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TAT ELL, all those people at odds with the ■ ■ usual characteristics of a winter certainly did get their wish this year, didn't they. And now that we've had four months of Novenv ber weather it's finally turned spring. - (?)

Our cover artist, Rick Curia has found a re* freshingly new approach to that old worn out phrase, "... spring, when a young man's fancies, etc. ..." The Greeks get some of the credit for creating the subject matter of the May issue cover. The satyr, a sylvan deity of Greek mythology, depicts a restlessness of desire which the "young men" experience towards the opposite sex in spring. (Strange thing, though — guess that makes it spring all year round on the NW campus.)

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ly thrilling to me was the eminent performance by one Marcus Manthey in the lead role Prospero. I don't believe I really ever considered him as Marc all the while he was on stage, He was, simply, but most prolifically, Prospero.

A job of acting very well done. Bravo, Marcus! The acting on a whole was very well done also. I don't want to slight anyone in my consideration. And what can one say about Marty Stuebs — the man who spent countless hours of preparation as the director o’: The Tempest. After weeks of not knowing whether he was coming or going, what w the duties of teaching, preaching on Sunday and directing Shakespeare, Marty breathed uitc With another ,, . the "Rite ofr Spring” comes . ia S1gh relief when the curtains closed the rite in the change of staff for this very publi- final performance Sunday night, May (. But cation. I would like, with this opportunity, vvith the sigh of relief he surely is entit 1 to officially to welcome all the new names which the satisfaction of a production superbly t cotappear opposite this page. You will also not- ed and enjoyed by capacity crowds all ircc ice, perhaps, a slight change in the positions nights. BRAVO! of staff members. It was felt that the job of editor was a bit too encompassing with the A change of address is in store to the many tasks that lie at hand. Therefore, the family of Prof. John Chworowsky, Dean of position of a literary editor was created to give Men, this summer. John has accepted a call specific and complete attention to that area, to Hong Kong, where he will assume the posI’m sure that in no time at all our readers will ition of "Friendly Advisor." His work will be at home with the work of the very capable take him throughout Southeast Asia, visiting Mark Jeske who fills that post. Naturally and counseling the various missions with native there are many plans, wishes, dreams, for the pastors who have declared their fellowship success of a volume. From experiences with with WELS. The position is to be a permathe past two volumes, though, I feel that if nent one and should afford the Dean and his we but meet half of their excellence in the family many interesting and educational exliterary aspect, our readers will not be dis- periences. We wish the Chworowskys well appointed. and pray that the Lord guide and prosper his work among our Asian friends.

Bravo! Congratulations to all those who were involved with the Forum production The Since some subscribers might have missed Tempest. There were doubts among a few the notice in the last issue, we would like to pessimists about the success of Shakespeare on repeat our apology for the printers’ delay in the heels of a "now” musical. As I said, there publishing the April issue on time. For some were doubts. Certainly none can be sustained time now Rog and Al have been swamped any longer. The five-act comedy was a mark with work and yet have managed to oblige us of excellence in the history of Forum produc- in every possible way. For this we offer hearty tions. Certainly a very fitting tribute to Dr. thanks to these two men behind the scene.

Kiessling, who will be concluding his teaching post as head of the college English department this spring. I could go on and on itemizing the various aspects of that excellence — acting, staging, lighting, costuming, make-up, music, MANAGING EDITOR but somewhere I’m sure I would miss some point of perfection that was reached. Especial-

THE DLACD AND CCD

VOL. 77

MAY 1973

ESTABLISHED 1897

- ARTICLES 2

Love Story: And Other Related Problems

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Evolution or Creation

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Let's Do Something For Ourselves

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The Making of a Folk Hero

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In Memoriam

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Gospel Truckin'

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A Sign of Change

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Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

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The Heroes' Decline

- DEPARTMENTS 4

THE ARTS

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reMARKs

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ALUMNI

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SPORTS

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LOVE STORY AND OTHER RELATED PROBLEMS RICH Segal has a problem. Accomplished

philosophy expounded was of the homespun in eight languages, he produced splendid variety. Undoubtedly Shakespeare knew he translations of some of the early Latin classics, possessed a rare talent, but he must have conHe lectured at some of America’s finest univer- sidered his plays only as a means to an imsities, including Yale and UCLA. First and mediate end. He left the copyrights to no one foremost he considered himself an academic, at his death.

Then he wrote Love Story, a short and unpreLeonardo da Vinci was very likely the most tentious novel suited to the masses. The mas- versatile man Italy produced. He is well known ses loved it. More people will read his little for ^ exqUjsite paintings, which still grace volume than any other book written m English thc world’s t art museums. Those paintin the twentieth century. But now that he has { however.5 probably gained him less money gained acceptance with the average man, he than thc averagc professional photographer tohas lost the lofty position he once held with day earns shooting a wedding in Cudahy. Da scholars. They say that Love Story has no Vinci’s notebooks arc filled with plans for huge literary value (they may be right), and that ballistic missile systems, electrical conveniences, in writing it Segal sacrificed artistic merit for and even the airplane. You might say he was a quick buck. centuries ahead of his time. Then again you Segal has mixed emotions. He won’t really might say he was very impractical. say he’s sorry. He’ll never say that again.

The history of the European renaissance That’s what got him in trouble in the first tells many stories of starving artists. It seems place. Considering the monetary harvest that little novel has reaped, we would say the effort a crime to us that men of such obviously super­ was worth the time. Yet he’s unhappy. He’s afraid he’s lost something he may never regain: his artistic credibility. As an artist, he was most concerned with the respect of other art­ ists, and now he feels he’s lost it.

This case is yet another illustration of the differences that exist between the world of art and the world of the public. These differences have been around all along, but the rich com­ mercial potentialities of a country like Amer­ ior talents had less to eat than the town black­ ica highlight them all the more. Almost all the smith. Thc reason must have been the lack of great men of history can be divided into those media. Beethoven s Fifth Symphony may well interested in art for art’s sake and those more have been the hottest thing of its day, but if you couldn't get a ticket to thc concert hall, concerned with thc public and money.

William Shakespeare comes to mind. He how would you hear it? There was no Life was a commercially minded artist at a time magazine to print a picture of Rembrandt’s when very few artists made any money. Musi­ newest painting. There was no Murray the K cians, painters, and writers of his time either to put Bach on the hit line. gained the favor of a king or lord and became Times have changed, and Americans are a performer for the court, or they worked at very much responsible. Henry James comtheir projects and sponged off their mothers- plained bitterly a hundred years ago that in-law. But Shakespeare had the ability to pur- Americans produced no art. All the Yanks sue his first love, the theatre, profitably. His were interested in was money. In colonial days plays, although frequented mostly by the upper there was no time. People were too busy fightclasses, were aimed at the tastes and mentality ing Indians and clearing forests. Even after of the average man. Plots were basic, hetero- the Revolution very little art was produced sexual love was a predominant theme, and any on this continent. The best artists of this land

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went to Europe to study, and they often re' mained there. Those who stayed behind could only imitate what they’d seen elsewhere.

But American business, industry, and know' how created the media. They established the first penny newspapers and pioneered radio and television. Motion pictures developed from a rich man’s toy into a sophisticated form of theatre. Literary magazines and journ­ als flourished throughout the country. With a more affluent life style and more leisure time, Americans began to cultivate the arts. And in unprecedented fashion they also found a way to make money at it. Today virtually every major field of artistic endeavor has one group of people devoted to pure art, one group in­ terested rather exclusively in the commercial aspects of their art, and one group riding the fence.

Examples may be found in many categor­ ies of American life. Most striking is the field of music, if only because it is so universal.

Music is inescapable. We hear music (or Muz­ ak) at work, in restaurants and taverns, and at ball games. Musicians performing on plas­ tic reach millions via car radios and sophisti­ cated quadraphonic sound systems. Television programs and movies are scored by rock musi­ cians as well as symphony conductors. Adver­ tising depends on music to add punch to the pitch. Even the privacy of the latrine has been violated.

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Music did not become a true art form until the great classical periods of several centuries ago. At that time the men we look upon as masters v c. e popular with the enlightened seg­ ment of the public. There still are classical and neo-classical composers today, although they cater to a more specialized audience.

Opera, too, is still being written, but its fol­ lowers have also dwindled in number. Jazz is a more popular musical form that finds ac­ ceptance amoung the elite young and black listeners. The big bands (a la Glenn Miller) reached their peak in the 40’s and early 50’s and are still enjoyed by the generation that grew up in that era. Rock ’n ’roll, a descen­ dant of jazz, country, and gospel, stole the spotlight. It has combined the best elements of many fields to produce an offspring that is indefinable today. All through the twentieth century roadway has taken the predominant sound of the day, refined it, and presented it to the mainstream of American consciousness.

Its major composers over the years have been expatriates from every era of popularity. In-

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vcntions such as the Moog synthesizer and the sixteen-track recorder have made it possible for one man to produce the sound of a huge symphony orchestra or marching band.

What do all the people think of each other?

Symphony players still hold that classical mus­ ic is most artistic. It adheres to form and re­ quires superb skills of its performers, especially if they are soloists. Serious musicians by and large receive the most disciplined training of all musical performers, and this demand for perfection is apparent in the music. But many symphony players are involved in other activi­ ties, often working in recording studios on commercials and pop songs. After all, sym­ phonies depend on public contributions. Com­ munity relations are important.

An interesting rivalry has developed be­ tween two factions of pop-rock music. For lack of better terms, we shall label them the “bub­ ble gum’’ set and the “underground’’ set. Bub­ ble gum occupies AM air waves and enter­ tains the 11-17 age group. Underground is aimed at young adults via FM. Bubble gum music is rather saccharine in nature (obvious­ ly certain subjects are taboo), often accom­ panied with lush violin or horn arrangements.

Underground music is more topical and less gimmicky, often preferring to substitute “artis­ tic realism” for a Muzak-ish soullessness. Un­ derground thinks bubble gum is out in left field. Time magazine noted the trend in a cover story several months ago. It pointed out

that underground music had become avantgarde, catering to a very conscious and re­ stricted following. Yet the four stars pictured on the cover, although FM stars, first came into prominence because of AM hits. They'd all been around for a while, but they hadn’t achieved the notoriety meriting a Time cover story until they’d wowed the AM crowd. Just like Erich Segal, they had to come down to the level of the masses.

True artists will say they don't care about money but about expressing the urges of the soul. Commercial artists will reply that urges of the soul never paid the water bill. Who's right? Erich Segal doesn’t know. He’s seen both sides, and each has its advantages. He’s stopping at the bank more these days, though, and he doesn't think that is all bad,

THE ACTS Tf you’re wondering why you've never seen this column before, it's perfectly understand­ able, because it never existed before. It’s an experiment, actually, to see whether a review column can succeed in a magazine of the Blac\ and Red's format. During the course of the coming year, the reviewer will attempt to make some observations on various aspects of the contemporary musical, literary, and mo­ tion picture scene in an effort to expand the scope of the B&R. Hopefully, these ramblings will enable someone to hear/see/read the parti­ cular work with greater enjoyment and under­ standing.

This installment will consider some of the recent contributions to the recording field. The past month has been a productive one in the

record world, and a couple of remarkable discs have come out, among them Proco! Harum's magnum opus, Gra?ul Hotel With Bro\en Barricades, their last studio album, Procol seemed to have drifted back into rock and roll techniques, but Hotel is a staggering tribute to elaborate, orchestrated rock. Pianist and ar­ ranger Gary Brooker took seemingly innocu­ ous lyrics and elevated them to stratospheric heights with layer upon layer of sound and enormous symphonic climaxes. But just when you think that the band is drowned completely in a tidal wave of swimming strings, Chris Copping’s almost ecclesiastical organ flashes momentarily, Brooker’s insolent piano punches out, or Mick Grabham’s searing guitar soars on wings of flame.

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The words from Keith Reid’s twisted mind range from the banal to the pensive, “Let down the curtain and exit the play./The crowds have gone home and the cast sailed away," to the manic depressing, “Maybe I’ll take an excursion to Spain,/ Buy a revolver and blow out my brain.” But, then, his lyrics were always morbid (remember “Dead Man’s Dream”?)

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The title tune, if any, deserves the schmalz — a feverish waits which mushrooms beyond any of Wagner’s wildest dreams, a fairy-tale visit to the Hotel Grande: “Mirrored walls and velvet drapes, Dry champagne and bursting grapes, Dover sole and Ouefs Mornay, Profiteroles and Peach Flambe.”

“T.V. Ceasar” (sic) is a thundering tribute to the omnipresent tube, symbolized by the Satur­ day morning idol, Mighty Mouse. The big eye follows you everywhere, “Creeping through your eyes and ears,/ Finding out your secret fears.” Bringing Home the Bacon” is the only bona fide rocker, featuring Brooker’s pounding piano. The clincher, however, is “Fires (Which Burnt Brightly) ” It begins unpretentiously, but builds and builds h'ke a Bach passacaglia, and then (horrors!) Brooker has Swingle Sing­ er Christianne Legrand scat-sing a descant to the electronic “Strum und Drang.” Is noth­ ing sacred?

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In marked contrast to Brooker’s epic hy­ perboles is Milt Jackson’s understatement, "Sunflowers.” For years the vibraphone wiz­ ard of John Lewis’ Modern Jazz Quartet, Jackson has put together a fine solo album, also featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and Herbie Hancock on piano. Over a gently rhythmic backdrop he delicately constructs a burbling cascade of vibe raindrops, shimmer­ ing, then suddenly cuts loose with a virtual torrent. Again it’s quiet, and Freddie Hub­ bard’s sweet horn is poking around the crack­ ling cymbals and the probing bass, grows more insistent, asserting fleeting primacy, subsides, fades into Hancock’s piano rising, relaxed, from below, casually sliding, wandering with artless ease, left hand laying down melancholy chords, right hand fluttering; then all three to­ gether, churning incredible polyphonies, sweet­ ness and light, dying to a last, echoing whisper.

Too much.

Meanwhile, musical worlds apart, the ab­ solute king (queen?) of Detroit rock and roll, Alice Cooper, has a new release, Billion Dollar Babies. BDB is a neat summary of everything

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Musically, BDB is a positive advance from School’s Out, which was a clever nostalgic satire, but lacked the overall brilliance of Killer. That same sinister undercurrent of snide nastiness runs throughout the album, matched to some of the cleanest, hardest-driving rock and roll to come out this year. The jacket is typically Alice: an alligator-skin wal­ let, containing an autographed photo, a group portrait with the billion-dollar baby, and, of course, a billion-dollar bill.

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BDB opens with “Hello, Hurray!," Alice's analysis of the performance audience relation­ ship, a dream-world where imagination is real­ ity and pain is pleasure. The song builds in tension, a wailing solo guitar over sol’d blockchords, until the triumphantly chanted litany, "I Feel So Strong.” Alice takes the ultimate (for him) fantasy trip in “Elected," imagin­ ing himself as the President of the United States. The tune h perhaps the album’s best, an eyeball-rattling rocker overlaid with horns, which curiously made the AM radio charts (something about as apropos as a Mona Lisa paint-by-number kit.) “No More Mr. Nice Guy,” the lament of a society reject, is the p;nnacle of Alice's art — tragicomic self-parody set to blistering, medulla-dulling chords, The pathos is overwhelming: “No more Mr. Nice Guy, No more Mr. Cle-e-ean, They say he’s sick, he’s obscene,” That says it all.

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Commencement Oration in the Field of Religion:

ton or (Ermixm by David A. Kriehn look root in the slimy sediments which had Tjurinc; the past year I had the chance to been carried down from the tops of the hills visit Webster Grade School quite reguand they became plants. larly. Frequently I passed a bulletin board in Others, covered with scales, depended up­ one of the hallways on which the third and on a swimming motion to go from place to fourth grade children hung their drawings. On place in the search for food, and gradually one of these occassions I happened to notice they populated the ocean with millions of drawings of prehistoric animals. I stopped to fishes. inspect them more closely and to read the de­ Meanwhile, the plants had increased in scriptions posted under each drawing. One number and they had to search for new description of a trilobite started as follows, dwelling places. There was no more room “The trilobite lived during the ‘Paleozoic Era' for them at the bottom of the sea. Reluc­ which lasted from about 600 million years ago tantly, they left the water . . . to about 225 million years ago." The child continued to explain how the trilobite emerged It goes on and on and ends up with those of from the swamp, and it was quite evident that us sitting here. This evolution pollution is this whole process was supposed to have occur­ what they are teaching your children today if red within the framework of evolution. you are sending them to a public school, and I Evolution has invaded virtually every was rather shocked to learn that it was like science textbook and is taught in these books that.

Evolutionists believe that the universe is as absolute fact. Dr. Grose of the University of Southern California quoted in one of his as old as 10 billion years old, the earth about lectures from a textbook used throughout the 6 billion years and that cells sprang up from country. In it there appears an article called nonliving matter in a process called “spontan­ “The Beginning of Life," which starts like eous generation” about 600 million years ago. this, The evolutionist feels he needs this much time The first living cell floated upon the to account for the slow changes wrought by waters of the sea. For millions of years it chance. These cells developed into more com­ drifted aimlessly with the currents. But dur­ plex forms, and finally man emerged from ing all that time it was developing certain these lower forms of life. habits that it might survive more easily upon Now to us Christians this is obviously a the inhospitable earth. myth and directly conflicts with the biblical Some of these cells were happiest in the account of creation. For the Bible says in Gen­ dark depths of the lakes and pools. They esis 2:1-2,

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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

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Exodus 20:11 states, For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day.

In Matt, 19:4 Jesus also referred to the Gen' esis account, thereby indicating that it was valid, '"‘Have ye not read, that he which made them (Adam and Eve) at the beginning made them male and female?”

In addition to creation, evolution violates other doctrines of the Bible. For example, evolution clearly contradicts the biblical teachings concerning man. Evolutionists would have us believe that man has ascended from the lower animals. He is the highest being evolved from a common primate ancestor, which also gave rise to such animals as the monkey, chimpanzee and gorilla.

But the Bible states that man is unique from all other animals which he created with the words, “Let there be.” Only man was created from the dust of the earth (Gen. 2:7), in the image of God (Gen. 1:27), and only into man did God breathe a living soul (Gen. 1:27). Adam himself realized that he was unique, for in Gen. 2:20 we read that of all the animals he found no help meet for himself. It took a special act of God to create one for him.

Evolution also contradicts the doctrine of the fall and sin. According to the evolution­ ists, man was never perfect, not now, nor when he was a ceil floating upon the sea. But he is constantly improving himself. For example, when man developed a sense of guilt, this was a tremendous upward stride. Indeed, B. F. Skinner and the behaviorists would have us believe that by manipulating the environ' ment, the world can be made a utopia relative' ly free of evil.

The Bible, however, holds that there was a time when man was perfect. Gen. 1:27 states that Adam was created in the image of God, in which state he was holy and sinless.

But in disobeying God's command, he brought sin on himself and all his descendants. Paul says in his letter to the Romans (5:19) that ... by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners.” Thus, instead of improving himself as evolution asserts, man has degener­ ated from a perfect state into a sinful one.

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By going one step further, we can see that evolution opposes the biblical doctrine of death.

Evolutionists propose that man has descended from things always dying. Death is a neces­ sary good because it weeds out all the unfit and leaves those animals which are fit to carry on.

But death to the Christian is unnatural.

God created man to live and not to die. It is only after sin that death came into being.

Rom. 5.12 tells us “ ... by one man sin enter­ ed into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.”

But perhaps the ultimate contradiction be­ tween the Bible and evolution is this: if evo­ lution is correct, we have no salvation. If evo­ lution is correct, Christ is not the sinless Son of God, but a highly developed animal. If evolution is correct, the death of Christ was not the punishment for the sin of all mankind, but just another death. If evolution is correct, at our death we will not go to heaven but merely pass from existence. In the final analy­ sis, what good is the Bible if you accept evolu­ tion? It is not much more than a book pro­ duced for the betterment of mankind.

Fortunately, for us Christians the Bible is something more; it is the inerrant Word of God, who placed everything in it “to make us wise unto salvation (2 Ti. 3:15).” For us who accept the Bible, the matter is closed. God made the universe and everything in it. We accept this because the Bible says so. We also reject anything that contradicts the teachings of the Bible. Thus, evolution holds nothing whatsoever for the Christian.

Now there arc those who feel that we must go further; must prove Genesis by scienti­ fic evidence and fight the evolutionists on their own ground. Many Christian scientists investi­ gate the sciences, trying to glean evidence for creation and prove to people that Genesis is correct. This is entirely the wrong approach.

First of all, we should not feel that we need to defend anything in Scripture. Moreover, a Christian's mission is not to run around and convince people that God created the heavens and the earth, because the average person who does not believe in God will not believe in crea­ tion by God, I Cor. 2:14 tells us, . . . natural man receiveth not the tilings o£ the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know them, be­ cause they are spiritually discerned.

The correct procedure is first to confront people with Jesus as their Lord and Savior, j 9

and after they come to faith in Him, all these other things will come into focus. Paul re* minds us of that in Heb. 3:11 when he states, Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Out of all this scientific controversy, however, one good thing has developed, which is that it has become evident that the Book of Genesis says absolutely nothing which is con­ trary to anything found in science. It is true that you cannot prove creation, but neither can you prove evolution. Scientifically, one is just as plausible as the other. You can take the same evidence, and depending upon your preconception, see it as proof for either crea­ tion or evolution. No one was there at the beginning of time with a lab notebook writing down the hour, the conditions, etc., under which the earth had its beginnings. The best that scientists can do is to demonstrate what might have occurred.

What it all boils down to, then, is faith.

You can believe the Bible, or you can believe what the evolutionists say might have happen­ ed; and I submit it takes a great deal of faith to believe something such as I read to you in the beginning of this speech. The choice really is quite clear, faith in God or faith in man.

It is my hope that everyone of us here today can say with Joshua, “but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord (Jos. 24:15).”

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Commencement Oration in the Field of Humanities:

^0 Somethmg far ODursrl&rs by James Rath hear a brief report about major events. We may accept a commentator’s analysis, but how “Prefinished."

“Ready to use.” * cd.” many people actually delve into an issue to “Just add water." These expressions are fami­ ferret out the truth? To be sure, the average liar in modern America — modern America citizen is often in the unfortunate position of which wants everything to be done for it. We having to find his way through a welter of con­ want to be entertained, to be taught, to be fed, flicting statements and accusations. On the to be clothed. Whether it is done to save time one hand he may be confronted by prying inin a fast-moving society or whether we are sinuations in the public press; on the other, by simply becoming lethargic. I am not sure, but vague handouts of officials in the government. we seem to be losing the pioneering spirit of But even here a refusal to accept the pat con' doing things ourselves, preparing meals from elusions of others will help us eventually to “scratch," or having our own gardens — and determine what is fact and what is rumor, for the pride that accompanies it. instance, in the recent Watergate affair.

No doubt you have previously heard the College years form a period of life when charge that the American public is becoming the behavior we have been discussing should too much of a spectator. Witness the huge definitely not occur. They should be a time attendance which sporting events, spectator to gain firsthand experiences in a variety of sports, attract annually. The same is true of areas, a time to explore and to inquire. There musical and dramatic performances. While has been a long struggle for the college to be many are willing to watch, amateur theater a place of free discussion, ever since the days societies and town orchestras are constantly of Plato's Academy. German universities, with seeking more members. Frequently the situ­ their stress on freedom of inquiry, served as ation is carried a step farther. Wc don’t even models for higher education in this country. go to seek entertainment, but have it brought However, American colleges and universities to us. Switching on the television becomes the have been criticized for a lack of intellectual only personal effort involved, and we sit back freedom for students. The attitude is often and expect to have various delights brought taken that the student is not to reason why, before our eyes. An educator has said that children spend more time in front of a tele­ but to sit quietly at the foot of the master.

Does this criticism apply to Northwestern? vision set than they do in a classroom.

When we came here, we were still finding But entertainment is not the only area in ourselves, developing our ideas, and searching which our citizens are losing the desire to for our role in life. We needed to find anssearch and provide for themselves. Books must wers t0 questions and to solidify our be presented in condensations, or at least be bcliefs Now asMwe are endl our /here, packed with fast-moying action. Gone are the jt is fitting t0 examine oursc£cs an$ see how days of literature with a deeper meaning re- much weshave and matured and how quirrng longer contemplation. We want to wdl Qur questiosns have been answered. lt is speed-read everything Thus classics contain- h d that each of us can jve iti satis. mg the wisdom of past ages are often omitted f i rcs se somehow there is an unThe demand is for something relevant with fu,fillcd fedi Entirely t00 frequentl the ready-made solutions for todays problems classroom atmosphere did not en<?ourage the How little it is considered that the historical doubting or curious student t0 J him. perspectives provided by older works have sdf classmates either mocked a ‘ tioning much application to our modern times! student, charged hjm with heresyiMor accuse3 Current events are treated in a similar him of trying to curry favor with the profesmanner. We want to read the headlines or sor. Also regretable is the fact that in many

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classes, discussion and questions were restricted in order to cover a prescribed amount of material. We must, nevertheless, inquire and ob­ tain answers in order to have firm beliefs. Edu­ cation must be a growing process.

Of course, not all our questions can be satisfied in a few years. Neither can we ex­ pect to have all knowledge handed to us in our classes. Blind acceptance solves little, any­ way. We as individuals must seek and investi­ gate many problems for ourselves.

Even in the field of religion the practice of depending upon what might be called pack­ age deals prepared by others is a subtle danger that confronts the church. It may lead to the acceptance of errors of those who prepared the package — higher theologians, for instance — or to a kind of unthinking, passive accept­ ance of doctrines that are indeed true and pre­ cious but that remain inert in the minds of church members and in the end result in a lukewarm church.

Our education at Northwestern aims to guard against such dangers. We are taught Greek and Hebrew, the original tongues in which the Scriptures were written, so that we can go directly to the Word of God and need not depend solely on what translators say. It is easy to rely on commentaries for Biblical interpretation, and a vast number of books about the B'ble or portions of it are in print.

Valuable as these aids are, they cannot com­ pare with the study of the Bible itself. There­ fore the Bible remains our primary source­ book.

As my class, the Class of 1973, sets forth from these halls of learning, I would like to pose this challenge, namely, don't expect the world to wait on you; rather actively seek your interests and do things for yourself.

Investigate views before you accept them. As St. Paul says in Romans 12:2, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye trans­ formed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and accept­ able, and perfect, will of God.”

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T would imagine that every magazine editor * who ever dipped pen in ink has had to face the task of determining the periodical's overall literary character. There is a definite art to creating and assembling the component parts of an issue in order to produce something more than a loose collection of essentially disparate articles. For a magazine to have a distinct liter­ ary identity, it is necessary that it have a some­ what cohesive thrust — it should consciously serve a recognized and recognizable purpose.

There are a number of factors which have already partially defined the character of the Blac\ and Red. It goes to print only monthly, which immediately and effectively precludes any fatuous attempt to report news, as you can gather from the cliches about reading yes­ terday's newspapers. Nothing falls flatter than a stale news story. Since its circulation involv­ es only a very select audience, the students and graduates of Northwestern College, it is taken for granted that the magazine have some bear­ ing on College affairs. It enjoys a publications monopoly on campus; consequently, the con­ tents must be sufficiently diverse to be of in­ terest to a majority — nobody wants to read something published by a clique of one-trackminded maniacs.

That brings us back to the original prob­ lem: how to provide a magazine with some sense of direction without being esoteric, and how to present a variety of reading without being miscellaneous. It is important to keep its basic purpose in mind; unfortunately, it is not always readily apparent. I would say that the primary function of the Black and Red is to entertain — in the broad sense — rather than to educate, to report news, or to serve merely as an open forum dependent on outside con­ tributions, indiscriminately publishing anything submitted. Although an occasional informa­ tive article might appear, a steady diet of edu­ cational treatises would rapidly grow tedious.

News reporting is obviously unsuitable, and an editor must exercise some judicious control over submissions — everything handed in does not deserve to see print.

Entertainment can involve a great deal more than thigh-slapping buffoonery. There is, of course, “creative” writing. Either in the form of poetry or fiction; human interest stor­

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ies, i.e., light nonfiction on general topics; opin­ ion, reflecting student attitudes toward cur­ rent affairs; and review of the arts, one aspect of a literary magazine which the Black and Red has failed to utilize effectively in the past.

Review can be one of several things: analysis of musical recordings, criticism of books and motion pictures, or evaluation of artistic per­ formances.

The final problem for an editor is to im­ plement his vision of the course the magazine is to take; a few changes may already be not­ iced in this issue. The “News” feature column has been allowed to die a graceful death, not as a reflection of the inherent worthlessness of the column’s erstwhile author, but because the na­ ture of the magazine and the alleged purpose of the column were irreconciliably at odds. In its place, a column featuring artistic reviews will appear, a ‘ noble experiment” which I sincerely hope will succeed. In previous years, editors desperate for material had to print articles whose literary worth seemed question­ able. Articles scolding the student body for everything from walking on the grass to nose­ picking come to mind immediately, as well as certain heated tirades against apostasy, the very furor of whose arguments tended to alienate rather than convince readers. Hopefully, the excesses of Volume 77 will be kept at a mini­ mum.

The Germans have a proverb about launch­ ing enterprises: “Aller Anfang ist schwer.”

While the agony of the Black and Red's “Anfang” can perhaps best be compared to the travail of childbirth, the editorial staff can re­ joice that a new volume is born unto the world.

M.J.

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ALUMNI For years now, the Alumni column of The Blacl{ and Red has served as a good supplement to the information found in another fine Synod publication, The Northwestern Lutheran. Try as it may, The Blac\ and Red seems to have been unable to supplant The Northwestern Lutheran as the #1 Synod maga­ zine. Although this fact is very bewildering to this writer, he will, nevertheless, accept the role of being #2. In addition, he will try even harder to report as much interesting news about NWC alumni as he can find, all the while trying to maintain a state of peaceful coexistence with other Synod publications.

Jim Rath has served as your Alumni editor this past year. Jim is both a fine, hard-working student and a wonderful person. I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his faithful work in writing this column and wish him God's blessings in the future.

CALLS Rev. Dennis Kemf (’58) from Coon Rapids, Minn, has accepted a call to St. Paul’s Church of Bloomer, Wis. Rev. Chester Zuleger (’58) was installed as pas­ tor of Calvary, Glenwood, Minn., and at St. Paul’s Alexandra, Minn, on April 29, 1973. He formerly served at St. John’s and St. Matthew’s congregations in Spring Valley, Wis. Rev. Jcel Frank (’64) of Winnett, Mont., will be installed as the pastor of St. Paul’s, Plymouth, Neb., on June 3, 1973.

Rev. Alvin Schulz of Ridgeland, Wis., has accept­ ed a call to Good Shepherd, Wolf Point, and Salem, Circle, Mont. He will be installed in June of 1873.

ANNIVERSARIES Emanuel Lutheran Church of St. Paul, Minn., is observing its 100th anniversary throughout this entire year. Rev. Donald Meier and Rev. Frederick Kogler (’63) are the pastors.

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BIRTHS A girl, Rebecca, to Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Goehring (’63) of Aurora, Neb., in May of 1972.

A boy, Jonathan, to Rev. and Mrs. Virgil Micheel (’67) of Gresham, Neb., in Sept, of 1972.

A girl, Jennifer Lyn, to Rev. and Mrs. Lawrence Retberg C67) of Ft. Collins, Col., on Jan. 8, 1973.

A girl, Carrie Lyn, to Rev. and Mrs. Carl T. Otto (’65) of Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Jan. 9, 1973.

A girl, Elizabeth Ann, to Rev. and Mrs. Walter Westphal (’63) of Longmont, Col., on Feb. 28, 1973.

A son, Jason Arthur, to Rev. and Mrs. Wayne I. Schulz (’62) of Aberdeen, S.D., on April 12, 1973.

ADOPTION Rev. and Mrs, Warren Widmann (’59) of Port­ land, Ore., are the happy parents of an adopt­ ed 3-month old boy, Peter Daniel.

SEM NOTES These final notes from the Sem for the 1972-73 school year are dedicated to the graduating sen­ ior class at the Seminary, who will cause this editor all sorts of grief when he tries t^ keen up with all the calls they will shortly receive. May the Lord bless you graduates and use you all as faithful builders of His mighty Kingdom.

Swanson has given up for Lent, Persi and the Stones for Fresca on the rocks. Ask Toepel if you can’t figure it out.

Floyd gees South to despise hippies.

Valleau is still in a state of shock, and Super Turtle has been renamed Turtle Sup. Hintz waits until April of senior year at Sem to establish himself as the class French scholar.

Buck ’em has returned (and how!).

Rumor has it that more “rocks” are crumbling!!

“R^ck”? Kolcsovsky (’72) to be married August I9th.

Dennis Valleau (’72) is engaged to Claudia Tur­ ner.

Mark Falck (’71) was married tc Mamie Zeitler of Green Bay on April 14. 1973.

John Martin (’69) married Joan Schwalbe in Delano, Minn., on Easier Sunday.

A daughter, Dawn Marie, was born to Kathy and Doug Hartley (’71).

Wayne Rouse was last seen being washed down the raging creek behind his apartment. His last recorded words are, “I feel like a drowned guppy.”

Kovo is engaged in a full-time racket, recently incorporated as the Sons of Shem Typing Ripoff Parlor. Will trade for wife and car.

Gem of the month: “No one doubts the compet­ ence of the junior class — just their sanity.”

(And I always heard that the Sem was so much different from Northwestern). j.w.

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THE MAKING OF A FOLK HERO A ll of us have had idols when we were little. For some of us it may have been athletes like Hank Aaron, Gordie Howe, or Wilt Chamberlain. It may have been political leaders like Presidents Eisenhower or Kennedy, It might have been an officer in the Armed Forces, our next door neighbor, our pastor, or very likely our father. All of these people in­ fluenced me in one way or another during my childhood, yet there remains one person who had a profound effect on me even though he never existed. On this, the thirty-fifth anni­ versary of his creation, I dedicate this article to the Man of Steel, SUPERMAN.

hid behind the facade of a weakling wallflower. When his foster-parents died, Clark moved out of Smallville into Metropolis, where he got a job working as a newspaper reporter for the Daily Star.

The comic book publishing business was just getting off the ground at the time, and

The story of Superman really began some thirty-eight years ago during the Depression in the heyday of such pulp heroes as the Sha­ dow, the Spider, and Doc Savage. Cartoonists Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster had created a new hero who had all the qualities and attri­ butes of all the great folk heroes rolled into one. After trying unsuccessfully for three years to sell it to some capitalistic firm, the strip was finally picked up by Detective Com­ ics, which was later to become National Peri­ odical Publications. The first story appeared in Action Comics #1 and was an immediate success. For those of you unfamiliar with the origin of Superman, here is a short recap.

Many trillions of miles away in a distant galaxy, the planet Krypton was about to ex­ plode. Jor-El, a leading scientist of the planet, and his wife Lara had built a rocket to escape the impending doom, but it was too small and it was too late. When the planet began to crumble, they placed their infant son Kal-El into the rocket and launched it into space as their home planet exploded into millions of fragments. The ship containing the infant crashed on the planet Earth, yet the child was unharmed. He was found in a rural area by Jonathan and Martha Kent. They left the child on the doorstep of the Smallville Orphan­ age and shortly afterward adopted him, giving him the name Clark. As the child grew up. it became apparent that he had amazing strength.

As the saying goes, he was more powerful than a locomotive, faster than a speeding bullet, and able to leap over tall buildings in a single bound. The Kents taught Clark to use his powers for good, and until he was ready he

Superman really helped to get it started. He not only became the star of Action Comics but shortly thereafter received his own book, appropriately titled Superman. The creators, Siegel and Schuster, wrote and drew the ad­ ventures for a few years before relinquishing the rights to the character, a regretful mistake.

Somehow the Daily Star became the Daily Planet, and Clark now' worked for Editor Per­ ry White. It was here at the Planet that he met Lois Lane, girl reporter, who had been hoping for a proposal for the last thirty-five years (oddly enough, Lois looks a lot younger and better now than she did then.) The early stories were weak and the art poor by today’s standards, yet Superman kept getting more and more popular. His adventures were adapt-

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ed to a comic strip format, and the “Man of Steel’s” adventures could be read daily in the newspapers. He also co-starred in World’s Finest Comics with Batman.

Then came the War. Superman became a patriot for America, advertising War Bonds and urging the country to support good old Uncle Sam. The covers of his magazines show­ ed he was with the country in spirit (the cover of Superman #17, for example, had Sup­ erman holding Hitler in one hand and Tojo in the other, ready to clobber them.) Super­ man never did make it to the front though.

Clark Kent was classified 4-F when, reading the eye chart, he accidently used his X-ray vision and read the chart in the next room.

Four years passed and the War was over. No longer, however, did the “Man of Steel” seem so powerful. He was starting to become a joke.

One cover, for instance, had Superman howl­ ing with pain as Lois Lane dropped one of her homemade biscuits on his foot.

The big brass at National decided it was time for a change. Originally Superman could not fly but could leap distances. This had been changed early in his career, but now he could fly faster than the speed of light. He could now not only stop a locomotive, but he was powerful enough to tow planets out of their orbits. He could fly into the center of the sun and not be harmed. He had X-ray, heat, microscopic, and telescopic visions. He was so powerful that nothing could harm him — well, almost nothing. Apparently when the planet Krypton exploded, the fragments went through some kind of radioactive decay and were now deadly to any inhabitant of the planet. It would seem that, with the planet so far away, or Kryptonite (catchy name) would never make it to earth. Somehow little Clark must have put up directional signals, because most of it followed him to Earth. It was being found everywhere. Three years ago the brass decided to try again. All the Kryptonitc was scientifically and miraculously trans­ muted into iron. Superman lost half his powers and the stories now lean towards relevancy in today’s society.

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foe had to be Lex Luthor, a scientific genius turned criminal and one of “Supie's” earliest enemies. It seemed that he was always escap­ ing from prison, building death-rays, and plot­ ting to conquer the world.

In addition to appearing in the magazines previously mentioned, Superman had such a large following that more books were devoted to his adventures. In 1949 the adventures of Superman as a boy hit the stands. It was fol­ lowed in 1955 by volumes featuring Super­ man's pal, Jimmy Olsen, and Superman’s girl friend Lois Lane, in 1957. In 1959 it was de­ cided that one Kryptonian wasn’t enough, so Superman was joined on Earth by Supergirl, who just happened to be his cousin and had

also escaped the destruction of their home planet. Superdog, Supercat, Superhorse, and Supermonkey also appeared making the whole thing a super-farce.

Despite the shortcomings, Superman still remains one of my favorites. Others must have the same opinion, since over the years he has appeared on radio, television (both acting and cartoon versions), and in movie serials.

Metropolis, Illinois, has capitalized on its name by constructing an “Amazing World of Super­ man” museum, featuring all kinds of souve­ nirs. It is a fitting tribute to one of today's most popular folk heroes, Superman.

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SPCCTS Baseball For the first time in several years, Coach Pieper's Trojan nine will enter a season with­ out a bona fide stopper on the pitching staff.

Pete Schumacher (So) and Don Sutton (Jr) will start most of the conference twin bills with John Dolan (Jr), Mark Toepel (Jr), and Steve Schwartz (So) getting the call in non-conference games. Also available for mound duty are Steve Ehlkc (Sr), Dan Gawrisch (Fr), and the staff’s lone southpaw Bill Petri (So).

The outfield (left to right) looks set with Dolan, all-conference returnee Rog Kuerth (Sr), and Rock River League refugee Jeff Suhr (Sr). John Gawrisch (Jr) and Rob Siirila (So) will also see action in the outfield.

The infield (third to first) looks like a sound defensive unit with Dan Gawrisch, all­ conference shortstop Ehlke, Toepel, and Ed Meier (Sr). Tim Kujath (So) backs up Meier at first, Schwartz backs up Toepel at second, and Glen Wales (Fr) will be a utility man on the left side.

Catching duties will be split by Norris Bau­ mann (Sr) and Bill Hciges (Fr).

Team speed will be improved over last sea­ son. The Trojan attach may have been hin­ dered because most of this spring’s batting practice had to be taken under the lights in the basement of the gymnasium.

NWC 3-8 MATC 5-2 The Trojans split a doubleheader with Mil­ waukee Area Tech on April 26 at Milwau­ kee's Washington Park.

In the first game Trojan pitching was touch­ ed for only four hits, but one of the hits was a double which scored three runs. Trojan hurlers had trouble finding the plate, adding to our team’s difficulties. The Trojans managed only two singles but stole five bases (including Toepcl's daring dash to the plate in the third).

Dolan suffered the loss.

The Trojans stormed back in the nightcap behind the hitting of Meier (2-3), Toepel (2-4), and Heiges (2-4, 2 RBI'S). Trojan runners picked up eight more stolen bases.

Tech was held to two hits by Topel, Schumachcr, and Sutton, with Toepel picking up the win.

NWC 6-10 NORTHLAND 7-8 The Trojans split their first conference twin bill on April 28 at home. In the first game, a four run uprising in the bottom of the seventh fell one run short. Ehlke (3-4, 3 RBI's) and

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In addition, he has served on the evangelism, building and long range planning committees of Our Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, Madison. His devoted service in these areas proves him to be a man concerned for the welfare of Lutherans.

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Dan Gawrisch (3'4) led the Trojans. Schu­ macher took the loss.

The Trojans came out smoking in the night­ cap with a ten hit attack (Kuerth 2-3, 3 RBI’s; Baumann 2-3, 2 RBI’s; and Toepel 2-4, 1 RBI). Six of the Trojan hits were for extra bases. Baumann blasted a double and a tworun homer, Dolan connected for a solo shot, Siirila collected a triple, and Kuerth chipped in with a double and triple. Sutton went the distance to pick up his first victory.

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Outdoor practices were progressing well until rain, cold, and snow forced our thinclads to return to the warm and friendly con­ fines of the gym. The cold weather and a long Easter break have set back the team's training schedule.

Coach Thompson has expressed confidence that his team can repeat as Gateway Confer­ ence champions, but team depth will have to overcome weaknesses in some events.

The team should be strongest in the middle distances (440, 880. and mile) with Jay Gottschalk (So) and Kur: Krobcth (Fr) in the 440 and Krobcth and Paul Scharrer (Jr) in the 880.

Intermediate hurdles should he strong with A1 Schmitzer (Fr) and Mike Burow (So) competing for the Trojans.

The dash field is average with Eric Hartzell (Sr) being the only bluechipper. Coach Thompson believes that Eric should be able to garner some points in each meet this spring.

The relay teams should do well as our middle | distance runners combine their talents.

The field events (shot, discus, javelin, pole vault, long and triple jumps) will be the team's glaring weaknesses. Points will have to be picked up in these events if the Trojans are to defend their crown.

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This year’s schedule includes a long trek on May 5 to the University of Dubuque for the Spartan Relays. Trojan supporters will have an opportunity to see their team in action as NWC will host the conference meet on May 12 at Riverside Jr. High.

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RIPON 412 NWC 473 The Trojans dropped a non-conferencc match at Ripon on April 26. On a course described as one of the toughest in the state, the Trojans just couldn’t put their game to' gether. The Trojans were led by Kolberg’s S7 followed by Zell's 92, Press' 93, Hanke’s 95, Lindloff's 106, and Biedenbender’s 108.

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This book is an excellent, interesting account of the history, make-up, function, and pur' pose of our Wisconsin Synod.

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ON May 1, 1973, Professor Erwin E. Kowalke died in Watertown, Wisconsin, at the age of 85. Professor Kowalke had served as both a professor and president at North­ western College, and at his retirement in 1966 he was given the title of president emeritus by the school.

Professor Kowalke was born in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, on August 31, 1887, to Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Kowalke. He came to North­ western as a junior in high school and gradu­ ated from the college department in 1908. He then attended the Seminary of the Wisconsin Synod, at that time located in Wauwatosa.

Following his graduation from the Seminary, he was ordained as a minister and served as pastor at Tomahawk and several other small congregations in the area.

In 1913 he accepted a call to Northwestern as athletic director and English teacher. In 1919 he was appointed president of the col­ lege, succeeding Dr. Ernst. He held this post for 40 years. After his retirement from the presidency he continued to teach and, in all, spent 53/2 years as a professor at Northwestern.

He served at one time or another as a teacher of five languages: English, German, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Hebrew was the subject he specialized in.

Professor Kowalke played a very large part in Synod affairs during his life. He worked hard on committees, delivered many papers to

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Professor Kowalke's literary contributions and achievements were manifold, but also im' portant was the influence his forceful person' ality had on the hundreds of students who sat in his classes. A large majority of the pastors in our synod today are former students of his.

Already as a fine scholar and star athlete at Northwestern in 1906'1908 he had demon' strated his admirable qualities of leadership and discipline. These traits remained with him his whole life, and served him well as a col­ lege teacher and president.

“EEK,” as he was called, was an impres­ sive classroom figure. He was a widely-read, scholarly, virile man who had good insights into the courses he taught. His approach was very systematic and thorough.

He had a knack of getting faithful work and respect from his students without assert­ ing his authority. He had the air of a gentle­ man who had little place for nonsense, but could enjoy and also tell an occasional joke.

He was a very thrifty person and also modest.

To those who never had him in class, he per­ haps seemed an aloof figure. While he was no enthusiastic extrovert, he did have a con­ cern for the students. In his teaching he tried to impart to them a Christian philosophy of life and a set of values which reflected his own personal moderation, self-sacrifice, and sobrie­ ty. He often cautioned his students about rashly jumping into something without first carefully evaluating its worth.

Professor Kowalke amazed many with his durability and longevity. The demands of his presidency were heavy, including guiding Northwestern through the Depression era,

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when our synod was deeply in debt, serving as a leader in the transitional period in our synod when we changed over from German to English, and leading several building programs on the campus. He was a tireless worker and, in his early years, was teaching a heavy load of 30 class hours a week.

Professor Kowalke always kept himself physically fit. He greatly enjoyed working in his garden and there employed the same kind of organisation and dedication as he did in the classroom. Golfing was another hobby of his.

The retirement years of Professor Kowalke were spent in active study. Several years ago he undertook the formidable task of translat­ ing Professor August Pieper's commentary on Isaiah 40-66 from the German. Despite his advanced age he successfully completed, last year, the translation of what is expected to be a valuable tool for students in the study of the prophet Isaiah.

Only months later the Savior took His faithful laborer to his heavenly rest. The fun­ eral service for Professor Kowalke was held on May 3, 1973, at St. Mark’s Church in Water-

(Mow that our editor has so ably presented ’ the “con" side of hitchhiking, perhaps it is time to review some of the arguments in favor of it.

Mr. Schuppe has presented a very gory picture of thumbing as a means of travel. In fact, he almost convinced me that the next time I make use of this familiar form of student transport, I would be met with swift punishment. However, in writing this philippic against hitchhiking, he has been guilty of a rather common fault in logical argument: he took too small a sample. One appreciates the fact that some people who hitch do end up in bad situations. Nevertheless, most of those who wind up in trouble do so because they have not exercised the simple precautions mentioned in his article.

town, with the Rev. Henry Paustian basing his sermon on the text, Job 1:21b: “The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."

In both life and death Professor Kowalke served as an example of a man of God, obedient to his Lord and Savior, confidently trust' ing in His promise of free forgiveness and eter' nal life. Truly the name of the Lord is to be praised for the many blessings He bestowed on others through Professor Kowalke and for the fulfillment of His promise of heavenly glory to His sainted believer.

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that all who hitch arc doing it simply to get that special thrill of danger . . nor are we all necessarily prospecting for a carload of girls who will proceed to assault us sexually.

Rather, hitchhiking can (and often does) offer unique opportunities to the Christian who wants t0 reach People whom he would not normally contact, On long trips one is presented with uiv paralleled opportunity to present the Gospel to the driver. Many people have given me a ride in order to have someone to talk to, and I am consistently surprised by the readiness .. • even eagerness of those to whom the simple gospel is indeed welcome news,

Obviously, some of the more superficial aspects in favor of hitchhiking were touched upon in that piece; one does indeed meet interesting people, and get rides in a very inexpensive fashion. But we should not assume

Of course, this is not intended to advocate (as I am sure that many of you are already thinking) that we go from ride to ride, grab' bing the driver by the collar and exclaiming “Brother, are you saved?" Nothing so extreme is necessary. Rather, such topics as where one goes to school (in the case of synod students), what we want from life, and many other such

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subjects are excellent ways to lead into a discussion of what Jesus means to us.

Already I can see the objections forming: “You want to hitchhike, and this is merely a pietistic argument to rationalize away your feelings of guilt and uneasiness” (or however you may be phrasing it). So, in a spirit of explanation, let me offer the following instances.

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Granted, not all people are so receptive, but DEALING IN such experiences have occurred in both my own and other Christians' travels many times.

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HUNTING AND FISHING EQUIPMENT This man's surprise at finding a white person who would stop for him after dark gave my friend the opportunity to elaborate on Christ­ ian service. He explained how serving our Lord will go beyond mere high-sounding phrases and revolutionary rhetoric at demon­ strations. Radical Christian love consists of serving others even when the world feels that the effort is not worth the risk.

Finally, the experience of a girl in South Dakota. She is generally quite level-headed, and I would never dream of asking her to pick up a hitchhiker. Yet, one day while driving,

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she saw an Indian trying to thumb a ride into town. She was going to pass by, but had second thoughts. During the half-hour which followed, he told of how his father had died; and she was able to share the comfort which Scripture can offer to believers at the time of their own death. Something which she said about this incident impressed me very much.

“We don't look for risks; but when God tells us to do something, it is more dangerous to refuse.”

On that note, then, let me end. Don't mis­ take what I have said for a blanket benediction on the entire field of hitchhiking; but, if you find yourself in a situation where you must hitchhike, then remember to go out armed: not “mostly with trust and innocence," Mace, knitting needles, or a ready story about VD . . . but with the assurance that your God is also with you on the road.

Marcus Hagen '76

of Change "The sun could not quite dispel all the gray hue of the heavy morning. Moisture hung in the air, and puddles, which had formed during the night, stood on the ground. Jeb had awakened earlier in the morning and had looked out of his bedroom window. He knew that this Saturday, his first after coming home from his Freshman year at college, would be an easy one on the farm. Since the ground was too wet, the day probably would be spent in repairing and preparing machinery and in doing other small but necessary tasks. Therefore he was again in sound sleep when his father came into the room. The father’s voice shattered the silence, “Wake up, Jeb. It’s late, I thought that we would drive over to River County today. They're having an auc­ tion sale over there.” Jeb woke up but was not enthused at the suggestion. There was something about farm auctions that turned Jeb off, but he was willing to go. It meant that they were taking the day off, at least, the whole afternoon.

It was about a forty-five minute drive to the auction sale on back county roads. Jeb's father drove the car, since Jeb had no idea where the farm was. While he sat in the passenger’s seat, Jeb carefully scrutinized the farms that whizzed past his view. He noticed that most of the barns were in two conditions.

Either they were brightly painted and very neat or they were in a state of ruin with their roofs caved in and their walls ready to tumble.

Very raely did he spot a bam that was dirty with the activity of cattle about it, the way Jeb’s family bam looked until two years ago.

They arrived at the sale at about one o’clock. Cars already lined both sides of the county road and had filled the farmer’s drive and part of his lawn. Jcb and his father had to walk a considerable way after they parked the car. Farmers were swarming over the grounds. They were in the barn, in the tool shed, in the garagge, and some were even in the granary. Mud was everywhere, but the owner could not complain about that. He knew that without the previous night's rain, the crowd at his sale would have been much smaller.

Jeb’s father immediately recognised some­ one and walked over cc him. Jcb mentally pre­ pared himself. He knew that if it was some­ one well known to his father, there would just be a nod of greeting, a “hello,” and a question such as, “What are you doing here?” or “Why aren't you at home working?” But if it was someone whom his father hadn't seen for years, (Jeb could never be sure which it would be), there would be a handshake, a renewing of ac­ quaintance, and an introduction of Jeb as the youngest son. This time it was a close neigh­ bor, and Jeb was happy that it was someone he knew, for there would be during the day many faces met that Jeb should know but wouldn't.

Farmers not interested in the cattle selling inside the barn, a part of the sale that Jeb's father never would have missed three years ago, were busy picking up, climbing over, and looking under the machinery lined up in front of the tool shed. The auctioneer would be out there soon, and they wanted to have their 26

own ideas of the equipment. When the auc' tioneer finally did come out of the barn, ah most all of the mud-booted farmers were gathered waiting. The auctioneer always seem' ed for Jeb to be too professional. Certainly he was trying to get the owner a higher price, but not just for the owner’s sake but mostly for his own. The higher the price, the more the auctioneer would get in his commission, which was based on a certain per cent. Jeb realized that the auctioneer was not the only one there for personal gain. All the farmers had come with the hope that they could carry home a bargain. Each one’s face was intently occupied when the bidding was on something that interested him. However, Jeb realized that the statements made by the farmers after the owner had taken a beataing on the sale of his newest tractor were truly heartfelt. The farmers sympathized with the owner, but they also wished that such a deal would come along their way.

As Jeb, his father, and their neighbor walk' ed back to their cars, they caught a glimpse of the owner talking to the auctioneer on the back porch of the farmhouse. His face was grim. He tried to smile at something the auc' tioneer said to him, but the result on his face hadn't been worth the effort. Jeb’s father ask' ed his neighbor why the man was selling out so completely. In the neighbor's response Jeb heard the reasons he had heard often before.

"The kids are gone and not interested in the farm — offered a good price for the land — they will build a factory here — he's about ready to retire."

As Jeb diove. the car home, he glanced oc' casionally at his father’s slcep:ng face. Jeb wondered how many more auction sales they would go to this year and in the years to come.

He also wondered if his father's face would be as grim as the one he saw today when the time came to have an auction sale on their own farm. For a moment Jeb wished that he could save his father from that day, but he knew that the farm life was not to be his. Someday his father would be ready to retire, and there would be no one to turn it over to, so there would be a sale and the land would be sold, probably to that neighbor down the road who is always expanding. Jeb took a deep breath.

He realized that the auction sale was much more than what it had seemed to him before.

It was a sign of change.

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Zzzzzzzzzzzzz Tn the hectic schedule of the typical collegian, * a good night’s sleep often becomes as precious as a 100 on a test. Whether zealously trying to soak up some knowledge or just passively taking whatever is thrown his way, the student often finds the road to learning rough and rocky enough without fatigue and drooping eyelids attempting to lure him off the course. Therefore, since sleep (and the lack of it) seems to be such a universal con­ cern, it should be something to become more familiar with.

The question of how much sleep a person needs is not an easy one to answer. While it’s true that the majority need about eight hours, amounts necessary for each individual are exteremely variable. Some people have been known to get by with only two hours a night, while others need over ten. To give a general idea of the breakdown percentage-wise, a sur­ vey was established in Scotland with the fol­ lowing results: S% needed less than 5 hours, 15% needed 5 to 6 hours, 13% needed 9 to 10 hours, a few needed over 10 hours, and the majority needed 7 to 8 hours. But even the infants were found to have a wide range varying from 10 to 23 hours. Therefore, just as in eating, the need for greater amounts of sleep does not necessarily indicate a health problem. Only when there’s a radical change in the sleeping habits of a certain individual is there any cause for worry. Difference in sleeping is just a matter of personality. We all have different character traits and in the same manner have different sleeping patterns.

With this in mind, certain scientists have tried to establish a relationship between amount of sleep and emotional make-up. In one such experiment short sleepers were generally found to be more conformists and emotionally stable, while the long sleepers were labeled as being more nonconformists, shy, somewhat with­ drawn, and melancholy. However, other ex­ periments gave no conclusive evidence for such generalizations. It’s probably more a matter of just being “born that way.” In other words, the sleep patterns came with the child and are not easy to change.

In order to get the most out of sleep, we have to get to know ourselves. For one thing, we should try to establish our own personal

standard or norm. Secondly, we should establish a set bedtime and definitely stick to it.

But remember, this time will vary with the individual. All of us have a daily rhythm in which our energies and spirits seem to wax and wane. As a result, there’s a natural sleeping point, the low point of our 24 hour cycle. If we miss that point, we might have trouble falling asleep. Probably many of us have experienced that. We feel so tired at some point during the evening, and then, when we go to bed, we become wide awake.

This whole idea brings up another interesting point, the myth of the so'callcd “larks” and “owls.” Actually, this is no myth at all. Some people really do function better at night than during the day. While some wake refreshed and then go downhill the rest of the day, others wake up groggy and get better as the day wears on. Since this is the case, the fact that “owls” often have to perform early in the day is a problem that is often overlooked.

Here also is a lesson to parents who set up rigid bedtime rules and schedules. Rather than attempting to change a youngster's sleep patterns, his own individual norm of sleep should be established.

With such a rigorous early morning sche­ dule as wc follow here at Northwestern, stu­ dents often have to turn to short cat-naps to satisfy their needs. Buc are such naps good for a person? The late President Truman thought so. In fact, he fek that by taking his daily naps he would outlive all his cabinet members. Even Winston Churchill believed that by taking a nap, he could get two days out of one. Despite such authorities, evidence points to the fact that sustained sleep is better for us. Yet, that is seldom possible for the average collegian. Therefore, if possible, it is not a bad policy to answer the call whenever sleep beckons (provided that you're not in class).

Since collegians occasionally put in some very late nights, the question of how danger­ ous lack of sleep is comes up for discussion.

Evidently few adverse effects will hit that per­ son whose late hours are the exception, but for those sleep-starved individuals who continually short-change themselves, their actions will tend to become more and more uneven. Unwitting-

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ly they will begin to suffer poor judgment, irritability, inattentiveness, and paranoia. Even their friends will appear to be out to get them.

Lab studies have displayed strong indications that without sleep the individual doesn’t un­ wind like a clock but rather becomes more and more variable and uneven in his responses to stimuli. Some of these stimuli he will still respond to perfectly; others he will miss com­ pletely. Just imagine the tragic result if one were to miss them while driving a car. Here certainly is a strong argument for a good night’s rest.

Although knowledge of sleep is still very limited, the little we do know is most interest­ ing and valuable. Sleep itself consists of four different stages to every cycle (lasting 60 to 90 minutes in length). The fourth stage, delta or deep sleep, is the most important to us. Be­ tween the fourth and the first stages (some label this a separate stage) is an interesting period called REM (Rapid Eye Movement).

This is the period when dreaming takes place.

When it starts, the sleeper's eyes dart back and forth as if they were watching a film. The heart rate and respiratory rate fluctuate, and the muscles in the chin grow limp. In fact, the whole body becomes completely relaxed.

Consequently, not only do you dream every

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night, but you dream 20 to 25% of your total sleep. Since we can only remember those dreams we have right before we wake up, most of them pare into oblivion. After the first cycle the dreams ^re relatively short, but thereafter they grow longer and longer as the night wears on. Even though knowledge of dreams is still in an infantile stage, they defin­ itely are necessary for our well-being. Sig­ mund Freud thought that they gave free rein to the dark, repressed urgings of the subcon­ scious mind. However, scientists today think they're probably needed to keep the sleeper from sinking too deeply into unconsciousness.

Somehow they seem to give the subconscious self time to examine problems and work them out. In other words, they’re nothing more than a safety valve to keep us all well-balanc­ ed. Just what would happen if we didn’t have these dreams? Scientists don’t really know, but it’s generally felt that they might provide the unknown link to mental illness.

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One experiment gave some curious results. In avoided. It's also interesting to note that dark­ it two groups watched the same horror movie. ness and silence are not requisite for all; many One of the groups was prevented from dream­ people (as is obvious in the dorms) actually ing that same night. When the two groups need the sound of a radio or a light on to get viewed the same movie the next night, the to sleep. Some well-known personalities had group that dreamt responded very well, but their own rituals, too, Charles Dickens gave the group that didn't just couldn't adjust to hotel owners fits by always reorienting his bed the movie. Maybe all those people looking north and south before he went to sleep. Win­ for an escape from reality should turn to their ston Churchill’s was even more unorthodox: dreams. At any rate, dreaming shouldn't be he insisted on two beds because of his “thing” about unrumpled sheets. Whenever he woke taken too lightly.

Of all the problems connected with sleep, up in the middle of the night, he would switch none are as prevalent or as publicized as in­ from to the other. No matter when insomnia somnia. The drug industry especially has cap­ hits, one must learn that he can’t fight it. italized on this common distress. With over Finally, no matter how you sleep now, you 200 types of sleep potions, pills, and capsules can be assured that it will deteriorate as you in existence, the American public has been get older. Certainly “slept like a baby” is a enticed with empty and dubious promises of fairly sound statement. But as infants become restful sleep. Although many of the drugs adolescents and they in turn become adults, are harmless in themselves, they nevertheless anxiety, depression, and excitement — the en­ present a potential danger, especially to REM. emies of sleep — become more prevalent. In Then, too, people tend to build up a tolerance reality, age doesn't diminish the need for sleep, for the weaker pills, and, as a result, grab for but only the quality of sleep. In other words, the stronger doses. Therefore, it's best to as the deep sleep of childhood grows less and avoid all such manufactured sleep gimmicks. less, one could say adults “sleep more, but en­ Instead, as Freud insisted, people with diffi­ joy it less.” culties should utilize a certain ritual every Since most of us will spend over 20 years night. Certainly this is a subjective matter, of our lives in sleep, it's a good idea to learn but for those who consistently have problems, such crutches can't really hurt. For instance, more about this mysterious ingredient to man's reading (especially lighter material such as well-being. By keeping regular habits, avoid­ poetry, anthologies, essays, and diaries), TV ing stimulants and drugs, and taking daily ex­ (but avoid tense dramas and horror movies), ercise, people can get the sleep they need. bedtime snacks, warm milk, or even a little After all, good sleep is a result of a better style liquor (note that too much liquor can have of life, and, no doubt, a better sleep could the same harmful effects as drugs) can do the mean a better performance during the wakeful trick. A brisk walk can help, too, but too hours. much physical or mental stimulation must be R.M.

THE HEROES" DECLINE wTAT here have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? wouldn't play on any field unless he was paid " * A nation turns its lonely eyes to you . . . What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson, ‘Joltin' Joe' has left and gone away?”

These words speak of a time past, of sum­ mer days when one could still see the Yankee Clipper in action and thrill to his every move.

Now DiMaggio is retired and new faces have appeared to charm the baseball public — like slugger Dick Allen, who once said about arti­ ficial turf, “If a horse can’t eat it, I don’t want to play on it,” and pitcher Vida Blue, who

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Yes, these arc today's sports figures, and they are quite different from the idols of yes­ teryear. For generations Americans have cheer­ ed the likes of Jack Dempsey, Don Hutson, Lou Gehrig, Johnny Weissmuller, Bob Cousy, and Ben Hogan. They competed at different times, under different conditions, in different sports, but there was a similarity between them all. They were modest, adept at the sport they were playing, and grateful for the oppor30

tunity to be playing it; in a word, heros.

But now a new breed of sports heroes has arrived, and they are as different from their predecessors as two groups can be. Could one picture Rocky Marciano refusing to be drafted, as Muhammed All did? Mark Spitz’ cocky prediction of victory at last year’s Olympics would have disgusted his prototype, Weissmuller, nearly half a century ago. Had Joe Namath bragged about his exploits in beds and bars fifty years ago, public censure would have

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Heroes are not born — they are made by the fans. In this era of protest, rebellion, and non-conformity, the people love to see a man who is at the peak of his profession say that he couldn't care less about it, and that he is underpaid.

There are two groups of people that are primarily responsible for this turn-around: the young and the black. The mass of young people, in their fight against the Establish-

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And, in most cases, they get away with it.

To be sure, there have been black sports heroes before: Joe Louis, Jim Brown, Willie Mays, Oscar Robertson, and Jesse Owens, to name just a few. But they were all made heroes by the white community, and therefore never said anything to arouse the ire of the white fans. But reently, athletes like Muhammed Ali, Tommie Smith, Kareem Abdul-Jab' bar, and Dick Gordon have made their careers into crusades for civil rights. They have, naturally, aroused sympathy from the black cornmunity to the point that most black athletes now admit that they play for blacks.

The question that confronts us now is, "Is this new trend in sports heroes serious and important enough to warrant attention and action?" I think it is. It has been said that a nation’s heroes are but a reflection of its people.

If this is true, a look in the mirror might be a painful awakening. We may take consola­ tion that there still are some heroes of the tra­ ditional sense (Johnny Bench, Jerry West, Jim Ryun, Jack Nicklaus). But to see an overall change in the type of American hero, we must first see a change in the character of our nation in general. For that we can only wait.

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THE ACTS CELLULOID SAVIORS rTlHis summer Hollywood presented it’s new, * updated versions of that familiar folk hero, Jesus Christ. He received mixed reviews, although that's nothing new. As I've been learning in my Symbolics 400 course, men of varied intellects and convictions have been try­ ing to figure Him out for centuries. Few have met with as little success as those charlatan, self-styled moguls of the silver screen respon­ sible for the film version of Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar.

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Both motion pictures are based on dramatic productions previously presented to the public.

Superstar first appeared on the scene in the Fall of 1970. It proved to be the most ambi­ tious rock'n' roll undertaking ever attempted, both in terms of musical endeavor and in re­ spect to its heavy subject matter. It had been only yesterday that rock'n'roll limited itself to the malt shop, drive-in movies, and that elu­ sive goodnight kiss. The Beatles and their many pretenders broadened the scope of their art form with more sensitive and self-con­ scious lyrics and increased technical proficien­ cy. Tommy, by the Who, was the first serious effort at rock opera with a unified theme But Tommy and other attempts at this musical for­ mat took a back seat when Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber released their highly commercial bombshell on the world. Interested ob­ servers commented on the depth and dramatic power of Lloyd Webber’s music as well as the religious viewpoint of Rice’s lyrics ad nauseam.

By the summer of 1971 travelling troupes of musicians and singers, including the members of the original cast album, were presenting the score across the country.

The music in turn begat the Broadway play. Staged at the Mark Hellinger Theater by producer Robert Stigwood, the play gener­ ated one of the largest advance sales totals in Broadway history. It received a ton of atten­ tion from critics, the media, and irate religious groups of various persuasions. Director Tom O'Horgan, whose first big hit was the musical Hair, created much of the furor with his sen­ sationalized staging techniques. And as the

profits rolled in, the word was soon out: Jesus is big money.

So big that imitators appeared. One was John-Michael Tebelak. He wrote a musical comedy called Godspell, which concentrated on the parables of Jesus rather than on the Pas­ sion story. The tune and the tone were de­ cidedly lighter. It too was a money-maker, and it received the approval of many liberal theo­ logical thinkers as well. It quoted the Bible more frequently and more correctly, and it avoided the crucial aspects of Jesus' life which so few people wished to ponder.

Quite naturally, with the success of the stage plays, plans for film productions soon followed. Tebelak apparently wished to beat everyone to the punch. The movie version of Godspell debuted on the east coast last spring.

Like its progenitor, it was a light-hearted, al­ most slapstick affair. It left this viewer light headed. I'd never seen the play, so the story as well as the film techniques were new to me.

A blue-jeaned John the Baptist roamed the more well-to-do areas of Manhattan in search of followers. He finally collected a motley group of eight, guys and girls alike (to combat

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the allegedly sexist viewpoints of the Bible?), and introduced them to Jesus, arrayed in a Superman T-shirt. Our hero proved to be a child of foolishness rather than the Son of God. He took his apostles on a merry trip through junkyards, parks, and residential sec­ tions of New York, ever playing the part of the didactic delinquent. His followers assumed the various roles and characters found in St. Matthew’s gospel. As the movie dragged on, the good master eventually got his point across to his eager listeners.

His point turned out to be the biggest tragedy of the show. The parable of the prodi­ gal son, the story of the sheep and the goats on Judgment Day, and the all-inclusive Golden Rule set the tone for Godspell's self-righteous approach. Godspell's Jesus was a man worthy of emulation for his live-and-lct-live philoso­ phies, but he was not a savior. He urged every­ one to put forth their best efforts and temper their personal interactions with love, but he offered no grace or mercy when those best of human efforts would fail. In the end, Jesus was crucified up against a cyclone wire fence at the city dump, a completely powerless figure.

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They would follow the example he had set.

But their leader was gone forever.

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Superstar followed several months later.

Producer Stigwood enlisted the services of Norman Jewison to help adapt the play for the screen. Jewison had triumphed in the screenplay of Fiddler on the Roof. He had proved himself to be very adept at what was considered to be a dying art — adapting a stage musical for the movies. Filmgoers have become more and more sophisticated in the past twenty years, and they have come to ex-

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plot of betrayal. The score, with an added touch from conductor Andre Previn, was even more effective than it had been in the play, probably because it coincided with Jewison's stronger moments while covering for his weak­ er ones.

pect total reality in their films. They demand that characters act the way they do in real life.

And people just don't burst into song in real life. Yet Jewison had taken Fiddler from the stage and made it a celluloid success, not by altering or removing the musical aspects of the show for the sake of realism, but by en­ larging on the theories of filmed theater. The audience \new that this was a fictional story based upon a play and did not demand photo­ graphic reality. Instead, they allowed Jewi­ son's clever film techniques to enhance their own viewing experience, and concentrated on the drama and poignance of the story

The philosophy and theology of the movie remained unchanged, and it is in this category that the film scored the same big zero that the play did. The true Jesus was not a rcluctant warrior. He knew full well what He was about to do, and He performed His necessary tasks to complete perfection — happily so, for our sakes.

This seemed to be the correct approach to take in producing Superstar. Its strength lay in the dramatic conflicts so aptly put forth by Lloyd Webber’s music. It was a study in per­ sonality interaction and emotional stresses rath­ er than a highly action-packed thriller. Rice and Lloyd Webber had tried in their own mis­ guided way to make the Jesus story relevant to modern audiences by putting the characters' thoughts into hip-sounding language with a rock beat. At one point Judas even questions the logic of Jesus' appearance in first-century Israel. If Jesus had come today, Judas reason­ ed, he, Jesus, could have capitalized on Amer­ ica's huge population and efficient news med­ ia, and reached the whole world. So Jewison decided he had to use the film medium to make Christ a believable twentieth-century figure, and yet put his activities within the context of first-century Israel, when they oc­ curred. And he had to heighten the already feverish peaks of Superstar.

Maybe the final comment on both these epics can be drawn from the opening scene of Superstar, when the troupe bus arrives. These people were only acting. All the personnel involved in this production, from the writers and producers and directors and musicians down to the lowliest extra, were trying to do a job that they were incapable of. They were trying to justify the Son of God to man. They were trying to make the decisions and actions of the Almighty God more acceptable to hu­ man minds. This can't be done. And more importantly, this is not what is needed to be done. We must become justified before Cod. And this blessed event occurs only through faith. A faith that is founded on and strength­ ened by the Word of God. A faith that bold­ ly declares Jesus Christ to be the Son of God, our Savior. A faith declaring anything else is doomed to an eternity of regret. And the most regrettable part of these two movies is that they are reaching thousands of people with the wrong message.

The outcome was less interesteing than had been expected. The flick opens with striking shots of the bleak Israeli desert, complete with ancient brick ruins and modern construction scaffolding. Then, lo, a chartered bus comes trucking down the dusty road. It pulls to a stop. And out steps the cast, some draped in ancient garb, others clothed a la East Brady Street. Props are unloaded (including the huge wooden cross strapped to the top of the bus), makeup is applied, and the show's ready to go.

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Jewison’s cobining of ancient and modern effects added several stunning moments to the original story, but their overall effect was con­ fusing. It was soon evident what he was try­ ing to do, but it was hard to decide whether he accomplished his ends or not. Watching three Israeli tanks chasing Judas across the rcsert didn't cast any light in his far-reaching 36

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“Bloody awful cold and bloody awful wet and a bloody awful night to be standin’ alone in the middle of a bloody graveyard, or me name ain't Ned Stick.” He hitched his collar up around his stubbled chin and drag­ ged a tattered sleeve across his mouth.

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That's the end of it.” A chill passed through his body and he hitched his collar higher.

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“Tis an evil deed I do, I know it. An evil thing to rob a body of "is peace.’" Then, as it always did when such thoughts nagged his mind, his hand rose to the bag of coins under his shirt. “But they don't pay a man far bein' good these days, do they. And me Maggie's got no mind far a poor man.”'

As though to free himself from the clutch* es of the graveyard, he let his mind drift away to thoughts of Maggie and the look in her eyes when he gave her the ring. A real pearl it was and set in gold, too, with tiny crosses engraved on the band. Had cost him nearly all he had. But Maggie didn’t know that. Maggie only knew that it was precious and it was beautiful and it was hers. And he had given it to her.

His mind was torn back to the graveyard by a cracking in the brush. He turned and stared into the blackness but all he saw was the wind playing the mists into little eddies like goblins dancing through the trees. He shook his head. “Steady, mate. You're all alone ’ere.”

A pale white hand clutched his shoulder.

Gasping, he wrenched free and wheeled around.

“Saints bless ye, Ncddo, me boy. Where's the matter. Ye look as if the ghosties got ye.”

Ned released the breath that stuck in his throat. “Queen’s cats, man, ye ought to know better than to sneak up to a man in a grave* yard.”

“Neddo, lad, ye knew I was coming, now didn't ye. And if ye can’t trust yar old friend Scarf, ye ought not turn yar back on me.”

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Though muffled, the voice was rich and full, "’ardly suited to the bent little body it's cornin' from,” thought Ned. Heavy cloak and pulled'down cap hid most of the man, but the gray silk tied across his lower face was enough to identify him. He wore it, so Ned was told, to hide a hideous cancer that infected him. Whether the story held true no one knew, but fact was that he was never seen without it, and it was that silk that gave him his name.

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"Where’ve ye been then? I’ve been waitin’ 'ere alone far ’alf the night.”

Desperate hands strained to reach his spade, leaning against the tree.

"Well, ye see, laddie, I 'ad to make an early delivery to the Surgery first. A young lady patient they’d asked far speci'lly. But don’t ye fret now. We've got a plenty of time. And the good doctor asked for a man, please, tonight.”

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"Delivery. But ye've 'ad no time to open a grave. What's more, ye never touch a spade, 'ave ye been doublin’ me with another shovel man? Scarf, if ye been two-timin', I’ll break ye, or me name ain’t Ned Stick.”

"Easy, Neddo, that’s a lad. Ye know you’re me man. I just 'ad a rush call far this piece of merchandise, y' see, and I 'ad to . . . improvise a little. Ye know it, laddie. It's catch as catch can.”

A nameless servant opened the door. "Sir.” "Your doctor is waiting,” said the caller.

"The . . . merchandise is in the cart.”

“You’re late. It’s nearly light.” The starch in the doctor’s collar apparently spread to his voice.

“Ye'll 'ave to pardon me, m’lord. Business 'as been tough of late.”

A shadow passed over Ned Stick’s heart.

"You're tellin' me ye didn't open a grave, Scarf. You’re tellin' me ye killed a girl. Ye killed for those butchers. Ye bloody devil.”

"I have no doubt you've got your troubles, man. You look worse each time you come.

When will you let me have a look under that scarf?”

"Now ease yourself, Neddo. There’s no need to go all shakey over one ill-begotten wench. Believe yar old friend Scarf, she was a very ordinary girl. Why, laddie, no doubt she's grateful to us for relievin’ her a the bur­ den of her ordinary life. Look here. She even sent along a few baubles and trinkets to show us 'cr gratitude.” Scarf lit the lantern he car­ ried and set it on the ground. He then drew a leather bag from his cloak and poured out the contents near the light. "There ye 'ave it now, laddie. Just take your pick of it, go 'ead now.”

A hand rose to the silk. "Nay, m’lord, ye’ll 'ave to wait till I’m dead to start your cuttin' on me. Do ye wish to check the de­ livery?”

Stick bent down to look at the collection, and as he looked a chill pierced through him.

With trembling hand he reached out and pick­ ed up the ring. A real pearl it was and set in gold ,too, with tiny crosses engraved on the band. Blood and water whirled in his eyes.

In the distance, through a cloud, he heard the rolling voice of the Scarf.

"Oh, Neddo, laddie. Saints bless ye, but the Surgery did ask please for a man. And didn’t I tell ye now? If ye can’t trust your old friend Scarf, ye ought not turn your back on me.”

Too late, Ned Stick heard the meaning in the words. A gray mist fell past his eyes, then he felt the squeeze of the silk tighten 'round his throat. Frantic hands clutched at the scarf. Pleading hands rose to his attacker.

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The fog lay heavy in the early hours as a cloaked figure knocked at the door of Brightham Surgery at 8% Chessom Rd. His hand rose to adjust the gray silk crossing his face.

"No, I’ve had no quarrel with your mer­ chandise in the past. It is a male.”

"As per your order, m’lord, yessir.”

"Fine. Lord knows I’ve no idea where you find your supply . . . and Lord bless me if I ever learn. Here’s money.”

"Saints bless ye, m'lord, for your good generosity. And good morrow to ye.” Pulling his cloak about him, the visitor turned and hobbled down the walk.

The noble doctor stared at the bent back of his caller as he disappeared into the mist.

Then, with a profound shake of his head, he turned back in to the Surgery and his work.

As the walking man reached the corner, he straightened. His hand rose to the gray silk about his face. Loosening the tie, he pulled it free and with vocal disdain, tossed it to the ground.

"Cold.” He hitched his collar up around his chin. "Bloody awful cold, or me name ain’t Ned Stick.” He turned and walked into the foggy dawn.

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... a furry blanket of sameness and surrenders either to the subconscious or the unconscious.

The mental image is too familiar to be genuinely funny (although the sight of fifteen or twenty people yawning in unison is a real thigh'slapper.) Boredom is a definite problem for the career student, since it interferes with conscious mental processes, is unproductive from a purely practical point of view, and is detrimental to general classroom morale. It tends to alienate unimaginative speakers (since being ignored is the subtlest of all insults,) and wraps them even more tightly in their little worlds.

The Joys and Sorrows of Boredom T magine yourself in a chair at a library table ■‘■deep in the stacks, late at night, doing research for a term paper on the assigned topic, “The Socio'Economical Effects of the Peasant Revolt on the Flemish Bourgeoisie.” For the past half hour you have been reading the same paragraph over and over, slumping lower and lower in the chair, your eyes glazing over. For the thirteenth time you drift into thoughts of a prior conversation, snatches of a song, a TV show, remembering to change the oil in your car, or tomorrow's Hebrew assignment. Uiv checked, the flow of thought disintegrates into fantasy, and with a start you realize that you have been dreaming again. You force yourself to plunge anew into the storm of controversy between the Eckmann and Mueller theories of population inversion and read furiously for 45 seconds, but the subject matter leaves no tracks on your brain, and your concentration dissolves into a movie screen starring you in the events of the day. "

But perhaps the most unfortunate of bore' dom’s disadvantages is its sense of frustration of wasted time. It is a vicious cycle — daydreaming and idle doodling accomplish noth' ing, but then neither does listening to some' thing you already know or never care to know accomplish anything.

By and large, boredom is a conclusive in' dictment of the writer or speaker, since most prospective borees are initially in a fairly receptive mood and lapse into fantasyland only with reluctance. After all, if your intelligence is insulted by vague repetitions of already ac' knowlcdged truths or by the tortuously complex platitudes of an egomaniac, you have the moral and logical right to be bored. In fact, you might say that anyone who absorbs everything indiscriminately, without first examining the material for intrinsic worth, is actually flout' ing a moral obligation to be bored,

Or imagine a nice, warm classroom, a comfortable desk, and a mentally and physically remote professor standing far, far away, breathing cliches in an agreeable monotone, The transparence of his logic and patently obvious reiteration of the class text are of only momentary interest, and in a short time your active consciousness, starved of the didactic nuggets necessary for survival, suffocates in

Conscious boredom is a response devoutly to be wished in certain circumstances, since it, implies that the boree has enough intelligence and perception to realize that he is being bored.

You might say that the more quickly a person is bored, the more intelligent he is. To para' phrase the immortal von Helmholtz, it is hu' man nature to ignore all information that is valueless and to give attention only to those matters which seem to be of some use. The boredom reflex is a sort-of built'in mental cY' cuitry release mechanism which acts as a fuse — an overload of irrelevant material causes the brain to disengage and relax. It is more or less

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While this rather sophomoric essay will undoubtedly neither make classroom fanatics out of mental wanderers nor inspire the for-

mation of an NWC Boredom Society, it is an aattempt to furnish a little much-needed respectability to bored people throughout the world. ^ As a locally famous person once said, oSv^thinir^ necessaiT that you understand, y you un erstan<^- Dream on.

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VOYAGE TO THE STARS /^arl Armstrong was deep in thought, staring blankly through the portal into the vast regions of outer space. As he lay back, visions of his entire life flashed before him.

He remembered reading in his childhood, about his great-grandfather, one of America’s fore­ most space pioneers some ninety years earlier.

He remembered how his love of adventure had led to many thrills, not to mention trouble. He remembered the first colonization party sent to the Andromeda Galaxy some ten years ear­ lier and its mysterious disappearance. Mostly, though, he remembered Laura. Laura, his fian­ cee, senselessly murdered two weeks before they were scheduled to be married. All these factors weighed heavily on his mind as he vol­ unteered to lead another expedition to colon­ ize and try to find the lost colony or their re­ mains.

He had been in suspended animation for five years now. The treatment discovered three years before had kept both him and his crew members in perfect condition, each looking the same as he did when he left Earth. The d;scovery of a space warp which made fantas­ tically long distances short and the ship’s speed close to the speed of light had made the entire trip possible in only five years. As Captain Armstrong watched his crew members slowly drift out of their deep sleep, he suddenly heard a sickening thud.

First it was one, and then many repeated blows on the hull of the ship. Capt. Armstrong had had experiences with meteor showers be­ fore, but this one was different. These meteors were magnetic and had affixed themselves to the hull, thousands of them, each bogging the starship down with tons of excess debris. The Captain was in a quandary. Unless he thought of something fast, the ship and their lives would only be memories.

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He had one possible recourse. Rushing up to the bridge, he yelled over the intercom to the engine room, “Reverse polarity on the en­ gines.”

A voice came back, “Are you sure, Cap­ tain? It’s taking an awful big risk. It might permanently wreck the engine.”

“Yes, I'm sure,” bellowed the Captain, “Would you just rather die here?” This was Carl’s first big decision as Captain. If it work­ ed he would have won the admiration and re­ spect of the entire crew. It it failed, it would make no difference, since they would soon be dead anyway. Suddenly all the power went off. The ship lay in complete darkness for a few seconds before the engines slowly began to reverse themselves. It semed an agonizing eternity before any result could be seen. The navigator on the bridge noticed it first. One meteor went flying off into space, then another, then another. By the time the engines reached full power, all of the meteors had dislodged themselves from the hull and were flying away from the ship in opposite directions.

“How’s the damage?” yelled the Captain.

“We don’t know how much yet, Captain, but the oxygen supply is damaged. We’re going to have to land.”

“How long can we last?” shouted back the Captain.

“About two days more” was the reply.

“Good. At least we can make it to Nixonia.” Nixonia was a planet in the Andro­ meda Galaxy closely resembling Earth in grav­ ity and oxygen content. Space probes sent to the planet had relayed information back to Earth that the planet was suitable for human habitation. It was there that the first colony

had been sent ten years before. It was there that the first colony had mysteriously disap' peared.

The last day and a half were spent in prcparation for landing on the planet. As the ship entered the planet's gravitational field, the crew prepared for descent. As the ship came down, the warning lights suddenly went flash' ing on and ofl.

“Captain, only one retro is working. Brace vourself! It’s going to be a rough landing.'

The ship plummeted to the ground. Upcn impact there was a large splash. The ship had landed near the shore of what appeared to be a large lake. They were close to what resem­ bled a water gate by which they could reach land. The engines were damaged irreparably, but the crew had access to most of their provisions, which could last them for almost a year.

Shortly after they had crossed over on to land, one of the crew members spotted some' thing approaching rapidly. As it came nearer its features became visible. It was slime-like and very hairy. Its nails were long and it had a distinct odor which grew more recognizable as it approached. It was joined by several of its relatives, each looking as grotesque as its leader. The creatures grunted in unintelligible tones and raised their arms frantically.

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“Look out, Captain, they're attacking!

Blast them with your phasers!” Their deaths were swift and merciful. As the last creature dropped to the ground, Captain Armstrong noticed a peculiar medallion worn by one of the creatures. “These creatures must have killed the first colonists. I recognize this medal lion. Major Agnew got it from his grand' father. He showed it to me once.”

All the provisions were carried from the ship and a camp was set up and duties listed.

The ship’s communication devices were dam­ aged, but the colonists were not worried. A new rescue ship would find them sooner or later. They had enough to last them for quite a while. They explored the terrain and found good fruits to eat and water to drink. After a few short months, the planet’s fruits and water became the colonists' only means of sus­ tenance. After about seven months on the planet, a drastic change began to appear in the colonists. The alien atmosphere had chang ed their skin, and their hair grew profusely.

Their vocal cords could no longer pronounce words, but produce only grunts.

It was six years later when the colonists saw a welcome sight. Another ship from Earth had come. They rushed out to meet it with open arms. All of a sudden a cry rang out, “They're attacking. Blast them.” Captain Armstrong was the last to drop. The last words he heard were, “Good shooting. Now we can look for the colonists, that is, if there is any­ thing left of them.”

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the interest of Culture, Refinement, and Ic — Good Taste, the B\ac\ and Red presents this feature as a public service. From time to time, the “What's Running” column will announce coming events of global and campus signifi­ cance in the hope of providing an exciting al­ ternative to Saturday nights in the TV Room.

Admittedly, the NWC Social Calendar is al­ ready loaded to the bursting point and might not stand the strain of further events, but I guess that’s a chance we’ll have to take.

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The Milwaukee Repertory Theater has an­ nounced the plays which will form the Com­ pany's 1973-74 season. Founded in 1954 as the Fred Miller Theater, The Milwaukee Rep will observe its 20th anniversary this year, and in commemoration will present the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Our Town. Written by Wisconsin-born Thornton Wilder, the play is a classic in the tradition of small-town Amer­ ican humor, warm with tears and laughter.

Our Town will be presented as the third play in the series, running from January 11, 1974, to February 23.

The Repertory Theater will open the sea­ son on October 5 with a production of Prisoner of the Crown, written by American authors Richard Stockton and Richard Herd. The play has been presented only twice — its premiere was at Dublin’s famed Abbey Theater. Twelve jurors re-enact the alleged crime and actual punishment of Sir Roger Casement, the British rebel who attempted to ally Ireland with Ger­ many during World War I. Prisoner of the Crown will run until November 17.

The next production will be Knoc\, a rath­ er sly insight into French provincial life. Au­ thor Jules Romains portrays a new doctor who arrives at a country village with a somewhat rad’cal approach to medicine. The comedy will play from November 23 through January 5.

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Ti/avim a who sold his soul, Marlowe's tragedy fore­ shadowed Goethe’s immortal Faust. Opening March 1, Dr. Faustus will complete its run on April 13.

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Shepard's La Turista. A young couple visit' ing Mexico contracts diseases both expected and inexplicable, surrounded by witch doctors, sheriffs, and crummy motels. Directed by John Lion of Berkeley’s Magic Theater, La Turista will appear from April 19 to June 1.

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The season’s final production will be Lillian Heilman’s classic treatment of the deep South, The Little Foxes, in which a wealthy family devours itself in the endless pursuit of money.

Noted for its strong character portrayals and suspense, the play will run from June 27 through July 21.

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ALUMNI A busy summer again brings a number of interesting items for the Alumni Editor to report. The installations and ordinations of the graduated Sem class are always a welcome sight to our growing church body. Our Sep­ tember column will have a special section for these new ministers of our congregations. Only those we have information on will be included.

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Editor; East Hall, R 320; Northwestern Cob lege; Watertown, WI 53094. Thank you.

We regret to report that this issue of the Alumni News will not contain the Sem Notes.

The 11 Sem was just starting as our column went t0 press, so the words of wisdom will have to wait until next month.

One of the biggest problems this writer cn- ORDINATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS OF counters in his column is its sketchiness. The 1973 SEMINARY GRADUATES ten reporters, our district presidents and a n . , . . _. . _ .,, , bem student do a very fine job m reporting New Beriin, wi, on July 15. what news they have, but it is impossible for Steven Degner as pastor of Martin Lutlier, Santa them to be aware of all the significant happenBarbara, CA, on July 8. ings of the NWC alumni. The editor is re- Jerome Enderle as pastor of Redeemer, Council questing that any who have news concerning . an . , alumni that D, , Michael Engel as pastor of Zion, Brighton, and alumm that would be of interest to Bin,* 6?

Courtland Lutheran. Courtland, MN. on July 15.

Ked readers should feel free to submit it. With Duane Erstad as pastor of Divine Charity, Pittsthe cooperation of our readers, it will be posburg, PA, on July 8. sible to make the column more comprehensive Dean Fleming as pastor of St. John’s, Pelican and, more to: interesting PImsp ad- ^1“ Lake’ and Grace» WI,°fon July 15. dress hopefully, alf information CwiSumni “Monieo, “ PaSt°r M°ren‘

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Darald Gruen as assistant pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran, Sturgeon Bay, WI, on June 24.

Ronald Halim as pastor of Resurrection, Virginia Beach, VA, on July 22.

Mark Hannemann as pastor of Beautiful Savior, Corvallis, OR, on July 15.

Donald Heise as pastor of Redeemer, Scottville, MI, on July 15.

David Kiecker as pastor of Mt. Olive, Las Vegas, NV, on July 1.

Carlton Klemp as pastor of Mt. Calvary, Tampa, FL, on July 15.

Philip Koeninger as pastor of Crown of Life, New Orleans, and Trinity, Abita Springs, LA, on July 15.

Arthur Koepsell as pastor of Zebaoth, Milwaukee, WI, on July 15.

Daniel Luetke as pastor of St. John’s, Whitewater, WI, on July 8.

John Martin II as pastor of Martin Luther, For­ est Lake, MN, on July 1.

James Naumann as pastor of St. Mark’s, Sterling Heights, MI, on July 15.

Peter Naumann as pastor of Petra Ev. Lutheran, St. Cloud, MN, on July 1.

David Pagel as pastor of Triune God Lutheran, Ramsey, NJ, on July 8.

James Plitzuweit as pastor of Christ, Grand Is­ land, NB, on July 1.

Herbert Prahl as pastor of St. Mark, Eau Claire, WI, on July 8.

Richard Raabe, Jr. as pastor of Bethlehem, Champaign-Urbana, IL, on July 15.

Philip Schwerin as pastor of Good Shepherd, Cheyenne, WY, on July 8.

John Seifert, as pastor of Good Shepherd, Mid­ land, MI, on July 15.

Larry Wiederich as pastor of Redeemer, Hettin­ ger, Zion, Reeder, ND, and Christ, Bison, SD, on July 15.

Quincy Wiley as pastor of Apache Lutheran Mis­ sions, Canyon Day and Cedar Creek, AR, on July 8.

John Willitz as pastor of St. Matthew’s and St. John’s, Spring Valley, WI, on July 1.

John Zeitler as pastor of Cross of Christ, Coon Rapids, MN, on July 8.

Carl Ziemer, Jr. as pastor of Faith, River Falls, WI, on July 8.

Ronald Mehlberg as pastor of a new mission at Boise-Nampa, ID, on July 22.

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INSTALLATIONS Arthur Valerio, formerly serving at Peace, Wilmot and Hope, Twin Lakes, WI, was installed at Redeemer, Yakima, WA, on Sept. 9. Re­ deemer had celebrated its 25th anniversary on July 29.

Dennis Hayes was installed at Good Shepherd, Sioux Falls, SD, on June 3. He served previ­ ously at Morristown, SD. Arnold Ruddat (’66) of Elmwood has accepted a call to the new mission in Holland, MI. Leroy Lothert of Prior Lake, MN, was installed at Peace, Owensville and a new mission at Columbia, MN, on July 8.

Warren Henrich, formerly of Goodhue, MN, was installed at Mt. Olive of Delano, MN, on July 15.

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Roderick Luebchow was installed on September 9 as an instructor at St. Croix Lutheran High School. He was serving at St. John’s, Alma City, and Trinity, Smith’s Mill, MN. PERSONAL ANNIVERSARIES Rev. Walter Oelhafen celebrated his 40th anni­ versary in the ministry on August 12. His con­ gregation is Zion, Winthrop, MN. St. John’s of New Ulm, MN, observed the 25th anniversary of Rev. Frederic Nitz’s ordination and marriage in September.

Rev. Gerhard Geiger’s 35th anniversary of ordin­ ation and marriage was observed on August 22.

Pastor Geiger is serving at Roscoe, SD. Rev. Herman Winkel of Sparta, WI, celebrated his 25th anniversary of ordination of June 17.

Rev. Harry Wiedmann of Helenville, WI, observ­ ed his 25th anniversary on July 29.

Rev. Hugo Fritze celebrated his 40th anniversary of ordination on August 26.

RESIGNATIONS Pastor A. G. Schwerin of Sugar Bush, WI, retir­ ed in mid-August.

Rev. Erich W. Penk resigned from the active ministry after 50 years of faithful service in June.

Pastor R. A. Haase retired from St. Paul’s of North Mankato, MN, and the active ministry on July 1.

Rev. A. G. Eberhart plans to resign in July of 1974.

COLLOQUY Pastor Adalbert F. W. Geiger, who joined the CLC in 1930, returned to our synod by means of a colloquy this spring.

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PCETCy THE WAKE A solemn specter wanders ’cross the universe To gaze upon a gasping globe through crystal eyes And wonder at a life-poem written without words.

That limps in unmatched rhythm through the frozen fire Of seething soul-bare spirits lost in tracks of time.

A mourning sigh entangles with the morning wind.

Then, riding on forgotten memories in the wind A second spirit joins the first with whispered words; The first a shade of Past, the other Present time.

With downcast eyes together gaze upon the fire That beckons their approach across the universe And brings a near-forgotten tear into their eyes.

For here the sight that lies before their crystal eyes: A world once formed by fingers of the Mighty Wind Which was the crowning jewel of the universe, The fallen victim of a cataclysmic fire, Now with no grace, no further step in future time, Nor hand within the saving grasp of deeds or words.

No pleading voices left to speak repentant words, Nor cool clear waters there to quench the raging fire, Nor ancient mountains to hold back the storming wind That played a mournful dirge-tune through the universe, A black-note theme that framed the sight for watching eyes — The golden globe that did not stand the test of time.

But e'er the fading shade conceived in former time Can grasp from present fellow his unsteady words, A third shade, and a darker, fills the universe, A glint prophetic dancing in his diamond eyes, For this the sprite of Future is, who owns the wind, Directs the course and sets the torch to light time's fire.

The grieving specters, seeing in him wisdom’s fire, The unknown secrets yet to come that filled his eyes, Did him approach and cry, “O Lord of Future time, Would that you grant an epitaph in fullest words To fit this rotted globe, and write upon the wind The lesson of its fate for all the universe.”

But Future time replied, “I'll write no words on wind.

From phoenix' fire this globe shall rise before your eyes, And Universe shall learn one lesson: To Survive ” M.M.

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be covered in a division known as 'Good Times, Good Food and Good Friends in Strong, Stately Buildings,” which will attempt to mirror in some small way the cameraderie of college life. Remember, this is your paper (no matter what Jeske says) and it is written about you by you and for your bene/it!!!! Therefore: if you’d like to write in expressing how much you like this new format, please feel free. For every letter printed, we’ll send you a brand new copy of that great book, The Life and Times of John Voter, in appreciation of your efforts. However, if you don’t like what we’re doing, please keep your opinions to yourself.

We, the Bfe?R Staff, are getting a little tired of all the carping and complaining directed at this magazine. Let's show a little school spirit, huh, guys?

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A WHITE PAPER Prepared by the Board of Control Concerning the J^ew I.D.'s

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HARDWARE - APPLIANCES In times past it was thought sufficient mere' ly to supply the student with a simple card, garishly colored, identifying him as a student of our venerable institution. Unfortunately, you young would-be gentlemen, as always, have abused this privilege (in ways we don’t care to mention, since it might cause some of you who arc less original in your sin to re­ peat then) . Therefore we have issued p cture I.D.'s. This is an act neccessitated not only by the above-mentioned reason, but also be­ cause we are faced with a burgeoning student body, now well over three hundred indivi­ duals, a number which is entirely impossible to manage without modern teaching helps such as computers, personality profiles, program­ med living, and picture I.D.'s.

To help the Student in his search for pure scholastic illumination, here are a few ground rules to ensure the proper use of the I.D.’s (all well within the bounds set by the Geneva Convention) : 1. Do not fold, spindle or mutilate them.

This is in your own best interest, for once the seal has been broken, an indelible purple dye will cover your hands, mark­ ing you as a persona non grata on cam­ pus and making you subject to rustica­ tion.

2. They must always be carried on your per­ son and produced on demand to anyone in authority who wants to make sure that you're not an imposter posing as an N.W.C. student for die thrill of it all.

3. Failure to comply with the above regula­ tions makes you liable to: a) a quick frisk b) life imprisonment in the Karzer c) rustication (an old favorite) Finally, we would like to say that we hope you have a happy and productive stay on our Cam­ pus.

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Sickness You, the student, are discouraged front be­ ing sick, but if you must: learn these rules, tear them up, eat them, then report to the Tutor; you ought to be feeling tell-tale sympooms of dizziness and nausea which will se­ cure you a comfortable berth on the sick list.

1. If you’re sick, Get Up Immediatelyl Re­ port to the Tutor and write out a three page essay on the topic: “Why I Desire the Privilege to be Sick.”

2. After it has been rejected, go to class.

After months of careful planning, the sec' ret is unveiled at last; The N.W.C. Student Handbook. The reviewers were all raving after they read it. Here are a few sample reviews: The N.Y. Times, “Stunning”, the L.A. Times, “Unbelievable”, Time Magazine, “Fantastic”, the Christian T[ews, “More, More, More”, the B&R, “Well, we don’t like anything, so why should we like this.” Here are some excerpts: To You — Our Student Is this handbook necessary? We think so.

Yet we know some of you may not think so. You think it’s not giving you the free­ dom which true adults ought to have. But the tiling of it is: we can’t trust you. Do

Faking It The student is encouraged to Fake It. The

you think we like rules? Of course not.

We hate them like poison, but you guys have blown it time and time again, and so we have to step in like this to spell it out for those of you who can’t figure it out by yourselves.

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Daily Schedule 7:00- 7:30 Get up and eat.

8:00- 9:45 Classes.

9:45-10:00 Speed back to the dorm and bang on die canteen in the vain hope that someone will open it so that you can belt down a coke and in­ hale some Hostess Twinkies be­ fore Chapel starts.

10:00-10:15 Chapel.

10:15-12:00 More of the Same.

11:30-12:30 Eat, complain.

12:30- 3:15 Repetition ad infinitum, 5:30- 6:30 Eat, get into a heavy discussion with John Meves or the Campus Nihilists (Jeske, Wendland, Man-

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following methods have proven successful in past years; however, you may make up your own if you wish.

1. Have someone put you on a stretcher and lower you into Tutor’s room.

2. Cough and hack; speak in a quavering voice.

3. If the Tutor takes your temperature, take the thermometer out of your mouth and hold a match under it. (These are to be found in the bottom right hand drawer of Tutor’s desk) N.B. It is advisable to do this while the Tutor has his back turned. If he turns around and challenges you, explain to him that you were feeling effects of mental de­ bilitation concurrently with your illness and hence thought he was offering you a last cigarette.

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N.B. If you don’t want to waste too much time, best not, for the above have been known to dis­ course at length on topics of min­ imal interest.

Chapel (if you can fit it in to your heavy schedule).

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'I, If the Tutor is unmoved by these tactics, it is best to go to classes immediately with­ out further malingering. Once in a while a legalist slips through the net, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

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Excused Absences - Unexcused Absences This is an area seldom understood by nov­ ices, but the top experts in canon law have come up with the following procedure in ob­ taining an Excused Absence. A student who thinks he has a valid reason, other than sick­ ness or faking it, to skip classes had better have an airtight case, for the Excuse Com­ mittee’s watchword is, “Many try, but few succeed.”

The Excuse Committee meets every mid­ night in the most condemned regions of West Hall’s basement. The first tiling a petition­ ing student becomes aware o fafter his eyes become used to the candlelight is four cowled men who are listening with headphones to “The Hits of the Spanish Inquisition" and picking out themes. Upon one of the men’s shoulders is perched a mentally deficient Ra­ ven croaking "Nevermore” in the voice of Wolf Man Jack.

Then one of the figures stands up (slowly for dramatic effect) and intones, “Dost thou recant?”

All the other figures lean forward, and in­ stead of seeing faces revealed in the candle­ light you observe nothing but nothing, all waving a vacuous expression in the highest sense of die word, sans nose, sans eyes, sans ears, sans button, a sight more horrific than a clodies dummy between outfits. If you man­ age to stammer, “Please, sirs, I must have off on Tuesday to go to the dentist” they will sigh and lead you into the torture chamber.

After diey close the door, you find there is nodiing in the room but a cheap Magnavox stereo system with plastic speakers. If you think that there is nothing to be feared in so harmless an object, don’t bother to con­ gratulate yourself too early. After a small de­ lay you will hear the changer drop a record onto the turntable, and then, finally, will you come to die full realization of the delights in store for you: Bela Bartok’s “Concerto for Orchestra”.

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resign yourself to hearing the entire Sopho­ more music course played over and over until your cars bleed.

After this tried and true procedure, an ex­ cuse will be issued.

familiar voice stating at intervals, "Number one, number two ...”

In terror you will try to smash the stereo, but that will only cause the record to reject and a new selection to take its place, “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra," and then "Dido and Aeneas”.

You may as well give up struggling and

That's all, folks.

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SPORTS SPRING SPORTS SUMMARY Baseball After splitting doubleheaders at Milwaukee Tech and at home against Northland, the Tro­ jans were forced to take their show on the road. Because of heavy rains which made our diamond unplayable, the Trojans finished their season with a ten-game road trip. The home­ sick Trojans managed to play .500 ball, finish­ ing with a 7-7 record overall (3-5 in Gateway Conference play).

one of the finest days at the plate of his young career, going 6 for 8 in the twin bill.

All hopes of conference glory were dashed the following afternoon as the Trojans journeyed t0 Lakeland. The two heart-breaking losses (2-1 and 2-0) completed the Trojans' conference schedule.

The Trojan travelling show went to Appleton to face Lawrence after a week without practice because of Watertown monsoon rains.

The Trojans took the first game, 5-1, behind Pete Schumacher’s five-hitter. The lack of practice was evident in the second game as the Trojans dropped a 15-2 decision.

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The Trojans travelled to Clyman to take on crosstown rival Maranatha. Troian fans followed their favorites in droves. However, when the games proved to be no contests and The Trojans were then faced with six con­ the concession stand closed early, they headed ference games in three days. for the exits. Steve Schwartz and Don Sutton The Trojans packed their bags for the trek pitched back-to-back three hitters to lead the to Janesville to take on Milton. Unfortunately Trojans to a 9-0, 10-2 sweep of their final twin Jay Toubl and Chuck Didler ruined the day bill. Trojan power came to the fore as Rog as the Trojans came out on the short end of Kuerth, Steve Ehlke, and Glen Wales conncct15-0 and 8-1 scores. ed for round-trippers.

The road-weary Trojans regrouped and were a hit the following afternoon in Racine.

The Trojans took the College of Racine, 9-1, in the first game behind another five-hitter by Schumacher. The Trojans hung a 12-0 shutout on their hosts in the nitecap behind the sparkling two-hit performance of Dan Gawrish. Danny matched his mound heroics with

Bill Heiges led Trojan hitters with a .412 average, followed by Dan Gawrisch and Steve Ehlke with identical .37S's. Also cracking the .300 barrier was John Gawrisch with a mark of .308. Mark Toepel led the Trojans in the five-finger-discount department, pilfering 13 bases. Schumacher notched the pitching staff's best ERA of 2.52.

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Track After an opening loss to Carroll, the Trojan thinclads faced stiff competition in invita­ tional meets at Carthage and Dubuque. The lone bright spot was a third-place finish by the mile relay team at Dubuque. The Trojans came hack with a dual meet victory over Concordia-Milwaukee.

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TROJANS RETAIN TRACK CROWN NWC 102/2 Lakeland 54JS Milton 24 Using their victory over Concordia as a springboard, the Trojans totally dominated the conference track meet. The Trojans took ten events (eight individual events and two re­ lays).

Shot — Beck Goldbeck Mile Run — Paul Scharrer 440 Yd. Dash — Jay Gottschalk 100 Yd. Dash — Bob Jensen 220 Yd. Dash — Eric Hartzell 8S0 Yd. Run — Kurt Kroboth 440 Yd. Intermediate Hurdles — A1 Schmitzer Two Mile Run — Paul Scharrer 440 Yd, Relay — Schmitzer, Hartzell, Jensen, Gottschalk Mile Relay — Hartzell, Kroboth, Piet Reid, Gottschalk

Go If After an opening loss to Ripon, the Tro­ jan duffers came back to defeat Lakeland.

With a poor showing in the Lakeland Invita­ tional, the Trojans were hoping for better things in the conference meet held on their home course. The Trojans had to settle for a disappointing third. In their last match of the season against the Sem Graybeards and Milwaukee Tech, the Trojans were edged by a single stroke by Milwaukee Tech.

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Sophomores: A1 Schmitzer, DB; Biil Heiges, FB; Tim Johnston, T; Dave Russow, .LB; Jim Connell, E; Stu Zak, DE.

Cross Country Once only a sport for basketball players and wrestlers who wanted to get in shape, cross country is quickly gaining interest at NWC. Coach Uttech greeted sixteen candidates this fall, including returnees Gary Weg­ ner, Phil Birner, Jim Bare, and Paul Scharrer, Best of the newcomers appear to be Jay Gottschalk, Larry Gierach, Tom Kueser, Gary Kraklow, Steve Steiner, and Dave Meister.

With the loss of the Ehlke-Kuerth passing combination, the Trojan offense lost some of its quick-strike capability. Coach Thompson hopes to develop a ball-control offense based on the running of Mark Toepel and Bill Heiges. Tackle-to-tackle, the Trojan offensive line looks solid with returnees Neitzel, Lindloff, Degner, Hintz, and Johnston.

On defense, the Trojans must replace the three linebackers (Bode, Rathje, and Thomp­ son) who started last year’s championship game against Lakeland. The return of Don Sutton should help here. Goldbeck and Garbow's spots have to be filled in the defensive line. The defensive backfield looked to be one of the Trojan’s strong points, but because of injury and early retirements some new faces will be seen in the secondary.

— Returning Lettermen — Seniors: Mark Toepel, B; Bob Jensen, DB; John Gawrisch, E; John Dolan, B; Mark Lindner, MG; Charlie Degner, C; John

Mad. Tech 22 NWC 42 Mil. Tech 62 On September 13 th the Trojan harriers took on the challenge of the four mile course at Yahara Hills. Three Trojans (Gottschalk3rd, Gierach-5th, Kueser-7th) finished in the top ten. Gottschalk's time of 21:03 bettered the school four mile record by more than two minutes. Gierach and Kneser also registered times under NWC’s previous best.

Soccer NWC soccer will again be conducted on a '‘club” basis. Los;ng only two seniors, play­ er-coach Jim LindlofF leads an experienced team into its first season as a member of the Wisconsin Collegiate Soccer Conference. Oth­ er conference members are Gateway Tech, Waukesha Tech, Maranatha, Milwaukee Tech, and Carthage, Gateway Tech 1 NWC 2 The Trojan booters opened their season September 8th with a 2-1 victory over visiting Gateway Tech. R. J. Mueller and Steve Otto netted goals for the Trojans.

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THE BREWERS A BRILLIANT YOUNG TEAM T n the past the Milwaukee Brewers were just another expansion team, trying to avoid long losing streaks in the big times. They were the doormat of the American League, assuming the cellar position three times in their fouryear existence. Only the inept ness of the White Sox in 1971 allowed the Brewers to tie Kansas City for fourth place instead of fifth, and last.

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However, the Brewers have made unbeliev­ able progress since they were first created as the Seattle Pilots in 1970. Last year they traded four of their better pitchers, Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett, Ken Sanders, and Earl Ste­ phenson for former Phillies Don Money, John Vukovich, and Billy Champion. At first skep­ tics criticized this as a gross error in judgment, since it would leave the Brewers' pitching help­ less in '73.

Nevertheless, when the '73 season got un­ der way, the Brewers’ pitching was fine. Jim Slaton, up from Evansville, Bill Parsons, Jerry Bell (Brewer Rookie of the Year in ’72) and Skip Lockwood formed the starting rotation.

Gary Ryerson and Jim Colborn were also ex­ pected to be spot starters. As things turned out, Jim Colborn became the ace of the staff.

Currently he owns a 19-9 record and has to be seriously considered when the writers choose the winner of the Cy Young Award. In addi­ tion, Jim Slaton has been very steady this year, as his 12-11 mark indicates.

At time, though, the Brewers’ pitching has been overshadowed by their strong team hitting. Regulars George Scott, Don Money, and Johnny Briggs have been consistent all year. Moreover, the additions of Darrell Por­ ter, a legitimate candidate for Rookie of the Year honors, Pedro Garcia, Bob Coluccio, and Tim Johnson have bolstered both the defense and overall speed. So far Dave May has been the team leader, as shown by his impressive

statistics: .315 batting .average, 25 home runs, and 90 runs batted in. George Scott has added 91 RBI's in his best year in the majors, while Garcia, Coluccio, and Porter have each slam­ med at least 14 home runs and driven in 40 teammates.

The people of Milwaukee have really turn­ ed out to view the Brewers in action. Over a million fans have gone through the turnstiles at Milwaukee County Stadium to see Del Crandall's athletes perform. This, as much as anything else, has brought success to the Brew­ ers. As Jim Colborn put it, “I've played in Chicago (with the Cubs) and we always had big crowds, but it's a lot different here. The fans are more bloodthirsty in Milwaukee.”

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Maybe Billy Martin was only joking when he said that he’d be a Chinese aviator if the Brewers could win it all this year. At any rate, the Brewers have set a club record of 70 wins this year, and the way things are shaping up they just might win a pennant in a few years. Now who’s going to call Milwau­ kee a bush league city with an expansion team?

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^Ihe H.e<j,GCif ojj jbqlan ^Jltosnad, (JOT critic calls it “just poetic stuff with no beginning or end, or intelligent or in­ telligible control.” Another terms it “the most absolute poetry that has ever been written in our time.” Negative or positive, the reactions to the poetry of Dylan Thomas universally de­ clare him to be one of the most significant poets of our time and one of the most distinc­ tive and unique of all time.

Dylan Thomas was born in the Swansea region of Wales in 1914 in what he called an “ugly, lovely town.” Although his parents spoke both Welsh and English, Dylan grew up speak ;ng only English. Yet the language of his homeland had a certain influence on h;m. His poetry follows the tradition of the Welsh bard no less than the English. Welsh is a melodious language, and undoubtedly the music which can be heard in Thomas’ English poetry is somewhat due to its presence in his life.

There are other ways in which Thomas’ Welsh upbringing had an effect on his career.

He was from a very religious, almost Puritan­ ical, family. This religious background played a part in the writing of several of his poems, particularly “Vision and Prayer” and the “Altarwise by Owl-light” sonnets. Another not-sosubtlc influence was the proverbial Welsh fondness for the bottle — Dylan's family, noted for its drinking, included a number of alco­ holics. The combination of heredity and en­ vironment certa nly contributed to his later problem with alcohol.

Twenty^five Poems, was published in 1936, critic Edith Stillwell wrote, “Here is a young man who has every likelihood of becoming a great poet; I know of no young man of our rime whose poetic gifts are on such great lines.”

Twenty'five Poems brought Dylan into the public eye, a position he never relinquished.

From that time on, his life was spent in a ceaseless whirlwind of prose and poetry, BBC broadcasts, tours and lectures, and even film scripts. In February of 1950 he began the most interesting phase of his career, h;s trip to America “to play Dylan Thomas” to the millions of his admirers on this side of the Atlantic.

He travelled across the country, lecturing and reading his poems. He enjoyed America, and America grew fond of the magnetic Welshman with yesterday's stew on his shirt and tomorrow’s poems booming in his head.

But the pressure of the extended lecture tours along with his love of drink proved his undoing. He became a permanent fixture in New York bars and developed into such an alcoholic that his breakfast would often con­ sist of one course — brandy. He published The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas in 1952, h;s last and greatest masterpiece. The next year, on his last tour in America, he collapsed in a bar and, at the age of 39, died of the alcoholic insults to his brain.

Consideration of the poetry of this selfdoomed poet presents unusual difficulties.

Thomas thought meaning not only irrelevant but undesirable. Take the following lines: “If my head hurt a hair’s foot Pack back the downed bone. If the unpricked ball of my breath Bump on a sprout let the bubbles jump out.

Sooner drop with the worm of the ropes round my throat Than bully ill love in the clouted scene.”

Thomas says, “This poem has been called ob­ scure. I refuse to believe that it is obscurer than pity, violence, or suffering. But being a poem and not a lifetime, it is more compres­ sed.”

No one ever doubted his particular ambi­ tion. He told his mother, at the precocious age of sixteen, that he wanted to be a poet “as good as Keats, if not better.” At Swansea Grammar School, the extent of his formal edu­ cation, he was perennially at the bottom of his class except in the one subject that mattered to him, English. He wrote many poems for the school magazine, which he edited. In 1933 he had his first poem published in London, “And Death Shall Have No Dominion.”

From that time until his death, Dylan Thomas continued to write poems at a rapid rate. In his twenty-year career he produced a considerable amount of poetry, limited only by his artistic integrity. After his second book,

Obscurity in Thomas’ poems is a problem.

But the problem comes not in seeing his visual

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’mages or sensing his moods, but in paraphras­ ing his thoughts to become intelligible to some­ one else. Edgar Olson compared a poem to a person — it is impossible to ascribe a “mean­ ing" to a person; likewise, it is impossible to translate Dylan’s poetry into prose.

A major criticism of his work lies not in its obscurity, but in the intensity of each poem.

The grandeur becomes monotonous ,every word is a chmax, a crisis. This tendency became especially marked in his later poems. Take, for example, Thomas’ prologue to the Collected Poems: “And the dumb swans drub blue My dabbed bay’s dusk, as I hack This rumpus of shapes For you to know How I, a spinning man.

Glory also this star, bird Roared, sea born, man torn, blood beast."

For the most part, the poets of Thomas' day wrote dry, prose-like poetry. Upon such a literary scene he burst as one drunk with adjectives, swaying with the music of the Eng­ lish language. His special gift was to use words in such a way that their entirety, rather than the sum of their parts, gave a whole, new meaning to the words he used.

Dylan’s poetry was conspicuous for the devices he employed. He was not averse to using rhyme, but was hardly satisfied with the usual a-a-b-b or a-b-a-b schemes. In the poem “In My Craft or Sullen Art” Thomas uses the scheme a-b'C-d-e-b-d-e-c-c-a in both stanzas, almost negating the rhyme's cifect. Nor is that the worst of his “abuses”. In “Deaths and Entrances’’, he begins with a rhyme scheme, only to abandon it halfway through. To say the least, it is irregular.

Puns, words with double meanings, are fre­ quent poetic devices. ^Thomas pushed the con­ cept farther and forced the reader to guess the pun: "And from the windy West Came two-gunned Gabriel.

And from Jesu’s sleeve Trumped up the king of spots.”

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Another Thomas trademark is his use of made-up words and expressions. He liked to fuse words into compounds: “shell-hung,” “scythe-eyed," “skullfoot," “grave-gabbing," “goblin-sucker." In nearly all his poems there occur similar combinations, which he blithely used at will to suit his particular purpose.

He never felt bound to the dictionary meaning of a word. For example, “Jacob to the stars" means “climb Jacob’s ladder to the stars." In the phrase “pluck a mandrake mus­ ic from the marrowroot," “mandrake," nor­ mally a noun, is used as an adjective meaning “intoxicating." “Oh let me midlife mourn!" is an instance of his giving an adjective an ad­ verbial usage.

Thomas' motive in these irregularities was undoubtedly linked with the euphony and on­ omatopoeia of his phrases. His music-words are perhaps unequalled: “To labor and love though they lay down long ago," “Seaward the salmon, sucked sun slips," “Wharves of water where the walls dance." His alliteration occurred frequently in pairs: “Where barren as boulders women lie longing still," “And the daughters of darkness flame like Fawkes fires still."

The poetry of Dylan Thomas has establish­ ed him as one of the foremost poets of the ear. Even if the lines were completely devoid of meaning, their sound alone would justify their existence. The melodic power and insis­ tent rhythm when read almost make the poetry on the printed page dull by comparison.

Thomas uses the metaphor in a way differ­ ent from all other poets. He went to elaborate pains to guarantee that the connections would not be easy to understand. He loathed being obvious, and carried his subtlety almost to the point of bedlam. Unfortunately for the better part of humanity, his metaphoric intentions must go largely unnoticed. He is just too bewildering.

One of his favoite devices is to introduce a comparison which is not clarified for some time. Example: “Our eunuch dreams" (note the use of noun as adjective) “all seedless in the night." The connection here is readily ap­ parent: “eunuch" is a synonym for impotent, since dreams are unable to affect reality direct­ ly. However, Thomas usually keeps the reader in suspense much longer. Example: “When, 59

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like a running grave time tracks you down.

It seems obvious that he is picturing Time as a hunter tracking down his prey. Then he concludes the verse several lines later, “Time on track Shapes in a cinder death.” He is us­ ing a double metaphor, the other being that of a runner on a cinder track, forming an “O” in the completion of his race, symbolizing the futility of life and the nothingness of death.

Dylan could not stand to have his poems sound commonplace. He hated cliches, and in his efforts to avoid them often made them a parody. For a poem of his to begin, “Once upon a time,” just would not be Dylancsquc.

He changed it to “Once below a time.” A “nose for news” became a “jaw for news.” In­ tentional malapropisms were another favorite of his: “Ministering angels” became “Min­ strel angles.”

It is difficult enough to understand Dylan's language techniques, but it is perhaps more difficult still to explain why he used them. His obscure wording and astounding constructions do add surprise, first concealing and then dis­ closing certain key ideas, but his overall pur­ pose in hindering understanding is not readily apparent. It would seem more beneficial all around to make it easier not only on the read­ er but on himself.

There are two answers. First, Dylan was intelligent enough to see that his success as a poet would depend on his ability to do some­ thing in a way nobady else ever tried. While some critics feel that he lacks the versatility to be considered a major poet, he has certainly carved himself a niche as a highly individual poet through his unique use of language.

It is also highly likely that Thomas con­ cealed his ideas to encourage a thorough in­ volvement with the poem. He must have hated the thought of a casual reader who would achieve total understanding just in passing.

Thomas' poetry has to be read, absorbed, pon­ dered, and felt before it can be comprehended in its entirety. He was obviously uninterested in sheer numbers of followers, but strove to reach the thoughtful and contemplative.

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changes which were reflected in his poetry. In his first published poem he declares: “And death shall have no dominion,” but in a poem written on the occasion of his father’s death his fear seems to have increased: "Do not go gentle into that good night Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage, against the dying of the light.”

While Thomas holds a certain respect for death, he was never really afraid to come to grips with it. Writing poetry was for him a highly individual struggle from darkness to light.

Therein lies his greatness. Through his struggles we can perceive a hitherto shrouded darkness, we can experience a hitherto covered light. Although his poems are occasionally mediocre and even poor, Dylan Thomas has enriched immeasurably the consciousnesses of those whom he touched. The last lines of “A Refusal to Mourn the Death by Fire of a Child in London” could stand alone as his final eulogy: "Deep with the first dead lies London’s daughter, Robed in the long friends, The grains beyond age, the dark veins of her mother, Secret by the unmourning water Of the riding Thames.

After the first death, there is no other.”

concrete symbols for abstract ideas.

The constantly moving, restless sea is usu­ ally a symbol of life when viewed from the shore. Death is depicted by the hard, merci­ less shore; the sands, of course, are the sands of time. When the point of view is changed to a position on the sea itself, however, the vast, angry, absorbing sea is the picture of death. Consider the magnificent “Ballad of the Long-legged Bait:” "From salt-lipped beak to the kick of the stern Sing how the seal lias kissed her dead!

The long, laid minute’s bride drifts on Old in her cruel bed.

Over the graveyard in the water Mountains and galleries beneath Nightingale and hyena Rejoicing for that drifting death.”

“Over St. John's Hill” deals with birds (“It is the heron and I”) leaving their life­ blood, the water, to come to shore and die: "There Where the elegiac fisherbird stabs and paddles In the pebbly dab-filled Shallow and sedge, and ‘clilly dilly,’ calls the loft hawk ‘Come and be killed,”’ In this same way, Thomas says, we must finally forsake the blessed innocence and joy of our childhood and die. But he indicates a belief in life after death in the poem's last lines: "I who hear the tune of the slow, Wear-willow river, grave, Before the lunge of the night, the notes on this time-shaken Stone for the sake of the souls of the slain birds sailing.”

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Thomas once said that he thought of poetry as statements made on the way to the grave.

He is preoccupied with death; specifically, how childhood's carefree idealism leads into the dis­ illusionment of maturity, which results in, and in Thomas’ mind is the same as, death. Edith Hamilton said of him, “He is perpetually not amused. His view of the world is extremely dark. Nature is never his wedding garment, only his shroud.” That is perhaps true. How­ ever, it seems more natural to view his deaththeme as something majestic, rather than some­ thing morbid. Certain that he would never see his fortieth birthday, ever mindful of im­ pending death, he was resigned, but never de­ feated.

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TJirst the Soap-Box Derby winner is disA qualified for cheating. Then we find an indication of scandal in the career of that for­ mer bulwark of honesty, Vice-President Agnew. And now some 24-year-old nobody would have us believe that perhaps W. C. Fields did not hate children, dogs, blacks or even cad­ dies after all. Is nothing sacred? It’s like find­ ing out that Paul Revere couldn't ride a horse.

Next they’ll tell us that Bogart was a nonsmoker.

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Nevertheless, that is what Ronald Fields says about his grandfather in a new book en­ titled W. C. Fields by Himself. It is a collec­ tion of old letters, articles, and rough drafts of scripts written by W. C. Fields that lay undiscovered for years after his death in 1946.

According to Ronald, his grandfather was a polite, thoughtful man who once urged a pub­ lisher to publish something in defense of the black minority. Personally, I find it rather trust-shattering to hear that in real life W. C. was generous with his money and perhaps not even a heavy drinker. I would rather imagine him as he was in his movies, flcec ng suckers in the shell game and telling about his expedi­ tion into the wilds of Afghanistan, “We lost our corkscrew and were forced to live on food and water for several days.”

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Unfortunately, most of you reading this have probably never seen a Fields film. Not too many years ago it would have been very difficult to manage to see any of his films, with the possible exception of his greatest gems “The Bank Dick,” “My Little Chick­ adee,” and “You Can’t Cheat an Honest

My own acquaintance with the films of W. C. Fields goes back only about three years, but in that tiipe I have been privileged to see almost twenty of his thirty extant films, in­ cluding all but one of those commonly consi­ dered his best. Needless to say, it is not al­ ways an easy matter to get to see a movie that was made some thirty years ago, and getting a chance to see most of these films took no little effort. But the memory of a masterful Fields poolroom sequence or his uttering of an en­ raged “Godfrey Daniel” is always enough to outweigh any inconvenience.

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Man,” for the simple reason that lack of in­ terest prevented them from being shown. In recent years, however, there has been a tre­ mendous revival of interest in old comedies, originating on the university campuses. The Marx Brothers, a hilariously gifted team that specialized in brilliantly written non-sequitur humor, has received the lion's share of the at-

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tcntion. But lately, such silent and early talkie comics as Laurel 6? Hardy, Buster Keaton, Fields, and the great Charlie Chaplin are delighting young fans today the way they did in the twenties and thirties.

Why is there such a resurgence of interest of late? The comedians have not only had half a century to improve upon the techniques of the old masters, but they also have the added advantages of sound, color, better stunt men, and more sophisticated filming methods. Yet there are those of us who prefer either to stay up till 3 A.M. or to patronize makeshift the' aters like old church meeting rooms in order to take in an ancient movie without sound, color, or realistic costuming. It beats watching a modern comedy in a theater or on primetime television.

There are several reasons for the revival.

Who can name the top movie comedian of the seventies? It’s almost impossible, because to­ day's best comics either have a scries on TV, or they are stand-up types who play the night­ club circuit. When one does find a top-name comedian in a movie, he usually co-stars in it with a number of other funnymen in a huge, farcical extravaganza like “It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” There is no chance for the average person to see a modern comedian alone in his own setting, a one-on-one confrontation between performer and audience. Chaplin, on the other hand, faced his audience straight-on, really without even the benefit of co-stars. And while Fields occasionally had such famous co-stars as Edgar Bergen and Mac West, there was no doubt in the audience’s mind that the Master was in control of the movie from beginning to end.

Not since the heyday of these classic comics has there been a star who could so thoroughly and hilariously dominate the screen for ninety minutes.

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It is said of Aristophanes, the first great comic, that he made people laugh at themselves.

I have to think that this ability was also the key to Fields’ success. Through the charac­ ters of pompous bank presidents, domineering wives, and bratty kids he satirized their coun­ terparts in everyday American life in a way that was exaggerated, of course, but still close to the truth.

And it is here, finally, that the Master overshadows even his comic contemporaries.

The Marx Brothers will probably harvest the most fits of laughter in any given movie, but their plots and dialogue are too zany and ridi­ culous to be considered real. Chaplin arouses oceans of sympathy for his poor little tramp, but never empathy. One is made to tlv’nk of him as alone, aggressively taking on the world.

Keaton's genius will always be marvelled at, but who can identify with a man whose ex­ pression never changes? Laurel and Hardy come closest to Fields in portraying life as it really is. Ollie’s inevitable “Why can't you do something to help me?” expresses the frus­ trations of perfectionists everywhere in deal­ ing with real-life Stanleys.

But Fields must stand alone in showing us humorously our own follies and foibles. And I dare say that part of his appeal is that there is a little Fields in all of us. Like us, he takes the course of least resistance, answers a patient “Yes, dear,” to his nagging wife, sometimes takes advantage and sometimes is taken, and, as his last request, states, “I'd like to see Paris in my lifetime — Philadelphia will do.” Who ignores Fields misses a little piece of life.

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was a very good year. It was a very good year for freaks, hippies, yippies, rock stars and record companies.

1969'70 was the peak of that great indefinable — the counter-culture. Memories of that “gold­ en era” have already taken on nostalgic over­ tones. How can anyone describe the feeling, the sensation, of belonging to a generation that was somehow special, unique, entirely set apart from those that had gone before? Self-righteous confidence permeated all youthful souls. They wrinkled their noses at evil and knew that somehow they would change the world for the better. How did they know? The Jefferson Airplane told them so. Their “Volunteers” album pilloried the Establishment (pardon the use of that tired word — in those days, it was more than a cliche.) Youth laughed at Age and all its stupid, bumbling ways. With the help of their new gods, they knew that they would be able to overcome any obstacle set in their way by the members of the “Silent Majority.”

Who were these new gods? The purvey­ ors of Holy Rock. Grace Slick, Paul Kantner and Marty Balm of the Jefferson Airplane comprised only a tiny portion of the Pantheon.

Crosby, Stills and Nash (not to mention Young), the Who, Led Zeppelin, Chicago, Cream and Blind Faith also held honored positions. No list could possibly be complete without the most revered: Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles. The whole setup was, perhaps, even more confusing than the Greek system of old. The categories of their music were Acid, Blues, Folk, Rock and Jazz, including innumerable variations thereof.

These men were gods, their words were gos­ pel.

At this time radicalism also was chic. Re­ volution was in the air. The Jefferson Air­ plane recognized this and sang, “One generation got old, The next generation got sold, This generation got no destination to hold, Pick up the cry!

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And now it's time for you and me Gotta revolution, gotta revolution.

C'mon, brothers, we're marching to the sea!

Gotta revolution, gotta revolution.”

Bob Dylan wrote of the growing alienation be' tween the two generations in his “Ballad of a Thin Man.” In this song a member of the older generation, Mr. Jones, goes through a series of impossible and surrealistic confrontations with young people. His reaction is summed up in the refrain, “And you \now somethin’s happening, But you don’t know what it is, Do you, Mr. Jones?”

There was not, however, a wholesale flocking to the revolutionary banner. The Beatles expressed their views on the matter in their “Revolution #1”, You say you wanna revolution, well, you know, We’d all love to see the plan . . .

But if you want money for people with minds that hate, All I can tell you is, brother, you have to wait.

The Beatles, in general, were more con' cerned with music and with the inner emotions of humanity rather than with the tearing down of society’s walls. When they did express them' selves on general topics, it was to advocate Love (“All you need is Love”).

Moving under these influences, youth sought to establish a new kingdom on earth: a glor' ious Woodstock where thousands of people could live close together, minds unclouded by prejudice, and still maintain their individual' ity. Love, of course, was the keystone. By this they meant not merely sexual love, love for a brother, or even love for God (although these comprised a part of the new definition), but also an exalted love of the universe in its entirety and of every single one of its individual parts, no matter how minute. They sought for that ultimate unification with the cosmos, and yet they wanted to retain their individuality,

that not to be is, suffocated by the universe, but to be able to sit and contemplate its man velous beauty and intricacy.

As you can see, this was a Christless faith and hence offered nothing to the real longing of the soul. This unchanneled love was doom­ ed to be disappointed; it did not take long for the young to fall away from their new faith.

They found that it was far easier to love the universe than their fellow man as they en­ countered him within their petty existences.

This basic discrepancy hit them where it hurt and caused their finely-fashioned castles of allembracing love to crumble. The Altamont rockfestival signaled the end. This was a free con­ cert given by the Rolling Stones in Southern California. Unfortunately, they chose the Hell's Angels as their bouncers. The bloody fracas the Angels instigated was inevitable from the beginning, and it served conclusive notice that the Woodstock era was over.

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Perhaps a more symbolic occurrence was the touted Beatle breakup. The once tight group started to engage in petty squabbling.

In his first solo album John Lennon led the way in the new nihilistic direction: belief in nothing but himself and his extension, Yoko Ono. He prefaced the new anti-creed with the words “the dream is over.” He then went on to enumerate all the things he did not be­ lieve in, a list that was pretty complete. In an interview in the rock magazine, Rolling Stone. he exposed the Beatles as men with feet of clay. He did this perhaps more in the way he wrote than in the actual words themselves, in phrases dripping with venom.

And so the gods toppled. Lennon degener­ ated into sloganeering, Paul McCartney, who had formerly collaborated with Lennon in writ­ ing the songs of the Beatles, started entcrtauiing the world with frosted puffs of melodious drcck. The immortal Bob Dylan forsook the paths of folk rock and country rock and sought after the strange idol of rock Muzak. The Rolling Stones kept on rocking, but somehow it wasn’t the same any more. A new group, Alice Cooper, set out to prove H. L. Menc­ ken’s statement concerning the impossibility of underestimating the taste of the American pub­ lic, and succeeded admirably. Another new star, Don McLean, rocketed to fame with his song “American Pie,’’ which proclaimed the death of the music that kept the dream alive.

Where did that leave the younger generation?

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them? Left alone, they tried to ease the pain with 50s nostalgia, but Chuck Berry offered no panacea, merely forgetful sleep.

What can anyone say in conclusion? Per­ haps the only moral that can be drawn from this is that the dreams of the world can only be and will always remain just that — dreams.

They may serve to satisfy man's inner yearn-

mg for something to believe in for a time, but it isn’t long before they have to be junked, and man has to face the problem of finding some­ thing new to help him sleep at night. We should thus be happy, since as Christians we do not have to depend on transitory fantasies, but on the only Hope that can ever last.

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Lindsey writes for an audience unfamiliar with the prophetic tradition of the Old Test­ ament and, while that makes for uncompli­ cated reading, he takes interpretive liberties he couldn’t get away with if he were writing for Biblical scholars like us. The jacket blurbs identify him as a product of the Dallas Theo­ logical Seminary; his theology identifies him as a Southern Baptist.

The Late Great Planet Earth

by Hal Lindsey Zondervan, 192 pp. original intention was to review a book A A which had just been published; however, I was visibly unimpressed with the current paperback offerings — do-it-yourself psychology and diet revolutions just didn’t make it. As I was casting around for something suitable, I came across the provocative title The Late Great Planet Earth. Although this book is now three years old, the cover assured me that 1,699,999 other lucky Americans had copies.

So to make it an even 1,700,000, I bought it.

It is a remarkable book. The author at­ tempts, through the Hebrew prophets of the Old Testament and St. John of the New Test­ ament, to assemble data on the future in a

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Interpretation of Biblical prophecy is some­ thing of a problem. It is always easier to look back on prophecies which have already been fulfilled and pick out the prophetic details than it is to look ahead and interpret with the same degree of certainty. For instance, this twosided historical viewpoint clearly reveals many of Isaiah’s prophecies now as Messianic, but they weren’t nearly as obvious in 700 B.C. Ezekiel's complex visions concerning the judg­ ment of Israel became a good deal clearer after they had occurred.

We today face the same problem that the Jews faced thousands of years ago, that is, what to make of the prophets of Israel when they talk about our future. We don't have the benefit of history as we look ahead, and those Jews who failed to understand the Old Testament prophecies don't look quite as stu­ pid and obtuse all of a sudden. It is with these eschatological or latter-day prophecies that Lindsey concerns himself in The Late Great Planet Earth.

My analysis of the book can hardly be a point-by-point criticism of Lindsey’s interpre­ tations. For one thing, a complete scholarly refutation of his views would require a thesis twice the size of this magazine; for another, my Hebrew is still in the embryonic stage, and a serious grammato-historical criticism of any length would be fatuous indeed. What I have attempted to do is to present his views, to make general observations on his orthodoxy, and to make specific objections where I felt he strayed most noticeably.

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His theology is basically sound. In fact, at first glance it is so close to official WELS-sanctioned doctrine that when he does blow it, his errors go almost unnoticed. He regards the Scriptures as Christ-centered and as the in­ spired and infallible Word of God. He is decidedly against ecumenicalism. His motives and interest in the prophetic texts are certainly beyond reproach — you can hardlv fault some­ one for curiosity about God’s plans for the future. Lindsey’s book has undoubtedly done much to stimulate fresh examination of Bibli­ cal prophecy — the vividness and sense of im­ mediacy of his language make you take him seriously when he says that things are going to happen soon.

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as critically respectable as the supposed proof for the Semitic origin of the English people: since the English were originally Jews* an Englishman would of course be a man (ish) of the covenant (b’rith); thus, b’rith ish became “British.”

He deserves to be indicted on several counts of excessive imagination. Some of the elabor­ ate projections which he proposes would make H. G. Wells cringe with embarrassment. Ac­ cording to Lindsey, the Antichrist described in Revelation will be the Italian president of the European Common Market nations. And the chapter on the battle of Armageddon even includes invasion maps for an airborne, ar­ mored, and amphibious Russian assault on the nation of Israel.

His opening chapters are an attempt to es­ tablish the credibility of the Hebrew prophets (doubtless for the benefit of wavering skep­ tics.) He cites the perfect track record of some of the heavies, notably Isaiah and Jerenvah; WELS Lutherans will be relieved to know that he was unable to discredit any of their prophecies. According to Lindsey, the world cannot come to an end until three signs have come to pass: the Jews must reclaim the Promised Land, they must re-occupy Old Jer­ We part company, however, over his prin­ usalem, and they must rebuild the Temple on ciples of prophetic interpretation. True to the traditional site and reestablish Temple sac­ Southern Baptist form, Lindsey carries his fun­ rifices. We have already witnessed two of the damentalism too far, often regarding symbol­ three necessary fulfillments, Lindsey savs. and ical and figurative language literally. For in­ it is just a matter of time until the third oc­ stance, he takes Rev. 14:20 to mean that blood curs. In 1948 the Jews regained possession of will actually flow chest high for miles after their traditional home through United Narions a certain battle. His misinterpretation of Eze­ intervention, and Moshe Dayan's recent march kiel 40-48 reveals him as a millenialist, i.e., one to the Wading Wall in Old Jerusalem signi­ who believes that Christ will establish a 1000 fied the expulsion of the Arabs. Fortunately year reign on Earth after the Judgment (a for the world, Mohammedan’sm’s sccond-holidoctrine which Luther, Calvin, and most of cst shrine, the “Dome of the Rock,” stands the Reformed theologians rejected.) A literal squarely upon the ancient Temple site, effec­ interpretaation of these chapters is unsatisfac­ tively prohibiting any construction for the time tory for two reasons. First, a temple built to being. Maybe there will be an earthquake, the dimensions specified by Ezekiel would be Lindsey muses. larger than the entire city of Jerusalem; and The primary concern of the book is with secondly, because reinstitution of the temple sacrifices contradicts the efficacy of Christ’s the latter-day prophecies which Lindsev has culled from the Old Testament seers, chiefly last great atoning (kippur) sacrifice.

Ezekiel, Daniel, and from St. John of the New His scholarship also is subject to some sus­ Testament. The first phase of his interpreta­ picion. Ezekiel 38:2 describes Gog, Prince of tion charts the alignment of forces toward the Rosh and Meschech, the heathen ruler whose end of the world. Four distinct powers will attempted conquest of Israel will be utterly emerge: Russia, the King of the North; an smashed by the Lord. Lindsey takes the words Afro-Arab coalition led by Egypt, the King Rosh and Meschech to refer to modern Russia of the South; an Oriental bloc led by China; and Moscow, thus making the Soviet party and a ten-nat:on United States of Europe led chairman Gog. A cheap shot like that is about by the Italian Antichrist. The catalyst for the

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coming convulsions will be Israel's wealth, which will excite the greed and jealousy of her neighbors. The Arabs and Russians will con* verge on Israel, but the Russ'ans will doublecross their allies and attack them too. Lind­ sey's literalistic insistence crops up repeatedly; for example, he uses Ezekiel 38:15 to prove that there will be cavalry divisions among the tanks and heavy artillery in the Russian ad­ vance, absurd as that may sound.

In punishment for the Arab attack, the Lord will supposedly give the Egyptians into the hands of the Russians for chastisement (Is. 19:4.) Delitzsch, however, identified the “hard and merciless master'' of Egypt not as Russia, but as Psammetichus, the dodekarch of Sais.

With Russia in temporary control of the Middle East, news will arrive that there is trouble brewing in the East (China). Russia will retreat to Israel as the Oriental hordes pour over the dried-up Euphrates. In the en­ suing holocaust one-third of the world's popu­ lation will be killed. In the confusion that follows, people will turn to the Antichrist to restore order. He will gradually assume con­ trol of greater and greater forces, advised on religious matters by his sidekick, the False Prophet, and force a tyrannical personality cult on his subjects.

Now it really gets incredible. As the Anti­ christ nears the peak of depravity and the fighting grows in intensity, Christ will reap­ pear in the clouds and temporarily snatch all the believers from the earth. With their spirit­ ual restraint gone, the Antichrist will go on a three-and-a-half year rampage of carnage and terror. During those years, 144,000 Jews will suddenly be converted to Christianity and will come to believe with a vengeance. 144,000 Jewish Billy Grahams will go forth and pro­ selytize, incurring a severe persecution by the Antichrist. As the tumult reaches climactic intensity, Christ will make His triumphant Second Coming and demolish all opposition.

For 1000 years Christ will rule an earthly kingdom characterized by peace and tranquil­ ity. After that time Satan will be allowed to surface briefly and foment one last, desperate rebellion, which Christ will crush. Then fol­ lows the final judgment and establishment of a new heaven and earth.

After dropping those bombshells with all the enthusiasm of a new Jehovah’s Witness about to hand out his first tract, Lindsey puts

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forth a few personal predictions (he disclaims direct verbal inspiration of the Holy Ghost).

According to him, “Internal political chaos caused by student rebellions and Communist subversion will erode the economy of our na­ tion” (take courage, Birchers). What's more, “although drug addiction has been linked to demoniac possession, addicts will be elected to high offices in America.” (Shezam!)

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“The Lord saith” when it should be ‘"Lindsey thinketh.” He, however, encourages a thorough examination of the Scriptures, for which he is devoutly to be praised. The prophetic texts are all too often ignored as sources of inspiration for our everyday lives. In addi­ tion, his sensational prose underscores the im­ minence of Christ’s Second Coming, an event of which no Christian should ever lose sight.

The central message of The Late Great Planet Earth might be summed up in the watchword of the early Christians, “The Lord is coming,” “Marana tha!”

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The breath of March felt good in Ed Sampton’s face. “It's been years,” he thought, “since this air's smelled fresh to me. Years since I’ve sucked in this air an' not smelled the steel mill smog or the grease from the Big K Diner or the arm-pit stench of these ghetto streets.” A man doesn't often feel good enough to smell the fresh air, and if he's a black man in Pittsburgh sometimes it takes years.

Then it hit him; Jason's motive was escape, and his incentive was a pretty little girl named Sheila. Ed finally remembered hearing Jasc ramble on about getting out of the house and finding himself a wife so he wouldn't be a burden on his father. Not that Ed was up to thinking of his son as a burden, but it didn't take more than one look into Jase's eyes to tell a father what he had to do.

But the air was fresh for Ed Sampton on this day in March. Ed Sampton felt good. He felt good because he knew as he walked down the ghetto street past the Big K Diner that after months of waiting he could finally be a real father to his son.

It'd taken Ed the better part of the last six months to put together enough money from his work checks and savings to give Jason a start on a new life. Six months of saying “no” and keeping the secret from Jasc so the kid would keeping working and keep dreaming of better things. Six months of struggling to keep alive that shred of hope that is so vital in fighting the hereditary stagnation of ghetto life.

And six months of watching the desperation clutch at his son's throat as he shuffled from one petty odd job to the next.

It had been six months almost to the day since he’d started fighting with Jason. The boy had come in asking for money, something about a great business opportunity. Ed had seen through him right away.

Jason hadn't had an easy life. Ghetto child­ hood, broken home, drafted into the army and sent to that fool war overseas, wounded and crippled, then dishonorably discharged for in­ nocent involvement in a drug bust. Ed didn't enjoy saying “no” to him. But anyone knows that crippled black kids with dishonorable dis­ charges don’t go out and stumble over great business opportunities. They don't even stum­ ble over crummy part-time jobs.

It’d taken Ed almost two weeks to figure out Jase’s real reason for wanting the money.

But now the money was there. He could tell the boy it was there, in the bank, in Ja­ son's name. Almost $1000; not a lot but enough to give his son and the girl a chance.

Ed heard the wail of a siren in the distance and a chill cut through him. “Maybe enough,” he thought, “to help my boy break out of this stink-hole and away from that chill. That cursed ghetto chill.”

As Ed climbed the steps to his tenement home, he turned and looked out at the sha­ dowed streets. “Quiet,” he thought. “Funny

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“Must be a neighbor kid,” he figured, following the red stains down the hallway.

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In panicky alarm he shoved open the door and his heart froze.

Sheila sat across the room on the couch, face buried in her hands, choked sobs shaking her shoulders. Ed could not remember her looking so tiny before. Around the room were scattered bills: tens, twenties and fifties. Jason lay in the middle of the floor, left hand clutch' ing at a red hole in his middle; glazed, lifeless eyes staring at the ceiling.

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I can't remember all the way back to my Frosh year (Frosh was a long time ago, es-

spare moments for decorating the gym rather than in pursuit of our own frivolous interests.

My conscience was momentarily pricked. But I got over it. I pursued my own frivolous in­ terests. Last year I went to a wedding and missed the most important event of all — the college football game. We even won.

With a track record like mine. I’m at a loss to explain my abrupt change in habits.

Maybe I was overwhelmed because it’s my Senior year Maybe I was stricken with a sense of guilt. I hadn’t been contributing to the efforts of my campus family.

More likely it was just an accident. It all started when New Ulm roamed onto campus.

We'd all heard about the nice welcome they'd given us when we visited them last year, so we decided to reciprocate. We planned a little skit and sing-along for the night before the Trojan-Lancer football game. I didn’t want to do it at first, but the other guys buffaloed me into it. Everything came olf as expected, we apologized, and we agreed never to do it again.

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But Mother Fate had other ideas for our little bunch. Homecoming is just around the corner, we were told. There was no enter­ tainment available for the Homecoming pep rally. Could we possibly get our little act to­ gether for one more performance? We talked it over and decided that we would not do an­ other show. There was no way anybody could get me up on that stage again. We had no talent, no material, and no inclination to make fools of ourselves another time.

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We could do a command performance on the I White House lawn . .

We really messed up the last number. I knew we were gonna blow it.

But this was all just preliminary action be­ fore the big coup. My class, the senior class of '74, had one last trick up its sleeve. We built a huge circus wagon, complete with caged wildcats, calliope music, and four gray horses, for our Homecoming display. It was quite novel. But even more novel was our idea of pulling it across the football field during half­ time of the college game. We may not be too bright, and we blow it a lot, but we do come up with a cute idea now and then.

Of course, I did my part. I was half of one of the horses. The front half. There were some crude jokes made about my being more suited for the other end. I casually laughed them off. Then I told them if they made a horse's back end out of me, I wouldn't help at all. They put me in front.

Everything worked out perfectly. Halftime came, the alumni were introduced, and the stage was set for us. Taped calliope music echoed forth from the PA system. Our driver gave us a little slack on the reins, and we start­ ed pulling the circus wagon across the field.

We stopped at the fifty to acknowledge the roar of the crowd, did a little curtsy, and finished our trek around the turf. It was great.

It also tired me out. I went back up to my room and took a nap. I woke up just as the game was ending. My room is something of a penthouse on third floor of Wartburg, overlooking the football field. So I was able to look out my window and catch the best sight of the weekend. People were wandering away from the stands at various paces. They stopped to talk and laugh and reminisce. They formed groups and carried on spirited conver­ sations. Then as individuals saw other friendly faces, the groups changed shape, broke up, and reformed again. In short, friendships were re­ newed. I know that sounds corny to you, and I must confess I smirked the first time I read that phrase in the college handbook. But it's really true. And I was glad that I’d been a part of it. Maybe not a big part or an im­ portant part, but a part just the same.

I think I'll be back next year, just to watch.

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(Our play takes place in the basement of Wartburg Hall in the chambers of the Judi­ cial Committee. The Set consists of a long table with a fake wood-grain top. At it sits the motley crew which comprises the Starr Chamber. There is one lonely chair facing the court. A fixture from the ceiling casts a favorable light upon the regular features of Mr. Dumbly Do-Wrong, a hapless Frosh.)

THE LONG ARM OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE or THE STARR CHAMBER (A play in one act) — Dramatis Personae — Judicial Committee: Accused: Mr. Dacewrappe Superstar Mr. Dumbly Mr. Matzeltov Do-Wrong Mr. No-tai Mr. Windbag Bailiff Guards Mr. Schlitz Mr. Dirnfald

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Bailiff: Hear ye, Hear ye, Hear ye, the Starr Chamber is now in session.

Mr. Dacewrappe Superstar: Fellow-hypocrites: Today we have an extremely difficult case.

It seems this Freshman is accused of trying to blow up West Hall with incendiary de­ vices. We have to make an example of him, I'm afraid. This sort of thing cannot be allowed to continue, and I hope you will

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all judge him with due lack of mercy. Per­ haps we should start off by introducing ourselves to him, just to put him at ease.

I'm Dacewrappe Superstar, the relentless foe of all criminals, with the ethics of a White House Plumber.

Mr. Matzehov: I'm Mr. Matseltov and I'm corruptible.

Mr. T^O'tai: I refuse to tell you my name. This whole idea is stupid, this court is stupid and you're stupid. Stop wasting my time.

Mr. Windbag: I'd like to be your friend.

Please don’t hate me. I don't like judging you, I have to. Please forgive me. I’m a bleeding heart liberal, and every once in a while I'll say something nice and vague which won't help you a bit, but maybe it’ll make you feel better. I don't know, I hope so. I’m sorry, I really am.

Mr. Dirnfald: I know just how you feel. I've been to the Car Committee a few times and if you think you’ve got it bad with us, you should hear what they did to me. I had to sell my car to pay the fines. It didn't make much difference, though, with all the restrictions they put on its use; even if I were a five-year man, I wouldn't be able to bring it up until two weeks before grad­ uation. ' Mr. Schlitz: Ah, c’mon. Let's get going. I've got a soccer game in 15 minutes. Hey, Dace, forget this junk; let's judge him and be done with it.

Superstar: Okay, okay, let’s get on with it.

Dumbly, could you give us any sane reason why we shouldn't throw the book at you?

(Voice slowly rising to a shout) Y'know, guys like you are an offense to my nostrils.

You punks think once you get out of Prep you're big men. Well, let me clue you in: it's a big, bad world out here and you are very small fry. You're dirt, Do-Wrong, d'ya hear me? Dirt!

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you see before you. He has sinned, ah, yes, he has sinned. But I firmly believe he has already done sufficient penance and hence' forth will live a productive and peaceful. . J'lo'tai: Why don’t you shut up! You make me sick. I have never heard such ridiculous drivel in my life. It’s guys like you that always make such a big production out of absolutely nothing. Why don’t you just stop turning the spotlight on yourself for once?

Windbag: Why, I have never been so insult­ ed .. .

Superstar: Order, order! C'rnon, Dumbly, say your piece and be done with it.

(The rest of the stage darkens, leaving only one spotlight gleaming down upon Dumbly.)

Do'Wrong: My fellow students, Gentlemen of the Starr Chamber, and men of good will everywhere. Perhaps I am the accused on this particular evening, but I submit to you that we are all on trial here tonight.

You judges: where did you get the authority to condemn me? From the students, of course. Yet in spite of this you blatantly disregard the students’ wishes. We don't want West Hall and yet you insist that we refrain from blowing it up. In your hypo­ crisy you have completely undermined the judicial system at Northwestern College.

It's a sad commentary on the morality of the world when even ministerial candidates cannot act like decent human beings, but instead descend to the depths of bootlick­ ing most servile. Your hands are covered with the blood of countless innocent vic­ tims sacrificed to the ravening jaws of your so-called justice. And now you propose to add another one to your list, another sense­ less statistic. You students, are you going to stand calmly by while one of your num­ ber is led to the block? I don't care for my own safety, that means nothing. But I do care about your, apathy. You could be next. And herein lies your trial: will you

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Windbag: Amen!

7^.0'tai: Is he done?

Schlitz: Well, guys, I gotta go now. I vote the usual.

Superstar: Okay, see ya next time. (exit Schlitz) Well, Gentlemen, are we all agreed?

Windbag: Wait a minute, are you going to completely disregard . . .

J^O'tai: Cut it, will ya? You know it’s the same pile of manure we get every time. Do you always have to play your silly charade?

Superstar: All right, all right. Matzeltov, how do you vote?

Matzeltov: No tickee, no washee, I always say. Guilty!

Superstar: Dirnfald?

Dirnfald: Guilty! (to Do-Wrong) Too bad, kid, that's the way it goes.

Superstar: Windbag?

Windbag: Well, in the interests of expedien­ cy, I, ... I vote the usual.

Superstar: No-tai?

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Listen, my children, .and you shall know Of the midnight ride of Eldon Stroh.

The road was long, the moon was bright, The stars shone coldly in the night.

Stroh sat lonely in the dorm And in his soul there was a storm.

He wanted to show the world his dust With the fury of his Sebring-Plus.

So he sped out with a smile on his face To put this city in its place.

He took with him disciples two: Paul ben Naumann and Manthey, too.

He ate the road up with his car, Leaving behind him molten tar.

At eighty-per he scooped the loop And Bufer's car was left to droop.

Nothing in front, he’d made it clean.

But in the back of his machine Lurked a car, twin cherries red And promptly after him, it sped.

He turned the corner, cleped Sharp, His car churned forward, in the dark.

But close behind him was the Law! They split the night with siren-call.

Proud Elton Stroh, he listened not, But flashed into the parking lot.

Once, twice around and three times more.

He pushed the pedal to the floor.

His engine smoking, tire squealing, Fiery sparks the night revealing.

Poor ben Naumann fell to the floor, Begged for mercy, jumped out the door.

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He left a rut a mile wide.

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Only then did Elton stop And only then, he saw the cop, Marcus Manthey saw the man, Saw who he was, turned tail and ran.

Then poor Elton set to wailing For Might of Law was then prevailing.

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But there was more than guilt to grind him, The Man walked up, and promptly fined him.

Oh, Elton Stroh, your life is hard, Forty bucks you must discard.

Perhaps you will look back and say, “There must have been a better way.'’

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bolically eat the Worm, as Otto did? Shall we print fuzzy pictures in the Mnema as ad' vertisements of our fuzzy thinking? Then there is the matter of the Bfc?R. Shall we fill it with pulp material which has interest for neither man nor beast? To this I reply, as I have in the past, (to no effect, I might add) a most emphatic no. We are at the brink of an abyss; let us march bravely forward to our glorious future.

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ALUMNI I His month’s column brings us more inter**• esting events from the lives of some of Northwestern College's illustrious alumni. We hope you'll find something of interest to you.

Our October column has the added feature of the first edition of the 1973-74 Sem Notes.

Once again our future pastors are revealing the important events which have happened (and in some cases haven’t happened) in their lives recently. There are some good items, and we hope many more will follow in the months to come.

INSTALLATIONS Joel Frank was installed as pastor of St. Paul’s of Plymouth, NB, on June 3. He formerly served three congregations in Montana.

Adalbert Geiger, who rejoined WELS on a col­ loquy from the CLC, was installed as pastor of Bethany and St. Matthew’s Churches in Ren­ ville, MN, on July 30.

Paul Siegler accepted a call to serve Calvary of Bellevue and Snoqualmie of Snoqualmie Valley, WA. He was installed on October 21. Pastor Siegler formerly served Good Shepherd of Al­ buquerque, NM. David Kuske, the principal of Luther High School in Onalaska, accepted the call given to him to teach at our Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.

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Martin Schulz, formerly of Moorhead, MN, has accepted a call to serve as dean of the Pre­ paratory Department of Northwestern College.

We welcome him back to the family.

Ronald Heins was installed to shepherd St. John’s congregation of Wauwatosa, WI, on July 30, Pastor Heins was previously at Brookings, SD, where he served as pastor of Our Savior’s and also as the campus pastor for South Dakota State University.

PERSONAL ANNIVERSARIES Herbert Kuske observed his 25th anniversary on September 23.

Kurt Eggert celebrated his 25th anniversary in the ministry on September 30.

Professor John Jeske also had a 25th anniver­ sary observance on October 14.

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William Schink left the active ministry on Au­ gust 31.

Melvin Croll will retire on November 1 of this year.

DEATHS Otto Heidtke joined the saints triumphant on July 1 at the age of 98 years.

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BIRTHS Pastor and Mrs. Mark Ilannemann of Corvallis, OR, were blessed with a daughter, Cathy Ruth, on September 26.

Pastor and Mrs. Paul Heiderich of Morristown, SD, are the proud and thankful parents of two adopted Indian girls, ages 3 and 4. The girls are sisters and also became members of God’s family on September 30, the day of their bap­ tism.

Pastor and Mrs. Glenn Schneider of North Platte, NB, had a son, Joel Cory, on May 23.

Pastor and Mrs. Wilfred Wietzke of Oskaloosa, 10, are the happy parents of a son, Thomas William, whose birthday was May 29. (Mrs. Wietzke is a former grade school teacher of the Alumni Editor — special congratulations!)

Pastor and Mrs. James Phillips of Fort Morgan, CO, were made happier with the gift of a daughter, Julie Marie, on June 28.

Pastor and Mrs. James Humann of Stanton, NB, were blessed with the gift of a child, Nicole Rae, on June 22.

Pastor and Mrs. Richard Kugler had a baby daughter, Miriam Kaye, on July 28.

Pastor and Mrs. Russell Schmidt of Stetsonville, WI, are happy to announce the birth of their second child, a son, Peter Timothy, on June 1.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS The Pastor Heiderich who adopted the two small Indian girls shot a buck antelope on the Sat­ urday after the baptisms, before his 8:30 con­ firmation class.

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EXPLORATORY SERVICES The Nebraska District reports that several of its pastors are conducting exploratory services in new areas. Perhaps the readers could help out with referrals.

Pastor R. Roth of Omaha, NB, is working in Shenandoah, 10.

Pastor L. Sievert of Batesland, SD, is working in South Oklahoma City.

SEM NOTES Juniors: A few progress reports on last year’s seniors: Beck Goldbeck is a weekend butcher at the meat market!

Scott Stone thinks that the Sem is “far out,” but lie’s still late for everything.

Ken Kolberg keeps getting cuter every day.

Phil Krieger is disengaged and looking again.

Bieds is still engaged to books.

Norris Baumann has found a girl that’s “game” if he is.

What did Ed Schuppe do on his weekend trip to Niagara Falls?

Former rocks Dave Kelm and Dave Kriehn are experiencing landslides, respectively.

Middlers: In medias res, as usual: Richard Schleicher was married to Dorothy Wer­ ner on June 16.

Did Lloyd Fager finally find a way to beat the System? (Perhaps Lloyd decided to join it, at least for a while, by accepting a temporary call to Winnebago Lutheran Academy.)

Last report has Richard T. (Buffalo Dick) Zahn chasing a herd of buffalo across the plains of Minnesota, crying, “Kiss me!” Game wardens

will please take note that Tutor Dick does have his big game hunting license.

Tim Bauer has been sweating profusely lately; says it’s because he’s been working so hard, (That’s debatable.)

Jim Tiefel was recently observed coming out of the married men’s lounge. Does he have hopes?

The Rip-off Parlor (Mosheh ben Kovostein, pro­ prietor) is still in business.

All’s well on Holy Hill #2. (Things are fine at Bethesda East also.)

Seniors: Experiencing the pleasant efforts of a minor population explosion.

Many special blessings from the Lord, in the form of children, to report on: Elisabeth Amelia, born to Mr. and Mrs. David A. Schottey on June 14.

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Gary Duane, Jr., born to Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Richmond on April 21.

Matthew Elmer, born to Mr. and Mrs. David C. Schwartz on July 14.

Matthew Mark, born to Mr. and Mrs. Steven Staude on March 19.

Jeffrey John, born to Mr. and Mrs. John Schmidt on September 18, 1972.

Shelley Kay, born to Mr. and Mrs. Reed Haakenson on April 2.

Paul Karl, born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Knickelbein on October 25, 1972.

Rebecca Jean, born to Mr. and Mrs. David Haberkorn on July 12.

Heidi Joanne, born to Mr. and Mrs. Brad Knapp on July 13, 1972.

Andrew James, born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Backus on July 26.

Jennifer Ann, born to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Fredrich on March 2.

Kathryn Lee, born to Mr. and Mrs. Gene Durfey on March 1.

Alan Eckert has announced his engagement to Miss Mona Fassbender.

Bob Otto wants a call to Dakota-Montana; why else would he dress as a hayseed?

Maurice Hoppe is still unattached; will he ever fall?

Sem Quasi-Gem of the Month: Section A got down to its student limit (24) by sending two down to its minor league farm club, otherwise known as Section B. (I don’t know how the guys in Section B feel about this, but I’d be inclined to think of the transfer as more of a promotion.)

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NWC 6 7 0 0 - 13 o CONC. ST. PAUL 0 0 0 0 The Trojans travelled to St. Paul on Sep­ tember 22 nd to take on the Concordia Comets.

The combination of another fine defensive effort ?nd tw0 >ong scorinS Pla>'s sent thc Tro' jans home with a victory.

The defense successfully cut off Concordia on ^ie ground, holding the Comets to 32 yards rushing. When the Comets were forced to the air, Toepel, Jensen, Berg, and Russow each picked off an errant aerial.

A 48 yard Schwartz-to-Toepel pass put the Trojans on the board in the first quarter. The Saginaw Flash, leaving would-be tacklers scattered in his wake, struck again on an 84 yard Punt return in the second quarter. Bater's conversion capped the Trojan scoring, Neil Varnum and Freshman linebacker Doug Lange led the defense with six tackles each.

“Dollar” Bill Heiges (six and five yard runs) and Mark Toepel (four and seventytwo yard runs) each struck paydirt twice. Stu Zak cashed in for his first TD as a Trojan by recovering a Lancer fumble in the end zone.

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On September 15th the Lancers of DMLC invaded Trojan country with high hopes for an upset. However, a sticky Trojan defense and a meatgrinder offense sent our visitors home to the hinterlands smarting from a 32-0 drubbing.

Trojan defenders grudgingly surrendered a scant 103 yards total offense to the Lancers, who crossed midfield only twice.

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dropping their first Gateway Conference game of the season to Milton, 24-6.

Costly mistakes (including a short punt, three interceptions, and four fumbles) helped to set up Milton scores and destroy Trojan scoring opportunities. The Trojans outgained the Wildcats and picked up more than 200 yards on the ground, but their mistakes blunt' ed all but one scoring drive. The loss of tail­ back Mark Toepel because of injury cost the Trojan offense some of its consistency.

The Trojans turned John Dolan's recovery of a fumbled punt into their only points of the day with Heigcs going over from one yard out. The Wildcats came back on a 25 yard Blicsc-to-Hirschinger pass. Meyer's conversion gave the Wildcats a 7-6 halftime lead.

The Wildcats converted two Trojan mis­ takes to build a 21-6 lead in the tlvrd quarter.

A short punt led to a 27 yard touchdown run

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Bob Jensen, playing his usual steady game at corncrback, led the defense with eleven stops.

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The Trojans travelled to Watertown’s Washington Park on October 6th to take on crosstown rival Maranatha. The Trojans regis­ tered the’r third triumph of the season with a 22-0 victory over the Crusaders.

The defense, led by Seivor tackle Mark "Gief” Lindner, yielded only 138 yards to the Crusaders.

With Toepel out of the lineup, John “Grubby” Dolan answered Coach Thompson's call and responded with 167 yards rushing.

Bill Heiges also picked up more than 100 yards on the ground. Junior QB Steve Schwartz injured an ankle in practice, fore ng Freshmen Rog Neumann and Mark Schroeder into the fray at the signal-calling position.

Freshman slotback Jim Mattek was lost to the Trojans indefinitely with a knee injury in the first quarter.

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Bater's conversion gave the Trojans a 7-0 lead. .9, .

The second and third quarters became a punting duel. The Trojans offense wasted several scoring opportunities, but the fine p-mting of John Gawrisch and a determined effort by the defense kept the Crusaders from pay­ dirt.

The Trojans hosted Milton at Aztalan State Parks four-mile course on September 27th. Trojan runners swept the top six spots, with Gottschalk again leading the way Jay finished in 23:50, followed by Gicrach, Kneser, Scharrer, Steiner, and Kraklow.

The offense finally put a drive together in the fourth quarter with Dolan scoring from the three. Bater’s conversion upped the Tro­ jan lead to 14-0. An interception by Fresh­ man Jim Adomeit set up the Trojans’ final TD. Heiges went over from the two and ran for a two-point conversion.

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Runners and their finishing positions fol­ low: Gottschalk 5th, Kneser 7th, Gierach 13th, Scharrer 14th, Wegner 24th, Kraklow 27th, and Birner 40th.

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September 19th found the Trojan harriers in Milwaukee for a double dual meet with Milwaukee Tech and Concordia Milwaukee.

The Trojans swept both portions of the com­ petition with impressive scores. Gottschalk placed first, covering the four-mile Washing­ ton Park course in 22:18. Kneser, Gierach, and Scharrer placed 3rd, 4th, and 5th respec­ tively.

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The Trojans continued their winning ways on September 21st with a dual meet victory over U.W. Fond du Lac. Gottschalk continued his assault on the record books. Jay shaved eleven seconds off NWC's three-mile time in covering the Fond du Lac course in a winning time of 16:34. Gierach placed 3rd and Kneser captured 5th.

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Lakeland’s four-mile course at Howard's Grove was the site on October 8th of what Coach Uttech hopes to be a preview of the Conference meet.

The Trojans took five of the top six spots, Gierach taking first with a time of 23:25.

Following Gierach were: Gottschalk, 2nd; Kne­ ser, 3rd; Scharrer, 4th; and Kraklow, 6th.

CARROLL 18 NWC 41 CONC. MIL. 79 After some confusion, the Trojans found some opposition at Nagawaukee Park near Waukesha on September 25th. The Trojans took on the challenge of a five-mile course for the first time this season. Gottschalk bettered the NWC five-mile mark by more than a minute with his fourth place time of 28:30.

Gierach also bettered the old record with his sixth place time. Kneser came home 9th and Scharrer placed 10th.

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The Trojan hooters travelled to Kenosha on September 15 th to take on Carthage. Des­ pite a ten-minute overtime period, the teams couldn’t break their 4-4 deadlock. Ron Pudell and Jim Huebner scored goals on head shots set up by corner kicks from R. J. Mueller.

Steve Otto and Mueller also scored.

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The Trojans hosted crosstown rival Maranatha on September 18th and came away with a hotly contested 2-1 victory. The victory was the first ever for the Trojan booters over Maranatha.

R. J. Mueller put the Trojans on the board midway through the first half. Steve Otto scored the winning goal in the second half, receiving a gash in his head which required eight stitches for his effort.

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On September 22nd the Trojans travelled to Milwaukee to take on Milwaukee Tech.

Techs foreign-born crew gave the Trojans a lesson in good soccer, scoring twice within the first minute of play. Tech had built a 5-0 lead by halftime, and only superb play by Trojan goal tender Jon Schultz kept the final score in single figures.

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The Trojans made their second trip of the season to Kenosha on September 29th. In a spirited game marked by fights, injuries, and a player ejection, the Trojans defeated Gate­ way Tech 4-1.

Capitalizing on a Tech weakness, Ron Pudell and Jim Lindloff scored goals on lob pas­ ses from John Wille. After an injury to the Tech goalie, Tech retaliated by putting Tro­ jan goal keeper Jon Guenther out of action.

The fired-up Trojans sealed the victory with two goals by NWC’s Pelc, R. J. Mueller.

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CURRENT TRENDS IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ID ecently I had the privilege of attending L a World Hockey Association game in Mil­ waukee. For the admission price of $3.00, plus gas and parking, we were treated to one of the most inanely ridiculous exhibitions I have ever seen. Granted that it was only an early exhibition game and everyone was not in his physical prime, there was no excuse for “pro­ fessional” athletes who fall over on their skates with no one within twenty feet of them. This seems to be a trend in professional sports these days: Quantity, not Quality. In this article I'll try to give an overview of the current situation of the major sports.

Dodgers moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, the Giants from New York to San Francisco, the Washington Senators became the Minnesota Twins and the new Washington Senators became the Texas Rangers, the Seattle Pilots became the Milwaukee Brewers, the Braves went from Boston to Milwaukee to Atlanta, and the A’s went from Philadelphia to Kansas City to Oakland. Expansion has worked out very well in baseball. Even the Mets, who were the joke of baseball for so many years, have won two pennants. Other successful efforts have been turned in by the Brewers, Ex­ pos, Royals, and Astros (nee Colt 45’s).

It was only fifteen years ago that we had sixteen baseball teams, twelve football, nine basketball, and six hockey. At last count, to­ day there are twenty-four baseball, twenty-six football, twenty-seven basketball, and twentyeight hockey teams! New expansion teams have been prevalent, as have entire new' leagues, for that matter. Many teams have shifted their base of operations to other cities, or at least new' stadiums.

The “grand old game,” or America's na­ tional sport as baseball has often been called, is our nation's oldest sport. It all began back in 18C9 with the Cincinati Redstockings. The present-day National and American League situation was organized at the turn of the cen­ tury. Each league had eight teams. It remain­ ed that way until 19C0, when the American League expanded to ten teams, adding the Los Angeles Angels and Minnesota Twins. The National League followed suit the next year, when they added the New York Mets and the Houston Colt 45’s. This put both leagues in a position of ten teams to the division.

Things remained that way until 1969, when both leagues expanded again, the American League adding the Seattle Pilots and the Kan­ sas City Royals, while the National League countered with the San Diego Padres and the first foreign team, Canada’s Montreal Expos.

Relocation also seems to be a prevalent thing in baseball. Many teams have moved once or twice in the past fifteen years. The

Baseball has lost some of its popularity in recent years to football and other sports, but opening day and the World Series always are a treat for any sports fan. Baseball will cer­ tainly last the second hundred years.

Football recently has taken over from base­ ball as the nation’s number one spectator sport.

Just fifteen years ago there were only twelve teams in the National Football League. The league expanded in 1960, adding the Minne­ sota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys. Meanwhile, another professional football league was being formed. This new league, the American Foot­ ball League, had eight teams throughout the country. While many of the players in the league were castoffs from NFL teams, quite a few good young college stars were being signed for huge bonuses, most notably Joe Willie Namath from Alabama. With the signing of Namath the AFL acquired a contract with NBC for television broadcasting of its games.

In order to eliminate the huge bonuses, the leagues merged. The Super Bowl was to decide the champion of pro football.

After easy wins by the Packers in the first two Super Bowls, the New York Jets shocked the nation by whipping the powerful Baltimore Colts, and the Kansas City Chiefs fol­ lowed suit the next year by doing the same to the Minnesota Vikings. It marked the begin­ ning of parity between the two leagues. As a result of the merger, a common draft of college players has been established, and the two

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Expansion has also worked out very well for both leagues. The NFL later added At­ lanta and New Orleans, while the old AFL countered with the Miami Dolphins and Cmcinati Bengals. There are no weak teams in the league, and as the saying goes, "On any given Sunday, any team can beat any other team." I think we can look for further ex­ pansion and a prosperous future for profes­ sional football.

Professional basketball has just started to catch on in the past ten years. After a nineteam National Basketball Association for the first 20 years, the league expanded, adding Chicago. Milwaukee, Phoenix, Seattle, San Diego, Portland, Cleveland, and Buffalo soon followed to bring the NBA to its present seventeen team format. As had been the case with pro football, another league was formed; like its predecessor, it concentrated on signing college players and disenchanted NBA players for huge bonuses. The American Basketball Association brought with it such innovations as a three-point shot and a red, white, and blue ball.

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Hockey is America’s fastest growing major spectator sport, and with good reason. Fast moving play, teamwork, and violence are very appealing to the American society today. For

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In 1967 the League doubled in size, adding Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Oak­ land, St. Louis, and Minnesota. Since then, teams have been added in Buffalo, Vancouver, Atlanta, and another in New York. All this expansion has heightened the interest in hockey throughout the country, but has considerably weakened the talent. To complicate matters further, last year saw the birth of the World Hockey Association. With its twelve teams it has increased the number of pro hockey teams almost 400% in the past seven years.

It is good to see interest in the sport spread­ ing like it is, but I feel it has over-expanded itself and will spread out talent too much over the next ten years. All the great rivalries of the past, such as Toronto-Montrcal and Detroit-Chicago, have been reduced in frequency from about twelve times a year to only three or four. With the high prices charged for attending games nowadays, it's hard to im­ agine many people shelling out five bucks for the Toronto Toros and the Minnesota Fighting Saints.

These are the major professional sports in America today. Some years previously there was a big push for soccer and, to a lesser ex­ tent, lacrosse, which failed. Maybe they were ahead of their time and will make a comeback in the near future, but as it stands now pro­ fessional sports is big business, providing mil­ lions of fans with entertainment, an emotional outlet, and a sure-fire way to spend money. It brings together the rich and the poor, the young and the old. Without them we'd pro­ bably be in a lot worse shape than we are now.

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After Lombardi stepped down as head coach, he selected Phil Bcngtson, his defensive coordinator, as his successor. Although Bengtson was undoubtedly a fine coach under Lom­ bardi, he never quite lived up to the advance billing which his former boss had attributed to him. Of course, one is led to speculate that perhaps Lombardi could foresee trouble in the upcoming years for the Pack, and for this rea­ son he had retired to be the general manager of the team. At any rate, even the most fan­ atic of the Packer followers couldn't have ex­ pected the team to win its fourth straight NFL title. Needless to say, there was never any problem about that. With Bengtson at the helm, the Packers slipped into the second di­ vision for a few seasons, though I'm sure no one would lay the full blame for the team’s collapse on Bengtson.

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Shortly thereafter, the Packers decided to release Bengtson. In his place, they installed Dan Devine, a fine coach from the University of Missouri. During his first tour in the pros, Devine was in a learning process, as his 4-8-2 record suggests.

Although Bengtson’s defense was exception­ al in the Packers' glory years, little things be­ gan to go wrong. One event that made this fact painfully obvious was the 40-0 beating which the Lions administered to the Pack in their season opener a few years back. In their second meeting that season, Detroit blanked G.B. 20-0. By this time it had become evident that the Pack was no longer a powerhouse.

Sore-armed and often-injured QB Bart Starr directed the Packer’s impotent offense. In addition, injuries to running backs and to oth­ er key personnel put the clamps on the Pack.

It wasn’t long before Green Bay held down fourth place in the Central Division.

One season and one broken leg later, how­ ever, Devine showed his genius by selecting Willie Buchanon, Jerry Tagge, and Chester Marcol in the first two rounds of the draft.

Buchanon eventually became the NFL Rookie of the Year and is now rated as one of the best cornerbacks in the league. Marcol became the NFL's leading scorer; his talented toe led the Pack to a 10-4 mark in the 1972 campaign.

If the Packers can continue to make such progress, there is no doubt that they will be one of the teams whose goal can be realized by winning the playoffs this December. All in all, I think we can safely assume that the Pack is finally back — in contention for another championship.

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Farewell I may begin to sound slightly artificial here, but I know that Doctor Kiessling has left a portion of himself in every person who knows him, whether through classroom study or elsewhere. This is true of everyone who is given the opportunity to exert a personal influence

TAThile leafing through the fragile pages of VV B&R editions from the earlier days of our century, I happened to land the first issue of volume XX. It transported me almost six decades back into the annals of Northwestern's recorded histories. 1916 — that was a good year. Judging by the contents of the editions of that era, topics then under discussion were woman’s fight for recognition, war rumblings growing ever louder, and new concepts of morality.

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I noticed, however, that this particular ed­ ition revolved not on the burning issues of the day, as was typical of the B&R publications in the 'teen years of our century, but rather on the man William Shakespeare. The first article in volume XX is a cleverly written nar­ rative between Will and his good friend Chris Marlowe. A substantial biography of Shake­ speare follows this “farce dialogue,” and point­ ed quotations from his writings also find their way into the pages of the edition. You sharper members of this paper's reading clientele may have already surmised who it was that headed up the team of this publication's writers in 1916. Whether you are a student on campus or an alumnus from some far frontier of our synod, you are likely to have had an acquain­ tance with him. He was, of course, Elmer C. Kiessling, alias Euterpe Rex, in the earlier years of his life. Despite the “last farewell” which he bade his alma mater in the June issue of 1917, Mr. Kiessling wasn’t to wait long be­ fore his calling would bring him back to this campus for a much longer stay.

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In 1927 Prof. Kiessling began his tenure as a professor on our campus, a period which spanned virtually two generations. After he acquired his doctorate in 1935, he continued his work with students inside and outside the classroom until last spring, when we saw him again bid farewell. But, like the leave he took of his college in 1917, this departure couldn’t be a total withdrawal either.

on people. We merely realize it more when we cease to be enriched by his daily presence, as it now the case with Doctor Kiessling.

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After the Shakespeare course which I took with Dr. Kiessling was completed, I emerged with new ideas about the works of that great playwright, as I had done on a smaller scale after each individual class period. The same was true about the literature of more recent origin which we read and learned to appre­ ciate.

Doc’s approach in class was admirable for many reasons. The biggest effect which he worked in us was an appreciation for the literature which was prescribed for the course, and consequently a desire to read more of the same.

This is the most important goal that a profes­ sor can have in mind when he goes about teach­ ing a college class. There is no way that every­ thing a course may offer can be presented in class or tested on later. The greatest portion of knowledge which anyone acquires is that which he finds or experiences on his own. Doc­ tor Kiessling used the fifty minutes alloted to each session to generate this spirit in those before him.

His style was loose; in many instances he spoke extemporaneously on topics which seemed only slightly connected with the course.

If he recalled an anecdote from years back, it most likely was to find its way into the lecture of the day. Doc is blessed with a memory re­ plete with experiences from home or abroad, of recent or remote occurrence.

Because of his long-standing work in the field of literature, Dr. Kiessling has been able to watch from the sidelines as would-be liter­ ary men fought to get into the public eye and especially on its bookshelf. It’s really intrigu­ ing to hear him speak of men now synonymous with show business whose careers he witnessed from the beginning, perhaps as some minor Shakespearean character. In class he some­ times seemed to us to be unreal. The scope of his experiences is beyond comprehension; yet that he could recall and vividly explain the old as well as the new was all the more re­ markable.

He shared so many chapters of his life with his students in his lectures on the subject at hand, and he left with every one of his stu­ dents a measure of his person. His formal work as an instructor at NWC is completed now. The waves created by his presence in the sea of this college are yet with us, and, they will continue to change things for years to come.

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The Death of a Tradition TAT hen I first saw West Hall, it looked more * * like a forboding castle than the home that I came to know and love. For almost three quarters of a century it has served North­ western; until East Hall was built, it was home for the entire eight years for most of the guys.

But as the years wore on and new facilities were added, West Hall was slowly phased out.

Imagine, if you will, that those battlescarred halls could talk. Imagine the stories and secrets that they would be able to tell, secrets like who painted the prof’s house green or who jammed the chapel-arts doors shut with snow last year during semester exam week.

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Our Sexta year was the last year that they used the “Pits." Sixteen underclassmen sleep­ ing in one room, the Big Pit Bedroom, was a sight to behold. These poor guys were easy prey for the marauding bands of upperclass­ men who wished to inflict harm on their under­ lings. Nor were they denied their day. One fateful night in early February they, along with the rest of second and third floors, de­ cided to return the favors that the kindly gentlemen of first floor had so often bestowed upon them. The preparations had been made and the stage was set for one of the biggest water fights in the history of Prep. There were no sides for the Sextaners. When you’re as low as a snake's vest in a wagon rut, you're fair game for everyone. But it was all in fun.

Such was our first year in West Hall.

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When we had a pillow raid we took no chances — the doors to the rooms of the Dean and the tutors were securely tied shut so that we would be assured free rein.

We never had to go to the Watertown Bowl to bowl that year. We'd just go up to Manthe's Lanes on third floor. It was a little messy, but we didn't mind. Nor did we have to leave the dorm to take a swim. Glenn and Gumby always saw to it that the basement pool was full. Anything and everything was legal, from borrowing a certain pair of red slippers to eating the apples and cracking the nuts of our leaders.

Our crowning glory was when we’d had enough of “You're in room,” or “Diligent to the end, boys.” It was time to overthrow our leader. First we tried to drown him or at least wash him down the second floor stairs.

But somebody got wise and plugged the hole in Delbert's room. The only thing left was to hang him. Naylor very carefully prepared the body, and when we came back from chapel one night, there was our leader with his feet dangling lightly above the square.

But the joke was on us. This wasn't taken lightly by the authorities. They sent their most powerful overseer. All that he had to do was utter the famous words, “There's been a change in the administration — of this I am sure all of you are aware — and once again West Hall will become part of Northwestern.” We knew it was all over but the crying. We had had all the fun that we were going to have that year.

The next time we saw West Hall was un­ der entirely different circumstances. We were Frosh, and most of our childish wildness had been curbed. There were moments, however, when we relapsed. One event in particular stands out. It seems that a few of the boys were hanging out the window trying to con­ duct a civilized conversation with some young ladies below when one of those ladies had the audacity to climb the fire escape and actually break into the dorm. Why the Dean chose that particular moment to come in no one will ever know, but the punishment seemed to me to be especially severe.

Initiation was a rather memorable occa­ sion, if only because it was the only time in

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his life that Rog Kuerth got close to being tough. I’m sure that Jon Peterson will never forget it — he's the only person I know whom the mere voice of Beck Goldbeck could petrify with fear.

It wasn't all wine and roses. I seem to re* call quite a few late-night vigils cramming three hundred lines of Latin or trying to guess which verb the Greek prof was going to use for a paradigm on tomorrow’s quiz. Frosh was quite a year.

It was only by request that a number of us stayed in West Hall during our Sophomore year. We were the last class to enjoy the rela­ tively easy year that the old curriculum offered the Sophs, and we did our best to use all our spare time wisely. For the first and only time in eight years, life had become tolerable. The “bad attitude” disappeared as a new feeling of pride was instilled in us, even if it was only short-lived.

This pride showed itself in the way every­ one redid his rooms. Jcske had the third floor Penthouse suite complete with secret exit. For the sports buffs there was Don and Glenn’s Sports Illustrated Lounge. Goo and Grubby had the grocery store, and Bitter and Ernie had the dump. What more could you ask for.

Everything was in our favor, and we had a great year.

There was one sad note, however. One of the more profound incidents was when one of our little group was called from this vale of tears called Northwestern to the plains of western Minnesota. We thought it only proper and fitting that we should pay our last re­ spects to our departed brother Wurster. The bier was prepared and carried in stately pro­ cession around the campus with candles and Latin chanting. After a small service, he was laid to rest up on fourth floor. As the memory of West Hall lives on, so may the memory of Brother Wurster live on.

There is more to West Hall than the cracked plaster and the leaky radiators, as anyone knows who has ever lived there. For me, it was more than a place to stay, it was a. familiar friend and a refuge after a long day. And I'm sure that even after the last bricks are smashed apart, West Hall will oc­ cupy a very real place in the memories of the guys who lived there.

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THE ARTS In addition, Christopher Idoine’s set and lighting designs and the costumes of James Brady, while functional and appropriate to the tone of the play, were far from spectacular. There was little in these trappings to take up the slack of audience interest if there was a letdown in acting quality.

All in all, in this play more than most, the burden of success lay on the backs of the players.

Prisoner of the Crown TAT hen I first examined the list of scheduled ^ ■ plays for the 1973-74 season at the Mil­ waukee Repertory Theater, I was understand­ ably disappointed. After all, what good could come from a season that offers no Shakespeare.

However, I was quite impressed by the en­ thusiastic and consistently favorable plaudits heaped by members of the modern drama elec­ tive upon the Rep’s first offering, so impressed, in fact, that I was convinced to avail myself of the opportunity to view the play for myself.

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by Richard Stockton entitled Prisoner of the Crown. Contrary to the impressions the title may conjure up of the Elizabethan court or perhaps the English Inquisition, the play was based upon an actual case which took place within the hallowed halls of Old Bailey in 1916 at the height of British involvement in the First World War. Briefly, it is the story of the trial of one Sir Roger Casement, a British Knight of the Realm although an Irish nationalist, accused and convicted of high treason for attempting to solicit German aid for an Irish revolt against the British Empire. The message of the plav is a philosophical one concerning the disputed right of Law to bypass ethics in order to ex­ pedite the workings of wartime politics.

The play is centered not around the trial itself, but around the deliberation of the twelve jurors for the case. In a unique dramatic turn, the events leading up to the trial and the trial itself are enacted by the jurors themselves, as if they were the manifestations of the thoughts of the jury reviewing the case.

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Artistic director Nagle Jackson, beginning his third season in Milwaukee, met the chat* lenge with a masterful effort. Employing subtle but coherent transitions, Jackson succeeded in guiding his actors through the necessary role changes with a fluency that was both workable for the actors and understandable to their audience. Jackson’s inclination toward the ah' surd was evident. A typical example was his un*que interpretation of the British cabinet meeting with the long-winded und°r-secrctary haranguing from the table top while a half' dozen mechanized yes men indulge in un­ abashed slumber around him. Taking a page from Hitchcock, Jackson made a cameo appear­ ance in his own production as the bailiff and provided some very enjoyable comic relief.

The efforts of the director were coupled with a consistently high level of quality in the performances of the cast members. In a play lacking specific lead roles, it is difficult to single out individuals. However, Robert Lancaster, who portrayed Sir Roger Casement as well as his role as a juror, offered a sensitive perform' ance that was particularly impressive.

Two young actors, Jim Baker and Robert Ground, are also worthy of note. Mr. Baker, whom theatergoers will recall from his lead role in the Rep’s production last year of The Cherry Orchard, turned in an excellent per' formance as a pig-faced, squeak-voiced bigot.

Those who saw Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Rep last season will remember the baby' faced innocence of Robert Ground in his lead role. His innocence is hardly type-cast, however. Anyone who saw Prisoner will not forget him as the “vocally colorful” Keeper of the Rolls.

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of political manipulation and corruption lend it startling relevance to current events.

Both of these actors had at least four additional roles to portray in Prisoner of the Crown and their success at both comic and dramatic interpretation added immensely to audience enjoyment of the play.

The Milwaukee Reperatory Theater’s interpretation was a very creditable opening to their 20th season. If it is indicative of things to come, they may well expect another successful dramatic year. Even without Shake-* speare.

Prisoner of the Crown is an unusual play.

It is based on actual historical events from over fifty years ago. Yet its concern with the British-Irish conflict and its ironic treatment

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ON PEACE AAost people talk too much, especially at Christmastime. No doubt this year we will again be buried in an avalanche of rhetoric dwelling on that most popular of secular themes, peace. Politicians, liberal theologians, and other such no-accounts really love to lay it on thick at Yuletide. The worst part is that our senses become dulled to the true message of the season.

Rather than talk too much myself, I decided to let some other people do the talking.

You can draw your own conclusions.

Peace is our final good.

St. Augustine The City of Cod 427 A.D

The best peacemaker is a stout stick.

French proverb Eternal peace lasts only until the next year.

Russian proverb Eternal peace is a dream, and not even a beautiful one.

Helmuth von Moltke letter to J. K. Bluntschi 1880 Ye shall love peace only as a means to new wars . . .

F. W. Nietsche Also Sprach 'Zarathustra 1S85 Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing soooner than of war.

Homer The Iliad ca. 800 B.C. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; na­ tion shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Micah 4:3 ca. 700 B.C.

Let us strive ... to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.

Abraham Lincoln 1865 This is the culminating and final war for huWoodrow Wilson man liberty.

1918 Air raid, Pearl Harbor — this is no drill.

Rear Admiral P. N. L. Bellinger, USN December 7, 1941 The purpose of the United Nations is: to maintain international peace and security, and to that end, to take effective collec­ tive measures for the prevention and re­ moval of threats to the peace.

UN Charter, 1945 Mankind must put an end to war — or war will put an end to mankind.

John F. Kennedy 1961 . . . a generation of peace ... an honorable peace . . .

Richard M. Nixon 1973 My Kingdom is not of this world . . . peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you . . . in the world you will have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.

Jesus Christ

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T"*he month of January figures to be a big one here on campus. Not only will all the winter sports programs be in full swing, but two cultural events are slated to help fill up the calendar. So if on the evenings of Jan' uary 10th and 20th you wonder where every­ one is going on campus, why don’t you throw on your coat and find out.

On Thursday, January 10th, one of those plays that you've read in class and have always wanted to see but never quite got around to it will come to life on our campus, when the Department of Theater and Dance of the Uni' versity of Wisconsin-Whitewater presents Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The performance will be in the music auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited and there will be neither an admission fee nor an offering (that means it’s free). It should be a great night’s entertain' ment.

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presenting during the month of December a play by Gilbert and Sullivan. This year’s product'on is “The Pirates of Penzance.” Gilbert and Sullivan have become a specialty with the Skylight. Each year they present one of these musical comedies to the delight of their audi­ ences. If you have the time this month, one of the presentations is recommended.

recital. The date is Sunday, January 20th, and the time is 7:30 p.m. Pastor Schmidt is the pastor of the Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel in Madison. He has made music a life-long avo­ cation, and recently he completed requirements for a master's degree in organ. The event should be a good diversion to the usual Sunday night what-should-I-do.

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Performance Linda Ronstadt David Crosby and Graham T^ash T walked out of the Dane County Coliseum ’*■ with mixed feelings (which, by the way, is highly undesirable — a good concert should leave you walking on air for a few hours.) I had had the thrill of being in the presence of greatness, but too many distractions interfered with pure enjoyment. Something was always taking the edge off the continuity necessary for good times. It underscored a basic fact of performances: no matter how good the perfor­ mers are, it has to be a good show.

Advertising for the concert had been al­ most nonexistent — I had heard about it only by chance. As a result there was plenty of room in the Coliseum, but I knew from pre­ vious bitter experience that appreciation of an acoustic concert is inversely proportional to your distance from the stage. I managed to sneak up close, but had to pay the price of sitting on the floor — all that separated us squatters from the hockey ice was 3/4" of temporary plywood flooring. By the end of the show, my nether regions were so cold that I had abandoned any hope of ever walking like a normal person again. The people around me, obviously Coliseum veterans, were obliv­ ious to the Arctic conditions, fortified with Mogen David, cannabis, and blankets.

The crowd was in a tolerant and receptive mood -- a nearby gentleman in tattered Osh­ kosh B’gosh overalls was heard to remark, “If

Stills is with them, I’m go;ng to heaven.” The lights went down fifteen minutes late (which by contemporary standards is fifteen minutes early) and Ronstadt came on, backed by drums, bass, acoustic rhythm guitar, and Steely Dan’s’ pedal steel and lead players. They laid down an accented, moving, but distinctly coun­ try background for her soaring vocals — driv­ ing, but with a few twangers thrown in for contrast. Her set was a mixture of cuts from her new album and of Ronstadt classics, rang­ ing from some moth-eaten Paul Anka schmalz to a steaming “You’re No Good.”

She opened with “I Fall to Pieces,” an old Patsy Cline tune famous for its deathless pedal steel intro, followed by her latest heavy, “Silver Threads and Golden Needles.” A nice touch was the way she would talk a little be­ tween songs — it drew the audience closer and covered for the inevitable tuning gaps. For “Long, Long, Time” she picked up her roundbacked Ovation six-string and traded a little pickin’ with the acoustic guitar player. She kept the numbers short, and as the band moved from song to song it picked up assurance from the appreciative audience. Perhaps the even­ ing’s best was Jackson Browne’s “Rock Me on the Water,” a pulsing half-wailer with some rather nifty background harmony. Finishing to a down-and-out rocker, they left to a stand­ ing O. The crowd patiently clapped and clapped for the de rigeur encore, but they should have saved their strength. After ten minutes the house lights went up and some roadies came out and started taking down equipment, mum­ bling something about Linda’s not feeling good.

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That kind of let the air out of everybody and we all sat down feeling cheated and deflated.

During the seemingly endless intermission I was trying to find a warm spot on the floor while the Western Hemisphere Frisbee Cham­ pion dazzled the crowd with some stupendous throws through the rafters.

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The roadies were finally finished and the house lights went down. I was trying to be as blase and objective as possible, but it was like sticking a finger into a light socket when they walked out, authentic deities of Rock's pan­ theon, the patron gods of Folk-Rock. The crowd roar died away, but with the stutter­ ing triplets of "Dcja Vu” it began anew. They sat up there playing identical Martins, Crosby with his walrus mustache, Nash now with a full beard, voices moving in parallel fourths.

The smoke and stage lights directly overhead combined to further the illusion of apotheosis as splintered shafts of gold created a fiery haze around their heads.

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Nash then fitted a C-harp into a rack for the next tune, "Southbound Train”; they must have been hassled by someone down in front, though, because before they finished the first chorus, they broke off and Nash in scatological terms requested the audience to shut up. The song was finished but the effect was killed, and for the rest of the night the rapport and in­ timacy so essential to "wooden music” was destroyed just because some crazies couldn't keep their mouths shut. (It's like crackers in bed. — Crosby) Even if the personal magic was gone, the technical artistry and sheer beauty of the music was still there. The delicate notes of "All Along the Lee Shore” were cobwebs spun in the attic of the mind; airy, suspended, and de­ tached, dust motes falling slowly. “Guine­ vere” was wistful, vocal thirds floating over gently ringing guitar, fragile images of med­ ieval English meadow, a forgotten conversa­ tion, filtered sunlight.

Crosby then did a few numbers alone, and the vibes got noticeably better; Graham had been edgy and sensitive throughout, while David was looser, riding the crest of a rather mellow tequila high. He did two songs: Joni Mitchell's "For Free,” a sad realization of the hype of commercialized music, and his own "Triad,” the dilemma of divided affection.

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five-buck Ann Arbor fine with some poor boob in Texas who drew ten years for possession of two joints.

There was a short break and then the famed Electric half commenced, featuring Crosby on his usual electric twelve-string, Nash on Fender six-string, Neil Young’s Tim Drummond on bass, Johnny Barbata on drums, and some sub­ stitute lead player. After the usual cacophony of tuning, they broke into “Wooden Ships,’’ Crosby’s vision of war’s aftermath, and fol­ lowed with “And So It Goes,’’ a new song written by Nash. The rhythm was character­ istically down-tempo, throbbing and churning around the chorus, “Everybody knows/ Music gets you high/ Everybody grows/ And so it

gets uncomfortable. And refusing to do an encore isn't going to make any friends. All that most of the people want to do is to settle back and enjoy some good music — you can’t blame them for not getting as involved in the music as the performers do. One thing is certain — the next time I go to a concert at the Dane County Coliseum, I’m taking a blanket.

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goes.’’

They were cookin’ now and Crosby really unloaded on the next one, “Almost Cut my Hair.’’ After the first two verses, they ex­ ploded into a torrid jam for a couple of min­ utes, then wound back into a flaming finale.

“Immigration Man,’’ one of the few cuts they did from the Nash/Crosby album, built slowly into a pulsing chorus and had the crowd on its feet by the end. Then came the Heaviness Rap, the Radical Consciousness Trip against War and other Nasties. You could see that Nash was going to start crying if everybody didn’t stand up and chant “No More War’’ with him, so we did finally get up and clap along so he would play some more music. The finale was “Military Madness,’’ a bona fide Protest song, and we were all duly inspired to end war and everything, but the crazies must have been yelling again, because Nash was obviously ir­ ritated as they walked out.

The applause was sincere even as the min­ utes wore on and they didn't reappear; the crowd tried everything: chanting “more” in unison, stomping, and lighting matches, but to no avail. The house lights went up and people started spilling out, but the majority stayed and kept clapping. Finally, after ten or fifteen minutes (it seemed like two hours) the lights went down and they came out again, apologiz­ ing for misunderstanding the audience. Their encore was a medley of “What Are Their Names’’ and “Chicago.’’

It was really too bad — the show had enor­ mous potent:al, but it left a bad taste in your mouth; it just goes to prove that there is more to a good concert than music alone — the per­ formers have to have “stage presence’’ and have a basic desire to please. If they allow a crazy to distract their act, the entire audience 107

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iinur Swan Song They are waiting out there, I know, Like their mothers have waited a thousand times before them Sitting on their hands.

As if it dare not end.

And defying that dome of dizzying rain, I go To do the sacrificial soft-shoe countless more than Even they had planned.

Stranger, my friend, Were you ever satisfied In the April of your life?

It's hard, you don’t know, you can't know, and even Now they touch my beard to ask of fables and “What is it like to be so high?”

(But think, “He doesn’t know, the old sot.’’)

I shuffle, of course — if I could but remember!

(And sure they’ll know me if I’m wrong) “I’m sorry — I meant to take my Brownie along, But I forgot."

Pictures come back to me at times In sniveling, mediocre rhymes: Pea-brains in my Sunday stew Asking what they care to hear, Pigeon-preachers seek a wail Imploring it a wooden ear, Courts that Converse shooters cram Craving enigmatic beer.

This much, and Nitschke, they all saw. (“Where does it come from," queries Hamlet) But I remember the stairway clouds That rain their sapphires to an age, And the silhouette clouds you can almost touch Reflecting off my boyhood lawn..

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The days grow long when you reach December.

And the nights longer still.

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Students come, students go.

The sturdy structure stands.

The horse committee changes names Despite protesting bands.

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Not wind, nor cold, nor flood, nor rain Could faze the sturdy frame As long as radiators live And rats are hard to tame.

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Therefore, my friends, don't philosophize Or deem this great disaster.

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FACES A s the car came to a gradual halt, the glint ^ of the pale moon revealed five very fright' ened faces glancing about through the night for some relief from the ordeal which each man knew would be upon him all too soon, The moonbeams reflecting from the tall wav' ing grass blowing about haphazardly in the strong breeze sent chills up the spines of the bodies which belonged to those distraught faces. In the distance, the sound of surf pound­ ing against the rocks below rumbled through the otherwise silent night air. Overhead a lone gull on the wing appeared to be an evil omen of spirits to come, as the all-encompassing moonlight seemed to bear up its white feathers, The grassy cliff was totally deserted except for these five intruders with their bewildered faces.

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The four shuddered at that terrible thought, but were shocked out of their transfixed spell by that fifth frightened face peering at them through the darkness. Their victim had arrived, and it was time to go.

After a moment’s pause, the men slowly began moving, drifting through the night, swaying with the tall foliage. They headed for the edge of the plateau, where the grass met the sky and a strong wind whistled briskly up the precipitous slope from the murky waters beneath. One of the men seemed to move particularly slowly and deliberately among the crowd. His forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and the look in his eyes would have been enough to curdle a man s blood, so frightened he appeared. He labored under the heavy load of a suitcase, not normally so heavy as it seemed to him now because of its deadly contents. Soon his face would even more explicitly show the true fear which now began to grip his soul as he trudged toward the ever-nearing ed§e* The other four faces also showed a great fear and anxiety over what was so quickly to come upon them, but for a different reason.

It was the unfortunate four who had the un­ welcome task of carrying out the orders of their beneficent superiors. They were indeed not looking forward to it, for it was an ab­ horrent job, especially when they had to com­ plete it in its entirety, as was often the case.

Their faces seemed to say through their grim­ aces in the moonlight, “Why must this horrible occupation be necessary?” Searching for an

All five knew the fatal rules to the game, The preliminaries were completed and the moment of decision was finally at hand for the victim. The ultimate question was put to him.

Now was the moment of truth. All that was required of him was one little word, a simple affirmative or negative answer to the pressing question, a mere yes or no. He was forced to produce an answer on which his whole life depended and the awful weight of his decision clearly showed in his grimacing visage. The faces of his would-be accusers also reflected a horrible en. . consternation, . . . for .they . ,no. more , J0>'ed their task than thc vlctim hls role> But time stands still for no man. The decision of the accused had been made, and with a deep breath he spat out his answer. Now the four, who had painfully waited so long for his answer, knew what they must do. Meehanically they produced a chalice and poured in a measure of the dark foreboding liquid which was at last to be administered. As the victim slowly raised the chalice to his lips, the light of the dawn began to peek out over the now calm waters. The wind had subsided and thc tall grass stood still. The first beams of sun­ light shone on the faces of the five men, but it revealed changed faces, no longer tense and distaught. No, now these men all . had , calm countenances which thankfully looked up o heaven as a sound almost like an angelic chorus seemed to be chanting, first quietly, then ever louder and louder, “Dr. Pepper, so misunder­ stood! Dr. Pepper, so misunderstood!” The night was over.

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rT1 HE column is a little shorter than usual this month. Not too much must be happening with our alumni. Several people have responded to the request in the October edition to send in items to the alumni editor. Here’s the address again: Jim Witt; Alumni Editor; East Hall, Rm. 320; Northwestern College; Watertown, WI 53094. Please feel free to send in any personal achievements or blessings.

DEDICATION Peace Ev. Lutheran Church of Granger, IN, de­ dicated a church site, a parsonage, and tempor­ ary worship facilities on November 18.

RETIREMENTS The Rev. Melvin Croll of Mayville, WI, recently retired.

The Rev. Adelbert Hellmann of Burlington, WI, also retired recently.

The Rev. Herman Cares retired from service at Christ Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, WI.

INSTALLATIONS Robert Bitter (’64) of Neillsville, WI, has accept­ ed a call to St. Paul’s of Moline, IL. He was installed on November 25.

PERSONAL ANNIVERSARIES R. H. Roth, serving at the congregation in Clear Lake, SD, celebrated his 40th year of service in the ministry on October 7.

Winfred Nommensen celebrated his 25th year in the ministry of the Gospel on November 11.

Harold Eckert observed his 40th anniversary of serving in the ministry on November 18.

CONGREGATIONAL ANNIVERSARIES Our Shepherd in Warren, MI, ce’ebrated its 25th anniversary on September 30. Rev. J. Henderson is the pastor.

St. Matthew’s of Benton Harbor, MI, observed its 75th anniversary during October. Rev. K. Biedenbender is serving as pastor.

New Salem, of Sebewaing, MI, held its l?5th an­ niversary observance on October 14. Rev. P. Huebner is pastor.

Zion of Monroe, MI, also celebrated its 125th on October 14. The pastor is the Rev. G. Cares.

Zion also dedicated a new parsonage on the day before.

DEATHS Rev. H. C. Haase, who served at St. Matthew’s of Benton Harbor for 40 years, went to heaven on October 17 at the age of 91.

BIRTHS Rev. Ralph Martens and his wife were blessed with the gift of a son, Timothy John, on Sep­ tember 30.

Pastor and Mrs. David Gosdeck (’65) are very happy to announce the birth of their son, Mic­ hael Edgar. Michael was born on September 28. Pastor Gosdeck is presently serving at Lake City, MN. ELECTION OF NEW DISTRICT PRESIDENT Something like this doesn’t happen every day, so it is with great pleasure that it has been an­ nounced that Rev. Raymond Wiechmann of Seminole, FL, was elected the first president of the newly formed South Atlantic district.

The district was called into being by resolution at our Synod convention last August.

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Look out world, Jim Tiefel has two dates in one weekend!

NEW DEAN Martin Schulz, formerly serving in Moorhead, MN, has accepted the call to serve as dean of Northwestern Preparatory School. Dean Schulz has already been active in his capacity for several weeks now. His dedication and con­ cern for his calling has become evident to all on campus. We welcome him as a member of the campus family and wish him well.

Rick Zahn is alive and working on a buffalo re­ servation in the western plains.

Jim Cloute is engaged to Jackie Knoll, prepar­ ing to make his sacrifice at the altar, Warning to Dale Tollefson: GA is coming!

OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS Pastor John C. Lawrenz (’65) has achieved and experienced several noteworthy things in the recent past. On June 10th of this year, John graduated from Brandeis University with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mediterra­ nean Studies. His dissertation was entitled, “The Maritime Theme in Second Temple Nu­ mismatics.” (Numismatics is the study or col­ lection of monetary objects, ed.). On June 15th John and his wife had a daughter, Sarah He­ lene. Finally , on July 29th he was installed as pastor of Zion Lutheran, Gainesville, FL, the Synod’s 1001st congregation. Congratula­ tions on all these things. May the Lord con­ tinue to bless your future.

Seniors: The seniors are found wanting.

Mr. and Mrs. Brad Knapp are happy to announce the birth of a son, Jerome Karl, on October 17.

WANTED: One bottle of extra thick and heavy, masculine looking, brown or black hair dye for Frank Scherbarth.

WANTED: One funeral suit: dark and subdued, preferably black, no pattern, old-fashioned in appearance. Also One pair of white shoes. Send information to Eugene Roecker.

WANTED: One wife for a former B&R Editor.

Necessary qualifications: I. Must be a WELS member in good standing.

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SEM NOTES After careful editing and comment, we now proudly present our seminarians’ contributions to our magazine.

Juniors: Already instituting new changes on the Sem. Steve Korth has recanted on his celibacy.

Dan Schaller has been taking a special course in phy. ed. at Manitowoc.

Rumor has it that Larry Zahn will be “hooked” after Christmas.

ALL STAR WRESTLING — throughout America and the Dominion of Canada — and now it has come to Sem. Dirty Dusty Goober and Nick Garbowinkle have retained their title in a hardfought match.

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Dan Garbow suffered a concussion in a recent classroom accident. His head slipped off a stack of books during class and violently struck his desk.

Scott Stone has been appointed by the Commis­ sion on Worship to come out with a new version of the Lutheran Liturgy.

Norris Baumann has been buffing up lately on

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CONCERN AND UNCONCERN T-Jere it is, another Blac\ and Red deadline * due! It seems as if it has been only a month since the last one was due. Each month it seems harder to get up to write an article.

I really don't know why, since the field is open to almost any topic under the sun, I had contemplated writing a rebuttal to Lee Punke’s “The Pack is Back" article, but I didn’t want to have all the Wisconsin fans on my back.

Besides, the Lions aren’t doing much better themselves. I thought about writing on the history of neo-classical rock, but there always seems to be some sort of article in the B&R anyway. Sports stories arc too prevalent now, especially since I wrote one last time.

Maybe it is just too hard to get keyed. One of the reasons has to be the apathy on campus here at good old Northwestern. People just don't seem to care about anything unless they get some sort of a reward. This is not to say that everyone in the school is like this, because they're not. But when you look at the school as a whole, you can see that there are many improvements that can be made. For instance, whenever there is some cleanup job to be done and volunteers are asked for, how many people wall donate ten or fifteen minutes of their time to help out even though that is all it would take and they have nothing better to do any­ way.

Instead most people go back to the dorms and engage in such exciting pastimes as sleep­ ing, watching TV, reading comic books, or just plain staring at the walls. Homecoming displays are supposed to be a class effort, but most of the time they’re the work of just a few individuals who put all their free time into it just so the class will have something displaying its name. Many people don’t even know what the class built for its display, since they never attended a class meeting in all the time they’ve been up here.

I suppose part of it is the fact that there’s such a long way to go before school is over, that you just live one day at a time. Of course, there are no girls up here to impress — that

might have something to do with it, But there should still be a certain amount of pride we should take in anything that we do. Anything worth doing is worth doing well. We should not live to see how little we have to do to get by, but how much we actually can do. We should show some self-respect and pride in whatever we do, be it large or small.

The same thing applies to writing for the Blac\ and Red. There are no pressures put on you; you are not docked a grade for being late.

In fact, you can even skip writing a column for a certain issue if circumstances warrant it.

(We try not to miss any issue, if possible.) It is easy to get discouraged when you see some­ one throw away his copy without even open­ ing it. They feel that there is nothing interest­ ing to read in the whole paper, without even paging through it. This is a very prevalent attitude at NWC. The Blac\ and Red is the voice of the students. If you feel you can write better than some of the other people, submit an article. We’re always looking for wellwritten and interesting articles.

Probably one of the most striking aspects of writing for the B&R is that of tradif'on.

For seventy-six years, now, the Blac\ and Red has been the official publication of the stu­ dents at Northwestern College. Of all the daily work, book reports, and term papers that I write while here at NWC, none will be pre­ served for posterity. My B£?R articles will.

Some day five, ten, or fifty years from now, anyone can go through the volumes of the B&R and look through my articles. I would certainly hope that persons would say, “That was an interesting article,” than “Boy, they must have really been hard up for writers back then.” It does take pride and a desire to make an article interesting for a large percentage of the students. I hope that everyone will sit down and take a good look at our paper and, if possible, offer suggestions and improvements.

The Blac\ and Red has too much tradition be­ hind it to go to waste through apathy.

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SWEETNESS AND LIGHT Sweetness and light, sweetness and light, It is no bane, it is no blight.

It shall prevail, it must be right.

So do not say, “Go fly a kite!”

For that is just not cricket, quite.

Let's all be good and laugh, not fight — Dispel the darkness of the night With sweetness and light, sweetness and light.

CLASSCCCH My editor assigned me the task of cleaning out all the filing cabinets in the B&R room.

Being one who submits readily to authority, I did the job with zest. We decided to put whatever we found up for auction, so here are a few of the items, together with their base prices. Get ’em while they’re hot. $1,000,000,000,000 Jeske's vocabulary ...

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HEBREW Hi! This is Daisy Mae, your Dairy Maid (apologies to Al Toepel) for the month of December, and I've come to tell you some of the joys of drinking that great Hebrew, Hebrew, Wisconsin product: Milk! It’s so pure and When will those clouds all disappear? wholesome and safe for my children’s teeth, All those verbs I greased so close that I hope next year come Halloween, when Seem to all go up in smoke! the little tykes come knocking on your door, Let me whisper in your ear: you pour a whole gallon of it into their bags. Hebrew, Hebrew, It’s so much fun to see their faces light up as I think it's time we said goodbye. the bottom of their paper sacks fall out and Hebrew, Hebrew, all that delicious white stuff makes a double Where will you lead me from here? thick malted milk out of all the chocolate and All the times I looked at you Wrigley’s spearmint gum crud they got in And just nothin could get through there. If you throw a party, make sure your You can't say I never tried! guests never forget it by serving them milk-onHebrew, Hebrew, the-rocks. After a hard day at the office, what man wouldn't love to belt down a tall, frosty I guess it’s time we said goodbye. glass of Cow-Nectar, prepared by his enchant­ Hebrew, I still hate you. ing wife, just for him.

Everywhere I look, I see your forms!

Finally, I'd like you to remember this handy There ain’t a language that comes close to you.

I guess it’s time I said, “We're through.” little jingle: (Sung to the tune of “Angie”) “A tiny shotta milka day Keeps Dickie Dacewrappe Superstar away HERB KOOBLETS DINING IN This month my friends and I decided to sup at the great mecca of culinary delights, NWC’s dining hall. We came at five-thirty, the fashionable dining hour in Watertown.

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were such as to make one of the crowned heads of Europe weep for sheer envy. There being no hostess, we ushered ourselves into the whole' somcly antiseptic surroundings which coni' prised the main dining room. After some small consultation amongst ourselves, we all chose the broiled haddock. The service was excel' lent. After only a ten-minute wait in line, we each received a heaping portion of the prince of the sea. There was tossed salad available, plus a delicious-looking brownie, lightly dusted with powdered sugar. We helped ourselves to tartar sauce, prised for miles around due to its captivatingly deceptive flavor. We had no trouble finding a seat, and, having secured same, we set to with gusto. My haddock was slightly crisp around the edges, lightly but­ tered, and as my fork penetrated the outside, a creamy-white steaming interior was revealed.

Delicious! Elaine’s was perhaps a bit over­ done, but nonetheless satisfactory. George said he had never tasted better. After the meal, we ordered some milk. We asked the waiter

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LOVE STOKY I was three and she was two. Our collec­ tive age was five. The day dawned brightly, a special day, for it was Dawn’s birthday, and she would be three. Now our collective ages were six! Oh, how I had longed for this day, for it marked the first anniversary of our engagement. Now I know some of you may laugh and say, “You’re too young,” but love is no respecter of ages. Oh, I know that we nave a long wait before the happy day of our

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marriage, since I do not have the means where­ with to support her, but some day come it will. As soon as I'm done with my first year at Sem (I have to wait at least till then ((c.f.

Synod Resolution #15 Art. 22, 1955)) ), the long years of travail will be fulfilled. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

Yes, it’s over! What can you say when one you thought you knew becomes obscure.

You see the three years of your life flash be­ fore you. You say to yourself, “What did I do wrong?” Nothing eases the pain within.

I should have expected it, I guess. I knew that she was planning to go to New Ulm. Yet I would like you to take one thought with you at least: Love means never having to say, “Baloney!”

Dawn walked into our house, as freshly pretty as a summer flower kissed with dew.

She was a summer flower with a quizzical look on her face (petals slightly wilted). She said, “George, it’s over between us. Alfred, the fat boy across the street threw a mud pie in my face, and I was so impressed with his master-

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In a game dominated by offense, the Tro­ jans spoiled Concordia-River Forest’s home­ coming on October 13th.

Mark Toepel returned to action and put on a dazzling offensive display. A1 rushed for 135 yards, caught four passes for 107 yards, scored two TD’s, and threw for a third.

The Trojans broke on top with Dolan's two-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.

Bater's kick gave the Trojans a 7-0 lead. The Cougars took the lead on a four-yard run by Munger and a quarterback sneak by Desecki.

Spielhaupter converted after each R. F. score.

A fifteen-yard Toepel-to-Gawrisch pass and Bater’s kick knotted the score at fourteen.

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Coach Thompson elected to go for a two-point

The Trojan defense rose to the task and gave the offense one last shot. Mark Schroeder scored on a two-yard run with less than a minute left to cap a pressure-packed scoring drive. Bater’s kick capped the Trojan scoring.

The loss of fullback Bill Heiges for the season due to a shoulder injury marred the afternoon for the Trojans.

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The Northland College Lumberjacks clinched the Gateway Conference title on Oc­ tober 20th at Ashland. The Jacks' wishbone triple-option offense rolled for 375 yards on the ground and was aided by five costly Tro­ jan errors (a fumble, a blocked punt, and three interceptions). Reim, Carlson, and Warren each scored twice for Northland. QB Cliff Young scored the Jacks' other six-pointer.

The Trojan offense rolled up nearly 300 yards but couldn't put a scoring drive together until midway in the fourth period. Dolan's one-yard run capped a ten-play, 6 5-yard drive.

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Toepel picked up 125 yards on the ground to lead the Trojan attack.

Tackle Tim Johnston (sprained knee) and linebacker Don Sutton (separated shoulder) made the injured-reserve list.

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In weather more suited to Hintz and his ducks than playing football, the Trojans ruined Concordia-Milwaukee's homecoming on Octo­ ber 27th. The driving rain negated the passing attacks of both teams.

The Falcons drew first blood on a 46-yard, fourth down run by Frank Penza. Tyng’s kick gave Concordia a 7-0 lead.

A 75-yard return by Mark Toepel of the ensuing kickoff was negated by a clipping pen­ alty. The Trojans gained good field position several times in the first half on fumble re­ coveries and on Freshman linebacker Doug Lange's 30-yar.d interception return, but the offense couldn't punch the ball over for a score.

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against the tough Muskie defense. Three in­ terceptions and two fumbles destroyed any scoring hopes for the Trojans.

The Trojan defensive front five of Kujath, Lindner, Davidson, Varnum, and Zak put to­ gether its finest game of the season to shut off Lakelands powerful running attack. Having little success on the ground, the Muskies took to the air 40 times for 371 yards and four TD’s. QB John Whiting picked apart the Trojans' inexperienced secondary, completing fifteen of 21 passes for 243 yards and three touchdowns. Halfback Mike Rockford scored four times (three-yard run, 23, thirteen-and 28-yard passes), and Nick Agona hauled in one Whiting aerial for a 24 yard score.

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The Trojans finished 7th in the eight team field with Larry Gierach bringing home an eighth place ribbon in a time of 26:43.

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averaged fifteen points-per-game and led Tro­ jan rebounders with 208 board sweeps last season. Senior Don Sutton and Junior Jim Huebner return, but Don may miss the first part of the season because of an injured shoulder.

Newcomer Sophomore Dan Metzger gives the Trojans another leapcr with great scoring potential to fill the forward spot opposite The Trojans finished fourth in the Wis­ Schumacher. Sophomore Stu Zak, who saw consin Collegiate Soccer Conference with a limited action last season because of a lingering football injury, is the leading candidate at record of 4-7-1. center. Sophomore Jim Schumann should see plenty of action on the front line.

Offensively, the Trojans will take the fast Intramural Football Trojans will use a disciplined offense when Jim Lindloff’s Senior crew completed its they set up, hoping to improve shot selection second consecutive undefeated season to repeat ancj t0 avoid costly turnovers. Defensively, as IM champs. Mark Schwertfeger led the the Trojans will show a variety of defenses, Senior ground game, and the Dave Schultz- hoping to keep opponents off balance.

Jon Stem passing combination got the Seniors valuable yardage through the air in their championship game victory over Fred Sievert’s Wrestling Preview Sophs.

(Thanks to Jim Lindloff for his soccer and This year’s fifteen-man wrestling squad in­ intramural coverage) cludes six returning lettermen. Senior Paul Scharrer, who had a fine record last year until being sidelined by an injury, leads the re­ turnees. Also returning are Sophomores Paul Basketball Preview Bader, Marty Baur, Phil Birner, Dave Eckert, Four lettermen return, and hopes are high and Dave Russow. that the Trojans can improve on last year’s Best of the newcomers are Tom Kneser, 9-16 record.

Doug Lange, Mark Smith, and Jeff Weber.

Senior Mark Toepel, an all-conference se­ Coach Pieper looks for an improved record lection at guard last season, leads the returnees.

A1 led the Trojans last year with a 22.5 scor­ this season, since most of the squad has valuing average while dishing out 131 assists, able interscholastic wrestling experience.

Jumping jack Junior forward Pete Schumacher returns for more duty on the front line. Pete D.D.B.

In a roughly played game, Carthage held a 1-0 lead at the half. Darkness was setting in, and the Trojans needed a score. R. J. Mueller came through with a clutch goal at the start of the second half. Unfortunately, the defense couldn’t hold as Carthage scored its second goal. Time ran out on the Trojans with the game called early because of darkness,

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second place, but the Vikings have already clinched the division championship! Things sucb *s injuries to Willie Buchanon and Bill Hayhoe have hurt the Pack, but injuries can be overcome, The main problem is at quarterback. Jim Del Gai*o appeared to have won the starting job, but he had a few poor games, and he re-

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Cowboys is just as shocking. In the pre-game analysis, the word went something like this: Dallas has beaten Philadelphia eleven times in a row now, and on Sunday they'll make it twelve. Well, the Cowboys got burned by the sharp passing of Roman Gabriel and by the receiving of Harold Carmichael and Charlie Young. Despite these early season upsets, both the Redskins and Cowboys have regrouped their forces, and at least one of them is sure to be in the playoffs.

Despite the aforementioned upsets and comebacks, perhaps the best division race to prove my point of “the first shall be last” is the NFC’s Western Division. In 1972, the final records of San Francisco and New Or' leans were 8-5'1 and 2-11-1 respectively. At' lanta, 7-7, and L.A., 6*7*1, had almost identi' cal season marks. So far this season, the San Francisco 49’ers have won three and come in second six times. Their pass defense has been suspect this year, and they have also failed to get consistent performances from any of their three quarterbacks. On the other hand, the New Orleans Saints dropped their first three contests, including a 62-7 loss to Atlanta and a 46-6 defeat at the hands of the Cow' boys. In a turnabout, they then defeated De' troit and Chicago, two teams which have handied the Pack very well this year. After drop' ping a 40-0 decision to San Franc:sco, New Orleans knocked off both Washington and Buffalo, teams who were in contention for their respective division championships. Up and down all year, the Saints now have a 4'5 record, and that's good enough to put San Francisco in the cellar.

injured his ribs to boot. With Scott Hunter at the helm, the Pack made a poor showing.

Maybe he can't be given the entire blame for the defeats his team suffered, but I think that even Charlie Napper could better a recent performance of Hunter’s. In the game against Chicago Hunter completed only three passes — and none were caught by Packer wide receivers! To be realistic, it would seem that the Pack is currently even out of the running for the wild card playoff berth. The Packers now possess a 3'4'2 record, which is actually figured to be 4*5, counting a tie as half a win and half a loss. This leaves them two full games behind both Atlanta and Washington — neither of whom foresees a late season collapse.

Thus the Pack, who just recently finished first, will probably be idle after the regular season ends.

And in a directly opposite situation, the only unbeaten team thus far is the Minnesota Vikings. Last year the Vikings, who one writer predicted might not lose a game with Fran Tarkenton at quarterback, were quite in* consistent, as their final mark of 7'7 and third place finish clearly indicates. They finally got everyone healthy on their defensive line, and this has played no small role in their turnabout from a .500 season in 1972. In addition, rookie Chuck Foreman, though he received relatively little publicity compared to what was poured out on Ed Marinaro, has added speed and flexibility to the Vikes’ backfield. Therefore, if the Vikings can get past their first playoff game, a stumbling block for them in the past, they will certainly be the favorites to meet either Miami or Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl.

In the Eastern Division of the NFC, there is quite a vivid example of favored teams be­ ing upset by former cellar dwellers. St. Louis started off the year with victories over Phil* adelph’a, not a contender in the past, and over Washington, who made it to the Super Bowl last January. Even Jimmy “the Greek” Sny­ der must have had a tough time explaining how St, Louis scored thirty-four points off Washington, who boasted one of the NFC’s better defenses last year. But even more sur­ prising than this contest was the game in which the New Orleans Saints, the league's perennial doormat, decisively beat the Redskins. 19-3.

The Saints’ defense completely shut off Larry Brown, while Archie Manning directed the offense flawlessly.

Perhaps the 30-16 defeat which the Phil­ adelphia Eagles administered to Tom Landry’s

Los Angeles and San Francisco were ex­ pected to be contenders in '73, but the emergence of Norm Van Brocklin’s Falcons as a challenger for first place in the Western Divi­ sion was not foreseen before the season started.

Nonetheless, with quarterback Bobby Lee run­ ning the show, the Falcons have swept to five consecutive victories and trail leading Los An­ geles by only one game. It took a while, but Atlanta has finally become a serious contender for all the marbles in the NFC. The Rams themselves are quite a surprise this year. No one figured they were seasoned enough to take over first place, but the Rams’ new coach, Chuck Knox, had other ideas. He has done quite a job in his initial year, and the trades bringing him John Hadl and Harold Jackson have been some of the main reasons for his success.

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Who knows what will happen in the re* maining five games this year? With all the upsets we've had, nothing is really definite right now. Can Atlanta overtake Los Angeles? Will Dallas beat out Washington, or vice-versa? Only time will tell. A freak play,

a penalty, or even a missed PAT could deter-* mine a division winner. But one thing is for sure. Those last'place and second'division teams are finally getting revenge for all the abuse they absorbed in the past, Lee Punke

A MERRY PASS TjECEMBER is rather distant from summer* •“-^time, both in time and in character. There­ fore an article on a summer trip might seem a bit inappropriate this time of year, and I would have to agree. But since I'm long over­ due for an article, I’m writing what is still very fresh in my mind — my summer trip.

Often personal travelogues serve as poor sub­ stitutes for a good travel guide or geography book; hopefully this account will be more of a human interest story.

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While other students were probably put­ ting in a full summer job, towards the end of July wanderlust grabbed me so tightly that I quit my job (a summer janitorial job, which had about five workers too many anyway).

Thus, I bought myself the newly-established Greyhound Ameripass. For only $150.00 such a ticket holder is entitled to 30 days of un­ limited travel over North America’s Grey­ hound lines and participating carriers. It was America's answer to the famous Eurail pass of Europe. At any rate, I could now go al­ most anywhere in the U.S. and Canada. Tak­ ing full advantage of such an offer, I made a series of three different trips, taking me through 43 different states, six provinces, and over 20,000 miles. By sleeping on the bus every night, I avoided a huge hotel bill. All of this I did alone, causing, no doubt, some justified concern for my parents, and a “You must be crazy!" look from everyone else. But in answering such questioning, whether ver­ bal or just facial, I just retorted, “How many people do you know who would accompany me on such a trip?" Not too many I’m sure.

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Since I was traveling in the real heart of tourist season, Greyhound, you can well im­ agine, was doing its peak business (except for holidays, of course). As a result, a motley assortment of travelers did, in fact, leave the driving to Greyhound. Since buses are proba­ bly the cheapest mode of commercial trans­ portation nowadays, they have become virtual melting-pots of people, bringing a various de­ gree of racial and ethnic groups, nationalities, religions, and regions together. Due especially to the devaluation of the American dollar abroad, a mass influx of European tourists crossed our borders this past summer, resulting in a surprising number of foreign travelers on the buses I took. In fact, I thought it rather humorous when one Austrian native, thinking I looked “too" German, began speaking Ger-

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man to me. However, her 50-words-a-sccond played havoc on my rather infantile command of German, resulting in a blank stare and an almost mute “What did you say?" Surprisingly, that was the second time that day some' one had mistaken me for a foreigner. Another time a German girl sat next to me in silence across all of Illinois before she finally asked with a halting delivery, “Pardon, please, do you speak English?’-' Her rather limited Eng' fish vocabulary was best and most amusingly showrn to me the next day when she asked con' cenvng the vast Wyoming waste land, “Is this what you call dessert?”

While Germany seemed to be very w'cll represented, England had many more than her fair share. Most of these English travelers were from my age group (i.e., 18-25). Most w'ere the same type as those American students who flock to Europe every summer. But ap' parently some were only searching for their own special “thing” by traversing America with nothing but a knapsack, a crumpled bus ticket, and a dirty, w'orn-out pair of jeans.

While many foreigners were rather surprised at w’hat America has to offer, an inordinate number were dissatisfied with the U.S., its people, and especially its big cities. While on my way from Oakland to Seattle, I sat next to a young Englishman w'hose father, a wealthy business owner, had provided him with the trip. I asked him whether any anti'American sentiment had cropped up in England as it apparently has in other European countries.

He maintained that American tourists over in Europe do the American cause little good by their pompous attitude and extravagant “showthe-w'orld” affluency. Although he liked America and felt that anti-American feeling was too much based on misconception, he had a big gripe over Americans' wasteful use of gas­ oline by automatic, high-powered luxury cars and foolish driving habits. He just thought that Americans were too reckless with what they have. In a way it was a fitting character­ ization from a European bystander.

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include every station would be “clock-watching boredom.” However, some rather weird charaters often congregate in them, despite municipal efforts to the contrary. In Spokane, Washington, for instance, at 1:00 am. police had to handcuff a rather dangerous looking character whom I had just passed all alone in the washroom. In San Francisco's bus station, two young blacks were giving a policeman a hard time as I walked past All of a sudden I heard someone shout, “I've got his gun! I've got his gun!” I wasn't about to see what was happening, but, sure enough, almost everyone else had to run there to see what was happen­ ing, Evidently an alert policeman retrieved the gun, and nothing serious resulted. But just notice the typical human reaction of those present to be where the action was.

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In some of the older bus stations, shabbilyclad bums like to use the washrooms to clean up. One such person in Cincinnati, in asking me for a quarter, could have posed for a char­ acterization of poverty itself. But the most frightening occurrence for me was to be ap­ proached and propositioned two different times by homosexuals. I guess it’s just another sign of our “bring it out into the open” age, but it's enough to make you think twice and even thrice before entering another bus station bath­ room.

On a trip such as this one, one's seat com­ panion changes about as often as the stock market. Therefore, I had hoped to avoid the type of non-stop talker who could make me wish I missed the bus. Fortunately, I sat next to such a person only once, but this was 12:30 at night. He was some political science major, who evidently was one of those perpetual stu­ dents who can never really make up his mind just what he wants to do. I think he could have given me a rundown on the political phil­ osophies of each section of the country if I had let him. When I told him about my own pursuits, he was only one of many who at least outwardly lauded my decisions, but quickly changed the subject. Fortunately for me he had to get off after only a short two-hour, one-sided discussion.

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One of the most outspoken people I met was a Jewish lady from St. Petersburg, Florida.

She could have made a pretty good match for Howard Cosell, because she said exactly what she thought. When I told her about my Ameripass trip, she curiously asked me whether I had a chance to change my underwear and shower as often as I should have. (Since you

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readers might possibly wonder about the same thing I'll tell you. Most of the larger bus stations do have pay changing stalls and showers to go along hand-in-hand with their “inhu­ mane” pay toilets. Therefore I didn’t have to wait for my clothes to rot off my back or the person next to me to hold out a can of deo­ dorant in one hand and a bar of soap in the other.) At any rate, this lady became very interested in the Amcripass for herself (so much so that I probably should have claimed a commission from Greyhound) However, she, too, thought my cram course in American geography was foolish; she would rather use such a pass to go to her favorite casinos of Las Vegas. She was in love with that city, I sup­ pose, because she almost always came home a winner. She even told me her own practical system for winning, but after watching some of the losers in much smaller Reno two weeks before, I promised myself I would never try it out. In talking further she brought out a shocking twist to a familiar pet peeve — Presi­ dent Nixon, for she told me that every night she prayed that Nixon would be shot. Such is the stock that our country is made up of.

One of the more serious lessons I learned on this trip comes from two of my relatives living in Oakland, California. I hesitate to bring in such a matter of personal concern, but it does give a fair picture of where liberal Lutheranism can lead. My uncle and aunt were both brought up to be pretty good con­ servative Missouri Synod Lutherans. When I was young, I remember that all cards were al­ ways filled with the joyous Gospel message.

However, it wasn't too long before my uncle was teaching students of a Missouri Lutheran high school in Chicago about the Creation myth and the serpent fable. Later they moved to California, and this original questioning of the inerrancy of Scripture there blossomed into full-fledged agnosticism. Yet he and his wife think nothing of remaining within the Mis­ souri Synod. There they still have many pas­ tors and teachers as friends, who all seem to be more concerned about civil demonstrations and all sorts of social issues instead of pro­ claiming the Gospel. My uncle always had a special pride in his intellectualism, and this is one of the results of it. It’s a tragic story but an excellent lesson for us.

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In describing such a trip, it’s kind of hard to leave the bus drivers unmentioned. Although signs up in front ask passengers not to talk with the drivers, many people do anyway; be­ sides, most drivers like to talk anyway. One such driver was a real character; since we were somewhat behind schedule, he was taking 40 m.p.h. northern California canyon turns at 65 while talking to his passengers behind him.

He was a divorce who was having the time of his life being single again. He was particularly fond of Wisconsin beer and his motorcycle.

One time he broke his leg with his motorcycle even though he wasn’t riding it; it fell on his leg in some parking lot. Evidently he was a wild liver but a capable driver; he was the only driver I had who stopped his bus so some of his passengers could take pictures.

While driving out of Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies on our way toward Calgary, Alberta, a different bus driver described to those of us in the front the shooting of the movie Little Big Man, starring Dustin Hoffman. Our driver told us that he drove Indians to the movie set to serve as extras, so he knew pretty well what was going on there Evidently this movie had a $10,000,000 bud­ get, and they were going to be sure that they spent every penny of it. The Ind'an extras, for instance, each received $30 a day for do­ ing almost nothing. A group of Calgary locals each received almost $60 per day for a short two-hour training stint for a cavalry scene.

Then he himself received over $70 each day just for driving the Indians to and from work in addition to his regular Greyhound pay rate.

Meanwhile, one of his friends was driving Mrs. Hoffman on downtown shopping sprees every day. Such is an interesting example of Hollywood extravagance.

I probably could go on and on with such tidbits. For instance, there was a 40-year-old New Yorker who was leaving that city for the first time in his life; or there was the man who sulked for 200 miles because he didn't get back the front seat that he had originally; or the 22-year-old Maine youth who was return­ ing to his parents for the first time since walk­ ing out on them four years before; finally there was the middle-aged man who decided it wouldn't be too good if he would blow up the world like he first wanted to because then there wouldn't be any more women. It was all a unique experience, one which I’ll prob­ ably value more than a whole month of school.

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YOU'RE A GOOD BOY, EVERETT, BUT YOU LIE been in for weeks, and so he gave my Dad his home address. No one was home at Alfred's penthouse on 11th and Cherry, so my Dad left a note on his door: “Need you for work Monday morning. Call me."

Y ^et me tell you about Alfred.

Alfred was one of those characters we would call down on his luck. He'd never found what he was looking for. Unfortunately his search led him into bad company. Jim B:am.

Jack Daniel’s. The wrong Christian Brothers.

I'm not trying to make excuses, and neither did he. He’d never say why he drank so much.

It was the best way he knew to forget. If he’d stay sober too long, he'd remember all the dreams that never came true, all the prom­ ises he couldn’t keep, and all the future he’d have to face. He'd never done things right and he was afraid he never would. So he drank a lot.

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The phone call came, but it wasn't from Alfred. It was from the Milwaukee Police Department. Alfred had been found sleeping off a drunk in a stranger's car. He was thrown in jail. But because that note had been attached to his door, Alfred was considered employed, and therefore under the jurisdiction of the Huber Law. The Huber Law allows a prisoner to work during the day and return to jail each night for a period of 60 days. That was more than my Dad had bargained for. But he told the police okay, he’d find something for him to do for two months.

Alfred and my Dad had been friends, sort of, for years. My Dad's a landscaping con­ tractor. He hires junior high school kids to

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help plant trees and cut lawns during their summer vacations. Sometimes, though, he needs help when the kids are still in school. Then he has to drive down to the Rescue Mission on 6th Street and pick out the cleanest looking of the gentlemen milling around on the side­ walk. If a fellow has a social security number and if he can walk all the way to the truck without falling over, he's employed for the day.

Alfred first walked over to the truck years before, and he'd come back many times since.

“Bob," he’d say to my Dad, whose name is Norbert, “you’re okay. 'Course you could stand a drink once in a while. ’Little drink never hurt nobody. But you’re okay."

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One spring, back when I was fourteen, my Dad contracted a big sod-laying job. He couldn’t do it alone, and my friends and I were still in school, so he looked up Alfred.

The man at the Mission said Alfred hadn’t

So Alfred was gainfully employed. He couldn’t get any booze in jail, and my Dad made sure he didn't have any on the job, so he was on the wagon as well. His paychecks were sent directly to his longsuffering wife.

“Mammy," he would say about his wife, whose name was Betty, “is a good woman. She comes to see me and she brings presents. She's a good woman." Those first few days of physical la­ bor were rough on Alfred, but after a couple weeks there was a noticeable change. He was eating well and sleeping in a soft clean bed every night. The hard work tightened his sagging arm and stomach muscles. The spring­ time sun removed the pallor from his checks.

He became the favorite of the neighborhood children, often spending his lunch break en­ tertaining the toddlers with games and stories.

The two months were almost up when I got home for my summer vacation. Alfred was nearing the end of his sixty-day sabbatical from the sauce. The question was, where would he go from here? The landscaping crew wouldn’t need him any more, and he wasn't too anxious to work through the long hot summer. He’d behaved admirably, but he knew he was near the end of his jail term. He was chafing at the bit, so to speak. So, before I went to work with him that first morning, I was instructed to keep an eye on him.

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“So this is Bob's little boy,” Alfred said as he shook my hand. He had a good, firm handshake. “What's your name?”

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Everett and Bob and Alfred loaded the truck with lawnmowers and went to work.

Our first stop was at the Blyth house, a huge estate in Fox Point. My Dad helped unload the truck and pointed out the property lines to us. He reminded me again to keep an eye on Alfred. Then he got into the truck and went back home to work on some machinery.

Alfred hopped on the riding mower and start­ ed cutting the back terrace. He made one swing around the property and came back to me.

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I also made one big mistake. The dew had still been on the grass. The grass clippings had clung to my Penney's work shoes, and when I'd come into the house, I'd left a trail of clippings to the phone and back. I hadn't noticed, but Mrs. Blyth sure did. She told her husband, and Mr. Blyth met me at the door.

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I decided I wouldn’t like that. I was going to tell him I was the boss's son, but I changed my mind. That would do more harm than good. Truth is, I didn't know what to do. I was groping for something to say when Alfred came to my defense.

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“Young man,” he raged, pointing a finger in my face, “look at the mess you made here.

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“Don't yell at the boy. He’s just a kid.

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“Don't let it happen again, cither one of you,” Mr. Blyth snapped. He stalked off to his Lincoln Continental and patched out of the driveway.

“Just water from the hose.”

“Your breath could sink a ship.”

“I haven't had a drop all day, Bob. Honest.

Tell him, Everett, you never seen me have a drink.”

Alfred soon reappeared, broom in one hand and grass in the other. He put a hand on my shoulder. “Don’t worry. I won’t tell Bob. I don't know what's wrong with some people.

They think they have to yell or you won't hear them.”

I really didn't want to get involved in this conversation, but it looked like I had no choice. I shook my head. “Never saw you take a drink, Alfred,” I said.

“There, see. Everett's a good boy. He tells the truth. 'Sides, where could I get any juice from. You never give me any money.”

“I know how you get it,” my Dad sa:d.

“And I know how you bring it on the job.”

“I don't got any booze on the job,” Al­ fred protested. “Ask the boy, he’ll tell you.”

We made it through the rest of the day without any more problems. As the day wore on I noticed his eyes became more bloodshot.

His breath took on a strange odor. I had a fair idea of what was happening. But I decided we both had our little secrets to keep. , 1

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The next day we went out to cut lawns again. This time my Dad worked with us. We were about half done with Ben Mendelssohn’s yard when my Dad told me that he and I were going somewhere else and that I should tell Alfred he was staying there alone to finish.

We'd come back later to pick him up. We would be gone through the lunch hour, so I took Alfred’s lunch bag off the truck for him.

It was unusually big and heavy. When I set it down on a concrete flower planter, I heard a loud clink. It wasn’t the kind of clink you’d expect from a liver sausage sandwich wrapped in Saran wrap. I looked in the bag. Just two sandwiches and an orange. Then I noticed that there were two bags. I pulled the upper sack out. Between the bags I found two quarts of Blatz. I put the bags back together the way I’d found them and left.

I didn't say anything.

“Go on, Everett, tell him.”

“Don’t make me tell,” I said. “I can sec you've been drinking. You can quit tomorrow anyway. Your time's up. Don’t ...” ‘"Tell him I don't have any booze here.”

I looked down awhile. “I looked in your lunch bag, Alfred. You had two quarts in there.”

Alfred looked over at me, his expression like that of a little child who doesn’t under­ stand why he’s just been spanked. “You’re a good boy, Everett, but you lie.”

We took him to the bus stop. My Dad wrote him a check and gave him change for the bus. He got out of the truck and muttered a goodbye without looking back. On the way to the waiting bench he threw his crumpled lunch bags into a waste barrel. The two empty quart bottles smashed against each other, fol­ lowed by the tinkling sound of busted glass.

When we got back the job still wasn't finished. But Alfred appeared to be. He was fast asleep under the willow tree. My Dad roused him and he lumbered to his feet.

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“Gee Bob. I was so tired, I had to take a little nap. That’s okay, isn't it?”

“What time did you lay down?” my Dad asked.

“About lunch time. I had a sandwich and the next thing, you was shaking me.”

“It's three o’clock, Alfred. You should have been done an hour ago. This is an easy job.

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“Aw Bob, I'm an old man.”

“What’d you have to drink?”

I never saw him again. Later that sum­ mer Kenwood TV called our house to ask where Alfred had gone. It seems he had de­ faulted on his television payments and then left town with the set. This, of course, was quite serious. That fall we heard from one of his pals at the Mission that he'd gone to live with his parents in Illinois. Then a year and a half later I found his name in the Jour­ nal death notices. He was 57. They found his body lying on the sidewalk in front of Bill’s Paradise Lounge, a knife stuck in his

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Which gets us into the story. There I sat, pondering my role in the G A D. (Great American Dream, for the not-so-clever or notso-interested). I couldn’t have been a doctor or lawyer. Too many years of preparation are required. Besides, I wouldn't have the patience.

I could have been a star athlete, but let's face it: Who needs all that money? What, then, of martyrdom? A very narrow road is the path to martyrdom. Even more difficult than being true to people is being true to yourself.

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Now I realize that's going to take some ex­ planation, too.

Needless to say, the lecture series eventual­ ly ended, and public demand for more news about grapefruit and emesis slowly died away My soul had received its short-term release, and that, of itself, is a good thing.

You see, people in America have developed a list of words which are neither naughty or wrong, but taboo. To vomit is one of them.

It just doesn’t sound decent. Your unchurched neighbors probably use it. Nauseous, isn't it?

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My brilliant idea, as it turned out, was to isolate the chemicals which produced this taste in both grapefruit and emesis, to compare them and, finally, to show this chemical, as common to the two, to a waiting world. How simple a solution! I'll bet nobody had ever even thought of gaining fame in this way. And it would be famous for this very reason: Know­ ledge is, of itself, a good thing.

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The manual completion of my thesis was easy. I had had three years of science in high school, and a general science course in college.

Due to its unusual nature (the story now ad­ vances rather rapidly), my “discovery” re­ ceived almost immediate acclaim. I even re­ ceived a small, one-column notice in T^ewswee\. That had been one of my boyhood dreams. I had achieved the pinnacle of my expectations while, as it were, falling olf a log.

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inriy Beyond the Pale The black clad executioner spat contemptuously into the dust.

“Oh, please sir,” I said, “Don't chop off my head.

I'm sorry for killing my mother.”

“Your mother!” he sneered. “That's not why you’re here.

It's nothing you've done or have spoken, The laws of Hoboken are meant to be broken.

Let's make that fact perfectly clear.”

“Please, leave me alone, I want to atone For nothing I've said or have done.

I want to be good, I think that I could, If you would just let me go home.”

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It flashed in the sun, my race, it was run.

My present had now become past.

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Laugh so hard 'till your face pops.

Laugh so hard 'till your mind stops.

(I get the joke.)

Laugh at all your mindless friends.

Laugh aloud, begin again.

Laugh at all your little sins.

Compete with others, see who wins.

Forget the snow, forget the cold.

Forget the fact you’re growing old.

Forget the books, forget your plight, All the troubles of your life.

Laugh and sing and roll around.

Listen to the funny sound Of people talking (serious now).

Laugh at them, and take a bow.

You alone know what is what.

You can tell what's down, what's up.

Everyone else has gone insane.

You alone possess a brain.

Your life is one in praise of folly.

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You say that you abuse me, Well, I don't see the joke.

You're trying to confuse me By hiding in that cloak.

Country boys will always lose And city men will fail.

Your love had better quickly choose, Or find your Holy Grail.

Rats fill my mind at best of times, But I don’t really care.

It's just a payment for the crime: Pretending you’re not there.

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The Resurgence of Cynicism

“My country right or wrong’’ philosophy, the old “America — love it or leave it” syndrome, in which America is ultimately exonerated for every act merely by being America. Fifty years — ago, I suppose, people found it easier to be* ^ lieve in the inherent rightness of every AmerB ican cause than today, when the only institution whose integrity is left unchallenged is i---. motherhood. Come to think of it, even that is ----under suspicion. What a shock for our Horatio Alger hero who returns home only to find 7\ T the end of every one of Alice Cooper's Mother working nights to pay the evcr-increasing rent, no apple pie because of the apple stage extravaganzas, the giant PA speakers shortage, and a note from the girl he left be' thunder out the golden tones of Kate Smith hind calling him a male chauvinist pig. Our as she sings her way into the hearts of thou­ onetime fervent optimism and bubbling idealsands with the immortal favorite, “God Bless ism has succumbed to a tide of pessimism and America.” In tribute to that patriotic paean, cynicism on a scale unimaginable in the Jazz that All-American anthem, the members of Age as we slow up and, as Johnny Cash puts the band wave flags and sparklers with hands held reverently over their hearts. You don’t it, “dahl down” this winter. know whether to laugh or cry. because the The present has becojj*) ;^on^to spectacle is at once pathetic used to do their gigs in drag. sacred?

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, , I always got an enormous kick out of reading Sinclair Lewis. His satires of the ideals of the American bourgeoisie in the 1920’s always struck me as hilarious until I stopped one time and tried to analyze just what was so funny. I found myself laughing at George F. Babbitt’s

ooby-doo scat-singing 0 nieces of the Scott Joplin piano rags Period piecesot: silver screen like “Butch Cassidy Cabaret "The Last Picture Show, and now me Sting” are cheap euphoriacs, guaranteed to ease y0ur mind. , . . , rnnBut the agony o ay , from tinues. As scandal a

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even the most vocal patriots have bitten their nether lips when another cherished ideal crum­ bles. It has gotten to the point where new headlines on government corruption are greet­ ed with a chorus of yawns. What’s wrong, America? Have we become a nation of es­ capists and cynics?

There are any number of psychological reasons for pessimism on a national scale, not the least of which is fear of the unknown. The threat of world war ever lurks around the corner, and so far the 70’s have proved in two theaters just how easily the world can be polar­ ized and involved in what fortunately remained only small-scale conflicts. The spectacle of Vietnam is awesome — a once-fertile country now looks like the bottom of a Shake ‘n’ Bake bag, and it could begin again in seconds with vastly graver consequences.

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The unknown touches — maybe smashes would be a better word — us all much more directly. The U.S. economy is locked in one of the maddest inflationary spirals in history as prices soar to dizzying levels, and it is the easiest thing in the world for a cynic to blame the Administration’s curious policies of econ­ omic intervention in the revered Free Enter­ prise System for a future certain of only one thing — higher prices. Attempts by the govern­ ment to jawbone the problem into submission soon took on the appearance of a little boy throwing pebbles at an onrushing locomotive.

For the average American, it is psychologically unsettling to think of paying a dollar for a loaf of bread.

No less unsettling is the prospect of no bread at all. Parker Brothers could make a fortune with the exciting new parlor game called “Shortage," in which the players spin the dial to see what America is going to run out of next. After two centuries of enjoying an unlimited supply of raw materials, Ameri­ cans have gotten into the unfortunate but pre­ dictable habit of assuming that the earth could be mined, stripped, milked, and dumped on forever with impunity — any thoughts of ecol­ ogical planning were conveniently pushed aside and forgotten until Mother Nature began to hint that she had had enough. Compared to her world neighbors, America has been particularly extravagant in her demands on

As a matter of fact, if oil company figures are to be trusted, the existing oil reserves of the U S. will be exhausted in about six years if current energy consumption trends continue.

Such a sobering realization must come as quite a shock to a people brainwashed by the ad' vertising barons of Madison Avenue into thinking that Nirvana can be reached only in bigger, more overpowered cars. “Sec the USA in your Chevrolet" has been amended to “See the neighborhood in your Volkswagen."

This collapse of one of America's most cherished notions, the consumer ethic, is enough to make a cynic even out of a Cudahy meat' packer.

Speaking of collapsed ideals, one that must really have died hard was the p nhead’s vision of America as the isolationist world protector, the benign colossus towering from afar and in­ tervening in world affairs to help “backward" nations see the American way of doing things and to guarantee victory for the American favorite. The U.S. has been long overdue to relinquish its role as world policeman, and with the emergence of a united Europe and the new Super-Japan, continuation of tradi­ tional interventionist foreign policy would be not only patronizing and insulting, but need­ lessly expensive and of dubious value as well.

The lesson of Vietnam took ten years and 40,000 American corpses, but I think it has been learned at last.

And then there’s the little matter of the chain reaction of our executive fiascoes which made 1973 so interesting. What caused such an enormous uproar was not so much the hideousness of the crimes themselves as the particular circumstances under which they took place — the time was exactly right for heads to roll. As apologists for Richard “Responsi­ bility but not Blame" Nixon and Spiro “Nolo Contendere" Agnew have repeatedly pointed out, political chicanery and corruption are not new to American politics — we all know that Everybody Does It. A very convincing case can be made for the hypocrisy of expecting complete honesty in government affairs while condoning business kickbacks, bribes, frauds, and swindles; nevertheless, Americans have always religiously defended their double stan­ dard, and, to Richard Nixon’s eternal chagrin, the 70’s have so far witnessed rather severe

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The final facet on our gl ttering neo-cynic is the sobering realization that he is in the grip of forces totally beyond his immediate control — nothing is as security-shattering as a good old impotence-complex. When you consider that in the last 20 years or so the LJ.S. has spent one trillion dollars (that’s 51,000,000,000,000, folks) to stockpile enough armaments to turn the earth’s entire civiliza­ tion into radioactive powder six times over, when you consider that all the President’s horses and all the President’s men have to stand by helplessly and watch inflation rage

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The Age of Aquarius’ Delphic oracle is the Gallup Poll, and it reveals that last year's cru­ cial problems are yawned at this year, prov' ing that the ultimate panacea is not cynicism but sleep. After the shock of the present crises wear off, after the expected blase counters action, we will probably witness a resurgence of good old-fashioned patriotism just in time for America's 200th anniversary.

out of control, when you consider in the light of government wiretaps, no-knock warrants, and buggings that 1984 is only ten years away, the land of the free and the home of the brave loses a little of luster with which it once shone.

I doubt very much if the neo-cynicism will either last very long or be a dominant force in contemporary thought, though — the Amer­ ican propensity for forgetting is just too strong.

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rT1HE alumni editor would like to wish all the Northwestern alumni and their families a most prosperous and blessed New Year in 1974. May this year of grace be used to serve our Lord and build His Kingdom.

Paul Ziemer has accepted the call as principal of Luther High in Onalaska, WI. He was in­ stalled on January 6.

DEDICATION Peace Lutheran Church of Green Lake, WI, dedi­ cated a new school on December 9 for carry­ ing out the Lord’s work of feeding His lambs.

Pastor D. E. Hallemeyer is serving the con­ gregation.

The first 1974 edition of the Alumni News has several interesting features that we hope you find enjoyable.

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INSTALLATIONS Arno Wolfram, formerly serving at St. Andrew’s of Toledo, OH, was installed at St. Andrew’s of Chicago, ILL, on January 13.

Robert Mueller was installed at Salem Congre­ gation of Owosso, MI, on January 13. He was serving at Peace Congregation of Livonia.

Donald Krause, of Our Savior’s in Hart, MI, has accepted a call to Emanuel of Flint, MI. The date of installation is January 21.

Alfred Jannusch was installed as pastor of St. John’s in Alma City, and of Trinity in Smiths Mill, MN, on December 12. Pastor Jannusch had been serving at St. John’s of Vesta, MN. Roger Vomhof was installed as the new pastor of St. John’s of Fairfax, MN, on November 18.

He formerly served three congregations in South Dakota — Burke, Gregory, and Herrick.

BIRTH Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Schneider were blessed with the gift of a baby daughter, Lisa Ann, on October 17 of 1973. Pastor Schneider is serv­ ing at St. Peter’s of Savanna and Trinity of Mt. Carroll, IL. DEATH Professor Victor Voecks, a professor at Doctor Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN, died to join our living Savior in heaven on October 30.

ANOTHER NEW DEAN Northwestern College will soon have a new dean on campus. Pastor Edward Lindemann, for-

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merly of Loretto, MN, has accepted the call to serve as Dean of NWC. For the past several months, the deanship has been in the capable hands of Martin Stuebs, who was serving until our vacancy was filled. We are eagerly look­ ing forward to meeting Dean Lindemann, and we wish him well.

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FORMER B & R ALUMNI EDITOR Several weeks ago, the editor received a very friendly letter from a former B&R Alumni Editor (25 years ago, to be exact) who has gone on into the ministry. He understood the problem of getting information for the col­ umn and willingly supplied some material about himself.

The former editor is the Reverend Doctor Her­ bert K. Scharlemann, a graduate of the class of ’49. Pastor Scharlemann has been serving Trinity Lutheran Church of the LC-MS in Hoff­ man, IL, for the past 15 years. Trinity is ob­ serving its centennial year in 1974.

Pastor Scharlemann has several other impor­ tant duties. He is chairman of the Southern Illinois District Worship Committee and a member of the Liturgical Commission of his Synod. He also serves as the President-elect of the St. Mary’s Hospital Board in Centralia, IL, and belongs to the Lutheran Human Relations Association of Ameirca.

He uses his talents also as an educator. He is the Chairman of the German department of Kaskaskia College (1500 enrollment) and teaches both a course in German and one in psychology. In addition, Pastor Scharlemann is a member of the Lutheran Academy for Scholarship and of the Lutheran Education As­ sociation.

It’s easy to see that Pastor Scharlemann is a busy man with many responsibilities. We thank him for his information and sincerely wish him well in the future.

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Pieter Reid is engaged to Marlys Hanke of Wa­ tertown, WI. Marlys is presently teaching at Johnson, MN. (See where working in the kit­ chen at NWC will get you?

Jeff Suhr is now tightly wrapped around L.N.’s finger.

Beck Goldbeck must learn that 5 A.M. is no time to be out on a date.

Generally, Dan Garbow is working for the County again.

Middlers: Featuring George Swanson.

Terry Yahr has been banished to the leper col­ ony. The lepers immediately went out on strike.

Swanson’s Proverb: No man is an ice-Berg.

Tom Zahn and Cathy Disher are engaged as of December 27.

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The times they are a changin’ — Tiefel now says he has a choice of which girl to go out with.

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Another daughter, another Rachel Lynn, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Castillo on Novem­ ber 21.

A son, Mark David, was born on November 2 to Mr. and Mrs. David Linn.

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THE ARTS Performance Joni Mitchell "There is an aura of unreality that surrounds T a rock concert, like walking through Al­ ice's mirror into a wonderland where the faces on record jackets and voices known only in plastic grooves for a short while become real people. It's a fragile world that, at the last chord, fades like the Cheshire cat, leaving only its grin hanging in the air, a faint memory of what was seen. But while it lasts, it can cast a euphoric spell unequalled by any other na­ tural element.

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It was a snowy Tuesday night driving to Mad’son, but the feathery flakes of anticipa­ tion blowing around inside me were causing a greater storm than the one outside the car It's been almost three years since I first met Joni Mitchell, inside the songs of an album called Ladies of the Canyon. A beautiful friendship developed, fostered by later en­ counters in Blue and For the Roses. It isn't surprising, then, in light of our intimate re­ lationship, that I should find myself filled with more than a little excitement at the prospect of attending the lady in live concert.

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We arrived at Dane County Coliseum suitably early. Ego forbids confessing genuine loss of composure. However, when the gentle­ man outside the front door said, “Tickets?” it took a concerted effort to maintain a re­ strained nonchalance as I flashed him my stubs.

It wasn't till several minutes later that I real­ ized that he had not been an usher wishing to check my tickets, but merely a hawker trying to sell some of his own. Courteously, my

companion turned his back on me while he discreetly stifled his laughter.

Once inside, we were somewhat disenchant' ed by the knowledge that our seats were lo­ cated in the extreme rear of the hall (hence about two city blocks from the stage.) Our disappo'ntment was understandable, since hear­ ing an acoustic concert when the stage isn't visible is about as effective as watching a drivein movie with the sound off.

Our desperation led us to involve ourselves in the traditional pre-concert seat-hopp’ng rit­ ual. This custom is an ancient one and con­ sists of dashing from one top-price, front-sec­ tion seat to the next until one happens upon a seat whose owner fails to show up. The risk involved is that the ushers may catch up with you before you find that vacant seat.

This, alas, was our fate (desp te some par­ ticularly imaginative hopping) and an officiallooking head usher sent us, heads drooping.

back to our seats in the rear. We returned to find that our seats had been taken by a pair of unscrupulous seat-hoppers. Some may find irony in this, some may find poetic justic. We found an usher.

The entire ritual was completed just as the lights went down for the start of the concert.

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Red and blue spots bathed the stage as the promo man introduced the warm-up group, Tommy Scott and the L.A Express. The Ex­ press is a tight little progressive band that us­ ually lends subtle backing to Miss Mitchc’l.

But the group is impressive on its own as well.

Roger Calloway (who has received face­ less notoriety as the composer and performer of the closing theme from All in the Family) is the backbone of the group on electric piano, but the real spark is Tommy Scott, a virtual one-man wind section. Proficient on every­ thing from alto sax to autoharp, Scott success­ fully bound the corners of the band’s music together into a tight bundle.

Undoubtedly the highpoint of the group’s five-tune set was a John Coltrane composition, "Downy Dance." Scott’s flawless tenor sax in­ tro wove its way into a wild full-band blow­ out with bass and drums providing an intense, driving bottom. With the pace winding down the spotlight tightened up on Calloway at the piano. His masterful solo wound its way through an intricate musical maze, eventually finding its end in a thrashing band break-down that concluded the number.

The Express's closing number brought solid applause from an appreciative but impatient audience. In "getting the crowd up" the group had done its job well and the tension hung thick in the air as Scott moved to the micro­ phone and softly announced, “Ladies and gen­ tlemen, Miss Joni Mitchell."

Like a thunderclap the crowd exploded as pale spotlights came up on the mike at leftcenter stage. Into the light walked a slender blonde, reaching for her 6-string Martin and

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Unfortunately, the movement had obliterated most of the first song; to this day I’m not sure what it was, but can recall only snatches of rich guitar work and the breathless tensions that sparked through the crowd as the familiar dulcet soprano floated from the pro­ scenium.

As we were settling in our places on the frosty floorboards that covered the hockey ice, the first vocal was ending. While the band readied for the next number Joni took five with the crowd, joking about the weather and the ice, thanking various devoted fans for din­ ner and party invitations and the bouquet of two dozen red roses that stood on the stage

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behind her. Her smile was wide and her laugh­ ter infectious, the type that could seduce a smile from even the most depressed in the crowd.

Appreciative applause greeted the start of her second song as the audience recognized the opening progressions of “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio." One of Joni's few Top 40 hits (quote, unquote), “Radio" is an easy tempo tune with the “I’m here if you want me" love theme that’s so common in Mitchell lyrics.

The middle of the first set included several unfamiliar melodies, probably from Joni's lat­ est album (which should be available as you read this). Throughout, the Express provided smooth back-up, complementing the intricate acoustic sounds of Miss Mitchell’s unique gui­ tar style perfectly.

Then, seating herself behind the giant Stein­ way grand, Joni began to gently spin the deli­ cate opening pattern of “Woodstock.” Follow­ ing a brief outburst of recognition, a hush fell over the crowd. Her crystal voice drifted through the silent hall like a winter wind through a mountain canyon. She sang the song sadly, unlike any other artist has attempt­ ed it.

As she rose from the piano to sing the last verse and I saw her standing in the spotlight.

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her dress clinging like a dark spun shadow, her flaxen hair falling past her shoulders, I was struck with the urgency in her words. “We are stardust, million-year-old carbon. We are golden, stuck in the devil’s bargain, and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.” The song ended with her incredible soprano sailing alone; almost wailing, I thought, like a Jewish mourner at the Wall. Mourning for that brief moment “in the garden,” a moment that could not be reclaimed.

I thmk everyone was breathing a little heavier as the lights fell ending the first set.

During the intermission, while vainly at­ tempting to stamp some feeling back into my cramped legs, we noticed a break in the crowd ahead. Stumbling forward through the mass of tangled bodies we found ourselves in a small vacant spot about 15 feet from the stage. Fold­ ing myself down onto my allotted space, I looked up and smiled smugly at the people with the top-priced scats, most of whom were now behind me.

As the house lights darkened for the start of the second set, the flicker of matches and the accompanying bittersweet odor testified that the crowd was getting into it for the night.

A single amber spotlight fell upon the solo mike as Joni Mitchell walked onto the stage alone. There aren't many performers that can take the stage in front of 6000 people with nothing but a guitar and dominate the audi­ ence.

But that's exactly what she did for the next 50 minutes. She led the crowd through songs both beautiful and exciting, her remark­ ably clear and agile vocals soaring and glid­ ing, often more like the mellow solos of a clarinet than a human voice.

She opened with three numbers with the guitar, two of which were apparently new, the third her immensely popular “Big Yellow Taxi.”

Then, as the sound man adjusted her mike, she sat down and lay a long narrow instru­ ment across her lap. The metallic ring from the strings of the mountain dulcimer added a peculiar nervous energy to the two songs to follow.

The first, “All I Want/’ is a happy song of life and love, sparked with an irrepressible kind of thrill that surged through the crowd like an electric charge. If there were still a few listeners on the fringes of the crowd left uncharmed by the spells of the golden-tressed Siren on stage, “All I Want” won them over.

“Case of You” is a melancholy ballad of love that should be but isn't. It's also a classic example of Miss Mitchell’s unique conver­ sational style of song writing. As it begins: “Just before our love got lost you said, ‘I am as constant as a northern star.’

And I said, ‘Constantly in the darkness.

Where’s that at? If you want me I’ll be in the bar."’

After “Case of You” Joni returned to her guitar and, while returning, swapped small talk with the crowd, in the process relating a story, spiced with her gentle humor, of her cab;n in Canada and the arbutus trees that “rustle like applause in the moonlight.” The story led into a song about the spot and about her life, “For the Roses.”

The down tempo of “For the Roses” was a striking contrast to the next tune. There are those who will say Joni Mitchell’s songs are all flower petals and butterflies, Lacking any perception or depth. To them I cite “Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire.” Accompanied with an intense sliding style on the Martin, “Blue Steel” is a compelling song of an addict's life in the city. The lyrics paint a very real and frightening picture of a “Concrete concentra­ tion camp, Bashing in veins for peace, Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire, Fall into lady re­ lease.”

It is a dramatic piece and Miss Mitchell’s performance of it was superb. It was, for me, the high point of the concert.

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Following “Cold Blue Steel,” the L. A. Ex­ press returned to the stage, backing Joni on the next five numbers, and concluded with the now-classic “Both Sides Now.” The crowd was on the verge of rising to applaud what it took to be the last song when Joni turned to the mike and announced it was time for a little good-time boogie. With that the band broke into a flashy footstomper that left the crowd reeling.

Cheers and applause shook the hall as the stage lights blacked out. It was a wild clap­ ping, stomping, whistling, screaming frenzy

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that made up the standing O. The traditional matches were lit and held aloft like thousands of tiny torches bidding the lady's return

piness that had changed hands over the past 2/2 hours.

A fair amount of time has passed now s’nce the concert. I've safely crossed back through the looking glass, the music and the faces have resumed their places on my record shelf. But the memories of that brief escape from mean reality will serve me for some time to come.

After about five minutes of solid pande­ monium, Joni returned for a solo encore. The sweet and simple “Blonde in the Bleachers” was a beautiful touch at the end of an even' ing. The thunderous applause it received brought her back with the band for a second encore. The finale, “You Think I'm Crazy, But I'm Not,” was a slick and sassy Fifties-ish rocker in truest bee'bop-doowah tradition.

The lady's eyes still shine in mv mind, her songs still weave their patterns through my bra’n.

There are some performers who really give something to a crowd and some who merely perform. Joni Mitchell is a giver. Her songs are from herself, about herself and in the hear­ ing of her music there is an immensely per­ sonal communication that cannot be m ssed.

Try as it will, this is a gift the real world can't destroy. The magic lingers.

The whole world was smiling as the band struck the final chord and rushed off the stage.

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JANUARY Probably one of the greatest misfortunes ^ that can befall a performer, writer, or composer is the frustrating experience of being almost entirely overlooked, unrecognized as an artist of any caliber, worth a second look or listen.

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This clearly has been the case of B ll Camplin, a local songwriter of no little talent. His first efforts were with a band called Wood­ bine, which played in and around the city of Milwaukee. One might have chanced upon them playing in the now-closed Catacombs Coffeehouse, The Salt Cellar, or at any num­ ber of small joints offering live music some­ time back in 1971.

However, lack of recognition and the de­ sire of group members to go their separate ways forced the breakup of a fine folk-rock group. The only preserved relic of their brief existence is an album called “Roots.” locally produced and recorded live at the Catacomb Coffeehouse, featuring eight cuts that are very good, to say the least. An indication of their acceptance, however, can be seen in that the album is now being sold for 964 together with such “super-greats” as the King Sisters and Lawrence Welk (a one and a twoa.) The

record certainly doesn’t deserve such a fate, even though it had to come to that before Ernie bought it. Its merits are far more de­ serving.

After the break-up, Bill Camplin could be found performing on weekends at Suburpia. where he certainly added to the enjoyment of a “Miles” or a “Sub” and a cooling draught of Milwaukee’s drink of the gods.

About a year ago, he quietly disappeared from the Milwaukee scene, and only after many phone calls did it come out that he was performing in Madison and other areas of the state, and that he was receiving a warm wel­ come everywhere he went. Then he was lost from sight again until last December when he dropped in on that slowly dying FM fre­ quency of 98.3 in Menominee Falls with a new solo album, January, written and recorded in northern Wisconsin where he had spent the last few months.

In the first tune on the album, entitled “Rock Friend,” Camplin relates the meeting of two lonely men in a barroom who go on to serve as crutches for one another, which finally turns out to be the worst thing that could have happened to either one. The theme of lone-

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lincss, which runs through the whole album, is started in this first cut.

The song has a simple and free-flowing mel­ ody, with touches of harmonica interspersed between the verses. Camplin’s voice carries the bulk of the burden in this song as it does on the rest of the album.

The title cut, “January Guitar,” follows.

The singer is groping for the past by using his music to bring back thoughts of a lost love.

Again, nothing extraordinary shows in the music in keeping with Camplin’s easy style.

The mood picks up in the third band, “Rover,” which includes a more imaginative p cking with well-placed percussion backing Camplin's fine vocals. He pictures himself as a Ramblin’ Man, and he realises the useless­ ness of leaving people behind whom he has touched in some way.

“Ain't it Something” slows down the tempo again, introducing Camplin on piano for the first time. A bit of slide guitar countrities the whole song, an effect which he also carries through on “The Long One” and “Seems I've Seen this Night Before.” This last is a lament of going through the same old actions of his life and getting into a deep rut. The album is completed with a love story, “If It’s In Your Mind.”

The merit of the album lies first in Camp­ lin's efforts of down-to-earth self expression, and second in his smooth vocal style. The al­ bum moves evenly along with little fluctuation in the intensity of the songs or their ideas.

The themes of the album are indicative of his struggle for recognition, for he leaves the impression of being a lonely songwriter trying to make it to the top. Hopefully, with this album he can change his mood and write of lighter subjects. It should be a success.

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In short, he knows where to go, but, unfor­ tunately, he does not know what to do when he gets there. This is the purpose of this book — to teach new students how to work the system.

tirely overwhelmed by the senior's inde­ scribable coolness. Seniors have a way of carrying themselves, a certain charisma, if you will, that just naturally evokes this re­ sponse from awkward, self-conscious fresh­ men. Who can forget the thrill of seeing your first senior? Seeing that surly curl of

I’m sure every senior is aware of the looks of mute admiration directed at him by shiny-faced freshmen. Why is their usu­ al blank stare replaced by one of love and awe? The answer is simple: they are en­

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When your alarm wakes you up in the morning and you look out and see it's still dark, when your whole body cries out for more sleep, when it begs and pleads with you to stay right where you are for the rest of your natural life and yet you get up and trudge bleary-eyed to class, don't vou know what you're doing to yourself? You are upsetting the natural order of things, you are foolishly disregarding your better instincts, you are letting the authors of the conspiracy rob you of your liberty. The whole history of the world can be described in terms of people fighting for the right to sleep.

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Try to maintain a subconscious recording of the professor’s lecture. This will serve you in good stead if you are sud­ denly called upon to state what you know. Silences can be embarrassing in this instance. If you can do this, it then becomes a simple matter to play back to yourself all the pertinent parts of the lecture in order to answer the question.

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Do not snore. Snoring attracts attention.

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Sudden jerks and flailing arms tend to expose you as a rank novice among class' room sleepers.

Do not nod unless you can syncronize it with dramatic pauses made by the pro' fessor after he thinks he has scored a particularly telling point.

Try to sleep in a position that simulates a note-taking student. Have an open note­ book in front of you with a little bit of writing in it. Rest your pen on the paper as if you were anxious to take down every pearl-drop of wisdom, or would, if you ever heard any.

Try to shield your eyes from the professor.

Make the ruse appear like the reaction of a student who has been overloaded with information by an extremely eru­ dite professor and is rubbing his fore­ head in the vain hope that a small drop of the sea of wisdom may trickle into the stagnant pond of his mind. care­ ful, though. The elbow has a tendency to slip off the edge of the desk when a student has drunk too deep of the waters of the Lethe, causing his head to strike the desk in a painful fashion, thus ex­ posing him.

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If you cannot do this and wake up with the professor and everyone else not asleep in the room looking expectantly at you, and you not even aware of the question, do not despair or lose your head by blurting out the first answer that comes to your mind, however inane.

Remember: the professor may suspect, but he has no proof that you were asleep.

If you open your mouth, you are likely to put your foot in it. Therefore, keep quiet, bull it through, no matter how pregnant the silence. Finally, the pro* fessor will either repeat the question or call on someone else. What else can he do?

If a person masters all of the above techniques, he will be accorded the pres­ tigious title of “Perfect Master of Sleep.”

II. James Lindloff: Description and Application of Intramural Aggression

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Psychology teaches us that man is a mere pawn, controlled totally by his innate drives.

Man is one with the aivmals in this respect, yet, unlike the animals, he possesses a marvel­ ous brain. This brain allows him to be much more inventive in the wa yhe carries out the dictates of his instincts. In the previous chap­ ter, Mr. Schlafeld told you how the average Senior tries to satisfy his need for sleep. In this chapter I shall teach you how to give vent to another basic drive: aggression.

What if you can't be a varsity sportsman, -hat if you don’t possess the qualities of speed, skill and coordination that others seem to have in abundance? Are you doomed forever to sit ni the dorm staring sullenly at yellow walls?

Is there no way you can satisfy your good old American drive to hurt somebody? Yes, there is. in the famed N.W. Intramural Sports Sys­ tem, where schlunkoes compete with schlunkoes to see who is the best of all.

The first thing you have to tell yourself as an Intramural rookie is that varsity sports do

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not exist, or, if they do exist at all, the sole purpose of its participants is to be cannon fod­ der for the big-time Intramural League. Tech­ nically speaking, I call this the “Willing Sus­ pension of Disbelief Phase.” This phase is es­ sential if you are to reap the full enjoyment of your aggression. For myself, I’ve found that looking at Mr. Lindner helps me achieve a state of total disbelief. Find the Lindners in your class.

Secondly, buy uniforms for every sport you decide to participate in. Uniforms let your op­ ponents know that you are in deadly earnest and have every intention of seeing them carried out on a stretcher. They also make great dorm decorations. Nothing is more impressive than walking into a room draped with every uni­ form conceivable, from football to pinball.

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Fourthly, when you go out on the intra­ mural fields of battle, pretend that you are the only player of any consequence, and that the roar of blood in your ears is actually the ani­ malistic howl of a bloodthirsty Roman Mob, urging you on to victory. This works as noth­ ing else does to blot from your mind any thought but the Urge to Maim. Remember, though, that everyone else is cultivating this same urge, so body armor is a must. Knee pads, shoulder pads, and ace wraps arc avail­ able for a nominal fee.

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T eonard Bernstein composed Mass for the •^September 1971 opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the performing Arts. Mass has the background format of the Latin Mass but with a number of tropes and a loose plot.

The piece covers a wide range of musical media, including pit orchestra, marching band, blues band, rock band, “street” musicians, so­ loists, boys' choir, stage chorus, and quadra­ phonic tapes. But it is subtitled “A Theatri­ cal Piece” by Bernstein. Staging and chore­ ography are an important aspect of -Mass. It requires 206 performers and lasts over 100 minutes.

The central figure of Mass is the Celebrant, for this is a real mass. During the celebration of this mass he is confronted by members of his congregation with a variety of problems, complaints and even attacks. A conflict is kindled within him — he must decide whether the congregation is right, but even before that he must decide to face the problems. The con­ flict climaxes in the Elevation. The Celebrant breaks down. He lashes out against those that had attacked him. But then the mass quickly ends on a note of peace and reconciliation.

This ending, the “Pax: Communion,” con­ tains a gentle song of praise which begins, “Sing God a secret song, and continues with the “Lauda, laude” refrain. This song was first heard at the very beginning of Mass except 152

he is looking for strength in the statement of faith or established ritual rather than in his personal closeness to the Lord. This proves a shaky foundation when his congregation re­ turns their Non Credo, a statement of non­ faith.

that it began, ‘Sing God a simple song.” The change from “simple” to “secret” demonstrates the message of Mass. The emphasis is that a personal relationship must be established with the Lord in order to experience peace. It is in that sense that the song of praise should be secret. The early “Simple Song” even lv’med at the personal relationship with God. The Celebrant sings “Sing God a simple song . . .

Make it up as you go along.” The various ills that the congregation voices throughout Mass come as a result of forfeiting direct connection with the Lord.

But again the Celebrant plunges into the liturgy for peace with the Lord’s Praver, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei. He doubts that it is the answer, yet wants to believe it is. The congregation feverishly cries, “Dona nobis pacem.” The Celebrant despairingly continues the liturgy. They demand peace, an answer.

“We’ve got quarrels and qualms and such questions. Give us answers, not psalms and suggestions.” The congregation's demands be­ come a feverish crescendo, which grows until the Celebrant breaks down and smashes the monstrance and chalice.

The first interruption of the mass is the trope “I Don’t Know” sung by a rock singer.

You get the impression that the singer has en­ dured the liturgy until he can no longer stand it He has waited through the devotions, the first introit, and the second introit, but now violently breaks into the confession. He would like to confess and to take part in the service but can’t, and he doesn't know why. He sings: What I say I don't feel What I feel I don't show What I show isn't real What is real, Lord — I don't know.

He wants a satisfying connection with the Lord but can't find it with the service between him and the Lord.

The congregation falls silent to the floor.

The Celebrant challenges them to continue re­ belling. However, they cannot because they realize they are rebelling against God, and the Celebrant doesn't stand between them and God like some kind of shield. Rebellion agamst God is personal and it’s scary. The Celebrant shows them he and they are alike by throw­ ing off his vestments. All are responsible be­ fore God. Responsibility can’t be hidden in a Celebrant or a service.

The blues singer points the easy way out.

“You start by sweeping standards down the well-known drain.” He has given up. Finally the blues and rock soloists join in the despair­ ing rock refrain — “I Don't Know.”

The rebellion of the congregation continues in the Gloria. The people object to the “glor­ ious living” depicted by the established church.

They point out the practiced self-delusion and misdirection of those who passively accept that life. “Half the people are stoned and the other half arc waiting for the next election.”

Again the congregation shows its remote relationship with the Lord. They sought a re­ lationship through what the “church” dictated as fulfilled living rather than the simple and personal praise of God. It is interesting to note how the Celebrant meets the rebellion of his congregation. In his epistle lesson he states his firm belief that “they're never gonna scuttle the Word of the Lord.” And after the congregation engages in a heathenish parody of the creation account, the Celebrant plunges into the Credo. In both

It is only after a period of realization, a dramatic silence, that the reconciliation can be­ gin. All join in the simple, secret, and per­ sonal song of praise to the Lord. The mass ends.

Bernstein said of the Celebrant: “He’s the thing people can’t live without from day to day. That’s what faith is, the God in you. When people lose touch with that, despair sets in and the result is with­ drawal from life, by suicide or drugs or just by becoming passive and uninvolved . . .

Everyone has to look inside himself to find God, not in the organized trappings of re­ ligion.”

That faith people can’t live without is direct connection with the Lord. When that is lost the problems of the congregation in Mass begin. Although we must quarrel with his optimistic humanism, Bernstein is right in the sense that nothing can take the place of a direct personal connection with God and still satisfy.

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DMLC opened the second half with a full court press, yet the Trojans widened the gap to 29 at 63'34. Using the board work of John Metzger and his moves inside on offense, the Lancers outscored the Trojans 18-2 to turn a runaway into a real nail-biting barn burner.

The Lancers had pulled to within four at 71' 67 with 2:45 remain1 ng, but the Trojans had enough left, icing the game with successive baskets by Huebner and Sutton.

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The Sem held a 17-16 lead, but the Tro­ jans reeled off thirteen unanswered points. The Seminarians weren’t ready to fold as they came back with six straight. The halftime score was a respectable 33-24 in favor of the Trojans.

The Sem held its last lead at 38-37 only to have the Trojans run up eleven points to squelch any hopes of an upset. Poor free throw shooting by the Sem was partially re­ sponsible for the Trojan margin of victory Dan Metzger led the Trogans with 12. Jim Castillo led the Seminarians with 11,

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Toepel took high point honors with 26.

Madison Tech defeated Maranatha 70-57 to gain the championship game the following evening against the Trojans.

CONC. MILW. 36 33 - 69 NWC 34 25 - 59 Dec. 1 — Both the Falcons and Trojans opened with man-to-man defenses and battled to a 2020 tie midway through the first half. Con­ cordia switched to a 2-1-2 zone and jumped to a 27-20 lead. The Trojans countered with a 1-2-2 half court zone press and took the lead at 30-27. The Falcons edged in front at halftime, 36-34.

The second half became a real dogfight, with the teams trading baskets. The Trojans took their final lead at 52-50 on a basket by Bob Schumann. The Falcons, capitalizing on numerous bonus free throw situations, outscored the Trojans 19-7 down the stretch to take home a 69-59 victory.

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40 40 - 80 MAD. TECH 31 33 - 64 NWC Dec. 8 — Madison Tech took the NWC In­ vitational with a 80-64 victory over the Tro­ jans. Both teams opened with man-to-man de­ fenses, with the Trojans grabbing a 16-13 lead.

Combining the rebounding of William Green with Trojan turnovers, Tech rolled off twelve straight points to jump to a 25-16 advantage.

The Trojan starters, visibly tired from their game against DMLC the night before, were benched in favor of Jack Stern, Dan Kelm, Jim Schumann, Pete Schumacher (still at only half speed because of an injury), and Mark “Gief” Lindner. Coach Thompson’s gamble looked good as the reserves, using a full court press, kept the Tech lead at nine, 40-31, at the half.

The Trojans opened the second half with their half court press and had drawn to within three at 57-54 on a driving layup by Toepel and a jumper by Sutton. However, the Tro­ jans couldn’t overcome Tech’s 52-26 advantage on the boards and ran out of gas in the clos­ ing minutes.

A1 Renz poured in 27 for Tech, with Green matching his 21 rebounds with 21 points. Toe­ pel led the Trojans with 20.

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DMLC took third place with a 91-72 vic­ tory over Maranatha.

28 28 - 56 NWC 52 61 -113 CARROLL Dec. 11 — In the Trojans' first away game of the '73-'74 season, Carroll College romped to an easy 113-56 vctory.

In the first few minutes of the game, the Trojans played excellent ball with a tough full court press to force Carroll mistakes, and they took an early 12-6 lead. But Carroll’s great height advantage and sizzling shooting soon took command. On the oposite end of the court the Trojans couldn’t find the hoop and fell behind 52-28 by halftime.

The second half was no better, and the scoring gap widened. The Trojans shot 26% from the floor and had 36 rebounds for the game, while Carroll grabbed 67 boards and bombed in 48%. Don “Rayfield” Sutton had ten in the loss.

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Both teams came out in man-to-man de­ fenses to start the second half, with Lawrence switching to 2-1-2 and 2-3 zones to keep Tro­ jans off the boards. The Trojans battled back with a full court press to tie the score five times, but each time they were denied the lead on clutch Lawrence baskets. The Tro­ jans achieved their last tie at 56 all on a tipin by Schumacher. Lawrence pulled away down the stretch on bonus free throws.

Lawrence center Tim Kelley, fouling out both Zak and Lindner, poured in 31. Schu­ macher, in his first starting assignment of the season, netted 19 for the Trojans.

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The Trojans played pretty well through­ out against a highly regarded Ripon team. Pete “Spencer” Schumacher and A1 “Flash” Toepel combined for eighteen points to keep NWC within seven at halftime, 31-24.

In the second half, the Trojans kept hust­ ling and scrapping for rebounds and pulled within five. Then Trojan errors and the sharp play of the Redmcn, especially Rod True and Al Scheels, led Ripon to a 21 point advantage.

The Trojans battled back to within ten, but the game ended with Ripon on top, 74-60.

Ripon shot 45% from the floor and NWC 35%. Toepel put on a fine show' with 22 points.

RACINE 55 4S -103 NWC 31 37 - 6S Jan. 12 — Poor shooting by the College of Racine Lakers and the rebounding of Lindner and Schumacher allowed the Trojans to jump to an 8-1 lead. With the score 12-7 in favor of the Trojans, the Lakers switched from their 1-2-2 zone to a 2-2-1 full court zone press.

The Trojans held their last lead at 18-17 at the ten-minute mark. Before Dan Metzger broke up Racine’s fun with a Trojan basket.

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the Lakers had run 22 points on the hapless hosts, putting the game out of reach.

The Lakers continued to build on their 55*31 halftime lead while both coaches cleared the pines and experimented with different com' hinations and defenses. The greater part of the Trojans' offensive output in the second half came from the charity stripe as Racine hammered itself into the bonus early in the half.

Winston Clark led the Lakers with 31 tallies and Tim Sims netted 21. Schumacher led the home forces with 15, followed by Hueb' ner with 14.

four-year period. Sophomore Dave Russow is 9-2-1 in the tough 150 pound class.

MATCH SCORES TO DATE: Ripon 37 NWC 6 NWC 45 U.W.- Richland 6 NWC 27 Milwaukee Tech 21 Concordia - Milw. 30 NWC 23 Gateway Tech 25 NWC 18 UW - Milw. 29 NWC 8 NWC 21 Gateway Tech 21 NWC 32 Waukesha Tech 18 Mad’son Tech 40 NWC 9 NWC 33 Beloit 19 Lakeland 35 NWC 17

Intramurals Wrestling At the halfway point of their season, the Trojan wrestlers possess a modest four wins against six losses and one tic.

The Trojans have wrestled well in all of their meets but have been victims of their own inexperience and suffer from having the upper weights manned by men wrestling out of their weight class.

Paul Scharrer, the captain and the only Senior on the team, leads the Trojan grapplers with a 10-1 mark and is 54-8 to date over a

Once again this year, Paul Press’ Junior team won the indoor soccer championship.

Since the conception of this team sport three years ago, Press’ team has reigned supreme.

Their record this past season was 5-0. Their three-year record is 13-0, and during this per­ iod they have outscored their opponents by 88 goals to 20. Members of this year’s team were: Paul Press, Ed Zell, Steve Otto, Jim Frey, John Wille, John Berg, Mark Brunner, Mike Burow, Gerald Zeitler, Mike Bater, Greg Gib­ bons, Tim Kujath and Ron Zindlcr.

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AT LAST! T t s about time football is over. Technically, I suppose, some will point to the Pro Bowl as the actual end of it all. But I’m sure most would agree that this duel between the stars is anticlimatic when compared to the Super Bowl. Rice Stadium Miami's Dolphins ran their way to a seemingly effortless 24-7 win over runner-up Minnesota. Finally all the speculation is over. The Dolphins are the king­ pins in the pro ranks and Oklahoma, Ohio State, and Notre Dame can aclaim the same in the college ranks.

Getting down to the present, though, there has never been a brighter year for Wisconsin as far as basketball is concerned. The Mar­ quette Warriors are enjoying another splendid year under A1 McGuire. They top our list with a sparkling 12-1, .923 season as this is written. Next on the agenda are the Wiscon­ sin Badgers. Perhaps they were considered on­

ly darkhorse contenders to win the Big Ten title at the start of the season. However, John Powless has put together an impressive team — lookin’ good so far with a 9-2 record. And, of course, the perennial basketball power in Wisconsin is the Milwaukee Bucks. Going in­ to the All-Star Game they’ve posted an out­ standing mark of 35 victories to go with only ten setbacks.

Marquette has been in a rut these past few years. They have won twenty games for six straight years. They have also lost to four Big Ten teams in the NCAA post-season tourney, while bringing home an NIT title in 1971. This season, though, Coach A1 McGuire has assembled a very young and talented squad.

The team is headed by Maurice Lucas, who as a Junior is a bonefied All-American.

McGuire’s prize is 6'9" Freshman center Bo Ellis. Earl Tatum, who has been called a black

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“Jerry West", Lloyd Walton, and Senior Mar­ cus Washington round out the starting five.

Up to this point MU has knocked off four Big Ten teams, including a 49-48 squeaker over powerful Wisconsin in the Milwaukee Classic. Therefore, if A1 can hang unto his stars (unlike Chones and MacNeill — both in the pros) next year might be heaven. His team is ranked number seven in the nation this year — but I’d have to say '75 all the way.

Big Ten title. I, for one, would bet my bot­ tom dollar on them to do so!

When someone mentions “Bucks" — they're talking about a team that has won sixty games in each of its last three regular seasons. De­ spite obvious letdowns in the playoffs against determined Los Angeles and then scrappy Golden State, the Bucks look ready to go again. With the league decimated by the de­ fection of Wilt (the Stilt) to the ABA coach­ ing ranks and an injury to Willis Reed, it just might be clear sailin' for the boys from Milwaukee. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is scoring less and enjoying it more. Bobby Dandridge, Curt Perry, and Lucius Allen are all in their prime. All have shown considerable improve­ ment with the experience they’ve gained the past few years. Now if the Bucks can elim­ inate their biggest threat — injuries — then it's time for the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks to start worrying, because no one is going to stop Milwaukee once they’ve built up a good head of steam.

The Wisconsin Badgers have never had enough talent to stage a variety show. Past flashes such as Clarence Sherrod were brilliant, but always lacked necessary firepower from the bench. This year Kim, center, and Kerry, forward — the Hughes twins are Seniors this season and both are definitely going to be drafted by drooling professional teams. Soph­ omore Dale Koehler has proved to be a fine addition. His strong rebounding has added ef­ fectively to both the team's offense and its defense. Marcus McCoy and Gary Anderson are the team's guards. What more need be said? They do it all! In the pressure-packed Milwaukee Classic, when Wisconsin’s front line was highly publicized, it was McCoy and Anderson who held the team together in a win over not-so-highly-touted Southern Meth­ odist and a heartbreaking defeat to power­ house Marquette. But the Badgers' real test is yet to come. To prove they’re worth their salt, they have to win all the marbles, i.e., the

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But truthfully, I wouldn't be surprised to see a few championships returning to Wisconsin this year — talk it up everyone!

Lee Punke '77

O nce old West Hall as we know it will soon k-* be only a memory, I felt it a fitting time to look back in retrospect to that time when West Hall became the new dorm on campus.

For over 68 years this ancient edifice was home at one time for many of the pastors of our synod. Although we certainly look forward to the complet;on of a more modern dormitory, thoughts of the old will linger on. Thus, as we anticipate West Hall’s approaching death, let us look at its birth back in the early part of this century.

Already at the turn of the century the college’s only dorm, which was built in 1875 and is also awaiting its doom, was quickly becom-

inS inadequate for Northwestern's increasing enrollments. There was insufficient space and, as a result, overcrowding soon resulted. In fact. , ^ *904 this problem forced the college to house 1° of lts students off campus Limited space, however, was not the only problem. The dorm did not have any bathing facilities or indoor toilets, but as our grandparents would Pr°bably tell us, such situations in the day and a2e were commonplace even at home At any rate t“e Synod, oppressed as it was by finin' C1I“ woes> had to ignore the problems. It did momentarily consider remodeling, but this turned out to be totally impractical. Consequcntly it was not moved to do anything until parents, who were troubled over their child-

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ren’s health because of overcrowding, and the Inspector (Dean nowadays) Eickmann (grand­ father of our own Prof. Eickmann) finally prodded the Synod to take action.

In a meeting in 1903, the Synod decided that a dorm could be built if the cost would not exceed $25,000. Granted that the dollar was still a stranger to present-day inflation, such a low limit was terribly unrealistic. As the dorm problems grew worse in 1904, they were augmented by the “timely” outbreak of numerous colds and sore throats. This seems rather minor in itself, but like pebbles that start an avalanche, they coupled with the other factors to convince the Synod in a Watertown meeting on November 1-3, 1904, to go ahead with a project for a new dorm. This time the ceiling was set at $50,000, still a low price for that type of work; for the Synod's maligned budget however, it was a huge sum, so huge, in fact, that the Synod was forced to put a rather unorthodox plan into effect. What they did was to call a pastor (Richard Siegler) out of the parish ministry, whose one main func­ tion would be to solicit money from the con­ gregations for this project. Many people were aghast at such a policy that would use an or­ dained minister for such a task, but it turned out all right in the end.

On May 30, 1905, seven months after that “go-ahead” meeting, the cornerstone was laid.

Surprisingly, this occasion attracted 700 people from Milwaukee alone. But this turnout was dwarfed by the groups that showed up for the Dedication Ceremony on October 15, 1905 (almost exactly 50 years after NWC’s first building). Even though the day was overcast and a blustering wind played havoc with the special open-air service, over 4000 undaunted people joined in the festivities. This time spe­ cial excursion trains brought over 1500 guests from Milwaukee and Chicago, and, in fact, all of Wisconsin’s neighboring states were wellrepresented for the occasion. For days when interstate highways weren't even a dream yet, it was a remarkable turnout. Such enthusiasm could possibly be attributed to the fact that this was the Synod's first landmark building project, but it still doesn't lessen the interest generated at that time, which indeed might put to shame much of our present day apathy.

Although the dorm was already occupied by the end of October of 1905, it was not formally accepted from the builders until Feb­ ruary of the following year. This resulted

from the fact that the basement concrete and the roof did not meet standard specifications.

But these were not the only corners cut to try to meet the $50,000 limit. Soon floors, which had too few nails in the first place to keep the boards down, buckled and creaked.

In the humid summertime, swelling hallways would sometimes rise six inches or more. Then, too, the hallways and creaky steps seldom knew the meaning of the word ‘quiet.’ Most of these problems resulting from cheap construction were partially the Synod’s own fault. Back then they understandably had the policy of doing everything at the least possible cost, no matter what. As former NWC president Erwin E. Kowalke said in our college’s own Centennial Story, they optimistically hoped it would be “very sample, but durable and effi­ cient, requiring but little repair and upkeep.”

Such hopes soon proved vain and illusory and gave some foundation to some of those first descriptions which humorously labeled West Hall as “cracker box, shoe factory, or shipping case.” Unfortunately, much sooner than even the most pessimistic individual might have imagined, West Hall developed numerous leaks in is roof and had to have its floors renailed and halls covered with the special Flexotile; actual' ly, the building was in such a continual state of replastering, repainting, and other general repairs that in 1950 it was probably sounder than ten years after it was built.

Yet even the severest critic would be wary of accusing the Synod heads as being short' sighted penny-pinchers. Being rooted in an agrarian society as they were, our forefathers just couldn’t afford to be too far-sighted some­ times. It was hard for them to be so generous with their money when they had so little to be generous with. That was an era when the common expression “church penny” was often very true. While most necessary wares went at prices absurdly low compared to their modern inflation-ridden descendants, wages and salaries were ridiculously low, too, so that $12 became the average annual family contribution to church.

Despite the understandable complaints and criticism, West Hall proved to be an adequate home for many. To be sure, it was only an inanimate object, but its halls rang and creaked with life as it served Northwestern well for over 6S years. Hopefully its modern counter­ part will prove just as “faithful.”

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Trekkin' as a good foil to Spock’s lack of emotion. His role was enacted by DeForest Kelly. These three were the major characters around which the show revolved. It was usually they who ended up in trouble and had to find a way to solve their dilemma.

Space: The final frontier! Our five year mis­ sion: To explore strange new worlds, to see\ out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!

Cound familiar? It should if you are one of ^ the thousands of dyed-in-the-wool “Star Trek” fans. Of all television shows that were ever cancelled, “Star Trek” has by far the most loyal fans clamoring for its return. These people watch reruns every chance they get, continually write letters to NBC demanding its return, and even hold conventions to get together with other fans. Exactly why is “Star Trek” so popular? I'll try to point out some of the more interesting aspects of the show.

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Nevertheless, other characters were import tant to the show, since they added their dis­ tinct personalities to the Enterprise. Engneer Officer Scott or “Scotty,” played by James Doohan, was the fix-it man on the ship. He was in charge of the engine room, as well as everything else mechanical on the Enterprise.

Scotty was easily recognisable by his familiar Scottish “Aye, Captain.” George Takei por­ trayed Mr. Sulu, the chief of the Astro Science “Star Trek” first premiered in the 1966-67 Department. His job was to determine the television season. It wasn’t the first regular atmosphere and living conditions of alien plan­ series of science fiction or even space travel, ets. He and Ensign Chekhov were in charge however. Other shows like “Voyage to the of the bridge and the actual piloting of the Bottom of the Sea,” “Time Tunnel,” “Outer ship. Lieutenant Uhura, the chief female mem­ Limits,” and “Lost in Space” had preceded it ber of the cast, was a perm lent fixture on the on the boob tube, but “Star Trek” seemed to bridge and was considered by many to be bet­ have something over all the others, namely, ter looking than Spock. Nurse Chapel was realism. Shows like “Lost in Space” were played by Majel Barrett (Mrs. Gene Roddenactually farcical, even though by their basic berry, wife of the producer of “Star Trek”). premises they could have been as good as In addition to being the assistant to Dr. McCoy, she tried to portray the romantic in­ “Star Trek.” terest for Spock, but failed consistently since The major characters in “Star Trek” were Spock did not respond. These were the prin­ Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Mr. cipal members of the cast, and although others Scott, Mr. Sulu, Ensign Chekhov, Lt. Uhura, have had a semi-major role in the past, they and Nurse Chapel. Kirk was played by Cana­ were usually relegated to obscure roles in most dian actor William Shatner. Kirk was the cap­ episodes. tain and was naturally responsible for every­ The theme varied from show to show; the thing which would happen to his starship, the U.S.S. Enterprise. It was Kirk who would crew members of the Enterprise faced every­ beam down to the new planets first, along with thing from intergalactic warfare to alien monSpock, McCoy and occasionally someone else.

Probably the most popular member of the cast was Mr. Spock, played by Leonard Nimoy. Spock was from the planet Vulcan. The inhabitants of that planet were famous for their lack of emotion and for their logical minds, not to mention their pointed ears. Dr. Leonard McCoy was the chief medical officer.

It was his job to find cures for strange dis­ eases the crew may have picked up while ex­ ploring alien planets. His subtle wit served

sters to creatures that multiplied faster than rabbits could ever hope to. Everyone has his favorite episodes. Many “Star Trek” veter­ ans consider “City on the Edge of Forever”

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one of the best. In it Kirk, Spock, and McCoy were brought back to Earth during the 1930’s.

Kirk fell in love with a young woman who was destined to die, and he tried desperately to prevent her death. Others remember the epi­ sodes with loser Harry Mudd, or the one called “The Trouble with Tribbles,” which was one of the more humorous episodes. During the three seasons that “Star Trek” was on the air, its writers were some of the most talented in the business. Among the well-known science fiction authors who scripted for “Star Trek” were Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch, and David Gerrold.

Two years ago the first “Star Trek” con­ vention was held in New York City. Atten­ dance was expected to be around three or four hundred fans, but expectations were greatly exceeded when almost four thousand people showed up. This year they arc expecting ten thousand fans. Conventions have spread to other cities; I attended one of these in Detroit two years ago. Producer Gene Roddenberry, James “Scotty” Doohan, and George “Sulu” Takei were there along with original pi’ot film, blooper reels, and othc; pisodes, which ran day and night for three The big question that al vva comes up is: will Star Trek ever come ' k? This past mng cartoon fall it returned as a Saturday show with all the original contributing their voices. It was well do for a cartoon show, but because of its bev premise and time, it does not really relate cither to child­ ren or adults. It is possible ;'oi the show to return, for other shows like Dragnet” and “The Honeymooners” came back long after they were originally cancelled. None of the show's stars is involved in a regular series at present, and according to all reports are eager to return to the Enterprise if the opportunity should present itself.

Perhaps in the near future “Star Trek” could return, but the major problem right now is cost. When the show was originally can­ celled, the props were sold, stolen, or destroyed, and to build new ones would cost over $750,000. Until that day when “Star Trek” makes its triumphant return to television, fans will have to be content with watching reruns and the cartoon show. Fans are encouraged to write to NBC to ask for its return and, above all, to keep on trekkin’.

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NOW AND THEN T1 here’s a place in northern California that's nothing like the steely, ruthless world as I know it. All of nature’s pastoral blessings manifest themselves there, dispelling any and all disquietude which might attempt to infest the soul. This place is the embodiment of peace itself.

Of course, it's nice in southern California, too. And yet, the conceptive responsibilities of a cognizant, intellectual world don't lend beauty and truth to a life which has rejected and spurned the venemous intellectuality of man.

A set of beautifully shaped, fading gray mountains stretch along the horizon. At the foot of these inexhaustible structures is a charming, crystal clear highway of blue water with a bewitching little channel that grins at you from either bank. Yet, the predominant color is green. Everywhere there is foliage, interspersed with trees of full, blossoming beauty.

Pine trees blanket the mountains, clothing the lower half of their nakedness. If your glance soars heavenward, you’ll see the virgin white caps which give the mountains their special, awesome effect.

But it’s not as cold and barren on the plat' eau. No, it’s the rolled-up-sleeve type of weather down there. And that’s where my home is, nestled among the spectacles which still leave me breathless when I pause to gather them in with a sweep of intransient vision.

I live by myself out there. With every' thing I’ve got out here, why should I invite any friends? Soon my world would be over' run with everything I had run away from.

Naturally, I’d like to share this life with some' one some day, but who can you trust? People try to cheat you. They don’t want you or your problems, they want only your time. They want to smoke-fill your brain and impose their guilt-laden intellect upon yours, deepening and widening the wounds which inflict frustration, sorrow, and despair. You'll say I'm introvert' ed, I suppose, but I like to think that I’m being cautious, particularly when considering giving my life and my world to someone and accept' ing theirs.

You should see the sun rise in my world.

In the early morning, as the sun peeks over the

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don’t worry — you’ll be comfortable. I love to take walks in the evening, to relax just a bit more before I retire for the night. The evening air is so still and serene that it conveys every one of nature’s unadulterated whims per* fectly. There is no struggle for power there: screaming tires, moaning machinery, blaring jukeboxes, boisterous crowds. Nature sings in its gentle, harmonious unity. It gives the soul a chance to renew, to contemplate its status.

hills, the valley is cast in a ruddy glow of early morning warmth. Only God's nature can cap­ ture your heart so completely. As the sun reassumes its dominant position in the top of the sky, everything vibrates with life. Wildflower blossoms beam with the many shades of color which reflect contentment, joy, and even glee.

The stream sparkles as the sun dances on its surface. And the air, lightly scented by the flowers, is pure and fresh, and it inspires the otherwise drudgery of dreary life.

The confusion of society and the rules which change from age to age have always disturbed me. If it were possible, I would leave them behind tomorrow. Sure, I’d miss a lot of it, just like an alcoholic misses his booze. But I can’t turn my back on it completely. It was there. And I shudder to consider dwelling in it twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

I had quite a few friends once. It’s not that hard to win the friendship of other people.

All that you have to do is to deport yourself as though you accept without reservation all the social amenities. As long as your mouth is curled towards your ears there will be people to share the wealth with you. But don’t ever become dependent on anyone. A roomful of people can disappear as quickly as the color disappears from your face. You can see it in their eyes. You’re just another segment of their world, designed to respond favorably and appropriately to their moods, another cog in the machinery of someone's dilemma.

When I’ve completed my walk, I return home to sit in front of the warm fireplace.

Again there is harmony. As the fire spits and crackles and its light leaps about on the solid p;ne walls, the crickets sing an unending verse of assurance. After a cup of hot chocolate and a half hour of warmth, I call it a day.

And I go there now and then. It’s not that far, and sometimes you just have to get away.

But the evening is the most peaceful time of the day out in northern California. You’ll need a C.P.O. jacket if you ever get out there, because at night the air gets rather nippy. But

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Ten Years After Tt s been ten years almost to the day (as I write this)* since the Beatles first set foot on American soil. I celebrated the anniversary in my own quiet way by visiting the library and looking at ten-year-old magazines. Some things have changed.

The Beatles arrived on February 7, but the hype promotion of manager Brian Epstein pre­ ceded them and paved the way for their Amer­ ican conquest. Epstein sold Ed Sullivan on the band, then convinced Capitol records to spend $50,000 on a crash publicity program. Disc jockeys were alerted. "Be a Beatle Booster” badges were distributed. Epstein even tried to bribe a University of Washington cheerleader to have the cheering section hold up 'The Beatles Are Coming” cards at the '64 Rose "'(The Editor resents the implications of that remar\.)

Bowl. That one never came off, though. Amer­ ica just wasn’t ready to have her favorite daughter violated.

All the hype in the world would have been meaningless if the product had not lived up to its advance billing. The Beatles themselves were a smash success right from their first press conference at Kennedy International Airport.

Ringo mentioned that he loved Beethoven, es­ pecially his poems. Paul McCartney announced the Beatles’ plans to stamp out Detroit if the motor city didn’t learn to love them. Their subsequent television and concert appearances are legendary. One hundred million people watched that first Ed Sullivan show, and there wasn’t a single hub cap stolen in New York City during the program. Carnegie Hall opened its doors to rock'n'roll for the first time.

Over two and a half million records were sold during the three weeks the group appeared in the United States.

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Psychologists and sociologists have wasted precious time and energy* attempting to dissect and analyze the Beatles' initial successes. The theories spilled onto the American public ranged from near-reasonable to near-ridiculous.

The music scene of late 1963 and early 1964 was unquestionably stagnant. The Beatles were a fresh sound, their songs more melodic and forceful than the tripe currently receiving air play. Perhaps more significantly, the Beatles as individuals were charm ng and attractive.

Their hair styles and mode of dress suggested sexual potency. All the top ten artists of that day were either old and white, hence unattrac­ tive; or wild and black, and hence anathema.

The Beatles were the best of both worlds.

A more involved theory contended that America was looking for some sort of euphoric outlet after the traumatic assassination of Presi­ dent Kennedy in November of 1963. The Beatles offered a vibrancy that served as an antidote to the dreary memories of the tele­ vised funeral rites of our youngest President.

The Beatles replaced some of the idealism Ken­ nedy had had and revived youthful spirits.

Today McCartney says that theory makes no sense to him at all, and John Lennon dismisses the idea as unrealistic.

Yet the entire phenomenon of Beatlemania was unrealistic, and it took a long time for peo­ ple to let go their Beatle fantasies. Epstein’s cle­ ver promotional techniques presented the four fellows as divergent personalities of the same body, while denying their separate individual­ ities. The Beatles over the years have proved that they are indeed individuals, different not only from everybody else but from each other as well. And also quite human. Human enough to be driven by greed and egoism. Human enough to divorce and remarry and become in­ volved in paternity suits and revels that would make Bacchus wince (Lennon described their American tours as remakes of Fellini’s Satyri* con). They were human enough to bungle their business affairs and call each other names and sue each other in court.

So some things have changed. But, sur­ prisingly, many things are still the same, or rather, ten years of progress and experience haven’t really altered the situation. In 1964, Richard Nixon was politically ruined. He had lost the 1960 Presidential election to John Kennedy, and two years later, following his devastating loss to Pat Brown in the Californ;a gubernatorial campaign, promised that we • wouldn’t have him to kick around anymore.

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But, of course, Dick has a habit of breaking his promises. He made a dramatic comeback by winning the Presidency in 1968. Now, after five years in office, his administration has been exposed as one of the most corrupt in American history. As impeachment processes loom in the House of Representatives, he again appears to be politically ruined.

Ten years ago the sports world heralded the emergence of one Cassius Clay, destined to revive the dying sport of boxing. At Power Memorial High School m New York City, a tall black teenager named Lew Alcindor was leading his basketball team to yet another championship. Pope Paul spoke out on the “patently immoral spectacles that dishonor art, corrupt the people, ignore the sacred character

of life and, what is worse, offend the law of God.” And in 1974 the pop music scene is again stagnant. So stagnant that the hottest selling single of this new year is the remake of a fifteen year old record called “You're Sixteen”, sung by none other than Ringo Starr.

The most persistent question the Beatles faced during the peak of their popularity was, “When will the bubble burst?” The Beatles themselves never hazarded a guess. They only wished to be popular as long as possible, until someone else replaced them. Now, ten years later, they still have not been replaced by a new super-group. But they probably will be soon. In music, as in everything else, things have a way of repeating themselves.

M.B.

SPEAKERS vs. PIPES of the most frequent controversies in the area of church music today lies in the question which is asked by church councils and individual members when pondering the installation of a new organ: “Should we con­ sider buying an electronic organ or install a pipe organ?” More often than not that ques­ tion rests on a financial basis. But is an elec­ tronic organ the only answer for the small congregation with limited funds? Not neces­ sarily! The angles of either type of instrument are too great, perhaps, to deal with adequately at this time. However, I would like to consider a few observations which should be kept in mind when analysing that original question.

First off, let's imagine that a congregation has from $10,000-320,000 to spend on an organ installation. Certainly one could obtain an electronic in that price range with a rather impressive list of stops (specifications). How­ ever, it is questionable that an electronic in that range would have adequate amp'ificafon to meet the situation. When speaking of am­ plification I am not referring primarily to vol­ ume, but rather quality or “trueness” of the tonal spectrum. To obtain true tonal quality when playing at a volume level suitable for congregational singing the amplifier must be capable of tonal quality at much higher vol­ ume levels.

I wish to cite an example of an electronic organ which does not meet the qualifications as I have described them. A church in the vicinity recently installed an Allen electronic organ which falls within the price range that I have outlined. The console is an impressive piece of furniture which has a good number of combination pistons for pre-set stop selections, and has specifications that are almost on par with a concert instrument. In general, the console is a top-line piece of equipment. And then there’s the amplification end of the situ­ ation. The quality of the amplification is al­ most poor enough to consider the whole in­ stallation a waste of money. Let me make it very clear, though, that the problem is not due to the Allen Organ Company. The first error was the placment of the speaker cabinets with­ in the chancel. The sound is forced to be rocked to and fro in the chancel first (disturb­ ing, to say the least, for the pastor) before it finally arrives in the nave of the church. (This error is not an uncommon one, though, be it pipe or electronic organ. The college chapel organ at Northwestern is another example of questionable placement.) The sound that fin­ ally does r£ach the congregation and organist is greatly diminished in volume, and more un­ fortunately, in tonal quality.

The second contributing factor at the church was the idea someone had to turn down

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the master volume of the amplification system to get rid of the “harsh" sound. This is al­ most as crippling as if one were to tie the or­ ganist's hands behind his back. I would hope that in the future someone will guide that particular installation towards an effective in­ strument for congregational worship, for I know it could be accomplished. An instrument should speak pride of its manufacturer.

Now to return to that price range I began with earlier. Many people would be greatly surprised to hear and see the number of fine small pipe organs which are available in that price range. A good example of a delightful little instrument which falls into that category is the five rank Tellers p*'pe organ at the Wis­ consin Lutheran Chapel in Madison. The size and quality of the instrument is very adequate for the Chapel. One particular item I view rather favorably is the reduplication used in the instrument. Reduplication is the practice of placing a stop tab on both the swell and great division (and often on the pedal division) that operates the same rank of pipes; take, for instance, an 8' flute in character — all are then S' in pitch. This practice allows a vast amount of versatility with a small installation. All in all, it's a beautiful little instrument for the money and serves the congregation very well.

And, it has pipes!

I have heard installations of electronic or­ gans which range from $20 000 on up. Cer­ tainly these instruments produce a quality of tone surprisingly close to that of a pipe organ.

The general rule I have noticed is that for the same amount of money for a given pipe organ, one may obtain an electronic w:th twee, sometines more, the number of stops. Here I sup­ pose the question would involve the need for greater versatility in the instrument at a given level of cost. I personally feel that an instru­ ment which allows the capability of rendering successfully the stores of church music and Bach is sufficiently adequate. A concert in­ strument is not a necessity in church.

In order that I not be misunderstood, I am among the first to acknowledge the great achievements which have been attained in the field of electroiv.c organs. However, I lean more toward the true and articulate sound of the p;pe organ, and would counsel towards the purchase of an electronic for the church only with the greatest caution and reservation.

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PCETCr Adrift A mote in life's resurgent sea am I. The endless tossing motion lifts and swells, And floating seagulls lonesome, longing cry.

We all are cast adrift in private hells.

This salty desert stretches on and on.

I look for fellow sailors at the top Of the horizon, past the morning's dawn.

My search has failed so often, I must stop.

But time was once, when I was not bereft.

I thought I would not always be alone.

Yet thoughts alone can never bridge the cleft Between two minds and love cannot atone For all our faults. My God, I need you now.

1 want to live, but you must show me how.

My faith’s so weak, I cannot touch your Hand.

You must take hold and draw me back to land.

P.w.

You don’t kick a man when he’s down; at least not properly; of course, there are many who aren’t proper.

A person who has placed his hand into a raging fire doesn't need someone around to tell him

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stabilize another.

If life’s rocky path has smoothed out a bit for you — invite those on a rougher way to join your leisure.

If you feel yourself sinking on the stormy sea of existence — reach out and grab hold of Him Who walks and calms the storms.

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LORD OF THE IMAGINATION IT airy tales for adults! Why not? This thought must have popped into J.R.R. Tol­ kien's mind more than once as he wrote the trilogy Lord of the Rings. There are proba­ bly few people on this campus who haven’t heard or read about this king sized, 1100 page, Jason-and-the-Argonauts-type adventure story, and there are more than just a handful who have sat many an hour to read the three books, often finding them hard to put down. They are just that kind of story; you can’t stop read­ ing them. ► •

The late J.R.R. Tolkien was a renowned philologist at Oxford for many years, and he was also a noted lecturer. A very dedicated student of language, he always had in his mind some sort of foreign tongue or another. This background was instrumental in his writing of the prelude to the trilogy, The Hobbit.

So you ask the question: What’s a hobbit?

Well, he’s a small cheerful little creature, about a yard in height. Like man, he is a biped with furry little hands and feet, a substantial share of facial hair, and almost always colorfully clothed, except, of course, when he’s wearing his elf cloak.

Tolkien created the region called Mid­ dle Earth for these hobbits, the neighboring dwarves, elves, and men to live in, with many obvious similarities to middle England, a re­ gion for which Tolkien had a special liking.

He even called the hobbits' home country “the Shire” after that same division of England.

Putting his lovable little creatures and his fantasy world together, he came up with The Hobbit or There and Bac\, an adventure story of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, and his troubles on a quest to kill the terrible dragon Smaug and reclaim its valuable hoard of treasure. The acquisition of a magic ring, however, which can make its wearer all-powerful is the cata­ lyst which precipitates the trilogy, Lord of the Rings.

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Tolkien received both praise and criticism for this first work; praised as a fine children’s book, for whom he had not intended it, it was criticized as a shallow adventure story of such fantastic proportions that it wasn't fit for any­ body of any depth to read.

The true merits of this first book and the Lord of the Rings, too, don't lie in the plot, action, or character development, but in the almost unbelievably flawless creation of a world complete to the finest detail in geography and history. Every move of the characters can be followed step by step on the map of Middle Earth. Although the book might prove to be a fine children's story, it is still a very differ­ ent and relaxing diversion for one of any age.

The first book, written in 1936, was not followed until the middle 50’s by the remain­ ing three parts. These recount the quest of Bilbo Baggins' adopted heir Frodo Bagg;ns to return the magic ring to the Mountain of Fire to destroy it and the evil power of Sauron, the Black Lord, who is seeking the ring.

Again, perfect coordination of action and geography is one of the main strengths of this work; however, along with it goes a wealth of natural description of the land and some very exciting reading, rarely challenged by other books that I have read.

These are not children's books. In the mid60's the “Tolkien Movement" swept the col­ lege campuses of the world, and these books were #1 best sellers for more than a little while. Many saw some underlying religious morals or themes, but Tolkien denied that he had written them with such purposes in mind.

One creation of his which deserves special attention is the glossary and explanation of the elvish, dwarfish, and hobbit tongues which ac­ companies the Trilogy and which is in keep­ ing with his interest in language. The books are a translation of the Red Boo\ which was written in some obscure language which he in­ vented. In addition, there are histories of the dwarves, elves, hobbits, and men all the way back to the first age of Middle Earth (the present time being the third age) to which he repeatedly refers in the course of the story. It must be read to be appreciated fully.

J.R.R. Tolkien died in the fall of 1973, but through his works he will be long remem­ bered as the writer of adult fairy tales by all who ventured to find out what a hobbit was.

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Peter Townshend's Apocalypse Tt has been two long years since Who’s T^ext, ^ years of little touring, of introspection, evaluation, and individual experimentation. That interval saw the release of the Who's personal projects — Entwistle's Whistle Tunes, Daltrey's Daltrey, and Townshend's astonishing Who Came First — albums which, while show­ casing the group’s separate talents, proved con­ clusively that the totality of the unique entity that was the Who far exceeded the sum of its component parts.

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And now, after more than a year of visual­ ization, composition, recording, and edit:ng, the Who has unveiled what must surely be con­ sidered the definitive Who album of all time, Quadrophenia. Both in the coherence of its concept and in the sheer magnitude of its scope, Quadrophenia must rank as the most ambitious musical undertaking of the '70’s, if not of the whole of rock's music's brief history. The two records are an elaborate psychological narra­ tion of the mental convulsions of an English adolescent, circa 1965; the impact, however, is far more universal, testifying to the agonies of anyone who has ever experienced an acute identity complex.

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Quadrophenia proves beyond a shadow of the proverbial doubt (if anyone was really skeptical, that is) that Townshend is the Who's source of creative energy, both conceptual and musical. Although produced jointly by the group, the opera’s lyrics and music were writ­ ten by Townshend, who also performed the greater part of the music. The credits list Daltrey on lead vocals, Moon on percussion and vocals, Entwistle on bass, horns, and vo­ cals, and Townshend on what is modestly termed the "remainder,” a typical understate­ ment for electric lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, synthesizer, banjo, and violin. His instrumental role is so vital and variegated that concert performances must util­ ize supporting tapes to approximate the com­ plex studio overdubbings.

The enormity of the undertaking had grad­ ually convinced the Who of the inadequacy of available recording studios, and they wasted precious weeks before realizing that they would

have to build their own to achieve the particu­ lar effects they needed. Accordingly, they began to remodel an old church in Battersea, West London, in an attempt to create optimum acoustic conditions; the tracks were then mixed in Ronnie Lane's mobile studio and mastered and edited in L.A. In explaining his preoccupation with vint­ age adolescence, Townshend reminisced about the Who's first corporate consciousness back in '64 and '65, the "Mod” era in working-class London. He felt a suppressed compulsion to explode the myths of the non-reality of the Mod, to vocalize all the unspoken, tacitly acknowledged implications of the Mod expert ience, to revel in the faded memories of the Mod salad days, to explore the frantic years that gave birth to the Who. It was a kind of exorcism of the Zeitgeist, a mystical re-creation of a then-indefinable social phenomenon.

Mod never reached America. Perhaps the nearest thing to which it could be compared was the “kaleege” (as opposed to the "grease”) ideal. The analogy limps, though — classic London Mod demanded stringent mass con-

formity in music, fashions, and transportation; those inviolable standards, however, were quite likely to change from one week to the next.

Mods were extremely trend-conscious, and the working-class kids paid dearly for their mind­ less worship of lockstep Mod whimsy. By 1966 the movement had largely burned itself out, and the neat, short-cut hair and the motor scooters disappeared like the Edsel, Quadrophenia is a flashback to a couple of days in the mind of a Mod caught in the vor­ tex of violently conflicting emotions and ideals.

The opera portrays our hero, Jimmy, at the precise instant when his self-awareness first perceives the numbing disparity between real-

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ity and illusion, between his contrived image of Mod coolness and the utter failure of his environment — parents, religion, and society — to suggest a motive for his shabby existence.

His parents think that his erratic behavior in* dicates schizophrenia, but the four distinct forces raging within him convince Jimmy that he must be quadrophenic. Each force is a re' flection of the personality of a Who member: Daltrey as the tough guy, Entwistle as the romantic, Moon as the bloody lunatic, and Townshend as the spiritual hypocrite; the im' plication is that they are reflections of the entire rock generation as well.

The songs are almost without exception a continual stream of Jimmy's consciousness. The album begins with the ceaseless roar of the crashing surf and pouring rain, indicative of his confused personality, and one by one the four mavn musical themes are heard echoing in the distance Jimmy is sitting on a rock off the coast of Brighton in the storm, brooding about the events of the last few days, during which his quadrophenia complex seemed to be particularly intense “The Real Me” begins the flashback to the psychiatrist and minister to which his mother sent him, all three of whom he regards as having failed him. Full of frus' tration, the song is an uptempo rocker, featur­ ing Entwistle's probing, arty bass lines and Townshend's windmilling guitar chops.

The title cut follows, a blurring collage of themes — the lunatic “Bell Boy,” the romantic "Is it Me?,” the snarling "Helpless Dancer,” and ^ the orchestral litany "Love Reign O’er Me.” The synthesized overlays and casading guitar riffs always threaten to metamorphose the tunes into symphonic schlock, but Keith’s crashing traps and John's insistent bass never let you forget that you are listening to a rock and roll band.

The surf now blends into London streetnoise as Jimmy reflects on the society he is locked into with "Cut My Hair.” He cannot resolve the conflict between himself and his parents, but he is not really accepted by his peers, either, no matter how hard he tries.

Thousands of London Mods descend on Brigh­ ton for a weekend and cruise the streets look­ ing for trouble. Buzzed on leapers, Jimmy exults:

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The vision shifts to the Mod in him — he re­ vels in the image of his seersucker jacket, scooter, and neat haircut. Suddenly, the storm is calmed; his spiritual side, misty with syn­ thesized violins, prays for love to reign o’er him. The sum total of the wash of emotion, though, is further depression, and he declares his disgust with his quadropheiva, “I’ve had enough of streetfights ... of fashions ... of acting tough ... of trying to love.”

One of the paradoxes of Mod was that you led by following. Mod chic dictated mass conformity, and the idols, the Ace Faces, were the most conformist of all. In “The Punk Meets the Godfather,'” Jimmy senses, as if for the first time, that “you only became what we made you, thought you were chasing a destiny calling, you only earned what we gave you.”

The song is a tense dialogue between Jimmy and the Ace Face, between slashing guitar and dancing synthesizer; his realization is now one more disillusioning blow.

He takes a tram to Brighton just to wallow in the memories of the crazmess of three weeks ago. Up and down the beach he searches for himself, out of tune with the sea and sand.

His thoughts wander from failure to failure, from his alcoholic parents to all the demimonde sleazies in his life, and finally disintegrate into unrestrained fantasy and the semi-conscious wish for the oblivion of death,

Turned in toward himself, Jimmy tries to assert his identity, “I'm One.” But self-doubt and loneliness mock him as he looks at society, “Ill-fitting clothes, I blend in the crowd, fingers so clumsy, voice too loud.” Rejected now by parents, peers, and chicks, bored by school and religion, he quits school to get a job as a dust­ man. The work is demeaning, degrading, and utterly nowhere, and he quits that after two days, “I'm getting put down, I’m getting pushed round, I’m being beaten every day.”

Something snaps inside him, and all the suppressed paranoia of eighteen years spills out in Daltrey's theme, the frustrated tough-guy lament, “Helpless Dancer.” When everything goes wrong, you stop dancing — his acute per­ secution complex introduces suicide impulses — and self-recriminations echo in his brain. The music of this stage alternately swaggers and cowers, shouts and stutters, demands and begs.

The lyrics grow increasingly more introspec­ tive and involuted, and Jimmy finally wonders, “Is it in My Head?” But the coup de grace is yet to come — deserted by his girl for the arms of his best friend, he smashes up his Ves­ pa GS in the rain.

With a crash of drums the four personal­ ities erupt and fight for domination in “I’ve Had Enough.” The tough guy sneers perhaps the album's best lines: "You were under the Impression That when you were walking forward You’d end up further onward, But tilings ain’t quite that simple.”

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“Bell Boy,” Keith’s theme, is sheer comic relief, a rowdy, snickering gasp of lunacy, the tragicomic absurdity of a former Ace Face as a bootlicking bellhop in the same hotel that he had trashed three weeks ago. The confronta­ tion is laughable — Moon's exaggerated cock­ ney perfectly mirrors Jimmy's own insanity.

The tune is another classic Who stomper — savage guitar licks over pounding bass, then pensive, bitter musings.

But our hero is now more down than ever and, out of his mind with melancholia, he gets sufficiently wired to start a Western Union office. Stumbling down to the waterfront, he steals a small motorboat and sets off for a large rock off the coast. The pills induce a sort of hysterical courage (is this bravery or bravado) and he jumps up, waving a bottle of Gilbey's,

warbling blurry anthems in tune with the roar of the storm and the engine. Between fits of maudlin insouciance and strung-out intuition, he clambers onto the rock to wait for the waves to wash him off. There his scrambled brains realign temporarily and his quadrophenic id again polarizes into its several entities. The music builds, themes flash briefly, then slowly fuse, gaining momentum into one dizzying colossus of counterpoint, exploding finally into the pelting rain. The crisis is resolved.

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Out of the tumult arises Pete's theme, '"Love Reign O’er Me,” the mystical, spiritual assertion of man’s eternal yearning for what is beyond him, a powerful but humbling belief in the infinity of the universe and the minuteness of man. For the first time, Jimmy has, like the Phoenix, risen from the ashes of his burned out existence, from the constricting walls of his skull, and for one fleeting instant attains inner vision In the thundering final chords, you realize that Jimmy is in danger of maturing and, though weak, he will derive strength from his weakness.

ment on a much grander scale, however. De­ spite the more appealing directness and sim­ plicity of Tommy's melodies, despite the in­ dividual brilliance of songs like "Pinball Wiz­ ard” and the "See Me, Feel Me” sequence, Quadrophenia is destined to surpass Tommy not only for its psychological insights and nostalgic deja vus, but for its overwhelming complexity and subtle technical artistry as well.

Quadrophenia does tend to be a little overdone in spots (Townshend said of the project: I wonder whether every step the Who takes needn't be a monumental one.) But the over­ all effect is masterful and convincing, the char­ acter development is plausible and thorough, and the music is a triumph of the Who’s art.

It's gonna be a tough act to follow.

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Several obvious similarities suggest them­ selves between Quadrophenia and Tommy, the Who's earlier epic saga of a blind, deaf, and dumb teenage guru. Quadrophenia is a state­

ALUMNI

There *s not much t0 report from the alum­ ni in this issue, but we will relay what we do have. We hope and pray that all our alumni are doing well and enjoying the Lord’s richest blessings in their lives. Here is the news for this month.

INSTALLATIONS Rev. Lloyd Lambert, formerly of Calvary congregation in La Cross, WI, has accepted the call to serve Trinity in Eugene, OR. He will be installed on March 3.

Pastor Harold Schewe, who was the pastor in i11?’ ^R» at Bethesda congregation, has sm? w ** I1116 cal1 t0 be a Professor of religion ana English at Northwestern Lutheran Aca­ demy m Mobridge, SD.

CONGREGATIONAL ANNIVERSARY St. Lucas congregation of Kewaskum, WI, cele­ brated the 60th anniversary of its church build­ ing on February 3. Pastor Paul Hoenecke is presently serving St. Lucas.

DEDICATIONS Gethsemane Congregation of Davenport, 10, de­ dicated a new church on January 27. Gethse­ mane is served by Pastor Ralph Scharf.

BIRTHS Pastor and Mrs. John Henning of Spokane, WA, would like to announce the birth of a son, Eric Charles, who was born on December 29.

Pastor and Mrs. Paul Albrecht of Renton, WA, also have the birth of a son to announce. Kevin John was born on January 12.

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SEM NOTES The sem students are to be commended for mak­ ing some real worthwhile contributions to the column this month (and on very short notice, we may add).

Juniors: John Brenner’s grandfather has been revealed as actually being J. P. Koehler.

Gordon Peters still has his strange penchant for getting high.

Barney says that Luther’s greatest contribution to the Reformation was his hymnwriting.

For membership in the International Association of Turtles, contact Loren Lucht. Be sure to learn the password.

Beck Goldbeck’s class participation was high­ lighted the other day when he fell asleep and drooled on his tie. (ick!)

Dan Garbow’s new name is Shemo. (Possible meanings from the Holladay Hebrew Lexicon are: His name, his renown, his reputation, or his memory. Choose your favorite.)

Middlers: Winter Carnival at Sem was quite successful this year. A memorable event was a car-pushing contest in the parking lot.

The Middler Class was told, on one of those days when attendance was abnormally sparse, by the married Mensch that “Marriage is an honorable institution.” Kovo, a staunch single Mensch said, “But who wants to live in an in­ stitution?” So, the Great Debate continues.

A collection was taken up recently for Dennis Valleau, who is suffering acutely from insom­ nia. He woke up twice in Church History class.

Seniors: Tom and Carol Knickelbein are happy to announce the birth of a daughter, Carrie Melissa, on February 2. She weighed 9 lb. 6 oz.

Dan and Joan Oestreich had a son, Aaron John, on January 19. Their baby boy weighed in at 8 lb. 9 oz.

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(If you will remember back to our December edition, you will recall that Tom Bartz put in a want add for a wife. Evidently, no one ap­ plied for the position. Girls just don’t seem to want to commit themselves so much these days, we guess. So, Thomas is trying again.

We wish him well in his venture. We also have a reference for him. Tom, have you heard of the Wisconsin Lutheran ComT;ute-ADate Service? It was established to help Wis­ consin Synod Lutherans in the Milwaukee area get together. The address is 407 N. Glenview Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53213. (You can phone 774-4475 if you’re in a hurry.)

Tom Bartz would like to announce his engage­ ment, but unfortunately, one vital element is lacking — the young lady.

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Tn everyday, run-of-the-mill conversations, few people, if any, really concern themselves with the origins of the particular words that they use. Unless someone attaches some re­ lated derivative onto some new vocable he's trying to master, he doesn't really care whether the words he uses come from Latin, French, Old English, Antarctican, or Winnebago In­ dian, as long as they convey his thought. Little docs the average person care where and how some word came into beuig. Yet, despite the fact that the very term “etymology" probably conveys a dull and technical usage, the study of certain words and their origins can be rather intersting, and of some value as well.

For instance, through our history courses we have become familiar with the term “pyrrhic victory,” made famous by Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, and his very costly victory over the Romans in 279 B.C. But few would ex­ pect the repulsive term “masochism” and its close relative “sadism” to be derived from pro­ per names. Yet they were. Masochism, in which a person gains satisfaction from selfinfliction and punishment, comes from an Aus­ trian novelist, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose main character in one of his novels suffered from this same abnormality. Likewise, “sadism” was coined by a French author, Count de Sade, whose own insane practices and unnatural crimes brought the death pen­ alty upon himself.

Most of the world’s greatest literature con­ stantly utilizes mythological, classical, and Bib­ lical allusions. For instance, Milton’s famous epic poetry is loaded with such references. But without fully realizing it, we, too, use similar references whenever we refer to someone as a Doubting Thomas, a Jezebel, or as a Good Samaritan. The experienced reader learns to appreciate and recognize them, and the good writer learns to incorporate them into his works.

The widely-read student of literature will recognize such references with little difficulty.

However, there are many other types of com­ mon, everyday words whose origins are far less practical but probably more interesting.

We all know dozens of words that have come to us from the Latin or Greek, but there are also occasional words which, though we wouldn’t really have expected it, have come directly or indirectly from people’s names.

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The word “boycott,” which is a common term in today's diplomatic affairs, isn’t even 100 years old, even though its practice has gone on for centuries. Captain Charles C. Boycott, agent for a real estate company in Ireland, inadvertently made this term famous by becoming the victim of this practice when he refused rent figures set up by his tenants in 1SS0. The resulting physical damage quick­ ly adopted the appealing term.

Some origins of words are not so easily attributed. For example, lynching, despicably practiced during the days of the “Wild West,” has several possible sources. Some apply the word to an ignominious judge of colonial Vir­ ginia, Charles Lynch, who had unjustifiably hanged two Tories who had been illegally im­ prisoned. Others refer it to North Carolina's Lynch Creek, where a Tory corpse that had

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already been hanged was executed a second time in a peculiar mock court-martial cere­ mony.

Eve, stuck in his throat. As we all doubtless realize, the type of fruit is nowhere spelled out for us in the Bible.

Those of us who are familiar with scienti­ fic inventions and discoveries know that fam­ ous discoveries frequently incorporate the name of their discoverers. Pasteurization and the Fahrenheit thermometer are just two common examples. Sometimes, however, this is not the case. France's famous guillotine was named after a French physician and inventor, Joseph Guillotin; yet he was not the inventor of this instrument, for the same process had been practiced often in eastern countries many cen­ turies before. But this notorious process of execution became famous only after this French scientist suggested its use to the Constituent Assembly for humanitarian purposes. It soon became such a popular means of execution that people all over France lost their heads over it.

Sometimes words are derived from place names associated with certain people. Our fami'iar sandwich, available even in Roman times, didn't receive its modern name until the 18th century. After John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, once spent 24 straight hours at a gaming table, living only on his special thick meat slices between toast, the term understand­ ably was bom.

Despite the popularity of new Hollywood horror shows, Frankenstein, the popular repre­ sentation of the hideous, inhuman monster that is brought to life, has still remained as one of the premier monsters. Frankenstein was the creation of Mary Shelley, second wife of the famous Percy B. Shelley. Her ghost story of Dr. Frankenstein was part of a uiv’que family entertainment. Upon prodding from her hus­ band, she reworked it into a longer story in ISIS. However, in this original story Fran­ kenstein was not the monster, but the scientist who created the monster, and the monster's name in Mrs, Shelley's original tale, now synonymous with Frankenstein, was never mentioned.

The game badminton took its name in much the same way. Although played extensively

by England’s Duke of Beaufort toward the end of the 19th century, it took the name of the duke's country scat, Badminton Hall. Actual­ ly, the game itself probably originated in India, but the Duke of Beaufort did the most to popu­ larize it.

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One of the world's best known clocks and bell towers, Big Ben, derived its name from Sir Benjamin Hall, Commissioner of Works in England during whose term in the lS50's a great bell for Parliament's clock tower was cast. Actually, the bell tower was supposed to be christened “St. Stephen," but, as often is the case, the public latched on to a popular newspaper nickname, “Big Ben,” and the nick­ name stuck.

Sometimes words come into being through misconceptions and superstition. One such is the Adam’s apple, our common name for that thyroid projection of the larynx. Tradition, as one might logically guess, connects this part of our anatomy to Adam and an unfounded and rather ridiculous superstition that a piece of the forbidden “apple,” given to Adam by

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Word origins from famous legends arc also common. The familiar but disreputable term “Pcep;ng Tom” apparently comes from the dubious legend of Lady Godiva. Tradition has it that the Earl of Mercia, a nobleman of England’s Edward the Confessor, agreed to remit an odious tax if his wife would ride naked through the streets of Coventry. Lady Godiva accepted this challenge, but only if the inhabitants would stay in their homes behind closed curtains. All obeyed, except for one man, Peeping Tom. Because of this outrage he was subsequently killed or blinded (whichever legend you want to believe), and a commem­ orative bust was placed on the sill of the win­ dow he was supposed to have looked out of.

Probably the most commonly used names with a distinct and unique origin are the names of the months. Most people probably know that January is derived from the god Janus, who had two faces — one to look forward into the future and the other to look backward into the past. But probably few are at home with the origins of the other months. Februaryfrom “februare,” meaning “to expiate or pur­ ify,” is associated with the feast of the Purifi­ cation of the Virgin Mary on February 2.

March, originally the first month of the year, comes from Mars, the Roman war god. April's origin is more uncertain. Supposedly it comes from the Latin word “aperio,” “I open,” a fittmg term for the month of the begining of spring. Likewise, origins for May and June are not clearly known, possibly being associated respectively with the Roman senate, Maiores, and the lesser legislative branch, the Juniores.

However, Ovid felt June should be ascribed to

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Juno, guardian of the female sex. This might help explain the superstition that June is the luckiest month for weddings. July and August were obviously associated with Julius Caesar and his grandnephew, Caesar Augustus. Fin' ally, students of Latin can easily figure out from Latin's numerical terms that the last four months must have originally been the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth months of the old Roman calendar.

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With reference to the names of the month, one probably should not overlook the origins of certain special days, such as last month's Valentine's Day. St. Valentine was a pagan priest who was converted to Christianity but suiTcrcd martyrdom on February 14, 269. Since that day had long been associated with the courting of birds, later it was appropriately taken over into human courtship and the vah entine. Valentines actually were very popular in Victorian times, and the practice has been revived in our own time.

The preceding references are just a scattcred selection of thousands of words that have their own unique origin and background. A living language utilises many different sources in its growth and evolution, and the English language will continue to change and develop as new terms are coined.

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You’ll notice that every once in a while I condescend to use a slang expression, in be­ tween mountains of precisely cadenced phrases.

I do this just to put you more at ease, to make you think I’m really a regular fella. But don’t you ever forget, thou pygmy intellect, thou minimus mind, that I am not.

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SPORTS The Trojans opened their roller derby sea­ son by heading up to the Northland Home of Underprivileged Chicagoans. In the first quar­ ter, the Trojan Rollers piled up a command ng lead of 12-11. Tocpel led the offense by per­ sonally sweeping the boards of five Lumber­ jacks. Their coach was forced to clear the pines and experiment with different combin­ ations of jamming techniques. Jumpin' Jack Junior, Pete Schumacher, squelched this effec­ tively by belting Reginald (Rookie) McLurch with a perfectly timed Kung Fu chop on his spine. McLurch is said to be resting comfort­ ably in satisfactory condition at the Memorial Hospital. The Trojans then went into 2-1-2 and 2-3 zones to keep the Lumberjacks off the boards, but they battled back with a full-court press. By halftime the match had turned into a real nail-biting barnburner with the score 15-15.

The second half became a real dogfight, with the Lumberjacks reeling off thirteen un­ answered points. Sutton went into a skid in the far corner and careened out of control un­ til he fell flat on his face, digging a groove in the wood with his nose. Since he was block­ ing the lane, the Refs kept calling three-second violations until Dacewrappe Dickie finally managed to drag him off. After that it was all downhill. The Lumberjacks' second half percentage on cheap-shots was an amaz.ng 99.

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Otto: Watch what you say: I’ve flattened bet' ter men than you for doing less.

Schmidt: Okay, okay, I'm sorry. Just do it.

The Badgers Will Be Here. The Badgers Arc Here. The Badgers Were Here. Where Are the Badgers?

Just You Wait 'Till Next Year!

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POETRY Heavy Heavy, heavy, heavy.

Deep, deep, deep.

Think deep thoughts.

Thoughts deep, think.

Why, oh my, why?

Pain, the Pain.

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GREG GIBBONS (FANTASTMAN) Star date 6,782.321 and %. Watertown, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Wartburg. Her five-year mission (should she decide to accept it) will be to ex­ plore strange old streets, to seek out still life and decaying civilisations. To boldly go where everyone else has gone before!

Captain Denny Schmidt: What’s that strange aberration on the forward screen? Lieuten­ ant Schumann, increase speed to warp fac­ tor ... uh ... uh . . .

Schumann: Yessir?

Schmidt: Don’t rush me! How do you expect me to work out factors in my head? I only had an introductory math course when I was a frosh.

Schumann: Why don’t you just schmear from somebody else?

Schmidt: Good idea! Porinskitus, come over here and let me pick your log'cal brains.

What’s the warp factor we need?

Porins\itus: According to my precise prognos­ tications, unhampered by the cloying emo­ tionalism of the human race . . .

Schmidt: Cut the jive! Give me the factor.

Por.: A warp factor of approximately 6.738 will bring us to the object in question in 16.87 seconds.

Schmidt: You heard him, Schumann.

Schumann: Aye, aye, sir.

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Schmidt: Look a that, it looks like some sort of slide!

Por.: A senior slide, to be precise.

Schmidt: There’s people sliding down it! How can they? There’s no gravity out there, no air!

Por: Those men out there are seniors at North­ western College. They’ve defied other laws, why should the Law of Gravity stop them?

As for air, with the boring life they lead, the one molecule of oxygen per twenty mil­ lion cubic feet with which space provides them should be quite sufficient. Now, if you don’t mind, could you human beings leave me alone? I've got studying to do.

Schmidt: Hey, that looks like fun! Why don’t wc all beam out and join them.

All: Okay.

(Everyone Troops Down to the Transporter Room) Schmidt: Smidge, beam us all out there, but be careful. The last time you beamed me out I ended up encased in twenty feet of rock.

Smidge: My name's pronounced Schmee gee, and don’t worry. 1 11 be careful.

(A humming fills the air ((sound effects by the Touring Chorus.)) (The Capta'n and his Crew reappear at the foot of the slide. They watch silently as the blank-faced sen ors, mov­ ing like robots, climb to the top of the slide, slide down, walk back and wait in line to re­ peat the process.)

Schmidt: It looks a lot less fun closer up.

Otto: Well, there’s nothin’ else to do, we might as well try it.

Schumann: Yeah, what have we got to lose?

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Schmidt: What in the name of Alpha Centauri is that? Otto, if you can quit picking

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SPCCTS Mark Love of the Crusaders and “Spen­ cer” Schumacher tied for high honors with 19.

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The only bright spots for the Trojans were the play of A1 Toepel and Dan Metzger. Toepel worked hard all n-ght, avoiding Wildcat defenders and dropping in twisting layups, while Metz bombed in 25 points with his ex­ cellent moves to the baseline and around the bucket.

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The Trojans opened with an aggressive man-to-man, while the Crusaders opened with a 1-2-2 zone. Early turnovers by the Trojans and the ability of Maranatha to control their defensive boards left the score at 12-12 with 11:45 remaining in the half. The Trojans then rolled off nine points to decide the issue.

With the Trojans asserting themselves on the backboards, the gap widened to 21 points by halftime.

Both teams opened with man-to-man de­ fenses after intermission, but the scrappy Cru­ saders had their hopes for an upset dashed by a 14-4 scoring spurt by the black and red.

Trojan reserves held the fort when garbage time set in with seven minutes left.

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by Huebner) forged a 52-40 halftime lead for the Trojans.

Niles opened the second half with a full court press and ran off eight points to draw within four at 16:45, but foul trouble and Trojan board strength forced the Lions back into a 2-3 zone. The Trojans again were in the bonus early and needed every free toss to stave off the Lions’ last counter attack at 76-71 (6:30).

Mike Mullen and Don O’Donnell led the Lions with 19 and 17, respectively. A1 Toepel led all scorers with 21. Stu Zak played his finest game of the season, matching his 19 points with 19 board sweeps.

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Unfortunately, the Vikings came out of the locker room with some hot shooting and in­ creased their lead to 16 points. Finally, the Trojans got off the floor and whittled the lead to ten. But last-minute pressure downcourt

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resulted in a few easy baskets for Lawrence, and the Trojans fell 86-67 at the buzzer.

Northwestern again bowed to a team which was beatable except for hot shooting. Law­ rence hit on 57% of their shots, while NWC hit at only a 31% clip.

Dan “Metz” Metzger drove the baseline for 14 points and “Rayfield” Sutton put in 12 in the loss.

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Feb. 6 — The Trojans, using a deliberate offense, threw a scare into “moose” and the Muskies for a half. With the Trojans cough­ ing up the ball only three times in the first half on turnovers and Lakeland's 6T0" center John Wolf riding the pines after three quick personals, the Muskies took a slim 30-26 lead to the locker room. With Wolf on the side­ lines, “Metz” was able to work inside for 12 first-half points.

The second half was a different story as the Muskies turned Trojan turnovers into quick baskets to quiet the upset-minded Tro­ jan faithful. Wolf fouled out late in the ball game but too late to give the Trojans a chance to pick up any loose change inside.

Three Trojans hit double figures: Toepcl 19, Metzger 15, and Schumacher 14. Steve Hotz led all scorers with 21, and teammate John Campbell tossed in 17 for Lakeland.

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Feb. 9 — Racine ruined Trojan attempts at a slowdown with a full court press and fantas­ tic rebounding. The Lakers alternated a full court zone (falling back into a 1-3-1) with full-court man-to-man pressure to force the Trojans into a shootout. The rebounding of Gene Sims and George Chambers limited the cold-shooting Trojans to only one try at the hoop each time down the floor. The Trojans blew their chance to stay in the ball game, missing the front end on six bonus tries.

The second half was more of the same with the Lakers hitting the century mark with 5:30 to go. Racine won the battle for the boards handily, 73-49.

Toepel tossed in 22 and Metzger 17, but their performances were paled by Gene Sims' Racine-record 45 points.

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Northland’s total of 148/2. Individual titles went to Paul Scharrer at 142 pounds, Dave Russow at 150 pounds, and Marty Baur at 158 pounds.

Wrestling With three-fourths of their season behind them, the injury plagued and inexperienced Trojan wrestlers possess a modest record of five wins, nine losses, and a tie.

The latest exploits of the Trojans produced a sixth place finish in the always tough Carth­ age Invitational. The follow:ng week the team made the long trek to Northland to partici­ pate in the first Gateway Conference wres­ tling tournament. The Trojans gave the Jacks a battle for the title, piling up 128 points to

In dual competition, the Trojans dropped matches to Carroll and Lawrence while defeating Beloit.

Paul Scharrer continues his winning ways with a fine 16-2 record. Dave Russow’s 14-4-1 is the only other Trojan with a mark above .500.

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THE HOWE LEGEND As the 1970-71 National Hockey League season came to a close, there were few people who thought that Gordie Howe would ever be playing regularly again. He had not had a particularly productive season (which was very unusual for him), since he was troubled by arthritis and other minor injuries.

So after twenty-five seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, Gordie finally hung up his skates, leaving behind him page after page in the NHL record books. As I write this, Gordie has not only resumed his career but is presently only three points out of first place in the World Hockey Association scoring derby. His team, the Houston Aeros, is in first place, largely on the play of Howe and a couple of rookies who bear the same last name.

Together the three Howes comprise a multi­ million dollar package which looks like a great deal for the fledgling WHA. Last year the league got off to a pretty fair start bv signing such NHL stars as Gary Cheevers, J. C. Trem­ bly, John McKenzie, and the Golden Jet, Bob­

by Hull. Still, many of the players were just mediocre by NHL standards, and a lot of franchises like Houston were in dire need of a big drawing card to boost their attendance.

The Aeros took a big gamble. They took eighteen year old Mark Howe in the first round of the amateur player draft and brother Marty a few rounds later. National Hockey League rules prohibit a player from playing in the league before he reaches the age of twenty.

The Aeros reasoned that by offering Marty

and Mark a large contract and by playing them together on the same team, they might be able to persuade the old man himself to come out of retirement for a year, thus be­ coming the first father-sons combination in hockey history.

Playing with his sons had always been one of Gordie’s lifetime ambitions. He had hoped that some day it would have been possible in Red Wing uniforms, but with the player draft and his injuries it seemed out of the question.

All of a sudden he had a chance to start a whole new life, but to do it he would have to leave the organisation he had been associated with for twenty-seven years.

Gordie had started his career with the Red Wings the year after World War II ended, back when the big names in sports were Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and Joe Louis. Gor­ die first received attention when he was play­ ing for Omaha in the minor leagues. He was quite the fighter back then, and after Gordie had just beaten up one of the opposing players, his coach asked him, '‘Don't you like that guy?” Gord replied, "I don’t like any of them.” The next year he made the big club and got into ten fights during the first ten games. Through the years Gordie controlled his temper better and decided to let his stick do the talking for him, although there were many times when an opponent would find him­ self dazed after being smashed into the boards by one of Howe’s vicious body checks.

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Gordie's main asset, though, was scoring, and page after page of records will testify to that. He holds NHL records for most career goals, assists, and points, along with numerous other career, season, and single game records.

He surpassed the records of Montreal’s Maurice Richard and recently scored his 800th goal at the age of 46. Some hockey players like Boston’s Phil Esposito and Bobby Orr, Buffalo’s Gil Perrault or Bobby Hull might someday challenge Howe’s records, but it should be remembered that most of Howe's goals were scored during the era of pre-expan­ sion, when there were only six teams in the whole league. This is not taking anything away from the other players, but the repeated expansion of the NHL and the emergence of the WHA has spread the talent considerably thinner.

During his years with the Wings Gordie worked on lines with other NHL greats like Sid Abel, Ted Lindsay, Alex Delvecchio, and Frank Mahovolich, who benefited in their own scoring totals from the great faking and passing of Howe (and vice versa). Gordie seemed the personification of the National Hockey League itself. Why then, did Gordie leave it all and start anew?

Howe, after his retirement as an active player, was named a vice-president of the Red Wing organization. Normally, the vice-presi­ dent of any large corporation has a voice in how his company is run, commenting on what can be improved and advising on personnel, performance, and other things. Howe expected to be treated in much the same wav for the Red Wings by advising on trades, salary, per­ sonnel, and helping out rookies. In his tenure as vice-president, Gordie barely knew as much as any other hockey fan. The only way he found out about trades was through reading the newspapers or listening to the radio. Since hockey’s all-time greatest player was treated like a nobody, Howe decided it was time to do something else. There was no way he would be returning to the Red Wings this season.

Then came the incredible Houston offer.

Gordie and his family were flown down to Houston and were immediately subjected to WYLER - ACCUTRON - BULOVA an entire change of scenery. They were treated like royalty as the Acros promised them every­ WATCHES thing under the sun if they would all sign con­ KEEPSAKE DIAMONDS tracts to play for them the following season.

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always the highest paid player on the Red Wings. Gordie himself said, “One night after expansion, 1968 I think it was, I was having a beer with a guy who had come to us from Oakland. The guy told me what he was get' ting and it was more than me. I found out soon after that another guy was getting more too. That was when I really got mad. I nearly quit.”

When Gordie signed with the Aeros, he didn't have to worry about going to bed huiv gry for some time. He signed a four-year con­ tract for one million dollars, plus stock options and other intangibles. Along with sons Marty and Mark, the Howe family will be making $2.5 million over the next four years, which is no chicken feed even in these days of in­ flation.

Of Howe's two sons, Mark is regarded as the better hockey player. Mark plays left wing while Marty plays defense. Mark has been considered by many to be the best prospect since Bobby Orr. He is supposedly a chip off the old block and is said to be even better than his old man at the same stage in their respec­ tive careers. Certa;nly, he's better off finan­ cially. Last year he was the most valuable player in the Canadian Junior Hockey cham­ pionship series. If and when Gordie finally retires, it will be Mark who will inherit No. 9, the number made famous by his dad, Bobby Hull, and Maurice Richard. As of this writ­ ing, Mark has outscorcd his father in goals, although his dad has collected many more assists.

While Mark has always been the better hockey player, Gordie’s other son, Marty, has often been overlooked and overshadowed in the light of his younger brother. While Mark's goal always has been to play professional hock­ ey, Marty has had more of a take-it-or-leaveit attitude. Marty is quieter and more selfcentered, but is still regarded as a top pros­ pect. Both are well-rounded athletes. Marty was a great high school football player until he was kicked off the team for missing practice to play in a key hockey game. Mark took up golf just last year and is already shooting in the 70s.

The three Howes will add a lot to the World Hockey Association: scoring, excite­ ment, drawing power, and skill. But the thing I think about most in regard to Gordie Howe is class. When I was still back in high school, I attended my first and only Red Wing game.

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public relation work as would have befit his contract. He has since returned to Boston in the NHL. Gord, on the other hand, has really promoted hockey in the Houston area, which is not known for its great hockey program.

As for being in shape, I think the record speaks for itself. The WHA's youngest and oldest rookies look like a great bargain for Houston and the league in general.

After the game my friend and I waited around for autographs. Many of the younger players who aren't even around now brushed off the fans as if they were beneath their dignity now that they had made the big club. Shortly there­ after the old man came out. He patiently signed autographs for everyone around him while joking with the fans. Last year Dcreck Sanderson signed with the WHA. What he did was a disgrace to hockey. He reported to his club late and out of shape. He did no

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The Bucks are led by the King, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who at 7'2" is the most valu­ able basketball player in the world. The Cel­ tics counter with 6'9" Dave Cowens, last year's MVP during the regular season. These two players are both great offensive threats, but Jabbar’s added height and defensive prow­ ess rate him a slight favorite over Cowens, who relies quite a bit on hustle.

At forwards the Bucks can boast Curtis Perry, a tough rebounder, and slippery Bobby Dandridge, a fine defensive player, who also finds time to average close to twenty PPG. The Celtics have John Havlicck and Paul Silas at forwards. Havlicek, though only 6'5", is one of the best in the business. The Ohio State grad is a deadly outside shot and has developed into an effective, if not outstanding board man. Silas is a tough rebounder and helps to trigger the Celts’ fast break with his quick passes. Obviously, the advantage here is in favor of Boston.

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Without Oscar in the lineup, the Bucks' guards sometimes have a disadvantage on de­ fense. However, with strategic rests and sub­ stitutions, the Big O is still a key man for the Bucks. The Celtics' guards are usually Jo Jo White and Don Chaney, but Paul Westphal has replaced Chaney lately. White is a pure shooter and keys the Celtic's running game.

He’s as smooth as silk on the court. Neither Chaney, who has to have the longest arms in NBA, nor Westphal is an accomplished scorer, but both are hustlers and perform well along­ side White. Here the Bucks hold the upper hand.

So, now, which team is the best? Well, in a couple months all our questions will be answered. The Bucks have 25 games remain­ ing, while Boston has 28. There isn't too much doubt that both will win their respective division races. Nonetheless, Boston, with a 7/s game lead over the Knicks, is in better shape than Milwaukee, which has Chicago only three games back and Detroit a mere four games off the pace. So indeed the Bucks can not let up for a moment, and if the Celtics try to sit on their lead, they could find themselves in hot water. What it all boils down to is not taking any teams for granted, and this is most easily accomplished by playing one game at a time instead of looking past weaker opponents to a upcoming game with a rougher team.

Assuming both teams make the playoffs, a decisive factor could be injuries. The Bucks have suffered numerous injuries this season, but have shown their bench strength by con­ sistently winning despite the absence of two or

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more regulars. However, if any key Bucks get hurt in the playoffs, it isn’t hard to forsee another early exit for them — thanks to opportunistic foes such as Detroit, Capitol or even surprising Buffalo. So while the Bucks need to stay healthy, there is little worry for the Celtics in this department. Up to this point, their top seven players have not missed a game! Their conditioning speaks for itself.

Therefore, if both teams persevere and make it to the NBA finals, I'm sure no one could ask for a more classic match-up.

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AA ilwaukee has never been an entertainment spa. Greasy rock bands and even greasier country and western groups manage to find work, but there are few other types of clubs or entertainers around. Of course, this doesn’t bother the vast majority of the citizens of our nation's beer capitol, who think a big night out is watching Johnny Carson and hav­ ing a bottle of Blatz at Vanuck's Tap (as op­ posed to watching Johnny Carson and having a bottle of Gettelman at home). When unex­ pected guests arrive, the discriminating host will take the gang down to the Ad Lib Club and catch the always enlightening act of the eedysiasts. Or if you're sports-minded, you can buzz on over to the River Queen and beat up a few queers.

tion. One guy came in and sold him two gaudy sports shirts. Claude, unconcerned with their appearance, checked only to be sure that the neck size was comfortable. The clothes he had on, with their perplexing combinations of patents and colors, must have been chosen with the same quality in mind. He chatted with onlookers in a cozy, non-conversational way. Several girls came down and asked to sing along. Delighted, Claude shared his bench.

Believe it or not, though, there is other good entertainment in town, if one has the gumption to seek it out. I get off on piano my­ self (actually I should have gotten off playing the piano years ago,) so my search was for the legendary piano bars of old. The search proved rougher than I'd expected. After you sub­ tract all the keyboard men who only have one hand, then rule out the dudes who play only those tinny-sounding Japanese electronic in­ struments, and finally limit the group to just those who refrain from talking dirty to the customers, your list is quite short. I did find two good ones (although there must be more), and they both were enjoyable experiences.

The Clock Bar, in the heart of the down­ town area, features Claude Dorsey at an im­ maculate baby grand. Dorsey was recently featured in the Journal’s Insight magazine, and he said his business zoomed because of it. Dor­ sey is a master of the old tunes of the 30's and 40’s (predictable but mellow chord se­ quences with tantalizing melodies). I asked him to play '‘Birth of the Blues”. His eyes lit up and his fingers soon followed suit. After an introductory verse he modulated and began singing in a slightly nasal but appealing tone.

His range was amazing. When the notes got low, he reached way down and delivered them with a deep, friendly growl. Since I couldn’t afford much of a tip, I applauded madly.

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Dorsey offered no tidbits of knowledge to explain what makes a good piano man. He was remarkably unattached to the rhythm of his tunes, often regarding it as a troublesome bug he wished to shake off. His left hand was not remarkably strong, nor did he have the gargantuan spread from little finger to thumb common to lifelong keyboard players. Even in his rendition of "Twelfth Street Rag”, the left hand played no major part. If Dorsey had a fault, it would be found in the style he employed when playing more contemporary songs. He refuses to play the songs of the Seventies the way the musicians of the Seven­ ties play them. While doing “Tic a Yellow Ribbon,” he muttered something about all of today's piano players being pounders, and that no one had a smooth touch anymore.

Claude still has it.

The second character I met had a touched brain. His name is Chet, and he isn’t always playing with a full deck. He works at Le Cicero’s, a small Italian restaurant on the north side. Chet also is the product of a by­ gone era, and his "Serenade in Blue” was a knockout. He believes in sticking to the rhythm.

He says that people will tolerate a lot of shoddy mistakes from a piano man, but they can’t take a song that jerks along without a strong rhythm.

Then he set out to see just how many shoddy mistakes an audience can stomach by inviting me up to play a couple songs. I de­ clined, but he could tell how much I really wanted to go up there, so he insisted. It was a sneaky way for him to get away to the john, but it worked. I was pretty lousy by compar­ ison and only too glad to see his smiling face

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emerge from the men's room and have him take over again. It always looks so easy . . .

Maybe one of the reasons that piano bars are dying is that music is changing. There is so much less emphasis on melody and harmony and more on rhythm and tone color. Record­ ing is no longer just an audio regurgitation of a live musical performance; it is rather an art in itself, complete with technical effects and nuances so delicate that they can never be ade­ quately reproduced on the stage. Unfortun­ ately, whenever something is gained, it seems something is also lost, and the diminishing number of piano bars is a loss for all us pur­ ists. But they’re not dead yet. Just ask Claude and Chet.

Chet spilled an incessant dribble of non­ sense on his audience, often pausing to pass along some lousy Polack joke or maybe an anecdote from the old days when he played at a house of ill repute in Kansas City. His vocabulary, filled with unusual word salads and many strange nicknames and allusions (he called one lady a silly old Bathtub), reflected elegant charm and good taste. But, as he ex­ plained to me later, if the only thing people want is good music, they'll stay home and listen to Andre Kostelanetz records. No, they go out to be entertained. "And I,” Chet said, "am an entertainer.’’

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THE ARTS The Karass of Kurt Vonnegut

Tn 1970, a film entitled “Slaughterhouse Five’’ A received widespread acclaim and was pro­ nounced winner of the Cannes Film Festival.

As so frequently is the case, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., its author, became the center of attention in literary circles throughout the U.S. Five previous novels were re-released. His next of­ fering, Breakfast of Champions, became a #1 bestseller. And a new literary giant of the 1960's had been conceived.

Vonnegut’s work is a reflection of the mainstream dissatisfaction in America today: materialism, brutalism, destructionism, cyni­ cism. But there is more, and Vonnegut an­ alyzes it with his own peculiar style that is at once revealing and entertaining.

Kurt Vonnegut will not astound you with his literary forcefulness, but his vocabulary is

entirely adequate and flows freely and easily into thought patterns. Neither will he attempt to persuade you that he possesses a divine in­ sight into right and wrong. He merely tells his story and explains his conceptions of so­ ciety in a totally disarming and grin-provok­ ing way.

For this reason, plots, setting, and charac­ ter have become of secondary importance to Vonnegut. His is a fable land, often a science ficrion world, but he wishes to convey no such illusion. It is simply a situat’on — a situation where men continue to lead the same lives, dream the same dreams, and tell the same lies.

And it is this mechanical aspect of people's lives that so frightens and appalls Vonnegut.

Player Piano takes up this issue in a futuristic society where machines have almost entirely replaced man and dimmed his aspirations.

Paul Proteus, head of an Ilium production plant, struggles with his conscience in respect to the morals of complete machine industrial­ ization. But what Vonnegut makes painfully clear is the cold, calculated way in which man reacts to himself and society. Proteus "knew with all his heart that the human situation was a frightful botch, but it was such a logical, in­ telligently arrived-at botch that he couldn’t see how history could possibly have led any­ where else.’’

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portant positions as heads of machine factories, and a dismally large lower class, performing equally dismal busy-work tasks as members of either the Army or the Reks and Wrecks.

When Anita, Paul's wife, urges that this is the American way, “brains and nerve,” Proteus adds “and blinders.” And when a bloody revolution to restore manpower industrialization fails, a rebel declares, “The important thing is that we tried. For the record, we tried!” Neither Vonnegut nor we are at all satisfied.

But while Player Piano defines this basic complaint of Vonnegut’s, it doesn't solve the dilemma. And so Cat's Cradle is used to develop and highlight the problem further. Its forceful ingredient is Bokonism, a man-made religion of “shameless lies”. Here Vonnegut contrasts the fields of man-made religions and science, and both are found wanting in the presence of Vonnegut's Bokonism.

“What is sacred to Bokonists?” I asked after a while.

“Not even God, as near as I can tell.”

“Nothing?”

"Just one thing.”

1 made some guesses. “The ocean? The sun?"

“Man,” said Frank. “That’s all. Just man.”

Ultimately Vonnegut, as the main character in the novel, begins to understand how the in­ tricate intertwining of his environment (Karass, if you’re a Bokonist) is supposed to func­ tion.

Finally Vonnegut creates a character who comes close to tying the knots of man’s exis­ tence together, Mr. Elliot Rosewater. God Bless Ton, Mr. Rosewater is the most forceful and affirmative of Vonnegut's works. Al­ though beleaguered by alcoholism, Rosewater, head of the multi-million dollar Rosewater Foundation, is a benevolent father to the dis­ tressed and downtrodden of Rosewater Coun­ ty. Not only is he a financial friend but actu­ ally an emotional ally as well. But Rosewater's wife shows us the glaring opposite to this emotion: “I loved Elliot on sight.”

“Isn’t there some other word you could use?”

“Than what?”

"Than love."

“What better word is there?"

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established institution in America. The lashes are mercifully quick, however, and invite open laughter. Vonnegut has, over the years, be" come so intense that his thoughts are now broken into brief, unrelated statements. Player Piano, the earliest, has thirty-five chapters.

Cat's Cradle has one hundred twenty- seven.

God Bless Ton, Mr. Rosewater is divided into paragraphs. Breakfast of Champions is broken into phrases, indicated by arrows.

But then Robert was sent to Viet Nam. Shortly after that, Dwayne’s wife at Drano and Robert was sent home in a plastic bag.

overworked word love, cries out for something, anything, different and meaningful. Although Rosewater loses his sanity (Vonnegut’s char­ acters often flirt with madness), he recovers to distribute his fortune and to urge his world “to be fruitful and multiply.”

But then came Slaughterhouse Five, and the horrible fire-bombing of Dresden which Vonnegut himself witnessed. At last Vonnegut relieved himself of the work he had set out to write at the outset of his career. Billy Pilgrim, the story's central character, is pro­ jected into the past, present, and future in­ termittently, and emerges, as perhaps Vonne­ gut could have, as a cold and unemotional ob­ server of mankind.

So we tried to . . . remember the war . . . neither one of us could remember anything good. O’Hare remembered one guy who got into a lot of wine in Dresden, before it was bombed, and we had to take him home in a wheelbarrow. It wasn’t much to write a book about.

Vonnegut is alarmed and stunned at the future of a race that can permit such self-de­ struction. “And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like 'poo'tee-wcet?

Repeatedly Vonnegut summarines deaths in the novel with a clinical “So it goes.”

So it was that Vonnegut, who had said “I've finished my war book now. The next one I write is going to be fun,” released Break' fast of Chain pious in 1973. But the effect of the war novel had not worn off, and Vonne­ gut could not completely restrain the pess’mism which had crept into his last work. As Vonnegut states: “I feel as though I am cross­ ing the spine of a roof — having ascended one slope.” He reverts to the cruel representation of a machine-like humanity which he used in Player-Piano. He slips out of any detailed ex­ planations of his characters by claiming that “bad chemicals” cause their erratic nature. He does, however, deliver a biting rebuke to writ­ ers who are unconcerned about their effect on their readers by having Kilgore Trout (a science-fiction writer often used by Vonnegut and often reflecting Vonnegut-thought) en­ rage Dwayne Hoover, a Pontiac salesman, to insanity and a willful physical attack upon the characters who have served him so faithfully in his previous novels.

Vonnegut is obsessed with what he calls “mankilling machines” and condemns them, inking numerous sketchy but point-making illlustrations throughout his book. Dresden had had its effect.

Dwayne certainly wasn’t alone, as far as hav­ ing bad chemicals inside of him was con­ cerned. He had plenty of company through­ out all history. In his own lifetime, for in­ stance, the people in a country called Ger­ many were so full of bad chemicals for a while that they actually built factories whose only purpose was to kill people by die mil­ lions. The people were delivered by rail­ road trains.

Or read Vonnegut’s description of the elec­ tric chair: The purpose of it was to kill people by jazzing them with more electricity than Uieir bodies could stand. Dwayne Hoover had seen it twice — once during a tour of die prison by members of the Chamber of Cornmerce years ago, and dien again when it was actually used on a black human being he knew.

Kurt Vonnegut's social dilemmas are made to appear so obvious that our only recourse is, as Vonnegut does, to convey them into a fa­ bled, unrealistic world or, as Vonnegut hopes, to translate them into positive humanitarian action. Moving amidst his cardboard charac­ ters, Vonnegut emerges as the leading charac­ ter in his novels. And as such, he seems to draw all his characters together into a com­ posite picture of what humanity should be, what it is, where it stands, and, most impor­ tant of all, how to get there and what to wear.

Breakfast of Champions, for all its pes­ simism, is a daring attack upon virtually every

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ALUMNI St. Paul’s is presently served by Pastors Har­ old Zink and Herbert Kuske.

T^his month we gladly bring you more news ^ from the alumni scene. There isn’t much to report on from the seminary this time.

Everyone must be busy studying.

DEDICATION Calvary Lutheran Church of Sheboygan, WI, de­ dicated a school building on February 24, The pastor of Calvary is John Trapp.

INSTALLATIONS Wilbert Schulz was installed as pastor of Ascen­ sion of Moorhead, MN, on February 24. He was formerly serving at St. John’s of Renville, MN. Harold A. Scliewe has accepted the call to be a professor of English and religion at North­ western Lutheran Academy in Mobridge, SD. He will assume his new duties in May. Pastor Schewe has been serving as pastor of Bethesda congregation in Portland, OR. Harold Wicke has accepted the call as the full­ time editor of The Northwestern Lutheran.

Pastor Wicke has been serving in the capacity of part-time editor (while .doing a full-time job, we might add.) We wish him well in his “new” position.

Lloyd Lambert, formerly of Calvary Church in La Crosse, WI, accepted the call to and was installed as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Eugene, OR. Carlton Palenske has accepted the call to be pastor of a new mission in Cape Girardeau, MO. He formerly served at Christ Church in Saginaw, MI. Jeffrey Hopf will be installed as pastor of Peace Church in Ostego, MI, in late April. Pastor Hopf was serving Shepherd of the Hills in Du­ luth, MN, prior to his call.

David Tetzlaff, who served at St. Paul’s of South Haven, MI, has accepted the call to be pastor at Christ Church of Milwaukee, WI. Richard Pankow was installed as pastor of Mt. Olive congregation of Appleton, WI, on March 17. Pastor Pankow formerly served Zion Church of Crete, IL.

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DEATH Arthur Wacker of Saline, MI, left this world for his heavenly inheritance some time ago. His body was committed to the ground on Febru­ ary 2.

BIRTHS Pastor and Mrs. Glen Schaumberg of Willough­ by, OH, were recently blessed with the gift of a baby daughter.

Pastor and Mrs. John Seifert of Midland, MI, also had a baby girl some time ago.

Pastor and Mrs. Robert H. Krueger of Mandan, MD, had a baby girl born to them on Febru­ ary 22. The little gal’s name is Elizabeth Ann. SEM NOTES Juniors: The Juniors are having trouble trying to deter­ mine the meaning behind Baumann’s new nickname “Truck stop!”

Loren Lucht is working on “No. 7.”

Dan Schaller has his own solution to the gas shortage. He’s been in constant contact with one of the attendents (female) of the local self-service station Middlers: Terry Yahr has finally caught up on his papers,

OUR PARTING DEAN Acting Dean Martin Stuebs has accepted a call from Lincoln Heights Lutheran Church in Des Moines, 10, to serve as pastor. Both the stu­ dent body and faculty of Northwestern will miss Pastor Stuebs, who had the role of Act­ ing Dean until both the Prep and College de­ partments could fill the vacancies that existed.

Pastor Stuebs performed his duties very well and was well liked by all who had the privilege of working with him. We wish him and his wife all of our Savior’s marvelous blessings in the future.

ANNIVERSARY St. Paul’s congregation of Stevensville, MI, ob­ served its 75th anniversary on February 24.

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Dennis Valleau set a precedent this morning by falling asleep during his own chapel talk.

It’s been moved and seconded that we have South Dakota paved. All in favor? (Just one question first — is it worth the effort?)

Seniors: Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lemke became parents of a daughter recently. It isn’t clear whether she was born on February 26 or 27, but she was definitely born and we’re sure that the parents are very happy about that.

The Seniors are slaving to get their work done before call day.

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's Tt was a rainy night in Westwood, a suburb •“■of L.A., but hundreds of people stood in line outside to buy a ticket. In Boston crowds stamped their feet to ward off the cold. I my' self was forced to stand in line with close to two hundred people, ticket clutched resolutely in hand, braving the cold night air.

“The Exorcist” certainly appears to be drawing record-breaking crowds in the history of celluloid. The film opened December 26 in 24 theatres across the nation. The first week of showing grossed $1.8 million and shows de­ finite signs of outgrossing last year’s “God­ father” ($105 million). While critics and theologians who have seen the screen version of William Peter Blatty’s lurid novel are caught up in their arguments over its quality, nearly everyone who sees it agrees that it is, as Michael Putney of the National Obeserver put it, “the most terrifying flick s;nce Rose­ mary gave birth to her cloven-hoofed baby.” I feel, however, that “The Exorcist” certainly stands in a class all its own. The movie has brought about a crazed fever across the nation not unlike that which prevailed during the so-called McCarthy era. The obvious ques­ tions is “Why?” Just what is it about the devil possession of a twelve year old girl that has caused such a stir? We’ll examine that question a little later. First let’s take a look at some technical aspects of the movie.

One who witnesses “The Exorcist” can little doubt the impact of the special effects which were quite skillfully employed. The discharge of vomit, representative of the evil spirits within, as it literally shot forth from the young girl’s mouth, had its desired effect upon the viewers. In one particular scene Regan's mother enters the girl’s room and is confronted with a horrifying cyclone of objects flying about the room. It really was a good Hollywood stunt. The make-up used to dis­ tort the young girl’s physical appearance was superb.- The boils and swollen character of the face were almost too real. Perhaps some of the realism, in all of the effects used, lies in the fact that such horrid aspects of demonic possession have very likely occurred.

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rilegious and distasteful. Oh yes, one might argue the necessity of such scenes as repre­ sentative of the Devil's repulsive nature. B-Jt whether it occurs in a real situation or in a mock setting on the screen does not alter the character of irreverence. I believe there would have been other ways of conveying the posses­ sion than for a twelve-year-old girl to debase the crucifix of Christ by the manner in which she mutilated her body. Pure sensationalism.

Purely disgusting.

Returning to that original question set forth, let’s stop now and consider just what it is about the movie that has caused such a erase over exorcism.

It is said that Blatty wished to create a picture in which the element of good vs. evil would be brought home to the viewers — good triumphing ultimately. While the powers of “evil” are certainly displayed with little left to the imagination, I feel the powers of “good” are brought out in such a feeble way as seri­ ously to question their effectiveness. One must be extremely attentive at the close of the film to pick out the affirmation of “good” trium­ phant over “evil.” Was Father Karras saved?

About 50% of all viewers, I would safely ven­ ture to estimate, believe that the devil took Karras out the window at the close of the movie, plunging him to his death below. He finally did triumph over the demon in Regan, but only by a weakness of faith — not with the power of faith.

In actuality, despite Blatty’s supposed in­ tentions, the main purpose behind the filming of any picture is to have it sell — to reap the box office returns. The message of value, if any, is only of minor importance to a producer and often the director. The director of “The Exorcist”, William Friedkin, is quoted as hav­ ing remarked: “People only go to movies for three reasons: to laugh, to cry, or to be fright­ ened. There are only three reasons to make a movie: to make people laugh, cry, or to frighten them.”

Devil possession is certainly a very horri­ ble occurrence. But it is also very rare. The Devil is to be feared more for his daily activity as he works through the many avenues of sin to corrupt man and bring about his damna­ tion. The Devil that is portrayed in “The Exorcist" isn’t really awful enough! Luther warned, “A Christian should know that he is sitting among devils and that the Devil is closer to him than his coat or shirt.” But Luther also stressed that the Devil has no power to hold the faithful Christian. Chris­ tians need not fear the Devil but rather trust in God and the saving power of His Word.

Martin Luther would have been upset by such a movie, for it presents the notion that some­ one with no personal faith in Christ is able to procure the powers of someone else's belief to rid himself of the Devil.

The Devil is responsible for the entire realm of man’s sinfulness, and that’s certainly a worse terror than causing a young girl to spit at priests and mouth foul language.

In an article by Elizabeth Peer, (7 wee\ February 11,) the author states that the idea of the Devil evolved from “Christian mythology” and refers to him as a “myth of evil.” The Devil is no myth. He is real. He's alive and well, and out for every last soul he can get. But the person who trusts in God may repeat Luther's words with all confi­ dence :

The scenes certainly are frightening enough. But they also become downright sac­

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And though this world with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us: We will not fear, for God has willed His truth to triumph through us: The prince of darkness grim, We tremble not for him; His rage we can endure, For lo! his doom is sure, One little word shall fell him.

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Far below, the city's myriad of lights spread like a blanket along the coast and far up into the mountains. The young man in the window seat, accustomed to the small towns of the Midwest, was amazed at the enormousness of the city. As the huge jet turned out over the ocean, the glitter of the city was replaced by the wild expanse of ocean, where darkness reigned supreme. The youth felt very alone when he realized that there would be no one waiting for him at the airport to take him the ninety miles to Santa Barbara, and that he would have to fare for himself in a city which he had only read about. Somehow he'd have to find a ride to the bus depot, wherever that was. He hoped he wouldn't be forced to spend a night at the airport or the bus depot.

As soon as he got off the plane, he began asking how he might get to the bus depot.

An old man with his wife said he didn't know. His son and daughter-in-law would be waiting at the airport to take them to Santa Barbara.

The youth's hopes soared. “That’s where I'm headed, if I can only catch a bus."

“Well, if there’s room in the car, you're welcome to ride with us," the old man replied.

“But if the two grandchildren come along, there might not be."

At the baggage claim area, the elderly couple was greeted by a couple in their forties and, unfortunately, the two grandchildren.

The old man turned to the youth apologet­ ically, “They only have a small car and there’s six of us ... " Disappointed, the young man retrieved his suitcase and went to the information desk.

After a long wait, he asked about transporta­ tion to the bus depot downtown. The man at the desk winced as he replied, “All the ter­ minal buses to the downtown area are on strike. You might catch a taxi, but it will cost you about fifteen dollars at this time of night.”

Outside, the young man silently cursed the taxis for being so expensive and the union for creating the inconvenience. He considered spending the night at the airport, but it would probably be just as difficult to catch a ride on Sunday morning. Besides, by the time he got to the bus depot, he might miss the bus to Santa Barbara. Discouraged, he watched as people left the airport. Soon there would be no one left with whom to catch a ride down­ town. If he were going to look for a ride, he'd have to do it soon.

Walking from bench to bench, striking up conversations and asking for a ride, he found the people friendly but not very willing to give a stranger a lift. The night was cool, but he was accustomed to much colder weather.

Looking up in the direction of the mountains, which were vaguely silhouetted against the evening sky, he felt very small and insignifi­ cant. It was almost one-thirty, and he had still found no solution to his problem. He was worried, but felt secure within the confines of the lighted terminal.

He continued from one bench to the next, hoping to find someone who might help. A thin Oriental girl waiting for her brother of­ fered a solution.

“I could give you a lift to the corner of Venice and Sepulvada,” she said. “The RTD buses there could take you to either the down­ town depot or to Santa Monica, but I doubt if they’re running at this time of night. If you can afford it, there’s a good motel nearby and you could wait until morning to catch the bus."

Tired and unwilling to spend the night in the airport, he accepted her offer. In a few minutes, an old car pulled up and the girl greeted her brother, who was about her age, but whose features were distinctly Mexican.

Puzzled by the paradox, he climbed into the ... while the girl explained the situation to car her brother. As the car pulled away from the terminal and onto the dimly lighted freeway, the youth became unsure of the situation he was in. At the airport he had been worried but felt secure. Away from the well-lighted terminal and relying on total strangers, he became confused and frightened. He was afraid

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The car pulled up before a motel in one of Los Angeles' least respectable suburbs. At one time it might have been a fairly decent establishment, but now it appeared shabby and run-down.

“This is the best motel in this area. The street to catch the bus on in the morning is only a half block farther,” said the girl.

The young man thanked the two for their help and climbed out. In the rear of the mo­ tel's parking lot, a trio of drunk Mexicans were shouting curses at each other, sometimes in English and sometimes in Spanish. The youth ducked into the office and hoped his presence would go unnoticed. Once inside, he sighed with relief and pressed the button on the wall for service. A mirror on the wall slid open just a little, and a hesitant voice asked, “What do you want!”

“I need a room for the night.”

The window opened farther, and he could see a small, grizzled, old man eyeing him sus­ piciously. The old man was in his underwear, his eyes were bloodshot, and he leaned heavily on the wall for support.

“There's only one left, and it ain’t got no heat. There's an extra blanket on the bed, though, so you shouldn't get cold. You can have it for eight and a half dollars.”

“Can I take a look at it?”

“Sure,” answered the old man. He took the key from its nail on the wall and handed it through the window, unwilling to accom­ pany the youth on his inspection.

The room wasn't worth eight and a half dollars. The carpet was torn and stained. The smell of disinfectant was strong, so the young man hoped the room was clean. Exhausted from the day’s travels and yearning for the security of a locked door, he went back and paid the man.

Back inside the room, a locked door seemed feeble protection against the darkness without.

The unfamiliar sounds of the street filtered in­ to the room and kept the youth awake and frightened. He got out of bed and leaned a chair against the door so that no intruder might enter unnoticed. Back in bed, he drew the covers around him tightly and tried to sleep. The cars moving outside cast strange shadows on the wall. The trio of drunks kept 202

up their volleys of curses at one another. A siren wailed its warning from the street.

He turned on the lamp on the tabic near the bed, hoping to find some security against the fears that accompany darkness. But it didn't help any. The meager lamp, the street lights, even the bright lights at the airport all offered only an illusion of security. The night tried to keep a person off his guard so that he might be caught by surprise. Lights didn’t drive away darkness. They merely changed its form. In the early hours of the morning, the young man finally fell into an exhausted sleep.

In the morning he woke up and looked at

his watch. It was already nine-thirty. He stepped over to the window and pulled back the heavy curtains which kept out the sun­ light. The bright California sun shone through and brightened the room. He hurriedly show­ ered and dressed, eager to continue on his journey. Outside, he laughed at his fears from the night before. He met the old man, sweep­ ing the sidewalk, and handed him the key.

The old man wished him a cheery good-morn­ ing — the same old man who had been afraid to open his window the night before. The streets were quiet, and the young man walked to the bus stop, radiant with the hope of a new day.

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PCETEy "The Fishers" by Winslow Homer Forever floats their boat in amethyst, As struggling fingers guide the glistening lines.

Forever veiled, the sanguine sunlight shines, Forever stooped, they fish the asure mist.

O you, who cannot die. Do not resist The soothing soporific time designs.

But sail through endless seas of shipwrecked shrines Removed from time, erased from death’s own list.

Sometime I live as if there were not time.

As if all clocks were pictures on a wall Where time lives not for man, but for itself.

But feel the pulse of silent clocks, the rhyme Without the reason. Cuckoo clocks will fall, Alarms will fail, on God’s own clockless shelf.

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Stonecutters Wrestling with huge marble blocks, They sweat deep in the quarry, Framed above by a bowl of baffling blue, Slicing open the hard blue veins Of iced blood.

Forever poets, Your precise hands carving out lines, Achieving the static vitality of marble.

Poets disappear, forgetting and forgotten.

But your stone endures, Hewn testimony to names dusty with antiquity.

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The Renaissance of Ragtime Tt took the world a hundred years to redis* cover Bach after his music had been buried in the Romantic avalanche of sentiment in the 19th century. But despite the much-heralded progressiveness of the 20th century, it has still taken 50 years for America to acknowledge an art form uniquely her own — the meteoric, turn-of-the-century phenomenon of ragtime music. Since the time of World War I, when its popularity faded, the classic ragtime piano has lain dormant through a music scene domin­ ated successively by Dixieland trumpets, Swing saxophones, and Rock guitars. Whether its revival is due merely to the current national Nostalgia trip or whether so brilliant a musical style simply was not able to be ignored any longer is a moot point. The music’s legitimacy in the American heritage has finally been ac­ knowledged, and it can take its rightful place not only as the parent of jazz, but also as a completely developed, polished genre of its own.

In spite of the dizzying popularity that ragtime enjoyed, the craze burned itself out almost as fast as it had flared up. The first published rag appeared in 1S97, and although a few were still being composed as late as 1921, the momentum had long since been gone; the movement pretty well followed Scott Joplin, the Ragtime King, to his grave in 1917.

Ragtime was almost exclusively a product of the black subculture in the Middle West.

Toward the end of the 19th century, itinerant black pianists had begun to fuse elements from marching band music, rowdy saloon songs, and from popular dance forms of the day, the schottish, quadrille, and polka, and charged them with Caribbean and Afro-American rhythms. Since the social status of American blacks had not materially improved since the Civil War, however, the white lords of the music business reacted to ragtime with a mix­ ture of patronizing contempt and studied in­ difference. That condescension is faintly dis­ cernible from the publisher’s note in Chas.

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The covers of the sheet music for the tunes were usually adorned with lurid caricatures of happy-go-lucky “Darkies," and the titles were expressive of their supposedly idyllic ex­ istence: “Tickled to Death," “Swipsey Cake Walk," and “Hilarity Rag," to name a few.

Ragtime received its name from the char­ acteristic rhythm of the music; the right hand lays down a flowing, syncopated treble (ragged time) over a steady, even bass. Basically, rag­ time was dance music, and its more or less rigid tempo lent itself well to the “two-step" and the “slow drag". The tempo was almost always 2/4, but Joplin’s sheet music contained frequent warnings against playing too fast, for the later ragtime pianists were merely flashy technicians who ruined the gracefulness of the pieces with their reckless speed.

The characteristic ragtime tune would have a one-line intro, often merely a short run of parallel eighths, and then follow with the leading strain. After a second section in the same key, a third would be introduced, usually in the subdominant, followed by either the in­ itial strain again or a new fourth section. Rag­ time was written almost exclusively in major keys, but later compositions would occasionally feature a minor interlude.

From its birth, ragtime was associated with the seamier side of life. Its music originated not in conservatories or studios, but in the sordid brothels, saloons, wine shops, and what were delicately termed “sporting houses" of the inner cities. But it would be a mistake to conclude that the music was by nature blatant­ ly sexual. Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag," dedi­ cated to the Maple Leaf “Club", is a triumph not of bawdy innuendo but of sheer, exuber­ ant musicality. The reason the black pianists played the honky tonks was that they were

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They were exiled there and then condemned for being there.

But there were some who saw in ragtime more than mere nickelodeon backup, who were able to visualize in ragtime a medium for serious composition. Joplin, James Scott, and Joseph F. Lamb were the foremost of the rag­ time giants who resurrected a rough but ener­ getic keyboard style and refined it into a pol­ ished, subtle art form. From the ashes of rag­ time rose the phoenix of jazz; indeed, a num­ ber of passages in Joplin's later works have decidedly jazzy echoes. Some ragtime pianists progressed to other idioms — da Blooze, for instance. Artie Matthews' “Baby Seals Blues” antedates even the great W. C. Handy.

Scott Joplin was the King of the ragtime composers. Not only do his works stand alone as towers of his art; his influence on the younger artists of the day was considerable.

He grew up in Texarkana, Texas, during the Reconstruction, and from an early age exhib­ ited a remarkable talent on the ivories. By the time he was seventeen he was playing the St. Louis honky tonks, blending raucous street dance tunes and intuitional improvisational polyrhythms with the classical piano tech­ niques which he had picked up from his Ger­ man-born teacher.

After eleven years of playing in bars, traveling with a marching band (in which he played cornet) and singing in a vocal en­ semble, he settled in Sedalia, Missouri, where he led a kind of dual life. He studied music at George Smith College and labored at the laws of composition, attempting to translate ragtime's subtle rhythms and basically impro­ visational nature into black and white nota­ tion. But he continued to haunt the shadowy, nether world of the red-light districts, and was able to reach out and help promising younger pianists in much the same way that he had been helped.

That year, at the age of 31, he published his first original composition, the “Maple Leaf Rag", named after the club in SedaFa. Al­ though it took him quite some time to find a publisher, the tunc, when it did finally appear, was a instant success, and marked the start of a profitable association between Joplin and the Stark Music Co. Almost overnight Joplin be­ came well-to-do, and he moved to a large house in St. Louis, where he took up full-time teaching and composing. His most melodic and engagingly direct rags appeared at this 205

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Undaunted by his previous lack of success both in marriage and in writing operas, he remar­ ried (happily, this time) and spent two years on the composition of the opera Treemonisha Initial reaction was so negative, however, that it took him four years to finance its produc­ tion, and when it did finally hit the stage in 1915, it excited no interest at all.

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His shorter rags, though, were a continu­ ing study in the development of true genius.

Each successive rag, though harmonically more complex, grew more refined and elegant — syncopated counterpoint reached a height it would never again attain. Unfortunately, rag­ time's coterie of devotees had dwindled consi­ derably, and despite their lyric superiority, the later rags would never enjoy the frantic enthu­ siasm with which the “Maple Leaf Rag" had been greeted.

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To many people, I suppose, ragtime will forever remain locked in the past, an amusing but insignificant period phenomenon. Some will disdain it for its youthful associations, and others will dismiss it as an overrated series of gaslight dance cliches. But to ignore Joplin and his rags is not only to ignore a momen­ tous phase in the evolution of popular music, but a sophisticated, highly developed, uniquely American art form as well.

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Flavius, for that was the taller one's name, wearily scratched his beard and resigned him­ self to his circumstances. “I suppose you're right. We're all in this rathole together, and I don't think anybody knows for sure how long. It's just that I'm getting a little tired of playing shepherd boy to these filthy bar­ barians. Our only comfort is that this cam­ paign can't last forever — our most revered emperor may have his fat face shoved in the drinking cup more often than what's good for him, but he’ll crush these rebels if it kills him.

“What makes you so melancholy all of a sudden? Have you somehow sinned against the gods, that they have plagued you thus with such gloom? Come, let there be wine and song, and let us forget the hot sand for a while.”

The two Romans walked on in silence, swords clinking on their brass armor. At length they came to a small, walled town built into the hillside and made for the gates. The streets were alive with scrawny, underfed children racing about, with ragged old men shouting the virtues of their merchandise in the crowded marketplace, and with women carrying bun­ dles and jars of a thousand colors. Pushing their way through the crowd, they found the signpost they were looking for and slipped into the narrow doorway. The room contained only a few rough-hewn benches and tables, and be-

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“O ye immortal gods,” laughed his com ­ panion. “Have you possessed my young friend so that he can't even enjoy the simple plea­ sures of life? Here, Flavius, drink th s down and wipe that moody look off your face.”

hind the largest of these stood the establish' ment’s proprietor, a fat, greasy little man in a dirty, white tunic. He beckoned to one of the serving girls.

“Wench!'” cried Rosanius, as he slyly grabbed at one of the girls as she walked by.

“Bring a bowl of wine for me and one for my friend here. We have to take the stink of this wretched land out of our mouths.” The frightened slave returned with two large gob' lets, but didn’t quite escape the grasp of the smirking soldier. “Where do you think you’re going, little girl? You certainly wouldn’t want to desert one of the emperor's centurions, would you?” The girl tried unsuccessfully to jerk her arm away.

The other man just looked at him. “That won’t help any. All the wine in Rome couldn’t wash away the memory of what I saw last week. For days the image of that man has haunted me — I can still see the blood dripping from his chin.” The grin faded from Rosanius’ face. “There was nothing I could do — he had to die — but the look on his face when they laughed at him, the strange power ;n his words as he blessed the ones who were killing him. The vision of that hill with the three crosses is going to be burned on my memory for the rest of my life.”

“Let her go!” Flavius was obviously in no mood for hilarity. “Must we behave like the barbarians we’re trying to subdue?”

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C4MDIS & CLASSCCCH ’TIS TEH TEARS HEHCE Hews Item: February 31st, 1984 (APE) The Wisconsin Synod, a conservative church body, has been embroiled in controversy of late It started when the President of Northwestern College, Mark Jeske, attempted to introduce a new curriculum, aimed at making the Col­ lege more relevant in keeping with our new age of cynicism. The Board of Control, acting under the orders of the Synod's president, Paul (Fish) Naumann, fired him. The rest of the faculty stood stolidly behind their belea­ guered President. The student body boycotted classes en masse, the only successful boycott that has ever occurred on that campus. The President, his faculty, and most of the students moved over to Maranatha and started a Northwestern-in-exile (Narthex), where the new curriculum was put into effect.

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special emphasis on Quadra phenia. Quick sur­ vey of the Beatle Canon, with a detailed study of the moral implications of “She Loves You (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.)”

381 Methodist Organ Techniques — Prof. Klein How to achieve sepulchral tone; Muddy Chords. The proper use of Tremolo in Luth­ eran Chorales. How to make those pipes weep.

A term paper is required of every student on the topic, “The Feasibility of Shuttering Every Single Pipe with Concrete Walls Three Feet Thick.” In addition, each student must dis­ mantle and put together again a Wurlitser organ to cultivate a proper respect for that mighty instrument.

382 Heavy Organ — Prof. Peterson Study of the life and times of Virgil Fox. How to set up a light show. How to bewilder a congregation with modern settings and unwarranted modulations. The dramatic effect of ear-splattering preludes on a congregation.

One hundred and fifty new interpretations of Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. Term Paper Topic: “Showmanship and the Modern Or­ ganist.”

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210 Liturgical History — Prof. Grubbs Actually, this course has absolutely nothing to do with the liturgy. I just had them put that on top as an eye-catcher. Oh, okay, for form’s sake we’ll take a look at that perfectly useless term Leitos Ergon, which is supposed to be the root of our word liturgy, but as we all know, such a word never existed, except in some people's imagination. Most of the time though, I’ll regale you with interesting and amusing anecdotes about every topic under the sun, just to broaden your goss'p horizon. Class participation? Zilch, don’t worry about it.

You’ve got an “A” sacked if you merely sit there and titter politely. I’ve got enough stor­ ies to last five semesters, much less one. Term paper? None. Instead, I’ll pass out to every­ one a handsomely-framed simul faxed copy of my own lectures, for your posterities.

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So the boys have plenty of time for other sports. Let’s take a look. My, my, I’ve never seen a more listless looking student body Isaac Asimov must have been inspired to wr'te I, Robot after seeing this place (sly chuckle).

Aaah. Here's a young man doing something.

My stars! He's actually eating a worm! (Ca­ mera close-up on a well-dressed boy with a cast on his leg, quaffing a worm with obvious relish.) Uh . . . sir? Sir? What is your name?

Boy: Steve Blotto An.: Could you tell me why you are .... uh . . . consuming that worm?

Boy: Well, y’know, you only go around once in life and ya gotta grab for all the gusto you can.

An.: I see. Well, carry on! Let’s move on.

Look, there’s an interesting sight! A student staring at a wall. He doesn’t move, and judg­ ing by the greasy state of his hair, it looks like he hasn’t for quite some time. u

(Camera pans a young individual, dressed shabbily. His long blond hair hangs in strings over his collar.)

An.: He appears to be saying something.

Listen!

Boy: Blah, blah, blah, Herodotus. Goo, goo, daa, daa, beginning Greek. Heebie jeebie, German (sound trails off into dribbling incoher~ ency).

An.: My, that’s odd. Boy, could you tell me what you’re doing?

Boy: Don’t call me boy! I'm a freshman and my mind is fried.

An.: (Humoring him) Of course it is, of course. Thank you. Whew, folks! That was really strange. Let’s see if we can find some' thing going on in the basement of this dorm.

(Camera focuses on four men standing around a table. They are playing foosball.)

Boy 1: Partake of ball!!!

Boy 2: Sez you!

An.: Oh, I just love to watch their hands trip so lightly over those sticks. Gentlemen, gentlemen, could I have an interview?

Boy 3: Getoutta here. We’re losing.

An.: Okay, okay, I know when I’m not want' ed. Well, there's a pool room here. It might be worth a look. (Pause.) I have never seen such consistently poor shooting. The man nvscues every time. I don’t believe it, I must in' terview him. Sir, sir, what’s your name?

Boy: Dick Smith.

An.: I don’t understand. Why do you per­ sist when you’re so absolutely rotten? Why don’t you give up? You'll never get anywhere that way.

Smith: As a matter of fact, it took me a long tune to get this incredibly bad. At first, I got discouraged because no matter how hard I tried, the balls kept going in. Now, I’ve honed my technique down to a razor-thin edge of total ineptitude.

An.: I don’t know how much more of this I can take! One quick look at second floor and that's it. (Pause.) Look at those clouds of greasy smoke coming out of that room! (Ca' mera shows the announcer picking up the fire extinguisher and throwing it aside after he realizes it is empty. He grabs a rug and starts to beat it at the center of the oily black smoke.)

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An.: Are you all right? Is there a person in there?

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I'm perfectly all right. I was just studying.

See all my book furniture? Moulton-Milligan,

Lenski, Moule's Greek Idioms, Robertson’s Grammar, Blass-Debrunner, not to mention Bauer. All the heavies. They’re not open to any particular page, and in fact, I wouldn’t know how to use them even if I did know how to read. But these little talismans of learning arc a great comfort to me. Don’t touch that Lenski! I regard him as my friend, and you might hurt him by using him care' lessly. I know your type! Pick up a book one second and throw him away the next. You

Cad!!!! Get away from me. (He clutches all the books to his chest, whimpering softly.)

An.: I gotta get outta here! My brain’s on the skids. (He rushes out, laughing wildly.)

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What's your name anyway? I'm going to re' port you to the humane society.

Frea\: Name's Ernie. Pleased to meet you. I created you, you know. If it weren’t for me you wouldn't exist, for you are only alive on a page of print. Don't worry about this horse.

It’s been long dead. I’m just beating it because I still think it’s funny.

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Feb. 12 — The Trojans lost a squeaker to Concordia-Milwaukee in a frustrating nip and tuck contest. NWC controlled the first half with a tough zone defense. Then, near the end of the half, while the Trojans were sail­ ing along with an eight point lead, the Fal­ cons caught fire behind the shooting of Colin Everson. Finding the gaps in the Trojan zone, the Falcons edged ahead at the half, 36-35.

Shifty Dan Metzger and A1 Toepel led the Trojans to a six-point lead, but violations and missed free throws took the Trojans out of the ball game. The Trojans almost pulled it out with a tough press in the closing min­ utes, but it was not enough.

Metz and A1 led the Trojans with IS points each. Spencer Schumacher added 13 more. Everson led all scorers with 19.

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Feb. 16 — The flu bug decimated the Trojan ranks for their Winter Carnival game against

Milton. Stu Zak and Pete Schumacher didn’t suit up, and Mark Toepel was available for only spot duty. The front h'ne of Bob Schu' mann, Dan Metzger, and Jon Guenther did a fine job on the boards to keep the Trojans in the ball game for one half.

The Wildcats, using a man-to-man with occasional full court pressure, widened the gap to seventeen at 46-29. The Trojans were forced to come out of their 1-2-2 and apply full court and half court pressure. The Tro­ jans lost Schumann and Metzger via the foul route, and the rout was on. Without A1 at full speed, the offense didn’t run and, when forced to set up, slowed to a walk.

Two Trojans hit for double figures: Metz­ ger, 14 and Huebner, 10. Rick Lemke led all scorers with 26, and Bob Opps tossed in 16.

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and clicked off ten unanswered points. The Trojans rode the moves of Metzger and Toe" pel and the shooting of Schumacher to a 47-45 halftime lead. The Trojans failed to screen Bill Huempfner and John Allen off North" lands offensive board, however, giving the Lumberjacks numerous bunnies underneath.

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Both teams opened the second half with zone defenses; the Trojans a 2-3, and North" land a 1-2-2. Things looked bright for the Trojans as the gap widened to seven (58-51) on a basket by Al, two free throws by Huebner, and a technical foul shot by Metz with 13:00 on the clock. Northland switched to a very physical man-to-man, and the men in black and white shirts went into a trance.

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The Trojans switched to a man-to-man, but Lumberjack Lee Williams" one-on-one play was too much for the Trojan defenders. North­ land continued its aggressive defensive play, forechecking well to shut off the Trojan fast break. When the Trojans did cross the red line (excuse me, half court) gang-tackling was the Northland modus operandi. Trojan shoot­ ers received forearms and fists to the solar plexus on nearly every attempt. Pete Schu­ macher got one of the best side hits of the year, turning him around in mid-air and caus­ ing his twelve-foot jumper to fall eight feet short. (No call was made on the play.)

Pete led the Trojans with 16, followed by Al with 14. Huempfner led all scorers with 32, while Williams tossed in 28.

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Feb. 26 — The Trojans and Muskies must have mistaken the Sheboygan Armory for the O. K. Corral as they engaged in a torrid shoot out. The game was definitely a run and gun affair with only an occasional lapse into a zone defense and the absence of a 24-second clock marring the action.

The Muskies came out hot, allowing the Trojans only one tie at 2-2. Dave Voskuil broke the Trojan 2-3 zone with his hot shoot­ ing from the corner. The Trojans switched to full court pressure, causing some of the senior citizens in attendance to adjust the set­ tings on their pacemakers.

The Muskies iced the game by tickling the twine at a 65% clip during the first eight minutes of the second stanza. When the dust settled, the Muskies had hit 58% for the game.

Pete and Metz each hit 16, and were two of five Trojans in double figures. Voskuil and Rick Gaumer each netted 22 as seven Muskies hit double digits.

The Trojans completed their season with a 4-18 record, drawing the doughnut in con­ ference play (0-8).

(Thanks to Jim Huebner for his coverage of the Trojans on the road.) all-conference

Bowing out after a brilliant four year career is Paul “Noodle” Scharrer. Wrestling at 134 and 142 pounds, Paul amassed a sea* son record of 20 wins, only four losses, and one tie. The record must be considered out' standing when one considers the fact that Paul was wrestling “hurt” much of the time the past two seasons.

Another Trojan who had an outstanding season and who will be around for a couple more is sophomore Dave Russow. Competing at 150 pounds, Dave accummulated 21 wins against five losses and a tie.

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Senior guard Mark Toepel from Saginaw, Michigan, was named to the Gateway Con­ ference all-conference basketball team for the third consecutive season. Junior Pete Schu­ macher and Sophomore Dan Metzger received Honorable Mention awards.

Wrestling The Trojan wrestlers had their best month of the season in February when they won four matches and lost three to finish their season with eight wins, ten losses, and one tie.

The final record is nothing to shout about, but considering the amount of shuffling of personnel that had to be done because of in­ juries and the fact that eleven of the twelve wrestlers who wore the Trojan colors were first or second year men, it does represent a respectable effort on the part of the team.

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Intramurals Senior Mark “Glenn” Schwertfeger’s in­ tramural bucket team took their fourth con­ secutive championship. During their four year reign as champions they have suffered only one loss. Their domination of the backboards and their blistering fast break forged a true intramural dynasty. Team members this past season were: Mark Schwertfeger, John Gawrisch, Jim Lindloff, John Mattek, Paul Schmeling, John Dolan, Charlie Degner, and Mike Burow.

Junior Rob Siirila won the intramural free throw shooting championship.

(Thanks to Jim Lindloff for his intramural coverage.)

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THE UCLA MYSTIQUE The next year UCLA started four Sopho­ mores: Alcindor, Lucius Allen, Lynn Shackle­ ford, and Kenny Heitz along with Junior Mike Warren. The four Sophs had all been high school All-Americas from different parts of the country, and Alcindor was the key. The 7'1" giant led the team in scoring and re­ bounding and intimidated opposing players with his sheer presence on the court. The Bruins beat Dayton that year in the champion­ ship game, capping a perfect 30-0 season.

Tt finally happened. After seven straight years as undisputed number one team in the nation, UCLA has proven that it is merely mortal after all. Not only did they lose in the semi-finals of the NCAA tournament to North Carolina State, but they lost almost as many games this year as they have in the past seven years combined. When you look back at the record, you’d have to agree that they have been truly amazing.

They have been called a dynasty by some, but that really could be a misnomer. A dy­ nasty in sports is usually created by the same players, such as the championship teams of the New York Yankees, Green Bay Packers, or Boston Celtics. With UCLA it was differ­ ent. No player could be there longer than three years, and in tournament play one loss would leave you on the sidelines waiting for next year. Many great teams have been upset in NCAA tournament play. Why was UCLA always champion?

Credit for the fabulous success of the Bruins has to go to their coach, John Wooden, the Wizard of Westwood. Year after year, he has molded the individual talent into a well-balanced team. He has never had a los­ ing season as a coach and became the first man ever to be elected to the basketball hall of fame both as a player and a coach. He currently has the best career winning per­ centage of any active college coach. He is due for retirement in a few years, and there is talk that this year will be his last. With the loss to North Carolina State, however, Wood­ en just might postpone his retirement in order to build another championship team.

UCLA won its first championship in 196364, led by Walt Hazzard, and repeated a year later with Gail Goodrich leading the way. The next season was the only blemish in the past ten years. They didn’t make the tournament, but Coach Wooden had a ray of hope in one of the losses. That loss was to the UCLA Freshman team. Led by a tall skinny kid from New York named Lew Alcindor, the Fresh­ men went undefeated in an omen of things to come.

With everyone coming back, it was hard to see what they could do for an encore. In addition to those players, they had Mike Lynn and Edgar Lacey, members of the starting team of two years before who were coming off years of injury and probation respectively. There was one notable obstacle, however. The Uni­ versity of Houston had a pretty fair team of its own. Led by Elvin Hayes and Don Chaney, they were also undefeated, and the two teams were ranked 1-2 in the nation. The game was to be held in the Houston Astro­ dome before the largest crowd ever to sec a basketball game. In addition, it was televised nationally.

Shortly before the game, Alcindor received an eye injury which impaired his vision. That and some great shooting by Hayes brought the Bruins their first defeat in two years and ended their winning streak at 47. Both teams went undefeated the rest of the season, and a rematch was slated for the semifinals in the tournament. This time Alcindor was back to normal and the Bruins completely devastated Houston in the rematch. They beat North Carolina for the national title.

The following year they tried to become the first school ever to win three national titles in a row. They lost Mike Warren through graduation and Lucius Allen was expelled, but they had a junior college transfer, John Vallely, for guard and three sophomore front line men in Sydney Wicks, Curtis Rowe, and Steve Patterson. They also had Alcindor, who was more than enough for all the other teams.

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in fine fashion and won the NCAA champion' ship for an unprecedented third straight time with a victory over Purdue and high scoring Rick Mount. Alcindor was the college player of the year for the third straight time and was the number one pick of the Milwaukee Bucks.

The next year was a big question mark.

Sure, the Bruins could win with Alcindor at center. Anybody could. What would they do now that he was gone? They had an entirely new front line in Wicks, Rowe, and Patterson, along with Vallely and Henry Bibby at the guards. Wicks was the key. The previous year he spent most of his time on the bench while Rowe and Shackleford started. This year he came into his own, leading the team in blocked shots, scoring, and rebounding. The Bruins lost two games that year, to Southern Cal and Oregon State.

At the tournament it was the same old story. The finals presented an interesting matchup, Jacksonville was the team this year with the big man, 7'2" Artis Gilmore. Wicks did a fantastic job on Gilmore defensively and literally blocked a number of shots down his throat. When it was all over, UCLA went home with its fourth straight championship trophy.

The next year was more of the same. The entire team was back except for Vallely and the prospects of an undefeated season looked good. The UCLA machine ran into some trouble with Notre Dame, however. Led by the fantastic shooting of Austin Carr, the Fighting Irish upset the Bruins. It was their last loss for some time to come. The Bruins got by Howard Porter and Villanova in the finals and took home yet another trophy. Syd­ ney Wicks was named player of the year and along with Rowe and Patterson went in the first round of the NBA draft.

The entire front line was gone. Were the Bruins worried? They just happened to have a 6'11" center named Bill Walton who was touted to be another Alcindor. He lived up to his expectations. Along with Keith Wilkes, Greg Lee, Larry Farmer, and Bibby, the Bru­ ins went undefeated, beating Florida State in the finals.

The next year looked just as promising.

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There was talk about changing the name of the tournament to the UCLA champion' ship. Seven straight titles. Nine out of the last ten. That's pretty hard to argue with.

The Bruins looked good again this year in what on paper was their best team ever. Along with Walton, Wilkes, Curtis, Lee, and Dave Myers, they had depth at every position. Andre McCarter, Pete Trgovich, seven-foot Ralph Drollinger, and two great freshmen, Richard Washington and Marques Johnson made up the bench.

They also had their toughest schedule in years. In the regular season they had to play Maryland, North Carolina State, Michigan, Notre Dame twice, and Southern Cal twice, in addition to everyone else. They took care of every one of those top-ten ranked teams with the exception of an upset by Notre Dame in South Bend, ending their SS game winn'ng streak. The next week UCLA murdered the Irish in their rematch.

Then on one weekend UCLA lost back-toback games with Oregon and Oregon State of all schools. There was talk that they might not win the conference. They had to play Southern Cal in the last game of the season.

Southern Cal was ranked seventh, and the winner would advance to the NCAA playoffs.

The Bruins were ready. By halftime the score was 47-13 and didn't get any better. The rest is history. North Carolina State, led by AllAmerican David Thompson, played a great game and came back to win it in double over­ time. At least the engravers on the trophy will have something different to do this year.

Even with the loss of Walton, Wilkes, Lee, and Curtis, UCLA looks good for next year, not counting freshman prospects. Of course, there’ll be a lot of other good teams, like Marquette, Michigan, and Notre Dame, for instance, but UCLA is going to be awfully tough. The success of UCLA will be talked about for years to come in what has been one of sport's most remarkable accomplishments.

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MASS PRODUCTION COMES TO AN OLD CRIME T Tntil recent years counterfeiting was a ^ small-scale crime. It has now become what the Secret Service calls an “explosive and spontaneous trend.” In 1972 the Secret Service arrested 2331 persons in connection with $27.7 million in counterfeit U.S. money.

This is a sevenfold increase in total compared to a decade ago.

The limitation of counterfeiting to a dozen or so old-time craftsmen who with skill and patience painstakingly etched the likeness of a bill onto a steel engraving-plate is now gone.

Photoengraving equipment has enabled unskilled as well as skilled criminals to become counterfeiters. The process transfers a photo­ graph of a genuine bill onto a chemically treat­ ed metal plate. The plate is then put into a high-speed ofFset press, and within minutes more replica money is made than old-time counterfeiters could turn out in years.

Today operations of this kind are set up quickly and efficiently. The mass production of making bills has also quickened the distri­ bution. Instead of waiting for a top price from a group of carefully chosen middlemen, the counterfeiter today offers his phony money at invitingly low prices in the hope of making a fast profit. The feeling among counterfeiters is that if another buyer comes along, you can always print him some, too.

In Boston a counterfeit ring was recently set up as a corporation with a board of direc­ tors. It was a “discount” counterfeit business.

After stockpiling almost $2 million in bogus bills, the board sent price lists to trusted whole­ salers. The price was between nine and twelve percent of face value, depending on how much was ordered. The wholesalers, in turn, resold to distributors for 25 percent, and by the time it hit the streets the counterfeit currency was going for as much as 50 percent. The r ng grew and soon reached up and down the East Coast until Secret Service agents were able to break it up after it had been in ex­ istence for two years.

Counterfeiting would be even bigger than it is today if it were not for the constant efforts of the Secret Service. Its trained ex­ perts converge upon a city as soon as a large r*ng begins to circulate counterfeit bills. How­ ever, even an alert citizen is often enough, be-

cause passers avoid banks and other places where money is routinely looked at. They, rather, spend the counterfeit at busy places where the cashiers only glance at the bills before accepting them. One Secret Service agent said, “Dim lights and long lines of impatient people are the counterfeiter’s paradise.”

There are a few things that everyone should know concerning the difference between coun­ terfeit and good money. Valid currency is printed on a secret-formula rag paper im­ planted with tiny red and blue threads. Un­ der good light the unique swirls of the thread can be seen. A crisper, wood-base bond paper is used in counterfeit and it contains red and blue printed lines — not threads.

The counterfeit bill can rarely pick up all of the 2000 seldom-noticed minute details on a genuine bill, printed from a master plate that took five artists a year to create at the Treasury’s Bureau of Printing and Engraving in Washington. Even the background of each portrait bristles with delicate lines that criss­ cross, like a screen, to form more than 1000 tiny squares — always perfectly clear and un­ broken. These tiny squares, plus a special printing technique, give the portrait a threedimensional appearance.

Tiny flaws are usually visible everywhere on a counterfeit. The counterfeiter has a hard time keeping the ink from shading and filling in the tiny squares. The thin lines crossing the portrait, the lace-like lines that decorate the bill’s borders, and the points on the seal are frequently broken, faded, dull, or uneven on the counterfeit bill, while they are always unbroken and sharp-looking on the genuine.

Since the three-dimensional effect cannot be photographed, the portrait on a counterfeit blends lifelessly into the background. Also, counterfeiters today lack the skill and patience to handcraft serial numbers, so they reproduce the original bill’s number over and over.

Although there are more counterfeiters to­ day than ever before, they are still gambling very strongly. They are gambling that you, the average citizen, will not look at his money very carefully. The director of the Secret Ser­ vice points out: “If everyone knew how his money should really look, there wouldn't be a market for counterfeit.”

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The Beekerman Principle '‘I’ve come to you because you are responsible for this building,” Jarnn replied, unamused. “If you’d like, I could turn the mat­ ter over to the Security Police.”

“No need, no need. Proceed.”

“As you wish. Our investigation began when someone reported the elevator stalled between floors. Inside the compartment we found the corpse. The body was of one Pro­ fessor Gormon Paro, a rather respected inter­ planetary zoologist. He apparently was on his way to a meeting with the Ministry Council on Avidean Exploitation.”

yy ith meticulous efficiency, Master Over■ » seer Syman Zalik fed the last of his daily briefing reports into the shredder. As he lis­ tened to the metallic churning, a tight smile flashed across his sallow face and disappeared.

It never failed to amuse him, this daily rou­ tine of grinding up all the secret machinations of the Ministry of Development and Defense into soggy pulp to be used as mulch in the synthetic food production plants. If people only knew what they were eating.

Rising to stretch his aching back, Zalik wandered across his plush office to the glass doors in the west wall. He loved the western exposure that allowed him the beautiful pan­ orama of the setting sun each afternoon. But today was rainy and the clouds would proba­ bly block the sun.

Opening the doors, Zalik took a deep lung­ ful of the muggy air and gazed down at the street 40 floors below. People had thought he was mad when he’d had the safety rail re­ moved from in front of the window. But Zalik enjoyed the view down to the street, enjoyed the ... . exhilaration, like looking off a cliff.

“Of course, Professor Paro. He was the old bird who just got back from the expedi­ tion to Avide III and has been trying to drum up support for further exploration and devel­ opment.”

“The same. Except it would appear that he was planning to stifle his opposition the quick way. In his brief case he was carrying 40 pounds of high explosive. Luckily, my man spotted the trigger mechanism before we opened the case, or the west side of this build­ ing probably wouldn't be here any more.”

“There aren’t many cliffs left,” Zalik mused. “Not since Total Urbanization took effect and citified all the open land. Yes, my cliff is quite a treasure. Like a throwback to some ancient kind of freedom.”

The Master Overseer was yanked from his reverie by the beeping of the communicator Striding back to his study module, he pressed his secretary’s key. “Yes, corporal.”

“How did he die?”

“Post-mortem’s got him now. Preliminary diagnosis guessed some type of respiratory failure His hands were at his throat as if he'd been struggling to breathe.”

“The brief case was all he carried?”

“Field Leader Jarnn to see you, sir. He has a report on the body found in the lift this morning.”

“Of course. Send him in.” The M.O. had little love for starting new cases in the middle of the afternoon, and it was with visible dis­ gust that he returned to his cha;r. The door opened to admit an efficient-looking young man in the crisp gray uniform of the IIB.

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“Well, Field Leader, I trust you have some responsible reason for interrupting my after­ noon. Or is the Internal Intelligence Bureau renouncing responsibility again?” The M.O.’s tight smile flashed briefly again at his own joke.

“Oh, and this. It was in his pocket. It looks like some kind of diary. And this was folded and stuck in his chronometer clasp. The writing is abominable but it does match the writing at the end of the diary. As you'll notice, there's a definite deterioration of Paro's handwriting within the course of the book.

Anyway, all this paper says is The Beeper* man Principle. Does that mean anything?”

“I'll have it checked.”

“Right. That's it then. I realize your people are in charge of this operation, but my superiors would appreciate it if you'd relay your findings to IIB.” “Certainly. Thank you, Field Leader. Your name will be mentioned in my report.”

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With Jarnn gone, Zalik turned his attentions to the diary. It was a small leather-bound hook, apparently quite old. The pages were real wood-base paper, not the synthetic sub­ stitute currently used.

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It was strange to see something written by hand. Most printed material was produced with a speech-writer. Everything else was us­ ually recorded. The script on the early pages was neat and regular. The first entry was for January 22, 2140, just a month earlier. “And that would put it about a month after the Avidean expedition returned,” Zalik recalled.

January 22 It now apears advisable for me to main­ tain a private and personal record of my present business. I will employ this diary, since speech-writers and recorder banks are periodically monitored.

I had my second meeting with the Minis­ try Council reviewing A vide III today. How can they be so blind? A vide has so much to offer us. We need venture only a little.

Opposition seems to be mustered behind Councilor Meritt. I can’t help thinking that without his bull-headed resistance, the Coun­ cil might be more reasonable.

I hope they may soon see my position.

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A shadow of apprehension roose across the Master Overseer's eyes. Jasen Meritt was an old friend of Zalik's. Two weeks earlier he had been found in his office, dead. The cause was still unknown.

Impatiently, he paged ahead to the correct date and noted with surprise the change in the script, now crooked and slurred. Jarnn had mentioned a deterioration. Curious.

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February 4 Woke up today with a terrible headache.

Don’t know why; this work with the Coun­ cil must be fraying my nerves.

Reached into my coat pocket for a cigar­ ette and came up with a strange set of keys.

Don’t know where I could have picked them up. Only place I’ve been the past few days is Meriu’s office yesterday. Could be I picked them up absentmindedly.

Mind’s been a little shaky lately. Been missing things, forgetting things. After this Avide thing I’ll have to get some rest.

I’ll ask Meritt about die keys when I see him tomorrow.

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The keys I had must not have been for his office. Funny. Can’t find them anywhere now.

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Tensely, Zalik paged through the journal.

Reaching the last page, he skimmed its con­ tents, only to find that it ended in mid-sentence at the bottom of the page. The next page was obliterated by a dark blotch of ink.

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Taking a cutter from his tool drawer, the M.O. carefully slit down the inside edge of the stained page and removed it from the book.

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He then took time to examine the folded paper Jarnn had given him. It was obviously a page torn from the diary. The writing on it was terrible, all but illegible. “The Beekcrman Principle” it said.

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Zalik hit the communicator key. “Corpor­ al, get in here.”

The door opened immediately. “Yes, sir."

“Corporal, take this ink stain down to Re­ construction and see if they can make out what’s written underneath.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Then see what you can dig up about the Beekerman Principle. They found this on Paro's body.”

“Yes, sir.” The corporal pivoted stiffly and exited.

“The boy will never advance," Zalik thought. “Too much efficiency. Not enough talent.”

The M.O.’s eyes returned to the diary.

February 12 Council still blind. Seem to be holding on to opposition to Avicle III as some kind of memorial to Merritt. Fools. Foolsl Why can’t they see the gold mine they’re throw­ ing away? Don’t know what more to say, what more to do. Tauz, Belloc, all of them, they’re blind. Blind.

The headaches are getting worse. Only relief seems to be remembering Avide. Like remembering home.

Think I’ll go to the Airodale house for a few days’ rest.

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February 15 Belloc and Tauz killed in cruiser crash today. Security says cruiser was tampered with. Can’t see how. I know the Airodalc station where they took off too well. Man would have to be some kind of genius to get by the guards. Or crazy.

Rest didn’t help the headaches. Thoughts of Avide becoming an addiction. Like mor­ phine or cocaine. The only escape.

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February 19 Last Council meeting coming Monday.

Last chance to stop opposition. Don't know how.

My mind obsessed with Avide. Like I’m a prisoner, my brain locked up. Pain al­ most constant now. Can’t tell what I'm do­ ing, what I’m thinking from one moment to the next.

February 20 Terrible nightmare last night. On trial on Avide III. Merritt, Tauz, Belloc all con­ demning me. scream and run out of the room and outside is a wall of fire. On the wall is written “To know is to be." Then the wall falls down and crushes me and burns me.

“To know is to be." What can it mean?

The script, by now, was little more than an obscure scrawl. With patient effort Zalik slowly continued to decipher.

February 21 Council meeting today. Don’t want to go.

Know something will happen, something terrible. Can’t stop myself.

Still see the wall of fire. But now I think I know what it means.

A warning. Not just for me — for you too and anybody who reads this. “To know is to be." That’s the key. It’s simple really.

It’s just that they’re That’s where the page ended. The rest of Paro’s explanation was in Reconstruction, hopefully being put together.

“For you too and anybody who reads this.”

A hollow pit grew in Zalik’s stomach as he reread the words, and the back of his head began to throb.

“Avide,” he thought. “It’s just a lonely, worthless little rock light years from here.

How could a mind like Paro’s waste itself on a . . . ” Zalik shook the thoughts from his

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The communicator beeped. “I’ve got the report back from Reconstruction, sir."

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“Well, bring it in, Corporal What are you waiting for?”

There was a puzzled expression on the young secretary’s face as he stepped into the room. “They got all the words together, sir.

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“I'll handle it, Corporal. Has there been any word from post-mortem on the cause of Paro’s death?”

“Yes, sir. It's all quite mysterious. He was . . . strangled.”

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“No, that’s the strange part of it. It was self-inflicted. He choked himself. His mind must have cracked. A person would have to be crazy, I mean literally insane, to do a thing like that.”

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“Yes, sir.”

“Or, wait. Did you check on the Beckerman thing?”

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“Didn't have to, sir. I had it on the tip of my mind when you asked about it before.

Finding out Paro was a zoologist shook it loose.

“You see, back in the early 21st century, before the Anti-Animal Laws were passed, people used to keep domesticized canines and felines in their homes. “Pets” they called them.

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“Then, of course, came the Anti-Animal Laws of ... ” “That will do, Corporal. Thank you.”

“Yes, sir.”

Zalik rubbed his aching forehead. That was it. Something had gotten hold of Paro.

He'd realized that that “something,” whatever it was, was dependent on him to survive, so he destroyed himself to destroy the “some­ thing.” But “for you too.” What could it mean?

The Master Overseer took the reconstruc­ tion of the ink-stained page and placed it be­ neath the last page of the diary.

"To know is to be.” That’s the key. It’s simple really. It’s just that they’re para­ sites. They feed on your mind. All they need is your belief in their existence and your awareness of their plan and they’ve got you.

They want all of us. They want us to continue our exploration so they can de­ vour our minds. And when you know that, they possess you. They possess you and they use you. Against all opposition.

Like they used me, against Meritt and Tauz and Belloc. Like they’ll use me against the Council if 1 don’t know how. But they will.

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That is how it ended. Zalik sat back in his chair, wiped the perspiration from his hands. Already he could feel it.

With deliberate efficiency he took the cut­ ter and began to slice apart the diary. The pieces he stuffed into the shredder. “If people only knew what they were eating,” he thought.

The job done, he punched the communi­ cator key. “Corporal, no calls.”

"Yes, sir.”

Getting up from his study module, the Master Overseer walked to the glass doors.

The clouds had cleared away and the sun was just going down. It was a rare and beautiful sight. Opening the doors, Zalik took a deep breath of the fresh wet air.

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Tf you go into any of the rooms facing west «*■ in Wartburg Hall and look out the window, you'll see a strange sight — nothing. Seeing nothing in that spot is unusual for anybody even casually acquainted with Northwestern College over the last seventy years, because that's where West Hall used to be. We'd been hearing that the old dormitory (a gener­ ation ago they called it the “new dorm”) would yield to the iron fist of the wrecker for some time now, so we should have been pre­ pared, but all that empty space takes a little getting used to all the same.

I had a chance to peruse the contents of the cornerstone of old West Hall, and the trip back into time was enjoyable. Included in the documents and memorabilia in the metal box were numerous Synod publications (mostly in German), a college catalogue, rulebook, and B1 ac\ and Red (mostly in English), and copies of the Watertown papers: the Republican, the Gazette, the Weltbuerger, and, of course, the Daily Times.

All four newspapers exhibited the amaz­ ing naivete common to early endeavors in journalism (and occasionally common to pre­ sent editions of the BIac?( and Red.) Teddy Roosevelt was President, “Fighting Bob” LaFollette was the governor of Wiscons n. and the big international issue was the Russo-Jap­ anese War. The headline of the May 29, 1905 Daily Times read, “Japanese Vice-Admiral Again Proves His Superiority over Russians.”

Very little national or political news filled these papers, however. Instead, readers were interested in the local gossip of Watertown, and their curiosities were stimulated by the “Of Local Interest” column. Items ranged from the mundane “George Henze is trans­ acting business in Hustisford” to the civicminded “The new front at Arthur Goldner's place is a marked improvement and adds much to the appearance of Main Street” to the com­ mercially-oriented “You may think you need an overcoat but we know you need a refriger­ ator — the Central Trading Company.”

The personal health of the populace must have been of prime concern as well, because the paper is literally overflowing with ads for

When legitimate articles couldn't fill all the required space, various fillers had to take up the slack. For instance, did you know that “five or six murders in one day are not an infrequent occurrence in Madrid”? Then there’s the sad story of William Jackson, a church organist in Norfolk, Connecticut, who dslocated his shoulder while dancing. Even one* liners were fair game: Joe: “She carried $500 in her stockings."

Moe: “Ah! Money in her own right!”

The Daily Times was only four pages long, but both the Republican and the Gazette opened up like a road map instead of a mod­ ern newspaper, with articles printed right side up as well as upside down on both sides of one huge sheet of paper.

The 1905 NWC ratebook included many of the rules still more or less enforced on cam­ pus today: no drinking or smoking for students under eighteen; no absences with excuse.

There were some additional rules, however, which seem to defy present-day logic: no conversing, calling or throwing anything from the windows; no outdoor games of any kind on Sundays. One problem plaguing today's cam­ puses must have been around then, too, be­ cause nude bathing and swimming in the river was expressly prohibited.

The student handbook reviewed a college curriculum which, at least on paper, appeared to be somewhat rougher than the one we now suffer under. Four years of college Latin, Greek, and German were required, although Hebrew was optional. NWC boasted a mil­ itary company, and the fees were quite differ­ ent seventy years ago from what they are

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now — tuition was $12.00 per term and board was $100.00 per year (although the figures are deceiving, because at that time $3.50 a day was considered good wages for a day’s manual labor.) The student directory listed 161 students in the college and prep bodies combined, and some of the names sound vaguely familiar — Ernest Ph. Dornfeld, Fredcnck Stern, Oscar Hoyer, Ernst Wcndland, and John (any relation to “Jumpin' Jack’’?)

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The May 1905 issue of the Black and Red followed a format not much different from the 1974 model. Various essays about literature and current affairs dominated the early pages of the magazine. The editorial page included a comment from every member of the staff.

One writer reviewed a survey conducted by a Yale professor which decried the misspent time and talent of college youth — “The wealthiest class of students spend more (money) for drinking and smoking than for their room rent and furniture . , Another writer complained of the students’ disorganized cheering tech­ niques, “There ought to be a certain system of rooting . . . most college boys, in their great excitement, forget to stay together. The C&C editor begged for help from the student body — “Whenever we hear someone crack a good joke, we should write it down and drop it in the Black, and Red box.” After reading the last C fe? C in the present volume, I think may­ be we should do the same.

NWC could compete athletically with the best in those days, in a time before recruiting and scholarships and huge athletic endow­ ments. Notre Dame traveled to Watertown to take on the college baseball team,* only to lose, 8-6. The Trojans collected ten hits, in­ cluding two home runs, but also committed thirteen errors. In an entirely different game, one man reported that he had become wealthy.

During the Easter vacation I found a beau­ tiful pearl, and to my surprise made this find­ ing by moonlight,” In those days they called them pearls; today we call them buffalo. Well, a rose by any other name . . .

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T was a rather gloomy, overcast June day, the type of day that seemingly can’t make up its mind whether to ra;n or not. Unfortun­ ately for me, my three friends, Mel, Chuck, and Jack, were determined to take me golfing with them, and since they were a bit fanatical, I kind of figured they would go, threaten1 ng skies or not. So I resigned myself to being a good sport (after they agreed to pay my way) and go with them.

I could never really figure out why they took me with them now and then, but I just usually assumed I was to be theT comic relief.

I mean, I was so bad that even if I had played against myself, I probably would have lost. It wasn't because I was inconsistent either; I was very consistent — consistently bad. To give me a fair chance, my three friends would us­ ually let me take my best 9 hole score and match it against their 18. Even with such a favorable handicap I only got out of fourth place two times, and both those times we had only a threesome.

At any rate, there I was with three pretty fair golfers, feeling, as you might well im­ agine, rather out of place. Yet I was in sur­ prisingly good spirits as I said to myself, “Self, if I’m really lucky today, it might rain.”

But at the same moment that that reassuring thought entered my mind, I noticed that the

My three friends were rather a unique bunch. Their ages and interests were all rather widespread, but through work we had all become very close. Each of them loved to throw out a joke or pun more often than not, and they knew they could always count on me to be their audience. To this day I'm not sure whether their wit was all that great, or wheth­ er it just fit in with my sick sense of humor.

Although I always felt that any one of the three could give a joke for any occasion, each one specialized in his own particular field. For instance, Chuck was the deeper, more philo­ sophical type; Mel, who had been married the longest, was apt to poke fun at women; and Jack usually came up with the new golf jokes.

So this was our motley foursome as we impatiently waited for four different groups ahead of us to tee off. Chuck quickly seized the opportunity, “You know, I finally found a place where success comes before work."

“Where's that?" we skeptically asked.

“In the dictionary, of course.”

Seeing that this registered little more than a polite grin on faces, Chuck tried again.

“Seriously, though, in the matter of success, as I always say, if at first you don't succeed, try a little ardor." That one, however, fared even worse, since we were all slow to pick up his pun.

Jack cut in then to try to bail him out, “Chuck, you're like a hypochondriac."

sun was just about to break through the clouds in the east and that a huge patch of blue was becoming ever wider overhead. “Oh, well,” I said, trying to reassure myself, “nothing to lose, I guess, except my golf balls and my cool."

“How's that?"

“You ought to leave well enough alone."

After one or two other duds, the conversa­ tion turned to more serious matters, such as the accidental shooting two days before of a five-year-old girl by her seven-year-old brother.

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“I just can’t understand how parents can leave loaded guns around the house like that,” Mel reflected.

At this Chuck quickly retorted, “That real' ly is a shame, but I don't think it really hap' pens that often. What’s worse than loaded guns, I feel, are loaded drivers. I just wish that those people would realize that one for the road isn’t exactly what you’d call a safety belt.”

Before I finished chuckling at this, Mel broke in, “Yup, too often the life of the party becomes a death on the highway.”

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“Well, Mike,” Jack said to me, “why don’t you go first, since they're still in our range?”

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“Uh, fellas,” I meekly asked, “did you see where my ball went?” All three broke out into instant hysterics as my eye happened to glance down at my feet, where my ball was still comfortably nestled on its tee. Behind it was about a foot long bare spot.

Jack just couldn't keep from remarking, “Actually you have a picturebook swing, Mike; too bad most of the pages are missing.”

I was embarrassed, to say the least, but I tried again, and to my utter amazement, and theirs too, I might add, the ball zinged straight down the fairway, stopping about 200 yards away. Only one other time could I remember having a better drive, and that one went 200 yards behind me after hitting a tree.

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The second hole was a real shorty, a 145 par three. Of course, the architects had to compensate for that by having a creek run on three sides of the green. On the fourth side was a woods. But after such a good first hole, I dauntlcssly took out my driver .and hit a tremendous drive, which landed right on the green — unfortunately the green for hole six.

After three lost balls in the creek and one in the woods, I finally managed to dribble my ball ingeniously over the footbridge and on to the right green, and holed out after an incredible fifteen. At times like these it’s hard to follow the practical advice, “Temper is a valuable possession — don’t lose it.’’

The third hole was a rather short par five, but by no means an easy one, since it was lined on both sides by woods. Even those other three more experienced golfers shuddered at this. “Boy, whoever thinks our country is out of the woods should visit this golf course,” Jack remarked. Despite its difficulties I came through with another rare sub-ten perform mance — this one an eight. Of course, I had to use a golfer's greatest tool to aclvcve it — a poor memory. As I learned from Mel, “Golf is a game where the ball lies poorly and the player well.” But along with this rule, one must beware of the related corollary: “Noth­ ing counts in golf like your opponent.” But Mel, Chuck, and Jack would always pity me a little and not worry about all my strokes, mostly because with me it was too easy to lose count. In fact, to make matters easier for me, now and then I would just round off my score for a hole to the nearest ten.

When I conveniently forgot a few more strokes on the next hole, Jack knowingly smiled and said, “Now you’re learning, Mike; remember, many a golfer yells ’fore’ takes six, and writes down five.” Only in my case the last two numbers were usually much higher.

While my score was beginning to look like a NBA score, the other three were playing respectable golf. After the first 9, Jack and Mel were tied at 41 while Chuck had a 44.

As Chuck was all set to tee off of $10, Mel remarked, “Why don't you put gut into it, Chuck?”

Chuck reluctantly agreed, “Ya, I guess I've been putting on a little too much weight lately.

I guess I should listen to Dr. McNeil, who told me, ‘Chuck, just remember that your body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess baggage, the shorter the trip.’”

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Chuck had become so ser ous just that moment, that Mel almost seemed to be a little ashamed of what he had just said. “I really don’t think you have to worry that much.

After all, I once read somewhere that about 90,000,000 Americans are overweight, but that's in ‘round’ figures, of course.”

As we headed down the thirteenth fair' way, I felt a couple of rain drops on my head.

Up to that time I had completely forgotten about the weather conditions and had been wholly concentrating on how to keep from butchering my golf game any further. The easiest way would have been to quit, but I didn’t think the others would really appre­ ciate that, especially after they paid my way.

But my spirits were uplifted as I quickly real­ ized that it was becoming very dark, and the sun, which had been sneaking in and out of the billowy white clouds previously, was now completely hidden behind the dark wall of a huge thunderhead.

Since the drizzle was beginning to inten­ sify, my three friends reluctantly agreed with me that wc should temporarily halt play and head for shelter. The clubhouse was too far away, so we headed for an old but adequate shelter near the tec of hole fifteen. We en­ tered the shelter not a moment too soon as rain pelted the roof overhead. There we waited for the storm to pass, sympathizing with those golfers who we could see didn't make it to shelter in time. Two teenagers, we noticed, continued to play right through, not the least

bit concerned that they were soaked to the bone. As they passed by, they laughingly re­ marked, “Come on, a little water never hurt anybody.’’

While the storm continued to rage, we had a chance to talk to Mel about the upcom­ ing wedding of his daughter. “Yup, you know what June is to a girl, don't you? he asked.

“No what?”

Why, the perfect end to a ‘marry’ chase.”

Ignoring the groans, he continued, “I al­ ways liked to k;d her fiance; ‘Ya know,’ I -dto him, ‘A boy shouldn’t ask for a girl’s hand unless he is in a position to remove it from her father’s pockets.'”

Seriously though, he’s a great guy and has a good sense of humor. He told me once, “Really I think the weaker sex is the stronger because of the weakness of the stronger for the weaker sex.”

Jack quickly piped in, “Ya, it is really true that girls have an unfair advantage; if they can’t get something by being smart, they get it by being dumb.”

Chuck added, “Just a couple days ago I read somewhere, maybe in the newspaper, that a good woman is like a good book, except some' times too wordy.”

“I wish I could afford a library then,” I replied.

“Don’t kid yourself!” Mel retorted, “Af­ fording just one is hard enough. You know how women like to shop, don’t you? For in­ stance, Mike, when you get married, you’ll find out that a new hat is not only a tonic for a woman, but it makes her feel strong enough to buy a new suit and four pairs of shoes to boot.”

“Ya, that’s just like my wife,” Chuck as­ serted, “she keeps breaking things — like my fives, tens, and twenties.”

To this I replied, “Men really do have more problems than women, don’t they? After all, they have to put up with women.”

“You hit the nail on the head there. Yet, I gotta admit, if you love the simpler things in life, you gotta love women.”

“Changing the subject just a little, how is your baby daughter, Jack?” I asked.

“Well, you know what they say, Mike: Girl babies start talking a month earlier than boys and from then on they increase their lead.

Speaking of children, though, our neighbor kids are really something else. They might not be impossible, but you can be sure they’re trying.”

Mel agreed, “Many times I think parents are to blame for that. Our neighbor's kids are real rascals, too, but their parents think they can do no wrong. I’m sure I would have seen faults in my children, if they had any.”

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That reminded Mel of another joke, “You know, if you take a side on an issue, to some people you’re prejudiced, but to others you’re just objective. If you refuse to take either side, you’re a dope But if you can take both sides and get away with it, you're a politi' cian.”

“I guess it is really important that people know what you stand for,” Chuck philosophi­ cally asserted. “Of course, it's equally impor' tant that they know what you won’t stand for, too.”

Thereupon we stepped out of the shelter and headed back to our golf game, since the rain had completely stopped by this time. It wouldn’t be long before the sun would break out into the clear blue sky that was trailing the black thunderheads, which had gone off to the northeast.

The rest of my game had little to comment about. It was as bad as always, although I did make two surprisingly good shots out of the woods. After the second of these, Jack complimented me, “Boy, you have quite a talent for making the best out of a bad situation.”

“Thanks. Ya know, maybe that’s it. I have such a good talent for making the best of a bad situation that I continually go around creating bad situations so I can make the best of them.”

On the seventeenth hole all four of us had a lousy score. Jack was particularly disturbed as he asked, “Say, who invented this stupid game, anyway?”

“I think the Scots did, didn't they?”

“I guess that explains why they invented Scotch, too,” Jack said, regaining his humor.

On the final hole the guys really compli' mented me after I hit a beautiful chip shot onto the green from a rather difficult bunker, after only four previous tries at getting it out of there. Being rather proud of that shot, I took my time sizing up the putt, since I hoped to go out on a happy note at least. After a couple minutes of lining up the putt, I re'

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marked, “Boy, this green must have foreign grass — I just can’t seem to be able to read it.”

After looking at my lie some more, the others became a bit impatient, and finally Jack couldn't stand it any longer. “Just hit the ball, Mike; you can’t be more than three inches from the hole.”

“Don't rush me!” I said. “This could be the first green I ever one-putted.” Bjt with chat I quickly addressed the ball, closed my eyes, held my breath, and to my great delight heard the ball pluck into the cup.

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Those last two strokes really made my day, and made me feel as if I had my best day ever on the golf course. I could hardly wait to get home and compute my score on my adding machine.

As we walked to the clubhouse, the words of Bob Hope went through my mind: “If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.”

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And a Little Child Shall Lead Them . . . if ou can’t complain that life in America during the last few years has been dull.

Granted, Kohoutek was a dismal flop and as yet California is still firmly attached to the rest of North America, but by and large you could say that things have really been happen­ ing lately. Our 27" solid-state Quacar tubes have shown us Noil Armstrong’s moon foot­ prints, real-live unrehearsed war from the Me­ kong Delta, the comic ignominy of Spiro Agnostopoulos, and Hank's 715th Big One; for about 60,000 poor unregenerate souls, how­ ever, the Seventies are remarkable for only one event — the manifestation of the Lord of the Universe, His Serene Holiness Satguru Shri Maharaj Ji. Preaching his self-styled gospel of the Di­ vine Light, this fat little Indian adolescent, together with his most reverent family, has built up a hugely successful personality cult which is repulsive to traditional American and Indian religions alike for its sheer preposterousness. He claims to be the earth’s current Perfect Master, the spiritual successor to Moses, Jesus, and Krishna, and the ultimate source of Knowledge, the rules for neo-salva­ tion. In that respect he differs from all the other gurus — whereas they merely led their followers to transcend themselves, Maharaj Ji leads his followers to himself, where they sup­ posedly find release through total personality immersion.

It's a rather startling phenomenon. You’d think that any religious leader who preached self-denial and surrender of earthly goods

while himself owning a Rolls and a Mercedes and countless other expensive toys would be kicked into the nickel seats by booing ex'de' votees. Not so. The movement averages about 60 converts a day, and the more the Perfect Master is reviled, the more stubbornly the premies (Hindu for “lovers of truth”) cast themselves at his lotus feet.

The Divine Message (Knowledge) is vague enough to appeal to people at different levels.

To an acid'head who has gone the whole drug route it is the high, the inner peace he could find only rarely before. To a social activist disenchanted with available machinery for change it is an opportunity to save the world through activism. To an antiwar revolutionary it is a political end in itself. To a psychic-conscious intellectual into Jung and Reich, it is a way to harmonize the exterior and interior, the physical and spiritual halves of being. And to disillusioned Jesus Freaks and Hare Krishna people it offers a secure membership in a sta­ ble theocracy.

Transmission of Knowledge comes through satsang, a quasi-sermon laid on you by a su­ perior. Usually quite lengthy, it combines re­ peated philosophical cliches (Happiness is a habit) with obscure analogies from American life (I am the filter on your carburetor.) It’s a sort-of Catch-22 — you can’t see the Divine Light without Knowledge, but you cannot comprehend Knowledge without the Divine Light. For dealing so casually with matters as weighty as world peace, the doctrines seem almost too simplistic, rather like a Junior Clas-

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fill the dome for the three nights, but Maharaj Ji was apparently more resistible than anticipated — unless 40,000 people had disguised themselves as empty seats, it appeared that Houston had stayed home in droves.

Acceptance into the Divine Light Mission involves a period of indoctrination by the group leader, or mahatma, who will ascertain when the initiate has absorbed enough Knowledge and then administer the sine qua non for premie-hood. The inductee beholds the Divine Light by having his eyeballs pressed, hearkens to the Divine Music with the mahatma’s fingers in his ears, and tastes the Divine Nectar by half-swallowing his tongue. He then surrenders all his possessions and moves into the ashram (premie camp.)

The program, though undoubtedly blissing out the Knowledgeable, left the infidels visibly unimpressed — the high energy level of his satsang caused many to doze off. He didn t say anything about his world pacification program, though — maybe even Perfect Masters are susceptible to the temptation of a little press-release hype now and then. Three days of millenium actually did very little to cheinge anything — premies were absorbed, outsiders were bored to tears — but festivals of some sort are necessary to every religion, I suppose.

You'd think that it would be a terrific burden on the Guru's sixteen-year-old shoulders to bear the weight of ultimaate Knowledge, but aside from an ulcer in the divine duodenum, Maharaj Ji appears not to let the cares of the Divine Light Mission interfere too greatly with his tastes in fast cars, expensive earneras, and stereo equipment. In addition, he owns several airplanes, real estate, and houses, and has an impressive investment portfolio (which should come in handy, dare I say it, when the bubble bursts.)

There are a lot of positive features in discipleship in the Divine Light Mission which will undoubtedly mislead a good many people imo thinking that Guru Maharaj Ji s spiritual values are as valid as his believers' practical virtues. It would be natural to compare the seeming spiritual elevation of the devotees, their uncomplaining, smiling demeanor, with the social hypocrisy exhibited by some of the more conventional churches, and to conclude that the Guru had something superior to offer, The enterprising work ethic he preaches im­ presses people — as we all know, the business of America is business. People whose conception of the younger generation had been bound by hackneyed stereotypes (those Gommun’st hippie freaks are all on dope) are relieved to see a youthful congregation notorious for ternperance and moderation in contemporary vices, Suppression of the ego is always popular in religious circles — you can’t fault the Guru for that,

All of which makes the devotion of his converts so remarkable. Backsliding is almost nonexistent, and ashram life is so gemuetlich that a special term, blissed out, was coined to describe the premies spontaneous euphoria, Male hair is cut above the ears, booze, drugs, sex, and smoking are forbidden, and all members are expected to hold jobs to support the Mission. They operate thrift stores, a vegetarian restaurant, and food co-ops, and offer painting, lawn care, auto repair, and laundry services. Although the under- 30 set was the first to respond to the Guru's message, the movement has broadened its appeal, attracting Establishment figures like architects and computer programmers, neurophysiologists and marketing consultants.

Last November the Mission rented the Astrodome for three days to stage a spectacular revival-type extravaganza called Millenium '73, in which the Perfect Master was to reveal his Plan to establish 1000 years of peace on earth. It was hoped that the lure of his personal appearance, the rather unusual nature of his announced claim, the 0-piece rock band, Blue Aquarius, and the free admission would

Lacking the proper motivation, however, all the above virtues become rancid, all the more because they seem so nice. Maharaj Ji deserves to be indicted on a thousand counts, but a few major ones will suffice for the momerit. God says, “I am the Lord God, and beside me there is no other,” and that fat little punk, the golden calf of the 1970's, has the gall to demand worship from God's ereation. Sin is lightly categorized as the unfortunate but unavoidable consequence of bad environment, and all concept of the inherent guilt of mankind is ignored altogether. With no guilt to atone for, Jesus Christ becomes just another good guy in a long line of good guys, and His whole Passion and work of redemption becomes something of a joke. The

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prospect of eternity means nothing, the Judg­ ment even less; all is sacrificed for the serenity of the present.

The question remains: how can a clown like Guru Maharaj Ji get away with this in­ sane mass hypnosis? There are a number of answers which, taken separately, could apply to any one of several movements today, but which, when taken together, may account for his popularity. For one, the time was right — there is a spiritual vacuum in America today, a need for something to believe in during a particularly vicious siege of skepticism and cynicism. The Guru provides a set of values, if you could call them that, which, if nothing new, at least have the advantage of riding a fresh wave of enthusiasm.

Another reason is the crumbling pillar of the family in the American social structure — the Divine Light Mission provides a sense of community, of sharing, togetherness, and love, which offers an acceptable substitute for the husband-wife-grandma-kiddies syndrome that the youth culture found so stifling. In Hindu philosophy the highest good is the yielding of the individual will to a sort-of corporate iden­ tity, and apparently people find real satisfac­ tion in that trip.

Traditionally, religions derive impetus from the charisma and message of their central fig­ ure; future generations then have definite, specific guidelines for the perpetuation of their system of beliefs. But the Mission seems to thrive on Guru Maharaj ji’s very lack of per­ sonal warmth, on his indifference to the adu­ lation heaped on him, and his statements are so bland and unoriginal as to be unchallenge­ able. The Guru’s aim seems to be a commun­ ity of believers without demanding any par­ ticular beliefs, but where everyone is linked by a common general feeling of reverence for something or another.

It remains to be seen how large the Mis­ sion will grow. With any luck it will go the way of previous Eastern religious fads, but the rapidly growing number of ashrams around the country suggests that the Guru is not just going to fade back into the wallpaper by him­ self. As long as he can convince people that he is the way, the truth, and the light, they are going to follow like cattle. Pray that God would shine the light of His truth into the darkness which surrounds that sixteen-yearold boy.

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ALUMNI rT1 his will be the final alumni column for the ^ 77th volume of the B]ac\ & Red, The editor has found his task to be rewarding and has enjoyed almost every part of his work (except for the job of typing his articles up).

The editor hopes that the readers have en­ joyed the column and thanks those who have contributed material. A special thank-you should be spoken to the ten faithful district presidents, who have regularly helped out by submitting information from their districts.

We have some fine men in our leadership positions in Synod, who even take time out from their busy lives to be of service to a magazine as small and insignificant as ours.

Thank you very much, gentlemen.

The new alumni editor will be Jim Beh­ ringer, a soon-to-be promoted junior and a roommate of the old alumni editor. We wish him well in the future.

Pastor and Mrs. Silas Krueger were also blessed with the birth of a child, a son.

Former acting Dean and now Pastor Martin Stuebs and his wife became the happy parents of a son, Martin Jr., on March 11. All of us at Northwestern wish the new parents and their first child the Savior’s richest blessings.

Pastor Stuebs is now serving in Des Moines, 10.

TRIPLE ANNIVERSARY SERVICE One very important event which should have been reported in the last issue of the B & R took place on the Northwestern campus dur­ ing the month of February. On the 17th of that month, the anniversaries of three profes­ sors were observed. Professor Erwin Scharf was celebrating his 40th year in the ministry and service of the church, Professor William Zell was celebrating his 25th year in the min­ istry, and Professor Sylvester Quam was ob­ serving his 25th year in the teaching ministry of the church. Professor Scharf teaches class­ es in religion and history in the college depart­ CALLS ment. Professor Quam teaches in the English department in the college. Professor Zell Pastor Raymond E. Ziebell, formerly of St. serves the Preparatory school as a German Paul’s of Henry and Emmanuel of Grover, SD, professor and athletic coach. has accepted a call to St. John’s of Slades Corners, WI. The installation date is April 28, Pastor Waldemar Zarling, the President of the 1974.

Michigan District, delivered the sermonette for Pastor Paul Nitz of La Crosse has accepted the the occasion, and a reception was held later call to Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in in the cafeteria. These men have faithfully Mequon, WI, to teach Old Testament and Pas­ served their Lord in the active ministry of the toral Theology. church for 90 combined years. The more re­ Pastor Ralph Stuebs of Belview, MN, has ac­ cent years have been dedicated to prepare cepted the call to the Globe-Christie parish young men for the ministry of our Wisconsin near Neillsville, WI. Synod. May the Lord continue His blessings Pastor Norbert Meier, who was serving in the on them.

Japan mission field, has accepted a call to serve as pastor in Fairbanks, Alaska, in the mission church there.

Pastor Wayne Vogt has accepted the call to DOUBLE INSTALLATION SERVICE serve Good Shepherd congregation in Albu­ Good things seem to happen to Northwestern in querque, NM. Pastor Vogt was formerly at bunches. On March 24 a pair of deans were Angleton, Texas. installed for service on campus, although they Pastor Gerald Schroer in Toledo, OH, has ac­ had been serving for some time before then. cepted the call to serve Christ Church of Sag­ Professor Edward Lindemann was officially inaw, MI. The day of the installation was installed as Dean of Northwestern College, and April 28.

Professor Martin W. Schulz was inducted as Dean of Northwestern Preparatory School in DEATHS the Northwestern Chapel. Pastor Carl Mischke President of the Western Wisconsin Dis­ Pastor Adalbert Geiger of Renville, MN, died on trict, was the preacher. His sermon dealt March 13, 1974. His body was committed to with using the two most powerful tools the the ground on March 18. new deans have at their disposal to carry out their functions — the Law and the Gospel. A BIRTHS reception was held later. May the Lord, who Pastor and Mrs. Daniel Pautz recently had their has caused these men to accept the calls to lives blessed with the birth of a baby girl. become our new deans, empower and inspire

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Juniors: Dan Nitz learned the hard way that you have to speak up and enunciate if you want to destruct your confirmation class.

Ed Schuppe, B & R editor emeritus, is now on welfare. He has to keep up the payments on his Cadillac!

Having succumbed to the “Panic” (an early case), Dan Schaller has recently been inquir­ ing as to the cost of noon meals for married men. He’s now engaged to Karen Lorenza from Mequon.

Bieds is also experiencing Hoffnung! He hopes he passed music — just like the good old days.

Dan Garbow (Bumpkin) displays well the use of the NIV in class (New Interlinear Version).

Sem students are always eager to heed Biblical admonition, and one of these admonitions is: “It is better to marry than to burn.” There are so many fires being quenched these days that next year’s heating bill will probably be doubled.

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Noffsinger is still walking around dressed up like an ice-cream cone.

See Earl (Hercules) Noffsinger! Watch him carry a full-size refrigerator into the dorm in his arms, and thus follow Sem dorm regula­ tions.

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The Seminary Board of Control has finally auth­ orized creation of a Department of Redun­ dancy Department. (Hopefully, they will study why some vicars have a tendency to repeat in the second half of their sermons what they al­ ready said in the first half.)

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Now some engagements: Brian Terrell, Robert Otto, and John Stellick have all recently be­ come engaged to various gals. We wish the newly-engaged people well.

Now a continuing unengagement: Tom Bartz (by now a dear friend of all our readers) still has not found anyone who will consent to be his wife someday. Since this is the last time that volume 77 of the B & R alumni news can be of any service to this young man, we would plead urgently with all our readers to help Tom out in any way possible. Tom is a fine, young, intelligent, dedicated, unmarried Chris­ tian man, who would just as soon be all of these but unmarried. All offers of help can be directed toward either the Synod’s Committee for Relief (Rev. Karl F. Krauss, 225 W. Kilborn St., Lansing, MI, 48906) or to the Student Services Committee (Rev. Larry Pautz, 775 Indiana Ave., West Bend, WI, 53095) or to Tom himself (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 6717 Wartburg Circle, Mequon, WI, 53092). Thank you for your cooperation.

The Seniors have been assured by Prof. Scliuetze that they are entitled to as many tax loopholes as President Nixon. (Just beware of which sermon tapes you loan out.)

Final words of wit and wisdom: “What a man seweth that he shall also rip.”

NORTHWESTERN BOOSTER CLUB A final word should be mentioned about a rather new group which lias formed to suoport our Northwestern schools. It is called the North­ western Booster Club, and its purpose is to help support and build a better Northwestern through projects and services. Right now a project is underway to furnish the newly re­ modeled music auditorium with curtains for the basement windows. The cost of this pro­ ject has been estimated at $500. As of now, several donations have come in from interested people in our Synod. The alumni column would like to make the address of the Booster Club’s treasurer available to the B & R readers so that those interested in furthering the primary goal of Northwestern, preparing young men for the Christian ministry, may either contact him for information concerning the group or send in contributions to help the Booster Club in a monetary way. The treasurer and his address are: Mr. Arthur L. Hackbarth, 120 S. Washington St., Waterloo, WI 53594. j.w.

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MINUTES OF THE 1973 ALUMNI SOCIETY MEETING May 23, 1973 3:00 p.m.

The annual meeting of the Northwestern Col­ lege Alumni Society was called to order in the College Chapel by President G. Baer.

The minutes of the 1972 meeting were read and adopted. Roll call showed 69 regular mem­ bers and 8 honorary members in attendance.

Upon President Toppe’s recommendation the 51 members of the Class of 1973 were accepted into regular membership. Professors Franklin Zabell and Arlyn Boll were granted honorary member­ ship.

After the distribution of election ballots, the following treasurer’s report was presented by Prof. S. Quam: Northwestern College Alumni Society Report of Income and Expenses From May 31, 1972 to May 22, 1973 Income: Dues & Donations $2,518.00 Interest ................. ................... 404.21 Transfer of Cert, of Deposit 4,000,00 .$6,922.21 Total Income

Expenses: Mailing Costs .........: $ 67.27 Black & Red Donation 20.00 50 Secretarial Help .n 00 nn Printing of Alumni Listing .. _ 140^2 Total Expenses .......... .$ 277.27 — Cash Account — Balance from May 31, 1972 .$ 909.52 From Income ...................

6,922.21 $7,831.73 Disbursements: .$ 277.27 Expenses .....

Balance in Bank, May 22, 1973 ..$7,554.46 The Chairman appointed R. Scharf, R. Agenten, and J. Thrams as the auditing committee.

In its previous meeting the Society had di­ rected the Projects Committee to choose items of equipment for the lower level of the Music Auditorium that might be suitable as alumni gifts. The Projects Committee therefore recom­ mended that the Society at this time purchase the instructional control center and two key­ boards for electronic piano teaching. The So­ ciety resolved to grant $3,000 for providing such equipment.

In reporting on the result of the first ballot, the Election Committee stated that there was an election in only one office. Pastor D. Bitter was elected as second vice-president. A second bal­ lot was distributed.

Returning to the matter of alumni projects for N.W.C., the Society voted to allot $2,500 for

acquiring a video tape machine. It was further resolved to ask the Projects Committee to come to the next meeting with suggestions for im­ provements to the main floor level of the Music Auditorium. It was the consensus of the Society that this project, together with other projects that might be added, could well serve as a fouryear project to mark the centennial of the Alum­ ni Society.

The Election Committee reported that on the second ballot the following had been elected: President — R. Voss 1st Vice-President —A. Stuebs — E. Vomhof Secretary — S. Quam Treasurer — E. Scharf Chronicler It was reported that, in keeping with a pre­ vious resolution of the Society, a listing of the names of all N.W.C. graduates from 1872 to 1972 had been printed and included as an insert in the mailing of the college catalog. The motion to publish such a list of graduates every three years and to distribute it as an insert in the college catalog was carried.

The Auditing Committee reported that the treasurer’s books were correct and in good or­ der. The motion carried to accept the treasur­ er’s report.

The chronicler, Prof. E. Scharf, read the names of Society members whom the Lord called home during the past year: — 1901 Miss Cornelia Notz — 1905 The Rev. John Abelmann — 1907 The Rev. Frederick Stern — 1938 The Rev. Paul Kirsch The Rev, Prof. Erwin Kowalke — 1908 — 1910 Mr. John Seefeldt — 1911 The Rev. Walter Reinemann — 1916 The Rev. William Fuhlbrigge — 1916 The Rev. Roy Vollmers — 1919 The Rev. Carl Kuske — 1922 The Rev. Walter Voigt — 1925 The Rev. Wilbert Frank — 1929 The Rev. Ernest Kuehl The Society rose in memory of the deceased.

The motion to thank the committees that served as well as retiring officers was carried.

Adjournment was at 4:20 p.m.

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*^fo\v I’m sure that it must be obvious even * to the most casual reader that the Blac\ and Red is finished. No, I don’t just mean that this particular volume is complete, as all you ardent calendar-watchers have noticed and been kind enough to write and inform us; I mean that the whole concept of the Blac\ and Red is dead, expired, muerte. For one thing, the fan mail has really been slacking off of late and such as we have received has been overwhelmingly negative. A kinder example:

1. Excel (eggs-zell) a) a Pruss'an omelet b) technical term used by President Toppe on opening day c) word does not exist, 2. Dorf a) slow b) dull-witted c) hard of hearing 3. Graduation a) from Gradus, meaning step b) Chooch’s impossible dream c) every senior’s end.

4. Magic Carpet Ride a) referred to in the Arabian nights b) a tense, burning sensa­ tion c) an African pygmy initiation rite.

5. Cosmopolitan a) bon-vivant, debonair b) a drug causing soporific paralysis, much like curare c) undefinable, obscure.

6. Veal bird a) a dish made from dried strips of elephant hide b) another name for soy­ bean cake c) a confused sparrow.

Dear perverts, Spare me your sophomoric humor, your rock music stories and your Leland Punkes. What ever gave you the idea that baby pastors could write? Your magazine isn’t even any help in lighting fires — the paper’s too glossy. Give up please?

(Signed) Truman Capote P.S. Get rid of Jeske.

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That letter contains many valuable sug­ gestions. We could always print the magazine on cheaper paper, but somehow, I don’t think that’s striking at the root of the problem. Get­ ting rid of Jeske would certainly help, but even that is only a reformation of a nonessential. Give up, you say? Well, I’m sorry, but that’s just not the Northwestern way. The Northwestern way is to think of some viable solution, within rigidly conservative bounds, of course.

1. a) This is a famous Prussian dish prepared in a special skillet having two sides. After cooking the eggs on one side, you simply svitch them to the other until they are finished.

2. a) From the Latin “Dorfus,” meaning slothful, lazy. Apparently the Romans coined the word to describe the sound a pearl makes while sinking through a bottle of Prell shampoo.

3. a) I would just like to indicate to you in this particular instance that Graduation is, properly speaking, a liturgical term, Memorize it! You may not know why now, but later you’ll come back and thank me.

4. c) This rite, performed by the Budweiser

With this in mind, I gathered the best minds of the College about me and after fif­ teen minutes of solid thought, we decided that the only course open to us was to show an en­ tirely new face to the world. Here is a trial run of the revamped format, a small legacy to the writers who will carry on after our welcome demise.

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5. b) The drug is squeezed from ancient Greek Koine nuts. Its effect is something akin to that caused by twenty-four hours of constant driving on a curveless freeway.

6. a) This dish is eaten by Indian fakirs to mortify the flesh and to dull their taste for any type of food.

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When I got dressed in my uniform that night, I little suspected that finally, after all these years of hoping and praying, my career was to be capped with the obliteration of the longest-standing record in Demolition Derby, set by Elton Stroh way back in '34. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

I was bom in 1952 and began my career in the majors when I was sixteen, my feet barely long enough to reach the accelerator pedal. I banged around for three years before people began to sit up and take notice of me.

They watched as the number of cars I had demolished mounted up to 614, 615, 616 a baleful cadence of twisted bumpers. Then the sportswriters who had heretofore ignored me began beating down my doors and hanging around the practice lot at Crazy Jim's. I gave only a few interviews, for even then I was conscious of my legend, that of a melancholy man in relentless persuit of a dream of out­ standing achievement. The other drivers at Jim's resented this attention. In derbies they would always drive for my gas tank, trying to put me out of the running permanently.

Finally, Jim had to let go. I'll never forget what he said to me after he had told me that I was being traded to the Northwestern junk­ men, an expansion team, for a reconditioned '67 Chevy and a set of Goodrich re-treads.

He said, “Kid, you're good, the best I’ve ever seen. You got a good chance to beat Stroh’s record, but you gotta do it quick ’cause old men don't last long in this business.”

I had three golden years at Northwestern, years rich with happy memories of steaming radiators and broken blocks. At the end of 73, the third year, I stenciled the 711th car on my helmet. I decided that my fourth year would be my last. Much as I loved the stench

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fortunately, the humor possibilities appeared to be either of the scatological (nice word!) or of the gutter varieties, so I passed it up, desiring as always to maintain high standards.

This is the last dead horse I am beating. Al­ though the Black, and Red may not be finished, I certainly am. After reading the preceding schlock, I’m sure you will agree that I am de­ parting not with a bang, but with a whimper.

My last whine follows. Good luck to next year’s staff!

The weather of that last season was ideal.

Snow, sleet and rain made for classic skid con­ ditions. I walked out into the dimly-lit lot and got into my harness, determined as always to do my best. After two runs around the track, inflicting little worse damage than a few scratched bumpers, I noticed the line of parked cars against the Old Gym. As you must know already, everything in sight is fair game in a Demo-Derby. Usually the spectators park on Western Ave., but on this my lucky night a few dummies had parked in the field of battle itself.

Instantly the adrenalin flowed into my brain, till it was in a state of slavering antici­ pation. I raced down to College Avenue, my wheels sending up sheets of slush, inundating the fans with crud. I turned around and gunned my engine for a few heartbeats and then raced down towards those hapless cars.

The crowd roared when they saw what I was about to do. I heard it only as dim buzz in the back of my helmet. The rest of my senses were filled with the sight of an orange Ford LTD, the first in line of my intended victims. After that I remember little more than a few chaotic images. The sound of tires skidding through sleet, a sudden jar and flecks of orange paint appearing miraculously on my windshield. Then from far away, the wail of tortured metal, screaming like a lost soul in hell. Finally, oceans of soft blackness overwhelming me.

A FAIRT TALE FOR OUR TIMES Samuel Apecunia, the hero of th’s story, was ordinary. The average man's average man! He had a small circle of friends who liked him for no apparent reason, though not too much, and he had a complementary circle of enemies who disliked him for no apparent reason, though not too deeply. He had no distinguishing birth marks, scars or bodily mal­ formations. His height was five-eleven, he weighed 175, and his eyes were hazel, a sta­ tistician's delight. To see him was to look through him. Yet, in spite of all this, he had one secret sin that marked him. He bounced checks. He did this not because he was a criminal, nor because he was absent-minded, but merely because he was unable to draw enough intelligence from his average brain to balance his checkbook.

They told me later when I had regained consciousness that I had pulverized the orange car (712) and my momentum had carried me on to strike down the next three (713, 714, and 715). When the nurse gave me my daily shot of morphine, I drifted off happily, dream­ ing of my immortal achievement. I was now unique in the annals of Demolition-Derbydom.

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I had intended to write a piece following the Digest's series, “I am Joe's Armpit.” Un-

Due to this little fault, he received from his bank every few weeks a letter which in­ formed him that his account was overdrawn.

Within the letter were always some yellow slips, one for each of his bounced checks. It seems that it cost the bank three dollars to look at the check, determine that it was bad, and send it back to whatever sucker had ac­ cepted it. The yellow slips were bills testify­ ing to this fact.

Now these bills demanded payment, so like a good little average man, Sam trotted down to his bank, the First Wisconsin Bank of Avarice, to pay what he owed, even to the uttermost farthing. You see, like most non­ entities, Sam feared authority. He had visions of creditors sharpening up their knives to get him. He saw twenty howling squad cars screeching to a halt in front of his apartment building, bringing out the tear gas, search lights, and machine guns. He pictured him­ self holed up in his little bed room, shivering, while a raspy cop declaimed through a bullhorn, "Give yerself up, Sammy, we know

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Sam walked into the door of the bank and went to one of the secretaries who looked ini' portant. He could tell she was important by her dyed black hair, her girdle'encased figure, and the way she painted her lips scarlet red in a vain effort to recapture her youthful beauty, which had probably never existed. He showed her the stubs and asked her whether he could pay her. She looked at the slips, holding them like used toilet paper, shook her head and clucked disapprovingly. She stared at him for a few pregnant minutes, obviously for dramatic effect, and said, “Sir, this sort of thing won’t do, won’t do at all The bank' ing industry is based on trust, a trust which you have shamelessly violated. Do you have any idea how much is left in your account?”

She said this so loudly that everyone in the bank was staring at him. This was the most interest he had ever aroused in his life and he didn't like it at all. CrimsonTaced he replied, “My last statement showed a balance of $4.29 to the good, and I wasn’t sure if the checks had been honored or if those yellow slips had already been paid for out of my account.”

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She then spoke very slowly and pityingly, pausing after each sentence, and looking into his eyes to make sure its message had struck home. “Well, first of all, sir, you have to balance your account. It does no good just to look at the final sum on your statement.

You have to figure in all the checks you have written since that time. My, you have made a mess of things, haven't you?”

This was too much and Sam exploded, “Listen, you old battleaxe, just tighten your girdle a bit to keep that black bile where it belongs. Do you want a confession of sins?

Okay, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! I came here to settle my account, not to be lectured and sneered at. Here’s ten dollars, take what I owe out of it and keep the rest as a tip for your fine service.” Hurl' ing the money in her face, he walked out the door.

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Now I suppose that would have been agrand old American ending. The forces of evil were vanquished and the underdog won the day. Unfortunately, it didn't happen that way. Nonentities do not “explode," they fan' tasize, and that's exactly what Sam's pretty little speech was, a fantasy. While all this ferment was going on inside, Sam was meekly submissive on the outside. He hung his head in shame, his shoulders went slack, and he listened to a ten-minute lecture on the virtues of a balanced checkbook before paying his bills and slinking out.

I’d like to end this fable happily, I really would. I could say that after the incident, Samuel Apecunia was a changed man, that from that day forward he started bouncing checks with carefree abandon, so much so that a national political party started taking notice of him, finally choosing him as a candidate for the Senate. Sam could have put on an ini' pressive campaign, totally financed by his bad checks. He could have debated on television, railed against the criminals in Washington, saying that it was about time to send an hon­ est man there to clean the place up. With his average face and intelligence, it is no great thing to imagine that he could have struck a responsive chord among the voters so that they elected him in an overwhelming landslide. Sam then could have gone to Wash­ ington and taken his seat. He could have made a few speeches about integrity in govern­ ment, laughing at his creditors all the while.

He could have died happy, respected by all and totally bankrupt.

He could have, he could have, he could have, but, of course, he didn't. To end it that way would have been dishonest, just another fantasy. Maybe Sam dreamed about living that way (remember his inclination towards that sort of thing) but that’s as far as it went.

Instead, he went back to his average apart­ ment, found an average girl who could balance checkbooks, settle down, and lived averagely ever after.

The moral of this story, if there is one, is merely this: the next time you sit down to figure your accounts, do it carefully. Bounc­ ing checks tends to upset the balance of a normally dull existence.

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SPCETS ALL'LUrHERAH SELECTIOHS

Basketball Senior guard Mark Toepel and Junior for­ ward Pete Schumacher received honorable men­ tion on the 1973-74 All-Lutheran Basketball Squad. A1 and Spencer both received honor­ able mention on last season's squad. The squad was selected by Bud Thies, "St. Louis GlobeDemocrat" sportswriter, for the "Lutheran Brotherhood Bond,” a publication of Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance Company of Minne­ apolis.

SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW

Baseball Following the lead of their major league counterparts, the 1974 Trojans will begin their season with some major controversies. In order to avoid any repercussions from the commis­ sioner’s office, John Dolan (NWC’s "Bam­ bino”) will play on the road in pursuit of Rog Kucrth’s home run record. Dolan needs one smash to tie the legendary Karl “Double Belly Button" Butzky and three to tie Kuerth.

Another point of contention has been Don "Rayfield" Sutton’s week-long hold out for 51-75 at McDonald's on away trips. Ray (un­ official leader of the Trojan Gashouse Gang) has returned to the fold while his demand goes to arbitration.

The Trojans lost four regulars via gradu­ ation: centerfielder Rog Kuerth, shortstop Steve Ehlke, first baseman Ed Meier, and catcher Norris Baumann. Rob Siirilla has been tabbed by Coach Pieper as Kuerth’s replace­ ment in center. Rob hit .294 last year and did a fine defensive job as a spot performer last season. Steve Schwartz is expected to take over at short. Steve’s strong arm won’t hurt the Trojans defensively, but Ehlke’s big bat and team leadership will be hard to replace.

Tim Kujath, who hit .286 last season, will be the Trojan’s first sacker. Bill Heiges, who led all Trojan hitters last year at .412, has the inside track at catcher if he can improve his defensive skills. Challenging Heiges for back­ stop duties will be newcomer Doug Lange.

Dolan will open in left, and John Gawrisch (lured back from Durant with a fat contract) will probably fill the third outfield spot.

Danny Gawrisch will be back at the hot corner, and A1 Toepel returns for his fourth year at second. Danny hit at a .378 clip last season, and A1 is again expected to blister the basepaths (13 steals last season). Freshman Ross Ulrich, who can play any of the four in* field positions, will be the Trojan's super util­ ity man.

Pete Schumacher and Sutton are the Tro­ jans’ number one and two starters. Pete notched the staff’s best ERA at 2.52, and Ray led the mound corps in innings pitched last year. Freshman Rog Neumann and Ron Dunn both look promising as mound hopefuls. Rog may also challenge John Gawrisch for a start­ ing spot in right. Ron will see some action at short. Steve Schwartz and Danny Gawrisch will be the Trojan firemen, and Mark Koberstein and the staff's southpaw, Bill Petri, round out the staff. Both could also see action in the outfield.

Track Coach Thompson has lost distance-runner Paul Scharrer to his books and middle-distance runner Kurt Kroboth to Bethany. Also sorely missed are last year’s Seniors: Beck Goldbeck, Eric Hartzell, and Piet Reid All five men garnered points in last year's Gateway Con­ ference Meet.

The Trojans will be weak in the field events with no shot putter and only Tim Johnston in the discuss and javelin. The Trojans’ only high jumper is Dave Farley, but Dave has shown fine form in practice and in early season in­ door meets. Bob Jensen should make a good showing in the pole vault.

Jensen and A1 Schmitzer will handle the dashes and the hurdles. 440 men Jim Connell and Phil Birner are labeled as average but will be counted on heavily for the Trojan mile re­ lay team. Mark Gieschen appears to be the Trojans’ best bet in the 880. The distance field looks strong with cross country performer Tom Kneser leading the way.

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Tennis Phil Schupmann, Dan Schaller, and Scott Stone have graduated; but Coach Armin Schwarts is confident that a fine Freshman crop will give the team the depth it needs to retain the conference title. Twelve candidates are involved in a playoff for the top six spots.

Regulars Mark Brunner, Mark Jeskc (my illustrious editor), and Jack “Pretty Boy" Stern return along with part-time performers Dan Kelm and Dave Grundmeier. However, Brunner has knee problems, and Grundmeier is recovering from a broken ankle.

Leading Freshman candidates are Jim Proeber, Mike Spaude, Joel Leyrer, and Fred Voss.

Other Freshman candidates involved in the playoff are Jim Mattek (who has exhibited a strong serve), Dave Meister, and Charlie Heup.

Golf Heavyweight Tom Biedenbender and the Little Fella, Ken Kolbcrg, have graduated; but Greg Zell, Dave Hanke, Paul Press, and Jim Frey return for another season of avoiding rough, trees, sand, and water. Pete Schumacher may also see some action on lend-lease from the Trojan baseball team. The top Freshman prospect is Ken Steih.

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MODERN ART AND THE DEATH OF A CULTURE

By Dr. H. R. Roo\maa\er * T-Tenry Miller says in Tropic of Cancer, “It *^may be that we are doomed, that there is no hope for us, any of us, but if that is so then let us set up a last agonizing, blood-curdling howl, a screech of defiance, a war-whoop! . . .

Let us living ones dance about the ruins of the crater, a last expiring dance.” This is the mes­ sage of modern art, a message of despair. But for many Christians this message has been in­ discernible. Wc have stumbled before abstract painting, not knowing what it communicates.

In an attempt to explain the message of mod­ em art, Rookmaaker traces the development of the ideas behind art from medieval times to the present.

Medieval art was art with a message. It usually dealt with a belief to be conveyed by the painting, a dogma. Detail was subordinate to this dogma. In fact, detail or nature was hardly emphasized at all. But under the in­ fluence of the Renaissance, nature began to get more attention. Immediately there arose a problem. Should the artist paint the correct details, the nature he sees, or what he knows to be true, the dogma?

Rembrandt's sketch, Christ on the Road to Emmaus, serves as an example. Had Rem­ brandt been there, he would have seen three men, but would have known there were two men and God. How was he to draw them?

Rembrandt drew three men, but used the trees behind Christ to form a halo. However, many painters ceased painting Biblical scenes in the face of this problem. They saw no real solu­ tion.

Accordingly, during the Renaissance art de­ veloped along two lines. For a while the painters of the Reformation continued to paint spiritual and Biblical reality. But this Protes­ tant development died out. Rookmaaker attri­ butes this to a mysticism that developed during the Reformation which viewed art as worldly.

Because of it, the Puritans and Calvinists caused a withdrawal of Christian influence from art.

All that was left was the second line of development in the Renaissance. This was the art of the humanists. They were idealists, try­ ing to picture a perfect world built solely by man’s reason.

The inevitable development of humanism was the Enlightment. Reason became the key to all understanding. Since man has reason, he should be able to achieve the ideal world, and therefore needs no help. Hence, the 18th century humanist pushed God outside of his life. There was no need for God any more.

The only revelation he accepted was that from his senses, for that was all that reason under' stood.

Consequently, there could be no dogma in art anymore. No longer could art convey the kind of message medieval art conveyed. Since those messages could not be sensed, they were not depicted. It was only nature that could be depicted.

Ciseri’s Ecce Homo illustrates this. We see Pilate presenting Christ before the Jews. What is the picture saying? Christ is there, but he’s just a man, Pilate is there, but there is no criticism of his action. Ciseri has presented the details as we would have seen them — they have no message.

Not all artists were satisfied with this. For example, Delacroix wanted to paint with ideas, with content. Yet, he could not find a rational way to do it. So he painted irrationally. He went beyond his senses and painted according to his imagination. This was romanticism; however, it was no solution to the problem, only an escape. So the search continued.

The next step was impressionism. Renoir’s Le Moulin de la Calette, one of the earliest impressionistic paintings, illustrates the devel­ opment. The painting is of an open air dance, but that isn’t what is important. Rather, spots of light filter through the trees and actually obscure the vision. Renoir was no longer paint­ ing the objects he saw, but the impression made on his senses. Reality shifted from the object to the sensation of the object. The sensation or feelings of the artist were the concern of the impressionist. This was the human quality naturalism had removed from art.

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Christianity bears some of the responsibil­ ity for the development of modern art. We saw before that when the Renaissance brought a new stress to nature and art split into two lines, one humanist, the other Biblical, the Biblical line died out. This Biblical, Protes­ tant emphasis on spiritual reality in art suc­ cumbed to the mystical rejection of art as worldly. When Christian influence removed itself from art, it became at least partly re­ sponsible for the development of the human­ istic line. Hence, Christianity should help modern man out of his despair.

Rookmaaker already showed the conse­ quences of the basic assumption of the human­ ists, that only what they perceive rationally can convey truth. This is the foundation at the bottom of the whole progression to the modern despair that rationally there is no truth.

Man has tried the possibilities of that system and concluded the world is absurd.

It all rests on that one assumption, that man must rationally, with his senses, perceive truth. But the Christian still has another source of revelation to offer. This source is God, who is outside the limiting humanistic system.

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Why, then, hasn’t the Christian been offering it?

Rookmaaker accuses Christians today of having a bourgeois mentality. They wish to ignor the cry of modern man. They prefer not to understand it. Rookmaaker contends that the 20th century Christian takes his com­ fort in repeating the past and assumes that he is saved because he goes to church and is good. If dissatisfaction and doubt come, they •are passed over. Of course, to say this is true in all cases would be to oversimplify.

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Rookmaaker says that we, as Christians, must have the courage to face our problems, not ignore them. We must face the despair of modern art and stand up for the freedom we know is possible. It is possible to know that man is human because God created man human. It is possible to know there are Universals because God set them down. It is pos­ sible to know that life has purpose because Christ died to give it direction. To stand up for this freedom is to stand up for humanity on the grandest scale.

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7\ s this year draws to a stumbling halt, our little campus family begins to think of its departing brethren, the Class of ’74, w;th a choked sob and a stray tear in the eye. The Seniors are fully aware of how badly they will be missed, but it will probably take a while before the underclassmen realize just how much they loved and respected them. For the benefit of posterity, then, here is the Class of ’74, from the ridiculous to the sublime, in a collection of thumbnail sketches.

David Babinec: Chairman of the Babble-Fivinec clique, Babs has the distinction of being Num­ ber One in a number of things. He was the founder of our intramural dynasties and was the first to introduce simping to the class.

Cupid smote this featherweight earlier than most. “Patsy”, as he is called sometimes, is omnipresent with his lightning wit and Polish Cudahy quivering entrail humor. No one will ever forget the Babs, although many would like to.

Paul Baldauf: Paul is one of those wild boys from Michigan. Along with Ace Wrap, he has kept our athletes going this year (in more ways than one.) Paul has a wide range of talents, ranging from pearl wading at Riverside to his strange desires at grassers. He and Rayfield had a playful battle going on all year, and since Paul is known as a scholar, we should all reap the benefits next year at Sem. James Becker: It has been said that an after­ noon with James is about as interesting as watching paint dry — it seems that the Sand­ man catches up with the poor boy every day at 1:00. But, girls, beware! At night he turns into a tiger, as a certain Milwaukee blonde will tell you. We’ll see Jim sleeping through his dad’s classes at Sem next year.

Mark Bitter: Life at NWC has been a hair-raz­ ing experience for Pookie. The quick-witted little minister is one of the best musicians in the class, according to AOL. He’s had numer­ ous practical exceriences — by the way, was it Heller or Feller? This Howards’ Grove alumnus has recently given up smoking, add­ ing to the list of virtues he has acquired late­ ly. He suffers from the recurring dream of being strangled in the night by a fire hose.

He’ll be keeping his ketchup-stained tux in a Sem closet next year.

Gerald Blobaum: The “Chime in the Wilderness” reminds you of a page out of the history books — Chicago, 1929-1933. Ger looks like a hit man, and residents of Wartburg claim that shots rang out on third floor some time ago.

Ger’s claims to fame are his first-place beard with the white ring and his anchorman spot on the championship bowling team. A dyedin-the-wool Nebraska fan, Ger will bring his arsenal to Sem. David Bock: The subject of Chooch covers quite a large area. The only ten-year man in cap­ tivity, Dave was the “Voice of the Trojans" this year, and has been compared to a walk­ ing terrarium. He is the only Senior who failed to break into double figures on a Symbolics test, and has been commended several times for the promptness with which he turns in term papers. It’s hard to say whether TV or the canteen plays a bigger part in Chooch’s life. We hope to see him at Sem. Mark Braun: Mark is a reject from the Class of ’73. You’d think that a year with Chooch would straighten him out, but he’s still as crooked as ever. “G” has moved up the ladder from Currier and Ives to Jimmy Hartwig’s Or­ chestra, but observers question whether he is pounding the ivories for Jimmy or Bev. He has several distinctions: 1) He is part of the Heller/Feller controversy, 2) He likes to drive

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John Covach: John and Elton have been the life of the party on third floor this year. He for­ sook the IM ranks for the varsity FB team, and is an avid outdoorsman who loves fishing.

He became independently wealthy this year by waiting at the Gobbler. He is still waiting.

John bears the scars of numerous battles with Noodle, and has managed to pick uo almost all of Bitter’s bad habits. Sem material all the way.

Roger Crawford: Hurricane Rogie has quite a well-rounded personality, and was recently named an honorary faculty member. Barring accidents, he will soon be related to two other classmates. Noted for his Southern hospital­ ity, he has endeared himself to the entire Prep student body. See you at Sem, Tex. Rick Curia: NWC picked Rick uo from the Mis­ souri Synod on waivers for a future draft pick from St. Louis and an undisclosed amount of cash. The Norman Rockwell of Watertown, Rick has sketched numerous posters, ca^ds, booklets, and B&R covers this year. Unfor­ tunately, his debut as a singer wasn’t quite the smash success he had anticipated. Bring your pen along to Sem, Rick.

Walter Davidson: “Rollaball.” Next to his idol, Chooch, Rollaball thinks he has all the SDorts answers. Bowling was his best sport this year, but s°me say it was his worst. This summer he might just start spending money on Judy Blue Eyes, but only so he can scrounge next year. His outstanding achievement was put­ ting up with Megaphone Mike so long.

Charles Degner: “Charles the Simole.” “Plow.”

“Pitch.” 87% of Chuckie’s vocabulary consists of who?, what?, where?, when?, and why?.

His woodland home has served reneatedly as a buffalo grazing range, and Charlie’s biggest present dilemma is which to pick from. A confirmed Anti-Semite, he’ll park his tractor in the Sem lot in fall.

John Dolan: Kuerth says that if Grubby breaks his home run record, he has to have an aster­ isk in the record book. Focdlan got a break rooming with A1 because now he can listen to the Stones’ “Oh, Carol” whenever he gets tired of listening to Carol. The Bambino decided to rearrange Sutton’s car door a while ago, but, then, what can you expect from a back seat operator like Grubby?

Mark Fischer: Slinky is one of the more silent members of the class, but he runs quite deep.

Fisch is the captain of the All-Buffalo hunting team by virtue of his many safaris into the Minnesota plains. A runnerup in the beard contest, Fisch decided to shave ’er off for a certain California girl, or maybe it was be­ cause the added weight was throwing off his bowling game. Eat your hearts out, faculty.

Michael Frick: Mic and his unicycle are an alltoo-common sight around campus, and he can often be found wandering around with that blank stare on his face. Mic was a standout

in the Senior-Faculty buckets game, and has spent a lot of time at Bethesda. The Sem profs are in for a surprise.

John Gawrisch: What can you say about an all-around nice guy? Quite a bit. One of the Hales Corners three, Goo recently suffered a severe attack of the Babonic plague. Think of the tales that Volkswagen could tell! Next year Goo moves out of the dugout and in with Gawa.

Mark Grubbs: Never at a loss for words, Mark is the resident authority on the LCMS after serving time in it for some years. Kn<nvn for his green thumb, Mark can often be found in his room debating with such minds as Weudland and Hukee. Although he has scent more time in Ziebell’s room this year than his own, he’ll move to Sem completely next year.

David Ilaiike: Grape is another one of the silent members of the class. He and O.J. have been fighting for the Marlboro crown, and he and Stokely have the distinction of actually droo­ ping the hat between classes. An expert on the Roman God Bacchus, Grane is a technical advisor at Justmann’s in his snare time. The bright orange VW will be in the Sem lot next year.

Wihiam Herrmann: Billy is one of the hard-core Wisco men and, true to form, has been seen lurking around the coed room after dark on several occasions. As they say on third floor, anybody that rooms with Johnston can’t be all bad. Billy will pull his Bob Cousy routine In Sem IM games next year.

Wayne Hilgendorf: “Hilge.” “Wagons.” “Hot Hands.’’ A lot has been said about Cookiedorf, and it’s all true. Yes, he did get his feet wet taking a dip in Mequon. Yes, he is a champion calfroper. A former member of the Mequon Chickens’ Club, he now is to be feared at Chman. Be not dismayed, Mequon, your hero Wayne the Wallet shall return.

Michael Hiniz: The Megaphone is the only per­ son you’ll ever meet with a sunburned tongue, and his tan is by Coppertone. Mike considers himself quite a carpenter, and his roommate learned a few new words when Mike found out that Kovo had “accidentally” wrecked his carefully built stairs. Undaunted by Edie of East, Mike moves on to Sem next year.

Lynn Ilukee: Don’t call me Lynn. Wherever Mr. Wizard goes, circus music hovers in the air as if by magic. Edsel Hukee is famous for such lines as “Is lightning AC or DC? and “What happens to the picture on a radio.

With any luck at all, the Silver Bullet will be parked at Sem next year.

Robert Q. Jensen: Bobby has the distinction of being the only Senior who never wanted a test postponed. Known as a star in football and gymnastics, Bob was also seen to score two points with his American History term paper in the wastebasket. Next year his voice will be heard complaining about the syrup at the Sem.

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Mark Jeske: Judaske has been plagued for some time with recurring fits of egomania — un­ doubtedly a carryover from his Wisco days.

Mark holds the official League record for most strikeouts, and his car lost a tailpine in the Garden of Edie. If he ever gets called south of the Mason-Dixon line, he’ll be known as the great Southern Comforter. He was recently invited to play first-chair harmonica in the NWC band. Late at night you can find Mark in his room slaving over the B&R or telling Chuckie bedtime stories. Better keep your eye­ lids apart for Smiling Jack, Mark.

Mark Johnston: Another charter member of the Wisco delegation, Mark is another one of those quiet guys. A dedicated Forum performer, he spends hours listening to Herrmann talk. Mark was the secretary-treasurer of the Babble-Fivinec clique. Too bad the Sem dorm doesn’t have a third floor.

Richard Kanzenbach: One of the few people that can talk to Mic Frick on his own level, Dick can’t stay away from a Sully class. He can often be seen agreeing with a professor.

Although the Sem doesn’t offer any German classes, Dick will lug his weighty GPA to Mequon next year.

Peter Kassulke: The Little Commodore of the Pep Band (when they showed up,) Pete pre­ fers the company of the Frosh in North Hall to the decadence of Wartburg. The Prep Color Guard owes its precision marching to his train­ ing, and throughout his four years he was very close to Dr. Lehmann.

Dennis Kleist: The food store king of the A&P actually likes to live in Watertown. Well, what can you expect from someone who hangs around with Helter? He has a definite knack for picking up likely prospects in his red Mustang, but has picked up a few dents, too.

Another one of the eight-year veterans, Denny will be going to the Sem. David Laabs: The makeup man for all the For­ um plays, Dave is also pretty good at make, but is no good at “Sharon” a locker. His life’s ambition is to be a buss driver. One of the Senior Packers, Dave is the producer of this year’s Forum final.

AUen Lindke: Big A1 comes to NWC from that infamous metropolis of New Ulm; everybody knows he’s as good as maryed. Al’s goal in life is to be the first one done with every exam. He and Papenfuss have attempted this year to make a complete survey of Watertown’s night life, and next year he’ll have to start all over at Mequon.

James Lindloff: You can’t help but love the Donner. An ardent IM man, he’s laid that little bod on the line several times. His ward­ robe and ego are unsurpassed, but he seems to have been burned rather badly by the grue­ some MCR. The scars remain. The only Sextaner who had to shave every day, Hars’ recent escapades have launched him into Mil­ waukee.

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Marcus Manthey: “Mucous Membrane.” “Cecil B. DeMillethey.” Marc is one of the more out­ spoken members of our little band. Not only is he a star of the stage, he’s a star of the screen, too. Marc’s brief tete-a-tete with the Edie of the East won him new laurels as a Grand Prix driver. Just think, Marc — only three more years of rooming with O.J. John Mattek: This innocent-looking blond is not so innocent. His greatest athletic performance was not on the football field, however, but on the roof of West Hall. Although Krash the bus driver appears quiet and studious, he has been a member of the infamous Boozie Brigade for four years. For some strange reason John has been on the car committee for two years.

See you in Mequon, John.

Paul Nauniann: O. J. is indeed a fine represen­ tative of the first family, although his record has not been spotless. His soap dish collection was really something until he gave it back.

None of the bowlers will forget the “O.J. squat,” and Paul did not sleep his way right out of here as J.P. predicted. The Fish will move back to Milwaukee next year, where he can be closer to the beach where he scrapes for alewives.

Charles Papcnfuss: One of the real rabble-rou­ sers from La Crosse, Poppy has quite a few fond memories of West Hall — Tomczak will never forget Charlie’s precision -driving in front of Ken’s. He and Elton often combine to do a hangup job in the parking lot, and despite his sinking personality, I’m sure the Sem will take him.

Jon Peterson: “Jon is probably the most gifted organist NWC has seen in many years” — Dr. A. 0. Lehmann. Although he has been cured of all those phone calls, Jon likes to shoot home movies, and in addition has his own Japanese Watergate tapes. He has a decided problem in getting to his Monday morning classes. Jon plans to continue his musical career at Lawrence next fall.

Mark Porinsky: High-water Mark came to NWC as a Junior and ever since has been the scho­ lar of the class, although there are rumors about the amount of moss on his chair. Don't let Porinskitus fool you, though — a real lad­ ies’ man, he often writes to four girls at once.

He and Rupprecht combine to form the oldest pair of bachelors in the dorm.

Dale Raether: Stokely has the reputation of be­ ing one of the cleverest guys around. For years, he and Grape have formed one of the finest 1-2 punches in the circuit. Stokes has rudely awakened many students in classes m a very special way, and is the finest product Lake Mills has to offer. We’ll see Dale m action at the Sem. Jonathan Rimmert: A great friend of you-knowwho in the library, Jon really knows the ropes.

Jon is a real nice guy without whose notes many of us would be pumping gas somewhere.

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He committed the unforgivable crime, how­ ever, by becoming engaged to a coed without notice. Ribs, although rooming with the Flick this year, will move on to Sem as a Married Mensch.

Jon Rupprecht: The other half of the Mutt/Jeff combo that arrived last year. The bearded wonder is the oldest man on campus, and his feet have lightly tripped over the pedals in chapel more than once. Finding J.J.’s too strenuous, Jon moved on to G.B. Lewis, but we’ll see him at Sem next year.

Paul Scharrer: Noodle is a fixture on the wrest­ ling and track teams. This guy is really gross, but Kathy is at New Ulm spending time with Nocdle’s heart. Often seen wrestling in the hall, he is the only person who could have a sling over his shoulder for a broken pinkie.

Unless he cracks up another new car, Paul will take his he-man bed to Sem, where Kathy will be really proud of him.

Paul Schmeling; Writing only a paragraph on Buff is not only difficult but unjust. Schmeling has vast appetites for many things, and is known as the bull of our class. Paul claims that he has found the girl for him — and we all thought it was Cindy. Paul is a real track star — especially when the bell rings. He still thinks T.R. is utopia, and who could for­ get the legendary Paul Bruss? Bufer will will amaze the Sem faculty as he has NWC’s for the past five years.

Gregg Schocneck: Bubbles is one of the nicest guys in our class, and the Preps love him so much that he frequently babysits for some of them. This Rhinelander behemoth still wants revenge for his broken arm, so watch out, Zorn, wherever you are. Bubbles will proceed to Mequon in the fall.

David Schultz: This Juneau product is known as Delbert, but Judas may be more accurate.

Delbus is an eight-year hard guy who was al­ ways inspired by Feid. Now a confessed smoker, he is all but married to a girl we all know and used to love. Judas will possibly give the Sem a try in search of the thirty pieces of silver he owes Glenn.

Thomas Schulz: Shyloek has been the class trea­ surer for a few years now, and he cherishes money almost as much as those letters from Lisa. This little corn-pollinater from Minne­ sota has remained a raunchy Viking fan for four years. “T” has a job downtown, of course, so he can buy stamps, and in fall his letters will have a Mequon postmark.

Robert Schumann: This 6'5" buckets “star” has some real stories to tell, but they’re all made up. Bobby recently invested in a pair of sun­ glasses and his GPA went up instantly. Bob never told what happened with Gallert and Torrison. It’s been hinted that he is a bit lazy at times, but that’s just a rumor, accord­ ing to Bob. Spider will be playing and reffing the same games at Sem this fall.

Mark Schwertfeger: One thing you have to re­ member about Glenn is that everything they say about him is true. Never known to turn down a 30-foot shot (or even a 40-footer), Glenn is currently “attached” to the daughter of a

Prussian military commander, and his heart leaps like a gazelle at the thought of her. The white-haired wonder sold his former flame to Delbert, but claims he hasn’t been paid his thirty pieces of silver yet. One-half of the dynamic Hartford duo, Glenn transfers oper­ ations to Mequon next year.

Curtiss Seefeldt: The other hard guy from Hart­ ford, Curty has worked and slept his way through college. Without him the Rostra So­ ciety would have failed. Curty woke up long enough to be on two IM championship teams as he flicked his way to stardom. Only Kleist could accurately account for Curty’s flaming night life, although there are rumors from N. Dakota. Our president will flick and jerk his way to Mequon where he will stare at the in­ sides of his eyelids for four more years.

Stephen Smith: Steve is a six-year man out of Winnebago Academy. His principal claim to fame was a hair-raising experience back in Quarta, right Staab? Stevie is a standout on the IM field, and his soprano has often been heard with a flawless German accent. A real charmer, Steve will move to Mequon in fall.

Gregory Stahleckcr: A Mobridge boy — nuff sed. The brains of the fourth triumvirate, Greg figures the triple wedding will be a “gala” event. His innocent face and quiet manner conceal an inner rascal, and he’s ex­ cited because Mequon is just that much closer to Hales Corners.

Richard Starr: Ace-Wrap, the student trainer, has also served as student body president.

Noted for his seriousness and thinning locks.

Tricky Dick likes to read letters over the house phone. His love affair with the Coach will have to end, but he will dive right into another one when June rolls around. Dick will be taping ankles at Sem next year.

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Jonathan Stern: The Don Juan of our class has taken a special liking to younger women, es­ pecially grade school girls. Mr. Canteen has used his position to flirt at every ooonnunitv.

His “do you know’s” will be cherished by all.

A tennis star for three years, Jack this year turned in his Durant shirt for a Troian jersey and a buckets letter. He is a truly nice guy except for his rude habit of asking people to leave his room. If Bobbv is Butch Cassidy then Jack is the Sunlamo Kid. Jack will take his Noxema bottle to Sem next year.

Elton Strnh: A Seeber Cleaning man for four years, Elton also races cars part-time. An­ other Mobridge product, Elt and his yellow Satellite have turned the parking lot into a circuit of tire tracks. By snme quirk of fate his driver’s license has not been revoked yet.

It seems Elton has surrendered his heart to Gail, but take heart, girls of Mequon — that never stopped him before.

Donald Sutton: Rayfield has a history of “differ­ ent” roommates, according to him. The Ran­ dolph Rocket has played an imoortant role in many varsity teams. His “library” trips last year still have us baffled, and so do his more recent affiliations with a Madison maiden whom we all used to know. It’s easy to tell when Ray is on the move — just watch for that gold tooth. Don will continue to add to his many experiences at Sem. Mark Toepel: A1 is the best all-around athlete in our class, as numerous letters, titles, and trophies will attest. An avid Mick Jagge^ fan, Toeps claims to be one of the original Stones’ fans; however, A1 will always have a Berg in his saddle. A1 claims to have gone sockless to classes for the last six years, but a future biol­ ogy major should know that it is bad for your feet. If the Sem buckets team doesn’t beat NWC next year, it never will.

Michael Turriff: Mickey Mouth has limoed his way through seven years of Prep and College, but he’s still hanging in there. Mick now sports a mustache that could drop a buffalo at 50 paces, and his unique voice can usually be heard as he strums his guitar. If he can find a way to drive with his keys locked in his trunk, Mick and his first-aid kit will be at Sem next year.

Duane Vanselow: Van Horn came to us from the swamps of Nam in his Junior year. A Franklin native, he hails from the same city as the now-departed Gief. Famous as the Homecoming King, Duane was also a member of the infamous Dusch Greek class. Mequon will realize one thing about this Casanova — they don’t call him Van Horn for nothing.

Neil Varnum: Tiger will never forget the Rock River Road, nor a certain attempt at hustling as a Frosh. A mainstay on the football team, Neil was voted All-Conference two years in a row — he always seems to do things in tews.

A For Sale sign has been hanging outside his room since the start of the year which reads: Lemon for Sale — Will Give Away to a Bad Home.

John Warmuth: Johnny Cash has a certain strange liking for an old pair of mailman’s

pants, and has suggested to the faculty that NWC begin a required course in Afro-Ameri­ can history. Johnny \vs so proud of his per­ formance in the Senior skit that he posted a notice thanking the cast for giving him the starring role. The Sem needs actors, too, John.

Karl Wege: One-half of the Wege/Wenzel team, Karl plans to abandon our class for the estate of matrimony. Another one of the quiet guys, he just couldn’t resist that diamond — why do the chicks pick on the quiet ones first all the time? Karl is redeemed by being a loyal Braves fan, though. We hope to see him after a year with Mrs. Karl.

Gary Wegner: George has been threatening to leave our class for eight years now, but hejs still here and ready for Sem. He received his nickname for a distinct resemblance to a cer­ tain Prep Latin prof whom we won’t mention.

A likeable guy, George is a star on the Cross Country and Track teams.

Paul Wendland: The Forum Phantom hails from somewhere in the dark jungles of Africa. Dur­ ing his two years at Prep he met the Faithful Fraulein he secretly (sh!) plans to wed. Er­ nie is the only person who could quit for two days and come back with all his cuts left and no unexcuseds. Afraid that he was being type­ cast as a limp-wrist in his Forum roles, he grew a beard to prove what a man he was.

A pseudo-intellectual, he enjoys impressing people with his huge vocabulary. Ernie plans to work for Burger King until Sem opens.

Glenn Wenzel: Another one of the quiet, soonto-be-married Menschen in the class, Glenn made a lasting impression on the head of the English department with the announcement that he was from FVL. Glenn has starred with Babinec’s Bombers for four years, which explains why he hasn’t won any shirts. Yes­ terday a monitor, today an R.A., tomorrow the world. Provided that Miss Right can wait another year, he’ll attend Sem. David Wilkcn: Mr. Hustle had a rough night last fall returning from his home away from home away from home. David seems to have a soft spot in his heart for someone named Chris (a former Prep). A lover of the class­ ics, Dave’s library contains many collector's items. The Preps call him Uncle Dave for his willingness to help them out. After a year of rooming with the Squirrel, Dave plans to es­ cape at Sem. James Witt: Jim is certainly one of the nicest little ministers up here. A couple weeks ago he came up with the perfect idea for skipping class — jury duty. Aw, come on, Jim. Only a prof could believe that! You can often see Jim jogging around in his unorthodox manner — well, what can you expect from a WLA product. His hero is his younger brother Jesse, whom we’ve all seen or heard about. Jim will take his stratospheric GPA to Sem in fall.

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A Touch of Class Jim Lindloff and Mark Schwertfeger 249 When the Old Was New Bob Meiselwifz 758 Zzzzzz Bob Meiselwitz 28

INDEX TO VOL. 77 ALUMNI Feature column by Jim Witt 13, 44, 85, 111, 140, 175, 198, 236 Society Minutes Prof. Armin Panning 239

PICTORIAL Nostalgia Mark Jeske 62

THE ARTS

POETRY

Celluloid Saviors Mark Braun 34 The Karass of Kurt Vonnegut Dan Kelm 195 Performance: Joni Milchell Marc Manthey 142 Prisoner of the Crown Marc Manthey 102 Reviews Mark Jeske 4 Yesterday's Laughter Kurt Kroboth 66

Adrift Paul Wendland 169 Beyond the Pale Paul Wendland 136 Elegy to West Hall Mike Thom 109 "The Fishers" by Winslow Homer Carl Springer 203 Jack and the Sky Trip Mark Porinsky 78 Laughl Paul Wendland 136 Messiah Paul Wendland 78 Prelude to What Paul Wendland 137 Stonecutters Carl Springer 203 Swan Song Kurt Kroboth 108 (Untitled) Dave Hein 169 Vis Vitae Terry Paul 78 The Wake Marc Manthey 47

CAMPUS & CLASSROOM Feature column by Paul Wendland 48, 80, 114, 148, 180, 208, 240 ESSAYS Concern and Unconcern Gregg Gibbons 113 Evolution or Creation Dave Kriehn 7 The Legacy of Dylan Thomas Kurt Kroboth 57 Let's Do Something for Ourselves Jim Rath 10 On Peace Mark Braun 103 Speakers vs. Pipes Jon Peterson 167

reMARKs Feature Column by Mark Jeske And a Child Shall Lead Them 233 Editorial 12 The Joys and Sorrows of Boredom 40 The Late Great Planet Earth 71 Performance 105 Peter Townshend's Apocalypse 172 The Renaissance of Ragtime 204 The Resurgence of Cynicism 137

FICTION Alone Charles Degner 201 As It Were Dan Kelm 133 The Beekerman Principle Marc Manthey 218 A Course in Golf Bob Meiselwitz 228 Cruciatus Spiritus Jim lindloff 207 Faces Terry Laabs 110 Ghetto Chill Marc Manthey 74 The Scarf Marc Manthey 37 A Sign of Change Paul Baldauf 26 Voyage to the Stars Greg Gibbons 41 You're a Good Boy, Everett, But You Lie Mark Braun 130 GENERAL INFORMATION

REVIEW Blatty's Baby Jon Peterson 199 January Mark Dornfeld 146 Leonard Bernstein's Mass Dave Farley 152 Lord of the Imagination Mark Dornfeld 170 Modern Art and the Death of a Culture Dave Farley 247 SPORTS

Death of a Tradition Jim Lindloff 100 Farewell Joel Luetke 98 Gospel Truckin' Marcus Hagen 24 Gotterdammerung Paul Wendland 69 The Heroes' Decline Kurt Kroboth 30 Homecoming Again Mark Braun 76 In Memoriam Jim Witt 23 Keep on Trekkin' Greg Gibbons 162 Language Bob Meiselwitz 177 Love Story: And Other Related Problems Mark Braun 2 The Making of a Folk Hero Greg Gibbons 16 Mass Production Comes to an Old Crime Paul Baldauf 217 MARKing Time Mark Braun 194 A Merry Pass Bob Meiselwitz 122 Sic Transit Gloria Mark Braun 226 Ten Years After Mark Braun 165

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