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Opening Exercises, Sept. 9 Professor Schweppe Gives

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llonoterl Do you want to make some easy money?

Your snapshots can bring you big profits: The Excelsior staff is sponsoring . three drives for the collection of your snapshots.

'The- end of the collection periods will be December 17, January 31, and March 15.

We want action shots, pictures with appeal and interest, andany others of good quality.

First prize for each period will be one dollar; second, fifty cents: and third, twentyfive cents.

Trythiseasywaytofatten your pocketbook and help us to make this year's annual the best yet.

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All college students are cordially invited to submit original verse to be considered for possible publication in the annual Anthology of College poetry.

This is the Tenth Annual College Competilioo. _ The recognition afforded by publication will reflect definite credit on the author as well as _on your school. Over a hundred thousand niss. have been submitted to the Nationai. Poetry Association ir: the past ten years. Of these, about four thousand have been accepted for publication.

Rules are simple--as follows: Student's name, home address, name of College and College address must appear on each mss.

Students inay submit as many mss. as is desired. Theme and form may be _in accordance with the wish of the student contributor. In order to give as many students as possible an opportunity of recognition, and because of space limitations--shorter efforts are preferred.

National Poetry Association Los Angeles 34, California In connection with the forenamed National Poetry Contest your school paper is sponsoring a campus contest for high school students as well as for college students.

Contest closes November 30, 1952.

Manuscripts will be judged by a Messenger Staff Committee.

All manuscripts submitted by collegiates will be sent to National Contest.

The following prizes will be awarded: 1. --------$5. 00.

2. --------$3.00.

3. --------$1.00.

Top ten will be published i!1 The Messenger.

Give your poetry to any of the staff mem·bers.

Come on! I ! Get your literary talent moving!

The Rev. W. J. Schmidt, pastor of St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church, New Ulm, was honored Sunday, September 14, when he celebrated the 25th anniversary of his work in the ministry.

A service was held at 7:30 p. m. in the local church.

A classmate of Pastor Schmidt, the Rev. Irwin J. Habeck of Milwaukee, Wis., was the main speaker. Professor M. Albrecht was liturgist. · The school choir, directed by M. Schroeder, sang "Holy God We Praise Thy Name", and the combined choirs of the church sang "How Lovely Are The Messengers" under the direction of Mr. Pelzl.

The service was followed by a· social hour in the school auditorium with Professor c. Schweppe as toa::;tmaster. A lunch was served by the Ladies' Aid. Pastor Schmidt's former home is Racine, Wis. He attended Northwestern College at Watertown, Wis. before entering the seminary at Wauwatosa, Wis. He was ordained and installed as pastor at Flasher, N. D. , in 1927. In 1934 he left Flasher to go to Faulkton, S. D. He came to Minnesota in 1941 to serve a church at Danube. Finally, in 1946 he was called to his present congregation to serve as copastor with the Rev. G. Hinnenthal. When Pastor Hinnenthal died in 1949, Rev. Schmidt carried on the work of the congregation aided by an assistant pastor.

Pastor Schmidt married Miss Margaret Mayer in 1931. They have two daughters-Margaret, 14 and Dorothy, 12.

.Students Hear Lectures On African Missions On Wednesday evening, October 15, Mrs.

Edmund Baer lectured to the Centennial Hall girls on her experiences as ·a missionary's wife in Nigeria. Together with her talk she showed slides. Some of these were taken on their trip to Nigeria and others showed the native life and customs. Still others showed scenery and flowers from Africa.

On the following evening, Edmund Baer gave a similar talk to those in the men's dormitory.

Mr. Baer graduated from D. M. L. C. in 1949, and Mrs. Baer also completed her I Normal year. They left for Nigeria in September, 1949, and spent about 2 1/2 years there, returning in the spring of 1952 for a nine month furlough. During this time Mr. Baer has been attending Gustavus Adolphus College. At the present time he is practice teaching here for three weeks. The Baers plan on returning to Nigeria at the end of February,

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Opening excercises for the 1952-53 school year at Dr. Martin Luther College were "in the college auditorium on Tuesday morning, Se pt. 9, at 8:30. The opening of school marked the 69th year of Dr. Martin Luther College.

The prelude and hymns were played by Prof. E. D. Backer.

The opening address was delivered by Prof. C. L. Schweppe. He addressed tne assembled students and professors and asked for a unity of spirit. As Christians we show Christian love and charity to all. He pointed out that Christian students should have the two characteristics spoken of in Luke 12;35, 36, namely that their loins are to be girded and their lights burning. The first characteristic will prove the student alert. He will concentrate on the task before him. He will practice the habit of faithful daily preparation and not be hindered by outside things. Prof.

Schweppe pointed out failure is only due to a lack of concentration and application.

The second characteristic of the Christian student is to keep his light burning.

"Let your light so shine before men." This light is the light of the Gospel in us. This light is not to be hid but the students' faith and spiritual light should show. How is this done? Prof. Schweppe asked the students to concentrate that others may benefit from their example •• They are to correct and admonish others in a Christian spirit. Prof.

Schweppe also asked the older students to help the new ones so that by being orderly, obedient, and neat, the newer and younger students might benefit from their example.

After the opening address, Pastor Egbert Schaller, President of the Board of Dr. Martin Luther Colleg~ read the installation service for Mr. Otis' Stelljes, formerly of Milwaukee, Wis.· Mr. Stelljes was installed as .professor of music and history.

At this time also, Mr. Robert Kirst was added to the faculty as a music instructor.

Mr. Kirst is a 1952 graduate of the Theological Seminary at Thiensville, Wis.

Dr. Martin Luther College began its school year by adding four new members to its teaching staff. A hearty welcome to them all!

The first new member we will introduce is Professor Otis Stelljes, a former New Ulmite. Professor Stelljes has taught for thirty-one years in various places. ills first school was located in Mortongrove, Illionis. From there he went to Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was then called to st.

John's congregation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; then followed a call to St. J.,.U:cas' cont'd on page 2, col. 2

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~ea/ Welcome

The opening of the new school year was greeted by most students with joy and anticipation. The former students of our school were greeted by, among other things, the ·manynew faces of those students who have come to join us in our joyous endeavors.

One thing may have been brought to the realization of former students, and that is, are we making the new students truly welcome in all of our classes and activities?

When the new student comes to a school, he is faced with the task of adapting himself to the new environment. For some it may be the fir st venture from home, and for others it is just new surroundings in which . theywish to begin and complete the task of preparing themselves for their life's work.

It is to be realized how very difficult it is for the new student to get into the "swing of things" as the school term gets under way.

It is also difficult for the former student to get himself adapted to the "grind of studying, " but he is already familiar with his surroundings and can readily, and with little or no difficulty, take up his books and continue his efforts in classes and also his participation in activities.

Realizing this difference, the former student should make it his duty, among other things, · to welcome our new students and give them that word of encouragement and friendly greeting in order to make them feel at· home in the new environment. We are aironefamilypreparing for our work in the churchandallhave that common bond binding us together in our education. Let us all welcome them with joy in our hearts, realizing the goal that we all come to our institution to achieve, that is to work in the vineyard of our Master.

• • • A farmer visiting a mental hospital was stro tling about the grounds when he came upon an inmate sprawled restfully under the shade of a tree. After a word of greeting, the man sat up and eyed the visitor with interest.

"Whatdoyoudo for a living?" asked the inmate.

"I'm a farmer. " "Farmer, huh? I used to be a farmer.

Very hard work."

"Sure is, " agreed the visitor.

"Ever try being crazy?"

"WhY, no," the sho_cked farmer replied.

"Well, you should," the inmate replied, as he relaxed in the shade. Sure beats farming."

• An apology is politeness too late.

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c on t' d from page I, col . 3 congregation, also in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Professor Stelljes feels at home here because he himself was a graduate of Dr. Martin Luther College in 1921.

When we asked Professor Stelljes his favorite hobbies, he told us they were main ly hunting and fishing. He also likes to draw • Professor Stelljes' s duties lie mainly in the field of music--giving organ lessons, serving as advisor to the Aeolian and Mar lut choruses, and directing Second Band.

He also teaches history.

Professor Stelljes is married and has two sons, Allan, a junior in high school, and Ronald, a 7th grade pupil at St. Paul's Lutheran School, New Ulm. He and his family reside in Waldheim.

The next member of our staff is Tutor Robert Kirst. Born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, he still resides there with his parents.

Mr. Kirst graduated from Northwestern College at Watertown, Wisconsin, and also from the Seminary at Thiensville, Wisconsin.

Tutor Kirst gave his favorite pastime as playing the piano and organ. He is also interested in painting.

Tutor Kirst is one of our piano instructors. His sister, Charlotte, also teaches piano at Dr. Martin Luther College.

Number 3 on or list is Tutor John Denn inger.

Tutor John Denninger was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was graduated from Dr. Martin Luther College, High School Department in June 1 1948. Thereafter he attended Northwestern College in Watertown, Wisconsin until his graduation in June,'1952.

After attending our Seminary at Thiens11ille, Wisconsin for only 4 days, Mr. Denninger was called to Dr. Martin Luther College to teach general science and biology.

When Tutor Denninger was asked his favorite pastime and hobby, he replied with just one word, "Hunting!"

He still resides at St. Paul, Minnesota.

Miss Louise Haack, our only new lady member, also is a piano instructor. She was born in Elgin, Illinois, and at present her home is at Estherville, ·rowa. She was graduated from Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Miss Haack likes to travel, but most of her free time is spent at the ·organ. Bach is her favorite composer.

Whenaskedabouther hobbies she replied "My a vocation is the same as my vocation,',.

The Aeolian and Marlut choruses got under wayduringtheweekSeptember 14-20. This year's directress of the Aeolian Chorus is Grace Hillemann, and Wilham ·Birshing is director of the Marluts. Their first concert will hP. given sometime in December.

Thrills and chills were some of the reac tions to the movie entitled Call Northside 777 which was shown in the auditorium on Saturday evening, September 27. It was a true mystery and starred James Stewart.

The movie was the first of several to be shown at various intervals during the year.

Mr·. & Mrs. Erlan Dreier, Atlanta, Ga. , are the proud parents of a daughter, Debra Jo, born June 24, 1952. Mrs. Dreier is the former Joanne Sievert, H. S. '49.

Mr. & Mrs. PaulSchwartz, '49, Juneau, Wisconsin, are the happy parents of a baby girl, Katherine Jane, born September 5 , 1952. Mrs. Schwartz is the former Karleen Brinkmann, H. S. '48.

Mr. & Mrs. Rupert Rosin, '49, Cibeque, Arizona, are the happy parents of a daughter Margeret Eleanor, born September 4, 1952 • Mrs. Rosin is the former Ruth Hohmann , '49.

Students of Dr. Martin Luther College will be interested to know of the marriage of Henrietta Holm to Warren Warwick of Green Bay, Wis. The wedding took place in Hibbing, Minn. , on September 13. Miss Holm _(Mrs. Warwick) was graduated from St. Olaf College before coming to New Ulm to teach organ and piano. Mr. Warwick is studying medicine at the U. of Minn. and has a teaching assistanship in chemistry at the university. cont'd on page 3, col. I

College Training School

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The college training school, also known as the practice school, has been ext~nsively revised this fall. It is located in and operated as a part of St. Paul's Lutheran School, under the control of the college board.

The most important change is that of superv1s10n.

For many years Professors Albrecht and Stindt had charge of the prac tice school, Prof. Stindt spending the morning there, and Prof. Albrecht taking over in the afternoon. But now, Prof. Albrecht decided to devote his entire time to teaching on the hill. Prof. Sievert has been appointed to fill the vacancy. This year, too, a new system is being tried, each professor supervising the training school for an entire semester, instead of just the morning or afternoon classes. Prof. Sievert has charge during the first semester; Proi. Stindt, the second.

The classes themselves consist of the entire third grade, and parts of the fourth and fifth grade. The second grade, which previouslywas apart of the practice school, is now taught elsewhere in the school. The cont'd on page 3, col. 2

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cont'd from page 2, col, 3 _ cont'd from page ·2, col. 2 On August 23, 1952, Mankato State entire enrollment is limited to approximateTeachers College confered a bachelor of ly forty students, science degree in education with special The student teachers spend about three honors upon H. A. Sitz of the Dr. Martin weeks practice teaching, and a new system Lu_ther College faculty. Mr. Sitz's fields has been introduced. One student instructs of concentration were those in which he all the classes for an entire morning, the works on our campus, E1,1glish and history other one taking over in the afternoon. This Miss La Donna A: Peterson, H. S, '5.0 gives them an opportunity for consultation and Floyd Schwecke, '52, were united in with the critic teachers, and also gives the marriage on June 10, 1952, at St. Peter's students valuable training in teaching sevLutheran Church, Gibbon, Minnesota. The eral classes in the same room and keeping Dr. Paul Spaude officiated, them under control.

Miss Audrey Baumbach, '52, and Curtis Another innovation is the Saturday mornUllery were united in marriage on June 14 1952 in Baraboo, Wisconsin, by the Rev, H: · ing period, held at St. Paul's School, for the purpose of discussing the work for the Kirchner. coming week. The students keep individual Miss Dorothy Drost, '51 and Willard plan books and also make out plans for the Lueders, '52 were united in marriage on critic teacher. These plans list the name June 15, 1952, in Burlington, Wisconsin, by o~ the teacher, the date and subject, its the Rev. Adolph Fischer. aims, and the procedures followed. They ~iss Patsy Garbrecht, ex. '51, and also include room for remarks by the critic Reginald Pape were married at Oconto Falls teacher as the lesson is being taught.

Wisconsin, on June 29 1952 ' ' The most enjoyable part of these Saturday Miss Dorothy Goelz, ex. '52, and James mornings is the mid-morning break-up durHopman, '52, were married on August 3 ing which everyone goes out for coffee and 1952, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cud~ a snack. ah,Y, Wisconsin, by the Rev. Paul Gi:.schen.

Among the new additions to the class room Miss Julie Seeman and Robert Landvatter itself are a new reading table holding many '51, were married at St. John's Luthera~ interesting books for the children to read Church, West Bend, Wisconsin, on July 12, new bulletin · boards for the display of the 1952, The Rev. W. P. Sauer officiated. pupils' work, and new text books in science . Miss Marlene Albrecht, H. s. ex. 51, and the social studies. and the Rev, Donald Kolander, Valley City, There is also a live attraction for the North Dakota, were married on June 18 at children, in the form of a small, red paintthe First Lutheran Church, La Crosse, Wised turtle. Once there were two but Timpthy consin. They were coupled by the Rev. Ed. II met his untimely end several weeks ago, Kolander, father of the groom. The Rev. much to the sorrow of the pupils.

Donald Kolander was tutor at D. M. L. C. '49-'50, '

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******** "Mamma, what becomes of a car when it gets too old to run?"

"Somebody sells it to your father."

This year the enrollment has risen to a total of 484. This is 10 more than last year's enrollment. There are 161 students at D. M, L. C. for the first time, Of those registered, 178 students are in the college department and 306 are in the high school department, An interesting fact is that the girls out-number the boys almost 2-1. There are 306 girls enrolled and only 178 boys, The largest class is the ninth grade with 85 members. Next in line are the first-year college, 84; tenth grade, 83; eleventh grade, 78; second-year college, 67; twelfth grade, 60; and third-year college, 27.

It is interesting to note that 13 different states are represented in the addresses of the students this year. The tabulation of these states is as follows: · Minnesota------------------239 Wisconsin------------------184 South Dakota-----------------13 Michigan--------------------12 Nebraska--------------------12 Illinois---------------------- 7 Iowa-------------------------6 North Dakota----------------- 4 Arizona----------------------2 Colorado---------------------2 Indiana-----------------------1 New Mexico------------------ 1 Ohio-------------------------1

******* "See here, Tommy," said the teacher, "you must not say, 'I ain't going to the picnic,• You mu~t say, 'I am not going; he is not going; they are not going; we are not going, ' " "Oh," replied Tommy, "ain't nobody going?"

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Classes Organized Before the first two weeks of school were ended, most of the classes had met to elect new officers for the year and to discuss plans for their annual fallpicnics. Officers for the classes are: Third-year College Pres, - Arden Wentzel V. P. - Gordon Synhorst Sec, -Tr. - Grace Hillemann Second-year College Pres.

- Otto Schenk V, P. - Norman Stellick Sec. - Fritz Blauert . Tr. - Myrna Kiecker First-year College Pres.

- John Schibbelhut V. P • - Grant Gentz Sec, - Ruth Kleinke Tr• - Jean Keller 12th Grade Pres.

- Elroy Bartsch V.P. - Waldemar Loescher Sec. - Naomi Kiecker Tr, - Virginia Jahnke 11th Grade Pres.

- Henry Herrian V.P - Albin Levorson Sec. - Muriel Markgraf Tr, - Beverly Heck 10th Grade Pres.

- Arvid Kramer V.P, ' - David Umnus Sec. - Charlene Cloute Tr. - Carol Dahlke 9th Grade Pres.

- James Kramer V.P. - Billy Wiederich Sec, - Marianne Albrecht Tr, - David Ruthenbeck

,-------------------1___________________ RE~ERS ! Here is the list of business and professional men who make the MESSENGER possible. They deserve your patronage.

A. A. L. (W. Trettien) Backer's Pharmacy H. Baumann Agency Ben Franklin Store Brown and Meidl Music Store Citizens' State Bank Coronet Jewelers Eibner and Son Eichten' s Shoe Store Epple Drugs Ernst Eyrich Plumbing and Heating Farmers' and Merchants· Bank R. Fesenmaier, Inc. Fischer Auto Co. Forster's, Inc. Dr. G. J. Germann, Opt. Gislason and Reim Grundmeyer' s Barber -~eauty Shop Harolld' s f:,,oe Sture Henle Drugs Herberger' s Herzog Publishing Co. Dr. Charles L. Hintz Hubby's Barber Shop Charles Ianni and Co. Kemske Paper Co. Koehler Barber Shop Lang's Master Barber Shop Leuthold-Neubauer Clothing Co Lindemann Shoes • Meyer Studio W. O'. Moll and Co., Inc., Plumbing and Heating Muesmg's National Cafe New Ulm Brick and Tile Yards New Ulm Dairy New Ulm Greenhouses

New Ulm Grocery Co. New Ulm Theaters Nicklasson Athletic Co. Nieno Studios A. C. Ochs Brick and Tile Co. Ochs' "Bee Hive" Olson Drugs Oswald's New Ulm Laundry Oswald Studio Palace Lunch Pat's Cleaners, Edwin Meyer J. C. Penny Co. Pink's, "The Friendly Store" Reim and _Church Jewelers Reliable Drugs Retzlaff Hardware Retzlaff Motor Co. Salet Dept. Store Schleuder' s Schnobrich's City Meat Market Schuck' s Tailors Lloyd E. Schwartz, D. D.S. Dr. A. V. Seifert Service Print Shop Shake's Cleaners Silver Latch Cafe Sornsen and Sornsen Spelbrink' s Clothing Store State Bank of New Ulm Stoltenburg Motor Co. Tauscheck and Green Clothing Co Tillman Bakery • Ulrich Electric Drs. H. Vogel and M. Oppen Ernest C. Vogelpohl, Pipe Organs Dr. W. J. Von Bank, D. D.S. Weneeda Bakery

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/he l'<epotmatlon What does this Church Festival mean to you? As a Christian the Reformation should mean, first of all, a day of thanksgiving to God for restoring His true Scripture to mankind that they might once more be able to become "wise unto salvation and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. " Stop !

Think of what that means for you l This Word, which was hidden for centuries, was restored that through It you might be made a blessed child of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Secondly, you should, as a result of your faith, cherish this saving Word, study It diligently, and with God's help do everything in you::: power to preserve this Blessing of salvation for posterity.

As a Lutheran, you should be ready to testify as Luther did at Worms: "Unless I shall be convinced by the testimonies of the Scriptures •••• ·••• I neither can nor will make any retraction, since it is neither safe nor honorable to act against conscience.

Here I stand, , I can not do otherwise, so help me God! Amen." You must be ready to testify also as he did at the Conference of Marburg when he refused to let reason stand before Scripture: "Whatever God has spoken is for our salvation, whether He commands us to eat a crab-apple or to pick up a straw." Yes, as Luther, so must we be ready to stand before popes, kings, and Zwinglis to confess our faith in the pure Word of God. Additions or subtractions can not and must not be made, Reason must never play a part.

Scripture has the same enemies today that It had during Luther's time. The philosophies of Catholicism, Calvinism, and unionism are as prevalent today as ever be fore. There is but one way to defeat them-complete faith and trust in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Luther used this method and won the victory. We need to accept the inspired Word of God by our faith and ever praise Him for restoring to us "The just shall live by faith. "

• • • Electrician: What's the matter, sonny?

Why the bandages on your hand? Cut your self?

Boy: Nope, I picked up a little bee and one end of it wasn't insulated.

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1952 Sports Awards l.t' s Interesting To Know On June 2, 1952, Coach Oldfield presented

the athletic awards for the 1951-52 season. _The College "L" was awarded to individual athletes in college and high school for participation in basketball and baseball A minor· letter was presented to each of the four members of the newly organized tennis team.

Other awards were presented for the outstanding athlete of th e college graduating class and to the winners in the boys' and girls' intramural tournaments.

The awards were as follows: College basketball-Captain Paul Kock, Willard Leuders, Robert Otterstatter, Ronald Manthe, Lester Ring, Don Hartwig, Reuben Kramer, Franklin Kolander, Marvin Mei-_ hack, Walmar Voigt, Gerhard Schapekahm,. and Howard Wessel, manager.

College baseball-Captain Floyd Schwecke, Willard Leuders, Paul Kock, Frederick Janke, Don Hartwig, Reuben Kramer, Gordon Synhorst, Walmar Voigt, Howard Wessel, Marvin Meihack, Franklin Kolander, LeDell Plath, Norman SJellick, Norbert Sprengeler, Victor Kaesmeyer, Erling Carmichael, and Arden Wentzel, manager.

High school basketball-Captain Alfred Pieper, Arvon Peter, Theodore Pelzl, Grant Gentz, Lyle Lindloff, Fred Panning, and Eugene Strangman , manager.

High school baseball-Captain Eugene Strangmann, Alfred Pieper, Theodore Pelz~ Wayne Zuleger, Fred Panning, Bernard Hookstead, William Wohlers, Robert Heusch, David Umnus, Arvid Kramer, Delbert Ehlke, Richard Halvarson, and Elroy Bartsch, manager.

He was just a kid when he hit the Bush leagues. He reported one day to the manage~· of Junction City, a class D club in the old Central Kansas League. He was ahuslc'IJ strong lad, fast on his feet, keen of batting eye, with a powerful throwing arm and he could sock the ball a mile.

He told the manager that his name was Wilson and that he could play outfield. They gave him a chance to show his wares.

Wilson was a ball hawk in-the field and batted like a demon. He began to blaze in the bush leagues like a Kansas brush fire.

He quickly became the best outfielder inthe league. His fielding record was perfect All in all, Wilson was a player who seemed destined to make his mark in big league ball before long, And then a strange thing happened. After playing fourteen games, Wilson quit. It made a great sensation. Bit Wilson offered no explanation. He packffi his spiked shoes and left the club, In afe•.v weeks, the incident died down and was quickly forgotten.

Wilson left the club thirty-four years ago' and no one ever heard again of the promising bush league player. No one heard of hirr., that is, until a little while ago, when the onceupon-a-time outfielder for Junction City popped up again and revealed his long -forgotten baseball identity and his boyhood ambition to play professional baseball. "Wilson" created quite a sensation with his revelation.

For this once obscure bush league baseball player of some thirty-four years ago is today far more famous as General Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower, the President Elect.

Bill Stern's Sport Stories

Tennis-Werner Roekle, Frederick Biedenbender, Donald Krueger, and Carl Waidelich.

The trophy for the boys' intramural tournament was presented to the first and third year college classes as co-champions, the girls' trophy was presented to the first year college class, and Paul Kock was presented the award of the outstanding athlete of the graduating class.

Intramural Contest Underway The battle for the 1952-53 intramural trophy began on Friday September 12 as the baseball tournament got underway.

In first round games, Tenth Grade defeated Ninth Grade by a 7 -0 -margin, Eleventh Grade lost to Twelfth Grade bya 5-2 score, and College II defeated College I 4-2. In the next round of games, Ninth Grade was eliminated by losing to Eleventh Grade 25-3, Twelfth Grade won over Tenth Grade by a close 4-3 score and College II beat College ill 8-0. In other games,College I eliminated Eleventh Grade by a 7 -5 verdict and College II defeated Twelfth Grade 10-1.

The girls' intramural program got underway with the opening of the softball tournament on Tuesday, Septerrber 16, In games played to date, Tenth Grade defeated Ninth Grade, Eleventh Grade sen from Twelfth Grade, College II defeated College I Twelfth Grade eliminated Ninth Grade, Eleventh Grade defeated Tenth Grade, and College II won over College m.

Keep It Up As the sports world progresses in its various phases, there is always a period of training for the participants. Upon entering this period of training there are many different rules which are set down by the coach or manager which are to be strictly kept by the athletes who participate in the sports. Do not eat between meals! Quit smoking! Get plenty of sleep! These are just a few of the many. What happens now?

The athlete comes back from his first practice session and has his mind made up to keep all the rules at any cost. But oh, how his stomach is •growling, and he is just aching for a cigarette. He has to stay up late tonight to catch up ·on several things which he has neglected as of late. Oh well, it's only once.

So the season p:::ogresses and the athlete "faithfully" keeps all of the rules which have been set down with determination. He returns from practice and heads for the campus canteen and eats until his immense appetite has been duly cared for, and if he really is a culprit, he may even sneak in a drag off a cigarette. Perish the thought!

But all in all the rules are kept quite well and finally he is a full fledged athlete, and he is very well satisfied with himself.

My hat is off to the men and boys who participate in sports. It is a tough grind and sometimes the reward is rather lean, but they just keep plugging. Keep it up, athletes, we are with you and will cheer you come victory or defeat.

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Miss Haac.k Present5 Organ Recjt~I Sparked by the enthusiasm of the graduating-class, the moribund Alumni Association experienced a new surge of life during the t,ast yea.r. The alumni basketball game and luncheon of last February resulted in the selection of a committee of ten to make plans for a reconstitution of a permanent organization, and plans were made for an alumni luncheon and business meeting to be held in connection with the graduation activities in lune. This report will endeavor to record the events and to outline the plans for the future.

The gymnasium of Centennial Hall prl'ved to be an excellent choice for the alumni luncheon at 5:30 p. m, on the day of the commencement concert. Reservations for 225 guests, and every place was taken. Those in charge of the luncheon gained some experience in handling i:;ach a situatiol), and they will make use of that to make future gatherings run smoother. To that end they hope to have closer cooperation in making and 9sing reservations.

Toe committee of ten was empowered to continue the work of organizing.

It was pointed out that there were many friends of DMLC who were not graduates or former students, so membership in tlre new group was expanded to include these. The official designation of the new organization is now that placed at the head of this article. It was further noted that the time of the general meeting did not provide opportunity for :.all!those interested in the meeting to attend. It was, therefore, decided to organize sectional gatherings, probably in conjunction with the various state teachers' conferences, each such section to be in charge of a regional vice-president. It is hoped that the activities of the regional groups can be co-ordinated with the plans of the central group which will continue to meet en the campus at graduation. Financial obligations were met by a voluntary collection taken during the meeting, and it is hoped that the same plan of voluntary contributions w_ill be used i,n the regional grouos. To make the organization more than a mere moneyraising venture is the hope of the leadership.

One of the tasks ·of the organizing committee was the compilation of an adequate mailing list of all former students. In spite of strenuous efforts and much search many addresses could not be found. Our secretary would be pleased to receive the names and addresses of all former students who may not bP. on our mailing list. If you know of such who failed :o receive notice of the gathering in lune, will you not send name and address to him? We hope to keep i.r.. contact with all former pupils by mailing the November and the lune issues of the Messenger to them. · cont'd in col, 2

On Tuesday, November 18, at 8:00 P. M:, students of DMLC and others were privileged to hear Miss M. Louise Haack pre sent an organ recital, The recital was given in the college auditorium and the program was as follows: I

Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor · J. S. Bach II

Fugue in D Major 1. S. Bach

Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme J. S. Bach

Nun Komm, der Heiden Helland J. S. Bach

1esu, 1oy of Man's Desiring

On Friday evening of Octobeii: 3, the professors and the professors' wives gathered · in the dining r.oom of our college in order to get better acquainted with the new members of our faculty. ·The honored guests were Professor and Mrs. Otis Stelljes, Miss Louise Haack, Mr. Robert Kirst, and Mr. 1ohn Denninger.

After President Schweppe had introduced the guests, he bade them welcome to our midst and hoped that they would come to feel at home with us. TheQ, we·sat down to an appetizing meal for which the women of our group had so well arranged. Until hunger had been appeased, only the clicking of lmives and fork~ could be heard~ Then followed conversation and laughter until our progz·am committee, Professors Hoenecke, Martin Albrecht, and Trapp, took charge • With their program of "brain ·teasers," of songs, and of movies the pleasant gathering came to a close.

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Sonata in D Minor F. Mendelssohn Chorale "Our Father Who Art In Heaven" Andante Allegro Three Chorale Preludes Flor Peeters Lord Keep Us Steadfast In Thy Word Lamb of God Most Holy A Mighty Fortress Is Our God cont'd from col. 1 we go to press we have received the names of contact persons from two sections, namely, Miss Melda Brei of Stanton, Nebraska, for that district and Mr. LeRoy Greening of Iamestown, North Dakota, for the Dakotas.

The officers for the central group are as follows: President: H. A. Sitz New Ulm, Minnesota Secretary: Edwin Nolte 114 North Franklin New Ulm, Minnesota Treasurer: Henry 1. Baumann Central Block New Ulm, Minnesota · UUr DMLC is faced with many problems today, Our overwhelming enrollment, our expanding curriculum, and our desire to improvethe offerings in the course of study demand much thought, effort, and money.

We believe that our friends in the field can give good counsel and much assistance, and we believe further that they will do so if the ·c hannels are provided. Here is an attempt to nrovide such opoortunities for cooneration. We are sure t_h e THE ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER COLLEGE form that institution's greatest aeset and strength.

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We should really say: -More roads, more sidewalks, more problems. One of these is the removal of snow during those blizzardly days of winter. We can no longer handle the snow on all our runways in the old familiar fashion. The college board was faced by ~wo questions: Wha~ kind of equipment? Where can we get the money?

A committee settled the first question: A rotary plow that has a six-foot working, span and blows the snow in any desired direction, A friend settled the "!econd question by ·-do-_ natiruz $1000. oo.

The plow has been ordered, and we hope it will arrive in time for the first heavy snowfall. This plow cannot walk up and down stairs, therefore some snow may ha-re to be handled in the old way.

• • • Attention Alumni and Friends: Enclosed with the Messenger is a handy 3ubscription envelope. This is for the convenience of those who wish to either subscribe or renew their subscription. Promptness would be greatly appreciated in order to avoid any del.:..y in your receiving of the Messengc.

We received this sad news as theMess~er goes to press. · Miss Rhoda Kiekbusc~ 1952 college graduate, died in an Omaha hospital after suffering a polio attack at Hoskins, Nebraska.

Miss Kiekbusch had been teaching eight grades at Hoskins. More details will follow in the nP.xt is::,ue,

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Extra-Curricular Activities Extra-curricular activities seem to occupy some of the free time of our professors. Our readers may be interested in hearing of some of these activities which took place during the past few months.

Prof. Schweppe was particularly occupied EDnORIAL with the duty of preaching for school dedications and functions. August 3 found him in Algoma, Wisconsin; August 28 fu Valentine , Nebraska; November 2 in Red Wing, Minnesota. In addition to these preaching engagements he was present at the meeting of Synodical Conference in St. Paul in August, and attended the Synodical Committee meetings in Milwaukee in October.

Prof. Hoenecke found it his lot to attend two teachers' conferences in order to read Are there any of us prejudiced against cer- a paper on "The Proper Approach to Teachtain of our classmates because he or she ing Religion in Our Christian Day Schools." may be fortunate enough to obtain a higher The first of the meetings was that of the grade than we received? Often, when writ- Nebraska District Teachers' Conferei:i,ce ten work is returned to the class after cor- held in Geneva, Nebraska, October 21 and rection, one hears the following remarks: 22; the other was the Wisconsin State Teacl'r "What did Joe get? Oh, of course, an A! ers' Conference in Winona, Minnesota, All he does is study to raise the average:-" November 6 and 7. Prof. Hoenecke is also "Sue and Martha are the same way. I wish a member of the Educational Survey Comwe'dget rid ofthoseaverage-raisers one.e l" mittee, which held two meetings in MilwauInstead of being happy over their fellow kee, one in September, the other in constudent's good fortune, they belittle him with. nection with the Synodical Committee, which thoughtless ridicule-diminish his reputation regularly meets in October. On November so that his friends become fewer and fewer.

16 he read a paper to a Sunday School TeachWhat causes this resentment? Is it jealers' Institute in Alma City, Minnesota. ousy or just plain ignorance? Most often it Prof. Sitz, after having taught a sixis the latter. Because the accuser is too weeks' course in our summer school, still lazy to apply himself properly to his studies,' he is jealous of his classmate who does his had enough energy left to attend a six-weeks' work faithfully. Such a situation goes even course at Mankato State Teachers' College; deeper. The faithful student is branded as he realized his goal in that he received his a "greaser" , "crammer", "bucker", etc; Bachelor of Science degree at the end of the terms indicating no friendliness. Soon most term. Mankato again claimed him during of his classmates shun his company, all but the month of October when he accepted the a few who realize the reason and folly behind invitation to speak •at the Parent-Teachers' the bitter tongues of resentment. Why doesn't Association of Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Prof. Sievert appeared before a Sunday every stt1dent recognize the situation?

When one enters an institution such as School Teachers' Institute in Eagle River, Dr. Martin Luther College, what is his aim? Wisconsin, late in September. In October Education is the only answer. But can this he read a paper to the Minnesota-North aim be accomplished by merely attending Dakota Joint .Teachers' Conference, which . classes, only partially listening to lectures, met in Howard Lake, Minnesota.

Prof. Janke was in Beaver Dam, Wisand never opening a text book? In no subject can any real knowledge be obtained by consin, in October to preach at the 25th such a method. Only by working out each anniversary celebration for Teacher Carl Finup. On November 2 he preached at the individual subject assignment for every class period can a student reach his aim to the 40th anniversary of Mt. Olive Lutheran best of his ability. God gave each human Church at Delano, Minnesota.

Prof. Oldfield made a trip to Sioux City, being a certain amount of intellect, some more, some less. Each individual owes if Iowa, to negotiate the purchasing of a larger to his Maker to use his given talent to the bus for athletic trips. The result of his trip is that we are now the proud possessors best of his ability. Why then must those who of a bus which will carry 35 passengers. try faithfully to fulfill their aim be ridiculed Prof. M. Albrecht motored to Bowdle, by others who are either to lazy or are igSouth Dakota, in July for the dedication of norant of their student obligation?

Not everyone can obtain A's or even B's~ a new pipe organ. On November 2 he played beeause talents are varied.---rherefore, whe~ an organ recital at Grace Lutheran Church any student has done his lessons to the best at South St. Paul, Minnesqta.. He r ead a of his abil~ty (using every possible effort), paper on "Proper Church Music" at the he has fulfilled his obligation; no professor, Michigan State Teachers' Conference, which no fellow student dare accuse him of lazimet in Benton Harbor, Michigan, in October. ness or overstudy regardless of the grade On October 19 he read a pap~r to the Sunday · he receives.

School Teachers' Institute at Acoma, near ~ertainly, pride displayed by one who gets Hutchinson, Minnesota. higher grades is not justified. He could Other faculty members were occupied not have that intellect if God had not thus with preaching and speaking engagements • endo_wed him and had not given him a greater The rest were fortunate enough to be able portion of application-ability. to spend their time at home, preparing for Let us make sure that there is no prejudice· the coming school year or even spending among us for any reason. vacation trips with their families.

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What is the difference between an organist and a severe cold?

One knows the stops and the other stops the nose.

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••••••• Pat: "Sh-h-hl"

Mike: What is the matter?

Pat: My foot is asleep.

Counseling At Our School Modern education makes much of counseling as a ser vice to pupils and as an aim of the school. It is looked upon as something progressive and modern, a mark of a forward-looking school. It ought to be of interest to the readers of the Messenger to hear what is being done in that field on our campus.

Although we have no speci,!ic pe::-son on our staff who is charged with the exclusive duty of counseling, we have long had the activity. At the beginning of each school year, one faculty member is made class teacher or class master for each class. He is thus the responsible advisor to his group.

At least four times a year the faculty sets aside one of its regular Monday meetings to review the work of each class. Every faculty member that teaches the class is present and active in the review. The work of each member of the class is discussed , and those who seem to be having trouble are noted. Again the group of instructors examines the particular difficulties of the called list, and the class master notes the comments of the teachers. Then the class master uses the succeeding consultation periods to discuss his difficulties with the individual pupil. If encouragement is called for, that forms the basis of the informal interview; if the cause of the trouble is an apparent lack of ip.dustry, the delinquent is encouraged in. somewhat ·intensified fashion.

The class master if concerned about finding and isolating the problem and then suggesting a solution. He concerns himself in special fashion with the pupil's reaction to the given advice.

This plan gives us a systematic, personalized counseling service that has proved effective over the years. Although we make little use of important-sounding designations or elaborate filing and recording systems, we are convinced that the essential objectives of a good counseling program are reached among us.

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Student: Dad, Tthink that as soon as !finish college I shall follow my literary bent and write for money.

Dad: Humph I Well, you ought to be successful at it. That is all you have been doing since you entered school.

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Meet The Board Of Control

Campus Out Of The ·Mud

To many peopl_e who know Dr. Martin Luther College very intimately, to former students, parents and well-wishers, the Board of Control of the Institution is very probably something of an unknown quantity. If they think of it at all, they may regard it as an inscrutable, vague, and somewhat menacing shadow hovering over the College, to be avoided as much as possible.

Now and then 1 while the Board is meeting in the President's Office, a student will · swing open the door seeking an interview with President Schweppe, only to stop short as he faces the eye-popping sight of a group of august figures gathered about a conference table, the outlines of their faces wavering eerily in a haze of blue tobacco smoke. Then the door closes so swiftly that one suspects the door-knob itself must have been hot.

One senses, rather than hears, a flurry in the hall and a nervous titter: Gang-way, boys and girls, let's get out of here. The BOARD is in there I The Board will appreciate it, I think, if a few simple words can help to dispel any atmosphere of mystery in which it may be enveloped. Be it known, therefore, that the Board of Control: 1. Is human; 2. Does not have Bo r i s Kar 1 off in its membership; 3. Seldom smokes expensive cigars; 4. Has no relations with the Ku Klux Klan; 5. Hungers for understanding and sympathy; 6. Does not own the institution; 7. Loves the professors; 8. Has a fatherly affection for all stuents enrolled; 9. Is glad that it does not have to supervise them; 10. Often can't hear itself think when the band is rehearsing in the auditorium across the hall.

No matter what you may have read in the college catalogue, the Board actually consists of seven members, plus one honorary member, Mr. F. H. Retzlaff, who despite his advanced age attends the meetings faithfully. The seven official members include three pastors, two teachers, and two laymen.

What is their assignment? The college catalogue maintains a vast silence on this subject, leaving the Board enthroned in Olympian grandeur on page 5, having neither a past nor a future. Actually, the Board of Control is elected by our Synod and is responsible for the care, mainteinance, and proper functioning of the school in accordance with the directives of Synod. Most of the time and work is expended in the problems of care and mainteinance, since the functioning is in the hands of experts, the president and his faculty. The Board will decide which roof must be shingled when, and whether all rain water runs down-hill in a proper and legal manner on the campus.

The Board studies and approves_ expenditures, worries about roads, curbing, insurance, and equipment. It does its bit to keep the professors happy in their work, leaving it to the professors to pass said happiness on to their students.

Four members of theBoardofControl act as an ~xecutive board, meeting more frpquently and looking after details. The entire Board membership meets two or three times a year to determine policy and make the major decisions.

Opinions on the Board's batting average vary. The members ask only that they be granted B+ for effort and an A for good intentions. Note to all students: If you do as well in these departments, all the household well shall fare.

P. S. Better check on this with your class advisor.

With a certain amount of pride, and, we believe, justifiable pride, we make bold to say that visitors on colleg~ hill have ever been favorably impressed by our college buildings, both as to their interior as well as- their exterior appearance and state of repair. We are not so sure that the same prevailed where our "highway system" and landscaping ·w ere concerned.

The roads, in recent years never mistakable for superhighways, had attained the status of rather dubious honor, "impassable. " Accompanying this was a gradual deterioration of the entire campus exterior.

In all fairness it must be said, that the situation was aggravated considerably by building operations and alterations in progress in late years virtually on all corners of the campus.

But all this has changed I The past summer has indeed witnessed a transformation, and a pleasing one. Thanks to a sizable bequesf received by the college recently, hard-surfaced roads were built over the entire campus. In addition to a complete loop around the building-complex, all buildings are now accessible by good approaches. At strategic points suitable parking areas, enclosed by concrete curbing, have also been provided.

Hand in hand with this fine road-improvement there also went a general beautification of the whole grounds. Much pruning was done on trees and shrubs, dead trees fell prey to the axe ·and the bulldozer, superfluous arboreal adornments were eliminated.

This, together with the grading· and seeding of many areas, has resulted in the removal of much of the former unkempt appearance and in better visibility to and from the vari:.. ous buildings, cont'd on page 3, col. 3

cont'd from page 3, col. 2 Along all the roadways have been placed · traffic signs to direct vehicles correctly and safely about · and through the campus.

Aware of the many who are unaquainted with the la.y of the land on college hill, markers have also been installed along the roads identifying and pointing out the different buildings. · We cannot close this article wlthout emphasizing the "wherewithal'' of these various improvements. All was done without depleting the synodical treasury as much as one mill. May the generous gifts. ·whidi" made this beautification possible be an incentive to others I Study Hour Between the dusk and the daylight, When night is beginning to lower, Comes a time in our .day's occupation That is known as our study hour.

I hear the boys in the hallway, And some coming down the stair, And I know from intuition Their reason for being there.

They whisper, and then they are quiet, Yet I know they have sealed my doom.

They pause for but a moment Before they storm my room.

A sudden rush from the doorway, And they shout for a cigarette.

They will pay me back on the morrow; They will, if they don't forget.

They almost demolish my Camels 1 And as I chase them away, The bell starts to ring for devotion-Comes the end of a perfect day.

READERS I Here is the list of business and professional men who make the MESSENGER possible. They deserve your patronage.

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Ou.tioolc jot ll11.Jlcet611.II .s'ea,on .High School The high school squad began a workout on Wednesday, October 22. Fifty-five boys reported to vie for berths on the team.

After one week's practice, Coach Oldfield cut the squad to thirty members, enabling him to get a better idea of the material at his disposal. A second cut was made after the mid-semester vacation. The squad now consists of twenty-two members who will make up the varsity and "B" team. Included on the team are five seniors, nine juniors, five sophomores, and three freshmen.

There is only one returning letterman from last year's squad. It is rather difficult to make any predictions as to the outcome of the season. If height is a rul.e to measure by, the team should be quite successful.

However, lack of experience will offset any advantage gained by height.

Sixteen games have been scheduled for the high school team.

Nov. 28---Trinity • Dec. 2---Sleepy Eye St. Mary's • 8---Gibbon " " 12---Shattuck • Jan. 13---Gibbon • " 17---Lester Prairie• " 23-- -Pillsbury " 31---Concordia • Feb. 3---Trinity 6---Lestt.: Prairie " " 10---Pillsbury • " 11---Bethany " 14---Concordia " 21---Shattuck " 24---Minnehaha • " 26---Bethany • • home games

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In the final game of the girls' softball tour·nament the eleventh grade defeated College III to win the championship. Third place honors went to the twelfth grade. They won from the _tenth grade.

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How to Get on Relief "I don't suppose you don't know of nobody who don't want to hire nobody to do nothing, . do you?"

College Tuesday, October· 21, marked the beginning of basketball practice for the college cage squa,d. The turnout' was rather disappointing. Onlyfourteen reported to Coach 9ldfield. The first week was spent chiefly in conditioning the athletes. Calisthenics were the main item during the practice sessions. Fundamental basketball skills such as passing, dribbling, pivoting, etc. were also on the agenda during the first two weeks.

After a brief vacation the squad is now hard at work on offensive and defensive drills in preparation for the first game on November 25. The outlook for this season may not be quite as bright as last year. There will not Je as much depth as on last ye.:.r's runnerup squad in the .Southern Minnesota Junior College Conference. However, six returning lettermea and several promising prospects from the high school squad and other 'high schools point to what should be a very successful season. The return of Don Hartwig last year's conference scoring leader and Rube Kramer, both regulars on last year's team, forms the backbone of the squad.

Other returning lettermen are Frank Kolander, Wally Voigt, Gary Schapekahm, and Marv Meihack. The r&mainder of the squad consists of: Le Dell Plath, Clifford Bucholz, Verlyn Fuhrmann, John Schibbelhut, Herbert Wilde, David Dummer, Victor Kaesmeyer, Donald Wendt, and Grant Gentz. Arvon Peter, 6-2 center of last year's hi~h school team, is out for the season with an injured leg, Coach Oldfield has eighteen games scheduled. Four non-conference games before Christmas will offer a fine tune-up for the squad before beginning the race for the s. M. J. C. c. cro1 vn after Christmas vacation.

The schedule is as follows: Nov. 25---Mankato T. C. "B" Dec. 1---Gustavus Frosh 5---Mankato T. C. "B" • " 9---Estherville " Jan. 9---Nothwestern Schools " 12---Austin *# " 17---Estherville • " 19---Worthington *# " 27---Rochester # " 31---Concordia *# Feb. 5---Worthington # 9---Gustavus Frosh • " 11---Bethany # " 14---Concordia # " 16---Northwestern Schools • " 20---Rochester *# " 26---Bethany *# " 28---Austm # • home games Ii conference games

* • • • • • • Teacher: Give the principal parts of the verb "swim. " Fred: Swim, swam, swum.

Teacher: Good! Now give me the principal parts of the verb "dim. " Fred: I'd rather not.

Teacher: What is your name, my boy?

New boy: Jule Johnson, sir.

Teacher: Julius, my boy, not Jule! You shouldn't spoil such a noble name as Julius I And what is your name, my boy?

Next boy (confused): Billious Swith. sir

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Merrily We Roll Along On the ·morning of October 14, many startled and inquiring glances were cast in the direction of the garage. Next to the garage stood a long, sleek-looking, red and white bus.

1'he interest and excitement increased when word passed around that the bus was the .property of .. the Athletic Department.

This bus was purchased so that there woulci" be no more cold and travei:-weary athlete5 returning from the teams' various jaunts.

The other bus was foun<l to be too small and inadequate for the purpose for which it was being used.

This 'new' bus is a 19·45 . Flexible coach. ~t is a regular interurban bus, seating 29 m upholstered, reclining bus seats. An additional six aisle seats can be added to ma\ce a, t«;>ta}. capacity of 35. The team equipment will be carried in th.a luggage compartment and all coats, hats, etc. , will be stowed in .racks inside the bus.

No longer will the fellows have to untangle tnemselves from blankets and coats an:i J_ump over equipment to get in and out ~f the bus.

Tennis Court Progress Noted The concrete tennis courts will be opened for play next spring! · Work is to start on this project as soon as possible. This means that two years of talking, planning, dreaming, and working will be over. Remember the origi11al plan of two student constructed courts?' Of construction that was to start last fall? Of many_other ideas?

On October 11, Contractor John B. Kraus & Son signed a contract for the construction of . FOUR concrete courts. The contractor hopes to have at least part of the work done this fall.

There are various reasons for the changed plans. First, the bid for construction was only slightly higher than the original estimate of student constructed courts. Second, thanks to the students, alumni, and friends of the college we have $2233. 96 on hand.

Third, the inheritance of the Athletic Department makes it possible to add to this figure.

The amount of money on hand is still ·short of $2500. With the start of construction we hope that any who have not been able to help financially will be encouraged to do so.

The fencing has been removed from around the old courts, and it was found that it cou Id be used for the new courts. Enough addi tional fencing was purchased (at a bargain price) to furnish all the back-stopping necessary for four courts.

So - everything is set to go as soon as the contractor moves in on the job.

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A general, returning home to his quarters late one night found a private crawling ar:o und under a lamppost outside the front door. "What are you looking for?" asked the general.

"I lost a half a dollar a couple of blocks down the street, " answered the private with a suspicious hie in his voice.

"If you lost it two blocks away, why in the world are you looking for it here?" asked the general.

"The light's better here." explained the private.

Mutt: What's the idea of eating with your knife?

Jeff: My fork leaks.

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Rhoda Kiekbu.sch News of the death of Rhoda Kiekbusch reached D. M. L. C. students Saturday, November 22.

Rhoda was born in Mil.Meapolis on January 21, 1932. She lived with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Breitlow, in Winona, Minnesota, where sh~ lattended grade school and her freshman year of high school.

Rhoda entered D. M. L. C. as a sophomore in 194·6~ She was graduated from the high school department in 1949. After completing three years of Normal training, ~oda was graduated from D. M. L. C. on June 5, 1952.

She received a call to teach in Hoskins, Nebraska, where she taught for two months before she became sick. .

On November 2, Rhoda contacted polio and was taken to a hospital in Omaha, where she died November 22.

Her many friends and acquaintances attended the funeral which was held at St,. Martin's Church in Winona on November 2'5.

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Rehearsals have begun for the play, "The Tattletale," a comedy in three acts, to be given by the Luther Literary League sometime in February. Try-outs were held late in November and the cast was chosen by the president of L. L. L. , Gordon Synhorst, and his advisory board. Rehearsals are being held in the basement of Music Hall. Professor Sitz is the faculty advisor for the play. The cast is as follows: Patty ••••••••••••••••• Marie Raaths Mrs. Blaine •••••••• Carolyn Krueger Mr. Blaine ••••••••••••••• Alvin Sieg Isabel •••••••••••• Muriel Kraterfield Artie ••••••••••.••••••• Lloyd Tiegs Ida May ........•....... Joan Bartos Tod ••••••••••••••••• Darrel Knippel Paul Cummings ••••••••• Norman Dux Mr. Nixon •••••••••• Norman Stellick Mrs. Nixon •••••••••••••• Betty Buss Miss Wiggam •••••••••••• Ruth Rauch Walt Kennedy ••••• Bernard Hoodstead Louella ••••••••••••••••••• Pat Klug Monica •••••••••••••• Beverlee Haar Barney ••••••••••••••• Elroy Bartsch Mr. Whittaker •••••••••• Otto Schenk Mrs. Lorimer ••••••• Mary Niedfeldt Mr. Bixley ••••••• Frederick Blauert Hetty Heaton ••••••••••••• Irma Paap Quiz •••••••••••••• • ••••• Betty 1enz

CHRISTMAS at Dr. Martin Luther College New Ulm, Minnesota Tuesday, December 16, 1952 and Thursday, December 18, 1952 !lp,m.

College Auditorium Emil D. Backer Martin Albrecht Conductors O. W. Stelljes, Organist PROGRAM Pre-Service Organ Music .... 0, W. Stelljes Procession: Silent Night Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates The Christmas Story ••••••••••• F. Reuter Narration: D. Steinberg Organ: J. Jenswold Choir II: Shepherds, Awake I ............ K. Davis The Shepherds' Christmas Song ••••••••• Swiss Folk Song arr. by M. Luvaas Audience: Veni Emmanuel Organ: J. Jenswold Chorus: Beautiful Savior .... arr. F. Christianson To Shepherds Fast Asleep ...... K. Davis Away In a Manger ••••••••••• G. Schroth And the Glory of the Lord •••• G. Haendel Piano: Jeanette Backer Organ: From Heaven Above, •••••••• F. Peeters Karl Bauer Audience: Gott sei Dank durch alle Welt Organ: Karl Bauer Choir I: A Child is Born to Us This Day.........

J. Franck Cantata: All They From Saba Shall Come, gold and incense bringing, showing forth the praise of God••• J. Bach Christmas Cradle Song of the 14th Century .. arr. E. Bodenschatz Hosanna to the Son of God•••••••••••••• H. Willan

About 900 people attended the concert given by the Aeolians, Marlut Singers, and the D. M. L. C. Band Sunday, November 30, at 3:00 o'clock in tke college auditorium.

This was the first appearance of these organizations for this year. All numbers were well received and enjoyed by the audience, 'J'.he p~ogram follows: AEOLIAN CHORUS l. Beautiful Dreamer ••••••••••• S. FostaAccompanist: Myrna Kiecker 2. Why Do I Love You?.......... • J. Kern Accompanist: Naomi Nitz 3, Ten Little Indians ••••• arr. by M. & T. 1ohnson Accompanist; Bette Heil Directress: Grace Hilleman MARLUT SINGERS l. Ol'Man River ••••••••••••••••• 1. Kern 2. Summer Time •••••••••••••• Gershwin Accompanist: Otto Schenk 3, You'll Never Walk Alone Hammerstein-Rodgers Accompanits: Karl Bauer Otto Schenk Director: William Birshing BAND 1. Appollo March .. .. .. • .. .. .. K. L. King 2, Coriolan Overture ••• L. Van Beethoven 3. Clarinet Solo: Somnambula. E. Thorntm Lenore Haefner 4. March of the Leaden Soldiers ••• Pierne· 5. Under the Double Eagle March 1, WlgnEr

6. Overture: The Beautiful Galatea F. Von Suppe 7. The Wizard of Oz Fantasy Harburg-Arlen 8, The American Red Cross March L. Panella

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Combined Choirs: Angels We Have Heard on High ......... .

Traditional 0 du froehliche ................. Sicilian Hallelujah Chorus, •••••••••• G. Haendel Organ: Otto Schenk Recessional: Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful ~e 1953 Excelsior is being planned with you In mind, To obtain a copy, please send $2. 50 to the Excelsior business manager together with a complete mailing address We would like to have all orders in by Mar ch 1.

Your copy will be mailedas soonas it is off he press, 0

Christmas Greetings ••• Prof, C, Schweppe Audience: In dulci jubilo Organ: W. Birsching

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Progress

EDITORIAL

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God, the Triune God, in the beginning, prompted by love, made man in His own image. When man, however, disregarded God's universal good will by falling into sin, God still showed a desire for companionship with man. He manifested His desire by the numerous promises and blessings He show, ered upon man. Man's belief and acceptance, by the will of God, the Holy Spirit, of these many promises, offered an avenue of approach toward God, proffered salvation for man. Faith in the advent of the Messiah provided a way for Old Testament believers to regain the image of God, to secure a heaven-willed companionship with God, The entire joyous Christmas message has been expressed adequately in these words: " That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinner s ." Many Messianic prophecies were fulfilled in the lowly birth of our Savior the advent of our glorious King of Kings and Lord of Lords. As an expression of His gracious good will, God sent Christ Jesus to save us, to serve us as an advocate between God, the Father, and us. Thus, God makes possible our companionship with Himself.

The ultimate goal for which all happenings on earth occur is to glorify God. We read in Luke 2:20 that the shepherds glorified and praised God for all the things they had heard and seen. Each Christian ought to ally himself with, the shepherds of Bethlehem to sing the praises of the new-born humble but mighty personal Savior, Jesus. The fruits of a living faith in Jesus, however , a re expressed also in other ways than only by singing. The assiduous application of existing talents in the work of the kingdom of Christ glorifies God. But what work might I, a poor child, student, laborer or business man offer for Christ's Kingdom?

Cheerful readiness to tell the good news, the glad tidings, of salvation in Christ, diligent application to learn how to better proclaim the joyous Christmas message, and giving and saving to support the spread of this marvelous Gospel message- -these are ways of glorifying God. Every action and deed of a Christian man show his submission to God and thereby glorify God. Some among you might complain, " But I am too old; I cannot earn, work, or sing to glorify my Savior King." God supplies the answer for you, "The effectual fervant prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

Is the joyful Christmas message of salvation in Christ within you? Is it a part of your being? If this be true, God be praised; the evidence will show itself. More joyful telling of the Gospel news will result; more fer vant praying will take place. A farreaching spread of the Gospel will result.

God will not allow His Word to return void.

Gc •1 will not fail to answer prayer.

Henry sat squarely in the middle of the seat, clutching a brown paper bag and an umbrella that dripped. With his battered felt pulled tightly over his ears, his eyes half-closed under ragged brows, he loo\Q3d very much like a sleep} old owl, perched judiciously upon its branch. He dozed off , his body jerking against the swing of the crowded streetcar as it chugged along the glistening street; and his head sank heavily to his chest.

"Boomalacka! Boomalacka! Bow wow wow!"

A roar like the screeching of airbrakes burst into the streetcar: Henrv iumped to attention, rubbing his eyes, clearing his · throat, and str iking the aisle a sharp blow with his umbrella. A band of shrieking teenagers, apparently returning from a football game--a victorious football game, had boarded the streetcar and were snakedancing their way toward him, chanting something that sounded like the "Hawaiian War Chant" in Siamese. They swooped down upon the rear of the streetcar and proceeded to proclaim their undying devotion to their Alma Mater.

Henry's hand began to work upon the paper bag, in and out, out and in, while his umbrella dripped little droplets of water upon his gray overcoat.

"Harumph !" It came from the pit of his stomach, a solid harumph which combined righteous indignation with stern reproach, a harumph not to be taken lightly.

No one paid him the least attention.

"We had respect!" The words sputtered out of his mouth like exhaust from an old car. "Yessir, respect!"

The man seated next to Henry, a wellfed man with watery green eyes, stirred and flapped his newspaper back, folding it unevenly and slapping it into place against his knee.

"I say, we had respectl"--a little louder this time.

"U~ huh" came from behind the newspaper.

"Minded our folks! Never catch us sashaying around ••• " "Chickalacka !

Chickalacka I Chow!

Chow! Chow !"

The corner of Henry's cheek twitched, and his jowls snapped to attention.

"Listen to that, will you! Listen to it! " Um huh."

"Rah! Rah! Tech! Boom bah!"

A livid mask crept up from Henry's shirt collar and overspread his chin and mouth and forehead until it disappeared beneath the old hat. His umbrella became a blazing sword in his clenched hand; and the brown paper bag became a spiked mace, which might at any moment come to rest on someone's unsuspecting head. In his new role as Champion of Right, Henry addeda note of authority ot his voice, which was a piercing voice, but which croaked occasionally.

"There's a policeman on the corner," , Henry announced with vicious stress on each syllable; and as he spoke, he stared at the bobbing group with a stare that might possibly have paralyzed a rhinoceros or at least an exceptionally ferocious alley cat.

The streetcar sped past the policeman , who waved to the teenagers.

"V-I-C-T-0-R-Y, Victory! Rahl" "Harumphl" Henry was crestfallen, but the determination in his eyes did not falter for an in stant. He decided to try a new tactic.

"What's their school?" cont'd on page 3, col. 2

The decorating of rooms in Centennial Hall began early this year. Some rooms even have small Christmas trees decorated with colored lights.

The entertainment committee for the Christmas party at Centennial Hall worked hard to provide a varied program for the evening of December 9. The students frorrtown were invited to this party. The Centennial girls presented their matron, Mrs. Baur, withadesk lamp as a Christmas present.

With the coming of snow, winter, and Christmas, comes the disappearance of all things green, including money. The most common expressionseems to be, "I'm broke. " Just a few of the items on the expense ac count of D. M. L. C. students around thie time are dormparties, Christmaspresents, de c o r at in g the administration buildir,:~ cheerleaders' uniforms, and, of course, the canteen. A Christmas collection among among the students is to go to the Apache Indian Mission in Arizona.

The last Saturday in November was designated among the students as Sadie Hawkins' Day, That was the night when e .e girls treated the boys for once. In some instances, the girls took over all the gentlerr.anly obligations for the evening.

L. L. L. m':'mbers met on Monday evening, December 8, in the gym of the administration building for their annual Christmas party. A truth or consequences program with Bob Reusch as M. C. furnished the chief entertainment for the evening. A delicious lunch of cookies, ice cream, and chocolate milk was enjoyed by all. The party ended with the singing of Christmas carols. cont'd on page 3, col. 3

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December, I 952,

Th,e Announcement At 8:15 a. m. Chapel was over. It was time for the announcements. The professor rose slowly and with all seriousness said that his one and only announcement would be a big disappointment to everyone, Oh, why did this have to happen on a Monday morning, my hardest day of the week?

Didn't I have enough things to worry about, especially with a First-Aid test in the first period? Even now, visions of artificial respiration, the flow of the blood stream, broken bones, a;--_d other pictures connected with First-Aid were whirling in my head, Before the professor found the paper on which was this mysterious announcement, I took a glance about me, You would never believe it if I did11. 1 t write it down black on white right now, but the girls were sitting on the edge of their seats, only half daring to breathe, I even saw one girl cracking her gum at fifty miles per. Hope no one else did! The boys? Well, you know they never get excited about anything, except around October 15--dear old hunting season, I guess its mainly for squirrels at first, Which reminds me, I heard that one of our Tutors had some very good luck on one of the first Saturday's of the hunting season, But I wanted to say ~hat even the boys, though they tried their hardest not to show it, were just a mite excited, or shall I say curious, too.

How well I remember that day--the sun was shining, oh so beautifully, ti. :ough the chapel ;;indows, and the wind was blowing the leaves in all directions.

It seems to me that a vacation, just time enough for a few extra winks, should be coming along soon, Which reminds me that there's something tliat I wanted to tell you, How did I ever get off on a tangent like this? I mustn't do such a thing, Well, anyway, this professor finally located the valuable piece of paper with the announcement, I can still see him--funny, how one remembers the little th ·n::i;s at a time like this, but he finally cleared his throat and said, "Boys and girls, "--no, I think that he said Ladies and Gentlemen--. Oh, before I go on, it might interest you to know that he had on a blue and red tie this Monday morning, (As if the tie had anything to do with the announcement). Forgive me for adding this extra information before I went on. "Ladies and Gentlemen, I deem it necessary to make the following announcement," Even I was becoming jumpy by this time, I'd forgotten entirely what color our blood was, and Coach would be sure to ask that question, Woe is me! Oh yes, the announcement. "You see, it is this way; it has been decided that November 5 to November 10 is a mid-sa)• 1-;c:er holiday." Oh heavens, my ears were deceiving me again, Did he say the 5th?

Thank goodness he repeated the dates, (He must have read my thoughts), I wish you could have heard it--1 mean the way the students expressed their happiness.

I think that you know what I mean, What that one word, "vacation," doesn't seem to mean, Ever since that memorable Monday morning, no matter where you may be, you hear those famous words, "Are you going home November weekend?"

I know what youfre thinking--yes, maybe I did exaggerate a wee bit, but I had to write an article and I had to fill up the space somehow, and, well, you know the rest, But I do know one thing and this is no exaggeration--! think that this vacation is .going to be mighty wonderful, and I'll come back ready to start digging the facts out of the books again, cont'd on page 3, col. 2

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cont'd from col. 1 P. s. I hear that another First-Aid test is due I Hope that "Christmas announcement" is made rather suddenly l l

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cont' ci from page 2, col. 2 "Hm? Whatsit? What say?" growled the gentleman with the newspaper.

"School! School! What's their school?"

Henry shouted above a triple-clap locomotive.

"Oh! Don't know." The gentleman returned to the Dodgers.

"Harumph!"

"Rah, rah, rah! Rah, rah, rah l Rah, rah, rah! Team!"

Henry prepared to launch a counterattack, but just as he had formulated a new strategy, the teenagers paraded out of the streetcar with an emphatic "Rah I Team l Fight! " thrown behind them for good measure, "Jest the way to give their school a good name." Henry's tone had suddenly acquired the sarcasm of a slightly exhausted Voltaire,, He poked his companion in the ribs, chuckling at his own cleverness.

The fellow grunted and stuffed his newspaper into his pocket with an unusually abrupt movement. He squeezed past Henry and waddled out of the streetcar. Henry moved over to the window seat; the woman who had been standing in the aisle sat down next to him.

Henry sat quietly for a few moments, snorting occasionally to himself; but gradually the red in his eyes turned to misty gray.

He dozed off, his body jerking against the swing of the crowded streetcar as it chugged along the glistening street; and his head s~k heavily to his chest.

* * * * * * * Lloyd : " Are you sleeping, Rol ?"

Rol: "No." Lloyd: "Can I borrow five bucks from you?''

Rol :_ " I'm sleeping,"

Page_ 3 cont'd from page 2, col, 3 As the Christmas season came nearer, occupants of the men's dormitory were welcomed in the morning by the playing of Christmas records. The dormitory's radio genius had devised a large loudspeaker in the 3rd floor hall which boomed forth the carol music loud enough to be heard throughout the building.

An addition has been made to the equipment of the Messenger and Excelsior Staffs.

They have jointly purchased a press camera for the use of both staffs in obtaining pictures for the two publications. The camera is a Busch Pressman and is capable of using shutter speeds up to one four-hundreth of a second. The flash unit, also purchased, will make possible many good action shots, The II and III Year College classes · were again given the job of decorating the halls and auditorium of the Administration Building, for the Christmas programs, Several weeks before the concerts, members of each class were occupied with the planning and carrying out of the plans for the decorating.

The student body has again chosen cheerleaders for the high school and college departments. The high school cheerleaders for this year are Evangeline Heschke, Bernice Boelter, and Phyllis Tews. Those for the college are Marjorie Fairchild, Don Holzhueter, and Loran Schulz. They have all obtained their uniforms and in games to date have proved successful in leading the crowd in cheering.

Congratulations to Miss Myrna Zander' H. S. '51, and Stanley Wilson, Bismarck, N, D. , who were united in marriage on Dec, 29th at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Mandan, N. D, · The Rev. Paul Kuehl officiated. Marion Brandt, a fellow classmate .and II Normal at D. M. L. C. traveled to N, D. during the Christmas vacation to be her maidof-honor.

rtEADERS ! Here is the list of business and professional men who make the MESSENGER possible, They deserve your patronage.

A. A. L. (W. Trettien) Backer's Pharmacy H. Baumann Agency Ben Franklin Store Brown and Meidl Music Store Citizens' State Bank Coronet Jewelers Eibner and Son Eichten' s Shoe Store Epple· Drugs Ernst Eyrich Plumbing and Heating Farmers' and Merchants' Bank R. Fesenmaier, Inc. Fischer Auto Co. Forster's, Inc. Dr, G. J. Germann, Opt. Gislason and Reim Grundmeyer' s Barber-Beauty Shop Harolld' s Shoe Store Henle Dru~s Herberger s Herzog 1-'ubli'shing Co. Dr. Charles L. Hintz Hubby's Barber Shop Charles Janni and Co. Kemske Paper Co. Koehler Barber Shop Lang's Master Barber Shop Leuthold-Neubauer Clothing Co. Lindemann Shoes Meyer Studio W. O. Moll, Plumbing and Heating Muesing's National Cafe New Ulm Brick and Tile Yards New Ulm Dairy New Ulm Greenhouses

New Ulm Grocery Co. New Ulm Theaters Nicklasson Athletic Co. Nieno Studios A. C. Ochs Brick and Tile Co, Ochs' "Bee Hive" Olson Drugs Oswald's New Ulm Laundry Oswald Studio Palace Lunch Pat's Cleaners, Edwin Meyer J. C. Penny Co. Pink's, "The Friendly Store" Reim and Church Jewelers Reliable Drugs Retzlaff Hardware Retzlaff Motor Co. Salet Dept. Store Schleuder' s Schnobrich' s City Meat llfarket Schuck's Tailors Lloyd E. Schwartz, D. D.S. Dr. A. V. Seifert Service Print Shop Shake' s 'c1ea·n ers Silver Latch Cafe Sornsen and Sornsen Spelbrink' s Clothing Store State Bar.k of New Ulm Stoltenburg Motor Co. Tauscheck and Green Clothing Co. Tillman Bakery Ulrich Electric Ors. H. Vogel and M. Oppen Ernest C. Vogelpohl, Pipe Organs Dr. W. J. Von Bank, D. D.S. Weneeda Bakery

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December -I 952

Baslcet&all Gustavus Frosh

Mankato State Teachers For the first home game of the season, the college team met the Mankato State Teachers . reserves on December 5. The Mankato team again had too much height and depth of reserves for the Hilltopper five and came out on the long end of the 63-60 score. The I . Luther boys were really clicking in the first ! ; quarter andjumped to a six point lead at the end of that period. They still held a slim one point lead at the intermission. The · third quarter saw Mankato pull into the lead which they kept the rest of the game. The all-round performance of the Hilltoppers was much improved in respect to the first two games. They finally seemed to hit their stride and should start winning a few games. Hartwig led the scoring with nineteen points. Kramer was close with eight. teen.

Mankato (63) FG FT FTA PF TP Brockman.......... 1 O 0 0 2 Loewen .•.. .••.••.. O 2 4 2 2 Osborne ••••••••••• O O 0 1 0 Miedtke. • • • • • • • •• • • 3 1 2 0 7 Ulman........ . . . . . 1 2 2 0 4 Rome •••••••••••••• 2 4 6 1 6 Hahn.. . • • • • • • • • • • • 1 1 1 1 3 Hubbard. • • • • • • • • • • 8 3 5 1 19 Frerichs. • • • • • • • .

3 2 3 3 8 Welker...... • • • • • • O O 0 0 0 .Frank......... . . . . 0 4 8 2 4 Groth.......... • . •• 2 2 2 2 6 Fowler ............. O O 0 0 0 Spoo............... 1 O 0 0 2 Totals 22 21 33 13 63 Luther (60) FG

Hartwig............ 9 Kramer ..••....••.•. 9 · Kolander. • • • • • • • • • • 2 Schapekahm. • • • .. • • 2 Schibbelhut • • • . • • • • 0 Meihack..... • • • • • • 1 Gentz.............. 1 Voigt.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Totals 25

FT FTA FF TP 1 5 5 19 O 2 O

1 2 1 3 10

31 30

45 48

3 1 4 1 3 0

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Luther ••••••••• 20 Mankato ••••••• 14

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A Hint He: There was something I wanted to say ' to you, but I forgot what it was.

She: Was it "Good night?"

On December 1, the college team traveled

to St. Peter to play the Gustavus Frosh.

The trip again proved to be unsuccessful as Luther lost a close 48-47 decision after leading most of the ga.me. The boys never seemed to hit their stride and when the lads from Gustavus began hitting, they became tense and began to throw the ball away. The Gusties kept pegging away at the Hilltoppers' lead and finally over came it in the final minute of the game. They then held on to the one point margin to give them the decision. Hartwig led the Luther scoring with fifteen; Kolander was second with ten points.

Luther (47) FG FT FTA PF TP Hartwig.. • • • • • • • • • • 6 3 6 0 15 Kolander. • • • • • • • • • • 5 0 0 2 10 Wilde.............. 1 2 3 0 4 Kramer • • • • • • • • • • • 0 1 1 1 1 Schapekahm • • • • • • • • 3 2 2 0 8 Meihack. • • • • • • • • • • 2 0 0 2 4 Gentz ••••••• , • , • , • • 1 0 2 1 2 Voight, , • , , • , • , • , • , 1 1 2 0 3 Schibbelhut,. • • .. .. • 0 0 0 3 0 Totals 19 9 16 9 47 Gustavus Frosh (48) FG FT FTA PF TP Tjosvold .••• , , • , • , , 4 1 2 2 9 Praschek .. ~ • • • .. .. 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 3 Schwarze . ........ . 1 0 0 2 0 Christgau, • , , , •• , 0 0 0 1 8 Buendorf, •• , • , , , • , 4 Carpenter, • , •••• , •• 1 0 0 2 2 Anderson. • • • • • • • • 4 1 3 0 9 0 1 0 2 Bergen ... ~ ..•.... . 1 0 2 2 2 Musser .....•...... 1 1 1 0 7 Roberts •• ••••••••• 3 1 2 0 1 Beystrom ......... . 0 0 0 1 2 Schlefski, , • , • , , • , • 1 21 6 14 10 48 Totals Luther. , , , •• , • 12 24 36 47 Gustavus •••• ,. 7 21 34 48

Sleepy Eye The Preps were again beaten during the fourth period in their game with Sleepy Eye, on December 7, In both games they have played, they've been beaten in the final minutes. Sleepy Eye got the lead after about four minutes in the fourth period and tried to stall. Luther couldn't regain the lead.

High scorer for the evening was Bob Hart• wig of Luther with twenty-two points, Sell• ner of Sleepy Eye was next high with eighteen points.

Luther B lost the prelim 34-28, Arvie Kramer was high for the B team with nine points.

Sleepy Eye (48) FG FTA FT PF TP Sellmer.,.,.,,,,,,. 6 8 6 2 18 2 1 4 Ludwig •••••• , • , •• , 1 4 1 4 7 6 Appel, ••••••••••• ,, 3 1 0 1 Kelley.. . . . . . • . . . • . 0 2 3 1 11 Savage............. 4 9 Rosseth, , •••• , •••• , 3 1 1 0 7 8 4A Totals 17 30 14 Luther (45) FG FTA FT PF TP 4 4 22 Hartwig •••••••• ,... 9 6 0 3 10 Kramer............ 5 2 3 2 9 Braun... . . • • . . . . . . 3 4 0 3 0 Ponath............. 0 0 2 3 2 Panning............ 0 3 0 4 2 Bentz.............. 1 0 0 0 0 Watschke •••••• , • • • O 0 Totals 1B 15 9 19 45

Shattuck The Preps lost their fourth game of the season to a fair Shattuck club on Thursday, December 11, The Preps started good, only trailing by three at the end of the first quarter, The third quarter was the only other time that they looked pretty good. During the second and fourth quarters the Preps couldn't do a thing right, while Shattuck played about the same through the entire game.

Bob Hartwig and Arnie Braun were high · for Luther with ten and nine points respectively.

Kelly of Shattuck was high for the evening with eighteen points. Second high for ,Shattuck was Eckles with ten.

This was the last game for the Preps before Christmas. We're hoping that after Christmas they'll get out of their losing slump and start up a winning streak• Luther (33) FG FTA FT PF TP Kramer, ••••• , •• , •• · 3 O O O 6 Hagen. • • • • , • • • • • • • 0 4 1 0 1 Braun ••••••••• , • • • 4 2 1 1 9 Tomhave •••••••••• , 0 2 0 0 0 Hartwig •• ,.,....... 4 7 2 4 10 Ponath, • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 1 1 O 3 Bentz, •••• , • , • , • , • • 2 2 0 2 4 Watchke, ••••• , • • • • 0 0 0 0 O Panning •• , •••• , , • • • 0 0 0 1 0

14 Shattuck........ 11 Luther ••• , •••• , 8

17 6

15 13 12

5 15 7

8 33 56 33

Gibbon Gibbon's fast-breaking team was to much for the Preps. The first quarter was close, but from there on in it was Gibbon the rest of the way.

There were forty-seven fouls called in the game of which twenty-seven were called against Luther, Three of the Preps who started, fouled out shortly after the half, Gibbon's scoring was well balanced. High men for Luther were Don Kramer and Jerry Bentz each having eleven.

In the prelim, Luther B's lost their second game 39-31. Orvie Kramer was high for the B's with nine points.

Gibbon (58) FG FTA FT PF TP Eckert,,........... 5 3 1 1 11 Micke, •• , , ••• , • • • • 1 0 0 2 2 Isakson, •••• , •• , • • • 3 13 4 2 10 Hager, , , • , , • , , • • • • 2 4 1 0 5 Olson, • , • , •• , , , • , , • 2 3 1 3 5 Lentz ••• ·•••••• , • • • • 1 2 1 0 3 B. Stadtherr .. , • • .. 2 14 6 4 10 0 0 2 0 Kent, ••• , ••••• , , • • • 0 P. Stadtherr,, ••••• 5 3 1 5 11 Dahl. , , ••••• ; • • • • • • 0 2 1 1 1 ToWs 21 44 16 20 58 Luther (44) FG FTA FT PF TP 4 5 10 5 Kramer............ 3 4 2 0 2 Tomhave........... 0 1 4 7 4 Braun... . . . . ... . . • . 3 1 1 3 Ila.gen. • • • • • • • • • • • 1 2 2 1 5 5 Hartwig..... . . . . . • 2 1 1 0 3 Ponath............. 1 2 4 10 6 Bentz.............. 4 1 2 3 4 Voigt. . . . • . . . . . • • • • 1 1 5 1 3 Panning • ••••••••• ·• • 0 0 1 0 Watchke •• , ••• , • • • • 0 0 ToWs 15 31 14 27 44 Gibbon ••••••• 11 Luther •• ,, •• , 10

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Student Union Organized Io PteJent Play

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The cast for the senior class play, "The Big Help, " has begun its rehearsals with Professor Sitz as the faculty advisor and Katherine Fitschen as director. The play, a three-act comedy, is to be given sometime before Easter vacation. Try-outs were held on January 26, an::l the cast was chosen

by Professor Sitz and Katherine Fitschen, and three other members of the senior class.

The cast is as follows: Father •••••••••.••• Arthur Hackbarth Mother •••••••••• Eloise Bauermeister Janet ••••.•....•••••••• Gwenith Duin Jackie •.•.••••..•.••.• Anita Gensmer Claude •••••••••••••••• Richard Boese Gertrude •••••••••.•• Johanna Seemann Bob, ••••••.••••••••.••• John Schultz Gail ••.•••••.••.••••.. Elroy Bartsch Joe ••••••..•.•.•.•••• Victor Vandrey Dodie •••••••••••.•••••. Mona Ruesch Miss Simms ••••••••••••• Judy Thiede Welfare League man •••• Harlan Hagen

All9etlan AfiJJlon ·0n Monday evening, February 2, Missionary Edmund Baer gave a lecture in the college auditorium on his experiences as a teacher in our Nigerian mission field. As he lectured, he showed colored slides which illustrated conditions and some of his experiences in the mission. Missionary Baer also had examples of native handicraft, such as carving and weaving. A freewill offering was taken for the benefit of the Nigerian mission.

Mr. Baer had been on furlough from Nigeria and had been attending school at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter during his leave. He also did some practice teaching at our college. On February 9, Mr. Baer began his journey back to Nigeria, where he will resume his work in the mission.

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Rev. A. B. Habben has agreed to ente, int1_ the work of a new mission field opene:.! to our synod, in Rhodesia. Rev. Habben hac been serving as pastor of our congre ·, ation in Hastings, Nebraska, until February 8, when he delivered his farewell sermon tn that congregation. At the present time, Rev. Habben and his family are making the necessary preparations before leaving for Rhodesia on June 5 of this year.

The Reverend Habben is a '36 graduatt: of the high school department of D. M. L. C.

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A lar ;e audience attended and enjoyed the Community Concert Association's presentation of Ossy Renardy, a violinist, at the New Ulm High School auditorium on Tuesday, January 27.

Ossy Renardy, one of the most brilliant violinists of the day, is equally famous in Europe and America. He is the owner of the fabulous Guarneri del Gesu violin, made in 1743, called the "Cannon Joseph." It is said to have belonged to Paganini., Born in Vienna, Renardy' s musical gifts were discovered when he was only five. He came to the U.S. in 1937 and soon made this country his own. In 1939 he stirred attention by his performance of the entire twenty-four Paganini Caprices. The war interrupted his career. During the four years that he served in the U.S. army, he played over four hundred concerts for his fellow G. I. 's. Since then he has appeared under several orchestras and has toured ,Europe and Israel.

The audience especially enjoyed Renardy' s playing of "Caprice in D," "Lieblesleid," and "Carmen Fantasy." The latter· was edited by Renardy himself, and is famous for its brilliance and technical invention.

Not until Renardy played several encores was the applauding audience satisfied.

Three • Chopin piano solos were so well played by Eugene Helmer, piano accompanist, that the audience demande.d an encore.

Music Hall Basement Chosen As Si-te:

Blood Mobile In New Ulm

Restoring anergy arter d,: n .. ting blood

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students· answered the plea of the American Red Cross and donated a pint of blood, The donor station was- located in the New Ulm High School. Many students were donors for the first time while others had donated blooc in 1252 when the R ·d Cross also had a blood IPObile in New Ulm.,

Early in January, ·a smallgroup of students approached the faculty with suggestions for a proposed student recreation center to be organized on the D. M. L. C. campus. This proposed Student Union was to be available to students of the twelfth grade through college. Because of its central location on the campus, the basement room of the Music Hall was chosen as the proposed site. After a tentative constitution and plan of student operation met with the approval of the faculty, the suggestion was brought before all those to whom the recreation center would be available. Enough students favored the idea · to warrant the organization of a temporary board of officers. In. a meeting held- on January 20, Gene Hoyord, a college junior, was chosen as temporary chairman. Bernhard Hookstead was elected vice-chairman, and Mary Niedfeldt became the secretarytreasurer. In a meeting on February 2, these same officers were elected permanently.

Mr. Hoyord appointed students to act on three committees: namely, a constihii:ion committee for the framing of a constitution; a properties committee for the purpose of purchasing furnishings and other necessities for the Union; and a committee to work with the faculty committee. Members of the faculty committee are Professors Oldfield, Hoenecke, and Sitz. At a meeting on January 29, a constitution drawn up by the con-: stitution committee was adopted by the members of the Union.

Prospective members receive their membership cards when they pay $1. 00 as entrance fee. A good share of the more than $150. 00 already received ..!_la.:, been used for the purchase of a radio-phonograph combination, several card tables, and some second-hand furniture.

A Student Union of some kind has been the dream of D. M. L. C. students and faculty for many years. With the assistance and co-operation of all, this dream will become a reality within a ·iew Jays when the Union will be opened for the enjoyment and recreation of D. M. L. C. students during their leisure hours.

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A Little Goes A Long Way

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Here is a recipe that could be very desirable if the proper appetite is present.

The ingredients are one enthusiastic and co-operative student body, several capable leaders, an adequate constitution, co-operation of the faculty, the raising of needed funds, physical effort, and proper space made available. The procedure is to combine ail of the ingredients into one large con-· tainer and keep them brewing over a hot flame so they will not cool nff until l he entire preparation,is completed. The result is one successful student recreation center where students may gather to chew and to chat, and entertain themselves during their spare time. Try this recipe and it surely will satisfy your appetite for enjoyment.

The constitution is drawn up, and the cooperation of the faculty is assured. The other ingredients are in existence and now must be made available. It finally will depend upon the co-operation of those who are interested.

The space available is the music hall basement. This spot has been inspected by a committee which reported that it can be improyed enough to provide space for the beginning of the recreation center. Because of limited space, the membership must also be limited. Those who will be able to join in the beginning will be merrbers of the 12th grade to the third-year college students inclusive. A fee of one dollar is required of each to enable the club to procure necessary furniture and ·i:m.provements.

Charter members expect the membership to grow as the project progresses. Such growth would mean that new space would eventually have to be made available--requiring a separate building which could house the proper facilities. For this reason the interest of the alumni and friends of the College will be required. In the future we are looking forward to an organized student recreation center on our college campus.

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Teacher in grammer class: " Willie, please tell me what it is when I say I love, you love, he loves, etc."

Willie: " That's one of them triangles where somebody gets shot. "

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" Do you know what good clean fun is?" " No, what good is it? "

Jack Of All Trades "I lead the choir, play organ in church, In every committee I have a perch.

I coach the play and sweep the school, Doing the job of a hard- working mule.

I take care of the furnace, am called on to speak, In charge of young people once every week.

At picnics and programs I'm a handy tool, And--Oh, Yes! I almos t forgot--! also teach school.

In our world of today we are constantly faced with the element of time. There usually is some time limitation which must be met in all phases of life, whether one is a student, laborer, agriculturalist, or professional person. In order to keep things on time many people have their own timetable which limits a certain amount of time for each task. Every man seems to have certain tasks which he must finish before he can go to his daily labor. Among these tasks is the daily chore of shaving. Just how much time does a man use for shaving?

The average man must shave at least once every day, and oftentimes twice a day. No matter what type of shaving device he employs it will take him approximately five to eight minutes to complete the task. We will say that the average shaving time is six minutes a day. In one week a man would then spend forty-two minutes, or in one year, 36 hours and 24 minutes just for shaving.

Today the average length of a man's life in the United States is 63 years. Most men are shaving quite regularly by the age of 16, so that means he shaves over a period of 47 years. In these 47 years he then spends 71 days , " hours, and 12 minutes for just shaving. Where does a man spend much of his time? Now you know the answer in part.

St. Valentine's Day Aredheart, abouquet offlowers, cupids, arrows, bows, and bits of lace. Put these together and you have a valentine. But have ym~ ever thought of the origin or true meaning of the custom of giving valentines?

St. Valentine's Day takes its name from two martyrs named St. Valentine, who lived in the third century and died on the same day, February 14. The one was a priest at Rome and the other a bishop in Umbria To us St. Valentine's Day is a lover's day but this perhaps arises chiefly from th; approaching spring rather than from any connections wi.th the saints.

One account of its origin is that the St. Valentine of Rome, having been imprisoned, sent messages to his dear ones signed "Your Valentine." Some also say that one of these saints went from house to house, leaving gifts of food on the doorsteps of the poor.

Still another explanation is that this festival dates back to the celebration of the Roman Lupercalia, February 15. With the coming of Christianity, the name and the date were changed.

What about the meaning of a Valentine?

Ask any girl. She'll probably giggle, blush, and look coyly away. Yet it seems this festivalshouldmean more than just sending gushy or comic valentines. A true valentine should come from the heart, expressing kind remembrance, pure, unaffected love, affection and joy, a token of everything dear to you and someone close to you.

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A rookie, on his first guard duty, halted the officer of the day for routine recognition.

"What would you have done if J h dn't halted?" the officer asked.

"Why, I'd have called the Corpo ·al of the Guard, sir. " "Oh, no, you wouldn't. What would you have done?"

"Yes, sir, I'd have called the Corporal to help haul your dead car cass away."

Approximately two-thirds of the student body took advantage of the long semester week end of January 23-25 by leaving the campus for a short holiday. A few of the students even traveled as far as Wisconsin A movie was shown in the auditorium Sat: urday evening for those who stayed in New Ulm. The picture was "Dark Victory " starring Bette Davis, ' The weather co-operated in making the week end more pleasant for those interested ~ outdoor sports, The ice on the skating rmk below College Hill was in good shape for the many skating enthusiasts, A few students even risked life and limb by tobogganing on the hills surrounding the campus.

A surprise farewell party was given for Ruth Kleinke on Monday evening, January 26, by a group of twenty-five friends. The party was held in the small dining room, and "Bunko" was played, follow ed by a light lunch.

Ruth left D. M. L-. C. on Januar) 28 to teach at Garden Homes School in Milwaukee She will teach gra.d es two, three, and fou~.

Flu has agam struck, forcing many helpless victims to bed. At one time as many as twenty-eight trays were being prepared three times daily for the bedridden, This year's flu epidemic wasn't quite so bad as last year's epidemic, however. Almost all patients have made speedy recoveries.

On January 18 Professor E. Backer was taken to the Union Hospital in New Ulm to undergo surgery. All classes with Prof, Backer were cancelled during his absence.

Choir I, of which Prof, Backer is the director, presentedhim with a long-playing record of a Bach Easter cantata. This same cantata was sung by the D. M. L. c. choir in 1951. cont'd on page 3, col. 2

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The aim of "The Messenger'' is to of.fer such material as will be beneficial as well as interesting to our readers, to keep the alumni in a closer contact with the college and to foster schcxx spirit.

Editor ·······························-······················· Arden Wentzel Managing Editor ········-····························· Allen Treichel Ass'ts.: G. Hoyard, D. Knippel News Editor ···········-································-··· Naomi Nitz Reporters: K. Wagner, B. Buss, 0 . Schenk, M. Baer Feature Editor ···········-··············-··--··· Grace Hilleman Reporters: G. Beckmann, N. Voecks Sports Editor .......................................... Howard Wessel Reporters: M. Fairchild, T. Pelz!

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P . Klug, M. Niedfeld, E. Pydynkowski

February 1953

Exercise Can Be Fun Someday some one will realize the need of an old peoples' home for students of D. M. L.C. By this I don't mean to say that they are really old people, but because of lack of exercise, their bones creek and refuse to move at the old age of thirty-five.

How many times have you heard this remark (speaking of girls), "I walked downtown this afternoon and I'm just dead tired "?

Imagine being so weak that walking eighteen blocks calls for a remark like that. Some people seem to think that walking three times to the dining hall, to classes, and maybe to the music hall in one day is enough to keep them physically fit and healthy.

Those of you who don't look forward to sitting in a rocking chair had better start exercising those valuable bones of yours instead of saying, "Oh, I can't play basketball because I have a sore throat," or because of a million reasons, feeble enough to put in a joke column. If you would just build up enough determination to try such invigorating sports as basketball, tennis, skating, or even merely going for a brisk walk once in a while, you might find that you would enjoy it.

Can it actually be that there are people who have never tried throwing a basketball when th,~y have every opportunity? You hear students :omplain about the lack of excitement, but just ment;n,: a:1y~hing the least bit strenuous, and y')u receive a unanimous refusal.

This i s also evident in our Phy. Ed. classes. The cooperation is often so poor that it is difficult to organize a game of basketball from a class of sixty girls.

You will find that if you try this for a "change," you will also be more mentally :i.wake when you return to your studies.

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cont'd from page 2, col. 3 D. M. L. C. lost four students at the end of the first semester. They are Marvin Rosenfeld, Robert Reusch, Ruth Kleinke, and Kathryn Judd. Three new students were added, how,aver. Marlys Hug, Austin, Minn., who attended D. M. L. C. previously, joined the juni.or class, and Edward Bloom, Hastings, Neb. , joined the senior class, and Patricia Herrian, New Ulm, joined the freshman college class.

Several D. M. L. C. students were privileged to hear the opera "Martha," given on Monday evening, January 26, at Lincoln School Auditorium in Mankato. This light opera, written in English by Flotow, was presented by the Mankato Opera Workshop.

Bertram Naumann, a former student at D. M. L. C ., sang a solo part in the opera.

David Ferdinand is the boy who's getting all the attention in the Schultz family. David made his grand appearance in May, 1952 to papa, Ferdinand and mama, Helen Berger 9 51. ' Mr. & Mrs. MarvinPydynkowski, '49, are the proud parents of a son, Charles Marvin, who made his arrival in May, '52.

Gerhard Birkholz, H. S. '45, is now a tutor _at Northwestern Lutheran Academy, Mobridge, S. D. Mr. Birkholz graduated from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Thiensville last May. Mavis Bethke, H. s. '52, was married to Peter Johnson of Nicollet, Minnesota, on November 22 at Hanska, Minnesota. . The address of Robert Hulke, H.S. '52, 1s now A/B Robert _Hulke, AF 17370748, Flight No. 319, 3289th Training Squadron Parks Air Force Base. California. ' I

Page 3 cont'd from col. 2 Mr. Frederick Mutterer, H.S. '45, was married on June 15, 1952, to Eleanor Hookstead, '48. On July 13 he was ordained and installed as pastor of St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church, Prescott, Wisconsin, and on July 20 as pastor also of Salem Ev. Luther an Church, Woodbury Township Minnesota Mr. Milton Spaude, H. S. •'44, is no; tutoring at Michigan Lutheran Seminary, Saginaw, Michigan.

Ivan Zarling, H. S. '44, was ordained and installed as pastor of Grace Ev. Lutheran Church, at Burke, s. D., on August 17, 1952.

The marriage of Rosella Arlene Harms, ex. '?3, to Mr, Gene Simons of Seattle, Washington, took place in St. lames, Mmnesota on November 29.

Mr. Gilbert Bunde, H.S. '45, and Hazel Baerwaldt of Beardsley, Minnesota, were married June 15, 1952. On July 6 Mr. Bunde was ordained and installed as pastor of the Crandon, Argonne, and Hiles, Wisconsin parish. ' Mr. William E. Strehl er, father of Arhold Strehler, ex. '50 died suddenly on October 13, 1952. Mr. Strehler worked as janitor at D. M. L. C. during 1947-48.

Warren R. Steffenhagen, H. s. '45 was united in marriage with Miss Mavis Sievert of Watertown, Wisconsin, on June 21, 1952.

On July 27 he was ordained and installed as pastor of St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church in Moline Illinois.

Arnold Strehler, '50, was united in marriage to Gerane Schumann, Mayer, Minnesota, on December 30, 1952. The ceremony was performed in Hollywood, Minnesota.

Mr. Strehler teaches at St. Matthew's School in A leton Wisconsin

Let's Pretend Have you ever wondered just what it would be like to be out on the floor instead of sitting on the sidelines during a basketball game? Well, let's pretend. Abra-ca-dabrah and you are now the star center of the Scoring Five on the night of their tussle with the Hot Shots. It's warm up time, and you try the many different kinds of shots, but somehow you're not doing so well. Hm, that makes five out of six that you've missed so far. You are consoled, however, for you know that a good player never does well until the real test comes. Confidently you follow "coach" from the dressing room where he has just delivered a most eloquent pep-talk. You enter the circle the whistle blows, and you jump, only to 'miss the ball by a tragic three feet. It's a close game, a real fight to the finish. The minute hand of the clock begins its fourth and las_t trip around the black and white face .

Thmgs are all tied up with a 30-30 score Here's your chance to right things with. the coach. You wrestle the ball from your opponents and dodge them as you dribble majestically down the floor. The crowd goes wild. You shoot and it is good. Just as you receive a cold, frigid glance from coach, the scoreboard is changed to ,.ead 32-30, in favor of the Hot Shots! Aren't you glad you're just you? ~~ similarity to a real game is purely comc1dentalJ

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Prof. to pupil: " In which of his battles was Gustavus Adolphus killed ? " . l'upil ( after reflection). -- " I think it was in his last battle. " The End of the Rope Here lies the body of Edison Barr, He learned to smoke on a five-cent cigar.

A. A. L. (W. Trettien) Backer's Pharmacy H. Baumann Agency Ben Franklin Store Brown and Meidl Music Store Citizens' State Bank Coronet Jewelers Eibner and Son Eichten's Shoe Store Epple Drugs Ernst Eyrich Plumbing and Heating Farmers' and Merchants' Bank R. Fesenmaier, Inc. Fischer Auto Co. Forster's, Inc. Dr. G. J. Germann, Opt. Gislason and Reim Grundmeyer's Barber-Beauty Shop Harolld' s Shoe Store Henle Dru!fs Herberger s Herzog Publishing Co. Dr. Charles L. Hintz, D. D.S. Hubby's Barber Shop Charles Janni and Co. Kemske Paper Co. Koehler Barber Shop Lang's Master Barber Shop Leuthold-Neubauer Clothing Co. Lindemann Shoes Meyer Studio W. O. Moll, Plumbing and Heating Muesing's National Cafe New Ulm Brick and Tile Yards New Ulm Dairy New Ulm Greenhouses

New Ulm Grocery Co. New Ulm Theaters Nicklasson Athletic Co. Nieno Studios A. C. Ochs Brick and Tile Co. Ochs' "Bee Hive" Olson Drugs Oswald's New Ulm Laundry Oswald Studio Palace Lunch Pat's Cleaners, Edwin Meyer 1. C. Penny Co. Pink's, "The Friendly Store" Reim and Church Jewelers Reliable Drugs Retzlaff Hardware Retzlaff Motor Co. Salet Dept. Store Schleuder' s Schnobrich' s City Meat Warket Schuck's Tailors Lloyd E. Schwartz, D. D.S. Dr. A. V. Seifert, D. D.S. Service Print Shop Shake' s Cleaners Silver Latch Cafe Sornsen and Sornsen Spelbrink' s Clothing Store State Bank of New Ulm Stoltenburg Motor Co. Tauscheck and Green Clothing Co. Tillman Bakery Ulrich Electric Ors. H. Vogel and M. Kaiser Ernest C. Vogelpohl, Pipe Organs Dr. W. J. Von Bank, D.D.S. Weneeda Bakery Dr. James R. Seifert, D. D.S.

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D.M1•.L•.C. Coge Report Austin Monday, 1anuary 12, marked the opening of conference play for the Luther five, Their first opponent was Austin, who had beaten DMLC twice last year (each time by one point) to win the conference title, The i:>oys were really "up" for this contest and proceeded to win by a 74-68 margin, The rebounding and the general play was that of a first-class biµl club. Four of the Luther squad scored in the double figures to present a balanced attack that was too potent for the Austin five, Hartwig garnered 20 points to lead the Luther attack, Voigt racked up 18 while Kramer had 15 and Meihack, 14.

After two and one-half weeks of Christmas vacation, the DMLC cagers took on the Northwest Bible School's five on the latter's home court on 1anuary 9. The vacation seemed to help the boys as they played o~e of their better games of the season in spite of the fact that they lost by a score of 7574, After a mediocre first half, the college five returned for the second half with a deter~ination to win. They out-.rebounded their oppommts of Minneapolis and in general played • heads-up ball, However, a lack of height, after Kramer and Schapekahm fouled out; proved to be too much of a disadvantage to them, and they never succeeded in closing the gap, Kolander led the Luther scoring with 19 points. Kramer was i::igh_t-benind with 17.

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On Monday, 1anuary 19, DMLC was host to Worthington in the second conference game of the season. Worthington was the only team besides Austin to defeat the Luther five last year. The boys were really fired up for the game and put on an exhibition of basketball playing that was a pleasure .to see. The Hilltoppers used the fast-break to deadly advantage. n was the scoring on several sleeper plays in the third period that broke the back of the Worthington team.

This victory put Luther on top of the conference standings with a 2-0 record, The scoring was again well distributed with four men hitting in the double figures, Hartwig was top with 23. Kramer netted 20, Voigt 16, 11nd Meihack 11.

Gibbon Their victory over Gibbon, the first victory for the .1:-reps this season, eomperisated for an earlier loss to Gibbon, A nip and tuck ball game from the very beginning, the Preps really made it a team victory since all but one player scored at least two points.

High men for Luther were Hartwig with 17 and Braun with 12. · The Luther "B's" also avenged an earlier ·1oss to the Gibbon "B's" by winning 36-35, It was a close game all the way.

A, Kramer was high for Luther with 17, and,for Gibbon Jt ,<1as Dahl with 15,

Rochester On January 27 the college team traveled

to Rochester to play its third conference game of the season, The trip proved to be disastrous as the .Qilltoppers lost the 63-54 decision and thereby dropped from the con·ference top spot. The game was far from being a top performance by the Luther five.

Although they were handicapped by a lack of height, the Hilltoppers did not make the best use of their offensive weapons. The boys held a three point lead at halftime and increased that lead to seven points early in the third period. The loss of Kramer and Schapekahm on fouls midway in the third period hurt the Luther cause severely. Rochester's big men then began to hit, and the Yellow-1ackets pulled into the lead never to be headed, Hartwig led the Luther scoring with twenty-six points while Voigt garnered twel••e.

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Concordhl Freps The Preps had a three-game winning streak broken by a fair Concordia team, Our boys held the lead the first quarter, but from there on they just couldn't keep up to the Concordia quintet, Twice during the second half the Preps got ·.vithin two points of the winners, but Concordia clinched the victory with 11 points to our 6, Bob Hartwig was again high for the I· reps with 15 points. Beck and Krentzke were high for Concordia High School with 15 and 13 points re~pectively.

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On January i·, LL,tiier ,;as host to the Zstherville five in a non-conference game. . Estherville with an exceptionally tall tean: took a 77 -68 victory for their second win over the Luther five, The Hilltoppers a~ai ,1. played a good game but simply would not cripJ : ·i.th Estherville's Weber who dum~ed in 30 poi.1ts. Hartwig led the losii1g cause with 17 points,

"Pillsbury Academy The rapidly improving prep squad won its third straight game by downing Owatonna's Pillsbury Academy, 58-38, They controlled the "slambang" game during the first half and had a 32-1 '7 lead at intermission.

In the thit:d quarter it proved to be the Cadet's turn, They climbed to within five points of the s,.1.:Jdenly cold preps. Luther stormed ahead again in the last quarter to gain a 20 point victory. Don Kramer and Bob Hartwig both netted 16 markers while Dick Hagen added 10, In the "prelim" the "B" squad took the decision 38-30 as Del £hlke rang up 19 points.

L .... ,. . ~1-:•:: :_~·ie The :Preps -_.-o.-., L1eil' second game of the season with Bob Hartwig leading the way wltt, 27 points. It was an impressive victory.

The first period ended in a tie, each tearr having 13 points, Diet~ Hagen, scoring 10 of the 13, kept the Preps in the game during that period, the next three periods Hartwig kept ther, :-~,, in front, Because the !-reps have now won both gan e;;; after Christmas vacation, it appears as if the vacation has helperi them get a fresh start.

FG FI'A FT PF ·Tl:· Hagen........... 5 ·4 1 1 11 A. Kramer. . • . • • 0 0 0 0 0 D. Kramer.. . • • • 3 10 2 4 8 Tomhave, • • . • • • • 1 0 0 O 2 Hartwig ......... 10 9 7 4 27 .Ponath.. .. .. .. .. 1 0 0 0 2 :i;anning. . .. . • • .. 0 6 2 0 2 Vc-igt, . • • • • • • . • • 1 1 1 2 3 Watchke .. . . .. .. 0 2 1 1 1 Be,;tz. . . . . . . . . • • 1 0 O 1 2 0 0 0 2 §::hlke. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Totals 23 32 14 13 60 I.ester Prairie •••••• 1:l 6 12 13-44 Luther ............. 13 13 13 21-80 .t.. ~-

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-.va::: u,1w1·app!.,g a parcel before his clas:3 .,hlch he explained to his pupils to be a fine specimen of a frog.- .

Upon disclosing t.vo sandwiches, a hardboiled egg, and a banana, he undauntedb, remar 'T P. 1, "But surely I ate rry lunch r• '

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* *do *you* think the poet Professor: *What meant when he said, "The substance of things h0ped for, the evidence of things unseen"?

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Tensely he bei,t over her. She had ope:•.ed her eyes. Lon 5 a,1d searchi.1:,;ly he loc 1: ed into them. HeJre,v closer, "Ah, the,·c'5 something in your eyes---" Quickly the doctor removeJ the c'.nder. * * * * •.

Winfield: "I think the first game of cricket started in London in the Eighteenth Century. '' Bernard: "Indeed! And what's the score now?"

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R·~•v_•J fl t1flltlJtJ On February lt, 1953, Dr. Martln 'Luther College received the sum of $20, 444. 10 from the estate of Mr. Ernest G. Hensel of St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. Hensel, a former student at D. M. L. C:, died on May 3, 1952.

His estate was closed in December. Although Mr. Henselhimself cameto New Ulm before his death and told of his plans, nothing · was known definitely until the college received a copy of the will.

01 the money that has been received, the D. M. L.C. athletic department has received $10, 000. The college library has received the balance of $10,444. 10. As to these monies, he made the following stipulations in i.ts will. "I give and bequeath to the Dr. Martin Luther College, of New Ulm, Minnesota, the sum of $10,000, to be used by said <;ollege for its gymnasium, and for no other Jturpoae, and to be expended by said College for sald gymnasium upon the order of the President of said College and the Director of thellymnulum~t thereof. ''I li••andbequeathall of the rest, residue and naalader of my property, real, personal, and mlxed, of which I die seized, to the said Dr. Martin Luther College, to be . used for the purchase of books, magazines and such other library stock as in the judgment of the President of said College and the Director of the Library Department thereof may be necessary and proper. " Mr. Hensel was a former member of St. Iohn's Congregation of St. Paul, where the Rev. O. Naumann was his pastor.

A/a, t:J••,, to t,,, (?«IIed It has been announced that Professor R. Koenecke, of the D. M. L. C. faculty, will retire as the dean of men this spring. Professor Koenecke thereby will be relieved of all duties coMected with the men's dormitory and will be able to devote all of his time to teachln,;. · On lune l, 1953, D. M. L. C. will send out a call for a man to serve as dean of men.

His duties will ~lude the teaching of relig1on and history in the high school department. The call for candidates for this position will appear in the church papers within the next few weeks. ~use of this addition to the faculty, the college bas found it necessary to take stepatoward tbe building ofa new residence for a professor and his family. Plans are completed for .a brick veneer house to be built on the campus. The contract wil! be_, signed soon and the building is to be started as soon as possible in order to be completed

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Saturday, February 21, marked the grand opening of the Student Union. Plans had been made to open the Union officially on the 20th after the D. M. L. C. -Rochester basketball ·game, but because of unfavorable weather conditions, the opening was postponed, The weather hemp: la tut itble the- fol owing day, the Union was opened, Quite a number of the D)embers inspected the Union already in the afternoon, but the rush came in the evening, At times it was so crowded that there was hardly any breathing space, Several faculty members and their wives were in attendance and appeared to enjoy themselves.

Some of the students played cards, others played ping-pong or checkers, and still others preferred merely to sit and talk, The coke machine, meanwhile, .got quite a workout. Tempting, hot coffee and delicious sandwiches, which had beenpreparedfor the opening, helped to contribute to the success of the evening,

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Funeral services were conducted for the Rev, Charles H. Lueker on Thursday, March 6, at St, Paul's Lutheran Church in New Ulm. Pastor Lueker, who had been in failing health for the past three years, died at a local hospital on Monday, March 2, • After being graduated from Concordia Sem•inary in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1901, he served as pastor in North Dakota, and later in Minnesota. · In 1946 he became assistant pastor at St. Paul's Church in New Ulm, From there he moved to Montrose, Minnesota, but in 1948 he returned to New Ulm, where he lived until his death.

Pastor Lueker is survived by five sons and one daughter, Esther, who is a member of the second year college class at D. M. L, C. The members of this class sang the "Twenty-Third Psalm" at the funeral,

This issue of the MESSENGER is the last one to be putout by the 1952-53 MESSENGER staff. Beginning with the April issue, a new staff of twenty-one members will take over their duties for the remainder of this school year and the first part of next year. Allen Treichel will replace Arden Wentzel as head of the new MESSENGER staff, With the announcement of the new staff, the faculty revealed their plans for a slight change of organization. A major change concerns the length of appointments, Under the old system, once a student was placed on the staff, he remained on the staff, occasionally changing positions, until he left college; The new appointments are for one year only.

Under this plan, the faculty may remove a staff member at the end of the term if they feel that his work is not satisfactory. It would also enable a member of the staff to discontinue his work at the end of the term if, for some valid reason, he felt he could no longer carry his share of the work, Class membership on the staff has been definitely determined under the new plan.

Each new staU will consist of three college seniors, four college juniors-. sfX students from the sophomore college class, and five from the freshman college class. The high school department will be represented by two seniors and one junior.

Besides the increase in staff membership in the regular departments, the new department of art has been added to the staff with the ~sition of art editor.

A complete listing of the new MESSENCfER staff will appear in the next issue_,

I t111cl,,t1tJ • /!011.Jttt111.ce Members of the third year college class were privileged to attend the Minnesota District Teachers' Conference held at the Emanuel Lutheran School, St. Paul, on February 23, The students, together with the teachers from St. Paul's School in New Ulm, rented the D. M. L, C. bus for the trip, The group was accompanied by Prof. E. Sievert. Prof, H. R. Klatt and Prof. H Sitz from D. M, L, C. also attended the con: ference, The program for the all-day conference included "Liturgics and Educational Problems," by Pastor G, Fischer of Mankato; "Correlated Teaching of Bible History, Doctrine, and Hymnology," by Prof, H. Sitz; and "A Study of Parents' Groups or Educational Groups," by Mr, Harold Klatt of Sleepy Eye, The students heard interesting and informative discussions and were given an idea . of what to expect at teachers' conferences when they themselves enter the teaching profes~ion after graduaUon. PLEASE RENEW YOUR SUBSCRII-TION8

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Experience, a Good Teac1her Many people say that "experience is the best teacher, " and in many respects we will all have to agree, Numerous undertakings in an individual's life will make one wiser either by giving one experience in a new situation or by being of good benefit as a result of a former experience. These experiences will make one more adaptable to situations which one may face in the future, Why is it then that many people are not willing to partake in new programs where responsibility is required along with the sacrifice of time?

Many will argue that they are not capable of doing a task, when in reality it is the fear of accepting responsibility. Famous men in the history of our :c~.u~ti:y had their beginning by being forced into a situation, and have long been remembered by it, Others will refuse a task because they feel that they do not have the time for it. It is true that all things take time, but these very · people still seem to have time for moments of leisure, If they would be pushed into a r esponsible position they .wou.l d soon dis~over that there is always time to "take it easy," even though they have undertaken other activities, In the life of a student these situations may be called extra-curricular activities, Have you ever refused participation in an activity or taking some · position? if so, ask yourself if you could not have taken part in it and still had time to keep up with your studies, This being the case, you have probably thrown "out of the window" an experience which would have given you valuable experience, beneficial in your work, In conclusion it may be said then that those who pass up an opportunity to participate in, or to dir~5!J ~n activity, may be avoiding a form of education. The experience gained will always be of so_m e benefit, Experience may not ;p~ .the best teacher, but it certainly is noteworthy as a very good teacher. Gain some experience and find out for yourself and you wiU never regret it.

In the name of Dr. Martin Luther College, the Boardof Directors sent acongratulatory letter to Professor John Meyer, president of the Theological Seminary at Thiensville, Wisconsin, The ·occasion was Professor Meyer's eightieth birthday on February 27.

Professor Meyer was a former librarian and professor of Latin and Greek at D, M, L. c. in 1904, In 1915 he accepted a call to Oconomowoc. Professor Meyer was called back to New Ulm in 1918 where he was president until 1920, He also taught religion, psychology, and history at this time. In 1920 Professor Meyer accepted the call to the Seminary at Thiensville where he has been serving ever since,

With the closing of the 1952-53 season, the playing careers of two well-known athletes, Don Hartwig and Rube Kramer, came to an end. Their passing from the cage scene is notable in that they started their careers at D. M. L. C. the same year that the present coach, John Oldfield, began his work as athletic director. Although Don and Rube were not on the team as freshmen, they pr e pared for their sophomore year during which they became members of the "B" team.

From that point on we shall follow their careers seoarately.

Approximately eight hundred people attended the sacred concert given in the college auditorium on Sunday, March 8, at 3:00 o'clock, The organizations that took part in the concert were the Second Small Choir, the D, M. L, C. Band, the Marlut Singers, and the Aeolian Chorus, The report cards for the firsf seme.s ter were shown to the students on Tuesday morning, February 10, during the first period, No further comment is necessary, Notice: Professor Schweppe has told one of our reporters that he would like to have it known that he attended the concert in the college auditorium on Sunday, March 8, We hope he enjoyed it I Professor Voecks was back on campus During the 1Y4'/ -4ts season, .uuu ~-• • ...., Thursday, March 12, after two days of medwas a member of the high school "B" team. ical check-up and rest at home, However his play was of such caliber that On one of the last days of February, Paula Coach Oldfield saw fit to play him to some Goelz proudly posted a sign on the door of extent with the varsity, In his junior year, room 207 of Centennial Hall. It states that Don became a regular guard on Luther's she will darn socks for five cents a pair. undefeated team. He was an excellent reNow you boys know where to take your holey_ bounder and floor man and also added scoring socks, . punch to the lineup, In his last year in high Oh yes, and speaking of signs, a new one school, Don played the forward position·and appeared on the door of room 236 in Centenled the Luther five in scoring. At the end of nial Hall the other day. It announces the the season he was named co-captain of the · opening of "Old Baldy Barber Shop. " The team. Th; over-all statistics for his high proprietors, Kathleen Wegner and Joanne school career show that Don scored 421 in · Radenz, arrange all appointments and give 39 games for a 10, 8 average, free advice and opinions. . They employ Don continued his career in college beginEunice Pape, a recognized expert at hair ning with the 1950-51 season. Taking over cutting. Their slogan is, "You grow it--We a forward position, he led the team in scoring cut it." and was named to the all-conference team of Speaking of socks, have any of you tried the s. M, J.C. C. He scored 289 points in 16 bowling in your stocking feet? If you're games for a 15. 4 average. In his sophowondering how it works, just ask those of us more year in college, Don continued his whose feet are too large for the bowling shoes great playing, He led the college five to a at the local bowling alleys, second place finish in the conference and cont'd on page 3, col, 3 also led the conference in scoring, He was again named to the all-conference five. In addition to this honor, he was named the most The "D. M. L. C. Messenger'' Is published during valuable player in the conference, His the months of October, November, Decemi:>er, February, March, April, May and June. The subscription scoring average was one point shy of an even price Is one dollar per annum. Single copies fifteert 19 as he scored 322 points in 17 games. cents. We request payment in advance. "The MessenDon's third and final year on the college five ger" Is continued after time of subscription has exwas probably his greatest. He finished the pired, unless we are notified to discontinue and a'll season with a 19, 3 average, scoring 347 an-ears are paid. All business c:ommurucatioons should be addressed to the Business Manager. Contributions points in 18 games as he again led the Luther are requested from all alumni, undergraduates and five to a second place finish in the conference. friends.

He was second in the conferen~e in in_dividual The aim of 'The Mes.senger" ls to offer such sc·oring. Don closed out his playmg days material as will be beneficial as well as i n t e ~ to our readers, to keep the alumni in a closer contact with with the best individual scoring effort of his career as he poured in 29 points while Luther llic,_college and to foster school spirit was losing the conference championship to Editor ···-····••·······-····-----~--···-·- Arden Wentzel Allen Treichel Austin. In three years of college ball, Don Managing Editor ·······--·-········-·-·············-· Ass'ts.: G. Hoya.rd, D. Knippel scored 967 points · in 51 games for an 18. 9 Naomi Nitz average. ;During · his entire six years on News F.ditor --····-···--····-···-··---····-········-·--·-· Reporters: K. Wagner, B. Buss, Luther teams, he scored 1388 points in 90 0. Schenk, M. Baer games ·f.or a 15. 4 average. Don was by no Feature Editor --··--- - - Grace Hilleman means just a scorer. He was a rugged reReporters: G. Beckmann, N. Vaecks bounder and led the team in assists in his Sports Editor .... ..... · Howard Wessel second and third year on the college team, .

Reporters: M. Fairchild, T. Pelzl Rube Kramer also began his actual playing Business Managei- ······-·············-··-·-:................ Alvin Sieg career In the 1947-48 season with the "B" Ass't. : ,H. Herrian team. He was the regular center for that Circulation Manager·············-········-·······-· John Jenswold squad, In his junior year he was on the ,Ass't .: R. Boese varsity as reserve center for Luther's un-: Typists-___!fi11o--_,__ P. Klug, M. Niedfel~defeated five. In his last year in high school,.

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•cont ' d from page 2, col. 2 . Rube became.a regular on the varsity playing both forward and center. He was named cocaptain of the team that year. Although his forte in high school was rebounding, he contributed 189 points in 30 games for a 6, 3 average.

Rube continued his career in college beginning with the 1950-51 season. He played both forward anq center and saw extensive action. He closed-his first season of college ball with 4, 7 scoring average as he scored 76 points in 16 games. The next year, Rube took over the regular center spot although he played forward also. To his rebounding he added a scoring punch that boosted the Luther five. His best effort came against Bethany when he dumped in 28 points. He ended the season with an 11. 5 average scoring 195 points in 17 games. In his last year, . Rube again alternated at forward and center. · : He played regularly but was hampered by frequent fouling. Nevertheless he closed the season with a satisfactory 10. 9 average as he scored 196 points in 18 games. In 51 games of college playing, Rube scored 467 points for a 9. 6 average. For his entire career he scored 657 points in 81 games for a 8, 1 average. · The loss of the scoring and rebounding of these two veterans will be deeply felt in the coming basketball campaigns. at D. M. L. C.

In our everyday language we hear many expressions of speech which have a definite meaning, but if strictly understood they seem nonsensical. The following are some expressions which are often heard, we offer some conimeni:s on each to interpret them more clearly.

Expression: Shake a leg!

Comment: Someone is obviously supposed to hurry, but how is this possible if he is standing on one leg and shaking the other.

Wouldn't it appear rather odd? And besides, it is difficult to do, If you don't think so, just try it.

Expression: I'll be there as fast as you can blink an eye!

Comment: Either that person went intC> s_uspended animation when his eyelid was on the downward stroke, or it is possible that he may have very slow reflexes. At any rate, someone would have to be quite fast to do something before any of us could blink our eyes.

Expression: Three shakes of a lamb's tail!

Comment: In order to do something before a lamb could shake its tail three times, the lamb would have to be fatigued or else have its tail in super-low.

Expression: As fast as you can say Jack Robinson!

Comment: Say Jack Robinson. How long does it take you? One or two seconds at the most. rn be back before you can say Jack Robinson. Where could I go to and return again in two seconds, or maybe the fellow stutters badly, He could have been eating alum I suppose.

Expression: rn be running along now!

Comment: It most likely is a person least likely to be doing any running whatsoever.

He must own a motor scooter or possess a pair of wings, because by the looks of him, his legs would never do a great amount of running.

Expression: Be good!

Comment: Very commonly heard, but just what is good? Some foods taste good, but this particular person may not appeal to the appetite.

Expression: See you around l Comment: If they mean the person's head it would probably be a fitting compliment, but most heads are more of an oval shape.

To the person who says this to you, just ' answer, "See you, (a square,)" he may be one.

And so there are many more, but this gives one the idea of some of our expressions.

Just listen to conversation and you probably will hear many more, and at the same time, think of all the meanings that could be put into many of. t.h ese figures of language.

Winter's Lailt Standlt The "Minnesota snowstorm" on the twentieth of the month brought many hopes, but also a few disappointments for the students.

The storm raged so fiercely in the evening that all students thought surely the professors wouldn't be able to make it up the hill th~ next morning for classes. The storm had died down considerably by the next morning, however, and the professors were able to trudge up the hill. What a disappointment to the students!

The storm also changed the weekend plans for many students, and forced them to remain on the campus.

"Fuchs," sophomores, and junior boys went to work with shovels, and it didn't take long before the sidewalks and paths were again clear of_ ice and snow.

* * *was· * *telling * * a*·p upil that A teacher there was no difficulty in the world that could not be _o vercome. The pupil asked, " Have you ever tried squeezing tooth . paste back into the tube?" ---Ex.

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Mr. Emil Trettin, Executive Secr·e tary • of the Board of Education of our synod, was . on the campus February 28. · A busload of students were priveleged to attend the last basketball game of the season, played at Austin on Saturday night, February .

28. Mrs. Howard Birkholz and Mrs. Nick. low, matron of Hillcrest Hall, accompanied • the students -on this trip.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Unke (nee Olga Richter .

'37) announced the birth of Ruth Ida on November 3, 1952. Ruth lives with her mommie and daddy at Lake Elmo, Minnesota.

Another member to join the younger set is Charles Frederick who was born on January 6, 1953. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wichmann (nee Jeannette Westerhaus) are the proud parents of Charles.

Mr. andMrs. RobertScherzer, '51, arethe happy parents of a baby boy, Steven Mark, born December 25, 1952. Mrs. Scherzer is the for:_~er Betty Jeske, ex. '52.

On Saturday evening, February 7, ·the movie, How Green Was My Valley was shown intne college auclitoriu~alter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, and Roddy MacDowell were among the cast of actors who presented this dramatic story of a Welsh mining community.

This movie was one of a series shown free of charge to the students on occasional Saturday evenings.

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A. A. L. (W. Trettien) Backer's Pharmacy I. Baumann Agency Ben Franklin Store Brown and Meidl Music Store Citizens' State Bank Coronet Jewelers Eibner and Son Eichten' s Shoe Store Epple· Drugs Ernst Eyrich Plumbing and Heating Farmers' and Merchants' Bank R. Fesenmaier, Inc. Fischer Auto Co. Forster's, Inc. Dr. G. J. Germann, Opt. Gislason and Reim Grundmeyer' s Barber-Beauty Shop Harolld' s Shoe Store Henle Dru~s Herberger s Herzog Publishing Co. Dr. Charles L. Hintz, D. D.S. Hubby's Barber Shop ' Charles Janni and Co. Kemske Paper Co. Koehler Barber Shop Lang's Master Barber Shop Leuthold-Neubauer Clothing Co. Lindemann Shoes Meyer Studio . . w. o. Moll Plumbing and Heating, Muesin~•s National Cafe New Ulm Brick and Tile Yards New Ulm Dairy iNew Ulm .Greenhouses 1,

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New Ulm Grocery Co. New Ulm Theaters Nicklasson Athletic Co. Nieno Studios A. C. Ochs Brick and Tile Co. Ochs' "Bee Hive" Olson Drugs Oswald's New Ulm Laundry Oswald Studio Palace Lunch Pat's Cleaners, Edwin Meyer J. C. Penny Co. Pink's, "The Friendly Store" Reim and Church Jewelers Reliable Drugs Retzlaff Hardware Retzlaff Motor Co, Salet Dept. Store Schleuder' s Schnobrich' s City Meat 11. arket Schuck's Tailors Lloyd E. Schwartz,. D..P, S• .

Dr. A. V. Seifert, . D. D.S. Service,~I!P-~ ·Shop Shake' s Cleaners Silver Latch Cafe Sornsen and Sornsen Spelbrink' s Clothing Store State Bank of New Ulm Stoltenburg Motor Co. Tauscheck and Green Clothing Co, Tillman Bakery Ulrich Electric Drs. H: Vogel and M. Kai'ser Ernest C. Vogelpohl, Pipe Organs Dr, W, J. Von Bank, D. D, S, Weneeda Bakery ·o r. J::i.mes R. Seifert. D. D. s.

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On February 6, the college team traveled to Worthington to play the Worthington 1. C, five. The trip wa·s a heart-breaking one as the boys lost a one-point decision 75-74, The team as a whole could not get rolling in the first half, but were down by only-three points at the intermission. When the Worthington five pulled into a nine point lead in the third quarter, it appeared that the Hilltoppers were no longer in the game, Suddenly they began hitting, and by the end of the third quarter they were still in the ball game although they still trailed by four points. The Luther five managed to tie the game with about three minutes to play in the final period.

From that point on it was a seesaw battle, With about five seconds remaining and Luther trailingbytwopoints, Schapekahm made two fr~e throws to tie the game again. When Worthington put the ball into play the referee calledoneoftheHilltoppersfor a foul, Voss converted the second of two throws to become the hero for the home team. Meihack led the Luther scoring with 20 while Voigt garnered 18,

Playing their third game in five days, the Luther five lost the championship game to Austin, on the latter's · floor, by a recordsetting 106-81 score, Although they played a good game, the Hilltoppers could not match the torrid shooting of the Austin five, Austin rolled to an amazing 54-29 margin at the half as they hit on approximately 70 per cent of their shots, This margin was just too much for the Hilltoppers to overcome although they nearly matched their opponets in the second half, Luther thus finished second to Austin in the conference for the second year in a row, Their record was identical with last year's as they won seven and lost three, This game marked the end of the playing careers of two of Luther's regulars. Don Hartwig closed out his playing days with his .best individual scoring performance of his entire career as he scored 29 to lead the Hilltopper five, Rube Kramer bowed out by scoring 18 points, one of his better performances,.

Bethany

Northwestern Bible School On February 16, the Hilltoppers were host to the Northwestern Schools' five, This game was the eighth and:last non-conference game for the Luther five, After losing seven non-conference tilts, the Hilltoppers finally managed to squeeze out a 75-74 decision. In the first half, the taller visitors appeared to be ready to run the Luther boys right off the court, They held a nine point lead at half time, The second half was a different story, however, as the Hilltoppers came onto the court with a fierce determination to win, The Northwestern five lost most of their big men by fouls and thereby lost the game, For Luther, four men scored_ in the double figures: Hartwig had 19; Voigt, 1~; Scha;,ekahJn, 14; and Kramer, 13,

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Bethany at Mankato. The Hilltoppers won a 70-65 decision but not without a scare, Until this game, Bethany had won only one conference game. However, they were really "up" for this one, and, because Luther couldn't seem to hit the basket, the game was close all the way. The first half was a real battle in which the Luther boys couldn't really get moving, It was the shooting by Kramer that kept them in the game, He scored 19 points in the first two periods.

The boys were still cold in the second half and missed many an opportunity at the free line to widen their lead, Kramer and Schapekahm fouled out in the fourth quarter leaving the Luther five without its two big men, However, they managed to preserve their lead by stalling the last two minutes, Kramer led the Luther scoring with 21, Kolander followed with 15, .

Rochester On February 24, the Hilltoppers were host to the Rochester 1. C. five, The boys were

naturally out for revenge to repay the licking they received at Rochester, The game was a close contest all the way with Rochester holdingtheleadmostofthetime, The Luther boys finally succeeded in catching their taller rivals in the fourth quarter and managed to score a 73-70victory. Hartwig led the Luther scoring with 25 points, while Kramer scored 15.

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On February 14, the college team traveled to St. Paul to meet the Concordia team, Again the Luther five made what should have been an easy game a close contest for most of the game. As the game began, neither team could find the range, In the second quarter the ga.me speeded up a little and the half ended with D, M, L. C, on the long end of a 28-21 score, During the second half, the Luther superiority showed itself as the boys gradually widened the gap to win by seventeen points, 68-51, Hartwig was high scorer for Luther with 24, Voigt was second with 16, This win gave D. M. L. C. a 5-2 record in conference play.

Bethany On February 26, the college team met · Bethany on the home floor. This wa,s a wild and free-scoring contest that was close throughout, Bethany jumped to an early lead but were soon matched by the Luther five, The score was tied at half time at 3737, Luther needed this victory to remain in the race for the conference championship, and in the third quarter they showed the determination that they would not be denied this victory, Although Bethany continued to press the Luther five, they gradually fell t,ehind . and . lost the 92-81 decision.

Concordia High Concordia High again defeated the Preps 34-31 on February 14.

The Preps never gained the lead but did get within two points at half time, 18-16. During the first half Bob Hartwig, of Luther, had nine points keeping the Preps in the game, The second half Concordia came out with a zone to stop Hartwig, It worked well as Bob scored only three points the second half, High men for Concordia.were Mueller with eleven points and Krentzke with ten, High for Luther were Bob Hartwig and Duane Tomhave with twelve and six points respectively. · Pillsbury Acade_m y Bob Hartwig with 41 points, broke the city · single game scoring record as he led the Preps to a record 80-42 win over Pillsbury 1 Academy on February 23nd, Hartwig scored 10 points the firstperiod, 10 in the second, 17 the third, and 4 the fourth, The 80 points rung up by the Preps is also the highest score ever made by a Luther Prep team, Luther had only 29 points at halftime, but with good team playthe Preps racked up 51 points ln the second half, High for the evening was Bob Hartwig with his record breaking 41 points. Watt scored 18 points for Pillsbury, Bethany Bob Hartwig netted 35 points as the Preps swamped Bethany High, 74-42 on February 11th, From the beginning of the game, the Preps took complete control, scoring 23 points the first quarter.

The 74 points scored by the Preps is the second highest total scored by a D. M. L, C, High School team, The highest total · was scored by the undefeated _team in 1949, 75 points.

High man for the evening was Bob Hartwig with 35 points, All efforts by Bethany to stop him were useless. Next high for Luther was Duane Tomhave having 9 points, all on free throws,

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Congratulations are in place for Mr. Orlan Dorn, a former student of Dr. Martin Luther College. Mr. Dorn is at present the principal ofour Christian Day School at East Bloomfield, Wisconsin, The College is happy to announce that Mr. Dorn has completed the required work for graduation from the new four-year program and that he thus has become the first individual to be eligible for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education from Dr. Martin Lut_h er College.

Mr. Dorn graduated from our former threeyear program a few years ago. Since that time he nas been in regular attendance at our summer sessions. He thus has been able to acquire the additional credits needed for graduation from the four -year program. Mr. Dorn will receive his degree at the June graduation. The College congratulates him on his accomplishment.

It may be of interest as well as mutual encouragement to know that others have availed themselves of the opportunity for further study in the summer sessions of the College.

It is possible that some of these people will be completing their work in the four-year program in the sessions this summer. The courses in the summer school are so planned that those who were graduated from the threeyear program can avail themselves of the sequence of courses from year to year and consequently be able to complete their work without too much inconvenience.

Annual Easter Concert Presented March 26 On Thursday evening, March 26, the annual Easter Sacred Concert was presented by two musical groups of the college in the D. M. L. C. auditorium, Choir I, under the direction of Prof. E. O. Backer, sang Bach's funeral cantata, ''God's Time is the Best. " The choir also sang the first portion of another Bach cantata; "They All Shall Come From Saba." William Birsching, Karl E. Bauer, and Otto Schenk played the accompaniments on the organ.

The mass choir sang the stirring "Gloria" from Mozart's "Twelfth Mass" as ..o.ne of their numbers. They were accompanied on the organ by JohnJenswold, and on the piarto by Jeanette Backer. The mass choir is under the direction of Prof. M. Albrecht.

Bach's "Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor" for organ was presented by Marvin Busse as the opening number for the concert, A piano and organ duet was performed by Victoria and Virginia Spaude. The composition was "Praeludium andGavotte, "from "lmmortellen, "by Bach, an arrangement of the latter's cello suite in E flai. Major.

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College Receives Memorial Gift Honoring the memory of a beloved friend and highly esteemed classmate, the Class of '52_is now favoring its Alma Mater with a most appropriate and welcome memorialgift.

Shortly after the passing of Rhoda Kiekbusch, teacher at Hoskins, Neb., classmates, by means of a questionnaire, solicted the reaction and suggestions of the class in the matter of a fitting memorial. The impetus for .this action issued from Toledo, Ohio, where the staff of Zion Lutheran School, Shirley Schroeder and Jerome Birkholz, set the necessary machinery in motion.

According to reports, the response of the class has been most commendable.

The ·intended memorial will be in the form of a large, religious painting to ado_rn tp.e first floor corridor of the _Adminis.tration Building. The p .cture is to be illuminated, thus not only making the corridor more ·attractive, but also helping to dispel a rather gloomy atmosphere.

Four former members of the Class of '52, in consequence of dropping out a year to fill teaching vacancies, but now in another class, have been engaged to attend to the necessary installations. The four, now in their Junior Year of college, are Karl Bauer, William Birsching, Harold Runke, and Douglas Stindt. .

The recipients of this fine gift herewith wish to express their deep gratitude for the generosity and thoughtfulness of the Class of '52. May its memorial bring joy and comfort to the many who will see it and serve as the beginning of a continued fine project at our institution!

Arbor Day Held April 14 With the coming of spring, Arbor Day annually comes to D. M. L. C. and with it the cleaning up of the campus. On Tuesday morning, April 14, DeLos Steinberg, the college buck, announced that day was to be Arbor Day • . When all the students, ready for work in their old clothes, had assembled in the auditorium at 7:45, assignments for work were given, The cutting down of trees, the raking of leaves, the picking up of branches, and the tearing down of the old tennis court then began.

The twelfth grade girls took charge of the music ,h all, leaving it with sparkling windows and white piano keys once more.

About fifteen trees were cut down or dug out. Some had been broken in recent storms and others were rc.tten. Some of the workers thought ·they were through when the trees fell; however, they were sadly disillusioned when they found the stumps had to be removed also, Several hours and many blisters later, al most everyone began lining up outside the dining hall for the sandwiches and pop that were served by the college juniors.

After the mid-morning lunch many went back to work; however, now more students could be seen walking around the campus, supervising the others. There were almost more cameras than rakes in sight.

The work was finished just in time, for about the middle of the afternoon it started raining, bringing to a close another Arbor Day at D. M. L. C.

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After more than two years of planning the long-awaited tennis courts are soon t~ become a reality to the students at D. M. L. C. Already last fall the contract was let, but work was not begun because it was too late . in the season. Construction will begin as soon as the weather permits.

Plans call for four concrete courts to be located behind West Hall in a portion of the old apple orchard. Much of the fencing from the old clay courts was salvaged. This, in addition to some new fencing purchased by Coach Oldfield, will be used in the construction of the new courts.

Thus far, $5, 298. 66 has been collected from students, alumni, and friends of D. M. L. C. This amount incluaes $3, 000. 00 from a bequest of $10, 000, 00 to the athletic department by the late Ernest Hensel, a for mer student of D. M. L. C. At.t ention The following announcement wnich appeared in the "Isabella County Republican" may also be quite applicable to the "Messenger,"· "In case you find a mistake in this paper, please consider it was put there for a purpose. We publish something for everyone, .and some folks are always looking for mista_k es. "

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With this issue of the MESSENGER the new s t aff presents its first paper~ Although it is the faculty issue, that does n?t mean the staff did nothing toward its publication. Many of the articles were written by the staff. Also the organization of material and copy was done by us. Those of us who are new on the staff wish to thank those former members wno helped us with our work. It is the wish of all of us that God's blessings go with all those who left the MESSENGER staff I May He grant you success in everything you do I Naturally, we want to give our subscribers the best paper possible. It is your paper; we are only running it for you. In order that we might better please you, we would like to hear from you. What do you · think of the MESS ENG ER? Tell us your likes and dislikes, what changes you would like to see, what you would like added or deleted. For those of you on the campus a box will be placed in the library for that purpose. We will be waiting for letters from outside subscr ibers, too.

Staff work is not only enjoyment. There is plenty of conscientious hard work for all members, and sometimes the going gets rough. As ·in everything else, mistakes are often made. We ask you, our readers, to bear with us. _ _ _ _.,.__ _ _ _ _ __

Alu m ,i Gathering 11 Planned The lu,- .con meeting of the Alun,.:i anJ Friends of Dr. Martin Luther College will be heL this year at the Centennial Hall gymnasium in accordance with resolutions adopted last year. The time will probably be shifted to 5 p. m. , for there has been demand for more time for social contacts.

At the same time the earlier hour will make it possible for the members attending the luncheon to get to the concert hall in good time. We urge all alumni and friends of the school to watch for further details of the annual luncheon meeting. These will be mailed you in the near future. We had a goodly number of participants last year, and we look forward to a larger group in June.

The date is Thursday, June 4; reserve it on your schedule.

Let Us Sjn~ Unto The Lord It has become a custom that our choral

groups enhance the beauty of the mid-week Advent and Lenten services of our local congregations, St. Paul's and St. John's. The groups taking par_t in these services are Choir I, Small Choir II, the Aeolian Chorus, and the Maulut Singers. Some of us may look upon this as a chore; it is that, but let us look upon it as a God-pleasing chore.

Since we have singing groups practicing diligently, it would be robbing us of a real incentive if our choirs would pr?.ctice only for concerts and would not have the opportunity to voice their praises of our merciful God in the divine services. May the words of the psalmist ever be an earnest invitation to ou:singers: "0 come, let ussinguntothe Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. " Psalm 95, 1. 2.

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Vague impressions, or none at all, are often the only ones received when many people hear of foreign coun~ries . In order to learn more about them, let us make a tour· through part of the European land of Ger many.

My uncle, aunt, "and the four in my family start at Frankfort on the Main River, a city which has become important because of its airport. We stop at a restaurant, "7 Schwaben, " and order frankfurters and rolls.

The term "7 Schwaben" comes from old German fairy tales. These "7 Schwaben" are men ·who, affirming her oism, run with fear at the sight of a rabbit.

We leave Frankfort and pass through one Dorf, or village, alter another . A Dorf is a small community usually consisting of a few hundred inhabitants. These communities are very quaint. Some of the streets ar e narrow; they are generally paved with cobbiestones. Small children are playing in their bare feet. Old, old women are seen with shawls over their heads, wearing workworn aprons, and carrying a basket of po tatoes or some other type of food. Boys, whether they be seven or twenty-five years of age, wear short leather trouser s with attached leather straps ·over their shoulders.

All the people, young and old, have a healthy complexion. The older ones look quite weather-beaten.

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After seeing several of the "Dorf er, " or communities, we come to Liidenscheid, Westfalen. Here we s ee a city built in hilly country-almost mountainous, it would seem.

We sleep well all night . Upon awakening refreshed the following morning, we look out of the large, o~ened window, see beautiful sunshine, and hear songs of bir ds within the beautifully wooded hills--an inconceivable • experience.

Yet early in the morning, we leave for a part of Germany farther north. The "Autobahn, " on which we travel part of the time, is a super-highway built by Hitler twenty years ago, It is the quickest way of traveling by automobile in all of Germany. The highway has four lanes and is built like a boulevard. Because few people own automobiles in Germany, traffic is light, ancl there is little danger of an accident, Never does another road cross the "Autobahn." Cities never interfere either, bec ause the highway by-passes them. About every seven miles along the highway, automobiles can turn off the road a few yards and stop, Such little· places have been supplied for picnicking or just resting, Again we have nature in its fullest beauty all around us.

As we continue along the "Autobahn," we pass the Teutoburger Wald. Farther on, the four-lane highway is temproarily r educed to two lanes because a bridge ahead has been partly blown up in the last war . We observe several windmills along the way, and also red roofs which are found on mosL of the homes. cont'd on page 3, col. 2

Hello I Well, here's the issue that the Messenger staff waits to put out every year.

This is one of two issues a year in which the faculty gives us a helping hand by writmg all the articles. But alas I I haven't found a faculty member to take over this department for me, so here's my chatter for this month.

Did you notice that your Messenger staff has changed quite a bit with this issue? We'd like to say "So long," and "Nice going, " to all the retiring staff members, and 'specially to the last editor, Ardie Wentzel. Also a friendly, "Hi I, " to all the new members, and we hope they will like working with us for the next year.

I hope many of you readers had the chance to see the play, "Tattletale," given by the Literary League recently. Don't you think the cast did a pretty swell job ? Special thanks should go to Prof. Sitz who directed and advised, and to Gordon Synhorst, the student director. Mention should also be made of the committees (what would we do without them? )who worked behind the scenes.

You know, one of the committees that had quite a bit of rush work was the publicity gr oup. Why, Uieywere so rushed and busy that one of the ·posters in the administration building advertised "The Tatteletale. " Referri.1g to the mistake above, I believe .I heard a professor once say jokingly that a beginning teacher would acknowledge such a slip, while a veteran teacher would s ay he did it on purpose to see how smart his pupils were, cont'd on page 3, col. I

D. M. L. C. Messenger The "D. M. L. C. Messenger" Is published during the months of October, November, December, February, March, April, Mey and June. The subscription price la one dollar per amwn. Sln&).e copies fifteen cents. We request pa~nt In advance. ''The Messenier'' is continued after time of subscription has expired, tmlea we ue notified to discontinue and all arrears are paid. All business communications should be addressed to the B1lllnees Manager. Contributions

are requested from all alumni, undergraduates and friends.

The aim of "The Melllenger'' Is to offer such materials u wlll be beneficial u well as Interesting to. our readers, to keep the alumni In a closer contact with the college and to foatel' school spirit.

Editor ·-························-··························-.Allen Treichel ·--·······································.Alvin Sieg Ass'ts.: D. Knippel, li, Hagen News Editor ····-··-····-··--·············-·············Naaml Nitz

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O. Schenk. L. Marowsky, M. Baer, R. Plagge, E. Jassmer Feature Editor ·····-·····--·····--····-···········Louise Reichert Asst'a.: N. Voecks, G. Beckmann Art F.dltor ··- ·····-·-··- --·-·-- - --oan Butaa Sports Editor ···········································.Rlchard Scharf Ass'ts.: B. Buss, E. Bartsch Business Manager ···-- ····-------Frederick Blauert Ass't.: H. Heman Circulation Ma.'l8gel' ·· - - -- ····Jotm Sc:hlbbelhut Aa't.: c; Duin Typists ····-·····-·M;Nledfeld, E. PydynkOWBld, D. Kirby

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You still have time to order a 1953 EXCELSIOR. A limited number of extra copies have been ordered from the printer to fill the late orders from you, To obtain a copy send $2. 50 to the EXCELSIOR, Dr. Martin Luther College, before May 10, Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Brogan (nee Caroline Rider '41) on the birth of Timothy Walter on September 12, 1952.

Tim lives with his parents, Sheila, 6, and Pat~ick, 11/2 years at Arpin, Wisconsin.

Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Stevenson (nee Ruth Schnitker '35) of Milwaukee welcomed a daughter, Enid Louise, on October 5, 1952.

Enid's sister, Sarah,is 2 years old.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Raach, Goodhue, Minnesota, are the proud parents of a son, George Blaine, born September 9, 1952.

Mrs. Raach is the former Joan Gillete, H.S. '49.

Mr, and Mrs. Wayne .F', Wieckmann, '48, are the happy parents of a son, Jonathan Carl, born March 2, 1953. Mrs. Wieckmann is the former Esther J. Poehler, '47.

Mr. and Mrs. Schneiderwent, Jefferson, Wisconsin, are the proud parents of a daughter, Mary Louise, born March 4, i953. cont'd from page 2, col. 3 Getting back to the play, the cast and all others connected with it, enjoyed refreshments after the performance. They were entertained by the barbershop quartet which sang between theactsoftheplay. Themembers of this foursome are 'Willie Bee' Birsching, 'Blimp' Zoellmer, 'Ardie' Wentzel, and 'Vern' RoemhildL These four can really make beautiful music together, and I for one would like to hear them sing more often, Just as a change, I'd like to talk about that wonderful season called spring. Yes, spring, when five little college freshmen's fancy turned to thoughts of hopsco~ch. After all, they had a whole week of time on their hands before they could go home for Eastervacation, Their game was never finished before dark, but I heard several alarms go off at 5:30 the next morning. They must have finished their game before scrubbing all the blue chalk off the sidewalk in front of Centennial Hall.

Believe it or not, that £aster vacation really did arrive. Those of you who have ever taken the chartered bus for home right after the Easter concert know what the excitement was like, Thosewho take the "400" had to wait until the next morning, Speaking of trains makes me realize that science is really resourceful. It couldn't pry open the Pullman windows, so it air-conditioned the train.

The first thingthatallofuslookedforward to, after so willingly and joyously coming back to New Ulm, was Arbor Day. Oh, was there the enthusiasm when the rumors started to spread as to what day it would be, I often wondered how enthusiastic we would all be to clean up our beautiful campus if Arbor fell on a class-less Wednesday afternoon.

But, confidentially, I hope it never does I Well, that's about itfor this time, but before l close I'd like to share a poem with you. It's called "The Frog. " What a wonderful bird the frog are-When he stand he sit almost; When he hop, he fly almost.

He ain't got no sense hardly; he ain't got no tail hardly either.

When he sit, he sit on what he ain't got almost. (Anon.)

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Between the time of the penning of this article and its arrival, via the "Messenger, " in your mailbox, the news item, which is the burden of this article, will have become history. The item in question is the bi-ennial tour of the chorus of our Theological Seminary, located at Thiensville, Wis. Although this article will, therefore, not be able to serve as a reminder to hear this chorus'performance, the tour should nevertheless be of more than passing interest to the "Messenger's" reading-constituency. A study of the picture of the 29-voice chorus, shown on the flyer announcing the 1953 tour, reveals that seven of the singers are former Luther students. We find the High School Class of '48'represented by Raymond Schulz, Cyril Spaude, and Roland Zimmermann.

The class of '47 also has three members, Martin Janke, David Kock, and Alvin Spaude, while the Class of '46 is represented by but one, Jonathan Schaller, The flyer contains another face, familiar to many former Luther students and graduates. It is that of the chorus' conductor, Prof. Hilton Oswald. Prof. Oswald, of our High School Class of '25, is a member of the faculty of Northwestern College, Watertown, Wis. , and also serves as instructor of music at our Theological Seminary.

The 1953 Seminary chorus tour, including a total of fifteen stops, took the singers into three states in addition to the school's native state: Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio, The tour, arranged to correspond with the Easter recess, began with an appearance at St. Lucas Church, Milwaukee, on Sunday, March 22, and concluded with the concert at First Lutheran Church of Racine on Monday, April 6.

Finger Painting cont'd from page 2, col. 2 We stop for a while at Hanover. There we find a huge garden, or park, which was at one time the front yard of the ruler of the province of Hanover. This estate was completely destroyed in World Warn. A park so beautifully kept is a rare sight in America.

Cement statues are situated at frequent intervals throughout the park pictured here.

One thing that amazes.us is the fact that no paper or other rubbish can be found on the ground. No, there are not even any baskets for rubbish. Before we leave Hanover, we buy some "Eis am Stiel," the literal translation being "Ice on a handle." It is nothing more than ice cream on a stick, like our cheerios without chocolate covering.

Several days later we drive to Braunschwei~ Much of this city has been bombed, including six very large churches. One of these, Martini Kirche, is very interesting. As_we encircle the structure, we make special note of. the huge slabs of stone, about the size of a man, fastened to the outside of the church, These are old gravestones inscribed with epitaphs. Manyofthemare written in Latin, and the dates vary greatly. (to be continued)

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•53 l!n.t.o!lment ~et No doubt s ome are wondering what our prospects are for the coming schoolyear.

If they mean our probable enrollment, we can give a quite definite answer. Our student-body will not be larger than it has been this year, when we registered 488. The reason for that is obvious to all who know something about our facilities: we are limited by a lack of room. In our dormitories, in our classrooms and in our dining rooms we have reached capacity. Somefeelthat we have already exceeded it.

We have l.)een swamped with applications, Even before Christmas, we already had more than we could accept. Right now we have a surplus of somewhat over a hundred. We have been urging many of these to hold off till 1954, and quite a few have reluctantly agreed to do that.

We certainly regret that we can not open our doors to all who want to come, and we hope that those who can not come now will still find it possible to enroll here at a later date, We also look to those who are here now to make full use of their talents and their time, because, when they were accepted, they very likely took over accommodations some one else eagerly sought, and which some one else may still get if their work is not of acceptable quality.

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It wasn't too long ago, J.<'eoruary 18, 1950,

to be exact, that the Curriculum Committee of Dr. Martin Luther College submitted to the Board of Control a list of proposed course!j for the Synod-approved four-year college program, The Board authorized putting this into effect, and the first class will graduate from the four -year program in June of 1954.

In its introductory remarks to the list of proposed courses the committee stated, "There is much room for improvement. A fair beginninghas been made, However, as time passes, new additions and further deletions will be needed. " The time for changes has arrived, The faculty has recommended that the Board of Control of Dr. Martin Luther College consider the advisability of introducing two new courses in the college department. One of these shall be a three-credit course in General Sociology while the other is a two-credit course entitled Introduction to Music.

If approved, General Sociology will be offered to the freshman class for the first time in the fall of 1953. It also will be made available to college seniors who have not had such a course. It will include a study of the nature, origin, and development of hum3:11 society and community life. It will deal with the facts of crime, property, marriage, the home, the school, the state.

An Introduction to Music is also intended for college freshmen. It is to serve as a foundation course for other music courses offered at the College. If approved, it too will be offered for the first time in the fall of 1953. A listing of the many topics covered under the heading of this course includes characteristics of musical tone, musical instruments, musical concepts of rhythm, melody, polyphony, and harmony, musical concepts of form, the classical and romantic eras of music, nineteenth century Italian opera, nationalism in music, post-Wagnerian music, and recent trends in music.

World Political Geography 152 will again be consolidated with World Political Geogr 151, so thatthese new.courses can be· duced in the freshman year of colleg

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.s'ammet .s'chool 7o Open Jane /St/, No one likes to think of summer school when there are still so many weeks remaining in the regular school term. However, the time to do so has rolled around again.

Summer school announcements are in place.

Summer sessions will begin on the College campus on June fifteenth. Classes will r1,n for six weeks and will end with a closing devotion on July twenty-fourth. Teachers from the field, graduates of this year's class, and volunteers as emergency teacher;:; will be in attendance. Some forty of these are already enrolled.

Male students will be housed in the Dormitory for Men, and female students will find quarters in West Hall and Hillcrest Hall.

It will mean "get up early" for enrollees.

First classes begin at seven a. m. as usual.

One can just hear the groaning already. It's really not quite that bad, however. Students found the early rising rather easy because it mear.t a tasty breakfast and classes in the cool of the day.

Mrs. Howard Glaesmann will be in charge of the dining hall, serving it as faithfully as she has done in the past. She will continue the picnic lunch for Sunday suppers and will do everything in her power to make the students' stay as comfortable as possible.

All students volunteering for emergency work will be required to take courses in Teaching the Language Arts, Teaching Arithmetic, Elementary School Music, and one of the courses in religion. They will also be privileged to take organ or piano l,:;s sons. Teachers from the field have a various number of courses tc choose from.

In no case, however, wiU they be allowed to take more than eight semester hours of work, Among such courses to choose from will be Dogmatics 1, Survey 0f Biol11:: ical Science, Elements of Geography, Intermediate College Algebra, General Sociology, Introduction to the Ne w Testament, and Shakespeare.

Former graduates from the old three-year course will find these offerings particularly advantageous since they include many required courses for graduation with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree. Michi gan teachers should take note of the course in General Sociology since that is a "must" under that ctate' s certification code.

Inquiries concerning the Summer School should be directed to Professor Erich Sievert

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Music Staff To Return The Music Department announces the fact that its staff for the schoolyear 1953-54 is complete. All assistants in piano and organ instruction will return. They are: Miss Ida lngebritsen, piano Miss Cassie Erickson, piano Miss Charlotte Kirst, piano Miss Jean Bridges, piano and organ Miss Louise Haack, piano and organ Mr. Robert Kirst, piano and organ It may interest former students to know that since !.:.st September all piano instruction is carried out on the third floor of the Old Main. Three additional studios were added from the floor space which was formerly a recreational area and band roo~.

Five piano studios are now located on this floor. Three of them have new Chicl'. ering r~ rand pianos. The two older studios have grands_._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Tutors Interviewed Definite answers have recently been received from the staff of tutors concerning their plans for the ensuing year.

The senior member of the staff, Mr. Harris Kaesmeyer of Frankenmuth, Mich. , plans to place his name into the hands of the Synod's Assignment Committee. That will mean, following two years of commendable service at Luther, Mr. Kaesmeyer will enter the ministry in one of the congregations of our Synod, While here at D. M. L. C., Mr. Kaesmeyer, in addition to his dormitory duties, instructed in Latin and mathematics and assisted Coach Oldfield in basketball. The well-wishes of the entire student body and faculty will certainly accompany Mr. Kaesmeyer wherever his call may take him. He will leave many friends behind.

Tutor Robert Kirst, who had been engaged as instructor in the science department, in consequence of a last minute switch last September, spent the year in the service of the music department. Mr. Kirst consented to this change when a vacancy developed in the staff of organ instructors.

Mr. Kirst, who hails from Beaver Dam, Wis. , will return for the next schoolyear and again serve as instructor in organ.

Having been assured by his draft board that his draft status would not be jeopardized by another year's stay as tutor here, Mr. John Denninger, of St, Paul, Minn. , and a graduate of our High School Class of '48, has also given notice of his intention to return for tl.e coming year. M,. Denninger agreed to interrupt his studies at our Seminary following the above mentioned transfer of Mr. Kirst. In view of his decision to return to Luther and continue as instructor in biology and generalscience, Mr. Denning er intends to attend summer sessions at Macalester College of St. Paul. He plans to take courses in biology and chemistry.

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"l\.1aroma, may I go out an<l play ?"

"With those holes in your pants ?"

"No, with the kids across the street. "--Ex.

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Graduates and former students will no doubt well remember many a fine evening of entertainment afforded them during their student days through the mediumof the lyceum programs, annually arranged through the University of Minnesota Department of Concerts and Lectures. Students of recent years will, however, also recall that the quality of these programs hadsomewhatdeteriorated.

It was for that reason that the college faculty resolved to discontinue the lyceum series, at least temporarily.

1n consequence of an apparent desire that this type of entertainment be returned to our campus, this matter was recently discussed by the faculty. As a result, the Program Committee and Movie Committee were asked to meet jointly and report their findings at a subsequent faculty meeting.

At the time of this writing the foregoing has materialized, and the proposal of the joint comm:ttee has been approved. This proposal, which includes the merger of the Program Committee and Movie Committee, calls for a total of eight evenings of enter tainment for the schoolyear '53-' 54.

Of this totalfour will be movies, some of which will very likelybeoutstanding industrial films.

The remaining four evenings will offer the lyceum type of pr r;:: ,·:un . One of these has already been definitely booked; it is one that was featured here some years ago and proved to be a treme, ,1ous hit, Otters and the Otter Man. Although not as yet definitely engaged, three other programs have been selected from the University of Minnesota offerings for '53-' 54. Following are the selections: Table Tennis Exhibitions, Cole Marionettes, and The Adventures of Tex Zeigler (lecture and films on life among the Eskimos).

It is planned that this entire series of eight evenings of entertainment be brought to our students without the charging of any admission. The small activities fee, paid by the students each fall, will very likely be sufficient to defray all expenses involved.

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11¥ J:Jtog. -{/I6teclit Choir directors will be pleased to hear that a new booklet of twenty-six pages comprising another series of twenty-four choral selections a repertory covering the entire church year,' is now available either for male choir, for soprano, alto, and baritone voices, and also for treble voices. The arrangements were made by Prof. Martin Albrecht.

These books are the fourth of a series begun in 1939 at the request of choir leaders who asked the arranger to consider the feasibility of binding some of his single selections into a more compact form. The ear lier volumes contain twenty, eighteen, and thirteen numbers respectively.

Translations from the German hymns in this new volume were made either by the Reverend L. E. Pingel of Coleman, Wis. , or by Mrs, Lydia Sperling, D. M. L. C. '20, New Ulm, Minn.

The earlier series were mimeographed; however, since 1949 Prof. Albrecht has acquired a multigraph, a type of lithographing machine which does a printing job comparable to press work. Besides printing his music on this machine, the professor has been running off church bulletins, programs, announcements, and the like. He has likewise printed the MESSENGER since it has come out in newspaper form.

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Nevv Bleachers Planned Now that the tennis court situation is about to be remedied, the athletic department is going to try to solve another of its problems, That is the problem of seating in the gymnasium. The headache caused by the lack of seats has grown as fast as the student body and become just as large. We are now investigating the possibilities of bleacher seats at the open end of the gym, It looks as though we might be able to add somewhere between 125 and 180 seats. The major drawback to such a plan would be that these bleachers would have to be assembled and dismantled in connection with each home game. However, since aspirin does no good, it looks ai;; though we shall have to tolerate such a situation in order to relieve the headache.

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Hartwig and Kramer have complete<1 their basketball careers at Luther. And·- what careers I They will be ·sorely missed next year. It will seem odd for us of the staff to be conducting basketball without them around. They arrived at D. M. L. C. the same year that we on the staff arrived, These men rate as two of the finest athletes it has been our privilege to coach. The cooperation with team mates and coaches shown by these men is not revealed in the statistics, yet they were eager to sacrifice any personal glory for the good of the team. . They would play at any position if it would help the team, Their spirit and cooperation did a great deal toward making the basketball seasons of these past years a success. Both of these men would be quick to acknowledge that the rest of the fellows were instrumental in their success. The work of Meihack, Voigt, Kolander, Schapekahm, and the others on the squad, was an inspiration to all.

B. Hartwig Makes All•Area Team While we are on the subject of honors we must also turn to the high school department.

The New Ulm Daily .Tournal conducted a poll among fans, coach'es, and officials, for the selection of an All-Area team. Bob Hartwig of Luther High was placed on the second team. This is indeed an honor when we consider that this poll included players of all public and private high schools of the area.

One of the members of the first team was also selected as All-State. Bob established some scoring records for our school and also for the city. He set · the single game, city and school, record of 41 points to better the old city record of 35, which he had tied the week before, He also had the best average for high school players by posting . a 19, 5 average for a 16 game schedule.

Bob was not only an exceptional shot but was very valuable to the team on defense and in team play. Bob is another of the players who will be sorely missed next season.

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1953

The teams and coaches would like to express thanks to the band, to you students, and to the faculty members for the excellent support and cooperation during the past season, It takes support and spirit to build a team as , well as player ability. If there is a lack of 1 school spirit", there will also be a lack of team spirit. . That is not the case here I Your conduct at games was fine. Without exception, officials working our home games say: "This is the nicest crowd and group of players we have worked for. " (Notice they say players and crowd--not bench.) Let's maintain this same spirit, cooperation, and conduct in the future I This wraps up basketball for another year and our thoughts turn to baseball, The big question: Can Luther make it three straight S. M. J.C. C. baseball championships? We think we can. But again we need student suppo.~r~t•:___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Good Roads A Pleasure Do you remember when your parents came to visit you and had to plow through snow and mud and then finally got stuck on the college 2nds In Class Tourney grounds? You then can imagine how we appreciate that smooth driving on our new blacktop roads.

He: "Please I" But don't forget our new rotary snow plow She: "No I" with the Carmichaelbrothers at the controls!

He: "Just once I" They certainly aided to make driving a She: "No, I said!" pleasure during the past winter. Hats off to He: "Aw, but Maw, all the rest of the kids these boys! They not only made the snow go, are going barefoot I" . but also kept the "snow-go" going,

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A. A. L. (W. Trettien) Backer's Pharmacy H. Baumann Agency Ben Franklin Store Brown and Meidl Music Store Citizens' State Bank Coronet Jewelers Eibner and Son Eichten's Shoe Store Epple· Drugs Ernst Eyrich Plumbing and Heating Farmers' and Merchants' Bank R. Fesenmaier, Inc, Fischer Auto Co. Forster's, Inc. Dr. G. 1. Germann, Opt. Gislason and Reim Grundmeyer' s Barber -Beauty Shop Harolld' s Shoe Store Henle Dru~s Herberger s Herzog Publishing Co. Dr. Charles L. Hintz , D. D. S. Hubby's Barber Shop Charles Ianni and Co. Kemske Paper Co. Koehler Barber Shop Lang's Master Barber Shop Leuthold-Neubauer Clothing Co. Lindemann Shoes Meyer Studio W. O• .Moll, Plumbing and Heating Muesing's National Cafe New Ulm Brick and Tile Yards New Ulm Dairy New Ulm Qreenhouses

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New Ulm Grocery Co. New Ulm Theaters Nicklasson Athletic Co. Nieno Studios A. C. Ochs Brick and Tile Co. Ochs' "Bee Hive" Olson Drugs Oswald's New Ulm Launcry Oswald Studio Palace Lunch ·Pat's Cleaners, Edwin Meyer.

I. C. Penny Co. Pink's, "The Friendly Store" Reim and Church Jewelers Reliable Drugs Retzlaff Hardware Retzlaft Motor Co. Salet Dept. Store Schleuder' s Schnobrich' s City Meat Market Schuck's Tailors Lloyd E. Schwartz, _D.D.. S. _ Dr. A. V. Seifert, D. D.S. Dr. James R. Seifert, D. D.S. Service Print ·Shop Shake's Cleaners Silver Latch Cafe Somsen and Somsen Spelbrink' s ,Clothing Store State Bank of New Ulm Stoltenburg Motor Co. TauschecK and Gr~en Clothing Co. Tillman Bakery Ulrich Electric Drs. H. Vogel lll)d M. Kaiser Ernest C. Vogelpohl, Pipe Organs ·Dr. W. I. Vonliank, D.D.S. Weneeda Bakery

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1953

1953 Class Baslcet&all Decided The annual meeting of the S. M. 1. C. C. was Preliminary Battles held at St. Paul on March 20 and 21. As usual, one of the items on the agenda was On Wednesday, March 4, 1953, the boys' the selection of the Junior College All-Conference Basketball Team. Two Luther men intramural tournament was again set into were honored, Don Hartwig at forward and motion, In the first round games the tenth grade defeated the ·ninth grade 29-21, twelfth Rube Kramer at center.

This marks the third straight year in which grade won over the eleventh grade by a score Luther has placed two men on the team. · of 47-24, and in what proved to be the highAlso for Don this means that in his three light of the afternoon, the college freshmen years of college play he was a member . of defeated the college sophomores 33-22. The the honor team each year. For· Rube; this college juniors drew a bye.

By Wednesday, March 11, only four teams is his first year to be _s_2J~onored. Congratulations to both of these fine basketball remained. These teams had to play off to see which would earn the right to play for players!

In addition to being chosen for the third the championship and which would play for year Don was also declared the Most Valuable consolation. In the first game the twelfth Player in the conference for the second suc- grade upset the college freshmen 36-31 decessive year. As one of the veteran coaches spite the 18 point effort of the losing team's stated: "Hartwig is the best all around ·bas- Wayne Zuleger. Hackbarth paced the winketball player to perform in the conference ners with 10, In the second game of the afternoon the college sophomores succeP.ded in ov~r seven years, " The rest of the eleven l:lan honor squad are in dumping the college juniors 48-42, Plath netting-15 for the winners, and Stindt dumpthe following: Voss and Basche of Worthington; Miller, Anderson, and Johnson of Aus- ing 16 for the losers, These two wins rather complicated mattin; Harnan, Waldron, and Christopherson krs, as the college juniors had gone undeof Rochester; and Roehl of Bethany. feated until this game, while the college Besides the selection of the All-Conference team the members ofthe group spent a great freshmen now had two losses. Three teams, deal of time in the discussion of adding a namely, the college juniors, the college sophomores, and the twelfth grade were conference track meet to the list of sports.

There was a fair amount of interest displayed tied with one loss each. The college juniors for such a meet with -three schools leading drew the bye by virtue of their undefeated the way. It was finally decided that the in- first round, and so also the right to play in vitation of Bethany to hold such a meet at the ·championship game. The college sophthe Teachers' College in Mankato should be omores defeated the twelfth grade 57-40. accepted. Whether there will definitely be Plath led the way for the winners with 20. a meet this year depends upon the interest Bloom had 15 for the losers. shown by the member schools.

The conference golf and tennis meet will again be held at Rochester. The tentative dates are May;18 or 19. It was alsodecided to attemptto conduct a girls' golf and tennis meet. This last will also depend largely upon the interest shown by the member schools.

Other business of the meeting consisted of the election of officers. The rest of the time was spent in schedule making for both basketball and baseball.

Boys'

Volleyball

The intramural volleyball tournament was played off before- Easter vacation. The final standings are as follows: 1. College Sophomores 2. College Juniors 3. H. S. Seniors 4. H. S. Juniors 5. College Freshmen 6. H. S. Sophomores 7. H. B. Freshi;nen

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Tension was high as the championship game began. The college junior Jacks, under the leadership of coach Don Hartwig, took the floor against the college sophomore Bees. · Until half-time, the game was close and wellplayed by both teams, the college juniors having a one point advantage at the half.

Both teams returned after the half-time intermission determined to win. Immediately after the tip-off, there was a mad scramble for the ball, and by the end of the third quarter, the ·g ame had turned into a r.ough-and-tumble mess. The remainder· of the game could just as well be ;listed under football as far as the playing was concerned.

At the end of regulation time the score was tied at 43 all, hence an overtime had to be played. The Jacks failed to score in this hectic period, while the Bees did scrape up 3 points. The period ended with the Bees on top 46-43. Plath counted 19 for the winners, while Stindt, although dragged to the shower room in the third quarter, succeeded in hitting 17 for the Jacks.

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Consolation Saturday night, March 14, was·thebignight.

Students spent much of their time decorating the gym for their teams, In the consolation game the twelfth grade ran nearlyneck-andneck with the college freshmen until halftime. In the thirdquarterthecollege freshmen began.· to pull away, and at the end of the rough and tumble final quarter, the sco_re stood 49-30 in favor of the college freshmen.

Peters and Zuleger were high for the winners with 17 and 14 respectively. Bloom had 9 for the losers.

The girls' softball tournament, played last fall, ended up with the eleventh grade on top and the· college sophomores in second place.

The twelfth grade took third while the tenth grade took fourth place.

Broomhockey proved to be quite a hectic match between the college freshmen and the twelfth grade for championship. Five thrilling games were played between the two teams before the college freshmen succeeded in taking the championship. The eleventh grade and tenth grade played for consolation, the eleventh grade winning and taking third place and the tenth grade taking fourth.

In basketball the twelfth grade wound up an undefeated season by beating the college sophomores in the c:hampionship game by a score of 25-1 8. In other tournament games the tenth grade took third place by defeating the college freshmen for that title. Ninth grade lw as eliminated through losses to tenth grade and eleventh grade, eleventh grade lost to twelfth grade and college freshmen, and college juniors were automatically eliminated through forfeits to. college sophomores and college freshmen.

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May

1953

Tracie and Golf Added To Athletic Program

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genlot .!Jnjated .!Jn

Wally wescher

Students Visit

N.L. Academy

Quite a number of alumni and friends of Northwestern Lutheran Academy were pr-ivileged to attend the dedication of the new administration-gymnasium building at Mobridge, South Dakota, the 26th of April.

Northwestern Lutheran Academy is a Lutheran High School of our Wisconstn Synod and is located at Mobridge, South Dakota.

The school boasts of a student body of about 80. · The new administration-gymnasium building completes the campus picture, it being the third new building since 1930. The two dor mi tori es preceded it in construction.

Naturally, everyone connected with the school was overjoyed on April 26, for it was _a dream come true. It was pleasant to attend the services of dedication and see the joy which it brought to all concerned. A new pipe organ was dedicated in the evening.

Large crowds attended both services, and a mass choir sang selections, Professor Schweppe of D. M. L. C. and Rev. S. Baer of Morton, Minnesota, preached in the afternoon service. The Rev. P. Albrecht spoke in the evening service, and Mr. W. Nolte of Mankato, Minnesota,played the organ.

Alumni from D.M. L.C. who attended th~ dedications were Doris Meyer, .Elda Niederbaumer, wma Herrmann, Morris Feiock, a'ld Allen Treichel. Other D. M. L. C. students present were Elsbeth Tornow, Donald, Holzhueter, Gene Hoyard, Frederick Toll, wrn Fuhrman, and Alvin Sieg.

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Dr. Martin Luther College has decided to add a few new sports to its athletic program.

Waldemar wescher, 20-year old high It started this addition last year when school senior from Buffalo, Minnesota, was it sent a tennis team to the S. M. J.C. Conseriously injured while sight-seeing in Min- ference, of which the college is a member. neapolis, Sunday, May 4.

This year, the college will send both a tennis He suffered a skull fracture and a brain team and a golf team to the conference meet. concussion when he ran into a cable which The aetails will be explained _later in this arstruck him in the neck, knocking him to the ticle. pavement. The ambulance and police came In a recent S. M. .r. C. Conference meeting, _ immediately, and he was taken to General interest was shown in regard to holding a Hospital. After his guardian parents and conference track meet, providing the schools his brothers and sister were notified, he was cou!d organize teams. Preparations were moved to lAltheran Deaconess Hospital at made for such a meet to be held at Mankato 1412 East 24th Street, Minneapolis, State Teachers College. However , during the The accident occured about sixo'clockp.m. we~k of April 19-25, word was received that Sunday evening, May 4, as Waldemar and five only Mankato Bethany and New Ulm LutJier of _h·i s classmates were crossing a parking could muster up enough men for track teams lot to their car, after viewing the city from and that the confe?ence track meet would be the Foshay Tower. called off. Although there will be no conferAt the time of this writing, Waldemar is ence meet in track, Bethany and Luther have improving slowly and seems to be out of dan- decided.to hold a dual meet in track at Manger, although it cannot be determined how kato on Wednesday, May 13, 1953. Here is long the recoverywi!l take. His doctor pre- a .listing of the events to be featurf;!d at this dicted a one-to-two week stay at the hospital, meet: 100 yard dash, 220 yard dash, 400 followed by rest and quiet at home. yard, 800 yard, and the mile, the ~w l!u Wally, as he is known by his many friends, dies, high hurdles, broad jump, ana high came to D. M. L. C. as a H. S. freshman in jump, also the shot put and discus throwing, 1949, enrolling in the pastor's course. He This is the general program with the probaplans to attend Northwestern College, Wa- ble addition of some relays. Heading the tertown, Wisconsin, next fall. roster Luther participants is Gerhard Schapekahm, who is entered in at least four events.

Other members are Pahnke , Dorn, Peter, 7 Hadler, Roemhildt, Kalfahs, Papenfuss, On Wednesday evening, April 29, the Seni- Wendt, Holzhueter, Knippel, Stindt, and ors presented their class play, "The Big Slavensky.

Help." The play, a three-act comedy, was 1-----c_o_n_'_d_o_n__p_a_g_e_4.;.,_co_1_._2_ _ __ wellreceivedbyalargeaudience. Prof. Sitz Second Degree Is Granted was the faculty advisor for the play' and the In the last issue of the MESSENGER the student director was Katherine Fitschen. En- announcement was made that Mr. Orlan Dorn tertainment between the acts was provided by had been granted a degree upon satisfying the Senior Class Male Quartet. the requirements of the four-year program •.

After their play and after they had several Since that time it has come to our attention pictures taken of the cast, the Seniors quickly thatanotherperson has met the requirements. got busy andcleanedupthestage. They then We are, therefore, very happy to announce had a small party, at which they gave Prof. that the faculty has also granted to Miss Sitz two long-playing records in appreciation Charlotte Sauer of st. Paul, Minnesota, the for all the time and effort he put in to make degree of Bachelor of Science in Education. the play a success. Even though everyone Miss Sauer was graduated from the threehad lots of fun getting ready to present the year course in. 1942 ,and has spent four sumplay, a sigh of relief was heard when it was mers in our summer school. over• We extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss Sauer.

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L.L.L. ToPresent Operetta

Left to r ight: J. Schul~z, R. Boese , :t.

Seemann, J . Thiede, M . Ruesch, H. Hagen, A. Hackbarth, Prof. Sitz, E. Bartch, E. Bauermeister, A. Gensmer, G. Duin, K. Fitchen. Not present: V. Vandrey.

Cast, Directors of "The Big Help"

The Luther Literary League will present an operetta, "Shreds and Patches, " from Gilbert and Sullivan, in the College Auditorium, Friday and Saturday, May 22 and 23, ·at 8 p. m.

Professor M. Albrecht is directing the performance.

The cast of soloists is as follows: M. Jas- · ter, B. Miller, N. Nitz , T. Pelzl, V. Roemhildt, A. Wentzel, H, Wessel, V. Zoellmer.

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D . M. L.C . Me ssenge r

(/etmany "As We See It"

May

1953

Pentecost

(to be continued in next issue)

Mot her's Day On Mother's Day we try to express our appreciation to our mothers for all that they have done for us. We invite relatives to celebr ate with us. Mother is going to take it eas y and enjoy herself the whole day. But Mother won't take it easy. She helps prepare the meal. She must see to it that the house is in appl e-pie order before the guests arrive. She finds many things that must be attended to that no one else would ever thinl of. When the guests leave again in the evening, who is more tired than anyone else?

Mother, of course, This is one example of a Mother's Day celebration. We hope ours isn't really like that. Let's truly show Mom that we appreciate her, not only on Mother's Day, but every day of the year. ~

Many times our Messenger staff has asked

for suggestions as to how to improve the paper in order to make it more interesting to the students here on the campus. Sugges-. tions have been few and far between, but a goodly share of the few we have received have been good. We wish to thank those who showed enough interest in the Messenger to hand in their suggestions. We also wish that more of you would participate.

Mark Twain once said that everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. This well -known quotation is very applicable to the Messenger. We on the staff hear much complaining about the content of the Messenger. We realize that there is much room for improvement, and we welcome constructive criticism, but there are far too many who do nothing but complain and don't move one finger to help improve the paper in the least, One of the chief criticisms of the Messenger is that it is not enough of a student paper. There is not enough student activity voiced in the Messenger. This we realize just as much as anyone else does, but how successful have we been whenever we have tried to get the students to participate in writing articles and poems for the Messenger? Why limit everything to the staff members? In the past we sponsored a poetry contest to arouse the interest of the students, but not one single poem was ever handed in.

What kind of school spirit do you call that?

If you have an interesting feature story or poem of some kind, please do not hesitate to turn it over to the Messenger staff for publication.

Another column which would make the Messenger more interesting to students and alumni would be one made up of humorous quips from the dorms and interesting weekend episodes. Let's all try to get as many of these as possible and turn them over to any one of the reporters.

Are you one of those who does nothing but talk? Remember, talk is cheap. We want action. If theshoefits, put it on. Let's all show our school spirit by making our school paper more interesting and more studentcentered, -From . The Suggestion Box "There should be more campus chatter in the Messenger. There surely is a lot rnore happening than what is given us there! " "Have more in the Messenger about the students themselves from all the classes-news from each class l Have public opinion polls on things that the students are interested in."

"Make pictures more clear. Have more snorts . more iokes ! "

''I think there should be more comical stories in the Messenger. Also, why don't you print fiction, or something like that?

Also put in more pictures and cartoons and things that would liven it up a bit. " "We'd like more thingsaboutwhatthestudents are doing, such as the column 'campus chatter. ' I think it could be longer. " "The Messenger should come out oftener so the news wouldn't be stale by the time it reaches the kids. " "Let's get our dorm gossip back into the Messenger as it was before the paper was changed."

"Please make more columns, larger headlines, and much more of 'Herman'!"

"Last Messenger was example of what can be achieved. Can't we get a wider circle of people from the student body to participate?

Having articles up to date would aid in gaining the inter est of the readers. Not only news but human interest stories from campus news. " Thanks for all your suggestions, We hope that we ma~· fulfill at least some of the ideas expressed. ++++++++++++++++++++

Often one hears remarks such as these: "Are we having that for supper again?" or "Didn't we have that just the other day?"

People who ask such questions should sit down and think just a little bit. Put your self in the place of our cook. What would you serve approximately 400 students three times a day. Do you suppose you would be able to serve pie and ice cream for every meal? You must remember that .tJ-1.c staff ·and facilities and finances with wh~ch our cook has to work are limited, The D. M. L. C. Dining Hall is no "forum cafeteria" but an ordinary dining hall. Must we be served as kings to be satisfied?

And i sthefoodso bad? Of course it isn't!

A good variety of staple food with many d·e sserts is served. Again, the question, "Must we be served as kings?~• is very fitting here.

I'm sure that none of you get everything you wish to eat when you are at home. 1ust remember that our God in heaven gives us this food also.

The kitchen staff cannot satisfy the wants of every individual student. If ·you don' t like a certain type of food, it isn't the fault of the staff. I say "hats off" to our kitchen staff-the cook, Mrs. Glaesemann, and all of the workers in our college kitchen. They are doing a wonderful job with the available facilities. Give them a word of appreciation that their work might be alittl 1.nor e cheery.

The story of Pentecost is one that is familiar to almost every Christian boy and girl, but how many 9fus know anything about how this wonder ful event developed into the church fes t ival that we celebrate annually?

The name Pentecost, as you know, means the fiftieth day, the fiftieth day after Easter.

It is the third great annual Christian festival, and the last in the cycle of festivals ,associated with our Lord.

In early Christian literature, the name Pentecost referred to the entire period of fifty days between Easter and this festival celebrating the outpouring of the Holy Ghost. ,Fasting was forbidden during this time, and prayers were offered standing, theaters · were closed, and the games in the circus were suspended. During the actual church services, the book of Acts was read as part of the liturgy, and Hallelujahs were heard often. Truly this was a time of meditation . and joy.

The name Pentecost was first used in its restricted sense, referring to the closing day of. the fifty days' festival, at the Council of Elvira in the year 305. This council also condemned as heretical the custom of celebrating Pentecost on Ascension Day. The feast itself early became one of the . most important in the church calendar, and, in opposition to the earlier custom, fasting was frequent. This also was regarded as a favorable time for the administration of the Sacrament of Holy Baptism.

The celebration soon became a rival to Easter, extending over a long period of time, approximately eight days.

In order to limit the number of church holidays, the celebration was abridged and finally confined to three days. Now we celebrate only the actual fiftieth day.

Perhaps you have heard this festival referred to as Whitsunday. This name was derived from the custom of wearing white garments at this time.

But, whenever we read or hear ab?ut Pentecost, let us not forget the true meaning of that day so long ago when the Holy Ghost , descended on the heads of the disciples assembled together.

D. M. L. C. Messenger The "D. M. L. C. Messenger" is published during the months of October, November, December, February, March, April, May and June. The subscription price Is one dollar per aMUm, Single copies fifteen cents. We request payment in advance. "The Messen• ger" is continued after time of subscription has expired, unless we are notified to discontinue and all arrears are paid. All business communications should be addressed to the Business Manager. Contributions are requested from all alumni, undergraduates and friends.

The aim of 'The Messenger" is to offer such materials as will be beneficial as well as interesting to our readers, to keep the alumni In a closer contact with the .college and to foster school spirit.

Editor ·-···••·· ···············································.Allen Treichel Managing Editor ..............................................Alvin Sieg Ass'ts.: D. Knippel, R Hagen News Editor ···············-·····························••··Naoml Nitz · Reporters: 0. Schenk, L . Marowsky, M. Baer, R. Plagge, E . Jassmer Feature Editor ·····-··········•························Louise Reichert Asst's.: N. Voecks, G. Beckmann Art Edit.or ..................................................... .Joan Bartos Sports Editor .......... .................................. Richard Scharf Ass'ts.: B. Buss, E. Bartsch Business Manager ......... ······--·········.Frederick Blaucrt Ass't.: H. Herrian Circulation Manager ...........................John Schlbbclhut Ass't: G. Duin Typists ..............M. Niedfeld, E. Pydynkowskl

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-=J'Joett!I l!otnet~ The ascension of Christ is to every Chris:..

To The Creator tian a source of strength and comfort beBehold the wonderful heavens I cause it stres$.~S the present life and activHow came they to be there? ity of Jesus in heaven. We learn that from The placid blue lakes and rivers, heaven He rules as the supreme authority And all the fowl of the air, over all things, especially as the Head of the Church, and our great High Priest who ever The beautiful trees and woodlands, lives to make intercession for His Church.

The fragrant blossoms bright, While Christ spiritually guides the CommuMajestic hills and mountains; nion of Saints, He does not confine his lead• Tis indeed a lovely sight! ership to purely supernatural means.

Before our Lord ascended into h~aven, He The glorious beauties of nature, The days are clear, made provision for the Church by placing the Forever manifesting Day after day, responsibility for fee!iing J;lis lambs and The glory of their Maker; sheep into the hands of those men He had When April's here, The Three in One, professing.

That leads to May, called and trained for that purpose. He also And June gave his Church the Word and the sacraments, Oh beautiful, wonderful heavens!

Must follow soon: the Office of the Keys, and then the great Praise to the One in Three!

Str y, June, stay!-command, "Go .ye therefore and teach all His name fore' er confessing, If only we could stop the moon nations, baptizing them in the name of the The almighty Deity I .. And June! __ _ ' Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy · Nature Oh yes, that time has come again. The Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things I love to wonder o'er the hills time of sunburns has come, too. After that whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, And thtough the valleys green solid week of dull, damp, dark, dreary, I am with you alway, even unto the end of And see in streams and rivers clear dismal weather, students turned into lovers the world."

That crystal glistning sheen, oftheoutdoors. Foronething, tennis courts We, as ministers of the Lord unto his or no tennis courts, the students are deter- - lambs, arebutinstrumentsbringingtochildThe trees with leaves and blossoms decked mined to practice their backhand or what ren the saving Gospel message; we are but Are wondrous to behold. have you. It's actually hazardo~s business a natural means through which He guides his The sun that' s sinking in the West to walk through the volley of flying tennis Church from the heavenly realms above. InPaints skies of red and gold. balls at certain times of the day. Another to our hands He has placed this great repopular pastime these sunny days has been sponsibility by moving a congregation to call The blooms,are beautiful to see the acquiring of a suntan, or more accurately ·us and thus fulfill in their midst his command;' And very fragrant, too; expressed, a sunburn, We are to teach their children to observe all The Painter with His mighty brush The coming of June 5th means the end of the things the Father has commanded in his Made them of many a hue.

D. M. L. C. for many of the high school grad- . Holy Word. No simple task indeed! Yet we uates and all of the college graduates. But need have no fears for He is with us. He Oh, take me away from the city there are many things scheduled for these will instruct, admonish, and comfort us With its noises, crowds, and care, last short weeks of .school that will cause even as He instructs, admonishes, and comTo the solitude of that woodland scene; ·. those leaving New Ulm for the last time to 1---fo_r_t_s_t_h_r~o_u.c..gh_u_s_._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __.__..:.F..:.o~r-..;I;,..'l..:.l_b;;..e;...;.;h.;;;a..,"-,,;.th..:.e..:.r;;..e;;.:•'---~~---leave with pleasant memories. There will be class picnics, graduation banquets, the operetta, "Shreds and Patches, " the spring -c,=n.,,,'::nconcert, June Night, and most of all, the relief after exams are over.

Arumor--somethingunusualfor D. M.L. C. is to take place in the near future. You know, for the longest time, I wondered why boys were rum1ing around the campus road ·:hey are oursl ----- You be theirsl every day. Again, I saw some fellows throwing around a ball that looked awfully heavy A. A, i... (W. Trettien) A. C. Ochs'Brick and Tile Yards, Springfield to me. I finally found out that these boys Backer's Pharmacy Ochs' "Bee Hive" were training for the track meet to be held H. Baumann Agency Oswald's New Ulm Laundry at Rochester. Shouts of "Fore! " coming Ben Franklin Store Oswald Studio from the athletic field told me that some Citizens State Bank Of New Ulm Palace Lunch boys were going to compete in golf at the · Eibner and Son Pat's Cleaners, Edwin Meyer meet. Even girls are not .to be excluded Eichten' s Shoe Store J. C. Penny Co. Always First Quality from this, I hear. Some will be entering the Epple Bros, Drug Store · Pink's, "The Friendly Store" tennis matcJ}es at Ro~hester.

Ernest Eyrich Plumbing and Heating Reim and Church Jewelers co_n'd· on page 41. col. 2 Farmers' and Merchants' Bank F. H. Retzlaff Hardware, Our Own Hardware R. Fesenmaier, Inc, Retzlaff Motor, Dodge-Plymouth Fischer Auto Service, 109 No, Broadway Salet Dept. Store Forster's, Inc, Schleuder' s E Dr. G, J. Germann, opt, maker affine glasses Schnobrich' s City Meat Market Gislason and Reim Schuck' s Tailors Henle Drugs L. E. Schwartz, D. D.S. Herberger's Dr. · A. V, Seifert, D. D.S. Herzog Publishing Co, Dr. James R. Seifert, D. D.S. Dr. Charles L. Hintz, D. D.S. Service Print Shop Hubby's Barber Shop • Shake' s Cleaners Charles Janni and Co. Silver Latch Cafe Kemske Paper Co. Sornsen and Sornsen Koehler Barber Shop Spelbrink' s Clothing ·Meyer Studio State Bank Of New Ulm W. O. Moll, Plumbing and HHting Stoltenburg Motor Co. Muesh1g's Tauscheck & Green, Quality Clothes New Ulm Brick and Tile Yar is Ulrich Electric New Ulm Dairy Ors, H, Vogel and M. Kais~!," New Ulm Greenhouses Ernest C. Vogelpohl, Pipe Organs New Ulm Theaters Dr. W. J, Von Bank, D. D.S. ·l Nicklasson Athletic Co. Weneeda Bakery . _Leuthold-Neubauer Clothing

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What a wonderful day this is going to be I That's what I thought when I woke up early on that fateful May morning. The sunlight streamed through the window, tinting the · whole room with bright hues. The weather was wonderful I It made one feel like getting · up and enjoying the beauties of nature. Oh, it was a glorious feeling ••.• but very shortlived. As I sat upon the edge of my bed trying to decide what to do first; I glanced ~t . the calendar. May 11th! It couldn't be!

The piano recital I At that moment a cloud · seemed to blot outthe brightness of the sun's rays even though there wasn't a cloud in the sky. The day had suddenly lost its splen. dor.

Somehow I managed to drag myself through · the daily schedule. The time seemed to creep along at a turtle's pace; and yet, before I knew it, the time had come. That fatal hour, four o'clock!

I sat calmly (? )waiting my turn to play the piano. As I looked up and down those rows of fellow-sufferers, the scene somehow reminded me of the Frence Revolution, each awaiting his turn at the guillotine. The music • might have been beautiful, but I didn't enjoy it There was a loud knocking sound that k;pt bothering me. Oh, good night! My knees were knocking together. At least the piano teachers didn't have to worry about fingernails tapping on the keyboard. The fingernails were all chewed off.

Someone ha:d just finished playing. I was next I Paderewski would surely have rolled over in his.grave if he could have heard me.

I walked up the steps, my heart thumping wildly. There was one consolation; I had my own metronome, Isa:t down at the piano and played for a time that seemed like years.

After many pauses and many sour notes, I finally finished. I felt as if the temperature had risen to about a hundred in the shade.

The people clapped as I walked down the steps.

Of course, they only did it to make me feel good.

Relieved that the ordeal was over I hurried outside to really enjoy what remained of that once beautiful day.

Now, folks, recitals ar-en't so bad after all, are they?

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"See here, Tommy," said the teacher, "you must not say, 'I ain't going to the picnic.'

You must say, 'I am not going; he is not going; they are not going; we are not going.' " "Oh," replied Tommy, "ain't nobody going?"

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con'd froq1 page 1, col. 3 The Cpnference golf and tennis mP.et will be held at Rochester on Monday, ·May 18, 1953. In golf, the teams will play 27 holes.

Medals will be awarded the two lowest gross scores. The total low gross will receive the team championship trophy. The Luther team consii>ts of three ill college men and one I college man. The members are Arden Wentzel, Gordon Synhorst, Loran Schulz, and John Meyer. In tennis, the Program will be much the same as last year's Each school will be allowed two singles players and one doubles team. A medal will be awarded the singles champ. A trophy will be awarded to . the doubles champ. A trophy will be awar ded to the winning team, which will be determined on the basis of points in both singles and doubles competition. The Luther tennis team will be selected on the basis of a double elimination tourney to be held soon on the downtown courts.

A favorable note to this addition of sports • to the college Program is that at least two colleges, namely, Rochester and Luther, are interested in adding a girls' tennis.and golf meet on the same basis as the bo s' meet.

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Dr. Martin Luther College opened its baseball season with a 10-1 non-conference win over Northwestern Bible Schools of Minneapolis on Monday, April 27.

The College team, l,lSing the entire roster, made seven hits and ten errors pay off for ten runs , two coming in the first, one in the fourth, four in the sixth, two in the seventh and another in the eighth.

Zuleger, making his college debut, turned in a fine three-hit pitching performance. He : struck out seven men in the game. In one • stretch, he retired thirteen straight batters.

The lone Northwestern run came on a single in the ninth with two down.

-Kolander, Voigt and Fuhrman each had two hits for Luther, Kramer getting the only other.

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Zuleger, College Pitcher con'd from page 3, col. 1 . So much fQr the athletic activities on our campus. Culture and the fine arts have not been neglected either. Many students pur.chased season tickets for the series of movie operas being shown at the local theater. The first opera, shown on April 15, was "La Traviata" by Verdi. The second movie opera was Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci," shown on April 29. The third and last opera was scheduled for May 13. This one was "Faust and the Devil" by Gounod.

The last Community Concert of the season was presented Monday evening, May 4. The concert was presented by the Leslie Bell Singers, a group of thirty Canadian women.

They presented a very enjoyable and varied program of sacred numbers, spirituals, popular songs, and folksongs of Canada and the United States.

Since the beginning of the second semester two girls, both freshmen in college, have been forced to leave school because of ill health. Th~ first to leave was Betty Jentz, who did not return after Christmas vacation.

The other, Joyce Wiechmann, had to leave because of rheumatic fever.

Speaking of sickness, there has been one case of mumps on the campus. Gwen Rauschke was the lucky one to get thel!l. L.ec · s hope she's the only one to getthem.,.Of course with the piano recitals coming up, everyone . in high school sort of'hopes that something . will happen so he won'thaveto play. Mumps would be one way out, if you think that affliction pleasanter than playing in a recital.

D. M. L. C. students who visited Mobridge for' tbe dedications at the Lutheran Academy had · many experiences. They, of course, visited S'.~ting Bull's muddy grave. Many of them bought souvenirs, and some of them invested in new Sitting Bull T-shirts. The visitors attended chapel ·e xercl ses at the Academy on Monday morning and visited several classes.

Doug Stindt, after returning from a year of practice teaching, started this season out right by stopping Northwestern Bible Schools of Minneapolfs with a one-hitter. Doug was amemberofthe mound staff of the 1951 Luther team, which took the :Southern Minnesota College Conference crown that year.

Northwestern got their only run in the first inning on their only hit of the game, a single, aided by two Luther miscues.

Luther accounted for two runs in their half of the first, one in the second, one in the third,. three in the fourth, and one in the seventh.

Big hits of the day were Plath's triple and Stindt's double.

This was the second time Luther defeated Northwestern this year.

Batteries: Luther: Stindt and Hartwig Northwestern: ·Murphy and Anderson RHE Northwestern 100 000 000 .••.••..• 1 1 5 Luther 211 300 lOx ••••••••• 8 10 6 H.S. Loses To Trinity On Wednesday, April 22, the D. M. L. C. Prep baseball team opened its season by meeting Trinity of New Ulm on the College' diamond. Our Prep team got off to a bad start in allowing the visitors three :runs in the first inning. After that, the Preps settled down, getting two runs on two hits in the 4th, taking a deciding lead in the 5th with • three hits and four runs, and holding the opponents scoreless the rest of the game.

The final score: Luther 6, Trinity 3 •.

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With the death of Mr. F. ·H. Retzlaff, 89, on Sunday, May 17, in the Union Hospital, Dr. Martin lAlther College lost one of its best friends and staunchest supporters.

Born ln Stettin, Germany, on December 30, 1863, he came to this country with his parents at the age of four. The family settled on a farm near New Ulm and joined St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church.

Mr. Retzlaff became a member of the Boardof Regents ofour school in 1892. His service on that Board was continuous to the day of his death with the exception of a two- . year interlude in the early 1900's.' His sound judgment, his wide business experience, and his humt:,le Christian approach made his activit:yeffectiveinhelpingto solve the numerous p~oblems· that beset such institutions. .

Mr. Retzlaff attended the annual meeting .of the Board of Regents on Saturday, May 9, taking his usual active part in the deliberations. The following day he was stricken with a heart ailment, and a week later the Lord called His servant home. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday, May 20, at St. Paul's Church by Pastor W. J. Schmidt. The First Choir sang in tlj_e service. _ Almost sixty years on the policy-making board of an educational institution is a unique record, without doubt. When such a term of service brings with it outstanding ability and attentive interest, it becomes a blessing to many. Dr. Martin Luther College grate fully remembers the blessings God has conferred on it through the services of this outstanding layman.

48: Graduates And Volunteers Receive Teach.I ng Positions

The June Night commencement concert will be held in the college auditorium on Thursday evening, June 4, at 8:15 o'clock. The concert will consist of a sacrednumber sung

by Choir I under the direction of Prof. E, D. Backer, · and secular numbers sung by the mass choir. The D. M. L. C. band will play selections and accompany the choir in one number. Prof. M. Albrecht is the director of these organizations.

Marvin Busse, a college junior, will be the featured pianist at this conc(!.rt, ..... _ · Commencement exercises for the high school and college departments of D. M. L. C. will be held in the college auditorium Friday morning, June 5, at 10:00 o'clock. The guest speaker for the occasion _will be the · Rev. H. C. Nitz of Waterloo, Wisconsin, · president of the Western W~sconsin District.

The organ processional will be ; played. by Prof. E. D. Backer of the college faculty.

Prof. C. L. Schweppe will present the diplomas to the graduates. A choir o! college . ' students, unde·r the direction of Prof. M. · Albrecht, will sing "Be Thou Faithful Unto Death. " The college class of 1953 consists of nine ,.graduates of whom four are men and five Luther Literary Le_a gue are women. They have chosen for their motto, "IfGO<}be For Us WhoCanbeAgainst Performs Operetta Us." Their class flower is the yellow rose.

There will be sixty seniors graduating from · The comic operetta, "Shreds and -~ akhes, ''' from Gilbert and Sullivan, was performed ·the high school this :Y!:)~. Their class flower is the white rose. The motto they in the college auditorium on the evenings of have chosen is, "Be Thou Faithful :Unto Friday and Saturday, May 22 and 23. The production was under the direction of Prof.

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M. Albrecht. Marvin Busse, the piano . : On Friday, May 22, at the meeting of the accompanist, was assisted · by a band en- ·Call Board at the Thiensville Seminary, · forty-eight D. M. L.C. students were given semble, The chorus was composed.of members of the Lutb.iir Literary League Which · calls to teach in Christian Day Schools of , the Wisconsin Synod. The next day the in- . sponsored the operetta. formation as to where these students were Members of the cast . gf .soloists were to teach was received at New· Ulm. Some Howard Wessel and Vernon Roemhildt, undergraduates were given calls to alleviate tenors; Ted J?elzl; Val.Tean Zoellmer, and the present emergency. The list of proArden Wentzel, baritones; . Beverly Miller and Margaret Jaster, sopranos; and Naom i spective teachers and the place of their calls .!'fitz. alto. is as .follows: College III Hoyard, : G. -------------Reedsville, Wis. Runke, -H. ---------------Hoskins, Nebr.

Toll, F. --------------New London, Wis,.

The annual spring concert was held Sunday Treichel, A. ---------------Shirley, ,Wis.: afternoon, May 17, in the college auditori Groth, H. ----------------Montello, Wis. _u m. The concert was presented by the band, Hillemann, G. -----------Milwaukee,;Wii;.

11nder the direction of Prof. M. Albrecht, Miller, _B:----------------Wayne, Mich. the Marlut Singers, directed by William cont'd on page 2, col. 3 Birsching, and the Aeolian Chorus, .under the direction of Grace Hillemann. ,The band accompanied Otto Schenk in his rendition of the first movement of Grieg's Several College organizations have elected Piano Concerto in A Minor. Between band officers and directors for the forth coming selections, incidental numbers were sung by school year. The director of Marluts is · the College Quartette, which made a great ~arvin Busse. Myrna Kiecker will direct hit with the audience. the Aeolian Chorus. The officers of the Lu- .

After a short intermission, secular _·num.: ther Literary League are Frederick iBlaue.it", · bers were sung by the Marlut Singers and the Pres.; Marvin Busse, V. P.; Irene Fehrle, Aeolian Chorus. secy.; Marie Raaths, treas. ·Howard Dorn .: '. Immediately after the concert, Open House !lilS chosen as Dorm.President · was held at the dormitories until 5: 15.

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On Monday evening, May 25, the - senior class held a banquet in Eibner' s Willamarie Room. After the chic ken dinner was served, the class's history, will, and prophecy were read. Prof. M. Albrecht, the class advisor, and Prof. C. L. Schweppe eachgave a short speech. Speeches were also given by Elroy Bartsch, th_!! ,c lasspreside11t,,f.ritztpanning, and Katherine Fitschen. A variety of musical selections by members of the class added to the program. Arthur Hackbarth 1 as master of ceremonies. serve!I --Members of tile faculty gave a banquet for · the nine graduating dlembers of the college junior class, on the evening of May 29, at Beyer's Steak House.

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J une 1953 cont'd from page 1, col. 3 Spaude, Victoria---------Hemlock, Mich.

Spaude, Virginla------------Akask:a. s. D. College. 11 Fuhrman, L. ---------------Boyd, Minn.

Birkholz, T. --------------Golden, Colo.

Breaker, J. ------------Hortonville, Wis. Brinkmann, H. ------~Tawas City, Mich.

Egvedt, B. ----------------Cudahy, Wis. Fairchild, M. .-------------Gibbon, Minn • Hartwig, H. ------------Milwaukee, Wis. Hilinske, J. --------Benton Harbor, Mich.

Hillemann, H. --------------Juneau, Wis. Horn, D. ----------------Princeton, Wis. Huck, D. -------------Beaver Dam, Wis. Thde, L. ----------------Milwaukee, Wis. Jourdan, N. ------------Des Plaines, Ill. Klug, P. ---------------Valentine, Nebr.

Lueker, E. ---------------Kenosha, Wis. Luhmann, G. -------West Granville, Wis. Meissner, L. ------------Eldorado, Wis. Paap, I. --------------Jamestown, N. D. Papeniuee, S. -----------Gresham, Nebr, Prausa, M. ------------Caledonia, Minn.

Shiley, L. --------------------Crete, Ill. Stelljes, P. -------------Red Wing, Minn.

Stolz, D. ----------------Kimberly, Wis. Tornow, E. -------------Green Bay, Wis. Ulrich, L. -------------Weyauwega, Wis. Wegner, K. -------------'--Kenosha, Wis. Willhite, R. ------------Arlington, Minn.

Wood, ].----------------Waukesha, Wis. College I Bird, J. ------------------Kenosha, Wis. Deines, M. -----------------Bylas, Ariz.

Kahrs, A. -----------------Neenah, Wis. Keller, ].---------------~Tucson, Ariz.

Kramer, B. ---------.- -----Brillion, Wis. Liesner, M. --------------Appleton, Wis. Long, M. ----------~-----Appleton, Wis. Niederbaumer, E. ---------Kenosha, Wis. Pape, E. -----------------Medford, Wis. Pittman, D. ---------------Tucson, Ariz.

Radtke, P. ---------------Winona, Minn.

Rauschke, G. --------------Bangor, Wis. Schroeder, !.--------~---Sanborn, Minn.

(continued from April issue) We stop to view the outside of the "Herzogliche Schloss, " a huge palace in the heart of the city. It must have been a beautiful place, but now the building and its surroundings are in ruins.

We last stoppea at Braunschweig. After a few days rest, we leave for Bremen. The ' first things we notice as we approach the center of the city are the cathedral and the city hall, both old, ,monumentaf structures.

"Be thoufaithful·u~·t·o death, and I will give There is a guided tour to the basement of the thee a crown of life." (Rev. 2, 10). These cathedral-which Is interesting in peculiar words Christ directs to everyone who has way. As we enter the basement, known as been brought to faith in Christ through the the Bleikeller, we seeall kinds of dead bodies work of the Holy Ghost. For the graduates lying in open coffins. Also there are dead· this promise of Christ should ever be fore~ cats and birds hanging from the wall. The most in their thoughts as they leave this inguide tells us that the atmosphere in the stitution as Christ's representatives here cellar is so dry that bodies do no,t decay or on earth. Some of the graduates are going smell. The skin shrivels up, and that is all. out to work in Christ's vineyard as Christian A cat has been hanging from the wall for Day School teachers. others will further eighty years. One dead man there who was Christ's kingdom here on earth as doctrinally a builder of the church, fell off the steeple sound lay people, or as advanced .students preparing for work in Christ's vineyard. · and was killed, after which his body was pilt into this cellar temporarily, and was later Whatever category into which we fit, Christ's found in good condition. From this time on words must be ever with us. Throughout bodies have been preserved in the cellar.' our school years, we have heard the Word All this happened centuries ago. of God preached daily, Through this Word Off to the side of this cellar, and even lower of God the Holy Ghost has strengthened and is another cellar. This was a chapel built preserved in us the true faith. We have bein the twelfth century, Toward the front of come members of Christ's kingdom through it is a grave in which lies an archbishop faith in Christ. Now that we are members buried there in 1072. In the rear of the of Christ's kingdom, He asks nothing more chapel is an or_gan which had been brought of us than that we be faithful. The Lord there from Leipzig, and which Johann Sewants us to remain faithful, not only while bastian Bach had once used. The colors of we are at school where we hear His Word the keys are just reversed from those of . continually, but He wants us to remain faithtoday. ful unto death. Unless we remain faithful, In the church proper we see an organ being we will lose eternal salvation. To be faithrepaired which will have 3975 pipes. We are ful, we must ever hold to that blessed protold by one of the workers that in the front mise that our sins are forgiven solely through section of the church is another organ with the suffering and death of our personal nearly ten thousand pipes. This number cah I" Savior, Jesus Christ. Faith in this promise Campus Has Visitors be compared to the approximately thirteen is theonlywayto eternalsalvatlon. A faithhundred speaking pipes in St. Paul's church . This time or the school year often brings ful Christian will always show forth the organ here in New Ulm. visitors to our campus. These are often praises of Him who has called him out of We leave the church and go into the city hall prospective students of D. M. L. C. Among. darkness into His marvelous light. This and· again into the cellar. These cellars those visiting us within the last few weeks . faithfulness Christ demands of all no matter seem to hold some special fascination. We ·were pupils from La Crosse, Wood Lake, what their calling in life may be. Thus, don't know why the cellars should be such Wellington Township, Fairfax, Bangor, whatever we are required to do, we must attract~9.ns. Th.is particular cellar is known Wis., and St. Croix Falls, Wiis . do to the best of our God-given abilities • , as_ the ,;Raths~eller. "Actually it is a wine "If ye continue in My Word, then are ye My restaurant". Situated in niches in the wall are disciples indeed." (John 8:31). several large wine barrels dating from the The "D. M. L. C. Messenger" is published during eighteenth century. the months of October, November, December, FebOur Country's Voice Is Pleading We then leave Bremen and start for Emden ruary, March, April, May and June. The subscription Go where the waves are breaking near the North Sea. Parallel with the road price is one dollar per annum. Single copies fifteen On California's shore, near Emden is a huge dike, The land surcents. We request payment in advance. "The Messenger" is continued after time of subscription has exChrist's precious Gospel taking, face here is completely flat, and a tree is a pired, unless we are notified to d!soontlnue and all More rich than golden ore; rare sight. More familiar are ships on the arrears are paid. Ali business communications should water and cows on the fields. -The houses in be addressed to the Business Manager. Contributions On Alleghany's mountains, Emden have roofs that come closer to the are requested from all alumni, undergraduates and friends.

Through all the western vale, ground than most roofs do.

The aim of 'The Messenger" is to offer such Beside Missouri's fountains Having seen the North Sea territory, we materials as will be beneficial as well as ·interesting to· Rehearse the wondrous tale. make our way to the industrial area of Gerour readers, 1x> keep the alumni in a closer contact with many. We visit the city of Wuppertal in the the college end to foster school spirit.

The love of Christ unfolding, Ruhr. This city was the first German city Editor .......... ............................................. _.Allen Treichel · Speed on from east to west, to receive heavy bombing. Much of the city Managing Editor ........................................... -..Alvin Sieg Till all, His cross beholding, still lies flat. We are told that just previous Ass'ts.: D. Knippel, ;H. Hagen In Him are fully blessed. to the bombing, fire engines were already News Editor ..-···- - - - - - - · .. ·-··•Naomi Nitz prepared in case of an air raid.

When the .•• This Day, June, 1953 Reporters: bombs came, the heat melted the asphalt 0. Schenk, L. Marowsky, M. Baer, R. Plagge, streets; the engines sank down and were "It may not be on the mountain's height E . Jassmer burned up with the city. Thousands of people Or over the stormy sea; Feature Editor ..........................................Louise Reichert were killed.

It may not be at the battle's front Asst's.: N. Voecks, G. Beckmann One feature in Wuppertal is quite unique.

My Lord will have need of me.

Art Editor ..................................................... Joan Bartos It is the "Schwebebahn, "a " streetcar" hangBut if by a still small voice He calls Sports Edloor ........................_................... Richard Scharf ing from a steel structure. This method of Ass'ts.: B. Buss, E. Bartsch To paths that I do not know, transportation conserves street space and Business Manager .......__..................... Frederick Blauert r 11 answer, 'Dear Lord, with my hands in one part of the town the "Schwebebahn" Ass't.: H. Herrian In Thine, travels over a river. ::lrculatlon Manager ............................ Jo!ln Schibbelhut I'll go where You want me to go. 111 Ass'l : G. Duin From Wuppertal, we start toward Dussel••• This· Day, June, 1953 Typists .............. M. Niedfeld, E . Pydynkowski cont'd on page 3, col. 1

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1953 cont'd from page 2, col. 2 ·dorf. It might be desirable to say here that .up to this point very few automobiles were s~e!}.•_ Now t_l:ie:y are a familiar s_ight, _and bicycles take mmor position. At Dusseldorf we have our first view of the Rhine River.

Upo_n entering the main part of the city, we agam see many ruins, among which is an art gallery. In the basement, part of the gallery has been restored, and we see mostly th.is so-called "modern" art on display. Leaving th,~ art gallery, we drive down the famed Konigsallee, a street known because it was on this street where all the latest fashions made their initial appearances. Even today _this part of the city seems to be for the upper class; for, along the ·s ides of the street are what might be t ermed sidewalk restaurants · consisting of tables each having an umbrella'.

The street itself is about a block wide As we leave o1lss eldorf and drive t~ward Cologne, we are astonished to see a Bayer Aspirin factory at Leverkusen. Soon we can see the magnificent Cologne cathedral towering far above anv other part of the city.

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fl Starlent"J tJOay There comes a day in the life of every student which he regards with as much fear and trembling as that with which the impenitent will view the da):' of judgment. At D. M. L. c. , the cause for such quaking may be your turn at conducting, a catechization, an English speech, a recital number, an instrumental s?lo for_ 3: concert, or some other such special activity. While the frightful tasks may be as varied as the colors of Jacob's coat the course of the resulting fears is as un~ deviating as the plot of western movies Anxiety starts several days, maybe ~ven · a week, ahead, and apprehension mounts steadily as ~he fateful day approaches. Any casual reminder produces a gnawing restlessness, and you fervently wish the event was already recorded history. But Father Time, no_ respector of wishes, ruthlessly pursues his way, until you reali:i;e, to your consternation, that tomorrow is D day.

Feverish activity replaces hesitation. As effort grows, tenseness increases· as tension mounts, you get more flustered; ~s you grow more fl_u stered, _confusion abounds. Finally you retire that mght, minus all hope like the convict scheduled to die at dawn.'

You awake with a start. Today is it I With dread filling your soul you note the remaining hour_s pass. Consciously you try to relax, and Just as consciously the sickly nausea increases. The seconds tick by. Despite yourself, you start to shudder, then tremble.

Your heart leaps in panic; you petrify in terror . . Your doom is here!

Well, here I am, back at my desk again to tell all you good people good-bye till next fall. You know, this year, like all the rest ha~ had its ups and downs, but I've really enJoyed it. I hope there are at least a few w~o share that feeling with me. Why, just thmk .of all the 'firsts' we say this year I Work has begun on the first concrete tennis courts to be buil~ at D. M. L. C. The first student center of any ,kind, our Union, was opened in the basement of the Music Hall.

The campus roads were black-topped for the first time during last summer. · Something that has been done before, but not for a long time, is the building of a new professor's home. To that we can add the performance of the operetta, "Shreds and Patches. " Just to reminisce a bit more, do you remember the Hallow' en parties? The costumes for one of the parties really were figments of somebody's imagination. Something not so pleasant to remember is the epidemic of flu-that wehadearlierthis year. flowers are p1anted in encasements along ·Poor Mrs. N. I All those trays to prepare the window sills. An old pump stands near gave her nightmares, I'm told. Mumps the rear do<>r. The inside of the house is and rheumatic fever left their calling cards now a museum, containing among other things 1'; on the campus, too.

Be_et_hoven's thre~ pianos, an organ, many I remember all the wonderful snow we had origmal manuscripts, pictures and busts of famous people, Beethoven's death mask a . thi_~ winter. Do you? There was skating, skung, and tobagganing in the line of winter As we stand bP.fore the cathedral we are budget card, .his will, and his baptisi:ial sports. Do you remember those exciting amazed at its structure. Every of its document. · class tournaments this winter? The coming architecture, it seems, points to heaven.

As we leave Bonn, we see the Bundeshaus of spring brought tennis, golf, softball, and The cathedral was started in the thirteenth the present West German capitol, a moder~ other sports too numerous to mention. century and completed in the nineteenth cen- structure in white.

I can remember the excellent entertainment tury. Only half of the cath~dral is open for We continue our drive along the Rhine River provided by the performance of the L. L. L tourists, because war damages have neces- and stop next at Rolandsbogen, which was sitated repairs. But even the open half is ~other 1I1edieval fortress built on a high play, "The Tattletale, " and the senior class about the most spacious church we had ever hill. Only one large vine-covered wall of the play, "The Big Help." The series of Con°iseen. castle is yet standing, and that one is arch munity Concerts presented at the New Ulm . A guide leads us up to the base of one of the shaped. From Rolandsbogen we have the · High School were as enjoyable as ever. We ,spires. We have to climb 501 steps built in most magnificent . and picturesque single also had the opportunity to see three operas spiral form. Before we reach the observaview of the Rhine. In the · distance on the in movie form at a local theater. tion point, we turn off on a platform to the othersideofthe Rhine, we can seeDrachenWe'll always remember Gracie and Willie ·belfry in which hang about eight bells the ·Bee ·as the very capable Aeolian and Marlut .!els. · largest of which weighs twenty tons. Going directors this year ••• the fun and blisters of We then drive- through Koblenz and from then to the observation tower, we have a there visit the castle Stolzenfels built in the Arbor Day •.• all that snow to shovel last marvelous view of Cologne--the Rhine River side of a wooded hill along the Rhine. This winter ... the Christmas Concerts ••. those on one side, the railroad station on another castle is completely restored and gives us a most w~lcome. vacations.,. those delkious turkey dinners ••• seeing· "Macbeth" at st. 'and the ruined city covering the remainde; good idea of life in the castle, centuries back . .of our view. After descending the stairs The floor of the castle is made of fine inlaid Pete!' ... Saturday night movies in the audiwe walk through various chapels in the cathe~ wood throughout. As we enter, we must wear torium ••• class picnics last fall and this :dral. Then we see the cathedral treasury. a certain type of sandal over our shoes to s~ring.:. the all-school,,..,• · acquainted pie ring for chapel :There, on exhibit, are the bones of different prevent any scratching of the floor. The con- me ..• piano recitals.. ;Roman Catholic saints enclosed in golden and stant use of these sandals has resulted in a •. : watching TV • •• and many, many other .glass containers. highly polished floor surface. A guided tour thmgs that made the school year of 1952After leaving Cologne, we enter Bonn, and of the castle has been prepared. We are 53 _a very_spe_cial one to remember. , The college junior class _cross the Rhine River there. We spend the taken first to the castle chape~ and frointhere night at a little village, Oberdollendorf. Near are led to the garden in the courtyard.. In honored their nine graduating· classmate·s with an early egg-fry one morning. Just Oberdollendorf is an old medieval castle this garden is a statue of young Siegfried 'Drachenfels, which hasdisintegrated through with his sword, The next room that we visit ask them what they did with ten gallons of the years. A special steam-powered train is the music room containing an eighteenth. cocoa for thirty people. Just for the record is provided to take tourists to the top of the century piano, alute,and aharp. Then there• the college sophomores were the fil'§t t~ steep hill where Drachenfels' ruins stand is also another room which contains weapons· hold their picnic. Their ambition caused them to plan for it no matter what the firmly. from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries After a restful night of sleep at Qberdoll- --knights• ._a.rm<>r, spears, swords, and weather man said. The high school seniors endorf, we return to Bonn. The principal shields. We leave Stolzenfels and decide to were the only ones who did not have a pie nic. They thought that they would have item of interest here is Beethoven's birthdrive along the Mosel River which joins the enough to do just preparing for their banplace. He lived here until he was about four Rhine at Koblenz. Having prepared a picnic quet. A practical idea, I'd say. year s old. The surroundings are quaint. cont'd on page 4, col. 2 cont'd on page 5,° col. 2 The back yard is covered with grass, and

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Recently the residents of Centennial Hall·· Listening to the birds, the wind, and the were privileged to have in their midst a river, we eat hard rolls, homemade summer· ,prominent guest. (You didn't know that, did sausage, and of course drink a bottle of Mosel you, girls?) Miss G----, aged nine and wine. three quarters years, spent the night there.

Toward evening we drive back to Koblenz : This reporter was fortunate enough to obtain and stay there for the night. The following an interview with the young lady in order to ' day we take the boat oii the Rhine Riv.e r from bring to the public her comments and opinions Koblenz to Bingen. Th·is stretch of the· Rhine about this visit. is the most scenic. On ·both sides we see When asked why she decided to spend a night · vine-clad slopes. It is certainly amazing at Centennial, she replied, "I had never how acres and more acres of these sloping slept in a bunk bed before, and, besides; hillsides are so totally covered with grapes. they asked me to stay." Having answered When the plants are still small, they receive this question very definitely she proceeded careful attention; and when the grapes are · to tell of her sleeping quarters. ripe, they are picked one by one. What "They said I could sleep in the subferrElJlean strikes us most is the ambition that the berth, and I was very excited about this. 'til workers must have, daily climbing the slopes I found out that it meant I was to sleep under in the hot sunlight. the ped. Then I talked them into letting me sleep in the top bunk. " Miss G---- visited Aeolians and thought it was "nice." She confessed that she even sang along during one song. (Grace, maybe that's why it sounded so good that night.)

"What did you do the first time you heard a bell ring?" she was asked. · "I jumped 'cause I thought •it was a fire drill. I hurried down the ·stairs and never looked back. Then I found out everyone was going to chapel, and there really was no fire. Boy, those bells are awfully loud," The young lady spent a profitable hour during study hall reading the Instructor, (College · students take note!) but said she would not like to study there because "I could never keep quiet or sit still_that long. " The next morning she was awake long before six and promptly got everyone else in the room out of bed, too. She brushed her teeth At frequent intervals, medieval fortresses twice that morning, too. When asked why are seen at the tops of these hills, while on she did it twice, she replied, "M--- hadn't · the Rhine itself, tugs and barges are traveling brushed hers. at all that day, and I was just upstream. It is interesting to note the little trying to help her by brushing mine once for rowboats tied to the sterns of these freighters her." and tossed about by the waves.

After morning chapel she visited various .

As we progress farther down the Rhine, we classes. Her reaction was simple. "I don't 'pass the well-known Lorelei rock, the rock _like it; It's too boring. All you ever· do is . about which poets and composers have beau'write and keep quiet. You can't talk." The tifully written. nicest part of the morning, in her estimation, After a five hour ride we arrive at Bingen. was the time spent in the library. Prof. · Continuing by automobile, we drive back a Janke presented her with a pretty orange few miles to the castle Rheinstein, which is pencil which she eagerly showed to this reanother one of the few restored Rhine castles. porter.

The shaded forest scenery surrounding the Concluding the interview, Miss G---- said castle gives a secluded atmosphere to the she would love to spend another night at palace. We meet three foreign tourists there Centennial--if someone would ask her. who want us to take their picture with their camera. We can't understand them, but finally realize their desire. Inside the castle are many items similar to those at Stolzenfels, which we visited earlier . . But her_e at Rheinstein we see Frederick the Great's flute ·and an old spinet no longer in working "We are having a party condition.

'Especially for you' After leaving Rheinstein, we cross the On Wednesday, May 27, at 2:00 P. M. Rhine River on a car-ferry to Rudesheim.

In Centennial gym. " This is a small city famous for its Rhine wine. Rhine wine is light, sour wine about Such were the invitations, signed "The as plentiful along the Rhine as water is to us.

Junior Girls," that brought the girls of the It might be interesting to note here that the high school graduating class to an informal boat we traveled on down the Rhine River party given by the girls of the junior class. also bore the name "R~desheim. " Mistress of Ceremonies for the afternoon From the city, we climb another high hill was Marion Lober. A full program of enter- · to the "Nied~rwald Denkmal, " the German tainment was planned which included a skit . national monument. There we picnic for -a and a reading. A prophecy of each senior while and eat hard rolls and summer sausage girl's life was read.

Music for the . with Rhinewine--a very tasty food combinaafternoon consisted of a French hoi:n solo tion. After this pleasant period of rest, we and numbers sung by the Junior Girls' visit the expensive, cultured city of WiesbaOctette. den, the United States Air Force capital.

The junior and senior class advisors and Herewecangreetair force personnel in our their wives were also invited to the party •. own American tongue. In the city is a KurThese professors and also a representative · haus, a beautiful white building with pillars of the senior girls were asked to speak. and a small dome, behind which is a ~uiet After the program, a lunch was served_. lagoon with surrounding gardens. This small

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The following morning we cross the Neckar on a bridge which was repaired after having been d·a maged during the last war. Driving up· a steep hill, we reach the famous Heidel. berger Schlosz or castle. A guide takes us completely through it, telling us that at some places in the castle the walls are fifteen feet . thick. This old castle is the largest and most rugged of allthe castles we have seen so far. ' In the main courtyard concerts are freq11ently given. The most interesting feature in the castle is a huge wine barrel which holdsbelieve it or not--50, 000 gallons, so the guide tells us. In past centuries it had been filled three times but is empty now. On top of the barrel is a good-sized dance floor.

Wine for the barrel was supplied by owners ofv.ineyards who had to give up one-tenth of their wine crop for it. To our astonishment there is in the building an:Jther wine barrel holding 10,000 gallons. This one also is empty.

We then leave Heidelberg and drive through hilly country along an autobahn to Kassel. · When we arrive there, we see an almost totally destroyed city. After having trouble finding a hotel, we finally have to resort to one costing about $2. 50 per person--expensive to aGerman. The hotel keeper informs us that 85% to 90% of the city is in ruins, and 65,000 peoplewerekilledinone night during an air raid, At twilight we visit the Hercules monument outside the city. Sloping cascades of water near the base of the monument and extending downward several hundred feet cause the Hercules monument itself to appear small.

The monument is actually about 35 feet high and the foundation on which it rests has an altitude of about 100 feet.

We return to the Hotel Vaterland, and eat a hearty meal. The following morning we make our way to the Teutoburger Forest where the Hermann Monument stands over 175 fe~t high. This statue commemorates

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Alumn,· News-John Lau, It S. '50, is attending teletype school at FortMonmouth, N. J. He has completed his basic training at Camp Gordon, Georgia.

A daughter, Linda Lee, was ~orn to Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jensen (nee Lois Seekel) of Waupun, Wis. on Thursday, April 30th.

Page 5J~:~e. 1953 D.M.L.C. Messenger cont'd from page 4, col. 3 cont'd from page 3, col, 3 invite interesting target practice. Hermann You know, class picnics can turn out to be today has several holes in the knee and one . pretty dangerous things. This was demon-:-:---...---..-, ingeniously placed hole almost at the tip of strated by a group of high school sophomores the sword half-way between the width of the on May 13. There just happened to be a blade. We ascend the Hermann monument, seven-foot hole in the road leading from the climbing spiral steps as we did in the Co-, picnic grounds back to the campus. A _bar logne cathedral, but the steps are fewer in . rier was set up along the road, but it apparentnumber. We are permitted to go as high as ly didn't arouse the attention of the group. the feet of Hermann himself, and from there After walking about a block, the 'sophies' haveasplendidview oftheTeutoburger For- suddenly lost three of their classmates. est, a sea of trees. The m::mument here in It was.finally discovered thattheyhad walked into a hole dug for putting in sewets. Only New Ulm is a s mall replica of Germany's.

We leave the Hermann monument and the one of the three received slight injury.

100 Y::I. D~,::·1--Schapekrutm--t:hgh Jump Forest, and travel toward Hannover. Here She spent a few days recoverini from a Luther made its track debut at Mankato we revisit the garden Herrenl)ausen espe- sprained arm. .

Bethany although it wasn't a particularly cially to see the huge fountain in operation In the line of quips fron;i th, cla&Sroom, impressiveonesincetheylost, 66-40. This · which, during our last stop, was inactive. this question was asked in biol9gy c,lass one was a dual Jlleet involving Luther of New Ulm The spray extends upw_a rd about 60 or 70 day, "What is the 111ost concentrated form and Bethany of Mankato. It was also the first feet, and a beautiful rainbow is formed a- of food energy?" The wrpng answer that meet for Bethany. gainst the sun. was given was sugar. Another question was D. M. L. C. copped three firsts, two by Doug Our next stop is the city of Celle whose old raised in hopes of obtaining the correct Stindt and one by Gary Schapekahm. The houses are the chief attraction. ?-,jany of answer. "Now, th.ink, V(hef.J;! d_o you get best performance was shown by Bethany's these old homes and even barns date back to your oil?" The reply was-; 1 buy it I" A Milbrath who did the 220 in 22. 7 seconds. the fifteenth century as evidenced by the d<!,tes final effort was made by the ~iolo,;7_ t:.ttor •.

In the mile, Luther's Wendt finished a split and proverbial expressions engraved above "What are they pumping for in South Pakota ?_ . second behind Bethany's Kain. the main doorways. All these homes have A quick reply came from the back of the Meet Results: Broad Jump-1. Chilson, M; thesamebasicstructure. Each has several room. "Water!" --- Bytheway, the answer 2. Schapekahm, L; 3. Milbrath, M. Distancestories, and each story extends farther out to the. original question should have been 20 ft. 10-1/2 in. Medley Relay-1. Bethany than the one underneath. As we walk about fats.

Time-4:06. Shot Put-1. Stindt, L; 2. Chilin the city, we notice attached to a building Speaking of the biology class, they took a son, M; 3. Hadler, L. Distance-35 ft. 100 something similar in use to the pillars and field trip the other day. Using a bus they Yd. Dash-1. Chilson, M; 2. Milbrath, M; 3. stocks of the early American days; namely, visited a local dairy, slaughter house, and Geistfeldt, M. Time-10. 3. High Jump-1. chains and clamps fastened to posts. brewery. I heard they received samples at Schapekahm, L; 2. Gullerud, M; 3. MarxAfter several days rest we realize that the dairy, but I haven't been able to find out hausen, M. Height-5 ft. 2 in. 440 Yd. DashHamburg is still a must on our list of neces- about the other places.

1. Madsen, M; 2. Kalfahs, L; 3. Going, M. sary visits. As we drive along the highway, The more advanced high school piano stuTime-58. 7. Pole Vault-1. Chilson, M; 2. we are almost constantly shaded by trees on dents found that the private recitals for Marxhausen, M; 3. Pahnke, L. Heighl-8 ft. both sides. Atone place we notice deep tank whichtheyplayedwerenotenough. OnTues10 in. 220 Yd. Dash-1. Milbrath, M; 2, Chilmarks which have torn up grain and potato day evening, May 26, specially chosen stuson, M; 3. Roemhildt, L. Time-22. 7. Oisfields. This unnecessary damage was brought dents from the sophomore, junior, and cus-1. Stindt, L; 2. Hadler,L; 3. Pappenfuss, • about by British tanks whose excuse was that senior classes gave a recital in the college L. Distance-84 ft. 6 in. 880-Yd. Run-1. of maneuvering. If the Gl)rman people com- auditorium. This recital, unlike the othe::-.,, Beardsley, M; 2. Dorn,L; 3. Schweim, M. plain, they must first pay a fee to be heard; was open to the public.

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1-=;:.::::..::::.:.:::::::.:.::..:.:.:.:::....:::::::..:::=:::;;:.....:.:~"."'."""-.:.,_ _________________ _ Before we arrive at Hamburg, we stop at a neighboring city, or suburb, Harburg, to visit a few relatives for a short while. They had lived in Hamburg during the war; and at the time of the bombing, the father saw another burning building fall into their apartment and demolish all his family's possessions. Now they have built themselves a -respectable-looking white dwelling with just You be theirs!. enough living space for four people.

As we first arrive at Hamburg, we notice a A. C. Ochs Brick and Tile Yards, Springfield A. A. L. (W. Trettien) raggedly dressed woman picking paper _and Ochs' "Bee Hive" Backer's Pharmacy wood from a garbage can.

Oswald's New Ulm Laundry H. Baumann Agency The man from Harburg who accompanies us Oswald Studio through Hamburg informs us that 45, 000 to · Ben Franklin Store Palace Lunch Citizens State Bank Of Nfw l)'lm 50,000 people were killed in a single air Eibner and Son . . ,'.' .' . .-;\ : · Pat's Cleaners, Edwin Meyer raid. Today the ~hole waterfront is still Eichten's Shoe Store · J. C. Penny Co. Always First Quality flat. Our relatives ninety miles from Ham_Pink's, "The Friendly Store" Epple Bros. Drug St~e burg remember seeing the bright flames lP Reim and Church Jewelers Ernest Eyrich Plumbing and Heating the distant sky as Hamburg burned.

F. H. Retzlaff Hardware, Our Own Hardware Farmers' and Merchants' Bank In the center of Hamburg is a large impr~sRetzlaff Motor, Dodge-Plymouth R. Fesenmaier, Inc. cont'd on page 6, col. 1 Salet Dept. Store Fischer Auto Service, 109 No. Broadway Schleuder' s Forster's, Inc. .

Dr. G. J. Germann, opt. ma~erot;fineglasses Schnobrich's City Meat Market Gislason and Reim ,. · Schuck's Tailors L. E. Schwartz, D. D.S. Henle Drugs Dr. A. v; Seifert, D. D.S. Herberger's Dr. James R. Seifert, D. D.S. Herzog Publishing Co. Service Prin't Shop Dr. Charles L. Hintz, D. D.·s.

Shake's Cleaners Hubby's Barb.:!r Shop Silver Latch Cafe Charles Janni and Co. Soml:ien and Sornsen Kemske Paper Co. Spelbrink' s Clothing Koehler Barber Shop State Bank Of New Ulm Leuthold-Neubauer Clothing Co. Stoltenburg Motor Co. Meyer Studio _ Tauscheck & Green, Quality Clothes W. O. Moll, Plumbing and Heating Ulrich Electric · Muesing's Ors . H. Vogel and M. Kaiser New Ulm Brick and Tile Yards Ernest C. Vogelpohl, I-ipe Organs New Ulm Dairy New Ulm Greenhouses Dr. W. J . Von Bank, D.D.S. Weneeda Bakery New Ulm Theaters Nicklasson Athletic Co.

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The day after our Hamburg visit, we stop at friends in Hildesheim. This city at one time looked much like Celle. Whereas Celle ; wasuntouchedbywar, Hildesheim'sold section of town was almost completely wiped out. As we waJk along this ruined section, we can see steps leading to the front doors . of houses, but there are no houses, --some- . .times not even a trace of them. Instead, ·trees and shrubs are growing wildly in the ruins.

We visit several chu,rches including the Hildesheimer Dom. This is an interesting place because it is at this church that we find · the one thousand year old rose bush. The roots· were strong enough to withstand the bombing during the war.From Hildesheim we take a train to Uelzen andtravelthirdclass. These trains are interesting. The seats in them are arranged like our restaurant booths but without the tables. Walls to the ceiling separate the different boo~s, and the windows can be opened. These cars are remnants of the war, .and must suffice temporarily.

When we return to Uelzen, we stay in that vicinity for over a week. During that time we visit the country school where classes are in session. Children in the country have only about a three week summer vacation.

As we now enter the classroom, we hear English being taught. The teacher asks me toreadfromtheir textbook to show the children how ·an American speaks. It seems difficult for a German child to pronounce some words just as it is for us to pronounce the German. As an example, instead of a German child saying ''that, " he says "zat. " Infiltration of American ideas into Germany is· becoming · strong. Boys read and hear of cowboys and Indians in America and ask if they still exist as major groups, German children are very polite. When · they meet you on the street, they will greet you with a cheerful "Guten Tag, " or "Good Day." German people, it seems, are more generally hospitable than the average American.

This, in brief, is Germany, 1951. It is my hope that my description of Ger many has given you a better picture of conditions, past and present.

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Luther Takffs Baseball Crown L. C. Captures 3rd Title In Row The Luther College team took the S. M, J. C. ·Conference baseball crown for the third straight year by downing the St. Paul Con,cordia nine here 1-0.

The first three innings were a pitcher's duel between Luther's Stindt and Concordia's D. Radde. The,fone and winning Luther tally came in the fourth as Hartwig doubled, moved to third on Voigt' s ground out, and scored as Concordia's second baseman fumbled Kramer's ground ball. Neither team scored a~ gain, asStellickrelievedStindt of the mound Row 2: Asst. Coach Birkholz, Runke-Mgr,, chores in the fifth and Radde held his own Wessel, Plath, Stindt-, Zuleger, Wilde, Carmichael, Scl;libbelhut, Coach Oldfield. for Concordia.

Meihack, Fuhrman, Kolander, The lone Concordia hit off Stellick was a Row 1: · "blooper" which came in the seventh. Con- Voigt, Kramer, Hartwig, Stellick. cordia threatened again in the eighth when Luther College took its second conference they loaded the bases, but Stellick got him- victory with a little more hesitation than self out of the hole by striking out the last usual. Trailing 5-2 till the ninth, it took a man. last minute rally to top Concordia at ConD. Radde struck out eleven Luther men, cordia 7-5. while both Luther hurlers got five strike 011ts · Luther scored qnce each in the second and . apiece. fourth innings, while Concordia scor!!d in Batteries: both the second and third innings and collec 'l.uther: Stindt, Stellick, and Hartwig · ted three more in the fifth.

Concordia: D. Radde and B. Radde Rube Kramer opened the ninth getting to first on a boot, moving to third on Voigt's Luther carved its first initial in its bid for double. Plath's Texas-leaguer scored one. the Conference Crown by defeating Mankato Wilde was out on an infield play while Voigt Bethany here May 7, 16-0. scored. Hartwig' s single scored .Plath to Marv Meihack turned in a fine three-hit tie the score. Wessel stepped to the plate mound performance, striking out 15 oppoand knocked the first pitch out of the park to nents while his mates backed him with a 16 hit attack. Marv is the third Luther pit-· pull the game out for Luther.

Stellick started the game but had trouble cher to turn in a low hit job this year, and with his control. He was relieved by Zuleger the first to hold his opponents scoreless.

Luther scored in all but the third and sixth in the fifth, who in turn was relieved by frames. The biggest scoring spree came in Stindt. The winning pitcher was Stindt. the seventh as the Luther nine batted around, · Batteries: Luther: Stellick, Zuleger, Stindt, and with three hits, a trio of bases on balls, and Hartwig. an outfield error, plating six runs.

Concordia: Petzke and B. Radde In addition to his fine pitching, Meihack turned in a fine 4 for 5 hitting performance.

The College nine stayed in the lead as the Other good hitters were Nessel and Voigt, S. M. J.C. Conference championship race -each getting a triple, and Kolander, adding ·swung into the home stretch by defeating a double. .Mankato Bethany 16-6.

Batteries: Luther banged out 16 hits in romping to an Luther: Meihack and Voigt easy win over Bethany. They got five runs . _B_et_h_an...;.y_:_Go __ in-'g"'-,_Th __ or_s_o_n_an_d_U_r_b_an _ _ __, in the first inning and remained in front the . rest of the way.

Hartwig, Voigt, and Schibbelhut each got doubles while Wilde and Kramer got triples.

Kramer also homered with a mate on board The Luther prep team went down to John- in the fifth. son Field to play its second game of the seaBatteries: son. Trinity made up for its ear lier loss by Bethany: Going and Rost defeating Luther 6-2. Luther wept into the Luther: Meihack, Zuleger and Hartwig lead in the third inning 2-0, but Trinity used two squeeze plays to good advantage in the The College nine dropped its first decision fourth, pushing across three runs. Trinity . in five starts to Estherville J. C. of Iowa scored two in the fifth and one more in the 5 - 2 in a non-confe.r ence game. sixth, The snappy Estherville team got four big Batteries: runs in the first inning off starter Zuleger and relief hurler Stellick. After retiring · Luther: Wiederich, Panning, and Wohlers the side in the first inning, Stellick held the : Trinity: Brunner and Tesenmeier Estherville team scoreless until the seventh, Luther High travel~o Mankato"° to play when Meihack came in. In that inning EstherBethany, Saturday May 23. They played a ville counted their fifth tally on two walks and two singles given up by Meihack. double header for the last two games of the season. Luther won the first game 4 _to 1 Luther scored once in the third as Wessel with William Wiederich doing the pitching for tripled and came in on a wild pitch. They the victors. The second game was equally scored their other run in the seventh as Hartwell played, and Luther's Fritz l'anning wig walked and scored on Voigt's second pitched a shut-out, leading the Hilltopp~rs. double of the game. to an 8-0 victory.

1-G_o_lf__A_n_c:I__T_e_·n-n-is--M-e_e_f_s.___ First game: ,Batteries: On Monday, May is, the college golf and tennis teams traveled to Rochester to take · Luther: Wiederich and Wohlers Bethany: Schweim and 1. Gullerud part in the S. M. J. C. Conference meet which · was held there. The .teams· were not very Second game: ·Batteries: successful as they took last place in all eLuther: Panning and Wohlers vents. At least Loran Schultz found out that Bethany: Madson, Knutson, Schweim anci golf balls can't swim.

J. GullE_!rud P. S. He discovered it six times.

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