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THE BLACK & RED ARTICLES STAFF Editor-in Chief Dan Voigt Managing Editor Ken Fisher

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The Two Realms of the Christian A Presentation in the Field of Religion

Paul Tessmer

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The Spell of Conformity A Presentation in the Field of Humanities

Martin Weigand

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Foreign Language Study : A Valuable Part of a Liberal Arts Education A Presentation in the Field of Humanities

John Vieths

/Assistant to Editor Paul Stratman Circulation Manager Bob Wasserman Business Manager Frnic Schultz.

Staff Writers Steve Arndt Tom Kock Mark Panning Brad Wordcll Geoffrey Kieta Carle Trcptow John Roebkc Tom Miclkc Tom Sutton Campus & Classroom Tom Unkc Daron Lindcmann Mark Scllnow S/xirts Kevin Klug

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The Class of 1987 Senior Biographies

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The Comedy of Errors: An Actor’s Diary

Tom Mielke

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The Eleven Year Man-A Farewell to Tutor Balge

Earle Treptow

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Activities Banquet 1987 Northwestern Students Honored

Tom Kock

FEATURES

Alumni Jim Gctka

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Campus and Classroom

Calendar Joe Fricke

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Alumni

Campus Comment Kevin Wcstra

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Campus Comment

Art Tadd Fellers Paul N'itz

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Sports

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Calendar

Circulation Bob Wasserman

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Typing Jan Pankow Advertising Managers Dennis Harbach Brian Kom

COVER

Photography Jim Mathis

On this month’s cover is a drawing of the senior class motto, Isaiah 26:4.

Poetry Dan Witte Layout & Design Wayne Oblcndcr Tim Clunker Matt Arnold Printing Jim Wendt

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A PRESENTA TION IN THE FIELD OF RELIGION

The Two Realms of the Christian

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he Christians have won! What a breakthrough for the kingdom!” (Time, Aug. 8, 1986, p. 15).

So stated proposed presidential candidate and Christian minister Pat Robertson after a strong showing in a Michigan straw poll last summer.

Comments such as this illustrate how some people in this day and age wish to mix the two realms of church and state. As Christ said to Pilate, “My kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36), so as Christians, our kingdom is not of this world. Yet, we dwell in this world fora time and for this reason also are under the regimen of the state.

The relationship between church and state, the two realms of the Christian, need not become strained if attention is given to what Scripture has to say concerning this matter.

Although the Bible does not say outrightly that the church and state ought to be separate, several passages clearly show what the Christian’s view should be. Once the Pharisees tried to trap Jesus on this very issue. “Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” (Matt. 22:17), they asked. If Jesus had answered “Yes,” He would have become unpopular with the Jews. If He had answered “No,” He would have been rebelling against the Roman government. Yet Jesus answered neither way. Showing them a Roman coin with Caesar’s portrait on it, He said, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s” (Matt. 22:21). This limits both the state and the visible church from interfering in each other’s business. The state does not have the right to meddle with “what is God’s” in the church. By the same token, the church should not interfere with “what is Caesar’s” in the state. This is where Mr. Robertson and those who advocate prayer in the public schools err.

What, then, is the proper attitude that a Christian should have towards his government?

In Romans 13 Paul informs us that “Everyone must submit himself to the governing author­ ities, for there is no authority except that which God has established” (v. 1). These must have been difficult words for the Roman Christians to accept, for they were governed by one of the most pagan and anti-Christian rulers of all time, Emperor Nero. Even his author­ ity came from God. As individual Christians we can and should take an interest in local, state, and national government. Our government, though not prescribed by God, is a gift from our heavenly Father. We should treat it accordingly. We can do this in several ways— certainly by praying for our leaders and by showing gratitude for the benefits we receive from our government, especially regarding the freedom of religion, as well as by exercising our right to vote and serving in whatever capacity we can.

Yet, as a church we must be careful how we act towards our government. It is not the church’s purpose to meddle in the affairs of the temporal kingdom of the state. Her purpose is to prepare souls for that kingdom which is above. The church has no right to impose her

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beliefs on the state. The duty of the state, on the other hand, is to promote law and order, not to promote religion. Luther held the principle, “We are to force no one to believe” (“In­ troduction to the Small Catechism,” Concordia Triglotta, p. 537). The church should not pressure the state to pass legislation forcing people to be Christians. The Holy Spirit alone can call for our souls.

In conclusion, the words which follow, although stated by a temporal ruler, German Emperor Wilhelm 1, aptly sum up the status of preachers and churches who meddle in gov­ ernment: “Politische Pastoren sind ein Unding,” which, when translated, means “Political pastors are an absurdity,” (The Abiding Word, Vol. 2, p. 592). We thank our heavenly Father for his foresight in leading the state to be established and especially for the freedom of religion which we have in these United States. May all those involved in the state and church, with the help of God, stay out of each other’s way and be successful in their respec­ tive pursuits.

Paul Tessmer

A PRESENTA T/ON IN THE FIELD OF HUMANITIES

The Spell of Conformity !

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uppose you and seven other people are being tested. The object of the test is to match lines.

The tester shows you a line and asks you to pick the one line from a group of three which is the same length. At first the test is easy. The match­ ing lines are obvious, and everyone in the group agrees on all the answers. Then the tester shows you this set of lines: (___): (___ ,___________ ). The first subject says, “The third line matches.” The next one says, “Yes, the third,” and so on down the line until it is your turn.

What would your answer be?

Solomon Asch, a social psychologist, ran an experi­ ment which put people in just this situation. He found that one person in three went along with the group in any given case, and when he held repeated trials, three people out of four went against what their own eyes told them at least once.

It is a little surprising to see what people will agree to when disagreeing puts them alone against the group, but it is not a new discovery. The old fairy tale, “The Emper-

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or’s New Clothes,” illustrates the same truth. People will deny even the obvious if not doing so puts them alone against the group. So strong is the spell of conformity.

How is it that people will go against their own eyesight to conform with the group?

There are some good reasons. Let’s consider Asch’s experiment. If the subject goes against the group and picks the correct line, he is implying that the rest of the group can’t see straight and he can. That’s pretty arrogant, isn’t it? The group has been reliable in other sit­ uations. In a group of eight there should be someone with better eyesight than the subject.

Why should he be the one to stick his neck out? Obviously, someone is seeing wrong, but if he goes alone and is wrong, he gets all the ridicule. If he sticks with the group and is wrong, he can share the blame with seven other people.

In real life situations there are other factors. If the president of a company suggests an idea and only one employee says the idea is all wet, that employee is risking his future in the company. In some political and religious situations, a lone dissenter may be risking persecu­ tion and death, not to mention ridicule and slander. Now, if social conformity will lead people to deny their own eyesight in a trivial experiment, think how much harm it can cause in real life, in matters of business, politics, morals and doctrine, where things aren’t always so plain, and dissent from the group can bring painful consequences.

It is hard to go against the group. But every one of us has had, and will have, situations where following our better judgment, conscience, or religion would set us against the group.

This is especially true in matters of morals and doctrine. Consider how many people, includ­ ing scientists, educators, and even theologians in other churches, think we came into exist­ ence over millions of years through evolution. Consider how many people think our position on fellowship, which means we can’t join the Boy Scouts, is narrow minded and absurd.

Consider how many people think it is a good idea to live together for a while before con­ sidering marriage. If we are going to make wise decisions, keep the true doctrine and live in accordance with our faith, we must be able to resist social confirmity.

But as was pointed out before, there are many powerful reasons to go along with the group. How can we break the spell of conformity? In areas where the group merely goes against our wordly wisdom, we can only weigh the consequences of agreeing or disagreeing, our sureness, our expertise and the importance of the matter, then go where our considera­ tions point us. But whenever going with the group means going against God’s Word, whether in business, politics, morals or doctrine, we must be prepared to stand alone against the group, even as Elijah stood alone against the prophets of Baal and Luther stood alone against the Catholic Church. In such cases, we have a saying which breaks the spell of con­ formity and gives us the courage to stand alone, no matter what we stand to lose in the world, namely: “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:31).

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A PRESENTA TION IN THE FIELD OF HUMANITIES

Foreign Language Study: A Valuable Part of a Liberal Arts Education uring this graduating classâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four years of study at Northwestern, the classes for which we have spent the majority of our time, the classes with which we have had to struggle most, and the classes which will arguably provide the most use­ ful information for our work in the ministry have been those classes involved in the study of foreign languages.

We value the learning of these foreign languages, most notably Greek and Hebrew, because they make it possible for us to read and search the Scriptures in their original languages. For us there is doubtlessly no better way in which we could utilize these languages. Yet, on a broader level foreign language study can be a valuable part of any liberal arts education. Not only can foreign language study hone our skills in our own language, it also provides the basis for a deeper understanding of other cultures in the world around us. In general, people from many walks of life can find that foreign language study makes them more well rounded individuals, a goal of a liberal arts education.

One of the first reasons our first Latin professors gave us for teaching us Latin was that it would improve our English grammar. While we may have scoffed at the time, I think most of us would agree that it did improve our understanding of English somewhat. This is espe-

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dally true for Latin, which has heavily influenced the English we speak today in grammar and vocabulary, but it also holds true for almost any foreign language we might decide to study. It is hard to understand how a foreign tongue expresses an idea before we understand how our own language gets the idea across, and often it is during the-study of a foreign lan­ guage that we first take a close look at our mother tongue When we study another language, parts of speech from principles to prepositions, verb tenses such as past or future perfect, and agreement of subject and verb take on new importance as we attempt to translate. Even individual words in our own language can gain added meaning when we have learned their roots in another language. For example to the student of Greek an astronaut is not simply a person who flies rockets for NASA, but a “star sailor.”

In addition to enlarging our understanding of words, sentences, and phrases, foreign lan­ guage study can help us to understand people, nations, and cultures. Today we live in a world in which we can find English speaking people on almost any spot on the globe. Unfor­ tunately, this discourages many from learning a language in addition to English. Perhaps if more people realized that learning another language not only gives them the ability to talk with those who speak another tongue but also allows them to recognize and understand their cultural differences, more would attempt to learn a second or third language.

You see, every culture develops a greater number of words for things which are impor­ tant to it and fewer words, or none at all, for things which hold little value for it. A careful study of the Russian language reveals that originally that language had no word equal to our word “compromise.” The Russians had no word to express the idea “you give a little, I’ll give a little.” Today the Russian language has filled the void by simply adopting our word “compromise.” With this background perhaps we can better understand why negotiations over issues such as arms control are difficult with this nation.

Another cultural difference can be seen in the language of the Chinese. Missionaries in China find progress slow among the Chinese because they have no word for our word “sin” and no concept of sin. Their way of thinking about right and wrong is completely different from ours. One way missionaries get around this is to use a word which means “to break the law” for sin. Chinese civil authorities tend to be suspicious about a religion which proclaims forgiveness for “breaking the law.”

Of course, not every person can study every language, but this is not necessary for the benefits which 1 have described. Any second language will require you to delve into your own language and become better acquainted with it. Although one additional language will not give you an acquaintance with every culture, it will make you aware that cultural differences do exist and help you make better sense out of world events. Language study has been a valuable part of our liberal arts education. Not only will it serve us in our daily studies at the seminary and as ministers, it will serve us in our daily lives as citizens.

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CAMPUS & CLASSROOM It was a warm April evening. My roommate and I had just finished our daily assignment in Hebrew and were about to go back into Wcingrecn to review some of our older material. We had barely started singing the first verse of “Pathah in the Prefix” when a loud knock was heard on our door. I yelled out, “Go away!” but the knocking only got louder. Finally, the door opened and there stood a squirrclly-looking piece of low life. I bellowed at him, “Where do you get off coinin’ into our room, Scum?”

He turned as white as a ghost, but some­ how he worked up the courage to step forward and squeak out the question, “Arc you one of the writers of C&C?” 1 glared at him and replied, “That’s right, kid. But I ain’t signing your copy right now.

Go talk to Knob.” I kicked at the door to try and shut it, but he made a “Karate Kid” move and stopped my leg. Not bad. Maybe I should see what this gutsy little guy wants.

“You ain’t like all the others, are you? You got something on your mind, boy. 1 can tell.

Speak your peace and get out.” As I said this, I saw a glare in the kid’s eye and a chill ran through my spine.

He stepped into the room even farther and said firmly, “I want to join Mark and you in writing C&C.” My roommate dove across the room and held me back from whaling on that little punk. But the kid didn't scare. He went on, “I got what it takes. I just need a chance.”

The look in his eye now was serious and in­ tense. Mark and I never talked about replacing Tom Zietlow. It was just something you didn’t do. And yet we knew that life had to go on.

Tom is no longer with us and the D&R must go on. I looked up at him and said (in my best Blues Brothers’ voice), “Let’s go talk to Knob.”

Mark was silting on his bed with about a dozen of his sophomore friends on the floor gazing intently up at him. He was rereading old copies of C&C, and they were rolling around laughing and holding their stomachs in delight. 1 threw open the door and yelled, “Scram, you mutations!” The crowd quickly

scampered out of the room, and one of them turned back with a camera and snapped a sou­ venir picture of Mark. I gave Mark the special C&C handshake and told him the story behind this aspiring joker. Mark and I agreed he should have to write out a list of things he would promise to do to change his life and become a writer of C&C. After we read the list, we both decided (with the approval of Editor Dan Voigt and the faculty and the janitorial staff and Lu) that the kid could make us laugh. He got the job.

So now Campus and Classroom would like to present the newest member in our triumvi­ rate of witsters, Daron Lindemann. And, we also have exclusive rights to that list of promises which Daron made to all our readers.

- wash my bed sheets at least twice a year.

- tell myself that I will Finish all my term papers far ahead of time.

- get a haircut like Brian Eggers has.

- use Duravans only for official company business.

- take a shower every day. grow a Paul Tech-like beard.

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also promise not to: call Prep girls silly Egyptian names. beat up Johnny Gosdeck. crank my stereo at constant, high deci­ bels (whether in my room or not) like Tadd Fellers, Steve Shamber, or Wes Schmandt.

— throw radishes in the cafeteria.

— dance with strangers at 2nd Ave. — play hacky-sack for more than three hours a day (not including weekends).

— wear a hat in the cafeteria or waste my good sugar-milk in the dregs of my cereal by polluting it with Kool-Aid. So now we’re into another edition of the B&R, and the laughs will not cease to roll out of the pages of the C&C column. This is the “trial issue,” if you will. Our readers will get only a small taste of the jocularity which will make sparks fly from our typewriters’ keys next year. But first it is time for each NWC stu­ dent to go his own way to perform the tasks which keep them in the green. We've often wondered how the working world could absorb such a great number of men for three months without throwing the whole economy out of whack. So we went to the people. We asked a few of the students what they did to while away their summers. Here now is a list of some of the more colorful summer jobs performed

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Steve Shamber - employed as the new P.A. system at Wrigley Field.

Doug Westenbcrg - too young.

Aaron Glaeske- serves several congregations ‘ as vacancy pastor.

Mike Raddatz - is a full-time telephone pole.

Craig Russow - serves as a tour guide at all the major Nebraska tourist hotspots and spends his free time trying to get rid of his “hat-head.”

Pete Stelter- does nothing.

Dave Spaude - too busy dating to work this summer. He enjoys his motorcycle.

Tom Krafft - babysits with his sister.

Dave Knittel and Tom Sutton - will open their own pizza-parlor-and-smoke-palace.

Dan Borgwardt - will try to catch up on his sleep.

As this school year comes to a close, we will be losing yet another class of seniors to graduation. It’s with tears in our eyes that we remember some of the great quotes the class ol 1987 uttered as they led us all by example.

“What? Prof. Braun has a call to Sem? ALL RIGHT!” - Brian Schwarz.

“Sure I'm happy to graduate, but 1 will miss coffee breaks before chapel in the good of faculty lounge.” - Keith Wessel.

“For some reason I just don’t feel I’m up to my full potential for pin action yet.” - Paul Tessmer.

“She’s not that bad.” - Ron Koehler.

“Hi! I just stopped in to see how you’re doing, but 1 see you’re busy so I’ll only be in here for a minute because as long as I'm here and part Jewish, I’d like to tell you about...”

- A1 Gawel “Hey, lotty, lotty, lotty, hey, lotty, lotty ... Oh forget it!” - Mike Lindemann.

“What? Are you sure? Little ol’ me? 1 won the Dummann award? Is he that nice man who 1 call “my uncle from America?” - John Steinbrenner.

“1 don’t know why I didn’t notice it. It was right in front of my nose!” - John Roekle.

“No, Doc, 1 don’t believe that will present a problem.” - Jon Baumann.

“You got a smoke?” - Mike Zuberbier.

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There is one senior to whom we feel we owe special tribute. Dave Fritz is finally through Northwestern and on to Sem. Through much hard work, endless studying, pulling a few strings here and there, Dave will be part of the graduating class of 1987 and here is C&C trib­ ute to that man-mountain who has been on our campus as long as The Sprinter himself: ODE TO FRITZ He’s been here longer than most profs, A fixture in our halls.

So here is our last tribute to the man in bib overalls.

He runs the business for Wayne Staude, And he’s become quite wealthy.

He would ’vc been in many more classes If he could’ve just stayed healthy.

A fine example on "a run, ” The first to go and wax.

And when he found a spare moment.

Would in "the John ’ ’ relax.

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Next Fall Dave will make the move.

And become one of Sent’s hoarders.

Some say if life were a Duraclean run, Fritz would be out of quarters.

But now we put all joking aside.

We’re glad he made it through.

And speaking for the C and C. Dave Fritz, Good luck to you' Well, I guess that’s it for our first attempt.

We do promise it will get better. If you enjoyed reading this issue, tell all your friends to read, and they’ll tell two friends, and they’ll tell two friends, and so on, and so on. If you did not think we did a good job, it’s because our dog ate the first version; we didn’t know when it was due; we forgot to do it; our suits were at the cleaners; oh, forget it!

In a rare serious note, we wish well to all the graduating seniors and may God bless them in their future! As for us, we’ll be back next fall to tickle your funny bones (that’s all we’ll tickle. We promise).

— Tom, Mark, and Daron

We know that he’ll make Jess quite happy. . is his wedding date slowly nears.

He’ll make the Goegleins all quite proud, ( They ’vc been his in-laws for years.)

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Mark Aufdemberge is one of the last prod­ ucts of the “4-Year-Cram,” but ask him about it any time and he’ll readily acknowledge lie’s a better man for it. A fan of physical fitness, Mark has been known to lift a weight or two in his stay here at Northwestern. After he bids a tearful farewell to Watertown, who knows, maybe Mark will be able to land a UPS job in the vicinity of Sem next fall.

Mark Aufdemberge Flagstaff, AZ

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Mention shy, withdrawn and conservative, and the name Jon Bauman immediately pops into your head. A mountain of a man, Zebub’s bid for the senior UMOC failed, in one of the most tactfully run campaigns to date. When he’s not driving around on the sidewalks or in­ stigating a wrestling match, you’ll find Bowser down at the 6th street shop, loadin’ up the ol’ tan maxi for another Dura run (preferably with Lynn). Look for this bundle of energy to come tearing into the Sem’s parking lot (at about 80 mph) next fall, if he survives the trip over from the the prairie.

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Tom “Zakane” Bernthal is the ultimate golf stud, as his divoted dorm room rug shows.

As the oldest member of the senior class, it is no wonder that Tom is Foamy shaving cream’s best customer. In spite of his age, Tom is more active than his car, which has not moved in two years. Tom hopes to revive his old jalopy so that he can take his printing abilities to the Sem next year.

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Thomas Bernthal Lovelock, NV Ted “The Sledge”, Bodjanac is probably best remembered for his enthusiastic and bodysacrificing play on the soccer, and occasionally softball, field. Ted enjoyed Northwestern so much that he decided to sign up for an extra year. He has been here for five. His suave and sophisticated manners betray his Chicago back­ ground, even if he does cheer for the White Sox. Ted will make the trek north on 1-94 next year to Mequon and Sein.

Theodore Bodjanac Chicago, IL Leon Ralph Ehlert is hoping our synod opens up a mission church in Las Vegas or Reno in four years, as he could use the extra money to furnish his pastoral library with all the books which he never bought while he was at NWC—like a Bible. A freak for cleanliness and organization (not to mention wounded bats), Lee plans to make his bed (and sleep in it too!) while pursuing his studies at the Semin­ ary next fall.

Leon Ehlert Milwaukee, WI Brian Ewings has held a couple of key posi­ tions on campus. First, “E” helped keep law and order in Augsburg as an R.A. Second, he was the “man behind the microphone” of the Northwestern sports teams. For the last couple of years, he has served on the announc­ ing crews for both the football and basketball home games and as an announcer for the tele­ vised games. But Brian would really like to be playing in the games, and he’ll be doing that as much as he can next year at Sem.

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Mark Gartner thought about becoming an electrician ever since he fixed the Sunken Sub’s lighting system freshman year, but decided to gut it out with his classmates. Mark (when he's not sleeping) has left his mark on both the football and baseball fields, achieving MVP status more than once. Gartie will resume his intense studies at Sem next year after a long summer nap, and an occasional date or two (maybe three).

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Alfred Alex Albert Alfie GaVEL GAvel Gravel Gawel is one of the better-known stu­ dents the class of ’86 — excuse us - ”87 has produced. A clean-cut student with a passion for tea (and condominiums, catamarans, Gucci clothing, etc.) A1 is a man of determina­ tion, who likes things done right here, right now. A major wheel in Forum for the last few years, A1 has an incredible knack for turning mundane, real-life situations into dramatics.

After serving as DC pres, and defensive stalwart on the soccer team, Alfie plans to head to Mequon in the fall.

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Virgil “Neither a Borrower nor a Lender Be” Hanson, to be honest, wouldn’t mind being a guitarist lor Rush. A terror on the hoops court and a sure-handed tight end, Virg has played an integral part in NWC’s athletic achievements. Anxious to get out after eight years on campus, this southpaw has already opted not to take a banking job offer in LaCrosse, but rather pack his bags and head to Mequon.

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Virgil Hanson Waukesha, WI Whether by his lobs on the tennis court, his receptions on the football field, his quick fin­ gers on the organ, or his cheerful signing of practice cards in the auditorium, Tim Henning has certainly made his presence felt here at Northwestern. This year Tim added acting to his list of skills. He played the lead in the Jan­ uary production of Dial M for Murder. Tim has successfully escaped the stigma of his home­ town and will get away from Flunkcr, too, next year when he goes to Scm.

Timothy Henning New Ulm, MN Brian Keller has, unfortunately, been a quiet and reserved person during his four years on campus. In order to compensate for this, and to get people to realize that he really exists, he has devoted himself to athletics on campus, most notably the football and track teams. In fact, he now holds about half of the school’s track records. He has also served the Black & Red as staff writer and this year as assistant to the editor. Brian will “break out of Ills shell’ next year at Sem.

Brian Keller Menomonee Falls, WI Tim “Wanna Do Greek or Hebrew To­ gether?” Kemnitz has picked up, touched, thrown, broken, shadow-boxed, tom, hit, lost, climbed, tackled, swung, wrestled, mangled, jumped on, attacked and destroyed virtually everything in everyone’s room during his last seven and three-quarter year reign of hyperac­ tivity on campus. This unbiased judge of char­ acter is always open-minded toward any opin­ ion Virgil might express. It’s a shame Sem doesn’t have a football team, as they would benefit greatly from this All-Conference line­ backer’s talents, before he calls it quits to bachelorhood this winter.

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Ron “Doctor Duraclean” Koehler is prob­ ably “the greatest” Michigan fan on campus and can be found cheering for any Michigan sports team. Ever the competitor, Ron used his quickness this year as goaltender for the soccer team and came away with MVP honors. While he is also a talented ice skater, artist and Duraclean worker, Ron is perhaps best known for his romantic flings and overall attention to the fairer sex, but as Ron always says, those things happen. Ron will be working near Hamburg, Germany, this summer and will be testing his charisma on the MSTdchcn there before return­ ing to enter the Sem next fall.

Jon “Koly” Kolander spends most of his time on the road, either in one of those coveted Dura-vans on the way to a “run,” or on the way to WLC to visit his good friend, Jon. Al­ ways one with an eye for a good deal, Koly en­ joys his membership in the “car of the month” club. Koly will take his good looks and his car, whichever it may be, to the Sem next year, only a hop, skip, and jump from the little colleEe by the zoo.

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Although dorm life has been peachy-keen, Neil will gladly trade in the old cracker box for a spacious section at Sem.

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Mike Lindemann has the biggest collec­ tion of worthless junk in his room, next to Dave Fritz. Doing his laundry at a rate of 17 times a week, Mic also has been known to get one or two pieces of junk mail in his life.

A fan of Hebrew and a nut for softball, Mic plans to move more than 200 yards away from home next year as he moves to Mequon, where he hopes to become more intimately acquainted with at least one of the profs next year.

Michael Lindemann Watertown, W1 Probably no one on campus has ever seen the Library-Science building look anything less than spotless. This is due to the hard work and dedication of its student janitor, Steve Luchterhana. Besides this grueling work schedule, Steve has also found time to squeeze in intramurals and track. Next year Steve and his new wife, Heidi, will be establishing their home near the Seminary.

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Steve Luchterhand Manitowoc, WI Got a sprained ankle or bum knee? You might want to see Paul Mose. Paul has made his presence felt as trainer here for the last three years. When not wrapping ankles Paul can be found taping music or movies on his entertain­ ment center or waiting up for Koly. A devoted Michigander, Paul cheers for almost any team from his home state, even if the results aren’t always that great. Paul will move his stereo and bandages to Sem next year.

Paul Mose St. Charles, MI If you look carefully into 309 Witt, you just might be able to see Steve Raddatz reclin­ ing in and amongst all his wet laundry he just strung up to dry. A three-year Wittenberg resi­ dent, Sling has undisputedly claimed the “Can­ teen Junkie King” title, preferring the nutri­ tious snacks to a well-balanced supper. A hard worker in hoops (and especially in track), Steve will disagree with every popular opinion next year at Sem.

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The fun and lovable John Roekle probably has more nicknames than anyone in the senior class. A talented athlete, “Reckhead” excelled in all intramurals and was a standout fullback for the NWC soccer team. Always striving to be a Renaissance man, “Reckless” started working for Duraclean in his sophomore year, and his sense of time has never been the same. “Aph” never sticks his nose intoother people’s business and rarely goes mental. In spite of his infre­ quent trips to DMLC this year, “Rokles” has yet to find a girl that is his type. We should see “Johann” cheering on the blue and gold at Sem next year.

John Roekle Saginaw, MI

Mark “Fidrytch” Rosenberg has brought back a certain amount of hope in the Michi­ ganders that good pitching hasn’t entirely dis­ appeared from the Great Lake state. Being the vocal person he is, Mark used his way with words to keep discipline alive in the Prep dorm for the last two years—although inside sources have told us that a few fair maidens have thought of him as more than just an RA. May­ be if he's lucky, one or two will pursue him down Buntrock Rd. to Sem next year.

Mark Rosenberg Tecumseh, MI Fred “Who Needs Insurance?” Schleg re­ cently gave Borg a list of the albums he wanted him to buy, so he could tape them. A Midwest boy at heart, but a Californian in hairstyle and dress, Fred can claim to be the only person ever to room with Tyrone during his first year at NWC. A gifted soccer and tennis stud, Fred will take the old spikes and racquet to Mequon this fall.

Frederick Schleg Grayslake, IL

Duane Schmeichel Freeman, SD

Duane “Dewey” Schmeichel is the lone senior representative from the state of South Dakota. While growing up in Freeman, Dave learned how to catch a few Z’s while doing chores. At Northwestern, Duane is continu­ ing the tradition with his unique method of sleep learning. When he’s not sleeping, Duane can be found reading his daily letter from Michelle or talking to her on the phone or both. We should see Duane’s ’68 Mustang in Sem’s parking lot next year, probably a lot.

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Wayne Schoch lias been recognized as one of the more conscientious students by the professors-once they learned how to pronounce his name correctly. An avid fan of wrestling, Wayne jumped into the limelight of the sports world when he popularized the Atomic Drop on Mark Carlson freshman year. Being just about fed up with Watertown, Wayne plans to work at Mcquon’s “Pondo” next year, and read some of those old German classics hidden away in the Sem’s library.

Wayne Schoch Oakley, MI Jim Schulz will probably be remembered on campus for his fine singing ability. He has sung several solos at concerts, and he held a lead role of Lancelot in the 1984 Forvm pro­ duction of Camelot. Then again, he might be more remembered for the model train he had set up in his dorm room, or even the fact that a couple of times he brought a member of the fairer gender to the all-male college classrooms.

In any case, Jim will be singing his happy little way to Mequon next year.

James Schulz West Allis, WI

Up until recently, Bryan “Hugo” Schwarz has never had an affinity for wearing his pajam­ as to tests. A highly decisive individual, “Dead Eye Bry” is considered by many to be the con­ summate outdoorsman, granted he has the op­ portunity to remove his shirt. And, of course, his friends are happy for him now that he’s going through his eighth “This one’s for sure” relationship in the last six months. An AllConference noseguard and a former baseball golden glove, Schwarzie hopes to bring his books and passion for heavy metal to the Sem Bryan Schwarz Mt. Prospect, IL If you’re looking for someone quiet, reserved and straight-haired, chances are John Steinbrenner is your man. This tall drink of water is not only the athletic pride and joy of the class of ’87, but also the ideal as far as de­ voted and concentrated studies are concerned.

Always one to get things done right away, Snake can brag about the fact that he’s never taken more than an 8-hour nap in his four year sleep here at NWC. All our sports teams may miss him, but his buddies will be keyed that he’s going to resume his studies (maybe) at Sem this fall.

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Oscar Stellick Watertown, WI It is said that a high forehead is a sign of great intellect. If this is true, Ross Stelter has certainly come a long way in five years at Northwestern. However, next year this high­ brow will be receding, that is residing in the classrooms at the Sem. Ross Stelter Milwaukee, WI Paul Tessmer has come to feel quite at home with the Watertown area and its inhabi­ tants, especially the ducks. The same can be said for Northwestern students, for he can al­ ways be found visiting someone in the dorm.

Paul has donated much of his free time to mu­ sic at Northwestern, singing in both the male chorus and touring chorus. He has also assisted a great deal in chapel as an organist. Paul will spend his share of time sitting on the organ bench next year at Sem.

Paul Tessmer Mukwonago, WI

Rick “Peach-head” Tuttle has graced this campus with his wonderful southern drawl for five years. And now let the truth be knownyes, Rick is the famous “Arte” of poetic yore!

Rick also boasts calligraphy and sleeping through pep rallies as elements of his crafti­ ness. Hopefully, Fritz will wake Rick up in time to attend his Sem classes next^year.

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Edward Ungemach, III Kenosha, WI

Though John VietIts made a career out of being Class Treasurer the last four year, “Cakes” might more appropriately be called our class Recorder, since most of us have, at one time or another, relied upon his profes­ sional note-taking, come test time. Northwest­ ern may miss his boyish face next year, but we're all glad he’s joining us in the hallowed halls of the Seminary.

John Vieths Rochester, MN

Paul Voss is a man who has led a life of quiet distinction during his five-year stay at Wasserstadt. Besides his honors on the soccer field and as a Barbershopper, we will also re­ member him for best stereo on third floor, best tan after Spring break, and best imitation soulbrother, to name a few. In summation, it’s easy to see Paul is one of our best; he’ll be a welcome sight at Sem in the fall.

Paul Voss Libcrtyville, IL

At first glance you might take him to be the quiet type, but not this guy. Anyone who knows Rob Wasser will tell you that he can be as talkative as the next guy. And Rob’s the first to lafjgh at a joke—and the loudest. Rob will be closing ranks with the rest of the sen­ iors at the Seminary in September.

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Just mention anything, and chances are that Martin Weigand can expound upon it for at least ten minutes. An exceptionally gifted "♦udent, Merv’s interests are as diversified as he wave lengths of the electro-magnetic spec­ trum, ranging from reading to music to football and drawing. Although Marty will be residing at home next year (aO people can’t bombard him the night before tests), you can bet your bottom dollar he’ll be expressing his views in a Sem classroom this fall.

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Keith Wessel New Ulm, MN

Keith “Pudding Bod” Wessel is of course a perennial favorite of both students and faculty alike. Relying on his personality and casual at­ titude with the ladies, Fat makes quite a spash wherever he shows up. Hampered by physical as well as emotional injuries throughout his illustrious athletic career, the big guy was forced to compete only when his abilities were of the utmost need to the team. And, of course, who can forget Fatness’s heretical rendition of his scandalous run for the ’86 UMOC candi­ dacy as the unheralded Pope Bonifat. Looks like Sem in the fall.

David Wierschke has had the privilege of serving this year as Senior Class President.

“Wierschk” has carried out this task well, most notably by setting a good example and never falling asleep in class. Over these past few years Dave has cheerfully greeted many visitors to the library, and he will take his sunny disposition to Mequon next year.

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Jim Winterstein has kept busy during his four years on campus. Besides being on the Trojan football and track teams, and par­ ticipating in male chorus and touring chorus, he also served as editor for the Black & Red this last year. After living with the same room­ mate for four years and in the same room for the last two, Jim will finally change both room and roommate next year at Sem.

Brad “Allah” Wright is the kind of guy that everyone likes, “except for girls,” ac­ cording to Brad. Reports from DMLC, how­ ever, do not bear this out. While he may not look that big, Brad is a tenacious wrestler, and used his experience on the coaching bench this year. Brad’s other interests including driv­ ing fast through Watertown in his Scirroco, tilting pin ball machines and competing for happy camper awards. Brad will be at Sem next year to find out what their Arbor Days are like.

Brad Wright Manistee, MI

Thomas Zietlow Anchorage, AK

Tom Zietlow is an Alaskan man, “but that goes without saying.” Being the Casanova that he is, Tom’s favorite ploy in attracting members of the opposite sex is informing THEM that THEY don’t like him-so that they do, “but who wouldn’t, though?” Always a man of fashion, Tommy is “not averse” to oc­ casionally strutting around in his 9th grade wardrobe (which still fits), even though he “could stand to drop one or two off the calfs.”

With a witty C&C pen and All-Conference football skills, Tom has spent an enjoyable four years in Watertown, and he’s let everyone know about it. Although the DMLC girls will be sad, we’ll be happier that Tom’s moving 50 miles closer to Lake Michigan in the fall.

Mike "Mr. Tact” Zuberbier is one guy whom the Northwestern way of life really brought out of his shell, even to a point where just now he's beginning to speak his mind to people. During his four-year stint at NWC, Zubie has been an asset to both school and com­ munity, as both Dean and the local Burger King drive-thru owner can readily testify. A clean-cut guy with a passion for playing foot­ ball, Mike will take his pack of smokes (and a new bride) to that place over in Mequon, come September.

A special thanks to the seniors who spent time writing these biographies. They are: Leon Ehlert Keith Wessel John Steinbrenner Tom Zietlow

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THE COMEDY OF ERRORS: On the weekend of May 1-3 some 400 people braved the unpredictable spring weather of south-central Wisconsin and came from all areas of the state to see exactly what we had been devoting much of our time to since Jan­ uary. And a lot of time it was. The “tyrant” di­ rector Ken Fisher had actually pulled it off. He molded and shaped us into our respective roles, and not without a lot of complaining from us.

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sandals for the First half of the show, due to fitting problems. Ken nixed that rather quickly and all wore sandals for the second part, though without much success keeping the straps up.

This prompted Ken to have all characters with a lot of movement on stage tape the straps with electrical tape (did they have that in Shake­ speare’s day?). Our legs suffered a bit, but the straps stayed up. We finished earlier than usual, but the performance was weak. The general ex­ cuse, “No audience,” was as good as any rea­ son, I suppose.

FRIDAY: Matinee. About 250 high school students became our “guinea-pig” audience.

Despite the normal noise levels of a young audience, we got through it. They seemed to enjoy it, even though many of them left before the end of the first part (we were later told they had a track meet to go to.) The perfor-

mance had a lot of “accidents” in it, from messed-up lines to the near loss of two princi­ pals who felt a need to fall off the stage but were miraculously saved. But we recovered.

FRIDAY: Evening Performance. The whole cast was nervous from the earlier performance’s

mishaps, and no one really knew how an adult audience would react. That, coupled with the makeup that had been on our faces since noon, made up for an uneasy two hours before per­ formance. But Ken boosted our confidence in a brief cast meeting, and we hit the stage. The audience really got into it, and so did the ac­ tors. We had a lot of fun, and the apprehension quickly dissipated after arriving on stage. After­ wards, the compliments also aided in boosting our confidence level, especially the ones from faculty and students.

SATURDAY: Evening Performance. Most were still riding high on the energy of Friday night’s

experience. Makeup went much more smoothly, now that everyone knew where to be and when. The crowd was a bit larger, and we pro-

ceeded to the stage once again. The perfor­ mance went very well, mainly because of the audience. They really enjoyed it, and that al­ ways helps the actors when there is good aud­ ience response. We left the Auditorium feeling very good, but still remembering that we had one more performance ahead of us.

SUNDAY: Afternoon Performance. “What a relief to know this is the last time I’ll have to put on makeup,” was the general consensus be­ fore the play. The crowd attendance was down a bit, but the cast enthusiasm level wasn’t. We “smoked,” as Tommy Kock said. The cast again felt very good during the performance, once again due to the audience reaction to it.

Aside from the “purse of ducats” getting caught on John “Dromio” Bonow’s sash, the technical aspect of the play went well. Many of the cast members proceeded to the cast party at Coughlin’s afterwards. We reminisced about

tne Dloopers and technical snafus and left with mixed emotions.

It was finally over and the work had defi­ nitely been worth it. Yet the cast grew as a family, and parting was difficult. Plans were made to get together with one another later, and next year was discussed, all in an effort to cushion the sadness of parting. We had worked long and hard to accomplish what we did, doubting in January that we could do it. But Ken had helped us and to him the entire cast is indebted, for without him, the production simply would not have gone over. And, of course, we must thank the audience for their support. It is something that none of us will ever forget.

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THE ELEVEN YEAR MAN — A FAREWELL TO TUTOR BALGE As another school year draws to a close, the Northwestern family must bid a fond fare­ well to a faithful servant in the Lord’s King­ dom, Tutor Balge. If you look up Balge in a thesaurus, chances are that you would find Northwestern as a synonym. (If that’s not in your copy, maybe it’s time to get a new one.)

Tutor has spent eleven years on this campus as a student, instructor, and tutor. It takes a special kind of guy to maintain sanity through­ out that period and that is just what Tutor Balge is, a special kind of guy.

The first thing, of course, that everyone points out about Tutor is his incredible good looks. Granted, Tutor could be successful as a model for GQ, but just to describe him as a “stud” would be unfair. The same goes for his sense of humor. Everyone knows that he is up­ roariously funny and could regularly appear on nighttime television, but to classify him simply as a funny guy would once again be unfair. So, then, how can we describe our one-of-a-kind Tutor? He is truly indescribable and I doubt that the English language has an adjective that 28

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would fully entail all that Tutor is. (I’m sure Prof. Deutschlander could give us a German word that would, however.)

Tutor was so effective in his position as the ruler of the dorm because of the ins and outs that he learned during the nine years that he spent on this campus before receiving a call to serve as tutor. He admitted, however, that “you guys (as a student body) treat me better than we did our tutors.” While attending col­ lege, he was involved in just about everything that NWC had to offer. He received the Dummann award and also the Tan Delta Theta be­ cause he “exemplified what Northwestern wants its athletes to be” {Black & Red, Voh 84, May 1980). It is clear that he was a leader then just as he is today.

As a role model for young men preparing for the ministry, Tutor has excelled. He has let his light, his life of Christian love, shine forth and there is no question what makes him tick— his love of Christ. The Northwestern commun­ ity could hardly have been blessed with a more caring man than Tutor Balge. We would all do well to take his example to heart. Tutor made it clear, in whatever he was doing, that he was thankful to be here, thankful to be a part of the special group of men on campus. He never was anything but positive, even in the to ugli­ est of times.

We will miss Tutor Balge next year, but if the campus can function without Shosh, it will continue without Tutor. But we will never for­ get our tutor-who could forget his laugh? The Lord has truly blessed NWC through Tutor. We take this opportunity to thank you, Tutor, for all that you’ve given to Northwestern and we pray that the Lord would continue to bless your ministry.

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- Pastor Bruce Becker (’78), formerly con­ ducting an exploratory in Springville, NY, will be serving Trinity congregation, Brillion, WI. - Pastor David Carlovsky (’76), from Shep­ herd of the Springs, Coral Springs, FL, ac­ cepted a call to Lord and Savior congregation in Crystal Lake, IL. — Pastor William Heiges (’76) accepted a call to Our Savior, Grafton, WI. He formerly served in Ashland, OH. — Pastor Timothy L. Johnston (’76) ac­ cepted a call back in the States at Redeemer, Hettinger, ND/Christ, Bison, SD. He is moving after serving in Klein Winterheim, W. Germany.

— Rev. Roger Kuerth (’73), formerly of Peace, Otsego, MI, has accepted a call to the Latin/Athletic Departments at Northwestern Prep, Watertown, WI. - Pastor Gregory P. Schulz (’78), formerly serving at Trinity, Aberdeen, SD, will serve as Dean, Religion and Science instructor at Cali­ fornia Lutheran High School in Tustin, CA. - Pastor David A. Voss (’78) will be serving Memorial congregation, Williamston, MI. He previously served at Faith, River Falls, WI. - Rev. Larry Zessin (’62) will also be back in the States, serving Grace Lutheran in Osh­ kosh, WI. He formerly served St. John congre­ gation, Antigua, West Indies.

- Peter Leyrer (’83), a vicar at Christ Luth­ eran, Eagle River, WI, married Tamara Gray on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 1987. The wedding was held at Grace Lutheran, South St. Paul, MN.

DEDICATION - Lord of Life congregation, Thornton, CO, dedicated their new WEF unit April 26. Pastor Mark Birkholz (’79) serves Lord of Life congre­ gation.

GROUNDBREAKING — St. Peter Lutheran Church, Fort Collins, CO, broke ground for an education wing on March 22. Rev. David Russow (’76) is serv­ ing the Ft. Collins congregation.

RETIREMENTS — Rev. Donald Kolander (’46) of Milwaukee, WI, retired from the ministry on March 31, 1987. He last served at Fairview Lutheran in Milwaukee, WI. — President Carleton Toppe (’34) will be retiring this month after 50 years in the min­ istry. Before he accepted the call to be the president of Northwestern College in 1959, he first served as an assistant pastor of First German Luth. Church in Manitowoc, WI, from 1937 to 1939. Between 1939 and 1948 he served two congregations near Bloomer, WI, then St. Peter’s congregation at Elmwood, WI, and he started a “mission” church in Ellsworth, WI. He appeared on the NWC campus in 1948 as a Latin and English instructor for the “Sexta” and “Quinta” classes of that time.

President and Mrs. Toppe have been blessed with four children and 12 grandchildren.

— Professor Wayne Ten Broek (’39) of Northwestern College will also be retiring at the close of the ’86-87 school year. Between 1942 and 1954, Prof. Ten Broek was a pastor in a number of South Dakota cities, including Rapid City, Henry, and Florence. In 1954 he became the Dean of his alma mater, Northwest­ ern Lutheran Academy in Mobridge, South Da­ kota. He accepted the call to NWC in 1979.

Prof, and Mrs. Ten Broek are the proud parents of five children—three daughters and two sons.

- - Jim Getka

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CAMPUS COMMENT With our hectic schedules, it is difficult for the NWC student to get enough sleep. Do you have trouble getting enough sleep? If not, when do you find the time to rest?

Dave Fritz - Senior 1 can remember my freshman year (the First one), when our class received its valuable initiation lectures. At that time Dean Lindemann told us that we need seven hours of sleep per night, eight would be nice, but, we need seven. During those same talks, Prof. Sellnow told us that free periods weren’t for sleep, but rather for study, and Prof.

Korthals said that no decent amount of studying is ever accomplished after midnight. Well, I’m not sure about the rest of you guys but Dan Borgwardt and I feel it’s about time someone told you the truth.

Number 1, seven hours of sleep a night is a myth. The average NWC student can survive on four to six hours a day, providing you have a good roommate with the same schedule, a trusty alarm clock, and some easygoing profs your First two hours. Number 2, free periods were designed for one or two things - Oprah Winfrey and a cup of coffee or a well planned nap. However, if your nap happens to fall after lunch and before your seventh hour elective, the rule of thumb concerning a good roommate and a trusty alarm clock should not be over looked. Number 3, except for the rare exception, the average NWC student who does not study after midnight “ain't gonna make it.” However, if a student takes to heart rules number one and two, rule number three shouldn’t pose a problem and the NWC student can focus his attention on more pressing matters such as: Is Jon Baumann’s condition contagious, will Dan Borgwardt ever finish a paper on time, and will I ever leave the city of Watertown?

Mike Raddatz - Junior Sleeping, it can be a team or individual sport. It alleviates bore­ dom and is a legitimate alternative to studying because, of course, you can’t live without sleep. I personally do not get enough sleep at night, so I usually spend a couple of hours before supper sleeping.

Thanks to Eric Ziecker’s speech on sleep, I no longer take short naps, but instead concentrate on obtaining longer and longer naps. If that does not drive exhaustion’s red tinge from my study-worn eyes, I go on a 16 hour sleeping binge on Saturday.

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Dan Borgwardt - Sophomore I am nocturnal. The sleep aspect of my circadian cycle has re­ versed as a result of “all nighters” due to studying and working with Dave Fritz. 1 have conditioned myself to go for days without sleep in order to meet scholastic and financial demands. Unless I am on a caffeine jag, I have no trouble in getting enough rest - either during free hours, or after classes. In my case the problem is not whether or not I get enough sleep, but whether or not I wake up. I depend upon my rommmatc and neighbors to wake me up in time for classes, as my alarm clock cannot be trusted (cf. Black and Red vol. 90, No. 6, p. 216). I resort to sleeping during class only in the event of dire necessity.

Dave Bitter - Freshman Well, my study time doesn’t start until after “Late Night with David Lctterman,” so it isn’t unusual for me to get to bed at 3:00 a.m. That in itself is not enough sleep. However, I have math First hour so that is like getting an extra 50 minutes of sleep. My second hour class is equally exciting. These combined with my free periods usually allow me to get the required eight hours of sleep by lunch.

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The weather allowed the team to get outside but one time before the start of the season on April 5 against a tough opponent in Concordia.

The weather for opening day wasn’t very cooperative, with temperatures in the low 40’s and a 20-30 mph. wind at Concordia. The Tro­ jans felt they could overcome the elements with the help of their sparkling new uniforms.

But a victory for the Trojans on this day was not meant to be.

The Trojan offense was non-existent, and so was their defense. The Trojans could muster only three hits and one run, but the defense was cold also with six errors resulting in two unearned runs. John Steinbrenner (Stein-) pitched well, giving up only three hits, walking four, striking out seven and a couple of times sacrificing his body to stop sure hits up the middle and stifle Concordia rallies. But the Trojans still lost a tough one, 2-1.

The second game had the Trojan bats start­ ing to warm up but not their gloves. NWC had seven hits, two each by “Stein” and Mark Gart­ ner and a home run by Tim Voigt, resulting in nine runs. But again the defense couldn’t back up Phil Sievert (who took the loss) by commit-

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ing five errors resulting in seven unearned runs.

These errors combined with 15 Concordia hits, including a grand slam and a two-run homer, spelled doom lor the Trojans, and again they took one on the chin by a score of 15-9.

The rain took the Trojans’ next three games. As a result they didn’t play again until April 25 at Lakeland. The team knew they weren’t out of the running with just two losses, but little did they know those rain games would cost them the Conference crown.

NWC came out sluggish and tired with the bats producing only two hits and one run. The gloves were there with only two errors, but Lakeland came ready to play, banging out 13 hits, four home runs, and 12 runs off losing pitcher Mark Rosenberg. Lakeland had a 12-1 victory after five innings of play.

I The Trojans fared no better in the second game, losing 8-4. Although our team got seven hits, two from Phil Sievert and a home run by Bill Schwanke, also the losing pitcher, they got only four runs across home plate. Bill Schwanke pitched well, giving up seven hits and only five earned runs, but he was hurt by four Trojan errors and his eight walks.

The Trojan team, needless to say, was down after having gotten off to such a slow start, 0-4. But with the help of some solid Senior leadership, the Trojans turned them­ selves around.

MSOE came to town leading the Lake Michigan Conference with an undefeated rec­ ord, but they would leave tied for the confer­ ence lead and with two BIG Ls in the loss column.

The Trojans could muster only five hits off MSOE pitching, but used them along with six MSOE errors to produce four big runs, all unearned. Tim Voigt and Kevin Klug both went two for three from the plate, with Klug scoring two runs. Those four runs would stand up under the superb pitching of Phil Sievert, who allowed just three runs on only two hits.

Phil got relief help from Kevin in the sixth and seventh, and the Trojans had their first win of the season, 4-3.

The Trojans had to hold on again in the second game, as they won another exciting, close game, 3-2. John Steinbrenner was in top form again, scattering seven MSOE hits, allow­ ing two unearned runs, and striking out nine batters. The Trojan team has had trouble scor­ ing runs when “Stein” pitches and this was no exception. NWC had six hits by six different players, with Mark Gartner getting two RBIs and Doug Meyer belting a double. The Trojans made the most of their opportunities, scoring one run in the first on 0 hits and two walks, one run in the third on two hits, and finally one in the fourth on three hits. Johnny Stein closed the door, and suddenly the newly uni­ formed Trojan team was just two games out of first, or so they thought.

The Trojan team closed out the month of April 4-4 as they crushed a much weaker WLC team. The Trojan offense pounded out 12 hits in the first game, highlighted by a three for three performance by Phil Sievert, including a triple, a two for two day by Bill Schwanke in­ cluding a double and three RBIs, and Matt Schaewe arose from being relegated to keeping the scorebook to crack a double and his first hit of his college career, to the delight of his brother (who was on the other team) and “Stein,” who said it most appropriately, “Hey! Hey! Schae, what do you say!?” The Trojans produced 13 runs and that was all the winning pitcher, Tim Voigt, needed as he struck out eight and allowed only two hits, as the Tro­ jans won 13-0.

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The Trojans continued their onslaught when they took on their cross town rivals from Maranatha. NWC won game one 13-4 behind the pitching of Mark Rosenberg. The Trojan bats pounded out 11 hits. Kevin Klug scored four runs in front of Stein and Gartner, both of whom had three hits and five RBIs. Both of them hit home runs, “Gartie” had one double and “Stein” had two doubles as the Trojans walked away with the first one. Tom Kock also had two hits and two RBIs for the Trojans.

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Lakeland came in looking to clinch the con­ ference title, but the determined Trojans still stood in their way. The first game was just a taste of what was to come. The Trojans scored four runs on eight hits and four Lakeland er­ rors, with two hits each by Mark Schewe and Sievert leading the attack. “Stein” scored two runs as the Trojans used seven of their eight hits to produce their four runs. The Trojan de­ fense made those four runs stand up as Sievert pitched masterfully, giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits and striking out eight. The Trojans won game one, 4-2.

The Trojans also won game two behind the pitching of Joe Fricke 12-2. Again the Trojan bats were on fire: Mike Melso was two for two with three runs scored, “Stein” was two for three with two more home runs and four RBIs,

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Phil Sievert was two for three with a triple, Bill Schwankc went two for four with one home run and four RBIs, and Karl Schultz also touched them all with a long ball as the Tro­ jans banged out 11 hits. The Trojans were hot, winning their last six conference games and ready for a big rematch with conference lead­ ing Lakeland.

The excitement of game one was doubled in game two. The hot bats of the Trojans cooled off considerably in game two, getting only three hits. But NWC used two of those hits by Tim Voigt and Doug Meyer to score two runs in the fifth inning. Put together with an un­ earned run in the second inning, the Trojans took a 3-1 lead into the seventh inning. John Steinbrenner made that lead stand up, squelch­ ing a late two out rally. “Stein” again was awe­ some as he allowed his first and only earned run this year on six hits and struck out 11 bat­ ters.

The Trojans finished the season 8-4 in con­ ference, but because of eight rained out games could finish only third. One wonders what would have happened had they played WLC and ’Natha gain, as MSOE did.

The Trojans’ final record stands at 9-5. They lost a NAIA playoff game to Lakeland 6-5 in 11 innings. They also beat the Seminary 12-3 to finish off their season.

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Although the Trojans were denied a title, they can still look back with satisfaction to having played some of the best baseball in re­ cent years. Losing may be hard, but saying good-bye to the Seniors on this team may be even harder. They have established a winning desire on this team, not only by their quality leadership and performances on the field, but also with their leadership and friendship off the field. They will be sorely missed next year. As a player with them for four years, I would like to thank them on behalf of the team for everything they have done.

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TRACK After Easter break the track team finished up the season with three meets: the Whitewater Invitational, the state meet at Ripon, and the Lawrence Relays. The meet at Triton (Chicago) and the home meet against Sem were cancelled because of schedule conflicts.

The day after returning from Easter vaca­ tion, the last part of the season got underway with the Whitewater Invitational against Carroll, Carthage, MATC and three very competitive UW schools. The nice Easter weekend weather did not carry over to Tuesday as it turned out windy and cold and eventually developed a steady rain. The weather, however, didn’t stop freshman John Schlender from finishing fifth in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 4:14.5. Misfortunate came upon John in a later race, however, when he sprained his ankle.

This put him out for the remainder of the sea­ son. Other top five finishes included a fourth by senior Jay Kempf in the 400 with a time of 53.6 and a fifth for senior Brian Keller in the 100 with a time of 11.5.

HONORABLE MENTION IF Tim Voigt OF Mark Gartner Kevin Klug - Utility Infielder COACH OF THE YEAR John Schmidt The Trojan team also selected John Stein­ brenner as their MVP. Congratulations to each player and to coach!

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Next, the Trojan track team travelled to Ripon for the state meet. Once again the weather didn’t cooperate all that well with cloudy skies and somewhat cool temperatures.

The day was highlighted by a school record set in the 400 by senior Jay Kempf with a time of 51.9 and a fifth in the 100 by senior Brian Keller with a time of 11.37.

Finally, the team headed off to the Law­ rence Relays, where we were greeted by the best weather of the outdoor season with sunny skies and comfortable temperatures. The day was marked by a second place in the high jump for NWC through the combined jumps of senior Steve Raddatz, 6’0”, and sophomore John Koelpin, 5’10”. And third place in the long jump with the combined efforts of sopho­ more Joel Jenswold and Jay Kempf. Also the 4 x 400 relay team of Brian Keller, freshman Marty Luchterhand, and seniors Jim Winterstein (who returned to action, having to con­ tend with a pulled muscle the previous few weeks) and Jay Kempf finished third and broke a school record with a time of 3:35.11.

The day ended at Lawrence with the tradition­ al grilling out, as we became the envy of every passer-by.

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Once again dealing with lack of depth, the Trojan track team had still managed to have a lot of fun under the leadership of Coach Gorsline. Also, we bid a fond farewell to the seniors on the team: Steve Raddatz, Steve Luchterhand, and the three captains: Brian Keller, Jim Winterstein, and Jay Kempf. Their leadership qualities were appreciated by all in­ volved.

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This year’s tennis season should be con­ sidered quite a success. The team took a two and one record into the Lawrence Invitational, hoping for a good showing. Unfortunately, in the first round, five out of the six singles play­ ers were placed against the number one seed in each division. Despite this disappointing first round, four players went on to the consolation championship, with Brian Kom and Tom Strong winning in their divisions.

Two days later, the team traveled to Whitewater to play their “always tough” team. All the Northwestern players put up a good fight, but together they managed only two victor­ ies: Brad Wordcll and Tim Henning.

The latest match to date was against Con­ cordia at home. With ideal weather conditions prevailing, all the doubles teams were victor­ ious, and four of the six singles matches fell to the Trojans as NWC beat Concordia for the sec­ ond time this season, 7-2.

The team has been looking forward to more good matches, but several have been can­ celled. The two prominent matches down the tubes are the conference tournament and the match against the Sem guys, leaving only one more match to round out the tennis season.

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I THE ACTIVITIES BANQUET 1987 NORTHWESTERN STUDENTS HONORED The annual Activities Banquet was held on Monday evening, May 4. This banquet honors all participants in extra-curricular activities on campus. Several Northwestern students were singled out for outstanding achievements.

The Most Valuable Player awards for the various sports were announced at the banquet.

Seniors Mark Gartner and John Steinbrenner shared the award in football. The soccer award went to goalie Ron Koehler, while sophomore Mark Sellnow captured the honor for the sec­ ond year in a row in golf. Freshman Paul Cole secured the honor of wrestling and sophomore Phil Sievert was named basketball MVP. The MVP award for the spring sports was given to two seniors: Brian Keller, track, and John Steinbrenner, baseball.

John Steinbrenner also was the winner of the Dummann award, which is given annually to the top senior athlete at Northwestern. Mr. Carroll Dumann stressed that the award was not simply for athletics, but went to someone who was also involved in other facets of NWC life.

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The Tau Delta Theta Award was given to MLS product Jim Winterstein. This award was established in 1965. It goes to the senior who excels not only in athletics but also in scholar­ ship and campus activities. Jim not only ex­ celled as a student, but also was a multi-letter winner in football and track. He also served as President of the Touring Chorus and filled his spare time by editing the B&R. Four seniors received Doctor Ott Awards.

This award is given to either juniors or seniors who are eligible to write a research paper in the areas of English or History. The award winners for this year were: Jim Winterstein, Brian Keller, Steve Luchterhand, and Ross Stelter.

They received cash awards totaling $1650.

The final item on the agenda was to an­ nounce the winner of the Dormitory Council Presidential elections for the ’87-88 school year. John Cox was elected after serving this year as DC representative and vice-president.

Congratulations to these and to the many other students who participated in the various campus activities this past school year.

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A big day for our What’s the Deal student of the month, Daron Lindemann. Today is D-Dog’s birthday. During the summer you can find Daron bumming around in New Ulm, MN. In his spare time Daron enjoys sheep stealing and collecting leaves.

His favorite food is bagelwurst. Best of luck to Daron in the upcoming school year when he’ll be a junior here at NWC. — Western Wisconsin District delegates hold a little convention to discuss strategy for THE BIG ONE. Last day to hunt grizzly bears in Alberta, Canada.

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— Father’s Day and the first day of summer.

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— Earle Treptow Instructional Canoe Camp begins on Lake Michigan.

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- Craig Russow and Tim Flunker don blaze orange for the opening of Nebraska’s bullfrog season. Not only that! but Lewis and Clark first camped in Nebraska on the same day in 1804.

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- Jannle Allen Raether and his family celebrate his birthday and a clean Wittenberg.

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Hundreds of our synod’s masterminds convene to discuss the future actions of the WELS at THE BIG ONE, the 49th biennial synod convention here at good old NWC.

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Ray Schultz, the jannie in Wartburg, trades in the Town Car and gets a Porsche for his birthday.

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Mike Vesper celebrates his birthday while keeping our campus from falling into disrepair.

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The gridiron warlords return, selfishly hoping to take the conference title for the second straight year.

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3:00 P.M. The finest athletes in the world return to the finest campus in the world to begin practicing the finest sport in the world. SOCCER!

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New frosh find new direction on orientation day, the rest of us mentally prepare ourselves for the upcoming school year.

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— The Trojan football team travels to The Little Apple to battle their worthy oppo­ nent, Lawrence U., in a scrimmage at 9:00 A.M. “Won’t be long ’till summer’s through.”

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Foreign Missionary Returns Professor Sprain

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My first real contact with bees started in about first or second grade. It was at that time that my brother and I decided to become ju­ nior bee-keepers. We had all the latest equip­ ment: guts (and/or stupidity) and two quart jars, both of which I appropriately labelled “Danjer! Feroshus Bees. Keep Out.” I’m not sure whether or not 1 realized the full impact of those words when I wrote them, but the time would soon come when they would be in­ delibly imprinted in the corners of my brain.

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Feroshus Bees. Keep IN.” After all, the odds of Fust and second grade boys climbing into quart jars full of bees were rather slim. The odds of bees climbing out of quart jars and all over first and second grade boys were slightly better.)

With this .preparation, behind , us, we ventured out one sunnny afternoon in search of" our elusive prey. Actually, on sunny days, they were so easy to find that soon our jars became full. Since first and second grade boys are not especially adept at catching bees in quart jars, i was ortunate, for us at least, that sunny-day IT T fSp6Cially attentive, either. in hindsight, I realize that there were two very important concepts which I_ did __Jnot yet fully understand. One was just how hot the in46

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side of a quart jar could get after only a short while in the sun. The other was just how mad a large colony of assorted bees could (and did) get in such a jar.

When our mission was completed, we re­ turned to mercilessly gawk at our captives (as only first and second grade boys could), and to pass them around for the approval of our peers.

“Hey, Mike! Ya wanna lookit my BEES? Yeah, I got a whole jar of ’em! Neat, eh?”

It occurs to me now that there is a very fine line between curiosity, that is, the desire to learn of things unknown, and the sheer, unbridled terror of those things. Let me demonstrate. One moment a jar of captured bees rests in the hands of an inquisitive young child. This is curiosity. The next moment, the same jar rests on the stony plain of an unyeilding sidewalk. This is fear. In fact, this is a sprint down the sidewalk flapping your arms and screaming “Look out!! Run! Our bees are commiiiiing” type of fear. And not one you’d soon forget, I might add.

After this experience, my interaction with bees has been dramatically and quite inten"finally 'curtailed. Not that those very same beesTdon’t still drop by to say “Hello,” though, In fact, just a short while ago a friendly little yellow-jacket wandered down the back of my shirt as I strolled to class. It was not exactly a joyous reunion. Still, despite our differences, I foresee that our relationship will continue for quite some time. Bees have very good memories, I think, — Mark Panning

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TROJAN FOOTBALL Coming into the 1987 season, the men on the Trojan football team knew they had their work cut out for them. They had lost 15 sen­ iors from last year’s conference championship squad, including all-conference selections John Steinbrenner (quarterback), Mark Gartner (tail­ back), and Tom Zietlow (comerback).

Coach Dennis Gorsline knew he had quite a few adjustments to make, but he didn’t waste any time getting started. He moved junior Joel Jenswold from defensive safety to quarterback, and junior Bill Schwanke from fullback to tail­ back. Sophomore Paul Cole stepped into the starting fullback position. The receiving corps, though losing talented tight end Virgil Hansen, returned with junior standout Phil Sievert at flanker, junior Todd DeNoyer taking one end spot, and soph newcomer Doug Meyer at another end. The offensive line seemingly suf­ fered the least from graduation because it lost only one lineman-all-conference guard Mike Zuberbier. Junior Aaron Sebald returned after a one year sabbatical to fill the void left by Zu­ berbier, while sophomores Dan Schmidt and Tom Trapp, junior Aaron Glaeske, and senior Ross Else returned from last year’s starting squad.

The defense was a bit more of a question

mark. With the loss of Bryan Schwarz and Steve Dorn, the Trojans were left with only one returning experienced lineman-senior Mike Raddatz. Sophomore Dave Silfies stepped in early at nose guard while talented freshman Jim Turriff took over one of the tackle respon­ sibilities. The linebacking corps returned intact with seniors Tim Kuske and Tom Unke, as well as soph reserve Craig Russow. With the loss of Zietlow and Jenswold, and with senior Doug Westenberg’s move from safety to monster back, the defensive backfield had a few gaps to fill. Juniors Mike Melso and Tim Spaude stepped in at the comerback positions, while soph Dave Bitter assumed the safety role. Sen­ ior Dave Spaude and junior veteran Joe Fricke rounded out the defense as the defensive ends.

The Trojans began the season on a sour note as starting tailback Bill Schwanke went down with two cracked ribs and an injured col­ lar bone. Soph reserve Matt Schaewe stepped in to take Schwanke’s place. They traveled to Ap­ pleton to take on the Lawrence University Vik­ ings. Despite some uncertainty in the revamped backfield, the Trojans held their own against the bigger and stronger Lawrence team. Their next scrimmage was vs. cross-town rival Maranatha. During this game the offense started to click a little more and the defense stuffed

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The first real test of the season came on September 5 at home against Concordia, Mequon. As Jenswold racked up 319 yards passing on 34 completions of 49 attempts, Mike Melso and Craig Russow each picked off a pass to help the Trojans carry a 13-12 lead into the fourth quarter. The offense stalled, but the “D,” lead by Tim Kuske’s 19 tackles, continued to hold Concordia’s explosive of­ fense. Victory eluded the young Trojan team, however, as Concordia kicked a field goal with 30 seconds left to claim a 15-13 win.

September 12 saw Coach Gorsline take his team to Beloit to take on the Buccaneers. After a scoreless first half, NWC, sparked by two spectacular Sievert catches, took an early 7-0 third quarter lead. Beloit stormed back, though, and pulled to within one point at 7-6. The Tro­ jans continued to drive the rest of the game, but two turnovers and an interception stalled them each time. Beloit capitalized on the turn­ overs to score twice and take a 21-7 victory.

Despite these early setbacks, the team has high hopes for the upcoming conference sea­ son. In both of these early games, the Trojans faced two bigger and stronger teams, yet in each one, one break in the Trojans’ favor could have easily given them the victories. The Tro­ jans opened a four game home-stand on Sep­ tember 19 against Mt. Senario and wind up that home-stand on October 10—Homecoming-vs.

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TROJAN SOCCER PREVIEW The 1987 edition of Northwestern’s soccer team enters into this season hopeful. Although not blessed with head-turning talent, the team should exhibit lots of intense play. Combine this with greater depth than in recent years, and the results should be positive. In other words, expect some Trojan victories!

Leading the Trojans are head coach James Korthals and his assistant, Tutor Phil Hirsch.

The Korthals-Hirsch tandem is working to­ gether for the second straight year. The team looks to benefit from their experience.

By the second week of practice, the coaches had drawn up a tentative starting lineup. At forward: senior Brad Wordell, freshman Larry Schlomer, and sophomore Paul Nolte. At midfield: juniors Erich Schaser and John Koelpin, and senior Dan Voigt. At fullback: sophomore lb Meyer, junior Jeff Mittelstadt, and senior Dan Witte. At sweeper: junior Paul Nitz.

The goalkeeping duties remained temporarily up for grabs. Voigt and Witte were chosen co­ captains.

Filling key reserve roles are seniors Ken Bittorf and Tom Kock; juniors Steve Bode, Tadd Fellers, Pete Goetsch, Dan Solofra, and Craig Wasser; sophomores Mike Otterstatter and Jim Plocher; and freshmen Donn Dobberstein, Phil ICieselhorst, and Steve Wasser. A good number of first year players are also looking to con­ tribute.

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AN INTERVIEW WITH COACH KORTHALS For a closer look at the soccer team, we hear from Coach Korthals. Asked what changes fans might expect to see this year, he com­ mented, “In the past, we have been more de­ fensively oriented. We would like to change that around, not to lose the defense, but get the offense to be more aggressive.” He pointed out that the team lost almost all of last year’s starting offensive unit to graduation. Neverthe­ less, he said, “The offense’s biggest obstacle to success will be inexperience in working to­ gether, not a lack of talent or desire.”

For the Trojans, there are three main requi­ sites for a winning team. “It takes some skills.

It takes desire. And some self-confidence. If any one of these things are lacking, you’re not going to be as successful as you might be.” To be sure, the NWC team has the first two. But Korthals admitted, “The one thing we need to develop is that self-confidence. It takes time when you have so many younger players and people who haven’t played together.” The Tro­ jans gave him cause for hope at the V-Hawk Invitational in La Crosse over Labor Day week­ end, Although they were down 2-0 at the half against Augsburg College, the team put on a good second half. “We were especially strong in the last ten minutes. It was like we realized, ‘Hey, we can do something out here.’ ” The re­ sult was a goal, and the Trojans “threatened al­ most continually” against WLC and MSOE. The NWC soccer team has a different look this year than last year. “In last year’s team we had an experienced offensive team returning, but no defense. This year, we have almost the opposite.” The coach was quick to point out that the individual skills are there, but he re­ asserted, “If we do have an area that’s going to have to prove itself, it’s the offense.” In the

Trojans’ favor, he observed, is that “this year’s team is faster than in the past.” The loss of allconference goalie Ron Koehler does not leave the team helpless at the net, according to Coach Korthals. At this point, however, he could not commit himself to which of his three goaltenders (junior Rob Wassermann, sopho­ more Mike Weihing or freshman Eric Hansen) would be the regular starter.

The new crop of players has lent greater depth to the Trojan effort. The team’s roster includes 31 players, of whom only five are seniors. “The competition for positions is much keener this year than in the past.” Right now I feel confident about substituting freely.”

In order to give everyone playing time, he fore­ sees at least five JV games this season.

As in years past, NWC’s soccer team is a member of the Lake Michigan Conference. The other seven members include Cardinal Stritch, Concordia Mequon, Lakeland, Maranatha, Mar­ ian, Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), and Wisconsin Lutheran College. This year, for the first time, all eight should have full interscholastic soccer programs.

Coach Korthals predicted that his team will probably finish “in the middle of the pack.”

He added, “A lot depends on how quickly we can get the offensive unit to gel. If that hap­ pens quickly, we could finish above the mid­ dle.” He felt that the Trojans are competitive with the rest of the LMC. Other teams cannot take the Trojans lightly. “We have a reputation for hustling to make up for our lack of skills.”

The coach looked for Concordia, Maranatha and MSOE to finish at the top of the LMC. “Look out for Concordia,” he added. “They turned things around last year. 1 expect them to be better than last year.”

As for the Trojans, he summarized, “The future looks brieht.”

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On September 2, the Trojan soccer team traveled to UW-Whitewater for the first game of the season. They were rudely greeted, how­ ever, by a far superior Warhawk squad. NWC fell 5-0, and the rest of the game was as lop­ sided as the score. There were few bright spots for Northwestern.

But the opener did produce a positive re­ sult. A fresh sense of commitment and inten­ sity characterized practices leading into the team’s Labor Day weekend tournament at La Crosse. In their first game, the Trojans took on host Viterbo College. Viterbo dominated but could muster only one first half goal. Trojan defensive lapses led to three more V-Hawk scores in the second half. The 4-0 final score, however, obscured improved Trojan play.

The next day the Trojans met Augsburg College of Minneapolis, MN. Augsburg scored early in both halves, but otherwise had few op­ portunities. Meanwhile, the Trojan offensive at­ tack grew stronger and stronger.. Midway through the second half, NWC took control of the game. Craig Wasser finally broke the Trojan scoring drought with a late goal. The final was another 2-1 loss, but the Trojans ended the weekend on a high note. NWC’s defensive stars, Jeff Mittelstadt and Paul Nitz, were named to the all-tournament team.

The following Tuesday NWC’s soccer squad displayed new-found enthusiasm and offensive ability at home versus WLC. The Trojans dom­ inated play from start to finish, allowing the Warriors only three shots on goal, far behind NWC’s 40. Early in the first half, Paul Nolte

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took a pass from Dan Voigt and rifled a shot into the net. Minutes later Phil Kicsclhorst came off the bench to stun WLC with an unas­ sisted goal. The Warriors managed a late goal off a corner kick for a 2-1 half time score.

In the second half the Trojans again scored early. Brad Wordell netted the ball off a feed from Jeff Mittelstadt. WLC and NWC then traded penalty kick scores, with the Trojan conversion coming off Nolte’s foot. Craig Was­ ser ended the Trojans’ scoring, the assist going to Erich Schaser. A comfortable 5-2 lead al­ lowed many second-stringers to get extra play­ ing time.

But the team had little time to enjoy its first victory. On Saturday, September 12, the Trojans headed for Milwaukee to face tradi­ tionally tough MSOE. As has been their habit against tough competition, NWC started slow­ ly. But this time the defense hung tough, while the offense gradually began to wear down the opposition. Late in the half Paul Nitz fed John Koelpin to put the Trojans ahead. Seconds later Phil Kieselhorst picked up his second goal of the season, and the Trojans went into the half up 2-0.

MSOE evened up the game quickly with a pair of early second half goals. The teams spent the rest of the game trading scoring opportuni­ ties, but in the end only MSOE could convert.

The result was a tough 3-2 loss for the Tro­ jans.

While disappointed by the loss. Coach Korthals was pleased by the Trojans’ efforts. “It was a very winnable game,” he commented, “definitely our best performance overall. The guys on offense are working together better and better, and this game shows that we can play with anyone in our conference.”

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3$res. 19oss When 1 walked onto our beautiful campus for the first time this fall, I could feel some­ thing in the air. At first I couldn’t really iden­ tify what it was. I ventured that it was some sort of scientific phenomenon, and so, in my search for enlightenment, I asked Prof. Kirst.

He said that if there were a scientific phenom­ enon he would be the first to know. So there I sat... confused. What was in the air? Someone

suggested oxygen and carbon dioxide. That wasn’t it either. Finally, it hit me. It was the dawning of a new age at Northwestern. The presidency of the college was shifting hands.

The almost legendary President Toppe has left us and President Voss is ready to take over the reins. They say that it’s difficult to follow a legend, but our new president is ready for the challenge.

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President Voss was bom in 1926 in Wauwa­ tosa, the son of a pastor. He attended North­ western Prep and Northwestern College, grad­ uating in 1947. In 1950 he graduated from the Seminary and received his first call. Back to Northwestern he went, serving as a tutor. Then he moved on to Faith, Fond du Lac, serving four years there. In 1955 he accepted a call to Siloah, Milwaukee. He served there eight years, with his father as his assistant pastor. Then he became president of the first Wisconsin Luther­ an College. Seven years later, in 1970, he ac­ cepted a call to serve as Secretary of Higher Education. He continued in that position until he received the call to become president of NWC. Northwestern College has been a big part of President Voss’ life, since for the last 17 years he has spent all his time coordinating the worker training system. Talking to our new president, one gets the feeling that this place has a special place in his heart. While he has been involved with NWC for a long time, he rel­ ishes the new opportunity that has been placed before him. After 17 years of coordinating and planning, he finally has the chance to get in­ volved with the students and all the people as­ sociated with NWC. One need only recall his chapel sermonettes to understand his goals, if you will, for the school and, in particular, for the student body. He has but one simple aim: he’d like to see NWC “be all that it can be,” be a caring school with caring students, which, in the end, produces caring ministers of the Gospel.

President Voss was married in 1951 and he has five children, all of which are married. His wife is in early retirement and regularly attends chapel (in case you live under a rock and haven’t noticed). President Voss is a sports fan and can be seen walking the sidelines on Satur­ days, following the Trojan football team. Wel­ come to Northwestern, President Voss, and may the Lord richly bless your work here.

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3ProL tfrebricf) President Voss isn’t the only one who has to follow in the steps of a legend. I dare say that Prof. Fredrich has a similar difficult task.

Prof. Ten Broek has retired and has left behind the glorious duty of teaching Latin. Prof. Fredrich was born in 1955 in Saginaw, Michigan, the son of a MLS professor. He followed his father to New Ulm, going to MLA and then Wisconsin Lutheran High School. He graduated from NWC in 1977. After two years at the Seminary he accepted a call as emergency in­ structor at Michigan Lutheran High School to teach Latin and German. The next year he spent in Seminole, Florida, as a vicar. After he finished his studies at the Seminary, he was called to be an instructor at NWC. During his two year stay (1982-1984), he taught English and German. From there he moved on to St. Charles, Michigan. After spending two years there he accepted the call to teach at North­ western.

It’s obvious that Prof. Fredrich has been blessed with excellent teaching abilities, and the Lord has put him in a place where his gifts can well be utilized. He looks forward with eager anticipation to the opportunity to work with young men who are preparing to offer themselves as candidates for the ministry. Prof.

Fredrich’s call includes heading the Latin de­ partment and various other teaching duties, as need would arise. Presently he is studying the classics at the University of Wisconsin.

Prof. Fredrich keeps himself quite busy, both teaching and studying, not to mention the time he spends with his growing family. He has three children, the oldest of which is two.

When he isn’t involved in these important ac­ tivities, he likes to spend his time listening to music. Welcome back to NWC, Professor Fred­ rich, and may the Lord prosper your ministry here.

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TUTOR LADNER As one surveys the new faces on. campus this year, the feeling may arise that certain members of the incoming freshmen class are of a distinct style and class, but let us not be mis­ taken. That sleek individual strolling amongst the ranks of students in his suit and tie with Greek book in hand, is not, to the surprise of many, one of those incoming rookies, but rather a seasoned veteran of Northwestern, following in the footsteps of Tutor Hirsch and the countless other heroes of the Wartburg suite. He is, no doubt, our new tutor on cam­ pus, Jonathan M. Ladner.

Tutor Ladner, the son of John and Ruth Ladner, was bom on July 8, 1960, in Lincoln, Nebraska, and baptized in Mt. Olive Lutheran Church. Due to his father’s employment for the Federal Reserve Bank (and if anyone needs a little help, Tutor says stop on by), he and his family also lived in East Peoria, Illinois; Chi­ cago, Illinois, and Bloomington, Minnesota.

Following his Northwestern Prep years from 1974-78, he attended Northwestern Col­ lege from 1978-82. After graduation, he then entered our Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, serving his vicar year at Zion Lutheran Church, Denver, Colorado. The following year he then took time out from his Seminary training to teach at Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School

(1985-86). Upon his graduation from the Sem­ inary this past spring, he was assigned here to Northwestern to serve as tutor in Wartburg Hall, as well as to teach freshman Greek and assist in coaching either tennis or track.

Tutor says that his birthplace in Nebraska and his later home in Bloomington helped de­ velop his love for Nebraskan sports and the Minnesota Vikings. His many activities, which include racquetball and jogging, have limited his social life so far, but this does not seem to bother him too much. He says that he and Tu­ tor Hirsch would rather have the students of NWC know that they are available for them alone. Either the times must be awful tough, or we really have two dedicated leaders in our midst!

All else aside, Tutor Ladner says that he is really looking forward to his years here at NWC and also to teaching Greek. Over the years he says that he has recognized the value of the language and wishes to help his students do the same. He is also here to “assist the stu­ dents of Northwestern in whatever way pos­ sible in preparing for the ministry.” We wel­ come him to our campus and ask God’s bless­ ings upon him as he carries out his calling here at NWC and after.

- - Steve Arndt

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While in Colombia Pastor Sprain was privileged to train the first Colombian national pastor, Omar Ortiz. The team of missionaries also in­ corporated the national church and started the Colombian seminary in Medellin.

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“Our society’s changing, almost like nation­ alism within our country. I came here to share some of the things we’ve learned about work­ ing cross-culturally.”

Professor Roger Sprain would indeed be well-qualified to share cross-cultural exper­ iences. A veteran of several foreign missions, he has now joined the NWC faculty, teaching Spanish.

Professor Sprain graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 1961. His first call was to Douglas-Warren, Arizona, where he served until the summer of 1964. He then moved to the foreign mission field, heading the mission effort in Puerto Rico. At the beginning of 1974 he left Puerto Rico to head our Synod’s mis­ sion efforts in Colombia. He remained there until 1980. He then came back to the U.S. as pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Denver. In July of 1984 he took the call to serve the His­ panic Mission in Madison, where he remained until he accepted the call to NWC. Professor Sprain lists the Colombian mis­ sion effort at the top of his experiences. “Co­ lombia went so much better because of the experience which we had gained in Puerto Rico. We had made so many mistakes in not

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Closer to home, Professor Sprain and his wife, Ruth Ann, have three children. John (26) is a senior at the Seminary. Rebecca (24) is a nurse in Denver. Her twin, Deborah, is married to Martin Spaude, an instructor at West Luth­ eran High School.

Besides teaching, Professor Sprain is also helping to coach football. He says, “I’m learn­ ing.. . football all over again—the game has changed so much.” But he enjoys it because it gives him a chance to “be with students outside of the classroom.”

Professor Sprain promises to be a welcome addition to our campus. His enthusiastic style of teaching as well as his thoughtful insights into how to cross cultures will make his Span­ ish class a valuable elective. We wish him God’s blessings as he undertakes his work at NWC. — Tom Kock

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Well, here we go again! The new school year is in full swing already, and every student at Northwestern College has all he can do to contain himself due to the excitement of new classes and potential knowledge. We both spent our summers longing for the chance once again to spend endless hours exploring through the stacks of books in our library and lapping up the information provided in them like tnusty dogs. The hope of the new school year with its outside reading, long term papers, endless sup­ plies of vocables in any of several different lan­ guages, and rising at the crack of dawn t^ the sound of coffee makers and typewriters was the only thing that kept us going throughout the summer. Even now, two weeks into the new year, I still find myself leaving for class 1015 minutes early, usually breaking into an all out sprint to try and get in on a pre-class dis­ cussion of syntax and grammar. Yes, the 198788 student body is settled comfortable in at NWC and now is waiting to be entertained with only the Fmest humor. That’s where C&C comes in!

Most of our readers have already learned

of our loss in the C&C department. Mark Selnow has decided to indulge himself in different pursuits, and Daron and I are left alone to keep you in stitches. We promise to work overtime to somehow fill this gaping “cavity” in the “mouth” of our school magazine . We know, however, the promises “don’t flip the flapjacks,” so we decided to bring some new in­ novations to the near perfect Campus and Classroom format.

Our main innovation which we will intro­ duce this month is an update on what’s going on in that one area which all NWC students have in common, the Cafeteria. What better place to examine monthly than the one place where our entire student body can get together (due to the fact that we don’t have a student union complete with sofas and mass TV view­ ing as our sister school in Minnesota does)? So, here for its trial run is ...

Cafeteria Corner Entree of the Month: “Footlong ... and Then Some” Hotdogs Fixin’ of the Month: Carrots (orange; tasteless; good ammo)

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Kitchie of the Month: Spike Cafeteria Indulger of the Month: Craig ‘‘Are you gonna eat that?” Korth Tom’s Tasty Tip of the Month: For a tasty pick-me-up, try a dash of Pleasoning Seasoning on butter bread! Serve at room temperature.

Mmm ... Mmm ... GOOD!!!! That’s Good Eatin’!

Upon returning each fall, it is impossible for the NWC student not to notice the changes which have come about on campus. Each summer our custodial crew gives this campus a facelift and adds some new, fine improvement for us to enjoy. Last spring we felt we could have some students give some input into what they might like to see new on campus for the 1987 school year. The following are some sug­ gestions and the name of the student who sug­ gested them.

Cigarette machines in every room-Roger Quandt Individual garages made available to stu­ dents with 1987 model cars-Dan Voigt All students must end house phone mes­ sages by saying, “10-4 Rubber Ducky”-Dave Schneider Have more get-togethers between students and families of dorm staff-Joel Jenswold Build a beautiful flower box made of brick to put in front of the chapel-arts buildingTom Unke and Daron Lindemann Freight elevators in the dorms to get major appliances up to the third fioor-Doug Westenberg All students must wear black clothingKevin “OOO Mau” Mau Loans available to students who suddenly find themselves deep in debt-Dan Borgwardt Designate an area where college students can get together with “the prep of their choice” to discuss “campus issues”-Tim Spaude Anyone who has been on our campus for any significant length of time will know that fashions come and fashions go as often as the ol’ chapel bell rings. It can often get quite dis­ tressing for a struggling collegiate to stay on top of the latest trend and not be laughed at and scorned for not being in vogue. A few stu­ dents have deafened the rest of the student

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body with their latest fashion statement. This new look has made such an impression on us that it moved us to write this song.

(Sung to the tune of “Bad to the Bone”) N. B. If an effective gravel voice is needed, contact Tim Spaude.

From the day I first shaved.

The grubby hair on my face, I got a certain feelin' I’d be in the Neckbeard Race.

Oh that grub on my neck.

Is mine and mine alone.

And every mornin ’ I check.

If I have one gro win ’ h-h-h-h-li-have h-h-h-h-h-have h-h-h-h-h-have have one gro win ’

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The only hairs that I have.

Are the ones on my cheeks, Jut the rest I will save.

And let 'em grow for weeks.

Some people ask why.

Jut / ain V the only one.

Like Honker and Fly, We have 'em growin', h-h-h-h-have h-h-h-h-n-have h-h-h-h-h-have have one growin Some of the Frosh will team.

Not to shave their grub.

And most will enroll In the Ncckbeard Club Well that grub on my neck.

Is mine and mine atone, And every mornin ’ / check, If I have one growin ’. h-h-h-h-have h-h-h-h-have h-h-h-h-have Have one Growin’.

(Long instrumental ending during which you can check your mirror to see if you have a chance to win the race).

Now that we are a few weeks into the school year, most students know exactly where they made their mistakes in choosing electives.

Not every elective is for every one of the wide variety of males enrolled at Northwestern.

Some wise students do much research when choosing electives, while others, complete fools (you know who you are), dive headlong into electives which sound good to the ear at first, but once you are in them, feel like some­ thing akin to fierce torture. So for all you who are staring at your Odyssey assignments in dis­ belief, here is our Ode to Electives (Sung to the tune of the Beatles’ Yesterday) Electives Why did / choose such a class as this?

Now all good times in my life I’ll miss.

I chose too quickly Electives Why I’m bombing so I don’t know Could this be fake?

I got ninety wrong Now I long For Christmas Brea-a-a-a-ak Mystery I've no idea what got into me.

No w at night I cry myself to sleep.

Wish / could plead Insanity.

Well, Daron and I have to get going. Please try not to get depressed and mope about for the next 30 days until the next issue of C&C comes out. Until then, as Michael Keaton would say, “We’re out of here, we’re history, we’re in the archives. Ya! Com dog!”

— Tom, Daron, and Arte B&R/September, 1987

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TONGUE Remember the Chevy Chase movie, Euro­ pean Vacation? Remember the scene where the Griswalds are in Paris and Chevy Chase is trying to order lunch out of a phrase book and the whole family is impressed by his new found command of French? What Chevy doesn’t know is that the waiter is talking about his wife and ordering dishwater soup for him and his family.

Those of us in the new Spanish class can kind of identify with the Griswalds’ experience.

For most of us, Spanish is a strange, new exper­ ience that is maybe even a little frustrating.

When Professor Sprain leaps into Spanish, we smile and pretend, like Clark Griswald, that we really understand what’s going on; in reality he's talking about our mothers. I hope that I can offer a few tips that may make the Spanish experience a little easier for all of us. After five or six years of Synod education, a spoken lan­ guage is a real culture shock for all of us.

The problem an NWC student faces in a spoken language results from past experience.

Because of the emphasis of our language study at Northwestern, we treat primarily dead lan­ guages. Even German suffers a premature fu­ neral; it is taught as if it were dead. Spoken languages require a different set of skills and a different mental attitude.

The primary emphasis of a dead language is on recognition. Everybody understands that it is easier to recognize material than it is to re­ produce it-hence, we all prefer multiple guess to essay tests. Further, because we are dealing with the Scriptures themselves in our Greek and Hebrew studies, we concentrate on the exact translation. We emphasize vocabulary less than forms and syntax. If you understand the way Greek forms contrary to fact condition­ als, you can always look up the words in the specific example you are translating. As long as you can recognize the optative and deter­ mine the root, you don’t have to recall exactly what the word means.

A living language is totally different. The emphasis of the spoken word is on communica­ tion. Speech and Victorian literature have nothing in common but the accident that they’re both in English. The major skill of lit62

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TIED? erature classes in all languages is the ability to read. The major skills in conversational classes are the abilities to speak and to understand what is said.

I like to refer to language proficiency in terms of a ladder of proficiency. Understand that the ladder doesn't really represent pla­ teaus of static ability. Every speaker of every language is in a state of upward or downward motion on the ladder. Even your ability to speak your native tongue varies according to the circumstances of your life.

Level 5: the Educated Speaker - This is the person who can communicate on the college or graduate level in a language. Most of us are actually below this level in English but hope to attain it by the time we become pastors. Char­ acteristic of this level is the correct usage of grammar and syntax, a large active vocabulary (the words we use in conversation) and an even larger passive vocabularly (the words we recog­ nize when we hear them), and a mature style of speaking and the ability to converse on any of the lower levels.

Level 4: the Fluent Speaker - This is the level most of us are on. We can discuss vir­ tually any topic and read and understand any coherent document. We have reasonably large vocabularies and an education. We generally use correct grammar and recognize mistakes as they occur.

Level 3: the Conversant Speaker - This is the person who has made a serious study of a foreign language or has completed high school in his own language. He is capable of discussing abstractions in the tongue, but with difficulty.

Although he can discuss most topics, he must talk around words and expressions he hasn’t mastered. He often makes grammar and vo­ cabulary errors but he can communicate on an adult level.

Level 2: the Communicating Speaker This person usually has a limited vocabulary, often concentrated in his areas of interest. He avoids complicated grammatical expressions and usually has to ask if he got his point across.

Usually his speech is very stylized, sounding like it came out of a book, while he uses little slang. But he does communicate. It is often stumbling and slow, but he can express himself.

Level 1: the Beginning Speaker - This is not the person who just enrolled in his first Spanish class. This is the person who has been introduced to the language, who has a basic understanding of grammar and a very general vocabulary. A good example of this is pidgin English. The speaker’s only goal is to com­ municate a basic, concrete idea, and be under­ stood.

My point is not really to dwell on the lev­ els of proficiency. My point is that from the first day you encounter any living language you are in the process of improving or degrading your command of it. I want to show you some ways to get the most out of your contact with a spoken language and to keep your profic­ iency in an upward and not a downward mo­ tion.

You must first of all abandon your precon­ ceptions of Greek and Latin. I know I’m be­ laboring a point, but you must not think of a spoken language in the terms of a dead one.

Don’t allow yourself to become frustrated.

The biggest stifler of the new linguist is frustra­ tion. As college educated adults we want to be able to talk to people, not play kindergarten games of repeat after me. But you have to walk before you crawl. Similarly, you can’t allow confusion and lack of confidence to frustrate you. The professor must speak at your level or above. You can’t learn if you aren’t challenged.

The best way to combat frustration is to take pleasure in the little victories. If you choke on one sentence, congratulate yourself when you do the next one right. Keep your morale up by marking your progress, not by counting your mistakes.

In the same vein, it serves no purpose to be self-conscious. Everybody in the class is just as new to Spanish or Italian or whatever as you are. Everyone there, including the instructor, will make mistakes. Don t jeer other students when they choke, and don’t sweat it yourself.

In a thousand years, what difference will it make if you said ‘me llamo” or “me llama”?

You can’t expect to be fluent overnight.

Nobody learns a language in a few days and no­ body expects you to. On the other hand, you can survive in a foreign country with a vocabu­ lary of only a few hundred words. That’s not that many-most of you probably know at least a hundred sports terms.

Stay involved in class. This is essential.

When another person is asked a question, ans-

wer it mentally yourself. Experience is the only way to improve. Make the most of every class period.

Enjoy speaking. You don’t ever have to take a spoken language class. It’s fun just to talk in a foreign language. Why not make it work?

Learn to get the gist. That is, learn to catch what you can. When somebody speaks to you, don’t translate every word. Recognize the words you know and forget the rest. Here’s an example. The Polish word for “1 have” is “mam” and for “years” is “lata.” So if you heard someone say ‘Ille ma pan lat?” You need only recognize that the second word is prob­ ably “have” and the last is probably “years.”

Since intonation tells you it’s a question, in­ volving the verb “to have” and “years,” an educated guess would be that the speaker is asking about your age. (And you would be cor­ rect.) But if you had stopped listening when you heard “lie...” and thought to yourself, “What does ‘lie’ mean again? Oh yeah, ‘how many?’ ” by the time you finished this process, you would have missed the question. •§£§« know he’s asking “how many?” but you <f3n’t know how many what. Of course, the rea^^al in this is to actually learn to think in thegTaiiguage. You want the question “He ma pan lat?" to evoke automatically your age as a re­ sponse, without translating it in your head.

The easiest thing you can do to improve your ability both to understand and to commu­ nicate is to learn vocabulary. Even if you don’t have the opportunity to practice in conversa­ tion, you can build your vocabulary. If the stu­ dent in our example had bothered to learn the meaning of the word “ile,” he would have had no trouble answering. Similarly, if he doesn’t know how to count in Polish, he has no hope of answering. But if he can stammer “dwadziescie piec lata,” the other man will know that he’s 25, even though the correct form for years here is “lat” and not “lata.”

Finally, you must do your work on a day to day basis. Cramming only helps you pass tests; it doesn’t teach you anything. If you’re not interested in learning to speak Spanish, drop the class! You’re wasting everybody’s time. There is no easy way to learn a language.

You must put in your time and do the work.

But if you put in the time-quality time—you can learn to speak Spanish.

— Geoffrey A. Kieta B&R/September, 1987

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Swollen cheek Crease

IS Scorches from 1532 fire

20/20:

Side wound

Distended abdomen

Blood flow down arm Nail wound in wrist

Fold marks in cloth

The Sawed

Water stain

Shxoud

When King Tut toured America, over 832,000 people came to see him in just 17 weeks. Pretty amazing. But when the subject of this article toured America, over THREE MIL­ LION visited it in only six weeks, and that was just Washington, DC! Or consider this advertisement in the National Enquirer some years back: “Shroud Miracle Cloth” Replica ...

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Awfully convincing, isn’t it? Especially since this is the same company that just a few years earlier was involved with the “Dial-a-Doll” and “Joy Girl” Escort Services.

But what the advertisement is exploiting is an entirely different matter. I’m sure most of you, if not all, have not only heard about but also seen a good number of pictures of the Shroud of Turin-or the “Santa Sidone” as it is titled. It’s the supposed burial shroud of Christ.

And for centuries it has been considered an in­ genious work of medieval art. A hoax.

Well, believe it or not, it’s been the twen­ tieth century scientific world that has begun to wonder. For it seems that the advanced knowl­ edge that we have today in the fields of theo­ retical physics and biophysics, chemistry and even photography, has given us some signifi­ cant, new information about the Shroud.

But I’ll hold that until the end of the ar­ ticle, and we’ll start at the beginning.

The Shroud of Turin, as I mentioned be­ fore, is believed to be the strip of linen in which Christ was wrapped when he was laid to rest in the tomb of Joseph of Aramathea. It bears to the naked eye a resemblance of a man, both front and back, “printed” on its surfaceone side. The man has always been thought to be Christ because he bears, apparently, the same wounds that Christ suffered before and during his crucifixion from the crown of thorns, nail holes in the hands and feet, and a big hole in the side. He also has a beard and moustache, which looks to be pretty gnarled and sweaty.

The Shroud first appeared in 1354, when Geoffrey de Charny took it to Lirey, France.

Almost immediately opposition started to dis­ credit the Shroud. For instance, in 1389, a man by the name of Pierre d’Arcis, who was the Bishop of Troyes, wrote a letter to Anti­ pope Clement VIII at Avignon, not only declar­ ing the Shroud a fake, but claiming to know the artist who painted it. As a result of his con­ vincing testimony, the Shroud was forbidden to be shown, except as a “representation” of the burial cloth of Christ. The truth is that d’Arcis wanted more than anything to prevent Lirey from becoming a mecca and, even more, to obliterate the possibility of Geoffrey de Charny being canonized, or even beatified. Un­ fortunately, Geoffrey, the only man to know the true history of the Shroud, was unable to defend himself or the Shroud. He was already dead.

But we can dig around a little and at least look into history. 1 did, and this is what I found. From 400-500 A.D., there are several references made in Byzantine art to the Shroud; they include details that are visible on the Shroud. St. Nino, the Apostle to Georgia, re­ fers to the preservation of the Shroud, as does Antonius Placentus, at about the same time.

In fact, we know that there were replicas of “Christ’s shroud” used in the liturgy of the

Byzantine church. They still use them today on Good Friday. Around 600 A.D. we have refer­ ences to a “shroud with the imprint of a body” on it surfacing from the Mozarabic Tribes.

Then about 900, John Geometer, a priest in Constantinople, spoke explicitly about an image on a shroud. In 1171, William of Tyre, who accompanied the King of Jerusalem to Constantinople, reports the preservation of the Shroud in the imperial palace. In fact, between the 12th and 14th centuries, there are numer­ ous eyewitness accounts of the Shroud in Con­ stantinople, including that of Robert of Clari, of 4th Crusade fame, who in 1203 mentions a public exhibition of the Shroud at Our Lady of Blanchernes. He also says the image was plainly visible. The very next year Constantinople was sacked by the Crusaders, and the Shroud’s whereabouts were unknown. It is now believed that it was probably just hidden in the very safe treasury of Our Lady of Blanchernes.

Right next door, however, lived Latin em­ perors, who used to distribute little bits of the Shroud to the population. There are holes in it to confirm this. But one of their prime min­ isters, who had access to the Shroud, took it with him when he returned West after the sack.

This man happened to be of the family of the wife of Geoffrey de Charny, who then took it to Lirey.

In 1453, Geoffrey’s widow donated the Shroud to the house of Savoy, in Chanbery. In 1532 it was nearly destroyed in a fire. Hence it was patched in four large diamond-shaped sec­ tions of the cloth. Finally, in 1578, the Shroud was taken to Turin, to St. John’s Cathedral, where it has been for the last 400 years.

There was nothing more said about the Shroud during all that time. Oh, people en­ joyed it, but it was really just another relic.

Until 1898.

Secundo Pia was an amateur photographer.

When he went to see the Shroud during one of its rare public viewings (to celebrate Umberto I’s and the Kingdom of Italy’s 15th anniver­ sary), he took a few snapshots of it. No big deal. But in the darkroom he made an amazing discovery. While the Shroud to the naked eye was a so-so representation of a crucified man, the negative of the picture he had taken was a perfect lifelike image. As Seagram’s says, “This is where the fun starts.”

These pictures became the furor! Every­ where people were talking about the Shroud.

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In 1902 two scientists, Paul Vignon and Yves Delange, professors of Biology at the Univer­ sity of Sarbonne,gave a speech to the Academie des Sciences which had vast repercussions.

They concluded that the image in the photo­ graph was not a painting, since there were no brush marks or pigments, and that the cloth bore the imprint of a human body, complete with rigor mortis, and that the image was formed by a delicately absorbed stain made through a chemical reaction between powdered aloes sprinkled on the cloth and urea in the sweat of the body. [This is known as the “vaporgraph” theory.! Then they really knocked the socks off of the world’s foremost scientists. They concluded confidently and boldly, “This is the body of Jesus Christ!”

But they were thrown out.

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But their theories prevailed, and in 1931, a photographer named G. Enrie snapped the sec­ ond shots of the Shroud. These were examined

by Surgeon General P. Barbet, of St. Joseph Hospital in Paris. I won’t go into his findings here because a good portion of them will be mentioned later.

Thereafter the Shroud enjoyed another relatively quiet period. During World War II the Shroud was moved to Avellino, where it was hidden for the duration of the war. And in 1972 someone broke into St. John’s and tried to set it on fire. He didn’t get very far.

The Shroud is wrapped in red silk, then wrapped around a velvet-covered staff, which is then placed into a wooden casket, which in turn is put into an iron casket, which is put into an asbestos casket, which finally is placed into an ornately decorated silver casket. But that’s not all because the casket is sealed in wax, bearing the seals of both the St. John’s Church and the Archbishop of Turin. Then they put the lock on, which, incidentally, has three keys, one for the Caramello. THEN the lock is flooded with wax and two more seals are applied.

We’re just getting to the meat of this article now. The year is 1977, and there is a dream afloat. A man nammed Heller wants to get a good look at this “Shroud of Christ” and sub­ ject it to a battery of scientific tests to attempt to determine its authenticity. The idea caught on fast. Within a few months, the team-called STURP (the Shroud of Turin. Research Proj66

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ect)-consigned 33 members. When I say mem­ bers, I’m not talking about a fan club. The team consisted of theoretical, bio-, and nu­ clear physics professionals working for the De­ fense Department of the United States, along with bio-chemists, pathologists, criminologists, and a host of other scientific geniuses. Most of them were government employees at Los Ala­ mos and some of the other high tech, govern­ ment labs in and around Albuquerque, NM. As a result, they had to do all this on their own time and money. In fact, at one point, Heller himself was charged with diverting cancer re­ search funds to STURP, but he was found not guilty. They got their money from lecture fees, newsletters, gifts-a large one from the DeRance, Inc. Foundation in Milwaukee-including over a million dollars worth of equip­ ment loaned and donated by Kodak, Tektronics, 3M, and others. They did, however, resist a windfall from an offer by the Osmond family to produce a “docudrama” of their work. They thought the offer “tawdry.” In all they put in over 100,000 personal manhours on the proj­ ect. And all for one purpose. As R.H. Dinegar, chairman of the Carbon-14 dating committee, builder of bombs for the past 30 years, and or­ dained Episcopal priest at Trinity-on-the-Hill Church since 1959, put it, “Give me twenty minutes and I’ll have this thing shot full of holes.” Minutes have turned to years.

STURP was given permission by present owner Umberto II, exiled King of Italy living in Portugal, to conduct the tests within a five day period, following a public showing of the Shroud in Turin. Seventy-two crates of equip­ ment rolled into customs, and there they sat.

Not until Cardinal Ballestrero of St. John’s MORTGAGED HIS CATHEDRAL for 40,000 lires would customs let the equipment out of sight. It was October 9-14, 1978, when all the tests were done. The men worked around the clock to beat the deadline. And they had op­ position all the way. For instance, the Shroud was placed on a $20,000 aluminum table and fastened with magnets which were coated with thick, smooth plastic so as not to damage in any way the Shroud. The Italians that day had hung it with thumbtacks.

So for years they poured over the data.

They had spectrographs of the Shroud at 50 different frequencies, photomicrographs, Xrays, etc., etc. And they had the odds. There would be an infinite number of ways to prove

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the Shroud a hoax. And of course they had theories. One popular theory was that the Shroud was a form of primitive xerographylike a copy—using negatively charged ink par­ ticles (?). Other theories: lightning striking a shallow grave, scorching the cloth with a hot statue, or even the popular “Flash-photoly­ sis” theory, which explains the image on the Shroud as the reverse of the process that left permanent “shadows” of faucets, plumbing valves and other objects on walls in Hiroshima.

But they knew their mission: to answer the question, “How was the image on the Shroud formed?” Was it energy given off by Jesus at the time of his resurrection? Or was it an unknown natural or induced interaction be­ tween chemicals on a body-or body replica?

Of course, there have always been argu­ ments for and against authenticity. The Gos­ pels mention a face/head cloth put over Jesus, according to Jewish burial custom. It seems that if that cloth were in place, there should be no image on the full shroud of his head. The answer was given by Gary Habernas of Wm. Tyndale College, who points out from the Mishnah—book of rabbinical practices—and the Jewish Law Code that the face cloth was wrapped under the chin and over the top of the head “toothache style” to prevent the mouth from opening during rigor mortis. Or there is the argument that the body on the Shroud was not washed for burial Well, that’s an easy one.

The Gospels mention Joseph sprinkling some aloes on the body, but other than that there was no time for a proper burial since, the Sab­ bath was soon to come. That is why the ladies were coming with spices to finish up Sunday morning. Also, when a criminal of the state was crucified, the blood could not be cleaned up, so it would serve as a token of the culprit’s illegal actions.

But what did STURP find? A lot! Let’s start with the basics. The Shroud is 14’3”x 3’7” and bears the image of a man 5’11”, weighing approximately 178 pounds. The body revealed the following wounds: blood flowing from numerous punctures in top and back of scalp and forehead, created by a crown-really a cap—of thorns; nose abraded as in a fall; cheeks bruised, especially just below right

eye socket, where there was a large welt cre­ ated by a stick 1 3/4” in diameter, undoubt­ edly a black eye; puncture in left wrist (left hand covered right hand); back and front le­ sions brought on by over one hundred-twenty whips with a scourge (which is a leather strap with tiny “dumbells” about an inch and a half long at the end), some so fine they could only be detected by ultraviolet light; swelling of both shoulders, with heavy abrasions on the right shoulder and bruised, swollen abrasions on the left shoulder (A roughly hewn beam was being suppported by the right shoulder. When a man stumbled, probably often in this exhaust­ ed, tortured state, the beam would swing down and strike the left shoulder blade.); on the right flank between the fifth and sixth rib, a long, narrow blade entered in an upward di­ rection, piercing the diaphragm to the thoracic cavity, where it punctured a lung and finally pierced the right ventricle of the heart (This, by the way, according to the information taken from the Shroud, was a post-mortem event.); blood flowed freely from the heart along with fluid from the cavity, but not all of the heart was emptied until the body was moved into a horizontal position (as if being carried) since some blood lines flow down the side and others under and across the back; there was a spike through the feet and there was a little dirt near the soles of the feet; the man died of con­ gestive heart failure.

As for blood, it is very real, not simply iron oxide. The body had its eyes closed, and there were coins placed on them, coins minted by Pi­ late around 25 A.D. The body was anatomically and Biblically correct in every detail. The Shroud is a flax linen, in a three-on-one her­ ringbone weave-common to first century Pale­ stine (but not in medieval France)-with 40 dif­ ferent varieties of Dead Sea region pollen (This is not an argument for authenticity since pollen travels great distances. Miami often has sandfalls from the Sahara).

But what about the image?

Well, the image appears to be formed by a light scorching, a burst of heat and light. But only the very top-most layer of the cloth fibers are discolored. Attempts to lightly scorch a cloth by STURP caused destruction to much more than just the top fibers, no matter how careful they were. The blood, on the other hand, soaked through as you might expect. But that means the image was not formed by a B&R/September, 1987

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liquid; there was no capillary action, like a per­ manent marker has. Another reason it could not have been a liquid (paint) is that the image was never damaged by the fire in 1531.- In fact it was unaffected not only by the 860 degree heat that melted the silver casket (Drops of molten silver burned through the Shroud.), but also by the water used to douse the flames. The image acts strangely under ultraviolet light, not flourescing like it should. Simply, the image is formed from 1000’s of translucent yellow microfibrals, all exactly the same shade (hue) and darkness.

However, the intensity within the different areas of the image change. In fact they are in­ versely proportionate to the distance that the body was from the Shroud; i.e., the nose is darker than the cheeks. Seeing this the scien­ tists hooked the image up to a computerized 3-D enhancer. And it happened. The Shroud was encoded as no piece of art has ever been, with three-dimensional information. That means that the image was not formed by pres­ sure or contact, but by projection. That also explains why the back of the Shroud is the same as the front, even though the back had 178 pounds of dead weight resting on it. Fi­ nally, the scientists admitted that they could not reproduce the image even by scorching it with a 3-D object. In fact, all attempts to pro­ duce an image like that on the Shroud have failed miserably. .

But there’s something more to this, un­ known until now. The image appears to be scorched, yes, but all that means is that the fibers have been dehydrated, dehydrated cellu­ lose fibers. The fibers making up the image

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have aged faster, somehow. What’s more, the process seems to have stopped! So now the rest of the Shroud is aging at the normal rate. There are yellow fibers all over; they were just more concentrated in the image and eventually will catch up to and obliterate the image. In com­ parison to the cloth color the image has been fading every year.

The STURP conclusion?

The Shroud IS NOT A FORGERY. What it is, we don’t know. Rather, we all know the in­ gredients that make the image, but we don’t know how it was made. What we do know is that no forgery thesis is tenable. No natural phenomenon thesis is tenable. Whether or not it is Christ we can never prove. It could be the Good Thief for all we know. Except that, as the scientists and Jewish scholars concur, this was no ordinary crucifixion; he was really tor­ tured.

There has yet to be a Carbon-14 dating test done on the Shroud. The reasons are political rather than scientific. While just a few years ago several square feet of the Shroud needed to be destroyed to date it, it would only take a swatch the size of a postage stamp, and there is plenty of extra cloth under the patches, enough for 200 such datings!

But again, even if it dated to the first cen­ tury A.D., all that proves is that the flax was picked between 1 and 100 A.D. Who knows when the image was made or even when the cloth was woven.

As one of the STURP m mbers said about the verdict, “The Christian Church has never needed the Shroud, and if it’s a forgery, the church will survive, but if its’s real...”

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CALLS - Pastor Mark Barcnz (’78), formerly of Redeeming Grace, Sugarland, TX, was installed as the pastor of St. Mark’s congregation, Lincoln, NE, on Sept. 13, 1987.

- Pastor Daniel Drews ('81) accepted a call to Shepherd of the Plains, Lubbock, TX. He was installed July 12, after moving from MLS, Saginaw, Ml. — Rev. Lloyd Hohenstein (’56), left his congregattion in Lake City, MN, to begin as a hospital chaplain for the Twin Cities Lutheran Institutional Ministry.

- Rev. Kurt Loescher (’83) received his first call as an instructor at MVLHS in New Ulm, MN. He was installed Sept. 13, 1987.

- Pastor Dave Peters (’82), also a Seminary graduate, is serving the congregation of Christ Lutheran Church, Beatrice, NE. - Rev. Jonathon Rockhoff (’83) graduated from the Seminary and headed for his first as­ signment at St. John’s/St. Matthew’s congrega­ tions in Spring Valley, Wl. He was installed July 26th.

- Pastor John Willitz (’69) left the afore­ mentioned congregations in Spring Valley when he accepted a call to St. Paul’s in Alex­ andria, MN. He was installed July 12th.

- Pastor Joel Zank (’82), the final Sem graduate for this month’s edition, received his first call as an associate pastor at Resurrection, Rochester, MN. He was installed July 12th. .

— Rev. Paul Zell (’78) accepted a call to St. Croix Luth. H.S., West St. Paul, MN. He for­ merly served in Brookings, SD. ANNIVERSARIES - Rev. Robert Beckmann (’44) celebrated his 40th anniversary in the ministry on June 14, 1987, at Belview, MN. He plans to retire October 1st of this year.

— Rev. Edmund Schulz (’44) also cele­ brated his 40th anniversary in the ministry on July 12th. He is currently serving the Lord in Hutchinson, MN.

- Our Savior, Longmont, CO, celebrated the 10th anniversary of their school on May 17, 1987, Rev. Raymond Beckmann (’70) cur­ rently serves the congregation.

- Grace, Geneva, NE, celebrated its 60th anniversary this summer on May 31. Pastor Stuart Zak (’77) is the pastor at Grace.

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DEDICATIONS - Emmanuel Lutheran congregation of Owatonna, MN, dedicated a new church build­ ing on Sept. 13th. Pastor Wernor Wegner (’48) serves the congregation.

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RETIREMENTS - Prof. Delmar C. Brick (’40) retired June 30th of this year after serving on the DMLC faculty for 34 years.

- Rev. Conrad Prell (’78) resigned from the ministry on May 17, 1987. He last served Faith congregation in Lancaster, WL DEATHS - Rev. Em. Paul G. Hartwig (’43) passed away May 5, 1987.

- Rev. J. Edward Lindquist (’57) passed away May 25, 1987. He served 26 years in the ministry.

BIRTHS — Joel Martin Thomas Albrecht was born to Pastor Mike Albrecht (’77) and his wife, Donna, on Feb. 4, 1987. Pastor Albrecht is cur­ rently doing exploratory work in Northwest Houston, TX. - Jennifer Diane was bom to Rev. Mark (’78) and Dawn Barenz on March 22, 1987.

Pastor Barenz recently began his work at St. Mark’s, Lincoln, NE. - Edye Lyne was bom to Rev. Wayne (’74) and Marcia Hilgendorf on May 31, 1987.

Pastor Hilgendorf serves St. Paul’s, Gresham, NE. - - Jim Getka B&R/September, 1987

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by Zbigniew Brzezinski copyright 1986 by the Atlantic Monthly Press 288 pages At the end of the current school year, a presidential election will be upon us. For most of us, it will be the first time that we get to help choose the new president. How will we look at the candidates? Will we vote Republican because our parents are Republican, or will we look at the issues and the administrative ability of each candidate, both in the primar­ ies and in the general election?

Game Plan will help us to judge whether the candidates have a clear grasp of foreign policy. It is recommended by both Richard Nixon (“a must reading for anyone who wants to understand American-Soviet relations”) and Jimmy Carter (‘‘brings the reader valuable new insight”). It was written by a man who was the national security advisor to the presi­ dent for four years. It is well-documented and reaches conclusions that are difficult to refute.

Brezezinski begins with a history of our relations, mercifully brief, and then has a fascinating section on how the Soviet Union views the world. Perhaps the best facet of the book is the map work. Maps of the world from the Soviet point of view are eye-openers, and maps of the ‘‘zones of special vulnerability” make it clear how critical our defenses are all over the world.

Each of those areas are examined in detail, with estimates of Soviet strength and capabil­ ities that carefully toe the line between complacency and alarmist propaganda. Brezezinski proves conclusively that we have nothing to fear from the Soviets on the economic and technological fronts; their one trump card is military strength. His suggestions for p-**vailing in the contest are called “strategic imperatives.”

This book helps you understand what the National Security Council was doing when it was messing with Iran. It shows how important Mexican-American relations are. It proves why we must work so very carefully in the Philipines.

If the writing gets too technical for you in places, turn to the “Executive Summary” on page 251 to get the gist of the arguments. An exhaustive index also will help you to find specific information for any questions that you might have.

This simple but thorough book will give you the background you need to tell whether this year’s presidential candidates are talking nonsense or offering brilliant policies in the area of U.S.-Soviet relations. If you can find some help with domestic policies, you will be set.

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THE Playing football on the college level at Northwestern has been a pretty heady exper­ ience for me. There are not too many colleges in this country where a person of my size could play football on a team with such a tradition for hitting and winning games. So far, my play­ ing time has been limited to special teams, but my experiences on the kickoff team have been emotionally intense.

Before the kickoff, pressure starts building up in me. 1 always look forward to a kickoff with mixed feelings of worry and confidence.

Everyone on the team wants to do his best, but since the people on special teams get in on only a handful of plays, they have to play the hard­ est of anyone on each play to satisfy them­ selves. If a mistake is made, there are few opportunities to redeem one’s self.

When the waiting is over and we run onto the field, my anticipation intensifies. When I hear teammates yelling at me to make a good play, it charges me up, especially if they are starters. Even though there aren’t bands play­ ing peppy music at NWC games like there are at high school games, the student body’s cheering more than makes up for it.

Right before the actual kickoff my senses start to shut down. 1 lose my hearing, and my vision extends only to the edge of the playing field, as if there were no stands full of people or buildings. I further concentrate my field of vision on the one man I am going to block, and for the rest of the play I see little else. The ma­ jority of the time my opponent is much larger than I, so with the rest of my energy I push myself over the edge.

Kick! The ball soars up into the air until it seems to stop right above my head for an in­ stant. Then, as far as I’m concerned, the ball disappears from existence. Like the line of an army in a battle charge, the opposing team de­ scends on us as I run backwards to form a blocking wall. This time I see a large white and blue body stampeding towards me, whose face I don’t even see.

The moment of contact is the high point of a process that’s been going on for hours. 1 run up to my opponent, lower my head and

c«o*F ■ shoulders, and hit him in the numbers of his jersey with all my strength. I retreat momen­ tarily as I extend my arms and regain my bal­ ance. This time the momentum of my oppo­ nent drives me back a few yards. I use every bit of blocking technique and physical ability I have to stay in front of him, and even though I’m losing ground I know that as long as I’m between him and the ball carrier he won’t make the tackle. I feel more than hear heavy footsteps behind me and then see our back run past me.

When the whistle blows to end the play, I run to the sideline still in a dream-like state.

My senses return to me, and I see my team­ mates run onto the field, no doubt with the same kind of emotions that I experienced earlier. I feel drained in body and mind and stare uncomprehendingly at the game for a few seconds. I view my performance over and over again on the private replay screen in my mind, all the time seeing places where I could have done better. I watch the game from the side­ lines and envy those playing out there who have earned their starting positions.

In high school when I started on the of­ fense first on the JV and then the varsity teams, I didn’t think much of kickoffs, as they only last a few seconds and are a one-shot deal.

Now I think differently, and I think that all those who have played on special teams will agree with me. So, even though we might not play very many minutes during the game, I think that those of us on the special teams ought to put just as much effort into prac­ tices as the starters, so that we can play as hard as we can every chance we get.

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Craig Korth - Senior “Every NWC student would agree that his own special female companion ought to be a good Christian. After all, she may be a pas­ tor’s wife someday. A girlfriend should be a fun person to be with.

She should be able to make lively conversation without being obnox­ ious. She should be down to earth, sure of herself, and understand­ ing. A female companion of an NWC student should be a person who never wishes days away, but lives and loves life. Of course it would be nice if she could cook and kiss well too!”

Derrick liauer - Senior “About 5’4”, blonde, blue-eyed, fair complexion. Seriously though, she should be kind, considerate, outgoing, understanding, and compassionate. However, 1 must readily admit these qualities arc hard to find in one female companion. That is why 1 think if you can find a companion with three or more of the above mentioned quali­ ties you are doing well, and you can expand on the others from that point. I should also mention that if we expect these qualities in a girl, we also should exhibit such qualities. Companship should be like marriage with respect to each one giving 100%, not just 50-50.”

Dennis Reichow - Junior “Speaking from experience as a well-rounded, outgoing type of guy, 1 believe that the ideal female companion should also have (be­ sides good looks) the same type of personality. “Chicks” of this sort are usually easy to get along with, and yet they provide that extra spark to make the relationship more lively and interesting. They are not afraid to take the initiative and voice their own thoughts and opinions. Now all I have to do is find her!”

John Moll - Sophomore “The ideal female companion absolutely must have certain char­ acteristics, the most important of which is a mature Lutheran faith.

Other attributes which are very good, but not necessary, are a soc­ iable disposition, a good sense of humor, patience, an untainted reputation, not a gossiper, and the ability to handle a long-distance relationship.”

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Linksters. Conference. MSOE. 10 a.m.

The Jarheads come to play football in our yard at 1 30.

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Homecoming week starts, and what better way to start it than naming the What’s the Deal” student of the month. Kevin Westra has been chosen from over 1000 can­ didates to be our oudding theologian this month. Kevin, the ideal student we aO strive to be like, comes from Deaver Dam, Wisconsin. This year the captain of the Rags brings his peppy spirit and pride to our campus as a senior He speaks ax dif­ ferent languages and is often neard saying, “I love this campus so much 1 could live here the rest of my life.” Best wishes to Kevin for the rest of the year

6 — Today our school plays .MSOE in a soccer match, not golf. 4 p.m.

8 - The golfers play the alumni of our school at noon.

9 - Friday night of Homecoming. Need I say more?

10 - Soccerheads can enjoy a match between our Trojans and Marian, at 10 a.m.

At 11:30 the wliistle blows to start the beginning of the answer. The answer to the question, ”1 wonder who’ll win this year, the mighty Trojans or DMLC?” Sadly, the golf team lias to take its fun elsewhere this weekend for the NA1A tourna­ ment. May they take with them their Homecoming spirit and bring back a champ­ ionship.

12 - Columous Day-no mail.

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The Voss dynasty officially begins as our wise leader is installed at 7 00 p.m.

16 - .5 of the semester is over.

UMCC conference golf meet at home, wherever that is.

17 - Real footoall on fake grass at Concordia. IN. 7:30 pjn.

File final leg of the UMCC open here at home.

19 - NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL!

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COVER On our October cover Tadd Fellers’ artwork celebrates the Sprinter’s 75 years at Northwestern.

THE BLACK AND RED, Volume 91, No. 2, September, 1987. Published since 1897 by students of Northwestern College, 1300 Western Avenue, Watertown, WI53094.

Published monthly except June, July and August. Subscription, $4.00. Entered at the Post Office at Watertown, WI, as Second Class Matter under the act of March 3, 1879. Second Class Postage paid at Watertown, WL USPS 0572:4000. Literary con­ tributions from undergraduates and alumni are invited. Material should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Business Manager, THE BLACK & RED, Northwestern College, 1300 Western Avenue, Watertown, WI 53094.

Tuesday, October 20, was an important day on our campus. Right now you’re hitting yourself on the head, wondering about the im­ portance of the day. Some of you who are more intelligent are not brutalizing your body because you know. The question is: if some people are so unaware of the importance of the twentieth of October, do they even deserve to know? Since I’m such a kind, considerate, car­ ing kind of guy, I think it is my duty to inform these people who obviously live in a world that is all their own. If you are one of those people who doesn’t know the significance of the twen­ tieth, maybe you should sit down and brace yourself for this exciting tidbit of information.

It’s not what you are probably thinking. It’s not the day that Dave Spaude gets a hair trans­ plant (that’s just an ugly rumor, I think). The twentieth marks the seventy-fifth birthday of of the one and only, the Sprinter. Exciting, huh? Beyond exciting? Thrilling might be the best word to describe it.

Since my editor (everybody’s friend and comrade—Dan Voigt) wanted me to give some information about the Sprinter, maybe I ought to do so. The story behind the Sprinter is a truly interesting one. I suggest that you use this as a bedtime story on those nights when your rommmate is an insomniac; or you could tell it in the middle of the day (guaranteed to keep your listener glued to every word you say).

Since the history of the Sprinter is somewhat sketchy, you will need to be in a storytelling mood to lengthen the story. Once upon a time there was a club in the Milwaukee area called the Northwestern Club. The purpose of this club was to inform the people of Milwaukee about Northwestern. This club was made up of alumni and supporters of the school. They decided to build a new gym (this was obviously before the Synod subsidized building). What would a gym be, they must have thought, without a statue of some sort in front. They

opted for a statue of a runner on his marks.

The sculptor who fashioned this piece of Northwestern’s campus was none other than Philip Lohr, a distant cousin(?) of Michelan­ gelo.

All joking aside, we are glad to have the Sprinter. It truly is a beautiful statue that graces the entrance to the gym. What would it be like if it wasn’t there? It probably wouldn’t be a pretty sight. It would do us well to con­ sider the words that appear on the statue. Then maybe we can gain an added appreciation for the Sprinter. Pastor August Bendler authored the words on the plinth of the statue, although I do believe that he plagiarized the first part from some guy named Paul. For those of you who, as I mentioned before, live in a cave, this is what is written thereon: “But one receiveth the prize. Bear this in mind: In faithful effort alone true victory lies.” Pastor Bendler was making reference to I Corinthians 9:24. In that section Paul uses the metaphor of a runner in a race. Every runner, Paul says, goes into strict training in hopes of winning a prize. Paul ex­ horts us to train, as it were, to gain a “crown that will last forever.” When we look at the Sprinter each day, maybe we should take to heart what he has to say. Then we should ask ourselves a probing question: Are we faithfully training to get an incorruptible crown, the glory of heaven?

Happy Birthday, Sprinter! May your next seventy-five years find you in the same condi­ tion you are now. And someday, could you possibly do me a favor? Could you move from your mark? I’m sure you could make the cover of the Enquirer if you did. I could just see it— “THE SPRINTER LEAVES HIS MARK AF­ TER SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS.” Could be some positive publicity for the school...

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ALUMNI ANNIVERSARIES

CALLS - William R. Favorite (’80) received his first assignment as the associate pastor of Emanuel, New London, WI. He was installed on Aug. 8th.

- Rev. Gerald E. Free (’52), formerly of Good Shepherd, Omaha, NE, was installed as the new pastor of Bethlehem, Hortonville, WI, on Oct. 11, 1987.

- Pastor Elwood C. Habermann (’42) took on the responsibilities of an Institutional Mission­ ary for the Northern Wisconsin District in Osh­ kosh, WI, on Sept. 23, 1987. He previously served St. Martin Luth. Church, Watertown, SD. - Robert M, Hein (’83), a WLS graduate, was installed as the associate pastor of St. Matthew, Appleton, WI. He was installed on July 19, 1987.

- Andrew H. Krause (’83), also a Sem grad­ uate, was installed on July 19, 1987, as pastor of Christ, Hiles, and St. Paul, Crandon, WI. - Rev. Keith Kruck (’61) accepted the call to Rock of Ages, Madison, TN, after serving Christ the Lord Church, Clearwater, FL. He will be installed on Nov. 1, 1987.

- Rev. Bruce J. Marggraf (’78) joined Missioner Charles Flunker as he became a mission­ ary to Brazil on June 28, 1987. He previously served Emanuel, New London, WI. - Joel Nitz (’82) received his first assignment ; as an instructor at Fox Valley LHS, Appleton, WI. He was installed Aug. 23, 1987.

- Steven Schmeling (’83) left the Sem after graduation to begin serving the congregations of St. Paul’s, Seaforth, and St. John, Belview, MN. He was installed on Oct. 11.

- Jeffrey L. Schone (’83), the last Sem grad­ uate for this edition, began his ministerial career as the associate pastor of St. Paul, Winneconne, WI, on July 12, 1987. . — Pastor Mark Schroeder, (’77), formerly of Faith, Fond du Lac, WI, was installed as pastor of King of Kings, Maitland, FL, on Sept. 9.

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— Rev. Marvin Doelger (’59) celebrated 25 years in the ministry on Oct. 4, 1987. He serves St. John congregation in Caledonia, MN. — Prof. Theodore Hartwig (’43), who teaches at DMLC, celebrated his 40th anniversary in the ministry on Sept. 20 of this year.

— Rev. James Radloff (’59) celebrated his 25th anniversary in the ministry on Oct. 28. He lives in Flower Mound, TX. — Pastor Elmer H. Semenskc (’43) celebrated 40 years in the ministry this year while serving Mt. Zion, Ripon, WI. — Mt. Calvary congregation of Kimberly, WI, celebrated its 50th anniversary. Rev. Fred Toppe (’67) serves the congregation.

— Faith Lutheran of Marquette, MI, cele­ brated 15 years as a congregation. Rev. David J. Fumo (’81) is the pastor of Faith.

— King of Kings, Maitland, FL, observed its 20th anniversary on Oct. 11,1987. Rev. Mark Schroeder (’77) is the new pastor of the church.

— St. Paul’s, Algoma, WI. commemorated its 125th anniversary this year. Rev. David B. Dolan (’67) serves St. Paul’s.

— Mt. Olive, Delano, MN, celebrated its 75t~h anniversary this year. Rev. David Bode (’60) is the pastor of Mt. Olive.

— Shepherd of the Hills, Knoxville, TN, will observe its 10th anniversary on Nov. 8, 1987.

Rev. Timothy P. Henning (’79) serves the con­ gregation.

DEDICATIONS — Cross of Glory, Baton Rouge, LA, dedi­ cated itsWEF (Worship/Education/Fellowship) unit on Sept. 9, 1987. Pastor Peter Kiecker (’79) serves the congregation.

— Prince of Peace, Houston, TX, will dedicate a WEF unit on Nov. 8th. Rev. Michael Albrecht (’77) is the pastor of Prince of Peace congrega­ tion.

— The WELS Lutheran Campus Ministry of Oshkosh, WI, has dedicated its new parsonage.

Pastor Robert Diener (’67), presumably, will be living in it.

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The second half prbved^.tliat, the Ttbjans wouldn’t give up, though, as^}B Joel Jenfold threw to flanker Phil Sievert on tterfifst^lay of the half for a Td, tyinv:the;vscof,e at 9$"Senario didn’t fold either as :they answe:red \with ^ seven more points to give them a 16-9 lead-' mit Jenswold, enroute to completing passes for 265 yds. and 2 TDs led anotherTwf jan scoring drive to pull Northwestern wit] one at 16-15. Senario tallied one more tou , -f down to set up the dramatic final Trojan dri^. \ As the defense toughened uj 4-- the cranked it up one more time an Senario eight yard line where it faced down and goal situation. Jenswold found soph­ omore receiver Jeff Mahnke in the end zone to pull the Trojans within one point again at 22-

21, but the subsequent two point conversion attempt failed as Jenswold was stopped in­ ches from the goal line. Senario ran out the rest of the clock and the Trojans had suffered their first conference loss.

The next week brought non-conference club Marquette to Watertown. Jenswold con­ tinued to roll up stats as he connected on 14 of 25 passes for 284 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Three of those TD passes went to classmate Sievert who had seven receptions on the day for 110 yds. Despite the stats, Northwestern had rough going in the first half. After jumping out to an early 14-0 lead, the team seemed to lose some of its enthusiasm in the second quar­ ter as Marquette came back to tie the game at

14 before the half. Coach Gorsline ‘inspired’ the team at half time with the result that the offense scored 21 points while the defense held Marquette scoreless until the end of the fourth quarter. When the final gun sounded, the scoreboard read: HOME-35 - GUESTS-21.

On October 3, cross-town rival Maranatha came to our campus for another UMCC match­ up. Maranatha, predicted by some in the preseason to finish in the middle of the conference and possibly ahead of Northwestern, could not contain the Trojans’ explosive offense. Mean­ while, the Trojan defense shut down the Cru­ sader offense by allowing it only 189 total yards. This game marked the return of tailB&R/October, 1987

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Bill didn’t waste any time making his pres­ ence felt as he rushed for 159 yards on 20 carries. Not to be outdone, however, were fullback Paul Cole, who ran 11 times for 60 yards, and tailback Matt Schaewe, who to­ talled 63 yards on 15 attempts. The Trojan offense rolled up a total of 500 yards-304 of them on the ground, 196 in the air-enroute to a 48-14 victory.

Homecoming week brought the final game of the homestand and annual rival DMLC to town. Despite all the pre-game hype and usual high-flying emotions, the Trojans kept their composure all week and especially on game day.

The Trojan offense once again dominated, and the defense continuously stuffed DMLC’s scoring attempts. Some new faces emerged to share the limelight together with the old. Al­ ways consistent end Todd DeNoyer grabbed seven passes for 177 yards and one TD, while Schwanke ran over and around the Lancer de­ fense to gain 175 yards on 25 carries. The de­ fense had their own spotlight players. Mike Melso and the Spud brothers (Dave and Tim) each had an interception-for Melso his fourth of the year, while Dave Bitter picked off two.

The offense surpassed their previous week’s to­ tal as they gained 547 yards-327 in the air and 220 on the ground. The defense held the Lancer offense to 243 yards but, more impor­ tantly, yielded only three points in the first three frames and one TD late in the game. The final score read 42-10-a very successful North­ western Homecoming.

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The celebration was short-lived, however, as the Trojans took their hopes of a conference title to St. Paul, MN, to take on undefeated Concordia. Again the Trojan offense played its game in the first half, taking a 21-14 lead into the locker room. Concordia tied the game in the third quarter, but Northwestern drove the field and got a Sievert field goal to take a 2421 lead. The lead did not hold as Concordia stormed back with three touchdowns—all with­ in about four minutes—as the Trojans self-de­ structed. Trojan turnovers and Concordia’s big plays turned the game around rather quickly.

The Northwestern offense mustered a couple of drives late in the fourth but could not stick the ball in as Concordia won 41-24. It was not °or lack of yardage that the Trojans did not win. Schwanke again had a great game, rushing for 151 yards on 24 carries, and Jenswold passed for 269 yards, but the turnovers were just too much to overcome.

Even in this loss to Concordia, however, the Trojans showed fans and opponents alike how Northwestern football is played, as they have done all season. No matter what the score or how many injuries, this team of young men has put their best effort against most of­ tentimes bigger and stronger teams and has shown the pride that comes with wearing the Black and Red. The Trojan team, one can be sure, will not let down as it travels to NW-Roseville on the 26th and Lakeland on the 31st., — Ross H. Else

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On September 22, the Trojans picked up the pieces at home against Lakeland. Lakeland held true to its club team status by showing up an hour late for the game. The teams ended up playing two shortened halves of only 30 min­ utes each. The Trojans dominated play, outshooting the Muskies 33-2, but couldn’t come up with a first half goal. In the second half, NWC’s defense continued to check Lakeland.

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Saturday, the 26th, saw the Trojans in ac­ tion against Concordia, Mequon, and the team was visibly fired up for Parents’ Day. NWC took the early lead when Jeff Mittelstadt as­ sisted Kieselhorst. Concordia tied it up late in the half, but before they could pick up any steam, Kieselhorst answered with a long rock­ et-shot to the far upper corner of the goal. In the second half, Trojan defensive lapses al­ lowed Concordia to regain the lead at 3-2.

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On the following Tuesday, NWC attempted to regroup once again as they faced MSOE for the second time this season. The Trojan faith­ ful witnessed a hard fought game, but with lit­ tle better results. Although MSOE outshot NWC by a slim 18-17 margin, the Engineers made better use of their chances. The final: 3-0, MSOE.

Next up for the Trojans was the Homecom­ ing rematch with Marian, and it ended up being a game no one on the team will ever forget. De­ spite facing a more talented opponent, the Tro­ jans played inspired soccer, led by yellowcarded captain Dan Voigt. The defense held off Marian’s early attacks, and the offense put the Trojans ahead early when forward Paul Nolte assisted center forward John Koelpin on a breakaway score. In the second half, things were even until Craig Wasser got tripped in the penalty box. Nolte made the penalty kick, and the Trojans never looked back. The scoring ended when Kieselhorst netted Koelpin’s pass, but the celebration had just begun. When the final whistle sounded, the Trojans had kicked off Homecoming with their best game of the season, a 3-0 victory. As the home crowd headed off to watch the Trojan football team crush DMLC, Coach Korthals huddled the en­ tire soccer team and led them in shouting their theme for the day: “Are we not men?” “We are Trojans!” “Are we not men?” “We are Tro­ jans!” “Are we not men?” “We are Trojans!”

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On a more personal note, a special thanks should be given to Coach Sellnow. He exercised enduring patience with tempers flying and poor scores coming in. He also gave important tips to help each golfer shave a couple strokes from his average. “Thanks, Coach Sellnow!”

- - Dan Baumlei

A third consecutive U.M.C.C. conference ti­ tle highlighted the Trojan season. Dan Baumler slated a 168 for a second place time. Tony Hansen and Thad Crass scored 170’s for a share of third place. All three golfers received all-con­ ference honors. Mark Schewe and Earle Treptow also contributed to the final tournament outcome.

To round off the team, Kurt Koeplin and Dave Schroeder helped with the team’s suc­ cess.

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In the next several issues of The Black and Red we will be reproducing these letters for our readers, showing a little more of what is out there in our mission fields. We will hear of some of the difficulties and sorrows of the ministry, as well as many of its joys, yet even more, we will see the hand of our Lord at work through these men and that our efforts are not in vain. As future pastors and possible missionaries it is important for us to keep these things in mind and to remember that the “fields are white and harvests waiting.”

Our first article comes to us from Missionary K. D. Habben who has been serving in Tokyo, Japan, since 1967.

- - Steve Arndt

WISCONSIN EV. LUTHERAN SYNOD K. D. HABBEN-MISSIONARY

PO. BOX 3 2-17, SAIWAI-CHO 3-CHOME HIGASHI-KURUME-SHI, TOKYO 203. JAPAN PH. 0424-71 - 1855

Missionary K. D. Habben, the son of Mrs. Ude Habben of Raymond, South Dakota, is a 1959 graduate of Northwestern Lutheran Academy, a 1963 graduate of Northwestern Col­ lege, and a 1967 graduate of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. Upon graduation from the Semi­ nary, Pastor Habben with his wife, the former Maijorie Sachse of Mequon, Wisconsin, moved to Japan, which was their call on Assignment Day. Northwestern has been an important part of Habben family life. Three of their children, Maria, Dave, and Dan, are attending or have attended school at Northwestern. Maria is pres­ ently a junior at DMLC, Dave is a sophomore at Northwestern and Dan is a quartaner at Prep. Annette, who is in the 6th grade in Tokyo, is looking forward to coming to Prep in a few years.

SHARING GOD’S WORD IN JAPAN “My husband said that I had better not go to church.” It was the second time that Mrs. Kunishige came to study, and she had many questions.

“I am wavering between studying the Bible and becoming a Christian or turning to the religions of my family,” she said as she studied with Maij and me. “Pastor and Mrs. Habben,” she went on. “What about the Japanese who died before Christianity came to Japan? Will they be saved too?” “Mrs. Kunishige,” I said, “the important thing for you and me today is not what will happen to the people who lived 300 or 400 years ago. God is just and He will judge all men with justice and righteousness.”

“But you have heard about Jesus. The question is what will you do with the Savior.

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rest in His just hands.” Mrs. Kunishige nodded in agreement and said, “Yes, I must learn more about Jesus.”

I am very happy that The Black and Red, the students and faculty of Northwestern are so deeply interested in and committed to sharing the Good News of Christ, our Savior, in Japan and around the world. It is very important never to give up on anyone who does not vet know Jesus as the Savior.

It was 3:50 A.M. when the phone rang. By the time I reached it, the ringing had stopped.

It rang again at 6:00 A.M. “My mother was not expected to live through the night,” Mr. Okidono said. “I tried to reach you but could not. I administered emergency baptism to her this morning at 4:00 A.M. She asked to be baptized.”

The Lord called Mrs. Okidono home eight days later. Just five minutes before she passed away, she told her son and daughter, “It would be wonderful if your two older sisters would become Christians and be baptized.” With those words she expressed her hope and also the peace and joy that she had received from the Savior.

What a less on for each of us, I thought, as I returned from this 85-year-old woman’s fu­ neral. All we need is God’s grace. That He has given to us in His Word and in the Sacra­ ments. Safe in His gracious care we can say with the Psalmist, “He (God’s child) will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.”

Mrs. Okidono had resisted her son’s words about Jesus for many years. But the Good News of the Savior brought peace to her and comfort and real joy to her son in the hour of trial.

Thank you for your letter and your interest in knowing about Japan and sharing the Word of God with the people of Japan. Remember us and the Japanese Christians in your prayers. You arc a big encouragement to us.

Most of my days are spent studying the Bible with people in Japanese. These people have never heard that Jesus rose from the dead. They still think that He is in the grave just like other men who have died. They do not understand what sin is. They do not think they are sinners, so they don’t think that they need a Savior.

It is not easy to explain these things in Japanese to people who have never heard about them before. We tell about Jesus every day to people who have not heard of Him. It is really fun. Although it is hard work, frustrating and disappointing, it is the greatest work there is. I think you agree. Don’t take your eyes and hearts off vour goal of sharing Christ with others.

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I can remember asking her what Jesus They had put one between our door. This was meant when He said that His kingdom was not her follow-up visit. of this world. She said that the new kingdom She told me that she was a Seventh Day was not of this world, because it would not be Adventist and asked me if I had the publication like this current world. The new world would that she had dropped off last week. When I be different, not having resulted from tills told her that I had not, she proceeded to tell world. I quoted the first four verses of John 14 me that the feature article of the new issue to her. There Jesus tells his disciples that he is was trade wars between the states of the going to prepare a place for us and will return United States. She told me that this was all in to take us to be there with him. I tried to think fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. of other passages that talked about our eternal I felt an awkward pause after she said this. home and was frustrated when I could not.

I can still remember the thoughts that ran Several times throughout our conversation I through my head. “What exactly do the Sev­ would think, “I wish I knew God’s Word bet­ enth Day Adventists believe? What Biblical ter.”

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By the time we got to sin and grace, the other two people were returning to their car.

They had done the rest of our short street and got inside the car. I wondered if they might join us. Our conversation was going well, and I do not think that either of us was feeling threatened.

She believed that we are by nature sinful, but that once we are believers in Christ we no longer sin willingly. She told me that Adam and Eve could not be saved because they sinned willingly. They could not believe and receive forgiveness. I pointed out God’s prom­ ise to them in the third chapter of Genesis. I told her that I am a redeemed child of God, yet sin willingly against his perfect law every day. Paul says that we are at the same time both sinners and saints. I suggested to her that when she sinned she thought it out first and then did it. I used gossipping as an example.

I am not sure how she felt after I got done talking to her. I can remember telling her firm­ ly that she sins willingly every day but that the Father sees us as perfect because of Christ’s re­ deeming work. I told her that Christ died for her willful sins. She liked the word justifica­ tion, but I think she used it differently. For her it meant that God does not charge us for our involuntary acts of lawlessness. We had been talking for about a half hour when she told me that she had to get back to her work. She ex­ pressed her appreciation that we had the chance to talk and started for the car. I have never been good at goodbyes. I wanted to talk to her some more. “Have a good day,” I said.

I spent most of that afternoon thinking about our conversation and I have thought about it much since then.

- - B.D.W.

THOUGHTS OF THINGS I can spend my time in thoughts of things I might have seen and cents I might have spent— I can dream of plays I never went to see and loves I’ve left or only nearly made to be.

But if I do and when I do, I often fail to see the hand that brought me here, That’s still holding onto me.

And while it’s true that I will never be completely free of that deeper darkness in my soul— sometimes, at least, that light still reaches me.

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CAMPUS & CLASSROOM Hello again, friends, and welcome to our ar­ ticle. As NWC gets set for the third chapter in the 1987 school year, many changes are antici­ pated. The shifts are from football to wrestling, from hammer football (intramural) to bloodand-guts indoor soccer, from hamburger Mon­ day to hamburger Tuesday, and for the majority of Trojans attending second quarter classes without any cuts. But, as a word o.t encourage­ ment, the second quarter is always one of the best quarters in the semester, so hang in there!

One of the major national events for 1987 as everyone knows is the 200th anniversary of The Constitution. Who are we to let such a sig­ nificant event pass without composing our own tribute to this epic document? We thought that we could bring this momentous event a little closer to home if we could go back in time to that Constitutional Convention and listen in on how this happening might have progressed (or regressed), if the cast of colonials would have been made up of our own students. (Please try to understand that we just don’t have the funds to do this play in the round or hang any extra curtains. We would be willing to negotiate if the FORVM would like to buy the rights to it and make it into a spring production, though.)

Philadelphia, 1787. The Constitutional Conven­ tion is about to convene. (Organ music is heard.) President of the recently emancipated United States, Thomas Kock (How’d you like to see that hairdo on a dollar bill?) enters the room, and the guard speaks:

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Mel Melke: “All rise.”

Pres. Kock: “This meeting will now come to order.”

All: (In exaggerated nasal voice) “This meeting will now come to order.”

Jon Cox: “Come on! Give him a break. He just woke up!”

Eddie Greschel: “Ya, Let’s get this over with!

I’ve got wash to do.”

Pres. Kock: “The purpose of this meeting is ...

You can stop playing that organ now, Romberg. We’re all staying for the meet­ ing. The purpose of this meeting is to write a document with the purpose to form a more perfect union, establish justice, in­ sure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. Now, how should we start it?”

Galen Reidiger: “How ’bout calling it “The Code of the Cow Country?”

Steve Schamber: “That’s almost as stupid as calling skim milk, ‘milk light’ or ‘diet milk.’ hea, hea, hea, hea.”

Dan Borgwardt: “Anybody got a light?”

Someone: “I do.”

Dan Borgwardt: “Anybody got a smoke?”

All: “Quiet, Borg!”

Paul Bauer: “All right! That one was wcrth two points!”

Craig Russow: “You shoulda heard the one I had in Greek today!”

Todd DeNoyer: “I find that very immature.

Please, let’s get back to the issue at hand.

They have a huge celebration planned 200 years from now, and we have to get this done now.”

Pres. Kock: “Who wants to do the writing?”

Joe Fricke: “I’ll do it. I did all my own writing on my cassettes, and they look sweet.”

AH: “Noooo! Not Fricke!”

Pres. Kock: “Ya. We’ll let Joe do it. Maybe 200 years from now they’ll think it’s just fancy writing. Here is a piece of paper, Joe.” Kevin Westra: “No, use this yellow, crinkly paper. It will look more impressive.” (Sor­ ry, Family Ties viewers).

Dug Westenberg: "Dugger hungry. Dugger call Domino man. Dugger got Monday Mad­ ness.”

John Hildebrant; “I’ll say you’re mad! We’ve got hamburgers in the cafeteria tonight!”

All: “That’s a switch! Hope the canteen has plenty of pizzas.”

Craig Korth: “It’s no use. I can’t stay awake in this meeting! This is the only meeting I can’t stay awake in.”

All: “Shut up, Mombo!”

Joe Fricke: “OKAY. I have the intro written.”

Scott Zerbe: “It’s not an intro, it’s a Preamble.

I read that in a commentary.”

Pres. Kock: “Where areMelso, Spud, Schwanke, and Green?”

Jon Cox: “They’re out hunting feathers ..., I mean pheasants. Scheff went to get them in a Duravan.”

Jeff Gaertner: “You mean you wanted me to pick aU of them up? Usually I just get one guy.”

(At this point the actors freeze and music is played to signify the passing of time and lack of more clever dialogue. When the music stops, the last man has just completed his signature on the original document).

Pres. Kock: “All right! Who signed this twice!?”

Thomas Thomas: “I couldn’t help it. I lost track of which name I was on.”

Luke Werre: “I’ll have to fine you for that.”

Pres. Kock: “Who is this ‘Manuel Resistante’?”

Dave Spaude: “Doug used his Spanish name!

What a brickhead!”

Doug Westenberg: “Soy Manuel! Soy Manuel!”

Andrew Schultz: “I can’t take it anymore!

Quit talking Spanish!” (Everyone rushes toward Doug, and a fight breaks out.) THE END. I’m sure it comes as no shock to our read­ ers that we didn’t put a whole lot of time into the ending of that Httle play (or into the rest of it for that matter) but it has been a long month.

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Fixin’ of the Month: Swiss Cheese (Try it packed inside of wienered meat!)

Kitchie of~the Month: Waylon Gatlinger Tom’s Tastv Tip of the Month: Burger King drive-thru is open untU eleven.

Jeff Gaertner: (entering with Spud) “Here he is!”

Pres. Kock: “Where are the other guys?”

Once again it’s time to wrap up the article and let aU our readers get back to their other­ wise boring and duU Hves. We’U be back next month with more laughs (What? Even more than this issue?). Don’t eat too much Trick-orTreat candy!

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They pick you up in choppers.

And then they set you down.

Oh, what a way to fight a war!

Leonard Wood! Leonard Wood!

Late at night while you’re sleepin’ There’s a drill sergeant creepin’ all around, Creepin’ all around.

The door of the cattle truck popped open.

A sliver of light shone through.

“Get off that truck!! Get off! Get OFF!!

You got ten seconds to get off and nine of ’em are already gone!” We moved. Our duffel bags were so heavy we could barely walk. Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

“Move out! Move out!” We stumbled around into a gravel street between six or seven tin shacks.

“I want four ranks right here!” We lined up.

“Ground that gear!” Dropped it like a hot rock.

“Sit on it!” We dropped too. Facing us was a set of green fatigues and a “Smokey the Bear” hat. “My name is Sergeant First Class Common and you’ve just landed in Echo three-three. I’m Senior Drill this cycle. Let’s get one thing straight. In Echo Company, we down every­ thing one way: like we’re on fire! Now I’m

gonna call off some names, and I want some answers. Kelsey!”

“Here, sergeant!”

“Bryant!”

“Here, sergeant.”

“1 said sound off!”

“Here, sergeant.”

“Somebody teach this boy how to sound off!” Another Smokey came and grabbed him by the scruff of his neck.

“Drop rock!” He hit the push-up position: the front leanin’ rest.

“Knock ’em out!”

“One! Two! Three!”

“In Echo Company, we got something called the going rate. The going rate goes up by five every Saturday. When somebody tells you maggots to drop, you don’t ask how many, you do the going rate. The going rate today is 35.”

“Seven! Eight! Nine!”

“Old buddy, old pal? One sergeant! Knock ’em out!”

“Twelve, sergeant! Thirteen, sergeant!”

“The count is one, rock!”

“One ser-geant! Two ser-geant!”

I’ve got my weapon in my hand, And my pockets full of sand.

I’ve got my weapon in my hand.

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In the early morning rain.

I woke up. The lights were on, but nobody seemed to have noticed. One swift green shape swept past the comer of my eye. Staff Ser­ geant Darkheart — huge and mean - kicked the metal trash can across the concrete floor.

“Get up! Get up!’ His Smokey hat would have scraped the ceiling of a normal building.

“Formation’s at 0445 or at the whistle, which­ ever comes First. PT uniform. No hats or blouses. Tennis shoes, no boots. 1 want my beds made and my barracks clean before you fall out. Anyone’s late belongs to me.” H( swept out. Thirty pair of feet hit the floor.

The floors were swept. The floors were mopped. The window sills and rafters were dusted. The garbage was emptied. The Air­ borne Eagle, poorly painted on the floor, was polished.

Meanwhile I struggled with the hospital comers on my bed. The ones at the foot weren’t bad, but the ones at the head were im­ possible. I never could do them right (I still can’t.)

“Right f-ay-ce! Counter column, maharch!” I followed the man in front of me. It was weeks before I figured out how we managed to turn out facing the opposite direction. With­ out stopping, we marched forward. We were navigated to the PT field. More gravel. Calis­ thenics.

Can’t get enough of that PT, PT, PT. Can’t get enough of that PT — It keeps me going strong, hey!

The art of running in formation lay in posi­ tion. If you could get to the front, right comer, you were “good to go.” Next best was the left comer, then the two middle front. The two outside columns yere the lesser of two evils for everybody else.

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man on your left wasn’t dressed with you and blamed it on you. And there was always a ca­ dence. Formations can’t seem to do anything without one.

I want to be an Airborne Ranger— I want to live a life of danger— Blood, guts, death and danger!

That’s the life of one of those rangers!

The pace was so slow, you couldn’t help sweat­ ing. 1 just wanted to kick off and finish this noise.

C-130 rollin’ down the strip!

Airborne daddy gonna take a little trip.

Stand up, buckle up, shuffle to the door.

Jump right out and count to four.

I hated making those hospital corners.

Everyday the same thing. They weren’t right and my bunk wound up on the floor. Then we all did push-ups for the rocks whose mommies never taught them how to make their beds.

“Let me help you with that, man.” Kelsey’s hands swept swiftly over the folds, tightening them down neatly.

“Picture perfect. Thanks, man.”

“No problem.” Kelsey had a friendly smile.

“They’re gonna tear it up no matter what, just don’t let it bother you. It’s all a head game.

You’re smarter than they arc, don’t let ’em win.” Kelsey clapped me on the shoulder and went to get a mop bucket. He was definitely “squared away.”

I used to wear my blue jeans, Now I’m wearing army greens.

I used to wear my blue jeans.

Now I’m wearing army greens.

Drill sergeant!

Drill sergeant!

Why don’t you leave me alone?

Why don’t you let me go home?

“When I give you the preparatory com­ mand ‘take seats,’ all you bricks and rocks will

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suck in so much air that I won’t be able to breathe up here. On the command of execu­ tion ‘seats,’ you will shout the company motto so loud the roof will explode. Ready!” We sucked in.

“Let it out, maggots. Ready!” Swosh!

“Let it out, I can still breathe. Ready!”

Whosh!

“Scats!”

Echo, Echo, lean and mean.

The best real company you've ever seen!

We’re motivated, dedicated, educated, We’re Eagles!

Drive on, drill sergeant, drive on! Ungh!

“Mark time, ma-harch! Company!”

“Platoon!”

“Halt, Half-left, fayce! Front leanin’ rest position, move!” We hit the dirt. “You better listen up, Echo Company! You better stop soundin’ like a girl scout troop and start soundin’ like you wanta be soldiers some day, or we’ll just low crawl all the way to the chow hall. In cadence!”

“In cadence!”

“Exercise! One! Two! Three!”

“One!” “One! Two! Three!”

“Two!” “One! Two! Three!”

My knees were wet. My right wrist kept sinking into the mud. Rain ran under my steel pot and mixed with tears.

“1 can’t hear you! In cadence! Exercise!

One! Two! Three!”

“One!” My heart sank. I prayed to stop.

“Position of attention!”

“Position of attention!” We echoed weakly.

“You rocks must really like that mud! In cadence! Exercise! One! Two! Three!”

“One!” Your left, your right, your left, your right!

Echo Company’s ready to fight!

Your left, your right, your left, your right!

In the early morning rain.

“Drop! Drop!”

“Yes, sergeant!”

“Knock ’em out!”

“One, sergeant! Two, sergeant! Three, ser­ geant!”

You hear the AK crackle, Your buddy’s lying dead, He died with a bullet in his head.

Leonard Wood! Leonard Wood!

Late at night when you’re sleepin’ There’s a drill sergeant creepin’ all around, Creepin’ all around.

Range one - Weapons Qualification. If all this was to mean anything at all, we had to qualify with our M-16A1 rifle right here. Right now.

“Look man, just remember your steady hold procedures and you won’t have any prob­ lems.” Kelsey’s quiet, cool voice had a power all its own. “Get a firm grip, steady your left elbow, plant the stock firmly into your shoul­ der, get a good stockweld, control your breath­ ing, close your left eye, and SQUEEZE the trigger. If you jerk it, the barrel will jump, and you’ll miss your target.”

“That’s the hardest part.”

“We’ve got a few minutes, let’s practice.”

We lay down in a circle facing out. Kelsey put a penny on the end of each rifle. Since they weren’t loaded, there wouldn’t be any kick.

The idea was to pull the trigger and not have the penny fall off.

“Kelsey!”

“At ease!” We leaped to our feet and as­ sumed the parade rest position under arms.

“Just what are you girls doing?”

“Practicing the steady hold factors, ser­ geant.”

Sergeant Orleans had a very wicked look on his face.

“You tryin’ to train my platoon for me, boy?”

“No, sergeant.”

“I been watchin’ you, college boy. I think I’m goin’ to give you an opportunity to excel,

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or to step all over yourself, you know what I got in mind, college boy?”

“No, sergeant.”

“What college you go to, boy? Don’t they teach you how to think up north?”

“No, sergeant.”

“I didn’t think so. You are now the pla­ toon guide. You get Jones’ armband and take over his duties ASAP. We’ll see what kind of trainin’ you can do.” 1 had to smile. Platoon guide was a fall guy, but at least Kelsey would be better than Jones. if my chute don’t open wide, I got a reserve by my side.

If that one should fail me, too, Look out ground I’m a-comin’ through.

Pin my medals upon on chest, Bury me in the leanin’ rest.

!

Sgt. Darkheart came crashing through the barracks. Disassembled weapons and cleaning kits flew through the air. Nobody moved from parade rest to look for his firing pin.

“Kitowitz-i-ae- ay! You shave this mornin’ maggot?” His eyes were red and teary. “Speed.”

I thought.

“Yes, sergeant!”

He bent down and rubbed his cheek against mine. Razor stubble scratched my face. I said nothing.

“Drop, maggot! Didn’t shave!”

“Yes, sergeant!” I hit the front leanin’ rest.

“What’re you waitin’ for, maggot? Knock ’em out.”

“One, sergeant! Two, sergeant! Three, ser­ geant!”

“Kelsey, honey. What’s this here mess in my building?” Darkheart kicked another open weapon. Pieces scattered. “Don’ you know that if you put somebody else’s pieces into your M16A1 rifle that it will explode?”

“Yes, sergeant. We’re just have weapons cleaning, sergeant.”

“Thirteen, sergeant. Fourteen, sergeant.

Fifteen, sergeant.”

“Who tol* you to clean my weapons?”

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“Sergeant, we just came back from the range.”

“Who tol’ you to clean your weapons?”

“No one, sergeant.”

“Twenty, sergeant. Twenty-one, sergeant.

Twenty-two, sergeant.”

“Mackle-gravy!”

“Yes, sergeant!”

“Go tell Sgt. Orleans that I want the sock of knowledge.”

“Yes, sergeant.” He hit the door at double time.

“Twenty-seven, sergeant. Twenty-eight, sergeant. Twenty-nine, sergeant."

“Sergeant, Private Mackleravi requests per­ mission to speak.”

“Speak.”

“Sergeant, 1 brought the sock.”

“Good, give it to me.” Mackleravi held out an army issue olive drab sack, half full of some­ thing. Darkheart took it.

“Drop, Mackle-gravy.”

“Yes, sergeant.”

“Forty-three, sergeant. Forty-four, ser­ geant.”

One, sergeant! Two, sergeant! Three, ser­ geant!”

Darkheart took the Sock of Knowledge in. his right hand and drew back. Kelsey looked him square in the eye. Darkheart smacked him in the face with it. Kelsey coughed and stum­ bled back in surprise. He reached for his eyes.

“Nobody tol’ you to move! Parade rest!”

With an effort he came back to parade rest. He had tears in his eyes. “Don’ move, college boy.”

Darkheart hit him with the sock again. And then a third time. Each time Kelsey’s head moved with the blow. But he held his position.

Then 1 smelled it. CS powder - tear gas. Dark­ heart had emptied a canister of tear gas into the sock and was pelting Kelsey with it.

Three feet away, my chest tightened and my eyes started to burn. My nose was running and 1 couldn’t choke out the count on my my push-ups any more. Mackleravi was having the same problem.

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On the fifth or sixth blow, Kelsey dropped to his knees and threw up. Tears were stream­ ing down his face, cutting channels in the yel­ low powder. Everywhere the powder touched skin or eyes, it burned. Everywhere the tears touched the powder, it was intensified.

“Eleven, sergeant. Twelve, sergeant.”

“Fifty-one, sergeant. Fifty-two, sergeant.”

“College-boys. Everybody, drop!”

Ain’t no use in going home, Jody’s got your girl and gone.

Ain’t no use in callin’ home, Jody’s on your telephone.

Ain’t no use in going back, Jody’s got your Cadillac.

We fell in for formation. The sun doesn’t shine in Missouri at 4:45 in the morning. Sgt. Orleans walked to the front of the company.

“Company!”

“Platoon!” We all waited for the command of execution, but it didn’t come.

“Kelsey, what’s a matter with your pla­ toon?” Kelsey looked over his shoulder at the four ranks behind him.

“Sergeant?” he asked, puzzled.

“What’s a matter with Private Norman, Kelsey? Norman, what have you got on?”

“My field jacket, sergeant.”

“Norman, do you see anybody else wearing a field jacket?”

“Sergeant, I’m cold. I’m from New York.”

“New York? New York? Norman, I’m from Florida, do you see me wearing a field jacket?

Kelsey, while Norman’s securing his field jacket and Echo Company’s waiting to go to chow, get down and give me fifty.”

“Yes, sergeant! One, sergeant! Two, sergeant!”

“And Kelsey, do fifty more for Norman be­ ing from New York.”

“Yes, sergeant.”

Your mother was home when you left.

You’re right!

Your sister was home when you left.

You’re right!

Your girl was home when you left.

You’re right!

Your dog was home when you left.

You’re right!

So what’s the reason you left9 I don’t know!

What’s the reason you left: I don’t know?

The formation halted in front of the company arms room. We filed quickly through and turned in our “best friends” to the com­ pany armorer. Back outside, we waited for the other two platoons, and for supper. Sgt. Darkheart was standing on the landing outside the arms room, harassing trainees as they flew by.

Kelsey was a few feet in front of our forma­ tion, half turned back toward it, talking to someone in Ihe first rank.

“Kelsey! What’re you doing!”

“Counseling Pvt. Harris, sergeant!”

“C’mere, college boy.” Kelsey ran over and stood at the foot of the landing. Darkheart's boots were just about even with his face.

“Did I tell you to counsel anybody?”

“No, sergeant.”

“Then why are you doin’ it?”

“No excuse, sergeant.”

Darkheart bent down and took hold of Kelsey’s collar.

“You think you can take me, college boy?”

“No, sergeant.”

“You want a piece of me, college boy?”

“No, sergeant.”

“1 don’ believe you, college boy. I think I need to teach you a lesson.” Darkheart brought his fists together in front of Kelsey’s neck.

Without letting go of his collar, stood up and lifted Kelsey even with his shoulders.

“Can you breathe, college boy?” Kelsey’s choked response told him that he couldn’t.

Darkheart held him until his own arms began to shake. Then he dropped him suddenly.

Kelsey hit the ground and coughed and rubbed his neck.

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“Does that constitute trainee abuse, Kel­ sey?” Kelsey stood up.

“No, sergeant.”

“That’s right, ’cause this is trainin’. Did you see any trainee abuse, Echo Company?”

“No, sergeant!” we thundered.

Count cadence, delayed cadence, count cadence, count!

One! Echo Company!

Two! You better do your best!

Three! Before you find yourself!

Four! In the leanin’ rest!

One! Get up! Two! Get down!

Three! Get up! Four! Get down!

One! Two! Three! Four!

One! Two! Three! Four!

Kelsey and 1 walked the length of the bri­ gade headquarters building again. It was the only way to stay warm.

“What time you got, Kels?”

“Three AM. Forty-five more minutes ’til we get relieved.” I shivered and nodded.

“Think we’ll have to clean weapons when we go back?”

He smiled, “Holmes, we always clean these babies before we turn them in. You think just ’cause it’s the middle of the night, it’s freezing, and we just pulled four hours of guard duty they’re gonna let us off? Where you been going to basic at these past seven weeks, anyway?”

1 didn’t answer. A jeep pulled up and Sgt. Darkheart’s tall silhouette stepped out. He came up to us silently and shined a flashlight in my eyes.

“Aren’t you gonna ask for the password?

Who we got here, anyway? Kit-o-v-tz-ay.

What’s your first general order, maggot?”

“Sergeant —” I stopped because 1 blanked out. 1 knew this! “Sergeant —” 1 stammered.

“Sergeant 1 —” I felt the sting of his hand across my face.

“Too late, maggot! Too late! Gimme that rifle! A soldier that don’t know his general’s orders shouldn’t be on guard duty. Give it to

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me, now!” I unslung my rifle and handed it to him.

“You trying to assault me, boy?”

“No, sergeant.”

“How many rounds you issued?”

“Three rounds, sergeant. Standard guard duty issue.”

“Give it to me!”

“Yes, sergeant.” I handed over my maga­ zine. Darkheart jammed it into the magazine well of the rifle.

“What’s your second general order, mag­ got?”

“Sergeant, I will report...”

“Shaddup!” He pulled back the charging handle and let the bolt fly forward. He flicked the rifle over from “safe” to “semi.”

He wasn’t shouting anymore. “What’s your third general order, college boy?” He wasn’t pointing the rifle at me anymore. It was point­ ing at Kelsey.

“Sergeant, 1 will quit my post only when properly relieved.”

“Oh, I’m gonna relieve you all right, col­ lege boy. And you’re definitely going to quit your post.”

Kelsey said nothing. 1 didn’t dare to breathe. Kelsey was looking Darkheart straight in the eye. He didn’t show any fear at all.

I heard the safety click again. 1 couldn’t see if it went to “safe” or to “automatic.”

“Rock ’n’ roll, college boy.” The three rounds came out in one burst. Kelsey’s mouth flew open. His body flew back onto the pave­ ment. A dark stain showed on the concrete all around him. The rifle clicked again, but he was out of ammunition. I heard the rifle hit the ground behind me.

All I could do was kneel by him and call his name. i see the ranger in the sky, I know he’s not afraid to die.

I see the ranger in the sky In the early morning rain.

— Geoffrey A. Kieta

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THE RIDGEWAY GHOST The silence of that October night wrapped around the poor teamster like a midnight-black death shroud. The whisper of owls echoed through the fog, and the trodding click of oxen’s feet were muffled by his own pounding heart.

The two beasts puffed heated snorts of bur­ den. But most of all... there was silence.

Gloom seemed to push in on him from all sides, and Halloween-spawned apparitions brushed up along Iris chest. They caused the hair on Ills neck to stand on end. Even the moon peeped in and out of the clouds as if to say, “I don’t wanna watch!” This lone team­ ster was scared completely out of his mind.

Jake did a most natural thing for team­ sters in his day and age. He stopped at the next town, walked into the nearest saloon, and pro­ ceeded to drink several cups of courage. “Bug juice” he called it. You see, Jake knew where he was. He was in Jennytown, the haunting ground of the Ridgeway Ghost. After a short while, Jake had built up enough intestinal for­ titude to continue his journey. When he stepped out into the street, the moon, which was too scared to look before, now laughed heartily in the sky. The two oxen had some­ how loosened their harnesses and tied them­ selves to the back of the wagon ... Jake, knowing what had actually happened, slumped to the mud unconscious!

I never talked to Jake myself, but I have heard it said that just before Jake passed out the Ridgeway Ghost was seen dancing down the street holding Jake’s lantern in one hand and cracking Jake’s whip in the other. As might be imagined, Jake has never been seen along the Ridgeway again.

This is one of many tales about the Ridge­ way Ghost. During the 1840’s and 1850’s, the specter played his practical jokes along the old Military Road from the early settlement of Pokersville, at Blue Mounds, to Dodgeville, an area of some 25 miles. He seemed to make his home in Ridgeway, which was halfway be­ tween the two towns. This road was frequently

used by ox-drawn carts which after they were loaded down with lead from Mineral Point headed to Milwaukee. There were many sa­ loons along the Ridgeway and most of them had somewhat questionable reputations. Their only purpose was to accommodate the nearly 10,000 immigrants a year. These miners and lead-workers poured into the “Lead Region” from such places as Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, and the American South. Drinking and gam­ bling were some of their more timid activities.

You see, justice moved slowly and knifings, shootings, and brawls were frequent. In fact, burial services became such commonplace that they were very informal. It may be hard to believe, but at one time the “Wild West” was not far away from Northwestern College.

This was a period that gave rise to such yams as the “Poker Game.” It seems that there were three men playing poker one night, probably in Ridgeway. During the course of the game, the three did some serious tipping of the jug. On one particular hand, there was a lot of money on the table. The miner with the full house won the game and reached for the pot. Suddenly, an invisible hand grabbed the cards and started dealing. The men looked up and noticed that a fourth man had taken the vacant seat. He sat with the brim of his hat covering his face. Every time the players tried to grab the cards, their Poker hands would take off flying around the room. Soon the con­ fusion became too much for the men and they B&R/October, 1987

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ran from the tavern, tripping over each other.

The mysterious stranger disappeared and so did the money. It was obvious that the Ridgeway Ghost had made an appearance. He saw the open seat at the table and decided to play a couple of hands. The tavern keeper saw the Ghost enter and dropped to his knees behind the bar. While he was there, rumor has it that he consumed much of the goods in stock.

Another not-so-humorous joke played by the Ridgeway Ghost happened in Pokerville.

Two residents of that town were carrying a plank one evening and they passed by a bush.

The bush parted and a white apparition jumped onto the plank in between them. The ghost forced the men to run around by whipping them like farm animals. Finally the two fell on the ground in a dire state of exhaustion. When they looked up, the ghost was gone.

There was once a Welsh farmer who lived and worked around Ridgeway. The farmer knew about the Ridgeway Ghost, but he didn’t believe that it was real. One night,, he went to the pump to draw a couple buckets of water.

As he was heading back to the house, some­ thing caught his eye when he opened the door.

The pump handle was still busy pumping wa­ ter! The Welsh farmer burst into the house and blocked up the door. To this day, he never fetches water after sundown.

There was even one man who walked sev­ eral miles to call on his girlfriend. When he got to the house, there was a stranger seated on an old iron stove. The man went into his girl­ friend’s house, visited awhile and then headed for home. The stranger on the stove was still there. Suddenly, he got up and walked shoul­ der to shoulder with the man. In fact, the stranger matched him stride for stride. When they were within eyesight of the man’s house, the stranger disappeared with the sound of a small explosion. The young man never re­ turned to see his girlfriend again.

These are just a few stories about the Ridgeway Ghost. Robert E. Gard and L. G. Sorden’s book, Wisconsin Lore, which I used in preparing this article, contains more folk tales abou the Ridgeway Ghost and other legends.

But, to get back on track, lefs consider what spawned these legends and kept them alive.

As I stated earlier, the region of the Ridge­ way Ghost was filled with violence and crimi­ nal activity. Perhaps the people of these local 104

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towns grew tired of the brawling miners and decided to scare them away. As the years passed by, more people, miners and settlers alike, began to have experiences with the ghost. People started believing their own stories. And given the apparent superstitious nature of the inhabitants, it is not hard to see how such a legend could develop.

But what ever happened to the Ridgeway Ghost? In 1857 the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad line was built to include Mineral Point. This caused much of the overland haul­ ing of lead along the old Military Road to cease.

This in turn caused many of the saloons along the same stretch of road to close down. As people left the area, tales of the old prankster spirit began to subside. There are those who say that the Ghost could not stand the noise of the train as it whistled and lumbered its way down the track. Some say they saw a specter riding on the cow catcher of an engine as it left Ridgeway. Perhaps this is when the Ridgeway Ghost took his leave in search of other, more suitable, haunting grounds.

Speculating a bit, we can trace the path of the Ridgeway Ghost through the town of Muskego in Waukesha County. On February 5, 1886, this article appeared in the State News: It is reported that a house owned

by Adolph Wollmer, situated one half mile south of Tess’s Comers in the town of Muskego, Wauke­ sha County, is haunted. It is per­ fectly quiet around the house un­ til the dread hour of night ap­ proaches when it is suddenly il­ luminated ... Distinct sounds of footsteps are heard pacing the floors, and doors [swing] ... to and fro ... yet no object is per­ ceptible. This scene is of very short duration, lasting one or two minutes only, and is repeated sev­ eral times during the early morn­ ing hours.

I have never seen the Ridgeway Ghost, but I would feel that I am not doing my job if I did not warn you. If you ever find yourself alone on a deserted stretch of road, and if you ever feel that something is watching you from behind the bushes, don’t look back. It may be the Ridgeway Ghost.

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THE BEAL HALLOWEEN Hinduism is a vast and very interesting re­ ligion. It has many aspects as well as gods. It is native to India and is still the main religion to­ day. The religion is said to be “both a Hellen­ ism and a Judaism: it is both a way of life and a highly organized social and religious system” (Zaehner, p. 1). The religion is mainly social, dealing with dharma (guidelines) and karma (good or bad actions), and it also entails a caste system. But the religion is not without gods.

Although a monotheist or even an athiest can be a good Hindu, the religion still has several gods. The three major gods which are wor­ shipped are Brahma, the creator; Shiva, the de­ stroyer and the god of reproduction and life; and Vishnu, the preserver of god of love. Each have several incarnations and counterpart gods within them. For instance, Shiva had a wifegoddess named Devi. She also has other incar­ nations, namely Durga and Kali. These “aspects” of the goddess are worshipped by some Hindus. The one “aspect” or incarnation which I am going to expound is Kali who is considered the most scary and devastating god of the Hindus. Some worshippers of Kali can reach such a fanatacism that they kill innocent human beings for their goddess. This aspect of Hinduism is definitely the scariest and probab­ ly the least known of all the Hindu aspects. It is what I like to call “the real Halloween.”

To show the contrast of the aspects men­ tioned above, one world religion text says, “ ... the Great Goddess is conceived of as the spouse of Shiva, and like Shiva she has both a pacific and a terrifying aspect: as Parvati,... she is Shiva’s beautiful bride; as the ugly and bloodthirsty Kali she demands animal (and at times human) sacrifice” (Parrinder, p. 221).

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god (goddess) to have sacrifices, either animal or human. “Every Thursday morning in Ben­ ares four goats are offered to her. The animal is tied to a post in front of the temple. A woman holds him by his legs, and the religious execu­ tioner severs his head from his body with one stroke of a heavy knife. The head is then borne into the temple and presented before Kali’s image” (Pratt, p. 19). Now this doesn’t seem any different than the periodic temple sacri­ fices in the Old Testament. 3ut the way the sacrifice was performed was much different and was not as graphic. Human sacrifices, dis­ cussed later in this paper, were never a part of Old Testament sacrifices, and the emphasis of the Old Testament sacrifices was on life, not death, as the sacrifices to Kali are.

Kali is revered all over India. She is sur­ passed in worship and number of followers by only Vishnu and Shiva. Her cult is called “Shaktism.” Kali is considered to be different things by different people. She can be the “per­ sonification of the cosmic Forces or even of Power in general”; the “universal Mother”; the “female power manifest in Nature, who, com­ bined with the male power represented by Shiva, makes the totality of all tilings”; and even “the symbol of Eternity or of All-devour­ ing Time” (Pratt, p. 60-61). However, Kali’s destructive side is much more widely recog­ nized. She is commonly represented in a pic­ ture which shows her “in a riot of blood and carnage (while) skulls and severed heads hang from her neck, (and) her tongue, thirsting for more blood, protrudes from her mouth, and she stands with one foot on the prostrate body of her husband” (Pratt, p. 63). Vivekananda, a prominent Indian of the late 19th century, wrote of her in this poem:

Scattering plague and sorrows.

Dancing made with joy, Come, O Mother, come!

For Terror is Thy name.

Death is in Thy breath.

And every shaking step Destroys a world for e’er.

Who dares misery love Dance in Destruction’s dance And hug the form of Death— To him the Mother comes (Pratt, p. 64).

As one can see, death is a major part of Kali.

The good sides of the goddess are barely seen.

She is synonymous with death and destruction and she is worshipped for it. Although there is a good representation of her in art, a form that resembles the Madonna, where she is called “Mother,” she is much more widely recog­ nized as the evil, deadly-looking goddess that she is revered as. Another quotation that shows the devotion that Indians can have for what can be an eyesore for the Western world: Ever art thou dancing in battle.

Mother. Never was beauty like thine, as, with thy hair flowing about thee, thou dost ever dance, a naked warrior on the breast of Siva (Shiva).

Heads of thy sons, daily freshly killed, hang as a garland around thy neck. How is thy waist adorned with human hands! Little children are thy ear-rings. Faultless are thy lovely lips; thy teeth are fair as the jasmin in full bloom. Thy face is bright as the lotus-flower, and ter­ rible is its constant smiling. Beauti­ ful as the rainclouds is thy form; all blood-stained are thy feet.

Prasad says: My mind is as one that dances. No longer can my eyes be­ hold such beauty (Zaehner, p. 146).

This ended a Hindu epoch of Bhakti, and it shows at what point some Indians have come to in their worship of Kali. This almost sounds like a psalm, but unfortunately the subject is not nearly as beautiful. Kali is a scary and dan-

gerous goddess and is more often than not a very horrifying aspect of Hinduism that is re­ vered by Indians as good and pleasing. This is a most obvious oversight that has some dread­ ful consequences.

Perhaps the most terrifying group of wor­ shippers who revere Kali are the Thugs. The name comes from the Hindu verb “thugna,” which means “to deceive.” Thus, a good Eng­ lish translation of Thugs is “the deceivers.”

The practices of this cult are scary and gro­ tesque and border on Satanism. However, they cannot be considered Satanic, since the Hindu religion has no Satan. But Kali, the evil god­ dess, can be considered a Hindu Satan, al­ though the classification is not entirely accu­ rate since the Hindu religion reveres Kali as a goddess to be worshipped just as the “good gods” such as Vishnu and Shiva.

The subject of the Thugs is not an easy one to find. Most Hindu sources do not speak of them as part of the Hindu religion, simply be­ cause of fhe disgusting practices of the cult.

The only source I could find on the subject that went into great detail was a novel called The Deceivers, written from the notes of Wil­ liam Savage, a civil administrator of India who went undercover to expose the Thugs and ended up becoming one for a time. The book is a scary, real explanation of what Thugs are and how horrifying the worship of Kali can be­ come. In an effort to explain the cult of the Thugs, I am going to use the book as a source and describe the Thugs as if I were getting the information from a textbook. Hopefully, this will give an in depth analysis for the reader as to what Thugs are and how dreadful their wor­ ship can become.

Thugs have a worship practice that has sev­ eral parts, and they all lead to murder of inno­ cent people as sacrifices to their goddess Kali.

They gather together in small groups and pro­ ceed to the designated area for worship. The “deceivers” use codes for speaking to one another. They virtually have their own lan­ guage. In greetings the name Ali is used along with a Hindu or Mohammedan phrase added, depending on the listener’s language. Ali was no particular person, but the name is used as a part of their “code.” Most sects and many areas of India have their own customary form of greeting and this is the customary greeting of a Thug since the name meant nothing to any B&R/October, 1987

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Outsiders or “beetoos” as the Thugs call them are the victims of this cult. They travel along with the Thugs for the journey to a re­ mote area, unaware that they are going to be sacrifices to Kali. These “beetoos” are usually not religious and have no idea what is going to happen to them. The Thugs always make sure to outnumber those who are to be killed. This assures that they will not be killed themselves by a victim who suddenly realizes what is going on during the worship (Masters, p. 123-125).

The leader of the group of Thugs when they have all gathered together for their trip is called the Jemadar, which means “junior of­ ficer.” He along with other officers oversees the proceedings, much like priests. They are consulted as to when the ritual is to begin for each Thug.

Each Thug carries with him a white sheet and a small pickax. The pickax hangs down­ ward in an extra loop of the Thug’s loincloth.

It has a pattern of whorls and triangles on it. It cannot be used as a method of finding Thugs simply because most travelers carry tools and weapons with them while traveling down strange roads. One of the chief Thugs drapes his white sheet on the grass after he has cleared away any twigs or loose dirt from the area. He then looks to the sky and lays the pickax on the sheet with its point towards the direction that the band of Thugs is traveling. Then he takes a position behind the sheet and the Jemadar and the others arrange themselves in a line behind him. He then clasps his hands together and looks up to the sky and says, “O Kali, thy servants are waiting. Grant them thy approval, they pray.” The group then waits patiently for a “sign” from Kali, such as a bird flying through the trees. Then the chief Thug says, “Kali, we hear! We are thy ser­ vants! We obey!” He then picks up the pickax and sheet and puts them back where he origin­ ally got them on his person. The Thugs then pull rumals, or small cloths much like handker­ chiefs, from their waistbands and run them 110

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once or twice through their hands. Then the leader of the worship goes down the line and gives each Thug a new silver ruppe, or coin, and murmurs a blessing to each one. Then each man ties the silver coin onto one end of his rumal, runs the rumal through his fingers again, and tucks it back into his waist. All of the Thugs except the leaders leave a little corner of the rumal showing from their waist. If one totally conceals the rumal, it shows that he has been formally trained by a professor how to strangle. It was much like a strangler’s “doc­ torate.” The Thugs then split up and leave the clearing where the ritual took place (Masters, p. 132-133).

After this, the Thugs gather together with the future victims and eat just as they would as travelers. The Jemadar then sings along with a zither. The music is almost hypnotic. The vic­ tims treat it as a form of entertainment, but the Thugs know that this is the “get ready” command. The music is soothing, and slowly some Thugs get up and walk as if entranced and go to the victims. When the Jemadar, hav­ ing sung very softly up to this point, says in his normal speaking voice, “The stars are shining bright,” the Thugs attack. The cloths come out and are quickly wrapped around the victims’ heads. To avoid any defense from the victim, the Thug places his knee into the victim’s back­ bone and cracks it, and before the “beetoo” even knows what hit him, he is dead by strang­ ling. The body is then draped over a log and the joints are broken. Then a stake is placed through the chest and the body is lowered into a pit along with the other dead “beetoos.” All of the possessions of the victim are seized by the Thugs, and anything not considered val­ uable is thrown into the pit with the bodies along with the bloodied rumals. The murders are completed, but the horrifying cult has just begun to worship the destroyer-goddess Kali (Masters, p. 132-138).

The Thugs then travel to an agreed meet­ ing place and feast. During this feast one of the most horrifying aspects of this cult becomes apparent. The Thugs engage in a pseudo-com­ munion. One of the chief Thugs digs a small hole in the earth with his pickax. After the blade of the ax is cleaned with his rumal he lays the tool on the blanket beside some sugar and a rupee. He sits down and crosses his legs.

Those who did the strangling sit in two tight

rows to the left and right of the leader. He says, “Great goddess, as in old time thou vouchsafed one hundred and-sixty-two thou­ sand rupees to Jhora Naik and Koduk Bunwari in their need, so, we beseech thee, fulfill our desires.” The group seated repeats what was said and all fall silent. The leader picks up the rupee and drops it in the hole. He puts sugar on the rupee and poufs water over it. Finally, he takes his folded rumal, places the pickax on it, and places it at chest level and thanks Kali for the “gift” and prays for further guidance, blessing, and protection (Masters, p. 144).

is almost a demon possession. These Thugs live normal lives and suddenly turn on all their morals when “Kali wishes it.” It instills fear in the most stable Christian, for the man spoken of in the book was Christian and never would have harmed another human being. Yet, after “communing” with the Thugs, he did kill someone. It is said that when a person is killing another as a Thug, he can taste the “sugar of Kali” on his tongue. William Savage experienced this. He did taste the sugar on his tongue when he killed the innocent ‘beetoo.”

It is no wonder that Indians revere such a hor­ rible goddess as Kali, for, in a non-Christian’s eyes, to have her for an adversary would be very dangerous.

The worship of Kali is vastly different from the morals and codes of Hinduism. The worship is not restricted to Hindus, however.

Muslims have been known to be Thugs also.

Kali does stem from the Hindu gods, but in essence she is really her own cult. This is prob­ ably why the practices of Kali-worshippers does not mesh with the teachings of either Hin­ duism or Islam. Kali is a dreadful force. She no doubt gets her “power” from Satan Himself.

This “power” dwarfs the stories one often hears around Halloween, making it a “real Halloween.” As for me, I prefer to celebrate the Reformation!

- - Tom Mielke BIBLIOGRAPHY Masters, John, The Deceivers, copyright 1952, The Viking Press, New York, N.Y.

After this the leader gives a lump of sugar to each Thug and says, “Take, eat, this is the sweetness of Kali. You are hers and she is yours.” He then gets water and does the same, saying, “Take, drink, this is the milk of Kali.

You 'are hers and she is yours.” After this communion, it is said that those who have partaken of it are now Kali’s and whether they know it or not will kill innocent victims just as the other Thugs did and return to their normal place in society, only to return to shed blood once again when Kali wishes it (Masters, p.

145-146, 151-152).

The whole practice of this “pseudo-com­ munion” is revolting to a Christian because it is so close to our own communion. This is probably the most devastating aspect of the cult. It

Mitchell, A. G., Hindu Gods and copyright 1982, Crown Publishing, London, England, p. 48.

Parrinder, Edward Geoffrey, World Religions From Ancient History to the Present, copyright 1971, The Hamlyn Publishing Group, Limited, New York, N.Y., p. 221.

Pratt, James Bissett, India and Its Faiths, copyright 1915, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, England, pp. 60-66, 68.

Zaehner, R. C., Hinduism, copyright 1962, Oxford University Press, London, England, pp.

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CAMPUS COMMENT How do you feel about the policy of Dorm Council members checking rooms and handing out fines?

Roger Quandt - Senior “This policy is a very good idea. It teaches us many things like how to make your bed and how to be a responsible person. It makes me very sad to walk by somebody else’s room and see a messy bed. It is a good thing for me that my friends and neighbors set a good ex­ ample for me by having the cleanest rooms in the whole dorm of Wit­ tenberg. Thanks, guys!”

Kurt Koeplin - Junior person that I am, feel that this sub­ “1, being the absolute ject is totally unapplicable to me. However, strangely enough it re­ minds me of the story of Christ and the adulteress who was about to be stoned. Christ told the crowd, ‘Whoever is without sin, let him be the first to throw.* 1 say to the Dorm Council, ‘Whoever among you has never made a mess, let him be the first to fine.’ ”

Paul Bauer - Sophomore “First of all, fines don’t concern me since I room with a man on the inside, a dorm council member. My room can be a mess, and I don’t have to worry about it. As far as D.C. members giving out fines, I think most are spineless because they never fine face to face, but rather let you know about a week later with an anonymous note in your mailbox.”

Jim Turriff - Freshman “I’m sure that somewhere on this campus there are some people who benefit from this friendly little reminder every week, but most people can get by without it. Even though my room has been known to get kind of messy from time to time, I’m still able to get it cleaned up for the big weekends, especially if there is a slight chance that I might get a visit from some females.”

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About four years ago, the PTL Club wasn’t concerned about diversion of funds, unmen­ tionable scandals, and hitting the headlines.

They had all they could do to keep up with the call to arms to combat Satan and save our na­ tion’s youth. It was once the pinnacle and the close of the “Christianity against Rock” move­ ment. There were bonfires set to destroy Sa­ tan’s vehicle for polluting young Americans’ minds. Hundreds of books were published, thousands of copies were sold, millions of words from the visible church’s prominent doomsaying holy men were devoured by the terrified parents of adolescents everywhere.

Movements were started to label psychologic­ ally and spiritually dangerous music. Christian Rock was hailed as the only safe music for Christian teens. (But that’s a future article.)

And every day on CBN, one who took notice would see and hear sermon upon sermon warn­ ing against the inherent, uncontrolled effects the Wicked Foe had on the minds of children who subjected themselves to rock music. The furor? The terrifying demon tormenting our youth?-Backward Masking.

(NB-This is not to say that there is no evil influence on any rock music; I’m sure there is.

However, it is the purpose of this article to ex­ amine only the existence and effects of Back­ ward Masking.)

Backward Masking-or more accurately, “Back Masking”—is a general term, usually negative, referring to messages, usually evil, hidden within music, usually rock. I say “gen-

Back Masking

eral” because there were several alleged meth­ ods of back masking. Besides dubbing words and messages, actually backwards onto the mu­ sic, many “forward masking” methods were employed. Running the message at a very high or low speed or frequency, or at a very low vol­ ume level—“under” the music, so to speak; are all methods of back masking. In fact, most large Yellow Pages carry an entry for “MU­ ZAK: Psychologically prepared music,” be­ cause they deter shoplifters and boost sales by means of low level messages. Movie theatres have been shut down for inserting on a reel one or two illegal frames depicting popcorn and Coke. (Big Brother may not be watching you, but you are watching and listening to him!)

But the most interesting and controversial of these methods was indeed the backward masked messages. And for the purpose of this column-as not to make it as long as last month’s-we will confine our discussion to back masking.

BEGINNINGS It has a relatively short history, about half as long as rock music. And we can thank the Beatles. They were the firsi to utilize the concept-though not the effects-of backward masked messages. In an attempt to sell more albums, they put messages in their music, en­ ticing listeners to discover them. May I men­ tion that this gimmick was astronomically successful—as the White Album sold more copies than any of their other albums-yet boasted fewer hits. Apparently America was dying to find out “who killed Paul!” ELO also caused a stir with their album “Face the Music,” which touted “The music’s reversi­ ble but time isn’t; turn back, turn back, turn back!” backwards. And even as late as 1979, Pink Floyd hid a message backwards on their album, “The Wall,” to the effect of “Con­ gratulations! You’ve discovered the secret

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message. Send your reply to ... etc.” As I said, it worked; they sold albums.

But they were just gimmicks, you see.

There was nothing “hidden” about these mes­ sages. Listening to the album, one would hear blatant sounds of garbled speech, obviously backward, obviously present. And while some hasty crusaders have lumped these and similar examples into the same category with their true opponent, more dismissed them for what they are-games. What really scared them were the not-so-obvious, perhaps even not-so-intended messages occasionally discovered be­ hind rock music.

THE SATAN CONNECTION The first example I remember hearing was from Queen’s album, “The Game.” The song was “Another One Bites the Dust” and during a central portion of the song, the vocalist sings the title over and over. Upon playing this section backwards, most people could be per­ suaded that they heard the line, “It’s fun to smoke marijuana,” likewise, over and over.

Another popular example was Styx’s “Snowblind”—a song condeming cocaine addic­ tion. Backwards, only one line can be made out to make sense, and only once. That line, this time, not so easily understood or accepted, sang, “Satan, move in our voices.” Many other examples became popular during this short­ lived outburst of paranoia. But the most exten­ sive, most widely publicized cases of back masking were those of “Stairway to Heaven,” Led Zeppelin’s biggest hit—in fact, it has been in the running with “Hey Jude” as the greatest rock song of all time; and the Eagles’ “Hotel California,” another incredibly popular song.

Behind their verses, lines-even entire para­ graphs!-of seemingly Satanic prose can be ex-

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traded when listened to backwards. Lines such as: "It's my sweet Satan. . . whose power is Sa­ tan . . ” and “Oh, Satan, he organized his own religion..."

Articles could be written about just these two songs and the albums that they are on, but as a sideline, suffice it to say that “Stairway to Heaven,” according to Robert Plant, the lyri­ cist—again, one of the most popular songs of all time-took less than a half hour to compose.

Plant was quoted: “The lyrics I’m proud of; someone pushed my pen for me, 1 think.”

But realize, no group or solo artist has ever admitted to knowing about these messagesthat is, the unintentional ones. They, as well as their producers and engineers, refuse to ack­ nowledge even the presence of messages, let alone the responsibility. Believe me, to hear them say it, you almost have to believe they know nothing about it.

Up to now, the reader may have detected a skeptical tone to this article. It was intended.

But here is where the true purpose comes out.

I’m not writing this to discount backward masking and its effects, but to discuss and ex­ plore them. The question is not whether it’s there, it is there. We’re looking at this to discover the extent and the effects of this subliminal motivation. Again, they are not the product of someone’s overactive imagination, or the object of rock music haters’ persecution.

Something is there and it is usually Satanic in nature.

But if groups claim to know nothing about it, who is it? That question will be explored and answered before the end of this article.

However, before we ask that, we should ask questions like, “Who cares?” “Why bring the topic up?” and “What possible effects could it

have?” Let’s ask the people who can provide the answers.

THE EXPERTS As I implied earlier. I’ve been interested in backward masking since about 1979, when I heard “Another One Bites the Dust.” I studied the topic for about three and a half years, off and on—“part-time.” I learned a lot: about back masking, subliminal motivation (in music, MUZAK, advertising, and commercial art), hypnosis, and the music business. But I do not consider myself an expert.

Scientists, on the other hand, have been ex­ perimenting with subliminal conditioning for years. Muzak and movies are just two ex­ amples. Brussels sprouts and hypnosis are two others. Basically, what they found was that it works, to a point. For example, William Durrell, of Aurora, Colorado, citing studies from Stanford, UCLA and other colleges, found that in movie theatres where the popcorn and Coke pictures were flashed on the screen for split seconds every so often, sales of popcorn and Coke shot up an average of 55%. Muzak (im­ planting “buyer motivation” messages) boosts retail sales 30-35% in larger department stores like Sears, JC Penney and Shopko. But the most dramatic effects are found in stores that play Muzak tapes that send out messages say­ ing, “You are a good person; you never steal; you don’t want to ever shoplift.” In the stores that utilized similar tapes, shoplifting dropped 80%! That’s no small potatoes! And in psych­ ological tests done on children—using music Dehind which were messages promoting Brus­ sels sprouts-the actual tastes of children were changed so that they accepted and enjoyed foods that are notoriously hated by children.

Why? How can subliminal conditioning act­ ually change a person’s likes and dislikes? The answer lies at the base of the brain, in the area called the Reticular System. That is the area of

the brain that arouses large areas of the cere­ bral cortex—the seat of conscious thought—and allows “receptive focus,” or concentration on incoming information. (Like when you get so wrapped up in a book or movie that you forget about the previously quite noticeable pain in your foot.) When something, anything, comes into the brain, via the senses, the reticular systhem immediately accepts the information and and sends it on to the memory; or, if objection­ able, discards the information as false.

But the reticular system can be bypassed.

If the information coming in is encoded (as in backwards), the reticular system doesn’t know it has entered, since it’s not decoded until it reaches higher areas of the brain at which point it is stored in the subconscious as AC­ CEPTED INFORMATION. However, that is not to say that if the message “Kill your brother” comes into the brain backwards, you will execute that command. Hypnotists have found time and time again that statements which contradict moral beliefs will not alter those beliefs. Yet the scientific opinion main­ tains that if a person were, say, subliminally conditioned to believe that he should kill his brother, and if the desire ever arose and the op­ portunity presented itself, he would be much more likely to execute such a desire than if he had not been so conditioned.

So there is the Shakesperean “rub.” If the messages hidden in music try to condition the young mind to believe that Satan is a friend, or even “Satan is god,” and should the opportun­ ity be made available and the acceptance there­ of be made advantageous by peers or authority, the individual would be less likely to resist the situation.

So much for the science. What about the art? The men who know the most about the extent of backward masking are Douglas and Johnson. Brian Douglas and Paul Johnson stud­ ied backward masking intensively for five years. They talked to a lot of people, listened

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to a lot of music, asked a lot of questions, and found a lot of answers.

If I may digress, one of the reasons I car­ ried the mildly sarcastic tone at the begin­ ning of the column is that I never saw a presen­ tation/sermon about back masking that held water. The men rarely knew what they were dealing with and the extent of it. They usually had two or three weak examples on tape near the pulpit and used those examples as a sermon text to air their grievances-condemning that which they did not understand. If any TV evangelists happen to be reading this, “It didn’t fly, fellas.” The extent of backward masking, as demonstrated by Douglas and Johnson, was phenomenal. Of every eight songs they re­ corded, reversed, or studied-their tapes each held eight songs on the average-a full half of them, four of eight, contained recognizable messages behind them. They took their samples from all areas of music: Heavy Metal, Pop, Easy Listening, Punk, New Wave, Top 40; hits, non-hits, “b-sides,” obscure titles, obscure ar­ tists. Across the board, four of every eight songs contained backward masking. Groups like Toto, Jefferson Starship and Black Oak Ar­ kansas; artists like Elton John, Ozzie Ozbourn, and Olivia Newton-John; songs like “Eldo­ rado,” “Sailing,” and “Physical.” Variety was the watchword, and the results were staggering.

Their findings were so significant, and their knowledge so expert, that they were invited to speak about, and demonstrate, their discoveries at the LCMS Youth Rally in 1984—which that year boasted an attendance of approximately 10,000.

There were even some zingers. The most striking of these was Christopher Cross’ “Sail­ ing.” I have no doubt that many of you are as surprised as 1 was the first time I heard about it. But it falls into a different category, a smaller category among the statistics. You see, virtually every line of “Sailing” when re­ versed, hides a message that is pro-Cliristian.

“Jesus, help me be with you.” “Save me,

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Jesus. ‘Help me to believe in you.” Quite an oasis after hearing “Satan is God,” until 2:00 in the morning!

This opened an entirely new field of study, and they found several examples of pro-Christian messages as time went on. These were es­ pecially common in songs by groups such as Toto, and believe it or not, Stryper—a Chris­ tian Heavy Metal rock band-as well as a good portion of Gospel and other Christian music. >>

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The record burnings lasted a little longer since they were on a congregational level and were even more vehement. But similar to the 1940’s book burnings, people found that witch-hunts rarely succeed. You cannot, final­ ly, save people from themselves, especially when your only real tool is fearful prejudicefear of the unknown.

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What about the engineers? Do they record the messages onto the “back” 'of the music?

That is, after it is recorded, do they reverse it and overdub whatever sounds, words, and mes­ sages they like? Here again, they would most likely garble the forward rendering of the ly­ rics, unless they were “phonemic” experts and anything less than a perfect, thoroughly unnoticeable job would most certainly land them in court.

So what about Satan? Does he write the lyrics, as Prince of this World, and thus a phonemic expert, unbeknownst to the lyri­ cist? There is a rather strong case to support this view, believe it or not. As a backdrop, let me relate a story told by Gary Greenwald, host of the CBN youth evangelism show, “The Eagle’s Nest,” a few years back. He tells of a charismatic church service during the early I950’s-coincidental with the birth of rock mu­ sic. It seems, during this service, a young secre­ tary of the congregation, who had become involved in rock and roll, became possessed and began to writhe around on the floor like a snake, spitting and foaming at the mouth. The pastor, recognizing the demon possession, at­ tempted to exorcise the spirit, but to no avail.

Retiring to his sacristy, he prayed to the Lord,

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asking for guidance. The Holy Spirit told him, “Address the demon by its name. Call him, ‘you counterfeit of the Holy Spirit.’ ” So he said to the demon, “You come out of this girl, you counterfeit of the Holy Spirit! What is your purpose with this girl?” And the spirit said, “I am a prince and I’m coming down, we’re all coming down, to possess a race—the youth of the land.”

See, this is the kind of bogus hype that in­ furiates me. First of all, Christians arc protected by a promise of God from possessions by de­ mons. Secondly, Satan-the father of lies— rarely announces his plots so honestly. And thirdly, why does Mr. Greenwald feel so con­ fident in saying that this is a definitive finger pointing at the evil enveloping rock music? Af­ ter ail, Satan sure waited long enough to exe­ cute this fiendish plot. So put that story in the circular file. Please On the other hand, let’s look at some wit­ nessed, validated events. The night 1 called Douglas and Johnson 1 had the time of my life convincing them it was 1 on the other end of the phone. Why? That night, three years into their studies of backward masking, a member of a band called the “Black Onyx Band” called Paul Johnson, having never heard of Douglas, and asked, “Is Brian there with you?” Shortly afterward they found certain items from their kitchen cupboards strewn about the floor. De­ ciding that this would be a good time to go out for a cup of coffee, they opened their door to find the outside of it in flames.

One other note, Douglas and Johnson re­ port that of all the tapes they recorded, re­ versed, rewound, and played back for study, one in three broke or got eaten during the process. An unusually high percentage con­ sidering the care they took in their studies.

They also went through several recorders, play­ ers, and other machines which had a habit of meeting, ultimately, premature deaths. Let me put it this way: Would you put it past him?

WILL THE REAL BACKWARD MASKER PLEASE STAND UP? It may or may not surprise you that regard­ less of the above, Douglas and Johnson do not believe that Satan is the direct cause of-or even has that much of a direct influence overbackward masking. They did an experiment with the song, “Physical.” They recorded it, re­ versed it, and played it back, finding, of course, a good portion of hidden material. But they had an idea. They had a local band learn the song backwards. They memorized it exactly to the phoneme. Upon playing it, they recorded it and gave the tape to Douglas and Johnson. Re­ versing this they got a pseudo-forward render­ ing of the song. That is, it was recognizable, but it just wasn’t the quality they had hoped for. But that gave them another thought. They went back to the band and had them learn “Physical” as it should be, forward. They re­ corded it, reversed it, but upon playback, again, though the messages they had found be­ fore were there, they were nowhere the clarity and quality of the original. It just wasn’t con­ vincing like the original had been. This finally led them to the right people with the right questions. The people from whom they re­ ceived the right answers were, in fact, those responsible. They are the engineers and produc­ tion staff who work for (or who work for others but are associated with) no less than Warner Bros. There is a very simple reason be­ hind this. Jack Warner, the heir to the entire Warner empire is a signed, sealed, and delivered Satanist. After the song is recorded, the engin­ eers play it back, backwards, and listen for the opportunity to put in a message. If there is any passage that may “lend” itself to doctoring, they dub in an unnoticeable message. There is no need of special phonemic knowledge. They simply add definiteness to an otherwise indefi­ nite jumble of sounds. So if it “sort of’ could

be something, they make it sound like that something. Since it’s close enough to the origi­ nal to allow the addition, it goes wholly un­ noticed, forward, and can be more than easily denied should someone detect the backward message.

As a final point, let’s consider something.

Even though back masking is a dead topic, for the most part, does that mean we should ig­ nore the issue? I mean, if there really is as much to it as I’ve tried to convince you there is, shouldn’t we as Christians be concerned about the potentially harmful effects of it on our Synod’s youth? The answer is that while as Christians we are concerned about our youth— the children, adolescents, and young adults— within our Christian faith, this is one area about which we needn’t trouble ourselves. That may sound rather simplistic for such a serious topic. But it stems from the words of the Author of our faith, in two ways. First, God promises us that because of the faith which He gave us, by His grace, Satan cannot separate us from His love. “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons... nor any powers ... in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” That is a simple but powerful promise! Think of all the situations from which that promise protects us! We are free to take heart in that promise, that these things do not weigh heavy on our minds.

Secondly, Christ taught us that it is not what goes into a man that pollutes him, but what comes out of him. Let us be concerned about ourselves and leave that which is out of our control to the One who is in control of all things! We can stand firm and confidely de­ flect the attacks of Satan, for we alone have the shield of faith, with which we can extin­ guish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Even if we don’t know they’re there.

- - Scott Zerbe

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ALUMNI CALLS - Pastor David Aderman (’73) accepted a call to Fairview, Milwaukee, WI. He last served at St. Paul’s in Ridgeland, WI. - Rev. Paul Birsching (’82) left Nebraska Lutheran High School for the sunshine of North Hollywood, CA. When he isn’t enjoying the sun, he’ll be teaching Religion and English at St. Paul First Lutheran School in North Hollywood.

- Pastor Candidate David P. Bostedt (’83) was ordained and installed as assistant pastor of Trinity, Hillrose, CO, and Zion, Fort Morgan, CO, bn Sunday, August 30.

- Pastor Scott Dummann (’72), formerly pastor of Bethlehem in Lakeville, MN, has accepted a call to St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Sparta, WI. - Sem Graduate Todd W. Goldschmidt (’83) was ordained and installed as pastor of St. John, Rising City, NE, and St. Paul, Colum­ bus, NE, on Sunday, July 5th.

- Rev. Thomas Gumm (’79) has gone cross­ country, leaving the exploratory work at Trinity, Fishkill, NY. for his new call at King of Kings, Kennewick, WA. — Dennis Hayes (’65), formerly Dean of Students at MLPS, has accepted a call to St. Martin’s, Watertown, SD. - Rev. Ronald Heins (’61) accepted a call to Wisconsin Lutheran High School. He former­ ly served nearby at St. Jol a’s in Wauwatosa, WI. - Pastor Richard Kanzenbach (’74), for­ merly at Ascension, Moorhead, MN, has accepted a call to Trinity, Aberdeen, SD. - Pastor Harlyn Kuschel (’67) has accepted a call to Zion, South Milwaukee, WI. Previously, he served the people of SS John and James congregation in Reedsville, WI.

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- Pastor Daniel Nitz (’73), formerly serv­ ing St. Luke’s in Grand Rapids, MN, is now caring for the souls of St. John’s congregation, Slades Corners, WI. — Rev. John Parlow (’83) was welcomed to his first call at Our Savior’s, Brookings, SD. - Former Tutor Lloyd Schlomer (’80) of our NPS faculty is now in the Sunbelt, serving as assistant pastor at Grace and Redeemer congregations in Tucson, AZ. - Sem graduate Bradley Ragner (’83) received his first call as a second pastor to King of Kings, Garden Grove, CA. — Rev. James Vogt (’39) has accepted a call to be an institutional chaplain in the Michigan District. He previously served Peace, Bradenton, FL. - Pastor Tim Zarling (’82) former pastor of Sola Gratia, Perry, GA, now serves the congre­ gation of St. John, Hemlock, Ml. RETIREMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS - Rev. Robert W. Holtz (’37) retired from the ministry on Oct. 18, 1987. He served the church for 47 years; his last parish was St. Matthew, Freeland, MI. - Rev. Gerhardt Kionka (’43) retired from the ministry on Oct. 31, 1987. He last served Hope congregation, Hartford, MI. - Pastor Loren Schaller (’45) has officially retired but continues to serve Trinity congrega­ tion, San Manuel, AZ. - Rev. Frederick Zimmerman (’38) of Zion Ev. Lutheran Church, Lansing, MI, retired from the ministry on Aug. 31, 1987.

- Rev. David E. Voss (’66) resigned from the ministry on Sept. 13. He last served Redeemer, Roswell, NM.

ANNIVERSARIES -On Oct. 25, Pres. William Zell (’44) and retired Pres. Carleton Toppe (’34) celebrated their anniversaries (40th and 50th respectively) in the ministry with a special service in the NWC chapel.

- Pastor Ed Werner (’59), President of the Dakota/Montana District and also pastor of Our Savior, South Shore, SD, celebrated 25 years in the ministry on July 19th. His 25 years of service have been concentrated around the South Shore area.

- On Sept. 13, St. Paul’s First, North Hollywood, CA, observed the 40th anniver­ sary of their school. Rev. William Godfrey (’57) serves St. Paul's First.

- Peace, Rio Rancho, Albuquerque, NM, dedicated a new WEF unit on Nov. 1st. Rev. Steven VVilkens (’79) serves the congregation.

BIRTHS - Andrea Janelle was born to Rev. Bruce Hanncman (’78) and his wife Barbara on Aug. 26th.

- John David was bom to Pastor David Russow (’76) and his wife Kaye on Aug. 15th.

- Ellen Ruth was born to Pastor Kurt (’80) and Sue Luencburg. Pastor Lueneburg serves Gloria Dei, Memphis, TN. - Kristin Kay was born to Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Bauer (’80) on Sept. 10, 1987. Kris­ tin’s parents live in Hancock, MN, where her father is the pastor of St. John’s congregation.

DEDICATIONS - - Jim Getka

- St. Peter, Fort Collins, CO, dedicated a new educational wing on Aug. 23. Pastor David Russow ('76) is the pastor at St. Peter.

Videotape Funded By AAL ...'.-.'..ra.

Appleton, WI (Oct. 7, 1987)-Northwestem College in Watertown, Wisconsin, has been awarded a S15,000 AAL grant to produce a videotape to be used for recruiting purposes.

The video will be shown in all Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) high schools during the 1988-1989 school year, as well as in WELS congregations.

According to Prof. Gary Baumler, recruitment director at the college, “Northwestern College has an ongoing need to present its program and school to prospective students, parents, pastors, and members in the WELS. The video will provide an up-to-date and effective way to Fill this need.”

The grant to Northwestern College is provided through AAL’s Affirmations of Lutheran Higher Education Program.

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Now let us keep this holy day And for God’s grace our thanks now say.

Let people sing in every land And praise God’s wise, mighty hand.

Hallelujah!

In depths of time when all was dark, God ordered the initial spark Through His own Son, the immortal Word: In Him God’s true Will is heard.

Hallelujah! ’’Let there be light, ” the darkness fled.

And everywhere the brightness shed. ”Let days be filled with heavenly light.

And darkness be in the night. ” Hallelujah! ”Let all the sky be filled with air, With clouds of misty water there. ” The rain shall e’er the land renew.

And cover grass with the dew.

Hallelujah! ”Let waters part, let land appear With trees and flowers everywhere.

Producing seeds just as they should. ” And God saw that all was good.

Hallelujah!

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Adorning the expanse on high. 'jjere let the sun and moon be viewed. ” And God saw that all was good.

Hallelujah!

“Let fish swim in the waters deep. f\pd birds take wing in air and tree.

Iricredse'in numbers as you should. ”

Let living creatures fill the land. snow and sand. nd God saw that all was good.

Hallelujah!

"In our own image make we man.

•P O’er all the creatures he shall stand. ^kseMll things I give you for your food.

God saw that all was good.

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Wfcere aiid-in heaven, may we sing: rHallelujah! ” - - Paul C. Stratman

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SPORTS

Football The Trb)ah;football team travelled to Rose­ ville, MN, bn\ October 24, to take on the Eagles^in a IJMGC matchup. Little did either team 4know, however, that the-offenses would combine for . a total of 1259 yard s\ The fire­ works started early as Roseville drove down the field on its first possession and took a 7-0 lead. After recovering a Trojan fumble on the ensuing kickoff, the .Eagles struck again to make it 14-0. It only took junior quarterback Joel Jenswold and his offense one play, though a pass to flanker Phil; SieVertUo: pull the Trojans within a touchdown. Roseville’s offense continued to click throughout the first half as the Trojans tried to keep pace. But no matter what the Trojans did, the Eagles answer­ ed doubly and took a 42-19 lead by halftime-.

The second half brought much of the same.

Whenever the Trojans tried to make up ground, Roseville answered with, a score of their own.

The final tally was Roseville-62, Trojans-y39.

Roseville ended up jwith 697 yards; led by senior tailback Bill Hoefler (24 carries for 216 yards) and junior' quanerback Kyle Eller. (17 out of 26 passes for 278 yards). The Trojans rolled up 562 yards, most of those, coming from Jenswold (23 out of 38 passes for:47^1 yards and 5 TDs). Sievert had a great day catching 7 passes for 200 yards and 2 "Tpk while classmate Todd DeNoyer grabbed Sj fpr 155 yards and one TD. TaillxtgkBill Schwan^e continued his string of 100-plus ruslung yard.S/ game, ending up with 118 yards on 19~cltraii^ The defense starred in the Trojans’ final game against Lakeland. Doug Westenberg led the “D” with 20 tackles (13 solos), while Craig Russow added 19 (9 solos), and Tim Kuske chipped in 13 (7 solos). Lakeland’s defense, however, proved that it was the num­ ber one defensive team in NAIA district 14 as they shut down the Trojan offense, holding Northwestern to just 6 points in carrying Lake­ land to a 26-6 victory.

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wold broke John Steinbrenner’s passing yaidage record by 179 yards, gaining 2095 yards in the air. Sievert surpassed his personal yardage gained last year by 66 yards with 936 on 52 receptions. On defense, Doug Westenberg had 111 total tackles (64 solos), and Tim Kuske added 92 (38 solos) while putting alot of time in on the defensive line.

Northwestern was well represented on the all-conference teams selected on November 10.

Doug Westenberg (defensive back), Ross Else (offensive line), Phil Sievert (flanker), and Joel Jenswold (quarterback), were selected on the first team; Mike Melso (defensive back), Tim Kuske (defense), Bill Schwankc (tailback), and Todd DeNoyer (end) made the second team; Dan Schmidt (defense), Mike Raddatz (defense), Tom Trapp (offensive line), and Aaron Sebald (offensive line) received honor­ able mention. Despite losing a fine corps of seniors-Dave Spaude, Tom Unke, Mike Raddatz, Tim Kuske, Doug Westenberg, and Ross Else-next year’s team shows excellent potential. The offense will return intact except for Else, while the defense will try to replace the other five starting seniors. Look for the ’88-’89 Trojan football team to provide the kind of gutsy, hard-nosed football that we’ve all come to associate with the Black and Red. — Ross Else

Soccer it week of the The Trojans . _ 1987 season by taking on Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary at home on Saturday^October 17.

The Trojan alumni from Sem gave Northwestern a tough battle, and the first -half, was scoreless.

In the se&grid half, former Trojan star Jon Kuske put WLS up 1-0, but John Koelpin quickly answered with a goal for the Trojans.

The outcome of the game was in doubt until the final minute, when Sem football convert Tim Kemnitz mistakenly headed a Trojan corner kick past his own goalie. NWC squeaked by with a 2-1 victory.

The following Tuesday the Trojans traveled to Mequon for a rematch against Concordia College. Concordia's wide-open attack gave NWC’s defense fits, but some fine individual efforts limited Concordia to.vonly one first half goal. After the half the Trbjans wei;e unable to keep up a sustained attack, while Concordia repeatedly threatened to score.

Midway through the period Concordia broke through for a second goal. With just minutes to go, Trojan leading scorer Phil Kieselhorst kicked the bah out of their goalie’s hands and into the net. bringing NWC back to 2-1. A last minute surge came up short, however, and for the fifth time this season the Trojans fell by a one goal margin.

The Trojans’ final home game of the year was cancelled when Cardinal Stritch forfeited.

That set up a season-ending matchup versus Maranatha on Saturday, the 24th. The day dawned cold, and as the pre-game warm-ups ended, snow was falling harder and harder.

The result was a slippery field and an even more slippery ball. By capitalizing on Trojan flat-footedness, the Crusaders took control of the game, especially at midfield. A near repeat of the first NWC-MBBC matchup this year followed. ’Natha got on a roll and scored early and often. The 8-0 final testifies to how one-sided the game was, but it masks the determined effort of the Trojans.

For four seniors, the final whistle marked the end of their Trojan soccer career: Tom Kock, Dan Voigt, Dan Witte, and Brad Wordell.

The team they led finished the season at 5-12, but again, numbers don’t tell the whole story.

In retrospect, it may have been a rebuilding year for the Trojans, but that only means that next year Trojan fans should get the chance to cheer on one of N.WC’s best soccer teams in years.

Want some proof? Take a look at what the Lake Michigan Conference coaches thought.

After the season they voted center fullback Jeff Mittelstadt to the all-conference team.

Receiving honorable mention were forwards Phil Kieselhorst and.. John Koelpin, midfielder Dan Voigt, and sweeper Paul Nitz. All of these except Voigt will return next year. A good number of other experienced players will be back at every position too, and so the 1988 Trojans should be ready to avenge some of this year’s losses.

Unfortunately, ope other key member of the team will not be back—assistant coach Tutor Phil Hirsch. Over the past two years, Tutor Hirsch has helped Coach Korthals in many different ways. The whole team has benefitted from all the time he spent with us, and I know I speak for us all in wishing.him our sincere thanks.

- - Dan Witte

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Intramurals Another intramural football season has come and gone. But what an exciting year it was! Even though only four teams (one from each class) participated in this year’s season, the competition was tough, except for the Frosh team.

The season started off in a surprising way.

The Senior team, picked number one in pre­ season polls, came out flat and was defeated by an inspired Sophomore team 12-9. Flying high from their astounding victory, the Sopho­ more team defeated the Juniors on a last second touchdown to put them all alone and undefeated in the standings. After each team beat up on the Frosh, the Seniors took on the Juniors in a big game. The loser would be two games behind the Sophs. The Seniors came out hot, scoring two touchdowns on their first two possessions, but that would be all the Juniors would allow. The Juniors countered with a touchdown, thanks to a long kick return

by Daron Lindemann. The Seniors held on for an important victory, 14-7, but only because the Junior’s game-tying touchdown was called back because of an offside penalty.

After three games the Sophs had a one game lead, but there were still six games left.

The Seniors had to play the Sophs for the second time, and this time the Seniors, with the addition of John Melke, played physically.

They combined tough “D” with the combined running game of Amie Schultz and Roger Quandt to win 27-0. The Senior team never looked back after this game. They won con­ vincingly over the Juniors 27-7, and a forfeit by the Sophomores clinched the title for the Seniors. They finished out the season 7-1 and were awarded the coveted intramural shirts.

The end of intramural football season means the start of indoor soccer. The competi­ tion looks tough with almost every team vying for Fust place. It should be interesting.

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is now time for the basketball team to be the main focus of attention.

TROJAN BASKETBALL PREVIEW Although the team lost two starters to graduation, they have many experienced players returning. Co-captain Kevin Klug, the sole senior on the team, figures to play an impor­ tant leadership role and put up some fine stats this season. Junior co-captain Phil Sievert, the team’s leading scorer and rebounder last season, will once again be the man in the spot­ light for the Trojans. Don’t expect the other players to stand around and let Phil do all the work, though. Returning starters Todd DeNoyer and John Koelpin, both juniors, will be essen­ tial parts in the team chemistry. Look for many quality minutes out of sophomores Karl Schultz and Jeff Mahnke, both vying for starting positions. Junior Mike Hayes and sophomores Jon Brohn and Tim Wempner add solid depth to the bench.

Among the newcomers to Trojan hoops is junior Earle Treptow. A player with good quickness, he is a valuable asset to the team.

Of the incoming freshman, Phil Kieselhorst is the one to watch. The freshmen rounding out the Trojan team are Donn Dobberstein, Dan Habhegger, Erik Hansen, and Joel Pankow.

— Paul Schossow

CAMPUS COMMENT In what wise and profitable manner did you use your cuts for this semester?

Mark Panning-senior “I used three cuts helping Ziecker learn his Spanish ‘show and tell,’ and four more afterwards. Naturally I would have preferred to spend my cuts in a more relaxing and gratifying manner, but, hey, schoolwork comes first, you know. That’s what the cut system is all about.”

Phil Sievert—junior “First of all, I would like to say the most profitable and wise way to use your cuts is not to use them at all. This is the rule I abide by . .. at least until this semester. This semester 1 was forced to use my cuts on a Friday. 1 repeat, I had to use my cuts because of all the home­ work. Since I spent all night studying, I slept through my favorite class. Music. Then, I found out we had a reading assignment for Philosophy and I had to take a cut because it was the only one I didn’t do all semester! Then, going against my conscience, I cut my English class so I could study for my Greek sight test. Well, three hours wasn't near enough time to study for that, so I cut.

So there you go; I didn’t use my cuts because I wanted to, but be­ cause I had to.”

Jeff Kohlmetz—sophomore “Unfortunately, wisdom did not happen to play a part in the use of my cuts this semester. Along with all of my cuts last year, these last cuts were again taken inadvertently. Not being much of a “morn­ ing person,” 1 usually find out that I’ve taken cuts upon awakening late in the morning, which is too late to make any profitable use of them.”

Eric Belz—freshman “As of this point in the semester, I have not yet taken any of my cuts. The reason is that to take a cut simply because you over­ sleep and miss a class seems like such a waste. Cuts are valuable commodities, and therefore I am saving mine.”

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In our middle-class American society, it seems that there are certain things which are common to most, if in fact not all, children: fishing with Dad, little-league baseball, and skipping school. After all, that’s the natural order of things, just as boys like girls and fish swim in water. To this list of common experi­ ences we might also add childhood piano lessons. If ever there was a child who was never compelled to trudge up the block on a Tuesday afternoon and never made to fork over hard-earned cash so that he might procure for himself one half hour of sweaty, hellish torture in front of the piano, then 1 surely don’t know him. Nevertheless, I’ve found that childhood piano has been of great service to me in associating with other people. Child­ hood piano lessons provide a common bond of fellowship between children all across our nation, a bond of pain, fear, and loathing that transforms even the most distant of boys into brothers and girls into sisters.

Of course, the impetus to begin my career as a concert pianist originated with my parents.

They said, “It’ll broaden your horizons,” or “Maybe they’ll instill a little culture in you.”

As if culture really mattered to a ten year old, and I’m not sure if it really mattered much to

£ the folks, either. The real reason, I believe, was that Mom felt I should have at least some sort of musical training, and a violin just wouldn’t look as nice in the back comer of the den as a new piano would. At any rate, the message I received was painfully clear: “You take piano lessons or your butt’s gunna hurt so bad you won’t ride your bike for a week!”

My very first piano teacher lived right across the road in a house exactly like ours.

Although my lesson didn’t start until 4:30, I never left the house until 4:35 if I could help it. That way I’d be right on time.

I didn’t know it then, but there are certain qualifications every piano teacher must possess, especially those teachers who tutor young boys and girls. They must be slightly eccentric, have large, pointy teeth, and a temper roughly equivalent to a small atomic bomb. Since most of my piano teachers were very capable instruc­ tors, they possessed all these qualities in abundance.

There are several stages that every young piano student undergoes. Scientists have appropriately classified the first as “the initial enthusiasm stage.” During this stage some of the student’s primary fears are stilled. For example, pianos (unlike the teachers) do not have large, pointy teeth. Nor do they have five

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zillion keys as he previously believed. Occasion­ ally, for some of the brightest and most gifted students, this is the first and last stage. I’d say that one out of every ten billion young students does what not even his mother ever imagined: he becomes interested, maybe even excited about the piano. The rest of us, of course, were not so lucky.

Stage number two is called “burnout.”

It took me three, maybe four, days to deter­ mine that piano was not all that it was cracked up to be. Dad said piano would help me im­ press the girls. Apparently Dad lied. As far as 1 could tell, my horizons weren’t broadening all too much, nor did I detect a vast influx of culture, either. In fact, it was just plain boring.

As if Stage II weren’t enough, Stage III comes in for the knockout punch. Stage III, of course, is “the recital stage.” It’s kind of funny the profound physical effects the simple word “recital” can have on a young boy. It was horrible. My memory was shot. I just couldn’t remember where my beloved piano books had gone. (Some beast of a man was stealing them from me. I was sure of it. That’s what I told my Mom at least.) I also hid in closets. Usually around 4:30 on Tuesday afternoons, I was not a healthy young man.

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Sometime in the past, a very wise man said, “Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.” This good advice paved the way for me to break the curse of childhood piano lessons. I never gave that recital. In fact, in putting off my performance I dis­ played determination (fear, really) that even my snarling instructor could appreciate. Today I like to consider myself a normal, healthy person. I can sit in the same room as a piano.

I can touch a piano. On a good day (that is, when nobody else is around), I might even venture to play a piano. And, of course, some­ times I can still reckon back to those two blissful days of initial enthusiasm. During those two days I learned my first real song on the piano. (Since it was composed of only six notes, I guess it wasn’t too difficult.) In the corner of that page in my piano book there was a little drawing of a bulldog singing the words to my new song. They went like this: Bone, sweet bone - Bone, sweet bone That’s my favorite song Bone, sweet bone - Bone, sweet bone Sing it loud and long.

Now there’s a classic. Who knows? Maybe Dad instilled a little culture in me after all.

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It was as if planned that way. Whether it was by design or not, everyone I knew got married in these past five months. This past weekend I attended-I think—the last wedding on this year’s agenda.

It was a nice wedding. The weather was great, a nice November day. There was that certain briskness in the air, but blue skies and forty-five degrees made it nice. The wedding was at three in the afternoon, and soon after the wedding the sky was indicating that the day would soon be over.

In downtown Appleton, Wisconsin, there is a fine hotel, and this was to be the place of the reception and dance. The hotel is plush, with several ballrooms and a conference center.

In the lobby, next to the glass elevator, they were displaying a Cadillac sports car.

We got into the hotel and saw on the board that our destination was Ballroom B. I looked up to see where to go, and what did I see?

Fifty people standing in front of the elevator.

These were no ordinary people, though. They were wearing Bear T-shirts and sweatshirts.

They had cameras. They had pens and note­ pads. Sure enough, the Chicago Bears were staying in this very building the night before their game against the Green Bay Packers.

A few Bears came down the elevator and did fulfill the hopes of several young autograph seekers. I could tell that the players were experienced at this. They kept walking so that by the time they had signed two or three autographs they were at the door of the con­ ference room. Apparently they were having a team meeting now.

I was waiting for others to hang up their coats, when Walter Payton came my way. He was being followed by a crowd of youngsters, each of whom wanted to be one of the few to get his signature. Some of the children in front of him were playing bump-and-run with him

in order to slow him in his quest for the con­ ference room. He looked up and saw me stand­ ing there in my suit. He looked at me as if he didn’t remember me.

My relatives are the polka band type. To have anything but a polka band for one’s wedding is to break tradition, to disappoint most, if not all, of the grandparents and aunts and uncles. This polka band was a good one.

It was obvious that they knew how to play well. It was a famous band. In fact, the band was named after the person who formed the band many years back. I was told that he was no longer alive. His band, however, lived on, and they were good. They weren’t overly loud like some of the other ones I heard this summer.

By the time it was nine o’clock, the grand march was over, and it was time for throwing the bouquet. The call was made for all eligible females to come on the dance floor. Like every weujii.i’ I've attended, one of them had to be dra&tu! out there. It is usually some woman in her u.kHv euiies who has no desire to dive for a wedeijr..: huuquet, attempting to get it in front oi five-year-old next to her.

They :: »l her out there, and the bride was spun aioui;. a couple of times. The drum roll added t-; the suspense, and the bouquet came over her right shoulder. I watched with interest, mainly to see if my girlfriend would end up with it. It was a high toss, but it was heading right for the group of young girls. I turned around after it was caught, apparently by some five-year-old.

“Look,” I was told. I turned around, and there on the dance floor were two young girls.

The others were walking to their respective tables, but the two girls stood still. Each one had a firm grip on the bouquet; each was pulling on it. They were looking directly into each other’s eyes. The ballroom was quiet.

The band was not playing, and everyone watched the two young girls still standing on the floor. Neither one was pulling very hard,

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just hard enough and frequently enough to say to the other, “Hey, it’s mine.”

It was a tragic situation. I wondered what was going to happen. They stood there uncon­ cerned about anything else. The Chicago Bears were having a meeting in the next room, but these two girls stood face to face. There was a wedding dance going on in the next ball­ room, but these two girls stood face to face.

Here was a polka band ready to play some more waltzes, but these two girls wanted one thing, a bouquet that they could not share.

After what seemed like minutes, the best man walked up to the two young girls. He was up there because he had spun the bride. It was not going to be an easy decision. He asked one of the girls to let go. She realized that she had no choice. The younger of the two girls, the one with a homemade dress that matched the wedding party, got the bouquet. She walked off the floor with it, straightening it out a little as she walked to her chair. She had the bouquet, but she could not rejoice about it.

Once she let go of the bouquet, the older girl realized that everyone was looking at her.

She realized that it was decided in front of everyone that she should not have the bouquet.

She began to cry, not so much because she still wanted the bouquet, but it would have been nice to have it now. Walking off the dance floor without it now was to say that she was wrong for not letting go voluntarily. The two girls had been inseparable friends all day. In fact they had gone up to the dance floor to­ gether. Now one girl was sitting alone with her bouquet, and the other was weeping next to her parents on the other side of the room.

I could see both of the young girls. The one with the bouquet looked every couple seconds

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to see if the other one was going to return.

Her thoughts were written on her face: she felt as though she got the bouquet for the price of a friendship. She wished she did not have it now; she wished she had let go of it. Her eyes began to water a little as more time passed and each glance across the room showed no sign of her recent friend. The bouquet-less girl sat in her chair, looking down at her fidgety hands.

She obviously was replaying the event in her head, hoping each time that it would come out better.

The band began playing again, and I never did look to see if the two girls got back to­ gether again. I have a mental picture of those two girls standing on the dance floor. The scene represented a situation which could not be resolved easily. It was a picture of two people oblivious to everything else except that which they wanted. It is a picture of immov­ ability and stubbornness. The best way out of that situation would have been for one of the girls to let go and say, “Here, why don’t you take it?”

In our relationships and daily dealings with other people we often find ourselves-or put ourselves-in such a situation. Sometimes we are oblivious to the world around us, caring only for something which we desire. I know of several situations when I have been immovable.

In some situations, however, there is no best man to make a decision for us. But it is hard to let go of the bouquet. By nature we refuse to give it up. We can ask ourselves whether we should let go of it, but doing it is another matter. Things might turn out badly if we do not let go of the bouquet. We might end up with it.

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4, 5, or 6 On one of these days our MAN OF THE MONTH, Craig Russow, was bom.

When Rustikovitch goes home in the summer he does the chores in Clear Lake, South Dakota. At a great distance Craig is easily mistaken for Tim Flunker and his hat. Also Craig’s legs have never seen the sun. If you happen to see this sophomore, and he says, “Hey, (your name here)! How’s it goin\” wish him a happy birthday.

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— A week of exercising brains and patience begins with our first exam.

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Confessions from small town Americana

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Astronomy class trip to Chicago

John Roebke

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Hindsight is 20/20: Stigmatics

Scott Zerbe

Assistant to Editor Paul Stratman Gradation Manager Bob Wasserman Business Manager Ernie Schultz Staff Writers Steve Arndt Tom Kock Mark Panning Brad Wordell Geoffrey Kieta Earle Trcptow John Roebke Tom Miclkc Tom Sutton Scott Zerbe

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Art Tadd Fellers Paul Nitz Grculation Bob Wasserman Typing Jan Pankow

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COVER On our December cover the artwork of Paul Nitz depicts the shepherds’joy on the night of our Savior's birth.

Advertising Managers Dennis Harbach Brian Korn Photography Jim Mathis Poetry Dan Witte Layout & Design Wayne Oblendcr Tim Flunkcr Matt Arnold Printing Jim Wendt

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To be a somebody in Winzig you needed to be a native of the area and possess one of two things—a road named after your family or a lot of money. But our family moved to Winzig when I was six, onto a small, dead-end road called “MacClaren.” As far as the old- time families in Winzig were concerned, our family had not much going for it.

As a child it did not take long to under­ stand the small-town mentality. I remember how favoritism displayed itself in the school system, whether it was on the bus, in the class­ room, or in extracurricular activities. The chil­ dren of the well established family names would very bluntly tell you that their family controlled the community. In all their actions the children simply conveyed the truth which their parents drilled into them-newcomers were nobodies. And the schools’ teachers just reinforced the idea.

The popular kids always seemed to be those like the Durham boys who lived on Dur­ ham Road, or the Galloways with their large family who lived in two houses on Galloway Lane, or the Schwiebers who surprisingly lived on Richmond Road. But the Schwiebers had lived for generations in the village of Winzig and still owned a lot of the town. These fam­ ily names had always controlled Winzig. And they reigned because of Winzig’s mindset.

Gossip always allowed the town to support two barbers in two rival barbershops quite well.

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Gossip even kept the local grocery store open! Everyone in town shopped at Walco foods even though their selection was poor, the fruit was usually not fresh, and the prices were high. But where else could you run into an old friend and find out what was going on in everyone else’s lives?

The major reason that the Schwieber Fur­ niture Store remained in business was gossip.

What else could have kept people coming back to a store with such high prices and low ser­ vice? But old Ma Schwieber could always be seen engaged in conversation with an old-time local in the rear of that dust-filled store or rest­ ing on her broomstick in front of the store talking to some passerby. People bought fur­ niture out of loyalty for talking her ear off.

The Winzig Leader, the town’s weekly paper, certainly was not known for its investi­ gative reporting, but it sold like booze to alco­ holics. It was pure gossip-free-based hearsay to an addicted community. Where else could you find out what you missed hearing around

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town—who was engaged, who was arrested, what happened at the village meeting, or what calls the fire department had made? The paper survived with this narrow perspective. And gos­ sip sold subscriptions.

Even some of the older established churches kept their members in the pews if for nothing else than for the coffee hour that followed an hour or so of worship.

Since everyone knew everyone else, the town was preserved, and the old-time families ruled. The town itself really had no industry besides farming to create jobs nor did it want any industry. The people in the town were sat­ isfied if the town would never grow and never change. Therefore, the town resisted newcom­ ers and discouraged any type of growth. New faces could only erode the town’s intimacy.

As long as the city stayed the same, the al­ ready established families would rule on the deeds of their forefathers and maintain control over the other families in town because of the misdeeds of those other family’s forefathers.

Public sins were never erased and always re­ mained on the slate.

No one seemed to try to break the strangle­ hold small-town gossip had over the town. Oc­ casionally a disgraced member of a family would leave Winzig, like the one family in the Galloway clan did, after an uncle was convict­ ed of sexual assault and releasted on probation.

The uncle moved away, and his brother’s fam­ ily with their eight kids did also. It was unfor­ tunate that this family moved because they were upright, sincere, hard-working people.

With a family of ten, money was tight. To survive they raised their own livestock; kept up a huge, weed-free garden; and heated their home with wood. I also remember the Gallo­ way boys selling seeds and Christmas cards door-to-door to buy their own toys. Each toy must have worn out a pair of shoes. Eventually, the Galloway family returned to Winzig after trying to start a new business in another state.

It soon failed. Winzig accepted them back, but

did not forget. They later moved away again, this time for good.

At an early age, I became aware how this small-town intimacy seemed to rule everyone and everything in the town. As I grew older, I wanted to avoid those who dominated with gossip. I detested the stranglehold of this men­ tality which put certain families in power. I never wanted to become part of that mental­ ity. I never wanted to look at Winzig with the same mindset as one of those established ruling families.

Even though I despised the problems of small-town intimacy, one event happened while I was home for the summer from college, which enlightened my view of the issue. It was only a small incident in itself, but in a round­ about way it sent shock waves throughout my perceived image of myself and Winzig. It gave me a better glimpse of how this small town had perpetuated its thinking. And what a monster it could create even among the best intended.

As I was driving home from my summer job in the city of Teltow, I noticed someone trudging up the last hill on our dead-end road.

The figure looked like he was in his teens, about my height of 5’10”, of slender build, carrying what seemed like some kind of jug. I

slowed my car because I thought it was one of the neighbor kids and I would stop to say “Hello.” While the car slowed at the crest of the hill, I stared at his face. This was no one I knew. But I half-heartedly waved and saw him smile. Yet it was more of a smirk than a smile.

Such a meeting was quite unusual because we lived on a dirt road in the country about five miles outside of the village of Winzig prop­ er. Everyone enjoyed having few strangers around. I knew all our neighbors, and they knew me.

Since no one ever wandered on our road, this seemed peculiar to have such a visitor.

When I got home, I began to think more about this youth and began to raise more questions in my mind. I was concerned about what he was doing on our road. I concluded that he prob­ ably was in high school; his smile or smirk was either sinister or derogatory; he might live in the new housing development in Heritage Hills located about a mile down the road; and the jug he carried was a wine jug. Even though I pondered these conclusions, they were just a little too far-fetched for me to act on them or do anything about them.

I considered calling the police, but what would I say? “Officer, I saw a shabbily dressed youth on our road. Please remove him!” The police had been spotted on MacClaren Road only two times in the 17 years I’d lived on the road-once when a neighbor’s daughter dated one, and the other time when our neighbor, while attempting to put in a pond, used far too many explosive charges, almost destroyed our road, and wound up making the fire depart­ ment calls section of The Winzig Leader. Both times, I’m sure, the officer had trouble even finding the road.

We just always lived with a lack of fear from outsiders. For instance, we often parked our cars in the driveway with the keys left in the ignition and did not even lock the front door of our house. In fact, once, when we went on vacation, we could not find the key to the front door.

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So after talking the matter over, I laid my vivid imagination to rest. Even a few days later when my mother spotted this youth on our road again, I really didn’t show a lot of con­ cern. The explanation was easy, I thought. This kid was probably a relative spending some time with one of our neighbors. But then I decided to talk to some of our neighbors to see if they knew what was going on.

Even the postmaster didn’t like to drive down our one-lane, dead-end road. He simply put our mail in one row of mailboxes just an eighth of a mile down our road. So as I stopped to get our mail, one neighbor also stopped, and we talked. I asked him and his wife if they had noticed this strange youth on our road. They both stated they had indeed spotted him a couple of times and were beginning themselves to wonder about him. I explained that I was concerned about what he might do to some­ one’s property. Then the jug came up. “The jug was empty,” he remarked. But his wife dis­ agreed, saying, “When I saw him on the road it was half full.” The reason for this stranger carrying a jug perplexed me. “Why carry a halffilled or empty jug?” I thought. Then it hit me.

Maybe this kid was hiding out and drinking in the woods which engulfed our road. That was the only solution I could imagine. I told them the kid must be drinking in our woods and wandering home in a stupor. After we both had aired some concerns about the stranger, we parted. I told them to keep an eye out for him.

Finally, the weekend arrived, and with it a rain storm. Our closest neighbor had planned a moving sale for this weekend. And because I really loved moving sales, I decided to visit them. While I thumbed through some things, I remembered the stranger and decided to bring it up to them. I almost hit the floor when Sally told me some startling details.

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gas or work for him. He then asked if “that lady that lives next door” would have any gas or when she would be home. This twist of events concerned me. Why would he ask for a job if his car was out of gas? After all, there was no place to buy gas within miles anyways?

And why was he driving his car down MacClaren Road on empty? And all alone?

To me it sounded as if he was looking for a handout! I now began to worry that this punk might be casing out the neighborhood for a robbery. Sally was also concerned when he asked if my mother was home and replied vaguely. Did he know my mother worked?

Why did he not ask about my dad? Did he know that my dad was dead and my mother lived alone most of the year? This worried me!

Just what was he up to? But 1 still kept the matter to myself.

Then Sally told me that she never saw a car. I related to her how I was concerned about this kid possibly drinking alone in our woods or that maybe he was a runaway from parents who might live in the area. I suggested Carriage Hills might be his real home. After all, every­ one hated that new housing development. Fi­ nally, I expressed concern about possible rob­ bery or arson. Sally did not think there was anything to be concerned about, but I could not understand why.

Later that day, as I talked with my mother, she remarked that she saw a beat-up El Camino near the end of MacClaren Road a couple of times over the last weeks. I figured this must be his car.

On late Sunday afternoon, when my mother and I turned to drive down MacClaren, we both spotted it — the El Camino. There was .the car parked near the side of our road. We didn’t slow down as we went past, and it did not click until we saw a figure facing away from us and kneeling beside the car. But in a few hundred feet, we knew this was our stran­ ger and his car. And within another few hun­ dred feet, we started looking for the next driveway to turn around and to find out if it

was he. I felt the speculation had gone on long enough; I needed to know what this punk was up to in order to ease my mind.

Although still nervous about confronting the stranger, as we drove past the car I noticed the kid was gone. After making a U-turn at the end of our road, we proceeded to take another swing past the car. Then I spotted the stranger hiding on the other side of the car. We came to a complete stop, and l rolled down my win­ dow.

“Do you need any help?” I asked him as if I knew he was not hiding.

“No, everything’s all right!” was his meek reply.

“Are you sure?” I continued.

“Yah,” was all he said.

I was almost relieved because 1 really did not want to face him anyway. But as we drove on towards home, I began to regret that I had not found out more about him or told him never to be seen on our road again. By the time we got home, I was resolved that I must go back and face him in a showdown to finish this nonsense forever. Now I also realized that I must take down his license plate number since I forgot that earlier. As soon as we arrived home, I got into my car and sped back towards

the beginning of our road. My level of intensity rose with each shift of the gears. But when I ar­ rived he was gone! No car, no stranger, no li­ cense plate!

The questions seemed to get tougher and tougher. Why did this kid hang around our road if his car indeed worked, because he had just driven it away when he wanted to? Why did he hide when we drove by him the second time? What was he hiding from? What was going on? What could I do? I just could not get this stranger out of my mind.

Each time I thought about him, I thought I would probably have to force him to tell the truth. I regretted not confronting him or chal­ lenging him before now. Meanwhile, I con­ tinued to warn neighbors like the Wiskewskis about this probable troublemaker. They, too, had seen him. I told them, “Get his license plate number!”

Again, I contemplated calling the police, but postponed it because I still did not have any hard facts - only hearsay. But now I knew this punk would have to be dealt with harshly.

I would have to stop him to protect my family from him. As I mentally prepared for him, a sense of foolhardy glee overwhelmed me.

Then one night about a week later, as I talked on the phone, someone knocked on the door. I really did not think anything about the knock at the time until I heard a meek voice asking for Mr. Thomas Eston.

“Which Mr. Eston do you want? Big Tom (meaning my dad) or Little Tom” my mom asked, even though my father had been dead for two years. She was unwilling to tell stran­ gers she lived alone.

The punk’s boldness caught me off guard. I quickly ended the conversation and hung up the phone. The stranger meanwhile couldn’t say which Tom he wanted. I bolted the door while boldly asking, “What do you want?”

About the same instant, the stranger stated he wanted to talk to Big Tom. I rephrased my question: “My dad is not home right now, can I help you?”

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“I’m not sure! When will he be home?”

“What do you need?” I continued.

“Well, I . . . uh . wondered if you needed your lawn mowed?” the stranger said.

“No, we have a lawn mowing service!” my mother trumped up.

Even though it was dusk as I looked out at the lawn, obviously, no mowing was needed.

“What did he want anyway?” I thought.

“Okay . .. ah, thanks!” he said while he quickly turned and walked away.

My mother closed the front door, and the hair on the back of my neck laid back down.

“That was he!” I said still reeling in a cascade of adrenaline. 1 had just been very resolved and firm with the stranger, but I still did not find out exactly what he wanted and why he was hanging around our neighborhood. I decided I must find out!

After getting my shoes on, I grabbed my car keys and went out the front door. 1 saw i that the stranger had already crossed our rather large lawn and was starting up the wooded road. I got in my car, turned on the ignition, popped it into gear, and sped down the drive­ way determined that I would force him into telling me everything I had to know. But when I turned at the driveway to get on our road, he was gone. Again, I had lost him. Because he had disappeared into the woods, I knew he must be watching me, yet I could not sec him.

That night the house was locked tight when I went to bed. While tossing and turning, I did not sleep, but instead could only contemplate my questions. For quite a few days I did not hear anything about him. I figured he now knew 1 was after him; therefore, he would not show himself again.

A couple of days later my mother met Jenny Schwieber in one of Winzig’s restaurants.

The Schwieber name was one of those domi­ nant names in Winzig that exemplified the vil­ lage’s small-town mentality. It is easy to guess.

Jenny was one of the biggest gossips in Winzig.

She knew everyone’s business. When my mom

told her about the stranger and my concerns, Jenny unravelled the entire story.

The stranger was no alien to Winzig at all.

And although he looked like he belonged still in high school, he was nearly 24. In fact, this “punk” used to mow our lawn. And strangely enough six years earlier both my parents and I attended his graduation party.

The stranger was Jeff Galloway, whose family had moved away from Winzig four years ago. The family once lived less than a mile from our home but moved to northern Wiscon­ sin when the mentality of Winzig drove them away Apparently Jeff could not continue to live with his parents and returned to his “home” in his beat-up El Camino with a few dollars and little else. His only pleasant memo­ ries were of his childhood spent on Galloway Lane. Now he was living out of his car but felt better. Jenny thought the pleasant memories of Winzig were addicting to Jeff, and he had to return.

Jenny Schwieber had cleared up my dilem­ ma about the stranger, but the incident left me with many questions. What made me decide this kid was a “punk” who could be up to no good? Then it hit me - 17 years in Winzig caused me to act like those I detested most. I had become one of those monsters who hated anything new, fed on hearsay and half truths, jumped to conclusions, and looked for small talk through the misfortune of others. Winzig’s mentality was now my own.

It was as if Dr. Jeckyll had just discovered his real self. Although I always detested the provincial mentality in Winzig, I had just fos­ tered it. I became one of those established fam­ ilies looking down their noses at the outsiders.

I could not recognize an old face because my perception was shaded and dulled. The inti­ macy of the small town took its toll on me.

The same gossip and prejudice which reigned in the town prevented me from even recognizing Jeff. I had to confess I had the disease of Win­ zig’s mentality.

- - K.J.F.

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led the Trojan attack in the second half with 8 points, and Sievert added 7 more free throws.

The score was 62-62 at the end of regulation time. The Trojans’ poor shooting finally caught up with them as Beloit outscored them 11 -6 in the final period. Sievert contributed 20 points, including 18 out of 19 from the line. Schultz chipped in 18. Ken Kozemzak led the victor­ ious Buccaneers with 17.

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Northwestern shot extremely well from the field (27-50, 54%) as they remained patient and made good shot selection. DeNoyer helped the Trojan cause with 22 while Phil Sievert added 14. Louis Wool led the Vikings with 16 points and 9 rebounds. Geans chipped in 12.

With the victory, Northwestern improved its record to 3-1 overall (1-0 in the LMC).

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Northwestern broke out of their shooting slump with 18 out of 29 shots from the field (62%) in the first half. Karl Schultz netted 13 points as they opened up a 39-22 half time lead. After the half the Trojans continued to dominate with Phil Sievert’s 1 1 points. Fun was had by all, including the Trojan “white shirts” at the end of the bench who saw the first game minutes of their college careers. Sie­ vert led all scorers with 18 and rebounders with 13. Schultz wound up with 16 and Earle Treptow added 11. Jim Datka had 17 to lead WLC. Northwestern moved to 1-1 on the season, 1-0 in the LMC. NWC 68 LAWRENCE 65

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INTRAMURALS After a successful intramural football sea­ son for the seniors, we have now progressed into the intramural bowling season and through most of the indoor soccer season.

Bowling has gotten off to a good start at the onset of its long, enduring season. Dan Schmidt’s team, Not a Chance, is presently leading the pack by a narrow margin of one game over Prof. Dahlberg’s team, D2S2. The best of the worst would have to be our own Pres. Voss’s team, The Teepees, who are sav­ ing themselves for a New Year’s drive, or so it seems. Also, the group with the best team would unanimously have to be T-Bone and the Hindquarters.

It’s also been an exceptional year for in­ door soccer. There are 11 strong teams compet­ ing every week, or at least ten teams competing, and one team, whom we won’t mention, that rarely chooses to show their face when their games are scheduled. When asked why they were forfeiting all of their games, the only re­ ply was, “We’re too old for this!” However, with only one week left on the schedule, three teams are tied for 2nd place with only two los­ ses (Nolte, Kuske, and Schlomer), while Mittelstadt’s team is trying to hold on to their undefeated record and capture the shirts.

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Well, first of all, I guess Daron and I have some explaining to do. Many people out there in the laid-back, leisurely business world don’t know the pressures of school on a modern-day student: not knowing where our next load of wash will get done and having to worry about any number of trivial day-to-day tasks such as making your bed to avoid a well justified fine, going from door to door singing for our supper and maybe some pocket money, searching for Miss Right, making sure that the Piggly-Wiggly stores in this area are the cleanest in the na­ tion, and, in Daron’s and my cases, making endless celebrity appearances and endorse­ ments. Add all these activities up, tack on our usual school work and ample time to sow some “wild oats," and you have to start making some compromises. We’re very sorry that the C&C article had to hit our time budget’s chopping block, but it won’t happen again.

With that taken care of, and our understanding readers in full forgiveness, let’s get to our article.

As we, the writers of C&C, are both coming to the end of another five-year diary, we thought it might be interesting to sneak from room to room and take a peek in some other people’s diaries and see what’s on some of our colleagues' minds. See if you can identify the person who wrote these select juicy tidbits.

1. Dear Diary-My hair is continuing to re­ cede, but my ponytail is more than making up for it! I think the Vaseline on it helps it grow and I think I’ll try some on my sideburns too.

I think I’ve started a fashion trend by having my name printed on a cap. I hope it catches on! P.S. Everyone here still believes that I’m 21 years old! I guess maybe I don’t look as old as I thought!

2. Dear Diary-Why did I do it? I thought that there was no possible way I could look worse, but this new haircut just didn’t pan out. I thought it would look great with my jacket that says: KOREA-Watertown, WI. Oh well, I still am the master of the Kirk DeNoyer im*54

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pression, so I got that going for me!

3. Dear Diary-I fooled them again! I slept through every class today and neither my classmates or the Profs noticed! They all think that I’m trying to get a better look at my shoes under the desk when my head, goes down like that. I also think these new suspenders will save me some money because I won’t have to replace these jeans that I bought from Eugene a few years ago. I’ve gotten used to walking with these huge cuffs on them now anyway.

4. Dear Diary-Today I missed breakfast for the first time because I had to make sure I got my music read in time for class. I didn’t feel properly prepared. Tonight Becky took a per, and we spent time trading jackets and talking about choosing a wife. 1 can't wait to get to know the frosh on second floor better! They seem like such swell fellows!

5. Dear Diary-1 mailed another letter to Lu today. I hope I have the right address because I don’t think lie’s getting them. My roommate is really getting on my nerves because he’s al­ ways complaining that he doesn’t have the will­ power of Joe Fricke when it comes to the fairer sex. I wore my red pants yesterday and the day before. Well, I have to go coach the Preps and then make out the work schedules for this week.

6. Dear Diary-I finally found out who Prof,

Mueller’s daughter is! She seems to fit all the criteria on the checklist that I made out a few Tuesdays ago! I wish I could be more like Tom Unke.

7. Dear Diary-I think I have a good shot at getting cafeteria worker of the month. I didn’t get all my Greek voc’s learned at the half time of our intramural soccer game, so I decided to write them on my favorite chalkboard. That’s write-’em-and-erase-'em method works like a charm. I think I’m still growing.

As I sit here typing out our latest master­ piece of humor, two things capture my atten­ tion: The first is that Editor Dan Voigt is breathing very loudly in my car as he looks over my shoulder in a reminder to me that this article was due several days ago; and the second is that the second snow of the season is tuck­ ing campus in with a blanket of powdery ice (Pretty poetic, huh? Maybe that could be fig­ ured in to my Intermediate Comp grade for next semester, Prof. Braun?) With the first snowfalls of every winter comes the opening of a new Durfing Season (Let’s go durfing now, everybody's Iearnin’ how.) That’s right, soon there’ll be future ministers sprawled out on the ground everywhere you look. As the Trojans take to those treacherous sidewalks again this winter, the competition to be the Wipe-Out King of ’87-’88 will heat up. Here’s a look at some of those not so sure-footed favorites for this year’s competition.

Roger Quandt is our returning champion and looks like a pretty strong candidate to spend some time on the cold pavement again this season. No one who saw it could forget the move he made last year to clinch the title.

Acting as if he were throwing a snowball, Quandt planted his back foot on a good patch of glare ice and found out that the Chinese splits are not as much fun to do as they look.

Rog is already short on sleep and as usual is easily distracted, so he appears to be a front runner in this year’s competition.

Dave Silfies used some good judgment in deciding to get out of the starting blocks early.

He opened up this year’s competition with a feet first sit-down move that was quite master­ fully done for a second year durfer. Although

the students around him laughed, they all knew that the competition had begun and that they had better start taking plunges themselves.

Dave injured his knee in preparation for this season and appears to be very weak when he walks. Dave looks like he could be in for a good season.

Tom Unke seems to have lost the edge since his hall of fame year two years ago when he found himself looking up at his jeering class­ mates on four different occasions. Not too many people could forget when he took his show indoors and bounced down the ChapelArts stairs on his back pockets and just about undercut a Prep on her way up. The ’85-’86 season saw some hot competition featuring the unforgctable icing down of the ramps by the now graduated hall-of-famer Brian Schwarz, which resulted in that much observed spill by our beloved Tutor Burger, which sent mail flying from the gym to the bell tower. (How’s that for a run-on sentence? Please disregard that, Prof. Braun.)

Tutor Ladner could be the dark horse for this year. We predict that this new faculty member could find the pressure of his job could take away some of his concentration and he may find himself doing the old brushyourself-off-check-if-someone-saw-and-proceed method at least once this winter. Being new to this campus, he may not know the prime durfing spots and could find them the hard way.

Prof. Gosdeck, some say, has already gone down, but I don’t sssssssee what they base that theory on.

The crop of freshman shows a lot of poten­ tial for some amateur attempts at classic falls, and I’m sure we’ll see some young talent make his abilities known as he proudly walks down the halls with a large patch of snow on the W of his Wranglers.

All in all it looks like this could be another great year, so happy durfing!

Well, it’s time to flip the record and listen to Buck Owens and the Barking Dogs sing their version of Silver Bells one more time. We’ll see y’all in ’88! We have to end this now because my neck is getting too hot from Dan breathing on it. Felis Navidad!

- - Tom, Daron, and the Grinch

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Astronomy On November 19, 1987, the members of the astronomy class of Northwestern College went on a field trip to Chicago to broaden their conceptions of the universe. The class was led by their fearless leader, Professor Eugene Kirst.

All but two members of the class went. Obvi­ ously Spencer Biga and Derrick Bauer had bet­ ter things to do with their time than taking a day off of classes. Tutor Ladner offered his sendees as a driver. As I’m sure all of you are dying to know what happened on this momen­ tous occasion, I have made up an itinerary of that day’s trip events. Perhaps it will pursuade some students to take astronomy in the future.

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15:00 A.M.l-A tailgate party is held by Tom Kock, Tim Kuske, and Joe Deer, a must in any astronomy class trip.

(6:00 A.M.J-We cat another of NWC's finest breakfasts. Why so early? Well, in the words of Prof. Kirst, “To miss the rush hours in Milwau­ kee and Chicago.”

17:15 A.M.)-We are slowed considerably in Milwaukee by heavy rush-hour traffic.

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[1:45 P.M.l-We arrive at the Adler Planetar­ ium and shell out S2.50 for the sky show at 2:00. Before the show begins we have the chance to check out displays where: One can see plastic models of what other planets might look like on their surfaces.

One can see what his weight would be if he stood on the sun, Jupiter, Mars, and the moon.

The latter two would be recom­ mended for those of us who have eaten a few too many pizzas.

One can also see the actual tele­ vision images taken by the Pion­ eer and Voyager spacecrafts in their flights by Jupiter and Sat­ urn.

18:00 - 9:00 A.M.J -We are stuck in bumperto-bumper, rush-hour traffic outside of Chi­ cago.

12:00 - 2:30 P.M.l-We see a slide show about the mysteries of the universe in the first part of the sky show.

19:30 A.M. - 12:45 P.M.] -We arrive at the Mu­ seum of Science and Industry where one may view many space-oriented displays. One of these was a ride in the space shuttle to a space station. The special effects were quite impres­ sive. The flight sequence was filmed in 3-D, and the seats tilted back and forth. About the only things missing were the gravitational forces pull­ ing us back in our seats and the traditional choice of coffee, tea, or milk. In this section of the museum, there were even actually Mercury and Apollo space capsules present.

12:30 - 3:00 P.M.) -For the second part of the show, we are led upstairs to the planetarium for an interesting and informative star show.

112:45 - 1:15 P.M. 1-The astronomy class sits down to a refreshing lunch of butter burgers, apples, and cookies. Also, we check to see if Brad Schlafer has been carried off by a gradeschool teacher who has mistaken him for one of her students.

14:00 - 7:30 P.M.l -We wander aimlessly about Chicago looking for a Greek restaurant—Eric Schaser’s idea. Too bad that after an hour or so of this, we find a Greek restaurant about a block where we started. Also, some friendly Chicago natives show us how to tell if an ele-

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[2:37 P.M. 1-An exploding star in the star show rudely wakes most of us up-Nope, Art didn’t wake up.

13:00 - 4:00 P.M.1-We browse in the gift shop, where one can have the unique exper­ ience of paying $5.00 for an inflatable beach ball with the earth printed on it.

vator is working or not.

[7:30 P.M.]-The time the bus is to leave for Watertown.

[7:45 P.M.]—The time Ken Bittorf actually shows up.

[10:15 P.M.)-We arrive back at NWC, filled with new insight about the universe, carrying souvenirs and memories from Chicago, and ready to learn more about our cosmos in Prof.

Kirst’s astronomy class.

- - John Roebke

ALUMNI CALLS - Rev. Peter E. Kiecker (’79) accepted a call on August 24, 1987, to St. Luke’s, Grand Rapids, MN. He last served Cross of Glory, Baton Rouge, LA. - Pastor David Kipfmiller (’75), pre­ viously serving Eastside Lutheran, Madison, Wl, accepted a call to St. John/St. James, Reedsville, WI, on August 13th.

- Candidate David J. Martin (’83) re­ ceived his first assignment as an instructor at Nebraska Ev. Lutheran High School, Waco, NE. He was installed on August 30th.

- Candidate Timothy L. Nommensen (’83) has been assigned to St. Matthew Ev. Luther­ an Church, Freeland, MI. - Rev. Timothy J. Winkel (’77) accepted a call to Good Shepherd, Omaha, NE. He for­ merly served St. Paul, Roscoe, SD. - John Kuske (’81) accepted a call to Redeeming Grace, Sugarland, TX. He is cur­ rently finishing exploratory work in Beau­ mont, TX, and will be installed at Redeeming Grace on December 13, 1987.

ANNIVERSARIES — St. John’s, Ridgeville, WI, celebrated

their 125th anniversary on June 14th. Rev. Daniel Falck (’62) serves the congregation.

RETIREMENTS - Rev. Paul Knickelbein (’42) retired from the ministry on Nov. 1 st. He last served St. Mark, Stambaugh, MI. - Pastor Edward H. Krueger (’31) entered full retirement on Oct. 15 th. He last served Our Savior’s, Monte Vista, CO. - Rev. Richard R. Werner (’44) plans to retire on January 1st, 1988. He currently serves St. John, Sturgeon Bay, WI. DEATHS - Rev. Edwin A. Breiling (’38) was called to his eternal home on October 11, 1987. He had been serving English Lutheran Church, Viroqua, WI. BIRTHS — Stephanie Elise was bom to Rev. James and Beth Humann on Nov. 2, 1987. Rev. Humann (’61) is pastor at Our Savior, Clare­ mont, CA. - - Jim Getka B&R/December, 1987

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The word stigmata originates from the Greek language. It means, literally, “a brand impressed by iron,” and it originally referred to the brand put on cattle. Later in Greco-Roman culture branding included oriental or fugitive slaves. Even later, it was used to refer to a mark put on eastern soldiers to distinguish rank-much like our military pins and chev­ rons. Today stigmata has come to mean any characteristic symptom, whether of disease, social liability, or certain details in many dif­ ferent fields of study.

But the meaning to which this article is devoted is the medieval, Roman Catholic defi­ nition: marks of Christ’s passion in bodily manifestation. That is, a stigmatic is a person who suffers from wounds which bear remark­ able similarity to the wounds that Christ sus­ tained during his passion and crucifixion. These wounds may or may not be open and bleeding—that is, visible. Some stigmatics simply experience pain in various parts of the body associated with Christ’s wounds: hands, feet, head, side, shoulders and back. Now, as you might expect, there have been fradulent cases of stigmata in history-like anything else. For instance, the Blessed Mary d’Oignies (d. 1213) and Robert de Monferrant (d. 1234) inflected wounds on themselves to show their undying devotion to Christ and to attempt, therefore, to put themselves through what he went through. But we’re concerned with the people who didn’t injure themselves. They are the people who, not of their own control, exper­ ienced the wounds of Christ as a result of-as

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St. Francis de Sales put it-the “strong emotion of compassionate love which an ecstatic person experiences when contemplating the passion of Christ.” I should mention that all stigmatics re­ ceive their stigmata while in a state of ecstasy— a “holy trance,” if you will-brought on by “intense meditation on the Lord.”

As for their status in Catholic doctrine, the popes have been cautious. They didn't want to make another mistake like the one with Gali­ leo! So, as Pius XI declared, while “St. Francis' stigmata are historical fact, proven by irrefut­ able testimony, lthey are] not an article of faith." To this day Catholic doctrine makes no connection even between sanctity and stig­ matization. “God may grant charisms to any­ one-sinner or saint-after any lapse of time.”

Thank you, Benedict XIV. I should mention that the only reference in Scripture to stigmata is in Galations 6:17 where Paul mentions the wounds of Christ’s passion on his body. While these have been cited as possibly the first example of the type of stigmata that we are dealing with, that seems quite doubtful. Paul is referring to the bruises and scars that he has sustained, resulting from his zealous preaching of the Gospel-more specifically, from the zealous persecution of the Gospel by his opponents. So that refer­ ence has little to do with our topic. There are also a few obscure references to stigmatics as early as the third century, but these are ob­ scure, and their meaning is uncertain.

HISTORY Our story begins in the autumn of 1224 when St. Francis of Assisi retired from his cell with a few companions to an isolated peak— about 4000 feet up in the Appenines-called Mt. Alverno. It was September 14, the Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross, and he and his compatriates were seeking solitude for medita­ tion and devotion. While on this serene and lonely peak, deep in contemplation on the Lord's passion, he saw a vision. Descending from the sky was an angel, a six-winged seraph, hands extended, feet joined, two wings above, two wings flying, two wings covering its body, nailed to a cross. When St. Francis regained his senses, he found that he was bleeding from his palms, feet, and side. In fact, in one of the most astonishing cases of stigmata-besides being the first-St. Francis’ stigmata appeared to be actual formations of nails made out of skin, protruding from his flesh. He bled this way for the next two years until his death.

This story is told by St. Bonaventure in Legenda S. Francisi, as well as by Pope Alexander IV. Now while very few people were privileged enough to see the stigmata during St. Francis’ life, everyone saw them when he died. Word spread. And within months there were cases all over the Christian world. In fact, by 1894 there were enough cases that a small-time doc­ tor that year put together a catalog of over 320 names of people throughout history who claimed to be stigmatics. Of course, this docu­ ment has a lot of problems, like its large num­ ber of doubtful cases, and the invisible cases of simple pain—like that of Ss. Catherin of Siena and Theresa of Avila. It was also generally con­ sidered incomplete, not only because it failed to include key historical cases, but also because it gave no accounts of the circumstances under which the stigmata first appeared on any of these people. It also gave no biographical de­ tails of any of the sufferers—not their attitude toward their “gift of affliction,” not even their

health! Nonetheless, of these 320-plus stigmatics 60 were either sainted or beatified.

Some cases are, however, more interesting than others, like Theresa Newmann (18981962). Her doctor noticed a sensitivity (“in­ visible stigmata”) in the affected area weeks before her wounds opened up. Then the back of her left hand began to bleed. Eight days later the back of her right hand started. And it was a full year later before her palms also be­ gan to bleed. Theresa Newmann is rather re­ cent, so it doesn’t seem surprising that her doctor attempted to cure her affliction by applying salve. In his reports he declares that although she received two applications of salve, each allowed to remain on her wounds for hours, there was no sign, no trace of re­ lief. But think about it. He only tried salve twice? And only for a few hours at a time?

Of course it wouldn’t instantly heal an open wound a quarter-inch in diameter. (As with much scientific research, how you interpret the experiment and the results often depends on your point of view and what you want to believe and/or “prove.”)

There are other mysteries about stigmata.

Sometimes they are incomplete-as in the cases of Mary Schumann or Mary Agnes Steiner-in that the wounds open up only dur­ ing prayer or only reach the state of open sores (not bleeding). Even more amazing are the cases in which the subject bleeds, but there is no open wound.

The second most recent case of stigmata was Padro Pio, a Capuchin friar in San Gio­ vanni, Rotondo, Italy. This man was examined medically, in every conceivable way, and—in case you’ve been doubting the whole topic al­ together—he was found to be a medical mys­ tery. His blood was real. His wounds were real. They were not self-inflicted. He could not produce them at will although they ap­ peared only during intense meditation. The doctors were stumped.

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So what is it? What causes stigmata? Could they actually be sent by the Lord to those who have found his favor? I realize it’s difficult to see this as a possibility simply because we are not Roman Catholic. But put yourself in a Catholic’s shoes. Your faith, you believe, is the pure doctrine of Scripture, given by the Lord to his Infallible Vicars. You know that certain of your religion have a faith so powerful that they have demonstrated the qualifica­ tions of sainthood. Could not the Lord give this special gift to one of his special children to signify their piety which they worked, prayed, and meditated so hard for? Answer: sure, why not?

The reason why not, at least to a Catholic, is found in the person of the latest stigmatic, circa 1970. You’ll have to forgive me; I could not find her name. But I’ve seen her, and the reason she is the most extraordinary stigmatic to date is that she is not only the first nonCatholic (she is a Southeran Baptist), but she’s the first non-Italian; she is a young, black American. Imagine again for a moment what this means to the Catholics! What it means is that they are forced to look seriously at all the inconsistencies of stigmatic cases.

First of all, why is it that all stigmatics receive their wounds during “fits” of ecstasy?

If it were supernatural, it is simply from either God or Satan-a sign of piety or a sign of pos­ session. If it is from God, why impose the in­ dispensable condition of ecstasy? And why not start bleeding all at once? Why go through de­ grees? Remember, however, that we still have another option besides the devil If it were to­ tally natural, we may have a perfectly logical explanation.

Here again, it may be helpful to note a couple of things. First, there are Moslem stig­ matics! There are people of the Islamic faith that claim to suffer the wounds that Moham­ med sustained during his holy battles. Secondly

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(and a little more on the track), all stigmatics that have had some medical evaluation" hav& been shown to suffer from some nervous weak­ ness or hysteria. St. Catherine of Siena is a perfect example. At age 23 she was diagnosed as a hystero-epileptic. Thirdly, it is a medical fact that all wounds can be traced to certain organic functions, that some time must elapse for uninflicted wounds to appear. These three statements, taken together with the rest of this article, seem to point in the direction of the brain’s relation to the body.

So what kind of case can we build in sup­ port of a theory tracing stigmatization to the mind?

MEDICAL SUPPORT Let me relate a story that may shed some light on the subject. It seems that during the first half of this century there was a certain young doctor who upon entering an operating room saw on the table a boy about 12 years of age. The reason he was there was that his entire body—head, face, arms, chest, legs, everything—was completely covered with warts, warts on top of warts. His arms looked like grotesque stumps of bubbled scab. Now the surgeon who was going to perform the op­ eration to remove these lesions knew that they weren’t really warts. They were actually caused by a fatal, incurable disease with an incredibly long name with which I won’t burden my type­ writer. But the important thing is that the young doctor did not know about the disease.

He thought they were warts. So he said to his elder colleague, “Why should we operate be­ fore we try every less-trying method known?

Hypnosis has been shown to do fantastic things with warts, even such serious cases as this.” The older doctor, not revealing his dooming secret, gave his consent. After all, nothing could hurt the boy any more than what already had its gnarled fingers firmly

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So the younger doctor took the boy into his office, put him into a hypnotic trance, and gave him the post-hypnotic suggestion that his right arm would show noticeable improvement in one week. I don't have to tell you what hap­ pened. Miraculously one week later his right arm was completely relieved of the gruesome warts. It was as clean as anyone’s normal arm.

The pictures were amazing to see. It was only after this hypnotic therapy proved so success­ ful that the young doctor was told that he hadn’t just cured some over-zealous warts, but a fatal, debilitating, and incurable disease—all by the power of the mind.

Now if the mind can perform a seeming miracle like that, how much is it to ask the mind of a hysterical person, in a state of ec­ stasy, to cause, over the course of several months, wounds corresponding to the object of their undying devotion?

But there is one more thing about stigmatics that forces us to a conclusion involving the mind. That is, many stigmatics bleed from their left side-corresponding to the spear-wound in Christ’s side-people like Ss. Catherine of Ricci and Joanna of Jesus and Mary. But many other stigmatics bleed from their right side. But Christ was only pierced on one side! Who’s cor­ rect? Was Christ pierced on the left side or the right? Well, if you waded through the ten-page “Shroud of Turin” article in September, you know. But the point is that it doesn't matter.

The fact that there are some who bleed from one side and some from the other demonstrates that this strange affliction has nothing extraor­ dinary to do with God or the person’s faith. So does the fact that some of those side wounds— as well as the palm and foot wounds-are circu­ lar and some are square. Did the Romans use round or square nails? Again, it doesn’t matter.

Simply because there is a difference we know that there is a human element involved, the mind.

Just out of curiosity, why would some bleed on the left, while others bleed on the right? Well, you could go back to the hypnosis theory and say that while under hypnosis—or any cataleptic state-a person responds to sug­ gestions as if they were in a mirror. That is, tell him to raise the same arm as a model does, and if the model raises her left arm-the arm to the subject’s right as she faces him-the subject will raise liis right arm. But that wouldn’t explain the inconsistency. On the other hand, after the popularity of the Sacred Heart was well estab­ lished, the side commonly considered pierced was the left. Here is the root of the answer.

The side from which the stigmatic bleeds is de­ termined by the portrayal of Christ before which they arc accustomed to mediate. If the picture or statue of Christ shows the Savior bleeding from the right side, it’s a safe bet that any stigmatics viewing it will bleed from the right side.

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The mind has been used-and, yes, some­ times misused-to explain many a phenome­ non that until the 20th century could not be explained. Things like fire walking, faith heal­ ing, extrasensory perception all have at one time or another been attributed to the brain.

I’m not about to say that the mind should be the first or last source of power ro be con­ sidered in any of these phenomena. But the organ known as the seat of intelligence, which by all estimates is capable of carrying out ten quintillion operations every second is certainly worth contemplating when “miraculous” af­ flictions and “miraculous” cures occur. In the final analysis, the source of anything is not as important as the Ultimate Source: the God of our bodies, the God of our minds, the God of our salvation. Stigmatics are only one exampie.

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Dan Voigt-senior “This question reminds me of my freshman year. One night, as 1 was brushing my teeth in the bathroom, Paul Nitz, who was obvi­ ously troubled, came to me. He was thoroughly exhausted. (He was on his 72 hour study marathon). Paul was feeling down and needed some inspiration. He asked, Dan, what’s your secret? Make me want to study. I looked at him with all sincerity and gave him my reply, short and to the point. Paul, just do it.”

Joe Fricke—junior “Exams are always a special and exciting time of the year for me.

I like it because profs, usually count the semester exam for quite a bit of your grade. In a way, they are putting all your eggs in one basket. This puts a little pressure on the guys trying to keep a 4.0.

My advice to you, my fellow students, is to start studying two or three weeks ahead of time. Then studying for the exams will just be review. If you have any questions, you will then have plenty of time to ask a prof, or me. I am especially qualified in the subjects of Greek, Latin, or Math. My door is always open.”

James Fleming-sophomore “This is indeed a noble question, worthy of some attention.

Since I reside with a renowned scholar, Barndoor, I feel quite quali­ fied to answer this question. Before indulging in my studies, I like to relax with a little “Wheel of Fortune.” This helps my concentra­ tion and gives me an open mind. Then I head to the study lounge to have a smoke with Dan Borg. This usually gets me further insight into the material at hand. Finally, I hit Slicker Russow’s room for some hard-core studying. (I might add Slicker’s musical tastes are very intellectually productive.) Last but not least, being the ardent Dura-worker I am, a good night’s sleep won’t hurt. Perhaps these study tips may help you.”

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JANUARY

— New Year’s Day. Nebraska’s year round, statewide Ashing season opens.

3 - The Pope and his buddies finally got up enough nerve to send the Decet Pontificem Romanum (1521) to Luther, excommunicating him from the Catholic Church.

Luther is so hurt he burns it.

5 - Classes resume ... No, wait! We get another week!

8 The ball team willingly cuts its vacation short to travel to DMLC to outduel synodical 9 ~ rivals at the Lancer Classic.

12 — We finally get to try out our new schedules because classes resume on this day.

13 — The Trojans take on the Muskics (nice mascot) of Lakeland College in our arena at 7:30 P.M. 16 - If they can scrapeup five guys who want to play, Marian will host our fearless, fero­ cious, fighting Trojans - 7:30 PJVI.

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“Wake - up, for Pete’s sake!” The face was now a man’s. The transition was lost on Timmy.

Large hands gripped his head. They gave him one final shake and let him go.

“Get outa that bed, right now!” Those hands gripped his arm and propelled him to his feet. Timmy grabbed his white uniform to keep his balance. One hand dragged him toward the ward bathroom. “Get in there and get dressed!”

A rough shove sent him forward a few feet.

Timmy stopped and turned in slow motion toward the white shirt.

“What’re you waiting for? Get down to the bathroom!” The white-clad shape moved closer to Timmy. Timmy raised his hand in slow mo­ tion.

One hand grabbed his. “Don’t try it, mis­ ter. I’m not in the mood, and I’m not going to deal with it today.” He spun him back around toward the bathroom and propelled him the rest of the way there.

Timmy began to buck and drag his feet.

“C’mon!” Timmy twisted away, the hands

jerked him back. Timmy slapped at him. The hands grabbed both his wrists and pinned them to his chest. The white shirt’s chest pressed into his back and the voice taunted him in his ear. Timmy twisted but couldn’t break free. He went limp and sagged to the ground. Timmy was not a small man.

“You little —’’The arms shifted to Timmy’s armpits, and the hands gripped the top of his wrists. Timmy was thrown violently to his feet and leaned forward. As he tried to sag back down, all his weight was on his own forearms.

After a second he had to stand. And walk.

Timmy wandered back and forth at angles down the hallway. He wandered all the way to the left, then all the way to the right. As he went, he ducked between the others who walked straight down the hall. Every so often, he thought of maple syrup or orange juice and laughed out loud and clapped.

They passed other dining rooms. Timmy stopped when he smelled breakfast and looked in the door of each one. Always a whiteclothed shape pushed him away, or hands grabbed him and directed him on.

Finally, they reached an empty one.

Timmy slowly entered and walked to a table.

“Timmy! That’s not your seat! Sit in your seat!” Timmy looked around but didn’t move.

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He pulled a chair out and eased himself into it.

Breakfast came on a plastic tray. Next to the plate lay a metal spoon with a large plastic handle. There was a small glass of juice and a carton of milk. Timmy ignored the spoon and picked up a sticky waffle with his hand. He licked it repeatedly, coating his chin with syrup. When he saw a white shirt coming, he stuffed it whole into his mouth and grabbed the other one.

“Timmy, put that waffle down!” Timmy held it in his fist. Syrup ran over his fingers and down onto his plate. He couldn’t put it in his mouth, because he hadn’t chewed the first one yet. He didn’t chew the first one because he was trying to hang onto the second.

“Timmy - " A hand reached for his.

Timmy pulled sharply away and held the waf­ fle with both hands under the table. Syrup

smeared onto his pant legs.

“Give me that!” The arms reached down and the hands grappled with him. They dragged his hands up and pulled them apart. The waffle tore. The hands shook Timmy’s one at a time until the mangled waffle flew out and splat­ tered back on the table.

The face poised a few inches from his nose and growled, “Eat it right!" Timmy slapped it She took the tray away. Timmy stood up im­ mediately and followed her.

“Go sit down! You can't have a tray if you don’t cat right.” Timmy reached out for the tray. She held it away from him, while other hands grabbed him and pulled him back.

Timmy twisted and tried to scream through the waffle in his mouth. A muffled choking sound emerged. He rushed clumsily toward the rr;:\ The white shirt moved deftly out of the w ..

Timmy ran into another table. He turned slowly and saw white shapes moving but couldn’t find the tray. He ignored the order*

to sit down. He looked down and saw another table with trays on it. He stepped up and grabbed one.

“Timmy! Put that down! It’s not your’s!”

A white shape hurried toward him. Timmy threw the tray. It crashed on the floor. The white arms plowed into him, and he crashed to the floor.

“Timmy, you slipped.” Timmy lay sprawled on the tloor. “Why don’t you stand up, now?”

One white hand grabbed his arm and pulled.

Timmy was dead weight. The hand let go and grasped his feet. The two hands dragged him across the floor back to his table and let go. His feet hit with a thud.

“Get up, now.” Timmy stared at the white pants and black shoes in front of his eyes. The quiet voice left a space between each word.

“Get. . . up . . . now.” At the same time, one hand turned his wrist back. The hand lifted up, turning the wrist farther. “Get up,” the voice whispered.

Timmy rose slowly to his feet. “Sit down.”

Timmy sat.

His arms hung limp at his side. He made no move. He just sat. Finally, saliva formed in his mouth around the soggy waffle. Timmy re­ membered it and began to chew the difficult mass.

An electric bell rang as the door to the ward opened. The little group filed in, while a voice counted them off. Timmy drifted toward the middle of the large central room. When he ran out of momentum, he melted down to the floor. As he lay there, he noticed a piece of waffle stuck to the dried syrup on his pants. He ate it. After a few minutes, thirst began to con­ sume him. It came slowly at first, from the syrup in his mouth. It built as soon as he no­ ticed it and became more and more intense. In a little while it was unbearable.

Timmy sat up and looked around. He could see no white shirts, only dull polyester. He stood up and made his way to the ward toilet.

Inside, a white shirt was watching two dark

shirts in two separate stalls. Timmy came in and sat on the floor by him. Nothing happened for a few minutes. Then the white shirt stood Timmy up and put him in an empty stall.

“Thanks, Timmy, for the maple syrup on my uniform.”

“You finished?” Timmy sat for a minute then tried to stand back up. Two hands pushed him down again. Timmy slumped down and hung his head between his knees. He stared at the floor and waited. His mouth was very dry.

The bell on the door woke Timmy up. He rubbed his eyes with sticky fingers. His neck and back hurt from being doubled over. He stumbled out into the ward proper.

“Timmy, pull your pants up!” Timmy turned toward the voice. “C’mon Timmy, pull 'em up.” He looked down at his pants around his ankles. He held a hand out toward the white shirt and walked forward. The pants hob­ bled his steps.

“Tim, you got to pull those pants up.” The hand led him to a room where another white shirt sat. When he entered, she stood up and opened a cabinet. She stood there with her back to Timmy for a few minutes, then turned toward him. A hand shoved a spoon full of applesauce and pills into his mouth. The apple­ sauce took the edge off his thirst for a minute, then it returned worse than ever.

“That’s it, Timmy, go sit down.” Timmy stood there until the hands drove him out onto the ward again.

Timmy drifted from room to room. His empty stomach growled. As the pills digested, he began to feel dizzy and lightheaded. He steadied himself against a wall. His hand left a maple syrup mark. His head began to ache.

Eventually, he settled in front of the main door of the ward. He approached it slowly and stood by it for a long time. He rested his hands gently on the varnished wood and peered through the narrow glass out into the corridor beyond. He rested his head against the cool wood and closed his eyes. It helped his head a

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little. His mouth hung open and dry. He touched his tongue to the varnish, but it only became drier. He pressed his mouth against the surface and felt the dried syrup stick to it. He pulled his head back, and it made a slight pop­ ping noise. He pressed it forward again until it stuck and pulled it back again. He giggled when it popped. He repeated the procedure over and over, until the spot by the window became wet with saliva. Once wet, his mouth no longer stuck. Timmy tried several more times, but the game was over. He was still thirsty.

Timmy looked around. The ward blurred just a few feet from his face. All he could make out were blurs and shapes moving back and forth. Sounds and voices intruded into the con­ fusion without any order or relation to the blurs. They made no real sense at all.

A sound in the corridor caught Timmy’s ear. He turned back and peered through the glass again. There was some sort of commotion in the hall, but it wasn’t clear what it was.

Timmy placed both hands on the door and pushed it slowly forward. It gave slightly, and then the electronic bell rang. Timmy ignored it and pushed the door completely open.

“Timmy! Get back in here!” Timmy went out. He laughed out loud and threw his hands up in the air. Whatever the commotion had been, it was over now, and Timmy stood alone for a moment, staring down the corridor to the ends of the earth.

He threw up liis arms and began to run. He heard the bell ring behind him. He yelled wildly and ran past the cafeterias. Steps came up behind him. He laughed uncontrollably. A voice was shouting, but he paid no attention to it. He waved his arms and ran.

Two hands gripped his shoulders. Timmy tried to put his head down and run, but the hands jerked him back. He lost his balance and collapsed in a heap. He sat crosslegged on the floor, hugged himself, and laughed. He paid no attention to the voice or the hands. He went on

laughing. His head was spinning.

He stopped suddenly. A hand had twisted his arm behind his back and was propelling him upward. He whimpered and tried to get up, but his feet were tangled together. He couldn’t rise.

The voice breathed threats in his ear, while another hand pinned his other arm to his side.

He whimpered and struggled to rise. The arm behind his back twisted further. A sharp pain ran through his shoulder. Timmy gasped. He began to kick his feet violently. Finally, he kicked them free and stood up.

The pain eased, but the hands did not let go. Instead, they drove him back to the ward.

He was almost at a run when he reached the double doors. The hands drove him hard against one. His head thudded against it before it gave and he was back inside the ward. The hands drove him to a chair and sat him down.

“Stay there! Don’t even think about get­ ting up until lunch!”

Timmy sat for a minute, eyes and mouth wide open. Then he began to rock his head and shoulders back and forth. He rocked at a quick, even pace, back and forth. He hugged his arms to his sides.

On the way to lunch, Timmy wandered from the left side of the hall to the right side.

He stopped at every doorway. Hands pushed him away . ..

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Timmy finished his meal. He looked down at the empty plate. He picked it up slowly and began to lick the compartment where the fruit salad was. A white shirt approached. Timmy threw his hand back and whipped the plate across the room ...

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Hands pulled Timmy’s pants up and pushed him toward the bedrooms. Timmy wandered into one at random. He walked past the first two and flopped down on one of the others.

Sunlight streamed in through the windows; the bedspread was warm to the touch. Timmy drifted in and out of sleep.

He sat up with a start. Sweat soaked his shirt and his pants. The spread was soiled and reeked. Timmy rolled off the bed and onto the floor. He crawled under the bed and laid his head on the cool, shaded tiles. His head still hurt a little, and he appreciated the welcome the tiles offered. He giggled slightly to himself.

In time, the tiles became warm and sticky, too. Timmy rolled over and rested his chin on the palms of his hands. He stared under the next bed and through the hallway out into the ward beyond. It was lost in a haze to him. For now, this was the world.

Eventually the bell rang again. Timmy lifted up his head when he heard it ring, but set it down a few minutes later. The urge to in­ vestigate was muffled by the serenity of the light reflecting on the waxed tiles and the shade of the bed. He went undisturbed. A pool of saliva formed on his hands.

The world changed. A pair of black shoes entered the room. Hands reached down and pulled, while a voice tried to coach him out. In a moment, the whole bed rolled away, leaving him exposed.

“Timmy, what’s the matter with you?

Look at you, you’re wet and you messed up this bed, too. Get up!” Hands pulled him to his feet and led him to the bathroom. He sat in a stall and picked at the syrup and jelly on his shirt. His pants lay on the floor at his feet, still damp. Timmy felt the dampness on the bottom of his shirt press against his skin when the hands put clean underwear and pants on him.

Then they led him back to the little room

where another hand shoved a spoon full of pills and applesauce into his mouth.

Timmy drifted and began to feel dizzy...

Hands directed Timmy into the hall. He wandered from left to right, from right to left, as he went down the corridor. Voices and hands drove him away from the other dining rooms...

Timmy’s dinner came on a plastic tray.

Next to the plate lay a metal spoon with a large plastic handle. Timmy picked up his lasagna with his hands ...

Grease ran down Timmy’s chin as he licked the compartment where the cake had been ...

Hands steered him to the toilet...

Timmy drifted about the ward ...

Timmy rocked back and forth and at a quick and even pace ...

A hand came and took Timmy’s, “C’mon, let’s get ready for bed.” Timmy pulled his hand back. “C’mon; Timmy, it’s time to go.”

Timmy stood up suddenly. The white shirt stepped back surprised, and Timmy stared down at her face. He hugged himself tighly. A hand tried to take his, but he twisted away.

Another set grabbed him from behind and began to push. Timmy dropped to the ground and lay flat. The hands tried to lift him.

Timmy screamed, long and loud. He lifted his head and shoulders and began to slam them down hard on the floor. Timmy banged at a quick and even pace. His skull made a hollow thud each time it hit the floor.

Many hands lifted him up off the floor. He screamed and kicked. They set him down-on a mat. He banged his head. No thud, only the slap of a mat. Timmy rolled, trying to reach the floor. Hands stopped him one way, so he rolled the other way. He reached the edge on his stomach. Hands grabbed him and held him fast. He banged his forehead sharply against the floor. The hands dragged him back onto the mat. He screamed and swung out. He put his hand into his mouth and bit it over and over.

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Timmy slept. A hand awoke him and raised him to his feet. Gently, it led him to the

toilet.. .

Two hands laid Timmy in his bed. They pulled siderails up on the bed. They locked a belt around his waist. Timmy sat crosslegged on the bed and rocked back and forth. The light went out.

“C’mon, Timmy, wake up!” Timmy tried to keep his eyes closed tight just a little bit longer. “It’s time to get up, for Pete’s sake.”

Two hands hauled him roughly out of bed . . .

The preceding article does not represent any specific institution or individual. The qual­ ity of care provided in an institutional setting varies widely from state to state and even from institution to institution. Instead, this piece is a health care professional’s nightmare. It does not describe the way any facility is, but rather what even the best facility can become. It fic­ tionalizes the neglect that may occur, and doubtless does occur, if the professional allows himself to become callous and insensitive to the needs of the patient.

The history of institutionalization in Amer­ ica is checkered at best. Only recently, in his­ torical terms, has our country, indeed the whole of Western civilization, begun to address the special needs of the mentally ill in a “civil­ ized” fashion. By the grace of God, our society no longer hides or tortures people who suffer from debiliating mental illness. Indeed, some might say that a work of this kind might better

address those people whose illness condemns them to live on the street, than to criticize the quality of our facilities to care for them.

Nevertheless, there is an inherent criticism being made here. This is not an apology or an attempt to dull its edge. This article cuts, be­ cause every institution, every health care pro­ fessional, every individual in our society has the potential to make this story a reality.

Staff shortages, long workdays, poor funding, poor supervision, and human nature can dull anyone’s sensitivity to a real problem. Even the most caring person is capable of neglect.

Even the best institution, of necessity, dehu­ manizes its charges to some degree. Although there are many, many caring, committed people working to allow those people to realize the highest potential, there are also those few who set the whole effort back. Sadly, those who care will share and understand the pain of this vision. Those who won’t will not.

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cTlie 118th Psalm > Sing, praise the Lord for He is good!

His kindness lasts forever.

Let every nation say of God; "His kindness lasts forever!”

I called to God in my distress.

He filled my life with happiness.

With God for me, who s against me?

The Lord’s my Helper ever true.

He seeks who make me suffer.

I trust the Lord for He can do More than mankind can offer.

Though nations of the earth unite And seek to compter by their might.

With God’s help. I’ll overcome them.

Though they may rage and they may swarm.

I’ll sing of God’s salvation!

He's my Defense from every harm.

My Hope in tribulation.

I will not die, in Him I’ll live.

And for His help my thanks I'll give.

May I sing His praise forever.

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Let me come in with gladness.

God saw me in my misery.

He drove away all sadness.

The Stone the builders threw away Is our Foundation still today.

Wonderful is our Salvation!

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O sing of God, how He is great; His kindness lasts forever!

The One who comes is ever blest.

Who brings to us eternal rest.

God's great light on us is shining!

- - Paul Stratman

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Subject: Student Polls A proposal has been brought to the C&C writers’ attention in regard to the use of stu­ dent polls being distributed to every room by a ny student on a whim. Currently, there are no regulations stopping the individual NWC stu­ dent from passing out questionnaires to find out what the public opinion is regarding any subject from adhesives to color of towels to be used in our shower rooms. According to the new proposal, anyone caught distributing these hand-outs will be forced to go through the “Spanking Machine” and then thrown into the nearest snowbank. To find out if this proposal is desirable, I need your help! ____ I like the proposal. ____I like purposeless polls.

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Happy New Year! By now you’ve all heard that trite little meaningless phrase several times in 1988, but never before was that phrase ut­ tered with such meaning as the words which you’ve just read. For, you see, 1988 will truly be a happy one for you, if you remember to pick up the B&R each month and read our humble humor column, Campus and Class­ room. Once again the Northwestern campus is brimming with renewed enthusiasm to snack on the ambrosial hors d’oeuvre of learning and to dine on utopian entree of knowledge. And the leamin’ ain’t never been better than it is now with the new educational technique of the horseshoe format! That’s right! If you can imagine actually setting up the desks in the shape of a horseshoe and having a class without cracking up! It’s a riot, but it works!

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1. What is the best way to promote better inter-synodical fellowship at the collegiate level?

A) Assign pen pals on orientation day.

B) Schedule Winter Carnival weekends at all WELS Colleges on the same week­ end.

C) Schedule social gatherings to start one half hour before the biggest basketball game of the season.

2. What actions can one take if no organist shows up for chapel?

A) Ask Ernie to come up and try to “hunt & peck” his way through it.

B) Make this announcement, “Anyone want to try their luck on the key­ boards?”

C) Use the red “Birsching Hotline” phone under glass in the altar office.

3. Sure way to improve faculty intramural roster on a down year.

A) Schedule preseason practices.

B) Schedule meetings on game nights for the prep tutors as a diversion.

C) Turn in synod yearbook as team roster.

4. Options coach can take to put talentless players to good use.

A) Use him as an attitude example to other team members.

B) Fail him in math.

C) Give him a red towel to swing in the air during games.

5. Ways to keep cafeteria costs down.

A) Serve more wienered meats.

B) Serve more tube steaks.

C) Keep altering the recipe for “Wiener Supreme.”

6. Ways to simulate Olympics on our campus.

A) Play hockey on a small ice puddle by Duravan Row. B) Make bobsled noises when going down ramps on the way to class.

C) Light your own Olympic torches in the dorm.

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A) Set up vast coat storage facilities. . B) Warn students several weeks in advance that they will be closely watched.

C) Serve Thanksgiving-type “fatted calf’ meal for lunch and cancel supper.

8. How do you properly celebrate Lancer Classic championship victory?

A) Socialize at post-game celebration party.

B) Film relatives playing poker with a Cam-corder.

C) Ask coach.

9. What’s the best way to inspire a basketball team on to better play?

A) Male cheerleaders.

B) Female cheerleaders.

C) Sheik periodically banging on a snare drum while idiot behind you waves his crutches like a soaring bird of prey.

10. Good way to improve the campus snow re­ moval.

A) Declare demolition derby in the park­ ing lot by 1:00 P.M. B) Salt 3” square areas heavily and let stu­ dents spread it around by trampling it.

C) Wait for January thaw (or spring).

11. Best way to insure a wrestling victory.

A) Conveniently forget to inform oppon­ ent about scheduled match.

B) Wrestlers should pay close attention to creative suggestions made by knowledgable fans in crowd.

C) Be sure to wear protective head gear when triumphantly accepting a forfeit.

By now we are in the thick of the Durfing Season and we will give you our quick run­ down on the latest action. Waylon Gattlinger took a public spill on a ramp on his way to chapel but he has a way to go to catch up with our leaders. Kurt Koeplin did the slide-and-hita-dry-spot and rolled his frame two and a half times, thereby putting himself in the running.

John Hildebrandt also went down on his way to class. But, we do have two men who are tied for first with quite a commanding lead. Bryan Eggers broke a limb on one of his efforts, which not only gives him a good shot at the ti­ tle, but also assures him of a spot in the hall of fame. Tom Mielke came within inches of that coveted “perfect 10” Durf. While booking along at a pretty good clip, Tom went into ac­ tion and slapped down on his back without even touching his Levi’s to the pavement. The only thing that kept Tom from having the per­ fect wipeout was his lack of verbal communica­ tion. Here’s an important tip to all you aspiring durfers: Verbal action is the final selling touch to the perfect patch-out. If Tom had confident­ ly announced a few seconds before his spill, “There is no way that a guy like me could fall on this beautiful day,” he would have clinched at least a tie for the championship. Or for those who don’t think that quickly on their feet, you can let a blood-curdling Jeremiah Johnson yell loose across the entire campus on your way down. Well, as the action heats up, we’ll try to keep you up to date on who’s durfing and who’s not.

Well, the of horseshoe is calling, so we have to hit that snack table of knowledge once again. You’re all invited up to our rooms when­ ever you want to complain or just hang out.

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CALLS — Pastor Richard A. Agenten (’72) accepted a call to Bethlehem Ev. Lutheran Church, Urbana, IL, on Nov. 4, 1987. He previously served St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church, Platteville, WI. - Rev. Michael C. Bater (’75) left the con­ gregation of St. Paul, Neosho, WI, when he ac­ cepted a call toZion, Lansing, MI. He accepted this call on Sept. 15, 1987.

- Rev. Gerald Blobaum (’74) accepted a call to the congregation of St. Paul, Roscoe, SD. He formerly served the people of Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Terry, MT. - Pastor Dennis Kempf (’58) accepted a call to English Ev. Lutheran Church, Viroqua, WI. He previously served St. Paul’s, Bloomer, WI. — Pastor John Kenyon (’81), after doing exploratory work in Bothell, WA, accepted a call to Ascension Ev. Lutheran Church, Moorehead, MN. — Rev. David W. Meister (’77) accepted a call to St. Paul’s, Neosho, WI, filling the va­ cancy left by Michael Bater (above). Rev. Meister previously served Hope Ev. Lutheran Church, Louisville, KY.

— Rev. Dennis J. Valleau (’72) accepted a call as an associate pastor at St. John’s Ev. Lu­ theran Church, Lake City, MN. His former con­ gregation was St. John’s, Allegan, MI. — Pastor Stuart Zak (’77) also accepted a call as an associate pastor at St. John’s, Lake City, MN. He previously served the people of Grace Congregation, Geneva, NE. RESIGNATION — Rev. Jeffrey L. Kutil (’70) resigned from the ministry on Oct. 25, 1987. He last served Bethlehem, Urbana, IL. DEATHS - Pastor Emeritus Nathan G. Luetkc (’37) was called to his eternal home on Dec. 16, 1987. During his ministry he served congrega­ tions in Goodhue, MN and Nicollet, MN. BIRTHS - Laura Beth was born to Rev. and Mrs. Kurt Ebert (’81). No birthdate was given.

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Doug Westenbcrg-senior “The game against Bethany, of course!”

Roger Quandt—senior “The display after Phil hit that last-second shot was about the most excited and jubilant I have ever seen the Trojan fans. Great mo­ ments like that are very rare in Northwestern history, you know.”

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I tried to prepare the poor, little ten-yearold for the worst, because he was hopefully going to get it.

It all began on a sunny, yet chilly Friday afternoon in the fall. John Harris, Pete Jackson, and I had been waiting for this weekend for a long time. We were going camping, and for once we were the “older boys.” Just the sound of that coming from our Pioneer leader gave a sense of pride that lasted well into Sun­ day afternoon. We could now be the exper­ ienced attackers, instead of the victims, as had been the case far too often in our lives. The only thing left to do was to find our helpless victim, but there would be time for that later.

Right now, our attention centered on scraping up the money to buy the equipment which was necessary for our ingenious plans. For us, 75 cents was hard to come by.

After our “stash” of vampire blood, plastic fangs, and the like had been obtained at the comer dime store, all that was left for us to do was to get our gear packed. We had had the day off of school due to parent-teacher confer­ ences. This was indeed a cherished day, for how often was there a time when both your parents and your teacher were occupied in the same place at the same time; It was heaven

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for a kid. Mom and Dad had to listen to ornery old Mrs. Cratchett and sit in that smelly room while we got to play for the day, just like Mom and Dad did every other day. We had made the most out of our day off, preparing for our weekend excursion by inventing new ways to kill gophers. We never came close to actually killing one, but knowing that we had the capa­ bilities maae us reel good. Now all that was left to do was pack.

Anyone who has ever gone camping knows that packing is the toughest part. Of course, I usually had Mom at home to help me with my labor. I would carefully watch every cartoon program on the television while she was pack­ ing so as not to miss any tips on packing for a camping trip. Mighty Mouse usually had a lot of good tilings to tell us viewers, but I can never recall any camping tips. But it didn’t matter. By the time Mighty Mouse was over and I again had been disappointed in not re­ ceiving any tips, Mom would already have the packing done. She never caught on either.

But today was different. Mom wasn’t home and I was positive that I wasn’t going to get the Ogre (my affectionate nickname for my sister) to do it. She was too busy packing for Barbie’s camping trip to the living room. I had to do it myself. To this day, my former Pioneer leader cannot understand how I sur­ vived a whole weekend without clothes. Adults just do not understand the importance of

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Mom and Dad came home just in time to take me back to the school for the beginning of our exciting weekend. Believe me, three days away from the Ogre was exciting enough, but with the plans we had for the weekend, we were sure to have the most memorable camping trip of our lives. And we did-sort of.

After John, Pete, and I had gone over final plans for our “horror weekend,” the next item of business was to find an unsuspecting victim.

Just then a car came lumbering into the park­ ing lot. It was a new kid in the Pioneer group whom we had not had the pleasure of meeting yet, and it was a real pleasure. He came up to us (why he did, we still do not know), and he said, ‘Tve never been camping before. Do you guys know if they have T.V’s. at camp? I just can't miss “Mr. Rogers” this weekend! I missed him last week, and I'm the chapter president of his fan club here in town!”

We looked at each other beaming from ear to ear. This little rotund fellow was to be our very first helpless victim. At first, I felt a lit­ tle sorry for the poor kid, but then Pete kicked me in the shin, sensing that I had feelings of re­ morse, and the thoughts quickly escaped me.

After arriving at camp, the three of us be­ gan to peruse the area to get a better idea of where our victim would meet his Waterloo.

We pitched camp, threw our “necessities” into our tent, and then quickly scurried up “the hill.” The excitement was exhilarating. Our evil plan was flawless. Nothing could go wrong. All that was needed now was darkness and some time alone with our little Beaver Cleaver-type.

The plans were finalized. I was to lead our lit­ tle friend back to the hill, and John and Pete would be lurking in the trees on top of the hill to scare the polyester pants off of Mr. Roger’s favorite Wisconsin “neighbor.”

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On the way to the outhouse, which was ac­ tually only about 60 feet from camp, we took a little “detour.” As we were traveling down the well-worn path in the dark, ominous woods, Pete and John quickly darted off into the woods screaming. Little Chris and I had moved a little ahead of them. Chris froze in his tracks. “What was that?!" he cried.

“Oh, no” I alertly said. “They got them!”

“Who got them? WHO?!”

“The... the...” It was then that I real­ ized we had forgotten one of the most impor­ tant things. We didn’t name the “monsters.”

I quickly said, “The Outhouse-nappers.” O.K., so it sounds stupid. But it was on the spur of the moment. I don’t think Chris noticed though. By now, he was clinging to a nearby sapling for dear life. “They must’ve wandered a little off the trail,” I said. “Oh well, they’re his­ tory now.”

“C'mom. Let’s go back, I don’t have to go anymore. I want to go back. Take me back!”

“Oh, don’t be such a chicken. You’re safe as long as you stay on the trail. And whatever you do, don’t go up the hill alone.” Just then, we reached the bottom of “the hill,” Chris was shaking fiercely. “The outhouse is up there,” I said, pointing up the hill.

“I can’t go up alone! The outhouse-nappers’ll get me!”

“Oh come on. I’m right here. Nothin’s gonna happen,” I reassured him, “Here. I’ll show you. You stay here and I’ll go up alone.

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But if something happens, scream for help. But don’t worry, nothin's gonna happen.” And I went on my merry way up the hill. Our plan had been activated. All that had to be done was for John and Pete to come screaming out of the woods with the vampire blood on their bodies. As I walked up the hill, I heard a growl­ ing noise. “You stupid idiots,” I thought.

You’re not supposed to scare me.” Just then I heard the screams of my accomplices down at the bottom of the hill. They had accomplished their task. But who, or what, was growling up here on the hill? Suddenly, a large, ominous figure came leaping out of the woods, its face covered with fur and its fangs drooling saliva. I had no time to think, so I ran, stumbling most of the way down the hill. After I recovered from my tumbling act, I proceeded to dart back to camp. To this day, there is a patch of trees gone. Many thought a tornado had passed through, but I knew better.

When I arrived at camp panting, I immed­ iately sat around the fire with the other guys. I figured if this thing was after me, it’d go through the other ten guys looking for me, and I’d get my chance for escape. Then it appeared, walking slowly down the trail. I let out a scream that is still floating somewhere in the atmosphere over northern Wisconsin. It came right up to me, stared at me, growled, and said, “You shouldn’t scare the younger boys like that. They could hurt themselves.” It then reached up and peeled its face off. It was our leader, Mr. Jameson. He and the other leaders laughed about this for the rest of the weekend, as did our resident Beaver Cleaver, Chris Smithson. It seems he knew of the leader’s plans too.

I could do nothing else but live in humility and embarrassment the rest of the weekend.

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When we last left this column, the Trojan basketball team had just notched a big win over Lawrence University and everyone was ex­ cited about the team’s chances this season.

(OK, maybe not everyone. Maybe it was just me.) The first test of this optimism came in the form of conference foe Cardinal Stritch. The Trojans’ defense, which has been the team’s trademark this season, kept them in the game when the offense—not the team’s trademark failed. A three point half time deficit was quickly erased when the offense kicked into high gear, taking a 15 point lead with six min­ utes left to play. From there the Trojans coasted, beating a traditionally tough Cardinal Stritch team. PHIL SIEVERT (who asked me to capitalize his name in print) led the team with 19 points and nine boards. Steve Melso added two points to the cause, a 79-61 vic­ tory.

The Trojans then took to the road, fol­ lowed by several loyal fans, traveling to Mad­ ison to do battle with Edgewood. I think it’s safe to say that the gym itself was as interest-

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ing as the game. For those of you who have never played basketball in a Cracker Jack box, this game would have been a real treat. The Trojans fell behind early in the game-anothcr trademark of this team-and were forced to play catch-up ball. Going into the locker room down eight was nothing new for the team. But when the Trojans started to come back, Edgewood responded by building a 12 point advan­ tage. But behind Sievert and Kevin Klug, the Trojans never gave up. Victory number five was sweet, a 73-67 decision. Tim Wempncr was on top of his game, pouring in two points and grabbing three rebounds. Klug had 21 and Sie­ vert had 26 to lead the way.

The Trojans and their numerous fans headed to Milwaukee to take on MSOE in a conference battle in a gym that rivals Edgewood’s for Cracker Jack boxness. The Trojans’ defense was not quite up to par against this run-and-gun team, and so the game was more of a battle than it probably should have been.

The Trojans jumped on the Engineers early, only to see their lead evaporate. A comfortable nine-point half time lead disappeared, and the game was a struggle. Fortunately for the Tro­ jans, Sievert was wearing a big S on his shirt,

doing his best Superman imitation by scoring 36 points and pulling down 12 boards. The Trojans went to overtime to pull out the 86-83 thriller (from a fan’s standpoint, that is). Jeff Mahnke burned the nets for two to help the team to victory number six.

After the Christmas break, the Trojans headed up to New Ulm to take part in the Lan­ cer Classic. The game against DMLC was fore­ most in everyone's mind. With a multitude of true Trojan fans in attendance, the Trojans were ready to do battle with the Lancers. For once the good guys grabbed the early lead, only to see the Lancers come back to take their first lead of the game, 24-22, at half time. The Lancer lead was shortlived, for the Trojans came out firing to take a lead they would never relinquish. When the contest ended, the Tro­ jans had a well-earned 62-57 win. Our Kieselhorst (you know, the one who doesn’t use mousse) shot 100% from the field on way to a fine two point performance. Sievert and Earle Treptow both contributed 13 points.

Game two of the Classic saw the Trojans a little flat after the late game Friday night.

Bethany led early and they led big, but the Trojans were not about to give up. Somehow the team pulled within five at the half, giving themselves a chance to come back once again.

The Trojans took the lead five minutes into the second half, but Bethany stormed back, taking control of the game. Down seven with three

minutes to play, things did not look favorable for the Trojans. But Sievert go hot, drilling two three pointers to bring his team within one point of the lead with eleven seconds remain­ ing. The Trojans stole the inbounds pass, only to see two layups miss the mark. The game was over, or so we thought. With two seconds left and the ball in the backcourt, the Trojans had little chance for success. Our loyal Trojan fans were not giving up, breaking out in a spirited “Black and Red fight, fight.” Todd DeNoyer lofted a perfect pass that Sievert caught and re­ leased immediately. The shot hit nothing but the bottom of the net. Our fans needed no time to get onto the floor to celebrate this vic­ tory, the first Classic that NWC has ever cap­ tured. To top it all off, our fans began singing the school song. It was a great moment, a mo­ ment when I was proud to be a Northwestern College Trojan. Sievert led the way with 20 points, while Treptow was unconscious from the field on his way to two points in the 66-65 victory, the team’s eighth.

Lakeland then came to visit, looking to end the Trojan winning streak. Although they led for quite a while in the first half, the Trojans basically dismantled the Muskies with balanced scoring, as five players scored in double figures.

John Koelpin paced the team with 18 points, including a dunk. Donn Dobberstein came off the bench to score two in the 84-70 win.

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The Trojans took to the road again, this time heading to Marian College. The Sabres controlled the game from the early minutes, but they could never really put the Trojans away. One of the Sabres was holding his own personal dunkathon, putting three home (I gave his last one a 9.5. I thought he displayed some creativeness). The 77-63 loss dropped the team’s record to 9-2, overshadowing a 20 point performance by Sievert as well as Karl Schultz’s one point showing.

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The TEAM is now 10-2. Emphasis on team, because teamwork has been the main reason behind the team’s success. Everyone con­ tributes, from top to bottom, in some way. Fi­ nally, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the fans for their support and their school spirit. Keep it up!

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Wrestling

Our culture has inherited many valuable treasures from the Greeks. These treasures arc usually appreciated by learned people who real­ ize their significance and work to refine the art of the ancient Greeks. Today I’d like to give an update on a group of fine young men who are working to refine and polish the ancient art of wrestling.

Although the wrestling season is still young, the Trojan wrestlers have been laboring in prac­ tice to get into tip-top shape. They have had one dual meet and one tournament. These have served as a type of spring training, allowing the wrestlers to sharpen their match skills. With their technique and conditioning peaking, the Trojans can’t help but enter the coming tourna­ ments and dual meets with a hearty enthusiasm which typifies a Gorsline-coached team.

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The three separate divisions continue to al­ low any number of interested players to parti­ cipate on varying levels of ability. The upper division should again prove to supply some tough competition, as the senior team and the junior teams battle it out. The faculty team ap­ pears to be in a rebuilding year but is keeping the others on their guard. The sophomore team looks to be a snake in the grass. The middle and lower divisions are also providing close competition and plenty of opportunities for improvement.

The coveted “Northwestern Intramural Championship” T-shirts are always foremost in the minds of any team as they take it to the hoop trying for another win.

The intramural bowling season began be­ fore Christmas vacation. We put in five weeks of the season at that time and started up again on the nineteenth of January.

Senior Tony Hansen set up the ten team league differently this year. Instead of playing in one division throughout the season and split­ ting into two for a five week tournament at the end, we divided into two divisions at the start of the season. How well your team bowled in the first week determined whether you were going to be ranked in the upper or lower divi­ sion. With this arrangement each team bowls one another, but you are only competing against the teams in your division. The team in each division with the best record at the end of the season will win the trophies. The season was designed this way in order to shorten it and bring down the overall cost.

“D2S2” is currently ahead in the black (up­ per) division and “Team Two” is currently ahead in the red (lower) division. There are still four weeks to be completed in the season, how­ ever, and if competition continues to be fierce, first-place will be within “striking” distance for any team.

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Hoops vs. Marian at 2:00. (BIG GAME. BE THERE.)

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Tom likes to show his pride in this amazing string by saying, “I’m proud of the fact that I’ve been alive for 22 straight years and still going strong.” Our little cupid, An­ drew, who was born on the 14th is also a senior. The Amazing Puppetier, as many of you may not know, was a miracle baby. On February 14, 1966, a young man was born quoting Milton. This young man is our own Arnie. Our honored roommates will be skipping around campus together for a 6 day festival, so if you see them wish them happy birthday.

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— Opening day for the 1988 music season with the Pops Concert. 7:30 P.M.

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At last report the Trojan basketball team was 10-2 and feelin’ pretty good. The Trojans then traveled to cross-town rival Maranatha.

Naturally the Crusaders were inspired to play the Trojans. They shot the lights out in the first half and led 44-41. But the men in red came out firing and went ahead by seven. Mara­ natha came back and had the lead in the wan­ ing moments of the game, only to see Phil Sie­ vert score on consecutive trips down the court to tie the game up. The Trojan defense didn’t allow the Crusaders a shot, and the game was headed into overtime. The Trojans owned the overtime, outscoring the Crusaders 15-9 for the 88-82 win. Sievert, John Koelpin, and Earle

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Treptow scored 16 apiece, as the Trojans were more motivated, it appears, on the offensive end of the floor.

Next the Trojans played host to Concordia.

They came out a little flat and yet were still ahead at the half, 36-35. Tim Wcmpner, doing his best to put a hex on the team, mentioned that we were ahead of Beloit (a loss) by the same score at half time. The Falcons poured it on in the second half and walked off with an 85-74 win, a truly disappointing loss for the Trojans. Sievert led the way with 15.

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cordia. Jumping out to a 10-2 advantage, the Trojans asserted their power. Maranatha was stymied by the Trojan defense, as they turned the ball over 26 times. A 39-21 half time lead ballooned to a 53-27 advantage after six minutes of play. The Trojans substituted freely and everyone scored, with Jon Brohn leading the “end-of-the-bench guys” with five exciting points. The “regulars” saluted their work with the ceremonial waving of the towels (someone had to do it. They wouldn’t let Jon bring his towel on the court.). The 12-3 Trojans were not, I repeat, were not led by Sievert. The other captain, Kevin Klug-known by all as the king of the lay-up- scored ten, as did Karl Schultz and Phil Kicselhorst.

Marian came to town on Saturday for Win­ ter Carnival weekend, looking to secure the conference championship with a win. The Trojans took an early 12-6 lead, and then the offense went into hibernation. The Sabres outscored the Trojans 20-5 over the next 11

minutes to go into the locker room up 26-17.

Shooting a frigid 23% from the field in the first half, the Trojans did not think it could get much worse. But it did. The Sabres jumped out to a 16 point lead before the good guys could get anything going offensively. When the Tro­ jans started to roll, everything clicked. With three minutes left, the Trojans tied the game up. The Sabres regained the lead, but a Klug free throw knotted the score at 53. A Sabre

turnover gave the Trojans the ball and a chance to win it. A layup rolled in and out, and Marian got the ball back with six seconds left. Greg Wilson proceeded to bank home a half-court shot. (By the way, he did not call “bank” so it should not have counted. Seriously.) The 56-53 loss left the Trojans with a 12-4 record and a bitter taste in their mouths. Sievert had 15 points and 13 rebounds.

MSOE came to town and found that the Northwestern gymnasium was hardly as friend­ ly as their home court. A 54-30 half time lead let the Engineers know who was the better team. Once again everybody scored, with Erik Hansen pouring in his career-high, six points.

Sievert had 23 points. The 96-59 win improved the Trojans to 13-4.

WLC was next in line for the Trojans. From the start the team in white was in control. A 43-26 half time lead increased to a 63-32 ad­ vantage after ten minutes in the second half.

Donn Dobberstein and Treptow took it upon themselves not to put the ball in the basket.

The Trojans walked away with an 80-62 win.

Heading out on the road, the Trojans sought to avenge their loss to Concordia. The Trojans took the lead midway through the opening half and never let go, although it was tied many times. Leading by nine at half time, there was plenty of positive energy on the Trojans’ side.

After building a 16 point lead, the Trojans looked to coast to victory. But the Falcons got hot, and everything went in but the kitchen sink. Still all the Trojans had to do was connect on their free throws down the stretch to pre­ serve the win. The Falcons, capitalizing on the Trojans’ failures at the line, tied the game on a three pointer with nine seconds left. But Sie­ vert came through again, drilling an NBA three pointer to win the game, 82-79. Sievert had 31 on the night, but were it not for Jeff Mahnke’s four points, the Trojans would have lost by one.

Edge wood College came a-visitin’, and the Trojans were looking to sweep the season series. While the first half was a dog-fight, the

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Eagles folded in the second half, and the Tro­ jans put them quickly away. Building a lead of more than 20, the major excitement in the second half was whether or not the Trojans could reach the century mark. For those of you who missed this historic event, it was Schultz’s three pointer that gave the Trojans 100. The Trojans were 16-4 after the 100-80 win, in which Sievert completed his first career “triple double," scoring 21 points, grabbing 15 rebounds, and dishing off 10 assists. Klug, in his last home game, added ten points.

— Earle D. Treptow

wrestling Ever since the wrestling season began, the Trojan wrestling team realized that they probably were not going to win any tourna­ ments. Because they fill only six of the ten weight classes, a tournament victory is im­ possible. So what was Coach Gorsline looking for from his young team?

First of all, he was looking for improve­ ment in his young wrestlers. He definitely got what he was looking for here. Jim Fleming is a good example. Jim wrestled a guy from Maranalha twice at the Maranatha tournament. He got stuck both times in the first period. Jim realized he would be meeting this same guy

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throughout the season at various tournaments.

Did he give up and just try to live with the fact that this other guy would be beating up on him for the rest of the season? No! That’s not his, nor the rest of the team’s style. Jim worked ex­ tremely hard in practice with the rest of the team for the next two weeks and met this same wrestler at a tournament at Carroll College.

The match went the full seven minutes with Jim losing a heartbreaker by two points. Al­ though he did lose, he, like the rest of the guys, showed definite signs of improvement. Coach could not help but be happy with the way his team was progressing.

The second tiling coach was looking for was Trojan character. You might think this is a joke—just a bunch of hot air, but believe me, unless you have it, there is no way you can wrestle on the Trojan squad. It takes character to show up every day for a practice that you

know will push you to the limit. It takes char­ acter to give away your winter months to wrestle on a young team that is struggling. It takes character just to shrug off all the tasteless wrestling jokes and to tend to your business on the mat. It takes character to accept each mounting loss and chalk it up to experience.

Once again Coach Gorsline had to be happy.

He finished the season with six wrestlers who also happen to be six Trojans.

- - Dan Solofra INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL The basketball season is winding down for the Trojan intramural teams as well as the in­ terscholastic team.

Like our Trojan team, the intramural teams have played in some close, tough games. Over­ all, the standings in the three divisions reflect those close rivalries.

As of Tuesday, Feb. 16, a team with a com­ bination of juniors and seniors, led by Mark Schewe, is on top of the upper division with a 9-2 record. The second place team is Joe Jenswold’s junior team with a 7-4 record. With another week of play remaining and a few make-up games left, that lead is not sewn up yet.

The middle division out of the three divis­ ions definitely has the closest race for first place this year. Ross Else’s senior team holds first place with a 10-1 record. A junior team, captained by Dennis Harbach, is right behind them at 10-2. Since they have both taken wins from one another, the remaining games of the season are crucial to both.

Finally, the lower division is led by Dan Solofra’s junior team with a 7-2 record. Both a sophomore and a freshman team hold second place at this time. Dave Silfies is captain for the sophomores and Tom Schultz for the fresh­ men. They both have a 7-4 record.

Spring break will mark the conclusion of intramural basketball for this year, and we will dive into volleyball as soon as we return.

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The intramural bowling schedule has come to an end for this year. We had our league party at Watertown Bowl and after tallying up the scores for the season, the trophy winners were announced.

Taking home the majority of the honors this year is a senior, Tom Strong. Tom, an ac­ complished bowler, earned: season high game (245), season high series of three games (687), and season high average (190).

The team that took first place in the upper division and overall this season was “D2S2”: Professor Dahlberg, Professor Schmidt, Tom Strong, and Dennis Harbach. They maintained their solid winning record and team average throughout the season. In the lower division, “Team Two,” made up of Tom Kock, Luke Werre, Jon Cox, and both Professor Sprain and Mike Jensen (each for part of the season), took first place and also took second place overall.

The bowling this season was either a great way to vent or to build up frustrations (de­ pending on your performance, of course).

Either way, however, we had plenty of good times.

On behalf of the participants in the league this year, I would like to give Tony Hansen and Wayne Oblender sincere thank-you for the work they did to make the season go smoothly.

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THE VOLGA DEUTSCH A History of the Abandoned “ ... and the Mannerchor will meet right after chapel” announced the chapel speaker one Tuesday morning. With that, the organ kicked in and the student body filled out. But a dozen or so students remained in the chapel with Prof. Deutschlander for the next hour.

By now all of you are familiar with that scene; you know about the Mannerchor. But do you know why and for whose sake the Man­ nerchor meets week after week? Tom Kock gives thS answers to that question in the article accompanying this one. To sum it up, we have been given the wonderful opportunity to pro­ claim the Gospel with our voices to fellow Christians deep in the heart of the USSR, the Volga Deutsch. In this article I hope to give you a survey of their history so that you may understand better why the efforts of Prof.

Deutschlander and all involved with this radio ministry are so important.

The history of the Volga Germans, which goes back more than 200 years, is painful and rich, perplexed with unsolvable problems, yet

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overflowing with hope and determination for survival. And now we have become an impor­ tant part of their present-day history, because we, as Christians, are reaching out with the Word to them. Consequently this radio minis­ try and our involvement in it has put us in an ironic situation: our citizenship in Christ’s Kingdom supercedes our citizenship in Amer­ ica or USSR. The tragic history of the Volga Deutsch mushrooms as we get to know more about these “out of place Germans.” It is unfortun­ ate that most of us German-heritage-Lutherans are not too familiar with these people, but it is even worse to know that since 1919 the Volga Deutsch have been quite dreadfully subdued, divided, scattered, and purposefully forgotten

by Russia. The attempts of the Germans there to preserve any social, economic, political, or religious structure has been repeatedly thwarted by external forces. Therefore the radio minis­ try has committed itself to the support of the spiritual lives of the Volga Deutsch. It is also

indirectly re-establishing some social pillars to a people who have begun to lose their identity as Germans. It is interesting to note that our Synod has undertaken a rededication of faith and service in a program called Faith Alive.

Meanwhile the Mannerchor, Prof. Deutschlander and company, are proclaiming the Gos­ pel (by our only possible means) to a people whose motto for the past 65 years might simply have been Faith Survive.

The history of the Volga Deutsch begins at about the same time that American history takes off with the Revolutionary War. But long before blood was shed on our soil, the German­ ic states had been the battleground of Europe since the Thirty Years’ War of 1618-48.

“Branded the most horrifying and devastating in the history of mankind ... it was a conti­ nental struggle on German soil” (Koch 5). The strategic positions of Germany’s two Hessian States and the Rhine Palatinate caused these territories to be ravaged repeatedly in war after war, including the Hessenkrieg or Civil War, the French Predatory Wars, the War of Spanish Succession, and the Seven Years' War in 1756.

At least five generations of Germans had suf­ fered the torture of Europe’s political con­ flicts.

It was to these war-torn people that Em­ press Catherine II of Russia appealed in 1762 when she was looking for colonists to culti­ vate and develop virgin land in the southwest­ ern areas of her empire. Her goal as empress was to increase the country’s production in ag­ riculture, manufacturing and trade, and to bring a little Western “kultur” into her awk­ wardly backward country. Actually, she adver­ tised her invitation twice all over Europe, but found little response from most everyone.

Then she sent out recruitment directors“Menschenfaenger,” or people catchers—to give her sales pitch with gusto and slippery tongues.

Her original offer to the colonists included freedom to settle anywhere in her empire, free­ dom of religion, 30 years tax exemption, no

military service, and a host of other benefits to lure people to her country. The Menschenfaenger then colored their proclamation to make it even more appealing.

They did not find success until 1765 when they came upon Europe’s soft-and sore—spot, the Hessian states and the Palatinate. Here the Germans were looking for any relief from wars, taxes and oppressive rulers. After awhile the Germans took the bait and by 1767 the re­ cruiters produced enough colonists to create 68 of the 104 settlements that would be bom in the region around the Volga River. An incred­ ible 8,000 families (about 30,000 people) pulled up stakes and left for Catherine’s prom­ ised land by the way of Luebeck, leaving be­ hind furious German rulers who issued bans forbidding citizens to leave their territories.

The great flux of colonists soon caused Cath­ erine’s recruitment finances to disappear, and she quickly halted her campaign, shutting the doors on some emigrators’ feet still on German soil.

Once in Russia the “rose colored glasses” of the people-catchers became ineffective in hiding the black and white colors of reality.

Spending their first Russian winter in the bar­ racks huts, or tents of Oranienbaum, the Ger­ mans were urged to settle in one specific region-around the Volga River. Some of the colonists tried to settle in St. Petersburg (Len­ ingrad) or Moscow but found it exceedingly difficult to do so. Thus the first promise of Catherine’s invitation was broken. Further breaches of promise occurred when the colon­ ists found their “settled and fortified” destina­ tion of Saratov only a “ramshackle community of 10,000 people.” Here they received rude im­ plements and accessories to begin their new lives, plus a couple of kalmuch ponies and a cow or an ox. From Saratov they spread out over the land designated to them along the Volga. The territory was a vast, untamed wil­ derness, and scant of trees. Because of this their first lodgings were not wood homes as

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they had been promised, but pits dug out along the bank of a stream, which had a bad habit of being flooded in the spring. In that first winter disease and cold took their toll on the new­ comers. One settler wrote, “After much long­ ing, spring finally came. However, there was no enthusiasm in (the people) to enjoy the splen­ dors of nature as they stared upon each other as though they were half-dead persons.”

The colonies would have perished if it had not been for the corrupt but life-saving TutelKanzlei of St. Petersburg-the governing agency between the independent Germans and the im­ perial government. Drought scorched the land until 1775 and seeds and plows arrived too late in the summer to do any good. Still, the Volga Germans struggled to make their new lives pro­ ductive and successful.

Finding themselves in a regretful situation, the colonists soon realized their new lives were not much better than what they left behind in the West. Not necessarily wanting to go back, but not wanting to stay, some colonists de­ cided to escape their hopeless presence there and return home or move to more adaptable re­ gions. Various groups undertook an exodus, only to be attacked by Tartar badits in the wil­ derness or killed by their hired guides in the middle of nowhere. Rumors of deliverance from the Volga sent homesick emotions through the roof, only to prove false and dash to the ground any hope for returning to the fatherland! The colonists neither had the money to pay their way nor the approval of Catherine to leave her country. So they had no choice but to remain.

Slowly and painfully the adaptation to this rough life created a stronger, more hardy breed of people. The second generation of colonists grew up accustomed to the harsh winters, burn­ ing summers, and the isolation of Eastern Europe, since that was all they knew. Although various sorts of Russian culture settled into their lives, the Volga Germans proudly main-

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tained as much of their own culture as they could, becoming an ethnic branch of Germans with their own distinct identity. Proud of their stealth and perseverance, the Volga Deutsch and their descendants throughout the world still hold their heritage high above the ashes and strife upon which it was built.

When the seasons of drought passed in 1775, the colonists were able to reap more suc­ cess from their crops, which included wheat, potatoes, tobacco, melons, beets and, of course, cabbage. “Kraut und Brei” (pork ribs, mashed potatoes, and sauerkraut) was the traditional Sunday noon meal. Fruit (apples and water­ melon) was dried or pickled and sometimes made into a nutritious soup called “Schnitzsuppe,” Milk, supplied by the families’ domes­ tic cows, was often frozen in blocks during the winter for that occasional winter trip on the sleigh!

Despite numerous droughts, plagues of geese and locusts, and an occasional “Hoehenrauch” (a desert windstorm that blew 125 de­ gree dry, sand-blasting wind across the Volga region), the colonists prospered in agricul­ ture and industry to the point that by World War I they exported over 400,000 tons of flour annually, which was ground by the 675 mills in the region. Textiles also nourished in the growing colonial empire, with more than 30,000 looms operating in private homes. In essence, the Volga Deutsch achieved a state of self-sufficiency, a “state within a state,” en­ joying as foreigners the privileges that their government failed to provide for its own people. Through the 1800’s the population of the Volga Germans grew so much that land was becoming short. Due to conflicts, the Colonial Law of 1764 (allowing the Germans to settle anywhere) was revoked in 1871. The terms of the new law equated the “former colonists” to the level of Russian serfs and hinted at the Rus­ sification of the Germans. At this time, how­ ever, the Trans-Siberian railroad was opening

up vast regions of land in Asia. Both events drew many Volga Germans who could afford it to their open lands.

The religious life of the Volga Germans was also a story of struggle and growth. The first Lutheran church was founded in Moscow in 1576. When the colonists settled in the Volga, there were only six ministers to serve 73 Luth­ eran and Reformed colonies (other colonies were made up of Mcnnonite, Catholic, or people of other denominations). By 1905 the ratio of people to pastor was 13,364 to one. As the people grew, the number of pastors did not, so it became common for the Lutheran and Reformed church bodies to share pastor and pulpit, without worrying about the doc­ trinal differences too much. In the larger set­ tlements, churches were often built to hold 1000 people or more. Although the number of leaders in the church was small, the church, large or small, was the hub of the community.

It has been suggested that the church of the Volga in the formative years had such a strong influence on the development of the commun­ ity that it was unparalleled in the rest of the world.

Undaunted by the odds, the liturgy of the Lutheran Church was preserved: The liturgy followed by the Luth­ eran church on the Volga bore a striking resemblance to that used iQ some of the Lutheran synods in America, even though there never had been any communication be­ tween them, indicating that these two branches, although a world apart and unknown to each other, had held close to a common litur­ gical tradition issuing from their German homelands during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries-or earlier. (Koch 129).

Familiar to us also was the tolling of the bells during the Lord’s Prayer. The joyous proclama­ tion could be heard throughout the village, sig­ naling to those at home to rise and pray too.

The hardship of life in the area caused the colonists to hold to their faith for strength and contentment of life.

The year 1914 threw the Volga Deutsch into turmoil along with the rest of the world with the outbreak of World War I. Russia was at war with the fatherland, and the colonists were stuck in the middle. The anti-German feelings of the Soviets blew up at the Volga Deutsch in January of 1915 when a decree banned the use of the German language in churches, schools, and other public gatherings.

However, when the government in Russia top­ pled in 1917, the German language was rein­ stated in the colonies. But it was an ominous foreshadowing of a later event: the Bolshevik Revolution.

When the Revolution occurred on Octo­ ber 17, churches were soon closed, their bank accounts frozen, and what remained of the church was separated from the schools, ser­ iously wounding one of the church’s most im­ portant functions. The Communists figured the church would die if its source for the future was severed. They also struck the heads of the church, condemning pastors and priests as enemies of the socialist state. By 1919 many clergy were deported to slave labor camps, im­ prisoned, or assassinated. The wife of a de­ ported minister, unable to provide for her family, scrounged around the fields looking for grain for her children to eat. When her young­ est child died seven weeks later, she buried the remains with her own hands (no shovel) and died soon after. Any villager who would have helped her would have been deported.

Soon the leaderless Volga Germans were exiled throughout the cold wasteland of Cen­ tral Asia, Siberia, and farther north. Even here they risked their lives to meet in small gather-

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ings to find comfort and strength. Fortunately the government couldn’t always keep the thumbscrews tight, and in 1957 (some 40 years later) a church in northern Kazakhstan was given recognition. No antireligious propa­ ganda, persecution, torture, death, or destruc­ tion of property could destroy the “spiritual” faith or the human inner grouping for divine solace and security.”

These are the people we serve.

These are the people who sought peace at the invitation of Catherine II, saw her promises fade into the view of a vast wasteland, but also envisioned their survival and prosperty as the harvest of their hard work. Does anyone have a better example of the German work ethic?

They watched their cities become prosperous and productive, their schools setting the stand­ ard in Russian education, their churches unit­ ing them together in the strongest bond to their homeland. But they also helplessly stared at the storms, snows, and “Hoehenrauch” that destroyed their crops and homes. With unbe­ lieving ears they heard the news of relatives killed by a band of Muslim robbers, molested by xenophobic serfs, or arrested by the govern­ ment. They cried out when the land they grew to love (they had no hostilities or objections to the Russians, but yet didn’t want to become Russians themselves) went to war against their own native people. And they were horrified as the Communist government killed their pas­ tors, leaders, and deported their sons to un­ known labor camps. How they must have lowered their heads in disbelief and terror when the government set in motion their ethnic extinction as the trains and boats moved them away from their beloved Volga.

And where are they now? What are they doing? Well, we don’t exactly know. But we can hope and pray that once a week many of them lower their heads in prayer and atten­ tiveness for a half hour as a voice familiar to us proclaims the peace of the Gospel. We can pray that they mouth the words of the hymns that we sing to them as our voices fly over China,

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Afganistan, and on into Europe, hoping to be picked up by the shortwave radios that sit on the kitchen tables of some dimly lit rooms in Central Asia.

Indeed, the Lord has given us a golden op­ portunity to spread His Word. Our proclama­ tion of the Gospel spreads over the territory of our political enemy to reach our Christian brothers and sisters. Here is where the irony of our work comes to view. While wc, as Ameri­ cans, have missile after missile pointing at the USSR from all directions, we proclaim the news of salvation to a people whom our nation, directly or indirectly, threatens to destroy a people whom we don’t know personally, but with whom we sing and pray. While our nation­ al leaders attend peace talks, arms reduction talks, defense negotiations, and whatever else they use to try to attain world peace, we al­ ready have the blessed tie that binds, the peace of Christ that unites His children under the same fold of forgiveness and the grace of God. How easy it is to see that the Kingdom of God is definitely not of this world! How comfort­ ing it is to know that we are part of God’s Kingdom. How comforting it must be for the scattered Volga Deutsch to know they too are members of God’s Kingdom. “But how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?” (or have lost)?

So, do you have any plans for third hour next Tuesday?

“The King will reply, T tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’ ” Matt. 25: 40.

- - Jim Getka

All quotes and references are from the book The Volga Germans by Fred C. Koch (Pennsyl­ vania State University, 1977).

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11 “What is a U.S. Lutheran Church doing sending a German broadcast by way of Saipan to Central Asia?” This statement pretty accur­ ately reflects how our Synod is doing mission work to the Germans who live in the Soviet Union. This year the students at NWC have been privileged to take part in this mission out­ reach. Every Tuesday morning Professor Deutschlander leads the Mannerchor in taping hymns to be used with these broadcasts. The Mannerchor is a group of volunteer students; anyone is welcome to participate at any time.

While most of us who are students know what the Mannerchor is, most of us probably do not know a whole lot about the people to whom we arc broadcasting. Nor do we know much about the broadcasts themselves. Since we have so recently celebrated the festival of Epiphany, I thought that this would be a timely subject.

This mission outreach arose out of a com­ mittee from 1982 that wanted to “do some­ thing fitting in memory of Martin Luther’s birthday.” The committee memorialized the Synod to do just that, and the Central Asian Radio Ministries were born. Almost overnight about $100,000 in donations poured in to fund this venture. (It is funded by private donations, not by the Synod budget.) Professor Deutsch­ lander became involved with the program in the spring of 1987.

Professor Deutschlander explained that there are between two and two and one half million Germans scattered in Central Asia. Of these, the Lutheran World Federation says that that approximately 500,000 consider them­ selves to be Lutheran. “This is no small task.

The Lutheran Church is not a recognized relig­ ion. Because of this people have to worship in homes, bams, even cemeteries. That is their favorite place-there the police don’t bother them as much.”

Because they are not a recognized religion, these people have no pastors or teachers. In

fact they have not had any pastors since the late 1920’s or early 1930’s. At that time, these Germans were living in villages in the Volga Republic. But Stalin scattered them east of the Ural Mountains. Stalin took the liberty to im­ prison many, of the members of the churches and to shoot all the pastors and teachers. As far as we know, the last contact these people had with a pastor was from a minister from Es­ tonia. (Estonia is between 3,000 and 4,000 miles away.) Quite a vacancy! Obviously he is unable to serve these people, so they are sheperdless. That is where our radio broadcasts come in.

The broadcasts themselves are about 30 minutes in length. Pastor Paul Eckert introduces and closes the broadcasts. The service is very basic: confession of sins, creed, hymn, prayer, benediction, sung responses, reading, sermon, hymn. “It’s very much meat and potatoes.”

The sermons also are very simple. They are “to teach and to encourage.” Formal teaching takes precedence, yet it remains a sermon.

Teaching must take precedence. “These are people who if they have a Bible are very lucky.

If they have a hymnal or a catechism, that would be very, very rare.” For this reason the sermons often are very practical, teaching things we would learn in confirmation class.

“Katechetischerreden.” “I will do things like instruct them how to baptize a baby, how to give communion. At the beginning I will read the part from the catechism and/or the text very slowly, often twice. That way the people can copy it down.”

The sermon content also has to be care­ fully considered, for it cannot be considered to be U.S. propaganda—it’s not. It is to be a sharing of the Gospel. Therefore he would use the phrase “rulers make war,” not “the USSR made war,” or “the US made war.” Incident­ ally, we students made it into the Pentecost sermon. He told the people that his students B&R/February, 1988

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would give anything to have the gift of tongues.

(How true!) The purpose was to bring the ser­ mon down to earth-to let the people know that we are mere humans, interested in spread­ ing the Gospel.

Since the tapes have to be made at least three months in advance, the Mannerchor will not be broadcast until the Lenten series begins.

The reason that the tapes have to be done three months in advance is the broadcasting compa­ ny wants the assurance that we will fulfill our part of the contract which we have with them.

“I really appreciate the students’ help. A lot of the pre-recorded tapes were very hard to under­ stand. Because these people do not have hym­ nals, that just could not continue.”

So how do we know these broadcasts are even heard? We frequently receive cards from shortwave radio operators. They give us a re­ port as to the time of the broadcast, the fre­ quency, and the clarity. (The frequency of the broadcasts is 9465 kHz, and can be heard at 15:30 UTC time.) In return, Pastor Deutschlander sends a letter which explains who we are, what motivates us to do this, and thanks them for sending their report. It was one of

these reports which contained the quotation which heads this article.

“What’s next? We are presently starting up the same type of ministry to the Middle East.

We would also like to begin broadcasting in Russian, not only for the Russians themselves, but also for those Germans who are losing their identity in Russia. Professor Deutschlander notes, “Only 60% of those 2,000,000 Germans list German as his/her first language. Because they are scattered, they are slowly losing their identity.”

In closing I would like to give another plug for the Mannerchor. Deutschlander notes that with a possible audience of 500,000, we could be heard by more people in one radio broad­ cast that we may preach to in our entire lives!

This is a unique way to help spread the Gospel.

Let’s continue to give our wholehearted sup­ port to this effort!

- - Tom Kock Donations may be addressed to: Central Asia Radio Committee 2929 N. Mayfair Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53222

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A REVIEW Jehovah’s Witnesses Answered Verse-By-Verse

by David A. Reed copywrite 1986 by the Baker Book House 129 pages If you are like me, you do not have a good understanding of the doctrines which are characteristic of other religions. Although it is not hard to distinguish between the teachings of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Mormons or Pentecostals, it is difficult keeping these dis­ tinctions straight in our minds. We have little contact with them. When we hear or meet up with these religions, we often react with “Oh yeah, they are the ones that believe ... , aren’t they?”

The Jehovah’s Witnesses are a growing religion. In 1938 there were 59,047 Witnesses dis­ tributing literature. In 1958 the organization reported 798,326 distributing literature. The reported figure in 1985 was 3.024,131. They “evangelize” in great numbers. They believe they are doing the will of God when they “evangelize.” “Evangelism” is for them a neces­ sary good work. Chances arc good that you will have a JW on your doorstep in 1988.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Answered Verse-By-Verse is a concise, straightforward overview of the mindset and doctrines of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. David A. Reed, an ex-JW, gives good insight into why these people believe what they do. The Witnesses believe that the Watchtower Society is an organization that God uses to communicate his will to mankind. If there is a conflict between the Watchtower organization and secular government, they “obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29). When it comes to interpreting Scripture, the Watchtower So­ ciety receives revelation from God on how to do it.

Reed makes the book easy to read and has organized it in such a way that it also serves as a handy reference book. His first chapter contains JW definitions of terms, from “armageddon” to “salvation.” In the second chapter Reed shows how the JW Bible is different from our own. The next two chapters make up most of the book. In them the author takes key passages from the Old and New Testaments, and shows how the JW’s understand them.

Many of these passages are the ones that they will read to you on your doorstep. Reed ex­ plains the falacies of their thinking and uses Scripture to correctly interpret Scripture. He also gives hints as to how to talk to them.

After a short story of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Reed devotes a chapter to sharing the gospel with JW's. The Jehovah’s Witnesses are indeed “wolves in sheep’s clothing.” Out­ wardly they look comparable with orthodox Christian theology. A closer look, however, shows that they do not know their Savior. Jesus is nothing more than a glorified angel to them. Their Bibles read “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was a god” (John 1:1). They do not know who their Savior really is. When a JW comes to your house to share the Gospel with you, it is he who really needs to hear it.

Reed’s conservative approach to the Scripture is refreshing. Through this book he is able to show his gradual realization that what the Jehovah’s Witnesses teach and what the Bible teaches are two different tilings. Reed makes it clear that these zealous evangelizers need to be witnessed to. This book will give you the understanding and know-how to share the gos­ pel news with them.

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'Winter* Carnival The week of January 31 to February 6 once again brought the annual Winter Carnival to the campus of Northwestern. Already on Monday morning, a few of our NWC “uglies” made their appearance in their bid for this year’s UMOC (Ulgiest Man On Campus) award.

The seniors rallied behind Ken Fisher. With a much needed and improved look he launched his campaign as the Library Lady. The junior’s candidate, Joe Fricke, as “Towne Fricker,” crawled out of the gutter for a breath of fresh air as he joined his classmates in their daily interpretation of the everyday Watertown townie. Jock Cousteau, alias Mike Otterstatter, appeared as the sophomores’ choice, and the freshmen somehow talked Scott Groth into portraying some creature named Ulga, although no one is still quite sure what their intention was behind that one. This year’s competition was especially marked by a variety of fine post­ ers which appeared daily around campus.

On Monday afternoon the first game of the snow-softball tournament began as the seniors rallied behind the unique base running tech­ niques of Tom Kock to defeat the freshmen.

That evening was the official start of the mural contest, which again had to be held in place of snow sculptures due to lack of material. The campus free throw competition also got under­ way that evening.

Tuesday afternoon the juniors and sopho­ mores took to the softball diamond with the fi­ nal score in favor of the juniors by one run.

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Later that night, all the loyal Trojan fans then gathered in the gym to watch Coach Kruse and his Wonder Kids soundly defeat Maranatha in collegiate hoops.

The softball championship game was sched­ uled for Wednesday afternoon. The juniors came out looking strong, but after an out or two their week of “scumballing” began to get the best of them. The seniors, by this time just beginning to warm up, then made an easy game of it and coasted to the championship. Despite the chilly weather, the seniors did not cool off either as they returned to the frozen tundra later that night to pull their way to victory in the tug-of-war competition. They were fol­ lowed by the freshmen in second place, the sophomores in third, and the juniors in fourth.

Thursday evening, following chapel, the ac­ tion moved indoors for the UMOC skits. The freshmen and Ulga started things off for the evening, but that was about it. Our MC for the evening, Matt Schaewe, then tried his luck at stirring up the crowd and when he had about as much success as the freshmen, it started to look like it was going to be a long night. But that was soon to change as Jock Cousteau then made an appearance with all the weight of the sophomore class behind him. Besides providing the audience with some good laughs, the soph­ omores also highlighted Dan Schmidt’s high level of intelligence and made it clearly known just why Tom Trapp is known as T-Bone. Jun­ ior candidate, Joe “Towne Fricker” Fricke,

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Throughout his heart-wrenching and tear-jerk­ ing (from laughter and pity) monologue about his life as a “dirtball,” Joe, along with a few of his junior classmates, cracked up the crowd with a few imitations of the professors. The night then came to a close with the senior skit as the Library Lady took us firsthand to see the opening of the ancient vault in our library.

Highlighted by several excellent prof imita­ tions and with personal appearances by a faith­ ful Duraclean crew and Fred “the Kruser” Flintstone, the senior skit kept the race for the UMOC award close. The balloting for the Ug­ liest Man occurred on Friday afternoon.

Friday night the activities returned to the Auditorium for the Talent Show. The NWC Jazz Ensemble started off the program, fol­ lowed by the ever popular barbershop quin­ tet, Shades of Harmony. As always, the brother Borgs also came to entertain, and that they did under the name “Nic Fit and the Jitters.” As the smoke then cleared from the stage, the re­ sults of the UMOC competition were an­ nounced with the seniors and the Library Lady taking first place. Towne Flicker and the ju­ niors followed in second, the sophomores and Jock Cousteau in third, and Ulga and the fresh­ men in fourth. The wide variety of music for the evening then continued as the band “Thun­ der” let us hear the harder side of rock’n’roll.

The more down-home sounds of “Banjo-vi” followed. SRO finished out the evening with its usual entertaining and crowd-pleasing perfor­ mance despite missing their usual heart-throb, the stiff-armed Aaron Sebald. Before moving

on, we should not overlook our MC for the evening, Earle Treptow, who filled the time be­ tween acts with the type of humor that only we could attribute to him.

With the week’s activities drawing to a close, Saturday morning our wrestlers gathered in the gym and cheered on by many fans de­ feated the Seminary. That afternoon, Marian College “travelled” to town for a big Lake Michigan Conference showdown in hoops. De­ spite a very valiant effort on the part of our Trojans, the visitors came out ahead, winning with a last second shot. At half time of the game, the results of the mural contest were an­ nounced. The juniors took first place with their rendition of the Olympics. The mural featured Professor Plitzuweit ski jumping, President Voss goaltending, and Dean Lindemann and Professor Gosdeck on figure skates tearing up the ice. The sophomores were in second place, followed by the seniors, and then the freshmen.

Final scores for the week were then added up with the seniors coming away the overall cham­ pions of this year’s carnival. Also, at this time the crowd at the basketball game was able to see Tom Kock outshoot freshman Tom Schultz for the free throw championship. That evening the Hankes ended the activities here on campus for the week with a delicious oriental buffet in the cafeteria.

And so concluded this year’s Winter Carni­ val. Tremendous participation by many around campus helped to make this week exciting for everyone as well as a great success. Congratula­ tions to all of those involved, as well as to the seniors for capturing this year’s championship.

— Steve Arndt

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Well, spring break is just around the corner and everyone around the Northwestern campus is making frantic plans to head for a warmer climate. Who knows, maybe as you are reading this, you are already basking in the rays of that tropical fireball (I’m not referring to Dave Schroeder) that draws so many spring breakers south of the Mason-Dixon every year. But, if our editor does his job as well as we have come to expect, there should be ample time for the prospective traveler to make use of this handy packing list that we have prepared for him.

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This was not meant to be an exhaustive list, but we hope that it will make your packing a bit easier.

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free-throw contest, the sheer excitement of the Schick Superhoops tourney (which was won by a team which only had to step onto the basket­ ball court once), the durfing contest (which was cancelled due to the incredible number of severe injuries), and the third to last B&R deadline to all the exciting signs of spring which we have so eagerly anticipated at our great college. The coming of the new intra­ mural volleyball season has the majority of Trojans running, lifting weights, and keeping their own strict personal training rules. We can­ not let the IM basketball season end, however, without paying tribute to the least popular man on campus throughout the season.

Ode to a Man Who Calls 'em Like He Sees ’em He never makes a decent call.

To all complaints he’s deaf.

He doesn’t have a clue at all, The Intramural Ref. He’s always under verbal fire.

In every game he’s a goat.

It’s every IM player’s desire To punch him in the throat.

He’s always caught out of his spot, Then must “make up” a call.

He’s either part of a Communist plot, or doesn’t care at all.

He’s not appreciated here, To thank him is absurd.

But with game’s outcome drawing near.

He has the final word.

We’ve all been in his dreadful shoes.

It’s always the same story.

One thing is sure, win or lose, It’s not a spot of glory.

--Arte Well, Daron and I are going out to buy pins for our lapels so that everyone can know what kind of car we drive (too materialistic? We can’t all own Mavericks). See ya soakin’ up some sweet southern sunshine!

- - - Tom, Daron, and the rest of the Science Club 225

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— Rev. Ricky R, Johnson (’79) has acepted a call to Risen Savior, Chula Vista, CA. King of Kings, Wasilla, AK, was his former congrega­ tion.

— Rev. Silas Krueger (’60), previously serving the people of Holy Word, Austin, TX, has accepted a call to Beautiful Savior, Carlsbad, CA. - Pastor Candidate John A. Nieman (’83) has been assigned to Bethany, Bruce Crossing, MI. - Pastor Candidate Philip K. Paustian (’83) has been assigned to Trinity, Terry, MT. With these two assignments, all Seminary graduates of 1987 have been assigned.

- Pastor Richard Schliewe (’68) has ac­ cepted a call to Grace/Geneva and Trinity/ Grafton, NE. His former congregation was Immanuel, Hadar, NE. - Rev. James Schumann (’76), Pastor of Im­ manuel, Woodville, WI, has accepted a call to Faith, Fond du Lac, WI. - Pastor Donald Seelhoff (’79), formerly of Good Shepherd, Kearney, NE, will be moving to Roswell, NM, to serve the people of Re­ deemer Ev> Lutheran Church.

—Rev. Paul Thierfelder (’78) has accepted a call to do exploratory work in Green Bay, WI. He will be leaving our Savior’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Burlington, IA. — Rev. Thomas Zarling (’65) will begin ex­ ploratory work in Loudon, Co., Virginia. He formerly served as Dean of Students at DMLC, New Ulm, MN.

- Rev. Paul Bauer (’45) of Manitowoc LHS, Manitowoc, WI, has announced his retirement as of May 31, 1988. He was first installed at Minoqua, WI, in 1952, and served congrega­ tions in North Platte, NE, and Henrysville, WI. -Rev. Elmer Semenske (’43), currently serv­ ing Mt. Zion in Ripon, WI, will retire from the ministry June 1, 1988. He celebrated his 40th anniversary in the ministry in 1987 and has served the people of Mt. Zion (and Zion Luth­ eran Church, Omro, WI) for 22 years.

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Darren Green (sophomore) “Due to my early hours at UPS, my quality studying is done be­ tween 8 and 10 p.m. I use the reinforcement method of studying: for every 10 minutes of studying, I reward myself with 10 minutes of sleep.”

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Paul Schroeder (freshman) “So far this year I have found that there isn’t enough time, day or night, to give all my classes the attention they deserve. I guess you could say I get my quality studying done whenever I’m not in class or getting my required six hours of sleep. Let’s just remember, we are here first to study, and we’ll have fun when the homework is done.”

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- The golden-throated larks of NWC spread the Word in song at St. Luke’s.

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— Everyone goes his own way to a carefully selected spot in this great land of ours to break for spring.

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Dave Korfman still has not figured out where he is going for his vacation.

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Mike Hayes, Steve Bode, and countless others hit the slopes in Colorado.

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Earle Treptow will be heard uttering, “So much to do here in Green Bay and so little time to do it in.”

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Finally fed up with the boredom, Dan Schmidt opens his own canteen in Noblesville, Indiana. Good Luck, Dan!

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After being in Alabama for eight days, Matt Schaewe acquires a nasal southern drawl.

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— After a week of canvassing, hiking in the hills, and picnicing, Beno, Todd, John, and the Judge head back to NWC.

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- I, along with Unker, Westranimal, and Spudman return from Florida sporting vicious tans, while others of you anxiously await the first rays of summer sun.

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- The members of the chorus display their musical agility at the Easter Concert.

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— The chorus displays musical endurance as well as finely honed talent by singing at St. Mark’s.

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- The answer to the question, “What’s the real reason for trade?” will be answered at St. Norbert’s.

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- It won’t have the length of Christmas vacation, or the excitement of spring break, but it’s vacation. We’ll take it! Easter vacation begins at 12:15.

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COVER On the Black & Red’s March cover, Paul Nitz’s image of Christ with His crown of thorns carries our thoughts back to the cross.

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During this Lenten season we will again sing many of our favorite hymns of the season. One hymn that has always been my favorite is A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth. Once I looked in the upper right hand comer of that hymn page and noticed that the tune original­ ly went with the hymn An Wasserflussen Babylon. The intriguing melody stirred my curi­ osity, and after a long search I found these words. The last verse may seem gory, but the text is an accurate interpretation of Psalm 137, which is the basis for this hymn.

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With heavy hearts we hung away The harps which we once loved to play On branches of the willows; Since we must wander in their land, And we must suffer by their hand Great shame and many sorrows.

Our cruel captors held us long Within their foreign nation.

When from our lips they asked a song.

It caused us tribulation.

In all our grief they asked a tune While we sat in the depths of gloom!

Oh let us sing together The joyful hymns and happy poems We once sang in our Zion homes Instead of songs of suffering.

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How could we, in this foreign land, Sing just as they requested?

How could we sing with harp in hand While hearts are still molested?

Jerusalem, O let me not Forget you, lest the righteous God Forget my sorrow ever!

If I should not remember you.

My lips should then be silent too.

And mute remain forever.

O let me sing with all my heart Jerusalem's fair glory.

From when my song of praise shall start, 'Til ends the earth's sad story.

Recall, the sons of Edom came And mocked Jerusalem's good name!

They sang of her destruction!

"Tear down the wall! Tear down the tower!

Destroy the city hour by hour, Down to her last foundation!”

O wretched child of Babylon, Child destined for destruction.

Indeed, he is a happy one Who gives you retribution.

For pride and your pomposity He'll deal with animosity.

In ways like you did treat us.

Happy is he who kills them all.

Your little children, weak and small.

That you might not forget us.

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— Pastor David P. Bostedt (’83) was in­ stalled as pastor of Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, McCook, NE, on February 7. He pre­ viously served as the assistant pastor at Trinity, Hillrose, CO, and Zion, Ft. Morgan, CO. - Rev. Jan Eggert (’77), associate pastor of St. Paul’s, Appleton, WI, accepted a call to Immanuel, Oshkosh, WI. — Rev. Rupert Eggert (’47), formerly of San Pablo congregation, Tucson, AZ, accepted a call to Abiding Savior, Weslaco, TX. - Rev. Donald Fastenau (’61) accepted a call to Bethlehem, Lakeville, MN. He will be moving from Phoenix, AZ. - Rev. Roger Kobleske (’67), currently teaching at Shoreland Lutheran High School, accepted a call to be the Dean of Students at MLPS, Prairie du Chien, WI. - Pastor Peter H. Kruschel (’72) accepted a call as the Associate Administrator for the

Board for Home Missions. He currently serves the congregation of Crown of Glory, Orlando, FL. — Rev. Jonathan Schultz (’75), pastor of Peace, Boulder, CO, accepted a call to Gethsemane, Omaha, NE. — Rev. Keith Tullberg (’79) accepted a call as an associate pastor of Siloah, Milwaukee, WI. He previously served Peace Ev. Lutheran Church, Eitzen, MN.

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Or, have you ever thought about why Jon Brohn is over at the library so much? Or, do you wonder why Todd DeNoyer, Matt Schaewe, and I spend an hour a day at the prep dorm? Well, Todd, Matt, and I are not trying to attract prep girls, Jon is not busy buddying up with Professor Gosdeck, and Dave is not be­ ing a social stranger, although it’s acknowledged that Dave is strange anyway. Instead, we are all a part of Northwestern’s college work-study program.

How does this program work? The federal government and NWC have set up a fund from which college students are paid by the hour for working on-campus jobs. Jon works in the li­ brary making up index cards of books for the card catalog. Todd, Matt, and I are dorm super­ visors in the basement of the prep dorm during the lunch hours. Dave answers phone calls for NWC's front office after office hours. There are many other jobs in addition to these, including positions as gym supervisors, tutoring, and the sound and light crew for the auditorium. Prof.

Wayne Zuleger, NWC’s Financial Aid Officer, said that there are plans to expand the workstudy program next year to all on-campus jobs, including janitorial and cafeteria work. Most of the jobs are fairly easy-if Dave can get a job, anyone can.

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Then, if it is determined that a student has un­ met financial need, the student qualifies for the program. Openings and opportunities for the different jobs are announced throughout the school year. If a student is interested, he should contact the Dean or Prof. Zuleger.

The work-study program pays out a fair amount of money-$3.50 per hour, running from five to twenty or more hours a week. I just started working this semester, and I should make about $400. Most of the other colleges and universities in the country have workstudy programs. This is the first year that money for a work-study program has been given to Northwestern, and the extra finan­ cial aid it offers to students will be appre­ ciated by many in the years to come. How­ ever, Prof. Zuleger said there was one special rule that applies to our campus, and that is that none of the work-study jobs here may be of a religious nature in order to preserve separation of church and state.

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7:36 - Uses calculator to figure the lowest percentage grade he can receive and still maintain his desired grade.

7:52 -Begins to plan for evening snack when the canteen opens.

8:00 - Stands in the hall, staring at the housephone speaker waiting for the immortal words, “Canteen’s open!”

8:45 -After important conversations with all of his friends, returns promptly to his desk for more diligent study.

8:46 - MNEMAs on shelf overhead capture his attention, and he spends almost a half hour inspecting them.

9:15 -Noise of rukus next door tears him away from studying (yearbooks) and he is forced to go and join “Battle Royal” with other men who are “studying.”

9:45 -Organizes collaboration with a friend to order a pizza when the canteen opens again.

10:00-Heads for canteen after declaring loud enough for all to hear, “I need a break from this Hebrew.”

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10:00 Eats pizza and complains with his 10:45 friends about the quantity of material on the test, impossibility of passing, purpose of having tests, and everything and everyone else that comes to mind.

10:45 - Declares himself “too full” to study and lies on his bed to watch the second half of “Cheers.”

11:05-Takes advantage of lower telephone rates by phoning girlfriend (or parents, old high school buddies, relatives, one­ time acquaintances, 1-800 numbers, or just some room-to-room fun).

11:45- Expresses wonder at where the evening went and how it was unfair to have a test that next day. Spends the next half hour trying to convince himself that he needs to do poorly on this text to moti­ vate himself to do better in the future.

12:15-Concludes that studying will be easier lying on his bed. Then when he is lying down, decides that it would be better to get up very early and really do some clutch last minute studying. Sets his alarm for 4.30 A.M. and calls it a day.

4:30 A.M. - Wakes up angry declaring that “no prof has the right to expect a student to get up at that hour, no matter now big a test it is.” Resets his alarm for 6:45 to “brush up on what he already knows.”

6:45 - Uses SNOOZE button five times until his roommate tells him that it is 7:30 and he has to get up for classes. He then debates for a few minutes about whether or not to go down and tell Tu­ tor that he has a sudden case of the flu.

7:37 - Heads back up from Tutor’s office and gets his books for class.

7:45 - Pulls out the shovel and begins to write the dreaded test.

8:30 -Meets with classmates to complain about how difficult the test was.

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It in no way expresses the studying techniques of the entire student body.-We hope.)

Another one of the collegiate’s duties which is often thrown by the wayside in spring is his usual diligently-completed duty of letter writing. Our C&C writers have saved everyone a ton of trouble by designing this multiple choice form letter, which is suitable for any occasion or audience.

el of raw onions on third floor Witt c) making phone calls to encourage more coverage of women’s NCAA basketball on ESPN. Did I tell you that I’m considering a new hair style? I think I’ll go with the a) Prof. Kirst b) Tony “Absalom” “a little dab’ll do ya McKenzie c) Ross “I just got off my motor­ cycle without a helmet” Else look. Once I de­ cide on a hairdo, I have to think of what I can do with my sideburns. I will probably choose a) the infamous Todd DeNoyer “munchups” b) the Derrick Bauer/Artis Gilmore “Samurai” look c) the new wave razor tracks like Rex Chapman and the great Earle Treptow.

In case you tried to get a hold of me last week and couldn’t, I should tell you that I was enjoying my spring break in beautiful a) Flor­ ida b) Green Bay c) Pizza Hut. I really didn’t want to come back because I was having such a great time a) winning Limbo contests against senior citizens b) seeing what color the mushmeal would be when I blended up my food c) trying to beat the five minute lunch timer with the rest of the Pizza Hut lunch team.

Well, I guess I have to go because a) the NCAA teletype machine in Pete Stelter’s room just ran out of paper b) nature is calling c) I’m being paged to the lobby by a girl who is six years younger than me.

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Sorry I haven’t written since a) last time b) the autumnal equinox c) the celebration of the last dance of the Wageezee tribe, but I was busy a) giving Thad Crass advice on what to do with his facial hair b) frying bushel after bush-

(We, the writers of Campus and Classroom, would like to take this opportunity to issue a formal apology to Dave Schroeder for a degrad­ ing comment which was made about him in our last article. One look at this young man will tell anyone that he is obviously untouchable by any sarcastic cut which his peers may ruthlessly fire in his direction. We would also like to compliment him on his unique way of ordering tacos at the new Taco John’s.)

I guess it’s time for us to get ready for the upcoming Johnsonville brat eating season at Riverside, so we’ll have to cut this article off here. Tune in again next month for the excit­ ing conclusion of this volume of humor. Go Brewers! Eat dirt, Twins and Tigers!

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CAMPUS COMMENT l If you could rake one class over again at Northwestern, what class would you take again and why?

Arnold Schultz (senior) “I am a man who loves to have fun, and what is more fun than enriching your mind by sitting in a classroom lecture. The only prob­ lem is that it is almost impossible to narrow my choice down to one class since I would like to take them all over. Two classes that imme­ diately come to mind are Spanish and Modem Russia. Oh how I miss speaking that magic language or, in the case of Russian history, tak­ ing endless essay tests. Since I can’t narrow my choice down to one class, I will do exactly what two other very renowned students did.

Thanks to Craig “Mombo” Korth and Dug Westenberg, I decided that I would take freshman Latin over.

Spencer Biga (senior) “The class I’d like to take over is Astronomy. I had a great time everyday in that class and had some very worthwhile labs also. It was a very restful class after my busy mornings of Hebrew and Greek.

But the daytime fun never really measured up to the nighttime fun our class had. On clear, crisp nights we would ascend to the roof of the Library-Science building and use our NWC telescope (Bet you didn’t know we had one!) to gaze at stars which our good instructor showed us. Nothing could ever erase that from my memory. In fact, I’d love to relive those glorious days! Is it too late for me to audit?”

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“If I had one class to take over again, it would have to be fresh­ man Greek. Most people would imagine that 1 would do this because it was just plain fun. Actually, I never found it all that enjoyable.

Maybe that’s why I eventually ended up in what I call “Einstein Greek.” A lot of people think I’m bragging when I tell them that I went straight from beginner’s Greek into Advanced Intermediate Greek (Boy, where my grandparents proud!), but I’m really not.

Maybe if I had studied my forms and syntax a little harder from the start, preparing for my Plato elective wouldn’t seem so much like taking a roll over broken shards of glass.”

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Basketball The Trojan basketball team concluded the season with a 89-68 pounding of Lakeland. The Trojans came out flat and found themselves trailing in the early going. The Muskies managed to take an eight point lead in the opening min­ utes of the second half before the Trojans de­ cided to play basketball. Karl "Give me my Rec-Specs and I can shoot from anywhere” Schultz nailed back-go-back trifectas to give his team a lead that would never be lost. Senior Kevin Klug ended his college career in style, scoring 23 and grabbing 10 boards. Klug topped it all off with his first three-pointer of the year.

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The Trojans finished the season 17-4, the best record ever compiled by a Trojan basket­ ball team. Seventeen-four is not the best record ever recorded by a Northv otern College bas­ ketball team, however. Back in 1946 the Gos­ lings of Northwestern finished 20-1, winning the conference championship. This year’s team finished alone in second place in the confer­ ence, the highest finish in the Lake Michigan Conference. Sievert was named Player of the Year in the conference and Earle Treptow was also named all-conference. Klug received hon­ orable mention. Coach Jerome Kruse was hon­ ored as the conference’s Coach of the Year.

Tutor Hirsch was my write-in choice as the As­ sistant Coach of the Year.

Sievert led the team in scoring (19.2), re­ bounding (9.3), and steals (61 for the year).

Sievert was chosen as the team’s most valuable player in a truly surprising vote. Tim Wempner led the team in blocked shots (15 on the sea­ son) and free throw percentage (83%) to stake his claim as the best substitute this college has ever seen. “Judge" Wempner was chosen as a co-winner of the coveted Most Improved Player award for the second consecutive year. With any more improvement, Judge may be declar­ ing himself eligible for the NBA draft next spring. Treptow led the team in assists (95 for the season) and finished a close second in floor bum totals to Steve "I’ve never seen a floor burn that I didn’t like” Melso, the winner of the team’s Hustle award. Klug was voted the team’s best defensive player. John Koelpin led the team in dunks and field goal percentage (62%). Todd DeNoyer led the team in the "hatchet" category, amassing 66 fouls on the season. Donn Dobberstein was a co-winner of the Most Improved Player award. Tutor Hirsch led the team in technicals with one.

As the season drew to a close, I think Tim Wempner summed it up best when he said, "We may not have won them all, but we looked good in our uniforms, and, in final analysis, isn’t that what’s important?” With that, I conclude the basketball articles for the year. Thank you for your support.

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All of the above-mentioned players will act as big brothers to the new kids on the block, who comprise the majority of the team. These seven freshmen (also affectionately known as young whippersnappers) are bound to play a very integral part throughout the season. These rookies (in no specific order, except alphabeti­ cal) are Paul Doletzky, Steve Geiger, Phil Kieselhorst, Steve Melso, Dan Schroeder, Tom Schultz, and Paul Taylor. It will be exciting to watch them grow from confused, inexper­ ienced rookies to mature, seasoned veterans.

Prof. John Schmidt, known to the squad as “Coach,” will lead this small, youthful team against its mighty foes (many of whom are in the midst of their southern trips). Coach Schmidt is in his third year as baseball coach and is looking to repeat as “Coach of the Year.”

Trojan baseball will begin its season April 6 at Beloit and will continue one foot in front of the other after that. It ought to be an intersting year.

- - Glenn Rosenbaum

With three days of practice in already, the tennis team is eagerly anticipating warmer weather and the addition of nets to the NWC courts. Indoor practices have put a racquet back in our hands, but the lighting and surface fail to simulate true conditions.

In the last three years, your Northwestern &Z3Tennis team has not had much trouble beating -“conference” opponents. Lakeland and Concordia, Milwaukee. The team hopes to do the same this year. With the loss of Mark Sellnow and Tim Henning, the team needs to fill the first two positions. Returning letter-win­ ners include seniors Tom Strong and Brad Wordell, junior Erich Schaser, and sophomore Jim Plocher. Jeff “Jim” Mahnke’s year of experi­ ence will help him in his bid to make the top six. The unexpected loss of Brian Kom leaves another position open for the newcomers.

The freshman class sent three to the first practice: Joel Pankow, Scott Anthony, and Anthony Julian. They have some good talent and great potential.

Todd DeNoyer, out of habit of going to basketball practice, also came to the first practice. When he was about to leave, Coach said, “Todd, why don't you stay?” Todd said, “Sure, let me find a racquet.” We have given him the job of picking up all the balls after practice.

The biggest change in roster comes in the coaching position. Tutor Jon Ladner brings an abundance of hustle to the team. If we ever need it. he also has a regimented training agenda on hand. Coach Ladner is looking for­ ward to outdoor tennis practices and a season of good interscholastic ftgjf. The team’s first oil College. It will match is on April 9th be an enjoyable seasor

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Opening day here at NWC as the Trojans host MATC at 4 P.M.

9 - Why do we have IM volleyball? So we can play in the Booster Club volleyball tour­ nament, much like the one taking place today, and look like we know what we're doing.

At 7:30 P.M. the Booster Club members put aside their differences on the volleyball court and enjoy the first showing of Brigadoou.

Our fleet-footed comrades run vs. Beloit and Lawrence at 11 A.M. Webheads head to Carroll for tennis at 10 A.M. 10 - Nothing else to do but go and see Brigadoon again.

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13 - Our Bjorn Borg following lets Concordia try and beat them here at 3 P.M. On a cloudy day with temperatures between 25 and 35, and a crisp 40 mph breeze, the Muskies of Lakeland take on our Trojans and pretend they aren’t hatin’ it. Base­ ball. There.

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16 — Beds will be made available for those who wish to sleep overnight and see Brigadoon for the fourth and final time.

If you’ve already seen Brigadoon, watch baseball vs. Marquette instead at 11 A.M. If you’ve already seen Brigadoon and don’t like baseball, travel to Beloit to watch track.

If you don’t choose to do any of the above, you are a true tennis fan and you will be at St. Norbert’s to see our team flatten a few balls and St. Norbert’s egos.

17 — Synod rival WLC comes to play 10 or 14 innings of baseball beginning at 2 P.M. BAND CONCERT AT 7:30.

19 — Advantage NWC as they go to Concordia for some tennis. 3 P.M. 20 - The UWM symphony feeds our culture starved lives at 8 P.M. Schmidt’s Sluggers treat us to some sweet ball at 2 P.M. 22 — Lawrence extends an invitation to NWC to come play tennis.

The Senior and Junior classes go to help Sem celebrate their 125th anniversary, and if you don’t believe me go ask Tutor Hirsch.

23 — Base hits and scoring runs will be the order of the day as we play MSOE in baseball.

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The tennis party at Lawrence continues.

The sidewalks will be filled with runners as we host a quad meet.

24 — Vesper service at 7:30 P.M. Afterwards there will be a big party for our “Man-of-the Month” Douglas Westenberg in the cafeteria. They’re not retiring Dug’s choir gown, just celebrating his birthday. Grog, a senior this year, comes from Watertown. Our fair-haired friend earned this honor because he was the inspiration and reason for the “Man-of-the Month” column. Squidkins is known for his punishing tackles on the gridiron and for his wise philosophical comments. I could write a book on Sven, but 1 won’t. Thank you. Dug, for being you, and above all have a happy birthday.

25 — The true story is told at the Faculty/Senior banquet.

26 - The thinly clad men who think pain is gain head south to River Forest, IL. to com­ pete against yet another Concordia.

Game. Set. Match. NWC vs. Beloit at Beloit at 3 P.M. Baseball under the lights vs. Concordia in Sem’s backyard at 5 P.M. 28 — Tennis at Carthage at 3 P.M. 29 — LMC World Series begins at 2 P.M. at Concordia.

30 — State private schools hold their version of the Summer Olympics somewhere in Wis­ consin.

The LMC’s version of Wimbledon here. Don’t miss it.

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Would that be okay?"

“Great! My first question is: 'Are you ac­ tively involved in one of the local churches at this time?'"

“Oh. you are not! One of the things that we would like to do if it would be okay . . . we’re mailing out a little brochure to the people in our community to tell them about some of the programs that we will make avail­ able for all age groups. Could we send it to you, just to keep you updated on our prog­ ress?"

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They were involved in a new type of mis­ sion project using telemarketing instead of door-to-door canvassing. Just where did this project get its start? And how exactly does it work? I asked Pastor John Kuske. the pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Sugarland, Texas, these questions. The following is an interview that I conducted while we served under his guidance on this interesting project.

Presently our synod is working with new types of mission outreach techniques often called “new mode.” Is this project considered one of the4‘new modes?”

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This is an offshoot of the new mode con­ cept. The new mode concept was built on the same premise-getting out to a lot of people on a mailing list in a short period of time. The difference between this and the way most of the new modes have been started in the synod in recent history is street work for six months.

For example, when I was in Beaumont [Texas] trying to start a new mode congregation, there was a lot of intensive work done by the mission explorer as he walked the streets for six months. The concept is about the same but it is less physically labor intensive. With not as much walking, you contact more people in a shorter period of time.

When and where did the idea to start using tele­ marketing in evangelism start?

The idea began in 1983 with a man in Cali­ fornia who had a background in telecommuni­ cations. He had recently become a church member and wanted to find some way to use his talents for the church. He came up with this idea. It is basically a telemarketing concept adapted by the church. What they tried to do was make it unlike telemarketing in the sense that you didn't keep going when someone told you "NO!," but it is telemarketing because you are using mass communication in order to get across to people.

In our synod two mission counselors - Pas­ tors James Radloff in the South Central Dis­ trict and John Clnvorowsky in the Michigan District, both found out about it and thought it was a good idea. It is a good way to get a lot of names for prospects for mission congrega­ tions in a short time. Pastor Clnvorowsky de­ cided he would try it with four churches - a mission church in Beckley. South Carolina: a mission church in Centerville, Ohio; a mission congregation in Novi, Michigan; and an estab­ lished congregation in Jackson, Michigan.

Pastor Radloff expressed a desire to try it in Owasso, Oklahoma, which is near Tulsa, Ok­ lahoma, or in Sugarland, Texas, near Houston.

How does this telemarketing concept work?

The concept is to get as many names as possible onto a type of mailing list to make these people aware what your congregation is about Then you have a big special celebration service. This goes back to the telemarketing concept where the idea is to let people know you are there and what you are all about. Then they have an opportunity to decide whether or not they want to "buy" what you are selling.

In the case of the church, it is the message of Jesus Christ and salvation in Him. But the basic concept is to get as many people in touch with your church as possible in a short period of time. With an investment of three months from the time you move into town, get a mailing permit, get your phone calling started, and get to your first service, you in a sense build instant churches of 70, 80, or 90 people. Possibly it could take five or six months, depending on how long it takes to get your mailing permit.

How specifically does the phone survey work?

Our project is the largest of the phone sur­ vey projects underway in the synod. We are at­ tempting 20,000 dial-ups. A "dial-up” is every time you punch a telephone number into the phone. Of those dial-ups, a certain percentage will pick up the phone. This is called a "pick­ up.” Of those "pick-ups,” the people will re­ spond in one of three ways: either they don’t want to hear anything more from you, they are members of a church, or they would like to be placed on a mailing list. These are the three categories on which we rate each pick-up.

After that we send them [those who wish to be on a mailing list] a thank-you letter.

Then over a few months we will send a post card, two brochures, and an invitation to the first service. After all of that, we call them again to get a rough idea of how many people we should expect on that first Sunday morn­ ing. Then you continue to cultivate all the names on your list through regular mailings.

The program suggests some cultivation once a week for an entire year. But we would like to try once a week for six months and after that, twice a month. But it comes down to money, if the money is there.

What goals have you set for this program?

Part of the program states that we should set three-fold goals. As a minimal goal we hope to double the size of the worshipping congrega­ tion from 30 to 60. The second level goal would be to increase the congregation to 70 or 80. The highest goal would be to get the wor­ shipping congregation over a hundred on any given Sunday.

By having a three-fold goal like this, you will ultimately be successful.

Because your mission congregation now has a small membership, how will this new large in­ flux of people affect your congregation?

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You also have an opportunity if someone is getting abusive - you can’t normally just walk away from them when you knocked on their door - but with this you can hang up on them.

They are not going to be any more irate. They will not hate you anymore. And, on a lighter note, you protect yourself from a lot of big dogs chasing you down the street.

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Another disadvantage is getting the man­ power to do it. When you figure the average of 40 calls per hour, it takes 500 man hours on the phones to make a 20,000 call survey. If you have people who hold down regular jobs, they have to come in at night and work two and one-half hours to make the goal. It is a tough goal! It will be a tough month!

Is this project easier to get people involved in than with door-to-door canvassing?

Any kind of evangelism effort is terrifying at first. The fear does not go away; it just changes form. With more experience, “What do I say?” is changed to, “Am I saying it in the best possible way to represent my Lord?”

People are bound to be scared! It just is not easy for most people. However, those who have tried this are finding that it is easy. In addition, you have the support of the crowd right with you in the room working behind you. You get a little contagious enthusiasm going, so that it makes it easier for people to keep going be­ cause you keep together as a team. We always take ten minutes off every half hour (except on nights when people just won’t quit) to talk, visit, and share the experiences and joys. This allows them to return to the phones a little re­ freshed because this work is not less mentally tiring than if you walked down the street [as in door-to-door canvassing]!

Since our Travel Canvass Witness team re­ turned to Wisconsin, the project at Grace Lu­ theran Church has continued as they work toward their opening service on May 1 st. When the church completed the initial phone calling in March, they had 1270 names on their mail­ ing list after making a total of 22,450 calls in the Sugarland area. We continue to pray that God will richly bless the efforts of Grace Luth­ eran Church, so that the message of “Christ crucified!” might reach those who need to know Him. We can be confident that His Word “will not return to me empty, but will accom­ plish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it” (Isaiah 55:11).

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Now that you are simply in awe of the selflessness of these fine young men, I’ll clue you in on their heroic actions. On March 22, Northwestern College had 20 donors at the bloodmobile in Ixonia. In recognition of their actions, the college was presented with a plaque (as well as a picture in the paper). The 20 people involved in this bloodmobilc included the fol­ lowing: Tim Wempner, Mike Otterstatter, Mark Huebner, Aaron Sebald, Matt Schaewe, Dan Voigt, Ross Else. Doug Wcstenbcrg, Tom Schrocdcr, Brian Ilennig, Jim Fleming, Dan Solofra, Aaron Glaeske, Craig Wasser, Paul Tech, Brad Schlafer, Paul Nolte, Craig Russow, Professor Korthalsand the lone woman representing Northwestern, Mrs. Korthals.

If you see any of these people walking on our campus, stop and shake their hands and maybe someday you, inspired by those before you, might find yourself rising to such heroic stature. Thank you, men, for representing Northwestern College so positively.

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Kevin is a returning letter winner from last year, and Pete is getting his first look at organ­ ized baseball,' having never-.played in';,high school.

For the first scheduled doubleheader of the baseball season, the Trojan squad played the part of the defeated, not to the Beloit Buccan­ eers, the scheduled opponents, but to the weather, as rain came out the victor and forced NWC to open their season against MATC a couple days later.

In front of the very vocal home crowd, many of whom took advantage of the friendly confines of Washington Park for tailgaiting activities, the Northwestern “nine” enthusiasti­ cally took the field for Opening Day. Unfortu­ nately, the first game between MATC (6-7), and NWC (0-0) showed the lack of game exper­ ience on the part of the Trojans. They fell easily 11-0 in five innings. With only two baserunners (a walk and an error), it was evident that NWC forgot their bats back at the dorm, because they were no-hit by a less-than-spectacular opposing pitcher. Phil Sievert took the loss for the now 0-1 Trojans.

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Having done away with the opening jitters, NWC gave MATC quite a scare in the second game but still came out with a loss in eight inn­ ings, 8-5. Steve Melso toed the rubber for his first college game and did a memorable job, as did Klug who came on in relief. Even the of­ fense showed up for tills game as the Trojans collected nine hits. Tom Kock came through with the first hit of the season and Glenn Rosenbaum picked up the year’s first RBI. Bill Sclnvanke proved he deserved to be the cleanup hitter when he deposited a ball into the hinterlands.

NWC’s next opponents were the Crusaders from Maranatha. Played on Northwestern’s own gorgeous playing field, the first conference doubleheader for both teams resulted in a split, Maranatha winning the first, 7-3, and NWC tak­ ing the nightcap, 8-4. In the first game, NWC collected only five hits and committed six errors. Schwanke again tagged the ball and found the outfield seats. Phil Kieselhorst and Klug combined pitching efforts, with Kiesel­ horst absorbing the loss.

In the second game, Klug again came in relief, this time for starter Schwanke, and picked up the Trojans’ first win of the young season. NWC gathered 11 hits, and Sievert racked up three RBI’s, including a long good-

bye shot. The Trojan defense improved along with the offense as they accumulated only two errors. With their first win under their belts, the Trojans gained confidence and hope for a fine season.

NWC traveled to Lakeland and then to Howards Grove, as the Muskies attempted to hide from the fearsome Trojans. The Muskies (0-9) and the Trojans (1-3) split the doubleheader: Lakeland 6, NWC 1; and NWC 14, Lakeland 7. Sievert went the distance in game one but came out the loser because of lack of bat support. Karl Schultz and Mike Melso racked up two hits each to lead NWC. The nightcap proved to be a much more enjoyable game for NWC, compiling 14 runs on 17 hits, but were still hurt by four errors and numerous mental errors, which have plagued them in the early going. Klug, the Melso Bros., and Schwanke each rapped out three hits, with Steve Melso padding his per­ sonal stats with five RBI’s, and Schwanke again found the grass beyond the outfield fences.

Steve Melso achieved his first win and the Rolaids Relief Man, Klug, came in for the ump­ teenth time and finished up.

NWC has many important games remaining and, at 2-4, is in the hunt for the conference crown. Fan support has been exceptional and very much appreciated. As we all know, base­ ball is LANtastic.

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The Trojan tennis team started its season by beating conference rival. Lakeland, by a score of seven matches to two. Senior Brad VVordell and rookie Todd DeNoyer lost at num­ ber one and six singles, both in three sets.

When asked how he played, Todd remarked, “Tell coach I'm quitting.” It is not like Todd to quit, and we are happy that he is still on the team.

The Trojans were strong at the middle, posting victories at the two through five posi­ tions. Erich Schaser, playing at number two, won in three sets, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2. Jeff Mahnke and Jim Plocher won at three and four respect­ ively, 7-5, 7-6, and 6-0, 6-3. Joel Pankow, play­ ing his first match as a collegiate, lost his first set, but posted a 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 victory. The three doubles teams of Schaser-Wordell, Plochcr-Mahnke, and DeNoyer-Pankow all de­ feated their opponents.

Two days later Coach Ladner took the team on the road to Carroll College. The Tro­ jans, outmanned and outplayed, lost all nine matches. Darren Green played for the Trojans due to the absence of Jeff Mahnke. Darren had to forfeit his singles match because of a swollen ankle. The doubles combination of PlocherPankow and DeNoyer-Green came close to earning a match. Both teams lost in three sets.

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for a match here on campus. Although MATC won four matches to our three, NWC won the match 5-4 after the number six singles and three doubles forfeits were tallied. Erich Schaser, playing at number two again, played the best tennis of his life and was well on his way to a victory until a service ace was called out at a crucial point in the second set. With the wind taken out of his sails, Erich proceeded to be broken in that game, lost the second set 4-6, and lose the third set 3-6. Wordell lost 4-6, 0-6, as did Mahnke 3-6, 3-6. Plocher squeaked out the first set 7-6 and won the second 6-4.

Pankow needed three sets again to post a 6-3, 6-7, 6-1 victory. DeNoyer showed up for his singles and doubles matches to receive his for­ feits. Plocher and Manke’s three set double’s victory gave NWC the victory.

In the last set of the Schaser-Wordell match, last game, Erich .was serving and it was break-point for the set. Erich faulted once, hitting the first serve long. With almost two sets of doubles frustration pent up inside him, Erich decided to go for the smash second serve.

He hit it hard, but off the frame of his racquet, nailing his partner squarely in the back. Game, set, match.

Ladner’s Netters headed the way of Sem two days later to play at the usually windy confines of Concordia. The weather was nice, and Northwestern won 7-2. The only losers were Wordell at number one singles and the Schaser-Wordell team at number one doubles.

The rest of the team won easily: Schaser 6-2 6-1 Plocher 7-5 6-2 DeNoyer 6-0 6-2 Mahnke 6-4 6-3 Pankow 7-5 7-6 Mahnke-Plocher 6-1 6-0 Pankow-DeNoyer 6-1 6-0

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The tragedy of the day was forgetting to get a receipt from McDonald’s for the athletic department.

On Saturday the 16th, the Trojan team en­ joyed the two-hour drive to beautiful Green Bay, Wisconsin, with the company of Ann Gabb. St. Norbert College hosted the Trojan team at the local racquet club. The Northwest­ ern netters lost 0-9, and did not have the wind or sun to blame. The DeNoyer-Green doubles team won our only set, losing 2-6, 6-4, 2-6.

Said Ann, “I knew Todd could do it.”

The coach from St. Norbert asked Coach Ladner if he was a player-coach, to which he replied, ‘‘No, but if you have an extra player I’ll play.” Ladner did hit around with Pankow’s opponent later on to kill some time.

Northwestern's next match was for the Watertown title. Coach Ladner, improving his career coaching record to 4-2, chalked up an 8-1 victory over Maranatha. Wordell had trouble with his match, but managed a 7-6, 3-6, 6-2 win. Mahnke, Plocher, Pankow, and DeNoyer all won handily as did the three double teams. Erich Schaser does not want to be mentioned in connection with this match.

On the 19th Concordia came to Watertown for a rematch. It was the same scenario as last time; Northwestern lost only two matches, one at number one singles and one at number one doubles. Both those matches were lost in three sets, and the doubles match did not end until after the roast beef was done being served. Earl Treptow is in the lead for fan of the year. He pulled his maroon Phoenix over to the side of the road to throw a ball back into the courts and watch the last game of that doubles match.

Inspired by the fan support of Athletic Di­ rector Kruse and others, the rest of the team posted two-set victories. The coach from Con­ cordia is supposed to have said, “Why isn’t that DeNoyer guy playing number one?”

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Coach Ladner and your Northwestern ten­ nis team are looking forward to the Lawrence Invitational Tournament on the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd and the conference tourna­ ment on the 30th.

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Track Once again spring has made itself present on the Northwestern campus. And as sure as spring comes, a man’s fancy turns to thoughts of track. Light students decided to undergo the daily track practice in pursuit of bettering themselves athletically. But before we had even attended our first meet, already the number of trackers had diminished to seven when we suffered our first setback of the year. John Schlender’s second annual track injury oc­ curred early and would not allow him to com­ pete this year. On the bright side, five out of the seven trackers are frosh, which promises strong future track teams, especially since they have performed well so far.

Our first meet was to be an indoor meet at St. Norbert’s, but Coach Gorsline decided that we’d take our cuts for that one. Could that be

because Lynn Pliner Had graduated? Neverthe­ less, we focused our sights on the next meet at Beloit. We performed well there and placed in almost all of the events in which we had been entered. John Moll started us off with a first place in the 10K. Larry Schlomergot fourth in the 800 meter, Steve Nerby was second in the 400 meter, and Chris Wiley took third in the 1500 meter. Later that day in the other long distance run, the 5000 meter, Joel “they call me ‘Doc’ ” Otto wrapped up third. The mile relay team was also third. As for Mick Doyle and me in the shot put and discus events, we were fairly satisfied with our results, but de­ cided that improvement is definitely on the agenda.

Most of our following Saturdays will be spent on the road, but there are two meets which take place in our own Watertown. The first is a quad meet on April 23 and the sec­ ond is on May 9 against the Sem. So come out and cheer on in what we hope will be your preview to the Summer Games in Seoul.

— Tom Schroeder

INTRAMURAL SOFTBALL For the third year the intramural softball games are being played off campus at Lincoln and Clark parks here in Watertown. There is good competition this year among the seven teams that arc participating. At the time of this writing, Ross Else’s senior team has the lead in the standings with a perfect 4-0 record, thanks to the tremendous blasts off the tomahawk of Joe Deer in a game against Dan Solofra's junior class. The rest of the teams still have a shot at the shirts with about half the season to go.

Hopefully the weather will cooperate in mak­ ing this season a successful one.

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- Rev. Daniel M. Gawrisch (’76). currently serving St. Peter, Modesto, CA, accepted a call to Hope, Hartford, WI. - Pastor David L. Huebner (’79) accepted a call to St. Croix Lutheran High School, W. St. Paul, MN. He previously served Holy Cross, Ok­ lahoma City, OK. - Pastor Carl W. Leyrer ('69), previously serving the congregation of Gethsemane, Cor­ pus Christi, TX. accepted a call as a missionary to Colombia. South America.

- Rev. Raymond W. Schumacher (*76) ac­ cepted a call to Cross of Glory, Orlando, FL. He last served Redeemer F.v. Lutheran Church.

Tomahawk, Wl. - Rev. James R. Schumann ('76), pastor of First Lutheran, Hershey. WI, and Immanuel, Woodville. WI, accepted a call to Faith, Fond du Lac, WI. He was installed Feb. 7, 1988.

- Pastor Rodney R. Schwab ('76), serving the congregation of Our Savior, Westland. Ml, accepted a call to St. John, Allegan, MI.

— First Lutheran congregation of Green Bay, WI, will celebrate its 125th anniversary during the months of April and May of this year. Rev. Orval H. Cullen (’68) serves the con­ gregation.

— Friedens Ev. Lutheran Church of Rand­ olph, WI, will be celebrating its centennial this year between June and October. Rev. Walter O H. Goers (’63) is the pastor of the congrega­ tion.

- Immanuel Lutheran Church in La Crosse, WI, will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year. Pastor John L. Parcher ('56) shepherds the flock.

- Zion Lutheran Church of Arlington, Wl. will commemorate its 125th anniversary this year. Rev. Harold W. Sturm ('63) serves the congregation.

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DEDICATIONS — The congregation of Grace, Crivitz, WI, dedicated a church addition and remodeling on April 10, 1988. Rev. Mark E. Hannemann serves the church.

On April 9, 10, 15, 16, the Forvm Society presented Brigadoon, a musical play in two acts. Those who attended were treated to a fine performance. From the lead roles to the townfolk of Brigadoon, the Forvm members did an excellent job. I don’t think that anyone who attended left the “theater” disappointed. It was a special privilege to see members of our student body using their God-given talent to His glory.

I think it would be only proper at this time to talk about those individuals who made this performance what it was. Pete Snyder, doing what he does best, well portrayed Tommy Al­ bright. (Suffice it to say that Pete looked good on stage, or so the girls tell me.) His voice was so soothing I’ve asked him to sing me to sleep on those nights when I can’t seem to relax. Lee Ann Schroeder was simply wonderful in her role as Fiona MacLaren, returning to the stage after a long absence. Her dedication, com­ mented Ken Fisher, was unquestioned, as she had to make numerous trips into Watertown from her home in Oconomowoc. I especially appreciated Mike Borgwardt’s role as Jeff Douglas. I was not particularly convinced that Mike was playing a role; it seemed to me that he was just being himself. The sense of humor of the character was markedly similar to Mike’s.

In talking with the director, one begins to un­ derstand the work involved in a play of this magnitude. It is easy to see that Ken Fisher en­ joyed the experience. Intrigued by challenges, Ken saw this production as the ultimate chal­ lenge. Not only was the staging quite intricate,

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At this juncture, I would like to bid fare­ well to several faithful Forvm members: Brian Eggers, John Hildebrandt, Ernie Schultz, Tom Mielke, Jim Getka, Paul Stratman, Tim Honke, Luke Werre, Tim Kuske, and Tom Kock (How long, 0 Tom did it take to learn your lines?), as well as Ken Fisher. Shirley Fritze received special commendation for her work with the Forvm in the past, being honored with a plaque after Friday’s performance. That Friday night (the 15th) attracted a crowd of 607, a major portion of the 1,656 that attended overall.

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As our beautiful spring of ’88 continues, I find it hard to sit here at my typewriter when all my friends are outside frolicking in the first snowfall of May. Great writers are often forced to make these sacrifices for their readers. But there is one good thing about having a sub-zero spring. There is not as much temptation for the student to put off his studies until long after sundown. I feel that that is the reason there is still as much enthusiasm to study and learn on campus now as there was in mid-September.

Who knows, if there's enough snow, maybe we’ll have a second Arbor Day when it melts!

Speaking of that much awaited and antici­ pated day, we would like to say a few words about it ourselves. Although Daron and 1 both turned in masterful summaries of that day in composition form for our English 520 course (which, of course, will be worth a ten on Prof.

Braun’s famous grading scale), we both felt that there were certain people who did not re­ ceive recognition for their activities on that day. That is what we would like to do with the influence of this widely circulated column.

Here are the Arbor Day ’88 Awards!

The Arbor Day Elf Award - To Tim Spaude for getting all his work done before milk break and then darting about helping other groups finish their work until all the work was done. Tim was heard to say, “This campus isn’t big enough for a man to get an honest day’s work in!”

Runner-up Elf Award - To John Koelpin who was a close second to Tim, but John’s group was a bit more intense while he showed the rest of us that there is ample time for work and for play.

The Duraclean Award — To Todd DeNoyer and Erich Schaser for avoiding manual labor at all costs, letting other people do the work,

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and having no concern for the finished product, as any true Duracleaner will tell you, are the essential qualities mentioned in the preamble to the Duraclean Handbook and Price List.

The Bronze Beauty Award - To Dave Schneider for continually working on his St. Tropez tan without result and for displaying his ghost-white body sunbathing, clouds or no clouds.

The Never Satisfied Until the Job is Done Award - To Jeff Gaertner for completing every task which Prof. Eickmann listed for him to do even though it meant driving his troops until past 8:30 A M. The Senior Leadership Award - To Roger Quandt and Phil Herman for providing the en­ tertainment on Arbor Day Eve. The “Now I have to explain this one for the next ten weeks” Award - To Doug VVestenberg.

The “Watchadointhere?” Award - To the sophomore class for dumbfoundcdly looking on as Prof. Kirst dug the five foot deep hole for their class tree.

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K is for Kieselhorst whose last date was a Kruse.

L is for Ladner, a push-over for the “sick” excuse.

M is for McKenzie whose hair hangs below his neck, N is for Neyhart, who’s quite a few short of a deck.

O is for Oelhafen, who spends time with Klug’s “ex,” P is for Pries who fancies himself “Tex.” Q is for Quandt, who’s been known to eat his studies, R is for Roebke, the master of “hey lotties.”

S is for Sievert, who likes a rub on his back, T is for Turriff, whose eyes turned red and then black.

U is for Unke whom for obvious reasons I’ll not rate, V is for Voigt who’ll get this article two weeks late.

W is for Weihing, I mean Mike Weihing, X is for Cox, our dorm council “king.”

“Y,” said Dug, “did I take such a liking to Klug?”

Z is for Ziecker, who hates to memorize He­ brew.

That’s it, they’re all there, 26 in all, Klug’s hair stands high, he’s havin’ a ball.

I guess I just can’t take it anymore! I have to get outside and help build the big May Day snowman. It’s time for this volume of the Campus and Classroom to come to an end.

(Don’t weep and mourn for too long!)

- - Tom and Daron

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Thousands of children are born into homes where the name of Jesus is never mentioned. Forgiveness of sins and the hope that it brings never bright­ ens 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: John Boeder, 6717 W. Wartburg Cir., Mequon, WI 53092

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This theme was often repeated throughout the weekend as the participants comtemplated, “Who really cares?” Since this was the first rally we had ever attended, we didn’t know quite what to expect. After reflecting on the weekend, we came up with three tilings that we learned.

First of all, we learned more about WELS campus ministry. For those who are not ac­ quainted with campus ministry, we offer this explanation. Campus ministry was begun to serve the spiritual needs of WELS college stu­ dents. As would be expected, the highest per­ centage of WELS students is in the midwest.

To accommodate these students, the Synod has begun a number of campus ministries and as­ signed pastors to them. Besides conducting services, these ministries are very evangelical in nature and always seek new members.

Why is campus ministry so vital? When stu­ dents leave the friendly confines of their Wis­ consin Synod high school or hometown public school, they are assaulted by two groups of people. The first group is the faculty. Students have entered an institution of higher learning.

Here they will become “educated” and will learn all that human wisdom has to offer. Un­ fortunately, man’s perspective has become a bit warped. He has excluded God from his life and exalted himself. Many professors are quick to point out that Christian students are rediculous for continuing in belief systems which have long been outdated. This presents a real chal­ lenge for the Christian. Much of what he is being taught is brand new, and he has difficulty distinguishing between right and wrong. During

not revered so highly. It is regarded by some as preposterous or laughable. For example, when the chapel bell rings at Northwestern, we go to chapel. How would it be if your roommate did not go? What if your neighbors did not go? We experience much encouragement from our friends. Oftentimes this encouragement is gone at a secular campus. The void is often foiled by negative peer pressure.

This peer pressure is not always indirect.

Picture this dormitory scenario. A group of upperclassmen decide to “help” a freshman see the error in his ways. They inform the new student that there is no God. They give their reasons why and challenge the Christian to dis­ prove their argument. When the Christian fi­ nally resorts to faith, the others soon attack this unprovable position. The Christian is labeled as being unscientific, which opposes one of the fundamentals of the college system.

This mirrors what can go on in the dormitory, as well as the classroom, but it is much more dangerous coming from peers.

There is another variable to put into our equation. Consider the time in a Christian’s life when this takes place. It comes when he the weekend we were told by a student that the campus ministry has become a support sys­ tem. She said that without it her faith would not be as strong as it is.

A second way in which students are as­ saulted is by their peers. This type of assault may not always be overt and may not be a di­ rect confrontation as it is in the case of the classroom situation. Here at Northwestern, the attitude about church and chapel is a very posi­ tive one. In fact, it is probably one of the healthiest anywhere. However, less than 50 miles away at Madison, for example, church is

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It is no wonder why the church loses great numbers of members between the ages of 1824.

The campus ministry works in this atmos­ phere. It gives the student a chance to get to know other students of his own faith. This “positive peer pressure” is vital for the student.

To say that the campus ministry maintains a person's faith would be a gross understatement.

The students we met had living, vibrant faiths.

Besides learning about the campus minis­ try, the rally also meant learning more about the people involved. These students were very, very interested in getting the gospel out on their campuses. Perhaps the best way to por­ tray this is to describe some of the people who attended the rally.

Wendy goes to the University of Georgia.

The first thing one notices about Wendy is how friendly she is. Friendliness seemed to be a con­ stant at the rally. Everyone was friendly. They seemed glad to see us even though they had never met us. In the student forum on Satur­ day morning, another aspect of Wendy’s person became apparent. She wondered how other campuses operated. She told people how their small group worked. Soon other campuses told us what they did. They did not mind working for Jesus at all. In fact they wanted to know what else could be done. Their energy seemed to be endless. They wanted to be active for Jesus and his message. We were reminded of the early Christian church.

Another person who symbolized the stu­ dents at the rally was Pastor Tom Trapp. Pastor Trapp is the Campus Pastor in Madison, In his fine message on Saturday morning, he took up

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the topic “Who cares?” which tied the week­ end together. He told us that God cared for us.

He sent his son Jesus to die for us. That was an active “caring.” Pastor Trapp then applied that perfect caring to our own lives. We now care for others, not only other WELS members or other Christians, but also for the unbelievers in the world. This message of caring seemed to be in full force in the lives of these students.

They have a task to do. The task is to fulfill Matthew 28:19.

One of the speakers at the banquet on Sat­ urday night drove home this thought of caring for all people with a true story, A large estab­ lished WELS congregation wanted to reach out to the campus in its particular city. The voters decided to put ads in the newspaper. After two or three weeks, no one had come. The voters decided to ask the students who came to

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Another month went by, and no new students had come. The idea was put on hold. Two weeks later a young man came into the church at the last minute. He was not your average WELS member. He had long hair and mocca­ sins on his feet. Tattered blue jeans and an old shirt completed the ensemble. As he went up the aisle, it became painfully clear that the church was full. When he reached the front he found that there were no empty seats. He did not turn around but instead sat down on the floor in front of the first pew. The congrega­ tion was beside itself. The service was about to start. Who would do something? What would they do? The answer came from an unlikely source. One of the oldest men in the congrega­ tion slowly walked up the aisle. When he reached the front the old man put his hand on the young man’s shoulder to steady himself as he slowly sat on the floor next to the student.

When the service ended the young man quickly got up. He reached down to help the older gentleman up. Together they walked down the aisle. There was not a dry eye in the church.

The students shared this Christian attitude.

Listening to these students made it clear that they witnessed to everyone. Lutheranism has been criticized for being a bit closed-minded in that regard. These young people demonstrated that they did not share this attitude.

We could go on and on and on. There were so many people whom we met that could be written about here. The one thing that would link them together is their living, vibrant faith.

They are truly active Christians whom Jesus is using to spread the gospel.

The last thing we learned was how a cam­ pus rally is run. The term, “campus rally” obviously had two words in it - campus and rally. When someone thinks of a campus, he or she thinks about school and learning. The word rally does not conjure up the same

images. At a rally, fun would seem to be the order of the day. The people in Madison blended the two together very nicely.

The weekend included time to walk around Madison. To say the least, Madison is an in­ tensely interesting city. Dancing also was a popular pastime in Madison. A disk jockey spun records on Friday night in the basement of the campus church. After the banquet on Saturday, “Ex Corde” provided edifying music that doubled as dance music. Our accommoda­ tions also contributed to the fun. The Howard Johnson’s had a pool and Jacuzzi.

We attended four workshops on Saturday morning and early afternoon. These workshops included: 1) “Understanding the Homosexual.”

This useful and interesting workshop was given by a former homosexual. 2) “Should Christians care about the Feminist Movement?” Sandy Ehlke took an intriguing look at the Feminist Movement. 3) “Caring for the one you care for.” 4) “The Temple of God, How to care for it.” A counselor from Wisconsin Lutheran Child and Family Service spoke on drug and al­ cohol abuse. 5) “The atheist who ridicules your faith-how we care.” 6) “Charley Darwin Cares.”

Next year’s rally will be at UW-Stout. Per­ mit us a small plug. This rally was very infor­ mative as well as fun. It gave us a chance to meet people our age who are involved in the very work which we hope to do some day. Be­ sides, this is a real spiritual boost. Next year at this time there will be another rally. Please give some serious thought to attending. It is great to see peers who are enthused about spreading the gospel. The attitude is very contageous.

This year’s campus rally in Madison was a success because the people made it just that.

We offer our prayers for the continued success of these young peoples’ ministry on campuses all over the nation.

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The 109th annual meeting of the Northwestern College Alumni Society was called to order by the president, Pastor Robert J. Voss, at 3:03 p.m.

The minutes of the 108th annual meeting held on May 20, 1986, were accepted as printed in the Black and Red, Volume 90, No. 9.

President Carleton Toppe called the roll of classes. Attendance for the meeting totaled 127 alumni. The class of 1937 (50th anniversary) was represented by 9 members; the class of 1947 (40th anniversary) by 10 members; the class of 1962 (25th anniversary) by 11 members; and the class of 1977 (10th anniversary) by 2 members. There were 3 associate members of the Society (NPS graduates) present, as well as 10 honorary members. The alumni coming the greatest distance for the meeting were Robert Waldschmidt from Califor­ nia, Warren Widman from Oregon, and George Frey and Richard Jungkuntz from the state of Washington.

President Toppe introduced the 1987 graduating class, numbering 45 men. A motion carried to accept the graduates as members of the Alumni Society. That resolution was then amended to indicate that acceptance into the Society would be subject to satisfactory com­ pletion of all requirements by the graduates. Pastor emeritus A. T. Kretzmann was accepted into honorary membership in the Society.

A ballot for the election of officers was presented by Pastor James Fricke of the Elec­ tion Committee. A motion carried to accept the ballot.

Pastor Ernest Lehninger spoke on behalf of the WELS Foundation and made the presen­ tation of the Clifford JR. Brooks Family Scholarship Fund grants to NWC seniors James Winterstein and Keith Wessel. The grants will provide full scholarships for these men during their three years of academic training at the Seminary, Prof. Richard Strobel gave the treasurer’s report. He indicated a balance of $2,510.90 in the Society’s savings account and $3.13 in the petty cash account. The report also showed that $13,500 had been submitted to date to the Northwestern College Alumni Society En­ dowment Fund. Fund earnings of $737.27 (as of 5/19/87) had accumulated and remain in the Endowment Fund. Prof. Strobel reported that the Society’s payments to the Endow­ ment Fund were $2,855.42 below the amount required to fulfill last year’s resolution to di­ rect 80% of all dues and gifts into the Endowment Fund. A motion, therefore, carried to modify the apportionment so that now 60% of d.ues and gifts will go the Endowment Fund and 40% for current projects and other Society expenses. A motion carried to accept the treasurer’s report subject to audit.

Tutor Dan Balge reported for the Auditing Committee (Balge and Tutor Phil Hirsch), in­ dicating that the treasurer’s books had been found to be in order. A motion carried to ac­ cept the report.

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Pastor Alan Siggelkow reported for the Projects Committee (Siggelkow, Prof. Cyril Spaude, Prof. George Baer, and Pastor Paul Kolander). During the past year a grant of S1,300 had been given to the NWC audio-visual department for the purchase of a video re­ corder, monitor, and stand. Projects of the previous year (human torso for the NWC and NPS science departments and a disk drive for the NPS science department) had also been completed.

Upon the recommendation of the Projects Committee a motion carried to adopt the following projects (in priority order) for 1987-’88: 1. S1,000 to the NWC language department to provide student stations for a Spanish language lab.

2. S2,000 to the library to upgrade the school archives and rare book section.

Funds for these projects will come from the 40% portion of gifts and dues. A motion carried to adopt the Projects Committee’s recommendation that the Northwestern College Alumni Society Endowment Fund earnings of 1987-’88 be reinvested in the Fund.

According to the plans adopted for the administration of the NWC Alumni Society En­ dowment Fund, grants-in-aid will be made available beginning with the 1988-’89 school year. A motion carried specifying that all grants-in-aid from the Fund be entitled “Carleton Toppe Scholarship Grants.”

A question was asked about how many NWC alumni send dues to the organization. The answer was given that approximately half of the alumni are active in this way. A motion carried to raise the dues to S10 per year.

Prof. Gary Baumler of the Banquet Committee (Prof. Baumler, Prof. Eugene Kirst, and Prof. Robert Behnke) reported that 360 advance registrations for the banquet had been re­ ceived. He announced that some additional seating was still available. Seating arrangements for the anniversary classes were given.

The election Committee reported the results of the balloting for officers: Vice-president 2nd vice-president Treasurer Secretary Chronicler

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In the balloting for president a majority was not reached. In a second ballot (by show of hands) Pastor Alan Siggelkow was elected.

A motion carried to thank the standing committees (Projects, Banquet, and Nominating) for their work.

Pastor Alan Siggelkow reported on the Class Contact Mailing program. Twenty-two of a possible 54 NWC classes had participated during the past year; and 7 of a possible 40 NPS classes. A new system will be initiated so that all classes will be contacted even if the contact people do not participate.

Prof. Donald Sellnow gave the Chronicler’s report. His printed report listed the follow­ ing deaths during the past year:

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The assembly responded to the report with a standing moment of silent tribute to the departed alumni. The Chronicler was thanked.

A motion carried to thank Pastor Robert Voss for his years of service as president of the Alumni Society. He responded to the motion by indicating that during his years of service he had noted an increasing support for and interest in the alma mater on the part of the alumni, but that we still have a long way to go. He urged the Alumni Society to continue to strive to encourage such support and interest. As president of Northwestern College he will be looking to the Alumni Society for greater support, financial and otherwise. He expressed the hope and the trust that Northwestern will continue to serve the Lord and the church.

Announcements regarding the banquet, the commencement concert, and the graduation exercises were made.

A motion was made to express gratitude to the Lord for granting President Carleton Toppe many years of health and blessing during his tenure at Northwestern. The motion carried with a rising ovation. President Toppe responded by expressing his thanks for the privilege of serving the Lord at Northwestern.

A motion carried to adjourn.

Respectfully submitted, Kent E. Schroeder Secretary

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NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE ALUMNI SOCIETY Report of Income and Expenses Balance May 20, 1986

S2,865.64

INCOME: Dues and donations Prepayments for 1986 banquet Dividends

S 9,104.59 918.00 154.49 S10,177.08

EXPENSES: Adv. human torso for NWC Science Dept.

Disk drive for NPS Science Dept.

VCR, monitor and stand for NWC Postage to contact men Endowment fund 1987 banquet prepayments Printing of alumni materials Secretarial services Mailing and misc. expenses

S 1,869.00 437.45 1,296.29 35.42 5,000.00 829.00 685.71 314.00 65.95 S10,532.82

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Balance in savings account May 19, 1987 Balance in petty cash 5/20/86 For postage: S5.94 Balance 5/19/87

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Submitted to Endowment Fund to date Interest earned to date

$13,500.00 674.15

Balance

$14,174.15 Richard Strobel Treasurer

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29, 71, 80, 124, 157, 186, 226, 236, 265

ALUMNI SOCIETY MINUTES

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BOOK REVIEWS .72

A Game Plan - G. W. ....

Jehovah’s Witness Answered Verse-by-Verse-Brad Wordell

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CALENDAR (WHAT’S THE DEAL?)-Joe Fricke...................

Inside Back Covers

CAMPUS & CLASSROOM-Tom Unke and Daron Lindemann 11, 59, 94, 140, 154, 182, 224, 239, 267 CAMPUS COMM ENT-Kevin Westra.

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The Two Realms of the Christian—Paul Tessmer

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Foreign Language Study: A Valuable Part of a Liberal Arts Education—John Veiths .. .7 FEATURES AND ESSAYS

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The Comedy of Errors: An Actor’s Diary-Tom Mielke...............

The Eleven Year Man—A Farewell to Tutor Balge-Earle Treptow

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Activities Banquet 1987—Tom Kock..............................................

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A New Era at Northwestern-Earle Treptow.................................

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Tutor Ladner—Steve Arndt.............................................................

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Foreign Missionary Retums-Tom Kock........................................

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Tongue-Tied?-Geoffrey A. Kieta..................................................

Hindsight is 20/20: The Sacred Shroud-Scott Zerbe...................

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Knock ’Em Out—Geoffrey Kieta.....................................................

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The Real Halloween-Tom Mielke...................................................

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Hindsight is 20/20: Back Masking-Scott Zerbe............................

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Astronomy Class Trip to Chicago—John Roebke....................

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Hindsight is 20/20: Stigmatics-Scott Zerbe...........................

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The Volga Deutsch: A History of the Abandoned-Jim Getka

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Central Asian Radio Ministry-Tom Kock...............................

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Winter Carnival—Steve Arndt..................................................

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Northwestern College’s Work Study Program-John Roebke. .

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Let Your Fingers Do the Walking-Ken Fisher.......................

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118th Psalm—Paul Stratman.................................................

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Isaiah’s Desert Song-Dan Witte...........................................

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Word of Life-translated by Paul Stratman...........................

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While on the Shores of Babylon-Paul Stratman..................

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SHORT STORIES The Junior Bee-Keepers-Mark Panning.................................

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The Kickoff-John Roebke..................................................

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The Ridgeway Ghost-Tom Sutton.......................................

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The Joys of Childhood Piano-Mark Panning.......................

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The Bouquet—Brad Wordell.................................................

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CAMPUS COMMENT Who do you think is going to win the World Series this year and why?

Glenn Rosenbaum (senior) As many members of the NWC family know, it has been an an­ nual custom for me to predict the final outcome of the upcoming baseball season and compare my picks with the choices of the base­ ball “experts.” Although I do not make the big bucks that the pro­ fessional prognosticators do, I have been known to outshame Moss Klein, Tom Gage, and the rest of the bunch. My 1988 division win­ ners (the rest of my picks are posted on my bulletin board, if one needs to know where his/her favorite team will end up) are the New York Yankees, the Oakland A’s, the San Francisco Giants, and the New York Mets. The Yankees have enough weapons right now and can buy anything else they need, whereas the A’s revamped their roster during the off-season and seem solid. The Yankees will con­ tinue the AL East dominance by defeating the A’s in the playoffs.

The Mets have every facet of the game covered, but will lose in their attempt to make it a Subway Series as they fall to the Giants, a team destined to rebound from its shocking playoff defeat last year. The NY-SF series will go six games with the Giants’ pitching overcoming the Yankees’ potent offense.

Kevin Klug (senior) Knowing as much as I do about so many things, I would have to pick the Baltimore Orioles to win it all this year. Sure, they may have gotten off to a bad start, but now that they have a new manager, things are really going to turn around. Their pitching staff is incred­ ibly strong and their right-fielder isn’t bad either. I look for the Orioles to finish the year with a winning streak as long as their bcginning-of-the-year losing streak.

Earle D. Treptow (junior) I’m a believer in following your instincts when answering a ques­ tion as difficult as this one. As I put in an extensive study analyzing the situation, I came up with the team that my instincts tell me will win the World Series. If I understand my light/darkness metaphor correctly, the team that plays in the light is good and the team that plays in darkness is evil. On those grounds, I have to pick the Cubs, the only “good” team in the league, as the next World Series champ­ ions. Besides, Beno would have hurt me if I picked another team.

Paul Cole (sophomore) The World Champions of course will be the Detroit Tigers. Sorry, Brewer fans. They will be challenged by the Seattle Mariners for the pennant and then sweep the Chicago Cubs. Jimmy the Greek couldn’t have predicted it better.

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— Well, the year is coming to a close and Rog is our “Man of the Month.” Roger has graced our campus for the last four years and should be commended for it. During his four-year stint, Roger has held some little known positions of authority. Roger is the president of the Big Dutch Fan Club, and a charter member of the All Amer­ ican Pacer Owners Club. Aside from these responsibilities, Rog finds the time to keep our classrooms from turning into a slum. Thank you Roger!

Life-size Ping-Pong against Edgwood, here at 3:00 P.M. — The Monsters of Rock or some wind ensemble perform at the auditorium, our audi­ torium.

The road to the real final four begins. NAIA playoffs.

Down to the sweet sixteen in NAIA playoffs.

The track team is asked to come up with a relay team for everything at the Viking relays.

9 — We try to complete our sweep over Sem in athletics. We play them in baseball and tennis.

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