Oli, wc 11 manage to survive somehow, I guess. There are some ratlicr wild rumors abroad of a universal hammock system wherewith lo grace our arborial wealth wlicn those hot, brcezelcss nights come—would be messy for the monitors, 'tlio.

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Then there's tlie one about the horse that sat on ffrapefruil.

(At this point you may be tempted to say I might as well stop right here, and there’s probably something to it.) This is a matter of a man's going to a county fair to look for a good horse, finding one at a ridiculously low price and asking suspiciously what's wrong with him: <4Well, we never could break him of one bad habit,M says the dealer. “He sits on grapefruit. Whenever he sees a grapefruit he sits on it and won’t get up.” The man figures that isn't _ much of a drawback in un otherwise valuable animal, so lie pays the price and starts to ride the m*\v horse home bv a road which crosses a ford. Right in tlie middle of the ford the horse sits down, and refuses to budge, "l'lic 'man gets off liks back, looks around carefully for grapefruit, finds none, wades ashore and goes back to the fair to protest to the dealer: “I-Iay,” he says, “that- horse you 128

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Some fellers womlfrcd liow come the foundry boys rated such a chunk of tlie column last time. .Must be because they're tlie oldest guild up here. \<>t far behind arc the park boys, and close on their heels is the secti-Mi crew, the latter u stal'vart bunch of seven Junior huskies with a passion for cliocohite-hued sun tans, 150-car freights, and lengthy ride< on company time—l)y the way, the mileage get off of those section cars strongly intiniatcs tlie presence of one of those notorious **Wauwatosa gas savers,” The rest of the col­ legiate body is scattcred all over town, doing everytliiiig from garage work to professional landscaping. Walthers and “Cream-can” Nolting just quit their nucturnal sojourns witli the Dairy Distributors.

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Snicks and Snacks After their concert th-c (ilecmcn and Octelers were unexpect­ edly, graciously, and adequately “tea’d” at the Franzmann manor; Billy Zell was conspicuous with his absence—prob'ly had a previous engagement . . . Seniors are requested to stake out their parkclaims for June 7 as soon as possible ....A chorus trip up Mani­ towoc way: each chorus memljcr looks into his billfold, sighs, and Ensays, “Oh well, maybe \vc (lidn’t want to go anyway couraging indeed is the number of sensible haircuts one sees about him liver seen Herb W'alther come down from morning chapel, stop whistfully on the first landing before that immense por­ trait of the Rev. Johannes liading, and ruefully stroke his puny stubble? .... ..Let’s sec, who’s absent: Nommensen—Kujath— Horn—Spaude—” . . . May 17 tlie Sexties stuck out their chests 129

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ATHLETICS FOR AULD LANG SYNE 40 years ago—Northwestern defeated Sacred Heart 9-4. In a 1905 game with numerous errors and walks, N. W. C. defeated Wisconsin Business College 9-1. North­ western shut out Wayland Academy 13-0.

35 years ago—Pm sorry to say that there was no June issue of 1909 the Black and Red this year.

30 years ago—This year N. W. C. lost one game in Wisconsin 1914 Championship play. They were undisputed champions. Interesting to note, N. W. C. played eleven games this year. N. W. C. won the city championship by defeating Watertown 3-2.

25 years ago—The June issue of this year’s Black .and Red was in the form of an anniversary number dedicated 1919 to Dr. Ernst. The Athlectics Editor gave a report of sports at N. W. C. Baseball and foot­ ball were the only inter-collegiate sports. But basketball and tennis were also played. At that time there were only five students on the Athletic board.

20 years ago—After trailing 1-0 in the sixth, N. W. C. came back to defeat Whitewater 3-2. Costly errors on 1924 the part of N. W. C. and timely hitting on the part of Beloit rung up the final score of 9-1 in favor of Beloit.

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5 years ago—In baseball N. W. C. lost 4 and won 1. Batting average, .285. N. W. C. defeated Milton and 1939 also Whitewater 6-0 in tennis. N. W. C. also took second place in the conference tennis tour­ nament. Freshmen took the kittenball Champion­ ship after an exciting season.

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The softball games I’ve been writing about have not materialized. With practically all of the college students work­ ing part of the afternoon and chorus rehersals after supper, there just isn’t time for sports. The fellows are all eager to play but we don’t have the time.

Some of the students have suggested a softball league for the summer session. These games could be played after supper, because it doesn’t look like anything will conflict with that time. This league yvill have to be promoted by the students themselves, so let’s all get behind the Athletic Board and pitch in and draw up a schedule.

The student body has elected L. Schroeder, D. Kolander, and R. Demcak to the Athletic Board. W. Nommensen is now president and Ed. Greve is the secretary. The new members of the board will be accepted at the annual Athletic Board banquet on May 30.

TENNIS On May 12 Capt. Schaller took his team to Milwaukee to play a match with the University Extension. Northwestern defeated Extension 3-1. In a return match on the following day N. W. C. again won 3-1. Schaller, Nommensen, Malchow, and Sellnow were the members of the team.

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Howie Henke says he is keeping himself in trim by running back from work every day. But we think he’s doing it so he can be the first one in the shower room.

Chick Hoenecke, Westendorf, and Kaesmeyer are college athletes playing on a local ball team. Late information says that L. Kolander is also going: to play.

Boogie Becker finally was awarded his manager’s letter.

Howie Henke is playing baseball for a Milwaukee club.

Hochmuth, Schaadt, Kelling, and Westendorf are still trying to play tennis.

Since this will be the last issue until October, I’d like to say a few words in closing.

Next year it will again be impossible to play football. But various schools have been sending out feelers to get some basketball games. Among these are Concordia, St. Paul; and Concordia, Milwaukee. A few differences have to be ironed out between the Athletic departments of Concordia Milwaukee and N. W. C. But the time seems ripe to iron out these diffi­ culties.

Now is the time to start thinking about our sports next year, for if we cannot have football, let’s concentrate on basket­ ball. There still seem to be some teams who are willing to play.

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hns been alphabetized for yourj men nnd merchants This classified list of business----.

• convenience nnd usefThcse men arc our advertisers. Without them the Black nnd Red could not exist. They nrc deserving of your patronnue.

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In Memoriam--------- --------- --------

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Ochone------------------------------------

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Northwestern College-------------

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The Road to Depression---------

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The Old Elm

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COLLEGE NOTES— A Letter__________

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Wilfrid E. Belleau, Lecturer

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Watertown, Wis” October 1944.

second Watertown. the Postodice March 3, 1879* Published monthly. Subscription. One Dollar,

PEBBLE AND ROCKS p. 11.

Adamantine stone, Thou’rt soft as jelly Compared to hearts of bone Sans warmth, and silly.

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Far greater than the boulders, To regulate this life’s strange twists, Who bore all on his shoulders.

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RED IN MEMORIAM CARL FREDERICK MASCH Aviation Radio Man, Third Class

The other Northwestern men who have been lost in this war were graduates, whom the majority of the present student body did not know. But when word came that Carl Masch had been killed on the eleventh of July, the grim reality of war was driven home to us very forcibly, for Carl had been with us for almost five years and had left us only a short time before.

Carl Frederick Masch was born on the sixth of November, 1924, at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, where his father was a pastor of our synod. Soon the family moved to Black Creek, Wisconsin, where Carl attended the public school.

Carl entered North­ western as a Sextaner in the Fall of 1938. He was graduated from the preparatory depart­ ment in June, 1942. In September he entered the college department.

We knew Carl as a cheerful, happy fellow, full of energy and pep —a fellow who could always make things in­ teresting. He was well liked by all who knew him during- the almost five years he spent with us.

At Christmas time of his freshman year Carl Frederick Masch in college, Carl left Northwestern to enlist in the United States Navy. His enlistment was at Oshkosh, January 26, 1943. He received his boot training at Great Lakes and was subsequently stationed at the radio school at Memphis, Tennesee, the gunnery school at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and at Quonset Point, Rhode Island.

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As to the circumstances of Carl’s death, nothing can be told at this time, except the simple but meaningful words, “He died in the line of duty.”

Besides Carl’s parents, the Rev. and Mrs. John Masch, of Black Creek, a brother, Robert, of the United States Navy, and two sisters, Ellen and Lois, also serving in the Navy, a host of friends mourn his death but find consolation in their firm belief that “God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”

OCHONE P. Ii.

And do the leaves a swan-song sing, As down they fly upon the wing, That there will be another spring When life will flow through everything?

They sing a song: The tune of death, A prelude to the winter's starkness: The symbol of Eternal Darkness.

Old North Wind’s breath Blows them along.

Nay, still we look for spring with hope, Nor in autumnal corners mope.

Let’s scrutinize the days with wonder, Lest from reality we wander.

By Dint of Tint

Full many a painter says concerning leaves: When frosty Jack appears and trees bereaves, Then doubtless are their colors most abundant, With wondrous, variegated shades redundant.

Conglomerated thus they do comprise A veritable artists’ paradise.

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RED NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE It is the intention of the Black and Red staff to prepare and publish a brief history of the Northwestern College campus.

In each of the remaining issues of this volume will appear one or more articles, each dealing with one particular building, whether that structure be still in use or already replaced.

Though it will be impossible for us to include in this work a complete history of the men who have worked here, or of the course of study given, we shall, as a general introduction to the series, relate a few facts pertaining to the beginning of North­ western—why, where, how, and by whom it was brought into existence.

In the decade before the Civil War the Lutherans of Wisconsin found themselves unable to obtain a sufficient number of trained men to preach in their churches and teach in their schools. Missionary societies in Germany were sending many young pastors to this state, but it soon became clear that men from the congregations here in Wisconsin would have to present themselves as candidates for the ministry if the work of build­ ing the Lord’s Kingdom was to go on as it ought. There were young men who were interested in this work, but there was no place where they might be trained. The Lutheran Seminary at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was considered, but that was too far away. In 1862, the Synod, then only twelve years old, decided to found its own college and seminary. Immediately debate arose over the site of this new school. Those who favored Watertown told of its central location, its rural tranquility, and its wealthy congregations which would help with gifts of produce, while the supporters of Milwaukee countered with the claim that placing the school in their city would assure an immediate enrollment of from fifty to sixty students. The arguments for Watertown were evidently presented more con­ vincingly, for in September, 1863, Dr. E. Moldehnke started classes in the Gardner House on Fourth Street. At that time, he had three students. Others became interested in later months, so that by the end of the year, the enrollment had increased to fourteen.

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Rev. John Bading

RED The next year the governing board bought five acres of land on the tenth of August, ground was broken for the erection of a school building which was to cost $10,000.

Funds were raised in three ways. In the first place, the city of Watertown contributed $2,000. Secondly, Rev. John Bading went abroad to solicit funds. Rev. Bading-, while on his trip through Russia and Germany, was received by the King of Hanover and preached in the Berlin Cathedral. Finally, the members of the Synod were asked to supply the remainingamount.

On September 14, 1865, the building was dedicated to the service of the Lord. Rev. J. Bading, for many years president of the Synod and Dr. E. Moldehnke, the first professor at the school, addressed the audience in German, while Prof. Adam Martin, first president of the institution, spoke in English.

The name of this school has been changed often. For a time it was known simply as Lutheran College. Then its name was changed to Wisconsin University. It was felt, however, that this name might be confused with that of the University at Madison. So the official name of the school when the charter was issued in 1867 was Northwestern University. It remained this until the second decade of this century when the more accurate term, college, by which we know it today, was applied.

THE ROAD TO DEPRESSION M. /. A.

I think that I shall never see A girl as lovely as can be.

A girl whose lovely mouth is pure And not adorned with lurid lure.

A girl that winks with eyelash true And not with lash of foreign hue.

A girl that has a natural skin And doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to rub it in.

A girl as natural as can be And not remade by style Paree.

But if there were a she as she, Alack, ah me, the unemployment thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be.

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赛RED THERE’S LIFE IN THE OLD BOY YET H. Lau

There was peace in the heart of the old figure leaning against the wall of a busy downtown garage, as it gazed upon the hustling, bustling pedestrians passing by on the crowded sidewalks. Born to be a servant, he had done hard work in his day. He had served faithfully for many long and dreary years, and now his time of rest had come. He was not lazy; he was just tired. For many years he had stood there and basked in the warm summer sun, watching his fellowmen toil. He was content.

Then one day he awoke from his peaceful daydreaming with a start. Opening his eyes he saw two young men gazing on him very earnestly and with great curiosity. At first he didn’t mind; he felt rather flattered that anyone should take notice of him. Then when one of them, the shorter one, a lad with wiry, close-cut black hair, walked closer and studied him yet more carefully, he became annoyed.

“Go away,’’ he said. “Let me rest in peace.”

The young men were insistent, however, and continued with their investigation. Finally the fellow with the cropped hair asked the old fellow if he wanted a job. In astonishment the aged one almost fell over.

“What! I’ve retired years ago. I couldn’t work if I’d want to!’’

The young man insisted. Long and earnestly he spoke, trying to convince the old fellow that he was needed.

“You’ve got to work for me,” he said. “I’ve looked all over for someone like you. Don’t you know there’s a war on?

Everyone has to work. I’ve even worked already!”

The old one thought awhile. Then the other young fellow put in his word.

“Sure, you can work yet,” he asserted with great confidence. *'Why, out in Colorado lots older guys than you put in full days of work!”

After such a challenge, pride would not let the old fellow refuse. He consented—with a bad grace, it must be admitted— and after a little difficulty in getting into motion went away with his new master quite willingly indeed.

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But the old fellow has been faithful, and we who know him and his faults have come to love him. Yet our love for him cannot compare with the love given to him by his master. Yes, and that love is tinged with a sort of pride.

“You’d be proud, too,” says Tuch, "if you’d have a faith­ ful servant like that ’34 Chevvie of mine!”

ODOR TO A HAMBURGER Marv

The moon was shining brightly in the sky.

I could not help but look her in the eye.

The silvery light on the rippling water Reflected all the beauty giv’n to her.

T’was then I first beheld how rare she was.

T’was then I fell in love with her, because T’was then I first beheld her dimpled cheek.

(Oh, how my heart did then begin to creak.)

T’was then I first beheld her lips so red.

T’was then I saw the goodness of her bred.

T’was then I took her in my grasp to hold.

But then, I was a bit too fast or bold.

I could not help but bring her to my lips.

But here I guess I made a stupid slip, Because she soon had slipped from my embrace, And now I nought can do but hide my face.

You see it was too late and cold to eat; You see we don’t agree—a hamburger and me.

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SEWER ALLURE Tuch Albrecht

My friends looked down their noses at me. They wouldn’t associate with me anymore. I had sunk too low. I was six feet down, digging a sewer. When they thought of a sewer, they thought of sewage, and that’s most repulsive.

And then again, others pitied me. "Poor fish,” they said to themselves, ‘‘he must.be desperate for dough to lower him­ self to such a humble job. To beg he is ashamed; it’s a good thing he can still dig.”

I pity these people. Their prejudiced viewpoint is due entirely to a lack of understanding. Making rubber bath-tub plugs they consider an honorable occupation, but they think that sewer digging is a most undignified task. But where would the rubber bath-tub plug manufacturers be if there were no sewers to accomodate the water after the plug has been pulled? ' What would the Phantom of the Opera have done if he hadn’t had a nice, cozy, rent-free sewer to live in? Jean Valjean would undoubtedly still be twiddling his thumbs in the jug if he hadn’t had a nice, filthy, stinking sewer to crawl through to freedom.

And then there was the woman who lost a diamond ring or her upper plate or a pre-war corset or something, I forget which. She looked everywhere, even put a want-ad into the Pioneei，一in vain. It seemed to have disappeared into thin air, but the truth of the matter was that it had vanished into thick water. She had the sewer searched, and there it was. She was one happy woman. Never had a sewer looked so good to her before.

So sehen wir, that sewers are the keystone in our arch of civilization, more important even than escalators and thermos bottles.

Goodness, I hope half the profs don’t suddenly up and quit on us and go out digging sewers.

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多RED A HISTORY IN VERSE Through forests stark and gaunt he stumbles Like schoolboy lost in nightmare eerie, Where awful ghouls with growls and mumbles Shake and curse in Bacchic chorus.

Some trees are straight and stretching skyward Like holy pillars of righteousness; With solemn sweep and mighty bough They stand and point at Where, not How. Some trees are bending- only downward, They cast alone and always shadow; The blinding shadow Ignorance Makes men seem big who’re only narrow.

Some trees are curled and wildly twisted Like men enmeshed in dark confusion Whose soul and mind has left Delusion To usher in twin-devil, Doubt.

"Why? What? Where? Who says so?

"I don’t believe it. Prove it, prove it. Prove it!”

Reeling, shaking, broken the man lies.

Deep, dark, dizzy despair grinds within him.

He sprawls degraded on the earth, He almost curses the day of birth, He’s helpless, broken; and a shriek From shattered spirit rises up And then a plea, «« 0 God, be merciful to me!”

From above a still voice is heard.

With wide ear he doth hear its word.

With a shout he doth lose the pain That was driving- him nearly insane.

The Voice, the Light, the Fire, the Word, The Way, the Truth, the Life, his Lord.

Sweet soft sleep and rest.

He then awakens, emboldened, refreshed.

He begins to know whence All, whither All. He is ready to live and to die to live.

Das Leben ist Ein Sterben， • Ein Erben.

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Still half asleep I jump out of bed and quickly dress, for the breakfast bell is about to ring. Oh, oh, there it goes! I’ll have to hurry or I’ll be late. Half way down the hall my mind, which was still partially asleep, finally catches up with my body. Then I notice that something is missing. Sure enough, where is my green cap? Making a sharp U-turn in the middle of the hall, I quickly return and start to search for my green hat. Now where did I put that cap last night? I was sure that it was in the locker. No, it isn’t there. Could it be in the "bucking room? Hmm, not there either. Well, Til be—here it is in my back pocket. With a start, as if by jet-propulsion, I zoom down the hall, make the stairs in three jumps, and safely arrive at the dining hall. I’m a little late, but maybe I can sneak in without being noticed. Well, I guess I made that all right.

After breakfast I linger around in the dining hall for a while so that the sophomores can clear out; because I know that if I don’t, with all the buttoning, I’ll have a sweat worked up by the time I get back to the dorm again. Thinking that the coast is clear, I casually go out the side door. Ha, just what I thought, no sophs around. I guess I slipped one over on them that time. Just as I’m about to open the door to the dorm, someone hollers, “Button, frosh, wiggle-em, up, down, up, right, left, double!” There I am standing, buttoning with all my might, and “wrecking” my brain trying to keep the orders straight. At last some Good Samaritan opens the door for me.

Boy, is that a relief.

It’s time to go to the Administration Building now, and of course the sophs will be lined up waiting for the frosh, who are about to make the march to the Ad Building.' I no more than get outside when they start barking orders at me. The first few I readily obey; but the rest, which keep piling up, are im­ possible to follow. So I just keep raising and lowering my arms, keep wiggling my fingers, and act as if I were in dead earnest. (I bet that really looks funny to see about ten or fifteen fellows wearing little green caps raise and lower their arms in wild commotion. It probably looks like an old Indian 145

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About 2:30 p. m. I decide to go downtown. Imagine that, I walk all the way downtown and no one makes me button.

But, as I come out of a store, I notice a couple of sophs across the street. What should I do, run back in, or make a getaway by posing as an ordinary pedestrian. Oh, oh, it’s too late now.

They must have seen my flag, the little green cap I mean.

Well, here goes again. I drop my packages on the sidewalk and start doing my calisthenics. The people who pass by look at me as if I were a little insane. (I wonder what they think of the sophs?) The next thing I see is some clumsy person coming along and stepping on my package. There go my trousers which I just had cleaned. Finally, I am at liberty again. I hastily retrieve my packages and return to the dorm.

Just before going to bed, I carefully place my little ^reen cap into the locker. Ah, the end of another day.

Next morning: Special Bulletin—I came to breakfast late.

I couldn’t find my little green cap. I looked in my back pocket, the bucking room, under the bed, in the waste-basket, and then finally, gee, this buttoning gets on a guy’s nerves, in my locker, and there it was.

GREAT HAUS AND LITTLE LAUS P. H.

In towns where milkmen’s horses plod through the empty streets in the time that is neither night nor morning, where uniformed milkmen clink their bottles from door to door, the delivery of that humble staple carries with it the mystery of children’s books of fables. It is a kind of song with melody and words—save for ‘giddap’一dropped out, with only the rhythm left, of horses’ hoofs knocking on the pavement in anapestic beat, the regular whistle and ‘giddap’ of a kindly deliveryman, the tinkling of glass containers as the parade moves down the street, and the homely deposits of dung left in 146

RED its wake. There is no audience to the song except a few in­ quisitive children or blear-eyed drunkards, returning late to their disturbed households.

But there are people in the country, too, not farmers, to whom the milkman’s appearance is a legendary occurrence.

Among these are the families of clerics, who with their slender incomes are happy if the price of milk is five cents a quart instead of six, and who rejoice over a measure of cream occa­ sionally given gratuitously, say at Christmas time or at Easter.

The man who brought the morning milk to a parish in Newberg Township was an elderly lord of the laity. He looked a good deal like Prince Bismark without his helmet, and his name was Althausen. He bore it with as much pride as he did a drooping mustache, an ornament of tawny-gray that harbored icebeads on snappy days. Bright and early he would stomp up the road that lead past the parsonage where he was used to leave a pailful of bluish Holstein milk on a rack.

The whole Althausen family were well to do. Some of them were fortunately married; one or two were bachelors.

The old man was a widower. He was akin to Abraham in that he had wealth and an impressive amount of livestock, besides woodland and arable acres into the hundreds. Mr. Althausen was a pillar of the community, marble hard, and with a Lydian capital.

Aside from the two perennial topics of conversation among the rural folk, the temperaments of the weather that appear never to suit the wide-scoped demands of a farmer’s heart, and the constant refrain of crops not being what they formerly were, Mr. Althausen had a trump above his neighbors’. He claimed there was a likelihood that his ancestors had belonged to the German nobility, and he had heard that somewhere in the East a certain city was called Althausen, he did not know exactly where. Enough said. One could tell that he was von something, judging from his appearance alone.

In the year 19—a new pastor came to Newberg, bringing with him some books, a wife, and a little son. The man came came from a far-off mission field, so his household consisted of not much more than these. Some time later, a second son was born, whom they christened Peter. The more forward women of the congregation came to express their amazement at his 147

RED healthy size. Each one had her own commenf to make, as they all jokingly offered to take him with them, to the dismay of his brother Paul.

“My, he sure iss bick, dough! He sure issbick!” one woman exclaimed. 4 ‘And dem yellow hairs yet—Pauli over der has black hairs again, but dis one dough! Ours all got brown. He sure iss bick!” And repeating an obvious thing in this manner, she meant to extend her good will.

In two years’ time Peter became Paul’s inseparable play­ mate. Their father’s wild horse was their hero. Oakli was an animal that possessed all the tragic flaws of a hero, but it was short on dignity.

Peter enjoyed standing at the fence along the road. There he watched for the old aristocrat to come with the milk. Mr. Althausen pretended not to see him. He had money matters to think of, and milk to deposit; no time for a pair of black eyes looking up to him from between the fence-boards as if he were St. Rupprecht with his cane. ^Hello Mr. Haus, hello Mr. Haus, hello Mr. Haus!”

Bismark did not choose to answer. He brushed his mustache, and walked past. Peter would try diplomacy.

Taking a better stance, arms akimbo, and lowering his voice, he would call out, "Hello, Haus!” It never worked. Mr. Alt­ hausen was not a condescending individual.

In the midst of the winter, when the snow was banked up to the roofs, and all the roads were drifted shut, the old gentle­ man must have bethought himself, and repented of his lack of civility. He came shuffling down the hill to the parsonage with a package under arm, his beard laden with a second coat of hoar, steaming and smoking like an engine. When he came to the door of the house, he noticed a wreath hanging from the post. “Veil, vot shouldt dat?” he mumbled to himself. He knocked. When he was admitted, he said, “G’nam’t. Ver iss dat liddle boy? I brought him a horse. Der he always set ‘hello’ to me, y’know, so 11’ought I—’’ The parson interrupted him, “Peter was kicked by our Oakli yesterday. He died last night.”

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The ancient prince of hell Hath risen with purpose fell; Strong mail of craft and power He weareth in this hour; On earth is not his fellow.

With force of arms we nothing can, Full soon were we down-ridden; But for us fights the proper Man, Whom God himself hath bidden Ask ye, who is this same?

CHRIST JESUS is his Name, The LORD SABAOTH，S SON; He, and no other one, Shall conquer in the battle.

And were this world all devils o’er, And watching to devour us, We lay it not to heart so sore; Not they can overpower us.

And let the prince of ill Look grim as e’er he will, He harms us not a whit; For why?—his doom is writ; A word shall quickly slay him.

God’s Word, for all their craft and force, One moment will not linger, But, spite of hell, shall have its course; ’Tis written by his finger.

And though they take our life, Goods, honour, children, wife, Yet is their profit small; These things shall vanish all, The city of God remaineth. Amen.

Translated 1831 from the German of Martin Luther 1529 by Thomas Carlyle.

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JlffiE beleve all upon one God; Maker of heven and erth he is truly; Oure father deare he hath hym made, That we all his chyldren myght be.

He provydeth for us dayly, Body and soule defendeth he strongly.

All my sf or tune shall from us fie, No hanne shall happen to any of us.

He careth for us both daye and nyght; (He is oure keper most gracyous:) A1 thynge stode in his powre and myght.

We beleve all on Christe Jesu, His owne Sonne and oure Lorde most deare; Which in God, power, and vertue Is always lyke his Father.

Of the glorious Virgyn Mary Was he born a man undoubtedly, Thorowe the Holy Goostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workying fre; For he deed and buried truely; He rose up the thyrde daye alone; To heaven ascended he myghtely, (And shall come to judge us echone.)

We beleve all on the Holy Goost; Lyke the Father and Sonne in Trenite; In all our troble oure comfort most, And in all oure adversite.

One holy church beleve we all, Whice is filled with sayntes great and small; (And for synne can it never fall.)

Of synnes there is clene remission; Our flesh shall aryse without doutynge; There is prepared for us everychone A lyfe that is everlastynge.

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RED PRAYER, PRAISE, AND THANKSGIVING ÂŽhe Lord be merciful to us And bless us with His favor And make His face to shine on us To give us life forever; That His way may be known on earth, The deeds of His own pleasure, His saving health in Jesus Christ Be given without measure And turn man to his Savior.

0 let the people praise Thee, God, Thy creatures all adore Thee, 0 let the nations all be glad And sing for joy before Thee: For Thou shalt judge the people right, On earth let not sin govern; Thy Word the staff is and the stay To keep Thy wandering pilgrim In right paths of salvation.

We thank and praise Thee, Lord our God, Because Thy Word doth prosper And rich increase on earth doth yield And godly life shall foster.

We praise the Father and the Son And God the Holy Spirit; All things in Christ will gathered be, All knees shall bow before Him. Then heartily sing: Amen!

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Jbtiartal Plea (se) UNE’S rush effected a neglect that, I hope, won’t bring too dire results. Mention of the coming historical series was made, but the request for information or for sources of infor­ mation was not. To facilitate and make more complete this bit of research we now ask your help. Any information, anecdotes, necessary dates, building data, real estate details, possible sources for more information, etc. will be appreciated. Your kind cooperation is requested. Your assistance will make these articles more complete, more interesting, more worth-wbile for you and all others who read them. Thank you.

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RED The Fatuity of Argumentation SHALL not endeavor to condemn argument; instead I shall only attempt to inform the reader of the utter vanity of argumentation. Do not get me wrong. I am completely cognizant of the fact that arguing is a delightful amusement and a moral uplifter. What I wish to convince the reader of is that this arguing should be planned and properly arranged in order that those involved may benefit by it. A debating club would be a fine organization for the - arguers. It would give them a time and place to express their opinions and to battle one another with words of meaning and information.

I shall borrow some ideas from John Saxe’s ‘‘Blind Men and The Elephant” to substantiate my argument. The story goes that six blind men who were inclined to much learning went to see an elephant so that each might satisfy his mind by observation. The first approached the elephant and happened . to fall against his side. Immediately he exclaimed, “Bless me! but the elephant is similar to a wall.” The second felt of the tusk and cried, ‘‘What is this so round, smooth, and sharp? To me it is clear that this animal is like a spear.” The third approached the animal and happened to take his squirming trunk within his hands and yelled, ‘4I see, the elephant feels like a snake.” The fourth reached out his eager hand, touched the beast’s knee and averred, 4'I see, the elephant is like a tree. tt The fifth chanced to touch the ear and asserted, “The blindest man can see that the elephant resembles a fan.” The sixth groped about the beast and seized the swinging tail. ‘‘I see,” quoth he, “The elephant is like a rope.” These six men disputed very heatedly, because they were exceedingly stiff and strong in their opinions. Though each was partly right, they were all in the wrong.

Thus you see why and how people argue and you now should be convinced that it is a vanity. Hence I conclude that we should have a debating club, for here we could express informative ideas and statistical facts. We would realize that it’s contemptible to argue over trifling absurdities.

Wurster.

•Does anyone wish to argue with the arguing gentleman? —Ed. Note.

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e❿itk铍饬佐 A Letter ’HE following letter explains itself. It comes from' the editor of the D. M. L. C. Messenger and was addressed to the Black and Red for publication.

“We，the eight Dr. Martin Lutheran College students who attended the summer session at Watertown, thank the students and Faculty of Northwestern College for receiving and welcoming us into their classes, sports, and especially dormitory life. We enjoyed our visit there immensely and made the acquaintance of a group of fellows to whom we say, 'Till we meet again to renew that acquaintance.’ ” Sincerely, Ed Kionka (Signed) ,Editor

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•It isn't often that the Black and Red resorts to such strong language, but here it is necoBsapr if the real popular opinion is to be expressed. This however is in noi way to you be considered a series of innuendoes against the entertainment committee. Not only « but a gym full of people were fooled.—Ed, Note.

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RED Three reels of disconnected views were unrolled on the screen before our eyes to the accompaniment of an inarticulate, soft-spoken lecturer and occasional French Canadian songs, played on a record player. The pictures were all low key, an excellent thing in moderation but a nerve-taxing endurance test in excess. They also were too unvaried; weaving, churches, fences, and unclear landscape shots made up the mass of the production.

The lecturer had neither the voice of lecturer nor his smooth and sometimes witty tongue. A public address system would have been a partial cure but even it can’t overcome poor enun­ ciation.

The examples of French Canadian handicraft were unusual and worthy of inspection. But that, too, he spoiled; when showing： an example of a handmade sailing vessel model, our lecturer said, “I might also mention I have the agency for these if any of you would be interested.”

He did however show us that Quebec is an interesting place with interesting surroundings. It must be a fine land to visit.

But the program was a lemon. A lemon is very good if properly used, but quite distasteful if not. Sorry to say, Mr. Belleau seems to have been unacquainted with its proper use.

Dormitory imitations of his loose, unintelligble delivery provoked much laughter, so there was entertainment, after the program.

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JVlumnt After an absence of about four montlis we return with a re­ port of the happenings of the past summer. The following notice reached our desk during- that time: • • Madame Bernice & Monseiir Gustav, ’22，of Krause and Krause Co. Inc., beg- to announce to their friends that the WMC has recently granted them additional help in their culinary depart­ ment. Mile. Lois Martha accepted temporary quarters at the Med­ ford Clinic on Sunday, July 16th, at 4:15 p. ni., wei^liin^ in at 8 lbs. 12 oz.

To Rev. and Mrs. Otto Pagels, f39. was born a son, Richard

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Rev. and Mrs. B. J. Westendorf, *18, of Flint, Michigan, be­ came the parents of a daughter, Susan Marie.

A daughter, Judith, was born to Rev. and Mrs. \V. W. Westendorf, ’24，of Dowagiac, Michigan.

A son, David, was born to Rev. and Mrs. A. Voges, ’28，of Vassar, Michigan.

To Prof, and Mrs. A, Schulz, ’32, was born a baby girl, Mar­ garet. Prof. Schultz is a member of the faculty at the Seminary in Sagina'v，Michigan.

Last spring we published a statement to the effect that a topcoat whose owner was unknown had for some time been hang­ ing in the Black and Red staff room. Shortly after we received a letter from Rev. R. Jungkuntz, ’39，Janesville, which we quote in part: “That venerable piece of the haberdasher's art is legally the property of the Rev. Wayne Ten Broek, Rapid City, South Dakota.

How it came to its present place of honor on a hook in the Black and Red room is an obscure and somewhat shady piece of history. ’T'vas something on this wise: Five or six years ago it was the nocturnal wont of those very intellectual denizens of the lock to .cast lots in order to determine which of their number should be delegated to procure some light refreshments. The one thus chosen would then have to mount one of the many bicycles standing- about in the basement and pedal off to the village in search of afore-said sustenance, or rather, means thereof. So it came to pass that one wintry night friend Ten Broek was graciously invited to sit in on one of these repasts. Unfortunately, the lot fell not upon him but on the undersigned. By unanimous agreement of the voting mem­ bers, however, it was decreed that in view of the exceptional favor our visitor was enjoying he must surely be desirous of showing 161

RED liis gratitude in some material way, to wit, by the loan of this garment now in question, to protect y. t. from the bitter blasts which in those clays were the scourge of College Ave. Well, that’s the story. Somehow the coat was never returned. Instead it be­ came in the eyes of the staff a tradition, a piece of well-nigh royal ♦apparel, a ceremonial robe, which thenceforth must needs be worn by anyone en^aj^ed in a staff-mission.”

On July 15, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Stoekli of Wonewoc, Wis­ consin, announced the cn^a^ement of their daughter Gertrude, to Donald Ortncr, ’44. Don, a student of the Seminary, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ortner, of Frankeninuth, Michigan.

On June 18, Miss Frieda Schaadt, daughter of Mrs. Eliza­ beth Schaadt, of Flint, Michigan, became the bride of Rev. James Vo^t, '39. The Rev. B. J. Westcndorf performed the ceremony in Emanuel Church. Rev. Vo^t, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vogt, of Flint, is pastor of Mount Olive Lutheran Church, in Bay City, Michigan.

Miss Evelyn Knick, ex ’41, of Watertown, was married to Rev. Paul Kuchl, ’41. Rev. Kuehl is pastor of a congregation in Slur尺is. South Dakota.

Rev. Lcland Grams, *41, and Myrtle Matlnvefy of Markesan, Wisconsin, who became man and wife, now reside at Omak, Wash­ ington.

Rev. Arden Lapcr, '41, and Lily Odin, of Milwaukee, were married. Rev. Laper is serving a mission at Mankato, Minnesota.

Miss Mildred Rutliig, of Saginaw, Michigan, became the bride of Rev. Willard Kehrberg, '40, Hale, Michigan.

Trinity Lutheran Church was the scene of the wedding： of Miss Marion Maltz. ex ’43, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Maltz, of Watertown, and Rev. Gerhard Fraimnann, ’41，New London, Wisconsin, son of Rev. William Franzmann, of Watertown. Rev. Kurt Timmel read the service.

Miss Henrietta Haffner of Winona, Minnesota, became the bride of Rev. Marvin Hanke，，41. Rev. Hanke accepted a call to Timber Lake, South Dakota.

On October 8, Miss Ruth Berg, daughter of Mrs. Gust Berg, Milwaukee, and Rev. Winfred Koelpin, *41, Toledo, Ohio, son of Rev. and j\Irs. Arnold Koelpin, Caledonia, Wisconsin, were married.

Miss Ruth Zank, '43, accepted a call to teach in Juneau.

Rev. Emil Toepel, f39, after tutoring at Michigan Lutheran Seminary two years, accepted a call to Cataract, Wisconsin. Dur­ ing his two years at Saginaw, Tutor Tocpel led the Seminary to C one baseball and two district basketball championships.

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Rev. Harold Sauer, ’40，formerly tutor at Mobridge, is now pastor in Mound City, South Dakota.

Rev. George Barthels, ’35, has been called to Burlington from Allenton to take the place of Rev. Ewald Blumenthal, *29, who was called to Milwaukee.

Rev. Erwin Schroeder, ’35，Ixonia, has accepted the call to leach English and act as librarian at Northwestern.

Rev. Carl Lawrenz, North Fond du Lac, has accepted the call to teach catechetics and Hebrew at the Seminary in I'hicnsville.

Rev. Sieghard Westendorf，’28, of Milwaukee, has accepted the call to preach at Monroe, .Michigan.

Rev. Bernard Kuschel, *39, has accepted a call to Caledonia, Minnesota.

Theodore Frey, ’41，accepted a call to Bruce, Wisconsin.

Rev. John Schaefer, *41, was called to lJueblo, Colorado.

Rev. Ardin Laj)er, ’41，was called to South Omaha.

On August 27, Rev. F. Zarlinj?, '01, of St. Matlliew Congre­ gation, Iron Ridge, Wisconsin, celebrated the fortieth anniversary of his ordination.

During the summer session at Thiensville, Allyn Sclnippenhauer, ’44，broke his jaw in a softball ^ame. His classmates report that the break is now completely healed and that it left ab­ solutely no effect.

On May 29, Pastor Marcus Arno Fleischer passed from this life after a long illness. He was born in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, on September 3, 1908. He was confirmed at Husti.sford in 1922 and that same year entered Northwestern from which lie graduated in 1930. After finishing the course of study at Thic*nsville he was called to Trinity Church, Red Granite, Wisconsin. In 1937 he married Miss Erma Engel of Ombay, Minnesota. In 1938 he left Red Granite to devote his full time to a mission congregation he had organized in Ripon. After four years he was granted a leave of absence which, it was hoped, would allow him to rest and regain his health. He then moved to Watertown where he died two years later. Surviving are his wife, Erma, three sons. Daniel, Paul and l\*ler; his parents. Prof, and Mrs. Herman Fleischer, of Watertown; a sister, Mrs. Harold Schumann, also of this city; and a brother, Herbert, of Madison. May the Lord whom he served bring- comfort and consolation to those who mourn his death.

NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE MEN IN THE SERVICE Pfc. Roland E. Protz, ex '45, of La Crosse, received a thigh injury while fighting in France. He is now convalescing in a hos­ pital in England. His address is: Pfc. R. E. Protz, 36804943 Co. E. 119th Inf. A. P. O. 30 c/o Post Master, New York City 163

RED Wc received the following- release from Lt. Gen. I. C. Baker, Coniniandor in Chief, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces: ^Major I-croy H. Benzel of Waterto'vn, Wisconsin, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross at this 15th Air Force heavy bom hard ment base in southern Italy.

“TIk* B-24 «roup navigator was leading a wing, of B-24s last December 14 enroute to a German airdrome in Gr eece. His Distinguished Irlying Cross citation tells of his navigational feat in the face of severe weather conditions. It reads : “ 'With visibility almost zero, high strata clouds and heavy undercast rendering formation flying both dangerous and difficult, and required to navigate by means of instruments alone, Major Bcnzcl, exliil^itinq- «rcat leadership and superb craftsmanship, led his formation so directly over the target that when a momentary break in the clouds occurred, they were able with only a 30-second bomb run to indict great damage on enemy material and installa­ tions/ “In addition to the D. F. C., the Wisconsin man wears the air medal and an oak leaf cluster.

“Before enlisting in the air force as an aviation cadet at Fort Sheridan, Wisconsin, in January of 1941, Major Benzel was a stu­ dent at Northwestern College, Watertown, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin, Madison; and Whitewater State Teachers College, Whitewater, from where he was graduated in 1938 with a Bachelor of Education degree.”

We have these new addresses of servicemen : Pfc. Martin Nommensen 812 A A F B U Sect. A, Pope Field North Carolina /

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One could di^ in, actually get his 贫rinding done, and dig out again.

Pleasant, too, was the broad interpretation oC 'supervised selfj3fovernment,, Rivaling' the freedom of the Senior vernal 4«uest-da},s,.

Aye, and the kaleidoscopic personnel lent its bit With contingents from Concordia D M LC St. Louis.

The Seniors relieved the ‘Blues’ city of Burk & Jeskc, schon Kanzel ^ebrochen, (Whose report at first awed us, till we found them human, quite human.); Then out of the June sky were we encoed-ccl again • of wraithlike Miss Boelter.

Summarily and appropriately clubbed our ‘Faerie Queene，’ From New Ulm migrated a likeable lusty bunch, (How unlike that harmonica playing fiend!)

Good fillers all.

A broad-minded confidant was Teacher Ihlenfeldt -(As 'tho we needed one) Methinks for him the ribbon of life back-spaced about ten years.

The bookless afternoons encouraged mazuma mustering, Involving 95%, who divide into classes four: The spike-eating railroad crew, Where every day is ‘d-clay* (and not 'shaggy1 either); The mold-dumping, in玎ot-haulinjj foundry boys (Of * steel-steel-steel toes’ fame); That potent factory bunch, 165

RED Whose chiefest bugaboo was muscle-atrophy; And then the hoi-poloi Who slaved when calls came for a boy Still cent-bent.

As for the heat - - our president First set the pace by taking chapel in shirt sleeves, While Prof. M. F. even exhorted us (as of August 11) For each to bear up - - even if he believes It quite incon^ruent.

Course we went to class in the morning betimes, Tho, forsooth, about all I can recall Concerns some ‘(lamozel draped over a 尺olden bar’ - or was it a wall ?

And the lieppv 'pic-eyed piper1, with appropriate rhymes.

A high spot of the term was when We played a triple-header with the Sem Who steamed down from their bookish hiding-places To play ball and visit all the old familiar places.

Another was the time A bunch of us were invited State Fair-ward To fill some chorus seats, because they were hard-up For male voices. Back \vc came fed up But humming Verdi Gounod Delibes.

All’s quiet now, save for a sporadic snatch from Lakme, The sonorous benediction, to wit: “Thrice blessed may ye be,” Syncopated occasionally, irrepressibly With ‘Li’l David’.

As I was saying, It was quite pleasant, that summer term; But somber-hued harbingers are winging in from eastward, Discharging their dubious freight, vague, disturbing, Shrouding： that insistent, inaugurable question, "What's coming off next summer:

* Fall i s come - -and with it, preps, preps, preps, ad infin” big ones, little ones, skinny ones, thick ones, big- bruisers, little shav­ ers, anemic bean poles, over-corpuscled hulks, Sexties in hordes -but nearly all [att in respect to their wallets, (gulp!)

Fall is come, and so we shift into a slightly modified super­ vised self-government - - that protesting shriek of gears you just heard was, of course, from the Frosh and Sophs. (The laddies do protest too much, methinks, tho it’s nothing a little ‘persuasive’ 只ear grease won’t fix.) Our machinery is shipshape and purring 166

5IRED along smoothly again, too smoothly (might we humbly suggest a few more board meetings, conferences, etc.?) and already it seems as if we’d 纪one to school a whole year - - instead of only eleven months. The Senior class, the usual Senior beating now in process, can sympathize and perhaps in some small way appreciate why Billy (The “Gripe”）Zell developed as he did.

The A-Greeks sighed resignedly as, on opening day, our prof breezed in and with maddening consistency began briskly, “ ‘Afternoon, Gentlemen” and slapped on an assignment. a piliful In true Michigan-Henry Peil fashion, Westy put burst of speed and coasted in only about four clays late. Prof.

E. E. K.s5 only comment was, " VIja 'valk?” Course I’ve known Henry to 1drag i ni two weeks late and more, but we suspect perhaps Westy hasn’t Hank’s - - that is perhaps the relation between prof and student in the former case isn’t as happy as tbe latter's used to be.

Guess Who to Who ,you surely keep a professor ,L .L humble.” P. S. They say during： the month of September the Bishop concentrated on bein^ a regular, a regular 20 minute (r.r.) man, or better yet, a two-alarm man. Course in Japan everyone carries his own.

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Meeth (‘Cheep’) Jeske, our Hebrew hopeful, has finally mastered the better known facts about the ‘Big Six’ and Pey Wows.

When not otherwise occupied he mi^ht be found poring- over yel­ lowed MMS. doing- advanced research work for a degree (B.S.) in Semitic dialects.

Snicker - Snacks After they'd taken down old Joe Chaucer’s dates, (1344 ) tl?e Seniors，sober as judges, promptly commemorated the old boy's birthday according to the best dining hall tradition ......At first 167

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RED the more gullible listened respectfully when Plotchmeier would hold forth down in the gym alleys on the current theories about balls, pins, etc. , often quoting Ned Day verbatim and with the inmost abandon - - we’ll concede this much, they both hail from West Allis...............You’ve probably heard about. Pastor Nitz from Waterloo's oldest boy, Fred - - well, he's now Teacher Nitz from Green liay (doesn't sound right, does it?) .... Judg-e Becker is at present trying to get across his latest bid for musical notoriety, “I’m the Sheik of Aberdeen” One of the advantages of beiii^ twenty-one (hch, hch) is the privilege of voting. The eli.^iblcs have all signed u]) and hereby give notice that they will in wise he swayed or infliienced by professorial hints, be they proOh I say, Messrs. Dcmmie and Fischer, Dewey or pro- Dcwcv aren’t those niaicli hooks you’re dishing out at the canteen rather -ah - j)rovocative?............. The way Kleist was buzzing; them off alone after everyone had left Logic class reminds us, let’s see -limmmmm - didn't something similar once happen to you, Kujie?

All of v liit li brings U]) that highly contested question : is it really true ilia： all a youiig minister needs is a few hundred dol­ lars debt, a l»an -l of oatmeal and a bucksaw?

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1904 N. W. C. defeated a Carrol College team that out­ weighed them 8 lbs. to a mail l)y a score of 15-5.

35 Yrs. ago—At this time Captain E. Bcrjj was training his 30 1909 candidates for the college team.

30 Yrs. ago一-Prof. Kowalke and Capt. Westendoi f put an ex­ 1914 perienced team into the field. Northwestern 14, Mil­ waukee Normals 6.

25 Yrs. ago—Tn the first •ganie of the season Northwestern was 1919 defeated 1)y Whitewater Normal 16-0.

20 Yrs. ago—Beloit 28—N. W. C. 6. Ripon 13, N. W. C. 0. Even 1924 though these games were defeats they were well attended and showed the “spirit” at N. \\r. C, was coming back.

15 Yrs. ago—N, W. C. dropped its first game—played in a steady 1929 rain—to Beloit chiefly on account of fumbles. Score 25-0. In the second game N. W. C. was defeated by a strong- Milwaukee Normal team 25-7. N. W. C. bowed to Lawrence 26-0.

10 Yrs. ago—An out classed College team was defeated by the 1934 University of Dubuque 48-0. On N. W. C.’s Homecoming they defeated Milton 19-0. In the last game of the season N. W. C. was defeated 8-0.

5 Yrs. ago一In a game played in a downpour N. W. C. defeated 1939 the Seminary 33-0. N. W. C. was defeated by Law­ rence 39-0. “Chic” Hempel*s educated toe beat; the Platteville Miners 20-18.

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On one of the first days of the Summer Session the Athletic Board met and it was decided that there should be a student body Softball League. Winfred Nommensen, the President of the Ath­ letic Board, had to take care of the details. “Nomme” and his able assistant “Judge” Becker drew up a schedule. The games were played after supper because practically the entire student body worked in the afternoon.

Each class was represented by a team. This was made possible because had a liuniber of Normal students from New Ulm with us for the summer. The Junior class did not have enough men to have a team so our Athletic Director for the summer, Nommen sen, had the New Ulm boys play with the Juniors. This turned out to be a very satisfactory arrangement.

There were on the average two ^ames a week and they were well attended by the student body. (5n the whole the games were exciting and very well played 1>y all the teams.

There were thirty-six games played. Each team played nine Itames.

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On August 16, the Seminary All-Stars came down to play the Northwestern All-Stars. In the first p^ame N. W. C. defeated the Seminary 8-3. Honeecke was the winning pitcher, Hartwi泛 the loser. In the second game the Seminary defeated N. W. C. 4-2.

Hartwig; was the winning pitcher, Warner the loser.

On August 26, the Northwestern All-Stars went to Thiensville to avenge their defeat at the hands of the Seminary All-Stars.

They won one game 4-3 and lost the other two 12-1 and 3-2. Pelerman pitched the winning game for Northwestern and Hartwig pitched the two wins for the Seminary. Hoenicke was the losin.8f pitcher. .

In looking： over the records of the summer's panics we are reminded of the good jol) that was done by W. Nommcnsen and Becker. They scheduled all the games and saw to il that they were run olY in a sportsmanlike way. They also - took care of all the equipment. So, for a very good job, let’s give “Noninic” and .’Judge” n vole of thanks.

Hardball Nommensen also organized a baseball team which played games with the two local clubs, the Goslings and the Iiiawathas.

No official statistics of these games arc available, so we’ll just have to say that our team gave the local teams some pretty good games.

On August 26 Nommensen took his team to Waupun to play the Prison nine. They were defeated 11-9, Bill the boys were well pleased with the trip.

Bits and Flashes Hochmulh and Schaadt took off an afternoon of work about three of four times to play a few rounds at the Watertown Country Club.

Our one man tennis team Loren Schaller entered the Wiscon­ sin Slate Open Tournament. But he had the misfortune lo meet Bob David, Chicago city champ, in his first match. Schaller lost but he put up a good fight. The scores were 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. David won the State Open.

In the last week of school, Schaller entered lhe Watertown Open men’s singles. Hl* took the championship ill a series of fast matches. So you now can call him champ.

The Senior hiking club had their annual outing on a dark evening in August. A 兄oo(l time was had by all, right “Jiidge’’？ Henry Lange is now trying to make these outings once a month, instead of once a year.

The Life Guard staff at the local swimming： pool was made up entirely of Northwestern students. Two of the boys were sons of local ministers and the other was our own Johnny T. Westendorf. He said that sitting in the life-guard chair was the job best suited to his physique.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY —

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Toward Knowledge at College .

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I Dunno Mow He Does It, but He Does It________

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Our Administration Buildings__

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Barber Joe__________________

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EDITORIAL— Speech is a Mirror of the Soul

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The Shaving of the '"Hairy Ape"

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Are Democracy and Political Bungling Symonymous?

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Opera Reflections___________

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COLLEGE NOTESMr. Wm. C. Fischer

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We plough the fields, and scatter The good seed on the land, But it is fed and watered

By God’s almighty hand; He sends the snow in winter, The warmth to swell the grain, The breezes and the sunshine.

And soft refreshing rain.

All good gifts around us Are sent from heaven above; Then thank the Lord, 0 thank the Lord, For all His love.

He only is the Maker Of all things near and far; He paints the wayside flower; He lights the evening star; The winds and waves obey Him;

By Him the birds are fed; Much more to us, His children, He gives our daily bread.

All good gifts around us Are sent from heav’n above; Then thank the Lord, 0 thank the Lord, For all His love.

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All good gifts around us Are sent from heav’n above; Then thank the Lord，0 thank the Lord， For all His love.

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Tr. by Jane Montgomery Campbell，1817-1878

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Now are the bins all filled with plenteous fruit That harvesters took from the land as loot.

The wine is made,' And wood is sawn In order that the cold be stayed Till comes the warmth of Springtimeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dawn When that great wonder might again begin Developing from little seeds vast stores To keep bright life inside the bodiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; doors, Glad cheer without beside good health within.

Be us, pray, granted one more thing, Resounding gratitude to sing.

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RED DATS DA WAY IT GOES Marcus Albrecht A story of a fatherless family and two sentimental country analysts, who by being sentimental think they pay God His due, by being platitudinous think they are wise, and by returning to the hundrum return to their life scope.

On a rainy afternoon in a country tavern tiuo unshaven farmers stand at the bar. The rest of the room is filled with their like, heavy smoke, and coarse language.

FIRST FARMER. Didja read about it in da pabers? Tumble, enit?

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SECOND F. Yah, and he wass only tirty nine years olt, perfeckly healty.

FIRST F. Four liddle kits, too. Dat makes it bat for da woman.

SECOND F. Yuh know, it hit him right behind da ear, yah, chust like dat and he wass det. Denn to find him dere too yet.

FIRST F. Yah, dey got da burying tamorrow I hear. Dat sure is bat.

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FARMER TRAGICALLY KILLED While sitting in the cab of his parked truck, Milton Schulz, Emmons County farmer, was shot in the head and instantly killed, when a young neighbor boy, hunting rabbits a quarter mile away, not seeing the truck, shot to kill a rabbit but missed, only discovering later that the bullet from his gun had crashed thru the windshield of his neighborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s truck and killed him. The sherif, B. J. Schmidt, and the coroner, Thomas F. Nelson, were immediately called. The boy is not being held. The case was determined accidental.

A wife and four young children survive.

Funeral arrangements were not yet made.

All Emmons County mourns the loss of a worthy citizen and extends its symyathy to the bereaved family.]

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And he ent to blame eeder really again—?

FIRST F. Yah, dat makes it bat dat way.

SECOND F. Yah. I know an olt man, chee he must be dost eighdey years olt witt da bote leks cut off; he wandts to be det.

But witt him again he don’t, and denn dis young feller witt four kits he gets killt. Deres one guy dat’s young, dere he dies, and dere da udder guy what ent got no leks, he stays living. I can’t see dat. Dat sure makes it bat dat way. I sez to da woman already-------FIRST F. Yah, dat’s da way tings go. Say, whatja bowl last night?

SECOND F. Hunnert sixty one. Whatye?" bowl?

FIRST F. Notten.

SECOND F. Dat makes it bat. Well, I tink I go home now and go chorsing. It sure iss wet out. Dat sure makes it bat dat way.

TOWARD KNOWLEDGE AT COLLEGE Ph. Hensel

A master his scholar bade, A bright-eyed little lad: Nought ought you be spurning Of fair far-flung learning.

Sir, nurture a yearning, Be inwardly burning For true things, and for pure!

The rest at best’s manure Despite bedight allure.

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One can probably say without fear of contradiction that there are not many college classes which can deny that some of their members are, if not habitual, at least occasional, “sleepers_ in-class.” After long practice, individuals have developed this “art” to near perfection.

It is quite amusing to observe one of these persons. Enter­ ing the classroom for the first morning period, he may seem quite wide-awake. He may even, for the first few minutes of the period, sit at his desk with a semblance, at least, of atten­ tiveness. Soon, however, the effects of that “bull session” or of some other fatiguing enterprise on the preceding night begin to tell. His eyelids droop; his entire countenance takes on a rather blank expression; an arm rises wearily to support a weary head. To his ears the words of the instructor are by this time a mere distant murmuring; he is almost entirely unaware of anything going on about him. One thing that his fatigued mind is still able to detect, however, is a slight strain on the head-supporting arm. This discomfort is easily remedied by a final muscular exertion which moves the arm and upper trunk forward so that the head rests on the arm lying on the desk.

Now there is no danger either that the nodding head will slip off the arm or that the elbow will slide off the desk and cause the sleeper to be awakened by the resulting annoying lurch.

In this final position of relaxation as comfortable as can be attained in a classroom seat, the sleeper is very vulnerable to the attacks of any pranksters in the neighboring (and sometimes even more distant) seats. A sudden show of life caused by a rapid increase in temperature on the ball of the foot is not uncommon. The effects of such a hotfoot do not last long, however. Soon he his dozing again, and if the professor does not rouse the slumberer, with the help of pokes and jabs administered by others sitting around him, he will sleep until the sound of the shuffling feet of the other members of the dismissed class wake him. With a start he grabs his books and follows the class to his next “Schlafzimmer.”

Well, it has been said, ‘‘It takes all kinds of people to make the world go ’round,” so I suppose such ‘‘mid-morningslumberers” will always be with us.

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Just what was the function of this building? It was dormitory, residence for several faculty members, library, and it contained classrooms and a faculty office. In the basement were the washroom facilities and the storeroom for trunks and luggage. The first floor contained several classrooms and the faculty office. Quarters for two faculty families, two class­ rooms, and a small room for a small library were on the second floor. In the nineties four rooms on the third floor were used for dormitory purposes. One study room housed thirteen students, another six. The other two rooms were bedrooms.

Above an attic was the “Career*”，a large windowed cupola.

The building was heated by wood and coal stoves; kerosene lamps furnished light when it was needed, and water was in the well outside. There were two entrances; one on the east side and the other on the west. Over the west entrance was the purpose-announcing inscription: Soli Deo Gloria.

For 29 years this building served professors and students.

Then on July 30, 1894, a bolt of lightning ended its service. A small portion of the 1500 volume library was rescued and more might have been, since at first the blaze was confined to the upper two stories. But the on-looking townspeople knew that chemistry classes were conducted in that building; and the word •‘chemicals’’ was mumbled through the crowd. The old awe of • The famed “Career” will be discussed in a later article.

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on the first floor but overflowing into numerous closets on every floor and into the basement*. There is also a room which obliges as a laboratory for chemistry classes.

IMPROVEMENTS

The flickering kerosene lamps gave way to gas lighting in 1896. By 1905 students could press a button and have electric light. Today our classrooms are illuminated by fluorescent â&#x20AC;˘ Already 30 years ago library facilities were pronounced inadequate. There were then about 10,000 volumes.

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Students lugged coal and wood up to their rooms until 1892, when a central heating plant was installed. During the last decade the floors have been sanded and waxed. Much to be desired is a new home for our ubiquitous library, a chemistry and physics laboratory, and an administration office. Can these needs be supplied before the centennial anniversary?

SERIOUS Lorrie Schaller

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Basking here in the blueness of my study den Warm and well, Masking the light with pipe smoke; it is then I think of sleet chilled foxholes, of decks lead sprayed By swooping spitting planes, and of Him that made Heaven and hell.

When Saipan’s greedy sands sucked red And red sprawled the piles of Aachen’s dead----Ghastly, Grisly?

Grim tokens that victims had bled----Did He spare— ?...

When that steel bristling cruiser, mortally stung In the flank by metal-finned fish, spun Crazily, Listed, Sounded flags flying with her crew so young----Was He there—?...

And those teal-winged war birds roaring Reich-ward, Eagles escorted by a falcon-brooded horde----Blasting, Blitzing, Blowing to bits trim homes and greensward----Did He care—? . • • Oh He was there, spared, and still cares for His members, the Head, And shall till all rumours of war are no more.

And I—?After peace talk obsesses the air With reaction stalking its wake, He’ll need me to help care For His living and dead.

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Hey, Sandy, come here once,” called Joe to me. “It’s about time we hike to Hanover.”

“Aw, shucks,” I yelled. “The water’s so swell—jus’ let me take one more dive.” Presently I climbed out of the ol’ swimmin’ hoi’. As I dried myself I thought of the many times I had accompanied my friend on his Saturday hike to Hanover, a town about six miles from our village. From small up Joe had wanted to become a barber, and the only chance he had to practice that trade was at Hanover. Joe and I had always been pals; we grew up together, we went to school and church to­ gether, and we fought side by side. I thought it was in the line of duty that I keep him company on his weekly trek over the dusty road.

While I was slipping on my overalls, Joe said, “First we gotta go to dad’s store and fill the nail boxes.”

As we walked into Jordan’s General Store we noticed the empty nail kegs and we knew that Mr. Jordan had already filled the nail boxes himself. Mrs. Jordan came from the back room just as we were about to leave for Hanover and said, ‘‘Wait a minute, Joe. You can’t cut hair today. Dad dropped a keg of nails on his hand and won’t be able to tend the store.”

I telephoned Pop Clips, the barber at Hanover, and told him that Joe couldn’t come that day, but that he would be on deck the following Monday. Fate was playing into our hands and was dealing us an experience that will live in our memories.

Monday afternoon we shuffled along the road with the hot July sun bathing our backs and shoeless feet with a shower of vitamin A. It wasn’t long before we reached Pop Clip’s Barber Shop. As soon as we walked through the door, Pop dropped his newspaper and displayed his white shirt and black bow tie. (In summertime the only three people who wore a shirt and tie in Hanover were the minister, the grocery-store man, and Pop himself.) He pulled his glasses to the tip of his nose to look us over and then drawled, ‘‘Wal, Joe, you shorely picked a slack day to practice.”

When he had finished, he pushed his glasses up again and kept on reading the newspaper. We pulled up chairs and pored over every magazine we hadn’t seen before.

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Since no customer came within the next two hours, we decided to start for home. As we reached the door a car stopped in front of the shop and three men stepped out. We stepped back to let the gentlemen in. Pop looked up from his newspaper, studied the face of the man who seemed to have authority over the other two men, and quickly looked into his newspaper, and then to the stranger again. The man spoke, "How about a shave, old man?”

Pop trembled and grew white. He tried to speak but no word came out. Pop seemed awfully sick. The stranger said, “Now listen, ‘Feezer，’ you’re too nervous; just sit still and I’ll shave myself.”

The other two men with hands in their coat pockets came closer to Pop, and Pop settled in his chair. This was the chance Joe was waiting for. He said, “Hey, mister, I’m a barber, too, and I’ll shave you in no time.”

The stranger saw that Joe wasn’t nervous and consented to let Joe shave him. (He didn’t know that he was Joe’s first shaving customer.) Joe lathered the man’s face and began shaving. He made every stroke of the razor with great ease, just like a veteran barber. Joe did his work so efficiently and to the liking of the man that he received a tip of a dollar. The three men departed and sped away in their automobile. Pop, still shaky and white, slowly got up, walked over to Joe, put his hand on Joe’s shoulder, arid said, “Joe, you’re going to be a great barber. You don’t know it, but you’re probably the only barber in the world to have shaved John Dillinger.”

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Speech is a mirror of the soul: As a man speaks, so is he.

Publius Syrus, Maxim 1073

like to talk about other people. That appears to be P EOPLE a fact of human nature. People like to talk about other people’s weaknesses and vices, like to use the dirt in the lives of others as a mirror to reflect their own goodness. (That it reflects into their own eyes and blinds them they are too blind to see.) That, too, appears to be a fact of human nature. This last social pastime, for some people, life motive, is found usually and particularly much in a shallow society, whether it be of poor workingmen or snooty aristocrats. Ill-trained and impoverished imaginations, petty jabber, small-potato criterions 186

RED for taste and for right and wrong in addition to a stinking selfrighteousness let people become insidious society snakes, who always know something shady about another person and only behind his back. They convict themselves every time they open their mouths. And should they know something favorable, they either color it with falsehood or overestimate its worth, idolizing just as unworthily as they despise. Where this sick­ ness appears in its more refined forms, one accused of it will call it character analysis or good bull session material. Don’t be fooled. People of this kind have only heard the word * 'character analysis.” They know no more of its meaning than they do of a Tibetan dialect. Their conversational life is so alarmingly misbalanced that their personalities, too, become as warped as their tongues. Beware of these lopsided individuals, be honest with them and with yourself.

I don’t care to say that discussion of another’s merits and demerits outside of his presence is something always to be avoided. The ability to do that properly comes to a great extent from not doing it improperly and from not being what he who does it improperly is. There is such a thing as charitable, honest character analysis, but that can spring only from a charitable, honest character analyst.

Let your conversation be a cleansing salt that leaves its savor in you and others.

We all are, in greater degree or less, partners in this guilt.

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The Shaving of the ”Hairy Ape” •…

HE almighty dollar wins again. Once again the Hollywood barbers have clipped a sturdy literary work and passed it off on an enjoyment-seeking, theater-going public as an enter­ taining, but utterly weak and meaningless, story.

Eugene O’Neill’s "Hairy Ape” is first a serious drama, a social and psychological study of a once self-satisfied, egotistic brute of a man called “Yank”，a stoker on a steamship, who finds he “don’t belong” outside o’f his own class and tragically meets death in the arms of that monster to which he had been compared, and secondly an interesting account of strange 187

RED characters and strange contrasts. Now take a look at Holly­ wood^ version. The all-important character study of the drama has been shaved away; the typical triangular love plot with an alluring maid and a handsome hero has been added; and, of course, a happy ending has been tacked on—all in order to produce the shallow and feeble, but appealing stuff which is judged in terms of box-office business.

A similar procedure of extracting the worthwhile psycholo­ gical study and adding fascinating slush to a good story was applied to Thornton Wilder’s “Bridge of San Luis Rey” when it was filmed.

As might be expected, the producers have made the most of O’Neill’s expressionistic fantasies of setting and story to heighten interest in the movie version. It seems, however, that after the villainess of the movies，trimmed-and-nowtoupeed ‘‘Hairy Ape’’ has been repaid and the right woman has her handsome hero, harmony would demand of the Holly­ wood barbers that at the end of the picture they show Ajax Heating and Steamfitting Company engineers installing mechanical stokers in the steamship’s hold. But no, Yank goes merrily back to his sweaty toil, and the character who was the object of earnest dramatic study has become a curious boxoffice attraction.

Is the public’s sense of values in entertainment so low, so simple that it cannot appreciate or understand something worth-while? Must it always have the shallow, the feeble, the appealing? I doubt it; the picture “Mr. Skeffington” is chiefly a character study and it is attracting audiences. In any case, be it granted that the movies’ business is to produce money­ making pictures. They must have something attractive and interesting, something new. There are many novels that have been filmed without too much mutilation and have come up to these standards, for example “The Light that Failed” which was shown recently in the gym. But why do the movie moguls, in their constant search for new, entertaining material, have to seize upon good literary works, dilute and pollute them, and take away their heart and significance? Why not film them in all their power and perfection or leave them entirely alone?

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RED Are Democracy and Political Bungling Synonymous? •• •

once said，"I hate all bungling as I do sin, but G OETHE particularly bungling in politics, which leads to the misery and ruin of many thousands and millions of people.” It is of that bungling, whether it is the bungling of incompetent or of corrupt officials, that I write.

I say we have too much “bungling in politics.” I am told it is the outgrowth of the rapid expansion of America, un­ disciplined, unrestrained. In the last century, America had the Great West at her disposal; and she exploited it. On the wealth of Western fields and mines and forests she built a flourishing new society. The railroad, the trust, all great corporations expanded prodigiously—unchallenged. From European land of less opportunity, hordes of immigrants came to settle here.

In turbulent expansion, politicians found a new field for exploitation. From great corporations paying for privileges, from vice and crime paying for protection, came great revenues.

From millions of illiterate immigrants came votes. The shrewd man of politics had only to discern and to seize this opportunity for him to gain an illegitimate control of government. He has held that control ever since.

It was not so in the earliest days of the republic. George Washington led America to its independence without any remuneration whatsoever. His greatest passion was to serve his country. He is a symbol of governmental rectitude.

Tammany Hall is a symbol of governmental degradation.

The symbol of Tammany Hairs greatest prosperity—and blackest infamy is William Marcy Tweed. Tweed’s greatest passion was to have his country serve him. He took a million dollars from the treasury of the City of New York for every one of the thirty-six months he was in power. At last he was convicted.

William Tweed fell—but that was not the end of degenerate politics. Teapot domes, Hines Cases continue to this day un­ checked. It is only to be expected that they should. For the spoils system that sustained William Tweed still exists. And so long as that spoils system endures we shall have dishonest politicians. Shall we vote the unscruplous politicians down?

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RED peddler shuffling down the street, or some wretched family starving in a tenement, a dollar bill; and if that bill will buy such unfortunates a meal, it will also buy a vote for the politician who supplied it.

Or, if that vote cannot be bought, some underworld thug beats the voter into submission, or destroys his property.

It is because the honest candidate has not the narrowest chance that most honest men keep away from politics. They leave government to be a plaything of politicians.

That is not my ideal of government. I conceive govern­ ment to be a covenant of the people to insure themselves happi­ ness, prosperity, and freedom. Such a government is a democracy. But a democracy must be a rule of the people, not a rule of politicians. A democracy must have good government in order to exist. Our government will ultimately fail to exist if we do not put our best men into office.

We require of doctors, teachers, etc. a degree. But what do we require of the men who govern us? NOTHING! We must have trained men who can handle the mechanics of bureaucratic government, a system of government just as complex as any other field of study and just as deserving of men trained in its difficulties.

Take young men, now, while they are fresh, eager and purposeful. Build schools to train them to serve their country­ men as efficient citizens should. Admit them by examination, not by appointment.

Then when young men are trained to serve, let them serve.

But let them not be bound to party lines or political traditions!

By their ability these young men should be admitted to office— and by ability alone. Put the inefficient, bungling, smallminded politician out of office; put the trained, efficient govern­ ment technicians in. When we have done that, bungling should, for the great part cease, and we should have a nation that is much better governed.

Wurster

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'HE recent performance of Verdi’s most popular and beloved opera, La Traviata, at the Auditorium in Milwaukee must certainly be regarded as one of the outstanding musical achievements of the year in that city. Playing to a house far from full, the efforts of the cast of the Chicago Opera Company were nevertheless well received by those present.

The brilliant Brazilian soprano, Bidu Sayao, whose popularity iincreases with every performance, was by all odds the star of the show. She possesses in a superlative degree those qualities which mark the truly great operatic artist: a clear, rich, melodic voice, a range which easily and beautifully reaches the highest notes, an ingratiating personal charm, plus the dramatic ability necessary to every great actress. With the aid of a fine orchestra and an excellent supporting cast, she sang with a warmth and depth of feeling which were a real tribute to the genius of Verdi. Anyone who attended the performance of La Traviata has heard well nigh the best of the art of the composer and performer alike.

While the number of people who actually appreciate and enjoy the music of the past masters seems to be steadily in­ creasing in spite of the modern mania for jazz, swing, and syn­ copation, there is on the other hand apparently no such increased interest in the field of opera. An opera signifies to many only a riot of screeching sopranos and tremoring tenors shrieking at one another in some foreign tongue. Such opinions, however, are often pure prejudice and much exaggerated. Of course an appreciation of opera is in most cases not acquired over night.

It can, however, be enjoyed and appreciated even at the first hearing if one has previously heard an operetta, which is often the first step towards an appreciation of opera, or if one wil with an unbiased and unprejudiced mind attend one of the lighter operas in which melody and beauty of song greatly overshadow the drama itself. In contrast to the shallow senti­ mentalism and ofttimes ridiculous expression found in the popular ballads and tunes of today, the opera presents to the hearer in addition to beauty of song and melody 9. depth of feeling and emotion which stirs the heart.

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RED In conclusion it must be stated that, since opera and music of the masters are today offered to the public on the stage, on the radio, and on records, it is hoped that a greater number of people will hear them and not go through life with­ out that one great element which so greatly helps to make life beautiful.

M. Burk

鲕XL财 Mr. William C. Fischer ...

Wm. C. Fischer, professor of geography at Whitewater MR.State Teachers College, presented a travelogue on Alaska in our Gym on the evening of November 16. His lecture was interesting, informal, and informative.

To begin, he gave us Alaska’s comparative size. He then continued, debunking certain popular ideas about Alaska. It is a financial and military blessing to the U. S., it is a fine vacationland, but it is no place for successful colonization, citing as an example the much-publicized Matanuska Valley rehabilitation project.

Over half the travelogue was straight lecture, the rest being lecture in connection with a reel of color photos he had taken while he was in Alaska six years ago with a group of students.

Mr. Fischer is not a polished lecturer but he certainly is a popular one. He has an informal ease and grace of manner that allow him privileges which the ordinary lecturer would not dare to take. That besides a homely, homespun humor kept the audience in mellow glee and occasional guffaw. His graphic examples, interspersed throughout the travelogue, bore the mark of an able teacher and an experienced lecturer, who can speak glibly of breakfast in Berlin and of Spencer Tracy’s home in Hollywood.

After Mr. Belleau he was a refreshing shower.

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5IRED Senior Class Observes Halloween ... permissions were granted on Halloween night; so N 0theprepSeniors decided to compensate for it—not by length­ ening the vowel, but by throwing out all the Dages fortes and Aeschylean choral scansion and irregular weak verbs and Chaucerian vocables—that is to say, by taking the day off.

You see, it happened like this; The faculty sez to the Seniors, “What d’ya wanna do today, grease Greek or lug leaves?^ The Seniors seemed to think that a day of fresh air and excercise would harden their grease-softened bodies and decided upon the luggage. So they dressed themselves up like rummage-sale mannequins, borrowed rakes, limbered their limbs, girded their loins, and attacked. The poor leaves didn’t have a chance. Before they knew what was going on, they were raked into piles, piled on tarpaulins, loaded on trucks (College and “Order-from-Gorder”），and hastened by assorted, heavy-footed senior drivers between trees and buildings, over sidewalks and terraces to the compost heap.

Just exactly what purpose Schmidt’s Ford served has not yet been revealed. It was seen in the most unexpected places, spots thitherto unapproached by four-wheeled vehicles and con­ sidered untraversable except by tank or half-track. Usually reliable circles have suggested various explanations, but it is against the policy of the Black and Red to print anything but definitely-established facts, however interesting they may be, as a slander suit might prove fatal to its lean and hungry bank roll.

The unidentified but generous and trusting soul who lent a rake to Bauer and/or Becker may call for it in their room at any time.

After quitting time all members of the Class of ’45, March, temporarily vanished.

Jerome Albrecht

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^ilxxmnx JJctes We should like to correct two errors which were made in the October edition. Rev. Paul Kuehl is living in Hettinger, North Dakota, not Sturgis, South Dakota. Rev. Marvin Hanke, though he serves a congregation at Timber Lake, South Dakota, has his home in Isabel, South Dakota.

On October 14, Ernst Wendland IV was born to Rev. and Mrs. Ernst Wendland, ’38, of Washington, Iowa. In the same month a daughter was born to Rev. and Mrs. Roland Ehlke, ’37, of Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

Eunice Stern, who had been teaching at Monroe, Michigan, became the bride of Rev. Emil Toepel，’39，of Cataract, Wisconsin. Rev. Carl B olle, ’21，performed the ceremony in St. James Church at St. Paul, Minnesota.

Grace Church, Geneva, Nebraska, was dedicated to the service of the Lord on October 29. Its pastor is Rev. E. A. Breiling, ’38, formerly the tutor at Northwestern.

Rev. Otto Pagels, ’39, who was also once tutor here, has accepted a call to St. Paul’s Church in Ixonia, Wis. Rev. Traugott Bradtke, MO, was ordained and installed as pastor of Christ Church in Marshfield, Wis. Rev. Bradtke has been teaching at Lutheran High in Milwaukee.

Herbert Kuske, ’44, has accepted a call to teach in Norfolk, Nebraska. His classmate, Frederick Nitz, is already teaching in Green Bay, Wis. Last month we reported that Pfc. Roland Protz, ex ’45, had been injured and was then in a hospital in EnglandRecently we received from him a letter in which he reported that his wound had healed and that he was awaiting return to the front.

We have these new addresses of servicemen: Bart Matthias, A. B. Pfc. Joel Nitz c/o P. M. Troop T 1st Regt.

S. S. Edward A. MacDowell C. R. T. C. Bks. 2478 A. L. Burbank & Co., Ltd. Ft. Riley, Kansas San Francisco, California

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PROLOGUE a la Joe Chaucer，，44 Whan that moone with hise lichte strahlies The watrie town hath pierced to his allies, And bathed every boor in swich licour, Which maketh him to seyne, *Amor, Amor7; And tener pidgeons eyes ymelte with love licht Begin to looken mournful thru the half nyght; Whan boor and pidgeon eek seeke compaignye And caren nought for rules of chivalrye, Thanne longen they for a blanket paratye, To ketch a little sooth are that they deye,— But suche thyne I wolde not ye rede.

P. S. In the event that the impossible happen (that we be deluged with requests for another ‘fragment’）we could submit our original, unexpurgated tract, The Judges Tale.

The 1944 Election is one with history now—whether for better or for worse remains to be seen. Although they admit that perhaps not all of their candidates got in, the eligible students performed their patriotic function, filling in the empty ballot spaces from president to surveyor.

(There surely is nothing ignominious about the latter office—in fact President Washington once dabbled in suryeying.)

Significant is the fact that the following day in history class, the Seniors started studying the Constitution.

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RED They say there was a time in the not too dim past, when the preps had to arm themselves with fine-tined forks, sally out into the football court and remove objectionable particles which, if allowed to accumulate, might have slowed up Varsity play or at least made open field running a ticklish, not to say treacherous, business; in other words the college _ used to harbor cows.

It must have been on some such analogy that Radtke came traipsing back from an auction the other day, the undisputed owner of a $115 bovine. He always had wanted to witness an auction, and he did—only he must have blown his nose or wiggled his ears or something to make that rapid-fire LS M F T auctioneer jump at confusions. Oh, I ’spose because of Federal Statute 13, paragraph 3 (“no dough, no go”）in regard to auctions, Radtke can evade this cow. Anyhow, his inten­ tions were noble—though we think perhaps a more radical change than that is needed in our diet.

A new year=a new fire-chief, so the office force snuffs the air and casts about for candidates—and finds Westy! How come?

Perhaps it’s because a new influence has been guiding John of late, steadying him down, and giving him a sense of responsi­ bility, that justified his nomination for the office. Chief ‘Dorf’s first quotable remark implies that he intends to hook back ex­ chief Keturakat’s hat, which same disappeared with the latter Sem-ward. Concerning Westy’s qualifications: if slim, sleek Mr. Kelling has such a job squeezing into the same seat with him in English—and staying there, one wonders how Westy could trip lightly up ladders, flit thru busted windows, between partitions, etc. —’course he’s been in 'fire-escape training’ the last three years. Fourth floor sub warden Burk serves notice that he refuses to take to the outside fire escape on a night _ alarm—unless he can be last out. It’s more or less expected that Westy throw a fireman’s ball, (not the V. Lindsay type, either) for his wardens at the end of the season—isn’t it, Westy?

Social

Nov. 3. the Seniors, replete even to their best bibs and tuckers, drifted over to the Wendland manor, were cordially received of ex-classmate, Miss Helen, and settled down (?) to a right delectable evening. The high spot of the sojourn was of course the grub—and what grub! I bet Mom Wendland thought Erv was starving us! (how .subtle) Other high points were: Hostess Helen and her amiable entertainment, ably abetted by Miss Marg Berg, some silly game about John 197

RED Brown’s body (or was it a baby?)—which gave Kratz some trouble, Bishop Lange’s encore triumph, “Drei Kleine Fische,” and Butch’s jokes—which, he warned, were strictly off the record. Of course a few recalcitrants had to shag out early to take care of previous engagements. More than one Senior is said to have slept thru Saturday breakfast.

A coupla weeks ago our fair campus was modestly, albeit dangerously draped with a blanket of leaves. What should the faculty do: let the entire prep department fritter away a whole day chasing leaves? Nossir! After a reasonable bit of priming they decided to entrust it to one class—the only logical one, of course. And so the Seniors sacrificed a valuable day and, little beavers that they are, had everything under control bythree bells. To speed matters up, they had the dubious assistance of some sizable hunks of canvass plus Paul with the college truck and Bilse in an ancient job from “Order from Gorder’s.” The only reportable casualties were Kratz’s left lense, Doc Kelling’s right foot slipper, and the inroads made on the refreshment stand in the rear of Schmidt’s car.

The musical organizations of the college have undergone a revampage. Take Male Chorus, for instance—roll is called by our prof at the beginning of the session, and you just aren’t tardy without a good reason—though you can bank on it, Herbat-the-Sem, that the second bass section is as restless as ever.

The choruses have been concentrating on Xmas songs since October, so we can safely say the Xmas concert will be worth lis tening to. The Mixed Chorus had a hard time getting its quota of tenors—hard telling to what lengths they had to go to get them.

Chips and Stuff

Here’s a new wrinkle in ‘‘hotfoots’’： simply ignite the shoe stmng and await results; the amount of effort expended is practically the same, but instead of stamping, the victims will probably just kick •…Speaking of bowling (that’s one way of dragging it in—Buffer Bauer,乞ell’s successor to the alleydictatorship, actually winces every time someone lofts a ball just as much as if it were landing smack on his vitals in stead of a hardwood floor. In view of the suspiciously high handi­ caps, we would suggest you place your bets on team no. 1..........

Who knows, maybe we’ll have our rings before we graduate •. • • Homecoming festivities, complete with bonfire, band and 198

RED all, were again resurrected for just about the niftiest little prep team ever; improptu fireside chats were given by the starting eleven, Coach, and Julie Manteufel, our wee bass-voiced Sextie with the infectious grin .... While among coed circles it seems to be a toss-up between Scarlet Charlotte of the un­ fortunate rhyme and Flora Mae of the pout.... It’s marvelous what a little admonishing from our Tutor can do: you actually don’t have to duck anymore as for a stampede when there are extras on the counter....

When you shag in the direction of Bentzin’s Grocery (Which is somewhere near the end of College Street) And you see what resembles a starling aviary, Better cover your head when they cover their feet!

ATHLETICS FOR AULD LANG SYNE 40 years ago—In the third football game of the season North­ 1904 western defeated Whitewater Normal 6-0. The next week N. W. C. won their fourth straight game defeating Carroll College, 12-0. North­ western^ “B” team was defeated by:St. John’s "B” team 9-6.

35 years ago—The Football team had a three weeks’ rest before 1909 the next game. N. W. C.’s Second String de­ feated Wayland Academy 12-5.

30 years ago—N. W. C. started off their Football Season with 1914 a bang by defeating Milwaukee Normal 14-6.

But went down in defeat to Carroll 22-7, and Whitewater Normal 20-0.

25 years ago—Because the football season was over and Basket­ 1919 ball not yet started, the Military Company got all the attention. Olive drab was the new uni­ form color instead of the old blue. Advancement by merit instead of seniority was the new rule.

20 years ago—Northwestern was defeated by Lawrence 55-0.

1924 N. W. C. lost again to Whitewater 9-0. N. W. C.’s Seconds beat Juneau High 59-0 and Wayland Academy 20-6.

15 years ago一Northwestern lost three football games in a row.

Whitewater 18-N. W. C. 0. Lake Forest 321929 N. W. C. 0. Milton 19-N. W. C. 6. Basketball games with Concordia and Beloit were scheduled to be played before the Christmas recess.

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10 years ago—N. W. C. lost to the University of Dubuque 48-0.

But N. W. C. came back to beat Milton 19-0.

1934 Wartburg defeated N. W. C. 8-0.

5 years ago—N. W. C. played a Homecoming game at Mission House to a tie 6-6. But on Northwestern^ Home­ 1939 coming they defeated Concordia, River Forest, 12-7. The championship was lost by one game.

Basketball started with a fourteen game schedule in the offing.

Intramurals

Because the Fall term did not start until October there was not much chance for an Intramural Football Schedule. But Coach Umnus drew one up for the Sophs, Frosh, and Seniors. The Juniors just couldn’t put a team into the field. We only had time to play a single round. The Seniors won all their games and were the undisputed champions.

Won Lost Standings 2 0 Seniors Sophs 2 0 Frosh Clarmont Olp was elected intramural Manager for the 1944-1945 school year. He supervised the playing of these games, and got all the officials for the games. The games were run off very well and this year there were no casualties.

Basketball

On Nov. 14 Varsity Basketball practice started. Eighteen men turned out for the first practice. Seven last-year Lettermen are back with the team. As yet it is too early to tell what kind of team we shall have, but with seven experienced men back, Coach Umnus ought to be able to put out a good team.

As usual, Coach Umnus will again carry only ten men on his squad. So that means he will have to cut eight men. The first game is on the 27th of November, so he has less than two weeks to get his team in shape.

Now that the basketball season is back and this year we will have a Varsity team we want to ask the Student Body, Faculty, and Alumni to back the team. As Coach Umnus says, "A team is only as good as its backing.” This season the coach has scheduled sixteen games. Although we are not playing in a conference, we want to win as many of the games as possible.

We are glad to report that the difficulties with Concordia Milwaukee have been ironed out and two games have been scheduled. A game has also been arranged with Concordia St. Paul. They will stop off here and be our guests for a day on their trip south.

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November—27 Falks Here December—6 Concordia (St. Paul) Here —9 Extension There —12 Carroll Here January —13 Seminary Here —16 Truax Field There —20 Concordia There —27 Whitewater Here February —2 Mission House There —6 Truax Field There —10 Mission House Here —14 Whitewater There —17 Extension Here —24 Concordia Here March —3 Seminary There Some of these games will be plenty tough so let’s give the team all the support we can. Get out and cheer your team on to a very sucessful season.

Bowling

The Seniors have again taken over the "Faculty Alleys.”

Four three-man teams will play two rounds before our Christmas recess. .‘Judge’’Becker is official scorekeeper. Jeske, Hoenecke, Hochmuth, and Nommensen are the team captains. Prizes will be awarded for high game and high series.

Bits and Flashes

Becker, Greve, and Wood have been elected Basketball Managers.

Hoenecke has high game at the “Faculty Alleys”. It is 223.

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Thanks to God o’er all be heard, Who. doth steadfast keep His Word, And the sinnera* Rede and Balm Hath at length sent in our qualm.

Enter, King of high renown!

This stone heart is thine alone.

Make it as it pleaseth thee, Clean from all impurity.

All the ancient fathers’ host— What their hope was, and their boast, What they prophesied of old, Is fulfilled as they foretold.

As thy coming was composed, Cool in gentleness reposed, So let thy kind nature blest Ever soothe my troubled broast.

Zion’s Help and Abram’s Trust, Jacob’s Hope, whom Mary nursed, Hero borne of twofold stem Doth appear in Bethlehem.

Comfort, comfort, heal my smart.

I am weak and faint at heart, For the devil with hia wilo Oft too oft at me doth smile.

Hearty welcome, 0 my Lord!

Blessed be thou, my Reward!

Stabli8h now thyself a way To my heart’s closed portal, pray.

Under foot crush Satan’s head, That one might be rid of dread, And by faith abide in thee Unto all eternity,

That, whene’er thou, Lord of Life, Shalt resplendent end our strife, I may come with thee allied To God's presence, justified.

Translated from the German, 1643, of Heinrich Held by Ph. Hensel.

Wisconsin Synod German Hymnal No. 108.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY Interesting Facts About Christmas Throughout the World----------

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Snow Incident----------------------------

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Why So Different?---------------------

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Why He Sharpened Pencils---------

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The Poet and Lydia-------------------

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My First Day in the Army— ——--

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Senior Pin-Down Boys----------------

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Rawhide Butte-------- ------------------

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Our Dormitories---------

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EDITORIAL—

For the Quick Critic--------------

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And On Earth Peace, Good Will Toward Men----------------------

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Music Today----------------------------

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COLLEGE NOTES— Christmas Song Service

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Library Bond Drive Under Way_____ 228

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

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

230

ATHLETICS_________________

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rest gou merrg!

CARMEN MARIAE AGNIFICAT ANIMA ME A DOMINUM: ET EXULTAUIT SPIRITUS MEUS IN DEO SALUTARI MEO. QUIA RESPEXIT HUMILITATEM ANCILLAE SUAE: ECCE ENIM EX HOC BEATAM ME DICENT OMNES GENERATIONES. QUIA FECIT MIHI MAGNA QUI POTENS EST: ET SANCTUM NOMEN EIUS. ET MISERICORDIA EIUS IN PROGENIES ET PROGENIES TIMENTIBUS EUM. FECIT POTENTIAM IN BRACHIO SUO: DISPERSIT SUPERBOS MENTE CORDIS SUI. DEPOSUIT POTENTES DE SEDE: ET EXULTAUIT HUMILES. ESURIENTE3 IMPLEUIT BONIS: ET DIUTES DIMISIT INANES. SUSCEPIT ISRAHEL PUERUM SUUM, MEMORARI MISERICORDIAE: SICUT LOCUTUS EST AD PATRES NOSTROS, ABRAHAM ET SEMINI EIUS IN SAECULA. SECUNDUM LUCAM, 1. 46^5

THE BLACK AND RED Volume XLVIII. Watertown, Wis., December 1944. Number 6 second class matter under Act of Entered at the Postoffice at Watertown, Wis., March 3, 1870* Published monthly. Subscription. One Dollar.

Before we tell anyone that there is no Santa Claus all of us should investigate the laws of our respective states. In several states there is a law against interfering with a child’s belief in Santa Claus. 氺氺氺 For those of us who are impatient to see what gifts we will re­ ceive on Christmas this should prove interesting. In Holland and Belgium the children get their presents on December 6, St. Nicho­ las* day, instead of December 25. 氺氺* In Honolulu, where there is no snow, Christmas trees are painted white to create the effect of snow.

In Norway it is the custom for farmers to serve their cattle a tub of home-brewed ale on Christmas Eve. The Dutch who settled New York were brought presents at Christmas by Santa Nikalaus, which was later shortened to Santa Klaus, and then changed to our present form Santa Claus. 氺氺氺

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RED Mistletoe was considered a sacred symbol in medieval Scan­ dinavia, so sacred, that enemies who met under it by chance were obliged to observe a truce until the next day. Oklahoma uses it as its State flower. To the youth of the nation it often has a different significance, however. * * * St. Nicholas was an actual person—Nicholas, bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor, who lived during the fourth century. Until the ad­ vent of Bolshevism he was venerated especially by the Russians as the patron saint of tlicir country. He has always been known as the guardian saint of children. 氺

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In Spain it is the custom never to go to bed before twelve on Christmas Eve. Before the church bells ring at midnight every per son must make sure that he has done at least one good deed for the year. 本** The Christmas Islands in the South Pacific were so named be­ cause the eminent British explorer, Captain James Cook, discovered them during the Christmas Season in the year 1777. * * * When Santa Claus first came to this country with the Dutch under the name of Saint Nicholas, Sint Klaas, or Santa Nikalaus, lie was not tlie rotund* jolly man as we know him today but was thin and dour-looking in his robes of a bishop. He rode not a sleigh and reindeer but a white horse. 氺

America’s national Christmas tree is the General Grant Tree in General Grant National Park, and services are held beneath it annually.

Another old yuletide superstition is that if the husband brings in the Christmas Holly, he will rule the house for the coming year.

But if the wife brings it in, then she will rule.

According to non-Christian astronomers the star of Bethlehem as seen by the shepherds was very likely the combined light of Jupiter and Saturn. In their position at that time they should have been so close together that to the naked eye they would have ap­ peared as one. According to another theory, the Star of Bethlehem was a recurrent star last seen in the 16th century. Other authorities feel that the star was Venus, brightest of our present day stars, and known to be considerably brighter at some times than at others.

That it was a star specially created by God for the occasion is a possibility that should not be forgotten.

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By December the ridged foothills of the Vosges, stretchingtentative fingers toward Strassburg wear a scanty garment of white. But up in the range proper, the ravines and passes lay choked with ten foot drifts, save where the north wind could blaze itself trails, tossing the powdery snow centemptuously to either side. The awful wastes of brooding quiet tried to belie the fact that the bloody war god was stalking the heights.

Wounded men are no novelty in war, and Hans was no exception. The surprising thing was that he suddenly found himself still alive. By all rights the .30-.30 steel-jacketed Yank hornet should have buzzed right thru his skull instead of detouring around it. Hans looked curiously at the big friendly boulder in whose lee he lay, wondering how he’d gotten there.

Then things began to click in his head, slowly, painfully; he had a hazy recollection of an eternity of climbing on hands and knees, up, up—whether in heaven or hell he couldn’t have said.

Hans gingerly felt for his head, winced, and drew back a hand blotched ugly red: the cold had staunched the wound but that only postponed the inevitable.

The mountain twilight descended on down-fledged wings, with the quiet surety of fate. And on this night of our Lord’s nativity Hans had dared to dream that he would be with Pa and Ma and the rest in the cozy chalet tucked away in the Schwartzwald; surely those ugly war birds hadn’t dropped their eggs thei'e. But holiday furloughs aren’t for armies that are being pushed back, back till one day there could be no more backing. Hans stared thru the swirling snow at the dim peaks, bleak even in the soft half-light, and saw them not: one of the dominating cone-shaped heights became a cone and a tinsel decked SEannenbaum, all aglitter with waxen tapers instead of stars; the sister peaks clustered round about assumed familiar flesh and blood shapes, caroling nostalgic melodies: ©tille 由t,贝He Satire SBiebec.............

Hans tensed, his reverie rudely shattered. He could have sworn he heard a sound not unlike that of a man in pain—or was it only the wind’s wailing—or his throbbing head playing 206

RED tricks again? It came again, close by, unmistakable. Fighting off waves of unconsciousness, he staggered to his feet, steadied himself a few moments against the boulder, getting his bearings, and began edging around it. He had no sooner worked his way to windward when his eyes focused on a khaki figure lying prostrate in the snow, one arm still pointed mutely toward the boulder which had obviously been his goal. His right leg extended obliquely from his body at a ludicrous angle; it was shattered. A muffled moan was audible with his every breath.

Hans wasted no time: gritting his teeth he draped one arm over his shoulder, got his hand wedged beneath the other, and half carrying, half dragging the man, managed somehow to get back into the lee of the friendly boulder again.

John was a Yank. In fact less than a year ago he had been doing the chores on the old homestead back in Wisconsin, and like so many of her sons, he was of German descent, his grand­ parents on both sides having come over from the Old Country —from the Schwarzwald, to be exact. In the sharp brisk skirmish a Jerry bullet had smashed his thigh bone just above the knee. At first the pain had been maddening, but the friendly cold soon numbed the senses, the throbbing, the gangrene-------- • John grinned wanly at his savior. He didn’t have to be told how much that little sortie from shelter must have cost the Jerry; he had eyes. Summoning his best German John broke the ice. Conversation was rather general and proceeded haltingly at first; but when it turned to matters that lay close to their hearts on this Christmas Eve, and when they found how very much they had in common, in custom and faith, both warmed to the subject. They chatted animatedly together, almost hysterically, for they were ashamed to show pain. Hans said he’d sung tenor in the church choir and John hinted he’d managed a tolerable bass back in high school. A few minutes later the cold rocks pricked up their ears in wonder and listened as two voiced lifted serenely heavenward, blending in those lovely old carols: ©tide 92a由t, SlUe ^a^ce SBiebet............

Christmas Day a Yank ski patrol swept gracefully down a slope and sloughed sharply to a halt before a jagged boulder.

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RED soon: the sight of two figures clad in khaki, but khaki that differed in shade and cut, huddled together with greatcoats overlapping. But it wasn’t so much the incongruity of uniform or nationality that arrested one’s attention as the singular expression on their faces: it was one of sublime peacefulness, with lips still parted as if in song.

“Look just like they was friends, don’t they?” declared one, and swallowed hard.

“Yea, or buddies,” rejoined another.

“Or angels,” added a third.

by L. WURSTER

It was quitting time at the big shipyard on the day of December the twenty-fourth. Hundreds of women welders, riveters and lab­ oratory experts poured out the gates and headed for home.

Two in particular interested me. Walking together in the thickening dusk they were almost indistinguishable. As I saw them with their slim, wiry bodies, their bandana wrapped heads, their flat soled, agile feet, their identical jackets and slacks, and the same long, swinging stride, I surmised they were sisters or girl friends.

As they strode along they couldn’t help noticing the yuletide decorations and trimming. The window display of a certain music store forced them, although they were in a hurry, to stop and observe it carefully. The display was a motley, elaborate pageant of Christ’s birth. From a dome made of blue paper and filled with silver stars radiated the rays of one ostentatious, gold star, “The Star of Bethlehem.” Through electrical manipulation the floor scene revolved. First the shepherds tending their flocks in the fields were displayed. The next scene brought the wisemen on their camels, and the third scene, the last one, showed them kneeling before a manger with the babe, Jesus, in it. To make the humbleness of his birth more evident, the artist had included cows in remote corners, con­ tentedly chewing spears of hay.

These two individuals couldn’t help remarking about this heartpenetrating, mock birth of Jesus. Molly somewhat emotionally said: “Isn’t it wonderful ? These scenes have practically taken me back two thousand years to the real Bethlehem. How could one better feel the truth of Christ’s birth than through this vicarious display?”

I could readily accept that she was one hundred percent for pageants, because this substitute, as was evinced by her speech, had made the birth of our Savior a living reality. Peg was of an oppo­ site conviction and spared no words in declaring so, whereupon she 208

RED retorted: “]VIolly, you certainly have something there, but I must disagree with you. It seems to me that this display is just plain mockery. I would much rather read about it in my Bible. Here I know I have the true account, and not the distorted picture, which this window display might be making. Anyhow, no one can act as a Christ, because he was perfect, and any substitute for him is openly wicked/* Molly just couldn’t see it this way. She was too im­ pressed by the pretended reality.

Their conversation had aroused my curiosity and I began won­ dering just who was right. Certainly they both were sincere and had noteworthy arguments. It also made me wonder why two young girls brought up in the same school of thought should be at variance over this pageant. I hadn’t long to» wait before my curiosity was alleviated. For suddenly Molly said: “Mercy, it’s supper time and I’m famished. I have to rush in order to make it to Immanuel’s on time to see the pageant which the Sunday School is presenting. On turning around to pursue their way home, they thoroughly jolted me. Peg's facial features revealed to me that she was about sixty years old and Molly’s that she was about sixteen.

WHY HE SHARPENED PENCILS

by LOYAL SCHROEDER

Everyone admitted that Geoffrey Butler had brought up Butch all right. Parents often pointed to Butch as a paragon when their Johnny or Bill would need an admonition. Occasion­ ally, as is natural with parents, they criticized Geoffrey for some of the pranks Butch pulled; they claimed that their off­ spring would pull the same pranks and that they had more trouble correcting their progeny than Geoffrey had with his compliant Batch. Geoffrey would only smile and sharpen another pencil. In 1940 he received the Award of Merit from the Parent-Teachers Association, and Butch was starred in a technicolor short by Walt Disney.

Geoffrey almost got into trouble with the P. T. A. because Butch developed an aversion to algebra during his sophomore year in high school, so Geoffrey sharpened a few pencils and the first prize in a statewide American history contest squared Butch, and consequently Geoffrey, with the teachers. There were the usual teen-age infatuations, but Geoffrey kept his pencils sharp and Butch was always the perfect gentleman.

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RED But then Butch became involved in a scandal. A filling station had been burglarized and circumstantial evidence pointed an accusing finger at him. But Geoffrey wasn’t alarmed, he knew Butch would be proved innocent and acquitted; so he sharpened a new pencil he had recently bought. The outcome of the trial was in last Wednesday’s paper, but in spite of the fact that several million people in this country followed the trial in their daily newspaper there were no headlines, not even a front page story.

A good many youngsters and more adults than you would think turned to page 8 and felt relieved after they had read the section between Li’l Abnei' and Terry and The Pirates.

THE POET AND LYDIA Meter： Second Asclepiadean

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Poet： I was pleasing enough to thee, Nor did anyone else thy ivory throat entwine Tenderly in his youthful love.

No king’s lot could there be more fortunate than mine.

Lydia： Once no one blazed more bright than I, Nor was Lydia then by Chloe e’er replaced.

All because I was loved by thee, More renowned was I then than Ilia, the Chaste.

Poet： Now, though, Chloe of Thrace rules me.

She, taught so many songs, thrills me to ecstasy.

For her I would not fear to die, If the Fates could be kind and spare her life for me.

Lydia： Calais, son of Orynt, thrills me With the glowering torch of his great love for me.

For him twice I would gladly die, If the Fates spare his life in answer to my plea.

Poet： What if our early love returns And unites us again into fast marriage tie; If Chloe with her golden locks Be expelled, and my heart open to thee would lie?

Lydia： Although lie is a handsome man, And thou in fickleness oft in a rage dost fly, Just as a cork on a storm-tossed sea, With thee, dear, would I live and would I gladly die.

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RED MY FIRST DAY IN THE ARMY I arrived at the camp late in the evening and immediately went to drill the blanket. But my termite hatchery was so hard and strange that I did hot fly much time that niight. I was awakened next morning by the windjammer. When he blew jubilee, most of the Joes got up, but some were still hatching termites. They were soon awakened by the Hollywood Corporal, and they avoided the usual punishment by giving a Mother Machree and by saying that they would never again goof off.

Time for morning chow soon came, and we hoofed it over to the chuck hall. This morning chow must have been very bad, at least that was the way it sounded after the meal. I was assigned to a definite lid by the clog robber and soon began to chuck, Next to me sat a Joe with a chili bowl, so that I knew he was not new here. From the very start they all began to beef at the belly robber.

Something always seemed to be wrong. The battery acid would have too much G. I. lemonade in it, or the punk was too hard, or someone bad put Lot’s wife in the sweetening compound. But to me the chow seemed swell. We had all the cat beer we could drink and all the blankets we could eat. Besides, there were strawberries, punk, clogfat, glue, and straps.

After chow I returned to the barracks and waited for inspec­ tion and further orders. Soon a couple of the higher brasses came in and made inspection. Of course, some of the rookies goofed off and were put on the honey wagon. Others were ordered to go to the butchershop because tliev claimled they had the steam on. But I was sure they were just riding the sickbook. Everything worked by the numbers, and soon I was given the Army Bible and also the schedule for the day.

Since I had several hours off the first morning, I thought I would go to the wailing wall and see the holy Joe. On the way over it seemed as if I had to salute every ten feet. It seemed as if every­ one was wearing (lidie pins or shoulder hardware. After my session with the holy Joe I went over to the pontoon. I thought it would be best to get some pontoon checks, for I was out of pocket lettuce and the eagle would not fly for quite a while. this morning which Lest I should forget， one incident happened • I should really mention. Being very gullible, I ran all over the camp in search of a biscuit gun and the flagpole key, which the to get. dog robbers ordered Dinner time, or rather chow time, soon arrived, and again the usual beefing was present. This time we had kennel rations, punk and salve, Irish grapes, China berries, blood, dogfat, battery acid, and Georgia ice cream. In the afternoon I, together with the other 211

RED rookies, learned the fundamentals of Army life. Before long supper time arrived, and then it was announced that we had the night off.

So, after supper I mooched my buddy’s housewife and slapped on my coat a couple buttons, which had come off this morning during the early rush. Soon my newly acquired friend—having just received a sugar report, he was very happy—and I headed for the famous gashouse to oil our throats. After several hours of scuttlebutting, we returned to the barracks and again started to drill the blanket, only to wake up again at the sound of jubilee. have steam on—have a fever drill the blanket—to sleep termite hatchery—bed ride the sickbook—to goldbrick by playing sick fly time—sleep by the numbers—like clockwork windjammer—bugler Army Bible—the Articles of j ubilee—reveille War hatch termites—to sleep wailing wall-一chaplain’s office Hollywood Corporal—acting holy Joe一Chaplain corporal didie pins—gold bars Mother Machree—a sob-story shoulder hardware—commis­ alibi sioned officer’s insignia goof off—make a mistake pontoon—canteen lid— —table pocket lettuce—paper money dog robber~orderly the eagle flies—payday comes Chili bowl—G. I. haircut kennel rations一meat loaf and belly robber~cook hash battery acid—coffee punk and salve—creamed beef G. I. lemonade—water on toast punk—bread Irish grapes—potatoes Lot’s wife—salt China berries一peas sweetening compound一sugar blood—ketchup cat beer—milk Georgia ice cream—hominy blankets一hotcakes grits strawberries—prunes mooch—borrow dogfat—butter housewife—sewing kit glue—honey slap—sew straps— —bacon higher brass一higher officer sugar report一letter from honey wagon—garbage wagon sweetheart butchershop—hospital gashouse—beer tavern scuttlebutt—talk 212

RED SENIOR PIN-DOWN BOYS

by JOHN JESKE

So you thought that Brooklyn is a bridge in the city where a tree grows, eli? . . . that to strike out is an unfortunate yet oft un­ avoidable circumstance in baseball? . . . that the 8:10 is the last train out of Watertown Sunday evening? . . . that pin action is what you get when you skip rope? . . . that a split is what you useta buy with bananas on it? Friend, you’ve been misinformed. Follow after and set yourself straight.

Most every afternoon, especially after Greek tests, and/or par­ ticularly strenuous Jewish periods, any given number of determined looking Seniors may be seen stalking around the dormitory, with malice in their eyes and nickels in their pockets, looking for (of all things!) Scxties. “Scxtie, wanna set pins?” The little one usually responds with a cheerful “Do I hafta ?" However, soon several sensible little tyros are found willing to make a little (very little) extra cash, and the group wends its way toward the bowling alleys.

Observe, please, the determined step of some; the timid tread of the pinboys (not knowing exactly what to expect). Observe also the stark terror registered on the face of classmate John Hoenecke, conscious of the fact that that indescribable something (there’s a word for it which slips my mind at the moment) will catch up with him some day, and when it does一his bowling average is due for a beating.

This motley crowd finally reaches the alleys—I still haven’t found out why the name Faculty Alleys”一unless it’s because that’s one place where you’ll never meet one of the Faculty. Albrecht dons his bowling socks, the alleys are mopped, pinboys put on shin-guards and safety shoes, and the bowling begins.

It would be useless to relate all the minor catastrophes, the heartbreaks, which fall to the bowler’s lot. Lady Fate can be so fickle. Hoenecke’s sage comment after a mediocre 136: “Well, I’ll go down to Raasch’s tonight and bowl 200!” We know it’s a temp­ tation, John.

Let’s crawl behind this bowling ball and eavesdrop on Hotchmeier, shall we? ... “I can’t understand it! Ned Day throws the ball like that, and he doesn’t throw glitter balls! Hotch makes a sudden dash out of the room, returns a moment later, relief written all over his face. These suppers of late haven’t been up to par!

Scliaadt’s up next—our form specialist. He uncorks that portside curve of his, and remains fixed, arm outstretched—obwohl der Hoehepunkt der Handlung schon erreicht ist (with all due apologies to Lessing).

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5PRED From the far end of the alleys a feeble cry reaches our ears, “Ho'v many wore games you guys gonna bowl ?’’ Somehow T have a feeling all is not right. A look at my watch confirms this suspi­ cion. 3:10 P. M. Late for male chorus. Must be about over by now. I run over, excuse. “I’m sorry, sir, but I’m a little stiff from bowling.” Answer: “I don’t care where you’re from. Get here on time from now on.”

With this sympathetic note ringing in my ears, I leave, convinced more than ever that when Goethe said, “Das . . . Kegelschieben ist mir ein gar verhaszter Klang” (Faust 1,945-6), lie really said a mouthful.

RAWHIDE BUTTE

by BILL

It was early spring during one of the years in which the col­ onization of the West was progressing rapidly. Stretched out along the Missouri River, the furthest advance of organized civilization, were settlers ready for the great push west. The routes most fre­ quently traveled were the Oregon Trail and the Santa Fe Trail. The Oregon Trail followed the Platte River through Nebraska, cut up to Wyoming, and then went on to Oregon. Stretched out along this trail ready to begin their perilous journey was a wagon train of twenty-five schooners. The people making up this caravan were of all types, from every walk of life.

Several days after these wagons left and the people became bet­ ter acquainted, nearly all came to despise and abhor a certain man, Bradshaw. He was the loud swaggering type, always boastful, stubborn, and resentful of any advice or suggestion. He was re­ proved and warned again and again because of his careless habits by the scout the settlers hired to lead them. He would light matches and even build bonfires at night, thereby revealing the caravan’s position to the hostile Indians round about, and he would expose himself in obvious places as though inviting an attack. One of his boasts which caused much commotion was his statement that lie 'vau going to shoot the first Indian he saw. Everyone tried to persuade him not to do this, but to wait until they were attacked and it would be necessary. The scout pointed out to him that the Indians for the most part would leave them alone if no acts of hostility were committed, that his rash deed would only bring death and perhaps mean destruction for the whole caravan. His stubbornness, his selfish pride, and his disregard for others prevented him from acknowledging this advice.

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RED Indian territory, they had not sighted a single Indian. They had managed to avoid them with the aid of expert scouting, thereby taking natural covering, making detours, and halting for days at a time in hidden valleys.

The good luck of not meeting any Indians was brought to an ab­ rupt end. The settlers had just risen and were preparing to start their day’s journey. Bradshaw had already saddled his horse and had started ahead, when suddenly he raised his rifle at a lone Indian horseman who had just ridden into view over a small hill several hundred yards distant. A sharp crack rang out and the figure on the horse fell. The camp, aroused by this shot, looked to see the cause, and immediately on the command of the scout proceeded to travel as fast as possible. They traveled that day and into the night, scarcely resting for meals. Since they were not attacked they felt relieved and hoped that the murderous act of Bradshaw had not been discovered.

The next day, however, just as they were about to halt for a rest at noon, they were ambushed by a band of Indians. To their astonishment the Indians did not begin to fight but asked for a conference. The chief of the Indians stated his t(erms. He did not demand the whole caravan in jjayment for the act, but only the person who had shot his brave. The chief himself would choose the one whom he thought to be guilty, and if lie was not able to choose him, the entire caravan could go free. However, if he did choose the culprit, the settlers would have to turn him over to the Indians or the entire caravan would be destroyed.

The settlers held a meeting and it was decided to comply with the Indian’s plan. The men all stood in a line. The chief passing down the line looked with his sharp, penetrating gaze into the eyes of each man. When he came to Bradshaw, his gaze lingered on him.

Before these sharp eyes Bradshaw cowered and broke into hysterics.

Immediately the Indians grabbed him and began to execute their sentence upon him. Before the eyes of all the settlers they skinned Bradshaw alive and hung his skin on a huge rock, which has since been known as Rawhide Butte. This place served as a warning and way to deal with as a reminder that the Indians had their wrong and that the white man coming into their country must needs respect it.

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RED OUR DORMITORIES The first building erected on our campus, the administration building of 1865, served as refectory, recitation building and dormitory. Since it is our intention to treat only dormitory quarters, we shall confine ourselves to the third floor of this building. The third floor consisted of four large rooms, usually accomodating from ten to twelve men, and three smaller rooms.

Each room had its own stove, and coal bought by the students was kept in labeled bins in the basement. These rooms were the only student quarters until the old wooden dormitory was erected in 1868. Thereafter they housed preparatory students with a collegiate monitor in every room.

The information about the old wooden dormitory is very scanty. It contained 16 rooms and housed both students and in­ spector. These rooms were furnished almost entirely by the students, who provided even their own study tables and book shelves. Light was provided by kerosene lamps and heat by a small castiron wood stove in the corner of every room. The students sawed and split their own wood. In the corner where the stove did not stand stood a wash stand with a tin wash basin and a pail of clean water. How they disposed of the dirty water remains a mystery. Although commonly called the “old dormitory’’ prior to 1905, in reality it should never have been referred to thus, for during the Christmas vacation of 1874, which a few students were spending at school, the build­ ing was burned to the ground. For the remainder of the year most of the students were quartered in nearby houses rented for that purpose, and the rest stayed in private homes.

This building was immediately replaced by what is now known as the old dormitory. It was erected at a cost of $14,000, was ready for use in the fall of 1875, and is still in use today.

The original intention was to leave the second floor unfinished temporarily, but this work was done the very next year with money acquired by the sale of eight acres of college property.

The inspector occupied the rooms on the south side of the first floor until a separate residence was built for him in 1895. This is the house now occupied by Professor Franzmann. The present prep chapel was then the only chapel and also served as assembly hall. It was here that commencement exercises were 216

RED held for a number of years. Folding doors transformed the chapel into two commodious classrooms. At first a reed organ was used for chapel exercises, but in 1885 the present pipe organ was installed. (When will this relic be replaced?) The rooms immediately above, which now serve as prep club room and band room were then utilized as two bedrooms, accomoda­ ting approximately thirty students each. At first every study room had its wood stove and wash stand. In 1888 wash rooms rooms were installed in the basement. The privies as yet remained outside, although there was one in the basement that

The Old Wooden Dormitory

could be used: in case of sickness. There were no showers or bathtubs. Students took baths as often as their funds permitted at the downtown barber shops. As soon as the ice was out, they went swimming in the Rock River. A central heating plant was installed in the southeast corner of the basement in 1892, but even then the bedrooms remained unheated. About 1890 electricity was also installed. All the study tables in a room were then grouped under one light hanging from the center of the ceiling.

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These so-called private rooms were a suite of two rooms, a study and an adjoining bedroom, occupied by two students.

There were four such suites. The rooms were more or less luxuriously furnished by their occupants. According to rumor, one student even kept a servant, but this rumor is wholly un­ substantiated.

When the original administration building burned down in 1894, most of the students studied in the old dormitory and In spite of the crowded slept in the old frame Turnhalle. living conditions there was no sickness that winter. The in­ spector slept in a boxed-off corner of this building.

The Dormitory Today

During these times discipline was much stricter than it is today. Sextaners and Quintaners were never allowed off the campus without permission. No one went out at night except by special permission from the authorities. An Oberprimaner made rounds in the morning to wake the boys, and anyone caught in bed ten minutes later by the inspector was deprived of his breakfast, which usually consisted of oatmeal, syrup, and black bread. On Sunday mornings they were permitted to sleep one-half hour longer. After breakfast the roll was called in chapel (Woe unto you if you were absent!), and the inspector then marched the entire student body down to St. Mark’s church, two by two. The Sexta and the Quinta classes had to 220

RED attend Christenlelire at St. Mark’s on Sunday afternoons. For the older boys Sunday afternoons were dull, for baseball and other physical exercise were strictly forbidden. Smoking was not forbidden, but it was considered boorish to smoke on the campus and improper to smoke in the dormitory.

When a private residence was built for the inspector in 1895, the congestion of the dormitory was temporarily alleviated.

The building soon proved inadequate, however, and the over­ flow was taken care of in private homes roundabout.

In 1903 $25,000 was appropriated for a new dormitory. The next year the sum was doubled. The cornerstone was laid on May 30, 1905, and on October 15 of the same year the new dormitory and attached inspector’s residence was dedicated.

Temporary bleachers were built to accommodate a crowd of about 3,000, but over 4,000 appeared, 1500 from Milwaukee alone. A special railroad coach was chartered to bring a group of alumni and friends from Chicago. Delegations from Michi­ gan, Minnesota, and even Iowa were present. The formal act of consecration was performed by President Bading, who forty years before had officiated in a similar capacity at the dedication of the college’s first building.

The new dormitory is connected to the old dormitory by a corridor on all three floors, virtually making one building of the two. We now have sufficient dormitory space to house 200 students without crowding. The fourth floor contains piano rooms. The old dormitory basement now contains a bicycle room, bicycle workshop, and storage room. The basement of the new dormitory contains the boiler room, janitor’s workshop, dark room, luggage room, canteen, laundry, showers, and collegiate club room.

Unless the erection of the proposed new library building increases our enrollment considerably, the present dormitory facilities should prove adequate for a number of years to come.

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JhttarutI For the Quick Critic •…

WO Black and Red7s in such rapid succession leave the Ed­ itors desk messy and crowded, in fact so crowded that things that should be taken care of must either be put off or forgotten.But one matter will neither.be put off nor forgotten.

It has been said that the\Black and Red is pietistic, is a modified Northwestern Lutheran.

Why? Because in the November issue there were two short prayers and one hymn, because in October we let Luther speak to you through several of his hymns.

We are old enough to上now that we are too young to write theological essays, but we can now already at least begin to appreciate that which we all call the best. Besides we are bidden to “think on these things.” For that reason, too, we have chosen these few select verses for those who enjoy such.

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RED You should have no more than one prayer. That’s plenty.

A picture of Luther would have been enough, too, for Reforma­ tion. More might be all right if there were more other material.

If the quantity of articles is unbalanced, you, quick critic, put it on an even keel. Write! And besides the Black and Red should be representative of school life. Is what was printed unrepresentative? If it was, write and represent yourself. If you don’t write, it is representative of school life, too. Don’t forget that.

It is a silly misnomer to name as pietism choice selections of literature, reprinted at appropriate times to express much better than any of us can thoughts which one weighs at the high festivals of Reformation and Thanksgiving and the others.

What modicum of comparison is there between these things and the common, commercialized subjects. At Thanksgiving time Pilgrim pietists and overfed turkeys fill almost every publication. And that’s Thanksgiving. During October mys­ terious witches and disemboweled pumpkins make their regular entrance and exit. And that is a substitute for Reformation.

At Christmas red, rum-bloated Englishmen with their spindly legs in fluffy snow sing carols or silhouetted camels parade under a galaxy of stars. And this is Christmas. After decades of such stuff it begins to fall flat.

As editor one does something more than shag copy and read proofs, and until you can prove that the present editorial policy is unhealthy and unrepresentative (It now is as represen­ tative as you help make it.) it will continue as it is, however long and loud the cries of pietism reecho.

A. And On Earth Peace, Good Will Toward Men • • •

we are approaching the Christmas season and the A GAIN world as usual will attempt to give its Christmas message.

The world which thinks Christmas is a time for exchanging gifts, buying and selling merchandise and shouting Merry Christmas, knows that Christmas is a religious celebration and wants to be religious too. Besides crying out its meaningless Merry Christmas, the world starts quoting Scriptures. The portion of Scripture which the world uses is found in the Christ223

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This year as in the past we will be hearing the Christmas message repeated again and again by radio announcers, and we will also see it in the newspapers and other publications.

Every radio program from the dramatic stories to comedies will quote Luke 2, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Industry and business usually run an ad in the daily papers on Christmas Day and also quote this verse.

You may ask what is wrong with this? They are quoting Scripture. Yes, it is true they are quoting Scripture, but here is where the wrong comes in. The wrong is not that the world quotes the Bible, but that it utterly misinterprets Luke 2, 14.

The misinterpretation is not easily recognized when one sees, “And on earth peace, good will toward men,” standing alone in a newspaper ad. One does however notice the wrong when a radio announcer tries to interpret Luke 2, 14. These people imagine “and on earth peace, good will toward men” means a worldly peace. A world in which there is no war or bloodshed, no strife or fighting among men. After one hears a number of announcers make such statements every time one listens to his radio before Christmas, one surely becomes disgusted at the ignorance that is here displayed.

Is this what Luke 2, 14 means, that the world shall be free of war? No, it cannot and does not mean an earthly peace, but it is the peace of the mind and soul which the Christian has. The Christian knows that the Messiah has come and that He has redeemed all of us from all our sins and therefore the Christians, minds and souls are at peace with God. It is the peace of which the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Philippi “And the peace of God,1 which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

Of a material peace the world thinks it knows something.

Of the peace it knows and seems to want to know nothing. ______________ Henry Lange

Music Today ...

HE twentieth century has brought music to a point where it is distinctly different from that of the preceding cen­ turies. Musical activity of today falls into two main divisions, modern creations and compositions, and interpretation of works long ago composed.

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RED By far the greatest number of modern works are written for nothing more than to provide a rhythm for dancing. It shows creative ability to a certain extent, but it is only foot music, it is the music of the hoi polloi, and it rarely has any redeeming qualities about it. Turn on the radio, listen to a modern dance orchestra play this type of music, and what does it sound like? In my opinion, nine-tenths of it, and a little more, is nothing but a discordant conglomeration of sound in the brasses and reeds, loudly supplemented in the background by a percussion section used like Hottentot tom-toms. On top of all this, some crooner or swooner usually lends his or her talents to provide the necessary complement to the murky atmosphere of a night club. And then consider the effects.

All it does is to rouse evil passions, for it definitely caters to the animal instincts and is absolutely barbaric That is the sum and total of modern foot music with a few notable exceptions.

Classical music of today has broken away from the style of classical music of yesterday not only because it wanted to, but because it was forced to do so. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries exhausted and completed, for the most part, the cycle of many styles and types of music. Something new had to be created, and as foremost composers of this new type of music we have Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovitch, and others.

Some of these modern compositions may still sound harsh to sensitive ears in comparison with the works of the great artists of the past, but it must be remembered that few com­ posers of the past saw their works achieve universal acknow­ ledgment during their lifetime. Perhaps it were well to ask what qualities a modern secular composer must put into his work so that it will be adjudged a classic. It must live and continue to satisfy its listeners, it must appeal to the emotions and intellect, and it must have the power to awaken honorable feelings and thoughts. The test of time will tell whether the modern works have these qualities and may also be considered true classics.

My personal opinion is that the greatest advances today are being made in the interpretation of the old compositions.

At many times one may turn on the radio and listen to highly trained musicians with technically perfect instruments and 225

RED under the direction of eminent conductors interpret the works of the old masters for us. Just how important the ability of correct interpretation by conductors is I observed a few Sundays ago, when two well known orchestras performed Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. A comparison of the separate perform­ ances showed that Toscanini had a definite edge over the other conductor in regard to interpretation. A good and established practice among conductors is to concentrate more on the music of one individual composer than to study all composers equally much. Stokowski, Weingartner, and Toscanini are good ex­ amples of this practics.

In order to appreciate fully the interpretation of vocal music one must actually see the performers. From my own experience I found out how much actually seeing the singer helps in the appreciation and understanding of songs. My good fortune to see and hear at close range the great baritone, John Charles Thomas, proved why seeing the performer is so important. It was not only how he sang that produced the desired emotional effect but his actions while singing a song.

For example, when he sang the old Scotch ballad, Lord Randall, he was able to spread a gloom as thick as the clouds around the planet Venus through the whole auditorium; but when he sang Blow Me Eyes, the whole atmosphere became as clear as that of a starry night. In opera, operetta, and oratorio the ability to see the performers is just as important as it is in a solo per­ formance. I do not mean to say that a vocal composition can not be appreciated when one only hears it. It can be appre­ ciated, but one is not apt to exhaust the supply of adjectives so quickly.

Thus we see that music today is not stagnant but active.

Even though today popular trash is considered as best by the masses, the reports indicate that good music is gaining many adherents. All I hope is that many more will realize what a wide gap there is between the values of true music and that which many dare to call music.

Fred. Kempfert

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c❿iric铍饬佐 Christmas Song Service •… the evening of December 10，1944 our choruses, Male, Mixed, and Prep, participated in a Christmas song service.

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OPENING HYMN BY THE ASSEMBLY Let the Earth now Praise the Lord

PREP CHORUS The Bells Within the Steeples ■ [Michael Praetorius 1571-1621 Michael Praetorius Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming Es ist einy Ros3 entsprungen All My Heart This Night Rejoices Froehlich soil mein Herse springen

MIXED CHORUS Good Christian Men, Rejoice In Dulci Jubilo O Little Town of Bethlehem In Bethlehem ein Kindelein

Johann Ebeling 1666 J. S. Bach 1685-1750

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MALE CHORUS Melchior O How Shall I Receive Thee Wie soil ich dich empfangen Good News from Heaven from the CHRISTMAS ORATORIO Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heavenly Light from the CHRISTMAS ORATORIO

Teschner 1631 J. S. Bach J. S. Bach

MIXED CHORUS A Star Shone Out Lay Down Your Staffs, O Shepherds Wiegenlied der Hirten • 227

Katherine Davis Old French Carol Glatz Folk-song

RED MALE CHORUS J. S. Bach

A Child is Born in Bethlehem Puer Natus in Bethlehem

Advent

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Prepare Thyself, Zion from the CHRISTMAS ORATORIO

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CLOSING HYMN BY THE ASSEMBLY Wake, Awake

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Announcing the drive on November 20, coincident with the 6th War Loan Drive, Tutor Schumann was met with the studentbody^ enthusiastic response. In a few minutes the Senior class had bought the first twenty-five dollar bond, and pledges of all classes were fast mounting. The three upper classes have pledged five dollars to a man, with the Freshmen and the Preps showing a comparable record. To date four-hundred seventyfive dollars have been pledged; two classes, the coed body, and a number of town students are still to be accounted for. Our goal is the price of a one-thousand dollar bond by the end of the school-year.

The double nature of the plan was especially attractive to those of us who cannot buy enough stamps for a bond during the school year, since in this way we can concentrate our purchases and in so doing sow financial seed for our muchneeded and much-desired library.

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RED 0 Rollin Reim is the latest member of the class of ’44 to lay aside his Seminary books in order to take up once more the text books he used a decade ago. Rollin has accepted a call to teach at Marinette, Wisconsin.

Rev. Erwin Scharf, ’28，has accepted a call to serve as pastor at Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Rev. Scharf had been at Slinger, Wisconsin.

The vacancy created at Wrightstown, Wisconsin, by the resignation of the Rev. F. Uetzmann, ’95，was filled by Rev. Gerhard Struck, ^O, who had been pastor at Maribel, Wisconsin.

Ill health has forced Rev. Gustav Schlegel, f17, to retire.

Rev. Schlegel has been serving Zion Congregation, Mobridge, South Dakota.

Irving Radtke, ex *42, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, graduated recently from the Naval Air Training Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, and was commissioned an ensign in the United States Naval Reserve.

2nd Lieut. John Sauer, ex ’46, visited Northwestern in November. John is now a bombardier in the Army Air Corps.

His address: 2nd Lieut. John Sauer Section G I Davis-Mouthan Field Tucson, Arizona Corp. George Hoenk, ex M6, was here on furlough last month. George is now at Fort Reilly, Kansas.

Carl Loeper, ex ’42, is stationed at the Military Intelli­ gence Training Center in Maryland. His address: ^ Carl Loeper Co. F. 2nd Trg. Bn. Camp Ritchie, Maryland Pfc. Martin Nommensen, ex ’45，is a mechanic at Fort Benning. His address: Pfc. Martin Nommensen 36283802 Sqdn. 811th A A B U Lawson Field Fort Benning, Georgia The new address of Pfc. Roland Protz, ex ’45，is: Pfc. Roland Protz 36804943 Co. B. 118th Inf. A. P. 0. 551 P. M.，New York City 229

Christmas comes but once a year And with it brings so much much cheer; But there’re other reasons we’re glad it’s near.

0 Joy! We use up shekels on our institution, Etcet’ra and for them there’s no substitution.

So a holiday job is the obvious solution.

0 Joy! When our supply of vitamins runs low, (Not that the “when” fools anyone, ’tho) WeM fain sway Erv’s for our mamma’s dough.

0 Joy! There be some, of course, with other attractions, ’Tho the ign’erant would rather call them distractions, But then who wouldn’t prefer figures to fractions?

0 Boy! Magus Moose Janke has chanced upon a rare, seasonal astronomic phenomenon. “Mustaben in collision with history or science class,” Hans Eggert opines. Be that as it may, one starry night Moosse swung the business end of the college fourincher toward the eastern horizon, squinted, and let out a beller.

Asked for an explanation, Moose’s ever fluid brain hatched out this one: It was in all probability the long expected asteroid, Mephistopheles Junior, Gnosticism’s 366th emanation from the Great Spirit, and wouldn’t Albie Einstein’s ears turn green with envy! When interrogated further he went into a huddle 230

RED with Hans and Goetz and came out with some pertinent data: Meph is due 10 make contact three feet from the south edge of the roof of the elevator in Essig, Minn., at precisely 12:35 P. M. Dec. 20. In regard to composition, Mephistoph is seven miles in diameter and filled with helium. Howsomever, says Moose, there’s nothing to worry about: Meph Junior is only a transient planatoid, wh >se like will probably not again be seen by us for at least 3^ trillion light years.

All of which makes us wonder what was the position of Moose’s ubiquitous harmonica at the time of squint; perhaps it would explain some of its teasing “Now I’m here now I aint” notes, which of course is neither here nor there.

Every dormite with two ears in working order has been forcibly reminded for the last few weeks that Christmas is just around the corner. Every reed and horn in the dorm has been giving out with all it’s got, and most of the time that’s precious little—not that impromptu playing hasn’t its place: it’s just that for some it’s 'forever impromptu’. As for the Christmas Hit Parade it appears 'White Christmas* is leading * Little Town of BethlehemJ by a Stumpfnaeschen. The brass sextet, let it be said to their credit, is a pleasant, close-harmonied exception: would that the band were as readily divisible by six as by one!

I hesitate very perceptibly before treading on coed territory, especially because after last month’s issue it was intimated in no uncertain terms that I had stepped out of my province. But having stuck out my neck (a very versatile piece of anatomy, by the way) this far, I shall make free to quote the official final results of the familar Huebner-and-Mattek-instigated popularity contest: 53-17-1, Miss Scarlet Charlotte of the unfortunate rhyme winning hands down; the last vote, in case you’re interested, was cast for a darkhorse, Miss Barcas (she’s willing) Wahl. I guess Huebner and Mattek figure that sportsmanship now demands that they at least take out their candidates. # (N. B.—a sportsman and a gentleman are not necessarily synonomous.) ，Twas the night before vacation But all thru the dorm Not a Sex was in circulation On account of the flu gorm —And Herb Walthers.— Or was that last year?

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多RED Between 8:04 and 8:24 A. M. Nov. 29, Prof. E. Schroeder was duly installed into his professorship in a simple ceremony over at the gym. Besides teaching English and Latin, Prof.

Schroeder has the rather dubious honor of running the book­ store and eventually reclassifying and making accessible our 17,000 volumes, which same, as E. E. K. remarked in his address, is a noble undertaking indeed. We bid him welcome, and in his new tasks wish him all blessing and success.

Hutchmeier says he’s writing up the details on our BondLibrary Drive, so I won’t chisel. I might, however, add that if the rest of the Wis. Synod could have seen the zip and ginger with which the boys up here pitched in and pledged their shekels (and you know how much earning time we have), we would have a library and books in short order—by contagion if for no other reason.

The K. P. (Kollege Police) is still an active driving force to be reckoned with. Witness the case of one, wee Waldemar Stern: because his itching fingers could not resist the combina­ tion of packing snow and open windows, he was sentenced to one half hour of hard labor: snow-balling a sturdy elm in front of the dorm at 10 paces—with plenty of coaching from open windows just in case the barrage slackened.

The afternoon after the morning of a Greek exam the A-Greeks, with fear and trembling, accepted an invite to tea at the Franzmann dwelling. The good professor, steering the post-tea bull session in his own inimitable way, stuck pretty closely to his favorite triangle: tobacco to Greek to some mildly corny jokes. Noteworthy was: the tea and what went down with it, the presence of Rev. B. Woyke and his charming wife, and some honest to goodness fags.

Flicks and Flakes Sent on the customary quest for the Universalschraubenschluessel, Sextie Maroo assiduously pursued the will-o-thewhisp half a bucking period, and then with the scent of the kill strong in his nostrils, went into Eggert’s room and came out triumphantly clutching the ‘long lost’ innards for the pump ............ Overheard thru the faculty room transom: "’Sabout time again we sing hymn no. 62, hmmmmmmm?............Westy heaved a profound sigh of relief when he recovered his illuminated * notebook again—perhaps some finders wouldn’t 232

RED Then we have the sad have been so broad-mindedcase ofBall Bearing Burk (note the rich alliteration)------the balls mustn’t have been bearing so good or he tripped over them or something: anyhow he’s limping around on three legs these days............After the first cold snap our tutor convoyed a bunch of his charges upriver; they announce the head of naviga­ tion about two river bends past the ‘two miler, * and that our six foot plus tutor looks cute belly-flopping a sled from skates ............ Thanks to some complimentary tickets the college was well represented at the annual presentation of the Messiah in Milwaukee Dec. 3一seems the Sem was there too, on the stage and off of it—probably attracted by the scent of fresh flesh ............ Although we have been deluged with requests to print our unexpurgated tract, The Judges Tale, we feel we daren’t risk anything be it even only slighty risque, for it would mean lowering the high standards for which we have ever striven; however, at a later date we may be induced to submit for publication a simple, earthly li’l yarn entitled, The Reamers Tale............Just because the upper classes have no math anymore doesn’t mean a feller should forget it. No danger of that happening to Judge—it sticks out all over him: to remember the number of his locker (No. 91) he says he just takes the only date he knows, 1492, lops off the first two digits, subtracts the cube root of eight and adds one............ The Seniors figure if they survive the test-studded week before vacation they can take anything — including graduation, maybe............

Blood-questing Eumenides， Inexorable sleuth-hounds, Perfidious as the Japanese, Refuse from dog pounds: Had I been Euripides I’d have written within bounds.

—but then there’d still be Aeschylus, wouldn’t there?

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ATHLETICS I FOR AULD LANG SYNE 40 yrs. ago. Northwestern finished their football season by defeat­ ing the Milwaukee Medics 41-0. N. W. C. won de­ 1904 spite the fact that the Medics’ line outweighed North­ western^ by about twenty pounds to the man.

35 yrs. ago. Northwestern went down in defeat on their Home­ coming to the Lawrence College eleven. It seems that 1909 the referee had a certain partiality for the Lawrence team. Score was 12-0. Carroll also defeated N. W. C., 14-0.

30 yrs. ago. Review of the football season shows that N. W. C. 1914 ranked well with the other colleges of the state. It showed that N. W .C. could still put out a good team.

25 yrs. ago. It seems that at this time twenty-five years ago there 1919 was nothing in the line of athletics going* on at N. W. C It’s either that or else the Athletic Editor couldn't meet his deadline.

20 yrs. ago. Northwestern defeated the Seminary eleven 27-6. Al1924 though Northwestern played the best game of the season, they lost to Carroll 13-0. In the last game of the season Milton and N. W .C. played to a 0-0 tie.

Preparations are being made for the basketball season.

No inter-school games to be played but a good intra­ mural schedule has been drawn up.

15 yrs. ago. The basketball team has been practicing two weeks in 1929 preparation for their coming season. The Athletic Editor used his space to caution the players to keep training rules.

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RED io yrs. ago. Northwestern finished in third place in the Tri-State conference. Led by Capt. Roekle the Northwestern 1934 Cagers defeated the School of Engineering 34-14. In the next game of the season the Black and Red went down in defeat to Concordia, Milwaukee, 42-12.

5 yrs. ago. In a slow, ragged game the Northwestern five beat the Seminary 33-22. Northwestern lost decisively in a 1939 ping pong match with players from Cooney.

BASKETBALL After a few clays of practice Coach Umnus cut his team to ten players. He had seven lettermen, Nommensen, Hoenecke, Kolander, Kaesmeycr, Zessin, Schlei, and Huebner. Two of the new men, Burk and Radtke, are from Concordia, Milwaukee. The third new member of the team hails from Colorado and is called Billy Wietzkc.

Coach Umnus worked the team as hard as he could the first two weeks. He divided the squad into two teams. One is the big team and the other the small team. The big team averages 6 ft.

2 in. in height. This team will undoubtedly be the starting team for the games. The newcomer Burk shows great possibilities. He has a good shot and is an all around good player. Radtke and Wietzke ought to be assets to the team as soon as they have caught on to our system. A week before the first game Burk dislocated his ankle, so he won’t be able to play in any of the pre-Christmas games.

Northwestern College 55 Falk Corporation 33 On Tuesday, Nov. 28 the Northwestern Cagers opened their 1944-45 season. Their opponents were the Falk team, a member of the Milwaukee Industrial League. Coach Umnus started his big team, Nommensen and Wietzke at forwards, Schlei at center and Kaesmeyer and Kolander at guards. Northwestern went out in the lead at the beginning of the game and kept a substantial lead all the way to the end. The game looked as ragged as opening games usually look. The good shooting and good playing was done in spurts. The passing was for the most part ragged and uncertain.

It looked as if the Northwestern men could have taken more re­ bounds than they did. On the whole the shooting of free-throws was very well done. The small team, Zessin and Hoenecke at for­ wards, Radtke and Huebner at guards with Schlei and Nommensen alternating at center, did a good job of tiring the opponents out. It seems that the small-team has a little more life than the big-team has. For an opening game the team did very well. Nommensen was high point man with seven field goals and four free throws. Nelson, center for the Falks, led his team with four field goals and five free throws. The score at the half was 25-11 in favor of North­ western.

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INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL In the College League the Seniors and Juniors are tied for first place after each team won one game. The Seniors defeated the Sophs and the Juniors beat the Frosh. The Seniors and the Sophs played a close, rough game. The Sophs were leading all the way until the last minutes of the game. Then the Seniors took over and went out in front and stayed there. Score 24-22. The Juniors beat the Frosh easily and decisively. Score 41-23.

BOWLING The Seniors have started their bowling league. The Jeske, Burkyvand Schaller team couldn’t start with the rest because of Burk’s dislocated ankle, but now everything is going along smoothly.

The only hitch now is that the Seniors have to be their own pinboys.

Here are the league standings— Team Won Lost Nommensen 2 1 Hochmuth 1 Hoenecke 1 2 Odds and Ends Perhaps the hardest job these days is refereeing the intramurai games.

Skating was good for a few days but then came the thaw.

Kelling’s 233 is high on the “Faculty Alleys.” Bauer has high series.

The Pep Band under the direction of Dommer did a good job at the basketball game. Keep it up and be out for all the games.

Seems like now would be good time to have a good snow ball %ht.

Don’t forget two home basketball games before Christmas vaca­ tion: Concordia on the 7th of Dec. and Carroll on the 12th. Let’s all be at the games!

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And the Lord said unto the serpent, And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Genesis 3, 15.

There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots. And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. Isaiah 11, 1-2.

He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, ana as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. Isaiah 53, 7.

Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.

John 1, 29.

Tell ye the dau琴htter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sittingj upon an ass, and a colt, the foal of an ass.

Matthew 21, 5.

W.ho being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. And bein尽 found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Philippians 2,6-8.

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted himi, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that ewe ry tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2, 8-11.

And aa Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3, 14-16.

Consider the lilieB of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, 0 ye of little faith? Matthew 7, 28-30.

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LITERARY — She Wanted to be an M. D._ LiIce the Grass of the Field .

Gideon Welles----------------Medieval Travelers' Song----The Cantor of Joachimsthal.

Ouija__________________ What Made Timmy Run-----Our Gyms__________ ___

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EDITORIALDon’t Condemn the Sleeper.

The Twenty-five Years War.

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COLLEGE NOTES— One Girl Grows Up The Last Quarter …

The Virtuoso_____

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Thou worthy lyght, that art so cleare, Teache us Christe Jesu to knowe alone; That we have never cause to feare In hym to have redempcyon.

Kirieleyson.

Thou swete love, graunt us altogether To be unfayned in charite; That we may all love one another, And of one mynde alwaye to be.

Kirieleyson.

Be thou our confortoure in all nede; Make us fear nether death nor shame; But in the treuth to be stablyshed, That Sathan put us not to blame.

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As fundamental as the knowledge of the sterile hypo and as commonplace as “ducks" to the student nurses is the account of the first female that tried to enter the medical profession.

She has become a legendary figure; her name is no longer known, nor is the school she entered or the time when she entered. She ranks with Clara Barton and Florence Nightin­ gale in the opinion of the ladies in white. The story as the student nurses usually hear it, is: Once upon a time when women were considered the weaker sex and were first beginning to disprove that statement, two girls entered a medical college in this country. Their presence in classes caused a sensation throughout the campus. The entire student body and a part of the faculty disapproved of their ambitions and had no compunctions about expressing their opinions. After a few weeks one of the girls was discouraged; her classmates and the anatomy proffessor convinced her that a woman’s place was in the home. The fellows now concen­ trated their efforts on the other female —but in vain. No stench or monstrosity that they could produce effected her in238

RED testinal rectitude. Something would have to be done about this; the honor and prestige of their profession was at stake. A class meeting was held to determine their action. They decided to attack her in the weakest area: they would flatter her until she was off guard and then—!

Her sudden elevation from a pariah to an equal had the desired effect and the trap was sprung. The freshman class threw a party in which she was the guest of honor. They escorted her en masse from the boarding house to the hotel.

During the festivities two members were absent. They sneaked into the anatomy lab and sawed a leg off a cadaver. Then they went to her boarding house and were admitted to her room "be­ cause she asked us to get something for her. She told us ex­ actly where it was, too.” In her room they quickly painted the leg with luminous paint, hung it in her clothes’ closet, opened the window in the closet so that there would be enough of a draft to cause the leg to sway slightly when the door was opened, closed the door, and went back to the party. At the part they jokingly asked her when she was going to quit, admitted she was too much for them, and apologized for their boorish conduct. They escorted her home and wished her pleasant dreams. was absent from the freshman class the next morn­ Miss ing. The fellows smiled and nodded at each other. After the first period the dean asked the class to come to his office. He said that Miss____ ’ landlady couldn’t find her this morning and he wanted to know if they knew anything about her disappearance.

Yes, he knew that they had escorted her home, but her bed hadn’t been slept in and all her clothes and belongings were still in the room. The fellows admitted they had fixed up a surprise for her in her room and they said she had probably pulled this disappearing act to get even. They were told to go and find her. They went to her rooms. She was gone and so was the leg. They had hoped to frighten her into quitting, but now they were worried. They heard a crunching noise in the attic above them. When the landlady insisted there were no rats in her house, they decided to investigate. In the dim light with wild of the attic they saw a luminous foot and Miss eyes, gnawing on the almost bare shin bones of the leg. She was incurably insane!* • This gruesome effect of & practical joke is actually supposed to have happened.

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A fleeting glance upon the snowflake form Soon waxes to a year of thought or more, How, full of silent depth out in the storm, It falls and bears its witness, white as hoar, Then melts before we grasped the news it bore.

It takes the flower’s place when winter frost To earth all petals drops, their beauty lost, But none can tell which is of higher cost.

Behold!

See and behold!

The lilies of the field That summer’s gracious sun revealed In glory greater than the royal swell Of solemn pomp and regal circumstance Displayed by him, the one-time kinj? of Israel, .

Whose lordly state no potentate could match before or since Are withered quite and gone, nor lift their scented heads, For winter’s ruthless gale has swept them down And bruised them in their cold, forgotten beds, And clouds have made the Sun to frown On flowers, kings, and us Incredulous, And bold To think that any nation will abide Much longer here than fields with blossoms quilted, That, when the winds have blown across their side, Lie dead and dry; are burned in fire when wilted.

GIDEON WELLES Gideon Welles was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, on July 1, 1802. His father was rather well-to-do, and so Gideon led the life of a country squire’s son. As he grew older it be­ gan to look as though he would be able to lead a life of ease for the rest of his days. But then came the War of 1812. His father’s business was ruined and Gideon had to shift more or less for himself.

But it was not until 1836 that he really got into the business with which he was associated for the rest of his life. He be­ came a politician.

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RED In Connecticut, which was almost all Federalist, Welles began to work for the Jacksonian Party, and he carried the state for Jackson. For this he was given the job of postmaster in one of the small towns of Connecticut.

Welles stuck with the Jacksonian Party and then the Demo­ cratic until the party principles violated his own. So he quit and went West to help form the new Republican Party. He ran for governor on this ticket in Connecticut in 1856 but was defeated.

Nevertheless he made a strong showing when one considers the fact that he ran on such a weak ticket. In the election of 1860 he carried the state for Lincoln. As a reward for his work he was made Secretary of the Navy. In this capacity he served until 1869.

During the Civil War Welles stood out as a man who was honest, sincere, industrious, and conscientious about everything he did. He saved the government much money when it came to buying ships necessary for enforcing the terms of the block­ ade around the Southern states. He also took the blame for many of the mistakes which were made by his subordinates.

For instance, Congress had appropriated certain sums to be used in building a new class of Monitors. The man in charge made a few changes here and there, and the result was that when the first ship was launched, it sank so low in the water that its decks were awash. If it had been loaded with shells and powder, it would have sunk.

Through it all Gideon Welles preserved the honor of his name, and in so doing he raised the Navy Department to a new level. Heretofore it had always been looked upon as being subordinate to the Department of War. During this time he kept a diary. This book shows to us very well his character as well as Seward’s and Stanton’s.

These men were weak and vacillating compared to the stalwart and principled Welles. During Johnson’s administration he stuck with Johnson all the way. Seward took a more or less neutral stand, and Stanton finally had to be removed from the Cabinet because of his double dealings.

Welles retired from public life in 1869, and the remainder of his years were passed quietly in Connecticut, where he died in 1878 at the age of 76 years, a principled politician and there­ fore a worth-while phenomenon of American history.

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In God’s Name we our way do wend On both His help and grace depend.

The Father’s love shield us this day, Guard too our soul and frame of clay.

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May Christ our skillful escort be; Stand hard by us most steadfastly, And turn from us the foe’s sly war, And all that God’s Word doth abhor.

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RED THE CANTOR OF JOACHIMSTHAL Nicolaus Hermann, the man who composed In Gottes Namen fahren ivir, was one of comparatively few poets and musicians who with one part of his makeup could write a worth-while hymn, and with the other part remember that the babyhood words Abba Father are the beginning and the end of great accom­ plishments. He was a representative of music yesterday, a quiet possessor of the Key to music that the likes of Beethoven or Wagner never found in all their storming.

Hermann was cantor in the Joachimsthal parish from 1518 for nearly forty years following, spiritedly played the organ for services, and taught in the Latin school. His teaching was done in gentleness, hedged all about with the singing or play­ ing of bright melodies for children, composed mostly by him­ self, since he was as gifted musically as he was poetically. He knew what appealed to the infant heart, because he was him­ self a child at heart, and so he captured the affection of his pupils every one. He wrote a veritable little legion of sturdy hymns, and some of his tunes ring through our memory from one year to another. Three lark-like ones are these: Ershienen ist dei' herrlich Tag; Heut singt die liebe Christenheit; Lobt Gott, ilir Christen’ alle gleich. The notable ones of his hymn-texts are these: Alle die Augen warten, Herr, auf dich.

Die helle Sonn leiicht jetzt herfuer.

Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag. Gottlob! die hochgewuenschte Zeit.

Gott, Vater! der du deine Sonn.

Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, alle gleich.

Sand Paulus die Corinther.

Gleichwie ein Weizeskoet'nelein.

Bescher uns, Herr，das taeglich Brot.

Wenn mein Stuendlein vorhanden ist.

In 1560 he brought forth a book called The Sunday Gospels for the Entire Year, WHtten in Song for Children and Christian Familyheads.

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kED men’s prayer, sung especially on pilgrimages. The old forms of the hymn reads as follows: In nomine Dei navigamus, Cujus gratiam desideramus, Cujus virtus adjuvet nos Et sanctum sepulcrum protegat nos.

Kyrie eleison.

In Gottes Namm varn wir, seinei' gnade gem wii', nu helffe uns diu gotes kraft und daz heilige Ch'ap, da got selbei' lag. Kyrie eleis.

The Latin was later sung to Luther’s Dies sind die heiVgen zeh’n Gebot.

OUIJA

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The ouija board has a strange status. It is considered a lioax by some, a supernatural power by others. Actually, it was designed to be a parlor game. Its originators hoped it would be interesting and amusing, but did not want it to be taken seriously. The ouija board is a piece of wood smaller than a desk blotter. On this board appear the letters of the alphabet, arabic numerals, and the words yes and no. It is used by two people who ask a question and then place their hands on a small triangular piece of wood which is mounted on three legs and has at its center a tack, suspended from a piece of celluloid. Both persons try to relax while waiting. Soon the small indicator begins to move as if by some mysterious force.

It moves about the board in straight lines, circles, and arcs and finally stops over a letter of the alphabet. After a short pause it resumes its motion and then stops over another letter. This continues until the answer is given, at which time the indicator conveniently moves off the board. Of course, it does not give good answers to every question, but it is surprising how many sensible answers it does give. Noted psychologists explain this by saying that the subconscious mind and the tensed muscles work together, causing the fingers to push the indicator and push it in such a way as to give the already known, or at least hoped-for, answers. The ouija board is not magical, it’s just good entertainment.

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Mrs. Spatoony was a wonderful cook, and her little boy, Timmy, was always well fed. Still, he was an undernourished weakling. He was always pale, tired, lean and hungry-looking.

The boys at school never let him play with them; they made fun of him and called him names. But he didn’t seem to mind. He had the air of a martyr, of someone patiently bearing the mal­ treatment of the ignorant rabble and striving undeterredly to­ ward an invisible goal. As a matter of fact, he expected to be­ come president. But he didn’t tell anyone this.

Mrs. Spatoony made stew that was simply out of this world. It was Timmy’s favorite dish, so she made it just about every evening for his supper. Timmy ate voraciously and went to bed very early. But he never slept; he always had indiges­ tion.

After a short time Timmy’s endurance reached its limit.

He collapsed on his way home from school one day. He was unconscious for days. They fed him intravenously and finally restored him to consciousness. The doctors couldn’t find a thing fundamentally wrong with him, and he rapidly regained his health.

Today Timmy is a husky chap. He looks as though he’s never been sick a day in his life. He’s not president, but he’s happy. He still eats his mother’s wonderful stew every day, but he never suffers from indigestion anymore.

Timmy had a close call in 1928, but today Timothy laughs when he talks about it. “It was like this,” Timothy says. “I wanted to be successful. Just as one man says he lived to be ninety by drinking a quart of ocean water daily and another says he lived to be one hundred by smoking and drinking excessively since he"was twelve, even so every successful man has a secret for his success, and I knew the formula for becoming president.

Had Calvin Coolidge not enlightened some inquisitive, scrawny individual thus: ‘I do not chew stew, runt’？ J}

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RED <P)ur (gyni« The Northwestern Club of Milwaukee was organized in 1907 for the purpose of making good the name of this school which was then Northwestern University. All hope of achieving this goal dis­ appeared when the authorities of the school took a step in the op­ posite direction and made Northwestern a college in name as well as fact. It was then decided that the club should continue in existence and try to do something for Northwestern. It was felt that a new gym was needed more than anything else, since the old Turnhalle, a thirty-year old frame structure, was far from adequate. The members of the club began to collect funds for the new gym which eventually cost more than thirty thousand dollars.

By February, 1911, the plans of the architects, Schnetzke and Son, Milwaukee, had been accepted. On April 15, 1912, Rev. August C. Bendler, acting chairman, broke the ground for the new gym. On Memorial clay the cornerstone was laid. It bore lliis inscription, ''Donated by N. W. C. Club of Milwaukee, Wis., 1912.”

In October Contractor Dan B. Danielson reported that the gym, though not completed, could be used. In a ceremony on October 20 the gym was formally opened.

As has already been mentioned, the brick gym took the place of the old Turnhaile. The best available account of the erection of the old Turnhaile is found in llie diary of Oscar Griebling', then a Primaner. A few translated excerpts Lfrom this diary tell about the planning and building of the Turnhaile.

Friday, October 5, 1877 After evening chapel (Thursday二Oct. 4) w€ met and it was to have been decided that we build a Turnlialle. The craftiness of some of the upperclassmen brought the plan to naught.

Saturday, Oct. 13. Wednesday, Oct. 10, we met again. In the evening a new organization, the Athletic Society, which should de­ termine the building of the new Turnhaile, was founded. 1 was elected president- August Bendler became treasurer. We met again on Thursday. Things are going along nicely and the work of build­ ing- should begin on Monday. Today the committee, with the fac­ ulty, decided where the Turnhaile should be built.

Monday, Oct. 15. This afternoon the first lumber for the Turnlialle arrived.

Tuesday, Oct. 16. This afternoon more lumber came. At 8130 the carpenter began work.

Friday, Oct. 19. Today the carpenters did not work because it had rained during the night.

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Friday, Nov. 16. Tomorrow we shall haul dirt into the Halle.1 Saturday, Nov. 17. Today we filled in the Turnhalle with dirt.2 Primancrs worked from 8:30 until 12:00. In the afternoon others worked. It was hard work and we are all half dead.

It appears from this report that the Turnhalle originally had a dirt floor. By 1912 it had a wooden floor, but we were unable to find when this floor was laid.

The building consisted of little more than four walls and a roof. As soon as the necessary money was raised, some equipment was bought. The Turnhalle was enlarged six years after it was built. The Old Shack, as it was commonly called, must have cost about six hundred dollars. In 1912 it was torn down and the best lumber was used for an isolation hospital. The military company made a fort of the rest of the lumber and blew it up in a sham battle on the day of the cornerstone laying.

The cream brick gym contains on tlie main floor the gym proper, which could easily hold four buildings as large as the orig­ inal Old Sliack, and two smaller rooms in the towers. The room on the north was originally used as a gun room. The room on the south was the office. Above these and extending across the width of the gym is the battery room once used by baseball players in early spring. On a level with this is the running track extending around the gym. This is now used almost exclusively for seating spectators at sport events. In the basement is a large room once used by the musical organizations but now containing a mat, dart ball board and ping pong tables. Adjacent to this large room are locker and shower rooms. Along the south side of the building are two bowling alleys donated by Henry Scliroeder so that the faculty members, too, might have some recreation. The boiler in the basement was donated by the college board, as were the light fixtures. The lighting was improved a few years ago by the installation of two large fixtures in the center of the gym.

The new gym, now more than thirty years old, serves its pur­ pose more adequately than any other building on the campus. It is primarily a building for sports. However, it is also an auditorium.

From the first there was a movable stage which was set up at the east end of the gym whenever a program or concert was given in the gym. It was a rather flimsy structure. The sections were placed 011 saw bucks and nailed together. This stage, much like the one 1. “Morgen sollen wir Grund in die Halle fahren lassen," 2. “Heute fuellten wir die Turnhalle mit Erde an."

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now in use, had to be replaced because it became slivered by being nailed together and torn apart so often. Our second stage was also set on bucks. This stage was creaky and too light. There were numerous complaints that speakers and choral quartettes could not be heard. This was partly because the stage curtains muffled the sound and partly because the running track prevented a free move­ ment of sound waves. To remedy the situation, a plywood shell, extending from the stage to the running track, was built. This shell gave greater volume which was helpful to the choral groups, but not for the band, since it made the band too loud. For this reason, and because the shell could net easily be stored, it was no longer used. In 1941 the present stage with its tan back drops and maroon curtains made its appearance. This stage is more sturdy than either of the former two. It lias eight sections with collapsible legs. If a full stage is not needed, fewer sections may be used. The acquisition 251

RED of a loud speaker, rarely used except for commencement exercises, makes it possible for even the weakest voice to be heard. Without the loudspeaker, the gym offers what to some lecturers is an insur­ mountable difficulty.

We can hardly discuss the gym without mentioning the col­ lege^ only statue, which was donated by St. Matthew’s Congrega­ tion of Milwaukee. The four-ton statue is a composite—the head of a Greek and. the body of a renowned American sprinter wearing a Northwestern N on his shirt. On the base of the statue appears a Grecian figure, Venus of Capua, who in one hand holds the vic­ tors laurel and with the other points to St. Paul’s reference to the famous Isthmian games. (I Corinthians 9:24) Heis de lambanei to brabcion. But one receives the prize. Bear then in mind :In faithful effort alone true victory lies.

On the opposite side of the base are the words of dedication: Unsercr hohen Schule, 20 Oktobcr, 1912. Die St. Mattheus Gc~ meinde, Mihvaukce.

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Jhtiortal Don’t Condemn the Sleeper ...

N the November issue of the Black and Red, one P. J. entered an article entitled “I Dunno How He Does It, But He Does.” This particular article, or shall I say essay, was written with the malicious ， intent of ridiculing and even slandering the “Sleepers-i.n-class.” It is my purpose in writing this article to refute the various accusa­ tions of P. J. and restore the “sleeper” to liis singular position.

There is little doubt that all of you remember clearly P. J/s article, but for the benefit of those whose memories may have failed them in this respect and for the benefit of those who by chance may have overlooked this article, I shall briefly give the gist of it. .

P. J. chose an isolated example of a “sleeper” and traced his various activities (or inactivities) through one day in classes. He mentioned the fact that this person came to class in the morning re­ sembling any other wide-awake person and that by the time he fin­ ished classes he looked as if he had been awakened out of a sound 253

梦RED night’s sleep. What P. J. did say was not very important, but what he did not say is of extreme importance.

Is it probable that a mentally alert person will become mentally sluggish when topics extremely interesting to him are discussed ?

Hardly. The fact remains that for some reason or other he is a little tired and he wants to rest his eyes. By closing his eyes he takes on the semblance of a very uninterested person, which is of course not entirely true. It has been proven that when one sense has been taken out of play, the others become more acute to com­ pensate for the loss of this sense.

So even though he may look entirely bored and may appear to be getting little or nothing out of that lecture, he may in reality be the most deeply concerned because his senses in use are working overtime to make up for the loss of that sense which is not being used. He also has the added advantage of not being distracted* by extraneous objects, which in some cases might prove to be more attractive than the subject material of the keture itself.

I have heard it said many times that he who sleeps in class is merely taking the easy way out. That is far from the truth. Sleeping in classes is perhaps one of the riskiest things in the world to try.

Not only does he who sleeps in class subject himself to the attacks of the faculty, but also to the tom-fooleries of one’s classmates. It is difficult for even an expert to ascertain which is the more dan­ gerous. On the one hand the faculty’s attack would be directed to­ ward the mind, but on the other, one’s classmates’ attack would bring about much physical anguish.

I have hoped by this little expose to better the position of the sleeper (not for selfish reasons of course). I have also hoped that from now on whenever anyone refers to a sleeper-in-classes it will no longer be with the air of disdain, but with a feeling of respect toward him who is wise enough to concentrate and brave enough to dare.

R. Demcak

The Twenty-five Years War . . • since Eve partook of the forbidden food in the Garden of E VER Eden, there has been war. The first began when Cain mur­ dered Abel. We are told that as long as the world has stood, wars have existed, on a grand or small scale nine-tenths of the time. It is believed that for every soldier butchered on the battlefield, at least four citizens have died of starvation, disease, massacre, or other causes attributable to war. Professor Hannibal Duncan in his book, Race and Population Problem,” estimates that more than fifteen billion persons have sacrificed their lives to the God of War since time began.

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You may study all the maps there are, but you won’t be able to locate the specific territory in which this war has been fought. This war has not been fought with machine guns, cannons, airplanes, battleships, etc. Neither have the hearts of men devised cunning schemes, or grandiose plans for this war. Men have never needed to marshall soldiers to take their hostile positions on the battlefield.

This war begins in babyhood and continues to the grave. The participants bravely and gallantly battle their way. Faithfully they fight in this endless conflict. They go down and others come up to take their places. Silently they go down. Not until recent years have they rebelled against this plague. Still there are plenty to-carry it on, and there always will be. As in other wars, some of the nob­ lest and some of the most wretched have given their lives. They have given their lives for their country and for humanity. Some of the kingliest battles have been fought. There has been no banner bearing and flag- waving. There have been no political speeches and patriotic pep talks. All these battles have been carried on in their silent ways.

Contrary to wars of conquest and power, this eternal war is fought in the hearts of mothers, mothers who live for an average of twenty-five years. It began when God said, “Be fruitful and multi­ ply and replenish the earth.” This is a command that the emanci­ pation of women and the modern ways of living can never extirpate.

L. G. Wurster

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m^s One Girl Grows Up ...

T has been a long time since she sang for us, but the memory of her melodies and the laughter and tears of her unspoiled youth still linger on. In her youth she was a beautiful child and it was good to see her again. Now she is a grown lady, already a divorcee, and a popular pin-up girl. She is a woman now, another one of Hollywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many beautiful women, called beautiful because they are voluptuous. She still has her voice, but the young lady is gone, and for that I am sorry, since the new woman is a sophisticated and Hollywoodized one.

But as the Deanna Durbin of former days she thrilled us in Three Sviart Girls Grow Up on December 6 in the Gym. She was then neither so smart nor grown up, and everybody liked it.

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The Last Quarter ...

ANUARY 4, 1945, the beginning of the third quarter of our first wartime-regulated academic year. This last quarter commenced with nothing more unusual than talk by the Seniors of the final commencement for them. Classes began immediate­ ly, assignments were given as usual, and about fifteen students were late, as usual. Otherwise only some new clothes and sacks of candy and nuts reminded one that something old had ended and something new had begun. And these things, too, will soon not be new, and things will take their regular course until graduation falls on the cold tail of winter and the windy nose of March. Until then this is just another quarter, begun in work and study and to be ended only for more work and study.

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JOHANSEN, Danish pianist, educated in Europe GUNNAR and now a University of Wisconsin music professor where he holds the Brittingbam Chair of Music, appeared here in concert on the evening of January 21. The thirty-nine year old Dane, a gracefully flamboyant and athletic figure, smiled and bowed through much enthusiastic applause in the course of his program. The first part was classical, Mozart, Ph. Emanuel Bach, Busoni,* and Chopin. Mr. Johansen's impeccable tech­ nique and shimmering interpretation left the audience starryeyed, somewhat overcome by the brilliance of the performance.

Most noteworthy and noticeable was the dramatic artistry he displayed in playing Busoni’s Variations on Chopin’s C Minor Prelude. The long first section of the composition came to an obvious conclusion; and while the audience, waiting to applaud, held its hushed breath, he held the tension of the final chord and then with a dramatic gesture was away into the second part. f Yet this portion of the program was in the main entertain­ ment, and the audience enjoyed it, clapping loudly with a smil­ ing face and an undisturbed inner demeanor. The pianist con­ tinued to entertain in the second part when he played his own arrangements of a Danish folksong and a Danish lullaby. At this point he ceased to be only a glittering perfectionist and stylist. He became a preacher. He had a message, a disturb­ ing one, which he tried to transmit to the audience in his im­ pressionistic composition, Sonata No. 3, part of a larger work called East West, a musical impressionistic thesis on the post­ war peace. He considers such musical attempts edifying, i. e. spiritually upbuilding, depending upon the listener’s disposition.

Well, they are at least educating. They show a disturbed, con­ fused, modern mind trying to create and wondering whether it really can.

Whether this music will live, the ages will decide. If any modern music of this individualistic striving and confused import survives, it is not unlikely that some of Mr. Johansen’s will too.

This concert was an unusual and worth-while experience.

It would be interesting to hear this pianist again, just as it is interesting to study all the modern arts to uncover the spirit of the age but not to accept it and be carried away in its giddy A. whirlpools.

•Busoni (d. 1924), not commonly called classical, yet fit into the mood of the first sec­ tion, which was classical.

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^luntnt The engagement of Rogene Heckmann, Kiel, Wisconsin, and Erwin Ploetz, *42, has been announced. Miss Heckmann, a grad­ uate of Milwaukee State Teachers College, is now teaching at Cedarburg.

A son, Noel Paul, was born to Lt. and Mrs. Marcus Horn, *40, on November 24. Lt. Horn, U. S. Navy, is stationed at Jersey City, New Jersey.

Rev. Frederick Gilbert, ’28, lias received and accepted a call to Slinger, Wisconsin. Rev. Gilbert was formerly camp pastor at Camp McCoy. Rev. F. Uetzmann, ’95，has accepted a call to Sugar Island, Wisconsin.

Rev. Chas. Kuske, ’19, Watertown, has received and accepted a call to preach at Rozellville, Wisconsin.

Prof. Martin Franzmann, ’28, Northwestern College, received, but did not accept, a call to teach exegesis and education at Con­ cordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri.

Curtis Hotlen, ’34，former instructor of Morse code at Scott Field, Illinois, is now teaching at Lutheran High, Milwaukee.

Hilbert Siegler, ’31，Lufkin, Texas, is now State Fish and Game Biologist for the State of New Hampshire. His home is at Concord.

On January 21, Rev. Otto Pagels, ’39, was installed as pastor of St. Paul’s Congregation, Ixonia, Wisconsin, by Professors E. J. Berg and E. Schroeder.

Rev. Wayne Ten Broek, ’39, has received and accepted a call to Florence, South Dakota.

Rev. Ernst Kuehl, ’29, has accepted a call to preach at Pueblo, Colorado.

Bart Matthias, ex ’45，and Betty Krueger, Watertown, were married January 4. Bart recently returned from a trip in the Pacific and is now waiting to be called to Officers Candidate School.

Pvt. Harlan Witte, ex ’47, is in a hospital at Camp Wheeler, Georgia. He broke a bone in his foot while on maneuvers.

Werner Neitzke, ex ’46, Louie Zastrow, ex ’47, and Roy Ulrich, ex ’48, visited Northwestern in January.

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Campus and Classroom PRESENTING the notorious dorm-doodling duo Mr. Rupprecht Eggert, performer extraordinary on the bell(s). and Mr. Moose Janke, virtuoso mediocre on the harmonica in concert ' with'an onna-beamie repertoire including such classics as: •. (Guesswho) Just Call Me Lock-knced, Ah’s Pleasure-bent ...Hawpecker When I Was Young and Able........................

Iiiitchvomitch Eschew the Table, Mabel................................ (from The Love for Two Bits) Chickabitch Here Comes That Starch Again etc.

To be rendered in the solitude of the 4th floor square Twice daily during Holy Week. May we see you there ?

The Stcinway people have graciously loaned this space to M. Ilohncr and Scars Bike Bell Corp,

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Judge Boogie: “Yea, Westendorf.”

Always anxious to illustrate difficult vocs, Prof. Sitz tore his hair (like Bergen’s) when eingeschraenkt came up for discussion until he hit on “Don’t Fence Me In.” *

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Early one evening Inspector E. J. B. was holding forth in the office on the relative “softness” of the modern collegiate department and, when backed into a corner, went so far as to .say !ie cl set up three eggs per person for any who would hike the six miles to Otto Pagel's church in Ixonia and back. That was too much for Press: rounding up Voss and Janke, the trio made the trip in 3 hrs. 10 min. flat, occasionally “buzzed” by Barenz’s car to be sure their thumbs didn’t get too itchy. If I know Mrs. E. J. B. they got their promised eggs with interest.

Spice & Shavings During the recent cold snap, Bull Lindloff bellers out for the benefit of all and sundry: “Here the synod's quatching about spend­ ing $900 ,000 for buildings and wet set here and freeze our extremities off.” Rumor has it that Bull (an’X nian’in Hebrew) is angling for the call to Jerusalem . . . Christmas vacation Tutor Schumann ups and comes down with scarlet fever—silly boy. Since he won’t get out of quarantine till nigh February (we sincerely hope lie’s not too sick & catches up on some back sleep) Elmer (’‘■Butcli’’） Mahnke graciously knocked off bucking up at the Sem to come down and fill in—and he’s doing all right by himself. ’Course Hotch has to use a little more discretion along some lines .. . Dur­ ing the course of one of those padless football games on the basket­ ball court Voss and Jeske sorta tangled and were forcibly expelled.

After a cold shower the two lads sheepishly approached one another, kissed, und zuurden init cinandcr versochnt—touching . . . Phil P. and Whitie V. announce that they’re establishing a restaurant in the basement. ‘‘Meals will be cheap but llHtnt^Ol(s/, . . . In the Truax game Chick figgered he’d fix one of those big Jasons by some inconspicuous toe treading—and promptly soared to unbeliev­ able heights for such a li’l runt . . . What with graduation and the evenings adjacent almost staring us in tlie face, some of the Seniors are working part time again in an attempt to make the ends come closer to meeting. The egg plant, of course, has claimed most of them. Which reminds one of a pertinent passage from Mr. Nash’s talented pen regarding the present labor crisis: Sure, deck your lower limbs in pants; Yours are the limbs, my sweeting.

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Reviews of the Football season.

Only five N’s were awarded for the 1909 Football season.

A twenty four game Intramural Schedule was started.

Again this year there is only Intramural basketball in the offing.

All the winter sports were in full swing including sleighrides. No mention of Basketball.

In the opening game of the season N. W. C. de­ feated Concordia 35-20. After trailing all thru the first half, N. W. C. came back to defeat Milwaukee Normal 30-26. N. W. C. lost to Beloit 16-26. N., W. C. defeated Lake Forest 29-24.

10 yrs. ago. N. W. C. strengthened its Tri-State Conference lead by defeating Mission House 28-18. In a close 1935 game Concordia defeated N. W. C. 29-25. The N. W. C. Hockey team lost to Madison West 2-1.

5 yrs. ago. N. W. C. 26, Whitewater 30. In a lopsided game Ripon beat N. W. C. 62-24. N. W. C. lost again 1940 to Extension 29-32. N. W. C. won their next three games defeating Milton 46-30, Mission House 40-39, and Extension 55-45.

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Dec. 7. The Concordia team was no match for the tall Northwestern team. Concordia was the first to draw blood but the Northwestern five soon found the range and went out in front. Nommensen again starred with a total of 18 points followed by Wietzke with 15 points. N. W. C. monopolized the rebounds and had no trouble in dropping the ball thru the bucket.

It was a fast game. Although Concordia was small, they were a very scrappy team. The boys played hard and fast but their inability to get rebounds sealed their defeat. Hinricks was highpoint man for Concordia with 11 points.

The Concordia team was coached by Dick Siebert, veteran first baseman of the Philadelphia Athletics. He had a very interesting audience whenever he talked about baseball. The Concordia team were our guests for the night. We hope that we will be able to play them again next year.

N. W. C. Fg. Ft. Pf. 7 Wietzke f.

1 1 Zessin__ 2 0 1 Nommensen f. c. 8 2 4 Hoenecke f___ 0 0 1 Schlei c.

4 0 1 Kaesmeyer g.__ 2 0 2 Radtke g.......... 0 0 3 Kolander g___ 1 0 1 Huebnerg.

0 0 1 Totals__ .26 3 15 NORTHWESTERN 67

Concordia Fg. Ft. Pf. Hinricks f.....4 3 2 Seehusen f__ 0 0 1 Klingbeil f..... 1 0 0 Braudy f 0 3 0 Mesenburg c._. 3 0 0 0 Beck c---2 1 Haurtel g.

0 2 Streufert g__ 1 0 0 Otto g.— 0 0 Bluhm g.

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Dec. 9. Northwestern played its first “away” game in Milwaukee. They defeated Extension 57-52. This was strictly an offensive game, neither team bothered much about a defense.

Northwestern’s ability to shoot free-throws saved the day.

Both teams scored 50 points by field goals. Brandt, Extension forward, was high-scorer with 19 points. Nommensen again led N. W. C. with 15 followed by Wietzke and Kolander with 13 apiece. Schlei had an even 10. The Northwestern offense was good, their defense was very ragged. This was N. W. C’s third straight win.

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0 0 0 Wietzke f 6 2 Hoenecke f........ 1 0 0 Schlei c 5 0 2 Kaesmeyer g.__ 0 0 1 0 Huebner g.___ 0 Kolander g___ 6 2 Radtke g.

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Dec. 12. One of the biggest crowds in years saw North­ western defeat Carroll in a very exciting game, 54-47. This was the fourth straight win for N. W. C. and the first defeat in three starts for Carroll. The game was of added in­ terest to the townspeople because the Carroll five was led by a former Watertown High star, Ralph Weaver. Weaver rolled in 17 points for Carroll, but Nommensen was again high-man with a total of 23 points. This was again an offensive game, both teams using a zone defense but they were too loose to be of any value. N. W. C. took the lead and kept it thru the first half.

But early in the second half the Carroll team started to click and closed the gap. They tied the score and then went ahead by one point; the score was then 34-33. Northwestern got back on the beam and widened the gap to 49-42 and from then on to the end of the game kept a safe lead. Schlei, Kaesmeyer, and Wietzke helped Nommensen pile up the goals.

This game was one of the most exciting and best referreed games we’ve seen in a long time.

Fg. Ft. Pf. Northwestern Fg. Ft. Pf. Carroll 3 5 4 3 3 1 Joy f-----Wietzke f.

4 14 2 0 Rutchik f.

Hoenecke f___ 1 0 2 7 0 Shinozake f. ___ 1 Nommensen f. c 8 8 15 0 0 0 Weaver c.

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RED in years before, most of the Seminary players were members of former Northwestern teams. The game started slow. The Seminary defense stopped the Goslings’ fast breaking offense.

The Seminary took the lead and held it all thru the first half.

The score at the half was 20-14 in favor of the Sem. The Northwestern five just couldn’t hit the basket during the first half. The last ten minutes of the last half were very exciting. Northwestern found the range and started to drop in buckets. They tied the score and then the lead seasawed back and forth until N. W. C. poured it on. The game finally ended with the Goslings ahead 17 points.

Kaesmeyer at guard did a good job of breaking up the Seminary offensive. He was able to capture most of the rebounds off his own board. Nommensen was again high-man with 16 points but Schlei and Wietzke were right behind him with 15 apiece. Koeninger and “Eggs” Albrecht were the Seminary stars.

In the preliminary the Senior Class team defeated the Sem B，s, 46-23.

Fg. Ft. Pf. N. W. C. Fg. Ft. Pt. Seminary 4 4 Nommensen f._ 8 0 2 Koeninger f__ 5 0 1 Hoenecke f----- 1 2 Schuppenhauer f 1 1 3 0 4 Wietzke f.

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2 2 1 1 Zell g“ Huebner g------0 0 0 0 0 Stelter g_____ 0 Kaesmeyer g.__ 0 4 1 2 Albrecht g----- 0 Kolander g__ _ 0 0 3 0 0 Fuerstenau g.__ 0 Totals 14 8 7 23 7 13 Totals TRUAX FIELD 67

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Jan. 16. Northwesterns team suffered their first defeat in six starts at the hands of the Truax Field five. The Goslings played on even terms with Truax Field all thru the first half.

At the half the score was 22-17 in favor of Truax Field. In the opening minutes of the second half the Black and Red closed the gap in the score to 24-22. After that it was a down hill race. Truax field poured in reserves and tired out the College men. Truax Field poured in points and at the end of the game led by a margin of 29 points.

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Truax Field Fg. Ft. Pf. Northwestern Fg. Ft. Pf. Robbins f.

10 3 Nommensen f. _ 3 3 3 Grabow f.

3 11 Hoenecke f.___ 0 0 1 2 Hunt f__ 7 2 0 Wietzke f.

3 2 Ghonas f. _ o 1 2 Zessin f.__ o l 0 Ertel c__ 6 12 Schlei c. __ 0 3 0 0 0 Cady c__ 0 0 3 Radtke c._ Kerpa g. _ 2 4 3 2 Kaesmeyerg.._ 0 0 0 Matera g_____ 0 0 0 Burk g.

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10 1 Heubner g____ 0 0 1 0 Her. p..

1 0 10 8 12 Totals 24 9 15 Totals ODDS AND ENDS Because of lack of material and illness, the coach of the Whitewater team canceled the two games we were scheduled to play.

Voss and Jeske are reported to be on good terms again after they couldn’t see eye to eye on a few things in a recent Soph-Senior basketball game.

Some of the Sophomores say that tobogganing is pretty good this year.

The skating facilities in Watertown aren’t as good as they could be this year.

Don’t forget the Truax Field game here on Feb. 6.

An addition to the schedule: Fort Sheridan here, February 15. N. B. two doubleheaders: M. U. S. vs. Preps and Exten­ sion vs. Varsity, February 17. Lutheran High vs. Preps and Concordia, Milwaukee vs. Varsity, February 24.

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For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Romans 3, 23.

And lead us not into temptation. God surely tempts no one; but we pray in this petition that God would guard and keep us, so that the devil, the world, and our flesh may not deceive us, nor lead us into misbelief, despair, and other great shame and vice; and though we be assailed by them, that still we may finally overcome and obtain the victory. The Sixth Petition.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole rmour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, a nd hhaving done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteous­ ness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplications for all saints; Ephesians 6, 10-18.

Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts. Haggai 2, 6-7.

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The Power of Love--------

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The Greenspear Oracle—True Love____________

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D. The Wreath of Roses

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LITERARY — The Cathedral

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The Rivals_____________________

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Let's Gel Married-----------------------

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An Eye-Witness Account of the Unveiling of Professor VanmoorSnort’s Grammatical Discoveries Suicide Bluff

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Almost Like Home.

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Six Buildings_____

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Staff Picture EDITORIALLove’s Labour___

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The New Staff ___

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Can We Take It?.

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Library Fund____

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Some Sums and Totals of Vol. 48__ 294 COLLEGE NOTES— Birth of the Blues

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Thou art the fairest in the land Of dancing maidens fair.

Had I but gold and rubies red Thy dear head to adorn! ’Twoulh pain me more than sharpest thorn If thou doubtst what I’ve said.

She took then what I loving said, With pretty shame agiowing.

Her ruddy cheeks became as red As rose in forest growing.

Ashamed, her fair eyes downward fell, As I did greet her then, And if I wished to meet again, Of this I dared not tell.

Thou art so fair that flowery bands I’d give for praise of thee, That e’er adorned me in the dance!

Yet, loved one, there I see The flowers that to pleasant mead Bright colors now are bringing, Where nightingales are singing.

To pick them thee I’ll lead.

0 dream of love, o dream of love, How wonderful art thou!

The leaves fell on us from above That came from linden bough.

"Now art thou mine!” in joyful tone I cried, but as I spoke The sun arose, and I awoke And was alone---- alone.

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RED Z(}C fiowct of €ovc 0 Love, who gave thee this dread might That thou so overpowering art?

Thou young and old with ease dost smite; Intrigue and trick save no man’s heart.

Since thy strong band binds this heart too, 1 praise and sing to God that I so rightly knew The holy shrine where honest homage I could pay.

From this I’ll never part. Extend thy mercy, Goddess, And then I’ll be thy slave for aye.

WaUher’s Tie ©eioalt bcv Wimie, translated by M. Albrecht

Zf}c iRvcctts^cat (Oracle She loves me— No, she loves me not一 She loves me!

With ill suspicions sorely plagued, Thus sat I on the ridge and thought me: “Well, told her once more how I’m agued!”

Hear how a hope some comfort brought me.

In soothe, hope hardly is the word; that I deplore!

At most it is a little hopelet So small, that if I told you, you would laugh at it.

Yet soon-consoled is none, if he knows not wherefor.

A greenspear made me glad again: It said that mine should be good fortune.

That little straw I measured then As erst I’d seen it done mongst children.

Now see and hear, if she me favor grants, and rest: “0 yea, 0 nay, 0 yea, 0 nay, 0 yea.”

It always ended well, as oft I did assay.

That is my hope, but it demands fond faith at best.

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HED Sritc Couc True love is neither man nor woman.

She has not soul and body human.

She likes not man’s puffed-up creations vain.

Can he who knows love also give her name?

And yet can no man e’er embrace Without her help the Maker’s grace.

But courage true one must exert; False hearts she ever does avert.

Walther’s Ter Winne SBcfcit, translated by E. Greve

by LOHRIE SCHALLER

Eyes dark, With submerged lights that beckon, Promising delights extravagant If you can read___ Smooth lips shaped delicately As a bow, fine wrought, taut, Quivering to release its darts Tipped in poppyland___ As when a wildish wind whips thru a stand of Norways, So her soft hair when she tosses her head, (Those peeping pink shells? —ears, most likely) Tumbling luxuriantly in orderly confusion, Save a wanton lock flirting with one eyebrow, Provocative___ A column of Corinthian alabaster thru the dusk, shimmering, Her skin, Or the whiteness of a young willow, fresh peeled, Or as the smoothness of choice almonds beneath the husk, Cast in a Grecian mold As perfect----Who has seen the like of such a Valentine?

And to think that all her glories are mine!

But there’s just one thing that bothers me: It’s that instead of one she’s three!!!

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I looked at her; with this one glance My life clung to her very being!

I felt it true and knew it not.

Yet whispered I in soundless words And rustled with the wreaths of roses.

She woke then from her slumber sweet.

She looked at me; with this one glance Her life clung to my very being, And round us burst Elysium.

XaS S)iofcubanb of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock，1724-1803, translated by M. Albrecht

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by ROBERT HOCHMUT1I

We are told that no amount of description can ever suffice for to appreciate wholly the medieval cathedral; no description can make it live, for tlic sum is greater than its parts. Any amount of consideration, however, is worth-while since it will help us to under­ stand this, one of the most impressive and genuinely interesting manifestations of the medieval spirit.

To most of us, perhaps, a cathedral means an immense Euro­ pean church with lofty spires and clustering shafts, or majestic stained-glass windows with such striking figures as the four bearded old men carrying four little boys, three of whom are also bearded, on their shoulders. Or perhaps we think of the magnificent facades and carved frescoes. These are the impressive externals; a cathed­ ral has points of interest in addition to these. Let us begin at the beginning.

The art of cathedral building is rooted in the Roman basilica, a rectangular building divided lengthwise by rows of columns into a nave running down the middle and aisles on the sides. Supported by the colonades was a clerestory一a section elevated above the rest US

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RED of the building and fitted with windows. At one end projected a semicircular apse; the roof was of timber. This building, which was to be the basis for later Christian architecture, had served the Romans for all sorts of gatherings and naturally became the Christian congregation’s house of worship, when the Edict of Milan permitted the Christians to emerge from the catacombs to the light of day. The priests took their seats in the apse; here too, the bishop later had his cathedra.

At a later day the basilica was supplemented by transepts, that is, wing-like structures to either side, which gave the whole edifice the form of a Latin cross. It is thought that the transepts were first added to accommodate the increasing number of clerical candidates who flocked to the holy orders and overflowed the apse, when Constantine upon his conversion made the clergy tax exempt, When this exigency was passed the symbolism of the construction was evident and cruciform church architecture persisted.

For a long time the principles of construction remained the same—stone columns, stone or brick walls, and timber roof. With the onslaughts of the Norsemen and the Moors, however, it became necessary to protect the buildings as well as the highly revered relics, which they housed, from fire, and the architects (chiefly monks) turned to vaulting the nave and the aisles with stone. The architectural problems presented by the stone vault, the tremendous outward pressure of the half round, so-callecl barrel, vault on the walls, necessitated very heavy walls which dared not be weakened by very many windows. The stone vault also eliminated the cleres­ tory with its windows and led to Romanesque architecture, charac­ terized by the sombre and always semi-dark sanctuaries, so true to the ascetic monastic spirit prevalent after the time of Charlemagne.

Churches and cathedrals increased in size, but became so vast that the voice was lost in them, and the place of preaching in the churches suffered as a result. Besides magnifying the importance of relics and symbols, this process brought another development, the enactment of Scripture stories and legend, drama in the church —that the eye might learn those lessons which the ears had form­ erly heard.

The transition from Romanesque to Gothic, which was to bring the zenith of cathedral building, was made possible by the principle of the pointed or Gothic arch and the vault constructed by setting two such arches at right angles, thus bringing the thrust down to the four points of the vault and eliminating the need for heavy walls. This principle alone would not have brought about the great variation from the Romanesque. For even after the new prin­ ciple was known and in use as a better means of vaulting the nave, the walls of most cathedrals remained heavy, their interiors, gloomy.

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RED fully avail itself of this modification, develop its innate possibilities, and produce the lofty glory that is Gothic.

These two centuries saw the revival of trade, the astounding growth of towns, universities, and trade guilds. In this connection -it is interesting to note that the present-day Masonic Order orig­ inated from the guilds of masons connected with cathedral building.

A whole series of rites developed from the acceptance of the novice at the quarry, where the rough work and a good share of the detail was done, to his learning the secret handshake and password upon his initiation as a full-fledged member of the guild. This was the age of the Crusades and of mighty Popes. The point of view that God is the beginning and the end of all, that He is a power with Whom the sinner must reconcile himself through his own works permeated the age. It played a great part in the building of the cathedrals. **The medieval cathedrals,” says Cartel 1 Prentice, express the lofty rivalry of city against city to bring the best gifts to God; they reveal the zeal of countless unknown masons, carving with devout care and skill, not merely where the eyes of men might see but high up on the walls in dar kened corners beneath the vaults and eaves where only God can see.”* We admire the devotion of the architects who labored for years trying and testing their new vaults and arches. We stand in awe of the soaring height to which they carried their glorious vaults and spires by means of the flying arch and buttress. The magnifi­ cent “jeweled” glass windows now made possible by the elimination of the heavy walls amaze us. We must regard them in a new light when we consider the medieval handicaps and difficulties connected with the glazier’s art. Glassmaking, coloring, and setting all be­ longed to his art and required infinite patience and supreme devo­ tion to his task. Coloring, blowing, and chipping were uncertain, and the actual designing and setting required skill as well as artistry in the manipulation of leads and glass. To make white lilies on the Virgin's blue robe, for instance, the glazier had to dip his blowpipe into hot, liquid white glass, then into the blue and blow a bubble, white on the inside, blue on the outside. The next step was to crack the cooled bubble and hope that the pieces would be satisfactory, then by abrasion scratch the lily design through the blue layer. The curved nature of the pieces also made it necessary for the artist to account for refraction. Architects, glaziers, and stonecutters, to say nothing of a mass of laborers, devoted their entire talents and often their entire lives to the building of a cathedral.

We have admiration for men who came from hovels to build cathedrals; we respect their detachment from worldly things as their cathedrals direct men’s eyes and thoughts heavenward, but * The Heritage of the Cathedral, p. 152.

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RED through it all we sense that this devotion was wandering in mysticism, starving for clear revelation, but feeding on symbolism—sym­ bolism that went so far as to explain the sand, lime, and water in the cathedral’s mortar as good works, charity, and the Holy Spirit in an effective relation.* Glaziers and stone cutters gave their all that those otherwise illiterate might read from glass and stone the lessons tbc church thought necessary. In glass and fresco Jonah is delivered many times from the whale, Lazarus rises from the dead. Four old men carry four young men on their shoulders in the great south window, Notre Dame, Paris, to signify the dependence of the four Evange­ lists on the four Major Prophets. With the coming of the Renaissance this spirit died, but the cathedrals remain; their message helps us understand the age.

切l!e JRtUals

by ROLAND A. KELUNG

From the corner of the parlor where he towered over the people who crowded about him and guffawed at his funny stories, Abraham Lincoln stared down at his political rival, Stephen Doug­ las, who was at that moment most gracefully swinging through the strains of a waltz with the young visitor from Kentucky. Miss Todd was a bit short, but Douglas was even shorter, barely five feet tall to Lincoln’s six feet four. Douglas was thick-chested, huge of head and gifted with a deep voice. lie was from Vermont, a bit of a fop and polished by a law course in New York City, while Lincoln was long and lanky with a high, piercing voice. Lincoln was as poor a dresser as was ever seen in the prairie town of Springfield, Illinois, in 1837.

When he first came to Springfield, all Lincoln owned on earth was in his saddlebag. Even his horse had been borrowed. Unable to afford the price of bedding he accepted the hospitality of the proprietor of Speed’s General Store and stayed there. When Ninian Edwards, the social leader of town, built his new house and gave a cotillion party for his wife’s sister, Mary, it is not unusual that the name of Lincoln appeared on the list of invitations, for it took the latter little time after settling himself in the community to get acquainted and become popular because of his civic interests and good humor.

As Mary Todd danced with Stephen Douglas she stared at the tall sad man in the corner and resolved that since he refused to dance with any other woman, he must dance with her. Strange as * Ibid, p. 168.

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RED it may seem, he did dance with her. Little did anyone know that this was only a rehearsal for their own Inaugural Ball. After that evening she was frequently seen with either or both of her two new suitors. It has been said that later when asked whom of the two she was contemplating on choosing, she answered, “The one that is go­ ing to be President of the United States some day.”

If the choice for President were ever to be between those two men, surely Douglas looked the part better. Probably Mary would have married him, but lie didn’t ask her, so she pursued Lincoln.

It look years to get a proposal from him, but finally the wedding was announced for New Year’s Day, 1841. Again the Ninian Ed­ wards mansion was filled with guests. They waited, the cake waited, the bride waited; the bridegroom never arrived. Weeks later he was heard from and stated he had been ill and couldn’t attend.

When Lincoln finally did come back to Springfield, Mary be­ gan on him again, cautiously, and nearly two years after the first wedding failed, a second try was made. Once more the Edwards mansion was in festive array. The bride was triumphant. The groom was the meekest man on earth, but in spite of his great heart­ ache for human happiness, he filled half of the people with affec­ tion and the other half with contempt. Mary kept him going with her ruililess ambition, and Douglas furnished him with unending battles that caught the ear of the nation now swirling in the churning chaos of slavery.

Fate linked the two rivals once again, this time in the presi­ dential race. Lincoln won. When Lincoln rose to make his first inaugural address to the crumbling Union, at his side stood his de­ feated rival. Stephen Douglas was not only big enough to come to his support but to lift his hand and say to the man towering so far above him, “Let me hold your hat, Mr. Lincoln.” And that night at the Inaugural Ball, while Mary shivered in shame because Wash­ ington society had refused to attend, Stephen Douglas approached, bowed, and said with the same elegance as on that night in Springfield, “May I have the honor of this dance?”

Once again Lincoln saw Mary swirling to the rhythms of the dance in the arms of his former rival. What thoughts must have gone through Mary's mind, so close to the man she might have married, we cannot know. Nor can we know Lincoln’s thoughts as he watched those two revolving about each other. If they had not revolved about him, he might never have known the cruelty of glory.

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It was a warm, starlit night in the early part of August; a gen­ tle, cooling, soothing breeze was drifting in from over the lake and the reflection of the moon shining on the water seemed to smile and say, “Come and enjoy this night with me. Around the lake were tall, giant, pine trees, whose huge branches stretched out as pro­ tecting arms, and the soft breeze passing between them sounded like enchanting whispers of love.

As I sat there on a huge rock, projecting over the edge of the lake, I heard semi-gay voices. They grew louder and clearer, and then a young man and his girl friend came within the scope of my view. They sat down a little way off, perhaps a liundrcd and fifty feet away. As I saw them in the moonlight, 1 felt as if I should announce my presence, but it occurred to me that I would enjoy being a hidden listener.

First they mentioned how nice it was that they had come to this spot, and their conversation became sweet and gay. As is the usual case, their chattering ceased to be chattering and took on a certain seriousness. I soon learned that the young man's name was Joe and that his sweet friend's name was Susan. They had been going steady for about three years, ever since their graduation night at high school. I can still hear the words of Susan as she said, “O, Joe, you mean so much to me, I’m sure I could never love anyone else as much as you. I know God has made us for one another. O, my sweet, why can’t we be married, before you leave for Fort Frankfort, tomorrow?”

Joe had wanted to confess these same words to Susan for a long time, but he could never summon the necessary courage to say them. He realized that seventy-five percent of the girls do the proposing. (A Hollywood actress recently stated that it’s ninetyfive percent now.) “Yes, Sue,” he retorted. *'I had intended long ago to ask you whether you would grant me the favor of marriage.

Now I don’t need to ask you, but I have an ominous feeling, a presentiment of some lurking danger that would someday [ear our bonds of love in pieces and make us unhappy.” Sue thought this was a foolish notion and suggested that they try to get married that night. Joe couldn’t get over his fear of the future, and since lie didn’t want to leave Sue disappointed and unhappy, he said, “It shall be on my first furlough. We shall have more time to think about it, and we’ll be able to write such lovely letters. It will be fun dreaming about playing house as grown ups do.” Susan agreed to this.

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Back home it was eleven o’clock in the evening as Sue threw off her housecoat, switched off the lights, and was crawling into bed, when the doorbell rang. A chill of fear permeated her body as she hastily put on her housecoat and went to the door. Her heart grew cold with fear as she took a telegram from the carrier boy and hastily opened it and read: “Embarkation Point, New York City, Dear Sue: We’ll have to postpone our wedding, the address explains everything-. Keep your chin up, I’ll write later, till then— I-ove, Joe.” Sue wept, she cried often, but Joe’s words, “Keep your chin lip,” were almost a duty for her. She had hope in the future and prayed for Joe. His occasional letters to her were a great com­ fort and she knew he was all right.

Finally Joe was shipped from a training camp in England to Havre, France. He was placed in the 88th Division of the Field Artillery. This division consisted mostly of Negroes and whites who weren’t well trained. They were to be used as reserves and could expect limited service at any time.

It happened that the Allies had to muster all their available forces to stem the rolling, crushing advance of the Kaiser’s well trained, superior forces. Consequently the entire 88th Division was advanced to the front. These raw, poorly trained fellows were ex­ pected to fight in this closely contested battle. When many of these poorly trained saw the Germans advancing, they were afraid, broke ranks, and ran. The tired Rainbow Division was forced to fill the gap created here, and through their brilliant resistance they held the Germans in this Battle of Belleau Woods. However, not much was left of the 88th Division and our friend Joe and two of his buddies wandered about lost. For two days they wandered about without provisions. They struggled on, and at the time when most normal men would have died of exhaustion, tliey came upon what had once been a camp. At last they could eat and drink. The one buddy begged the other not to drink of the water which they found in open containers. He feared it might be contaminated by the mustard gas that the Germans had used. His pleading wasn’t as great as their tliirst, so tliey drank of this water.

A few days later Toe woke up in a field hospital. He was told that he and his two buddies had been picked up by a searching party. Joe grasped this well enough, but couldn’t understand whal made him so nervous and why he had such a peculiar feeling inhis head. They moved him back to a general hospital and kept him there for a while. The doctors decided that they could pronounce him cured, but then he got a strange case of insanity, which lasted for a month. After this he was quite normal and gained in weight.

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They decided that the best thing for Joe was to send him back to the States. After Joe arrived in the States, he immediately went to see Susan. She was so happy to see him that she cried for joy. .Joe had never seen her so happy before. He told her everything that had happened in Europe, his stay in the hospital, and so forth.

He wanted to get married immediately. An expression of dismay came over Susan’s face, but she hid her inner emotions quite well.

The word psychoneurosis had shocked her, but despite this she half­ heartedly complied to his wishes, but said that she wanted a few days to think the matter over. She wasn’t so sure whether she wanted to get married or not. After a couple days she telephoned Joe and said that she had decided she didn’t want to marry him.

She loved him just as much as always, if not more, but she didn’t feel they should be married.

AN EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE UNVEILING OF PROFESSOR VANMOOR-SNORTS GRAMMATICAL DISCOVERIES FREDERIC KOSANKE

As I write these words, Professor Vanmoor-Snort has just en­ tered his office. Flashbulbs are popping as cameramen and reporters crowd around him. The professor seems to be about to make a statement—the room is hushed—the professor clears his throat—he speaks. It seems there is a bit more work to be done before a state­ ment will be ready for the public. The professor is sorry for the delay, but the report will be ready in twenty minutes.

We ease ourselves back into the uncomfortably modern chairs and sofas of the professor’s lavishly furnished office. Surely his life is one of the inspiring “rags to riches” adventures native to our great country. While we wait, let me sketch the professor’s life his­ tory.

Starting life as plain Oscar Snort was enough of a disadvantage; to make his success seem more phenomenal, that iife was started in Brooklyn. The professor's father, a bricklayer, was Irish; liis mother, Pennsylvania Dutch. For the ordinary man, growing up in Brooklyn with an Irish father and Pennsylvania Dutch mother would have presented certain lingual difficulties. According to the professor’s brilliant analysis, <4The Development of My Genius,” 279

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It may seem strange to you that his behavior was not con si dered abnormal. Truly lie was blessed with intelligent parents, who must have understood full well the terrific mental struggle going on in bis mind The professor himself says that his attitude stem­ med not from a self-centered personality, but from his hesitance to choose between the three languages. How this indecision led him to higher education, to finally choosing the English language, and lo his becoming the eminent grammarian of our age is a story known to every school child. Vanmoor was added to his name in honor of his third wife, of whom it is said he was very fond.

Professor Vanmoor Snort has again entered the room. He ad­ justs his glasses, checks the typed pages in his hand.

"Gentlemen: My new inventions are the exclacomma and the questcomma. These two pieces of punctuation have long been sorely needed, both in everyday writing and in scientific writing where greater accuracy is necessary. The former, the exclacomma, is for use where the promising note of the comma and the—shall we say— stark reality of the exclamation point are to be combined. It is formed by substituting a comma for the period immediately below the vertical line of the exclamation point. It might be used after the heading of a letter, as “Hi Elmer” followed by the exclacomma.

“The questcomma increases the flexibility of the question mark.

In it the comma is again substituted for the period below the body of the question mark. The questcomma may be used in internal sentence structure or in compound sentences.

“The purpose of these punctuation marks is not to provide an easy way out for the person who does not know what grammar mark to use, but to provide a more specific medium. Of course the idea is not entirely original. Professor Low wit of the Oxford College of English Technology was the pioneer in this field. He is the man who first combined the period and the comma to form the semi-colon. An interesting sidelight is the story of how he named the semi-colon. He had worked on it so long that it had taken a lot of intestinal fortitude, about one half of his supply, according to the professor’s calculations. Technically the intestine is known as the colontherefore he called his new invention the half (later corrupted to semi) colon. The names of my two punctuation marks are, of course, self-explanatory.”

The professor collects his notes, smiling for the photographers.

So ends this historic gathering. The other newsmen have rushed out of the room to phone in their stories; I must follow them.

Pictures and the reactions of other grammarians will be found in tomorrow morning's paper.

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In Mobridge, South Dakota, there once lived wlial was thought to be a very happy married couple. To all outward appearances both the husband and wife were fine, upstanding people. They had never been known to quarrel. Both of them were members of the biggest church in town. He belonged to the most popular lodge, and she took an active part in all the women’s auxiliaries to which she could belong. In nearly every activity they were accompanied by their good friend and neighbor, the widow next door.

In reality, however, things were not so calm and serene as they seemed. In the heart of the wife there was a constant, nagging suspicion that her husband was seeing too much of their charming neighbor. This suspicion persisted for months. Then one day she saw her husband, coming home early from work, go into the house next door. Half an hour later he came out of the house and walked over to his own house. His wife fled from the window, determined not to let him know she had seen him.

That night, as she was lying in bed, her indignation rose higher and higher. Perhaps this hadn’t been the first time he had stopped at the house next door. Finally something snapped in her brain.

All her love and affection for her husband was gone. All that re­ mained in her heart was a burning desire for revenge.

Two weeks later her chance came. It was her birthday, and she had a very good excuse for wanting to take her husband and her good friend for a drive. She chose to drive west, across the Missouri River.

As you cross the “Old Muddy” the country suddenly becomes very rough. The whole landscape is covered with countless bluffs and gullies. As the wife drove, she followed the highway up its tortuous way. Then she turned off onto a narrower, less-used trail.She knew the way well, for she had been that way j ust the day before.

The farther she went, the faster she drove. Suddenly she turned off the road, hurtled the car over a shallow ditch, and roared with all speed across a rocky field. At this her husband and the neighbor lady became alarmed. They tried to stop her, but in vain.

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Today Suicide Bluff, as the place is known, is a favorite spot for the students at our Academy to set for the goal of their hikes.

And when one is with them and hears their shouts of laughter, one doesn’t think of the screams of fear and anguish that were heard there on that fateful day years ago.

ALMOST LIKE HOME

by PHILIP JANKE

Near New Ulm, “The City Beautiful，’’ Minnesota, there is located along the southern shore of scenic Cottonwood Lake a camp, formerly used as a boys’ summer camp, which has now been leased by the Q. S. government as a place of residence for over a hundred German prisoners of war. I say "place of residence’’ because one cannot rightly call it a ‘‘prison’’ camp.

The sturdy barracks, recreation hall, and dining hall, built to simulate log structures, are not surrounded by a fence or wall of any kind. The few guards stationed there serve rather to keep out the inquisitive public than to prevent the escape of the prisoners. The Germans are permitted to swim in the lake during the warm summer months, and in the winter they have the opportunity to skate on its frozen surface. The beautiful surroundings and the good treatment which they receive leave the prisoners with such a feeling of contentment that thoughts of escape are very remote from their minds.

Because of Army regulations, not many of us have had the chance to converse with German P. W.’s，although during the last year many of these men have been used to ease the labor shortage on farms and in factories. (This is true also of those at New Ulm). Occasionally, however, if the guard is guite lenient and good-natured, Americans with a speaking knowledge of German may have the opportunity to hold interesting con­ versations with these new foreigners.

For instance, one day last fall several boys from New Ulm started out on a hike which took them to the entrance of this camp on the lake. The amiable guard, a young soldier from the South, chatted with them for some time. During this time 282

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After that one experience the boys wanted to return again the next week and did, but the officer in charge kept the Ger­ mans at a distance so that conversation was impossible. Never­ theless, that first brief visit with real Germans will long be remembered.

SIX BUILDINGS REFECTORY In the winter of 1887 diphtheria germs invaded and attacked the student body. Since the resistance of many of the students was overcome, there resulted many cases of this dreaded sickness. Nat­ urally the resistance of these patients was lowered and other sick­ nesses followed. I-Icnce the need of sickrooms was felt to be very urgent. At this same time the gradually but ever growing enroll­ ment of Northwestern gave need for a larger refectory. No one could deny this need, and consequently it was decided to erect the present refectory. Thus in 1888 the present refectory was built and provision was made in the new building for a number of sickrooms on the south side of the second floor. This building was erected at the unbelievably modest cost of $8,000. The dining hall provided enough space to comfortably seat one hundred and twenty people. As the enrollment continued to grow, the need for an enlargement of the building became quite evident. Consequently in 1905 it was enlarged by the addition of an east wing that doubled the size of the dining hall.

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Before 1905 the rooms on the north side of the second floor were called “private rooms” and piano rooms. They were rented to students who desired more privacy than the dormitory rooms af­ forded. Of course, these students were willing to pay a higher fee for board and room for the privilege and convenience of occupying adjoining study and bedroom, two students to a suite of rooms.

Since 1942 the sickrooms have been relocated to these rooms, and

the rooms on the south side of this second story now serve as hous­ ing quarters for the kitchen help. It is very pertinent to insert here that the sickrooms have more than served their purpose and still do, but on account of these rooms being on the second floor, and on account of the narrow, winding steps leading to this second story, it is practically, if not entirely impossible to bear a patient on a stretcher to these quarters.

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When the new gymnasium was built in 1911, the old frame building which was used to serve as a gymnasium was torn down.

The lumber that was salvaged was used in the erection of a small isolation hospital in 1911，at a cost of $1,700. The size of this hos­ pital is 30 feet by 28 feet. It is divided into two wards which can conveniently accommodate six people. Plus these two wards there also is a suitable bathroom and a first aid room. This building has repeatedly proved its usefulness (luring, sieges of mumps and scarlet fever.

BARRACKS By 1923 the enrollment of Northwestern College had reached a zenith; there were practically 312 students enrolled. It is inter­ esting to note that there were sixty some girls attending the institu­ tion. The administration building had only eight rooms ,which

could hardly serve so many students, and the class rooms were by far too small for some of the larger classes. Out of this situation evolved the need of more and larger class rooms, and consequently it was decided to build temporary barracks in 1923, to alleviate the existing confusion. These barracks were to be temporary and to serve for ten years. They were, however, used for fourteen years, by which time the officials planned to have had a new administra­ tion building. The farthest extent to which these plans ever materializecl was the drawing of blue prints at a cost of $8oo, and these blue prints are now somewhat obsolete.

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By 1936 the enrollment had declined and during the summer of 1937 the barracks were moved about two hundred and fifty feet to the east, turned facing the west, where they now serve as a double garage and as a storage house.

BAND STAND The band stand was put up in the i890’s.' It was a six-sided figure with a tar paper roof. Its foundation was cedar posts, and the space from the ground to the fJoor, about 4 feet, was sur­ rounded with a lattice work. From the floor up to a height of three feet was a railing and the rest of the space to the roof was open,

enabling the music of the band, which featured open air concerts during the warm seasons, to escape to the listener. Professors Bolle and Westerhaus respectively are some of the gentlemen who directed the band in this stand.

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BARN AND FARM In the 1880’s when produce was more plentiful than money, and the University (as well as the college now) needed both, the practical minded did the practical. They built a small barn with a hay loft, to the south east of the present tennis courts. The bam needs no description, except that it, like the tower of Pisa, had the tendency to lean. In this building they kept as high as ten or more cows and some pigs to which were fed the garbage from the kitchen. It is well to add that back of the present barracks there was a chicken coop. The college once had big plans of becoming a chicken farm. Hence the college had plenty of fresh eggs. A hired man was employed who cared for the livestock. Butter and cheese were made in tlie kitchen and thus the supply of dairy products was always fresh.

Much of the necessary hay, etc. for the cattle was donated by the farmers living near Watertown. The college, however, possessed meadows of its own. A fence extended along the north of the gym to Professor Fleischer’s driveway and then along College Avenue to Bentzin’s Corner. From here it turned to the southeast, alongside it to Western Avenue where it turned to the west and up alongside the St. Mary’s Hospital to Concord Avenue, and then extended to the water-tower and then to the north along side the cemetery and back to the barn from which it started. Hence we see that the College Farm was quite immense. In the fall, when school began, it was the customary task for the students to remove the cow dung off the athletic field. In 1938 agriculture at Northwestern gave way to athletics and the dairy and barn were removed.

INCINERATORS When I came to Northwestern in 1940, I wondered what the pile of bricks to the north east of the old dormitory was. I soon learned that it was used to cremate the waste paper. The officials soon recognized the need of a new incinerator, so they employed a mason who erected a new brick incinerator 8 feet by 6 feet by 6 feet. It had a tin roof on it, but this burned through, and was removed. Despite the fact that it’s roofless, it is far superior to the old pile of bricks.

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Love’s Labour •…

HIS is the end and that is what leads one to look back to the beginning and beyond the end. The Black and Red will no longer be the handy catch-all for our thoughtlets and dreams.

A verse, maybe a poem, a story one would like to tell — what will we do with them? The dumb pages, which have patiently carried the burdens we have loaded upon them in a youthful and eager enthusiam that knows little of limits, are rounding the corner into history, where they will lie quietly, gathering dust, waiting for someone to see through the print and awkard sentences into the young hearts that poured themselves out.

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The thought strikes deep—the B. & R. was ours.

It turns its back to us now and faces new pens, pens that will retell tales already told many times and yet pens that will tell them with a guilelessness and awe that will make the old new and the usual different. Such thoughts leave one expect­ ant and happy.

And then the many hours spent in counting commas, typing Columbus fashion, pleading, shagging, talking, writing, dream­ ing, listening to the many critics, some with quick yet innocent tongues, others with only sharp and shallow words that always miss the mark, even some few that with an understanding heart encourage the discouraged — these many experiences will take on the sweet savour of reminiscence, which as individ­ ual experiences they well might not have, and will become part of a huge common experience that the B. & R. page-fillers always have had and will have — when their writing has been love’s labour.

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QTAFP and Faculty consideration have produced a new staff, ^ a timid and yet eager fledgeling. It has a long name, but we hope that it will be always just one name and not numerous ones. The name is: Jerome Albrecht Editor-in-Chief Leland Wurster._ Contributing Editor .Contributing Editor Rueben Stock___ Frederic Kosanke • Alumni Notes Philip Janke___ .Campus and Classroom Edgar Greve___ .Athletics Herbert Kruschel Business Manager .Advertising Manager Robert Dommer” .Advertising Manager Herbert Lau___

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We hope that the various articles have served and will serve some purpose, although they are not as complete as one would like.

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Such a work certainly would be a fine thing for the present and coming generations; but if this is not done now, these historical pictures of the days gone by will be gone with the men who have them yet but soon won’t.

The background of our fathers’ lives and so then of our lives is slipping away from us.

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HE fact that at the great majority of athletic contests today there is a great amount of unsportsmanlike conduct must be attributed in a large measure to this that people apparently are not able to take it. Unfortunately this same undesireable quality is also carried over into almost every phase of human endeavor.

When we speak of not being able to take it, we do not here mean primarily the inability to take the bumps and bruises in­ flicted by the bodily contacts of the various sports, although they too have a certain significance. We mean rather the inabi­ lity to take without a “squawk” or a “gripe” or a flare of temper the decision of those who have been selected to officiate.

It seems almost presumptuous for a player who is busily engaged in concentrating all of his faculties on playing the game to display his indignation at the decision of an official who is, first of all, usually stationed at a point from which he can better than anyone else observe the action of the game, who, secondly, is well qualified by years of experience to perform his 292

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Contestants furthermore give evidence of their inability to take it when they resort to the unfair and unclean tactics em­ ployed by the opposing team, when such actions occur, Not being able to take it means here returning evil for evil instead of good for evil. It means corrupting the Golden Rule to read, ‘‘Do unto others as they have been doing unto you.” It means being unable to take the malicious intents of the opposition without becoming guilty of similar conduct. It means the in­ ability to realize that in such a case turnabout is not fair play.

Is not victory much more thrilling and glorious when achieved entirely by fair and clean play despite the contrary methods of the opposition?

Perhaps even more guilty of not being able to take it are the spectators than the participants themselves. They have the distinction, though certainly not to their credit, of taking no decision without a howl or a protest and attacking, if not actually at least verbally, both player and official alike. To them an umpire or referee is a partial judge, a bum, a lame­ brain, a blind bat, a cheat in fact, whose judgment can be no more relied upon than that of a fettered lunatic. It seems that spectators will never overcome or at least control that innate characteristic of all humankind to rebel against authority and to find fault with judgments of officials. In other words, they cannot or perhaps will not take anything from anyone. They refuse to accept any decision without rude exclamations of dis­ gust and discontent. Yet such conduct has never been regar­ ded as a virtue.

As the inability to take it is thus demonstrated on the grid­ iron, on the diamond, on the basketball court, and all other fields of athletic competition so has it quite naturally become a part of everyday living. It is a condition to be deplored. It is a condition which betrays that pride and arrogance have taken the place of humbleness and humility. As long as people con­ tinue to show at athletic contests that they cannot take the de­ cisions and judgments of officials, it is scarcely possible to as­ sume that they will demonstrate a greater degree of subservi­ ence and reservation in the more critical phases of their living.

This is a general condition in the sports world. The degree varies from place to place, but we should always bear in mind that improvement is possible even here.

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HIS is just a reminder. After the enthusiasm of the open­ ing days of our drive, interest seemed to wane. In the opening days $475 was pledged by the dormitory students.

The committee still want to meet their initial goal of at least one $500 bond. This would mean that $375 of the pledges must be paid. Even if you cannot make your initial pledge give as much as you can. Remember when giving money for War Bonds to the Library Fund you are also helping the war effort.

Up to the date of writing we have collected $115. That means we have at least $260 still to get in. Let’s all get behind Mr. Schumann and the committee and push this drive over the top before March 23.

H. Winkel Some Sums and Totals of Volume 48 ...

through the literary and editorial sections of Volume P AGING 48, one finds these interesting figures. About half of the articles appearing in these sections were written by the Staff, the other half by the Student Body. All in all thirty-one diff­ erent fellows wrote. The number of articles, figured on a class basis, gives this result: The Seniors wrote the most, and the other classes come then in this order, according to the number of articles written: Seminary Juniors, Freshmen, Sophomores， Juniors.

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ITH Bing Crosby and Mary Martin as midwives the squal­ ling baby, Jazz, was delivered in a three-reel operation titled: The Birth of the Blues. On January 26 we saw the social rise of Dixieland Swing from the dirty dives of Memphis and New Orleans to the sophisticated salons of Chicago and New York. Had not many students known that The St. Louis Blues would be effectively rendered as a finale, the exodus after the first reel would have been greater than it was. The better blues, such as The St. Louis Blues, Blues in the Night, Come to Me, My Melancholy Baby, and others probably will be as lasting a part of American music as the ballads of Stephen Foster and Home on the Range; but Crosby’s croonings and Martin’s melo­ dies reminded even the heppiest jive addicts of the I-Ioosier Hot Shots and the Saturday Evening Barn Dance.

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OHQWN in the gym on February 15. Three or four years ago ^ we were unimpressed by this movie at the local theater.

Saginaw Seminary in Technicolor . •.

'O acquaint our people with the Saginaw Seminary a movie was made showing that educational unit in operation. The Michigan District’s Committee on Visual Education has recog­ nized the truth of the old Chinese proverb: One picture is worth ten thousands words. From this movie this person gained a truer and a more vivid conception of the Seminary at Saginaw than he had from descriptions by alumni during the last seven years. A complete picture of what happens in one day and the high lights in a student’s four years at the Seminary were pre­ sented with the eye-pleasing campus as a backdrop. The most frequent comment heard as the gym was emptying: “Is this going to be done for our other institutions?”

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JUuxtmt JJctes A son was born to Prof, and Mrs. Erwin Schroeder, ’35, on February 6.

Rev. Ernst Wendland, ’38, has received a call to preach at Maribel, Wisconsin. Rev. Wendland has been serving a mission congregation in Washington, Iowa.

Rev. Richard Stiemke, ’34, has received a call to a mission at La Crosse. Rev. Stiemke is now pastor in the town of Mission, South Dakota.

Rev. Frederick Tabbert，’39，now at St. Croix Falls, Wis­ consin, has been called to Rapid City, South Dakota.

Ted Behm, ex ’46，third class petty officer, visited the campus in February.

Sgt. E. Zimpelman, ’34，was wounded after serving for about two years in the Pacific area. He is now convalescing in a hospital in Colorado. His address: Sgt. E. Zimpelman Fitzsimmons General Hospital Denver, Colorado Other addresses: Pvt. Palmer Raether 368461999 Inf. Co. G. 2nd Plat.

A. P. 0. 15711 c/o P. M., N. Y. C. Bart Matthias, Sect. 5404-D U. S. M. S. Officers’ School Fort Trumbull New London, Connecticut Wilfred A. Wietzke 37705411 Armoured Co. A. 3rd Plat, c/o P. M., N. Y. C. Art Nordby 39595532 Co. B, 142 Inf. A. P. 0. 36 c/o P. M., N. Y. C. 296

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Here lies what’s left of L. A. S. Who for two years made this column a mess; He attempted to handle Odoriferous scandal Till it caught up with him, sans S. 0. S•‘‘ (the last phrase being a discreet euphemism for “with his trousers insufficiently supported’ Proposed Epitaph "Pardon my crust.”

Look: It stands to reason that anyone who’d get sucked into writing a column like this which is, theoretically at least, of-by-and-for the students, would let himself wide open for comment. And right here an apology might be in order: I said students, and of course that includes only a considerable fraction of the B. & R. subscribers; to you folks who aren’t tuned in to the same wave band as we here in the dorm, the bulk of this column must have sounded like just so much static for which (fortunately) you had no eliminator. I must confess, I was narrow minded, provincial, partial; I catered to the men­ tal and moral level of the average N. W. C. Jer - - but just between you and me and Yehudi, you didn’t miss anything.

Howsomever, a little comment has seeped through the porous walls (and I do mean porous), most of it negative. It seems guys deliberately sit down with the express purpose of reading things into this column - - whether justifiably or no is beside the point. Moreover, I have been compared to that old wind­ bag, Herodotus, in that I assemble a couple facts of doubtful vintage and shoot a healthy line. Others, the butt of some well earned dig, say they would like to write up my biography in the March issue, especially my last year or two at and not at N. W. 297

RED C. These and like insinuations move me deeply (ho-hum), but they aren’t representative; so, in the often quoted words of one prof (p. s.—he teaches Hebrew, too), I’m asking you, "Well, Reader, what do you think?”

Ever abreast of the season, etc., the coeds treated (?) the boys to a Valentine display, glued to their cellar windows. It warn’t too bad, ’cept all the “s’ ’’ s were wrong side to and they weren’t doctrinally sound on their Latin first conjugation —’tho that may depend on what professor of the classics they had. But what you could read into those phrases ! ! ! —shock­ ing, but I don’t think there’s much danger of anyone taking them up — and besides, these crisp days one doesn’t dally be­ tween the dorm and recitation building—or does one, Stern?

College Ace Crashes

Our one and only real sky-pilot, Sophomore Willie Winter, was cruising along Feb. 1 in his little sky-going Willys (Piper Cub) near Ashippun when his motor balked on him; never one to be too choosey, Willie bashed into 48,000 volts worth of highline wire and woke up upside down; feeling in no mood to play ’possum or bat, Willie unbuckled his safety strap—and woke up some minutes later in a snow bank. That was on Thursday— next Tuesday Will was back in circulation again with twenty stitches in his head and looking like something that crawled in with Amenhotep III. The plane fared considerably worse—all that could be salvaged were the skiis, wing and tail. A few weekends later Willie was flying again. ♦

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All that most of the Varsity can remember about the Carroll game entails a sorority house, cheer leaders, and half-time. I might add, if a few more had had connections like “Siegfried” Kaesmeyer, Coach would have caught the 11:50 bus alone. A suggestion has been made that we start a new mission field to work on by swapping coed departments; all in favor----- • 本

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Or as none other than E. E. K. said, upon seeing a stray pootch meandering thru the halls (however do they alius manage to get in?). 'Tshaw! It’s getting to be just like the Universities nowadays------they let anything in.” 氺

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茨RED Sassiety Corner

I’ve no idea who started this humane custom of inviting the Seniors out the last weeks before graduation, but whoever it was need have no compunction about signing his John Henry right dab next to Alex, Julie C. or Frankie. We all are mightily pleased by these invites.

Deserving of Honorable Mention

B. & R. Banquet—we hope everyone was tucked in ’time dragged in. Firechief Westendorfs Fireman’s Ball—a blowout that promises to put its predecessors to shame. Ob­ viously it’ll have to wait till after the basketball season. ’S wonderful how long a man can go on meals like those—thank goodness!

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There’s one organization up here that we’ve been wanting to give a boost, and that’s the Pep Band. Revamped by Bob Dommer it’s really made a big hit over at the gym, making spectators and players alike atingle with the pepiest, jivinest repertoire we’ve ever seen, ranging from our national anthem to 4'Tiger Ragn and "The Dark Town Strutter’s Ball’’！ If the Varsity doesn’t swamp Concordia, ’twon’t be the Pep Band’s fault. 氺

During the recent scarlet fever scare we were quarantined three days, Tuesday thru Thursday. Hardest hit of course were boys like Wink and Curly Schlei who have interests to take care of in town; for them the popular ditty ‘‘Don’t Fence Me In” took on a new import, practically becoming unto them for a theme song. But when some feigned hardup-ness to the extent of whistling at the kitchies, the powers that be cracked down along those lines.

Fragment of an Ancient Hebrew Wooing Psalm Is you is or is you ain’t my goel?

At a recent class meeting our Little Dictator asked for suggestions in choosing a motto, flower, etc. We submit as typical of their brilliant wit the following trio: Class motto: Fast Break Class flower: Jack in the Pulpit Theme song: Acceleration Waltz 299

RED Tuch Albrecht’s car is a four-wheeled vehicle by means of which he gets out to the little parish of Farmington to play organ and direct choir. Tuch’s car, when it has blown its muffler, is an insidious instrument of torture sounding like a cross be­ tween a washing- machine and a B-29. When Tuch opened up the throttle early last Sunday morning, twenty windows flew up, twenty heads flew up, and twenty tongues united in sweet " concert. During the week Tuch spread it around that he’d gotten busy with pliers and bailing wire, but before he hit the sack Saturday nite he had to prove to twenty insistent young gents that ‘tfiere’d been some changes made’.

Crunches Munches March 5th the Octet is invited to sing over Columbus-way.

The invite came via Teacher Ihlenfeldt (our summer quarter classmate) who promised transportation, chucking—and stuff .Caught Kratz the other day smirking at the mirror, acombing his numerable auburn hairs, and quoting (believe it or not) Faust: 4 * Verweile dock! du bist so schoen!7'___The Seniors are beginning to wonder whether that traditional time will ever come when they can sort of ease out of gear and do a little pas saving; a typical week, the week of this writing, sees a healthy history test, one in philosophy, a B. & R. deadline, and the usual German speech on Monday—oh well, never a dull moment ___If one can believe his olfactory organs the studious Sophs are taking a correspondence course in Science—Domestic science ___Lured by a six-signatured card. Amor Becker recently spent a notorious birthday weekend in Juneau. Semites: the transition from good clean N. W.’ern “ketching a little” to the sem-ized “crunching” 一 does it necessarily involve a radical change in technique? Some of the boys are worried----As long as •oti’s’ business has already been finished, Phil Hensel says next best theme he can offer for budding Ph. D.’sts is an elaboration on the obscure hairline distinction between the Herod and the Pontius Pilate Wvs__ Flash: The Senior rings may be here be­ fore graduation—from the Sem. My successor, whoever he may be, He has my heart-felt sympathy, For I agree with Madame de Pompadour That after us Rives deluges galore.

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FOR AULD LANG SYNE 40 yrs. ago. No Athletics Column.

1904 35 yrs. ago. Intramural Basketball. Baseball Schedule was agreed on.

1910 30 yrs. ago. The Junior class is leading in the Intramural Basket­ ball race.

1915 25 yrs. ago. Juniors led the class basketball race with all wins and 1920 no losses.

20 yrs. ago. The Frosh kept their 1000% lead in class basketball because they were so poor in mathematics they were 1925 afraid they wouldn't be able to figure it out if they lost.

15 yrs. ago. N. W. C. 31, Milton 17. N. VY. C. 37, Seminary 21.

Whitewater 24, N. W. C. 22. N. W. C. 27, Concordia 1930 35. N. W. C. 42, Lake Forest 38. N. W. C. 53, Milton 19.

10 yrs. ago. N. W. C. could only get fifth i place in the Tri-Statc Basketball Conference. N. W. C. Hockey team won 1935 two, tied one and lost three.

5 yrs. ago. Waukesha All-Stars 47, N. W. C. 44. N. W. C. 62, 1940 Engineers 19. N. W. C. 43, Miners 27. N. W. C. 54, Mission House 42.

NORTHWESTERN 57 CONCORDIA MILWAUKEE 45 By defeating Concordia in Milwaukee, the Goslings rolled up their sixth victory in seven starts. It looked as though the game was going to be close in the first half, but the Black and Red team opened up in the second half and took the game by a fair margin.

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The game was fast and furious, both teams using the fast break. vSome very good looking long shots were dumped in by both teams.

Oswald, Concordia forward, was high point man with 20. Wietzke led Northwestern with 15. Kaesmeyer was again good on rebounds and also dumped in 12 points, mostly long shots.

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FORT SHERIDAN 39

The Black and Red team was handed its second defeat by the Fort Sheridan team. The trip was bad from the very start when the team was mistaken for a group of inductees.

The Goslings had a lot of trouble playing on the Fort floor.

The backboards were hung from tlie ceiling and the players could run out of bounds in going under them. The Fort team poured it on in the first half leading at halftime, 27-17. The Fort team was led by a former Chicago All-City star, Sticklen. He rolled in 2i points for the Army team. In the second half the Goslings bottled Sticklen up and scored 11 points to Fort Sheridan’s 12.

The players said they had a very good time at the Camp and were well received by the men there.

Sticklen was high point man with 21. Schlei led the Goslings with 12.

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MISSION HOUSE 45 NORTHWESTERN 50 February 2, the Northwestern cagers traveled up to Plymouth and handed their rivals, Mission House, a 50-45 defeat. This was the Goslings seventh win in nine games.

The game was very fast and at times very rough. The Black and Red men were on the beam and didn’t have any trouble in get­ ting the ball through the hoop. The Goslings used only six men in the game and each man scored at least five points. Northwestern led at halftime 26-23.

Wier'ville, Mission House forward, who has been averaging twenty points a game, led the scoring with sixteen. Nommensen and Kaesmeyer had eleven apiece, Mission House

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NORTHWESTERN 43 On Tuesday, February 6, before a full house at the college gyiti the Truax Field Raiders beat the Goslings for the second time this season.

The Black and Red team was outclassed by the Truax team but they kept on fighting all through the game. The Truax team dis­ played very good ball handling and sharpshooting. The Truax reserve power was too much for the Goslings. They used thirteen r^en, one as good as the next, while the Black and Red weren’t 备iven a chance to rest.

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Kerchusky, a product of Pennsylvania Teachers College, led the scorers with 16 points. Nommensen led the Goslings with 10.

This game showed that our college team can play a good game and make a good fight with any team.

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CARROLL 26

The Goslings got back on the beam, after their defeat at the hands of Truax Field, by defeating Carroll College in a return en­ gagement. In the first game, played at Watertown, the Carroll team made it very tough for the Black and Red but in this game the Goslings had it all the way.

The second team started the game and led at the half 14-ir.

The first string started the second half and ran up a good score against the outplayed Carroll team. The second team went back in and finished the game. ^ Both teams were off in their shooting, especially on gift shots.

The Goslings made 7 out of 21 tries, and Carroll made 2 out of 19.

Wietzke, although only in the game a short time, led scorers with 14 points. Ralph Weaver, former Watertown H. S. player, led Carroll with 12 points.

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ODDS AND ENDS Lorrie Schaller joined the Varsity after “Slug” Zessin dropped out.

The game with Fort Sheridan here on the 15th of February has been postponed to February 20.

Because of illness at Mission House, the game scheduled for February 10 has been postponed to February 27.

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Banks Bank of Watertown 1st and Main

Jobbers Interstate Jobbers, 209 W. Main

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His definite principles and refusal to compromise them caused him to wear out his welcome in a short time wherever he went, and all he could do was to move on. He had no home, for he had been born of poor, though noble, Austrian stock. His poverty also made it impossible for >r him to get a formal education, for there wore universities in existence in his day.

About this time the Universities of Paris and Heidelberg Heidel were founded, and the first buildings were erected at Oxford. Some of the moss-covered ___ buildings at Oxford, which are still used today, were two centuries old when Chaucer, a contemporary of Walther’s, was a boy!

Walther was no ordinary child. At an early age he left his native town of Bozen to seek his fortune, little realizing that he was destined to be a vagabond and a beggar for the rest of his life. But a beggar he was, living on the generosity of princes whom his rich voice and poetic genius enabled him to entertain — and a vagabond, moving on as soon as his opinions ceased to please and to flatter.

During his wanderings he observed much and contacted all kinds of people. The effect can be seen in the wide ran ge of subje<ct matter embodied in his poems, all treated with authority, Besides the types already mentioned he wrote many Spruechc, short poems concernedI with public affairs, often purely narrative, and verses expressing his own princip les.

The most famous of his writings are, however, his love poems. His refreshing viewpoint and stimulating approach to the entity > ‘‘woman’’ made his love poems superior to anything previously written by any of his countrymen. Their simple charm and poetic beauty have caused them to live for over six centuries.

Although he wandered about all his life, Walther’s love for the land and for Germany never wavered. Toward the end of his life the Minnesang and chivalry were dying out, but these facts did not sour his disposition or diminish his love for his homeland. Neither did his personal dislike for the popes make him hostile to the church. The peculiar position of being a devout Christian unable to accept with a clear conscience the only church there was, was ever a source of mental anguish to Walther.

Momentous developments took place during Walther’s lifetime.

Things dormant since the fall of Rome were again blossoming, and some bloomed forth into unprecedented glory. Gothic cathedrals, pointing with thousands of fingers lo the heavens, easily surpass such modern engineer­ ing miracles as the Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridge.

Towns became cities, teeming with commercial life, instead of closelyprouped farms smelling of animal life. People made pilgrimages to Palestine, and the few that returned alive told of things as foreign to the uninformed as the dark side of the moon. Popes and princes were getting into each other’s hair in earnest, determined that the other fellow should be shorn of political power. The flower of chivalry, thriving in time of danger, was trod underfoot in the rush for the almighty.dollar.. Walther was a part of it all, and through his poetry he has made it possible for us to live in these exciting times and to catch a glimpse of that universal substance, mankind.

—Jerome Albrecht

In Germany’s Primal Flowering

S^e ^irst (Bctmait Cyrlc poet Walther von der Vogelweide 1165-1230

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ALTHER von der Vogelweide lived in an age that is hazy and un­ clear in the minds of most people today. The Roman Empire was long out of existence. The nearest thing to any kind of political unity was the loosely confederated Holy Roman Empire, which was alone in considering itself the successor to Rome, but this was not a period of anarchy and complete intellectual stagnation.

Barbarian inroads had ceased, and as a result the population was in­ creasing instead of decreasing or merely holding its own. The popes then immediately used this situation to enhance their prestige and increase their temporal power by urging the Christians of Europe to go on Crusades.

From a military viewpoint the Crusades were failures, but their incidental results were far-reaching and beneficial. Westerners came into direct con­ tact with the Orient, and the few who returned had marvelous tales to tell of the East. Interest was aroused, and commercial relations were the natural result.

Active, profitable trade depends upon manufacturing, and large-scale, efficient manufacturing is impossible except in a larger community. Thus the growth of towns came about. There always had been towns, but they had been merely aggregations of self-sufficient farmers, who could bettor protect themselves against common enemies by cooperation. Now those towns which were favorably located became settlements of merchants and manufacturers. The first step in this development was restricting the city swine to limited hours of unmolested foraging in the streets. Towns got special privileges and freedoms from their sovereign princes for lump sums of cash and gradually became almost independent communities.

Business was governed by guilds. They did so well that many towns soon became immensely rich. They spent much of their wealth in the erection of cathedrals. Keen rivalries arose between neighboring towns, and each tried to build a better cathedral than the other. This led to rapid progress in architecture, which is clearly shown by the fact that some cathedrals started in one style of architecture were finished in another.

Most of these cathedrals are still standing, unforgettable memorials to a forgotten age.

With prosperity and increased population also came greater power to the princes. They realized this and began to assert themselves. Thus be­ gan the struggle between prince and pope for political supremacy.

In this conflict Walther took a definite stand in support of the German princes and let his opinions be known far and wide. He was an ardent patriot, his love for Germany deep and true. He did not want Germany to be run by the popes, whom he didn’t like in the first place. He believed in complete separation of church and state, and in many other respects he had an understanding of Scripture seldom found in his day. This we can clearly see In his religious poetry. Just as his attacks on the popes were sharp and unmistakable, even so his religious poetry was simply but clearly expressed. Walther was a Christian, a devout Catholic, except for his position against the popes, not the office of papacy. His style of writing and sense of humor were similar to Luther’s, as were many of his ideas, but his preaching was quite ineffective, for the time for a complete refor­ mation of the Church would not be ripe for another three centuries.

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