DR. MARTIN LUTHER COLLEG E
Vol. LVI
College. Seeks New President
Schweppe Resigns
November 24, 1965
Choir Year Underway
With the return of the firstquarter practice teachers, the College Choir once again tunes up for a season of song. The first thing on the program is Christmas, which is fast approaching. At this time the choir is working toward the dual Christmas goal of the two annual DMLC Christmas concerts and a television appearance, On the evenings of Decemteachers for our church ber 16 and 17, the College .scbools, Choir will join -with the- other During an interview, Profeschoruses to present the joy of sor Schweppe said tbat the LuChristmas In song to the many theran elementary school is Imguests at DMLC. portant because it is essential On December 13 at 10:30 to the preservatton of our p.m, on television channel 12 spiritual heritage. In regard to (KEYC-TV) In Mankato, the elfectiveness and success in College Choir will 'present a the work of _Christian educahalf hour of sacred Christmas tton, he advised tbat future numbers. This is becoming an teachers approach their task annual aUair for this choir and with zeal and with a fear and a chance to reach many with love of God. ihe wonderful story of Christ Professor Schweppesaid tbat and Christmas. hls plans for the future are at Recently this 92-voicechoir present rather indef1n1te, but took some time to elect offi_ tba~ ,he may continue teaching cers to help keep a few of the ~;;:;;;;~;;;;~",;:.;ne;~x;:t.;Y';:ea::::r.:...~~ details of such an organizaof - _.. tion-runnlng smOothiy. The new president are following the' prestdent, Roger Klockzlem, Is regullir Synod1calprocedure of assisted by Merlin Kruse, vicecall1ng for nominations. A nopresident, and ,fane Subr, sectice requesting nominations will retary _treasurer. The def1n1teappear in the ne t edition olthe ly busy and essential music 11THE COLLEGE BOARDhas brarians are Judy Oitzman, begun _ItS search for a new c-1iORTHWESTERNLUTHERAN. Joan_Enter, BobHill, andWayne prelddent since the resignation Cole. of President Schweppe. The choir is now ready for anoiher year of pralsing God in song. Professor C.L. SchwepperecenUy banded in hls reslgna-tion as president of Dr. Martin Luther College. He bas served in tbat capacity for 32 years. Of his 50 years in the ministry, Professor Schweppe has spent 45 at DMLC. Before be joined the DMLC faculty, he was an assistant Instructor at Northwestern College from 1915 .to 1917, where he tallght American hlstory and served as a supervisor In a dormi" tory. shortly after the estah-.
Ilshment of the tutor system. From 1917 to 1920, Professor Schweppe served as pastor of a congregation in Bowdie,South Dakota. He joined the DMLC faculty in 1920 as an Instructor of English, and became prestdent of the college In 1934. He bas served ably In this capacity because he is convinced of the necessity of preparing
Council Proceedings
LLL Active
With the Christmas season The CreaUve Wrltin~ group of just a few short weeks away, Luther -Literary League prethe Student Councll bas now sented a spectacular revtew of turned its attention toward the their own creative works at the organizing of various comlast meeting. Included In the mittees and classes to carry presentation were the following out the joyous task of helping .works: "A Typical Dlscoyery, " Richard Hintoo;IISomeoneShall - our campus take on a festive Live Once," Nancy Carne; "The looks. As well as undertaking this project, the Councll has Empty Note," Diane Leslie; also been working on various IIA' Smile and ADeath," Falth other aspects of student life. Haferman. These writings will The Constitution Committee bas be incorporated in the NewForrewritten the Student Councll enics for 1965-66. Constitution and it is now beThe Art Club has been asked tore the Councll for approval. to decorate the dining hall for After it Is approved by the ihe Thanksgiving holidays. Thls group has alsO begun.work 011 the . Councll, it will be submitted to the faculty for its approval decoratiOlls for the Literary and then it will finally be placed League's Christmas party which before the Student Body for will be held 011 the 9th of Deratification. cember. A program consisting Old dress regulations and of individualpresentations from possible new dress habits are eacb of the interest grOIlPSis being studied by the Dress Combeing planned. Members of the mittee. Wednesday night can-,LLL and the college faculty dlelight suppers' with music will be lD attendance. bave been put into aHect t'; create a more encouraging attru mosphere for "dressing lIP." Imagine yourself in a French _ In. certain other areas the chateau ot the ~800's. A memCouncll Is attempting to put ber of the family Is ill, and more efficient and permanent _it .is a quiet night, too qUiet. systems into effect. The bikeThe swans on the polld rutfle rental program is being investh8ir wings for no reason. tigated and an insurance plan Strange sounds are beard- bllt' covering both bicycles and to110 one appears. Why? come boggans Is being considered. and see in thls 19th century A new method for screening drama, The Intruder - Thursand selecting students for the day, December 2, at 7:30 and sp8aker's Corps is also being 9:00. devised.
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Ever striving for the welfare of all, the Council continues to meet the challenges of internallmprovementbygiving attention to such matters as ball traffic and added bulletin board space. The Councll urges those baving any suggestions or ideas which they think might better campus life to present these Ideas to the Councll.
Junto News Unbampered by vacation preparations, Interested students turned out on November 4th to hear a discussion on .. youth Riots" led by Mary SChiueter and Faith Haferman. The occasion was a regularly-scheduled meeting of the Junto. The motives, causes, andpossibility of subversive Communist tactic~ were brought out. The GemW Program, its purpose, value, successes, and failures was in the spoll1ght at the November 18th meeting. Meetings of the Junto begin with a discussion of the selected topic led by interested volunteers. The topic is then turned over to the group for questions, comments,
andlndlvldual
discussion. A brief business meeting follows, whichonlyvoting members are required to attend.
New Ulm, Minnesota
Debaters At TCDLMeet November 9th marked the first tournament debating by the DMLC debate team. On this date, our coach, Professor Schroeder, and Mrs. Schroeder, who served as our timekeeper, took four members of the debate squad to the tournament of the Twin City Debate League (TCDL). The tournament was held on the Unlverslty of Minnesota campus. Our affirmaU ve teams, consisting of Edie Draheim and Eugene Cares, debated Macalester, Mankato State, and St. Thomas. Although our affirmative team Ilost these debates, they were encouraged by the ciose decisions rendered In these three contests. The negative team, composed of Cheryl Miller and Lois Luetke, debated Augsburg, Macalester, and Clustavus Adolphus. Again, although our negative team also lost their three contests, aclosa decision was given In the debate with Gustavus Adolphus. Af_ firmative competition from other schools against our negative
team was especially still. Of all the aUlrmative teams entered In the novice division, only three had undefeated records. Our negative team was slated to debate two of these three. This TCDL tournament involved nineteen major colleges from the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The -'I'CDLis sald to have .some of the best novice competition In the entire Midwest. The novice division in which the DMLC team was entered, is for unexperienced debaters. However, most of the debaters from the other parti. cipating COlleges are' veteran high school debaters. Also, most of the debaters present at this tournament had gained experience by debating at the first TCDL tournament which DMLC was unable to attimd. Our team learned milch frolD this experience. It was a day f1l!ed with fun and excitamant, but more than this, it made our debaters more eager towork on their cases In anticiPation ofthe next 'tournament, -
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AbOut'600"women --from all -, over the state of Minnesota attended the Annual meeting of the DMLC Ladies' ,Aux1lary which was held on the DMLC campus October 13. The Ladies' Auxll1ary is a volunteer organlzation comprised of women from the Minnesota District of the Wisconsin Ev. Lutheran Syn_ od who have a sincere interest In our college. The purpose of this group is to -providethe stu_ dents with comforts and enjoyments which can not ordinar1ly be provided. After registration a brief coffee hour, and an opening service, Mrs. Leonard Mmer, president of the group, called the business meeting to order. The first order of business was the election of officers to fill the expired terms of the. 1st vice-president and the treasur_ er. Mrs. Carl Fahnlng, Cleveland, Minn., was elected lst vice-president andMrs. George Schroer, RenVille, Minn., was elected treasurer. Thenewlye_ lected pastoral advlser for the group Is Pastor MelvinSchwark of Courtland. The followingrepresentatlves from each conter_ ence were also elected at this time: St. Croix Colif. _ Mrs. John Murray RedWoodFalls Conf. _ Mrs. Loren Pinske Mankato Cont. _ Mrs. Kenneth Jones • New Ulm Conf. _ Mrs. Leslie Just Red Wing Conf. _ Mrs. Oscar Patzer Crow River Cont. _ Mrs. Harvey Zimmerman To comply with its. objeetives, the group voted to purchase the following items for various organizations and dorms on the campus; 1. Five typewriters for student rental
'2. ,Water c:oole_rsfor the
-Dorm, ,Centennlal Hall; and Hluview 3. Drapes for all the rooms in Centennial 4. Music stands for¡the DMLC Band 5. Vacuum cleaners for the dorms 6. Two overhead projectors and screens for classroom use. 7. Amplification equlpment for the auditorium In addition to the above projects, thls organization also again donated $200 to the library fund and set aside $250 for scholarships. After dinner, it was the student body's turn to show Its appreciation to these ladies by prOviding entertainment for them. A brief look at various campus organizations was the theme of the presentations. The Ch1ldren's Theater Group, a subsidiary of the Luther Literary League, dramatized a portion of the children's book "Winnie the Pooh." Rick Garcia, the president ofJunto, gave a brief talk on the purposes and activities of the current events club. To liven things up a bit, the cheerleaders, representing the Pep Club, led a student cheering section in a few of Luther's spirited cheers. The ~hiog!ston Club was represented by R. Dusseau who performed what turned out to be a very humorous scientlflc experiment. The ladies were al. so given a "behind the scenes look at DMLC publications" as Delores Malehle andPatrlcia Murray, editors of the "Messenger" and 'ExcelSior," respectively, discussed a few "editorial problems." To round off a busy and eventful day, the DMLC J3.andunder the direcUon of Mr. Roy Zimmermann played a few selections for the grouP.