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LITERARY — The Doctrines of Christian Science

Mud for Everybody .........................

Florida Bound ..................................

A Fox Tale

Shape Up! .................................

PORTRAIT OF A PROFESSOR

WHAT’S YOUR OPINION —

NEWS & VIEWS —

EDITORIALS —

ALUMNI REPORT —

NOTICE OF ALUMNI MEETING —

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Alumni Notes OUT OF THE DUST —

CAMPUS & CLASSROOM —

ATHLETICS —

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EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief David Hahm ........ Richard Kuckhahn Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Ronald Roth ......... DEPARTMENT EDITORS Dale Arndt ..... ........... Alumni Editor Paul Larsen .... ............ Sports Editor Thomas Kuster Campus & Classroom BUSINESS MANAGERS Paul Emmel .......... — Business Manager David Habermas ... Advertising Manager Myrl Wagenknecht Advertising Manager

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THE DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE We often hear that Christian Scientists have more regard for Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures than for the Bible. The Bible, to the Christian Scientist, contains many truths, but the explanations of the doctrines contained in the Bible, as expres sed by Mrs. Eddy, are what corrupt these doctrines. It is these expla nations to which the Christian Scientist adheres.

The foundations for the teachings of Christian Science are said to be biblical, for Mrs. Eddy says, (page 269), “I therefore plant myself un reservedly on the teachings of Jesus, of his apostles, of the prophets, and on the testimony of the Science of Mind. Other foundations there are none.” What is this Mind? Simply defined, it is God. The expla nation found in Science and Health (page 591) is “The only I, or Us; the only Spirit, Soul, divine Principle, substance, Life, Truth, Love; the one God: not that which is in man, but the divine Principle, or God, of whom man is the full and perfect expression; Deity, which outlines but is not outlined.” According to Holy Scripture, God is one Being, but in this one Being there are three distinct co-equal personalities, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Christian Science says (page 300), “God is what the Scriptures declare Him to be — Life, Truth, Love. Spirit is divine Prin ciple, and divine Principle is Love, and Love is Mind, and Mind is not both good and bad, for God is Mind; therefore there is in reality one Mind only, because there is one God.” (pages 331-332) /‘Life, Truth, and Love constitute the triune Person called God, — that is, the triply divine Principle, Love. They represent a trinity in unity, three in one, — the same in essence, though multiform in office: God the FatherMother; Christ the spiritual idea of sonship; divine Science or the Holy Comforter. These three express in divine Science the threefold, essen tial nature of the infinite. They also indicate the divine Principle of scientific being, the intelligent relation of God to man and the universe.” The name Father - Mother indicates His relationship to His spirit ual creation. Who or what is Christ Jesus? Jesus was human, having been born of Mary. However, the name Christ is merely an idea — the 1

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divine idea of God. “The Christ is incorporeal, spiritual, yea, the divine image and likeness, dispelling the illusions of the senses; the Way, the Truth, and the Life, healing the sick and casting out evils, destroying sin, disease and death” (page 332). The man Jesus demonstrated the divine idea of God - Christ. When Jesus said, “Before Abraham was, I am,” He meant not that the human Jesus was or is eternal, but rather that the divine idea or Christ was and is so. God the Father is infinitely greater than the fleshly Jesus. Whereas Jesus appeared in a bodily ex istence, the Christ was imperceptible to the senses. This dualism of seen and unseen lasted until the ascension, when the human Jesus dis appeared, while the divine idea of God continued to exist. Mrs. Eddy denies that Jesus Christ really died. Jesus said (Rev. 1: 17-18), “I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore.” Mrs. Eddy says (page 334), “This is a mystical statement of the eternity of the Christ, and is also a reference to the human sense of Jesus crucified.” Since she rejected Jesus’ death, she had to reject the fact that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day. Why should there be a resurrec tion when there was no death? She writes (page 44), “The lonely precincts of the tomb gave Jesus a refuge from his foes, a place in which to solve the great problem of being. His three days’ work in the sepulcher set the seal of eternity on time. He proved Life to be deathless and Love to be the master of hate. He met and mastered on the basis of Christian Science, the power of Mind over matter, all the claims of medicine, surgery, and hygiene. “He took no drugs to allay inflamation. He did not depend upon food or pure air to resuscitate wasted energies. He did not require the skill of a surgeon to heal the tom palms and bind up the wounded side and lacerated feet, that he might use those hands to remove the napkin and winding-sheet, and that he might employ his feet as before. “Could it be called supernatural for the God of nature to sustain Jesus in his proof of man’s truly derived power? It was a method of surgery beyond material art, but it was not a supernatural act. On the contrary, it was a divinely natural act, whereby divinity brought to hu manity the understanding of the Christ-healing and revealed a method infinitely above that of human invention.” Although Mrs. Eddy does speak of the ascension, she treats it very lightly, saying (page 46), “In his final demonstration, called the ascen sion, which closed the earthly record of Jesus, he rose above the physi cal knowledge of his disciples, and the material senses saw him no more.” There is no final judgment for mortals, because there is a contin ual judgment which divests man of all material error. No mention is made of Jesus’ second coming in glory. The aforementioned definition of the triune Person states that the third person is divine Science or the Holy Comforter. Mrs. Eddy says 2

(page 55), “In the words of St. John: ‘He shall give you another Com forter, that he may abide with you forever.’ This Comforter I under stand to be Divine Science.” What is sin? Since God creates only good, there can be no sin. The Christian Scientist believes that the only reality of sin, sickness, or death is the fact that unrealities seem real to the human mind. They cannot be true, because God creates only good. “Christ came to destroy the belief of sin. . . . Christ is the ideal Truth, that comes to heal sick ness and sin through Christian Science, and attributes all power to God. Jesus is the name of the man who, more than all other men, has present ed Christ, the true idea of God, healing the sick and the sinning and destroying the power of death” (page 473). Death is nothing but a mortal belief, which the Christ, or Truth, overcame and still overcomes. To a Christian Scientist there is no death, because it is only an illusion, whereas life is real. Since she denies sin and death, Mrs. Eddy also denies the resur rection of the body. When Jesus arose from the dead, it was a case of the supremacy of Mind over matter. She defines resurrection as, ‘Spirit ualization of thought; a new and higher idea of immortality, or spiritual existence; material belief yielding to spiritual understanding” (page593).

The Bible teaches us that we are justified by the grace of God through faith in Christ Jesus, and not by works. There are several pas sages in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures which show that Christian Science is contrary to the Word of God on the subject of justi fication. “Final deliverance from error, whereby we rejoice in immor tality, boundless freedom, and sinless sense, is not reached through paths of flowers nor by pinning one’s faith without works to another’s vicari ous effort” (page 22). “One sacrifice, however great, is insufficient to pay the debt of sin. The atonement requires constant self-immolation on the sinner’s part. That God’s wrath should be vented upon His be loved Son, is divinely unnatural. Such a theory is man-made. The atonement is a hard problem in theology, but its scientific explanation is that suffering is an error of sinful sense which Truth destroys, and that eventually both sin and suffering will fall at the feet of everlasting Love” (page 23). “The destruction of sin is the divine method of par don. Divine Life destroys death, Truth destroys error, and Love des troys hate. Being destroyed, sin needs no other form of forgiveness” (page 339). Salvation is therefore described as the moment when Life, Truth and Love are understood and shown to be universally supreme and sin, sickness, and death are destroyed. Universal salvation cannot be gained without a period of probation. As a man is when he dies, that is the way he will be after death, until this probationary period has effected the needed change. Then what? We find (page 291), “Heaven is not a locality, but a divine state of Mind in which all the manifesta tions of Mind are harmonious and immortal, because sin is not there 3

and man is found having no righteousness of his own, but in possession of ‘the mind of the Lord,’ as the Scripture says.” Mrs. Eddy defines Heaven as, “Harmony; the reign of Spirit; government by divine Prin ciple; spirituality; bliss; the atmosphere of Soul” (page 587). It is evident, then that hell is not a locality either, but rather the erroneous thinking of man. She defines it as, “Mortal belief; error; lust; remorse; hatred; revenge; sin; sickness; death; suffering and self-destruc tion; self-imposed agony; effects of sin; that which ‘worketh abomina tion or maketh a lie’ ” (page 588).

Scripture often warns us to beware of false prophets. A most fit ting admonition is to be found in I John 4:1-3: “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits, whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: and ever)' spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of anti-christ, whereof ye have heard that it should come and even now already is it MARVIN DOELGER in the world.”

MUD FOR EVERYBODY Perhaps at this time of the year it would be very appropriate to send out a plea for help! The Society for Prevention of Waste of Nat ural Resources asks that we as citizens help preserve the mud that is now in abundance.

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Let us save that which is so very important to the American way of life. Messy people do not consider the value of mud or that mud is even necessary to our society. This is due to ignorance or to slanted reports which give mud a dirty name.

At this point, however, I would like to concentrate on the produc tion and preservation of mud. As you all know natural mud is very perishable. If it is allowed to lie for any length of time, mud loses its physical qualities and you again have nothing but common dirt. Men of science have not yet considered it important enough to concentrate on the preservation of mud. As a result at this time there is no practical means by which it can be saved. We as citizens must then do our part to produce it. If each one of us should produce at least one gallon of mud each day, we would have a constant supply. This would supple ment nature and counteract the rate of decomposition.

You may now ask, “How can I as a citizen help? How do I go about making mud?” As I have been devoted to mud most of my life and have produced mud artificially any number of times, I will explain the process. 4

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The ingredients are obtained very easily. You can get dirt in your own yard. If you have no yard it can easily be stolen from someone. There are many people who can stand to lose a little dirt. Water is no problem.

My equipment is quite simple also. I use as a mortar, an ordinary enamel dishpan — one that can be obtained at any variety store. Mine has several large chips in it which are due to a dark stairway accident. I use a drinking glass to hold the water. Originally I used a beer stein, since that was my favorite container. But I lost it one night when I clinked steins with an exuberant steel worker who left me with the handle and three fingers. This cut down my mud making efficiency greatly. Before this 1 had been using my hand for mixing, but since so many chunks got by me, I had to buy a pestle. (There is nothing more unpleasant than bumpy mud.) I now use what many people would con sider an ordinary stick. Really it isn’t. It is the handle of a wooden spoon which my mother used for canning and chastising her wayward children. She broke* it on me in a fit of pique, when in a moment of youthful enthusiasm 1 sawed the legs off my sister’s highchair. This put her out of my mother’s reach and she starved. We kept the handle as a souvenir. Finally, 1 have an old lard can in which I am able to lay by a large supply of dirt. So far it hasn’t been very useful to me, as it is too heavy for me to move, and I cannot take it from one demonstra tion to another. The actual mixing is quite simple, and if you are so minded indi vidual methods can easily be invented. There you have it. Anyone can mix mud now and should. Re member, mud has been made unsavory by unstable mothers who fly into a rage when they see mud-incrusted children. After all, everyone knows that it is important to a child’s psychological development, be cause even at an early age something has to be put on them to make them decent individuals. Insecure generals such as Napoleon blame mud for their unsuccessful campaigns. Napoleon even went so far as to create adjectives that definitely were uncomplimentary. These objections may seem sound on the surface; but if there were no mud, what would become of the great American institution of expose magazines, shyster lawyers, and gossips, to say nothing of the unemployed politicians who would crowd the headlines? This would create serious labor problems in this country resulting from the difficul ty of placing politicians in honest, responsible positions. We can easily see the importance of mud and realize that it is up to each one of us to do everything in our power to stir up mud in GARY JOCHEM our own community.

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FLORIDA BOUND The day of March 20th was, no doubt, welcomed by all students here at N.W.C.. For everyone enjoys going home to see the family and to get away from the humdrum routine of school life. But for me, this day bore special significance. I was going to Florida! The morning classes seemed to drag by, but finally at 1 p. m. we were all aboard and ready to depart. The aforementioned “we” includ ed Dan Sabrowsky, Ed Schaewe, Aaron Uitti, Jon Mahnke, and myself. Oh, yes. I forgot one small item. Richard Weeks also accompanied us. Surprisingly enough he got in without the use of any levers, wedges, and crowbars, and we were off.

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We were on the road for 41 hours before arriving in Eau Gallie, Florida. These hours were filled with many exhilarating and picturesque scenes. As we traveled through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennes see one could observe a more pronounced “Southern Drawl” and a gradual depreciation of civilization. After we dropped Ed Schaewe off at his home near Nashville, we traveled through the heart of the hill billy country. We traveled 24 miles on a one lane Tennessee State Highway. Coming over a hill, we were surprised to sec signs saying, “Danger” and “Slow Down”. Traveling a bit further wc found out why — a creek was washing right across this state highway. This had been the natural path of the creek before the road had been built and evidently Ed Schaewe’s neighbors hadn’t heard of the ingenious, com plicated device called a bridge. During our stay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Uitti, we were only 3 miles from the ocean. Since I had never seen an ocean be fore, the Atlantic was a thrilling sight. We spent a part of every day at the beach, swimming, basking, and observing those bikini clad crea tures for which the Florida beaches are noted. Eau Gallie is about 25 miles from Cape Canaveral and on the night of March 26th, Dan and I were aroused from a friendly card game by an extremely loud noise. For a minute we thought a freight train was rolling past the front door but we suddenly came to the realiz ation that the men on the Cape were experimenting. We rushed out side but were too late — for the sound was far behind the actual flight. Aaron and Jon, who were downtown, were lucky enouirh to see the missile as they came out of a grocery store. This particular missile was a Thor, which the army was sending down towards the South Atlantic.

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The trip was both interesting and educational. If at any time an opportunity affords itself for one of you to take a trip south, take it!! Even though you may have to skimp, save, and sacrifice for it, you will RICHARD WIECIIMAN never regret it.

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A FOX TALE Did I ever tell you about the time. . .well, it all started when my brother and I got the bright idea to dig out a fox hole in a hill on our farm. Since it was spring we hoped to catch a family of foxes. But after a few hours of digging we found only one kit. Instead of killing him, we decided to take him home and keep him alive. The kit was only about six inches long when we found him, but he responded well to our care, and so we decided to raise him. As the fox grew, he became exceptionally tame and docile. Then the idea struck me! Why not train him like a hunting dog? What could be better? Foxes have a keener sense of smell and are quicker than dogs. But could a fox be trained to hunt for man? Besides that, it was illegal. For two years l devoted my spare time to training Fuzzy the fox. At first I let him track rabbits and pheasants on a leash. But soon I could unleash him with confidence that he would return to me. Fuzzy would bring his catch to me and then go off to track some more. It was nothing for him to bring back ten or twelve rabbits and a half dozen pheasants unharmed to me. At last I felt he was sufficiently trained to use him for hunting. It was the hunting season of ’55, and John, my neighbor, and I had a contest to sec* who could get the most game. ITe had beaten me for three years. lie was a dead shot and had good dogs. I couldn’t hit a thing, and my dogs were scared of rabbits. Last season he got forty-three roosters to my five. But now I thought I’d show him. I couldn’t lose with my new attack. After the first week of the season I had twenty-two roosters and dozens of rabbits, and I didn’t fire a shot. John couldn’t believe it.' He was far behind in the contest, but I never divulged my secret. John’s farm was adjacent to ours, and we always hunted on our own land. Fuzzy and I went hunting about noon one Sunday; and as 1 was sitting on a slump, I could hear John shooting. I got four roosters, and it was toward evening, so I decided to quit, but I let the fox go to track just once more. I waited for him about an hour, but he didn’t come back, so I went home. He always came home by himself. That night I visited John, so I could laugh at him. “Got three roosters and a couple of rabbits and something else I want to show you,” said John. He took me out behind his garage and pointed to a branch of a tree. “How many fox you get this year, Smarty?” Heartbroken, I gazed at Fuzzy hanging lifeless by his tail. “Nice going, John, you’re a pretty good shot to get that fox.” LARRY PAUTZ

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It is a known and undisputed fact that the average Northwestern College student is in abominably poor physical condition. His wiry frame, that he may have developed in the football season, undergoes an embarassing metamorphosis through the course of the school year. By spring there is little hope that he will be anything more than a blob. His equator has expanded and rolled. His biceps have become pitifully insignificant and he finds that a T shirt is too revealing to be worn. Climbing stairs proves so exhausting that he exchanges his room on the third floor of the dormitory for one on the first floor. He is not by any means indifferent to his deteriorated condition. No, in fact he views himself with frank disgust and vows to himself, ‘Tve just got to start working out and get back into shape again!” His plans are paved with good intentions: daily push-ups and deep knee bends, a run around the athletic field, or lifting weights in the privacy of his room. But let’s face it, these measures seldom get beyond the planning stage. They’re much too drastic. What the average North western College student needs to keep him in shape is something that comes naturally. He needs something that doesn’t smell too much of sweat, something that fits in with his regular daily routine. 8

I believe I have the answer. I propose a sort of decathlon which is custom-designed for the needs and conditions of the Northwestern College Student. Each student desiring to enter this decathlon and to improve his physical condition should rate himself in the following ten events and strive to improve his score from day to day. EVENT

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THE NORTHWESTERN DECATHLON 1: Bed to Breakfast Sprint. This is the first event of the day. The object is to wake up, dress, and get to the dining hall in the least amount of time. Par: 72 seconds. 2: Breakfast to Washbowl Obstacle Course. The distance in volved is from one’s own proper chair at the breakfast table to one’s favorite washbowl in the dormitory. This event is to develop adroitness in weaving through a crowd. The gun is sounded by the Dean’s “Amen” after the prayer. Par: 45 seconds. 3: Basket Balancing. The student’s filled wastepaper basket is balanced on his head and conveyed to the incinerator without the use of his hands. The object of this event is to improve posture and to empty the wastepaper baskets. Par: reaching the incinerator without losing one’s poise. 4: Arm Thrust. This is a classroom feat. Instead of raising one’s arm in a lethargic, half-mast fashion, one thrusts his arm vigorously toward the ceiling. Par: Having something to say when recognized by the professor. 5: Low Hurdles. Par: Three sextaners in close succession. 6: High Hurdles. Par: Three tertianers in close succession. 7: Discus. Your favorite textbook. Par: As far as one can throw it. 8: Relay. This relay is not really physical. It involves passing the buck when excusing from assignments. Par: 1.5 seconds. 9: Javelin Throw. A good, high quality No. 2 wooden pencil is used here. When it lands it must stick in — in the ceil ing, that is. 10: Plunge for Distance. This is the last event of the day. This distance is measured from the contestant’s feet to his bed. This is a favorite with Northwestern students. Par: 15 feet 8 inches.

How do you rate? 10-8 events where par was achieved — A crown of laurels to you. 7-4 events — A crown of thorns to you. 3-0 events — You P. W. EMMEL should be crowned! 9

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Drive! Drive! Drive! These words mark the beginning of the fall football sessions under the capable leadership of Leonard J. Umnus. For twenty-three years this forceful personality has been putting teams through one good season after another. To be sure, some seasons weren’t as successful as others, but the over-all picture shows that ho has a way of building a team that can fill the bill. Born at Menominee, Michigan, in 1903, he remained there until he had completed high school. During these early years he cultivated his great love of football, the sport that was to become his primary in terest. He not only held down a slot on the school team but also played for the city of Menominee. In this way he helped Menominee vent its wrath on its ever-present rival, Marinette, Wisconsin. One of the games which he remembers so vividly from his school days is one in which the officials had made some very unpopular decisions. Quite by acci dent he met one of the errant officials as a fellow professor on one of the faculties he joined during his teaching career. Football was not his only interest during those early years. “Coach” Umnus was also a charter member of a boy’s club which grew out of his interest in working with younger boys during his free time. Today this same club is a flourishing organization noted for its drum and bugle corps. After graduating from high school in 1919 he attended the Uni versity of Illinois at Champaign. His ambition was to study medicine, but financial difficulties caused him to drop this course. He found him self back on the gridiron again. As a three-year letterman he proved 10

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to be an asset to the team as well as a capable running mate with “Red” Grange. lie filled the positions of center and guard, and judging from the energy he exhibits today in training his own squads (not to mention the excitement in the locker rooms), he must have been a formidable op ponent indeed. His winter training consisted of belting the ears ofF his teammates in boxing matches. In 1925 he graduated from the University of Illinois and was look ing forward to practical teaching at Fairmont College, Kansas (later named the University of Wichita). Here he spent three years coach ing football, basketball, track and intramurals. It was while he was at Wichita that he picked up the game of golf. He perfected his shots so well that today he can make a sand-shot to the cup via one bounce off the pin. His teaching schedule also included assistance in the science department. From Wichita he moved north to the University of Iowa for further studies. Here he earned his Master’s Degree in 1930. Writing his paper on physiology left little time for sports, although he did quite a bit of scouting for the Iowa coach. This reflects on his recognized knowledge of football, especially at a lime when the game was really getting a toe hold in larger schools. The University of Illinois took him back to coach the freshman team, but after the first year he succumbed to the “wanderlust” and traveled to California. Here in the “Golden State” he was able to work in close contact with young boys, and for the second time in his life he instituted a successful athletic program. Sickness in the family brought him back to Menominee and to a position in sports at Jordan College. 1935 found him at Watertown and NWC. The entire sports de partment was on shaky legs, especially football which was, quote “for the birds.” Many of the duties had been carried on by the students at their own incentive. They kept athletics alive until “Coach” Umnus could arrive and put things on an even keel. That he succeeded in this is shown by our sports history. As the smallest school in the various conferences which NWC has been in, it has proven that it has quite a voice in sports. This is supremely evidenced by the class of 1955, which completed four years of hazardous football duty under “Coach’ Umnus without a loss. He looks back on those teams and wonders what the driving force was, when today that same spirit seems to be lacking. He goes back even further to reminisce about such boys as R. Neubauer, B. Naumann, and “Fuzzy” Pritzlaff. The rough and tumble character of these boys must have been enough to give even our coach a run for his money. The enormous exchange of malteds will bear that out. His coaching activities have also brought NWC into the limelight in wrestling. The results of his Prep teams are good evidence of the rigid training under him. NWC can also thank him for the smoothness of the intramural schedules. “Coach” has a way of keeping things moving. A very important high-light of his life was the home-coming day in 1936. Not only did he watch his team take the victory from Milton, but 11

that evening he exchanged vows with Emma Tjaden, whom he met in Menominee. This marriage has been blessed with two children, David, now studying at La Crosse, and Mary, a student at New Ulm. Anyone who has seen the foot prints six inches deep on the grid iron or has seen “Coach” clapping a hand to his shining head, can be sure that this is part of his wayy of showing that he gives his whole PAUL LARSEN heart to NWC and its students.

VJUati 'Lfousi Opinion? . . . “What Would You Like to See in Your School Paper?” is the ques tion of the month. We did not receive as many constructive criticisms as we expected. Does this mean that most of the students are satisfied with the'Black and Red as it is? Very likely not. Yet they are keeping their suggestions to themselves and not voicing them where they will accomplish anything. Four students submitted thoughtful evaluations, and we are reprinting them below.

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There ought to be a special objective in a school paper for such a school as Northwestern College; by its content it should strive to make clear to the reader what type of institution the college really is. Let us illustrate. Northwestern College is an institution which begins to train young Christian men for the Lutheran ministry. It does this by broad ening the students’ religious background and educating them in the necessary classical languages. With this fact in mind, then, I believe that our school paper should contain student-written articles. These articles should serve to illustrate the educational background the stu dents are acquiring, whether these articles are short stories, critical writings, humorous anecdotes, literary dissertations and discussions, at tempts at poetical proficiency, or other such “magna opera.” However, there is also the essential purpose in a school paper of relating the news of curricular and extracurricular activities and to most readers, especially students and alumni, these incidents of campus ac tivity supply the most interesting reading. Perhaps our school paper has a sufficient amount of this kind of news, but I think one thing leaves itself open for criticism. I believe that the columns which deal with sports, the campus, and the classroom should not be written as stiffly and awkwardly as they sometimes are. These columns do not have to be a demonstration of intellectually fancy literature, because a wide variety of literary technique is set forth in other articles. Except for the above criticism, 1 think the Black and Red carries out very well what I believe is its primary objective — that of showing readers that Northwestern College is a school which, for a definite reason, has a curriculum not quite like that of other colleges. PAUL FLEISCHER

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When this question is first asked of a person, he might tend to say, “Naturally, the comics.” While vve don’t have a “green sheet” in our paper I think “Campus and Classroom” does fill this bill. But I think that the comic section of the Black ancl Red is, as it should be, only a small part of the material. What does the student get out of his school paper? Some, perhaps, nothing; others perhaps read it from cover to cover including adver tisements. I myself read almost all of every issue and usually first read the articles under the headings “Creative Writing” and “Academic Writ ing.” I think that these columns place our paper above other regular school papers, making it more of a literary magazine. In the column “Academic Writing” I would like to see more articles on the different religions of the world, as have been included in recent issues. Of course, 1 enjoy the lighter side of reading too, and the “Campus and Classroom,” “Miscellaneous,” and ‘Out of the Dust” give the needed diversity. One small thing I would like to see come back is the “Campus Calendar,” which has not appeared in the last three issues. All in all, I think the B & R Staff does a very good job in putting out a paper, not containing all jokes and light material, but yet not all heavy writing either. ROGER ZEHMS

I believe that three divisions of the Black and Red need an extra boost to improve our schol paper. They are Creative Writing, Academic Writing, and What's Your Opinion. Each publication, I think, needs more topics under the division of Creative Writing which is that form of writing in which one chooses a topic, imagines some incidents that might take place, and builds up a story around these happenings. Not all students are able to write a story with such imaginable incidents, but those students who are able to should give it a try. Some topics might be spring, singing of the birds, hiking, swimming, baseball prac tice, a professors study, a college dean, or a coed. I believe that our school paper needs summaries from more stu dents in the field of Academic Writing, which is that form of writing in which one does some research on a topic and then gives a summary in writing of his research work. Some topics might be “How much should a college student know about the fourth dimension? about rockets and missiles?” or “What does one think should be in a good educational curriculum in a high school or college, public or private?” EVERY student should offer HIS suggestion in What’s Your Opinion because the topics deal directly or indirectly with each stu dent. Some topics for us at NWC might be Arbor Day, speech course, evening study periods. Since the Black and Red is our school paper, articles from our ENTIRE student body and faculty ought to be written and offered to the B & R staff for publication in order to improve our school paper. ROGER VOMHOF

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Death (Rich Weber) appears with his stern warning to Everyman (Gary Baumler) to make his book of accounts straight, and to go on a long journey that will end when he meets God (Fred Fallen). Then everything that the world has to offer forsakes Everyman when he asks for a companion. First Fellowship (Dan Westendorf), then Kin dred (Jon Mahnke), Cousin (John Kurth), Goods (Roger Drews), Knowledge (Leni Riemer), Discretion (Betty Dobbratz), Strength (James Mumm), Five Wits (Lowell Smith), and Beauty (Pat Korth) leave him when he needs them the most. But he had gone to Confes sion (Ted Olsen) and had repented of his sins, so that in the end Grace (Lois Stuebs) alone stands by him as he meets his maker. This Forum presentation was considered by many to be one of the best of the 58-59 season. Considering the length of the part he had to memorize, Gary Baumler did very well, and carried the action until the final appearance of the messenger. Faculty critic was Prof. Jungkuntz, and student critic was Donald Nessler. Impending examinations and vacation preparations on the eve of Easter recess, March 19th, pared down the attendance at the Forum’s last program to some 30-odd Forumgoers. The program was a panel discussion perhaps inspired by a previous progam of a similar type put on by Rostra. Larry Cooper was program director. Ed Werner did a masterly job of moderating the discussion. The panelists were Ted Olsen, Keith Roehl. Paul Larsen, Myrl Wagenknecht, and Rollie Wes tendorf. “Which is better, British or American education?” That was the question. The panel felt that Britain in offering higher education to a smaller part of its population has attained a higher educational stan dard, while the democratic-minded U. S. has sacrificed quality for quantity in educating the masses. The panel decided that the goal of education is to produce a well-balanced individual, one morally and mentally capable of accepting responsibilities. The consensus of the panel was that American education fulfills this better. The apparent task facing the U. S., then, is to offer also better education to the gifted students. For it is a small intelligentsia, which produces advance in culture. The progam was well-received, promising a future for the panel discussion at NWC. It also appears to have brought the Forum a step closer to defining its purposes. ARBOR DAY Monday morning, April 13, everyone was greeted by a cloudless sky, and everyone said, “Today is Arbor Day,” but it wasn’t. Tuesday morning the sky was even bluer, the sun brighter, and the air warmer, but that wasn’t Arbor Day either. Wednesday morning everyone jumped 15

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for joy when he woke up. No one would pass up such a wonderful day, but it was passed up. Finally Thursday morning dawned. This had to be Arbor Day because no one had done any studying. A few fleecy clouds drifted aimlessly in the sky. The moderate breeze was warm and filled with all the scents of spring. This was Arbor Day, 1959. Work began promptly at eight, and by ten o’clock lunch time most of it was completed. Tradition once more proved to be stronger than sensible reasoning. The preps brought their cigarettes, cigars, and pipes out into the open and proved that they hadn’t been adhering to dorm rules. By eleven the coeds had finished their chores, so all work was stopped. At one-thirty the Sophomore marching band, complete with guitar and violin, summoned all to the tree planting ceremony northeast of the refectory, as they played “I’ve Been Workin’ On The Railroad” some where between 4/4 and 3/4 time. MC Keith Kruck, Fred Fallen, and Paul Emmel provided spicy humor and Prof. Oswald’s address about the merits of the Douglas fir added a pleasing note of solemnity. After the ceremony the crowd dispersed, but most of them reas sembled on the athletic field for the prep track meet directed bv Ed Werner and Silas Krueger. Tertia proved that age and experience are a winning combination, but the annual faculty - collegiate softball game disproved it. The 16-1 score in favor of the collegiates leaves no doubt that students are superior in at least one field and maybe in more. * CRACKED BACK Its been a long, hard winter with sidewalks lined with snow up to a man’s shoulders, but on many a bleak, cold morning one could see the little college tractor, a boon to shoveling Frosh and Preps alike, pil ing up the stuff with effortless ease. Finally this spring, worn and weary, patched up with haywire and scotch tape, she outdid herself in a last effort to clear away the vestiges of winter’s ravages. Yet, lit tle Allis just sort of folded up in the middle and died. PROFS TO PRESENT PAPERS On April 28-29 two of our professors will present papers at a synod district convention. Prof. E. E. Kowalke will give an exegesis on Gen. 9:18-27, which is the story of the curse Noah placed on his son, Ham. Prof. W. Schumann will discuss Tractarianism. This was a movement within the Church of England around the middle of the 19th century against the liberalism and rationalism of the church at that time. DR. OTT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS The Dr. Ott Memorial Scholarship Awards will be given for the first time this spring. Prof. George Shield of the University of Cali fornia has donated the endowment fund in memory of his former pro fessor, Dr. J. H. Ott. Every year awards of $250 each will be made to 16

two juniors or seniors. The decision will be based on papers submitted in the fields of English literature or American history. These were the subjects in which Dr. Ott specialized when he taught at Northwestern. A committee, consisting of Professors E. C. Kiesslirig, C. Toppe, and D. Rohda, has been chosen by the faculty to judge the papers and make the awards. SPRING CONCERT On May 3rd at 8:00 p. m. the band and the prep and collegiate glee clubs will present their annual spring concert. FORUM PLAY The Forum will present its final production, “Night of January 16th”, for two nights, May 15-16. The play written by Ayn Rand, deals with a murder trial. The jury will be selected from the audience before each performance. Admission is free.

CrditasUaJA . . . /V NEW DAY Today the sun is rising on volume sixty-three of the Black and Red. What the new day will bring is up to you, the reader. In this issue we have printed a few criticisms and suggestions made by students. It is through the suggestions of readers that we will determine the policy for the coming volume. We hope we will receive more suggestions in the future from both students and alumni. Suggestions by themselves, however, will not make anything of the Black and Red. The Black and Red needs contributions from the students. The staff alone cannot and should not have to provide all the material. Why don’t students contribute? The chief reason is that laziness overpowers creative impulse. There are a few who can’t write and others who won’t. Some person might refuse to write because his con tribution was not printed in the past. Rejected contributions are a sign of health for a paper. It shows that there is enough material so that not every contribution need be used. Competition produces quality. You are reading an editorial about a subject that is as old as school papers. What are you going to do about it? Lay it aside and forget about it as old stuff? Or help to remedy the situation, so that this edi torial can finally be scrapped and the Black and Red can concentrate, instead, on selecting the best student literary efforts for publication.

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COURTESY A car with out-of-state license plates drives up to the filling station, the tourist asks for a road map of the state and drives off without a word. The attendant remarks to another nearby, “That guy hasn’t got enough brains to say, ‘Thank you. The point of the story is this: Because the tourist had never seen the attendant before in his life and was not apt to run into him again, he felt no compulsion to show the fellow a little courtesy and common decency. As a result he left an unfavorable impression of himself behind. Human decency pleads with us to show consideration not only to utter strangers but to fellow students here at school. The contempt of familiarity sometimes causes us to grow lax in.our relation to one an other. That our new dean points this relationship up to us occasionally in his chapel talks, shows that it is widespread enough to be evident to a person who has been with us only a few months. Here we have an other motive besides human decency for such care in manners and that is Christian love. 9 99

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The chairman appointed an auditing committee composed of pas tor Gerhard Franzmann, Mr. Herman Gieschen, and Prof. Ralph Gehrke. The nominating committee’s proposal to reelect all of the present officers of the society was adopted. The following officers were re elected: Prof. W. A. Schumann, president; Pastor R. Siegler, first vicepresident; Prof. E. Wendland, second vice-president; Pastor H. Peter, secretary; Prof. Theo. Binhammer, treasurer; Prof. R. Sievert, mailing secretary; Prof. C. Toppe, chronicler; Prof. R. Jungkuntz and Prof. R. Gehrke, members of the news letter committee. Prof. E. Schroeder and Prof. R. Jungkuntz were reelected to the nominating committee. The chronicler of the society, Prof. C. Toppe, read the names of the following alumni whose deaths occurred during the past year: Rev. Paul Mayerhoff, 90; Rev. John Dejung, ’93; Rev. Theodore Schoewe, ‘07; Rev. Edward Zell, 'OS; Prof. Charles Bolle, ’15; Rev. Bernhard Westendorf, T8; Rev. Gerhardt Redlin, ’28; Rev. John Kohl, ’40. The society honored their memory by rising. The secretaiv presented a complete list of members of the society on the basis of information found in the minutes and suggested that the problem of membership categories be solved by recognizing two membership categories, one category to consist of all graduates of the college department, the other to consist of all other persons who, according to the minutes of the society, have been received into mem bership. A motion was made and seconded to adopt the secretary’s suggestion. This motion, however, was withdrawn, and Dr. Kiessling’s motion to designate three membership categories: (1) regular (all grad uates of the college); (2) associate; and, (3) honorary, was adopted. Prof. H. Oswald, a member of the chapel pipe organ committee, reported that the organ fund now totals $12,289.59. Pres. Kowalke volunteered information concerning the source of.the organ fund money. Pres. Kowalke suggested that as a new project the society might consider taking over Rev. Guenther’s collection of Indian Relics. Rev. Guenther replied that he would give the matter consideration. Pres. Kowalke also proposed two other projects: producing a pictorial history of Northwestern College and donating a flag pole to the College. Pastor R. Siegler reminded the society that the College will 19 f

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observe its centennial in 1965 and suggested a centennial committee be appointed to make proposals for projects in connection with the centennial. The motion to have a centennial committee was adopted, and the following were then elected to the committee: Pastor J. Fricke, Dr. E. C. Kiessling, and Pastor R. Siegler. The report of the treasurer, having been examined by the auditing committee and attested as correct, was adopted. H. Peter, Secretary Adjournment at 4:20.

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four former pastors preach there on the four Sundays in April. The present pastor is Fritz Miller, ’29. DEDICATIONS Salem Lutheran Congregation of Nasewaupee, Wisconsin, dedicated its church on April 12. The happy pastor is Otto Henning, ’23. BIRTHS The Reverend and Mrs. Frederic Kosanke were blessed with a daughter, Rebecca Faith, on April 5. Pastor Kosanke, ’47, serves Grace and St. John’s Congrega tions of Goodhue, Minnesota. A son was born to Pastor and Mrs. Ervine Vomhof, ’54, on April 13. Father Vomhof is pastor at Alma City and Smiths Mill, Minnesota. MISCELLANEOUS Bob Michel, ’58, of the Seminary broke his hand while playing a losing game of volley ball. It doesn’t pay to return to the old school, does it, Bob?

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Efforts are being made by our alumni to erect a new gymnasium to replace the present small quarters. Nearly two hundred members of the alumni in Milwaukee are promoting the movement. Besides the Northwestern Club in Milwaukee, there are graduate clubs in Chicago and New York who will co-operate with the Milwaukee branch. . . The Milwaukee men who have planned the soliciting campaign are: Chair man E. H. Wurstor, Oscar Griebling, Dr. Fred John, John T. Lochner, Rev. Carl Gausewitz, Rev. August Bendler, O. T. Ernst, H, von Rohr, H. Ebert, Julius Dammann and E. H. Karrer. May 1939 Ernie Lehninger has had the band out for marching practice sev eral times. Everything went fine until they started a square corner. Leyrer, obviously preoccupied, kept right on going when the rest of the band turned. Rather conspicuous, Carl. April 1949 (From Martin Jahnkes C. & C.) Shpring ist in die Luft, Mama nature ruft. Die birdies tun singen in den trees, It’s Zeit for Blumen and bumble bees. Nur der Student hat die Nas’ in book, Ist das nicht a crime, by Spuck?

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I sit here and try to produce some verse And feel like I’m more of a butcher than Gein, For each time I try it the poem gets worse, Because I always seem to end up with too many words in the last line.

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he for this reason deserve to be immortalized in stone oh our beautiful campus? Obviously the answer is a resounding NO! For consider his motives in writing of his expedition. Did he have Northwestern students in mind as he wrote? If so, why should we honor a man with so sadistic a mind? And if not, why should we honor a man who cared less about Northwestern students than Northwestern students care for him? Even if Xenophon (by the way, he was affectionately called Phonic for short by his friends) hadn’t written his masterwork, some other fool Greek would have written a book simple enough even for our frosh to translate. Consider also the effects his writings have had on history. Alexander the Great would not have been in so foul a mood as to pin his friend Cleistus to the wall of the room with a spear, had he not spent a most uncomfortable night tossing and turning and trying to sleep with a particularly thick copy of the Anabasis under his pillow. Perhaps this also contributed to the conqueror’s early demise. But for this there is no manuscript evidence, so we cannot be sure. Let us, however, consider the fine example of the Athenians, who are consid ered the wisest of ancient peoples; they threw him out. At any rate, we contend that the pennies which have been gathered from school children for such a purpose should be diverted to a worthier cause. We might recommend a monument in front of the dining hall inscribed, “To the unknown inventor of the potato, without whom we would have nothing to eat." Certainly a more meritorious project. Another drawback to a statue of Xenoohon is the fact that nobody seems to know what the old fellow looked like. There are no pictures of him, of course (this was before Liesener’s time), and so we would have to rely on hearsay. Asking various people around the dormitory, we discovered that even Gaertner didn’t know, which is a sure sign that nobody does. Incidentally, earlier this year a certain frosh, who had heard of the accuracy and dependability of the Gaetner Informa tion Agency, decided to consult the GIA about the chances of his passing his semester Greek final. This frosh knew the only catch was that every answer given by the GIA can be ambiguously interpreted. Notwithstanding, the frosh boldly approached room 314, the head quarters of the GIA, and discovered Gaertner, its founder and first (and last) president, seated at his desk (a wonder in itself), busily engaged in consuming his nightly snack of Van Brode’s 25 to 40% Bran Flakes soaked in beer — he used to shag out extra breakfast food in Sexta and Quinta. When presented with the frosh’s question, he solemnly intoned the following reply: “If you take that Greek final, a fine average will be maintained.” We know that in saying this he was somehow inspired, for Gaertner doesn’t ordinarily use big words like “maintained.” At any rate, the frosh was very happy to receive such an answer, took the test eagerly, and discovered too late that the aver age to which Gaertner had. referred was our language department’s average of flopping out one third of the frosh class by semesters. The moral of this story is manifold. See if you can find it. 23

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BANKS

BANK OF WATERTOWN, First 8, Main Sts.

BARBERS POOLE'S BARBER SHOP, 5 Main St. BEVERAGES NEH1 BEVERAGES, Madison, Wis. SEVEN-UP BOTTLING CO., 410 First St. BOWLING ALLEYS CHASE'S BOWL, 125 N. Water St. WATERTOWN BOWL, Inc., 102 W. Cady St. CHEESE MILWAUKEE CHEESE CO., Milwaukee. Wis. CLEANERS LEE EDWARDS CLEANERS, 111 N. Fourth PARAMOUNT CLEANERS, 621 Main St VOGUE CLEANERS, 412 Main St. COFFEE O. R. PIEPER CO., Milwaukee, Wis. CONCRETE TRI-COUNTY REDI-MIX CO., Watertown

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DAIR’ES DAIRY LANE, Union Street MULLEN'S, 212 W. Main Street DECORATOR SUPPLIES ALBRECHT'S BADGER PAINT.. 208 Third St DRUG STORES BUSSE'S, 204 Main Street DOERR DRUGS, W. Main Street GEHRKE PHARAAACY, 315 Main Street TETZLAFF PHARAAACY, 116 Main Street EYE GLASSES Drs. H. E. AAAGNAN, 410 Main Street FLORISTS BIRKHOLZ FLORAL CO.. 616 Main St. LOEFFLER FLORAL SHOP, 202 W. Main St. FUNERAL HOMES H. HAFEMEISTER, 607 Main St. SCHMUTZLER FUNERAL HOME, 721 4th St.

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FURNITURE H. HAFEMEISTER, 607 Main Street KECK FURNITURE CO., 110-112 Main St. SCHMUTZLER FURNITURE, 401 Main St. GARAGES JAMES D. CASEY CO., 119 Water Street A. KRAMP CO., 617 Main Street VOSS MOTORS, Inc., 301 W. Main St. SHAEFER MOTORS, Inc., 305 Third St. DODGE STREET GARAGE, 311 Third St. GIFTS & CARDS THE GIFT FAIR, Main & First Sts. GROCERIES BENTZlN'S, 905 Main Street IFFLAND'S, 207 S. Second St. KRAUSE'S, 1101 Western Avenue HARDWARE & SPORTING GOODS ACE HARDWARE STORE. 304 Main St. REX DRAHEIM, Inc., 307 Main St. KOERNER 8. PINGEL, 205-209 N. Second St. D. & F. KUSEL CO., 108 w. Main St. HEATING CONTRACTORS THERMO ENGINEERING CO.. 103 W. Cady

INSURANCE AID ASSOCIATION FOR LUTHERANS, Appleton CHURCH MUTUAL INS. CO.. Merrill, Wis. HERMAN MUTUAL INS. CO., Iron Ridge WM. C KRUEGER, 312 Main St. LUTHERAN MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO., Iowa READY AGENCY, 424 N, Washington St. JEWELRY SALICK'S JEWELRY, 310 Main Street SCHNEIDER'S JEWELRY, 111 S- Third Street SCHOENIKE'S JEWELRY, 408 Man Street WARREN'S JEWELRY, 111 Main Street LUMBER & FUEL HUTSON-BRAUN LUMBER CO., First Street WEST SIDE LUMBER CO , 210 Water Street MEAT MARKETS BLOCK'S MARKET, 112 Second Street JULIUS BAYER MEAT MARKET, 202 Third St. NEW YORK MARKET, 8 Main Street MEMORIALS ARCHIE BROS., Inc., 218 S First St. WATERTOWN MEMORIAL CO., Inc., 112 4th MEN’S CLOTHING STORES FABER'S, 311 Main Street CHAS. FISCHER & SONS, 2 Main Street KERN'S, 114 Main Street KRIER'S, 101 Main Street PENNEY'S, 201 Main Street CASEY'S, Inc., Corner 3rd 8. Ma n

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GLOBE MILLING CO., 318 Water Street MUSIC GUYER MUSIC STORE, 109 N Th ro Street NEWSPAPER WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES, 115 W. Main St. OFFICE SUPPLIES MINAR OFFICE 8. SCHOOL SUPPLY, 407 Main ORGANS UNITED ORGAN CO., Milwaukee PAINTS WURTZ PAINT 8. FLOOR COVERING, 117 Main PHOTO FINISHERS CO-MO PHOTO SERVICE, 217 N Fourth St. PHOTOGRAPHS AL RIPPE, 113 Second Street PLUMBERS OTTO BIEFELD CO., 202 N. Water Street WATERTOWN PLUMBING CO., 103 W. Cady RADIO STATION WTTN, 104 W. Main Street RESTAURANTS LEGION GREEN BOWL, Oconomowoc Ave. SCHUETT'S DRIVE-IN, 510 Main Street SHARP CORNER, Corner 9th 8. Main ZWIEG'S GRILL, Main 8. Ninth Streets SHOE STORES MEYER'S SHOE STORE, 206 Main Street RAY'S RED GOOSE SHOE STORE, Main St. RUESCH'S, 305 Main Street SNYDER'S SHOE STORE, 413 Main Street SMOKE SHOP PICADILLY, 406 Main Street SUNDRIES TRI-COUNTY TOBACCO, 200 W. Main Street F. W. WOOLWORTH CO., 312-20 Main Sts. THEATERS CLASSIC, 308 Main Street

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PHILCO T - V & RADIO Watertown

GEHRKE PHARMACY Phone 507 315 Main Street

Watertown, Wis.

STUDENTEN! Kommen Sie herein um unsere Pfeifen zu priifen WALT'S PICCADILLY SMOKE SHOP

GiJYER MUSIC STORE 109 North Third Street MUSIC - RECORDS - RADIOS - PHONOS

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Your Cleaner is Your Clothes’ Best Friend Phone 124S

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WATERTOWN BOWL, Inc. “Earl and Ray” 12 Modern Alleys & Snack Bar 102 W. Cady Street Phone 2844

QUALITY BAKE SHOP CEROLD OLSON, PROP.

High-Grade PASTRIES and CAKES 104 Main Street Phone 235

Julius Bayer Meat Market DEALING IN 1

MEATS and SAUSAGES of All Kinds

202 Third Street Wisconsin

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James D. Casey Coe CHEVROLET SALES AND SERVICE NEW AND USED APPLIANCES AND FURNITURE DRI-GAS, RADIO, AND TELEVISION - •*

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Kohler quality is the assurance of satisfaction in plumbing fix tures and fittings. Superior de sign, close inspections, the use of time-tested materials, insure beauty as well as reliability. The sparkling glass-hard PLUMBING FIXTURES surfaces of Kohler fixtures are ^ easy to keep clean. Chrome-finished, all-brass fittings in hand& v some new designs match the fixtures in style and servicea bility. Consult your Kohler dealer. Kohler Co., Kohler, Wis.

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THERMO ENGINEERING CO. WATERTOWN PLUMBING CO. R. W. URBAN prop. KOHLER FIXTURES - MUELLER FURNACES 103 W. Cady Street Watertown Phone 284-W

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FABER'S CLOTHING STORE 311 Main Street MEN’S WEAR DRY CLEANING TAILORING SWEATERS SPORTSWEAR

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WATERTOWN MEMORIAL CO., INC. THE BLOCK BROTHERS Quality Monuments, Markers and Mausoleums 116 N. Fourth Street

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PARAMOUNT CLEANERS For Cleaning Well Done — Phone 171 Leave Cleaning with C. Koch, Rm. 303 Pick-up Tues., Thurs., Sat. Watertown 621 Main Street Special Student Prices

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POOLE'S BARBER SHOP Phone 53-J

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SNYDER'S SHOE STORE “Better Shoes For Less” Watertown

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English Oration — The Place of Music in the Church

German Oration — Luther als der Begrunder des protsstantischen Pfarrhauses ...

PICTURE SECTION — The Black & Red Staff ....................

The Band ............................................ The Male Chorus............................... The Basketball Squad ’58-’59 ......... The Mixed Chorus ............................ FIFTY NINERS —............................... NEWS & VIEWS —............................. ALUMNI Alumni Assignments......................... . Alumni Notes ................................ .

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Notice of Alumni Meeting, Concert, Graduation ....... 58 CAMPUS & CLASSROOM — 59 62 SPORTS ....................... .............

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Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor Assistant Editor EDITORS ........... Alumni Editor ............. Sports Editor Campus & Classroom BUSINESS MANAGERS Paul Emmel .......... .... Business Manager David Habermas ... Advertising Manager Myrl Wagenknecht Advertising Manager

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ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT WATERTOWN, WIS., AS SECOND CLASS MATTER UNDER ACT OF MARCH 3, 1879. PUBLISHED MONTHLY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00

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Tlu* Black and Bed wishes to dedicate this commencement issue to two outstanding professors, who have served the college for many years.

Prof. E. E. Kowalke this year is retiring from the presidency after forty years of service. We are grateful to the Lord for all the blessings lie has bestowed on our school under his leadership. Prof. Kowalke joined the faculty in 1913 and was selected to succeed Dr. A. F. Ernst as president in 1919. During these years his main teaching duties were in the fields of Hebrew and religion. We hope that he will be able to continue his teaching for many years to come. Prof. E. A. Wendland came to Northwestern in 1914 and has been vice-president since 1943. During his years here he has been primarily a teacher of mathematics. But he has also taught several German and Latin classes. When he retires at the close of the school year, North western will regret the loss of his conscientious guidance and his genial personality.

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ria&A o# 1959 Saginaw, Mich.

DANIEL DAVID WESTENDORF PRESIDENT

Dan, who stems from a long line of church workers, moved to Saginaw from Thiensville and spent his prep years there at the Seminary. He came to NWC because his father and several uncles and cousins also graduat ed from here. Rollie Westendorf is his cousin, although they don*’t look very much alike. Dan is president of the student body, as well as of the senior class, and has done a good job. He was out for football for three years and has been on the athletic board for two years. “Prez” has sung his way through four years in both Male Chor us and College Glee Club. Dan’s hobby is collecting records, and he also dabbles in tennis and golf. He is the man to see if you want a free carton of cigarettes. He has no regrets for his years at NWC and says he’s heading for the Rhodesia Mission — maybe. EDWARD ARTHUR SCHAEWE

Burns, Tennessee

VICE-PRESIDENT

Originally from Milwaukee, now from Burns, Ten nessee, and soon to be living in Beaumont, Texas, Ed has seen quite a bit of the country. After finishing high school at Lutheran High in Milwaukee, Edward entered Northwestern as a special student. During his five years at Northwestern Ed has boosted the first tenor section of the Male Chorus for four years and of the Glee Club for one. He has also appeared on the stage in Forum programs for three years. His athletic interests brought him into the football and baseball teams as a frosh and also into the intramural league and the bowling league. For four years he has held the vice-presidential slot on the senior class executive committee. Among his intel lectual interests are medieval history and Martin Luther. He was recently booted out of the Bachelors’ Club for certain gross misdemeanors. Next year Ed will take up residence at the Seminary.

MARVIN FREDERICK DOELGER

Milwaukee

SECRETARY-TREASURER

Marv has taken the four year remedial course and will graduate from N.W.C. with much intense studying behind him. He attended Bay View High School in Mil waukee, and was a student at the University of Wiscon sin in Milwaukee until he decided to come to North western. Because of the Hebrew cast of his countenance, Marv is called “Jew” by his classmates. He is going to be married in Milwaukee in June. His white 1957 Pon tiac has caused many discussions, and it will cause more when Mrs. Doelger wants it. Doelger was the class’s secretary and treasurer for three years. Marv has been a member of the champion bowling team for two years. He is the “Grocery Store” for the class, because of his large supply of obtainable food. Next year Marv will join the student body at the Seminary.

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EUGENE FRANCIS AHLSWEDE

Sturgeon Bay This spring Gene Ahlswede is winding up a long career as a citizen of NWC, harking back to the days when the prep halls were grassy lawns on Halloween. A veteran of three years of football and a dabbler at Intramurals, he also managed to survive two Male Chorus tours during his four years of reinforcing the second bass section. His two year hitch with the For um was crowned with his own program on contempor ary music this year. Aside from classes, of which he counts medieval history his favorite, he spends time filling bread plates in the dining hall. He also counts on an occasional practical joke or two to break the monotony of studies. Operating on the theory that it is not necessarily intellectual gifts, but diligence and faithfulness to one’s work that counts. Gene might well serve as an example to many an underclassman. Sem next year for Gene. GERALD ARTHUR JOHN DAMENT Pembroke, Ontario The little, white-haired Canoodian can be seen ev ery second day, usually quite late, trudging back to his cubicle from some nocturnal jaunt downtown. “Pub,” as he is affectionately called by his classmates, came to NWC two years ago from Concordia College, Milwaukee. Prior to that time he had attended Concordia College, Edmonton, Alberta. His twenty-four years make him the oldest member of his class. He claims to be all Ger man, but a closer look at his family tree may just give a hint of Algonouin blood. It is this factor which was responsible for his nomination as “The most valuable varsity hockey player of 1958-59.” During the longer vacations he migrates back to his native country, hoping that the oT Merc will still make the trip.. Usually he has to put up with certain minor troubles, such as bent drive shafts and loose tie rods. Along with “Pub,” sev eral classical traditions will move to Thiensville next year. Hartford RONALD ERNST DIENER Here is a fellow who does his own thinking. No, he’s not the quiet thinker who secludes himself in his independence. Diener usually can be found right in the middle of it, whatever it is. His academic interests are not bound by the college curriculum. One day his big interest is modern art, and the next day he is devouring a book on applied psychology. He has a constant sup ply of “sput,” which made him a natural for the B & R*s Campus and Classroom Column. He organized and di rects a children’s choir of more than 17 voices. He even tailors some of his own clothes. Working in the library and in the bookstore was not enough for Diener, so he served as a waiter in the dining hall. What next for this resourceful eight year veteran? If he isn’t dis tracted by any one of his many projects, he will be rushing about at Thiensville next year.

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1959 JOHN WILLIAM BENTZIN FRANZMANN Wateriown Although the Northwestern campus had felt the presence of John Franzmann many years before, it first locked upon him as a full-time student four years ago. Daring these years he was most impressed by his dis covery of the value of a background in the classics. His other interests include music (everyone is familiar with the Franzmann piano), foreign cars, writing poetry, and painting what he calls “lyrical abstractions.” Much of his time is taken up by his activities as a social worker at Bethesda. He is full of plans for the future. Marri age awaits him at the close of school, and then more work at Bethesda, changing to part-time next fall when he begins fulfillment of a two-year teaching contract at St. John's in Watertown. Further in the future he sees a degree in psychiatric social work at UWM and con tinuance of theological studies at Thiensville.

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Caledonia, Minn. JERALD JOHN PLITZUWEIT Jerry finished his college career sitting on top of the B & R totem pole as editor. For four years he has led the trombone section of the band. He has sung through two chorus tours and numerous concerts with the Male Chorus. Throughout his college years Forum and Intramurals have occupied part of his time. Jerry is the only collegiate who holds a breakfast-skipping license, but this is only because he drags himself out of bed every morning to drive the school bus for the Lutheran High School at Fort Atkinson. The great outdoors holds a strong attraction for him. He likes fishing, and he bagged his first deer last fall. For a long time Jerry tried to retain his membership in the Bachelors’ Club, but the fates decreed otherwise. Be cause of the wanderlust in his heart he has the secret desire to go to Australia some day. But he will sup press this desire temporarily, since his room at the Sem is already Waiting for him.

1959 Brookfield JAMES JOHN RADLOFF Jim is one of the athlelic-minded men in the grad uating class. He has played four years on the varsity football team plus his years on the prep team. He was also on the athletic board for three years. Eight years on the same campus gave him the chance to see many changes on the NWC campus, including the whole build ing program just recently finished. He believes that so many years in the same spot get to be rather tiring. Chase’s bowling alley has seen him for several years, and this year he was on the championship team. He also likes to spend some time on the golf course, Jim likes the movie house downtown, and you’ll often find him down there. He says he plans to come back and keep a certain friendship alive. DANIEL LEE SABROWSKY

Portland, Oregon

Dan Sabrowsky was born April 20, 1937 — the same birth date, Dan observes, as that of Adolph Hitler. With this auspicious event his career began. For high school Dan went to Concordia College in Portland, Ore gon. Summers Dan spends on the move. He works as a cook for the Union Pacific Railroad. Dan loves to travel, be it by train or by car, but he still modestly acknowledges Oregon as the best state in the 48 or is it 50? For his relaxation this handsome, manly fellow occupies himself with several hobbies—sleeping, eating, keeping company with members of the other sex. In this regard he has specialized the past two years in a certain person living on Jones Street. Dan’s future plans are plain. He is going to the Sem.

HAROLD ALFRED SCHEWE

Milwaukee

Harry holds the coveted and rare title of an “eight year man” at N.W.C. His appearance may not betray his athletic prowess, but Harry’s ability as a running back has earned him the additional title “Horse.” He also played a reliable second on the varsity baseball squad. Intramurals and bowling rounded out his sports activities. Amember in god standing of the Bachelors’ Club, he was president of the “N” ’Club and the ath letic board. Harry also found time for the Forum and Male Chorus when not punching a cash register down at the local A & P. Fortunately he moved to Milwau kee recently, and from there it will be but a short jaunt for his Dodge up to the Sem.

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RICHARD CHARLES SHIMEK Echo, Minn. Shim is a tiller of Minnesota soil when not in school. He received his high school training at Doctor Martin Luther College. One can always find him in a good mood and ever ready with a wisecrack; this is under standable when one knows that he has roomed with Chris Kock all four years at N.W.C. Richard was cap tain of the senior basketball team, called the Clods. On the bench, he led them to their first winning sea son. If a car seems to be causing trouble, Shimek will fix it with little effort. He has learned much about cars by trying to keep his own De Soto moving. Rich ard is a faithful member of the college Bachelors’ Club. Next year he will lay aside his farming interests to at tend the Seminary. Kenosha LOWELL KENNETH SMITH Whenever you stop for a chat with Lowell, he will greet you with a smile, and chances are that five min utes later he will still be smiling. Naturally his nick name is “Smiley.” Of himself Lowell will only say that he is an “average guy,” but for an “average guy” he manages to accomplish a lot. During his last two years Lowell was an active member of Forum and this year presented his own original play, “By Faith Alone,” a portrayal of Luther’s life. The Black & Red finally recognized Lowell’s talent for comedy, so he was given the editorship of the alumni column of the last volume. Sem will swallow him up in its cloistered walls next year, but if he continues his pecuniary habit, you’ll be able to see him making daily treks to the local A & P store. As a warning to all Milwaukee women, Lowell is a member in good standing of the Bachelors’ Club, but he will relino.uish his membership with a smile if the opportunity arises. Eau Gallie, Florida AARON L. UITTI The general consensus around the dorm is that if you want to debate, don’t do so with Aaron Uitti be cause you’re sure to end up second best. He has a re sounding voice, and not without cause, for he has been shouting encouragement on the athletic field for years. Aaron was first string end on the football team for three years (he suffered a fractured jawbone his freshman year), guard on the basketball team his sophomore year, and a varsity baseball pitcher for three years. But that’s not all. Aaron was a member of the bowling league for four years and he also golfs and plays tennis. The best adjective to describe him would be versatile, and many girls around Watertown will testi fy to that. For eight years Aaron has been adding to Northwestern’s athletic honor, but during his years at Sem he might be taking some of it back again.

1959 La Crosse EDWARD JAMES WERNER Ed came to Northwestern five years ago from La Crosse Central High and has shown himself outstand ing in various fields. One of his fortes, for instance, was “buttoning” Frosh and bringing underclassmen to a proper evaluation of their station. Ed was a great center in football his first two years here, but was forced to give up sports when an old back injury laid him up. Of his adventures in Madison General Hospi tal he has many tales to tell. Thereafter Ed became as sistant coach to Prep football and wrestling and head coach of Prep track in all of which he showed himself a born leader and slave driver. Occasionally Ed also referees wrestling matches. In high school Ed took part in forensics and debate, and he excells in making inflammatory speeches at pep rallies. Eds abilities, however, will not be used in stirring up revolutions, for he definitely plans to enter the Seminary next fall. ROLLIN ADELBERT WESTENDORF

Bay City, Mich.

“Rol” can be spoken of as one of Michigan’s good contributions to NWC. Michigan Lutheran Seminary gave him his high school training and sent him to this campus as a college Frosh. His varied activities have included four years of Male Chorus, four years of For um, three years of band and two years on the Black and Red staff, on which he was C & C editor and as sistant editor. Rol’s great love is football; he won three letters in four years. Understandably his favorite prof is “Baldy” (who’s that?). His favorite pastime is breedding parakeets. Another great pursuit of his is a cer tain dental assistant. His stick handling was a boon to the varsity hockey team, although he was most waste ful of pucks. Whenever he is not studying he may be found dabbling in anything from harmonicas to radios. He plans to sail for Germany after finishing school at Thiensville. WARREN LEROY WIDMANN

Mobridge, S. D.

Warren, a progeny of one of our Western States, spent his prep years at the Academy in Mobridge and then came here to take his place in the class of ’59 as a Frosh. He is the shortest man in his class—five feet, five inches — and his hobby is telling inquisitive people how tall he is. Warren was in Male Chorus two years and was football manager in his junior and senior years. He has often appeared on our stage in Forum produc tions, usually as a little boy. After four years here at NWC, he says he is very satisfied with the school and ms work here. When asked what ‘his’ advice to new freshmen is, he answered, “They’ll find out more than enough for themselves to get through this school.”

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□Fort Atkinson DAVID ALBERT WITTE “Abe” is an eight-year man with NWC, a feat to be commended. This model student has ma.de himself at home not only in the classroom but also in several ex tracurricular fields. He was in the Male CZhorus and the Forum for three years. Also to his credit is the work he is doing in the new singing group fox1 the Tuesday night chapel services, the “Schola Cantorum.” After studying one year at Thiensville, “Abe” hiopes to board a boat for Germany and more studies. He is a fond lover of music but not the classical kind. The past six summers have given him ample experien.ee in the can ning business., which is probably the greatest single factor in his love for planting oats. Whem he leaves, his tremendous laugh and catching smile will be missed by his under-classmates as well as by the co-eds. Watertown LARRY GLEN ZWIEG One of the few surviving “eight-yesr men” grad uating this spring is friendly, affable Larry Zwieg. With his mask-like, hprn-rimmed glasses and calm air Larry bears some resemblance to a large, gentlemanly raccoon. (I like raccoons. Some of my fc>est friends are raccoons.) Larry’s favorite diversions, when he has time, are golf and hunting. Larry belongs to that mis cellaneous breed, commonly called the ‘“town” student. He is as likely to be seen behind the cou inter of Zwieg's Grill as on the campus. Working at the restaurant has been interesting. Larry says that almost every kind of person imaginable comes in there. The job has, as most jobs do, curtailed Larry’s school activities. He has found time, however, to become engaged to a former coed of NWC. Future plans: the Seminary.

(Ehc place of ,JMustr tit tElte QU{iu*clt O praise God in his sanctuary. Praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts. Praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet. Praise him upon the lute and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance. Praise him upon the strings and pipe. Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals. Praise him upon the loud cymbals. Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. The psalm just quoted — No. 150 — is a stirring invitation to praise the Lord in music. Gods people of the Old Testament used a great deal of music in their worship, and we can clearly see from this Scrip tural exhortation and others like it that this was a God-pleasing prac tice. The New Testament church also had a place for music in its wor ship. We read in Colossians, ‘Let the word of Ghrist dwell in vou rich ly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” Matthew tells us that after the institution of the Lord’s Supper, when Christ and his disciples “had sung an hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives.” The Book of Revelation has many references to the musical expressions of joy and jubilation on the part of the saints in heaven. We, so to say, “get a preview” of what we can expect when we join our fellow-redeemed in singing praises to the Lamb. The influence of music has been strong in the church through the centuries, particularly since the Reformation, at which time Martin Luther gave worship music such a prominent place in the church. In one of his most famous statements concerning music we read: “I truly desire that all Christians would love and regard as worthy the lovely gift of music, which is a precious, worthy, and costly treasure given man kind by God . . . Our dear fathers and prophets did not desire without reason that music be always used in the churches. Hence we have so many songs and psalms. This precious gift has been given to man alone that he might thereby remind himself of the fact that God has created man for the express purpose of praising and extolling God.” So we see that history has given music a place in the church. Yet when we come right down to fundamentals, we might ask ourselves, “Why sing in the first place? Is it a necessity? What does singing add? Does it not distract from the import of the word rather than enhance it?” To be honest we must admit: music is not necessary for worship. However, a believing, Christ-centered participation in the means of grace is a necessity. The natural question is, what form shall this par ticipation take? 40

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„Aber mir werden sie keine Frau aufdringen.” So schrieb Doktor Marlin Luther an seinen Freund Spalatin am 16. August 1521. Jedoch nur vier Jahre spater heiratete er die friihere Nonne Katharina von Bora und wurde damit der Begrunder des protestantischen Pfarrhauses. Zwischen Luthers erster Behauptung und seiner Heirat wirkten viele Dinge auf ihn ein, die seine Meinung veranderten. Im Jahre 1521 war er immer noch in seinem Kloster, wahrend ein Freund und Gesinnungsgenosse nach dem andern seine christliche Freiheit gebrauchte und heiratete. Immer wunschte ihnen Luther Gluck dazu und riet andern dasselbe zu tun. Noch hatte er fur seine eigene Person seinen Sinn nicht geandert. Aus gewichtigen Grunden fiihlte Luther, dass er nicht heiraten solle. Sein Leben war voll angestrengtester Arbeit, Anspaimung und Aufregung. Vielleicht wiirde solch eine Handlung die Reformation verlangsamen. Sein Weib wiirde immer in vielen Gefahren leben. Im Herbst 1524 musste Luther eine Antwort geben, als die adelige Dame, Argula von Staufen, fragte, warum Luther selbst nicht heirate. An Spalatin schrieb er: „Ich wundere mich nicht, dass solclies von mir geschwatzt wird, da man auch viel Anderes schwatzt; du aber danke Jener in meinem Namen und sage ihr, ich sei in der Hand des Ilerrn als eine Kreatur, deren Herz er andern und wieder andern, todten oder lebendig machen kann in jedem Augenblick; wie aber mein Ilerz bislier gestanden hat und noch steht, so wird nicht gescliehen, dass ich ein Weib nehme; nicht als ob ich mein Fleisch oder Geschlecht nicht spiirete, aber mein Sinn ist fern vom Heirathen, weil ich taglich den Tod und die wohlverdienle Strafe eines Ketzers envarte.” Kurz darauf musste Luther gestehen: „Der Herr hat mich plotzlich, und wahrend ich an ganz Anderes dachte, in den Ehestand hinein geworfen. Im Friihling des folgenden Jahres 1525 sehen wir, dass er einen Entschluss gefasst hatte, den er schnell ausfuhrte. Warum hatte Luther seinen Sinn so unerwartet geandert? Dass Katharina von Bora bereit war, ihn zu heiraten, ging ihm fortwahrend durch den Sinn. Vielleicht dachte Luther, dass seine Lehren ihre Kraft verlieren wurden, 43

wenn er ihnen nicht mit cler Tat folgen wurde. Auch bedarf Luther jemandes, die sich um sein Ieiblich Wohl bekiimmerte; derm seine Gesundheit stand in Gefahr, weil Schlafen und Essen nicht regelmassig vvaren. Eine Woche nach seiner Heirat brachte Luther drei seiner Ursachen in einem Brief an Amsdorf. „Denn ich hoffe, dass ich noch eine kurze Zeit Ieben werde, und ich habe diesen letzten Gehorsam gegen meinen Vater, der dies forderte, nicht abschlagen wollen, in der Hoflrnung auf Nachkommenschaft, zugleich auch, damit ich das durch die Tat bekraftige, was ich gelehrt habe, so viele Kleinmiitige finde ich bei so grossem Lichte des Evangelii. So hat es Gott gewollt und gemacht. Denn ich habe nicht fleischliche Liebe noch Brunst, sondern habe Gefallen an einem Eheweibe.” Am Abend des 13, Junis 1525 heiratete Luther Katharina von Bora in einer einfachen Ilochzeitsfeier. Rasch fasste er den letzten Entschluss, um alles lose und bose Gerede abzuschneiden. Solche drohten sich zu erheben, sobald man elwas von seinen Absichten auf Katharina merkte. Sein Weib war eine Nonne gewesen, die duch Luthers Hilfe aus ihrem Nonnenkloster entkommen war. Luther konnte nicht einen Mann finden, der ihr gefiel. Sie selbst sagte, dass sie entweder Amsdorf oder Luther gern heiraten wurde. V7ielleicht war sie ein wenig stolz, aber keine Spur davon erschien in ihrem Familienkreise. Unter ihrer Fursorge zog ein gleichmassiger Lebensfluss in das Schwarze Kloster ein, das nun Luthers Wohnung wurde. Es war keine leichle Aufgabe fiir Katharina, die Haushaltung zu verwalten. Luther hatte wedcr die Zeit noch die Neigung, liber solche Geschafte sich Gedanken zu machcn. Hire Arbeit wurde sclnverer, weil Luther so gastfreundlich und freigebig war. Katharinas Tatigkeiten in der Kuche blieben ihm nicht verborgen. Einmal sagte der Doktor: „Das ist ein gemarterter Mann, dess Weib und Magd nichts weiss in der Kuche.” Obgleich sein Weib eine wichtige Rolle in dem Hause spielte, war Martin selbst doch iminer das Haupt der Familie. Sein Stand liber den Platz eines Weibes stand ihm fest. Er schrieb: „Deshalb soil ein Weib entweder untertan sein, oder nicht heiraten, denn so befiehlt es Gott und vorordnet es durch die Apostel und seine heilige Schrift.” Welch ein Unterschied zwischen dem traurigen und freudelosen Leben der Monche, die vorher in dem Kloster lebten, und den frohlichen Gesichtern der tiitigen Kinder. Gott segnete diese Ehe mit sechs Kindern. Vier davon lebten noch, als Luther starb. Im Bezug auf seine Kinder hatte Luther vom ersten Augenblick an die Absicht, sie Gott zu weihen. Hans oder Johannes, der alteste, wurde am 7. Juni 1526 geboren. Seine Ankunft war ein Tag des Jubels fiir Luthers Gefolge durch ganz Deutschland. Im Dezember des folgenden Jahres kam das erste Tochterlein, Elisabeth, liber ihren Tod im August 152S fiihlte Luther tiefes Leid. Ein Brief an Hausmann erklarte: „Mir ist mein Tochterlein Elisabethchen gestorben; es ist zu verwundern, ein wie bekummerles, fast weiblisches Herz sie mir zuriickgelassen hat, so werde ich durch 44

Jammer fiber sie bewegt; das hatte ich zuvor nie geglaubt, class ein vaterliches Herz so weich werden konne wegcn der Kinder.” Sein Lenchen machte Luther besondere Freucle unter den Kinclern. Als Lena geboren wurde, dachte Luther, dass Gott seine selige Elisa beth wieder zuruckgebracht habe. Aber sie wurde ihm, als sie prachtig heranreifte, nach liingerer, schwerer Krankheit am 20. September 1542 durch den Tod enlrissen. Was er schon beim Verlust seiner kleinen Elisabeth empfunden hatte, musste er hier noch tiefer und schmerzlicher fuhlen. Luther wusste, dass er nur frohlichen Dank fur ein so seliges Ende sagen sollte. Noch war die Macht der naturlichen Liebe so gross, dass er und seine Frau ohne Schluchzen und Seufzen cles Herzens diesen Verlust nicht zu ertragen vermogen. Die drei anderen Kinder, die iliren Vater iiberlebten, waren Martin, Paul und Margarele. Obgleich keins seiner Kinder mit Ausnahme von Paul, der Arzt wurde, beriihmt wurde, konnte Luther doch sich seiner Kinder freuen; denn nie fanden seine Feinde einen Schandfleck in ihrem Leben. In seinen Erziehungsschriften hatte der Doktor gezeigt, dass die Schulen in friiheren Jahren zu viele Strafen gegeben haben. Luther besass ein gutes Verslandnis von der kindlichen Natur. Als der kleine Hans vier Jahre alt war, bekam er einen zartlichen Brief von seinem Vater, der auf einer Reise war. Obwohl Luther tiefen Schmerz durch den unerwarteten Tod seines Vaters gelitten hatte, bildete er den Himmel ab als einen schonen, angenehmen Garten voll schoner und herrlicher Dinge. Wenn Hans mit frohem Mute lernen und beten wurde, so wurde der Besitzer des Gartens ihn hereintreten lasscn. Auch erkannte Martin, dass den Kindern Zucht und Strafe notig sei. Einmal wollte er seinen Sohn Hans in drei Tagen nicht vor sich kommen lassen. Folgendes gab er als Grund an: „Ich wollt lieber einen todten denn einen ungezogenen Sohn haben. S. Paulus hat nicht vergebens gesagt, „dass ein Bischof soli ein solcher Mann sein, der seinem Hause wohl furstehe und wohl gezogene Kinder habe,”” auf dass andere Leute davon erbauet, ein gut Exempel nehmen und nicht geargert werden.” Luther hat wirklich ein gutes Exempel gegeben, welchem alle •Ellern folgen sollten. Immer stand die Tiir des Lutherhauses fur andere Leute offen. Urn seinen Tisch herum konnte man Studenten, Pastoren, Freunde und verschiedene Verwandte sehen. Einige unter diesen Besuchern schrieben auf, was Luther in den Gesprachen gesagt hatte. Diese gesammelten Bemerkungen Luthers heissen die „Tischreclen” und sind voll interessanter und unschatzbarer Wahrheiten uber tagliches Leben und Streben. Das junge Ehepaar besasz anfangs nur sehr massige Mittel. Allmahlicli wuchs doch Einkommen und Besitz. Luthers Gehalt an der Universitat wurde ihm bei seiner Verheiratung durch Kurfiirst Johann von hundert auf zwei hundert Gulden erhoht. Ab und zu kam aus den kurfiirstlichen Handen ein ausserordenliches Geschenk. In der Antwort nach solch einem Geschenk von Johann zu Sachsen sagte Luther: „Ich hab leider mehr, sonderlich von E. C. F. G. denn ich in Gewissen ver45

Iragen kann; mir gebuhrt auch, als einem Prediger, nicht iiberfluss zu haben, begehr es auch nicht.” Sogleich gab der danische Konig fiir Luther und seine Kinder jahrlich funfzig Gulden. Sie kauften zu dem Garten beim Lutherhause noch einige andere Gartens tiicke hinzu und einen Acker. Im Jahre 1540 bekam Luther von einem Bruder seiner Frau das kleine Landgut Zulsdorf. Weil der Markt in Wittenberg nur armlich bestellt zu sein plegte, suchte Katharina ihren Bedarf an Lebensmitteln selbst zu ziehen. In den Garten waren Obstbaume und auch Hopfen gepflanzt. Ferner befand sich dort ein kleines Gewasser mit Fischen. Auf dem Gutchen Zulsdorf schaltete und vvaltete Katharina gem in personlicher Anwesenheit. Durch diese Vorsicht gab es immer genug Lebensmittel fiir Luthers Haushaltung. Obgleich Luther ein sehr fleissiger Arbeiter war und sehr viel Ar beit hatte, fand er doch immer noch genug Zeit, sich seiner Familie zu widmen und an seinem Familienleben Freude zu finden. In seinem Ehe- und Hausstand hat der Reformator seine Erholung und Lust gefunden. Hier entdeckte er seinen Beruf als Mann, Gatte und Vater. Nach seinen Erfahrungcn sagte er: „Die Welt hat nach Gottes Wort keinen lieblichereu Schatz auf Erden, denn den heiligen Ehestand.” Ja, das von Luther gegrundete protestantische Pfarrhaus ist seitdem je eine Stdtte des reichsten Segens fiir die Kirche gewesen. Denn dort hatte der Prediger und Seelsorger in seiner Pfarrfrau stets eine starke Helferin und Stiitze bei sich und um sich, die ihm in alien Angelegenheiten seines \mtes mit Rat und Tat beistehen und Freude und Leid mit ihm tcilcn konnte. Dort gevvann auch der Prediger durch eigene Erfahrungcn Einsicht in die verschiedenen Angelegenheiten und Probleme des Familienlebens. Auch in dieser Hinsicht konnte er den Giiedern seiner Gemeinde ein wahrer Seelsorger, Berater, Troster und Vermahner sein. Yon den Kindern, die aus den Pfarrhausern hervorgegangen sind, haben auch gar manche spater im Leben sich durch Ttichtigkeit, Fleiss und Gewissenhaftigkeit ausgezeichnet. Solche Kin der haben nicht nur in der Kirche sondern auch im Staat, in Kunst und Wissenschaft, Ausgezeichnetes geleistet. Wenn wir dies alles bedenken, so haben wir Christen wahrlich Gnind genug Gott fur dies kostliche Gut, das er uns durch seinen Knecht Luther geschenkt und es auch bis auf diesen Tag unter uns erhalten hat, JERALD J. PLITZUWEIT von ganzem Herzen zu danken.

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iFtfiij-Ntttprs (Read at the Faculty-Senior banc/net) If ever there was a group of industrious devoted, outstanding young men, whose scholastic endeavors will shine through the years. It’s the Seniors.

For example, Examine the ear-span of Ahlswede with vacant space ample To store the volumes of Lenski. But that marvelous feat has been beat by the brain of Sabrowsky. He impresses professors with linguistical mastery, logical accuracy, mathematical leaps, While he sleeps! All scholars for ages will bow to the image of classical fervor, That most glorious Senior, Ed Werner. A rare combination of student and athlete exists in this club. Who would think our most powerful player of hockey was Pub. (Coach, when you make him a payment. The name is Dament.) He who puts action to words will be bound to succeed. And Smith is the man with the mouth for the speech and the courage for deed. There’s nothing at all he wouldn’t give a whirl ’Cept a girl. How, may I ask, would our class be complete, And how could we hand intramural opponents defeat, And how could we put Profs in a spot that is tight, Without Plitzuweit? We have one in our midst who’s outstanding among us, stands out like a flare. There’s none in our class who can match Gaertner’s red hair. If the windows are shook and you’re knocked to your knees by a power ful breeze, there’s no danger, don’t freeze, It’s just Gaerlner’s sneeze. I spent hours and hours in trying to find a word that would rhyme with Harold A. Schewe. All I could find was ’a barrel of gravy.’ It’s truly an apt description, For gravy is greasy and best when it’s hot, and it’s value is almost all fiction. Alack and alas, there is in our class another named Schaewe, but we’ll call him Schaff, 52

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Imagine yourself in the big city slums — Among bums. At the tune of a whistle a slew of young kids who are armed to the teeth Slug it out with their clubs, pull their knives from their sheaths. At the height of the battle, then Radloff with hands in his pockets walks into of hoodlums a batch And says, “Say friend, got a match?” A man with astoundingly copious capacity For absorbing abstract philosophical things with rapacity Is Ronald von Diener, from whom I now quote, “Intersynodical disputes will decease profoundly when top theologians give women the vote.” A distinctly distinct distinction distinguishes brightly the one Who bears the name Franzmann. I don’t know another Who can play with his right Khatchalurian’s concertos while writing some fanciful verse with the other. But the sad part is this; Married bliss, Whose fabulous fables leave intellect, reason and will scarce intact, *—His voice cracked. 53

Will soon be a fact. To Christian H. Kock I wish lots of luck. May he find him a bridle, like cell, wife or gout, Before he burns out. Rich (not Dick) Shimek has fougth the good fight without flinching or yielding an inch. That’s a cinch. Nor was he prone to emaciating haste. You can tell by his waist. The farther I go down this list the more often I find The inevitable inroads of womankind. With might and with main some try to right it, But most of us stick to II. John’s pert, sage words, “Why fight it?” Surprising enough, our class so renowned even found Some brains among natives of Watertown. Namely Zwieg. Though he’s scarcely on campus we’re aware of how hard he must study and strive ‘cause he’s constantly fighting fatigue. Our class has its own encyclopedia in the person of John Peter Meyer. He is pages and pages of facts, about churches and hymns and all sorts of things, in human attire. He’s the only one known who can drone out the tones of the horns of six Fords With his vocal chords. If wishes were horses then Widmann would grow. But let height not reflect on this capable kindly fellow. Tis said, In aiding a damsel maneuver a puddle by spreading out coat, shirt, shoes, socks, in vain and growing exceedingly red, With a sigh that escaped from his heart’s deepest nook, He laid in the mud his dear, dear Greek book. No doubt you’re all marvelling, a group so beladened with virtues and talents could also maintain steadfast unity, For this were indebted to Dan, the Man, Westendorfs perseverance, continuity. Through four years of constant duress Nine times in ten he successfully postponed the tests. True blue Fifty-niners with virtues too numerous to truly portray with phrases so few, In a few more days we bid Northwestern adieu. “Tis true, ’tis pity and pity ’tis, ’tis true.” Amen. Thank you. R. WESTENDORF 54

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GRADUATING CLASS The history of the Class of ’59 began in 1951, when 67 green Sextaners entered the N. W. Prep department. During the course of its high school years, the class gained five members but lost 26 others, and on June 9, 1955, 46 seniors graduated from the high school department. Twenty of these never came back for college entrance the next fall. However, New Ulm supplied 2 new members, Saginaw also 2, and Mobridge one. Six came from other sources bringing the class total to 43. Since then 4 more have entered the class, while 24 have left it, leaving 55

23 to graduate June 11, 1959. Of these, 12 were in the original Sexta class of 67, a mortality of 82%! In the course of 8 years, a total of 93 students have entered the class, 70 have left it, an overall mortality of 75%. The mortality for the college years alone is only 51% however. This is the largest turnover any graduating class has had to date. A class of such great unrest has witnessed a great change at North western as well. During their stay here, the Prep and College depart ments were separated. This was the first class to occupy the new dorm all four of its college years, moving into it in February, 1956, in the middle of its Freshman year. This is the last graduating class under the presidency of Prof. Kowalke. As a monument to itself the class has left a “mighty” mountain ash standing just south of the chapel. May it flourish for many years to come!

LITURGICAL SERVICE Several weeks ago a liturgical service was introduced into the eve ning chapel schedule. The vesper service liturgy is now being used on Tuesday evenings. The epistle lesson according to the pericopes of the ancient church is read, and the sermon is based on this text. There is also a psalm, either read responsively or chanted by the “Schola Cantorum,” which is a group of singers recently organized to provide music for our chapel services. The hymn is sung antiphonally. That means the assembly and the “Schola” sing alternate stanzas of the hymn. A collection is taken for the Church Extension Fund. Dean Leyrer has introduced this service at the request of many students. He has offered four reasons why a liturgical service is of value to Northwestern College. First of all, the Lutheran Church is a liturgical church, and since Northwestern College is preparing men for service in the Lutheran Church, a liturgical service can be expected. Secondly, it acquaints the students with good and acceptable procedures of Lutheran liturgy. The liturgy also adds beauty to our worship. And finally it enables the students to exercise proper stewardship by utilizing their musical talents in worshiping the Lord.

FORUM FINAL EXTRA! EXTRA! KAREN ANDRE ACQUITTED! The news papers might well have carried this caption as different juries on two successive nights brought in a verdict of ‘not guilty’ in the murder trial, “Night of January 16th,” staged by the Forum as its final production on May 15 and 16. The trial played before large audiences and was well received both nights. Jurors in the five-dollar box seats on stage found the play so well acted that, according to comment, they forgot at times that they were supposed to be sitting in judgment of a murder trial. The jurors were people picked merely at random from the audience. Karen Andre (Pat Korth) and her gangster lover, Larry Regan (Dan Westendorf) were well defended by Tom Kuster. The D. A. and two time loser was Ed Werner, who presented a tough, hard-boiled prosecution to perfection. The case was presided over by David Witte, 56

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Springtime seems to be the time for planting oats, be they wild, domestic or otherwise, but no one seems to be able to explain the ori gin of the variety which made its appearance on the campus several weeks ago. It originated in the middle of flower beds, trailed along for a few feet and as abruptly disappeared again. In that glorified flower pot in front of Silbe’s commons it was bold enough to assert itself in the shape of a cross with a border around it. The source for next year’s oatmeal supply was soon put under though, for Paul, our cigar-chewing janitor, was found digging the stuff under recently while muttering a few choice oaths to himself in Low German.

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Richard Winter - Tutor, New Ulm, Minn. Richard Stroebel - Circle, Mont. Robert Zink - Clark, S. D. VICARS Wayne Borgwardt - St. Jacobi, Mil waukee, Wis. James Borree - Jefferson, Wis. Jerome Braun - St. Croix Luth, H. S. Daniel Buske - Instructor, New Ulm, Minn. Ronald Ehlert - Arlington, Minn. William Godfrey - Columbus, Wis. Robert Hartman - Winona, Minn. David Lillegard - Benton Harbor, Mich. Edward Lindquist - La Crosse, Wis. Waldemar Loescher - Manitowoc, Wis. Lawrence Nolte - Antioch, 111. Richard Paustian - Tucsor# Ariz. Ralph Polzin - Tutor, NWC, Watertown, Wis. Melvin Schwark - Tutor, Mobridge, S. D. Roger Sprain - Neenah, Wis.

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ALUMNI NOTES baby girl, Mary Elizabeth, on April 20. The population of Glendive, Mon tana, rose on April 7 when Ste phana Kay was born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lenz. Pastor Lenz ’54, is serving the Messiah Congre gation in Glendive. A girl, Susan Kay, arrived at the home of Pastor and Mrs. Kenneth Strack, ’54, on May 5. He is the pastor at St. Paul’s Congregation in Naper, Nebraska. MISCELLANEOUS Pastor Wm. Holzhausen, ’21, of Stetsonville, Wis., suffered a coronary occlusion shortly after Easter and is now convalescing at home. Pastor A. J. Engel, ’25, of Medford is substituting at Zion Congregation in Stetsonville during its pastor’s illness. Pastor Philip Lehman, *10, will re tire from the ministry on July 31, 1959. His present pastorate is in Loveland, Colorado. Watertown will be his future home.

ACCEPTED CALLS Robert Hochmuth. ’45, has taken the call to San Francisco, Calif. He will be commissioned on May 31, 1959. Mr. Hockmuth held the pas torate at the Good Shepherd Con gregation in Tucson, Arizona. The call to the Lutheran Children’s Society in Wauwatosa, Wis., has been accepted by Herbert Koehler. He was pastor at the St. Lucas Congregation in Milwaukee. Pastor Koehler preached his farewell ser mon on Sunday, May 24. ANNIVERSARY St. Paul’s Congregation in Dale, Wis., will celebrate its 100th anniver sary. The present pastor is Erwin Ploetz, ’42. NEW ARRIVALS On May 9th, a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Frohmader of Tyler, Minn. Pastor Frohmader is a member of the class of *51. Student Gordon Snyder, ’57, attend ing the Seminary, and vicar at St. Matthew’s Church in Milwaukee, and his wife were blessed with a

The ALUMNI SOCIETY Will Meet Wednesday Afternoon, June 10th, at 3 p. m.

;! The MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS Will Present Their Final Concert on Wednesday Evening, June 10 at 8 p. m.

GRADUATION EXERCISES Will Be Held Thursday Morning at 10 a. m.

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Grass again is green; Sunshine fills the air. Birds again are seen; Blossoms everywhere. Back and forth the balmy summer breezes rush, A welcome change from months of sloppy snow and slush. School is at an end; Graduation’s near. Hearts begin to rend, Eyes to shed a tear. All the seniors weep ’cause they must go away; The rest of us are sad because we have to stay. Yes, spring is here, and that means among other things that it is zoo parade time again. And the people are coming from far and near, big groups and small ones, to see our beautiful campus. Most of them enjoy their visits, but a few run into some trouble. For instance, one weekend a small group of boys was here from a neighboring campus, and since they were totally unfamiliar with Northwestern and had no guide, they decided it would be a good start to find out from someone where the college dormitory was. The only person in sight at the mo ment was a little man who was standing and eying impatiently the oats crop in front of the dining hall. When they put their question to him, he only laughed and said, “Well, I’d really like to help you fellows out. I can understand your problem — I know this is probably the biggest thing in your life right now. But if I tell you, next week someone else will come along and want to know where something else is. It would be just as important to them, and I’d have to tell them, and then I’ll have to tell everybody who asks. It’s not that 1 don’t trust you boys. 1 do. 1 trust you. It’s not that I don’t trust you fellows. But we don’t want this to get out of hand. We have to draw the line somewhere. What would happen if everyone would want to know where the college dorm is? I understand your problem, and I’d like to help you fellows out, but. . . (heh, heh).” So what could these poor boys do but sneak quietly away feeling as unwanted as the top piece of bread. Unfortu nate, no? The advent of spring also means that final examinations are in59

deed imminent. And so the C & C has decided to do the student body some good for a change and present a public service. This particular one will take the form of a review for the Sophomore English final. Those of our readers who do not happen to be taking the Sophomore English course at present should not feel slighted, for they need only realize the untold good that such a review will do in future generations when removed from this issue and added to the already bulging files of such documents found in various places in the dormitory. And so pre sent Sophs who are in bad need of a good English mark (which of them isn’t?), future Sophs who believe in looking ahead, and past Sophs who would like a review (if you remember anything at all), attention! The second semester of Soph English, as stated in the 1957-58 is sue of the Northwestern College Catalog (an exceptionally informative publication which should appear on every connoisseur’s shelf, although it has been said that the plot is a little weak), concerns itself with “Eng lish Romantic Poetry and Prose.” The novice is happy to encounter this heading for the course for obvious reasons. For instance, he is pleased to find something else besides football around here that is con ducted in English, lie naturally enjoys anything romantic, and eagerly looks forward to any possible lab periods or field trips on this account. The poetry part scares him at first, but then, thinking back on the plea sure he has found in the poems he happens to know, such as that fam ous lyric (the shortest in history) entitled “Fleas” which goes like this: Adam Had’em, he realizes that e\ui the poetry part may not be bad. The “prose” trips him up for a moment—until he can check with a dictionary. But when he finds that Mr. Webster defines it as “common, ordinary, everyday speech”, he says to himself confidently, “I’m doing purty good wit’ dat everyday speech stuff, I guess there ain’t nothing too hard about that there prose.” It is just for students such as this, who have gone too far to back out now, that we present this public service review. Everyone knows that the hardest part of this course is remember ing the detailed biographies of the 18th century authors. And so your writer, after exhausting research and weeks of mixing sweat and mid night oil, has compiled the following biography of the typical 18th cen tury poet. Simply memorize this short biography to get the important details (they will fit anything that is dealt with in the course), and fill in as usual with anything that comes into your head so that your answer looks long enough. Simple? It certainly is. And so we now present “The Biography of Lord Percy Taylor Keatsworth, ’08.” Lord Percy Taylor Keatsworth was born in England in the early 18th century. (Note the clever way in which the test writer carefully avoids saying anything that could possibly be counted wrong.) He had two parents; one was a man and the other was a woman (This may ap pear obvious to the reader, but remember that we are following the cardinal rule of test writing, i. e., if it cannot possibly be wrong and if 60

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it takes up space, write it!) Since he was born at a very early age, he entered school when still a child. He was very sickly, had a quick temper, was made the butt of jokes by all his classmates, had no com panions, and yet had a very happy childhood because he communed with nature. At the age of six he read widely in Plato’s philosophical works in the original Greek. When sixteen he nearly lost his life when he set out with his sister from London for a walking tour of France. Was kicked out of Oxford (Cambridge Extension) because of his radical ideas for founding an atheistic social community in America. While at Oxford he had enjoyed engaging in practical jokes and boyish pranks, such as shooting at professors and throwing people out of second floor windows onto flower beds. Because of his snobbishness he was not well liked. In fact as far as his classmates were concerned, he was as popular as Cocoa Crispies. When twenty-five, Keatsworth met and fell in love with the fifteen year old wife of an Italian count, who was sixty-seven. Keatsworth mar ried his beloved but on his honeymoon he eloped with another woman to the continent, generously taking his first wife along because she needed the vacation. At this time his great uncle died, leaving him an annuity of 5000 pounds, 3000 of which he paid for the support of the various children of his scattered all over Europe. lie began to take opium to alleviate the discomforts of what he thought was arthritis in his back and shoulders, but found out too late that he had been neglect ing to remove the coat hanger from his shirts in the morning. He then began to write several poems which he never finished, and none of which are of any interest or importance. Several years later he died, and his funeral was attended by 750 carriages but only six people. Dur ing his prime he had been very influential and active; his life had been as full as the incinerator the day after the “Hornet” comes out. These are the basic facts, all you need to write a good English final. And the beauty of this review is that this page can easily be re moved and saved so that you can use it again for next year’s finals. Or, if you wish, the page can easily be dissolved in water to form a full glass of headache remedy. Students may be interested in knowing that plans are already be ing made for the student-faculty banquet to be held next Christmas. The banquet will be held as usual except for one minor change. To pre vent the usual crowded conditions and other problems which always arise, only the faculty members and their wives will meet in the dining hall and the rest of the student body will eat in the gym. We have been asked by the kitchen authorities to remind the students to be sure to sign up if they want to eat supper in the dining hall on graduation night. Not that it makes a great deal of difference, but they want to get some idea of how much water to put in the soup. The dormitory staff is considering abolishing the bell that signals the end of recess at 10:10. They figure why waste the electricity when everyone knows it is time to return to classes when they see the Sophs coming out of Latin class. 61

When the school year draws to a close, we like to look back and take notice of the outstanding achievements of certain individuals who have until now gone without the attention and praise they deserve. In order to carry out this rewarding task, the C & C hereby undertakes to congratulate the following: Ken Howey, for once again capturing the coveted intramural sportsmanship award. Ed Schaewe, for maintaining the famous Sehaewe Grin for 72 con secutive hours, even in his sleep. (It must be noted here that some claim Ed was outdone by Naumann, who maintained a perfectly emotionless straight face for nearly three times that long. The matter will not be argued here, however.) A certain coed of homecoming court fame, who has shattered all existing records by dating more collegiates in one year than anyone ever did before. Unfortunately exact figures are not available; not all the returns are in, and there may be some that cannot be verified. But it is rumored that at least two collegiate classes have been solidly covered, and a small smattering of Preps was thrown in for variety. Certainly an enviable record, and a goal for all coeds to strive for. The Juniors, for their original methods of waking us up on their rounds in the morning. We enjoyed every one of them, from Kiecker’s swine call to Joclum’s five minute humorous monologue. The “Hornet" staff, for a job well done in spite of all possible dif ficulties. We understand your problem perfectly. We too have an editor. As the year draws to a close, we should like to leave you with this thought to ponder throughout the long summer days, a thought that was best expressed centuries ago by an anonymous scholar of the sec ond century in these words: "Dolor meus augent; ad dolorem onus magnum additum est.” Or, translated very freely: "The breakfast rule is the best rule we have.”

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1TENNIS NWC 4 Singles:

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BASEBALL LAKELAND 7 NWC 6 After a baseball lay-off for the past two years NWC is again work ing up a team on the diamond. Practice sessions took most of the rust 63

off, but the two years may have hurt the team. As this first game got underway the boys seemed to be swinging a good bat. Three hits in the first three innings brought in one run for Lakeland. NWC was full of pep though; Iiennigs sacrifice was played at second base to put Mumm out. Fleischer socked a three-base hit to right field and Hennig scored. Fleischer came home on Mahnke’s single which left the score at 2-1, NWC. In the top of the fifth Wiechmann singled and took sec ond on an overthrow. With the next pitch he stole third. A wild pitch let Wiechmann score as Schewe walked. Schewe stole second and then scored as Mumm got a single. In the seventh Fleischer homered. Lake land scored again in the eighth on an error, and scored three runs in the ninth to tie the score 5-5. In the crucial tenth, Drews walked, Wiech mann sacrificed, and Uitti’s hit drove in the run. Lakeland was able to glean two runs and this ended the game at 7-6 for Lakeland. NWC 1 WHITEWATER 10 In the first three innings Uitti allowed only one hit to Whitewater. NWC was able to put five men on the bases but failed to bring them home. Whitewater then ran up a score with three runs in the fourth and four more in the sixth. NWC’s only run came in the sixth when Hennig singled to advance Schewe, and Drews singled to bring him home. A triple, a single, and a home-run for the opposing team ended the game at 10-1. LAKELAND 10 NWC 6 NWC seemed to be able to get enough men on base but couldn’t bring them in to score. Lakeland had three runs by the third inning. NWC scored its first when Krueger was advanced by Schewe’s sacrifice. A hit by Fleischer allowed Krueger to score. Lakeland scored again in the fourth. In the sixth Uitti was on with two outs. Mahnke drove in the run. A single by Flunker advanced Mahnke, who scored on a hit by Sievert. Lakeland got two more runs in the eighth, and four in the ninth. For NWC, Krueger, Wiechmann and Uitti scored.

THIENSVILLE SEM 2 NWC 6 The roughest and toughest game of the season was played with the Sem. The visiting challengers scored half their runs in the first in ning when a lucky hit by Lindquist drove in Stelter. The other half of the runs came in the seventh. Hinz drew a walk, then advanced to second when Schmeling walked, and barely got home on a sacrifice fly. The only other hit of interest was the long one by Stelter, who actually made it to second. Krueger for NWC was advanced by Flunker and driven home by Wiechmann in the second. Hennig drove Schewe home with a grand single in the fifth. Sievert and Schewe both scored in the seventh with the help of a few errors by the opposition. Wiechmann and Sievert added two more runs in the eighth to boost the home team to a big six-to-two victory.

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GOLF A late start and short practice sessions have done no good for the golf team. For the first part of the spring the golf course was under water, particularly the fourth green. This cut practice time in half, and practice time had already been reduced considerably to twice weekly. The first match with Lakeland came at a time when NWC had had only four practice games. Lakeland had already played three matches. Uitti and Zwieg were hitting a long ball but lacked the sharpness of the short irons. The other players, Ehlert, Radloff, Westendorf and Larsen were still trying to shake loose from rusty shooting. Lakeland took all but one point. In the return match at Lakeland, NWC did considerably better. Scores were dropping to where NWC was beginning to call their shots. The team brought back two and one-half points and the assurance that their game was becoming sharper. NWC played their third match against Thiensville Sem and took all honors. Ehlert won over Buske 86-95. Uitti lost to Michel 89-81. Westendorf won over Sprain 93-102. Larsen won over Raddatz 93-110. INTRAMURAL SOFTBALL At this time there is a three way possibility for the championship. As of this writing the Seniors have luckily held the lead with no losses. The Juniors and Sophomores have each lost two. Both of these latter teams have the material to lick the Seniors in the remaining games. If the unforseen should happen, the Seniors will hold their record for the year and take honors in this intramural sport also. Dorm sentiment rides with the Juniors. 65

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TABLE OF CONTENTS LITERARY — Free Masonry

Little Church ................................ r

Stormy Night ................................

The Wolf and the Dog: A Fable

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ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT WATERTOWN, WIS., AS SECOND CLASS MATTER UNDER ACT OF MARCH 3, 1879. SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT WATERTOWN, WIS. PUBLISHED MONTHLY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00.

FREEMASONRY

We hear now and then of the excommunication of lodge members from the Church; we may perhaps have witnessed such an expulsion of a steadfast Mason from our own home congregation. Why does the Church take such a firm stand against the lodge? An attempt to present a few enlightening facts on this seemingly harmless organization be comes the reason for the following study. Chiefly and essentially, Freemasonry is a religion. It has its own “revelation,” its own altars, temples, symbols, priests and religious forms. As such it has elements peculiar to itself, which at the same time differ entiate it from Christianity. The essential elements of this religion are not spiritual facts and mysteries, but carnal and psychical, namely the facts of life and the mysteries involved in the generation and reproduc tion of life. Masonry is a sex cult. On its theological side Freemasonry is a sort of pantheism, the de ity being the generative principle, the reproductive power which per vades all animal nature. This deity, which they call die Grand Archi tect of the Universe, has revealed himself in his creation and therefore is immanent in every part of it. And most Masonic writers will agree that this is the sole revelation which God has ever made of himself. In one sense Freemasonry has more sacred books than any other religion, because it accepts the books of all religions and incorporates them in its system. It places the Bible in an equality with all the sacred books of the East and calls them all symbols of the will of God. In the manner of its perversion of things, Masonry makes the Bible stand for something which it is not. We quote from Mystic Masonry, “The sacred books of all religions, including those of the Jews and Christians, were and are no more than parables and allegories of the real secret tran scribed for the ignorant and superstitious masses.” This real, secret doc trine was the Masonry of the ancients as they claim. It was handed down from priest to priest orally, while the Bible was written to give the uninitiated, the profane, something to believe in. The meaning and essence of Masonry can be summed up in one word — secrecy. Looking at the definition a number of Masons have formulated of their own religion, we find that the Masonic institution contains a system of ethical principles, a system of religious doctrines and 66

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the ashler are symbols of the masculine element in the deity; the circle, compass and triangle are symbols of the feminine element. The very name, “Masonry”, is adopted from the analogy perceived by older wri ters between the building of edifices and the reproductive processes. Thus these processes were symbolized under the imagery of the build er’s craft. The “God” of Masonry is not the revealed Jehovah of Scripture. Freemasonry is not Christianity nor a substitute for it. ‘(It) does not meddle with sectarian creeds or doctrines, but . . . teaches fundamental truths” (Mackey, Ency., p. 64). It makes of Christ a mere glyph and figment. It perverts Ilis teachings, makes lies of them, and then exalts these lies to “Divine Truth.” There is not one Christ for the whole world, but a potential Christ in every man” (Mystic Masonry, A Hand book). They leach that Christianity has taken Christ from man’s heart and set Him up as a God-man; Christ does not live in man anymore and is thus merely adored as a God outside of man. We must be careful of Masonic terminology. Although the theo logical and religious ideas which Freemasonry has are definitely not Christian, they arc expressed in Christian tenninology, not to express Christian theology by any means, nor to show harmony with Christian thought, but more effectively to hoodwink the neophyte, mislead its members, and deceive the non-Mason into whose hands its literature may come. The continuation of Freemasonry depends upon secrecy. Masonry uses in its ceremonies hundreds of symbols, allegories,, glyphs, signs, etc., some of which have been mentioned. To try to name and explain the whole repertoire would require a volume of the Black & Red’s pages, and it would be totally unnecessary. Masonry in its lodge form of today began with the founding of the first Grand Lodge in England, June 24, 1717, at the outset of Masonic revolution all over Europe, which lasted from 1717 to 1725. In the Masonry of today, the religion of the mysteries has been translated into a new ceremonial, which is based upon the building of Solomon’s temple to give it a Bibli cal stamp. The initiation ceremony is a farce made as solemn as a farce can be made without becoming ludicrous. It is based directly on the build ing of the temple and the attempts of a semi-historical character, Hiram Abiff, to stop the building. What is important in this ceremony is that the candidate calls upon the Masonic deity to witness his covenant and oath of allegiance. He binds himself by horrible penalties to be faith ful to his Masonic deity. The Deist, Pantheist, and Theosophist are welcome to its ranks, but the Christian must renounce certain of his “errors” before he can be a true brother. Freemasonry regards all outside its ranks as unfit for heaven. By upholding his profession the Mason hopes to gain eternal happiness in heaven with the Grand Architect of the Universe. The three orders of Masonry are known as the Entered Appren tice, the Fellow Craft, and the Master Mason. Through these orders 68

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LITTLE CHURCH God loves country churches, little country churches. These are the churches where humble farmfolks go to meditate and sav their prayers of thanksgiving for all their blessings and their harvests. These are joy ous country churches where two young people ask for God’s blessing on their marriage vows. The young are brought to these churches to be bom again, and the old come for strength and to receive the bless ings of the sacrament. These are churches where the lonesome coneregations gather and hear parting words about their old friends. They thank God for his faith and then commit the bodies of loved ones to the earth. I love the little church where 1 was confirmed and taught all the wonderful things in the Good Book. They gathered a century ago, those first Christians of Slades Cor ners, to build my little church. They nestled it in a large grove of maple trees, close to the road for the travelers to see. They called it St. John’s Church, placed the ten large stained glass windows in their casements, fixed the shining cross to the steeple, hoisted the bell to the belfry and connected the rope to the bell. Yes! Then came the toll. This toll reached into the surrounding countryside calling the farmers, calling the housewives, and calling the playing children. The little church seem ed to say, “I’m built; come and worship!” My dear old grandma and grandpa responded to its call, as did all the farmfolks living in the area. Grandma tells of the times when there weren’t any ministers to preach, and Grandpa and other men of the 69

church would take their Bibles, read chapters from them and thus water the seed of faith which had been sown before. Grandma said that Grandpa worked out some powerful sermons, and she thought that he had almost drowned some of those seeds right out. She said the con gregation grew every year and soon they could afford a full time pastor. I said before, the builders nestled our little clapboard church among the trees. Later another generation took most of the little grove away to provide a parking lot for the cars; horses never took up as much space as the cars did. Outside of removing the trees, everything else is the same. We built new stone steps a couple of years ago because the others were badly worn by the weather and worshipers. One Sunday morning I rose early, dressed, and left for church twenty minutes early. My little church certainly looked beautiful that morning. The sun shone on the steeple cross, reflecting beams of colors which shot in every direction, seeking to attract and inspire all who passed by. The petunias, growing along the front of the church, filled the air with a fresh smell. The door stood open as it always did for those seeking rest and comfort. I entered and quickly took my seat. After I said my opening prayer, I looked up and saw the altar covered with an array of different kinds of flowers. Among them I noticed a few beautiful wildflowers, which lowly grow in our fields at home. The cross stood there majes tically in the center of the altar with seven burning candles on each side. On one corner was the bread plate and the communion cup covered with a beautiful piece of homespun lace. Today we were going to re ceive the bod)r and blood of Jesus for strength and forgiveness. The sun shone through the window, leaving beautiful patterns of segmented light upon the floor. The birds were singing in the old maple tTee, which stood behind the big stained glass window of Jesus cuddling the lost sheep. Soon, though, the birds listened with me, as the organ ist began to praise God with our organ. The bell began its call; the whole church shook every time it sung .for the mellow yet penetrating ring. They heard; they were all coming, young and old and filling the pews. The choir began to sing “Come and Worship”. That hour went so fast. Soon we all had our heads bowed for our closing prayer. We all left our seats until next week. Farmfolks found the steps in the front of the church a favorable place to discuss the sermon, crops, and per haps the weather; then all said goodby and went their way. Walking away, I turned and slopped a moment. The birds again could be heard singing their cheerful songs. I thought, they’re praising God too this morning. Then I said quietly, “Well done, Little Country Church; you’ve spread your ageless message of peace; you’ve comforted the weak and lonely; you’ve blessed the meek; and you’ve served the Lord. God loves you, Little Church! I love you, Little Church. The love that you’ve spread will live in the hearts of those among whom you have spread it.” bill ziebell 70

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Prof. Carleton Toppe Northwestern College’s new President, Professor Carleton Toppe, grew up on his parents farm near Waterloo, Wisconsin. I-Iis local pas tor encouraged him to enroll at Northwestern College as a member of the Sexta class in 1926. Me continued on to the collegiate department, where his abilities led him to be elected president of his class in both his Junior and Senior years and president of the student body in his Senior year. Professor Toppe was also elected vice-president of the Phi Gamma Rho Literary Society. Indicative of his literary interest and talent was his appointment as Editor-in-Chief of The Black & Red.

Professor Toppe confesses to having had a great interest in hiking and observing the wonders God has created in nature. One can easily see his continued interest in nature by his keen observations on flowers, trees, and birds in his English course.

After graduating from Northwestern College in 1934, he continued on to the Seminary at Thiensville. Just one week after he graduated from the Seminary, he received his first call to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where for two years he taught in the Christian day school, and did can vass work, and served as assistant to the pastor. Plis next call was to Bloomer, Wisconsin, where he remained until he accepted a call to the mission field at Elmwood and Ellsworth, Wisconsin, in 1943. In 1948 he was called back to his Alma Mater to teach Latin and English. Since he came to Northwestern, Professor Toppe received his Master’s degree in. English Literature from the University of Wisconsin in 1956. 74

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In 1941 Pofessor Toppe married Miss Violet Pleuss of Manitowoc. The Toppe family, consisting of Marilyn, Frederick, Lois, and Carla, now reside on College Avenue near the gymnasium. Professor Toppe is a contributing editor to The Northwestern Lutheran. He is also advisor lo The Black & Red. Besides these duties and the many responsibilities of his position as President of the Col lege, Professor Toppe manages to find some time to keep informed on a wide variety of literature.

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On July 1, 1959, Professor Toppe succeeded Professor E. E. Kowalke as President of Northwestern College. Our Lord has gifted Presi dent Toppe with faithfulness to his work, with a deep interest in the education and welfare of the student. We wish him our Lord’s help and blessings in his continued service to our college.

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POEM A while ago I had a dream. I found myself oppressed by night. Black cavern walls surrounded me, And there was not a ray of light. 1 was not trembling, not afraid. But only curious to see — To overcome this inky dark And find out what surrounded me.

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I had a match — one single match, A tiny source of fleeting light. I struck it — it blazed up, and out — Yet in that instant, what a sight! A million tiny matches flared, Reflected brightly through the halls; A million rainbow-colored jewels Bedecked the ceiling and the walls. And then it ended; it was gone. Only an instant did it last. A flash of light, a breath of wind; The match was out; the dream was past. I long to see that dream again, But this I know will never be. It’s gone, beyond recall. But still I’m thankful for its memory.

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FORUM NOTES Looking back over a very successful past season, the Forum Soci ety of Northwestern College is preparing the first of eight presenta tions ranging from Greek drama to choral reading. The first presenta tion, Oedipus Rex, a Creek play by Sophocles, will be presented on the 2Slh of October under the direction of Thomas Kuster. The Forum is Northwestern’s literary society with membership open to all students of the college department. The Forum was formed to help students develop skill in public speaking and to foster the enjoyment of literature. In line with this principle, the Forum has appointed eight masters of ceremonies for the coming season. Dur ing the school year these eight students are to present programs which are of the widest interest and of greatest benefit to Forum members. Regular meetings arc held after each presentation. Here a facutlv and a student critic comment on the presentation. The emcees for this year are Tom Kuster, Richard Kuckhahn, Don Nessler, Dick Wiechmann, Mark Liesener, John Henning, Fred Kogler and David Kluge. Some of the future productions will be a choral read ing, a modern play, and a debate concerning modern art. The Forum officers this year are: Paul Larsen, president; Don Krau se, vice-president; Paul Emmel, treasurer; and Del Begalka, secretary. The membership so far numbers 75, which is the largest the For um has ever had. , Forum Kickoff The Forum will hold its annual kickoff “banquet” on October 23, 1959, at 7:00 p. m. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Walter Wegner, ’39, of the Calvary Student Chapel in Madison, Wis. Pastor Wegner will give an illustrated talk on his recent trip to the Holy Land. Re freshments will be served. All Collegiates and Tertianers are invited to attend. * * * * Enrollment Hits New High The enrollment this year has hit a new high of 411. In the collegi ate department there are 148. Of these 22 are Seniors, 35 Juniors, 37 Sophomores, 33 Freshmen, 12 Remedial II, and 9 Remedial I. The Prep department has 263 students. 76

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AERIAL VIEW GRACES DINING HALL Opposite this page is the new aerial photo of our campus which was taken this summer. A four-by-five foot colored enlargement of this picture is now hanging on the south wall of the Dining Hall. This pic ture will be used to publicize our school in displays set up at Synod conventions. Also for display purposes is a balsa wood model of our campus. This model was on display in the lobby of the chapel building the first few days of school. It was made by Arnold Reuschel, who graduated from Northwestern College in 1935, and who is now a resident of Watertown. — ADDITIONS TO THE FACULTY

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Tutor R. Polzin, Prof. G. Franzmann, Tutor M. Rehm

Three new faces can be seen in the faculty this year. Prof. Ger hard Franzmann is replacing Prof. E. Wendland, who retired last June. Prof. Franzmann graduated from Northwestern College in 1941. In 1944 he graduated from the Seminary and took his first call to New London, Wis. Since that time he has served congregations at Dale, Wis., Fort Atkinson, Wis., and Seattle, Wash. He then accepted a call to Divine Savior Congregation in Wauwatosa, Wis., where he served until called to Northwestern. Professor Franzmann is teaching Sexta and Quinta Latin and Sexta history. Tutor Merlin Rehm hails from Crete, Neb. Pie graduated from Northwestern in 1954. He has completed his seminary work, as well as one year of study at Oberursel, Germany, and year of vicaring in Flint, Mich. He teaches Sexta history and Quarta Latin, and also supervises the College Dorm. Tutor Ralph Polzin is a native of Milwaukee. He has completed two years at the Seminary and is spending his vicar year as a tutor at NWC. He teaches Sexta English and maintains order in the Prep Donn.

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Award winners David Hahm and Lowell Smith with Prof. E. E. Kowalke

The 1959 Dr. J. Henry Ott Memorial Awards went to Lowell Smith and David Hahm. The. awards were announced too late Cor the names of the winners to be published in the Black and Red last spring. Lowell Smith won with an essay entitled: Modern Agriculture, Its Problem and Solution. David Hahm submitted an essay entitled: The Philosophy of George Bernard Shaw —An Analysis of Three Dramas. A total of eleven essays were submitted. Six were in the field of history and five in the field of English literature. *

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The unsightly entrance on the south side of the Prep Dorm has been remodeled. The small wooden door which has been a bottle-neck for many years was replaced during the summer by a new, glass double door. * LIBRARY DONATION Professor William F. Luebke, ph.d. (Northwestern, 1903) upon his retirement as Professor of English at the University of Denver, has do nated to the College Library 37 boxes of books. The books are from his personal library. When the entire shipment has been opened, a more complete report of Professor Luebkes donation will appear in The Black & Red. 79

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ACCEPTED CALLS Paul Schliesser, ’30, has accepted a call to Henry. South Dakota. He was installed in his new church on October 4, 1959. His former pas torate had been at Whiteriver, Arizona. Donald Bitter, ’51, has taken the call to Kewaskum, Wisconsin. He was formerly at Good Shepherd Con gregation in Fond du Lac, Wis. Robert Michel, '58. has taken a call as student vicar at Mount Calvary of Milwaukee for this year. He was a student at Thiensville. Winfred Nommensen. ’45, has taken the call to the Salem Congregation in Milwaukee. He was formerly the pastor of the church in Sugar Bush, Wisconsin. Pastor Nommen sen was installed on October 11 by Pastor Martin Nommensen. Alfred Walther, ’42, has accepted the call to the Divine Charity Congre gation in Milwaukee. His previous pastorate was Ann Arbor, Michi gan. Pastor John Jeske, Sr., in stalled the Rev. A. Walther on October 4. Siegfried Fenske, ’30, has accepted a position as Associate Editor of the Northwestern Lutheran. ANNIVERSARIES St. John’s Congregation of Two Riv ers, Wisconsin, celebrated the fif tieth anniversary of the ordination of Walter Haase, ’06, at that church in August, 1959. DEDICATIONS The cornerstone laying of the new parochial school at St. Martin’s Congregation of Watertown, South Dakota, took place September 13, 1959.

The North Trinity Lutheran Church of Milwaukee, dedicated its new school on October 18th. Marcus Liesener, ’33, is the present pastor at North Trinity. MARRIAGES Hugh Reaume, ’58, to Betty Bender on June 13, 1959. Victor Bittorf, ’58, to Mary Hill on June 20, 1959, David Krenke, ’58, to Betty Plautz on August 2, 1959. David Schmeling, ’58, to Shirley Zeitler on June 6, 1959. David Ponath, ’58, to Carmen Rux on June 6, 1959. Chester Cone, ’58, to Mary Mouton on June 6, 1959. Marvin Doelger, ’59, to Doris Boett cher on June 14, 1959. MISCELLANEOUS Ronald Stelter, ’58, has taken a year out of the Sem to attend Oshkosh State College. Erling Carmichael, ’58, is teaching religion and history at Wisconsin Lutheran High School this year. He was a student at the Sem. Chris Kock, ’59, is a music instruc tor at D.M.L.C. this year. DEATHS Dr. Martin Sprengling, 1894, died at the age of 81 in North Sandwich, New Hampshire. He was born in Center, Wis. and was graduated from Thiensville in 1898. In 1914 Dr. Sprengling received his Ph. D. at the University of Chicago. He became an instructor of Semitic languages at Harvard. At the Uni versity of Chicago in 1927 he be came a full professor of Arabic. Sprengling was also a writer of the history and literature of the near East.

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CAMPUS and CLASSROOM The longer a student attends Northwestern College, the greater is the influence on him of the heavy emphasis on classical studies, even though he probably doesn’t realize it. The reader, in order to prove this to himself, need go no further than the nearest bulletin board where no doubt he will find posted something like this: Lost (or stolen): a black and silver eversharp pencil: Please turn it in at the office if you should happen to find it. Note: a perfect imitation of Homeric hexameter! But this is a minor example. As can be expected, those most affected by the classical in fluence are our venerable seniors who have been exposed to it the long est. For example, one of our venerable seniors went into Arndt’s room the other night to borrow his copy of A Study Guide for Homeric Greek, one of the Penguin Classics series. The conversation went as follows: “O Arndt, well-prepared son of Arndt, you who laugh much aloud and run into fire hydrants, I beseech you, hear my entreaties and grant me the use of your Penguin, for indeed long since has black night spread darkness over the land, and it is a caretake to me, lying down, to allow sweet sleep as a soon one to settle upon the eyes for me.” Thus he spoke. And to him Arndt Laughaloud, rising, answered and said, vexed in his heart, “Nay, indeed, always it is dear to you, be ing unprepared, to outer my dwelling as a suppliant, seeking my aid for your sorry plight which you yourself have made to your disadvan tage. Nay, on the contrary, assuredly, as any good guesser could guess, this is indeed unendurable to me.” Thus he spoke. And to him the white-faced glassy-eyed venerable senior, embracing his knees as a beseeching one, answered and said, “Nay, I beseech you, Arndt Laughaloud, if I have ever pleased you in word or in deed, grant me this boon. For I fear in my heart lest I, as an unprepared one, will be called upon in class to my disadvantage when rosy-fingered dawn creeps out of the sea. For indeed, I suspicion that presumably I am due to get hit, and of course my grade will go F-ward. May you always pass your Greek and Hebrew tests if it is a caretake to aid me now for you.” Thus he spoke. Whereupon Laughaloud, groaning deeply, yielded as an unwilling one. Such is the result of the almost constant studying in the classics which is common among our venerable seniors. Take notice, Frosh, and be on guard. Since the festival of Homecoming is approaching quickly (the fourteen-day period of preparation and purification is almost upon us), a discussion of the true meaning of the festival is, I think, in order. Many people have entirely the wrong idea concerning it, thinking that it does nothing more than provide old grads with an opportunity to come

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back to the campus and bewail the fact that the football team isn’t as good now as it was when they were playing. Such ideas lead to overcommercialization and a de-emphasis of the true deep significance of the festival, and those who hold to them are Non-thinkers and Trouble makers. A bit of research into the history of the celebration proves very interesting and enlightening. The purpose of the following discussion will be not to exhaust the subject, but to prick the curiosity of the read ers and cause them to go on and do some college work in research on their own. The Russians claim that they were the inventors of homecoming, but we of course know that the festival originated among the Germanic tribes in the fifth century A. D. The Germans had a similar celebration held on an inter-tribal basis and characterized by drunken reveling, sym bolic processions through the forest paths involving carts and wagons specially decorated for the occasion, a huge sacrificial fire ceremonious ly kindled by one of the female members of the tribe who was chosen by lot, and other meaningful ceremonies. The high point of this celebra tion was the afternoon-long battle waged between the youths of two neighboring tribes over the possession of a sacred pumpkin. This bat tle was fought with clubs and the only protection allowed was a pad of leaves and feathers on the head and a pair of shin-guards. When the battle was over and all the wounded had been attended to. a huge feast was held in a shady forest glen, after which one of the old bewhiskered patriarchs of the tribe would rise and expound at length on how in his day they didn’t contend for the pumpkin with any easy pushover tribe like the Piets or Teutons, but had battled successfully with none other than the Huns, and back then they didn’t use head pads or shin-guards either. All in all it was a very gay occasion, as indeed it had to be for it was one of the very few times during the year when the tribal rulers would allow their underlings an opportunity to leave the plow and gain a bit of respite from the constant drudgery that life was at that time. Obviously the festival has changed immensely since those days. In fact, so little similarity can be detected between the celebration as it was and as it is now, tiiat quite a bit of scholarly research had to be conducted in order to establish certainly that this old Germanic festival was actually the ancestor of our present homecoming celebrations. It was only a few years ago that this research was completed. The key to the investigation was the discovery in the garbage dumps of Egypt of a pair of dice that set the stage for the cracking of that previously mys terious language, linia-maqqeph. These dice, which contained a hilingual inscription of the numerals one through six, together with the help of a third century edition of Smyth’s grammar in which the Greek references were smeared in, made this achievement possible. The crack ing of linia-maqqeph provided the missing link in the etymology of our word “homecoming.” It has now been established that this word is a corruption of the Germanic expression “hohnkennen”, which means “to be acquainted with ridicule,” obviously the origin of our custom of but83

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sides learning more about the sport, you may just be lucky enough to catch one or two of NWC’s most colorful personalities in action. Twenty-seven fellows turned out for the beginning of practice at the call of Coach Umnus. Since then the number has gone up to thirty. These boys may not be the biggest in the conference, but they sure have the spirit and the potential, as the first games have shown. By now the boys have lost their summer figures and are reaping the benefits of grueling practice sessions. The offensive line-up starters are: Mahnke and Sievert at end, Kogler at center, Gray and Liesener at half-back, L. Pautz and Mumm at guard, Weeks and Kiecker at tackle, Baumler at full-back and Paul Fleischer at quarter-back. The entire offensive line-up is made up of returning letter-men; this means an experienced team. On the defensive side there are seven letter-men, backed up by four others who have done a good job of slopping the opponents. BETHEL 7 NWC 19 Saturday, September 26, found the team handing a defeat to the Conference Champions of last year. Bethel had virtually the same team this year but failed to hold their standing. NWC played a punting game because of the wet field. They kicked on second and third downs with the educated toe of Drews punting the ball from forty to sixty yards each time. The first quarter was a real holding game. Bethel came with in 20 yards twice but made no serious threat from there. In the second quarter NWC recovered a fumble, Fleischer passed to Mahnke, and the first score was history. Mahnke converted to leave the score, 7-0. The second half yielded two more scores for NWC and one for Bethel. In the third quarter the touchdown was set up when Gray completed a pass to the 1 yard line. Fleischer went over on a quarterback sneak. The conversion was blocked. The final score for NWC came in the last quarter when Mumm recovered a fumbled punt on the 20 yard line. Baumler worked the ball across, but the conversion was blocked. Bethel scored in the last minutes of the game, made their conversion attempt, and surrendered the game to NWC, 19-7. CONCORDIA 6 NWC 20 Illinois toll-roads made for some excitement as several car-loads of team supporters traveled to River Forest to witness the second victory for ol NWC. After getting dangerously close to the Indiana line be cause of the mistakes on the road map (they haven’t built that road yet), we found the team in the middle of the first quarter. Concordia had already scored on a long run immediately after the run-back of the opening kick-off. NWC reacted well to the challenge and retaliated by putting Fleischer across from the 3 yard line. The extra-point attempt failed and both teams were tied at 6-6. In the second quarter, NWC scored on a surprise play. Drews faked a punt and ran from the 35 to score on a beautiful 65 yard run. This added to the team “geist” and showed itself in the hard tackling and running. Blocking could have been sharper, but it was enough to provide a fair offense in passing. 85

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LITERARY The Origin of Thanksgiving .........

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The Death of Luther .......

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A Glance At Agnosticism ..

Portrait of A Professor .....

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Homecoming, 1959 ..............

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Picture Section ...................

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Editorial .......... ...................

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Forum Notes - Oedipus Rex

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News Briefs ........................

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Campus Calendar ..............

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THE ORIGIN OF THANKSGIVING The idea of setting aside one day of the year as a day of Thanks giving was not originated by the Pilgrims. On the contrary, its origin may be traced back through the ages to the land of the Canaanites of whom we read in the book of Judges: “And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink.” The Jews, following the custom of the Canaanites, held their own harvest celebration as an act of worship to Jehovah. It was called the Feast of Tabernacles. In Deuteronomy, Moses transmitted these direc tions concerning the holiday: “Thou shalt keep the Feast of Taber nacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing floor and from thy wine press; and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast . . .” Closely related to the Feast of Tabernacles was the harvest festi val of ancient Greece, called the Thesmophoria. It was the feast of Demeter, the foundress of agriculture, and was celebrated in November in Athens by the married women. For three days the women celebated feasts in the temple of Demeter. On their return to the city there fol lowed another three-day festival, sad at the beginning but gradually growing into an orgy. The Romans also adopted this harvest festival in honor of their harvest god Ceres. The Cerelia, as it was called, began with a fast by the common people, who offered Ceres a sow and the first cuttings of the harvest. There were processions, contests and music, and the festi val ended with a feast of thanksgiving. The counterpart of these festivals appeared in England in the form of harvest home festivals which may be traced back to the Saxons. They were mostly local celebrations and differed in each part of the country. In Northumberland, when the last sheaf of corn was set on end, the reapers announced the fact by loud shouting and an image crowned with wheat ears and decorated with colorful ribbons was hoisted on a pole and carried to a barn, where they held a thanksgiving feast. In Cambridge it was customary to “draw the Harvest Queen”, a clown dressed in woman’s clothes and holding ears of corn, wheat and other such emblems, through the streets. There were many other variations of this harvest home festival, and also many other festivals of the same

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type were proclaimed upon special occasions, such as the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the recover)' of George III from his fit of insanity. These days of thanksgiving grew so numerous and so farcical that they even interfered with the daily course of life. During the Commonwealth under Cromwell more than one hundred feast days were held in one year. These customs were shocking to the Puritans, but when they fled to Holland, they became accustomed to the more religious fast and feast days of the Dutch, and celebrated with them their deliverance from the Spaniards each year on October 3. After observing this thanksgiving day in Holland for ten years, it was natural that Pilgrims should establish their own day of thanks giving and rejoicing in America. The Pilgrims had a rough crossing from Holland, but finally land ed at Plymouth Rock on December 21, 1620. Their first winter was a hard one, and at one time all but six or seven of the Pilgrims were sick. When spring came, more than half of their number had died. With the help of the Indians though, the Pilgrims planted their crops in the spring of 1621. Their lives depended upon the outcome of that first harvest, and to their joy they reaped a bountiful harvest. Gov ernor Bradford, no doubt carrying out the idea of the English harvest home, ordered a three-day feast and celebration, to which the Indians were invited. Many believe that this was the beginning of our present day Thanksgiving, but it was not since there is no record of any special re ligious service during this festival. The first Thanksgiving with special religious service was held July 30, 1623. There was no celebration held in 1622 because that year was filled with misfortune for the colonists. Shortly after the harvest of 1621 an other shipload of colonists arrived but brought no supplies. The first colonists didn’t mind this because they thought that their first harvest was enough for all. However, during the summer of 1622, two more ships arirved with unfavorable people who founded the Weymouth colony. They brought no supplies and caused trouble with the Indians so that the Pilgrims didn’t dare to cultivate more land. The harvest that fall was not nearly so plentiful as the first, and no one had the spirit oi; the food to spare for a celebration. They managed to survive the winter though, and in the spring of 1623 they planted their crops with high hopes once more, only to be disappointed once more. The third week in May a drought set in and almost destroyed the crop. For relief in their great need, a special day of fasting and prayer was appointed, and after nine hours of prayer, the Pilgrims saw clouds spread over the sky. The next morning a gentle rain revived the crops and restored hope. Several days later Miles Standish returned from an expedition with supplies and reported that he had seen a ship bearing toward the col ony. In acknowledgement of all these blessings, the colonists thought it only right to hold a public service of prayer and thanksgiving. On 88

July 30 this Thanksgiving was held, and the following day the “Ann” arrived, bearing supplies and friends who had been left behind for lack of room on the Mayflower. We may claim this feast as the origin of our present Thanksgiving because it was both a religious and a social celebration. Also it was the first time in the history of America that a day of thanksgiving had been appointed by the government. Before this the church had appointed all festivals. However, this was only a local celebration and was not observed by any of the other colonies until 1630. In that year and the one follow ing, the Bay colony observed a public thanksgiving day in Boston. Gradually the custom spread among the colonies until during the Revolutionary War, the people and the Continental Army observed an annual Thanksgiving Day by the proclamation of the Continental Congress. After the peace it was discontinued until 1789, when Presi dent Washington proclaimed Thursday, November 26, Thanksgiving Day. Occasionally succeeding presidents followed Washington’s pro clamation, but the festival was still not an annual one. Finally about 1830 the governor of New York appointed a day, and other northern governors quickly followed. In these states the custom has since then become an annual one. In the South though, Thanksgiving Day was practically unknown until 1855 when Governor Johns of Virginia urged the state legislature to recognize a certain day, but it was refused. A great debate arose among the people, and in 1S57 Wise, the succeeding governor, issued a proclamation of his own accord that Thanksgiving be celebrated. It was carried out with true Southern hospitality, and next year seven more states observed the day. Until die Civil War, Thanksgiving, although regularly observed, was only a state affair. After the war in 1864 President Lincoln sought to remedy this by issuing a proclamation which designated the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day. Because of his assassina tion the next year, his rule was nearly suspended, but President John son finally appointed the last Thursday in November of that year as Thanksgiving Day. Since that time each president has followed his ex ample, and each year the governors of the several states, when they receive the president’s proclamation, issue their own proclamation, R. ROTH naming the same day.

THANKS FOR WHAT? We have so many things that we must do, And when we do them no one seems to care. Successes are so hard to reach, so rare, And all our plans and hopes and dreams fall through. Throughout the world is fear, the snarl of war, The pinch of hunger, tyranny’s fell sway; A million voices sneer at us and say, What have you really to be thankful for? It’s true — the world is full of vice and pain, But it is foolish for us to despair; For each affliction that we have to bear Is matched by countless blessings thick as rain. For solid comfort this throught will afford: We have a loving, kind, and gracious Lord. T. K.

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Since November is the month of Dr. Martin Luther’s birthday, many Lutherans automatically turn their thoughts back to the time of the Reformation. Through Martin Luther’s teaching and life, the Refor mation became of maximum importance. The Lutherans of today are living in the fruits of Luther’s work. Because his life was one of hard ship and rebuttal, one could well ask what the end of such a man might be! Was Luther convinced that his attempt to reform the Catholic Church was right? Today Catholics will remark that the “heretic” Luther repented before he breathed his last breath and that he denied all his Scriptural teachings. This assertion would bring bitter remorse •to all Lutherans if it were true. In what slate of mind did Luther actually die? Martin Luther had an intermittent chest ailment which often pain ed him severely. On the evening of February 17 the pain in his chest was almost unbearable. Near one o’clock on the morning of the eigh teenth Luther awoke in extreme agony and cried out, “O my God, how agonized I am!” Large drops of perspiration rolled down his face. Luther was now assured that death was at hand. After a brief silence he suddenly broke out into prayer, “Lord Jesus Christ accept my soul. O heavenly Father, though I must leave this body and be torn from life, yet I know for sure that I shall abide eternally with Thee, and no one can take me out of Thy hands.” He then became quiet and black death seemed to close over him. Dr. Jonas and the? Minister Coelius, trying to arouse him, bent over Luther and asked, “Reverend Father, do you re main fixed in faith in Christ and in the doctrine that you have preached?” “Yes,” replied Dr. Luther. 90

Silence filled the room and a peaceful expression came over the Reformers face. The once fiery Luther was now enclosed in death, but death was not a finality for Luther; rather it was a beginning of a new life in Heaven. His final moments were only an expression of his entire life. One can understand why he died so peaceably when one hears the resounding words in Luther’s hymn: “In peace and joy I now depart At God’s disposing; For full of comfort is my heart, Soft reposing. So the Lord hath promised me, and death is but a slumber.” DALE ARNDT

A GLANCE AT AGNOSTICISM Agnostics and atheists are often confused or thought to be identi cal. This is a misrepresentation of agnosticism. Agnostics are not athe ists. The fundamental belief of agnosticism is that ultimate realities are unknowable. According to Kant, who laid the philosophical foundations on which agnostics build, all knowledge is relative and subjective. Man can assert the existence of something, but he cannot know anything about this thing. Man knows that things are, but not what they are. Knowledge comes from the perception of phenomena by the senses and anything which cannot be perceived by the senses can never be known. As a result the agnostic concludes it is unwise to speculate about the unknowable. This is also applied to knowledge of God. Since no evidence con cerning the existence or non-existence of God can be found, the agnos tic suspends judgment. Here is where the agnostic differs from the atheist. The atheist, like the Christian, says that man can know whether there is a god or not. The Christian says, yes, there is a God; and the atheist says, no, there isn’t. The agnostic, however, believing God, as an ultimate reality, to be unknowable says God’s existence cannot be determined. Hence, the question ought not be answered either yes or no. Similarly the agnostic cannot believe in a soul or immortality. Sin is another unacceptable concept. Certain types of conduct are desirable and certain types undesirable, but the desirability of conduct does not rest on an absolute moral standard. Conduct rather depends on social conditions. Concerning the Bible the agnostic would not consider it to be di vinely inspired, but merely a book recording historical and legendary incidents. Jesus is a great teacher to be rated on the same level as Budd ha, Socrates, or Lincoln. Since agnostics accept no authority as abso lute, both the Bible and the teachings of Jesus are open to question. For most agnostics life has no general purpose. It just happens. Every individual must determine his own ends and thus his own actions. In this pursuit religion is unnecessary. As Bertrand Russell, one of the exponents of modern agnosticism, says, “The person who needs religion to bolster up his own purposes is a timorous person, and I cannot think as well of him as of the man who takes his chances, while admitting that defeat is not impossible.” 91

The agnostic believes in no absolute values, nor in any ultimate realities. The only truth which is acceptable is that which can be sub jected to scientific inquiry and thereby proven. What cannot be sub jected to scientific inquiry is intrinsically unknowable and should not be speculated on by the human mind. david iiaiim

PORTRAIT OF A PROFESSOR

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Erwin Schroeder was born on May 24th, 1913, in the small village of Eitzen, Minnesota. He grew up on an eighteen-acre farm, where he and his five brothers and five sisters learned always to do their share of the work. In the fall of 1927 he began his course of studies at Northwestern as a Sextaner. One of the first things he did was to go out for football. Coming from a large family, it was necessary for him to be prac tically on his own after he was eighteen. He entered the college de partment in 1931, where he was very active in extra-curricular activities. Besides four years of football in prep, he played four years on the var sity team. He played baseball in Quarta and Tertia and during four years in college under the coaching of Professor Wendland the varsity baseball team had a string of 28 consecutive victories. He was also caplain of the baseball team in his Junior and Senior years. Prof. Schroeder sang in Male Chorus under the direction of Pro fessor Bolle and in Mixed Chorus under Professor Sitz. He belonged to the Phi Gamma Rho Literary Society and was president in his Senior year. In the same year he also wrote the sports column for the Black and Red. In 1935 he was graduated and gave the Latin oration. The motto of their class was “Crux mihi Ancora.” 92

After three years he graduated from the Seminary. Since this was during the depression years, no calls were sent to any of the class. Dur ing the summer, Prof. Schroeder received his first call, which was to Bethany College in Mankato, Minnesota, as Dean of Men. While serving as Dean of Men, he also attended Mankato State Teachers College and secured his State Certificate for Teaching. In his second semester as Dean he also taught Greek.

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showed that it was ready to back its team in spite of any weather. A light luncheon was also served after the rally. The IRON pot of Quarto's float must have been a cold place for its occupant, but he stayed there under the persuasion of his even colder aborigine friend long enough to get the judges nod for the winning float (See picture section.) At the cancellation of the parade some classes stopped float construction, but enough finished their project to situate it on the campus and help create a homecoming atmosphere. PLATINUM, overcast skies and a stiff northwester accompanied the game, but faithful Northwestern alumni and students filled the new ly enlarged stands to overflowing. The frozen spectators crowded into the dining hall at half time to enjoy hot coffee featured there by the Canteen. They then went back to watch our mud encrusted warriors finish their trimming of St. Procopius, 25-6. They also saw ten Seniors participating in the last game of their career. (For details see picture and sports sections.)

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The zeal and care with which a fervent lover reads a letter from his love or the concentration with which one who enjoys cross-word puzzles pursues a word are difficult to compare with the attitude with which a Northwestern student faces his studies. There is no compari son. The lover and the cross-word puzzle-solver pursue their object with enthusiasm, and their work is done to a large extent independent ly. It is certain that each will do his utmost to do it well. The student of Northwestern in his studies bears little resemblance to the lover or the puzzle-solver. The work he does is not self-motivated and the minimum is done in each of his subjects. As a result, his mastery of his studies is small and he finds even less meaning and importance in them. If one were to study individual students to find in what they excelled, he could assemble a formidable list: Some would be well-versed in radio elec tronics, some excellent story-tellers, some competent guitar players, some masters at getting along well with fellow students and teachers, and some experts at getting high grades in school. Very rare would be those who were learned in some area of study included in the curri culum—beyond what was “covered” in class or assigned for examination. Very rare would be the student who had become an expert on the Ro man Emperor Augustus or who had read a line of Schiller beyond the assignment — or who had read the Greek New Testament beyond the requirements of Religion Class. It appears our school is failing to gen erate die kind of scholarship that it wants, or perhaps it is uncertain as to what kind it does want. Independent study, the kind of study which borders on the line of becoming one’s personal interest is lack ing. There are good reasons why such independent study is desirable, and why independent study should receive more emphasis than it does. The motivation is much better when scholarship is independent. The motive is intellectual curiosity, desire to learn. That is the motive of the lover reading the letter and the person solving the puzzle. That has been the motive of all great scholars of all times. Independent study also means a different kind of thinking is done. The study is done via the logical processes of the student’s mind. It is not merely memorization. Assigned studies generally involve only comprehension and memorization. The primary motive in the case of the classroom is to perfonn convincingly for the instructor. Independent study goes further. It includes evaluation alid judgment. It means that students must think for themselves. It is precisely because in a chal lenging world the Church needs leaders who think for themselves that we should emphasize independent study. 100

If independent study is so desirable, we may wonder why students do so little of it. “Laziness” and “indifference” are not adequate an swers, for they do not account for why students are ‘lazy” and “indiffer ent.” It really changes the meaning very little instead of “lazy” and “indifferent” to say “unstimulated” and “disgusted.” It is just a matter of shifting the blame. The problem is not to find who is to blame, but to understand and to solve the problem. It is basic to the encouragement of independent study that an in structor interest his students in his subject and point out the direction of further investigation. Many of our professors do fail to suggest and encourage work beyond the strict lines of the course. Although the general body of students may not be inclined to accept a suggestion of outside research, it is always wrong to assume that no student is interested. In cases where a professor has suggested and encouraged outside study without success other factors may be responsible. One might be the strong body of student tradition and habit that is invisible, but shapes the study habits and attitudes of every member of student so ciety. Tradition tells a student whether or not he should concern him self with an intellectual problem and how much work is required by any given professor. This student tradition is passed down from class to class and works with varying results upon the individual. Two other factors which discourage independent study are weak nesses apparently inherent in another self-sustaining Northwestern tra dition, the curriculum. The first is a “heavy class hour load.” It is often said with a sort of Spartan pride that Northwestern College has “a heavy class hour load.” The implication is that with approximately 27 class hours the Northwestern student must work harder than students at colleges having fewer hours and subjects for which to prepare. A more down-to-earth observation is that the North western student probably needs just as much sleep as any other student and hence has less time to devote to preparation for class. Furthermore, the larger number of subjects means that less time can be given to each subject. Preparation for class becomes a skeleton of the basic facts. More class time must be spent drilling and repeating material which could well have been learned outside of class. Individual study is chok ed off, for the emphasis is upon the skeleton. The other of the two factors is the lack of any choice on the stu dents’ part of what courses he will take. Under the present arrange ment all students of the same grade have exactly the same schedule of courses. It is obvious that there are diversities of gifts and interests. The absence of any opportunity to elect a favored course means that students have no opportunity to do their studying in the subjects that interest them most. This also means that every class is filled largely with students not interested in that subject. This, of course, slows down the class. It makes it difficult for the interested student to penetrate 101

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Paul Eckert, '53, took a call to the St. Jacobi Church in Milwaukee as an assistant pastor. His former congre gation was at Sault Ste. Marie, On tario, Canada. ANNIVERSARIES 'File 60th Anniversary of the ordina tion of Pastor Philip Martin, ’96, took place at the Good Hope Con gregation in Omaha, Nebraska, on November l. DEDICATIONS The Good Shepherd Congregation in Omaha, Nebraska dedicated its new chapel - school on October 11. The Pastor of diis church is William H. Wietzke, ’48. The congregation at the Atonement Lutheran Church of M i l w a u k e e dedicated its church on November 15, 1959. The present pastors are Win. and James Schaefer, ’44. The School at Zion Church in Clatonia, Nebraska was dedicated on Octo ber ll. Max Herrmann, ’44, is die present Pastor. MISCELLANEOUS

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able to help out in a certain phase of the event. The person who makes the Meisterschuss will receive a copy of The Complete Works of Schiller which includes an index of all words used in everyday German speech. Another contest, more on the intellectual side, is being planned, where a passage, such as “Wo gehst du?” (Wilhelm Tell, Act 3, Scene 1, Line 50) will be read several times. Then each contestant will see how many connotations he can derive from the passage. The person who can read the most into this meaningful passage will be allowed to give the Ger man oration for his graduating class. Competition in this event is ex pected to be extremely keen. The plans for the music department’s participation have been made but not yet fully revealed. All that is known is that the contes tants are to meet on the second day of the contest, and each is to bring a. screwdriver. Further plans from other departments are lacking but will be reported later. There is something that is very confusing about our Tuesday even ing chapel services. Why is it that there are always two hymn numbers posted? And why is it that we only sing the first one? Of course, it is just as well that we don’t sing the second because it is difficult to find in the hymnbook (It’s always some number like 2468 or 13579.). An explanation is in order.

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The games and scores listed above constitute the last half of the 1959 football season. They aren’t merely numbers or statistics; they show you that NWC has that certain something that makes a good team. Pound for pound, NWC was the lightest team in the conference and slated by many outsiders to be on the losing end of most of the games. But, bv taking one gander at the record run up by the Lenmen you can see that the team, as light as it is, made the best overall show ing among the schools they played. The two games lost to the oppon ents happened to be in the conference schedule and thus placed NWC just below the tie for 1st place. As sweet as victory is, let’s temper it with logic. For instance, the Pillsbury game netted us a whopping score, and yet this was gained against a new and relatively inexperienced team. On the other hand, our loss to Lakeland was nothing to hang our heads about. Lakeland gave us a real scrap and a miserable field to play on. The field alone was against any light team who had to run in the sponge-like mud. NWC held the Lakeland line well in spite of the weight difference and constant threat. Twice in the early part of the game Lakeland made long runs which were stopped short by NWC. Lakeland pressed NWC continually, but they also must consider the victory well-won from the manner in which NWC held them throughout the game. Mud seemed to be the order-of-the-day throughout the latter half of the season. The game with Pillsbury was the only dry game out of the four. Of the remaining three games, probably the sloppiest and coldest was the one with Northland. Mud, cold and sleet, combined with two inches of water in places, made it hard to tell just who was who on the field. Most of the muddy game was wallowed through in the middle section of the field, leaving a real soggy mess. Northland’s one chance for a TD came in the 2nd quarter, but the 60-yard run was called back on a clipping charge. In the 3rd quarter Northland fumbled 107

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GARAGES JAMES D. CASEY CO., 119 Water Street A. KRAMP CO., 617 Main Street VOSS MOTORS, Inc., 301 W. Main St. SHAEFER MOTORS, Inc., 305 Third St. DODGE STREET GARAGE, 311 Third St. GIFTS & CARDS THE GIFT FAIR, Main & First Sts. GROCERIES BENTZIN'S, 905 Main Street KRAUSE'S, 1101 Western Avenue HARDWARE & SPORTING GOODS ACE HARDWARE STORE, 304 Main St. REX DRAHEIM, Inc., 107 Main St. KOERNER & PINGEL, 205-209 N. Second St. D. & F. KUSEL CO., 108 W. Main St. HEATING CONTRACTORS THERMO ENGINEERING CO.. 103 W. Cady INSURANCE AID ASSOCIATION FOR LUTHERANS, Appleton CHURCH MUTUAL INS. CO., Merrill, Wis.

LUMBER & FUEL HUTSON-BRAUN LUMBER CO., First Street WEST SIDE LUMBER CO., 210 Water Street MEAT MARKETS BLOCK'S MARKET, 112 Second Street JULIUS BAYER MEAT MARKET, 202 Third St. NEW YORK MARKET, 8 Main Street MEMORIALS ARCHIE BROS., Inc., 218 S. First St. WATERTOWN MEMORIAL CO., Inc., 112 4th MEN’S CLOTHING STORES FABER'S, 311 Main Street CHAS. FISCHER & SONS, 2 Main Street KERN'S, 114 Main Street KRIER'S, 101 Main Street PENNEY'S, 201 Main Street CASEY'S, Inc., Corner 3rd & Main MILLING GLOBE MILLING CO., 318 Water Street MUSIC GUYER MUSIC STORE, 109 N. Third Street NEWSPAPER WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES, 115 W. Main St. OFFICE SUPPLIES MINAR OFFICE & SCHOOL SUPPLY, 407 Main ORGANS UNITED ORGAN CO., Milwaukee PAINTS ALBRECHT'S BADGER PAINT, 208 Third St. WURTZ PAINT & FLOOR COVERING, 117 Main PHOTO FINISHERS CO-MO PHOTO SERVICE, 217 N. Fourth St. PHOTOGRAPHS AL RIPPE, 113 Second Street

PLUMBERS OTTO BIEFELD CO., 202 N. Water Street WATERTOWN PLUMBING CO., 103 W. Cady RADIO STATION WTTN, 104 W. Main Street RESTAURANTS LEGION GREEN BOWL, Oconomowoc Ave. SCHUETT'S DRIVE-IN, 510 Main Street SHARP CORNER, Corner 9th & Main ZWIEG'S GRILL, Main & Ninth Streets

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BIRKHOLZ FLORAL SHOP Flowers — Gifts — Potted Plants "We Telegraph Flowers” 616 MAIN STREET

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SCHOENICKE S JEWELRY HAMILTON & BULOVA WATCHES Expert Watch Repairing Feature-Lock Diamond Rings 40S Main Street Hamilton Electric Watches Phone 2394-W ■ i

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SCHUETT'S DRIVE-IN HAMBURGERS — HOT DOGS — FRIES CHICKEN — SHRIMP — FISH MALTS — SHAKES Watertown 510 Main Street Phone 2812

DODGE STREET GARAGE, Inc. Your Oldsmobile Dealer Phone 2424 311 Third Street Watertown

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KOERNER & PINGEL hardware 205-209 North Second Street

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^Boerr IS rugs DAY & NIGHT PRESCRIPTION SERVICE Telephone 420

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WHITE TOP CAB Telephone 3660

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POOLE’S BARBER SHOP Phone 53-J

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WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN

SNYDER'S SHOE STORE "Better Shoes For Less” Watertown

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UNITED ORGAN COMPANY

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HOME & AUTO TIRE and SPORT HEADQUARTERS SUPPLIES 107 Main Street

MALLACH PHARMACY J. J. Mallach, R. Ph.

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STUDENTEN! Kommen Sie herein um unsere Pfeifen zu priifen DON'S PICCADILLY SMOKE SHOP

GUYER MUSIC STORE MUSIC

109 North Third Street RECORDS - RADIOS - PHONOS

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WATERTOWN BOWL, Inc. “Earl and Ray” 12 Modern Alleys & Snack Bar 102 W. Cady Street Phone 2844

QUALITY-BAKE SHOP GEROLD OLSON, PROP.

High-Grade PASTRIES and CAKES 104 Main Street Phone 235

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VOSS MOTORS, INC. LINCOLN and MERCURY Phone 810

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FURNITURE COMPANY

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Chases Bowl SIX MODERN LANES and COCKTAIL BAR 125 North Water Street Watertown

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GLOBE MILLING CO. “SINCE 1845” PHONE NO. 1

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TRI-COUNTY TOBACCO CO. Servicing Your Canteen With

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School Supplies — Paper Goods, Etc. 200 W. Main Street

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A Christmas Story —......................

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The Apocryphal Christmas

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So You Think Xmas Is Dull

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The Human Touch To Christmas

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Put Christ Back Into Christmas

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Organ Fund ..........

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Christmas Program

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Campus Calendar

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SPORTS -.....................................

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Football Squad Picture, 1959

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BLACK AND RED STAFF EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief David Hahm ........ Assistant Editor Richard Kuckhahn Assistant Editor Ronald Roth ......... DEPARTMENT EDITORS ......... Alumni Editor Dale Arndt ...... Paul Larsen .... ........... Sports Editor Thomas Kuster Campus & Classroom Richard Weber ................. Art Editor BUSINESS MANAGERS Paul Emmel .......... .... Business Manager David Habermas ... Advertising Manager Myrl Wagenknecht Advertising Manager Volume LXIII

December 1959

No. 5

ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT WATERTOWN, WIS., AS SECOND CLASS MATTER UNDER ACT OF MARCH 3, 1879 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT WATERTOWN, WIS. PUBLISHED MONTHLY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00.

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We cannot bear to have God speak to us in His majesty with countless thousands of angels.c^Thercfore the best procedure is to abolish our design to hear God speak in His majesty, for we cannot bear this language. c^bBut God says: Now I shall hide My majesty, most thoroughly, shall allow My Son to become man, born of a virgin; let Him do good to men and preach them the forgiveness of sins. <$dHe shall act in the kindest manner possible; only bear in mind that this man is the same God who spoke in the desert at Mount jSinai to the Children of Israel. Believe, there' fore, that it is He whom you are hearing. <#*<#>He has hidden His majesty in humanity, does not appear with lightning, thunder, or angels, but as one born of a poor virgin and speaking with men of the forgiveness of sins. Martin I^uther

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“ In the Room-by-the-Entrance we have Mr. Solomon, in the Roomof-Peace we have Mr. and Mrs. Jannai, and the rich couple from Jerusa lem has the Head Room. Several poor laborers are occupying the hall floor in front of the fire. That leaves only the Room-of-Compassion open. — And, of course, the cow-shed!” he said grinning. “But the Room-of-Compassion is reserved, isn’t it?” asked the own er of the inn. “It was,” replied the clerk. “We received a cancellation this morn ing. Mr. Rashi, the merchant, has been lied up by business in Hebron. He won’t be coming through for another week.” He flicked a bit of dust carelessly off the writing pad. “I think we should still be able to find someone to fill that vacant room.” “Fill it! Why? You’ve still got a few things to learn about the ho tel business,” the owner said, lapsing into a sing-song tone as he hit up on his pet theme. “Yes, sir. You’ve still got a few things to learn. —And what would you do if you were all filled up and somebody important showed up? Put him in bed with a beggar?” And he chuckled at his own joke. The clerk responded with a hurt look. “Well, after all, the idea is to get guests. And there’s nothing wrong with providing a room for poor people, as long as they pay. How often does someone come who is important?” At this point sounds were heard at the door, and the clerk crossed the room to see who it was. “Well, really!” said the clerk, “We have an interesting case here! It’s a common laborer, looking for a room. And from the looks of his wife, they could use some ‘compassion.’ What shall I say?” “You know what to say,” answered the owner. “Remember, there’s still the cow-shed,” he added ironically. Embarassed, the clerk turned to the middle-aged man, waiting in the open doorway. “I’m sorry, sir, there is no room in the inn. No, we haven’t a place. Yes, I realize your predica— Uh-huh. Well, I’ll tell you what. If you’ve really got to have a place, there is a small shed in back. Cows are kept there and you should be able to find a bed of straw and a manger. Ordinarily we wouldn’t do this for you, but . . . .” DAVID HABERMAS

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As the day of Christmas approaches, we all look forward once again to the hearing of the wonderful story of our Savior’s birth as re lated in the beautiful language of the Gospel of St. Luke. These words are familiar and well-loved by all of us. But there are other stories centering around the birth of our Lord; stories that are not so familiar to us, because they come to us not from the divinely inspired Word of God, but through legend and story circulated among the early believers. These stories are preserved for us in several writings which now consti tute the New Testament Apocrypha. Stories concerning Christmas are found especially in the book of Prolevangelion, attributed by several ancient authorities to James the Less and originally written in Hebrew, and in the books of I and II Infancy, whose author is unknown. Both documents cover the same material, at times telling similar stories, and at other times each relating something entirely its own. By combining the two narrations, an interesting but clearly apocryphal tale of the birth and childhood of Jesus can be obtained. The Story of Mary Both documents begin their tales before the birth of Mary. An angel announced her impending birth to her mother, Anna, and her father, Joachim, who was a priest in the temple, thus making her com ing into the world similar to the familiar story of the birth of Jesus. The fact that Mary’s father was a priest removes Mary from the lineage of David and places her in the tribe of Levi. Throughout her child hood, Mary was ministered unto by angels. When yet a small girl, her life was dedicated to the service of God in the temple, where she grew up along with several other girls. When the girls were fourteen years old, the high priest ordered them all to leave the temple and to get married. But Man refused, having vowed her virginity to the Lord. The high priest entered the Holy of Holies to find out what he should do, and was told by an angel to call an assembly of all the widowers among the people, and then the Lord would show by a sign the one who was to become the husband of Mary. The priest did so. Among the wid owers who were gathered was Joseph. When the assembly was com plete, a dove suddenly flew out of Joseph’s staff and settled on his head. The high priest told Joseph that he was the man chosen to be the hus band of Mary. But Joseph refused, saying that he was an old man and had several children, and that Mary was young; he feared being laughed at by the people. But the priest threatened Joseph with being swallow ed up by the earth for disregarding the command of God, and Joseph feared the threat, obeyed, and Mary was betrothed to him. The Birth of Jesus Then there came the decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. And Mary was with child. Joseph was ashamed to have her registered as his wife, and could not register her as his daughter, because everyone knew she was not his daughter. But he 111

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pher. They presented their gifts to the child, and received from Mary in return one of the child’s swaddling clothes. On their return home (lie wise men, according to the custom of their country, worshiped the cloth by building a fire and throwing the cloth into it. It caught fire and burned well, but when they put the fire out the cloth was as good as new. The wise men were amazed, and laid the cloth up among their treasures. The Threat of Herod King Herod was angered that the wise men did not return to him, and commanded that all the children around Bethlehem be killed. Then, the account goes on, “Mary, hearing that the children were to be killed, being under much fear, took the child, and wrapped Him up in swad dling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” Mary’s cousin, Elizabeth, fearing for the life of her son John, fled with him to the mountains, but could find no place to hide, for she could not climb up the steep slopes. She prayed for help, and in an swer the mountain opened and received them. An angel appeared to them and preserved them. When Herod heard of John’s escape, he sent soldiers to the child’s father, Zacharias, to find out where the child had been taken. Zacharias replied that he did not know, and so the soldiers murdered him on the holy altar. When the other priests discovered the murder, the entire temple groaned loudly and was split from top to bottom. They could not find the body of Zacharias, but his blood had been turned to stone on the temple floor. The blood remained there petrified and immovable until Herod’s death. So run the stories which were passed around in the centuries fol lowing our Lord’s stay here on earth. But the tales do not deal only with Christmas; they go on to tell about Jesus’ childhood and youth. These will be considered in a future issue. tom kuster

SO YOU THINK CHRISTMAS IS DULL “That certainly was an inspiring Christmas Eve service,” said Jim Shardin, who had just two weeks ago returned from military service in Japan. “Oh, it was okay,” replied Tom Olson, his young friend, who had gone to the Christmas Eve service with him, “but it’s almost the same thing every year.” “Don’t ever think that Christmas Eve services are becoming dull and uninteresting,” returned Jim. “You will really appreciate them if you find them missing just once. Let me tell you of my first Christmas in Japan.” “I arrived overseas late in October, and since I was new and unac customed to the grinding routine, the first two months seemed to pass quickly. Then as the holiday season arrived, many of the older men 113

in camp got passes for Christmas vacation. Seven other newer men and I had to remain at camp for routine duties which had to be done every evening. We were split into four groups, two for Christmas Eve and two for Christmas Day. Bob, a young man like myself, drew early Christmas Eve evening duly. At the time I didn’t think it would make much difference if I went to church or not. In fact, we didn’t know if there were any Christian churches around our camp. “Well, Christmas Eve came and by seven Bob and I were off duty. The entire camp was dead, so we decided to go to the reading room and catch up on our reading. Bob picked up a newspaper and started reading about all the planning for a Christmas back home. This made me a little homesick, so I suggested that we take a walk to the neigh boring village. “As we walked along the narow, dark streets, we saw many honkytonks and cabarets. I didn’t feel like stopping at any of them, and I could tell that Bob didn’t either. We walked along aimlessly until sud denly we realized someone was singing Christmas carols. I looked at Bob for a moment, and he looked at me. Then we both turned and ran toward the little mission congregation down the street. Inside were Japanese children reciting the familiar Christmas story and singing Christmas songs. Neither of us could understand a word said, but we didn’t care; we knew and loved the Christmas story in anv language. “Well, do you still think the Christmas Eve program was dull and uninteresting, Tom,” asked Jim. “No sir,” replied Tom, “ I guess I never thought of what Christmas would be without Christ, or of the millions of people who have neither Christ or Christmas.” ROGER SACHS

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Princess Helena of Mecklenberg bring the tree to England. German immigrants introduced it to America earlier, but not until 1860 did John C. Bushmann, in Westford, Massachusetts, set up a tree and invite people to see it. Now, because of the German people, we have the Christmas tree to brighten up our home, at Christmas time. Another tradition of Christmas is the sending of greetings through Christmas cards. Have you wondered where the idea of Christmas cards came from? In 1846, a London artist, Sir Henry Cole, suggested the painting of cards at Christmas time. This suggestion was not accepted eagerly at first. Then the King and Queen of Wales adopted the idea and had an artist paint cards for Christmas. These cards did not be come popular in America until 1870. Marcus Ward and the London company introduced them. Soon they became so popular that shop win dows were filled with cards a month or more before Christmas. There after, Christmas greetings have been transmitted from friend to friend by means of the Christmas card. Now that the Christmas tree is up and the Christmas cards have been sent, the traditional hanging of the mistle-toe must take place. Who introduced this idea of the mistle-toe? The use of mistle-toe is traced back to the Druids. The Druids were a religious order in an cient Gaul, Britain and Ireland. The Druid Priests would gather mistle toe and place it on an altar and burn it as a sacrifice to the gods. This sacrifice occurred at the winter solstice. Mistle-toe was also divided among the people and used in the homes as a symbol of hope and peace. Whenever enemies met under the mistle-toe, they would drop their weapons and embrace. Very likely the kissing idea originated from this custom. With this adornment in the home the way is prepared for the traditional Santa Claus. The German people also began the legend of St. Nicholas. Santa Claus is a German corruption of the name. St. Nicholas lived during the fourth century. He learned that three young women had no offers of marriage because the father in his poverty could offer no dowry. One night St. Nicholas filled three bags with gold and tossed them into the window of the women’s room, and soon thereafter they met and married fine young men. St. Nicholas’ Day is Decemeber 6, and in time he became the symbol of Christmas giving. The old idea that Santa comes down the chimney into the house came from the Norsemen. The legend says that the goddess Hertha appeared in the fireplace of the Norsemen’s halls and brought them happiness and good fortune. Christmas is now complete with all its adornments and festivities, but one item seems to be forced into the background. The one true and meaningful phase of Christmas is becoming less important to the people of today. This phase is that Jesus Christ was born into the world to save all mankind, and His is the birthday to be celebrated and nothing else.

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“Put Christ Back into Christmas” signs will soon start appearing in the rear windows of automobiles. Ministers will start hinting in their church bulletins that this Christmas will be different. Yet this year’s Christmas consumer sales promise to reach an all time high, and there will be more presents under the festive spruce than ever before. Now that people have a slogan to rally behind, they will sound off about it until the first week in December, when once again it is time to go downtown and purchase for the family and relatives presents which won’t stand a chance of being paid for until late in April. To some people Christmas will mean just a vacation, a well de served vacation. To the merchants it will mean the last chance to get big sales until spring. All of these people are supporters of the little slogan. They put them in their store windows, hang them in their club rooms, and tack them up on their lodge house bulletin boards. They all support the cause. Even the members of the Christian Church will hurry about tend ing to all things but the one thing needful. Father has to buy a tree, set in branches, and then trim the thing. Mother must bake three Christ mas cakes (four, I forgot grandmother) and give the house a thorough cleaning. Mother and father have no use for Santa Claus and Uncle Nick, but since they are so busy this year, the fat, jolly man will have to do for just this one more year yet. Next year there will be plenty of time to put Junior on his knees and tell him the real meaning of Christmas. If not, maybe he’ll read it in some book. It must be added, though, that come Christmas Eve, churches will be so crowded that the overflow will either have to stand in the hall or go down into the basement and listen. Many strange people will be in church that night, and because they feel so uncomfortable, they probably won’t come back until Easter. GARY SCHMELING

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Handel-De Lamater ............ Bach-MaUn ........ arr. Luvaas ...... Ewald Nolte . William Billings . arr. Dale Barker arr. Roger Wager

Male Chorus Hans Leo Hassler .... D. Bortniansky ... arr. Max Reger

Cantate Domino ... Cherubim Song ... Mariae Wiegenlied

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Prep Chorus The Bells Within The Steeples .... We All Believe In One True God Te Deu m Laudamus ............ ....... Carol, Brothers, Carol ..................

Praetorius-Bingham ......... Lulher-Lenel ...... The Liturgy W. A. Muhlenberg

Assembly Joy To The World

Male Chorus Listen, Lordings, Unto Me .......... A Virgin Most Pure ....................... If Therefore Christ Abide In You

Gascony Carol English Carol ...... J. S. Bach

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January 16 — Basketball — Pillsbury, there Wisconsin Lutheran, here January 19 — Basketball — Country Day, there January 21 — Forum, R. Wiechmann — “Alaska and Hawaii’ January 22 — Basketball — Bethel, here M U S, here January 23 — Basketball — Northwestern, Minn., here Winnebago, here

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devoting his time to his studies in the commercial department and to his work at the Bethesda Lutheran Home After leaving college, he spent two years in the purchasing de partment of the Marinette and Menominee Paper Co. of Marinette. It was at this point that he decided to enter the field of teaching. With this goal in mind he continued his studies in 1926 at Whitewater State Teachers College. In two years he completed the three year course and was graduated in 1928. At Whitewater he spent two years on the varisty football and basketball teams and also took part in debating. His first teaching charge was in Oostburg, Wisconsin, a small Dutch town. At the Oostburg high school he taught in the commercial de partment and was athletic coach for five years. During this time his basketball teams won two conference championships; and he won a bride, for in 1931 while at Oostburg he married Alice Atkin. In 1933 he returned to Whitewater to get his degree in education. He majored in commerce and education and received his degree the next year. Then he accepted a call to the Winnebago Lutheran Academy, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. For eight years he taught the commercial course there, did some coaching, and was director of dramatics. Next he accepted a position as supervising principal of both the grade school and ‘he high school in Waldo, Wisconsin. He held this position from 1912 until 1947, doing some teaching in addition to his duties as principal. In 1947 he received a call to N.W.C. and was installed on Septem ber 8 as instructor of the commercial department. Since then Prof. Sievert’s main concern has been this commercial department, which he thinks is serving its purpose well, although it is small. Along with his teaching duties and various other advisory duties he has been serving as one of our coaches. He has coached prep football since 1950 and prep basketball for the last four years, and anyone who has played for him will well remember his “Come on, Grandpa, you have to move!” Prof, and Mrs. Sievert have two children, both boys; Pete now a student at the University of Wisconsin, and Dave a senior here at North western. In his moments away from school Prof. Sievert does a lot of read ing, mainly biographies, and he enjoys traveling, having visited more than half of the fifty states. As one considers the many ways in which Prof Sievert has served the Prep department, he realizes that this professor has done much and has always wanted the best for the preps. This can be seen from the fact that soon coach Sievert will turn over his coaching duties to a new trained coach, who will soon be appointed. Prof. Sievert is very en thusiastic about this, for he feels that the preps deserve a trained coach.

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ALUMNI NOTES ACCEPTED CALLS Max Herrmann, ’44, has accepted a call to Grace Lutheran Church in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. His former pastorate was at Kendall, Wisconsin. Edward Kolander, ’15, has taken the call to Cambria, Wisconsin. The date of his installation was Decem ber 13, 1959. His previous congre gation was at Hutchinson, Minn. Oscar Lemke, ’34, has carried his pas toral duties to the church at Wauke gan, Illinois. Pastor Lemke formerly served the congregation at Pardeeville, Wisconsin. Harold Essman, ’56, has accepted a

call to the St. Michael Church in Fountain City, Wisconsin. Pastor Essnian was a missionary in Rho desia. ANNIVERSARIES Grace Lutheran Church of Portland, Oregon, celebrated the 50th anni versary of the founding of its con gregation on November 22, 1959. Pastor Lee Sabrowsky, ’28, is the present pastor. Pastor Philip Martin, '96, celebrated his 60th anniversary of ordination on November 1, 1959. He is pastor of Good Hope Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska.

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From the files of the B. & R. December 1929 The dictionary defines imagination as the creative faculty. It con sists in taking parts of our conceptions and combining them into new forms and images more select, more striking, more delightful, or more terrible than those of ordinary' nature. Let us take into consideration especially the last result: combining our conceptions into ne>v forms and images more terrible or worse than those of ordinary nature, and apply it to ourselves. ... Because we stay in bed mornings instead of getting up when the bell rings is only due to our imagination. We only imagine that we can’t get up in time. We don’t get any more rest after we have been awakened at the usual time. That extra half hour or hour doesn’t do any good, rather it does harm. It weakens one’s character. And so it is with many other things in our lives. Let us use our imagination in the right way and see how often we use it in the wrong way. And having realized that, we will be able to make our own ser122

mons to ourselves, better than I could do in this article, and live up to them besides. December, 1939 (From the C. i? C. column by Gerhard Franzmann) Breathes there a man with soul so dead who never to himself has said, “Hm!”? One disease which all the learned doctors of the world including the hundreds of specialists at the Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minnesota, have not been able to cure or even diagnose properly is that dreaded malady known as columnitis. Yet anyone who has tried writing a col umn periodically for more than a month knows the horrible effects this sickness produces. Symptoms are sleeplessness, falling hair (in duced by pulling at them violently), restlessness, loss of weight, irrita bility, melancholia, nervous prostration, and finally complete and in curable insanity. Columnitis is brought on by deadlines. The haunting fear of that regularly recurring menace, which editors fix each month, causes the poor column writer to go positively “Wacky.” The people shout “column, column,” and there is no column. The poor sufferer sits for hours before blank sheets of paper, smoking countless cigarettes, and gnawing up three of four pencils, while he thinks of anything but pos sible column material. The strange part of this affliction is that it grows better and worse according to the proximity of the deadline. The long er the columnist is at this business of columnizing the worse his condi tion becomes. Each deadline brings on a new and more violent attack. Instead of sleeping nights he tosses about tormented by the thought that he must produce before the next day passes. While tossing about thus he may stumble out of bed with an “idear,” grab pencil and paper and start writing only to find his brainstorm is a “dud.” The only cure is to resign and take a cruise to the beautiful isle of Tahiti, which I will do before the final stage of insanity gets me.

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comes in; these rooms would have grass floors, so (hat they might more easily be heated by the warmth that escapes from the underground heating pipes which at present do little more than produce an ugly scar across every new fall of snow. If heated in this way, these new rooms will certainly be as warm as the rooms along the west side of the col lege dorm on the off-days when the heat is being piped to the east side. Along these same lines, one of our more enterprising frosh is mak ing quite a bit of money on the side by charging a nominal fee for his automatic thermostat system. The idea is simple but ingenious. He simply makes the rounds of all his patrons each morning, closing the windows of those on one side of the dorm and opening the windows of those on the other side. The next morning he reverses the procedure. In this way each rooms windows are open on the hot days and closed on the cold days. However, his business is being seriously threatened by his scientifically minded classmate who is working on a method of bottling the heat on hot days and then turning it back into the room on the cold days. This is obviously a superior method and will prob ably put the first frosh out of business. Automation again. If all the loyal, interested readers of the Black and Red will think back to the November issue, they will remember vaguely an editorial written by David Habermas designed to present a problem and to stimulate reaction. Since there was no reaction detectable except for a few grunts and an outburst of some sort concerning guitars, the C & C has taken it upon itself to suggest a practical, easily workable solution to the problem. This solution is so simple, it is amazing that no one thought of it before. The main trouble that was pointed out is that the students at NYVC are not intensely interested in their classes. The obvious answer is a major shakeup in our curriculum. This will in volve especially the addition of several courses as electives (for the benefit of our eight year-men, the definition of this term can be found on page 264 of Websters New Collegiate Dictionary). These new courses will be time-proven as capable of holding the students’ attention and complete interest, and thus the problem will be solved. We are even in a position to suggest several courses that could be adopted, and are presenting them here in a form that can be printed immediately in next year’s catalog. (The numbers in parentheses are class hours per week.) These are the new courses: TV Appreciation — (35) An elementary course in TV watching. How to scan TV schedules quickly to pick ou the best Westerns. Prac tice obtained in booing down anyone who wants to watch Lawrence Welk. Several basic postures learned for lying sloppily on TV chairs. Instruction in the best method of spilling pop and melted ice cream on the floor. Advanced TV Appreciation — (70) Practice obtained in skipping meals in order to get the best seat near the TV. A complete weekly schedule committed to memory. A Maverick series is studied in detail 125

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BOWLING ALLEYS CHASE'S BOWL, 125 N. Water St. WATERTOWN BOWL, Inc., 102 W. Cady St. CAB WHITE TOP CAB, 217 N. Second St. CHEESE MILWAUKEE CHEESE CO., Milwaukee, Wis. CLEANERS LEE EDWARDS CLEANERS, 111 N. Fourth PARAMOUNT CLEANERS, 621 Main St. VOGUE CLEANERS, 412 Main St. COFFEE O. R- PIEPER CO., Milwaukee, Wis. CONCRETE TRI-COUNTY RED1-MIX CO., Watertown DAIRIES DAIRY LANE, Union Street MULLEN'S, 212 W. Main Street DRUG STORES BUSSE'S, 204 Main Street DOERR DRUGS, W. Main Street MALLACH PHARMACY, 315 Main Street TETZLAFF PHARMACY, 116 Main Street

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TRI-COUNTY REDI-MIX CO. Materials Accurately Proportioned and Thoroughly Mixed To Your Specifications Watertown Phone 47

POOLE’S BARBER SHOP 5 Main Street

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LITERARY Psalm 80 .................................................

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Hands in Prayer ...................................

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The Infancy of Jesus .........................

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The Foreign Language Laboratory

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A Brief Look at Methodism ..............

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On The Rack .......................................

Book Review ........................................

EDITORIALAn Academic Problem .........................

Our Use of Time —...........................

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Aims of The Black and Red .........

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PORTRAIT OF A PROFESSOR ........

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OUT OF THE DUST ...........................

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CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM - ..........

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ALUMNI NEWS- .................................

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THE BLACK AND RED

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January 1960

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PSALM 80 A prayer for the Church in distress

Thou Joseph’s leader, Israel’s Shepherd, now give ear; Thou ruler of the angel host, quickly appear. Make known the power Thou hast to Israel’s congregation; Come to us now and grant us Thy salvation. Give us a humble heart, O God, turned back from sin; Illumined by Thy face we shall new life begin. Lord God of hosts, how long wilt Thou withhold Thy face In anger from the supplications of Thy race? A sorrowful fare Thou daily givest them to eat; From Thy hand they get tears to drink in measure great. Yea, we are caused to turn upon ourselves by Thee; Our enemies laugh at our lack of unity. Give us humble heart, O Lord, pure, undepraved; Shine on us with Thy luminous mercy, we are saved. Thou hast brought out of Egypt’s servitude a vine, And in a new place planted it and made it Thine. Thou madest room for roots to grow that they might nourish; Thy tender plant filled all the land and it did flourish. The hills were covered by the shadow of its crown; Upon God’s lofty cedars its limbs looked down. Even unto the sea Thou mad’st her limbs to grow; Her branches to the Jordan River outward go. But why didst Thou then -plow its hedges under, Permitting any passing by to spoil and plunder? The wild swine come out of the wood and waste it; Unhindered the dumb brute comes out to taste it. 130

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Come back to us we pray, Lord of the heavenly host; Come back and tend this vine, which without Thee is lost. Yea, lost this vine is, which Thou plantedst with Thy hand; Wilted the branch Thou madest strong — for Thee to stand. The axe is laid to it, ’tis cast into the fire; Thy people perish in the face of Thy just ire. Be with the man upon whom Thy right hand is laid; Be with the men whom strength for Thy Strength Thou hast made, Ever enabled thus by faith to stay with Thee; Be with us, Lord; Thy name shall ever hallowed be. Lord God of hosts, we pray Thee, turn our hearts from sin; Illumined by Thy face we shall new life begin. R. KUCKHAIIN

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HANDS IN PRAYER Since the days of the Old Testament patriarchs, praying hands have been lifted up, spread open, or folded in prayer to God. Down through the ages the posture of the devout while praying has changed many limes; and although it is not these outward acts which are the impor tant things in our prayers, they have added order to our public services and helped us to maintain the reverence we owe our heavenly Father when addressing Him. The picture on this issues cover depicts the hands of a person at prayer. This work of art was done by the outstanding German Renais sance artist Albrecht Diirer in the early years of the sixteenth century. “The Praying Hands,” as it is called, shows the form of prayer posture popular during the years following the Reformation in Europe. The earliest posture of the ancients in prayer was that of standing with the arms raised, the hands spread open, and the eyes directed up ward toward heaven. This was the usual Hebrew attitude in prayer which we hear about repeatedly in the Old Testament. To pray in this way with uplifted hands is an attilude natural in the man who is addres sing God. It is a position of supplication and appeal. The men of the Old Testament stood this way, appealing to the Lord who inhabited the heavens, with their arms spread out to receive the gifts which God would grant them in answer to their prayers. This practice continued throughout Old Testament times, for we read about the kings of Israel and Judea as well as the patriarchs and the prophets lifting up their hands to the Lord. But even in the Old Testament the practice of kneeling before God had its start and can be traced back to the Hebrews. 131

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THE INFANCY OF JESUS In a recent issue of the Black and Red were reported some of the apocryphal stories of the birth of our Lord as contained in the First and Second Books of the Infancy of Jesus Christ, whose author is un known. These stories, as the names of the books indicate, do not stop with the Christmas stories, but continue to tell of Christ’s infancy and childhood. Some of these tales are told here. The Flight Into Egypt When Herod issued his command to destroy all the children in the vicinity of Bethlehem, Joseph and Mary, who by this time is referred to as “the Lady St. Mary”, escaped his anger by fleeing to Egypt. In Egypt they stayed in a city where there was a huge idol, through whom its priest relayed to the people the sayings of Satan. This priest had a son who was possessed by devils, and who spoke many strange things, walk ing about naked and throwing stones at anyone who passed by. As soon as Ma^ and Joseph entered the city with the child Jesus, a great fear fell upon all die people for a reason unknown to them. They asked the idol what the reason for the fear was, and the idol answered it was be cause the Tine God had entered into their midst. As the idol uttered these words, it toppled and fell in pieces before their eyes. The people were terrified at this and ran away.

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of the dragon. The monster cried out loudly against Jesus, drew back, and was neevr seen again. These are some of the stories circulated among early Christians dealing with the infancy of our Lord. There are other stories concern ing His childhood and youth. These will be dealt with in a future issue.

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practice in listening to good models of the foreign speech and a large amount of imitation and repetitive oral drill. It is generally agreed that the conventional classroom does not provide adequately for this systematic aural-oral practice. Aural practice is intended to lead progressively toward the ability to understand the spoken language — that is, conversation at normal speed, newscasts, lectures, movies, plays, group discussions, telephone messages* and other types of standard speech. Oral practice is aimed toward acquistion of the fluent speaking ability needed to express one’s thoughts in sustained conversation with pronunciation, intonation, and use of grammatical forms acceptable to the educated native speaker. The Aural-Oral Approach to Language Study The foreign language program, at whatever level of the school system, must recognize that language is speech. In the natural pro gression of language the written form comes later. We learn a language by first hearing and speaking and then reading and writing. To per ceive through grammar study how the language works is useful, but it does not take the place of practice in the actual doing am more than learning baseball rules can substitute for exercise on the field with the bat and ball. How Does The Language Laboratory Work? r,

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•= the University of Wisconsin offers are: Chinese, Arabic, and Scan dinavian. Evaluation of The Language Laboratory There appears to be no question about the worth of the language laboratory in the judgment of teachers who are actually using it. All of the schools and colleges participating in a survey have reported that the educational results justify the continance or further development of language laboratory facilities. On the whole very little objective testing has been done to compare the achievement of students who have used the laboratory with that of those who have not used it. Test scores, however, have shown a higher percentage of understanding and speaking by those students who used the laboratory. It appears, then, that the language laboratory is beginning to emerge from a purely experimental and developmental stage. One laboratory director said: “The language laboratory serves to increase the effectiveness of the time our students are with us; it gives them much more practice; it multiplies the presence of the teacher; and it adds an element of motivation for today’s young people.” PAUL EMMEL

A BRIEF LOOK AT METHODISM “It is short on theology, long on good works, brilliantly organized, primarily middle-class, frequently bigoted, incurably optimistic, zeal ously missionary, and touchingly confident of the essential goodness of the man next door.” This is the way that “Life” magazine, in a recent editorial, characterized the Methodist Church of today. With a mem bership of over eight million, it stands as the largest Protestant denom ination to have come from England. The views of Methodism cause it to be perhaps the most representative of American Protestant religion; if a person were to think of the typical Protestant in the United States, he would probably be thinking of a Methodist.

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•tary sin, but was able to free himself from the wrath of God by a life of holiness in the service of Christ. Thus Wesley rested his assurance of salvation not on the objective promises of God, but on his own intense religious experience. The doctrinal system of Methodism is not complicated. In fact it has been said that “the distinguishing doctrine of Methodism is that it has no distinguishing doctrine.” (Bishop Rowe, quoted by Neve, Churches and Sects.) Although Wesley himself was more interested in deeds than creeds, the above statement is not quite true, for there is something of a doctrinal system. According to Wesley, there are three sources of doctrine: die Scriptures, the teachings of the ancient church, and reason, which term is taken in its broadest sense as meaning the cumulative experience of adult Christians. This in effect makes the opin ion of the Christian people a judge over the Word of God. The heart of the theology thus attained can be presented in four points: universal, free, full, and sure salvation. The meaning of universal salvation can best be illustrated by pic turing God’s kingdom as three concentric circles. The largest is the kingdom of the Father, and embraces all men. Here men conduct them selves guided only by the light of reason, and therefore will be judged by the use they have made of their opportunities. In the Son’s kingdom, the standard of judgment is the Gospel. The Spirit’s kingdom includes only those who have had “experiential knowledge” of Christ. As the knowledge of those in each kingdom varies, so do the standards of judgment. Each man is judged according to the use he has made of his opportunities. Thus the term “universal salvation” is equivalent to “universal opportunity.” !

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perfect that he does not commit sin. The Christian is motivated entirely by love. Such a man is still subject to mistakes in judgment, but such mistakes cannot be called sin, for they are not contrary to love. Wesley believed that it was essential for the attainment of perfection that the life of the Christian be closely regulated. Thus developed the “discipline” in which every phase of a Christian’s life is carefully outlined. According to Wesley, the certainty of a Christian’s sure salvation was based on the inner witness of the Spirit. In other words, he based his faith on his faith, a highly subjective procedure. This is in contrast to Lutheran theology which accepts only the objective and certain promises of God as a basis of assurance. There are certain other characteristics of modern Methodism that should be mentioned. One of these is latitudinarianism, brought about by Wesley’s all-consuming interest in Christian perfection. Methodism considers the unifying factor for all Christian churches not in a unity of doctrine, but in a common effort to help all men attain a state of holiness. Anyone at all familiar with Methodism will recognize in it a strong element of legalism. It is difficult to find another church body with a more elaborate system of rules and regulations governing both lay mem bers and clergy. The observance of these rules, however, is looked upon not as an obligation to a holy God, as in Calvinism, but as a method whereby a free Christian may attain moral perfection. Wesley’s emphasis on the inner witness of faith introduces an ele ment of emotionalism into Methodism. Although lie recognized the danger of over-emphasizing emotions, he did advocate their presence, and emotionalism is present in Methodism today in many varying degrees. Probably no other American denomination has more social con sciousness than the Methodist. A definite social creed has been set up, and has shown itself effective in works of philanthropy, abolition of slavery, civil rights, child-labor legislation, and in other ways. '

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Since the library is not noted for being much used at NWC, you can imagine my consternation several weeks ago at finding myself unexplainably standing in the library reading-room. Besides the studentlibrarian, who was dozing over his school-work, the room was bare and hushed. I had always been curious about some things I remembered from Freshman library instruction, and I thought this an ideal oppor tunity to investigate. Who knows? Perhaps this was to be my last chance to see the library (I don’t use it frequently). Some of my dis coveries in the magazine racks may prove to be of interest to readers of the Black & Red. The magazine racks contain current issues of a wide variety of magazines. Many seemed interesting and pertinent to me. A few did not. The most attractive and lavishly illustrated of the magazines is Horizon, which has been in existence just a little more than a year. It is published every two months and a subscription costs SIS.OO a year (single issues $3.95). Some of its super-lavish articles in the Novem ber issue are the following: an account of how archaeologists are using the Bible to light up the ancient history' of the Holy Land; a discussion of the failure of the status system in America; a history of the “Perse cution of Witches.”

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BOOK REVIEW THE MIND OF ST. PAUL, William Barclay.

Barclay has the gift of being able to write great things in simple language. This talent is exemplified in The Mind of St. Paul. He has been a student of Greek for many years and spent two years in research and study of St. Paul. This book passes on to the reader a complete picture of what Paul taught and thought. Paul was the bridge between the world of the Jews, in which Christ lived, and the world of the Gentiles, the Graeco-Roman world. God singled Paul out and prepared him for his huge task. Since his father was a Pharisee of high standing in the Roman world, Paul had a thorough education in the Jewish Old Testament as well as in the Greek and Roman classics. Barclay sets forth the teachings of Paul after a thorough consider ation of all his writings and early Christian literature. He begins with a brief summary of Paul’s life and then goes into his belief in one God who is a Creator, Redeemer, and Holy Guidance. Barclay devotes one chapter to each of the Pauline creeds of Di vine Initiation, The Call of God, The Incarnation, In Christ, Faith, The Essential Grace, The Work of Christ, The Death of Christ, The Risen Christ, The Holy Spirit, Sin, Flesh, The Second Coming and The Church. 142

The conditions of the time are explained as they influenced Paul’s think ing and writing. Paul’s Epistles had a tremendous effect in forming the Orthodox Church as we have it today. Barclay is a scholar on words of Greek origin and has written two books, New Testament Wordbook and More New Testament Words, both dealing with the richness of ideas of certain Greek words fre quently used in the New Testament. He goes into several of these words in The Mind of St. Paul and also discusses such key ideas as Gnosticism, justification, and reconciliation with such clarity that a stu dent or layman can readily understand them. This commentary on St. Paul and his creeds are concise and yet complete and understandable. His simple language and direct elo quence make this book very valuable for a student of the Bible. (The Mind, of St. Paul, William Barclay. Harper Bros., 1958, $3.50.) MYRL WAC.ENKNECIIT

AN ACADEMIC PROBLEM ... I will tell you, Gentlemen, what has been the practical error of the last twenty years — not to load the memory of the student with a mass of undigested, knowledge, but to force upon him so much that he has rejected all. — JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

The above quotation was written with the university institution of several years ago in mind. However, the scope of its sentiment can very well be applied to NWC. A university has a multitude of courses offer ed in many fields and in different colleges, while NWC has little choice but to make its curriculum conform to the desired end. 143

The express purpose of NWC is to prepare men for the Lutheran ministry. This ministry demands a preparation of certain basic know ledge, which is undoubtedly obtained belter here than at a university. Our problems concerning that work are best known to ourselves. And yet (he same influences work on us as do on the university student. The NWC student labors under a heavy class schedule of twentyfive-plus per week. This does not include lab periods for science courses. The university student carries approximately sixteen hours. The extra ten hours at NWC, plus the resulting study time required, approaches a good work week in itself. Two hours of study for every hour spent in the class-room gives the student a total of thirty hours over and above the average load which is considered healthful for the university student. And yet the question is asked, “Why don’t NWC students do more outside reading?” Something has to give — and the student suffers. He begins to reject his studies.

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Our study habits in college should be so well developed that one book a week would be easy. Then these books would supplement our classwork and our visions would be broadened. MYRL WAGENKNECHT

THE AIMS OF THE BLACK AND RED

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because he has dedicated his life to the education of students preparing for service in the Kingdom of God. In that purpose he has been very successful. RON ROTH !

OUT OF THE DUST

40, 25, 15 Years Ago

From the Files of the B & R January, 1920

After months of debating the Senate finally rejected the League of Nations Convenant. With the Convenant the Peace Treaty with Germany automatically was rejected. Merely the thought of saving American in dependence animated the Senate to reject the Covenant. That the Sen ate has again revealed its courage in upholding American rights, when it rejected a document that stood as a challenge toward American na tional existence is truly deserving of due praise and recognition.

One feature, however, of this whole action of the Senate remains reprehensive, namely, the indifferent attitude that pervaded the hearts of the Senators with regard to the utterly unjust and monstrously in human clauses in the Peace Treaty. We Americans lay much stress on justice and humanity. When we entered the war, we wanted every na tion to adopt these sacred qualities as a standard in solving its national and inter-national problems. We solemnly proclaimed that the peace terms must comply strictly with humane and just principles, because we believed that they were the only remedial agents toward a perma nent establishment of universal peace and prosperity. With the excep tion of one Senator, not one allowed one syllable of disapproval of the inhumanity and injustice of the Treaty to pass from his lips. Apparently all save one silently acquiesced in the unjust clauses of the Treaty. For

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the cause of all misery and injustice on earth the Senators together with the American people put all blame on Mr. Wilson. They make woeful failure of effecting any recognition of his democratic and humane prin ciples at the Paris Peace Conference, the scapegoat of their own sins. January, 1935 The new nut-size radio tubes developed by the R. C. A. research laboratories made the advent of the vest pocket micro-wave receiver set possible. With such developments is it not easy to vision the day of radio telephone conversation between private individuals, each person being assigned a wave length and a “telephone number?” The National Broadcasting Company is conducting experiments in a television laboratory to perfect television. There is seemingly still much to be done to make television a success. A discovery of Mar coni’s that he can send micro-waves beyond the horizon, may help make television a success.

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Hast du eine Zigarette? — Schiller All of us have read fables with a moral attached. Most of these very old. But we also have such fables today. These are in modern terms and the moral is not always spelled out for us, but it is there.

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Once upon a time there was an institute of higher learning which specialized in the classics. The faculty of this institution realized that a certain amount of physical exercise is necessary for any student’s well-being. Accordingly they organized an intramural basketball sys tem. They found that they had just enough students participating in this program to form twenty-one teams. True to the classical influence, they decided to name the teams after the letters of the Hebrew alpha bet. But they had one more letter in the alphabet than they had teams, so they used all the letters except ‘Ayin. Unfortunately, the studentmanager who was to work out a schedule of games (no small task) schedule for twentymisunderstood this minor point, and drew up two teams, including one named after the ‘Ayin. His mistake was not 152

pointed out to him until the schedule was complete. When he found out that he would have to do this job all over again, he got very angry, and as a result the whole intramural program was dropped. Moral: Remember, there is no ‘Ayin team.

Once upon a time there was alovely little girl named Mary. She loved to go out into the meadow and pick flowers. Almost every day when it wasn’t raining she would go wandering about the fields gatherbouquets of daisies, daffodils, pansies, and even dandelions. She would spend many happy hours arranging the blooms into what she thought were beautiful groupings, and then she would take them home to her dear mother. Her mother was always very happy to receive the flowers, for she lover her little daughter very much. Moral: When writing for the B & R, always include something com pletely innocent, so that you are sure your whole article won’t be cut.

Now for the eagerly awaited news items that do so much to keep you all informed. An announcement has just been received from Olsen's Gym, located in room 308, East Hall, that their group wrestling training program will be dropped, and a new program of bowling instruction will begin at the end of this month. Be sure to look into it.

A petition in favor of more new dorm rules was handed to the Dean last week by a group of frustrated students who have broken all the old ones. An ambitious group of Juniors has been doing extra work trying to catch up on the history of feudalism, which they missed last month because the Rusians hit the moon that week.

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Karl Neumann, 'll, lias accepted a call to the triple parish of Coch rane, Buffalo City and Cream, Wis consin. His install.ition took place on January 10. 1900. He formerly served the congregation at Sebawing, Michigan.

'Fhe St. John's Congregation at Cold Spring, Wisconsin, celebrated its 75th anniversary on November 29, 1959. The present pastor is Robert Hoeneckc, 51.

Norbcrt Cieschcn, '52, has taken the call to Stoddard and Bad Axe, Wis consin. His previous congregation was at Pueblo, Colorado. Pastor Gieschen will move there in Febru ary'. Harvey Witte, ’51. has transferred from Estelline, South Dakota to the Apostle Congregation in Milwau kee, Wisconsin. Norm an Berg, Ml, has accepted a call to St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Michigan. He formerly administer ed to the congregation at Benton Harbor, Michigan. Hilmer J. Schaible, M9, has taken a call to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He thus vacates the congregation at Mayvilie, Wisconsin Raymond Frey, '38, has changed his residence to the Immanuel Congre gation in South Lyon, Michigan. He was formerly at Vassar, Mich. j

Gerhardt Ehlert, '35, has taken a call to the Good Shepherd Congregation at Fond du Lac, Wiscons i n. He formerly served the congregation in St. Paul Park, Minnesota.

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MISCELLANEOUS Dr. Hilmar C. Krueger, ’25, has been appointed dean of the University of Cincinnati's new University Col lege. The University College will offer seven two-year programs leading to degrees of associate in arts and associate in science. His appointment takes efTect on Febru ary 1. He will continue as profes sor and head of Cincinnati Univer sity’s department of history. He came to the University of Cincinati in 1940 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukce, where he served for eleven years. Dr. Krueger is in ternationally know as an authority on mediaeval economic and busmess history. His researches on mediaeval municipal archives in Genoa, Italy, have taken him sev eral times to Italy. There he lec tured at the Universities of Genoa, Pavia, Venice, Catania, and Bicconi. Dr. Krueger is co-editor of eight volumes of Genoese notarial records and also of scholarly articles published in this country and Italy.

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Inability to hit from the field and get rebounds forced the Gos lings to take another game on the chin. Henderson was high point man with a grand total of 17 points. Free throw practice seems to have paid off for one man, Schroeder, who sank 7 out of 7. Shot after shot was bounced off the boards by the team ancT it looked as if NWC just couldn’t put the ball through. Lakeland played a smooth game and a fast break. On the rebounds Lakeland got the ball down the court and in the bucket before NWC could recover. The Goslings played a tight defense but lacked the necessary height to hold down the ball. Pinchoff and Fleischer performed the best defensive action seen so far this season. 155

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Smarting severely under a series of defeats, NWC became a deter mined ball club at New Ulm. Although the final score was only 13 points more that the opponents 74, the Goslings maintained their lead from the start and were never seriously threatened. Working under the boards for high score of 22 points was Fred Fallen. Henderson also made use of his height and totaled 17. Pinchoff and Fleischer dropped their shots from further out for 15 and 12 points respectively. The game was played close but also carefully, as the number of fouls by both teams was very low; NWC out-did D.M.L.C. 17-14. When the final buzzer sounded NWC jubilantly left the court with a victory.

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Elated over their victory the night before against New Ulm, the Goslings became more exuberant when they met and defeated Pillsbury. Height was again in our favor and the ball was captured on rebounds consistently. Pinchoff and Henderson tied for high honors with 20 points apiece. Seven points separated the two teams at half-time, but NWC stretched their lead to 17 at the final buzzer. A 54% scoring on free throws also testified that NWC was a better working club.

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Essential History and Doctrine of the

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No. 7

A STERNER ARRAY

During the long fight for freedom by the colonies, many Lutheran immigrants from Germany were rushing to America. It was at a time in our nation’s history when the animosity of the American colonists was aroused to great heights against the British government. Many of the German-Luthcran immigrants fell in with the times and stood solidly behind the patriots of the day, and in some cases even led them. One of the first men who came to the foreground, as having been a great patriot and Lutheran was Col. Conrad Weiser. As Indian agent for Pennsylvania he brought about a truce between the Federation of Indians (a federation of six Indian nations) and the colonies. Had these six nations helped the British, they alone could have swept the colonists into the Atlantic. It is at this point, then, that the Rev. Peter Muhlenberg made himself known. He was the son of the famous Pastor Muhlenberg of Zion’s church in Philadelphia. One must mention that the younger Muhlenberg was restless and impulsive from his youth. He was known to associate with a group of Delaware Indians most of the time and even to have learned to speak Delaware. The Delawares never had to coax him very long to go fishing or hunting with them, although his father was very much opposed to this. The people around Philadelphia often spoke of him as “Muhlenberg’s Wild Peter”. Peter Muhlenberg followed the calling of his father and entered the Holy Ministry. It did not take him long to make friends with some of the more radical men of the day as he himself was quite a radical. This is brought out very clearly in a letter old Pastor Muhlenberg re• ceived from a friend. The letter read, “I was sorry to hear that Patrick Henry, one of Pastor Peter’s new friends in Virginia, made a stirring speech which set all the rest on fire. For him it is ‘Liberty or Death’; but if he had as much to live for as we have, he might be more patient.” Old Pastor Muhlenberg realized that his son was associating with the most radical patriots of the day, but then the old pastor was quite a radical himself.

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Then in a brief letter Peter broke the news to his father. “I have laid aside my ministerial gown for a sterner array”. It was signed, “Peter Muhlenberg, Col. 8th Regt. V. Line. P. S. Please take care of my wife and children.” The boy who had fished with the Delawares, hunted the blue ridges of Virginia, and had his heart filled to the breaking point with a religious determination to drive the British from our shores, went to war. Quickly Peter was promoted to the rank of general and moved up to General Washington’s staff. He helped save the day at Brandywine, penetrated farthest into the British line of the four attacking columns at Germantown, shared the hardships of Valley Forge, and led the final assault on the redoubt of Yorktown. The fighting pastor was a real patriot. But because he had taken on a “sterner array” Peter refused to return to his former charge after the war. Under Franklin he served as Vice President of Pennsylvania, then congressman and senator from that state. His statute even today stands in the Capitol at Washington. The Hessians called him “Teufel-Piet” because he had been a man of war. His comrades at Valley Forge called him friend because he had given up much — just to be a man of war. GARY SCIIMELING

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The beehive which is the emblem of the Mormon Church is a very descriptive and appropriate one. In 130 years his religious cult has established not only a worldwide religious following, but has built a huge industrial and financial empire as well. Their zeal for spreading Mormonism is unmatched by any other church. As such they pose a threat to all Christianity. Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, on the night of Sept. 21, 1823, supposedly received a visitation from a resurrected personage who gave his name as Moroni. Subsequent visitations showed him to be the last of a long line of prophets whose translated writings constitute The Book of Mormon. On the occasion of his first visit, Joseph Smith was informed of the existence of a set of golden plates hidden by Moroni over 1,000 years ago on Mount Palmyra in the state of New York. The following day he easily found the plates and also two stones called the Urim and Thurim. In ancient times these stones gave prophets their power of prophecy and Smith says they aided him in translating the Egyptian hieroglyphics on the golden plates. Three years later with the aid of Oliver Cowdery, Joseph Smith undertook the translation of The Book of Mormon. In 1829 both men purported to have received a vision which ordained them as priests of Aaron, and shortly after 158

« Smith claimed another vision from St. John which bestowed upon him priesthood in the order of Melchizedek. On April 5, 1830, Smith and five others formed the Church of Christ. It grew rapidly, and in 1831 the church established its headquarters at Kirtland, Ohio, as a socio religious organization. The settlement failed because of poor manage ment, and the Mormons moved to Independence, Mo. Because of their many radical views on social problems they were forced to move to Zion, 111. Here Smith and his brother were arraigned on charges of treason and polygamy and murdered by a mob. The majority of their followers choose Brigham Young as Smith’s successor and migrated to Salt Lake City, where they established their “empire.”

Sources of Doctrine To understand Mormon doctrine it is vitally important to under stand the sources of their doctrine. This is due to the fact that the Mormons claim three sources of revelation — the Bible, The Book of Mormon, and progressive revelation. The Mormons accept the Bible as the Word of God so far as it is correctly translated. They regard it as a record of God’s people in the eastern part of the world. The Book of Mormon is the account of God’s dealings with his people in the western continent which God has caused to be revealed in these latter days. The Book of Mormon is divided into two sections and deals with the histories of two nations. The first nation in the order of time was the people of Jared who followed their leader from the Tower of Babel after the confm:ou of tongues. They founded a prosperous nation in America, but giving away to internal dissentions, they divided into factions which warred with one another, and finally around 590 B. C. the people were totally destroyed. Their history was recorded on twentyfour golden plates by Ether, the last prophet, and then hidden. They were found about 122 B. C. by the Nephites. About 600 B. C. the progenitors of a second nation were led from Jerusalem to America by Lehi, a Jewish prophet. They too established a flourishing nation, but after the death of Lehi, the people were divided be!ween his two sons. The followers of Nephi advanced in culture and civilization, and the followers of Laman, forgetting their religion, reverted to dark skinned savages who are supposedly the lineal ancestors of the American Indians. The Nephites often fell into transgression and the Lord chastened them by permitting their hereditary enemies to be vic torious in constant warfare. The final struggles which were the destruc tion of the Nephite race were waged in the vicinity of Mount Cumorah around 400 A.'D. Moroni, the last Nephite prophet, wrote the conclud ing parts of The Book of Mormon and hid them in Mount Cumorah.

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displaying them to the public. Only eleven persons have ever been able to examine them, and the reliability of some of these witnesses has been challenged. The most common theory as to its origin is that Spauld ing wrote a historical novel concerning the origin of the American In dians. Sidney Rigdon saw the manuscript, enlarged and edited it, and prepared it for publication. Neither can The Book of Mormon meet the test of literary criticism. The author uses the phraseology of the King James Version and even mentions animals which were not introduced to America until long after the book was supposedly written. Another important source of Mormon doctrine is The Pearl of Great Price. This is Smiths translation of the Bible and contains the Book of Moses and the Book of Abraham. The Book of Moses is an interpola tion between Genesis 5; 21 and 23 and contains alleged visions of Moses. The Book of Abraham contains passages in support of polygamy. Revelations Constitute Doctrine However, more important than the Bible and The Book of Mormon are die progressive revelations which God has given to the heads of the church. All the revelations which Joseph Smith is supposed to have received have been published under the title of Doctrines and Coven ants. These revelations and those given to the lawful successors of the order of Melchizedek are considered genuine basis for doctrine. Rev elation for the whole church, however, comes through tho head alone, and thus order is preserved and conflicting doctrines excluded. Mormon theology as it is today is complicated bv the fact that the Mormons do not understand Christian theology in the way which Christian churches understand it. In essence their theology is that “man, an eternally pre-existent soul, is placed upon earth in order to gain the remission of his sins through obedience to the laws and reg ulations laid down by the priesthood, and ultimately that he reach perfection by a continual advance and eternal progress” (Mayer, Reli gious Bodies of America). Around this belief all of their doctrine is built. There are four principles of the Gospel which are nessary for salvation. They are faith, repentance, baptism, and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. Trinity Denied The first principle, faith, requires that a person believe in God the Father, in His Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. However, they are not trinitarians! They teach that the Father is a glorified and perfect person and Christ is in his likeness. Both have a tangible body, but the Holy Spirit is only a personage proceeding from the presence of God by which the Father and the Son are everywhere present. The Salt Lake City Mormons hold that God has advanced from manhood and so also man may progress according to the Mormon maxim: “As man is, God once was; as God is, man may be.” 160

Jesus Opened The Door They leach that man is a dual being also in the image of God, who is the Father of his spirit and the creator of his body. Man’s soul is pre-existent and only temporarily embodied in this life in order to pass through a period of probation. Jesus also had to pass through this probationary period, and the only importance of His atonement is that He opened the way for man to work out his salvation after death. Repentance is the second principle. It consists in conviction of sin, regret for its commission, and reformation by turning away from it and ceasing to do evil. Baptism Essential for Salvation Baptism, the third principle, is immersion in water in the likeness of burial. The believer comes forth as one who is born of water to a new life in Christ. The living may be baptized for the dead. Because baptism is essential for salvation a believer may stand proxy for a de parted ancestor. Children are not baptized because there is no original sin. The fourth principle, the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost gives the believer such gifts as wisdom, knowledge, visions, and the power of healing. This act is valid only if performed by one called of God and ordained in the priesthood of the Mormon Church. Probably the most controversial doctrine of the Mormons is thendoctrine of marriage. They teach that marriages performed under the authority of the church are also binding in heaven. A woman’s salva tion is dependent upon her husband’s, and polygamy was apparently introduced to guarantee woman’s salvation. This doctrine has never been declared false It is no longer practiced only because it would be inexpedient to do so. On the last day God will raise all who believe in Him and establish an earthly kingdom. Independence, Mo., will be the capital. The believers will be exalted according to their merit, and the condemned punished. The purpose of this punishment is to reclaim as many as possible and advance them to some degree of glory. After a thousand years the believers will inherit the purified earth and rule with God.

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LET'S EVALUATE OURSELVES Since the beginning of the current school year, much has been said about the academic problem at Northwestern College. In a recent issue of the Black and Red, the proposition was made that the curriculum stands as the main factor which has given rise to this problem. I do not support this proposition as such. Rather, I think the problem stems from immature attitudes held by many students as to the purpose of higher education. Until such attitudes undergo a radical change, it is !

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Every student must realize that a mature role can never be one of passive and uncritical acceptance. It is, and must be, one of creative evaluation. A “true” student is one who considers values, consequences, and eliminates any trace of personal bias before making a decision. He is one who fervently seeks the building of his mind. We might do well to ask ourselves if loo much emphasis isn’t being placed on the viewing of television, the latest movie, or the nightly jaunt to the neighborhood pub. Accordingly, we who are students must consider what we can do to alleviate the cause from which this problem stems. We can start by cultivating a desire to grow into our adult status in society. In so doing we must rid ourselves of the thought and fear of facing the respon sibilities and stresses of life. As each year passes, our individual lives should be a source of greater and greater creative satisfaction. As one professor lias so aptly put it, we must from day to day feel ourselves being “stretched.” Similarly, each and every one of us should help encourage mutual co-operation. As applied to our Christianity, the success of one should be the success of all—the failure of one considered the failure of all. This also can be applied to the care, beauty, cleanliness, and sanitation of our surroundings. Likewise, concern for the psychological well-being of fellow students, orderliness, honesty, and attention to school work is not something relegated only to members of the faculty. It seems rather unbelievable that one will perform these things in later years unless the basic characteristics are developed now. The shell may change drastically, but too often the inner being does not. A student’s maturity is evident and shown every day by his consideration, or lack of it, toward his fellow students. It is as irresponsible young people that they disturb others in the dining hall, chapel, classroom, and dormitory. On the other hand, the student should not be treated as a civic dependent of the educational community. If they are to mature, they must be self-governing members of the community which is really theirs, the school. They must be given, and they must accept, the responsibility to think through all relationships which exist in this community, organize themselves, and confront intelligently the problems that have to do with the fulfillment of these relationships. In this area it seems that the students of NWC could be quite prolific. When one

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In an editorial in the last B & R it was suggested that students make their own choice of studies, eliminating such courses as those to which the student is not adapted or in which he is not interested, and doing more work in those brandies which interest the student. The editorial applied this particularly to language study, but a question came to my mind — what would happen to a course like Science Survey, in which a majority of the students are not particularly interested? Perhaps a few people, definitely interested in science would take it, but for those people a survey course is not detailed enough. The rest of the student body would pass up the course. But should we not all have at least a general knowledge of the structure of the universe, astronomy, chemistry, and physics? In thirty January issues, “The Milwaukee Journal” carried a science or science-related article on the front page of seventeen issues — and this does not include articles on science in the rest of the paper. This fact alone should mean something to a person who really wants to know what is going on around him. Just what is science? Science may be defined as “knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for material truth.” Science* should wake us up to things occurring about us, to the existence of principles, laws, and theories. We should have a know ledge of these theories, know how they originate, and how to evaluate them as Christians. Today most students in public and private educational systems are getting an extra emphasis placed on science so that we “keep up with the Russians. For those of us preparing for the ministry, a com plete knowledge of science is not necessary. Later though, when we have to meet people in our work, many of whom will have been edu cated with the “emphasis on science,” can we not speak with those people better on their own level if we have at least a general knowledge of science and can show an interest in what the person says? Much of our reading, too, can be made clearer with a basic knowledge of science. One might reply to all this: “All right, I know I should know a little about science, but I had biology, chemistry and physics in high school. Why should I take the same things over again?” The course we now have is designed for that type of person. It is a refresher course to give a person a review of what he has had and a chance to formulate his own ideas and put his own interpretation on the facts on the basis of what he has learned and perhaps give him the incentive to go ahead on his own. Let us not be too hasty in trying to lake the easy way but, taking only those courses directly aimed at the ministry and only those in which we are definitely interested — let’s keep the diversification!

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AN APPEAL FOR SUPPORT The possibility of student government is now a very present and real one. Never before at our school has there been so promising a chance that a workable and successful system of student government will be established. The one thing that the organizing, beginning, and functioning of this system needs above all else is the staunch support and loyal cooperation of the student body — the entire student body.

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< and as strongly as before. It is probable that nothing will happen any more this year; the memory of the last incident is still too fresh. But what of next year? And the year after? This basic cause for the television affair and many other minor and less apparent incidents seems to be the general resentment of au thority present among our students. Someone may say that such a thing is not right, and should not be present in an institution such as ours. And he will be very correct. But the fact remains that it is present, and just saying it should not be there will not make it go away. Someone may say that things have been exactly like this for many many years and as yet nothing really serious has occurred to hinder the purpose of our school. He also will be correct; nothing serious has ever happened, and nothing serious may ever happen. But the fact remains that the resentment is still there; it is not a good thing, and some effort should be made to get rid of it. But how will a student government overcome resentment of author ity? The answer to that question is simply this: a person will hardly be inclined to disrespect and resent an authority when that authority is himself. In order for a student government to work, the authority of that government must be with the students whom it governs. If this is not the case, the whole idea may as well be junked; the government will prove a failure, and the final slate will be worse than the first. Note that authority has not been removed, but only moved; it is still there as strong as it was before, but it looks vastly different to those who are under it, for the' are not only under it, but they are it. Even if this were the only benefit we and the entire school would receive from a student government, it would be worth striving for. This one point demands stressing: in order for a student government to work, it must have the support and cooperation of the students — all the students. Think it over; talk it over. Maybe you will agree, at the risk T. KUSTER of understatement, that it is worth a try.

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For years it has been a regular part of the class scheduling at Northwestern College to hold classes on Saturday mornings. This is a custom we have inherited, and, as with all hand-me-downs, we must try it on to see if it fits our needs and circumstances. It may be observed that most schools schedule operations Monday through Friday. Saturday is left free. In this respect Northwestern College is unique, and perhaps it is a matter of pride. However, our being different does raise practical problems for us. One problem that vexes both students and professors is athletic trips. Football games are generally scheduled on Saturdays and the players must be absent. Over-night basketball trips cause the same 167

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problem and baseball also forces Saturday absences. The professor is faced with the dreary prospect of setting a substantial part of his class behind or spending the Saturday class period stalling. Another problem for both students and faculiy members is con ducting out-of-town business. This is often important and can only be conducted on Saturdays. Such business may be an interview for a summer job, a convention, a visit to one’s home-town doctor, or a personal visit. Students with such business must seek an excuse from their Saturday class from the Excuse Committee by submitting a written explanation of the lime and nature of their business and why it is im portant enough to justify missing class. The Excuse Committee feels harrassed, the students frustrated. Such problems arise primarily because Northwestern College does not conform to the usual pattern in class scheduling. Besides these, there are advantages students of our college would enjoy if classes were not scheduled on Saturday. The value of home-life and visits home is generally under-rated by our school. Unlike most colleges many of our students are brought to the dormitory in the ninth grade. Home is where one acquires one’s ideals and learns Christianity in a practical situation. School life subjects one to different forces, and a crowd, even a Christian one, behaves quite differently from an individual. Under the present system visits home are brief and infrequent. It would be desirable that students be able to keep in better contact with the home. Of course, it is always of concern to the school that students study. Beside the many other activities that could be done on Saturday morn ings, if they were not taken up by classes, is studying. With a large number of class hours little time is left for class preparation and outside reading. With the reduction of class hours it is likely that scholastic achievement, rather than becoming worse, would improve. Saturday classes are our heritage, and yet, in many ways they are an ill-fitting hand-me-down. It should be seriously asked whether such a hand-me-down is worth saving. DAVID HABERMAS

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During the month of March, the faculty program committee has scheduled a series of programs for students and others who are inter ested. The first of these programs will take place on March 18th at the gymnasium. This program will be devoted to our sister school, Doctor Marlin Luther College at New Ulm, Minn. A film strip will be shown and this will be followed by student commentary and by a discussion. At the second program which is tentatively scheduled for March 28th, Dr. William IT. Schweppe, our missionary to Ghana, will speak on his expei k nees and discuss the future of our Lutheran mission work in Africa. The third program will concern our Japanese mission. The film strip, “From the Torii to the Cross,” will be shown.

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ciety for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A.) In closing, Mr. Liesener remarked in the interest of barber shop harmony, “There are only two kinds of people who can enjoy barber shop harmony, those who can sing and those who can’t.” Prof. G. Franzmann was the faculty critic, and Vern Voss was the student critic. ERROL CARLSON

ALUMNI NOTES ACCEPTED CALLS

Waldemar Hoyer, '36, has moved to Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. His former charge was at Sault St. Marie, Mich. Gerhard Ehlert, ’35, has taken a call to Good Shepherd in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He moved from St. Paul Park, Minnesota. His installation date was January 24, 1960.

Marvin Putz, ’51. has accepted a call to Valley City. North Dakota. He was installed February 21, 1960. He formerly was in charge of the con gregation at Casa Grande, Arizona. John Brandt, ’53, has transferred his duties to Clear Lake - Hidewood, South Dakota. Faith-Dupree, South Dakota, was Rev. Brandt’s former parish. His installation took place on February 7, I960.

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The contradiction of the year appeared in a music class recently when it was pointed out that parallel fifths are faulty only when they are perfect. Immediately the class censured Vertz for observing that the only fifths he enjoyed were inverted ones. This crude type of humor was taken very seriously by Fischer and Fallen, who are easily offended in such matters, and they led a movement to commit defenestration on Vertz. Vertz in desperation cried out, “I like Tschaikovsky,” which brought Bickel to his aid, and they repulsed the attackers in a united effort. Meanwhile Otto, Pautz, and Uttech, who had been engaged in a minor phase of the Thirty Years’ War in the back of the room, joined the confusion, and there followed a bit of excitement unparalleled since the big canteen robbery of aught-forty-lwo. The inhabitants of second floor north have been enjoying consider able renown lately for their abilities to prophesy the weather. No one could figure out how they could be so accurate without the help of any instruments, charts, or maps. But their secret was finally discovered by Zimmermann, no less, who revealed “the uncannily incredible consis tency of portending the actual prevalent phenomena in their meteoro logical prognostications.” The secret, in layman’s terms, was this: early every morning they would secretly go out and observe the color of that rotten orange that has been lying on the roof over the north door since Thanksgiving. If it is blue, that means cold weather is ahead. Green means rain, greenish-yellow foretells snow, and so forth. Wry simple really. Now that the basketball season is nearing its close, the team faces the problem of continuing the precedent of throwing the senior manager into the shower after the last game. Ordinarily there is no problem, but this year the problem is a big one, namely, Krause. The team is united in its opinion that Krause should go, but they realize that all Krause need do when approached for the purpose is to sit down, and the team is done. Thought has been given to throwing Glaeske in by proxy, but being thrown in the shower two years in a row is hardly fair, as was ably pointed out by Glaeske. Anyone with an easy solution to the problem should present it to Si Krueger, who is adept at handling such weighty affairs. And finally, a report of more national renown for NWC! The Readers Digest, after a thorough study of compositions and term papers written by students of our institution, has declared that Northwestern College graduales are their number one draft choices to fill positions on their staff. We should be humbly proud.

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Probably the fastest game of the year was played on the home court against Bethel. The first few minutes of the game proved to be a shooting contest with both teams keeping up a point for point rally from the outer court and very little action under the bucket. With 40 seconds lei l in the first half the teams were tied at 44 points each. Hen derson added 2 points on a foul and Flunker’s fast sprint with a stolen ball netted 2 more to give NWC a halftime lead of 48-44. Bethel came back in the third quarter to take the lead immediately. Both teams were scoring on long shots, but NWC failed to keep up the percentage in spite of the shooting efforts of Fallen and Pinchoff. Within three minutes NWC had yielded an 8 point lead to Bethel, who had now taken command of rebounds. NWC matched Bethel again point for point until Hie last 5 minutes of the game, when Bethel had a scoring streak which left the final score at 102-86. Pinchoff was high man with 26 points for NWC. Fallen was second with 19.

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Missed free-throws may be only one factor in deciding a ball game, but this one could have gone to NWC nineteen times over. One extra free-throw made could have sent a jubilant NWC squad off the floor victorious over a rough-playing Milton team. You wonder how much time is spent in practice from the foul line when the results are just a hair over 40%. As it was, the game was light all the way. NWC trailed by two points at the half 44-42. Fouling was at a minimum during the first half but became almost flagrant as the game went on. Part of this was due to the intense defensive action of both teams as the lead rocked

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back and forth. NWC had to resort to long shooting in the first part of the game while Milton’s scores came from under the bucket. Pinchoff played a fast game and made several steals that enabled him to score 12 of his 18 points in the first half. Fallen and Henderson took the scoring job in the second half as the ball was maneuvered closer to the bucket. The regulation game ended at 85-85. As the game went into overtime Henderson and Fallen became the targets for a Milton defense. They kept scoring however, until Henderson fouled out and cut the chances. Fleischer and Flunker fouled out after playing a worthy defensive action which got too tight. Milton also felt the pressure of the game as four of their men left the floor on fouls. Fallens steady shooting added up to 34 points for NWC and Henderson added to that with 23 points. The final buzzer ended the contest at 98-94 for Milton.

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Rough-and-tiimble basketball was the order of the day as NWC attempted to recoup the earlier loss against Lakeland. Flunker suffered a badly sprained ankle in a lussle for the ball, and Henderson lost part of a tooth when he met the floor in a pile of bodies under the net. Franzmann, a new man on the team since semester time, proved his mettle in the latter pait cf the game with 9 points and 4 fouls. The game went into overtime at a score of 69-69. Poor passing was the biggest factor in the extra period which gave Lakeland the lead again. As a result, Lakeland added 10 points to NWC’s 1 point for a final score of 79-70.

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Lakeland

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BOWLING Listed below is a series of statistics which will give the results of the hot contests on the bowling lanes up to February 9. Rippes team, Mark Liesener-Capt., holds the high team average of 77S but the result ing handicap is keeping them from taking over first place on the roster. Percentage-wise, Green Bowl, Paul Otto-Capt., is in first place and will succumb only to some top notch bowling. Bowling Statistics 2436 2417 2402

1st High Team, 3 games 2nd High Team, 3 games 3rd High Team, 3 games

Rippes (Liesener, Capt.) Mullen’s (Ehlert, Capt.) Rippes

1st High Ind., 3 games 2nd High Ind., 3 games 3rd High Ind., 3 games 1st High Team, game 2nd High Team, game 3rd High Team, game

Schroeder Sievert Humann Rippes Mullen’s Rippes

576 559 557 870 835 832

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TABLE OF CONTENTS LITERARY Our Cover ..........................................

Symbolism in the Christian Church

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Date of Easter ........................ .........

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How To Write An Essay ................

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Campus Calendar ..............................

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PORTRAIT OF A PROFESSOR -

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EDITORIAL Dorm Council â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Yes or No ...........

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A New Team Name ........................

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NEWS Forum Presents

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Male Chorus Tour

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Easter Concert

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CAMPUS & CLASSROOM -

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ATHLETICS -...................... Basketball Picture ..............

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INDEX TO VOLUME LXIII

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March 1960

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OUR COVER The cover of this issue depicts the story of our Lords Passion, Crucifixion, and Resurrection. In the center we see our crucified Redeemer and the placard on which was inscribed the accusation against Him. Concerning this placard Joh. Ylvisaker in his book The Gospels writes: “Pilate himself had written the words in three languages, the Hebrew the Greek, and the Latin, in order that all who passed might read it The charge was as follows: ‘Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.’ I hr condemned person was ordinarily required to carry a plate osi his way to the cross, indicating the charge which was pre ferred inst him. This placard was removed at the place of the execution and hung upon the cross. The Gospel account does not state wl:- 'iier or not Jesus was compelled to carry such a plate. Pilate had assi r edly exempted Jesus, whose innocence he recognized, from any such regulation. Possibly he had reason likewise for the fear that if he piaced this inscription upon Jesus, it would never appear over His head. The Jews no doubt would hinder this plan, but he was deter mined to place the sign on the cross. The Jews should know why He died, and here the pusillanimous Pilate was unyielding. When the chief priests of the Jews press him with the demand that the inscription be altered, he answered curtly: ‘What I have written I have written’ (John 19:22). The inscription was, no doubt, as Bugge says, composed by Pilate for the express purpose of provoking the high priests and their colleagues in the council anew. But the hand of God is again in evi dence. Against his will and unknowingly, Pilate is forced to give ex pression, like Caiaphas, to one of the most glorious truths. Over the cross, we glimpse the wondrous words of Isaiah: ‘Thy God reigneth’ (52:7). He is the prince of our salvation.” (p. 740) On the left we have pictured in symbols our Lord’s Passion. The Chalice and Cross represent our Savior’s agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. Out of the chalice there is rising a small cross, a cross with pointed ends, known as the Cross of Suffering or the Cross of Agony. The reference here is to our Savior’s prayer in Gethsemane concerning

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the cup of suffering (Luke 22:42). Next we find the Scourges, a symbol of the trial and condemnation of our Lord. The pillar with the two scourges crossed like an X depicts the scourging that Jesus received under Pontius Pilate (Matt. 27:26). The Crown of Thorns which follows is a well-known symbol. This crown made of thorns and interwoven around three nails symbolizes the torture which Jesus suffered at the hands of Pilate’s soldiers (Mark 15:17) and in His Crucifixion. Continuing in this circular form after the central crucifix, the symbols on the right set forth our Savior’s Resurrection and victory over die grave. First we have The Cross in Glory, often called The Rayed Cross or The Easter Cross, behind which a rising sun is sending forth twelve or more rays of light. This Latin cross along with the next symbol, The Empty Tomb, represents the victory of the cross and the Resurrection of our Lord. The tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea with the stone rolled away depicts Luke 24:6, “He is not here, but is risen.” The last figure is The Agnus Dei and The Banner of Victory. It shows The Lamb of God carrying the banner of victory in triumph over death. The lamb’s head, as Christ’s head on the crucifix, is sur rounded with a three-rayed nimbus significant of his divinity. In this symbol of the risen and triumphant Lamb of God we have the greatest of all symbols in Christian art to represent the Son of Cod. R.F.W.

SYMBOLISM IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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Down through the centuries of the Christian Church’s existence Christian art has created hundreds of distinctive symbols setting forth in visible form man’s conceptions of the personages, the doctrines, and the meaning of the Christian religion. These symbols have been of various kinds and have played an important role in the history of the Christian Church and in the spread of the Christian faith. How much has the one distinctive Christian symbol — the cross — perhaps meant to millions of Christians ? The word symbol is derived from the two Greek words sym, meaning together, and ballein, meaning to throw. Combining the two we get symbolon, a mark, token, or sign, implying a throwing to gether or joining of an abstract idea and a visible sign of it. This sign is to help recall the idea by suggestion. Thus a symbol is a story told by a familiar sign or an idea expressed by such a familiar sign. But this symbol must be a representative of something and not a represen tation. The jawbone of an ass is a symbol of Samson, whereas a picture of him killing the Philistines is not. The use of symbols in the Christian Church is very much in agreement with our everyday life, in which we use symbols constantly. The familiar hand-shake is a symbol of friendship, saluting the flag of the United States is a sign of respect, “the Stars and Stripes” symbolize 185

our country, the red light is a traffic symbol warning of danger, and even the speech that we use everyday is a symbolic sign which conveys the ideas and concepts of man. It is not surprising, then, that the use of symbolism which is so closely connected with the many aspects of the secular order of the world, is found used also in church life and order. Christian symbolism has been used in the church in many ways, and the symbols of Christianity have served many purposes. First, the symbol may serve as a sign to remind us of some story or some idea and in this way bring the Christian ideas home to the minds and hearts of man. The crucifix reminds us of the Passion and Crucifixion of our Lord and the plain cross of our finished Redemption through the risen Christ. The altar in our churches expresses our belief in the Sacrament of the Altar and the font our belief in Baptism. These and other out ward signs express and remind the Christian of important aspects of his worship. The symbol is also a mark of identification, which is often more easily understood than a line of writing. In order to identify the persons in a group of figures, some symbol closely connected with each and familiar to each person, perhaps the instrument of his martyrdom, would be used. In a group of five figures representing Christ and the Four Evangelists, for example, the head of our Lord might be encircled with the triradiant nimbus, at the feet of Matthew might be placed a winged man, beside Mark a winged lion, beside Luke a winged ox, and beside John an eagle. All these marks of identification or identifying labels are very old, and by means of them one would know who the figures were. Then symbols are also used to express abstract ideas. The Chris tian religion often deals with supernatural elements which many times can best be suggested to the human mind by symbolic words and signs. Even art and painting would not serve as better means, for how would one even with art portray the ideas of Atonement, Eternity, and the Trinity. The symbols of the pelican feeding her young with her blood, of the circle of eternity, and~ of the triangle or the interwoven circles represent these respective Christian ideas, and by means of visible signs express what otherwise might have been impossible to represent. Many of these Christian symbols are almost as old as Christianity itself. The Revelation of St. John is full of symbolism as he speaks of the lamb and of the dragon. The early Christians in Rome employed symbolism freely in the catacombs. These underground mausoleums are full of symbols marking the burial places of the early Christian martyrs. These symbols were also used often during periods of perse cution, as by St. John, as a secret language. The symbolic words and figures would be understood by the other Christians, but the Romans would not understand them and therefore not be able to obtain further accusations against the Christians. Then, too, many of the Christians, who were predominantly from the lower classes, could neither read nor write. These ordinary peasants, 186 *

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as became the case in medieval Europe, needed some means other than writings as expressions of their faith. It was only natural that they should turn to drawings and symbols to express their ideas and to identify the various evangelists, apostles, and martyrs. In the Middle Ages during the days of the great artists and sculptors the symbolism which had gotten its start in the catacombs came into wide use. In the Reformation die churches were stripped of much of their symbolism by such radical groups as the Calvinists. It was not entirely lost in the evangelical churches, however, and the last quarter century has shown an increasing interest and a wider use and understanding of these Christian art forms. The great number of Christian symbols makes it impossible to go into minute detail concerning them, but some of the best known might be mentioned. The best known Christian symbol is, of course, the Cross, the Latin Cross, which represents the Crucifixion, our Christian faith, and the whole idea of Christianity. The Holy Trinity, one of the most important doctrines of the Church, is represented by the equilateral triangle, the interwoven circles, or a combination to form the Shield of the Holy Trinity. The Hand of God (manus dei) is the most ancient symbol of God the Father. This symbol shows the hand with the thumb and first two fingers extended and enclosed in a circle called a nimbus. God the Son is represented by the Agnus Dei or the Lamb of God. Jesus is represented as the Lamb of God i many forms, but the most common one shows the lamb holding the banner of victory. There are also many monograms or groups of letters ■ symbolize our Lord Jesus Christ. There is the IHC symbol, which is better known in the form IHS. This is the abbreviation of the Greek word IIICOYC, meaning Jesus. There is the familiar I.N.R.I., the abbreviation for the Latin phrase, lesus Nazarenus Rex ludaeorum, which means, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews,” and which is the accusation that Pilate placed above the head of the crucified Christ. The most usual way of representing the Holy Spirit is by a descending dove or by means of the cloven flames of fire which appeared on the Day of Pentecost. The practice of representing the Four Evangelists by winged creatures, which we referred to earlier, was widely used, as was the pactice of symbolizing the apostles by some familiar fact about them, for example, Peter by a cock, recalling his denial. Besides the repre sentation of the characters there were also representations of doctrines and ideas. The Law or Ten Commandments was symbolized by two tablets of stone. The baptismal font and often the scalloped shell are used as symbols of the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. The Lord’s Supper or Holy Communion is symbolized by the chalice (the communion cup) and the host (the communion wafer) or as found in the cata combs by the five loaves and the two fishes, which remind one of the feeding of the five thousand. The symbol of the Christian Church is a vine of grapes which is based on the words of Jesus in John 15:5, “I am the vine, ye are the Branches.” Our whole system of liturgical 187

colors is also symbolic, with white symbolizing purity and rejoicing; black, mourning; purple, penitence and watching; red, blood, fire and Christian zeal; and green, hope and growth in Christian life. So we see that symbolism enlers every part of Christian life, and yet we have barely touched the surface of Christian symbolism, for even the church building with its altar, bell, and spire is very symbolic. But there is a danger today of carrying the matter too far. Many churches are using symbols where there is no reason to use them and are using them to excess. We must remember that symbolism is only a means to an end and is not to be used as the end itself. Its purpose is to express certain religious truths. Therefore it must be subordinated to the truths it seeks to set forth, and not become so ornate that it attracts attention to itself, and a person loses track of the original truth. It is the meaning behind it that is important and not the symbol itself. Thus if symbolism is used in this proper way it will continue as it has since the days of the catacombs to carry out its proper function in the Chris RICHARD WEBER tian Church.

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THE DATE OF EASTER The festival of Easter is the most joyous celebration in the Christian Church, because on this day Christ triumphed over sin and death and rose for our justification. Yet this festival caused some very bitter con troversies in the early days of the Christian Church. The early history of the celebration of Easter is veiy dim and un certain. The first time we hear of a dispute over the celebration is about the middle of the second century. Eusebius, the church historian, tells 188

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us about Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna in Asia Minor. Polycarp had gone to Rome to settle some church disputes with Ancietus, bishop of the Roman church. The churches of Asia Minor were celebrating the pascha, or Passover, in commemoration of Christ’s death and resur rection. Ancietus had never heard of celebrating such a festival and, in spite of Polycarp’s urging, refused to consider celebrating the Passover because it was not part of Roman tradition. Even though Ancie tus could not bring himself to celebrate the Passover and could very well have accused the churches of Asia Minor of Jewish leanings, he felt no hostility toward those Christians who did want to celebrate this festival. In fact, Polycarp even officiated in the Eucharist at Rome while he was there. Ancietus’ successor was Soter. Under him the celebration of Easter was introduced into the Roman Church. But Soter did not introduce the form used in Asia Minor, where Easter was celebrated on the day of the Jewish Passover. Instead, Rome celebrated on the Sunday after the Passover. Now the seeds of dispute were sown. In Asia Minor Christians were celebrating the Passover on the fourteenth of Nisan, without regard for the day of the week on which it fell. Because of this prac tice of celebrating on the fourteenth they were called Quartodecimans. Rome, on the other hand, was celebrating the Resurrection on the following Sunday. The matter of the different days seems almost too trivial to cause a major controversy. But there was a deeper signifi cance to the two different manners of celebrating Easter. The Chris tians in Asia Minor appealed to an old apostolic tradition, which held that Jesus rose from the dead on the evening of the day on which he died. The western church, however, was strongly opposed to the com memoration of the death and resurrection on the same daw When Victor became bishop of Rome about 200, he wanted the matter settled once and for all. He called a synod at Rome and had synods called all over the Christian world to discuss the manner of celebrating Easter. At this time die influence of the Roman church was just beginning to make itself felt, and so all the synods except the one in Asia Minor decided to follow the Roman practice. Now Victor threatened to exclude the Asian churches from fellowship if they would not abandon their Quartodecimanian practices. Polycrates of Ephesus ably defended the Asian churches by appealing to the apostolic tradition in Asia Minor. Many bishops from Syria, Mesopotamia, and Persia, took the side of Polycrates. Victor’s action of breaking with the church of Asia Minor was widely disap proved. Irenaeus of Lyons in Gaul, agreed with the Roman celebration of Easter, but he wrote Victor urging him to be moderate, and point ing out that in the case of Polycarp and Ancietus there was a fiigger difference between the two branches of the church on the Easter Ques tion, and at that time it was peaceably resolved. The Quartodecimans organized themselves as a separate church and survived to the fifth 189

century. In the main body of the church the Easter problem was still not completely settled. In the Mediterranean lands many different cal endars were in use. In general, the Jews celebrated their Passover according to the local calendar. Some churches, like that at Antioch, accepted the Jewish reckoning of the Passover. But at Alexandria an independent, more precise, calculation was made. This usually did not agree with the Jewish date, because the Jews had become lax in calculating the date of the Passover. In the West the church for a while began celebrating the Easter festival on a fixed day, perhaps March 25, with a fast which was broken on the following Sunday by the Eucharist. The Council of Nicaea in 325 finally decided that Easter should be celebrated at the same time all over the world and decreed that the church should follow the practice begun at Alexandria and celebrate Easter on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. The practice was generally agreed to, but differences in methods of computation stiff produced different days for Easter. As late as 455 there was a seven days’ difference between the Alexandrian and the Roman Easter. It wasn’t until 525 that the Alexandrian com putation was formally adopted at Rome. The method of setting the date of Easter, begun at Alexandria, and adopted by the Council of Nicaea, has been used down to the present day. Ever since the early days of the Christian church there have been proposals to fix the date of Easter on a specific day. But the traditional way of celebrating Easter following its Old Testament type, the Jewish Passover, won acceptance in ancient times and con tinues to hold its place down to the present day.

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HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY A chief source of academic failure, educators note, is the inability of students to express themselves in good, written English. Failing students may have observed the same thing. Essay questions are the stumbling-block of the college student. It is impossible to show here how to write good English, but, at the risk of appearing presumptuous, I shall try to explain several techniques proven helpful in writing a successful essay. One crude but generally effective way of impressing most graders of essay-questions is to quote numerous facts. This is a sort of demon stration that the essay-writer has done some reading and remembering. To illustrate this, let us take the unlikely question: “What effect did Thorstein Veblen have on American life?” A* fact-packed answer might run something like this: Thorstein Veblen (b. 1857 in Wisconsin), a noted scholar (Ph. D. Yale, 1884), omnivorous reader (Alexander the Great d. 190

323), while professor at the University of Chicago published in 1899 his Theory of the Leisure Class, which caused a sensation among East-coast intellectuals. Said one sociologist, “It fluttered the dovecotes of the East.” Cf. Johannes Gaensefleisch 1440/50.... A disadvantage of fact-packing is that it may require memory-work. In rare cases it is disapproved of and labelled “regurgitation”, but generally it is a safe practice. Sometimes, however, the student will find himself at a loss for facts; one might say that he does not know the answer. Such cases call for a less direct approach. The student will find it well to general ize, to digress, and even to employ diversionary tactics. By these me thods our question, “What effect did Thorstein Veblen have on American life?” might be answered thus: Before we can enter upon a discussion of the problem of Veblen’s effect upon American life, we must understand the nature of American society as he found it and Veblen’s attitude towards that society. American society towards the end of the 19th cen tury__ Now as for Veblen’s effect upon society — NO TIME. This is how one might write an essay by the indirect approach. Usually the student will possess some facts although probably the wrong ones. In that case the essay should be a blend of the above models. An important consideration in composing all essay s is the professor who reads and grades the essay. Every professor has his own idea of what is excellence in an essay. For some bulk is determinative and an “A” may represent a given number of pages. The stud- i is obliged to achieve this quota. Often this can be done by explaining obvious relationships: Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class was widely read by the intellectual class. The intellectuals were startled by the ideas in his book. This animated lively discussions among the intellectuals. The ideas generated by this were transferred to the general American public via the “trickle-down” process. Gradually the general public absorbed the ideas.... Every professor is also endowed with a set of prejudices. An essayist should take this into consideration, too. Thus if a professor has inherited conservative, Germanic ideas, it will do no harm for the essayist to accommodate himself: Thorstein Veblen was of sturdy, agrarian, Nordic stock. His parents were staunch pioneers, but he was a misfit, an agnostic, and an iconoclast. His acid pen and polysyllabic learning attacked businessmen.... Or, for those who are prejudiced against prejudice the student may write: To judge Veblen fairly we must understand the world in which he lived. Many quirks in his personality can be explained by understanding his childhood. An evaluation of Veblen by 191

present-day standards would misrepresent___ Still another feature which a professor may be looking for is originality. The problem for the student becomes tougher: The influence of Veblen on American life is similar in many respects to the influence of the tragic writer Euripides. If we examine their cases we will find many interesting parallels which shed light upon the whole problem of society development. In this esay I shall endeavor.... The problem becomes more and more complex. Some professors require correct punctuation, logical organization, careful word choice, style. The trail leads eventually to good, written English, and the lack of this is what educators have been complaining about. This, too, is technique and an answer to the problem of writing a successful essay.

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MARCH, 1960 1 came back to your love, drawn swiftly as if by wind around the sharpened corners of mere stone buildings, or suddenly, as through a low, tree-filled valley; and as wind upon the rough bark of trees set against the sky, I found it. ■

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CAMPUS CALENDAR April 3 - Easter Concert — Musical organizations April 7 — Forum program, “Red China” — David Kluge, M. C. April 8-12 o’clock noon — Easter recess begins April 8-18 — Male Chorus tour April 9 — Seven down, two to go! April 19 — Classes resume April 21 — Arbor Day? April 22 — Black and Red deadline April 28 — Arbor Day?? ■

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Eugene A. Kirst The little second floor room is small but adequate. A desk covers the wall on the left as one enters. Above the desk stands a wall of books, including texts, reference books, and a bank of National Geographies. A model airplane stands on the right. A fish chart on the wall a cactus on the window-sill, and several butterflies tacked to the ceiling add dis tinctive touches, and this is all surveyed by a transparent plastic man, standing unashamed even though his varicolored internal organs are visible for all to see. This is the impression one gets when entering the study room in the home of Professor Eugene Kirst. To make the student more independent; to get him to do more honest work on his own, so that he might be better prepared for college work: these are the goals Professor Kirst strives for in teaching his physics and biology classes in our Prep Department. And he has pre pared himself well, both in experience and in schooling, for reaching these goals. Professor Kirst attended St. Stephens School in Beaver Dam, where his father was, and still is, pastor. When fourteen he entered our Northwestern Prep Department, mainly because it was “traditional” with his family. The intention was that he should continue through college and become a minister, but after completing high school and one year of college here, his strong interest in science caused him to leave Northwestern, with plans to enter the University of Wisconsin. But this was 1942, just after the United States had entered the war, and Uncle Sam was looking for young men for his own purposes. Before he could continue his education, he found himself in the Air Force. Professor Kirst credits the Air Force with influencing him to *

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become a teacher; he served four years as a gunner instructor, and liked teaching so well that he decided to make it his profession. After the service he returned to the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated in 1949. An interesting sidelight could be mentioned here: he was married right after graduation to Miss Elaine Winifred, whom he met while attending the university. Upon graduation, he went to California, where he completed a year of postgraduate work in Education at UCLA. He then taught for two years in a lumbering community in the Trinity Alps of Northern California. He enjoyed it out there, but soon homesickness for relatives and a longing for the seasons of the year brought him back to Wiscon sin. His headquarters for the next two years was Madison East High School, which he called a “factory.” There the students were divided into three groups according to ability, and the eagerness for knowledge of the highest group still makes him breathe a sigh of longing. In 1954 he was called to his present position at Northwestern College, but still has been furthering his education through summer courses at Madison. A list of special interests and hobbies Professor Kirst has could fill a page, but all have something to do with the outdoors, Astromony is a favorite; he has his own three-inch reflecting-type telescope. Ca noeing, camping, and all that go with them are near the top of the list, much to the happiness of his children. These were all boys until ten months ago when little Laurette came along to break the string. She found herself with three older brothers: Timothy, nine; Richard, six; and fames, four. Here is plenty to keep the house exciting until they have all quieted down for the night in the “dormitory” upstairs. Along with his duties in the classroom and as advisor of the Sprinter, Professor Kirst has just taken over from Professor Rohda the job of supervising the landscaping and plant life on our campus. In connection with this duty he and his classes have been preparing a large map of our campus (see picture), with every tree and shrub on campus pictured and identified, with its description and history printed on a three-by-five card. This project will be used to further organize Arbor Day activities. Professor Kirst is extremely interested in the improvement of his students as individuals. The typical Prep student, he feels, is hard working, but even more could be demanded of him. Some could work on dressing better (“Let’s get rid of these blue-jeans.”). Professor Kirst is of the opinion that another science course, possibly biology, should be taught on the college level. He feels that a minister will meet many kinds of people in his life, and he should be able to discuss such subjects as evolution intelligently and with reason, rather than using the “it’s so because I say so” logic. But most important to him is to teach the student to think, to use his intelligence creatively instead of simply parroting what he is told. This is the goal for which he strives in his work here at North T. KUSTER western. 194

SPRING Sing a song of those vernal days That break the ice on the Mighty Rock, And of sunshine and warming rays That do the blast of the north wind mock. Show me Riverside with its isle Ringed round with glimmering waters bright, Stirred by breezes that all this while Have struggled to strangle old Winter’s might. Hand in hand see the couple stroll Down shady street, along wooded way. Carefree in some still spot they loll As Spring o’er both of them holds her sway. Campus sports are the joy of sonfe, While others, halted by Spring’s disease, Rest, awaiting the time to come When toiling more with their mood agrees. Come, Northwestern, give in to Spring, And let her warming hand you enfold. She has conquered that icy thing That held you bondman, lone and cold. TOM FRAN/MANN

DORM COUNCIL - YES OR NO The persons who know most at any one time about the actual conditions of college life and work are the students themselves — espe cially the upper-classmen. They not only know the existing conditions, but they think about them and discuss them. In the majority of such discussions students tend to be overly critical of existing conditions, and they seldom do anything about them on their own initiative. Yet the typical student body has a relatively high intelligence, and the students themselves respond quickly to an appeal for constructive service. It 195 1 ?:

would seem to be the pari of wisdom therefore that any administration seeking to improve the conditions of college life should utilize to the full the great potential of student thought. I do not mean to say, however, that students should be given a free hand in vital matters. They do not yet have the wisdom and ex perience necessary for such an undertaking. But neither should the faculty work alone, for to do so would be to disregard first-hand knowledge. The improvement of conditions of college life should rather be a case of faculty-student cooperation. The success of a college in attaining its goals and good facultystudent relations go hand in hand. If a student does not feel that he can approach a faculty member for advice, or if he feels that a pro fessor is a “good Joe” only because he is being paid to be a “good Joe,” then that student will build a mental block which will hinder his studies. The same applies to the professor. If he feels that a student is at “war” with him, he will not be able to project himself into his lectures and be willing to council that student. These are extreme examples which do not apply to any specific school, but they illustrate the point. Surrounded by a rapidly changing civilization, today’s colleges are constantly faced with new problems which tend to increase the gap between faculty and students. One example of this is the auto mobile. Twenty-five years ago transportalion wasn’t nearly as con venient as it is today, and the student’s life was centered around his school. But with the development of the automobile, students are now able to make more contact with the “outside world” and are not depen dent on their college for all their activities. As a result, students are not as closeK attached to their schools as they once were. Because of these changes it is necessary that colleges continually evaluate themselves — both faculty and student body — to determine existing differences. This will mean much effort must be expended by both the faculty and the student body. It will also mean recognition that both are being studied in a spirit of friendship which has as its aim the recon ciliation of their differences. But what sort of criterion could be used to test the differences between the faculty and the students? Clarence C. Little, former president of the University of Mich igan, in an article on faculty-student relationships, wrote that the term “opportunity” is very helpful in analyzing the situation. He states that there are five phases of opportunity that apply equally to faculties and students. The first is to make sure that there is a desire born in the minds of all concerned to hunt for opportunity. In other words we are never to be satisfied with the existing order of things, but are always to strive to find some better order. To know when you have found it is the second step. What is the use of hunting if you don’t know what you are hunting for? A person who flits around from one thing to another without any sense of dis196

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covery is of no value to himself or anyone else. The third step, after having learned to recognize opportunity, is to evaluate it, to be able to separate old ideas from the new, the destructive ideas from the constructive in the various problems which confront us in life. The fourth step is to use this opportunity, and the fifth step is to create opportunity for others. If the common efforts of the faculty and the student body lie along that line, then there is a common denom inator with which we may operate. So far we have concerned ourselves with general facts which may be applied to any college or university in the U. S. Let usl now consider the situation at Northwestern concerning faculty-student relations, and carrying it one step farther let us also consider a possible change in the present relation. Certainly no student will deny that there is a difference between the faculty and the student body. Just how great this difference is in comparison to other schools and whether it has reached the point where it is serious is beside the point. The fact remains that there is a differ ence, and no matter how great or small, it is a hindrance to the success of Northwestern. This has become especially evident in the relation between the Dorm Staff and the students. I do not think that the fault lies with the persons involved nearly as much as with the form of administration which we have inherited. At present all legislative and judicial authority is in the control of the Dorm Staff. The Dean with the aid of the tutors is responsible for establishing all dorm policy and enforcing regulations considered necessary for carrying out that policy. Undoubtedly student opinion is consulted in the matter of policy making, but there is no formal way in which this may be done. In other words, there is no guarantee that Dean will learn the opinion of the students. There is no “bridge” between the two. The fact that there is no such “bridge” existing has recently become evident to all concerned, and meetings of the Dean and the class pres idents were held to discuss this problem. The result of these meetings is a constitution for a dorm council which will soon be placed in the hands of the students. According to this constitution the dorm council will be an independent body. It guarantees the students fair represen tation. The chairman is to be elected by the whole student body; council members by the respective classes. The council has executive authority in the dorm and the dining hall, with the delegated right to pass legislation and the authority to enforce it. Provisions have been made to assure that all action taken must first be discussed with the Dean, and final say in serious judiciary matters lies in his hands. In setting up this constitution, three principles were kept defin itely in mind. 1. The council will be composed of responsible students who will accept responsibility when the challenge is presented to them. 2. The council is not to be a “spy ring.” It is rather to be a representa197 -

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A NEW TEAM NAME The Concordia College Cougers snarl ferociously. The Lakeland College Muskics fight furiously. And the Northwestern College Goslings go, “honk honk, honk.” Thirty-two husky football players charge on to the gridiron eager to crush their opponents. What are they called? “Goslings.” This is the team name for Northwestern College. It seems more than just a misnomer on our part to call one of the hardest-hitting teams in the Badger-Gopher Conference by the fearful title of “Gos lings.” Our teams need and deserve a name that describes a North western team. It is evident that the students at Northwestern don’t like to be called “Goslings.” If they were proud of the name, they would use it. It doesn’t appear once in all of our cheers. The teams have no symbol to wear on their uniforms. This is understandable, for with pudgy, little geese sewn on their uniforms they might look like a team of shoe salesmen. Where and why did Northwestern pick up such a name? Actually the name “Goslings” was never officially accepted as our team name. Coach Umnus says, “When I came here (1936), we didnt have a name for our team. We didn’t know what to call ourselves, so we just used the same name as Watertown High School. Today both the public high school and our college use the name “Goslings, which does nothing to preserve the identity or prevent confusion of these two teams which are so entirely different from each other. The name “Goslings” may be appropriate only for an historical 198

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reason. A generation ago Watertown geese were a famous delica tessen which appeared on the menus of some of the most exclusive dining rooms in the country. Today they have lost this reputation, because the Department of Agriculture has passed a law which pro hibits the interstate shipment of these geese. The Preps were not satisfied with the name “Goslings.” Rather they chose to be called “Hornets.” Now their teams are symbolized by that already famous yellow and black hornet. They have a name which is known throughout their conference, and they have a name which they can be proud to yell. The time has come for the collegiates to choose a name worthy PAUL EMMEL of their teams.

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THE FORUM PRESENTS Under the Forum’s auspices John Henning presented on March 10 the fifth program in the 1959-60 series. It was entitled ‘Persecutions of the Early Christian Church.” The program outlined for its audience the difficulties of the early Christians and attempted to arouse interest in the growth of our Church. Mr. Carl Pagel opened with an account of the Roman persecutions. He gave as a reason for them the failure of the Empire to realize the separation which must lie between church and state. Faculty critic, Prof. R. Jungkuntz, pointed out, however, that such a distinction may not always be so desirable, and even if it had been made, the persecu tions would probably have occurred anyway. A dialogue based on “The Acts of the Martyrs” was given by Keith Roehl, Paul Seiltz, and John Schroeder. Three martyrs await their trial and in the meantime present a vivid picture of the methods of torture and execution used. It brought an interesting fact to light, that many of these Christians prayed for martyrdom, often because of some glory which might accrue to themselves rather than to the Christ for whom they were suffering. Mr. Ted Olsen presented the martyrdom of Polycarp, a bishop of the early church. A dialogue based on “The Rumor” followed. 199

Quintilius, a Christian (Larry Cooper), clears up for Caecilius, a pagan (Del Begalka), some of the detrimental and unfounded rumors which were circulated about Christians, e.g., infanticide, cannibalism, and debauchery at their “love feasts.” The evening was concluded by Myrl Wagenknecht with a descrip tion of the catacombs, the 550 miles of tunnels underlying Rome and vicinity, which were dug as cemeteries for the martyrs. He also ex plained some of the symbols used by these early Christians to main tain secrecy, many of which are still used today. Student critic for the evening was David Ilahm. RICHARD KUCKHAIIN

MALE CHORUS TOUR The Easier season of an even numbered year again rapidly ap proaches, and that means that forty fortunate and talented young men from our Male Chorus will again take a jaunt out into Synod territory and sing our Lord’s praises in its widespread churches. This year’s trek will take them around Lake Michigan. After a little difficulty in ob taining Michigan engagements, St. John’s of Pigeon cordially extended an invitation to make the schedule complete. ITINERARY St. Paul’s Mauston, Wis. Friday, April S, 8:00 p. m. Salem Wausau, Wis. Saturday April 9, 8:00 p. m. First Luth. Palm Sunday, April 10, 10:00 a. m. Green Bay, Wis. Trinity 3:00 p. m. Marinette, Wis. Salem 8:00 p. m. Escanaba, Mich. Trinity Bay City, Mich. Monday, April 11, 8:00 p. m. St. John’s Pigeon, Mich. Tuesday, April 12, 8:00 p. m. Zion Warren, Mich. Wednesday, April 13, 8:00 p. m. St. John’s Wayne, Mich. Thursday, April 14, 7:00 p. m. Zion Monroe, Mich. Friday, April 15, 1:30 p. m. Grace Tecumseh, Mich. 8:00 p. m. Peace Wilmot, Wis. Saturday, April 16, 8:00 p. m. Easter Sunday, April 17, 9:30 & Atonement 10:30 a. m. Milwaukee, Wis. Wis. Luth. High 8:00 p. m. Milwaukee, School Auditorium Watertown, Wis. St. Mark’s Monday, April 18, 8:00 p. m. The chorus director, Prof. H. C. Oswald, has chosen a program which should have some appeal to every one who hears it. The chorus has been rehearsing parts of it since the beginning of the school year, most of it since the Christmas concert. It is by no means yet a polished presentation, but as they now redouble their efforts and swing into daily rehearsals, one can not help feeling that they will soon obtain that excellence in concert which is expected of our Male Chorus. 200

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TOUR PROGRAM I A Mighty Fortress ...................... ........ J. S. Bach .... H. L. Hassler Cantate Domino.......................... Samuel Scheiclt O Savior So Sweet....................... O Gracious Father, God of Love .. Healey Willan Psalm 100..................................... John T. Loverly II Choral Motet No. 3, Jesu, meine Freude .... J. S. Bach III ..... Max Reger Maria Sitzt Am Rosenhag...... . G. B. Martini On the Mount of Olives ........ B. Gesius-Bach Today God’s Only-Gotten Son ....... J. S. Bach The Blessing............................ In its repertoire this year the Male Chorus features J. S. Bach’s Motet No. 3, “Jesu, Priceless Treasure.” Bach wrote it in 1723 while he was Cantor at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, perhaps for the regular Easter service in the church that year. The framework of the motet is made up of six verses of Johannes Franck’s familiar chorale, “Jesu, meine Freude.” Between each of the hymn verses Bach set a movement based on Romans VIII. Thus each of the first five stanzas of the hymn is contemplated and expounded by a Scripture passage. The motet may be compared to an arch which has its keystone in a magnificent double fugue (verse 111), and the foundation on either side is a simple four-part harmonization of the chorale. The movements ascend in complexity and intensity to the fugue and descend again to the end. Albert Schweitzer calls this motet Bach’s “Sermon on Life and Death.” Indeed, we are damned by our own sins and ought to gain only death and hell for all our efforts, but as St. Paul affirms in Romans VIII, we are living, spiritual vessels if we dwell in Christ, and we are therefore freed from the condemnation of sin and death. This, then, is the theme of the climactic verse III, “Ye are not of the flesh, but of the Spirit, if in your hearts the Spirit abides.” God that has raised Christ from the dead will then surely also give us the victory, who are in His Spirit (verse X). This is the glorious Easter message which Bach wrote into his Motet No. 3 and which will be proclaimed by our Male Chorus to thousands of rejoicing Christians in the present Easter season.

EASTER CONCERT

The Northwestern College musical organizations will present their annual Easter Concert at the college gymnasium on April 3, 1960, at 8:00 p.m. 201

ACCEPTED CALLS Elmer J. Zelnns, ’37, has accepted a call to Pardcevillc, Wisconsin. His former charge was at Appleton, Wis. David Srhmiel, '53, has taken a call to Onalaska, Wisconsin. Pastor Schmiel had formerly been at Gesham, Nebr. Erdmann Patikow, '21, has become an assistant pastor at St. Lucas Church in Milwaukee. Eitzcn, Minnesota was his previous home. Gerhardt Cares, ’52, will be installed in his new congregation at Cleve land, Wisconsin, after Easter. I-Iis former congregation was at Elgin, North Dakota. Arthur Werner, ’ll, has taken a call to St. Luke’s Church in Monroe, Wisconsin. He formerly served the congregation in Elroy, Wisconsin. His installation took place on Feb ruary 21. 1960. Robert Hochmuth, ’45, has moved from his old congregation in Tuc son, Arizona, to his present church in Santa Clara, California. He was installed in Peace Lutheran Church on January 24. 1960. John Ruege, '53, has accepted a call to Globe, Wisconsin. His former congregation was at Iron Mountain, Michigan. Karl Gurgel, '37. has transferred to Fond du Lac. Wisconsin from the church in Caledonia, Minnesota.

DEATHS Carl Siegler, ’93, passed away on Feb ruary 5, 1960, in Bangor, Wisconsin. He was retired at the time of his death. MISCELLANEOUS Dr. Hilmar C. Krueger, ’25, dean of the University of Cincinnati’s new two-year University College, which opens its doors Sept. 1, has been in vited to read a paper before the In ternational Congress of Historical Science meeting Aug. 21-28 in Stock holm. His topic is "Genoese Mer chants, Their Associations and In vestments 1155-1230." Dr. Krueger, who is also chairman of UC’s his tory department, is the only medie valist among the 12 historians from the United States invited to partici pate. The congress meets every five years. Dr. Krueger's talk is based on Genoese notarial cartularies (busi ness ledgers) in the municipal ar chives in Genoa, Italy, which has the richest collection of medieval notarial documents in die world. He is co-editor of eight volumes of these cartularies, published in Italy. The trip will be financed by a travel grant from the American Council of Learned Societies.

NO APRIL ISSUE Since Easter comes late in April this year, there will be no April issue of the Black and Red. The next issue will appear the first week in May. -------------------

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Wo ist der Kopf ? —Schiller Since this is the last issue of Volume LXIII (not pronounceable without a shewa under the L) of the Black and Red, it is the privilege of this column to dismiss the Senior members of the present staff with a grateful shake of the hand and kick in the pants, and to usher in the five under-classmen who have been sucked in by the vacuum thus created. But first, lest we neglect our prime duty, a few items of news worthy of note. The Male Chorus tour is approaching, and plans are being made. The main problem so far (besides the singing) is transportation. It was suggested that a considerable saving might be made if, instead of the usual Greyhound, a Ray Yelk Bus be used, perhaps the one the varsity basketball team took to Northland — this should cost next to nothing. An even cheaper method was found, however It was decided to use the Bethesda bus. Since the capacity of this vehicle is so small, we will have to make two trips. We should like to congratulate our Seniors for maintaining their dignity so well at the recent Bonecruncher Game, while the Seminar ians regressed to the behavior of early childhood. It was a fine example of emotional maturity. The contradiction of the year appeared on our campus recently. Dan Falck was seen smoking a Viceroy. And now for a few notes from our college coed department on the many spring social events being planned:

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When this struggle for power had been completed, there remained five round holes in the staff. So we proceeded to find five squares to fill them. The two new beat-pounders, or, as they prefer, Aclvertising 204 •j v

Managers, are Kent Schroeder and Jim Westendorf. Schroeder will be the first town student on the staff since the days of Buske back in aught-58. Westendorf (where have I heard that name before?) was kind enough to join the staff though it meant breaking up countless card games and even perhaps cutting short the workouts on the weights, much to the sorrow, no doubt, of those in the room below his. These are the two gentlemen who will be responsible for the many fine ads which fill the last three-quarters of every issue. In charge of alumni gossip will be Roger Zehms (that’s what he gets for contributing so much to “What’s Your Opinion”). Zehms, you will remember, was the first one to try Wagenknechl’s “read-a-book-aweek plan.” He cracked up trying, and as a result was chosen to be on the staff. (Incidentally, speaking of Wagenknecht’s plan, it may interest those who are concerned over study habits to know that the Junior Class has overcome any and all problems in this area. Their solution is simple. Each day they waste no time, study all their assignments completely and thoroughly, and then go right to bed. Of course, they do feel it is a bit troublesome that they have to get up again in a few hours for supper, but the many advantages outweigh these minor problems.) The other night Keith Roehl woke up in the wee hours of the morning screaming at the top of his voice (second tenor, so no one was disturbed). When his room-mate asked him what the trouble was, he replied, “I just had a horrible nightmare! I dreamed 1 was on the Black and Red staff.” The next morning he found out it was not a dream. He is Sports Editor. The new Campus and Classroom editorship presented a problem. To fill this post a person has to be naturally witty, friend I v ingenious, handsome, talented, versatile, and also stupid enough to accept the position on the staff. After a careful consideration of all the candidates for the post, it was found that all these prerequisites would have to be dropped except the last one; we picked Fred Fallen (some editors prefer the emendation “Fallon”). It is still a mystery how his name was approved; the faculty meeting must have been sparsely attended that day. Fallen (or Fallon) will be remembered as the first to suggest removal of the bells in the west end of the classroom building, and the substitution of a reveille every fifty minutes. He is at present wrapped up in research in preparation for his career, i.e., dating high school girls. He should be in peak emotional condition now, for he feels that a huge weight has been lifted from his shoulders (—besides the haircut he just got, that is); he just found out that Chris Kock will be entering the Seminary the same year he is. We expect great things from him. We only hope that he rations his supply of jokes so that he doesn’t have to start them around a second time toward the end of the year. This is the new staff. All subscription cancellations should be sent to Myrl Wagenknecht, East Hall, NWC. 205

NWC 53 MILTON 67 The “shooting-eye” of the NWC squad bit near-sighted as the boys couldn’t seem to find the range on Miltons court. Both teams were playing in a ragged fashion, especially on the offensive. NWC’s defensive game prevented Milton from running the score higher by forcing them to shoot long, but NWC also found themselves unable to get many clear avenues to the bucket. A 45% on free throws contributed most to the loss. Coach Malchow sensed the shooting difficulties and substituted freely to search for a good combination. With nobody really “on” to the range, the scoring was spread out. High man was Krueger with 12 points; Henderson and Fleischer followed with 9 points apiece. Milton had been slowly lengthening their lead to 13 points during the first half for a score of 33-20. However, in the second half the B & R squad came back to bring the score closer but only for a short time. Milton again pushed up a lead of 12 points and with a quick bucket at the end finished the game 14 points ahead.

NORTHLAND 70 NWC 47 A tight and fairly close ball game during the first half of the game against Northland gave promise of a chance for another NWC vic tory. The NWC team played a determined first half and lagged behind by a small margin of 7 points; score 28-21. Close guarding kept the Northland squad from getting an easy advantage in shooting. The second half told a different story. While NWC’s shooting average re mained about the same, their defense weakened to the point where both forwards and center for Northland were able to work the ball in for close shots. Northland’s consistency as against NWC’s sporadic accuracy carried Northland ahead to a final score of 70-47.

MIT 89 NWC 87 In its last bid for a victory the B & R squad played a much better game than they had the last two. NWC trailed at half-time, 42-36. Fallen’s corner was the scene of much action as he dumped 14 of his 23 points in the first half. He showed a marked tendency to elude his guards and get a clear shot at the bucket. Henderson spent most of his energies of the first half collecting chances at the foul line. The 206

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SEM 48 NWC 70 Belated but certainly welcome, this victory ended the season for 1959-60. The B & R boys, with less pressure than they had felt all season, were' able to shellac the Sem with 21 points to spare. Starting slowly and gaining momentum as they played, NWC exhibited some of its better shooting from the outer court. Krueger was high man with 20 points, 16 in the second half. In fact, the whole team seemed to catch fire and beginning the second half with a 3-point lead they pourÂ ed the hea' on the Sem, who withered under the attack. Uitti, for the Sem, had his better game in the first quarter and then for some unknown reason fizzled out. Westendorf was just getting started at that time and was the. only real threat. He built up a total of 14 points, all but two of which came in the second half. INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS

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NEW COACH The new coaching position at Northwestern College has been filled by Edgar A. Pieper. Originally from Beaver Dam, he is at present an instructor of physical education at Ripon College. Mr. Pieper has an M. A. in physical education with a minor in mathematics. Besides working in the athletic department, he will also teach high school mathematics.

BOWLING Following are the final records of the bowling league. The order of the teams varied but little during the course of the season, with most teams changing position only once or twice. Congratulations to the Green Bowl team (Olto-Capt.) for hanging onto the top slot in the face of some stiff competition.

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INDEX TO VOLUME LXIII Academic Problem, An — Paul Larsen, Myrl Wagenknecht .143 Aims of the Black and Red, The ......................................... .146 Alumni Assignments .................................... ........................... 57 Alumni Notes 20, 58, 80, 104, 122, 154, 171, 202 Annual Meeting of the Alumni Society — H. Peter 18 Apocryphal Christmas, The — Tom Kuster ........ 111 Appeal for Support, An — Tom Kuster.................. . 166 Biographies of the Class of 1959 ...................... ........ 32 Book Review — Myrl Wagenknecht......................... 142 Brain for the Classics, A — Paul Emmel................. 116 Brief Look at Methodism, A — Tom Kuster .......... 138 Campus and Classroom 22, 59, 82, 105, 124, 151, 175, 203 Campus Calendar ....... .... 84, 103, 119, 147, 168, 192 Christmas Concert .118 Christmas Story, A — David Habermas ...................... .110 Commencement, 1959 ................. ................................... 31 Date of Easter, The — David Hahm............................ .188 Death of Luther, The — Dale Arndt........................... 90 Doctrine of Christian Science, The — Marvin Doelger 1 Dorm Council — Yes or No — Ronald Roth................ 195 17, 55, 100, 143, 166, 195, 198 Editorials Essential History and Doctrine of the Church of Latter-Day Saints — Ron Roth ........................................................ .158 Fifty-Niners — Rollin Westendorf ...................................................... 52 Florida Bound — Richard Wiechmann ........................................... 6 Foreign Language Laboratory, The — Paul Emmel ........................ .136 14, 56, 76, 102, 169, 199 Forum Notes ........................ Fox Tale, A — Larry Pautz 7

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66 Freemasonry — Richard Kuckhahn ......................................... 91 Glance at Agnosticism, A — David Hahm .............................. 167 Hand-Me-Down — David Habermas ..................................... 131 Hands in Prayer — Richard Weber......................................... 94 Homecoming, 1959 — Richard Kuckhahn .............................. 190 How to Write an Essay — David Habermas .......................... 115 Human Touch to Christmas, The — Dale Arndt .................. 133 Infancy of Jesus, The — Tom Kuster ....................................... 161 Let’s Evaluate Ourselves — Ingolf Larsen .............................. 69 Little Church — Bill Ziebell .................................................... Luther als der Begruender des protestantischen Pfarrhauses 43 — Jerald Plitzuweit ....... 192 March, 1960 - James Kiecker ............... 4 Mud for Everybody — Gary Jochem ...... 198 New Team Name, A — Paul Emmel...... 14, 55, 76, 94, 118, 169, 199 News and Views....................................... 141 On the Rack — David Habermas ......... 87 Origin of Thanksgiving, The — Ron Roth 184 Our Cover — Richard Weber ................. 145 Our Use of Time — Myrl Wagenknecht .21, -SI. 122, 150 Out of the Dust....................................... 40 Place of Music in the Church, The — Chris Kock 75 Poem — Tom Kuster ................................................. Portrait of a Professor 14S Ralph Gehrke — Ron Roth ........i....................... 172 Richard Jungkuntz — Paul Emmel ................... 193 Eugene Kirst — Tom Kuster ............................ 92 Erwin Schroeder — Myrl Wagenknecht ........ 120 Rudolph Sievert — Richard Weber ................... ........ 74 Carleton Toppe — Paul Emmel ....................... 10 Leonard Umnus — Paul Larsen ........................ 130 Psalm 80 — Richard Kuckhahn ............................... 116 “Put Christ Back into Christmas” — Gary Schmeling 100 Scholastic Problem, A — David Habermas ............ 8 Shape Up — Paul Emmel ......................................... 113 So You Think Christmas is Dull — Roger Sachs .... Sports ................................................. 25, 62, 84, 107, 127, 155, 177, 206 195 Spring — Tom Franzmann ............ 157 Sterner Array, A — Gary Schmeling 71 Stormy Night — Ron Roth ........... 185 Symbolism in the Christian Church — Richard Weber ...... 90 Thanks for What? — Tom Kuster .......................................... 188 To a Leaf — Ernst Zimdars ................................................... What’s Your Opinion — What Would You Like to See in Your 12 School Paper.................................................. . 165 Why Take Science? — Roger Zehms .......................................... 72 Wolf and the Dog; A Fable, The — David Habermas................

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ILLUSTRATIONS Aerial Photo of Campus ......... 77 Band .......................................... 48 Basketball Team, ’58-’59 ....... 50 Basketball Team, ’59-’60 ....... .207 Black and Red Staff ............. 47 Bowling Champs .................... 27 Bowling Tournament Winners 26 174, 181, 210 Cartoons .................................... 32 Class of 1959 .......................... Dr. Ott Memorial Award Winners (D. Hahm, L. Smith) with 79 Prof. E. E. Kowalke .................................. 129 Football Team .............................................................................. 96 Homecoming, 1959 ...................................................................... 27 Intramural Basketball Champs ................................................... 49 Male Chorus ................................................................................. 51 Mixed Chorus ............................................................................... 78 New Faculty Members (R. Polzin, G. Franzmann, M. Rehm) 179 N.W.C. vs. Milton ...................................................................... 178 N.W.C. vs. Northwestern (Minn.) Professors 148 Ralph Cehrke ....... 172 Richard Jungkuntz 193 Eugene Kirst......... 30 E. E. Kowalke ..... 92 Erwin Schroeder .. 120 Rudolph Sievert .... 74 Carleton Toppe .... 10 Leonard Umnus .... 30 E. A. Wendland .. 27 Volleyball Champs .......

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WURTZ PAINT & FLOOR COVERING LINOLEUM — PAINT — CARPETING DRAPERY

Complete Decorating Service

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Phone 498

Corner 2nd & Main Sts.

KRAUSE’S GROCERY CIGARETTES, CANDY and ICE CREAM We Aim to Please — Free Delivery 1101 Western Ave. Phone 125 Groceries and Cold Meats

TRI-COUNTY REDI-MIX CO. Materials Accurately Proportioned and Thoroughly Mixed To.Your Specifications Watertown Phone 47

POOLE'S BARBER SHOP Phone 53-J

5 Main Street

WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN

SNYDER'S SHOE STORE “Better Shoes For Less” Watertown

413 Main Street

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CASEY'S, Inc. CLOTHING FOR MEN & BOYS

Comer Third & Main WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN

Wat<?rtou)n, Wis

Phone 217

“BRAUN BUILT HOMES”

FABER'S CLOTHING STORE 311 Main Street MEN’S WEAR

DRY CLEANING TAILORING SWEATERS SPORTSWEAR

D. & F. KUSEL CO.

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WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN

OVER 105 YEARS OF SERVICE

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Aioc/e/iMs a4- ’tdnuwiow are today’s fixtures by Kohler «< •

7fte new Dynametric bath... the new Radiant lavatory

And introducing them . . . the modern young matron, thrilled with her Kohler bathroom. The Dynametric . . . balanced and graceful design... symmetrically enlarged bathing area for greater comfort, wide and fiat for safely ... gently sloped end for lounging case... wide corner ledges for bath accessories.

The Radiant... circular with a deep bowl... filled into a cabinet for convenient grooming.

Sparkling enamel, in color or white, is wedded to the durable east iron. And the chrome-plated Constellation faucets and fittings arc all brass, the metal least subject to wear and corrosion, Give your old bathroom the new look. And if you’re adding a new bathroom ... and conven ience and value ... to your present home, or choosing fixtures for a new home, consult your Kohler dealer. Write for booklet 25-C.

Kohler Co. Eftaii;3i,ed ist3 Kohler, Wis.

KOHLER of KOHLER Enameled Iron and Vitreous China Plumbing fixtures • Brass Fittings • Electric Plants • Air cooled Engines • Precision Controls

ACE HARDWARE STORE 304 MAIN STREET

HARDWARE - SPORTING GOODS

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WM. C. KRUEGER Has Specialized In ''Since 1915" Telephone 728-W

BXRKHOLZ FLORAL SHOP Flowers — Gifts — Potted Plants "We Telegraph Flowers” WATERTOWN, WIS.

6 1 6 MAIN STREET

PHONE 978

SCHOENICKE'S JEWELRY HAMILTON & BULOVA WATCHES Feature-Lock Diamond Rings Expert Watch Repairing 408 Main Street Hamilton Electric Watches Phone 2394-W

WATERTOWN PLUMBING THERMO ENGINEERING CO. R. W. URBAN, prop. KOHLER FIXTURES - MUELLER FURNACES Phone 284-W Watertown 103 W. Cady Street

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F. W. WOOLWORTH CO. 312-20 Main Street

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SCHUETT'S DRIVE-IN HAMBURGERS — HOT DOGS — FRIES CHICKEN — SHRIMP — FISH MALTS — SHAKES Watertown Phone 2812 510 Main Street

DODGE STREET GARAGE, Inc. Your Oldsmobile Dealer Watertown Phone 2424

311 Third Street

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Keck FURNITURE COMPANY

COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS FOR OVER A CENTURY Watertown 110-112 Main St.

:rSay it with Flowers”

LOEFFLER Phone 649

202 W. Main Street

Chase's Bowl SIX MODERN LANES and COCKTAIL BAR 125 North Water Street Watertown

Phone 1387

COMPLETE CITY and FARM STORE

GLOBE MILLING CO. “SINCE 18 4 5 ” PHONE NO. 1

'ZiJcwieti'd WYLER - HAMILTON - BULOVA WATCHES KEEPSAKE DIAMONDS

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111 Main Street

TRI-COUNTY TOBACCO CO. Servicing Your Canteen With

Candy — Tobacco — Drugs School Supplies - Paper Goods, Etc. 200 W. Main Street

Watertown

HAFEME1STER Funeral Service FURNITURE OUR SERVICE SATISFIES Henry Hafemeister 165 Roland Harder 1771 Ray Dobbratz 948 607-613 Main Street Phone 150

SAVE AT

SUPER MARKET Va/y.... at the sharp corner

LEGION GREEN BOWL 'Waiesiiaut+i.'d. Place la &at Closed Tuesdays Steaks — Chicken — Sea Foods 1413 Oconomowoc Ave. Facilities for Phone 1360 Private Parties & Banquets

VOSS MOTORS, Inc. LINCOLN and MERCURY Phone 810

>01 \V. Main Street

WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN

<^>clncuLet (Jewelty FINE DIAMONDS AND WATCHES Phone 2044-J

ill S. 3rd Street

WHITE TOP CAB 24 Hour Service

Telephone 3660

217 N. Second Street

MEYER’S SHOE STORE PEDWIN & ROBLEE SHOES FOR MEN 10% Discount for Students

206 Main Street

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Julius Bayer Meat Market DEALING IN

MEATS and SAUSAGES of All Kinds 202 Third Street

Watertown

Phone 25

Watertown

e, Photographer 113 Second Street

Telephone S12

James D. Casey CoÂ« CHEVROLET SALES AND SERVICE NEW AND USED APPLIANCES AND FURNITURE DRI-GAS, RADIO, AND TELEVISION 119-121 Water Street

Watertown

KRKR'$ 101 Main Street

Watertown

KOERNER & PINGEL HARDWARE 205-209 North Second Street

Watertown, Wis.

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THE GIFT FAIR PHOTO SHOP 24 Hour Film Service â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Gifts and Cards

Watertown

13 Main Street WHERE

SHARP CUSTOMERS HAVE THE

CORNER ON FOOD. DRINKS AND AMUSEMENT

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Watertown's First Grade A Dairy

Phone 1220

600 Union Street

WATERTOWN MEMORIAL CO., INC. THE BLOCK BROTHERS Quality Monuments, Markers and Mausoleums 116 N. Fourth Street

Watertown, Wis.

Telephone 274

PARAMOUNT CLEANERS For Cleaning Well Done â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Phone 171 Leave Cleaning with P. Larsen, Rm. 317 Pick-up Tues., Thurs., Sat. Watertown Special Student Prices 621 Main Street BLOCK'S MARKET Mail Orders Our Specialty

Box 215 Watertown, Wisconsin

Ask For GLENDARE School Papers At Your School Book Store

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114 W. Main Street

Watertown

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SHAEFER MOTORS, Inc. DODGE - DODGE DART - DODGE TRUCKS Phone 1099-W

305 Third Street

Mullen's Dairy MALTED MILKS Made Special for N. W. C. Students 20c

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Phone 1506 212 W. Main Street Watertown, Wis.

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Tetzlaff Rexall Pharmacy DRUGS

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WATERTOWN, WIS. 116 MAIN STREET TELEPHONE 1100

Watertown Savings and LOAN ASS'N. 3rd and Madison Sts.

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Appleton, Wisconsin • America's leading fraternal life insurance society

CLARENCE R. FERG Box 106, Watertown, Wis.

Joerr ^Bmgs DAY & NIGHT PRESCRIPTION SERVICE Telephone 420

The "READY" AGENCY 424 N. Washington Street Watertown Phone 3029 ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE ALMA READY. AGENT — LUTHERAN MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO . Madison. Wis.

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CLEANERS'] £>y£/?S The Student's Choice 412 Main Street Phone 485 CARL A. HOBUS, prop. less customary clergy-family discount

Bob Smart Shoes $8.95 to $10.95 at

Crosby Squares from $13.95

RUESCH'S

ZWIEG’S GRILL FINE FOODS Sandwiches

Breakfasts Plate Lunches

Hamburgers

Malts & Shakes Phone 562

904 East Main Street

FOR QUALITY AND SERVICE TRADE AND SAVE AT THE

NEW YORK MARKET GEO. E. HARDIMAN, Prop.

Phone 672

8 Main Street