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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— Sylvan Lake.

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Bessie and I

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Smoke Signal

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Music Hath Charms

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The Lonely Trail

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EDITORIAL— Golden Jubilee

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A Glance at Volume One

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Wanted …A Good Lawyer

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ALUMNI NOTES

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

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ATHLETICS

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume L.

Watertown, Wis., March 1946.

Number 1

Entered at the Postoffice at Watertown. Wis., as second class matter under A cl of March 3. 1879- Published monthly. Subscription, One Dollar.

SYLVAN LAKE

by FREDERIC KOSANKK

Once in a while when man tries his hand at changing nature his work results in usefulness or beauty. Whatever the purposes and plans that caused the damming of a little creek high in the Black Hills, the result has pleased everyone. For the result fe Sylvan Lake.

Even the approach helped to set the stage for my visit, for the road wound thru seven miles of forest where not a home or farm was to be seen. The first building to appear was the rustic hotel, a two story building of fieldstone and dark siding, which held a strange mixture of Indian atmosphere and modern convenience. The room to which the bellhop took me was the last word in modern furnishing, with an easy chair, large chest, desk, and twin beds which were as soft as milkweed fluff. The sky was darkening when I returned downstairs. In the lounge the great fireplace was crackling (late August brings cool nights to the Hills) and a young woman at the grand piano in the middle of the room was trying to recall the melody of a last year’s popular song. Large brass lanterns hung from the 2

RED rafters, and the pine-paneled walls were decorated with skins, Indian craft work and designs. French doors on one side of the room opened on a terrace overlooking the lake, but already it was dark, so that sight had to wait till morning.

A good night’s sleep and the long trip of the day before combined to Rive me quite an appetite. The dining room walls were painted with Indian figures, but that wasn’t enough to prepare me for the shock of seeing an Indian girl in full costume coming toward me. The light dawned when I saw the menu in her hand. All the waitresses were Indian girls.

From the hotel terrace the blue water two hundred feet below really did look like a “Jewel” in its setting of wrinkled stones and green pine trees. Sylvan Valley is only two miles from the famous rock formations of the Needles Highway, and has its share of rock towers and pinnacles. When the floor was flooded the tops of the higher rocks became islands, and on one side, a cliff wall, holding back the water. Across the lake picnic tables were set among the pine trees and in the distant back­ ground Harney Peak brooded over its smaller neighboring peaks. From the hotel a path wandered down the more gently sloping- side of the cliff and led me to the lake shore. Here paths led in both directions around the lake. I turned left.

The rocks sticking out from the surface of the lake and scattered thruout the valley made it seem like a mysterious new world. I followed the path along the shore until I came to a split. The right branch proved to be a dead end, leading to the edge of the dam, with rock walls on either side. The other branch didn’t look very promising either, as it seemed to lead right to a solid rock wall, but there was a narrow passage­ way thru the wall to the other side. A rock which looked like it weighed tons was caught high in the V-shaped cleft just as it must have fallen many years before. In fact, the weathered rocks all around seemed to turn mind and thoughts back to what had happened here and who had lived here in the days when only red men looked on these scenes.

Ahead of me now was a little green valley with rock cliffs on each side and the stream of water from the lake flowing in the middle. A rickety bridge crossed the stream, but an over­ grown path following"the watercourse looked inviting, so I took 3

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that. Half a mile further on the valley narrowed to a canyon and the descent grew more abrupt. Miniature waterfalls added their murmur to the scene, and somewhere nearby a frog was singing to himself. Another half mile and I had to clamber over rocks to follow the little stream. Ahead was a gentle roar, which meant a larger waterfall. The closer I went, the narrower the canyon became, until there was no possibility of going on. Twenty feet ahead of me the stream fell off into the waterfall which I had been hearing, and there, down below, was another valley, stretched out for miles and covered with green pine trees. Not a road or sign of human life could be seen. After looking long at the scene I turned back upstream, wishing that somehow it would have been possible to get to that valley.

This time I crossed the bridge. The path led behind the rock wall that formed the west boundary of the lake until it again came out on the north shore. Soon I was walking thru the picnic area, and the magic spell began to wane. It vanished entirely when a horse with a red-jacketed rider appeared; the rider was trying to post at the correct moment, but wasn’t succeeding very well.

That afternoon I hiked thru the Needles Highway, a road that twists, corkscrews, and hairpin-turns its way thru a maze of rock cliffs, towers and pinnacles. Many of them have been named after objects which they resemble, the most beautiful being the Cathedral Spires. In this formation can be seen church towers and windows and even organ pipes, according to the most imaginative.

The end of August meant the end of the hotel season, so the next day I took a last look at the lake and then went my way.

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BESSIE AND I "You can’t quit me now! Come on, Bessie, you just have to string along with me a bit longer, ” J argued. Bessie wouldn’t move; she just sputtered in her own stubborn way and refused to listen. I wasn’t to be outdone, however; I could be just as stubborn as she. I decided I’d merely sit where I was and give her time to cool off. As I was sitting there I couldn’t help thinking of the pleasant times Bessie and I had together.

I had met her for the first time about three months previ­ ously. I shyly admitted to myself that I wasn’t exactly im­ pressed when I first saw her. After the footbal game—our first date—I found that my first impression had been changed, however. I had been warned about her fits of stubborness, but I had no trouble with her the night of the football game even though I had caused her to stub her toe on a curb. In fact, I realized I had prown fond of her that night. My friends also enjoyed her presence going to and from the game.

I failed to see Bessie for two and a half months after the football game. During that time I took out Susie and the *'green job”. I was sure Bessie wouldn’t mind it at all if I would take Susie out once in a while; Susie was an old friend of the family. Bessie didn’t consider her any serious competition.

The one with the green coat, however, was an entirely different proposition. She came from the same neighborhood as Bessie.

I believe Bessie had always been jealous of her. The whole situation probably wouldn’t have bothered Bessie, if we hadn’t become stalled in Milwaukee for an hour — on St. Valentine’s Day. Bessie didn’t like it at all that I took another one out on St. Valentine’s Day—much less that we were stalled for an hour on such a romantic day! Naturally I was going to try to appease her the very next week.

We went out on a Saturday night and for several hours everything was as pleasant as our first date, until she started smoking. I saw through her little scheme to anger me so I ignored her completely. She soon came to her senses. Shortly thereafter we met some young people who wanted to visit a haunted house. Bessie’s spirit of adventure made it imperative that she lead the pack to the old empty house just outside of 5

RED town. (Bessie is like that. Whenever we can’t find a thing to do, she offers the solution to our problem. She always takes us to some kind of entertainment. That’s what I like about her!)

Things were looking up again. Bessie forgot our differences for the time being and was in high spirits when I took her home.

The next Saturday found us on the way to Milwaukee with several other people. We stopped at a filling station in the out­ skirts of Milwaukee. Suddenly Bessie inadvertantly kicked a dent into the metal casing of a gas pump. Throughout the afternoon I kept a close watch on her and she behaved rather well in Milwaukee. That evening she behaved exceptionally well on the way to the Northwestern-Seminary game. I had no trouble with her the rest of the evening. On the way back to Watertown she was in high spirits again. As soon as we got back I took her home. There in front of her door she began to balk for no apparent reason. Maybe she happened to remem­ ber the time I took the “green job” out.

I sat for a few minutes and then tried to get her to respond again. Presently with the fickleness peculiar to the feminine sex she was ready to do my every wish — but only after I told her, “I know you didn’t care when I drove that V-8, but I’ll promise never to take out that green Packard without your per­ mission, if you’ll forgive me.” That did the trick and I drove the Oldsmobile into the garage.

SMOKE SIGNAL"* B. P.

How Paleface, Paleface you heap' big liar. Two moons ago you scnduni while feller up to Injun Joe^ wig\vam. Him sellum outboard motors.

Pretty good talker. Him say, “Injun Joe! How you like buyum motor for boat?” Me thinkum not bad idea. Then squaw she not have to paddle canoe when Joe go to town. Better when Injun Joe go to town alone. Findum more to do when squaw not along'.

3njun Joe really go to town then. Not tell squaw this. Tcli squaw she not have to paddle when me go fishing. Squaw slit* likeum idea. She say go ahead buyum motor. Motor cotsum fiftyfour fifty. Squaw she have fifty- four. She gettuni this weaving baskets for paleface suckers. She not tell Joe she have it till now, else squaw not have it. Injun Joe gottum fifty cents. Get this play•First in a series by the “Pin-Buster•”

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poker. Joe good poker player. Mel)byso play paleface sometime, ? Joe give white feller fifty-four fifty. Feller give Joe motor.

Then him pullum stake fast. rnjun Joe take motor down to lake where gottum fine big- canoe.

13ingest and best canoe on reservation. Ticum motor on canoe and putum in water. Next it say on paper which paleface give with motor, pull cord. CortI hold boat on motor. Motor fallum off in 、vater. Ok" so Joe pull wrong rope. Fislium motor out of water and ticum on again. This time Joe know better. Pull cord like it ：;ay on paper. Motor go putt stead of putt-putt. Then Joe see. Paper, say motor outboard motor.

Joe nccduni board. Takeum board out of wigwam. Onl). lx>ard wigwam got. No more wigwam, only wig. Tieum board on boat and motor out Oil board. Now Joe gottum outboard motor. Still motor not work. Read pajjcr again. Paper say put in quart of al­ cohol. ! low paper know Injun Joe got alcohol, Joe not fig'gur out.

One (juart all Joe got too. Joe gettum alcohol from good paleface.

Him not clivat Joc. Alcohol work like horse and kick like mule. Joe Miiarl huvor. Buyum alcohol wholesale. Next Joe put alcohol ill motor. Motor like alcohol most as good as Joe. Motor drink whole (juart.

Tlieii Injun Joe gettum in canoe. Everything all set. Pull cord.

1'irst pull nothing happen. Tliink mebby motor want nother pull ^omotliiiiQ- else, Givcum it pull on rope stead. This time motor work.

Board sliuot tlirough boat: boat shoot straight up in air; motor slioot U) Ixutom of lake: Joe shoot through water. Wish paleface Ihtc. Sliuotum him too. Joe most drown(kd. Get to shore good and mad. Jnjun Joe got enough. Paleface come gettum motor out of lake and keepiini. Injun Joe wantum fifty-four fifty back.

Me all wet, In^in Joe.

MUSIC HATH CHARMS or

SWAN SONG FOR RATS 1Into the street the Piper stept • Smiling at first a little smile, As if he knew what magic slept In his quite pipe the while; Then, like a musical adept, To blow the pipe his lips he wrinkled, And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled, Like a candle-flame where salt is sprinkled; And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered—’’

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RED Sure, you’ve read this somewhere before, I know; I’m not trying to plagiarize. All I want to do is share with all of you the results of our extensive research on this subject: “What Tunes Did the Pied Piper of Hamlin Play on his Pipe?” This portion of the poem is quoted to refresh your memories.

The methods we followed to uncover these facts must remain secret, but rest assured, the historical accuracy thereof has thus far been unchallenged (since no one has read this as yet).'

Following the last line quoted above is this statement: “You heard as if an army muttered---Immediately we were struck by this line’s similarity to a well-known tune. Surely wc can prove our hunch correct we thought. But to find historical proof wasn’t as easy as we had expected. All of our secret means of research except one had failed, and this one remaining method seemed useless; hut; suddenly I ran across the clue which verified what IkuIi of us had believed all along. After checking and rechecking its authen­ ticity, we are now prepared to state accurately that the first tunc in the Piper’s medley was “Mutter McCree,” The man who wrote the narrative poem which prompted us to do this research work says that a great variety of rats “---out of tinhouses---came fumbling” (that's what the man says). Another clue!

Much simpler than finding out the nature and title of the first tunc was the task of substantiating our beliefs as to the second mcl«ulv played by the Piper. It required only several weeks to prove tliat ihe next tune was “The Tumbling Tumbleweed.”

All these rats in exodus'.were “---cocking tails and pricking whis­ kers,according to the manuscript. Surely only one tune could cause rats to do such things: **Cocktails for Two.” In three dav^ wc h;ul verified this theory from available historical data.

Tog? ther with these three tunes Elmer (the Piper’s first nunu*. cordiiing to the old archives in J lamlin) also pipedi up with. "WVIl Gather at the River,” '*Chickery Chick, the Rats Are .

Thick.” and “I Can’t Begin To Tell You, liow Rats Will Follow Me.” These last two are early versions of our well-known modern numbers.

One of us played these tunes in medley arrangement on his bar­ monica the other night, and believe it or not, the dormitory is now entirely free of rats.

These were Elmer’s tunes. We arc now working overtime tryingto solve the mystery enshrouding the identity of the melo(Hes that Elmer, the Piper, played when lie led the children of l-Iamiin into the mountain. Wc anticipate even more difficulty in gathering this information, since because of their grief over the loss of their child­ ren, the people of Hamlin left very few records of this phase of the Piper's wizardry. Anyone volunteering his assistance in this tremen(lous task will be welcomed with open arms. Don’t all come at onccv.

The Researchers, a Moose report.

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RED THE LONELY TRAIL A Soliloquy While once I pensive wandered O’er silent hill and vale, I stopped; I thought; I wondered; Who made this lonely trail?

Who were the predecessors On this vast solemn ground?

Who now, of these possessors, Could recognize the sound Of Indians on the warpath?

They oft had taken prey All, who to them were hostile, Along this narrow way!

What means that mound there yonder?

Who knows what lies beneath?

Some mother’s heart grown fonder Must have been struck with grief, For there a dear one perished And yet was left behind; The pioneers forged onward In ever steady grind!

What care, what toil, what anguish Was theirs who went before!

How many unknown vanquished Fell here in days of yore?

There dared live here no coward!

This trail was stained with blood!

All who would not fight onward Must sink beneath the flood.

But now, how still, how silent!

All nature is serene.

The battle, long since ended----The crimsoned field is green.

Our ancestors have struggled; Their work was not in vain.

The fruits of their work flourish Here, on this fertile plain.

This is a beauteous causeway Where history was made.

May it remain thus always, Its glories never fade!

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

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Philip Janke_____ Frederic Kosanke Robert Schumann William Wietzke Herbert Lau___

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alf a century of progress. That is the history of The Black and Red in a nutshell. This progress was at times rather slow, usu­ ally hampered primarily by financial conditions, as is the case now also, but even under these handicaps, strides forward were made all along. Some of you will perhaps remember that The Black and Red began as a quarterly publication; it now appears every month. The first staff was composed of siW men; the present day staff has nine members. And things learned by experience were handed on to each succeeding staff, who used the knowledge thus gained to good advantage. More and more tricks of the trade were discovered, and "all this helped to make The Black and Red bigger and better.

The new staff now beginning its task of producing Volume Fifty would like to continue the good work, but in order to do this it needs the support and cooperation of every one of you. Especially you who are still members of the collegiate student body are re10

RED quested to take a more lively interest in this school publication. You can show that you are really interested by writing and submitting more articles. After all, it’s vour Black and Red, for without you there would be none.

And wc are grateful to those who have helped in keeping The Black and Red on the upward path. To you wlio have written, to you faithful subscribers, and to you advertisers we offer our sincere ilianks. Keep it up!

A Glance at Volume One ...

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copy of every volume of The Black and Red since its first issue appeared in June, 1897, has been carefully bound and preserved in tlie staff “assembly hall on the fourth floor of the dorniitorv. It is very interesting to pick up an old copy occasionally and fiance through the pages uow yellow with age. We thought tlial you, too, might be interested in doing this, but since few of you have access to these volumes, will page back through the vc*ars and let look at some of the interesting items in Volume One by reproducing them here. If enough requests are received for more oi' these glances at back copies, we will gladly print addi­ tional “snatclies” in further issues.

As a starter, let’s look at the first issue. The name “Black and Red’’ is pinted in red letters across the tan cover. Below it we read, • F'ublishcd bv the students of Northwestern University, Watertown, Wisconsin. Volume I, June 15, 189^' The first two volumes have a slightly larger format than The Bloch and Red which you arc now reading, nine and one-half by seven inches, to be exact. D. Blumcnfd<l and Son were the printers.

The business manager of the first volume was John Mittelstacdt ’98，and the editors were Arthur H. Halfmaim, ’97，William F. Notz, ’97, Ernst Eckelmann, ’97，Charles F. Lelienbauer, *98, and Otto F. Kulilow, ’99. Their issue contains several German articles and announcements, as well as a Latin poem.

I11 "Jottings About the N. W. U. Military Company” we notice that two of the corporals were Herman Fleischfresser and H. Schmeling.

There is a short discussion of the political situation in Europe on the fourth page. “一Italy and Spain are trying to subdue rebellious colonies, and somewhat strained relations exist between Germany and England over African possessions一 The Brass Band, Grand Choir, the Seminary at Wauwatosa, the Reading Room, with a list of the publications it received, are all 11

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RED lengthy report on the mentioned and discussed. Then baseball games of the year, and following this is a column entitled “Current Questions”. This column contains a number of questions with no connection in thought. For example, “How to live on three cents a day? ‘Tu，wants to know.” ^Whether .Ikey’ still has a grudg€ against himself?” etc. All this, of course, means little or nothing to most of us now.

Here’s a humorous item under the column ^Triumph der Uebersetzungskunst” ： Potest ex casa parva margins vir exire. Ucbersetzung: Aus einem kleinen Kaese kann ein groszes Vich herauskreichen.

In order not to bore you, we will close the volume for this time after quoting one of the jokes: A young man who stutters enters a drug store. ' “I want,” lie says, “some syrup of hip-ip-ip—M “Hurrah!” replied the mischievous young drug clerk behind tin* counter; and an advertisement: Be Clean.

Cleanliness is next to godliness, they say, Then why not attention to your laundry pay, To the “Watertown Steam Laundry” your washing send On best work and prompt delivery you can depend, Ladies at “This Laundry” will always find They wash artistically goods of every kind, Gent’s Collars, Cuffs and Fine Shirts too.

Rice and Campbell laundries just like 11€\V. No drugs or chemicals you’ll find they use The Clothing of their Customers lo abuse.

Telephone 56-1 or at No. 2 Main Street call, Satisfaction “The Watertown Steam Laundry” guaranteevS to all.

Would you like more of this next time? If so, let us know.

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\V/ell, don’t you think I need one, after what that idiosyncratic, ▼ ▼ contemptible, low-down, mean former editor of the Campus and Classroom column did to me in the last issue of The Black and Rcd't I just can't let it go like that; I must at least make an attempt at deftMiding myself. I’m going to sue him for libel, if I can find some one wlio will take my case.

I wouldn't say anything if it were only N. W. C. students who read The Black and Red, because, knowing the writer as most of us do, they realize that he strings quite a lingo, especially when he is hard up for something to stick in that column of his as the dead line approaches. (Incidentally, lie’s cditor-in-chief now; I don’t know liow he ever got that job.) You’ll find, when you really get to km»\v this kiy, tiiat he says anything he pleases any time he pleases alxnit any one he pleases. He just happened to be pleased to say what he did to me in his last column. Of course, as I said, ilicrc was somewhat of a motive, although not at all justifiable. He was just sf^rclv in need of sonu' juicy tid-bits of scandal when his column due. But think of all the outsiders that read The Black and Ix'rd also. That’s what gets me! What'll they think of me? They don't know this guy, and how to take all the stuff he writes.

You know, lie realizes that I，ve got a good case against him. He pleaded with me this noon not to do an ything about it for fear I’d win tlk- case. Now 1ktc,s what he did. He would have it that I go around meeting strange people and start off all at once with that “line”，as lie called it. Indeed,—a terrible misrepresentation of the facts! The incident from which our Campus and Classroom editor c?ot liis information t.ook place in a restaurant down town one evening after a basketball game. He was sitting in a booth with a friend of his (if he has any friends). I was standing at the next booth talking with a few acquaintances of mine. Those “snatches” lie heard, all of which he had the audacity to print, happened to be questions, and were not all asked of one person, as he implied. In fact, I don't even recall asking all of them. But there were about five people I was talking to. Futhermore, none of them were new acquaintances. The fact that lie was with someone else is quite important, too, in my case. He was being preoccupied in his own booth, and heard only “here and there” remarks of ours. Uow can he then put them all together in one connection, with my name attached, when he doesn’t know how and why w€ got onto such subjects.

Editors are often sued for libel. He should know better than to write such things and expect to get away with it. I do have a case against him, don’t I? —Steffy •The writer is prejudiced. Ed.

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N FRIDAY, APRIL 12, AT 10:00 A. M. the members of the present Senior Class will become alumni of North­ western College. The six members of the Class of ’46 who have been on leave of absence teaching in parochial schools after Christmas are all expected to dismiss their classes for a day or two and rejoin the five remaining member of the class at Watertown to get their diplomas.

And then — the vacation. The Male Chorus is planning a concert tour from April twelfth to the twenty-first. After that all the collegiates will go their sundry ways—working, playing, broadening their collective Weltanschauung by not studying for the first time since September, 1943.

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This month something new is being- added to the Alumni column. We thought perhaps it would be interesting, comical, and perhaps revealing in some instances. We are g-oing to delve into the bygone volumes of the Black and Red and endeavor to pick out some items of peculiar note or otherwise which have been inserted by previous alumni editors. To some it may prove interesting, to others immaterial. Irgendwie here goes: For Auld Lang Syne

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After taking a course at the Theoloprical Seminary in St. Louis, Karl Huth, who graduated in 1879, accepted the pro­ fessorship tendered him by the trustees of Concordia College of Milwaukee. As the school at that time was still in embryo stage he also devoted considerable time to fostering and de­ veloping the interests of the college. Nothing can give better evidence of the success of his work than the present status of the school.”

1916 ‘•One Sunday evening friend Horse came into the refectory.

(No, this is not the only time he came in, but this time some­ thing extraordinary occurred.) After he had come in he ambulated to his chair. And lo, when he cast his unhorse-like eyes on the plale before him, they encountered a sight that almost made him rave, at least it made him kick. For there on his plate was a heap of that golden grain, poetically called oats. Somebody did slip a pretty good one over on him that time.

(Oh yes, true to his nationality he ate every bit of that salubri­ ous food, at least there was not a modicum left.)’’

1936 Prof. G. Westerhaus, ’08，paid his mother, in Nebraska, a visit_ during the Christmas recess. Prof. H. Schmeling,' ’98, made a flying trip to Sparta to see if everything was still the same as it was during his time. Director Kovvalke, ’08, and wife spent Christmas with his sisters and brother in Mil­ waukee.

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RED ‘‘A baby boy, Herbert John, was born to Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Lau, ’18, on May 8.”

1936 “Mr. Fred Tiefel, ’35，has resumed his studies at the Thiensville Seminary after spending three months in Europe.

Most of his time was spent in Greece and Germany. While moving about in Germany he bought a bicycle and covered 600 miles with it, including the trip from Munich to Berlin. Mr. Tiefel reports many interesting experiences, the most serious of which was the near loss of his precious passport.”

Present Day Notes

News has been received of the marriage of Miss Alice Gade to Gerhardt Horn, ’43, on March 2nd in Bethesda Lutheran Church, Milwaukee. Rev. Horn will serve as assistant to Pastor Victor Brohm at Bethesda Church, Milwaukee.

Mrs. Norbert Reim will leave this week to join her husband Rev. Norbert Reim, ’39，who is one of our missionaries in Nigeria, Africa.

A son was born to the Rev. and Mrs. Clayton Krug on Febr. 25. He has been christened Richard Edward. Pastor Krug is now serving at Lena, Wis. The Rev. and Mrs. Ernst Wendland are the parents of a boy born on Febr. 9th. He bas been named Mark Theodore.

Pastor Wendland is stationed at Janesville, Wis. The Rev. and Mrs. Emil 0. John celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Febr. 12 at their home in Mankato, Minn. Rev. John has been retired from the ministry for some years.

The Rev. Gustave A. Kuhn, '97, emeritus, died on Febr.

25 at the home of his sister in Watertown, Wis. He was born in Mankato, Minn, in 1875, and served from 1900 to 1917 in the Lord’s vineyard. He had been retired since 1917 because of ill health.

CallsThe Rev. Christian Albrecht, ’22, has accepted a call to Glen wood, Minn. He was formerly pastor at Johnson, Minn.

No word has been received whether the vacancy there has been filled, Rev. Prof. Oscar Nauman, ’31, of Dr. Martin Luther College recently received a call as co-pastor at St. Paul’s con­ gregation, New Ulm, Minnesota in place of Rev. Ristow who recently left.

Jack.son Petrie, ’42, has received and accepted a call as pastor of St. Mark’s congregation of Richwood, Wisconsin and 16

5IRED Immanuel’s of Hubbleton, Wisconsin. His work also will in­ clude the teaching of a Christian day school. Mr. Petrie is now serving as Tutor here at Northwestern College and will remain until June, when he will assume his duties as pastor.

Prof. Wendland of Northwestern is the present vacancy pastor at these two parishes.

Winffed Schaller, ’44，student at Lutheran Seminary, Theinsville has accepted a call as teacher at Menasha, Wiscon­ sin. He will help out until June.

Rollin Reim, ’44, a student at the Seminary has accepted a call to Arizona as teacher in the Indian Mission at East Fork, White River, Arizona. He will join his classmate, Fritz Nitz, who is also teaching there. He expects to be there until Sept, and then resume his studies at the Seminary.

Installations and Ordinations — The Rev. LeRoy Ristow was installed as pastor of the Crandon, Argon ne, and Hiles Parish at C ran don on Febr. 17, 1946. His address is C ran don, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Fred Schroeder, '27, was installed as pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church at Findly, Ohio, on Jan. 13, 1946.

The Rev. Walter Voss was installed as associate pastor of Trinity Ev. Luth. Church of Jenera, Ohio on February 10, 1946. He was formerly pastor of Salem Ev. Luth. Church, Ovvasso, Michigan.

Norman Berp：, 一 ’41，was ordained to the ministry by his father the Revv. E. J. Berg in Grace Lutheran Church, Benton Harbor, Michigan on Febr. 10. 1946. He will serve a missionary in Globe and Superior, Arizona.

Theodore Thurrow, M3, was ordained to the ministry by his father in Christ Ev. Luth. Church, Menominee, Michigan on Febr. 10, 1946. He will work as missionary in Flint, Michigan.

Clifford Kipfmiller, }43, was installed in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Belleville, Michigan, on January 13, 1946.

Servicemen and Exservicemen — Pfc. Harvey Otto, ex. ’48, was recently discharged from Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Harv has already re-enlisted in the Army Air Corp for over seas duty. He expects to leave the States by April. At the present he is spending a thirty-day furlough at home in Kewaskum, Wisconsin. His address is unavailable.

Arthur Rademann, ex.，49, of the Coast Guard and Osborne Jones, ex. ’49, of the Navy were seen at N. W. C. a couple of weeks ago renewing old acquaintances.

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RED Pfc. Martin Nommensen, ex. *45, was discharged from Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, on Febr. 17. He has seen duty in England and various points in the United States.

Edward Borchardt, ex. ’47, recently contracted pneumonia for the fourth time while on duty in a submarine in the South Pacific. He is now well on the road to recovery and expects to be discharged March 15. His address: Edward Borchardt R. M. 2/c U. S. S. Cobia New London, Connecticut Felix Graebner, ex.，42, recently discharged and now a cab driver in Milwaukee had quite an experience several months ago. He thwarted an attempt by a thug to remove him forcibly from his cab and take over same.

Sgt. Wilfred Wietzke, ex, *46, has been promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant. He is still stationed at Caserta, Italy, but expects to be discharged sometime this spring. His address: S/Sgt. Wilfred A. Wietzke 37 05411 A. G. Records. A. F. Hq. A. P. 0. No. 512 c/o Postmaster New York, New York Lieut, j. g. Arthur Tacke was graduated from Marquette Medical School on March 4. The Dr. will continue his work at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland. His address: Lieut, j. g. A. W. Tacke (M. C.) U. S. N. R. U. S. Naval Hospital Nat. Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland Capt. Chester E. Teske, ’24, has been appointed director of dietetics at Vaughn General hospital, Hines, Illinois. He had held a similar position at Mayo General hospital, Galesburg, Illinois since October 1943, and prior to that at Percy Jones General hospital, Battle Creek, Michigan.

Professor W. F. Weimar has again sent us an interesting article about his classmate, the late Dr. Ott: Dr. Otfc and the Sciences

When Ott and I entered college in 1880 the science depart­ ment was headed by Prof. Oscar Easterday. The standard curriculum required one year of physics and one of chemistry.

When we had covered this ground the professor offered to steer us through a course in geology, and we did not hesitate to avail ourselves of this opportunity. As far as I know our class (1885) was the only one thus favored.

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RED In a corner of the classroom was a cabinet with glass doors.

Through these we could see an air pump, a machine for generating electricity, a Leyden jar and numerous other appa­ ratus for demonstrating physical phenomena. However, throughout our studies of the sciences these gadgets were never removed from their resting places.

The professor placed his chair near the wall and tipped it back resting his feet on a rung. With the index finger of his right hand he made numerous gestures to emphasize his in­ structions. We solved numerous problems based on the laws of physics and we learned to write out many chemical reactions, but all laboratory work was nonexistent.

When Ott advanced from the student body into the faculty he was assigned the department of English,—surely enough to keep one man busy. However, the faculty was small and there was much work to be clone, so the young professor also took over the sciences. Incidentally he was also librarian, bursar, instructor of physical culture, and purchasing agent for the culinary department.

At his earliest opportunity Ott applied to the college board for an allowance for scientific apparatus. The lay member from Watertown wanted to know just what were scientific apparatus. The chairman explained that they were instru­ ments used in a laboratory. "Ah, instruments,’’ he said, **I am for allowing the limit.” Hadn’t the band played in church recently to the edification of everybody! The funds were allowed and the laboratory began to function and it soon was one of the busiest spots on the campus. And on Saturday afternoons many a student felt himself drawn toward the lab in search for knowledge away from the allurements of the athletic field.

Ott always strove to keep his laboratory up to date with the progress of the sciences. When, in 1895, Roentgen startled the scientific world with his X-rays, Ott, in a remarkably short time, mastered the technique of producing these rays and soon provided the lab with a fluoroscope in which we could see the shadows of the bones of our hands projected on the screen.

Besides all his other activities Ott also took charge of the fine collection of minerals donated by Rev. Meverhoff. He arranged and tabulated the minerals and made additions to the collections from time to time. This exhibit of minerals was not yet available when we had our course in geology.

Just as Dr. Oct developed the library from its crude be­ ginnings to its present magnificent status in quality and in quantity, so he must also be given credit for the college labora­ tory which is now such an essential factor in the studies and in­ struction in the natural sciences.

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Seems to be the custom To write a bit of rhyme Ta ’nitiate this column (Or just to pass the time).

But just to speak of time Hits me hard and low, ’Cuz it’s already a day past the deadline, and I’ll have to finish this and get it on Moose’s desk before he finds out where I’m hiding. Whew!

It’s also the custom for the first attempt of the new C. and C. columnist to contain a brief introduction of the members of this year’s staff. Ergo: First in oracular hugeness, and first in egg-cracking, but last in the hearts of the peace-loving inhabitants of North Hall, second floor, comes the man who volunteers to direct the B. and R. in this its most cash-saving volume, Moose Janke.

Otherwise known as Spike, Casanova Janke hails from New Ulm, Minnesota. (We won’t hold his natural habitat against him.) He is a member of that class whose main study at present is bowling.

Then we have Bob Schumann, a quiet, serious, and be­ spectacled young gentleman from La Crosse. He has the honor to be a contributing editor. Bewailing the fact that he now has to write an editorial every issue, he is nevertheless encouraged by the approach of the added incentive of the forthcoming banquet. (When are we going to have that, by the way? I’m thirsty.)

“Endlich ist nicht ewig,” says Fritz Kosanke (I won’t even attempt to spell his name the way Janke does). He has finally graduated from the Alumni Department and is helping Bob Schumann assist Janke.

To tell you all about the alumni we have Bill Wietzke. If you want to know where he comes from, just ask him, and a half hour later you’ll know all about Colorado you care to. The fellow’s a walking geography, so be careful.

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RED The gossip column has been placed in the none-too-capable hands of the poor fellow who last year worked his feet to the bone to collect for South Side ads.

Robert Demcak has consented to come down to earth (in other words, back from Milwaukee, which he seems to have found of great interest lately) once a month. As former reporter for various newspapers of perhaps slightly greatly greater fame than the B. and R. he should be well qualified to give you the latest dope on all the sports.

Bob Dommer just can’t seem to get figures (I mean like 2 plus 2 equaling 4) out of his head. So it’s up to him to see that this year we use more black than red ink.

The luckiest new fellow on the staff is perhaps Paul Nitz.

Just think, he doesen’t have to write at all, if he doesen’t want to. All he has to do is collect once a month for ads on the North Side.

Little Martin Petermann wants to put those short legs of his to work. He has the dubious honor of being the staff’s good-will representative for the South Side. As a side-line he will also accept the expressions of good will which the business places on that side of town will be only to pleased to bestow upon him. (I hope he has better luck than I had in the find­ ing the right office girl at Dairy Distributers!)

It’s practically unbelievable, but it seems that Janke de­ cided to go on a bicycle trip all by his lonesome the other day, and, accidentally or, otherwise, he halted at Beaver Dam. Martin to find that travel by bicycle is Stern was rather disgruntled _ faster than hitch-hiking; at least he was heard to complain that Spike got more lunch (Isn’t that what ‘‘crunching’’ means?) at Beaver Dam than he did.

English, or maybe it’s Shelly, seems to be getting Hollender down. At any rate, the class-room seats just aren’t comfort­ able enough for him. It was a welcome suggestion, therefore, to find a more comfortable place to lie down and meditate with closed eyes on the grandeur of English poetry.

Have we a future Count Basie in our midst? pommer’s arrangement of Concordia’s school song seems to indicate that.

Concordians themselves seemed to enjoy it hugely, at least the parts that were close enough to the original to allow them to recognize the melody.

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RED Wiefczke's Lament:

The other day I saw a sign: ''Shovelers wanted.’’ What a break!

I took the sign and hied me down To see what I could make.

I worked and worked. "My aching back!”

Six sidewalks and a drive. No snap.

But ladies kind were quick to pay.

One stuck a radio in my lap.

So I was rich, but then, you seeV， A couple of friends 1 'influenced me To spend a day in Milwaukee.

And now, alas, how poor I be!

Speaking of signs on the bulletin board, some dumb Soph wrote a word there lately that started off one of the fiercest arguments in history. According to hearsay, there was some discussion as to just why one of the entries in our intra-mural tournament of a while back hadn’t received the name “Illinois.，’ Glasses and coats were shed, but just then the majestic figure of the law towered over the contestants, and in no time at all the office was made the battling ground. What went on in there we’ll never know, but no more was said.

Nice little frisky snow storm we had here, wasn’t it? A little thing like that doesn’t seem to bother the fair ladies of Watertown, however, for the Ladies’ Meeting at the Wethonkitha Club went on as planned. The Octette provided musical entertainment, and also proved to be handy receptacles for the food which was prepared for those ladies who couldn’t make it.

Saturday morning Dommer appeared to have a rather stiff back, but no one wondered why, for everyone knew that he’d spent the preceding night (at least a small portion of it) sleep­ ing on the floor of a farmhouse not far east of here. Snow was drifting so badly that even “Dead Ernest” couldn’t make it.

Several of the occupants of third floor have taken it upon themselves to cheer the drab existence of cadet nurses of Moose Lake, Minnesota. Birkholz seems to te the instigator of the whole affair. Some of the replies seem to be very encouraging, from what I hear. Could it be possible that we’ve found people as hard-up as we are?

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RED I just noticed that Hollender is gone this weekend. It couldn’t be another “Lost Weekend,” could it? I guess maybe Happy’s been getting too many visitors lately.

Those Juniors are never satisfied. They have the lightest schedule in history, and now they want “A” Division Greek off too. We’ve got ’em where it hurts, though, since we have practically the same Greek they have, and if they’d get off, so would we, and that’ll never happen. Don’t quote me, though, because I still have vain hopes myself.

We have actors in our midst. Mattek, Demcak, and Kempfert recently put on striking performances at the play at St. ilark’s School. Kempfert was especially convincing as ‘‘Tim Mahony from ArizonyM—or some such thing. Demmy's performance was probably improved by the fact that a special visitor — talent scout, no doubt-- from Milwaukee was present in the audience. Preps even attended the play; ’course that was because it didn’t cost them a per.

We all know that Bill Winter doesn’t like to wear glasses, so he didn't have to go to that length to prove his hatred for them. First he casually flipped a knife through them. The next day he made an excursion into Milwaukee — through the blizzard and everything—to get them repaired. Comes eve and Bill returns, he takes them off and places them on his bed for safe keeping. Not much later he decides he is tired, so he sits on the bed. Crunch! — So the next day Bill sends his specs to Milwaukee. Now we’re waiting to see what will happen to them!

This should suffice to give you A taste of what’s to come.

And since it has no “doozers,” You’ll know where this is from.

But cheer up, weep not, and be gay For this, in sooth, can’t last alway.

I took this on for better or worse, So, willing or not, you’ll take my verse.

Yours for better columns (let us most fervently and de­ voutly hope) in the future!

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VARSITY BASKETBALL Concordia 40 Northwestern 50 Concordia got off to an early lead 12-4. They were “hot” 011 ihcir home floor. The fact that it was their Homecoming no doubt also keyed them up for that early spurt. Then our team turned the tables on them and racked up 19 points in 10 minutes. For the rest of that half they stayed behind. In the second half the closest they ever got was 36-31. In the last four minutes, when the score was 50-35 and all of the danger was over, Coach Umnus put in our second team. In that time they put in five points. Concordia put up a pretty good battle all the way through in spite of the fact that they only have two collegiate classes to our four. Our high point man was Wietzke with 13 points. Their top scorer was Goeres with 14 points. Charles Schlei of our team pulled out of a slump by pouring in 10 points.

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RED Milton 37

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This game was play-ed on our home floor. That might be one reason for our beating them by such a margin. Either our boys were really “hot” or Milton was really “off”. Nowhere in this game was it a close contest. Although they didn’t get any technicals, they angered Coach Umnus by their begging, and he kept his first string in longer than he would normally have clone, hence tlie big score. Outside of the verbal exercise, there was no athletic excite­ ment. Schlci was high for our team with 19 points. Behnke was high for Milton with 9 points.

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Without a doubt this was the toughest, roughest, dirtiest, ana least enjoyable game of the whole season for us. It was played down at Plattevillc, 'Vis. 011 the Miners’ home floor. They have a smaller gym than ours, so our boys were playing under that handicap. They were also playing* under the handicap of doubtfully accurate and fair refereeing. We were in the lead at the end of the first half by 25-17. Throughout the entire second half they were ahead. Just before the end of the game Malchow made the tying bucket, so the game went into an overtime. In the overtime we outscorcd them 8-7. Wietzke led with jy points for us. White led with 14 points for their side.

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Concordia 43 Northwestern 60 This was our second battle of the year with Concordia. It was a lot tougher contest to win. They were out to win. Luckily for Malcbow and Wietzke were'two of our boys who just couldn’t miss the bucket. Malchow had 16 points in the first half. We look an early lead and there was just no catching us. Both teams played extremely close ball and the crowd appreciated it. This they showed by thdr loud cheering. Both teams had a loud and large following In fact, the gym had a capacity crowd, the largest crowd of the year. The pep band played rather well and that was one of the things that really pepped our boys up, so they tell me at least.

Malchow led the scoring with 22 points. Underwagner led for Concordia with 9 points.

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The Seminary played this game, just like every game this season, under quite a handicap. Many of their boys arc away teaching during the critical shortage. Our boys trained and were anxious to beat their arch rivals, the Seminary. They succeeded in doing this, but the Seminary did not give in without a struggle. They made it difficult in more than one way. It was a rather rough game, but the referees, Arden Wood and Ted Hartwig, kept things pretty well under control so that things didn’t get too much out of hand.

Chick Hoenecke, the Seminary Star, couldn't find the basket. That was a break for us. He usually racks up quite a few points per game. Our boys had a little trouble hitting their stride too, except lor Huebner and Kaesmeyer, our reliable guards, who kept on build­ ing up our score. Our second team played all of the second half with the exception of about five minutes. Wietzke was top man for our team with 15 points. Walthcr led the Seminary scorers with 19 points.

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With the playing of tlio Seminary game Northwestern finished its long basketball season. The Varsity played a total of fifteen games. Tliey won eleven. They lost four. That isn’t a bad record.

The following nu.n were awarded the Varsity “N”： Wietzke, Xommensen, Malcliow, Sclilci, Huebner and Kaesmeycr.

Intmmural Basketball These arc the results of this season's intramural basketball: Frosh (i) 5-1 Juniors 4-2 Frosh (2) 2-4 Sophs i-5 As a reward for winning; the championship, each of the members of the Frosh (i) team will receive a T-shirt free of charge from the Athletic Dept. Thp men are Zicscmer, Gieschen, Kaiser, Kitzerow and Worgull. Hats off to the Juniors who gave them a tough time in the finals.

Intramural volleyball teams have been organized. The results will appear in next month’s Black and Red. The winning team will go to Milwaukee and will represent Northwestern College at the Badger State tournament. So far it’s anybody’s contest.

BOWLING Team bowling- was brought to a close several weeks ago. It might have gone on for a while longer, but many of the fellows began to work. So many fellows began to work, in fact, that hardly any team was left whole. That necessitated a premature end of team bowling. Right now a Singles and Doubles Tourna-

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RED meiit is in progress, the results of which will be published in i the next issue. Here are the results of the Team 1 ournament:

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Press’s team, number 6, took the kitty. It consisted of $2.50. That is to be split between Press, Kruschel and Stern, members of team 0. Press also took a $1 prize for Individual High Game of 243.

Kaesmever took a $1 prize for Individual High Series of 591.

All-Star Basketball Coach Umnus drew up six all-star basketball teams. Those were the captained by Varsity men and manned by men who played Preps and who played Intramural basketball. After the first round, the teams were put into two divisions: the winners and the T-shirt losers. The winners of the winner division would get prize and the winners of the loser division would get a consolation prize of T-shirts also. The teams were captained by Nommonscn.

Schlei, Zarling, Kaesmeyer, Wietzke, and Muebner. KacHiieyor's team, manned by 3\J alcliow, Krueger, Fricke, Petcniiann, SciiarU mann, and Hollemler, won the prize in the winner division. Sclilei’s ieam, manned by Spaudc, Schaar, Sellnow, Stern, Zieszmer, and Worgull, took the prize in the consolation division. Now certain individuals are strutting around in T-shirts. They arc made of wartime materials so that makes them a little skimpy. Nevertheless, big guys can wear them, if they don’t breathe too deeply.

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LITERARY— Ten Lads and a Lassie

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A Short History of the Class of 1946

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Slimy Slim Succumbs

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A 4th Cook's First Trip

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umi TEN LADS AND A LASSIE The class of ’46 is the second of the only two classes at Northwestern College to graduate so early in the spring.

Last year a class graduated in March, this year in April. But this is the only class, so far as we know, that has given no oration, neither German nor English. We asked one of the seniors why this should be, and he shrugged his shoulders and said, “Well, the faculty asked us whether we wanted to have student orations, and we didn’t, so we won’t.” Naturally, therefore, no orations can be printed in this issue. We thought that to make up for this omission most of the seniors would come across with some other literary contributions for The Black and Red, but very few did. They certainly wouldn’t write their own autobiographies, so various methods were utilized by quite a group of authors tx> gather the information here divulged con­ cerning each happy member of this small graduating group.

What follows is the result of their research.

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RED HERBERT KRUSCHEL President

A product of Cudahy, Wisconsin, and the only member of the class who started here in Sexta, Herb has proved his worth by his money-making experience on the staff of the B. and R. Never one to say much, he has received the respect of the Preps through his position as president of the Student Body, which is saying quite a lot. Herb loves music and has become quite proficient at “beating the box.” Whenever he plays boogie-woogie — which is often — it doesn’t take long before he is playing to a considerable audience. In his own way Herb has found a place here at Northwertern that will be hard to fill.

LELAND WURSTER Vice President

Born and grazed on Wisconsin’s Dutch Ridge (somewhere near Sparta, I guess), this young sportsman has made his appearance at Northwestern and is headed for the Seminary.

Although a very conscientious lad and extremely devoted to his books, he found time to teach three or four other courses on the side. His popularity at N. W. C. was first established when he offered a course in speech, diction, and correct breathing, Closely allied to this course because of its stress on chest development was his training program for the under-sized. He himself, not tall, has a tremendous chest and is capable of filling the college gym with his voice. Very recently he has in­ terested fellows in archery and has done a lot for the promo­ tion of that sport. His other activities include a ladyfriend from the North, Male Chorus, Band (where he played some beautiful trombone), and B. and R. Staff. Since Christmas ’45 he has been teaching at a Lutheran School at Stevensville, Michigan.

DONALD KOLANDER Treasurer

Kolie hails from Marathon, Wis. His tall stature is usually graced with a warm smile. Has been a student of N. W. C. since his Quinta year. Was a member of the Athletic Board.

His intramural basketball playing was outstanding. Made the varsity team this year but his play was cut short by his accept35

RED ing a call to teach at Wausau. Before he left, however, he burned up the local bowling alleys with his high scores. He’s also an ardent football fan but his true sport is baseball.

Played several full seasons with the Waterloo McKays and led the batters of that team with his high average. “If its base­ ball, he knows it!”

GERALD JEROME ALBRECHT Tuch is exceedingly proud of his birthplace, which is none other than Tolstoy, South Dakota. Perhaps his birthplace is in part responsible for his particular brand of humor. Tuch has made a name for himself here. A lover of music, he has in­ dulged in his talents by joining both male and mixed choruses and the band; in addition to this he has shown his talent for writing in his three years on the B. and R. staff. He has also become well known for his Hebrew instincts, which, however, he makes use of in such a naive way that no offense is ever given. Those who know him well will miss him.

EDGAR JOHN GREVE Our “Swedish quota from Minnesota” comes to us in the person of towheaded Ed Greve. A graduate from New Ulm, he entered Northwestern as a Frosh. A revamping of the rooming arrangements removed him from the influence of “Big Herb” and brought him under P. Gus’ wing. He participated in sports more or less in a round about way, being basketball manager, a member of the Athletic Board, and sports editor for the B. and R. He did, however, participate in bowling and intramural bas­ ketball. The latter probably accounts for the large number of fouls that the team had. Although his bowling scores weren’t so hot, his form was second to none. When he got tired of bowling right handed, he’d just roll left handed for a while.

Being a true son of the soil, he just couldn’t seem to stay away from the farm. Perhaps this accounts for his frequent trips to the rural section east of Watertown. He volunteered to help alleviate the teaching shortage and is now teaching in Wood Lake, Minn. I’m sure a lot of fellows will be waiting for him at the Sem. Gook luck Ed. 36

多RED ROBERT WILLIAM KLEIST Whether they raise tobacco near Racine, his birthplace, is doubtful, but this blond Hebrew shark certainly likes the weed.

He smokes any ‘‘given’’ brand, even though those fags he smokes are usually “given” as a result of his “bumming.” He was a former part-time employee of the Watertown Egg and Produce Co. (one of the few to hold that distinction), but later on. to spend his spare time, he took a job at a shoe store. Con­ cordia, Milwaukee, gave him a part of his education, but he finished his last three college years here. His plans are to attend Marquette University this summer, but he will be at the Sem next fall with the rest of them.

NORMAN LINDLOFF A native son of Elkton, S. D. His blond hair covers most of his head, but he still has plenty of face to wash. Answers to the call of several names: “Mooch”，“Sam”，“Bull” and Norm”. He’s loyal to his former Alma Mater, D. M. L. C. His presence as football manager and his swivel-hips on the in­ tramural basketball court will be missed. Was a member of the Athletic Board. This spring he shook the foundry dust off his shoes to work at Iffland’s Grocery. His ability to get along with people and his “Resonanzboden” will help him in his chosen work.

MARVIN ALFRED RADTKE This noble addition to the class of ’46 came to Northwestern after 6 years at Concordia in Milwaukee. Marv is a fiend for sports and was seen now and then on the basketball floor. He is propably most proficient in archery, for which I might say he is a good shot outside on the range as well as inside. Even with these assests, he too came back empty handed from a week-end deer hunting trip. Besides being a member of “The One A New Ulm Way Club” he spends a lot of time at the classics, especially Hebrew. Maybe it’s because it comes to him natu­ rally? Have you noticed that nose and peculiar accent? His favorite pastime is keeping the tutor on his toes, as Mary only can, eh Jack?

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EUGENE WOLFGANG RISCHE This man also attended Concordia, but he chose Watertown as his home for the last two college years. Kirchhayn, Wiscon­ sin, is his other home. Usually rather quiet, he can become quite vehement when aroused. He enjoys bowling and has a delivery all his own. A hard worker and all-around likeable chap. Let that suffice. ‘‘Happy the man whose annals are brief.”

REUBEN STOCK This Minnesota gentleman came to Northwestern in his Junior year and has now graduated with very few students even aware that he was attending. He was born in Minnesota and attended graded school No. 76—he said it was a beautiful school (along with the other two buildings on the campus). He went to a public high school and then transferred to Bethany.

Because he suffered a severe illness there, he was forced to give up his plans for school in favor of more relaxing work.

After two years in a radio shop and one year as a librarian at Bethany, he once more determined to enter the ministry and enrolled here. Since January he had been teaching at St. Matthew’s Lutheran School at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Modest, quiet, unassuming, but responsible and diligent 一 a B. and R. man!

ALTHEA CHRISTINE ZANIC She, the only girl in the class, was born and reared in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. After having attended the parochial school of her father’s country congregation and then the local high school, she continued her pursuit of knowledge at this school when she entered in the fall of 1942 as a freshman. This graduating class lost the better part of its athletic prowess when many of its members entered the armed forces. However, Althea has carried on in their stead. Since Christmas she has been teaching at West Salem, Wisconsin, where she has now received a permanent call.

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RED A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF *46 In the fall of the year 1938, twenty-six students enrolled as Sextaners in the preparatory department. During the next three years, our class decreased in size, losing four students and adding only one new member, Donald Kolander, to the high-school class which graduated in June 1942.

Thirty-nine students entered Northwestern College in September 1942, as Freshmen. Because of the war at that time, however, many of the class members left their studies at Northwestern and enlisted in the Armed Forces so that there were only twelve members left in the class at the end of the Freshman year. Out of the number that enlisted, three were killed in action, Carl Masch, Carl Uplegger, and Arthur Nordby.

During the next three years, while losing about half of the class, we gained the following members; Robert Kleist, Eugene Rische, and Marvin Radtke from Concordia, Milwaukee; and Reuben Stock from Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, Minnesota.

Because of t.he teacher stortage in our parochial schools, six of the eleven members of the graduating class have accepted temporary calls as teachers: Miss Althea Zank at West Salem; Reuben Stock at Oconomowoc; Marvin Radtke at Hales Corners; Donald Kolancler at Wausau; Leland Wurster at Stevensville, Michigan; and Edgar Greve at Wook Lake, Minnesata.

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Slimy Slim was restless, mighty restless. He hadn’t been in town for nigh unto a fortnight, and he was tired of poking cows. There was lots of cows to be poked, and there wasn’t many guys to poke them. But Slim was an individualist, per­ haps even an extrovert, one might say. And Slim wasn’t going to hang around the ol’ Lazy Q when he felt like going to town, no sirree, not Slim. Slim was an individualist—that he was.

“Wal，” he says to himself, “guess I’ll meander over and tell or Screwloose (that’s the boss) that I aim to take the day off.” And he did.

“Please, Slippery (some of his friends called him Slip­ pery)/1 the old man says, “I can’t manage ’thout yuh.”

Slimy was'in no mood to argue, so he gave the oV man a quick and definite answer. Before the or man could say Sirvase, Slim ripped out his six-gun, and a stream of lead punctured the poor or guy, perforated him, one might say. And there he lay, daid as a well-cooked pig knuckle. Slim wasn’t the kind o’ guy it was advisable to play around with. lie was an individualist, definitely. Slim, one might say, was an egotist —that he was.

“Thar!” said Slim, as he didn’t bother to take a second look. He filled his six-gun again, jumped on his hoss, sank his spurs into the beast’s ribs, and away he was. Slim didn’t fool around none, He wanted to get to town as soon as possible, and Slim was an iron-willed individual. There was no doubt about it — that he was.

The rest of his journey was uneventful. He reached his destination exactly on schedule and dismounted. Action will soon be resumed.

Slim sauntered up to the swinging door of his favorite joint, kicked it open, and stalked in. There on his favorite chair sat a stranger. Without batting an eye, Slim pulled out his six-gun, liquidated the unfortunate individual, and appropriated the position for his own purposes. With another shot he caught the eye of the waitress, who hadn’t noticed him come in.

“Chow!” he bellered as if he meant it.

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RED While he was waiting, he pulled out of his hip pocket his pipe, filled it with a mixture of peanut shells and other refuse from the cow range, poured a little kerosene over it and lit it up. Slim was literally eating, breathing, expectorating fire, but he liked it. He was tough, mighty tough. There was no doubt about it, Slimy Slim was a tough character—that he was.

In two jerks Paunchita (she was the waitress) reappeared with the grub. It was his usual order — a raw horse steak smothered with mushrooms and horse-radish, a garlic salad with French dressing, a double order of Fly Tox, and half a dozen artichokes. ‘‘The customary dessert?” asked Paunchita, smiling coyly.

“Si, Senorita bonita,” Slim politely replied, “don’t care if Ido. So she brought him a large, economy-size shinglenail sundae with a free slice of cottage cheese. Slim was parsimon­ ious. There was no doubt about it, Slim was mighty parsimon­ ious—that he was.

In order to keep him happy Paunchita gave him gratis a man-sized can of imported Colorado peaches. He bit the lid off, poured the juice into the cuspidor with a disdainful twist of his nose, and poured the peaches down his gullet in a double row.

“Them was mighty good, Paunchita,” he said. And he really meant it, ’cuz Slim was frank. As a matter of fact, one might say that he was ingenuous, mighty ingenuous. Yes he was—that he was.

Slim’s belly was full, and Slim personally was tired, dog tired, mighty dog tired. He had had a hard day. As a matter of fact, he had had a hard life, a mighty hard life. Indubitably!

So he went to sleep.

Slim is sleeping and everything is peaceful and quiet.

Why, it’s so quiet you can hear the sagebrush grow.

And then in comes the defunct stranger’s big brother with a double-barreled shotgun. He aims one barrel at each of Slimy Slim’s slimy ears and noiselessly pulls the triggers.

Slimy Slim is daid, mighty daid. There is no doubt about it. Slimy Slim is daid—that he is.

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by LE WURSTER

What makes the wind blow?

I’ve often asked.

It has nothing to show, It’s always masked.

I heard it this morning; So hard it was blowing.

Now it blows harsh, Because this is March.

Yet I look again Again and again.

It，s blowing, I know it, Moving branches show it.

Now it’s behind me; No, it’s before me.

It’s blowing my hair It’s just everywhere.

What makes it blow?

I still ask.

What makes it go Just like gas?

Why’s the grass green?

It can be seen.

The wind just does blow.

It’s always been so.

A 4th COOK'S FIRST TRIP

by W. STEFFENHAGEN

On Friday, August 11, 1944, I was working as I had been for two months before with a section crew on the Milwaukee Railroad. Little did I realize as I tamped ties with my partner that it was to be my last day at this work, for a while at least.

As it got close to four o’clock we picked up the shovels, jack, tamping bars, and level board, hopped on the motor car, and rode back to Hastings. Apparently the foreman knew what was coming, because when we were about to leave the depot to go home, he asked us to stay around a few minutes. In the meantime he went inside to see whether there were any new orders for him or his crew. At that time I believe there were 42

RED seven of us in the crew. He soon came out with a piece of paper in his hand, “I guess from now on I’ll be needing only four of you.” That meant the four with the highest seniority rights; — I was fifth! I was consoled by the fact that I was only one of 88 on the whole La Crosse and River Division to be laid off. The division’s budget had added expense because of a couple wrecks, and the result was that 88 section hands were laid off. Well, what to do now? The thought had never entered my mind that I would find myself suddenly out of a job.

But jobs were plentiful and help was scarce everywhere, so I had little to fear. I thought of my neighbor over on Fifth Street who had been a 4th cook on a dining car for the Great Northern Railway. He was running from the Twin Cities to Seattle. That sounded good. Why shouldn’t I try it? It would mean a free trip to the west coast, and I would earn some money at the same time. At 7:30 the next morning I was on my way to St. Paul to get full particulars on the job. I walked into the Great Northern Commissary office at 9:15 and by 9:45 they had put me to work. I was furnished with a uniform jacket, jacket buttons, aprons, and apron strings. I had to furnish my own trousers because they had no uniform trousers (which they ordinarily furnish) small enough to fit me.

Missouri 10^5, the name and number of the dining car I was working on, was to go out the next morning, Sunday, at 7:50, on the coach section of.the G.N. Empire Builder bound for Seattle. Each crew makes one trip every eight days. The day before they go out they clean out all the steam cabinets, stoves, shelves, cooking utensils, and wash all the dishes in specially treated water. The car is also supplied with food for the trip to Seattle. The round trip takes five days; then the crew has two days off before they must service their car for their next trip.

Most of a fourth cook’s time is occupied in washing dishes.

I think he should be called dish-washer rather than a cook.

During my first year of school at D. M. L. C. at New Ulm I helped out in the kitchen doing dishes every other week. But that was nothing! In one trip to Seattle and back I washed more dishes in five days than I did in a whole year at D. M. L. C. 43

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Of necessity a kitchen in a R. R. dining car is quite small and crowded. Every bit of space is utilized. One thing I heard several times on the trip from the first cook, which was also printed on a poster in the kitchen was “A place for every­ thing, and everything in its place.” A dining car crew con­ sists of eleven men. The steward is in complete charge. Then there are also the first cook (chef), second, third, and fourth cooks, all white men on the G. N. There are six waiters, all Negroes. The cooks’ headquarters are in the kitchen; the waiters’ in the pantry, which is connected to the kitchen. In the pantry are kept all food and beverages which do not need special preparing by the cooks.

We had the car stocked up with food for the trip west by 11:30 Saturday morning, and I was free for the rest of the day.

I was to be back on the dining car at the Union Depot by 7:00 Sunday morning. I hitch-hiked home and informed my folks that I had another job. I didn’t exactly know how I was going to get back to St. Paul by 7:00 the next morning, but for the time being that didn’t concern me.

I was up bright and early the next morning and my father drove me to St. Paul. I found Missouri 10J/5 standing on track 3 at the Union Depot. A few minutes after seven the kitchen force was in full swing, and a few minutes later we were switched onto the coach section of the Empire Builder. Travelweary people, hungry for a good breakfast, began pouring into the dining car, and they surely had come to the right place.

They could get any kind of cereal they wanted, cooked or un­ cooked, ham and eggs, bacon and eggs (with the eggs prepared any way they wished), wheat cakes, muffins, etc. All during the war nothing but the best foods were served on G. N. dining cars. When restaurants everywhere were suffering from a terrible shortage of many foods, notably meats, rail­ roads got all they wanted and the best quality foods. Just why that should have been, I don’t know.

We pulled out of St. Paul Union Depot about an hour and a half late, but in the course of the afternoon we made that all up by breezing along at a pretty good rate of speed. One thing that I noticed particularly on the trip was that I could tell whenever we would get a new engineer on the train. Some 44

RED would start up quite smoothly, and then again others would be so jerky that the dish water spilled all over.

We served three meals on the dining car. Breakfast began at seven and lasted until about eleven. Then we immediately got to work on lunch. Lunch was served from twelve until about two. Most people ate only breakfast and dinner. That was very nice for us; we got a couple hours off in the afternoon when we could go to our bunk car and rest. The bunk car was at the head of the train, right behind the engine. There were twelve berths in it: one for the steward, four for the cooks, six for the waiters, and one for the head porter. The first after­ noon we had just arrived at Willmar, Minn., when we got our time off. To avoid walking through eight or nine crowded coaches to our bunk car the third cook and I got off the train and walked ahead on the ground. At 3:30 I had to be back in the dining car again, for dinner began to be served at 4:30.

We arrived at Fargo, No. Dak., about 5:30. Here we met the train returning from Seattle, which had left St. Paul the Wednesday morning before. Pres. Roosevelt’s private car happened to be on this train. He was returning to Washington after his trip to Hawaii in the summer of 1944.

As we got into No. Dakota I welcomed the chance to get to bed by about 9:30. Joe Feist, the third cook and I had the kitchen all cleaned up, ready for Monday morning. I slept on a top berth above the second cook. I had no trouble at all sleeping on the train. Monday morning the porter woke me a little before six. I started work at six. The third cook had been working for an hour. He has to build the fires, get all the food ready for preparation, and start making muffins.

When I got to work I washed pots and pans as they were dirtied. Then of course there would be some time yet before the dirty dishes began coming back from the breakfast tables; so they put me to work peeling potatoes for the noon meal.

When breakfast began to be served at seven I got back into the routine washing of dishes as fast as I could. I was very fortunate to be on a diner with an electric dish washer. Only about half of the diners have them. I don’t see how one；could keep up without one, and I wasn’t anxious to find out. I was having a hard enough time with one. But it can be done; my 45

RED brother did it about three weeks later — without an electric washer. Whenever there was a slight let-up in the steady flow of dishes there was always something else to do. One morning I cleaned fourteen chickens.

We were in the eastern part of Montana that morning when I got up. This was a forsaken country which looks even worse in the kind of weather we were having. It was dark and rainy out. The hills and flats were almost completely bare.

Occasionally we saw a shack, and then would travel several miles before seeing another. As we got to the central part of the state about noon the weather began to clear. We could see the Rocky Mountains off in the distance, but it was another hour before we actually got into them. We stopped for a few minutes at the Glacier National Park station. I saw the exclusive hotels maintained there by the Great Northern Rail­ way. It so happened that as we rode through Glacier National Park I was enjoying another two-hour afternoon rest. I kept my eyes open for everything I could see. For the other cooks who had made this trip many times the rest period meant nothing but sleep, but not for me. This was all new to me. I was all eyes. The sights were beautiful. The mountain?, partly covered with trees, some of them with snow, some of them reaching up into the the clouds, were really fascinating.

If you have never seen it before, you can’t imagine what it looks like. We went through several areas which had apparently been burned in forest fires at some time. There were tall, charred, bare trunks sticking high above the small trees which had grown up since.

Between 4:30 and 5:00 we got to Whitefish, Mont. Here we stopped to put ice in the car. We were just beginning to serve dinner now. The main item on the menu that evening was salmon; it was the best you ever saw.

Then we got into the northern, the thinnest part of Idaho.

Here one thing about the mountain streams struck me immedi­ ately; that was their green color. They were very shallow and clear. One could see the beds of the streams, yet there was a very definite green color to them.

That evening at about 9:30 we got to Spokane. I had gone to bed already. As we traveled through the mountains of 46

RED Washington that night we had an electric locomotive on the train. We went through the world’s longest railroad tunnel, the Cascade Tunnel, in Chelan and King Counties, Washington.

It is 7.8 miles long. Tuesday morning as I started work we came to the Puget Sound at Everett, Wash., and traveled south to Seattle.

We got into Seattle at about 8:30 a. m. We had a light meal this morning. We were accustomed to serving two hundred people a meal, but since we were so near to Seattle not many ate on the train. The first thing we did when we got there was to clean up the car and stock it up with food for the return trip. We were through with that at about 10:30 and had the rest of the day off. We were to be back on the train by 9:30 p. m. when the train leaves again for St. Paul.

This day off in Seattle is a big day for the Negro waiters.

They spend the money they make in tips on the way out Some of them get as much as forty dollars in one day in tips. When they come back to the diner in the evening they are really happy — some of them a little too happy. They tell each other of their activities of the day and listen with eager interest to the others. Those we had on our car were a pretty nice bunch of Negroes. When they were on the job they stuck to their business. The head waiter was quite a serious old man and rather hard to become acquainted with. But he knows the German language, and when he found out I know a little of it myself, I was “in” as far as he was concerned.

With only one day off in Seattle and being my first time there it was just my luck to have typical Watertown weather that day—close and misty, on the verge of raining all day. But Joe Feist and I walked around and he showed me a little of downtown Seattle. We went down to the docks and saw a few large cargo vessels. The Bremerton Navy Yard is just across the Sound, and Seattle was just full of navy personnel. I saw every rank of enlisted man and officer from Apprentice Seaman to Rear Admiral. We walked into a restaurant on Second Avenue and whom should we find working as a waitress there but Joe’s twin sister Mary, whom he hadn’t seen in two years.

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RED movies, and then went to Mary’s apartment in the St. Charles Hotel for a little supper. Because it was raining quite hard we couldn’t do much around town so we went back to the diner by 6:30. As soon as the train was made up I found our bunk car and went to bed. I was asleep when we pulled out of Seattle.

When I woke up Wednesday morning the sun was shining brightly and I was off to a good start with my day's work. We were about twenty-five miles from Spokane. About five miles out of Spokane we passed the large Galena Air Depot where a friend of mine was working. During our brief stop in Spokane I was off the train just long enough to put fourteen pies on the train.

We passed through Idaho again, and into Montana. As I was going to bed that evening (Wednesday) we were just leaving the mountains near Shelby, Mont. Here are some large oil fields owned and operated by the Great Northern Railway.

I woke up on Thursday morning at Williston, No. Dakota.

The passengers were just changing their watches ahead from Mountain time to Central time. Here one hundred draftees got on the already crowded train.

About the time we got to Minot, No. Dakota, the kitchen crew was eating. All the dining car employees get free meals except the fourth cook. After each meal I made out a bill for it and gave it to the steward. No matter what I ate, my meals cost me 12c each. I had some meals which cost the patrons $1.50 to $1.75, but for me—12c. Then of course, while I was in the kitchen, I could eat whatever I wanted whenever I had time. I managed to have time for it quite often, too.

That evening about 5:30 we were back in Fargo, No. Da­ kota, again, and at 10:00 we pulled into the G. N. Depot at Minneapolis. We were finished with our work for a couple hours and all ready to hop out when we got to St. Paul. The Pullmann section which runs ahead of the coach section was just ready to leave for St. Paul as we pulled in. We all hopped off our train and onto the other one, getting to St. Paul about 10:25.

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RED was wonderful, mostly because it was almost like a vacation for me, in spite of the fact that I was on duty 15 hours a day.

Dishwashing, however, didn’t especially appeal to me, so the next week I was not back on the diner. I had a chance to get on another section crew, so there I was back on the railroad tamping ties.

SMOKE SIGNAL h\j P. B.

How Cousin Dirty Socks, This Injun Joe talkin. Injun Joe in calaboose.

Got nothin better do next thirty days so write best cousin letter. Mebbyso you wonder how Injun Joe got in calaboose?

Me tell you. Quarter moon ago me meet Suzy. You know Suzy like me know Suzy? Soon Joe feelin pretty good. Take Suzy for ride in Joe’s new car. First Ford off line. Joe get car from way at other end of line. Sidewalk look cleaner than road so Joe ride on sidewalk. How Injun Joe know sidewalk end where lake begin?

P’lice fish Joe out of lake. P’lice sniff Joe’s breath. Take Joe to court. Judge feller him dumb. Him say, “Joe, you have somethin drink?” Joe thirsty, say, “Sure, make mine straight.” Judge feller get sore, say, “Five dollars, contempt court.” Him say, “Joe, you drinkin when you go in lake?”

Joe say, “No, me drivin.” Him got sore again. Say, “Twenty dollars or thirty days. Drivin when inconstipated.” That not so. Heap big lie! Joe only feel good.

Joe in calaboose. Cousin Dirty! You only brave in family holdin job. Mebbyso you sendum Joe twenty-five dollars, so Joe get out of calaboose. Joe gotta get out in plenty big hurry.

Suzy still in lake.

Wish you here, Injun Joe.

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Farewell ye hills and ye beloved pastures, Ye quiet valleys, you I bid farewell.

I’ll walk no more upon your peaceful pathways, So now, a fond farewell to hill and dell.

Ye meadows, made by me more splend’rous, Ye trees which I have planted, wax ye great.

Adieu, fair grottos and cold springs, adieu.

Thou echo of this valley, we must separate.

To all my songs repliedst thou before, But now I leave to come to thee no more.

Ye nooks, the source of many bygone pleasures, I also leave behind forevermore.

Ye flocks henceforth upon the heath may scatter, For now my shepherd days are ever o’er Another task to me has been assigned Upon the field of bloody, cruel war.

The spirit’s call has come; I’ll find No noble praise, but only death and gore.

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

EDITORIAL STAFF Philip Janke____ Frederic Kosanke Robert Schumann

Editor-in-Chief Contributing Editors Department Editors

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Volume L.

Watertown, Wis., April 1946.

Number 2

Entered at the Postoffice at Watertown, Wis., as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879. Published monthly. Subscription, One Dollar.

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■ You may look back in future years on your life at this insti­ tution and receive pleasant memories, but your student days here are over. Graduating as you are at the beginning of that season of the church year which for us believing Christians is the most joyous, the Easter season, you should be filled so much more with an eager desire to continue your studies at the Seminary so that in a few years you may be able to preach the risen Saviour to the many souls still longing to know Him, God’s only Son, whom He sent to die and rise again for the sal­ vation of all who believe. You have chosen a difficult but blessed task, and with the help of earnest prayer and con­ scientious study you cannot fail in your life’s work. The Lord is on your side.

And so we bid you farewell until we renew our association at the Seminary. In the meantime, visit us often, and keep in contact with your alma mater by means of The Black and Red. J.

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'HIS is the first and probably the last time in the history of The Black and Red that we have had to combine the Commencement and Arbor Day issues under the same cover.

The early springtime graduation is what caused it, of course, but it doe3 seem strange nevertheless. Arbor Day will simply have to be left in the background, since we feel that the Senior Class should be in the spotlight on this “last stage” of their stay ot Northwestern. We shall try to give tribute where tribute is due.

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ERE you surprised to receive this Black and Red so soon after the last one? If you were, we can’t blame you; it’s not often that only ten days elapse between issues (fortunately for us). The reason for this short interval of time between the March and April issues can still be traced back to the war.

Because of the war, you know, we were forced to have school during the summer months. Now that we are back on the old, pre-war schedule, some readjustments had to be made. The lower three collegiate classes will graduate no sooner than they would have even without the two summer quarters, but the present senior class will gain a slight benefit from the accel­ erated course. This class is graduating on the twelfth of April instead of in June. And since Commencement Day will also mark the beginning of a lengthy summer vacation for the collegiate classes, we just had to get the B. and R. out before that time.

That is why the April issue is eai，】y.

The tardiness of the March number, in view of the fact that all copy was at the printer by the middle of the month, is also indirectly a result of the war. Because of the labor shortage everyone is literally swamped with work, and our printer is no exception. It was impossible for him to have the last issue ready for mailing any sooner. We know you will un­ derstand.

And we hope you will be patient during the next five months in which no Black and Red will be published. We’ll be with you again early in October. Be seeing you then!

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PROGRAM Clark’s Triumphal March Boyer Pythian Overture............

Eisenberg America First March...... .Losey Intermezzo ............ .........

De Luca Student Spirit March___ .Wendland-Miller Scorpio Overture_______ Eisenberg The Crosley March..........

Fillmore INTERMISSION Boots and Saddles March …Lusk A Hunting Scene______ …Biicalossi Knightsbridge March__ ..-Coater The Student Prince Overture__ Romberg-Bennet Fidelity March................. ......

Losey Triumphal March (from Peter and the Wolf)............ . Prokofieff A. B. A. March____ ______ .Goldman 54

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S IS stated elsewhere in this issue, we did have our annual k Arbor Day as usual. Everything proceeded according to plan with the usual humorous and not-so-humorous sidelights.

The day was rather cloudy, but no one seemed to care about that. This issue, however, is the Senior’s issue, so let this mere mention of Arbor Day suffice for this year. (We still must be careful about the amount of money we spend for every issue, so that’s another reason for being brief.)

Male Chorus to Tour Michigan . . • AFTER]protracted negotiations with numerous bus companies have been made for the Male Chorus final arrangements ii concert tour to Michigan during the Easter recess. Our itinerary is as follows: April 12 Milwaukee, Wis. (Zebaoth) ■ April 13 Coloma..................... .........

• April 14 Benton Harbor_________ .April 14 Owosso...............................

April 15 Saginaw.............................

■April 16 Sebewaing____________ _ .April 17 Flint_________ _____ •April 18 •Detroit_______________ .April 19 Plymouth_______ ______ ■April 19 Wayne................................ .April 20 Monroe_______________ .April 20 Toledo, Ohio......................

• April 21 Saline_______ _____ ___ • April 21 Scio........................ ........... .April 22 * Kenosha, Wis____ ______ —Tuch •Tentative

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川1:[:1麗 FOR AULD LANG SYNE 1906_"Ernst 0. Eckelmann, ’97，who has been teaching ancient languages at Smith College, has resigned his position to continue his studies at Heidelberg University, Germany, pre­ paring for the Ph. D. degree. On his way to his destination, Mr. Eckelmann stopped over at various places of interest, among others Shakespeare’s birthplace — Stratford-on-theAvon.”

1916—“It happened when Friend Eddie Chuck was at home on Feb. 6. With the serious intention of catching some bull­ heads and minnows he had broken a large hole into the ice of the Mississippi River. Hopefully he had taken his seat on the banks of the bonnie creek, after dropping his anchor and bait beneath the frozen surface. Suddenly there came a jerk. A bite! It almost pulled Eddie from his seat! But manfully Eddie drew the line in. Surely he had an overgrown minnow at the other end! Visions of sputtering frying-pans with deli­ cious bullheads browning in the butter presented themselves to his imagination. Just then the hook appeared above the sur­ face and with it there came—a German submarine.”

1926—“Unser Lehrmeister und Paedagog, Alexander Hillmer, ’21，der sehon besser nach seinem Beinamen, Clarissimus, bekannt ist, hat in General von Moltke einen tapferen Gewaehrsmann seines Wahlspruches, "Keep on Plugging,” gefunden. Das kann man verstehen, denn die beiden haben manches gemein:—die unverwuestliche Natur, den prophetischen Scharfblick, u. s. w.”

1936一“A bronze medal was awarded Mr. August Gatz, father of Arnold Gatz, Winona, Minnesota, by the Carnegie Hero Fund commission. Arnold Gatz, *30, gave his life in attempting to save a student from drowning in the Milwaukee River in 1932, when he was a student at the Seminary in Tiiiensville.”

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HED Up to Date News

Allyn Schuppenhauer, ’44, student at Lutheran Theological Seminary, Theinsville, Wisconsin, has assumed the duties of teacher in Bylas, Arizona for the remainder of the school year.

He will continue his studies next fall.

Miss Lorraine Anne Muenkel and Rev. John F. Raabe，’34, were united in marriage on January 25, 1946 at Caledonia, Minn. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Muenkel Jr. of Caledonia, and he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Raabe of New Ulm, Minn. Rev. and Mrs. Raabe have made their home in Milwaukee, Wis., where Rev. Raabe is the executive secret­ ary of the spiritual Welfare Office. His bride was a steno­ grapher at the Spiritual Welfare Office in Milwaukee.

Installations and Ordinations

The Rev. Theodore H. Mahnke，’26，who for the last 11 years has been pastor of East Side Lutheran Church, Madison, Wis” has accepted a call as pastor of St. Paul’s congregation at Bloomer, Wisconsin. He was formally installed on March 31.

Gale A. Maas, ’43，was installed as pastor of St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Bay City, Wisconsin, on Sunday, Febru­ ary 24, 1946. His temporary address: Rev. Gale A. Maas, Tee Pee Tonka Hotel, 325 Plum Street, Red Wing, Minnesota.

The Rev. G. Neuman, ’ll, was installed as pastor of Salem Congregation at Veefkind, Clark County, Wisconsin, on Feb­ ruary 17. 1946. He was formerly at Athens, Wisconsin.

Changes of Address

Rev. C. Bast, P. em.，c-o Walter Petrie, 4561 North 22nd Street, Milwaukee 9, Wisconsin.

Rev. Norbert Reim, Ukpom, Ikot Ekpene P. 0., Calabar Province, Nigeria, West Africa.

Births

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gieschen became the parents of a daughter born on February 27, 1946. Ted, ex. M6, was discharged from the army about four months ago and is planing on attending Springfield Seminary at Springfield, Illinois.

To the Rev. and Mrs. Howard Russow of Faye, South Dakota, a son, born on March 11, 1946, Servicemen and Exservicemen

Vern D. Hinz, ex. ’49, who recently was discharged from the Merchant Marine, enlisted in the army in March of this year. Ho was inducted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He is 57

RED now taking Infantry Basic Training at Comp Robinson, Arkansas. His address: Pvt. Vern D. Hinz, 17186756 Co. D. 125 I. T. B. 80 I. T. R. Camp J. T. Robinson, Arkansas.

Sgt. Joel Nitz, ex. ’46, was discharged from the Army on March 21，1946. An interesting coincidence is that he and Wernor Neitzke, former classmates, were discharged together.

Joel arrived home in Waterloo, Wisconsin, about a week ago and was seen visiting old acquaintances and former classmates here at Northwestern a few days back. He entered service in July, 1943, and for the past five months has seen service in Japan. His tentative plans are to study forestry at the Univer­ sity of Minnesota. Good luck, Joel.

Jack Ott, ex. ’49, was inducted into the Navy in March of this year. He is taking his boot training at San Diego Naval Base. His address: Jack Ott Co. 46-111 U. S. N. T. C. San Diego No. 33, California Recently seen visiting on the campus were Hans Meyer, ex. ’49, of the Army and Phillip Robisch, ex. ’47, of the Navy.

S/Sgt. Wilfred Wietzke, ex. *46, is on his way back to the States. He has been in Italy some fourteen months. He ex­ pects to be discharged upon his arrival. He plans on coming back to Northwestern and resuming his studies which were interrupted by the war. He has been in the Army since October 1943.

Phm 3/c Glenn H. Boyer, ex. ’46, will be discharged from the Navy April 15 at Great Lakes. He is now on the Macon, the most modern recently commissioned destroyer. He has seen much of the Eastern seaboard, also Bermuda, the Canary Islands, and Haiti.

Change of Address

A. Rademan, S 2/c (L) 704-231 U. S. C. G. Fort Macon^Lifeboat Station Beaufort, North Carolina.

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TO DOCTOR JOHN HENRY OTT (June 13, 1935)

Today we honor a great pioneer In his own field. The land’s vernacular, A vulgar tongue to which scarce a scholar Then gave his life, he chose for his career.

The history of that language he made clear, Taught Ne'vton’s Laws, and weights molecular.

The Oxford Word-Book in particular He led his callow fledglings to revere.

But scholarship was not his only care.

A hundred routine tasks fell to his lot: He ordered textbooks, meat, and butterine, Saw that the pump was mended and the stair; Was bursar, registrar, librarian, dean.— A wassail to our dear friend Doctor Ott! —William F. Luebke, ’03.

An interesting description of the dormitory in 1880

by W. F. Weimar:

All rooms were heated with stoves except bedrooms (no heat). The large study rooms accommodated about twelve occupants, boys from the lower classes. A student from a higher class served as monitor for one year. Of course, he had his desk in the room he supervised. Fuel (wood) was furnished by the occupants. They bought cord wood and did their own sawing. In weekly rotation, each occupant had to act as room caretaker; he swept the floor, built and tended to the fire, sawed the wood and kept the bucket filled. The monitor was exempt from this service. Every boy owned his desk and chair, also a tin wash dish. In a corner of the room was an old chair (mostly without back rest). Beside this chair stood a bucket of water with a tin ladle. The chair was used in rotation for washing, the wash dish being placed on the chair when one’s turn 59

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In the other (new) building the conditions were practically the same, only the rooms were much smaller (room for three to four. No monitors were necessary here. All slept in two immense bedrooms located above the old chapel.

The latrines consisted of open pits over which were built wooden sheds, allowing free access to flies and free exit for odors. Occasional application of cloride of lime helped to keep things somewhat under control.

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■IS i CiKii ’Tis Spring, ah Spring; Oh beautiful Spring; Trees are in blossom, Birds on the wing.

For maidens it’s fun一 Wolves on the prowl Follow them nightly With howl ’pon howl.

With eyes warm and balmy And:gals—heaps, you bet!一 Cheer up, you cruds, fhere’s hope for you yet.

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Two weeks ago the newcomers to the B. and R. staff had the privilege of entertaining the old members at an informal (very) party thrown in the staff room on fourth floor. Refresh­ ments, as served by “Tiny” Petermann,—you shoulda seen him weep as he sliced the onions—were delicious, and the other 61

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The day before was warm and sunshiny, and it was decided by the Juniors to have Arbor Day on the following day一so naturally we awoke to a dull, cloudy day. Everything got off to a good start—the air was blue in no time. The Junior class, those despicable tyrants, took charge of their details, and raking proceeded in earnest. The coeds pitched right in and put their male companions to shame, but they seemed to find a lot of time to take pictures. At lunch time the Pep Band enter­ tained, struggling with the annoying breezes and the pangs of hunger at the same time. At twelve we trooped over to the refectory to eat heartily of those things with which you get no bread. There was a touching scene just before the meal, in which many showed their sorrow at the demolishing of Tuch’s last pair of railroad pants. At one o’clock the Juniors planted their class tree, and from then on everyone was on his own.

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Upon digging about for coed gossip, I found only that there have been some bloody battles between the collegiate and the prep coeds. Tsk, tsk. What’s this place coming to? Can’t we rely even upon the fairer sex to maintain law and order?

Come, come, gals, kiss and make up. We can’t have our ad building foundations weakened by your eruptions, you know.

Want to know what rolled ’em in the aisles back in 1916?

Here is a good example: Mug: (on the street car) What end should we get off?

Jug: I don’t care; they both stop.

Another: Smoky: I had an awful experience. I was on the wheel of a windmill, and it revolved about fifty times before I fell off.

Then I went to Washington to get a pension.

Sock: What reason did you have for getting a pension?

Smoky: I was a survivor of the revolution.

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No one can say that the band hasn’t got snap! It used that Sunday night to cover a multitude of sins. One young listener enjoy.ed the “Hunting Scene’’ most, even though during a part of it the front row received a spray from somewhere in the nether regions.

We have a buckling artist in our midst, although it is most regrettable that he uses desk tops for his canvas. Quoted from Prof. Binhammer: “The drawings were pretty big. A boy; and a girl with - - well, he’s getting to that age when • .

I think the culprit will learn to use paper for his drawings; at least, while sweeping and cleaning the classroom from now on till June, he’ll have time to meditate on the monstrosity of his crime.

I was surprised to see how many fellows from Northwestern attended the Lutheran High Concert on March 17. It really is quite surprising that so many young men have taken an interest in music. Quite gratifying, too. The concert was good, but the male chorus says: **Wait till ive sing in Milwau­ kee!’’— —That’s a joke, son; a joke, that is.

If brevity’s the soul of wit, A wit I am; a wit that is.

For have you ever, ever seen A short a C. and C. as this?

But that is by no fault of mine; Of that ygu can be very sure.

It’s just two weeks since last I had To write—You’re right: excuse is poor!

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ATHLETICS The basketball players in the picture are, left to right: BACK ROW: Robert Voss, William Wietzke, Carl Nommenson, Charles Schlei, Ivan Zarling, Arden Wood (mgr.)

FRONT ROW: Werner Wagner, Dan Malchow, Harris Kaesmeyer, Lloycl Huebner, Philip Press.

FOR AULD LANG SYNE 1906: Captain Wend land had not quite decided who his first team would be. Manager Stern was working_ hard on a schedule.

So far he had scheduled the University of Notre Dame and Lawrence University. Rather tough competition, I’d say.

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The baseball team was going through daily, rugged calisthenics in the gym. It consisted of, “winding up the arm, getting the hand in good condition by impeding the whizzing horsehide, stopping rollers, track running, and other athletic features.”

1926: Only thirty-five men turned out for baseball the first day of the season. Coach Eickmann’s plea for players has gone by virtually unheeded. ‘‘ ‘Sparky’ Voecks plays first base like a veteran.”

1936: Regardless of what occurs in football or basketball each year, the baseball team does well.” A schedule of thir­ teen games had been worked out. Seven lettermen are back on the team. After several weeks of spring football practice, Northwestern played the Seminary and defeated them by a score of 7-6. :Due to the lack of su伍cient collegiate athletic activity, the writer has resorted to Auld Lang Syne to fill his column.

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RED TENNIS

A new star has arisen in our niidst. This time it is a star tennis coach. He is none other than Prof. Sievert, head of the Commercial Department. Professor Sievert is a tennis coach by hobby. He prefers to call himself a *'non-playing coach.”

He is rated as the most successful tennis coach in the state of Wisconsin. He started his career in Monroe, Wisconsin as coach of football, basketball and tennis. Then he moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he became head of the Commercial Department at Oshkosh High School. He was the faculty Manager of athletics there, but he didn’t care to do any coach­ ing of any kind. Finally the faculty induced him to coach their tennis team. It was at Oshkosh where coaching tennis became his hobby. It was also at Oshkosh where he gained the distintion of being the most successful tennis coach in Wisconsin.

He came to Northwestern College at the beginning of this term. Very few of us knew anything of his past records. We were all glad to hear that we have a man of his caliber coaching our tennis teams. This year he has begun with the Prep tennis team. By all indications it ought to be a good team.

A delegation from the Prep tennis team requested that tennis be considered a major sport. The Athletic Board by a 100% vote turned down this request on the grounds that it has always been considered a minor sport, even though as many as twelve games have been played per year. If enough enthus­ iasm is displayed this season, the Athletic Board will reconsider the matter and will probably vote it a major sport.

VOLLEYBALL

This season was a very short one for volleyball. The reason for this was that our collapsible stage had to be set up.

Whenever the stage goes up, some sport has to suffer a sudden death. We all hope that our new permanent stage will be erected in the near future.

This short season limited the number of games to only one round. The Frosh (1) team took the championship only after beati ng the Tertia and the Junior teams in some close battles.

The Frosh (1) are composed of Kaiser, Ziesemer, Gieschen, Petennann, Malchow, and Nommensen. As their reward for winning the championship they will go to Milwaukee and play in the Badger State Conference representing N. W. C. there.

Here are the standings: Frosh (1) Juniors Frosh (2) Tertia Sophs (no victories) 66

RED BOWLING

Senior bowling still remains the most popular sport on the campus. Talking with the Juniors and five Seniors, one would think that this was all they did in the line of recreation. May­ be that’s not so wrong, for bowling is certainly most ideal for fans of every type. Here at N. W. C. it is particularly suitable since it is only about 100 steps from the dormitory to the gym and a pin boy can be hired for the nominal fee of $.05 per line.

That means that there is bowling going on practically all of the time.

The Doubles tournament has just been completed. Team No. 10, Dommer and Eggert, won the first prize of $2.00 by hitting 1066 in a three game series. It was an unanticipated victory for them, to say the least. But lest I run them down too much, let me say they did a sweet bit of bowling. Dommer’s average is 130 and Eggert’s is 137. That means they hit way over their averages by hitting a new average of 170 and 160 respectively for three games in a row.

Team No. 6, composed of Albrecht and Stern, took the second prize of $1.50 by hitting a hot 948. By all rights they should have scored higher, for Albrecht averages 153 and Stern averages 130, but sometimes the breaks are a bit slow in coming.

It is of little or no importance when I mention that team.

No. 12, Rische and Demack, hit 932. During this tournament, Tuch Albrecht was in the pit setting pins. His interest in this contest was extraordinary, for his victory was on shaky ground.

He demonstrated his zeal for his own team by frequent and loud comments on various set-ups. Had yours truly picked up one more spare, Albrecht’s victory would have been nil.

The Singles contest is over now too. Stern won the first prize of $1.50 by hitting 584. It was a fine piece of bowling.

In one of his games he hit a hot 247 getting seven strikes in a row. Before he began his games, he was so confident that he would not win that he proposed whoever beat Juroff’s 577 would automatically pay for all four games that were to be bowled.

So he got stung for four games. Juroff took second prize by hitting 577. He got $1 for this. Voss got a third prize of $.50 by hitting 535. Friend Albrecht set an all-time low record by hitting 400 in a three game series. He set an all-time record in the number of splits in this series. He got eleven of them.

Just a note about Homecoming next fall. Plans are being made now to have football Homecoming on Saturday, Novem­ ber 9. Dommer, Kock and Schumann have been elected to the Homecoming committee. It promises to be a gala afair. Con­ cordia River Forest is scheduled for that day.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARY— N. W. C. Male Chorus Tour

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Going Home.

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Perlkoenig

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EDITORIAL— Well, We're Back Full House At Least Try it Once, Please

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COLLEGE NOTES— Entertainment

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Homecoming

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Watertown, Wis., September 1946.

Number 3

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N. W. C. MALE CHORUS TOUR hy LLOYD HUEBNER

After weeks of preparation, the N. W. C. chorus, under the direction of Prof. H. C. Oswald, was ready for a concert tour of Michigan. President “Tuch” Albrecht had trouble in arranging the tour, and it was not until the week before that all difficulties were erased. For the first time in history, the chorus wore black gowns with white rabatos and white stoles with a black embroidered “N” on one end. Pictures taken by Fritz Kosanke and propaganda written by Lau and Demcak were sent ahead to the individual congregations where the chorus was to sing.

On Friday, April 12, at 6:00 P. M., we pulled out of here and were on our way. The first jump was only a short one—to Milwaukee. Upon arriving at Zebaoth Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, everyone hurried out of the bus and into the church to see where our first concert would be sung. The Frosh immediately began the job of setting up the chorus stand, a job which they performed quite often throughout the tour. As it drew near to concert time, we found the boys in the base68

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On the next morning we were to meet at the church again at 10:00 A. M. Soon word was passed around that Fritz Mutterer had the mumps, and he immediately was taken back to Watertown. We drew near Chicago around noon and here stopped and had dinner. After everyone seemed to be satis­ fied, we continued through Chicago. Driving all afternoon in typically beautiful Wisconsin weather without a cloud in the sky, we neared Michigan, the land of eternal sunshine, accord­ ing to the Michigan fellows in the chorus. But as we entered the fair state, it was quite the opposite. The sky became cloudy and rain began to fall.

At 6:00 P. M. we entered Coloma and were greeted by a big chicken dinner in the church basement. Our bus driver also ate with us here and seemed to have quite a capacity.

After the dinner the Octette sang two numbers for the ladies who prepared the meal, and then we went to dress for the concert. This concert was sung without the presence of Phil Press who took sick just before the opening number.

After the concert we met our former dormitory inspector, Rev. Berg, who was present with his wife and family. Here all tHe fellows seem to have gotten wonderful places to stay for the evening. The next morning everyone came back to the bus saying how well they had been treated. It was also found out that Bill Wietzke, who had just gotten up to dress, had to rapidly seek shelter under the covers again as he heard his hostess coining to his room to wake him.

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RED We left Coloma at 8:00 A. M. enroute to Benton Harbor, where we took part in a confirmation service which began at 9:00 A. M. and lasted until 11:20 and which, without the sermon, would have been 55 minutes shorter. For dinner the chorus was invited out to private homes, and it seems that some fellows met some of the Michigan beauties. We left Benton Harbor at 1:30, and on the way some fellows noticed one of the fairer sex walking down the street. At the very next moment everyone was informed of it and all eyes were to the right,— except Norm Barenz who had spotted a beautiful new Chrysler on his left.* We arrived at Owosso at 5:45 P. M. and had sandwiches for lunch. Again the Octette sang as a sort of thank you to the ladies. As we were getting ready for the concert, we found that we had left the stoles in Benton Harbor. Where was Tuch?—It was his job, but I guess he was pre-occupied there.

We immediately telephoned Rev. Haase at Benton Harbor, and arrangements wore made to send them ahead to Saginaw. The concerts seemed to be getting better day by day, except for one number. So the next morning Prof. Oswald called a special rehearsal at 11:00 A. M. and our audience was the chorus from Owosso High School. After a big dinner at the church, we left for Saginaw. Here most of the fellows visited the Semi­ nary, with former Sem students acting as guides. Between sections one and two of the concert, our stoles came and we immediately put them on again. After having dizzy spells during every concert, Bradtke left us here and returned to Wis­ consin by himself, pausing at Watertown for a brief rest (?).

It was later found out that as soon as he got home, he had an operation.

• The next day we continued on to Sebewaing; our concerts were still gradually improving. The “sick bug” was still around; this time Serwe was the victim. After the concert, the young people’s organization treated us with cake and ice cream. The Octette finally sang “Shortnin’ Bread’’ without having trouble, and Moose’s solo in “The Teacher and the TackM drew a laugh from everyone. After the social party broke up, the fellows were taken to the homes for the evening, and many experienced what it was like to be on a farm. It was •He prefers that sort of chasis.

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RED reported that Janke and Fischer travelled by means of radar to their home, because of poor visibility.

After a good rest on Wednesday morning, we left Sebewaing at 2:00 P. M., and Flint was our next stop. We found the church quite small here, so the two front pews had to be re­ moved in order to set up the chorus stand. At this concert we noticed Kaesmeyer in the audience, and for some reason or other he couldn’t look at anyone in the chorus without be­ ginning to laugh. With the tour just about half over, the fellows were beginning to notice the strain of standing, and in order to stop restlessness several fellows began to take different articles (such as, eggs, brushes, door knobs, lemons, and any­ thing they could find) and passed them around during the concert. No ill effects were ever noticed, but it really did seem to do the trick.

Our next concert was at Detroit, Michigan’s largest city.

In the afternoon the fellows found recreation in ping pong.

There were some very interesting games played with some fan­ tastic shots, including several put in by Prof. Oswald himself.

At 7:30 the chorus attended communion service and our concert began at 8:30. The concerts were still improving, and we were just about reaching Our psak. During this concert our friend “Boots” Schumann found it necessary to walk off during the last section. I guess the reason for all the sickness must have been the way the boys were being fed.

Friday afternoon found us at Plymouth, where the chorus sang eight numbers during the Good Friday service. Immedi­ ately after the service we left for Wayne. As the chorus was singing, Tuch Albrecht put on his scaring act. He turned as pale as a ghost and then began walking away, very, very slowly, ready to fall any second. The chorus kept singing, and finally Tuch made it around the corner and staggered down stairs. Everybody was wondering who would be next? After the concert the fellows went to their respective places and found their hosts and hostesses quite entertaining. Some found their beds short-sheeted, others found them loaded with all kinds of junk, and still others found their coffee highly seasoned with pepper.

The following day we traveled to Monroe for an afternoon concert. Part of the day was spent roaming around the city, 71

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Immediately after the concert we left for Toledo, Ohio.

This concert proved to be the best of the tour. We also sang for the Easter service on Sunday morning and ate our dinners at private homes. The chorus was to meet again at the church at 1:00 P. M., and with about one minute left, we saw big Whitey Voss come racing down the street in a ’33 Cheverolet and finding a hard time to bring the car to a stop. We couldn’t leave until 1:30, because six fellows were late. The reason? — Boots Schumann told his host that we always leave about a half hour after scheduled time, so they were in no hurry.

On Sunday afternoon we sang at Saline before an average crowd. Being Easter Sunday, there were quite a few hardboiled eggs being passed around during the concert. Sunday evening found us in Scio, a country congregation, so many of the fellows experienced real farm life for the evening and enjoyed outdoor plumbing facilities.

Early Monday morning, the last day of the tour, we left for dear old Wisconsin again for our final concert in Kenosha.

We experienced no tire trouble all the way until the last stretch, when we had a flat tire near Gary. After our tire was fixed and the fellows bought themselves a lunch, we continued on our journey. About five miles outside of Kenosha we had a blow out which blew the re-cap right off of the tire. With only a short distance to go we entered Kenosha without repairing it.

Here the fellows enjoyed themselves in the bowling alleys at Kenosha’s parochial school. Our final concert was presented quite well, but far from the peak we had reached at Toledo.

Immediately after the concert we left for Watertown, with several fellows getting off at Milwaukee. Everyone was glad to get back, but all certainly enjoyed themselves throughout the whole tour. In addition, our bus driver was a very congenial fellow and could eat about as much as Wietzke and Hollender put together. His art in handling the bus was exceptional, and he said he’d like to go with us again next year if we would go.

At present the fellows are talking about it—and why not? The results of the past tour were very impressive. Everyone 72

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In conclusion we would like to pay tribute to our director, Prof. Hilton C. Oswald. His task was far from simple with approximately forty fellows under his control. He helped us out of several weak spots by forming syllables with his lips, so that the chorus could “lip-read” the words. He kept us on our toes at all times with several “pep” talks, and down to the last concert he treated the chorus wonderfully in every respect. We hope that you, Prof. Oswald, also enjoyed the tour as much as we did.

GOING HOME by

FREDERIC KOSANKE

It had been a wonderful month. For the first time in his life Mark had done exactly what he wanted to do, what he had longed to do thru the fall, winter and spring months of school work and clerking in the A and P. He’d planned on this month for a long time, and it had been even better than he’d dreamed: camping and fishing, boating and—just loafing. His mother had always called Uncle Dan a loafer because he wasn’t in any business and didn’t have a real job, but Mark thought that his uncle was the luckiest man alive, with an island all his own in the heart of the bsst fishing country in Canada.

Wait till his pals at school heard about what he’d done!

Maybe some of them did have more money than he, and didn’t have to work after school, or some had their own jalopies for school and games and dates, but none of them could boast of an uncle who lived in a cabin in Canada and spent all his time hunting and fishing, trapping and being a guide. And none of them had ever had a vacation like he’d had! It had been worth skipping cokes and malteds and saving his money.

Now his last five dollar bill was gone, too: he’d broken it just two minutes before the train left to buy a little carved skunk to take home as a souvenir. At the last minute he’d seen a little French boy sitting in front of the general store in Watersmeet, carving the little animals. Getting the old man in 73

^RED the general store to change his five dollar bill so that he could pay the boy almost made him miss his train, but no one around Watersmeet ever hurried to do anything.

Now he was on the train, going home. The trip took over a day, and there hadn’t been time to buy any magazines — probably there weren’t any good ones in the Watersmeet station, anyhow — so Mark looked at the woods on his side of the track for a while, and then looked over the other passengers and tried to figure out what they did and what they were like.

There were only about a dozen passengers in his car: a shabbily dressed man and woman with three loud kids, who kept bouncing up and down in the seat opposite their parents or else chased each other clown the aisle; a party of four men dressed in dude fishing outfits (evidently they were big town business­ men, for they were smoking cigars and talking money and big deals as though they never had stopped thinking about those things during their two weeks fishing); and the other three were obviously local people; the man, probably a trapper, and his wife going to the next town to buy supplies, and the fellow in the Canadian army uniform returning to his camp after a leave. None of them paid much attention to Mark. The mother and father were trying to get their children settled, the businessmen were smoking and talking, both furiously, the young couple interested in each other, and the soldier looking out of the window and dreaming.

When the porter came thru with his sandwiches and paper cups of coffee (dinner on this train), Mark was glad to see him.

He took two sandwiches and a cup of coffee in one hand, and with the other dug into his pocket for money. Suddenly he jerked upright, nearly spilling his coffee. His hand felt around the pocket again—no bills! His four dollar bills weren’t there and all he had was some change. He looked up at the porter, who surely must have noticed, but found him still waiting patiently, with a bored look on his face. Mark counted the coins in his hand: a quarter, two dimes, a nickel and a penny.

Anyway enough to pay the porter. He blushed as he handed over the right amount, but the porter still looked bored as he moved on to the next occupied seat. Mark tried to convince himself that the money was in another pocket. He went thru all of them twice before he was convinced that it wasn’t there.

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He went thru his pockets again. A comb, two hankerchiefs, his train ticket— at least he had i/iai—and eleven cents!

Eleven cents! Out of that he had to buy magazines, supper, breakfast and dinner, and pay carfare from the depot to his house! He had put the money in his pocket that morning in the cabin, he knew that. His uncle and he had paddled down the river to Watersmeet; he already had his ticket, so he hadn’t spent anything there. Maybe he’d given that storekeeper a one, or maybe he had been accidently short changed! No, he remembered the old man slowly counting the five bills into his hand while he was worrying about getting to the train in time. And he had given only one bill to the little boy, he knew that for sure. He must have lost the other four then.

He felt thru his pockets again—no luck. He felt around on the floor and between the back and cushion of his seat—no luck. Across the car the four dudes were waving their hands and laughing. At the same time Mark felt ashamed, for they must be laughing at him, and he hated them for having money, more money than they needed, while he didn’t have enough to even buy food. Maybe he could borrow from someone. No! He’d never ask those dudes for money and no one else in the car looked like they’d have any money to lend. He’d have to skip the magazines and meals in order to have trolley money.

Or else he could buy one sandwich and walk — but sandwiches were fifteen, and he only had eleven cents. He felt disgusted with himself and ashamed. All afternoon he kept looking straight out of his window, and everytime the four business men started laughing he hated them more and felt worse him­ self. He tried to forget that he was hungry when the porter came thru at supper time. He tried to look as though he wasn’t interested in food. But his mouth watered when down the aisle the mother opened a paper bag and gave each of her offsprings a big green apple.

Paper Bag: He’d taken a bag in the general store to put the skunk in; maybe the money too! He grabbed his bag and fumbled with the zipper before he could get it open. He ripped 75

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He didn’t even bother to close his duffelbag, but ran after the porter and bought enough sandwiches to last him all night. He looked around as he started eating, and the four men became business men telling off-color stories on the way home. They weren’t looking at him at all. And the big green apples looked small and too green to eat as he bit into his sandwich.

Wait till he’d tell the gang about that big muskie he’d caught! It had been a swell vacation!

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Wer trinket so schnell like gone mit dem Wind?

Es ist Herr Schutz mit ein’r Bottle voll Gin. Er hat die Bottle wohl in dem Arm. Zwei Bottle bevor macht ihn plenty warm.

Herr Schatz, sein Freund, sitzt neben ihm ein.

Er denket auch, Gin ist plenty fine.

Er sagt clem Schutz, “Lasset uns beid:—?”

Schutz sagt ihm zuriick, “bleib auf dein own Side!’

“Ach Schutz, komm! Seien wir Bruder!

Auch konnen wir singen sehr schc3ne Lieder.

Unci du weiszt auch 'vie sch6n ich kann singen.

So schon wie die Bells am Sonntag klingen.”

“Herr Schatz, ich habe dich vorher gehort.

Dein singen ist so wie ein Pferd plenty scairt.

Solch Stimme hat niemand vorher gehabt.

Am Sonntag hast du die Bells gestoppt.”

Nun weisz Herr Schatz nicht was er soil tun.

Aber er musz etwas Gin haben und auch plenty soon.

Seine Taschen sind leer, und sein Hals ist ganz dry.

Er denket er gibt es just ein mehr Try. ‘ ‘Herr Schutz, ich glaube du siehst aus sehr pale.

Vielleicht ist dein Gin ein wenig zu shtale.

Komm, gib mir die Bottle: ich helfe dir ein.

Es ware viel besser wenn du trankest Wein. ” “Herr Schatz! Prosit!” Er trinket geschwind.

Er halt in den Armen den glanzenden Gin. Erreicht den Bottom ohn’ Miihe and Not. In seinen Handen die Bottle war tot.

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^irtioruxl Well, We’re Back .., A FTER the longest vacation in history for the collegiate department, the inevitable has finally happened—we’re back. And from all indications everyone is glad of it. Sure, vacations are nice, but Voss was getting tired of hauling ice, and Stern was really sick of canning beets and peas, and selling Minnesota Woolen Co. products was becoming monoto­ nous for Barenz and Fischer, and — well, we’re just glad to be back, all of us.

There were the usual pleasant greetings and renewals of old friendships, and the inevitable, “What did you do all summer?” Then began the series of interesting and informative discussions or “bull sessions”（as the “upper 230” around here like to call them), dealing with amusing and not-soamusing happenings experienced during the course of the summer’s occupation.

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They are still happy, that is all except those “chosen nine,” that illustrious (?) group of lacls who must make a show of putting out a B. and R. in two weeks. Lau says, “Humph, you won’t get a column from me—there is nothing to write about!”

Wietzke and Demmie said ditto. Nothing short of a third degree persuasion could finally m xke them come across. They’re right, though. This is another one of those “squeeze-in” issues.

Full House ...

WESTERN College this year is experiencing the N ORTH same thing that every other school in the country is experiencing. We, like all other students in other schools, are confronted with a serious overcrowded condition. But we are making the best of it.

There are more students than ever before sitting in the classrooms and walking in the corridors; there are more in our study rooms, more in our bed rooms, more walking about on the campus, and more on the athletic field. Also there are more expected to turn out for every one of the musical organ­ izations.

And whence this sudden flood of students? Here and elsewhere the reasons are generally the same. Our country has just finished a big job—fighting a war for nearly four years.

This took many young people out of schools to answer a call of duty—one which wouldn^t wait. Now that task is finished, and they are back to take up where they left off. Also many, who perhaps wouldn’t otherwise be going to school, have real­ ized the importance of a high school or college education and are taking advantage of the opportunities given them by the government under the provisions of the G. I. Bill of Rights.

But there is another reason for this overcrowded condition in our schools and particularly also other schools of our synod 78

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and of sister , synods. Parents are more and more realizing the need of a sound Christian education for their children. They are seeking to find for their children that character building element which is lacking in our public schools; namely, that Christian atmosphere in which the Gospel of Christ is the pre­ vailing influence in both our school and social life. The acute shortage of pastors and teachers in our midst and the plea for help is being met and answered by our own people.

We are living in very turbulent times, times which do not seem to be getting any better. The future is in the hands of those who are going to school now. And the world of the future will be very sorely in need of young men and women with just that kind of education that we have here, equipped to carry on business and government in the next generation. Not only are pastors and teachers needed, but also laymen with sound Chris­ tian principles, laymen who are ‘ ‘not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, . . . the power of God unto Salvation to everyone that believeth, ” laymen who will confess their faith both in word and deed in their daily contacts with those who do not yet know Christ.

These young people, whom the world, so sorely needs, are crowding our schools today. And are we complaining about it?

No, we dare not! True, we are inconvenienced to a certain ex­ tent, but we are making the best of it, and our only regret is that we cannot accommodate more, the many more who would like to have enrolled also, but had to be turned away for lack of facilities to house them and teach them. We all are forced to work under more difficult circumstances this year, but we are thankful that God is sending more laborers for His harvest.

And with His help we shall not suffer from these inconveniences, but benefit from the experiences they give us.

—W. R. Steffenhagen

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HAT, do we hear some collegiates grumbling about the short B. and R. again? 0. K. boys, you asked for it.

Why don’t you write something yourselves once? You heard that before? Then please do something about it, won’t you?

Let’s all help to make every issue better than the one before.

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Entertainment . - • fine program of entertainment has been arranged ANOTHER for the students this year. Everyone who read the program on the bulletin board at once noticed that the Don Cossacks would be hero. “Boy, is that going to be good!” The other features look eciually promising, and we are looking foward to all of them. Here is the program: Oct. 23 Guardsmen Male Quartet..... ............

Bell Palmer, Master Accordionist and .Dec. 5 Radio Artist .............................

•Jan. 31 Don Cossack Choir............................

Feb. 11 Charm Quartet (Girls)..... ................

March 6 Kathryn Oaks, Soprano ________ During the course of the year, five movies will also be shown in the gymnasium.

HOMECOMING N. W. C. VS. CONCORDIA (RIVER FOREST)

There will definitely be a Homecoming game and banquet this year. Plans are being made to arrange the game for Fri­ day, Nov. 8, if satisfactory to the Concordia faculty. If not, the game will be played Saturday, Nov. 9. All Alumni will receive definite information by mail soon. Anyone else inter­ ested in the game and banquet should write Homecoming Chairman, Lloyd Huebner, Northwestern College, Watertown, Wisconsin for full particulars.

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Leonard Bernthal, ’44，a Seminary student, is now serving as tutor at Northwestern Lutheran Academy, Mobridge, South Dakota.

The Rev. Walter Schumann Jr., M4, and Miss Joyce Strobel of Saginaw, Michigan, have announced their engage­ ment. The marriage will take place in Saginaw on October 26.

Pastor Schumann is at present stationed at Medina, North Dakota.

The Rev. Phillip Koehler, ’09, died of a heart attack in the latter part He was pastor of St. Lucas Congrega­ . . of August. _ tion^ Milwaukee, at the time of his death. His son, Herbert, ’30, is now serving as pastor. An assistant pastor is being called.

Professor A. Sauer, ’06, of Michigan Lutheran Seminary, Saginaw, Michigan, died on August 14, 1946. He was Professor of the Sciences and Religion. We wish to express the deepest sympathy to our fellow student, Bertram Sauer, at the loss of his father.

Edgar Greve, M8, is continuing another year of teaching before entering the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Thiensville, Wisconsin. He is stationed at Hales Corner, Wisconsin.

On August 17, 1946, Miss Bernice Kresinsky of Watertown, Wisconsin, and Mr. Luther Kolander,，45, of Marathon, Wiscon­ sin, were united in marriage at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Watertown, Wisconsin. The young couple will make their home in Milwaukee where Mr. Kolander is teaching at Luther­ an High School.

The new tutors at Dr. Martin College, New Ulm, Minnesofor this school year are Howard Birkholz，，43，and John . enecke，’45. The new tutor at Michigan Lutheran Seminary, Saginaw, Michigan, is John Westendorf,，45.

Luther Spaude，’43, has accepted the call as Professor at Michigan Lutheran Seminary. He was called to fill the vacancy created by the death of Professor Sauer.

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赛RED Albert Bussewitz, ’34，formerly a pastor in the Wiscon­ sin Synod, is now an ornithologist in New York City.

On September 10, 1946, the class of 1903 had its first reunion in forty years. They had not met since 1906. The President of the class, Rev. Martin Raasch of Lake Mills, Wis­ consin, called the meeting. Present were: Professor Wm. Luebke, Ph. D., from the University of Denver, Colorado; Rev. Richard Buerger of Milwaukee; Rev. Leonard Kirst of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Three members of the class expressed regret at being unable to attend the class reunion.

The Rev. W. Geiger, ’42, of Milroy, Minnesota, is assuming the duties of vacancy pastor at Marshall, Minnesota, while Rev. Edgar Gamm, ’14，is on a years sick leave in Washington.

The Rev. I. Habeck, ’24, has been elected President of the Northern Wisconsin District. He began his duties in spring of this year.

Births

The Rev. and Mrs. Paul Knickelbein of Mancos, Colorado, are parents of a son born on September 1, 1946. He has been named Timothy Lynn.

To the Rev. and Mrs. Edward Zell of Red ford, Michigan, a child born in the month of August.

To the Rev. and Mrs. A. Walther of Terry, Montana.

The Rev. and Mrs. George Barthels of Burlington, Wiscon­ sin, are the parents of a girl, named Lois, born this month.

To the Rev. and Mrs. Roland Gurgel of La Crosse, Wiscon­ sin, a girl, born in the latter part of August.

The Rev. and Mrs. John F. Brenner of Pewaukee, Wiscon­ sin, are the parents of a girl, named Ann Elizabeth. Pastor Brenner, ’40, was installed as pastor of Christ Church, Pewaukee, Wisconsin, on May 19, 1946. He was formerly minister at Hillrose, Colorado.

The Rev. and Mrs. Elton Huebner of Kenosha, Wisconsin, are the parents of a daughter, Ruth Helen, born on July 8, 1946.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Holtz are parents of a son, Hogey Alan, born on April 11, 1946. Mr. Holtz, ’37, is instructor in English and dramatics at the Milwaukee Lutheran High School.

Installations and Ordinations

The Rev. W. J. Schmidt, ’34，has been installed at St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church, New Ulm, Minnesota, on Septem­ ber 8, 1946. He was formerly located at Danube, Minnesota.

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Leonard J. Koeninger, ’43, was ordained as minister of a mission congregation in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on July 7, 1946.

Also recently he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Berg of Benton Harbor, Michigan.

The Rev. F. P. Zimmerman, ’38, was installed as pastor of Zion Lutheran Congregation, Lansing, Michigan, on June 2, 1946. He was formerly pastor in Toledo, Ohio.

The Rev. Ralph Unke，’39, was recently installed as pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Fort Morgan, Colorado, on May 12, 1946. His previous charge was at Herrick, South Dakota.

The Rev. Reginald Siegler，’34，was installed as pastor of Eastside Lutheran Church, Madison, Wisconsin, on May 5, — 1946. He was formerly located at Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Gordon Fuerstenau, ’43，was ordained as pastor of St. John’s Church, Brewster, Nebraska, on March 3, 1046.

Changes

Professor Oscar Naumann, ’31, of Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota, has accepted the call as pastor to St. John’s Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Minnesota.

The Rev. Gustav Frank，’39, of Surprise, Nebraska, has accepted a call to Hillrose, Colorado.

The Rev. Roland Hoenecke，’28, of Chesanin^, Michigan, has accepted a call to Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota, as Dean of Men. The Rev. A. Nicolaus, ’34, is now serving the congregation in Helena, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Edwin Breiling，’38，of Geneva, Nebraska, has accepted a 'call to Randolph, Wisconsin He will remain in Nebraska until the end of September.

The Rev. H. C. Schnitker, *23, of Summit, South Dakota, has accepted a call to Danube, Minnesota.

The Rev. W. F. Sprengler，’16, of Grover, South Dakota, has accepted a call to Hoskins, Nebraska.

The Rev. 0. Engel, ’31，is now serving a congregation in Detroit, Michigan. He was formerly located in Eau Claire Wisconsin.

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Servicemen and Ex-servicemen

Henry Dietz, ex. ’46, is attending Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota.

Johnny Sauer, ex. ’46，is taking a pre-medical course at Marquette University in Milwaukee.

Rupert Rosin, ex. ’46，was seen on the campus last week.

He plans to attend Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota, and become a teacher.

Ted Behm and Will Wietzke, both ex. ’46, are back attend­ ing Northwestern College. Also George Hackbarth, ex. ’49, has returned.

Paul Werner, ex. ’46, is attending the University of Wis­ consin in Madison.

•Frank StafTeil, ’42, was discharged in April of this year, after spending a year in the Navy. After his discharge he be­ gan working in the Post Office at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.

Next month this column will attempt to print the whereabouts of more servicemen and ex-servicemen and in what occupation they are engaging.

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Wisconsin was fine, but it rained in Mich.

But at any rate we got our wish.

We made our tour, though packed in like fish, And we all flopped in............ on a Midland bus.

So it is rather late to talk about the male chorus tour! We had a good time, and it’s worth writing about. Crowded bus, noisy conversations, loud laughter, super-stuffing meals:s，wonderful.............. Typical conversation on the bus: “Eckert says this is Saginaw.” “Eckert says he doesn’t know where the church is.” “Eckert says there’s a brewery over there.’’

“Shut up, you guys, I didn’t say that.” “Eckert says he didn’t say that.” ‘‘Who cares, in the final analysis, to quote from our emulent contrabator, Mr. Philip R. Janke.” “Janke， throw that mouth organ out the window.” "Hey, Bob, slow down. I see somebody on the other side of the street. ” “Didja see that convertible and what was in it? Owoooooo!’’ etc. etc.

School’s back in session again, after an unbelievably long vacation. It’s funny, though, how a fellow feels just as if he’d just left, isn’t it? ..... . A lot of new faces around -mostly Zexes—and a few familiar ones that we haven’t seen for quite a while. It’s good to have them back again.

There are quite a few pockets jingling this season. It，s quite the vogue. It’s easy to see that this summer was a good time to make money. -Nobody’s broke, the way it appears. I wonder how long it can last. Can anybody lend me a ten spot?

We’ve got a couple of green tutors this year, but lest any­ one is wondering, don’t try to get away with anything with those guys. They’re hard as nails, and I don’t think we*ll have any trouble. Those guys, Dommer and Kaesmeyer, have a tough job on their hands, but ff everyone cooperates, they’ll get along in fine shape.

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RED Just in passing, I’d like to dedicate a few lines to a jerk by the name of Vincent Huth. Maybe most of my readers won’t know what I’m talking about, but I believe this fellow deserves an award for being the biggest tall story teller this side of Burlington. “When I make a promise, I keep it. When I say 8:00 o,’clock, I mean 10:00 o’clock.” I believe that a few fellows around here will have quite a time adding up all the promises and wild stories of immense profits to be made in Oakfield, Wisconsin, that our man Huth told them. ’Nuff said. Satisfied, Vince?

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I hope you haven’t expected any coed news yet, gentlemen.

I haven’t made an extended survey as yet. Next column I’ll try to have some dope for you. All I can say now is that I haven’t heard of any fierce battles going on yet, but I’ll see if I can’t instigate one by next month.

The new collegiate clubroom deserves plenty of recom­ mendation. Prof. Pless did a jimdandy job of getting that fixed up for us. A fellow couldn’t wish for a better place for bull sessions, schafskopf tournaments, and other varieties of indoor spoils. Pressed wood paneling and modern furniture make it all a student with lots of spare time on his hands could ask for. Does anyone know such a fellow?

“Who invented the light bulb?” That’s a question that recently came up in Frosh history class. One fellow had a sure­ fire answer. “James Watt, naturally. He wrote his name right on the bulb!”

The church service schedule posted in the hall appears to have been rather misleading. Last Sunday five ignorant joes— including a Sem student, an ex-editor of the B & R—arrived at St. Luke’s church about three minutes after ten o,clock, the posted time of service. Arriving there just in time to hear the closing stanza of a hymn, they were overwhelmingly em_ barrased to stand up a moment later to hear the benediction.

Now of course there may be some Who say this isn’t enough.

But to those unfeeling jags, I frankly say, “That’s tuft!”

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lATHLETICS FOOTBALL As usual the Sports Editor is looking around for some new angle on how to make his first football column both interesting and informative. As a matter of fact, there is no new angle.

No matter how you look at it, it still adds up to the fact that there are a lot of people crazy about football. That includes players, fans, and coaches. The players are so crazy about foot­ ball that they voluntarily abstain from tobacco and stimulants for the season. They voluntarily endure the rigors and con­ tortions of calisthenics. They do that to get in “good shape” and thus be most beneficial to their team. If they’re lucky and .good, maybe they’ll get to play in the big game for a quarter, a half, or even a whole game. But why do they go through all that work? The answer is simple: they like to feel fit, they like to feel as though they’re doing their job, they like every­ thing about the game.

Then there is the football fan. A fan is a man or woman who sits through long practice periods and watches his favorite team work out and practice. He walks up and down the side lines during a game to be near the scene of action, enduring the hot sun or the chilling rain or the cold snow. He is the one who shouts words of encouragement when the going is the toughest, and he feels the proudest when his team wins. May­ be he likes it so much because he is re-living his football days.

And then there is the coach. He is the team’s most ardent fan and also the brains behind the outfit. He feels all of the emotions of his team. Perhaps he has more worries about certain things, more joys over certain things than the players themselves. The coach also plays every game from the bench and frequently is more exhausted than- most of the players after a hard game. At any rate, win or lose, he is out there to see to it that his boys get the most out of their football season.

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The entire last year’s squad is back. 2. An unusually large squad showed up for practice this season. 3. Coach Umnus has a month to work with his team before the first game (at N. W. C. that’s a long time). Let me briefly analyze what these points mean. Almost the whole team of last year showed up for practice. That means that the coach has some exper­ ienced men to work with. Experienced men catch on to new things quicker and get back into the swing faster than a rookey.

He also has some sort of skeleton around which he can shape his teams. Then he has a rather large squad to pick from (large in N. W. C. standards). There are bound to be some good men in every group and the larger the group, the more good men. There is also the angle of competition. The more men, the more competition. The more competition, the more efficiency. And last of all is the time factor. Coach Umnus has a month to develop his squad. He can do a good job in that time—he has done good jobs in less than half that time.

In past years one of our biggest troubles was that we never had enough time Lo properly prepare for the first game. This year that fault will be eliminated.

Since it is early in the season, there are no definite teams.

Every position is open to the best man. Everybody is working hard for his favorite position. Here is a list of the squad:.

Ends—Gieschen, Grosnick, Jurick and Ziesemer. Tackles— Hollender, Eickmann, Spaude, Strohm and Demcak. Guards— Degner, Nitz, Scharlemann, Creydt, Holt and Perkins. Centers —Voss, Kaiser and Kuske. Backs —Malchow, Wietzke, Hackbarth, Broitsmann, Mattek, Birkholz, Fricke, Pankow, Fitz­ gerald, Uetzmann, Kaufmann and Steiner.

Anybody who watches the practices will notice the brand new practice uniforms. There are new blue jerseys and yellow pants. Anybody who comes to the games will see new game uniforms. They will see new black and red jerserys and new red pants with a black stripe running along the outside of both legs.

So that nobody can say that he wasn’t informed about the games, here is the complete schedule: Oct. 5 Mission House There There (nite) Oct. 12 Beloit There Oct. 19 Aurora Here Oct. 26 Extension Here Nov. 1 Milton Nov. 9* Concordia (River Forest) Here * Homecoming—Let’s have all of the Old Grads here.

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ATTENTION!

This classified list of business men and merchants has been alphabetized for your co nvenience and use. Thone men are our advertisers. Without them tho Block and :d could not exist. They are deserving of your patronasp.

Appliance Stores Firestone Store 307 Main

Hotels Carlton 115 1st Hotel Washington, Inc., 616 Main

Bakeries Koser’8 PageVs

Insurance Aid Association for LutheranB Wm. C. Krueger 308 Mnin Jewelry Salick'8 310 Main W. D. Sp 111 13 Main Wicgcnh orn Jewelry

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Banks Bank of Watertown let and Main Bnrbors Lenze*a 205 3rd Briesemeister 112 N, ?rd Schmutzler N. 4th Seager & Bran d 9 Main Beverages Seven-Up Bottling Co. 410 1st

Lumber & Fuel Wm. Gorder Co. 608 C Main West Side Lumber.Co. 210 Water

Gab Krueger Cab, City Cab

Labricanls Milwaukee Lubricants Co,

Cleauers TieU 112 3rd Vogue 412 Main

Meat Markets Julius Bnycr 202 3rd New York Market 8 Mnin

Co f fro O. R. Pieper Co.

Memorials Watertown Memorial Co. 112 N. 4th

Dairies Better Farms 106 Jefferaon Dairy Distributers 54G Mullens 212 W, Main Drug Stores Bittner & TeUlaff 116 Main Bu880v8 204 Main Doerr Drugs W, Main Wm. Gehrko 315 Mnin

Millineries Molzohn & Hertel Main Milling Globe Millinf； 318 Water

Eye Glasses Dr, H, E. Ma^nan 410 Main

Newspaper Watertown Daily Times 115 W. Main Office Supplies Gruner*8 413 Main

Funeral Ilomes H. Hafemeister G07 Main Nowack 211 6th Schmutzl 721 N. 4th Foruaoes John Kuckkahn 419 N. 8th Pnrnilnre H. Hafemeister 607 Main Schmutzler 401 Main Keck Furniture Co. 110 Main Garages A. Kramp Co. 617 Main

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARYHow to Become a Huckster

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Without Sight

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First Lutheran Missionary

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EDITORIAL— To Be Cherished

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National Holiday

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Number 4

Entered at the Posioflicc at Waienown. Wis.，as second class inattfr nnder Act of March 3, 1870. Published monthly. Subscription, One Dollar.

HOW TO BECOME A HUCKSTER

by LCS MESSERSCHMIDT

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Hucksters aren’t born, they’re made. Having sold popcorn, ice cream, and soft drinks at fairs, picnics, and athletic events for six years, and having spoken with dozens of other vendors, I feel that that statement is no exaggeration.

Vending is an art which must be developed - - sometimes it can be done in a year or two, sometimes it can never be learned.

If you’ve got lots of nerve, aren’t afraid of crowds and people, possess a good pair of lungs and a lot of good common sense, chances are you’ll make a good huckster. Vending can best be compared to a game in which there are only two participants — you and the potential customer,—with money as the stake. The object is to break down the customers’ resistance and get the dime in his pocket in any way possible short of actually diggirg it out yourself. To accomplish this, the huckster has many tricks up his sleeve. Here are some I have learned hawking my wares.

First of all develop a good “line” 一 some catchy phrase or slogan that will appeal to everyone. A weak and timid “Pop80

RED corn will never sell much popcorn. A good line like one of the most popular vendors at Wrigley Field in Chicago uses—^Pop­ corn, buttered all over”一literally has the customers smacking their lips and draws the money out of their pockets just as surely as an electromagnet. Another line with which I had considerable success was the following: “I’m your popcorn man! You’re looking right at your popcorn man, folks! Take a good look!” Sounds rather silly you say. All right, so it’s silly, but it creates just the effect you want. First it usually produces a laugh or two, and above all, it makes people take their mind oH' anything else and makes them notice you. Per­ haps the people won’t buy the first time you move past them, but still you've made them notice you. The next time you come around hawking your wares they’ll be looking for you and ready to buy.

Now a few tips on how to move through a crowd and sell.

Walk slowly, keeping your eyes glued to the people all the time. Take your eyes ofT that blonde you spotted in the sixth row as you come in and concentrate your attention for the time being on the potential customers in the first row. You’ll have time to get to her later. Keep your eyes peeled for the slightest sign—a flip of a cigar, nod of the head, or slight movement toward the pocketbook. At that first sign, hustle right over, look inquiringly at the person and ask politely, “How many, Sir (Madam) Perhaps the particular person didn’t have the slightest intention of buying, but still he lacks the courage to say ‘‘no’’ and sure enough, you’ve made a sale.

And if he says “no”一well, he says “no.”

When making a sale be careful not to obstruct the customer’s view of the game or stage attraction he is watching.

Squat down if necessary. Perhaps the farmer you’re selling to hasn’t seen a hula-hula dancer before and is much more interested in what is happening on stage than trying to look through you. YouVe had a hard enough time selling to him in the first place, so don’t make it any harder by making him angry. Be careful not to step on people’s toes or snag some lady’s new nylons. If you do, be polite, say you’re sorry, and promise not to let it happen again. After all, you’re try­ ing to get the crowd in a good mood to buy, and if you leave a 90 :

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whole row angry by stepping on each person’s pet corn—well, brother, the best advice I can give you is to j?et out of there 一 but quick.

Watch for the “soft touches”一kids with lots of money, drunks who will buy for everyone around them, and especially lovey-dovey couples—they’re the real pushovers. Approach them with a “How about some popcorn for the little lady?” and nine times out of ten you will walk away ten to twenty cents richer. I’ve yet to see a fellow who wanted his girl to think him cheap and too stingy to buy the apple of his eye some pop­ corn or ice cream. It’s so simple, it’s almost laughable—the poor guy just hasn’t a chance. It’s like taking candy away from a baby.

Another trick I have found very effective is tho 'Mast one” ffag. With only one or two cartons of popcorn left, hold them up high so the people can see them and use a lino something like this: “Last ones; who’s p：onna be lucky, who's p：onna p：it ’em?” Such a cry rarely fails to produce a response from some one. There seems to be a certain innate quality in a man which makes him selfish and eajyer to p：et somethinp： away from the next person. Before you know it, those last two cartons are sold. You should actually see the look on the faces the people who buy them — a sort of Pve-p：ot-somethin.c：-nobo(ly-olse-canhave look. Little do they know that in two minutes you’ll be back with more, walk by them with a chuckle and say under your breath, “Hello, sucker.1 * Personal appearance is very important also. Neatness counts. Wear a white apron and cap or some other easily recognizable costume, especially if you are selling： in a large crowd. Have your hair combed and hands and nails clean.

Especially, watch your breath. No person will ever call you back for a repeat sale if you have a bad case of halitosis. Put bills and coins in seperate pockets. If you don’t, you might pull out bills too and run the risk of losing them. Many of these things just mentioned may seem elementary and irrele­ vant, but many a vendor has yet to learn them. Remember what I said in the beginning about common sense? Well, here’s where it fits in.

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Above all, follow Dale Carnegie’s advice and smile. A big friendly smile will help you more than anything else I’ve said so far. Everyone likes a compliment, said Lincoln, and that applies hero tuo, whether it’s a smile at the luscious looking red-head sitting in the top row or the fugitive from a beauty parlor beside her.

You’ix' now ready tu become a huckster. I’ve; taught you all I know. The rest is up to you.

WITHOUT SIGHT How wonderful a heaven-sent gift — The light of vision; all creatures live In light, of light, for light, from light— All vain without the gift of sight.

The plants toward light their faces turn..

Yet blinded must my father yearn To see, and groping in eternal night Must beg a living—without sight.

Tlie warm, green grass may no more fill His eyes: the flowers, blooming still, No matter how many he may find, Are gone for him, for he is blind.

To die is naught, but without eyes To live is sad—man e’en then dies.

Why stare you, sorrowing, at me so?

I have my eyes and see, but, no, I cannot help my father see; He blind until his death must be.

A free translation of Melchtal’s eulogy on sight, from Schiller’s Wilhelm Tell.

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Between the Reformation of Martin Luther (1517) and the time the first Lutheran missionary was sent to a foreign country (1706) there was a gap of nearly two centuries. Why this gap? One reason is that Luther and his co-workers were too busy at first feeding Gospel-starved Europe with Food for Life Eternal, just as in our own country a century ago the preachers were concerned with getting the church on solid ground at home before they made any attempts at foreign missions. We see another reason for this gap when we look at the political situation of the post-Reformation period in Europe.

We find that Catholicism dominated most of Europe through Spain and Portugal. Lutheran missionary enterprises there at the time were out of the question. *

One morning in March, 1705, Frederick IV, by the Grace of God king of Denmark, sat looking at his privuto mail rather hurriedly after a meeting with his ministers of state. Hut as he looked through them, one particular letter caught his eye. It was from the wife of a man in the Danish garrison in Tranquebar, India, reading in part; . both were murdered by the heathen, my husband and my son. They faithfully served your majesty in the garrison of Tranquebar. I uni now a widow, and my fatherless children are crying for bread ''Murdered by the heathen . . . .M' This phrase worked on Frederick until he decided to do something about it. As hu had already erected beacon lights along the coast near Tranquebar to guide his ships, he would now erect Gospel beacon lights to guide heathen souls to heaven. His court preacher Luctkens appealed in vain through Denmark for volunteer missionaries, but finally he found two willing men in Germany whose names were Ziegenbalg and Pleutschau.

On July 9, 1706, Ziegenbalg and Pleutschau arrived at Tranquebar on the Danish sloop Sophia Hedwig. They were to be taken ashore through the two-mile surf, a few passengers at a time. But when everyone else was ashore, the prejudiced *Tbe first in a series of articles on the history of Lutheran foreign missions.

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RED captain of the boat, knowing the two men were missionaries, failed to return, leaving them aboard. The captain of another ship seeing them slill on board took them ashore. The captain of the Sophia Hedwig ordered them returned to the ship, but when the other captain threatened to report him to the king and have him handed, he stalked away uttering fierce curses.

When ZicKcnbalg and Pleulschau approached the city, they had to wait at the gates most of the day for lha governor.

Even after he had seen their credentials from the king, he re­ fused to lot them enter the city. They were left in the tropical sun of India with no food or water. As ni^ht came on they were appruachod by a German speaking European who had heard of their plight. He, together with his father-in-law, had decided to help them. They j?ave the missionaries refresh­ ments, and the next day found them a house in which to live.

These men luid been assigned to curry on their work in India for a ])criod of five years. At the end of this time they could return to Denmark if they wished. But one factor made it imptralivo at (he very beginning that one of them would have to make it n lifetime job. This was the language problem.

There wore two lanKua^es used in Trantiuebar: the one Portu­ guese, the other TumiI. Portuguese was relatively simple; Tamil, on the other hand, was a difficult language. Ziegenbalg and Pleutscliau decided to draw lots to determine who should work with Tamil, remaining in Tranquebar all his life; and who should work with Portuguese, to go home whenever he wished after his five years were up. Ziegenbalg drew the piece of paper marked Portuguese, and Pleulschau the one marked Tamil. Ziegenbalg picked up Portuguese very rapidly, but Pleulschau had a great deal of difficulty with Tamil. A stomach ailment came upon Ziegenbalg and he was very near death.

Lying on his couch he decided that it must have been he whom God wanted to work with Tamil. He experienced a miraculous recovery after the two men changed places.

His efforts to find a teacher were vain. Finally he induced a seventy-year old native to help him. After he had learned the fundamentals of the language, he was able to hire an experienced teacher. In eight months he was able to converse freely with the natives in the Tamil language. He seemed to 04

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By the end of the first year Ziegenbalg found it necessary to build a church. He had 42 converts: five Portuguese slaves and the rest Hindus. However, the governor was determined not to grant him a building permit. Ziegenbalg, ordimu’ily a mild man, resorted to writing letters of complaint against the governor to the king and queen back in Denmark. Since the mail was posted with the governor until the arrival of a ship to deliver them, the governor sensed what was in these letters, and with a sudden change of heart (to save his own skin) he granted a building permit.

Ziegenbalg lost no time in building his church for fear the governor would change his mind. Thirty natives helped build the church, which was paid for by the missionaries themselves.

He named it “Jerusalem Church.” His missionary policies showed considerable foresight. He built churches, schools, and seminaries; he furnished the natives with a Bible translation and a translation of the Catechism. He realized that if Christ­ ianity was to conquer India, it must be clone through native pastors and teachers.

Two years passed by without any word or funds from Denmark. Money was desperately needed. Finally Ziogenbalg received a letter containing an order for $2000 against the ship. But it seems that certain men who were in charge of the money knew for what purpose it was intended, ancl the money was “lost at sea.” The governor had had his hand in this also.

One day Ziegenbalg was pleading before tho governor the cause of a Tamil woman who had been defrauded by an officer of the East India Company. The governor said nothing, but when Ziegenbalg got home there was a squad of soldiers waiting for him, who arrested him and imprisoned him. He practically rotted away in the foul-smelling, hot dungeon, being fed only by what little bit of food his friends were able to smuggle in to him.

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Soon after this a ship put in at Tranquebar with thousands of dollars of funds and three new missionaries. The missionaries decided that the 抑00 debt of the mission should be wiped out at once. They also decided to build a new mission house, which could be done for $1000.

One of the last three missionaries to come, named Boevingh, did not seem to be cut out for missionary work, so he returned to Germany. The work also came to be too much for Pleutschau, and he also returned.

When the governor resumed his persecution of Ziegenbalg upon pressmv of the East India Company, Ziegenbalg returned to Europe to fight it out and put an end to this persecution by the East India Company. He arrived in Europe under more or less of a cloud. Many people were criticizing him for his constant calls for money. He visited the king at the front and was promised all the aid he wanted, after the king had his war off his hands. In Copenhagen the queen received him very graciously also. He learned from her how the war had affected his missionary work. Plenty of funds had been raised for him but were always diverted for war purposes. When Zie­ genbalg took up his fight with the East India Company the whole city took sides with him against the Company, however, and the Company was being denounced in the pulpits, on the streets, and everywhere. Only after Ziegenbalg threatened to reveal all their maltreatment to the kiiip： did the hard-boiled Company promise to leave their hands off the mission.

After his return to Tranquebar Ziegenbalg1 replaced the old Jerusalem Church which was now much too small, with a new and larger Jerusalem Church. The new building was an impress­ ive one, made of stones from Madras and timber from Ceylon. It was built in the form of a Greek cross, one section serving as the chancel, and the other three occupied by the various castes. The church stands today as a monument to Ziegenbalg，s missionary activity.

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Ziegenbalg’s work prospered until a member of the mission­ ary board, named Mr. Wendt, began to criticize him severely.

He felt they could not furnish him with money for churches, salaries, food, and drink. He also criticized him for his marriage, which had taken place the last time he was home.

He objected to the building of churches. He denounced him for tinkering around with a printing press. But had he not done this, how else could he have given all the natives access to the Word of God? Certainly God gave him the use of the printing press to help .him translate the Bible into the Tamil language. Mr. Wendt reproved him also for building schools.

He said, ‘‘Let the converted parents teach their children in the homes.” But we know that Ziegenbalg was right in building schools, for experience has taught us that a mission cannot operate without a school.

Once again Ziegenbalg’s stomach ailment was revived by worry. His physician prescribed the “steel cure’’，eating steel filings for thirty days. He withstood this treatment for ten days, but then his strength failed him. He called his con­ verts to him, and while they sang “Jesus Christ, My Sure De­ fense/* he died, at the age of 35.

This man was the great pioneer missionary of tho church which had been released from the bondage of Catholicism, a man devoted to the service of his Lord with impregnable faith, who gave his life in paving the way for missions among the heathen. The cause of Christ today calls for such courageous men as Ziegenbalg. By the Grace of God we shall continue to send out such men.

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again celebrate the great Over four hundred years ago, Martin Luther, chosen and specially trained by God, began his work so important and essential for us Christians. The Church had gradually become tainted with false teachings and misinterpretations until finally the popes attained the position of supremacy and dictated to the people what they wished in the line of religion.The Word, as originally and purely given to man, was entirely corrupt. The time had surely come that God must reform the Church und restore His teachings to all their truth and purity.

For this important work God chose Martin Luther. This was by no means to be a small task. It was for anyone who would undertake it a lifework. God prepared Luther from his 98 we

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When Luther was sent to Rome in 1510 he was greatly shocked, for here was the seat of all ungodliness and corrup­ tion. However, Luther yet remained loyal to the Pope. Upon receiving the title of Doctor of Divinity, he had to take an oath to devote himself to the study of the Bible and to the faithful preaching and teaching of its doctrines. Luther did study the Bible and was convinced that the teachings prevalent in the Church were terribly corrupt. It became clear to him that not through good works but alone through faith in Jesus coulcl for­ giveness be obtained.

God had now brought Luther to the Lip：ht of the Gospel.

There yet remained the task of proclaiming these unadulterated Truths to the world. The sale of indulgences gave Luther an occasion for openly taking a stand against the Pope. On Octo­ ber 31, 1517, Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses and thus, in actuality, the Reformation was be汉uru Luther did not at first intend to break away from the Ghurch, but as time went on he was forced to leave the Pope. The Reformation was a battle between Luther and the Pope, between Truth and corrupt­ ness, between God and Satan. It took courage to oppose an in­ stitution as strong as Papacy was at the time, but Luther had thoroughly studied the Bible and was convinced that he was right and had the Lord on his side.

The Reformation was and is therefore a blessing to all Christians of today. As a result we preach and hear the Christian doctrines as they were given to mankind. During the Reformation Luther translated the Bible and j?ave us many hymns in which we have a beautiful expression of our faith and trust in the one triune God. Luther now urged the erection of Christian schools, so that ，children could be brought up in this knowledge of their God and 99

RED Savior from the very beginning. Only in this way could the blessings of the Reformation be kept. Any laxity in adhering to the true Word, Luther warned, may lead to the loss of that Treasure, and eventually to destruction.

We may be proud of the fact that we are called Lutherans —those who believe and accept the doctrines which God re­ stored through Martin Luther. We are the recipients of this great gift of God. The least we can do in return is to praise and thank God, but we can do still more. In these perilous times wo should particularly guard this great heritage against all errors and fallacies, against liberalism and unionism. We can moreover spread the true Gospel as much as it is in our power to do so. No matter what opposition we may encounter, we must remain steadfast in His Word. We must say with Luther, “Ik.re I stand: I cannot do otherwise. God help me!

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Columbus Day, or Discovery Day as it was officially named, was declared a mitional holiday by President Benjamin Harri­ son in 181)2.

America^ lirst discoverer is alleged to have been a Buddist monk, Hoei-Shin, who landed in Mexico. In 860 Norsemen acci­ dentally were driven ashore on the coasts of Iceland and Green­ land, whence they sailed to Nova Scotia, and even as far as the Charles River. Some historians assert that Welshmen jour­ neyed to the new world in 1170. As is usual throughout all the world’s history, however, none of these men were credited with the discovery, for they left no positive records of their works.

The famous voyage of J92 was the first of Columbus’ four voyages, two of which were attempted colonizations. He was given permission by King Ferdinand of Spain to retain and rule all his new possessions for himself with the titles of admiral, viceroy, and governor. When he died he was but little better 100

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In President Harrison’s proclamation he said, in part, Columbus stood in his age as the pioneer of progress and achievement.... and it is peculiarly appropriate that the schools be made by the people the center of the day’s demonstration.” Now it is seldom mentioned in the schools, and during the past few decades its observance has fallen to an ever lower ebb, probably as a result of the teachings of these same schools, for Columbus is no longer known as the discoverer, but as a discoverer of America.

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HIS is .vuur day, Kracis! Only one day a year do you have a chanoo to come back lu N. W. C. and meet your friends and furmcM* dassnuUcs. For the past several years we have had no homocoming' because of the war; but now we are again ready to (( nlinuc* onr celebrations of an annual homecoming game and bamiuct. We realize too that food is hard to get, and prices are hij^h very high! But we are fortunate enough to be able to havo a banquet at ii price no one should consider too unreasonahlc*, bociuiso of present food shortages.* The game and banquet is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 9, the game beginning at 1:30. We did try to have it arranged for Friday for your convenience. But the faculty of Concordia River Forest would not permit it, so consequently the game will be played on Saturday.

The game should prove to be a good one. Concordia has a great team with experienced players and plenty of spirit and drive. But, on the other hand, wo think that we have a team with more spirit ami drive, a team which will come out on top.

Northwestern has had good teams in past years, but we con­ sider our team as lops. I know that many of you will say that your team about 15 or 20 some years ago was better, but we have a chance to prove our team to you. Come and see them and further words of description will be unnecessary, because then you may be your own judge. The roster of each team may be found in the Athletic Column of this copy of the Black and Red. ^Because too few alumni sent in reservations for the banquet, this purl of the Homecoming celebration has been cancelled. Plans for the bonfire on November 8 ond the game itself remai n the »ame«

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On September 14, 1946, the Rev. Juul Madson, M2, and Miss Clarice Husso of Northwood, Iowa, were married in Northwood. Pastor Madson, who recesntly graduated from the Lutheran Seminary at Thiensville2, Wisconsin, is serving in Northwood.

The Rev. Markus Koepsell, M2, and Miss Ardis Meier of Spirit, Wisconsin, were united in marriage on September 29, 1946, at Zion Lutheran Church in Spirit. The Rev. Koepsell also serves a charge at Prentice, Wisconsin, besides the U1U3 m Spirit.

Professor E. E. Kowalke，’08, and Inspector W. Pless, '30, both of Northwestern College recently underwent major opera­ tions. They are both well on the road to recovery and have again assumed their duties here at college.

We wish to express the deepest sympathy to uur fellow student, Charles Schlei, at the loss of his mother on October 5, 1946.

Robert Johnston, ex. M8, has transferred from N. W. C. _ and is continuing his studies for the ministry at Concordia Seminary in Springfield, Illinois. He had completed his Sopho­ more year here.

CALLS The Rev. Paul Knickelbein, M2, of Mancos, Colorado, has accepted a call as Professor of Religion at Lutheran High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Walter Schumann Jr., Ml, of Medina, North Dakota, has accepted a call to Lemmon, South Dakota.

The Rev. I. Habeck, ’24, received but declined the call to St. Lucas’ congregation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Ferdinand Weyland，’34, of Montrose, Minnesota, has accepted a call to Thornton, Iowa.

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On August 15, 1946, the Rev. Delton Tills, ’40, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was installed as pastor of Peace Evangelical Luther­ an Church at Carlock, South Dakota. His address is Burke, South Dakota.

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Pfc. Harvey Otto, ’ex. 48，of the Army Air Corps is stationed in New Jersy awaiting orders to p：o overseas.

Marlin Nommensen, ex. ’45’ is now attending the University of Wisconsin.

Pvt. Howard Zessin, ex. ’48, who took his basic training at Fort. Kik»x, Kentucky, is now stationed at Fort Lawton, Wash­ ington. llis address is: Pvt. Howard Zessin 46068228 Co. B, 1st. Bn. 2nd Section 0. R. D. Ft. Lawton, Washington

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But still I ask What foi*’s the task Of takin* the position That poems come first In this column accurst?— I druther p：o a,fishin,.

Even the meat shortage can’t stop our class wiener roasts around here. Each class located its own meat — some by committees and some on their own—and the parties wont on as scheduled. Two out of three seemed to be very successful, which isn’t a bad average.__ One has to admire the class spirit of some of the Frosh in going staj? while others of their class went drag.__ B. D” Schumann, and Degnor made a whole night of their party, inadvertently, of courso. Wasn’t their fault that they ran out of p：as, was it?

Mission House saw a remarkable number of Northwestern rooters when we went up to Plymouth to play our first football game of the season there. — We won the game too, to the de­ light of Prof. Blume, who said, “It always gladdens my heart to see another victory of Luther over Calvin.” Too bad we can’t settle our differences with football jyames!

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This can hardly be news to anyone in the dormitory, since the conversation became loud enough to be heard, say, at Sharp Corners, but the argument between Jordahl and Press—De­ mocracy versus Fascism, as nearly as I could make out— turned out to be very interesting and informative. Such careful language and clear, precise reasoning- mark my words: those fellows should both go far in politics.

Heckling of follows because of their home state football teams reached its peak the other night when Mr. Janke announced at the supper table, * 'Texas-76; Colorado-nothing.f' Pork Hollender quickly followed up the announcement with: * ^Minnesota-nothinff; Vassar-80.M___The Wietzke brothers shamefacedly retired moaning, 4'Janke, you’re cruel.”

Dink Spaude, however, a Minnesota boy, scornfully stated his opinion of the announcement: ‘‘I just consider the source and let it go.”

Dispatch from Prof. Blume’s Sophomore Greek class: Prof. Blume: Are you a little “rusty” in Greek?

Witte: No, I had Prof. Franzmann!

Presenting, under the auspices of the Sophomore Class, Elmer (Drowned rat) Prenzlow, Performer Extraordinaire in the Under-water Ballet and “Rosie” Aufderheide, Popular singer of German Folk tunes During the first week of Frosh Buttoning, 1946 Season.

These artists, brought to you through the diligent efforts of the Sophomore class, are performing for the first time at Northwestern College.— Come one—Come all (Frosh admitted free.)

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Coed initia­ tion has begun too. Just who is responsible for dreaming up that horrible get-up? Plaid shirts, yards and yards of green ribbon,, be-mittoned left hands and, horror of horrors, no make-up. Just goes to show ja---Whafs this we hear from theSem? A secession from the ranks of all established student bodies? A new, revised student body? If such goings-on happen at the Sem, whafll happen to us?

The Beloit game___Lots of rooters, lots of school spirit. ___Tuch getting chased from the dining hall and bawled out for stealing from those poor, undernourished football players __ Crowded rooters’ bus ….Margo and the Boer War and a five foot, six, two hundred pounder with eyes of blue---Sweet pickles and cheese sandwiches__ Heckling at first— Beloiters (henceforth Blow-it-outers) __ Hungry Wietzke trying tx> bite a chunk out of Pork Hollender's foi-olioad---Wilde in DeRose’s trunk__ Fun, wasn’t it?

From the li(s)ps of “Toothless” Wietzko: “I regret that I have but four teeth to jrive for my college!”

Beulah’s all right — When left alone — But when released.

Ugh, what a groan!

Especially in afternoons — Siesta time, 、 To let her go then — That’s a crime.

The apprehension of the perpetrator whereof would fill the indignant sufferers with glee!.

According to Fire Chief Voss, our fire drill was a complete failure. “We’ve got to have cooperation from the collegiate body,” he stated, “in order to have a successful fire drill.’’ I must confess, though, that I didn，t even hear Beulah bray.

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Alas and Alack, K. E. K. is lmck; Hohrew a.c：ain reigns supreme.

—NufT Said.

We can't seem to p：et away from having the campus dis­ graced by some outlandishly painted vehicle parked behind the old dorm. Last year it was Tuch’s “Blue Streak.” This year we have Joel Sauer's tomato red reconverted convertible.___ Say, wasn't that Sauer we saw climbing onto the Beloit bus carrying his “head” under his arm?

The Juniors are now deep in the discipline of logic. Moaned one, staggerin,t? out of the classroom as if the weight of the world were on his shoulders: * * Today I learned that it’s nice that trees are called trees, ’cuz if they、weren’t, what would you call ’em?”

•‘Parting is such sweet sorrow,” But it’s only till tomorrow — It’s always such a bother.

For when one deadline’s met.

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Mission House kicked off to us. Then followed an ox change of punts and the usual feeling out plays. Finally N. W. C. began their down-field drive from the Muskies, 45 to their 10.

Then Mission intercepted a pass and ended that scoring threat.

The Muskies were in dangerous territory, so they kicked. Once "again the Gosling machine moved down the field. They made three first downs in succession. That put them on the Muskies’ 5 yard line. Quarterback Malchow called Fricke on anofV-tackle play and Fricke crossed the goal line standing. “Doc” Degner, a sturdy guard, dropped back and kicked the extra point. That made the score 7 to 0. The Muskies received the kick and be­ gan driving down field, but the Goslings intercepted and started another march. With but three minutes left in the half, the Muskies intercepted a pass and by a series of ground and pass plays they drove into the Gosling territory as the time ran out for that half.

Throughout the game there was a lot of substituting by both teams, but it seems as though Mission House led in that respect, for so many of their men were getting sick because of the heat or our tackling or both. Somehow one always expected to see the heavier Muskies awaken out of their lethargy, but that never happened. The third quarter was played with neither 109

RED team threatening very much. In the fourth quarter the Goslings took to the air. It seemed as though the Musky line was giving its all to try to block those passes. At one time it looked as though they would almost block those passes. On the very next play every Musky came bursting through the apparently weak­ ened Gosling line, but just as they were about to block the Gosling punt, Malchow lobbed a little screen pass to Wietzke and Wietzke with the adequate protection of the line, ran 66 yards for a touchdown. Degner missed the try for the extra point.

The Goslings kicked and Mission returned it to their 42.

On the next play Degner recovered a fumble and the Goslings tried to pass, but that was intercepted. The prame ended with Mission in possession of the ball. The final score: N. W. C. 13, Mission House 0. Thus ended the Goslings* first game of the season. rI'hey were a tired and raw team. I mean raw phys­ ically, for everytime a man fell on that baked-clay field, he scraped oil a little hit of skin. There was one injury. “Pelor” Nitz, a speedy, roujrh and tumble guard, sustained a gash above his left eye. Fortunately, it healed fast and “Pelor saw action in tiio next ^ame. On their way back to Watertown, the team wore quests of Rev. Wiechrrmnn’s congregation in North Fond du Lac for a big chicken dinner. Each man did his duty.

I.INEUPS N. W. CGieschen Hollender Nitz Voss (Cap. Degner Demcak Ziesemer Malchow Fricke Hackbarth Wietzke

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Mission House Gerrits Krause Poetsch Reiners Nameth (Cap.) Wieting Nanassy Nabor Neuwirth Lemke Schoonover

Substitutions: (N. W. C.) Ends, Grosnick and Jurick; tackles, Strohm and Eickmann. guards, Holt, Spaude, Creydt; centers, Kuske and Kaiser; backs, Steiner, Mattek, Uetzmann, Broitsmann, Kaufmann, Pankow, Substitutions: (M. H. C.) Ends, Andrews, Grosshuesch, Ziehn; tackle, Weissgerber; guards, Toll, Meier; center, Graves;backs, Zuntefi, Schuknow, Jaberg, TerMaat, Leach.

Scoring: Touchdowns, Fricke and Wietzke, N. W. C.; Point after touchdown, Degner (placement), N. W. C.

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Right before the game he gave his team the following- pep talk, “Fellows, I don’t care which way the p：ame goes so lonjr as you play a good game. But work in there! This kind of team is next to a University team. They’ll play clean and hard. Now get out there and really play a good game.’’ Those words stuck with the team through the same. That is why the team tried their hardest to win.

Beloit started their second string thinking that we would be a pushover, but it wasn’t quite that. Beloit received and though they tried hard they couldn’t crack the Goslings’ de­ fence. Then followed an exchange of punts and intercepting of passes. Finally the Gosling offence began to jell. They drove down to Beloit’s 22 yard line on a pass from Wietzke to Fricke. That broke down the Beloit myth that their reserves, piled three deep, were something1 out of this world. Beloit’s coach seemed to think that this had gone far enough. After all, the fans didn’t come to see Beloit being pushed around by a little ball club like N. W. C. So he sent in his first string.

Well, that did change the picture somewhat. Tin* Goslings drove to Beloit’s 15 and were stopped there. Now Roloit be­ gan a steady drive on the Gosling's goal in a series of cleart line plays. Then on an interference ruling against the Goslings, the Beloit team got the ball on the Gosling’s 1-yard line, hut on the very next play Beloit was penalized 15 yards and the hall was moved out of this dangerous territory to the 1 (J-yard line.

Beloit was intent on scoring now, but Malchow intercepted their pass and ran the ball out to the 10. That was our only break in the game, but that was clearly paid for by the loss of Bill Wietzke, the Gosling’s triple-threat fullback. He and “Heavy. Happy” Hollender collided when tackling the same man and in this freak accident. Bill lost a couple of teeth. This put Bill out of the game for good, flight about then things started to happen fast and thick, for Pecarelli snatched a pass that bounced out of Ziesemer’s hands and when tackled he threw a long lateral to Halberstadt who crossed the Gosling’s goal line. Ziesemer blocked the intended placement. Beloit made that touchdown in the last two minutes of the first half.

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RED territory. At the end of the quarter the Goslings were on Beloit’s 13-yard line with a, first down. In four plays we drove it only three yards. Then Jieloit took over and punted to midfield. Again the Goslings drove to Beloifs 10-yard line in a series of plays featuring Archie Broitsrrmnn cracking through the line, but we were stopped. Beloit now drove the ball deep into Guslinj? territory l)y some good running of Halberstadt. With only 30 seconds left in the game Pecarelli threw a long pass to Hoehn deep in the end zone. It was declared a touchdown, but N. W. C. protested that the receiver had caught it out of bounds. Unfortunately, no official saw this.

Beloit tried an end run for the extra point, but the ball carrier was stopped on the two-yard line. So the time ran out with the score Boloit 12, N. W. C. 0. Well, Arch Ward, Sports Editor of the Chicago Tribune, was wrong. He had predicted a score of Beloit 20, N. W. C. 0.

Even thou^li the Goslings lost, they had a fine time. Each player enjoy('d playing this game，for Beloit was clean and played like* sports. The coaches of both teams were satis­ fied. Beloit expressed a desire to play us again next year and I don’t see why they won’t. But to top off the day Coach Umnus troatctl his players to a swell turkey dinner at the Hotel Hilton. The 丨、layers were satisfied that they had spent u good day.

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Substitutions: Beloit, Hannifan, Thomas, Orr, Jannsen, Connolly， Duggan, Warren, Strawbridge, Hoehn, Pecarelli, Allen, Halberstadt, Weyrauch, Miles, Richards.'

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The round is not completed, but as far as it has gone here is * the standing: Senior 2 U 2 Soph 0 2 Frosh I 1 Frosh II 0 1 Junior 0 2 The Senior class team is piloted by Rupe Eggert. “The backbone of our team is a strong line and our power lies in our versatility，’’ says Rupe. Charlie Nommensen is the captain of the Soph team. Charlie says that his strategy lies in long passes for sure touclidowns. The Frosh I team has a 44huge dearth of reserves” according lo Captain Sellnow. Sellnow says that his team doesn't luivo the necessary collegiate experience to really compete for the championship so he hopes for another round.

The Frosh II team is faced with a shortage of reserves, and as a result Captain Jerome Spaude and his men play 60 minutes.

Perhaps the saddest thing in the league is the Junior team piloted by Will Wietzke. The Juniors contributed six men for Varsity football and depleted their own ranks thereby. “We don’t expect to win the championship, but we have a lot of fun playing，’’ says Big Will.

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Day and Night____

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume L.

Watertown, Wis., November 1946.

Number 5

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AT SEA We set sail late one night for an indisclosed destination. I, Ebenezer Hawser, was first mate. The master of the ship, Captain “Dirty” Bilgewater, and I, were very good friends; that’s why I am the only one here who can give you all the facts of this story. As you read on, you will see why that statement is not as odd as it seems.

I shall never forget the awe-inspiring sight that met my eyes as we sailed down the English Channel. Our four-masted schooner was moving along at a furious rate over a very calm sea. The moon was shining brightly on ships of all sorts passing by on both sides of our sturdy craft. Aircraft carriers, junks, motor launches, all sailing side by side in a very dense fog,—only those who have seen this wonderful sight can appreciate how I felt as I stood at the rail and marvelled.

Several weeks later we found ourselves becalmed on the Indian Ocean. Waves ten feet high were battering the ship with tremendous force. Captain Bilgewater bellowed at the crew in a gentle voice: “Careful there, boys, don’t over-exert 115

茨RED yourselves pulling on that rope—Percival, help Lloyd with that sail up there—Easy, don’t fall as you climb that rope ladder, matey.—0 dear, I do hope we shall be able to haul in the canvas before it’s too late—.’’

Finally the waves subsided and a breeze came up, making it possible for us to continue on our course.

The next evening the captain came to me and, with a look of extreme sadness on his tender countenance, said, “Hawser, I fear you will have to stand a double watch tonight. The second mate accidentally fell overboard several hours ago.’’

Slightly puzzled because nothing had been said about this earlier, I took over both watches.

During the night I heard several muffled splashes in the water behind the stern of the ship but thought nothing of it at the time, supposing these sounds to be caused by frisky fish playing about in our wake.

Bilgewater approached me the following afternoon with this message, “Hawser, last night we lost the cook, the third mate, and seven deck hands overboard.”

So those splashes weren’t caused by frisky fish after all.

The loss of these men didn’t seem to bother the captain very much, though, so I thought it must not be very serious and said simply, “Too bad,” On the list of accidents the next day were three more men lost overboard; two others were gone the next day, four the next, and finally the remaining crew members began to feel un­ easy, and some even threatened mutiny.

I called a meeting of all hands and let them have their say.

“First mate Hawser,” said their spokesman, a great hulk of a man with muscles of iron—why, I’ve seen him lift twenty-five pounds of rope with both hands like nothing—‘‘Hawser,’’ he said, “we, the crew of this ship, have decided that all is not well aboard and unless something is done to stop these mysteriour accidents, we fear that we shall have to organize a force of men which will be willing to mutiny if necessary.” Then screaming at me at the top of his voice, he cried, “Please sir, for our sakes attempt to bring about a cessation of these mishaps!” ‘‘Very well,” I replied, and immediately everyone was once more calm and contented.

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RED While standing watch that night, 1 saw the captain drag the assistant cook out of his cabin by his legs, pull him up to the rail and drop him over the side. He watched the poor boy’s head bobbing in the phosphorescent wake of the ship; quietly he took off one of his boots and threw it at the doomed lad—the head disappeared.

A feeling of uncertainty come over me. Should I tell old “Dirty” that I had witnessed his misbehaviour? I decided I would.

“Captain,” I began, “you have been pushing these men overboard yourself! You are the cause of all this—’’ 44Yes, I know,” answered the captain. “But I have very good reasons for doing so. I know where there is a very valuable buried treasure. The fewer men we have left when we find it, the richer each of us will be. I trust you, and am willing to share the treasure with you. Will you help me in my work of eradication ?M • No one will blame me for assentinK； after all, I was still young with much to look forward to.

We called a sailor into the captain’s cabin and asked him to stand on a locker and look through a porthole to see whether it was raining outside. Meekly he obliged, and as he stood with his head and shoulders out of the porthole, each of us grabbed one of his legs and pushed. We saw his body plunge down­ ward toward the surface of the wild ocean; we heard him plop.

—One less with whom to share the treasure.

Thereupon Captain Bilgewater opened a drawer in his desk and withdrew what appeared to be a map of some sort. I looked over his shoulder and studied this map carefully. It was laid out very accurately, apparently, but there wasn’t much to it. At the top of the map was a large “N” and at the bottom was an S’，of the same size. Near the left side was a small “T” directly in the center of an irregular circle which was labled “Ye Islande.”

“What do you make of it?” asked the captain.

“I’m completely baffled,” I answered with a sigh.

“Well then, let me show you, ” said Bilgewater with an air of superiority. “Here on the back of the map are complete in­ structions as to how to locate the treasure.’’

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RED I read: ‘“N， means north’ ‘S, means south，T’ means treasure. The gold is buried in a large grey suitcase three feet below the surface of the island.”

Perfectly clear on that matter, we proceeded to look for the island, which we knew must be in one of the seven seas. We sailed up and down, down and up, up and down the various lati­ tudes and longitudes day after day.

Suddenly, at about three o’clock one afternoon, the lookout in the crow’s nest cried out, “Pirate ship off the port bow!”

Sure enough, there she was, a terrifying sight as she sailed toward us. The hull was black, the sails were black, the masts and other rigging were black—she was in fact, black all over—and at the prow in bold white letters five feet tall were printed the words, "PIRATE SHIP.，’ We could see on her deck the pirates themselves marching arm in arm up and down the planking. But we were not frightened, the captain and I. These pirates would help greatly in relieving us of our crew.

Their attack was swift and vicious. The pirate captain threw us a rope and we helped tie both ships together. With loud shouts the ugly-looking buccaneers boarded our craft.

Everyone was swinging his arms, and some of the most blood­ thirsty were even armed with knotted turkish towels. Our crew defended itself valiantly, hurling insult upon insult upon the heads of the attackers. One brave sailor even struck a peg­ legged pirate squarely in the face with a banana peel. The force of the attack, however, soon carried both pirates and de­ fenders into the hold of our ship.

“Good!” muttered Bilgewater. “They’ll do away with our crew down there.”

Just then, however, one of the pirates came dashing out of the hatch and sat down on the deck weeping bitterly. He had sustained a bruised nose, poor chap. After him came the other pirates, all screaming in fear at something down in the hold. They leaped onto their ship, untied it from ours, hoisted all sails, and were out of sight over the horizon in twenty seconds. Bilgewater and I stood amazed until we saw what had driven these savages of the sea to this frenzied flight which we had just witnessed.. One of our men had carved a terrifying Jack-o-Lantern and with it had scared the pirates away. A brilliant victory it was.

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RED Of course, all of our men were dead tired after the battle, so they went to sleep immediately. The captain and I promptly tossed overboard the deepest sleepers and then retired for the night ourselves.

We were awakened the next afternoon by the chief deck­ hand.

“Sirs,” he said, ‘‘I fear we are sinking. The battle with the pirates was to much for dear old Betsy. She permitted one of the villains to kick a hole into her hull. Already the water has risen to one sixty-fourth of an inch, and all pumps are out of order!” 一（如sy, incidentally, was the name of our ship) • “Horrors!” we thought, but didn’t betray our feelings.

We told the men to keep their chins up and stick to their posts.

But when twelve hours later the water in the hold had risen to one thirty-second of an inch, the captain said to me, "Hawser, 've’re sinking; nothing can save old Betsy now. It may take six months or six years, but sink she will, sooner or later.”

I agreed that it did look bad, but when the captain told me of his plan, I smiled and began helping him carry it out. Unob­ served by the crew we cut down a mast and the rail along the port side of the deck; we lashed these together and launched the resulting makeshift raft. Still unnoticed we loaded her with two cases of canned fruit and four cases of beer. Then we boarded our new vessel and left the ship and crew to sink or swim.

We drifted along and found ourselves, the next morning, just a speck in the middle of the ocean. It got to be dinner time, so I opened a case of peaches. One by one I took out the cans and set them down on the floor of the raft. After doing the same with the other case and with the cases of beer I exclaimed, horrified, 4 ‘The thing! The thing! The thing to open the cans with—it’s gone!’’ Since the food in closed cans cannot be eaten unless the cans are first opened, and since we had no opener, we dumped these useless cases of unopened cans of food and drink into the ocean.

Weeks passed. We were still just a speck in the middle of the ocean, but both of us were beginning to feel pangs of 119

RED hunger. Finally Bilgewater suggested that we draw straws, so we did. The captain drew the longer straw. ‘‘Does that mean I win?” he inquired, looking at me with his big brown eyes.

“No, ‘Dirty,’ ’’ I replied, “that means you lose.”

The next few weeks I spent on the raft alone, just lolling about on the planking while regaining the weight I had lost.

About five months had passed since we had last seen Betsy.

Something ought to happen any second now, I thought, and by George if it didn’t. An island appeared on the horizon, and since there was the possibility that it might be the treasure island, I decided to investigate. I beached the raft and walked inland. Under a large boxelder tree (the only tree on the island) I saw, to my dismay, a hole dug in the sand, and next to it was an empty grey suitcase, The crew of the Betsy must have found the treasure map and sailed to the island ahead of me.

“Shucks!” I said to myself. ‘‘Now what to do?’’

Looking back at the raft, I saw that the tide had carried it far out to sea. I was a man without a raft, all alone on a desert island without food or drink.

Some years later my diet of moist beach sand and salt water took its toll. I became ill; I died; I buried myself.

Would that all other spinners of such yarns would do the same.

—This tale is based on faint recollections of a radio program heard several months ago.

DER ALTE WATERTOWN hij FREDERIC KOSANKK

“Watertown remains gloriously obstinate,” says Frank Blied, Madison, President of the National Turnverein. “It refuses to yield to every whim and fashion. So long as North­ western College continues to teach the beauty of the German language and the citizens there and round about have respect for the ideal of the pioneers; so long as housewives feed their families good wholesome German cooking; and the name of Carl Schurz, who lived there, is revered as a great GermanAmerican, Watertown will be distinctive. ’ ’ 120

RED The reason for Watertown’s being different from other neighboring cities starts back in the eighteen-fifties. When the European revolutions in 1848 failed to achieve their goal of more freedom and better government, the revolutionaries were faced with either giving up their high ideal or leaving the con­ tinent. That many of them decided to come to America was very fortunate for our country, for among them were learned men, doctors, philosophers and professors. In 1848 Watertown was still a small town. In that' year a Heidelberg student arrived. He liked the town ancl wrote some friends about it.

They in turn wrote other friends, and Watertown became a center of German settlement. By 1860 there were eight thousand inhabitants.

In order to make a living the German scholars turned to the trades. They baked bread, opened grocery stores ancl saloons, repaired shoes or took whatever jobs were available.

In his book, “Home To'vn,” Ralph Blumenfeld tells of stopping in a boot repair shop as a lad and hearing the cobbler and the policeman arguing in some foreign tongue. He asked what it was about, ancl the cobbler replied, “We were discussing Plato’s story of the death of Socrates.”

Many of these immigrants took advantage of the free land distribution and became farmers. They were called Latin Farmers because they gathered in the village saloons and held discussions and arguments in Latin over classical subjects.

They prospered as farmers and built up neat Hoefe, usually with a flower bed in front of the house. One of the specialties was raising geese. There were two methods of fattening the geese for market: forced feeding, which often resulted in a thirty-pound goose with a four pound liver. The livers were a delicacy. The other method was stall feeding. The birds were allowed to eat at will, but were kept in small stalls. This method produced smaller birds with firmer flesh. Watertown geese were shipped to market by the thousands.

With so many advantages Watertown should have, and was expected to develop into a state metropolis second only to Milwaukee. And it would have, had not the city fathers in­ dulged in railroad speculations. They issued bonds for $80,000 for the building of a railroad. When the scheme fell thru the 121

RED citizens refused to make good on the bonds with their hard earned money. The bad reputation which this affair gave Watertown held o佯 possible settlers and manufacturers. For forty years the city government evaded the law and refused to pay the bond issue. The elected mayor and aldermen met secretly, drew up and signed ordinances for the next years; then the mayor and half of the aldermen resigned. The re­ maining aldermen acted as a committee to enfore the ordinances they had passed. Federal authorities had no power over them.

This arrangement served well to keep the city out of debt, but it also served to hinder settlement, so that no population gain was made. Watertown lost its chance to become great. What it kept by this segregation were the German customs.

Visit the business district on Friday night or on Fair Day, and you will see the German characteristics: round, red faces, slow deliberatness of speaking and acting, industry and thrift, and Gemuetliclikeit. Then the German dishes: sauerkraut, dill pickles, hamburgers, pretzles and coffee cake; the gcrmanisms . in language: “go by my grandmother/J “make the door shut” 一these things will remain arid make Watertown different.

DAY AND NIGHT The sun appears in a blaze of light To bring hope to a brightening world.

Dispelling gloom of night, it lights The meadows and the fields dew-pearled.

And at high noon its shining rays Bring warmth and growth for which man prays.

And then at eve ’Tis time to grieve For then it leaves with one last blaze.

The moon is not a sudden thing.

But silent, not in haste, it steals Into my view, and through the pane With soft and tender rays it feels.

And through the night it watches o’er My bed and blessings doth outpour.

And how, I pray, How can I say Which, sun or moon, I love the more?

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RED TORMENT hij ROOSH

His canteen had been empty since yesterday noon. He had plodded in the shifting sand since sunrise this morning; now it was midday. His foot skidded in the sand and he fell again.

The sun burned down on him, and, though the rays had to penetrate the helmet on his head, it seemed that his brains would begin to boil at any minute. He lurched suddenly, as the sand slid away under his unsteady feet, and he dropped heavily on the treacherous sand.

Thus it had been for a day and a half. Stumble on a few steps and fall. Rest a while, and then stumble on, with his nostrils burning from breathing the hot, dry air, and his throat full of an aching dryness, and his head throbbing, and the skin on his arms and face burned a bright, fiery red, stiff as parchment. ‘‘There must be water somewhere, even in the desert___ or is there,” he mumbled, as he tried to open his eyes enough to see out upon the blinding expanse of the desert. “Sand, sand, sand and more sand. Not a speck of green anywhere!”

He found it hard to remember what water tasted like. Ah, if he were in Vermont now, where it was always cool, and it rained real water instead of sand when a stormcloud blew up.

“California? Yeah, California, * * he thought bitterly. “What’s California? The state I live in? No. No, that’s Illinois; or is it Alabama?”

“I’m getting dizzy. Rest awhile. Boy, it’s hot! What am I sitting for? Should keep going. Can’t stand. Not s’posed to stand. Gotta crawl last fifteen feet and die six inches from the waterhole. Gosh, but my head hurts! Shouldn’t have had those last few drinks last night. Feel awful. Much too hot___” “Cut!” “Hogart, that’s the lousiest piece of overacting I’ve ever seen,” screamed the director. “Run it over!!’’

Hogart fainted.

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RED PANORAMA AUTUMNAL

by REG. E. POPE

From the last days of September, till the cold days of December, Flows the hustling and the bustling of the season we call Fall; One can hear the hunters shouting to the horses they are mounting, To the hunt they go in triplets o’er the hedges wide and tall.

While the hunters do their hunting, there are others who are punting.

Midst the screaming and the teeming of the game that has begun; And the players in a cluster for the touchdowns always muster, But alas! the game is over, for the timer shot his gun.

Then all the crowd is gazing while the timing gun is blazing, But the lauding and applauding will prevail for hours more.

And the players who gained glory, often tell the losers’ story; To them the game is over, but with us it’s played once more.

From the football classics turning to a quiet rustic journey, To the shocking and the stocking of the golden vital grain.

Oh! the country here is calling, while the leaves are gently falling.

“Prepare for winter’s advent, which is not so far away.”

The birds by quill are flocking, for they dare not yield to mocking, And the robin to old Dobin sings his final farewell note, (He can feel the northwind blowing, while the days are shorter growing) For he knows it’s time for flying to the sunny lands remote.

Oh! thou season most endearing, must thy end be ever nearing, And how blazing and amazing were thy feats this ending year.

Would you wait a few more months if I told you thrice and once, f That to eyes you’re bringing a hesitated tear?

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X n Sdoikt had liartlmlnmcw Zic*s;eiil)al<j «;ot his Liitheran inission underway in India, than Hans l^gccle 1)ecame interested ill hrin^in^ tlie (Io.s])d to tin* people of Circcnland. Ejjede was a voi)un,iif Lutheran prwiclitT of Norway. Tt was from reading a hook ;ih< mt the Jidveiltnres <»f liric the Red that he liccame interested in (bis j^rcat island. He wanted to prcacli God's Truths to his fellow Norwegians wlio had j^oiic there ccMiturics before with this Viking leader.

The first obstacle he had to overcome before making ready to .i*o tn Greenland was his wife’s objection. She protested bitterly, ’「lien one day when her .small sou was stranded for several hours on a rock about live luuiclml yanKs from shore in the rising tide, God miraculoush- kepi the water from coming tou hij^h, and saved lier son. ()rdiu.*irilv the lii^h tide sul)inersfes the rock considerably.

This strcn^tlu'iK'd Irt faitli, and she was now very willing to with Irt luisluiml to Clrccnlaml. She proved an excellent helpmeet for Aji^ain witli the aid of king IV of I)cninark, lifjede organized a mercantile association to help him started in ClrecMilatul. As they were about to leave, rumors of cannibals Greenland were‘ >jjread and ligede became fearful. But his wife, with a reassuring smik*. stepped aboard ship ahead of her husband and he followed, curtain that the Lord would protect them.

As they approached Greenland they were kept from landing for several weeks hccaust* nf i ceher<(s. LDisaster seemed inevitable wlien two icebergs bewail dosing in on their ship. When cveryone was about lo i^ivc up in despair, Kgedt* opened his Bible, and read the passengers this passage from the 107th Psalm : “Thai they cried unto the* Lord iu their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distress. . . . He brought tliem out of darkness and the shadow of death, and l^rakc their bands in sunder.’’ To every­ one's astonishment the icebergs bewail to drift apart while he was still road in j*;. The only damage to their ship, the Hope, was a slight leak which was quickly and easily repaired.

PiiU anotluT surprise was in store for Egede when he finally liiiulcd. To his disuppointinent he found not tall, slider, fairhaired Norwegians inhabiting： the place, but little, round, toddlinj?

Kskinios. He c(»ul(l not unclerstancl their language, nor could they uiulerstaiul his Norwegian.

The Eskimos looked on curiously while E^ede and his men built houses after their Norwegian style. Trade with the Nor­ wegians did not pan out, as he expected if he hacl found Nor* The second in a series of articles on the history of Lutheran foreign missions.

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RED wegians there. Eventually Egccle struck up a friemlship with one of the Eskimos. He was eager to learn their laiijjiiage, and this friendship helped him to do so.

With the help of his thirteen-year-old son Paul, who was ;i jroocl drawer, he began teaching the Eskimos the stories of cre­ ation, the fall of man; Christ’s miracles, and His death and res­ urrection. They enjoyed particularly the stories of Christ's mir­ acles.

Egede had great respect for the Eskimos. They never quar­ reled; they never got angry. When they heard colonists arguing with raised voices, they said, “Those people have lost lheir reasoil.”

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When food supplies run low the colonists held a meeting and decided to return to Norway. They also tried to induce Jigede’s wife to with them, but she absolutely refused. Two days be­ fore they were* to leave ;i ship arrived froni Norway with new sui)plies, new hope.

Never quite up hope of fiiulinq1 a truce of his Norweg­ ian kinsmen, Egede began working1 northward. He went U]) along the western coast with two ships, giving the Ciospel to the Eski­ mos all along the way. During his second winter there I^cdc was able to establish a school. But it was hard lo convince the Eskimos that knowledge is po'vei' They couldn't see 'vliy they should sit with their faces in books all clay long. They would never amount to anything with their noses in books and making1 faces with clumsy pens. They wanted to be men and hunt seals.

Perhaps the children didn’t learn much in school, but Egede learn­ ed a lot from them. Through his contact with the children lie was able lo begin liulding regular services in his fourth winter. ]ii his desire to have the Eskimos k'arn, Ej»eclc made his sermons rather lougf. He was often interrupted with the question how much longer? They insisted that al regular intervals Ik* indicate on his arm how far alon«- he was with his sermun. Us­ ually Paul led the hymn sinking. If he would siiif? more than three or four stanzas of a hymn, one of the Eskimos would step i”_) and hold Paul’s mouth shut with a wet mitten. This cut the sinking short. rriie commercial end of the enterprise continued unsuccessful and. the mercantile association disbanded. A j>roui) of twenty-five sodiers and sonic cx-convicls with their wives moved in and rclocated the colony. Soon riots broke out and E.s*;ecle had to have a bodyguard to protect; himself against the ex-convicts. One Es­ kimo suggested: “Don’t you think we ought to send one of our witch doctors over to Norway to teach those Christians how to behave in Greenland?”

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RED on he pulled the boat ashore, commended his body and soul to God, and fell asleep. So cold was the weather at times that meat cooked for hours froze on the hone during the meal, and water spilled on the table would freeze while it ran. Often he had to han^ his feel over the side of the boat in the water to thaw them out.

When Paul went back to Norway to attend a university and prepare himself to take over his father's work, he reported to Kinj^ Frederick on the state of the mission. The king; listened attentively as he told of immense hardships and few results. When people complained that the mission ou^lit to be dropped because they were spending too much for what they were getting out of it, Frederick re])liecl, “If only a single soul has been won, not too much money lias been devoted to this work.”

Soon, however, this kin^ with a heart for missions died, and his successor decided to give lip the colony and the mission. Egede must now either reliirn or continue on his own. Encouraged by the Greenlanders, who said, “Our children will not allow you to 贫o,” lie stayed with only ten colonists. Later a more favorable report, tlial lit* had recently baptized 150 children, prompted Chris­ tian IV to renew the support of the mission. He sent a ship with new provisions.

This same ship brought with it a dread disease, smallpox. In the next year it took a dreadful toll. But now Kgede began to realize the fruits of his labors, when the Eskimos told him, “You have* done fur us what our own people would not have done for us.

You have fed us, you have* 1 juried our dead, you have told us how we may be saved."

When the disease had run its course, J£^ede began to play out, too. Paul, after six years in Europe, returned with two more mis­ sionaries, and Hans Egede was released from further service. He had served God faithfully. His wife, who had so faithfully stood by him, suddenly took ill and died as they prepared to return to Norway. Me consoled himself with the comforting hope of a re­ union in the Kingdom of Glory.

The tears and prayers of the Greenlanders accompanied Egede as he left Greenland for Norway. In his son Paul, they found an able successor. If Rj>cdc were to return to Greenland today, he would see the result of his humble beginnings there: for there is scarcely an Eskimo in Greenland today who is not baptised.

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Jhitarial Thanksgiving Day ... knows well the story of the Pilgrims’ first E VERYONE Thanksgiving day three hundred and twenty-five years ago. By most of us it is taken for granted that this day has “just growed” on the American calender as a rather desirable parasite.

There are numerous origins from which this day has de­ veloped. The Canaanites, the Israelites, the Greeks, the Romans, and the Saxons of England all had festivals somewhat similar to ours. To some ancients it meant a religious holiday; to others, feasts, even to the point of debauchery.

In America, after the first celebration with old Massasoit and his braves, Thanksgiving day was not observed annually!

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RED ally upon the arrival of some sorely-needed supplies were there local festivities.

Congress declared Thanksgiving day a national holiday shortly after the end of the Revolutionary War, but during Washington’s presidency it was observed only in the Northern States. As late as 1855 Thanksgiving day was frowned upon in the South as “a relic of Puritan bigotry.” The Civil War temporarily halted the now rapidly growing holiday. Finally the great emancipator in 1864 set aside the fourth Thursday in November :as a national day of thanksgiving. This date has remained until our time, when Rex Roosevelt I attempted to choose a clay more favorable. Tradition proved to be the stronger force, and the table-bound turkey gained a seven-day reprieve.

—Dime

Nom de Plume ,.. you ever been irritated or annoyed when, after H AVE having' read an article, you find it signed with a jumble of letters or a nickname or some other pen name instead of the author’s real name, which you would in some instances like to know? What’s the matter with those fellows anyway; are they ashamed of their work or something? Let that be as it may.

We’re here to expose some of these “pen-anonymities” of this and the last issue, so let’s look first of all at this “GADSIQS” business. “GADSIQS” is Warren Steffenhagen.

Whether he wants this to leak out or not is not known; he shouldn’t really mind. After using various underhanded methods of sleuthing, we found out what this apparent code sentence means. It seems that these seven letters are the first seven words in the Latin translation of I Corinthians 15:10.

Why he chose just this unique manner of identifying himself we were unable to ascertain. ‘ ‘Dime, ’ ’ a signature under an editorial again in this issue, represents Fritz Mutterer. The word, apparently, refers rather to the article which he wrote than to the writer himself.

He says they’re “thin and not worth much.” That’s a matter of opinion—he doesn’t know how editors feel about such things.

That clears up two of them at least. Probably it is more fun to remain anonymous, but we feel that honor should be given where honor is due. Hence above revelation.

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RED Why Call Him an Amateur? •• • past few months sporting fans all over the country F ORhavethebeen reading numerous scandalous reports concerning amateur and professional athletes. The chief complaint has it that professionalism has penetrated deeper and deeper into the American college and university. Many people are even of the firm belief that all collegiate sports as a whole have been jeopardized by this increasing rise of professionalism.

But why the sudden alarm? Has such a situation only recently arisen, or is it possible that only lately the status of the amateur athlete has thus been challenged? The answer is an obvious no. One cannot be led to believe that in previous years college athletes were only lured by their love for the sport and the chance to give everything for the dear old alma mater. On the other hand, such a situation must have been developed through the years until this year matters appear to have hit a new high. Professionalism hasn’t just reared an ugly head. It’s jumped right out into the open, Never before have so many accusations hit the press as now. Various schools have been openly accused of tempting prospective stars by lucra­ tive offers; military and naval institutions have been accused of refusing the resignations of star athletes and of shanghai-ing other people’s halfbacks; professional clubs have been accused of taking unfair advantage of the war veteran with a year or more of college eligibility. These are the things one reads in the papers and magazines today.

The reason for such a condition is plain. America today is more sport conscious than ever before in history, and athletics no more have a minor role in a school’s curriculum. Take the case of Chicago University, a school of great repute in so far as higher education is concerned, but at present far out of the public eye because it lacks an athletic reputation. The American sport public is clamoring for action; and they’re also willing to pay for it. Another important factor which one must not for­ get is the eager alumni, who spare nothing in their attempts to round up first class talent for their alma mater. Such condi­ tions have led to the fact that now more athletes than ever be­ fore have found a means of livelihood. No more are they 130

RED only lured by the prospects of bigger publicity and better school accommodations, but now the means of enticement are attractive contracts or salaries and appetizing promises for the future.

Since the football season is just drawing to a close, let me cite a few instances of professionalism in action. One look at football and one can see that the football pot is boiling as it hasn’t boiled in years. Take the case of Charley Trippi. The University of Georgia makes it possible for him and his whole family to live in ease, if not luxury, while Charley completes his academic career — and, incidentally, plays on the football team. In playing' for Georgia this year Trippi spurned several rich professional offers. Buddy Young, the star negro athlete at Illinois, is reported to be receiving at least $100 per game plus a high salary job after his graduation. The Southeastern Conference has ad mi ted for years that it supports its players, and Jim Lookabaugh, Oklahoma Aggie coach, cleared away a few clouds not long ago by admitting cheerfully that his school pays football players $15 a month, in addition to board and room, tuition, and other charges. While he was at it, Lookabaugh charged that some colleges pay big-name players as much as $10,000 a season. Behold the American amateur!

Then consider a few other sports, first of all baseball. At most colleges baseball is no longer considered a major sport, and many have dropped the game entirely. Professional base­ ball has a firm grip on the American public and today ranks as America’s leading pastime. In tennis one notes a distinct difference between the amateur and professional, but in reality both are paid for their services. Under the present system only the tournament expenses of an amateur can be paid, but such an expense account can cover a multitude of things.

Small tournaments, which have trouble in attracting big-name racket wielders, are forced to pay such stars in acquiring their services. Basketball has been the least affected of any sport,. but this may well be attributed to the fact that professional basketball is still in its infancy. Time will soon indicate the course which basketball is to take. So one can go through the whole list of sports and clearly see the enormous strides made by professionalism in the athletic world.

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多RED Finally one begins to wonder whether such a thing as an amateur athlete still exists. Fortunately there are ample indi­ cations of this, but there is equal evidence that the situation is rapidly getting out of control. What should be done in such a case is a matter of debate which could fill pages, and authori­ ties all over the country are at present engaged in finding a cure. Tug Wilson, a commissioner of the Big Ten and secretary of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, called to­ gether representatives of twenty college conferences in July, ostensibly to draw up a code of ethics for college football. The mere fact that Wilson called such a meeting is an admission by him that machinations in college football are getting more serious by the day. Up to date, however, the NCAA has not made an effective move to curb subsidization of athletes. The NCAA appears to lie in a dormant state when the present cry is for action. No matter what the result, there must be action!

Once action is taken there is every belief that both the colleges and players will benefit. If players are going to be paid, let them be paid out in the open, with a square deal for everyone, but let the present system of paying off in the dark corner — and then denying the charge — be tossed with a resounding crash into the ashcan.

—D. Malchow

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N the evening of Tuesday, October 29, we had the privilege of playing hosts to the Hollywood Guardsmen Quartette.

The audience was large enough to warrant the hope that the remaining programs coming this year will be quite as successful.

The Guardsmen have the knack of putting themselves across to their audience. They are not only good singers but extraordinary actors as well. Their choice of a program was good—better, so I’ve heard, than the last time they appeared here.

As to their singing — Those fellows are good; there’s no getting around it. Their sense of timing and their ability to attain effects seemingly impossible for only four voices make them what they are. Their accompanist deserves recognition for his work on Bach’s Toccata and Fugue, a relatively unknown work in its piano transcription.

They were entertaining and amusing; in short, it’s safe to say that any time they appear here egain, they’ll be welcome!

—Bud Lau

Hudson’s Bay ...

HE first moving pictures shown in the gymnasium this fall provided very good entertainment. The main feature was a story about the early fur traders in the Hudson Bay region of Canada. Paul Muni and Gene Tierney, among others, played their roles well, and everyone enjoyed the show, even though the sound was not always as distinct as it might have been.

An added feature was an excellent reenactment of the funeral scene from Shakespeare^ Julius Ceasar.

Another short shown that evening portrayed the history of roadmaking and highways in America. The Pennsylvania Turnpike was given much attention, and to those who have never been out East it was an interesting and educational picture.

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The Rev. Walter Schumann. '12, has accepted the call here nt Northwestern College as Professor to fill the vacancy left by Professor Franzmun. Pastor Schumann will arrive early in Decemlier.

The Rev. ami Mrs. Ininianuel Frey are the parents of u boy born on September 23, 1946. lie has been named AIIcmi David.

Pastor Frey, ’36，is stationed at Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Miss Shirley Mae Block，’44，recently assumed the duties as medical librarian at the U. S. Naval Hospital. Great Lakes, 111.

Prior to this she was recreational librarian at the 1)ase. Since the medical library never had u trained librarian before, slio lias bad to reorganize the entire library.

The Rev. Waller Schumann, J41, of Lemmon, Soulli Oukola, was on October 26 united in marriage with Miss Joyce Stroebel of Saginaw, Michigan. The ceremony took place in Saginaw.

Word has been received that the wife of the Rev. Arthur Wacker, ’18，of Ann Arbor, Michigan, has passed away.

On September 29, 1946, tlie Rev. John Masch, '\2, was called by the Lord from this vale of tears. At the time of his death he -was in charge of the congregation at Black Creek, Wisconsin. He was buried October 3, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His (loath was the result of a heart attack suffered several weeks before he died.

The Rev. John E. Bade, cm. '12, was taken hy death on Oc­ tober 15, 1946. He retired in 1945 because of ill health and spent the remainder of his life in New Ulm, Minnesota, where he is buried. His death came as the result of a lingerheart ailment.

St, Paul’s Congregation of Lake Mills, Wisconsin, recently lid cl an anniversary celebration for their Pastor, the Rev. J. Mar­ tin Rasch, ’03, who lias served as their pastor for the past thirtyfive years.

CALLS Tin; Rev. Gerald irfoenecke, *18, of Cudahy, Wisconsin, has accepted a call to Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.

The Rev. Sigmund Hillmer, ’42, of Manistique, Michigan, has received the call as assistant pastor of St. Jacobi's Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Adolph Buenger, ’33, accepted the call and is already 134

RED serving as assistant pastor at Frierlens con^re«-ation in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Victor Scliulx, \31, has accepted a call to Phoenix, Arizona, where he is undertaking a new mission. He was formerly pastor at Parkside Lutheran Church, Milwaukee.

INSTALLATIONS The Kev. C. Frank, ’39, was installed as pastor of Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Hi 11 rose, Colorado, on September 29, 1946.

On September 1, 1946, the Kev. J. Mittelstaedt, *98, was invStalled as pastor of Bethany l.utlieran Church, Bruce, Wisconsin.

The Rev. /\rthur Wadzinski, *42, was installed as pastor of Christ Cliurdi, Fontenoy, Wisconsin, and Emanuel Church, Eaton, Wisconsin, on October 6, 1946. Hiss address is Denmark, Wis. The Rev. I'aul .Kuelil, ’41, September 8, 1946, was instalpaslor of Redeemer Lutheran Cliurch, Mandan, North Daled kota.

The Kev. J. Carl Bast was installed as pastor of St. Matthew’s Lulhernn Churcli of St. Charles, Minnesota, nn October 20, 1946.

He succeeds the Rev. H. Kuckhahn, ’22, who now is serving; a congregation near Baraboo, Wisconsin.

On ( )(.'tn])cr 13, 1946，tlie K. W. Scheele was installed as pastor of Si. Paul’s I aitheran Church at Manistee, Michigan.

ADDRESS Joel Nilz 1701 University Ave., S. K. MinneapoHs 14, Minnesota

“He’s been from kindergarten through college itvice, but refuses to graduate9til his Reynolds Rocket pen needs refilling!"

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Goblins crying Witches flying Housewifes sighing Fathers spanking： Children pranking— That’s Hallowe’en.

Thc week-end of HalloweVn was filled with all sorts of funmaking possibilities, and Northwesternites made the most of them.

The young people of Watertown were given a parade and a home­ coming celebration to keep them from too much untoward mis­ chief, but no such provisions were made for the college. Naturally, none were needed.―To tell the truth, I don’t think they would have done much g'ood. Nothing happened until the Preps and Prof. Pless一so it was thought—were safely tucked away in IdccI. Then the goblins and witches began to skitter around. Eerie shapes flitted about the ad building, bringing- the two plastic lov­ ers in the math room to prominent view on the professor's desk, and moving chapel furniture into the shape of an obstacle course.

When they proceeded to the girls’ room, however, they were quite surprised to see that others had been there before, presumably the Frosh, and what a mess they found! It made them green with envy. The next step was the decoration of the main floor square.

With almost superhuman power they dragged in bicycle after bi­ cycle, a lawn-roller, stone benches from the quadrangle, fire-extin­ guishers,—one of which had the bad manners to fall over and cause a sudden disappearance from the scene of the crime—and last, but certainly not least, an old one-horse wagon. Shortly after this, the sudden appearance of Prof. Pless caused the entire band to disband with the utmost speed. Sometime during the night the college truck was mysteriously spirited out of the barracks ]36

RED to a hidden spot near the ^ym.―The morning after . . . “Who could have done it?’’ followed by shrieks of insane laughter. The powers that be had several suspicions, but no charges were pressed, since all had been perfectly harmless.—The only ones hurt were the football players, whose curfew had been at eleven o’clock.

They didn't fjet in on the fun!

One fellow who really gets a kick out of harmony class is “Johann Sebastian” Hollcndcr. After a particularly trying ses­ sion with his chords he complained, “In a way, Beethoven was better off than I. He didn’t have to hear what he wrote!”

The Lena the Hyena contest was watched very closely by most of the fellows in the dorm. When the final, prize-winning specimen of feminine pulchritude came out in the Green. Sheet, there was qiiik. a mob scene in Schumann's room. Fischer did not seem umlulv alarmed when he saw the picture, but scratched his liead ami said, “That reminds me: I’ve got a date tonight”.

HOMECOMING It’s been said often that there’s no school spirit here at Nor­ thwestern, but it surely couldn't have been said during the week preceding the hij? j^amc. Actually the demonstration of school spirit that it had reached the highest peak yet attained, so I was spirit showed that it had reached the highest peak yet attained, so ' was told by Seniors who have been here since Sexta, and they ought to know.

The evening of November 8 was cold in most places, but on the campus and down Western Avenue and a few other streets things were kept plenty hot. Led l)y Sauer’s car and the Pep Band, the entire student body held an impromptu parade. Singing the school son兄一most of us know it now, I think—and giving out with rousing- cheers, the mob showed its spirit and demon­ strated to the team that we were behind them to a man. After the parade we all convened on the gridiron to hear the program, hand­ led in a masterly fashion by master of ceremonies Phil Janice, and to watch the burning1 of the immense pile of boxes, topped—in Dido fashion—by the effigy of a Concordia player reclining in Press’s cast-off couch. The Frosh class deserves most of the credit for getting- the bonfire together. Assisted by Press, Miss Tuck­ er and Millbrath ignited the heap. Cheers were led by three green­ horns, Koeplin, Steffenhagen, and Yours Truly. Highlights of the program were Coach Uninus’ speech, Coach Schumann's block­ busting talk, pep talks by Captain Voss and Co-captain Demcak, Professor Wend land's interesting- and informative discourse, prais137

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Shortly after, since the fire had burned almost to the ground, the Watertown Fire truck drew up and put an end to the proceedings.

November 9，the big; day, dawned cloudy and cold, an ideal football day. The day be.e^an auspiciously for the Seniors, for they were given all classes ofT, for the purpose of decorating： the goal posts. The profs were kind enough to call a hall In all classes after the second period. I imagine tlie* reason for their gener­ osity was the fact that no one could keep his mind on his classes.

The heroes from Concordia arrived at 11 :15 or so, and were met with signs and banners crying: “Crucli llie Cougars!” ''.Beat C. T. C.” and one lone sign on the front door, which lliev probably didn't even see: “Welcome Alumni and C. T. C.’’.

The rest of the (lay is history. We won the and it was easy lo see that the players outdid themselves. If \V(' (lie spectators can lake only a small l)it of. credit to ourselves for our unani­ mous support of the team, \vc arc grateful.—After llu1 .qame, il didn’t take long" for weeds lon«;-isuppresse(1 In fill tin* (lorm with sinnkc. Training Some people were quite bewildered the nmrniiig. al ter I hilloween, at seeing the havoc wreaked in the dormitnr\- lialls, Imt not so Miss Marv Ellen Pli*ss. She confided tn Nil/, " I the janitors did ii”. :— —''.lieu， Tl must have been protly funny一Nitz's face, 1 on Homecominj*- Eve, he 1)le、v liis police whistle and slop])ed a line of cars, and then lurncd around to find n policeman watcliin^ tlu; entire proceedings. 幸

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Lest we forget. Gentlemen, next Jammi.y 31 we arc llu* hosts of tlie Don Cossack chorus. Let’s all Imy our tickets early ami let’s all be there!

Announcing llie new, revised version o ’riie Ode to a Hancl-painted Grecian ].*ot l)y Span and Laucle (Anyone interested in reading this monumental work may (lo so by appearing： in Koom 6 at his earliest convenience.)

* “The time has come,” the Walrus said, "to speak of many things灑l)ut I can’t，so this, gentlemen, is it.

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’「he Goslings lravele«l to Aurora, TIL to play Aurora College favored In win in a ni<»'ht game. The* Goslings their past merits of ncviT liavini；- lost tn Aurora, lmt this《anie turned the tables and Noil Invest ern did lose. It was the case of a small, f.ist and alcM't Aurora learn running all over a slow and sluggish Gosling, leani. Aurora gained four consecutive first downs and Mitchlcr went over the goal (>11 a quarterljack sneak. Now it was the Goslings turn lo carry the ball, but lhey couldn’t seem to click against Aurora's five-man defense. Aurora again drove down field to N(*rth\vcst< rirs <S witli a first down, ’「lu* Goslincf line held for Uireo downs, Uit tlu* fourtli clown y\umra managed to score pass. ’.I’lie oxl ra poim was also «^ood. Now llie Goslings’ offense liej^an to move. Maldiow threw a beautiful pass to Hackl)arth for a 40-yard gain. In h series of line plays the Goslings drove down to Auroni's 5. bill time for the lirst half ran out here.

During half-time Coach Umnus j^ave his boys a good pep talk and managed to arotisc their spirits. This half the Goslings5 gave a better account of themselves. By some quirk of fate, tl lough, Aurora received tlic'ir own kickoff. That recovery set up their next touchdown and in three more plays they scored on a pass.

Their conversion was also good. That was the end of Aurora’s dominance, for wlien the Goslings ,s：ot hold of tlu* ball they carried it clown to Aurora's 10 with a first down. In four consecutive plays our offense gained hut ci«：lit yards and Aurora took over on their own two-yard line. On the next play Aurora tried to punt, but the whole left side of our line smothered the kicker and Hoilender fell on the ball in the end zone for a touchdown. The try for the extra point was wide.

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And even tliougii they were non-conference games, successive dcfeats have a marked effect on c any team by robbing- them of their energy. Northwestern had never lost to an Extension football team and neither (lie team nor the Coach had any desire to break that tradition.

Extension received the kickoff and in several running plays Christopoulos and Nowicki drove the ball deep into Gosling ter­ ritory to the 1 yard line. On the next play they were penalized 15 yards for holding. Then things began to happen fast and thick.

The Goslings recovered an Extension fumble and took over on th^ir own 12. Then Jim Fricke drove the ball over 60 yards in six tries and Hackbarth ran the ball up to Extension’s 4-yard line for a first down. Then Bill Wietzke carried the ball over on two hard line bucks for a touchdown. Degner converted to make the score 7-0. Returning a punt Malchow slipped the hall to Fricke on a reverse and Fricke carried the ball up to Extension’s 25. On the next play Fricke threw a pass to Gieschen for another touch­ down. Degner converted and made the score 13-0 by the half.

Extension fought desperately to get back into the ball game in the third quarter, but was held for no score. In the fourth quarter Malchow tossed a long pass to Hackbarth who ran the ball clear to Extension’s 3. Broitsmann plunged the ball over center for a touchdown making; the score 20-0, Extension took to the air in the last seven minutes and to end a 70-yard drive, No­ long pass. Northwestern then began running wicki scored 140

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LINEUP EXTENSION N. W. C. Gieschen Hobus L. E Hollender Zingshiem L. T Degner L. G Scholz Voss 0*Neil C. Nitz Boreizis R. G Eickmann R. T Michalich Ziesemer R. E Beckdr Malchow Markiewicz Q. B Huntoon Kaufmann L. H R. H Nowicki Hackbarth Broitsmann F. B Christopoulos Substitutions. (N. W. C.) Demcak, Fricke. Wietzke, Pankow, Uetzmann, Grosnick, Jurick, Holt, Scharlemann, Spaude, Stiener, Kuske.

Substitutions: (Extension) La Grange, Strum, Sroebel, Pause, Johnson, Perelli, Komoniski, Goodman, Sullivan, Bliemaster, Galante, Grutza, Milbrath, Funk, Kock.

TouchdownsrWielzke, Gieschen, Broitsmann—N. W. C.; Nowicki, Markiewicz Extension.

N. W. C. 0 Milton 0 This was the Varsity’s third and last conference game, and if they wanted the championship, they had to either win or tie in this game. Both Ziesemer, a regular end, and Kaufmann, a pow­ erful reserve, hack, were injured in the previous game and to make matters worse, the day of the game was cold, windy, and rainy.

We kicked olT to them and were forced to punt when we were held for clowns. Then Fricke and Wietzke, in a series of runs, carried the ball to Milton's 25. Here Milton held for downs and took over the ball. Frederics and Betts ran the hall off tackle and around end in a 70 yard drive to our 10. Here we put up an iron defense and took over. The half ended with us in possession of the ball.

In the second half Gieschen ran back the kickoff 20 yards.

Northwestern gained a first clown, but it couldn’t complete any longf passes. Malchow, who had done some fine punting through­ out the jjanie, punted the ball out of bounds on Milton’s 22. Now Getts, a reserve Milton back, rolled up three consecutive first downs by skirting his ends. The Milton offense really began to spark. In five consecutive first downs Milton ran the ball down to Northwestern’s 1 with a first down. At this point in the game something extraordinary happened to change the course o f the game. Northrwesterns sleepy spectators began to cheer their team on to a goal-line stand. That cheering did some real good because on the very next play Don Jurick tackled Fredericks for a four-yard loss on a play that had been gaining consistent ground for Milton. The next play Fredericks tried to sweep around his 141

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MILTON 3S. W. C. LINEUP Griffith Gieschen L. E. L. T. Brico Hollender Lipko L. G. Nilz Ylvisaker C. Voss Lembko Degner R. G. Bauch Eickmann R. T. Campbell Grosnick R. E. Roush Malchow Q. B. L. H. Betts Fricke Fredricks Hackbarth B. H. F. B. Diffate Wietzke Substitutions: (N. W. M.) Demcak, Jurick, Broitsmann, Slrohm.

Substitutions: (Milton) Famum, Behnke. Marinac, Wright, Fox, Dampken, Fen­ ton, Lueder, Getts, Whitfordi, Erdmann.

Concordia 0 N. W. C. 12 This was Northwestern's first Honiecominj*： since the war be­ gan. To celebrate a Homecoming; properly it is imi>erative that there be plenty of Alumni, Students and friends checrino- at the Homecoming game. It is also imperative that tlie home team play a good game. This Homecoming; both the supporters and the team did their part in making it a most successful and enjoyable time. A 贫anie against Concordia River Forest is no snap. Homecoming- or not, because Concordia and Northwestern arc ()1(.1 ri­ vals. The past record in football games was Concordia with four wins and Northwestern with only two. Kor this game lliou^h.

Coach Umnus, the student l)ody and the Homecoming Spirit put the team in such ^ood shape that. there was hardly any doubt about the outcome. During- the week before the game Coach Umnus put his team through blocking and tackling- drills such as they had never seen before. The student body painted signs, had pep rallies and personally cheered them on more than they hacl ever done all year. And finally, the Homecoming; Spirit keyed up the team so much that they were highly optimistic and set on win142 —

RED In the bcjjfinniii^ of tlie game the Concordia Cougars drove us 1>ack to our 25 where \vc took over. Then Fricke carried the ball for a neat forly-yard gain. Huckl)arth drove down to the 19 and the Cougars lichl for downs. Tlie Cougars tried to crack Northwestern's strung defense, hut were forced to punt. Fricke caught this punt and slipiK'd it to Malchow on a tricky reverse. Malchow carried the hall t(» tlie Cougar's 20. Malchow passed to Pankow for the first tuiiclidown. I^e^ner's kick was low by inches. In the second quarter the Goslings used their passing attack to take the hall down lu the Cougar's k*n. Broitsmann, a reserve full­ back, drove tliru the center of his line for the second touchdown.

The atlemplccl extra ]K)int was blocked.

After the half the (loslin^s were twice within the Cougar’s 10, Init failed l o score when they were penalized. Vallesky, a nimble Cougar back, was a constant threat against Northwestern because of his shifty running and accurate passing-. When the Cougars failed In make any appreciable gains in running, they took to the air. TIil*). made several long <jains by passing and moving up to the Gosling's 10,. but the defense was tight and the Cougars failed to scoro.

This was won l)y the liard running, blocking and tack­ ling of the entire Gosling learn. In mentioning the outstanding' players OllC must name the entire team, for they all played outstanding ball in this Homecoming game.

N. W. C. CONCORDIA LINEUP Glaess Gieschen L. E. Krafit Hollender L. T. Weber Nitz L. G. von Behren Voss C. Middeldorf Degnei R. G. M. Bierwagen Demcak R. T. Sohr Grosnick R. E. Schlie Malchow Q. B. Vallesky L. H. Fricke Griesing R. H, Hackbarlh Bahr F. B. Wietzke Substitutions: (N. W. C.) Zieseraer, Broitsmann, Eickmann. Pankow. Uetzmann.

Jurick, Steiner, Holt. Scharlemann, Birkholz, Spaude, Kuske, Strohm, Witte.

Substitutions: (Concordia) Blick, Kieschnick, B. Bierwagen, Trusheim, Chris­ tian, Geyer, Bergmann, Luedtke, Stroufert, Forester, R. Engelbrecht, V. Engelbrecht, Heidom, Zemke. Socha. Namkin.

Touchdowns: N. W. C.—Pankow. Broitsmann.

BADGER STATE CONFERENCE Won Lost Tied Team 2 0 N. w. c.

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N. W. C. scored 57 points to their opponents' 44. N. W. C. was not scored on by three teams, Mission House, Milton and Con­ cordia.

Wictzke and Broitsmann- were high scorers with 12 points each. Degner was low scorer with 3 points, The most unusual touchdown of all season was made by Hollendcr, a tackle, and, incidentally, the slowest man on the team, when he blocked a punt and fell on it.

Malchow won a quarter bet when he said lie wouldn’t score all season and didn’t.

Let’s give full credit to those three forgotten men, Stern, Wagner, and Schaible, the football managers, for their untiring efforts in making this a successful season.

The battle cry for the Concordia game was “C.C.C”. It was heard in many huddles and no doubt its stimulating power helped win the j?ame.

The heaviest man on the squad was IiollciukT al 221 Vz, and Malchow was the lightest at 149.

The next .year’s team will lose only Voss and Demcak through graduation.

16 Varsity letters were awarded to the following players: Gieschen, Ziesemer, Jurick, Grosnick, Hollemler, Strolini, DcMncak, Nitz, Degiicr, Voss, Malchow Hackbarth Wietzke, Broitsmann, Fricke. and Stern (Mgr.).

Frequently in the locker rooms, before and after practice, the players lustily broke forth into song. Certain strains of Jo­ hann Sebastian Bach's “Wir Eilen** seemed to be tlic great fav­ orite (Zu Dir).

BASKETBALL 1946-47 Seminary Whitewater Concordia (St. Paul) Extension Whitewater Ben Naumann's Team Milton Concordia (Milwaukee) Concordia (River Forest) Mission House Extension Milton Mission House Aurora Concordia (R. F.) Aurora Concordia (Milwaukee) Seminary

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Number 6

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

GOING HOME htj ALLEN F. GOECKE

The rain was slowly, steadily, drizzling down. The track­ less trolleys whizzed incessantly down the streets throwing spray into the air. The spray created a ghostly, unreal effect as it settled past the street lights and formed a strange mist.

A sailor stood outside the railroad station. Forlorn, be­ draggled, soaking wet but radiantly happy, for this was Decem­ ber 20, 1945, and he was going home for Christmas. Inside the station it seemed as though a riot were in the making. People were shoving, pushing, milling around, looking for a place in line to get on the train going east.

Shrugging his shoulders, the sailor picked up his traveling bag and shoved his way into the tumultuous mass of humanity.

The ticket window! Where was the window? Ah! he saw it and moved toward it. Finally he reached a place in line, breathed a deep sigh of relief, and concluded that at least he would get a ticket.

Many thoughts buzzed through his mind. Was he really in Seattle, Washington, waiting for a train to take him home?

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kED Those long months of waiting when home seemed so very far distant! He remembered the time when the thought of home and friends so filled him with desire and longing that every­ thing else seemed strange and unreal.

Finally his turn came. Carefully he laid out the fare to Watertown, Wisconsin. Just watching the ticket agent write the name on the ticket folder made him feel better. He was going home! Taking the ticket he pushed his way through the crowd and found a place in line for the train. After what seemed ages someone shouted ‘‘They’re open’’ and the crowd surged forward to the gates.

He was jostled by a scowling fat man who had a cigar firmly clenched in his jaw and as a result accidentally stepped on the foot of a rather sweet looking middle-aged woman. The sweet look changed to a grimace of pain and she glared at him angrily. He was swept through the gates on the crest of the crowd, and was now swimming in a sea of people on the plat­ form.

The train! How beautiful it looked, though streaked with dirt. Steam and soot and cold metal, but how beautiful! He shouldered his bag and managed to swing himself aboard the train, finding himself propelled into a coach by the surging crowd. Dropping into the first empty seat he came to, he heaved a huge sigh of relief. He was on his way home.

People and more people crowded into the coach, and soon even the aisle was filled with passengers sitting on suitcases or just anything they could find to rest upon. Finally, after what seemed endless waiting the train started to move, ever so slowly at first, then rapidly and steadily gaining momentum until it was soon speeding along.

Gazing out of the window, he watched the bright lights of Seattle recede in the distance. Soon the outskirts of the city merged into the darkness of night. He shifted into a more comfortable position, and proceeded to look over his traveling companions.

Occupying the seat with him was another sailor, a young fellow who proved to be a very amiable and agreeable compan­ ion. Directly ahead of him sat a “balding” old gentleman and a weary looking soldier； Sprawled out in a seat across the aisle was a Navy Seabee, sound asleep, like a young child curled up 148

RED for a nap. As he turned to scan the people in the rear of the coach, the lights were dimmed. Soon all was quiet except for an occasional snore, the whispering of a few sleepless passen­ gers, and the incessant clickety clack of the wheels on the rails.

The sailor, lulled by the rhythmic motion, dozed off.

He awoke with a start. “Ouch!”，but his neck ached.

Sleeping in a sitting position was a bit rugged. The shades of sleep were still drawn over his eyes and except for the eerie red flashes of light, and the quick pulsing ringing of a bell as the train went over a crossing, all was silence, a silence which again lulled him into sleep.

The morning dawned clear and bright. The train was roll­ ing through the snow covered mountains of Idaho. Would there be much snow in Wisconsin? How cold would it be?

Would the Christmas decorations be festooned gaily over the streets? The wonderful sensation of going home again engulfed him and he tingled with excitement and happiness. How blue was the sky, how bright the sun and oh, how wonderful to be going home.

The day lengthened as he read, dozed, chatted with his fellow travelers, and observed their activities. In the rear of the coach a group of soldiers and sailors were engaged in a card game; a woman struggled with her baby trying to keep him from climbing over the dignified old man who shared a seat with her. A kindly looking elderly woman stepped gingerly and carefully over the feet of a soldier sleeping in his seat with his feet sprawled over the aisle. The sailor settled back in his seat, cleared a spot in the frost on the window pane and watched the snow-covered hills roll by.

As evening approached and the sky achieved a beautiful orange and blue hue, his thoughts once again turned to home as he dozed off into restless slumber. He awoke late in the evening. His throat felt raw and dry, his eyes burned and a pungent odor filled his nostrils. Tobacco smoke filled the coach and it hung like a purple haze in the fetid air. Paper and paper bags filled with orange peels and other litter covered the floor. The sailor rose wearily and groped his way as he stepped over and around the sleeping forms in the aisles. As he reached for the door leading to the platform he jostled a sailor sleeping 149

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A flash of lights and the train slowed and ground to a stop.

The porter let the steps down and said ‘‘Ten minutes stop.”

The cold, fresh, clean air hurt the sailor’s lungs as he gulped it in. He looked at the starlit heavens of the little town in Montana and let his thoughts wing home. A belated passenger hurrying to board the train muttered, * ‘Ten below, much too cold to travel.” The porter motioned the sailor to get aboard and in a few seconds the train was again hurrying along the shining rails.

The second morning dawned and the rays of the sun melted the ice on the window. By getting an early start the sailor managed to eat breakfast in the diner and relax with the morning paper. He was informed by the conductor that the train was about six hours late and would not arrive in St. Paul, Minnesota until the following morning. The day dragged endlessly as he listened tx) the chatter of passengers and the continued whimpering of a small child. The snow clad scenery of South Dakota unfolded before the window. Here and there a gaunt tree stood alone in the sea of snow.

Another night on the train. Home still seemed far away.

The coach was filled with cold air. Passengers complained bitterly. The car was thick with smoke, like a veil which had to be pushed aside to enable one to see and walk. A child cried, the soldiers guffawed as they shuffled the cards, the lights dimmed finally and the train rolled on.

A bright moon shed a white light on the crystal snow and scenes too beautiful for words flashed by the windows. Snow covered hills, lights gleaming from a farm house window and the moon reflected in a frozen pond enchanted the sailor. The brilliant whiteness dazzled his eyes, weariness engulfed him, he snuggled in his coat for warmth and slept.

The call “A1.1 out for St. Paul” awakened him, and for a moment comprehension was beyond him. With a start he said aloud “To-night I’ll be home.” How bright the day, how wonderful everything, even the dirt covered, sooty railroad yards.

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The afternoon faded into evening, and as the last rays of the setting sun disappeared the conductor walked into the coach and uttered the spine tingling words, “Watertown next.”

The train ground to a stop. The old familiar station appeared. No one to meet him. But of course not. This was a surprise homecoming. Not for him the confinement of the local taxi. He wanted to run, to shout. Seven blocks, eight, now he was on Main Street. Lights gleamed brightly, the Christmas garlands of green were just as he pictured them.

Two blocks of running and he was on North Washington Street.

He ran more swiftly. There was the house and there was “Mom.” Ho could see her through the window pane. The porch steps! He dashed up joyfully and pounded on the door.

It opened and his mother’s arms were about him. Everything he had dreamed about and longed for. He was home. It was wonderful.

THE WA6ER

by LES MES

“I tell ya, ya might as well give up. You’ve been trying all week to get the guy’s autograph, haven’t ya? And have ya got it yet? No! All you’ve got is a torn coat, a scratched cheek, and some badly trampled toes for your efforts. After all, is his autograph really that important? I like Bing a lot better myself anyway. Here, gimme your autograph book and let me write his name in it for you. Your girl friends will never know the difference.” ‘‘You give that autograph book back to me this instant, Robert Caughlin! I just know I’ll get his autograph tonight for sure. Mrs. Peters, the maid who helps make the beds at the Bismarck Hotel where he’s staying, told me he never uses the regular elevators at the hotel but rides the freight elevator instead. No wonder I didn’t see him in the lobby yesterday.

I’m going to plant myself right by that freight elevator tonight and won’t come back until I get Frankie’s autograph. You’ll see!”

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-Like all avid autograph hunters, Betty had a never-say-die spirit. “If you don’t succeed, try, try again,” she kept saying to herself. And how she had tried. First, at the railroad station last week when he arrived in town, only to have her coat torn by a big, rude girl from Custer High in the mob.

Then at the theater where a saucy-looking redhead had scratched her cheek in her abortive attempt to reach her idol.

And then a fruitless all day vigil in the lobby of the Bismarck Hotel.

But if she did succeed tonight in obtaining it, all those earlier disappointments would be forgotten. She would be the envy of every girl in her block—yes, in the whole school for that matter.

She had gotten autographs from screen and radio celebri­ ties before, but none were so hard to get as Frankie's for the simple reason that the crowds of autograph seekers were so large. It seemed every girl in town was trying for ‘ The Voice’s” autograph. The mobs surrounding him at the theater were so large that her tiny five feet one inch of height were literally swallowed up in the shouting, shrieking, swooning tide of humanity.

The suggestion of Mrs. Peters seemed a sure thing though.

Who would ever think of Frankie riding on such an inglorious, dirty thing as a freight elevator amid stacks of luggage, food, trunks, etc.? “But that’s the price of fame, I guess,” she mused.

Promptly at eight o’clock she arrived at the freight entrance of the hotel, armed with only a pen, her autograph book of course, and one of those large handbags girls always seem to carry with them. Frankie wouldn’t finish his stint at the Capitol Theater until after ten—that much she knew from the theater’s time table in the paper. That meant at least a twohour wait hefore the crooner would return to the hotel. She 152

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Ten o’clock came and no Frankie. Slowly the minutes ticked away and still there was no sign of him. Gradually the minutes passed into hours with still no Frankie.

At twelve o’clock, two bony scrubwomen entered the corridor, carrying pails,, brushes, and all the other parapher­ nalia necessary for scrubbing. They stared inquisitively at Betty, said nothing, and began their arduous task of cleaning the long, dirty hallway. As they neared Betty, one splashed some of the dirty soapy water dangerously near her newly polished saddle shoes, but Betty, by now half asleep, failed to take the hint to move. The woman shrugged her shoulders, cast a per­ plexed glance at her companion, and moved on farther down the corridor.

Gradually the long, tiresome wait began to have its effects. Betty’s eyes blinked sleepily, her head nodded from side to side soon she was asleep. Her large black handbag slipped from her hands onto the newly scrubbed floor.

How long she slept she didn’t know, but suddenly she was awakened by the sound of a door slamming at the end of the corridor. She sprang to her feet, raced to the door, and peered out into the darkness. She was too late. She saw the tall, lean figure of the singer entering a big, black limousine across the street. With a roar the car sped away into the night. ' “Oh Frankie, I’ve missed you, I’ve missed you,” she sobbed to herself as she walked back slowly to the trunk to pick up her things. “And I waited so long too. Why couldn’t I have kept awake a little longer?’’ She broke out again with a new flood of tears.

Reaching the trunk she picked up her handbag to get a handkerchief for drying her eyes. Rumaging quickly through its contents, she suddenly started with surprise.

“Oh Frankie,1 J she screamed. “You darling, an auto­ graphed picture just for me! Oh Frankie, Oh Frankie!”

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by PELOR

Richard Baum was driving home after a trying clay of lastminute shopping. The soft, colored lights of Christmas decora­ tions were reflected on the glistening snow, which was falling lazily. Just as Richard was about to turn down the street on which he lived, he noticed an old man dressed as Santa Claus trying to thumb a ride. Richard drew up to the curb and opening the door asked, ‘‘Where to, Santa?’’

“I’d appreciate a lift to the Fairview Orphanage,” replied the man.

“Just hop in and throw that big bag into the back seat,” Richard proposed.

A few minutes later Richard and the old man arrived at the entrance of the orphanage. The old man said, “I’m feeling rather ill—would you mind delivering this bag of presents to the office?”

“Not at all,” replied Richard as he hoisted the heavy bag to his shoulder.

The matron of the orphanage was pleased to receive the presents and expressed her thanks. Richard nodded.and returned to his car immediately because he had promised his wife to be home early that evening. When he got to his car he was surprised to find nobody in it. The old man had disappeared.

On the seat where the man had sat Richard found a $15,000 check to which was attached a note which read, “Mr. Baum, cash this check at the First National Bank tomorrow.”

Richard couldn’t decipher the scribbled signature. “How did he find out my name?” mused Richard. “Maybe he got it from the sticker on my windshield. But why would he want to give me $15,000? The check does look odd. The printing is so peculiar, — I’ll just forget the whole thing. I’ll keep this as a remembrance of a good deed to Santa Claus.” Richard laughed and drove off for home.

Richard Baum .couldn’t forget the incident, however. His wife noticed that he spent a very restless night and mentioned it to him at breakfast the next morning. Richard made some feeble excuse about trouble at the office and that he would have to take care of some important business downtown that day.

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When Richard presented the check at one of the windows at the First National Bank he was told to go into the president’s office. As he approached the office door he could feel that the eyes of all the clerks were fixed on him. The president of the bank met Richard at the door and showed him to a comfortable seat. Having settled in his own chair behind the desk, the president began to speak, “Mr. Baum, we’ve been expecting you, or rather, we’ve been waiting for that check to turn up.

You see, we have received a similar check on this very day for the past ten years. Before I turn over the money to you I’d like to tell you a story.

"About twenty-five years ago a very rich bachelor of about sixty by the name of Paul van Heusen moved to this city. He bought a large mansion near the outskirts and lived there by himself. He wasn’t a very sociable man, but in spite of this he loved children very much. Many rumors were circulated about van Heusen, all of which I believe were untrue. Nobody knew anything for sure about him except that he loved children. He used to present gifts to little children playing in the streets.

Every boy or girl who happened to do him a service was re­ warded liberally. He made it a practice to visit the orphanages every year a few days before Christmas. He would dress as Santa Claus and present gifts to the orphans personally.

4 *After living here for five years he began an extensive project to improve the playground facilities in the city parks.

It was his money that bought all the playground equipment in our parks today. He also organized a fund for the upkeep of that equipment.

“A few years later he organized a movement to build boys’ and girls’ clubs, complete with club houses, gymnasiums and swimming pools. These were to be built at various key points in the city. Two clubs were built but the others were never com­ pleted because of a lack of funds. Something strange happened to van Heusen, and the great force behind the movement was gone, until recently when a few of his beneficiaries, that is, orphans and others whom he benefited, began to collect funds again. ‘ 4Twelve years ago last night Paul van Heusen was making 155

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That’s the last time anybody saw him. Nobody knows what happened to him. The next night his mansion was destroyed by a mysterious fire. With it went all papers which might have identified him. ‘ ‘The check you presented at the window was from a book which was printed for him personally at his insistence. Oh, yes, the check is good. He insisted that if anything should happen to him we should not close his account. Now, would you want us to put this money on account for you, Mr. Baum?”

Richard sat speechless for a while before he said, “No, sir, I believe I would like to contribute it to the fund for the build­ ing of boys’ and girls’ clubs, if possible.’’

“That’s a very kind gesture, Mr. Baum. Are you sure you want to do this? The other people who received similar checks put the money to their own account.”

“Yes, I’m sure that’s what I want,” said Richard. The money was given to the building fund and Richard walked happily out of the bank.

There was one detail in the story about which the bank president knew nothing. The other people who had received similar checks and had deposited the money to their own accounts had walked out of the bank and were never seen again.

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The missionary enterprise was dealt a serious blow by a new movement, Rationalism, which was gaining adherents by the thousands. Rationalism disregarded the belief in the super-natural revelation of God in Christ Jesus. Missionary work, founded on faith and love, naturally could not thrive in a rationalistic atmosphere. But even in this dark “age of reason” God did not leave himself without witness. Two Lutheran missionaries are largely responsible for keeping missionary work alive until the danger had passed and it could once more flourish.

The first of these men was John Jaenicke, who lived in Berlin, Germany, at about the turn of the year 1800, when Rationalism produced an age of scoffing.

Such things as the following were not uncommon then. A funeral procession with six students of theology, all snickering, carrying a coffin, comes down the street. Are they perhaps burying one of the professors? At the cemetery the burial formula is read, and as the coffin is lowered the student body sings: “This Body in the Grave We Lay.” Nothing else than a copy of the Bible is in the coffin.

Easter sermons were preached on the theme 4 *The Benefits of Early Rising” and Christmas sermons on “The Advantages of Feeding Cattle in the Stable.”

Mission meetings were outlawed and therefore had to be held in secret. Members returning home from such a meeting were waylaid and mistreated. If a pastor would publicly announce a mission festival service, he would find his church padlocked.

Under these conditions Jaenicke in 1800 opened up his institute for missionaries in Berlin. He himself was the teacher with the Bible as his textbook. He helped his students with their trial sermons, and took them along with him on sick calls.

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In his eightieth year Jaenicke died. Countless missionary societies, begun indirectly through his work, were his monu­ ment, carrying on the work begun by Ziegenbalg and Egede, and, after being suppressed by Rationalism for a time, revived

by Jaenicke.

Now let us take a look at the man on whom fell the task of bringing the Gospel to Africa. His name was Louis Harms, a pastor in the small village of Hermannsburg. He had some­ what of a cold manner about him, but if we consider what the few true Gospel teachers went through during the rationalistic period, we can understand this.

He kept office hours in his study between nine and ten in the evening. There were always people to see him. At ten he held evening devotion in the living room. He loved hymns and always used them in his devotion. After devotion he studied until two or three in the morning. He rose daily in time for morning devotion at eight. Then he taught for six hours in his missionary school. At five he took a walk into the village and made his calls.

After services on Sunday mornings, there would regularly be a certain group of people waiting for Harms at the door to discuss the sermon with him. One Pentecost Sunday he had preached about the heathen. Again this same group was waiting for him with the question “What is a heathen?” It wasn’t that they had never heard of the heathen, but had never come to think of them as objects of their Christian con­ cern. After the discussion they resolved to do something to help the poor heathen. The next day Harms began teaching some of them in his own parsonage to be missionaries.

When the number of students increased, one of the wealthier farmers donated his farm for a school. Here lay Christians as well as preachers were trained to help the preachers in their work when they would start their missions.

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RED beyond their means. Then at the suggestion of one of the missionaries they went ahead to build their own ship; then they could haul their own supplies, too. The idea seemed silly to most people, for where would they get money to build a ship, and after they had it, who would sail it? Harms and his friends prayed incessantly for help. Then with no money on hand he gave the signal to go ahead with the work. The keel was laid at Harburg on the Elbe. Money began to come in as the work progressed. The first three contributions came from a child, a widow, and a hired hand. Then Harms’ church members gave, and gave liberally. Some contributed $100, $300, and even $500. When it was finished, their brig of 212 tons cost them exactly $19,000. Every one was excited about it. Women and children were sewing clothing for the mission­ aries; the farmers collected large food supplies. Money poured in from Belgium, Holland, Russia, and New Orleans in America.

This was one ship launched without a bottle. When the day came that it was ready to be launched, Harms together with over 400 Hernmnnsburgers took a special train to Harburg for the ceremony. Harms spoke on the story of Jesus and the disciples in the storm on the Sea of Galilee, and as they sang “Now Thank We All our God,” the ship slid gracefully down the ways into the water. They named the ship the Candace in honor of the queen of Ethiopa whose treasurer was baptized by Philip the evangelist.

Then came the day of sailing. Harms and many others saw the missionaries off. They all knelt on deck in prayer.

Months, then a year, and more went by, but no word from the Candace. ‘‘What are we to do?” the people asked.

“Let us repent, confess our sins, and pray,” replied Harms.

After nearly two years the Candace returned with a story.

The missionaries had attempted to found a mission among the Gallas, but since there was too much interference from the Mohammedans, they moved along the African coast to South Africa, and succeeded in gaining a foothold there among the Zulus.

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In fifty years the congregation at Hermannsburg, farmers all, collected over two million dollars for missions. Never during the fifty years of the missions was there a deficit in the treasury. The secret of their missionary success was the Word of God and prayer. Today when the number of Gospelstarved -souls far exceeds that of any other time, we ought to be very busy feeding the famished souls in the spiritual wilder­ nesses of the world. __________ ' SMOKE SIGNAL How, Injun Historic Society!

You sendum letter to Injun Joe, askin for history of Joe’s tribe. You say you give twenty bucks if Joe give it you. Now maybe after you see this you think Injun Joe make history up just to get twenty bucks. History of tribe mean more to Joe than twenty bucks, so Joe not stoop to such a dirty trick like that. Besides Joe’s back ache, so me not stoop to anything. 、Send twenty bucks anyway. Now Joe give story.

Many moons ago first Injun come floating down from sky.

Mebbyso you wonder how Injun get up in sky but that not so hard. Injun Joe get up in sky most every week. Only last night Injun Joe higher than kite. Anyhow this first Injun in country and this Injun Joe’s great-great grandfather’s grand­ father. Because him land on log floatin in Root River, him called Chief Root Beer Float. The first thing him do is look for squaw. Findum one in plenty big hurry too. How squaw get there Joe not know. Joe’s squaw get all over too, special in Joe’s business, so me not wonder that him find squaw there already. Many moons later they have little papoose. Him called Little Chief Root Beer Float Junior. This how tribe get start. Many moons later nother famous papoose born. This papoose grow up and run first garter store in territory. Because him ship garters in from over the sea him called Sea-Garter and then Sea Gar for short. This first sea-gar store Injun in whole world. Then one papoose follow nother till many moons later papooses get down to Injun Joe. Him probably biggest and best brave yet for sure. All other braves before Joe think that still night come when moon shines. It take Injun Joe to find out that moonshine come from still.

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‘‘ ’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.”

Tom Davidson, a tall, bronze-colored youth of twenty-two was deep in thought. He thought of his childhood and this poem he had so reluctantly memorized for his grade school teacher. He had complained bitterly then, but it brought back happy memories, especially those of his home in northern Iowa, one hundred and twenty acres of happy childhood memories. His thoughts now turned to the approaching Christmas holidays, which were but two short weeks away.

The boat’s whistle blew, but he paid little attention to it. This would doubtless be the happiest Christmas of his whole life!

He had accumulated quite a sum of money, for the South Pacific islands hadn’t afforded a good place to spend his money, and he had wisely saved it for his future life. This Christmas he would give his parents and his younger brothers and sisters a real treat. Then too Anne would be there, for they would announce their engagement in the near future.

Suddenly he was awakened from his reveries by a shout.

The entire boatload of soldiers was on deck cheering wildly.

Land was in sight一the good old U. S. A! After two years overseas the sight of his native land and old glory proudly waving in the breeze caused a deep emotional pride to well within him. He felt like weeping and shouting simultane­ ously. It seemed as if it were an eternity until the ship came to a halt, and the busy stevedores, working at top speed, seemed to move miserably slow.

In a short time he joined his buddies on their way to a displacement center. He had hated California before, but now, after the thrill of those first few months overseas had turned into more than a year of horribly dull, boring life, it became one of the forty-eight beautiful states of his homeland.

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After two days journey he arrived home. How good it was to see Anne, his father, mother, brothers, and sisters again!

He was with them now; never again would he leave them. He was sure of that.

During the next week he made numerous preparations for Christmas. He bought elaborate presents for his parents; he would give each of his brothers and sisters a crisp new ten dollar bill, and for Anne there would be the engagement ring and a beautiful heart-shaped locket with a tiny sparkling diamond set in its center. With the remainder of his money he started his own perpetual present, a savings account.

The week flew by and Christmas Eve came, a chilly, snowy evening. The entire family was invited to Ann’s home for supper. Here they spent an enjoyable evening, singing carols and hymns, playing cards, listening to the radio, and taking advantage of the general comforts of a cheery home, in this, the merriest of seasons. They left early that evening, for to­ morrow was the important day.

Christmas morning dawned, a clear, cold day. Tom awoke about seven o’clock, faintly hearing the hymns and carols to which his father was listening over the radio. Ah, it really felt good to be alive on such a day! Tom was positive that no other day could be as happy or memorable as this Christmas should prove to be.

He came downstairs and into the kitchen, entranced by the fragrance of ham and eggs and cooking coffee. Before break­ fast all opened their presents which lay beneath the beauti­ fully decorated tree. Each admired the presents of the others, as well as his own. They thanked each other warmly, after which they ate the prepared breakfast.

Tom and his brothers did the outside work. While they were tending the animals, the girls did the dishes. By ninethirty all were getting ready for church, a privilege which meant much more to Tom since his days in the army.

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Here the skaters built their bonfires from old slabs; the mill served as a windbreak for the chilled bodies.

Tom and Anne went for a long jaunt up the river to see the old neighborhood again after three year’s absence as Tom so coyly alleged when they excused themselves. At any rate they were not seen again until after the sun had set.

That evening after supper Tom’s brothers and sisters joined their “gang” on a sleigh ride party, while Tom and Anne decided to go to a movie in the neighboring town. ' The weather turned colder and Tom’s old car, allergic to such weather, choked and sputtered occasionally. The heater didn’t work well either, and as a result the windows became so frosty that driving was hazardous. Anne suggested-that they take the new road which had been constructed during Tom’s absence, for it was shorter and better.

Suddenly a bright light shone into the window on Anne’s side.

“The train,” shouted Anne.

Tom, unaware that the railroad tracks and the new road met here, slammed on the brakes, but in vain. The ground was slippery from the newly fallen snow; an accident was inevitable. The last thing Tom heard was the awful approach­ ing roar, and the whistle of the speeding train.

The first thing Tom was aware of when he regained consciousness was the smell of ether. As he opened his eyes he heard the nearby doctor who was just turning away from a patient’s bed say, “I’m afraid it’s too late.”

“Where’s Anne?” Tom asked softly.

He tried to turn his head, but it was impossible to do so.

All he heard in reply was a loud weeping from Anne’s parents.

“Oh!” he sighed.

His own family stood at his bedside too, weeping uncon­ trollably. Now he realized fully what the doctor had meant. ‘‘Perfect day——，’’ he mumbled 明 he again lapsed into unconsciousness.

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Jhitortai Why Black and Red? • •.

'HAT old familiar color combination, black and red, must certainly remind students and alumni of Northwestern College of this school here on the corner of College and Western Avenues in Watertown. Ever since 1897, when the faculty selected these as the colors to represent our school, black and red meant “alma mater” to the many graduates of N. W. C. Black and red — they even sound pleasing when spoken in that combination. To say that the school colors are “red and black” would sound strange, wouldn’t it? Probably the fact that we are accustomed to naming them in the former order would cause this; perhaps it is phonetically easier to pronounce the two colors with “black” before “red.” At any rate, the originators of this publication must have had some reason for calling it as they did instead of “The Red and Black.”

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Why were just these colors, black and red, chosen? Have you ever wondered about that? Just the other day we chanced upon information on that subject. We quote from “Unser Northwestern College—sein Werden und Wachsen, 1865-1915,” a book commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Northwestern College: “The combination ‘black and red’ was chosen because no other school has preempted it. When the choice became known, a pastor offered an interpretation of its meaning that is too fine to be entirely accidental: black is the first color of the German flag, and red is the first color of the Stars and Stripes一that can only mean a German-English college for Americans. ’， Just thought you might like to know.

The Problem of Used Gum ... was talking to a fellow the other day on the subject of clothes. He told me that he had just gotten a pair of trousers from the cleaners, and while wearing them that night to a movie he had sat in a wad of gum. That started me thinking about the problem of used gum. Gum, unlike other confections which disappear in using, is indestructible. No matter how long or in what manner one uses it, the quantity is always the same. The glutenous mass will not be consumed.

Because of this remarkable feature the problem arises.

One stick of gum is truly a small bit; hardly anything to speak about. But look further. Think of the thousands— millions perhaps — who daily chew gum. Think of the mass of sticky, slimy “slop” that is discarded. Where? Usually on the underside of benches, seats, tables, drinking fountains, or any other place to which it will adhere. Pitiful indeed. Even more so now, with the return of more and better gum. It seems that this country is not only covered with the smear and filth of crime, but also of used gum. It has become a problem and justly deserves the attention of our day, in order that future generations might exist without getting stuck up. What is there to do?

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RED make use of the old cuds? It seems a shame that we derive only a small quantity of sweet juices and a bit of jaw exercise from the gum, when there might be the possibility of making use of the used product.

Why not organize a corporation ' ‘The Composition Gum and Glue Company of America,” install boxes in theaters, churches, street cars and other public places to collect the used cuds?

Then manufacture fly paper, mucilage, window putty, tire cement or anything else. If only someone would erect a factory for this purpose, the streets and other public places would be a lot cleaner and there would be less chance of sitting or stepping on a wad of used gum. 一-“Chuck” Schlei

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Green Was my Valley” was shown in the gymnasium "H OW recently. A few of the students have seen it several

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years ago in local theaters and had enjoyed it, so they said; hence the rest of us anticipated an enjoyable evening of enter­ tainment. We were not disappointed.

Even though some scenes had been cut out of the original film to make this one slightly shorter, and although the sound track did not reproduce the dialogue as clearly as it might have, most of us were satisfied, after the last reel had been shown, that this had been a good picture.

The ex-navy men in the audience were reminded of their period in the service when an added short feature depicting navy training was shown.

“Pork” Hollender must be commended on the way he threaded the film—hardly a hitch in the whole proceeding.

Other movies are promised for next year.

J.

The Majority Was Right ••• and spontaneous applause broke forth after E NTHUSIASTIC each number Bill Palmer, master accordianist, played last Thursday evening, December 5. He brought with him from Texas (besides his accordian, with which he showed definite ability) a southern informality and captivating manner, which empha­ sized his musical interpretation or accommodated him when­ ever his technique might have failed. The first half of the pro­ gram was classical, with the exception of Mr. Palmer’s treat167

RED ment of Dark Eyes, which replaced Moskowski. Even Bach and Brahms found expression under this unusual artist’s facile fingers. In fact, the rendition of Brahms’ Fifth Hungarian •Dance, a type of composition well suited for the accordian, was outstanding. Following a brief but entertaining discussion of his instrument (handled in his own subtle way), Mr. Palmer played the Berceuse (from Jocelyn) in variations imitating different instruments. We did use our imagination and enjoyed it. To criticize justly, arrangements of orchestral numbers such as Waltz of the Flowers (from Nutcracker Suite), the Warsaw Concerto and even the modern Rhapsody in Blue for the accordian, is difficult. It was a good attempt, and only an artist could attempt it.

After the intermission, Mr. Palmer returned to the stage to offer a selection of modern compositions. The Ritual Fire Dance was especially effective on the accordian, and the Hora Staccato showed that Mr. Palmer had the dexterity to put it over. Then there was a popular selection requested by the Sophomores. A low moan eminated from the ** teen-aged audience, as the artist announced his impromptu playing of The Old Lamp-lighter. When Mr. Palmer came to the closing strains of the hit tune, the gym was dark except for the clocklight, appropriate for the sentiment of the song. When the bright lights returned, only half of them were lit; a fuse had blown out! Nevertheless the misfortune did not dim the effects of the performance.

Our guest artist completed his program, but was automatic­ ally called back for more with a warm and extended hand-clap.

Anxious to play for the unusually receptive audience, Mr. Pal­ mer enchored with what he termed “a great American Classic— the St. Louis Blues.” It was observed that tones from the accordian produced by the artist’s touch, simultaneously matched with facial expressions, approached sounds produced by the human voice. The violin has nothing on the accordian!

Amidst hearty applause the accordianist left the stage. The majority realized that they had been entertained by an artist.

Later one could hear other comments, “He’s a must for next year!” Undoubtedly the majority of our audience is best suited to this type of entertainment. Let’s have Bill Palmer come again next year. We liked him!

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Freylinghausen Luther Kocher

MIXED CHORUS Planets, Stars, and Airs of Space Hark, Now, 0 Shepherds Glory to God -

Peter-Bach arr. Luvaas Anonymous

MALE CHORUS Come, Thou, Oh, Come!

0 Jesus, Tender Shepherd In Dulci Jubilo

harm. Bach harm. Brahms XIV Century

PREP CHORUS In Thee Is Gladness Jesus, Help Conquer

Gastoldo Schroeder

MIXED CHORUS Brahms Salvation Unto Us Has Come (Chorale Motet) Gretchaninof Nunc Dimittis How Brightly Shines the Morning Star Nicolai (Accompaniment一Brass Quartet) MALE CHORUS arr. Reger Mariae Wiegenlied Austrian Folk-song Die Hirten Auf Dem Felde Wir Eilen Mit Schwachen, Doch Bach Emsigen Schritten (from Church Cantata Jesu, Der Du Meine Seele) (Piano accompaniment—Robert Dommer)

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Too bad, so sad: No news to be had.

It drives me mad, But Janke’s glad, ’Cuz he just loves to make us columnists work and never announces the deadline until just two days before.

Thanksgiving is over again, and we can all relax now— and tighten up our belts once more. The fellows 一 those un­ lucky fellows who couldn’t get an excuse to go home and had to stay here—were agreeably surprised to see the great spread prepared for them by Bilse, Inc. — Now, everybody’s looking forward to Christmas vacation and checking up on what the catalog has to say about it.

Fellas, have you met our Indian coed? Didn’t know we had one here, didja? Well, just ask any coed for an introduc­ tion to Mrs. Eagle Plume, nee Audrey Tucker. She’ll probably scratch your eyes out. Rough women, these squaws! ’Tisn’t her fault, though. She couldn’t help it if Eagle Plume took a fancy to her, could she?

Professors Kowalke and Oswald have been in the throes cf moving these last two weeks. Prof. Kowalke has m ov ed into the old Smith house, which has been remodeled, a nd Prof.

Oswald has moved into the residence vacated by Frof. Ko­ walke, thus leaving his former residence to be occupied by our new instructor, Prof. Schumann, who is expected to arrive

by December 12.

Watertown's new innovation, the city bus line, is an upand-coming organization. With all the joy-riders supplying 170

RED fares continually, it’s sure to make a go of it. Several North­ western students were told: “You guys can’t just get on this bus and ride around all day. This ain’t no sight-seeing bus.

How many transfers d’ya want?’’ 氺

Lorraine Witt, an ex-coed from last year, entertained several members of the Junior class at her home the other Sunday afternoon. It reminded one of the parties last year.

—Which reminds me, the Frosh coeds—all six of them— recently threw a party for the frosh boys — all sixty of them.

How it worked out, I can’t imagine, but everybody seemed to enjoy himself, in his own ten square inches of floor space. The food was plentiful, which was the main thing for most of the fellows, natch. The party broke up happily enough, with Jim Fricke supplying the surprise ending to the evening’s festivities.

Speaking of parties, the Varsity football squad held its football banquet on a cold, wintry Saturday night a couple of weeks ago. Strange, but it didn’t seem a bit cold, although the mercury was hovering somewhere in the red flannel region.

Most of the evening was spent in arguing as to who had the most fortitude, and in singing songs of pleasant reminiscence, mostly about pastoral scenes, rolling in the clover, etc., or so I’ve been told. The party broke up early, but a few die-hards stuck around for a while to clean up. it’s peculiar, but they seemed to enjoy the party more than the others.

Deer hunting caused a slight decrease in the ranks of Northwestern students. The best thing about it was the fact that so many went deer hunting over Thanksgiving weekend.

Nobody seems to have had much success, though, which is proba­ bly just as well, since now we won’t have to listen to long-drawnout tales of valor.

Submitted by “Roosh” Zarling: .Professor Blume’s “cat” joke seems to be getting “harder” as it gets older.

Down by de cornfield, Hear dat mournful sound.

Most de Sophomores am ’moaning, “My Greek grade’s in de cold, cold ground.”

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RED The telephone surely is a handy instrument, seems as though. Just ask any of the select group of night owls who hang over it until the wee hours of the night. I don’t know how Shirley could get along without the fellas. Surely doesn’t seem as if she could, no how!

The Seniors have a new, most exclusive organization, known as the “Senior Pin Club.’’ I wish it would be more exclusive, though, since it seems as though they’re only too willing to initiate anyone into their sacred rites. Some fellows have to be initiated more than once, the way it looks. What’s the matter, you guys? Can’t you make it stick?

All I’ve got to say is that you fellows who made your reser­ vation for the Don Cossack concert early are just plenty lucky.

Three days after it was advertised that reservations could be made by town folk, it turned into nearly a complete sell-out.

The Juniors are wracking their brains,—what’s left of them after answering so many phone calls—to place more seats.

The response was so overpowering that it caught the Juniors unawares, and that caused a great deal of confusion, but every­ thing is now under control. According to latest reports, Presi­ dent Hollender finds that there are only about forty seats left.

See what I meant about getting your tickets early?

Now that the deer hunting season is over, Rupe Eggert figures it’s safe to offer his unused deer ticket for sale. Anyone interested may see Rupe any time.

Presenting

(in any logic, history, or German class) Those two romantic lovers, Hollender and Broitsman, in their dramatic performance of the Turtle-dove scene from “Love in Formative Science*1

by Rhastokovich.

Reservations made through any member of the Junior class. Performance begins twenty minutes after the opening of any logic, history, or German class— thus allowing shaggers-in-late also to attend.

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RED That new radio station, station WNWC, is really going places. Broadcasting on the Brown network, with studios in _ Wagner’s room, it relays the campus gossip, brings us learned discourses by the famous commentator, Reginald Pope, and plays many musical transcriptions, all of which seem to sound like ‘ ‘Beautiful Savior.”

Writing that last paragraph brought to my mind a joke, which, I figure, ought to be heard merely because it is a sample of the purest corn. Ergo: Mamma and Papa Tater had a daughter Tater. It seems that daughter Tater came to her parents with the request to be allowed to be married. “But whom do you wish to marry, daughter Tater, dear?” asked Mamma and Papa Tater. “I want to marry H. V. Kaltenborn,” replied dear daughter Tater.

“Oh, we can’t let you marry him, daughter Tater, dear,” was the response. “He’s just a common tater!’’ 一Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Since this is the last issue of the B and R, in the year of 1946—I heard that sigh of relief!—I believe that I should place a fitting ending on the bottom of this column. So here it is:

‘‘A fitting ending.

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• St. Peter’s Ev. Lutheran Church of Mischicot, Wisconsin, recently celebrated the 85th anniversary of its founding. It was founded on May 20, 1861. Three services were held, the sermons being delivered by the Rev. Kenneth Vertz，’31, of Owosso, Michigan; the Rev. George Barthels, ’35，of Burling­ ton, Wisconsin; and the Rev. Edward Zell Jr” ’42, of Detroit, Michigan, with his brother, William Zell, ’44，of the Lutheran Seminary, Thiensville, being the liturgist. All these speakers have come from this congregation, The present pastor is the Rev. Edward Zell, ’08，who has served St. Peter’s since 1911.

The student body wishes to welcome Professor Walter Schumann, ’12，to Northwestern College, and sincerely hopes that he will enjoy his work in our midst. He will assume the duties of professor of classics in the near future.

The Rev. and Mrs. Delmar Brick are the parents of a girl, bom on December 3，1946. She will be named Nona June.

Pastor Brick, ’40, is stationed at Kimberley, Wisconsin.

A girl was born to the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Stern on the 6th of November. The Rev. Stern, ’41，resides at Omak, Washington.

Reuben Stock and Leigh Jordahl, both of the class of ’46, are now attending Bethany Lutheran Seminary at Mankato, Minnesota. This year marks the beginning of the establish­ ment of the Norwegian Synod Seminary.

CALLS The Rev. Herbert Resting, *33, has accepted the call to Vesta, Minnesota. He was formerly at Winona, Minnesota.

The Rev. Richard Jungkuntz, ’39, of Fort Atkinson, Wis­ consin, has received the call as professor of music at Michigan Lutheran Seminary, Saginaw, Michigan.

Dr. Henry Koch, ’09, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, has accepted a call to Morrison, Wisconsin.

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RED INSTALLATIONS AND ORDINATIONS The Rev. H. A. Pankow was installed as pastor in Menomonie, Wisconsin, on Sunday, Dec. 1, 1946. He was formerly at Byers Settlement.

On November 3, 1946, Howard Birkholz, ’43，at present tutor at Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota, was ordained into the ministry and installed as assistant pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Redwood Falls, Minnesota.

The Rev. Oscar Siegler, ’37，was installed as pastor of St. Paul’s and St. John’s Lutheran Church, both of Town Forest, on October 27, 1946. His address: R. 1, Calvary, Wisconsin.

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SERVICEMEN AND EXSERVICEMEN Edward Borchardt, ex. ’47，who served in the Navy, is now recuperating from a severe attack of pneumonia in Hot Springs, New Mexico. He was attending a radio school in Chicago when he contracted the disease. From recent reports he is improving.

S 2/c Jack Ott, ex.，49, is now stationed in Guam, where he is working in the Naval Library.

ADDRESSES Jack Ott S 2/c Camp Bright Library N. S. C. Navy 926 c/o F. P. 0. San Francisco, Calif.

Pvt. Vern D. Hinz 17186756 Co. L. 23rd Inf. Ft. Lewis, Washington

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ATHLETICS Basketbball practice has been under way at Northwestern for three weeks.| fAbout twenty-five men tried out for the team, butjthe squad was cut down to ten men: Huebner, Schlei, Kaesmeyer, Will Wietzke, Bill Wietzke, Nommensen, Malchow, Kaufmann, Steiner, and Strohm. Of these men all but Kaufmann, Steiner and Strohm are lettermen. That is a clear indi­ cation that they are an experienced squad. That, however, is not their only asset, for they are an exceptionally tall team.

The probable front-line starters, Schlei, Will Wietzke and Nommensen, average 6'4" in height. The average height of the entire squad is 6' 1". The thing that will tell in the long run, though, whether this team will be extraordinary or not, is their aggressiveness. At this point in the season there is every indication that they are really aggressive. This team has a fighting offense and defense. The thing to watch for is the scrapping under the baskets to get the ball both offensively and defensively and I want to say that from all I have seen this year, the fans are in for some real thrills when they watch this team get in there and fight to win.

There is no doubt that "they will have to fight hard for everything they get this season because every team in our Badger State Conference is loaded with material. Without exception each school in our conference has a larger enrollment than our school and it naturally follows that they will have plenty material to work with. There is no doubt either that the whole conference is waiting for the chance to beat us be­ cause we took the championship in football. They wouldn’t like it too much if we won two championships in two consecu­ tive sports, although we wouldn’t object too strongely to winning the championship. What will actually happen is a long way off, but it is a sure thing that our boys will be out there trying and that the more we stand behind them with our spirit and enthusiasm, the harder they will try to win for us.

(The editor of this column apologizes for writing so little this time, but he promises to write more next time when there will be more to write about.)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARYSonnet

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Two With...

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Some Fun

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Program Music

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Muhlenberg in America

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Believe It or Not.

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Champs

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EDITORIAL—

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The Accident

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He's Cruel

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ATHLETICS

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

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ALUMNI NOTES

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume L.

Watertown, Wis., January 1947.

Number 7

March 3, 1870% Published monthly. Subscription. One Dollar.

SONNET Man need not always walk and look about, In sober mien and somber visage dressed.

But often carefree joy and mirth will out From soul that is with cares and doubts sore pressed.

There is no man who feels himself at ease Amid companions who will hold him back From tender fantasies that soothe and please.

With kindred soul, of these there is no lack.

On moonlight strolls ’neath stars that cheer and warm And then, reflected, shine from eyes upturned, Plans of ethereal structures soon take form, And talk of nonsense flows.—And so I’ve learned: Man who to such a kindred soul is bound Not only peace and bliss, but love has found.

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RED TWO WITH ••y KRF.OF.1UC KOSANKR

Bill opened the door and walked into the lunch room, The clock on the wall showed him that he had five minutes to wait before the bus arrived; he would still have time for a hamburger, and he would be able to see the bus thru the window when it drove up..

Ever since that summer three years ago (he was only sixteen then!) when his folks had noticed that he was starting to prefer Hedy Lamar to Gene Autry they had worried about his “Social life” as they called it. And ever so often when they thought he wasn’t going with the right kind of girl they would either invite in or visit friends of theirs who, just by chance, had daughters of the right age. And what daughters they were! Bill wondered by what stroke of luck his parents had gotten acquainted and married, if their taste was so far off! He had thought that when he was away at college those things would be over and done, and, until now, they had been. On his own he hadn’t met anyone really special so far either; but they had been better than this Jane would be!

“Dear Bill: Do you remember my talking about Ann Sturgis, my college room mate at Smith? We usually write a little note on our Christmas cards about how we*re getting along and what our families are doing. This year she said her daughter Jane (you must remember Jane) is going to Smith, too; so I wrote right away and told her that that really was coincidence, because you had j.ust started at State, and the schools are so close. I told her you two should get together, and mentioned that you were planning a snow party at the end of the month. I hope you haven’t asked anyone else, dear.

Her mother says she can come on the Friday night bus and stay at her cousin’s...”

When his mother used that ‘‘dear’’ language there was no escape. Bill called to the cook, ‘‘Give me a hamburger, with lots of onions.’’ He spun around on the stool again and saw the bus coming in. “A blonde girl in a white coat” 一 there were a couple of families, an old man, two little girls, — ah, there she was! Not bad, not bad at all; long blond hair, a cute little face and figure to match.

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^RED Bill slid off the stool, calling to the cook, “Change that one with to two without, and two cokes!” He met her coming thru the gates, “You must be Jane Frome; I’m Bill.”

She smiled, “Hello, Bill.”

"Your cousin had a sorority tea and couldn’t get here on time: but she’ll be back at her dorm when we get there. It’s quite a way. Would you like something to eat before we go? I have some Jburgers ordered.”

As they ate they talked about the trip and the weather, and all the silly things people always talk about in stations.

Then Jane asked, "Bill, how did you happen to ask me down?’’

There was a quizzical wrinkle on her forehead.

Bill didn’t know what to say: he didn’t want to lie about it.

“Well, ah, my mother wrote me—’’ “My mother, too.” She frowned and became silent.

All the way to her cousin’s dorm she was quiet and Bill couldn’t get her interested in any subject he could think of.

Yes, she liked her school. Yes, the business district they were going thru was nice. Yes, she’d like to see the campus. Bill felt that his folks had given him another bad fix; a gal who just wouldn’t talk.

They came to Kay’s dorm at last. Kay was bubbling over with joy, as usual. She insisted on going along and showingJane the sights. And she did. And they talked. Bill could just as well have stayed at home. Girl friends, parties, movies, and clothes, clothes, clothes. He had his own theory on that subject; girl’s clothes are to be seen and appreciated, and not talked about. He was bored to death.

The next morning broke clear and the sun was bright on the white snow. Bill was in high hopes and spirits, and Jane’s appearance raised his spirits still more. Maybe talking about • clothes did some good anyway; at least she looked as if she’d stepped off the cover of vogue'. But she wasn’t any more cheerful.

“Bill, if you don’t want to go today, it’s all right with me.

I’ll understand.”

“But Jane, I’ve been planning on this for weeks!”

“I’ll be down in a few minutes then.” By the time they reached the meeting place Mr. and Mrs. Janing and all the 179

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other couples were waiting for them. They started off right away, Mr. Janing introducing everyone, including Mike and Joe, the horses. And then it happened, a big blond fellow came up to Jane and asked if she knew his sister, who was at Smith, too. > Why, yes!” Jane said, “she’s an alto, too; she sits next to me in chorus.’’

“Oh, no!” said Bill. Jane speared him with an icy stare.

He went over and stood by the Janings, who were driving the team, he stayed there all the way to the lodge. They tried to show him how to drive the horses, but he wasn’t in the right mood to learn.

Jane didn’t say a thing to him, or he to her, while they were gating dinner. Afterwards the crowd went out to try out the ice on the lake; that is, everyone but Jane. She said she was tired. Bill skated off by himself. He went all the way across the big lake and up a stream on the opposite bank.

During September he had been at the lake and had explored this little stream as far as his canoe would take him. Now, on skates he could go still farther. He stopped to look at some beaver houses and to explore a deserted hunting shanty on the shore. It was getting dark before he realized how long he’d been gone. By the time he was halfway across the lake it was dark, and he would have lost his way but for lights moving near the lodge. The others must be going back, too. When he came closer he saw that the groups were out on the lake; he skated toward one. Someone shouted, “He’s here!” They all crowded around him. * * Where were you?” “You’ve been gone four hours!” ‘‘Jack found an open spot and we were sure you’d broken thru!”

Jane came up and said she was glad he was all right. Bill looked at her and said, “Are you? Why?” and she turned away.

For supper everyone sat on the floor in front of the big fire place. Bill was sorry he’d answered Jane so roughly and he wanted tx) tell her so, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

They sat and listened to the others talk about the fun they’d had that afternoon. When they were thru eating someone asked Mr. Janing to play the piano. They all joined in the coaxing and he let himself be led to the piano. He warned 4«

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Bill broke the barrier first. “Jane, don’t you like the way he plays that?”

Jane turned, “Yes, I do. Bill—’’ “Before you say anything, Jane, I’d like you to know that I’m sorry for the way I spoke before. I didn’t mean ... to be mean.”

"Well, I wanted to tell you that I’m sorry for the way I’ve acted. Alone this afternoon I got to thinking I’d been pretty rude, and then when you didn’t come back—’’ “To tell the truth, until I saw you get off the bus I was sure I wasn’t going to like you. I felt I was being pushed into something. ’ ’ “I thought that was how you felt. Let’s just start all over again.

“Hello, June!”

“Hello, Bill!”

“Would you like to walk out and watch the snow fall?”

"But Bill, I just met you!”

The others gathered around the piano sinking a loud chorus of “Jingle Bells” and didn’t see the two slip out of the door. Outside the snow was falling in big flakes and it was so quiet.

“You really didn’t just meet me,” Bill said. ‘We just are renewing old acquaintances. Don’t you remember the time when you came to my birthday?”

That must have been over twelve years ago. Weren’t mother and I visiting at your home just at your birthday?

Your mother made me the guest of honor and gave me the biggest piece of cake. You were so mad you threw your ice cream at me. Remember?’’

Bill grimaced, *4I only meant to put it down your neck.

And here at the U. away from home I thought I could forget my past and start life over again! Well, seeing that it’s caught up with me—’’ and he ducked behind a tree, picked up some snow and threw it at her. ‘‘This means war!” and Jane grabbed a handful of snow， too. The battle was on! Soon they both were covered with ( 4

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RED snow and tired from running and laughing, so they decided to build a snowman. In the act of lifting the big head up on the snowman’s shoulders Bill turned. “Jane, now that I know you, I think your swell.” And Jane reached up, grabbed Bill’s ears and pulled his head down (the poor boy was helpless!) and gave an answer that to him was better than a thousand words.

The next afternoon Bill had to put Jane on her bus to go back to school. When she reached her seat she opened her window and called to him, “Bill, let’s both write our mothers thank you letters!” “(3nly if you promise to write me, too!”

After the bus left Bill went into the lunch room again. He sat down at the counter and looked at a THEY SATISFY sign for three minutes without seeing it. The cook came up.

“Well，do ya know what ya want this time?

Bill looked at him for a while. “Yeh, ^ive me a ham­ burger, and put everything you’ve got on it!”

SOME FUN hy M. PF-TFRMANN

You’ve often whetted your appetite with some delicious little tidbit already. You desire to have a little more after that, just like crackerjack. In just that way the West has affected me. In the short period of two or two and one half weeks, you can’t begin to make a complete tour of our vast West. Such a short and limited glimpse is merely a whetting of one’s appetite, a pleasant taste of what actually can be enjoyed and seen.

Five of us were fortunate enough to be able to enjoy a trip by car out to California this last Christmas vacation. The fact that this trip was more in the nature of a business trip also to a great extent limited the amount of sight-seeing we could or wanted to do. Despite the handicaps, however, we made the best of things.

Well, we left Watertown shortly before dinner on Friday, December 20. That afternoon we rolled through a great part of the Illinois prairie land. Because we had gotten a somewhat later start than we had figured on, we drove through the first 182

RED night. Needless to say, that was a rather wearisome task, but since we wanted to make California by Christmas Eve we were almost forced to do so. By the next night we had passed through the Ozarks of Missouri, through a small corner of Kansas (about twenty miles worth), and into Oklahoma. We stopped for the night at El Reno.

It was still early, so we walked through the town, doing a little shopping—mostly window-shopping, of course. Most fun was to talk with the natives of the town. They had that western drawl here, and it proved to be rather catching. They picked us out as “foreigners” quite easily. We’d hear, “Wheah yo from? Ah was born in Texas.” To this came the inevitable reply, “We is from the deep North.”

Whether it was accidental or intentional, I don’t know, but we didn’t take an alarm clock along; so we always slept until we just naturally woke up. We never got started as late as you may think, though.

Through Oklahoma and the Panhandle of Texas we hit the wide, rolling plains. Occasionally we’d see some steers.

Tumble-weed was rolling everywhere with the wind. Just be­ fore Albuquerque we came through our first mountains. The mountains appealed to me very much. Those covered with vegetation were beautiful, and the barren, desolate mountains were often formed out of brightly colored rocks. Not here, but farther west a snow-cap would appear now and then. Our next stopover was Albuquerque.

The next day we passed the Painted Desert. The sky was somewhat overcast and the colors didn’t appear as bright as usual, but nevertheless it was something to remember. The last day or so we could open the windows around noon. At night it cooled off considerably. We came through the northern part of Arizona, through the Flagstaff region. This was a very scenic part of the trip. The altitude there is rather high. Here there were tall pines towering over the road. After we got out of these hills we hit the desert. From here on the terrain alter­ nated between desert and mountains. The last night on the way out found us sleeping in Kingman, Arizona.

Finally, on Tuesday, San Fernando, California, our destina­ tion was within reaching distance. There was nothing extra183

RED ordinary this last day, nothing but the weather. We were heading for Americas Land of Sunshine and thought that we might at least be able to get a semblance of a sun-tan. About an hour and a half out of San Fernando it began drizzling.

About an hour out it began raining. About half an hour out it was pouring. By the time we got there, around four o’clock, we had our pontoons out. California was having one of those “heavy dews.” They say it was their rainy season.

We arrived in time for the Christmas holidays. It rained just about the rest of the week so that we were kept busy sitting around and resting up. One night we took in Christmas Tree Lane. That is a street somewhere in Altedena on each side of which is a row of deodar trees ranging from sixty to eighty feet high. These trees are all covered with Christmas lights. At night you drive through with your car lights out and view the pretty avenue of brilliantly lit up trees. It gives .you that Christmas feeling.

There were many fruit groves in the San Fernando Valley.

On cold nights (and there were many, even frosty ones) you could see the smudge pots doing their duty. As soon as the sun got up into the sky the temperature would rise into the seventies.

Forest Lawn Cemetery is situated very attractively on a hillside. Many statues, all pure white, are scattered through­ out the park. The foremost of these was a group known as “The Mystery of Life.” Well known also are its small kirks.

Here, in this cemetery, many famous personages were laid.

We visited the Griffith Observatory and the large 100 inch telescope on Mt. Wilson. With the Griffith Observatory in Griffith Park is connected a very interesting astronomical museum. You could spend an entire day there looking over all the different instruments and various displays. The drive to Mt. Wilson is in itself very exciting. Once you’re on the right road, it is a steady climb. The road weaves in and out and around the mountains. Now and then a chill runs up and down your spine when you think the road comes uncomfortably close to a drop of a few hundred feet with, perhaps, no guard rail. Mt. Wilson is 6000 feet high and makes possible some excellent views of the surrounding country, including Los 184

RED Angeles. While we were there, we were fortunate enough to see them operate the large telescope. They have enough mechanisms there to make it look complicated.

We just couldn’t miss going to the ocean beach—and getting wet feet out of it. The waves come in with a little more force than do Lake Michigan’s. Hollywood, too, received a visit. There we saw many nationally known places, among them the N. B. C. and C. B. S. studios. The Hollywood Bowl, we discovered, was the world’s largest natural bowl with a seating capacity of 20,000.

The great event out in California on New Year’s Day is, of course, the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena followed by the Rose Bowl game. We couldn’t see the game, so we went to see the parade. The parade starts at a quarter past nine, so you go several hours before that. We began waiting twenty minutes to eight. Things really get congested then. The parade, which consisted of some fifty floats interspersed with bands and horsemen, was beautiful to say the least. There is so much splendor and grandeur and skill displayed, that your head practically swims seeing it all at once. The parade was good, but it took us two and one half hours to get out of the traffic jam after it.

Alas! The time must come to end such a life of leisure and to go back to work again. We wanted to stop off at Boulder Dam and the Grand Canyon on the way back. Leaving the San Fernando Valley at midnight on Friday, January 3, vve arrived at Boulder Dam around opening time. On the way we passed through Las Vegas, Nevada. Suffice it to say that, while they were building Boulder Dam, seventy-six per cent of the wages of the workers was estimated to have been lost there. We made the tour through the dam, which proved extremely interesting.

Then we hurried on to the Grand Canyon. There you behold a sight that fills you with wonder and awe. You just stand there and gape. We couldn’t spend near the amount of time here we wanted to. In fact, you might say we just saw it and left again.

After the Grand Canyon, we came back the same way we went out. We made a short detour to the meteorite crator in Arizona, but that was all. Through Oklahoma and part of 185

PRED Missouri the roads were rather icy. Outside of that, both going and coming back, the roads were good and we had no car trouble at all. By the way, if you’re wondering which high­ ways we took, we traveled route 66 clear out. Getting lost was a common occurance, but we had fun doing it. 、We saw quite a few things and places, but only a very small fraction of what there really is. I myself am anxious to see more, and some day, if I have the opportunity, I’ll go back and see in their entirety those places of which I only got a glimpse or which I did not see at all.

So after having journeyed some 5800 miles we find ...

Ouch! Til quit. Just don’t touch my back. Sunburn, you know.

PROGRAM MUSIC 8CHALLER

Prugnini music is descriptive music. In contrast lu absolute music, which consists of alistract tone patterns，program music may be characterized as an attempt at musical port rail lire or, us the title suggests, compositions prepared with a certain ''pro^runi" or story in mind. The dictionary gives this meaning of program music: “A composition intended to suggest or convey to the hearer a succession of scenes or incidents.” With this definition in mind, we shall examine some compositions written as program music, and discover whal picture or dramatic idea the composer had in mind as he penned the music.

O)mi)osers have written their music by inspiratitm gained from famous poetry, from imlure and the beauties of nature, and from the eternal simple of man against Fate.

For compositions written by inspiration gained from poetry we shall examine works of Dukas and Debussy. l)ucas’ •'Sorcerer’s Apprentice was written after a 1)allad hy Goethe. The ballad tells the story of a sorcerer who had a niaj>ic 1)room, which, with magic words, he could make to do his will. The apprentice bapijened to hear the magic words, and while the sorcerer was away, he commanded the broom to curry his water. But when he wished to stop the broom, lie suddenly discovered that he had neglected to learn the magic words needed to stop it. No mutter how desperately he tried, he cuuld not make the broom cease.

The broom had now nearly filled the house with water, and the apprentice was on the ver^e of drowning, when suddenly the sorcerer appeared and commanded the broom to stop. Into his score Dukas has woven wild and mysterious music to depict the com186

RED liiauels of the sorcerer, and rhythmic music tu clq)ict the jump­ ing of the broom as it does llie l)ideling, of the sorcerer.

Of a more quiet beauty is the music of Delnussy's "Afternoon (»f a Faun."Phis piece was written after an eclogue by Stephanc Mallarme. "I'lie text of this eclogue is intc*ntionally vajjue and obscure, hut this interjiretatiun l>y lidmund Gosse is generally accejited : "A faun wakens in the forest at daybreak and tries to re­ call liis experiences of the previous afternoon. Had he been vis­ ited by nymi)hs? Were there swans un that lake shining in the distance or i)erlui])s Naiads ? Valuer and vaguer grows the impression of the delicious experience. He attempts to force back the niomory, but it grmvs steadily valuer. He will never know whether it was an experience or a dream. He suon curls himself upon tlic soft grass and falls asleep.” Tlie music is quiet and beautiful, very wonderfully depictiniif n faun and his experi­ ences <>t an allcniooii.

Coni)H)sitions by IU*elliovc*n and Schumann are ^•ood illustrutions of music iiilluenccd by nature. Schumann's Third Sym­ phony, the Rlionish, was definitely influenced by the atmosphere of the Khindaml. Within its five movements are described the Rhine country. wene and lovely: its woodlands and vineyards. its historic castles and legendary rucks. 丁he second movement suggests the spirit and song of the peasants at their work. The third movement piclurcs the actual flow of the river, while the fourth portr;iys the summoning of the worshippers to the sol­ emn interior of Cologne’s great Cathedral. The finale is an asseml)lingf of all the themes, as if to give a chcerful farewell to the great Rhine River. 】ieetli()vtMi’s Sixth Synipliuiiy, the* Pastoral, is a liymn to Na­ ture. ■There are six movcnients to the symphony，to each of which Bed ho veil has given a title. The first movement, “Cheer­ ful Impressions .Awakened by Arrival in the Country,” portrays the happy man's impressions of the country-side. From the music are heard the stirrings of ihe breeze, the sounds of birds and insects, and calls from the distance. The second movement is the “Scene 1)y the Brook/' It depicts the gentle Howing, of the brook, including*- also imitations of bird songs, the son^s of the nightingale, the quail, and the cuckoo. The last three movements, “Merry Gathering of Country-folk,” “Thunderstorm，” and ^Shepherds* Song. Cilad and Grateful Feelings after the Storm,” .are played as one. The country-folk are enjoying themselves in a dance, perhaps on one of the many beiiutiful j^reen hillsides.

Their dance is interrupted by a few raindrops, and as they hasten for shelter, a thunderstorm breaks forth in all its fury. After the storm has abated, the sound of shepherds’ pipes and their thank­ ful songs arises from the orchestra and completes the symphony.

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"Die syniplK)ny which best describes this stru^le, and which is perhaps the best known of all symphonies，is his Fifth, or Fate, Symphony. During the Second World War this symphony was known as the Victory Symphony because the four chords of Fate three short and a long — signify the letter “V” ill the Morse Code. The symphony opens with these four famous fate chords; from this beginning it is a fierce struggle between the composer and his Opponent. This stru^le comes to a victorious conclusion, and the composer proves himself master of bivs Fate.

MUHLENBERG IN AMERICA We have so far traced the history of Lutheran missionary work from its most humble beginnings in 1706, when Bar­ tholomew Ziegenbalg, sent by King Frederick IV, of Denmark, landed in India, to Hans Egede, the Norwegian, working in Greenland, then the missionary institute of John Jaenicke in Berlin, and the students of Louis Harms laboring in Africa, which brings us about to the year 1865.

By this time many Lutherans had already come to that new land across the Atlantic, America. How were they faring?

They were quite neglected for a time at first. Since they left their homeland they had no leader who could hold them together and give them the spiritual nourishment they needed.

Therefore they appealed to the University of Halle in Germany to send them someone.

After graduating from the university, Henry Muhlenberg was to have been sent to India, but instead Christian Schwartz was sent. Muhlenberg was very much disappointed about this, and therefore he called on Dr. Francke, head of the university, to find out why he had not been sent.

He was very cordially greeted by Dr. Francke, who invited him in for dinner. Conversation lagged at the dinner table, since each had something on his mind and didn’t know how to bring it up. Finally Dr. Francke took the lead. He told Muhlenberg of a visit he had been paid by two men from America. They pleaded for a pastor. They said that they were 188

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Dr. Francke concluded by saying: “I believe God is calling you to America.” After a few moments of complete silence Muhlenberg very simply but sincerely replied, “Dr. Francke, I will go.”

Conversation got on very rapidly then, and eventually they got on the subject of salary. Dr. Francke warned him that it would be very meager. He had tried to get them to promise a definite salary, but their reply to this was given in a letter which was received from them and now showed to Muhlenberg.

It read: We are surprised that you insist on a salary for the pastor tvhom we hope to get, since we have repeatedly described to you the povei'ty of our congregations. Our people are not in a position to make any definite salary promises; neither should a pastor be more concerned about the wool than about the souls of the flock.

To insist on a definite salary for our pastor would set aside trust in God, as though a call were of no more value than the almighty dollar. A bishop should not be desirous of filthy lucre. It is not oirr intention to let our pastor starve. We shall support him as well as we can. On the other hand, we want a pastor who takes an interest in ns not for reasons of money but because he is concerned about our souls. We live in a land where ministers cannot expect to live in a grand style or to lead a paradimical existence. But for any miimter who regards him­ self as a servant of Christ there will be enough to live on.

Dr. Francke handed Muhlenberg his three calls, to Phila­ delphia, New Providence, and New Hanover. He departed in much better spirits than he had arrived with.

When Muhlenberg arrived in Philadelphia there was no one on hand to greet him. He took a room in a hotel and then called on a man whose name had been given to him. From this man he learned that there had been a split in the congre­ gation of Philadelphia and it was now being served by two. pastors. One of these was Zinzendorf, who later gave Muhlen­ berg some trouble.

He immediately went to New Hanover, 36 miles from Philadelphia, on horseback. The next day he introduced him­ self to the church council as their new pastor.

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When Muhlenberg showed them his call, they did not know what to do. They did not wish to discharge Pastor Schmidt.

“I have a call to this congregation,” Muhlenberg an­ nounced, “and Fm going to preach here on Sunday.”

Came Sunday morning and the church was full. Pastor Schmidt was already waiting at the church when Muhlenberg arrived. They shook hands, entered the church together, each put on his gown, and sat down in the front pew together.

Muhlenberg leaned toward Pastor Schmidt and said, “I’m going to preach my introductory sermon today.” ‘‘It，s all right with me,” Pastor Schmidt whispered.

That afternoon Muhlenberg called on a number of his members. Some said they would like to keep him; others thought they ought to keep Pastor Schmidt. Still others thought they should let matters continue as they were until nature provided a solution.

On Monday Muhlenberg called on the elders of his third congregation at New Providence. They told him they had given yp hope of ever getting a pastor from Germany and had engaged Pastor Kraft. On Wednesday he met Pastor Kraft back in Philadelphia and tried to straighten matters out.

Pastor Kraft was sort of a self-appointed bishop.

“Why did you not call on me before you went to New Hanover?” Kraft demanded. “Don’t you know that I am superintendent of the Lutheran churches in Pennsylvania?”

“I did not know it,” Muhlenberg said unaffectedly.

“I will see to it that your services are used where they will be needed most,” said Kraft with great authority.

“In the meantime I shall preach here on Sunday，” Muhlen­ berg informed him. And that he did at a well attended service.

Later when Muhlenberg was asked to baptize a child at New Hanover, Kraft went along. While Muhlenberg was per­ forming the baptismal rite indoors, Kraft was engaged in an argument with the elders of the congregation outdoors. He advised them that he had assigned Muhlenberg to a new field.

“But he is our minister,” they protested. “We called him before we ever saw you.”

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“These people called me as their pastor; their pastor I will be，’’ Muhlenberg told Kraft. Turning to the men he asked: “Do you want me?”

“Yes，” they all replied emphatically.

Once he was acknowledged as pastor of the church at New Hanover, Muhlenberg had less difficulty being accepted in New Providence.

The split in the Philadelphia congregation was brought about by the influence of Zinzendorf. He had persuaded quite a group of the congregation to follow him. When Muhlenberg called on him, some of the followers were with him. He told Muhlenberg that his call was invalid. He said these men were the officers of the church in Philadelphia. Since their names did not appear on his call, and, according to him, there was no other Lutheran church in Philadelphia, his call was not valid.

“That seems peculiar,” Muhlenberg replied, “because I have preached to a Lutheran congregation a number of times since my arrival.”

The interview continued until Muhlenberg told Zinzendorf bluntly, "I do not acknowledge you as a Lutheran, much less as a Lutheran minister.”

Muhlenberg worked very faithfully and with considerable success in Pennsylvania. His salary consisted of a horse from one congregation, a rent-free room from a second, and nothing but kind and generous hearts of people eager to hear God’s Word from the third. ‘‘But，’’ he wrote, “one man brings me sausage, another a piece of meat, a third a chicken，a fourth a loaf of bread.”

He was a good preacher. The Indians called him “the Preacher- whose - words - cut- through -hard- hearts - like-a-sawthrough-a-gnarled-tree.,7 From Georgia to New York, Muhlen­ berg traveled on his faithful horse and gathered Lutherans into congregations. Beside every church he built a schoolhouse.

The Lord knew what He was doing when He sent Christian Schwartz to India, where Muhlenberg had wanted to go, and Muhlenberg to America. Muhlenberg was the man equal to the task in America, and at the same time Schwartz prospered quite well in India. Muhlenberg found American Lutheranism a neglected child; after 45 years of fruitful laboring he left it growing fast, with 40 ministers caring for it.

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While I resided in Berlin I often took my lunch at a certain vegetarian restaurant. One day an American friend and I went there for our midday meal. The place was crowded, but in a remote corner we found a table which had only one occu­ pant. He was a man of about thirty-five years and he sported a very long goatee beard. My friend and I spoke English, and the stranger immediately showed considerable interest and announced, “I，too, am an American.” After some preliminary conversation I asked him where he came from and what was his occupation.

“I practice medicine in St. Louis,” he replied. “I have taken a year off to get a rest and to learn the last advances in my profession.’’

Then, naturally, he inquired about my place of residence.

“I come from the great state of Wisconsin,” I replied.

“Wisconsin!” he ejaculated; “I have spent several years of my life in that state.”

“And in what part of the state?” I inquired.

“I attended college in Watertown,” he replied.

"Northwestern University?” I asked with mountingexcitement. In those days our alma mater still pretended to be a university.. “And what is your name?” I asked expectantly.

“Amerland，” was his reply.

I told him that I knew all about him. He left college about the time that I entered, so naturally he knew nothing about me. He had distinguished himself by promoting and helping in the construction of the old college gymnasium or “Turnhalle’’ as we called it.

Naturally we became close friends, and in the spring vaca­ tion we spent a week together on an excursion to Dresden to see the famous Dresden Gallery and the pottery works at Meissen, where they manufacture the world famous Dresden chinaware.

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The pungent odor of rubbing alcohol filled the spacious lock­ er room of lhe I-awrence "J'ech Tennis Club. Coach Herman Heckman n was giving little Joe Willis, his star, singles player, a rapid last minute rul)down. On a bench next to the rubbing' table sat bij>' Bill Benson,, couch Heckmann's number two man, putting the finishing- touches to a tape job on his racket. ^Fellows/' grunted the coach as lie rubbed and kneaded Joe's back, "today is the l)ig one for us. Up till now you’ve done swell.

We’re in second place ill team scorin<>- with sixteen points, right l)diincl rl'ccli. I needn't tell you that Tech's leading the field with efehleen points, and that means you guys have to take this doul)les final. If you win, we'll be conference champs. If you lose— well, wc won't think about that. You l)()tli know what you’re up against. You've already played your opponents in singles. Joe, you heal Smith in the semis and lost lo Jansky in the finals, and Bill, you lost to Jansky in ihe semis and you played Smith earlier in the season. 1'huse j>uys arc both good. You’ll be better!”

Coach I Icekmann gave Joe a final slap oil the shoulder and tossed him a white “T” shirt with WESTERN printed across the front in bold, black letters.

“Okay ^uys, «et out there and knock the tar out of those babies!

With this exhortation ringing in their ears. Joe and Bill ffrabbed their rackets and walked out into the bright, warm sun­ shine, determined to ])lay for all that was in them and confident of victory.

As they stepped through tlic jjate and unto the courts, they were greeted, by only scattered applause from the packed gallery.

These were Tech’s courts, and this was a Tech crowd. Smith and Jansky were already warming u|) when Joe and Bill stepped onto the court. After tlie customary handshake, the umpire flipped a coin. Tech won the toss and decided to serve. Joe and Bill chose the west end of tire court so that they could start off serving the second j»anie with the sun on their backs. The boys trotted to their positions and began to warm up. Joe was a model of grace and stroking perfection as lie put every hit of his 160 pounds into each smooth, easy s\vin,s>' uf his racket. Bill, playing beside him in the right, court, looked like a j^iant 1)eside his shorter partner.

Me stood six-three aiul weighed 210, and he put all he had behind his shots, blasting away with the effect of a small cannon. But the boys from Tech could hit too, and speed alone wouldn’t beat them. Joe and Bill knew this ancl began changing the pace of their strokes, lobbing, trying drop shots and chops. The match had not yet started, but the spectators were already on the edges

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The umpire stood up uin his elevated chair and announced in a booming1 bass voice, “You are about to witness the match for the doubles chanipionshi]) of the Central State Conference between Tansky and Smith of Lawrence Institute of Technology on my right and Willis and Benson of Western Institute of Engineering on my left. Best two of three sets. Ready, gentlemen ? Then play!”

"Phc match was under wav.

Jansky and Smith started ulY with their usual steady, almost effortless game. Joe and Bill were hitting the ball well Imt were missing the lines by inches. It wasn’t until late in the first set and then it was too that the boys from Western found the ran； rames lo three. Bill late. The first set went to Jansky-Smith, s started serving the second set. and after he had crashed three service aces past his opponents and Joe murdered the only serve they could return, the crowd sensed a three-set match; and that's what they ,efOt. Playing like Davis cuppers, Joe and Hill smash­ ed away a five-four lead and then broke Smith's serve to take the second set.

The final, all important third set began. Both teams played magnificent tennis. Neither team could break the other's service.

Four all, five all, six all, and then it happened. A tired Jansky pulled himself together and let drive witli two fast, well-placed serves. Bill netted the first, and Joe l)l()ope(l hack short lob that Smith put away.

“Thirty-love!” yelled the umpire.

Jansky served to Bill again, but this time Hill slammed hack a fast cross-court and rushed to the net. Jansky slammed the hall back at him. This was what Bill was waiting for. He crouched, cocked his arm, let 尺o a terrific swing, and meV the ball shoulder hig;li. A wite blur shot at Jansky only two feet away, and had he not ducked, he might have been decapitated.

“Thirty-fifteen!” shouted the umpire. ;Jansky, shaken and on edge, double-faulted, and the score was tied. Bill met the next ball belt high and laced it down Smith’s alley，Mr. Smith expecting another cross-court had charged out of position and was caught flat-footed.

“Gotta get this point, Joe，’’ mutlered Bill in a tired voice Can’t on much longer.”

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3IRED about earmarks. He Hew to his left, «»ra1)becl his racket at llie very end, and swung. A dull thud broke the tense silence as ball met racket. The ball sailed toward the net in a hi<jh, short loh, a perfect set-up fur a kill. Smith let drive, and never-say-dic Hill Benson took off after the ball. He, too, managed to send back a short lob, another set-up for a kill. "This time the hall went to Jansky, and he decided to put an end to the show. With a swift, overhead motion, he smashed the descending pellet and sent it soaring on first bounce toward the fence. The crowd had re­ laxed, Jansky had half turned, sure of the point. But from no­ where shot a small, rushing figure. Joe was after the ball. He roared toward the fence twenty feet behind the baseline, eyes on tlic ball, his racket ^Tipped tightly in his right hand. One stride in front of the fence lu* jumped. Four feet off the gToimd lie hit tlic fence, 1)itt before lie crashed he managed to hit the ball with a short, crampixl stroke, the fuzzy pellet sailed hack over the net, and Joe crashed to tlic hard, concrete surface cif the court. Bill saw his parlncT land in a heap on the l)ack-cuurt, and he rushed to the middle of llic 1)aseline to finish out the point alone. He saw Smith sot himself for another kill, saw him start his swing, and then Bill ran to his right. He guessed correctly. The ball came scrcainiuj•- at him, and lie hit it with all of his 200 pounds.

Tt ripped across the net, nicked the left side-line, and went untouched into the box scats. ^Ganic to Willis-Bensoii: they lead seven-six in the final set!” cried the iinipirt1 in an excited tone.

Bill did not hear him. He was listening to a shaken Joe saying with pain in his eyes, “Listen, you big1 oaf, my right arm’s busted, hut we're Molina keep Tt doesn't hurt much yet, and 1 can stand it for a couple minutes. Tt’s your serve so let’s see ya ^o. Maybe nobody will catch on, if I don’t get any shots.

If I do, I'll hit Vm left-handed.”

Bill stared after his jjartner in wonder and pride as Joe walked to the net. his right arm hanging loosely at his side, his racke.t gripped tightly in his left, a crazy 尺rin on his face. Watching him, Bill knew he would have to do it alone. Joe was putting up a good 1)l«ff, but what if they started to hit the ball at him?

Bill stepped to the service line, took a deep breath, and nodded at Smith in the opposite court. Whoosh! Wham! a streak of white shot past Smith's outstretched racket.

“Fifteen-love!” spat the umpire.

“If only I can »et three more,” thought Bill.

He looked at Jansky, set his jaw, and swung. The ball flat­ tened out like a pancake and roared across the net going better than a hundred miles an hour, Jansky didn’t even see it until it bounced off the fence behind him and rolled back onto the court.

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Once again Bill boomed across a service, but this time he from . Smith put some cross-s|)in on it, and the ball hopped away , for another ace. Could he du it again ? Coulcl Bill make it four ill a row? Bill saw Jansky move back to the fence in preparation for the next.serve. Bill leaned back as usual, and then instead of hitting another can nun ball, he blooped a drop shot just over the net. Jansky rushed forward, but he had too far to j»o! The match was over! Joe and Bill were the conference doubles champs, and the l)i^，silver cup belonged lo Western!

After you have read to the bottom of this triangle you will have one of the main reasons for the brev­ ity of this issue — at least a reason used very often as an excuse by those who were asked to contribute some­ thing for this issue.

The excuse was ‘ ‘Semester exams.’’

Now for the February and March issues nobody will have any excuses, that we can think of, for not writing for the Black and Red. Please, boys, give us a break. Help us get more material for the last two issues of this volume. We don’t like to bother and scratch and dig it out of you, and you don’t like to have that done either, but up until now we’ve practically had to do that or fold up. If it were not for the faithful few who can always be relied upon in the pinches, the B. and R. would be little more than two covers and the ads. So what say you hand in some articles to this poor old editor for the next issue, eh fellows? Thanks!

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Jbttartal The Accident .... to see the “Say did ya bear about the boys who were Milton «；ame ? 丁hey never ^ot there. Here’s how it happened— That's what many a "hull session*' sounded like last week.

But what followed was different in almost every case. Details of the incident ranged farther and farther from the truth as the story spread from mouth to mouth- One person said that he had heard that one car was ooin«" eighty miles an hour when it hit the other car. To clear this up once and for all, we would like to present the true report of an eye-witness of the accident: “The time was 7:30 p.ni. We were crossing the highway bridge in the south side of the city of Jefferson: we were trav­ elling at about twenty-five miles per hour and had covered ap­ proximately three-fourths of the distance across the bridge when a car turned onto the highway from a side street which runs parallel to the river on the south. This car, a ’35 Ford, was on the left side of the side street and turned out onto the highway 197

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It’s interesting, after everything is over with, to stop and reflect on one’s own reactions 111 • an automobile accident of this kind. Perhaps those of you who have 1)een in a collision will see a similarity between these reactions and your own, or per­ haps we are just unique in ours.

There you are, riding- along, listening to the radio in the car, not thinking about anything1 in particular, perhaps, when sud­ denly you see the other car directly ahead of you and right in your path. You hear the brakes on your car squealinj»-t hut you know that you’re going- to hit that other fellow, no matter how hard your driver applies the brakes. You seem lo think “Well, 've’re goiii汉 to collide, but who cares?” Sitting there you calmly wait for the inevitable~your reactions are too slow to cause you to make any move toward your own protection. Only at the last split second do your hands come up and grasp the dash. Bet'veen the time that you first saw the other car and the moment of im­ pact scarcely two seconds have elapsed. A terrific jolt, your body is thrown forward, your knees, strike the dash, and then you realize that “this was it.” You seem to feel a pain in your knees, but when you try to move your legs and they respond, you know that no bones are broken. Then you remember that you’re still in the car, so you open the door and get out. After you see what damage has been clone you realize that this really was quite a serious collision, not just another dented fender, and then you offer a silent prayer of thanks that it was no worse and that no one was hurt.

And you talk about it for days.

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5PRED He’s Cruel • • • • We need help in combatting a wave of oral torture which has been sweeping the campus ever since one of the seniors left our big happy family in the dormitory and became a town student.

The person we are referring- to has developed the vicious habit of tantalizing everyone who he knows has a good appetite and can appreciate good food. Tantalization, when carried above a certain point, can be torture of the most brutal kind. Think of poor old Tantalus down in Hades if you doubt that statement.

We are not saying that we aren’t getting good meals up here—not at all. But all of us know that no matter how good the meals are in an institution of this kind, home cooking still outshines them all. Our friend, the torturer, knows this only too well, and this fact helps to increase the strange enjoyment which he seems to derive from watching us “drool” and smack our lips and try to stop our ears from hearing any more of his delicious descriptions of various delicatessen” which he claims he devours every day only two blocks away. Mornings at eight o’clock he shines around loosening his belt and reminiscing about the big breakfast he had had.

“Oh l>oy, bacon and cjjgs again for breakfast—all I could eat! All the butter and jam I wanted for my bread—sure was good! Guess I'll hack at recess and eat a few pieces of chocolate cake and see whet lier we're j^oin^ to have sirloin steak again for dinner.—You poor suckers” -(those are his exact words) "having to live over here and eat only three times a day— He does this not only once a (lay but every time he meets you. Usually before he says anything else he mentions some delectable tidbit which he has just eaten.

This state of affairs will lead to somethin哭 serious if something isn’t done about it. It just isn’t right to do this to us, you fiend. so youVl better watch your step!

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.INTERCOLLEGIATE BASKETBALL SEMINARY 35 NORTHWESTERN SENIORS 36 terrific pfame, a As the score indicates at a 私lance this was It was close from start to finish. It was the kind of battle that all fans like to see. The Seminary “Boiiecruiicliers” (they are often incorrectly called **l)onecrushers’’）had l)een training in lheir own way for this ^anic ever since the lieginnin^ of their school year hack in September, But the Seniors, too, had been lrain­ ing. So you can see that it was a battle of win or 1)e “cninclicd.”

It seems that the Seniors won because they ran their plays just a little better than the “Bonecrunchers.”

Lineups FT 1 0 0 6

3 14

0 8

F 2 1 4 2 0 3 12

SEMINARY "B“ Jeske, f,..............

Hanke. f..............

Becker, f............

Albrecht, c,......

Keturakat, g.......

Schroeder, g......

Gullerud, g,........

Kuske, g.

Totals

FG 6 3 3 0 0 15

FT

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FG 2 0 5 3

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SENIORS Juroff, I.… …

Hallauer, ft...

Fischer, f,…

Kemplert, c,.

Press, g,.......

Voss, g,......

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SKMINARY 39 NORTHWESTERN 71 In keeping with an old tradition the Varsity formally opened its l)asketl)all season against the Seminary. It was the same kind of hard-played fjaiiie that always marks these contests. The Seminary, though, is still suffering; from the absence of several of their ace players who are away from the Seminary due to Tutor and Teaching calls. In all fairness to them we want to say that we are fully aware that they are not yet up to their pre-war high standards. If they had had some of their absent stars, the j^anie might have been a lot different. But that is the way sports are.

There i s no room for “might have beens” or “ifs.” What really counts is the score at the end of the game.

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牙RED We had the pleasure of seeing quite a sport’s oddity in that game. There were two pair of brothers playing on the basket­ ball court, namely, the Nommensens and the Wietzkes, The Wietzkes, Bill and Will, were playing on the Varsity. The Nommen­ sens, Carl and Win, played as opponents—Carl for us, and Win for the Seminary. It is also of intrest to note that the Nommen­ sens had 27 points between them and the Wietzkes had 22. Carl Nommensen was hi^h scorer for the Varsity with 14 points and Win Nommensen was hip^h scorer for the Seminary with 13. That was really a coincidence. That sort of thing doesn’t happen very often.

In the very first minutes of the same the outcome was very evident. It was Northwestern's game through and through. Win Nommensen and Gus Noltin^ of the Seminary tried hard to keep their team in the contest, but the rest of their team was not hit­ ting. The opposite was true of Northwestern. The whole team was hot. This was the first time we saw the Varsity play this season, We were quite sure we had a good team before that time, but after it we were postively sure.

Lineup)S NORTHWESTERN Nommensen, f,.

Wietzke, B. f,..

Wietzke. W. f.

Malchow. f..........

Schlei, c,................

Steiner, c,..............

Strohm, g,..............

Kaese, g.................

Kaufmann, g, Huebner, g,..........

Totals

FG …7 ...... 4 4 2 3 3 0 .2 4 30

FT 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 11

F 1 5 3 3 1 0 4 0 3 1 21

S一EMIN ARY Walther. f............

Schuppenhauer, f Nommensen, f,...

Schaller, f,.

Nolting, c,..

Bauer, c......

Zell, g...........

Albrecht, g Burk. g......

Radtke. g Totals

FG . 2 . 0 .5 .1 .4 , 0 0 . 0 14

FT 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 11

F 0 1 4 2 5 1 2 2 19

WHITEWATER 52

NORTHWESTERN 54

This was the first away game” of the season. It was also the Varsity's first tough competition. Both teams were quite evenly matched too. It was a close game all the way through.

Whitewater jumped off to an early lead, but never was more than six points ahead of the Varsity. At the half the score was Whitewater 26, Northwestern 23. Whitewater wanted badly to keep that lead and they really fought for it. At some times the fig-htiiiff was extremely hard. The whole game was a see-saw affairfirst one side would score a basket, then the other would return and do the same thing. Then with but one minute to Kaufmann tied the game, 52-52, by a free throw. Now it was any­ body's hall j^ame. Whitewater got possession of the ball, shot, and shot again, but it just wouldn’t go in for them. Then the 201

RED Varsity got hold of the ball, worked it in, and Nommensen, on a tip-in shot, put us ahead. By this time everybody, in the gymnas­ ium was.shouting at the top of his voice and jumping around like wild. Within a few seconds the time ran out and North­ western had won another game. Bill Wietzke was high man for the Varsity with 15 points. Henderson was high for Whitewater with 15 also.

Lineups NORTHWESTERN Malchow, f.......

Wietzke, W., f, Wietzke, B„ I,..

Nommensen, i, Schlei, c...........

Steiner, c,........

Kaese, g,........

Strohra, g.........

Huebner. g......

Kaulmann. g„...

Totals

.FG 2 3 6 5 3

FT 2 0 3 2 0

F 3 2 4 2 5 0 0

0 0

0

0 5

• 0 21

2 12

0 21

WHITEWATER Beyers, f,........

Flood, i...........

Steinfeldt, t,…Andersan, c.....

Eulberg, c,......

Colletti, g, Henderson, gTotals

FG .5 . 0 .5 • 3 .1

FT 0 0 4 0 2

F 5 1 2 5 2

4 19

7 14

3 24

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CONCORDIA (ST. PAUL) 33

NORTHWESTERN 70

The Concordia boys starte’d off with a lot of zip, but they cooled off too fast. The game was very even for the first, few minutes, but. after that it was a complete runaway. The "Varsity seemed to have everything- that Concordia lacked, height, speed, accuracy in shooting- and points. Concordia was a game team, but they couldn’t hold a candle to ours. As it usually happens, when a team doesn’t need the points, they loosen up and put in baskets from anywhere on the floor. That’s exactly how the Varsity looked. It was a scoring contest for our l)oys. Will Wietzke, a returned veteran, began looking more like his prewar self. He put in 21 points. Broem was liigh for Concordia with 12.

Lineups FG 5 6 ■10 5 3 ... 3 …0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0

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FG

CONCORDIA Lubben, f,.....

Beck, f..........

Broem. f......

Alpers, c......

Malothy, c,"..

Seehusen, g, Wrage. g......

Kitzmann, g„.

0 0

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Malchow, f,-.....

Wietzke, W.. f..

Wietzke. B., f,...

Schlei, c...........

Steiner, c..........

Kaese. g..........

Strohm, g..........

Huebner, g......

Kaufmarm, gTotals

Totals 612

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NORTHWESTERN 66

Up till this time all of the games had been exhibition games.

This was the first conference game. According to the pre-season dopesters, Extension was the team to beat. They had a 6’6” center who was supposed to be plenty good. The one thing the dopesters hadn’t figured on, though, was that our team was hot. Well, that night they made Extension look sick, including- the tall and able center, Schroeder. This man is a very dangerous man, if he is allowed to shoot. Here is where Charlie Schlei did an excellent job—he kept guarding him so closely that he was held to a mere 12 points. Our two veteran guards, Huebner and Kasemeyer, also did a bang-up job in this ^ame. Not only did they manage to play their fine defensive game, but, what is more, they managed to make 9 and 10 points respectively. Bill Wietzke poured in 13 points to be high scorer for the evening. All in all, I think Coach Umnus’ strategy is pretty wise: the best de­ fense is a 片()()(1 offense. It seems to have paid off pretty well.

That’s what the Extension boys think too, incidentally. After the game they talked to some of our boys and finally asked them, “How do you think any team can beat you when you can pour in points like that at will?” Well, fellows, I think the answer to that question is that we don't intend to be beaten as Ion尺 as we can help it.

Lineups NORTHWESTERN Nonunensen, f,..

Wietzke, f,.........

Wietzke. W„ f..

Malchow, i..........

Schlei, c,.

Steiner, c Kaese. g.

Kaufmann, g Huebner, g.

Strohm, g Totals

FG

FT 0

5 3 5 3

3 4 0 2 0

.... 5 .... 0 .... 3 .... 0 26

0 2 3 0 14

F 4 3 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 1 17

EXTENSION Maid, i,..............

Papetru, f,.......

Waters, I,...........

Hayes, f.............

Kust, f................

Huntoon, f.........

Schroeder, c......

Christopoulos, g, Shand, g,..... ... .

Komaske, g,.......

Rauches, g.........

Totals

FG

1 1 2 5 l

FT

F

0

5 0

0 2 0 2

0

0

o

14

0 3 3 5 4

10

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WHITEWATER 38 NORTHWESTERN 60 Everybody thought that Whitewater would come back with a vengeance because of the beating we gave them before Christmas. Somehow it didn’t turn out that way and most of us were a bit disappointed with their playing. They just weren’t the same scrappy team the Varsity hacl beaten before. In this game. the Varsity chalked up an easy victory over a sluggish foe. Our boy«s were dead shots that night from any place on the floor.

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RED ing him liigli scorer of the game. Beyer with 14 points was the outstanding player for Whitewater, but his teammates were of little help to him in keeping1 pace with our sharpshooters. To say that the j?anie was not at all exciting to watch would be false.

Whitewater plays a little different 丨)rand of hall than our learn does: they play a lot rougher type of ball. This touch added a little spark to the otherwise lopsided contest.

Lineups FG FT F FG FT F WHITEWATER NORTHWESTERN 2 Beyer, f,........ .6 2 5 3 2 Wietzke, W” f,'—.

2 0 1 Steinfeldt, i,.….

3 3 Wietzke. B.. f.....

0 0 3 1 Anderson, c,...

3 3 Nommensen, f,.….

3 Eulberg, c,.....

7 3 Malchow, f,........

2 0 3 Pautz, c,.........

0 2 Schlei, c,...........

4 0 Colletti, g........

Steiner, c............

3 2 3 4 Grosinske, g,..

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Lineups FT FG NORTHWESTERN FG FT F ST. JACOBI Nommensen, i, 1 Schattenschneider, f........... 4 Wietzke, f........

8 2 Schnell. f..................

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0 0 0 Beisterield, g,.........

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The month of Jan. is very fine, With skiing, skating and all such stuff; Hut there we have to draw the line ’Cuz profs here surely make it rough.

Semester Tests—Ahhhhhhh!

The snow has been flying around merrily, and warm, thaw­ ing days really put a fellow in the mood for snowball throwing.

Just ask Fischer; he knows al! about it. The temptation was just too much for him, and that office looked very inviting, so now Bill’s just $3.48 lighter.

Some of the seniors decided to make this Christmas vaca­ tion a little different. I guess they just couldn’t face the cold Christmas seasons they have here in Wisconsin. Be that as it may, they made a trip out to California. I don’t know how they found the climate, but at any rate, they found out that cars don’t sell as easily out there as they thought they would.

Surprise ending— they were only a couple days late coming back.

Scene—Dormitory office Time-7:45 A. M. Student (answering the ringing telephone): Northwestern College, 1st Floor office.

Operator: Number, please.

Student: Northwestern College.

Operator: Will you please give me the number you want?

Student: This is Northwestern College, No. 320.

Operator: If you don’t want a party, why don’t you get off the line Student: Listen, I didn’t call you; you called me, remember?

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Why didn’t you say so?

I did.

Click!

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The height of something or other: Hans Meyer, overheard in the office, saying, “Sorry, you guys; I can’t play Schafskopf now, I’ve got too much bucking.” * Submitted By Corky Koeplin College Boys

You can always tell a Freshman By the foolishness in his eyes.

You can always tell a Sophomore By his loud and gaudy ties.

You can always tell a Junior By his knowledge and all such.

You can always tell a Senior, But you sure can’t tell him much.

(Now you tell me. Was it worth printing?)

This may be a little late, but it seems to me that some mention of the dormitory Christmas decorations should be made.

They were really swell in the rooms I saw and the big tree in the square helped a lot to give us the Christmas spirit which the bare ground and the balmy days almost, but not quite, took away from us.

I hear by round about sources that the coeds are again seeking publicity. They all want to have their names men­ tioned here. Why, I don’t know. In that case, I request that one of them submit a list of personnel, and we won’t mind printing their names here. Goodness knows, the list won’t take much space!

Your not responsible for that gleam that comes into .your eyes when the coeds walk past, fellows. It’s merely the reflection from that sparkler on Margo Schultz’s third finger, left hand. Is she or ain’t she? I don’t know. You’ll have to ask her yourself. She wouldn’t tell me. Maybe if Strohm tried??.?

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RED using Miss Schultz as proxy. That’s the main reason why he won’t say a word about that most delicate article. Besides, I prefer not to discuss such matters.

The Christmas program got a new twist this year, when the Schroeder youngsters felt so attracted to N. W. C. s renowned brass quartet that they couldn’t refrain from inspect­ ing them more closely. They did bear inspecting, anyhow, and besides, how were they to tell the difference between them and the pepband? The resulting noise appeared to be very similar.

I hate to make Christmas my main topic this issue, but I simply can’t omit mention of the Junior Class Marching and Singing Society. It’s one of the most unique organizations ever known, believe me. It isn’t exactly an imitation of the Frosh double octette; far from it. With lusty voices, accompanied by y. t. on his trusty fiddle and bow, sans bridge, sans bow-hair, and sans G-string (it was awfully cold, too) the society serenaded the entire east section of the town. Prof. Blume liked jt so well that he invited the society to his horns the following evening. Those fellows must be good!

On the first school day of the new year, January 7, Pro­ fessor Schumann was installed. The Sophomores and Freshmen have had their periods rearranged in his behalf. This created a slight dearth of classroom space, so now the Junior classes are held in the dormitory reference room. It isn’t too pleasant, but it will have to do, I suppose. It makes it too handy to go into the 1st floor smoking room, formerly known as the office.

Whenever you hear clumps of heavy feet running down the corridors and sodden thuds against walls —and heads一you may rest assured that it’s merely the Jordahl-Wietzke feud broken out again. Their battles are very interesting to watch, but they’re very tiring, too, mostly because the participants them­ selves get so very tired. Refusal of handshakes, momentary cessations of hostilities, and almost immediate renewal of same —ah yes, it’s fun............... Wietzke’s getting awfully blood­ thirsty anyway. Now he’s going around the dorm requesting all descendants of alumni to kill off their ancestors, just so he’d have something interesting to write about in his Alumni column.

Isn’t that shameful?

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RED The Frosh have been keeping late hours lately. They seem to derive i mmense pleasure in rising in the middle of the night to rouse their classmates for a most beneficial cause. Of course, they have the excuse that it’s only for their slumbering class­ mates’ physical well-being.

That history shark, Philip K. Press, has been indulging in a little extra-classroom research work. It seems that he’s been doing a little coaching along other lines recently. It always comes under the same topic, however, but I didn’t know we had two such lovers of history in this student body.

The Junior Class is beginning to think that this Don Cos­ sack business is getting a little out of hand, — their hands, that is. Their biggest worry right now, the seating problem, is getting worse all along. Ah, well, just so time is allowed for them to make arrangements. The only available time is during test week. Tsk, tsk.

The troubles of Philoctetes seems to be getting Billy Wietzke down. He seems to have found a solution, however.

According to him, Phil, must be caught by deceit. Prof. Blume agrees with him, for he feels that to be caught in such a place would be an inescapable entanglement.

Since Hans Meyer has returned to his fair campus, it’s remarkable how many fellows have developed impediments in their speech!

Another*s"done, so thatTleaves two And then I won’t be bothering you With monthly columns of this tripe.

I’lI:bet:you fellers still will gripe!

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On December 29，1946，Miss Elaine Voss, daughter of the Rev. L. Voss of Milwaukee, and the Rev. Waldemar Geiger, ’42，were united in marriage at Ephrata Lutheran Church in Milwaukee. The Rev. L. Voss and the Rev. Henry Geiger officiated. The Rev. and Mrs. W. Geiger will make their home at Marshall, Minnesota, where he is temporarily stationed. He is also serving at Seefort and Milroy, Minnesota.

Orval Degner, ex. ’50, has left Northwestern College and is now attending Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota.

Pvt. Vern Hintz，ex. ’49, paid a recent visit to N. W. C. He is stationed at Ft. Lewis, Washington.

On December 23, 1946, the Rev. Professor August Pieper, ’76, em., was taken by death. He had attained the age of 89 years, many of those years spent in proclaiming and furthering the work of the Gospel. The Rev. Arthur Voss and Professor J. Meyer delivered the funeral sermons; the funeral was held on December 27, 1946.

CALLS AND INSTALLATIONS The Rev. Arthur Werner, ’11，has accepted the call to Cataract, Wisconsin, and was installed December 1, 1946. He was originally pastor in Town of Center, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Hans Schultz, ’31，of Woodland, Wisconsin, has accepted the call to Chesaning, Michigan.

The Rev. Fritz Miller, ’29，has accepted the call to La Crosse, Wisconsin, and was installed on the 19th of January. He succeeds the Rev. Professor Schumann, who is now engaged in teaching here at N. W. C. Pastor Miller was formerly stationed at Platteville, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Robert Steffenhagen，’42, of White, South Dakota, has received and accepted the call to Summit, South Dakota, which was formerly served by the Rev. H. Schnitker.

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RED The Rev. W. W. Gieschen，’26, of Norfolk, Nebraska, has accepted a call to Grace Lutheran Church, Manitowoc, Wis­ consin.

The Rev. Erwin Froehlich，’31, formerly of Morrison, Wis­ consin, has accepted the call to Pickett, Wisconsin. The vacancy at Morrison has been filled by Dr. Koch, formerly of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Karl Molkentin, ;39, formerly of Casa Grande, Arizona, has accepted the call' to Mancos, Colorado, and was installed on January 1, 1947, by Professor Lawrenz, ’29, of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Thiensville, Wisconsin.

On the 21st of December, 1946, the Rev. Lloyd Hahnke, ’43，was installed at Platteville, Colorado. He was formerly stationed at Greeley, Colorado.

The Rev. Armin Keibel, ’41，was installed as pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Town of Granville, Milwaukee County, on November 10, 1946. His present address is 3831 W. Good Hope Rd., Milwaukee 9, Wisconsin.

The Rev. Sigmund Hillmer, ’42, was installed as assistant pastor in St. Jacobi Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

He was formerly stationed in Manistique, Michigan.

BIRTHS The Rev. and Mrs. R. Jungkuntz are the parents of a girl born on January 2, 1947. She has been named Paula Claire.

Pastor Jungkuntz, ’39, is stationed at Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.

The Rev. and Mrs. A. Westendorf of Bay City, Michigan, are the parents of a boy born in December, 1946.

A son, Mark Theodore, was born to the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Mittelstaedt of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on November 28, 1946. ::

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LITERARYOf Mumps and Medicine Men _ -

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Keeping up with the Frontier-----

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Verdolmetschung-----------------------

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Moose, the Ripper---------------------

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Early Highways in Wisconsin------

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A Dead Man's Best Friend--------

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EDITORIAL— Lent

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St. Valentine's Day

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COLLEGE NOTES— Don Cossacks_____

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Brazilian Adventures

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The Charm Quartet.

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM

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ATHLETICS

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ALUMNI NOTES

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THE BLACK AND RED Volume L.

Watertown, Wis” February 1947.

Number 8

Emorod at the Fosioflice at Watertown, Wis., as second class matter under Act of March 3. *870. IMiblisIird monthly. Subscription, One Dollar.

OF MUMPS AND MEDICINE MEN bij R, SCHARLEMANN

I dislike doctors—especially those who think they know better than you do how you feel and who, it seems to me, have but one ambition: to persuade patients that they do feel as the doctor thinks they ought to feel. I suppose all doctors are like that. At least this particular MD who came to tell me whether I had the mumps (which was ludicrous on the face of the thing — on my face too—because I could have told the dear boy before he ever left his office that I did have the mumps even if not an MD)—but as I was saying, he seemed to be a pretty nice fellow otherwise.

“So you’re the fellow who thinks he has the mumps—’’ he challenged as he entered.

“Who knows he has the mumps,” I corrected. I could have saved him much time and exertion on that score. But he insisted that he must persuade vie that I had the mumps. I suppose, to make him feel better, I could have played along— first by outright “mumpsial” disbelief and then by a gradual conversion to “mumpsism.”

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RED “Well, let’s have a look at you.”

Even though my hair wasn’t combed, I hadn’t thought I looked so much like John L. that a doctor couldn’t even tell when he was looking at me; but I decided I should rather keep discreetly to myself on that subject. What he really meant Since I was: “Let’s have a feel of you and a look into you. in no humor to fight about trivialities (he was bigger than was I), I consented.

He let his whole big case full of this, that and the other thing parachute onto the bed (I pulled my feet away in time).

Then he started feeling my cheeks, pushing aud pounding and poking as much as he pleased. He was enjoying himself; I didn’t interrupt. Once he gave a specially hard poke into my left cheek (which was swollen) and asked—rhetorically, one might say: ‘‘That hurts there, doesn’t it?” To which I candidly • replied, “Nope. Try again.”

He did.

After several more failures he finally used what must have been his full might (he had taken vitamin pills before he came) for one hard push into my left cheek, bracing my head with his other hand on my right cheek. **That hurts there, doesn't it? he asked—almost maliciously, I thought.

“Ouch, yes,” 一but it wasn’t my left cheek that hurt: it was his fingernail puncturing my right cheek.

I think that next he wanted to get even with me for not hurting where I was supposed to. He pulled out a long board from his case. It felt, like a long board, at any rate, when he pushed it into my mouth. He must have been using the wall for a brace as he pushed. I held my teeth firm—I had become stubborn—and grasped the bed post while he used the plank as a battering ram against my teeth. Once, twice, three times he rammed. Finally, since I felt my teeth loosening (and he seemed determined to get into my mouth), I opened my mouth — unexpectedly — just as he made a final powerful push with the plank. It whammed into my cheek and I caught myself from going to the floor at the extreme edge of the bed — of the bed adjacent to the one I had been in.

He pushed my head against the wall, it seemed, and braced the board against the opposite wall, then whipped a 212

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When I was satisfactorily blue in the face because of that thing in my mouth, he took it out and threw it into the waste­ basket.

“Yes,” he explained confidently, ‘‘you have the mumps all right—” “Brilliant boy!”

•‘一And will be in the state of infection for two weeks.”

“I’d prefer Minnesota,” I suggested meekly.

"You perhaps won’t be able to eat very well—” “Not as long as you keep your hand in my mouth.”

“But yours is a very light case of mumps.”

I floated back to my bed.、 As he left, I shut off the light, rolled miserably over and fell asleep, having nightmares of long-horned doctors with shining eyes and long battering rams and mysterious flashlights.

KEEPING UP WITH THE FRONTIER btj GADSIQS

On May 13, 1810, was born in Hanover, Germany, the man who kept the Gospel going with the frontier of America as it moved westward. During the first year of the nineteenth century American Lutheranism was faced with a problem that was getting to be beyond its power to cope with. Immigration reached such proportions that pastors couldn’t begin to care for all who needed spiritual care, and Lutherans again suffered serious neglect. But this man Frederick Wyneken, whom God had sent from Germany, roused their spirits and raised a cry for help and secured many ministers of the Gospel for these Lutherans in America.

■ Wyneken showed his vigor and capability from the very start by his defense of his position on the subject of miracles, when he was examined as to his fitness for the ministry. The chairman of the Board of Examination began with: “Every213

RED body knows that miracles no longer occur. For us the question is whether miracles did occur formerly. What is your opinion, Wyneken?”

A battle was on from the very beginning as Wyneken answered, ‘‘God performs miracles today and everyday. I am surprised, sir, that you deny it.”

4'But, my good Wyneken, do you not know what Spinoza* wrote about miracles?’’ ‘‘What do we care what an unbelieving Jew wrote about miracles? The Scriptures, sir, the Scriptures!” retorted Wyneken.

Back and forth the argument swayed as a janitor, a few secretaries, and others attracted by the noise formed an audience at the door. When the discussion was over Wyneken left very downcast, thinking that by his disagreement with the Board of Examination he would be rejected. To his surprise, the Board declared him “eminently” fit for the ministry and commended him for the modest defense of his position on the subject of miracles, Wyneken had read a good deal about the Lutherans in the United States living in the forests and plains of the frontier without soul care. When he arrived in Baltimore, he found no Lutherans. Upon asking where the Lutheran Church was, the only reply he received was: never heard of it. Finally he met a man who claimed to be a Lutheran and who invited him to come along to their evening service. When he got there, he was asked to preach, and this, he did. On the way home his new acquaintance asked him how he liked the Lutheran service.

Wyneken thoughtfully replied, “I haven’t made up my mind whether it was a thing of God or of the devil. One thing I know, it wasn’t Lutheran.” When he inquired further, he later learned that he had preached in a German Methodist church.

But where were all those neglected Lutherans he had read about? Later he was directed to Rev. John Haesbaert. After a discussion of Lutheran doctrines, they found to their delight Spinoza—One of the most influential philosophers of modern times, born in 1632 at Amsterdam, of Jewish parents. He was excommunicated by the synagog because of his j^ous v*ews- He altiickcd the Christian view of revelation and the authenticity of the Ol泛 Testament. He developed a pantheistic monism in which there is only one infinite substance, God (or nature), with an infinite number of “attributes,” of whicl. ——• comprehend only two, thought and extension. Ideas and physical objects are ••modes" oi* these attributes.

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RED that they were brethren in the faith. For about half a year Wyneken served Haesbaert’s congregation during a serious ill­ ness of Haesbaert.

When fall came Wyneken was determined to move west­ ward. Haesbaert recommended him to the Mission Board of the Pennsylvania Synod, and soon he received the commission to go to Indiana to look up scattered Lutherans and gather them into congregations. He went as far as Pittsburgh by railroad, the end of the line, and from there by horse. All along the way he met Lutherans living in the backwoods and he was now able to verify in person their spiritual neglect.

In a letter to Haesbaert he wrote: “Eight days ago I came to Fort Wayne and have preached five times. The people want to keep me.”

Then he made a journey of some 425 miles through Indiana, finding Lutherans all over who were sorely in need of spiritual care. His plan for caring for them was to divide the area into small circuits and place a missionary in each circuit.

But he lacked men. He prayed to God for help and sent an appeal to Lutherans in Europe for more men.

Wyneken was a very commonplace man. He used to wear a pair of yellow trousers of which he was particularly proud, perhaps because of the way in which he had acquired tliem. He got them from a Catholic who ran a store when he was not drunk. He was eying a piece of “English leather” admiring its seemingly indestructible texture, when the storekeeper asked, “Would you like a piece of this?”

“No.”

“Why not? No money?”

No money,” Wyneken answered. ‘‘I’ll cut you off a piece anyway.”

“I wouldn’t take it.”

“Why not?” asked the storekeeper.

“Because if I accept a present from you, I can’t scold you any more for drinking.”

“So that’s it? Well, take this piece and keep on scolding me as much as you like.”

He accepted the gift and had a tailor make him a pair of trousers. But his congregation members didn’t like his yellow 4 *

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While the deacon was there, a woman came in crying and said, “0 Pastor, I don’t know what to do. My husband is sick. • • •’’ ' Deacon Voss excused himself leaving the purse of money in Wyneken’s hand.

His members were now waiting anxiously to see Wyneken in his new suit. But to their dismay they saw him still wear­ ing his yellow trousers, and they began making remarks about the deacon’s new suit costing forty dollars. When he could stand it no longer, Deacon Voss went to ask him about the new suit. Wyneken asked, “What new suit? Where do you expect me to get the money for a new suit?”

“But didn’t I bring you forty dollars the congregation collected for a new suit for you? What did you do with the money?”

“Oh,” Wyneken answered meekly, “you see it happened this way. Do you remember that poor woman who came to see me when you brought me the money? Do you remember how she was crying? I gave her the money because she needed it worse than I.” y A few days later the tailor presented him with a new suit which he said was made especially for him and had already been paid for.

When Wyneken came to Indiana he had no church build­ ings in which to conduct his services. He preached and held confirmation instructions here and there in homes. He taught school and instructed confirmands during the day and conducted a Bible class for older folks in the evening. On Sundays he had one service in the morning, taught Sunday school in the after­ noon from one until three, and at six o’clock had another service.

He was approached one day by a man who said, “Tell me, Preacher； do you really believe what you preach? I don’t.”

“Well,” said Wyneken, “you just keep on not believing, and when the devil gets you by the collar and drags you down into hell, you just cry for all you’re worth: ‘I don’t believe it!

I don’t believe it!’ ” Combined with Wyneken’s missionary zeal was a soft heart 216

RED for distressed folks. He returned from one of his trips in his stocking feet. He had met a man on the way whose boots were worn through. Wyneken had taken off his own boots and given them to the man.

Again, when there was no clean shirt for a man whose funeral Wyneken was to conduct, he found a clean shirt for him. Then he conducted the funeral with his coat buttoned to his chin.

In 1851 Wyneken went back to Germany to get more missionaries. He won for his cause Pastor Loehe of Bavaria, who trained missionaries to go to America and take up • Wyneken’s work. While in Germany Wyneken learned of the emigration of Saxon Lutherans to Missouri. When he returned to America he was instrumental in founding and building our sister synod, the Missouri Synod. ®crlu)丨 me 丨 fcftuufl.

Those of you who have never attempted to translate a poem from, say, the German language to the English ought to try it some time. Let me show you what happens.

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3)a trnuift 加n bem 货ir由fteig fein 职iitter由en 巧er; „©ott griiB ®u由!" fo fpridjt ec unb [onft ni由t meljc. i)o由 fiel), ba?命fitter去en ft^Iudjjet uoll Siuft: „9Rcin 6otjn!H unb |tn!t an be8 Surfdjen Sruft.

SBie fe^r au(^ bie ©onne fein 贝ntfijj oerbrannt, baS 9KuttcrauQ, i^n Q(eid) ertannt.

That is the original poem. Now look at my attempted translation.

A transient lad with a staff in his hand Has come home again from a foreign land.

His hair is all dusty, his face tan and thin; Who will be first to recognize him?

He approaches his hamlet, a town far from great.

And sees there the publican next to the gate.

This man had to him been a very good friend Who had oft met with him pleasant hours to spend.

But alas—this old friend of his here knows him not; So changed were his features—the sun had been hot.

So the lad wanders on, barely stopping to greet, And shakes off the dust of the. road from his feet.

Just then in a window he spies his true love: “Come to me, my darling; come down from above!” 一 But alas—this dear maiden—e’en she knows him not; So changed were his features—the sun had been hot.

His eyes turn away, he proceeds down the lane; A tear starts to flow and his heart is in pain.

His mother he sees then, before the church door; With “God bless you!” he greets her and says nothing more. .

But see! now his mother dear sobs out with joy— Falls into his strong arms and whispers, "My boy!’’

No matter how tan was his face, nor how thin, The eye of his mother had recognized him.

There it is—very crude and imperfect, I know, but an attempt, at least. I like the German original and would like to have a good translation of it so that I can pass on this beautiful poem to friends who do not have a knowledge of German. Will someone offer a good translation?

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RED MOOSE, THE RIPPER Ted Behm: Say, Moose, why do you carry all those keys around with you?

Moose: Well, now, they all have their purposes. See this little key with the round hole in the end? That’s the key to my trunk. I always keep it locked, you see.

Behm: Why? Moose: ’Cuz there are secrets in my trunk that are too horrible for the ordinary human stomach to stomach.

Behm: Yeah? What kind of secrets?

Moose: Oh, nothing much. I just have a couple of carcasses hidden there.

Behm: You do? How come?

Moose: I slaughtered ’em one time and didn’t know where else to put ’em.

Behm: When did all this happen?

Moose: It’s a long story.

Behm: That’s all right. I’ve got nothing else to do. Go ahead and tell me about it.

Moose: Well, one dark, dreary night 1 was driving along the road, when suddenly I got three blow-outs and a flat tire, my radiator was out of water, I ran out of gas, and blew the fuses for the head-lights, right next to Mahilovitch's farm.

Behm: All at once, huh?

Moose: Yup, everything happened at once. Well, I didn’t know what to do at first, so I went to Mahilovitch’s house and knocked on the door for a while, but nobody answered, so I walked in. I didn’t find anybody downstairs, so I went up­ stairs and walked right into Mr. Mahilovitch’s bedroom. I told him my troubles, but he was too tired to get out of bed and help me. I asked him if he had any water on the place for my radiator. He said sure, go right out to the windmill. There’s plenty of water there. So I went out to the windmill and pulled 219

RED back the lever to get some water. The fan wouldn’t go around, because he also had a windcharger on the place, and there wasn’t enough wind for both machines. So I turned on the electric motor, and pretty soon there was water all over the place. I couldn’t find any pail, so I carried the water in my hands all the way out to the road, and finally, after a little while, I had the radiator filled. Then I needed gas, so I went, into Mr. Mahilovitch’s bedroom again and asked him if he had any for me. He said sure, go out behind the barn. There’s a tank out there. Help yourself. So I did. This time it took a little longer, because gas leaks through your fingers faster than water. Then .1 went back to Mr. Mahilovitch’s bedroom to ask him about tires. He said sure, there were four new tires up in .the hay mow, and I could have them if I wanted ’em. So I went up in the hay mow and found the tires. I decided I didn’t want all of them, because they were only Silvertown white sidewalls, so I took one of them and replaced the flat tire.

Then I sat down and fixed my three blow-outs, and then I was ready to go on. I still had to have fuses, so I went back up to Mr. Mahilovitch’s bedroom and asked about them. He said sure, just go out to the hen house, and look under the fourth nest from the left on the north side, and I’d find them. So I looked, and sure enough, there they were. I replaced my fuses, and then I was all set to go, but by that time I was lonely, so I 'yent once more up to Mr. Mahilovitch’s bedroom and asked him whether he had any dogs. He said sure, there’s one in the third kennel down the hall. Take him along. So I did.

Behm: Is he the one you slaughtered and put into you trunk?

Moose: Well, sir, the dog and I went out to the car and started to drive along at a right good pace. Pretty soon we were cruis­ ing down the road at eighty-five miles an hour—in low. Then I shifted gears and kept on driving down the road. The car gradually went faster until we were going at the terrific rate of almost ninety-nine miles an hour. Then suddenly there was a “curve” sign immediately ahead of me. The point on the arrow on the sign was smudged out, so I couldn’t see which way I should curve. Imagine my predicament!

Behm: So you turned wrong.

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Imagine my surprise to find that I had taken off. The car was flying through the air at ninety-nine miles an hour.

Belim: My gosh, what did you do?

Moose: It was simple. 1 just grabbed the emergency brake and slowed the car down till it was safe to land. While I was in the air I stuck out my left hand and we curved, so that when we landed, we were back on the highway. About that time I looked around behind me and noticed various articles flying be­ hind in the slip stream, so I stopped immediately, and brutally slaughtered the farmer’s clog. I didn’t know what to do with the remnants, so I threw them into my trunk, which was in the trunk.

Behm: Why did you kill the farmer’s clog?

Moose: I detest fanner’s dogs.

Behm: Oh. But how did the second carcass get into your trunk?

Moose: Well, that’s a long story, but I don’t mind telling it to you. It happened several weeks after my first killing. I was in Madison and wanted a car for a week-end trip, so I rented one. It was a two-door coupe and had a large trunk, so my trunk just fit into it.

Behm: Did you always carry your trunk around with you?

Moose: Sure. Where else would I put the carcasses of the dogs I slaughter? It’s so different, having them in my trunk, the one that fits this little key with the round hole in the end.

Behm: Oh. Moose: The attendant at the place where they rented the cars said he could rent the car to me for $300,000, so I went out and robbed the First National Bank and paid him off, to the penny.

Behm: How do you know?

Moose: When I robbed the bank, I ended up a little short, so I took a few rolls of pennies. Well, I had this car then, so I started driving along the highway on the way to Sussex, when suddenly I saw another dog walking along the road. Naturally 221

RED I stopped and picked him up. We went cruising along merrily, when I noticed that the car had difficulty in going up hills. I figured the car was too heavy with the extra passenger, so I stopped the car, took out the front seat,幺nd ordered the dog to lie down upon it. Then I took out my bowie knife—I always carry a bowie knife一and with one powerful blow I struck off his head. The knife went in through his mouth and came out the back of his neck, just precisely where I aimed it, you see.

Then I picked up the carcass, put it in my trunk in the trunk and went on my way. Without the added weight of the extra passenger, the car went up the hill easily.

Behm: What did you do then?

Moose: I drove back to Watertown—I had to study my Hebrew, • you see—and carried the trunk up to the attic and locked it with this little key with the round hole in the end.

Behm: Are the dead dogs still up there?

Moose: Sure. As soon as you' go up into the attic, you can smell my trunk.

Behm: If you ask me, the whole story smells.

Fade-out. — Fatalistic music.

(The preceding is a word-by wbrd—as nearly as I can remember and as close as the Hays Office decision on brutality will allow me—account of the confession of Moose, the Ripper, as told to Ted Behm one evening in the dormitory office.)

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RED EARLY HfGHWAYS IN WISCONSIN

by R. L. S.

While speeding over our concrete highways in these days, it is difficult to imagine what the situation was in the early days.

Not many years back there was a slogan, “It is as hard to lose yourself in Wisconsin as it is to find your way in other states.”

Wisconsin was a pioneer state in the development of modern travel facilities. Let us look back to the primitive roads of travel in this section of the Northwest Territory.

In the early days Wisconsin was reached only by water: the Great Lakes and the rivers. To get to the western border of Wisconsin, the route of Joliet and Marquette was used as late as 1800 and even later. It was the route of the Fox-Wisconsin rivers from Green Bay to the Mississippi. History records no white man taking a short cut through the forest along Lake Michigan to reach the Mississippi, until the year 1829. Then in the month of May, James Doty, accompanied by two lawyers and an Indian guide, made the trip from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien on horseback. This is the first recorded land trip by white men between these points.

The necessity of having an established road over this route soon became apparent. There were now three forts in Wiscon­ sin: Fort Howard at Green Bay, Fort Winnebago at Portage, and Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien. A road was necessary to facilitate the sending of supplies to the two inland forts. In the summer such supplies could be sent by water, but in winter this was impossible.

In 1829, at a public meeting at Green Bay, Congress was petitioned for roads in the Wisconsin Territory. In 1830, the United States Congress voted to set aside a certain amount of money for the purpose of building two roads in the Northwest.

One was to extend from Green Bay to Chicago and the other from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien. In 1835, the work on the latter was begun. The soldiers at Fort Crawford worked on the road to Fort Winnebago, those at Fort Winnabago, to Fond du Lac, and those at Fort Howard, from Green Bay to Fond du Lac. The stretch from Fort Crawford to Fond du Lac was finished in the fall of 1835, but the northern section was not finished until about 1838. This part took longer because of the 223

RED great hardwood forests of northern Wisconsin. When completed, this road extended from Green Bay along the Fox River to about a mile above Wrightstown, from where it crossed the southeastern part of Outagamie county, in a winding course to Sherwood, along the east side of Lake Winnebago, through Stockbridge and Brothertown to Fond du Lac. It then con­ tinued through Lamartine and Brandon to Portage, thence to Poynette, to the shores of Lake Mendota, to Blue Mounds, across the Wisconsin River at Bridgeport and into Prairie du Chien from the southeast. All told, it was about two hundred thirty-five miles in length. It was called the Military Road.

Today we would call the Military Road a poor excuse for a road, for it could be used only in the winter when the ground was frozen, or in the summer when the weather was dry. The road consisted of a swathe cut in the forest about two rods wide. Through places where such cutting was not done, trees along the way were blazed. On the prairies only mile stakes were set. Sometimes mounds of earth and stones were thrown up. In marshes and other low places corduroy roads were made by placing small logs on the soft earth. Sometimes these were covered with brush and dirt. The first bridges in the country were used to cross the streams, but they too were crude affairs. One of them was built over the Fond du Lac River. Indians and wild animals made use of this bridge for months before the first white settlers arrived. When the traveler crossed a prairie, he had to judge the course as accurately as possible, and then, upon reaching the timber, start looking for the blazed trees before continuing. The road ran down what today is the main street of Fond du Lac, and here it was a mass of mud and clay, which on a wet day was impossible to drive or even walk through. Instead of highway signs, landmarks were used. One such a landmark was an eagle’s nest which could be seen for miles. Often there were stumps left in the road itself, and after a heavy snowfall it was next to impossible to avoid these.

At the time of its planning there were practically no white people at all living along the route. There were two known buildings and one was a tavern. This tavern was at Blue Mounds and was run by Ebenezer Brigham. Brigham’s Tavern 224

RED and another, the Fond du Lac House, which was built a short time later at Fond du Lac, came to be famous for the lively times to be had there. Whiskey seems to have been the popular drink.

The whiskey used was manufactured in crude stills. Favorite brands were “Race Horse,” “Moral Suasion,” “Vox Populi,” “Pig and Whistle”, and “Split Ticket’’. The pioneers, as a whole, were not too particular about the brand so long as their liquor was cheap and produced the desired effect.

When the three forts were abandoned, the Military Road was abandoned in certain places. New roads then took its place. To travel from Fond du Lac to Portage, a road through Fox Lake was used. A more direct route between Poynette and Blue Mounds also was established. The section of road from Green Bay to Fond du Lac, on the other hand, retained much of its location, even to the present day. It is still called the Mili­ tary Road today.

The Chicago-Green Bay Road later grew to be just as im­ portant as the Old Military Road. This route left Chicago at what is now the Michigan Boulevard bridge, ran north to approximately Rush Street, along this to Chicago Avenue, thence to Clark Street, to Evanston. Here it swung around to Wilmette, where the French trader, Antoine Ouilmette, lived.

It then continued, passing three miles west of Waukegan, entering Wisconsin five miles from the lake shore. It touched Skunk Grove in Racine County, and entered Milwaukee over Kinnickinnic Creek. It passed over the present south side of the city to Walker’s Point, where the Milwaukee River had to be forded or ferried. At East Wisconsin Avenue and East Water Street it continued north to Two Rivers, in Manitowoc County.

From here a trail along the southeast side of the Fox River was followed to Green Bay. Much of the pioneer travel came along this route.

As more and more settlers came in, other roads were built. When the capitol of the territory was to be built at Madison in 1837, Commissioner Augustus Bird, who was in charge of the construction, made the trip from Milwaukee to Madison. He was accompanied by thirty workmen. They travelled by team, making a road as they went. It took ten days for them to make the trip, but they succeeded in breaking the first road into the capitol of the territory.

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RED These were the main roads in what was to be the state of Wisconsin. From them others came into being. Between 1840 and 1850, many plank roads were built, such as the Watertown Plank Road, west from Milwaukee to our city. The stage­ coaches, teamsters with their heavy loads, prairie schooners, and the farmer going to town were to make use of these. The next step was the development of towns and villages, and it did not take long for these to follow. Wherever there was a very muddy spot in the road, where the stagecoaches or wagons were sure to bog down, very often a tavern came into existence.

This, in some cases, developed into a hamlet and later into a village.

It is interesting to note that in the fifties of the last century, in the first decade of the history of our Wisconsin Synod, many congregations of our synod were founded by the first missionaries along the northern stretches of the ChicagoGreen Bay and the Old Military roads.

A DEAD MAN’S BEST FRIEND hi) DON SEI.LNOW

Have you ever seen a walking corpse? No, you say? Well, brother, then you’ve never cast your peepers on Charley Soren­ son, one of Neenah’s old timers and God’s gift to the undertak­ ing profession. A fresh stiff has nothing on Charley when it comes to looks. Tremendous bags hang beneath his hollow deep-sunk eyes. His skin has a death-like pallor, and streaks of red line his sagging cheeks. A black suit, conservatively cut, white shirt, dull, black tie, plain black shoes, and a bowler of the same hue placed squarely on the top of his snow-white, half bald cranium are the only style garments ever worn by this mournful mortician. A little paunch proudly proceeds Charley wherever he goes and gives somewhat of a humorous touch to an otherwise sedate and somber figure. Of this model mortician’s features the one which strikes one hardest and impresses itself indelibly upon the mind is Charley’s eyes.

Moist and dull blue in color, they make him look as though he were crying, and when he stares glassily at you with those big, watery lamps, you get the feeling he’s sizing you up as a prospective customer.

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RED His voice is as soft as velvet, and its deep clearness is like the tolling of a church bell heard from a distance. Charley wastes no time in loquacious speeches. He says what’s on his mind with as little exertion as possible in a melancholy tone that would move the hardest heart on earth.

Always a gentleman, Charley’s known for the the way in which he tips his hat to his acquaintances if he should chance to meet one of them out of doors. With a gentle, sweeping motion, he lifts his white, parchment-like hand to the brim of his derby and tips it slightly while at the same time parting his blue lips in a sickly smile that reveals his loose upper plate.

Outside of his mortuary, beneath a big, spreading oak, Charley has placed nice, comfortable benches for weary passers-by. To this quiet spot drift most of the town’s oldtimers, grandpas hanging on to life for all that’s in them.

When our friendly funeral director sees a few of his old cronies chewing- the fat out on his veranda, he immediately forgets about the body he may be preparing and glides out to look over his potential source of raw material. He’ll ask one of them how he feels, and if the old gent says, “I feel just fine,” why, good old Charley will scrutinize him carefully, occasionally feeling of an arm or leg just to make sure the old boy’s still good for a few years. It’s common knowledge that Neenah’s favorite undertaker has his guest list filled in for months in advance. He can tell just by looking at you whether, in the near future, you’re going to be laid out in a nice, shiny casket.

His mind is completely on his work, and while he prepares one body for the big trip six feet under, he’s thinking of future business and improvements he can make on his establishment.

There you have Chas. Sorenson, loved and respected for his warm, friendly personality, perfect mortuary manner, and low rates. You’ll find him always ready to serve, just drop off a body anytime—Charley can fix it.

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Jiiiturtal Lent...

HE Christian Church is again observing the annual season of Lent. This period of the church year, as we all know, has been set aside in commemoration of Christ’s suffering and of the events in His life leading up to the crucifixion.

The word “lent” is etymologically the same word as the German “Lenz,” or spring, and this pre-Easter church season is so called because it is celebrated in the spring of the year.

In the Roman Catholic church the lenten season is one of fasting, a fasting which in earlier church history was very strict.

The idea of fasting was taken over by the early church from the old Jewish custom, as Christ himself practiced and taught (Matt. 6: 16-18). But soon Wednesdays and Fridays, instead of the Jewish days of fasting, were set aside by the 228

RED church as days on which fastingsshould take place. These two days w6re observed in memory of Christ’s:betrayal and death.

The length of the lenten fast has varied since it was first instituted. Before the third century it was observed on at least the last two days of Holy Week; for this we have definite proof. This fast was gradually lengthened to include the whole week. Later it was observed for even a longer period of time; Athanasius urged upon the Alexandrians a forty-day fast, since, he said, it was the custom elsewhere. At the Council of Nicaea this forty-day fast was already recognized as an established custom. The period of forty days was to commemo­ rate Christ’s fast as well as those of Moses and Elijah, each of which was of forty days’ duration.

In the early church, penitence was of prime importance in the observance of Lent. Then in the medieval church fasting came to the fore as being more important, but throughout the years there has been a gradual relaxation of the fasting laws in the Catholic church.

Why is the first day of Lent called Ash Wednesday? This day received its name from the ceremonial use of ashes as a symbol' of penitence, a very old ceremony which at first applied only to those doing public penance. But even before the Reformation, Pope Celestin III, in 1191, sanctioned its universal use. The Roman church of today has this custom: the priest takes the ashes (obtained by burning the palm branches or their substitutes used in the ceremonial of the previous Palm Sunday), dips his thumb into them and marks those present with a cross on the forehead or, in the case of the clerics, on the tonsure, and says in Latin: “Remember, man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return.”

The Catholic Church makes quite an outward display of its observance of the lenten season and accuses anyone of having committed a mortal sin who does not obey its scores of laws re­ garding the observance of these forty days. That, of course, is typically Catholic. We Lutherans, although we outwardly make no show of observing Lent, except for the holding of special midweek services in most congregations, should each have our own private way of thanking God for the gift of His Son, who suffered and died for our sins and rose again for our 229

RED justification. By leading a Christian, God-fearing life, and by setting a good example for those around us we can show our deep gratitude to our Saviour. We should live thus every day of the year, not only during the lenten season; but if we have perhaps been somewhat forgetful and have followed the world too closely and eagerly in the past, let’s let this lenten-tide serve as a reminder to us of our real purpose here on earth, namely, the spreading of the Gospel so that more people hear of Christ’s atoning death and are saved. We can do this work by simply leading a Christ-like life, and those of us who are pre­ paring for the ministry will, in a few more years, have an additional opportunity to bring the message of Christ to more people. So let us all remember our station in life and act accordingly.

J.

St. Valentine’s Day ... the most peculiar red-letter day within the course P ERHAPS of the entire year is Saint Valentine’s day. Although it is no true holiday, it enjoys a rating far above many of our national holidays.

Valentine’s day originated in ancient Rome. It was then known as the Lupercalia, a day celebrated in honor of Lupercus, “the wolf destroyer.” At this festival the young people chose partners for the following year. (This is not, as far as the author knows, etymologically related to the modern term “、volf.”） Years later when the custom had spread to England and France, it became known as Saint Valentine’s day. Actually the celebration of this day was is no way connected with Saint Valentine. It was merely renamed in his honor when the church tried to eradicate the traditional pagan feast.

At various times throughout history the day gained great popularity. During the rule of Charles II of England, whose reign was marked by garish, corrupt court life, men presented to their valentines magnificent gifts. Jewelry worth many thousands of dollars was presented to the valentine of the noblemen. In 1832 over a million and a half valentines were handled in the London post office. When a slight slump was 230

RED recorded in later years, an English writer mourned that the advent of the telephone had killed the valentine, for the two ‘ ‘could not live in the same atmosphere. ” Numerous superstitions prevailed in connection with the day. Strange practices came into use. The first person of the opposite sex whom one saw became one’s valentine of the year.

'If one dreamed of someone of the opposite sex, the couple should be married during the year. Young people arose before sunshine to catch an owl and two sparrows, an omen which would bring good luck for the remainder of the year.

America too has contributed to the characteristic keeping of the day. Commercialization, America’s footprint on nearly everything from sports to music, has taken over the field of Valentine^ day celebration. Two of the numerous classes of valentine greetings, the ugly and the corny, are also American additions. A typical example of the latter, which I happened to see this year, pictured a soda-slurper, and had this verse: “You’re soda-licious, hon.ey, And soda-lightful, too, And soda-mure and soda-vine, That I’m in love with you.

Soda-cide to be mine!”

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'HE Don Cossack Chorus — conducted by Serge Jaroff, the comical, dwarf-sized music maker 一 performed here in the college gymnasium on the night of January thirty-first. The program was one containing a great variety of music, from loud shouts and comedy to whispers, heartbreak and sorrow. The audience responded to all numbers with a tremendous ovation.

In spite of the still uncertain condition of the roads because of the snowstorm only a few days previous to the concert, the gym was packed to its utmost capacity; nearly a thousand people heard the Cossacks sing here.

One of the numbers for which they are famous, 44Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us” (Gospody Pomiluy) held the audience spellbound. In this chant the two words * 'Gospody, pomiluy’’ are sung seventy-five times. When used in a church service it is sung during the mass on the eve of Holy Rood day. The bishop stands in the middle of the church holding a cross above his head. As he lowers the cross, the chorus sings these two words in diminuendo—when the cross touches the ground, pianissimo, and when the cross gradually rises, crescendo.

A new composition on the program was a vocal celebration of the chorus’ own twenty-fifth anniversary. It tells the story of the organization of the Original Cossack Chorus of the Don and ends with the singing of four American military songs in Russian style and harmony.

The great contrast between the extremes of deepest bass and highest tenor tones, the cleanness of attack, the beautiful and confusing contrapuntal weaving of all voices, made this a 232

RED concert long to be remembered by all who were fortunte enough to hear it. Jaroff himself adds to the enjoyment which one derives from attending one of his concerts. His assurance, sometimes deliberately comic, in handling the entire a capella program, is great, and his understanding of music is almost un­ paralleled.

One of the most beautiful numbers performed was not even on the program — it was sung as an encore. This composition was an arrangement of the beautiful “St. Petersburg” melody

by Dmitri S. Bortniansky (hymn 493 in our Hymnal). The tenors hummed the melody in an exquisitely high pitch, and the rest of the chorus blended with them in fine harmony. A perfect climax to a very good concert.

Brazilian Adventures ... of the school entertainment program arrangements As.part were made with the Watertown Talk-of-the-Hour Club to give students twenty tickets for five of their current lectures and admission for the whole student body to one talk. Dudley Crafts Watson’s *'Brazilian Adventures” was chosen as the topic most interesting for the average student, but the thirst for education was not quite strong enough to lead many students the four blocks down to the High School Auditorium to hear the talk. Those who did overcome Sunday night inertia heard and saw interesting things.

Dr. Watson is not the Jim Corbet type of jungle explorer.

His sponsored tours are patronized mainly by rich widows, so they don’t go far off the beaten paths. The trips which he makes alone are often more for the artistic than scenic products of a country, because of his connection with the Chicago Museum of Art. The “Brazilian Adventure,” too, showed much of the art of Brazil.

By plane from Miami we were taken to Rio de Janeiro, the most beautiful city of South America. This city follows the irregular shoreline with the result that every home is within easy walking distant of the ocean beach, and well worth the walking it is too. These movies were taken on the coldest day 233

RED of the year, yet crowds were sunning and swimming. Starting from the ground up, even the pavements of Rio are different.

Instead of common cement they are hand set mosaics with a black and white wave pattern. Most of the buildings are ultra modern in design and comfort, beautiful statuary is placed everywhere and the tempo of life is swift. The many races work together in true democracy with no differentiation made.

Through letters of introduction and his art connections Dr. Watson met many of the prominent businessmen and artists of the city, Boucas, Marx, Portinari, Bidu Sayao.

From this center of culture and progress we were taken to the wild and unexploited falls of Iguassu, then to Sao Paulo, the Chicago of South America, only more modern, progressive, clean and beautiful. Here again we were shown examples of South American art.

Belem, seaport at the mouth of the Amazon, is known to many sea and air men who made it a stop on the way to Africa.

The city was made safe for humans by drainage ditches built

by American millionaires, yet danger is still close by in the surrounding jungle. Here Dr. Watson and his party made a ten-minute expedition into the wild. To go farther than ten minutes, walk from the end of the road is to risk not finding1 the way back. Our evening’s tour ended with a last look at the many colored sails of Belem’s fishing boats in the evening sunset.

F. K.

The Charm Quartet •…

•HIS year, more so than in previous years, we have had an exceptionally good entertainment program. We only need remember the Don Cossacks who sang here last month. The credit for this schedule belongs to a small committee of juniors who, with the aid of Professor Kiessling, selected it. In choosing these programs the committee has little more than a list of names to work with, and since it’s impossible for them to interview every performer, it is easy to understand why we sometimes get a poor program. The programs and movies this year, however, have been generally very good.

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RED ment than it did in the gym. Tuesday, February 11, a group known as the Charm Quartet, consisting of three female singers and a piano accompanist, performed here. The program consisted mainly of modern and semiclassical music, inter­ spersed with a few religious classics. On the whole the sing­ ing was good, considering the music they sang and what you could hear of it — the accompanist did play far too loud. The pianist played a few solos for us among which were Falla’s Fire Dance a sort of “blues piece，” and one of Brahm’s nocturnes. Her playing, like the singing, lacked the precision and polish one likes to find in a program of college level. Some serious study would have benefited the group, even though the requirements of modern music are not so exacting.

A word to the audience — may I acknowledge once and for all the work done by Mr. Hollender, Mr. Ruege, and every other junior who has lifted up the top of the piano. Hereafter wouldn’t it be possible for the audience to refrain from applauding their efforts? Moreover let’s put an end to whistling and shouting. It embarrasses those who can’t whistle and marks at least part of the crowd as strictly juvenile. Save your enthusiasm for our ball games. We need it then!

Do.

The Northwestern College Band in Concert Sunday, March 9, at 8:00 p. m.

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From various comments I’ve been hearing recently I’ve gathered that there are several unfortunate individuals who do not appreciate poetry of the “doozer” type. For their benefit I am refraining from prefacing my column in this issue with an example of that most difficult type of poetry. Just wait, though; Fll get even with them by putting one at the end!

We all like snow, but don’t you think it was getting just a mite ridiculous around here for a while? We had the benefit of some of the coldest weather and highest snow drifts that have been seen around hfere for a long time, so the Wisconsinites tell me. They all complain that all the snow and cold weather came from South Dakota. In fact they’d go so far as to pick up a handful of snow, inspect it carefully, and state very definitely that it came direct from Roscoe, South Dakota. All I can say is that there must be a terrific amount of snow out there, if so much of it got here.

In case you can’t recognize some of those massive posteriors, the increase in size is caused by those well-padded Air Force pants the fellows inside are wearing. Quite a few fellows battled the snow drifts to buy them so they wouldn’t freeze to death on the way back to the dormitory after getting soaked to the skin on the way down town. The pants, some green and some leather, certainly are warm, and not only that, they’re very convenient—what with all the zippers and such.

I’d suggest that the fellows use them for football next fall.

Shortly after the last B and R came out, Corky Koeplin burst into my room and practically ripped my head off trying to extort an apology from me. Maybe he was justified.... .

He isn’t with us any more, and we were able to tell just about the exact minute when he left. His carpentry work in the 236

RED main floor hall was very audible to the Juniors, who were try­ ing to have a class in their private classroom just adajcent to Corky’s workshop. 氺

We have two cheerleaders now to take the place Corky just vacated. We couldn’t find any smaller ones, so we’ll have to be satisfied with what vve have—when we can see them!

I’ve heard several comments that the Pep Band was at its best for this season last Wednesday night for the game with Milton. I guess all they need is complete attendance of their membership. They make plenty of noise every time they play, but last time they seemed to be playing the same thinp： at the same time. T^efs keep it up!

The day the Juniors were fixing up the gym for the Don Cossack concert and were standing on the front steps getting some fresh air, they were astounded to see Professor Blume come casually striding along — over the top of the snow banks.

That’s quite a feat, when you know how to do it, and he did. He was wearing snow shoes. When he came close enough to speak to, he offered the suggestion to the fellows that they ought to organize a Sir Walter Raleigh Society for the purpose of escorting coeds to school on days when the blizzardy weather makes,it difficult for them to navigate by themselves. It seems 一 t the idea from seeing one of the Prep boys leading a lady he got friend of his across the campus, making quite a brave show of it. Perhaps the Society would be a good idea, but since the weather has become so nice lately, I think we’ll just have to drop the whole idea. . . . Whew, I guess we ffot out of that all right!

The tremendous heaps of snow all over Watertown didn’t hinder a maximum attendance for the Don Cossack concert.

The gym was really packed, but the ushers didn’t have too much trouble seating everyone. The concert was great, and I think most of us are in favor of having those Russian amateur bowlers come back here again some time.

The second bit of entertainment provided by the Junior class since the beginning of the new year didn’t completely fill all our expectations. The Charm Quartette turned out to be sorta charming, but not very interesting. The. reception committee had a good time. S’too bad all the audience didn’t.

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RED To celebrate Valentine’s Day the Junior class decided to throw a little party, on classroom time. All it takes is a little pop and cake, and lo and behold, we have a very interesting class. Doggone, though, we still went through our usual stipendium of Greek‘ Submitted by Bill Wietzke. Written for and dedicated to Y. T. Little Herby full of glee With his pen pretends to be A poet non sans notoriety.

But when you bring it to deep thought, Vm sure you’ll see that what he’s wrought Is liberally embellished with you-know-what!

We，ve been all anxiously waiting to see when Will Wietzke, Neil Jordahl, and Ted Behm will get their offer from Holl wood. Just recently those fellows had their picture in th7； Sunday supplement to the Milwaukee Journal. They certainly look studious in that picture, don’t they?

The tobogganing season seems to be nearly over, at least for:Barenz’s toboggan. The hill behind the Octagon House was just too much for it, I guess. The slope of the hill is all right, but when it comes to crossing the road, that’s going just a little too far—that is, when they get that far! Whitey Voss wrecked his foot on that fatal slope, and Danny Mai chow did a good job of trying to break his back going down the hill on skis. It was fun while it lasted. *

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Now I can give you that “doozer” I was telling you about.

No comments, please, February’s a welcome month, ’Cuz tests are over and done. ’Course test days could have been much worse— Sleeping late was fun.

But now they^e over the fun can start.

That’s swell, but all too soon We’ll study and cram, and worry and toil For tests that come in June!

(Don’t say I didn’t warn you. You didn，t hove to read it!

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INTERCOLLEGIATE BASKETBALL MILTON 53

NORTHWESTERN 61

The Varsity treked down to Milton and managed to eke out their second conference win. That wc managed to win at all is indeed quite a feather in our lial because we did play against an unusual team. Milton had one valuable asset, a good defense, and that was in the form of their fine down-floor blocking. To say the least they laid quite a few of our boys low before the j^ame was over. Charlie Sclilei (fortunately for our team) was really on the beam. He sank a total of 22 points for the team in one of the most graceful exhibitions of his Varsity career. Charlie Nommensen put cm a fine show to l)y putting in 17 points. Milton had no outstanding; scorer or player. They each contributed their bit toward a 53 point score.

LTNIlUF FT

8

. 0 .3 .2 .8 .1 . 0 . 0 22

2 4 0 6 3 1 0 17

F 5 2 4 0 4 2 1 2 20

MILTON Sunby, f.........

Kissinger, f...

Rockwell, f..

Getts, f..........

Campbell, f..

Ruszczyk, f..

Brice, c.........

Damken, c.

Roush, c........

Kittleson, g..

Grant, g....... .

Whitmeyer. g.

Behnke, g......

FG

Totals

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22

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2105003030053

NORTHWESTERN Nommensen, f...

Wietzke. B., f.— Wietzke, W., f.....

Malchow, f..........

Schlei, c...............

Kaese, g...............

• Huebner, g.......

Kaufmann, g........

Totals

FT

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NORTHWESTERN 45

The Concordia Falcons on their home floor put on a contest j^oocl enough to beat the Varsity. The Falcons were keyed up to take our boys, but they had to give their everything to do it.

At times it seemed as though the Falcons were a bit fanatic m their desire to win and in the way they finally managed to do it in the last minutes. Not to take any credit away from Concordia, but in order to g;ive a true picture of the game, it nitist. be said that our Varsity did not play its usually high-class kind of ball.

They were tense, on the defensive, unable to hit the basket, and finally a bit demoralized. Concordia put up so stiff a defense un(ler their basket that it was virtually impossible for our forvvards to do any tip-in work. But even this defense was not the determining1 factor in our losing、the ^ame,, The reason we lost, T be­ lieve, was that our boys could not find their shooting eyes. They came close, but not close enough to sink the necessary baskets.

The Concordia Falcons, on the other hand, were spurred on by Setzer, a most unusual player to say the least. Setzer, in my es­ timation, played a fanatic style of ball. He would rim around at a terrific rate of speed, heckle our guards, intercept our passes, and last hut not least, he would make long shots from about the center of the floor. He was Concordia's hipfli scorer with 16 points.

Will Wietzke played an unusually, fine, cool j^amc for our team.

He was especially impressive when he faked their players out of position to make some difficult shots. Northwestern had a one point lead at the half, 25 to 24, but (luring the second half they always trailed by several points. Wc were m、ver a1)lc to iiKikc up even lliis small lead.

UNEU1* NORTHWESTERN Nommensen, f......

Wietzke, B. f......

Wietzke. W. f•.…

Malchow, f..........

Schlei, c...............

Kaese. g..............

Kaufmann, g.......

Huebner, g..........

Totals

FG .. 4

FT 0

5 0

F 1 3 3 1 4 .1 0

13

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3

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4 0 2

CONCORDIA Kreutz, f......

Ackmann, f.

Lindel^e. c.

Gaeres. g...

Ludwig, g.

Setzer, g...

2

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NORTHWESTERN 83

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FG 2 0 4 . 4 0

Totals

8 18

FT 0 2 6 3

F 5 3 5 4 0

0 12

4 21

CONCORDIA (R. F.) 47

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LINEUP NORTHWESTERN Nommensen, f...

Wietzke, B. f.......

Wietzke. W. f. •…

Malchow, f. ..•.….

Schlei, c.............. .

Steiner, c.............

Kaese. g.............

Strohm, g.............

Huebner, g........ .

Kaufmann, g........

Totals

FG ,.v 9 • 2 6 5

4 4 2 0 3

FT 2 3 3 1 0 0 0

F 2 1 1 3 3 2 4 1

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CONCORDIA Herzog, f......

Glaess, I. ....

Valleskey, f.

Eggers, c.......

Trusheim, cf Pelz, g..........

Saeger, g..…

Brackman. g.

6 ... 0 ... 3

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4 2 2

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NORTIIWI•:STKRN 55

MISSION HOUSE 46

Mission House beat the Varsity in basketball two games in a row lust year. From all reports this year Mission House was said to be “loaded” with talent. Their team included such stars as Wicrwillc, Olm, and a former Northwestern University baskctball player, Van Ess. Everybody was sweating1 out” this ffamc. On the playing floor, however, Northwestern jumped off to an early lead and was ahead 36-20 at the half. Bill Wietzke was the spark plu^ of our outfit. He clumped in basket after basket with the greatest of ease. It was he who took the wind out of the Muskics' sails. The rest of the team backed Bill Wietz­ ke with enough baskets to keep Mission House safely behind. In the beginning of the second half Mission House threatened to take away the lead we had, but our boys were hot enough to offset any such danger. Wierwille was higii scorer for the Muskies with 22 points, but in my estimation the smoothest player on the floor was Van Ess. He had coolness, presence of mind, the ability to handle the ball well, and fine coordination. It was a real pleasure tu see him in action.

LINEUP NORTHWESTERN Wietzke. W. f....

Nommensen, f......

Wietzke. B. f.......

Malchow, f...........

Schlei, c...............

Kaese. g...............

Huebner. g....... .

Totals

FG 3

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F 4 3 2.2 1 1 0 4 2 3

3

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9 0

23

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9

MISSION HOUSE Wierwille, f..........

Grossheusch, f...

Van Ess, c...........

Olm, g.................

Truttschel, g........

Jaberg, g. ..........

Totals

20

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FT 4

F 4

0

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4 3 13

4 5

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16

14

17

RED U. OF W. EXTENSION 55

NORTHWESTERN 61

This was the outstanding- game of the year as far as giving the most excitement to the spectators was concerned. The battle was nip and tuck all the way through even to the end of the fourth period when the score was tied 53 up. At the half the score was Northwestern 25 to Extension’s 20. During1 the last minutes of the game Northwestern was six points behind. It looked like a sure Extension victory, but then the Varsity put on a real spurt. They picked up four points and the scbre was 51-53 in favor of Extension. With less than ten seconds left in the game Kaesmeyer put in a perfect basket to tie up the game.

Just as the ball passed thru the basket the horn signalling1 the end of the game blew. So if Northwestern wins the conference championship, credit goes to Harris Kaesmeyer for putting^ m • that accurate shot and thereby enabling the team to go on unde­ feated in conference games. Honors go to Bill and Will Wietzke for putting in the winning baskets during- the following overtime 、period. It was really fine team work that made this victory possible.

LINEUP NORTHWESTERN Wietzke. W. f.

Malchow, f....

Wietzke, B. f..

Nommensen, f.

Schlei, c. ____ Kaese, g..........

Huebner, g....

Totals

FG 4

FT

3 6 2 3

3 0 7

4 . 0 22

4 17

F EXTENSION 1 Schroeder, f.....

4 Christopoulos, f.

3 Spaeltholz, c.

2 Sauer, c........

4 Komaske, g.

3 Zimmer, g...

4 Bellart, g....... .

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FT 4 2

F 4 5

4

4 4

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5 24

0

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5 2

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INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL There has been a lot of hard play and close rivalry in these class games. Most of the games are won by very dost* margins aiicl in some cases the game goes into an overtime period. Right now the Seniors are on top.- They were beaten once by the Frosh I team. The most any team can do to them now is tie with them for first place. That any team will clo this is very doubtful because the Seniors really do have a fine team. They have won 7 and lost 1. The Juniors, Soph I, and Frosh I arc all tied for second place with 5 wins and 3 losses. The fine Soph II team has had-a lot of tough luck, is in third place with 2-6. The cel­ lar team is the Frosh II outfit having 0 wins and 8 losses.

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RED BOWLING The Senior class is relaxing- from their strenuous schedule by spending' a few odd moments over in the gym bowling1 in their own league. There are five teams of three men each, all of which are very even in ability. It is not yet the end of the first round, but as it is now Kempfert’s and Voss’s teanis are tied for first place with 9 wins and 3 losses each. Tn second place are Kaesineycr'vS and Wood’s teams, each having- 3 wins and 6 losses. In Ihc last place is Juroff's outfit with 3 wins and 9 losses. He may not be there long1, however, because Kaesmeyer and Wood are both fighting it out for second place and anything can happen when these two teams ,cfct together.

SENIOR BOWLING TEAMS Won Kempfert, Huc1)iier, Demcak 9 9 Voss, Jauke, Schumann 3 Kaesmeyer, Fischer, Homelier 3 Wood, Dommcr, Stern 3 Juroff, Schlei, E媒ert Hig-h Series: Voss—532 Single Game: Kempfcrt―206

Lost 3 3 6 6 9

LATE SPORTS NEWS Feb. 21—Northwestern defeats Aurora, 90-80, there.

Feb. 22—Northwestern defeats Concordia, 60-53, at River Forest.

Note: The Sports editor will give you the details of these two games in the March Black and Red.

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Ill its On February 2, 1947, Grace Lutheran Church of Benton Harbor, Michigan, was dedicated to the service of the Lord.

The church is at present only a basement church, but it will be completed as soon as the opportunity arises. The founder and present pastor of Grace Luthern Church is the Rev. E. J. Berg, ’10.

The Rev. William Schweppe, ’29, our missonary of Nigeria, Africa, has recently returned to the United States, and is at the present conducting lecture tours amoung our churches to acquaint people with the work that has been going on among the Negroes.

S/2 Jack Ott, ex. ’49, formerly stationed at Guam has re­ turned to the states and is at present spending a leave at home in Freeland, Michigan.

The Rev. Professor E. R. Bliefernicht, ’03, of Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota, was taken by death on January 30, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack while on his way to classes from his home. Professor Bliefernicht ful­ filled the duties of librarian and also taught religion and psy­ chology. Funeral addresses were given by President C. Schweppe of Dr. Martin Luther College, and the Rev. Schmidt of New Ulm, Minnesota.

The Rev. Emil John, em., of Mankato, Minnesota, died on •February 7, 1947. He had been retired since 1913, having served seventeen years in the ministry. Funeral services were held at Immanuel Lutheran Church, the Rev. A. Ackermann officiating.

The Rev. J. Petrie, ’42, of Richwood, Wisconsin, and the Rev. A. Roekle, ’36, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, recently spent several days as visitors here at college. They were stranded in Watertown during the recent snowstorm which rendered the roads impassable.

The Rev. Donald Grummert，’40, formerly- of Valentine, Nebraska, was installed in Grace Lutheran Church of Geneva, Nebraska, on January 19, 1947.

The Rev. Ralph Goede, ’43, was ordinated and installed as pastor of Redeemer Church, Wabasha, Minnesota, and Our Savior Church, Kellogg, Minnesota, on January 26,1947.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Carl Schurz in Watertown

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At times a slow meandering creek, then again a swollen torrent, year after year pursuing this very cycle-that was the Colorado River. Early in its history soon after its discovery, the Colorado gained the reputation of being the most treacher­ ous and dangerous stream that flowed. The early settlers of the West dared not travel the Colorado. Almost any other river provided safe passage-way, but the Colorado was too un­ predictable.

In the long arid summers and autumns the river would dwindle down to a drowsy creek barely keeping up a continuous flow through its canyon passage. But when the rains and snow came in the winter, and when the spring thaw began up in the mountains, woe be to the man who was caught on the river. As if it had been transformed by some magical art, the Colorado became a roaring, devastating torrent swollen by the mighty flood waters.

Imbedded in its canyon of solid rock along much of its journey, the river could, moreover, be crossed only at a few 247

RED places very distant from each other. The Colorado was indeed a handicap to the early pioneers.

But the West contained much fertile soil. The only draw­ back from working this land was the dryness. There was only one short rainy season. Then followed the continual beating down of the sun. Nothing could withstand that tremendous heat, so that it was impossible to grow anything there.

The people of the West soon began to look at the Colorado with a questioning eye. This river that had so far been a hindrance, this wild and useless river, could it not be used as a source of the water they so sorely needed? So farmers began to lead irrigation ditches from the river in order to make the dry, fertile desert soil useful. Had they only known what disaster that would bring with it, they would never have attempted it. The Colorado with its regular fluctuating brought along with it yearly floods that destroyed whatever the farmers had accomplished, and in the dry season the little creek was not large enough so that the water supply was cut off. Families lost their whole means of livelihood.

That was before 1920. Then the men of the West began to complain and asked for some kind of control of these waters.

If the Colorado river-way was properly conserved there would be great agricultural possibilities in this desert region. Some­ thing had to be done!

In 1922 government agents together with representatives from the states in the Colorado River Basin met in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Arguments for the control of the Colorado must have been persuasive for by 1928 Congress had passed a bill, a bill authorizing the Boulder Canyon Project. By 1930 it was found acceptable to six of the seven states in the basin and was ratified. Work could now begin.

The Boulder Canyon project was by no means a small job.

Black Canyon was chosen as the site for the dam. Several construction companies were contracted by the government and the Bureau of Reclamation began work on the project in 1931.

The most skilled engineers strained themselves to the utmost to devise the best and safest way in which to reroute the river to permit the building of the dam. They worked everything out to the detail very economically and advantageously, which 248

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After the Colorado wasă&#x20AC; rerouted, work on the foundation of the dam began. Greatest care was taken to provide a solid footing for this huge construction. Men were swung along the canyon walls from cables in order to remove all the loose rock from the cliffs. Yes, the work was often very dangerous. 93 men were lost during the construction of the dam. A 200-ton cableway was erected for lowering the heavy steel pipe and machinery down into the canyon. The men worked hard and unremittingly. So after two years of solving engineering problems, and an additional three of pouring concrete, drilling through solid rockbed, and putting in the huge penstock pipe­ lines, Boulder Dam, the greatest construction project ever attempted, stood complete between the towering walls of Black Canyon.

But Boulder Dam was to be more than just a gigantic wall to check the wild Colorado. Here in this dam were now great possibilities for developing power and for irrigation. The Southwest could be greatly improved and was. The flood waters were now checked and could be controlled for irrigational purposes. Large desert expanses were changed into fruitful farming regions. Meanwhile, the waters stored above the dam did not have to remain idle, but could be made to do other work. A power-house was set up below the dam with four intake towers above the dam. Generators and turbines were installed, and on September 11, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed the golden key that started the first generator. Since then the Boulder power-plant has become the largest power-generation plant in the world.

Boulder Dam has also created the largest reservoir, Lake Mead. This has made accessible long stretches of the river that were before this dangerous. A boat trip up Lake Mead provides some magnificent views. Moreover, Lake Mead, in scenic and impressive canyons of the Colorado, has become a resort for vacationers. That is indeed a beautiful spot. Fisher­ men from all over come to try the waters for their store of game fish, especially black bass. Lake Mead is now too becoming a wild-fowl refuge.

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RED interest. Boulder Dam is the higHest dam in the world, and it has, as was previously mentioned, the largest reservoir and power-plant. Its height is 726 feet. The crest is 1,244 feet long. The bottom of the dam is 660 feet thick and the top 45 feet thick. While you are walking through the tunnel in the dam 528 feet below the crest, the guide casually mentions that there are over 400 million tons of concrete overhead. Nothing to get worried about though, since the tunnel is moulded around a wooden framework. The water pressure at the base of the dam is 45,000 pounds per square foot. Lake Mead, 115 miles long, covers 146,500 acres with a maximum depth of 589 feet.

There are 15 large generators and 2 small generators in the power-plant, and consequently, 15 large turbines, each of 115,000 horsepower, and 2 small turbines of about half that power. The total capacity of the power-plant is 1,835,000 horse-power. There are two spillways and 2 spillway tunnels, each of a 50 foot diameter. They have been used only once so far. The intake towers, each of a diameter of 75 feet, are 395 feet high. Some of these figures are beyond our comprehension and prove the immensity of this structure.

By the middle of 1945 Boulder Dam and whatever arose from it and was connected with it had cost 136 million dollars.

By this same time the government has received 46,700,000 dollars through the sale of power. From this we can readily see that Boulder Dam will eventually support itself. The damâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already great capacity is being increased yet more by the instalation of additional generators. During the war half of the power produced went to plants manufacturing war goods.

Power from this dam was used as far up as Oregon.

Boulder Dam was a national project. Completed in five years, it gave employment to over 4000 men. Some products or materials from every state in the Union were used in its â&#x20AC;˘ construction. Now it is visited by half a million people a year, people who have come to enjoy this recreational area.

Guides are always present and willing to conduct tours through the dam, and it should be of interest to everyone of us to learn about this project which has so benefited mankind.

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“It is fitting that the flag of our country should fly here in honor of these men who, inspired by a vision of lonely lands made fruitful conceived this great work and of those others whose genius and labor made that vision a reality.”

BIRDS With the approach of spring we again await the arrival of our birds migrating from their winter homes in the south.

This is one of the two great bird migrations that take place every year. The other occurs in the fall. These periods of migration are perhaps the most interesting of the many phases of bird life.

Strictly speaking there are birds migrating in every month of the year. They have a regular pattern or calendar of their own. In January there is, of course, less bird movement evi­ dent than in any other month. We may, however, see such visitors from the north as the Snowy Owl, Pine Grosbeak, and the Redpoll.

Observers have divided migration into three categories: the permament residents which move very little, the temporary residents which move regularly and seasonally from north to south and occasionally from east to west, and fairly stationaryresidents which move within a small radius. The permanent residents for our section of the country are the bobwhite, ruffed grouse, red shoulder hawk, sparrow hawk, Cooper’s hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, screech owl, barred owl, horned owl, bluejay, starling, downy woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, sparrow, chickadee, and the whitebreasted nuthatch. In recent years many cardinals have made Wisconsin their home the year round.

The fact that birds and other animals migrate is attributed by science to five factors. They are the following: instinct for seclusion in rearing young, overcrowded conditions in winter homes, the large feeding areas in the north temperate lands, the long summer days of the north and the influence of seasons on sex hormones.

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RED There are many dangers which birds must avoid in making these trips. Every year thousands perish because of storms, lighthouses and other obstructions, and exhaustion. To cite an example. During one spring night a few years ago nearly one hundred and fifty birds perished by striking the Washington Monument. This number in itself is small compared to the many thousands that perish in storms over the Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico, and the oceans every year.

We in Wisconsin are fortunate in living in the path of one of the most heavily travelled migratory routes. This route ex­ tends from the Gulf of Mexico up the Mississippi Valley to the Mackenzie River Valley in Canada. The route might be called a most favourable one, for in its over three thousand mile length there are no mountains and only a few hills, and these not high enough to form any barrier to bird travel. In addition it is a route well timbered and watered, both of which factors afford ideal conditions for migrating birds. Making use of this flyway are ' ducks, geese, warblers, thrushes, blackbirds, sparrows and shore birds. During the height of the coming spring migration more species of birds can be observed at points along this route than can be seen anywhere else in the world.

These are a few of the facts that have been learned con­ cerning the migration of birds. Much remains to be discovered.

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After six years of service to the Lord in India, Karl Naether was called back home by the Leipzig Mission Board to answer a charge of false teaching. Just as Frederick Wyneken had to make his stand on the subject of miracles years before, Naether now made his stand on the subject of the inspiration of Scriptures, but the results were different. In spite of his stand, Wyneken had been highly recommended. But Naether, who clunp： to the teaching that Scriptures do not and can not err, was dismissed after an. interview with the Board chairman.

At this same time our Church in America was beginning tx> think about sending our missionaries to the heathen. It had intended to start a mission in Japan, but this was stopped by a war in which Japan was at one time involved. When its committee for mission work heard of Naether’s dismissal, he was invited to come to America. He stood in doctrinal agree­ ment with our Church and, since he wished to continue to do missionary work in India, he was commissioned in 1894 to con­ tinue his work in India as a missionary of the Missouri Synod, with particular instructions to begin his work in a territory un­ touched by missionaries of other Protestant churches.

So Naether soon found himself back in India. He chose Krishnagiri as his field of work. His dwelling was a windowles mud hut located on a highway. • A missionary in the land of Hinduism has many difficulties to contend with. Naether was opposed not for telling the Hindus that they were sinners. Neither were they offended when he told them their idols were nothing. And when he told them that their priests were deceivers, they agreed with laughter. But we find that every man by nature will strongly object when he is told that he needs Jesus to be saved. And so it was with the Hindus.

They would ask Naether: “Where is this Jesus of yours?

I don’t ever see him around, but we can see our gods.” “Why should I become a Christian, when Hinduism is older than Christianity?” “You say your Jesus is God? I am God also.”

“If you are God, why don’t you make it rain; we need it,” Naether would ask.

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And when the Hindu is told that his good works can’t help him in the least to get to heaven, he begins to scold and curse.

The Hindu has thousands of excuses to offer for not becoming a Christian. The ones Naether most often heard were: “My ancestors were not Christians; why should I become one?”

"My caste is not Christian; I will lose my job.11 Ninety-five per cent of the Lutheran converts in India are untouchable pariahs. This is the name given to the lowest class of people of India, and they are looked down upon and despised by everyone else. They often hold meetings in the streets of their little villages on moonlight nights. One of these little groups was having a meeting one evening trying to find some way in which they could get rid of their debts and to manage their affairs in such a way that they wouldn’t incur debts. One of them had heard that the pariahs of another village have a school. Perhaps education would help them.

They prepared a document and sent it with a delegation to the Durei, or missionary. It read: “To the venerable and truth­ speaking Guru. We, the people of the pariah village, wish to worshipfully submit the following petition: Whereas we have heard that the Guru is teaching the ignorant children in other villages and has provided them with schools, we plead to have a school also for our children, in order that they may be enlightened in true knowledge. We submit this petition at your feet.”

The missionary asked why they wanted a school, and they told him of their debts. This gave him an opportunity to tell them of their debt of sin and how Jesus redeemed them from their sins. Then he promised that he would provide them a teacher, if they desired to learn of these things.

To the heathen in India Sunday is just anoth,er day of ceaseless toil. But the missionary has his few Christians gathered about him singing Lutheran hymns and he is preaching the Word of God to them. The Sunday after the pariahs had been to see him, he told his group of the request for a teacher. One of his catechists named Joseph was chosen to go to the 254

RED neighboring village as teacher. On Monday morning Joseph moved to the other village. When he got there the men of the village were busy building a school. It was a building of mud walls, a roof of bamboo sticks and palm leaves, and no windows, for it had one side open.

At first Joseph had many pupils, boys who were eager to learn all at once how to liquidate their debts. Since this was not possible, several of them soon dropped out. Now Joseph could do better work with those that were left since he had more room and they were the ones that were more eager to learn. Writing with their fingers in the sand on the floor, they are first taught to write their ABC starting with the letter d, because it is the easiest letter to write in the Tamil language.

Then they memorize John 3:16: God His only-begotten Son that in Him believing everyone not perishing eternal life may obtain to such a degree as giving the world loved.” In the evening Teacher Joseph taught the adults.

After a year three young men desired to be baptized. But one of them changed his mind at the last minute because a relative had threatened him with death.

In order to train native teachers like Joseph, and native pastors, our Church maintains several educational institutions now. One of these training schools, located at Ambur, has a very high reputation even among the heathen religions of India. We also have a hospital at Ambur. In connection, with this hospital is a medical Ford which makes trips into neighbor­ ing villages. This Ford has been given the Biblical name "Absalom,” because it is very high, it often does not clear all the trees and gets tangled up in low branches.

A native’s becoming a Christian brought with it much persecution. His friends would no longer speak to him, nor would the washer-man or the barber serve him. But the converts were sincere, as one old grandmother who had been ill and suffering for a long time showed. Her friends jeered her, as also Job’s friends did him, saying; "Your Christian God has not helped you even though you pray very much to him. He cannot help you. Go back to your own god.”

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After receiving nothing but good from Him all this time, should I now deny Him?” Since the converts are so often persecuted by their own countrymen, they are much more closely bound to our mission­ aries. They share each others moments of happiness and sadness. The congregation is particularly happy when the wife of the missionary has a child, when a new missionary arrives from the United States, or when a missionary marries. All these occasions call for much celebrating. A band plays, speeches are made, and everyone brings presents.

Naether’s last letter written to a fellow missionary read, “Day before yesterday I buried the teacher’s two little daughters. Yesterday I buried their little brother and today the mother. My wife has been exposed, and so have I. God be gracious tx> us sinners. The schools are closed. I cannot • attend the conference.”

It was bubonic plague. Death spread quickly among young and old. Naether showed much probability of recovery, but suddenly a new boil appeared, and he died. The same evening he was buried by a group of weeping Christians. That was in 1904.

On the roads of India there are at quite regular intervals stones on which carriers could place their burdens to rest a while. These are called “burden stones.” They consist of two stone slabs set up in the ground with a third one across the top to form a table, about five feet from the ground. Naether had brought to many of India’s masses their divine “Burden Bearer/1 Jesus, on whom they could lay their burden of sin.

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We males often think that the opposite sex is the inferior one. However, I do not believe that it is sufficient merely to make a blunt statement and then trust to luck that it is correct. On the contrary, I believe that a woman’s under­ standing usually shows a sagacity not often found in members of our fair (or not so fair) sex. If you doubt my word, would you mind reading this letter, which is, to the best of my knowledge, a spontaneous flow of words from the pen of a serious-minded young woman? Thanks!

October 1, 1945 Dear John,* It is, perhaps, presumptuous of me to write to you like this, but you were quite angry with me Saturday night, and honestly, I would hate to lose your friendship. Now I suppose you are remembering what I said in regard to misinterpreting a letter and are regarding this as the so-called “line,” but that is something I have little control over. I can write this and only hope that you will believe.

You see, Saturday night I did enjoy myself until we got home. Then when you seemed to have the idea that I’d had no fun and I couldn’t make you understand that I had, truly, I knew something was wrong. For the entire evening, whether you realized it or not, John,* you were comparing me with your girl, someone who is three years my senior, a girl who had been around much more than I—it was hopeless from the beginning. And when you found me short, that I did not measure up to her virtues and talents, you were irritated with me. That explains your frequent remarks that in a year-less I’d be married—that my ambitions were dead—that I’d never go on to school.

And so I was compared to one who is a woman and lost!

John,* I think it was an injustice. Friendship to me is quite differ­ ent; my friends are my friends for what they are. Virtues— faults — we all have them. It is something which cannot be peered at through a microscope and coldly calculated.

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Ruth* Thafs the.letter. Now don’t be surprised, you males, if the next lady you accompany for an evening sends you, the next day, a psychoanalytical report of your conduct.

CARL SCHURZ IN WATERTOWN FREDERIC KOSANKE

Carl Schurz always remembered the dozen years that he spent at Watertown as having been very happy ones, although his dreams for quick wealth never came true and he was finally forced to give up his home by a mortgage foreclosure. In his travels throughout the United States after his arrival in this country, Wisconsin impressed him as “a beautiful land, contrasting very favorably, by reason of its wooded hills and the multitude of its exceedingly lovely little lakes, with flat Illinois.

Although one is so near the borders of civilization here that in hunting one often encounters Indians, yet the southern half of the State appears as a great, blooming, thickly settled farming district.”

In his opinion Milwaukee suffered from the presence of too many Germans. He was better pleased by Watertown, where he was urged to settle by an uncle, Jacob Juessen. Although the community was deficient in cultural advantages and social refinement, it was young and full of opportunity, the people hard working and thrifty. The town was typically Western, the business street filled with stores, work-shoes, and a few drinking-saloons; the churches, schools and hotels simple, but decent and well-conducted; the dwellings were scattered, most of them surrounded with little garden plots. The population was German, Irish, Bohemian, Danish, French and native American. There were no very poor and no very rich. All hoped to rise in fortune and society. A good description is in­ cluded in a letter to his wife: “There is something remarkable about such a place as Watertown. All wealth is self-made, as it were, right on the 258

RED spot. There is here almost no imported capital. All the in­ habitants, with perhaps two or three exceptions, have come here without means, and these same people you see now build­ ing mills, factories, railroads, gas-works, and great stores, organizing banks, etc. And all that has been produced and done in less than ten years. Everything has been created out of nothing. And now you should see the spectacle, as long wagon trains loaded with wheat, approach the city from all sides, how they are seized upon immediately upon their entrance by the buyers, each to get ahead of the other. Then, with filled pockets, the farmers disperse into the stores around the town, the streets stand packed with wagons, and the side­ walks are crowded. It is a gay, lively pageant, full of cheer­ fulness. And here and there you see the rosy cheeks of the newly-arrived, the “Green ones,” who do not know what it all means, or where to turn. Almost every clay I have occasion to go with advice to this or that one, who comes here with the strange place of the ignorant.’’

Watertown had eight thousand inhabitants and was grow­ ing rapidly. It was expected to become a rail center, so that land prices doubled in a few years and prosperity was every­ where. In March, 1855, Schurz settled his parents and sisters, and in September bought an eighty-nine acre farm on the north edge of town, had it surveyed and divided into lots • which he hoped to resell for a large profit. He built a home and brought his wife to it from Europe. She accomodated her­ self to conditions very well and soon made the house a social center for relatives and friends. Simple dinners and suppers, evening parties and even one masked ball were held in the Schurz home. Mrs. Schurz had been interested in social work and had taught in her sister’s Kindergarten in Europe, so she continued that work here, and in 1856 organized the first Kin­ dergarten in America.

During the summer of 1857 a panic swept the country, banks closed and money became so scarce that all business was conducted by barter. Bankruptcy was the common condition of business men who owed money, but the effects were not disastrous in Watertown, where there was always enough food and the situation was looked on as a big joke. At the 259

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Schurz had always been against slavery, believing that the old cause of human freedom was to be fought for on the soil of the new world Sitting on a cracker box in front of a store on Main Street he talked to neighbors about the horror of slavery.

It was inevitable that he would be drawn into the new anti­ slavery Republican party. His first speech was made at Jefferson when he was unexpectedly called upon to address the German members of the audience in their own language; it was a success and he was soon much in demand as a speaker. In a move to gain the vote of the German immigrants (who could become state voters after one year’s residence) the Republican party nominated Schurz for Lieutenant Governor. He made many speeches in German and English thruout the state and was confident of victory. The rest of the Republican slate was elected, but Schurz lost by one hundred seven votes. This was a bitter blow for him, especially since he believed that his own party members had not supported him. From this time on he began to look outside of the state for fame and success. He lectured at colleges and lyceums to support his family, as his wife’s inheritance had dwindled away. In the presidential campaign he toured the country for Lincoln. After the election, as a reward for his efforts he was given the post of minister to Spain. This he soon gave up to become a Brigadier General in the Union army. In the meanwhile his financial affairs were not going well. A second mortgage was put on the Watertown farm; a railroad land speculation failed; the mortgage on the farm was foreclosed. Carl Schurz was stripped of everything but honor, family and friends. His parents moved in with a married daughter living in Illinois; his wife and children he moved to Detroit where a position on a news­ paper awaited him. The carefree years at Watertown became pleasant memories.

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Westfield is one of those cozy, quiet little towns nestled among central Wisconsin’s rolling hills that authors write about but never live in and cosmopolitans dream about but never visit. Everyone is supposed to know everybody else, but that isn’t always true. Though the town is small, you’ll still find people who don’t even know their next door neighbor. One person everyone in town does know, however, is Hermann, owner of the town’s local pub. Until you’ve met him, you really don’t know Westfield. He’s been there so long he’s an institution.

Drop into his place anytime and you’ll find a short little man standing behind the bar, not at all like the tall, portly German bartender you may have imagined him to be. Hermann is such a tiny fellow that he seems almost hidden when he dons his white apron and stands behind the bar. Not much of him shows then; he’s so short. Small, wrinkled hands, merry blue eyes, a tiny tuft of gray hair on the back of his head, and the inevitable cigars in his vest pocket are all that are visible.

Even before you enter his tavern you’ll notice it’s run by a German when you read the “Stop by Hermann and rest your­ self*J sign painted on the two green benches out front. Only a German could write a slogan like that. Upon entering, you will no doubt hear Hermann talking excitedly, perhaps stuttering a little in his half German, half English lingo that has to be heard to be appreciated.

If you’re an old friend he hasn’t seen for a long time he’ll treat you to practically everything he has in the place — wines, liquors, cigars, pickles—everything. It’s an old joke in town that when you are out of cigars you can replenish your supply at Hermann’s for free. It’s part of that Old World hospitality or “Gemuetlichkeit,” if you will, that he brought with him and that he’ll keep with him till he dies. He can’t really make any money the way he runs his business—he’s just too generous.

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That part of the German in him will never disappear. He’ll never take the pledge, you can be sure of that.

Music “sends” him, but not the sentimental love ballads and jumpy jive tunes so popular today. Rather, a snappy polka or schottisch sets him jumping like a jackrabbit. When he’s really been “sent” he’ll fill two tall beer glasses with silverware, cover them with his hands, and bang them against the backbar in time with the music, making a racket that can be heard a block away.

Although diminutive in stature, he handles roudy drunks fearlessly, shaking his finger at them defiantly and leading them right out the door if they get too boisterous. No one would think of hitting him—not even a drunk. To see him push the town’s heaviest toper, a huge 6’3" hunk of man, out of the door when he has had a few too many is really a sight to behold—a prototype of Mutt and Jeff if there ever was one.

The one thing about him no one has been able to under­ stand in his liking for funerals. You’ll find him at every local funeral crying his heart out as if the deceased were his own brother or sister. Maybe he’s crying because he’s lost another customer. That’s my guess.

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relinquish all the rights and privileges which some few perhaps erroneously think that all staff members possess. Because of reconversion, as you know, we had a long summer vacation last year and could therefore not print as many issues as usually comprise a volume. In order that the next staff might again be exactly “in line,” therefore, we are terminating our regime in March as usual, and, grateful to the ‘‘big nine” of Volume Fifty-One for relievinglus of our responsibility乂we five retiring seniors quite unceremoniously hand over the reins of the staff team to the new editor-in-chief.

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That sounded hopeful, at least, so topics were suggested; usually nothing resulted anyway. But we did get some articles from sympathetic individuals with a knowledge of the trials of an editor. Thanks, boys! Even then one would sit on needles and pins for days after the deadline, hoping that one or two of those “I don’t know; I’ll try to write something, but—，’ solicitees would still come through. It’s no secret that some pages in this volume were superfluous, printed with so-called “spacefillers,” and it’s too bad that this had to be, but it was necessary, since we wanted to begin the advertisements at least a few pages past the middle of each edition.

We find some comfort in looking back through the old volumes and finding that others were in the same straits.

Here are excerpts from an editorial in Volume One: * Everybody who knows what little leisure time students in our position have must agree with us when we say it is no easy task to issue a paper of this sort, Once more we solicit you earnestly, graduates and fellow students alike, to aid us, which you can do by occasionally sending us an article or two for our paper.” So you see? ’Way back in 1897 already they were up against it.

It wasn’t all sweat and tears, however. There always was some satisfaction in seeing the fruit of one’s labors and in knowing, when issue after issue came off the presses, that vve were remaining solvent financially.

So with a sigh of relief and a lesser sigh of regret we join the ranks of “has-beens” whose work with the Black and Red lives silently on in that little cabinet in the “hole” on fourth floor, where all the bound volumes of the B. and R. are kept.

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HE time has come, in fact it is high time, that we reveal to our readers the identity of the exceptional artist who con­ tributed the artwork forming the background of the staff picture in this issue. He also did a beautiful piece of work for the last year’s staff and senior class pictures, if you will remember, but no mention of his name was ever made in connection with them. He is very neat and meticulous in everything he does, a characteristic which is especially neces­ sary in the exacting work which lettering and ink drawing requires. We couldn’t close this volume without letting you know that our artist friend, who hails from that well-known Watertown suburb, Beaver Dam, is none other than Bob Kirst.

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N closing this last number of the Golden Anniversary Volume we thought it would be of interest to all of you if we were to reprint the very first article in the first number of the first volume of the Black and Red. Without further introduction, therefore, we give you',the original Page 1.

Introduction

Notwithstanding the common complaint that our time is overstocked with current literature, and especially the younger generation overfed with newspaper reading, we feel encouraged to publish a new quarterly. The following introductory re­ marks are intended to give a brief account of its origin as well as of the object pursued by its^publication.

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As to the object to be pursued we should point to the fact that so far the communication between the former students of Northwestern University and the institution itself has been rather loose. There is now a goodly number of them, and they are scattered far and wide, filling positions in many vocations of life. It may be taken for granted that none of them have forgotten their Alma Mater, and that every one still preserves a lively interest for it, remembering the old motto: '*olim meminisse juvabit.” But many, perhaps most of them, hear and know very little of what is now going on at the old school.

The chief object of our paper, therefore, will be to establish some means of communication between the institution and its former pupils, to furnish information of what is going on in college to those living at a distance, and at the same time to keep its readers informed as far as possible, of what has be­ come of the former students.

This we hope will awaken a friendly and mutual interest not only among all our readers, old and young, teachers and pupils, but will be of advantage to the institution itself. Some improvement or other may be introduced at our institution by means of cooperation which is now wanting, because there have been no adequate means of communication and of exchanging views. Now that there is such a one, many an im­ provement may be proposed and discussed in our columns.

It will be our aim so to interest not only former scholars in the welfare of their Alma Mater, but, if possible, also a larger circle, and to gain the interest and support of others, friendly to the cause of education as represented by our college.

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N the evening of March eleventh we were entertained by Kathryn Oaks, soprano, and her piano accompanist. Avis Paulsen. We were very well pleased by the performance.

Miss Oaks has an exceptionally fine voice, and her pleasing personality and acting ability made a big hit with the audience.

A few of the more outstanding and interesting numbers in the program, as far as we are concerned, were: If Thou Be Near, by Torelli; the Aria “Pace, pace, mio dio” from La Forza del Destino by Verdi; I Wonder as I Wayuler after an arrangement by Niles: and the Spanish El Morenito also arranged by Niles.

Miss Oaks was engaged by the Euterpe Club and North­ western College, a combination which usually brings very Rood entertainment to the city of Watertown.

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Well you may ask.

For to say sooth, Tis quite a task.

To you I answer, With smiling face, ‘ They have their use— To fill up space!”

You see, now that this is my last column, I’ve decided not to cater to the desires of my reading public by writing what they wish to hear, but rather to write that which pleases me.

So beware!

That weekend in Illinois was a lot of fun for the basketball team. First night in Aurora . . . unbelieveable score, with sloping baskets at either end of a floor lit with five fifteen watt bulbs ora reasonable facsimile thereof . . . cute hotel waitresses • • • Steiner’s and Malchow’s call from the sports editor from the Chicago Sun . . . wall buzzers that turn out to be nothing but bolts . . . riding the el in Chicago •• • beauteous coeds at River Forest, complete with wonderful living facilities ... good meals. um-um . • • yup, all in all it was quite a trip!

Rumor has it that Birkholz takes pretty expensive pictures with that camera of his. Just ask little Audrey Baum about that snapshot he took of her in front of Price’s Ice cream Store.

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English oration, and Fritz Kempfert (Tonto) will give forth in German. A suggested topic for Robert Dommer is a biography of the Earl of Sussex. It was suggested to me that Dommer’s experience while working in the canning factory at Sussex would Rive him plenty of background material.

Last Saturday night we played the last basketball game of the season, at the Sem. Many of the fellows went down for the game; in fact we were almost better represented than the Sem. Naturally we won both games, and everyone knows how fairly and squarely both games were refereed, particularly the first, against the Bonecrunchers. Elated at our victories, everyone flocked to the canteen, where they, according to Pork Hollender, imbibed freely of Baby Ruth bars. Peculiar brand, it seems to me, but that’s what the man said. Several fellows spent the weekend there; others, it seems, found attractive traveling companions and left right after the pame.

To vary the content of this column to some extent. I wanted to devote a little space to the campus romances, soeinp： that spring is approaching and all, but I met with very little cooperation in my interviews. So about the only information I can give you is that Ruege is still making merry, and the seniors refuse to be quoted. I guess they don’t want me to say that Chuck Schlei says everything is going fine, and Huebner says that they have to make time now, especially since they’ve seen how isolated they’ll get at the Sem. You see. there isn’t really much that I can write. 氺

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Some of them just can’t seem to get their “sizzlegisms” orga­ nized, it seems. When given some syllogism and asked to explain it, the most popular response is “non sequitur.” It seems to work equally well with every type.

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RED test there. Finding to their dismay that they had neglected to take their overshoes along and thus couldn’t flounder in the deep snow, and that Danny’s car wasn’t high enough to see over the trees, they decided to go to Holy Hill. Once there, they were conducted on a tour throughout the entire plant, some­ thing that doesn’t happen very often. They were conducted by one of the students, who was non-plussed to discover that they had covered as many subjects as he, and still had four years to go, while he was practically finished. No, the fellows weren’t converted.

While looking through an army surplus store in Aurora, Illinois, Will Wietzke discovered that he must have been the only member of the Frst Army. The store had many shoulder patches, from the Second Army up to the millionth or so, but not a single one from the First Army, There was only one conclusion to make, and Will made it. “Guess I was a oneman army,M quoth he.

I’ve asked different members of the coed department for a list of names to be printed here, but no one would take it upon herself to perform that service for me, so you’ll have to remain in the dark, if you want to know their names. Like the dark?

Since this is the last issue of Volume Fifty, I thought I ought to offer you some samples of what was written in the first volume of the Black and Red, back in 1897. The Humor Editor at that time had a lot of fun too.

Sample 1: Smart boy (to teacher): ‘‘Who was the straightest man in the world?”

Teacher: “I don’t know. Who?’’ Smart boy: “David was, because they made a ruler out of him.”

Sample 2: Johnson (rushing into Dr. Curem’s office): Say, doctah, what dat medicine you done give me for de baby las’ ni’ ?

Dr. Curem (pompously): Oh, that was just a little tinct. opii.

Johnson: Tink opey eye? Dat must have been tink shut eye. He ain’t opey eye since. He dead!

Sample 3: Miss Allegro: He said I was a harp of a thousand strings.

Miss Dolce: And what did you say?

Miss Allegro: I called him a lyre.

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Son (nobly): Why, pa, we keep up the lark all night I ^uess that’s about enough.

Well, I’m afraid this just about winds up the C and C, as far as I’m concerned. I wish I could say that it’s been fun writing it all the time, but that would be far from the truth.

At times it’s been fun, trying to tell you something mildly humorous in this column before you heard about it through scuttle-butt. Believe me, that’s not easy. I guess this column’s not for news, but just for making memorable incidents more memorable.

Just one more doozer, please.

The torture’s over, the work is done; But I don’t care—I’ve had my fun.

And now I find it’s up to me To give advice—okay, it’s free— To him who comes upon my heels, "Henceforth beware of shady deals!”

Thanks for bearing with me. So long.

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The Rev. W. J. Koepsell of St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Goodrich, Wisconsin, has accepted a call to Ridgeway, Minnesota. The Rev. Schultz of Marathon County is the vacancy pastor at Goodrich.

The Rev. 0. E. Hoffman has accepted a call to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. He was formerly minister of St. John’s Church of Rib Lake Wisconsin, and St. Peter’s of Greenwood, Wisconsin.

Eldore Messerschmidt, ex. ’48，and H. Gieschen, ex. ’46, members of the Concordia Springfield Choir, which sang in Watertown Saturday the 8th, visited former classmates and friends here at college during their stay.

W. Neumann, ex. ’48，spent several days here recently visiting his brother and former acquaintances.

Herbert Walther, ’44, student at the Lutheran Seminary in Thiensville, Wisconsin, has assumed the duties of vacancy pastor at Parkside Lutheran Church, Milwaukee. The former pastor, Victor Schultz, has a mission field in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Rev. Hugo Fritze, ’30, was installed as pastor of Lincoln Heights Lutheran Church on February 2. 1947. He was formerly stationed at Valentine, Nebraska.

The Rev. Gerhard Geiger, ’34, formerly of Warrens, Wis­ consin, was installed in Trinity Church at Wilson, Minnesota, on February 2, 1947.

The Rev. Dietrich Kuehl，，40, was installed as minister of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, McMillan Township, Wisconsin, and in Emanuel Church, Eau Plaine Township, Marathon County, Wisconsin, on February 2. 1947.

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Northwestern’s high-geared basket1)all team set a new hi.Q'h in their scoring records hv defeating Aurora College 90-80. Iliis game was certainly no runaway for miv team. It depended on who could stay hottest longest. The Wietzke lirotlicrs made il plenty hot for Aurora liv Will's scoring 27 points and Bill’s 24.

Our two stalwart Senior guards, Huel^ner and Kacsmever, conlributed much to our victory hy scoring; 16 and 14 points respective­ ly. The manner of play on the basketball court was fast moving.， One team would take the hall out-of-bounds, lirin^ it lip to the forecourt, shoot, and make a liasket. Then the other learn would do the same thing. It was continually a sec-s<uv battle. The thing that won the game for us was our ability to keep up with this fast pace. We had clone it in previous Raines so it was nolliinff new to us with the exception that this pace was s1ij>bl1v fas­ ter than any before.

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Northwestern h;ul benten Aurora in a trcniendous battle the ni^ht before. T(» make that Chicago trip a complete success they beat Concordia too. Although they hud used u】）a lot of their CMicr^y on llie Aurora j^amc and although they had grown tired because ot their many activities in Chicago, they still had just enough reserve left to come tlu*ouj»h and knock off Concordia.

When Concordia ]>layal us on our home floor, they didn’t show ii]) so well: we heal lliem by a score of 83-47. Spurred on, how(.•vcr, by llicir own cheering vsection they played a much better gallic and made our Varsity work pretty hard to win. Bill Wietzkc, our lii^h-scurin^' forward, was still hot from the night before and put in 25 ]joints to Ik* liij^h point. man for the evening. NornURMlSeil with 9 |joints was runner-up.

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⑴ic. with Aurora. Aurora, you know, Tliis \vas the itiuni w as the team that j»avc the Varsity such a bad time down there. \\V all cxi>ucu*(l tu see a real buttle. Even the most ardent sup­ porters of the Varsity said that it would be a hard job to beat them, if \vc* could (It) it at all. Well, it wasn’t that kind of same at all. Aurora did lose and there was no doubt about it. Whether Aurora just coulcln?t hit or whether they hacl just been lucky on their lionie Moor, 1 couldn't suy. But this T do know for a fact: they didn't luok to me like a team that could rack up a score of 80. But then again, as I said before, perhaps they just couldn’t liil when tliev came down here. For the third consecutive gallic Bill Wieuke hit over 20 ])uinis. He put in 21 puints to make himself high scorer in the ^ame. W. Wietzke and Nommensen were next high with 8 ijoints each. Hillwick with 17 points was top man for Aurora.

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Concordia had 1)ec*n the only team that was powerful Varsity. They had beateii us l)y three i)uims with of 48-45. We turned the tables on them, however, when \\ e ed them in this return game. We not only beui tlicni, l)ut \vc* licked them by 18 points. We nor only ,i»ot off to an cai.lv lead. and retained it, hut we increased it and never let tlu*ni li:ive any hope of winning the The playinj*- on the 1)；isk(.*iball conn was all very much fou^ht-out. No team at any time bad easy ^oing1. Each one of the ten players uii thal Huor plavcd the besl kind of basketball lie knew how. The only kind of shots that ever reached the baskets were shots that the guards put in or that the centers and forwards tipped in. Su closely was each player guarded. To pruve that there was even a l)it nf over- yiuirdin# being1 done, T mention the fact that 32 fouls were culled on each team. That is well over the average number of fouls called on a team per ^ame. The average has been about twentv per faille this season for our team. Four of our players, \V. \\ ielzkc. ^lalchow, Nommensen, and Schlei had to leave the ^ame because they had five personal fouls on them. Three of our players, H. Wictzke.

H«e1)iier and Kaesmeyer, were in the ^anie with four fouls each.

This sort of j>ame is the kind of every spectator likes to watch. Unfortunately, a team can't play like this all of the time.

It is only when a certain important goal is to l)e accomplished that a team can do it. In our case, we wanted to wipe out the defeat (our only defeat all season) that we had suffered at their hands by producing an impressive victury. This was one of the panics of the season. I’d like to take off my hat to lioth teams for this fjume. “Little Mickey” Setzer of Concordia a^uin proved him­ self tu be a jjood player by scoring 21 points, several of them heiii尺 extremely lon^ shots. 11 Wietzke was high scorer fur our team with 23 points.

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The Seminary proved to be a must gracious host to Nortliwestern in their traditional last j»ame of the season. "I'hc Northwestern College Varsity came through with their t went id h vict.ory in defeating the Seminary by a nuirj>in uf only 9 points. ’I’ci those who saw the j^ame it proved to be u fitting; dimax to N(»rtliwesterns brilliant season. After playing the Seminary curlier in the season the Varsity thuu^ht they would have litlle trouble in defeating them again. Much to the credit of the Seminary H*ain, however, our team had to put up quite a stiff haltle in order to beat them. ’J'he Seniinury definitely played a line l)rand ) 1 1)asketball. It wasn’t until the last quarter that uur team p\ilicd ahead by at least a slim margin. Before that it had been auybody’s game. The Seminary players are all products uf 1’乂,n 1’nimis’ former Varsity teams. Both teams used the same kind of play on the basketball court. Sometimes it looked rather inter­ esting to see both teams employinsr the same tactics in trying to win the Lanky Winfred Nommensen of the Seminary 】 eel to be u real threat in the way of our victory. He was h\iX\\ scorer for the Seminary with 16 points. Bill \\ ict/.kc can ic thru a^ain with his sharpshootin«; and scored 17 i)oints.

The prelimimiry ganu* was played by the Seminary ’，IV»nc C'runchers,5 and the Senior class team of Northwestern. Cupl. \dss' Seniors came through with a 23-16 win over Capt. Becker's 'iionc Crunchers”.

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BilPWietzke was high scorer this season making- 123 field goals and 61 free throws, a total of 307 points.

Charlie Schlei made more fouls than anyone else, 58 in all.

BOX SCORE For EACH PLAYER For The WHOLE SEASON 123 47 21 Wietzke, Bill, forward, 61 14.6 100 54 57 21 Wietzke, Will, forward 12.9 77 32 Nommensen, forward, 55 20 9.2 66 25 Malchow, forward 40 20 7.9 52 34 Schlei, center 21 58 6.6 50 32 41 21 Kaesmeyer, guard 6.3 22 21 37 45 Huebner, g^uard 4.6 26 13 Steiner, center 9 15 4 9 11 23 15 Kaufmann, guard 1.96 2 4 15 11 .73 Strohm, jjuard

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Huebner, Kacsmeyer, and Schlci, all Seniors, have played their last game for Northwestern College. They have given the College four years of splendid service on the basketball floor. Their loss will be deeply felt by their Alma Mater. 本木氺 The ten Varsity basketball players were awarded “N”s for this season. 氺 * COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WILL WIETZKE，S TEAM—CHAMPIONS; STEINERS TEAM—CONSOLATION WINNER After the Varsity basketball season was over, Coach Umnus held an intramural basketball tournament. He appointed Huebner, Malchow, Kaesmeyer, Steiner, Will Wietzke, Bill Wietzke, Schlei, and Nommensen* captains of the tournament teams. There were two divisions, the championship and consolation divisions.

After a team lost a game it was put into the consolation division.

The final winner of the consolation games was Steiner’s team. He lost his first game to Bill Wietzke by a score of 32-33. Then he went on to beat Spaude 32-18 and Kaesmeyer 53-31. His team­ mates were Schultz, Moldstad, Press, Kaiser, Pommeranz, ancl Hallauer. They received “T” shirts as prizes.

Will Wietzke entered the championship division by beating Kaesmeyer 56-24. His brother was tied with him by beating- Mal­ chow 41-33. Will and Bill played off for the championship and Will won 43-37. The members of Will’s team were Fischer, Kitzerow, Hackbarth, Bitter, Nitz, and Stern. They got “T” shirts for taking the tournament.

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The games were very well attended and very heartily cheered.

They were certainly the main topic of conversation throughout th entire campus.

High Scorers: (3 games) Will Wietzke■―68, Bill Wietzke―62, Fischer~38, Frey~35, Schultz—33, Birkholz—30, Moldstad—27, Hackbarth—20. (2 games) Zarling—30, Malchow—26, Schlei—25 Gieschen—23, Petermann—21, Spaude—18, Kempfert—13.

SENIOR BOWLING There is a temporary lull in the Senior league due to some plastering- that is being- done on the walls in the alleys. The hole in the wall was knocked in by one Senior who was controlling1 his ball down the alley by means of “body english”. As soon as the damage iis rep aired the Bowlers will make the necessary reparations and bowliiingf will again become the main recreation of the Seniors. At present Voss’ team is leading with Kempfert’s team one game behind. Kaesmeyer has a chance to catch Kempfert’s hot bowlers if he qan take three games from Wood, which is quite a difficult thin贫 to 'do. Wood’s team is at present in the cellar spot. Two of his usually good bowlers are finding it hard to hit usual averages. Juroff’s team is several panics ahead of Wood’s. There is a real battle ^oing- on between these two in order to stay out of that bottom spot.

INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL SENIORS WIN CHAMPIONSHIP： DROP ONLY ONK GAME ALL SEASON The tough, fast-moving, ever-surprising collegiate inlranmral league _ has come to a close with the Senior team on top. The Seniors lost only one game all year. They were three games ahead of the closest team, the Frosh I. On the Senior team were Capt. Voss, Fischer, Moldstad, Kempfert, Juroff, Press, Schumann, and Hallauer. They, were awarded the traditional “Northwestern College” T-shirt for taking" the championship.

STANDINGS Seniors 9 Frosh I 4 6 Juniors 5 5 Soph I 5 5 Soph II 4 6 Frosh II 9 氺

I wish to thank my readers for bearing- with me this year. I should like also to wish my successor the best , of luck in writing1 this column. May he put out bigger and better columns than have ever been put out before.

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AID ASSOCIATION FOR LUTHERANS

William F. Mueller, District Agent 418 College Avenue Watertown, Wis. CALL HIM FOR ADVICE ON YOUR INSURANCE PROBLEMS

D. & F. KUSEL CO. A COMPLETE LINE OF

ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT 108-112 W. Main Street

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WATERTOWN STEAM LAUNDRY uYour Home Laundry" 309 Third Street

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Suits at Popular Prices Van Heusen Shirts ___S2.25 Sport Wear Adams Hats, Campbell Hats

KOSER，S BAKERY Highest Quality Baked Goods and

Delicatessen Open Sundays

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$134,287,390 26,975,606

24,850,416 2,125,191 16,478,332 3,117,505 Paid to Policyholders and Beneficiaries

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Mortality Experience for 1946

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KUENZI & FRATTINGER CLOTHING & FURNISHINGS For MEN and BOYS

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Floral Shop 202 West Main St.

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WICKNER，S ROOT SHOP X-RAY SHOE FITTERS

Students Headquarters CORONA TYPEWRITERS and PARKER PENS

FOUNTAIN SERVICE MALTED MILKS A SPECIALTY 204 Main Street

Phone 181

TELEPHONE 1006 215 MAIN STREET

WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN

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AT THE SHARP CORNER GROCERIES FRUITS CANDY I TOBACCO

BOOK STORE 413 Main Street FIRST CLASS WORK AT

ED. LENZE’S BARBER SHOP SHOWER BATH 205 THIRD STREET

Weltbuerger English Printing and 6#rman Boole and Job Printing.

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OTTOF.DIERKERJ.D. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Refractions by Appointment

patronize (Our ^b^artisers

Office, 312 Main St.

Watertown

FOR QUALITY AND SERVICE TRADE AND SAVE AT THE

NEW YORK MARKET GEO. E. HARDIMAN, Prop.

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8 Main St.

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COAL-COKE-WOOD-FUEL OIL All Kinds of Building Material Phone 37 SERVICE

NO ORDER TOO LARGE

NO ORDER TOO SMALL

Phone 38 SATISFACTION

ZWIE&S GRILL FINE FOODS Phone 562

904 East Main Street

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Watertown, Wis.

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Seven-Up Bottling Co., Watertown We Recommend

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Ruesch’s Shoe Store 210 West Main Street

TOWN AND COUNTRY ELECTRIC Radios and Repairs SCHMUTZLER’S BARBER SHOP

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FOR THE COSTUMER WHO CARES

110 NORTH FOURTH STREET

A CLEAN. COMFORTABLE, COZY PLAGE TO EAT

COMPLIMENTS

HERRO，S FINE FOODS

Courteous Service WELCOME TO THE BOYS 103 Main Street

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