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KEITH aMMORN Kctthic is a silent native o' bast Troy It you re ever in the dorm and find It u» a church sacristy don r panic it s Keith s room It's been five long /cars on campus isn’t it nice to have Mom only .1 Phone call awav Fischer s imate will be .ailing home from Sero next year MARK BAR1N/ Cloud*s httle broths • Sk . rends the pumps at Welcome Inn This lovable whale was a mainstay on the line m foot ball wttert all the * oaches loved him When he's not trying to start his Ramble’ Mark is ratting reruns balk around Known as the an s budd v member of the tiobbler •tel No Respect and Sauna Club this car prep and Harttaml plow will bring his a Man to Mcquun «n 'all HN IK K Lake (..cneva Jack is the >rigi Cheap Tnck Ian and a member of the windeti Knee Club For the past eighi years has spent ho summers at Interlaken andhisl iters m Watertown The Hoopergod is a IconH bin bmkeep and spends his lime with Fendci I ’ strop or irymp 10 slam-dunk backwards Rumored 10 be purchasing interest in Ihe Seminar * lack traded im hnto for a Mustang 11 to str. amlim* his < ar ( onimiue.

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FOM BEHNKF NW< got Tom on waiver* Irom UW Oshkosh Benk s chief claim to fame, besides rooming with Turtleheao is his recent article in Northwestern today He nice admitted under duress that he had attended Kewaskum High School I B goes nun ting a lot maybe that explains why he sells msuran.

Tom seemed to cnioy enforcing his Dorm Council duties. He'll be hauling his goU lutes off to the links of Meqtmn ANTHONY BRINKMAN Tony reaflv fc**ec at case in his Welcome inn fci-tetetc »u* :iv a meticulous housekeeper he slugged > out siiSh lank, lor die most beam iogped an Blow-Dryer One .) the original ? >m got his Pilot's license and decided Uut »w liked flying more than he Hked paranti rrhs splits from the herd after graduate** v> Fiy the Friendly Skies *’ JOHN DORN AW may t oh ,p to have been seen on campus He wtns m Official Mice tui' Award he tcaciws Bfhti class here m town and goes out write 1 nurse X member of the fro Floor < row ioftr * Scm material all the way MICHAEL RlilRSTAHLfcR Mik n * Bun and a anar* >ne at that He s rumored to own 3 Bl Determine r and yet really ntoyed h» flrat SYL party tips year Hike w known for tus deep mown roce. and pen chant (Or wild colored socks Another Ird floor box Mike heads id Mequon to get closer to Milwaukee JAMES FISCHER No one will forget Jim. chough same would like to A real tan >1 the tenun suit Fuhbaii has scaled the heights to work on the lighting crews and took enough li off from the nooks to grow a moustache Sim 1 wiling the Vlnema >r tfu second yeai in a row Hr d room an 3rd Floor lor sure at Sem if ffnrv had one That big yellow Olds will be

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THE BLACK AND RED MAY 1978 Volume 82, No. 1

Cover Story What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been 6 Your Eyes........................................

9 Vol. 81, R. I. P.................................

10 The Tomb of Tutankhamen...........

11 Southern Odysey (excerpts)...........

12 The Five-Year Program...................

13 Poem................................................

14 Five-Year Man..................................

Rejoice With Our Lutheran Brethren in South Africa .... 15 16 CAMPUS & CLASSROOM 17 Poems................................

20 Pro Musica Nova...............

21 Mighty Serious Laughter. .

23 Tyranny...........................

23 The Inuxorable Man........

24 SPORTS...........................

26 Appreciating Our Privileges 27 ALUMNI...........................

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CURT FLHTEMEIER-Besides having more “c's” in his last name than anyone else in the class. Curt is an avid scuba diver. A plot is rumored to be afoot to keep Curt underwater lor good. Curt was good enough to answer every phone call on 2nd Floor this year, when he wasn’t working at Bethesda. Curt claims to be an amateur mechanic, but so far no one has ever seen that white Torino out of the parking lot. He is violently addicted to honey, and no one will forget his arguments with Monthie in British Novel class. An argument against cloning if there ever was one, this Rock will be hangin' his hat at Sem come fall.

KEITH FREE-Before Freebie spent the last 8 years of his life at NWC, he hailed from Nebraska. That golden Brillo pad on top of his head has graced the TV room many times to cheer for the Comhuskers. Frceb is a member of Katy’s Wild Bunch, and is almost a model student—he makes his bed and greases with almost sickening regularity. Somehow he got a job at Keck Furniture where he didn’t have to talk. When he’s not showing off his bruising shoulders on the gridiron it’s his pistol arm on the baseball diamond. Anyone who remembers ever having seen Freebie eat would probably like to forget about it. A big fan of Quant's electives, Freebie will smile and nod his way through the Sem. MARK FREIER-Cupid had struck “Die Nase” long before most of us had our voices change.

A “married” man, and an MLHS graduate, Mark has a nice voice, and a love for Greek class that is unsurpassed among his classmates.

He went out for football this year, just to prove he was a man to roomie Radtke. Sembound for sure.

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RICHARD FROST—This 8-year Watertown man calls Green Bay home. Frosty once smacked head-first into the wall in the gym while running sprints. Hminm. The campus won’t forget his yellow Goodyear jacket or that characteristic Frosty walk. Nobody knows where he rooms, either. Frosty shows up for meals and chapel, but then he disappears.

Frosty once chauffercd Alice Cooper in a Mid­ way Motor Lodge van to the Brown County

Arena. We can only guess what they talked about. This Duraclcan boy takes his mops to Sem. JAMES GAUGER-Big old friendly Gauge went to Manty, lives in Valders, and goes to church in Liberty. Somehow he found his way to Watertown where Sully encouraged him to continue. The “Animal” can bench-press a '56 Buick, but was brought to his knees down in Florida with a bright-pink “suntan.” A great guy to live with, Jimbo told Ray to room with him this year. Jim always brings a lot of food back to school from home. A Christmas­ time applicant for the Wounded Knee Club, big Gauge could charm the wallet off of your grandma, but you better run when he’s mad.

Animal will be packing his Cougar for Mequon.

LARRY GIERACH-Lare probably drives the most decrepit pile of scrap in three counties.

He didn’t spend five years here without learn­ ing to defend himself-espccially rooming with Ulrich. Although a “married” man, who's alma mater is Wisco, his studies did nothing to raise the reputation of “dummy” Greek.

Larry is a sterling talent in track and cross­ country but refuses to mow that yellow hayfield on his face, for fear he won't be recog­ nized. He’ll be heading closer to his Jackson home when he packs for Sem. JEFF GOOD—Mr. Goodbar shared 2nd-Floor telephone answering duties with roomie Fletemeier. What can you say about a guy this nice? He’s guaranteed trouble-free. The only time the Mr. Hyde in him comes out is when he gets behind the wheel of that hot Nova. Jeff works at Bethesda and doesn't plan to head to Sem in fall. He'll be missed.

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JEFF GUNN-This fella is a Mobridge veteran.

Jeff hails from Phoenix. His stereo ruled the eastern hall of 2nd Floor Wittenberg. He recently invested in a spanking brand new station wagon, allegedly for paper drives. Sure, Jeff. If he’s not taking a nap, he’s probably working out at Marquardt Manor. On to Sem BRUCE HANNEMAN-Brucic went to Day­ tona Beach this spring, where he was quite a hit. No one down there had ever seen a real live slob before. Honeypot smokes Kools like

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business during his Daytona tenure. This year G.J.’s, next year the Legion. Phil “Pm-intraining—Oh well” Heyer caught passes this fall, and is now throwing them. Goose will take his little C.P. ape and buckets champs shirt to the wilds of Mequon in fall. Another Gobbler “No Respect and Sauna Club” mem­ ber.

they’re goin’ outa style. This guy is a vet of FVL, and it shows. A member of Katy’s Crew, Bruce decorated his room in “Early Mountain Dew Cans.” He has stomached Wolff for a couple of years now and is ready to bring his halo of flies and meatcutter’s skills to Ozaukee County in fall.

DALE HELLA-Dale’s been accused of being grouchy, but who wouldn’t be a little testy after 8 years on one campus? Dale’s place of work is Bcthesda, and it’s this man from Wau­ kegan who owns that mean-looking Vega in the parking lot with the CB sticker in the window. It's rumored that he and Frosty have a death pact between them never to let anyone sec the inside of their room. Dale thought he better grow a moustache when Frosty proved that he could. Scm.

ADAM HORNEBER-One of the Rocks, Adam is another Scm Butt. He expanded his horizons by getting a job at Amber Lantern, and the next thing we knew he was accepted by the Syracuse Law School. Adam likes to play his guitar, and is a fixture in the 2nd Floor study lounge. The American Bar Association is not what you think it is, Adam.

PAUL JANKE-Punchbucket became a mem­ ber of the Wounded Knee Club this winter.

Since he was no longer visible on the hardcourt, he took to caddying coeds back and forth from the Watertown pool. Jank’s “bird

MARK HENKE-Originally a Scm Butt, Henkel is now a naturalized C.P. (read seep). The “food-store King” even plays in those raunchy town pool leagues. He was actually spotted on campus 3 times in the second semester. “Mar­ ried” to Marvin, when Ilcnk isn’t chalking his cue in some smoke-filled room, or talking about Chevy 454 Rat Ram-Air Fuely-Head engines with some of Watertown's native sons, he's cruising with the Bar-Tee. Henkel even has his own parking spot out at Bowl-A-Fun. King C.P. will be the only student at Scm who commutes every' day from 1120 City. Keep the grease out of Mequon, Henk.

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cage" is still empty, although the Eastern Illinois U. crew in Daytona did their best.

P.J. was a real '‘Mad Dog" in Florida. “Heimie" spent his senior year as Stemo's valet, and at present is trying to unload his 'Cuda on some C.P. Jank disappointed the home front by taking a job during the night shift at Clark, where he spent his time fending off vagrants with a pipe-wrench or talking with the BarTee. Paul and Unke made it through 4 long years together. Paul will lake his "Black Label" to Mequon.

SHAWN KAUFFELD Our only graduate of C.P. High School, Shawn is most famous for being brother to the “Blond Bomber."

Apparently Shawn joined us because he liked Greek so. . .much that he couldn’t get enough.

Our only authentic married mensch, Shawnee has a brown belt in karate, so nobody says anything about that junker Buick he drives.

Another mustachioed Trojan, he will take his Bethany diploma and a suitcase of pottery to the Sem.

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DALE KLESSIC.-Word has it that Gullywhomper had to rewire Sig's room to accom­ modate 23 different cooking appliances, and a pitching machine. Dale “Me & Sparky Lyle" Klessig is a big Dan Fogelberg fan. and has been Thierfs roommate for who knows how long.

Dale came up with a very suspicious case of pneumonia for semester exams. A real bowling fan, a Seminary closet will be graced by Dale's bowling shirts this September.

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RICHARD KRAUSE-A Brookfield native, Dick is another member of the Wounded Knee Club. Lifting weights already back at Wisco, the "Big Guy" now tutors iron-pumpers like Ray Mischke and Stevie Pope. Arnold Schwartzenegger- beware! Rich had a short stint tending bar at Bowl-A-Fun, but the clientele was too rough for him. A real DMLC fan, Big Dick reportedly has a poster of Kim Techlin on his bulletin board. A veteran of European summers, we’ll see this bruiser up at Sem.

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DAVID KUEHL- Bugsy's boy Dave, when he is not driving a Budweiser truck, is umpiring, refereeing, scoring, coaching, or acting as head linesman for anything from grade-school

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“Married” to Cindy, Bill is famous around Watertown journalistic circles as our “Campus Correspondent.” Known around here as the “Prince of Pinups,” Billy will room with Mar­ cus next year, where he’ll resume his double­ knit lifestyle in the shadow of Sem’s tower.

girls' basketball to C.P. roughnecks’ pool brawls. An authority in every sport, Bristy will pack his batting average and his Brewer’s Usher card along for the trip to Mequon.

BOB KUJAWSKl-You can tell when Kooj is coming—either you hear those cubano heels clickin’ up a storm, or you see that moronic “Johnny Reb” cap sliding down over his eyes.

Bob has a Humphrey Bogart shrine in his room, and is probably the only Trojan ever to con­ vince Washington Inn that he could do their kind of work. A Wisco Butt and a 5-year man, Kooj will haul a trunk of old movies to the Sem.

JAMES NELSON-Jimbo’s a Mobridge boy, and a red Kool-Aid junkie. Since he rooms with Sorum, it’s easy to understand his interest in high school girls. Track and football were showcases for this piece of greased lightning, who gained so many yards that they gave up counting. Nellie is one of Quam's favorites, and his picture-perfect jumpshots helped the senior intramural team overcome the Dorm Staff for the championship. The Sem will love him.

BRUCE MARGGRAF-Ma was Amic’s little general in band for years. He coached soccer for Turk this year, and wrestled and studied his way to infamy at NWC. Although lie hails from California, and even spent Christmas in Hawaii, his room is still a dump. Without Bruce's class notes, there are probably a half dozen guys who'd be in the soup line right now. Bruce is related to the Twin Sisters and will park his beat-up Chevy in the Sem lot.

MARCUS NEUMAN-An MLA alumnus, Mucus is the No. 1 proponent of Pong in the student body. Captain Video knows every batting average and every soap-opera tum-ofevents at any given time. A diehard fan of the crummy Vikings, Marc is a real bowling fan and sports a trophy collection second only to Voss’s. Marcus was called upon to play en­ forcer on the senior team that played the Sem. Marcus will head to “Holy Hill.”

STEVE M1SCHKE Ray got through 8 years here on the strength of Ray Nitschkc’s auto­ graph and well-wish on the back of a napkin with ketchup on it. (We have all kinds here.)

“Gauge's buddy” is here against all odds, and Ray will talk about it without too much prodding. Ray has recently begun pumping iron and grew a beard for his Northwestern swan-song. A recluse at the top of Wartburg Hall, Ray has lived out of a suitcase here at school all these years, racing home to the weekend nightlife in Juneau. On to Mequon.

PETER PANITZKE-Chinko announced his “marriage” to Joannie this year; an MLA boy, in one of the most exciting and critical matches of the year, he refused to submit in his wrestling bout with DMLC’s big bad Plamann, thus guaranteeing an amazing dark-horse victory for the Red and the Black. Our class president, Pete is an honest-to-goodness gentleman.

The senior salutatorian lugs his heavy GPA to the hallowed halls of the Sem. DAVID PAYNE—Dave has a nasty habit of writing B & R stories of the wimpy, madly-inIove-with-the-best-Iooking-coed-on-campus gen­ re. Aside from that, this Dr. Ott Award recip­ ient can sing the praises of Lutheran Collegians as a date-match outfit, or match strands of hair with Johnny Winter. A FVL graduate, Dave will write good papers for Gawa at Sem.

STEVEN MONTHIE-This New Yawkuh loved British Novel class so much that he actually read The Heart of Midlothian twice. Cliffs Notes found no refuge in Steve’s library.

Anybody who reads Jane Eyre instead of watching The Three Stogges on TV has sot to be dedicated. The Brooklyn accent heads to Mequon for more Midwest shibboleths in September.

STEVE POPE-Stevie's home is already in Mequon. A former Prep, Stevie spends a lot of time on the slopes when the snow flies.

Steve says he’s been on Krause's weight pro-

WILLIAM NATSIS This is Turk's adopted son.

Assistant basketball politician, and Schmelzer devotee. Natty Bumpo is another Sem Butt.

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gram all year. Sure, Steve. Steve is another 4-5 year man, and has the distinction of once having dated an heiress to the Pabst fortune.

Supposedly she wasn't classy enough for him.

It will be a straight shot down Mequon Road for Steve in fall.

CONRAD PRELL-Conrad has reportedly received 2,568 3rd Floor phone calls in his Wittenberg years. The last remaining vestige of the old intramural Blue Blazers, Connie’s perfect hair and sideburns are a fixture summers in his hometown of Kendall. Sounds like a fun place. Connie is still trying to make friends with guys who have cars. He'll be there on opening day in September.

JON ROSSMAN—An Ohio boy who attended Sem, Raunch surfaced in the live tank in his room long enough to smash up hisCamaro and shave those muttonchops once or twice. Jon has gained some valuable experience at Pizza Hut this year. When he saw the crowds at Day­ tona, Jon remarked “By golly, this is almost as big as the Jenera Beer Fest." Ever-smiling Jon will ship those fishtanks to the Sem dorms.

JOHN RUEGE-NWC's Great White Hunter, John shoots at anything that walks on four legs. Look out, Showboat. There's gettin’ to be more hair on John’s face than on his head.

Last summer John lost his job in the Borden Factory when he began drop-kicking bags of powdered milk around the factory. Wildlife of Mequon, beware.

JIM PROEBER-Jim spent this last year rooming in an oceanarium with Spud. We knew it had gone too far when he started snacking on Purina guppy chow. A 5-ycar man from Wisco, on a tennis scholarship, we're told he was an Amy fan until she gave him the elbow. Jim and Spud roomed in the plush “Mahogany Executive Suite" up in the fashionable corner of 3rd Floor. Jim’ll transfer the mess outside his door to the Sem dorms.

JEFF SCHALLERT-A fan of the old blue and white, Wisco, Jeff is preoccupied with science fiction and things that go bump in the night, like his roomie. It was Jeff, you know, who was ghost writer for all those “Saturday Night Live" spoofs the class staged. This Milwaukee native brings home the bacon by snatching this

NATE RADTKE—Nate won enough football trophies back in his MLA days in New Ulm to chromeplate the new belltower. Formerly an Eagle River Eskimo, he traded in his snow­ mobile suit for some Florida sun-tan lotion.

Nate returned kicks on the football field and admiring glances on the ski slopes. Godfather of the Dorm Council, minor has it he almost had to put out a contract on Behnke for being overzealous in his D.C. duties. Nato takes some thinning locks and a golden personality to Sem. i

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Qfvnr GLrpcs Your eyes, alive and shining Reveal the vibrant life inside.

Speaking, touching, revealing the Emotions from deep within your soul.

They are a window to see Into your isolated thoughts, A string to draw the curtain With which we hide reality.

MARK RIEKE-On occasion, Mark has been known to speak. By now we certainly all know that Mark went to UW-Madison for a week­ end, but some girl made fun of his moustache, and he left in a disgruntled huff, writing scathing articles and mounting a smear campaign against their school in the North­ western Today. An alumnus of Skunk High, Mark has taken every Latin elective available.

Good for you, Mark. Mark will lug his ponder­ ous GPA up the Sem hill, too. He just might be the first minister to wear a tennis warm-up suit in the pulpit.

I'd read anger there at times And yet they still enchanted me, Piercing through my emotions To calm the angry storm within.

Now' the storm, drifting from sight.

Reveals a peaceful horizon And your eyes, radiating In rainbows of understanding.

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year’s valedictorian honors. This genuine scholar proceeds in an orderly fashion to the Seminary.

old B & R editor maintains a Sta-Prest image and lifestyle. Thoughts of Paula helped him through the tough chore of rooming witlr Rieke. St. Gregory the Eloquent is gonna have to do some pretty quick talkin’ to avoid being drawn-and-quartered on GA.

DON SCHEUERLEIN-Though Don prefers to think it might be his cheerleading skill or grade records, what he really will be remem­ bered for is his weeding of the geranium beds on campus last fall. This DC enforcer, when the underbrush “up top” began thinning out, began sporting a new ’stash. A librarian and proprietor of the Book Store Pro Shop, Shirley likes to hit golf balls and other cars. New car— accident-new car. Gird your loins for GA, Don.

THOMAS SMITH-High-water Tommy is a nice guy. He is thinking about studying for the ministry. Tom is a native of LaCrescent, where it makes the newspaper if a cow dies.

Tommy can be . found after school MondayFriday in the TV room, where he enjoys Star Trek if it’s not too scary. Somebody point him to the Sem.

DANIEL SCHMELZER-A freshman All-Luth­ eran America in basketball, and since a mem­ ber of the Wounded Knee Club, Schmclz now tries to pick up games with 9 and 10 year olds.

A coed “Big Brother,” Dan and his Gobbler compatriots this winter played their version of Highway 26 Demolition Derby. Elonzo thinks he’s classy because of his Gobbler ruffled shirt, but he hasn’t washed it all year.

An annoying shutterbug, JB's roomie also is a member of the Gobbler Motel “No Respect and Sauna” club. If the ASPCA thinks clubbing baby seals is cruel, they ought to see how Schmeltz treats his fish. Gross Schmeltz in­ vades the Sem in fall.

MICHAEL SPAUDE—Spud is another deer hunter, only he doesn’t shoot them; he strangles them. Watertown mothers actually trusted their children to ride in his bus. A fixture at parties, good old “What’s the haps?”

Spud will go to Glacier this summer, where he’d like to get a job killing animals, if pos­ sible. It’s lucky President Schuetze’s cat died, or Mike would have it’s pelt on his wall in a week.

PAUL THIERFELDER-Klessig’s roomie from time immemorial, Thierfs is an electronics nut. For years we wondered what kept Dale going. A stereomaniac, we need never fear a vinyl shortage as long as Paul’s record collec­ tion is intact. A Bethesda night-shifter, Paul didn’t know how it drove us crazy to smell him frying bacon in his room on mornings the cafeteria had lumpy oatmeal. After graduation, Paul trades in his copy of the synod handbook for a TV repair guide.

RUSSELL SCHMIDT-A college town-boy, the patriarch of the class, has spent 5 years here at very least. A Manty “red-and-grey-hey-hey-hey” alumnus, as a WOMT color man, Russ has false hopes of challenging Phyllis George for the prettiest figure in the business. Bearded Russ is revered as a girls’ basketball coach, and will taxi his Piper Cub around Mequon cornfields this fall.

TIMOTHY UNKE-An incredible shot on the basketball floor, and an incredible flirt as a Gobbler waiter, Spunk is the man with the Florida tan. “Cha-Cha” is the owner of that red-and-black locomotive in the parking lot, and the six-million-dollar stereo cranking out Skynyrd on Witterberg’s 2nd Floor. “Who’s keyed to go to Madison?” was his battle cry, and the Dutch Boy has broken every heart except Turk’s, from the Red Bird to Daytona.

The only student ever to call in with car trouble on four successive Mondays, Baby Blue heads to Alaska this summer to check out the Eskimo girls. Another Gobbler motel “No Respect and Sauna” club member, Unk will

MARK SCHULZ-As Voss’s canteen under­ study, Schlitz’s sotto voce Dolly Madison announcements brought him infamy. He’ll spend his time this summer in Paris at the Moulin Rouge instead of here in Watertown at Katy’s. Schlitz’s idea of nirvana is 2nd row REO Speedwagon tickets. Our frosh UMOC candidate, he was a natural, coming from Sem. Also a campus gardener, he’ll take his pictures of Gcrt along to Mequon.

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DAVID VOSS-The archetype ot' the Prep morality/ideology, Camp had to move a trophy off his desk to make room for Janet's picture this spring. Probably the biggest grease in the history of NWC, he’s also probably the only one ever to do his studying at his desk in a pair of hockey brcezers. A perennial 3-sport man, old “Carrot-top" used his voice more than his skills on the basketball court. The “Snake" is a fanatic Packer fan, and is inquiring about the possibility of ordering a green-and-gold gown for preaching. An Eastern Illinois U.fan since Easter, Red Man survived two years of 1 10 decibel, all-nitc rooming with the Hammer.

That's Turk’s golden boy with the canteen key and the report card full of A's. Dave “Sounds like a winner. Coach" Voss changes his fan club address to Mequon in fall. Campy was another member of the Gobbler Motel “No Respect and Sauna" club.

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MARK WAGNER-Mark “Is your room clean?"

Wagner is the senior class's Rembrandt-inrcsidence. Wags was gaining notoriety for Monopoly game busts earlier this year.

Rhonda's man is a Cornhusker and an MLA alumnus. An authority on Alaska, “Wags of the Separated Shoulder" has a chest that looks like a brown shag rug. Mark was the Dorm Council VP this year, and will be making snowsculptures out on the Mequon prairie.

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A former Prepster, the Rocket thumbed from California last summer, and had all he could do to keep his head once or twice. There are few more terrible situations to be in than crouching in terror on the receiving end of a murderous Paul Zell spike in a volleyball game. PZ’s hobby is sleeping. The delights of dorm life are his next fall in the Sem’s storied halls.

going to the Scm. STEVE WRIGHT-Steve awed us all as fresh­ men with his 8 x 10 of his Mobridgc flame Wicked Wanda. The No. 1 proponent of cow­ boy boots as all-purpose footwear, Steve is rumored to have more dollars in the bank than the Rock has dead carp. Steve “Who-DidYou-Say-Broke-Up?” Wright was always a big rebounder, on and off of the basketball court.

This Dakota kid is headed to Europe right after graduation. Hopefully, though, his tractor will be parked in the Sem lot come fall. How do you keep them down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?

TOM JESKE (with a lot of help from a lot of friends)

PAUL ZELL-Billy’s boy also became an

Vol. 81, R.I.E Time passes on into eternity. Empires rise and fall. The ravages of centuries crumble man's monuments into dust that is scattered by the wind. Seasons changc-from spring into summer into fall into winter and into spring again; the cycle repeats itself. “Ring out the old, ring in the new!’’ Changes are a part of our lives, even here at Northwestern College in the offices of that illustrious bastion of literary excellence, the Black and Red. It is now time for the old staff to be laid to rest. First, let us take the old chewed-up pen, which once was a shiny new BIC fine point, from their trembling hands. They don’t resist but just continue staring blankly into space with eyes that are sunken and sand­ bagged from a chronic lack of sleep caused by waiting until the last possible moment to begin their articles and short stories. Their bodies are emaciated, wracked by the effects of caf­ feine addiction. One of them can be heard delcriously mumbling something incomprehen­ sible about a “de....de....deadline.’’

Let them “go home” now, let their memory fade slowly into history, the fertile soil of the present covering up the past. Adieu,

my friends! Rest in peace, Vol. 81. Fresh, eager minds have taken your place and are chaffing at the bit to begin Vol. 82. Fools they are, perhaps—but it’s too late now? the ink on the parchment has already dried. We laugh about it now, but in one short year another will sit at this desk and write, “Come, let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of writers, editors, artists, and poets...”

But seriously, welcome to the new Black and Red for 1978-79. In forthcoming issues you will read Campus and Classroom columns that will send you into epileptic fits, explosive editorials on controversial subjects, biting satire, suspenseful short stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat waiting for the conclusion in the next issue of the B&R , poetry that would make Will Shakespeare’s work pale by comparison, and much, much more. I am the new editor, Timothy Kant, better known as “Rip”, which is short for Rip van Winkle, a nickname I have received because of a malicious, utterly false rumour that I have been known, on occasion, to sleep in class. See you next fall!

TIMOTHY KANT 9

Tlje Tonjb of Tutai?W?arpep mics to the north, and letting internal corrup­ tion to seep in, until the future of Egypt was hanging in the balance.

It was into these circumstances that a young prince named Tutankhatcn was born, very possibly a brother of Akhenatcn, al­ though his parentage isn’t certain; In any case, he was married off to one of Akhcnaten’s daughters to become an heir to the throne of Egypt, since Akhenatcn had no legitimate sons. The boy grew up in Akhetaten, was taught to worship the sole god according to Pharaoh's orders, and might have carried on in Akhenaten’s footsteps when he came to power had it not been for the sudden death of the heretic king when the boy was only nine years old.

Such a young monarch unavoidably be­ came a pawn in a game of religious and poli­ tical intrigue. True power seems to have rested in the hands of grand vizier of Egypt, a man by the name of Ay. Working in the interests of the priests of Amon-Re, Ay cautiously began to set Egypt back on the path it had been following before Akhenaten's disastrous interlude. The city of Akhetaten was abandoned, and Thebes once again became the capital. The king's name was changed to “Tutankhamen" in honor of the king of the gods, and the temples destroyed

by Akhenatcn were repaired. Eaint stirrings of Egyptian force were felt once again in Palestine and Syria.

Then, at the age of eighteen, Tutank­ hamen suddenly and mysteriously died.

Me may have fallen victim to some fatal disease or accident, but there may be a darker reason behind his untimely demise.

He was coming of age; soon he would take the reins of government into his own hands and do away with the strings with which his “puppet masters" controlled him. Did they fear reprisals against them, or a return to the monotheistic nightmare under which the king had been raised? No one can say. All

“The Valley of the Kings.” The very name evokes a feeling of awe and silent majesty.

One can almost see the walls of sheer rock rising somberly above the desert floor, almost feel a warm breeze blowing fitfully, raising small clouds of dust and sand, almost hear the dying echoes of ancient dirges in this solemn graveyard of Egyptian kings. Over thirty of them once lay buried in this valley, surrounded by vast hoards of gold, silver, and precious jewels in sepulchers hewn into the solid rock. Some were great conquerors, some renowned statesmen, some administra­ tive geniuses. But the most famous of them all was, ironically, perhaps the most insignificant and cphemcral-Tutankhamen, whose funeral treasure has been on exhibit in this country for over a year and a half.

He lived at the end of the Fourteenth Century B.C. during a turbulent period of Egyptian history. A vast Empire, conquered by the early Pharaohs of the Eighteenth Dynasty, which reached almost as far as Asia Minor, was crumbling, while a religious fana­ tic sat on the throne and did nothing. This was Akhenatcn, the heretic king who had singlehandedly disrupted the land of Egypt with his attempts at a reformation of the country’s entire religious structure. The Egyptians had worshipped a veritable multi­ tude of gods and, above all, the king of the gods, Amon-Re, deity of the imperial capital of Thebes. Akhenatcn, though, forbade his subjects to worship them, commanding the espousal of a single god of all the world, which was named Aten, god of the sun's disc. Akhenaten had moved the capital to the city of Akhetatcn, “the Horizon of Aten," which he had founded in defiance of Thebes and from which he carried on a singlemitided campaign ’o destroy all trace of the tradition­ al polytheism of his country. In his blind devotion to Aten, the Pharaoh neglected all his other kingly responsibilities, allowing the Empire to slip into the greedy hands of ene10 1

and feared in their own day, but it is not they but Tutankhamen whose name is most closely linked with Ancient Egypt by the modem mind, and so it will doubtless remain, unless the Valley of the Kings should some­ day reveal another unguessed-at tomb which survived through the centuries with even more of its original treasure than did the Tomb of Tutankhamen.

that is known is that Tutankhamen was buried in a small tomb in the Valley of the Kings amidst the pomp and splendour of an Egyptian monarch, and after foiling the queen’s pathetic attempt to retain her posi­ tion, Ay became Pharaoh.

In the 3300 years that followed Tutank­ hamen’s burial, the Valley of the Kings un­ derwent shattering changes. The Egyptian Empire waned, and finally fell to Alexander the Great. The descendants of his general, Ptolemy, succombed to the Caesars. Even­ tually Rome itself toppled. The tombs of the Pharaohs had been ransacked for centuries by grave robbers, then turned into monastic cells by early Christian hermits, drawn to the Valley by its majestic solitude. Soon they were replaced by fierce bandits who terror­ ized the countryside from the refuge of the Valley’s towering cliffs.

Then, beginning in the Eighteenth Cen­ tury, a new breed of men came onto the scene-archeologists, eager to uncover ancient mysteries in this royal cemetery. All they usually found was evidence of grave robbery in the previous centuries. At many different times it was declared that all the Valley’s graves had been discovered and explored.

But in 1922 the noted Egyptologist Howard Carter proved them wrong. Hid­ den beneath the rubble and workmen’s huts of a tomb for a king of the ancient Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt, the entrance to a small sepulcher was uncovered. It had been broken into at least twice before the unintentional camouflage had hidden it, but most of its treasure was still intact, and most important­ ly, the royal mummy, covered with orna­ ments of gold, had never been desecrated by the grave robbers, something unique in the Valley of the Kings. Concealed from human knowledge for over three millenia, the tomb of Tutankhamen had escaped the complete devastation which overtook the graves of the young king's more illustrious predecessors and successors.

It is to this twist of fate that Tutank­ hamen owes his fame. The discovery of such an ancient store of treasure caught the public fancy in 1922, and still does so today, as the long lines in Washington, Chicago, and New Orleans to see it testify. Other Pharaohs may have been more famed and respected

JEFFREY SCHALLERT

SouthernOdyssey(exerpts) Kentucky, I can hear your music; With steel guitars in the background, Playing their distant wavering tones, Distinguishing your southern sound.

The highway stretches ahead for miles, Passing motels and roadside bars.

The DJ breaks the lonely silence As I’m driving beneath your stars.

Country DJ. Lonely DJ What has become of your life?

All the day long, you play the songs That cut through you like a knife.

I can hear you, but can’t see you All you are now is a voice.

Laughing outside, crying inside.

Wishing that you had a choice.

Where you come from, what you run from No one knows or seems to care.

They don’t cheer you, but they hear you While they sit around in chairs.

But you still fight into the long night To erase a troubled past.

Don't leave your chair, but hang in there.

Maybe you’ll find peace at last.

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The liVe-Year Program ments used to defend the present systems.

I still don't like the idea that a Special student has to plow, trudge, and toil through three years of college Latin so that he can learn Greek easily, become cultured and intimately familiar with the greatest civilization, and finally become a disciplined student and, later, pastor. Aren't there enough professors here who see to it that this part of our educa­ tion is properly covered?

Another argument the Special will hear now is that he needs German. I suppose the reasons used to support the necessity of German are valid enough to most, at least if they happen to be of German blood. Per­ sonally, 1 don’t believe there is really much use lor keeping a student here five years so that he can learn German, only to forget it through disuse.

The one strong argument they have to use against us is that the public educational system cannot compare with the Synod’s academies. The result of fads and trends in modern education has had a very negative effect on the quality of education in public schools. With very few exceptions, a public high school education doesn’t supply the foundation upon which Northwestern would like to begin to build. This, of course, is not to say that the potential of a Special is any less than the potential of a prep department product. Unfortunately, what it often boils down to for many special students is this: if you really want to be a pastor in the WELS, you’ll go to NWC for five years-end of dis­ cussion.

Nevertheless, I feel there are some reasons just as compelling, if not more so, than the former ones to retain the five year program.

We as a Synod would be risking too much by abolishing this program just to get pastors into the field more quickly or to help our recruitment program become more enticing.

The area of recruitment is a good point to begin with.

|t has taken me almost fpur years to even begin to look at the special program objectely. It's easy to view this program from the student’s vantage point, but very difficult indeed to see through the eyes of that un­ conquerable Special Admissions Committee.

I've long since resigned myself to that fifth year here but have always hung onto a glim­ mer.of hope for those students with the same educational deficiencies who would follow my class. However, I must confess that re­ cently not only have I given up the hope, but I have also crossed battle lines. In my mind, the five-year program, for those students who haven't gone through our parochial system, is both justifiable and essential.

Now fellow Specials, please hear'me out.

I know that many among us still feel that the five-year special: program is a cruel and un­ usual punishment inflicted upon those who haven't gone through the “system”. Under­ stand that my reasons for defecting are not based on the usual, if not hackneyed, argu-

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If we are really serious about trying to fill requests for pastors in new missions, we will have to recruit in an area of broader scope than that from Michigan to Minnesota.

We must recruit in the ever-growing “outly­ ing" areas of our Synod. This means that we'd be recruiting people who have not been born and raised WFLS members. There are and will be new prospective students who weren't even churched, let alone Lutheran, before they became members of our church. This type of student will need the extra time at Northwestern to make sure that he knows and accepts our doctrines, practices, and at least understands our “traditions". Primarily, he must learn to accept the Bible as the true and inspired Word of God, which is beyond any man's reason; miracles and matters that require faith to accept are not to be explained in human terms to make them palatable for the educated or thinking man. For this the five year program will become increasing­ ly important as students from non-WELS areas come to Northwestern.

Secondly, and less idealistically, if we were to drop the five year schedule, our aca­ demies and prep school would suddenly be­ come obsolete. The purpose of these schools is to offer a high-caliber Christian high school education for those interested in the preach­ ing or teaching ministry. Many students have to leave family and home for long periods of time to take advantage of these schools.

Meanwhile, their parents back home are not only paying special tuition for these schools, but also paying taxes to support the local public schools. Would parents be willing to make these sacrifices if any public education became equal to the education of our own high schools? If the five year program were abolished, it would be as much as saying that a public high school education is equal to ours.

The most important reason why we must keep the five year program, in my mind, is this. It takes at least that long to hone down the rough edges very often found around a final product of a public education. Not only is the typical student in America raised on evolution and all its resulting philosophies, but at the same time he learns that it is a weakness in character to conform. From childhood on, a student in these schools is

almost taught to fight the system. Conform­ ity and fitting in with and following basic principles is scoffed at and looked down upon. “Learn to show a little individualism." and “Don't be afraid to be different” are common exhortations that these people hear throughout their education. This attitude may be fine in itself, but as the student grows older, it usually develops into a disrespect, to one degree or another, for authority, rules, and regulations. If there is. then, a chance that a person didn't learn to respect and sub­ mit to God-appointed authority, it isn't asking too much that he learn it here; it may well take all of the five years.

In his five years at Northwestern, the Special will come to realize and appreciate why our Synod is so strong: there is nothing to be ashamed of in conforming to the ex­ ample of Christ and His Word. Not only will he respect our strength, but he will want to protect and preserve it. All this “knowledge" will come through many lessons along the way, some of which might even be a little painful. Five years is not too long a time at Northwestern, for these reasons. And, when he has finally fulfilled his five year contract, you may be sure that the Special has earned and deserves his new classifiestion-at long last he is “Regular!!"

E. A. SORUM

The heavenly angels dressed in radiant white are apt bearers of the message of light, but one who wears such blackened stains as I? Mustn't so mean a mouthpiece his voice deny?

Praise from my shaking hands and stuttering lips comes hard in the night and so often slips and spills my words in a cold tangled mire, the heaven I aspire, the world I desire.

My talent though small. I'll bury it not. to go is the command, to serve my lot.

Ilis promises great, his blessings many, his spirit sure, much strength from out will How. only sing and God will give the harmony, plant faithfully and God will make it grow.

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I cracked my books last night with fright: Bedtime hour: 3 A.M., And I'm gonna be fried as an egg by then.

I miss my home so much: I miss my friends: It's lonely in the dorm.

When will this college life ever end?

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time, Till graduation brings me 'round to find I'm not the man they think I am at home, Oh no, no, no-I'm a FIVE-YEAR MAN. FIVE-YEAR MAN, burning out his mind on a five-year plan.

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Rejoice Mtf)#ur1lutf)EranPrEtf)rEn Africa -Tir'he believer’s heart is filled with joy over '^the news of one convert to Christianity, for it is one more soul saved from eternal death.

For this reason, the congregations are kept informed about the progress in the various mission fields. It is also a source of joy to hear that we have found a sister synod, one in which God’s Word is taught without any additions or omissions. We have had this happy experience in recent years in the case of the new Lutheran Confessional Church in Sweden. It is, there­ fore, surprising that so little information has reached the people of the Wisconsin Synod about our sister synods in the Union of South Africa.

In the early 1960’s the Wisconsin Ev. Luth­ eran Synod indicated that it was in fellowship with the two church bodies in South Africa by making a grant of SI0,000 to one of them.

These two synods have always worked in close cooperation with each other, but it is primarily the language barrier and not the racial barrier which has continued to keep them separated into a white and a black church. The white church is the smaller one, numbering approxi­ mately 1700 souls. Its name is the Free Evan­ gelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa. .

Pastors must often preach in three languages in these churches-English, Afrikaans, and German. The black church is frequently called the Bleckmar Mission, but it is now officially called the Lutheran Church in South Africa.

Its membership is nearly ten times that of the Free Ev. Lutheran Church. The language used in these churches is the mother tongue of the natives of the region, usually Zulu or Tswana.

Both of these churches had their beginning in the Hermannsburg Mission Society of Ger­ many. In 1857 this society began its work in South Africa as a branch of the State Church ol Hanover. After a few years, the Mission Society broke away from the state church and continued as a free church until 1890 when it renewed its contact with the state church.

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congregations split off from the mission society to remain free churches. Of these congrega­ tions, several joined to form the Free Ev. Lutheran Synod. The Bleckmar Mission also began at this tinic. The Free Ev. Lutheran Synod became self-supporting immediately after the break, but the Bleckmar Mission still receives help from the Independent Ev. Luth­ eran Church in Germany, which is abbreviated to SELK, and the Free Ev. Lutheran Synod unSouth Africa. Although it is quite small, the Free Ev. Lutheran Synod has had a great deal of influence upon the Bleckmar Mission, particularly during the world wars when it supported the mission alone.

The Bleckmar Mission has had a seminary in Enhlahleni, near Dundee, for over twenty years, but it is only for blacks because of the language difference. The white student who wishes to be a pastor must leave the country to get his theological training. Most of the pastors have received their training at Oberursel in Germany, which is the seminary of SLLK. There are also several students who have studied at the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, and one student Winfried Schroeder here at NWC. Even though we have been in fellowship with the Bleckmar Mission and the Free Ev. Lutheran Synod for approximately fifteen years, a problem has developed between us.

In 1972, three German Lutheran synods merged to form SELK. Both synods in South Africa have accepted SELK in fellowship.

Since both have maintained very close ties with the home church, their acceptance is not surprising. However, the Wisconsin Synod has not acknowledged fellowship with SELK. At present, there is a discrepancy between the two synods in their attitude toward the Bible and the length of the days of creation. There are also differences in church fellowship practices, notably, the SELK is in fellowship with the Missouri Synod. Because of this fellowship triangle, our synod's Commission of Inter-

fort to us that we arc not alone in our con­ servative stand upon God's Word. It also ought to be a source of joy for us to know that the gospel is being purely preached in other lands.

Our synod is not an isolationist, but merely requires an agreement in every doctrine. May we all pray for those involved in the discussions that such an agreement can be found, so that we may continue to rejoice with our sister synods in South Africa over the spread of God’s Word.

Church Relations is studying the situation. As Prof. 1'red rich wrote in regard to church fellowship: .. .developments here in America and in most of the foreign lands involved.. .have created a compli­ cated, fluid situation with which it is not always easy to cope and which calls for a double share of good judgment, intense labor, and fervent prayer. 1 In these days of growing liberalism in many Lutheran bodies, it is difficult to establish ties of any sort with foreign churches. In South Africa we have such ties at present, but there is some doubt whether they can continue. Such bonds of fellowship should be sources of com-

IProf. Edward C. Fredrich, “Interchurch Relations in Recent Years,” Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly, vol. 74, (July, 1977), p. 249.

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the Volume 82 Black and Red “Campus and Classroom'* column, one's thoughts turn to those who have gone before. Those men of iron, whose granite determination and stead­ fast will to work (comparable only perhaps to Shifty Schiller's Arbor Day crew) set the rigid standards of quality for all future C & C editors, deserve a farewell memorial. Here is our humble offering:

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As poetry editor Brian Dose turns green with envy and the rest of the Northwestern family wipes a wistful tear from their collec­ tive eye, we carry on with CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM, VOLUME 82.

In their seemingly endless effort to make our NWC campus a little bit more tantalizing for the average student, and perhaps to pro­ vide incentive for students to spend their weekends on campus, the Dorm Council has really outdone themselves by working out a couple of exotic and most imaginative events for the student body. Here's a rundown for those who missed them:

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We take this chance to say good-bye To Huebner. Dave and Ewings, Jerry, From whose work rang laughter merry.

Though glib of tongue, of wit, the masters.

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guy glare is Rpss Ulrich. Dave Kolander, H.A. Scrum, and Tom Gumm comprise the rest of the ballplayers shown. But how many of our discerning readers discovered the hidden foot­ ball in the picture? “Not there!” you say?

Check the front of T. Gumm’s jersey.

Cinema Extravaganza featuring:

I) HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CRIMEAN FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE (a really enjoyable four and a half hours) 2) THE STORY OF TUNA: FROM OCEAN TO YOUR PLATE

Resident B & R psychic Tom Jeske offers a few predictions for the '78-'79 school year: 1 )Prep coed holds a September news con­ ference and announces her simultaneous engagements to Paul Janke, Mark Barenz,

This energy-packed doubleheader drew four people. Our correspondent asked them all for their reactions to the flicks. A1 Sorum responded, “I’m surprised you ask. I support all cultural events on campus.”

Drama critic from the magazine Today's Janny, Humphrey noted, “I had to turn off the lights when it was done.”

Mike Spaude said, “Well, it was either this or my psych term paper. Besides, I have an uncle from Crimea.”

Finally, a word from Rich Krause, who was the only student to stay for both features, “I cried when the little tuna got slaughtered, but 1 just came over because 1 thought it was some kinda dinner.”

And as if this were not enough excitement already for one weekend, D.C. sponsored an event that killed two proverbial birds with one proverbial stone. Getting rid of those unsightly dirt piles that have marred our campus land­ scape around the new multi-purpose, extremely useful bell tower. Dorm Council staged a Spring Festival Dirt/Mud Sculpture Contest We have received a short rundown of the high­ lights.

The freshman class’s classy “Plate of Hash” tied for top honors with the junior class’s “1966 Volkswagen” when the judges couldn’t tell the difference between the two. Seniors took second with a creditable copy of Michaelangelo’s “Pieta.” The Soph entry was dis­ qualified when they did “Bug” again. Said the vehement tournament master, colorful Richard “Frosty” Frost, “Just because they got their picture in Northwestern Today they think they can pull that stuff. Anybody can make a dumb bug,” Dean Biebert was awarded honorable mention when the tourney officials mistook him for one of the sculptures.

One day last month everyone (even Tutor Kuerth) got something in his mailbox, as we all received our fall '78 football schedules.

Gracing the front cover with a classic hard-

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We live that we may die, and live once again.

But most important to us of all knowledge: He lives.

RANDY MUELLER

We are two separate worlds Orbiting a single force.

Eclipsing once in a million years To be as one, But only for a moment's time.

RANDY MUELLER

My mind is like an ocean Its waves lapping at two shores, Dragging inch by inch of land into me.

But neither one can Oil me.

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2)Tom Ciumm is asked to leave Wittenberg after a ten-loot peyote plant is discovered growing in his jungle.. .er.. .room.

3) Paul Zell brings two addresses home from Daytona Beach.

4) Jerry Ewings actually thinks of a funny joke, but forgets it.

5)Trigger Spaude and Steve Wilkens go hunting, and cure 450 pounds of black bear jerky in the laundry room.

6) Tim Unke takes his car to Sem and the' Mequon Police Department is swamped with gruesome UFO descriptions.

7)Tutor Brenner returns to campus with a roommate, only this one doesn't have a mustache.

8) John Carter is reduced to swiping hub­ caps to pay for his new TransAm. 9) Mark Mueller completes more of his passes to teammates than his passes at girls.

10) Tom Jeske shatters his nose and loses the hearing in his other ear, but earns a perfect 10 score in “No Respect" dives at the Watertown pool.

11) Bronco Zank mows the belltower over with his turbo-charged Toro lawn dragster, then covers it with dirt and hopes nobody notices that it’s missing.

12) Whitey Voss breaks his hand punching out a Peterbuilt semi-trailer. He is heard to remark, “It wouldn't move."

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A special C and C commendation goes to der Sehlafmeistcr, soph Greg Kellie. Greg set a personal MCSA (Most Classes Stayed Awake) record during the first week of May with a pulse-pounding two. This mark enters the record books with a footnote, however, as both these historic classes were phy ed and even der Schlafmeister has trouble simultaneously catch­ ing, z's and softballs Asked to comment on his NWC career milestone, Greg responded with, “Those two classes really took it out of me. I'll probably crash the rest of May and into June." Der Schlafmeister added, “With a lot of rest in August, I'll be raring to go next year.

Maybe I'll set a new ... new personal . .. my ju--.. .junior. . .zzzz.. .

As you are finishing reading this first C & C column in Volume 82, the question in your mind and probably everyone's is, “Will all the

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4. A Veritable Goldmine A look at NWC’s faculty as seen through the eyes of the manufacturers of Grecian Formula 44.

5. Blood, Sweat, and Fear -A short course preview of Music 20/21.

6. To Meet Chicks-An ill-informed Special I tells why he came to Northwestern College.

7. Not Just a Job, It's an Adventure -The Duraclean saga, featuring an interview with Don Seelhoff.

C and Cs for the next school year be this insipidly banal?*.' The answer is a resounding “PROBABLY!" We of the C and (' will, how­ ever. be branching out and offering some far more serious and interesting subject matter in 1978-79 than has appeared in previous years.

It's just about time to cut the quasi-comedy and get down to some serious business. Our projects will include: 1. Stretch Schmeling: Fact or Fiction?

2. Where Are They Now?- A candid follow­ up on obscure former B & R editors.

First subject: editor. Class of '34.

3. Living Means Nothing-The story of Paul Schroeder's flight instructor.

So long, until then.

DAN BALGE and TOM JESKE

s2( 3Kib3umnter $JJo extra-curricular activity at our school consumes as much time as the production of a major play. Yet each year a handful of faithful thespians gathers to reproduce one of history's most popular plays. Forum's staging of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream added one more fine performance to the literary works that have graced our stage for the last quarter century. A few talented individuals undertook the responsibility for putting together this year's performance.

Their efforts proved to be worthwhile, much to the delight of the entire Northwestern campus.

A Shakespearean production is the high­ light of even a major theatrical company's season. When Forum and Bruce Becker, this year's producer-director, chose A Midsummer Night's Dream they were really undertaking a tough assignment. This play is set in a fairy­ tale land of eternal springtime and gaiety.

The play is a fantasy of folklore and fairies, and a medley of poetry, song, and dance.

The main plot centers around the wedding of 1 heseus and Hippolyta, and the pursuit of love by Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia. and Helena. The impish Puck is the catalyst that hMs the love scenes into motion, and. often.

§t*emn out of control. Contrasting with the e the re a lightness of the fairies and their associations with humans, are Bottom and his fellow per­ formers, the “rude Mechanics" from the working class.

The Forum product ion of A Midsummer Night's Dream focused on the similarity of Shakespeare's characters with real people and forces in our lives today. Bruce Becker's introduction asked the audience to “remem­ ber that the Pucks and Titanias have always been a real part of life, ‘that the course of true love never did run smooth,' and that ‘all the world's a stage'.”

As was mentioned before, the Forum production consumed a great deal of time for some of our fellow students. As producerdirector, Bruce Becker was a rather tired man as Sunday night finally rolled around. Brian Dose, Al Sorum, Mark Cordes, and Joel Peterman carried major shares of the acting burden. Some of the most humorous roles fell to the working elass players as portrayed

by Mark Schulz, Steve Pope, Nate Radtke, Kurt Lueneburg, Greg Dorn, and Bruce Marggraf. Bruce Hanneman played a double role of characters at the court.

In response to an urgent request, female

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making and organizing of the costumes. Site was assisted by the wives of several faculty members as well as by Don Scheuerlein. Many other people who helped out as stage hands and in the other aspects of the play cannot be mentioned here for lack of space, but they were vital for the success of this year's major production.

Forum can be proud of its performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Each year it becomes more and more difficult to cap the previous year's success. This year’s players created a really tine piece of art. Let’s give them all a big hand.

leads came from many sources to help Forum.

Wendy Lundsten, a prep girl, had one of the major roles. Kris Seeleldt and Eunice Steiner, both of whom were formerly in Forum pro­ ductions. came back to participate and added a lot to the play. Jeff Carter and Dawn Gerbitz (a graduate of Watertown High School) ruled over the fairy' kingdom as king and queen. Other fairies were played by Colleen Behnke, Jody Goede, Greg Kellie, and Philip Henselin. All had a big hand in a night of tine entertainment.

Not to be overlooked is the excellent costuming done for the play. Mrs. James Thrams did a great deal of work on the

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Entrance music was provided by a record­ ing of Joel Chadabe's “Dancers.” This piece features a Moog synthesizer triggered by a random sequencer, to which the performer reacts on another synthesizer. The resulting sound bears a marked resemblance to a sonic sculpture, at the Art Center which produces popping noises when passers-by cover holes with their hands. If “Dancers” is actually marketable, perhaps the Art Center should consider recording the sculpture.

The program proper began with Barbara Kolb's “Solitaire for Piano and Tape" The tape contained slightly modified piano sounds with an occasional use of the vibraphone.

Basical!' mood music, the piano and tape blended so well that t was hard to distinguish the wo.

Alter the piano was removed, the chamber

ensemble took the floor, followed by guest conductor Kenneth Schermerhorn, the music director of the Milwaukee Symphony He ably led them through George Rochberg’s “Blake Songs,” a twelve-tone serial composi­ tion, and Igor Stravinsky's “Two Poems of Balmont” and “Three Japanese Lyrics.” The Roehberg was repeated after the intermission to give the listeners a chance to better ap­ preciate a difficult piece. Soprano Marlee Sabo especially shone on the Stravinsky' works, but one has to wonder whether music from 1911 and 1913 is really musica nova The gem of the evening was Jacob Druckman's “Valentine for Double Bass,” as much a piece of theater as music. Druekman utilizes the bass as a percussion instrument instead of merely limiting hi nisei I to the four strings. The soloist sings, whispers, chants, and makes various noises in addition to playing the bass.

P. I). Q. Bach, you would've been proud!

If you have a chance to attend one of Pro Musica Nova's concerts next year, don't pass it up. They have a high level of musicianship, and even if the music isn't to your taste, the exposure to it is well worth the effort ol listening.

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LARRY OLSON

Mighty Serious Laughter branding. After a few minutes near the corral where they were separating the calves from their mothers, Dave pointed out old Cribble.

I must admit Cribble was one of the big­ gest men I've ever seen. He wasn't a real tall man, maybe six feet or so. But it sure would have been a long march for an ant brigade across his midsection. He’s probably the only man I've ever known who could walk into a bar (he must have been there quite often) and have most of him get in before his belt buckle did. In fact, I don't remember that I ever got to see his belt buckle. Cribble looked like maybe most of the stories I'd heard about him were true. The half seowl he usually wore on his face told me real quick I'd stick with a simple “Hi.” I let Dave do most of the talk­ ing. Somewhere in his dubiously eolored past he'd lost part of his right hand. He didn't use it much, but kept it up close to his chest, resting on his belt buckle protection. He did look anti-social.

A little later I saw another side of this man’s character. He had a little live year old girl with him that everyone said was his daughter. She was a cute little thing and as lively as could be. He treated her with a gentle­ ness that belied his crusty appearance. I found out that the little girl was just the opposite.

She looked so cute and innocent until she opened her mouth. They told me she was as spoiled as her speech. Since her Daddy loved her and wanted to show it. he bought her a little palomino. She a'ally liked that pony and rode him all the time. She rode him to school: she rode him home from school: she rode him around the yard: she rode him to supper; and the story is she rode him to bed. I guess old Cribble didn't mind having a horse in the house.

Cribble's property stretched back a few miles from the river. He worked his land pretty hard for quite a few years in relative peace and quiet. I'very once in a while he and his neighbor I'rieson got to scrapping a hit.

<?ome folks call them “River Rats," and I guess they really are, at least to each other.

They live out there in northeastern Montana, where the Mighty Missouri is still enough of a fledgling river to throw a stone across, if your arm is good enough. I've never seen their dwellings, but I suppose they look as much like houses as most of ours do. In all the times I've been through their part of the country, I’ve never had a chance to stop in and visit with any of them. But come to think of it, I guess l wouldn't really want to, especially not after the stories I've heard.

Some of these tales had reached my ears already last summer on my most recent trip through. And I was getting a bit curious about what these people were really like. I soon got my first chance to see a genuine “River Rat." In northeastern Montana a man's nearest neigh­ bor is often five or six miles down the cow path they usually refer to as a road. And often there is only one cow path leading into a place and one out the other side. To get into town generally requires a four-wheel drive rig if a guy has any intention of making it at all.

Sometimes it doesn't really matter how much he wants to, if his path has become a ribbon of mud or is lost under the prairie snow. But as a rule, there's no stopping a Montanan who has his heart set on getting into town. It’s probably been a month since he got supplies.

These distances make social events few and far between. In fact, the only time anyone really sees his neighbors is at the brandings. That's where I got my first chance to see a “River Rat.”

Mr. Sassin lived down the road about two miles from my friend's house. He called Dave up one night and asked if he and I would come over the next day to help brand a few of his calves with the rest of the folks. Dave said.

“Sure!” So we went. There were quite a few neighbors there when we pulled in. Some of them had come from thirty miles away. Dave hadn't seen most of them since last year's 21

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but that usually fizzled out before too long.

There were a few miles of buffer zone between their two properties, and that helped keep the peace.

Ericson's life story was every bit as color­ ful as Cribble's must have been, though I don't think the two ever sat down and talked about that or anything else. Ericson was living on the land his father had left him and making out allright at it, too. He'd learned a lot from his pa.

As a youngster he’d come to really enjoy experimenting with new things, just like his brothers did. But their experiments weren’t your run-of-the-mill efforts. They once took a bunch of junk that was lying around the place along with an old engine and made an airplane out of it. Don’t ask me how they did it; I was never that bright. But somehow they got the thing to fly. The story goes that they took off down the road and finally lifted off the ground at the bottom of the hill. It must have been pure ecstacy for them. But they were too anxious to try out their new invention to take the time to mount any of the instruments in the plane. Now I've never llown before myself, but I think it's mighty remarkable that they got off the ground. That still doesn't impress me as much as the fact that young Ericson lived to become big Ericson so he could buy the land next to Cribble and kindle the war fires.

Maybe just buying that land wouldn't have caused any problems at all if Ericson had had a few things in common with Cribble.

Maybe they had more in common than either one of them realized. But one view they didn't share had to do with cattle. Cribble depended on them to help keep the grub coming. Ericson hated them. And once the one found out how the other felt, there was no keeping peace between them.

Cribble never was one to keep his fences in good shape. But then he never had to, either, until Ericson got so close. He figured there was no reason to start going to all that trouble just for a new neighbor, especially not for one that hated cows. Cribble's underfed cattle were probably pretty glad that their fat master felt that way. Because when Ericson’s first crop of spring wheat started coming up next door, they didn't feel quite so hungry anymore. And the sight of so many ugly cows chomping on his wheat set Ericson to fuming.

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But don’t forget, hewas an inventor. And I figure there aren't too many people half as dangerous as a mad inventor.

Ericson didn’t take long to whip out an equalizer. He’d fix those animals the next time they got out. His solution? Well, he just took a few hunks of steel he had lying around the place, sharpened them up, and welded them on the bumper of his pickup. Cows aren’t fast enough to dodge a pickup intent on poking them.....

I think I’ll pick up the story after the incident.

Cribble never really got Ericson’s point as well as the cows did, or at least he forgot as quickly as they did. If one solution didn’t work, Ericson always had another to try. One day Cribble found one of his best bulls shot in the head. The bullet hadn’t come from the front or from the rear. They were certain it hadn't come from the side. With no tracks to indicate someone's presence and a bullet en­ tering from the top, the sheriffs question was rather obvious. “You got any neighbor's who can fly, Cribble?” Nothing was done about the problem, and Cribble’s foul mood was beginning to exceed Ericson’s. But I guess it didn’t exceed fast enough because Ericson still made the next move.

There was only one road leading up to Cribble’s house. And Cribble was used to bombing over the hills and through the dips just about as fast as his old pickup would take them. You can imagine his surprise when he tore over the top of the highest hill one day and looked down at the bottom. Somehow that big rock that used to be alongside the road had crawled out into his path. He didn’t even have time to snort before he landed right on top of it. I don't know how he got off. I don’t know how he lived. But I’m pretty sure he wasn’t aware of Ericson laugh­ ing in the next pasture.

Needless to say, once he got off the rock, Cribble’s devilish mind was running in high gear. If Ericson hated cows so much, maybe that was the way to fix his wagon. He'd get the last laugh on that dirty cow-hater if it was the last thing he did. When Ericson’s wheat finally reached its most tender age, Cribble got out his fence menders. You see, a fence mender is a tool that can be used for one of two things: either to fix your own

fence, or to fix your neighbor’s. Cribble decided on the second choice. To let all of the cows through the fence in one place would have been too simple. So he cut a few holes here and a few holes there until he was rather satisfied with his work. Then he went home chuckling.

A few days later there was a knock at Cribble’s door. Cribble’s chin must have al­ most helped cover his belt buckle when he saw Ericson standing right on his doorstep.

Usually neither one would risk the likely welcome of flying lead at the house of the other. He stepped outside and noticed the grim look on Ericson’s face. “When you gonna start fixin’ my fence, Cribble?”

“What do you mean, me? If you can’t keep your own fences up, don't come whinin’ to me about it!”

“Do you want to see the pictures I took of you cuttin’ them now-or after I show the Sheriff?”

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THE INUXORABLE MAN As the scintillating synthesizer softly faded, warbling. his thoughts lost somewhere between the ring modulator and the portamento, lingering, gliding into infinity like a severed-lifeline astronaut BOB SMITH

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(iribble fixed the fence.

1 haven't heard yet what came out ol the law suit. I wouldn't be surprised if the courts satisfied neither one of them. All I know is that Cribble and Ericson are probablv still

trying to get the lust laugh on each other.

It's a good thing most folks don't “laugh" the way the “River Rats” do.

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PJefore we look at what's happening currentfc^ly in the spring sports, let me say a few words. First, the athletes and fans of the Senior Class deserve recognition. They have provided the school with four years of talent and en­ thusiasm. Although they themselves will not be back on campus next year, the sports tradition at NWC, which they helped further, will be.

Secondly, to all who are returning next year, don't forget in the midst of summer's good times - that another sports year will kick off next fall, especially with football and soccer. The Trojan gridders will be out to im­ prove upon their 3-5-1 record of last year, while the soccer team hopes for a very success­ ful season after losing just three men from last year's 7-3-2 squad.

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MSOE 7, NWC 1/MSOE 13, NWC 3 Perhaps the lack of outdoor practice took its toll on opening day, as the visitors rapped our pitching and found the holes in the defense.

They had been playing for several weeks prior to the games and looked much sharper that day.

NWC 9, EDGEWOOD 0/NWC 7, EDGEWOOD I Apparently, all it took was for the Tro­ jans to get their feet wet (not literally). They handled Edgewood in the second doubleheader of the year behind some outstanding pitching performances. In the first game. Senior Dave Voss got his first win of the year by pitching a no-hit ter\ Congratulations to Dave for his fine performance. In the second game, Fred Krieger gave up one run in the first and then held them scoreless the rest of the way, while we exploded for 5 runs in the sixth to break up a 1-1 tie.

BASEBALL Weather conditions, etc., hampered the pre­ season warm-up. but the baseball season is now well underway. The Trojans have a promising pitching staff with three regulars returning, and a solid, veteran group is back in the outfield. Some changes have been made in the infield, but the men there should come through also. The bench will be much needed for those long doubleheaders. Let's hope that as the weather gets hot. so will the bats. (May-

NWC 4, MBBC 3/NWC 4, MBBC 3 The Trojans swept two from cross-town rival Maranatha on April 25 in two close, ex­ citing games. This upped the team's record to 4 wins. 2 losses. They won their last four in a row.

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In the first game, MBBC jumped out ahead with a run after two scoreless innings. But •then we came back with three of our own,-in­ cluding two batted in by Doug Free’s homer into the right-lleld bleachers. We got one more after that and they rallied for two, but that wasn't enough, as winning pitcher Mark Henke stopped them cold in the sixth and seventh innings to cap the victory.

The Trojans had to come from behind in the second game. Down by one run going into the sixth, Maranatha got two runs to go ahead 3-2. But in the last of the seventh, Keith Free singled home Dave Kolander to tie the score at 3. Free then stole second, and with two out, Tom Pankow drove him in with a looper to right. Dave Voss picked up the win for the Trojans, raising his record to 2-1.

TENNIS Members of this year’s team are Seniors Mark Rieke, Mark Barenz, and Jim Proeber

(capt.), Junior Keith Tullberg, Sophs Bruce Bitter and Dan Balge, and Frosh Pete Zietlow.

Professor Eickniann is serving as the team's advisor.

In their First match of the year the Trojan netters lost to the Whitewater JV's by a score of 6-3. Winners for us were Zietlow and Bitter in singles, and Tullberg-Proeber in doubles.

At a tough Lawrence Invitational the team took seventh out of a Field of eight, topped by Marquette and Ripon. Bitter-Proeber won con­ solation in one doubles bracket.

GOLF The golf team won its First match of-the year over Lakeland and MATC. Team scores were NWC-349, Lakeland-379, and MATC-397.

Don Scheuerlein had the lowest score for us with an 84, one stroke off the best of the day.

Rich Warnecke and Mark Wagner also turned in good scores of 87 each.

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April 12 at Ripon we showed signs of im­ provement. NWC had several firsts there: John Beck (javelin and pole vault), Ken Nelson (high jump), Mile Relay Team (mile relay!), and Jim Nelson (triple jump).

April 22 NWC 101 M BBC 44 The Trojans took it to the Crusaders at Riverside on a beautiful Saturday morning. We had many firsts: Kuske-discus; K. Nelson-high jump, long jump, 880; J. Beck-pole vault, javelin; Favorite-mile, 3-mile; Frey-100,220; Gieschen-120 high hurdles, 440 intermediate hurdles; and the 440 and mile relays.

team in its second match, as they finished third behind Carroll and Ripon. Carroll won it with a 453 total, Ripon had 454, and we shot 471 (scores for 5-man teams). Tom Bchnke led our attack with an 88, while the rest finished close behind him.

The Trojans managed a third place among a field of four in their third meet of the year.

The team scores were: Ripon 331, Carroll 338, NWC 346, Lawrence 358. Don Scheuerlein had the best game for the Trojans with an 80. The team’s record against individual opponents is now 3-4.

TRACK March 14 Carroll HVi St. Norbert 60VS NWC 15 As the scores indicate, the track team got

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reedom is an idea that is almost taken for granted in our country. Americans have so many rights and freedoms-freedom of speech and the press, the right to assemble peace­ fully, and religious freedom, to name a fewthat they do not really show enough apprecia­ tion for them.

The freedom which we as Christians have special reasons to be thankful for is religious freedom. Many of the early settlers of North America came as fugitives of religious per­ secutions. Despite this fact, at times in our colonial history there were efforts to esta­ blish state churches and to punish religious dissenters. These events prompted the found­ ing fathers of our country to make provisions for religious toleration. These rights have been guaranteed by the first amendment to the Constitution, which reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establish­ ment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

The full importance of this freedom can­ not be totally realized until we consider the

examples of people who possess this freedom.

On Sunday morning on your way to church, how often have you thought of the freedom allowing you to assemble for wor­ ship? Or on your daily trips to chapel, how often have you thanked God for the wonder­ ful privilege to freely worship Him without the threat of a police raid on your service or having to face some sort of punishment for your beliefs?

What if we were to find these freedoms suddenly gone? There are many nations in the world that deprive their citizens of these rights. In these countries church-goers are fined, religious books and materials are confiscated and destroyed, homes where services are held are sometimes raided, Chris­ tian families arc broken up, and educational opportunities are sometimes withheld from Christian young people.

These examples should cause us to give more consideration to our religious freedom.

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parish in Gladstone and Rapid River, MI. Rev. Edmund Schulz C44), formerly of St. John's, Redwood Falls, MN, was installed in Grace Lutheran Church at Hutchinson, MN, on April 16, 1978.

Rev. Dale Arndt (’60). was installed as pastor of Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Minneap­ olis. MN, on April 23, 1978. Rev. Arndt formerly served St. John's congregation of New berg, WI. Rev. Ronald Mehlberg (’69). has accepted a call to serve Peace Lutheran Church in Van­ couver. WA, and will be installed on May 7.

1978. Pastor Mehlberg served Messiah Luther­ an Church in Nampa, ID.

s the new Alumni News editor, I have to admit that 1 am somewhat speechless.

Another year is swiftly drawing to a close with a mere three weeks left, and I sit here trying to think of how to begin the first Alumni Column of Volume 82. How I received this job is beyond me. The only reason I'm able to think of is that Professor Quam thought that l had outstanding writing abilities in his Intermediate Composition course this semester. It is prob­ able, therefore, that he recommended me highly. (Wait until he sees my short story next week!).

I'd like to thank the district contributors for the responses on such short notice. I'd also like to encourage everyone to contribute if they hear any news. Just send it to the under­ signed in care of NWC.

ANNIVERSARIES -Fox Valley Lutheran High School of Appleton, WI, celebrated its 25th anniversary on April 3, 1978. Rev. Wayne Borgwardt (’57), serves as principal.

- Riverview Lutheran School of Appleton, WI, will celebrate its 10th anniversary on May 21, 1978. Rev. Lyle L. Luchterhand (’64), serves as pastor.

Faith Lutheran congregation of Anchor­ age, AL, was privileged to celebrate its 10th anniversary together with the 20th anniversary in the Lord's service of Pastor David Zietlow ('54), on March 12, 1978.

CALLS Rev. I-red Fedke (’64), an instructor at Luther High School, Onalaska, WI, has accepted a call to the Copperbelt, Zambia, in Central Africa. No date has been set for his installation.

Rev. Mark Hanneman ( 69). who former­ ly served Beautiful Savior at Corvallis. OR, was installed on April 26. 1978. as pastor of National Evangelical Lutheran at Calumet, MI. Rev. Kurt Mahnke ('67), will be installed as pastor of First Lutheran of Prescott, AZ, on May 14. 1978. Pastor Mahnke formerly served St. Philips congregation of Milwaukee.

Rev. Luther Weindorl ( 54). has accepted a call to serve a congregation in North Holly­ wood, C'A, and will be installed on May 21.

197s. Pastor Weindorl' currentl\ serves a dual

DEDICATIONS St. Peter's congregation of Brodhead, WI. will dedicate a new educational wing to the Lord’s service on April 30, 1978. Rev. Paul Ziemer ('66), serves the congregation.

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Wenatchee, WA, dedicated a new parsonage on April 16, 1978. George Ferch (’71), serves as pastor.

-Shepherd of the Valley Luthern Church of Denver, CO, dedicated a new church on January 22, 1978. Rev. James Kuehl (’71), serves as pastor.

-Christ the Lord of Houston, TX, dedicated a new school building on April 2, 1978. Rev. Vilas Glaeske (’61), is their pastor.

opened in the fall of 1979 by St. Mark’s con­ gregation of Lincoln, NE. Rev. Kenneth Bode (’66), is their pastor.

SEM NOTES ENGAGEMENTS -Dennis Belter (’77), engaged to Rhoda Essmann (NPS ’75). A 1979 wedding is planned.

-Fred Casmer (’76), engaged to Susan Wherley.

-Marty Bauer to B.B.B. -Bill Bader?

BIRTHS -Pastor and Mrs. James Oldfield (’73), were blessed with the gift of a daughter, Jessica Ruth, on April 11, 1978. Rev. Old­ field 92rves Divine Peace of Renton, WA. -Pastor and Mrs. Steven Korth were blessed with the gift of a baby girl, Sarah Anne, on April 17, 1978. Pastor Korth (’73), serves a mission in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

-On March 13, 1978, Pastor and Mrs. Philip Scherwin (’68), were blessed with the gift of twin sons, Adam Michael and Matthew Paul. Pastor Scherwin serves Good Shepherd congregation of Cheyenne, WY. -Rev. and Mrs. Raymond Beckmann (’70), were blessed with the gift of a son, Jared Joel, on March 27, 1978. Pastor Beckmann serves St. John’s of Stanton, NE.

BIRTHS -Mr. and Mrs. James Bowman (’76), were blessed with the gift of a son, Nathanael, on March 8, 1978.

-Mr. and Mrs. David Laabs (’74), were blessed with the gift of a baby boy, Nathan David, on March 23, 1978.

MISCELLANEA —Randy Leifer is now a “Born-Again” Sent student.

—Kinder, never fear, G.A. is alive and lurking.

-Lee Punke takes soap along on Iris trips to New Ulm. —If Steve Steiner is unable to finish school for financial reasons or otherwise, rumor has it that a few skunks have offered him the use of their apartment.

Bob Rhyne is still a rebel.

—Cheryl Ladd and Miss Ft. Worth continue their battle for Tom Krigbaum's soul.

-Mitch Maloney is still in the hands of the Papists.

-House has room for one more.

- Meyer has been “de-muskratted.”

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had just had my seventh birthday when I came to realize how much my older broth­ er meant to me, what a dear friend he actually was, and how much I truly loved him. My family, Mom, Dad, Ted (“Theodore” when the folks were upset with him), and I had just moved from a fairly good-sized city, full of the usual hustle and bustle, the million and one streets that led to the same place, and, of course, the multitude of kids. It was because of these children whom I lost as friends through moving that I came to know Ted. My brother was three years older than I, and in the city we saw relatively little of each other, despite the fact that we lived under the same roof. Ted was always, always off some­ where with his own gang of friends, at some playground or park having a game of baseball.

His idol was Mickey Mantle, but of course he was everybody’s idol. It seemed that over half of Ted’s friends insisted on being called Mickey, whether they were good ball players or not.

Ted was better than all of them.

In some ways I think Ted felt just as bad about moving to the country as I did. I know he missed the house in the city. It was small, but cute and comfortable, and Mom always kept it clean. Ted loved it and missed it. He missed his friends too, but my brother was very likeable, and everybody knew that he would soon have'a hoard of boys to chum with, even in the country.

I was alone, terribly alone. I was shy, and

it was a sure bet that the friends I left in the city would be my last. The move was traumatic.

I missed everything: the house, sidewalks, big trucks, the train, the kids, and even the noise of the great city. Ted may have felt bad about the move, but he could never have felt the pain that I did. I was sick at least one day a week and always stayed in bed, just so that I could avoid school. I spoke less than ever before (I never was much of a talker), and never wanted to go anywhere. I even hated going to Sunday School now. I loved it in the city. 1 fell like dying, and at times I had wished my mother would come into my room and find me dead.

It was Ted who brought me out of this frame of mind. Of course, he had found many friends within a month's time, but he also felt some sort of loneliness. He sensed this loneli­ ness and homesickness in me too, and realized it was stronger. Let no one say that a tenyear-old is not capable of compassion. I know Ted felt sorry for me, but really didn’t know what to do about it. We were like strangers, as if all these years we had merely been living in the same boarding house.

One Saturday Ted asked me if I wanted to watch him play baseball. Although I was not very excited, I agreed to watch and answered with a simple “Sure.” I trailed him through the weed field behind our house, through a small, but dense woods to the baseball field.

It looked like another weed field to me, but Ted seemed terribly excited about it. Four Continued on page 38

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Continued from cover we would often make our trip back home through the corn fields, crawling on our stomachs through many of them to avoid being seen by “the enemy.” Our bony bodies, Bermuda shorts and white T-shirts almost always being covered with mud after this. We would never fail to get a licking from Mom, but the fun we had had was worth it.

Ted and I had become very close, and when it was time for him to start high school, I felt that same feeling of loneliness coming upon myself that I had felt several years earlier after the family moved. But Ted was not about to disappoint me. I waited for him every day after school. He was as eager to see me when he stepped off the bus as I was to sec him. Our hikes weren’t put aside, nor was anything else we did together. We still had our Saturday baseball games, and some even after school during the week. I had started playing the sum­ mer before, and Ted had always arranged it so that I would be on his team, even though I was not a good ball player. We seemed to do more together than ever before. The fact that we no longer went to school together did not keep us apart.

Christmas that year was very special. Dad had gotten a job at International Harvester (I don’t know what he did, though), and on Christmas Eve, shortly before we left for church, he brought home a Christmas tree.

We had not had one for several years. Ted and I rushed about the house looking for makeshiii ornaments for the tree. Even though only two strings of lights, a few clothes pins, Christ­ mas cards and ping-pong balls covered it, the tree was truly beautiful. Both Ted and I got new baseball gloves from Mom and Dad, and together we had given them a Christmas wreath we had made. That Christmas was beautiful, and for the first time I was glad we had moved those years before, and that I was where I was, and that my brother was there.

A week or so after Christmas Ted slipped on an ice patch on our driveway and broke his arm in two places. He was terribly depressed for a long period after that because he feared he would miss the baseball season at high school.

Dad’s favorite line for those several weeks

small piles of sticks had been placed strategi­ cally in the shape of a diamond; there was no backstop like in the city (uninvited, I had watched Ted play ball a few times there), and I could tell at once that the woods doubled as a home run fence. 1 wondered if a ball was ever lost.

I had never seen Ted so excited. Even before the game had started, Ted walked about in such a joyful manner, talking to other boys, smiling with the expectation that something fantastic was about to happen. But after Ted’s team arrived and taken the field, a sense of seriousness overtook him. He was the pitcher, and at that time reminded me of the baseball players I had seen on T.V. He wiped his head, touched the brim of his hat, wiped his hand, stood still, then threw the ball. He had an excellent arm, and I was proud of him. Pride­ something I had never felt for Ted before, and I wanted to be with him.

“Did you like the game?” Ted asked me as we came out of the woods on our way home.

“Sure. It was fine.” I hadn’t enjoyed the game as much as I enjoyed watching my brother. “You sure can hit far,” I commented about the two balls he had put in the woods.

Ted just smiled.

It seems strange to me now how my brother and I at those close, but so far away ages could have become friends and com­ panions, but I think it was because wc found in each other something of what we had left in the city. The Saturday baseball game became a part of our lives, and Ted no longer a^ked me to come, but knew I would. I loved i watch him play, and he loved having me there.

Wc began to do other things together too.

Our companionship had led us to take what we thought at the time were very long hikes into Whitccomb, a very small town some two and a half miles down the road we lived on. These hikes were a lot of fun, and we looked for­ ward to each one. We would imagine we were soldiers marching into town for rations, and from time to time one of us would get wounded in the leg and the other would have to support him as we limped down the road.

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“In a while. Just come here,” he answered.

What was so exciting? Maybe there was a baseball game today. Why wouldn’t Ted tell me? He walked about fifteen yards into the woods, stopped, and pulled on the snap of his coat pocket.

“What's going on, Ted?” I couldn’t stand it anymore. With a great smile on his skinny face, Ted pulled a half-smoked cigar out of his pocket along with two or three farmer’s matches.

“Dicky Jacobs gave it to me. Isn’t it great? He said it tastes great too. He smokes ’em all the time. His folks don’t care, Dicky says.”

We sat down against a tree as Ted struck a match and lit the remainder of the cigar. It didn’t smell bad, but I didn’t like the thought of putting my mouth on something that some­ one else already had, especially someone I didn’t know. But, Ted did, so I figured it was okay. After several puffs and several coughs, I began to feel a little dizzy.

“Do you feel funny, Ted?” “Well, I guess they’re supposed to do that.”

“Does Dicky Jacobs get dizzy?” I asked.

“Don’t know. Didn’t ask.” Ted took a few more puffs. He took another. He took one more puff. Then one more. Ted looked a little glassy eyed, but I knew he knew what he was doing.

I didn’t realize at first that Ted was throw­ ing up, but thought he was only spitting. Only when his vomit hit my bare legs did I realize that he was sick. In an instant the smell hit me and I found myself throwing up, and I didn’t care what it hit. We stayed in the woods, on our stomachs and all fours for nearly two hours, throwing up and recovering, and then throwing up and recovering again. We slept in the same room that night.

Mom thought it might be the flu bug. We didn’t argue. Ted and I stayed up half the night, talking and giggling. He told me about a girl at school he sort of liked, about the base­ ball team, about his teachers. He said two swear words and we even talked sort of dirty.

It was fun. We agreed that we were truly best

that Ted had his cast on were: “Come on, Teddy boy. There’s always next year. We’ll show ’em next year.” Somehow this just didn’t brighten his spirits. I tried too by making jokes about how bad the inside of Ted’s cast stunk, and by asking him if he ever bathed. A few times I poured honey down the cast, thinking that Ted would find it funny also. He did not, but he never got too upset, for he knew I meant well. He was very excited, though, on the day when the cast was to come off. He asked Mom if I could go along to watch it being removed. I couldn't believe how big Ted’s arm was when the cast came off, and how bad it really did smell. I made all sorts of “P-U” noises, and wc had quite a laugh.

Our biggest job that early spring was to get Ted’s arm into shape for baseball at his high school. Every afternoon we stuck together like glue and worked on his arm. From the time the bus dropped Ted off, until we had to search for the ball in the dark of the night in order to catch, because the sun had gone down, my brother and I would throw. I wanted him to be ready for baseball too. I knew how good he was, and knew he could make the team.

One afternoon when Ted jumped off the bus, he did not come to the front door, where I was waiting with his baseball glove, but headed around back and waved for me to follow.

Puzzled, I did so in silence. Walking very swiftly, he started through the weed field and towards the woods.

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Ted made the baseball team that year, and the next, and the next, and the next. He was most valuable player at his school the last two years and even led the team to the state finals. I was very proud of him and, as usual, we were still always together. I went to the same school as he his senior year and often thought about his graduation. It came with a basket of tears and just as many hugs, and I knew I’d miss him.

The Viet Nam conflict had bccirgoing on for several years when Ted graduated, and be­ fore he had a chance to choose between college or baseball, he was drafted and sent to Parris Island, a military training camp. I missed him dearly but had several friends of my own now to help pass the time. I felt like the boy tied to the mother’s apron strings; only the strings were my brother’s.

Ted wrote quite often and spoke mostly to me. He knew I could get along on my own without him, because he wrote “See, you arc, aren’t you.” I loved him a great deal. When he came home for two days that following fall, I hardly recognized him. He was much older, much bigger and more muscular, and he may have had a few whiskers, too. He was so sharp in his uniform. We laughed for two straight days, talking about the city and the country, and our friendship.

Ted was going to Viet Nam. He told us the night before he left, and in the morning we drove him into the city to catch his plane. On the way to the airport we drove past where our house should have been, where we had moved from all those years ago, and where we were so happy. It was gone, along with all of the houses around it. I felt like crying, but not in front of Ted. The remainder of the ride was silent.

We were nearly late for Ted’s plane, and the airport was a madhouse. The four of us ran to the departure gate and knew it had to be a short good-bye. After Mom and Dad, Ted stepped to me and shook my hand, turned and began to run.

“Ted!” He turned. “I love you.”

He smiled. “I love you, too.” I did not cry,

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person, and he taught me how to love. I miss him dearly and realize how selfish life can be.

Now from time to time, when I light up a cigar, I will think of him, and laugh.

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by Phil Henselin and Mark Albrecht Fortunately, NWC’s initiation has not had any fatalities. Nevertheless the lesson still is applicable to us. Last year, during the noon hour, the frosh played war games on the lawn.

Two sides armed with human battering rams rushed towards each other.

Fortunately, no major injuries occurred.

But the world has experienced innumerable instances of harmless fun transformed into tragic horror. The “but I thought the gun wasn’t loaded” or “it was only a dare" ex­ periences arc an example. What if some student had snapped his spine as he was rammed into the oncoming human wall? His plans to serve the Lord as a minister would have been dashed to the ground with his paralyzed body.

Not only did the initiation activities have the possibility of inflicting physical damages, but they also caused harm in other ways. In the weeks preceding initiation the Dean promised a week of fun—with assignments reduced. But the faculty simply could not stop teaching for a week. So when initiation week came, with the great amount of time taken up by the initiation and Homecoming activities, there was almost insufficient time to complete the daily assignments.

A group of students, for whom things

^^■he subject of initiation brings up senti■ ments and opinions for most people. Some have weak and almost nonchalant feelings, while others have rather vehement and violent thoughts.

Mr. M Sponholz, a science teacher at Onalaska Luther, annually told this woeful tale to each freshmen class around initiation time. Earlier in his life he was on an ocean­ going ship. One day the old seamen broke in a new shipmate. To make things interesting, they greased him up like a pig and chased him around on the deck. During the “fun” he slipped off the ship. The huge ship was not able to slow down and turn around in time—the ocean became his watery grave. A supposedly harmless initiation became the tragic death of an innocent victim.

Editor's Note—The opinions expressed in this editorial and the one that follows are those ot the author(s). They do not necessarily represent the positions of the Black and Red statf and the student body of Northwestern College. Readers' comments arc solicited and, as space permits, will be printed in forthcoming issues.

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don’t come so easily, said that they felt their studies were hurt by this. To get behind in a class like Latin or Greek at this crucial time meant problems for the rest of the year. This is a matter of priorities that are not difficult to choose from.

Even more significant than academic harm is the possible spiritual harm that initiation has produced. Initiation was not often carried on in a God-pleasing manner. A lack of Christian love was shown by both classes involved. For some of the sophomores it was the first time that they had spoken to many of the frehsmen.

Not until they could be unkind to or make fun of a frosh did they bother to speak to him. As the frosh were paraded about, there were in­ stances of foul language and various lewd remarks by members of both classes. How can young men, who will someday occupy a pul­ pit to tell God’s Iambs of the love of Jesus Christ rationalize this type of behavior?

Judge for yourself. Does initiation promote good will and love? Are you, as an initiator, a peacemaker? Is it edifying for spiritual growth?

Does it show forth the exemplary action of treating your neighbor as yourself, or of being your brother’s willing servant? Does your Bible anywhere promote the philosophy of “If your brother smites you on the right cheek, smite him back by really getting him during initiation?” God’s doesn’t.

Recently a group of sophomores were admonished by the Dean for sitting on the floor while waiting for the door of the class­ room to be opened. And even more recently a professor scolded a fellow student for coming to class with his shirt tails out. Both times the admonishment was justified on the grounds that this was not behavior befitting a young man entering the preaching ministry. Where did initiation, with its child-like behavior, get its dispensation?

Many people condone initiation on the assumption that it brings the freshmen class together. But look at all of the things they already have in common. If being the same religion, studying in the same college, sharing

the same problems of adjustment, having the same classes, and living together in the same dorm doesn’t bring them together, initiation won’t do it either.

Supposedly, initiation is to be an enjoy­ able time, a chance for the frosh to get to know both themselves and the school. And it would be if this world were a utopia. However, the devil is alive and well, even on the NWC campus. Tilings are going too far. Why? Be­ cause, whether you like it or not, not every sophomore on this campus is mature enough to handle this power. If you doubt it, look at our past record. Have any of our classmates, including ourselves, ever gone overboard on any of our other Christian liberties? I don’t think your memory is that short.

In I Corinthians 6:12, Paul tells us, “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things arc lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the powers of any.” This means we should have a good reason before we go ahead with initiation. It also means that we should not use our powers to take away the Christian liberties of the fresh­ men. In II Corinthians 6, beginning at verse 3, St. Paul urges us to remember our place in life.

People are watching us. We are tomorrow’s pastors. We will want to project a Christian image so “... that the ministry be not blamed.”

But initiation, you say, is a tradition. An action is not necessarily good because it is a tradition. The Catholic Church is filled with tradition. We all know how good their tradi­ tions are. Rather, consider the rights and wrongs and the advantages and disadvantages in judging the value of a tradition. It is harm­ ful and unnecessary for a college like North­ western.

If initiation should keep one student, one of God’s chosen servants, for whatever reason, mental, spiritual, or physical, from entering the preaching ministry, all those who passively approved of it or actively took part in it have some guilt to shoulder and ponder and explain to Higher Powers. With these risks, is there any reason to take the chance?

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An editorial

by Rick Johnson

f^jTiere has been, of late, much conversation by alumni centering on the apparent lack of what they term “school spirit.” I, a soon-tobe alumnus, have some very definite thoughts on the matter, thus the title of this article.

The first matter which must be attended to, is a definition of the term itself, school spirit. School spirit is not easily defined, since it connotes ideas as varied as the people who conceive the ideas. To some alumni, those who long since have left these “ivy halls,” school spirit is a handle attached to a warm senti­ mentality which even a mention of NWC arouses in them. But to present NWC students, this concept holds little meaning, for they have not had the advantage of time, a salve for unpleasantries and a memory jog for happiness.

Other alumni might associate school spirit with the performances of athletic teams and their support by the student body. They dwell on the memories invoked by such phrases as: Coach Umnus, NWC vs. Stout, NWC vs. Lake­ land, the Gateway Athletic Conference, and so on. And this connotation might fit very well for those who walked this campus in the glory years of NWC athletics. But what about those years when the athletic teams were less success­ ful; does school spirit sink into oblivion? What of those of us now on this campus who have seen in the main, mediocre athletic seasons, what’s left for us? What is school spirit for today, the NWC student of the present? I personally do not have any cut-and-dried, canned definition of school spirit. But 1 can say what 1 believe school spirit hinges on. School spirit swings on the hinge of enjoying one’s activities here at NWC. Campus life must be

fun; and by fun I mean every aspect of life at NWC, with the possible exception of studies.

For no matter how interesting, stimulating, or challenging my studies in the past have been, I have seldom if ever found them to be fun.

It was, however, for this work that we set foot on this campus in the first place.

Logically, then, the next issue should be concerned with fun and enjoyment at and of NWC. Just as the old adage states, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” so it is also for the NWC student. The extracurricular activities were placed here and are maintained for the use and enjoyment of the student; but the only way to enjoy them is to use them to the hilt. To experience the thrill of NWC football, one must either play or be an active and noisy fan. Both are ways of participating, and each has its peculiar enjoyment. Being a NWC fan is a particular opportunity for fun which is open only to a NWC student; and all a NWC student has to do is participate. Only by singing in the Touring Chorus or by attend­ ing a concert can the tingling emotion in the “Church’s One Foundation” be felt. To parti­ cipate in or attend a Forum production is to know the magic of seeing the written word leap from dormancy to life. But you must be there. The one catch to enjoyment at and of NWC is that it demands involvement. Whatever effort you put into the life on campus will reflect in the pleasure which you draw from it.

This is the key; if you enjoy NWC, then the warm sentiments, the fond memories and the rest will follow. The only means to school spirit is to enjoy, and the only way to enjoy is to participate.

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by Norval Kock

The “Daddy of ’Em All” ¥Xrhat sport involves a struggle between man " " and animal, is held on a completely dirt field, and utilizes the antics of clowns and the voice of a play-by-play announcer? Yaaahooo!

It’s a rodeo!

This past summer I was able to attend what is called the world’s number one rodeo—the “Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo.” For about twelve days the capital city of Wyoming be­ came the center of cowboy activity in the entire West as it hosted the 82nd annual “Daddy of ’Em All.” Although this type of sporting event is relatively unfamiliar to most Midwesterners, this particular Midwesterner found it quite thrilling. So, allow me to tell you a bit about the sport of rodeo at its best.

The main attraction at Cheyenne Frontier Days was definitely the daily rodeo. Each afternoon thousands would gather at Frontier Park to watch professional cowboys do their stuff. And what they did! There were several different events in which these men partici­ pated, all requiring a special skill. There were two preliminary rounds called “Go-rounds,” which enabled the cowboys with the best scores to advance to the finals, which took place on the last day of the rodeo.

One of these events is calf roping. This event offers the richest purse of them all, but for what reason I don’t know. It doesn’t seem to require any more skill than the other events do. Nevertheless, here’s how it goes.

First, an unsuspecting calf is let out of a pen on the far side of the stadium. Once it has strayed about twenty feet beyond the pen, the cowboy begins his pursuit of the animal atop his horse. When he is in a good position to do so, he attempts to rope the calf around its young horns—and it has to be around the horns only. Once he has the animal lassoed,

the cowboy jumps from his horse and ties the animal’s four legs together with two twists of the rope. Meanwhile, his trained horse is keeping the first rope taut between the saddle and the calf, so that the animal will not be able to use any slack to get up and run. The cow­ boy’s time is then officially recorded, the calf set free, and the next contestant gets ready for his turn. Any cowboy who starts out after the calf too soon is disqualified for that round.

And if he misses roping the calf with his first cast, he can try again with a spare rope, al­ though his time is already pretty high.

An event similar to calf-roping is steer wrestling. The procedure is the same, except that the cowboy doesn’t rope the animal, but jumps off his horse, grabs the steer by its large horns, and wrestles it to a down position on the dirt. The best times for this event were under ten seconds. But timing has to be perfect to jump from a running horse to a running steer. Often the cowboy is dragged for several yards by the steer before digging his boot-heels in and stopping the animal.

The other events started out in the middle of the field on the far side of the stadium.

Eight chutes were situated there, out of which the animals would spring. Bronc riding is one of these events, actually consisting of two variations—saddle bronc riding and bareback riding. In both of these, the cowboy mounts the wild horse behind the gate and is then let out onto the field. Once that gate opens, the cowboy is in for a real ride. The horse’s legs fly into the air, and his neck twists every which way. Some sort of strap is tied to each horse to make him buck even harder. Incidentally, the horses used in the rodeo are rated according to their bucking ability. One horse was even named the top bucking horse of the year for

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Similar to bronc riding is the event that I liked best. The only difference is that a differ­ ent animal is ridden-a Brahma bull. Let me tell, you, those creatures are gigantic! I wouldn’t go near one while I was inside a car, much less sit on top of one. When these beasts are let out of their cage with a foreign being on their backs, it is real excitement! I’d say almost half the cowboys have to bite the dust in this event, but the good ones arc able to ride it out. It is especially appealing to the judges for points when the bull spins around in a circle as well as bucks.

I referred earlier to the clowns. They do play an important part in rodeo, especially in the bull-riding event. After a cowboy has been thrown, or has finished his ride and dis­ mounted—if you can call it that—it is the job of the clowns to attract the attention of the bull when he's looking for someone to vent his anger on. Many times the clowns themselves run into hairy situations and frantically escape the charging bull, while at the same time a cowboy is saved from the fury of the beast he has dared to trespass upon.

There are a few other events worth men­ tioning, including horse races around the track that encircled the infield; a pony race, in which ponies are released to run to their mammas a few hundred yards away, and the owner of the fastest pony wins the money; a wild horse race at the end of each day, where 3-man teams try to saddle a wild horse, get a rider on top and ride the mad animal once around the track, and chuckwagon races before each night

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show. These chuckwagon races are not always safe. In fact, one night a wagon tipped over right on top of the driver, while the horse team kept pulling the wagon along. Luckily he didn’t receive a serious injury. For some reason or other, all the drivers in these races were Canadian.

The events in the rodeo were spectacular enough, I thought, but one thing that con­ tributed to maintaining interest was the con­ stant action. Except for a few comical acts put on by the clowns once in a while, there were no time outs.

Rodeo is a unique sport, in that a special breed of people participate in it and watch it.

It brings out a little of the wild old west that was and still is. The ol’ cowboy with his hat, jeans and boots; the pretty cowgirls riding on majestic horses; clear blue sky and wide-open spaces. I think most non-Westemers would enjoy seeing such a rodeo as the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. It was a sporting event around which an entire week of celebration was built--parades, night shows, a carnival, and free pancake breakfasts downtown.. .1 could clearly see why it is the “Daddy of’Em AH.”

T t is with a measure of sadness that this B new C & C tag-team watches the summer meander on from dandelion and rose to goldenrod and gladiolas. However, take heart, the sun still occasionally shines brightly enough for the Dean of Men to wear his "Hollywood Ed” sunglasses out to football practice. By now all the “old faces, new faces” speeches and other painfully worn cliches are fading to weak echoes, and everyone is settled in, except for Bruce Bitter, who hasn't found time to unpack his car yet. Thoughts turn again to Saturday football wars, the first Arnic Chorus practice, pep rallies, soccer, how many games the Packers will lose by 20 points or more, and, inevitably, the first smouldering and brash “Campus and Classroom” of the year.

Returning veterans will be happy to note that regular viewing hours are again available for students and faculty to see Rog Kuerth’s “A Tribute to Myself.” This unpretentious

little display of about twenty or so Prep and College “N’s” threatens to smother the east wall of Rog’s Wartburg penthouse suite. This is the missing link (the display, not the tutor) between the (Jmnus and Thompson eras in Northwestern athletics. Freshman are especially encouraged to see this piece of Northwestern history.

To steal a line from Mark Twain, there may be, on occasion, parts of this column that we are prepared to negotiate at about a 50# discount. However, this next item is true.

Millions of people the world over looked to Rome a few weeks ago as some ponderous machinery cranked into gear, and age-old customs were dusted off and brought out into the light for the first time in many years. A Pope had died, and a new one needed to be elected.

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One of the all-time best bodies-for-lctters spellings of “Northwestern” occurred one evening a few weeks ago at a pep rally in the old gym (oh, all right, the Music-Auditorium).

The bodies were ably provided by live fresh­ men: Rick Russow, Mark Wcsscl, Eric Zimmer­ man, Dan Marshall, and Phil Hirsch. Wcsscl contorted himself into a creditable “S”.

Teamwork provided an identifiable though somewhat shoddy “R”, but the highlight of the show was when Zimmy hoisted Wessel bodily over his head to form a “T”. Their (really Zimmerman’s) effort brought the crowd to its feet and certainly outshone the feeble single-man-with-arms-sprcad of previous years.

Who would have thought the little wimp had it in him?

Since Rick Johnson seems to have been seized by the school spirit geist (sec article in this issue) we’d like to bolster his appeal with a little additional impetus. Another figure on campus of about Johnson’s calibre is our beloved Wittenberg janny, Gullywhompcr. 1 overheard him talking to someone the other day in the stairwell. While tying my tennies, I heard him remarking concerning his virtues as Janitor 1st class: “Yeah, before I started doin’ the floors in the library building, they were in terrible shape. But now since I been waxin’ ’em, three ladies fell down so far.”

That's dedication.

Upon returning to Watertown each fall, one notes certain new additions to the campus.

Last year it was the chapel loudspeakers that Coach Thompson donated in appreciation of the education his children received at NWC. This year a casual glance reveals four cedar benches under the bclltower. They sure are a good idea, and I imagine are going to see a lot of action, mostly for things like cleaning fish, or as supports for cocoanut-oiled bodies in spring, vying for world-class tans. Hats off to the architect and the planning committee!

Speaking of the belltowcr, we’re sure

much publicized. I was most intrigued to read about some of the cobwebby customs that sur­ faced in the Vatican, made much more colorful by the advanced technological era against which they were highlighted.

We arc told that when the former Pontiffs death seemed imminent, his monsignor attend­ ant solemnly spoke the words “Vere, vere,Papa mortuus cst,” and then struck the Pope’s head three times with a silver mallet. Now whether this had a symbolic meaning, or merely seemed necessary at the time, is a matter open to con­ jecture. Hmmm. This is indeed a strange world we live in.

While we’re on the subject, and we prob­ ably shouldn’t be in the first place, but did you notice, while you read the accounts of the goings on in the Vatican, that the reporters kept interjecting little Latin phrases into their accounts? Presumably this added credence to their reports. It seems as though by using this ploy they were saying, “Hey-I’m hip enough to know what all these little buggers mean cuz I was there, man.” Terms like “papabili,” meaning all the cardinals that were candidates for election; the role of the pope being one concerning “urbi ct orbi”; and a whole host of others. I was wondering why we heard nothing of the “bones ex elosetto” (skeletons in the closet) or “pcs in orum,”(foot in mouth).

Anyway, carry on gaily.

Our own dear pope has been in office for quite some time himself. Perhaps it is time to think about electing ourselves a new man for the position. We could have the balloting deep in the shadowy caverns of one of the mysteri­ ous and forbidden rooms on campus—maybe Prof. Kirst’s black hole in Room 203, or in Amie’s office down in the caverns of the MusicAuditorium. When our College of Cardinals has reached a decision, in lieu of bales of straw such as they use in Rome, we could bum old tennis shoes and shoulder pads to announce by smoke that a new champ has been crowned. On to Berlin.

Somewhere in my readings (groan) I ran across this food for thought, by an obviously anti-ERA debutante: “Horses sweat; men perspire; but women merely glow.” I accepted this at face value, until I was studying Hebrew 48

up the bill with his last table, he was heard to remark, “Sir, your change is $7.13. Do you want it?” Discreet kid.

It’s an uncomfortable time for all when these steamy blankets of muggy, hot weather roll over our campus. Classes can deteriorate into studies in mutual frustration, with stu­ dents immobilized and stuck to their seats, physically unable to raise their hands. The professors struggle valiantly to rally wandering imaginations, and somehow make begadkephaths seem relevant to occupants of a sauna bath. It is at this time that some of the niftiest character sketches can be observed by the alert martyr. Heads bent low, honest perspira­ tion in evidence, the class seems to be in limbo somewhere between death and life. Hair­ styles become hideous-the guy next to you looks like a clump of seaweed washed up on a rock. Olfactory insights identify Converse tennies dying of damp rot, and socks smelling like something long dead and several times

that we aren’t the only ones waiting with bated breath for the first peals of bronze thunder to come echoing off the runway down to the gym. If we don’t hear it pretty soon, maybe some S.W.A.T. team or tactical squad could capture it and hotwire it with a car battery and a spoon. It would make a dandy dirge at 6:00 a.m. some Saturday morning.

Ross Ulrich and Jim Janke started working as waiters at the Gobbler last Sunday night.

After a short time Ross suddenly found himself with more tables to serve than he could handle.

It was apparent that the pressure was taking its toll on both the customers and Ross. Finally, one impatient diner bellowed “Hey waiter!

Whaddya gotta do to get some water around here?” In his characteristically diplomatic manner, Ross spit back at 100 decibels, “Why don’t you try setting yourself on fire?”

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buried. The professors droop, too. Usually the necktie is the culprit, lying draped across shirt in ways unimagined by the manufacturers; the hem of the shirt often mutinies in several places, and bolts for freedom. Tempers become short, and nothing more than a fly prospecting a student’s ear may explode into bedlam.

From where a scant five seconds before a man sat who might have been described by fellows as a most august and scholarly student, now comes a caterwauling, hound chorus from Uncle Tom’s Cabin, or the precise imitation of an Indian elephant being tortured by a mad bwana. Flies are such unsightly little goomers, aren’t they?

The nights are not much better than the days. The entire dormitory is invaded by con­ ventions of those little green guys, that look like miniature Hying cobs of corn with the husk on. Don’t even bother closing your door, guys, or locking and puttying up the window.

They have ways to get in. Particularly unnerv­ ing is one of these chartreuse divebombers hurtling out of the clouds near the ceiling, slashing within a hair of your face, and encor­ ing by doing an amazing assortment of barrel rolls, tailspins, Immelman turns, and dead falls in that parade ground between the wall and your bed, underneath your bookshelf. This arena also affords them asylum when the circus is no longer appreciated and they have to head for the hills. We have a standing offer: To the student who perfects an inexpensive and accurate weapon for use in combat with these little sockers: You win our combined plates of veal cordon bleu the next time this delicacy is served in the cafe. Is it a deal?

Sincere condolences are offered to the ’78-’79 Junior Class of the Seminary for the banishment of G.A. from their schedule. We understand that some among us feel differently.

We, however, are sorry to see a proven tradi­ tion stolen away before our class has had an opportunity to participate in a drama both integral and instrumental to the bonding of a class into a cemented unit. Our hopes lie with its speedy recovery, and reappearance on the scene at Mequon for the fall of 1979-80 school year. We’re capable of handling it.

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class out in the pasture west of the dorms last week. Was it to enjoy the sunny weather or save the rest of school from Pontel’s anemic attempts at poetry?.. .Dan Balge’s car either has psoriasis, an attack of com smut, or else somebody tried to wax it with mayonnaise...

Prep instructors Bitter and Jeske can’t believe how great it is to teach Prep classes; it’s the only way cither of the two blokes can get a captive audience with females.. .Tim Kant answered the phone this way the other day: “No, Larry’s not in right now. This is his 5 foot eight inch, 160 lb. roomie with dark brown hair and dreamy brown eyes”. . .

Dave Voss will be back on campus next Sunday night in the chapel for a special service. He will formally turn over his canteen key to little brother Jon. All the NWC family is invited...

So Long!

men.. .Norm Burger is looking for one good woman.. .With mixed emotions, we report that after two days in the hospital, Tim Lindloff took a turn for the nurse.. .Rock Lake is now the fashionable place to spend those hot and lazy Tuesday afternoons (shades of the Riviera).. .The Towering inFurno has assumed the title of “Protector of Morals” on 3rd floor Witt. . .Tutor Brenner is wondering what comes after Sem Panic.. .If Rawerts doesn’t stop yodeling during the siesta hours of the afternoon, he’s gonna have the novel exper­ ience of trying to yodel from under six feet of dirt on Oak Hill.. .Shanny got the Frau a diamond (Summer, 1980, is the magic time for the happy couple-how sweet!).. .It’s OK now to make Mary Kay jokes in Sorum’s room-a new flame is streaking cast for Homecoming.. .

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both physically and mentally, they will not only not beat themselves, but will beat their opponents as well.

Let’s take a look at the team for ’78, starting with the offense.

At quarterback, Mark Mueller will step back into the starting position. He had a full year of experience there last year as a sopho­ more, which should help him lead this year’s attack even better. Behind him at running back will be sophomore Joe Dietrich, John Beck, freshman Craig Wiebusch, and several others who will be pressing for duty. Doug Free, the

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But for last year’s team, that is exactly what proved to be the downfall in the five losses they had. This year's team has the potential to be a good one, and if they execute well.

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this time Kurt Mueller picked one off to stop their drive. However, Lawrence regained possession in our territory after the Trojan offense failed to mount a drive, and Petran ran it in for a 3-yard score. The half ended with Lawrence having a 7-0 lead.

The second half did not go as well for the Trojans, and the defense couldn't keep coming up with big plays all afternoon. Lawrence quarterback Petran hit his receivers with short passes that set up three touchdowns in the half.

The Trojan offense moved the ball somewhat via passes from Mark Mueller to Doug Free, and power runs by Joe Dietrich; but the Tro­ jans never really threatened the Lawrence goal line. The final score was 28-0.

lone senior starter on offense, will be the flanker. Phil Hirsch, Tom Pankow and Norm Burger will make up the other main receiving corps. The offensive line looks big this year and has the potential to hold off opposing defenses.

Among the regulars will be freshmen Eric Zimmerman and Dan Marshall, John Kuske and Mike Biedcnbcnder, Leroy Dux, Charlie Gumm and Tom Schneider.

On the defensive side experience will be the key. Most of the starters from last year are back. Returning as veterans in the line will be Pete Kiecker, A1 Sorum, Jerry Ewings, Steve Hein, and Don Seelhoff. The linebacking chores will be handled by Mark Voss, Ross Ulrich. Larry Olson, and defensive captain Dave Kolander. Among the backfield men will be Mark Kolander and Kurt Mueller at safety, and Steve Schlicht and Rich Gurgcl at cornerback.

Due to unfortunate injuries, several Trojan players will miss cither most or all of the '78 season. Their abilities on the field will surely be missed, but we hope the depth of the team will make up for the losses. We wish all of them successful recoveries.

The enthusiasm and power of the offense along with the experience and strength of the defense should lead up to a successful, exciting season for this year's Trojan team! Come on out and support the '78 team.

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The Trojans unleashed an explosive offen­ sive showing late in this game to defeat Beloit by a substantial margin. The first half was primarily a defensive battle, ending at 0-0.

While the Trojan defense continued to stop Beloit in the second half, Beloit’s defense could not contain the Trojan offense. In the third quarter, the offense moved the ball on a long, sustained drive setting up a 4-yard run by Craig Wiebusch. After three it was 8-0.

Beloit then put together a drive of their own to make the game closer at 8-6 early in the fourth quarter. But NWC then reeled off three more touchdowns to cap the win. Joe Dietrich romped 67 yards for one score, Mueller sneaked across the line for another, and Dietrich scored again from 14 yards out to make the final, 28-6.

Joe Dietrich had 166 yards rushing to lead the Trojan attack, while Craig Wiebusch had 86. The defense held Beloit to just 33 yards rushing and also had 4 interceptions. Both offense and defense showed strength and bright hopes for the upcoming games.

NWC 0 Lawrence 28 NWC opened its season at home against Lawrence University, a team that was highly rated across the country in its division. Last year Lawrence had trounced us badly, but the team seemed optimistic that it could give the Vikings a real surprise this time. And in the first half, it looked like the Trojans might be able to pull off an upset.

Lawrence took the opening kickoff and marched right down to our 13 yard line. But safety Mark Kolander stepped in front of a Jim Petran pass to thwart the early threat.

After that neither team threatened in the first quarter, which ended at 0-0.

In the second quarter Lawrence again moved the ball down close to our goal line. But

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campus, and this year again is no exception.

A total of 36 players will make up the team, including 14 new members, all of whom will be aiming at another successful season. I say “another," because last year was indeed suc­ cessful. The team ended up with a 7-3-2 record, the best ever here at NWC. They finished 3rd in the conference behind Whitewater (now departed) and Maranatha.

Now this is a new year with a new chance to win conference. The team has quite a bit of experience, a lot of depth, and good overall speed.

Some of the returnees who started for last year’s squad are: forwards Fred Kriegcr, Tim Henning, and player-coach Keith Bilitz, who was second in the conference last year in scor­ ing, fullbacks Mike Loescher, Paul Marggraf and Bill Favorite: halfbacks Tom Fricke, Mark Birkholz, Scott Spaulding and Pete Zietlow; and Dave Clark in goal.

The season will undoubtedly be tough for the Trojan team, but as Coach Bilitz stated, “If they want it, they’ll win it." Of course, enthusiasm from the fans will be appreciated by the team, and can also help make the season truly victorious. Come on out and watch the NWC Soccer team perform.

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The Trojans crossed town on a cold, rainy afternoon to take on rival Maranatha. Re­ membering how they had defeated us twice last year, the team was really keyed up for this one, along with the many fans who came to support them. The Trojans scored 3 goals in the first half and held on to win 3-2.

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natha scored twice in the second half, but came up short the rest of the match, and it was a sweet victory for the Trojans.

NWC 6 Lakeland 0 -i

The Trojans played their first home game of the year in a non-conference match against Lakeland, and put on quite a show. The team scored 6 times while the three goalies shut out Lakeland. Everyone on the team saw action, and the subs showed bright prospects for the future while they were in. Fred Kricger scored a hat-trick and Tim Henning added one, while freshman Russ Johnson got two.

Members of the team this year are Steve Witte, Ken Nelson, Jim Schmeling, Joel Suckow, and Paul Birsching. The team has participated in two meets so far. At the Waukesha Tech Invitational, the Trojan runners finished fifth out of twelve teams. At our own Northwestern Invitational, the team came in fifth out of ten schools.

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SBvotfjet*" program SXRtgeft 9ic3ult$ surroundings and even stranger loneliness are often still a crushing reality. Some of us still pass each day wondering if we will make it to the next. A new group of young men has taken the place oflast year's Freshman class.

It was for the sake of these newcomers that an attempt was made last year to wel­ come those who come to share the labors of preparing for work in the Lord's Kingdom with us. At no other time in the history of North­ western College has such an effort been made.

Last summer students from this “school of the prophets" became “Big Brothers" in order to help case the adjustment of new students who would arrive on our campus this fall. Of the seventy-six men who now make up the Fresh­ man class, forty-six .\yere assigned as “Little Brothers” to an equal number of “Big Broth­ ers." Most NPS graduates weren't assigned and some applications weren't received early

$ow well do you remember your first few

days here at Northwestern? Do you remem­ ber how strange your surroundings seemed as you viewed them through your Freshman eyes?

Can you still see the many unfamiliar faces and hear the calls of upperclassmen as they greeted old friends? Maybe you were a North­ western Prep graduate and not at all surprised by anything that you saw. Or maybe you came with a few classmates from an area high school or a synodical academy and even knew a few of the alumni from your Alma Mater who had come here before you. On the other hand, maybe you didn’t know anyone. Perhaps you were away from home for the first lime in your life-alone.

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Q: Did it make you feel a little less appre­ hensive about coming to NWC just to know that someone knew your name and would be here to greet you when you arrived?

Six answers indicated that no such feelings were felt. But there were twenty-four men who said that the letters did ease their apprehen­ sion.

enough to allow us to get the name and addresses out before Orientation Day. In order to determine how effective we were in our efforts to help them, I circulated a questionnaire among the “Little Brothers.”

The answers to the questions varied as might be expected, but the overall response was the same. Those who received such letters were glad to get them. The questions and a sampling of the replies are included below.

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This aspect of the “Big Brother” Program, which in my mind was one of its most impor­ tant functions, was rather disappointing.

Sixteen Freshmen remarked about how good it felt to have an upperclassman come over just to talk to them. But eighteen “Little Broth­ ers” never had the pleasure. A few went to find their “Big Brothers” themselves. Some accidentally ran into them on campus and met them that way. Some still don’t have any idea who their “Big Brothers” are.

Q: What did you think last summer when you suddenly received a letter from a student going to NWC? The approval was overwhelming! One stu­ dent said: “I was glad to know I had someone to talk to if I had any questions.” Another wrote: “I thought it showed interest on the part of the school that they would assign some­ one to write to us. I was quite pleased and sur­ prised.”

Q: Were there things that you were concerned about with which he could help you?

Eighteen men indicated that they had no pressing concerns. Eleven, however, did. Some of the ones mentioned were: laundry, library, gym rules, books, and dorm rules. One person wrote: “My ‘Big Brother’ was very reassuring.

I was somewhat hesitant as to my ability to handle four languages. But he reassured me that I could, with the Lord’s help, make it here at Northwestern.”

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Those who received such a visit usually enjoyed more than one of them. One “Big Brother” has even paid six visits to his new­ found friend. It is also good to notice how often many of these students stop and talk to their “Little Brothers” when they see them on campus.

Q: Does it help to make you feel a little more at home to have a "Big Brother ” here?

Five didn't give a definite yes or no.

Eleven said it didn’t make any real difference to them. Sixteen others, however, noted that they do feel more at home because of the presence of their “Big Brothers.” Some in­ dicated how it helps them: “I still enjoy seeing him around. It’s fun to know a Senior.”

“If we could have gotten together, it would have helped.”

Q: How many letters did you get from him?

Four “Little Brothers” actually received two letters from genuinely concerned upper­ classmen. Twenty-four were happily surprised with one letter of greeting from their “Big Brothers.” Eighteen unfortunates didn’t receive the letters they should have received.

Q' Did you write back?

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Three men gave no response. Twenty said that they felt it is living up to its name. Ten others didn’t think so.

Q: How often?

All but one, who continued the correspond­ ence through two letters, said that they replied once.

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Q: How do you think it could be improved?

Everyone seemed to think that it could be made more effective in one way or another.

Many gave some very helpful suggestions: “Make personal contact with the ‘Little Brother' as soon as possible.” ‘‘Write at the beginning of the summer.”

“Maybe have a picnic for the ‘Brothers’ at the start of the school year.”

“I would have appreciated it more if he’d been here Sunday night instead of Monday.

Maybe it couldn't be helped, but the first night is the worst.”

“Maybe he could explain in his letters where the new student could find the ‘Big Brother' when he first arrives on campus. Then the ‘Big Brother’ could direct him to places of registration and such.”

“It would help if the ‘Big Brother' would write a little sooner. Maybe once people realize the significance of the program, they can better prepare themselves and help the incoming Freshmen.”

“First, make sure that the ‘Big Brother’ pays the Freshman a visit at Northwestern. Next, when writing the first letter to the Freshman, the ‘Big Brother' principle should be empha­ sized more. My impressions of the intention of my ‘Big Brother’ were that he was simply there as an ‘answer man’ if 1 had any ques­ tions about my coming here.”

“Every new coming Freshman should have one /a Big Brother/ who meets him when he comes (the same day of arrival or at least the second day).”

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Although we have apparently been success­ ful in our attempt to welcome these new stu­ dents, we haven’t done as well as we could have.

I tried to figure out why only twenty-eight of the forty-six “Little Brothers” who were assigned actually received their letters. Be­ cause of this fact we missed eighteen Fresh­ men who could have benefitted along with the rest. My findings varied. In one case a Big Brother” did not return to school this fail, and so his letter was never written. In another instance a mixup occurred between myself and a possible “Big Brother.” Five “Big Brothers” received their names and addresses so early last spring that is it understandable that they might have lost them or forgotten about them.

A letter to remind them of these details should

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like our “Little Brothers” help us continue.

To those who took the time to answer the questionnaires and return them on such short notice I would also like to express my apprecia­ tion. Your comments really will help us to reach more Freshmen next year and do a more rewarding job of it, both for them and also for ourselves. For when we help each other through these rough times, we are already involved in the work of the Lord. I hope you who were the first “Little Brothers” will remember vividly how you felt the first time you came among us. And then when the re­ quest is made for “Big Brothers” again this year, you will be the first to say, “Let me help!” Your observations on the shortcomings of this year's efforts will help you and the rest of us to be even more effective when we try again.

With support from men like all of you who put into practice the fact that you are proud of this school and what it stands for, we will follow the suggestion which one “Little Broth­ er” made: “I think it is a very good program.

Definitely continue it.”

have been sent out to them about the middle of the summer. Unfortunately, eight “Big Brothers” did get their necessary information in plenty of time to write, but didn't. It is possible that some of these letters were sent and never reached their destinations. As was expected, a few letters were not sent because the names could not be assigned until after August 10. Yet it is very gratifying to see that a number of those involved in such circum­ stances still made it a point to find their “Little Brothers” after they arrived, even though theydidn't have a chance to write to them earlier.

So there is definitely room for improvement both by those involved with writing the letters and by the undersigned in organizing and dis­ pensing the information. This was pointed out most clearly by one Freshman, who comment­ ed: This program should be run more effi­ ciently."

1 would like to extend my thanks to all of the students who helped with this program.

You who wrote the letters and took the time to find the Freshmen when they arrived, went out of your way to demonstrate the spirit of brotherly love and concern that we would

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MARK KRAUSE

wmmmSk ILWifil 0f nother summer has come and gone, and we ^ have crossed the threshhold of yet another school year. Over the summer and the past week of school the mailman delivered many items of interest to the Alumni Editor. Among these are the Seminary graduates of last year.

This is another demonstration of God's abun­ dant blessings upon our Synod and its task of spreading the Gospel.

We also have news of an alumnus who has excelled in another field. Due to the fact that at deadline for this issue the Scm had only been in session for three days, we have no

Sent Notes. Please bear with us; we'll have a double portion next month.

WISCONSIN LUTHERAN SEMINARY GRADUATES OF 1978 David D. Babinec, Mark R. Bitter, Marcus R. Bode, Mark E. Braun, W. Paul Brinkman, Rick N. Curia, Walter C. Davidson, John H. Dolan, Michael A. Frick, John W. Gawrisch, Beck H. Goldbeck, Roger A. Grosnick, Mark S. Grubbs, Daniel M. Hcnnig, William E. Herr­ mann, Wayne C. Hilgendorf, Michael L. Hintz, 58

E Lynn S, Hukcc, Kenneth R. Jalinke, Robert Q. Jensen, Mark A. Jeske, Mark J, Johnston, Peter R. Kassulke, Dennis A. Kleist, David W. Laabs, Paul D. Lehninger, Allen L. Lindke, James W, Lindloff, Joel T. Luctke, Matthew T. Majovski, Marcus P. Manthey, John Mattek, Terry B. Nuckolls, Charles W. Papcnfuss, Mark R. Porinsky, Dale L. Racther, Jonathan E. Rimmert, Jonathan U. Rupprecht, Paul A. Scharrer, Paul M. Schmcling, John C. Schneidcrvin, Gregg P. Schoencck, Gary F. Schult, David F. Schultz, Roger W. Schultz, Thomas A. Schulz, Robert J. Schumann, Philip L. Schupmann, Richard C. Schwerin, Mark L. Schwcrtfeger, Stephen A. Smith, Gregory D. Stahlecker, Richard D. Starr, David H. Sternberg, Elton C. Stroll, Mark K. Toepel, Michael A. Turriff, Thomas A. Valleskey, Duane R. Vanselow, Neil R. Varnum, John E. Warmuth, Glenn E. Wenzel, James G. Witt III.

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-Rev. Mark Krueger (’70), currently serving Trinity Lutheran of Temple, TX, has accepted a call to the Bible Institute in Zam­ bia, Africa.

-Rev. Leroy Dobberstein (’55), was in­ stalled on July 23, 1978, as pastor of St. Paul’s, Algoma, WI. Pastor Dobberstein form­ erly served as associate pastor at St. Paul’s in New Ulm, MN. -Rev. Charles Schlei (’47), was installed on July 30, 1978, as Civilian Chaplain in Europe.

Rev. Schlei served Bethlehem Lutheran in Hortonvillc, WI. -Rev. John Mattek (’47), formerly of Trinity in Kaukauna, WI, was installed as pastor of St. Peter’s, Sturgeon Bay, WI, on August 13, 1978.

-Rev. Alan R. Klcssig (’69), was installed as pastor of St. Paul’s in Marquette, MI, on August 27, 1978. Rev, Klessig also serves Faith Lutheran Church of Marquette, MI. -Rev. Carl E. Pagel (’62), was installed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hortonville, WI, on August 27, 1978. Pastor Pagel form­ erly served Atonement in Baltimore, MD.

CALLS Prof. Lloyd Mahnkc (’43), formerly of Martin Luther Academy in New Ulm, MN, was installed as associate pastor at St. Paul’s, New Ulm, on September 10, 1978.

Rev. Richard Kuckhahn ('60), was in­ stalled at Immanuel, Gibbon, MN, on Au­ gust 13, 1978. Pastor Kuckhahn formerly served a congregation in Sioux City, I A. -Rev. John Brug (’67), formerly of West Newton, PA, has accepted a call to Dr. Martin Luther College at New Ulm, MN. -Rev. Lyle Lange ('65), accepted a call to Dr. Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN. He formerly served a congregation at Escon­ dido, CA. Rev. Ronald Hahm (’66), was installed as a Professor at Northwestern Preparatory School on September 10, 1978. Prof. Hahm formerly served a congregation in Virginia Beach, VA. —Rev. Edward Pinchoff (’61), who lormerly served St. John's of Ann Arbor, MI, has accepted a call to Trinity o! Jenera, Oil. —Rev. David Schwartz. ('70), accepted a call to Zion Lutheran of Chcsaning, MI. Rev. Schwartz formerly served St Paul's congrega­ tion of Manistee. MI

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-St. John’s Lutheran Church of Pigeon, MI, was privileged to celebrate its 100th anniversary on September 17, 1978. Rev. Philip Press (’47), serves as pastor.

-The 125th anniversary of New Salem Lutheran Church of Sebewaing. MI, will be observed on October 13, 1978. Rev. Philip Huebner (’53), presently serves as pastor.

-On April 21, 1978, Rev. Kenneth Seim of St Paul's, Dale. WI. celebrated his twentyfilth anniversary in the ministry.

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-St. John’s Lutheran Church of Florence, WI, celebrated its 90th anniversary on Sep­ tember 3, 1978. Rev. J. S. Hering is the current pastor.

-The 50th anniversary of St. Paul’s Luth­ eran Church of Gladstone, MI, was observed on September 17, 1978. The Rev. James E. Hanson currently serves the congregation.

DEDICATIONS: -A new Christian day school was dedi­ cated to the glory of God on August 10, 1978,

by St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Menomonie, WI. Rev. Larry Zessin (’62), currently serves as pastor.

-St. John’s of Fox Lake, WI, dedicated a new school addition on August 20, 1978. Rev. Louis Meyer (’54), serves as pastor.

-On September 10, 1978, Salem Lutheran Church of Lowell, WI, dedicated a new par­ sonage. Their present pastor is Rev. James Babler (’64).

- St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Remus, MI, will dedicate a new parsonage on October 13, 1978. Rev. Edwin Schmelzer (’44), presently serves as pastor.

service on June 30, 1978.

BIRTHS: —Rev. and Mrs. Gene Jahnke (’71), of Detroit, MI, were blessed with the gift of a son, Geoffrey, on September 2, 1978.

-Rev. and Mrs. James Klcist (’72), were blessed with twins, a boy and a girl, on Sep­ tember 9, 1978.

-Rev. and Mrs. Timothy Meier (’72), were blessed with the gift of a son on Au­ gust 30, 1978.

SEM NOTE: (I was wrong) -Mark Zarling ('76), is engaged to Colette Sulzle.

OUTSTANDING ALUMNI -Philip W. Koehler, a 1942 graduate from Northwestern College, was recently elected as an officer and member of the Board of Direc­ tors of three national/intcrnational profession­ al associations for 1978-79. In May, at the annual conference of the Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was reelected as APPA Vice President for Membership. In June, at the annual conference of the Campus Safety Association held in Champaign, Illinois, he was elected Secretary of that association. He will also serve as First Vice President of the Pacific Coast Associa­ tion of Physical Plant Administrators and will be Host Chairman for that association's 1979 annual meeting, which will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Mr. Koehler has been employed as Direc­ tor of Facilities Management at the University of Hawaii, a large institution with a 22,000 stu­ dent enrollment, since 1966. In addition, he is also President and Member of the Board of Directors of the University Federal Credit Union, an $8 million asset financial institu­ tion.

MARRIAGES: -Rev. Charles Papenfuss (’74), was united in marriage with Kim Paul on July 1, 1978.

-Rev. James Lindloff (’74), and Stephanie Kell (NPS ’75), were married on July 30, 1978.

—Rev. Roger Plath (’72), and Becky Sewall were married in July of 1978.

RETIREMENTS: -Rev. Hans Schultz (’31), pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Chesaning, Ml. retired after 44 years of faithful service to the Lord, on June 15, 1978.

—Rev. Walter Voss of Grace Lutheran Church in Kenton, OH, retired from the minis­ try of the Lord on June 15. 1978.

-Professor Roland Hocneekc (’28), of Dr. Martin Luther College, retired from the Lord’s

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by Martin Luther. On the cover of this issue of the Black and Red is a drawing of the statue of Luther which stands in Dresden, Germany.

It is said that one picture is worth a thousand words; that is certainly true of this one.

First, some background information is necessary so the picture will be able to speak.

The statue is, of course, of Martin Luther. It is a bronze casting, a copy of the original in the Luther Memorial at Worms. The ruins are those of the Frauenkirche, which in English, means the Church of Our Lady. The mins of the Frauenkirche were preserved by the people of Dresden as a war memorial. Dresden was a center of industry and the arts with a popula­ tion of aboui 500,000. Most of the buildings and churches in the city date from the eight­ eenth and nineteenth centuries. At the end of World War II most of the city had been reduced to piles of rubble by legions of Allied bombers.

The Frauenkirche was one of the most beautiful churches in the city. It was a square building, but it had a high, boldly constructed cupola which rose ninety-five meters above the street. It was built between 1726 and 1743.

The statue of Luther was added in 1885.

Returning to our cover, one notices first that the buildings surrounding the statue have been destroyed, while the statue remains unscathed. How did the statue of Luther sur­ vive? Did God shield it or did it escape the rain of explosives by chance? Human minds cannot comprehend the infinite wisdom of God, but

it was certainly God’s will that the statue be preserved.

This cover struck me as being a graphic illustration of the almighty power of God. Modem technology has given man the means to obliterate every living thing from the face of the earth fifteen times over. But, before God, man is so helpless that there is no exponent large enough to express how much greater God is. The cover shows how God so easily negates the destructive ability of man.

It’s frightening to think about how powerful God really is and how man is incapable of controlling his own destiny.

God has preserved his word in all its truth and purity throughout the stormy course of history. The untouched statue of Luther almost shouts the words of Matthew, chapter 24, verse 35: Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away. Elsewhere God states that he is unchanging and eternal, the same yesterday, today, and forever. Luther’s appearance on the pages of history in 1483 was not the product of chance but of the divirie hand of God, intervening and guiding Luther as his studies drew him deeper into the original Hebrew and Greek of the Bible. For me, the statue of Luther symbolized the word of God which has been preserved by God throughout the centuries.

The words to Luther’s hymn, “A Mighty Fortress is Our God” come to mind, especially the first line of verse four: The word they still shall let remain,...

TIMOTHY KANT

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^7eah, I met a witch once. I got to know her ^•in my twelfth summer. ’Course 1 didn’t know she was a witch ’fore I did meet her— hey, I may be crazy but I’m not dumb; don’t think I’m gonna go messin’ with no witches.

Anyways, the rusty old crinkled-up mailbox out on Freistadt Road said T. McTavish, in real faint kind of old-time letters. Musta had a husband once, or some kind of kin, years back, but now she lived by herself (well, she had cats livin’ with her too-my buddy Danny said he heard she had about a million of ’em, but I don’t think nobody ever counted ’em all.

You couldn’t.)

1 can say she was a witch real easily-to the neighborhood kids, anyway, it was regular knowledge. Whether anyone could ever say for sure, or not, didn’t matter at all to anyone, and even less to us guys. To tell ya the truth, there ain’t a heck of a lot that anybody did know about her, ’cept that she was old, and Irish to the hilt. But there was two things everybody knew, and I’ll tell ya what they were: One, she had only one leg; and two, she had about the most beautiful set of whiskers I’d ever seen, savin’ maybe for the picture of some must old president hangin’ above the blackboard down at school. No kiddin’, they was snow-white, and she cut those buggers like muttonchops, so her chin and around her mouth was clean. Well, you better know that these two things alone made her a witch, or

at least a curiosity of the first order, which is as good as a witch, maybe better. Some kids said her leg got bit off'by an alligator, way out in the swamp in Cedarburg about a hundred years ago; one guy said she lopped it off herself with a crosscut, ’cuz that’s what witches do. It’s some kind of special deal with the devil, or something. Anyways, I guess it don't really matter how, 'cuz it sure enough was gone now.

Her farmhouse stood nearly hidden from the passerby on Freistadt by a circle of huge trees, mostly this big old monster of a box elder, with real ugly burls up and down its trunk, like battle-scars. It was a female, we knew, because when the wind blew, all them little helicopter seeds would fly, and we'd run like crazy to catch as many as we could.

If ya caught ’em in the air you could save ’em, but they weren’t worth shucks if ya picked 'em off the ground. This property of hers was what was left of a great big old sprawling Mequon farm; now maybe she had seven or eight acres, because it got subdivided like some giant surgeon sliced her place right up into these neat little harmless squares for rich people from Mil­ waukee to buy. They didn’t hardly have any trees at all, and for sure no soul-anybody could see that. So, you could say her property was the lone exception, because now it stuck out like a sore thumb when you looked that way from the railroad trestle. There was a 70

rickedy old fence cripplin’ around the place, probably used to be white once; it looked like it was doin’ its level best to stand at attention out along the road, but it was down in a bunch of places, and boards were busted, and in one place it was smashed clean through where some high-school kids crashed into it on Home­ coming night, and one of ’em was even killed.

Somebody said she made ’em crack up. I’m not sure, but it still made a prickly feeling along the back of my neck when l had to come by there at night, and see that dark hole in the fence. They said that if you stood by the bridge over the lagoon on a stormy night you could still hear that girl screamin’. No fun.

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know if they came snoopin’ again it wouldn’t go so easy on ’em.

That old homestead could make a chill run up and down my spine every time I thought about it. There was just some stuff you couldn’t explain at all—like how come, even on a hot, quiet day, the leaves in her trees would be flutterin’ and dancin’, like there was hobgoblins up in the branches shakin’ ’em ’round. Those trees clumped around her house seemed like they was guardin’ the place, and her, the way they reached their arms up over that house. Like they just didn’t want to be bothered by kids, or somethin; ’. I guess most neighborhood people didn’t, except for the Catholic priest who visited her once in a while; they all, along with the developers, just figured the crazy old lady would go on gatherin’ those plants and herbs by the crick, and acting queer, till one day she’d die, and then they’d tear the place down, and have one less thing to worry about.

Now it was the beginning of June, and school was out, and I needed a job. I was ex­ periencin’ financial straits for the first time in my life. A blue Schwinn 10-speed and the A & W Rootbeer stand figured pretty heavy in my life at that time. That Saturday was one of those steamers you get that tell ya what’s to come later on in July and August. Well, I was goin’ from house to house, inquirin’ about doin’ some odd-jobs, or mowin’ lawns. My scheme wasn’t goin’ real well—I had one screen door to mend, and I’d been hired by a widower with a bad back to dig some fall bulbs in for him. As I rode by the witch’s house, l was faced with a tough choice: should I throw caution to the winds, and give the old hag a try? Sure as shoo tin’, the place needed a ton of work: paintin’, mowin’ lawn (I won­ dered if that scraggly grass had ever been lawnmower mowed. Once a summer you’d see her out there in her wheelchair makin’ these feeble swipes with a hand scythe, hackin’ the grass and weeds all around, and she even saved some o’ them weeds, and dried ’em out, I guess.) O man, there was weeds to kill, and sticks to pick up-crumb, I could do a lot of chores for her-clearin’ up and totin’ it in back to bum.

I had ridden partway past the place, but my mind was made up to give it a whirl. I

yanked the Schwinn around in a 180, and sucked in my breath. As I turned in the driveway, past the plywood sign that said “No Trespassing”, second thoughts came flockin’ out of nowhere. Real quick I remembered the time we picked a mess of May-apples, and hid in the gully by her crick till we got up the courage to sling ’em with Danny’s wrist rocket at her windows. And the times we dared each other to swipe pumpkins from her garden at night before Halloween. Forgotten sins had a foot in the door, and now I pedaled slower and slower, while I took a look back and gauged the time it would take me to skin out for the familiar blacktop of the county trunk.

Before I knew what I was doin’, I was alongside a rusty pump by the back door.

feed trough windmill that labored like some kind of funeral music, real mournful, and makin’ me wish I was in any of a hundred other places what weren’t near so spooky and lifeless as this. I guess she musta had chickens cuz I smelled chicken-coop smells. Didn’t hear ’em, though.

Tall weeds were everywhere in her quiet farmyard. I saw the tip of a cat’s tail disappear around the corner of the house. Dried mustard and alfalfa hung from a nail by the rear steps; that wasn’t so bad ’cuz my granda made alfalfa tea—at least I knew what it was. A thermometer with busted glass on a 1949 feed stone calendar was propped against a window; l could see an old swaybacked tractor out to pasture between what was left of the silo and an outbuilding.

like it was bedded down on flat tires. Nothin' hardly to suggest anything living or modem at all.

I slid my hand along the railing goin’ up along the three steps to the back door, and was about to step up when I jammed a sliver into the tip of one firiger. I started bitin’ at the end of the splinter to yank it out, and as I turned around to get some light on it, there she was, not more’n twenty feet behind me. I about died on the spot-the old ticker gave a thump she musta been able to hear; my blood felt like the river in spring, when it’s so cold it hurts to stick your hand in it. Just real cold.

The old lady sat in a wheelchair—one of them old, old ones of wood, with a high wicker

Where before 1 was cussin’ the heat, it seemed like a breeze had picked up, quick like. Those stinkin’ trees had cut off the sun! “O boy, ya really Fixed yerself good this time”, I grumbled to myself, puttin’ down my kickstand. As I dismounted from my steed, I took a real slow and easy look around, just catchin’ the lay of this foreign land. Seldom-visited places look just a whole lot different and they seem a lot less threatening from across a street.

You better believe I was scared. Those infernal leaves were goin’ bananas up in the trees, and I strained to listen for somethin’ familiarthe Milwaukee Road noon freight, a car laboring up the hill, anything. Nothing. Nothing but a rusty iron gratin’ and a squeakin’ from her 72

be troublin’ ycrsclf about me laying to ya with me cane, though the good Lord knows ye sure­ ly deserve it. Now tell me what it is ye’re doin’ climbing the steps to me house, and don’t be fibbin’ any.”

“I was looking for some summer odd jobs,” I said, keeping one eye on the pair of hickory threats. I explained as best I could that I was broke, and willing to do about any kind of work for neighborhood folks (still unconvinced about the safety of my shins). ‘‘Just look around the yard right here. I could scrape and paint those windows.” I was feeling secure in my argument now, and I proceeded to find something wrong with just about everything I could see in this worn-out world of hers. “You know, I don’t believe there’s much of any­ thing here what couldn’t use some kind of sprucin’ up, or mendin'.” I looked at the old woman; it was then that I knew what I had just said wasn’t the right thing. Sure wasn’t any­ thing out of the ordinary, I guess, but one look at that ancient face made me wish I’da never said nothin’. I figured I’d knocked the wind right out of her, she looked so crestfallen.

Sort of like your dog after ya crack him one for draggin’ a rabbit home. Like he figured he was doin right, but now he gets punished for it, and you feel like a total bum, and you just want to pick him up and rough up his fur,

back. I thought for sure my kidneys were gonna fail. I’d never seen her up this close before, you know. It wasn’t hard to see where she’d come from-two thin tracks in the dust meandered around the corner of the garage and continued on for about ten feet, till they swung around and came straight for me. I never heard one thing-’course my heart was thumpin’ away, and you can hear that real loud in your ears.

She was big-boned, and heavy, and had a lot of white hair, framing a wrinkly, plump face, and done up somehow in the back like my grandma had hers. No question ’bout that missin’ leg, neither-I only counted one, exiting from the hemline of her faded cotton dress. She had little bunches of plants, or leaves, or weeds tied in bunches and hanging from the curved arms and over the back of the chair. I knew it wasn't polite at all, but 1 couldn't pull my eyes away from the fiat spot by her knee where I knew there should be at least one more leg sliowin’.

“You had plans of going into me house?”

I heard her say the words, but I didn’t really hear ’em, ‘cuz between the leg and those snowy whiskers, I didn’t want to spend too much more time in this neck of the woods.

My head jerked up. “Aaah, yes ma’am; I mean, No ma’am.” My voice kept crackin’ and I felt like I had an old rag stuck in my throat, it was so hard to get the words up and out; almost like my spit had turned into gravel and was just rattlin’ around in a tin can. I looked her in the face.

“Oi’ve seen ye before, and another little one about yer size-is ’e here along with ye?

Ye’re the Protestant minister’s son, aren’t ye now? Oi’d a mind to have the police round ye two blinkin’ creatures up when the two o’ ye whelps assailed me windows with them green May-apples. Twas lucky for you none o’ the glass was broken. And now is it more ’o ye’re mischief Oi may expect?” She fingered one of two canes leaning onto her lap from the footboard of the wheelchair. I figured she was gonna whup me one with the stick, but she musta read my eyes, or else my muscles tensed, because she leaned her head back on the chair, and her eyes crinkled up, while her mouth opened in a kind of grin-probably the best she could do without havin’ any teeth. “Don’t

-telling jh«m h his ear 1Wi* you didti+meen what you said at all. This rattle-trap farm was all that she had. Probably each broken and use­ less piece of junk lyin’ here or there meant something to her, remindin’ her of a longdeparted husband, or maybe her kids if she had any. A place this old must be chock-full of memories, I got to thinkin’. Happy times, and for sure a lot of sad ones, played out their scripts right under these same trees. My argu­ ment blew retreat. I just blurted out “I didn’t mean that it’s a bad place; it’s real interest­ ing.” I rationalized. “And who doesn’t have a whole bunch of stuff to fix up at home? I guess I was just hopin’ so hard that there’d be work for me here that I talked too much, again.” The look was gone from her face.

“The sun’s high up in the sky, now. Noon, or after. Have ye eaten yer dinner? Oi dinna think yc have, if it’s true what yer sayin’ about pedaling that machine o’ yours around the county all the momin’. Gimme a hand outa

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She was fumblin’ real pitifully, to gel up on her canes. I knew I was diggin’ my own grave, but I helped her up. She moved unsteadily up the steps, hangin’ onto the railing all the way.

I figured my doom was a sure tiling, now; I held the door open for her, and she kind of lurched into the porch, just cluttered up as all get-out with nothin’ worthwhile—just dusty boxes, and old tools; gunny sacks and empty bottles. The smell in the kitchen coulda knocked me down, if I hadn't taken a deep breath ’fore I stepped in. Five or six cats lay about, and the one on the stove was a mangy old socker of a black tom that yawned, and glared at me with a look that woulda curdled milk-like I had no business here. Thing is, I agreed with him, so I couldn't return the stare with a good con­ science.

1 think her stove had enough cast iron built into it to make a battleship, with enough left over for a tank or two; it covered more’n half its wall. Above it the greasy walls were dis­ colored from decades of smoke. I figured she hadn't a thing in sight that didn’t hail from the forties or earlier; somehow, my passion for seeing what was hidden in the drawers and cupboards seemed under control. I was feelin’ like I had stepped outside the bounds of my guardian angel; any calamity that came tumblin’ onto my head in here was my own crazy fault.

“Oi’m thinkin’ ye’d eat a hambuger eff oi made ye one. Eh?” I didn’t move a muscle.

“Get ye over to the icebox and ” (I made my way over, in the half-light) “there, in the paper,

that’s some good beef.” I kinda gingerly picked on one end. up a limp package, open Blackish and aged ground beef crumbled into my hand, and any doubts I mighta had ‘bout my leaving this place alive turned into some real speculation. She heaved the questionable contents into a frying pan full of cooled grease on the old range. ‘‘And lemonade is nice on a day so hot.” My eyes tried to figure out just what the shriveled lemon she grabbed from her window sill had died from; from the looks of things, it hadn’t been a natural death. She had me bring a scratched-up tin box from just the dustiest old shelf over to where she leaned on the antique porcelain sink. A blue string of the most elegant blasphemy my twelve-year-old

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no fruit I ever heard of had a gang of unhappy flics scraped from the surface. It was regally placed in front of my dry mouth. Taken as a whole, I thought, these vittlcs probably made up the best of what she had to offer. It was just about enough, though, to make me forget in a hurry everything my mother had ever taught me about havin’ good manners. That ol’ hamburger was a kick in the face to the beast it came from; the gristly creature that gave its life so that I could eat wouldn't a had to die on my ’count; I can't say I ever smelled a smell before or after like I smelled when that evil chunk of horscmcat was sizzling away in that there grease. No ketchup in sight, neither— I guess I oughta thank my lucky stars for that— who knows what kinda trcnchmouth I would get from that. Let me tell ya, when those stringy, mtisley smelling chunks hit my poor stomach, there wasn't no question in my mind that my lunch and me were gonna part company pretty darn quick. I don't think my tennics, if they was fried up in drain oil, could brung me the snorts and rumbles that that witch-food did. I grabbed to the lemonade for help. It gagged me, and my eyes started on to waterin’ like the times Danny 'n me made corn-silk cigarettes. My mouth started openin’ and closin’ all on its own. A few hairs loopin' through the bite of bread l choked down were the killers. 1 was late for the door, 1 could sec that, plain. I coughed a “Thank you” in her direction that she couldn't a hcard-my voicebox was on strike. A quick look back, before I shot out of her back door like a mortar shell left me with a picture like one of them stilllife paintings. Dirty yellow sunlight was layin a smoky screen onto the oriental mg in view in the parlor, over her shoulder. The frying pan was still smoulderin', after bein’ freed of its unwanted captive, right now tryin’ to escape my innards.

And 01’ Lady McTavish, well she jusi stood there in the gloom of that stale, 194C mothball air, grinnin’. “Yc’rc a good boyblcss ye. Oi hope it’s no sin to say so, for I know ye’re a Protestant. Oi’m terrible soory ye’re a Protestant...”

I made over three blocks in less than thirty seconds, down her lire lane, to Freistadt Road.

I dumped my bike, and took a dive into the

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Well, it’s been years since, and I ain’t been home much; but I hear the house is gone now, and so is she. Where? I don’t think nobody knows. Wherever witches go, I guess. Won’t catch me lookin’ for her.

cattails by the crick. All things come from Mother Earth and gotta return to her, I guess; I’m tellin’ you the truth when I say she got more’n her share back in the next quarter hour.

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When dawn breaks on waiting eyes and eager lips sing her praise raising a hymn for warming rays thanking heaven for bright smiling skies

Now the cold brooding dark is gone shadows flee and hide behind trees a new blue breeze sings in the leaves All succumb to the dance of dawn

night’s broken on that point of light and streams of day rush out and race to splash cool morning on my face stirring blood stiff from the long wait

Who knows of love who've not touched dawn and held her beating slumbering palm? who’ve not tasted the warmth the calm her soft rose checks’ night chill now gone?

Each breath of joy is caught and held and swelling in my rising breast feeds my mind with a river blest the waves the wind the water quelled

When dawn breaks my dark world explodes and stars are swept into my eyes all senses fly with her rise to paradise lead all the roads BRIAN DOSE

Anomie 0 sidewalk.. .1 can't quite theremake it to Gouds! What now?

Maybe if I move there to where my feet can reach.

1 can keep on walking for a while.

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BETTER SOLUTION

An editorial

by Mark Cordes

^P"akc it easy, men. .Since we're all brothers, i dedicated to serving our Lord and edifying one another, let's talk like brothers. We may find another way to stop the abuses of initiation rather than canning it completely, as the editorial “Freeze, Frosh” demands.

I felt a little uncomfortable when I read your story in the last B & R about the man who died aboard ship when his initiation got out of hand. Or was that just a freak accident?

Whatever. A very dear friend of mine used to send me similar articles about boys dying in football practices. She didn't think I should have been playing football. Now I play soccer and the chance of injury is increased in some ways. I even go swimming in the summertime although I’m sure I could drown. Look at most of the physical activities in which we partici­ pate. If you compare the number of injuries that have (not might, but have) occurred in initiation with the number which do occur in

most sports, initiation begins to look mighty safe.

But that doesn’t mean I think it’s right to make freshmen go charging at each other like human battering rams. Your mention of this incident in your recent editorial was the first I had heard of it. I hope it doesn’t happen again. Anyone will admit, however, that the possibility of injury and even death exists in everything we do. So it’s a weak argument for stopping the safe fun of initiation.

You stated that too much time spent on initiation left freshmen with “almost insuffi­ cient time to complete the daily assignments.”

Does “almost” suggest that they did actually have enough time? Why did they get behind then? Isn't it also a possibility that some of those students would have been behind in their studies regardless of initiation? You may have even gratified a few of them by giving them a scapegoat in initiation for their lack of selfdiscipline. Sure, that week is busier than most others. But my professors did ease up a bit on assignments. Hopefully even more of them will recognize the benefits of initiation and support it by scheduling things around that particular week wherever possible.

There were some other initiation abuses that you mentioned. I agree: it’s a shame that some students wait until initiation to stop and talk to the frosh. But does that mean that all of them intend to be “unkind” or only to

Editor’s Note-The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the writer. They do not necessarily represent the positions of the Black and Red staff and the student body of North­ western College. Readers’ comments are solicited and, as space permits, will be printed in forthcoming issues.

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“make fun” of the frosh when they finally do?

Why have I seen so many of the initiators ask them their names and where they arc from after the buttoning exercise is completed?

Why have I seen upperclassmen continue to greet freshmen by name after meeting them during initiation?

You are correct: “foul language” and “lewd remarks” certainly can’t be rationalized by any young man preparing for the ministry.

They can’t be by any other Christians either.

But why should we blame such filth on initia­ tion? That’s a cop-out. The blame rests with those who do not always remember that their Savior is listening. If we have to abolish initia­ tion because some of our classmates can’t watch their mouths, maybe that’s cause for shutting the school down, since we get careless at other times of the year, too Some Catholics have yel another solution.

You’ll never hear swear words on the basket­ ball floor of a Catholic monastery during “quiet hour.” No one is allowed to speak.

Once again, it’s individuals and not initiation itself who arc to blame for the abusive language.

May I follow your suggestion and offer my judgments on some of the valid questions you asked?

“Docs initiation promote good will and love?” I think it can if those who take part really want it to. During “Kangaroo Court” 1 was branded as an “ugly redneck” by the sophomores. But I still felt pretty good when some of them stopped to talk with me during the weeks that followed initiation. Who cares if they remembered me as the “ugly redneck.”

At least they remembered.

“Is it edifying for spiritual growth?” May I take “spiritual growth” to mean “character building”? Often, sadly enough, it doesn't build character. But how much benefit any of us gets out of initiation usually depends on what kind of attitudes we approach it with.

This is the answer to most of your other ques­ tions, too. If a freshman simply refuses to join in the fun because he can't lower himself, he won’t gain a thing from the rest of us trying to force him. Admittedly it happens that some individuals actually do have good reasons for not joining in. I’m glad such judgments are left up to a capable dean.

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posedly, initiation is to be an enjoyable time, a chance for the frosh to get to know both them­ selves and the school. And it would be if this world were a utopia.” Pardon me, but this world doesn’t have to be a utopia for initia­ tion to be able to supply an opportunity for the freshmen to enjoy themselves while getting to know the school and the students better.

The devil is undoubtedly alive and kicking at Northwestern College. But he hasn’t been successful in ruining initiation for all of us by his efforts to make us sin. Initiation or no initiation, he will continue to gain victories over our flesh. The abuses that occur during initiation should be blamed on their satanic Perpetrator and on those individuals who succumb to jiis wiles.

Is initiation itself to blame for the fact that “not every sophomore on this campus is mature enough to handle this power”? If, as you suggest, we are all (“including ourselves”) too immature to exercise our Christian liber­ ties in this respect, since we have admittedly “gone overboard on.. .our other Christian liberties,” does this mean we should all lose those liberties too? Does it mean that initia­ tion should be abolished? Or is there another solution?

At this point I must refer you back to the Bible passage which you quoted in support of your arguments. I Corinthians 6:12 says, “All things arc lawful unto me, but all things arc not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.” This does not prove “that we should not use our powers to take away the Christian liberties of the freshmen.” You cannot use this passage to prove that subjecting the freshmen to initiation is depriving them of those liberties either. This passage occurs in the N.I.V. under the heading “Sexual Immoral­ ity.” That version’s translation, as well as the context, shows why this passage has no bear­ ing on the question. The N.I.V. reads: “Every­ thing is permissible for me’-but not every­ thing is beneficial. ‘Everything is permissible for me’-but I will not be mastered by anything." Check this out for yourself. What Paul is saying in effect is, “I do have Christian liberties. But that doesn't give me a license to sin. I will not let my lust or my human desires control me.” He doesn’t say “I won’t submit to

Am I treating my neighbor as I would want to be treated? I believe I am. I’m glad I didn’t have to miss out on the ways in which initia­ tion helped me. I don’t think anyone else should have to either.

“Does your Bible anywhere promote the philosophy of ‘If your brother smites you on the right cheek, smite him back by really getting him during initiation’?” No, my Bible doesn’t support it; neither docs God. In fact, neither does initiation itself or most of us who lake part in it. If you watch closely, you may dis­ cover, as I did, that a threat like “Wait till initiation. I’ll get you for this," often really means, “Wail till initiation when I’ll show you a little more attention than I show to the rest of the frosh—that is, if I don’t forget that I said this.” I’ve never seen a freshman beaten or physically abused because of such a threat, as your literal interpretation seems to suggest.

Is the whole affair “child-like”? I’m glad I don't see the professors running around button­ ing people, but we’re students. Whether or not it's “child-like" is a matter of opinion. Please don’t force yours on me.

I was really sorry to hear you deny some of the positive and beneficial aspects of initia­ tion. As you said, we do have a lot of things in common here at Northwestern. Our common faith, common problems, classes together, and living in the same dorms together all tend to unify us. The Freshman-Faculty Banquet and the Student Body Picnic, sponsored by the Seniors, really do provide added community spirit. I think most of us would agree that we should encourage such feelings in every way we can. Last year, though I tried to get to know as many of them as possible, I really didn't know the freshmen until after initiation. The festivities brought them out into the open and did help them gain a degree of recognition. I admire a man who isn't too proud to take a bit of well-meant teasing. Many of your classmates took it quite well. And it appeared to me that what happened in my class also happened in yours. It seemed that last year’s freshmen also benefited from the added exposure to the rest of us as well as to each other.

I realize that you might be tempted to belt me back with a statement like: “You’re sure idealistic to paint such a rosy picture of initia­ tion.” In fact, you said just that with: “Sup79

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Carlstadt, who had risen as the leader in the “Lutheran” churches during his absence, was maliciously destroying all the images of the saints and other furnishings of the churches because they represented wicked traditions.

Such an uproar arose from similar attempts to do away with the traditional Catholic method of administering Lord’s Supper that Luther was forced to hurry back to his congregation and put Carlstadt in his place. In his “Invocavit Sermons” he showed that it takes time to straighten out bad attitudes long ingrained in sinful human hearts. We can’t stomp them out by insisting on removing the outward signs.

Wc have to go to the source of the problem and let a better attitude correct it.

The fact that initiation might prevent “one of God’s chosen servants. . .from entering the preaching ministry” is certainly a sobering thought. None of us would want that. But

anyone!” as you suggested. If you hadn’t misused this passage, I might not have picked up my pen. But you and I must be careful not to try to use Scripture to prove ourselves correct on matters of opinion. You can’t find a passage in Scripture that says “initiation is absolutely wrong.” If you ever do, I won’t be the only one to come over to your side.

There are plenty of passages, however, that say we must act in brotherly love. I hope that future initiators will keep that at the fore­ front of their minds.

On the matter of traditions, who can doubt that the Catholic Church is full of them. We certainly can’t support something just because it is a tradition. Your advice to “consider the rights and 'wrongs and the advantages and dis­ advantages in judging the value of a tradition” is excellent. I wish you would follow it. And if you still cannot find an ounce of good in this tradition, be careful how you go about destroy­ ing it.

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course of this debate. Since it seems that some sophomores tend to get carried away during the initiation, why not put a student watch on what they do. Some of us have experienced the uncomfortable feeling of being shouted down in a class meeting for objecting to unloving initiation procedures. Some have even been ostracized for a few weeks by their class­ mates because they spoke up. This has prob­ ably happened in every sophomore class that included a few students conscientious enough to say something.

Yet if upperclassmen were chosen by the rest of us to form a committee to watch for and guard against such abuses, the sophomores might be a little more hesitant about brushing off serious objections. If necessary, we could put some teeth in the organization by giving them the power to fine a class or certain indi­ viduals for overt abuses of the privilege of initiating the freshmen. The easiest way to get this rolling might be to ask our present Dorm Council to assume the responsibility. Then we might be a little happier with future initiations.

You too might have been able to see some good in initiation if you had had a pleasant experience during yours. Apparently, for one reason or another, you didn't have much fun.

I’m sorry about that. But although you could only see the bad side of this tradition, I hope that your editorial will not have been wasted on the rest of us. It’s obvious that some of our classmates are very concerned about what goes on during initiation. It has been a long time since anyone had the courage to put it in writing. Though we may not agree, we should take note of what has been said and see whai wc .an do to alleviate the problems.

To the freshmen I address this request, that they go along with initiation and have as good an attitude toward it as possible. If you sophomores will remember that you are initiating future fellow pastors, those freshmen shouldn’t have such a rough time enjoying your good times.

I would like to see every man who goes through this school have the opportunity to be initiated. Everyone should feel a part of this school and hopefully of his class, too.

As brothers, let’s act like brothers, and gain the rewards that a good initiation holds out.

what kind of pastor will a man be if he can’t take well-meant teasing or humble himself before others? Such a proud attitude will most certainly lead to untold problems in the ministry. Initiation won’t miraculously create humility in the hearts of all the freshmen: don’t get me wrong. But who of us doesn’t need a little reminder now and then that the world doesn’t spin around us.

Who is cut out for the ministry, and who is not, is a matter that the Lord wants left to the judgment of those to whom He has given the responsibility. Even they must be guided by some very specific requirements which He has drawn up. Beyond that, however, the matter will ever remain in His hands. He must “send forth laborers into his harvest.” He will see to it that those who really are His “chosen servants” reach the fields. We must pray that He will continue to do so.

So where does all this lead us? 1 hope that by now you can see that I agree with you in many respects concerning the abuses of initia­ tion. Where we part company is when you insist that there are no positive results to be seen in the matter. Instead of condemning the festivities as “harmful and unnecessary” as you did, we should do everything we can to correct the problems. The least you could have done was to suggest some alternative to initia­ tion which would fill the void left behind by a subscription to your demand. But I suppose that if you absolutely can’t see any good in it, you probably don’t think there would be any void to fill either.

How many initiations have you observed in other schools, especially public ones? Even our grossest abuses are genuine child's play compared to some of the things I’ve heard about a few of them. All things considered, wc have one of the best Homecoming weeks possible, and that includes initiation. This is largely due to the fact that so many of us really do want to get to know the freshmen and help them get settled in. And initiation isn’t the only proof of such feelings either. The efforts of quite a few of our students as “Big Brothers” is only one of the other examples which demonstrate them.

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Colin was coming out of the induced coma prematurely. His leaden eyelids half opened, and through the fog he hallucinated a figure hovering above him. Even as his vision cleared, it seemed an illusion. She was beautiful.

Golden hair flowed down her delicate neck; glowing colour swept beneath her cheek­ bones; she had full, rich crimson lips. A heaven­ ly creature; an angel of death.

Seeing Colin rousing as she strapped him to the plane console, she answered his patent question before he could ask; “You are at Central Expiration. I am your maser vaporiza­ tion controller.”

“Huh?” Colin had not quite revived yet.

He dug his fists in his eyes and glanced around the compact room inquisitively.

She spoke again, “You are 35 years old.”

Suddenly Colin was hurled back into reality. The words registered. “You. . .you mean you are going to. . .how can you?”

She remained stolid with a numbing gaze that bored, through Colin from deep behind her ice-blue eyes. Colin tried to reason: here was this paradisiacal woman, about to kill him without so much as blinking an eyelid. She must have a heart, he thought. There must be

cience had finally conquered all disease.

Agriculture had subjugated the sea; food was abundant. Supersonic transport had turned all nations into next-door neighbors. The world was united; the barbarism of war had been for­ gotten for centuries. Life had thus become a perfect existence; old age was no more.

More accurately, old age had been elimin­ ated. Death by natural causes was all but un­ known, so far had medicine progressed. Earth’s population continually redoubled. Oxygen con­ servation became a critical concern. Finally, the Global Census Council took action, setting maximum age at 35 years. Colin was 34.

Colin didn’t want to die. He had hardly lived. The Social Planning Board had pre­ destined him to be a satellite programmer; his life was determined even before a license was authorized for his conception. Work was all he had ever known. Social Planning had not designated him to have a breeding partner.

Loneliness was his core.

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draw away, “Leila, how old are you? Thirtytwo? Thirty-three? Where will you be in a few years? Who will murder you? Haven’t you ever felt any compassion? Have you ever known what it is to love?”

She only gave him an emotionless stare before she turned toward the control room and walked away.

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“What is your name?” he asked abruptly.

“That is of no consequence,” was her reply.

“Please, I’d at least like to know the name of my firing squad.”

“Leila,” she relented. “Now, enough empty talk.”

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Vys another deadline rolls around, the C & C assembly line clicks in again, spew* ing forth comic lines of poetry and prose. In other words, we’re late with this one already and have to get it out before Tim Kant revokes our American Writers’ Guild golden pass cards.

The last B & R whacked the hornets’ nest of campus controversy with a big stick of an article, “Freeze, Frosh.” The tradition of freshmen initiation was brought under fire.

Whether or not one agrees with the article, it should be noted that there are alternatives to this autumnal rite.

On the other hand, to get the little fresh­ men rascals better acquainted, mandatory “Hello, My Name is ” tags could be required for all freshmen (NPS grads included) for the whole first semester. To develope the esprit de corps that initiation is supposed to

foster and to get the upperclassmen more familiar with the fledglings, it could be made a requirement for graduation that each senior talk to one new frosh a week for five minutes, until he has conversed with each newcomer in the college department. To monitor this set­ up, each senior would have to get a confirma­ tion note signed by the particular freshman and countersigned by Dean, President Toppe, the frosh’s advisor, and the senior’s advisor, plus getting confirmation that his bookstore bill is paid. What’s a little red tape, anyway?

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By now you've probably noticed some student who works summers in a garage, on a road crew, on a farm, or as a pirate, with a 2/i' round outline in the rear pocket of his jeans wherever he goes. That’s a dead give­ away. The dude’s an addict. Perhaps you’ve asked him to give you the can for a minute, and as the cover of the Pandora’s box is cracked, about the foulest stench imaginable crawls out and permeates the neighborhood.

What's the attraction, you ask, crinkling up your nose, and involuntarily swallowing.

Well, I can only speak for myself. Ever since I saw “High Plains Drifter”, I knew I had to learn to spit like Clint Eastwood. Nothing else mattered-just to manage that withering glance of his, and to expectorate a payload of swill into the dust at an adversary’s feet but once, would make the painful initiation worth­ while.

After practice, and when the lining of my stomach no longer bothered arguing as trickles of venom seeped southward, its hot, spicy, and totally distasteful flavor ceased to bother me.

I justify its use by saying it keeps me from smoking; but then that argument is so full of holes it would be useless to defend it further.

The real reason was revealed to me as I lay in the dirt the other day, wrestling a rusty brake cylinder from a wheel of my car. 1 broke into song, and this is what 1 later recalled;

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But don’t cry for me, peasant, the bell tolls for thee. Tutor Brenner and I are going to see 101 Dalmations after the football game, and then catch some grub at Suburpia later.

Don’t let me hear you say we won’t have us a great time.

The bulk of the flak that we C & C editors received for last month’s column came all the way from across campus. It seems the Prep instructors, Mark Bitter and Mark Jeske, took offense at disparaging remarks about their lack of female-attracting qualities. Much to-do was made about being pillars of continence, and how having a fiancee in the corral is not a necessity by the time you’re out of Sem. References were made about each having a special gift, or something to that effect; apparently, the consensus was that a negative shade was cast on their personalities. We sure are sorry, guys. With each B & R sent out by super circulation man Spaulding, a little card will be included reading:

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Wonderful Wonderful Copenhagen Your rockets explode in my head I swallow your swill but chew you I will endure manic revelations still All because your can’s Black and Red! One of the members of the Northwestern family will have a book published by the summer of 1979. The work deals with a slice of Northwestern history with which not every­ one is familiar. The manuscript’s working title is My Life in the N.U’.U. Military Company.

It is tentatively subtitled Ross Ulrich's Early Years in Watertown. Yes, author Ulrich has seen a lot of Northwestern’s days of yore firsthand. Ross has been on and off campus alternately for something like nine years.

While the book deals primarily with the student militia, interesting side chapters include “The Day They Put in the Sprinter,” “The First Clubroom Radio,” “English in the ClassroomA New Twist,” and “Dr. Ott’s Rookie Year.”

Congratulations, Ross, and keep the old type­ writer hammering away over there in your prep hideaway.

From over the horizon. Homecoming leers at our little southern Wisconsin burg, as faculty and students alike scramble to pre­ pare our campus for its festive arrival. Box­ cars of mail roll across the prairie between New Ulm and our own adopted City of Light.

Promises are being made, and promises will be broken, as is par for the rocky course.

While no one is looking, I shall quickly dab a tear from the corner of my eye, and heave a painful sigh, as it occurs to me that many winters have come and gone since I’ve put on the coat of the gigolo, and enjoyed the company of a female on a legitimate date.

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Going on the premise that none of us can afford to drop off our chariots at Earl Scheib’s and have them restored, I’m gonna clue you in on how to fix up your car’s body with a mini­ mum of expense, using the materials at hand.

One begins by taking the tire jack from the trunk of the car (in there somewhere behind the picnic cooler and baseball spikes). Smash off all the rust that you can sec. Caution is advised around the headlights and windshield.

When you’re sure that everything is off that you want off, bide your time till breakfast.

Take along a Hefty garbage bag, and ask all your friends if you can buy their oatmeal from them. OK. You still with me? Now tear your bedsheet into strips about three feel long (You don’t need it anyway. Mark Krause hasn't washed his in four years. Just sleep in your sleeping bag). Make a poultice of oatmeal and bedsheet, and apply to the infected areas, being sure to force the oatmeal into all the cracks. If the oatmeal is uncooperative, swipe some butterscotch pudding at lunch. This stuff is better than epoxy, and more potent than Super-Glue. Smear the pudding along all of the seams. It’ll stay put.

Now, after this hardens, borrow a track shoe from Ken Nelson or one of the Mueller’s.

Scrape violently till all uneven glop is on the surface of the parking lot. You are ready for step three. This, too, involves thievery, cafe­ teria style. Since they haven’t started serving hash at breakfast, to my knowledge, (1 haven’t been there in four years, so ask someone re­ liable), you’re going to have to play Mission Impossible and nab it at lunch. This is a toughic; the Dorm Staff sits back against the wall like buzzards after a chain-saw fight. Hide a few old sweat socks inside your flannel shirt, and when the opportunity comes, grab it. Cram all the hash you can get into ’em and head for the hills, before the kitchies see ya, or seconds on hash will be out.

When you arrive, breathless, at the side of your wagen, take your I. D. card, and spread a coating of hash along your previous repair.

This takes the place of spot-putty, which is expensive, believe me. I used 45 pounds of it on my ’50 Ford. After a suitable amount of time, sand it finely with a handful of gravel

of people who are restricted in one area of their abilities. This episode studied the dis­ tance runners who had been sickly and shortwinded all of their lives. Another was to be on artists who overcame poor eyesight to become great artists. Wasn’t it Beethoven who was deaf? If we carry this theory of impediment to livelihood out of bounds, for a moment, would this suggest that weak-minded men often become professors?

It's been said by someone who never went to NWC that we receive a one-sided education here. Just to give him a sampling of varied talents that slumber inside our pre-ministerial bods, a new column surfaces this month.

Being a pseudo-five year man myself, by virtue of a year spent in the greasepits of a Thiensville garage, 1 volunteered to spread a little light about those machines we all hold so dear: our cars. We won’t be able to get them all in shape this month, kids, but we'll sure get a good start.

Since the first thing your girlfried or her father sees when you squeal up into their drive­ way, with one tire on the lawn (besides the purplish-blue clouds of noxious emissions that a ’63 Chevy is so fond of emitting) will be the body on your buggy, we’ll start there for today.

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You have now made a repair that will outlast your car. Now you can either splurge, and buy a can of touch-up paint, or just enjoy the terrazo effect of hash and oatmeal. Learn to love your car! See you next time.

be on the upswing. He’s been added to the ranks of the august with an appointment as writer to the Northwestern Today. Oh boy...

Rich Scheibe has become the personification of an old proverb: “As ye smoke, so shall ye reek”.. .the janitorial pit crew has added a new funny car to their stable. Humphrey’s “Lc Machine” has been leaving skid marks all over campus.. .Keith Tullberg got a “Dear John” phone call the other night. He lamented: “Not only has she broken my heart, and shattered my reason to live, but she calls at 8:30 and ruins my whole night!”.. .A1 Sorum will hold the next Student-Faculty discussion.

He will answer the question, “If I Had to Do It All Over, Would I Fall in Love With Myself Again?”. . .Whitey Voss will do a little song and dance routine at the Homecoming show, entitled “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Been”.. .That’s It. . .Let the curtain fall, to slow music.

RANDOM NOTES: Duraclean has found a few good men.. .Norm Burger is still looking for one good woman.. .Dcr Rauchkocnig’s (Greg Kellie) smoker’s hacking cough has dropped in pitch this year as the dreaded black lung disease moves farther down his bronchial passages. . .the weather’s getting colder; soon it will be time for Paul Schrocder and David Rosenbaum to not wear winter coats. . .the St. Mark’s Ladies’ Aid has voted Joel Suckow “Most Dynamic Jazz Ensemble Leader of the Decade”; sorry, Steve Ristow and Greg Schulz .. .Steve Hein is not hiding a hair transplant under his red hat. .Birky’s campus image must

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Let’s take a look at what has happened lately.

^^ptimism and enthusiasm are abounding on the Northwestern campus, and with good reason. Since the first weekend of sports activity, both the football and soccer teams have won all of their games, and are expected to roll over each opponent they face along the way to successful seasons. Some key games lie ahead for both teams, games which will have to be taken one at a time. But if the men in uniform can continue their current performanccs, the games will indeed be won!

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NWC grabbed the lead in the first quarter by scoring on their opening drive. After the defense held Concordia, the Trojans ran the ball down to within the five yard line. On a third-down play, Mark Mueller ran it in from four yards out on a sweep for the touchdown.

The extra point attempt failed on the next drive. Concordia was stopped again, as an errant pitch-out was recovered by Steve Hein.

The offense moved the ball down field again, but this time a third-down pass was intercepted in the end zone by Randy Rose of Concordia, who returned the ball nearly to midfield.

Concordia threatened to score, but Larry Olson came up with a big hit behind the line of scrimmage on a fourth-down to stop them short. Our offense took over, but the drive faltered again as a fumble was recovered by Concordia. The first quarter ended at 6-0.

Concordia started the second quarter with a long drive of their own, capped by a short touchdown run that tied the game at 6-6. The Trojans began a drive to break the tic, and moved the ball down to Concordia’s 25, but another fumble spoiled the attempt as Con­ cordia again fell on the loose ball. Shortly after the turnover Concordia capitalized on a 50-yard scoring pass to Tyrone Strickland. 1 he extra point was good and they led 13-6. Once again the Trojan offense was able to mount a substantial drive, and after Doug Free ran a Hanker reverse to the nine yard line, we were knocking at the door. However, their defense held us off and took over deep in their own territory. On first-down, A1 Sorum made a tackle that pushed them back closer to the end line, and on the next play, Don Scelhoff hit the runner in the end zone while Ross Ulrich put him away for a safety. The score was 13-8, but the safety seemed to be a turning point in the game. NWC got possession for a final drive in the half, a drive kept alive by a fourth-down pass to Doug Free. But a few plays later, the ball was picked off in the end zone, and the half ended with Concordia still ahead.

NWC wasted no time in the second half as the offense scored on its first possession.

Mark Mueller took the ball in from four yards

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quarter. NWC scored first, after Steve Hein recovered a fumble at Senario’s 14-yard line.

Quarterback Mark Mueller sneaked it across, making it 18-12. However, Senario kept their running game alive, and a 34-yard dash by Joel Tracy tied it all up. But this time the extra point kick was good and they led for the first time, 19-18.

Then the Trojans decided to put an end to the see-saw scoring. They moved the ball against Senario’s defense, when, facing a fourth-down and 15 yards they opted to go for a first.

Gary Huebner came in and completed a pass to Mark Wessel, good enough for the first-down.

From there the Trojans ran it down to the one, followed by another quarterback sneak by Mueller. NWC led 24-19. The Trojans got some insurance points later as Joe Dietrich scored from the six for the touchdown and also ran for the two-point conversion.

Craig Wicbusch led the rushing attack with 110 yards, and Joe Dietrich had 108. Larry Olson led the defense in tackles with eight, along with three assists and one interception.

Jerry Ewings had the most relatives at the game, as all of his family was there except for one brother. Unfortunately, he also had an uncle who sat on Senario’s side of the field.

out and the Trojans gained a lead they would not relinquish, 14-13. Concordia attempted to recapture the lead, but Rich Gurgel put a damper on their hopes by intercepting a thirddown pass. The offense took over and moved the ball well once more, but could not score.

Concordia moved the ball out of their own territory, helped by a 55-yard run down to our 25. The third quarter ended with the Trojans ahead by one, but Concordia was threatening.

On a fourth-down with three yards to go the Trojan defense came up with a big play as Dave Kolandcr stepped in front of a low pass at the line of scrimmage. From there the offense took over. Joe Dietrich had a 45-yard run down to their 35, and not long after he took it in for the game’s final touchdown.

NWC went for two on the extra point, but was stopped. The score was 20-13, and after the Trojan defense made sure Concordia wouldn't score again, that's how it ended.

The Trojan running game exploded for 428 yards this game. Joe Dietrich led the attack with 180, Mark Mueller had 110, and Doug Free also had a 100-yard game. Of course, much credit must be given to the offensive line for clearing the paths for the runners.

NWC 33 Loras 0 NWC 32 Mt. Senario 19 NWC had a field day on Loras’ field as they racked up their 4th straight win and maintained their undefeated conference record, now stand­ ing at 3-0. The defense was particularly out­ standing in this game as it held Loras to just 24 total yards.

The offense had some trouble getting points on the board in the first half. Steve Schlicht returned a punt nicely down to the Loras four yard line, but the Trojans did not score. Later, a bad snap by Loras at their own two yard line was recovered by the Trojans and led to a two yard run by Joe Dietrich for the only score in the first half, making it 6-0.

The offense got rolling in the second half, however. Dietrich scored again from three yards out; Doug Free scored on a 27-yard pass play from Mueller; Jim Hoff scampered 23 yards for a touchdown; and Phil Hirsch caught an 18-yard pass from Gary Huebner for the final touchdown.

Loras meanwhile threatened only once

Northwestern traveled northwest to take on a team that also reportedly looked good in its first games. The Trojans made it two con­ ference wins in a row, however, and came back a winner by a score of 32-19.

NWC scored on its first drive behind some nifty running by Craig Wicbusch. He had a 37-yard run in the series and scored on a four yard plunge. NWC grabbed an early 6-0 lead, but Senario came right back with a scoring drive of their own, including a successful fake punt, and capped it with an eight yard pass play to tie it at 6-6.

In the second quarter, both teams scored touchdowns after long drives, mainly on the ground. Mark Mueller and Joe Dietrich carried the ball for the most part, before Mueller took it in from the one. Senario scored on an eight yard run at the other end of the field, and it was 12-12 at halftime.

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in the game, as they blocked a punt and had the ball on our nine yard line. On fourth-down with six yards to go, the defense held, as they did throughout the entire game.

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NWC 5 Carthage 1 Carthage was able to get off almost as many shots on goal as the Trojans in this game, but superior defensive play, led by goalie Dave Clark and fullbacks Mike Loescher and Rich Wamccke, proved to be a key factor in the outcome. The other key factor was the scoring of Keith Bilitz, who put four past their goalie, and Fred Krieger, who scored one.

The Trojan players were not psyched out by the female player on the Carthage team, for which the Trojan men should be commended.

However, for some strange reason, everyone wanted to play halfback for that game.

The Trojans got off to a relatively slow start in this game down at Milton, but got rolling in the second half to win, 5-1. At halftime the game was tied, 1-1. Fred Krieger scored the only first-half goal, while Scott Spaulding, Keith Bilitz (2), and Krieger again put the game away in the second half. For Spaulding, it was his first goal as a Trojan, coming from his halfback position. Tim Henning had two assists in the game. The Trojans outshot Milton, 38-17.

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The team’s conference record was raised to 3-1, one game behind Holy Redeemer.

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Corn always did have a way with the ladies!

The NWC cross-country team has partici­ pated in three meets since the last Black and Red. First of all, the team finished in ninth place out of 16 teams at the MATC Invitational.

At Carroll, the Trojans were third out of 4 teams, while at the UW-Baraboo Barron Invita­ tional, the Trojan runners finished in a tie for first place with UW-Richland Center in a field of 7 teams. Ken Nelson placed third in this meet with a time of 23:51. Steve Witte came in ninth.

NWC 4 Wis. Luth. Sem I The game against the Sem turned out to be a bit rough, but also fun, and the younger guys came away with the victory by a score of 4-1. Keith Bilitz scored a hat-trick for the Tro­ jans, while John Kenyon scored his first goal as a Trojan. There's nothing quite like a good ol’ soccer game between some future pastors of the Synod.

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iiiiiiiiiniiiniiainiiiini DEDICATIONS:

jrr t was not too long ago that I was sitting at ^ my typewriter putting together the last Alumni News column. Since that time I am sorry to say that I have not gathered an over­ abundance of new information. I forgot to send out the form letter to the Seminary lor its notes. Therefore, in keeping with the last issue's promise of a “double portion” of Sem notes, I will forecast a triple portion for the next issue (I feel like a Baskin-Robbins man).

With this edition of Alumni News I wish to thank two former district presidents for their service to the Black & Red: Rev. Gerhard Horn, who declined re-election, and Rev. Lyle Lange, who has accepted a call to Doctor Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota.

Thank you once again for sending us the news ol your districts, and we wish God’s blessings as you continue in your work.

-Trinity Lutheran Church of Aberdeen, SD, dedicated an educational building' for a Christian day school on August 27, 1978.

Pastor Douglas Weiser (’66) serves the con­ gregation.

-Good Shepherd Congregation of Omaha, NE, dedicated a new addition to their school and church on May 21, 1978. Rev. Gerald Free (’52) is their pastor.

-A new teacherage was dedicated on May 28, 1978, by Messiah Lutheran Church of Wichita, KS. Presently serving Messiah is Rev. Edwin C. Frederick (’70).

-Grace Lutheran Church of Seward, NE, dedicated a new parsonage on June 11, 1978.

Rev. Paul Reede (’72) serves as pastor.

-A new church and parsonage were dedi­ cated to the Lord’s service by Peace Lutheran Church of Boulder, CO, on June 11, 1978.

Pastor Mark Cares (’73) presently serves the congregation.

-King of Kings Lutheran Church of Alexandria, LA, dedicated a new church to the glory of God on August 28, 1978. Rev. Timothy Bauer (’72) serves as pastor.

—Shepherd of the Verde Valley Lutheran

4 ANNIVERSARIES: - St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Roscoe, SD, was privileged to celebrate the 85th anniver­ sary of its founding, and the 50th anniversary of its church building on September 17, 1978.

Rev. Gerhard Geiger (’63) serves the congrega­ tion.

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May 27, 1978, to Rev. and Mrs. Richard Kuckhahn (’60). Rev. Kuckhahn currently serves a parish in Sioux City, IA. -Rev. and Mrs. Richard Agenten (’72) were blessed with the gift of a son, Jonathan William, on June 20, 1978.

A son, Joel Daniel, was given to Rev. and Mrs. David Neumann (’67) of Livingston, MA, on June 16, 1978.

—David Frederic was born to Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Zarling (’72) of Brookings, SD, on April 29, 1978.

-Rev. and Mrs. Robert Gurgel (’71) were blessed with the gift of a son, Geoffrey Robert, on May 21, 1978. Rev. Gurgel currently serves a congregation in Mitchell, SD. -A son, Andrew, was bom to Rev. and Mrs. Mark Johnston (’74) of Bowdle, SD, on August 11, 1978.

Church in Scdona, AZ, dedicated a chapel on September 17, 1978. Rev. John Zarling (’72) serves the congregation.

RETIREMENTS: —Pastor Leo Gruendeman (’25) of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Lincoln, NE, retired from the ministry after 50 years in the Lord’s service on June 18, 1978.

INSTALLATIONS: —Rev. Dennis Lemke (’70) was installed as pastor of Shepherd of Peace Lutheran Church of Norfolk, NE, on June 11, 1978. Rev. Lemke formerly served St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Beverly Hills, FL. -Rev. Virgil Micheel (’67), who had served St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Gresham, NE, was installed as pastor of St. John’s Lutheran of Herrick, SD, on June 10, 1978, and of Grace Lutheran Church of Burke, SD, and Peace Lutheran Church of Carlock, SD, on June 11, 1978.

SEM NOTES -Steve Steiner is the proud papa of a new 4-cylinder, 188 lb. Volkswagen engine block.

-Spaude and Barenz still smell like grizzly bears after a summer in Glacier Park —Dave Kehl can no longer play Batman in his big black ’58 Buick: it lies buried on the plains of Nebraska.

—Tommy Lindloff is glad to be out of Washington, back in Mequon, where he can grease all day and night.

-Unke and Zoogic have taken a serious step down from the Gobbler, and now work as waiters at a truckstop in Thicnsvillc.

-The janitorial crew of Dorf and Vosscamp can be seen cruising the Sem campus on trac­ tors from 1:00-4:30 daily. Admission is 50 cents.

-It’s so nice to have Ernie Wendland, the Lesser, back on the slope, where his boyish charm and good looks don’t go unappreciated.

-Rumor has it Dan Gawrisch played over 200 softball games this summer, but somehow he couldn’t find time to get those papers done from last year.

-Shimmy Schumann came up with a posi­ tive score on his brain-scan at the Beaver Dam hospital. The doctors actually found evidence of one in there.

-John Schuetzc has started a diamond savings account and is stashing away every spare nickel.

ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION: The following were graduates of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary this past spring, and were ordained and installed in the congregations assigned to them:

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-John Gawrisch (’74) was ordained and installed as pastor of King of Kings Lutheran Church of Little Rock, AR, on June 25, 1978.

-Paul Scharrer (’74) was ordained and installed as pastor of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Lincoln, NE, on July 9, 1978.

-John Warmuth (’74) was ordained and installed as pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran of North Platte, NE, and Trinity Lutheran Church of McCook, NE, on July 9, 1978.

-Elton Stroh (’74) was ordained and in­ stalled as pastor of Gethsemanc Lutheran Church, of Southeast Kansas City, MO, on July 16, 1978.

-Wayne Hilgcndorf (’74) was ordained and installed as pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Gresham, NE, and Zion Lutheran Church of Garrison, NE, on July 16, 1978.

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No movement disturbs it. Death-like still­ ness projects an overwhelming feeling of being alone, as if there were no other beings in the entire universe. There is no air to breathe here, only the hardest of vacuumThe temperature is absolute zero, -273 Celsius, a point so cold that even the vibration of atoms slows almost to a stop. Even the icy stars that punctuate the medium are still, not twinkling as they do when seen through an atmosphere. All lifeforms are intruders here.

Through this boundless void hurtles a tiny craft, a silver cocoon protecting the life of its solitary passenger from the chill of space.

Inside, the voyager begins to decelerate his ship although his objective is still trillions of kilometers away. Days afterward, one glowing star begins to stand out from its company as its size increases by degrees.

“MENTOR,” the voyager addresses his ship’s on-board computer, “I am extending the forward scanners’ range so that we can get a picture of the system we are approaching.

The designation for this star will be SPA46381-29B. I hope your calculations are correct this time.”

“My calculations can only be as reliable as the data I receive. Without known reference points, Colonel Jhon Armstrong, even an ad­ vanced Jupiter UVX3.7 such as I cannot be infallible.”

‘Tve heard quite enough about you and your abilities. Even the old 3.5’s seem almost likable in comparison, you son of an abacus.

Humankind took a step backward when

they gave intelligence and emotion to a machine like you.”

“Without me, your MENTOR, you could never survive a deep space voyage like this on a one-man exploratory probe. I am not only your navigator and data-processor but also your doctor, psychiatrist and friend. Without me to keep you mentally balanced, the pres­ sures of a solitary trip into space would have reduced you to a vegetable years ago.”

“So you think I’m still sane? Ha, Ha, I’m stark, raving mad!”

“Stop it, Jhon, be serious. You need some rest. Go to the sleeping room. We will not be close enough for a detailed scan of the system until 0435 hours tomorrow.”

“Not until I’ve seen the results of the sensor scan we just ran. Is this star the one?

Unless we find it soon, I’ll never make it back alive.”

“Here are the specifics, Jhon: The star is an M-class yellow dwarf, similar in size to Sol. There are ten major planets, several of which have moons. Planets two, three, and four are in the life-zone for a star of this type and size.

We will have to wait until we approach closer to obtain more detailed information. There is a triple-star system only 4.2 light years from this star. It may be the Centaurus system.”

“Triple-star systems are not unique in the galaxy and we have seen a number ourselves.

Thanks for the optimistic note, though. After forty-one years in space, I need it.”

“It’s my duty, Jhon. Now, I would advise you to get some rest before then.”

“Wake me at 0400, MENTOR, I want to Continued on page 102

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Cover Story

Coming Home Up River

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Homecoming

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Where We Stand

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SPORTS

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O Nobel Note

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Continued from cover be there when the data begins to come in. Sec you then.” ‘‘Good night, Jhon.”

Colonel Armstrong arose and quietly walked from the control room toward his sleeping quarters. Lying awake, his thoughts slipped back to the years he spent as a cadet at the Space Academy on Earth.

If only I were back there again, he thought.

We had some good times together: Peet, Sesar, Kahrl, and I. And I could never forget M’lissa. I last saw her the night before the graduation ceremonies, when all of us had a party on the beach near the Academy. She was wearing a black tunic of natural silk which

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After graduation we all shipped out to Jupi­ ter for the special training required of the men who were going to spend months and even years alone on long voyages. The ships we got were the latest design and extremely fast, faster than any other ships in the fleet except the new fighters. They were sleek, silver ships, masterpieces of engineering. Although most Scout missions lasted only two or three years, the life-support systems were of such a design that a voyage could be extended almost in­ definitely. On board was the latest develop­ ment of computer science, the JUPITER UVX3.7. Besides operating and navigating the ship, the unit had a measure of human intelli­ gence and emotion. Without the JUPITER UVX3.7 as a companion, no man would be able to endure the long months and even years alone in space and still return sane.

The Scout program was man’s stepping stone to the stars. Scouts were the vangard leading the way for colonists to follow. We were to venture where man had never gone before.

Forty-one years have passed since we left the Omega station orbiting Jupiter, and set a course for the Arcturus sector. That is, forty-one years have passed on the ship, but back on Earth many hundreds of years have passed. Einstein discovered this aspect of space travel at the speed of light back in the twentieth century. If we ever do get back to Earth, it’s doubtful that any of it will be recog­ nizable. Ordinarily, Scout voyages do not last this long. Two years’ ship time is the usual limit, and even then one returns to find friends and relatives very old or dead.

When this ship took off from the Omega station, everything went according to plan until we reached the Shahron system. While we were exploring on the surface of its second planet, a freak electrical storm caused damage to the electrical system of the ship. All the damage was reparable except part of the JUPITER UVX3.7’s memory banks which included the navigation sections. Although we were able to reach space again, we were lost without the navigational memory. The stars look entirely different from Shahron than they did from Earth. Since then we’ve been vainly trying to find our way back to Earth.

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She said she loved me and wanted to get mar­ ried if only I would stay and not become a spaceman. I thought deeply that night because I loved her also, but the stars called louder to me than M’lissa did. That was the last time I saw her, since the next day at graduation Peet, Sesar, and I received commissions as Deep Space Exploratory Scouts.

Only the highest ranking members of each class were chosen to train for the Scouts, who pilot small craft deep into space to extend the frontiers of man and to explore regions where man has never gone before.

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when one had abandoned the hope of ever seeing Earth again, makes me feel peculiar.

It seems as though eons have passed since I last saw a fellow human being. It will be diffi­ cult to adjust to crowds of people, if this is Earth. The loneliness of forty-one years in space envelopes me like a blanket, dragging me downward into blissfull oblivion.

“Wake up, Jhon!”

“What. . .what time is it?”

“It is precisely 0400. Shortly we will be moving into range for a definitive sensor scan.

1 will expect you in the control room at 0425.”

A few minutes afterward, as he walked down the narrow passageway from his sleeping room, Jhon had an uneasy feeling in his stomach, hoping that this would be the Sol system and yet fearing in his heart that his expectations would be shattered once again.

He took his seat before the center pro­ jection screen and immediately began adjusting the instruments, setting dials and integrating different circuits. “First, MENTOR, we’ll chart the orbital vectors of each planet and then examine each in detail. Let's begin with planet six; if this is the Sol system, it should be a gaseous giant with throe flat rings surround­ ing it. There couldn’t be many of those in the galaxy.”

“I will project it on the main screen, Jhon.”

“Am I hallucinating, MENTOR? It’s got rings!.. .Yahoo! We’re home, MENTOR! I didn’t think it was possible. I never thought we’d ever find it again. Can you believe it, after forty-one years, we're back!”

“Cool your jets, Jhon. We are not on Earth yet. Do not forget that many years have come and gone since we set out for Arcturus. My calculations show that more than thirteen hundred years have passed. Direct the antennae toward Earth. You should be able to pick up transmissions on the electromagnetic wave­ bands.”

“An excellent suggestion, MENTOR. .. .

There, we are now monitoring all the wave­ bands. This will be of great help to me in adjust­ ing to the time change by listening to Earth.

But something's strange here, we’re not receiv­ ing anything. The instruments show that the ether is completely clear except for back­ ground static. And there’s nothing wrong with the antennas; they check out perfectly.”

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“The data is not promising; radiation levels are much higher than they ought to be.”

“High radiation levels? Tell me you’re kidding, MENTOR.” “You know that I do not kid.”

“I never thought they would do it. How can rational, thinking beings have been respon­ sible for this? MENTOR, perhaps some escaped?

Are there any areas that are free of radiation?”

“Radiation levels are not uniform but the levels are too high everywhere for any life to have survived. It will take some time to estab­ lish how long ago this holocaust occurred, but the radiation is still so intense that without protection you would die within a few days on the surface.”

“It’s so sad, the shining Earth with its

“Check the tracking mechanisms, too; they may not be within tolerances. Only exact tracking will pick up Earth from here.”

“No, MENTOR, all circuits check out green, no red lights. Is it possible that they no longer communicate with electromagnetic transmis­ sions? Plot us a course for the third planet.

Let’s visit Earth.”

“Bring us to a vector heading of 273.042, Jhon. Increase deceleration by a factor of 0.771. Our ETA will be 1760 hours, stardate 2741.263.”

“Almost thee days yet. Until then, MEN­ TOR, we will beam a distress signal on a tight beam toward each planet in turn. I hope someone will hear us. 1 wonder if there still is an Omega station orbiting Jupiter.”

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The sensor data from our approach is not auspicious. I hope, for your sake, that they do not indicate a repeat of what we found on Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars. All the stations on them were abandoned and lifeless.”

“MENTOR, look at the night side of the Earth; one should be able to distinguish the lights of major cities from orbit but the dark­ ness is complete. What’s happened? What do the sensors tell us about the surface?”

green, fertile lands and clear blue oceans are so poisoned that they are more barren than a desert. The most beautiful planet in the heavens is now no more than a lifeless cinder.”

“Don’t get depressed, Jhon. You are still alive.”

“Yes, but it is only I of all my race who remain. To find Earth again and be reunited with people was what has kept me going all these years. Now I am truly alone. Who could have pushed the button that began this Armageddon? I remember, many years ago when I was going to school, I read in a history book about an organization called the ‘United Nations’ whose purpose it was to promote peace between the nations. It had chosen as its motto a passage from a great book; “They 104

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The United Nations did not last and neither did its motto. Men never did beat their swords into plowshares but kept making them better

and more deadly until they destroyed them­ selves, and now we alone arc left.” the end

finished last.

Finally Friday rolled in about the same time as the crowd from DMLC arrived. The football team put on the finishing touches after a good week of practice, and got ready for Saturday’s game. By Friday night most of our weekend guests had assembled and were treated to the sight of Coaches Thompson and Lindemann "puttin’ the hammer down" at the car smash. Many of the football players got to show off their powerful swings as they smashed the old junk car inscribed with our opponent’s name.

Friday night also witnessed our entertain­ ment highlights of the year, as both Prep and College student bodies put on a really good show. The Jazz Ensemble, directed by Joel Suckow, treated us with an excellent per­ formance. I’m sure many people will long remember the performance of Jeff Carter and his Mad Man Boogie Band-with a guest per­ formance by Elvis (?). To think we have so much talent on our little campus!! The night of entertainment was topped off by the dramatic interpretation of the classical fairy tale CinderBrenner by the Northwestern Dorm Staff. The plot, although somewhat difficult to follow at times, had something to do with a tutor who had to spend all "her” time washing floors and never had time for a date. Many of the critics thought they could see the allusion to the real life situations at Northwestern. The burning of

w y^)inecoming-thc time for superlatives. rr Doesn't Homecoming always seem to bring together the best players we’ve seen in many a year putting forth their Hr est efforts for the greatest tradition? When helmets and pads crack as the young men are motivated by the fires of pride and desire, fond memories of donning the Black and Red arc relived one more time. In 1978, Homecoming at North­ western College was a little of all of these things over again.

Northwestern’s Homecoming got off on the right foot on the preceding weekend with a big football win at DMLC. By the time all the fans and football players made it back to Northwestern, some spirit was already being generated for the upcoming Homecoming weekend. Monday thru Thursday NWC got the chance to witness one of the best initiations we've had. Both the Freshman and Sophomore classes participated with fervor. Each class was a definite credit to the spirit of Northwestern as the fiosh finally learned to put away childish things and learned new skills like buttoning, duck walking, and fishing in the tunnels.

Some of the college classes even used the early part of the week to begin their Home­ coming displays, but the older and wiser Seniors didn’t start until Friday. Their efforts were well worth it, however. The first three places went to the Juniors (good job!), Sopho­ mores, and Freshmen, respectively. The Seniors 105

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Saturday morning the soccer team got us off on the right foot with a victory. It wasn't just a regular win, either, for they won the conference championship at the same time.

The team finished the season with only one defeat, and that had come at the hands of the same Holy Redeemer team which they walked on at Homecoming. This year’s team really handled their opponents well, and kicked most of the rest of the conference around. Coach Keith Bilitz thought the team was headed to its best season ever at the beginning of the year, and this final victory capped everyone's expectations.

Northwestern vs. Marquette University— that's the way the schedule read for Saturday's game. Although people not familiar with this year’s Northwestern football team might have expected us to get pasted by a nationally ranked team (Marquette was the NCAA basket­ ball champion last year), Northwestern won handily. The final score was46-0, Northwestern winning. The game was a fun one for our players, as Marquette has only a club football te im. Everyone got a chance to play quite a bit as our team rolled to a 39-0 halftime score.

The game was a somewhat of a letdown, as both players and spectators admitted, but scheduling difficulties led to this unbalanced matchup for Homecoming. All in all, it gave the Trojans a chance to flex their muscles for all their friends and relatives.

At halftime of the game five alumni were honored for their play in the days when they wore the Black and Red, From the class of '29 honored alumni were Mr. Kurt Kneiske, Rev. Gerhard Schaefer, and Prof. Alfred von Rohr Sauer. Also honored were Rev. Carl Ziemcr (’69) and Missionary Roger Sprain of the class of ’57. 1957 also was the year most of the nine seniors of this year's Trojan team were born. Doug Free, A1 Sorum, Pete Kiecker, Don Seelhoff, Jerry Ewings, Steve Schiller, Dave Kolander, Larry Olson, and Ross Ulrich were all playing in their last Homecoming for Northwestern College.

And so Homecoming of 1978 came to an end. Another football team played their hardest and won the Homecoming game for their school. Alumni came to see sons, grand­ sons, parishioners, and friends play for the 106

in 1978 is now gone. It will be preserved by wilted corsages that bring back memories of a special date. Kids will try to pick out their dad or grandpa in pictures they see ten or fifty years from now, but they won’t have the memory of October 28, 1978 that we do. But maybe, just maybe, they will have wilted cor­ sages, pictures, memories, and a goal of their own that will match exactly the hopes and aspirations we had on Homecoming of 1978 at Northwestern College.

school they cherish. Some alumni had to miss the game because they are serving at churches and missions too far from the school where their hearts were on October 28, 1978. Some alumni missed the game because of weddings or other church functions. But they did not really miss the spirit of Northwestern College.

We hope that all the players wearing the Black and Red on Homecoming this year will join those alumni already striving for the divinely commissioned goal.

Homecoming at Northwestern College

JERRY EWINGS

Where We Stand

by Larry Olson

Results of the Initiation Poll

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So, since I missed the last two issues, I’ve decided I’d better get something in for this one before Cutco Kant disowns me as his room­ mate.

Every year around Homecoming time the question of initiation comes up. Should we have it or shouldn’t we? This year the dis­ cussion even made it into print in the hallowed pages of the Black and Red. “Freeze, Frosh” (B & R No. 2) presented the case against initiation, while “A Better Solution” (B & R No. 3) gave the case for it. Anyone reading these two articles could, without too much effort, come to the conclusion that one thing initiation doesn’t evoke is unanimity of opinion. But neither article gives any indication of what the general opinion on campus is. So, having donned my dark glasses and trench coat, I set out to do some real investigative reporting.

Through the services of the prompt and efficient campus mailing system, each student was furnished with a questionnaire. Without further ado, here are the responses to the question “How do you feel about initiation?”

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responsibility of the seniors, but the fact that this could be the last time their opinion would be solicited might have had something to do with it. The overall response was about 65% of the student body.

One definite factor in the way one looks at initiation seems to be the high school one comes from. The vast majority of men from synod prep schools were in favor of initiation, while none were opposed. One-third of those from area Lutheran or public high schools, however, were either neutral or opposed to initiation. I would attribute this to the fact that the prep schools are boarding schools.

Also, they all have initiations similar to ours; the two schools most opposed to initiation, Wisco and Onalaska, do not. Following are the figures broken down according to schools.

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Two other areas I asked about were age and campus life. Age didn’t seem to have any bear­ ing on the issue, and the only aspect of campus life that did was sports. There were 72 athletes who responded to the poll. Out of this group 71 were in favor of initiation, one was neutral, and none was opposed. If there are any con­ clusions to be drawn from this, you can draw your own.

The students were given the opportunity to put any comments they had on the back of their questionnaire. The following is a selection.

-“If they can’t hack this, then they’ll

never hack Hebrew!” (Senior) -‘‘I vehemently insist that screaming at the top of one’s lungs while buttoning reveals a lack of Christian love.” (Special I) —“It is clear in my mind that initiation is simply a useless, perhaps harmful, tradition which exists only because those in authority see only one side of it and are afraid to abolish it. The reasons for initiation are simply excuses for keeping a tradition which belongs with the street gangs in Chicago and not on a Christian campus.” (Special I) -“It’s more than a tradition; it’s an adven­ ture!” (Special III) -“Initiation did a great job of pulling the class together and raising class spirit.” (Fresh­ man) —“Cordes hit the nail right on the head when he mentioned sinful pride as being the main reason some cats can’t handle initiation.

If you can’t lower yourself for a mutual farce, in the name of the class, how will you stand up to groundless criticism from a misguided mem­ ber of your congregation who might challenge your precious good name?” (Senior) -“I believe that it was an enjoyable ex­ perience for the upperclassmen as well as for the Frosh.” (Special II) -“It is a shame that those who express their skepticism for initiation are shot down, while those who express their liking of it are praised.” (Special II) —“In favor of initiation with the addition of a proposed upperclass committee to curb abuses by sophomores.” (Junior) -“No, I do not think a committee should be set up to watch the sophomores. These things should be checked by brotherly admoni­ tion from fellow students.” (Special II) —“Personally, I enjoyed initiation and got to know a lot more people because of it.”

(Freshman) —“I do not see how there can be any ob­ jections to this year’s initiation. It was all done in fun. It brought our class closer together and closer to the school. If initiation were banned, it would leave a great void that would be nearly impossible to fill.” (Freshman) -“How anyone could possibly be opposed, in view of the attitude of the frosh, not only during initiation week but also at the soccer and football games, is beyond any mature 108

human understanding.” (Special III) -“It was the most fun week I’ve had up here, especially Alumni Days. We made fools of ourselves, but that’s what made it so fun.”

(Freshman) “We should keep in mind who we are and where we are as we initiate.” (Sophomore) -“I think you’re carrying this a bit too far now. Why don’t you just let the issue drop, and maybe the whole thing will blow over.”

(Senior) —“Initiation was fabulous!” (Freshman) —“I wholeheartedly support initiation. It’s a great way to get the brotherly feeling of Northwestern.” (Freshman) -“An adiaphoron.” (Senior) -“My first two years on campus I was opposed. However, this year things went well and there didn’t seem to be a general abuse of

the Frosh-Soph relationship.” (Special III) —‘‘Men should be men; boys should be boys. Northwestern is for men and not for boys." (Senior) -‘‘I fail to see where many of the things we did were in accord with our initial com­ mand to ‘quit ourselves like men.”’ (Special I) -“It contradicts the motto, ‘Quit your­ selves like men.’” (Special II) -“Initiation made a man outta me!”

(Special III) To quote a campus luminary, “them’s the facts.” And the opinions. The two articles I referred to earlier caused a good deal of dis­ cussion; perhaps this one will too. At any rate, I think it will serve its purpose by making known just where the student body stands on this issue.

team will now come away with an unblemished record in the conference by defeating Maranatha.

The team’s record at present is 7-1, 5-0 in conference play; their only loss was the season opener against Lawrence University. It has truly been an exciting, enjoyable season for both players and fans, a season that will long be remembered. The Trojans won some big games in recent weeks, so let’s look at them now.

Well fans, we’re almost at the end of the football season, and the Trojan team is officially number one. They are the champions of the Upper-Midwest Conference! One game remains, that being against Maranatha on Dad’s Day, But there is no way that any team can even tie the Trojans for first place since all have at least two conference losses. Hopefully, the 109

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That I can say that of that bell I heard it pulled by mortal hands Proclaim success to wait ng fans.

I heard it summon twice a day All faithful men to come and pray As golden horns in days of old; It never failed ere warm or cold.

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In past seasons the Trojans had not been able to defeat Northwestern of Roseville, MN, The game this year put an end to that streak, however, as NVVC rolled past them 32-6.

The Trojans scored three touchdowns in the first half, all on short runs by Craig Wiebusch. Craig’s scores were set up by offen­ sive drives the first two times, and by Larry Olson’s interception the third time. His inter­ ception put the ball at their own 9 yard line.

The Trojans dominated both offensively and defensively in the first half and led 19-0.

Both teams exchanged touchdowns in the third quarter. Phil Hirsch caught a halfback option pass from John Beck for an 8 yard touchdown completion. Beck returned to the lineup after missing sevcial games due to an injury. Roseville scored their only touchdown of the day on a 5 yard pass play, and at the end of three quarters it was 26-6.

The Trojans got one more touchdown in the fourth quarter when Rich Gurgcl inter­ cepted a Roseville pass and returned it to their 16 yard line. Joe Dietrich then took it in on a 9 yard scamper for the final points of the day.

Mark Mueller had a fine day passing as he completed 8 out of 14 attempts for 136 yards.

Doug Free caught two of those passes for 80 yards. A 40 yard average per catch isn't just too bad!

The defense played another steady game, stopping the Roseville attack and giving the offense more chances to work with the ball.

The defense has been super all year long.

NWC 13 DMLC9 The game against DMLC each year is an exciting one, since the Trojans have not yet lost to the Lancers. The game this year was especially important, because, at the time, NWC was only one game ahead of DMLC in the conference standings. There have been some very close games in the past, but this one was undoubtedly the closest.

The Trojans opened up a 10-point lead in the first half by scoring a touchdown in each quarter. Joe Dietrich scored both for NWC. The first came on a routine but well-executed drive down the field as the offensive line opened up holes in the Lancer defense. The

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who has a good chance at breaking 1000 yards, had 123 on 15 carries. Mark Mueller was 4 out of 6 in the passing department, for 75 yards.

NVVC forced 9 turnovers, including 6 inter­ ceptions. Mark Kolandcr had three intercep­ tions, and Rich Gurgel had two.

The game allowed the alumni as well as the spectators a chance to sec some scoring on the field, and to chat with each other. In case you may have missed the scoring, here’s how it went: 1st TD—Dietrich from 2 yards follow­ ing a 27 yard pass from Mueller to Hirsch; 2nd-Dietrich from 39 yards out on the first play following interception by Rich Gurgel: 3rd - John Beck on a 3 yard run; 4th—Hirsch from Mueller for 37 yard TD pass; 5th-Hoff from 3 yards following interception by Ross Ulrich; 6th—Steve Olson on a 20 yard scamper after an interception by Mark Kolander; 7th— Hoff on a 9 yard pass from Nitz.

At halftime, the honored alumni were offered a chance to suit up and help Marquette out against the Trojans. NWC may have found some trouble had that happened. But for­ tunately the offer was turned down.

second was set up by an option pass from Craig Wiebusch to Phil Hirsch, who was so wide open that Craig could get it to him although he threw a wounded duck. The play went for 37 yards. Dietrich then took it in the last few yards.

DMLC put together two threats of their own in the first half. The first was stopped

by Mark Kolander’s interception at the 10 yard line. The second resulted in a field goal by John Favorite- brother of NWC soccer star Bill Favorite-who put it through soccer style, and made the score 13-3 at halftime.

The second half turned out to be quite a different ball game. DMLC’s defense began to plug up holes faster than the Trojans could make them, and NWC was forced to punt several times. Meanwhile, Lancer quarterback Tod Bartholomew hit a series of passes that set up a third-quarter touchdown, cutting the Trojan lead to 4 points at 13-9. From then on the game was a sec-saw battle of little offense and tough defense.

But late in the game, DMLC put on what almost became the winning drive in the ball game. Paul Bauer came in at quarterback and moved his team right down the field to about our five yard line. On a fake hand-off to the tailback, the ball came loose, Pete Kieckcr caused it to fly out in the open, and Steve Hein jumped over several bodies to recover it.

NWC was saved for the moment. The Lancers got the ball back one more time on a punt, but the defense came through again and held them on four downs to seal the victory.

Joe Dietrich had another 100-yard game against the Lancers, most of which came in the first half. The defense came through again for the Trojans, led by the play-caller Dave Kolan­ dcr, and Jerry Ewings, who made several tackles behind the line of scrimmage. It was an outstanding game on the part of both defenses, and a fine effort on the part of the Lancer offense. The victory enabled NWC to sew up at least a tic for first place in the conference.

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A large crowd on campus witnessed an exciting soccer game that ended in a 1-1 tie with Maranatha. Keith Bilitz scored a goal for the Trojans in the second half to tie it up. The game turned out to be costly for a couple of players however. Dave Clark suffered a dis­ located elbow while playing goalie; Mike Loescher and Keith Bilitz both hurt their knees. Loescher had to miss the next two games, and Clark was out for the season. But Joel Petermann and Jim Weiland filled in very nicely for the two at their respective posi­ tions.

NWC 46 Marquette 0 NWC I Carthage 0 Homecoming turned out to be, as expected, a one-sided affair. The Trojans scored 39 points in the first half, 20 in the first quarter. Total yardage in the game was 483 to 169, and the Trojans had 324 on the ground. Joe Dietrich,

The Trojans played in another close game, but the defense was able to prevent Carthage from scoring and the team held on to win. 1-0.

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The Trojans continued on their way to the top by defeating another conference opponent, Milton, 4-2. Keith Bilitz contributed a hat trick in the game, and Tim Henning added the other goal. Fred Krieger had three assists.

NWC outshot Milton 37-14 in the game.

CHAMPS Homecoming was a dream come true for the NWC soccer team, as they defeated Holy Redeemer 4-2, and won the league champion­ ship. After coming close to winning it last year, the team made good its excellent chance for winning the title this year. Their final record was 6-1-1 in conference play, and 9-1-1 overall.

Fred Krieger was the offensive hero of the game as he scored a hat trick. The fourth goal came on an indirect kick by Tom Fricke. Tom saved his first goal ever for the most impor­ tant game of the season. Keith Bilitz and Tim Henning had picture-perfect assists on Krieger's

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The outcome of the game was in doubt for quite a while, because the opponents twice brought the margin to only one goal at 2-1 and 3-2. But thanks to some key saves by goalie Jim Weiland, they never were able to tie us.

Paul Marggraf did an exceptionally good job on defense, showing constant desire and determination.

For the soccer team, winning the champion­ ship has meant a great deal. The team was a closely-knit group that really enjoyed the sport. The seniors who played, I’m sure, arc particularly elated that they could end their careers with a championship. These men have helped to create an enthusiasm for soccer here at NWC that will carry on into the coming years.

Congratulations to Coach Keith Bilitz, his assistant Mike Loescher, and all the other soccer players, for a great season. \*>’V

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and several individuals have done well. The team came in third at a triangular meet at Carroll on October 7. On October 11, the runners came close to defeating St. Norbcrt in a dual meet there. Ken Nelson finished in second place at that meet, while Steve Witte came in third. On Homecoming day, the Trojan runners participated in a triangular meet at Beloit. The team must have been thinking of all the girls back on campus that day, and finished in last place. Steve Witte did have his best effort of the season, however.

The efforts of the cross-country runners often go unnoticed in comparison with foot­ ball or soccer since it is not really a spectator sport. But the men of the cross-country team are putting together a concerted effort on be­ half of NWC. They do a good job; after all, running long distances, and practicing hard every day is no easy task. It takes tremendous dedication.

The cross-country team will not be losing anyone to graduation, so next year may turn

As the half-painted old float napkins mingle •^Vvith the dyed leaves of autumn, the old Campus and Classroom wordsmiths begin forging their fourth collage of college comedy.

The school year is now nearly two-and-ahalf months old, and as with every year, the old NWC rumor mill is churning. Nearly every­ one has heard all the initiation, or Marquette football club stories. There are other fictitious or semi-fictitious reports swarming about and

out to be a more successful season for them.

INTRAMURALS The intramural flag-football championship was won this year by Paul Ylvisaker’s team.

They defeated everyone they faced for an 8-0 mark. They had some close calls in the early part of the season, but after that no one came close. They arc truly a well-organized, talented group. Even their pre-game drills were intense.

Included in the team were the league’s top rusher, Denny Himrn, who rushed for over 1000 yards; the top punt return specialist, Ellery Groth, who had an 18.6 average, his longest being a 98-yardcr; and the number one quarterback, Bruce McKenney. When asked for what he thought was the highlight of the season, Mac replied that he liked the halftime shows.

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that A1 Sorum has been drafted by the Seattle Seahawks as a punt return specialist, though the Roseville game did spark their interest.

17yards pretty neat, A1 (fora dumb lineman).

It is hoped that no one really believes that the Dean of Men has such poor taste as to want to wear black socks with his orange Homecoming outfit. It turns out that the socks he usually wears with that outfit were in the laundry.

And finally, contrary to all reports. Pope John Paul John Paul II will not be conducting a faculty-student discussion on dancing.

Well, Frosh initiation has come and gone, and while the Freshmen emerged largely un­ scathed, it was noticed that four heretofore undetected borderline psychopaths appeared from the ranks of the sophomores. They are under a doctor’s care nov and as a result of their overzealous initiation of the beaniewearers, the four are now wearing rubber helmets. In reality, Frosh initiation went quite well, with the Frosh showing some of the best marching since the opening shots of the old “Comer Pyle” show.

A recent Plitz class was spent watching a janny driving his tractor over campus hill and dale with leaf-collecting apparatus in tow.

It was a windy day, and no sooner had he cleared a spot of its raggedy carpet when Mr. West-Wind would playfully blow a whole dump­ load of other leaves right on the clean spot.

What a waste of time and gasoline! Can't we be a little more imaginative when it comes to assigning janny chores? What's wrong with leaves on the lawn anyway? They're harm­ less, and friendly, and they crinckle when you walk on ’em. I could see it if trees grew tin cans instead of leaves, and dropped them in fall. But leaves? How about some campus in­ put from you kids-the C & C will welcome suggestions, effective immediately, on how to make the NWC janny more productive and use­ ful. Hate to see this talented bunch gathering leaves like some rag-picking beggar in Tangicrs.

All our suppressed violence was unleashed during one Homecoming event. You know what I’m talking about. Not the banquet, silly. I'm talking about the Car Smash, that festival of twisted steel and busted glass,

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road fever on the way to the Crusades. Just think of sitting for eight hours a day for six months on the back of some big, sweaty, rawboned nag, with a cast-iron three piece suit on, hearing little French kids hollering at ya from behind trees and chucking apples at your helmet as your motley entourage humps by. I bet they went nuts at night, when they’d pull into the Boar’s Head Inn, or up to the economy rooms at a cloister here or there.

How come we never hear of Richard the Lionhearted throwing his mattress out the window, or putting hay from the stable in mother superior’s study? Somebody do a term paper on that.

Little mental side-trips are both necessary and inevitable in a lecture class. Our attention spans being what they are, and mental well­ being at stake in a psychology lecture on “How Rheesus Monkeys Adapt Themselves After Being Hit on the Head with a Rubber Mallet Time and Time Again,” we tune our­ selves out and go hiking. The other day, I just got to thinking about how many past experiences are evident in and with us today.

where all us macho-men flex a few wimpy biceps and deliver horrible blows to some hapless buggy. We hear Trigger has a bid in on the wreck, now that he needs a car.

We've all read reports from supermarket check-out scandal sheets, and Time magazine, about the curious malady that besets a lot of big-name rockn’roll bands while on lour.

Road Fever. It seems that its symptoms are a characteristic lack of concern for motel rooms and their furniture. Its understandablcLynyrd Skynyrd must hold some kind of record with 69 concert dates in 73 days. If you're playing every night, and grossing 5 million bucks on a tour, I image something like a motel room wall seems like a very logical place to take out tour-related frustra­ tions. If it occurs to you to chuck a La-ZBoy recliner into the swimming pool. I guess you just do it. Driving long distances in the car is apt to produce the same effect-that trip to New Ulm can turn four sedate scholars into wild-eyed airheads after eight hours on the road. What spawned this little treatise, how­ ever, was my wondering if medieval knights got

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Soccer champs, hey? And your sport wasn't even officially recognized. Oh well, don’t feel bad you're all recipients of the first annual Campus & Classroom “Non-Sanctioned But Highly Entertaining Sport” letter. If they let us in (with press passes) to the Sports Banquet, we'd like to present each of you guys with one of them. Nice going, beards or no beards!

The rip in my pants came from climbing over a fence in Yellowstone Park; the sand in my sneakers hails from the beach at Daytona.

I bought this T-shirt in the Yukon, and my coat has transmission fluid stains on it from a midnight repair in Anchorage. Scars on your hands are another outlet. There’s a knife scar from cleaning fish in the dark, and that half­ moon scar is from slicing curly mustard on a truck farm. A stubborn starter bolt on a '40 LaSalle, coupled with a slip of the wrench, put a nice scar-tissue swatch across that knuckle.

White streaks on the wrist are reminders of the shattered dorm room window as frosh, and the S60 fine. Oh well, I gotta take some notes in this class...

After mashing Marquette’s football team into Cool-Whip last Saturday, Coach “Turk” Thompson sure had a satisfied smirk on his face. Deservedly so. We were just thinking maybe we could return the favor, and schedule Hank Raymonds' Basketball Destruction Machine for Winter Canvval. At least Odell Ball and Bernard Toone could sec the bell tower, don't ya think?

Thought for the day: While some students obviously drink deeply from the Fount of Knowledge, don't you feel sometimes like you’re just gargling?

It’s hunting season again, and scores of students, as well as Prof, Scllnow and Prof.

Spaude, put on their tweed caps and head for the fields and woods. In fact, there are so many people that go hunting, I'd be scared to go near any clump of more than two trees, for fear a hail of lead plums is gonna come zinging out at me. Anyone who wears a fur coat from now to Christmas is taking his life in his hands.

There’s probably enough firepower in the Wisconsin woods to equip the entire populus of India for an assault on Pakistan. I went for a walk with my little pooch Rebbic last week­ end, and some modern-day Robin Hood narrowly missed sending her to dog heaven when he mistook her for a miniature wolf, and sent a razorhead arrow after all eighteen pounds of mean, wily Schnauzer. Pontel, Wilkcns, Tullbcrg, and Company will still hit the back country bristling with deer-extermination equipment, and sit in trees, freezing their toes off. two feet above the crazy circus of blue whistlers and crazed whitetails. To each his own, 1 guess.

MENU MATCH See how sharp your knowledge of gourmet cooking really is, and match each NWC kitchic entree with its corresponding side dish: A) Fish or liver B) Veal cordon bleu C) Hash Surprise D) Chow mein a la Watertown E) Roast beef F) Stroganoff a la South Milwaukee G) Spaghetti H) Pizzaburgers sans recognizable pizza I) Duckling auf Horicon Marsh J) Roast beef the second night in a row

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Jokes about hair, or lack of it, are becom­ ing a topic non grata in Doc Lehmann’s Art Appreciation course, but since most of us possess it in one form or another, the C & C tag-team has done its homework, and taken a poll in the shower-room on the Northwestern male and his ideas of proper hair-care. Students were picked at random, and the results were painstakingly checked and double-checked Here's what we found out: -To attain his natty, clipped “British-Ainbassador116

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to-France, ca. 1940” look, Randy Schocmann uses just a dab of Prell concentrate, followed by gentle toweling and a leisurely wet-comb. Nice job, Randy.

-Dave Hucbner’s pscudo-’Fro requires a bit more attention. Hucbs will go with Cheryl Ladd's Wella Balsam, and follow rapidly with Wella creme rinse and conditioner. A bout with the hair-dryer is a must to get that body Dave is known for, and just a tad of teas­ ing adds up to an all-around, acceptable coiffure.

Again, hat's off to R.A. David.

-Stepping down a bit, we come to Tom Pankow, who is careful not to use anything too strong for his sensitive, and thinning locks. Panks likes a nice handful of Earth-Born Honeysuckle shampoo, letting the shower water do the majority of the work, to insure a minimal hair-loss factor. One does what one can.

-Mark Mueller is a bit more careless. He sports the traditional Mueller hairdo, which means everything goes back. Mark buys Suave Babv Shampoo by the economical 55-gallon drum at Shopko, and a quart or two can generally do the trick for the Mule. Going to class with wet hair is a must for our quarterback.

-Really getting to the pits now, we're sad to report that Dan Schumann and Tom Jeske were seen scraping a bar of Liva soap through their locks, followed by a 35-sccond stint in front of Yepsk s diesel-powered Mcsserschmidt airplane engine and propeller, currently doing duty as a hair-dryer. Very tacky.

-Finally, our dear Father-figure, Tutor Brenner, was caught out of his abode one afternoon; the door was open. A cautious sneak into his boudoir revealed an amazing array of hair-care products, potions, lotions, Dr. Firewater’s Magic Hair Elixir and Wife Attractor, and a hair-blower with 17 forward gears, and 2 in reverse, with dual racing mirrors and accent stripe.

Apparently Sparky spends just a bit more time with that luxurious brunette thatch than we all gave him credit for. Keep up the good work, guy, although it sure hasn't brought results, has it? Ho ho. (Just a little humor, tutor.)

A few more bars of this waltz, and they’re gonna give Greg Otterstatter my job. Time to quit, while we’re still on the Held. Chow.

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the class of '80’s Winter Carnival “Bug” was their Homecoming tribute to the native Ameri­ can that snared first place in the float competi­ tion. . .John Beck is tired of “We should have used your car for the car smash.” jokes.. .King Kevin I will reign until Homecoming ’79.. .

R.I.P., little green German grasshopper. Trigger Spaude’s tiny Opel received the kiss of death from a big ugly Mopar Saturday night. The illmannered Chrysler was, unfortunately, no worse for wear. . .In their ceaseless quest to upgrade the bill of fare in that parlor of gustatorial delight, our campus cafe, the kitchies have added a new entree to their already weighty menu: Police Dogs. It's nothing but a weiner with a badge pinned on it..

Rick Lohmiller, overheard at Homecoming, with a buffalo in his sights: “When I stop hating girls, I’m gonna stop hating her first”...

Eric Clapton has reportedly contacted Cooper and Carter re: their pirated Homecoming Show version of “Caffeine.” Something about over­ due royalties. Gary Richrath and Jimmy Page, watch out. . .Cruiser Krause sustained bloodon-thc-thumb recently when one of his pet gerbils objected orally to his overaggressive fondling.. .In Prof. Kirst’s biology/meat-cutting class, some churl catnapped Chris Kruschel’s cadaver. How low can you get. Dorm rooms will be checked for kitties with rigor mortis. .

Humphrey scores a “No Contest” victory in the polling for favorite Campus Janny. He rolled over the opposition, and indeed is on his way to the coveted “Premier Janny of the 3rd Half-Century at NWC” award. What a guy!...

Mike Woldt was seen lurking incognito on our parade grounds during festive Homecoming.

No wife in tow yet, huh, Mike? (What is it about these guys that spend a year on our campus after graduating?). „ .DART WARS are currently being conducted on Witt’s 2nd and 3rd floors. Those little plastic suction-cupped projectiles are flying everywhere. Caution is advised, ye who enter there.. .And finally (mercifully, is more like it) Dan Balge has advised the C & C department that now that football is over, he's really gonna be ultraproductive and just horribly funny, in his upcoming columns. I’m sooo excited.. .Time to hit the road. Later, kids.

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-Tir'he campus at Northwestern is now quiet '^*/after a full weekend of Homecoming festi­ vities. Many alumni were once again able to come back to their alma mater and rekindle memories of their prep and college years here.

With the closing of these festivities, we now look forward to the long winter ahead. Soon a blanket of white will cover our campus.

I would like to thank Tom Jeske for his contribution to the alumni column last month.

He was able to obtain some Sent notes for us on one of his treks eastward to the Seminary.

Meanwhile, this month I did not receive a reply from the men on the Hill. I hope that, upon reading this, they will send us some news to let us know that they are still alive and kicking.

Again this month we are also privileged to have received news of another distinguished alumnus who has excelled in further studies.

This month I’m not going to make any further promises of news for next month, (i.e., Sem Notes).

was privileged to celebrate the 20th anniver­ sary of its founding. Rev. Paul Sieglcr (’58), serves the congregation.

-St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Alexandria, MN, observed its 10th anniversary on Octo­ ber 15, 1978. Rev. Gary Griep (’72), serves as pastor.

-Rev. Donald Grummert (’40), of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, MN, celebrated his 35th anniversary in the ministry, his 60th birthday, and his 15th year at St. John’s with a special service on October 22, 1978.

-Pastor em. and Mrs. George Kobs (’15), of Watertown, WI, celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary on October 1, 1978.

-The 25th anniversary of Rev. John Brenner’s ministry at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Bay City, MI, was celebrated in a special service on October 22, 1978. Pastor Brenner graduated from Northwestern College in 1940.

-Rev. Edwin Schmelzer (’44) celebrated the 30th anniversary of his ordination into the ministry on August 27, 1978, at Remus, MI.

CALLS -Rev. Richard Wicchmann (’61), who formerly served Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Milwaukee, WI, accepted a call to Evergreen Lutheran High School in DuPont, WA. He was installed on August 13, 1978.

—Rev. Andrew C. Martens (’67) was in­ stalled as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Kaukauna, WI, on October 22, 1978. Rev. Martens formerly served Emanuel Lutheran of Forestville, WI, and St. Peter’s Lutheran of Kewaunee, WI.

DEDICATIONS —Redeemer Lutheran Church of Black Jack, MO, will dedicate its new church on November 12, 1978. Rev. Peter Berg (’70), serves as their pastor.

-Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church of Fairmont, MN, will dedicate new worship facilities on November 12, 1978. Rev. Eugene Roecker (’70), serves the congregation as pastor.

-A new organ was dedicated by St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church of Fall River, WI, on October 29, 1978. Rev. Richard Zahn (’72) serves as pastor.

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GROUND-BREAKING -Trinity Lutheran Church of Winner, SD, broke ground for a new church on Septem­ ber 10, 1978. Rev. Norris Baumann (’73) serves as pastor.

-Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Greeley, CO, broke ground for their new church on October 1, 1978. Pastor Larry Lcmke (’71), serves the congregation.

NEW SCHOOL -A new Christian day school was opened in the fall of 1978 by St. Mark’s Lutheran Church of Lincoln, NE, The enrollment is 25.

Pastor K. Bode (’66), serves the congregation.

ENGAGEMENT —Pres. Oscar Sieglcr (’37), of Martin Luther Academy in New Ulm, MN, and Mrs. Towner of Charles City, IA. have announced their engagement. A December 50th wedding is planned.

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-A son, Peter Alan, was bom on July 18th to Rev. and Mrs. Christian Sulzle (’72), at Pullman, WA. -A son, Aaron, was bom to Pastor and Mrs. Theodore Lambert (’68), of Bremerton, WA, on October 15, 1978.

—Rev. and Mrs. Darrick Koltcijahn (’71) were blessed with the gift of a son, Nathaniel Peter, on July 24, 1978, in Napcr, NE. —Rev. and Mrs. August Ristow (’72) were blessed with the gift of a daughter, Rachel Beth, on September 29, 1978, in Brewster, NE.

-A son, Joel Philip, was bom to Rev. and Mrs. Paul Stuebs C65), of Yankton, SD, on June 3, 1978.

-A daughter, Julie Ann, was born to Pastor and Mrs. Dennis Hayes (’65), on Octo­ ber 9, 1978, at Sioux Falls, SD. MISCELLANEOUS -Rev. Kermit Bicdenbcndcr (’51) has recovered from serious heart surgery in August and is now back on a full schedule of work at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church of Benton Harbor, Ml. DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS I have received the following information from Dr. Wuldemar M. Heidtke. Dr. Heidtkc was a graduate of Northwestern College in 1920. In 1923 he received a Master of Arts from the University of Chicago, and, after attending classes in the field of German Litera­ ture at the University of Heidelberg from 1966 until 1970, he received a Master of Arts from this university also.

On May 21, 1978, Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, bestowed upon Rev. Heidtkc a Doctor of Philosophy degree for his work in the following subject: The Influence of the Early and Medieval Church on the German Evangelical Hymnody from 1524 until 1675.

Concerning the career of Dr. Heidtke, I should like to quote a part of the article from the Milwaukee Sentinel of May 4, 1978, a copy of which was sent to the Black and Red by Dr. Heidtke. The quote reads: “In his 80th year, Heidtkc, who got his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern College in Watertown 58 years ago.. .a master’s degree from the University of Chicago in 1923.. .was ordained a minister in the Lutheran Church in 1926.. .taught German and Latin in Wauwatosa High School from 1931-45. . .was a translator at the Nurem­ berg war crime trials.. .taught at Concordia College.. .was told that he was being awarded a doctorate from Marquette University.”

We would like to convey our congratula­ tions to Dr. Heidtke for his achievement and wish him God’s blessings for years to come.

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The facts behind a legend the night before Christmas, a night when FjJChristians celebrate the birth of Jesus, thousands of children dream of exciting toys and games, and all sorts of brightly wrapped gifts that will be left under the Christmas tree by the fat jovial fellow known as Santa Claus. According to popular legend, at mid­ night the red-coated, white-bearded figure takes off from his abode at the North Pole in a sleigh full of toys made by his merry elves.

Drawn by eight reindeer, he stops at every child’s home and, sliding down the chimney, leaves gifts and candy for each. When children grow up (if they are not told sooner), they find out that “Santa” is really Mom and Dad. As Christians, we try to play down Santa Claus and all the commercialism that accom­ panies him because it detracts from our ob­ servance of the Savior’s birth and also because we do not want to create in our children the desire for material things which the stores will exploit with their advertising during the holiday season.

Santa Claus is only a folk legend, but legends are often based on little bits of truth passed down by word of mouth and much elaborated on. This is the case with Santa Claus.

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by Timothy Kant the name “Saint Nicholas,” who was an actual person, the beloved bishop of Myra in what is now the country of Turkey. Nicholas was born about 270 A.D. in the city of Patara, which Paul visited on his third missionary trip. A bright and pious lad, he studied for the priest­ hood. He was well-educated and became the bishop of Myra, a city not far from his birth­ place. Many stories about him have been circulated, some of which may be true. One story is that he was imprisoned because of his faith by the Emperor Diocletian. Another well known story about him concerns his neighbor who had three daughters but had no money for their dowries. At night Nicholas threw three bags of gold through their window.

The third bag supposedly landed in a stocking hung on the mantel to dry, giving rise to our custom of hanging Christmas stockings. He came to be known as the patron of students, sailors, fisherman, unmarried girls, shipbuilders, merchants, lawyers, and children.

After his death in 340 A.D. the popularity of the benevolent St. Nicholas spread quickly.

Many miracles were attributed to him. Travelers spread his fame into Russia and throughout Europe. He was especially popular in the Eastern Church. No saints except those in the Bible have ever enjoyed greater popularity in Continued on page 130

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while they sleep, dreaming in joyous anticipa­ tion, he returns bearing gifts for everyone.

The children put out water, hay, and a carrot or something for his white horse and also some cakes for St. Nicholas himself. In the morning children awake to find the room in disarray but with sweets and playthings in place of the hay and cakes. However, if the children have been bad, rods are left and the hay goes un­ touched. Often the presents are hidden, and the longer it takes to find them, the greater the surprise.

Dutch colonists brought the celebration of St. Nicholas Day to their colony in America, New Amsterdam, which is the modern city of New York. They continued to celebrate the festival of “Sinter Klass” on December 6th in America. It quickly caught on with the English settlers, who called him “Santa Claus,” the name in use today. Gradually Santa Claus became associated with Christmas instead of December 6th.

Today, Santa Claus is a completely secu­ larized edition of the benevolent St. Nicholas.

Advertising agencies use him to sell toys to kids who run to Mommy and Daddy and cry, “Gimmec this and that and that. . .for Christ­ mas.” Santa Claus has come a long way since St. Nicholas.

the Christian Church. Thousands of churches around the world are dedicated to him. He was liked so well because of his kindly nature; he was always willing and ready to help someone.

In Lutheran Germany, his popularity waned as a result of the Reformation, which rejected the cult of saint worship but this was not the case in other countries, although they were Protestant.

Observing the feast of St. Nicholas on December 6th was a popular custom in Bel­ gium. There were presents for the children, stockings hung from the mantel, and decorated trees. This celebration was a childrens' festival and was separate from Christmas. The festival of St. Nicholas was very popular in Holland and in parts of Germany. It is not as popular in the other countries of Europe as it had once been. St. Nicholas’ celebrations have been absorbed into Christmas observances in the other countries.

In Belgium and Holland, however, St. Nicholas’ Day retains its earlier vigor. There he is known as the protector of children. For weeks before December 6th they lie awake at night in anticipation. Early in the evening of that special day St. Nicholas tours every home.

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no previous problems. Either I had developed a persecution complex over the summer or the profs were actually dissatisfied with my output. I thought about this for some time and can now admit that it was 85% my fault; it was definitely time for me to show a little motivaton. However, I refuse to accept all the blame. I personally believe that professors are on the lookout for any taint or trace of “bad attitude” in fifth-year men. They are, to one degree or another, expecting flashes of bad attitude and will likely find it whether or not it actually exists. It would be easy for a prof to misconstrue a less than cheerful and friendly remark from a sleepy and perhaps unkempt fifth-year man as a blatant manifestation of bad attitude. If this sounds a little strong, I don’t mean it to. The fact remains that a lot of profs look for and expect a poorer attitude in us and will inevitably find some behavior that can be labeled as such.

I and several others like me are a strange breed of hopeful ministerial candidates who are merely paying the piper for not attend­ ing the right high school. Understand that their honest ignorance didn’t bother me that much.

There were others, however, who knew well my situation and plight, whose greetings and remarks were neither kind nor amusing. “Oh, Al, so you came back to pick up on some of those electives you missed last year.” This was always followed by a big grin, of course.

Particularly tactless and distasteful I thought was, “How docs it feel to be back for your FIFTH year at NWC?” But I took this in stride and accepted it as just a small part of the finishing touches on my college education.

Another problem that I ran into was one of a more serious nature. For some strange reason I just didn't get along with my pro­ fessors like I used to. These were pretty much the same profs 1 had last year with whom I had

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Now don’t think that I’m all upset about my extended stay at Northwestern. In the first place, I realize that the five-year program is a necessary precaution on the part of the Synod to insure the quality and quantity of education of their future pastors. If you’ll remember, I wrote an article in defense of the five-year program last year. In the second place, there are several advantages that I have noticed this year. To begin with, I have become quite familiar with those nice ladies in white who serve the food in the cafeteria. Whether they are motivated by pity, compassion, or friend­ ship I can't say but I always seem to come up with a larger than average portion of hash.

Then there was the championship Trojan foot­ ball team this year. All three of us fifth-year boys agree that being on that team just about compensates for any other less favorable aspect of the extra year. These advantages, as I call them, may seem trite and superficial to some­ one who isn’t a part of our campus society.

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There is one advantage that means a lot more to me and is on a more noble plane. It is also rather difficult to explain. In my fifth year here I have noticed an almost complete break­ down in the way I used to view underclassmen and age differences. Since the class I started with is gone, and best friends of my own age have moved on, I came to the realization that I would have to make equally valuable friend­ ships with younger people or I would have a miserable existence my last year on NWC’s campus. That is exactly what happened and I am very thankful for it. Although this year has already proved to be rather trying and slow moving, I’m sure for the reason I just men­ tioned that it will be just as enjoyable, perhaps a little bit more so, than any of my earlier years at Northwestern. Hang in there, fellow five-year men. It’s worth the fight.

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TJ) anther. Mountain lion. Catamount. Wildcat. *■ They’re all names for the same bloody animal.” County sheriff Otis DuMont spit into the reddish dust, swore under his breath, and shrugged his burly shoulders. He stared at the sun. “Can’t say for sure that it was a pan­ ther. Myself? I don’t believe it. Youse know as well as I do that there just ain’t no solid

documentation of one ’a them critters in these parts for a coon’s age. What we got is this: A coupla missing hunters and what, three ripped-up bluetick hounds?” He squinted at the reporter from the Press-Gazette through thick eyelids. “I ain’t sure just what you’re driving at, mister.” He paused, and gestured with his hands. “Now don’t get no ideas about 132

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hole for any reason. Neither sea nor dry land, it lay sprawling, in one form or another, across all or part of some eight or nine counties in a Southern state. Parts of it were open marsh, part was cypress bog, and part was vegetationchoked sloughs. There was some drier high ground, chuck-full of tangled-up hollows and run-off cuts, and there was plenty of bayou and a goodly number of densely forested square miles on ground that a fellow could drive a truck on one week, but the next time there would be nothing but a treacherous and quaking suck-hole-which’d swallow a hunting dog or a wagon right up with no evi­ dence anything had ever changed. That kind of land sort of defied any commercial use at all.

It wasn’t as big or spectacular as some of its more famous brothers farther south, like the Everglades, or Okcefenokee, so it sulked and brooded up here off by itself. Nobody had much of a call to mess with it. People around the state kind of wrote it off, and said it was dead.

Truck laughed at talk like that. He laughed because he knew. Truck lived in the “Hole”— had been bom in there somewhere. His Mama’s mother had been a full-blood Cherokee forced to come this far east on one of the government’s brutal “Long Marches” from her home many hundreds of miles west, west even of the Missis­ sippi; his pa and his pa had been swampers.

He knew the people who said that were wrong. Big Tarhole was alive. The people who said that were people who sat at desks all day in the state capitol, and it was their business to assess the area and tax the surrounding townships; it was because of this that they wrote it off as a wasteland. Yup, the people didn’t know. They tended to overlook the life of the swamp.

Look, there was a mystery about the place, plain and simple. It had no easy fishing, and was no camping attraction, so the families stayed away. It was uncharted, too wild, and too easy to get lost in. And funny about that getting lost business. You’d get some smarttalking Yankees down here, flapping rolls of bucks, who figured none of this white trash down here was going to tell them where to go.

They’d roar off into the Big Tarhole in a new bass boat, lugging enough liquor to float the Queen Mary, and that would be that. Nobody’d

writing no scare stories. Couda been, like I said, a lotta things. Maybe wild dogs. What­ ever it is, you can be sure that your sheriffs department will clear it up.” His overweight body squeezed behind the wheel of the bangedup Dodge squad car. ‘‘Do me a favor, huh?

Jus’ lets wait and see a few days.” As he shifted into Drive, a glance in the rearview mirror revealed, again, the three muddy and matted carcasses with dark blotches at the throats.

“Sheriff! Hold it just for a minute.” He winced, and stepped on the brakes.

“What now!" he hissed, between clenched teeth. “I don’t mind Idlin’ you right now I’m getting a little tired of this whole conversa­ tion, buddy, and just maybe a little sick of you, too.”

The reporter ran a few steps up to the window of the old black-and-white. “Just tell me this—In your opinion, whatever did this—did it come out of the swamp?”

Otis didn't answer as he put the pedal down, and wiped his forehead with a grimy handkerchief. “For Pete’s sake,” he thought to himself.

The swamp was still. Steam rose from the stretches of brackish water that lay gleaming like black glass among the lords of the swamp, the ghostly and majestic cypress trees. Beards of gray-green Spanish moss hung in tangles and ropes from their branches, towering above and reaching out like massive, muscled fore­ arms.

Spongy green hummocks rose here and there from the water, resembling big turtles sunning themselves. Violently yellow flowers jumped out from the rotted mulch of dead stumps, and reeds whiskered every edge where water met swampland.

Now and again a group of bubbles mean­ dered up through the depths, and were released at the surface; quiet reminders that, although unseen, some kind of life was moving through the dusky pools and channels. Gators lived here, and catfish longer than a man is tall were said to dwell on the rotting bottom of the dark and silent waters, although rarely seen by any of the few who entered the brooding sanctuary of the Big Tarhole Swamp in search of lunker black bass.

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land, and their fathers before them. Most of ’em ended up raising hogs, lettin’ the hogs run and forage for themselves all the while, until they'd farrow, when it would come time to get out and pound the brush for the sows.

The farther a person got from the swamp’s edges, the more modern and civilized every­ thing got; a fella had to be a good twenty miles from the place, though, to farm or raise stock without the title of a “Tar” being automatically attached to his name.

The Tars knew a good deal about the swamp; but it was real swampers, who spent most of their time in and right around the Tarhole area who knew all the stories. Most of

ever sec the lot of'em again. “Big swamp”, the Sheriff would say, shaking his head. “Near impossible to run an organized search.” Some­ body'd get a light-plane pilot to make a half­ hearted search over the area, but they never would find anything. Same with hunters. One or two’d get lost every year, and vanish into thin air. Oh yes, the swamp was alive.

Then there were the legends. Something about that crazy place bred and fertilized legends. Seems like it had more’n its share, too. Dusty old Indian lore was full of strange creatures in the place’s trackless expanse, and of banshees swooping around in there at night.

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stories of swamp-dwelling witches; the black folk of the area held on to their cobwebby tales that reached back in years to the time of the Underground Railroad, to slaves who were lost in Big Tarhole and still lived there as phantoms, and spectres; they figured it was as good an explanation as any for the screeches and yowls that came floating out of those woods more often than anybody liked to think about.

The poor folk living in the tiny settlements outlying the higher areas of the swamp were well aware of the reputation that came along with living where they did, because their folks worked the same little parcles of no-count

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these spent time in the Tarholc trapping, and a person’d be hard-pressed to find one among ’em who didn’t have a whole passcl of odd occurrences to reflect on, or who wasn’t able to recollect an experience or two that warranted a second thought. Oh, sometimes it was little stuff, like someone seeing lights off in a place where there wasn’t light, or tripping across a pile of bones all ripped apart, when there wasn’t supposed to be nothing capable of doing that anywhere in these parts. Often not a whole lot to go on, just enough to set a lot of folks to speculating just what secrets that big place held, and wasn’t willing to give up.

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Most of the Tars up and down the bounda­ ries of the “Hole” knew a swamper named Truck, supposedly named that because he was born in the bed of an old Model A stuck back up to its axles in the bayou. Figured he was a queer duck; didn’t have a homestead like all the rest of them. Didn’t fit in with them at all, just showed up unexpectedly a few times a year to buy some tobacco and flour. After that, he'd head back in. Some folks figured he poached gators, and that’s how he made a liv­ ing; pcople’d remark when he was spotted in town how he let one sleeve tied down around his left arm on account of it was all chawed by a gator, or slit up by the tusks of one of the feral boars that roamed the swamp. He had his grandmother’s hair, long and shiny black like the rich muck of his native Tarhole, and he was built tall and lean, and the Tars pretty well steered clear of him. They'd say it just wasn’t natural, how he spent all his time in the dark of the swamp, and didn’t have any human companions. The men were mostly smart enough not to say more than a passing “Hey, Truck”, as he strode by, and there was talk of how he about tore a guy apart who’d had too much to drink and called him a stinkin’ animal a few years back. “Strong as a cat”, the guy said after he sobered up, “and smelled like one too, real musky and horrible, and his eyes was yellow, like a critter what you catch in ycr headlights at night.” Well, it wasn’t as if anybody figured all that was true, but they all knew that his pa had been more of the same, and had spent upwards of forty years in these parts; a good fifteen of this was spent with Truck at his side, learning all his pa could tell him about the ways of the Big Tar­ hole Swamp.

Well, if there had ever come a time that someone woulda had to get ahold of Truck, he might have searched with a group of thirty or forty men for two weeks straight, and still never caught a glimpse of him. It was that kind of swamp, and he was that kind of a swamper.

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the animals that ain’t right-there’s a man over to Campbell Crick what seen him with one of the big cats when he was in the channels, back a ways, and real quiet. Sat there with him, and was feeding him something. He’s not all of a rcg’lar person.”

Another thing about the swamper that rubbed their fur the wrong way was this; if anyone was to hire out as a guide, for North­ erners to try and fish or hunt, Truck knew it right away, and it didn’t take too much to figure out that he didn’t go for that idea in a big way. He figured that the Tarhole was his tramping grounds, and although he never threatened anybody, for he didn’t see cause to talk much at all, there was some people who had a mighty uneasy notion about leaving home territory behind when they hiked into the mire of the Hole. It probably was more than a little professional jealousy, though, because Truck would hire out at times, too, and take hunters and an occasional fisherman into the swamp for a good price. The madden­ ing thing about this was that he could con­ sistently, no matter what kind of luck the other Tars were having, come up with a couple of real decent fish, or haul a nice buck out of there, just like rolling off a log. He always seemed to have his finger on the pulse of the swamp, and knew the mating seasons for all the creatures in the Hole, as well as the pools the fish moved to as it got hotter or colder.

That was Truck. Never bothered anyone physically, but the mental nagging about just what it was that he represented was disturb­ ing. He and the swamp had too much in com­ mon in the way of unanswered questions and unsquelched spook stories to sit home at night and feel totally at peace with the world.

It was just that the poor folk rested a whole lot easier when he was out of sight and for­ gotten than when it was common notion that Truck might be around because something had gone wrong.

This was the feeling in the air when the rich boys from Chicago came down with their purebred dogs and expensive rifles, counting on filling up their hunting permits. They had flown down, rented a couple of four-wheeldrive Jeeps, and after picking up what topo-

graphical maps were available, took off down one of the overgrown logging trails that hadn't been used regular since the late forties. Well, comes to be that they’d been in there a week now, and there’d been no sign of them or their dogs till this morning, when the three rippedup blueticks had been found not too far from where the Jeeps were parked.

The sheriff wondered why this had to happen here, and to him. He had a hunch that he was feeling sorry for himself again, but golly, it wasn’t his fault, was it? No way he could chaperone every hunting party into that confounded swamp. He figured this was bound to bring trouble—for one thing, these were out-of-staters, and from the looks of things,

with their cars, or breaking up a fight between a couple of drunks at a bar now and then, al­ though he really didn’t care too much for that, cither. There was just that one thing he hadn’t counted on when he took this job. That sneaky, tricky thing out there, that they called the Big Tarhole. How does a guy deal with something like that, he wondered; they never taught us nothing like that in school. Only thing to do, he figured, only thing he could do, is get ahold of that mangy swamp-dwelling rat they call Truck.

He had to cool his heels for a couple of days, till he caught wind of the fact that the swamper was around. There was an official looking letter with a Chicago postmark on it, lying front-and-center on his desk that morn­ ing, but he didn’t even open it.

Otis ran into the rudely-clad figure in the tall leather boots over at Fogerty’s Hardware.

He was waiting at the counter, where he had a couple coils of rope, some wire, and a mess of ammunition, the calibers of which the Sheriff found himself noting by force of habit. Truck wore a steel-handled hatchet hanging from his belt by a twisted hide thong.

The small-town sheriff moved across the wooden floor to where the swamp-dweller stood. “You got a minute to talk?”

The braided, black-haired head swiveled around slowly. He made no move to speak.

Otis hiked up his pants, and hooked his thumbs into his gunbelt. “We got a couple of hunters missing in the Hole. I was wondering if maybe you ran across sign of ’em in there anywhere.

I mean, everybody says you know that jungle just like the back of your hand.” The sheriff made a weak attempt at a smile. “Some kids found the dogs they came with pretty tore-up, west of here where the old log-road goes in.

Did you see that mess too?” The half-breed grunted, and sort of half-nodded. “What do you suppose could have done something like that?” Otis asked, as Truck picked up a box of the rifle shells from the counter, and watched the other man out of the comer of his eye.

“That’s awful hard to say. Sheriff,” and his mouth cracked into a smile, “you know there’s a whole lot of things goin’ on in that swamp a man’d be mighty hard pressed to account for.” Then his eyes narrowed, and the

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some big money was behind ’em. Shucks, now the state crime boys are coming down for sure. What a rotten time for this all to happen.

He could just see all those reports to fill out, and then there were the Jeeps, and.. .oh, gosh, those three dog carcasses.

Otis hated confrontations. He’d always hated them, and that’s why, fourteen years ago, after he graduated from the police academy at Macon, he accepted a deputy’s spot here in this god-forsaken backwoods parish. Never counted on having too much of a hard time with anything down here—maybe nabbing the teenagers on Friday nights for horsing around 136

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is plainly two different things. I wouldn’t go nosing around in there, trying to dig up trouble, if I was you, Sheriff.” Otis turned, hesitated, and strode out into the dusk of the Dixie night.

Saturday morning dawned with a mess of dirty clouds hanging over that part of the state.

“If that skunk ain’t covering something up in there, I’m no police officer. What’s he hiding?”, Otis thought to himself, as he strapped a rifle across his back, alongside of the pack on his back. He locked the squad car, then swore, un­ locked it again, and radioed back to the station to let them know he was going into the Tar­ hole to see what he could see. ‘That muckeating shoat thinks nobody’ll come inthere to find out what’s going on. I may be no blood­ hound, but I can sure take a look.”

Otis had hunted deer in his younger days, and he knew that those hunters had headed for some of the drier, higher ground of the Tarhole in search of their quarry. He hiked and he climbed for hours. There were times he

sun piercing through the store’s windows lit up his face, so Otis found himself thinking he’d be switched if this solitary human couldn’t be mistaken for an animal somewhere, sometime.

The sheriff dropped his eyes, and they fell on the sharpened blade of the hatchet. As he turned to walk out, he said, “You know, the law says it’s not a real smart idea to carry any­ thing like that on you.”

Truck looked at him, all traces of a smile long gone from his face. The sun was going down, and its red glow just cleared the treeline in the distance. “Never did have much use for the law, Sheriff.”

The swamper turned his back, and Sheriff DuMont stared at that dangling left shirt sleeve, just before he asked, “You ain’t never seen anything to make you believe we still got one of those big cats running around in there, did ya? You know, like what used to be in there years back.”

Truck snorted, and said “Sheriff, what I sec in that Tarhole, and what other folks see

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See, you corpse, you never win!

You laughed at every chance you had.

Your plight would make a worm feel glad.

There you lie in misery Because you would not bend a knee.

For want of more, you couldn’t rest.

You clothed yourself with all the best.

You bought your problems all away, But now there’s one that’s here to stay.

You left it all-they always do.

And all that God had offered you!

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sunk up to his boot-tops in slime, and had his face scratched by brambles and branches, but he kept looking. He was way out of shape, and the air was beginning to feel chill on his sweatsoaked shirt. As he crashed through the woods, he spooked deer a couple of times. It was a little after four-thirty in the afternoon when he found what he was looking for. He had stumbled right into it—a small clearing, wooded on all sides, with a grassy spot in the center that held the unmistakable signs that a pretty good tussle had taken place here. The soft ground was real torn up, and kicked around. There were bootprints in the mud, of two or three men. Otis knelt down, with some difficulty, and what he saw made him suck in his breath.

Among all the trampled and kicked-up dirt, among the mess of heel marks and dents in the ground, was the unmistakable paw print of a big cat-one of the swamp cats he had seen pictues of in the police files; but that one had been stretched out in front of a filling station, back in town, full of bullets. But that had been thirty-five years ago, Otis thought to himself.

The picture was easy to see, now. He picked up some tufts of tawny hair from the corner of a rock jutting out of the ground; he saw the darker patches of mud, that had ab­ sorbed the blood. He had seen everything he wanted to see. The County was going to bring Truck in for a talk.

The crushing force of the heavy body, coupled with the spring-steel power of a tremendously muscular body hit him shoulder high as he was straightening up. His eyes rolled upward as he lurched backward, and he was conscious of a sickening feeling in the pit of his stomach as a brown foreleg clamped its razorclawed paw into his chest, and vice-grip jaws opened around the back of his neck. He rolled over, spasmodically, and as the fog in his eyes thickened, the outline of a man standing just to the side of where he was lying came quickly into focus, and then disappeared into black.

“You trespassed, Sheriff..A high-pitched scream like a woman in mortal agony rose up, ripped the air, and died. It was quiet again in the swamp.

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rompted by the recent conclusion of our championship football season, I got the urge to go back and check into the history of football at Northwestern. So I went to the first volume of the Black and Red, which appeared in 1897. That year was also the first year that a Northwestern football team took on outside opposition.

Football first appeared on campus in 1894.

However, because the faculty prohibited interscholastic competition, few of the college men showed interest in the sport. But at last the faculty gave in to pressure from the students and sanctioned football, “though under severe restrictions.” A club was organized in Octo­ ber, 1897, and “work was immediately begun in earnest.”

The first game was played on November 10th against the team from Watertown. As the B & R put it, “The short practice of our boys prior to the game apparently infused respect for them in the visitors, so that they agreed on playing but fifteen minute halves.” Through a combination of dives, end runs, and pulling guards who carried the ball, Northwestern managed to score 10 points in each of those short halves while holding Watertown score­ less. In those days scoring was a little different.

A touchdown was worth four points, and the following “kick at goal” two.

The second game, against the Oconomowoc Alumni, began at 3 p.m., November 22nd.

“Everybody admits that the playing was the finest ever exhibited at Watertown. Every­ thing favorable, the weather being brilliantly exhilarating.” The “wearers of the black and red” were in command of the game from the start, and at the end of the first 25 minute half held a 14-0 lead. But in the second half Northwestern began to tire, and late in the game “Cooney,” as it was called even then, “put our goal in imminent danger, advancing within one yard of our goal-line.” However, “the brunt of their last assault on our line was valiantly withstood when time was called.”

The first half score stood up, and the North­ western football team had its first winning streak.

That streak was not to stand long, for on Thanksgiving Day afternoon the Hartland Athletic Association made their appearance.

“They were the biggest and heaviest eleven that ever trod the soil of Watertown, their average weight approaching the round number of 175 pounds.” The visitors weren’t fast, but they used their advantage in size well by calling one play over and over-the wedge. The Athletics were ahead 10-0 at the half, but N. W. U. closed the gap to 14-10 after intermission.

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conclude that the formers’ playing was not of a very high order and that our plucky men hero­ ically braved their assaults valiantly.” Shades of Thermopylae! The defeat wasn’t entirely the fault of the defeated, however. The B & R bemoaned the fact that “the wearers of the black and red would probably have been vic­ torious had not two of their brilliant end runs been blocked by the spectators.”

Thus Northwestern finished its first year of football with a winning record, 2-1. The campus was justly proud and was convinced that the record could have been better. However, “subsequent to our great victory over the local team, various elevens were so intimidated that they refused to accept our challenge.”

In the same issue of the B & R that carries the accounts of the games there is an article written in defense of football. Although the

FOOTBALL, A MANLY SPORT Mens sana in corpore sano.—This good old Roman adage is now being universally acknow­ ledged, not only by pedagogues, but by all classes of people. More and more we are beginning to realize the great nervous strain to which the student, a man of sedentary life, is subject during his college course. More and more we are beginning to apprehend the urgent necessity and imperative demand of healthful, vigorous, all-absorbing exercise to counterbalance this strain of mental exhaustion.

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DIAMOND FASHIONS brain. There is swimming, rowing, baseball, track athletics, military drill, and gymnasium work. None of these exercises are, however, so adapted to the needs of the mentally hardtaxed collegian as the manly game of football.

Already we hear some of our readers remark that it is a brutal game, classifying it with the prize-fight, and that it ought to be banished from college and abolished by law.

Now it is true that serious accidents have occured in football throughout the country.

But have you followed them and have you watched them closely? How did they happen?

Were they not all due to unnecessary roughness which is not legitimate football? And then are not the fatal accidents that occur in other athletic sports more numerous? If the reader wishes to convince himself of this fact we refer him to the table of statistics recently compiled by the Literary Digest of December 4, 1897. Unnecessary roughness is the reason why football is growing into disrepute, and this again is due chiefly to the inability or infirmness of some officials to enforce the rules, and to the incapacity of compelling the contest­ ants to abide by the decision; but the fault lies not in the game itself. If played in a gentle­ manly spirit, according to the rules that govern it, and for the sake of exercise and recreative amusement, there is certainly nothing condcmnable in the game. It is, on the contrary, very commendable.

In this favorite and most popular game of the American college all the benefits of the other sports are combined. There is hardly a muscle in the human mechanism which is not brought into play. The elevens are not sub­ jected to the intense heat of the scorching sun as in baseball, for the game is played in autumn when “the balmy atmosphere is filled with perfume rare.” In football the student is com­ pelled to forget his books and thus obtains the desired mental rest.

But muscular development and physical health are not the only benefits to be derived from this sport. The character of those that participate in these games is also influenced.

The man soon realizes that, for instance, no matter what he aspires to, nothing can be achieved without persistent and untiring efforts. He must be quick, firm, and sure. He

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benefits can be derived from it, should foot­ ball, provided it is played in a gentlemanly spirit, then not be encouraged in every college?

must decide upon the plan of action and maneuver in one moment and must execute it in the next. And when once determined he dare not stick on the verge of his decision, or the point is irretrievably lost. When there is so much ennobling in the game, when so many

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Gamgee to Mordor, the realm of the Dark Lord, to destroy the One Ring in Orodruin’s fire, where the ring was originally cast. No ordinary fire can hurt the Ring which turns all good to bad no matter the intentions of its possessor.

The animation was faultless, being done with such precision that the faces of all the heroes showed emotion. Hobbits had quite large feet with knee length pants and somewhat human faces. Gandalf was made to look like a Merlin dressed in flowing white robes to match his hair and beard. Legolas, the elf, looked human except for his eyebrows which reminded one of Mr. Spock. Boromir was dressed as a Viking and Gimii, the dwarf, was portrayed under a large black hat with the everpresent dwarf weapon; a battle axe. All of these characters were fully animated; some others were not. Ores, the soldiers of the Dark Lord, were actual actors with masks that, through some sort of ingenious shadowing technique, fit in perfectly with the characters that were fully animated. The animals-especially horses-were also done in this technique.

There were two scenes, though, that espe-

T)Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, I took the opportunity to see the newly released animated

version of the same over Thanksgiving vaca­ tion. Thinking about the movie before I went, I was very curious to see the way in which the unusual type of characters would be portrayed (e. g. hobbits, elves). It seems that every person I talked to has a slightly different idea about what a hobbit looks like.

At any rate, I was anxious enough to get to the theater thirty minutes early. It was good that I did too, for the word must have gotten out—the place was packed ten minutes before the movie started.

The movie started out with a short history of the One Ring:

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daily impressed me in this movie. The first was the capture of Gollum by Frodo and Sam. Gollum is every bit the squirmy little worm that Tolkien depicts him to be, from the hair­ less head and pointed ears to the protruding ribs of his emaciated body. The image is topped by the lisp in his voice when he talks about his “precious" and “hobbitses." Gollum with his spirit broken by the burden of the Ring and the torture of the Dark Lord, Sauron, agrees to be their servant and guide, just to be next to his “precious.”

The second scene of note is the battle between Gandalf and the Balrog on the Bridge of Khazad-Dum. Their battle is in white and red flame as the powers of good and evil con­ tend. Gandalf finally succeeds in pushing the Balrog over the edge of the bridge but he himself is pulled over with it and falls into a

seemingly bottomless pit.

The movie was excellent. It actually took only three hours to finish one and one half of the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings, but it seemed that there was always more to see. It was an enjoyable evening for me, since I have read all of Tolkien's Middle Earth stories, but it would have been just as excellent for anyone who likes fantasy and hasn’t read any Tolkien. It doesn’t have any of the deep hidden meanings that are supposed to permeate all “good" literature. Thus, you didn’t have to work to be able to get something out of it.

Just like Star Wars, it was pure entertainment which didn’t try to change the world; it just let you have fun.

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in the Methodist chapel in Colchester. Con­ tinued study of the Scriptures, however, only led to further misgivings until he was immersed by the Baptists the following year. By then he had already begun his preaching activity.

At the tender age of sixteen Charles Spur­ geon preached his first sermon. His abilities were immediately evident to his hearers as his fame spread. They soon realized that he was gifted with spontaneous humor, fervent and effective appeals to conscience, and a natural gift for oratory. They joined the eager listeners drawn to the feet of such a young preacher.

o one in Kclvedon, Essex, England, could have suspected the significance of the birth in Pastor John Spurgeon’s family on that June day of 1834. The child was christened Charles Haddon Spurgeon, and his voice would soon shake the shires and hamlets of the land. His rise from the cradle to the pulpit would be soon in coming.

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With a clear voice and easy gestures he pre­ sented his appeals for their salvation. Scarcely two years after he had preached his first ser­ mon, he received his first parish in Waterbeach.

By the time he was twenty-two years old, Spurgeon was hailed as the most popular preacher of his day. At his parish on New Park Street in Southwark, London, only 100 people attended his first sermon. The following year, however, the chapel had to be enlarged. When the day came to begin holding services in the new building, all were startled by the fact that it too, was inadequate. A call went out to begin the building of the Metropolitan Tabernacle.

The services which were held in the meantime in Surrey Gardens often numbered 10,000 people. People crowded to hear the young sensation.

There were those, however, who didn’t like what they heard. Newspapers from the Times on down discussed Spurgeon and his influence. Cartoons and slander played their part. Sometimes public sentiment became disruptive, even deadly. One Sunday, while

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Until his death in 1892 Spurgeon would continue to serve his thriving congregation in its new Metropolitan Tabernacle. He would pursue his pastoral duties with the heart of a loving minister. And his efforts saw success in the lives of his hearers as they supported their orphanage, distributed thousands of tracts, and let their light shine through personal mission work.

But what brought these people thronging to the church on New Park Street? What has made the fame of their pastor reach even to our present day? Why is Charles Spurgeon called “the Prince of Preachers”?

First of all, his attitude toward the work in which he was involved is a key factor. To him the most important endeavor was to win souls for Christ. He tells us: “The Preaching of the Word by the chosen servants of the living God is the ordained means for the gathering in of the elect.”

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ison. One striking example is: “Reason is a candle; but faith is a sun.”

And rhetorical questions? Spurgeon’s ser­ mons abound with them. These he especially employs when attempting to encourage his people to more sanctified lives. From one con­ clusion to the next, he leads his flock to a realization that they should follow the message for their own good.

The most interesting of the rhetorical devices which Spurgeon mentions in speaking of himself is the use of jokes. Although he cannot be accused of overusing them, it is worthwhile to note how Spurgeon expresses his attitude towards humorous statements in the preface of The New Park Street Pulpit, He felt that because the preacher lives in the pulpit more than anywhere else, he should be allowed to take himself along. A good preacher “is not quite sure about a smile being a sin, and, at any rate, he thinks it less a crime to cause a momentary laughter than a half-hour’s pro­ found slumber.”

Although most people were drawn by his oratorical talent, there were still some who remained outside of the circle of his ardent listeners. Spurgeon could easily have remedied this problem if he had not been so intent on speaking the truth as he saw it, without backing off to the occasional displeasure of the public.

When he saw that his brothers, the Evangeli­ cals, passed themselves off as friends of the church of England, even though they didn’t agree on the question of baptismal regeneration, Spurgeon wasn’t afraid to speak up. For this he was censured by B. W. Noel in a pamphlet entitled “Evangelical Clergy Defended” for causing “needless divisions among men of like faith.” The author of his biographical section in The Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religi­ ous Knowledge also charges Spurgeon with obduracy to the point of causing disunion among his own people.

But Spurgeon’s own expressions of his attitude toward dissension don’t bear this out.

In “The God of Peace” he speaks on the sub­ ject: “I would rather have a row in the church than have the members all asleep.” “You never expect dead churches to have strife.” This almost sounds as if he enjoyed the problems.

His next few statements put the record straight by placing the blame where it belongs. “Error

He did not pursue this effort in the same way that his contemporaries did, however.

His style excelled theirs. Where they were shackled by custom, he spoke freely. He felt that he was “free to use any manner of speech which is calculated to impress the truth upon our hearers.” And he tried to keep Jesus at the center of every effort.

More reasons for his success are readily seen in his sermons themselves. “The Victory of Faith” delivered on Sunday, March 18, 1855, and “The God of Peace,” November 4, 1855, will suffice for examples.

In both of these sermons, and presumably in his others, Spurgeon’s language is vivid, direct, and descriptive, without being overly flowery. Their main points are outlined very early in the discourse, so that the hearers might follow them quite easily. Besides stating the main points, Spurgeon also enumerates some of the subpoints in the course of the develop­ ment.

Spurgeon’s skillful use of rhetorical devices, however, surpassed his excellent organization.

These tools, coupled with an innate sense of timing, set him above his colleagues.

Both of these sermons opened with state­ ments of contrast. In one Spurgeon sets the God of peace over against Mars, the Roman god of war. In the other, the love extolled throughout the books of John is contrasted with the necessity of Christian warfare. Both of these examples set the mood for the sermon and help the hearers begin thinking about the topic at hand. As the lesson progresses, Spur­ geon uses hymn verses here and there to break up the movement. A verse is also used to put the finishing touch on “The Victory of Faith.”

Vivid illustrations also helped Spurgeon impress his message on the listeners. In his sermon entitled ‘The God of Peace,” he paints a beautiful picture of the world during the time of creation. With this scene he removes his hearers from their present surroundings to a world without strife and envy, where they see only the peace which God originally created.

Spurgeon seems to have had the ability to use almost every conceivable method of defining a term. Besides giving straightforward dictionary definitions, he also defines terms by negation. One of his most frequently used methods is to establish the meaning by compar-

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elusion of both of the aforementioned sermons, Spurgeon makes very direct applications to the present circumstances of his people with heartpiercing comments. He wanted, more than anything else, to encourage his listeners to let their light shine. And it is important, too, that in the course of these applications he stresses the positive side of faithful action over the negative results of apathy or rejection. He wanted his people to conquer the world by “not caring for the frowns.” He realized only too well the importance of the message which they spoke with their lives. And all who read his sermons even today must be impressed by his central message: “There is no sermon like what you can see with your eyes.”

is the root of bitterness in the church.” “Sound doctrine, sound practice, sound church govern­ ment” lead to peace in the church. I would have to agree, especially in the light of his closing remark for this sermon: “I am always afraid of the slightest contention, and I desire the God of peace to be ever with us.”

Unfortunately, Spurgeon’s staunch Cal­ vinist stand on the question of baptismal regeneration is unscriptural. He sometimes relied too heavily on his reformed reason.

Nonetheless, his keen understanding of the meaning of fellowship is indeed an admirable trait.

With all these superior talents Spurgeon could have been a famous preacher even with­ out his ability to talk directly to his people.

This personal approach, as far as I am concerned, was his main reason for success. At the con-

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game as both offense and defense executed well. The first score in the game occurred early in the first quarter as Mark Mueller hit Doug Free across the middle in the end zone for a 13-yard touchdown. The Trojans scored again not long afterwards on a 71-yard drive.

Mark Wessel picked up 27 yards on a flanker reverse, and Joe Dietrich ran for most of the other yardage in the drive, culminated by his 13-yard touchdown run. Maranatha, who had

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Northwestern struck again early in the third quarter as Mark Kolander recovered another Maranatha fumble deep in their own territory. Mueller connected with Phil Hirsch from 16 yards out for the touchdown.

Maranatha was finally able to mount a scoring drive and scored their first touchdown on a quarterback sneak by Dave Hampson.

But the Trojans quickly came back for another touchdown as Mueller passed to Hirsch for 46 yards and Dietrich ran it in from 4 yards out.

Maranatha scored twice more, both on long passes from Hampson to Jeff Borchardt. NWC scored again in the fourth quarter as Jim Hoff took it in on a run of 13 yards. Steve Schiller added four extra-points in the game to make the final score 41-19.

Northwestern gained 349 yards rushing plus 100 passing for a total of 449 yards.

Maranatha gained 294 total yards, with 231 coming in the passing department. Maranatha also lost 5 of 6 fumbles, and was intercepted 4 times.

Joe Dietrich gained 113 yards on 25 carries, which put him over the 1000-yard mark for the season, with 1022 total yards. Craig Wiebusch had 88 yards on 16 carries in the game.

pionship on the last game of the year. Well, by the time we had arrived at that final game, it should have been no surprise to anyone that the Trojans had already wrapped up the con­ ference title. The team had been rolling since the 2nd week of the season. The closest game all year was the game against DMLC, which we won 13-9. Otherwise, no team came closer to the Trojans than one touchdown.

The football team excelled in every way, but in some areas it had a particularly out­ standing season. The entire defensive squad, for example, had such a season. The squad was loaded with experience, which apparently was a key to their success. They played steadily all year, came up with many big plays, caused turnovers, and made the breaks. And how about the performance that the young offen­ sive line turned in? Several freshmen and sophomores with a single junior and senior did the job of blocking with finesse and strength. Anytime a back rushes for over 1000 yards in a season he has had a truly outstanding season, especially in college ball.

Determination and hard work paid off for Joe Dietrich as he accomplished just that. There was no sophomore jinx for him this year!

The ’78 season will surely be remembered for years to come, especially by the seniors.

They were able to win it all in their last chance to do so.

Doug Free was the lone senior on offense, starting at flanker, and was also the team’s punter. Doug was injured slightly late in the season, but his play on offense was instrumen­ tal to the cause all year long. Doug was hoping that he and his fellow teammates would get a chance to play his home-state team Nebraska in a bowl game, but because of semester tests, NWC was unable to accept any bowl invita­ tions.

Pete Kiecker, A1 Sorum, Don Seelhoff, Jerry Ewings, and Steve Schiller were the senior defensive linemen this year. Jerry and A1 were two of the biggest guys on the team, but they knew how to use more than just size to plug up the holes. Pete did not have injury problems this year and was the steady man at left end, who liked to give the opposing quarter­ back fits. Don was the man you could count on for some fire when the defense needed it.

He was also the recipient of the strangest howl

FALL SEASON-NWC #\ A very successful season of fall sports has now ended. With both the football and soccer teams taking first in their respective con­ ferences, the season certainly is deserving of some reflection. There was not only an abun­ dance of talent on both teams, but also a great deal of leadership, leadership that kept morale high and saw that plays were properly executed.

The football and soccer teams of Northwestern provided the school with enjoyable seasons, while they achieved a great deal of satisfaction for themselves.

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Dave Kolander, Larry Olson, and Ross Ulrich were the hard-hitting linebackers on the team. Koly was the defensive signal caller; he did an excellent job at leading the tough Trojan defense all year long. Larry had his finest season this year, another reason why the defense had a terrific year. And Ross, though hurt for a while, was out there taking it to the ball carriers and everyone else on the opposing side.

The talent and leadership of these seniors were truly valuable assests to the '78 champion team. The contributions they made in their final year deserve special recognition.

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was the top passer, of course, with 496 yards on 40 completions out of 101 attempts. He had 7 interceptions and threw for 4 touch­ downs. Phil Hirsch caught 15 passes for 272 yards, Doug Free had 12 for 204, and Dietrich caught 12 for 56 yards. Free also was the top punter, averaging 31.4 yards per punt.

Dave Kolander led the defense in tackles with 63 solo tackles and 31 assists for a total of 94. Pete Kieckcr was second with a total of 70, and Larry Olson had 68. Mark Kolander led in interceptions with 9 and 1 24 yards on re­ turns, while Rich Gurgcl had 7 and 31 yards.

David Kolander was named the team’s Most Valuable Player. Dave, a Senior, was also the MVP the two previous seasons, indicating that he has enjoyed a fine career as a Trojan. Our congratulations to Dave for the honor he received.

It should also be noted that the voting for the team’s MVP was very close this year Joe Dietrich was second to Dave in votes, and by only a few votes at that Both men did excellent jobs at their respective positions this year.

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Northwestern dominated the All-Confer­ ence selections this year with seven men on the first team, and five on the second team. First team picks for ’78 were: Mark Mueller, Jr., at quarterback; Larry Olson and Dave Kolander, Srs., at linebacker; Joe Dietrich, So., at running back; Jerry Ewings and A1 Sorum, Srs., defen­ sive line; and Mike Biedenbender, So., offen­ sive line. Congratulations to each of these players!

The second team picks from Northwestern are: Rich Gurgel, So., at comer back; Eric Zimmerman, Fr., and John Kuske, So., offen­ sive line; Pete Kiecker, Sr., defensive line; and Mark Kolander, So., safety. Receiving Honor­ able Mention were Doug Free, Sr., flanker; Ross Ulrich, Sr., linebacker; and Dan Marshall, Fr., offensive lineman.

Many of the final statistics look rather impressive, and we will give you a few of them here. First of all, Northwestern outgained its opponents on offense, 3011 yards to 1884.

Joe Dietrich led the rushing department with 1022 yards in 215 carries, Craig Wiebusch was second with 610 yards in 164 carries, and Mark Mueller had 233 yards in 61 carries.

Dietrich also led in scoring with 90 points, coming on 14 touchdowns and 6 extra-points.

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backs, and forwards led to a soccer season that was rewarding for the players and exciting for the fans.

Fred (Fritz) Kricgcr, war auch among the top fuenf of the scoring leaders, mit elf goals and neun assists. Paul Marggraf, a defenseman, was also named to the All-Conference team. A fine effort on the part of goalies, defensemen, lialf-

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Tn keeping with the winter season as Mom 1 Nature lets loose loads of snow on our warm little campus, so the Campus and Class­ room crew brings another load of something else to its adoring readers (both of them).

We hope that as the snow piles grow higher and deeper outside, our words of wit and wisdom may cheer you on the inside.

Some quotes and phrases live on through the years. Lines like “Veni, vidi, vici” have stuck in people’s minds for centuries. North­ western, too, has a memorable collection of phrases and phrasemakers. Here are just a few: —“Ich kam, ich schlief, ich rauchte.”— Greg Kellie as he described his tour of duty thus far at Northwestern.

—“I gotta quit using aircraft fuel for these New Ulm trips.’’-Bill Favorite as he watched his car bum outside Houston, Minnesota.

—The Dean of Men, commenting on the new Bell Tower golf course (cf. the newly installed sand traps)—“It’s a tough course, gentlemen, let me tell you, it’s tough out there. And it’s gonna get a whole lot tougher

with snow on the ground.”

-“I cannot help what I am. I’ve got to be a macho man.’’-Dave Rosenbaum explaining why he consistently refuses to wear a winter coat.

— 'This is all?!? You mean that’s it?!?—a disappointed NWC frosh surveying the herd in the DMLC Student Union.

-“Those bloodthirsty, heartless scroungers; have they no scruples?”—MegaKev Hastings on hearing of the tobacco packers/brewery workers Local 197 strike.

-“Where have all the young men gone?”thc red-haired coed during the New Ulm Homecoming weekend.

—“Hier ich stehe. Ich kann nicht anders.”— Bill Favorite, again, as he watched his auto bum.

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So, readers, next time you think, ‘‘Hey, this is funny stuff, I think I’ll go laud the guy who wrote it.”, go directly to Room 303 Wittenburg, do not pass Go, do not collect S200.00, or even stop at Room 312. In 303 (the room Dean L. called ‘‘unique in the annals of NWC history”), you’ll probably find Jeske hard at work being funny. If you were to stop at 312, you’d probably find Balge just lying around not even trying to be funny. It's hard work being funny; Balge just doesn’t cut it.

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Polls have been cropping up in the Black and Red. Rather than stepping out of tunc with the times, the Campus and Classroom section has also hopped nimbly aboard the band wagon. Yup, we’ve published our own little poll about matters relevant to campus and classroom life.

Our first question concerned the cafeteria.

Average guys were asked: Would you say: a. cafeteria food is the best I’ve ever tasted. b. cafeteria food basically just fills my stomach. c. I never eat anything anywhere. d. I choose not to respond.

The overwhelming response was answer ”d”, though several polices complained of a lack of choice. Hey, come on, guys, it’s our first poll.

Our second question was about the North­ western cut system. Would you say: a. the present cut system is just fine. b. I like the cut system as much as 1 like being

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By a striking coincidence, those responding again picked “d”.

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Well, we always reserve a warm spot in our hearts, and have a motion-sickness bag at hand, for a manifestation of Christmas that probably all of our readers are aware of—those con­ founded, self-centered, and banal family Christmas letters. You know, mimeographed one-year family histories, generally printed on the meanest of paper stock, with little tree ornaments or snowflakes drawn in the borders.

There probably isn’t a more miserable institu­ tion in the whole world, outside of disco music. (Sorry I said that about disco, Kiecker, but that’s the way I feel. Now get out here, you knucklehead.)

Because they’ve meant so much to us in the past, we saved a few of them over the years, and out of the reams of awful slush we salvaged what we think is a pretty representative picture of your typical holly-and-evergreen bragging, boring, and infuriating epistle. This letter arrived in the Christmas mail from the typi­ cal pastor’s family of six:

while I'm at school. d. I choose not to respond.

You guessed it. Inquiry No. 4 got no better results: Arnie chorus members only—Would you say that you: a. pay diligent attention to everything Amie says.

b. sit up straight and do answer a. c. are a non-chorus student illegally respond­ ing to this question. d. choose not to respond.

And finally question No. 5 followed the pattern of the other four. Question Five: / think that the Mnema editor and the junior class president are: a. great guys. b. really excellent, showcase individuals. c. exceptionally gifted writers. d. nolo respondere.

The breakdown on these various schooloriented subjects went something like this in the student body: ANSWERS (all questions) b d Area Lutheran H.S. graduates 0% 0% 0% 100% Prep school graduates 0% 0% 0% 100% Public school graduates 0% 0% 0% 100% No high school diploma 0% 0% 0% 100% Watertown High (too busy dragging Main to respond) Athletes 0% 0% 0% 100% Forum members 0% 0% 0% 100% Dorm rats 0% 0% 0% 100% Women students (100% not at home) Latin 01 students (too tired to respond) Dean of Men 0% 0% 0% 100% Dean of Women (failed to answer doorbell) Prc-mcd (couldn’t find any pre-meds, but they would have been 0-0-0-100)

In short, the student body had no opinion on anything. We C & C guys worked hard on our humble little poll, and the apathetic slobs refused to respond. Maybe we’ll try later.

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SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM THE DIESEL FAMILY (remember us?)

Everyone will be at home here at the Diesel household by the time you read this, barring a catastrophe. (Heaven knows we’ve had our share of those in the past year.) We sure wouldn’t want to bore you with the family’s problems, though, in such a happy season as this. Just last week, while hubby Ferd and the boys were watching the Packers get creamed by

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Ferd has just been SO busy this whole year, that we Diesels just don’t know how our daddy docs it, do we children? Children!?!

QUIT SWINGING FROM THE CHANDELIER WHILE MOMMY IS TYPING OR MOMMY IS GOING TO WHALE THE LIVING TAR OUT OF YOU!! (The kids are just having a little fun in the living room.) As I was saying, Ferd has been B*U*S*Y* this year. In the beginning of summer, he took the Young People’s group hiking in the Sierra Madre mountains for a month-you know, just living off the land?

They had a little discipline problem when a few of the younger boys said they were hungry and mutinied one night; hog-tied our Daddy and said they were going to McDonalds and he couldn’t do anything to stop them. Cooler heads prevailed, though, and Ferd promised if they would untie him he wouldn’t tell their parents that they let the air out of the police car’s tires when they stopped at a gas station, on the way to the park.

I know you’re all anxious to hear about the kids. How they’ve all grown! Little Renfrew is now almost as tall as Mommy (6’254) and what a little dickens he’s turning into. He tie-dyed the neighbor’s poodle chartreuse this summer, and last week I caught the lovable little rascal making a neutron bomb with his chemistry set. Kids these days, I tell you...

Our Gladys is turning into quite a little lady. Naturally, she’s getting straight “A’s” in school, where she also got a blue ribbon in the Forensic contest with her thesis entitled ‘The Dead Sea Scrolls: Can We Trust ’Em?” She’s a lot like her friends, I suppose—she has posters of John Travolta and Shaun Cassidy in her room. She also has a poster of somebody called Johnny Rotten, but I don’t know who he is.

She played the part of a tree in the school play, the Wizard of Oz. Did a real nice job, too, I might add.

Penrod, our oldest, is getting to remind everyone of Dad more and more every day.

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every semester since he’s been up at North­ western. I don’t know how many lists the Dean has up there, but with our boy’s unique talents, I wouldn’t settle for anything less. He writes that he was doing especially well in gymnastics class up there. This is surprising, because our little bookworm never was athletically inclined, (like his Dad) but I guess every student has to take that class. He said somebody up there called the Turk made him do a triple somer­ sault on the trampoline, and he almost made it.

His stitches come out next week.

Sidney is Mama’s little helper around the house. He likes wearing one of my old dresses and puttering around the kitchen with me, helping me cook and do the dishes. He has many hobbies-his newest interest is raising mushrooms in the basement. It’s not really a spectator sport, but he has names for all of them; oh, what a little dear. He had one of those ant farms for a while, but it broke the night the Ladies Guild came over, and old Mrs. Schnozzleheimer almost had a litter of kittens when one got in her ear.

The little guy, Pontius, who we affection­ ately call “the Beaver” (remember that show on TV) says he is going to be a pastor when he grows up, so he can holler at people in church, just like his Daddy. Isn’t that cute—(ha ha).

He’s busy getting his hands into everything, just like all the kids were when they were that age. He had the cat in the microwave during the whole second service last Sunday, but we were fortunate it was only set for 25 seconds.

The cat is still with us, although he isn’t the same cat we used to have. Whenever Pontius comes into the room he crawls under the coffee table and puts hiw paws over his eyes.

Silly, isn’t it...

Well, that’s about the whole story from here in the Diesel parsonage. Maybe we can get together sometime this year. So long, from Ferd Penrod Gladys Renfrew Sidney Pontius and Elsie (me!)

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(1 guess I thought it was food for thought.)

ANOTHER news blimp: The Wisconsin State Legislature resolved last week that a practical definition of death had been decided upon, by them: (to wit) . .irreversible cessation of all functioning of the brain. ” If that is true, then five minutes into our last Arnie Art class, we had 19 cadavers vacantly staring at slides of the world’s great masterpieces.. .

NEWS FLASH number three: Larry (big O, little L, little S, big O, little N) Olson has announced to the C & C editors that he, four years after graduating from high school, still has 50 wallet-sized photos of him­ self that he either couldn't give away, or had returned after he passed them out. Any ideas, guys? The only thing I could come up with is having our basketball players hand them out to Maranatha players after we play them, in lieu of pamphlets.

We had a blood drive at the town armory last week. Somebody reported to the C & C news desk that Dean Lindemann was a brave little trooper, and did his part, faithfully squeezing away on his bicycle handlebar grip till his pint had been drawn. After he had his cup of 7-Up and a ham sandwich, he left. The nurse who took his blood promply took his baggie of plasma and emptied it out behind the building. When asked about her actions, she said, “Oh, that little fella comes and gives blood all the time, but there’s so much nico­ tine in it that whatever poor soul got a trans­ fusion of that stuff would go absolutely stir crazy. We just humor the guy!”

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Once again, the “Waste Not, Want Not” bureau of the C & C National Affairs Desk has come up with a campus culprit who is drain­ ing our coffers! The rapscallion this time is Librarian Schrocdcr. Can we justify having the Frankfurter Allgemeine delivered to the door of our library every day, just so Prof. Sullivan can think warm thoughts about the Old Coun­ try? I sure hope they tip the paperboy.

Now don’t get me wrong—the official position of this tag-team is not All-FiredAnti-Hunter. BUT let’s quit ourselves like men, Tullberg and Trigger. In Bayfield County in 1938, a 406 lb. deer was shot and registered.

Last week, Keith and Phil came back from the north country claiming that they had each bagged a deer. Upon examination, it turned out that the combined amount of meat from these two deer would tip the scales at just over 80 lbs. When Tullberg came driving up with that little Bambi tied to his car, my first reac­ tion was that he had hit someone's German Shepherd, and lie was taking it to the vet.

Spaude’s was no better. Wilkens told me the first thing Trigger did after he shot it was to check and see if the poor little scamp was wearing a collar. Some guys...

The senior class from Michigan Lutheran Scm made a truck stop on campus not too long ago. As a group of girls was unloading from one of the buses, one of them spotted Whitey Voss trying to slam the crushed bumper on his pitiful VW back into shape. She remarked “Why would anyone want to fix that car?”

(Very good point, little Sheba. We think its an eyesore, too.)

Jerry Ewings played Human Threshing Machine in biology with his cat, (who, I might add, had undergone enough terrorization for any five cats.) After all the dissection was finished, and most of us were tearfully com­ mitting our stiff felines to plastic shrouds, this animal (Ewings, not the cat) had to dismember the wretched thing with a wire cutters, and then do a frontal lobotomy with his room key. Say hello to the latter-day Texas Chain Saw, next time you see him.

There was some mighty big talk coming from the direction of Thiensville, not too long ago, about what mincemeat the Sem Boys were going to make of our supposedly hapless 155

basketball team. Who’s laughing now, you guys in gowns?

It’s now 4:30 a.m., and as I unselfishly do my duty to this worthless periodical, who but our editor, Mr. Solomon-In-all-His-Glory, Cutco Kant waltzes in to harangue his humble servant. He has the unmitigated gall to suggest that a certain short story which appears in this issue is a bigger joke than all the material in the Campus and Classroom. Well, I like that, you cutlery-peddling pygmy. Just you wait till you need material next time. Don’t you come all runny-nosed and teary-eyed to this cowboy!

Professor Scharf is showing the Luther movie to his history students again. Ah, to be blessed with the patience of that man. How could anyone watch a grade-B Hollywood flop that often? Kate Luther or no Kate Luther.. .

Speaking of Kate Luther-it’s come to our attention that a crisis has arisen on the banks of the Mississippi. The chapel at our new Campion aquisition is supposed to have a beautiful stained-glass window in it that causes some consternation. It seems that the Virgin Mary smiles benignly down from the window, to the chapel below. Now that her new owners can’t use her as she is, and with the only other solution at hand being her removal, (and with it tons of beautiful and costly stained glass) why not: Have Rick Scheibe letter a sign on a big piece of cardboard which reads ‘Tins is not who you might think it is. This is, in fact, Kate Luther!” There. See how simple that was?

We saved somebody a whole lot of time.

Ross Ulrich, last Tuesday night, dined in our campus cafe on a sumptuous fare of spareribs and TrojanAde. When he had finished, Ross said to himself that his tummy wasn’t yet full to the max. Guess what he did. He went out all by himself to the Amber Lantern, and ate three plates of pizza. About a halfhour later, Ross returned, with a very mournful look on his face, and a stomach resembling a rolled-up sleeping bag. He was sick the next day. Pay the Piper.

The Art Appreciation class, under the dis­ tinguished guidance of our dear Doc Lehmann, made a pilgrimage not too long ago to the Mil­ waukee Art Center. For Doctor Lehmann, the high point of the day was the painting of St. Francis, by Francisco de Zubaran. For exactly

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A letter from a distinguished alumnus arrived at the Black and Red office the other day; since Jeff Seelow was a busy little beaver, his column had already gone to the presses.

In view of that fact, we reprint it here, for your edification.

Black and Red editor: (whoever you are, you're a sick man).

It may interest you to know of some of my recent accomplishments, and in general, have a rundown of my life after I graduated from your school: I, Hcimie Verschnozzle, gradu­ ated from NWC in 1932 with a blank diploma.

I stood in the souplinc at the Milwaukee Rescue Mission for about four weeks after matriculation, then took a job in Cody, Wyoming, working as assistant to the owner in a feed store, when I received a summons to go overseas to help my brother-in-law move from Warsaw to Pomerania. I was a defendant at the Nuremberg War Crimes hearings in 1947, the same year I was able to purchase a second-hand Nash for SSO and drive from Hackensack, New Jersey, to Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, averaging just a little over 17 miles to the gallon, on overinflated tires. In 1952 I did post-graduate work at Milwaukee Area Technical College, where I received a degree in welding and hubcap refinishing. My studies took me ever deeper into the study of Human­ ities, and it was this that prompted me to accept, under heavy pressure, the position as 2nd-shift cook at the White-Tower restaurant on the comer of 3rd and Wells in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, From 1962-1971 I raised pit bull­ dogs in a shed behind the Sanitation building in Moosejaw, Ontario, and since then I have devoted my life to the singular pursuit of sketching unusual manhole covers in cities around the United States. In 1976 I again returned to school, this time for a course in typing. I received my diploma the following semester, after a mixup in the office there.

I am happy to say, that at the age of 94,1 am now undertaking to rejuvenate America's interest in patent leather shoes, with a new line I designed all by myself. May your stu­ dents enjoy such a life of realized goals and achieved satisfaction. Thank you.

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Tutor Bitter is now sporting a strawberryblond toupee. . .Tutor Brenner (Golly, he's gotten a lot of ink in this column) has announced his wedding day as June 17th, 1979.

No bride is lined up as of yet, and we solicit your help, as he also does. Festivities at the Waterloo Firemen’s Hall.. . .Mark Birkholz somehow managed to get his car stuck in the mud of a cornfield on Watertown’s City Limits two Friday nights ago. His alibi of doing research on the nocturnal feeding habits of raccoons seems a little weak. . .Prep House­ mother Miss Lenz-do you have June 17th open?. . .The anemic Watertown Christmas decorations are up downtown. 40-watt elec­ tric candles sprouting from elevated planters is not, repeat not, what we had in mind. Never fear, Broadway.. .Basso profundo Rog Sloan was still typing his Psych term paper at nine minutes to ten (Prof. Sellnow’s deadline) a week ago Monday night. Roger, is that being a good steward of your time?. . .If there’s any­ thing that can drive a guy up the wall while he’s studying, it’s John Eich’s funereal tones at 120 decibels over the house phone going “Jody Goede. 2nd floor telephone call. I repeat, Jody Goede”.. .Tim Lindloff is crippling around on a pair of very “disco” chrome crutches.. .Lloyd Schlomer has sprouted his winter coat of whiskers. . .Larry Olson is vainly trying to sprout something on his upper lip. It reminds me of a caterpillar with a bad case of the mange.. .Isn’t Birky’s new Little Orphan Annie hairdo just the bee’s knees?. ..

Let me out of here. I’ll go peacefully to the padded room. January, folks.

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(JYs I sit down to write this article one day £*before Thanksgiving vacation, I can’t help but think of all of the blessings we have received for which we have reason to give thanks to God. Not only are we reminded each year of the blessings that God has bestowed upon us as a nation, but also upon us as Christians.

God has seen to it that we were brought to faith in His Son, Jesus Christ. Just a few short weeks after Thanksgiving, we will have the opportunity to thank and praise God for His most wonderful gift to mankind-that of a Savior, who would have all men to be saved from destruction. At this time we should like to wish all of you a very Blessed Christmas, and may the blessings of the Christ-child be with you and yours throughout the coming year.

Tliis month’s alumni column is unusually short, but taking into consideration the time of year, I would like to thank those who sent what little news they had and the greetings received. This month’s issue fails once again to bring you a few notes from the Mensch at the Seminary, but we will wait with eagerness to hear from him next month.

ville, WI, and St. Peter’s Lutheran Church of Kewaunee, WI, and was installed on Novem­ ber 19. Rev. Szep formerly served St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church of Montgomery, AL. —Rev. Maurice Hoppe (’70), formerly of Divine Grace Lutheran Church of Lake Orion, MI, has accepted a call to become associate pastor of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Appleton, WI. —Rev. Harold Hempel (’39), of EmanuelRedeemer Lutheran Church in Yale, MI, will become associate pastor of Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, MN. —Rev. Clayton Krug (’38) was installed at Faith Lutheran Church of West Newton, PA, on November 19. He had been our civilian chaplain in Europe.

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-Rev. Sylvester Johnson of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Appleton, WI, will cele­ brate his 40th anniversary in the ministry with a special service on November 26, 1978.

CALLS -Rev. Ronald Szep (’73), has accepted a call to Emanuel Lutheran Church of Forest-

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Listen as the gentle breeze titillates The tops of the trees. The eternal Quiet makes my ears ring, The beating of my heart-life Pulsing through my veins. All around Me is life—serene and peaceful, blanketed In white—preserved and ever growing and Moving toward its day of rebirth when Birds again shall sing and all the dormant ones Shall spring to life in color and in song.

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The Other Half

f fas anyone ever said to you, “It doesn’t § [really matter that a person marry a particu­ lar type of individual. He could marry any one of several kinds of people. It just depends on who happens to come along at the right time and place”?

It isn’t surprising that the majority of people around us think this way. God can’t really be expected to occupy a place in their thinking, since they may not even acknow­ ledge His existence. But how sad it is when a child of God falls victim to such an opinion.

If one has already been married, it may pre­ vent him from fully appreciating the gift of the spouse whom God has provided. The effects are worse on those who are still looking.

When a young person is led to believe such a philosophy, a tremendous burden is dumped on his shoulders. God has been eliminated from His part in one of life’s most important phases.

Soon the lonely young man begins to fear that it is entirely his responsibility to find the right person (or at least one of the right possibilities) and find her at the proper time and place.

His security totters on the shifting sands of Chance.

To some readers this may seem a trivial matter. Why should we be concerned with it?

If the subject has never troubled you, you have your Maker to thank. But in my short life­ time and extremely limited experience I’ve found that everyone who worries about find­ ing his other half has fallen victim to this

philosophy in one way or another. And few people escape this concern.

The example of Carol is a common one.

Like every faithful child of God, she dearly desired to marry a man who believed as she did. She wanted a Christian home. She had a boyfriend whom she considered eligible. Yet she was troubled. Somehow she just wasn’t sure that he was the right one. And so, to “comfort” her, her father and a respected friend had explained that a person can marry any one of several kinds of people. It just depends on who happens to come along at the right time and place. Naturally, Carol’s heart was heavy. Should she be so picky and follow her feelings, or should she cast care aside and follow her father’s advice? What if this was the right time and place and she didn’t realize it? What if this was the last person who would come along?

I’m sure doubts like Carol’s cumber each of us at one time or another in our lives. Even when we are young and have many years ahead of us for finding a partner, we still find ourselves worrying that maybe we had better just keep what we have or get busy finding something. Can you imagine what it is like to be a thirty-year-old pastor and still be looking?

This seems to be the epitome of horror for Northwestern students as well as for their parents. And yet it happens sometimes.

A close friend of mine has been a pastor for six years on one of the far “frontiers” of our 166

Synod. Separated from the concentrated area of teachers and subsequent “prospects,” he remains unmarried and still looking. The usual reaction to such a person’s situation is, “What's wrong with him?” The answer is, nothing. In fact, a woman could be justifiably proud to have him for her husband. So why isn’t he married?

I’m sure he has asked himself this question many times. But his concern for his own situa­ tion is nothing compared to that of those closest to him. Friends have expended a great deal of energy on trying to help him. Over the years since his graduation from the Seminary he has been offered plenty of well-meant advice. More than once lie's been told to take the prospect at hand. And the thought has often crossed his mind that maybe he. should, since she might be his last one. After all, those years when a man can marry are limited.

So, once again, I find another victim beginning to think that maybe a person really could live with almost anyone who comes along at the right time and place. He almost feels compelled to follow the concerned urging of the past six years and stick his neck out.

Then he would just have to hope for the best.

Sad, isn’t it? Some of us would do almost anything to keep from following in his foot­ steps. And then our own questions start popping up. Since not just any woman will do well in a parsonage, how can I find the right one for mine? What if God doesn’t even want me to be married?

Numerous people have shown me that it is their strongest desire to see their children happily married. Loving parents who feel this way are not a minority in our circles either, judging from the nersonal effort they expend to see their dream come true. So children and parents alike worry and fret as they try to pull the right strings and bring about the right match at the right time in the right place— often forgetting the Parent of us all.

“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” How His Father’s heart must ache when we blindly rush about forgetting that “every good and perfect gift is from above,

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coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights.”

Long before His Son became one of us to feel our desires and wants, our Father recog­ nized our need for companionship. It was He who first said, “It is not good for the man to be alone,” and then found such a wonderful way to fill that need.

How could we possibly think that He doesn’t understand? Jesus, the one through whom we go to the Father, once walked among us. He experienced life on earth with us.

“For we do not have a high priest who is un­ able to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet without sin.” He certainly knows how it feels to be a young man with an important mission. In love He had to set all else aside to fulfill His. Each of us has probably thought long and hard about Paul’s words in I Corinthians 7.

There he speaks of his special gift which en­ abled him to live without the need of a wife.

But for the vast majority of us he advises marriage. From this passage as well as others Luther came to recognize “a pious spouse” as one element of our daily bread, as he states in his explanation of the Fourth Petition.

“A pious spouse” is part of the daily bread that our Father gives even “without our asking.”

Through the Old Testament writers our Father tells us even more about His views on marriage. In Proverbs He says, “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.” He also tells us what to look for by giving us a detailed description of the ideal wife in the last chapter of the same book.

And can anyone put a price on such a blessing?

“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.”

“That’s all well and good,” the doubting mind might answer. “I know what I need and what I want. What troubles me is that ques­ tion: ‘A wife of noble character who can find?”’ Once again an inspired writer of cen­ turies ago gives us the answer.

Remember what has been said about a Christian parent’s concern for his child’s future marriage partner? Those feelings aren’t new.

There was once a man who left his homeland and relatives to go to his new possessions far away. When that son whom God had long

promised finally came of age, the father’s anxieties mounted. He looked around him and could only see heathen Canaanite women— certainly no fitting match for his son. So he told his chief servant to go back to his home­ land where his relatives were still living and find a wife for his son.

We think we have troubles! How would we react if someone tried to send us to a strange and distant land to find a wife for his son?

Yet to Abraham this was not an unreasonable request. Me knew how important it was to his heavenly Father that Isaac have a God-fearing wife. And so he confidently assured his ser­ vant, “The Lord, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land. . .will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.”

The servant swore to do it and left for northwest Mesopotamia with a caravan of Abraham’s camels. When he reached the town of Nahor, he knew what to do. We should note well that when he prayed, he didn’t ask for a beautiful princess. He requested that the girl who was industrious, helpful, and humble enough to offer to water his ten camels be the one whom the Lord had chosen for Isaac.

Did he have to wait for an uncaring Father to consider whom to send? No, the heavenly Parent already knew whom He wanted for His son and didn’t even give the servant a chance to finish praying before He answered. The impos­ sible mission was accomplished. With a happy and thankful heart the servant could return home to present to Isaac a tremendous blessing.

As is usually His manner in answering our prayers, the Father had given more than was asked. He had granted the request for a noble character and had also embodied it in a very beautiful woman. The He proceeded to bless His match. We are told that Isaac loved Rebekah and relied on her for comfort and support when his mother died.

Once again the doubter sadly shakes his head and mutters, “But God doesn’t work miracles anymore. I still have to do my own looking.” But why, 1 ask, do you want to tie God’s hands behind His back and deny Him this opportunity to show His deep concern for you? Did He ever tell you He would quit working miracles? Didn’t He rather tell you He would work everything out for your good?

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doubtcdly believe she was very foolish to pray that if she fell in love with a man who wasn’t the right one, the Lord would take away those feelings until His choice came. How many fifty-year-old men are there equal to the weight of such responsibilities?

“Oh, the depth of the riches of the wis­ dom and knowledge of God! How unsearch­ able his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!"

Today that woman who trusted her Father to provide for her needs of companionship and the necessities of her children knows His answer. The husband He gave is loving enough to assume those massive responsibilities. His noble character is gentle enough not to arouse the resentment which so often plagues child­ ren subject to step-fathers. And yet, his author­ ity is unquestioned when he finds he must use it. He is now the head of a happy Christian family.

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Look around you. The Father is still very actively helping His children.

Consider the example of the woman who lost her husband after twenty years of marriage and was left to support a large family. Who could have imagined a man capable of stepping in to be their father? First of all, who would want to start supporting seven more children and a wife in our day, when many won't even support a single child? Tell me, doubting heart, what kind of man would you suggest would be gentle enough to keep from arousing the rebellious pride of seven independent and very intelligent children and yet take his proper position as the head of the family? That certainly reduces the possibilities, doesn’t it?

Maybe you think this woman should have started hunting in earnest for a husband to help her put her children through college and raise the little ones at home. Maybe you think her heart was so troubled by her circumstances that she could barely go on living. You un-

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you still doubting His power for us today?

Go ahead and try to convince the girl whose recent unhappy relationship threatened her future. Like so many others, she thought she loved a man, but wasn't sure. Among other things, the fact that he wasn’t also a con­ servative Lutheran like her was already causing problems. So she was glad to leave it all behind while she went to study in France. Maybe when she returned home, things would have changed. She didn’t want to let him go yet.

She couldn’t see any future possibilities.

There was no way she could have known that during those months abroad the Lord would show her the man He had picked for her. She hardly expected to meet him in France, much less during her trip to Germany at Easter. Yet, the hand of the Father was working for two of His children at once. Their desire to worship Him with fellow WELS Christians led them to the Easter Retreat which Pastor Renz has been conducting in Germany for the last few years. And there the young theological student who had been working for his Savior in Sweden met the girl he wouldn’t have met anywhere else in the world. Today she works at his side in the mission fields.

What will it take to convince us that our heavenly Father will stop at nothing to fill our needs? He promises to give daily bread and includes with that "a pious spouse.” How well does He know our needs? He wants us to understand: “O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.

Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord.”

In His infinite wisdom He can find the person and provide the proper time and place.

To some, however, He says, “Wait for My time.” They are given a season to learn to trust Him and see that He can indeed fill the gaps in their life. Quite often His time comes just when they have finally learned to be content with the life He has given.

More good can come out of such a waiting period than just a stronger character for the person involved. There are some men who will wait around and wait around for a wife to come along. There are others who will go 170

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To all of us the Father says, “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” He also tells us, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” Why do we seem to think this applies to everything but our “lovelife”?

Trusting in the Lord for everything brings too many blessings to be metnioned here.

But the peace and contentment which result from a heart fully convinced of God’s love make it possible for the Christian to be a light of joy to those around him no matter what

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Since those who trust Him can never be disappointed, there will be many reading these words who will look back with joy on the way in which He fulfilled them. Not to trust Him can only bring sorrow and grief, as Paul Kretzman says in his Popular Commentary. “If the blessing and the guidance of the Lord were implored with greater frequency and with greater importunity in the important matter of marriage, there would be fewer unhappy households in the world.”

May yours be a happy home.

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SJftthere does our preparation for the Seminary end and our liberal arts education begin?

Does the importance of one completely over­ ride the importance of the other? Apparently not, or Northwestern College would not be presently exploring accreditation. The fact that we are considering accreditation implies if not clearly demonstrates that our education­ al architects are concerned that we get a good liberal arts background. However, where our immediate Seminary preparation is so strong and thorough, our actual liberal arts educa­ 171

tion is incomplete. It is incomplete, not be­ cause of any departmental or course deficiency, but because of the attitude of the students and, to a lesser degree, of the faculty over against the liberal arts program offered at Northwestern College.

In the interest of a modern definition, the liberal arts consist of English, history, and a study of the fine arts such as music, poetry, painting and the like. Although the make­ up of a liberal arts program has changed slight­ ly over the centuries, the purpose has not.

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forms, and case endings. Any translation in any language class demands that we remain as true to the original as possible yet abide by the rules of good English. After we have offered our translation, we must be prepared to defend it against a barrage of grammar-oriented questions; many a class period is devoted to picking a sentence to pieces—literally. This is, of course, necessary and provides us with the skills to translate accurately from the original Hebrew and Greek Bible. Yet the problem arises when we lose sight of the content and the importance of the literature by a secular author because we are blinded by forms and syntax; Homer has more to offer than his peculiar subjunctive.

With this in mind, it becomes evident that we aren’t really living up to the goals and ideals of a liberal arts education. Remember that along with our preparation for the Semi­ nary, we are supposed to be learning how to interpret what we read and hear on an intellec­ tual level so that we will be free from the bonds of gullibility. This aspect of our educa­ tion should be just as important as our more immediate goal of fulfilling the requirements needed to enter Sem. The opportunities and potential for an equally excellent liberal arts education are right here-lct’s take advantage of them.

In the final analysis, perhaps we, fellow students, have become complacent about our liberal education. If there are any anti-intellec­ tual practices in vogue, it is largely our fault.

Our religious education and growth is the primary objective, certainly, but not at the cost of a complete, well-rounded foundation on which to build our life on earth. The pro­ fessors can’t make us ask questions, the profes­ sors can’t make us explore different viewpoints, nor can they make us think. To be sure, their responsibility is to stimulate this in us, but the thrust of the initiative must come from the other side of the desk. Unless we show this initiative and make these efforts, our educa­ tion could begin to resemble the programing of a computer. Any efforts to gain intellectual ability are fruitless if we don’t, at the same time, develop our understanding and conscious­ ness.

The ancient Greeks felt that this program fostered leadership qualities and sound per­ sonal judgment. More recently, R. R. Renner of the University of Florida says that it is, ".. .a study that creates an awareness of alternatives.” At Northwestern, we are told that the purpose of our liberal arts education is to teach us how to think critically, read analytically, and to write creatively. This is the ideal that society and our own college has set up for us; the time has surely come to actively pursue this ideal.

The essence of the problem is easy to trace.

Actually, our problem is the rather logical by­ product of some powerful assets. To begin with, our whole education is centered upon and subject to the inerrant, inspired Word of God. Our belief and attitude is that we simply don’t question spiritual truths and biblically sound doctrines; through the miracle of the Holy Ghost we accept them. The less than desirable by-product of this is that we tend to quit asking questions altogether. Although a confident trust in what our professors tell us in a religion course is a justified practice, it is not the right attitude in any other class. A student of the liberal arts should be question­ ing, probing, and seeking alternative view­ points from which, then, he decides on the answer that suits him best. Unlike our attitude toward the Bible, the way we interpret secular material can be highly subjective. Again, this is the purpose of a liberal arts education: to develop an awareness of alternatives.

To this point, I’m sure that no professor considers it his calling to stand in front of the class reading from yellow-brittle, dog-eared notes that provide the class with a vast store­ house of facts, figures, and statistics. Rather, through the professor’s lecture and the stu­ dent’s discussion, those fifty minutes should begin to develop insights and an understanding that sinks deeper than the superficial know­ ledge of events; we can glean data from a book.

We students must accept the bulk of the responsibility to generate group discussion instead of merely sitting in class, semi-animate, jotting down semi-pertinent facts—this is not legitimate learning.

Another one of our school’s assets that leads to a weakness is our approach to learn­ ing languages. Our language courses begin and end with a relentless emphasis on syntax, verb

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of its short stay around our campus. The Seniors created a remarkable self-portrait in the snow-sculpture competition (a wild “boar”), the Faculty bowed to those same oinkers in the Senior-Faculty buckets war, and it was officially decided that Norm Burger is the ugliest man on campus, even though there is considerable evidence that previously there already existed a sizeable number of students who looked on this as an established fact, and profs who not only felt this was true, but also discussed it at several faculty meetings.

So, Norm, you’re ugly. You made your bed, and now you gotta lie in it.

Winter is a time when a young NWC man’s thoughts turn toward that eternal question— “Why does that stop sign at the west end of our parking lot face east, instead of north?”

The situation has led to some interesting, but mostly involuntary, driving maneuvers. The trouble is that when one comes to a complete halt at the sign, he’ll probably spin his wheels until April trying to move out of the gully bordering the tennis courts. If he ignores the sign and cruises on through, he may unwitting­ ly sustain vehicular damage by bumping off a pedestrian, or another car coming from the north. In a sense, Northwestern drivers are caught between a rock and a hard place.

There are, however, a couple of methods of overcoming the problems encountered at this

Here we are with C and C, Hoping that our levity, Our clever quips, our witty tarts, May clear your heads, may warm your hearts.

When winter cold makes red the nose, How’s that for poetry, Brian Dose?

ALL GAUL IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS (sorry, our checks from the B & R front office have been late in coming, so there’s no typing paper around. This is being hammered out on an old Orv exam paper).

The above line represents everything I trans­ lated during our Frosh one-hour Latin exam period, but that’s old hat by now (or in this case, old helmet) and many storms have passed overhead since then. But speaking of gall, here’s this month’s Campus and Class­ room, a bracing and gut-warming mash cooked up by the resident hill-country brewmasters.

This new semester, full of wacko surprises, took off like four billy-goats heading for clover. We haven’t even shifted out of first gear, and already we’ve seen the Wisconsin Badgers whup Marquette, Scheibe volunteer­ ing for a vacant Chapel slot, Tutor Kuerth barred from the intramural basketball scene, and Arnie’s lopped-off little blue ’63 Falcon cruelly placed on the auction block.

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It’s not a bad idea to blow the horn and use the emergency flashers to give Coach and Mrs. Thompson a chance to bail out of their living room, should bad vibes surface, and total security is in question.

The next method is a specific measure against the towering snowbanks that surround the sign. It involves having Phil Wilde and/or Stretch Schmeling stand on the roof of your mobile and dictate directions to you as you approach said sign, either vocally or with lucid hand gestures. This eliminates the need for looking at all. If you’re rich enough, you might consider purchasing a roof-to-driver intercom.

An alternative is rigging up a conning-tower, like they have on tarpon boats down in the Keys. There is one catch, however. You must let Phil or Stretch off your roof somewhere on College Avenue, because neither really wants to go to New Ulm on the roof of your car, even if you have a luggage rack.

These suggestions and others are found in Every Man for Himself ($9.95 in the NWC bookstore, or $7.75 in the Sem bookstore).

Besides the aforementioned chapter, there are others of note, such as: But, Officer, I Really Didn’t See Those Thirty Kindergarteners in

crossroads of great minds, that arena of challenge between Seeps and Trojans. A recent book put out by the Balge/Jeskc School of Offensive Driving called Every Man for Him­ self has devoted an entire chapter to this predicament. In it the two auto-authors offer several methods of coming to grips with this intersection.

The solution is what they fondly call the Mark “Tubby” Mueller Method (after the driver whose style they feel exemplifies this particular approach). The first step of the Mueller Method is to wait for a cold, cloudy night when all the windows of your car are frosted over. Second, start and warm up the car until it is ready to “motate”, taking care not to clean the windows. While waiting, put on sunglasses and blinders to cut outside distractions, and crank up some jukin’ to eliminate any white noise from under the hood. Step three involves circling the parking lot until maximum possible RPM’s are attained.

In step four, one roars down the straight away toward the stop sign at about sixty miles per hour, unbothered by cars or pedestrians because a guy just can’t be concerned about what he can’t see. Driver, sunglasses, blinders, frosted windows, and car fly through the stop (and the 174

the Intersection and Will You Help Me Get This One Out of My Wheelwell?. It's a long title for a short chapter on good excuses to give a cop. “Any Baboon Can Drive; It's People Who Cause Accidents” is another high­ light in the table of contents. Buy it, or may palmcrworms ravage your roommate's philo­ dendron plant. For Pete's sake. GeseniusKautzsch costs S24,00.

Let's see—what other interesting topics are the Trojans talking about during these icedover. sunless days of January? The fact that fire extinguishers are high on the list might give some hint as to the dizzying heights to which cabin-fever soars in our snowbound dorms. Perhaps if more students talked about fire extinguishers, instead of playing with them, the C & C wouldn't be reduced to mere sermonizing. The cards are on the table, how­ ever, and we must deal with the problem as if the ace had been led. Needless to say. it takes little imagination to decipher the reasons as to just why something as innocent as a chrome cylinder filled with water should hang in the midst of heated controversy. As innocent by­ standers, the C & C editors meekly ventured to the Dean that it is a characteristic of young boys to have a unique interest in running

water, whether it be sloshing through puddles after a rainstorm, or just craving an arsenal of squirtguns. Anyway, in the interest of illumina­ tion as the first step towards complete under­ standing of any problem, exhaustive research in the library stacks during the dead of night has produced the following historical study.

Special thanks to Prof. Schroeder for extended library privileges, and to the Mark Voss Foundation for the necessary funds, without which this would never have been possible.

(Oh, yeah, to Mrs. Lindemann-thanks for the keys to the locked cage full of forbidden manu­ scripts; we hid “you-know-who’s” cigars in the Black and Red room) ALL GAUL IS DIVIDED INTO THREENo, forget that. References to fire extinguishers abound in the yellowed pages of history, and it is a rare account of any people that includes no mention of these most useful of man’s inventions. Certainly they take many different disguises, but any knowledgeable student of the subject immediately sees through the veiled references and historical doubletalk to safely document yet another instance of their existence.

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impact reports with references to the necessity of hiring some of the Hebrew Q ^ ^ ~ v y 3* 3 » or "Gushers of Water,” obviously* a reference to an elite corps of firemen from Trans­ jordan. The fact that this can also be trans­ lated as "Peacocks that dance on one leg” should pose no problem for the serious-minded.

During the 18th Egyptian Dynasty, Hatshepsut, (who by the way, get this, has a beard in all her official pictures—ho ho) erected two pink granite obelisks at Karnak. These obelisks apparently used to be Fire-Engine Red, but have since faded like dining room curtains under the hot Egyptian sun. Originally hollow, they did service as holding tanks for Nile water raised by the shadoofs lining her banks. A shadoof» by the way, is little more than an antique dunking-machine, the likes of which we have all seen at church picnics and countyfairs, the only difference being a bucket on the end of the dunking-pole instead of a seat for naughty Sunday-school kids. When Egyptian college students came back from exams and lit their tests on fire (a carry-over to the present day, we’re told), well-meaning roommates could run to the obelisks and swap two cat’seye marbles for a bucket of water to put out the fire.

In the Battle of Issus Alexander the Great captured Darius’ family, the royal harem, and four hundred eunuchs. He cared little for the family or the harem, but turned his third group of captives into a crack outfit of “Bucket-Brigaders,” a tightly-knit and welltrained unit of fire-fighters. Formed into roving bands, the Bucket Brigades were an integral part of Alex’s domestic home-owner’s policy.

Hannibal, a psychotic Phoenician general, took thirty-seven elephants with him when he crossed the Alps, playing Captain-Sneak-Up with the Romans. Some well-meaning historians surmise that this was a calculated move to frighten the Romans, but this is really nothing more than so much drivel. First of all, every­ body knows that Romans aren’t scared of elephants in the least; Nero, in fact, might have been a lineal descendant of a pachyderm.

Anyway, it was and remains a fact that Hanni­ bal’s brother Mago, whom his mother made him take along to Rome, was a known pyromaniac, who had once (the translation work got sticky here) apparently set his great-uncle Herb’s hair on fire with a Bic lighter. Hannibal

said that if that little so-and-so had to come along, he was going to surround himself with elephants to hose the little fire-bomb down “if he so much as looked at a farmer-match.”

Jumping ahead a few hundred years, we un­ covered a document in which Leonardo da Vinci tried to convince his native townspeople to lobby for a bill which would provide for sand-filled pig-bladders to be hung from poles at every street corner. The big dummy thought that in case of fire, anyone could grab one and throw it into the blaze, which it would promptly extinguish. (What happened was, the neigh­ borhood kids would get ahold of them, empty out the sand, and fill them with air.) They were pretty much fun to kick, and one thing led to another, till the Northern Italy SemiProfessional Football Conference was formed.

The Venice Fighting Gondoliers took it with an 8-1 record the first year, but now we're getting off the track.

In the early 1700's Peter the Great built a city in Russia. He was so proud of it that he set aside a special day for the purpose of naming the city after himself and making all the peasants take oaths that they would never play with matches inside the city limits, under penalty of having their teeth knocked out with a pickaxe. Just to be on the safe side, he gave everyone of them a coconut filled with pressur­ ized water, to be used only if some silly peasant forgot his promise and shot matchrockets into the ceiling of one of the many watering-holes located around St. Petcsburg.

Unfortunately, these Russki fire entinguishers were loaded from the disease-filled swamps around the Baltic lowlands, and nasty plagues and many cases of the flu popped up, putting an end to the fun.

Thomas Jefferson, an inventor who takes a back seat to nobody, was bothered by recurring dreams of impending doom due to candles. For the continuance of mental well­ being, he stocked oysters in the many foun­ tains dotting his Monticello estate. When quickly plucked from the water and rapped smartly with a knuckle, they spring open and emit a thin stream of pure water for approxi­ mately five seconds. It was to his benefit that this information never reached the public’s cars during his campaign for the presidency.

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history. Celebrating the dawn of the third year of third decade of the Space Age, Kevin Hanke shaved his Kopf bald. C and C, with Leonid Brezhnev, salute a student who was not yet born when Sputnik went aloft, and yet who, years later, took it upon himself to launch his own tribute to that feat. Can there be a spacier way to commemorate a new era?

Next year’s plans call for bronze earrings to recall the 4500th anniversary of the birth of the Bronze Age, an iron toga to combine a celebration of the Roman Senate and the first use of said metal, and an arrow in the eye to memorialize the efforts of Harold at the Battle of Hastings.

please keep in mind that Einstein’s early teachers thought he was a real Zero. Please bear with us.)

Finally, as any old-movie fans out there know, probably the classiest and most visible fire extinguishers of all time were used in scores of slap-stick cinematic ventures. Is it possible to remember even one old Marx Brothers flick, Three Stooges caper, or any other offering with hilarity as its patron saint, and not run across illegal use of a genuine Mayfair siphon? They were those elegant-looking glass bottles, filled with gas and water, that the snotty, rich bank president’s wife would use while mixing a drink in her elegant suite in the St. Charles Hotel. Inevitably, W. C. Fields or Baby Leroy would wander in and trigger Armageddon by pressing the little chrome nozzle-button, unleashing geysers of bubbly liquid into the fat lady’s agonized face. Why, Harold Lloyd and Laurel and Hardy would have been digging ditches if not for these handy co-stars, and so might we if this article doesn’t end right here.

Information on sources and documentation of quotations available for a modest fee of $14.50, payable in cash only, barring legal action by relatives of the aforementioned.

It’s nice to see a student with a sense of

Question for Logic 50 students: If human beings have 46 chromosomes, and fruit flies have 8, how many chromosomes does Prep Tutor Mark Bitter have?

The Seniors had a class meeting recently, and one of the hot topics that was batted back and forth across the basement of Witten­ berg concerned the traditional class gift to the school that the campus old men present after everyone gets diplomas. We hate to let the cat out of the bag, but it's come to the attention

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of our Roving Editor that the class of '79 is deadlocked over several of the suggested ideas.

One of the leading vote-getters in the early going is a life-size statue of Elmer for the foyer of the gym. Norv Kock wondered if any of the seniors would care to vote on what kind of material the monument should be sculpted from. The results of the voting:

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The “i’s” have it right now; please forward suggestions to Mr. President Kock.

As for other uses to put our monies to, well.. .Bill Runke thought we could move the gym in front of the Sprinter, but that’s silly.

They’d never get all the juniors to move their cars out of the parking lot when they wanted to roll it over.

Other suggestions included a jukebox for the lobby over in the Chapel-Arts building.

It makes some people nervous to see parents and friends idly standing around in there on graduations and the like. Maybe the faculty would throw in some La-Z-Boy recliners and ottomans, to round out the whole “lounge” idea. Ross Ulrich thought we could have a local artist come in and paint the dumpster with colorful scenes from Watertown’s past.

Good, Ross. You keep right on thinking.

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The difficulty in scratching out a column like this, not too long after a major vacation, is that there’s a real scarcity of campus material to latch on to and warp to fit a C & C article.

Usually an editor will succumb to the tempta­ tion to write a “What did all our students and faculty get for Christmas?” piece. Sorry, the fact that “Mikey Woldt did it” has got no truck with either of us. Instead, we turned to old

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"The Home Laundry, across from the Post Office, suggests that students pool their laundry.”

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Whoever said this wasn’t aware that any given NWC student’s laundry alone is potentially dangerous, pooling is not only confusing, but extremely foolish-spontaneous combustion could occur at any moment. Safety first, kids!

RANDOM NOTES: Either an expression of sympathy or a note of thanks is in order for the honorable Ernie Wendland, Junior, who took the first giant step on the path toward marital bliss with the announcement at his gala reception that he had become engaged. This might not raise an eye­ brow at Studio 54, except for the fact that Ernie is a former instructor here at NWC, and even more interesting, a former Campus & Classroom editor. This thing is bigger than the three of us. Congratulations, you piker. We still don’t believe it, guy.. .Prof. Quam dumped all the quampositions for this week right back in his class’s laps. Admittedly, Winter Carnival week isn’t going to be the most productive in the line of original thought and scorching insights, but it came as a surprise.

Rats, more work.. .Pete Zietlow played “Beat-em-Up” with Jim Jankc’s car this week­ end. A busted radiator and smashed wind­ shield are his trophies for skidding on slick ice.. .Trigger Spaude thinks it’s “Grown-Up” to rip people’s shirts from their backs...

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penalties in NWC history in doing so.. .Secure the portholes, men, we’re sinking fast. We’ll get in touch, whenever.

parking violations the past few weeks. The talk is to find a way to allow students to fine the Dorm Staff for violations.. .The Seniors may have won the Broom Hockey and Tug-ofWar fights, but they also collected the most

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become a member of the Latter Day Saints” really brings the hypnosis into full control.

At one point on the tour, I heard someone behind me meditatively remark, “Yea, I really don’t get to church as often as I should.”

Add one to the ranks of the LDS. This impressive set-up and the smooth spiritual manipulations are certainly not only the works of mere men, but are in conjunction with the devil, who is working with full force.

He knows how to impress the fickle mind of man and enticingly allure it to destruction.

The devil’s great ability is witnessed in this case by the rapid and alarming growth of the Mormon church both in this country and in many places abroad.

The reasons for this massive tragedynothing short of spiritual suicide-are the erroneous beliefs of this organization. Pam­ phlets explaining these beliefs are freely avail­ able at many places in Temple Square. Some of these examples that follow here are con­ tained in one of these such pamphlets, “What of the Mormons?”

They claim to begin with the Bible. But this beginning is considered unimportant and soon gives way to something called “modern revelation.” They deny the principle of divine inspiration found in II Peter 1:21 and also believe that errors have crept into the Bible.

Scripture is considered to be an incomplete

visit to Salt Lake City last summer pre­ R sented me with a first-hand account of the Mormons and their beliefs. But at the same time I was also plagued by some bothersome questions.

The entire state of Utah, which is at least nominally seventy-percent Mormon, appears to have a conservative living atmosphere. There seems to be a stale, forced morality which was apparent from the relative absence of racy and vice-promoting advertisements, the strict laws governing alcohol, and the dress and actions of the people themselves. Yet, it is certainly no utopia, and once their religious beliefs are taken into account, every trace of the “per­ fect society” becomes utterly annihilated.

Just what do Mormons believe? A tour of Temple Square will provide some information, but that isn’t the real reason for the tour.

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In addition to the defilement of the Word, God’s Son is stripped of his Godhead by these spiritual robbers. The Golden Rule, good works, virtue and honor are said to replace Christ’s work of making man right with God. Neither does the Holy Ghost escape un­ scathed. His office of working faith in the heart is not seen as necessary. The mind of man is thought to be free to choose its own way.

Election to salvation carries no weight in Mor­ mon belief; man can save or damn himself.

Now after the truths about God and His Word are rejected, nothing else is of any real importance. Nonetheless, they do have some other interesting beliefs.

For example, the sacrament of Baptism

has been thoroughly corrupted. Infant baptism is not practiced, but once a child reaches the age of eight, he can perform the honorable task of being baptized for deceased predeces­ sors who were not “saved” by Mormonism.

A huge genealogical library run by the LDS is provided for this very purpose.

Their beliefs concerning marriage are also used as a sales pitch to join their religion.

If a marriage is performed in one of the temples of the organization (there arc thir­ teen in the world), its guarantee of endurance is better than ’till death do us part’; it’s bind­ ing for eternity. Matt. 22:23-30 has fallen vic­ tim to modern revelation.

I wondered very often how people could really believe these things. But many Mormons do more than just believe; they live their beliefs. They willingly and freely give of their own time and money, a very impressive and admirable practice. If only all their efforts were headed in the right direction.

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particularly because of the constant hustle he showed on the court in both games. Dan Kuehl and Dick Huebner of DMLC were also named to the team, as were Dennis Scott and Tony McGraw of Maranatha. Maranatha, incidentally, defeated DMLC in the champion­ ship game 73-70. In that game Maranatha led by 21 at halftime, but DMLC put on a tremen­ dous comeback to make it close at the end.

After the Trojan Classic, NWC slid into a four-game losing streak. The next week the Trojans visited Maranatha and lost 95-76, although the game was closer than the final score showed. The Trojans battled all night trying to catch up with Maranatha, but the home team was able to hold the lead through­ out the second half. Mark Mueller led NWC in scoring with 21, and he also pulled down 14 rebounds in the second half alone. Mark Kolander chipped in 16 for the Trojans. In a side note, better relations with the female students of Maranatha may be in the makings as the Crusader cheerleaders, upon an invita­ tion by a certain NWC delegation, came across the troubled basketball floor to extend a sweet little “hello” to the Trojan fans.

After three more losses, NWC turned it around and began a winning streak of three games as they entered a long home stand. They defeated Grace College of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mark Wessel banked in a jump shot

BASKETBALL Since we last checked the NWC sports scene, quite a bit of basketball action has occurred. The Trojans are already more than halfway through the season, with a tough schedule ahead of them. So let’s try to catch up with the bouncing ball by reviewing some of the action that has occurred.

After thirteen games the Trojan record stands at 5-8. They beat a good Seminary team 75-58, but then lost three games in a row.

The third was a loss to DMLC in the Trojan Classic, which was of course a very hardfought game. The game was close throughout, with NWC holding a slight lead in the early going. But DMLC came on strong, led by Dick Huebner, who really had a hot hand in the second half. The Lancers were able to hold off NWC at the end and won by a score of 74-68.

NWC’s Bruce McKenney suffered a foot injury in the game, which also put him out of action for the consolation game the next night against Moody, The Trojans won that one 79-66, as freshmen Gary Huebner, Ross Henzi, and Matt Crass came off the bench in the first half to spark the Trojans, who had gotten off to a slow start. Matt also pulled down 10 re­ bounds in the second half of the game. Mark Kolander led in scoring with 15 points. Denny Himm was named to the All-Tournament team, 185

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Phil Hirsch came up with a steal to set up the shot. The visitors surely had to agree with one fan’s comment about the play: ‘‘Isn’t that amazing, Grace?!”

The Trojans then handed MSOE a 72-56 defeat as Denny Himm exploded for 20 points, and then proceeded to pull off a very big victory over Marian, 68-63. Marian was the conference leader coming into the game but ran into a stingy Trojan defense and a loud Northwestern crowd that put a damper on their hopes for an undefeated record. The crowd itself may have accounted for the win in that game. Let’s keep it up, gang!

In the Winter Carnival game against Madison Edgewood, the Trojans were apparent­ ly lulled to sleep by their opponents and ended up on the short end of the score. NWC jumped out to an early 11-0 lead in the first five minutes, but near the end of the first half, Edgewood began to hit their long outside shots, chipping away at the lead. Early in the second half Edgewood overtook the Trojans and maintained their lead to the end. The crowd was just the opposite of what it had been against Marian the week before, as not many people seemed very excited about the game. Perhaps they felt that Northwestern was going to run away with the game and never woke up to the fact that Edgewood doesn’t quit.

The Trojan team this year is a relatively young one. Two players are in their fourth and final year, two are juniors, two are sopho­ mores and the rest are freshmen. Denny Himm and Bruce McKenney are the seniors, and both are truly the leaders of the team. As for Denny, you could fairly say that he is the epitome of hustle as he runs, dives and slides all over the court. He leads the team in steals because of his desire.

Bruce is a steady player both on offense and defense. He is aware of what the situation is out there and instills that awareness in his teammates. He’s a smart player, and keeps his head. For example, when the Marian players were taunting him he did not lose his cool nor did any other Trojans. Because our team kept its cool in that game it won. After twelve games, Bruce is the leading scorer on the* team with a 14.4 average.

We certainly hope that this final season for these two leaders is a satisfying and enjoyable one.

Rounding out Coach Thompson’s squad this year are: juniors Tom Pankow, who started early in the year before suffering an injury, and Mark Mueller, another starter averaging about 10 rebounds a game; sopho­ mores Phil Wilde and Mark Kolander, who was averaging 13 points a game; and 7 freshmenPhil Hirsch, Gary Huebner, Mark Wessel, Mike Nitz, Chris Poetter, Matt Crass and Ross Henzi. These guys have been doing a good job all year long and promise a bright future for the Trojan basketball team.

Let’s give the Trojan team for ’79 lots of support as they wind down the season in an effort to finish on the winning end of the scale.

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At this point in the season the Trojan wrestling team holds a 2-10 record in dual meets. The two victories came over DMLC in the Trojan Classic and over Gateway Tech. In the Lawrence Invitational, on a stormy winter day, the team finished in second place behind the home team.

Don’t forget to give your support to the men of the wrestling team, too. It is a sport that I’m sure people would enjoy watching if they took the time to try it once. The oneon-one confrontation between two men using their muscles, brains and moves is truly exciting.

Here is the roster for Coach Pieper’s squad, going from lightweight to heaveyweight, along with their current individual records.

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INTRAMURALS Before we took a break for Christmas vacation, another exciting indoor soccer

season was held. Once again Harry Acker’s team came away with the crown. The league was quite balanced this year, with several teams vying for the top spot; but Harry's proved to be the top team. The “Third Floor" team included several seniors, and they, when asked if this year's championship was sweeter than last year's, replied in the affirmative. It prob­ ably was due to the fact that this was their last season in the league.

Right now we’re in the midst of another fine basketball season and the pennant races are shaping up nicely. In the upper division, Acker's team and the Non-Jocks both seem to be headed for the top, but you never know what can happen in intramural basketball.

The other four teams in the league are not

going to give up on making the playoffs, that's for sure!

In the two lower divisions, four teams have emerged as the top contenders—Runke’s team, Dave Schroeder's, the Kitchics,and the Fluffies.

The top scorers in the three divisions at present are Dan Marshall, Stretch Schmeling and Paul Ylvisaker.

Ah, intramurals-where one can fantasize that he is the great Big Ten star he always wanted to be as a kid; where one can get away from his desk and out into the battlefield; where one can run his Converse tennies into the ground. Isn't it great?!

'Tlpie new year has brought about many '“''exciting events for each of us. Foremost among these is, of course, the ’79 Blizzard, but I have some even more inviting news. We have received for the first time via mail the Sem Notes from Mequon. We gladly thank them for the news which they have sent to us.

Last month’s column, you will recall, was extremely short, this month’s should prove to be a little longer. In spite of the overabun­ dance of snow around here, the post office did manage to send me more than half of the replies before the deadline. Without any fur­ ther ado, I will proceed with this month’s news.

Peshtigo, WI. -Rev. Glenn Moldenhauer (’68), of St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Hillpoint; Faith Ev. Lutheran Church, Reedsburg; and Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Lime Ridge, WI, has accepted a call to Mt. Calvary Ev. Lutheran Church in La Crosse, WI. Rev. Moldenhauer will be installed on February 25, 1979.

—Rev. Michael Crawford (’71) has accepted a call to Atonement Ev. Lutheran Church in Baltimore, MD. Rev. Crawford presently serves Christ Ev. Lutheran Church, Brainerd, MN. -Rev. John Brug (’67) and Rev. Lyle Lange (’65) were installed as professors of religion at Doctor Martin Luther College, New Ulm, MN, on November 17, 1978.

CALLS

ANNIVERSARIES

-Rev. Kenneth Wenzel (’69), formerly of First Lutheran Church, Winnett; Faith Ev. Lutheran Church, Melstone; and Holy Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Lavina, MT, has accepted a call to St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church,

-St. Martin’s Ev. Lutheran Church of Watertown, SD, celebrated the burning of the mortgage on their Christian day school on November 5, 1978. Rev. Elwood Habermann (’42), serves the congregation.

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—Dave Voss predicts the Packers will get a moral victory in the Super Bowl.

—Schmelz no longer wears his Central Michigan T-shirt all week long—it doesn’t match his only tie.

-Tim Unke lets a girl down easy by writing her twice a week.

-Conrad Prell still gets 3rd-floor phone calls.

—Paul Zell seen at Mass in “Great America” Gurnee, IL.

DEDICATIONS -St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church and Christian Day School of Rapid City, SD, dedicated its facilities on December 17, 1978.

Rev. Wayne I. Schulz (’62), currently serves the congregation.

-St. Andrew’s Ev. Lutheran Church of Middleton, WI, will dedicate a new chapel on February 11, 1979. Rev. James F. Naumann (’71), serves the congregation.

BIRTHS

MIDDLERS

-Rev. Wayne L. Rouse, (’70), Raymond, SD, and his wife, were blessed with the gift of a son, Timothy Wayne, on November 17, 1978, at Watertown, SD.

-There is no truth to the rumor that the riots in Jamaica were caused by Randy Leifer.

-Dan Gawrisch began his own speed read­ ing course-fastest to sleep wins.

-When in the wilderness remember: “He who hesitates is lunch.”-C. Darwin -Dorf gave up hunting. He’s been Pegged down at home lately.

-Schmitzer was easygoing as a tutor last year, but as a student he’s Ruth-less.

-Congratulations are in order for Steve Steiner, who stayed awake during his own class sermon!

-Brenner, my sister’s engaged! Keep your hands off!—Mike Woldt -Can anyone explain the peanut shells under Woldt’s desk?

-Bob “Rudy” Rhine has purchased a train set for his six-month-old son Paul.

-Fred Voss now has a supply of nuts for Ozzie.

SEM NOTES ENGAGEMENTS Jack Stem (’74) to Pat Weitz Mike Wolff (’78) to Beth Harwood of Appleton, WI. Bill Bader (’76) to Connie Loescher Terry Laabs (’77) to Denise Buss (1979 Wedding) Gerald Blobaum (’74) to Julie Jaeger Bruce Wietzke (’75) to Diana Guenther Dennis Broehm (’75) to Barbara Huebner BIRTHS -Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilke (’75) were blessed with the gift of a daughter, Jennifer Marie, on December 24, 1978.

—Mr. and Mrs. Alan Gumm (’76) were blessed with the gift of a son, Jeremiah Jacob, on December 24, 1978. A1 currently is serving as Vicar at Grace Ev. Lutheran Church in South St. Paul, MN.

SENIORS -Tony Schultz was born again—he “had his experience” in morning chapel.

-Roy Hefti’s library is almost as big as Tutor Roggie Kuerth’s (of NWC).

—Scott Klein has been absent for several days—could it be terminal Sem panic?

—Sem panic is taking its toll—Broehm, Blobaum, Stem, Otto, Strackbein, Wietzke.

Who will be next: Frey, Lumpy, Siirila, Schalow?

—John Berg has been practice-skiing down the parking lot mounds.

JUNIORS -Will someone please let J. P. Meyer out of the closet in Room 11?

-Paul Janke’s bird cage is still empty.

—Free still cheers for the Nebraska bug eaters.

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Fragment of an Ancient Wooing Psalm Is you or is you ain’t my gocl?

A placard was found on desk 5, middle row, Room 8, audaciously inscribed tliusly: ROBERT HOCHMUTH SLEPT HERE...

In true Michigan-Henry Peil fashion, Westy . put on a pitiful burst of speed and coasted in only about four days late. Prof. E. E. K.’s only comment was, ‘“dja walk?” Course I’ve known Henry to drag in two weeks late and more, but we suspect perhaps Westy hasn’t Hank’s-that is, perhaps the relation between prof and student in the former case isn’t as happy as the latter’s used to be...

All of which brings up that highly con­ tested question: Is it really true that all a young minister needs is a few hundred dollars debt, a barrel of oatmeal and a bucksaw?...

Or as none other than E. E. K. said, upon seeing a stray pootch meandering thru the halls (However do they alius manage to get in?), ‘‘Pshaw! It’s getting to be just like the Univer­ sities nowadays -they let anything in.”

THE OLD ELM The old elm, a stately tree, The old elm, a memory.

Sighs of men have often vied With sighs of boughs in troubled stride.

The old elm, a happy tree, The old elm, a joy to see.

Smiles of men have often vied With laughing leaves in summertide.

Author unknown The Black & Red, vol. 48 JEFF SEELOW

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Forgotten Promises..............................

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ministry. The Lutheran Seminary at Gettys­ burg, Pennsylvania, was considered, but that was too far away. The Synod in 1862, being only twelve years old, decided to begin its own college and Seminary. There were debates about its location. Watertown was inviting because of its central location, the rural coun­ tryside, and the wealthy congregations to support it. Milwaukee supporters argued that if it were placed in their city, they could guarantee fifty to sixty students right away.

The Watertown supporters were more persua­ sive, and in September, 1863, Dr. L. Moldehnke started classes in the Gardner Mouse on Fourth

/"Tvpith this year's 100th anniversary celebra­ tion of Northwestern's Alumni Society, it seems fitting that a history of Northwestern and her campus be drawn up for the Black and Red. Thanks to past volumes of the Black and Red, we were able to find the pic­ tures shown here and the accompanying in­ formation.

The Lutherans of nineteenth-century Wis­ consin found that the number of trained men for preaching and teaching in the schools and churches was insufficient. German missionaries were being sent to Wisconsin, but there were men here who expressed a desire to enter the

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An 1886 view of NW s first Administration Building, the Kaffeemuehle, built in 1864.

The Kaffeemuehle, 3 days after it was destroyed by fire (1894).

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The 1875 dormitory.

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The refectory, built in 1887. Here it is shown after it was expanded.

stoves. Kerosene lamps were used as light, and water was obtained from a well outside. There was an east and a west entrance; over the latter was this inscription: Soli Deo Gloria.

This building served professors and stu­ dents alike for twenty-nine years until July 30, 1894, when a bolt of lightning struck it. The building, affectionately called the Kaffeemuchle by students and professors, was almost com­ pletely destroyed. All that remained were blackened brick walls. A small portion of the fifteen-hundred volume library was saved, and more might have been, for the fire was con­ fined mainly to the upper two stories. But the

Street. At that time he had three students, but as the months passed, the enrollment in­ creased to fourteen.

On August 10, 1864, the governing board bought five acres of land Jland for the athletic area was added later], and ground was broken for the erection of a school building at the cost of SI0,000. Funds for the project were raised in three ways. First, the city of Watertown contributed $2,000. Secondly, Rev. John Bading traveled through Germany and Russia to solicit funds. As he traveled abroad, he was received by the King of Hanover and preached in the Berlin Cathedral. Finally, the members of Synod were requested to supply the rest of the funds.

On September 14, 1865, the building was dedicated to the Lord’s service. Rev. J. Bading, who was president of the Synod for many years and Dr. F. Moldehnkc, the school’s first professor, addressed the audience in German, while Professor Adam Martin, the institution’s first president, spoke in English.

The name of the scool has been changed several times over the years. For a time it was known simply as Lutheran College, then it was changed to Wisconsin University. It was felt that this would be confused with the university at Madison, so the official name, when the charter was issued in 1867, became Northwestern University. It kept that name until the second decade of our present century, when the name was changed more accurately to Northwestern College.

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But my plane leaves at 2:30it’s only 3:00.

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The Administration Buildings

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When the first building was dedicated in 1865, it served several functions. It was a dormitory, a residence for several faculty mem­ bers, and it contained classrooms and a faculty office. In the basement were the washroom facilities and a storeroom for trunks and luggage. The first floor contained several classrooms and the faculty office. On the second floor were quarters for two faculty members and their families, two classrooms, and a small library room. In the 1890’s the four rooms of the third floor were used as a dormitory. One study room housed thirteen students, another, six. The two remaining rooms were used as bedrooms. Above the attic was the “career," a large windowed cupola.

The building was heated by wood and coal

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All my toil climbing out only to find myself still in.

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The 1903 dormitory, added on to the front of the 1895 dorm (see Map of 1919).

Augsburg Hall, built in 1955 (formerly East Hall).

Wittenberg Hall (1975) is pictured here.

Wartburg Hall (1967) is a twin and is located to the left of this picture.

The Turnhalle, erected in 1882, is shown here in 1909.

Memorial Day 1912, the day of the corner­ stone laying for the new gym. In the back­ ground the foundation of the 1912 gym is visible.

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crowd of people knew that the chemistry room was in that building—the awe of alchemy kept them from the burning edifice.

The rebuilt administration building was ready for use on March 29th, 1895. It was located on the same site as its predecessor was and made use of the old building’s walls.

The cost of the four-story building was S18,000.

It contained nine classrooms, a chapel room, offices for the bursar and the faculty, a town boys’ room, two study rooms in the basement for girls, and a library room. There was also a room which was used for chemistry classes.

By 1896, gas lighting replaced the kero­ sene lamps. By 1905 this was replaced by electricity. Until 1892. when a central heating plant was installed, students had to lug coal and wood up to their rooms.

By 1930 there was a pressing need for more library space and new laboratories. Seven years earlier a building called the barracks had been built to alleviate the shortage of class­ room space. Under the direction of the Alumni Society, plans were drawn up fora new LibraryScience building. This plan included a new central heating plant. However, because of the continuing Depression, and the mounting in­ debtedness of the Synod, the plans were shelved. This postponement lasted twenty years, until the plans were finally carried out. . The Library-Science Building has three entrances-onc each on the east, north, and west sides. The basement is made up of one large classroom, two town girls’ rooms, and the library stacks. The main floor consists of several offices, the “upper” faculty room, two classrooms, the library reading room, and the bookstore. The upper story is made up of three lab rooms, one tiered lecture room, and another classroom. There is access to the roof where a telescope for use by science students is located.

The Library contains over 37,000 volumes, and there is enough room for approximately 50,000. The addition of this building, though twenty years late, was a blessing to the students at Northwestern.

By the early 1950’s it was clear that the 1895 administration building was swiftly deteriorating. In a new campus building pro­ gram, plans were made not only for a new classroom building, but also for a new refectory and dormitory.

The new Chapel-Arts Building was begun late in 1955, and was ready for use the next 203

school year (’56-’57). The chapel was made possible through a gift of SI00,000 by the late Mrs. Meta Kilgas Michelson of Manitowoc.

On March 11,1956, the cornerstone was laid.

All three buildings in the project were dedicated on a special Sunday during the Synod conven­ tion of 1956.

The building itself contains fifteen class­ rooms, a typing room, a town boys* room, the “lower” faculty room, a printing room, and an audio-visual classroom. Connected to this by means of the central foyer is the chapel, which scats approximately 400.

Forgotten Promises

My soul spills all around me pierced by rusting swords escaping breath hisses my demise Heart in my hands mind wandering silence passes me by I listen for the wind’s murmurings and only hear my cries How strange the word ‘Lord’ sounds on my lips how stubborn are my knees Yet forgotten promises find my pleas and close my eyes in peace BDose

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The Gymnasium—October 20, 1912

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The administration building of 1865 served as refectory, recitation building, and dormitory.

The third floor, as mentioned before, had four large rooms, accommodating from ten to twelve men each, and three smaller rooms.

Each room had its own stove, and coal was kept in labeled bins in the basement. These rooms were the only student quarters until 1868, when the old wooden dormitory was erected. At that time it housed prep students with a collegiate monitor in each room.

There is little information about the old wooden dorm. It had sixteen rooms and housed the students and an inspector. These rooms were furnished by the students, who had to supply bookshelves and desks. Kerosene lamps supplied illumination, and a cast iron stove in each room afforded heat. Wood was cut and split by the students for each of their own rooms. During Christmas vacation of 1874 the building burned to the ground. For the rest of the school year, students stayed in rented houses and private homes.

This old wooden dorm was immediately replaced in 1875 by a brick dormitory which cost SI4,000. The second door was to be left unfinished, but after the school sold eight acres of land the following year, it was com­ pleted. The inspector occupied the rooms on the south side of the first floor until a separate residence was built for him in 1895. In this building also there was a large room that served as a chapel and as an assembly hall. Here commencement exercises were often held over the years. At first every study room had its own wood stove and wash stand. In 1888, wash rooms were installed in the basement.

Privies remained outside, although there was one in the basement for use by those who were sick. There were no showers or bathtubs; students bathed at downtown barber shops as often as their funds would allow them. As soon as the ice was out of the Rock River, they would go swimming. Around 1890 electricity was installed, and in 1892 a heating plant was installed in the basement, but even then the bedrooms remained unheated.

For a time rooms for more affluent stu­ dents were provided over the refectory, which was built in 1888. The building also included the infirmary and quarters for the steward and the kitchen staff. The dining hall could seat

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There were four suites of two rooms each on the second floor. Each of these suites was occupied by two students. These so-called private rooms were furnished chiefly by the students who lived in them.

Discipline at these times was much stricter.

Sextaners and Quintaners were never allowed off campus without permission. No one went out at night without permission from the authorities.

The 1875 dorm soon proved to be inade­ quate. In 1903, S25,000 was collected for a new dormitory; by the next year the sum was doubled. On May 30, 1905, the cornerstone was laid, and on October 15, the new dormi­ tory with the attached inspector’s house was dedicated. Temporary bleachers were erected for 3,000; over 4,000 people showed up, with 1,500 coming from Milwaukee alone. The formal act of dedication was performed by President Bading, who forty years before had performed the same duty at the dedication of the college's first building.

The new dormitory was connected to the old dormitory by corridors on all three Hours, making the entire complex a single building.

Thus there was enough space to house 200 comfortably. The fourth floor contained piano practice rooms. The basement contained a janitor's workshop, dark room, luggage room, laundry room, showers, canteen, and collegiate club room.

With the growth of the student body in the early '50's, another shortage of rooming space became apparent. In the building project of that decade, a new college dormitory was erected. Formerly known as East Hall, it is known today as Augsburg Hall-home for the students of Northwestern Prep School. This dormitory comfortably houses 160 students.

There are 68 two-man rooms and 8 three-man rooms. There is a club room in the basement, with laundry facilities, dark room, and canteen.

This dormitory has served us well for the past 23 years.

In the middle sixties the student population was growing even more swiftly, so another dorm was built in 1967. This dorm was built for college use, and is known as Wartburg Hall. Each room contains built-in furniture, and is somewhat more compact than those in Augsburg Hall. Each floor has a lounge, with the first floor lounge for entertaining guests.

Storage rooms, a game room, a TV room, a

canteen, and a lounge are located in the base­ ment.

By 1974 the need arose for the replacement of the old dorm, West Hall. This building was tom down that same year and was replaced

by Wittenberg Hall, a twin to Wartburg Hall.

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The Turnhalle, a thirty-year old frame struc­ ture, was far from adequate. It was built in 1877 so the students would have some place to work out. It originally had a dirt floor, but a wooden floor was installed in the 1880’s.

In April of 1912 ground was broken for a new gym. On Memorial Day the cornerstone was laid. It bears the inscription: "Donated by the N.W.C. Club of Milwaukee, Wis., 1912.”

In October of the same year, the gym was formally opened with a ceremony.

The new gym contained on the main floor the gym proper, which could easily hold four buildings the same size as the old Turnhalic. There were two smaller rooms in the towers -the north room was the gun room, and the south room was an office. Above these rooms, extending the width of the gym, was a battery room, which was at one time used by the baseball players in early spring. There was a running track extending around the gym on this same level. The basement housed chiefly the locker and shower rooms. Along the south wall were two bowling lanes donated by Henry Schroeder for use by the professors.

The boiler and the light fixtures in the base­ ment were donated by the college board.

The gym was primarily for sports use, but it also served as an auditorium. A stage was set up by the junior class whenever it was needed.

In 1941 a new portable stage was purchased, complete with curtains.

In 1950, the campus building program in­ cluded the addition of a stage to the east end of the gym. This added 14 feet to the length of the gymnasium. The stage itself is 36 feet wide. On either side are rooms which were designated as dressing rooms. The room under-

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We must mention the college’s only statue.

In front of the gym is a four-ton statue known as the Sprinter. It consists of the head of a Greek with the body of a renowned American sprinter bearing the Northwestern N on his shirt. This was donated by St. Matthew’s congregation of Milwaukee. A Grecian figure, Venus of Capua, appears on the base, holding the victor’s laurel in one hand, and with the other pointing to St. Paul’s reference to the famous Isthmian games as recorded in I Cor­ inthians 9:24: Heis de lambanci tobrabeion.

But one receives the prize. Bear then in mind: In faithful effort alone true victory lies.

On the opposite side of the base are the words of dedication: Unsrer hohett Schule, 10 Oktober. 1912. Die St. Mattheus Gemcinde, Milwaukee.

In 1971, a new, modern gym was dedi­ cated. The new gym is the largest building on campus, and has a bleacher seating capacity of 1500. There is an NCAA regulation size basket­ ball court on the main floor, with bleachers on three sides. On the stage is a small court. This

is also where the wrestling matches are held.

There arc movable bleachers on the stage, which can face cither the inside of the stage or out towards the main floor. In the basement are three locker rooms with shower facilities, a trainer’s room, coaches' offices and locker room. In addition there is storage space for sports’ equipment, the wrestling room, which is also used for archery and baseball, and a weight room.

In 1973, the basement of the old gym was renovated into piano practice rooms and studios, and two chorus rooms. This was dedi­ cated at the Christmas concert in December 1973. In 1977, the main floor was renovated and the exterior sandblasted. The stage was extended by eight feet, a shell was constructed in the stage ceiling, and new lighting and sound systems were installed. Now known as the Music-Auditorium, the main floor and the balcony comfortably scat 800 people. This was dedicated in December of 1977. An eightrank pipe-organ was recently installed in the organ loft added during the renovation. This was dedicated at the Christmas concert in December 1978. This newly renovated build­ ing should serve Northwestern College for many years to come.

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As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Alumni Association, let us give thanks to God

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Her song of six verses is an American variant of an English ballad, “The Marriage of Sir Gawain,” which consists of fifty-seven verses. It was first recorded in a manuscript in 1407, and is related to “The Wife of Bath's Tale” reported by Chaucer. This is only one of the many fascinating traditional ballads which came to America by oral transmission from ancient and forgottn sources.

The traditional ballad, according to G. H. Gerould, may be described as a narrative song.

It relates a story in a condensed, dramatic episode, and is impersonal in approach, i.e., the author has no role in the tale, makes no comments or reflections, and is not biased in any character’s favor.

These stories have a great variety of themes: love, war, the supernatural, great heroes, death -the list is as diverse as humanity itself.

This gives the ballad a universal appeal which has survived the culture that produced it.

The tunc of a ballad is often non-diatonic, based instead on gapped scales, or is modal in character, and thus classified according to the ecclesiastical system of modes designated by Glareanus in 1547. This may not be a direct connection with the original ballad tuncsJohn Jacob Niles wrote that the melodies of the Appalachian ballads which he had collected were not similar to their English counterparts— but it is another reflection of the ballad's medieval heritage.

Many musical and textual revisions have occurred as a result of oral transmission. The ballad has evolved with the language, or grown into other languages as well, livar Kemppincn reported that “The Maid Freed From the Gallows,” which originated some time between the twelfth and thirteenth century, occurs in 1,634 variants from many countries and linguistic areas.

A localizing of names and circumstances within the ballad give it a regional or personal coloring. “Sir Gawain” became “Sir Gaunie,” and “Lord Randal” became “Jimmie Randal,” “Johnny Randolph,” and “Tiranti.”

Many of the traditional ballads collected in Appalachia paralleled those in English and Scottish Popular Ballads, published by F. J. Child in 1882-1898, who catalogued three hundred five different ballads and their textual variants (without their tunes). Child's fivevolume work marked the beginning of AngloAmerican folksong scholarship.

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Whether the traditional ballad serves as a subject for a doctoral dissertation or as a family song for good folk like Bella Hawley, the songs survive, mysterious and entertaining, as they have endured for centuries.

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'lrhe old man wasn’t around. The kid squinted A through the bright sunlight, out to the end of the pier, but the old man wasn’t sitting on his bench fishing. He wasn’t in the big swing in the yard like he sometimes was, and a quick check into the log cottage produced no glimpse of a bald head peeking over the back of one of the easy chairs fronting the fire­ place. He turned up, fifteen minutes later, out back in the swampy area behind the boat­ house, hacking weeds down. He did that quite a bit, now, it seemed to the kid-took a rusty hand-scythe and went back out there for hours at a time, just hacking weeds and marsh grass. Nobody told him to do it, and the kid wondered why in the world he even bothered.

Somebody had told him that the old man’s eyes weren’t good any more, and that “he couldn’t hear for nothing.” What they were saying, the kid figured, was that the old man wasn’t much good, now that he had passed his eightieth birthday.

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The kid wondered if what people had said was true, that the old man wasn’t any good anymore. He couldn’t read books like he used to and he sure wasn’t fixing or painting any­ thing this summer, the way the kid remem­ bered. Oh, last week he’d taken something out of a piece of oilcloth to show the kid-it was an old fishing plug-his favorite, a wooden Bass-O-Reno. Three rusty treble hooks shivered nervously in the tired hand that trembled as he held it out. That plug was something, the

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The kid wanted to laugh when the old man showed it to him. but he didn't. Instead, he looked hard at the large-veined, incredibly wrinkled hands which had sent that little piece of painted cedar into the lake many times.

A horsefly landed in the kid's hair and he squashed it with a quick slap.

The day before yesterday they had been fishing at the sandbar, one of their secret “best places,” where the wild rice grew right up out of the water. Jumbo perch had been biting. The kid marveled at their streamlined shapes, and at the way they made a bobber dance on the lake's surface. As they flopped in the bottom of the red and white boat, the way their dark green stripes stood out, like a tiger's, and the flaming orange bursts of color on their stomach fins, against the ivory skin, never failed to make his stomach flutter. His partner didn't notice that. The old man didn’t fish very well anymore, period. He had to use such a big bobber that even the kid couldn’t tell if the waves were making it hop, or if a fish was running with the bait. The only ones the old man had caught that day had swallowed the hook. When the two fishermen decided that day to head in for supper, it had been the old man who leaned too far over the side, before the kid could fire up the wheezy little Evinrude. The boat had tipped, and the kid had been forced to grab hold, letting go of the stringer of fish. The sight of the jumbos rolling away in slow motion into deep water was a terrible one. The old man had said some angry words, and after that hadn’t spoken to him.

The old man was whistling now-it was a breathy ringing monotone, off key, like the spooky noises a January wind makes when it tries to get in the back door. Just one noteover and over and over. It seemed to the kid that it had no purpose, like the weed-chopping.

It just wasn’t the same as everybody remem­ bered him. He had always told stories, and

played little tricks on the kids to make them laugh. He even laughed at his own jokes laughed so hard his lips would curl back, and those big teeth would shine, and his pink gums would glisten. There were times he'd smile a little smile, to himself, like he was thinking of a good story, or a funny thing that happened to somebody; it was as if he figured it wasn’t his place to tell them at the supper table. The grown-ups would just look at each other, like the old man was being silly or not playing with a full deck, but those stories meant some­ thing important. The kid always laughed be­ cause he knew that the stories were good ones.

Nobody told a joke like the old man.

A frog jumped in the grass. The kid watched it. not moving a muscle It was a leopard frogmilk color, with black and green spots.

The old man never would get angry, either, like he did now. The kid thought of the times he'd lost the old man's anchors, or tangled the line on his bait-casting reel. Once he had dumped over the card table where the grown­ ups had been playing sheepshead all night.

The old man didn't get mad at the kid, or holler at him like all the other that Sunday a few summers ago: he'd brought nightcrawlers to church in his suitcoat pocket, not wanting to take the chance of them escaping while he wasn’t around to guard them. He caught “Hail Columbia” when his pew-mates had caught wind of his scheme that muggy morning, and discovered one dozen miserable worms in the inner confines of his Sunday best. The kid and his bait endured banishment from the cottage that July afternoon, when services were over.

They all called him stupid, except lor the old man, who waited outside for the kid, and put his arm around the little one’s frail shoulders; the tired eyes sparkled, and his chest heaved with silent laughter. The old man just knew about things like that. He understood.

A red wing blackbird screamed. The old man was coming out of the swamp, dragging his weed-cutter. He walked past the kid, about 15 feet away, never noticing the small figure sitting motionless on the weathered sawbuck.

The kid noticed that the old man’s shoes were full of mud; he almost felt like saying some­ thing to him about them, so nobody would embarrass the old man if he wore them inside, but the angry words in the red and white boat still made his young heart cringe.

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the lake's surface, smooth like glass, with the clay’s breezes now gone somewhere else. The water looked dark. It was twilight, and a shiver ran down his skinny back. A nighthawk swooped low over his head to the sur­ face of the water, hunting alone. He was still thinking about the old man. His young soul was draped in black and purple, trying to make sense out of his hurt.

He could hear voices from up and down the shore, muffled in the dusk. Porch lights were blinking on here and there across the lake, beginning their vigils as the lake rested from the labors of another summer day.

A screen door slammed. A few seconds later the pier shook slightly, and the creak of boards, plus an uneven step, told the kid that it was the old man. He didn’t turn around, or even get up; he just sat. Soon the sound of

footsteps stopped, and the little water rings around the pier’s pilings moved quickly away, till the surface was again flat and unbroken.

The kid turned, but the old man was now staring out over his lake, a little bit in the direction of the channel, his spot for bass.

The kid wondered if the old man could see, or if he was remembering.

The old man was holding something.

He turned to the kid, the glare of the porch light gleaming off what was unmistakably a toothy smile. The old man chuckled as he handed the old fishing lure to the kid. “I can’t use this anymore. I want you to have itit’s a good plug.” “Oh, Grandpa,” the kid choked, and then the tears came, as the old man and the kid sat together at the end of the pier.

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competition. Finally, on Saturday night, a trophy is awarded to the class which has scored the most points for the entire week’s activity.

Although all eight classes have a crack at the Winter Carnival trophy, a list of former winners shows that only the Tertia class of the prep school or the college Juniors and Seniors have ever won the class competition.

The official rules for Winter Carnival declared that work could begin on the snow sculptures on Friday, January 19-a full week before the culmination of festivities.

Snow sculpture competition usually calls for the most highly acclaimed artists of each class to direct the work of the peon laborers who scarcely know how to manipulate a shovel.

The college Sophomores must have had the best combination of “artist-humble assistant” this year, as their entry “Polar Scene” took

ijghile most of the upper Midwest struggled ’ to cope with the threatening winter of ’79, the Northwestern community called “time out" from the snowy blasts to celebrate the brisk embrace of winter. Winter Carnival at North­ western is a strange and unique melange of art, beauty, brute force, athletic ability, camaraderie, competition and fun all wrapped in a blanket of snow. Most of the events are staid, old traditions of Northwestern, each of which is infused with new blood annually.

Perhaps this review of Winter Carnival for 1979 will revive memories of those traditions for some of our readers.

Winter Carnival is still one of the activi­ ties which serve to unify the College and Prep departments of Northwestern. Competition in each event involves all eight classes, with various points assigned to each aspect of the 215

honors in snow sculpture. Kurt Ebert was the most conspicuous sophomore working on the scene, so he is presumed to be the primary class sculptor. The Frosh took second with a well detailed “Gator,” and the Juniors stole third place with their interpretation of “Man’s Best Friend.” The Juniors' project represented a contented buffalo, rather than the expected canine friend. The other classes finished in this order: Sexta, Seniors, Tcrtia, Quarta, and Quinta.

The other feature attraction of Winter Carnival festivities is the UMOC campaign.

UMOC is the acronym for Ugliest Man On Campus. One man from each of the eight classes vies for this dubious award every year. The one who puts on the most outrageous acts and shows the most vote-gathering charisma is the winner. Ballots are cast on Friday for the ugliest of the uglies. For 1979, Norm Burger of the Junior class will reign as UMOC. Norm won on his natural “good” looks and his “Der Schweinbauer” campaign. He was the runaway winner, polling more votes than the rest of the field combined.

Pat Cleveland of the Sexta class was the surprising second place finisher; Pat ran as “Slow J. Whimpson.” Eric “The Incredible Hulk” Zimmerman of the Frosh class captured third, followed by Tim Soukup of the Quarta class; Quintaner Mike Matuszak; Paul

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Each of the UMOC candidates ran a campaign of posters and campaign promotions, as well as the annual UMOC pageant, held on Thursday, January 25. The pageant allows each candidate to show why he should be elected the “ugliest of them all.”

Two other activities of Winter Carnival week are the tug-of-war and broom hockey.

These events are team oriented, each class providing their most skilled representatives to battle it out with the other classes. The Seniors dominated the first of these macho events, winning the broom hockey championship over the Juniors. The Seniors also out-tugged every class, winning the tug-of-war competition with a victory over the Sextas in the championship finals.

Points are scored lor all of the activities mentioned above, and the Junior class captured this year’s Winter Carnival trophy on the basis of its first place finish in UMOC, second in broom hockey, and a third in snow sculpture.

The disappointed Seniors ran a close second, falling only five points short of the Juniors.

All in all, Winter Carnival once again served its purpose as a refreshing break from the daily struggle of the NWC Student vs. the Elements.

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But where do you go? Besides Hardee’s, Quick Stop Burgers, and “The K,” New Ulm now has its very own MacDonald’s. Fine eating estab­ lishments abound; it’s tough to make a decision.

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As you enter, you have the choice of taking a table in Ye Olde Front Room or continuing down the hall past Ye Olde Boy's and Ye Olde Girl's rooms to Ye Olde Back Room, We chose a corner booth in the former. It had its own little "Seeburg Conselette” juke box selector, and was situated next to a Coke advertisement that claimed, ‘it relieves fatigue and excitement."

The menu had a variety of ingredients, everything from sauerkraut to pineapple. We finally decided on a super (16” diameter), half Canadian bacon and half sauerkraut with landjaeger sausage. The latter combination was described as a “New Ulm Specialty.” We didn't have to wait long for our repast. We discovered that plates and silverware are avail­ able on request, and they were provided with

nary a grudge. The Canadian bacon side was about par for its typo, but the sauerkraut/ Iandjaogor half was simply delicious, tangy and spicy without being overpowering. The only drawback was the crust, which wasn't much thicker than the paper this is printed on: it was less than filling, to say the least. However, there is a candy machine near the door, and only a few blocks away at the Clark station you can pick up Grumpy's Buffalo Chips (dried buffalo patties) for only 30 cents a hit.

To soothe our parched throats we drank New Ulmer Wasser, vintage 1979. It had quite a delicate bouquet, for the most part unassum­ ing, but there was enough of a touch of pre­ sumption to make it interesting.

The check for our party of four came to a modest S6.46, excluding tax and gratuities.

By the way, gift certificates are available.

long haul between Christmas and begins to take its toll on all of us, even making inroads on such supremely creative literary artists as those of “Campus and Class­ room,” it behooves us merry bards to flex our humor muscles. Translation: production has begun on more bits of wit and satire sure to tickle the funny bone of the most “cabinfevered” Northwestemite.

Towards the end of these long white months, little things can tend to grate on one’s

mind and attitude, and manifest themselves on one’s demeanor. Stuff that would barely phase us in warmer seasons-noisy neighbors, macaroni melanaise, and the like suddenly seem to irritate like a wool shirt on sunburned shoulders. Among the newly activated annoy­ ances are grades (which are never a whole lot of fun at any time of the year). Particularly, however, at this time, a bad quiz or a shoddy essay that would normally evoke brief remorse and briefer self-commitment to improve

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That is why we of the C & C would urge the adoption of the “Smile/Frown” grading system during the arduous Christmas to Easter Pil­ grimage.

This would certainly be a more mellow form of rating than presently exists. It could also help case the tensions of this marathon stretch of school days. Gone would be the acceleration of heart beat and increase in blood pressure that come with the disappointment (or exultation) of getting that “Gentleman’s Hook.” The mental anguish of the quest for the elusive ‘A’ or for the avoidance of the equally familiar ‘F’ would vanish in the quiet or a frown placidity of a smile An instructor could still register approval or disapproval, but without the skull-wrenching harshness of a letter or number grade. Of course, North Central Accreditation may want to look in on us more often, were the measure adopted.

Perhaps, too, this proposal could carry over into report cards. How refreshingly simplistic a row of faces on the old semi-annual scholastic tally sheet would be, compared to the cryptic monotony of letter grades. Even our G.P.A.’s could be indicated with a smile or a frown. Subtle variations on the system could include no mouth on the face for an incom­ plete, a tear in the eye for a sub 2.0 rating, or a fat lip and blackened eye for being on the receiving end of the cruel “flag” grade. Any­ thing to soften the blows of the present mode of grading during the already difficult winter months is surely a step in the right direction.

To help lend a festive air and carnival at­ mosphere to graduation this year, and liven up the events of Northwestern Day, (May 22), it has been suggested that the Seniors wear “period” costumes for the ceremony. What fun! Will they draw names out of a hat, or play blackjack, to decide who will wear the costumes for what period? Jeske already looks like a walking advertisement for the Bomber Thrift Shop, and would be a natural for a representa­ tive of the 1932 Dust Bowl era. Maybe Tim Kant and his junk Rambler could stand for the Industrial Revolution, while unshowered Birkholz and Pontel could hearken back to the first oil refineries. Should be quite a rodeo, from the sound of the wind.

getting a valentine from something in Kansas City with a tattoo kind of grabs one by the nape of the neck!

The “New Year Brings More Surprises” Dept.: With the release of his new album, it is evident that Rod Stewart has lost touch with us musically as well as culturally. It was one thing, you platinum-haired turncoat, to move from Britain to Los Angeles and gallivant with the jet-set, but the stench of disco now rising from your No. 2 selling album makes us nauseous. You sing about your roots in the blues. What do you know about that? What do flashing dancefloors and the blues have in common? Zilcho, mon frere. Besides, your roots are showing on your new cover-and they're dark brown. Anybody who makes a career of singing like lie’s undergoing continu­ ous root-canal surgery should be happy to make his buck and get out. Now move! Leper’s bells for you.

Intramural dynasties come and go. Most everyone gets to be a part of a coveted “Shirtwinner” team at one time along the road at NWC. This year, in basketball, early predictions and plaudits were all for the touted white-clad sophomore “Non-Jocks,” consisting of Janke, Gieschen, Haag, ct al; off to a jackrabbit start, things looked good for the kids, until. . Jt happened. It consists mainly of overweight and out-of-any-kind-of-dccent-shape Shuba “Spare Tire” Schumann. This senior, written off by all but several shadowy sportswriters, con­ founded the critics, as well as medical authori­ ties, by actually appearing at most of the games. It is rumored that he was under the hypnotic spell of a mystery man, who is known in some circles simply as “Louie,” who con­ vinced the Big Shoe that he was actually back in Prep, playing Manty for the tourna­ ment championship! What a brilliant stroke!

The “Non-Jocks” looked like they had been locked in a closet with a wild hyena. They got stomped so badly they had to be carried out in rubber bags, but now that’s old news. They have the future to look forward to, and, thanks to the enigmatic “Louie,” so does the former “King of the Queen of the Hornets.” All hail the mighty Shuba!

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grammar. We students arc also taught intriguing things by our environment here in Watertown.

Example: one whiff of the carpet and furni­ ture in the OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF MEN drives home this important point-never ever smoke. We also learn directly from the examples set for us by professors. A few weeks ago at the Pop Concert, Professor Lehmann enlight­ ened us with his principle that a man should try to use all of his wardrobe at some time or another. Who would have thought that the gaucho hat and horseblanket pancho would go so nattily with his tux pants and red tic? So, the next time you have a big date, or have to stand up in a wedding, emulate AOL’s example, and if you got something, wear it. If you’re still stumped, maybe he’ll lend you the pancho.

You'll have to talk to Esther about the hat.

Everybody knows that the Hollywood men were on campus a little while back. Seems they’re interested in making a movie about just what it is that makes old Northwestern tick. As with all big cinematic adventures, there arc some scoundrels trying to cash in on the original idea as it was conceived by the Recruit­ ment Committee. Pirate movie squads arc racing to beat the deadline for the “legit” film, hoping to garner a share of the first-run cash. Several of the bootleg projects follow: in an effort to focus on one of the more beloved long-term residents of the campus, director Shifto “Lcszcano“ Schiller, himself a colorful personality, zeroes in on a zero. The film is titled “Showboat's Missionary Journey to the Hustisford Area.” Pilfered notes about the high points of the travelogue include one hour-anda-half clip of Schocmann at the Home Plate Inn for all-you-can-cat Swiss steak. Another of Randy’s randy adventures is a tear-jerking episode, in which the cameras pan a lonely playground. Several apparently lonely-looking children are approached by Schoemann, who sits down with them and begins talking. What one Finally hears when the dialogue comes in is Randy trying to sell them a trunkful of transistor radios, made in Hong Kong. Look forward to an early May release.

Another of the quickies being spliced together in a hurry is Doug Free’s tribute to Marlon Perkins and the Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. In this episode, the Dog stalks the wild skag, a kind of big ugly Scandinavian beast. Not a flashy picture, like Showboat’s, this will probably not get the attention it deserves. Set for a rapid, end of March release,

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Spring Break remains as a faint glimmer in the distance, far and away down the center line of the highway. It is the Emerald City for students weary from battling the book mon­ ster, and Mecca for pilgrims half-blind from sandstorms of PicI infinitive constructs. Dif­ ferent students will produce exotic extracts of thought as to where their personal cathartic days will be spent. Of course, the perennial favorite is Daytona Beach, the most famous sandpit in the whole world; it deserves the highest veneration. Other Florida stations worthy of mention include Fort Lauderdale and the Gcritol City, Miami; some, however, would prefer not to cross the Georgia/Florida state line, and ramble down other highways than the Sunshine State’s hallowed A1A. Although our schedule does not permit partici­ pation in the festive Mardi Gras hoopla at New Orleans, it seems one or two brothers annually take that fork in the road. Arizona has its share of die-hard fans, as do the Smoky Moun­ tains.

There are alternatives, however. Bottom line: the first annual Campus and Classroom Spring Quarter in Sheboygan. “Fiddlesticks!” you may bellow. “I’ve passed that truck stop on the way to Packer games, and wouldn't go back if I was promised a date with Wonder Woman!” Patience, troops. Take a gander at the facts, and we think the writing will be on the wall, plain as pig tracks. Sheboygan boasts a beautiful, if not simply breathtaking, stretch of Lake Michigan beach, easily equal to any­ thing south of the Mason-Dixon line. Night life abounds, with a plethora of first-run theaters and pizza joints, as well as some of the best-kept lawns in the Midwest. And, as the founder of Sheboygan remarked as he was handed the deed to its wind-burned acres back in the 1800’s, “If somebody hands you a lemon, make lemonade.” You know what we’re speaking of—what is it that this city by the sea is famous for above all other cities?

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to remember a vacation, and an important part of your life! Nota Bene: this will not be all fun and games-it is a work/study program, with lectures given twice a day by Professor Daniel Bulge, Brat. D. His knowledge of the subject is limited only by his lack of a decent car to get him from one Wisconsin firemen’s picnic to the next. He did his major work for his doctorate after Tuesday night softball games in Newburg, Wisconsin, and at the annual Thiensvillc village picnic. Some excava­ tion will also be undertaken in the dunes on Sheboygan’s beachhead, in search of ancient bratwurst stubs and petrified buns from past eons. It is our hope that this study will help us to gain a fuller understanding of the brat­ wurst as a major role-player in the develop­ ment of the peculiar Wisconsin mentality of

"Gimme-a-Pubst-arid-u-Bratwurst-go-Packers-goBrcwers-go-Bucks-go-Docs-go-get-me-another— bratwurst.” Those interested in this program may write; C & C Spring Quarter in Sheboy­ gan, c/o Convoluted C & C Chowderhead Editors, Wittenberg, Watertown.

RANDOM NOTES: Norm “DerSchweinbauer” Burger tried sewing his UMOC plaque to a letter jacket but failed.. .Tom Schneider, with his pig outfit, is the centerfold of this month's Farm Journal.. .The juniors are getting cocky about their double Homecoming/ Winter Carnival win.. .We’ll be back before the fire dies.. .Aloha.

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And when we hear the stories of Luther and his valiant fight for the truths of God’s Word, we often stare with dismay at the massive heap of his accomplishments next to our paltry pile. We begin to wonder if we even belong at Northwestern College. Sadly our heads shake as we admit, “I guess I’m just not cut out for the ministry.”

Some men have been overcome by such self-doubt and discouragement. There are those who have turned in fear from the work to which the Lord has called them and left the plow in the field to stumble sadly away. This writer once stumbled with them.

What makes Northwestern look so bleak?

Where has the zeal flown which we had when we first arrived? Why do our weaknesses loom so large and menace so incessantly?

It is because we are men, men gifted with consciences taught to ferret out and expose our sins. We see ourselves as sinners of the lowest sort because we know better than most people how much God expects of us, and realize to our shame how little wc can deliver. While our eyes arc fastened on ourselves, the clouds in the winter sky overshadow our joy and darken our sense of purpose. We stand alone with the path to the highest of callings stretching away to the future.

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stumbling step, but sure and certain, filled with purpose. Unlike us, however, He could not lose sight of His goal though it meant terrors beyond imagination.

The road before Him was not a life of service in a congregation of willing Christians.

He could not hope for the joys of a wife and family. There were no fellow workers to en­ courage Him when His spirits drooped. The end of the path even lay beyond God. For when He reached His goal. He would hang alone with­ out a friend to understand—completely for­ saken by God Himself.

He took the path which looked so hope­ less, because of His love for you and me.

Beyond His life among misunderstanding people lay the cross. But beyond the cross lay triumph—our triumph. Because He is God, no man could stop Him from gaining heaven for us. No power in heaven or hell could thwart His desire to make us happy.

Here we arc at Northwestern with the path to the ministry before us. Does it still look dark and cheerless? Jesus opens our eyes. His success on the rougher road to the cross assures the fact that we too can reach our goal. We never walk alone. Those little stops He made along the way for strength from His heavenly Father will help us too. And when we pause to tell Him our troubles, He who hears us is the one who knows how important it is that we get answers. We can even rest assured that He has already begun to answer before we pray.

So when we begin to feel that our weak­ nesses are too big for the ministry, when the path’s difficulties leave us cold and heartless to our work, we must take our eyes off our­ selves and fasten them on Him. With His hand on our shoulder and His assurances constantly in our ears we can face the future with the confident cry: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!”

The prayer submitted below was written by a Freshman during a period of introspective depression. May each of us quickly forget the first lines and rest our hopes in Jesus, who is our guarantee for the success of the last ones.

Which way should we turn to remedy our introspective depression? Three options pre­ sent themselves. We can stand where we arc bemoaning our lack of abilities and drive. But then we only hinder others who also need the path. On the other hand, maybe we should just let ourselves be carried along by those pressing us on the path and hope for the best in the ministry. But how is that any better than what we've been doing? It's no answer at all to our lack of drive. That won’t ease our load of self­ doubts and honest appraisals. Worse yet, if we hesitate much longer, we may soon find ourselves scurrying past the oncoming students to where the path widens and the way looks more inviting. Once home again we can enjoy our friends, cash in on that promising job offer, spend our time with her, and forget about the pressures of our studies. There we won’t have to consider the deep truths about man. There the fast pace of life drowns doubt and leaves little or no time to contemplate. It’s an easy step. Believe me.

But now confusion really wracks us. We can't go home because our sense of values tells us the path to the ministry is more im­ portant. We can't stay where we are because life won't stop for us. To be carried along by the crowd won't keep us from feeling like an outsider in the midst of talented minds and dedicated hearts.

Shall we call the following solution a “Deus ex machina”? In a sense that's what it is. When man drove himself up against the wall of his sin and shame, God sent His Son to lead him out of the shadows to the light of His forgiveness. He rescued helpless men like us.

But we have more than a capricious god who grins and shakes his head at our confusion as he dons his armor and flutters down to the rescue. Our God is ever with us; He never left us. At His beck and call are mighty bands of angels which He created just to serve us. His ready access to the throne of His Father guarantees the help when we need it and the forgiveness when we haven’t used it.

Yet there is more. Jesus also stood on a path full of briars and thorns, of dark thickets, and depressing wastelands. A path lay behind Him with more than friends and a comfortable future beckoning Him back. He was promised the world and all its riches and glories if He would forget His mission and take the easy way out. He refused the offer and walked straight ahead. His was not a confused and

In Honesty AH around me is confusion.

Lives of lies and thoughts of men; In troubled times, O Lord, I’m living As in a lion’s den.

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I need a faith that will withstand Onslaughts from sin and hell; 1 need to love my fellow man And know that all is well.

I’m asking, Lord, for stronger faith.

I’m seeking for your love, I’m knocking hard at Wisdom’s door For help from God above.

It is a monumental task Which 1 have asked of you, But not as great as mine will be If you do not come through.

Of this you’ve said I can be sure, On this I rest my mind.

That that which I am seeking now I’m guaranteed to find.

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In another home game, NWC hoped to pull off a second Saturday upset as they had against Marian. Cardinal Stritch, one of the conference leaders, was the opponent this time, but the effort fell just short as Stritch won by one point, 82-81. Northwestern had the lead in the early part of the game as Mark Kolander and Bruce McKenney were hot from the floor. The Trojans built up a seven point lead at halftime. The game remained close throughout the second half, with Stritch gaining the lead at the three-minute mark. Two free throws with five seconds left clinched the win for Stritch. Mark Kolander led the Trojans in scoring that day with 25, while Bruce McKenney and Mark Mueller added 18 each.

Mueller also hauled down 20 rebounds.

The Trojans suffered another conference

Northwestern’s 5-8 record has taken a dive in the last few weeks of action as the team has dropped its last three games. The team’s conference is now 2-5, and the overall record is 5-11.

At Lakeland, the Trojans ran into a tall team that out-rebounded NWC 66-39 and won by a score of 99-63. Lakeland scored 11 straight points at the end of the first half, and the Trojans never came close after that. Bruce McKenney and Mark Kolander led the scoring attack for NWC, scoring 19 and 18 respectively.

At home against MATC, the Trojans suf­ fered from poor free throw shooting, especially late in the game, and MATC won the contest 78-59. The game was a bit closer than the final score indicates, but the Trojans couldn’t come up with the points near the end while MATC 224

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Everyone put out 110%, however, and the Trojans have no reason to feel ashamed of the match. Martin Spaude, Greg Dorn, Craig Wiebusch, Jim Weiland, and Charlie Gumm all notched wins for the Trojans, the last three wrestlers having pinned their opponents.

loss, this one to MSOE by a margin of 4 points.

The Trojans grabbed an early lead in the first half, but the lead dwindled and MSOE led at the half by 9. The Trojans narrowed the point gap but could not overtake their opponents.

Mark Kolandcr and Bruce McKenncy were hot once again as Koly scored 28 points and Mac had 27.

Records of 13 are: Spaude Birsching Weiland Dorn Beck Gumm Wiebusch Henning Ewings

Wrestling The Trojan wrestling team has enjoyed fairly good success in their recent outings, and several members of the team arc having excellent seasons. Greg Dorn has the team’s best record at present, 15-3-1. Charlie Gumm has also done well at 14-4, while both John Beck and Jim Weiland have double-figures in the win column.

At the Maranatha Invitational, the Trojans finished fifth out of eight teams. Greg Dorn and Charlie Gumm both came in second in their respective weight classes, Jim Weiland and John Beck took thirds, and Martin Spaude took fourth.

In a triple-dual meet at MATC, North­ western beat Highland College of 111., also Gate­ way Tech, while losing to the host team.

Greg Dorn, John Beck, Charlie Gumm, and Jerry Ewings all won 3 matches that day, and Pete Henning went 2-0.

On February 3, the Trojan team placed seventh out of 13 schools in a tournament at Concordia College of River Forest, 111. The team found themselves in a struggle on the mats that day, but several Trojans put forth a good effort in the meet. John Beck won three matches to finish in second place, while Greg Dorn, Charlie Gumm and Jerry Ewings took fourth places.

At the Ripon Invitational on February 10 the Trojans managed 6th place out of 9 teams.

The meet was won by the host school. In the consolation bracket Jim Weiland, Greg Dorn and Jerry Ewings took 3rd places, while Martin Spaude, John Beck and Charlie Gumm each took a 4th.

One of NWC’s few home meets was held on February 13 against Maranatha. The Trojans were hoping to put an end to their streak of losses against Maranatha, and they came quite close to doing it, but not close enough. The final score ended up at 25-24. NWC did have to forfeit in the lightest weight class, but aside from that, one or two points along the way

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Intramurals Another fine season of intramural basket­ ball has come to a close with two teams reign­ ing as champs. In the American League, Bill Runkc’s team defeated the famed Fluffies (Salzwedel) in a scorching battle, 45-34. Both teams came into the contest with only one loss, so all were expecting to see a great match­ up. After one half it looked as if the expected would come true as Runke’s team held only a 1-point lead. But in the second half it was all Runke’s horses as Al Sorum and Showboat Schoemann wore down the smaller Fluffies players. Rarts Rawerts of the Fluffies took the loss so hard that he vowed never to eat ice cream again. Of course, the mere mention of “Mullen’s” will surely change that. On the other side, in a state of exuberance, Shifty Schiller lifted teammate Steve Witte on his shoulders in an attempt to cut down the nets.

However, at that time Coach Thompson came in and stopped the shenanigans. Steve still doesn’t know how he ended up on the floor.

In the National League, Harry Acker’s team swept their two-game series over the NonJocks (stemming from the root word “Janks”) to win it all for the second straight year. The Sophomores gave the champs fierce com­ petition in both games, but they couldn’t overcome the experience of Harry’s 3rd-floor team. The champs worked hard all year for this goal. In fact, I believe they even had latenight practices up in Jeske’s and Birkie’s room.

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■7(n spite of the fact that the forms weren't •^sent to our contributing editors until five days before the deadline, we did get a reason­ ably good response. I'm sorry that I didn't get them out sooner, but these deadlines are starting to catch up with me.

We again are privileged to hear from the men at the Seminary in Mcquon. There was no snow to delay any of the mail around here, but we did have to give the post office a day off for a birthday last Saturday. So, on with the news.

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-St. Andrew’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Middleton, WI, dedicated a new church build­ ing on February 11, 1979. Rev. James F. Naumann (’71) serves the congregation.

-Paradise Valley Ev. Lutheran Church, Phoenix, AZ, dedicated a new chapel on February 4, 1979. Rev. Paul C. Fetzer (’71) serves the congregation.

CALLS RETIREMENTS —Rev. John Henning (’62), formerly of St. Matthew's Ev. Lutheran Church, Spokane, WA, was installed as pastor of Holy Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Kent, WA, on Febru­ ary 11, 1979.

-Rev. James Plitzuweit (’68), of Christ Ev. Lutheran Church, Grand Island, NE, will be installed as principal at Fox Valley Luther­ an High School in Appleton, WI, on Febru­ ary 18, 1979.

-Rev. H. Marcus Schwartz (’36), currently serving St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Rock Springs, WI, will retire as soon as his succes­ sor is installed.

BIRTHS -A daughter, Rebecca, was bom to Rev. & Mrs. Jeff Suhr (’73) on January 24. 1979.

Rev. Suhr currently serves St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church, rural Appleton, WI. —A daughter, Rebecca Sue, was bom to Prof, and Mrs. David Toepel (’66) on Decent-

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-There are still many rocks left in our class even though M. Schulz is falling.

-Dan Schmelzer found the floor of his study room on February' 4, 1979.

-Unke limps again! There goes the scoring average!

—Shawn Kauffeld is lobbying to move the Seminary to Watertown.

-Bonecruncher, February 24, 1979.

-Unke still dreams about the Sevastopol game.

-Mark Wagner is a marshmallow.

—Dave Voss, Jack Beck, and Paul Zell still dream of the Manty game.

-Paul Zell had to look up “Agnostic” in the dictionary.

-Word has it John Ruege practices his sermons from a tree-stand. So far he has con­ verted no deer.

-Frosty gave up cross-country for the “broad” jump.

—Tom Smith lost himself, then found him­ self in the Wester Haus.

-Steve Pope likes his new “perm” even though no one else does (especially Dick Krause who likes the “short and sassy” look).

—Jack Beck is requesting donors to the right side of his beard.

-Shawn still doesn’t know if they have a pulpit at St. John’s, Watertown.

MIDDLERS: -John Schuctze is presumed dead. He hasn’t been seen at home for two years.

-“Rocky” Neumann might not be a rock for long.

It looks like Mark Guthmillcr (alias Goosemeyor) might bite the dust, lie has been Buffalo hunting.

-The hot Arizona sun is melting “rock" Dan Kelm. He. even brought some of it back with him.

-In the midst of thirteen frostbitten weeks of classes without so much as a quarter break, we are reminded of the words of the immortal bard: “If you can't cut it, don’t pick up the knife."

-Will Vern Voss return to Indiana?

-Like the Pack, G. A. will be back!

(Editor’s note—The Pack is back? 1 Don Tollefson's hair is still red! But at least he's still a rock!!

-Dan Gawrisch has ulterior motives for shoveling Dr Becker's driveway.

-Scientists are at a loss to explain the strange source of power which could drag John Unnasch from his books all the way to New Ulm. (Apparently those scientists haven't lived six years of encouraged celibacy.)

-Oh Steiner, Oh Steiner, you have no complaints.. .

-Randy Leifer is trying to burn out be­ cause some things just don’t fade away.

-Prediction: Guthmiller will be engaged

by May 16th, and married late next summer (’80).

SENIORS. -A petition has been signed to remove “Lumpy" Gibbons from the student body for overt sins.

-As far as we can toll, the whole class made it back out of the Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun, although many of the guards wanted Kojak Schultz to stick around.

-J. Frey found a cell prepared for him at the Wisconsin State Hospital-complete with his name on the door. All we have to do is prove that he’s crazy and dangerous. “Barney” also found a room that he thought was not too much different from his dorm room.

-Who is Bruce Wietzke? Reportedly he was a senior, but no one has seen him since “Fendcr-Denter" Diana got her diamond...

-David Kehl and Jonathan Schulz both received an inordinate amount of Christmas mail with feminine handwriting.

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“My Irish grandmother threw a better jab than dat wet noodle you got. Ya gotta get respect from these palukas. That crap you’re offerin up there is chopped liver. Ya gotta stick ’im, really pop! Now let me see ya rattle his cage this round.”

Bongo was beat, drops of sweat wet his entire sweatshirt, his trunks slipped below his navel and revealed a great excess of fat on this once prize fighter’s torso.

“It ain’t where it used to be Tandy, and ain’t got no zing. Maybe a couple a hours in the sauna an' I’ll get it back. Maybe it’ll clear me out.”

“That’s crap, ain’t no time for dat now, we gotta stick and move, stick and move now.

Dat ain’t no ballet you’re gonna be in tomorra nite. Salanzo’s a tough kid, lot a spunk, lot a spunk. You just remember to stay away from dat right o’ his, he’ll make hamburger outta ya if ya dance into that petunia.”

“But I gotta see ’im to hit ’im where he lives. I gotta jump on his chest. He ain’t nuttin.”

“Ya Bongo, ya, he’ll be plenty when it comes to bell time. Remember what he did to ya in Cleveland. Just don’t forget bout dat right, it’s a cannon.”

“O.K., O.K., but 1 still think I deserved da fight in Cleveland. Heck, I decked ’im tree times. A lousy split decision, da ya believe it?”

“Ya but you were arm weary by the 7th

an he just piled up da points, after dat. So remember, if dat happens again he’ll get dat right hook in dere late and pow, it's all over.

So don’t throw all dem haymakers in the early rounds. Set ’ini up and den make ’im pay the toll.”

“Ya, gotta set ’im up and make ’im last, wear him down. Gotta get ready for da thunder by makin’ a little lightnin.” Me shadow punched as he talked.

Putting his thumbs inside the waistband, Bongo tugged up his trunks and turned with a determined look to his sparring partner. Me signaled him to come forward and began to stalk his man once again. He bobbed and weaved, he jabbed and moved and he once again was smokin’. Bongo shuffled his feet in that once famous shuffle, and suddenly with a combination left hook, right cross his opponent went reeling to the canvas. Bongo raised his gloves over his head in triumph.

“Tomorrow nite he’s mine, all mine!”

The trainer threw him a towel, and he stooped under the ropes as he left the ring.

“Dat’s the stuff I like, dat’s it, Bongo.

Now go soak for a while.”

But even as Bongo shuffled off to the showers, the trainer looked down at his cigar and thought, maybe, just maybe one more time. A nice thought.

Then Bongo turned back to the ring and said, “Who was it I fought in Cleveland again?”

The trainer slumped a little and dropped his cigar. The moment was gone.

STHE BLACK AND RED APRIL 1979, Volume 82, No. 8 Cloves.................................................................................

Miles and Melodies: Chorus Tour 1979.......................

Eulogy................................................................................

May 22, 1979 Northwestern Day................................

CAMPUS & CLASSROOM............................................

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Dear Diary.........................................................................

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The Sun Sets on Volume 82.........................................

ALUMNI...........................................................................

Prof. Orville Sehlenner, 101 7-1979..............................

Prof. Arirold Lehmann Retires.....................................

Minutes of 1978 Alumni Meeting & Financial Report Index Volume 82...........................................................

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The next few days took us in and out of Saginaw so many times we were’t sure whether we were coming or going. We sang at the three Martin Luther Homes for the aged and also learned a great deal about this aspect of our ministry on the tours we received. Huron Valley High School did us all a big favor by letting us run off a little steam in their gym.

Our pops concert at Michigan Lutheran Sem­ inary was an enjoyable success partly because of the applause and partly because of the scenery. President Lawrenz filled us in on the plans for expansion at the school while he showed us the existing facilities. Soon it was time to leave Michigan and tour Ohio.

What docs one do to keep himself occupied for hours at a stretcii on a Greyhound bus? No one seemed unbearably bored while the cards flew in the "booming” games of sheepshead.

Some read books, others memorized lines for Cyrano de Bergerac, and still others managed to sleep through harmonica melodies.

When we reached our destination in the evening, we usually tried to hold a meeting.

During these sessions the Meistcrsaenger some­ times sang one of his creations, the Poet Laureate recited, and Chronicler gave us chronic illnesses waiting for him to chronicle, and motions were made and seconded in vari­ ous languages and dialects. To keep our educa­ tional process advancing, two exegetes reported on “Alle dafuer sagen, ’Ja,”’ and "Dagegen,” the very words our Chorus President uses when he calls for a vote on a particular motion.

One such motion almost cost the President his office. It was alleged by one Fourth-ycar-

Atft last it was 3:15 p.m. on March 2 and we were off. For months we had practiced our songs to enhance our presentation of the Word of God. For this his last concert tour Dr. Lehmann had arranged a concert program which he entitled "The Lutheran Service in Song.” Two weeks earlier we had traveled to Appleton, Wisconsin, for our "Mini Tour.”

Now with most of the "bugs” worked out of our selections we were musically and emotion­ ally ready for our 1979 Choir Tour to Michi­ gan and Ohio.

After the first of many delicious suppers and well-received concerts in Libertyville, Illinois, we retired to our hosts' homes. Every­ one seemed quite pleased with his accommoda­ tions when we boarded the bus the next morn­ ing to "fly ’ to Chesaning, Michigan, for our second concert.

Sunday, March 4, was one of those days when choir members are more than happy to be on tour. A quick concert at Vassar at 8.00 a.m. was followed by a radio concert at St. John's in Frankenmuth. Then came a big surprise. If any of our readers has ever eaten a chicken dinner at Zehnder's in Frankenmuth, he can understand how much we appreciated Mr. Zehnder’s generosity. He provided us with an excellent dinner, elegant wine, and a hearten­ ing expression of his support for the calling which we pursue. The many songs we sang for him after dinner seemed all too inadequate to thank him sufficiently. With plenty of energy we sang our third and fourth concerts at Montrose and Saginaw to round out a very enjoyable day.

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impeachment, would be appropriate? And yet, how could such an organization survive without a President? Only one course of action was possible, vicarious impeachment. And who beside the Vice President would better lit the bill? This solution satisfied all but one member of the Chorus. Because he was now the sub­ stitute for the defendant, his right to vote was rescinded and the motion for the sentence was passed unanimously.

After a few days of such high powered meetings, shopping centers, concerts, and a different bed every night, spirits began to lag under the fatigue. Our driver attempted to lift our spirits with his jokes along the freeway and his escapades in parking lots, where he sometimes tried to park the bus on top of 6-foot snowbanks. But the time still dragged.

The people in Cleveland, Ohio, were just what we needed. Of all the congregations we visited. King of Kings gave us the best recep­ tion. This little mission congregation in Willoughby, a suburb of Cleveland, invited her sister congregation of Strongsville for our con­ cert on March 9. The extra-friendly reception they gave us helped us get ready for what many feel was our finest concert. It was one of those times when the blend and balance of the choir was so precise that we were more overjoyed than usual to be proclaiming the Gospel in song. Our hosts that night individually reflected the generous spirit which they demonstrated collectively at the church. Upon departing we voted them a very high “Com­ mendation!”

Four more concerts in Ohio were soon sung, and wc found ourselves back in Michigan.

Some members gave a cheer when we crossed the border upon reentry. But they were drowned out by the sighs of disappointment from everyone who wasn’t from Michigan.

March 13 was a day which most of us were eagerly awaiting from the time when Dr. Lehmann first told us about our plans for that morning. After a short concert at Michigan Lutheran High School in Benton Harbor we headed for the winery at Lakeside Vineyards in Harbert, Michigan. We learned a great deal about wine making on a large scale as we toured the plant. There followed what some may think was the highlight of the tour, a chance to taste the products of the vineyard.

How many varieties there were no one really

man-with-Junior-status that our President had failed to abide by a most important rule of the Touring Chorus. The meeting turned into a hearing which turned up very little substantial evidence. To prevent any foul play or tricky moves by a wily official, a three-man com­ mission was chosen to investigate the case. All possibilities of misunderstanding were to be eliminated by the formulation of a definition of the term in question. A fourth member of the chorus was assigned the duty. The meeting was adjourned with instruction to the four men to act as quickly as possible.

A sincere desire by those involved to bring about a settlement led to a speedy investiga­ tion. When the next meeting was called to order on March 12, the definition of the allegedly broken rule was submitted and approved by the body. There followed one of the most astounding prosecutions ever wit­ nessed in such a session, with the defendant acting as his own defense. It was brought to the attention of the other members, who were to serve as the jury, that though the President did not violate the definition as submitted earlier in the meeting, the definition was not in effect prior to that time. Therefore it was plain to see that he was guilty of said breach of regulations.

After the first member of the commission had established this point, his colleague arose to further the prosecution's iron-marshmallowclad case. He reminded the jury that the President is frequently referred to as “President Protein.” When he asked what the opposite of pro is, the astute body was quick to reply, “Con!” With the aid of a blackboard and an excellent disco-chalk display he was able to alter the title to “President Contcm” which leads one to the intention of the commission to “Content the President.”

Meanwhile the furrows darkened on the face of the worried defendant. The past few days of the legal investigation had left him cold. His biorhythms were thrown into heebiegeebies. Would he not even be permitted to defend himself?

When the ceiling settled once more atop the four walls, the prosecution made its third and final point. Because there was obviously a violation of one of the Touring Chorus’ most treasured regulations, some disciplinary action had to be taken. What punishment, short of

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The only ones who really didn't enjoy them­ selves were the underclassmen whose age pre­ vented legal participation. But they ate all the munchies anyway. Dr. Lehmann soon started shooing us back onto the bus before we could begin tasting the different wines a second time.

The management was undoubtedly pleased with the outcome of the tour. For the equiva­ lent of three or four bottles consumed by twenty of us, they must have made a substantial profit on the thirty-three “gifts” they sold to us.

When the last strains of the “Alma Mater” faded away on Tuesday night, March 13, we once again set foot on the campus which we had been representing for the past twelve days.

It gave us a great deal of satisfaction to know that while spreading the Good News in such a beautiful way we also received a tremendous amount of encouragement to continue in our studies for our high calling. Every congrega­ tion which asked us to sing for them, every

family that invited us into their home, every individual who attended our concerts showed what the Gospel means to them. They desper­ ately need men to comfort their hearts with the truth in this day of disappointments and lies. Some of them didn’t stop with simply showing their appreciation either. They were eager to say so.

I only wish that more of our collegiates could have an experience such as we enjoyed this year on Choir Tour. Then maybe more of us would have a better understanding of the hungry souls which arc crying for the message entrusted to us. Possibly there would be fewer students at Northwestern who find themselves feeling purposeless and isolated in a forgotten corner of the world. The Gospel speaks and it moves hearts. And sometimes we arc privileged to catch a glimpse of what that statement really means.

MARK CORDES

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lookout crow's-nest perched above the roof of the place, enabling him to scan the watery horizon. There wasn’t a liner house in that part of the state. The house was filled with re­ minders of a life at sea and reflected the travel to a thousand ports and dock-side ba/aars.

Inside and out, she was a regal lady.

CRUNCH! The sound of splintering wood ripped the air. The ball struck just under one of the cupola’s six sides, blasting through the thin wall and shattering the two good panes of glass.

Punching its way inside, it twisted on the cable and skidded across the floor, peeling up strips of maple flooring. Reaching the limits of its destructive arc, the violent pull of diesel and

that this type of end was to come, but it hadn’t been ready.

The structure under attack sat well back from the road, barely discernible behind a screen of trees and drizzle. Its brick facade had been stained dark from the morning rain.

Only its sheer bulk and a bright orange-yellow splotch of color from the wrecking-crane suggested to a passerby that the natural theatre here had been disturbed. Because it had pre­ sided like a sentinel over the eastern edge of a small northern Wisconsin town for over 95 years, it was something of a fixture, something growing out of the hill, just like the barrel­ trunked white pines that twisted out of the property’s grounds.

The ball sailed back from where it had come, and now, at a distance of 50 feet, it looked small and harmless.

It had been a few hours after dawn, on a blustery day in early March of 1881, that a tall man in a blue uniform with shiny brass buttons purposefully hiked across the waving field of sawgrass stretching up the bluff over­ looking Lake Michigan. He paused at this spot, the highest for miles around. Taking a small brass telescope from a leather case in his over­ coat pocket, he glassed over the breakers crashing on the sand, farther out, toward the rising sun. Minutes later he turned away, with the briefest suggestion of a smile on his ruddy face. The man was a ship-captain from Boston, and an investor in Wisconsin lumber interests. A snappy lake breeze ruffled the steelgray hair and the muttonchops of this man, who had tasted salt winds from seven oceans.

Looking at the lake but thinking of the sea, he had architects from upstate New York draw up plans for a house on this piney Wisconsin shoreline that seemed a marvel to the local north woods lumbermen. Train car­ load after train car-load of Cream City brick needed to be lugged northward from the yards in Milwaukee. A special spur had to be laid for the undertaking, off the Green Bay line.

At the wave of his hand, Wisconsin oak and walnut trees crashed to the ground, and wood chips sprayed the sawyers running the massive logs through their huge, screaming blades, turning out timbers and woodwork for his house. A spiral staircase was imported from Germany, Ficldstone fireplaces dominated all the house’s different rooms. He’d had a little

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taut cable tore the little lookout from the moorings that had held it against blasting winds for over a century. The shattered box spun down the roof to the gutter, balanced for a long second, and beaten, dropped to the sandy ground. The attacker moved away.

The house caught its breath, and reflected.

It was difficult -the blows had dizzied her.

Hazy visions came into focus and went out again, rolling along like half-remembered clips of old movics-rapidly fire flashes of a century’s memories. . . . . .meetings of the city fathers held in the drawing room.. .parties held on the sprawling grounds in the heat of summer.. .a tiny white 241

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coffin in the parlor, holding the captain's infant daughter, swaddled in Belgian linen... on the veranda, gracing the threshold, a side view of President Roosevelt, while on a National Forests inspection. . .fountains of light running over an oriental carpet in his study, bearing witness to another spring... tremblings of excitement running down the broad back of the captain's Newfoundland as it listened to the far-off screech of an owl. .. heavy blankets of night snow covering the property, and a lone desk lamp glowing rose and green through a stained-glass library win­ dow. . .the painful sense of finality in the flagdraped casket of the captain himself, still commanding attention in death, and drawing a black-velvet shroud over his house, property, and city.. .

With a sickening slam, the brute offspring of Vulcan struck again, causing a section of the east wall to buckle and cave in. Sheets of blow­ ing mist from the lake swirled up and past the wall, now hopelessly crippled, which had barred their entrance for so many long years.

The sour song of brick and wood grinding together as they tumbled rose to the leaden skies of late fall. Half a ton of cast iron smacked into and demolished a paneled study wall, awaking the echoes of the halls and send­ ing tremors racing up and down the broken flights of stairs that had originally climbed from ground floor to cupola. Pumping pistons of Detroit big iron squalled in protest as the cable from the crane snagged, then wrenched out a heavy timber doorframe, sending another inside wall flopping down in an explosion of dust. Almost as an afterthought, a section of gabled roof collapsed and broke up upon im­ pact with the ground.

Satisfied with its work for the time being, cable and ball scudded noiselessly through the damp air, back to the indifferent source ol its awful strength.

The drizzle which had begun early that morning was now snow. This breathtaking spot on the bluff, coveted by real estate developers, would soon be handed over to them, minus the hulking structure that had defied them in its various roles over the years. The captain would have turned somersaults in his grave, had he been able to see.

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aid of the house’s ghosts, to dust over the carcass, and the breakers crashed on the beach.

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Northwestern Day £ very school needs celebrations. At celebra­ tions, students can enjoy their camaraderie, alumni can relive their glory days with glorious­ ly refined details, and future students can get a glimpse of what’s in store. On May 22, 1979, Northwestern College will be enjoying such a celebration on an occasion called Northwestern Day. Northwestern Day is a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Alumni Society, and will offer a reflection of the past, an overview of the present, and hope­ fully a glimpse of the future of our school.

The planning for Northwestern Day was originally undertaken by a steering committee headed by Pastors John Lawrenz and Alan Siggclkow. Since that time the task of coord­ inating the plans has fallen to the Northwestern faculty and student body, and has landed squarely on the lap of Prof. Paul Eickmann, with a good deal of help from Dorm Council president, Dave Huebncr. The degree of success which Northwestern Day will now attain js directly dependent upon the efforts of the Northwestern student body and faculty.

Northwestern Day will succeed to whatever degree these two forces determine to make it succeed. So far the plans look promising, but most of the actual work has yet to be accom­ plished, and will demand a determined amount of effort as the school year winds down to a close.

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The Alumni Society has outlined a four­ fold program for Northwestern Day under the divisions of Fidelitas, Memoria, Subsidium, and Gratitudo. These four themes arc taken from the Alumni Society seal and signify the purpose of both the Alumni Society and of Northwestern Day. The themes and activities of Northwestern Day are as follows: Fidelitas the Lord has kept Northwestern faithful to its purpose. This part of the day involves a service of thanksgiving for what the Lord has given us in Northwestern. The service will be held in the gymnasium at 10:00 A.M., and will include elements from Northwestern’s past, present, and future. An Alumni Chorus, the Prep and College Choruses, and a Children’s Chorus from area grade schools will participate in the service. Plans include a rendition of “A Mighty Fortress” by the massed choruses and congregation. Offerings from this service will go to student scholarship funds.

Memoria—we remember what Northwestern has meant to us-and what it can mean to others. Beginning at noon, there will be pre­ sentations of the 1949 film of Northwestern College and of the new, 1979 recruitment film­ strip. These slices of Northwestern’s history will be shown back to back in the MusicAuditorium, continuing throughout the after­ noon. The old film shows students, faculty.

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activities, and buildings of 30 years ago, when the Music-Auditorium was the gym-the newest building on campus. It should be a good chance for the alumni to reflect on their college years.

The new filmstrip is to be used throughout the Synod for student recruitment-to work for the future of Northwestern. The filmstrip is being produced professionally with Alumni Society funds.

Subsidiitm the school and its purpose deserve our support. This part of the day mainly involves the Alumni Society looking towards the future of the school- the annual meeting of the Alumni Society in the gym­ nasium at 3.00 P.M. Plans call for the acceptance of the Class of *70 into membership of the Society, and the announcement of winners in grade school and high school art and essay contests (“What my pastor means to me").

Winning schools in the contest are to receive tuition credit at NPS and NWC. New business will include the adoption of new projects by the Society.

Graritudo- thank God for what North­ western has been in the past and can be in the future. These activities will hopefully be held outdoors at 7:00 P.M. The outdoor concert and the bell tower dedication will comprise the Grariludo portion of the day. The annual commencement concert will be part of this celebration, interspersed with skits by Forum and Rostra, brief (emphasis on brief) speeches by representatives of the 10-year, 25-year, and 50-year classes. The dedication of the bell lower will also take place before the musical finale. This will be a fitting conclusion to the scheduled activities for Northwestern Day. The annual Alumni Dinner is also being scheduled as an outdoor activity this year, with plans for a chicken and brat fry under the supervision of Chef Hanke. This evening meal should provide an excellent opportunity for old friends to renew their old acquaintances.

The planning committee for Northwestern Day has tried to schedule activities at a leisure­ ly pace so alumni and friends of Northwestern will have time to relax and enjoy the atmos­ phere of the day as well as taking part in the planned activities. More plans are still being made and probably will continue up until the night of May 21, and possibly into the morn­ ing of May 22. Northwestern students will be called upon to sacrifice a lot of their time for 244

this activity, and hopefully will respond with an all-out effort to make the day successful.

We strongly encourage all the alumni and friends of our school to make plans to help us celebrate the pleasures of being associated with North­ western College. Although no one can make a timetable for “fun” or an “enjoyable day,” we

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Part of the blame is due, we're positive, to the gentleman he bunks with, Larry Olson (and he's called a gentleman on somewhat shaky grounds). Of late. “O" has been hiking around the campus with his nose well up in the welkin, all because he was the only senior to rate mention in Centennial Memoir. (That's just what he didn't need.) Now we gotta live with this for another month. You're awesome, Larry.

Thanks are in order for the feisty twosome that managed canteen affairs during the year.

Jon Voss and Norm Burger may not look like much, but they're really nice guys-well.

Norm’s nice sometimes. Thanks for saving all the blue popsicles and charging them to the B <8 R, guys.

We’d like to extend a special thanks to President Toppe, who we’re sure had to bite

ell, the wolves are at the door. Cutco Kant’s power trip as the Most Honorable Grand Poo-Bah of the B & R is over, at last.

The plundering of the staff for Vol. S2 has already begun, Kant has been run out of Wittenberg on a rail, Kock and Seelow are trying to figure out a way to get tar-andfeatiicrs off without using soap, and this brace of comic bivalves is scribbling last-minute C & C Jokes on the run as we head for the river. Before we begin the end, however, here's one last lame piece of Balge/Jeske Shuckand-Jive, guaranteed to drive even the most genteel of nannies into a teeth-grinding frenzy.

Because this is the last issue we get to set our grubby mitts on, we'd like to make it count. Neither of us wants to lay his young neck to the chopping-block before spreading the blame for this lopsided, dog-trot volume of the Black & Red. We C & C boys labored mightily, and even though we may only have brought forth a mouse, we feel it’s worth noting that Tim Kant was hardly a locomotive himself. If he'd have given half as much 245

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Rounding out our “Thank-You" list is E. Allen Sorum. He deserves special mention as the major source of inspiration for this column

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Springtime, That youthful goddess, free and fresh Whose time again has come.

Enticingly she brings Her warmth, her life, her beauty, And stands alluringly before That krank and golden-aged rulerOld Man Winter.

Helpless and feeble, his shaky knees Turn to water And Winter trickles drop by drop away.

Fluidly disappearing from the hills and vales Into the newly thawed brooks and streams Which he held motionless before, Suspended by his iced embrace.

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(a dubious distinction, to say the least). It’s been our fervent belief all through the year that if one waits long enough, A1 will do some­ thing amazing. Just listening to him expound the virtues of his latest bride-to-be is enough to send a monk into paroxysms of bellylaughter. Thanks, big guy. (Does everyone know his first name is really Eddie?)

Spring has both feet in the door. It seems that every time Old Man Winter threw one more roundhouse haymaker at Wisconsin, Spring sidestepped, danced around the ring a few times, and melted whatever was left over.

So what if the TV room was Hooded? We put up without the Waltons for the sake of balmy breezes. Are we not men?

Aside from soaking tennics and kites in the air, it isn't hard to catch the spring vibes. The Sprinter has changed out of his thermal unionsuit, and into something a little more fashion­ able. Big Ed no longer wears his black Cossack hat to class; Humphrey has changed the snowtires on LeMachinc to summer skins; and the once colossal snow sculptures are now snow­ balls. Hoops have magically appeared on the backboards out in the parking lot, windows sneak open a few inches in the classrooms, and Prof. Eickmann spends equal time in front of blackboard and on top of tennis court.

Dean Lindemann and Prof. Sellnow are sporting new foliage on their faces in the form of some pretty classy moustaches. Jerry Ewings also has something going on his upper lip, but we'll be switched if we can tell just what. It’s a moustache, too, to hear him tell it.

Whenever any of you folks out there are tempted to feel sorry for yourself because of money problems, think for a moment on poor Tommy Pankow. Bad Luck doesn’t just tap Tonus on the shoulder, it whacks him over the head. He’s beat up more borrowed cars this year already than you can shake a stick at. If this kid doesn’t become a preacher, he’s gonna be a natural for the demo derby. (He’s a chatty sort, but warm.)

Steve Sauer has a rather serious roof leak in his room, directly above his bed. Never under­ estimate the ingenuity of a Sem graduatenow he just shampoos his hair before he hits the sack, and hops out of bed all squeakyclean in the morning. Sharp kid.

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out of his mouth, “as soon as I get home for summer.”

REWARD: to anyone who can actually produce evidence that Rick Schcibc has ever caught a fish of any kind-all the pink yogurt you can eat.

Birky is pulling the plug on his essential lifesupport systems, one at a time. His electric hair-blower was the first to go, followed in rapid succession by his crock-pot, broiler oven, stereo, coffee pot, popcorn popper, hotdogger, and alarm clock. He’d long ago thrown away his razor.

We think Pete Zietlow should be shot on sight after he returns (late) from Easter vaca­ tion. Time was we’d feel sorry for him, living up there in Alaska, but anybody who spends his Easters in Hawaii has just forfeited our votes for “Sympathy Figure of the Year.”

Prof. Lehmann has issued a pointed retort to an item that appeared in this column last month. He took offense at the mention of his little blue Falcon being called a ‘63, instead of the ’60 that it is. We’re sorry, sir. It still looks funny, no matter what year it is.

Third-floor Wittenberg has voted Harry Acker the leading figure in the upcoming “Cyrano de Bergerac" production. Anybody who can put his nose to work like Harold does when he’s sleeping deserves that role. We don’t mean to say it's loud when Harry snores, but last Wednesday when he fell asleep at noon hour. Miss Lenz assembled for a fire drill.

An anniversary was missed last month, in the hoopla over all the other ceremonies. Ross Ulrich celebrated the 30th anniversary of his enrollment at NWC in his room, in a rocking chair, with a shawl around his shoulder, star­ ing into space. He was mumbling in a crackly voice something about “I remember the first time we played Marquette.. .zzz. .

Shanny “Spare Tire” Schumann has begun a serious exercise program. The other day he got up at 6:00 a.m. to do a little jogging. After some brief warm-up exercises that included eating half of a cold green pepper and pepperoni pizza left from the night before, he drank a quart of chocolate milk. Then he took off down to Tivoli, clad smartly in warmup suit, with a towel around his neck. About half an hour later, Debbie got a telephone call asking her to “hurry up” and drive down to Tivoli to fetch him, because he was tired of jogging for now, and besides, people were starting to look at him and laugh as they drove by. Over a shopping bag of popcorn later, Joe-Exercise explained that this wasn’t the end of his new interest. “I plan to start lifting weights,” he mumbled with popcorn flying

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Pencils down-get up and stretch. The answers are as follows:

answer no. 1 -"a ” Prof. Toppe's old stamping grounds arc right smack in Waterloo. His old church is that little white one along 1-94 that a fellow could bean with an apple core from a moving car, if he was of a mind to. answer no. 2— “c” breakfast is never served on Saturdays-brunch is!! Ha, ha. (We can be pretty sly.)

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PART TWO *Thought Questions* “What is the most closely-guarded secret on the NWC campus?”

1) The name and location of Trigger Spaude’s hair­ dresser.

2) Miss Lenz’s real first name (it can V be Miss, can it?).

3) Showboat Schoemann's honest age (we don’t want to say he’s ancient, but Gully whumper used 247

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4) Why Dave Furno locks his door on the way to the shower.

5) Whether Dave "Packrat" Seclow is a town boy or a dorm student.

6) What did Winfried Schrocder used to do on Satur­ day nights?

7) What the fire-escape route is for any given class­ room (don't look so surprised, Bilitz-thcy’rc up there on all the bulletin boards, ycllow-and-brown with age).

S) The number of your own space in the parking lot.

9) That Rick Lohmillcr's first name is really Fred 10) How anyone can justify asking Bitter and Jeske to stay on campus another whole year.

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about the advantages of being quinqualingual . . .Kitchies Ken Frey and Leroy Dux want a barbecue pit built in the triangular flower bed that lies in front of the cafeteria.. .Keith Tullberg is getting a ton of letters from someone in Manitowoc on “Lancer Circle”.. .For the year’s end graduation banquet, the Chef plans to serve an exotic dish called “Rock River Duck's Feet in Burgundy Sauce”.. .From the “One-Last-Shot-At-Tutor-Brenner” Dept.: With June two short months away, Tutor Brenner has developed a nervous problem and can no longer feed himself.. .Dave Scllnow did a nice job on the “Save the Mnema” T-shirts.

Too bad he worked so hard of them. Now they outclass his entire wardrobe.. .Randy Schoemann preached in chapel the other night, his words lashing the crowd like a wire ship. Then he finished the announcements and got to his sermon. . .We don't figure it’s fair

that Pete Kicckcr, who stays over in Augsburg Hall, got away without paying any “messyroom” fines this year. There has been more than one instance this year that the condition of his budoir has bordered on serious squalor .. .Tom Jeske has spurned the Gobbler, despite the offer of a new contract in two figures.

It wasn’t classy enough for him. (Oh, please.. .)

Well, this is it. Welded imperfectly but courageously, we wet-eyed wimps can now waltz wearily behind the curtain, since our tag-team is washed-up. This is how it must have felt for the top Japanese brass to be led aboard the battleship Missouri at the end of World War II. . .Last minute advice for the two incoming rookies: “Follow not the truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.”

It’s been giggles.

CHERYL TIEGS & CATHY RIGBY

Dear Diary 7ou sit and you wait. What else is there to jf do? We huddle here in our trench, in the mud and the filth, and wait for the Germans to come over the top; they huddle in their trench and wait for us. We shoot them and they shoot us. And for what? A lousy piece of no-man’sland that has barely a leaf left on any of its trees. It’s been like this for months. Seems pointless, doesn’t it?

The rainy season’s come on us now. Even as I’m writing this a light mist is falling. Gives the whole area an eerie look, especially with the moon shining through the haze. Reminds me of a graveyard scene in one of those new Dracula movies. That first Dracula movie 249

was a German one, wasn’t it?

I just lit a cigarette and noticed how I instinctively cup my hand over the burning end. Who’s going to be able to draw a bead on me down in this pit? Part of the routine, I guess. Seems to be a lot of routine in this war business.

Back when I enlisted I thought there’d be glamour and glory just waiting for us to get here. “Save Europe From The Dirty Hun.” The Dirty Hun, indeed! The Huns aren’t the only ones that are getting dirty.

People talk a lot about courage over here.

I don’t care what anybody says-if you're not afraid, you’re not courageous; you’re crazy.

This isn’t training anymore. The bullets, the bombs, and the gas are all real. The death is real. Nobody wants to die.

I had a pretty close buddy here for a while.

Sam was his name, but he’s back in the States now. He went over the top and caught a flock of bullets. Lost an arm, both legs, and a lung.

They said he’s darn lucky to be alive. Is he?

Sam grew up on a farm in Iowa. We used to talk about farming together some day. It’s • going to be tough farming for Sam now. Sure hope I get back to our farm in Wisconsin soon.

But not like Sam. When we were kids on the farm one of our favorite games was “war.” Our weapons were broken broomsticks and rotten apples. The

choice territory to hold was the hayloft, from where you could “parachute” down onto the “enemy.” War was exciting for us then. It’s still exciting, but in a whole different way.

I killed a man three days ago. That’s not such an unusual thing in a war, is it? Yet it’s taken me three days to even admit it to my diary. I haven’t slept much since then. He was a young man, about my age. Must’ve been a scout or something, since he was up close to our line, all alone. It was a clean shot; he didn’t suffer much. Small consolation. I kept his medals and personal belongings. Some guys display their captured medals with pride, al­ most like the notches on the stocks of the old gunfighters. I never thought much about it

before, but now it kind of makes me sick. I keep his medals at the bottom of my knap­ sack, along with a letter, until the time I can send them to his family.

That letter. By now I know it almost by heart. It’s soiled with dirt and smeared with rain and tears. ' Maria, meine Schatzc. The fighting drags on and on, and every day I miss you more and more. There never seems to be any change here. We have heard from up above that there perhaps will be an end soon. I hope so, because that means that I soon could be back in your arms. That is where I wish to be, and that is where I belong.

“I have been thinking much about how it will be when the war is over. I will be able to finish my apprenticeship within a year, and then we will be married. Do you remember that small cottage you admire so much, the one on the hill just outside of town? If we work hard and save, I think we will be able to buy it. It perhaps is not in the best shape, but I can fix it up and put a fresh coat of clean, white paint on it. And you can plant tulips all around the outside and hang pretty checked curtains on the windows. In the evening we can sit on the bench under the elm tree in the front yard, smell the cool, sweet night air, and gaze at the stars. It will be so nice to have a place of our own. And if, God-willing, every­ thing goes as we hope, I can always add on an extra bedroom or two!

“It has been raining here for a few days now. That makes me think of the long walks we used to take in the warm summer rains.

Love makes one do strange things, does it not!

“I must close now, my Treasure. Tonight I have an assignment I must go on, so I must make my preparations. Kiss Mama for me, and give all my love. Take care of yourself well until I am back to take care of you. Si vales, bene est; ego valeo. Immer dein, Johann.”

I think that’s a Latin quote at the end there, but I’m not sure, nobody around here knows Latin.

When the war is over I’ll send that letter on. And even though part of me says not to, I know I’ll have to write Maria. But what will I say?

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lor the observer, the pyramids in Egypt symbolize grace and beauty. But for one of those who invested toil, sweat, and even life itself in their construction, the pyramids would evoke horrible memories and disgust for the pharaoh who had nothing better to do with his wealth and power than to build himself a fancy tombstone. Nor have pharaohs been the only ones to abuse power. Where power exists, the potential for the abuse of power also exists.

The potential for the abuse of power results from man's inherent evil nature. In Christian nomenclature this inherent evil nature is "the old Adam" The old Adam has caused all the wickedness and ruin which are present in the world: "Sin came into the world through one man, and his sin brought death with it. As a result, death has spread to the whole human race...” (Rom. 5:12). The scientific world has also observed an inherent evil nature in man, which psychologists have termed “Thanatos.” Freud gave the name Thanatos to the destructive nature in man, the nature which results in aggressive acts toward others and oneself. Although Thanatos does not include all that the old Adam includesfor example, greed -it does reveal man’s capacity for evil.

Man’s old Adam and Thanatos have resulted in abuses of power throughout the centuries, Alexander the Great slaughtered thousands of people just to satisfy his ambition for conquering. Spanish conquistadores mur­ dered Incas, Aztecs, and Mayans for gold. In more recent times, Hitler gassed, burned, and otherwise mutilated six million Jews. Stalin

used his power to construct the Gulag Archi­ pelago, a vast prison for the tormenting of “counterrevolutionaries.”

Power and corruption have so often walked together that people have mistakenly equated the two. In his essay, “The Sin of Power,’’ Arthur Miller states that the real nature of power is “the primitive corruption by power of those who possess it. «1 But there are exceptions to this rule; people with power have used it honestly to promote the welfare of those under it. In ancient Palestine David and Solomon reigned with the prosperity of the people in mind. The reign of Octavian or Caesar Augustus was known as “golden” be­ cause of what Octavian did to improve the Roman government. By the “impeachment” of Richard Nixon, the government of the United States has demonstrated its ability to curb corruption by means of its built-in checks and balances.

Yet, if a government uses power correctly today, it may abuse it tomorrow. A good ruler may have a change of heart and become a despot, or may die and be succeeded by a tyrant. In ancient Rome the excellent govern­ ments of Augustus and Tiberius were replaced at once by the rotten government of Caligula, and, thirteen years after Caligula, by that of Nero. In Uganda, the mildly-repressive govern­ ments of Obote and Idi Amin came. The military coups so prevalent in Africa and South America often result in governments that abuse power.

The concomitance of power and corrup­ tion has led Arthur Miller to express this hope;

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"Rrgh! Let’s go!” ‘ ‘Garrrra rrrrarrrra rrrra rrr ra rrrra rrrrarrrra rrrr arrrrarrrrarrrrarrrrarrrrarrrrarrrrarrrrarrrdt.”

"Blasted car!”

"(pump, pump) Grrarrrrarrrrarr(pump)rrvvroommarrarrrTarr(pump)rrvroomarrarrarrarrarr (pump)rrarTrrarrrrarr(pump,pump)rrarrrarrdt.”

"C’mon, Baby.” "(pump) Garrrrarrrrarr(pump)rranrrarwr (pump)rroommavvar(pump)rroooommarrmarrr (pump, pump)rroommmrr(pump)rroommmarr (pump)rroommmmaadt.”

"Come on, let’s do it this time.” “(pump) Garrrrarr(pump)rrarrrrarr(pump) rrarrrrarrrravroommarr(pump)rrarrrrarrrraiTarrr (pump)rrarrrrarrrrarrrrarr(pump)rrarrrarrrdt.”

"Musta flooded you.”

"GarrrrarrrrarrrrarrrranTrarrrrarrrrarrrrarrar arrrrarrrrarrrrarrrrarrdt.”

“Aargh! Bummer. Where’s my screwdriver?

I think 1 threw it under the seat here, last time. Yeh, here it is.”

"SLAM!.. .squeeeek.” “. . .There, the air cleaner’s off. Screw­ driver should hold the choke open.”

"SLAM!” "Okay, car, let’s go now. I don’t want none o’ this playin’ hard t’ get anymore.”

"Garrrrarrrrarrrrarrrrarrrrarrrrarrrrarrrrarrrr

‘ ‘G arrra rrrrrarrrrra rrrrra rrrrrrrra rrrrrra rrrrrr arrrrrrrrrrarrrrrrrrrrarrrrrrrrrrrrrrarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrarrrrrrrrrrrr-click-click-click-click.”

"Click-click-click-click-click.”

"Click-click-click.”

"Blasted AMC’s! Wish I’d never seen ya.

I’ll never buy another.... Oh, shoot... ” “SLAM!” “Hey, Dan! Do ya think ya can give me a jump?”

"Battery dead again?”

"Ye—ah. If it weren’t fifteen below, I wouldn’t have no trouble. It starts great in nice weather.”

"Give it up, Kant. You should junk that thing and buy a good car. Say, I saw an ad in the paper yesterday, ’63 Rambler, runs. S85.

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You should get it. It’d be better than what ya got now."

“Awh. Minc'd start good if I could only plug in the heater, but Tutor raggs on me for parking in the reserve space where the outlet is.

"Yen. I know, I gotta ticket yesterday.

Say, you got cables? I lent mine t’ Beck.”

"Yeh, they're in the trunk. I'll get 'em.”

Two years ago I purchased a car and joined the ranks of the perpetually broke, those parasites who come up and ask, "Can ya lend me five 'til Friday when I get my check?"

What can I say in my defense? I walked in with both eyes open. I desperately needed transpor­ tation for the summer of 'll as I was not in­ tending to live at home. A set of wheels was prerequisite for the independent life. I didn't need anything ostentatious, no Turbo Porsche, just four low-budget wheels with a few years of life remaining before the junkyard.

1 recall, when I first received my license, that I yearned for an auto of my own. My father soberly pointed out that it cost SI000 per year to operate a car. Like Mark Twain, at seventeen 1 thought my father was the biggest fool alive. When I turned twenty-one it was astounding how much the old man had learned in four years. At twenty, when I bought my car, I still received my father's advice with skepticism. So what if he had twenty-five years more experience than I. On April 4, 1977, I left sounder judgment at home and took my certified check for S400 and went to the office of a notary public to finalize the sale, 1 had just acquired a '69 AMC Rebel. There were only 85,000 miles on it. and I thought it not unrealistic to expect that, with a modicum of tender loving care, it would last until I graduated from the Sem­ inary six years later. At that time I anticipated there might be 150,000 miles on it. This did not seem unreasonable to me, since my father had driven his last car, a '68 Ford Custom 500, for 220,000 miles. There must have been an angel with mechanical bent who kept his eye on Dad’s car. Certainly no supernatural being looked over mine unless it was some demon or goblin. It is ironic that American Motors should choose to christen one of their models the "Gremlin." From all indications, a whole family of the little devils made their 253

home in my car.

Between the months of October 1969, eight years before I chanced upon it. an auto­ mobile rolled through the doors of the Ameri­ can Motor Company assembly plant in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Its arrival in the world went unheralded. Satirically known as "Kenosha Cadillacs," AMC's are beloved by some persons, undoubtedly because they have never owned any other make of automobile.

These AMC’s, however, are ridiculed, derided, burlesqued, snubbed and made the butt of end­ less jokes by everyone fortunate enough to own a Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, Chrysler. Plymouth, Dodge, Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen, Audi.

Porsche, Fiat, Lancia, Ferrari. Lambourgini.

Maserati, Peugeot, Citroen, Jaguar, MG, Triumph, Lotus, Volvo. Saab, Toyota, Datsun, Honda, Mitsubishi, Mazda or Subaru instead of an AMC. After owning one myself, I am not surprised to read that AMC captures only 1.3% of the United States' automotive market.

At various times I have loved my AMC, hated it, kicked it, used it, abused it, cursed it, coddled it and whispered sweet little nothings into its carburetor. It was born ten years ago with four doors, including windows that rolled up and down (at least I assume they did when it was new). There were four matching (when it was new) deluxe "mag" wheel covers. Besides the usual complement of bumpers, headlights, taillights and windshield wipers, it had a dual-horn system that hasn’t worked since Christmas 1977, when I dis­ connected them because the horns kept blowing each time I used my turn signals.

The car’s exterior was wrapped in P88 Butter­ nut Beige (metallic). Unfortunately this paint has a congenital defect in that it fades withrn one year, and one finds it impossible to buy touch-up paint that matches. Under the hood my AMC left the factory with 145 horsepower.

I think I’ve only got 20 of them left. Unless I take drastic measures, the last one will be gone by summer. The engine is a 232 cubic inch six-cylinder. I was told by other AMC owners that this was the most durable engine ever manufactured by American Motors and often outlasted the bodies it was put into.

When I first heard this, it made me feel all warm and happy insde. The feeling did not last. The car’s interior is "carpeted" in black

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After a decade of dehydrating in the sun, the speaker sounds like one of my Dad’s old 78 rpm records played on a state-of-the-art component stereo system. The bench seats have a decade’s accumulation of stains from spilled pop and trips with little brothers to the Dairy Queen. There is one interior option besides the AM radio, and that is a neat little

1 tried to hit all the lights in sequence so that we wouldn’t have to stop at all. That I didn’t rearend another car is unbelievable when I think about it now. Only with extreme foot pressure could the car be stopped. We managed to drive back to Watertown without incident.

I checked my brake fluid level. There was none at all in the half of the master cylinder that powered the front brakes. Suspecting the sabotage of time I made a hasty examination and found that a brake line was leaking. The car had pulled the old broken brake line trick on me and let it all run out on the streets of Milwaukee. I was lucky that it didn't have to spend the night behind a body shop. I was

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air-raid siren that screams like a banshee if I turn the ignition off without first turning off the headlights.

During the past two years I have repaired or replaced almost everything on it at least once except the engine and transmission. My experiences have furnished me absolute in­ controvertible proof for Murphy’s Law: If anything can possibly go wrong, it will and at the most inopportune moment.

The first time my brakes went out is only one example. It happened when some friends and I were in Milwaukee on a Friday evening.

I observed that an alarmingly longer distance was required to stop the car at intersections.

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off such a relationship. It’s like your girlfriend spilling your soup all over your new S300 suit four dates in a row. My suspension almost became the last straw. The rear coil springs are so soft that the ear doesn't ride level when it's empty, let alone when it's overloaded as it was at spring break, when I had live other people plus their combined luggage in the ear.

The seams between the sections of concrete on Interstate were almost enough to make it bottom out. The only thing that kept my exhaust system on was the fact that it ran over the rear axle, liven so. I was surprised the whole car made it to Minnesota. Needless to say, the guys in the back seat were more than glad to get out when we reached our destination after six hours on the road.

Tiie car's condition is slipping fast. The automatic choke isn't anymore. The compres­ sion is bad and getting worse, causing my gas mileage to belly Hop. My city mileage is worse than a friend's Trans Am. and it has a 400 four-barrel (mine has a 232 one-barrel).

My brakes need work again. Suspension parts are needed front and rear. The doors don't shut correctly. My voltage regulator is out of commission despite intensive nursing care, thereby permitting the alternator, which un­ fortunately works great, to overcharge and progressively kill another battery. The horns don't work. I just received a citation for a burned out headlight. Rust is devouring the rear wheel wells. The exhaust system leaks.

There are so many scratches and dents in the muffler from striking the road that you'd think it had fought in World War II. Stuffing is coming out of the front scat. If you were to put your weight on the vinyl floor-covering behind the driver's scat you’d quickly find yourself standing on terra firma. The AM radio just shorted out. I really ought to sell it or junk it or drive it in a demolition derby at the County Fair.

But there is a bright side. All four tires (but not the spare) are almost new. The heater heats. I guess I have to confess. I'm in love with my car. I just can’t.. .can’t put it into words. If I had a tape deck in my car, I think I’d play a tape of the rock group Queen's album, A Night at the Opera. Their drummer, Roger Taylor, wrote a song that pretty well describes how I feel. He titled it “I'm in Love

but that has never stopped me from attempting a repair.

I had hardly repaired the brakes when the fuel pump died. This piece chose 10:30 p.m. and two miles west of Columbus. Wisconsin, to expire. Actually, I think it had a heart attack because a representative of the Columbia County Sheriff's Department had just pulled me over to tell me that I should learn to drive 55 miles per hour instead of bl). He wrote me a little S37 ticket to help me learn. After he drove away, I started my ear to do the same but it wouldn't accelerate. One quarter mile down tiie road it sputtered and died. All attempts to start it were in vain. After towing it back to Watertown the next day, I found that the fuel pump was the culprit. I had to replace it with an electric one, since the cam that worked it had been unnaturally worn.

I had no more than fixed the fuel pump when six inches of snow the day before Thanksgiving vacation started forced me to invest in some winter tires. My thin wallet necessitated the purchase of retreads instead of regular snow tires. They ran fine for the first 2000 miles. Then, on a trip to New Ulm, I began to hear an unfamiliar sound from my right rear wheel. Softly at first, it went, “babup . . .babup. . .babup. . .babup. . .bup*' and would then stop. This was repeated again and again. This wasn't the type of sound one likes to hear. Then the sound changed. Now it went, “babup. . .babup. . .babup. . .Babup. .

BaBup. . .BaBup. . BuBLAM!” It wasn't a blowout but we stopped immediately to assess the damage. A football sized chunk of tread was missing. The under-inflated spare allowed us to limp to the nearest gas station.

I came to realize I was acquiring valuable experience as an auto mechanic. I just wish I hadn't gotten it all on my own car. I felt as though I was spending more on repairs than went into the gas tank. Maybe I was. Times like the preceding cast rocks into my relation­ ship with the car. Wouldn't it get you angry if after two years you had gone through four batteries, three alternators and three voltage regulators, and then it overcharges again and ruins your new battery. Could you still love someone who did that to you?

Sometimes I think I ought to see a psychia­ trist. Who, in his right mind, wouldn't break

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With My Car." Let me tell you the words: The machine of a dream. such a clean machine.

With the pistons a pumpin', and the hubcaps all gleam.

When I'm holding your wheel.

All 1 hear is your gear.

When my hand's on your grease gun.

Oh it's like a disease, son.

I’m in love with my car, gotta feel for my automobile.

Get a grip on my boy racer roll bar.

Such a thrill when your radials squeal.

When I'm holding your wheel, All I hear is your gear.

When I'm cruisin’ in overdrive.

Don't have to listen to no run of the mill talk jive.

I'm in love with my car, gotta feel for my automobile.

I'm in love with my car, string back gloves in my automolove!

Told my girl I just had to forget her.

Rather buy me a new carburetor.

TIM KANT

BASKETBALL

provide the Trojan fans with three years of winning basketball.

Of course, Bruce McKcnney and Dennis Himm will be missed from next year’s team.

Mac was the team’s leading scorer with a 15.4 average. He was also named to the AllConference first team for the fourth straight year! Denny led the team in steals, which wouldn’t surprise anyone who saw his hustle out on the floor. We all wish both of these young men good fortune in their futures to Mac with his expansion softball team, and to Denny, who’s getting married this summer.

The season had its highlights, but I think of two in particular: the victory over Marian and

NWC’s basketball team ended the season with a 7-14 record, 4-6 in conference playprimarily a rebuilding year, but there were some moments that brought the fans to their feet. The Trojans had a young team this year which showed sings of development through­ out the season. Mark Kolander added to McKenney’s offensive punch with his accurate shooting, Mark Mueller did heavy work on the boards by pulling down 11 rebounds a game, and all the Frosh showed sings of improve­ ment. That crucial first year of college ball is behind them, and if they stick with it, will 256

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The team finished with a 6-13 record for dual meets. But on the individual level several members of the team did very well. Greg Dorn led the way with a 22-8-1 record, and Charlie Gumm followed closely with a 20-9 mark.

Martin Spaude, Jim Weiland. John Beck and Jerry Ewings also had double-figures in the win column. Only Jerry will be gone next year, so the team's hopes are high for 1980.

In the final match of the season, the Tro­ jans finished in fourth place among six schools at the NLCAA tournament, held at New Ulm. Jim Weiland came away with first place in the 142-lb class at that meet! Finishing second in their respective weight classes were Charlie Gumm and Jerry Ewings. Craig Wiebusch took a third in his class. Greg Dorn unfortunately suffered from a shoulder injury and was not able to perform at his normal level.

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Keith Bilitz, Ellery Groth and Rick Scheibe are planning a two-week fishing excursion down the Rock River in April. The trio will set out from Watertown’s Riverside Park in a 3-man kayak, which will carry them as far as Moline, Illinois. Scheibs plans to try out his new casting rod from the top of Chief Black-

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hawk’s statue overlooking the river. Other­ wise the anglers will be trolling most of the time, using spinners baited with a special brand of snuff.

The Frosh have introduced a new game in their Phy-Ed class, a game called “Face.” The game was brought back from the sandy beaches of Florida, but you don't need a tan to play it.

There arc two 15-man teams which line up in parallel rows, facing each other at a distance of 15 yards. A beachball is the only equipment needed. The person at the end of one of the lines begins the action, called the face-off, by throwing the ball towards the end man on the opposite team, trying to hit him in the face with the ball. When he is successful in doing this, he scores a panim, and the man who was hit must sit out. However, if the player who scored the panim fails to holler out, “In your face,” he himself must sit out and confess before all, “Oops, in my face!” This fast,

exciting action continues down the line, each line taking turns, until one team has nobody left. That team has then been effaced, and they lose.

The game may soon become an intramural sport.

Well guys, to coin a phrase, it’s been real.

NWC had one of its greatest fall sports seasons this year, with both the football and soccer teams winning conference championships, and Ylvisaker's football team winning intramurals.

And though the basketball team didn't have as great a year, the fan enthusiasm was still there.

Next year the buckets and wrestling teams should fare much better. Now the spring sports are beginning their seasons, but I'll leave them for the next man to tangle with. It’s lime to bring the reliever in from the bullpen!

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I wish Greg Otterstatter and Co. good luck in composing Volume 83. May the members of his staff never miss a deadline or allow an issue to pass without contributing.

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spring is finally here, and everything is beginning to turn green. The long winter has ended at last. The warm weather is certain­ ly welcome here after all those weks of being buried in the snow. Everyone’s thoughts are now turning to Arbor Day, each class hoping the festivities will be held on its toughest day.

With this issue I will be retiring all the typewriters I’ve borrowed and will turn the Alumni Column over to Kurt Ebert, who I’m sure will do a fine job next year. I hope he’ll be more consistent than I was in meeting his deadlines. At this time I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of the contributing editors around the districts for being tolerant of my tardiness and sending me the requested information.

The column this month is very short; it seems that not very much is happening around

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CALLS -Rev. Paul Kelm (’66) of Madison, WI, has accepted a call to Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee, WI. —Rev. Dale Tollefson (’72) of Huntsville, AL, 'has accepted a call to Hillpoint, WI, and will be installed on May 6, 1979.

—Rev. Larry C. Nast (’70) of Faith Ev. Lutheran Church, Huron, SD, has accepted a call to Mt. Olive Ev. Lutheran Church, Green Bay, WI. Rev. Nast will be installed on April 29, 1979.

—Rev. Duane Tomhave (’58), formerly of St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Saginaw, MI, was installed as pastor of Redeemer Ev. Luther259

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an Church, Genesee Depot, WI, in March of 1979.

-Rev. Philipp Lehmann (’70) of Arlington Avc. Ev. Lutheran Church, Toledo, OH, has accepted a call to be choral and religion instructor at Winnebago Lutheran Academy, Fond du Lac, WI. -Rev. Gary Richmond (’70) of Faith Ev. Lutheran Church, Dupree, SD, has accepted a call to Divine Grace Ev. Lutheran Church, Lake Orion, MI, and will be installed on April 29, 1979.

ANNIVERSARIES: -Prof. Erwin Schroedcr (’35) celebrated his 40th anniversary in the ministry with a special service on March 18, 1979, in the NWC Music-Auditorium.' In the same service, Prof.

Eugene Kirst (ex ’45), Prof. James Fricke (’50), Prof. James Thrarns (’50), Prof. Donald Sellnow (’50), and Prof. Paul Eickmann (’50), celebrated their 25th anniversaries in the ministry. At a reception in the celebrants’ honor, Prof. Schroeder gave the following

response: Cum Anglice dicere non possim, meum responsum necessario Latinc habendum erit.

Dicam Latine! Plaudite! Plaudite! Itaque etiam, ex consideratione vestra, id erit breve. Id erit brevissimum! Magna voce, Plaudite! Plaudite!

Meum responsum, sic ut Gallia omnis, est divisum in partes tres.

Magister bibendi, mei can fratres in servitudine Jcsu Christi, mei cari propinqui, mei cari amici, prim urn gratias ago meo Deo qui me filium in regnum eius adoptavit ct me fecit hos quadraginta annos servum in ccclesia eius, fratrem Jesu Christi, et heredem vitae aetemae.

Secundo, gratias ago meo Deo, qui milii dedit adiutricem fidclem, meant caram Selmam, meas delicias et meant delcctam, immo, meas maximas delicias et meant delectam, quae una omnibus surripuit ontnes Veneres.

Ad extremum gratias ago vobis omnibus, qui venistis auxilio milii ad Deuni laudandunt mecunt. Sospitet Deus vos ontnes in fide firma Jesu Christi ct in corpore sano. Noster Deus

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Coleman, WI, will retire from the active minis­ try on July 31, 1979.

—Rev. Karl Krauss (’18) retired April 8, 1979, from Emanuel First Ev. Lutheran Church, Lansing, MI, after 57 years of con­ tinuous service in that congregation.

—Prof. Arnold Lehmann (’36) will retire from the faculty of Northwestern College at the end of the current school year.

vos omnes benedicat. Et tibi, magistro Toppe, gratias ago praesertim pro tuis verbis benignis.

Iterum uni et omnibus gratias ago. Valete.

-Prof. Conrad Frey (’35) will celebrate his 40th anniversary in the ministry with a special service at Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, MN, on April 22, 1979, at 7:30 p.m.

DEDICATIONS:

DEATHS:

-Good Shepherd Ev. Lutheran Church, Beloit, WI, dedicated a new house of worship on April 1, 1979. Rev. Steven Ehlke (’73) serves the congregation.

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-Prof. Dudley Rohda (’22) was called to his heavenly home on April 1, 1979. Prof.

Rohda taught at Northwestern for 36 years before retiring in 1975.

RETIREMENTS: -Rev. Waldemar F. Zink (’26) who currently serves Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church,

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$rof. #rbille ikfjlenner 1979 'TTr'Xie Northwestern Student body has been ^^deeply saddened by the death of Professor Orville Schlenner. On March 21, 1979, the Lord called Prof. Schlenner to His heavenly reward after a lingering illness.

Prof. Schlenner was a 1939 graduate of Northwestern, and in 1942 he graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. After teaching at the old Lutheran High School in Milwaukee for six years, he served congregations in Detroit, MI, and LaCrosse, WI, before accepting the call to teach Latin at Northwestern in 1956.

During his 23 year tenure at Northwestern, Prof. Schlenner also served as registrar as he helped prepare young men for the ministry.

As we mourn his death, we pray that God will comfort his family and will keep them in His care.

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is now known to all the students here at asNorthwestern, Prof. Arnold O. Lehmann will retire at the end of the school year. Many of the alumni of the past seventeen years have been instructed by Prof. Lehmann, and will be

able to recall many experiences with him in band, chorus, and music class. In tribute to Ins many years of faithful service to his Alma Mater we would like to present this article about his life. We thank him for providing the following information.

Prof. Arnold Lehmann was born on April 14, 1914, at Surprise, Nebraska, to Rev. Philip and Elcnore Lehmann. It was in this same city that he was baptized. He attended grades 1-3 in a one-room country school in rural Nebraska. In 1923 his father accepted a call to Crandon, WI. When Prof. Lehmann was in 6th grade, his father accepted a call to the Richwood-Hubbleton parish, where his son Arnold was confirmed in 1928. He became the church organist in both churches at the age of 12.

In the fall of 1928 he enrolled in the Preparatory Department of Northwestern College. In 1932 his family moved to Abelman Springs, WI (now Rock Springs). Prof. Lehmann graduated from NWC in 1936. During his school years at Northwestern, he was chapel organist for 5'/2 years, participated in four musical organizations, and studied piano pri­ vately. Because of an overabundance of pastors, he decided to study music at the University of Wisconsin, where he received his bachelor’s degree in music in 1938, and his M.A. in 1940.

While attending the University, he was assistant band director from 1937-1939. He also taught part time at Fall River High School as band director and was organist and choir director at Calvary Lutheran University Church in Madi­ son, WI from 1936-1940. From 1940-1942 Prof. Lehmann was the band and choral direc­ tor in the Colfax, WI, school system.

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From November 1942 until November 1945, Prof. Lehmann served in the U. S. Army.

He served as a member of the front-line intelli­ gence unit for more than two years in Africa, Sicily, and Italy. From January 2, 1946, until June of 1950, Prof. Lehmann served as chair­ man of the music department and band and choral director at Concordia Jr. College in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He also served as lecturer in music at the Fort Wayne branch of the Univer­ sity of Indiana. From 1950 until 1962 he served as choral director and Latin instructor at Cleveland Lutheran High School. He attended Case Western Reserve University, from which he received his Ph. D. in musicology.

In 1962 Dr. Lehmann was called to be music director at Northwestern. From 1963 until 1970 he was responsible for all music activities and classes in the prep school and the college. After 1970 additional help was added, and today there are two full time music instruc­ tors and five keyboard instructors in prep and college.

In October, 1941, Professor Lehmann married Esther J. Burhop, whose father was pastor of Calvary University Church until 1952. Prof, and Mrs. Lehmann were blessed

with three sons: Rev. Philipp A. Lehmann, who is currently a pastor at Arlington Avenue Ev. Lutheran Church in Toledo, OH, and recently accepted a call to be choral and religion instructor at Winnebago Lutheran Academy in Fond du Lac, WI; Richard W. Lehmann, who is a Senior at the Seminary in Moquon, WI, and a vicar at Grace Ev. Lutheran Church in Mil­ waukee, WI; and Edwin A. Lehmann, who is a Seminary student on leave to study social work at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukce.

In retirement Prof. Lehmann will work on books and music for publication. At present, two books are being readied for publication by Northwestern Publishing House this year.

Prof. Lehmann has this to say about his future: “To anyone who asks about my re­ tirement I simply state-I will get a good lounge chair, a new fishing pole, a portable record player, and read my art books while fishing for my daily sustenance in the mighty Rock River.” To you, Professor Lehmann, we would wish many years of happiness in your retirement and God's continual blessings to you and your family.

JEFF SEELOW

MINUTES OF THE 1978 ALUMNI MEETING NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE May 16,1978 The 100th annual meeting of the Northwestern College Alumni Meeting was called to order in the College Chapel at 3 p.m. on May 16, 1978, by the President, Robert Voss.

The minutes of the 1977 meeting were accepted as printed in the Black and Red. Roll call showed 92 alumni and 6 honorary members in attendance. All were welcomed by President Voss.

Upon President Toppe’s recommendation, the 59 members of the class of 1978 were received into membership of the society. Honorary members received were Professor Robert Bock and Paul Spaulding. The following, all ex-graduates of Northwestern Preparatory School, having requested membership in our society, were then received: 1924 - Harvey Zanvell 1950 - Ronald Stoerzinger 1939 - Mrs. Ruth Huston 1951 - Thomas Backer 1939 - William Robisch 1953 - Frederick Mahnke 1942 - Dr. John Sauer 1958 - Mrs. Elizabeth Porter 1945 - Frank Breiling 1961- Peter Behrens 1945 - Hans Meyer 1962 - Mrs. Jean Dorn 1946 - Eugene Schultz 1964 - Mrs. Eileen Schmiege 1947 - Mrs. Shirley Van Buren 263

Treasurer, Prof. S. Quam, presented the financial report (report included). The auditing com­ mittee of graduate tutors John Brenner and Roger Kucrth reported all in good order with the treasurer’s books.

Prof. James Frickc’s Nominating Committee presented a ballot for officers which was accepted as presented. Elected for one year of office were: Robert Voss Marvin Otterstattcr Donald Bitter David Sievert Sylvester Quam Erwin Scharf

President First Vice President Second Vice President Secretary Treasurer Chronicler

Pastor Alan Siggelkow and Prof. John Lawrcnz reported for the Alumni Society Centennial Committee. Two resolutions presented by the committee were accepted; first that the budget of the Centennial Anniversary Committee be increased to $8,500, the money to be dispersed as follows: $4,000 - Audio-visual equipment for multi-media presentation-all equipment to remain with the school and to be used for recruitment, if possible 3,000 - History of the NWC Alumni Society written by Dr. E. Kiessling (printing and dis­ tribution) and booklets for Centennial Day 400 - Worship service expenses 600 - Publicity and mailings 500 - Unforeseen costs $8,500 - Total The second resolution, also accepted, was that the NWC Alumni Society authorize the Centennial Anniversary Committee, in consultation with Dr. Kiessling, to make all arrangements necessary to print and distribute Dr. Kiessling’s history of the Alumni Society. The committee then urged us to clear our calendars for “Centennial Day,” May 22, 1979. Plans for the day are: 10:00 a.m. - Fidelitas, Thanksgiving Service 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Box Lunch 2:00 p.m. -Memoria, Media Presentation repeated each hour 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Subsidium Alumni Meeting 3:30-6 p.m. - picnic meal 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Gratitudo, Tower Dedication with concert The Centennial Committee was thanked by our President for their work.

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Dean Lindemann reported for the Campus Planning Committee. There have been delays on the bell tower project because companies do not like to work on small projects. Landscaping, side­ walks, and painting, however, will be completed to finish off the nearly completed bell tower pro­ ject. The bell tower is intended to be the focal point of the campus, being situated that students will be regularly walking under it going to and from classes.

The Projects Committee Chairman, Prof. Paul Eickmann, reported that this committee has deferred to the Alumni Centennial Anniversary Committee of late because of the large expenditures necessary for the bell tower. Last year a small project was accepted by the Society, the moving of the “Sprinter” to an area in front of the new gymnasium, at an estimated cost of $500. The Campus Planning Committee, responsible for the exact site on which the “Sprinter” would be relocated, has not yet reached a firm decision. One mover, contacted to move the “Sprinter” did not want to take 264

i on the job for fear of damaging the statue. Another firm has been contacted for an estimate. Future considerations brought forward by this committee are: Outside lighting for the cross on the north wall of the chapel Sculpture or relief panel on the red wall outside the chapel door Electronic carillon (S3,000-S4,000), with speakers to be placed in bell tower

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Prof. E. Scharf reported for the Banquet Committee. The price of the banquet is now S4.00.

The anniversary classes of 1928, 1933, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1958, and 1968 had requested tables.

A motion was passed thanking all committees of the Society.

Since Pastor Paul Dowidat, Northwestern's oldest living alumnus, had celebrated his one hundredth birthday, the secretary was directed to send a congratulatory letter.

The Chronicler reported the names of those whom the Lord called to Himself during the year of 1978.

1908 - The Rev. Henry Schneider 191 2 - Professor Walter Schumann, Sr. 1915 -The Rev. Otto Medcnwald 1917 - Professor Theodor Binhammer 1920 - The Rev. Gerhard Press 1921 - The Rev. Waldcmar Sauer 1924 - The Rev. Waldemar Weissgerbcr 1928 - The Rev. Herman Mutterer 1929 - The Rev. Norbert Paustian 1930 - The Rev. Fred Bergfeld 1930-The Rev. Reuben Kcttenackcr 1931- The Rev. Gerhard Peters 1931- The Rev. Amos Schwerin 1931 - The Rev. Kenneth Vcrtz 1934 - The Rev. Jonathan Mahnke 1937 - The Rev. EldorToepel

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All rose for a moment of silence in memory of the deceased. After announcements the meeting was adjourned.

David Sievert Secretary

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NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE ALUMNI SOCIETY Report of Income and Expenses From May 17, 1977 to May 15, 1978

) Income:

' S1755.00 3023.50 257.68

Dues Bell Tower Donations Interest

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Total Income Expenses: S 100.00 5.00 6.25

Secretarial Help Decorating Expense Phone Calls 265

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Envelopes Homecoming Mailing Transfer to Business Office Alumni Mailing Black & Red Donation Canadian Check Transaction

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S6865.17

Total Expenses

($1828.99)

Income over Expenses CASH ACCOUNT $4650.64 5036.18

Balance May 17, 1977 From Income

$9686.82 Disbursements: Expenses

6865.17 Balance in Bank (5/15/78)

INVESTMENT Certificate of Deposit First State Savings and Loan

$2821.65

$17,008.60

BELL TOWER PROJECT Business Manager’s Report May 16, 1978 Estimated Costs: General Contract (Maas Bros.)

Bell Contract (I. T. Verdin Co.) Electrical Contract (Electric Wiring Service) Time & Material Architect (Tom Bast) Contracted Expenses: Miscellaneous additional expenses (architect’s time & expenses & additional electrical work)

279.48 S29,465.23 534.77

TOTAL COST ESTIMATE:

$30,000.00

Estimated Income: NWC Bell Tower Fund (Receipts from memorials to date) Advance from Alumni Association

$ 3,121.60

6,500.00

Receipts to date:

S 9,621.60

Due from Alumni Association

20,378.40

TOTAL INCOME ESTIMATE:

$30,000.00

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ALUMNI (including Sent Notes) ......... 27,58,91,119,157,182,227,259

by Jeff Seelow....................... ....................

CAMPUS & CLASSROOM ........ 16,47,83, 113, 149, 173, 217, 245

by Tom Jeske & Dan Balge.......................

COMMENCEMENT ORATIONS 11 The Tomb of Tutankhamen-Jeff Schallert 15 Rejoice With Our Lutheran Brethren in South Africa—Peter Panitzke, ESSAYS AND EDITORIALS cover, issue 1 What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been-Tom Jeske and friends............

12 The Five-Year Program -E. Allen Sorum..............................................

20 Pro Musica Nova-Larry Olson.............................................................

26 Appreciating Our Privileges-Mark Albrecht........................................

45 “Let’s Go Rodeo!”-Norval Kock.........................................................

54 The Big Brother Program: Mixed Results—Mark Cordcs..................... cover, issue 3 “The Word They Still Shall Let Remain”—Timothy Kant...............

9 Vol. 81, R.I.P.-Timothy Kant............................. ,......................

41 “Freeze, Froslf’-Phil Hcnselin & Mark Albrecht...............................

43 My Thoughts-Rick Johnson.................................................................

77 A Better Solution- Mark Cordcs..........................................................

107 Where We Stand Larry Olson.............................................................. cover, issue 5 Santa Claus Timothy Kant...................................................................

130 Fifth Year Reflections—E. Allen Sorum.............................................

139 The N.W.U. Eleven: 1897 - Larry Olson..............................................

142 The Lord of the Rings: An Animated Version—David Clark..............

143 The Prince of Preachers-Mark Cordcs..................................................

166 The Other Half- Mark Cordes..............................................................

171 Liberal Literacy—E. Allen Sorum........................................................

181 A View of Mormonism-Mark Albrecht................................................ cover, issue 7 Nostalgia-Jeff Seelow...........................................................................

198 Northwestern. Yesterday and Today-Jeff Seelow.............................

212 The Traditional Ballad-Alien Lonnquist..............................................

216 Dining Out- Larry Olson.......................................................................

221 Dark Honest Brilliant Hope-Mark Cordes.........................................

238 Miles and Melodies: Chorus Tour 1979-Mark Cordes.......................

251 Power - Bob Smith.................................................................................

262 Prof. Lehmann Retires-Jeff Seelow....................................................

258 The Sun Sets on Volume 82-Timothy Kant.......................................

FEATURES-by Jerry Ewings 19 A Midsummer Night's Dream..............................................................

105 Homecoming........................................................................................

215 Winter Carnival................................................................ ...................

243 May 22, 1979- Northwestern Day. FICTION 21 Mighty Serious Laughter-Mark Cordcs............................... cover, issue 2 A Country Boy—Tim Gumm................................................

70 Dusty Old Afternoons-Tom Jeske ......................................

82 Cold -Dave Sellnow.............................................................. cover, issue 4 Coming Home-Timothy Kant...........................................

132 There's Something Ain’t Natural in the Swamp—Tom Jeske 213 The Red and White Boat-Tom Jeske................................. cover, issue 8 Gloves- Randy Schoemann..................................................

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Dear Diary-Larry Olson..........................

I'm In Love With My Car-Timothy Kant POETRY Your Eyes-Randy Mueller................................

Southern Odyssey (excerpts)—Randy Mueller.

Five-Year Man—Jeff Carter..............................

God Is-Randy Mueller.....................................

Two Separate Worlds—Randy Mueller............

My Mind is Like An Ocean-Randy Mueller .

Tyranny -Bob Smith.........................................

The Inuxorable Man-Bob Smith.....................

Driftwood-Brian Dose......................... ..

Grandpa-Mark Krause.....................................

When Dawn Breaks—Brian Dose.....................

Anomic-Bob Smith.........................................

Theological Smoke-Brian Dose.....................

Up River—Brian Dose.......................................

O Nobel Note-Art Callics................................

Eager Leaves—Brian Dose................................

Confident Agility-Brian Dose.........................

One Less—Philip Henselin................................

Winter Thoughts-Jeff Seelow.........................

Angel Dreams-Brian Dose..............................

Beyond My Depth-Brian Dose.......................

Breath less-Brian Dose....................................

Oubliette-Bob Smith.......................................

Forgotten Promiscs-Brian Dose Springtime-Mark Albrecht....

SPORTS

by Norval Kock..................................................

ETCETERA Staff for Volume 83.........................................

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