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Once, Once We felt the air beneath our wings, Once We ruled the sky and rode the wind.

And once We breathed pure flame and sang the songs that we were born to sing.

Our people Our children are all gone, all lost Our children are were our people.

When the children the children When the children died Where was life?

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And yet not all.

I remained.

I could not— I could not sing the Song of Death, although my heart was pierced.

We could have— We could have— What?

What could we have- done?

I did not sing the Song and it cannot be sung Alone.

I am Alone.

GEOFFREY KIETA

BLACK & RED The Last Dragon A poem Editor-in-Chief Brad Ragner Managing Editor Paul Prange

Geoffrey Kieta

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The Long and Winding Film A story

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Tau Delta Theta Award

Production Assistant Bob Krueger

Wind Chimes A poem

Business Manager John Nietnan

Paul Prange

Schrods, Mash, and Zimbob

Staff Writers Jon Balge Ray Bell Ken Cherncy Phil Luedcrs Ralph Rosenberg JeffSchone Joel Thomford

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Saints or Traitors? Paul Workentine Oration in the Field of Humanities

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God’s Word—Our Great Heritage Oration in the Field of Religion

Campus & Classroom Pete Leyrcr Joel Rakos Kris Taves

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Our Modern “Messiah” Phil Lueders An expose of an American cult

Alumni Matt Rauli

Leon Piepenbrink

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Will the Circle be Unbroken? John Nieman Looking back at Forum's Fiddler

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Campus Comments

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Broadley Speaking

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Campus & Classroom

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Sports

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Dummheiten aus der Vergangenheit

Art Todd Goldschmidt Bill Staab Photography Dave Zahn Circulation Manager Bob Tinunennann Advertising Managers Pete Unnasch Bill Tackmicr Typist Phyllis Schmidt Printing Scott Licht Gene Sims Literary contributions from undergraduates and alumni arc invited.

Material should be addressed to the Editorin-Chief.

Mail subscribers, notify the B & R business manager of address changes.

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“Smile.”

Phillip Duvall peered through the lenses of his Minolta XG-1. The lady’s red dress was Slurred still, and still, one more setting, OK—clarity. Snap. “That’s all. I’ll get these to you as soon as I can.” The family moved upstairs out of sight, and Phillip began to wind the film. tucked in, waiting He opened the door of his little darkroom and turned on the red light. As his pupils adjusted he could make out the familiar rows of chemicals in plastic milk cartons, the set of trays, a second-hand enlarger, and even the small dryer. Actually sight wasn’t even necessary; he knew this room better than the back of his eyelids. For the past five years all of his spare time had been spent right here, and now, at 17, he had the beginnings of a good solid business. set, light ready After checking to sec that there was no paper exposed, Phillip turned on the regular light.

Little tricks like this were things lie had picked up in the few years since he received his first pocket instainatic. Then it was instant love; now he was an instant expert. The sound of dripping chemicals was music to his ears, and the hum of the enlargerThe meter a chorus of angels from the heights of heaven. timing Phillip hurried to finish the proofs for the Curtis family. As the first print developed, his eye was drawn to a bunch of blonde hair on the right. That Rachel is really beautiful, he thought. So, well, photogenic. Her face stood out in print after print, and a fuzzy image began to form in Phil’s mind. Perhaps—no. He put her out of his thoughts.

The moment— But there she was the next afternoon answering the door.

“Oh hi, Phil.”

“Hello, Rachel. 1 brought the pictures for you here.”

“Boy, that was fast. Just a second, I’ll call my mom. Come on in.”

He watched as she went into the kitchen. Had he mistaken the look in her eyes? She seemed to be sending him some sort of hidden message. His suspicion was confirmed when she returned with her mother-there it was, a broad wink.

Blank, to be How should he respond? Phil’s mind was racing. Even after Mrs. Curtis had paid and was thanking him again, he still hadn’t decided. Finally he mustered the brightest smile he could and sauntered slowly down the porch steps.

“Sec ya tomorrow at school, Phil.”

“Yeah, sec ya.”

The next day during physics there (Illuminating?) was Rachel, always turning her head, always looking. Phil caught her glance a few times in a row and felt his face get red. After the bell rang she came up to him in the hall.

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"Urn, yeah, sure.”

"Good, I’ll see you in the Commons.”

Phil was in a daze for the rest of the day. In the Commons after school he couldn’t find Rachel-maybe she was just making fun of me, he thought. But no, there she was. He heard her words through a cloud.

“Phil, do you like me?”

"Well, sure, 1 guess.”

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"Rachel, we’ve only been going together for five seconds.”

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development and fulfillment and— Days turned into weeks, and Phil’s photography work began to pile up. Some weekends he felt buried by all the work, but at least he enjoyed it. He enjoyed it, and that was the important thing. The important thing. He enjoyed it.

(Blinding?)

Rachel, of course, had trouble seeing things the same way he did. He tried to spend a lot of time with her, but she wasn’t interested in the darkroom at all. He almost had to move the phone in there while he was working, she called so often. First basketball pictures, then track, then swimming, and always those family portraits kept him occupied. Finally he had one Satur­ day night free.

The revolving disco lights at the rollerskating rink were going strong all evening. never to be repeated

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"Rachel, I’m afraid I have some bad news. I have three sittings for next wekend that I really have to do, and.. .well, so I guess we can't make it to the prom this time.”

They skated in silence. He could feel the pressure in her hand slowly subside until all of a sudden she let go and moved off the floor. He followed her over to the bench.

“C’mon, Rach, we can-” "You and your stupid camera!” She was sobbing bitterly. “All you can think about is that stupid photography! Well, this is it. It’s either me or those, those awful pictures!” With that she stormed out of the building.

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This is the way a— He saw Rachel with her sweet smile.

This is the— He saw zoom lenses and strobes.

This is— He saw quiet evenings and love.

He saw the light.

The next morning Phillip painted a little sign for the front of his house: Phillip Duvall Photography Reasonable Price but a second

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PAUL PRANGE

Windchimes This year the Tau Delta Theta Award goes to Kelly Pochop. The award was established in 1965 by the Centennial class, and is granted on the basis of scholarship, athletics and campus activities. The winner uses money from a special fund to purchase books for the Northwestern College library.

In the window, (kading-gading-gading) Aimlessly blowing.

Endlessly sounding.

867-53-09, Gently wafting.

Crash! (kading-gading-gading) Hurtling through the air.

Touching the forest primeval, What does it mean?

Colors in here?

Beads of sweat, (kading-gading-gading) Drip, drip, drip, Oh, the pungent odor.

Oh, my mind is spent, Yet, I am here.

Kading-gading-gadingdong.

Schrods, Mash and Zimbob.

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Saints or Traitors The Moral Dilemma of the Tories During the Revolutionary War

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oyalty and faithfulness are important concepts for us. We speak of being faithful in using our gifts, of being loyal to our friends, faithful to our wife, loyal to our nation and faithful to our God. All of these we recognized as good qualities, qualities which we strive for and encourage in others. But what happens if a situation arises in which our loyalties are divided or there is ambiguity as to what or to whom we owe our allegiance? Then deep soul searching is required. Such soul searching was required of certain Americans before the turn of the 19th century. These Loyalists or Tories, as they are popularly called, pledged their allegiance to their government in England.

This act of loyalty, done because they believed England to be the established government, was at first the proper thing to do, but in the end it proved to be improper. For this loyalty and faithfulness to their government, they were labeled traitorous, disloyal Americans.

Among the ranks of the Loyalists there were those who were in the fight for personal gain, just as among the Revolutionists. But there were also many, again just as among the Rebels, who were upright men, who chose their side on moral and ethical grounds. John Adams, an ardent revolutionist, felt the Loyal­ ists were some of the best material of our young nation. It did take a great deal of cour­ age and strong conviction to be a Loyalist. The story is told of the Anglican Rev. John Beach, who although there were Revolutionary soldiers present in his church declared that he would continue to pray for the king. The outraged soldiers dragged the nearly 80 year old man out, and threatening to cut his tongue out, they told him to say his last prayer. The Rev. Beach prayed, “God bless King George and forgive all his and mine enemies.” This display of Christian love and courage so impressed the soldiers that they immediately released him. Others were not so fortunate. Houses and properties of the Loyalists were destroyed; Loyalists were physically beaten to the point that some of them had the bowels crushed out of their bodies; even women were tarred and 6

feathered. So strong ran the current of the convictions of both sides that it divided not only close friends but also families, much as the Civil War did. Brother against brother, father against son, husband against wife. These sacrifices of the Loyalists were great. Lord North said of them, “They have exposed their lives, endured an age of hardship, lost their interests, forfeited their possessions, their connections and ruined their families in their cause.”

What internal cause was there that moti­ vated the Loyalists to such courage and loyalty to the crown? It was not a lack of love lor America. Many deeply mourned their exiles from America after the War, and some refused to be exiled, preferring to stay in America despite the open animosity towards them. The reasons they did have for their actions were several. On the whole, people at that time were more deeply religious than our present nation.

The idea of a king’s divine right to rule was still prevalent. Many felt that to rebel against the king was in effect directly rebelling against God and His order for the world. The people also viewed oaths as extremely binding. When each official took office and each clergyman was ordained, he took an oath of allegiance to the King of England. The last reason, and the most important one for us as Christians, was Rom. 13:1, “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” To the Loyalists King George and not the rebel Congress was the “powers that be.”

If we today are presumptuous enough to make a moral judgment of the Loyalists who did not have the benefit of our hindsight, two things must be said. One is that at the on­ set of the War the Loyalists were right. England was the established rule, and the Revolution­ ists were wrong in rebelling. But as the War progressed, the Revolutionary government gradually became the established accepted rule, separate from England. At what point during the War this happened, I don’t think anyone can definitively ascertain. But over

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convictions. Let us admire their loyalty, grieve what they suffered because of it, and be in­ spired by their courage.

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ORATION IN THE FIELD OF RELIGION

God’s Word Our Great Heritage n a society which prides itself on being progressive and ever-changing, the tempta­ tion arises to forget about the past and just look forward to the exciting future. New inven­ tions will make life easier; new technologies will make life more sophisticated; new medical breakthroughs will make life healthier; and new scientific discoveries will make life more under­ standable. Inevitably, the new replaces the old, and it seems we arc no sooner adjusted to the present, than the present is replaced by the future. In an effort to keep our history from becoming lost in the shuffle, a number of people support foundations such as historical societies or museums. Their hope is that future generations will not forget the past, but respect it. We, too, have a special love and reverence for the past. As Americans, we take pride in such historical landmarks as the White House, the Lincoln Memorial, or the Washington Monument. As individuals, we treasure objects that we have inherited from our ancestors. As some of you are older Alumni of Northwestern, you might say that of all the structures on campus, the old gym, now known as the audi­ torium, has a special place in your heart. In each of these cases, we appreciate and value things which have survived the test of time, and today continue to remind us of people and events of the past. As Christians, of course, we know that we possess a heritage which is far superior to any other. This heritage is God’s own Word. It cannot be replaced. It cannot be improved. It does not change with the times. It remains as valuable and useful today as when it was first given. We can say that it brings back memories, chief of which is the historic event which occurred on Calvary-

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an event that we dare never forget. What we will spend a few moments looking at is how this great heritage has been miraculously pre­ served for us in the original languages of its inspired writers, and how we respond to this blessing.

As we know, the Old Testament was written in Hebrew over a period of time beginning with Moses sometime between the 15th and 13th centuries before Christ, and ending with the post-exilic prophets such as Malachi during the 5th century B.C. The original manuscripts were lost, but thanks to diligent Jewish scribes, a number of very accurate copies were passed on from genera­ tion to generation. These scribes held Scrip­ ture in such high esteem that they took extreme care to make perfect copies, keeping errors out. One such group of Jews, which worked later from 500 B.C. to 500 A.D., was known as the “sopherim,” which literally means “counters.” When these men copied from an exemplar manuscript, they counted every line, every word, and every letter to make absolute­ ly sure that their copy was exact. Around 500 A.D, another group of men arose, called the “Masoretes,” who also dedicated them­ selves to transmitting the Old Testament to posterity with maximum accuracy. They placed restrictions on the material on which the Scriptures were copied, the length and width of each column, the spaces between para­ graphs, words, and letters, the color of the ink used, and the type of clothing worn by the copyist. It was through such detailed and diligent workers that God preserved His'Word in the Hebrew language. Today the Bible scholars possess a vast number of manuscripts 7

of the Old Testament. Perhaps the most im­ portant discovery of such manuscripts occurred in 1947, when the first of the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. These date back to the period between 200 B.C. and 100 A.D., and they con­ tain sections from every book of the Old Testa­ ment except Esther. Other manuscripts from later dates which serve as important witnesses tp the Old Testament include the Codex Cairensis written around 895 A.D., the Aleppo Codex from 930, and the Codex Leningradensis from 1008, which served as the basis of the Hebrew Bible used by juniors and seniors at Northwestern, as well as by students at the Seminary.

In regard to the New Testament, we know it was written in Greek by the end of the first century after Christ’s birth. Again, the original manuscripts were lost, but some of the earliest copies remain even today. These early copies are known as “papyri” and date from the 2nd through the 4th centuries. The two chief sources of papyri are the Chester Beatty collec-

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tion, and the Bodmer Library collection in Geneva, Switzerland, both of which contain sections from almost every New Testament book. In addition, we have so-called “uncials” which are slightly later copies. The most sig­ nificant of these include the Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus from the 4th century, and the Codex Alexandrinus from the 5th century. These are just a few of the hundreds of manuscripts which testify to the Greek New Testament.

What should be extremely impressive to us is that God has preserved His Word in the original languages with remarkable accuracy to us, living more than 3000 years after Moses, and almost 2000 years after Christ. There is no other literary work of comparable length, in any language, which has survived so well for so long. One can think of men such as Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Aristophanes, Caesar, Cicero, or Vergil, all of whose works have suffered at the hands of time. As Christians, we recognize that this is no mere coincidence, but an act of

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God Himself keeping His Word pure. What assurance this miracle gives us as we can be sure that the words of Moses and the prophets, of the evangelists and the apostles are right before our eyes—not only in translation, but in the Hebrew and Greek! The Scriptures are not the scraps and leftovers of a once great book, but they are God’s inspired Word in its entirety. While it is true that there are things the Bible does not tell us, it is not because that section has been lost, but God never revealed it in the first place. We can be certain that the Word which does not return void, but accom­ plishes what God pleases; the Word that will not pass away even when this world does pass away; the Word that is quick and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword, piercing the joints and marrow, discerning the thoughts and intents of the heart is God’s Word as we have it still today. Were this not the case, but if God’s Word had been corrupted or lost over the years, our faith would have very little ground on which to stand, and would be based more upon tradition than on truth. So we see what a blessing the Lord has bestowed upon us.

What is the world’s response to that blessing? If we look at the society in which we live, we find God’s inspired Word is ignored, misused, scorned, and condemned. It is called outdated, incomprehensible, contradictory, and even chauvinistic. Instead of looking to the Scriptures, scientists insist on using so-called “geological proofs” to determine the origins of the world. Psychologists counsel patients by emphasizing their innate abilities to overcome problems, claiming that the Bible can no longer give comfort and strength to people living in our complex society. Self-proclaimed Chris­ tians like the Mormons consider the Scrip­ tures insufficient revelation from God, and supplement it with—yes, even subject it to-the corrupt human teachings found in their Book of Mormon. Even some Christian clergymen have faltered, confessing that the accounts of Creation, of Jonah in the fish, or of the very Resurrection of Christ are purely fiction.

Martin Luther could well be speaking about our society when he said, “If they believed them to be God’s words, they would not call them ‘poor, miserable words’ but would con­ sider even one tittle and letter greater than the whole world and would fear and tremble before them as before God Himself.”

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So then, what is our response to God’s Word as it has been preserved in the original languages? Any one of the seniors on stage today could answer that with facts and figures.

The Northwestern student is required to take nine semesters of Greek, including three semesters translating from the New Testament.

He is also required to take four semesters of Hebrew, including two and a half semesters translating from the Old Testament. These studies continue in earnest at the Seminary for three more years. Our Synod demands that its pastors be able to translate the Bible from the original. How fitting this is! For God did not just give us His Word in the English, but has preserved it in the original languages. We should, indeed, feel compelled to take advan­ tage of this blessing by having our pastors gain competency in them. The pastor should be able to say, “Thus saith the Lord” and not “Thus saith the translator,” or “Thus saith the interpreter.” He can read, translate, and interpret from the original, and can identify the strengths and weaknesses of English trans­ lations. While any student can tell you that the endless vocabularies, points of grammar and syntax, and translation assignments become laborious and mindboggling, the benefits of such work more than compensate. For if we take Luther’s words to heart, claiming that

just one letter of God’s Word is “greater than the whole world,” then we realize that of all the subjects we have studied at Northwestern, those which dealt directly with God’s Word were of supreme importance. Of all the hours we spend in preparation for classes, those used for studying and translating the Scriptures were spent the best.

In conclusion, let us cherish this great heritage which God Himself has given us. Let us honor and respect it as we study it more and more. May the workers in our Synod al­ ways insist on teaching it in its truth and purity as God has preserved it. May we, as Christians, all strive to keep God’s Word pure so that, by the grace of God, future generations may also possess this heritage undefiled by sinful humans. The hymnist summarizes our attitude with these familiar words: God’s Word is our great heritage And shall be ours forever; To spread its light from age to age Shall be our chief endeavor.

Through life it guides our way.

In death it is our stay.

Lord, grant, while worlds endure, We keep its teachings pure Throughout all generations.

B&R LEON PIEPENBRINK

One Modern "Messiah" wealthy young Indian living in Malibu claims to be to this century “what Jesus Christ was to His time.”

We still read and hear about the popular Eastern-influenced cult movements-Transcendental Meditation, EST, various yoga groups, Hare Krishna and Scientology, to name a few. While more and more people are looking to new religious leaders and ideas for inner peace, self-improvement and personal fulfill­ ment, an army of gurus stands ready to relieve them of their anxieties, earnings and perhaps even their minds. Various movements promise the seeker of Truth that through them he may attain true spirituality, perfection, even God­ head. Some of the cults are remarkable not only for the grandiose claims of their leaders, but for facts about the movements taken in the light of those claims.

Light, in fact, is the most commonly claimed benefit of the cults, and nowhere is this claim more evident than in the Divine Light Mission of 23-year-old Guru Shri Maharaj Ji. He is not just a guru to his followers; to them he is “Lord of the Universe.” The Divine Light devotees (called premies, Hindu for “lovers”-of Maharaj Ji) say that he is to the world today what Jesus Christ was 2,000 years ago, in their thinking—the Perfect Master, or unique incarnation of God for this age.

And Divine Light Mission’s god appears, judg­ ing by their literature, to be the three-faced Hindu god Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

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Loyal premies, in a sincere, earnest and low-key manner, will confide that their initiation session was unspeakably beautiful, blissful, the greatest experience available to humankind. The “Knowledge” and “Light” they have received seem mystical to the out­ sider, but the premie makes them seem almost tangible, and very appealing, to the “seeker.”

Daily meditation on the Knowledge and Light renews the bliss of the initiation. One premie who was heard “evangelizing” for Maharaj Ji said that no matter where she is, her medita­ tion is “home” to her. She has dedicated her life to serving the Perfect Master.

Meditation also centers largely on the person of Maharaj Ji; on his written and taped words, and on pictures and films of his most benevolent countenance. A videotaped sermon by the Guru may last ten minutes, and is followed by two minutes of silence, in which he gazes over his audience, allowing the viewer to simply sit and adore the appearance of Maharaj Ji. “And It Is Divine,” the cult’s monthly magazine, overabounds with photographs and a center spread of the pudgy, cherubic Guru.

Whatever he calls his god, he diverts much of the worship to himself. Still, he senses the Christian influence in the English-speaking world. Articles and poems about Jesus Christ are found in his publications, making it apparent that he respects Christ. But, of course, he misrepresents Christ and would like nothing better than to upstage Chris10

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Nominal Christians might fall for the Mission's statement that it is not anti-Chris­ tian, but is actually Christian. Maharaj Ji con­ tinues the work of Christ, Buddha, Krishna, Mohammed and other Perfect Masters of history, bringing Light and Knowledge from God to the world. So, the Guru places himself in weighty company, and great knowledge is conferred upon the premie if he can sec the Guru in person, or even “prostrate himself before the lotus feet” of Maharaj Ji, a rare privilege.

The Divine Light Mission was founded in India in the 1930’s by Maharaj Ji’s father, Hansji Maharaj. He had appointed his eldest son, Sat Pal, to take over as “God Incarnate” upon his death. By the 1960’s the movement had 5 million members in India. But after the founding father died in 1966, his wife, Mata Ji, named cight-year-old Maharaj Ji Perfect Master, instead of Sat Pal. She would live to regret this decision. The boy guru brought the Divine Light Mission to the U.S. in 1971. In a few years there were more than 40 ashrams (communes of very devoted premies), and information centers in 110 cities across the country. Tithes from premies prospered the Mission. However, life in the U.S. led Ji to turn to the very kind of materialism the mission stood against, and against which the Perfect Master had continually preached. Mission funds provided him with limousines, racing cars, cabin cruisers, a rebuilt 707 and a $400,000 estate in Malibu. With new American managers he took over the U.S. branch of the Mission in '73, at age 16.

In the following year, to his mother’s distress, the Guru married his non-Hindu, American secretary, a former airline stewardess.

He began to show little regard for the sug­ gestions of the “Revered Mother.” The Guru declared his wife the reincarnation of the Hindu goddess Durga, who is depicted having ten arms and riding a tiger. When Mata Ji visited the U.S., the couple would not allow her to come to the Malibu estate.

Led by Mata Ji and several Mahatmas, the Divine Light Mission in India revolted against her wayward son, and they tried to give the title back to eldest son Sat Pal. But since Maharaj Ji has not stepped down, the hierarchy has apparently decided to stand by (and tolerate) the choice first made by Mata Ji.

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Once a movement establishes a “Divine Lord,” it is hard to back down on the claim, for it tends to lower credibility.

Following the family quarrel, member­ ship in the U.S. branch declined. But the drop leveled off, and more members were encouraged to tithe. So, the Perfect Master still has his wayand his means. In fact, when asked about the Guru’s chess playing, a premie thought it over, smiled and said, “They have a rule. Any time he wants, he can take as many moves as he wants.” Being the Perfect Master of Our Time has its privileges.

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The Divine Light Mission stresses a totai religious experience of receiving Light and Knowledge available only through Guru Maharaj Ji. He claims to make anybody’s religion “real” to him through proper medita­ tion, and poses a threat to Christians who are weak in faith. Because the Mission denies the uniqueness of Christ, his resurrection and our absolute need for Christ, we can with patience and understanding inform anyone interested in such a cult that Jesus is the only Master, and only through Him has God met our great­ est need. Even experience and knowledge can be misleading, and the devil himself appears as an angel of light.

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LOREN STEELE-SENIOR-marricd I think generally speaking the school has the right policy here, because basically it is an impossible situation to provide for a family as well as go to school.

However, I think older men should go here rather than to Bethany. Being with the students here is well worth coming to NWC. There is no generation gap. I feel accepted and one of the boys, which I truly appreciate.

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GREG EWALD-SENIOR-unmarried I feel there are no pros for the simple reason that because of the age bracket at NWC and the setup of the curriculum, it would put too much of a strain on both your studies and your finances. And because it would present a conflict between the time you devote to your studies and the time you would have to devote to your family.

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DAVE PETERS-SENIOR-marricd The biggest problem is time. After classes, family responsibilities, eight hours of work, and then studying, there is almost no time left to sleep. You never know what’s going on on campus, and you are left out of all extracurricular activities.

Weekends and vacations are used for long-term assignments (i.e., term papers, etc.). My advice is that the marriage rule at NWC should stay the way it is.

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iddler on the Roof, the Forum Society's 1982 final production, is now history.

That first weekend in April is long past. The stage has been swept clean, the props arc put away, the costumes are gone. But there are several important things remaining from Fiddler which, I hope, will never fade away.

Forum thought they might have to rewrite the play for the Ice Capadcs when a severe storm hit the weekend of the play, but despite the weather a record-breaking audience turned out. People flocked to Northwestern from Ixonia, Pipcrsville, Johnson Creek, even as far away as California (of course, one of those from California was the mother of an orchestra member, and she was planning to visit him anyway!). On the final night of the perform-

with people outside their own campus family.

Forum was privileged to become acquainted with people from all walks of life. They joined in the students’ fun, they pitched in on work (although it was interrupted at times for some massive paint fights), they invited collegiates into their homes. The cast numbered 53, as well as an orchestra. Working with such a huge group of people, each one with his or her own temperament and personality, could easily have caused disaster, but these devoted friends jumped right in to help. The town women provided their own props and costumes, they came to rehearsals on time and ready to work, and the ladies constantly encouraged and supported many of the students when they were down. In the last days before the per-

| Will the Circle Be Unbroken ? ance, nearly a thousand people packed the auditorium.

The audience also responded generously and enthusiastically with their financial con­ tributions. The amount of donations received broke yet another Forum record. The drama society definitely got their alms for the poor!

More important than statistics, however, is the rapport Fiddler created between the college and the Watertown community. Be­ cause of the large number of town people involved in the cast, the community showed a great interest in the production and turned out in force to see the final result of their work.

The single most important benefit gained from Fiddler is, no doubt, the great number of friendships NWC students were able to make

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formance, when all the actors were filled with the mixed emotions of excitement and dis­ appointment that it would soon be over, the smiling faces of such new friends kept every­ thing going. The students learned how to get along with every possible kind of person, an opportunity which will surely be a valuable tool in their future calling.

The opening number of Fiddler, called “Tradition,” sees the cast performing a large circle dance, dancing and spinning together.

The key word here is “together.” These people will always have memories of having been in a great performance, and we arc sure the “tradi­ tion" of forming new friendships will never end, while the circle of the friendships they have made will be unbroken.

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SPEAKING

v he oaken door stood before me, ominous I and forbidding, and I, with a key in my hand and a tightened belt around my waist, stood there, staring at that black plaque on the door. This was the B & R room.

I turned the key in the lock. The knob turned slowly, ever so slowly; like the sentences of a dull Ernest Hemingway novel, it turned and clicked open. I walked in.

The reel-to-reel recorder sat on the desk.

Somehow the thing had turned itself on when I stepped in. As I approached the desk, the words rang through the cheap speaker of the old tape machine: "Good evening, Mr. Phelps. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, will be to regain the interest of the student body.. . ” IJmmm, I thought. Mr. Phelps. The tape must be some kind of form letter for editors.

Perhaps this is why someone hung that cryptic black-and-white sign on the door. ".. .this interest, Mr. Phelps, was lost when the advertisements of your magazine became more fascinating than the written material Students began staring at the ring on the Salick jewelers ad and at the baby of Mullen’s Dairy Shop... ” I pulled the two ads out of the brown manila envelope on the desk. Indeed, these were formidable competitors. How could the editor of the Black & Red ward off foes like this and still retain ads for the business manager? I knew I was in for a tough year. . .but even these lost their interest­ stealing capabilities. Yet their effects had taken a toll. Student interest was on the way out of the B & R. Intramural soccer soon became the raging intellectual pastime of Northwestern College... ” Two eight-by-tens were in the envelope.

Ahh. The men behind the intramural soccer scandal, the men who may have been respon­ sible for the crumbling state of my decaying magazine: Dean Lindemann and Coach Thompson. ".. .to be sure, Mr. Phelps, you have lost 14

student interest. But it can be regained . . ” / stared at the recorder in stunned disbe­ lief. ". . .you have four choices of action, Mr. Phelps. You can: (bing!) Change the name of the maga­ zine (bing!) Change the format (bing!) Change the school (bing!) Change the student body.

You have one year to accomplish this. Good luck, Mr. Phelps. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. ” The reel-to-rcel clicked off In seconds it was smoking and hissing like an air-head, as if someone had poured acid on it. Within a minute it was gone. And I was standing there, alone. I looked at the sign on the door. "Well, Brad, "Isaid. "Welcome toMission:Impossible. " It sounds far-fctched, I know, but in some respects the idea of Mission: Impossible gels all too well with the B & R. Student interest is something almost no one can activate on a campus-wide scale. Some professors have tried it, some “C & C” writers have tried it, and even some janitors have tried it. But to motivate someone to read every article in the Black & Red? Impractical.

Every so often someone in the student body raises the complaint, “What’s the B & R for, anyway?” Houscphone humor raises its six ugly heads and writes its mark on the fore­ heads of the students-Thc Black and Dead.

And in the end, everyone in the dorm walks

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away with the impression: this is a lousy i. agazine.

But that isn’t true. The Black & Red is a gv,od magazine, when NWC campus residents make of it what they want in a magazine. John Miller, last issue’s editor, at the request of the student body, changed the format of the maga­ zine; he added columns like “Reviews,” “Cam­ pus Comments,” and “Dummheiten aus der Vergangcnheit.” Miller solicited more contribu­ tions from the student body. He really tried to involve everyone in what has been called previously by some “the magazine that only the/? & R staff reads.”

In many ways, he was successful. We didn’t make a survey this year; but had we, without much doubt we would have learned that stu­ dent opinion of the Black & Red has improved.

There arc those who foghorn the opinion that, “I wouldn’t read the Black & Red even if I could read,” yet they make up a much louder voice than they do a majority. By far, at least judging from the last survey taken, most stu­ dents are not so down on the B & R. Of course, we have our gripes. And that's

what the editor’s here for. If students want a readers’ response column, write the responses and I’ll put them in. If readers want more objective sports, more news, more photos, better poetry, more pertinent articlcs/intervicws/cditorials-tcll the editor in that response column. There is always space for improve­ ment; just help the B & R editor see it.

There is one thing I would like to make clear first of all, though. The B & R is a great deal more than just “Campus & Classroom.”

“C & C” is an integral part of this magazine, part of NWC and its lust for humor; but the B & R is not a stand-up comic’s reference book. Humor is a necessary part of life, true.

But it is not the only part. To make an issue cf nothing but humor would insult, first of all, the writers of “C & C” by making common­ place what takes hard work to create, and second, the minds of Northwestern’s students.

But they aren’t the only ones. Think about the alumni, parents of collegiates, and towns­ people who read this magazine.

People outside of Northwestern do realize NWC' exists, and the B & R is one of their

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only links to Northwestern College. J. Little of J. Little Photography of Watertown reads this publication thoroughly. When the Watertown Library doesn’t get its issue on time, it lets us know about it. All these people don’t depend on Forum to start a musical to get them involved in this school. They support us with their money, with their love, with their attendance at football games and basketball games and concerts and plays, and with their involvement in behind-the-scenes activities.

They care. And they want to know what’s going on here.

Perhaps that’s why the B & R presents more than just NWC humor. We have an obligation to fulfill. If that means your having to put up with a few interviews and articles that don’t appeal to you at the time, please

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ay breaks on another edition of the Black & Red and with it comes the changing of the Campus & Classroom guards-those tongue-incheek pioneers whose one-year mission is to seek out and explore new humor, to boldly laugh where no man has laughed before. Our sensors indicate severe censorship ahead, but with a smile as our forcefield we courageously press on. So cheer up, buckaroos, and prepare yourselves for a barrage of humor previously unknown to this planet. Your “space” is about to be invaded. Our bridge consists of these three space cadets: Kris Taves-beamed in from Lakeside High, KT, as he is affectionately known to his colleagues, has made his mark as the first pre­ maturely bald NWC student who would rather listen to Bruce “the Boss” than Bach.

Joel Rakos-loeYs only claim to fame before his appointment to C & C was his second runner-up status in the ’80 John Lennon look-alike sound-alike contest. From that day forward Joel’s primary fear has been that he will, one day, run into the second runner-up in the Mark David Chapman lookalike contest.

Pete Leyrer-Pete will be adding the steady, guiding hand of a senior to the C & C crew.

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We don’t want to cop out on the student body or on quality, however. The Black & Red’s primary duty is to serve the student body of Northwestern. That will be a difficult job. Past NWC students have demanded better art, better covers, better layouts, more objec­ tive and less scathing articles. This student group is no different. Quality is a Northwestern commitment, as it should be; and this staff will not let it down, God willing. We have a good staff and a talented student body. With their help, this will be a magazine to be proud of and not some Mission: Impossible.

Known to his admirers as “the Kitchen Magician,” Pete will slice, dice, chop, and grind his way into your hearts this next year.

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Okay, so Toppe-nopoly has got you all talking. Well, sure it was good, but come on guys, let’s get in step with the here and now!

Like, hey, man, the times they are a-changin’.

The rattle of them bones around the drawing room floor has given way to electronic bleeps and blips and droves of greasy seeps crowding into Fantasia in their REO Speedwagon t-shirts.

Well, the C & C staff, not to be outdone by a bunch of pockmarked adolescents dealing with the menace of Space Invaders and the pitfalls of puberty, has invented some of its own video games for the intellectual stimulation of the college crowd. And here they arc-look for them at your favorite malt shop soon: Birsch Blip: A spine chilling game requir­ ing lightning quick reflexes and nerves of steel.

The courageous player must use his laser cannon to blast away at the oncoming forces of the dreaded Marching Band. If the sturdy adventurer can rack up 20,000 points without being impaled on the drum major’s baton, he faces the terror of the vinyl boot-clad, mock rifle-bearing Color Guard.

Watertown Soph Maze: A perplexing and suspenseful game of skill for Freshmen and Sophomores. Maneuver your rusted-out Pinto through the mind boggling maze of one-way streets and dead ends we call Watertown.

Look out! You never know where or when you’re going to meet up with a member of the Car Committee or even the Dean. If you do, the game’s over, baby.

Roman History Rideout: Probably the most challenging game of all in the NWC arcade. Keep your player’s head erect and eyes open while the force of gravity drags at you mercilessly and the speakers softly coo, “Arc you sure you’re wide awake for this next point?” Perhaps the trickiest part of this game is the timing—you’ve got to know exactly when to smile and when to look like you really care about what happened to Marcus Aurelius.

Semester Week Marathon. In this exhaust­ ing test of skill the tenacious contestant attempts to wind his way through a confusing, hazy labyrinth which leads the adventurer from classroom to classroom to the bulletin board, and occasionally past the shower or a bed. Once the player has ground his way through the course he must take on the next of four grueling levels. If the player success­ fully completes all four levels, his cumulative

point total is flashed on the screen, e.g., PREVIOUS HIGH 2.08; NEW HIGH 2.22.

For the weak at heart the red emergency “punt” button is always close at hand. Be careful! This is not a game for beginners.

We do not recommend trying this one until you have mastered the rest of NWC video games.

Whether we admit it or not, the Preps are an integral part of campus life here at North­ western. We see them in the cafeteria and we pass them on the sidewalks. One could even say that the Preps are the little brothers and sisters of the campus family. And as the school year draws to a close, we must come to the realization that about sixty of our little brothers and sisters will be leaving home in search of bigger and better things.

Of course, some of the boys will be joining us in college next year as freshmen. But it just won’t be the same. No indeed, all too soon they will realize that showers are not an inte­ gral part of college life. They will find that there is no need to brush their teeth before the first class of the day. What were once those squeaky-clean Preps will rapidly metamorphose into overweight, unkempt, tobacco-spitting collegiates. Revolting, not so?

And what of the coeds? Certainly we will miss all the friendly “hellos” exchanged during the course of the day. While it is true that a new class of coeds will replace the class of ’82, getting acquainted with them takes time. Just think, next fall there will be twenty-seven fewer girls to take to Mullen’s for malts after classes are through for the day. Whose books will we carry back to Augsburg? With whom will we share refreshingly light conversation in the cafeteria? Will anybody be left to address us as “gentlemen?”

But there is a proverbial “silver lining” to every cloud, and considering our impending loss, we think it appropriate to recognize a few of the more prominent members of the Tertia class of ’82, and for what they will be missed most.

Jeff Dorn for his humble disposition— Nancy and Jason, whose lovesick stares during “hallway love” give you the impression that you've seen this all before watching Leslie and Lance on the Young and the RestlessClaudine Ninmann for the friendly ribbing exchanged with Chee over the Wittenberg 17

housephonc-Pat Cleveland, for trying to replace “Cheer for Old Northwestern” with “Ebony and Ivory” as the new school song-Liz Kison, for making a certain Frosh feel adequate for a year—Paula “Sammy Davis” Robinson, for her role in “Fiddler”-Robin Storrs, for instilling a hearty “U-Rah-Rah” into every collegiate breast, and Cyndi Harder for bestowing upon us all a persona as tangible as the briny deep itself.

We’ll miss them, but they will be semper in memoria.

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The sun cast a warm glow over the streets of Dodge as it reluctantly began its descent toward the western horizon. Miss Jean was on her way back to her apartment above the oneroom schoolhouse. “Tomorrow will be a busy day,” she thought. “I’ve got to reinforce that barbed wire around the third floor stairs and start training that new Doberman pup....”

Just then her thoughts were interrupted by a rustling in the sagebrush off to her left.

“Patrick! Is that you again?” she yelled, “Come out of there this instant!” But the rustling only continued. Miss Jean wasn’t used to not being listened to, so she stepped up to the clump of sage. Suddenly the underbrush parted and she found herself face to face with a viciously growling bloodthirsty beast. Miss Jean needed only a quick glance into those killer’s eyes to set her to flight, looking over her shoulder just long enough to confirm the most terrifying fears which nestled deep within her subconscious. It was a rabbit.

Miss Jean knew that something had to be done. She knew that that rabbit could not be left to terrorize Dodge. She knew that there was one man who could stop its awful rampage. She knew that that one man was Tidy Bill. She found Tidy Bill in his garage, lovingly polishing his trusty moped Flash. In a rush of emotion she told him of the terrifying events which had transpired just minutes before.

“Don’t you worry, Miss Jean ” said Tidy Bill as he nonchalantly flicked a stray blade of grass from his immaculate penny loafers.

“I’ll get that rabbit.”

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“I knew you’d come through, Tidy Bill,” said Miss Jean gratefully.

Tidy Bill grinned shyly. “Shucks,” he said, “I had to do something to keep you from crying on my garage floor.”

Tidy Bill took a final pebble from Flash’s front-tire tread and walked over to his shining white gun cabinet. The gleam of his 30.06 Winchester Model 700 caught his steely blue eyes. “Nah,” he said, “I want a rabbit gun.”

Next his glance fell on his own reflection in the highly polished walnut stock of his Brown­ ing 92. “Nope,” he thought, “that .44 mag is a nice piece of hardware, but it’s just not a rabbit gun.” Then he saw it: the .22 Marlin/ Glenfield Model 60. Tidy Bill swelled with the reminiscence of the glory that weapon had brought him. “Now there’s a rabbit gun.

There isn’t a rabbit alive’ll argue with my Model 60.”

Tidy Bill slung the rifle over his shoulder and mounted Flash. “Hop on, Miss Jean!” he cried cheerily, “We’re gonna get us a rabbit!”

With a roar and a puff of almost antiseptic smoke Tidy Bill and Miss Jean were on their way into Dodge.

Tidy Bill rode into town to a cheering crowd. “At last!” they cried out in unison, “Tidy Bill is here! He’ll save us!”

Tidy Bill cavalierly dusted off Flash’s parking space and dismounted. “All right!” he cried, “I want these streets cleared!” And the good people of Dodge went back to their homes. They knew that Tidy Bill didn’t mince words. “That means you, too, Miss Jean,” he said gently.

Miss Jean gave him a sad but confident smile and tied her scarf around his neck. “For luck,” she said. Tidy Bill adjusted the knot three degrees and walked off in search of the rabbit.

He picked up the rabbit’s spoor just behind the livery stable. Tidy Bill decided then and there that that rabbit had left tracks without cleaning up after himself for the last time. He followed the footprints all the way across town to a clump of bushes just outside the Golden Nugget Cafe. The hunter instinct in Tidy Bill told him that the beast was on the other side of those bushes. Tidy Bill sneaked into the bushes. Although he was upwind of the rabbit, Tidy Bill didn’t worry about the animal catching his scent. Tidy Bill has no

scent. Carefully, carefully Tidy Bill parted the bushes to get a look at the creature. A shiver went down even Tidy Bill’s spine as he saw the behemoth viciously tearing up grass by the roots. “That beggar,” he mumbled, “the least he could do is replace his divots!” Tidy Bill knew he needed just one clean shot, but the rabbit was out of range. Tidy Bill decided the situation called for desperate measures. He would have to goad the rabbit into attack to get the shot he wanted. Tidy Bill stood up.

“Hey, rabbit!” he cried, “I’ve got a pair of slippers made out of your mother!” With that the enraged brute became a veritable locomotive of flying fur and flashing incisors with but one terminal: Tidy Bill’s throat. Tidy Bill’s steely blue eyes narrowed as he smoothly snapped the Model 60 to his shoulder and cracked off the one clean shot he needed. The rabbit kicked once and was still. With professional curiosity Tidy Bill noted that the bullet found its mark precisely between the monster's eyes.

Having heard the shot, the good people of Dodge came streaming out into the streets.

“We have our town back again! Tidy Bill has saved the day!” they cried out as one.

“Well, I’d best be moving on,” said Tidy Bill humbly as he mounted Flash, “I’ve got to dust the back 40 before it gets too dark.”

“But how can we ever repay you?” asked the crowd.

Tidy Bill looked pensive for a moment.

“Well, I could use a new vacuum cleaner,” he said as he rode off into the setting sun.

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The baseball team started out this season with a new look. Coach Lloyd Thompson and Prof./Coach John Schmidt have filled the jacket of retired Coach Ed Pieper. The dynamic duo have done a bang-up job despite the team’s record. The Trojans were 7-12 in the wonlost column but finished in third place in the Wisconsin Baseball Conference.

Senior Phil Hirsch has been the leader of the team all season long as well as being some­ what of a base-stealing spectacle on the base paths. Squirt must have learned how to steal second base by watching gymnast Kurt Thomas execute a floor exercise routine. Before Phil is safely touching the bag he does a cartwheel flip and at least three rolls. The best part of his routine is watching Phil shake his head and laugh that classic Hirsch laugh.

Senior Steve Soukup is the veteran on a fledgling pitching staff. Early in the season Souks had his share of pitching blues. The problem was not that Steve could not hit the strike zone but that he shaved off his intimi­ dating “AI ‘Mad Hungarian' Hrabosky” Fu Man

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Chu moustache. Being the winter weight club guru did not help Steve’s early season per­ formance, but recently it helped him pitch a fine game against Maranatha and a seasonending shut-out against Concordia-Milwaukce.

After the shut-out Souks commented, “I have never thrown smoke like that before.”

The Trojan infield is quite a corps of competitors. Junior Ross Henzi has made some a la Craig Nettles stabs at third base while sophomores Tim Soukup and Chuck Westra have played consistently well at short-stop and second base, respectively. Vocal supporter Kris Tavcs has had to dig few balls out of the dirt at his first base post this season. And freshman utility in fielder Bill Werth has pro­ vided some clutch hitting and fielding along the way.

At the plate the Trojans were led by sopho­ more Joel Voss and freshman Ralph Rosenberg.

“Fuzz” had .333 batting average and led the club in extra-base hits while Rosenberg was the leading Trojan hitter, hitting at a .342 pace.

The pitching staff was led by off-speed specialist junior Steve Schmeling and sopho­ more fireballcr Tim Soukup. Freshman Dan Reich and John Hering have thrown some good relief innings along the way. And catcher Phil Pitt deserves a lot of credit for calming his pitchers down and getting the most out of them. Steve Soukup finished the season with a record of three wins, one loss; Steve Schmeling had the team's best ERA of 2.51.

The team will have an excellent party at the end of the year as a result of the traditional quarter fines. Each time a player commits an error on the field or a miscue from his mouth, he is fined a quarter. Phil Pitt led the team with

25 legitimate fines, while Dan Reich had at least 50 illegitimate but payable fines.

Throughout the season Rah-Rah was fined just for being Rah-Rah. Mild-mannered and mildmouthed Alan Tetzlaff received twenty fines this season, and he did not even appear in a ball game. The reason for this outlandish number of questionable fines can be traced back to the fact that quarter collector and party enthusiast Steve Soukup is planning to have a humdinger of a party at the end of the year.

The 1982 baseball season has been most enjoyable for players and fans alike. The team ended the season by winning four out of its last six ball games. The wins included a victory over Marquette by a score of 2-1 and a double header sweep over Concordia, Milwaukee. If the team’s success were determined by its record against Maranatha, then indeed the 1982 baseball season was a success. The Trojans took three out of four games from their crosstown rivals. When Big lid hears that report he may just stop planting tobacco long enough to smile.

19S2 All Conference Players Shortstop Tim Soukup Outfield Phil Hirsch Designated hitter Joel Voss Pitcher Steve Soukup Honorable mention Ross Henzi Phil Pitt Steve Schmeling Bill Werth TENNIS_______________________________ The 1982 Trojan tennis team enjoyed its best season ever. After a slow start caused by early April ice storms, the team finally got onto the courts for some intense net play.

The season dual meet record stands at four wins, one loss and four rainouts. Tutor/Instructor/Singer/Trainer/Coach Michael Woldt has tabbed this season as the year of the attractions.

Leading the team is number one singles player Martin Spriggs. The California ace has been a big attraction on the courts, boasting a

near-perfect singles record. Hampered by pulled rib cage muscles, the tow-headed star lost the conference singles championship in three sets, but this sophomore has two years to earn that distinct title. His success has been the result of a strict training program. Not only does this program include long hours on the courts, but it includes a steady habit of attend­ ing early chapel and taking long walks on Friday nights. When asked for the reason of his courtly success, Marty grinned and said, “It’s all in the grip.”

Another attraction this season has been the pipy of a group of lively freshmen. The MLPS triumvirate includes number-two player Todd Nelson, number-six man Brad Pearson and unnumbered player Paul Koelpin. For lack of recognition on campus. Paul has taken to his stylish Elton “Poindexter” John glasses in class. He claims that his regular pair is broken, but we know that he just wants to give the tennis team a little more publicity.

The last freshman is NPS monovertebrate Dan Leyrer, the team's number-four player.

Rounding out the team are number-three player Martin Bentz, number-five Paul Schaefer, number-seven man Jon Kuske and exhibition­ ists Ron Siemers and Charlie Raasch.

At the conference meet on May 8 and 9 in New Ulm, the Trojans smashed their opponents.

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Except for Martin Spriggs’ second place finish, the team won the remaining six seeds. The doubles teams of Spriggs/Nelson, Leyrer/Bentz and Schaefer/Pcarson were each victorious.

The team has no seniors and should return intact next year.

Twin Rivers College Conference Tennis Championship First place NWC 34 points Second place Northwestern, Roseville 9 points Third place DMLC 8 points

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Trojan tracksters enjoyed another fun season of running, jumping and throwing.

Although the team was lacking in numbers it had some outstanding individual perform­ ers. Coach Jerome Kruse had each member of the team in as many events as possible.

Senior captain Mark Wessel set an individ­ ual record for leg endurance. Knife competed in no less than six events at every track meet.

After wearing out his legs in the long, triple and high jumps, Wessel then ran the 100 yd. dash and the 440 relay and anchored the mile relay team. After every meet Mark would shake his head and say, “1 don’t know how my legs ever made it.”

For the past four seasons the track team has been privileged to hear those old musty track stories about the glory days at MLS. The storytellers are weightmen Dan Marshall 22

and Eric Zimmerman and high jumper Jack Kelly. Normally, their stories would be dull and boring, but on those long bus rides to/ from Lawrence and Chicago they kept the team laughing.

The field events have been a strong point for the team this season. Jack Kelly was con­ sistently scaling 6’ in the high jump. At a dual meet against Lawrence Jack finally toppled Mark Toepel’s high jump record by arching over the bar at 6’3”. Eric Zimmerman con­ sistently pushed the shot put 42’, and Dan Marshall whirled the discus a personal best of 125’7”. The javelin was a popular event for the Trojans. Senior John Schroedcr looked great throwing the javelin this year. His Florida tan scored a lot of points with the girls. Fresh­ man Mike Schulz vaulted over 12’ at nearly every meet. At the Elmhurst Relays he jumped a personal best of 12’6”. Gene Sims, Mark Wessel, and Dan Helwig strained their muscles in the long and triple jumps.

In the running events this year the Trojans kept pace with most of their competition all season. The distance events were handled by the trio of Andy Bauer, Jay Bcndewald, and Ross Stclljcs. Despite their coughing and com­ plaining, the trio ran the half-mile, mile, and three mile at every meet during the season.

Randy Loux and Jud Krohn, junior Jon Balge, and senior Jon Tcsch gave the Trojans a solid core of middle distance runners. Randy was ever so close to setting the school record in the 440 yd. dash. Gene Sims and John Liebenow, Joe Schlawin and Mark Wessel were the sprint­ ing corps.

The team placed 5th in the Lawrence In­ vitational and last in the Elmhurst Relays. In dual meet competition the Trojans lost to Lawrence 76-74 and to Concordia River Forest 76-66. But those losses were more than made up for when the Trojans humbled the Crusaders of Maranatha 126-24.

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The remaining varsity golfers are senior Tim Zarling, junior Ray Bell, sophomores Tim Satorius, Joel Smith, and Keith Schreiner, and freshman Mark Buske.

The team placed second in the Midwest Conference match held at the Watertown Country Club. Another highlight of the season was the MATC Invitational, where the Tro­ jans finished fifth out of ten teams. The grudge match with the alumni turned out to be the closest ever in the history of the match. After eighteen holes the top eight golfers were tied, and when the score of the ninth golfer was added the alumni had squeaked out another victory. Coach Scllnow and his alumni cronies continue to jinx the college team, and with Davey and Zar joining the “opposition” next year the future looks dim.

The first annual Super Hackers Tournament was held at Paganica Golf Course on a blustery Sunday May 9th. Tournament organizers Dave Sellnow and Joel Smith were pleased with the number of participants (37) but not so pleased with the results, since neither of their teams won. The winners of the coveted green jacket-(this is not just cute copy, they actually gave a green sport jacket to the winner) was the team of Tim Satorius, Jud Krohn, Roger Rockhoff and Andy Krause.

GOLF The golf team enjoyed another relaxing and rewarding season on the area links. What sport could be more enjoyable? What activity could give more relief from the school routine than a day at the golf course? The Trojan golf team is never short of participants, and again this year some of those amateur golfers recorded some pretty fair score cards.

Senior Davey Sellnow was the leading golfer on the team this year. He was embar­ rassed to report that he has not shot an 80 this season, but when you considered that this guy spent many a sleepless night writing C & C, printing T-shirt logos, organizing golf tourneys and dorm council sessions, it is amazing that Davey can even walk around a course, much less hit the ball with any degree of accuracy.

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B6cR CRY, don’t “load out” at Scm.!

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Q‘bhamlet To eat, or not to eat: that is the question: Whether’t is nobler in the morning to get up And eat of that meal called breakfast, Or to calmly endure all the noises, And by sleeping, not hear them? To eat: to gorge; No more: for by a meal to say we end The heart-bum and the thousand peculiar aches That stomach is heir to, ’tis a satiation Greatly to be desired. To eat, to gorge; To gorge: perhaps get indigestion: ay, there’s the groan; For after that gorging of food what ’mares may come When we have shuffled off to an inviting bed,

Must give us palpitations: there’s the dread That makes unwisdom of so much eating; For who would get up to fare on the Crisps of Rice, The puffs of wheat that Quakers have produced, The shreds of Ralston, the meal of oats, The nuts of grapes, and the million other species that Kellogg has trumped up, When he himself might an additional half hour take In a soft bed? Who would get up in the morning, To eat and partake of such a meal, But that the dread of something after sleep, An unwelcome invitation to the office And a rebuke, causes one to reconsider And makes us rather eat the food we have Than stay in bed and bear the brunt of future rules?

Thus thinking does make risers of us all; And thus the usual morning cereal Is gazed upon by a weary lot, And recalling breakfasts of abundant ham and eggs, With this thought our stomachs we turn away.

And leave the hall of dining. But soft you now!

The tutor comes! With good deception Perhaps thou mayst sleep through again.

AUJMNI CALLS

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—Pastor Marcus Bode (’73), of Aurora, IL, accepted a call to teach languages at MVLHS, New Ulm, MN. —Pastor Karl Fuhlbrigge (’55), formerly of Findlay, OH, accepted a call to Elizabeth, IL. —Pastor Peter Kruschel (’72), formerly of Grace, Milwaukee, WI, accepted a mission call to South Orlando, FL, and will be installed in June 1982.

—Pastor John Kurth (’61), formerly of Blantyre, Africa, accepted a call to be princi­ pal at MLHS, St. Joseph, MI, and was installed on April 18, 1982.

—Pastor Roger Vomhof (’62), formerly of Fairfax, MN, accepted a call to Altura, MN. —Pastor Douglas Weiser (’66), formerly of Trinity, Aberdeen, SD, accepted a call to Calvary, Bellvue, WA, and will be installed in June 1982.

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-Pastor Herbert Birner (’38) of Burton, MI, celebrated his 40th year in the ministry on May 2,1982.

—Pastor Ronald Freier (’54) of Grace, St. Joseph, MI, celebrated his 25th year in the ministry on May 23, 1982.

RETIREMENTS —Prof. Erwin Scharf (’28) of Northwestern College will retire at the end of the 1982 school year.

BIRTHS —A son, Nathan Jon Meister, was bom to Pastor and Mrs. David Meister (’77) on Febru­ ary 28, 1982.

ENGAGEMENTS —David Nottling (’79) is engaged to Linda Duehlmeier. A wedding is planned for August 7, 1982.

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September 6

Labor Day-no school. Set aside a few moments to pause and reflect on these words of Ulysses S. Grant: “Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men disgrace labor.”

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Soccer team runs away from home to play Milton College.

The Trojan 22 plus special teams battle Concordia of Minnesota in Dad’s Day gridiron action. “One father is more than 100 schoolmasters.” - George Herbert

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The desire to reminisce arises not so much I think from the number of years you may happen to have accumulated as from the number of those who meant most to you in life who have gone on the long journey.

They were the bulwarks, the bright spires, the strong places. When they have gone, you are a little tired, you rest on your oars ...

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When I first darkened the halls of North­ western Prep in 1956, Professor Doctor Elmer Kiessling was sixty-one, but he did not seem old. The Lord had blessed him bountifully for those sixty-one years and would for yet anoth­ er twenty-five. The blessings of a fine mind, of an appreciation for the beauty of the English language, and of patience confronted by ig­ norance, were all given to the service of Chris­ tian education.

And we were ignorant. He taught us the difference between its and it's, farther and

further, restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses, allude and refer, compare to and compare with, effect and affect, imply and infer, and loan and lend. After countless instructions we learned, but did not always remember, that the adjective unique cannot be modified, that the subjunctive of was is were, that different from is proper English usage and different than is not to be used in polite company, and that the expression and/or must be avoided by all thinking men. In class he would frequently amuse us by illustrating misplaced modifiers: “Coming over the hill late one night, the house came into view”; “The woman with the rose trellis came out of the house”. He showed us also finer points of the English language; to choose a point of view and to stick to it; not to change verb tenses unless absolutely demanded by the sequence of events; to avoid the passive voice.

In 1981 I sent Professor Kicssling some­ thing of mine which had appeared in print a few months earlier. He must have read it care­ fully because he sent me a critique and noted that “on page 19” I had said, “very inter­ ested”, and reminded me that “very much in­ terested” was the correct usage. It is something he had learned from Dr. J. H. Olt (see E. C. Kiessling, Watertown Remembered 119761, page 216), and the teaching instinct naturally encouraged him to pass on the point of gram­ mar to me.

But he was not a grammarian only. To sev­ eral scores of classes of young students he brought a first exposure and first love of Wordsworth, Browning, and Kipling. His joy in Shakespeare was infectious; he loved the poet­ ry so much, I could not help but catch it from him. Students do not always learn with their minds; much is learned from teachers through feelings. In addition to literature he was a stu­ dent of the history of the Synod, NWC, Watertown, and Wisconsin. He was a voracious read­ er, but he carried his learning lightly.

Students were always “Ladies and Gentle­ men”. They were addressed in that way and in that way brought to order. He had a habit of reaching for his glasses and adjusting them whenever he wished to make an important point-the kind of point that later would ap­ pear on a test. Like classes before and after ours, we called him “Doc.” Like classes before and after, we came to use it with respect. His wife called him “Rex,” and, I understand, so

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In Memorian Gareth Schmeling An alumnus remembers Dr. Kicssling

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The True Religion As viewed by an atheist

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Eckankar Phil Lueders An expose on one of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest, but most hidden cults

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King of January A prose-poem

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SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1982 Volume 86, No. 2 Published since 1897 by students of Northwestern College, 1300 Western Avenue, Watertown, WI 53094.

Subscription, S4.00.

Entered at the Post Office at Watertown, Wisconsin, as Second Class Matter-under the act of March 3, 1879. Second Gass Postage paid at Watertown, Wisconsin.

did a great many other persons, I cannot re­ member that anyone ever called him “Elmer.”

After I left Northwestern in 1963, we cor­ responded at frequent intervals, he telling me of his newest literary discovery and I passing on things I had found. He and Esther visited us in Florida, and we stopped in at South Fourth Street when we were in Wisconsin. In the sum­ mer of 1981 I gave him a copy of Percy’s Lan­ terns on the Levee. On the twenty-first of Sep­ tember 1981 (“My 86th Birthday”) he wrote and said that he had read the whole book in one day. Because he liked the book so much I use a quotation from it here as an epigraph. Be­ cause he liked Browning so much and taught me to like him, I use a poem of Browning as the postcript. His birthday letter is the last communication I had with him. I shall miss him.

GARETH SCHMELING

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A GRAMMARIAN’S FUNERAL

by Robert Browning Let us begin and carry up this corpse, Singing together.

Leave we the common crofts, the vulgar thorpes, Each in its tether Sleeping safe on the bosom of the plain, Cared-for till cock-crow...

Leave we the unlettered plain its herd and crop; Seek we sepulture On a tall mountain, citicd to the top, Crowded with culture!...

This is our master, famous, calm, and dead, Bome on our shoulders.

Sleep, crop and herd! sleep, darkling thorpe and croft.

Safe from the weather!

He, whom we convey to his grave aloft, Singing together, He was a man bom with thy face and throat, Lyric Apollo!...

“Time to taste life,” another would have said, “Up with the curtain!”

This man said rather, “Actual life comes next?

Patience a moment!

Grant I have mastered learning's crabbed text.

Still, there’s the comment.

Let me know all. Prate not of most or least.

Painful or easy; ...”

That low man seeks a little thing to do.

Secs it and does it: This high man, with a great thing to pursue.

Dies ere he knows it.

That low man goes on adding one to one.

His hundred's soon hit: This high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit.

That, has the world here—should he need the next, Let the world mind him!

This, throws himself on God, and unperplext Seeking shall find Him...

This man decided not to Live but KnowBury this man there?

Here—here’s his place, where meteors shoot, clouds form.

Lightnings are loosened, Stars come and go! let joy break with the stormPeace let the dew send!

Lofty designs must close in like effects: Loftily lying, Leave him-still loftier than the world suspects, Living and dying.

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Even in today’s society it serves as a valuable pacifier in keeping people quiet, restful, patient. I wouldn’t want to live without it.

Yet at times 1 get so tired of living with it because I don’t need it. I’m an atheist.

I haven't always been an atheist. I was bom and raised in a good Christian home. I studied my Bible stories throughout Christian day school and learned to apply the lessons to my own life during high school through Y.P.S. Now I’m a senior at college about to graduate.

Somewhere along that route the, milk of God’s Word turned sour. It curdled in my soul and 1 vomited it out again and flushed it away. My Christianity didn’t putrefy overnight.

It was a slow process turning first to agnosticism and finally to atheism. I know that some people say. there are no atheists. I don’t know about that. I don't see why people can't be bad without blaming it on somebody, nor why people can’t be good and not have to have that goodness come from some other source.

Just look at the world around us: rumors of wars, cold wars, nuclear wars, people starv­ ing, famines scorching, diseases robbing preci­ ous lives. Where is God? Where Is our loving God? Rich people balance on high heels, splash on aftershave and cologne, dine on lobster, cruise in Mercedes Benzes, arid relax in air-conditioned mansions. People elsewhere scarcely have the energy to lift a fried maggot to their lips. Is this justice? What happened to our just God? Perhaps he’s talking, or sleeping.

Perhaps he’s in pursuit, or gone traveling. But we need him here and now.

God’s Son. Jesus Christ, is negligent too, and has occasioned the slaughter of many.

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THE NARROW PATHWAY think any Christian can read a I don’t testimony like “The True Religion’’ without heartfelt sadness. If this testimony is an honest one, and if its author really believes what he has written, then each one of us has lost a baptized brother in Jesus Christ, one to whom “the milk of God’s Word turned sour.” I believe that those words are a very ill-fitting analogy, the Word of God can never turn sour, but it can be rejected by a digestion which has been corrupted by one of the infectious spiritual diseases that are depressingly com­ mon these days. And this is the cause of an even greater sadness, that the author’s testi­ mony is by no means an isolated case, but it reflects one of the prevailing spirits in our world today. Whole nations and peoples have looked at the world around them and have declared that the pain and suffering evident everywhere prove that if there is a God, He isn’t interested in human affairs anymore, and that since He hasn’t built us a heaven on earth as yet, we had better start doing so our­ selves.

Compared to much of this secular, humanistic spirit, the author’s atheism seems a bit watered-down, almost mild, in places.

He still hasn’t followed his professed beliefs to their final logical conclusions; he still re­ tains some respect for the good Christianity has accomplished, and he still cherishes hopes that men will follow the Ten Commandments and produce a sane, rational society. We have to hope he remains at this point and doesn’t sec how untenable these ideas are, but per­ haps he will go on. Perhaps he will consider with Marx and Hitler that if Christianity isn’t true, then it isn’t even the worthwhile social institution that he speaks of, but an impedi­ ment to true progress; a “valuable pacifier” in today’s turbulent world is a contradiction in terms. Perhaps he will begin to understand that people through the ages have shown no desire

fought in his name, both killing the barbarians and being killed. Thousands of children were captured and sold as slaves. What a* loving Savior! Christians always speak of love, and yet they forced American Indians to convert from their pagan ways at gunpoint.'They called the Indians savages just because they lived in a different way and wore different dress. They ate different food, they worshiped different gods, they lived in a different culture. So the Christians slaughtered them off. What a loving God this is—Father and Son. Although Jesus Christ created quite a wave in the bath water of human affairs, he hasn’t been the only “mediator, teacher, savior” this world has seen. In India, the Buddhists hold to the teachings of their “Anointed One” - Buddha. The Hindus revere Mahatma Gandhi. In China the teachings of the “First Teacher,” Confucius, arc mixed with those of the “Old Master,” Tao, to form the national religion. These men too have soothed troubled souls, quieted consciences, comforted survivors, and turned the sorrow of many into joy. To pick out one as the prophet requires one warm, steaming pic, and one little Jack Horner to stick in his thumb, pull out a plum, and say, “This is my prophet; choose I.” I could choose a religion no other way.

Yet Christians try to prove that Christianity is the one religion. They point to findings of Creation Scientists, who say that the evidence proves a six-day creation. Other scientists examine the very same evidence and declare that it supports an evolutionary process con­ sisting of millions of years. Christians point to the cross Jesus hung on. But I’ve never seen it.

They point to the sepulchre in which Jesus was lain and its now empty state. But I’ve never seen it. If it is truly empty today, two thousand years of excuses could arise to • explain the body’s disappearance. Maybe the disciples did steal it during the night. I need more proof!

Some Christians seem to forget that their beliefs cannot be proved. Baptists are the worst. They are armed to spread the blood of Jesus Christ on every pair of door frames they find, and they find mine too often. They claim I need to let the love of Christ enter ray heart in order to be saved. They stick their foot in the door and just about talk my ear off. I have my rights! I don’t harass them, why must they harass me? If they do have the love of

to obey the Ten Commandments in the interest of mere social order, and that relying on the fuzzy wish most people have to live in a “better world” to change our unjust society isn’t going to work any better. What is he then left with? A world without a God. peopled by unjust, self-serving men, and, I believe, a whole lot of despair; nothing more.

The objection the author raises to the exist­ ence of God, namely, that the amount of pain in the world shows that a God can’t be involved in our lives, is certainly not a new or uncom­ mon one. I’m sure none of us would argue that this world is a place of pain and suffering; maybe some kind of personal tragedy has brought this home to the author at one time or another. Deaths, illnesses and other personal tragedies are always difficult to deal with for anyone, Christian or unbeliever, and yet for a Christian they can never cancel out faith in a just and loving Heavenly Father. Those who know what God’s Word says arc not at all surprised that there are hardships and suffer­ ings in this life. In its very first book Scripture tells how pain and suffering entered the world, and shows us that the trouble with our world is man’s fault, not God’s. It speaks time and time again of how even devout men and women of God endured wars, famines, plagues and per­ secutions. It tells on a grand scale how all Creation is groaning and travailing in pain, and what this pain will eventually accomplish, and its words are clear. The universe is the scene of a great war between good and evil.

We live in territory occupied by the enemy, whom our first parents yielded to and invited here. And at a predetermined moment in history God sent His only Son to our world to save us from the mess we and the enemy have made of it and of ourselves, through new spiritual life here and now and eternal life with God in the world to come. This is the truth we feed our souls.on, which sustains us when the hardships come. And when they come we cannot afford to throw up our hands in despair and reject God simply because His ways are not our ways.

A second reason the author has given for his rejection of God is that a church which has perpetrated wrongs and injustices throughout history cannot, in his judgment, be the true one or be guided by a loving Savior. Actually, in his statement of this objection the author has done some pretty fast shuffling; he levels his charges 29

Christ implanted in their hearts, fine. But they had better show that love to me before they decide to hogtie me and brand it into my heart.

It doesn’t take the love of Christ to moti­ vate man to follow the Ten Commandments.

I strive to follow them the best I can just for my own sense of satisfaction; Actually, 1 don’t actively obey the first three concerning God, but 1 do respect the rights of others to worship and believe in God as they wish. The remainder of the Commandments l consider common sense if a sane, rational society is to be main­ tained. If only all those who call themselves Christians would follow them, this world would be a better place.

1 don't mean to point my fingers at Chris­ tianity for all the troubles in this world. As l said before, it has aided the world in many ways. But I do wish Christianity would stop : pointing its finger at me, the unbeliever, for all this world's woes. Babies are bom, boys grow old, old men die. So will all Christians, and so will I. Editor's note: The author is a graduate of Northwestern college. The' above article: "The True Religion: an atheist’s point of view” is an effort on his part to present the tragic beliefs of a close friend. For the sake of all of us who rarely meet this point of view, we print this article with his permission.

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indiscriminately against individual Christians, the Christian church as a body, and Jesus Christ Himself, as if each were responsible for the wrongs he ascribes to any of the group.

Obviously it is rediculous to blame Jesus for the Crusades or the plight of the American Indians. Jesus never preached persecution or conversion by the sword as many human teachers have; His only weaon is the good news of God’s love. Certainly the earthly organiza­ tion known as the Christian church was respon­ sible for terrible injustices in the past, but these were caused by insufficient understanding of who Jesus is and what His mere Word can do. The Christian Church is made up of human beings. Human beings sin. Human beings mis­ understand each other; incredibly, they often hate and kill each other. But these are not fruits of their devotion to Christ, but of their hardheartedness toward Him and His command to “love one another, even as I have loved you.”

Only in such Christian love is there hope for our world; only when faith in Christ moves men to put such love into practice will we begin to erase the ills and persecutions which the author brings to our attention. Trying to move toward decency and order under our own power, which our author recommends, has gotten us nowhere in the past and will continue to get us nowhere in the future.

Atheism always confronts us in the dis­ guise of rational, sober realism. The essay before us is no exception; its author repeatedly asks us to look at the world around us, and he demands that we offer him some kind of proof that our faith is the true one and that Jesus’ life, death and resurrection are real, historical facts. It seems that the author’s objection to our faith is that we accept too many things on authority which we have not seen, touched or heard ourselves. He is, of course, quite correct; we Christians do believe that Jesus was real and that He died and rose again for our justification, all on the basis of evidence offered by contemporaries. Yet I don’t think the author is ready to follow through on his contention that we must be­ lieve only what we can prove to ourselves with our own five senses. How, for example, does he know that the Crusades which he speaks of actually did take place? that there was an American Civil War? that George Washington defeated the British at Yorktown? He relies on the testimonies of outside authorities, of

course , and if he didn’t allow himself to do so he would be forced to know little or nothing all his life.

The authorities and the historical events we turn to for proof of our beliefs are just as real and factual as those on which the author bases his knowledge of other history. In the Gospels, for instance, we have four different records of the events of Jesus’ life written com­ pletely independently of each other, yet which agree with each other with startling accuracy.

In fact, the ways in which they differ serve to prove their authenticity even more, because the differences are just what we would expect from accounts told by four different people, speaking from four different viewpoints, striving for four different emphases. Our faith is in a historical Jesus, and the historical event which we can pin our hopes on completely is Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. In spite of our author’s objection, the resurrection is a fact established in the mouths of over 500 witnesses who actually saw Jesus after He had escaped from the tomb. The Apostles and Evangelists here again provide us with factual accounts which differ slightly from each other the way a mutual fabrication never could. The Scriptures which tell us that Jesus is risen are honest, historical and authoritative; much more so than many of the shadowy legends and questionable documentation that provides much of our knowledge of other past events.

No, I personally have never seen the empty tomb either, nor have I heard a voice from heaven. But we Christians do accept the reliable witness of God’s Word; the Holy Spirit planted the faith in our hearts that takes hold of the Gospel message, and we believe.

Apparently our author has seen babies bom, boys growing old and old men dying, and not without pain and suffering along the way. But he has not seen God-given faith being bom in their hearts, growing strong with its trials, and taking them to heaven when their time on earth is through. And therefore he has missed everything.

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ECKANKAR he young woman’s voice on the recorded phone message reads in an earnest tone, “ ‘Eckankar’ is a way of life. Through it, the universal questions of mankind are seen in their deepest meaning, and answered by the direct experience of God.” This is the first word that the inquiring caller receives about the religion of Eckankar (ECK-ahn-kar), at least from the Milwaukee chapter office on 53rd Street. A deeper look reveals the teaching that God cannot be found in words, books and doctrines, but only through spiritual consciousness expanding and soul travel into the “God worlds,” under the guidance of the “Living ECK Master.”

HISTORY OF A MOVEMENT Who is the Living ECK Master? Nobody knew until 1965, when Kentucky-born Paul Twitchell introduced “the ECK” to American seekers. Twitchell, a naval gunnery officer in World War II, and later a journalist and PR man, felt a fascination for Eastern religions and mysticism. Between 1950 and 1964 he held memberships in Swami Premananda’s Self Rev­ elation Church of Absolute Monism, L. Ron Hubbard’s Scientology movement, and Ruhani Satsang, the “Divine Science of the Soul,” led by guru Kirpal Singh.

Even after Twitchell broke with the latter group, many writings and teachings of Ruhani Satsang were to appear later in Eckankar, along with concepts from various branches of Hindu­ ism. In its study of Eckankar, the Journal of the Spiritual Counterfeits Project cites re­ searcher David Lane, documenting case after case of pure plagiarism by Twitchell, who in his books more than borrowed from an Eastern re­ ligion enthusiast named Julian Johnson. John­ son did his writing in the 1930’s.

Twitchell’s overly active imagination, his ambition, and delusions of grandeur led to his parting from Kirpal Singh. In 1963 Twitchell finished a manuscript describing his fantastic visions and adventures on the soul planes, claiming Kirpal Singh as his spiritual tour guide. Singh denied Twitchell’s mystical tales and quietly denounced his ambition. This was the beginning of their split.

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Thus, those who are tutored by Eckankar’s soul guides are above religion, and are a truly elite group. Twitchell wrote in the Spiritual Notebook: "We are kings and queens of the earthly realm, appointed by the divine SUGMAD to take our place here as Its representatives. We are to act as Godly instruments through which the ECK flows to the world and uplifts human­ ity. ” The ECK disciple, or chela, has begun a spiritual journey which will free his soul from the burden of bad Karma, and from the pros­ pect of one more in a series of reincarnations that goes back to the beginning of all life.

These are key doctrines in Hinduism, but Ec­ kankar claims superiority to any religion that worships God or gods. God-consciousness is found within us, by freeing the soul through meditation and serving the ECK Master. None of the great religious leaders, or the Eastern mystics who influenced Twitchell, can lead the

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by Phil Lueders God-seeker any higher than the “psychic plane.” Only an ECK Master can take a chela into the soul planes toward oneness with the infinite SUGMAD. The chela soon learns the supreme status of not only the SUGMAD, but the Living ECK Master. Twitched wrote, The true ECK Master is a Sat-Guru ap­ pointed by the Supreme Deity . .. He is the first manifestation of God, the ultimate SUGMAD. . .The Sat-Guru is the Son of God. This same expres­ sion was used to describe Christ during His stay on Earth.

Occasional references arc made to Jesus Christ as a great spiritual leader. Now and then He is quoted, and Twitched even plagiarizes the Bi­ ble by attributing some of Christ’s words to ECK Masters: Rami Nuri the great ECK Master in charge of the Shariat-Ki SUGMAD at the Temple of Golden Wisdom on Ve­ nus, said, "He who drinks of the stream of ECK can never thirst, but in him is a well of water springing up in­ to life everlasting." (See John 4:14) In other writings Twitched denounces Christianity and cads Jehovah a belief prompt­ ed by “Kal Niranjan,” Eckankar's angel of death who inhabits the lower planes. Twitched merely paid lip sendee to Christ to use Him as an apparent advocate, to attract spiritual “shoppers” who might have a vague respect for Christ.

ECKANKAR TODAY Eckankar’s Son of God died of a heart at­ tack in a hotel room in 1971. But he was not irreplaceable, and less than a year after he “translated,” Mahanta Darwin Gross began his ten years as the Living ECK Master. Although Gross was less charismatic than his predecessor, the movement continued to expand. It has cen­ ters on every continent, and prospers through the sale of ECK-related items. Unlike the “Moonies,” it limits sales to members and in­ terested parties. Members do not live in com­ munes, as in many cults. But even though they are taught not to worship any living being, the

ECKists revere a man as the “Son of God.” They believe that they see him in their soul tra­ vels, and they serve him at his will. Some people might read “cult” into this.

Last October Darwin Gross retired and passed his office of Living ECK Master to Har­ old Klemp, a native of Waupaca, Wisconsin.

The ECKists have yet another “Son of God” to reverence.

ECKANKAR AND THE CHRISTIAN Of ad the American sects and cults that of­ fer the attractions of Eastern religions, Eckankar is one of the most threatening to weak Christians and prospective converts to Chris­ tianity. The inquirer is told that he may prac­ tice any religion in conjunction with Eckankar.

But as the disciple advances, he encounters stiff opposition to any belief other than Eckan­ kar. One cannot be a Christian and an Eckist.

Only a very weak Christian could seriously consider becoming a chela.

The lack of organized church formality and the initial minimizing of doctrine attract people who arc impatient with these aspects of the more established churches. The chela is promised beautiful spiritual visions and raptur­ ous music in the “God worlds.” This prospect invites the spiritual seeker who has a shallow view of Christianity. To him, our God seems distant; Jesus is just another wise spiritual leader who happened to die for what He be­ lieved. Eckankar promises blissful contact with a vague deity who is not so much a being as a state of being. The moral guidelines it provides are vague as well, although ECK writings do en­ gage in some moralizing, and even more doctrinalizing.

Those who seek spiritual fulfillment, but are either disillusioned with established churches or simply unconscious of their need for salvation through Jesus Christ, are prey for Eckankar. And the Eckists seem satisfied with whatever deceptive psychological or spiritual phenomenon is passing for God-consciousness.

In unworldly light and sound, the Eckists be­ lieve they see and hear God, but they need to know that they are accepting a deadly substiB&R tute.

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To myself, of course, for there is no one else left; the crash when I fell was great and dis­ lodged all hangers-on and frightened away the few jackals that still dared to dog my heels.

Masterful engineers, the noble loggers hewed carefully at my ankles, and when 1 began to groan and rock they smiled, for they saw that I would drop true into the clearing, where they could strip away my sturdier branches and leave just the naked, feeble trunk which now lies and decomposes. They left me only this castle and a withered old hunchback who lights my candles and boils me a few knuckle-bones when I hunger. He is below, tending to what­ ever it is he busies himself with ; he has no heart to stand on the battlement and freeze day after day as I must.

Why must I? Ask why I breathe; this is me now, this is that which I rule over, my office.

Can it be that I find solace in gazing over the fields because I too am fruitless and rock-hard and covered with gray and white? Am I a tired old man who wants to die with his eyes locked on a scene that never changes? Do I need the wind to blow through my ears and drown the ghosts of thoughts about battles and banquets and tribute and maidens in silk, ghosts which haunt me still and make me sigh and crackle the frost on my mantle? No; I do not seek the fields, or a landscape, or even the howl in my

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Thus hovering, thus singing to myself, I wait for what must come, for what has taken place years ago in all but tangible fact. It is not eagerly I wait, but content, not for that men will remember my name but for that they will forget it. For I know that my foolishness and pomp and pride have passed away; their last vestiges are being stripped by the wind even now, and I will be able to go laughing and dancing. My spectacle must arouse pity in the peddler or serf who passes by on the road, but he it is that I pity, for he knows not what he is seeing: a man being made whole again, a man being prepared for a tranquil death. The snow and the gray anoint me with frost, and slowly, ever so slowly, I become fit to join my true peers in the ground behind the chapel, and it will sadden me not at all; as soon as I am ready, which just now I am not, but soon. Soon. I am a rock still craggy and covered by moss and li­ chen. But the cold will kill the lichen and the wind will blast me smooth until I’m a rock which a barefoot child may slap with a chubby hand and play on.

It takes time, but it will soon come. And it is enough for an old, old man who haunts the same old castle wall day after day, who lets the mist from his tearful eyes harden and chafe his wrinkled, leathery cheeks. Here in the gray and the cold my dross is refined away, and soon, purified, I can dissolve into a larger mass of the snow and cold which is now myself.

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The stately brick buildings drew his atten­ tion away from the cracked sidewalk. These wizened old oaks and century-aged buildings were oozing with highbrow hauteur: yet they seemed homey, comfortable, inviting. Weren’t these the homes of proud and arrogant schol­ ars? Wasn’t this a Bastille of materialism? The boy passed by the Administration Building with its stone-capped brick walls and plush green lawn. Here was the philosophy-history center, near the Field House. If he was going to learn anything about secular education, this was as good a place to start as any. In a mo­ ment, he had disappeared inside.

A couple of third-year law students saw him pass through the doors.

“Never seen him before. You know him?’’ one asked.

“Nope. Better leave him alone, though. He may be one of us. ’’ We at Northwestern talk frequently about secular education. It’s almost an obsession with us. Of the first two commencement speeches in the field of Humanities that I have heard on this campus, one criticized the unloving atti­ tudes of secular teachers and counselors, the other proclaimed, “The Humanistic Wolf Lurk­ ing in Education.” Counting those major dis­ cussions and the number of times we berate public schools in private and in class makes quite a tally. You might call it a NWC pastime.

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us. That we know much if anything about it is not necessarily true. To read a book or maga­ zine article by an avowed atheistic educator or to hear a speech on the counseling problems of secular schools is hardly a fair sample for judging the vast numbers of human beings who are involved with public and state university education systems. That kind of analysis is cloudy, incomplete, even cold. Like a little boy frightened by a nighttime thunderclap, humans need something more concrete than a mother’s reassurances of truly everpresent guardian an­ gels, though they be true. We need “something with skin on.”

My search of “something with skin on” had led me to Drake University and to Dr. Charles Lavaughn Smith. Like our own Dr. Kiessling, here is a man who loves learning, loves knowl­ edge, all for knowledge’s sake. He is a scholar of twenty-seven years and a man of immense secular reputation.

And very likely, unlike Kiessling, he does not know who he is or what God has done for him.

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To us, that is a complete irony. You see, this man is a Hebrew scholar of consummate skill, a long-time professor of Greek, a proclaimcr of ancient civilizations. He has studied Aramaic, Nabatean, Chaldean, Akkadian-a host of ancient languages which could reveal much about God’s power over man’s history from times past. Smith has studied the Bible in great detail and can quote Scripture at will.

But he doesn't take the Bible seriously.

I have heard of cases like that before; yet the people whom I pictured were more barbed, horned and spear-tailed than human. To this writer, a highly intelligent man who did not re­ vere the Bible was nothing short of evil, a devil incarnate. Dr. Charles Smith is none of these things, however.

Once he was no different from many stu­ dents in our own Synod. He grew up a Chris­ tian. Throughout high school, history had a tre­ mendous fascination lor him, and, when he went to Butler in Indianapolis, he took up Greek as a major to promote his interest in classical history.

But he came under the influence of a young, magnetic professor from Yale. Soon he was steeped in all sorts of philosophies, modern and ancient, and so busy that he never had time to sift one anti-Christian doctrine from another. Before long Charles Smith became a storehouse of pagan, pseudo-Christian, and modern ideas; Christianity was just one of many philosophies that the ancients had devel­ oped. God had lost any significance for Charles Lavaughn Smith.

You can sense a duality in nearly every­ thing he says, “Some may call it evolution, some may call it God.” And yet deep inside him, something remembers; “There are some things that are just beyond man’s comprehen­ sion.” But, if a voice in him calls for help, he can no longer hear it. Those many ideas, not tethered by God’s Word, overscream any last vestige of Christianity: “In the ultimate expres­ sion of hopes, aims, and desires, you can make the right decision on what you want to postu­ late.” Whatever Christian ideas this man once had have been lost to him.

Perhaps the most tragic thing about this man is his sense of insecurity. He wants to be liked, and remembered. His wry smile and ragged, unsure laugh belie his emptiness. Maybe he was just skeptical of a possibly vicious, ul­ tra-conservative religious “nut,” who might use

an interview against him. Yet there is more to him than that. The professor surrounds himself with memorabilia of his accomplishments and * of compliments to him. Plaques and gifts of hundreds of topically appropriate comic strips plaster his door and chamber walls. All of them are the gifts of admiring students. They have accumulated over the years, covering one an­ other up, of little use to visitors or the profes­ sor except by their emotional, personal value.

He surrounds himself, then, with reminders of his importance. Why? He is always speaking in purple passages.

The words roll off his tongue as if they came from a tape recorder of wonderfully glib and impressive things to say. At length an impres­ sion creeps in, the impression that these words are not those of Charles Smith, but the words of so many overawing professors and histor­ ians. This man lives on the ideas of other men.

In short, he has no convictions at all. Th: man who was a chaplain in the Navy, this pa; tor who went by the phrase of “Cooperation without Compromise” during the war years, has nothing left for compromising. He is so ed­ ucated, so knowledgeable in the different be­ liefs of the world. But he doesn’t know which one is right or true. Nor does he know what he himself believes. All his ideas come from other men. And he doesn’t want to pick one idea or religion, for fear of being wrong or ridiculed.

That he could not bear. So he has become no­ thing instead. He would rather reject God than take a chance on believing in Him. In the end he has lost everything. It is a fine thing to be a great scholar, to love learn­ ing, and to communicate that to others as Eras­ mus did, as Dr. Charles L. Smith does. But when education and learning exclude God from life, everything a man has fought for is lost.

Does that kind of love last forever? Of what ; value are memories and fame? Only the husk of ; a man is left.

We berate public education often, and when we do, we may make ogres and monsters of public teachers and professors. But the ma­ jority by far are like Dr. Smith. We rarely rec­ ognize how thin a thread separates us from the secular world. At heart, we are all Charles L. Smith. Only Christ can make us different.

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[CAMPUS &CLASSROOM The sleet slashed at the window of the all-night cafe like an alley cat fighting for scraps with a stray bulldog. I ordered another cup of coffee. Sure, I know what they say about caffeine making you jittery, but in my business sometimes it pays to be jittery'.

There were no other customers in the cafewhen you work my hours you get used to empty cafes-so I noticed her as soon as she walked in. Nice looking, sure-real nice look­ ing, but my instincts told me there was more to this dame than just looks. A lot more. She sat down silently on the stool next to me and lit a long brown cigarette. “A friend of mine tells me you’re into humor,” she said, looking straight ahead. ‘‘That depends,” I answered, “on who your friend is.”

“Let’s just say his name is Brad.”

So, I thought, Brad wants me to do a job for him. Probably that C & C stuff he was always talking about.

“My car's outside. You know Brad won’t take no for an answer.”

Yeah, I knew that. There wasn’t much I could do but get into her long black limo and drive off to see Brad. As I settled into the black leather seat I had no idea just how far this trip would take me....

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ATTENTION ARTISTS! If you can draw Fluffy, you may have what it takes to become aC&C writer! Submit your entries to: Fluffy Watertown, WI 53094 Our panel of experts will determine if you have that potential to make it in the dynamic, fast-moving world of humor. Do it today!

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Contrary to the opinion of the readers of our last issue, Scott Mosher does not write Campus and Classroom. Scott Mosher only tapes ankles and rewires ICBM guidance systems. Hardly even worth mentioning in comparison to the awesome responsibilities of a C & C writer! For this reason, and at the insistence of one K. Taves, Scottie has been omitted from this issue’s logo. Why he has been replaced by the figures we chose to replace him with is anybody’s guess.

As some of you may know, the literary world suffered a terrible loss this summer when Ernie Bushmiller, the author of the immortal “Nancy” comic strip, died. Lucky for all of us interested in the liberal arts, his work and style has been carried on by his disciple and protege, Mark Lasky. What many people don't know, however, is that Lasky was some­ thing of a radical in his younger years and tried to break away from the classic form which Ernie Bushmiller invented. We at C & C have exclusive access to Lasky’s early files and plan to reprint some of those gems in the rough for you, our readers, this year. This issue’s offering is Lasky’s journey into the avant garde music scene of 1975, “New Wave Nancy.” We hope you enjoy it.

Dear Abby, Ann Landers, Hints from Heloise—there’s no question about it, advice columns are here to stay. Not to be outdone,

C&C has added an advice expert to their staff. You may have seen Wally’s Column in Sanitary Harry’s or The Free Porcelain Press.

And all these years he’s been right here on campus! Well, now Wally’s award-winning advice has come to the Black and Red.

ask wally Dear Wally, I’m a freshman at a small Midwestern college and I’ve got a problem. The small Midwestern Dean of this college tells us fresh­ men that weekends arc for studying, babies.

However, my friends continually urge me to spend my time at such functions as home football and soccer games. I would like to keep my friends, but I would also like to keep this good advice. What shall I do? And, by the way, do you know how I can get cigar smoke out of my curtains?

suspicion. This is easily accomplished by placing an ordinary brown paper bag over his head as he is studying. The next step is easy.

Simply hang your newly acquired curtains where your smelly old ones once hung. Don’t worry about your neighbor with the paper bag over his head. Sooner or later he will realize that something is amiss and call out to his roommate for assistance. After all, that’s what roommates are for. And remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Keep that cigar smoke out of your room and I think that your other problem will clear up as well.

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Dear Ross Henzi, Don’t resort to those single’s clubs or computer services. They just don’t cater to fine young men like yourself. Instead, seek out wholesome organizations and activities such as 4-H, bowling leagues, county fairs, cheerleading, and the fireman’s auxiliary. If none of these prove fruitful, try volunteering your services as weekend housemother at NPS.

Confused and Asphyxiated Dear C and A, Having curtains professionally deodorized can be both costly and inconvenient. That’s why 1 recommend the following procedure to all my readers: First, remove your curtains and place them in a heap in your small Midwestern storage. Next, go to your neighbor’s room and remove his curtains without arousing his

Well, campers, that’s about all we have for this issue. Quality stuff, wasn’t it? You bet it was. So if you guys want humor, you know where to come, don’t you? You bet you do.

Don’t leave it to amateurs in dingy alleys. No, come right here to your favorite campus magazine every month (or so). Campus and B8cR Classroom. Ask for it by name.

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And oh, how depth hurt them in the season opener at Concordia of Milwaukee! The Fal­ cons handed NWC a 21-0 defeat in a hot, hu­ mid, and injuiy-plagued game. The defense did a spectacular job allowing only two scores. The first followed two costly penalties to give Con­

cordia a 7-0 halftime advantage.

The heat and humidity took its toll on the defense in the second half as the injury-ridden offense couldn’t take off the pressure. Concor­ dia returned a punt for their second score but was unable to beat the defense on its own terms until there were only seven seconds left in the game.

The offense seemed to be ready to break out in the Trojans’ home opener versus Beloit, but a bad snap on a punt led to a Beloit score barely three minutes into the game.

The Trojans then drove down the field but were stopped at the Beloit three-yard line. Again the defense was doing its job, and the of­ fense soon had a second chance. This time Duane Rodewald connected with Mike Schultz on a 13-yard scoring pass to tic the game at 7 all.

But again injuries played a vital role as Rodewald was injured and was unable to con­ tinue. The defense continued to hold its own, but the inexperience at quarterback hurt the Trojans.

Beloit finally got on the board with three field goals in the final frame, taking advantage of several Trojan miscues. The Bucs added an­ other touchdown for a 22-7 victory as time ran out.

SOCCER. Fortunately, things are really looking up for the soccer team. Under the direction of Tu­ tor Keith Free, the Trojans have opened the season with two non-conference victories, 7-1

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In the season opener against WLC Todd Goldschmidt scored three goals, while Mark Henrich, Jim Steinberg, Joel Rakos, and Dave Maertz each added a goal as NWC captured a 7-1 win.

Against Northland Baptist, Goldschmidt scored Northwestern’s first five goals as the Trojans cruised to an 8-2 victory. Steinberg, Maertz, and Mike Quandt each added another goal. Credit also must go to goalies Tim Nommensen and Mark Gass along with the stellar defense, led by seniors Jon Balge, Roger Knepprath, Jeff Schone, and Brett Voigt.

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“I was talking to a fellow the other day on the subject of clothes. He told me that he had just gotten a pair of trousers from the cleaners, and while wearing them that night to a movie he had sat in a wad of gum. That started me thinking about the problem of used gum. Gum, unlike other confections which disappear in using, is indestructible. No matter how long or in what manner one uses it, the quantity is al­ ways the same. The glutenous mass will not be consumed. Because of this remarkable feature the problem arises.

“One stick of gum is truly a small bit; hard­ ly anything to speak about. But look further.

Think of the thousands—millions, perhaps— who daily chew gum. Think of the mass of sticky, slimy “slop” that is discarded. Where?

Usually on the underside of benches, seats, tables, drinking fountains, or any other place to which it will adhere. Pitiful indeed. Even more so now, with the return of more and bet-

ter gum. It seems that this country is not only : covered with the smear and filth of crime, but also of used gum. It has become a problem and justly deserves the attention of our day, in or­ der that future generations might exist without getting stuck up. What is there to do?

“My mind tells me we ought to take violent measures. Attack the users. -But the law for­ bids.- Well then, why not make use of the old cuds? It seems a shame that we derive only a j small quantity of sweet juices and a bit of jaw exercise from the gum, when there might be the possibility of making use of the used product.

■ “Why not organize a corporation “The Composition Gum and Glue Company of America,” install boxes in theaters, churches, street cars and other public places to collect the used cuds? Then manufacture fly paper, ■ mucilage, window putty, tire cement or any­ thing else. If only someone would erect a facj tory for this purpose, the streets and other public places would be a lot cleaner and there would be less chance of sitting or step­ ping on a wad of used gum.”

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I ; : ANDREW SCHAEFER-SOPHOMORE NWC fashion is an expression of underconfidence. In a place where so many things are a mandate of tradition, it is a shame that dressing with limited concern has become the mode of the day. Clothing is an outward expression of one’s self, and should not be forced into a “You must dare to be different” situation.

Conforming is fine, when productive, but that is not the present case. I under­ stand that there is no one here to impress, but with the amount of time which goes into daily preparation, it is sad that many people are not developing habits which will be as beneficial as they will be essential in the future. The amount of extra time required to maintain personal hygene and become neatly dressed is not that great. A “shirt and tie” policy should be avoided for obvious reasons and so should Ozzy Ozboume T-shirts. Looking good does make one feel good, and the confidence and personal concern gained by dressing well increases class­ room attentiveness, respect received, and an individual’s overall attitude. The money argument, “with food and raiment be therewith content”, may not be used as a justification for the present “style” on campus, because dressing neatly is not more expensive than what I see around now. 1 am sure that many people own better things than they wear, but leave them in the closet for fear of ridicule. In real life situations dressing well fits in, and dressing poorly stands out. Unfortunately the opposite is true at NWC.

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When Brad came to me and asked me to be the new Alumni editor, I have to admit that I had second thoughts. I mean, this is not an ar­ ticle to boast about. It requires a minimal amount of writing ability; there are really no tremendous rewards one can gain from being the Alumni editor (except the infamous B&R picnic at the end of the year); nobody knows who the editor is (last year the editor’s name wasn’t even placed at the end of the article).

But I accepted this job anyway. I know that someone has to do it, and to be the Alumni ed­ itor is still an honorable job. Actually, I took this job so that I can get one of those neat B&R shirts and go to the party at the end of the year. Whatever the reasons, I’m here and I’m looking forward to a good year. Hopefully we’ll bring back the Sem Notes, and we may expand the article in new dimensions. Many thanks to those who contributed information for this issue (even under short notice) and I al­ so encourage others to contribute any informa­ tion concerning our Alumni. And so here we go on our first issue.

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-Pastor Joel Schroeder (’71), formerly of Rock of Ages in Madison, TN, accepted a call to Mt. Olive in Overland, KS, and was installed on Feb. 28, 1982.

-Pastor Christian Sulzle (’72), of Divine Savior, Pullman, WA, accepted a call to peace in Wautoma, WI, and was installed on July 25, 1982.

-Pastor Frederick Werner (’37), of Barre Mills, WI, accepted a call to Christ the King in Washington, KS, and was installed on March 7, 1982.

-Pastor James Witt III (’74), formerly of St. Philip’s in Milwaukee, WI, accepted a call to Divine Savior, Pullman, WA, and was installed on Oct. 10, 1982.

SEM CALLS Here is a listing of the NWC Alumni who graduated from the Seminary, and their calls.

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-Jeffrey W. Gunn (’78), Mwembezhi, Zam­ bia, Lutheran Church of Central Africa.

-Bruce W. Hanneman (’78), Good Shep­ herd, Cheyenne, WY. -Dale E. Hella (’78), Christ Our Savior, Springfield, and Mt. Zion, Jacksonville, IL. -Mark P. Henke (’78), Mt. Olive, Appleton, WI. -Philip J. Heyer (’78), an instructor at MLHS in St. Joseph, MI. -Adam J. Horneber (’78), Christ, Merrill, WI. —Paul M. Jankc (’78), exploratory work in Portland, ME. -Dale L. Klessig (’78), Trinity, Wayland, MI. -David M. Kuehl (’78), Shepherd of the Hills, Inner Grove Hts., MN. -Robert P. Kujawski, Jr. (’78), exploratory work in Traverse City, MI. -Douglas F. Lange (’77), exploratory work in Russellville, AR. —Edwin A. Lehmann (’76), exploratory work in SW Ft. Worth, TX. -Bruce J. Marggraf Jr (’78), Trinity, Neenah, WI. -James S. Mattek (’77), Immanuel, Find­ lay, OH. -Steven M. Mischke (’78), St. John’s, Bat­ tle Creek, MI. -Thomas P. Nass (’77), an instructor at NWC, Watertown, WI. -William F. Natsis II (’78), exploratory work in SE Denver, CO. -James D. Nelson (’78), Shepherd of the Hills, Greeley, CO. -Marcus R. Neumann (’78), Our Hope, Chippewa Falls, WI. -Peter A. Panitzke (’78), exploratory work in St. Charles County, MO. -Stephen D. Pope (’78), St. Paul, Hurley and Zion, Mercer, WI. -Conrad L. Prell (’78), Faith, Lancaster, WI -James N. Proeber (’78), Zion, Ft. Morgan and Trinity, Hillrose, CO. -Leland H. Punke (’77), Rock of Ages, Payson, and Trinity, Winslow, AZ. -Nathan P. Radtke (’78), tutor at NPS in Watertown, WI. -Mark W. Rieke (’78), Ndola, Zambia, Lu­ theran Church of Central Africa.

-John A. Ruege, Jr. (’78), tutor at DMLC in New Ulm, MN.

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-Pastor Paul Albrecht (’58), of Gethsemanc, Omaha, NE, celebrated his 20th anni­ versary on July 25, 1982.

-Gethscmane Church in Omaha, NE, cel­ ebrated its 10th anniversary on April 25, 1982.

-Pastor Lloyd Lambert (’38), of Trinity, Eugene, OR, celebrated his 40th anniversary.

-On July 11, 1982, Pastor Edward F. Stelter (’54), of Two Rivers, WI, celebrated his 25th anniversary.

-St. John-St. James in Reedsville, WI, cel­ ebrated a 125th anniversary on Sept. 19, 1982.

-August 14, 1982 marked the 125th anni­ versary of St. Peter’s in Collins, WI. -Zion Church of Van Dyne, WI, celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sept. 19, 1982.

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-Pastor Delmer E. Hallemcycr (’36), re­ tired on July 15, 1982, having served last at Peace, Green Lake, WI. DEATHS -Mrs. Ruth Krueger, wife of Pastor Ed­ ward Krueger (’31), passed away on April 8, 1982.

BIRTHS -The wife of Pastor David Bode (’60), gave birth to a bouncing baby boy on Aug. 4, 1982.

-On July 2, 1982, the stork brought Amanda Kay to the doorstep of Pastor and Mrs. David Russow (’76).

—Pastor and Mrs. Michael Traudt (’73), were blessed by the birth of Nathan on March 30, 1982.

—The long expected arrival of Rebekeh Ruth came on March 30, 1982, for Mrs. and Pastor Roger Wahl (’72).

OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST -Exploratory work is being done in Kear­ ney, NE, by Pastor Jerome Endcrlc (’69).

-The Rev. Robert W. Schlicht (’53), of Belle Plaine, MN, and formerly of La Crosse, has been elected president of the American College of Nursing Home Administrators.

Schlicht has been administrator of The Luther­ an Home at Belle Plaine since 1961. He also is a lecturer and author, has served on numerous health care boards and has been a special ad­ viser to the White House Conference on Aging.

He is a certified Fellow of the American Col­ lege of Nursing Home Administrators, the first to be chosen president. He also is the first per­ son from the Midwest elected to the presi­ dency since the group’s founding in 1962. The international organization represents more than 6,000 nursing home administrators.

SEM NOTES Now 1 know that I promised I’d bring back the Sem Notes this year but I apologize for not having them in this issue. I just haven’t been able to establish a communication link between B&R here and the seminary. Next time.

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A CAKE OF LOVI?

So you think you’re the poet, A master of verse.

You claim to have feeling And what’s even worse, You ask me to love someone, Just a mere man, You claim that he’s someone Special.

Boy, you take the stand And repeat after me: Do you solemnly swear That tills can be...

Or, how can it be As you claim to KNOW That you love at all in a way somewhat Special?

Look toward the jury, there, (Some angels on high.

Twelve pairs of wings At ease in the sky), Look those angels square in the eye.

Tell them as you’ve told me How your love and he Are SPECIAL. So 1 looked those angels square in the eye, But I held not my look.

Their piercing brightness dazzled my eye And with awe I shook And, again, I shook.

I must have been frightened For a moment I’m sure.

Then praying for courage With a faith immured In the walls of my Lord’s great mercy, I wept.

And the tears they did fall.

The stern wall ’twixt angels and me Then fell.

Then I fell On my knees.

With tears streaming down, dropping down to the ground I fell, tears fell, the wall fell And the angels could tell— Already could tell That possibly my love was SPECIAL.

Having knelt to the ground And wiped tears away, I looked all around At that splendid array Of angels all white and dazzling.

I took up the case.

Defending my cause and stating My place with words that embraced All that heavenly space with ringing.

I laughed till I wept when 1 saw the effect My words had had on those angels now singing.

The case had been won, and the jury, now done With their song, Retreated to chambers unseen in the sky.

While 1 packed my bags and made ready to leave, I directed my gaze to the judge on high Hoping that he too would grant me reprieve.

Said he to me, I BEGIN NOW to see How your love and he are SPECIAL. But repeat after me (if you will once again) If your love and he are as you say, special.

And your love reflects upon your love for me, Then, assuming the jury finds you are free To feel this your love, a reflection of me, You shall have my blessing to claim as you do This evidence now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll require of you: Love your father and show him you care.

Do what he wills which is best for you.

Act out your love as my Son did there On the cross when he died for you two.

I took the Lord's words and I tucked them away In my heart.

And there they remain immured to this day In the walls of my heart, they shall never depart, Nor my love for Him, nor that for my dad, Nor that for twelve angels all silent And dazzling, now silent, now singing Their voices all ringing in clear harmony: YOU ARE free, son, free. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re free to feel To show other how real is your love.

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ABORTION: NATIONALISM'S BLOODY SACRIFICE

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pushed interest in protesting abortion to the forefront of student concern. A short time later a substantial gift taken from chapel of­ ferings was sent to Lutherans For Life to help them in the fight against infanticide and in the saving of human life for the Lord.

It’s easy to raise interest and to heighten indignation over abortion when the cruel, bloody reality of the practice is presented.

Sympathetic and caring souls naturally reach out to those who are being hurt and destroyed.

Concern is at its peak. As long as pro-abortion rhetoric concentrates on the individual aspects of abortion, Le., woman’s choice, control of one’s own body, etc., the heartless violence of the act itself will always answer it. But those who propound abortion do not always restrict themselves to arguing about questions of in­ dividual freedom. They take abortion out of its surgical currette, suction pipe, saline solution context and throw it into the arena of social welfare. There they can avoid talking about in­

dividuals, about mothers scarred by guilt, about tiny babies torn limb from limb, about in­ credibly painful loss of life. No, they avoid these immediate problems in favor of address­ ing topics like birth rate, population control, economic security, food supplies, unemploy­ ment, and the like. It is in the face of this type of argumentation that Christian concern and indignation and love must be maintained. It’s easy to be duped; our guard must always be kept up.

Just such an argument favoring abortion re­ cently came to this writer’s attention. In the September/October 1982 issue of The Human­ ist, a magazine which purports to uphold and honor Man, his achievements, and the dignity of human life, the following article by popula­ tion scientist Stephen D. Mumford appeared, “Abortion: a National Security Issue.” Under­ neath the title, in bold print, a topic sentence states, “The abortion issue transcends moral and ethical boundaries of individuals.” The

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Abortion: Nationalism’s Bloody Sacrifice A future cultural institution?

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Sowing the Seed in the City of Beer John Hoh Vacation Bible School in Milwaukee

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Public Education: Another Perspective A response to the Editor

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Remember M. Sanders A poem

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Reaching Out in Madison Our campus ministry

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Conference Confusion Where is our team?

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Briefly VRJ A poem

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Broadley Speaking

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thrust of the article, as one would suspect, is that abortion, in today’s rapidly expanding world, can no longer bedebated as something that is right or wrong. The abortion question carries much greater significance; it has become a national security problem, the solution to which may prove a vital factor in the survival of many nations and societies.

Scientist Mumford begins his short article by pointing out that while “the national secur­ ity implications of abortion have not been ad­ dressed in a public forum (they) could come to be the single most important facet of the abor­ tion debate.” Why is this? It’s because, in his words, “the universal availability of abortion becomes critical in control of population growth in the decades ahead.”

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Population growth is pictured as the great evil, lurking in society’s shadows, readying it­ self to pounce on defenseless nations. Popula­ tion growth is the cause of internal strife, chronic unemployment, malnutrition and hopeless poverty. One source Mumford quotes makes the statement that “rampant population growth is an even more dangerous and subtle threat to the world than thermonuclear war....”

Imagine that, babies could become more harm­ ful and devastatingly destructive than hydrogen bombs!

Mumford also refers to former Secretary of State Alexander Haig’s testimony at his con­ firmation hearings. Haig wisely and accurately predicted that mankind must increase its ef­ forts to meet human needs in the areas of food, raw materials and resources if it hopes to avoid serious problems. Nowhere, at least in the pas­ sage Mumford cites, does Haig conclude that these problems are caused exclusively by popu­ lation growth nor that they can be cured by population control methods. Mumford seems to infer these conclusions and winds up his ar­ ticle with this paragraph: The following facts are indisputable: 1. World population growth is a threat to the security of all nations, includ­ ing the United States.

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3. Abortion is a national security issue.

4. As the availability of legal abortion in the United States goes, so goes the availability of abortion in the devel­ oping world.

Unfortunately for Scientist Stephen Mumford these facts are not indisputable. It is be­ yond the scope and intent of this essay to re­ fute Mumford’s “facts,” nevertheless it should be known that the evidence favoring popula­ tion growth as the cause of starvation, environ­ mental destruction, etc., is hardly conclusive.

In fact, there is substantial evidence indicating that such a relationship is unfounded in the modem world. Starvation and malnutrition, for example, can be more accurately explained as resulting from inadequate distribution of food than from insufficient supplies of food. For a complete discussion of the evidence which re­ pudiates Mumford’s claims, refer to Abortion and Social Justice edited by Thomas W. Hilgars and Dennis J. Horan. In an article entitled “Is Abortion Necessary to Solve Population Prob­ lems?” the author looks at all the evidence and concludes that “permissive abortion policies, on balance, would threaten file future both of individual lives and of the human community much more than they could ever hope to bene­ fit it.”

What needs to be emphasized in connection with Mumford’s article-and all others like itis the successful way in which it depersonalizes abortion. No longer does it affect infants, mothers, parents or spouses, rather it has be­ come an impersonal social and political issue, a topic to be discussed on Meet the Press, some­ thing to be dealt with by committee, no doubt.

The danger lies in that opponents are led to direct their attacks against These impersonal is­ sues using their own, though opposite, imper­ sonal argumentation. Thus, on both sides, the real core of the matter is avoided and the most important problems are skirted. Abortion is and will remain the horrible sinful destruction of precious individual lives by unfeeling, self­ ish, and violent individuals. This is one indis­ putable fact that cannot be forgotten, and no one must allow it to be clouded over by imper­ sonal rhetoric. Blood remains a part of abor­ tion no matter how hard people like Muinford B&R try to wash it away.

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But the purpose of this VBS is very spiritual.

Every single child has a soul made precious by the cleansing blood of Jesus Christ. God’s Son sacrificed His life so that these souls might live.

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Your efforts may have eternal results. The actual results are, of course, up to God the Holy Spirit.

But you arc caught up in ine thrilling experience of helping lead souls to a blessed immortality.

Never let the busy-ness of VBS rob you of that thrill.

At the same time, never make the mistake of thinking that you are to convert these children.

Only God can do that. He only asks you to give evidence of the faith that is in you. Your purpose is to tell your God’s love with all the joy and hope and faith you have. You know what it is to be a redeemed child of God. But you don't always show it. As you let your children hear of God's love, let them also see what God’s love has done for you. Having done that, you can do no more.

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is a city that was once the land of \/[ilwaukee beer and the home of the Braves. Today the Braves have been replaced by the Brewers and the breweries are leaving Milwaukee 10 join outside forces to make more brew and bucks.

In this new setting the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod has established a mission—the inner city mission.

The congregations involved are old names in the WELS community, but they face differ­ ent situations. One congregation, Jerusalem Lu­ theran Church, was once nicknamed “Jerusa­ lem the Golden” with its 1500 plus German members. Today, only about 200-300 people, mostly blacks, come to worship on any Sun­ day. St. Marcus, once boasting a membership of 1000 German worshippers, now has a mem­ bership of 350, most of whom are blacks. St. Philip’s was founded exclusively for blacks.

Christian love and social changes have over­ come many social barriers, however; now many inner city congregations arc desegregated. This makes working in this mission field easier—a mission field with more potential than a mis­ sion in central Africa!

The 1982 Vacation Bible School project began on June 13, 1982. Twelve eager young men and women were ready to serve their Lord. Only two of the people had previous ex­ perience in the Inner City. These people repre­ sented Northwestern College (Dan Anderson, Kelly Voigt and John Hoh), Doctor Martin Luther College (Jan Kindt, Linda Meyerchick, Del Lightfuss, Sue Curtiss, Cory Kolbow, Dan Tracy, Dave Rickman) and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (Bill Favorite and Kevin Hanke). Var­ ious activities were planned for the VBS crew, one of which was the study of Philippians led

by Seminary Candidate Mark Wagner. Many of these passages would help the student teachers in their task as they would memorize the com­ forting words of grace and encouragement. In­ formally, Kelly Voigt played guitar for sing-alongs while everyone learned new hymns and songs of praise and thanks.

The first week was devoted to learning a little about the Inner City and its inhabitants.

In the mornings there were training sessions in which the teachers were given the history of the city of Milwaukee, the Inner City in parti­ cular, and the unique culture ot the blacks. In the afternoon they canvassed the Iniur City for prospective students. Negatively, the public

school system and summer school hampered many children from being able to attend VBS. Positively, the crew did find children who were eager to attend and bring their friends along.

While student-teachers canvassed, they also saw many stereotypes from their childhood shat­ tered. In general, the black community gra­ ciously accepted them.

During the second week and third weeks they taught the lessons. These lessons were es­ pecially written for those children who have had little or no previous knowledge of Jesus Christ, their Saviour. The lessons progressed from man’s sinfulness and God’s hatred of sin to God’s love of all mankind and His Christmas gift to man and concluded with the Christians response to God’s Grace. The arts and crafts projects were also designed with a meaning that the child could apply to his life.

After teaching in the mornings, the staff canvassed in the afternoons. The second week they searched for more students to fill the classrooms. During the third week teachers made follow-up calls to the parents of the stu­ dents, explaining to them what their children were being taught and extending to them an in­ vitation to attend church if they were un­ churched.

Everyone experienced many spiritually up­ lifting moments during this three week labor of love. Some parents, previously unchurched, were moved by the Holy Spirit to request bap­ tism for their children and membership in an Inner City congregation. The student-teachers witnessed spiritual growth in co-workers and themselves as they saw the power of God's Word in the Inner City and as their beliefs came under fire. However, even as a cornplanter is not out in the field in the spring witness­ ing the harvest to come, so they labored in the spring and may never know how their efforts as Christ’s tools will affect the autumn harvest.

They can only place their faith in God’s prom­ ise that His Word will not return unto Him void, but will accomplish its goal.

If you get the impression that VBS was all work and no play, please discard that impres­ sion, Everyone went on picnics and had cookouts. There were tours of the Synod offices, Northwestern Publishing House, the seminary and Wisconsin Lutheran College’s “nun’s quar­ ters”. They visited the inmates at the zoo and spent an afternoon at the museum, studying the exhibit that resembled a few rooms at

THE INCORRIGIBLE CHILD (for the teacher to think about)

TOUGH skin that bruises .. . and bleeds . . and burns .. .

SULLEN eyes that shed tears of frustration and loneliness ...

A COLD heart hardened by rejection and suspicion and pride and sin aching from lovelessness and neglect and despair and beneath it all A PRECIOUS soul valued . . in terms of the blood of God’s Son. loved . . .

by God with a love that is comprehended only by the extent of God’s sacrifice. destined . . . for destruction through disobedience and unbelief.

This child passes through your life THIS ONCE. perhaps ONLY ONCE. Let him be PRECIOUS also TO YOU . . .

NWC. In the end, everybody took in a Brewer game and spent a day at Summerfest.

Although nobody was paid for his or her services, all received a rich blessing of spiritual knowledge and a firmer conviction of faith.

The primary purpose was teaching the Word of God to those who hadn’t heard of Jesus before, but each volunteer received practical training in teaching God’s Saving Word.

If you have time this summer, try out the Inner City VBS project. It will be a worthwhile experience.

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Now at best this notion is a considerable oversimplification and overstatement of the case. At its worst it seems like an uncharitable, legalistic condemnation of what is still the nor­ mal situation for the majority of Americans.

Yes. many secular educators hold to a human­ istic philosophy themselves. Yes, public schools today are riddled with financial and discipli­ nary problems. Yes, a student in a public school is exposed to many potentially destruc­ tive things. Yet before they are condemned as tools of the devil, public schools deserve a closer, more understanding look, and a Chris­ tian will certainly view secular education with the same love and concern with which he views society at large.

Before treating secular colleges and univer­ sities. a few words about public high schools are in order; primarily I'd like to reemphasize what I mentioned earlier, that public education

Public Education•• Another Perspective is the norm for most Americans. And any sen­ sible person will agree that an adequate system of public education is vital to the interests of this country. A representative democracy just can’t survive without a well-informed, educated populace, and right now the only practical way to pursue this goal is through a strong system of public primary and secondary schools. In ad­ dition, a literate society greatly facilitates the spread of the Gospel and its understanding: Lu­ ther said as much, and it is as true today as it was in his day. For these and other reasons our state’s basic educational system deserves our prayers and support, in spite of the disparaging remarks that are constantly hurled at it. True, students in public schools often are exposed to all kinds of evil influences, just as any crosssection of society is. But like any cross-section of society, public schools are also seasoned with the salt of the earth: dedicated, conscien­ tious Christian students, teachers, counsellors and administrators. My own district has a great number, and their influence and example speaks just as loudly as that of the secular hu­ manist or the frustrated intellectual. And 1 know my district isn’t alone in this regard.

However, as students at Northwestern, we are much more interested in secular colleges and universities; grade school and high school are long past, and we want to know what our contemporaries are doing and thinking on oth­ er campuses right now. Well, frankly, as the product of a public high school, with Christian friends scattered on college campuses all over the country, and having spent a very profitable year at the University of Wisconsin myself. 1 feel qualified to offer a few thoughts. And what I mostly would like to call into question is the notion that all one encounters on a secu­ lar campus is aggressively persuasive humanism in the classroom and revolting immorality in the dormitory. (o

First, the classroom. Certainly, the faculties of secular colleges and universities are staffed by professors many of whom embrace a secular humanistic philosophy themselves. And as a re­ sult, much of what a Christian hears in class he will find objectionable. But most often these objectionable statements fall on his ears in passing, and are incidental to his studies in whatever is his field of inquiry. In no way are they a bold, concentrated attack on his faith; Satan may well use them as part of such an at­ tack, should the student drop his guard, but this is far from the instructor's purpose. In the presentation of material which the Christian

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may object to, most instructors either express or imply the sentiments of a professor whose Astronomy course I took, who said, “What I am about to teach you is not the truth; for truth you want the philosopher or the theolo­ gian, and I am neither. I don't deal with truth, but with a coherent, understandable system for explaining the phenomena we observe in the world around us.” A professor at a university’s job is not to imprint his beliefs on his students but to present the "coherent, understandable systems” current in his field. And a Christian student is there to gain an understanding of these systems; he already knows where to look for absolute truth, and he is at liberty to make his own judgments on the basis of this truth.

The charges levelled against dormitory and social life at secular colleges and universities are certainly familiar to all of us, and they are not unfounded. While living on a secular campus, people are indeed exposed to gross examples of immoral living, and this exposure can come as quite a shock to a young adult raised in a Chris­ tian home. Yet to say that it is always impossi­ ble or even extremely difficult to live in such a setting and “keep one’s nose clean” is gross ex­ aggeration. What I mentioned earlier with re­ gard to public high schools applies here too; in a cross-section of a human society one will nat­ urally find all kinds of people involved in evil and hurtful things, but one will likewise find 64

people striving to live Christian lives, and one finds many such people at a university. I did.

The harmful influences one hears about all day long are indeed present, though not as perva­ sively as many would have us believe. But those who condemn all student life at secular schools as immoral arc making a blanket statement where it doesn’t apply, for their blanket covers a broad, variegated landscape on which many Christian lights shine; probably more than they realize. It doesn’t take any thoughtfulness, love or concern for one’s fellow man to exaggerate the bad in any segment of society and then condemn it on that basis. We Christians should look at all public educational institutions hon­ estly, in all their complexity, and resist the temptation to make snap judgments or blanket condemnations based on hearsay.

For when it is applied to education, the word "secular” doesn't mean "void of Chris­ tians and Christian influences,'' nor does it mean "of no value whatsoever to those who have believed the Gospel.” Therefore, those who condemn all public education as a tool of Satan should perhaps take a more realistic, love-motivated look at it, and take care to avoid "throwing out the baby with the bath­ B&R water.”

KEN CHERNEY

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We'd rock, we’d laugh, we’d smile Our eyes often met then In long liquid looks And sparkled.

We’re older now, and Sometimes we laugh and smile, But we never rock together.

Our eyes are dryer, Yet they occasionally meet Through the curls of smoke My pipe sends up between us To find a misty, warm, Remembered sparkle.

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At 7:30 on that misty Saturday morning we set off in two cars to the Wisconsin Luther­ an Chapel at 220 West Gilman Street, a half block from State Street. There we met and talked with Pastor Thomas Trapp, who, as pas­ tor at the chapel, was organizing the effort. We began at 9:00 with a discussion of the need for this outreach to our Christian brothers and sis­ ters: that those young adults brought into our family by the Holy Spirit don’t fall away. They need to know that there is a place for them in the Madison campus ministry and that many of us do care. We also discussed the sort of grow­ ing this has produced for helpers in the pro­ gram during the past. Next we discussed the more practical techniques of the visiting we’d be doing, helped along by the film “How to Visit.’’

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there were eleven NWC students and thirteen people helping from the chapel). Pastor Trapp assigned to each pair one of nine districts into which the city had been divided. Happily there were more pairs than districts, so for some of the larger districts more than one pair was as­ signed. We had only two or three cars available, so most of the group was put to work on foot in districts nearer the chapel. Next, using a mailing list, we plotted on our own map the ad­ dresses of the people we’d be visiting. After Pastor Trapp reminded us that today we were to inform and invite, he asked God’s blessing upon the effort. At 12:00 we went out to visit.

I felt fortunate to have Pastor Trapp him­ self as my partner. That gave me the opportun­ ity to find out more about him, the chapel, and this project. Pastor Trapp, who made his home in New Ulm in his early years, attended Martin Luther Academy during high school before he went to NWC. He attended the Seminary and finished his studies there in 1975. Pastor Trapp spent his vicar year at St. Stephen’s in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and afterwards accepted a call to Iron River, Michigan, to begin his ministry.

Since he was in the Upper Peninsula, he got the chance to work with Michigan Tech Universi­ ty’s Campus Ministry in Houghton. That exper­ ience has served him well ever since. Pastor Trapp accepted a call to the Madison Campus Ministry at Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel three years ago. In 1977 he married his wife, Carol, 65

who had attended Bethany Lutheran College of Mankato, Minnesota. The pair now has a sixmonth-old little boy, Paul Silas.

Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel, which Pastor Trapp serves with the assistance of Pastor Robert J. Schumann, is the center of our Madison campus ministry. Worship services are held there at 9:00 A.M. and 11:00 A.M. on Sundays, with a vesper service at 9:00 on Wed­ nesday nights. The Sunday services employ seven different forms of liturgy, which add great variety and interest to services. Bible study takes place on Sundays and Thursday,

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Also, the chapel building itself is open from 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. daily for T.V., or ac­ tivities like ping pong, or studying and visiting.

Perhaps 100 people actively participate in Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel activities, 100 people out of nearly 1400 Madison campus students who are thought to hold membership in a WELS church. However, only about 450 people are on the Campus Ministry’s mailing list, which gets most of its names from home congregation pastors. And yet it was only those people on the list that we were able to visit, in­ form, and invite. Over the past year, during two Outreach weekends, workers attempted 373 visits, resulting in 130 face-to-face meet­ ings and subsequent invitations.

• This year, as in the past, our people ran across all the various situations found among the people on Madison campuses. Unintention­ ally we looked up a few people who were al­ ready active in our chapeL Others were active in a WELS or Evangelical Lutheran Synod church but appreciated our invitation; some of them considered attending the Vesper service or Bible classes. Best of all, some who had not been attending church were receptive to our in66

vitations. On the other hand, there were those who had fallen into inactivity and were embar­ rassed by or not receptive to our witness. Over the past few years, people have often used in­ convenience, lack of time, and conflicts of schedule (excuses all too well known to us be­ cause of our sinful nature) as reasons for not attending. Many on our current lists had changed church bodies or had moved away. We noted all the situations and comments for fu­ ture reference and for discussion.

When we met back in the chapel at about 4:00, Pastor Trapp led a discussion of our ex­ periences over the day. To my surprise, com­ pared to the expectations of many canvassers early in the day, witnessing was easy. No one got the proverbial door slammed in his face, even when he was faced with one or two per­ sonally difficult situations. But the canvassers did find and note a number of men and women they could urge to participate, and some ex­ pressed a wish to show up already the next week. Just as “there is rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents...” (Luke 15:7), so also there was merit in our work if the Holy Spirit used us to move just one possibly way­ ward person closer to his Savior and to good Christian fellowship.

Perhaps we learned more that day than how to canvas. Of course, the day did serve as practice for us in expressing the faith for which we should testify all our lives, but at the same time this was a thought-provoking activity which helped us to take a good look at the ef­ fect of the Word of God on our own hearts.

It strengthened us. Informing others about and inviting them to the Wisconsin Lutheran Chap­ el gave those of us from NWC another message: we are not alone in our faith, and we dare not take that faith for granted and hide it. We met quite a group of people who shared our faith despite a considerable amount of adversity. At NWC, where it is all too easy to live our shel­ tered lives, we need to learn that we’re not alone, that being a Christian isn’t always that easy. We are learning to stand strong in faith and in Scripture. We should leam to witness that faith without fear.

The next Outreach Weekend will take place this coming January. Why not join in this B&R work, fellowship, and fun?

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CONFERENCE CONFUSION

q tow often when you go to a football game, jnwhen the announcer calls out our confer­ ence status, don't you wonder what the Upper Midwest Collegiate Conference is? And just when you start to understand what the UMCC is and who is in it. basketball season comes and we're in a completely different conference.

Baseball and soccer also are in their separate conferences, yet all our teams play some of the same schools. It certainly is difficult to know what conference a certain team is playing in.

As a matter of fact. Northwestern is pre­ sently a member of four different conferences for the varsity sports. The football team plays in the UMCC, our soccer heroes in the Wis­ consin Collegiate Soccer Conference (WCSC), our basketball squad in the Wisconsin Confer­ ence of Independent Colleges (WCIC), and the baseball team in the Wisconsin Baseball Con­ ference.

Of all of these our major association is with the UMCC. We are an associate member partici­ pating in football as well as in wrestling, tennis, cross country, and track season tournaments.

We join DMLC, Maranatha, Northwestern of Roseville, MN, Concordia-St. Paul, Mt. Senario of Ladysmith, and Pillsbury of Owatonna, MN, in the football division But because of the dis­ tance and the cost of travel for all sports we

participate only in the year end tournaments in the other sports.

Our other fall sport, soccer, joins Marana­ lha, Carthage, and Holy Redeemer College of Waterford in comprising the WCSC. Although small, the conference is very competitive, with the champion often not being decided until the last match of the year.

Because there are so few teams in the con­ ference, plans are being made to absorb it into the WCIC, which we presently join in basket­ ball. Maranatha, Marian College of Fond du Lac, Cardinal Stritch, Milwaukee School of En­ gineering, and Trinity Christian are presently our prime opponents in the conference. Lake­ land College and Concordia-Milwaukee will b« incorporated as full-fledged members in tin 1983-84 basketball season.

Hopes are also high that our baseball con­ ference, which includes MSOE, Maranatha, Concordia, and Marquette, can also be brought into the WCIC, so that this confusion can be stopped and many of our Southern Wisconsin Colleges can be unified into one conference.

Not only will the planned merger keep the campus and alumni straight, but it will certain­ ly be a help to this poor sports editor.

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QUESTION: What occupation would you choose for your life’s work if you decided to dis­ continue your studies for the parish ministry?

BOB HEIN-SENIOR I would be an Air Force pilot and fly F-16’s. I always wanted to fly and then I could drop bombs on people. Either that or go into business and open my own munchie store.

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STEVE SCHMELING-SENIOR The question that first of all needs to be answered is, “What are you interested , in?” Aside from preaching, I’ve always liked music and singing. Therefore, opera or ballet may be appropriate. Here at Northwestern I’ve always had high grades in my science and chemistry classes. Judging from this I’ve thought of being a pharmacist. Pharmacists seem to have some of the more happy customers. It’s surprising how often this question comes up here. Most students may have a dif­ ferent answer every week. I think they also realize that in looking for a job with rewards-they’re already here. a

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SPEAKING ^rorth western College is having a love affair J^with the NIV, the New International Ver­ sion. The translation reigns in most religion courses at NWC, practically to the total exclu­ sion of any other translation, including the good old' KJV. And it makes sense, too. What professor has time in a class period to riffle through eight different translations? Why not rely on the translation which is the culmination of Biblical research, manuscript findings, and work by some of America’s best and most re­ liable translators? The translation is modem, up-to-date, and widely accepted.

But if you use the NIV because it’s modem, up-to-date, and widely accepted, you may as well bum your books and join the Bap­ tists.

Northwestern uses the NIV because, as far as our Biblical Greek and Hebrew scholars and pastors are concerned, it’s one of the most ac­ curate translations around. We trust-because we have questioned it and have been satisfiedthe translation which the Zondervan Publishing Company prints.

We don’t, however, trust Zondervan. And no pastor anywhere should assume, just be­ cause a company happens to publish his favor­ ite Bible translation, that everything it prints is biblically accurate and trustworthy.

Zondervan has to make money; that’s the basis of its business. If that means catching the copyright on what will prove to be the most popular Bible translation in the United States since James I’s number one best-seller hard­ cover edition-fine. But that also means print­ ing the books and pamphlets that any young proselytizer in Watertown would be oveijoyed to hand to you.

And, for all this editor knows, that could include producing the cute, little American flags and clinging monkeys that Moonies stick in your lapel.

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Yet, after I took a good look at some of their merchandise, I’m not sure I could have con­ scientiously accepted the job. Half of the goods I couldn’t have sold comfortably or conscien­ tiously without closing my eyes. A great deal of it rejects much of Scripture and what God’s Word stands for.

Whether that is true of Zondervan Book­ stores in Wisconsin, I don’t know; but in Iowa, where if it makes your corn grow, you buy it, Zondervan Bookstores are filled with the kind of Bible Belt materials that cater to everyone from Atheists to Zen-Buddhist priests.

What particularly caught my eye this sum­ mer were a number of pamphlets that were piled right in front of the cashier’s counter.

They all sported such enigmatic and attention­ riveting titles as “Support Your Local Jew,” ‘The Mad Machine,” “How to Get Rich (And Keep It),” and ‘The Kings of the East.” All of

them are filled with dramatic, powerfully con­ ceived drawings, action packed with a story­ line or prophetic scenario that doesn’t let a reader put them down without finishing them.

preoccupation with today’s world, with civil matters. They focus on the aspects of God’s kingdom which appeal to their materialistic and sensational lusts: wealth, luxuries, health,

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And every one of them is deviously hereti­ cal enough to help you wind your way to hell.

The basic story-line sets up a hypothetical situation in which either God always destroys the bad guys or the guys in the white hats al­ ways win. Then, using the kind of logic psy­ chologist William James would be proud of, the pamphlets declare, “If you don’t want to be left out in the cold, You had better make your move now."

It’s the kind of belligerent mission work that turned the Catholic Church into a pagan organization. Back then it was “mass conver­ sion by converting the overlord or chieftain” or else it was “we’ll butcher you if you don’t be­ lieve in our loving God.” Neither method con­ vincingly saved anybody; they just made the church bigger and less Christian. So now also with the Baptist Church and her fundamental­ ist sisters. The “big scare” by work righteous­ ness is a good way to swell the membership rolls; today’s modem churches aren’t about to reject it when modern technology makes co­ ercive conversion so effective.

And Zondervan Bookstores are filled with these work righteousness bandwagon materials.

The basic problem with the pamphlets (and, if you look closely enough, with many of the books) which these people produce is their

love, and power. The ground reasons for be­ coming a Christian which they mention do in­ clude the sinner’s need for a Savior, but the chord these writers strike the most is: “You too can be Lord of the Universe.”

This idea of supremacy has infested nearly everything they believe in and has miscon­ strued the Bible on such things as millenialism, Christ’s Second Coming, Judgment Day, Heaven, Hell, being Born Again, Rapturism, on and on. And the song which recently is tooted most is “The Re-establishment of Israel.” Sud­ denly those Old Testament prophecies which we thought applied to the return from Baby­ lon, the rebuilding of the Temple in Herod the Great’s day, the first coming of Christ and the establishment of the Church, all actually refer to the re-establishment of a worldly Israeli na­ tion. God’s original purpose for Israel is forgot­ ten, Christ’s mission is cast aside, and the sole purpose for man’s life becomes watching Isra­ el’s growing supremacy, danger, and military salvation by a very military-minded Jesus.

With the drive of a worldly-mindedness that would rather have God leave Christians here on Earth, lording it over the people “who made our lives so miserable (like the J. Paul Getty’s, the Rockefellers, and all those rich people or enemies of the American Way)”

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these pamphlets parade the idea of Judaic Ven­ geance. It is the same idea that Caiaphas and his clan propounded. It is the same unloving, unChrist-like idea that wants to “get back” at the people who oppose “our way of thinking” or even at those who persecute Christians rath­ er than wanting to help them see their Savior.

It is the same idea that Christ rejected when he refused the crown the crowd offered him.

The whole thing reeks of tragedy, particu­ larly when you realize that these people-because they are more interested in politics, his­ tory, and economics than they are in Goddon’t know that they are misinterpreting the Bible. They do not see how the New Testament Israel is not twelve tribes of Hebrews but the Congregation of Believers. They assume, when God talks of the conversion of all Israel, that He is speaking of all the Jews in the world rather than the entire small group of Israelites predestined to salvation. They think that they will be saved because they rah-rahed Begin for his aggressive behavior in the Middle East.

In the end, what it really comes down to is, they think they can save themselves, with a little boost of help from God. The Bible is merely the tool with which they verify their ac­ tions. ____________________

Theirs is a sad state of affairs, a state •of af­ fairs which could be ours if we assumed that every thing which a certain publishing com­ pany prints was as reliable as the NIV; and I, for one, am going to try to keep my Greek and Hebrew so that I won’t have to depend on Zondervan for that, too. It's a good thing our Syn­ od hangs on to the Bible-translating languages; without them we could easily become a fallen B&R church.

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Information on fundamentalist ideas of Is­ rael today and the Biblical prophecies can be found in Aaron Luther Plueger’s Things to Come for Planet Earth, What the Bible Says About the Last Times (a Concordia 1977 publi­ cation) and in the January 1980 issue of the Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly (Wolff’s article on “Is the Establishment of the State of Israel a Fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy Con­ cerning the Return of All Israel to Canaan?” pages 30-49.) For the Zondcrvan point of view, the company has published many fine books.

Israel in Prophecy by John F. Walvoord and A Survey of Bible Prophecy by R. Ludwigson (1962 and 1975 publications, respectively).

The following arc excerpts from Chick publications, distributedby Zondcrvan. . _____________

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In 1933 Germany claimed to have a Jewish problem and so began the 12 year holocaust. . .

JUDGMENT FELL ON GERMANY! IT IS NOW A DIVIDED NATION, NEVER TO RISE AGAIN . . . % IS NOW UNDER COMMUNIST SLAVERY.

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THE BIBLE MENTIONS A CURSE THAT GOD PLACED UPON ALL THOSE WHO HATE THE JEWS.

IN 1938, AS HITLER'S BLOOO BATH STARTED. JEWS PLEADED AND BEGGED FOR PERMISSION TO ENTER PALESTINE.

ON MAY 14,1948, THE U.N. VOTED FOR ISRAEL TO BECOME A NATION!

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IE THEIR CRIES FELL ON DEAF EARS . . .

'BRITISH POLICY WOULD NOT BE CHANGED! ... AND THESE JEWS WERE PUT INTO NAZI OVENS. * "The Fal & Rae d Israelby Hul/Zondervan Put*.

Just back from a trip through the Mideast, an emissary trom the treasury brought this message •"Every Arab leader I talked to says that it there is another war in the area we ll see an oil embargo that will make the 1973-74 version look like child's play."

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Hie Creator of the universe shed His precious blood on the cross to wash away your sins.

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SCAMPLS^ CLASSROOM Owing to the fact that not one yodh of this writer’s monumental efforts made the final cut of last month’s C&C, I guess it’s about time for me to chum out a really unspectacular intro into a really spectacularly funny article and just in time too!

Here comes Mr. Editor, sporting his new role as a vicarious Phil Collins, crying “Paperlate.” I know what he wants, but what he may get is yet another matter. I mean, hey Brad!

It’s not that easy being the 3 funniest guys on campus month after month. It takes a lot of work. Besides, I’ve still got another 22 min­ utes until deadline, so go listen to side two of Zepplin IV, and I’ll have this to you before you can say “E.T., phone home.” (Or is that Guy P., phone home?) So cheer up Buckeroos, for very quickly you will be experiencing all the merits of side-splitting laughter. Time to serve up another dreaded Parthian volley, wielded by the biting C&C pen.

Three bronx style cheers for Andrew Schaefer. Boo boo! Andrew! (The C&C staff al­ so specializes in poetry.) Sure, Izod and all his reptilian pals are very cute and would lend a sense of style to NWC attire, but hey, the aver­ age NWC male is not at home in Sperry TopSiders and Oxford cloth buttondowns. As Jeff “I hate cute” Limpert puts it “The complex­ ities of campus dress are few. Where would we be without the classic styling of the James Dean look in Chee’s plain white T-shirt, Timmy Soukup’s slick early morning hairstyle (like Brando in “The Wild One”) or Paul Lindloffs Clintesque 3-day beard?” Nice try, Andy, but I think the old dogs and new tricks thesis applies here. No offense, but gag me with a spoon, be­ cause all of this has distracted me from what I really wanted to talk about, and that is our celebrity of the month, A1 Tetzlaff, et al.

Most of you are acquainted with the new fall line of fresh and exciting electives. Well here’s one you may not have heard aboutTetzlaff Greek (or Greek 35—still listed as Ad­ vanced Intermediate Greek in the catalog). Yes, 74

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it’s true. You now can participate in the most invigorating of all Greek classes to date. Al pre­ sents readings in histories and dramas and a basic review of Greek syntax in a manner long shunned by more “serious” Greek scholars— “You can learn all you need to know about Greek between 2:00 and 4:30 in the morning.”

About now you’re asking yourself.

“Where’s the ambiguity?” Could it be in Henry Koch’s new oscilloscope? Yes, Henry is vying for the NWC Mechanical Skills crown. Could S. C. Mosher be relieved of his position as NWC’s own king of technical skills? “Herr •Mechanischer/Doktor” could not be reached for comment, but reliable sources are quoted as saying Scotty was “visibly upset.” Obviously, Scotty should be upset, after his recent failure while trying to repair the Jani’s Mega-Suck Leaf vacuum. The machine had apparently gone completely insane, swallowing everything within 50 feet of its two powerful Massey Fer­ guson twin valve suckers, (including two near­ by muchkin-sized Sextas, several uprooted trees, and Al Tetzlaff, who had fallen asleep on the sidewalk while walking to class.) Stay tuned to this channel for the stunning conclu­ sion to the race for the “Mechanische Krone.”

Special Notes: Missing—Guy Purdue’s famed “robe of many colours” has disppeared.

The cherished garment holds special sentiment for the big “Guy”-any leads as to its where­ abouts would be greatly appreciated. Guy can be contacted in the second floor typing pool or

at any regularly scheduled opening of the Wittenberg Canteen.

A1 Tetzlaff (hey, when you’re popular...) is waging his own private battle against Reagan­ omics. A1 is exercising a little reverse psycholo­ gy—by supporting the big oil companies. It seems A1 forgot to pump the gas into his car af­ ter paying the attendant at a local service sta­ tion. Says Al, “I figure the more money we pump into the system without actually re­ ceiving the products we’re paying for, the sooner we will reach economic stability.”

Thank you, Al, for those interesting insights in­ to the machinery of our economic structure.

Needless to say, Al is relatively new at the game of supply side economics.

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Just make sure you use it on the ironing boards and not in your room. Never ones to miss a catchy fad, our own faculty will be offering premiums to those who take certain electives.

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Professor Strobel would most likely sell used cars. “Who do you know wants to buy a Volks­ wagen?”

Professor Sullivan would no doubt land a job as a major league baseball umpire.

Professor Schmidt would make his fortune doing Ultra-Brite commercials.

Professor Plitzuweit would write exegetical ar­ ticles for Field and Stream.

Professor Eickmann would naturally fill in for Mr. Rogers.

Professor Kruse could probably find work as a stone cutter.

Professor Kirst could find his niche in life as the mascot for the Democratic party.

Get this one, guys. Andy “Gamaliel” Krause has decided to give up his lucrative career with Duraclean International Inc. and opted for a more rewarding career in educa­ tion. Yes, twice a week our little Andy goes out and dispenses knowledge of the Hebrew language to two sets of hungry young ears. This interesting turn of events has started a campus fad in individualized education. Everybody wants to jump on the tutoring bandwagon. So, for all you buffs of extra-curricular higher ed­ ucation, here’s a listing of those dedicated in­ tellectual members of the student body and the courses they will be teaching. To get all his new young friends off to a good start, Adam Stohlman will teach a course in grooming and per­ sonal hygiene. Jeff Limpert will share some of his experiences in his “Introduction to Sky­ diving” class. Denny Rardin—“Health and Nutrition,” of course. Tyler Hjorth is sure to open some eyes with his provocative course “A Creative Interpretation of the NWC Hand­ book.” Be sure to bring your camera to Jon Rockhoffs class in photographing the Rockies.

For those of you with mechanical inclinations, Joel Willitz’ helpful hints on auto restoration are sure to be a hit. For the student who is tired of conventional ways of thinking, there’s

always Andy Nitz’ “Astral Projection 101.”

Anybody who aspires to athletic greatness shouldn’t fail to miss Mark Hirsch’s course in “How to Walk Like Coach Thompson.” Now then, you’ve got no excuse not to get out there and learn!

DID YOU KNOW? * There are over 3,000,000 checks in Professor Spaude’s wardrobe. * Since coming to NWC, Paul Henning has ab­ sorbed more cathode rays than are necessary to exterminate all the residents of second floor Wittenberg twice over. * Ernie von Schledom was bom in Killeen, TX * Clint Eastwood is Mark Mammel’s older brother.

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FOOTBALL

As the Northwestern Trojans opened their 1982 conference schedule against Concordia of St. Paul, hopes were still high in spite of having lost the first two games of the season and es­ pecially quarterback Duane Rodewald. Fresh­ man Mark Hirsch took over and got the Trojans on the track.

He started the scoring on a 37-yard pass to Mike Schultz. Dan Reich added the extra point to give NWC a 7-0 lead. The Trojans were again on the move when Hirsch was hurt and had to give way to Reich. Reich brought the offense within range for a 27-yard field goal to make the score 10-0.

But then the Comets got started and never looked back as Concordia’s Bill Brooks picked apart the Trojan secondary for 199 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Meanwhile, the Trojan offense was unable to get going, as 6 interceptions kept them out of scoring position. The Comets went on to disap­ point a Dad’s Day crowd by claiming a 33-10 victory.

The Trojan offense continued to look weak

the next Saturday in Ladysmith versus Mt. Senario. The Trojans could only manage 134 to­ tal yards while the Fighting Saints racked up 245 against an overworked Trojan defense.

Senario took a 16-0 lead in the first half, but the Trojans came out fighting in the second behind new quarterback Dave Rothe. The Tro­ jans made the score 16-8 as Rothe scampered into the end zone from four yards out and Tim Soukup took in the two-point conversion.

But again injuries started to take their toll, this time on the defense, and they were unable to stop the Saints, who added two more scores for a 28-8 win.

The Trojan offense finally got back on track the next week when NWC traveled to Owatonna, MN, to face Pillsbury College. But in spite of grinding out 234 yards Northwest­ ern couldn’t find the end zone.

The Trojan defense looked superb with its only lapse a result of the muddy field. Pillsbury’s only score came late in the fourth quar­ ter on a routine pass on which the Trojan de­ fender slipped. The Comets went on to win 8-0 in spite of being outplayed.

Against Northwestern College of Roseville the Trojans finally seemed to be putting it back together. Although losing 28-20 the Trojans fought back from a 28-0 halftime deficit and almost won the game.

Reich returned to quarterback in the sec­ ond half of the game and led the offense to 288 total yards and 19 first downs. After giving up several big plays early in the game, the de­ fense came around and held the Eagles to three first downs.

After falling behind early, the Trojans came flying back with Kevin Keller picking up the Trojans’ first score to open the fourth quarter on a 6-yard pass from Reich. Tim Soukup took in the two-point conversion.

Phil Malchow recovered Reich’s onside kick, and the Trojans quickly made the score 28-14 as Soukup capped the ensuing drive with a 1-yard run.

The offense came right back with Soukup scoring on a 4-yard run to make the score 28-20. But the Trojans ran out of time as Rose­ ville used what possession she had to run out

the clock. But the Trojans had to settle for looking forward to their DMLC game with a re­ surgent offense.

SOCCER.

In soccer the Trojans continued their win­ ning ways with a 5-0 win in their first confer­ ence match against Carthage on September 22.

Todd Goldschmidt scored three goals, Jim Steinberg and Dave Maertz each added one.

Assists were credited to Jon Balge, Mark Henrich, and Eric Goldschmidt.

Defensively, goalee Tim Nommensen re­ corded his first shut-out with help from Balge and Roger Knepprath.

On September 26 a tough Judson College of Elgin, Illinois, handed the Trojans their first loss in spite of scoring the Trojans’ first goal by themselves. Judson quickly made up for the mistake with three quick goals of their own.

Tim Poetter added the Trojans’ second goal with an assist from Jon Kuske near the end of the first half. Neither team was able to score in the second half as both defenses excelled. The Trojans’ record fell to 3-1.

The Trojans put their conference hopes on the line the next week when they traveled to Holy Redeemer. Injuries kept the Trojans down, but Todd Goldschmidt made the most

of his playing time by scoring two goals withassists from Henrich and Poetter to give the Trojans a 2-0 halftime advantage.

Holy Redeemer kept close with some good defense and tied the score at 2 in the closing minutes to give the Trojans a 1-0-1 conference mark.

The Trojans’ archrival Maranatha was next on the docket, and they handed the Trojans a 1-0 defeat behind some excellent defensive work. The Trojans played some of their best soccer but were unable to put the ball into the net.

The men from Sem were next to take on the Trojans. Soccer stars Joe Dietrich and Dan Marshall led the way for Sem, but they were unable to overcome the Trojans. NWC won 2-1.

The freshmen combination of Steinberg-Al Gawel accounted for the first goal. Steinberg and Eric Goldschmidt then assisted Joel Rakos for the Trojans’ second goal. Dietrich picked up the Seminary goal.

The Trojans faced off against Trinity Chris­ tian in a non-conference game October 15 and the Trolls jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. But the Trojans made it 2-1 on an Andy Straseske goal with an assist by Brett Voigt. Rakos tied the score in the second half with an assist to Eric Goldschmidt tp lift the Trojans record to 4-2-2.

The Trojans next traveled to Kenosha to face Carthage in an important conference match. Todd Goldschmidt put the Trojans ahead 1-0 with Nommensen assisting on a goal punt. But the Trojans’ second match in two days began to take its toll in the second half.

Carthage tied the score at 1 with 7 minutes to play to give the Trojans another tie.

NWC’s conference hopes now hinge on the outcome of their final two matches against B&R Holy Redeemer and Maranatha.

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his issues’s article (Vol. 52, No. 1, 1948) by Robert Scharlcmann sheds a comical light on the subject of football. Hopefully it’ll bring a smile to your face and relieve some of the tension of last season.

IF IGNORANCE IS BLISS . . .

“Now that the football season is past, it should be safe to write this. Call me uneduca­ ted, bigoted, besotted-call me anything you like; but I still confess that I have never been able to understand what must possess those be­ ings who arc more educated, less bigoted and besotted than I who with all gusto and gump­ tion give heart and mind, risk life (practically) and limb, simply to carry the inflated skin of some innocent sainted swine (his descendants are anti-inflationists) over a white line at the end of a field decorated with more such white lines-which I’m told are there for reasons oth­ er than artistry. How many a student is not willing to offer himself for that noble cause-to assist his educated co-players in carrying the maltreated porcellus (what remains of him, at any rate) over the aforementioned white line!

The same people seem also to take delight in confusing others; so that one who is entirely “innocent" of football (like me) does not have a chance to understand. One hears of Butch Zmnxystpski (you make a better player if you have a name like that) that he is a quarter -or maybe that is half back-and sometimes even fully back. But back from what? There’s the nib! Occasionally it happens that some player comes a-speeding to the bench In that case one can plainly tell that he is back from something. And one is just about ready to rejoice inncrly (that’s kata thymon!) because of his keen observation. The kata-thymon re­ joicing is short-lived; for presently some killkata-thymon-joy announces via microphone that Hopelessly Unpronounceable is substitu­ ting for Butch Kmnxystpski-half back. Just when you were positive that he would get all the way back.

Too, I confess that I cannot understand why those beings insist upon standing on their heads to throw that porcine object through their legs; I personally should imagine it much more simple, sensible, and certain of aim to throw right side up. Or maybe, not yet being firm in their views of things in general, they wish for education’s sake to change their “Weltanschauung" (or possibly “Feldanschauung") for a time. For that matter, there is nothing like getting the various views on a sub­ ject-even a football field.

Then there’s that phenomenal accomplish­ ment (I’m told)-the aspiration of every true football player-of carrying the pigskin across the white line at the end of the field. Ah, happy day!—I am uninformed as to how many teeth require to be loosened or knocked out for a successful touchdown; but to save teeth I should mildly suggest that each such aspiring soul be given a ball and let run- full speed-across the white line once-or twice—or as often as he must—to content his eager little heart.’’

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REVIEWS RECORD REVIEWS Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen. When I first heard of this album, 1 had the feeling that I was going to be disappointed. Even though 1 am a big Springsteen fan, I recognize the fact that he has some faults; a penchant for stereo­ typing his characters as teenage hoods, occa­ sionally trite lyrics when he tries to be serious, and a tendency to overproduce his albums.

These faults are usually alleviated by his spirit­ ed singing and the sheer power of the E Street Band. Nebraska was recorded at his home with­ out the E Street Band and contained what was reported to be very serious and pessimistic songs. I was surprised. Not only is Nebraska not disappointing, but it is the best album that Springsteen has ever recorded.

Nebraska is an album of songs that mirror the hopes, fears, and desperation of America recorded in a folk-country style reminiscent of Woody Guthrie and an early Bob Dylan. The starkness of recording, which makes this album the aural equivalent of driving down a deserted Nebraska gravel road at night, actually brings forth some strengths which are partially hidden on his other albums. For one thing, it reveals that Springsteen is a first-rate guitarist, he can play in styles ranging from pure country to Chuck Berry-inspired rock. However, the big­ gest strength is his voice. Here his voice coos, moans, rumbles, and roars to reveal itself as one of the strongest voices in rock since Van Morrison was in full control of the “yarrragh.”

The songwriting isn’t as lofty sounding as in his other works. The rhetoric has been cut down to the common language of America in order to get America’s opinion of itself. And who are we? Well, Springsteen doesn’t look at us through romantic eyes, but takes a good long look at our shortcomings and evils. The meanness of America can be seen in the fact that four songs are about criminals, the kind of people who don’t let other people stand in the way of their personal happiness. Two intercon­ nected songs (“State Trooper’’ and “Open All Night”) show the aimless and lost condition that many Americans find themselves in and 82

The Best of Otis Redding who are constantly looking for something to “deliver me from Nowhere." The most touch­ ing song in this album, “My Father's House,” is a sequel to The River's “Independence Day” in which the character tries to rekindle his lost re­ lationship with his father only to find that it is too late, an experience familiar to many vic­ tims of the “generation gap.” But out of all of this mess we arc still a hopeful people, and the final song, “Reason to Believe,” illustrates this.

This is, in short, a haunting, frightening, hopeful, and stark album. It is as complex as the person who recorded it and a challenge to any listener.

MUSIC REVIVALOtis Redding and Buddy Holly The careers of Buddy Holly and Otis Red­ ding are strikingly similar. Both artists weren’t spectacularly successful when they were alive— Buddy Holly had only three top ten singles, and Otis Redding, although he was constantly in the rhythm and blues charts, had only one top ten hit, “Dock of the Bay.” Both were marvelous live performers. Both died young in airplane crashes. And finally, both have been treated badly by their record companies and modem F.M. radio stations. Otis has had all of his original albums deleted except for greatest

hits collections and the fantastic Live in Eur­ ope. Holly has been treated even worse; the on­ ly albums by him that you can get are antholo­ gies made up of unfinished demo tapes like A Rock and Roll Collection. Both artists are kept off A.O.R./F.M, radio stations because of the programmers’ refusal to play any music made by a black (except for Jimi Hendrix) or any­ thing recorded before 1964.

The Best of Otis Redding contains just that. It is a two-record overview of his entire career from “These Arms of Mine” (1963) to “Dock of the Bay” (1968) arranged not chron­ ologically but to create a sustained mood from side to side. This album shows his wide emo­ tional range from introspective (“Dock of the Bay”) to passionate (“Try a Little Tender­ ness”) to out and out rock (“Fa-Fa-Fa-FaFa”). Rising above the impressive band work

by Booker T and M. G.’s is Otis’ tremendous voice, truly one of the best in rock history. His music had great influence over the Soul era in the late sixties. As proof of his impact, one of the biggest hits of that era was Aretha Frank­ lin’s version of his magnificent protest song “Respect.” If he had lived, he may have gone

on to equally great popularity and then, per­ haps, such classics as Otis Blue and The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul would have sur­ vived.

Buddy Holly-Legend is an English compil­ ation album available only on import as are his only two studio albums of the fifties-Buddy Holly and The "Chirping” Crickets, both clas­ sics. The British have a greater respect for Hol­ ly than his American record companies and it shows on this collection. It garners the best of the four recording sessions he made and the different styles of each. It arranges the material in chronological order, has stereo only where the material was recorded in stereo (electron­ ically reproduced stereo which pervades his American albums has a murkier sound), and it has excellent liner notes. You need only listen to this album to see what a great impact he had over rock music. Everyone from the Beatles to the Clash owes a great deal to him artistically, and that just makes the American representa­ tion of his work all the more sad.

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CALLS —Pastor Fred Fedtke III (’64) accepted a call to both St. Matthews in Ontario, WI, and St. Johns in Kendall, WI. He was formerly a missionary in the Copperbelt, Zambia, Central Africa.

-On 10/24/82 Pastor Carl Henkel (’69), formerly of St. James, MN, was installed at Ply­ mouth, MN. —Pastor Theodore Olsen (’62), formerly of Zion church in Gainesville, FL, accepted a call to be president of MLPS in Prairie du Chien, WI, and was installed on 8/22/82, the second Gainesville pastor to become a preparatory school president.

-Pastor Roger Vomhof (’62) accepted a call to both Jehovah in Altura, MN, and Trinity in Rollingstone, MN, and was installed on 6/13/82. He formerly served St. John’s in Fair­ fax, MN. -Pastor Richard Wiechmann (’61), a teach­ er at Evergreen L.H.S. in Washington, accepted a call to Zion church in Gainesville, FL, and will be installed on 11/14/82.

ANNIVERSARIES -On Sept. 19, 1982, all of New Ulm (and most of the Hill) celebrated the 25th anniver­ sary of Pastor Thomas Henning of St. Paul’s church.

-Pastor Louis Meyer (’54) of St. John’s in Fox Lake, WI, celebrated his 25th anniversary.

—Pastor Roy Reede (’38), serving in Madi­ son, WI, celebrated his 40th year in the minis­ try.

-This year, Pastor Carlton Palenske (’54), of Peace Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau, MO, celebrates his 25th anniversary.

—St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church in Norwalk, WI, celebrated its 100th anniversary.

-Luther High School in Onalaska, WI, celebrated its 25 th year in existence this year.

—Our Savior Lutheran Church in Wausau, WI, celebrated its 40 th anniversary.

-On Sept. 19, 1982, St. Paul’s in Hales Comers, WI, celebrated its 125th anniversary.

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-Weaver, SD, watched as Trinity Lutheran Church celebrated its 65th anniversary.

DEDICATIONS -Pastor Dennis Lemke (’70) and his con­ gregation in O’Neil, NE, dedicated a church on 9/19/82.

-On 9/12/82 Pastor David Ponath (’58) and Christ Church in N. St. Paul, MN, dedi­ cated an addition to their church and school.

-Pastor Loren Lucht (’73) and Grace Church, Columbia, MO, dedicated a new chapel on 9/19/82.

-A new school was dedicated on 9/12/82

by Pastor Clare Reiter (’54) and Immanuel Church, Willmar, MN. —Pastor Daniel Nitz (’75) and his congrega­ tion, St. Luke’s in Grand Rapids, MN, dedica­ ted a new chapel on 9/12/82.

—Redeemer Lutheran in Rice Lake, WI, with its Pastor, Robert Edwards (’75), dedica­ ted a new church on 10/24/82.

RETIREMENTS —Immanuel Lutheran Church in Oshkosh WI, will witness the retirement of their pastor, Orvin Sommer (*36), on Dec. 31, 1982.

—Pastor Alvin Spaude (’51), Richmond, WI, retired on 9/12/82.

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-On Aug. 28, 1982, our Lord called to His heavenly home Pastor Edwin Klumb (’68).

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-Pastor Curtis Lyon (’66) passed out cigars when his wife, Ann (nee Prange), gave birth to Gregory Curtis Andrew Lyon on Aug. 30, 1982.

—Pastor Daniel Nitz (’73) and his wife re­ joiced at the birth of their son, Adam, on Sept.

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-Pastor and Mrs. Louis Sievert (’67) re­ ceived many “congratulations” cards for the birth of their son, Joel, bom on July 6, 1982 (only two days after my birthday!).

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-Pastor Richard Frost (’78) married Pam­ ela Streufort on Oct. 23, 1982.

David Nottling (’79) was married to Linda Duehlmeyer on July 17, 1982, even though this editor incorrectly stated in the May issue that the wedding was to be held on Aug. 7. My apologies to those who stood on the steps of the church on Aug. 7 with a fistful of rice.

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1-16 The few, the proud, the Northwestern College inter­ scholastic winter sports athletes prepare for their seasons.

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Trojan basketball opens with game against the Holy Hill Hoopers of Mequon.

7:30 P.M.

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Rugged Trojan wrestlers start season at Maranatha.

6:00 P.M.

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Lawrence University of Appleton visits Watertown for a buckets game.

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Choral Vespers Service in the Chapel.

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Northwestern wrestlers take on Waukesha CTI in Waukesha.

A night before vacation classic. NWC vs. Maranatha 7:30 P.M. in our gym. Anyone caught studying during this contest will be forced to wear an “I just simply don’t know what to do with myself when I’m away from my books” sign for the rest of the semester.

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Thanksgiving recess at 12:00 noon. At the time of this writing it isn’t official yet, but we’ll probably have one of those niftily compressed schedules with the shorter, easier-to-care-for classes. Keep your fingers crossed.

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Tom is the only married member of our new trio. He and his wife met through common friends at Bethany and have been married for the past two years. The two of them enjoy running, so don’t be surprised if you meet them on your way down Western Avenue. In­ structor Nass is enjoying teaching but be­ coming a parish minister is what he’s really looking forward to.

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braska. After his third grade year, his father ac­ cepted a call to his present congregation. Good Shepherd in Omaha. There he became one of Nebraska football’s most avid fans. Later Keith did some football and baseball playing of his own, both at prep and in college.

Academically he wasn’t the best of stu­ dents but as he put it, “I made it.” He had his share of fun here at Northwestern and found his Seminary years to be some of the best of his life. He still enjoys sports and even had the chance to get to know a little about soccer as coach this past fall.

In addition to his obligation as a member of the dorm staff, he's teaching sexta algebra, though he admits his students might not agree.

When not at work in the classroom or in his of­ fice, you may find him out on the golf course, providing warm weather ever returns. Thoughts of a family may be “somewhere down the line,” but, at least for now. No. 3 in his life is B&R still Nebraska football.

At times.

No matter what the “when” or “where,” The Carousel in my mind glides round And flicks its fancy pictures on the screen Inside my head.

I see Images which I choose to see.

Photos taken, oh, so long ago And filed with well-marked order in the reels I designate.

Ah, such precision!

Slides of black and white.

Phrases crisp and clear— I heard them yesterday.

And that one twenty years ago; But here it is today.

The Carousel projects the shot So vivid here upon the screen, A memory in my hand just for the taking.

And yet— In an endless line of slides.

Pictures black and white upon the screen.

Such clear-cut imagery, such pleasant signs— The Bad Slide

Creeps in That thing which I’d forgotten And tried to lock away, A memory misbegotten.

I tried to forget.

Hoped to forget And threw the thing away.

But there.

It comes again, while I stand deaf.

Not hearing how that slide moves in the reel Until with howling sound and bright-red tone It slams upon the screens within my head.

The stupicj thing I’d done, That heartless thing I’d done.

That infantile and idiotic phrase that Fell off of my lips!

I scream Quietly While faces turn my way That cannot understand Why Sheer tension grimaces this face.

Why These terror-crippled hands And groan of agony?

“It’s just a memory,” I say.

And as they turn away, a voice within proclaims, “What’s gone is gone. You’ll be okay.

Every little thing passes, with time.”

While that old slide Creeps back Into The Carousel.

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“You think anybody is watching us?”

“Shh-quiet. Here he comes.”

“All right, coast is clear. Have you got it all figured out?”

“I’ve been workin’ on it. There’s still a couple of small details-” “Like what?”

“Like hold on. Let me start from the beginning so you get it all straight.”

“All right.”

“All right. Tonight they lock us up same as usual, with the straps and everything.”

“Yeah, so what?”

“OK, I’m gettin’ to the good part. You get loose during the night-” “Me, why me?” ‘“Cause you're the closest to the door out! Now just be quiet and listen. You wanna get out, don’t ya?”

“All right. Then what do I gotta do?”

“Help me—what else? You think 1 can manage this all by myself?”

“Well you sure did all the planning all yourself.”

“You got any better ideas?”

“No.”

“All right, then. After we’re both free we have to overpower them.”

“Just the two of us?”

“Well they won’t be expecting it. And I think they leave all the stuff at that center part anyway.”

“I still don’t think we’ll be able to do it. These regulation clothes aren't too good for hiding weapons, you know.”

“Just stow it. Next time we eat, you be sure to grab an extra knife.”

“What if I get caught?”

“Will you stop coinin’ up with these ideas? We gotta try somethin’. You wanna go through another year of this?”

“No, you’re right. Let’s say all of this works out. Then what?”

“Well, we gotta get through these big doors somehow. Maybe if-” “I’m gettin’ scared again.”

“Just listen to-” “I said-” “I heard you! Quit interrupting!”

“Quiet, here he comes.”

“Oh, man.”

“All right. Now what if the alarms go off?”

“Listen. You wanna keep getting kicked around?”

“No.”

“You wanna keep eating this food?”

“No.”

“Do you enjoy being locked every night?”

“Well, of course not.”

“Then we got no choice. We been through this before. Are you ready to go?”

“I think so.”

“Just calm down.”

“All right. I can handle it now.”

“Go through what I told you.”

“OK. I get loose. How I get the keys I’ll never know. Anyway, then I help you. And then we try to sneak past the-” “No, we overpower them.”

“Oh, yeah. Somehow with those blunt knives we overpower five people and then head for the big doors. Then the alarms ring and it’s all over.”

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“You’re about as comforting as that cold mattress.”

“Yeah. So how do we get through those doors?”

“Now listen tight. I’ve been watchin’ real careful. Last time they took me out for exercise I noticed what they push to turn the alarm off.”

“Really?”

“1 know what I’m doin’, hey.”

“And you think you can swing it?”

“No sweat. If you can just put up enough of a diversion—” “Diversion!?”

“Just make some noise or something’!”

“I thought we overpowered all of those people. Why do we need a diversion?”

“Just in case well just in case I guess maybe if there's anyone we miss-” “That's it. I can’t do it.”

“Do you remember the night you got mad and started throwing food around? Do you remember what they did to you?”

“Yeah, all by myself for two weeks.”

“And stuff like that always happens around here. We gotta get out. This is gonna work great.”

“Let's say no, let's say everything works up to there.”

“Right.”

“Just exactly what are we gonna do when we get out?”

“You know that old building down on Court Street?”

“The abandoned apartment-" “Yeah. We can kinda lay low there until-” “Do you really think it's still there?”

“Well it was there ten years ago. I don't see why-” “Come on.”

“What?”

“I said, come on. Quit fooling yourself. Places like that don’t last ten years. I think we need connections.”

“OK, smartic, where we gonna get those?”

“Well next time she comes to visit me-” “She hasn’t been here for two years.”

“I know.”

“Then why-” “I don't know.”

“That's not important anyway. We’ll find something once we break out of here. And any­ thing, absolutely anything, has to be better than this hole.”

“Listen, maybe we should just wait a little while longer. I mean—” “I'm going tonight, with or without you.”

“Well 1 guess if you put it that way I'm going. I mean you really are about all that's holding me together yet here.”

“Don't get sickening sweet on me. I—” “Look out, I think she's coming this way.”

“Quiet now-we haven't been talking.”

“Shhhh—” “Come on. Walter dear, it's time for your medicine.”

“Huh-” “Now, Walter, don't get unresponsive. Let go of those handles and lift your feet so I can wheel you to your nice, warm room. Good night, George.”

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From a far away land where the weather’s always fine, Where the forests grow green and the rivers run deep, Where the sun’s beaming down red rays all in line From behind rolling hills and freak ridges that are steep.

Sheer cliffs cut and slide for position in a space Unbounded, unhindered, unresolved.

While the place without sound gains a friend, loses face Unwilling, unhappy, unexpected.

Intruders in this land are so few and far between.

When they're here all is strange for a time.

The state of affairs which prevailed in between Has been lost in the climb, in the climb.

Rocks roll, dust rises, men's voices bandy 'bout Men climb, rock fall, dust flics.

While the place without sound loses face to a shout Men climb high, higher still than high.

Rivers running ripple through the forests keeping green While the sun beaming bright reaches down.

Red rays all in line lick the rock, lick it clean To the tune of the passing by of time.

In this far away land where the weather’s always fine And intruders are a sound and sight rare.

You may lose all your sense of the world in the climb Of the world left behind you back there.

One world is down and another’s yet to go In the place losing face without sound.

Is it right to require that we know that we know That beauty 'bounding yet can be found?

One world's a picture, a world without sound Somewhat closed, somewhat bound, after all.

You can see what 1 mean when you look all around At the trees, at the hills, and at all.

The other’s more real with its sounds and its sights And its people filling space in between.

A place such as this isn’t bad after all Passing mornings, passing noons, passing nights.

Plant your flag on a hill in this world if you will.

Any hill will be fine, I’m quite sure.

Stake your claim and make ready now to stay.

It’s God’s world, yours to tend, it’s his will.

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400 AD. You're on your way to the local meat-sacrificed-to-idols emporium. While you are tripping along the street, you pass some old friends. There's Fred Xcnokratos, a leader in the community and head of the local Sophists' school. He's a good teacher, a fine and intelli­ gent man, and, as far as you’re concerned, a good Christian, too. Fred only goes to the school nowadays for a lecture or two, to main­ tain his fob and keep abreast of what you and he and your Christian friends like to call “the outside world. ” And besides, it's an old habit and most of his acquaintances work there.

You exchange a few words about the upcoming Bacchanalia (“a harmless old custom," Fred says) and move along your way.

Down the street is Sappho Guinnee's idol statuary> shop. That’s what it used to be, any­ way. She’s a Christian now, too, and well tolerated by the chamber of commerce (she’s been a leading merchant since 357AD). Now she sells little statuettes of the Apostles, a few busts of popular martyrs and bishops, and a Christ Mass creche or two. You wave kindly to the old woman and pass around the corner toward a familiar structure, lined with Corin­ thian columns, carvings, and marble statues.

You slip off your dirty sandals and pad up the clean, white-stone steps.

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It’s Christmas. Walk into some church, take a seat and listen to the sermon. You hear it every year, the story of the Christ Child.

What would you say, however, if the sermon you heard forgot to mention clearly man’s need for a savior, neglected to stress the story of God’s great love for mankind, and instead plodded on for about half an hour talking about how “Jesus was important to a lot of people, just as a new-born baby is to its parents and grandparents, because everyone expected 94

great tilings from him?”

What would you say? “Somebody fell off the space shuttle?”

I’ve heard that sermon, and I’ve rarely walked out of a Yule-tide service with a hungrier soul. No meat. No law. No Gospel.

The pastor slipped up on the message, in spite of his attention-getting approach. What was supposed to be a vehicle for getting a message across became a freight train without a driver.

The gimmick took over. He forgot to hitch his locomotive to the Gospel.

So he ran out of fuel and the congregation starved for another week.

I know that he meant well, though. The man who gave that sermon has always been a conscientious, hard-working Christian. I won't mock him or scold him for forgetting God’s Word. 1 should, because it is important to me, but his failure and that experience have taught me something: human nature all too often emphasizes the wrong thing and gets off the track. Time has proven it again and again; human nature needs big help to keep it on the right track. It’s just loo easy to get lost.

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, put it another way, “Trust God, and keep your powder dry.” Don't ever assume that just because God's there, you’re going to do everything perfectly. Don't take God for

granted. If you take your attention offliim for a moment, you’re dead meat. Satan will put a ring in your nose and tug you off in some wrong direction.

The early Christian Church makes a fine example. No Christians since have had the advantages they did for Christian upbringing.

They had the Apostles, they had direct cor­ respondence from Paul and Peter and John.

They lived in a world whose customs and life­ styles made interpretation of the Gospel (particularly where the writers referred to specific customs and situations) easier than it is for us today. They could understand the problems Christ and Paul, for instance, had to endure, because they could ask the men who were there.

But they still got mixed up. And by 400 AD, as William Highet, contributor to Time/Life’s Book of Christinas, states.

The waters of the Christian spirit gushed into dry pagan channels.. .

Again and again, then and thereafter, we see pagan philosophical ideas, aesthetic patterns, imaginative symbols, and social and religious customs taken over bv Christianity, rededicatcd and, without destruction, transformed.

Before long the Church had lost its free­ dom, had lost the promise of salvation, and was bowing to a religio-political leader who couldn't have cared less for the spiritual wel­ fare of his people.

It all started so innocently. A gimmick.

A new twist. Something to liven up the old, dead prose of the ancient men who headed the Church. The young men who were studying to be pastors had been weened on the exciting ideas of Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Seneca. They were thrilled and enthusiastic about learning. That fascination was naturally transferred to the Bible and its vast store of Knowledge. They couldn't understand why the average churchgoer didn't get excited about God's Word. The people just didn’t seem to act as interested as they should have.

So the young pastors livened up the message a little. They looked for new ways to say an old thing. They drew off of their past learning, looking for new interpretations, new angles.

And they got carried away.

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whose great learning made them leaders in the Church got waylaid by the old humanistic and pagan philosophies that they grew up with.

Probably even more pastors who weren't as educated, but who were just as vulnerable to the influences of contemporary movements and ideas, lost track of the true message in the Bible.

In the end, they couldn't tell what the true message ever was.

They got sidetracked on small things, about Mary, about angels, about saints. Then the big things got all muddled up-what are sin, grace, justification, sanctification, the sacraments? Soon they began to lose security in their answers; they lost security and trust in their people, and in the Bible. So they set up a system that would give them straight answers. Or at least one man did, and lie called himself the pope.

But the answers weren't as straight as they should have been, because they started on a crooked path, without a compass. It finally took a miracle to change the whole thing around. God set up a prophet and began his Reformation. He gave the Bible, the Truth, the Compass, back to his people.

Now we need it back again. Just because God straightened his Church out in the Refor­ mation didn't mean it would stay that way.

The old problems have cropped up again, with different names. Now many churches don't emphasize the Bible, the Gospel, as much as God demands. They turn to social gospel, to Pentecostalism, to Millenialism, to modern humanistic philosophies to liven up what they see as a dead message. The gimmicks are creep­ ing back. Some church bodies ask their pastors to get degrees in fields outside oi theology (I know of one pastor who was asked to get a degree in chemistry), not because they want them to be professors in church universities, but because they want their pastors to “relate to the people.’’ As a result they forget the most reliable vehicle for Christian instruction; the Bible becomes a side-issue. Thousands of souls go starving; and with very little prodding a chain of mislaid doctrine grows longer and longer.

A man can forge a chain so easily, link by beautifully-gilded and flower-flourished linkHe can lock himself to it with a chnk o the manacle and make it his own, part of himscll.

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But if he throws away the key, and assumes that he can always snap off the chain unaided, lie's making a sad mistake. Chains generally drag things down, not up.

Now, at Christmas, building chains becomes easy. The story of the birth of Christ is one we hear every year, and there are so many things you can talk about to liven up the discussion.

How lively the discussion is, however, should not have to depend on how it's clothed or chained, but on how much the speaker cares about it.

For a Christian, how much he cares is the whole thing.

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QUESTION: What sleeping patterns do you generally follow here at NWC, and how many hours of sleep do you get on the average?

BILL MICHEL-SENIOR 1 guess I get about 8-9 hours of sleep a day, but overall it's hard to sleep with a sequoia. Also, you can’t plan in advance what your schedule is so you get sleep when you can.

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I usually sleep under the covers or if my sheets are out on the flagpole, I’ll use the pile of dirty clothes on my bed to keep me warm. If 1 didn't get enough sleep in class, I have to go to bed around 3:30 or 4:00 a.m., unless there’s a good water fight or I want to get a sub.

SCOTT MOSHER- JUNIOR Usually I go to bed at 1:00 A.M., except before tests when I go to bed at 2:30, and I get up about 7:00 so Mrs. Hanke can’t lock me out of the dining hall.

That’s about 6 hours, not counting my occasional 50 minute naps during Birsching music.

MIKE MADSON-SOPHOMORE My sleeping pattern is pretty basic: 1 sleep when I'm tired. I find it difficult to function with too little sleep, so if 1 didn’t get enough the night before, I usually take a nap in the afternoon. I like to have a little leisure time between the end of classes and supper, and I usually don’t get too much work done in that time. It makes for a late night once in a while, but I’m used to it. I average between 7-8 hours of sleep a night which I think is about normal for a college student.

With any less sleep my body (which is in bad enough shape) would start to drag a little. I’m just glad the bars close at 1:00 A.M. now, so I can get an extra hour of sleep every night. I usually don't fall asleep in class, although once in a while I catch myself falling over and drooling on my books. My biggest problem is when I’m studying in my room and Z...Z..Z.ZZZZZ.

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CAMPUS The Christmas break fast approaches and with it come thoughts of luxuries like sleep­ ing in and showering alone. But Christmas vacation gives another rich opportunity, which is all too often taken for granted. For Christ­ mas break gives us the chance to get away from school for a little while and think about just how good we have it here. So on December 27, when you're lying in bed at 10:16 AM watch­ ing “Love Boat." think of NWC and all the fun you could be having here. You could, for instance, be sitting through an informative lecture period, or you could be back in your room clearing off a space on your desk big enough to get that composition done for next hour, or you could be getting into a Greek translation. But no-you’re just lying there flat on your back digesting last night’s turkey with nothing to do but watch the world go by.

Nice life.

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DID YOU KNOW? * Elmer Spredemann really works as a spy for the Synod. ♦Mike Madson is an extremely intelligent twelve year old. ♦Keith Schreiner is a fairly intelligent ten year old. ♦Bob Hein is expecting to stand up in Bitts' wedding-with one of Jon's sisters. ♦Jim Bartz is putting his dentist’s son through med school. ♦Tim Poetter is “C”. ♦Paul Koelpin will be teaching Frosh history next semester. ♦Jim Bartz is a graduate of the Evelyn Wood Sped Spekking Course. ♦Prof. Spaude will be using a sequoia for his Christmas tree this year ♦Mark Paustian does not lift weights with Denny Rardin.

This month, Better Dorms and Gardens was welcomed into the home of Roger Knepprath. “Please,” he said affably, “Call 98

me Rog. Would you like some cherry KoolAid?” Besides being a warm host, Rog showed us that lie's a revolutionary interior decorator as well. “I just love to decorate, but I try to take it a little more seriously than most people.

So many students just slap up a poster of Victoria Principal and have done with it,” he said as he smoothed his smart gray sweat­ shirt. “Well, that just wasn't the way forme. I look at interior decorating as an art and I wanted to make a statement with my room. All of a sudden it hit me—why not decorate in gutter? It’s functional, but the smooth, sleek lines give the room that distinctive panache I was looking for. It’s so, so modern. I think the effect is just marv, don’t you?”

You bet we do, Rog. Keep it up-it’s inno-

vative students like you who make dorm life a little more interesting. Don’t miss next month when BD&G looks into a more tradi­ tional decor. We’ll be discussing the style of Jeff Limpert and his homey, “lived in” look.

LETTERS TO WALLY Dear Wally, Recently at the college which I attend the student body has been compared to the student body of a prep school. I remember a piece which was printed in your column in the Free Porcelain Press a few years ago stating just exactly what the differences between a prep and a small midwestern college student are. Could you please reprint it? This is a point I'm not real clear on.

A. Malcontent Dear A.M. Here it is: Preps have a “spirit stick.” Collegiates have Andy Krause’s sparkplug.

Preps giggle in class. Collegiates snore in class.

Preps don’t tie their shoelaces because it’s “cool.” Collegiates don’t tie them because it hurts their heads to bend over.

Preps shave when they don’t have to.

Collegiates don’t shave when they should.

Preps shower to gain peer approval. Collegi­ ates don’t for the same reason.

Preps get haircuts. Collegiates go bald.

Collegiates get into cars. Preps sneak into them.

Hope this clears things up for you.

Wally

Spirits need a lift? Depressed because of that second semester schedule that seems to be arranged around the first, second, and seventh hours of every day? Do you find your­ self thinking, “I have no pep to rally”? This can happen to even the most content of stu­ dents, so we here at C&C decided to provide you with a little holiday cheer. We’ve cooked up some indulgent imbibements that are guaranteed to titillate your tastebuds and stir up some holiday warmth. Here are our concoc­ tions as they are enjoyed by some of the more

prominent campus personalities.

“Spaude Screwdriver”-resembles the tradi­ tional drink of the same name but with an added twist: this contains all the hilarious elements involved with ancient Greek comedy.

A great one to study astronomy by-Greek style, of course.

“Tom Nass Collins”-Valuable tool em­ ployed by the translators in cracking the code of the Ugaritic texts at Ebla. After several of these, translators were reported to say, , it was easy!” Gives you the illusion that you 99

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Scharfs retirement as “the end of an era.”

In this edition we draw your attention to the end of another era. Over Thanksgiving break Joel Willitz put a campus legend to rest when he retired the unforgettable Flame Job. The Flame Job was more than just an automobile.

It was a statement. It was the ultimate expres­ sion of Joel’s personality. Student, faculty member, Watertown resident-whom hasn't the Flame Job left an impression on? A few of us—Tyler Hjorth, for instance—have even had the opportunity to make an impression on the Flame Job. Joel is now driving the Blue Bomb and we've still got Jeff Limperl/Nate Krause's Blender, Stu Freese’s Nebraska Farmland Cruiser, and Ron Balge's Prince Valiant, but 100

nothing is ever going to fill the Flame Job’s tire treads. All we have now is fond memories of the sparkle that the Flame Job brought into all of our lives. The Flame Job wouldn’t have wanted anything fancy, so let's just say: Thanks, old buddy. We’ll see you around. i

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The empty skies wax black, the wind blows cold.

The air hangs thick and damp with tears; The chill of unexperienced depths Gnaws through the cloak of present fears.

Despair and sorrow never healed The broken heart or wounded soul.

And giving up and turning back Eventually will reap their toll.

Emotions tend to complicate The labyrinth of mortal roads, And goals, once clear, arc sometimes lost While struggling with lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heavy loads.

My friend, we all must carry on And bear the yoke along the way.

So lift your head and try to smileTomorrow is another day.

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• 7, pp. 196-197, by Edgar A. Hoenccke (’23) and deals with the subject of “manly” beauty (maybe we. can adopt some of the hair designs mentioned in this article to gain the fancy of the DMLC buffs).

ON“MANLY”BEAUTY We’re gradually getting accustomed to the style-craze of women, and we men have ridi­ culed them time and again for their frenzied efforts to make themselves as presentable as possible to us. In the meantime we haven’t noticed that men have become as fickle and style-and fad-crazy as women. Therefore this article will very likely be ridiculed for its re­ actionary tendency when it reaches publicity.

But that is no matter. The writer is not a con­ servative old fogy, and he will be ready to change his views on styles as soon as they are changed and will be glad to appreciate and ad­ mire the next craze as highly as he does the one now existing.

With so many of my poor wronged and misunderstood brothers, the champions of manly beauty, I ask: why haven't all men a bet­ ter understanding and appreciation for real beauty? Why can’t they all see the beauty of that exquisite modern mop-rag hair cut? Or the wonderful contrast between the distingue, vir­ tuoso hairpuff and the milk-white nape of the neck? Why can’t they all learn to appreciate the wonderful symmetery of those delicious butler stripes running like hot tar down the sides of a rosy cheek, which formerly were in vogue only among brethren of the House of

David anti among people in cities afflicted with barberstrikes? It is hard to realize that there are so few real connoisseurs of beauty who can see the “cuteness” of those oily blue-black or pale yellow ringlets which big brother puts into his hair with sister’s electric curlers—sister has her hair bobbed, you know-in the dead of night while the rest of the house is fast asleep. Then people who rave about the beauty of highly polished wood and rare jewels, why aren’t they consistent, why can’t they appreciate that glossy Vaseline style of haircomb? Or, not to forget that cunning little hint of an eye-brow, carefully tweezed away to represent a dash, a question mark, or any other mark which in­ dicates that something is missing? And isn’t it a wonderful achievement, this modern, softhued, tailor-made complexion, which makes the most consumptive lad look hale and hearty?

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If an alumnus of Northwestern took a stroll over the practice fields in late August and talked with the coaches and players of the football and soccer teams, he couldn’t help be­ ing impressed.

In football the Trojans were returning with 10 defensive starters, while the offense was re­ building around sophomore quarterback Duane Rodewald. High hopes abounded-some rival coaches were even picking the Trojans to win the conference.

The same was true for the soccer team. Tu­ tor Free had an experienced squad with seniors holding 9 of 11 starting positions and the Tro­ jans appeared ready to take the conference by storm.

Yet, by the time the luster of Homecoming had passed, the football team had been deci­ mated by injuries and had finished their first winless season in memory. The soccer team, al106

so hurt by injuries and lack of depth, finished with a disappointing 4-3-4 overall record, which put them in third place in the confer­ ence.

By the time the football team travelled to New Ulm to take on DMLC, the Trojans were 0-6 and were down to their last quarterback.

However, things were looking up. The offense was coming off its best game of the season and the defense continued to play like champions.

But the Lancers put an end to the Trojans' hopes with a 10-0 defeat. The NWC offense couldn't hold its own as turnovers and mis­ takes kept the Trojans out of scoring range. An interception even led to the Lancers sole touch­ down to spite the defense’s stellar perform­ ance.

Time finally ran out on the Trojan offense versus Maranalha at NWC's Homecoming. Again, the Trojans outgained their opponents by a 326-201 margin, but they were unable to push into the end zone. Northwestern’s only score came on a Dan Reich field goal from 24 yards out with no time remaining in the first half.

The lead held up until Maranatha inter­ cepted a pass and returned it to the six-yard line, from which the Crusaders pushed into the end zone for a 7-3 victory. The loss dropped the Trojans to 0-8 for the season.

SOCCER Things weren't going much better for the soccer team. Although they still had a chance of winning the conference title, a tic against Holy Redeemer and a loss to Maranatha sealed the Trojans’ fate.

Against Holy Redeemer the Trojans picked up their fourth tic of the season as they strug­ gled to a 3-3 score. Todd Goldschmidt, who was named to the all-conference team, picked up Northwestern’s first goal, while Joel Rakos and Mark Henrich added the others. But the tie put the Trojans out of the title race.

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Still hoping for a second-place finish, the Trojans hosted Maranatha on Homecoming but couldn’t hold on to a l-0 advantage as the Cru­ saders picked up two late goals to defeat the Trojans 2-1. Rakos accounted for Northwest­ ern’s lone score. The loss dropped NWC to 1-2-3 in the conference, which gave them third place.

Standing alongside Todd Goldschmidt on the All-Conference team was defenseman Roger Knepprath. Receiving Honorable Men­ tions were goalie Tim Nommensen, defenseman Jon Balge, halfback Jon Kuske and for­ ward Tim Poetter.

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In a month or two, the dorm council will present Casablanca as a movie night. It is an American classic, a critical and financial suc­ cess, and the favorite film of many people. It seems amazing that it turned out as well as it did considering the conditions under which it was made. It was based on a Broadway play that never got to Broadway (“Everyone Goes to Rick's”). It was being scripted as it was being shot. Finally, Ronald Reagan was slated to play the lead originally, which would have been the worst job of casting if it had suc­ ceeded. What made it succeed was primarily two factors: the writing and the acting.

If the worth of a script was determined solely on the number of familiar expressions it added to the English language, the script would rank as one of the best in movie history.

Besides “Play it again, Sam,” (spoken by Ingrid Bergman, by the way), Casablanca has introduced us to such expressions as, “Here’s looking at you, kid.” “Louis, this looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship,” and “The lives of two people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy, mixed-up world of ours.”

However, it gives us more than a collection of quotable phrases. Casablanca's script is also a masterpiece of character development. In a way, writing the script during production was an advantage. The writers could write specifi­ cally for the actors so that each character could be brought to his fullest potential.

Thus, there are virtually no minor characters; each adds a vital link in the plot chain no matter how “small” his role might be. The plot itself concerns two letters of transit signed by General Dc Gaulle that would allow anyone to get from Casablanca to Lisbon and from there to America. They, by chance, fall into the hands of Rick (Humphrey Bogart) One of Rick’s ex-lovers (Ingrid Bergman) arrives in Casablanca with her husband Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), a leader of the French Underground who needs to get out of Casa­ blanca before the Germans can arrest him on a trumped-up charge. (They can't arrest him on the spot because Casablanca is still a part of Free France.) The resolution involves several plot twists and really must be experienced to

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He may claim to be politically neutral, but the subtle contempt he shows the Germans, the restrictions he places on Nazi officials in his cafe, and his sanction of such activities as the singing of the French national anthem in the presence of the Nazis show what side he's really on.

By the way. when you go to see Casablanca. try to bring a girl along, wear a trench coat, and put on your best Bogart hat. It’ll double your enjoyment of the movie.

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CALL REPORT -Pastor Roger Kuerth (’73), formerly of Huntsville, AL, accepted a call to Peace in Otsego, MI, and was installed on November 7, 1982.

-Pastor Jonathan Rimmert (’74), formerly pastor at Resurrection in Centerville, OH, accepted a call to both Trinity in Friesland, WI, and Grace in Dalton, WI, and was installed on October 10, 1982.

ANNIVERSARIES —Beautiful Savior Church in Corvallis, OR, under Pastor Duane Vanselow (’74), celebrated its 10th anniversary.

-Pastor George Frey (’37), presently at St. Paul's in Tacoma, VVA, celebrated the 40th anniversary of his ordination.

-St. James Church in Kalamazoo, MI, with John Dolan ('74) pastor, celebrated its 15th anniversary.

—St. John’s Church in Ann Arbor, MI, celebrated the 50th anniversary of its corner­ stone laying.

—St. John's Church in Clare, MI, under Pastor Ronald Watcrstradt (’62), celebrated its centennial.

-Pastor Philip A. Koelpin (’68), serving at Flagstaff, AZ, celebrated his 10th anniversary in the ministry.

-Pastor Theodore Kuskc (’51) of both St. John’s and St. Peter’s in Goodhue, MN, celebrated his 25th anniversary.

-Trinity Church in Brillion, WI, celebrated its centennial in October.

-St Paul’s Church of Green Bay, WI, will be celebrating its centennial from Novem­ ber 1982 to October 1983.

RETIREMENTS —Pastor John Bradtke (’36) retired on October 20, 1982, having served 42 years at St. Paul’s in Arlington, MN. -On November 14, 1982, Pastor Clayton Krug (’38) retired, having last served in W. Newton, PA. DEATHS —On November 1, 1982, the Lord called to his Heavenly Home Pastor Alvin A. Schabow (’38).

DEDICATIONS

BIRTHS

-Pastor R. Edwards (’75) dedicated a Worship-Education-Fellowship unit in Rice Lake, WI, on October 24, 1982.

Another Worship-Education-Fellowship unit was dedicated in Beckley, WV, by Pastor Robert Hoepner (’68).

-On August 24, Pastor and Mrs. George Ferch (’71) adopted Emily Ann, who was bom in Seoul, Korea.

—Pastor and Mrs. Daniel Garbow (’73) were blessed with the birth of a baby daughter, Keturah Elizabeth, on March 12, 1982.

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-During October Pastor and Mrs. Glen Hieb (’76) welcomed the long-expected arrival of Jared James.

-Pastor Dennis Kleist (’74) and his wife Rhonda were blessed with the birth of Angela on October 10, 1982.

-Pastor and Mrs. Jerome McWaters (’71) were blessed with the birth of Zachary on April 8, 1982, and on October 15, 1982, they adopted another boy, Lucas.

-Pastor and Mrs. (Judy) Larry Zahn (’73) became the proud parents of Courtney on October 10, 1982.

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—Since when does NWC get shut out by New Ulm? -Kurt Ebert and Jim “Bubba” Hoff got held up by a man with loaded finger! Both were brilliant under pressure. Bubba’s mocking tones forced the man to leave; a chase ensued with Kurt running him down. No charges; seminary charity and concern illuminated.

All in a day’s work.

P.S. Both are willing to volunteer for CeeP patrol at winter carnival time for old times’ sake.

—Charlie Gumm would like to have volun­ teers for his reenactment of “Luther and the Real Reformation,” a new movie in commem­ oration of the 450th anniversary. Charlie feels the old one just doesn’t have it anymore.

—There is reason to believe that the horse wants to break his soon-to-be-six-years-without-a-date.

-Jim Janke still thinks he lives in Fond du Lac. No one has the heart to tell him. It could completely shatter his already shell-like exist­ ence.

-Robb Raasch has been receiving myster­ ious correspondence from a “secret admirer” in New Ulm. Any information leading to her arrest will be justly rewarded with a share in the spoils.

-Jack Kelly still doesn’t have a chin.

-Chris Cordes has taken a mysterious lik­ ing to singing in the Lutheran Chorale.

-Billy Carter is a Marshmallow.

—Docs Steve Nowicki really expect to erase the name “POD” from our memories?

-John Miller has nothing to talk about any more.

-After two years Billy C. has finally been caught.

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Some time, either as you read this article or after, look LW over. It is in our library catalog under 245.2 L97. Look into the hymnal for yourself, establish YOUR opinion as to what we as a synod should do about this issue.

Instead of making a judgment whether to use LW in our churches or not, let’s take a short trip through LW, pointing out similarities and differences.

At first glance this hymnal looks like our hymnal. It’s the same size; color is different and it’s a little thicker. Opening the hymnal, we find on page 8 the church year with its Sun­ days and Major Festivals along with the Minor Festivals. This section follows our hymnal with minor changes. Trinity Sunday is followed by Sundays after Pentecost. The birthday of C.F.W. Walther (a famous theologian of the LC-MS) is also included.

On page 10 we find the Propers for the Day. This is a bit different from TLH because the Introit, Collect, Readings, Gradual and Verse are all together. This is a plus in favor of LW. The reading series is the 1LCW series used

and approved by our synod some years ago.

The Introit can also be chanted.

Prayers, Intercessions and Thanksgivings are found next on page 124. Many of these prayers are taken right from TLH with updated English. One prayer may cause us to look twice, on page 131, entitled, “For calling faith­ ful teachers, musicians, deaconesses and oth­ ers.” A WELS pastor may have some explaining to do on this point.

The Athanasian Creed follows with almost identical wording except for changes like “un­ create” to “uncreated” and “verity” to “truth.” LW retains the use of “catholic” with­ out any explanation.

Finally on page 136 we come to the first of a variety of liturgies. The first we of the WELS would find very accommodating, for it is just like TLH page 5; here it is called Divine Service I. Divine Service also incorporates Holy Com­ munion. The English has been updated with very minor changes in melody.

Divine Service II includes two different settings written by two prominent Lutheran musicians, Paul Beyes and Richard Hellert of LC-MS. Both of these services include the basic

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liturgical forms as \vc arc used to using with the addition of different chants. Both services are generally good in text and musical setting.

Divine Service III follows Martin Luther’s “Deutsche Messe” of 1526. This service uses Lutheran chorales in place of the liturgical chants.

Orders of service for Holy Baptism and Confirmation follow. These two services arc very much like ours. For Baptism, LW suggests the use of the baptismal garment and a candle (going back to Luther’s time). The Confirma­ tion service follows ours exactly.

Matins and Vespers follow, using our same order with some different settings.

Following are transplants from the Ameri­ can Lutheran hymnbook, Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW). LBW used these Morning and Evening prayers in Matins and Vespers, respec­ tively. The Evening prayers also include a serv­ ice called “Service of Light.”

The service called “Compline” follows the same order as Matins and Vespers. It was used traditionally in the canonical hours as the very last service of the day.

On page 270 through 291 there are a num­ ber of prayers, including the Litany, two res­ ponsive prayers, and a bidding prayer.

The next 75 pages include a number of de­ votional materials: Propers for Morning and Evening Prayer Family Devotion Order A Daily Lectionary Luther’s Small Catechism (the LC-MS version) A Corporate Confessional Service A Private Confessional Service Emergency Baptism Selected Psalms (32 fewer than TLH) After 369 pages of liturgy and devotional materials we can enter the hymn section. Be­ fore we do this, let me comment on this rather large liturgy section. The variety which is offered with the added services is very good.

Doctrinally the services are very well done. I don’t know if it is important to include the or­ ders for Baptism, Confirmation and Private Confession. These services are included in our synod’s Agenda for our pastors. Yet, to say that LW is bad just because of a variety of litur­ gies would be a falsehood.

The hymn section of LW is next. Let’s first look at some statistics. There are 509 hymns in

LW. 380 of these hymns are carry-overs from TLH. LW also contains 129 new hymns. Let’s take a look at the make-up of this hymn selec­ tion. One shortcoming of TLH, in my estima­ tion, is the number of hymns for the different seasons of the church year. Pastor Kurt Eggert gives us an example of this in the July 1, 1982, issue of the Northwestern Lutheran: “We have for example (in TLH) 16 hymns for New Year’s but only 7 for the whole Epiphany sea­ son.” How true this is! Epiphany runs any­ where from one to six Sundays, for which wc have only seven hymns. LW seeks to alleviate this problem. They have placed 18 hymns into this section.

To go through and mention the hymns that were dropped and which new ones were added would take reams of paper. But let’s look at just the Christmas section to see just what LW does with the choice of hymns. For the Christ­ mas section LW has 37 hymns, 4 more than TLH. There arc 18 new hymns, while 14 were dropped from TLH. One hymn from TLH was moved to the Epiphany section. Hymns like “This Night a Wond’rous Revelation” and “To Thee My Heart I Offer” may be missed. How­ ever, there are a few improvements, an example of which is dividing Luther’s hymn, “From Heaven Above” into two sections, “The An­ gels’ Message” and “Our Response.”

Someone may ask about the doctrinal side of the hymns. Many of the hymn texts have been modernized from the archaic second per­ son singular pronouns (thee, thou, thine). This has caused some to become disturbed. Yet Luther in his time used the German “du” when referring to God. In the third verse of “Savior of the Nations, Come,” the rather free transla­ tion may cause a raising of eyebrows. It goes like this: “In her (Mary’s) virtues it was known, God has made her heart his throne.” I suppose at first glance there are those who would say we arc venerating Mary with this stanza. Other­ wise, doctrinally I have not found any tremen­ dous errors. There could be some, for even in TLH there are doctrinal errors (check stanza two of Hymn 475).

The music of the hymns will not cause many problems. Many of the hymns have been lowered for easier singing. Many in our midst will be happy about that. The hymns no longer have the “Amen” printed. In fact, the “Amens” in TLH were never meant to be played.

Professor emeritus A.O. Lehmann stated that “the editors of TLH only added the ‘Amens’ to help out the old German organists. You see, the ‘Amen’ in the German service was only used at the very end of the ‘Gottesdienst.’

Many of the organists had a hard time playing the “Amen,” so the editors of TLH added it for one purpose, to use at the very end of the service.

That would conclude our short walk through LW. Now that we have looked at this new hymnal, what are we to do with it? I think that we can say, “Well done” to the men of the LC-MS who spent every week from April 1976 to March 1977 compiling hymns and other in­ formation for LW. Certainly, LW is, to quote the synod, “Scriptural and Christ-centered, lit­ urgical, congregational and artistic.” I think if the members of our synod want a new hymnal, this is one of the best that have recently been published. It is too bad that 280 of TLH’s hymns have been dropped, to say the least.

This will not cause the synod as much of a problem as accepting LW. Accepting something like a hymnbook from LC-MS may cause dis­ turbances from many people.

The WELS has the talent and expertise to begin a new hymnal of its own. We, the mem­ bers of the synod, have been mission-minded in the past. We have a church in every state of the union today and missions around the world.

We have become mission-minded in our churches, for most churches today use a mod­ ern translation of the Bible for readings. The synod published Luther’s Catechism this past year with updated English. We are becoming in­ creasingly aware of the fact that if we want people to hear God’s Word then we, the bearers of that Good News, have to present the Word in the language of the people. We are doing that today in many ways. But in one area, the hymnal, the book that is used often more than our Bibles, this has been left back in time-at least 20 years behind. A new hymnal will not cause people to go to church, nor will it cause them to have faith in their hearts, but it will make people see that our church can still use the Word of God in its truth and purity in to­ day’s language. We who are so steeped in tra­ dition must not be so selfish, only doing what we like. We should rather think of the many people who would join our church if we would let our traditions fall by the wayside. Our 116

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In today’s world, with the economic situa­ tion as it is, we may want to say we can’t. But I am convinced that we must not look at only

the present; we have to look to the future, to the generations yet unborn. Let’s start prepar­ ing for them and in doing so, we may be en­ riched evermore.

I wish to thank Pastor Ph. Bimer and Pas­ tor G. Backus for their papers on LW, and Profs. W. Birsching and A.O. Lehmann for help B&R with this review of Lutheran Worship.

THE BOAR Amazing beast, the boar.

See how he grunts and squeals— A barbaric beast at best, And yet of all the creatures God has made No mean monster this; Left quite alone, he harms no man.

Of food he gets his plenty And views the world with sentimental eyes.

No spoon?

What need to slurp and slop his soup?

No comb?

A nettled thorn is fine To drag his greasy hair.

An itch? A scratch.

And in the thatch wherein he lives His life is comfterbul.

His thicket is a nest not neat, But good enough for him.

Perhaps that is his secret— “Good enough,” he says.

Is he not cultured?

He needs not high conceits; he’s his own boar, And therefore, much to be admired.

A creature with his sights set rite, He strikes a chord within my heart, Amazing beast, you dear contented boar.

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It was funny the way it had happened. He had known all the answers on the quiz, but just as he was answering number 5 he had heard the teacher’s shoes coming up the aisle, and just when she was standing behind his desk he had turned his head and looked right at Nancy Kowalski’s paper. What made me do that, he wondered. He had tried to explain that it was just an impulse, that he hadn’t tried to look, that he hadn’t even needed to. But it didn’t work, and now instead of taking the bus he was walk­ ing home all alone.

The snowflakes got bigger and fatter, and he stopped and watched them fluttering around him. Last night when he had come into the living room he had seen his sister watching “The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau” and there had been a huge grouper swimming aimlessly through a cloud of shining little fish that whirled and scattered. He walked slower and slower, shaking his head from side to side in the cloud of snowflakes. Why doesn’t the grouper just open his mouth, he had asked his sister last night. He shut his eyes and opened his mouth wide, and then quickly lunged ahead to try and catch some snowflakes.

Instead, he felt his feet suddenly tangle, and he lost his balance and fell flat on his face in the dirty brown grass. He let go a grunt as he hit, and then he lay still on the ground and opened his eyes. He was in the middle of the soccer field. There was nothing around that could have made him trip. Quickly he jumped to his feet and strode off, and as he walked he began whistling snatches of different tunes as loudly as he could.

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He decided to cross the street and go in. If he was going to be late, he might as well have some fun too, he reasoned, kicking a chunk of asphalt that lay in the middle of the road. He crunched across the gravel parking lot to the big glass door and pulled it open with both hands.

“Can I help you?” intoned the tiny blonde sales girl as soon as he had stepped inside and taken off his mittens.

Before he could answer a muffled man’s voice should from the back room. “Judy, come here. I need you for a second.” There was a sound of falling boxes and then a torrent of curses, and Judy was giggling softly as she left the counter.

“Can I help you,” the boy muttered aloud.

I just got here! I just want to look around at the packages and smell the candy through the wrappers and stand in here where it’s warm for a second, if that’s all right.

As he bent down to the candy rack below the counter, his eyes wandered over the rows of colored packages, and when he realized he was alone his hands followed them, the waxed papers crackling invitingly. Deftly his hands pulled out two purple packets of grape bubble gum, and before he really knew what he was doing he had slipped them into his pockets and was running out the door and across the gravel parking lot.

Down the street he ran until he came to the railroad crossing a few hundred feet away.

There he changed his course and scrambled up the gravel embankment and headed down the tracks, clumsily leaping from one tie to anoth­ er. A tunnel ran under the tracks where the ditch drained through, and when he reached it he stopped and looked back. The store lights still shone in the growing darkness as before.

He couldn’t see anyone coming out, so he slid down the side of the embankment, nearly los­ ing his balance again, and came to a halt just in­ side the tunnel next to the water that was gur­ gling through, to catch his breath.

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He stayed there and watched the snow falling and listened to the cars bumping over the tracks back at the crossing until he could breathe easier. Then quickly he tore the wrap­ pers off the bubble gum and stuffed both pieces into his mouth. They were as hard as rocks, and he waited, mouth open and cheeks bulging, for them to get softer. At last they did. He slowly worked his jaw up and down until the sugary grape juice began to pour down his throat. He stood and chewed, looking at the snow, not thinking. Then he knelt beside the little ditch and dropped the wrappers in the water. They shot from his hand and drifted quickly away, whirling and spinning on their backs, until some dead grass at the water’s edge caught and held them. He watched and sighed, and realized he was smiling.

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WITNESS T7j<? Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel in Madison 1 has held "Outreach Weekends" the past several years. There has been one in October and one in January of each school year. This is an effort to extend a warm welcome and to express concern to those who attend the Uni­ versity of Wisconsin or Madison Area Technical College and are on the Chapel mailing list but are not active in attending Chapel activities, es­ pecially worship services. Rolf Wegcnke, chairman of the Evangelism Committee has ex­ tended a call to witness to the faith to the Chapel members in the Chapel newsletter, the GOOD NEWSlettcr, of November. In a revised edition of that article, he also extends a call for help to the Northwestern student body for the B&R next Outreach on January 29, J9S3.

JOHN IIOIl i-^o you ever have “one of those days”- a 1-^day when you break the shoe lace, drop the glass, and lock in your keys? We all have days like that, and we arc inclined to ask, “Why me?”

Sometimes we are inclined to ask, “Why me?” when it comes to being a “witness for Jesus.” It just “does not seem right” that we should be asked, told, or expected to speak of Jesus. We are not the first to react this way.

When God told Moses to witness for Him be­ fore the people of Israel and before Pharaoh (Exodus 3 10), Moses gave some reasons that can be “translated” into today’s language: 1. Exodus 3:1 1, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh...” (What will people think of me? Will they think I’m being “holier than thou?”)

2. Exodus 3:13, “...suppose...they ask me, ‘What is His name?’. Then what shall I tell them?” (What if they ask me a question I can’t answer?)

3. Exodus 4:1, “What if they do not be­ lieve me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you'!” (What if

they won’t listen?)

4. Exodus 4:10, “O Lord, I have never

been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your serv­ ant.” (1 just don't have the God-given “gift of gab.”)

5. Exodus 4.13, “O Lord, please send someone else to do it.” (Let Pastor do it.)

God had an answer for each of these objec­ tions: 1. We are not witnessing to ourselves; but to God and He says, “I will be with you” (Exodus 3:12).

2. We are not expected to have all the an­ swers, but we do know on Whom our faith rests, “I am who I am...This is My Name forever, the Name by which I am to be remembered..."(Exodus 3:14-15).

3. If they do not believe you, remember that faith is a miracle and is worked by God (Exodus 4 2-9; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 10:17).

4. If you aren’t a talented speaker, re­ member that the power of the witness lies in the message of God: “Now go and I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.” (Exodus 4:12, Ro­ mans 1:16).

5. Finally, when Moses asked for someone else, God sent Aaron (Exodus 4:14-17).

AHA! We like that last response. Letting Aaron or George or Pastor do it is fine! But look again. Moses still had to go-with his brother’s help, but going nevertheless. Still we wonder: are we all witnesses? Doesn’t the Bible say, “It was He Who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers...” (Ephe­ sians 4:11)? Of course it does, but these differ­ ent callings to service in the Church are not the same as being witnesses. Instead, being a wit­ ness is the same thing as being a believer; all be­ lievers are witnesses. “You are My witnesses, declares the Lord, ...so that you may know and believe me and understand that 1 am He. ...I 120

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have revealed and saved and proclaimed ... You are My witnesses that I am God.” (Isaiah 43: 10-12). ‘‘But you are a chosen people... a peo­ ple belonging to God, (so) that you may de­ clare the praises of Him Who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light”(I Peter 2:9).

In other words, our salvation, our rescue from sin and death by Jesus automatically makes us witnesses. Our salvation makes us neW crea­ tures (II Corinthians 5:7), and when you are different you stand out; you stand out by wit­ nessing to the world: “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden...let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven” (Matthew 5:14-16).

The answer to “Why me?” is “Because you are a Christian.” Now because we have faith does not mean we are perfect. We grow in faith (and in witness). “Not that I ...have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me” (Philippians 3:12)! The Wisconsin Luther­ an Chapel wants to help us be better Chris­ tians/better Witnesses. That is why there is this article. That is why the Madison chapel will be having an Outreach Weekend on January 29 and asks for help from the Northwestern stu­ dent body. Why me? Because ...“we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20).

by Rolf Wegenke (Rolf is the chairman of the Evangelism Com­ mittee for the Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel in Madison.)

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How do you feel about our present “4 point scale” grading system here at NWC. Do you think it is adequate or do you feel there is a better system.

JEFF SCHONE-SENIOR No grading system is going to please everybody. The present 4-point grading sys­ tem is perhaps as fair as any other. Those who earn “plus” grades and feel they are not receiving the credit due them are certainly balanced by those receiving “minus” grades who get the benefit of the doubt. The grading system we have is, in my opinion, challenging enough to motivate the majority of students, and at the same time it is not overly difficult so as to discourage. In any case I’ve al­ ways though that putting forth your best effort and learning the material to your own satisfaction is more important than earning grades.

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JON BALGE-SENIOR 1 think that the present 4-point scale system does an adequate job for us, but I think that there are other systems which would do a better job. A common, and I feel valid complaint against the present system is that it gives equal grade point credit for “plus” or “minus” grades in the same letter category, so that a grade that is “almost a B” (C+) counts the same as a grade that is “almost a D” (C-).

Such a complaint is getting a little nit-picky, since lines have to be drawn some­ where and you can’t get too carried away on dividing up grade ranges.'But I feel a more discriminating system would be beneficial in that it would help both to ease the frustration of “just missing” a grade and to suppress the tendency to­ wards sliding grades down into the minus range because “it counts the same any­ way.”

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The tall, dark woman advanced through the ranks of desks and, her eyes twinkling all the time, planted herself firmly behind the spindly podium at the front of the room.

We all shifted uneasily in our desks. This was a mood we were unaccustomed to, and the boys expected any moment that her mysteri­ ous grin would melt into a lava flow of invec­ tives. A few already sore bottoms were twitch­ ing nervously, to the intense pleasure of those nauseating, goody-goodies in the back row. I looked down at the floor, hoping I could disap­ pear through the tiles into the basement where the teacher couldn’t catch me But there was no escape; all we could do was watch and wait.

She pulled something from behind her back, a small paperback book, and raised it above the podium.

“Class,” she said sweetly, “I have found the Christian book of our times. And I am going to read it to you a chapter a day during devotion time.”

Sighs of relief rose from our tiny group.

Little did we know that what we were in for was more awful, more torturous than any lash­ ing with an ashwood ruler.

For fifteen straight school days, after the main recess, she read from that green book (to this day lime green is most hateful to me). Half an hour a day the evil thing came out of her desk. By the sixth day, after six chapters of modem life in a small town, our minds were completely distracted. By the tenth day we were asleep.

Perhaps sleep is what she had in mind. Our third-grade teacher was a mastermind. She knew what kind of havoc twenty screaming kids could raise after recess. If there was any way to sedate them, reading that book was it.

Years later, a high-school teacher of mine wondered if anyone would ever write a best­ selling Modern Christian novel, a story that

would depict the state of a man in his battle in God against Satan. The first thing that came to my mind was that insidious green book.

Of course, third graders are hardly game for a book which adults might find fascinating. But we weren’t stupid either (or at least we thought so then). That book sounded a lot like the misery-laden soap operas our baby-sitters used to watch when the Art Linkletter Show was over. Soap operas struck many of us as dull. The book wasn’t much better.

Interesting Christian-lifestyle bestsellers are hard to come by, because of the problems in­ volved in making them sell. To begin with, the hack-films which Jehovah Witnesses and other groups run on Sunday mornings and the “Godmade-me-a-better-person, if-you-read-this-bookyou’ll-be-better-too” publications of Oral Roberts, Dale Evans, and the like have set pret­ ty low standards for stories about modem Christian life. They are all alike. Their loveydovey, sinner-to-saint tales only drive people away.

Maybe they do that because, like it or not, Christians are boring. Except under persecu­ tion, our actions strike the world as normal.

What’s hard to get across, however, is that we are all in a constant state of persecution.

That’s why an author has to go a bit be­ yond mundane surface reality to dig up what lies beneath.

If anyone has ever done that-and well—it was C. S. Lewis. The man had a profound un­ derstanding of faith and fall, of sin and salva124

tion. In his Screwtape Letters he reveals the very real horror and evilness of Satan and his tempters. The true danger which we live in be­ comes vivid and clear. By assuming the role of a master tempter imparting a wisdom to his i nephew, a demon apprentice tempter, C. S. . Lewis as Screwtape presents an eye-opening experience-

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“I once had a patient, a sound athe­ ist, who used to read in the British Mu­ seum. One day, as he sat reading, I saw a train of thought in his mind beginning to go the wrong way. The enemy, of course, was at his elbow in a moment.

Before I knew where I was I saw my twenty years’ work beginning to totter.

If I had lost my head and begun to at­ tempt a defence by argument, I should have been undone. But I was not such a fool. I struck instantly at the part of the man which I had best under my control, and suggested that it was just about time he had some lunch. The En­ emy presumably made the counter­ suggestion (you know how one can never quite overhear what He says to them?) that this was more important than lunch. At least I think that must have been His line, for when I said, “Quite. In fact much too important to tackle at the end of a morning,” the pa­ tient brightened up considerably; and by the time I had added “Much better come back after lunch and go into it with a fresh mind,” he was already half­ way to the door. Once he was in the street the battle was won. I showed him a newsboy shouting the midday paper, and a No. 73 bus going past, and before he reached the bottom of the steps I had got into him an unalterable con­ viction that, whatever odd ideas might come into a man's head when he was shut up alone with his books, a healthy dose of “real life” (by which he meant the bus and the newsboy) was enough to show him that all “that sort of thing” just couldn’t be true. He knew he’d had a narrow escape. .. He is now safe in Our Father’s house.”

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experience so poignant as in C. S. Lewis’ Science/Fantasy Trilogy, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength.

In three books C. S. Lewis develops a terrifying story of the fight for humanity by God through humanity against Satan. All the reality of the Gospel comes through: Satan's hate for God, his manipulation of society, of events, of men to get what he wants, and God’s manipula­ tion of Satan to save the few people he has des­ tined to eternity. The story is intense and ex­ citing. The instances of temptation, the Satanbacked warping of life, let the reader know “there is no more terrible fight in all creation than the fight not to fall into Satan's clutches.”

And Lewis makes it clear that our Enemy is one man cannot resist alone.

He does it so subtly, mimicking the subtler way in which Satan trips up weak mankind.

Not until after the mind games are over, the es­ cape has occurred, or the victims have seen at their deaths the cruel laughing face of Satan’s minions, does the reader realize that what has happened is no ordinary imaginative foray, but reality itself in mime.

The experience of reading this trilogy is hard on finger nails. Life is bad enough, but being dragged along by an engrossing tale, watching fitfully as a young non-Christian man falls unwittingly to hell is unquestionably dis­ turbing to a Christian.

And the book doesn't just touch Christians.

The “voices inside” which Lewis paints are voices everyone hears. Lewis paints them clear­ ly enough for all to realize “this is not just my own mind.” God put the knowledge of God and of sin in everyone’s hearts, but we can't see it; sin has blinded us. Only God’s Word and Spirit can make us see that. Lewis puts enough of the Gospel into this work to make that pos­ sible. In the end, anyone who reads these books should see that, when God talks about the devil walking about as a roaring lion, He’s not just a wisp of air telling a myth. God is real, and He means business.

No book of course, can do the work of the Bible. C. S. Lewis could never replace that. He never assumed he could. Getting unbelievers to read the leather-bound bestseller by God would be better by far than writing a novel. But it’s nice, as a Christian, to have something to read, which you can relate to, and not only the works of men who couldn’t care less for God.

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You can read myriads of books and see Christian applications in them. Some people have seen Messianic implications even in the movie E.T. That’s fine. I’m sure someone has done the same with Walt Disney’s Bambi.

There are, however, many books whose authors purposefully used aspects of Christian life for the basis, books like The Picture of Dorian Grey, The Scarlet Letter, Pilgrim’s Progress, Paradise Lost, Pontius Pilate, the Thomas Cove­ nant series of Stephen R. Donaldson, even some rather secular books. They’re all good, but sometimes the application is strained, far­ fetched, outside of the author’s true intentions.

Better to read-if you never read anything else-a book that will help you realize the plight of a fallen brother. A book that makes you cry for help and want to see all mankind saved.

C. S. Lewis has done that It’s too bad that as third graders, my class and I couldn’t appreciate such things. Perhaps if our teacher had known about C. S. Lewis, she could have coaxed us to that point. She might not have been forced to put us to sleep to keep a bunch of monsters from destroying the classroom. Like all Christians, like all man­ kind, we needed someone to point out things in a way that makes us listen. For me, C. S. Lewis has been a living narrative based on the Bible, that riveted my attention on God ever since I bumped into his Narnia Tales some time after third grade.

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When Love’s last hold on man has faded, rue the day.

Kindness is converted to cold ash, compassion recast in ice; The Beast waxes too strong with pen or sword to slay.

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With every passing hour Love holds the Beast less at bay.

The wicked claws that clutch and poison to its cause; Love dies.

The Beast waxes too strong with pen or sword to slay.

Yes, soon—alas! no longer shall there be a way To restrain the Beast. So terror at last will rise When Love’s last hold on man has faded-rue the day.

And when, in distant days, within its acrid maw they lay Retracing steps, they’ll wander back and wonder at the price; The Beast waxed too strong with pen or sword to slay.

What creature seeks to subdue all, both friend and foe betray.

Sated by no winsome word, nor sanguine spear denies?

When Love’s last hold on man has faded, rue the day ...

The Beast waxes too strong with pen or sword to slay.

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CAMPUS 4f CLASSROOM All of us came back to Northwestern after vacation expecting the same old stuff.. .sitting next to the same old classmates, listening to the same old professors. The same old faces in the same old places. But you know how North­ western is—things never stay the same for very long. Sure enough, we came back for second se­ mester and, in the words of Prof. Fricke, a petunia appeared in our onion patch. No kid­ ding. An honest-to-goodness female student of the feminine gender right here on campus. You never saw Ross Henzi change into a Calvin Klein shirt and sweater so fast. Rumor has it that Brad Ragner bought a bottle of Jovan musk oil just for Milton class. Amazing what a difference the addition of one student into the flow of things can make.

No doubt the whole student body will agree that after trading off the likes of Tom Plath, Gary Huebner, and Joe Martin (quality guys, every one) to DMLC we finally got some­ body back. It’s nice to have somebody in class who hasn’t been trying to grow a mustache for the last six months, somebody who hasn’t been wearing the same sweatshirt for the last six months, somebody who can wear perfume and not get made fun of. Her name is Beth Buchberger and C&C speaks for the entire student body in welcoming her. Glad to have you aboard, Beth. For your sake, we hope you can take a joke.

The first C&C of the new year would hard­ ly be complete without at least a few new year’s resolutions: The faculty basketball team resolves to buckle down and take its games a little more seriously.

Instructor Frederick resolves to grow a beard and wear brown corduroys to better fill his position of a Shakespeare prof.

Dave Rockhoff resolves to loosen up a little more and have a laugh with the guys once in a while.

Jeff Heitsch resolves not to let the fame of making the cover of the Northwestern Luther127

an go to his head.

Nate Krause resolves to remain faithful to his Nazarite vow for another year lest he lose the superhuman strength necessary for his Duraclean work.

Tim Zarling resolves to knock before enter­ ing. (Thanks to Matt Rauh for giving this one to us instead of to Sem Notes.)

DID YOU CARE * The faculty basketball team, just prior to disbanding had changed its team nickname to the “Dr. T’s.”

Mikhail “Ha Tsadiq” Foley is waging his own, personal war against homicide—and thereby made a new friend this past week.

Charlie “I’m in charge” Raasch is now on double-secret probe.

Due to the overwhelming response to his Greek course, there is now also a Tetzlaff Composition course.

Sod Bentz has not been visiting his parents on those recent New Ulm treks of his.

Reid and Malloy, McGarrett and Dano, Ponch and John, Batman and Robin, Gannon and Friday. Joe Friday—L.A.P.D, badge #7934.

The stone-faced sentinel of law and order who put “Just the facts, ma’am,” into everybody’s working vocabulary. He’s answered his last 211, but not before putting a little drama into all of our lives.

8:27 p.m. I was working vice. A call came in. A Mrs. Lois Strobel of 1300 Western Ave­ nue reported a disturbance. Upon arrival Mrs. Strobel led us to the source of the noise: the 3rd floor of one of the townhouscs she owned.

Several hundred young men roomed there.

Our investigation led us to room #307 Wittenberg. The inhabitants: Andrew Schaef­ er—a former socialite who had taken up an as­ cetic life style after a frightening experience with a roller-disco queen.

John Parlow-a martial arts expert who “had many superficial talents, but no noteworthy skill at anything. ” * No sooner had we knocked when the screaming began. Kevin Cronin’s unmistakable falsetto was pouring out of every crack of the flea-bitten hostel. Gannon, my partner, kicked in the door. There Parlow lay, on the floor, blood dripping from his ear-the rock and roll music had burst his brain. We were leveled by the sound. (What would Batman do? Bat-ear­ plugs!) All we had was Harry’s snotty hanky.

Nevertheless, it worked. Stuffing it in our ears, we wrestled the tape deck to the ground. An arrest was made and Parlow’s “Hi-Infidelity” tape was booked on disturbance charges, and extradited to California where it was tried and convicted on a Murder One charge.

It is now incarcerated at the California State Penitentiary for the Criminally Insane.

Mrs. Strobel was distraught at the loss.

“He was such a nice boy.”

“They always are, ma’am,” I said.

“How can I thank you, officers?”

“We’re just doing our job, ma’am,” I replied.

“Yeah,” Gannon said. ******** Joe Friday was last seen on his way to a disturbance at 810 Richards Ave., when he was bom skyward in a flaming black and white.

That was three weeks ago. We’ll miss him.

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There’s a new extra-curricular activity on campus that C&C thinks you should know about. We’re talking about an organization that’s just been waiting to happen and just needed a little impetus. We’re talking about the Pete Leyrer fan club. The club’s chairman, or­ ganizer, and total membership to date is Soph­ omore Paul Schaewe. “I don’t know anybody who doesn’t think that Pete is a really cool guy. 1 mean, just look at him—he does cool things like work in the cafeteria, he’s stunning­ ly handsome and he’s athletic in an understated sort of way,” said Paul as he casually cocked his white paper kitchie hat to one side.

Faculty advisor for the club will be Prof.

Baumler. “I think it’s more than high time we got this organization off the ground,” he said, ‘‘The potential recruitment value of something like this is immeasurable. When I can tell those high school kids that NWC offers drama, music, chess club, and the Pete Leyrer fan club, they’ll be standing in line to fill out applications.”

Now that the ball is rolling, we’re sure that none of B&R’s faithful readers will want to pass up the opportunity to join an up-andcoming group like this. If you want to join, just fill out the membership application form below and submit it, along with the nominal member­ ship fee, to Pete Leyrer, WI 319. With every certified membership you get a genuine paper kitchie hat Gust like the one Paul Schaewe has), an autographed “kitchen magician” rub­ ber spatula and a subscription to the Pete Ley­ rer newsletter, which comes out whenever he feels like it.

YES! I’m kind of a lonely guy who really doesn’t have any friends, so I’m willing to part with some of my cash and pretend that Pete Leyrer likes me. Here’s my nominal fee of just S50.00 in check or money order payable to Pete Leyrer. Rush me my kitchie hat right away!

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course, of the Monogamy Club. If you’ve noticed that tilings have gotten a little lax in Wittenberg lately, it’s because our own Tutor Woldt, patron saint of C&C writers, is one of the newer members of the exclusive group.

Ever since Christmas vacation old Mikcy has had his head in the clouds and lie’s been letting things slip on the Wittenberg beat. You never know how much stock you can put in rumor, but the story is that our intrepid enforcer re­ cently fined one student a six-pack of Old Mil­ waukee for having $20.00 in his room. Of course, the six-pack flowed into the dormitory improvement fund.

Members of the Monogamy Club are pop­ ping up like mushrooms all over. Perhaps the most recent addition to the group popped up behind a local furniture warehouse. Steve Schmeling, always one with an eye for ro­ mance figured there just couldn’t be a more ap­ propriate setting for the big question than in a warehouse parking lot. You starry-eyed fool, Steve.

Then there’s Joel “I’ve been driving a fami­ ly car so long I might as well get married” Willitz. When Joel was a freshman, he vowed not to graduate from Northwestern single, and he won’t. The date is set but a few short days before Commencement. Then it’s off to the Alaskan wilderness for a devil-may-care honey­ moon, compliments of Seapro, Inc. The list goes on and on. There’s Jeff “I’m already like a son to him anyway” Schone; Mark Lindloff, heir to the Raabe paint empire; Phil Pitt, who’s always been interested in the more mature woman; Kurt Locscher, who’s not sure if he will honeymoon in Niagara Falls or at a Minnesota Gophers game; Jon Bitter, probably the only Po//ygamist in the bunch; and, of course, the brothers Soukup, who just have to do everything together. Remember, guys, just because you’re getting married doesn’t mean you can’t still do fun stuff like read C&C. While respectfully acknowledging NWC’s academic standards, C&C bids a fond farewell to a couple of its faithful readers, Eric “Chee” Dorow and Tyler “Tex” Hjorth. Eric, the man who so graciously loaned his nickname to the Committee on Higher Education, always en­ joyed a good laugh and was always ready to share. Part of his giving nature was his willing­ ness to offer whatever constructive criticism he

could to the C&C staff. (“Hey Pete, what’s the matter? This last one really stank!”) As self-ap­ pointed and C&C-ordained guardian of the housephone, he carried out his never-ending task faithfully, even zealously. His departure leaves behind a job and a pair of camouflage army pants that will be tough to fill. See you around, big fella.

As the sun sinks low into the west, Tex fol­ lows it home. What can be said about Tyler that hasn’t already been said at every faculty meeting this year? We’re going to miss that broad Texas drawl, that tousled blonde hair, that boyish grin with just a hint of Copenhagen

peeking out between the incisors. Like all good cowpokes, Ty might be down, but he’s not out.

He’s vowed to return next year. Until that time, don’t take any wooden nickels, pardner.

Just like these two, C&C thinks it’s about time to say so long. We hope you’ve enjoyed this issue. If you haven’t, well, there’s some­ thing wrong with you. Have it looked into, huh?

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SPORTS BASKETBALL In spite of preseason predictions of a tough season ahead, the NWC basketball squad has wasted no time in establishing themselves as a power to be reckoned with in the Wisconsin Conference of Independent Colleges.

The Trojans began the season with a tuneup against the old men from Wisconsin Luther­ an Seminary, Well, the old men taught the youngsters a lesson by winning 60-54. Mark Kolander and Paul Zell led the Sem with 19 and 13 points respectively. Dave Rothe led the way with 13 for the Trojans.

NWC learned its lesson well and rebounded to trounce Northland Baptist 55-27. Chuck Westra was the Trojan’s high scorer with 10 as the whole team got into the game and was able to score.

Lawrence University was next on the schedule, and they made full use of an excep­ tional height advantage and Trojan foul trouble to overpower NWC 77-50. The Trojans were within 9, 59-50, with five minutes to play and were in the midst of a rally when Westra and Ken Brokmeicr fouled out. The Vikings went on to score 18 straight points to seal the vic­ tory.

The Trojans opened WCIC action against cross-town rival Maranatha Baptist. They pulled off a 68-63 upset victory behind Chuck Westra’s 21 points.

Maranatha twice had leads of 12 and 8. But the Trojans never stopped. Westra and Duane Rodewald led both come-backs. The lead see­ sawed through most of the game before Bill Werth put the Trojans ahead to stay, 57-56, at the 4:37 mark.

Foul trouble finally caught up with the Crusaders and the Trojans were able to put the game out of reach in the final minute.

Next in line was Dr. Martin Luther College and the Trojan Classic. The Watertown Daily Times only commented “Trojans advance in tourney,” but it hardly told the story as NWC handed their archrivals a 66-62 defeat. Ken Brokmeier led the way with 23 while Westra added 13.

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But the Trojans pulled back to a 26-25 lead at the intermission.

Westra returned to lead NWC to a 40-31 lead five minutes into the second half. But the Lancers slowly picked away at the margin un­ til they were within one, 56-55. Brokmeier then came to the rescue with six of the Tro­ jans’ seven points. They held on to win.

The next night George Williams College of Downer’s Grove, Illinois overpowered the Tro­ jans 64-43 for the Classic Championship. The Trojans were never in the game; they couldn’t get up for a second big match. Westra was the only Trojan in double figures with 18. Brok­ meier was named to the tournament’s All-Con­ ference team.

The Trojans next fell victim to Concordia of Milwaukee by a score of 78-63 in exhibition conference action. The Trojans fell behind ear­ ly and could not keep up with Concordia’s running game. Westra again led the team with 21 points.

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NWC fell behind early but soon Westra and Jim Dancll turned things around. Rodewald added eight straight points and the Trojans took a 43-32 lead at halftime.

Brokmcier and Rodewald combined to push Northwestern to a 75-57 lead, but MSOE cut the Trojan lead to 10 before the Trojans turned to the free throw line to insure their vic­ tory.

Coach Kruse commented, “We finally played total team ball, we had only 11 turn­ overs, and shot 85 percent from the free throw line.”

The Trojans arc 4-3 overall and are 2-0 in conference, which gives them sole possession of first place.

WRESTLING In wrestling the Trojans have compiled a 1-3 record. Their only win came against Con­ cordia of St. Paul at the Trojan Classic. The victory was highlighted by the victories of B&R Mark Mammel and Howard Mohlke.

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REVIEWS

The 18-hour television miniseries production * of "The Winds of War,” based on Herman Wouk’s epic novel about an American naval family caught in the maelstrom of World War II during 1939-41, will be broadcast on ABC-TV over seven consecutive nights beginning Febru­ ary 6, 1983.

The story behind “The Winds of War” pro­ duction looms as large as the story of the novel itself Long resistant to suggestions that the novel be filmed (Wouk remains dissatisfied with movie versions of his previous novels), the author refused all offers to make the book into a film until 1976, by which time, reports Em­ my Magazine, he had seen and been impressed by the television versions of other long novels; “Rich Man, Poor Man” and “Captains and the Kings.”

But even as the production gears began to turn, problems set in. Stanley Kallis, the produ­ cer approached by Paramount (which owned the television rights) backed out after a clash with studio brass, and the director, Dan Curtis, was at first apprehensive about the hugeness of the project, but finally gave in when he decided to make the production “gigantic.” Curtis be­ came producer of the television show as well.

Jack Pulman, the first scripwriter, author of the teleplays based on “I Claudius,” “Crime and Punishment” and “War and Peace,” died halfway into the production. In 1979, Wouk was brought in to do the job.

Filming took 13 months (the 1980 Screen Actor’s Guild and AFTRA strikes hampered filming just as it was getting under way), and the 404 location shots required by the TV show spanned six countries over two conti­ nents. Eventually, filming the 1785 scenes, which demanded over 4000 camera set-ups, cost $40-million, “The Winds of War" is by far the most expensive television production ever undertaken, reports ABC, and at 18-hours, the second longest miniseries (6 hours more than the adaptations of “Roots” and “Shogun”; 8 hours less than that of “Centennial”).

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-Pastor George Ferch (’71), formerly of Grace Church in Casa Grande, AZ, accepted a call to Risen Savior, Milwaukee, WI, and will be installed on Jan. 30, 1983.

-Pastor Edward P. Meier (’73) accepted a call to Immanuel in Oshkosh, WI. Pastor Meier was formerly at Mope in Louisville, KT, and will be installed in his new location on Jan. 30.

—Pastor Mark Sclnvertfeger (’74), formerly of Grand Blanc, MI, accepted a call to Cannon Falls, MN, and was installed on Jan. 9, 1983.

—Pastor G. Werre (’55), formerly of both Peace and St. Paul in Cataract, WI, accepted a call to Grace in Dakota, MN, and also to St. Luke’s in LaMoille, MN, -Pastor Thomas Westendorf (’71), former­ ly in Montrose, MN, accepted a call to St. James, MN, and was installed on Jan. 9,1983.

Pastor Richard Ziesemer (’42) has accept­ ed the call as pastor and was installed at St. Timothy (ELS) in Lombard, IL, on Dec. 5, 1982.

ANNIVERSARIES —On Oct. 24, 1982 Pastor Gerhardt Eckert (’38) celebrated his 40th anniversary in the ministry. Pastor Eckert is presently serving at Hastings, NE. -Pastor Harold Hempel (’39), serving at Pilgrim in Minneapolis, MN, celebrated his 40th year in the ministry.

-On Nov. 21, 1982, St. James in Evanston, IL, celebrated its 50th anniversary.

—Pastor Charles lies Sr. (’70) joined Mt. Olive in Tulsa, OK, in a celebration of its 10th anniversary on Oct. 17, 1982.

-Prof. Arinin Panning (’53) at WLS, Mequon, WI, celebrated his 25th anniversary on Nov. 6, 1982.

-Prince of Peace in Salt Lake City, UT, under Pastor W, Goering (’63), celebrated its 10th anniversary on Nov. 14, 1982.

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—Pastor Robert Wendland (’54) of Bethany in North Fort Myers, FL, celebrated his 25th anniversary in the ministry on Feb. 13, 1983 and also celebrates his 25th wedding anniver­ sary.

-Pastor James Vogt (’54) of Bradenton, FL, celebrated his 40th anniversary in the min­ istry on Jan. 9, 1983.

DEDICATIONS A new church, Beautiful Savior, was dedi­ cated on Sept. 19, 1982 in O’Neil, NE, D. Lemke (’70), pastor.

-Pastor James Nauman (’71) and his con­ gregation dedicated a new chapel in Middleton, WI, on Dec. 5, 1982.

-A boys dormitory for Nebraska Lutheran High School in Waco, NE, was dedicated Jan. 2, 1983. Pastor Joel Frank (’64) was the preacher for the services.

- Pastor Donald Thompson (’73) and his congregation dedicated a church, Our Shep­ herd, on Nov. 21, 1982.

RETIREMENTS -Pastor William Wiedenmeyer (’38) retired on Dec. 31, 1982, having last served in the Twin Cities Institutional Ministry.

DEATHS -Pastor Gerhard Albrecht (’27) passed away on Nov. 21, 1982.

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BIRTHS -Pastor and Mrs. Kenneth Bode (’66) were more than pleased with the birth of a son, Kyle Randall, on Dec. 1, 1982.

-Pretty Cindy Marie, born on Oct. 25, 1982, is the happy addition to Pastor and Mrs. Dennis Lemke’s ('70) family.

-Much happiness did the stork bring to Pastor and Mrs. Timothy Lowry (’72), who were blessed with the birth of a son on Dec. 30,1982.

-Pastor and Mrs. John Schuetze (’77) were endowed with a son, Luke Nathanael, on Sept.

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The Northwestern Male and the World of Women (a definitive study) Somewhere in the world there may exist a man who is well-adjusted as far as women arc concerned. There may well exist a man who is suave, witty, urbane, utterly charming, consid­ erate and having a forty-eight inch chest with fifteen inch biceps. I’m not disputing the possi­ bility that the city of Los Angeles alone may produce a hundred and fifty of these specimens per day. However, such a man does not exist at Northwestern College.

It is useless to speculate why a man like this remains purely hypothetical on this cam­ pus. You could say it’s because there are no college coeds. No way for students to gain con­ fidence. You could say it’s due to the fact that an excessive diet of Greek, Hebrew, Music, German and History has reduced the average student’s brain to the consistency of fried put­ ty. Finally, though, if you lined up x number of students and forced them at gun-point to justify their warped personalities, they would probably give you x number of answers.

Just what is the Northwestern Male like?

He is a Statue of Liberty, carrying a torch for one woman in particular, or, if he doesn’t hap­ pen to know any, womankind in general. He is alternately the biggest egotist the world has ever seen, and a Walter Mitty with the self-con­ fidence of a stale cookie, sometimes both at once. He is Lancelot; his women, Gueneveres.

He is Macho Machissimo; his women, trash.

The Northwestern Male often lives in a world of fantasy. He will walk into a room filled with men and women, sit down and stare off into space, speaking to no one. He thinks that if he sits there long enough, some beauti­ ful woman will recognize his obvious superiori­ ty, walk up to him, stare deeply into his eyes (searching out the depths of his soul) and say, “Oh Joe, you are fantastic. Smile at me but once, and I’ll die happy.”

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Then there’s the guy who sits in his dorm room all night staring at the wall. He wonders why the women of the world have not recog­ nized what a genius he is and rewarded him with dates. After all, he’s a sensitive person, surrounded by seas of Philistines. Can’t women tell what tortures he is going through, wanting to show his love for the world and being re­ buffed by all the pea-brains that inhabit this planet?

The Northwestern Male is basically scared of women. To call up one for a date ties his guts up in knots for weeks beforehand. “She has to say yes, I’m so cool. No, she knows I’m a drip, she knows I’m worthless, she’ll laugh till she cries when she finds out why I’m call­ ing.” He covers this fear with feigned indiffer­ ence. Even though the entire dorm is aware of the fact that he intends to ask someone out (obviously he must have been slobbering out his inner thoughts to fifteen different “best friends”), he walks around as if the only things he cares about are: his studies, the vagaries of human existence, the state of the Union, the Packers, and whether we are indeed going to have roast beef in the dining hall this Thursday evening.

What if Joe NWC does manage to snare a woman? Then he spends all his hours in moon­ struck wonder, contemplating his emotional navel. He can’t talk to his friends anymore, books go out the window, life revolves around him and the Eternal Woman. Either that or he suddenly affects a pose of Homo Superior when speaking to his less fortunate comrades.

Underlying all this is his tremendous dilemma: he is happy; he is ecstatic; someone loves him: he’s sure they will walk down the Rod McKuen beach of love into a Kahlil Gibran sunset. But, he is unhappy; he’s running scared; what if someone steals his love away, and he is then 138

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That means the Northwestern Male is never happy. If he does not have a girl, he spends all his time worrying about how he can possibly get one. If he docs have a girl, he spends all his time worrying about how he will be able to keep her. Scylla and Charybdis.

Now, of course, since his brain is constant­ ly being shredded into cole slaw by all these conflicts, Joe NWC has trouble getting along with people. Chips cover his shoulder like dandruff. Ask him an innocent question, and you’ll likely receive a snarl for a reply. I call as my witnesses the 11:00 Televisit Phone Call Brigade. These gentlemen cruise the hallways every night, cars strained to catch the first tell­ tale tinkle of Ma Bell. When she docs ring, the whole mob converges on the tiny phone al­ cove, playing the well-known game of grab-thereceivcr, each person clutching to his bosom the irrational hope that, if he gets to it first, it will be his Lost Lenore on the line and not an­ other’s. Anything is fair in this game. Normally semi-sane people arc transformed into slashing, burning, sweating, snarling, bludgeoning ani­ mals. Innocent bystanders have been mashed into gravy, merely by getting caught in the rush. Those in the mob who do not receive the phone call, dissipate their frustration by com­ mitting senseless acts of violence. They run down the hallways screaming, “Yo ho ho. I’m a

sailor, too.” knocking on doors and muttering, “Ramalama glceck,” before slugging the occu­ pant within. As a matter of fact, incidents such as these were factors in the decision to install locks on the doors in Wittenberg.

This maladjustment continues through the Seminary years, if Joe former NWC remains un­ married, or a “Rock” as it is termed up on Ho­ ly Hill. None of you can be strangers to the term “Sem Panic,” the malady that wipes out the whole rock pile in the Senior year at Sem. Young gentlemen facing lonely parishes will jump off any matrimonial cliff available rather like lemmings when they’re in the mood for a mass swim.

The future looks bleak for the Northwest­ ern Male. Neurotic as he is, the encroaching Libism threatens to send his emotion-meters permanently into the red. More and more he is becoming stripped bare of defenses, and plucked chickens aren’t attractive to anyone, least of all to themselves. His prospects can be compared to a spectacled little fat boy who has just had his glasses plucked off and ground into powder by the school bully, and is now pathet­ ically awaiting the coup de grace. Fickle, your name may be woman, but man, your name is custard pie.

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Ross attended Creighton University on a bas­ ketball scholarship. Although captain of the Creighton team his senior year, Kevin’s NBA aspirations quickly disappeared when he seri­ ously injured his knee. No longer of great value to the team, Ross soon found himself on aca­ demic probation. He was to return to Creigh­ ton for a fifth year, but was told not to bother.

Kevin Ross no longer competes on the bas­ ketball court, but in the classroom. Although he attended four years of college, Ross now labors to compete academically with third graders. Before enrolling in Westside Prepara­ tory School in Chicago this year, he could not

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“I know I was passed along in school because I was a good athlete,” says the 24-year-old Ross, a soft-spoken giant of a man whose story will be told in a made-for-television movie at the end of the year. “I sure knew how to play bas­ ketball, though.”

Kevin Ross is a statistic. He belongs to a growing group of young people who have been victimized by competition. There exists in America today a madness which has pervaded competition in nearly every form. Economic, political, social, and athletic competition (from the bedroom to the basketball court) have been tainted by this corrupting madness.

Have we become too competitive? Have we lost the message that yes, it’s ok to lose?

Dr. Benjamin Spock, the noted child rear­ ing expert and 1924 Olympic gold medal­ winning oarsman, says, “I was a chinless mother’s boy. Crew made me.” Most sociolo­ gists and psychologists agree with the thrust of

Dr. Spock’s assertion, stating that competition is very beneficial in building and maintaining a healthy, productive society. The superior ath­ lete is said to have internalized such virtues as cooperation, endurance, self-discipline, cour­ age, and self-sacrifice. But it has become a known fact that every year, in the name of competition, thousands of college athletes have their grades “padded” (Kevin Ross took such classes as theory of basketball and theory of baseball), receive fraudulent academic credits, get shot up with cortisone in order to play with an injury, and receive pay for jobs they never worked. Every year we hear of new stories about coaches who’ve made ethical “conces­ sions” in an effort to win. “After all,” they concede, “it’s much easier to cover up cheating than it is a losing record. The job of a coach is simple: WIN!” Competition is a reality of life. We compete for grades, jobs, spots on the team, the lead in the play, the club championship, and even for the affection of our friends. But something is

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wrong when the number of scandals surround­ ing competition markedly escalates each year (you might remember back a couple of years ago when, for the first time in the history of the Soap Box Derby, the winner was disquali­ fied for cheating). Children today are nurtured in a system abounding with the Vincent Lom­ bardi determination to win. Many littleleaguers are relegated to sitting on the bench while others play, making their token appear­ ance in right field sometime late in the game.

They, too, are internalizing this win-at-all-costs ideology. They grow up convinced that one must succeed—be a “winner”-to be truly ac­ cepted. Self-worth becomes so closely associ­ ated with one’s achievements, that it becomes difficult to separate “what we are” from “what we have done.”

The difference between the winner and the loser in the competition game is often quite pronounced. Just ask the parents of some 500 West German school children. If statistics from previous years prove true, there will be more than 500 kids who’ll prefer suicide to the pros­ pect of losing in the highly competitive West German school system. For entrance into the Gymnasium, the preparatory school for univer­ sity education, is given only to those fourth graders who’ve earned a cumulative grade of B or higher. This competitive pressure and stress seems to be something with which many chil­ dren literally can’t live. In addition, one out of every five is under psychiatric treatment. Ul­ cers are found in nine-year-olds.

It seems that it is very easy for people of all ages to become slaves to competition. Instead of learning to master our competitive interac­ tions, we’ve allowed them to dictate how we feel about ourselves and others. Through teach­ ing Sunday School each summer, I’ve come to see that children can be very competitive.

They know that John is the best athlete, Nancy has the best singing voice, and that Jane AL­ WAYS gets the best grades. But I wonder what happens to the others. What happens to the child who has never finished first in anything?

Is he labeled a “loser”? I remember a guy from my high school class who just loved baseball.

But baseball, it seemed at the time, didn’t es­ pecially love him. He failed in his effort to make the starting team until his senior year.

Today he plays centerfield. for the Atlanta Braves.

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For those of you who still think that bas­ ketball is a non-contact sport, try intramural basketball here at Northwestern. It is a peculiar situation when physical contact is against the rules, but is in reality both inevitable and ex­ pected. Like many players, I’ve acquired some­ thing of a repertoire of technically illegal body checks, push and shove moves, and stray forearms-all of which usually go unnoticed or un­ called by the game’s referee. Such “bending” of the rules has become part of the game. And in the event that I might get called for such a foul, I’ve also acquired the ability to protest the referee’s call with such vociferous zeal and earnestness that it’s easy to almost forget that one is actually in the wrong. You know what I’m talking about. There’s that certain look of ...we’ve allowed our competitive inter­ actions to dictate how we feel about our­ selves and others. utter amazement, followed by the customary whining response, “Whaatt? Meeee? Foouull?

You’ve gotta be joking!” How many intramural games in the past few years have been delayed by loud and lengthy “discussion” about some call? Isn’t it a fact that one reason it’s so hard to find refs for intramural games is because they have to take so much verbal abuse?

Some people say that it is all part of the game. It has become almost the responsibility of the professional athlete to see just how much he can get away with. Inevitably, when the NFL running back is tackled, he stretches out his hand and places the ball a yard or so ahead of the spot at which he was tackled. Or watch the NFL receiver or major league centerfielder as he attempts to make a daring “shoe­ string” catch. Although the instant replay clearly indicates that the ball was caught on the almost invisible short-hop off the grass, the re­ ceiver feigns to have made the “miraculous” catch. He holds the ball triumphantly over his head, as if to say clearly and emphatically that he made the catch. What are such role models teaching us about competition? Is all fair in love, war, and intramural basketball?

It bothers me that we may be assimilating this harshly competitive, win-at-all-costs ideol­ ogy, not only for intramural use, but also for the classroom and the ministry. I have found

myself justifying “bending the rule” actions concerning my homework by saying, “Well, it’s just part of being a student. After all, every­ body’s doing it. Besides, it really isn’t THAT bad.” It bothers md when I see such compro­ mises; when I find myself and others protesting an intramural call too vociferously. Bobby Knight, basketball coach at the University of Indiana, says, “You can win and still not suc­ ceed, still not achieve what you should.”

...we may be assimilating this harshly competitive, win-at-all costs ideology, not only for intramural use, but also for the classroom and the ministry.

Teton, Idaho, Nov. 7, 1980: An offi­ cials failure to call two-pass-interfer­ ence penalties angers the principal of Teton High. The principal charges to the sidelines and confronts the official, punching him in the stomach and knocking him to the ground. The prin­ cipal is partly exonerated after a subse­ quent $500 fine, when the official’s name is removed from the Idaho High School Activities Association’s list of ' ‘appro ved' ’ officials.

Today’s competitive temperament also al­ lows us to exert a self-serving bias. A psycholo­ gist at Ohio State recently completed a study which asked students who had just read their grades on an examination to judge how well the exam measured their knowledge. Students who did well typically saw the exam as a good barometer of their competence, while students who did poorly felt it was a poor test of their knowledge. Sound familiar?

It has been said that men prefer four things to women: fast cars, guns, camping equipment “tested on the slopes of Everest,” and competi­ tion in all forms. Whether or not you agree with this appraisal, I think it dramatizes our society’s present emphasis on competition. In fact, the sore loser is usually one who tends to overemphasize the importance of the individual competitive event. The guy whose day is ruined

by a bad game or bad call by the referee tends to look at every competition as a matter of life or death. He interprets every failure as an in­ dication of worthlessness and every victory as a reinforcement of his dignity and self-worth. He concentrates merely on the goal of winning, rather than deriving satisfaction from his parti­ cipation in the event.

Coral Gables, Florida, Dec. 20, 1980: Long after the afternoon’s matches have concluded in the Orange Bowl Junior Tennis Tournament, a father verball > assaults an umpire in the park­ ing l t. “You cheated my son, you bum, ” the father says. His ten-year-old son, who is standing nearby with tears in his eyes, cries out, “You tell ’em, Daddy!”

Can we keep this overly competitive, winat-all-costs attitude from tainting our lives? As Christians, we should have an easier time de­ veloping a healthier competitive attitude. We can learn to accept ourselves and others, apart from achievements, because we have seen that Jesus has accepted us just as we are-sinful human beings. We have seen that there is an in­ nate self-worth in us all, not because of the number of digits in our annual income or the number of friends we have, but because we are all a creation of God. We have seen the exam­ ple of the Apostle Paul, who although very well acquainted with the sports of his day (1 Cor. 9:24-27), saw that there is something in life far more important than mere competitive con­ tests (Phil. 1:21).

I recently heard of an overweight runner who epitomizes healthy competition. While competing in a marathon race, he was being continually passed by sleeker, better runners.

One might expect him to be feeling somewhat disgruntled, being obviously outclassed as he was. Instead, his face was filled with an expres­ sion of utter delight. He was content with running in his own distinctly “unsuccessful” way. He knew that no matter how he com­ pared with other runners, he would be a winner to himself. The overweight runner’s primary goal was to enjoy himself and improve his own personal record of performance, no matter how it compared with that of other runners. Wheth­ er he was first or last, he was gaining satisfac­ tion from his participation. He was having fun.

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Is There a Perforation at the Post Office? ith the announcement by the United States Postal Service of the release of a stamp honoring the 500th birthday of Martin Luther, the objection was raised that it would violate the constitutional guarantee of separation of church and state. While nit-pickers are pro­ testing the issuance of the stamp, the Postal Service defends it by claiming the honor commemorates Luther’s effect on history, not his religion. This dilemma raises the question, does the U.S. Postal Service honor separation of church and state?

One only has to go back to 1982. On October 7, the St. Francis of Assisi com­ memorative stamp was first issued. It com­ memorated the 800th birthday of this Catholic saint, showing the priest preaching to a flock of birds on a tree limb. The fact that he was a Catholic priest and founded the Franciscan order is enough to make it a religious stamp.

On closer inspection, however, one notices that the caption read “Francis of Assisi 11821982”; the word “St.” does not appear on the stamp. The picture shows him holding his hand out to the birds, showing his love of nature and portraying the legend that he was at peace with nature. It is up to the individual to determine whether the stamp is guilty of violating freedom of religion.

On August 22, the Touro Synagogue made its debut upon a postage stamp. The synagogue, named after Isaac Touro, the leader of New­ port’s Jewish community in 1763, was used mainly for religious services. At times it also served to house the Rhode Island General Assembly and the state Supreme Court. The issue of the stamp, with the quote by George Washington, “To bigotry, no sanction. To persecution, no assistance.” is claimed by USPS to be an issue in honor not only of America’s oldest synagogue, but also honors George Washington and his part in the fight 144

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The synagogue is not the only religious building to be honored on an American postage stamp. In the “Architecture USA” scries the Baltimore Cathedral is found on the first block of 15 cent issues. This issue is regarded as a tribute to American architecture, not religion.

An earlier stamp issue, bordering on the ecumenical, shows four uniformed men in the background with a sinking ship in the fore­ front. This three cent commemorative bears the caption “These Immortal Chaplains...

Interfaith in Action.” Legend has it that these four chaplains, each from different faiths, walked around deck arm in arm singing Chris­ tian songs while their ill-fated ship was sinking from a German torpedo blow in World War II. The reason for its existence was attributed to expressing the unifying, patriotic spirit in America during this time of national crisis.

In 1936, to celebrate the Rhode Island tercentenary, the USPS honored Roger Williams, the missionary who founded Rhode Island. True, he wanted religious freedom to worship his God with a clear conscience, but Luther also followed his conscience and God’s Word when he nailed the 95 theses to the church door and began the Reformation!

Those that don’t believe in the Bible should check out the commemorative six cent stamp honoring the Apollo 8 mission. The picture is a view of the earth from the moon.

In the darkness appears the words, “In the beginning God..That should be enough to anger the evolutionists as well! It is not only from the Bible, but it is the opening line from the Genesis account of creation!

Other non-Christians would also have legitimate complaints against the Post Office.

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After Luther, other reformers sprang up.

Nationalistic attitudes soon arose and each country soon supported one faith or another (nationally supported churches are still in existence today), and leaders soon learned that they didn’t need to rely on the pope for power. The Reformation, creating new religions, also spurred men into finding some place to worship freely, and colonial America provided the solution to the problem. Martin Luther has just as much right as Roger Williams, St. Francis of Assisi, or the immortal chap­ lains to be portrayed on an American stamp.

All were men of religion, and it is now too late for the Postal Service to refuse honors to one man in relationship to church and state when other religious figures have already appeared on philatelic issues.

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The library today. An architect visiting the campus in the late 60’s-early 70’s commented that the building was “amazingly well preserved.” He didn’t realize that the building, though built according to 1929 style and plan, was not even twenty years old.

The move to change Northwestern’s library ast year, in his relentless struggle for reJ-^form, the “Campus Comments” staff writer for the Black and Red posed the question: “Do you find the NWC library to be an adequate fa­ cility?” The writer slammed his reform-minded “Campus Comments” through editor John Miller and opened up the B&R to the gaping jaws of student opinion. The consensus was clearly unanimous: limited adequacy. Or, to put it another way, adequately limited.

Admittedly, something is wrong with the Northwestern library. On a campus where the average student practices graciousness and longsuffering, the library is one of the first subjects under fire when someone asks, “Does North­ western need to improve anything?” “It is ade­ quate,” collegiates reply, “but, . . The noise level is bad; the stacks aren’t easily accessible; often the range of books on a subject doesn’t meet the requirements of the many papers stu146

dents must do; it lacks practical and popular magazines, recreational matter, up-to-date video/audio-equipment, carrels, privacy; the building should be open longer.

In a building whose very construction creates problems, dissatisfaction arises easily.

The cavernous reading room echoes every foot­ step. The humming lamps put unwary students to sleep. The narrow hall which leads to the even narrower steps to the cramped stack area resembles a closet more than a stack-entrance.

Many people need a guide to the periodical room, which is separate from both the reading room and general stacks.

One campus official (who wishes to remain anonymous) said the building was out-of-date before it was even set in concrete. After World War II, President Kowalke watched with frus­ tration as phenomenal changes in architecture made his library plans obsolete. But the Synod

had spent too much money (the official sug­ gested more than $10,000.00) for the blue­ print design to just throw it away. President Kowalke decided to go ahead with the project.

Construction started in the mid-50’s on a building which by the late ’70’s had perhaps one outstanding quality: “You’ll never be able to get a floor like that again; it’s so easy to clean.”

From the beginning the library has not been the hot-spot of the campus. But that has improved. Mrs. Thompson, the head librarian assistant, has said that library use has more than doubled over what it was when she first arrived some years ago. Mrs. Thompson told me once that she thought the increase resulted from a faculty which was deeply interested in student use of the library facilities for class projects. Others might suggest that pressure put on by the accreditation process has led the fac­ ulty to demand more library use from students for class reports, papers, and daily classwork.

Still others claim that the gradually increasing book count has created more willingness to use the library.

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The faculty is trying to resolve some of those predicaments. Appropriations for new ac­ cessions have been increased. With an upped book budget of $10,000 and gifts and endow­ ment proceeds amounting to the same, the li­ brary has increased the availability of books dealing with most student demands-particularly history and English. This improvement alone has helped to increase student use immeasurab­ ly. But improvements and planning haven’t stopped there. Last spring, a faculty committee considered carpeting and lounge chairs for part of the reading room. Expansion within the present facilities is being seriously looked into.

Professor Schroeder has considered a solution for “open stacks” and a more connected peri­ odical room. Supervision has been expanded so that the periodical room is available at all times. Northwestern College cannot afford everything that students have suggested, but the administration is in no way ignoring those suggestions.

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; The spacious reading room. Student com­ ments point out the inefficient use of space (noting the high ceiling especially) for shelving.

Plans in the works right now are looking for more comfortable trappings and to more effi­ cient use of the huge hall.

If all that is true, however, it is also true that demands on the library have increased.

Those demands are becoming difficult to meet, as student reactions indicate. What good is a campus library when students have to go to Milwaukee, Madison, and their home libraries if they want to get even close to meeting class pressures? What good is a library that feels more like a tomb than a welcome place to study?

The cramped stack room. Faculty proposals call for expansion through the southwest wall into the town girls’ room.

Right now everyone is in an economic pinch. The Synod has been trying to cut back on projects, so it would be unfair to expect them, say, to build a brand new, up-to-date, more adequate facility for Northwestern Col­ lege. But improvements can be made. Present­ ly, with a cautious eye toward the future, Northwestern has initiated basic planning for a new library-administration building. It’s en­ couraging to see that, where planning is possi­ ble, NWC’s faculty members are rather opti­ mistic; within a framework of possibilities, some sort of answer exists. It’s just a matter of time.

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Thoughts begin to wander through the moods that lie within, • They prey upon you like a cancer, they dare you to try to win. * Rattling anxiety, losing reality to a tingling spine^\^ --------- -— Awareness fading, senses dulling-you’re becoming lost within your mind.

Visions pass before you, illusions grip you fast.

Your feet will have to get you home now; Your eyes are mirrors inward, no longer glass.

Before you now a stranger-but a haze blurs your view, Then a sudden shock of terror When you realize that it’s you!

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VIn life, there are always two possibilities. ” Danny Kaye as Jakobowski in The Colonel and / You know what it’s like to have your roommate wake you up to tell you it’s snowing outside? in the middle of March? and then you see the clock and “oh my, how late it is!” so you rush to hurl your rags on, only to find out after you’ve gone to class that this is the day the professors all decided to go to a pig-roast, so you don’t have class after all? Does that bother you?

Or, for some reason you use up a weekend working ahead in this class which you despise immensely-so you won’t have to touch the book again all week—but the professor decides to be nice and skip to the end of this transla­ tion section or translates it all himself for you; do things like that bug you sometimes?

Or, when you go out for soccer and make an utter clod of yourself, the football coach calls you aside and asks why what could have been possibly the best wide receiver the team has ever had went out for four years in a sport that used his feet instead of hands—does that disturb you?

Such tilings used to grind the life-blood out of me. No more, all that’s part of life now.

Still, there was a time...

Years ago, the Public Broadcasting System aired a program called “The Age of Uncertain­ ty.” The sociologist narrator claimed that the ’60’s erupted in frenzy and unrest because of the uncertainty which plagued the era.

I never believed him. The whole thing was a big, fat lie. Of course, my life was secure; I was riding a tricycle at the time. It was a heavy, sol­ id iron trike with a red wagon soldered to the back. And there was this really neat police­ man’s motorcycle-windshield on the handle­ bars. Tough. The kind of machine that made a three-year-old want to stuff a pack of burning 150

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Then a neighborhood boy ploughed over my Big Red with one of those puny AMF family type vehicles. My beautiful windshield, mangled. Suddenly the world I viewed had a crack in it. The end of an era.

After that I never really knew what 1 was doing. Life used to be so simple. Lunch at lunchtime, supper at suppertime, winter when the snow fell, bedtime at 8:30, falling asleep behind the couch while trying to sneak a peak at Hawaii 5-0. Everything was certain. Cavities, Saturday night baths, the hot feeling of a ruler on a soft behind and the hotter feeling of faceflushing embarrassment. Certainty, wonderful certainty, what have they done with you now?

When my Aunt Bert still lived in Watertown, my brothers and I used to come to visit and play on the swings and things at a huge park near her home on Western Avenue. Some­ one tried to tell me it was Northwestern, but I didn’t believe them. Why would anyone want playground equipment on a college campus? I thought the place was Bethesda.

It wasn’t until a few years ago that I real­ ized how wrong I was, and how right my infor-

mant had been. I still remember quite vividly, my freshman year, how a group of seniors wept so bitterly, there by the wailing wall of the gym, that someone had taken their slide away.

And sure enough, the cruel buggers had up­ rooted the whole thing, and even stole the swingset. In its place, on that corner of Western Avenue, just down the street from Aunt Bert’s, they left a sad stone monument, all done up with lights so everyone would remember, grey and empty and lifeless. It was a hard substitute, and not nearly so much fun to play on, I guess.

But they used to go down there to look at the soft, black dirt and reminisce, until the jannics shovelled it away, and covered up the scars with shrubs and clover.

I’m a senior now, and no one in my class really remembers the swingset or the slide. It gives a guy a hollow feeling long about semes­ ter time, when life gets uncertain and your legs feel like kicking up and taking a free, smooth ride. A brief return to the certainty of our youth, if you please. But we fool ourselves thinking that, with graduation, there’ll be plen­ ty of that; I’ve got a feeling they don’t have time for such things at Scm, and when we’re out on the links there’ll be other folks who need trikes and swingsets and slides more than we.

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WHEREAS The wrestling program has not been able to attract the number of athletes necessary to complete a team; and WHEREAS the future looks dim because many of those presently partici­ pating will no participate in the future; and WHEREAS there is difficulty in staffing the position of wrestling coach; and WHEREAS it is very difficult to schedule teams within a reasonable travel­ ing distance that are of our cali­ t ber; therefore be it RESOLVED that the wrestling program be re­ moved from our list of intercol­ legiate athletics for the present.

What this means is that the wrestling pro­ gram has ended for now. The door has been left open for the resumption of the program if a sufficient number of athletes make it known that they would participate.

This is not a sudden decision by the Athlet­ ic Committee, which consists of Profs. Sellnow, Thompson, and Kruse. The wrestling program has been studied for the last few years, and the : decision was made last year to continue for another season in the hope of building support.

However, with lagging participation, and the lack of a fulltime coach heading a list of prob­ lems, the decision was made to drop wrestling for the present.

We only hope that sometime in the near fu­ ture Northwestern will t.: -in be able to field a full wrestling squad th_ will start a new tradition in the style that NWC :s accustomed ! | to.

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CAMPUS 4CLASSROOM C&C Editors Note: Despite recent rumors to the contrary, C&C has not gone into synodication (that is, being published simultaneously in a number of periodicals in different places). We freely admit that we had several offers, and some fairly attractive ones at that, but we three, steeped in the tradition of the C&C Edi­ tor, opted for the less pretentious confines of the BLACK and RED (over such notable publi­ cations as The Free Porcelain Press, The Imper­ ial Valley Illegal Alien Fruitpickers Gazette, and GQ.) What with the unprecedented liberali­ ty of our editors here at NWC, and with the chance to satiate the public’s desire for refresh­ ingly crisp entertainment every month for a measly 50 cents a crack—you think we would desert the B&R? Enough said. So strap down, because you’re about the run the gauntlet of modern sophisticated comedy, and we’re warn­ ing you, it’s not always pretty.

Since the demise of the immortal “Flame Job,” the campus population has been at a loss for a car which adequately expresses its singu­ larly original personality and panache. But the search seems to have ended. The void has been filled by the quiet strength and startling un­ obtrusiveness of A1 Horn’s bright orange Fury I. Embodying the true spirit of the early 70's when m.p.h. was more important than m.p.g., this sentinel of bittersweet sentimental­ ity has caused the Synod to initiate a “Reach­ ing Out-Mini-phase II” program. The Synod is calling on its laity to “give what they can” in order to raise adequate funds so that this ochre harbinger of good news has enough gas to make the trip to Florida over Spring Break. (The fund-raiser was a success and A1 even had enough gas to make it back-something the “Reaching Out” committee didn’t plan on.)

Here a problem arises-What do we call such a glorious machine? Thousands of sugges­ tions have been flooding Al’s mailbox since the choice of campus car became obvious, but which one do we choose?

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PHLEGM JOB-in reverence to its de­ parted predecessor.

THE GREAT PUMPKIN-a favorite of all Charles Schulz fans.

THE ELEPHANT VAN (car)-it seems the Highway Dept, of the State of Nebraska painted the car orange in order to hide scarring disfigurations which caused ridicule to be heaped upon the car while still young. (Besides, the big burlap bag kept flying off when the car would reach speeds upwards of 30 m.p.h.)

The suggestion was also made to throw all caution to the winds and paint a huge tiger paw on the hood and simply call it THE CLEMSON MOBILE. This was a favorite of all campus South Carolinians, but at last count, none could be found, so the idea was canned. But whatever the outcome, we once again have a cause celebre (Is that the word I want, Paul?) and an auto that will lead us through all the kukka and land us safely on Meadow Street and that’s no hu hu.

Coach Kruse has been feeling maligned late­ ly, and he’s come to C&C to set the record straight. Last year’s column depicted him, it seems, as a little overweight. This year he’s shed some of those pounds and looks like a ver­ itable Jack Lalane. Exercise has been the key, says the svelte coach, and now he’s trying to get everyone into the physical fitness groove.

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After deciding that young Dan Haag could stand to lose a few inches, the benevolent task­ master had him run them off in a little jog from Green Bay to Watertown. Besides dropping a couple of pounds, Dan’s looking and feeling brighter, peppier, more alert. If you see Coach or Dan on campus, wish them your heartiest congratulations and give them a big “can’t pinch an inch on you” smile. They’ll be glad you noticed.

Of course, exercise isn’t everything to losing weight. Now that he’s got a son slinging hash in the cafeteria, Coach took the opportu­ nity to sign up for the patented Hanke NutriSlim diet. Once that ball got rolling, a new fad was born. Every lunch and suppertime Northwestern’s hardy corps of dieters file in for a healthy plateful of that special recipe fish or chicken. The diet works--who hasn’t seen the inches melting off Rick Russow? Who hasn’t noticed that the Tower of Power is standing just a little firmer? While the diet is satisfying, Rick has discovered that it lacks certain nutri­ ents found only in the drumsticks he sells in the canteen. Guy Purdue feels that the limited menu is decidedly deficient in the pepperoni his body craves, so he tries to make it to the canteen as often as he can, too. Losing weight’s fine, but you've got to keep your strength up.

Bill Michel would be on the diet plan were it not for similar concerns. He’s worried that the reduced portions may not give him the energy needed for his many strenous activities such as throwing dice, smoking Marlboros, and sweating.

The sign above the door said in bold-face letteringWARNING: NO SLEEPING IN THE BATHROOM —but ignoring all authority, a Wittenberg resi­ dent spent a week night and the following morning on the floor of the 2nd floor south Wittenberg john. He says he doesn’t remember doing it, claiming that he was “asleep most of the time.” Nevertheless, this bold affront to Dorm Staff authority sent shock waves throughout the student body, and soon mal­ contents everywhere were stripping off their mattress pads and destroying them in rituallike burnings. Only Michael Foley remained un-

swayed by these widespread subversive actions.

Sources report that he was “visibly shaken and was quoted as saying, “I don’t understand how he could do such a thing, I mean, I thought we were making such great progress... and now this happens...” Truly, we should all take this paragon of virtue as our example in the ever-present battle against individualized thought.

When Eric Dorow left NWC, he terminated a long-standing tradition of rooming with Phil Pitt. These two peas spent nearly seven years in the same pod, and Eric’s departure left Phil understandably shook up. Consequently, Phil’s been searching for a new roommate. It will take a lot to fill Eric’s Sear’s and Roebuck hiking boots, but Phil is determined. The quest took him to second floor Witt and the room of B&R editor Brad Ragner, who recently suf­ fered a similar loss when “Vic” Turany packed his bags for Arizona.

“I wisn it could have worked out,” said Phil, “but it just didn’t. We got into a big argu­ ment about Milton’s philosophic assumption in Paradise Lost. His stance on the matter was just a bit too liberal for me to live with. Brad and I are still good friends, but his attitudes and life­ style are too happy-go-lucky for a homebody like me.”

Brad is quick to agree that the two of them have retained their friendship. “He can borrow my Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass records any time he wants,” he commented.

“When I saw that tin can sittin’ up on that ridge with the sun just a-glarin’ off it, I knew,” said Joe “Marshal Matt” Schlawin. “I knew this town wasn’t big enough for the both of us. So I did what 1 had to do and that tin can did what it had to do. Only I did it better. Sure, I’ll limp for a little while, but that can’s pushin’ up daisies right now.” Yes, Northwestern students, you can sleep soundly tonight knowing that Joe is looking out for you. Way to bite the bullet, Joe. Campus and Classroom would love to sit here and chat a while longer, but we’ve really got to be moving along. You see, Andy Krause just came in and gave us S5.00 to get lost. Five bucks is five bucks, you know. Sorry, Bushwe’ll close the door on our way out.

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Behind it all is a mild-mannered ex-hospital porter, barn builder, chicken-shed cleaner, bodyguard, radio producer, and script editor of Doctor Who named Douglas Adams. In this series of books, Mr. Adams has hatched a universe of incredible insanity and runaway paranoia to create the funniest literary effort since/! Confederacy of Dunces.

One of the purposes of the Hitchhiker trilogy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and Life, the Universe and Everything) seems to be to use the sledge hammer of satire to demolish every science fiction cliche ever created. Like all great satirists, Douglas Adams takes the basic idea of his target just one step farther than the normal writer would. For example... Robots that are almost human like C3PO and R2D2 may be good enough for some writers, but not for Douglas Adams. For his purposes, he has created Marvin, a robot with Genuine People Personalities (GPP). In Marvin’s case, it means that his capacity for intelligence reaches to the realms of infinity, but his capacity for happiness could fit in a matchbox without actually taking out the matches. Mr. Adams noticed how other writers of science fiction try to reach beyond the limits of merely writing a good story and try to unlock the secrets of the universe, so he went them one better and actually tells us that the answer to the great question of life, the uni­ verse, and everything is 42. (The problem, of course, is that no one really knows what the question is.) He gives similar treatment to such varied subjects as politics, hyperspace, digital watches, torture, bail-point pens, and Paul McCartney.

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less, personified earth paranoia. There is a planet in his universe that is made up of the most boring people in the universe: hair dressers, research consultants, telephone saniti­ zers, and accountants. One of his most imagina­ tive worlds is the Frogstar World B, which is barren except for a small chamber that con­ tains the Total Perspective Vortex, the worst torture in the universe (it shows you the entire, vast universe spread out before you with a little arrow pointing to a speck on a speck that says, “You are here,” to show you exactly how insignificant you are). But perhaps his greatest creation is a planet where our hero meets a creature that was repeatedly reincarnated throughout history as animals that were either accidentally or on purpose killed by him and who now wants him to pay for it. Each one of these situations is made many times more disturbing than it could even be imagined on earth by the shear size that they become when a whole planet is made up of them.

That brings us to our hero, Arthur Dent.

Arthur is just an everage earth man who escaped the destruction of the earth because he knew a space hitchhiker named Ford Pre­ fect, who was stranded on the earth. He really wasn’t expecting to become a wanderer of the cosmos himself and certainly wasn’t dressed for it, but he just goes along with everything to

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Since the series is so episodic, it needs him.

When Arthur is there, the story works best, but when he isn’t (like the first half of Restau­ rant), it temporarily falls apart.

As for the plot, well, let’s just say that there is just enough of it to get the characters from one situation to the next. Of the three books, the third one is the only one that really has anything that resembles a conventional plot in that it is the only one where the charac­ ters are trying to carry something out, not just trying to stay alive and have a little fun in the process. One thing about the plot that is especially interesting is that Mr. Adams seems to hate having anything in his story that is JEFF SCHONE Tpock is frustration in the Wintertime. It’s Xvoutside music to a great extent, and when the mercury dips below the comfort zone, one just doesn't go outside. In the words of Ernie von Schlcdorn, “Head for the great warm in­ doors.” And while you’re there you don’t want to listen to something that promises to knock your socks off or send shivers down your spine.

No, you’re looking for something as comforta­ ble as a soft wool cardigan, yet with as much zip as a hot spiced rum. Two albums released within the last year could be just what you need while watching the windows frost up.

The cover of jazz vocalist Michael Franks’ most recent release, Objects of Desire, features Paul Gauguin’s Two Tahitian Women, and conjures up tropical images warm enough to please even the coldest listeners. Once again Franks has assembled an extremely talented entourage of musicians and vocalists including the Brecker brothers, Larry Carlton, David Sanborn, Bonnie Raitt, and Luther Vandross. The music is sometimes soft, sometimes bouncy, sometimes exciting, but always as alluring as a Poly­ nesian sunset. The arrangements and produc­ tion on this album are superb, and Franks has once again managed to hit upon just the right mix of vocal and instrumental segments. Two highlights on this album are two songs which feature female guest vocalists Bonnie Raitt and S. Renee Diggs. Raitt purrs playfully through ‘Ladies Night,” a short number about a night­ club. S. Renee Diggs sings with Franks on

separate from anything else. If you run into a little piece of information that seems to be totally insignificant, you can bet that it isn’t.

Whether it be a game of Scrabble, a hard object that a character finds in his coat pocket, or that Marvin the robot has an artificial leg; you can bet that sooner or later it will become a major turning point in the story. It’s the seemingly important events that turn out to mean nothing.

Each book is a great deal of fun (especially the first and the third books) and each is short enough to finish on a rainy Saturday. So don’t panic! Grab your favorite towel, hit Infinite Improbability Drive, and get hooked on Hitchhiker.

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“Love Duet,” and in his acknowledgments on the back cover, he describes her as “heaven sent.” That does sound about right. Objects of Desire is a quality album and well worth tne lis­ ten.

When Steely Dan called it quits after the successful Gaucho album, I was certain I’d never hear music like theirs again. Well, one half of the partnership that was the Dan, Don­ ald Fagan, surprised me with his first solo re­ lease The Nightfly. Not only does it compare with past Dan efforts, it’s enjoyable, smooth, and interesting in its own right. Fagan has put out an album with just as much sparkle and glitter as his past work. That compelling up­ tempo beat runs through most of the songs, the ideas and lyrics are as unique as ever, and as radio play attests, Fagan has a knack for writing catchy little melody lines that stick in your mind. This unpretentious album is certain to please. With phrases like, “Won’t you pour me a Cuban breeze, Gretchen.” interspersed throughout, it’s just as certain to inspire warm thoughts in the midst of winter.

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-Pastor Thomas Hilliard (’70) accepted a call to Faith in W. Newton, PA, and was in­ stalled in November 1982. He was formerly a teacher at Onalaska Lutheran High School -Pastor James Rath (’73), formerly of Ply­ mouth, WI, accepted a call to Zion in Osceola, WI. He was installed on 3/6/83.

-Pastor and Mrs. Richard L. Wiechmann (’61) rejoiced at the birth of their daughter, Richellc Lauren Wiechmann, on Jan. 16, 1983.

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RETIREMENT -Gerhard Struck (’30), Elkton, MI, will re­ tire on July 3, 1983.

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-On January 23, 1983, Trinity of Mari­ nette, WI, celebrated its 100th anniversary.

OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST -Emanuel, of Lansing, MI, with John Vogt (’67) and Daniel Buske (’58) as pastors, and St. John’s of Dowagiac, MI, with Glen Hieb (’67) as pastor, and Zion of Chesaning, MI, with David Schwartz (’70) as pastor, will be starting Christian day schools this fall.

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$umm()ctteii a us bcr ^crgnitgeitljctt This month’s dip into the past dredges up the intellectual wanderings of Mike Thom (class of ’77) from the April 1975 issue (vol­ ume 78, number 7) of the Black and Red, page 212.

DR. LEONID JONES ON SHAKESPEARE The one question I am most often asked in class is, “How much did Shakespeare eat, and how did his consumption habits affect his per­ sonal and professional lives? In order to silence any questions before they come up, I have pre­ pared today’s lecture on the theme, “The Food in Shakespeare.”

I suppose most of us think of Shakespeare as an artist who was so wrapped up in his work that he grabbed snacks between acts and didn’t see any difference between a ham on rye and a Reuben sandwich. However, if one delves more deeply into the dilemma, he Finds that there is a path of crumbs and gravy stains leading through Shakespeare’s plays that a blind man could smell out.

A thing which one cannot help but notice upon embarking on this topic is the great varie­ ty of foods which Mr. S enjoyed. For example: But soft! What kumquat through yon­ der window squirts?

It is not a sauerkraut, for it is not stringy; Arise, fair citrus, and kill that envious potato...

(The Merry Melons of Waterbury, II, iv) But let it never be said, just because S was somewhat of a classy eater, that he tried to set himself above the masses. Au contraire, he even exerted a determined effort to associate with them, especially with the younger people. Af­ ter all, the relationship between generations is what S is all about. In fact, some of his adoles­ cent friends even used to say to one another, “Let’s go down to Shakey’s and catch a disk.”

In those days this expression was nigh unto a proverb. In S’s own words: 162

The quality of pizza is not strain’d; It droppeth as gentle pepperoni from Emil’s Upon the place beneath.

Therefore, consider this—in the course of justice none of us Should see pickled panoramic perdi­ tion, Eat he thereof...

(The Merchant of Detroit, II, iii) As I have frequently mentioned in the past, Shakespeare was a thinking man and simply hated to waste precious time. Therefore, he de­ voted his suppertime to formulating his per­ sonal philosophy. An opinion held by some is that he didn’t like to indulge in food excessive­ ly. This Stoic school refers to the following lines as their proof: Let us sit upon the ground And tell stories of the Death of stuffed cheeks; How some have been debauched, some Slain in war, some shrivelled by the Coming-ware salami that they have sliced, Some poisoned by their volume Some belching bloated; All ground up.

(The Comedy of Bagels, IV, i)

However, I feel the proof that Shakespeare was an Epicurean is by far more substantial.

The argument I present runs thus: many plays have as their controlling feature the hyperbolic hunger of the hero or heroine. Is it not true that in The Taming of the Shrew Petruchio, in order to gain the psychological edge on Kate, hastened her hunger by roasting a rooster and forbidding her to eat it? She was soon crowing his tune, and he was never a hen-pecked husband. Further, where did the climactic scene of As You Like It take place? It was at a banquet with gobs of goodies on hand. The play was even named after the chef’s answer to the question, “How do you baste your bolog­ na?” The most convincing factor I have yet found in favor of S’s being an Epicurean

convert is the way in which he folded his paper. One can see this Freudian slip in any quarto or folio edition of his works. You see, he didn’t write an entire side of the sheet from top to bottom as you and I do, but he turned the paper every which way so that he could fold it up like a sandwich. Needless to say, Shakespeare’s Freudian slips are quite another can of beans, which I don’t care to open today.

What is next week’s play? Omelet? Good, I hope you will use what has been presented to­ day so that we don’t have to mess around with the non-essentials in getting into the meat of the play.

Class dismissed.

Mike Thom ’77

COVERo M°E Cover me Cover me with a blanket A warm white comforter That insulates from cold and care That gently slowly wraps around That’s soft and full relaxing Winter’s down.

I watch it fly and fall Touch ground and disappear I watch it fly and fall And with it go concerns Fall and disappear Cover me Cover me with a white warm quilt While I forget the cold.

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At Christmas time the outlook on the bas­ ketball season had greatly improved. The Tro­ jans were leading the WCIC with a 2-0 record and were 4-3 overall, with several key victories.

However, the Trojans hit a streak of bad luck when they came back. Nothing seemed to go right as they went into a five-game tailspin.

The Trojans first traveled to Fond du Lac, where they faced off against Marian. The Sabres connected on 12 of 14 from the freethrow line in the final five minutes to rally from a 10-point deficit and hand the Trojans an 89-81 defeat.

NWC shot a blazing 67 percent from the field as well as outrebounded Marian 37-24.

But they committed 28 turnovers, which kept the Sabres in the game.

Ken Brokmeier, Duane Rodcwald and Chuck Westra combined to lead the Trojans to a 4342 halftime margin. They raised their lead to 10 in the second half before turnovers al­ lowed Marian to come back. The Sabres took the lead with 5:14 to play and never relin­ quished it.

Brokmeier led the team with 21, while Wes­ tra added 20, Jim Danell 18, and Rodewald 12.

The Trojans next fought a snowstorm to travel to Sheboygan to face vaunted Lakeland College, which had just returned from a Euro­ pean tour.

NWC didn’t score for the first'five minutes of the game and spotted Lakeland a 9-0 lead.

But Brokmeier quickly got the Trojans on the right track as they cut Lakeland’s lead to seven, 35-28 at the intermission.

Lakeland pulled back out to a 16-point ad­ vantage as the Trojans couldn’t get going again.

But they weren’t through yet. Westra and Danell led an exciting comeback in the final minutes which saw the Muskies edge the Tro­ jans by three, 74-71.

Coach Kruse commented after the game, “If we only hadn’t had dry spells at the begin­ ning of each half, we could easily have won this game.”

The next day the Trojans traveled to play Cardinal Stritch in Milwaukee, where the tired Trojans were dumped 87-72.

The Trojan front line brought the team back from an early deficit to a 38-36 halftime 166

lead. But an ankle injury to Rodewald and foul trouble for Danell spelled disaster for North­ western.

The Crusaders regained the lead and opened a 17 point advantage midway through the period. The Trojans were unable to get go­ ing again, so Kruse turned to his bench. Stritch, meanwhile, stuck with its starters and coasted to an 87-72 victory.

The squad finally returned nome to host Trinity Christian, but the home advantage didn’t change their fortunes. Again a poor second half was the culprit, as the Trolls came from behind to down NWC 73-67.

Brokmeier connected for 14 points in the first half as they took an early 18-15 lead. But a Northwestern dry spell allowed the Trolls to take a six-point advantage. They were unable to stop the Trojan center, however, as he put in two field goals in the closing minute to give Northwestern a 31-30 halftime lead.

The teams traded baskets for the first part of the second half, but finally the Trojan of­ fense sputtered and spotted the Trolls a sixpoint advantage, which they maintained for the rest of the game.

Brokmeier was the Trojans’ high scorer with 18, while Rodcwald added 17, Westra 11 and Dave Rothc 10.

The Trojans then traveled to Downers Grove, Illinois, where they faced George Williams College, However, they were never in the game while the Indians coasted to a 74-57 win.

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The Trojans really slumped in the second half while George Williams slowly opened the gap. Westra finally started scoring for the Tro­ jans, but it was too little too late. Westra fin­ ished as the Trojans’ high scorer with 17.

Northwestern finally turned its sagging for­ tunes around with a 66-56 win over Concordia of Milwaukee. Rodewald led the way with 21 points as the Northwestern offense finally broke out of its shell.

After falling behind 9-3 after five minutes of play, Rodewald started the Trojan scoring barrage. By halftime they led 31-25.

The sophomore forward picked up the pace in the second half. Me led the Trojans to a 4932 edge with ten minutes to play. Concordia finally started to close the gap but not any closer than ten. NWC coasted to victory.

The Trojans continued on a roll at Winter Carnival ’83 by turning the tables on Lakeland 77-70.

This time it was the Trojans who got off to a flying start. Brokmeier led the way as they took a 10-0 lead. Westra and Danell joined the attack, raising their advantage to 15, 38-23, at the end of the first half.

Rodewald led the Trojans to a 21-point lead five minutes into the second half. But he was soon forced out of the game with foul trouble. It only added to the Trojans’troubles at forward as they had lost Danell earlier to a knee injury.

Kris Taves came off the bench and did a good job filling in, but the Muskies were slowly able to cut the Trojan lead. At the five minute mark the score was 67-57, and the Trojans turned to the stall.

The Muskies came within four, 72-68, be­ fore Taves and Brokmeier put the game away at the free throw line.

Milwaukee School of Engineering and its star guard Jeff Brezovar turned the tables on the Trojans the next week, by handing them an 87-75 defeat. Brezovar connected for 39 points. The Trojans played excellent ball but ran into foul trouble in the second half. They were led by Rodewald and Brokmeier to a 5751 advantage midway through the final frame.

But Brezovar took to the free throw line to bring the Raiders to a 65-65 tie with five min­ utes to go. He then put in 14 more to lead the

visitors to victory.

Rodewald led NWC with 19 points, while Westra had 18 and Brokmeier 16.

The Trojans’ record fell to 6-10 overall af­ ter the Marian Sabres handed them a 93-74 de­ feat. Ron Muldrow led the eventual conference champs with 31 points while Brokmeier led Northwestern with 21.

The Trojans then turned their fortunes around against Cardinal Stritch. They spoiled the Crusaders’ shot at the conference crown with a 74-73 victory.

Brokmeier put in the winning bucket with 21 seconds to go after the Crusaders had taken the lead in spite of being down by eight in the closing minutes. The victory was especially sat­ isfying in that Bill Worth put in 18 points off the bench as both Rodewald and Danell were hobbled by injuries.

But they couldn’t keep their winning mo­ mentum going as Maranatha avenged an earlier defeat with an 81-78 victory. Brokmeier again was outstanding with 27 points. The Trojans were close the majority of the game and had the chance to tie in the closing seconds but the shot fell short.

Trinity Christian kept the Trojans reeling in the regular season finale with an 83-68 win.

Rodewald led the Trojans with 21, but it was far from enough to stem the Troll tide. The Trojans finished their conference season with a 3-6 record.

In the NLCAA Regional at Northwestern during Spring Break the Trojans lost in the opening rounds to Cardinal Stritch. They were again hurt by a single big scorer as Mike Sydlowski scored 36 to lead the Crusaders to an 87-78 come-from-behind victory.

The Trojans finished the season with a dis­ appointing 9-13 mark but were able to place junior Chuck Westra on the All Conference Team. Ken Brokmeier led the second team while Duane Rodewald was named to the Hon­ orable Mention list.

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College Tennis. Woldt’s Wallbangers vs Whitewater, in Whitewater 2:00 p.m.

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Trojan Hardball vs Concordia in Milwaukee Third Hour Convocation with Rev. Paul Kolander

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College Golf starts its season at Beloit 1:00 p.m.

On this day in 1920, William Howard Taft becomes the first U.S. President to throw out the first ball of the season for the Major Leagues

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Trackstcrs go to Illinois again, this time to North Park

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Forum Final. Woody Allen’s “Don’t Drink the Water” in the Auditorium

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Baseball vs the Marquette Warriors on NWC’s field State Small College Track Meet at Carthage College

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Faculty vs Seniors in Banquet Action 7:30 p.m.

Madison Area Technical College visits Coach Thompson’s Trojans in baseball 1:00 p.m.

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The UW of Milwaukee Panthers take the Trojans on in baseball (here)

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Golf match against synod rival, Seminary; basketball rival, MSOE; and Scott Martin rival, Carroll 1:00 p.m.

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Tennis takes on DMLC and Pillsbury at Pillsbury 12:00 M Baseball action in Beertown vs UW-Milwaukee Track team journeys to Packerland for the St. Norbert’s Knights’ Invitational (Oh my goodness, is April ever a busy month!)

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Purpose: The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the effects of overcrowding on white mice and to measure the extent to which their normal routines of eating, sleeping and grooming would be disturbed by overpopulated living quarters.

Materials: Three large glass cages with lids, ex­ ercise wheels, water bottles and cedar shavings; 24 white mice; mouse food and water.

Procedure: The mice were divided into 3 groups and were placed in the cages. The first cage held 4 mice, which corresponded to the mouse/square inch cage space ratio recom­ mended by Mrs. Annie Rosenbaum, clerk at

PROJECT 4C Happy Jack’s Pet Store, Appleville, Ct. The second cage had 8 mice, or twice the recom­ mended concentration, and the third had 12.

The mice were then observed for 2 hours per day over a 3-week period and the incidences of feeding, sleeping and grooming were recorded and plotted on the graphs below.

Hypothesis: J projected an inverse relationship between the amount of overcrowding in the cages and the incidences of the 3 kinds of behavior mentioned above.

******************* "Finalists in the Eastwood Academy Sci­ ence Fair will be eligible for the Northeast Junior Science League competition in New Hampshire next April..

"That sounds like a good project idea, Matthew. Let me know if I can help at all. Of course I can’t be around the lab from 3:305:30; I’ve got football. But the lab is yours; just keep it neat and lock up...”

“Matthew the Mousewatcher, premier be­ havioral psychologist of his era, arises from his desk. He seizes his clipboard from his bolster; yes, folks, I believe he’s going to leave the dorm and head for the science lab, though not without a haughty sneer at the hordes of adoring onlookers. .

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The Eastwood Academy Science Fair could not have come at a better time, Matthew thought. He needed this; he needed this little time every day in the lab to be by himself and to think. He most of all needed to be out of the dormitory, doing something important, when his roommate with his insipid friends came back from football practice, roaring noisily up the stairs in a torrent of laughter and curses, charging into his room and sprawl­ ing all over everything. When he was there at such times they would often sit for an hour or so and do nothing but torment him as he tried to read. They would make fun of the pictures on his wall and play catch with his Red Sox mug or with a book of his. Now and then they would ransack his drawers while he watched over the top of his book and pretended not to care; once, to their great jubilation, they had found a razor tucked away there. It was won­ derful to have somewhere else to be in the late afternoons.

Darryl, his roommate, had been assigned to him by lot according to Eastwood tradition.

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Project 4C Ken Chemey A short story

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Bye-Bye Blackbird Ray Bell Chicago politics examined

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Koreshan Unity John Hoh Is the earth an egg?

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Same Time, Same Station A short story

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Song of the Destroyer A poem

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Index

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Broadley Speaking

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Dummheitcn aus der Vergangenheit

Circulation Manager Bob Tmunermann

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Campus and Classroom

Advertising Managers Pete Vnnasch Bill Tackmeier

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Campus Comments

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Alumni Meeting Minutes and Financial Report

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built for his age; he had been leaving his razor out on his dresser in plain sight for some time now. That, and the case with which he seemed to succeed at everything he tried, made Darryl universally feared and admired. He was, with­ out a doubt, the Eastwood Boy. Matthew snorted softly. Every spring when all the rich, gray fathers and the slender, be­ jewelled mothers from New York and New Jersey drove up to Appleville for the Eastwood Academy Alumni Dinner, some faculty mem­ ber would stand up and give a long speech, dur­ ing the course of which he would glowingly describe “the Eastwood Boy.” The Eastwood Boy’s main distinguishing features were his brilliant command of the language, his wellrounded knowledge of the major disciplines and his overall flawless deportment. But more than this, the Eastwood Boy had a sense of duty, honesty and fair play ingrained in him from his very earliest days at the school; he put it on when he first put on his uniform.

Eastwood always did more than prepare a boy academically to succeed at the finest colleges and universities; it gave him the tools to be­ come a solid citizen at the highest level of cul­ tural refinement attainable in the United States. Last year when Matthew sat listening to the Eastwood Boy speech at the dinner, he had thought of Darryl instantly. He had turned to his father and was about to say something when he noticed that his father, a former Eastwood Boy himself, was sitting there in com­ plete rapture, drinking in the professor's speech with a visible lump in his throat. Matthew had decided to keep quiet.

He sighed and began drumming his pencil again. His father. His father was all right, but he seemed very distant on his rare visits, and Matthew guessed that it was because of Matthew’s performance at school. Matthew was fairly certain that he was not an Eastwood Boy. He was short and fair, with blonde curls that disgusted him and delighted his room­ mate’s friends. Sports were out of the question ever since a kind of heart condition had been diagnosed by his doctor at home. His grades were fair, but nearly every professor had taken him aside and asked why a boy with his tre­ mendous potential wasn’t competing for top honors. He always tried to explain; he told one prof that it was because his main interests simply lay in areas other than U.S. History, 169

Latin and Physics, with predictable results.

When he told Darryl in one of their few mo­ ments of rapport about what the prof had re­ plied, Darryl had chuckled sympathetically and said that when dealing with profs honesty was seldom the best policy. Matthew had to con­ cur. He was beginning to feel the same way about fathers, and he wished that quarterly re­ ports could somehow be a little less than honest.

Two mice of the 4 in Cage 1 were groom­ ing. Two marks. When the mice groomed he had to smile, they sat up and used their paws like little hands, passing them over their heads to slick their topmost hairs down, just as he used to try to do to his curls.

Matthew’s poor academic record didn't bother him at all. He consoled himself with reminders that he was the match of any Eastwood Boy on campus as far as raw intelligence went, and he was more than bright enough to achieve perfect marks should the need to do so ever arise. The problems he had at Eastwood that really bothered him his father seemed to have no inkling of. He had tried to explain these too, with no success; his father laughed off his stories of ridicule and pranks and con­ stant biting criticism, and told him that Eastwood had always been that way, why, once when he was there, some guys down the hall.. . don’t worry, you’ll laugh so hard about it someday. . .everybody has to go through it, es-

pecially their first couple years. And if all else fails, it never hurts to g<?t your own friends to­ gether and get even once in a while. I remem­ ber once Eddie and I...

******************* “I can’t believe it! I though I’d DIE! Darryl, you shoulda seen yer face! Oh! Oh my gosh! (Gales of hysterical laughter.)

“The little twerp! Yeah, YOU can laugh!

Mow’d you like it if it was YOUR drawer the little creep put the 24 mice in? Look at this!

Look at these clothes! My mom’s gonna kill me!”

“I don’t believe it! I don’t. .

(More laughter.)

******************* Results: The graphs below come very near to showing a perfect inverse relationship between the degree to which the mice were overcrowd­ ed in their obsen>ation cages and the amounts of eating, sleeping and grooming they engaged in. Mice in the first cage carried out these ac­ tivities at normal or super-normal levels, though when in the cage under the fluorescent lighting, where they were observed, they showed signs of some slight tension, such as

failure to use the exercise wheel The mice in the second cage exhibited marked changes in behavior from those in the first. As the graphs show, they ate less often, and slept much less often. Grooming, which many of my sources of information considered the most important sign of normal or sub­ normal stress levels in mice, hardly ever took place.

As much as I’ve read about research in this area and mouse behavior in general, I was hard­ ly prepared for what happened in Cage 3. A few dominant individuals took over the food dish as their nearly exclusive domain; these were also the only individuals which managed to get any sleep. The mice all exhibited in­ credible levels of hostility toward each other at all times, and in the later stages of the experi­ ment there were constant fights. Many mice sustained serious injury as a result. In fact, af­ ter the experiment was over, one could very easily distinguish the mice that had been in Cage 3 by their thinness, their sluggish and un­ responsive behavior, their mangy coats and es­ pecially by the deep, permanent scars that covered their bodies: the torn ears, the raw tails, the great red patches of sores where the hair was missing.

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BVE-BVE BLnCKBIRD in the 1930s, Chicago had a mayoral B ack candidate by the name of Big Bill Thomp­ son. Big Bill was a Republican who, of all things, actually had a chance at winning the mayoral election (some theorize that children born in Chicago are born with Democrat chro­ mosomes). It is said that Bill Thompson would carry with him to various campaign stops a rat in a cage. Big Bill would set the cage down on some nearby table and proceed to debate the rat, thereby suggesting that the rat was a suit­ able substitute for his opponent. Big Bill Thompson won that election.

Chicago has just completed another mayoral election. The unfortunate notoriety pro­ duced for the city of Chicago by this election is unequalled by anything Bill Thompson or even the Chicago Cubs has ever done. Things look bleak in my favorite city.

For hundreds of thousands of people who voted a couple of Tuesdays ago in Chicago, it was the first election in which they had ever voted Republican. For many of these “Re­ publicans for a day,” the Democrat for mayor wasn't a viable candidate because of his recur­ rent problems with lateness: he was late to campaign stops, late for appointed interviews with the media, late in filing tax returns, and late in paying his bills. But for many people, the Democrat wasn't a viable candidate be­ cause of the color of his skin.

Harold Washington, the Democrat candi­ date for mayor of Chicago last April 1 2th. hap­ pens to be black.

Bigotry came out of the closet a few Tues­ days ago. It met you in the form of some of Chicago’s “staunch” Democrat committeemen (for whom the word “Republican” was always a four-letter word) from strong ethnic neigh­ borhoods who defected to the Republican camp. It'met you outside St. Pascal’s church on Chicago’s Northwest Side, where some 150 taunting whites greeted Harold Washington. It met you at an Epton meeting (Bernard Epton was the Republican candidate for mayor), where the tune “Bye-Bye, Blackbird” was being played. It met you on the lapels of coats,

where blank, white buttons were being worn to symbolize “white power.” It met you in the form of some of “Chicago’s finest,” its police officers, who passed around a leaflet bearing sketches of watermelons, crossed chicken bones, and black people with thick lips and flattened noses.

There were many sad components which served to magnify the racial divisiveness within Chicago, a city whose black population is larger than that of all but two African cities. Bernard Upton allowed himself to be promoted as a “white hope” in certain ethnic areas and did little (to no) campaigning in black areas of the city. Harold Washington allowed a campaign commercial which juxtaposed clips from a KKK march, clips of assassinated leaders, and a clip of that ugly racial scene outside St. Pascal’s Church.

Chicago has always been a politically sly and savvy city. Its nickname, "the Windy City,” was coined by a New York editor at­ tempting to describe the city’s “hot air” poli­ ticians. But for those of us who vividly remem­ ber the senseless bloodletting of the race riots of the '60s, the 1983 mayoral election in Chi­ cago was a sad, sad event. The entire campaign was a distasteful revelation that perhaps times haven't changed as much as we might have thought.

It was clear long before the April 1 2th elec­ tion that no matter which candidate would re­ ceive the most votes, there would be no real winner. To me, “winning” denotes success and achievement. This election's only achievement was that of displaying human nature at its worst. It showed that we still judge people by such superficial earmarks as skin color and the label on their designer jeans, and although no­ body has ever accused Chicago of being the city of brotherly love, I had somehow thought that time had served to purge us of such vacu­ ity. And maybe it has. Maybe this election just brought out the worst in Chicago. For the sake of my favorite city, I certainly hope so. B&R RAY BELL 172

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SPEAKING n grade school they always used to read the

3 story of the Little Red Hen. You know, the tale about how this little old bird sowed the seed, raised the wheat, baked the bread, and finally ate it all by herself because the selfish fox, hound, cat, and cow wouldn’t help her.

They were too good for work, but she wasn’t.

When it came to sharing the goods, however, they were more than eager to help. But the Little Red Hen knew what was right, so she put ,those rotten nasties in their proper place.

I respected that little red fowl a great deal when I was in first grade. We read the story and we even put a play of it on stage, and, although I had to play the cow, I was always much im­ pressed with the old hen’s honesty, hard work, patience, self-control, maturity, and sense ol justice. My heart warmed all over with admira­ tion, so much so that after the play I quickly doffed my horns and tail, rushed up to our teacher and blurted out,

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Oh, golly. Miss Sparkle, this little red hen must have gone to a synodical pre­ paratory institution!

I’m not sure I quite understood what I was saying, but it sounded impressive and I did want to show our substitute teacher how much I was grateful. Precocious children are like that sometimes. Well, anyway, it must have worked, because Miss Sparkle flashed me one of those smiles that gave her her name, patted me gently on the head, and sent me off to play.

Whatever the phrase meant, it and the ex­ hilaration of that day stayed with me. Years afterward, whenever I met someone whose character, maturity, and Christian tolerance of others impressed me, I immediately assumed, “Why, this person must have gone to a synodi­ cal preparatory institution!”

For a while this worked fine, because most of the people I bumped into who were of ex­ emplary character were alumni or members of synodical preparatory institutions. It was as if I never talked to any one else.

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Then I met this beautiful girl with straw­ berry-blonde hair and the bluest eyes and such a nice personality. She was walking down Cass Street back home juggling a football with one hand; in the other she gripped an American History book and a copy of Sports Afield. She stopped to chat for a time while I raked my gramma’s lawn, and the conversation twisted around to a certain Mobil Oil advertisement in her magazine. It was one of those “saving resources for tomorrow” things. This time they weren’t using Peter the Rabbit, however, or the Little Engine That Could. They were using my Little Red Hen. Of course, I was impressed and very proud. But then Adrianne said something that made me sit down with wide-eyed amaze­ ment: Wow, That’s neat. I’ve always liked the Little Red Hen. She always struck me as the model of an Area Lutheran High School Student.

I was flabbergasted. How could anyone make such a horrendous blunder? But she went on to describe all sorts of people whom she knew had gone to Area Lutheran High Schools.

People who were mature and tolerant and good-looking and giving. They sounded just

like all my preparatory school acquaintances.

In fact, some of them were people who I thought were products of synodical prepara­ tory institutions. I didn’t know what to think.

Yesterday I saw an article by some guy who thought the Little Red Hen was a perfect example of the Christian Public School Stu­ dent.

All this has been a terrible blow to my sense of balance. For years I’ve been convinced that, if a person wanted to be a good pastor, he should go to a synodical preparatory institu­ tion. Now I’m meeting people who apparently didn’t receive extensive training in history, Ger­ man, Latin, and English before they enrolled at NWC and yet they show the same understand­ ing, intelligence, discipline, and Christian toler­ ance that I understood to be solely the proper­ ty of the prep school system.

It really isn't fair, all these different Little Red Hens running around. In the past I would have disclaimed some as counterfeit. “After all,” I’d say, “isn’t conformity maturity?

Aren't maturity, honesty, and tolerance things you teach people?”

Now I’m not so sure. Adrianne told me to stop putting words in God's mouth. “Brad,” she said, “maturity isn’t something you give to someone. It's a thing you train. God docs that anyway He wants to.”

I wonder what the Little Red Hen would say about all this. Something tells me she and Adrianne would concur, and not just because Adrianne's hair is sort of red. All this time I’ve been playing the cow. As long as I've got the horns and the tail, perhaps I should go find a first grade class that's putting on that play and take another good, long look at the Little Red Hen. Who knows? Maybe I'll learn something.

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he Florida Gulf Coast was a wilderness when a Chicago physician named Cyrus Reed Teed and 175 followers of his Religion of Koreshanity moved to a 1,000 acre site off the Gulf Coast in 1894. Here they founded the settlement of Estero, the capital of the Koreshan Unity. Who was Teed and what is the Koreshan Unity?

Cyrus Reed Teed was a physician in Chica­ go. His date of birth is unknown; he never married, and died in 1908. Evidence shows that he started the Koresh movement in Chicago, since he led his followers to his “New Jerusa­ lem” in Southwest Florida. It was while he still resided in Chicago that he started calling him­ self “Koresh,” the Hebrew equivalent of Cyrus.

From his new name he bestowed on his religion the titles Koreshanity and Koreshan Unity.

Nothing else is known about Dr. Teed.

The Koreshan Unity had some very in­ triguing beliefs. The use of the word “Koresh” seems to imply a knowledge of the Bible, but their beliefs show a disregard for it. Tecd’s followers considered him immortal, and even kept a vigil when he died waiting for him to rise from the dead. The Koreshanitcs en­ visioned a world where men lived and worked in communal harmony. Teed claimed that his belief was non-atheistic communism, with Koresh as their god. The Florida settlement was set up in a commune, and was almost total­ ly self-sufficient for its members.

Teed also taught a belief concerning the earth. He agreed with Columbus that the earth was round. But he believed that it was like a grapefruit. In his Grapefruit Theory, the seeds represented people. The people like the seeds were not on the earth (grapefruit), but in it.

He also used an egg to try to prove his point.

The egg has a yolk in the center and the fluid around it. So, he claimed, the earth has the same principle; the sun is in the middle of the earth and the air around us balanced the sun at at precisely the right spot continously. Dr. Teed also estimated the diameter of the earth 175

to be about 8,000 miles. He supposedly had conducted experiments to prove his point to the satisfaction of himself and of the members that lived in the commune over the years.

The lifestyle, as with any other cult, is un­ usual. They kept to themselves much as the Amish do, but they pursued leisure and re­ creational activities. It was based on a* com­ munal system of living, where everyone worked and lived together and practiced joint owner­ ship of property. Everyone had his duty to the commune. Occasionally a convert would join in, which helped, since the cult adhered to a strict order of celibacy. Total birth control was the rule at the settlement. Teed knew that it would spell the doom of his cult, but he be­ lieved that the entire world would soon be con­ verted; the present, existing human race would die out and be replaced by a race far superior by nature. The cult members were proficient in many trades and thus had little need of the outside world. The Koreshans also pursued cul­ tural endeavors. They had formed their own band and orchestra and staged pageants and stage plays, preferring Greek drama.

The Korcshan followers did keep abreast of events in the outside world and informed it about events in the commune with the written word. The Guilding Star Publishing House was a well-equipped establishment and remained in operation until its destruction by fire in 1949, However, its publications, The American Eagle newspaper, begun in 1906, and the magazine, Flaming Sword, are still printed on a limited basis. Both publications are important histori­ cal sources.

The original tract of land that Cyrus Teed bought lies about 20 miles north of Naples, Florida. This tract covered 1,000 acres and was called Estero. It contained a town by the same name. Originally 175 cult members inhabited the settlement, and estimates of the number of people that lived on it from its founding in 1894 until it was turned over to the State of Florida in 1962 range from 400 to 500 people.

It was founded after a mass migration of the cult from Chicago. Teed called this settlement in this vast wilderness the “New Jerusalem.”

The members farmed this expanse parcel and planted tropical gardens containing such exotic plants as agaves, bromeliads, royal palms and sausage trees, all unknown in that era and area.

They also planted fruit trees such as avocados, mangos and sapotes. In later years Thomas Edi­ son would set up his winter home in nearby Ft. Myers and started an experimental garden simi­ lar to the Koreshan garden. The Koreshans erected a bakery, general store, boatbuilding shop and machine shop along with homes and a meeting and dance hall. Most of the buildings arc still standing, although some have been damaged by fire. Today the settlement is a state park, shy of 1,000 acres when some of it was sold intermittently after Tced’s death. The park contains a museum, which features some of Dr. Tecd’s experiments, his inside-astrono­ my equipment and exotic trees and plants planted beside a winding stream.

The cult continued after the death of Teed in 1908. His followers considered him immor­ tal and sat down to wait for him to rise. They were finally urged by the county coroner to place him in a tomb near the ocean. They con­ tinued their vigil and even swept the sand around the tomb in order that his footsteps would show when he rose from the dead while nobody was watching. The colony dwindled in size when a hurricane swept the tomb out to sea, but many firm believers stayed on.

In 1962 there were four cult members re­ maining on the settlement. Three were over 80 years old and the fourth converted to Koreshanity in 1940. This small group turned what was left of the settlement over to the state of Florida. Today it is a state park, and three times a day there are guided tours at a cost of Fifty cents going through the commune. The Koreshan Unity is still an active corporation, * although for the most part the beliefs have fallen by the wayside.

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Arnie nudged the drunk with his foot. No response. His face had frozen to the sidewalk, maybe the rest of his body had too. Arnie wanted the two Coke cans pecking out from under him. He put his back against the over­ pass, planted his right foot on the drunk's shoulder and shoved. “Chunk, chunk,” and Arnie went on his way. He’d tell the next cop he ran into about the frozen drunk. “That could be a couple of days.” he thought, and he turned his steps toward the precinct station.

One whole fryer, a half-gallon of milk, and 87 cents. Arnie surveyed his afternoon’s earn­ ings. His mother, home from YVoolworth’s in an hour, would give him a kiss and a hug. He loosened his boot laces and checked the thermometer. 65 degrees. He'd suffer with cold feet rather than buy the president of MetroElectric a new necktie. Arnie stared at the empty coffee table. He wondered if the eyes of middle-class children were glued to his old T.V. set? Or did middle-class parents ever travel as far south as Larry’s Pawnshop to buy a tele­ vision?

Arnie remembered how his dad used to cuss at him when the T.V. woke him up. It didn’t matter to him that “Hogan’s Heroes” came on at 4:30 in the afternoon.

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SAIDE TIME SAIflE STATION war anyway? ___ , I was in one. I saw the real deal, the real ___ deal. Didn’t I kid?”

Towards the end of his stay his father used to sleep right through “Hogan’s Heroes.” His day started late. One night his father decided to work at home. The next morning Arnie and his mother awoke with sun streaming through the windows of their now empty living room.

The only thing he’d left behind was a bag full of empty beer cans. Arnie cried when the man at the aluminum reclamation center handed him the money.

Thursday under the turnpike-a cold day.

Arnie winced when he pulled his bare hands from the pockets of his St. Vincent dc Paul coat. His gloves were shot, but so, almost, was the month of February. Spring would bring warm weather and more aluminum. Arnie loved early March. The midwest colleges and university students cruised to Florida en masse.

Many of them chose to toss their empty cans off the 57th street overpass. It was as good a dump as any.

“Chunk.” Another can landed in the “Hefty” trash bag. Arnie wondered if alumi­ num cans and a YVoohvorth clerk’s pay would get him to college someday. If he ever made it, he’d go to Florida for Spring Break. He'd pack every empty space in the car with aluminum cans and toss them over the 57th street over­ pass.

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"1. You are dozing in Hebrew class. A beauti­ ful dream is flitting through your mind. Sud­ denly you hear your name spoken by the pro­ fessor, and you know that you have been asked a question. You have no idea what the question is. You would: a. look up coolly and say, ‘No methegh,’ b. assume a puzzled expression and state that you didn’t understand the question, c. shout, ‘Holy Rollers.’

2. You are unprepared for Greek class again, and it is getting around to that time of the sem­ ester when there is a pretty good chance that you might get called on. You would: a. excuse before class, b. sweat it out again, c. plan to ask a good question about lodge members.

3. You were unlucky enough to get caught skipping breakfast, and word has slipped out from one who should know that we are having swiss steak for dinner with ice cream for des­ sert. You would: a. grow a quick beard and sneak in, b. start your diet, c. pout, then skip classes too and settle for a glass of juice and a piece of toast.

4. You are sitting in your usual grumpy mood and with your usual messed up hair at the breakfast table, and the waiter brings a big bowl of oatmeal. You would use: a. the Vertz method (clamor for dry cereal), b. the Winterstein method (belch and start getting signatures on a petition stating how poor all our meals are), c. the Filter method (sack out at the table anyway).

5. You have already skipped Male Chorus re­ hearsal six times without a good excuse. You have to get downtown next week during a rehearsal hour for a reason much more important than chorus (you have to buy stamps, for in­ stance). You would: 181

a. quit chorus before you are kicked out, b. count on the old ‘cold’ excuse to carry you through, c. hope for an early thaw so the rehearsal room will flood the chorus out.

6. The Forum is presenting a good and highly cultural program which you want very much to attend. But the following day has been chosen by the faculty to be a test day for your class; you have quizzes in Latin and History and fullfledged tests in German and Greek, You would: a. skip the forum, b. skip the studying, c. skip the classes.

7. You arc playing in the intramural basketball championship game. Unfortunately you are be­ hind, 75-20, in the last quarter and your top scorer has just fouled out. You would console yourself by: a. shouting at the refs, b. throwing a flying block into the first op­ posing player you see (even harder than usual), c. thinking that underwear is pretty cheap at Penney’s anyhow.

8. Your girl from home has just written that she would like to come to visit you at North­ western for Homecoming, which is being held in a few weeks. You have been dating a girl from Watertown on the sly, and have asked her to accompany you to the Homecoming ban­ quet. You write the girl from home and tell her you would love to have her come, but you arc coming down with the Black Plague, and will be quarantined for the next few months. A few days later you receive a letter from her saying that she has seen through your story and has become engaged to your worst enemy out of spite. Meanwhile your best buddy has ac­ cidentally leaked the whole story to your girl from town, and she has become engaged to your best buddy out of spite. You are now mad enough to want a date for the banquet just to prove to the world that you can still do it. You try everywhere. You even ask a coed,

but everyone seems to be booked up. This is the last straw. You resolve that if you can't have a date for the banquet, no one will. You attack the 10 a.m. meeting of the Couples’ Club in the chapel building with a huge club.

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ANSWERS 1. Answer (b), state you didn’t understand the question, would be the safest course. Even with this method you take a chance; the question may have been something like, ‘Is your room­ mate sick or is he still on his way?’

2. Answer (b), sweat it out again, is the easiest ' to do and has stood the test of time. (The loca- 1 tion of the nearest army recruiting office can be obtained from the local postmaster.)

3. Answer (c), skip classes too, is best, and most charitable. The canteen has to make a living too. (Is there any truth to the rumor that the Dorm Council gets a cut of canteen prof­ its?)

4. Answer (b), the Winterstein method, of course. Even the ancient Romans knew that •Ratio Wintersteini semper optima est.’ (Fraudulentus, d. ca. 1 70 B.C.) 5. Answer (b), count on the ’cold’ excuse.

It has been used countless times for many years, why stop using it now?

6. It is obvious that this is a trick question and should not have been included because of its ridiculous nature. Who would ever want to at­ tend a cultural Forum program!

7. Answer (c). thinking that underwear is pret­ ty cheap at Penney's, is correct. Besides, the black lettering shows through white shirts.

S. Roger Williams sought religious asylum in Massachusetts in 1631.

INTERPRETATION OF SCORES: lor 2 right, idiot.

3 or 4 right, typical NWC student.

5 or 6 right: typical NWC idiot.

7 right: nice shot, ox.

All right: watch out, Brain, or you'll get stuck with the German oration.”

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CAMPUS &CLASSROOM Busted flat in Wittenberg, Waitin’ for the mail.

Feelin’ nearly as broke as Dear John’s heart.

Got a note that’s signed G. Baumler, Says Uncle Sam ain’t gonna pay.

Feelin’ good is hard enough for me Thanks to that note from ol’ Gary B. —Janis Joplin This is it, guys. Your last chance to read something from the ’82-’83 C&C staff. That’s right, after this you won’t have us to kick around anymore. But you know what they say : all good things must come to an end. Lucky for us, that saying also applies to bad things, so we’re calling it quits after this one.

No doubt one of the things all of us will miss about NWC during the upcoming summer months are those little get-togethers we’ve come to look forward to on Tuesday mornings.

These convocations, as we’ve come to call them, gave us all something to do during those otherwise boring Tuesday third hours. Lest all of you despair of anything interesting happen­ ing next year, we’ve got a partial list of the topics that will be discussed at future convoca­ tions.

"The Pastor as Hypnotist”— Prof. C. Toppe "The Pastor as Sports Fan "—Pastor R. Drews "The Professor as Student”— Prof. P. Eickmann "The Pastor as Art Critic”— Prof. G. Franzmann "The Pastor as the Guy Who Knows Every­ thing’’-Prof. J. Sullivan Other topics have been suggested, although speakers have not been found for all of them yet. As soon as appropriately qualified speakers are found, keep your eyes on the bulletin board for convocations covering topics like: "The Pastor as Nuclear Physicist”, "The Pastor as Humphrey Bogart Fan”, "The Pastor as Vegetable Gardener”, "The Pastor as Clam Dig­ ger”, and "The Pastor as Potato Peeler". All of 183

these topics have been suggested by one or members of the student body and have been approved by the faculty. Look for them soon.

While convocations like these let us know about the ins and outs of the ministry, there's also a need for the average student to know a little about the life an NWC student is expected to lead. Consequently, next year we can expect a new series of convocations based on the theme, “The Student as. . .” Look for these discussions when you come back to school next fall: “The Student as Macho Man”— John Burger “The Student as Family Man”—Tim Grams “The Student as Grease”-Martin Bentz "The Student as Happy Person Kenley Mann "The Student as Employee”Krause These discussions will, we’re sure, prove as interesting as they will informative. Don’t miss a one.

Third floor Witt always used to be so quiet.

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Lately, though, things have gotten wilder up on third floor. Now conversations run a little more like this: “So then the Japs bomb Pearl Harbor, sec, but the Americans come back with these sonic disruptors they got from the Romulonsand...”

“Whoa! Sonic disruptors! I bet that really took care of them!”

“Oh, you should have been there! Hardly a Zero left in the sky! See, but meanwhile in the European theatre the Russians are marching on Berlin with 50 platoons of stegosauri, but they can't handle the rough winter, see...”

“Winter? I thought that was April.”

“Yeah, it was, but those photon torpedoes they used in the dogfights over Orleans caused such a severe meteorological disturbance that. ..”

Yes, things were always peaceful on third floor until the war games moved in. Now the battles rage on non-stop as these armchair gen­ erals wage their never-ending war for truth, justice, and the United Federation of Planets’ way. A roll of the dice and a whole regiment marches to its destruction. A flip of the coin and New York City is reduced to rubble. But these men don’t care! Hang the studies!

They’ve got games to play and they're going to play them, no matter what. Taking occasional breaks only to smoke Marlboros or rip the sleeves off another sweatshirt, these intrepid warlords rewrite history into the wee hours of every morning. They attack their fun with a zeal unparalleled by any intramural basketball team. Determination is the key. They’re deter­ mined to have fun, even if it kills them.

As the year winds to a close, the North­ western student can hardly help but think of the summer months ahead. With summer come those summer jobs-ahvays a good topic of conversation. C&C took an informal poll of the

student body to find out what all of you will be up to this summer. Here arc some of the re­ sults.

Dave Fritz, Mark Hirsch, Paul Hirsch, Dale Rcckzin, Mike Foley, and Denny Klatt will tour the local pool halls as a set of human bil­ liard balls.

Mark Hayes plans on a job painting white lines down the middle of Michigan’s county highways. “I wanted a job where I could use my head,” explained Mark.

Mike Madson and Keith Schreiner will spend the summer in an off-Broadway produc­ tion of Alice in Wonderland. They’ll be playing the parts of Tweedle-dee and Twcedle-dum, re­ spectively.

The ever-enterprising Ross Hcnzi will move to Florida to open Hose’s Bait Shop. If you’re down in Florida and you need some bait, look Ross up. He'll be glad to help out.

Paul Lindloff and Andy Krause will spend the summer on the professional rag-team wrestling circuit.

Jeff Schone will spend the summer getting a start on some of his Seminary assignments.

Rog Knepprath will spend a lot of time at the beach wearing muscle shirts and leaning againsl the hood of his Camaro.

You’ve probably all been wondering about the lack of Community Concert Presentations here on campus this year. Well, Prof. “Wild Bill” Birsching approached C&C this past week : and spilled the beans. The reason the faculty hasn’t scheduled any more harmonica and pipe organ-type duets is because they’ve been pre­ paring their own presentation. It seems that the faculty, in cooperation with the dorm staff, has been preparing a real treat for the student body. While we’ve been wallowing in our own mire of neglect and self-pity, the tutors and the profs have been building elaborate props and memorizing the lines of Richard Wagner’s “Die Valkyrie” (Part II of his greater collective work, “Der Ring des Niebelungen,”) to be pre­ sented on the auditorium stage as a private showing for the student body on the 15th of May-because they figured nobody’d be going anywhere that weekend anyway.

Prof. Spaude has captured the leading role as WOTAN-MIGHTY WARRIOR and Miss Lenz will be appearing as the lovely BRUNHILDE. Instructor Fredrich says the opera \S<

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As an added hi-light, the campus edition of the opera will include the legendary figure of RALPH BAHAMAWALD-a carpenter from Colbert, WA„ who specialized in creating decorative table tops. We here at C&C arc anti­ cipating a great performance, so let’s turn out in record numbers and try to fill that musician/ everybody else void. ROCK ON, RICHARD WAGNER!

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But, geeth hey, the time ith really gettin’ thort.

I gotta find that Thlrathethke guy, cuth it’s time to eat. Hoo boy! I can hardly believe I've been writin’ this garbage for a whole year. I better go see what kind of a grade I got. Does anybody know where the grades will be posted? Oh yeah, sure. . .The gwacdth will be pothted in the wibwawy thienth biwdeeng. ]J V y and now that we’re all comfortably numb, we’ll gladly pass the birth­ right to the next thwee thwacian thoothayers and thay, “Doodnight Evwybody.”

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DAN HAAG-FRESHMAN “She should be pretty. She should be a pleasure. She has to under­ stand you pretty much. She’s a comfort. She’s fun. She wears dresses. She wears a little white pearl necklace.

NATE KRAUSE-SENIOR “I'm sure most fellows would consider Miss Right as some girl with a perfect body and a flawless face. I won't deny that those are added blessings, but the real beauty of Miss Right must come from within.

She should above all have great patience, especially as the wife of a pastor. There will be many times when a lack of patience could be catastrophic. Along with patience, she must be very understanding and be quick to lend an ear. Miss Right must be someone who you not only tell your troubles to, but who is capable of giving useful advice. For pastor’s, a wife is not only the greatest supporter, but your best friend who is always there when you need her.

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First, a little history. It started out when a little known Arkansas rockabilly singer named Ronnie Hawkins and his group, the Hawks, made an extended tour of Canada. One by one, the members of his group dropped out, and he replaced them with Canadian musicians until there was only one American left in the group (Levon Helm, the drummer). Eventually the Hawks broke away from Hawkins and set out on their own under the leadership of Levon Helm. While playing in New York, they caught the attention of Bob Dylan, who asked them to serve as his back-up band. They all performed with Dvlan except Levon, who was said to be jealous of Dylan, on his ’65-’66 tour and re­ corded a couple of songs with him (most nota­ bly “One of Us Must Know” from Blonde on Blonde).

Then in 1967 they got Levon back into the Band (as they now called themselves) and started work on two projects that would help make their reputation. The first of these was the legendary “Basement Tapes,” which were (for some reason or other) not released until 1975, the second was their enigmatic debut al­ bum Music from Big Pink (Big Pink was the house in up state New York in which the two albums were recorded). They then recorded The Band (which will be discussed more fully later) which cemented their reputation of being one of the best groups of the late Sixties. What happened after that is anybody’s guess. They quickly blew all the potential that they had and recorded three mediocre albums (not counting their magnificant live album Rock of Ages) and it looked as if their career was over.

However, in 1973 they teamed up with Bob Dylan again for a tour from which Before the Flood was recorded. That seemed to put them on the right track; they recorded two much im­ proved albums and they were performing better in concert. Then in 1976 they an­ 189

nounced that they were breaking up for good.

Their last concert was a gala Thanksgiving per­ formance filmed by Martin Scorsese and called “The Last Waltz.” That seemed to be the end, but recently they announced that they’re re­ grouping (with all members but Jaime Robbie Robertson, the lead guitarist) for a tour and possibly an album.

This hardly seems the record of a great rock band, and if it hadn’t been for their se­ cond album, The Band, they would probably be remembered only because of their connec­ tion with Bob Dylan. But because of this al­ bum, they emerge as much more. The Band is a hard album to explain because it is so unlike any other rock album ever made that it is ex­ tremely hard to categorize. The music can probbably be best described as American, since it is a synthesis of nearly every root of Ameri­ can music. Most of it sounds as if it could have come out of the Civil War era; there’s martial music (“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”), ragtime (“Rag Mama Rag”), and folk music of all kinds (“Rockin’ Chair,” “When You Awake,” and “The Unfaithful Servant”).

Yet the music is also distinctively rock because of Levon Helm's driving drum work, Jaime Robbie Robertson’s great lead guitar work, and Rick Danko’s strong base lines. Add to this the barrel house piano solos of Richard Manuel and the folky horn work of Garth Hudson and you have a unique combination.

The subject matter of The Band is also de­ cidedly American since it was an album made by a group of Canadians who were becoming

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First Vice President Second Vice President Secretary Treasurer Chronicler

Marvin Otterstatter Donald Bitter Kent Schroeder Richard Strobel Armin Schultz

The 104th meeting of the Northwestern Alumni Society was called to order by Pastor Robert Voss, the society’s president, at 3:06 p.m.

The minutes of the 103rd annual meeting were accepted as printed in the April, 1981, Black and Red. The roll call conducted by President Carleton Toppe showed 111 alumni and 6 honorary members present. The roll call was interrupted briefly by the entrance of the class of 1942 which had been busy with a tree planting and champagne celebration. Seventeen members of the class of ’42 returned for the 40th anniver­ sary of their class. The class of ’82 was re­ ceived, thirty-six members present. Prof. Paul Bertolus and the Rev. Paul Soukup were re­ ceived as honorary members of the society.

The treasurer’s report was given by Prof.

Richard Strobel (report included). Financially, ' 1982 was a good year for the society; over S2,000 more was received in 1982 than in 1981.

The report for the auditing committee was presented by Tutor Michael Woldt, with every­ thing found to be in good order. The report was accepted.

Prof. James Fricke reported for the nomi­ nating committee, presenting a ballot which was accepted by the society. Elected for one year of office were: President Robert Voss

The Projects Committee chairman, Pastor Alan Siggelkow, reported for his committee.

Recommendations brought forth by the com­ mittee were: 1. Fund campus benches (four at S400 each); 2. Fund a ten-station intercom for for the gymnasium (S600); 3. Fund an en­ closed press box for the athletic field ($5,000).

The proposal for campus benches was defeated after some discussion, and the intercom and press box accepted, in that order of priority.

Items considered by the committee for the fu­ ture are: 1. A portrait of President Toppe; 2. A recruitment filmstrip; 3. New uniforms for the marching band, and 4. Reworking the athletic field to accommodate a track. A last year’s project, a portrait of President E. E. Kowalke, was displayed. Artist Helena Ehlke was present and addressed the society. A motion was passed to accept the portrait as the society's own. The portrait was presented to President Toppe for Northwestern College by President Voss. President Toppe responded in behalf of Northwestern College.

The motion was passed to continue the mailing to alumni by class representatives.

Retiring secretary David Sievert was thanked for his services.

Prof. Armin Schultz, Chronicler, reported the names of those whom the Lord had called to Himself during the year 1981.

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Without the teams being able to play there isn’t very much to report as Volume 86 comes to a close, so I will leave that to my successor. So, as the year comes to a close and in keeping with the fine tradition of America’s premiere sports magazines, we want to take a look at the Year in Sports -Northwestern Style.

All of the teams started off this year with high hopes for improvement and good finishes in their respective races. But as avid readers of this column know, things don't always turn out as we have planned. In football, instead of the year of the conference championship, we ended up with the year of the injury. The Tro­ jans finished with their first winless record in recent history. Before the season began Coach Thompson conservatively predicted that the team would have a good season as long as there were no injuries. Well, by the end of the season there were hardly enough bodies to conduct practice with. The rest were learning the in­ tricacies of the training room and doctor’s of­ fices. Tlic silver lining in an otherwise dark cloud was senior defensive lineman Karl Schmugge who was named to the All-Confer­ ence Team and was the team’s most valuable player.

As for soccer, things could have been bet­ ter, but at least we can report that first-year coach Tutor Keith Free did an outstanding job.

Led by a strong squad of seniors the Trojans finished the season with a 4-3-4 overall record and a 1-2-3 conference record, which was good enough for third place. Seniors Todd Goldschmidt and Roger Knepprath were named to the All-Conference squad.

As winter marched mildly onto the scene, NWC’s woes continued, only now it was in­ doors. The wrestling team was again victimized by a poor turnout and superior competition. In fact, the conference tournament, which the Trojans hosted, will be the last match for Tro­ jan wrestlers. Wrestling has been removed from interscholastic competition because of lack of

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Now as the janitors are rushing to get the baseball field ready because of winter’s late stay, and as the track and tennis teams are battling the snow and rain, we can only wish them good luck and hope the end of their sea­ son will be better than that of their counter­ parts. To be sure, Northwestern sports weren’t all conference champions. But in spite of their records, one can sense a greater sense of achievement and fun coming out of these teams that other schools can’t even compare with.

Northwestern’s year in sports may not have been successful on the outside, but it certainly was for those of us who were associated with B&R it.

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Alumni meeting minutes and treasurer’s report..

BROADLEY SPEAKING 14,38,70, 94, 124, (monthly column by editor, Brad Ragner) CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM (monthly column by Pete Lcyrer and Joel Rakos, 16, 40,74,98, 127, with occasional input by Kris Taves).

CAMPUS COMMENTS (monthly column conducted by Joel Thom ford, 12,46, 69, 97, and later by Thomford and Jeff Schone)..................

COMMENCEMENT ORATIONS God’s Word—Our Great Heritage-Leon Piepenbrink.

Saint’s or Traitor’s?-Paul Workentine......................

DUMMHEITEN AUS DER VERGANGENHEIT (monthly feature compiled ,24, 45,81,105, 138,

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EDITORIALS The True Religion (as viewed by an atheist)-Anonymous.......................

The Narrow Path (A Christian response) -Ken Cherney...............................

Abortion: Nationalism’s Bloody Sacrifice-Jeff Schone...............................

Public Education: Another Perspective-Ken Cherney.................................

Lutheran Worship—Jeff Wegner......................................................................

From the Bedroom to the Basketball Court: Competition at NWC-Ray Bell Is There a Perforation at the Post Office?-John Hoh...................................

When Adequate Becomes Good Enough (the move to change Northwestern’s Library)-Brad Ragner.............................. ......................

Bye-Bye Blackbird-Ray Bell..........................................................................

FEATURES AND ESSAYS Our Modern “Messiah"-Phil Lueders...........................................................

Will the Circle be Unbroken?—John Nieinan.............................................

In Memoriam (of Dr. Kicssling)-Gareth Schmeling.......................................

Eckanckar—Phil Lueders................................................................................

Sowing the Seed in the City of Beer-John Hoh...........................................

Reaching Out in Madison-Karl Walther.......................................................

Conference Confusion-Dave Hussman.........................................................

Alumni Return in Suits and Ties-Ralph Rosenberg.....................................

Witness!-John Hoh/Rolf Wegcnke................................................................

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FICTION The Long and Winding Film-Paul Prange...

36 King of January-Kcn Chcrncy..................... ,90 Exeunt-Paul Prange...................................... life The Imp-Ken Cherncy..................................

168 Project 4C-Kcn Cherncy............................. ..178 Same Time, Same Station-Eric Goldschmidt POETRY 1 The Last Dragon-Geoffrey Kieta................. .5 Wind Chimes-Schrods, Mash, and Zimbob. . .32 An Anniversary Thought-Jeff Schonc........

54 A Case of Love—Jim Manthey....................... .64 Remember—M. Sanders..................................

79 Briefly -VRJ.................................................. ,89 Carousel-Brad Ragner .................................. .93 Our Place—Jim Manthey...............................

103 The Dream—Bill Staab...................................

117 The Boar-Brad Ragner..................................

126 Beauty or the Beast-Bill Staab.....................

149 Dark Moods Bill Staab.................................

163 Cover Mc-Jeff Schonc.................................

179 Song of the Destroyer-Brad Ragner..................... ,82, 109, 134, 156, 189 REVIEWS (regular column, various contributors).. ..

SPORTS (monthly column, No. 1 by Jay Bendewald, ,20,42, 78, 106, 132, 166, 194 Nos. 2-7 by Dave Hussman)...................................

WHAT’S THE SCENARIO? (monthly calendar compiled by Jon Balge)... inside back cover MISCELLANEOUS .5 Tau Delta Theta Award 186 Staff, Volume 87........

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TROJAN SPRING SPORTS WEEKDAY QUADRUPLE-HEADER EXTRAVAGANZA!!! Don’t miss this one.

First, we have the golf team traveling to Beloit for a 1 2:00 m, match!

Then, the baseball team plays against Marquette at home at 1:00 p.m.!

Next, the tennis team plays in Beloit at 3:00! And, finally, the track team has its season finale against Maranatha at Riverside Jr. High!!

How do we do it? We schedule right!

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Tennis team mades the long haul to Concordia—St. Paul.

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Golf plays in Conference Tourney at West Salem. (You can take Salem out of the country club, but! You can’t take the country club out of Salem.)

On this day in 1915, Babe Ruth hit his first home run.

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Tennis team gets freebie trip to DMLC to play in the UMCC Tournament.

Baseball team plays parenthetically against Lakeland. (That means it’s an away game, if you know your campus calendar symbols.)

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Cardiac Capers. The Alumni take on the present-day Trojan golfsters.

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Wisconsin Lutheran Seminarians tear themselves away from the books to play tennis here against Woldt’s Webheads.

The Maranatha Crusaders tear themselves away from their Zondervan Publishing House catalogues to play baseball here.

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Ascension Day Semester Finals. Work hard, play hard, work hard, play hard, etc.

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Graduation Day at DMLC. “Oh, I’ll miss you so much! (sniffle, sniffle)” “And I'll miss you, too. (sniffle, sniffle.)”

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Alumni Meeting (which the seniors get to go to because they are so maturc3:00 pm Commencement Concert (It commences at 7:30 pm)

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Graduation Day at NWC. “See you next year.” “Yeah, see you next year.”

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On this day in 1935, Babe Ruth hit the final home run of his career.

This sports trivia fact and all the others which you have enjoyed over the course of this school year come to you from the pages of Joel Voss’ sports calendar, which he received from M.L. Herzog. Thank you, Joel and M.L.

Quote of the Month: Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country— President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

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Training CANVASSING FOLLOW-UP EVANGELISM CROSS-CULTURAL MINISTRY TEACHING BIBLE STUDIES (Food and Rousing at Wisconsin Lutheran College...Travel expenses paidl)

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Did you ever wonder what your life would be like if you had never been told about Jesus? How would it be to get up in the morning without Him? Who would hear your prayers for strength during the day? What kind of hope would you have for the future in this life or the next?

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Most of us haw never known such depressing empti­ ness. Jesus first lived in our hearts at baptism and has never left us since. We have hope because we haw Je­ sus.

But take a look at Milwaukee’s Inner City and the story is much sadder. Thousands of children are born into homes where the name of Jesus is never men­ tioned. Forgiveness of sins and the hope that it brings never brighten lives untouched by the Gospel.

Can you join other volunteers in sharing our Savior with these little ones? Perhaps you’ve heard about the Inner City Vacation Bible School project which our synod has been sponsoring. It’s hard to find a greater opportunity to touch more lives with the Good News.

And this kind of practical experience is priceless!

But who can put a price on these souls?

If you can help, please send your name and address to: Wisconsin Lutheran Student Center 2215 East Kenwood Bhrd.

Milwaukee. W153211 Who knows what the Lord can do through you?

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