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Volume 70

May 1966

No. 1

EDITORIAL

The Package

To End A War

Feature Article Blacks and Whites

Students On The Go

Martin Stuebs

Jeffrey Hopf ...Campus & Ciassroonl Ronald Gosdeck

This Is Art?

“Go!” To The Devil

A Defense of Impersonality

The New Mathematics

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NEWS

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(Editorial T^he college scene across the country is J. in a state of agitation. The students are allying themselves with questionable, even repulsive, causes, such as greater sex ual freedom or withdrawal from Vietnam. Their motive often appears to be mere de fiance of all authority and mores. On the other hand, today’s collegiates demand more of themselves, too. They try to get more from their schooling and often vol unteer for self-sacrificing tasks, such as the Peace Corps. This ferment is felt in the new generation of the arts also. The absurdist play. Bob Dylan poetry, pop art and many other strange forms have be come accepted in the frantic struggle to be different. NWC’s student body is part of this generation. Although we do not care to participate in tlv. protests, we are inter ested. Occasion. ' we like to poke our heads out from ' sicker of the Classics and see what ct nerparts across the country are do; is entirely proper, especially sinct > s work will be among this gener. . Volume LXX of the Black and Red : ;v; to study some of these questions •. .ontroversies through a regular series oi interviews. In this is sue, for instance, several national leaders in the anti-war-in-Vietnam movement pre sent their views and intentions. The Black and Red hopes that these interviews will help our readers to make a fair evaluation and not just a blind condemnation. Volume LXX will be trying to produce articles which will interest the students. Emphasis will be on the “college paper” aspect of the Black and Red. Literary wri ting will be encouraged, such as the ab surdist play and the poetry in this issue. In other respects Volume LXX is proud to follow the format of the past volume. The feature article will be continued. Finan cial considerations force us to discontinue the Campus Calendar, but we think that we have found a suitable substitute on the back cover. Volume LXX will give ample coverage to the construction of the new dorm, with abundant pictures.

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the founding of Northwestern, campus beauty has been the goal of faculty and students alike. In 1866 Prof. Adolf Hoenecke started a sys tematic planting of trees and laid out side walks and flower beds. The class of ’85 made many expeditions to the country around Watertown to find young maple trees to replant along Western and College Avenues. Since time primeval (1893, to be exact) the tree planting ceremony on Ar bor Day has been an annual tradition; each year a new and usually unusual tree is added to the more than four hundred trees on the campus. Throughout the years the campus has received the best of at tention and planning. From its manicured football field to the parklike expanse of trees and lawn in front of the Prep Dorm, the campus today offers what is generally considered to be one of the most beautiful college campuses in Wisconsin. But there are distractions from this idyllic scene. Dutch elm disease has left a score of stumps on the campus. Bicycle ruts have dug into the terraces in front of the gym. Orange peels and other junk add obnoxious color to the grounds around the dormitory. The incinerator is a filth-belch ing smokepot. And now comes progress. The city is building a bulbous monstrosity of a new watertower, whose swollen head rears above the campus buildings. The dormi tory being built this summer will crowd the campus. The new entrance road to the school will snake from College Avenue through several gardens and around the edge of the athletic field. An expanded parking lot necessitates an expanse of gravel and cars down the length of the gym. This progress and the resulting changes in the face of the campus are vital for the school and its future. But we wonder what the fate of the once-famed college park will, be when the trees are cut down, when gravel and roads replace grass, and when buildings are piled one next to the other. lmost from

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0. L.: Look, you young whippersnapperl Joe: I beg your pardon, Old Lady. I’ll have you know I’m almost an adult. O. L.: Then excuse my bluntness, fool. Joe: I accept your apology. Now let’s have a look at 'that frostbite. Hmmm! 0. L.: Hmmm? Joe: Hmmm. O. L.: Hmmm. What’s the matter? Joe: Hmmm. I can’t see. 0. L.: Maybe if I took my hand away. Joe: Hmmm. I can see. 0. L.: Can you see? Joe: Yes, fine. 0. L.: I’m glad. Joe: Yes, but now my glasses are steamed up. (They chortle.) 0. L.: Well, can you fix me up? Joe: No. 0. L.: Whadya mean ‘no’? You got a whole store full of smelly merchandise and when a wholesome, pristine Old Lady like me comes in for some healing balm for her hoary, frostbitten crown — say, what about that lone, fist-sized package on the top shelf there? Joe: O No! No! I’m not at liberty to dis pose of that package until the c ud of the play. 0. L.: Why not? I’m just dying to tear it apart with my greedy old fingc-s. Joe: Well, you’ll just have to wait another 600 words. O. L.: Why that long? Joe: Because this play is supposed :.o be 1000 words long, and we need witty repartee like this to fill it out. O. L.: Oh. Joe: Oh well, something will probably hap pen pretty soon. O. L.: Yes, I suppose.

The Package The theater of the absurd is a basic form of today's drama. In it the playwright appears to follow no pattern and to make no sense. He is not concerned about clearly spelling out his message. But he does have a point, and it is each view er's job to find an interpretation which has meaning for him. Often a tip helps. The editor offers the following interpretation for this play: To me it depicts the constant struggle of the young to seize control of the world from the older generation. The Bearded Strang er, the play's most important character, is that younger generation. He shows gen eral disrespect for the Old Lady and con tinually seeks his goal. When the oppor tunity is right, he seizes the Package, that is the world, the possession and rule of it. However, the playwright makes it clear what little he has gained. A drugstore. All the shelves are bare but for one top shelf, on which lies a lone, fist sized package. Joe the Druggist is merrily dusting the shelves, humming a polka. Enter the Old Lady clutching her head.

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Joe: Hello, Old Lady! Old Lady: Good morning, young man. Joe: Why are you clutching your head? O. L.: It hurts. Joe: Really? O. L.: Yes. Joe: Why? O. L. (miffed): Because that’s what the stage directions call for, stupid. Hey, how come this bum gets all the good lines? I want to talk to the stage man ager. Where’s the director anyway? My credits are better than his. I de mand more — The Voice: SHUT UP AND ACT! O. L. (ruffled, but quickly slipping back in to character): Decent of you to ask me, young man. You see it’s frost bitten. Joe: No! O.L.: Yes! Joe: Really? O. L.: Really. Joe: How do I know you’re not fibbing, Old Lady?

(Enter THE BEARDED STRANGER, who stands and stares at the floor.) Joe: Good grief! A bearded stranger. O. L.: How quaint. What do you suppose he wants? Joe: I couldn’t possibly imagine. I’ll just slip unobtrusively over and check him out. (Joe slips over, unobtrusively humming his polka. Scratching his left ear lobe, he sizes up THE BEARDED STRANGER. He shuffles back.) Yup. It’s a bearded stranger, all right. O. L.: I figured as much. (THE BEARDED STRANGER yawns and begins to MOVE.) 2

B. S.: Somebody whispered the wrong word. O. L.: Do tell. B. S.: I will. Joe: Right now? B. S.: If you wish. Joe: I wish. B. S.: You don’t count. Joe: O fiddlesticks. Frustrated again while trying to exercise my social grace. (Begins to pinch left knee vigorously.) O. L.: Say, you don’t mind my getting fa miliar and just calling you Bearded, do you, Stranger? B. S.: Certainly not. Then you won’t mind my freshness in referring to you as just Old, huh, Lady? O. L.: Oh no! You may even call me Roderick. Now lay your heart bare and tell me what he said to you. B. S.: Brace yourself. He said: endless is as endless may not end. O. L.: He didn’t! What nerve, and to hear that at your age! B. S.: Well, one has to face the facts some time, and why climb trees if you never intend to come down? O. L.: That’s true. Otherwise you’d have been waiting at the closed door too long. B. S.: Ah! You’ve really got the goods on life, Old. O. L.: I know. By the way, what are you looking for? B. S.: Such soul-searching questions. But since your sealed lips shall ne’er be tray my trust — A LONE, FIST-SIZED TOP-SHELF PACKAGE. (At this the stage is bathed in darkness, but for a blue light, aimed directly at THE PACKAGE.) B. S.: By my $6.25 insurance policy, whats this? O. L.: Gaahhh!

O. L.: Gaahhh! He’s moving! He’s coming toward us! Do something! Say some thing! Gaahhh! Joe: Hello, Bearded Stranger, can I help you with anything? O. L.: Gaahhh! B. S.: No, thank you. I’m just looking. Joe: You’re sure now? O. L.: Gaahhh! B. S.: Yes. I’m just looking. Say, what’s wrong with Old Lady? O. L.: Gaahhh! Joe: I don’t know. Must be pretty serious though. O. L.: Gaahhh! B. S.: You look pretty good in that dandy white uniform. Help her. O. L.: Gaahhh! Joe: Oh well, if you insist. (Slugs Old Lady in the mouth.) 0. L.: Thank you, young man. And you, Bearded Stranger, what brings you to this friendly drugstore? B. S.: Nothing. I’m just looking. O. L.: You’ve said that three times now. Why are you repeating yourself? B. S.: I don't ! now . !’m just looking. Besides, repo • • < makes sense until it ends, and • don’t mind your own old busiiu: 0 give you the good old Gaahhh! i v.;ont O. L.: Please does wonders for my antiquated •mshness. B. S. (Slugging v in the mouth): Glad to oblige. Joe: Hey, wha -ight do you have to slug Old Lady ir* the mouth? You aren’t wearing an official, dandy, white, Old Lady-slugging uniform like I am. You must have something better to do. B. S.: Well, I look around. Besides that I used to chase falling stars till one day I caught one. Joe: What happened? B. S.: I caught one Joe: You said that already. 0. L.: No, he didn’t stupid. He said he caught one. Joe: Oh, now I see. B. S.: I’m sure you don’t. Well, anyway, I’ve had one other experience. O. L. (aside to Joe): Now shaddup, stu pid. He feels secure in confiding to me. (To Bearded Stranger) Come, tell me, sweet Bearded Stranger, what could have happened to you to change you into such a smashing character?

(B. S. slugs her in the mouth, scrambles over to the shelves and snatches THE PACKAGE. Exits chanting the “Sal vation Army Song.” O. L. and Joe stand under the vacated top shelf.) O. L.: Wow! How’s that for an ending? What was in that lone, fist-sized pack age anyway, Joe? Joe: Poison, I think. R. G.

their bars and rooms.” Obediently in or derly fashion the crowd moved down Bascom Hill and up State Street. Some shout ed “End the war in Vietnam” and others sang “We Shall Overcome.” The proces sion eventually reached the state capitol and paraded around a straw-covered flow er bed. The crowd had shrunk to 250; the bars and warm rooms had claimed the rest of the fervid demonstrators. One wild-eyed fanatic yelled out that everyone should march back to the university down the center of State Street, but his proposal was shouted down. Everyone linked hands for one last chorus of “We Shall Overcome/' The “International Days of Protest” in Madison had come to an end. THE SAME WEEKEND, March 25 & 26, had seen numerous demonstrations across the United States and around the world. There were demonstrations of varying sizes in France, Norway, Israel, Italy, the Philipines, Japan, Sweden, and twenty-five other countries. In the United States de monstrations were scheduled for eightyfive cities. In New York 20,000 marched down Fifth Avenue; in Kenosha nin stu dents demonstrated. A total of 20 ,000 marchers, 1/100 of the population o ' the United States, protested against the war in Vietnam during the weekend, (I1 ewspaper accounts differ from NCC claims re garding the number of cities and cou iries which actually did take part in thv “In ternational Days.”) The marchers r.elud ed bemedaled war veterans, beard, d ad vocates of sexual freedom carrying signs reading “Make Love, Not War,” grand mothers, college professors, leftist students and a possible draft dodger or two. The “International Days of Protest Against the War in Vietnam” had been plan ned by the National Coordinating Commit tee to End the War in Vietnam (the NCC EWVN), whose headquarters are in Madi son. Following the start of the U. S. bomb ing of North Vietnam in February of 1965, about 125 antiwar groups sprang up across the United States. By last August these groups felt the need of a national organization. Meeting in Washington at the “Assembly of Unrepresented People,” they set up the National Coordinating Committee. Madison was picked as the headquarters for the NCC because of its central location nationally, its active stu dent groups, and its liberal climate.

To End A War Probably no collegiate protest is caus ing so much commotion and hard feeling today as the antiwar movement. Fred Toppe studies the movement in an article based on personal observation, antiwar literature, and interviews with staff mem bers,of the NCC.

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'Y’ oung Socialists wandered through the J- crowd selling copies of socialist mag azines and newspapers. Someone held up a homemade Viet Cong flag. There were a lot of mass-produced signs reading, “Bring the Troops Home Now.” A large banner that hung from a nearby window countered with “Bomb Hanoi.” The audi ence of about 1500 milled around, trying to keep warm in the frosty night air. The great majority of the crowd was students from the university; some were bearded and uncombed, but most were Joe College types. There was a smattering of adults and Negroes. Not a cop was in sight. Many spotlights lit up the speaker’s platform and the statue of Lincoln in front of Bascom Hall. A very efficient loudspeak er proclaimed to the University of Wiscon sin campus and to the city of Madison that the war in Vietnam must be ended now. The main speaker of the antiwar rally was Yale Professor Staughton Lynd, who had earlier made a peace mission to Hanoi in defiance of a State Department ban. He advocated direct action — burning draft cards, civil disobedience, refusing to serve in Vietnam — to reach a wider audience with the antiwar message. He talked about a new grassroots “People’s Party,” which was growing in strength across the United States. He told about his trip to Hanoi and what great fellows the North Vietnamese were. He told how North Veitnam was suffering under the daily bomb ing raids of the U.S.A.F. And he held out to the audience the “vision of a band of brothers standing together in a circle of love,” striving for humanity and fellow ship around the world. He received a long ovation from the crowd, which had been singularly apathetic to the earlier speakers on the program. Someone decided to capture this mo mentary enthusiasm and yelled out, “Let’s march down State Street and let everyone know how we feel; let’s get them out of 4

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The national headquarters of the NCC are in a small frame house about four blocks from the Capitol in Madison. The staff of the NCC consists of six full-time and fourteen part-time staffers. They were more than eager to talk about their organ ization, its aims and methods, and its be liefs. The NCC does not represent anyone or dictate to anyone. It has no power to speak for the local groups affiliated with it, nor can it force the local groups to do anything with which they disagree. The NCC serves merely as a research, educa tion, and coordinating office for the local and national antiwar goups that seek its services and become affiliated with it. At present 350 groups across United States are directly affiliated with the NCC, and 150 groups make use of the NCC in lesser degrees. These local antiwar groups range from the Annapolis CEWVN and the New York City Medical Students CEWVN to the DuBois Club and the Quakers, from Lu theran and Catholic clergymen’s groups to veterans’ group*. It; addition the NCC has connections with various foreign and in ternational pea and anti-Vietnam-war organizations • ;roups as the Israel Peace Commit!.' : v World Peace Orga nization. the ■ Vietnam Liberation Writers and Association, and, of course, the Vic og support and encour age the efforts of •• NCC and its member clubs. THE NCC WORKS primarily through its literature and mailing lists. For a slight charge, its newsletters, press releases, leaf lets and booklets are sent to thousands of addresses across the country. Through this material the group in Phoenix and the group in Atlanta can keep track of the suc cesses and growth of the peace movement, can learn new methods of protesting, and can get new addresses from which they can get still more anti-war literature. The NCC also organizes nationwide recruit ment drives. It brings together local groups who have common problems or programs. It serves as a liaison between the United States antiwar groups and for eign peace groups and the Viet Cong. And, as we have seen, the NCC coordinates antiwar action that involves the whole country, such as the International Days of Protest. Because of its service nature the NCC has only one official policy statement: “We 3

are in favor of ending the war in Vietnam as soon as possible.” The various member groups of the NCC can find shelter under this broad statement, even though their philosophies may differ widely. The Qua kers with their religion-based pacifism, the Communist-front DuBois Club, veterans’ organizations fed up with the killing in Vietnam, humanitarians, law students dis turbed by the legality of the war, South Dakota mothers who wonder why their sons have to go to war — all these differ ent people with their different reasons for protesting against the war are part of the peace movement in the United States, and have some connection with the NCC. All these people, 200,000 of whom had strong enough feelings about the war to march in protest against it, feel as patri otic as anyone; most would serve if they were drafted. But they feel they must protest against the “useless slaughter in Vietnam” and against the “institutionaliz ed genocide of the United States in Viet nam.” They want to use the money spent in Vietnam for building a real Great So ciety in the United States. They see no sense in fighting for democracy in Viet nam when Negroes in America are denied their civil rights. And they do not see how humanity and real American democracy can survive in a nation that has gone crazy over killing and war. The antiwar movement in the United States is a growing movement. New local groups join the NCC every month. In creasing numbers of “common, ordinary” citizens are having serious doubts about the war. Congressmen are finding it poli tically worthwhile to raise doubts and questions about the war. 100,000 march ed last October; 200,000 protested in March; 400,000 may march against the war in July. But it must also be noted that the Viet Cong wrote: “All your efforts [in the peace movement] . . . will be of great help and encouragement towards the resistance war of the South Vietnamese people. ..” Is the peace movement in this country actu ally encouraging the Viet Cong in their efforts? Would a U. S. pullout in South Vietnam be a sellout to the Communists? The antiwar groups in the United States don’t think so. And as long as there is a war in Vietnam, they will be around to tell F. T. us that.

Blacks and Whites

In May's feature article John Brug, a jun ior from Bay City, Michigan, discusses ra cial prejudice and the problems it has caused in America tdoay.

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■“Phis essay will discuss the characterisJL tics and functions of racial prejudice and discrimination in general, and some of the proposed solutions to the problem it has caused in America today. Prejudice is any attitude or opinion de7 veloped and maintained without a sufficient exploration of the facts. It is generally based on myths, deliberate lies, or the application of broad generalizations to all the members of a group. An example of such a generalization is the idea that every Jew is either a capitalist or money making merchant, or would be one if he could. An open-eyed look at the facts is usually enough to end such a myth. A walk through a balanced Jewish community like New York’s lower East Side would probably go a long way toward eliminating this one. Since prejudice is not founded on reason or the evaluation of facts, it often uses bombast or the shout-down technique of the demagogue to make its points. Other devices are associating its views with virtues like God and country, and the views of its opponents with alien causes like Communism. The emotionalism of “mongrelization” of the races and intermarriage is brought up as often as possible. When its views are challenged, it usually resorts to increased name-calling and irrationality. Discrimination is merely the application of prejudice. It is unfair or injurious treatment of people based on the generalizations applied to their group, without considering their merits or shortcomings as individuals.

Prejudice and discrimination advance in close co-operation. Each reinforces and justifies the other. The first function of prejudice is scapegoatism and egotistic satisfaction. Hitler used this device when blamed Germ ay s defeat in World Wai I on , the Jews , „ in Germany, rather than on military defeat from without, in order to restore Germany s fighting pride ana confidence. Prejudice and discriminatio. also provide an outlet for frustration and divert attention from other problems. The pogr°ms of Czarist Russia served this purpose. Discrimination reinforces pro dice for the next generation because the re duced state ?f th? oppressed is taken as proof °f their inferiority. Discrimination has the additional purpose of giving economic advantage to the dominant group by eliminating compeUtlon1 for the best Jobs or by the outright exploitation of a slavery or caste system, A few of the typical reasons given to “ justify anti-Negro sentiment are lower Negro mentality, Negro sensuality and immorality, supposed ape-like tendencies of Negroes, and the curse of Noah, The first two share a common fault — a general truth about the American Negro in his lowest condition is taken to be in herent trait of the Negro race and is ap plied to all Negroes. Science has established that all races have equal mental abilities, although different levels of prosperity and culture record different levels of achievement. Even if such a generalization about inferior mental ability were true, it would be insufficient grounds for 6

ment of God, those who practice such subjection would be no more excused than Pilate and the Jews were when they carried out God’s will. God’s judgment may ex plain the misfortune of some people, but it never justifies those who inflict it, as the Babylonians soon learned.

blanket discrimination because of the many obvious exceptions who have achiev ed great things in spite of great handicaps. Sexual immorality has never been the monopoly of any race or nation, but has always been present in varying degrees at different periods in the history of all nations. It often differs in the various levels of the same society. Moral decay reached one of its peaks in the great White civilization of Rome, and perversion was never worse than in ancient Greece, the greatest of all Western civilizations. By contrast, Negro family life was strong in times previous to its disruption by the slavery system, and often is strong in the middle classes today. In the midst of cries about Negro immorality there has never been a shortage of Whites willing to take adantage of it. A fault common to many from every group cannot be used as a condemnation of all from one group. The third claim is a typical example of the nonsense type of prejudice one occasionally hears. The claim that the Negro is more ape like than the White is, of course, meaningless to the Christian who believes that • ■•an is a creature who came into being :i special creative act of God, but its \ us’!mess is apparent even to the evonulotusr Negroes are called ape-like because of their forehead and na.- • p \ but the so-called 0 Negro character: -. curly hair and thick lips are pu‘.eiy unape-like. It is the White cha: :«•;.{ eristices of straight hair and thin lips that are ape-like. If a White supremist would pursue this little test further, he would find that the Negro and White are equally “ape-like,” and it is the Orientals who are most “human’” by such criteria. The fourth reason is an example of the misuse of a true statement. The pro phecy of Noah (Gen. 9:25) was often used to justify slavery in the last century as the service of Canaan for Japheth. This interpretation is uncertain at best. For one thing some commentators inter pret the passage in a spiritual sense. Others apply the physical meaning pri marily to those descendants of Canaan who inhabited the land of Palestine at the time of the Israelite conquest. Others have applied it to almost every historical event since then. Even if we were to con cede that Negro subjection were a judg-

•pv iscrimination may be divided into ■^four main categories — political, edu cational, economic and social. Political equality is an important first step because it can be instrumental in gaining and protecting other rights. Fed eral law has long guaranteed the equal right of all qualified citizens to participate in government, but the necessary enforce ment policies have just been added in the last few years. New laws have removed the bars of poll taxes, unfair registrars, and literacy tests. The greatest remaining obstacle to universal voting in America is the indifference and apathy of qualified voters. 3

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Negroes. A solution like cross-bussing of children to produce racially balanced schools would perhaps improve the schooling of the slum children, but it is so contrary to the American tradition of neighborhood schools and causes such fear in American homes that its effects would probably be decidedly detrimental in the long run. The only other possible solution is to raise the quality of depressed area schools from within by improved methods and better teachers and by increasing the quality and number of special training programs. No one suggests that this will be easily or quickly accomplished, but there is some hope that gradual advances in the economic and educational areas will complement and reinforce each other until some real progress is made. There is already evidence of improve ment in the employment field. The large number of Negroes successful in enter tainment and sports is a hopeful sign. It may seem like a small thing, but all other minority groups gained their first major acceptance in these fields. The Irish had their John L. Sullivans and Victor Herberts. The Italians had Dimaggios and Sinatras. Other sources of improvement are the large number of government jobs available and Fair Employment Practices legislation. Progress will be made during the present boom, but the real test will come when some future slow-down makes jobs scarce. Even if the programs above are suecessful and the Negro can obtain political power, wealth, and education, he will always feel second-rate as long as he con tinues to suffer degrading social prejudice. This problem is also the most difficult to solve because many phases of it can not and should not be regulated by law.

be the ideal way to eliminate prejudice, but its effectiveness is limited by the irrational nature of prejudice. Logical reasons and facts have little power to eliminate deep-rooted beliefs. Here laws can and must play a part. They do not penetrate to the heart of the problem and remove the motives for discrimination, but they serve the law’s basic purpose of protecting the innocent from mistreatment. Finally, laws form the framework for real change, If the laws break up discrimination on a compulsory basis, the resulting contact may begin to eliminate prejudice by exposing the falsity of its generalizations,

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As this progress is made, more and more responsibility will fall on the Negro, Laws can make progress in the protection of rights, but only individual responsibility and character can earn respect and aeceptance. As Negros win protection i nder the law, they will have to give inert sing respect to the law. While it is jtnu that White oppression must bear part of the blame for much of the Negro disregard for law and morality, it nevertheless re mains true that every man must accept responsibility for his own acts regardless of the role or responsibility of others. Elimination of prejudice does not mean the goal is to make all men equal, or even that we must give all men the same treat ment. It only means that we must give every man, no matter what his color, an equal chance to prove his worth as an individual. We should accept those that prove themselves as our equals in every respect. We should be slow to judge the others, try to understand some of the factors that made the situation the way it is, and continue to seek to help them. When we learn that worth in a man is independent of race and understand the value of helping all men, perhaps America’s race problem can begin to be solved, and the American ideal of value of the individual really realized.

we have looked at the problem, do we see any possibility of solution? We recognize that in a sinful world there will always be prejudice and discrimination, but this inevitability will no _ more cause us to be indifferent to the ill treatment of others than the hopelessness of eliminatmg any other evil from the world causes us to overlook it. Critics of civil rights movements often claim fVlthatrrf education to remove prejudice fromwav tMitlp6? uer -S the ?nly ?J°douhtedlv thi<? inefm ^lscr?mmatl°n- Undoubtedly this instructional method would

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SIES Are Made for Walking.” They found the night life in New Orleans quite an ex perience — so much happened that Heise can hardly remember it all. Don Juan Mahnke, all set to win another girl’s heart, ended up answering Bible questions in stead on his trip to Oregon. Having a few letters for home, Doug Engelbrecht con templated leaving New Orleans several days early but decided to stay at Harstad’s coaxing. They lived it up in the South and even saw A1 Hirt.

Students On The Go "C'rancis Bacon said that “Travel, in the * younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.” Several centuries later another Francis (Connie) helped to popularize travel by singing “Where the Boys Are,” a romantic ballad telling of the college-student migrations to Florida during Easter vacation. This year an adventuresome group from Northwes tern set out to examine new frontiers and heed the advice of one of their Latin fav orites, Seneca, who said, “Every change of scene is delight.” This year more students than ever before journeyed from North western to such distant places as New York, Oregon, Florida, California, North Dakota, and Mexico.

Chuck Clarey saw every garden be tween here and Tampa, Florida, and ever since has been selling oranges on third floor to pay for his trip. Chuck also got nailed for speeding. He didn’t see any highway patrol, so he put his pudgy little foot on the accelerator and sailed right along. However, overhead was a patrol plane, and Chuck was caught a short time later. He got off with only a warning be cause he was from out of state.

Automobiles furnished the main mode of travel, among them such famous cars as Ziemer’s “Vet,” Heise’s ’55 Chevy with a blown muffler, and Toepel’s starterless car that had to pushed everytime he wanted to stai .. - cle furnished by Zarling, Bode, • •agedorn).

Sunny Florida also was honored by the presence of Jolly John Ibisch, Kelm, Ehlke, and Ash. They spent their first night at a motel that Ash said was recommended by Duncan Swines. You’ve heard of get ting up with the chickens. Well, that ap plied literally because it was a flock of grain-starved Rhode Island Reds that woke up the boys — Rhode Island Red Ehlke in cluded. After that they took no chances; they slept in churchyards. The rest of their trip went fine except when Nature Boy Ibisch brought a smelly crab into the car, and they were forced to smoke the rest of the way to cover up the pungent odor.

There were . •any moments and good times, hi : and low points. Dale Baumler’s . i vator ride to the top of the Em pi ■ i 'uilding was the high point of his j New York. Ziemer Rutschow, and \\\ •ourneyed to Hazelton, North Dakota (' .wiser calls that home) where Ziemer got too carried away when branding a steer and almost choked the poor critter to death. Then they planned a great gopher hunt, but being unable to find Doug’s gun, they decided to get bar bershop haircuts in Hazelton to try to rem edy what Ash has been butchering since Christmas.

Toepel’s crew, when they weren’t push ing their car, spent their time in such places as Tijuana, Las Vegas, and Disney land. They had a hard time getting Zarl ing out of Fantasyland. Hagedorn’s trip was almost spoiled because he got sick on the rich Spanish food in Tijuana. Once across the border, Harry said he felt bet ter already. It’s amazing just what effect being safe within our borders can do for a person. Then -the tired crew arrived at Vegas, where Toepel tackled the slot ma chines. The group that returned with the great est tales was the quintet of Koelpin, Gosdeck, Vogt, Brug, and Rose. Gosdeck was confronted by a savage coyote, and it look-

Meanwhile in Florida, Liesener and company were lying on the beaches while Lindemann climbed a palm tree and threw coconuts down to the guys below. When they weren’t lying on the beach, they went scuba diving or fishing. Louis Sievert brought back quite a “turtle story” (similar to a fish story)— it seems he hook ed into a 200-300 pound sea turtle but cut the line after a few minutes of battle. Heise’s boys took in a show at Corpus Christi and heard the song “These BOOT9

ed like it would be a fight to the finish. Suddenly the horrible beast fled in terror — to the other side of his cage at the Sonora Desert Museum. A lizard hunt in the de sert was another caper of this quintet of courageous men.

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The greatest single event in the jour ney of the quintet was their hike into the H deep abyss of the Grand Canyon. Dressed like five true-blue dudes, they began the katabasis on the four and one half mile trail to the bottom. The quintet minus one H (Rose chickened out) made the descent in I "l a little over an hour, running a good share of the way, but then came the anabasis. The trail was almost straight up, and the Is American foreign policy failing in the face of apparent success? heat was enough to stop Lawrence of Ara bia. They walked, staggered, and crawled at a snail’s pace, almost being pushed into "Dop art has swept the contemporary the deep abyss by pack trains of donkeys. American scene. Is it social criticism, It was so hot that Vogt reached out for an elaborate spoof, or mere assemblages some old dirty snow to cool his swollen of rubbish? tongue. After two and a half hours of To understand the pop-art phenome climbing, Koelpin was the first to reach non, we must turn to the generation of ar the summit. Several hours later Gos, the last of the four, finally reached the top. tists preceding it, to abstract expression Gos said that he figured it was all over ism. This form came into being > hortly when all those 65-year-old ladies kept after the last war as a rebellion against; passing him on the trail. They spent the what has been called American-sce e re next day in Tijuana, Mexico, where they alism. The most famous exponent < this relaxed by going into the fine shops and movement was the late Jackson Pollack, looking at all the Mexican wares. Koelpin who had himself been a representational and Rose have been showing off their painter before completely changing 1» s ap proach to the arts. He was followed by a Mexican knives since they got back. whole school of like-minded artiste who felt that the American-scene realism had Several of the groups who went through grown illustrative and boring. In a spirit Georgia on their trips reported seeing the of revolt they decided to reject subject mat new Indian Reservation. Having been for ter altogether and concentrate on the paint ced off their reservation in Wisconsin be They dripped it, splashed it, and cause greedy white men expected to find itself. wealth, they were moved to this distant hurled it at the canvas. The new paintings made a tremendous land. The Indian agent, Black Bart Bartholomay, and his scheming gang led them impression. For a few years it was almost to this new land, but the great white father impossible to paint a picture or assemble Elmer Roller, is screaming for them to debris which couldn’t find exhibition space come back. in some gallery or museum. Abstract ex pressionism had reached a point of dimin Now these trips are just pleasant mem ishing effect. Nothing an artist could paint ories, fading tans, and lighter billfolds, was considered objectionable. With noth but everyone is glad that he went. There ing left to rebel against, individuals be are many term papers that never got touch gan to look up from their easels and out ed, but as Daniel said, “Many shall run at the world. to and fro, and knowledge shall be in It was at this juncture that pop art was creased.” born. All over America artists burned to J. H. paint the world, not the sunny landscapes and the smiling, robust women and child-

ren of the nineteenth-century French Im pressionists, but a real world containing honest emotional impact. They wished to portray our time’s im mediate look: the obscene appearance of cur billboard culture, the junk piles rising like monuments to our age of obsolescence. They noted our television programs gear ed to the intelligence of children and our ritualistic involvement with comic strips.

; In spite of selfish passion, love is not ready for the trash can but remains a motivating force in the lives of men. tors of our culture which they presuma bly are protesting? Boastful statements of intention often seem to be confused with accomplishment in the eyes of the artist. They satirize the American dream of big ness in paintings as large as billboards. They mock our consumer based economy, yet they build obsolescence into their own works. They comment on the “herd” con cept of American life, still they themselves strive to eliminate all personality and spon taneity in their own art. Their works often seem to project complacent acceptance, rather than moral judgments.

Batman and the • ruder, are they camp or tin •..»crican ideal? When charged chat they lack creative thought, the pop men reply that their art has to do with perception and with the ability to place everyday objects in new contexts in order to convey new meanings to them. Color, texture, and delicacy of line have all gone by the board. The pop artist holds that the artist’s intention is more important than technical proficiency.

Of course, all that is pop is neither a hoax nor distasteful. This may be illus trated by the fact that reputable museums and galleries have added selected pop works to their permanent collections. While the majority of pop which is offer ed for public consumption is no more than organized debris, the minority which re mains has a redeeming quality which should be preserved. Though this quality is often elusive, it may be analyzed as an attempt to mirror our society and oursel ves. The final judgment, as is the case in all the fine arts, rests on the educated in dividual’s answer to the question “Is this really art?” J. w.

Not long ago Robert Indiana, a pop man of some repute, was asked what made his paintings art. He replied that his own intention when making the work was what made it art. The owners wouldn’t forget they were “art” because of the prices they paid for them. Such attitudes on the part of the can did, and often cynical, pop artists make you stop and think for a moment. Are they, perhaps, capitalizing on the very fac11

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The early church fathers had varying views on the possession and origin of demons, but all held demons and demonic possession to be absolutely real. A minor order sprang up in the church, the exorcists, who were men recognized to be effective in the treating of evil spirits. (Exorcist is from exorkidzo — to adjure or put to an oath. Thus: “I adjure thee in the name of Christ. . .”) They used the name of Christ, laying on of hands, and exsufflatio in their healings. Exsufflatio consists of a thrice-repeated laying on of hands with the phrase, “Depart from him, thou unclean spirit, and give place to the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.” Church fathers spoke well of all these practices. As cases of obvious demon-possession became few and far between, the duty of the order was broadened to include the ex orcism of evil spirits from all converts from pagan religions. The pagan gods, long equated with evil spirits, were forced to leave the candidate so that he might receive the Holy Ghost in baptism From here it was not much of a step to transfer the ceremony to infant baptisms. The whole exorcist ritual was includ' d along with our well-known renunciation of the devil. The Ritule Romanum short.ued the rite in 614. It was abbreviated slit: further in 1623 and 1626. Martin Luther shows his approval of exorcism at baptism in his Taufh> chlein. He especially mentions its value for the witnesses of the baptism “to remind people earnestly of sin and the devil.” Following his lead, the Lutheran church retained the ceremony. Calvin and Zwingli soon dropped it along with all the other “Catholic practices.” The issue became a major point of con flict between the Lutheran church and other Protestants. The Swedish Lutheran Church approved the practice at its meet ing in Upsala in 1593, but gradually it disappeared. Today the rite of exorcism exists only in the Church of England, the Roman Ca tholic, the Eastern Orthodox, and similar bodies. In the Roman Church of today it is found in three forms. The baptismal exorcism is unchanged. The Exorcism of the Possessed has grown to an elaborate ritual. It calls for the priest (in a blue robe) to say Psalm 14, the Lord’s Prayer,

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A Defense of Impersonality

t’s not uncommon to hear from various quarters abov the impersonality of the large universr < vVould-be students, seek ing a justifies of sub-standard effort, blame the lack . csonal attention. Small college admin: i tors, striving for some self-respect in shadow of big univer sity curricula. . irn to compensate for program deficiencies by offering the “per sonal touch" to education. Parents, dis appointed with the mediocre record of their “child genius,” attribute it to the impersonal attention that his talent re ceived. So often has this utterance been heard, that it has almost been unequivo cally accepted as a justifiable complaint. Lest this point of view be welded into the fabric of public opinion unjustifiably, I suggest we look at just a few of the ex tenuating circumstances. For many a freshman, university life is his first taste of life away from the protective nest of coddling parents and indulgent high school authorities. He soon becomes aware of just how un-outstanding his performance is. He learns, in this small but sometimes very poignant way, that life, too, is impersonal. He must learn that we pass into life and out of life without creating any cataclysmic changes in the universe. God surely notes our pre sence and our passing, but the earth won’t 13

cease to rotate, and the sun won’t cease to shine. The complexity and the impersonality of life are mirrored in the university, and the student there is challenged to face up to it. The university endeavors to encour age him to think, decide, and act upon his own volition, and then accept the responsibility for his thoughts, decisions, and his actions. It’s wrong, of course, to think that any university is life. It is not. It is merely the individual’s training room, and not the amphitheater. Many students realize how artificial the academic world is and how unlike the practical world of business it is. Per haps this is one reason for the restlessness of students and their desire to demonstrate and show their interest in off-campus affairs. The student is impatient to embark upon his ladder to success. But while he’s running through the labyrinth of campus, classroom, and cur riculum, he’s sure to hear about or to experience the impersonality of the cam pus. This is, however, an impersonality of size and structure. All the would-be students, the small college apologists, and the protective parents are correct. The university is impersonal, but with a very definite purpose and a benefit. It serves to educate the student to the imperson ality of life. At the same time, the university does realize that there is a need to offer per sonal attention to the individual. This is one feature which the critics often over look. They often fail to see the proverbial forest while they stumble over already well-worn tree stumps. They fail to re cognize that the university is trying to complement its impersonality on the one hand, with personal attention on the other. My experiences as a student at the University of Michigan will serve as ex amples of such efforts to provide for in dividual attention on almost every level of involvement. Since all freshmen are required to spend their first year in a campus dormi tory, this becomes a focal point of orienta tion and guidance programs. A staff of counselors lives with the students and is available for advice, assistance, or simply casual conversation. The large dormitory complex (1000-1500 residents) is usually

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flection of the greater university of life, Even within the monstrous organization there are countless opportunities available for the student to secure a personal identity within the university. He learns that its not necessary to be in everything or be a leader in everything in order to acquire a sense of satisfaction. He sees from firsthand experience how one form of complex society differentiates the tasks among its many members and how each becomes a specialist within his sphere.

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The New Mathematics rT1 he “new” mathematics is the most ful * ly developed and radically different phase of the general curriculum reform which was given impetus by the “great American school crisis” in the wake, of Sputnik I. The program, which the College Entrance Examination Board began in 1955, when they decided to revise the teaching of mathematics on the high school level throughout the U. S., was suddenly in vogue, and lavish Federal grants followed, Though the reform has entered a i eat er percentage of high schools (ca. > 0%) than grade schools (ca. 10%), it is : the grade school level that the public has net the “new" math, since few high uool students go to their parents for help in academic problems. Here the contro\ rsy rages. Parents, often chagrined because of their inability even to understand, much less help, their youngsters, are irately demanding to know whether the reform is needed and whether their children are not being saddled with a great deal of valueless and difficult abstraction at the ex pense of basic computation skills, “if y0U dug up an old seventeenth century don, he could walk right into any classroom and start teaching mathematics.” Former director of the CEEB, Dr. Albert Meder, made this acid evaluation of the archaic state of mathematical in struction in the U. S. today. At a time when the demand for mathematicians is far outpacing the supply, masses of students are being alienated from mathematics by the incoherence and repetitious drudgery which p r e v a i 1 in the present teaching of the subject, despite the attractive features of mathematics as a profes-

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elements. “Well-defined” means that you can always tell whether an element be longs to the set or not. For example, A = -Ja, b, c, . . . , zj. would be translated: The set denoted A consists of the letters of the alphabet. The concept is useful in teaching the principles that apply to all fields of mathematics. Thi9 and the teaching of non-decimal number systems help the student to recog nize what properties belong to numbers themselves and not to the Arabic numer als or to the decimal system. Confusion of the latter for the former has been found to be the cause for much of the difficulty not only in solving arithmetic problems, but in learning how to work with algebraic and geometric symbolizations later. Critics have been quick to point out that many of the “new” math textbooks are hasty patchwork, that they often be come needlessly technical and obsessed with precision to the point of unclarity, and that since teachers often fail to grasp the “new” math themselves, they may send out a generation incapable of computa tion. The defenders, though forced to con cede much of this, can point to some not able successes, and they emphasize that time should be allowed to eliminate the failings. The elementary teachers will be a continuing problem, since they were edu cated under the former system and since about half of the states do not even re quire of them a single college course in math. A more fundamental charge, which some critics advance, is that the proper way to stimulate students is through a closer connection with physical science and direct application of mathematics to physical reality. The proponents of the “new” math argue that children with their high degree of fantasy and imagination are better at abstractions than adults. The only clear conclusion is that re gardless of the direction the “new” math takes, the aim to lead students to under stand the reason for the rules rather than disjointed^ memorizing them is sound. The students themselves? Their reac tion runs the gamut. Some are enthusias tic, some baffled. The typical reaction of those who have encountered the “new” math without taking it is best summed up by one fourth grader’s comment: “Gee, I got out of there just in time.” E. F.

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One Friday night as I sat at my desk at the Midwest Headquarters for the Lone ly Hearts Club, I started thinking of the great task which lay before me. It had become my duty to be the new dean (ex cuse the expression) of humor and to put a spark of cheer into the lives of count less lonesome, homesick, school-sick and just plain sick students and others who live in the dorm. (It may be fitting to point out here that college students’ having doc tors’ appointments has become the latest craze). Yes, it’s now my duty to fill the shoes of my predecessor, Gerhold Lemke, and what a big pair of shoes to fill — size 13 to be exact. Holt (that’s his pseudonym) has reached many pinnacles in this last year. Besides having climbed the old silver water tower, Hillary Holt has already suc cessfully ascended the superstructure now under construction. An archaeologist turn ed writer (see “Holt Finds Bolt”, Black and Red, Commencement, 1964, p. 53) he help ed the “C&C” retain its “column read first” rating in the B&R. The other day I was talking to two of my buddies, Alfred Anabasis and Knut Katabasis who are majoring in Xenophon and and minoring in Greek. These two are re garded as true-blue scholars of the marchup and the march-down and the marchback and the march-forth, having spent more time translating this fine work than it took Xenophon to accomplish the jour ney. Turk Tissaphemes, another Greek mentor, noted that there is an abundance of symbolism in the Anabasis — for in stance, when it says that “Xenophon stopped* looking for a sign,” Turk claims that Xenophon was probably looking for some thing to get his bearing — perhaps a “Ly dia Shave” sign along the road. Mean while, Morton Mithridates, B. C. S. F. R. (Bachelor of Coming, Seeing, Fighting, and Running) wrote those best selling songs Xenophon the Greek and These (Sevven-league) Boots Are Made For Walking.

All in all, by the way, academic glory is reaped by everyone who has journeyed these two years with Xenophon. NWC Academy Awards t Each spring the movie industry selects the best movies and actors from the pre ceding year. The highest award (outside of money) paid to a movie or actor is the famous “Oscar.” Here at NWC, although rather remote from Hollywood and its glamor, we have had some “classic” shows r performed. So this year we decided to award our own Oscars (any similaraity be tween this term and anyone living in Mil waukee is completely coincidental). 1. Best Movie or Drama: “Nights To Remember — The Launching of the S. S. Dermadirty.” Produced by >, Wayne Staude and directed by Dave Dolan. A stirring drama of dirty life in a big, dynamic U. S. city, with a cast of scores. 2. Best Actor: Jim Rainey for his driv ing performance in “Tires Sizzling In The Night.” Directed by himself. 3. Best Actress: Filter Queen for her absorbing performance in the clas sic movie “Into The Dust.” Directed by Larry Retberg and Associate 4. Best Supporting Actor: Roderick Luebchow for his performance as a bumbling organist in the musical spectacular, “Hello Harley.” 5. Best Supporting Actress: Ruth Hag- . edom for her portrayal of a Latin Empress in “A Patch of Red.” C 8C C Sweepstakes Because many of us are either major ing in history, minoring in history, or phy sically attending a history class, this month the C & C Sweepstakes question is from • that well-cultivated field. The winner will receive two tickets to the Bilse-Hilton Din ing Room. Now for the stumper question : THE SPRINTER IS: A. A traveling trophy first given as the prize in the Olympic Games in Greece in 776 B. C. B. A monument found with the Dead Sea Scrolls. C. Humble. D. A very poor statue of Abraham Lin coln tying his shoe. E. Probably the heaviest “White Ele phant” on campus. Closing thought: “People who live in stone houses shouldn’t throw glass!!!” j.h-

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Rising like a silvery lighthouse over Watertown’s skyline, the old standpipe tower was erected back in 1896. Contrary to the belief of some, it has been in use up to the present time. Until 1951 it was the only water tower in the city. In that year a new tower was built in the western half of town to maintain pressure on that side. Because of the general deterioration of the old standpipe and a need for greater capacity, the city decided to build a new tower. 17

Construction on this tower began in early March and was completed on May 1. The painting is scheduled to be completed by June 1. The tower will then be put in to operation, and demolition of the old standpipe will begin. It will presumably be torn down piece by piece. The new tower is a “waterspheroid” or the “bubble atop a pedestal” type, with a capacity of 300,000 gallons. Its total cost will be $75,000.

After watching it grow from a sheet metal mole hill, to an Atlas ICBM, to an overnourished tulip, we welcome this kingsized lollipop to our campus. If anyone is getting ideas, forget them, unless you pos sess a pair of magnetic shoes. This one has the ladder on the inside, leaving noth ing but one hundred and twenty feet of smooth steel on the outside. As for our faithful old landmark, take one long look at it before you take off for home in June. It will probably become as much a part of Northwestern’s past as the old Kaffeej. z. muehle. Forensics Thursday, March 17, the Debate Socie ty brought its first full season to a success ful close with Ed Fredrich’s Debate-Forum. Dick Stadler introduced the topic to the small audience. The affirmative, John Ibisch and Paul Schmiege, resolved that law enforcement agencies should be given greater freedom. The negative viewpoint was upheld by the other regular-season de bate team: Ed Fredrich and Paul Schweppe. The problem soon was reduced to whether or not all evidence should be ad mitted for use in a court without regard for the way in which it was secured. Pre sently, evidence which is gained illegally may be excluded even if it proves the guilt of the accused.

in vinyl. After many long hours of bu ing much midnight oil, they have sent the* tapes to the recording company, and the records will be available on the sixth of May. Selections by the pep band incl de Stranger on the Shore, Wabash Bln Mailin’ Whoopee, and two short poi s. Also included are renditions of Cara in and I’m Gettin Sentimental Over You :>y a jazz quartet. John Boehringer is on bass, Richard Raabe on sax, John Trapp at ihe piano, and Curt Lyon handles the drums. Whatever Lola Wants is the setting fo) a swinging drum solo by Curt Lyon. The record is being pressed in monau ral high fidelity and sells for $2.95. It is available by mail from John Trapp in East Hall. Cash, checks, or money orders should accompany orders for it.

The debaters threw themselves into their work wholeheartedly. Their example gave the audience a high regard for the values of debate. The questioning periods after each speech proved to be interesting, revealing, and in some cases humorous. The audience showed a shift of opinion in favor of the affirmative on a ballot after the debate. Easter Concert March 27 was the date of the annual Easter concert. The orchestra began the concert with two selections from the pre sently popular Baroque era and played very musically although it is a young or ganization. The Prep Chorus featured When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, which indued a solo by D. Schramm. The Mixed Chorus sang five selections, one of which was Herzog’s Christ, Thou Lamb of God, edited by Martin Albrecht. The Male Chor us gave no indication of the strain of the tour the week before as many members had feared. On the contrary, it brought the concert to a resounding, joyous con clusion with 0 Filii et Feliae.

Coming John Trapp will direct members of the Forum Society in their final effort for this season on May 14 and 15. Both the Sat urday and Sunday performances will be gin at eight. The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol is a rollicking comedy based on mistaken identity. The officials of a small Russian town are the objects of its satire. The rehearsals indicate that The Inspector General will be of the same high quality that has come to be expected at Forum’s final presentation.

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Arbor Day On Friday, April 22, a bright morning sun shining on the already long and green grass set the stage for Arbor Day, 1966. After they had looked at the campus through the rain for many days, the stu dents set to work extra early to clean it up. Before long, much of the work had been done, and everyone trotted off to the dining hall for a refreshing snack. Was there any significance in the distribution of lunch in “doggie bags”? Not content to let sleeping dogs lie, the Juniors took ad vantage of the break to haul several mem bers of their class out onto the grass in front of the dorm for a short photographic session. The Sophomore tree-planting ceremony was held in the back of a large truck di rectly in front of East Hall. John Wendland began the festivities with a para phrase of Paradise Lost which celebrated “the worse since ’09 and the Fruit of that Forbidden Vine, whose mortal taste brought Rabbits into the \\ arid.” The faculty speak er was Prof. Su7*:' •. who was appropri ately born in l:; ft* offered humorous thoughts on the : y of being the worst since ’09 and ; redeeming feature of the class, R. adorn. Calling on his classical b;u a!, he explained the reason behind ri • eiion of the weeping birch tree. The • ■: ,>f a classical term for “birch” is a remi;. ki of an attitude, and “weeping" might describe the Sophomores when they graduate from N W C. Doug Engelbrecht expressed more class senti ment with an unusual Greek translation, and Mickey Fredrich finished off the fac ulty with two semi-original poems. In the track meet the Juniors took the honors with 37 points against 20 for the Frosh. The Sophomores came up with 5 and the Seniors did manage to get 1, even with a minimum of entries. Tertia had the edge over Quarta 27 to 24, while Quinta followed with 8 to Sexta’s 4. Meanwhile, there was much activity on the diamonds. The Preps played an ex hibition game and there were two co-ed games. The Tertia and Quarta co-eds held a 7-6 lead over the Sextaand Quinta co-eds. Then Sexta scored a victory over a com bined co-ed team. However, the traditional faculty softball game was not played. It seems the golf links were too much of a temptation. D. E. 19

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drives, should there be any. Cullen, Kelm, and Plitzuweit are the mainstays of our mound crew, and Toepel, Kobleske, and Froehlich serve as relief aces. Coach Pieper seemed pleased and confident, and the spirit of the team needs only to be com plemented by a healthy attendance of spectators at the home games.

•Sportd SPRING OUTLOOK All spring sports at Northwestern un officially begin with Arbor Day. The golf team is entering its second year of com petition and has six matches. Coaches Zell, Sellnow, and Advisor-chauffeur Baer foresee stiff competition, especially at the conference match in Chicago. Although handicapped by a late start and indoor practices, the coaching staff seems satisfied with the tumout and optimistic of the team’s chances. The team members, all returnees from last year’s campaign, are Wichmann, Hellmann, Mittelstaedt, Zarling, Trapp, Hopf, Rose, Schmidt and Lambert. Only seven will remain on the team after the final cut is made. The coaches express their thanks and appreciation to the Watertown Country Club, since it graciously allows the team to make use of its facilities.

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INTRAMURALS Toepel’s Senior I team again coasted through the opposition to take their sec0nd straight volleyball tournament chainpionship. Consistent volleying and superior net play were their keys to ultimate victory. Schwartz’s Junior I team took sec0nd.

The tennis team also hopes to raise quite a racket among conference competi tors this year. Player-Coach Gary Kirschke is optimistic about the schedule and boasts a core of veterans. Kirschke and Anderson teamed up to take the confer- L/* s ence doubles last year. The final cuts have VOLLEY BALL CHAMPS — SENIORS been made, and the team is presently seed Standing: Zarling, Bode, Kelm, Hellmann ed: Anderson, Kirschke, Clarey, K. SchroeKneeling: Anderson, Toepel, Pagels der, J. Pasbrig, and Stadler.

College track is entering its first year of true organization. Semi - Coach John Ibisch held indoor practices and now is leading his hopefuls in outdoor drills. No meets have been scheduled, except for entrance in the the conference meet of any who show themselves capable of challen ging a conference record.

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The bowling season ended on March 24 with the Merchant’s Bank emerging as undisputed champions. The winners each received an ABC patch and a possible troP^Y* depending on the generosity of the Bowl-a-Fun Lanes and the well-known ef ficiency of league secretary, Dennis Enser. Roy Rose had the most improved average for the year, and Jerome Stolzmann was the league dreg with a 107 average. Dick Anderson served as league president. Final Statistics: High team series — Tegg’s Tap 2580 High team one game — Tegg’s Tap 948 High team average — Tegg’s Tap 774 Highindiv. series — Bob Pless 599 High indiv. one game —Dick Anderson 235

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Society was carried. The committee of Profs. Rohda and Scharf was instructed to send greet ings also to Pastor Bernthal, who at age ninetyfive was judged to be the oldest living student of Northwestern College. The roll call showed sixty-five regular mem One of the purposes of the Alumni Associa bers and eight honorary members present. By tion, as taken from the English translation of resolution of the Society the forty-one members its Constitution, was “to foster the Arts and of the graduating class were accepted into mem Sciences.” This was one of its primary goals bership. Honorary membership was also grant from its founding in 1879. To that end lectures ed to Prof. E. Pieper, Dr. J. Sullivan, and Prof. were given by various alumni at the annual R. Behnke. The treasurer, Prof. T. Binhammer, distribut meetings. This was discontinued sometime be fore Prof. Schumann became acquainted with ed copies of the financial report. As auditing the organization. Prof. Schumann, by the way, committee the chair appointed Pastor H. Johne, took up the secretarial position in 1928 and held Pastor D. Kuske, and Tutor R. Zehms. the post until 1946. He was also elected Presi The slate of candidates suggested by the dent in 1948 and kept it until last year. A tip of nominations committee and approved by the So the hat for 25 years service to the Society. ciety consisted of the following: President - E. Huebner, H. Paustian, G. Baer For one reason or another the Society felt it 1st Vice-President - R. Siegler, D. Kuehl, in order to drop its purpose “to foster the Arts A. Stuebs and Sciences” in the revision of its Constitution 2nd Vice-President - E. Wendland, E. Lehnof ’43-’44. Indirectly, the alumni continue to up inger, B. Kuschel hold this principle through countless projects Secretary - G. Franzmann, A. Panning and extensive effort: curtains in the gym (’52), much of the library furniture, as well as num Treasurer - S. Quam, Mrs. F. Herold Chronicler - K. Otto, J. Westendorf, R. Voss erous volumes of works, the grand piano in our gym, contributions to the organ fund, chapel ap Mailing Secretary - R. Sievert pointments, to mention but a few. Interesting to The motion to continue with other business note are the projects which did not attain fulfill during the elections was carried. ment for various reasons. In 1953 Mr. A. N. Colt By letter Mr. Waldemar Retzlaff (1917) pre was engaged to paint Prof. E. E. Kowalke’s sented Society with a gift of $1,000.00 in portrait. In 1955 Prof. Schumann “abandoned memorythe his brother Armin, also a member of all hope of convincing subject to sit for por the class of of 1917. The motion prevailed ;■> accept trait.” An “Alumni House” for aged retiring pro with thanks the gift from “Boley” and “Nig” fessors, an electric carillon system to replace Retzlaff. the old College Bell, a language laboratory, a Prof. E. Kiessling, reporting for tin ; rojects statue of Luther to be placed somewhere on the committee, informed the Society that ie keeping campus, a translation of some Lutheran classic with the Society’s previous resolution plaque into English, a musical opus commemorating marking the Gardner House as the ome of the Centennial of our school, were other pro posed endeavors. At times the alumni wanted Northwestern College had been erectei Prof. Kiessling further reported tha a thou to give contributions in a personal vein. It was copies of Northwestern’s history, he Cen back in 1919 that the venerable Dr. Ernst re sand ceived on the occasion of his 50th anniversary tennial Story, had been published at the cost of a purse for which $1280 was collected and also about $6,500 and were now available. Sale of a $20 gold piece bearing the date 1869, when he copies to date amounted to approximately $2,400, began work at our institution. Once “to proffer leaving slightly more than $4,000 outstanding to congratulations of the Society on his 82nd birth the Northwestern Publishing House. The motion day the body presented him with evidence of to pay the outstanding amount with money from the Society’s general treasury was carried. It their esteem — to wit, a box of cigars.” was also resolved to raise the book price to $4.50 per copy over the $3.75 prepublication price. ALUMNI MINUTES By a rising vote of thanks the Society showed The annual meeting of the Northwestern Col lege Alumni Society was called to order at 3:00 its appreciation to the history’s author, Prof. p. m. in the College Chapel by its president, E. E. Kowalke. At Society expense complimen tary copies of the history were voted to the Prof. Walter Schumann. The minutes of the pre Northwestern College Library, Watertown Pub vious meeting were approved as read. lic Library, Wisconsin Historical Society, Library President Schumann read a letter from Prof. of Congress, Prof. Kowalke, Pres. Toppe, Dr. O. Hoenecke, Class of 1890, in behalf of the Sev Kiessling, Mr. Abel (printer), Octagon House, enty-five Year Class. The motion prevailed that Synod Archives, all Synodical schools and area a committee of two, Profs. D. Rohda and E. high schools, and Mrs. F. Herold (typist). Scharf, extend the Society’s greetings to Prof. The chronicler, Prof. E. Scharf, reported the Hoenecke and the two other surviving members following deaths in the past year: of this class, Pastor M. Hillemann and Pastor J. Prof. J. Meyer, 1893; Pastor R. Ave-LalleSchwartz. mant, 1890; Pastor J. Krubsack, 1911; Pastor A letter of centennial greeting from Pastor W. Pankow, 1912; Pastor E. Blakewell, 1918; J. Bernthal was next read. The motion to grant Pastor E. Tacke, 1919; Pastor L. Schliesser, Pastor Bernthal, at one time a student of North 1932; Pastor O. Pagels, 1939. western College, honorary membership in the The Society honored their memory by rising.

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The auditing committee, Pastor H. Johne reporting, found the treasurer’s books correct and in good order. The motion to adopt the treasurer’s report as follows was carried. N. W. C. ALUMNI SOCIETY Report of Income and Expenses From June 3, 1984 to June 2, 1985 Income: Dues & Donations for 1984/65 $2359.00 151.84 Interest .$2510.84 Total Income Expenses: 198.75 Mailing Costs 36.40 Printing ......... 20.00 Black and Red 130.00 Typing .. . 85.00 Plaque ........... .$ 470.15 Total Expenses ..... $2040.69 Income over Expenses CASH ACCOUNT .$ 823.21 Balance June 3, 1964 . 2510.84 From Income ... Total Cash to be accounted for $3334.05 Disbursements: Expenses .................................... 470.15 Total Disbursements ......... ..... 470.15 Balance .................. . ... . $2863.90 Less Certificate of Deposit, ...... 1000.00 $1863.90 BALANCE IN BANK .. . Investment: Certificate of Deposit Bank of Watertown — $4500. The tabulation ballots showed the following elections: President - Prof Cl Baer First Vice-Pros i;. ■ — Pastor A. Stuebs Second Vico-Pi; - Prof. E. A. Wendland Panning Secretary - Pr: ; Chronicler - P K. Otto Treasurer - Pro Quam Mailing Secret; Prof. R. Sievert By a rising vm ■ of ihanks the Society acknowleded the years of faithful service rendered by the pa.- treasurer, Prof. Binhammer. Adjournment at 4 40 p. m. A. Panning, sec’y.

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The printed minutes for the previous Alumni meeting would not be complete without the an nual announcement calling all alumni “to sup port our Alma Mater in every possible way and to further and maintain the bonds of Christian fellowship in a truly Lutheran spirit” by attend ing the coming alumni meeting and banquet. M. S.

ALUMNI SOCIETY MEETING WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 at 3:00 p. m. COLLEGE GYMNASIUM LUNCHEON at 5:00 p. m.

CALLS Professor Oscar Siegler, Dr. Siegbert Beck er, and Pastor Karl Gurgel, ’37, all had the call to the Seminary as a replacement to Dr. Paul Peters, ’09, and all three declined. Pastor Irvin J. Habeck, ’24, now has the call. Pastor E. F. Lehninger, ’39, has the call i

from the Wisconsin Lutheran Child and Family Service, Inc., to serve as Executive Director. Pastor Mentor Kujath, ’43, has the call to the same agency to become the Director of Public Relations. Pastor Luther Weindorf, ’54, was called from Japan to Grace Congregation, Seattle, Washing ton. He was installed March 20, 1966. Pastor Gerhardt Haag, ’53, of Bethesda, Port land, Oregon, accepted a call to Christ, Grand Island, Nebraska. Pastor Warren Widmann, ’59, of Grace, Zillah, Washington, accepted a call as missionary at large of the Pacific Northwest District. He will begin work in Salem, Oregon. Pastor John P. Meyer, ’59, of Eau Claire, Mich., received and accepted the call to St. Paul’s Congregation, Hillsboro, Wise. ANNIVERSARIES Pastor Theodore Sauer, ’37, celebrated his 25th year in the ministry on Feb. 20, 1966. He serves at Grace, Manitowoc, Wise. On April 17, Pastor I. G. Uetzmann, ’22, ob served his 25th anniversary as pastor of St. Luke’s congregation of Watertown, Wise. Prof. Carleton Toppe delivered the sermon. SEMINARY ENGAGEMENTS JUNIORS Lyle Lange 65 Karen Perschke Harold Hoeppner 65 Karen Russell David Meyer 65 Catharine Hundley 64 Francine Erickson Gary Parker Dennis Hayes 65 Ann Thierfelder Frederick Grunewald 65 Catherine Krueger Gaylord Gartman 65 Judy Wells MIDDLERS 64 Shari Crimmel Richard Winters 64 Barbara Hartwig Marcus Diersen Larry Cross 63 Katherine Stern 63 Beth Schuetze Bill Gabb Robert Christman 64 Kay Bauman 63 Marj Sachse Kermit Habben 64 Donna Tracy Gerald Ditter 63 Marcia Finch William Meier SENIORS 62 Dorothy Waidelich Karl Plocher 62 Cheryl Schaumberg James Diener 62 Gretchen Boldt Waite Oelhafen 62 Judy Wisch Dan Falck 62 Anita Lemke Wayne Schulz 62 Christina Rodriquez Ernest Zimdars 62 Margaret Mueller Joel Prange 62 Delaine Meyer Reinhard Kom 61 Ellen Christman Richard Weber 62 Jeanette Cords Ron Waterstradt 62 Charlotte Kutz Douglas Bode 62 Janet Griebling Paul Seiltz DEATHS Pastor Roman C. Biesmann, ’33, of Trinity, Huilsburg, Wise., died of a heart attack March 13, ’66. Pastor Biesmann served in Hurley, Wise., Muskegon, Mich., Norwalk, Abrams, and Huils burg, Wise. Pastor Adolph C. Buenger, deliv ered the funeral address. Pastor Paul T. Oehlert, ’05, died on March 9, ’66. Pastor Oehlert’s ministry included St. Paul’s and St. Peter’s, Fond du Lac, Wise., and Trinity, Kaukauna, Wise. The sermon was preached by Pastor Paul R. Ziesemer.

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QJince many people travel between 300 O and 1500 miles to attend Northwes tern’s graduation, why is this special event being down-graded at NWC? It has always been a rather low-key affair with no guest speaker as is customary at most schools. This year one of the most distinctive features of Northwestern’s graduation fell by the wayside when the faculty eliminat ed the traditional German oration. Was this action taken because Northwestern’s German department no longer equips even the best students to write and deliver a short German oration alter six years of study? If so, the decision was a wise one. If not, the tradition should be continued. The problems with delivery, which have occurred, could be prevented with more careful rehearsal. Tape recorders and the advice of professors \\\ H versed in German are readily available. An lack of German ability in the audience c-.n be handled with “jimmies,” as it was two years ago. Music is another problem. Organ mu sic seems to be the Seniors’ only choice. It does not seem to be asking too much of the musical organizations to remain twelve hours beyond their concert, if the Seniors would so request. This is especially true of the college students, who would still have good chances for transportation with fellow students after graduation, since half of the cars on campus belong to Seniors. Let’s keep a little ceremony and distinc tion in our graduation. J- B.

pursue puzzling or important points on our own. In any college the student must make something for himself out of the schooling. No college can pour education into the heads of its students. Education, however, has a wider scope than mere classroom study. Acting in the Forum final, playing on the football team, traveling to Florida over Easter vacation, even holding an outside job are experien ces which help to make the mature, wellrounded man which is the goal of educa tion. If only we took time to read, even at the expense of some classroom assign ment, we could greatly supplement our education. Northwestern offers many opportuni ties for a good education. If we do not take advantage of them here, we probably would not anywhere else either. j. v.

HPiiere has traditionally been a great gulf separating the student at Northwestern from the other five-and-one-half million col lege students in the United States. Frater nization with our sister synodical schools, the rivalry of sports, chance meetings in student hangouts, home-town and sum mer friendships, and a very few organized meetings are points of contact between “us” and “them,” but the general atmos phere at Northwestern is one of isolation, of aloofness. What national or state student orga nization has its representatives on our campus? What private college or public university in the state makes any kind of attempt (beyond the athletic field or for publicity purposes) to have some kind of association with us, or even knows that we exist? And, conversely, how does the student at Northwestern have a chance to participate in or learn firsthand about stu A s another school year draws to a dent trends and concerns? He can read close, it is a fitting time to ask just about them, but he remains an outsider. how good an education we are getting at Until we leave our protectively cush Northwestern. Although we often com ioned and cozily segregated little campus plain, I think that we must admit that we and make an effort to learn about and have the opportunities to get a good one. study our generation, its leaders and or Our curriculum touches upon a wide ganizations, and its moods and temper, range of subjects and shows us where the we will remain outsiders. Until the rest of important things lie. We need only to the college world at least knows that there build on this with a little initiative. We is a Northwestern and shows an interest should not be satisfied to memorize shal in us, we will remain outsiders. And an outsider is a second-class citilow explanations or petty facts which are F. T. likely to be put on a test. But we should zen. 25

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Oration in the Field of Religion: THE ATHANASIAN CREED “No other official document or creed sets forth, so incisively and with such ma jestic clarity, the profound theology im plicit in the New Testament affirmation that ‘God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself.’ ” This is one writer’s fit ting description of the Athanasian Creed. The Athanasian Creed is one of the three creeds which were recognized in the past by the entire Christian church and are formally accepted by most of the church today. The other two are the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed. These are called ecumenical or universal creeds. The Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed are familiar, since they are regularly used in the worship of the church. The Athanasian Creed is not used in the Lutheran liturgy except on Trinity Sunday in some congre gations. The Athanasian Creed was the last of the three ecumenical creeds to be written. It is certain that it was not written by Athanasius. How i' came to be named af ter him is not kra -va. Neither the author nor the date wl1 it was written are known. It was pve’! ' bly written in south ern France aroi • fO A.D. Its original purpose was to ct pastors in the basic doctrines of islianity. They were expected to mcr the Creed and to use it in teachinv . people. By the sev enth century it 1 :i standard requirement in Western Europe for the clergy to know the Athanasian Creed. During the following centuries it was put to music and chanted, either daily or on Sunday, at prime, the hour set aside for prayer at 6:00 A. M. By the thirteenth century it was grouped together with the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed. It was known in the eastern church by the twelfth cen tury, but was never regarded as highly there as the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds. The Lutheran Reformation retained the three ecumenical creeds and included them in the Book of Concord. Luther said of the Athanasian Creed, “I don’t know if the church of the New Testament since the times of the Apostles has a more impor tant writing.” The Athanasian Creed does not con tain three articles like the Aposdes’ Creed and the Nicene Creed. It consists of two 27

parts. The first part sets forth the teach ing of Scripture on the Trinity; the sec ond describes the Person and work of Christ. The Creed begins with the words: “Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith.” The word “catholic” as used in the Creed means “universal.” The word “Chris tian” could also be substituted for it. The catholic or Christian faith consists in this, that “we worship one God in Trini ty, and Trinity in Unity, neither confusing the Persons nor dividing the Substance.” There are three distinct Persons in the Trinity: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Yet these three are one substance or essence, one being. The attributes of each Person are the same; each is uncre ated, infinite in power, wisdom and glory, eternal and omnipotent. Each is God, and each is Lord. Yet there is only one God; there is only one Lord. We must acknow ledge that each Person is God and Lord, yet we cannot say that there are three Gods or three Lords. The three persons are different in this respect, that the Father is neither made nor created nor begotten; the Son is not made nor created, but be gotten, the Holy Spirit is not created nor begotten, but proceeds from the Father and the Son. Thus there is only one Father, one Son, and one Holy Spirit. In the Trini ty none is before or after another, none is greater or less than another, but all three Persons are coequal and coeternal. Also it is necessary for salvation to be lieve in the incarnation of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He is “God of the sub stance of the Father, begotten from eterni ty; and of the substance of His mother, bom in the world; Perfect God and perfect Man, of a rational soul and human flesh subsisting; equal to the Father as touch ing His Godhead, and inferior to the Fath er as touching His manhood; Who, al though He be God and Man, yet He is not two, but one Christ. One, not by conver sion of the Godhead into flesh, but by tak ing the manhood into God; One altogether, not by confusion of the Substance, but by unity of the Person. For just as the ra tional soul and flesh is one man, so God and Man is one Christ.” He suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, arose, ascended into heaven and shall come a-

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gain to judge the living and the dead. The Athanasian Creed states these truths firmly and without hesitation. It does not try to explain that which cannot be explained and which we cannot under stand; it just sets forth the true teaching of Scripture, simply and clearly. Three times the Creed states that it is necessary to believe these truths in order to be saved. The first words of the Creed are: “Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the cath olic [that is, the Christian] faith. Which faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.” This solemn warning is re peated in the middle of the Creed and again at the end: “This is the catholic [or Christian] faith; which except a man be lieve faithfully and firmly, he cannot be saved.” This does not mean that a person who has never read the Creed or one who does not have a knowledge of Christian doctrine sufficient to comprehend all its teachings cannot be saved. It does not mean that everyone has to become a theo logian. But whoever does know these doc trines and still does not accept them, or clings to some belief contrary to them, is not a true Christian and cannot be saved. The true God is the Triune God, and who ever does not worship the Triune God is an idolater; he breaks the first and most important of the commandments. Further more there is no salvation outside of Christ, the second Person of the Trinity, the Son of God the Father, who took unto Himself the flesh and nature of man in order to become our Savior, to take our place under the Law and to suffer for our sins. It does not help anyone to know who the true God is if he tries to approach Him any way other than through Christ. The Athanasian Creed does not con tain the words “I believe,” like the Apost les’ and Nicene Creeds. It was not written as a personal confession. For this reason as well as because of its length it is not often used in worship as a confession of faith. Today the Athanasian Creed is not very popular in many churches. The ecu menical movement has no use for it, and the constitutions of new church bodies and of the ecumenical organizations do not recognize it. They usually accept the Aposdes’ and Nicene Creeds, but do not

mention the Athanasian Creed. Some churches are embarassed because their present confessions do recognize the Atha nasian Creed. The reason is simple. The Athanasian Creed states too many things which many churches and many pastors and theologians do not believe. The Creed states that Christ is “God of the Sub stance of the Father, begotten before the worlds.” Modern theology rejects the deity of Christ and regards Him as a mere hu man like any other man. One theologian says, “I believe the testimony of the New Testament taken as a whole is against the doctrine of the deity of Jesus.” The Creed says that Christ “suffered for our salva tion, descended to hell and rose on the third day.” But a leading theologian says “An historical fact which involves a resur rection from the dead is utterly inconceiv able.” Again, the Creed says that at Christ’s coming “all men shall rise with their own bodies and shall give account of their own works. And they who have done good shall go into everlasting life but they who have done evil into everlasting fire.” Many leaders in the church deny both the immortality of the soul and the resurrec tion of the body. In the words - f one minister “we can no longer speak of death as the separation of body and soul, nor of the resurrection as the joining of body and soul.” They also don’t believe in the existence of hell and say that God would not punish anybody everlastingly. The Creed says, “Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic, [or Christian] faith. . . And the catholic faith is this, that we wor ship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity.” But one prominent minister says openly, “I’ve abandoned ship on the Trini ty.” Another time he says, “I’ve jettisoned (thrown overboard) the Trinity, the Vir gin Birth and the Incarnation.” Modern theology does not accept these teachings because it does not accept their source, the Scripture. It regards the Bible as a human book, full of errors and myths. One writer says, “The Bible is not a book that is verbally inspired in all its parts, and therefore wholly infallible and inerrant.” Theologians do not even believe there is such a thing as truth and error in doctri nal matters. One of them says, “there can be no absolute expression of truth even in the language of theology.”

Today many churches are drawing up new confessions. These confessions are general and ambiguous. What they say can be understood in different ways. So no one is offended, and those who have different beliefs can still accept the same confession. The new confessions do not exclude those who hold false beliefs. Those who draw up these new church documents would not think of condemning anyone. There are no condemnations of false doc trine, because today’s theology is not deal ing with revealed truth but with human opinion, and it has no standard for deter mining truth and error. The Athanasian Creed states its teachings in such a clear and exact way that one cannot claim to accept the Creed and at the same time read some other meaning into its words. What it says can be understood in only one way. (The same is true of the Nicene Creed, and it is inconsistent to accept one creed and reject the other as some church es do.) In this respect the Athanasian Creed fulfills one important purpose of a

creed: it distinguishes those who hold cer tain beliefs from those who hold different beliefs. The early church had to struggle against many heresies which corrupted the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarna tion. In these struggles against false doc trine she was forced to state the true teachings of Scripture in creed and con fessions. The Athanasian Creed may be re garded as the high point of development of creeds in the early church. It was writ ten when the church had faced and over come most of the heresies. But the old heresies keep returning, and the “new the ology” consists mainly of these old here sies, adapted to the twentieth century. There are few false doctrines that some one hasn’t thought of before. Because the Athanasian Creed maintains the teaching of the Word of God, it remains meaning ful and dear to the faithful sons of the church of Jesus Christ. FLOYD BRAND

Oration in the 1 i ld of the Humanities: THE CULTURAL EXPLOSION America is pres^.itly in the midst of an upsurge of cultural interest and artis tic activity that is pin oomenal and almost unprecedented. More than a century ago Sydney Smith, canor. of St. Paul’s Cathe dral in London, spoke for the rest of the educated world when he scornfully asked: “In the four quarters of the globe who reads an American book or goes to an American play, or looks at an American picture or statue?” In 1966, in every cor ner of the world, people are reading Hem ingway, Faulkner, and Capote, going to plays by O’Neill, Miller, and Albee, and viewing paintings and sculpture by Wyeth, Pollock, and Calder. In the field of music American contributions — from the jazz of Duke Ellington to the symphonies of Charles Ives — are winning acclaim the world over. Or putting it more simply in terms of a more modem art form, “Who is there in all the four corners of the globe that doesn’t go to an American-made movie?” Particularly in the past two decades America has seen a tremendous growth in artistic achievement and appreciation. Culture is far more than a fad — it’s a basic change in America. Attendance at 29

art galleries, museums, symphony con certs, the theater, and ballet has more than doubled in the last few years, with the re sult that the expenditure on culture now totals more than 3 billion dollars a year. At every turn we come into contact with culture. For example, it is now possible to rent expensive paintings to hang in your home. In drugstores and supermar kets we find cultural artifacts from paper back editions of the classics to a recording of a Schubert symphony. As a result many are now calling this burst of creation and consumption a “second Renaissance” or a “cultural explosion.” However, the counterclaims that ours is a “cultural wasteland” are nearly as strong. Some are now seriously asking: “Is today’s cul ture really enriching our lives and mean ing something?” No one will deny that our culture is widespread. In past ages cultural pursuits affected relatively few people: the ruling class, aristocracy, military and religious leaders. Today culture is being made avail able to everyone. We are indeed a nation of “culture consumers.” The reason is simply that our growing prosperity has for the first time given more Americans

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money and leisure for the arts. Our afflu ent society resembles the old Roman so ciety, which clamored for “panem et circenses.” Now that our populous new mid dle class possesses bread aplenty, it’s time for circuses, for the enjoyment of the arts. But we come back again to the same ques tion: “Does quantity and popularity nec essarily mean we have quality in culture?” There are many who indeed feel we are faced with signs of cultural deteriora tion. As one critic recently put it: “Of acres of canvas, tons of sculpture, and cubic miles of architecture. . . being pro duced today, only an infinitesimally small fraction are works of esthetic significance.” And there are many critics who agree with him, and for good reasons. It used to be somewhat of a joke when you said you couldn’t tell which was the top and which the bottom of a certain painting. Not to day. Our museums are exhibiting on their walls paintings by people who never learn ed to paint. Or take the example of pop art. There was a time not so long ago when you could only find such pop art “masterpieces” as wooden Indians in front of cigar stores. Now under the guise of pop art, models of soup cans and men’s work shirts have gained access to the most ex clusive museums. In all fields of art though, there is extreme pressure for nov elty of expression. Tradition in our coun try is all quite short-lived. America has quickly run through abstract expression ism, action painting, pop, op, and kinetic art. This speeded-up art has created quite an odd situation. Artists who used to have to struggle a lifetime to gain recognition now find their problem is to keep from be ing absorbed into these modem art forms before they have a chance to experiment and mature. Music is another good ex ample. Going to all extremes it has reach ed a point called aleatory music — a form in which concert performers are left to choose the notes they play. New music is often made up of no more than street noises and electronic squeals. But perhaps the strongest criticism leveled against our culture is that it is just another example of our materialism. Often we are accused of not really understand ing or appreciating culture, but merely making it a “status symbol.” We are a nation of nonconformists, and often it seems Americans take up culture simply

because it’s the thing to do. Culture is ad vertised and sold largely as a commoditysomething with which to keep up with the Joneses. Many indeed feel that culture and democracy do not mix. Once culture moves out of the hands of the elite, they say, it becomes corrupted. Culture, however, is no longer in the hands of a few. Ten or fifteen years ago we would have to say it was. Such things as foreign cars and trips to Europe were then strictly for the elite. But all this came to an end about the time camel hair sport coats and other items of Ivy League dress began appearing on the plain pipe racks of Robert Hall’s. And yet as much as has been said in criticism of the cultural explosion, much more can be said in its favor. For besides quantity there is also very definitely quali ty. Behind it is a change in the attitude of the American people. There is now more respect for the arts and learning and less of that former feeling of suspicion toward artistic and intellectual pursuits. Today’s audiences are well-informed and educated. Through television, the movies, and a wide circulation of recordings the masses have seen and heard some - f the world’s most expert actors and musicians. Second-rate performances are less likely to pass unnoticed today than they vould have ten or fifteen years ago. In the late twenties H. L. Mencken wrote that “the leading American musical director, if he went to Leipzig, would be put to polishing trombones.” What could be farther from the truth today? The U. S. is no longer taking a back seat to Europe in respect to any of the arts. Abroad the image of Americans being somewhat crude and materialistic is slowly fading. Not on ly are American artists in every field high ly regarded the world around, but large numbers of students from abroad now come to this country for their art educa tion. New York, in fact, has become the undisputed art capital of the world. For eign buyers now flock to this country’s art galleries, while our leading symphony or chestras have few peers. And plays by Americans are being produced the world over, not only those of O’Neill and Wil liams, but those of a crop of young dra matists like Albee and Gelber. It is poor logic, therefore, to argue that just because some trash is being produced.

all of it must be so. As a matter of fact, a great deal of what could be called trash was turned out in Elizabethan England and Renaissance Italy. The amount of good art in our country is greater than ev er. The important thing to remember, though, is that the cultural explosion has stimulated experimentation in new forms. This may not have produced a Shakes peare or a da Vinci, but at least it has produced the proper atmosphere in which

culture can thrive. The cultural boom cannot be simply dismissed, for it runs too deep into many reaches of American life. But just what can we conclude from it? Does it mean that we now have become a cultured na tion? Hardly. For to say this is to say that no more progress is possible. Rather, to be cultured is to recognize a process which, like education, is never ended. JOHN MITTELSTAEDT

Class Motto: (The Lord is my shepherd.) Class Flower: Flowering Crab Class Colors: White and Gold Tomah, Wisconsin RODERICK LUEBCHOW class president

When Roderick Luebchow came to Northwestern, he was a theological liberal who wanted a classical education without being cajoled into preparing for the ministry. He was. Though Latin and Hebrew were his favorite subjects, he exhibited the same conscientiousdiscipline, and effort toward perfec tion in all his work. • < •'. three years of Latin tutoring, he taught with great clarity .wid penetration. As a Senior he was elected to the class • .vy and the Black and Red staff. He combined his wide :i< o i nice with the student body with his lucid analysis to pr : ;nely articles of student interest. He even succeeded i* chig interest in the Alumni Column. Besides exhibiting r-.hip, he played organ in chapel for four years and sang u . ? Chorus four years, Mixed Chorus two years, and Toup. i rus three years. No doubt his im peccable attire (which pain varletrous Juniors call the “double 0 college’’ s:yk' snared him the Beaver Award as Most Eligible BacheL r on choir tour. In his leisure time Rod erick likes modern classical music and genial conversation. Two of his secret desiies are to be a professor and to study Sanskrit in Latvia. He will, in the words of his great antago nist, Jeff Hopf, “carry his talents north to the Seminary next fall, if he has enough cab fare.” HAROLD HAGEDORN

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Harry is one of our gifts from Flandreu Park Feeder School. A four-year letterman, he has concentrated his sports effort on a guard spot on the varsity football team. Intramural basket ball, volleyball, and softball have kept him in tolerable shape during the off-season. Harry’s musical career began on a right note. He and Klu joined the Male Chorus in their Frosh year with the intention of getting the full benefits of our music extracurriculars. By semesters they thought that they had achieved that goal and quit. Scholastically, Harry is interested in his tory; socially, in Kathie. His main achievement here at North western has been the acquisition and proud ownership of “the Big D — the Green Machine” (including a new pair of RED NYLON SEATCOVERS). He has been on the Dorm Council for the past two years and was this year’s President. His school-time off-campus working hours have been filled with Hiway 16 Furniture and stints of Dura-dirty. He says that he has enjoyed his four years here but is “glad to get out” now that it is over. By moving to Mequon next year he will put Columbia Hospital within easy range of his Big D. 31

Alma, Wisconsin VICE-PRESIDENT In spite of an intensive campaign during his eight years at Northwestern to change his nickname from “Dog” to “Rutsch,” Dave’s roommates still think of him as sort of a dog. But he was a success as the class’ perennial VP, and once even pre sided at a class meeting! Until recently Rutsch had an active musical career; he sang a high first tenor in the choruses and the Glee Club, played a cool sax in the band, and last year di rected the Prep Glee Club. Although he is only an occasional athlete, Dave is an ardent follower of state sports, especially as reported in Roundy’s column. The “Durchschnitzer’s” ’58 Chevy, which has met socially—bumper to bumper—with Prof. Schroeder’s car, has made many trips to Madison and more recently “west of town — visit” in pursuit of the campus-famed Pauline. Rutsch is especially proud that he is the manager of the college canteen and therefore is Dean’s right-hand man in the dormitory. After an Easter vacation spent in North Dakota, Rutsch is ready to tackle anything, even the Sem.

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Raised amongst the cherry trees of his beloved Door Coun ty, rugged, good-natured “Aesch” came to Northwestern after attending the State University at Stevens Point for two years. His four years at NWC have been highlighted by his fourth floor tutor’s residence in the Prep Dorm, not to mention his efficiency as a Dorm Council member and class banker for two years. Aesch’s age has caused speculation that he is drawing social security benefits. Some of his most admired qualities are his abilities to make mocassins and to play "Farmer in the Dell” on his harmonica, and his knowledge of forestry and orni thology, his favorite, . . er . . ., subjects. However, he still re tains an interest in Greek and English, and after writing the “henscratches” backwards for some time, he considers his hard-earned “B” in Hebrew to be one of his major accomplish ments. Aesch has probably left his mark on Northwestern with his famous ’46 Chevy “Hummingbird,” the whistling wonder that just plain died one day. After a summer of wearing a po liceman’s star at Potawatomi State Park, Ron will humbly bow to his north and march southward to Mequon.

RICHARD ANDERSON St. Paul, Minnesota Dick plays no favorites among his classes, and his five-year stay should be enough to encourage anybody who thinks he can make it through Northwestern without intensive studying. He feels his major accomplishment for this year was maintaining his sanity while rooming with Ralph Stuebs and Dennis Enser. A full schedule of intramurals cuts deeply into his sack time, but he did scrape together enough talent to gain other berths on a number of championship teams. Andy strikes an impres sive figure on the bowling lanes, and has rolled at least twentyfour 600 series this year. He teamed up with classmate Kirschke to take the conference doubles crown in tennis as a Junior, but feels he could do much more for N. W. C., once the card team is organized. Dick also hoped to letter on the pool team and did not think much of the school when he found that it had no such team. His future is presently undecided, but he hears there are some tough bowling alleys in Vietnam.

North St. Paul, Minnesota KENNETH BODE As one of Umnus’ football boys, Ken has held the quarter back position for four years and lettered the last two years. He also enjoys watching football, and he is confident that his Minnesota Vikings will one day be champs. However, Ken does not neglect other athletics and played intramural basketball three years and was a member of the Senior champion basketball and volleyball teams. “Bods” also enjoys singing. He was a member of Male Chorus in Frosh and Soph years and held down two voices in the Glee Club in his Soph and Junior years. He accompanied the Male Chorus in the ’63 tour and was a member of Forum one year. The past Easter vacation Ken took a trip to California and reports that “Mexico is the place to go.” Dura-Clean work occupied much of his college time, and pre sently he is an efficient vacuum cleaner salesman. “Bods” en joys “working on” cars and gives his old '55 “Ply” and Jerry Linn’s auto as evidence of his talents. After a summer job tarring roofs, Ken will aim his ’62 Plymouth toward the Semi nary and follow the tradition of the three Bodes who preceded him there.

Metamora, Ohio FLOYD BRAND A tiller of the soil turned scholar, Floyd has spent his five years at Northwestern in scholastic pursuits. In his devotion to these ends, he has kept his contact with the fairer sex to a bare minimum one Homecoming date to be exact. How ever, he has compensated for this deficiency by taking ten straight semesters of L-uin and by poring over his German li brary, which numbe s nearly a hundred volumes. For kicks Floyd has used his po -t .sr librarian to terrorize Preps and to jew students in tit. I store. His devotion has paid off, though, and Floyd I n ecu selected to deliver one of the or ations at graduation. : country routine is slowly working its way out of him. Ran. .. :-;.s it that he has even stayed up past 11:00 a couple of tin - inis year and that occasionally he sleeps in past 5:30. Floyd is remembered as a harmonica virtuoso as a result of his command performance of the school song in a pep rally when still \ Frosh. He also is the pitching ace for the class softball . .ra. Next year Floyd should easily fit into the scholarly life at the Seminary.

Bay City, Michigan DON DENGLER Don is glad to be leaving, and with him goes a legend. His frank retorts are an integral part of his personality, Who has not heard Don molding in his doorway, favoring one and all with his many colorful experiences and opinions? Don swears by Camels and anything from Michigan. His Chev is fagged, but his great driving prowess always pulls him through in clutch situations. However, Don is a pass artist in his aca demic pursuits and claims to be a panic-button man when his genius is put to the test. Don is also a good sport and proved it by sparking his classmates to an intramural basketball championship. He served faithfully as manager of both the football and baseball teams and could always be counted on for team support. Don was elected to the Dorm Council his Frosh year and narrowly missed out in a vigorous bid for the D. C. Presidency. A short term on the Excuse Committee high lighted his Junior year. Don’s heart is tender, so he enjoys tender work, and hopes to add his name to the work list at Mequon.

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Caledonia, Minnesota TERRY DETERS Ter is one of those “hard-to-find guys on campus.” The kid from Caledonia is a hard worker and has divided his time be tween studies and outside jobs. A familiar sight this year was Terry dressed in his white orderly garb, setting off for Roger’s Sanatorium. Last summer Ter worked throughout Wisconsin for General Telephone Construction putting up telephone poles and laying underground cables. However, his work hasn’t kept him from having fun. Ter is noted for his sense of humor, and Hie famous Deter’s laugh is a familliar sound reverberating throughout third floor. Terry also boasts that his two year membership in Forum gave him the necessary experience for his fine performances in some of the spectacular Class of ’66 skits. Ter just purchased the fourth car of his college career— a new dark green Mustang which can be seen grazing in the dust of Uie NWC corral. His Mustang is frequently seen on the trails to Beaver Dam or Madison, where Terry spends a lot of time with a friend. After eight years at Watertown, Terry’s mailing address will be Mequon, where he will continue train ing for the ministry.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin ROLAND EHLKE “Cap,” a graduate of NWCP, is the proud possessor of a shock of sandy hair and a record of scholastic achievement. A recipient of three Siegler scholarships, Cap has managed to pursue his studies in the face of such distractions as those offered in Fall River, Wisconsin. He has served NWC in a wide range of activities including two years as Art Editor for the Black and Red, a Forum officer, and a year as a collegiate tutor in the Prep dorm. Cap also participated in intramural basketball and the Male Chorus. For hobbies “Rhode Island Red" enjoys painting, driving the wrong way down one-way streets, and an occasional scalp hunt in the barber shop. The women in Cap’s life are treated according to his own motto, “I guess you have to keep them all happy, at least for a while.” Following graduation Cap will enter the Peace Corps Train ing Center at the University of Texas. After this training, he will serve a two-year tour of duty in Iran, where he will teach English. Upon his return Cap will enroll at the Seminary.

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RON HAHM Ixonia, Wisconsin Despite his status as a part-time dorm student, Ron found plenty of time to partake in all phases of campus life, particu larly sports. For four years he filled positions in both the de fensive and offensive backfields. He was the team’s leading pass receiver, and his long receptions provided the necessary lift in many crucial situations. His ability was further recog nized when he was appointed one of the captains of this year’s team. He was regularly one of the leading scorers on the bas ketball team and added a couple of years of baseball to his total. He served as secretary and president of the “N” Club and treasurer of the Dorm Council. His violin talents received full play in the orchestra. According to a reliable source on College Avenue, Ron broke all existing records for total late time on assigned papers. The reason for Ron’s commuting is pretty well known to be the care of his flocks, which also oc cupies a large part of his summer. According to latest infor mation Ron will be out to set a new long distance commuting record at the Sem next fall.

Slades Corners, Wisconsin ROBERT HELLMANN Bob, the math wizard of ’66, will graduate as the newly crowned chess champion of NWC. After he had read numer ous volumes on the art of chess, Bob applied the various prin ciples and used his famous computer mind to sweep home the title of Chess Mentor. Bob has divided his time evenly between scholastic and athletic endeavors. In his eight years on cam pus, Bob has been a permanent fixture in the gymnasium and on the athletic field and is one of the all-time greats in intra murals. Also an ardent golfer, Bob has become a member of the varsity team this year. Bob, alias “Albie”, alias “Engelstimme,” has almost as many nicknames as Zelims, and to gether they form a team similar to the Smothers Brothers (ex cept they can’t sing quite as well). Bob is also the Casey Jones of the Class of ’66; he has a set of HO trains, and he religiously reads Model Railroader every month. In fall Bob will head for Mequon, where he will study for the ministry and try out a few more new golf courses.

JOHN HUEBNER Elkhorn, Wisconsin Back home “Hueb” does not have much of a chance to stand out, as lie comes from a family of eight brothers and sisters. In his eight years at Northwestern he has also mana ged to keep himself out of the limelight. He was very success ful in his prep wrestling career, but since there is no college squad, he has had to content himself with assisting Coach Umnus. Intramurals ■ !pod fill the gap. Hueb has also en joyed participation in (he hand and Male Chorus. Hueb claims that he has no schoi ■ interests, but anyone who will put so much time into all ■ .s that he vies with Roderick for last submitted must > ho as uninterested as all that. Hueb is especially devoted > - tain ’60 Falcon, in which he has traveled 27,000 miles • 1 .riving to and from school the last year and a quart '. the side he directs his farm labor pool, which recruits /■ both dorms and even runs a Times ad. Come fall Hueb il be welcomed to the Sem, even if he shows up a little late-.

Columbus, Wisconsin JOHN IBISCH John is the product of a long line of introverts and main tains that he, too, is naturally reserved. Although there are those who would question his reserve, everyone will admit that he has one of the most outgoing smiles on campus. But this is merely the reflection of his enthusiasm for NWC. For eight years he has held the scholastic averages high, but classes have never interfered with his education. After two years in the library his senior year has been more lively with the ups and downs of life as a prep tutor. John has directed two For ums, coached Rostra, and been one of the first debaters on campus. Nor have eight stanzas of a wrong hymn in chapel daunted his musical endeavors. He belongs to both choruses, Glee Club, and has gone on all of the chorus trips the last four years. When we consider that he has participated in every in tra-mural sport and in championships as well, we must admit that his education has not been one-sided. After another sum mer as superintendent of the local swimming pool, John will enjoy the rigors of life at the Sem and possibly do work for a master’s on the side. 35

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin PAUL KANTE Paul has the distinction of being the oldest member of his class. After Wisconsin Lutheran, Paul spent two years of ac tive duty in the Navy. The Navy gave Paul his gait and his nickname, the “Admiral.” Being a remedial, Paul has spent much time studying, but still does not feel a great kinship with languages. But Paul is famous for his hobby, photography. It is generally believed that he has at least two pictures of every body and everything on campus! For two years he was the official photographer for the Black and Red. Paul was in the chorus for over a year and participated in a choral reading for Forum. Next to photography, Paul’s main avocation is talk ing. This will be a big help to him in the ministry some day. Paul likes things neat and orderly (just ask anyone who didn’t clean up the dark room!) and detests noise. He attributes this to his age. However, he does enjoy driving a school bus for noisy kids. His neatness will be applied to a Milwaukee golf course this summer. And next fall “Big Ed’s” Ford will gradu ate to the Sem, and Paul will be more than ready and eager to drive it there.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin PAUL KELM This spring Paul Kelm was awarded the Tau Delta Theta Award “in recognition of outstanding service in Scholarship, Athletics, and Extra-Curricular Activity.” These words give a fair summary of Paul’s eight years on Northwestern’s campus. He has been a top student and is known for his battle against “spoonfed education.” Scholarly pursuits, however, have been neglected a bit this spring as “Senior Panic” and the subse quent trips to Milwaukee have cut into study time. Paul has always been a sports buff and is a four-year man in basketball and baseball. In basketball he is remembered for his daring, underhand layups and for the great contact search which he caused. Paul’s extra-curricular activities make an imposing list — three-year class president, four years of Forum, roles in two final productions, Male Chorus, Glee Club, Mixed Chorus. Real credit goes to Black and Red editor Kelm for his topquality volume, which can proudly take its place in North western tradition. Paul will spend this summer delivering Coke and looking forward to next year at the Seminary.

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GARY KIRSCHKE Beaver Dam, Wisconsin “Kirsch,” a graduate of NWCP, has distinguished himself in the classroom and on the tennis courts. Through Gary’s persistence, tennis at NWC has risen from a pastime to a win ning sport. In addition to his varsity participation, Gary has been an active member of the intramural program, and helped the Seniors capture a football title last fall. Gary’s extracur ricular activities also included membership in Forum, and the touring chorus in his Sophomore year. Perhaps Kirsch will be best remembered for his dramatic excellence as an Arbor Day speaker and his roles in the Class of ’66’s spectacular pep rally skits. Though Gary didn’t participate in varsity foot ball, he made a practice of slamming the opposition into the ground with his loud and frequent cuts from the stands. On weekends Gary and his rusty green chariot can be seen speed ing towards Madison. In addition to Madison his hobbies in clude golf, psychology, and Carol, though not necessarily in that order. Gary plans to work in Mequon this summer and then enter the Sem in the fall.

Waukegan, Illinois GERHOLD LEMKE A part-time poet with a latent vein of humor, Gerhold took to writing “C & C” for Black and Red Vol. 69 the way a duck takes to water. He still keeps a journal and has frosted the literary cake with a winning Dr. Ott essay. Not one to ignore the other Muses, “Holt” played trombone and tenor sax during eight years in band and pep band, sang with the male and mixed choruses, and even played the chapel piano in pre-organ days. During odd moments he enjoyed any type of book, For um productions, building class displays, and playing handy man around town, with intramurals, a camera, harmonica, and an almost unbeatable checker game for relaxation. Gerhold pad dles his own canoe on the roarin’ Rock and drives a ’63 Chevy wagon with sleeping bags for longer jaunts. Future plans in clude fighting fires again with a Forest Service “Hot Shot” crew, flying out of Missoula, Montana. Then he will take time out for climbing Mount Whitney and Long’s Peak on the trip back to Senv

Morton Grove, Illinois CURT LYON Curt came to Northwestern after two years at Niles High School in Illinois. AI ilint time he was playing trumpet, but he soon switched to drums. When Curt entered the pep band, it was a relatively ^-significant group. But as he added more pieces to his set and .daed more experience, the group grew into the “Twenty Bi '.live” of today with a disc of its own. It would be hard to ate the entire effect of Curt’s long ' summer, but numbers may give hours of practice c!r some indication. Wd »zen or so songs which he usually uses for solos, he has : ord of 277 solos. (The last two being . the Spring Concert.) Surely no one in “Drastic Drummir •07 reiterations of “Sing, Sing, Sing”! will doubt that there v« * .iaign for the band presidency, Curt After the first known rewarded the band’s cnee by building the new band risers. This same mechanic: i 1 U has fixed nearly all of the cars on campus. Curt babr.rvs his interest in percussion with a scholarly pursuit of Nov. testament Greek. Curt’s recent en gagement to Ann Prange raised no eyebrows. But when he moves to the Sem next year, his absence from our campus will lower some.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin JOHN MITTELSTAEDT John Mittelstaedt will conclude his seven-year stay at Northwestern with an oration on Graduation Day. Although he has never neglected his studies, Stadt has been active in all phases of campus life, especially music. His swinging trom bone has bolstered the band and pep band for four years, and until he joined the Senior Rebellion of this year John sang in the Male Chorus and Glee Club. John has played all intra murals and this spring was a member of the golf team. Then there are three years on the Black and Red staff, where he practiced his habit of never being on time. Stadt will be re membered for last year’s classic performance when he dis covered a way to lock the door in his third-floor room. After a worrisome night John was rescued by the janitors and a lad der. This spring Stadt has joined the Senior Panic and become a lady’s man. Rumor has it that he is a real idol at MLTC — maybe it is the Joe Surfer haircut. After a summer of work John will attend the Seminary next fall.

Winona, Minnesota WAYNE MUELLER If Wayne Mueller never impersonated Santa Claus, he should have. He has all of Santa’s merry twinkle, jolly di mensions, and cheerful generosity, and his “ho, ho, ho” is mighty close. This talented and imaginative Senior chose Greek as his favorite subject. He was active in intramural sports all four years. His mechanical and artistic talents found ample ' class displays and Forum productions. He probably use in reached the height of his poetic career when one of his numerous Black and Red contributions, Exin elicited a baffled criti cal comment from Professor Kowalke. For a while this winter it seemed that Wayne would initiate a powerful 5-watt radio station to compete with WARG as the voice of Northwestern, but his equipment was never finished. Two of his notable fea tures are his "stud” clothes and unique method of argumen tation. In addition to doing justice to his scholastic pursuits he worked at G. B. Lewis and enjoyed reading, music, and stamp collecting. After a summer of road construction he will enter Mequon.

Watertown, Wisconsin Dick is a real man about town. He has put in a fast eight years at Northwestern with special emphasis on food and sports, hence his job at Kroger’s and renowned athletic prow ess. He is not the intellectual dreg he appears to be. Behind his churlish smile lurks a brain. The football team took full advantage of his puissant bulk and awarded him with a trophy this year because his defensive line play was the absolute end. His athletic genius also coached St. Mark’s Grade School to a tournament championship this spring. Of course, Dick was a dabbler in varsity basketball too, but when training proved to be too much, he turned his extensive talents to champion ship basketball and volleyball intramural teams. Chivalrous Richard enjoys medieval history and still keeps up with the knight life, as much as the educational facilities of Watertown allow. He claims that only one class has proved to be a sour note in his liberal education. Even though foiled in love, he dauntlessly plans to try again this fall by appraising the local quail of Mequon.

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin “Dot” spent eight years on NWC’s campus. His recorded contributions to campus life may not be readily tabulated, but in all efforts his diligence is. His Soph year brought assistance to the class as treasurer. It was also this year that he gained fame as official chair-bearer on Arbor Day. He supported class efforts in intramural football for three years and may have been responsible for its championship this year. Recently he has been sporting with the bow and arrow. His sporting around included trying to get one of a herd of seven deer. The lecture series has made use of his caDabilities, and Arno spent a few years assisting in our dining hall. His Dride and joy is a ’59 Buick, which without fail must take its weekly jaunt to Milwaukee. At the Senior Formal after the Winter Carnival, the “Big B”, transporting no less than five MLTC gals, showed its colors and “Rudy’s.” Providing space is available, he will park it on Sem grounds next fall after a summer job at Safe Way Steel.

St. Paul, Minnesota JON SCHMUGGE A yellow flash, a cloud of dust, and a thunder-like boom anywhere in the Watertown area can usually be traced to Northwestern’s flying bus driver, “Crash” Schmugge. Jon has managed to combine a strenuous work schedule for Mel’s Bus Service and Roger’s Memorial Hospital with his extra-curricu lar s and classwork. Bowling and volleyball head the list of his activities. He has also managed to cram practices for Male Chorus, Mixed Chorus, and the Trinity Church Choir into his weekly routine. All of these various activities necessitated Jon’s living off campus, this past year, as he always seemed to be coming when the rest were going. Unlike most out-oftown students, Jon says of Watertown, “I like it here.” Per haps his YAC membership plays a part. He claims that his main scholastic interest was in passing. He regrets that he has not been able to get a paper in on time as yet and still hopes to do so. As he has the past five years, Jon will spend this summer traveling the carnival circuit with Smith’s Won der Shows before he heads for the Sem.

CLARKE SIEVERT New Ulm, Minnesota For four years this loyal Minnesotan, born in Wisconsin, held down offensive right end on our football squad. “Klu” was not a speedster, but he was competent. Six letters and mem bership in the N-CIul> hibit his capabilities. He especially re members the “yuk. which he had with Coach, although in one field Clarke has a st; difference of opinion - he detests Pack er fans. A sports rr,' '.u.-dast in general, he has played intra mural softball, vol! i, and basketball. His efforts in bas ketball helped the tors to a championship this year. Be sides engaging in , Clarke held an off-campus job at G. B. Lewis Coin!With the assistance of a HaZinvinc stockholder, Clarke, his younger brother Louis now own a ’62 Ford. Academic els. have accorded him Schwann Schol arships the past 1 . . irs. He is somewhat of a connoisseur of pipes: his collet' . numbers no less than 17. He plans to move his large im\ . eat in stereo equipment to Mequon in three months. Klu summer months will be occupied with painting, at which iias become quite proficient, and with numerous trips to Wir.ona for purposes of relaxation.

Saginaw, Michigan DAVE TOEPEL Dave is Northwestern’s own Jack-of-all-trades. During his four years as fullback and “defensive demon,” Dave gave the football team enough power running to win two conference championships and to attract pro interest to himself. He also played varsity basketball and baseball whenever scholastic hot water, carp fishing, the city leagues, good times, and eco nomic conditoins permitted. Dave also made quite an impres sion in the classroom, although usually for non-academic rea sons. Dave’s red half-Chevy reached the high point of its col lege career this spring, when it successfully completed the round trip to California. Northwestern’s gift to the free en terprise system kept the money rolling in with jobs as ferti lizer expert, short order cook, vacuum cleaner salesman, and self-employed huckster. A Toepel book sale is usually enough to send his roommates scurrying to take inventory of their book shelves and prospective buyers to check the required book lists. With the amount of stuff Dave pulled, only his indefin able personality (with a strong assist from his bulk) got him through four years at Northwestern alive. Dave and Faye plan to be married this August, and Dave will begin teaching next fall. 39

New Ulm, Minnesota JOHN TRAPP “Etor” bulks large on the campus scene. Not only is he a gourmet of quantity rather than of quality, but he is also one of the most active advocates of the extra-curricular life. He has played in every intramural sport and is a four-year man on the golf team. With his many musical talents he ably di rected the Pep Band and the Junior Band this year and pro duced the Pep Band record. He was the president of Forum and directed this year’s final, The Inspector General. Two years on the Black and Red staff gave him an opportunity to give his philosophy of life and love in his C & C columns and in his poems. Chess in the dorm, cartoon drawing in the class room (one of his cartoons was published by Chess Review), and lungbusters at all times help to round out Etor’s hectic life. Since most of his moneymaking schemes at school have come short of expectation, John will have to conquer his acro phobia and paint Centennial Hall in New Ulm this summer. Next year he will roar his Harley 45 down Mequon’s main drag.

Naper, Nebraska WAYNE VOGT Good looks and a quiet disposition are the marks of this prairie dweller, a graduate of N.L.A. Underneath is a mind like that of Socrates — always thinking. Wayne is the only guy in the dorm who can claim residence in Nebraska and still have a South Dakota address. The long distance home, com bined with his frugality, have worn out a dynasty of cars in his last two years up here. Presently, he drives a ’59 Pontiac, which regularly makes the trip to a local girl’s house on week ends. Probably nobody else can study amidst noise the way Wayne can. He seems to have no trouble even when his stereo is booming and a full-scale bull session is raging. Besides main taining an interest in electronics and mechanics, Wayne takes an avid interest in psychology. Afternoons usually find him at the wheel of a school bus, and this summer he plans on work ing with heavy construction equipment, or perhaps even build ing water towers. Wayne considers Northwestern as just an other step toward his goal of becoming a missionary. He will take the final step when he enters the Sem this fall.

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DAVID VOSS Sebewaing, Michigan “Lloyd” came to NWC after graduating from Michigan Lutheran Seminary. Dave says there is nothing more enjoy able than returning to Watertown in the fall, an experience he has had many, many times. Dave proudly possesses a good deal of school spirit, which he attributes to his being a profes sional P. K. Last fall he put it to use when he led a pep rally. As a member of the chorus, Dave went on tour in his Sopho more year. For outside activities, he enjoys impossible math calculations and harmony. Dave also enjoys the finer things in life, although he never gives a definition of just what he in cludes among them. The owner of a Dodge “jig rig,” Dave spends his free time travelling to Motown to see a certain ac quaintance by the name of Andrea Dee. This hard worker, whose efforts, however, are not always apparent, will work on a gas pipeline again this summer. After putting up with Bode’s jokes for a year, Dave is ready to move on. He plans to en ter the Sem in fall, then marriage and the ministry.

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Hazelton, North Dakota DOUGLAS WEISER Hailing from Northwestern Lutheran Academy and tracing his lineage to the 17th century, “Geschmeisz” has brought with him musical talents, interest in sports, and exceptional comic abilities. Four years have seen him and his bass in band, and three years in pep band. Easter vacation of his Soph year was spent on tour with the Male Chorus. His antics left their mark on the Glee Club during his Soph and Junior year. What would the “War Babies Quartet” be without him? Then came the fate ful Homecoming of ’65. After a bridge got in his way, an offcampus job became mandatory. The experience which he gain ed as an orderly at Rogers Sanatorium will serve him in good stead, cf. 1960 Ford “love wagon.” Intramural football has welcomed Doug the last three years; in addition he supported class efforts in basketball for four years. As a three-year mem ber of Forum he had the opportunity in Brigadoon to display what years on the ranch do to one’s legs. He has a Hazelton “Honie,” but says NWC has a good attribute: “No girls! Good way to get to Sem!”

JOHN WICHMANN Grand Island, Nebraska “You can’t beat Northwestern for an education, but eight years is too much.” This is a sample of the crisp comments that John Wichmann has ready for any occasion. He is an in telligent and well-versed individual with that cheerful type of cynicism which comes easy to those who survive the long haul. History. German, and -v llsh rank as his favorite subjects with the possible except*.'" , sleep, which he gets without worry by relying on his uner mg sense of “cruisability.” Outside of classes he has fouiv i i, for intramural football, softball, and bowling. John spent, i > . ears in Male Chorus and likes any music except polka? ■ classmates see him as a shrewd busi nessman, who prefer o li enee to poverty. With their “MickeyMouse” mentality, II ■. • mve dubbed him “Mickey Wichy.” John helped to finance his ' '<■ ihwestern years with jobs at Bowl-aFun and lately at Fi! Queen. He has a reputation for being a good mixer. When m v at work John enjoys golf, tennis, and the company of a cm tain German girl. Next fall he plans to go to the Seminary.

RON WINTER Appleton, Wisconsin Ron spent his high school years at Fox Valley Lutheran, and retains much of his old loyalty to her. His support of FVL over the Preps is usually met with a little friendly opposition. The first of Ron’s five years here was rather rough and did not do much for his social life, but it is well known that this did not apply to weekends. Once after a particularly strenuous one, Prof. Kowalke thought that he had caught Ron on the class of a Hebrew verb. Not even sure which verb he was asking about, Ron was forced to stall, “Ah . . . .” He was right, too! Much of his free time is spent reading, which helps form his famous individualistic opinions. But Ron’s main outside in terest is art. He has done art work for Forum and participated in choral reading. For three years he has been showing ecu menical spirit by shoveling snow for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. It is with mixed emotion that Ron leaves NWC. After a summer working in a sugar refinery, Ron will be eager to head for the Sem with its greater emphasis on religious courses.

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Chaseburg, Wisconsin MATTHEW ZEIIMS Matt, nicknamed ‘Argass” by his classmates, is one of the greatest humorists in NWC history. Although he took part in numerous capers which kept his classmates in stitches, “Arg” managed to maintain a good reputation in the scholastic field, and in truth was even referred to as a Genie by Prof. Sullivan. Matt has also used his musical talent to its fullest extent. He has played the organ for chapel services, 1st clarinet in the band, pep band, and orchestra, and also demonstrated his vir tuosity on the h.t.(half trombone). Arg will always be remem bered for his radio broadcasts on WARG, a radio station owned, operated, and solely announced by himself, which operated at 500 milliwatts from his third-floor room in East Hall and brought delight to the rest of the dorm. Matt hopes to enter the teach ing ministry next fall at one of our area high schools.

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ERWIN KOWALKE l\ - Hebrew Since 1913 President EmeriU

PAUL EICKMANN Science Since 1924

ERWIN SCHROEDER Librarian - Latin Since 1944

ERNST WENDLAND Professor 1914-1959 Emeritus

GUSTAV WESTERHAUS Professor 1916-1966 Emeritus

ELMER KIESSLING English Since 1927

LEONARD UMNUS Athletics Since 1935

RUDOLF SIEVERT History - Typing Since 1947

EUGENE KIRST Science - Math Since 1954

THEODORE BINHAMMER Mathematics Since 1917 Bursar

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SYLVESTER QUAM English - Music Since 1964

DONALD SELLNOW History - Psychology Since 1966

WILLIAM LEERSSEN Tutor Since 1965

JOHN SULLIVAN German Since 1964

ROBERT BEHNKE English - Science Since 1964

RALPH MARTENS Tutor Since 1965

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Front Row: D. Baumler, F. Toppe, R. Schwerin, R. Diener, D. Neumann, D. Pautz, F. Hackbarth, V. Dobberstein, R. Stadler, D. Buch. Second Row: J. Vogt, V. Micheel, J. Everts, P. Heiderich, A. Martens, R. Muetzel, D. Koelpin, J. Brug, R. Rose, D. Enser. Third Row: F. Bivens, R. Kobleske, R. Waack, M. Schwartz, H. Kuschel, K. Mau, G. Sommer, L. Prahl, L. Retberg Fourth Row: C. Franzmann, M. Stuebs, K. Schroeder, J. Clark, T. Liesener, L. Sievert, A. Zahn, K. Mahnke, R. Gosdeck. Absent: D. Dolan, R. Gorske, A. Harstad, J. Hopf, R. Stuebs. 45

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Front Row: C. Sicgler, D. Stevens, Q. Wiley, R. Pohl, G. Schneider, D. Zwieg. Second Row: D. Meier, P. Zittlow, R. Raabe, R. Pless, R. Zuhl, J. Plitzuweit. Third Row: H. Nehmer, T. Wiechmann, M. Wendland, R. Pasbrig, P. Schwerin, E. Wendland. Fourth Row: P. Naumann, G. Pieper, D. Schmidt, N. Schroeder, J. Wendland, D. Tiarks, J. Stolzmann.

Front Row: D. Clark, L. Koester, R. Hagedorn, E. Fredrich, D. Buettner, C. Clarey. Second Row: R. Kugler, P. Harrington, E. Kappel, L. Leppke, D. Koeplin, J. Liggett, P. Lemke. Third Row: G. Groth, D. Engel, R. Froehlich. M. Ahlborn, E. Klumb, R. Hoepner, D. Heise. Fourth Row: S. Hartwell, J. Boehringer, 0. Cullen, R. Lemke, R. Krueger, M. Engel, P. Koelpin. Absent: C. Brassow, M. Broecker, D. Cole, D. Engelbrecht, K. Grunewald, J. Guse, D. Halvarson, K. Harrold, D. Kiecker, T. Kuehl, T. Lambert, E. Lindemann, R. Meier, G. Moldenhauer, J. Phillips, J. Rainey, R. Schliewe, J. Schmidt, P. Sullivan. 46

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Front Row: J. Haag, 8. Brandt, J. Burke, P. Schmiege, D. Smith, J. Martin, E. Kohlwey, P. Gruendeman. Second Row: T. Molkc...iP. Schweppe, J. Schmidt. W. Kirchner, J. Naumann, G. Lenz, T. Hahm, D. Pagel. Third Row: A. Klessij. Hartman, R. Milbradt, J. Rudolph, L. Wiederich, J. Zeitler, J. Seifert, D. Krueger. Fourth Row: D. Er1.! i.. Baerbock, M. Krueger, D. Gruen, A. Koepsell, S. Degner, D. Fleming, P. Koeninger, R. Cares. Absent: K. Butsky. L. C. Leyrer, R. Mundt, H. Prahl, D. Riebe.

Front Row: R. Haakenson, P. Bell, J. Groth, J. Gut, J. Meier, A. Griswold. Second Row: W. Rouse, T. Rohr, A. Frey, J. Zell, D. Haeuser, K. Krug, G. Hintz, J. Enderle. Third Row: J. Pasbrig, R. Raabe, G. Durfey, C. Ziemer, S. Schwichtenberg, L. Magle. Fourth Row: V. Wittig, P. Werner, G. Struck, T. Valleskey, D. Sternhagen, D. Unke, R. Frank. Fifth Row: R. Mehlberg, A. Beyersdorf, V. Vogel, C. Henkel, L. Lemke, D. Huwiler, M. Hannemann, D. Luetke, C. Klemp, K. Wenzel.

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Dorm Council Seated: R. Halim (treas.), P. Zarling (vice-pres.), H. Hagedorn (pres.), A. Zahn (sec.) Standing: D. Kocplin. J. Schmidt, G. Moldenhauer, R. Waack, D. Pautz, 1). Lucthe.

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Sea'ed: First Row: C. Zahn, J. Krenz, E. tallies, J. Pasbrig. Second Row: S. Degner, M. Gentz, L. Zahn, C. Frederick, S. Staude, R. Raabe, 0. Cullen (drum major). Third Row: D. Zager, J. Gehler, E. Kohlwey, R. Blatter, C. Carstens, P. Schwerin, D. Prust, G. Lemke, R. Schliewe, D. Fleming, G. Lenz. Standing: First Row: J. Jaeger, D. Schramm, R. Jones, J. Trapp. Second Row: M. Harstad, D. Zorn, J. Winter, J. Gut, R. Bonach, J. Enderle, P. Kruschel, D. Buch. Back Row: S. Kehl, A. Frey, D. Weiser (vice-pres.), W. Stuebs, P. Walker.

Seated: D. Dolan, R. Kugler, C. Ziemer, P. Bell, M. Stuebs, L. Leppke, P. Sullivan, D. Buch, T. Hahm. Standing: H. Kuschel (Director), R. Schliewe, G. Lenz, J. Ibisch, R. Waack, O. Cullen, L. Sievert, N. Schroeder, J. Naumann, R. Mehlberg, K. Mahnke, V. Micheel, D. Schmidt, C. Clarey, P. Lemke. Em

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Front Row: H. Kuschel, R. Kugler, D. Dolan, B. Brandt, D.Haeuser, D. Buch (pres.), C. Ziemer, D. Kiecker, L. Leppke. P. Sullivan, R. Pasbrig, Raabe, R. Pohl. Second Row: C. Siegler, C. Brassow, D. Fleming. C. Grunewald, F. Toppe, W. Kirchner, J. Naumann, G. Lenz, T. Rohr, D. Unke, J. Martin, C. Clarey. Third Row: D. Krueger, T. Molkentin, D. Sternhagen, E. Fredrich, V. Vogel, V. Micheel, R. Schwerin, E. Kohlwey, J. Boehringer, P. Schweppe, P. Bell. Fourth Row: P. Schmiege, P. Lemke, G. Hintz, G. Schneider, J. Ibisch, A. Koepsell, R. Lemke, T. Hahm, S. Degner, D. Pagel, F. Bivens (vice-pres.). Fifth Row: A. Klessig, J. Haag, J. Burke, D. Schmidt, M. Stuebs (sec.), R. Froehlich, K. Mahnke, R. Mehlberg, M. Engel, J. Plitzuweit, J. Siefert. Back Row: R. Waack, R. Schliewe, C. Klemp, M. Hannemann, 0. Cullen, L. Sievert, N. Schroeder, C. Henkel, P. Gruendeman, A. Zahn, J. Zeitler.

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Front Row: E. Nommenson, K. Cowen, M. Schuett, M. Hahnke, C. Toppe, S. Zell, M. Zastrow, D. Soter, Ch. Albrecht, L. Hahnke, B. Zastrow, W. Wiedmann. Second Row: P. Percy, C. Bird, C. Albrecht, G. Herold, M. Prange, L. Toppe, M. Kuehl (vice-pres.), K. Degner, J. Krenz, K. Siegmann.

Third Row: K. Fredrick, A. Pagel, P. Bell, P. Sullivan, C. Clarey, R. Kugler, L. Leppke, C. Brassow (vice-pres.), P. Lemke, V. Leyrer, A. Lemke. Fourth Row: D. Olsen, E. Kohlwey, T. Rohr, K. Mahnke, V. Micheel. D. Schmidt, M. Stuebs, T. Molkentin, H. Kuschel (pres.), D. Fleming.

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John s feelings toward graduation were mixed — a feeling somewhere between sheer exuberance and sheerer exuberance. Ron Winter said that he did not like the idea of graduating because as seniors they were big cheeses, but next year they would be the underclassmen again. Paul Kante and Ron Ash just breathed a sigh of re lief. Arg screamed for joy.

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Each year the senior class leaves be hind a memento of their presence which is known as the class gift. The idea is to leave something that the school could real ly use — something that would stand out and make people ask, “Who in the world put that worthless doodad there?” Then the proud alumnus can boldly say, “You mean that priceless artifact? Why, that was my class, The Class of ’66.” Here are some of the suggestions offered by the Seniors this year: 1. School flags from other schools in our conference to be put in the Tau Delta Theta Gymnasium when it is completed in 2265. 2. Spirit of ’66 sweatshirts for all the Profs’ children in memory of the class. 3. Leave Anderson behind to teach fu ture generations of NWC students how to bowl and play cribbage. 4. A night light for the sundial so stu dents can see what time it is at night. 5. Donate all of Bob Hellmann’s “How To Golf Books” to the library. 6. A 16-inch cannon with block letters “Class of ’66” to be placed near the athletic field for firing whenever our football team scores a touchdown or whenever anyone feels like shooting it. 7. A 3-inch statue of Gerhold on a 3foot square block of concrete.

MIFF’NSPOOF SONG To the metropolis of Ehlert, To the fields of Ronnie Hahm (baa ! baa ! baa!), To the dear old sandwich shoppe we love so well, Go the Senior Class assembled With their glasses on their eyes, And the magic of their chanting casts a spell. Yes, the magic of their chanting of the expressions we know so well: “What’ll You Have,” “Where There’s Life,” and the rest. We will utter our grievances while college life shall last, Then we’ll pass (we hope) and be forgot ten with the best. We’re humble young men who are steered the right way, yah ! yah ! yah ! Humble, though possessors of classical ar ray, blah ! blah ! blah ! Seniors, Seniors, off on a spree, Whether at New Ulm, Madison, or MLTC. Oh, it’s on to Sem for such as we - hoorah! hoorah ! hooraaaahhh !!!

Graduation is just around the corner. The last purposeless frenzy (Senior party) took place a few weeks ago. Soon the Se niors will step forward in their freshly cleaned (??) gowns to receive a diploma, possibly even a signed one if they have been extra good. I endeavored to think about the significance and finally asked my The other day I was sleuthing about roommate, I won’t mention his name — John Mittelstaedt — just how he felt a- for a lead on a bit of campus humor, I bout graduating. I noticed a tear trickling stumbled upon the following letter. I have down his cheek and thought that he was changed the names to protect the innocent sentimentally moved. (I later discovered and guilty parties. that he was choked up and his eyes smart Dear Professor------, It is about time again to sit down and ed from the odor of the El Stencho cigar which I was smoking. Terry Deters had write one of your stupid papers. The fre given the “It’s a Bird” cigar to me to com quency with which you make such assign memorate the birth of three robins on his ments and seemingly get away with it has windowsill). never ceased to cause me much astonish-T

ment, to say nothing about consternation. Yet there is above all of these dark clouds, which you please to put in our horizon, a ray (a hoo-ray!) beaming through from the distant date of June second, which fond ray (hooray!) beckons us from this Shangri-La of paternal watchfulness into the lion’s den of the Seminary. Gack! I hope that this one last note (ta) will suffice to show our real feelings on the matter. And I (blah) honestly (blah) think (blah) blah. Thanx tuns. Your adelphos in agape, Mr.

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SHORTS Golf: A good walk spoiled. — Mark Twain Driving: A good walk spoiled. —Roy Rose Driving to Golf: A good car spoiled. — Jim Everts E1 Straw, strongman for the UPSU (United Plate Scrapers Union), suffered multiple bums on his lips, nose, and hands when he froze with a cigarette in his mouth during recent terror raids on UPSU personnel. The UPSU boss could not be reached for comment. J. C. Clark, leader of the opposing RTTU (Restore The Towel Union), said that this was just the begmmng of what could develop into another Hungered Years War. The Juniors listened to Stravinsky’s Firebird the other day in music class —it was a real gas!! “Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health.” That warning present on all packs of cigarettes has had a marked influence on the smokers of NW C, who include at least 75% of the student body. The terror in this warning caused a room of Frosh to post the following poem on their door: Tobacco is a dirty weed. I like it. It satisfies no normal need. I like it. It makes you thin, it makes you lean, It takes the hair right off your bean. It’s the worst stuff I’ve ever seen. I like it.

Art Lecture On Wednesday evening, April 27, Dr. Helmut Summ from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee presented a slide lecture in our gym on the subject of the fine arts, President Toppe introduced the speaker and pointed out the desirability of an arts program here at our school. The last such course was discontinued twenty-five years ago when the professor who taught the subject accepted a call to another school. The purpose of Dr. Summ's lecture was to show whkt makes a work of art great, from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics to a present-day crusade poster. I am sure that the majority of the exceptionally large audience in attendance left the gym with an enlightened mind, more ready to appreciate the finer things in life.

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Spring Concert Once again the glee clubs and the band demonstrated their musical ta! its and abilities to a packed gymnasium n the annual Spring Concert Sunday ni. it. May 1. The Prep Glee Club, directed by Marty Stuebs, opened the show with their swinging version of “Lemon Tree, sparked by Reed Haakenson’s guitar, Curt Lyon’s drums, and Richard Lehmann at the pi ano. Once the hearts of the audience were lightened, the next two selections, “The oie Ark’s Amoverin’” and “Drill, Ye Tarriers. Drill” were received just as well, Mary Prange’s Girl’s Glee Club then took over with the theme song from the academy award-winning picture, “The Sound of Music.” “Chim Chim Cheree” and “Blue Skies” followed, but their encore, “The Court of King Whatever His Name Was,” was especially enjoyed. Following the percussion group’s “Flat Baroque” were the booming voices of the College Glee Club, led by Harlyn Kuschel. Their hit of the evening was their “Swingle” version of Bach’s “Invention No. 13.” Other sdections, were “Widmung” and Whaling Song. b^ n°t le.ast> .tbe large red NWC band, showing off its versatility „ i^arc*!'A'90'Go,; <<T1 ^ras^c mm, Pan Americana, Bolero, and Pa rade Front.”

Forum Officers President John Trapp presided over a short meeting of the Forum Society on May 6. The election of next year’s officers was the subject at hand. Elected were: president, Fred Toppe; vice-president, Mar tin Stuebs; secretary, Bob Pohl; and, of course, treasurer, “Frosty” Bivens. Forum Final Production Under the able direction of John Trapp and Fred Toppe, Forum presented its final production, “The Inspector General,” on Saturday and Sunday, May 14 and 15. The sorely needed new stage fiats, built by Steve Hartwell and his crew, were used for the first time and greatly enhanced Wayne Mueller’s set. The story of the play, a farce comedy by Nikolai Gogol, takes place in a small Russian town. A chain of hilari ous events ensues when the Town Gover nor, played by Martin Stuebs, with his small group of politicians, sets out to flat ter and bribe a newly arrived stranger from Petersburg, whom they have mistak en for an awaited gov ament inspector. Robert Pohl effective1 ived the strang the game and er who goes along wi misconception takes full advantage of the villagers. Most • lie laughter was leek as the undrawn by robust Ro; couth Director of Welfare, and Ron Gorske and Richard Schwerin u pair of sloven ly town gossips. The rest of the cast, in cluding Dale Baumler, Doug Engelbrecht, and Donna Soter, succeeded in maintain ing the humorous note until the end, when the real Inspector-General arrives and the villagers are frozen with horror. Blood Drive Once again a drive in the dorm, spear headed by Larry Retberg and Ron Gorske, succeeded in netting an exceptionally large number of blood donors from our school for the local drive held on May 11 and 12. The eighty volunteers from Northwestern accounted for almost one-third of the town’s quota of three hundred pints. Dorm Council Elections The Dorm Council elections were held on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 17 and 18. The following were elected: president, John Brug; senior representatives, Richard Stadler and A1 Zahn; junior representa tives, Chuck Clarey, Pete Naumann, and Jerome Stolzmann; and sophomore repre sentatives, Jim Pasbrig and John Zeitler.

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Senior Banquet The annual Faculty-Senior banquet was held on Wednesday night, May 18. Gaily decorated platters of fruit and color ful leis helped to produce a Hawaiian at mosphere. President Toppe was the facul ty speaker. Roderick Luebchow and Doug Weiser spoke for the seniors. In keeping with the theme, John Ibisch, with his grass skirt and long black hair, showed a group of faculty wives how to dance the hula. However, the traditional Hawaiian kiss was replaced by the candy product bear j. z. ing the same name.

Commencement Concert The annual Commencement Concert will take place on the night before graduation, June 1, at 7:30 p. m. It will feature the band in Pictures at an Exhibition and the choruses in The J. z. HaVVU Wanderer.

New Dormitory Recently the partially completed plans for the new dormitory were submitted to our synod’s Educational Planning Board and the Synod’s Board of Trustees after •they were approved by our own college board. (The Planning Board scrutinizes the plans for all major buildings proposed for synod campuses, noting especially the suitability of design, practicality, and man ner of construction; The Board of Trustees examines the proposed cost.) Both of these boards also approved the plans at their present stage of completion. The archi tects are now completing the details and specifications; after a final approval of the completed plans by the three boards, bids will be sought on the building. The building will be generally rectan gular and will include a full basement below its three stories. The tendency tow ard monotony on our campus will be avoided by the treatment of the ends of the building and possibly by the use of a brick tint differing slightly from that of our other buildings. Inside there will be rooms for 146 students and a tutor. Besides this there will be a general office, the Dean’s office, and an assortment of rooms in the basement.

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New Entrance Work is progressing well on the new campus entryway, which will open on Col lege Avenue north of Prof. Lehmann’s house and will continue along the present southwestern edge of the athletic field to a planned parking lot north of the present gym. One by one, the obstacles are be ing removed. Most of the fence is already down, and the Toppe-Lehmann garage has been moved to its new foundation. The brick house to the north of the Leh-

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CALLS Pastor John Murphy, ’56, of Elgin, North Da kota, accepted a call to Mukwonago, Wisconsin. Pastor Gerhardt Haag, ’53, of Bethesda Luth eran, Portland, Oregon, will take up a new charge at Christ Lutheran, Grand Island, Ne braska. He will be installed June 12. Pastor Irwin J. Habeck, ’24, will become a member of the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary’s teaching staff. The B & R remembers him as an associate editor of Volume 27. He is a poet and an ardent lover of nature and the outdoors. Duties begin in September, 1966. RESIGNATIONS President R. A. Fenskc, ’14, of Northwestern Lutheran Academy, Mobridge, South Dakota, will resign as of the end of June, 1966. Pastor Kurt Timmel, ’20, of Trinity Lutheran, Watertown, Wisconsin, will retire on July 1. He will live in Wausau, Wisconsin. The B & R tips its hat to another former associate editor. ANNIVERSARIES Pastor F. E. Thierfelde ’37, of Riverview Lutheran Church, Appleton r.:.served his 25th year in the ministry on April ' • , 1936. Pastor H. W. Berghoiz, 36, n Professor at Fox Valley Lutheran I-Ii' ■ rbrated his 25th year of service to the ci on April 24, 1966. MARRIAGE Pastor Paul Albrecht ..llensburg, Wash ington, and Miss Carol f.;.« icacher at Grace Lutheran School, Yakima, ". .slungton, will be united in holy matrimony on June 18, 196S. BIRTHS Thomas David Koch was born to Vicar and Mrs. Eugene Koch, ’63, of Tucson, Arizona. Rebecca Ruth John, daughter of Pastor and Mrs. Herman John, ’59, Lincoln, Nebraska, was born April 20, 1966. “She weighs six ounces,” the nervous father announced. A daughter was born to Rev. and Mrs. Leon ard Pankow, ’54, Oak Grove, Wisconsin, on April 7, 1966. ENGAGEMENTS William Leerssen, ’61, the college tutor became engaged to Miss Rosemary Lowry of Wayne, Michigan. They are making plans for marriage in fall. Martin Schulz, ’64, prep tutor, became engaged to Miss Karen Busse of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. No plans yet. M. s.

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Front Row: V. Dobberstein, II. Hagedorn, C. Clarey, D. Koeplin, D. Toepel, J. Everts, R. Kobleske, R. Hahm. Second Row: D. Luetke, J. Plitzuweit, E. Lindemann, A. Zahn, P. Kelm, K. Mahnkc, T. Liesener, R. Pagels. Third Row: J. Brug, R. Gosdeck, C. Sievert, J. Gut, A. JKoepsell, L. Sievert, D. Ilalvarson. They greedily added nine more and gave us only one in the first inning when Den nis Smith drew a walk and then strolled around the bases when pitcher l7 hr threw three wild pitches. NWC: 1-1-3; UIC: 1510-0. Orv Cullen started the second game for the Trojans and was relieved late in the game by Kelm, who pitched through the eighth inning. UIC stole six bases during the game, and managed to come up with a run in the top of the eighth while we were held scoreless. Everts led the team with two for four, and his triple was our only long drive of the second game. NWC: 1-5-0; UIC: 2-7-2. Milton 8:6 NWC 1:5 Milton took a pair from the Trojans on May 19, and the Milton fans again cut our players to the quick. The Wildcat bat ters pounded Cullen and Froehlich for eight runs in the first game. Our six hits were evenly scattered by Milton ace Jack Spicuzza. Both Everts and Kelm went two for three, and one of Kelm’s two doubles drove in our only score of the game. NWC 1-6-4; Milton: 8-11-1. The second game was another squeak er. Kelm went the distance only to lose 6-5. Errors again hurt the Trojans, and we failed to come up with the clutch hits and stranded too many runners. Butzky was two for three, and Kelm’s bouncing legs stole two bases. NWC:: 5-8-5; Milton 6-6-3.

Sports BASEBALL

NWC 9:1 Rockford 15:2 On May 5 the Trojans traveled to Rock ford, Illinois, only to be dealt a double loss. The first game turned out to be an extended batting practice for both teams; Cullen, Plitzuweit, Wiederich and Kobles ke just could not stop Rockford’s booming bats. Everts went four for four and slap ped out one of the team’s five doubles in the game. Both he and Kelm slugged home runs in the team’s best display of longball hitting this year. NWC: 9-11-7; Rock ford: 15-5-3. Paul Kelm made an excellent showing in the second game, but was dumped 2-1. He struck out twelve batters, but could not get enough support at the plate. Toepel’s homer accounted for our lone run. NWC: 1-4-0; Rockford: 2-5-0. UIC 15:2 NWC 1:1 UIC completely overpowered the Tro jans in the first game of a home doubleheader on May 7th. Plitzuweit got into trouble in the very first inning and was re lieved by Wiederich, who later turned over the well-used resin bag to Froehlich. The Chikas got six big runs in the first with a grand slam by center fielder Rottman. 58

Front Row: D. Fleming (manager), R. Stuebs, M. Schwartz, J. Schmidt, P. Kelm, K. Bode, D. Enser, D. Toepel, J. Plitzuweit. Back Row: Coach Pieper, R. Froehlich, L. YViederich, J. Everts, J. Haag, R. Kobleske, O. Cullen, f>. Buch, K. Butzky, D. Smith, C. Klemp. NWC 4 Lakeland 0 On May 17 a dream was realized: The baseball team defeated Lakeland 4-0 be fore a rabid, but sm.ili home crowd. Kelm got credit for the win and struck out nine opponents. We stole i w bases and were paced by Dick Froehh . . ho was three for three at the plate, u s the best allaround team effort : year and finally bagged the first Troj 'lorv of the season and first berth in conference play offs in years. NWC: 4- . Lakeland 0-1-1. Milton 5 NWC 0 Later the same afternoon we were drubbed 5-0 by Milton. Cullen started and

was relieved by Larry Wiederich, whose ef forts were not quite enough to stop the raging Wildcats. Thirteen of our batters struck out, and again we failed to group our hits. Cullen’s double was our only ex tra-base hit. NWC: 0-5-2; Milton 5-11-0.

GOLF NWC 9 Milton 9 In a rainy, windy 38 degrees, our stout hearted golf team stood tongue-in-cheek as Milton somehow changed the score from 9Vz to 8Vz to a tie, which, by the way, was to their advantage. It seems that the play ing order was somehow mixed up, and the

J, Trapp, P. Zarling, J. Mittelstaedt, T. Lambert, R, Hellmann, J. Hopf, R. Rose, J. Schmidt. 59

only point to ex-Trojan Ollie Lindholm. The home crowd was glad to see the form er greats, but was even happier to see them depart for Mequon as gracious losers.

match was played in wrong pairs. Hopf was low man with 94 and Schmidt had a 95. Quadrangular On May 5, NWC took fourth in a quad rangular golf match which was played at the Watertown Country Club. UIC won with a 477 total, and the Trojans followed Lakeland and Milton with 565 strokes. Schmidt was low for our team with 88 and Hopf shot 90. UIC’s top two players were medalists with 74 each.

Lakeland The team eked out its third straight victory with a 5-4 win on May 7 before a bold home crowd that appreciated our su perior play. Kirschke, Schroeder and Pasbrig won their singles matches, and Clarey and Pasbrig matched Schroeder and Stadler’s winning performance in the doubles competition. Milton Milton bowed to a superior Trojan team 6-3 on May 10. It was a surprise to everyone when a Northwestern team ac tually won at Milton, but the Wildcats did manage to beat Anderson and Clarey in singles, and Pasbrig and Clarey in a doubles match. Seminary The Sem almost dealt the team its first loss of the season in the return natch on May 14, but again farbled the *ubles af ter getting a good start in the • lies. An derson and Schroeder won then matches, but Kirschke and Pasbrig took !>eir first losses of the season in singles lie Tro jans, however, came back to eep the doubles and maintain their pern-et record with a 5-4 victory.

Kneeling: J. Pasbrig, C. Clarey, C. Leyrer. Standing: G. Kirschke, K. Schroeder, R. Anderson. Missing: R. Stadler. TENNIS Concordia The team got off to a good start by des troying Concordia 9-0 in a home match May 3. A brisk wind and Concordia’s in eptitude were the only noteworthy things in the match. Seminary Two days later our boys smeared the Sem 8-1. Freshman Jim Pasbrig lost the

Milton Kirschke was the lone casualty in sin gles as the Trojans bombed out Milton 8-1 on May 17 to remain undefeated for the season. Keith Schroeder has yet to be de feated in either singles or doubles, and his consistent playing has been a source of inspiration to his teammates. R. G.

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October 1966

Volume 70

No. 3

EDITORIAL

Eine Glueckliche Reise

Feature Article: The Masculine Mystique..................

Poem: When You Are One and Twenty.

Interview: In Service To America.

The Waste Land

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Summer Jobs ...................................................

NV/C’s Elective System................................

Poem: When I Saw Him Standing There

Art: The Battle................................................

How To Become Rich and Famous in Seven Easy Lessons..............................

NEWS

SPORTS

CAMPUS & CLASSROOM

ALUMNI

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EDITORIAL A ccreditation means acceptance into Xx the brotherhood of colleges. It means that a school has met the minimum stan dards considered necessary to be a valid institute of higher learning. Northwestern is not accredited. In educational circles, therefore, we are marked as inferior. But this should not and need not be. Northwestern should be working for ac creditation. Our students should not have to feel inferior when they try to transfer their credits to another school. They work ed to earn them. The answer that NWC’s > credits are accepted with little question in most midwestern colleges is not acceptable either. Why should a NWC student have to ask another college to accept him out of charity, and why should lie be restrict ed to the Midwest? There would be other benefits of ac, creditation. Several NWC students had to turn down substantial eholarships be cause they stipulated us an accredited school. Many students v i ! be more willing to study if they did i feel that they were being forced dov.. one-way road to the Seminary. The th ,ht of accreditation might encourage ;ore of our prolessors to attend summ . school. > The process toward . ’ editation is not difficult. NWC’s officials would be asked to fill out a detailed questionnaire, which asks about such things as courses, library facili ties, professor’s degrees, and athletic pro gram. North Central, the accrediting body for this area, would then study the ques. tionnaire. If everything would be accept able, Northwestern would be given accredi tation. If not, North Central would ad vise the College where it was lacking, and NWC would be given a chance to correct itself. I cannot say what would be demand ed of our school. However, since Dr. Mar tin Luther College has already achieved accreditation with the Univ. of Minnesota, I am sure our school is not seriously lack ing. We certainly have professors, facili ties, and standards comparable to theirs. Probably the most North Central would ask would be additional degrees for a few of the professors or larger appropriations for library books. Whatever they asked would serve as a 61

good guideline for our school. For we cer tainly want to overcome our shortcomings. Then once we are of the necessary caliber, why not get the benefits and respect of official accreditation? j. v. T^ootball season, when Northwestern’s interest in athletics is generally at its peak, is a good time to consider our atti tudes toward sports and sportsmanship. Our enthusiasm easily ranks with the best of any school in the state. Our stu dents give strong backing to our teams in games and pep rallies and in the dorm. Our alumni can be counted on to lend a hand at all the games. When the team plays on the road, the NWC students who have made the trip sometimes make more noise than the home crowd. We can be justly proud of this spirit and enthusiasm. Unfortunately, the same can not al ways be said of our sportsmanship. Our enthusiasm is often directed against the opposing team rather than in support of our own team. Teams visiting Northwes tern sometimes meet more unfriendliness than our team does on the road. Some of our fans behind the visitor’s bench spend as much time riding the opponents as they do cheering our own team. In an activity as competitive as sports it is natural that a certain amount of feeling should be di rected against the opponents. In fact, a team probably needs some of this feeling to get properly keyed for a game. Although it is standard practice for crowds every where, razzing the opposition is nowhere considered to be good sportsmanship. It seems fitting that we at Northwestern should be leaders in sportsmanship as well as enthusiasm. Overemphasis in winning usually comes up in any discussion of sportsman ship. In general our attitude toward win ning and losing is quite good. We like to win as much as or even more than any body else, particularly against some of our "old favorites.” It’s always hard to take a loss, especially if we have not play ed our best, but in the past the really im portant thing has always been to charge well and hit hard. We have been able to accept a loss if we really have played the game the way it is supposed to be played. This is the best part of Northwestern’s ath letic tradition, and hopefully it will al j. b. ways remain so.

great. The company was small and I got to know everyone quite well. What inter ested me most were stories about World By Richard Schwerin, ’67 War II. My boss had served in Hitler’s Tnstead of spending long hours watch- Waffen S. S., who were the crack troops * ing peas roll along the belts at a Wis that fought on the Russian front. He said consin canning factory, this summer I that when Leningrad was attacked, it was worked for a construction company in so cold that some of the guns wouldn’t Hamburg, Germany. It was quite an ex even fire. He said, however, that the Ger perience; some of the things which I ex mans had broken the strength of the Rusperienced and which I saw I will never sion army, that Russia was finished, and that the Russians occupy so much of Ger forget. many today only because of Stalin’s greedy After a restful eight days on a Spanish luxury liner with nine hundred and sixty political plans which fooled President American students I arrived in Le Havre, Roosevelt. France, last June 15. My first night on the My other boss, who took the place of Continent was spent in Paris. I shall the first one while he was on vacation, probably remember longest the way the talked about the Jews. He said that when taxi drivers manipulate their speedy little a German soldier shot a Russian soldier vehicles. There were five of us, all with and was caught taking gold from his reservations for hotels located in an en teeth, he was immediately executed by the tirely different area of the city from the commanding German officer. He also re train depot where we had arrived from marked that Eichmann’s mass persecu Le Havre. I had to sit in the front seat tion of the Jews was completely unknown next to the door of the cab with a suitcase to the German people. on my lap. It was about eleven o’clock in Another interesting person who discus the evening. Right downtown on the main streets of Paris we were averaging from sed the War was an architect .in Hamburg. fifty to seventy-five miles per hour. Instead I met him at the home of the o -ner of the of slowing down and driving with caution construction company when we were in through an intersection, the driver blinked vited there to watch the championship soc his bright lights on and off a couple of cer match between England and Germany times about a quarter of a block away on television. This man k w Admiral and then gunned the motor, speeding Doenitz and General Schemer from whom through the intersection faster than he he received many Nazi documents. (Doe was going before. Every once in a while nitz and Schemer got into Tuner's bunker he would turn around with a smile and in Berlin at the end of the War and took say, “okay?” while continuing to drive like out the records that were not destroyed.) a complete maniac. I think the crazier After the soccer match was over, the archi tect showed me Hitler’s ten page testa you drive there, the safer you are. After an orientation period in Cologne ment made shortly before he killed him I thought I had better get up to Hamburg self. We then got out a duplicating ma and make a little money. On paper my chine — after he had drawn the curtains official rank was Hochbauhelfer (a high because it is advisable that this paper not construction worker), but in reality I was be shown to the German public. We print a Tiefbauhelfer (working in basements ed a few copies and he gave me one. One most of the time and staying out of the of the main points which Hitler makes in way of the other workers who knew what it is that the war and all the troubles of they were doing). Yet, there wasn’t any Germany are the fault of the Jews. What strife between me and my fellow laborers, really surprised me, though, was the archi because they honored me with the duty of tect’s statement that the ovens used in the being official beer boy. And I was always Jewish persecutions were built five years rewarded for my faithfulness. For every after the War by the Americans for propa bottle I had to bring to my thirsty cohorts, ganda against Germany. He and his wife I was given money to buy myself one. actually believe that. Das schmeckte gut. What does a young person do for social Working with these people was really life in Hamburg? On the weekends when

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I didn’t have to work, I would usually take the Strassenbahn downtown and go to some of the beat clubs which were always jampacked with the Hamburger teenagers. There one could sip a glass of beer (which is quite popular in Germany), while list ening to the screeching bands from Liver pool, London, New York, etc. The great -majority of the Germans do not have the faintest idea what the words of the songs mean, since they are sung in English. Yet the beat would make them dance as if they understood everything. Often some one would ask me to translate the words of a song into German, but frequently I didn’t understand the words either. I think the most interesting part of my trip was my stay in Berlin. I spent a week there at the end of August. Even the train trip from Hamburg into Berlin was unforgettable. When we got to the border of East and West Germany, the train came to a complete halt. Right alongside the tracks hi front of us was a telephone pole with full-length red ban ners hanging down ; rid anchored to the ground. Two East C , an guards armed with machine gun'ioned themselves at the front of the !n the back were three other guard i pistols and German Shepherd do/ _id walking alongside the train was iher guard with a dog. Meanwhile, tlv vomen dressed in blue uniforms and ..ew men came on board to check the passports and compart ments of the train. I. as a foreigner, had to pay five marks, or $1.25, to travel on Red soil. This same type of inspection took place again just before we got into Berlin. The next night I took a walk down to the Reichstag, Hitler’s “White House,” lo cated in West Berlin right at the wall. There I met and talked for two hours with three West German guards on duty along the wall. They were all in their twenties and very friendly. Each of them wore a long trench coat, black boots, and was arm ed with a machine gun. We talked about the war in Viet Nam, Red China, Russia, America, and the Beatles. The last fortyfive minutes we were all sitting down and smoking behind the Reichstag with the wall twenty feet in front of us. Every couple of minutes one of them would peek around the corner to see if someone was coming to check on them. To our right, 63

about thirty feet away, stood an eight-foot cross with bouquets of flowers on it. It was the grave of a person who had tried to go over the wall but did not quite make it. In front of the cross was a tall red and white sign which said, “Denken, Nicht Schiessen.” This faced East Berlin and applied primarily to the East German guards. On the other side of the wall in East Berlin I could hear dogs running around and barking. An East German guard, also armed with a machine gun, was sta tioned about every thirty yards. The next morning I went back to the Reichstag. As I was approaching it, I could see immediately that the inside of the building is still all bombed out from the war. (It’s in the process of being re stored now.) But there were two men and a woman walking in and out of the door on the right side of the building, and I heard some music. So I decided to go down there and see what was going on. I got right up to the door, and the young woman came out and started singing a song only a couple of feet away from me. The next instant a man behind me softly but excitedly exclaimed, “Komm hierher, Junge!” That was the producer. I had stepped into a screening area for a film. The next afternoon I was walking on Friederich Strasse, where the American sector and Checkpoint Charlie are located. I saw a lot of Americans going through Checkpoint Charlie into East Berlin, so I did it too. As soon as I got on the other side of the wall, I had to go into an East German office and exchange five West German marks into East German marks, fill out a questionnaire, and have my pass port checked. I spent about five hours in East Berlin, going into different stores, buying a letter opener in one, and walk ing along various streets. I saw a lot of buildings still in complete shambles from the bombings of the war. In a store win dow was a sign which read, “Schluss mit dem schmutzigen U. S. A. Krieg in Viet Nam.” Many of the streets and buildings badly need repair. There are fewer and older cars than in West Berlin, fewer people on the streets, and generally just a dull gray atmosphere in comparison with West Berlin. In an open field there were old women working, with little more than rags on their backs for clothes; at the end of the field was a guard with a machine

gun making sure they kept working. After I had seen enough, I went to check out in the East German office at the wall, but they wouldn’t let me out at first. I was told to go back and spend the remainder of my five marks. So I bought a glass of beer and left the rest for a tip. Then they let me out, and I really felt relieved at getting back into West Berlin again. That is a city which is all built up and very modem. Monument after monument, lakes, parks, and woods are right in the city it self. The difference between it and East Berlin is the difference between day and night. The next problem was getting out of West Berlin and into West Germany again. On the train the East Germans had given me a card indicating an address to which I was to report. The day before I left, I went to a West German police sta tion and asked about the card I had re ceived. The officer just laughed and said that I did not have to report to that office because it was in East Berlin and they just wanted to have some fun and try to scare me a little. But when I went to buy my train ticket to Paris, I was refused. I did not have my required visa which I was supposed to get from that office in East Berlin. I had to leave Berlin that day or I would miss my boat, and the office in East Berlin happened to be closed that day, so I flew out of Berlin on Pan Ameri can and caught the boat with a half hour to spare. (For flying in and out of Berlin one doesn’t need a special visa.) The trip back was terrible. Our ship ran into storm after storm, including a hurricane. That really topped it off. We lost a thick wooden top for one of the life boats, all the furniture inside was stack ed and tied up in corners, ropes were strung up all through the ship, no one was permitted to go on deck, and five hundred out of twelve hundred persons were sea sick. It surely felt good to step on land again. From New York to Cleveland I took a bus, but that was as far as my money went. I then hitch-hiked to Michigan with a quarter in my pocket and borrowed enough to make the last leg of the journey to Watertown. Though I came back a pauper, I would not trade this summer for any I’ve ever had. The experience was well worth a summer’s earnings here. 64

The Masculine Mystique The state of masculinity today is the sub ject of this month's feature article. Ron ald Gosdeck, a senior from Kaukauna, Wis consin, turns his penetrating observation especially to the N W C campus. Next month Edward Fredrich will study Freud and his teachings. TJTalf of us are men, and ii'.o other half -L . . . well, who knows, oi what aver age classical scholar really as time to care about them? Half of us : conceived in sturdy, cool resolution, avid the other half will “go home to Mother once a try ing situation calls for a ra;ional settle ment of a petty difference of opinions. These and other such statements may be somewhat exaggerated, but I am sure at least half of us will agree with them. In the last decade, traditional male intensity stands in greater danger than ever before of being softened or of suffer ing total collapse before the evil forces of a progressive society. Still worse, the greatest dangers to the better half of our population are being posed from within the very ranks of a heretofore superior ?7iankind. Masculinity more than ever be fore now seems to be an image set up by the many for the few; and this short study of masculinity, greatly extended by wideminded readers, should lead the normally concerned classical scholar into revealing speculations. It took real work to be a man in the good old days of masculinity. When lives were cheap, downright self-assertion was needed to reach the top, and the greatest leaders in early Mesopotamian cultures i ■

were aggressive, energetic toughs with that rare spark of burly affability and leadership genius. Handshaking and kiss ing sloppy babies did not put Sargon on the throne! The robust vigor of the Spar tans served as a prime example of virility for the early western world, and I am sure Biblical figures such as Samson, Paul, or especially Jesus would not be ridiculed as sissies today. One had to do more than swing a mean purse to try to ward off the invading barbarian hordes of the early Middle Ages, and even the frilly Elizabeth ans stood their ground against foul-mouth ed pirates. Luther, Napoleon, Lincoln, Hitler and even Cassius Clay may differ in a number of ways, but they are all men. I will not be led to believe that today’s better half of our materialistic society is in any way drastically inferior or even different from its historically masculine counterpart. Older men always have the shield of mere longevity to hide behind, and many feel that they need nothing else, that they no longer have to prove them selves worthy of the respect their seniori ty commands. Bui nevertheless I also know more wise old • • than wise young men, but maybe th. dv appear wise be cause they are tired •' bragging and are content to listen and mickle at the young bigmouths who rev-.'.: item of their own wild oats days. 01 • folks should have sense and grace enou-.j; o know that they do not have to prc\ ihemselves, at least to concerned, intelligent young people. Now that the problem of establishment and acknowledgement of masculinity rests mainly with younger men, the question of various aspects of real manhood arises. How should a healthy, red-blooded male dress, act, and speak? Today’s young man seems to fancy himself confronted by the question of whom to imitate, rather than trying to combine all the traditional mas culine qualities in and under the total image he presents to the all-discerning public eye. He will not settle for the classical example, but shifts his eyes to petty misfits from Liverpool, on the Con tinent, or in Berkeley. He adopts their credo of actions and beliefs as his own simply because these avante-guardists make spectacular claims for their own sca brous existence. Shallowmindedness and abject vanity are the earmarks of today’s “in” generation. 65

Physical appearance is probably the biggest factor taken into consideration when passing judgment on the masculini ty of a supposed man. Our faculties take particular and immediate notice of every thing from head to toe in evaluating the individual. But individuals and their fac ulties also leave themselves open to fair criticism and judgments because of cer tain actions and impressions which they themselves give. Too often this just criti cism is brushed off, since it comes from an apparently inferior sort of people, and consequently today it is much too easy to condemn without reason or investigation.

Young men of today certainly have fewer opportunities to display their man hood, so they often try to symbolize it by their physical appearance. Length and style of hair are such superficialities which should not be taken too seriously. Long hair that is clean and sensibly brushed back seems more appropriate for a devel oping young man than the medium-length wind-blown “sheep dog” look so popular among the lesser campus vessels. Wispy sideburns are sure to complement your earlobes and draw admiring glances from the coeds. One shows a lack of maturing originality to wear a hair style whose cre ator can key up twelve-year-old girls by spitting into a microphone, rolling his eyes and grunting. Long hair today is worn to protest, to defy, to cat up, or to save money. Nobody else is really in a position to know why any individual chooses to wear long hair, but everybody in power seems to be overly concerned. However, to give due respect to the other

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extreme, namely baldness, toughness, character strength, and colorful, concern ed advocacy of basically sound masculine principles have always been associated with it on this campus. Beards are a different, but definite sign of masculinity, Bearded women get jobs in circuses, and bearded young men may be making unconscious efforts to secure a similar position. Bulk looms large in the total image presented, since relative largeness in men is usually viewed favorably. A tall man somehow commands more respect from his associates and is free from the neuro sis suffered by shorter men who get tired of hearing the old Napoleon spiel. After all, Napoleon did have a whole army to work with. He also had a girl friend. Height in itself is no real indication of leadership ability, since a stately Roman general might have cleared all of five and a half feet. Bulk, however, also brings problems never to be encountered by fly weights: weak furniture, clothes, and nourishment bills, to name a few. Charles Atlas is only one of many who flaunted his masculinity on magazine covers, in sulting people who were not blessed with his bone structure and excellent develop ment, daring them to waste their time and money only to gain the realization that they are trying to fool themselves. A man’s mouth betrays him. A squeaky voice is laughed at, but a deep bass voice, whether God-given or faked, always cau ses eyebrows to be raised. Anyone can ap pear intelligent among strangers merely by keeping his normally flappy mouth shut and can then expose his total know ledge of life by correcting or sharply criti cizing some loudmouth’s foolish remark. One can not be pegged a dolt until he lit erally tells everybody he is one. For the most part, our students dress casually but conventionally. Interested and /or interesting coeds have been suggested as a possible remedy for this seeming lack of concern in dress standards for class at tendance. It is also possible to overdress on an informal campus such as ours, but I do not have the space to launch into per sonal attacks on that. Men have worn pants for only the last 150 years, and the quaint stocldngs and frills we chance to see in a Shakespearean drama usually amuse us. If a fellow de66

lights in jewelry or other fancy adorn ments, we either compliment him or cast barbs at his character behind his back, de pending on whether his taste agrees with our own or not. Jewelry used to be an exclusively masculine form of decoration, but now is often viewed as girlish by some who feel that the only way to dress is in a faded sweatshirt and fagged jeans, Stylyes change, to be sure, but no one should be flatly condemned if he wants to appear neater, nattier, or more suave than his peers. Toleration for such petty faint hearts will not be withheld by his under standing fellow students.

The traditional coarse b liness of a rugged he-man is often the utt of jest. The tough-looking chap in 1 - sweaty B. V.D.’s, close-cropped hair, chewing on a cigar stub, sporting a three days’ beard growth, and swilling a can of beer is un failingly pictured as the universal slob. The self-proclaimed aristocracy rarely stops to consider that a mere lack of education is possibly all that separates them from the blue-collared dregs, who are fated to spend the rest of their lives plugging away in a stinking, damp, dirty factory. The aristo crats fail to appreciate the sacrifice of these men who finally resign themselves to their boring job which somebody has to do, while they sit back, turn on the air conditioner, ogle secretaries, brag of their ulcers, and wait for their fatal heart at tack on some golf course. Even on college campuses, weightlifters and varsity football players are fre quently referred to as “animals.” Lovers and pussyfooters are especially guilty of such criminal haughtiness and often do

not bother to appreciate the time and en ergy these athletes give up, just so the lovers can sit in the bleachers and blow off to their girlfriends, who flash dainty eyes at their cuddly men-about-campus. Some campuses acknowledge their athletes, and I think ours does. However, even though some fellows lack the physical gifts for active participation in rugged varsity ath letics, one still observes a number of these, in their lazy ignorance, berating the indi vidual who cares enough about himself and his school to do something about it. Social acceptance, as opposed to off beat behavior, is the most immediate con cern for most newcomers to a campus. At first they usually stay in line, all the while seeking some entrance into this new so ciety. Offbeat behavior is usually a short cut to social recognition and a certain degree of acceptance, even if it is accep tance only by rabble. Respectability is not always a symptom of sanity, and conform ity in general becomes a serious problem for the newcomer?. Nonconformity is in many cases actual-' conformity to an es tablished code of eciv tiric actions, and a genuine, original . nformist would be a social problem ind CJ. Today’s protester may choke on hi- o N ieal, but he can still write “cool” p.v.r -i songs. He isn’t old enough or doc have the ambition to work for his not -gged-looking Mod clothes, but he S \ * demands” certain moral privileges avb legal opportunities. When his irresponsibility is contained by mature judgment and action, he threatens reprisal by forming a rock and roll group or joining a motorcycle gang. Both par ents beam at their child’s forwardness, and Junior is soon packed off to college. There he finds that anybody can throw rocks and pop bottles at cops and get away with it, and he becomes an official nonconform ing protester by joining all the other Freu dian misfits in a wasted college career. A college man should be the salvaged, virile embodiment of what was once a boorish, classically ignorant curmudgeon. His social poise and personality should be so internally expanded that he should not have to flaunt his masculinity to impress females. NWC men should try to develop basic ally masculine qualities such as honesty, tact, fair play, good sportsmanship, emo tional stability, and plain common sense. 67

Even though Northwestern has perhaps been justly criticized as being overly mas culine, we must realize that an almost un avoidable evil — effeminacy — still lurks on and about our campus. It is just too bad that a campus dedicated to the train ing and toughening of young men for the rigors and hardships of responsible adult hood has to be pervaded by an almost undefeatable enemy. Effeminacy must be discouraged, but, sad to say, it must be tolerated.

Adequacy then becomes the ultimate problem for a young man, whether he is a Student or not. Belief in one’s adequacy must imbue in each of us an overpower ing optimism, even after being stepped on, trodden over, or marched on. But it also finally appears that neither women, col lege coeds, or normally drab high school girls have any possible conception of a good man. Either this is the case, or these predatory females have more insight then I, and we are left with their loud-voiced lament that there simply are no good men around. WHEN YOU ARE ONE 8C TWENTY When you are one and twenty, The whole world smiles at you, And you can’t smile back. Fear makes you shun its smile. Cynicism makes you doubt it, And knowledge makes you test it. . . Yet, when you’re one and twenty, You’re where you want to be. Young enough to feel the world And old enough to mold it; Young enough to love your life And old enough to give it; Young enough to shed your cares And old enough to know them. Yes, when you’re one and twenty, You’re where you ought to be. F. T.

IN SERVICE TO AMERICA In this month’s interview John Vogt looks at the Vista program. His article is based on a visit to a Vista Training Center and an afternoon spent with two Vista volun teers.

instructed to follow the high way to Tellevast, a Negro community, and then take a dirt road to a former mi grant labor camp which served as the Vista Training Center. But I was not quite prepared for what I saw. Tellevast was a town of unpainted shacks. The dirt road at one point was merely a large mud hole. The school, which was set in a field of high weeds, was a dilapidated wreck. A fence enclosed the two barracks, six or eight frame shacks, and a blue office build ing. The grass in the compound was un cut, but there were well-worn paths. A couple of chickens ran loose in the yard. Later I heard that one Vista volunteer, at the sight of this school, put his bags back into the car and promptly resigned. A director explained the situation to me. The federal government operates the cen ter, so it is not a money problem. The mi grant camp was specifically chosen for the training center in order to give the Vista volunteers a taste of what they will be up against. Vista means Volunteers In Service To America and is a program of donating one glamorless year to help in the War on Poverty. In turn the government pays room, board, expenses, transportation, and holds fifty dollars a month to be awarded as a lump sum at the end of the year. To become a Vista, a person must be at least eighteen years old. Officials in Washing ton then appear to use primarily a time test to select those accepted. The officials hold the applications and then check six months later to see who is still interested. There are 3500 Vistas at work now in the United States, and the goal is 5000. The volunteers who are accepted are assigned to a training school. There are five or six full-time ones in the country. I am writing specifically about the one near Bradenton, Florida, but the informa tion is generally true of all six. At govern ment expense 30 to 100 volunteers from all over the country come to the school for the six-week training cycle. Their training had been

is primarily a period of mental condition ing. However, the school’s methods are still in the experimental stage, since the entire program is not yet two years old. Earlier the training took an academic ap proach with lectures and textbooks. But the last cycles have spent four of the six weeks in an on-the-job-type training where the recruits work with experienced Vistas in the field. The other two weeks are spent in lectures and discussion groups to ac quaint the students with available sources of help. This is important because one of Vista’s biggest jobs is helping the poor find and use programs which are avail able to them. BOUT FIFTEEN PER CENT of the Students drop out or are dropped during the training period. The rest are assigned to different types of work throughout the United States (except for five or six states whose governors have vetoed their en trance.) A Vista may teach at a Job Corps center in California, organize recreation for Indians in Wisconsin, plan housing in Negro slums in Alabama. In these assign ments the volunteer’s preferences are giv en consideration. The federal government loans out the Vista workers, and they then work under the local charitab or service organization. A volunteer’s ly contact with Washington is an eir. .cncy tele phone number which he may all collect if necessary. I spent an afternoon with two experi enced volunteers who were working among Negro migrant workers in Southern Florida. No two Vistas do the same things, but I am sure these two are representa tive. To see these two, a staff member from the downtown headquarters led me by car to “Vista Manor.” It was a typical shack in a migrant camp called Crane’s Quarters. On the unpainted exterior was painted “Vista.” On the inside the differ ent Vistas had made small improvements in the four rooms — painted a wall, put up some wood paneling. The inside was clean, but I could not help noticing roach es run across the floor from time to time. The prominent piece of furniture was a large mobile blackboard with math prob lems on it. Obviously one of the volunteers had been helping some sixth or seventh grader with his homework. I caught the Vistas as they were moving. Steve, a twen ty-three year old sociology major from Ore-

ever, in either case the Vista’s job is pri marily a personal thing. Vista puts the volunteer into a needy area, and he then does as little or as much as he likes. Basic ally he is on his own with only his words, knowledge, and self to offer. A Vista’s main approach seems to be to establish himself as a friend and then offer any en couragement, education, and help he can. He tries to make his home a type of com munity center. I asked for specific examples of what they have done. The doctor said that she has given thousands of check-ups and when necessary helped the migrants re they told me abo pitiable condi- ceive aid from the health department. tions of those ached in poverty. Steve’s greatest success has been as a pro The migrant’s avera y is 900 dollars a fessional form filler. He fills in the forms year. If his wife and two children work to help migrants, who are normally intimi also, the family gets -bout 1400 dollars. dated by the red tape, get FHA loans, en Most of the migrants in the Eastern Uni roll the children in school, get workmen’s ted States are Negroes, many of whom compensation. were tenant farmers displaced by the ad The Vistas are making some progress. vent of modern farm machinery. They They told me of an epileptic named Joe have a fourth-grade education at most. Hall who lived with his father, four or There seems to be no escape for them ex five women, and their twenty or so illegiti cept eventual death in the fields. The child mate children in a shack with only one ren fall into the same rut. Their only hope electrical outlet. With Steve’s help Joe is education, and many states, including forced the landlord to rewire the house, Florida, discourage and even refuse school and on his own Joe painted the place. This to the children because they cannot attend may not seem like much, but it is a step the full year. in the right direction. Both Vistas are sure Into this almost hopeless situation they are doing some good, and Steve has steps the Vista. He may have an active, volunteered for an additional year. Every wealthy sponsoring organization behind Vista knows that he cannot pull large him which has help programs available numbers out of poverty quickly, but with for the needy. Or, as is bound to occur in each needy person he leads to look up and any nation-wide program, the Vista may start climbing, he has performed a service have a disorganized, mismanaged sponsor to America. And that is what Vista is all who works against the volunteers. How- about. gon, was moving to a new area further south, and a new Vista, a seventy-two year old lady doctor from California, was tak ing over that area. I asked them why people joined Vista. Steve answered that, although there is the desire to help others, the basic reason is always something pc ' aial lie had joined in order to see if his logy studies were at all realistic. The had joined be cause she was giver. n mdatory retire ment from the healo rtment at sev<: a rocking chair enty but was not re e yet.

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t is a test ... that genuine poetry can •L communicate before it is understood.” This criterion, which T. S. Eliot laid down as a critic, could be applied to his own poem, The Waste Land. It does pass the test. He also believed, as a critic, that it should be, in his word, “thought-felt.” The Waste Land does communicate on both levels, though more often on the emotional level first. The reader’s first reaction after reading this poem, which signaled an en tirely new era in poetry, is probably one of total bafflement, though he is at the same time haunted by its verbal music and hoping to grasp its meaning in the future. In 1922 the chaos and despair of post-war Europe had shattered the Victor ian illusion — that man was destined to see continuous physical and spiritual im provement. Who are those hooded hordes swarming Over endless plains, stumbling in cracked earth Ringed by the flat horizon only The only way to the meaning of a poem is through the poetry itself; however, this poem may require some explanation. The poem aims at conveying the total con sciousness of the modern mind. It states that man without faith is sterile. Twenieth century man is especially prone to this spiritual sterility because he has per verted or rejected his traditional heritage. “Son of man . . . you know only a heap of broken images” Even a vital opposition to this heritage is preferable because those who can oppose are still not impotent. As Eliot says in one of his essays: “So far as we do evil or good, we are human; and it is better in a paradoxical way, to do evil than to do nothing: at least, we exist.” The poem looks disorganized because the traditional framework of values on which poetry could be organized in earlier times is no longer tenable to most. The poet cannot assume anything, if he wishes to address his audience in terms of moral significance. Rather, the poet must use indirection. Eliot’s way is to create a ser ies of persons and situations which are paradoxical — similar, but at the same time in sharp contrast. His lines fre70

quently allude to past literature in order to evoke a circumstance of past vitality which stands in contrast to present emp tiness. Of course, if the reader misses the allusion he may miss the point. Eliot has provided notes. They, however, often look more formidable than the poem it self. April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and despair, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. As we read on, it seems that the speaker, who is in a reverie, is an Austrian arch duchess. The title of this first part is The Burial of the Dead. The lines express the morbid desire for death, which the inhabi tants of the Waste Land have. April, as the month of rebirth, cruelly stirs up re morse over the life they have missed. The contrast is by way of allusion: “Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote . . . ” Chaucer’s pilgrims were committed to an act of faith, a thing those of the Waste Land do not have. You gave me hyacinths first a year ago; “They called me the hyacinth girl.” —Yet when we came back, late, from the Hyacinth garden, Your arms full, and your hair wet, I could not Speak, and my eyes failed I was neither Living nor dead . . . These lines abruptly bring us to a new scene and speaker. Throughout the entire poem one person, situation, or symbol is imposed on and fused to another, creating a dense texture of parallels and contrasts. Though love in the garden is ecstatic, even at its physical climax it is strangely like death. These events and others of Part I fo cus our attention on the futility of life without grace and scatter hints of other themes to come. Part II, A Game of Chess, gives us two examples of real sterility — outwardly antithetical, but in reality similar. The opening lines draw us the boudoir of a so phisticated woman. They parody Shake speare’s description of Cleopatra on her barge on the Nile; she was the embodi ment of love. The description leads us to expect a contrast by pointing to the arti ficiality of her room (“unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes”). The lady is petulant and frustrated; her guest unresponsive.

“My nerves are bad to-night. Yes bad. Stay with me. “Speak to me. Why do you never speak.

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“What are you thinking of? What think ing? What? . . . What shall we do to-morrow? What shall we ever do?” His answer: “ ... if it rains, a closed car at four. And we shall play a game of chess, Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.” At the other end of the social and economic scale, we are precipitated into a pub in the second part of this section. Two women are discussing a third, who fears the return of her husband after demobilization. Her husband won’t leave her alone; she’s had five children, doesn’t want more, and still feels guilty about her abortion. The chemist said it would be all right, but I’ve never been the same. You are a proper fool, I said. Well, if Albert won’t leave you alone, there it is, I said, What you get married for if you don’t want children? HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME Parts three and four carry out the themes of the contras, between Eastern and Western asceticism alluding to St. Augustine and Buddha : the theme of death by water. The concluding lines of Part V, What the Thunder Said, brings about a resolu tion — it holds out a faint hope, but noth ing more. Perhaps it is only “dry sterile thunder without rain” that we hear. But the thunder’s message in three Sanskrit words at least gives an indication of how man may prepare for a rain of grace. Datta, Dayadhvam, Damyata — give, sym pathize, control. This is a way to “set (one’s) lands in order.” The asceticism that the thunder calls for out of the Upanishads, the earliest literature of the Indo-Europeans and thus the very base of our cultural tradition, is far from the Christian revelation, but it is the requisite renunciation one must make before faith is possible. The poem ends with a Sans krit benediction: “Shantih, Shantih, Shantih” which, the poet tells us, is the equiva lent of the “peace which passeth under standing.” E. F.

Oometime during the course of the third ^ century, B. C., a young courtier in Alexandria, who calls himself Aristeas, wrote a letter to his brother telling about a trip he had made to Jerusalem. It seems that he had been part of an embassy dis patched to the high priest in the Holy City by Ptolemy II, king of Egypt, in order to acquire six elders who were learned in the Jewish laws. In due time not six, but sev enty-two scholars made the trip to Alex andria carrying with them a copy of the Hebrew Pentateuch. Their task was to ex ecute the translation of the Law into Greek, a task which would later result in the compilation of the Septuagint, often referred to as the LXX because of the seventy scholars who wrote it. Although there has been much contro versy over the authenticity of Aristeas’ let ter, his account has been generally ac cepted by scholars as having some histori cal background. We do know for sure that the first translation of the Pentateuch took place among the Greek-speaking Jews in Alexandria around 250 B. C. The rest of the books of the Old Testament were trans lated during the next two hundred years. The importance of this translation to the early Christian Church is unquestion able. It was a treasure common to both Jew and Christian. It is not at all unnatur al that when a distrust of the LXX sprang up among the Jews after the beginning of the second century, A. D., the Christian teachers and writers clung to that version with a growing devotion. They pleaded the Septuagint’s venerable age and its use by the Evangelists and the Apostles; they accepted the legend of its birth and even claimed for it an inspiration equal to that of the original Hebrew text. When diver gences of the Septuagint from the current Hebrew text became apparent, it was ar gued that the errors of the Greek text were due to accidents of transmission, or that they were not errors, but Divine adap tations of the original to the use of the future Church. No Old Testament scholar of today will deny that the Greek of the LXX is un faithful to the original Hebrew. Even St. Jerome, in writing his new Latin version,

r accused his Jewish contemporaries of leav ing out passages in the LXX that were favorable to their Christian antagonists. Origen noted intentional changes in the text in addition to double renderings, trans positions, and errors of transcription. In spite of its many errors, we cannot Several explanations have been given dismiss the Septuagint as just an occur for the inaccuracy of the Alexandrian rence in the past. It is indispensable to r Bible. One is that the LXX is not a single scholars of the Old Testament. Likewise, version but a series of versions produced it is just as important to New Testament at various times by translators whose ideals scholars, since a great deal of the original were not altogether alike. Proof of this is New Testament’s text is made up of quotes shown by the varying standards of excel from the LXX. And we must not forget lence in the different books. The Penta that it was not by accident that the Old teuch is on the whole a close and service Testament was made available in the lan able translation. The Psalms, and especi guage of the Gentiles at a time when they ally the book of Isaiah, show signs of in would soon begin to receive the good news j. z. competence. The translator of Job appears of the Gospel. to have been more familiar with Greek pagan literature than with Semitic poetry. A comparison of certain passages which occur in different contexts distinctly re “Work — work — work, veals the presence of different hands. Till the brain begins to swim: A further explanation is that the pur Work — work — work. pose of translating the later books is not Till the eyes are heavy and dim.” altogether the same as that which the translators of the Pentateuch had in view. (Thomas Hood: “The Song cf the Shirt”) The term “summer vacation” is a mis The Greek Pentateuch was intended to supply the needs of the Alexandrian Jews. nomer for most of our college students. The books of the prophets were translated For about ninety-five per cei l of this year’s for the same purpose, but with a dimin collegiate student body spe the summer ished sense of responsibility since the Pro doing work-work-work. The types of jobs phets were not regarded as sharing the pe were as varied as the towns :,i which they culiar sanctity of the Law. All the remain were performed, from Milwaukee to Lu ing books, except perhaps the Psalms, saka. To get a better insight into the sum stood on a much lower level. mer jobs held, the Black a-id Red polled the college dorm. The results of this poll One must also take into consideration serve as a guide for the following statis the difficulties which beset the translators tics. in their attempts to render the Hebrew The number of hours worked per week scriptures into Greek. Translating a Semi tic book into the language of the West was varied greatly, with the average being fifty a venture undertaken for the first time at plus and the maximum around 100 hours. Alexandria. Moreover, the majority of the Several canning factory and construction translators had probably learned the lan jobs accounted for this 100-hour category. guage in Egypt from imperfectly instruct Probably the most important statistic, at ed teachers, and had few opportunities to least to the individual worker, is the sal acquaint themselves with the obscure ary grossed. The average summer salary words and contexts of the Palestinian went as follows: freshmen, $700; sopho mores, $950; juniors, $1175; seniors, Jews. $1150. (Although these numbers sound Last of all, the possibility of an early very impressive, it should be pointed out deterioration of the Greek text must not this is before Uncle Sam and Joe Bursar be left out. There are traces of such de took their allotted shares.) terioration in the writings of Philo, which The types of jobs were numerous. Con cannot be due to his own blunders. Justin struction work, farming, and factory work

the Vulgate, was slow in reaching a deci sion to use the Hebrew text instead of the LXX as a basis. As might have been ex pected, he was rebuked for it. St. Augus tine sympathized with Jerome but decided it would be better not to unsettle the laity by lowering the authoriy of the LXX.

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were the most prevalent. Others included mail delivery, forest ranger work, golf course maintenance, waiters, florist, car pentry, painting, moving, hospital order ly, milkman and playground director. About two-thirds of the job holders said that they hoped to have the same job next summer. “It’s all in the day’s work, as the hunts man said when the lion ate him.” (Charles Kingsley) One part of the poll was a sec tion for listing some interesting or amus ing experiences. One very common com ment was that fellow workers, finding out that we were studying for the ministry, either refrained from using vulgar lan guage in our presence or else became very embarrassed at the realization that they had cussed in front of a “minister.” Many cited gory details of industrial accidents they had seen. One even saw a man com mit suicide with a shotgun. Some of the most interesting experiences are the fol lowing: Dennis Schmidt (junior) spent the sum mer in South Dakota working as a bee keeper. He not only sv...-lowed a bee but claims approximately 700 bee stings over the summer. Sounds lik- be had a “swell” summer. Ken Wenzel (sophon-:ore) worked for the U. S. Forest Service s a sprayer in Idaho. He was called in to fight a fire in eastern Montana and spent three days battling it. The fire destroyed 14,000 acres before it was brought under control with the help of bombers. Harlyn J. Kuschel (senior) worked in a canning factory. One experience that he’ll never forget is running a label ma chine. It seems he labeled 150 cases (24 cans per case) wrong, and it took eight workers four hours to correct his mistake. Richard Schwerin (senior) spent the summer working in Hamburg, Germany. As might be expected, his experiences were many and interesting, but he is still wondering about the financial end of it. Bob Pless (junior), working as a greenskeeper in Milwaukee, received a report one day that there was a kangaroo on the course. It proved to be a hoax. Ernie and Mark Wendland (both juni ors) spent the summer in Lusaka, Zambia, (Africa), where their father is serving as 73

missionary. Ernie did maintenance work at the Lutheran Bible Institute in Lusaka. He said that the African’s idea of work is very different from ours. There is no such thing as doing a task in a hurry, as long as it gets done in a day or so. One particu lar experience he cited was when four fence poles had to be cemented into the ground at 200 yard intervals. After ex plaining how the job might be done most easily — that is mix the cement at the equipment room where all the materials were, and then wheelbarrow it to the holes — Ernie left. When he returned he found a pile of sand, cement, gravel, and a bucket of water at each hole. They figured it was easier to haul all the ma terials separately and then mix them on the spot. We cannot forget our editor, John Vogt (senior), who worked on display at a de partment store. He was often seen in the windows dressing manikins. As a humorous note the job poll in cluded one question, “Did you employ your NWC classical education in your job?” The usual answer was either “no” or the stronger “are you kidding!” How ever, a few of the more classical students answered yes. Ronald Gosdeck who work ed at a paper mill said, “I amazed dregs with my suaveness and total knowledge of life.” Dick Froehlich said that as a wait er he amazed people with what he knew and in turn received higher tips. Roy Rose, working at American Cookware in Milwaukee, said he “shamed his contem poraries with a myriad of Latin and Greek phrases acquired through diligent study of the classics.” Chuck Clarey probably summed it up best. Working as a starter at Brown Deer Golf Course in Milwaukee, he was responsible for informing people that they had four-hour waits before tee ing off. Chuck said that he employed his NWC education by “holding a Christian attitude to the barbaric, uncivilized bunch.” This has been a glimpse at the sum mer “vacation” of our students. It was fun at times, difficult at others. But as Voltaire said: “Work keeps at bay three great evils: boredom, vice, and need.” We’re not so sure about the first point, and that last one — some of us are still j. H. pretty needy — but that’s life.

NWC's Elective System Oince our elective system has now been ^ in operation for five years, it is per haps a fitting time to examine its success and its limitations. For many years students at NWC fol lowed a striedy prescribed course and had no choice in regard to what classes they would take. They carried about 26 hours per week in contrast to the present 19 or 20 hours. Greek was studied five periods a week for four years. The elective system was adopted after a study by a faculty committee and put into effect in the fall of 1961. One of its prime purposes was to make the number of hours in the aver age student load more consistent with that of other colleges, so that more collegelevel work involving the library and inde pendent study could be expected from the students. A great deal of the changeover to this approach toward academic work has been accomplished in the last few years. Under our present requirements a stu dent needs 157 semester hours to qualify for graduation. These hours are divided in this manner: 127 hours of rigid require ments in which the student has no choice whatsoever, 12 hours in which the subject is specified, but the student may choose from among several courses in that sub ject, 6 hours in which only the subject area is specified, and 12 hours of complete ly free election. Those students who are required to take the new modern Euro pean history courses have the number of their elective hours reduced by six. A stu dent therefore has some choice in about 20% of his program and complete free dom of subject selection in only 8%. Even this small amount of subject elec tion is somewhat restricted by present con ditions at Northwestern. The number of teachers and the amount of classroom space available to us limit the number of courses that can be offered. Since a stu dent often has only one chance to pick up a certain elective, and he must follow a pattern to fill his required electives, he sometimes finds that too many of the courses which he would like to take fall into one semester. He must then pass up some of these courses and later take cours es that he does not particularly want. 74

Recently there has been an attempt to correct this weakness within the frame work of the present system. The practice of auditing classes is encouraged, so that a student can obtain at least partial bene fit from courses that he can not work in to his regular schedule. Both the Hebrew elective offered last spring and the Ameri can literature elective to be offered this spring ease the pressure on students to ful fill specific requirements. More frequent scheduling of popular courses like World Drama is also a helpful step. Another im provement would be to allow a student who would like to carry 22 or 23 hours one semester to settle for 16 or 17 the next. This, However, is about the extent of the improvements that can be made within the requirements of the present system. Since students are already carry ing a full load, the only way to gain a still greater variety of election is to eliminate some of the present requirements. Since our primary election as students was the decision to take a pre-ministerial course, we would all agree that no requirements can be eliminated, if such an action would lessen the quality of our preparation for Seminary work or the ministn. Most of our courses are well chosen lor that pur pose, so we will have to look quite close ly to find a spot where any trimming can be done. Popular candidates for elir. mtion are some portion of the langua; program. math, or the bete noire of t! particular person whom you happen to ask about the matter. Math probably comes to mind quite of ten, since most students can remember very little of it by the time they are Juni ors and so do not feel that they derived much benefit from it. This feeling is per haps strengthened in the minds of some people by the fact that a glance at page 25 of our catalogue reveals that the ob jectives of our math program have not been set forth. Most interest in curriculum revision centers around the language program. We have already noted that extensive cuts were made here at the time when the elective system was introduced. Current requirements for Juniors and Seniors are two German electives, two Greek electives, and one elective of either Greek, German, or Latin. People sometimes wonder why

the Greek can be taken anytime, while the German must be split between the Junior and Senior years. Perhaps, since our Ger man is leading up to theological reading at the Sem, it is split to keep us in closer contact with the language. Our Greek, on the other hand, divides into two separate paths after our Sophomore year. We begin New Testament Greek and continue this study through the Sem. We still have to take two semesters of classical Greek, but can finish it up by the end of our Junior year and never look at it again. Our cata logue states that the main purpose of our advanced Greek courses is not to teach the grammar or syntax of the Greek language, but to impart a knowledge of Greek thought and to give us a little insight into the Greek world. In this respect it does not lead directly into Sem work in the same way that our Hebrew and New Testa ment Greek do, but comes closer to serv ing the same broadening and idea-building function as our other literature and his tory classes. Most of the benefit which the average student reives from such a Greek course conic-; as a result of the discussion of the cor'cat of the literature, rather than the r translation work. This is especially of the second ad vanced course whir student takes. In most cases a student vald get more bene fit and enlargen. ' om another nontranslation literatim course. Rather than require everyone to Ac the same advanc ed study in both Gcimn and Greek, the school should permit the language area elective and possibly one Greek elective to be changed to free electives. Those with a knack for languages and the desire to become well trained in them could still

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continue their study in depth, perhaps with even more concentration on one lan guage in which they especially want to specialize. Those who do not want to fol low Greek or German to this extent could take other courses from which they would derive more benefit without hindering their preparation for the ministry. If such a change was made and the present electives were retained, the great est move would probably be to American history and English. The philosophy-logic group and European history would also benefit. Supplementary courses which could be added include sociology, rapid reading, geography, more contemporary literature, or elementary French. An art appreciation course would serve the same purpose as our music class and fill a gap in our education which is supposed to make us fairly well-rounded men. To Sum Up, our present system is a sound, well-tested pre-ministerial course, but it could be improved by loosening it up a bit, so that different students could follow different programs, emphasizing different fields. We would then encourage more independent study among our people by allowing them to develop their special interests more fully here. A person who can do a little more intensive work in a favorite subject while he is still here is more likely to continue such a study on his own later on. It could also help improve some classroom situations by placing stu dents in classes in which they are more interested. By creating more student in terest in various ways, such a program could improve NWC’s academic atmos phere and attitudes. J. b.

WHEN I SAW HIM STANDING THERE Feeling as egotistical as Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, He stood at the mirror and counted faces: sun-face to the general, beaming, expansive, and genial. drip-dry face to those close, spotless, blameless, and sta-pressed with paternal, maternal, and connubial love. degrading face to himself, subversive, betraying, and full of love — for self. one more face, the face on his soul, the face which alone he was afraid to look at, or to count, or to love. 75

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"The Battle” - Christian Concepts No. 1 The artist depicts the conflict between the Christian and the darts of the wicked. The Christian (curved scale) is in com plete opposition to Satan and his cohorts (straight lines). The artist portrays the Christian’s confidence in the ichthus (the

curved scales outline its body), and he shows that the Christian is intimately bound to it (like a scale on that body). Therefore, although the Christian warrior will be struck by the darts of the hosts of evil, he is assured of victory through Jesus Christ, who has defeated the enemy.

How To Become Rich and Famous in Seven Easy Lessons This article is for those in our reading public who have not yet made up their minds as to what they are going to make of themselves in this life and also for those who have remained in the shadows of relative obscurity and are wondering why. While the author does not claim it is the only way to power and glory, the method described is one sure-fire means to that end. I. Pick The Proper Field The first thing you must do if you plan to take the pathway to success is pick your field. The world beckons with many fine opportunities to the get-rich-and-famous-quick schemer. If you are shrewd, any one of them will take you to the top. You can cheat and shove your way thru business, lie and deal your way into na tional and world pi ill tics, or just quietly swindle thousand ()t . ; kers with whom you will come i;: • act in your daily life. Unfortunate;methods carry a not legal repercusbit of social stie/i i.tened age. What sions, even in i! plan whereby you you need is a foeand yet be lookcan get rich and nstead of despised ed up to and ado ;*u must appear as and secretly emi man and to civilizan asset to your i' ! ation in general. - adds offer positions which fill this bil; but as an example I will choose only one of the best : the field of the arts, particularly sculpture and painting. II. Gather Your Artist Supplies In the old days this step used to pre sent a much greater problem for the bud ding artist-to-be because of the high cost of oils, canvas, brushes, marble, and the like. Now, thanks to the modern trend toward diversification in the arts, there are no bounds set on what the creative ar tist may use in producing his works. Many household items, pawn shop articles, and junkyard gems may be had for next to nothing. Items may even be perishable. Many very useful and aesthetically pleas ing components can be liberated from the neighborhood rubbish heaps at no cost whatsoever. 77

III. Look and Feel Artistic This is such an important step that I feel I cannot emphasize it enough. To really succeed in art these days you have to conform to the artists’ code of non-con formity, both externally and at least pseudo-intemally. While it must be admitted in all truth that a few off-beat types have made it into the upper echelon without heeding this point, the majority of really successful artists, as they are all staunch non-conformists, adhere to it religiously. First, remember that clothes make the man. Dress arty. Let your hair grow and sport at least an excuse for a beard. Smell a little. Look utterly casual. Sandals are a must. Besides your physical artistic appear ance, you must develop, or at least affect, the artistic personality. The clue again is non-conformity. Remember that you are what makes the world run. You know what life is all about and look down on common mortals. The expression of your ideas, your interpretation, is all that counts. No one else has a valid point. Re main aloof. Be stubborn and intractable. Develop personality quirks to further your image. You must also cultivate the artistic moral sense, or lack of it. Begin with a few learned-sounding expletives. Add at least a habitual tolerance for tobacco and alcohol. Practice both of these until you are at home in them. Hire a model, if on ly to start rumors circulating. Last of all, if you can, take up the use of one or more of the unfortunately illegal sources if in spiration available today. IV. Choose Your Style Most of the points up to this one have been offered as a guide for you to follow at your discretion. Here I feel I must take a firm stand and insist that you make your style distinctly non-representational or a least surrealistic. This will put you in a position where only you (if anyone) knows what you created. You can hardly be criticized for infidelity to your own im agination. This reminds me of the matter of titles for your works. Try to get one that doesn’t fit in the least. As a last re-

sort you can always use the bewildering “Opus Number x.” People want to be mysti fied and forced to find the connection. V. Be Truly Creative Don’t get me wrong. I do not mean to imply that you have to produce anything of merit during your career. This would limit the field to those with talent. The main thing is to do something different. As long as it hasn’t been done before, it is bound to be acclaimed by the critics and public alike as great art. VI. Get a Patron or Sponsor Anyone who has followed the first five steps has in him all the makings of the great artist. There are many such who have ended up as failures. This is because they neglected the important point head ing this paragraph. It is true that this is one of the hardest requirements to fulfill. No one knows exactly how to latch onto one of those rare, rich, true lovers of art and milk him for all he is worth, but it can and has been done. If you see you will never be befriended by a private pa tron, provide a company with free adver tising until they are forced to subsidize you. It doesn’t have to be anything pres tigious; soup cans would do. VII. Sit Back and Enjoy It. Having followed to the letter the six points here enumerated, you will be at the top and have no need of this seventh. You will be wined and dined by the cream of high society, rich, famous, and best of all nearly inactive. You will be the one in a position of respect, expounding whatever your heart desires to your obviously inferi or fellow man. Good Luck!

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On September 7, NWC began its 102nd year with the traditional service in the gym. President Toppe delivered the open ing address on Deuteronomy 26. At this service tutors Mark Lenz, David Luetke, and Gary Schroeder were inducted into office. New Dorm Immediately following the opening ser vice, ground was formally broken for the new dormitory. Rev. R. A. Siegler, Chair man of our Board of Control, President Toppe, President Naumann, and Mr. Wil liam Schumann, chairman of the building committee took part in the ceremony. A day or so after the ground was brok en, the construction company went to work digging a remarkably small hole. Their vigor even evoked one faculty member to comment on what a fine example they set for the students to follow in doing their work. This new dorm is being built as an additional facility, not as a replacement. This is the reason that the hole is not as big as many student sidewalk-engineers think it should be. The maximum capaci ty is 148. And it will be pin sically impos sible for three students to occupy the same room as is now being done in East Hall. These new cubicles will be slightly smal ler than present college rooms and will have two built-in beds with no room for a third. When made up, both of these beds convert to small sofas. The dorm is designed to have rooms all the way around a central island. This

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island will contain lounges and storage areas on each floor, in addition to the usual facilities. The rumors about piano rooms in the basement are false. The basement will contain club, game. TV, hobby, study, and gathering rooms. There is also space for a possible kitchen. More custom features will be a suite for the tutor and individual mail boxes. These will also be installed in East Hall. The new dorm has been designed to leave the individual rooms open for study thru the use of lounges for .11 sessions. Due to be finisher! he first of July, this is the first of the foui new units proposed for the campus. The second, a new gym, together with the conversion of the exist ing gym into a music hall, may come af ter a year. The administration building with a student union will come later. And the dorm to replace the present prep dorm will be built only after the preps have a campus of their own. Faculty Our three new professors were instal led at an evening service in the chapel the Sunday after the opening of school. Pro fessor Kowalke gave the sermon. Profes sor Paul Eickmann, Jr., is a graduate of the class of ’50 and the third generation of his family to be on the faculty. Until he went to the University of Madison for graduate study the second half of last year, he was at Siloah in Milwaukee. He is teaching Hebrew and philosophy. Professor Cyril Spaude graduated here in ’52. After several years as a tutor at Mobridge Academy, he spent the last nine years at 79

Aberdeen, S. D. While his two brothers are teaching the sciences at area Luther an high schools, he is teaching frosh and soph Greek. Professor James A. Thrams is a native of Watertown and graduated here in ’50. Janesville was his congrega tion before he joined our faculty. He is teaching Sexta and Quarta religion and history.

Left to right: Profs. Spaude, Eickmann, Thrams Tutors Lenz and Luetke are taking on the duties in the prep dorm without the usual support from college seniors. In ad dition, Tutor Luetke has two sections of Sexta Latin and assists with Prep B team football. Tutor Lenz has Quinta English and teaches music. Tutor Schroeder, a ’66 graduate of the Seminary, handles East Hall, two sections of Quinta history, as sists with prep B team football and a gym class or two. Northwestern has made its final an nual change of piano teachers for a few years. Rev. H. A. Scherf, ’20, recently be-

games only make victories sweeter and losses more character-building. This may prove to be a building season since over half the team are freshmen. Some new comers expected to help the team include “Shucks Fred” Zimmerman at tight end, Dave Schwartz at fullback, Tom Haar at linebacker, Rich Kogler center, and Mark Class Officers Harstad at quarterback. The starting line The forty seniors of the class of ’67 ups for the first two games were: elected James Everts as their president, Halvarson Zahn Guse Zimmerman Richard Schwerin as vice-president, and Wiederich Brug Mahnke Forrest Bivens as secretary-treasurer. Ful Lindemann Kobleske filling these respective duties for the sixtyDobberstein M. Schwartz four Juniors are James Plitzuweit, Charles Clarey and Edward Fredrich. The sixty Plitzuweit Sievert Gosdeck Brug Koeplin sophomores placed their confidence in Den Dobberstein Clarey Haar nis Smith, Herb Prahl, and Barry Brandt Liesener Winter Lindemann for the same offices. The seventy-five freshmen elected James Schuppenhauer as president, David Schwartz as his assistant, David Scherbarth, secretary, and Fred D. E. Zimmerman as treasurer.

came the pastor of Richwood. His wife is now teaching both piano and organ here. She has studied at Michigan State and with the Bach specialist Lou Olp Taylor. Since she has taught at DMLC and Fox Valley, NWC now has a music teacher with life-long experience.

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Eureka 0 NWC 14 On September 24 the Trcj.uis made an other long trip to Eureka, Illinois, appar ently only to enjoy the smorgasbord after the game. The team looked sluggish and sloppy, and hardly outplayed the spirited Red Devils. Senior offensive guard A1 Zahn’s chunky legs brought him swiftly aownfield under one of Marty Schwartz’s towering punts in the first quarter. ATs careening 200-pound bulk must have petri fied the hapless Eureka receiver, because he fumbled the kick, and A1 promptly jumped out to an early lead in the team scoring race by recovering the fumble in the end zone. Dennis Halvarson added the extra point. The Trojans scored again in the first quarter when Schwartz threw a short scoring pass to flanker Earl Lindemann. Halvarson again successfully booted the conversion, and the team coast ed through the rest of the game, literally fighting off the determined Red Devils. F. Zimmermann took honors at the smorgas bord, since reliable sources claim he down ed at least a whole chicken.

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Principia 28 The Northwestern Trojans suffered to tal gridiron decimation before the invad ing East St. Louis Principia Indians on October 1. The final statistics are a bet ter indication than die score of the com plete lopsidedness of f e game. Their de fense quickly contau the feeble Trojan rushing attack, and quarterback Brewster soon hit end John Lyon for their first score. Johnny-on-thv ; et Brug gobbled up a Principia fumble s a the second period, but this scoring bid was foiled. Little AllAmerican Tuck Spaulding looked as if he were literally starting a transcontinental sprint as he scored on a nineteen-yard dash for a touchdown. Spaulding again stomped for three yards and another six points shortly before the half ended. Brew ster hit Lyon for 35 yards and yet another score early in the third period, and then even the Principia dregs proceeded to make sport of our defense. Spaulding gained over 200 yards, doubling North western's total offensive efforts. Clarey picked off a pass in the fourth quarter, and Kobleske hit Zimmerman for a twelve yard consolation touchdown. Principia NWC 23 First Downs 6 368 Yards Rushing 67 32 106 Yards Passing 474 99 Total Yards Passing 3-13 7-10 0 Intercepted By 1 1 Fumbles Lost o 100 0 Yards Penalized R. G. 81

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On September 7, Watertown was again invaded by hordes of students eager to learn; it was definitely a group that had cast aside all traces of foolishness, so they could really dig in (they really dug in hard from the looks of the big hole in the center of our campus). All the regulars re turned (except for Joe Rho, who was lost in transit from Germany—but even he even tually got here) plus a band of peach-fuz zed, untested rookies who hope to break into our closely grouped phalanx of sea soned veterans and old men remedials. One of these poor, small, homesick rookies fresh from his summer job of working for Green Giant (it is rumored that he stood in a valley and yelled “ho, ho”), has been taken under the protecting wings of his two concerned sophomore roommates, Cares and Koeninger. They claim that they are doing everything for him to make the adjustment to college easier (that even includes a Fred Zimmerman Fan Club, which already is boasting more members than Forum). How much protection Fred really needs remains to be seen, because it is rumored that the first night of football practice he kicked dust into Gos’ and Jake’s eyes, and they were seen writing to Char les Atlas that very same night.

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Welcome To Centennial Year! Yes, we are going to school in a col lege that is 100 years old this year. You’re probably raising your eyebrows and say ing, “Well it seems just like yesterday when NWC celebrated its last centennial!” Well, you’re right in one respect — there was a big celebration here and some claim ed it was our centennial, but that was just the Class of ’65. Yes, one of the biggest travesties in Synod annals took place in 1965 when thousands were led to believe that 100 years ago, our school began. However, a little checking up on this brought out the astounding fact that we didn’t receive our charter until 1867 — therefore, legally we weren’t a school un til 1867. For without a charter you don’t exist. Moreover there wasn’t a single col lege class until 1867, so how can you cele brate a centennial when you’ve only exist82

Droodle $ 2 Each month a droodle without cap tions will appear in C & C. It is for you to think of titles for the droodle and sub mit them along with your name to the C&C writer, room 318. In next month’s issue the droodle will be repeated with the best of the submitted titles, and a new uncaptioned droodle will appear. So sub mit a title, win great fame, and influence people with your wit! The Dank Tank Prank The truth may now be let out! The Class of ’67, famous for their daring feats (also their blistered ones), has already reached a new pinnacle in pranks this school year. (It is fitting here to point out to all skeptics that the Class of ’67 has made every possible effort to lift the veil of offense with which it so frequently shrouded the campus last year.) The other night, as several Class of *67 churls, rus tic peasants, surly fellows, boors, selfish misers, or what have you, marched (ex cuse the poor choice of word there, let us say they “filed”) along one of the local trails, they spotted a porcelain ark along the curb. Thinking only oi what a task it would be for the local trashmen to be con fronted by such a gigantic piece of trash, and seeing a chance to complete the plumbing of the half-nicer, manor at the dorm construction site, the fast moving group made off with the white ark. In the dead of night, when a wrong step could mean a fall into the deep abyss, the chuiis moved stealthily toward the tumu lus. Reminiscent of the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima, the tank was situated on the summit. The dastardly deed completed, the invincibles returned to the warmth and safety of their East Hall barracks to boast of their deed. And who was the doubting Tom who said, and I quote, “No body here is capable of such a prank — it must have been an outsider!” Oh, that poor deluded character! Next month the stirring story of how the frosh went out of their way (met their Waterloo) to become a part of our vicious circle. Hear how initiation makes them sadder Budweiser men. Hear the unusual story of the “Minutemen of Concord Street.” Until then keep studying and re member that grades aren’t everything — only 99 44/100%. j. h. 83

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ALUMNI The bullets of Charles Joseph Whitman struck close to home this August as one of his fortyfour casualties was Roland “Cap” Ehlke of last June’s graduating class. Ehlke was on the Uni versity of Texas campus as a Peace Corp trainee for Iraq. Recently, however, he has returned to the flock and rejoined his class at the seminary. ■f

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CALLS AND INSTALLATIONS Rev. Wilbur Beckendorf, ’52, as pastor of Trinity Ev, Lutheran Church, Winona, Minnesota, June 26, 1966. Rev. Leroy Boerneke, ’52, as instructor in the Dept, of History and Religion, Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota, Septem ber 7, 1966. Rev. John Clnvorowsky, ’53, as instructor at Wis consin Lutheran High School, September 18, 1966. Rev. John Denninger, ’52, as instructor in the Dept, of Science, Dr. Martin Luther High School, September 7, 1986. Rev. Kurt Eggert, ’44, as instructor at Milwau kee Lutheran Teacher’s College, October 2, ’66. Rev. Larry Ellenberger, ’62, as pastor to Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Elkton, S. D., and Im manuel Ev. Lutheran Church, Ward, S. D., July 10, 1966. Rev. Conrad Frey, ’35, as president of Dr. Mar tin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota, Sep: tember 7, 1966. Rev. William Godfrey, ’57, as pastor to Christ the King, Whittier, California. Rev. William Hein, ’50, as pastor to Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Caledonia, Wisconsin, Sep tember 4, 1966. Rev. Paul Hoenecke, '52, as pastor at Kewaskum, Wisconsin, October 2, 1966. Rev. James Koch, *62, as pastor to St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Rocky Ford, Colorado. Rev. Mark Liesener, ’60, as pastor to Christ the Lord Ev. Lutheran Church, Brookfield, Wiscon sin, October 2, 1966. Rev. Harold Russow, ’36, as pastor to Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church, Hadar, Nebraska, July 17, 1966. Rev. Herman Scherf, ’20, as pastor to the Richwood-Hubbleton Parish, September 4, 1966. Rev. Harold Schewe, ’59, as pastor to Bethesda Ev. Lutheran Church, Portland, Oregon, July 10, 1966. Rev. Walter Schumann, ’41, as pastor to Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Watertown, Wisconsin, July 24, 1966. Rev. Wayne Schulz, ’62, as pastor to Trinity Ev. Lutheran, Aberdeen, S. D., July 24, 1966. Rev. Frederic Tabbert, ’39, as pastor to Gethsemane Ev. Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Wis consin, September 11, 1966. Rev. Cleone Weigand, ’56, as pastor to St. Mi chael’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Fountain City, Wisconsin, September 4, 1966. Rev. John Westendorf, ’45, as pastor to Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Saline, Michigan.

ANNIVERSARIES IN MINISTRY 50th year for Rev. William Lueckel, ’13. 50th year for Rev. William Wietzke, ’13, at Mont rose, California, September 18, 1966. 25th year for Rev. D. Hallemeyer, ’36. 25th year for Rev. Milton Weishahn, ’38. 25th year for Rev. August Werner, ’37, on June 26, 1966. 25th year for Rev. Walter Zickuhr, ’37, on June 12. 1966. DEATH Waldemar Retzlaff, ’17, member DMLC Board, August 19, 1966. RESIGNATION Pastor Arnold Sitz, ’14, from the presidency of the Arizona-California District. ENGAGEMENTS Donald Dengler, ’66, and Linda Staudacher, June 26, 1966. Terry Deters, ’66, and Judy Smith, July 16, 1966. Gary Kirschke, ’66, and Carol Gensch, Septem ber 3, 1966. Curt Lyon, ’66, and Ann Prange, May 7, 1966. Richard Warnke, ’66, and Sally Wegner, June 19, 1966. MARRIAGES Rev. Paul Albrecht, ’58 and Carol Kohl, June 18, 1956. James Behling, ’62, and Dorothy Pfeffer, August 31, 1966. Douglas Bode, ’62, and Charlene Kutz, June 18, 1966. Robert Christman, ’64, and Kay Baumann, June 19, 1966. Larry Cross, ’63, and Kathryn • :rn, August 7, 1966. Rev. James Diener, ’62, and Cheryl Schaumberg, June 16, 1986. Gerald Ditter, ’64, and Donna Tracy, July 10, 1966. William Gabb, ’63, and Beth Schuetze, June 12, 1956. Gaylord Gartmann, ’65, and Judith Wells, June 25, 1966. Frederick Grunewald, ’65, and Catherine Ann Krueger, August 13, 1966. Dennis Hayes, ’65, and Ann Thierfelder, June 19, 1966. Harold Hoepner, ’65, and Karen Russell, June 18, 1966. William Leerssen, ’61, and Rose Mary Lowry, September 10, 1966. Kermit Habben, ’63, and Marge Saclise, June 19, 1966. William Meier, ’63, and Marcia Finch, August 13, 1966. David Meyer, ’65, and Catherine Huntley, June 11, 1966. Joel Prange, ’62, and Margaret Mueller, July 18, 1966. Paul Seiltz, ’62, and Janet Gruebling, June 26, 1966. David Toepel, ’66, and Faye Fahnenstiel, August 6, 1966. Daniel Zimmermann, ’63, and Doris Nast, July 3, 1966.

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THE CAT First softly sounds in my inner ear The tread so often heard; Then louder, And ever louder; Over, again, and over Repeating, Recurring, Returning.. . Hideously creeping on velvet paws — velvet paws with hidden claws — Ever more frequent, More stealthy, More deadly; Plaintively mewing and purring, Inwardly roaring with ravenous hunger, She slyly approaches. Each day with vows and oaths I banish as something past this monster, A former pet. Yet.. . Each day I the victim, Though conscious of danger and peril and death, Allow her her wonted place at the hearth. xt

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EDITORIAL TTomecoming is the biggest social event il on the Northwestern campus. No other event during the year can compare with it in numbers present or in prestige. Nearly every student is a part of Home coming, or at least attends it. Nearly every one of them is accompanied by his true love, or at least by a reasonable facsimile. At the same time Homecoming is home coming for Northwestern’s 1300 living alumni. Northwestern is their school. They were all football and scholastic stars here. They spent some of their good years here. And when Homecoming rolls around, they memorize sermons on Friday night and show up in large numbers. Old friends and classmates are greeted, shoulders are slapped, and they are back in the good old days again. Every year the number of students and their dates increases as the school’s enroll ment rises. Every year ihe number of seats for the homecoming bn quet is relative ly constant. Yet every v • v there are more be at the banalumni who would lik< quet. And it is the aluv: i who suffer. If they are even notified t there are tick ets available for the b.u t, they end up buying their tickets afu -he students have bought tickets for themselves and their dates; if there are no more tickets, it is alumni who are turned away, not students. The alumni wince at the $2.50 price tag for banquet tickets, a price apparently calculated to keep them away, or they re member a rear balcony seat behind crepe paper foliage at last year’s banquet, and they wonder why they, who are so inter ested in the program, had to sit in “nigger heaven,” while inattentive students and bored and uncomprehending dates sat on the main floor. Whatever the reason, the result of a discriminatory policy against the alumni at Homecoming could clearly be seen this year. The alumni to a certain degree avoided the banquet. Tickets went unsold for the first time in years, even though as many students as ever attended. This is not the situation that should prevail. The homecoming banquet should be for the alumni and interested students; it should not merely serve as a place to 85

park one’s date between the games and the evening’s fun, or as the only place to get an evening meal. We are going to be alumni of Northwestern in a few years. Do we want shabby and second-class treat F. T. ment then? "Procrastination is a pleasant evil ■L which finds ready welcome among us all. Our bull sessions and card games are generally full of those who are postponing the inevitable. Northwestern itself fosters this procrastination. We always have more than enough work. Moreover, classmates are all in the same boat, and it is no pro blem to find others who are delaying. These procrastinators develop a type of kinship, which becomes a solace and justification to each. The professors, too, help the brotherhood along through their general leniency toward late assignments. Despite these conditions, procrastina tion remains a character weakness. The procrastinator, in reality, does not want to face responsibility. He would rather stave it off, and as a rule learning suffers. Although occasionally a paper may be post poned until there is time to do it right, the paper usually will become a rush job, the product of an “all nighter,” and its quality and benefit suffer greatly. We all have to fight procrastination, because we all are afflicted by it to some degree. Each of us knows that this evil hurts us, but it is fun while it lasts. We say that we must do our Greek, then we decide to take a nap first. If we could control our procrastination, we would be well on our way to maturity and well being. The key to success is to make use of time effectively. A minister cannot start his sermon Saturday and stay up all night to finish it. We must organize ourselves. Start early and spread out the work. This does not mean that we give up good times or that we spend more time on an assign ment than otherwise. But it means that we approach the task while there is still enough time to do it right and not save the entire load for the last minute. Isn’t it more enjoyable to finish an assignment and then relax, knowing it is out of the way? We must start conquering the de laying habit, and at the same time we might learn more, do a better job, and maybe even enjoy the work a little, j.v.

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Nov. 7 It happened in class today. The tech nique must be considered a good approach to learning. It seems to be used by all. “What is experimental design — Dave? Enlighten us with your knowledge con cerning this term!” He flushed and continued to write, at tempting to indicate to him that he was occupied in necessary note taking and shouldn’t really be interrupted. “Tell him! Tell him!” some appeared to be saying. . . . they jested. We watched him as Keith confidently and somewhat haughtily gave the answer. You could see he was conscious to what they would say later — a fearful sight at confused, impaired learn ing. See you later, we suppose!

By Fear Possessed It is to be assumed that Sovereign Fear makes it mandatory that daily reports be written by us mortals concerning His power over us. In other ivords, we slaves must report to our Master Fear obser vations in our surroundings which demon strate Fear's presence in every man. Ex cerpts from this diary are written below. Nov. 2 . . . after a long day. This day he was a sight to see. We understood that the highlight of the year was the homecoming and everyone would be escorting a girl. His colleagues would be highly critical of his tastes and surely he rated himself of better possibilities with much to offer a date who would be proud and more than willing to accompany him. We suppose the old idea that “everyone is going to have a date” made no difference to him. Just the same he had to have a date. One could see him make efforts to demonstrate his manliness and tact. But then what could he do. Jim was to bring his gal and they wanted to go to the party together. The pressure was on. He couldn’t. . . Nov. 4 We observed them today. One appear ed rather conscious of the fact that he was the most handsomely attired, and was as neatly dressed as he normally is pictured. We suppose it is to uphold dignity, for al most all of them give the terse “Good morning!” You don’t suppose they fret the fact that their best teaching efforts are not being exerted? It must have been the other day when one mentioned that this is how they usually feel. We imagine this to be a good trait. It’s not for us to ques tion their actions. We wonder sometimes if we even should be complaining about such actions, thinking what such com plaining will result in for us. Yet we hear them asking the question, “Did we do the right thing? The Master surely directs us. Put aside the doubt! How dare you think to raise it in our minds!” When we talk to you, you must realize that they are accorded our respect. They certainly have earned it, and besides you know only too well what the results would be if we acted otherwise. Have a good night! 86

Nov. 10 Imagine that occasions like this have been reported to you before. Tonight you force us to recall a man who we were working with last summer. He was about twenty-three and had just arrived in the emergency vehicle at about 3:00 the morn ing of July 5th. The doctors were called at this early hour of the day and nearly despaired at the sight of the young man. They worked until 5:00 m. At 7:00 he was to have his mangled legs set or ampu tated. Tightly he gripped our hands and pleaded, “I’ll make it won't I, won’t I?” We stood stunned and now think often of what was going through the man’s mind. Even now we fear we are rehearsing this too often in our own thoughts, wondering concerning its effects. If he’d have made it we . . . Nov. 15 He had to go out for sports. He liked it didn’t he? When he recalled past years, he became nervous: those butterflies be fore the game, giving a speech at those rallies, folks waiting to see his name in the paper with a score behind it, people thinking he had a big head because of pre vious accomplishments. He wasn’t con cerned with the fact that manliness seem ed to be synonomous with sports in the atmosphere of the school . . . and the eyes on him every game! People would com ment about his results years later, would n’t they? One more year he could wince at the searing voice of the coach — after all, he was only trying to make a team. How' could he stop now? He did it the last few

years and everyone was expecting it from of his classmates. When we think how him. What would they say if he did other John smirked at him, we’re ready to slam wise? This is what he told us. How are accusations at him. He had nearly been expelled for the same thing. Only the you able to touch all people? . . . another said he didn’t do too much pleading of other people kept him here. in the line of extra-curricular activities. “No, no! We won’t say more. We He couldn’t act. know we don’t dare. Don’t tell them, “I, write something for the school pa- please!” Nov. 18 per?” “What choir could use a monotone!” We remember the lesson of the other He was here for one purpose — to train evening. You seem to have the upper for later accomplishments which had more hand, don’t you, Fear? Why must you be weight, or was he slighting his Maker by come so obnoxious? It’s a pleasure for poor use of God-given abilities or maybe you isn’t it? You have your means, and not using them to their greatest capacity. pride yourself in affecting all men. You Perturbed, he winced at doubt being rais know that rebellion against you is only proof of your authority. ed. . . Nov. 17 “Kick against the pricks! Go ahead!” He thought he had done wrong. He you say. accused himself but was only conscious of Telling you in such words has only the trouble and effects the error would raised in us a consciousness of sacrilege bring. But then was it only the “sense of and demonstrates your power. Go ahead, wrong” that bothered him? We knew he it’s your laugh. . . . hadn’t committed anything worthy of re Must you always show us our weak primand! His perspiring hand touched nesses? What’s right with us? Is one ac ours. His voice cracked as he said, “What complishment too much for our ego? Will will my parents say?” llis eyes darted over your authority be slighted? Jealousy you’re the room searching for the accusing eye not capable of. Are you afraid that. . . -----m. s. THEME FOR FRESH A/ " ENGLISH ON

"What Mac - You Decide to Become a Minister?" T don’t mean to say that he was a real -*■ close friend or anything, but I had known him for a long time. We grew up together, went to the same school, and all that stuff. I always thought that I knew him pretty good — I mean what he thought — and I never expected anything like this. I hadn’t seen him for a long time, since he lived pretty far away. So when I had a chance to visit him one night and find out what he had been doing since I last saw him, I called him up and told him I was coming in to see him. He told me where to meet him. It was a bar. Now I don’t have anything against bars; it’s just that they aren’t any place to be serious, and it turned out to be a serious night. I was late, but he had a table for us. We had a few beers and shot the bull about nothing for a while. I asked him what he was doing, and he asked me what was new with me. Then he said, you are n’t still going to be a minister, are you? I told him, yea, I think so. Then he said, you don’t believe all that stuff, do you? 87

all about God and heaven and hell? I told him, yea, I do, and he let out a kind of laugh. I felt a little cold inside, and it wasn’t the draft. Then he started out — pretty cheerful ly, it seemed to me. Every tired and wornout argument against Christianity that he had ever heard of, he dragged it out and let it fly at me. He laughed at Creation and at Christ’s redemption and at heaven and hell. As he ranted on I wondered if this was the guy I knew. I mean, he was a preacher’s kid and should have known his Bible pretty good. He wasn’t some re ligious ignoramus. But he had been off to college for a couple of years, and he al ways was kind of impressionable. Anyway, when he started talking like that, cutting down Christianity, I could hardly believe it. I sat there kind of numbly, only grunt ing now and then to let him know that I was still listening. I really wished I knew more theology so I could try to talk him down. Pretty soon he started in on evolution.

He had swallowed the whole bait, hook, with his flippant attitude. If he had just line, and chimpanzee. Evolution is a fact, said, I don’t believe anymore, I maybe he said. Now it was my turn, and I drag would have reacted better; but when he ged out every argument I had ever heard started mocking everything, always with about against evolution. I didn’t really his funny little laugh, I just about got know what I was talking about. I had to sick. I just sat there and let him spiel on. say something. We kept on arguing, and I began to feel really sorry for him. He he kept on giggling, as if he were confid was trying so hard to convince himself ing his bowel habits rather than his religi that he was a big man of the world and ous views. I guess he realized I would be didn’t need relgion anymore. pretty shocked, and he was kind of ner I kept silent for so long that he finally vous. realized that I wasn’t too keyed to talk Finally he worked up enough nerve to about his conversion to the world anymore. tell me that he didn’t have any faith any He started talking about other things, and more, but was an atheist. He told me a- a couple of his buddies stopped by our bout his grandmother, and how she died table, and we all shot the bull about noth in great pain, and how his father kept ing. I gradually forgot what we two had saying, “Mother, do you believe in Jesus?” been talking about and joined in. and she would fervently reply, “Yes, yes! I left there pretty late and drove home. I do!” and would pray until her pain start I got to thinking again, and I wondered ed her cursing at the world again. He what gets into a guy, that he goes off the said it would be kind of good to have faith deep end like that? What makes a guy like that, but he just couldn’t believe all completely reject everything he has learn that junk anymore. He snickered again. ed? Eighteen years of religion, and then I asked him about his soul and judg in two years he’s an atheist. It’s puzzled ment day. He said, there isn’t anything me for a long time. after death, and anyway I’m going to re That’s’ when I really started to want pent right before I die so Jesus will have to save me — that’s what the Bible says, to become a minister, to be able to do doesn’t it? I was getting pretty disgusted something about people like that. F. T.

FREUD In this month's feature article Edward Fredrich, a junior from New Ulm, Minne sota studies the teachings of Sigmund Freud and their status in modern psy chology. Next issue Fred Toppe will inves tigate the question of censorship.

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Oigmund Freud was bom in Freiburg, Moravia, in 1856 and died in London in 1939. The major dates in his life were the years in which he published his scien tific works. The Interpretation of Dreams, 1900; Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex, 1905; and Totem and Taboo, 1912 — to mention several of the most impor tant. Desplite their terse dispassionate style, these works raised a storm of oppo sition. 88

Though he became a symbol of sexual freedom to many, in his own life he did not deviate from the strict Jewish morals of his home. He came to understand the problems of sexual adjustment intimately, but his own marriage was unsatisfying. He displayed the Victorian capacity for work. All his life he followed reason; he admitted no other way to truth than science — in effect, he said that God was not necessary for his hypotheses.

His personality can be explained in terms of his theory — an unresolved Oedi pus complex motivating his actions from the unconscious. He rebelled against his physical and spiritual parentage. Every book he wrote strove to disprove his fath er’s words: “That boy will never amount to anything.” As his feelings toward his father were ambivalent, so he both cher ished his Semitic heritage and tried to escape and deny it. In his last book, Mos es and Monotheism, he repudiates a life long hero by trying to prove (for all the careful logic, it looks more like rationaliz ation than conviction ) that Moses was not a Jew but an Egyptian prince. When Freud began to practice in 1889, the only things a psychiatrist could do were to diagnose and classify mental ill nesses, perhaps affect outward behavior with sedatives or electric stimulation, but not correct the underlying problem. Ev ery abnormality was thought to have its source in an organic defect. On the basis of his practice Freud evolved an entirely new method of treatment, psychoanalysis, and an entirely new conception of the mind. Freud Pictures the mind like an ice berg — most of it is subsurface, called the unconscious. The top which is easily rec ognized — called the conscious — is domi nated by what is beneath. The ego in the conscious is the perceiving, self-aware and self-preserving part of the mind. Control of the ego is fought over by the unconsci ous id, the reservoir of instinctual drives, and the largely unconscious super-ego, which consists of all the forces of restraint both inherited and inculcated. The two basic types of drives in the id are the sex ual and destructive instincts, assigned the Greek names Eros and Thanatos. Character is to a great extent prede termined, since the structure and energies of the mind are fixed by biology. The other key factor of personality is child hood experience. How a child solves the extremely difficult problems caused by the conflict between the id and the super-ego determines the course of his adult life. Freud’s theories met such violent op position because of his dramatic terminol°gy (though he redefined his terms and used them precisely, it was difficult for others to disassociate the old implications) 89

and his emphasis on sexuality, especially on infantile sexuality. Every pleasure seeking instinct he called sexual. Sexual energy was termed libido. Shortly after birth a child’s libido is self-directed and not confined to any one organ. For ex ample, the desire to move, muscle libido, finds direct gratification in the action of the muscles. Soon the libido is centered in certain zones. The phases of development take their names from these zones, the oral coming first, than the anal, and last the genital. The failure to leave a phase of development (fixation) or the return to an earlier phase (regression) are responsible for many sexual perversions or types of abnormal behavior. For example compul sive overeating, excessive smoking, and thumb-sucking are manifestations of overprominent oral sexuality. From an exami nation of the many forms of perverted and underdeveloped sexual behavior among neurotics Freud laid down his fam ous dictum: “In a normal sex life no neu rosis is possible.”

t At five or six the first high point of sexual intensity is reached. From this time on the genitals begin to dominate sexual life. The famous Oedipus complex occurs at this time. This is the child’s un conscious desire to murder his father and have sexual intercourse with his mother. The Electra complex is the feminine coun terpart. After this, sexual activity recedes until a second high point is reached at puberty. During this latent period the child ac quires through education the moral prin ciples required for civilization. These sup plement the unconscious super-ego in re straining the forces of the id. The child now directs his libido outward to friends and objects. He learns to sublimate his libido, that is, to deflect it into the pur suit of some higher abstract goal such as

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art or a vocation. Freud never advocated giving free reign to all sexual impulses, though he felt he could see the damage caused by too severe suppression of such impulses. When puberty arrives, the child is sex ually mature and his character is largely determined, but he is still socially imma ture. This Freudian view of the severe sexual conflicts of childhood, early and late, has noticeably affected pedagogy. Buttressing the theory of infantile sex uality is Freud’s theory of anthropology. To furnish a universal basis for infantile sexuality, Freud postulated that childhood was the embryonic reflection of primitive human society. Man, he theorizes, had once roamed about in hordes, each gov erned by a powerful chief, who had sole sexual privileges. As this father-chief grew old, his sons banded together and killed him, but then fell into conflict with each other over the sexual possession of their mothers and sisters. Finally they set up a complex system of taboos gover ning marriage and social customs. This is the historical basis of the Oedipus com plex. The shock of this murder and strife created inhibitions and guilt feelings in these early men which were transmitted genetically to later generations. Support for this theory came from myths, which can be considered the dreams of a race, especially the Zeus-Cronus myth. In later work Freud set down the basis for reli gion in the horde’s need for its murdered father, whom they then elevated to a god. The psychoanalytic method grew along with Freud’s theories in his treatment of patients. To illustrate from a case treated by one of Freud’s early followers, there was a young woman of careful upbring ing, who had been secretly seeing a man against her mother’s will. When he at tempted to assault her, she resisted and he left her. For a time she seemed success ful in putting this shocking incident out of her mind, but then she developed hys terical convulsions. Under analysis she was able to express the conflict between her strong desire for sexual fulfillment (id) and her high morals (super-ego). Hysteria had resulted because the energy of the re pressed desire could not be contained in the unconscious, where the ego had ban ished it. It manifested itself in convul sions which, in imitating the sexual act, 90

obtained temporary gratification. When she was made aware of her problem and expressed it, the hysteria was cured. Dreams, free association of ideas, slips of the tongue, and jokes are all forms of wish-fulfillment caused by repressed de sires which must use symbolism to cir cumvent the censorship of the super-ego. The analyst interprets this symbolism to uncover the patient’s unconscious conflict, often one originating in early childhood. This wish-fulfillment via dreams, etc., oc curs in normal people as well as in neu rotics, since according to Freudian theory the difference between them is only that neurotic behavior is an exaggeration of normal behavior.

An Extensive religious - ritique of Freud could readily be based on the facts that he treated religion as mere wish-fulfill ment, admitted no source of truth but the scientific process, equated conscience with the super-ego, and that evolution is a nec essary element in his construction. It can even be shown, however, that despite wide acceptance in the United States, his the ories rest on insufficient evidence, a gap in knowledge of the brain, and principles no longer scientifically valid. For one thing his theories, based on only a segment of European population, postulate a universal unconscious symbo lism. The theory of the mind’s structure is more a mythical than a scientific descrip tion with its spatial structure (for exam ple, the ego sending wishes to the uncon scious) and personalized forces (the super ego combating the id). Rather, the brain can be described by psychology in terms of electro-chemical connections. Freud could make his speculations about the mind’s structure only because at his time psychology had reached an impasse in its ability to describe cerebral mechanisms.

A more serious objection is the biologi cal fact that parents cannot pass on ac quired characteristics. Freud obstinately rejected this fact all his life, despite the increasing evidence in its favor. This in ability to pass on acquired characteristics makes it difficult to explain how inhibi tions and guilt feelings could be transmit ted from an alleged prehistoric horde stage. Comparative anthropology also failed to establish the universal character of the primal horde experience. Without heredi tary transmission the predetermined uni versal character of the Oedipus complex and the phases of infantile sexuality is hard to maintain. Still the psycho ana lytic method demanded a universal sym bolic language for the analyst to decipher in penetrating the patient’s unconscious. A fourth objection came from field studies of predictions of the Freudian the ories. Surveys did not confirm that child ren invariably prefer a parent of the op posite sex as the Oedipus complex pre dicts. Finally psychiatrists in their practice found that psychoanalytic theory often did not correspond to their observations of American patients. They began to fo cus on more immediate practical problems in a patient’s life rathe;: than to probe af ter theoretical unconscious childhood pro blems. Though about half of United States psychiatrists use psychoanalytic technique, the number of successes they achieve in many types of problems is no greater than that of psychiatrists who do not follow Freud. Even where successes are striking,

the theory is not necessarily confirmed, since five sessions a week with a psychia trist over a period of several years, as is often the case, would produce changes in a patient’s personality regardless of the theory from which his technique came. What psychoanalysis has established that can stand independent of its dubious theory and technique is hard to determine at this time. Certainly its influence can be seen in the arts, anthropology, psychology, sociology, biology, criminology, and peda gogy. If nothing else, Freud helped to cre ate an atmosphere in which sex can be discussed openly and rationally and its problems dealt with rather than denied. A return to the older physiological dis tinction between mental illness and well being is now advocated by some psycho logists. In this case a person would be csdled mentally ill only if his brain showed a physical malfunction. (Under psycho analytic theory a mere exaggeration of normal behavior qualifies him as a neu rotic.) Those cerebrally healthy but with emotional difficulties would be counseled rather than labeled neurotic and analyzed. A theory of the mind based on experi mental psychology would be acceptable to science since it would be more consistent with empirical data and be more compre hensive than psycholanalysis is, and to re ligion since it would be purely descriptive. Such a theory would not attempt to deal with such first principles as the origin of guilt or the soul, which go beyond scien tific investigation. It would not perforce deny man his only escape from guilt as Freud’s theories inevitably do.

HER VOICE — A TRIBUTE TO HYMNODY Come now, sweet Susanna, Daughter of Elysium! Homeward with your cry. Ode to Joy, — to marry her uncle O’er flowing Treasure! But, oh-oh, she died! To exotic voices Chances are for me to say Give silent solemnity! It’s not, I only look at you. Unknown, turn we away from thee. Praise! With a thousand voices Alleluias loud ascend! For her love our heart rejoices. Alleluia heavenward send! Yes, the voice we wait to hear. Reverence ! Silence ! Give ear! m. s.

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The Campaign Trail to Governor David Carley, who polled 97,000 votes perior strength and durability. Carley’s in September's gubernatorial primary, is real start in politics came when he helped the subject of this month's interview. Jeff Gaylord Nelson with his campaign in the Hopf talks with him about the personal early 60’s. Here he not only gained politi cal experience, but also became part of side of political life. the Nelson political machine, which is one This month is election month — the time of the most popular in our state. As a * when dreams become either realities or friend of Nelson’s and a worker under frank realizations. It is the climax of a him, and as a young and capable politician long story, which begins with the first he reaped the spoils of Nelson’s victory by stimulus toward politics and develops as entering the state government as director the candidate becomes more involved in of the new Department of Resource Devel the political struggle. November marks opment. Nelson then encouraged Carley the end of one phase of this struggle for to bid for the national committee seat sev many seeking an office, but for others the eral years ago and encouraged the Demo struggle already ended in the September cratic machine to elect him; this they did. primary. One such man was David Carley, This was the start he needed, for now he who entered the Democratic race for Gov was in a position to run for an office, ernor of Wisconsin. Because of his famil since he had the backing from members iarity with Wisconsin politics and his in of his party and his name was becoming sight into various aspects of running for well-known. It wouldn’t be an easy road an office, I arranged for an interview ahead, however, for Patrick Lucey had with him. quite a head start on him for the office. Mr. Carley received me in his office in I asked Mr. Carley what prompted him Madison at Marshall Erdmann, Inc., an architectural firm which builds medical to run for governor in this election. He clinics and schools, of which he is Vice stated that he had always been very inter ested in the office of governor. He had President. He is 38 years old, married and father written his Ph.D. thesis about it and had of four. He resides in Madison, having helped Gaylord Nelson in his campaign moved there from Detroit in 1952. His for governor. He felt th it the governor parents are missionaries from an English ship is the one significant office in state missionary church and have done work government, for it is from there that most among the American Indians and Negroes can be accomplished in legislation. All in the Carolinas, Louisiana, and Missouri. through the interview Mr. Carley’s sinceri Because of their influence he once consid ty in politics was evident His approaches ered going into theology primarily to teach to my questions showed him not as the church history on the university level, but stereotype of the hand shaking, big-shot changed his mind and went into political politician who could talk fast and not let science. He received his B. A. from Wes thinking interfere with his talk, but instead tern Michigan and his Masters in public as a man who considered the governorship administration from Kalamazoo. Then he as a challenge and rewarding chance to attended the University of Wisconsin, set down his convictions. He appeared where he taught while he worked for his quite humble, and I couldn’t picture him doctorate. He received his Ph. D. in politi as one very concerned with using the cal science from the University of Wis pomp and glory of such a position. consin and wrote his doctorate on Wiscon Mr. Carley’s running in this election, sin governors. which Mr. Lucey thought was easily his, Twelve years ago he caught the atten must have been a rather unpleasant sur tion of the Wisconsin public when he was prise to Mr. Lucey. I asked Mr. Carley a State Chamber of Commerce staff repre what the reactions of the national party sentative. Since then Mr. Carley has been and Mr. Lucey himself were about his run shrewdly identifying himself with public ning. The national party’s reaction was affairs, exploiting publicity opportunities, nil, for Wisconsin is not prominent en and attaching himself to the sections of ough. The idea that the party selects his party which appear to him to have su- who is to run where and when is a 92

mistaken one. The national party is a loose confederation of state parties which come together every four years to choose a candidate for President. State Democrats showed mixed emotion toward his candi dacy. Naturally the Luceyites were very unhappy, for it meant that Lucey would have to campaign more vigorously. This would mean that much more money than planned would be spent for the primary. In an election wc picture the candi dates as more or less bitter rivals in a modified dog-eat-dog struggle. I asked Mr. Carley his general opinion of those he ran against, Mr. Lucey in particular. He was rather reluctant to make any statement in answer to this question, but it was quite evident that the two men were bitter rivals. He cited Parkinson’s 11th law, which states that the candidate should not be openly against his party mate. He did state that there was a natural hostility against the Republican candidate In a primary it must be remembered that a party vote is a misnomer. His main complaint, which seemed to be leveled at Mr. Lucey, was that there was not a tough enough dis tinction between issues and candidates. The next topic of discussion was the campaign itself. The main instrument of campaigning is exposure to the press. Na turally there follow the proverbial hand shaking at plant gates, dinners, speeches, public appearances, and often labor rallies in his case. He was firmly against the use of his family in his campaigning. Although his wife frequently accompanies him to dinners, he is determined not to have his children take part in the campaign. Thus his campaign did not have any marked ef fect on his family except for the long peri ods of absence. His children led their nor mal lives and his oldest child, a 14-yearold daughter, was quite removed from the campaign. He cited one humorous side light to this. Someone asked his seven 93

year old son, “Jimmy, are you a Democrat? He retorted, “Nope, my dad is.” A liberal Democrat, David Carley was known as an urban candidate. He prom ised to fight water pollution, to strongly oppose 65-foot semi-trailers and highway bonding, and to encourage a U. S. with drawal from Viet Nam. He was very criti cal of Lucey’s use of the Kennedys in his campaigning. Just how does a defeated candidate feel and what are his thoughts for the fu ture? Patrick Lucey polled 126,000 votes to Carley’s 97,000, while the two lesser known hopefuls polled 44,000 and 15,000. Of course, it was a disappointment — Mr. Carley entered seriously thinking that he could beat Lucey. He blamed his loss on the fact that he was not well known en ough, and that was where Lucey had a dis tinct edge on him, as everyone will cer tainly agree. There was a bright side to his defeat, however. He had given Lucey a good fight and as he put it, “It was a good investment for the future.” One very bright spot was that he beat Lucey in their home second district, and in their home Dane County he beat Lucey 3 to 1. He didn’t really seem discouraged and justifiably so. For if Lucey should be de feated in this election, Carley’s chances are very good for the next one. After I finished my questioning, we sat back and talked a little about religion, and I was put on the answering side for a while. Before I left, however, I man aged to get in one last question. “Do you plan to run again?” He refrained from a sharp “you bet,” although I could sense it was about to be said, and put it in a more dignified way. He said, “I expect to be in politics in Wisconsin for a long time to come.” And after speaking to David Carley, I couldn’t help but feel that he will and that it will be a successful “long time J. H. to come.”

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Each year tiuo Doctor Ott Scholarship Awards of $250 are presented for the best essay entries in the fields of English and history. Last spring's winning papers were the efforts of tivo '66 graduates, John lbisch and Gerhold Lemke. Mr. Ibisch’s “Your Move, God” is a study of the politi cal intrigues of Elector Frederick of Saxony and their effect on Martin Luther. “The Legend of the Wandering Jew” Mr. Lemhe’s entry, traces the background and presentation of the immortal wanderer in literature. The Black and Red has chosen to print Mr. Lemke's paper in a slightly abridged form.

GERHOLD LEMKE

The Legend of the Wandering Jew T^here are few legends in folklore which ■L can compare with the legend of the Wandering Jew in lasting interest and in ternational appeal. It is the purpose of this essay to introduce the Wanderer in his proper perspective and to describe the role this figure plays in the works of only a few of the scores of authors who have been intrigued by the legend of the Wan dering Jew, the man who could not die. As is common to all legends, the story has been retold in almost as many different ways as there are different writers. The basic story to which the majority agrees runs as follows. As Jesus Christ was struggling along the Via Dolorosa, he paused to rest be fore the door of a shoemaker who, either in fear of the crowd or in unjust anger, mocked him, saying, “Where are your fol lowers? ... Go on! Go faster! Go to your self-chosen doom!” Jesus turned to him and said, “I will go, but thou shalt tarry until I return.” This sentence took im mediate effect. Ever since, the unfortunate man has been wandering across the face of the earth, and will continue to do so until Judgment Day. No death, not even suicide, has been permitted him. Instead, he falls into a trance at the end of each century and wakens to find himself again as young as on the day when his doom was first pronounced. But the question is asked, how could Jesus so wrathfully condemn one man af ter patiently suffering all his other humili ations? George Croly settles this for him self by making his protagonist the first to shout the words of self-condemnation, 94

“HIS BLOOD BE UPON US, AND UPON OUR CHILDREN!” The poet Shelley re sponds differently. The Savior, in Shelley’s notes, utters no complaint when he is re viled. Instead, an angel of death appears and exclaims, “Barbarian! thou hast de nied rest to the Son of Man; be it denied thee also, until he comes to judge the world.” This demon never leaves him, but goads him on forever. “Where is the balm can heal . . .,” he laments in despair, “Or quench the pangs I feel!' The Background t egends are, at best, ui substantial pro■*-* ducts of fertile imaginations working with next to nothing in the way of facts. The strongest basis for our legend is a literal interpretation of Matthew 16:28, where Christ tells his disciples, “Verily I say unto you, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his king dom.” This passage, however, has only slightly augmented the great body of folk lore derived from man’s continual rationa lization of the enigmas of life and death. The legend of the Wandering Jew and of other mythical wanderers did not devel op at any one time or spring fully armed from the mind of any one person. Various authors have pointed out resemblances be tween the Wandering Jew and other rela tively modern “immortal” characters, such as Tennyson’s King Arthur, Charlemagne, or even Rip Van Winkle. Others look east to the Hindu conception of successive re incarnations ending in final nirvana (“a blowing out”) and reunion with Brahma-

Or, as J. B. Pratt puts it, “The Hindu does Storms appeared to the superstitious of not believe he is going to enter into eter ages past as the manifestations of a su nal life; he believes he is living the eternal pernatural presence often presaging some life already.” If nothing else, these widely misfortune. This idea is very old and sub divergent instances show that immortality ject to unlimited conjecture. To the Norse, is an international and ageless preoccupa the storm was Odin, or Woden, out on one of his wild hunts. People of the Middle tion. Man, in his continual search for Bibli Ages called it Cain’s Hunt, or Herod’s cal support for his own ideas and legends, Hunt of the Innocents. eagerly accepts just about anything which The legend of the Flying Dutchman, can be construed as evidence for them. Admiral Vanderdecken, also has its germ Thus, Cain has been called the first pro in the windstorm phenomenon. Vander totype of the wandering Jew. Conway decken was voyaging from Terneuse to suggests the possibility that since his des India about 1600, when he was becalmed cendants, the sons of Lamech, were skilled off the Cape of Good Hope. He swore to artisans, Cain himself must have been a round the Cape if it took forever, and a type of Semitic Prometheus. It is also voice from heaven responded, “till dooms pointed out that Nod, the land to which day.” Since then, he, too, has been denied Cain was banished, means “wandering.” rest in the grave. Levin Schuecking justi Besides being an actual wandering, Cain’s fies this doom by making Vanderdecken punishment was a mental and spiritual the originator of the slave trade. . . . wandering far from the children of God. The most recent innovation of the im A natural explanation for the legend mortal theme comes from the Mormons. that Cain became one of the immortal According to the Book of Mormon, Jesus, wanderers can be found in man’s reaction after his resurrection, came to the godly to the sin of Cain, and the feeling that Nephites of South America and established such a sin calls for an exceptional pun his church in the New World. He chose ishment. This idea has made King Herod twelve apostles to carry on his work. Be and Salome wander fore ver in legend be fore he left, Jesus asked each one what cause of their “unpardonable” sins. In special blessing he desired of him. Nine deed, the wearisome immortality of all the of the twelve asked that they be permitted unholy wanderers can ' r- traced to some to die after accomplishing their missions. offense against a righteous God. But to three, who so desired, Jesus granted It commonly occurs in mythology that a blessed immortality. Ever since, these one type or figure is offset by another with three Nephites have been appearing to the directly opposite characteristics. This is faithful in much the same manner that the case of the wanderers, for Cain is con Elijah appeared to the Jews. . . . trasted with the prophet Elijah. Elijah With this background information at worked miracles and was taken alive into our command, we may now turn to the heaven in a fiery chariot. This much is legend of the Wandering Jew as treated Biblical. The Haggadah, a collection of in the works of various authors. We will non-legal Rabbinical literature, has cre follow up the motifs introduced above, ated an entirely new history of him. The and examine innovations in the legend Biblical basis for the legend of a wander which often reflect the author’s own per ing Elijah is found in Malachi 4:5, which sonal convictions and motive for writing. states that God will send Elijah before “the great and dreadful day of the Lord.” The Legend in Literature In the minds and tales of the Rabbis, Eli mHE first written account of the Wandjah is still on earth, the ever present help ering Jew was chronicled by Roger de er of the Jew. As such, he has appeared Wendover, a monk at the Abbey of St. countless times to the pious and to aid Albans, in A. D. 1228. The occasion was people in distress. . . . a gathering of church dignitaries to dis All the preceding wanderers have a re cuss the then widespread traffic in relics. ligious motif or nucleus. A second motif, There was an Armenian Archbishop pre totally imaginative but often including a sent who amazed all with his wide know moral element, is the common folklore ledge and interesting tales. When the con explanation for the raging windstorm. versation happened to turn on the subject 95

of a man who, it was claimed, had wit nessed the crucifixion of Christ, the Arch bishop declared that the man had dined with him shortly before he had left Ar menia. When pressed for details, he told how the Jew, once called Cartaphilus (“much beloved”), had suffered remorse and was renamed Joseph after being bap tised by Ananias. The Archbishop said that many others had questioned the Jew at different times, and all were convinced of his authenticity. Wendover’s account of this incident gained widespread credance. It soon reached the continent, and the far ther it traveled, the more it was believed and embellished. Andrew Franklin’s The Wandering Jew or Love’s Masquerade is a two-act comedy first performed at the Theatre - Royal in 1797. The plot centers on the efforts of one Atall to gain the hand of Sir Solomon’s daughter, Lydia. In a scene reminiscent of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Atall disguises himself as the rich, old Wander ing Jew and thus gains the confidence of Sir Solomon. The disguise is penetrated, but all turns out well as Sir Solomon de cides not to thwart true love. The fact that this play could be successfully pre sented to a general audience is indicative of the currency of the legend of the Wan dering Jew more than five hundred years after the first account by Roger de Wendover. George Croly’s Salathiel (1828) and George Viereck’s My First Two Thousand Years (1928) are historical novels center ed around the Wandering Jew. In Viereck’s work, Isaac Laquedem (“ancient one”) re lives his journeys while under hypnosis on Mount Athos, Greece. He presents himself as Cartaphilus translating Nero’s poems, smoking a pipe with Attila, exposing an imposter of himself in Oxford, and even talking with Luther, who eventually hurls the inkpot at him. This work is notewor thy for its fanciful expansion of character concepts. Isaac is at the same time Carta philus and King Lucifer. His companion, Salome, is also Queen Lilith, the eternal mother. An eternal friend, Kotikokura, the “accursed,” accompanies the pair on their travels through history. Lew Wallace’s The Prince of India is more than a fanciful adventure story. In it the learned Jew is searching for a true religion among the Moslems at the Kaaba. 96

Failing here, he goes on to Constantinople and discovers only a perversion of Christi anity. He becomes instrumental in the fall of Constantinople, which he had found written in the stars. During the final rout, the old Jew takes the full charge of a can non to protect another and falls uncon scious. He wakens at night to find himself a young man again and, realizing that he can no longer associate with his friends, he quietly disappears to renew his search. Many of the poems inspired by the Wandering Jew are only short descriptions of the Jew’s plight. The Song for the Wan dering Jew, by William Wordsworth, and Wilhelm Mueller’s poem, Der ezvige Jude, which it greatly influenced, are mainly des criptions of the Jew’s longing for a haven that every creature of nature and even the mountain torrents find. A poem by Chamisso embellishes the tale with the idea that the Jew turns homeward every cen tury to lament Salem’s ruin. One of the longer poems about the Jew, “Sibyl’s” The Wandering Jew or the Fulfil ment of Prophecy, presents memorable pictures of the Jew’s plight. We see him kicking the skulls of his family from their cave on Mount Carmel while exclaiming, “Ah! you could die, why cannot I?” Co lumbus’ crew sees him and tlees. The ghost of Herodias with the •• ad of John the Baptist haunts him in Siberia. His trail is marked by outbreak , of cholera. At last he reaches America. : lie promised land of rest from persecution and finds a haven and the understanding of a young girl. “The blood-marked place was off his brow, and the maiden fair could see,/Only an old and weary man, who had come from Galilee.” Queen Mab is one of Shelley’s most im portant early poems because it embodies the speculative religious and philanthropic opinions which had already moved him to write The Necessity of Atheism. Thus, his Wandering Jew appears in Queen Mab as a figure embittered against “an almighty God, and vengeful as almighty!” After the curse, says Ahasuerus, “hell burned within my brain . . ./ But my soul . . . had long learned to prefer / Hell’s freedom to the servitude of heaven.” Although Shelley re jected the poem before he died, his Aha suerus remains one of the best instances of the Jew as a promethean symbol of de fiance. This figure stands in opposition to

the redeemed Wanderer, and completes the circle of imaginative literary additions to the legend of the Wandering Jew. The Legend Today rniiE legend of the Wandering Jew is still current today because of the universal ideas which first gave it birth. There is, most obviously, the idea of death coming as a blessed release. Jonathan Swift has written one of the sharpest arguments fa voring the idea in his account of Gulliver’s meeting with the Luggnaggian “struldbrugs,” or immortals, who “had not only all the follies and infirmities of other old men, but many more which arose from the dreadful prospect of never dying.” Robert Southey agrees in his Frederic: “Shall the diseased man . . . / Shrink from the best Physician’s certain aid?” We have also seen how the Wandering Jew is a symbol of individual revolt, pun ishment, contrition and eventually (in some instances) redemption. In a much wider sense, the Wanderer has become a

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By Mark Wen ‘‘mid, '68 [Jn the plane from Uicago to Frankfurt, Germany. • he night of June 2, I had feelings of k ! i and anticipation. The relief arose within me because the pressure of semester finals was now off for another year. The anticipation welled up when thoughts of far-away places and imaginary pictures of exotic scenery filled my mind’s eye. These suddenly became reality. We left Frankfurt the following day with literally only the pack on our back. We had planned on seeing the Schwarzwald area of Germany first and then on moving into Switzerland to get as far as we could before we had to return to Frank furt for our flight to Africa. One of us would hold out a cardboard version of the American flag while the other waved his arm up and down to slow the approach ing cars as is hitch-hiking custom in Eur ope. Our first ride was from an American officer headed back to his base in Nuern berg, which is in the opposite direction from the Schwarzwald. This set the pat tern for the two weeks which followed. 97

symbol of his entire race, a people that re jected Christ and has since been preserved to wander forever until the second coming. Even though the Jews succeeded, in 1948, in establishing for themselves an indepen dent state, they are still wandering, for theirs is not a physical, but a spiritual wandering. The legend is still developing today as it has down through t h e centuries. It should not be surprising that the Wander ing Jew may be symbolic of our entire hu man race in this age of wide open devia tion from correct moral and religious stan dards. The legend has lost much of its mystic nature in our sophisticated age, yet at the same time, it has gained new char acter. In line with the tendency of folk lore to personify the abstract, our Wan derer, symbolic of all humanity, is now part of the familiar figure of Everyman searching for a purpose and meaning in life. ed. note — Footnotes and bibliography have been omitted. Despite previous plans, we went wherever the cars took us. Then we found the local Jugendherberge (youth hostel) to book our night’s lodging, deposit our pack, and plan our tour of the city. Nuernberg is an old walled city with a small river flowing through the center of the old part of town. Our youth hostel was a medieval castle situated in a comer of the wall in the most historic part of town. The next day we were in Munich with a large crowd of cheering Germans to greet the local soccer team returning victoriously into the city square. We also celebrated with a stein of Hofbraeu and a meal of sauerkraut and bratwurst in Munich’s famous Hofbraeu House. We left Munich and began hitch-hik ing east on the autobahn towards Salz burg. We were picked up by an American attracted by our flag. He was a recent graduate of Northwestern University who had come to Germany as a car salesman. He told us that he was headed for Oberammergau, a nearby suburb of Salzburg. We checked the map and had to inform him that he was off in his direction. Oberammergau is not near Salzburg at all, but rather is directly south of Munich. After this everything seemed to go wrong for

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the guy. It began to rain. He was late for his appointment in Oberammergau. (We had decided to go along to Oberammergau instead of to Salzburg.) At the army camp where he was supposed to meet his pro posed customer he was refused entrance. The sergeant at the gate told him to move his car from the driveway, and he gestured to me to back the Volkswagen away. Well . . . . , I handed him the gear shift stick when he reentered the automobile. It had been a clean break. We had to maneuver the car in the rain to the nearest mechanic to have it repaired. Oberammergau rated two days because of its Passion Playhouse, wood-carvings, and nearby Schloss Linderhof. We pur chased wood-carvings cut by a bearded chiseler who played the part of St. James the Less in the passion play. The Schloss Linderhof was merely a preview for us of the magnificent Neuschwanstein Schloss near Fuessen. At Basel, where the boundaries of France and Germany meet that of Switzer land, we met the mighty Rhine River cur ving its way northward into Germany be fore flowing out to the Atlantic. From Basel we finally launched our expedition into the Schwarzwald and were not dis appointed. The vast expanse of trimmed tall pine forests opening into valleys dot ted with steep, wide-roofed cottages held our attention until we came to Triberg, famous for cuckoo clocks and the longest waterfall in Germany. Wending our way northward, we stop ped off at Baden-Baden for a glance at its casino before we returned to the youth hostel on the Main River in Frankfurt. There we toasted our farewell to Germany with Aepfel-Wein and flew to Lusaka, Zambia.

In Lusaka we were once again at home after an absence of two years. Our fortyacre Lutheran Bible Institute campus had a much improved landscape, including a fine lawn and an evergreen tree row bor dering our ‘rainy season river.’ We became reacquainted with the house we call home, but we were soon off on another journey, this time to South Africa. In South Africa we spent part of a day in Durban, the ‘Miami’ of South Africa. During our visit in Natal we saw the city ‘location’ where African city laborers dwell and a Bantu Reserve area where the Afri98

can farm populace exists. In the Reserve the African wears a skirt of animal hides and decorations such as nose-rings, ank lets, arm bands, and beads, but little or nothing else. We returned to Lusaka again for a few weeks at home before we choked our way for several hundred miles along the dirt road to Malawi. After four days in a cot tage on a sandy palm beach at Lake Mala wi we felt sufficiently recovered to attempt the return journey. Halfway home we made a stop at the Luanga Game Reserve in Northestern Zambia. This proved to be the climax of the trip for me. We witnessed a battle be tween lions, tramped two or three miles through the bush to see rhino, sat by the river enjoying the antics of the hippos, walked through the tall grass between herds of water buffalo, elephant, zebra, waterbuck, impala, and puku, and caught a glimpse of a leopard. We had two more weeks in Lusaka before jetting our way to France. On our final day in Lusaka we decided to have family pictures taken. After the church service we drafted a few Africans as pho tographers. You can never ic.31 what the new recruits will be like, and these turned out to be real rookies. Wi> I had ex plained to one African nai ■ d Paul how to line up the picture, cent the family, and push the correct butte I began to move toward the family cir . to get into the picture. Halfway there i heard the click. I turned around, went back and ex plained once more that I wanted the en tire family in the photograph. This time he waited until I had joined the family, then he quickly cocked the camera to a queer angle and snapped another picture. Reluctantly I decided that I would have to give him a third chance before I would consider it a strike-out. Well, he finally succeeded on his third attempt. Then we were in Paris, the city of miniskirts and the Moulin Rouge. The Eiffel Tower and the Triumphal Arch crowning the Champs-Elysees made Paris live. A trip to the Louvre to view the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo equalled our walk through the Notre-Dame Cathe dral as the highlights of Paris sights. A tour of the Palace of Versailles and the view of the moonlight on the Seine River put the seal to an unforgettable summer.

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Resolved: Saturday Classes Should Be Eliminated This article is a debate in written form. Each side prepared its opening statement independently. These opening statements were then exchanged, and the rebuttals were written. Richard Stadler defends the positive side; John Brug the negative.

OPENING STATEMENTS POSITIVE: Saturday Classes are a nuis ance to be endured as long as the sup posed lack of classroom time and space ex ists. They have no intrinsic merit though, as I’ll demonstrate by considering, first, what Saturday classes fail to do, and then, what advantages would be available if Sat urday classes were eliminated. I. First, a Saturday class fails to ad vance the language program any more than would another weekday session. Fre quent exposure is essential to effective language study, but Northwestern’s “read ing approach” already is limited to three classes a week. It might actually be a rich er experience to bunch the classes together rather than spread them throughout the week. A Saturday class doesn’t facilitate a more extensive treatment than would an other weekday session. A Saturday class only robs the student and the professor of a full weekend’s es cape from the classroom routine. Indus try has discovered that job efficiency in creases when substantial leisure breaks are expected and received. The full weekend offers a similar benefit to the faculty and students. Besides academic considerations, Sat urday classes are an ineffective way of co ercing students to remain on campus all weekend, as the mass exodus each Satur day afternoon testifies. They simply pena lize the out-of-state students who can’t go home as conveniently as in-state students. Saturday classes are a poor excuse for keeping crowds around for home athletic contests. If those events don’t interest people voluntarily, they don’t deserve a captive audience either. Besides, experi ence proves that such coercion isn’t neces sary. In other instances, it hasn’t guaran teed attendance, either. Saturday classes do keep students from attending games far from the campus.

Furthermore, Saturday classes discrim inate against professors who don’t have offcampus involvements. They have to take the Saturday classes, while the “involved” professors have all their Saturdays free in order to be available for engagements on some of them. II. If there were no Saturday classes, students could spend a whole day at Madi son or Milwaukee libraries, since our own library is closed Saturday afternoons and Sunday. There would be a more substantial break from the classroom routine. Those students who do have to work at a part-time job could put in a solid block of time on Saturday, instead of three or four time-consuming trips during the week. A whole Saturday free would even en able students to take an active part in church projects like canvassing or youth group leadership, etc. These, essentially, are the arguments against the weekend nuisance.

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NEGATIVE: We need Saturday classes at Northwestern in order to alleviate the scheduling problems imposed by the elec tive system, the presence of two depart ments on one campus, and the limited amount of classroom space . Perhaps a mas ter schedule could be drawn up which would cram all the classes into five days, but it would inevitably result in unbalanc ed individual schedules with certain days loaded with too many classes. This oc casionally occurs now and would be more frequent when the scheduler no longer had the “safety valve” which the three Satur day periods provide for ironing out such difficulties. Having five or six classes on a certain day makes preparation tough and can make a single day of illness very cost ly. A six day class-week also makes it more practical to schedule our standard three times per week courses on an every other day basis. However, even if all scheduling diffi culties were eliminated, Saturday classes should be continued for the following rea sons: They help keep the students on cam pus for school activities on Friday night and Saturday afternoon, but they are over

early enough so that students can still visit home or use the research and enter tainment facilities of other cities. Work opportunities are abundant enough so that Saturday classes do not harm the student who really has to work. If our curriculum were mostly lecture and home reading courses, it would be good to have our classes in five days to leave the weekend open for devotion to research. But since our language centered curriculum requires more daily prepara tions, it is better to have our courses spread out a little more. Saturday classes set up a routine which helps the student make more profitable use of his time. Having six nights in which some preparation is required makes it easier for the student to be a bit more thorough. If a student has no Saturday class, he may devote all of Friday night to leisure. If he has one Saturday class, he can prepare for it in a short time, but since he is at his desk and not out some where, he may spend a little time picking up something he has neglected or getting ahead on something. If he has five days, he will probably have lime to do only basic preparation for each day, and accor ding to human nature- he is likely to do no preparation on the other two. If he has six days, he has requirements for ev ery day, but since the\ are lighter per day, he is apt to be a bit more thorough. REBUTTALS POSITIVE: The arguments for Saturday classes fall under two categories of need: physical and psychological. The rationa lization based on a lack of classroom time and space is subject to discredit as long as hours and rooms stand unused every afternoon. The real bugaboo is that the extra-curricular program interferes. Do students really prefer to have a Saturday class instead of one additional afternoon class during the week? I doubt it. Continuing along the psychological vein, it’s not true that Saturday classes in duce more thorough preparation, either. If

human nature would use a whole Friday night for leisure when no Saturday classes existed, that same nature will certainly try to salvage that night for leisure, in spite of Saturday classes. Classes don’t keep students on campus for a weekend, as the mass exodus each Saturday proves. But worthwhile activities do! So does a desperate need to finish an assignment or a paper. If we have to coerce students to stay on campus to support school activities, better those activities are dropped than to encourage them with captive audiences. The whole psychological argument as sumes that interest is obtained by required attendance. On the contrary, interest is generated by stimulating classroom atti tudes, by challenging demands, and by worthwhile activities. NEGATIVE: Bunching our language cour ses together would not prove to be an en riching experience because our language courses are not a “reading approach” which give three hours of exposure per week. They are a “home study approach” in which the essential wrestling with the text and much of the grammatical and syntactical drill must be done at home. For this, the class periods must be spread out to allow for the completion of this work. As we have pointed out, Saturday class es do not prevent students from leaving campus for necessary reasons. They do, however, make our student life more of a fulltime occupation. Much of the oppo sition to Saturday classes is due to a de sire to escape physically or mentally from school and the things associated with it. No one denies that we need rest and re laxation, but we can get enough from day to day and on Sundays and vacations if we have the interest in our present work which we should. Five years from now we will not be working a five day, forty hour week, and we should not feel a need to get a substantial break of two and a half days out of every seven from our work now.

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“Yet, for some unknown reason, the situation here at Northwestern is very different from that which we would ordinarily anticipate. Although we are not studying law, still most of us who attend this school are preparing for a profession in which we will find it necessary to deliver numerous addresses, whether they be of a for mal or an informal nature, for the rest of our lives. Yet, this college, while offering an ex cellent curriculum in other respects, does not see fit to prepare us for this speaking which will be such a vital element in the success or failure of our careers. “It is true. . . John Schaadt

ALUMNI 60 Years Ago October, 1906 — In the first football game of the season on October 6, the strong Northwestern eleven was defeated by Ripon College by a score of 6 to 0. “The score does not imply that the visiting team was stronger or faster. The spectators unanimously state that Northwestern was in every way superior to Ripon — except in the mastering of the new forward pass of the rules of 1906.” In the first half Northwestern moved the ball well, but fumbled three successive times on Ripon’s fifteen-yard line. “Northwestern kicked off to Ripon in the second half. Now began the play which, as most football enthusiasts agree, has added much to make football a less inter esting game to the spectator and player alike — the forward pass. In less than five minutes the ball was brought to Northwestern’s five-yard line, from where a tackle-back play scored the only touchdown of the day. The game was call ed at 2 o’clock to give Ripon ample time to reach the north-bound train.” The first half was 25 minutes long and the second was 15. Kowalke, Schoewe, and Wenzel played a star defensive game while Zeisler, Berg, Hass, and Sauer did good work in ground gaining.

10 Years Ago October, 1956 — The new Chapel - Classroom building, the last of the new additions to our campus, has now been completed and is in use. “Every professor has his own lecture room, and at long last, we have our very own campus chapel.” Total expenditures toward the con struction of the combined building amounted to $391,903.37.

50 Years Ago November 1916 — The fire department had to be called to extinguish a fire on the campus. “The students, however, succeeded in extin guishing this even before the department arrived. Nevertheless it caused some disturbance in the dormitory when the cry ‘Fire!’ resounded thru our halls about half past eight in the evening. ‘Rex’ Kiessling was this time the coolest of us all, for hardly had he heard the cry, he galloped into the hallway, triumphantly holding high above his loftiness, a tumbler half full of water, crying at the top of his voice: ‘Good friends! Sweet friends! Tell me, where doth the confla gration rage, for I must quench it!’ But, alas, the fire was not so near Rex as he thought. It was in a shed in the barnyard.” 40 Years Ago November 1926 — The faculty has decided to give prep football a tryout. Besides giving the preparatory students something to work for, this •should also develop more men for the first team. Sparky Voecks has shouldered the responsibility of coaching this team and has about eighteen men to work with. 25 Years Ago November 1941 — “One would hardly expect to find a good law school which did not offer and place great emphasis upon courses in public speaking. We would naturally expect that a col lege which prepares its students for life of ora tory would make it a point to see that all its students were well grounded in the fundamen tals of good speaking. . . . 102

INSTALLATIONS Rev. Milton Burk, ’45, as Dean of Students at Milwaukee Lutheran Teachers College, Octo ber 2, 1966. Rev. Gerliardt Cares, ’52, as pastor of Zion Evan gelical Lutheran Church, Columbus, Wiscon sin, November 6, 1966. Rev. Wallace Gaulke, ’62, Salem Ev. Lutheran Church, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, October 23, 1966. Rev. Philip Huebner, ’53, as paslor of St. John’s, Florence, Wisconsin, and Iron Mountain, Michi gan, October 16, 1986. Rev. Mentor Kujath, ’43, as Director of Public Relations, Wisconsin Lutheran Child and Fami ly Service, October 16, 1966. Rev. Lyle Lindloff, ’56, as pastor of Calvary Lutheran Church, Thiensvilk, Wisconsin, No vember 20, 1966. Rev. Frederick Mueller, ’50, as pastor of St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Dakota, Minne sota, October 2, 1966. Rev. Nathan Retzlaff, ’53, as pastor of St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Lomira, Wisconsin, No vember 6, 1956. Paul Ruege, ’48, as professor in the Department of History at Milwaukee Lutheran Teachers College, October 2, 1966. Rev. Wernor Wagner, ’48, as pastor to St. Mat thew’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Janesville, Wis consin, November 6, 1966. ANNIVERSARIES Rev. Henry Elhvein, ’37, celebrated the 25th an niversary of his ordination at Mt. Calvary Ev. Lutheran Church, Estelline, South Dakota. The sermon was given by Rev. Victor Weyland, ’37. BIRTHS To Rev. and Mrs. Jon Mahnke, on August 4, 1966, a son, Philip Jon. ENGAGEMENT Carl Pagel, ’62, to Miss Louise Bode, May 21, ’66.

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came through with pretty good captions. Here are a few of the better suggestions: 1. A chicken getting keyed — Don Stuppy. 2. A kite being shot down over the water tower — Mark Wendland. 3. An olive with a stop sign in it — Dave Schwartz. 4. A statue honoring a daghes forte — Jim Everts. 5. The only hair on Phil Schwerin’s head lassoing a piece of dandruff — Dave Koeplin. 6. “No Sale” sign on Don D.’s cash regis ter, since price of beer went up — Bob Diener. 7. Basketball rim lowered so Castillo can dunk — Mark Wendland. 8. Andy Marten’s engagement ring with slight flaw or a pup tent stake — as I see it. And now all you great wits, here is your big chance to impress your friends, female acquaintances, or what have you. This month’s droodle is an easy one. Sub mit your droodle captions in room 318.

This month we are privileged to have with us the noted professor, Terra Crust, Ph.D., the head of the University of Pom peii Science Department and acclaimed as the greatest volcano expert in the world. Dr. Crust has just finished his third book on volcanic eruptions entitled The Lava Ratory. His previous books were The Firm Ones — A Study Of The Most Active Vol canoes and Steaming Pits. The learned Dr. Crust has just returned from a trip with the car committee to our infamous vol cano, Messuvius, and has propounded sev eral theories on causes for the volcano and what can be done to prevent the summit from rending itself asunder, which has be come a definite problem Laz Rose led the party to view the then silent volcano as the car committee (minus Stadler who wasn’t available — seems he was signed out to “west of College Avenue,” wherever that is) hoped with Dr. Crust’s help to “find a solution to the problem.” Dr. Crust pointed out the fallen parts on the side of the crater and stated they were due to a fault, but he failed to say whose fault. A close inspection showed the natives’ futile attempt to stop the shower of ashes and flaming chunks vomited by the crater. In an attempt to solidify the weakened sides of the crater, some poor individual has attempted to cement Messuvius back to Don’t spread it around about Harlyn and Connie’s his and hers glee clubs. gether. However, he has been run off cam pus by several conservatives — seems we The seniors plus Butzky, C. Naumann, and are not in fellowship with Masons (he also Froehlich, battled to a 19-12 defeat awas singing a song once recorded by the gainst MLTC in a game of flag football. Mormon Tabernacle Choir). The scoring was low until after the game. Schroeder was the highest.

Droodle Number 2 Even though last month’s droodle was a tough one, some of the campus wits

Next month return with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear and hear how Ben brought the NWC bubonic plague un der control. Yes, using for the first time the new wonder drug “disinfectant” the plague was stopped. It’s amazing what a little disinfectant can do. Let’s hope next year’s budget includes some. Also an in terview with the civil rights leader, Jack O. Lantern, Imperial Pumpkin, who will air his views on the growth of Orange Power in America. Hey, Joe, are you a j. H. Turtle? You bet what?

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Once again the crowd shifted, this time to the gymnasium for the band con cert and the “N” Club Banquet. The Class of 70 went all out with its own variation Homecoming Football was once again the keynote in of this year’s theme dealing with “Great this year’s homecoming celebration. After Historical Events.” Side murals done by weeks of planning and days of preparation Koepsell, Bell, and Lenz along with over a festive spirit pervaded the air. Profes heads of the Santa Maria, a satellite, and sor’s garages became nocturnal workshops, the Liberty Bell brought life to the gym. the softball diamond became a refuse The band concert was highlighted by the dump, the Frosh became humble, and the performance of “The Sound of Music” by gym was transformed from wood and Rodgers. The meal consisted of a fine chicken dinner prepared by Chef Ilanke stone to color and banqueting. and served promptly by the Freshmen and The Prep B-team got the ball rolling Sexta. Friday afternoon with an impressive 37-0 Professor Spaude introduced the toast trouncing of Lakeside Lutheran. master, Pastor Martin Janke, who kept the With Doug Engelbrecht as M. C. and the Pep Band under the direction of Jim audience in a jovial mood all evening. Pasbrig, Homecoming 1966 was officially Miss Connie Albrecht and her girl’s glee opened Friday night at the pep rally. Team club, Martin Stuebs and his preps, and captains Liesener and Schwartz spoke on Harlyn Kuschel with the college glee club behalf of the Prep and Varsity squads. La provided ample musical entertainment. ter Coach Pieper commented that he hoped Pastor Carl Voss, the main speaker, follow his team would come through with a ed a Bob Newhart routine with a more homecoming victory. Coach Umnus pre serious message concerning the school. sented the crowd with his problem of key Forrest Bivens gave a sharp-witted speech ing up this year’s team and suggested that on behalf of the student body, while Verthe students help him. M. C. Engelbrecht lyn Dobberstein spoke more seriously for then introduced the five members of the the team. Coach Pieper expressed hope Prep homecoming royalty. Miss Mary for a winning season for his Preps. Coach Schuett was crowned' queen. Her princes Umnus struck close to hom< with a clear ses and attendants included Connie Al and forceful interpretation u pride and brecht, Sheryl Fehrman, Elaine Callies, its application to Northwestern. The male ought the and Christine Leitzke. The court and the choruses joined forces and band then led the crowd to what may prove banquet to a close with the hool songs to be N.W.C.’s last bonfire. Certain fire re strictions may prevent any great confla Forum gration in the future. The Forum Society started its literary Saturday morning the class floats were season September 29, with a kick-off ban reviewed by Queen Mary, Professor and quet. The guest was Mr. Archie A. SaraMrs. Thrams, and Professor and Mrs. Eick- zin, formerly of the Tyrone Guthrie Thea mann, Jr.. They awarded the laurel to ter and now the Audience Development Quarta for their effective depiction of the Director of the Milwaukee Repertory Thea “Bombing of Japan.” Second place honors ter. went to the Seniors and “Peary Conquers Mr. Sarazin’s discussion was concerned Northland.” Quinta, with their “Sinking mainly with the professional theater and of the Bismarck,” and Sexta, showing im more specifically with the fields of costu agination with their “Dessert Fox,” tied for ming and staging. Using examples he third honors. The Juniors and the “ ‘09 showed how a costume is built and rebuilt Special” received honorable mention. to suit the character. He also acquainted At high noon the scene shifted to the the small audience with the new Milwau acre or so of chalked turf where the Preps kee Center for Performing Arts. Mr. Saratook a beating at the hands of Fox Valley zin was obviously enthusiastic about what Lutheran of Appleton, 14-6. The College he referred to as the “theater breed” which eleven got the ball going and stopped only a person finds anywhere. They seem to after six touchdowns, skunking Northland have their own peculiarities just as ethnic 40-0. groups do.

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Physical Campus Money can be made in two related fields; construction and destruction. Both examples have recently been in evidence on the campus. While on one side of the campus progress was being made on the new dormitory, on the other Northwestern Wrecking Company of Milwaukee was

busy dismantling the old water tower. The demolition job was handled for the most part by a three man crew working with acetylene torches. Laboring for union scale of over $3.80 per hour, the crew managed to bring down the landmark in about twenty days. c. c.

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Milton 27 NWC 7 On Saturday evening of October 8, the Trojans were left in the dark, 27-7, by the Milton Wildcats. The tragedy was actually staged in nearby Janesville, and the loss of this important game also meant the loss of any possible chance for another unshared conference championship. North western drew the first blood when Marty Schwartz scored from one yard out, but the Wildcats soon began to slash our slim lead to ribbons. They tied the score be fore the half. Our team members seemed to think more of the Parker pens they re ceived during the halftime ceremonies than they did of the remaining half of the football game, because Grovesteen soon danced three yards for Milton’s 2nd TD. In the final quarter he passed to speedy end Tom Fecht, and later he added an in surance touchdown as he nosed his way for 53 yards. Earl Lindemann turned in an exceptional performance, and his run ning from flanker position proved to be the only real offensive threat to Milton. NWC Milton First Downs 8 17 Yards Rushing 231 86 Yards Passing 74 151 Total Yardage 160 382 Passing 4-14 10-25 Interceptions Thrown 1 1 Fumbles Lost 1 1 Yards Penalized 70 80

NWC 23 St. Procopius 34 Northwestern got the dirty end of a football game played in the mud at Lisle, Illinois, on October 15. The halftime score was 26-7, and it looked as if we might even lose the bus and be forced to walk home. Freshman Fred Zimmerman caught a seven-yard pass from Rog Kobleske for our first touchdown. Dobberstein plowed his way for three yards and a score early in the third per: d, and Zim merman gobbled up anothw pass for a two-point conversion. Early i>> the fourth quarter, Marty Schwartz, thinking it was only third down when it actually was fourth down, decided to run with the ball, even though he was supposed to punt. Schwartz explained his boldness after the game: “We still had a chance to punt if I didn’t get the first down, since it was on ly third down!” He not only got the first down, but went 55 yards for a touchdown. Dobberstein ran for another two-point con version, and we had the crowd trembling behind their booster buttons because of the 26-23 score. The Eagles soon came back to strangle our rally and sack a home coming victory when fullback Zak scored their last touchdown. Some of our people were fortunate to see the sky diver who apparently broke his neck in a freak ac cident while attempting to parachute in a 40 m.p.h. wind in part of the post-game show. At least it provided chit-chat ma terial during the fine meal the team ate

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at Pastor Boldt’s church in Morton Grove, Illinois. NWC St. Proco First Downs 5 20 Yards Rushing 110 349 Yards Passing 14 32 124 Total Yardage 381 Passing 3-7 2-5 0 Interceptions Thrown 0 2 Fumbles Lost 1 Yards Penalized 30 40 NWC 7 Bethel 13 The Trojans left on Friday, October 21, and stayed overnight at St. John’s Church in Lake City, Minnesota. The team again refused to win, and threw away an . easy victory. Twice we blew good chances to score from the ten-yard line. Verlyn Dobberstein moved the ball well until he suffered a first-half injury and was forced to sit out the rest of the game. Even though we began the third period with a 7-7 tie, we again returned to sandlot form and allowed halfback Dave Pound to scam per for 76 yards and a touchdown. Dave Koeplin provided the one light moment of the trip when he banged his head twice on the ceiling of a Lak< City residence and then spilled his toil. ; articles down a flight of steps. NWC Bethel First Downs 11 7 Yards Rushing 179 174 Yards Passing 47 88 262 Total Yardage 226 Passing 4-12 7-16 2 Interceptions Tnro'vn 0 0 Fumbles Lost 1 Yards Penalized 45 30

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Poem: The Birth of The Child

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EDITORIAL

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The Ghost of Christmas Past

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Charlie’s Christmas Gift

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Art: Our Favorite Christmas Wrap

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Oh honored Virgin, how long, how long, With grief on grief we wait for Him! Now? Oh come, oh come! For all this time You make us wait. Mary, dear, He promised soon to calm our many griefs. Quickly let our pain abate; sweet unborn Child, it is for You we wait. All part of me these months You’ve been, dear Child; soon the world will fondle You. Oh my Child, be calm this while! Wait, your father now a shed has found. Joseph, dear, help us down, oh now, sweet Joseph, our cousin’s glorying is fulfilled. Lord, Thy great wisdom do I magnify, Yet from such pain of fruitful womb I cry. Virgin Mary, patriarchs of old in pain of soul yearned to see that day, — Psalms of praise but to a coming Lord their eyes showed patient expectation. Oh Mary, should our faces mere anticipation show -’ Oh sweet Child! Longer must we delay? Almighty Father, Thy boundless love we magnify yet greatly the yearning in our hearts does cry.

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has been a lot of talk about criticism at Northwestern. Two Otudent Interest dies out in many of basic forms of criticism generally appear Northwestern’s classes, I feel, because in the B & R — the humorous sort associ of a wrong emphasis. Although the college ated especially with C & C and the more catalog spells out a comprehensive, wellserious type found in editorials and arti rounded education, something gets lost in cles. Ideally the purpose of both types of the practice. The chief aim of many of criticism is to make us stop and take an our professors appears to be completion honest second look at ourselves, our sur of the text book or coverage of their as roundings, and people in general. signed material. Therefore, classes be Humorous ridicule of our personal come semester-long crash programs with traits or actions helps us see ourselves as tight schedules and strict routine. others see us. The realization that some It seems that this situation could be of our supposed magnificence does not al improved. Many colleges now realize the ways look so great in the eyes of others desirability of a discussion approach to never hurts us. But why should anyone classes. Such discussions stimulate inter look at the foibles of others? If we read est because students enjoy them and do the list of human follies right and never some thinking for them. At the same time forget that our own name always belongs students feel free to ask questions about near the top, we see that the same incon matters which have meaning for them, sistency and folly exists in all of us. When and so they are more likely to remember we realize that satire of other humans who the information. The main advantage is share our lot is really al ; s satire of our a break from the strict routine. At North selves as well, we have learned the secret western, although there are notable excep of benefiting from it. tions, such discussions are rare. The purpose of seric-: criticism is to Professors should not look at discussion share and stimulate thought. Such criti periods as wasted time, but they should cism can justifiably pr _nt just one side direct such sessions toward useful ends of the question, since . is not meant to and filter out foolish questions. These ses be a complex analysis of the situation or sions could actually help fulfill the courses’ a final solution. It merely presents some objectives. Our professors certainly want thoughts on the subject in the hope that to do more for the students than merely the reader will take another look at the force them to memorize isolated facts or whole situation and perhaps give some slavishly complete assignments. The aim fleeting consideration to the merit of the of almost every one of our college courses, ideas. as recorded in the catalog, is to explore Naturally this is an idealization of the significance of a subject, to bring out criticism. We can never completely weed its values, and to relate them to ourselves out the joy and self satisfaction we get in and our day. criticizing others. Indeed, it is often a I do not advocate artificial “question major factor. Nevertheless, the benefits of days,” but I think there should be enough criticism make it a goal worth reaching time in the course so that a professor can for, if the critic exercises judgment both in feel free to get sidetracked on interesting his manner of criticizing and in the forum points and student questions. Perhaps the - in which he presents it. scope is too large in some courses to allow When we are criticized, our first re this, but the professor could narrow it. In action is always to turn on the critic. If an advanced language course, for instance, ■ we would more often assume that criti a scene or two of a play could be skipped cism is sincere rather than assuming the instead of insisting that every word be opposite, and if we recognize that criticism read, or in a history class a few details of some phase of our work is not neces which no one will remember anyway could sarily a personal condemnation of us as be omitted. Easing of the strict, restrain - individuals, we would make things much ing classroom schedule might go a long J- v. easier for ourselves. We benefit ourselves way toward increasing interest. ately there

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The Young Church created the customs A and traditions of Christmas out of pa gan practices, as it poured a brighter con tent into older forms. The gala spirit of abandon at Saturnalia was sublimated in to the solemn joy over Christ’s incarnation in the flesh. The oldest and most universal Christ mas customs were molded primarily by Roman and Teutonic influences. Since the accounts of many Christmas traditions are themselves traditional, it is better to look for the spirit that motivated these stories rather than their historical validity. Two festivals of the Roman Empire, the Saturnalia from December 17th to the 24th, and the birthday of the Persian sun god, Mithras, on December 25th, influ enced the development of the Christian holy day. Early churchmen squeezed the Old Testament dry in an attempt to ex tract allegorical meanings from its inci dents and numbers. In 234 A.D. an Afri can Christian announced that Christ was born on December 25th exactly 5500 years after creation. In 353 or 354 Pope Liberius adopted this date for the celebration of Christ’s birth on this basis and perhaps, in addition, as Chrysostom states, to turn the Romans from the orgies of Saturnalia. Though the occurrence of Christ’s birth day celebration on the day when Mithras began to wax again may have been co incidental, the early Church fathers, Am brose and Augustine, did not fail to point, by way of the parallel, to the superior Sun of Righteousness, illumining the dark win ter world. The festival became a stand ard for the orthodox against Manichaeanism which held that Christ was not truly human. Gift-giving originated with the Satur nalia. To secure good luck for the New Year, the Romans gave presents (strenae) to one another, often statuettes of Saturnus in clay or a precious metal, (if the giver was wealthier), and wax candles. The Church, of course, also had the ex ample of the Magi to prompt its members. Although evergreens were part of the house decorations for Saturnalia, the Christmas tree itself is definitely of Ger manic origin. The oldest possible source is the legend that at Christ’s birth the trees

miraculously burst into blossom. Some say that in the eighth century the English missionary to the Germans, St. Boniface, introduced it to turn the Germans from worship of the oak tree. (The yule log was an oak log burnt as a sacrifice to Thor.) During the Middle Ages the Ger mans often took a hawthorn into their homes and forced it to bloom in winter. The decoration of the tree is attributed to Martin Luther, who placed candles on it to symbolize the starry skies of Christmas Eve. It may also be derived from the Ger man morality plays which frequently feat ured a gaudily adorned Paradiesbaum for the Garden-of-Eden scene. Still another thought is that the candles on the tree come from Hannukah, the Jewish Feast of Lights. Conjectures are rampant as to its introduction into America. Credit is given to the Hessians or the German im migrants in places, ranging from Dear born to Massachusetts. The mistletoe was sacred to both the Romans and the Nordic peoples and sym bolized peace. If enemies met under it, they laid down their weapo . o and declared a truce. Our modern counterpart is per custom’s dehaps the sole example of generation since the Chris on era. The original put-Christ-' ck-into-Christmas movement was led by St. Francis of Assisi in 1223 when he initiated a Christ mas pageant with human . id animal ac tors in a replica of the stable. The man ger is still the central Christmas symbol in Catholic countries. His disciple, Jacopone da Todi, inven ted the Christmas carol in order to return warmth and intimacy to the celebration of Christmas. Prior to this, Christmas hymns were in solemn Latin poetry, often with a minor key melody as, for example, Veni, Veni, Emmanuel. The light-hearted carols flourished in England especially, where Joy to the World and the Carol of the Bells were written. Of all the Christmas carols, perhaps, the best-loved is Stille Nacht. An Austrian pastor, Josef Mohr, wrote it in collaboration with the church organist, Franz Gruber, as a surprise for the con gregation to ease their disappointment over the breaking of the church organ. German Christmas traditions survive in our Church even into this generation.

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In some homes trees are still decorated with candles. Popcorn, cranberries, and bratwursts(?) are strung together as orna ments. Some churches still hold services on First and Second Christmas as well as Christmas Day and Christmas Eve. On December 6th some families still observe Niklaastag. Good children can expect to receive candy or toys in their stockings; bad children, coal. Christmas Stollen, a type of coffee cake, and an array of German Christmas cookies are still in the baking repertoire of many mothers— Lebkuchen, Mandelschnitzen, Pfeffernuesse, and Springerle. The baking ammonia, anise seeds, and carved Springerle board leave an indelible im

pression on any child who has ever wit nessed the ritual of making Springerle. One of the most beautiful and most characteristically German traditions fre quently observed is the Advent Wreath. It could have been devised by a Lutheran pastor, who never missed a chance for promoting education. It consists of an ev ergreen wreath with four red candles. On the wreath a paper star is hung every day of Advent. As the children hang a star on, they memorize the verse on each side, one from the Old Testament expressing a Messianic prophecy, and the other giving its New Testament fulfillment. One of the candles is burned on each Sunday of Ad vent. E. F.

graceful. . . even here. Kind of dark, tho. Well, now! All eyes on me, just like it The dried grass crackled under his trud- used to be. Both pairs. . . his and the hun ging feet, reminding him of the dried gry dog’s. Dog looks a little too hungry. angleworms he used to pop as he strutted Yea, good morning. Name’s Charlie. What? about the streets of Savannah on a hot Charlie the bum, what else? Wish he’d July afternoon. Times w 've indeed chang shut up. Yes, thanks. Burned beans and ed. Good times. . . no moc People have soda crackers. That mangy cur. Awfully changed. Good, friend1. . pie. . .nowhere. toothy. Skinny like me. He’s black though. Still want to come tl i ■ ; though. Get Here, have a cracker. Probably hasn’t eat en for quite a while. But you never can through. At least. . .p; •. my worth? The deadness finally »rted before him, tell what might die around here. He settled back and lit up the cigarette and the camp was nov fully in view. A bum’s camp. Charlie amp. Anyway, his companion had offered him. Cigarette Charlie’s kind of camp, unny. . . not even . . . smoke. . poof. Life. . . poof. Hot and a bum’s camp to call uo-ne anymore. Do burning at the start, but it falls away have my clothes. Preli;. tir pair of shoes. pretty quick, once it gets going. Worth Watch still works. Pocket knife needs less too. Worthless. . . me. Anyway now sharpening and my handkerchief needs like this. Just lookit that other bum over washing. Good piece of yellow chalk. Few there. Other bum. . . me. . . bum. Me like extra things in a sack tied with my own him? Can’t help it. Don’t want to. Don’t secret slipknot. Big deal. The only deal. have to anymore. Even if I had to, could Charlie tightened up the weakening I? That bum. They call him Greasy. Lots lines around his mouth and tried to look of pimples and things. Ugh. His nose. tough as he, foot by foot, step by step, Looks like it’s french-fried. Guess that’s crushed the crust of snow which softly why he quit society. Still a good man. At embraced the clearing. Wonder who’s here. least he’s not a social outcast. Was it Moldy lean-tos. . . need paint. . .roofs. In wrong for him to be unashamed of him habitants. . . me. Me? Don’t hold your self? They thought so. They thought. They breath. Smoke coming from that little . . . poof. They talked. Sure, I’m educated. One green one over there. Cardboard on the busted windows. At least no little kids to time popular. To a degree even. I knew get underfoot. Feet. . . nose. . . ears are how to think then. Still can. But when I cold too. Door must be around the other tried to get a job, it all fell in. Roses have thorns. People have. . . People. . . They just side. Place sure could be fixed up a bit. He threw open the door and announc looked at me and said, “We know you got ed his presence by kicking the snow from the stuff, boy; it’s all here on these papers his worn shoes. Must look like some fool and it must be in your head, but. . . well, trying to squash a toad. Remember to be you just know how it’d look.” They just

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looked at me. Just looked. Just? . . I don’t know. Nobody knows. But some of us know. Too bad anybody has to know how it is. The conversation lightened. Whadya mean? I ain’t crabby. Ain’t mad. It’s just that I ain’t.. . it’s just that. . .is it? I KNOW YOU DONT CARE. You could al ways go back. To them. To it. You could throw up your arms and holler “Hoopee! I’m with you.” You might even be accepted. I won’t. Never will. ’Cause I’m. . . Anybody can see why I am what I am. I couldn’t see then. I see now. They always saw. They always said no. No. Charlie’s head pounded from his fa miliar mental gymnastics. He left the din gy shack to cool off. Got to face up to it someday. So do they. We all do.. . some day. The truth, baby. The truth, old man. Why not truth? Pride. . . shallowminded ness. . . self-righteousness. , . ignorance. . . self-appointed superiority. Is that why? Or is that why not?

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No, I don’t really thing it’s sissified citified, perhaps. Actually there ain’t much to distinguish. But I don’t think I’m better. . . no, I envy you, your kind — your life. But I’m too far gone to change — it’s too late. It’s sad, but that’s what it is. Yea, I can hold my own in a scrap — we fight too. But the reasons — the reasons are so different. You fought for the feel of the fight — the thrill of victory. Or you fought because you were good and mad at someone. Not us — we fight — but only for the morbid thrill of seeing someone get hurt. Drinking? After a hard week’s work, you may have felt you deserve to get a little high on liquor. Work for us? That’s going out and mowing the lawn, raking a few leaves — sitting on our dead rears studying tomorrow’s lessons — that’s our work. When we drink, it’s not a good drunk — it’s a drunk of tears — of not go ing anywhere and not caring — of dead souls. Well, I may even cuss once in a while — no, not for emphasis like you did — not just because that’s the language I grew up with — no, only because it can make me sound tough — make me to be more of a man in my own warped vision.

So, we’ll go on drinkin’ and cussin’ and fightin’—but for us it’s just a front. And too — all our fancy woi i ■> and phrases — meaning nothing, but pr. nding them to mean a lot. You — you ould talk in your chopped, mangled phr. -es and mono syllabic sentences — it didn’t sound like much —but it meant what you wanted it to — and everybody understood. No beat ing around the bush — it was there — and it was real. So, I suppose I’m using a lot of words and not saying much. Typical. All I’m probably trying to tell you is that I’m too far away from God’s earth and God’s crea tures even to know what life and living is all about, much less what He is. So don’t just sit back and call me a sissified young punk — take pity on me — take pity on me for not having and hardly knowing something that was good. Just one more thing yet — then I’ll go. Take pity on your own kids too. Another generation — maybe two — and they’ll be no better than me. Not if they’re left to grow up alone in all this stinking, dirty materialism that I’m in already. But you can still help ’em — tell them just what life is about — what it’s for — who it’s for — what it is. Tell them, so they won’t be ROBERT POHL, ’68 dead. . . like me.

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Church & State The Wisconsin Synod has traditionally advocated a strict separation of church and state, although our refusal of federal economic help to education, etc., handi caps our work — perhaps improperly. In this month’s interview John Brug discus ses this question with Professor Lawrenz of the Seminary.

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application of the principles governing the relationship of church and state is a problem nearly all of us will have to face in a few years. This will be particularly true for those who serve congregations that maintain parochi al schools. Even now local congregations are debating and voting on various forms of government aid to education. In order that congregations and pastors may have some guidelines to help them make these important decisions, a subcomittee of our synod’s Advisory Committee on Education is currently studying the issues involved. This subcommittee felt that it was neces sary to be clear about the underlying prin ciples of church-state relations and about a definition of the functions and means assigned to each, before any specific rec ommendations could be made concerning current aid programs. Prof. Carl Lawrenz, the president of our Seminary, prepared the essay on this aspect of the problem, which was to be submitted to the full ACE and the Board of Presidents for study and approval. So that we might keep somewhat in formed about this important subject, I recendy talked with Prof. Lawrenz about the contents of his essay and asked him to make some comments and elaborations on the subject in general. od has assigned to both the church ^ and the state certain functions and means, a major diversion of operation for their respective roles in earthly life. The state’s function is to impose a cer tain measure of decency, peace, and order on this earthly life, so that man can live out his time of grace to its appointed end. The state has been allotted various means to carry out this function. From Romans 13, we learn that the government performs its task of protecting the lawabiding citizen chiefly by deterring the wicked with punishment and threats of

punishment. The government may also use the full scope of powers which God has given to natural man in order to pro mote this civic righteousness. Since man has a partial ability to de cide what things are beneficial and good in earthly affairs, we are to obey all those ordinances which our rulers deem neces sary for our safety and well-being. Their decisions are binding, as long as they do not conflict with Scripture. The government may also use such natural impulses as the instinct for selfpreservation, patriotism, and family ties. Marriage and the family were divinely in stituted in Eden, but it is proper for the government to use this institution and the connected emotions to maintain an orderly society. Man’s conscience and the natural knowledge of the Law inscribed in his heart also aid the government in the es tablishment of order. Conscience leads man to show a measure of respect for the laws which the state enacts, because it shows him that the natural knowledge of the Law, which is the basis for much of the enacted law, is from God. Although they are incapable of any spiritual good, man’s nature and reason have some power to keep man back from gross sin and vice. The gu- mnent is still in its proper realm when u uses the na tural knowledge of God promote the civic righteousness which is its goal. The church, visible or invisible, has on ly one function — to preach the Gospel in order to bring sinners to salvation and to strengthen and edify those already in the faith. The entire message which the church proclaims must be kept in close relation ship to the central theme of pardon and salvation in Christ. The church will preach the Law to those not of the faith, but only to bring them to a knowledge of sin as a preparaion to receive the Gospel. It does not preach the Law to aid the state in es tablishing outward righteousness.

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we have examined the func* tions of church and state, we can deter mine what constitutes a confusion of church and state. The mixture of church and state takes place when either the church or state seeks to perform the func tions which God has assigned to the other, or when either the church or the state at tempts to perform its own proper function

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our judgment of what is expedient in a given case. Our own political opinions should not be the major factor in making these judg ments. Even if we believe a program is politically unwise, we may still accept the benefits of it if it is legally in force. If we think a certain income tax exemption is unwise, we still use it to avoid being placed at a disadvantage with others. Likewise, the fact that some of us believe that it is unwise or poor policy for the government to support parochial schools is not suffici ent grounds to rule out our participation in all such programs. A better basis for evaluation is to ask ourselves, “Are we trying to get something for ourselves, or is the government merely supporting its own needs and require ments?” The government may feel that all kindergarten teachers need an M. A. to be qualified to train its citizens well enough to meet its needs. We may feel that this is nonsense and that our teachers do not need such qualificaions to serve our needs. Since such qualifications are necessary on ly to meet the state’s needs, it would be proper for the government to support the training for these higher standards in pri vate as well as public schools. If we can honestly say that the state is getting as much or more than it is paying for, there is no confusion of church and state since the state is not supporting our functions, but only its own. Likewise, if the government only provides the equipment and facilities which it feels are necessary for adequate training, and does not prescribe how the subject is to be taught or require the use of unscriptural doctrine, it is not interfering with the functions of the church. Examples are also found in the opera The fact that we can accept aid under tion of our Christian day schools. The some of these conditions does not mean Christian teachers perform a church func that we will necessarily accept it. If the tion by teaching the Gospel and relating government demands certain facilities it to all of the subjects studied, but they which we feel are unnecessary for our also teach subject matter in which the purposes, we may, nevertheless, assume state has a proper interest, since it is con the burden ourselves, rather than risk be cerned that all of its citizens be sufficient coming involved in regulations and obli ly trained for the strength and well-being gations which could interfere with the ac of the nation. complishment of our goal. We must use Thus we see that there are areas of co cautious judgment in these cases and al operation between church and state which ways remember the admonition of I Cor. are adiaphora and not necessarily a viola 6. 12: “All things are lawful unto me, but tion of the separation of church and state. all things are not expedient; all things are In these cases we must carefully weigh lawful unto me, but I will not be brought the choices and make a decision based on under the power of any.” with the means which God has assigned to the other. However, the mere fact that the church and state work together in the same endeavor does not constitute confu sion of church and state, so long as each participates only in order to fulfill its own function and uses its own means and re sources to complete its portion of the en deavor. An example is the Christian pastor’s per forming of marriages. Since marriage is an institution of God, the pastor wishes to sol emnize the marriage of Christian couples with the word of God and prayer. The state is interested in making marriage a binding legal contract. The pastor can act as the agent of both and fulfill the formalities re quired by the state as long as no unscrip tural practices are required of him.

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THE BLUE PENCIL This month’s feature article is a look at the timely question of censorship. Fred Toppe, a senior from Watertown, studies its history, its present status in the United States, its merit and its problems for the future. In the January issue Jeffrey Hopf will write on the humor of Mark Twain.

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^he Reverend Doctor Thomas Bowdler, f. r. s., s. a., was never the pious wri ter his sisters were. While they were wri ting such popular tracts as the “Pleasures of Religion,” and “The Advantages of Af fliction,” the Reverend Doctor Bowdler was supporting piety in another way. He felt something had to be done to protect the ears and hearts of the young people of England. As he saw it, someone had to assume the responsibility of preserving their innocence in the face of assaults from the “weaker moments” of England’s writers. And so, blue pencil firmly grasp ed in his hand, the Reverend Doctor Bowd ler set himself to his self-appointed task. Finally in 1818, after many years of sober toil, he published The Family Shakespeare, in “ten volumes, in which nothing is add ed to the original text; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family.” Shakespeare was now safe to read, and the Victorian Age, and all it has come to mean, was born. The spirit of censorship had hovered over the realm of literature long before Bowdler ever took up his blue pen. For the use of the eldest son of Louis XIV of France, the Latin classics were published in an expurgated form. Aristophanes rare ly survived the hands of monkish copyists intact. The Council of Trent established the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, listing works which were absolutely forbidden reading for Catholics. Among the works it prohibited were Gibbon’s The Decline and. Fall of the Roman Empire (which Bowdler also saw as his duty to expurgate) and Voltaire; Marx and Henry Miller nev

er made the select listing. Censorship, of course, has never been limited to the classics, or even to the arts. Society has long used censorship as a de fense against its enemies, external or in ternal, and as a means by which it has tried to prevent changes in what it con siders to be an undesirable direction, and as a method for control of ideas. Political subversion and religious lwesy have been the most frequent target of the censors. The ideas of Socrates or o. Thomas Paine were not appreciated by l'<o state, and so the state tried to destroy meir ideas. The church didn’t like the idc.: of the Pilgrims or the Mormons, and they were driven out. The reasoning of those in power was al ways that if the ideas co; id be censored and concealed long enough, they would be forgotten. They never were. As a weapon and as a means of pro tection for our society and its individuals, censorship is still a powerful force in the United States. Town libraries have their “closed” and “restricted” book shelves. Un til recently, Comunist publications were held undelivered by the Post Office. Huck Finn is purged of Anti-Negro bias. Libel laws protect an individual’s name. The Citizens for Decent Literature and the Catholic Organization for Decent Litera ture periodically try to purge library shel ves and drug-store racks of “objectionable material,” and the Far Right and other pressure groups are out to defend our re ligion and our morals by indiscriminate banning of literature and by replacing it with their own. The Department of Agri culture, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commis-

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sion want to protect our citizens from false cancer remedies, or misleading informa tion about stocks, or books on how to cheat the government. In time of war or threatened revolution the government has the right to declare military censorship. No one can go around threatening to kill the President. Some of the forms of contemporary censorship listed above are necessary and commendable; others are futile and harm ful, or even unconstitutional. The neces sary censorship passes by unheralded, and the unnecessary censorship is usually a purely local concern. It is the area of lit erary censorship, however, that attracts the most attention in the United States and that is the major censorship problem of our society. Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens I ndrew a caricature of a typical Victori an, Mr. Podsnap, a possessor in bountiful measure of all the typical Victorian atti tudes toward literary censorship. To Mr. Podsnap, the question 1 be answered al ways was, “Would it Ina blush into the cheek of the young poison?” Unfortunate ly this Victorian mo • of Podsnap — and even he saw its <!• ci and had to ad mit that the young p. "seemed always liable to burst into . sbes when there was no need at all as echoed in the legal criteria that d- w-.mined censorship laws in the United Si si os and Britain un til the 1930’s. The champions of this mor ality based censorship were Britain’s Chief Justice Alexander Coekburn. whose test for obscenity was the corrupting effect any passage might have on the most suscepti ble member of the community, a hypotheti cal schoolgirl; and in the United States, Anthony —“Morals, not art or literature” — Comstock. Their test for obscenity, in1 spired though it was by a desire to safe guard morals, abridged the freedom of all to read what they wanted because a book might fall into the hands of that delicate ; schoolgirl. Literary men, of course, protested this attitude. It was not until 1933 in the U.S. 3 Circuit Court of Appeals in New York that the schoolgirl test for obscenity received its first blow. The court held the book Ulysses by James Joyce to be not obscene on the basis that the proper test of a book is its “dominant effect” rather than indi117

vidual passages tom from context. Liter ary obscenity became legal, at least in New York, but most state and city govern ments still continued their policy of strict censorship to safeguard the youth.

Until 1957 censorship remained a pure ly subjective judgment on the part of mor alists, with the exception that works of social value, such as Ulysses, received special dispensations because of their liter ary merit. In 1957, however, in the Roth case, the Supreme Court of the United States for the first time ruled that obsceni ty was illegal and beyond the protection of the First Amendment to the Constitu tion, which protects freedom of speech and of the press. Since the Supreme Court had declared that there was illegal ob scenity (contrasted with the previous con cept of immoral obscenity), it had to solve the basic problem of what obscenity was. The court had to protect worthwhile ma terial, yet it couldn’t encourage free por nography. The court, therefore, became a censor and set up standards to determine what obscenity was and what it wasn’t. The court defined obscenity as materi al “utterly without redeeming social im portance,” using as the test, “whether to the average person, applying contempor ary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest.” Hard-core pornography, of course, would be banned thereby. Incidentally, asked what hard core pornography was, Justice Stewart on ly said, “I know it when I see it.” The court’s definition of obscenity raised two problems: What constitutes “redeeming social importance,” and who is “the aver age person” who applies “contemporary

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ty. They wonder why an adult must be told what is right and what is wrong to read. They say that sex in literature, no matter how unnatural, is no more danger ous than seeing the bloody deeds of Shakepeare’s plays enacted on the stage. And as D. H. Lawrence wrote, “What is por nography to one man is the laughter of genius to another.” Those in favor of a measure of censorship insist that “filth, even if wrapped up in the finest packag ing, is still filth.” One of the chief arguments for cen sorship is summed up in Comstock’s mot to: “Books are Feeders for Brothels.” Por nographic literature is supposed to have an adverse effect on the young, tending to incite them to lewd, lascivious, and im moral behavior. Psychiatrists, on the con trary, have maintained that a book never influenced any youth for good or evil, but rather that his standards are set by the society around him. The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, after interviewing sev eral thousand sex offenders, holds that there is no connection between “sexy” lit erature and sex crime, and that “few [sex offenders] are in any way inspired by por nography.” What is considered to be the most compelling argument against censorship is that it is an accumulative phenomenon — if one lets in a little censorship, there will soon be a lot of censorship. In time the censors would have hardly a page un touched. The following example, taken from the St. Louis Post Dispatch, is a good instance of the zeal of the censor in his pursuit of the previously untouched: CLERIC WOULD CENSOR BIBLE OF MASSACRES AND “SMUT” London, Aug. 13 (AP) Dr. Leslie Weatherhead, former president of the Methodist Conference, would like to censor the Bible. In an interview with correspondents of three London newspapers, he said he would “be very free with a blue pencil.” Dr. Weatherhead. . . was asked what he would cut out. “A lot of bloody massacres and a lot of smutty little pieces that choir boys read on the quiet,” he said. His main target was the Old Testament, which he described as “completely out moded.” As this example shows, censorship could cause trouble for Christianity. That such censorship will be carried out and enforced is not likely, but if we ever have to make the choice between censorship

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The Bible tells us to avoid most of the material which censorship would restrict, but that does not give us any right to en force our attitudes on socicy in general. A distinction must be made between cen sorship and disapproval, we can disap prove of many things, veil fight against them, but we should not -vy to ban them for others. A Methodist minister wrote that Christians should I more interested in an “attitude of self-censorship and re sponsibility” than in “rigorous public cen sorship.” This should be the Christian’s reaction to America’s present sexual can dor. last two decades the United States has passed from the ranks of the world’s most restrictive societies in matters of sex ual candor to one of its most permissive. Even the Catholics’ Index Prohibitorum Librorum has been allowed to fade away. A powerful impetus for this abrupt change

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The war in Vietnam is becoming more JL of an issue every day. Along with the economy and with racial equality, the war in Asia is one of the three most important problems facing the United States. Thou sands of men are needed and being called upon to do their part for the preservation of freedom in this foreign land. But now consider the divinity student. His privileged status as a student of re ligion and potential preacher puts him be yond reach of any draft board. Since he is in this position, he should consider what his status involves. Just what attitude should he have toward this classification? Should he submit his information for his selective service classification, receive his “4-D,” and thereupon wash his hands clean of military service or obligation to his country? To help us decide what at titude we should have towards our “4-D” status, let us first consider the situation at Northwestern during World War II. The Military Training and Service Bill of 1941 allowed for temporary deferment of theological seminary students or divini ty students. At that time there was, as is now, little trouble in obtaining such a de ferment. However, in January of 1944 a problem arose. During their three months of summer vacation “4-D” students became fair game for the local draft boards. In order to remedy the situation, the school years were run concurrently for two years, starting in June of 1944, and running through April of 1946. Vacations between sessions were as short as three weeks. When the system did revert to its present form, the undergraduates of 1946 found themselves with six months of vacation from April to September. The “4-D” status did not stop some from joining the armed forces. In all, about sixty members from the student body between 1939 and 1946 entered the mili tary. Some of these men were graduates. Most of them, however, were underclass men with some doubt in their minds about what they wanted to do in life. The need of men in time of war answered their question. One of them, Ensign Robert Tills, of the Class of ’39, was commander of a Catalina flying boat stationed at Da vao Island in the Philippines. On Decem-

ber 7, 1941, only four hours after Pearl Harbor, this island was the objective of another Japanese attack. While attempt ing to get his ship airborne, twelve dive bombers closed in and strafed his ship. There were several survivors, but Ensign Tills was shot at his guns and went down with the burning plane. On October 3, 1943, the “U. S. S. Navy Destroyer Escort Tills” was christened in honor of this man. Hardest hit of the classes was that of 1946. Starting with a complement of thirty-nine, only eleven were graduated, including one coed. Twenty-six men of this class enter ed the service; three of them were killed. One man, Wilfred Wietzke, enlisted in his freshman year, served three years over seas, and then came back to Watertown to graduate in 1948. He went on to the Seminary and received a congregation in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Other former students who served in the war had intentions of returning to Northwestern, but none seem to have followed through! A temporary postponing of the decision whether or not to enter the ministry usually became a permanent decision not to enter it. Putting thoughts of military service in to the back of one’s mind is easy enough to do. The sheltered situation a person finds himself in as a student at Northwes tern is conducive to relegating current major issues to places secondary im portance. Protected by the invisible “4-D” shield, an individual continues an exis tence in which his only battles are Satur day’s combat on the gridiron, a noctural duel with Homer, or the early morning fray to escape the clutches of Morpheus. Vietnam is more than 10,000 miles from the United States, but for most of us it is even farther away in our daily considera tions. In other parts of the world there are genuine conflicts where more than a scoreboard victory lies in the balance. In the newspaper one reads such figures as “127 dead last week,” “over 6000 dead in total conflict,” “over 20,000 wounded,” “400,000 troops in Asia,” “2,000,000 needed to end war.” Other reminders are more immedi ate. The accusation that divinity students are “hiding behind the cloak of the clergy” to escape military service, even when spok en in jest, makes one stop and consider his position. Is this actually what he is doing?

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There are five types of selective service his future work more valuable than any classifications. Those prefaced by "1- ” are thing he could accomplish as a soldier in qualified to serve in some capacity or other a trench. The government realizes that either actively or on the domestic front. the beneficial effect of religion on society’s Those prefaced by “2- ” are occupational morals is advantageous to the nation as a deferments, such as farmers or students. whole. As a result such a deferment is Those prefaced by “3- ” are cases of ex practical, since it enables the bearer to ac treme hardship, while “5- ” indicates men complish a higher good. In view of this, over 35 and no longer eligible The “4-D” a person can look at his entry into the classification puts divinity students in a clergy as a fulfillment of his obligation class with veterans under 35, diplomatic to the country. Not that this should be the officials, aliens, and those morally, mental main purpose for entry into the clergy, ly, or physically unable to serve. The “4- ” but it is a secondary result. classification seems to be that of a person As stated in this year’s opening ser who has fulfilled his obligation, is unable vice, the draft deferment of the divinity to fulfill it, or is engaged in some type of student is a privilege, not a right. It is work judged more valuable than active nothing one can demand. The “4-D” is not service. something to hide behind and use as a But why does the government grant shield, but rather it is something to use deferments to divinity students? Theoreti efficiently. As the government sees it, the cally, everyone physically and mentally divinity student’s obligation is not lifted able is obliged to serve his country in some but is transferred to serving in a different form or other. The average male fulfills capacity. As long as this is the way the his obligation by service in one of the ar powers that be look at it, it is up to us to med forces. However, in the case of the make use of the situation by always bear divinity student the government considers ing in mind the value of our deferment. ---c. c.

PICASSO Picasso. The man is to ;■ world of art what Cantinflas is to comedy or Bach to music: a figure so wcii-l.aown and uni versally recognized that he needs no first name. As with most very great men, Picasso tends to affect the world in two very op posite ways. Many cannot seem to praise him and his work enough and look upon him as infallible in matters of art. Another group, perhaps as large, despises him and all he stands for. There are not too many to be found in the middle ground; once one sees his works and the dramatic chan ges he introduced into art, there is no room for indifference. Those who praise Picasso hail him as the father — or at least co-father — of a new dimension in art, cubism. This is the style for which Picasso is best known. It produced all his paintings with the multi dimension faces and juggled features. But Picasso is to be praised further for his great diversity, both of style and media. He has gone through four distinct periods of painting — from blue to rose, to abstract to realist. Each of these has a technique all its own. Nor has he limited .himself to 121

one field. Although most people know him as a painter and sculptor, he has spent a great deal of time with etchings, litho graphs, ceramics, and pottery. Those who seek to disparage his work maintain that he paints the way he does because of a lack of skill and because of a desire to be free from the rules. What they really mean to say is that his style simply does not agree with their concept of art. They look for the traditional repre sentational form of art and are bewildered by the mixed-up figures on Picasso’s can vas. The accusation that he isn’t able to draw is totally contrary to the facts. His early paintings and sketches show that he is a draftsman of the first rank, able to portray as natural a figure as any other artist. The second accusation is only true in part. He consciously feels that art must always strive to cross the barriers of con vention and the bounds set up by society. As soon as an art form becomes generally accepted by society, it is of little value. He cirticizes most modem art because there are no longer any rules to break. He looks upon his contribution, cubism, as an at-

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closest friends always have to beware lest he pull some prank on them. His whole attitude is one of extreme conceit. He used to keep people waiting to see him and would then complain if they would leave. He maintained that anyone who loved him would wait at least three days. He answered none of his mail. He used to summon an art dealer from America, only to sell him nothing. He fired his chauffeur after twenty-five years of faith ful service and companionship because of one auto wreck. He even constantly be rated his son Paulo for being a no-account. There are good points in his character which it would not be fair to omit. He has a very good sense of humor, especi ally where children are concerned. He can don a clown’s mask and entertain for long periods. He never treated his children in the shabby manner in which

Storytelling in Sermons The reason why the world is so utterly per verted and in error is that for a long time there have been no genuine preachers. There are perhaps three thousand priests, among whom one cannot find four good ones — God have mercy upon us in this crying shame! And when you do get a good preacher, he runs through the gospel superficially and then follows it up with a fable about the old ass or a story about Dietrich of Berne, or he mixes in something o ' the pagan teach ers, Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, and others, who are all quite contrary to the gospel. .. With these words Martin Luther sumed up the preaching of his day. In his earlier sermons, however, he himself used many of those popular illustrations: When a pig is slaughtered or captured and other pigs see this, we observe that the other pigs clamor and grunt as if in com passion. Chickens and geese and all wild animals do the same thing; when they see one of their own kind in trouble, they quite naturally grieve with it and are sad, and if they can, they help it. Only man, who after all is rational, does not spring to the aid of his suffering neighbor in time of need and has no pity on him. Medieval preachers included such exempla (examples) in nearly every sermon, often as the highpoint. The Physiologus, a collection of 50 animal stories, and Gesta Romanorum, 181 moralized legends, were probably the two most frequently used reference books on a preacher’s desk. With each story these books explained the les son in detail, and the preacher merely se lected one appropriate to his text. This article will take a look at this interesting 123

he did their mothers. He also shows a special fondness for animals. All his life he has kept a flock of pigeons. Twice he has owned a goat and given it free rein of the house. He once bedded two snails on lettuce and watered them weekly. Dogs never bark at him when he approaches. He can get very enthusiastic at times about various aspects of life. He takes part in bullfights and fiestas with zest. As are his paintings, Picasso is a mix ture of good and bad points. While in his character the bad tends to outweigh the good by far, the question remains open in respect to his artwork. It remains for us to evaluate this fairly before we take a positive and immovable stand for or against it. Time will tell whether his in fluence on the world of art has been over rated. It is not for us to extol nor de nounce, but to examine. n. s. practice. During the Middle Ages up to the Re formation there was a general decline in preaching. The Catholic Encyclopedia dis agrees: “It has been commonly said by nonCatholic writers that there was little or no preaching during that time. So popular was preaching, and so deep the interest taken in it, that preachers commonly found it necessary to travel by night, lest their departure should be prevented.” It is true that the people enjoyed preaching and likely tried to constrain a traveling preacher to stay. However, such preachers were quite scarce. The popular preachers often blended vigor with coarseness and vulgarity. This is due mainly to the generally corrupt con dition of the clergy. They justified such actions, however, as an attempt to reach the ignorant common people. The ser mons, which ranged in length from fifteen minutes to six hours, were simplified with the aim to impress a single striking idea. The text was read in Latin and then re peated in the vernacular. This seems to have been a token of added authenticity to the medieval listener. Next the preach er often expressed his humility in order to conciliate the audience. With whatever dramatic effects possible the text was then developed. The exempla were attached to the end to drive the point home. The exempla were held in high regard throughout medieval Europe. After all, Christ used them. “He taught them many

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things by parables.” (Mark 4, 2) The Eng lish especially valued them because of the well-known story of how the pope sent a “very subtle and learned” bishop to con vert the English and he had failed miser ably in the task “with his subtlety of ser mons.” However, a less literate successor with his anecdotes and examples “con verted well nigh the whole of England.” The common people sat around the hearth on winter evenings, listening to the an cient legends and discussing their appli cation. They never seemed to become bor ed even though the old favorites were re peated again and again. Exemplum is defined as the general all-inclusive term for any kind of homi letic simile or illustration. It may vary in length from a single line to several pages. The exempla ranged in quality from gems of wisdom to those that were obscene. The thousands of exempla were gathered from every imaginable source into several doz en collections intended for preachers. Some of the major types were historical legends, humorous tales, personal experiences, and animal allegories. The people never wor ried about truth or actual fact in an ex ample because it was not supplied for its own sake but for its significance. The primary source for the historical legends is the Gesta Romanorum, which contains 181 tales like this one: King Alexander placed a burning candle in his hall, and sent heralds through the whole kingdom, who make the following procla mation:—“If there be any under forfeit ure to the king, and he will come boldly in to his presence, while the candle burns, the king will forgive the forfeiture. And who soever is in this predicament and comes not before the expiration of the candle, he shall perish by an ignominous death.” Many of the populace, hearing the proclamation, came to the king and besought his mercy. The king received them kindly; but there were many who neglected to come; and the very moment in which the candle expired, they were apprehended and put to death. APPLICATION My beloved, Alexander is Christ, the burn ing candle is the life present, and the her alds are the preachers. The humorous tales seldom had any connection with the sermon. For instance, there was the peasant who refused to give credence to a preacher discoursing on hell because he had not been there first to see for himself. Less dignified preachers told funny stories when they noticed their hear ers falling asleep.

A certain man, who had a greedy wife, roasted a fowl for them both to eat. When the bird had been roasted, his wife said to him, “Give me the wing!” And taking it she ate it up, and likewise devoured alone ev ery part of the fowl. Her husband who watched her, said at length, “You have eaten up the whole thing yourself: there is nothing left but the spit. It is only fair that you should have a taste of that!” And with that spit he beat her handsomely. Luther’s favorite exempla were person al experiences and observations. He es pecially liked to make references to the pig in a sty from which he derived meat for comparisons as well as his table. The last type of exemplum, the animal allegory, was probably the most popular. For instance, Geiler of Strassburg, a fam ous preacher, delivered a series of 64 dis courses on the spiritual lessons to be de rived from ants and later 17 sermons on the lion. To the people of the Middle Ages all nature existed for a moral lesson. The Physiologus, compiled in the 400’s, mora lized on such facts as that the swallow brings forth but once or that the serpent fears man’s nudity. One of the most in teresting allegories concerns the pelican. This bird is usually taken as a symbol of the redeeming Christ because of the fam ous live-giving properties of its blood. Ac cording to the tale, when that blood is dropped on a prey killed by the pelican, the prey again comes alive. Thus the beak that originally slew in righteous anger re stores the victim to life again. Quite a bit of significance is attached to these exempla by historians. They are called the parent of adult education, of the novel, of the household fairytale, etc. It is a quite common view that these ex empla helped to bring on the Reformation. According to the theory, the papacy ima gined that a smattering of harmless his tory and stories in the pulpits would satis fy the people. After the Church intro duced the people to the mysteries of na ture and history, however, it was not able to stop the inquiry of their minds. As a result, the people’s minds were stimulated for a search of the Scriptures, which the Reformation would offer. The traditional closing words for a me dieval sermon, which even Martin Luther regularly used, seem a fitting conclusion for this article also: “So much for that,” or, “Who wishes, may now clear his J.v. throat.”

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ALUMNI 65 Years Ago December, 1901 — “The last issue of the Black and Red appeared a few days behind time. But we wish to beg our readers not to lay fault at the door of the staff. Neither can we make our printer answerable for the delay, for punctuali ty and exactness are certainly the main princi ples of his business. The fault lies with the pa per company, which failed to fill our order on time.”

55 Years Ago December, 1911 — The Vesuvius Club cele brated its fifth anniversary. “The club is now exclusively made up of honorary members, only such being accepted as members who prove themselves gentlemen in every respect. Strict rules of etiquette are set for the club. Any trans gressor is subject to a black mark and a fine of twenty-five cents. The purpose of the club is delectation of its members and the creating of good fellowship.” 45 Years Ago December, 1922 — “Christmas is the annual anniversary of the birth of our Lord and Savior. He should at this time be uppermost in our hearts. It is of Him that we must think first and not the exchanging of gifts, the cozy fire side, and the like! If Christ with his all-saving love is not the one figure in " hearts at Christ mas, let us pass the twenty-':fill of December by without even a sigh of joy and merriment, and thus at least not make fools ourselves by imi tating our neighbor without reason. If Christ however, is your all, up and rejoice! The time is at hand!” Dudley H. Rohda 35 Years Ago December, 1932 — Two ‘interested alumni” submitted a mythical “All Northwestern Foot ball Team” to the editor of the Black and Red, Its members are those of the ten-year period from 1923 to 1933. The roster is as follows: First Team Second Team Heyn ’31 ’24 Kleinke Kuske ’26 Maaske ’28 Niemann ’25 V. Schultz ’31 Leerssen ’29 Krueger ’24 K. Bretzmann ’26 Reuter ’28 K. Melzer ex ’27 O. Engel ’31 Hammen ’29 ’27 Vcecks Roloff ex ’28 Weisgerber ’24 Stuhr ex ’33 A. Kauber ’29 Martin ’29 Toepel ex ’30 Siffring ’23 H. Kauber ex ’27 20 Years Ago December, 1946 — Concerning the school col ors: “The combination of ‘black and red’ was chosen because no other school has preempted it. When the choice was known, a pastor offered an interpretation of its meaning that is too fine to be entirely accidental: black is the first color of the German flag, and red is the first color of the Stars and Stripes — that can only mean a German-English college for Americans.” 125

15 Years Ago December 1951 — “Twenty years ago the pur pose of the German course at Northwestern need have been only the polishing of a German al most invariably learned at home and in grade school. . . the fact of the matter is, the great majority of the beginning students have only the vaguest idea of German grammar and vocabu lary. . . for the majority, German reading is dif ficult, translation a definite chore, and a moder ate flowing conversation impossible.” JOHN HABECK INSTALLATIONS Rev. Herbert Resting, ’33, as pastor at St. Peter’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Mishicot-Rockwood, Wis consin, November 20, 1936. Rev. John P. Meyer, ’54, as pastor of Zion - St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Churches, Rib Lake, Wis consin, after the holidays. Rev. John Raabe, ’34, as Missionary-at-large for the Southeastern Wisconsin District, Novem ber 13, 1966. ANNIVERSARY Rev. Elmer Prenzlow, ’23, celebrated his 40th anniversary in the holy ministry on November 6, 1966, in Cornell, Wisconsin. DEATH Martin L. Buenger, ’21, recently passed away in Houston, Texas. RETIREMENT Professor Waldemar M. Heidke, ’20, retired from college teaching at Concordia College, Milwau kee, in 1965. Since July of 1966 he and his wife, Ellen, have taken up residence in Schwetzingen, Germany, near Heidelberg. Professor Heidke is now taking graduate work in the University of Heidelberg. His field is German Literature in the Baroque and Rococo periods. VICARSIIIP Gerald Geiger, ’63, has volunteered to take a vicarship in Pomona, California, which was recently vacated. ENGAGEMENTS John Braun, ’65, to Sandra Brown. Mark Goeglein, ’65, to Karen Mueller. William Goeliring, ’63, to Shirley Ann Hasse. Martin Halim, ’63, to Jan Guenther. Alfred Jannusch, ’63, to Laurine Zautner. Norman Kuske, ’63, to Marilyn Mahnke. David Neumann, ’63, to Kari Keipp. Gerald Schroer, ’65, to Vicki Jerdee. General Philip W. Koehler, ’42, is presently in charge of all maintenance and all repairs for the Uni versity of Hawaii. The student enrollment is over 18,000. His crew of over 200 repairmen, trackers, and janitors rivals the size of our stu dent body. Concerning his position, he states, “It’s an interesting and fascinating task to work in such an exploding institution — we expect to reach 25,000 daytime students in 1971.”

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as well as quality, is limited, and since Gallagher’s is so far distant, other fancies must dominate. One such dominant fancy is football. Although the Trojans are again at peace with the neighboring tribes, the Packers are still out to conquer anyone in their path to another championship. On Sunday afternoons those who don’t join the weekend suitcase set join the mass descent to the bowels of the dorm to roost in front of the boob tube. (It should be pointed out that the descent isn’t made un til the rival team’s faults have been vocifer ously pointed out to skeptics.) This is the period of renewal of old acquaintances: Sem butts gather to cheer for the Lions, New Ulmsters scramble to see their un orthodox Vikings set sail on another come dy of errors, and the Packer fans contem plate their first place fortunes - called slime by Sem butts and Ulmsters. (We won’t ev en mention Bear fans because they don’t profess to be such this year anyway.) Great Scott and Tony Canabologna furnish the play-by-play with the crowd furnishing the humor. Tony Canabologna attempts to pick up the color, especially in the forms of Packerettes Rachel Rainbow and Sally Spectrum. However, there are some things missing. That winning smile of Julie Lon don always used to make everyone’s Marl boro burn better, and the response to “Wouldn’t a cold Hamms taste good right now?” isn’t met with that old surefire “yes” like it used to be. The Hamms’ bear is still getting into his ridiculous predicaments though, and Standard’s claim hasn’t chan ged. That’s Sunday afternoon in our dorm. ***** Next month we will unleash our best reporters for a closer look at the National Association of Humane Societies which has been accused of “going to the dogs.” Stokely Catman, leader of the Feline NonViolence Committee called “Keep The Claws In Your Paws,” has accused the NAHS of discriminating against cats. Many are forced to live in alleys and slums and eat only what they can catch. Black cats in particular have suffered extreme prejudice. Bart Enser, Siamese Ambassa dor, claims that the Siamese cats also are discriminated against and wants to Thai into this problem to bring peace to the corps. Remember whatever you do — Don’t park your car on the north side of the dorm or hang your dirty wash there! j. h. 127

NEWS "Us On A Bus”* On November 17, the late rising mem bers of the class of ’69 (not ’701) rose be fore 6 only to find the showers full of the early rising sophomores. There’s only one day when the entire soph class gets up before 7. . . . Except for an unusually thick traffic jam, the first part of the day dif fered little from the traditional trip to the Windy City. Only after visits to the Mu seum of Science and Industry, the Ori ental Institute, the Field Museum, and the Shedd Aquarium did the day come into its own in the annals of class trips. This is one of the few years when the class had an opportunity to see the Adler Planetari um in operation. The lecture-demonstra tion was quite convincing. After leaving th planetarium, a large group of sopho mores offered their services as background material to a would-be model and her pho tographer. Still more intimate shots were taken with a particularly likely looking soph. Meanwhile at Meigs Field, Chicago’s nearby lake front airport, a plane with eight people aboard had slipped off the end of a runway while attempting to take off. There followed quite a spectacle as a variety of apparatus from the fire depart ment passed close by en route to the prompt and successful rescue. After wat ching this for a while, the sophs again boarded the buses for more sights down town. Some even went to the art institute. The quiet buses on the return trip gave evidence that lost sleep can be regained. * — from official sources. Drama There is some evidence of increased in terest in the theater on the part of NWC students. On November 3 a group of four teen, mostly upperclassmen, went to Madi son to see the Wisconsin Players on the UW campus. This student group staged Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth. The reaction to this production, especial ly the acting, was favorable, even of those who arent’ among his wilder fans. The first week in December these season ticket holders returned to see A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney. November 10 was chosen as the date

when thirty-seven representatives from our campus were to go to the Milwaukee Re pertory Theater. This group proved to be mostly underclassmen. Ironically this mas culine group occupied a corner of the small theatre just oppostite another segre gated (and distracting) group. But those who kept their eyes on the stage were more richly rewarded by the moving portrayal of Electra by Erika Slezak. Sophocles’ version of this tragedy was produced to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the theater. Although there is a lack of readily available cheap transportation, in terest still is running high for the remain ing six plays to be presented at the MRT. Forum

gory was simple, it is suspected that not all the audience understood it. Three twelfth century nativity plays are being presented December 8 by Paul Schmiege. Because of its religious nature, this “Nativity Triptych” is in the chapel. These are playlets such as were common in the church of the Middle Ages. Aside from the removal of certain heretical phrases, they are in their original forms. Basically Scriptural, the plays about Ra chel, the star, and the shepherds empha size the lowliness of the people connected with the Saviour’s birth. In addition to acting, these plays make use of choral reading, singing, and chanting. The musi cal settings, accompanied by the chapel organ, were selected to complement the plays in producing a Medieval atmosphere. Construction The old watertower is gone, right down to its foundation. But already this site has new activity. The foundation for the fu ture house of the president was completed within a few short days, and the carpen ters have now taken over. Completion is scheduled for February.

There was a happening in the gym on Nov. 17 at 7:17 p. m. Bob Pohl wrote and directed it in the style of other happen ings, which are currendy in vogue at many colleges. But this particular happening was different in that it had a meaning — a brief depiction of the history of the world. Bob Pohl began the action by lighting a match on stage. This was a symbol of the creation of the world. There followed semi-rhythmical typing, random notes from the piano, leisurely painting, and three coeds’ “emoting” (dancing of sorts) until the devil entered. His appearance livened the pace of all the participants un til he called them to come with him. And they went... off stage to hell. Meanwhile a Bible-carrying representative of a Chris tian had been scorned and laughed at. God’s representative called the Christian to come to him, and the happening came to an end as they went off in the other di rection toward heaven. Although the alle128

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The new dorm, although not progress ing with such speed, now has a completed second floor as a result of a couple of long nights by the construction crew. In fact, the dorm is even beginning to rival the size of the heap of dirt beside it. That heap does have a purpose! It is to be used to complete the north-south terrace on which the library building rests. The cam pus is to have three such terraces. The second will hold the successor to the prep dorm and the dorm presently under construction; and the third, still further in the future, will extend down to College Avenue.

Christmas The ’66 Christmas concert is scheduled

for Dec. 11. Besides getting the best seats those who arrive early will have an oppor tunity to enjoy the brass ensemble, which will be providing seasonal music before hand. The Male Chorus will offer four na tive American carols, one an Indian setting accompanied by flute and drum. The band will play a Chorale and Alleluia by the well-known contemporary composer How ard Hanson. To balance the modem with classical, the band will also perform J. S. Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor. With such a rich variety of music, the concert holds promise of being a good one.

SPORTS BASKETBALL The frequent gentle-snappy swish of the net, the slap of the ball on the floor beneath the fingertips of an expert, the syncronized pre-game warmups, the groan of the backboard as the bail is crammed down the yawning hoop by boorish hand. Yes, fans, once again v, are taken away from the limbo of our classical pursuits and wafted in spirit to the gymnasium — to watch the visiting team warm up. But what are the prospects for this year’s Tro jan basketball team? Coach Pieper cer tainly sees no championships on the im mediate horizons, but he does boast a solid core of spirited veterans led by senior guard and playmaker “Verm Goggles” Dobberstein. Keith Schroeder, another senior, did not hesitate to criticize last year’s lack of depth and looks for improvement in its 4-17 record. The injured Kobleske, Englebrecht, Koeninger, Koepsell, Wendland, and even Guse provide some experience and optimism for the coming season. 6-7 Fred Zimmerman, alias “The Walking Chuckwagon,” promises to thrash his 245 pound bulk about under the boards, and Onalaskans Ken Stratmann and Dennis Lemke might come through with some badly needed outside shooting. Castillo, Winter, and Bischoff reported from last year’s Prep team. If the defense gets greedier and the offense opens up, the 1966-67 Trojan basketball team will not horse around, it will win. 129

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finally arrived at the playing field. The NIAA, the University of Dubuque Spartans. gutty Lakeland players battled our stal The Spartans’ potent offense jumped off warts to a scoreless first quarter, and soon to a quick 27-7 lead over the numbed Tro left us grovelling in their dust, 7-0, when jan defense, and for some time the whole fullback Tom Seifert somehow slipped a- game seemed pointless for the hapless way for a 58-yard touchdown. Burly op good guys. Marty Schwartz scored late in portunist James Plitzuweit pounced on a the first quarter on a 32-y.n J sprint, and Muskie fumbled and cavorted 35 yards to Zimmerman’s sweaty palms pulled in a tie the score. Marty Schwartz and Lake pair of touchdown aerials from fellow land's gentlemanly Patrick Curran traded freshman, Mark Harstad who ably filled touchdowns, and the team took a 20-14 in for the injured Kobleske. Halfback Don lead into its quaint dressing room when Yokas paced £he Spartans v. ith three touch tight end Freddy Zimmerman snagged a downs, and throughout the game their of clutch 15-yard pass from Kobleske. Our fense seemed to be able to gain yardage man Kobleske scored again in the third at will until the Trojan defense finally period on a three-yard flop play. Fresh jelled to avert certain disaster. Dave man Dave Schwartz stomped for three Schwartz narrowed the lead to 33-27 with yards and yet another score early in the about six minutes remaining in the game fourth quarter, and our own Swedish meat- when he scored on a three-yard dive play, ball, Dennis Halvarson, took a 30-yard but we could not carry the impetus thru bomb from Kobleske to cap off the scor for another touchdown. Nine seniors ing. The victory salvaged second place in made arm tackles and blocked the ground our happy little conference. for the last time before the all-revealing NWC Lakeland eve of the camera. First Downs 13 12 NWC Dubuque Yards Rushing 238 258 19 10 First Downs Yards Passing 99 89 334 Yards Rushing 122 Total Yardage 337 347 266 Yards Passing 178 Passing 6-11 8-20 600 300 Total Yardage Interceptions Thrown 0 4 18-30 Passing 9-24 0 2 Fumbles Lost 2 Interceptions Thrown 2 Yards Penalized 40 35 2 Fumbles Lost 0 100 Yards Penalized 45 NWC 27 U. of Dubuque 40 Another gridiron spectacular was stag Summary ed for our rabid fans on November 12th The football team was like a centipede when the Trojans turned in a sterling waking up in the middle of a long night. performance against the gilded lilies of the We surprised a few people and at least 130

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THE BLACK & RED Since 1897 Published by the Students of

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John Vogt

Volume 70

January 1967

No. 6

Editor The Black and Red Philosophy.

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EDITORIAL

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Interview: The Open Door

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Screwtape’s Protagonist.

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Feature Article: Current American Humor

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Poetic Bigotry in Retort

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Monkey Trial

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Poem: Examination

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The Classics — A Contemporary Report.

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Edward Fredrich......... Neal Schroeder............ Business Managers

The Free Hours.

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A Study in Superlatives.

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Duane Erstad............... John Zeitler................. Advertising Managers

ALUMNI

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SPORTS

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NEWS

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CAMPUS & CLASSROOM,

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Jeffrey Hopf Campus 8: Classroom

' Ronald Gosdeck .— Sports Charles Clarey .... Alumni

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The Black and Red Philosophy "U1 very publication must occasionally reexamine its aims and decide how it hopes to fulfill them. For this reason and because of recent questions about what The Black and Red is trying to achieve, it seems appropriate to take a look at the tra ditional goals of The Black and Red and to compare them with those of recent vol umes and Volume 70 in particular. The first issue of The Black and Red, which was dated June 15, 1897, establish ed the following policy: The prime pur pose of the publication was to promote communication between the alumni and students of Northwestern by keeping both informed about what was happening at Northwestern and about what the alumni were doing. Other aims were to appeal to the literary and scientific interests of its readers, to propose and discuss improve ments for the school, and to promote our school and serve as a rallying point for all those who could be interested in it. The staff was primarily an editorial panel to organize and seek out contributions from students and alumni. In the early vol umes alumni and student contributions nearly equaled those of the staff. Although the emphasis shifts occasion ally, The Black and Red has retained the traditional aim of serving as a combina tion of alumni journal, literary magazine, school chronicle, and college newspaper. However, the make-up and the source of contributions have changed considerably. Contributions from alumni and stu dents are few and far between today, al though they are still sought. The most no table examples in recent volumes are the centennial contributions of various, select ed alumni and the invitation to all readers to compete for the centennial short story prize which was offered that year. Most of the present contact between the staff and alumni consists of the occasional let ters which the paper receives, criticizing or praising some part of a recent issue, and of the comments of our on-campus alumni. Both are welcome, but are gener ally not printed because lack of space makes it impossible to devote too much time to one subject. This year’s Black and Red has chosen to emphasize the college newspaper as

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pect, for we believe that this is the best way to carry out the all-round purpose of the B & R. If we can give a close repre sentation of current life at Northwestern and then add whatever alumni news is available, the needs of all our readers will be satisfied. Providing current alumni news is dif ficult, since sources are limited. The col umnist has to rely on old B & R’s, news from the Seminary, and such standard items as call lists. If our alumni readers would like more items of an entertaining or personal nature, they can make such coverage possible by sending any interest ing infomation they may have to the alumni editor. Providing the view of life at North western is primarily the job of the staff. The first part of this picture is a look at what the students think a bout present campus life and at what changes they believe would improve life on campus. This is done primarily in ; he editorials and articles on such specific subjects as stu dent-faculty relations arv. the curriculum. The B & R should run as tany articles of this type as possible nice an article which deals with campus Te, even though it falls a little short of - he highest stan dards, is often more vali . he in giving life to a college paper than . very well done historical or literary research article. The research articles which are used should be made as helpful as possible by concentrating on important subjects which receive little attention in our normal course of study. For this reason the B & R has recently emphasized articles on art, modern literature, and poetry. Another suitable area for topics is problems of cur rent interest such as censorship, Vietnam, and politics. In addition to critical articles about campus life, the B & R tries to reflect the students’ creative abilities by publishing as much original fiction and poetry as possible. It uses student artwork to en hance the text, and it occasionally publish es a piece of pure art work, such as a painting or even a musical arrangement. The sports and the news columns also tell what the students and school are do ing. A factual account of on-campus 132

events is necessary to fulfill the paper’s chronicle function and for its oft-campus readers, but we have hoped to add a litde color, so that these columns will be more valuable to those who already know about these events. Finally, the humor of everyday student life is reflected in the C & C. Thus we hope to give a well-rounded picture of life at Northwestern. This aim is naturally limited by the following three factors: The B & R is a student paper and so naturally it reflects their point of view rather than mere generalizations about Northwestern. The staff is weighted toward the upper classes, so underclassmen sometimes get shortchanged. Underclassmen can correct this situation by giving information to the proper person, usually the C & C writer. Finally, grades are given too much consideration in the selection of the staff members. Staff positions are traditionally regarded as an honor lor academic ac complishment, rather than • position to

be filled by those showing the best writing potential. Top students often have the best talents for editorial and administra tive work and factual writing, but other students often have a greater talent for creative and poetic writing. These people could justifiably be included on the staff since the B & R takes up no more time than sports and other activities for which they are eligible. Having a number of wri ters like this on the staff without giving them any particular duties would be help ful since it would motivate more such peo ple to produce something for publication. However, the real solution for making The Black and Red more representative of its readers is that students and alumni give any news, humor, or ideas that have to the proper editors, and that students make a greater effort to produce creative work, even if they do not always achieve publi cation. Just exercising your creativity is already a reward. To achieve this increas ed vigor for the B & R, the staff needs the help of all our readers. j. B.

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people by Time magazine? I believe that it does in some of the following ways. We seem to share much of the sense of immediacy and impatience of today’s youth. We too feel that we are not merely preparing for life, but are living it now. We understand the need for a long educa tion and appreciate the economic help which we receive, but we are willing to work to support ourselves as much as pos sible, so that we will not continue to be a burden on others, especially after we are of age. If we accept the in loco parentis authority of colleges, we think they should treat students as their parents do now, not as they did when they were four years younger. We are generally outspoken and frank, perhaps too much so for our own good at times. We tend to be skeptical and like to hear reasons for statements and rules. We are curious in an immedi ate sort of way and are usually dissatis fied with, “You will get that at the Sem.” Although we can not agree with the views and way of life of many of our fel low young people, we have no desire to be isolated from them. We want to know about them so that we will be in a better position to deal with them without a selfJ.B. righteous sense of superiority.

A RE the students of Northwestern College among the Men of the Year? The January sixth issue of Ti-ric magazine fea tured a cover story which selected the youth of the world as the most dominant influence in the year of 1956. On the ba sis of age alone Northwestern students would be included in this group, but they certainly did not take part in any newsworthy events like those mentioned in the article. They did not attack the structure of their school or society as the students of Berkeley did, or shake a nation as the young people of China did. They did not experience the battle fields of South Viet nam as many other young Americans did. Nor do they share many of the political or nioral views of the young people inter viewed in the article. However, the arti cle was not based on any uniformity of ac tion or beliefs, since the young people dis cussed showed a great diversity in both of these areas. The common denominator was a certain attitude and spirit which the editors believe exists in today’s young people. Does the attitude of Northwestern students have anything in common with this general attitude ascribed to young 133

new dorm in 1956 has graphically chang ed Northwestern in 1967. And now we shall soon have a third dormitory, desperately needed, of course, but which ultimately may have as farreaching consquences on the character of the school as did East Hall. No matter which way the classes in the college de partment are split, whether whole classes or parts of classes are switched to the new dorm, a sense of school or of class unity may be lost. If, for instance, the new freshman class were divided between the two dorms next fall, that class might never gain that sense of class unity and cohesion which forms the basis of our so cial life. Since the new dorm will esta blish a third center for student life, school activities of all kinds will be harder to ar range and promote. A certain “big-school” complex will arise and give impetus to the already apparent attitude of some that there are always others to do the work, or that they’re not good enough to contri bute anything. And so, students of 1967 and onwards, we shall leave you with a three - dorm school; and for a better or a worse future F. T. of our school, it'll be yo>n baby.

Editorial TA7alk past the two domitories late V V at night. One dorm will be dark and dead, the other lit up and lively, even at midnight. These dorms are witnesses and agents of one of the most decisive revolu tions that ever molded our campus, the change that came about when Northwes tern became a two-dorm school. For the first time the student body was effectively segregated into collegiate and prep depart ments. The effects of ten years of this separation are clear. The prep depart ment has gone its own way and become a close facsimile of any private prep school. The college department, freed from the constraining influence of living with much younger students, became increasingly at tuned to secular educational trends and student life. As Northwestern’s two de partments became two schools in their outward characteristics, they also became two schools in their attitudes towards each other. The concern, attention, and free association between the two departments, marked by the big brother — little brother attitude that ruled Northwestern’s dorm for ninety years, likewise disappeared. A

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Vatican II and the Ecumenical Movement This month's interview by Martin Stuebs features the Catholic auxiliary bishop to the Green Bay Diocese, Bishop Grellinger of St. Mary’s Parish, Bear Creek, Wisconsin. Oishop Grellinger attended the VatiU can Council in Rome and is well ac quainted with all the transactions, since he missed only two “congregations” in the entire council. He studied philosophy and theology for eight years in Rome and taught philosophy at the seminary in Mil waukee. He has been auxiliary bishop since 1949. The interview with the bishop afford ed the opportunity to ask key questions about the Council and its meaning to us Lutherans. To conserve space we will sum marize parts of the bishop’s answers and directly quote portions which might be questioned in our circles. You were at Vatican II. Comment about it. Was there heated debate, or did the Pope more or less control and decide the issues?

The council was certainly one of the outstanding religious ev- nts of our cen tury and was called primarily to bring about a renewal in the Catholic Church, since it was a Catholic affair. However, it has had repercussions throughout the religious and secular world. The very setup of the Council prevent ed debate. There were always two thous and bishops present. In the beginning there was confusion to the point of annoy ance. Later, bishops had to put in an ap plication five days beforehand stating what they wished to present in order to secure the right to speak. What was said was al ways under the jurisdiction of a commis sion. There were few times when tempers were displayed. There was a great attempt to keep the discussion free. The Pope did not attend most of the sessions. At the be ginning, when the missionary decree came up, he came down and presided. He com mended the commission on the document it presented, but later the Council sent it back to the commission for revision and it was revised considerably. This shows how little control the Pope exercised. He

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wanted to keep the Council free. This was why in the beginning there was hesi tancy to let the press come in, although later, when this was worked out, the press was stunned at the freedom of speech and diversity of opinion of the various bishops. What has Vatican II and the Church done to help the cause of ecumenicism? Although there have been many previ ous attempts, “this Council has opened the door to ecumenicism.” The Council gave a dramatic impact to the entire thing. This was one of the characteristics of the Council that “it opened the door to dia logue.” It has set up the machinery for the ecumenical movement of the Church. The American bishops have enlarged the Commission on Ecumenicism in our coun try, but this is going on in all other coun tries as well. These commissions will work in areas of the Council’s direction, laying the foundation for Christian unity which we know will not come overnight. We wonder if the Catholic Church has made changes in externals only? This depends upon it one means by externals. “The Catholic Church still remains the Catholic C'< judging its unity by its doctrine, prance of its authority under Peter a ihe oneness of the sacramental system This makes the Catholic Church. Other things can change. The “expressions” of what we believe can change. We would not b- willing to say the Church has changed internally. There is a change in the spirit, the attitude tow ards the world around. In the sixteenth century or there about, the church had to be a little sterner to preserve itself from the world around. Today the spirit of the world, the “siege mentality” is gone or on the way out. Has anything we regard as essential been put out so that we have be come Protestant? We would say no. Things such as eating fish on Friday, Lenten fasts, etc. we regard as “discipline, the way of do ing things. This has always changed. We still believe in penance but it is more vol untary. As a coach changes his training rules to the needs of his players, so the Church changes discipline, although you cannot change the commandments.” How is the modernization of the liturgy and other practices working out? The participation of the people i-n the liturgy is working out quite well, although it is spotty as we expected. Some pastors 135

have a hard time changing, which is char acteristic of professional men. The priest’s enthusiasm for the change does affect the congregation. In our diocese there is par ticipation, and as a consequence, a rise in the piety of the people and an increase in their prayer life. By other practices you may mean the voluntary penance of eat ing fish on Friday. Many people find it a comfort that there is a day set aside when they can think of penance, “because to do penance is a divine command. Our Lord himself told us to mortify ourselves in some way. We will preach penance a great deal in our church, not penance out of obedience but from a voluntary desire to make good for -their sins.”

How does the Catholic Church look at Luther now? Have they made any allowances? “I puzzled over this question. There is no official position of the Church in re gard to Luther. Luther was regarded as a heretic. This was a mistake in my opin ion.” It was almost inconceivable in that time to break from the church. We partly blame the political situation of that time. “There were, no doubt, many abuses in those days, the matter of indulgences for instance. It is a sort of sad thing in our estimation, that that should have brought about the break. It was to build St. Peter’s, a monument to the human spirit, that the Church granted spiritual favors for re mission of temporal punishment.” No doubt there were some who were overly enthusiastic and abused this. We would say the Catholic position is like the American position that secession is unlawful.

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Christ established the church indivisible. “We have, in the present time, begun to widen our idea of the church. All those who are baptized in Christ and acknow ledge the same authority and hold to the same doctrine”— this is the way we pre viously defined ‘church’. We speak more of the family of God now. Perhaps that will be a trend. ‘We would say that many of the things which Martin Luther stood for have come to pass in the Catholic Church, especially through the Council. We think he went at it the wrong way and was a little im patient. If he would have worked at it from the inside — -and in this we take the blame for putting him on the outside, although -he was going that way anyway perhaps — he might have accomplished more.” What is an example of Luther’s reforms that have come about in the Catholic Church? For instance the vernacular. We kept to the Latin in spite of ourselves through the fear of losing the idea of the priest hood as a sacrament. We also believe in the priesthood of believers. But to empha size the difference between that priesthood and the priesthood such as I have, we held to Latin. No, I don’t think we can say there is a change in position of the Catholic Church in regard to Luther. Many Catho lic writers have certainly changed their tone of writing in regard to him and the things he tried to achieve. “His manner of achievement was wrong even though the substance was correct.” “The whole of (Scripture is not inerrant.” The statement of Vatican II seems to imply this. ‘We have never — the Catholics have never really held to complete inerrancy of Scripture. We insist that there is no subsantial error in regard to faith or morals. We know that in copying there were many changes in words.” When Holy Scripture came from the source of inspiration itself, then it must have been without error, otherwise we would have to say God was in error. Even there we qualify, inasmuch as God had to use human instruments with their limitations. “Believing for in stance that the heavens were a firmament and things like that, had nothing to do with what we have to do to please God. But in those things where God’s interest is concerned, I mean what we have to

know and do in order to achieve our sal vation, in those matters of faith and mor als — in that God could not allow error.” God has prevented error from happening here by establishing the Church, which uses Scripture as its tool. This is one of the fundamental differences between the Protestants and Catholics. We regard the Church as coming first and that Scripture gradually grew up in the first century. How can there be grounds for discussion when we stand on two opposite grounds — name ly -Scripture vs. tradition? "They are not however divorced - tra dition and Scripture. Revelation is chief ly contained in Christ.” This revelation has come down to us in channels; one, the written channel - Scripture; the second, the channel of understanding — tradition. For instance the tradition of the Supreme Courts interpretation of our Constitution. So tradition is a living understanding of the contents of the Bible as it has come down to us through the writers under the direction of the Church. T would say we wouldn’t have a great deal of trouble in discussion, since we both start with the same standpoint that Ho1-; Scripture is di vinely inspired.” The Church does not have an official position on much of it. At times the church felt itself constrained to define the meaning cC the content of Holy Scripture, for in si • ce the Real Presence in the Eucharist, but these oc casions are few. After 1500 years the layman is hearing that faith-instilling Word in the vernacular. How does the church rectify the loss of this opportunity in view of Roman 10:17, “Faith cometh by hear ing and hearing by the Word of God.”? The liturgical practices were not the only source of people’s information. We did not use them sufficiently as sources of information, but our sermons were in the vernacular. I would say faith will now come more from hearing. We always have had our study classes, school, etc. The bishop concluded with the follow ing thoughts: Vatican II opened the door to dialogue. There may be absolute truth. This absolute truth we hope to find in our faith — for we do not want a union based merely on sentimentality. We want to es tablish the points of difference and the truths of our faith. Today we wouldn’t be having this interview had it not been for Vatican H. The door is open.

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religious work we have to understand the proper relationship between reason and faith. No amount of clear thinking can make a Christian out of anyone, but be cause we are rational creatures and live in an ordered world, we need reason. With out it we could not escape the delusions of mysticism and emotional excesses, or recognize error itself. As a defender of Christianity, Lewis has done much in the way of removing real and imagined ob stacles to traditional Christian belief posed by modern skepticism. He has also pre sented a clear picture of what the impli cations of the Christian faith are and the duties it places on men.

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“The real job of every moral teacher is to keep on bringing us back, time after time, to the old simple principles which we are all so anxious not to see.” This was how C. S. Lewis described an obligation he himself so excellently discharged. He played many roles and most of them well — minor poet, Oxford don and pro fessor, scholar of philology and Medieval literature, and most important, Christian apologist. He has written definitive stu dies of Spenser and (much to the regret of Northwestern students) Milton. Like his friend, J. R. R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings), he also created a fanciful trilogy — The imaginary obstacles to Christiani Out of the Silent Planet, Pcrelandra, That ty come about through a misunderstand Hideous Strength — fashioned out of a my ing of what actually is expected. For ex thology of his own invention. His best- ample, Christianity is resisted and felt to known book, Screwtape Letters, is a biting be impossible in its demands because it satire on fuzzy conceptions and fallacies, tells us that we must love our enemies. To scholarly as well as popular, about reli love an enemy one must forgive him. Mr. gion and society. Tt is written in the form Lewis begins to combat resistance to this of letters from an r-'perienced tempter principle by suggesting that we shouldn’t now in adminisrat" in hell to his pro- try to begin practising this principle by tege, learning the • on earth. Lewis conjuring up the most difficult hypothetical once said in defer s a supposedly out- case: “I wonder how you’d feel about for moded idea as tlr. : “1 find it easier giving the Gestapo if you were a Pole or to believe in dem ; n in hypostasized a Jew.” Rather, “One might start with for abstract nouns.” giving one’s husband or wife, or parents He was born • tSm in England. At or children. . . for something they’ve done the age of 9, when mother died, he or said in the last week. That will keep withdrew into an in aginary world popu us busy for the moment.” He goes on to lated with his own literary creations. When point out that loving our enemy doesn’t he went off to school, he became an athe mean that we “feel fond of 'him or find ist at the ripe age of 14. Finishing his him attractive,” nor does it “mean think education at Oxford, he tried his hand at ing (-him) . . . nice either.” To show this, poetry while tutoring and slowly became he reminds us that we aren’t always fond reconciled with the Anglican Church — of ourselves, nor do we think ourselves not because of emotional pressure, but attractive or nice. We realize that our selfrather the force of his reason — finding at love underlies those feelings and generates last peace and a philosophy congenial to them, when they occur, since we must of his Romantic temperament. This detour ten face the fact that we aren’t especially into atheism and his classical education attractive or nice as a result of our actions. gave him a special insight into the diffi Our self-love consists in our wishing our culties of an unbeliever wishing to em own good. This, then, determines what brace the faith. As a Christian apologist, Christian love for an enemy is. Mr Lewis he reached vast audiences over the BBC concludes “. . . we must try to feel about in the 40’s and through his numerous the enemy as we feel about ourselves books. Of these a number of the major wish that he were not bad, to hope that ones — The Case for Christianity, The he may . . . be cured; in fact, to wish his Problem of Tain, Christian Behavior, Mir good. That is what is meant in the Bl“e acles, and The World’s Last Night — are by loving him; wishing his good, not feel discussed and cited in the remainder of ing fond of him nor saying he s nice wl^en he isn’t.” Fulfilling this obligation is not the article. He died November 25, 1963. P To understand the value of C. S. Lewis’ easy, he admits, but after reading 137

sentation one has to admit that the duty of has been careful to point out what are tra loving one’s enemy is not as fantastically ditional Christian beliefs and what are his unreasonable as one might have thought. own opinions. This is especially fortunate As a former atheist, Mr. Lewis under for his readers in a few instances, since stands the more substantial problems fac he holds some doctrinally erroneous po ing a potential convert. These problems sitions in regard to inspiration. Though cannot be so neatly resolved as the imagi they seem to have done no harm to his nary obstacles, but he does show clearly personal faith, they could certainly influ just what the alternative is to accepting ence others adversely. As a writer who the Christian point of view. In Miracles respects mythology so highly, he believes the consequence of the rejection of mir that the Old Testament sometimes por acles in Christianity is clearly shown to trays its truth through the vehicle of early be a universe in which there is assurance Jewish mythology. As a result, he believes of order. Miracles are compared to the that God created the world through an evo liberties which an artist takes in creating lutionary process and gave man a soul. The colloquial, direct, and forceful a work of art. Superficially, they violate an artistic canon; in essence, they crown style of Lewis’ writing can only be seen his work by transcending conventions. in quotation. This passage also illustrates Miracles are not only shown to have taken the author’s uncompromising orthodoxy in place in Christianity, but they are vital to regard to Christ. its very nature. Without them Christiani I’m trying here to prevent anyone from saying ty cannot exist. the really silly thing that people often say about In The Problem of Pain the author ex Him: “I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to plores a classic dilemma — if God is good moral be God." That’s the one thing we mustn’t say. and almighty, why don’t His creatures live A man who was merely a me - and said the sort in perfect happiness? The fallacy, in part, of things Jesus said wouldn't be a great moral lies in thinking that God could create a teacher. He’d either be a J .r u tic — on a level the man who says he’s poached egg — or being with free will and still protect him with else he’d be the Devil of Hell You must make from the consequences of his choices. Om your choice. Either this mac was, and is, the nipotence can not accomplish such a self Son of God: or else a mabomn or something for a fool, you contradictory thing because no truly self worse. You can shut Him contradictory thing exists. Pain is a nec can spit at Him and kill Him is a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and essary consequence of an evil choice. For God. But don’t let us come with any patroniz the Christian it is a necessary discipline, ing nonsense about His bcin.;i a great human so that he learns to put his whole reliance teacher. He hasn’t left th -. open to us. He in God. In his chapter “Hell” Lewis a- didn’t intend to. chieves a spectacular triumph. The reader Now that he has died, scholars and in is compelled to understand and admit the tellectuals will soon forget Lewis. They justice of God’s damning souls to hell, as often complained his approach to Christi much as he deplores that they must be anity, was too pat. He did not, as they damned. Pain is punishment, and it is in sometimes do, try to hide behind jargon the nature of just punishment that the or write to display his erudition. He was sufferer must realize hereby exactly what one of those rare individuals who tried his crime was. It is intolerable to justice honestly to act according to his conclu that he continue in ignorance of his guilt. sions. If he stated the alternatives of Souls were not created for evil, and it is Christianity simply, he also warned that more tolerable that they be damned and living one’s faith was a constant struggle. realize the extent of their evil than that In short, he did good work, and he left it they continue, as in this life, unaware and as an example to others along with a war acting contrary to the very purpose for ning: “‘Great works’ (of art) and ‘good which they were created. They are in hell works’ (of charity) had better also be because they continually rejected and Good Work. Let choirs sing well or not still reject that purpose. Salvation for at all. Otherwise we merely confirm the them is impossible. How could the soul majority in their conviction . . . that all be admitted into God’s presence when it this ‘culture’ and all this ‘religion’ . . . are continues to resist what God wills? essentially marginal, amateurish, and rath e. f. In all his religious writing C. S. Lewis er effeminate activities.” 138

Current American Humor In this month’s feature article Jeff Hopf, a senior from Waukesha, Wiscon sin, looks at humor. His study ranges from the Peanuts comic strip to North western's own sick humor.

Oince the beginning of time man has O laughed, an ability in which he takes great pride. Man will admit to being a coward, bad swimmer, and even a liar or thief, but if told he has a dreadful sense of humor, he will violently protest. In fact, man believes that he possesses not only a good sense of humor, but one superior to most other people’s. Our ountry at pre sent is infested with an epidemic of laughids—never before has .nor been so prevalent, never has it‘ re of influ ence been so widespread But just what makes me thing hum orous? That is a questio i many have at tempted to answer, but there is no real concrete answer, for humor is an art, and we cannot be dictated to in our artistic judgments. What one person may view as “really a yuk,” to another might not seem to be the least bit humorous. Before we explore the sphere of humor in America today, let us first examine the scientific or mechanical side of humor. The World Book Encyclopedia lists seven types of humor. The first is wit, which is a purely intellectual form of humor, rather than a form which relies on incongruities that naturally arise in situations. Other types are sarcasm, irony, slapstick, parody, and mimicry. The last form is the most feared and least understood humor type, satire. Satire is criticism attacking con ventional respectabilities which, in the cri tic’s opinion, are really hidden absurdities or vices blindly accepted by thoughtless ness, habit, or social custom. It is an un masking, showing a foolishness which otherwise might pass for sense. Good sa tire is probably the most artful humor.

Why has humor become so popular and widespread here in America? Bennett Cerf, in a preface to one of his newest anthologies of humor, gives a reason for humor’s rise in popularity. “Laughter is the greatest humanizer and medicine God has given us. It can relieve tension faster than all the newest pills rolled into one.” What is better after a hard day at the of fice than to relax in an easy chair and for get it all by becoming engrossed in a comedy on television. For this same reason, there is always a tendency for foolishness after semester tests; it gives the student a chance emotionally to “let off steam” after being tensed up for a test. In the same light we can use the example of the audi ence’s reaction in a theater. The audience tenses up at a very dramatic moment. They are silent, expectant, fearing to a certain degree. Suddenly the hero says a moderately funny line. The audience laughs louder than the line merits; it is a laugh of release of tension and the audience relaxes. So it is in our everyday life, where we often use humor as an escape from the realities of the world. All our life we are involved in humor. We laugh more than we read or do arith metic, and yet there is no academic course in humor. A sense of humor is a personal ity trait. The so-called wit, the man with the fast answer, the quick quipper, has had no formal training; he possesses no degree in -humor; it is merely a personal ity trait or talent such as an athlete pos sesses. But let’s progress onward — let’s take a look at characteristic humor in America today and its uses. Humor in its grass roots stage is the pass-on joke. Where they all come from 139

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no one knows, but they do come. Polack jokes have been in vogue the last few years. Question — “What is the most dan gerous profession in the world?” Answer — “Riding shotgun on a garbage truck thru the Polack section.” This is an example of the common everyday, hear-it-in-theshop-or-school, joke. Library bookshelves are filled with collections of such gems. Modem America furnishes various me diums for the spread of humor. The news paper and book are the two older media. The Milwaukee Journal has its “Green Sheet,” which affords the reader with four pages of cartoons, anecdotes, and humor ous articles every night. News stands are covered with magazines, and humor abounds in almost every volume. Look, Playboy, Golf Digest, Readers Digest, no matter what type of magazine, all have humor in some shape or form. Vaudeville and the silent movies helped the rise of humor. A1 Jolson, the Marx brothers, Char lie Chaplin, W. C. Fields, just to name a few, kept America laughing. With the ad vent of radio and the talkie movies, there were two more opportunities for wit to be hurled at America. Finally came televis ion, which brought the comics right into the homes of Amerioa. America couldn’t escape from the clutches of humor even if it wanted to, but it didn’t want to; it sought out humor. t et’s look at some typical present-day " humor in America. As far as I’m con cerned, the best place to start is with Char lie Brown and the Peanuts gang. Every one recognizes the little bald-headed, zig zag shirted youngster who represents the average American, age one to a hundred. We see him with his pals, antagonists, protagonists, and his superdog Snoopy. His creator, Charles Schultz, puts Charlie in a world that mixes fantasy with reality to such a degree that the little kid never becomes a pest. His sincerity makes him almost irresistible. In Snoopy we have a dog with a problem — he can’t seem to act as a dog should. He looks like a dog, but outside of eating dogfood and living in a dog house (complete with carpeting, mural, pool table, library, television, fluo rescent lighting, and his favorite Van Gogh painting) Snoopy is as human as the rest of the Peanuts gang. Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, and Dick and Jane’s Spot can’t match Snoopy, the dog with a personality

that human’s covet. The Peanuts gang’s popularity is still on the rise, although they are already seen on television specials, commercials, toys, greeting cards, calen dars, books, songs, and in their daily com ic strip in many newspapers. Why is there such an appeal in this Peanuts humor? We love Charlie Brown because we love ourselves, and in Charlie Brown we see ourselves. As an example, we’ve all gone through the experience of trying to get a kite into the sky and keep ing it out of trees, and we all have pro bably failed at one time or other. Every time we see Charlie hopelessly trying again and failing (trees even fall with a “wump” on his late when it’s on the ground) we see humor in his misfortune. Charlie’s friends all have basic personali ty traits common in our everyday society. Therefore we see ourselves in the foolish ness of the Peanuts characters. Charlie Brown usually loses whenever he does something. (Who else can lose 100 straight games of checkers, and whose baseball team could have such a poor record? ) We all love an underdog because of the as sociation with our losses a .\ . because in side we can feel less infe than we do with a winner. In the Pc- :' uts gang we see things that have happe ;d to us, and we love to laugh at a coir:. . experience, experience. so long as it is already a , The following cartoon is a jood example of this. Who of us hasn’t shared in Char lie’s dilemma at one time or other? Aside from the constant laughs the Peanuts gang gives America, it should al so be credited for its purity. Little children can read it and enjoy it as can the goldenagers. It is free from anything uncouth; the sacred remains sacred — there is no cause for offense. Long live the Peanuts gang and may they never grow oldl In direct contrast to the Peanuts gang is the Pogo crowd. Walt Kelly, who makes no bones about his lack of respect for Christianity, daily lampoons society, es pecially hitting the areas of religion and politics. His gang of animals and insects live in a world where they meet up with such figures as the Loan Arranger — a mimic of President Johnson. One needs a special Pogo dictionary to understand the lingo of the crowd, but the satire and sarcasm are easily seen. Walt Kelly, how ever, in his lack of respect for Christianity 140

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How good is television humor? The de mand for television humor has been very great, but this has brought problems to the writers. Humor must be inspired. A wri ter just can’t sit down and write some thing funny whenever he feels like it. The constant demand for material has almost required that he do so. This explains why so much of television humor lacks the good quality that it should have. Some television comedies are only called that because of the extensive use of canned laughter. It is the duty of the public as critics to show the writers and producers just what we want; only then will the hu mor of television be as America hopes and expects it to be. Humor also sells. Advertising has turn ed to humor to a great degree. The tele vision commercial had become the pro verbial refrigerator break; now many com mercials are more entertaining than the programs they sponsor. Hamm’s beer was one of the first to use humor. Their tele vision ads with their famous bear have made his fame rival that of Smokey. Gil lette has also used humor in advertising for many years. “The Spoiler” is the latest gimmick which has brought many a chort le to our television room at the dorm. Dodge has combined humor with sex ap peal to give their car sales a real shot in the carburetor. Humor in advertising is

a relatively new field but one that should have unlimited possibilities, since humor attracts attention and results in the men tion of the product advertised. It is a field that should grow, especially with the rise of television’s popularity. Ten years ago, when a person went in to a store to purchase a greeting card, he was confronted with a large selection of flowery verses and corresponding pictures. Now the so-called “contemporary” card is extremely popular. Its one element is hu mor, often sarcastic, sometimes uncouth. There are contemporary cards for every occasion and a multitude of unoccasioned occasions. Are they popular? Every drug store, dimestore, card store, etc. has a rack of them — most of the younger generation wouldn’t send anything else. It is the in thing —humor is a sign of coolness. A typical message in a general contempor ary card is, “You’ve had a very maturing effect on me ... I don’t have to sleep with the light on anymore.” Have you watched the evening weather report lately? Chances are if you live with in the range of Milwaukee television you have seen Ward Allen and Albert the Alley Cat. Here humor in the form of a smart talking, comioal alley cat puppet, has in vaded the previously dry format of the evening weather report. Educators have realized the value of humor. The appeal of humor serves to stimulate interest and keep the attention of the student. Educational movies often use animated characters to help deliver their message. “The pun is the lowest form of humor — When you don’t think of it first.” Credit Oscar Levant with that observation of one humor form that has become very popular today. With -the secret agent craze at full swing, we see the pun at its best. Who can deliver a pun better than the suave James Bond? Attacked from behind, Mr. 007 calmly hurls the attacker into a filled bathtub; the attacker pulls a gun on the unarmed hero, who promptly proceeds to hurl a lamp into the tub, electrocuting the villain. 007 nonchalantly comments, “Shocking!” The audience loves it, and as a result 007’s punning has been copied by every other secret agent from Matt Helm to Maxwell Smart. Northwestern College wallows in hu mor. We have a humor like most humors,

and in addition, because of our small size and close friendships, we have a humor that often applies to only ourselves. “What a raunchy yuk” is the NWC termina technica for humor, and in our slightly isolat ed college world we rely on the yuks with the guys as our substitute for the social life on other campuses. Mimicry, the pun, and sick satire are some of our favorite types. It is comforting to be able to say

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Poetic Bigotry in Retort 'KX'ost people do not read poetry, but lYI then most people do not have enough sense to read poetry. If these people can not afford to buy poetry collections, mod ern libraries and paperbacks have drastic ally cheapened reading. This very modern cheapness has greatly increased the ranks of the stilted pseudo-concerned, who find everything cultural either ‘interest ing” or “nice,” but have no basic know ledge of anything but good times and faked sophistication. The bulk of our opin ionated populace, although blessed with literacy, when questioned concerning its personal reaction to poetry will merely re ply: “Well, . . I could toss a coin for it, that is, take it or leave it.” What could possibly account for this poetic apathy? As Freud would have it, childish hostili ties against the traditionally babyish cradle songs, which apparently . equally hard upon both doting croon ad drooling child, became so ingrah hat they un consciously soiled his per adity by pois Farfetched oning his mind toward p as it may sound, it on1 roaches the absurdity of moral stand of our times, which are palmed off . flexible truth by cut-rate thrill-seekers, discreet exanimation of the educati md life situation of almost any reader nould provide some insight into the re oonse received from that individual. But explanations alone usually fall far short of solutions. And solutions are us ually as adequate as the minds who formu late them; worse yet, solutions are only as dependable as the people who assume the responsibility of applying them. One such “solution” for this dilemma might be a description of the nature of poetry, for good poetry has no possibly adequate defi nition. It must only be approached, not cornered. Its unfortunate touchstone is the restless soul of man. Tragically, its boundaries must depend upon feeble, sel dom-used human imagination for exten sion and application. Poetry destroys the illusory shell of everyday perversity as wit nessed in normal human relations and re creates beauty for the unworthy reader. Finally, poetry is human: it is masculine, feminine, neither; it is never wrong even though it makes a mistake at times; it reeks on the inside, and yet seeks immor-

tality through itself; its tact is oversha dowed only by its candid message; it has no ears, it only has its say; it embraces those who understand and tolerates the literal dregs; time is on its side, but it consciously forgets to look across the bat tle line of reality to see what opposes it; anything goes, even if it does not have any means of slowing down, or better yet, of stopping; it sometimes acts bored with truth — irritating truth which penned its very existence; it is finally mortal, recog nizing only itself as its own excuse for being. Of course, it is fashionable to fake an attitude towards poetry and subtly leave false impressions with one’s acquaintances. Some profess to be informed or knowledge able in this field, but seemingly have only superficial knowledge of facts, without be ing able to field questions which deal in the basic theories and concepts. Important trends are overlooked or forgotten or nev er known in the first place. Perhaps such individuals feel that their inability to cope with the intangibles ought to be/is com plemented by ignorance on the part of those who depend upon them as a source of correct, worthwhile knowledge. Too much is assumed, but authority does con descend to brush aside important but em barrassing questions. Flies bite back when brushed off in disgust, even if they are only flies. Ask any horse. To continue the superficial line of thought —by the way, you are keeping pace with these mental gymnastics and revealing digressions, aren’t you? — poetry has an area of interest for almost any taste or disposition, salty or sweet. Poetic eulogies and diatribes shake hands over the backyard fence of honest, realistic evaluation, and gossip about their praised and slandered stooges. Indeed, men of integrity have for ages taken syllabic de light in the verbal remnants of a heart once loved, now in ruins; the written song of nature, muted, yes, strained by the untold sweat and tears of sensitive men; the swish of the swashbuckler’s blade; the clasped hands of friendship, groping to gether. .. for what? If poetry is high-calorie soul food, what true-blue classical scholar would dare try to choke it down in any other manner than by spoonfeeding? In the words of Pope: “A litde learning is a dangerous

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will hold and share the mandatory openmindedness needed to combat the tension and bufferings of an ever-frustrating, dollar-consoious sooiety. Good poetry will iso late true sincerity, impassioned in living words, and freeze this sustained idealiza tion for overheated scholars caught up in rime and the entertaining activities of op en rebellion. Read poetry, or if you really want to appreciate your own abject worth lessness, try to dash off a few perfect lines. With luck and another cursory per usal of this spirited exhortation, you might begin to take note of the ability of some, who, with that rare felicity of words, are able to express for us what we our selves are unable to do. Who knows, you too might become dangerously expendable. --------

er in any of the universities, normals, and all other public schools of the state to \A7orld War I brought with it much teach any theory that denied the story of VY disillusionment. Many began to des the divine creation of man as taught in pair of former hopes for gradual ameliora the Bible, and to teach •-stead that man tion of the world’s condition. And it was has descended from a lower order of ani with more than the usual emphasis that mals.” Meanwhile in New Yo.-'k, the American the youth were declared the “lost genera tion.” General intolerance increased, and Civil Liberties Union tcc’ note of the pas in the South the Klu Klux Klan was on sage of the law. They s; w the passing of the bill as a direct attack on fundamental the march. In the religious world the church was American freedoms, bee i se it allowed or reacting to what it considered definite dan ganized groups to make heir beliefs man ger signals. Members of many different datory by legislation. In un advertisement church bodies looked at prospects for a in a Nashville paper they offered their ser Christianity beset with Darwinism and vices to defend any teacher who would thought they saw bad rimes in the offing. test the constitutionality of the law by With this the Fundamentalist movement classroom teaching. began to take shape. Supporters of this A local coal mine engineer saw the ad movement held in common the belief that vertisement and persuaded a friend to vio “God manifests His presence in nature late the law formally. The friend was and history through exceptional and extra John Thomas Scopes. It was his first year ordinary activities transcending the laws out of college, and he was teaching science of nature.” More surprising was their de and coaching football at Rhea High School termination to apply this concept as a rule in Dayton. He substituted two weeks for to limit the freedom enjoyed by teachers the biology teacher and violated the law in public schools. One of the leaders of the in return for a promised reappointment movement stated, “Better wipe out all the following year with a good salary. He schools than undermine belief in the Bible was at once arrested. by permitting the teaching of evolution.” After the American Civil Liberties Un In Tennessee, where Fundamentalism ion was informed that Scopes had been was particularly strong, a bill had been charged with the violation of the law, they drawn up by state legislator J. W. Butler, chose the three top lawyers in the country a man who had never left his own county to go to Tennessee to defend him. They prior to his election. The bill passed the boasted that the Union would take the legislature by a vote of 95-11 and was case to the U. S. Supreme Court to “es signed by the governor on March 13, 1925. tablish that a teacher may tell the truth Thereafter it was “unlawful for any teach without being sent to jail.” Among those

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three lawyers was Clarence Darrow, the top criminal lawyer of his generation. He had become famous by his defense of Eu gene V. Debs in 1894. Seeing how the cards were stacked against the Bible, as he would put it, Wil liam Jennings Bryan personally volunteer ed to assist the prosecution. This former U. S. Secretary of State and three-time Democratic nominee for the presidency had long been associated with the Funda mentalist movement. He had lectured and written much on the Bible, which he in sisted must be interpreted literally. His dream was to make the entire South a stronghold of Fundamentalism. Bryan’s religious enthusiasm could be matched only with Darrow’s agnosticism and skepticism about Biblical dogma in human institutions. Thus the principal lawyers for both sides of the case were the most famous and appropriate who could have been produced for the occa sion. When the defense attorneys arrived with their retinue of ex witnesses, they met considerable loer < • -will. No one would house the "her. so they con gregated in a haunted ■. use on the edge of town. The popula,: f the town in creased sizably during :: trial. The 100 reporters who gather , there from far and wide would telegraph 2,000,000 words before the shouting stopped. Radio was first used here to follow a jury trial. The trial opened with prayer. A local minister urged God to preserve His sacred Word against attack — a clear indication of local sentiment. The defense made their prime point by citing the Fourteenth Amendment, Sec. 1, which extends the Bill of Rights to limit action by the government of states. They claimed that the Tennessee law violated both this amendment and a decision by the U. S. Supreme Court stating ‘'the law knows no heresy, and is compelled to the support of no dogma, nor to the establish ment of any sect.” But the prosecution successfully swayed the course of the trial by simply assuming the validity of the law forbidding teh teaching of evolution. To further their struggle against the law, the defense offered the testimony of both scienific and Biblical scholars to show there was no necessary conflict between evolution and Christianity. Bryan coun145

tered this by insisting "one does not need to be an expert to know what the Bible says.” This attack on scholarship cost the silver-tongued orator much of his radio and press audience. Because of the wording of the law, the defense was able to force Bryan to take the position that the Bible would have to be interpreted literally. Thereupon Dar row called Bryan as a witness for the de fense, "as an expert on the Bible.” Darrow conducted a heartless, gruel ing examination. The State’s Attorney tried to stop this, but Bryan said, "Let it go on. I am not afraid to defend my religion.” Darrow asked Bryan how there could have been a morning and evening on the first day when the sun was created on the fourth day. The crowd snickered. He roused the crowd to laughter with the problem of the snake’s mode of transportation before the curse. The judge had to use his gavel to bring the disorderly session to a close, and Bryan was left standing by himself. The next day the judge struck Bryan’s personal testimony as irrelevant, but the session had its effect. Within a week Bryan would be dead. The judge claimed the sole relevant in the case was whether Scopes had actually taught evolution or not. This ruled out the possibility of the test case which the Union so much wanted. The immediate result of the trial was a $100 fine for Scopes, who never uttered a word in his own defense. (He was afraid that he would show his lack of knowledge about evolution.) Two years later the Tennessee State Supreme Court upheld the law but cleared Scopes on a technicality. The law stands in Tennessee even to day, although it is completely ignored. In a state court of Arkansas a similar law was recently held unconstitutional. If the state supreme court should uphold the de cision, the law would die and Tennessee’s would suffer a similar fate. But the trial had additional far-reach ing results. Although the American Civil Liberties Union had lost its battle for con stitutional rights in the court, this was not necessarily true outside of the court. Because of the publicity that the trial re ceived across the country many people became aware that it was possible for con stitutionally guaranteed rights to be taken away through due process of law. D. E.

EXAMINATION But for testing’s termination. . . “Such you are; so much to ethers can be our expectation.” Rated, probed, inspected, tried-and one continuation. Yet one decisive trial-your cupellation, And Chen the mark affixed-your last examination. m. s. Wise Master, instruct and discipline.

The Classics - A Contemporary Report

Chakespeare, Dante, Chaucer, Homer ^ —everyone recognizes their names. They are the great men who wrote the classics 1 And the classics are those great works regarded as the highest achieve ment of literary and human ability, the standards by which all other works are to be judged and measured. In their presence — reverence, awe, and silence! They are the untouchables, the sacred ones, the canonized works. However, since they have become sa cred and canonized, the established clas sics no longer fulfill their proper function in our literary world. The classics have become the property of the critics rather than of the common man and the contem porary writer, whom the classics are sup posed to benefit by their content and ex ample. I don’t mean to imply that con temporary society doesn’t read and study the classics, but because the readers and the writers approach the classics with eith er fear or scepticism: depending on their reaction to Che critics, they invariably aban don the classics frustrated and unaffect ed. The critics have so bedazzled the clas sics with praise that the reader fears he won’t get everything he is supposed to de rive from them; he is so afraid that he will miss the meaning and implication of ev ery phrase and nuance that he leaves the classic with nothing but disdain. Or else he approaches the classic with sceptical feeling that it can’t be all the critics say it is; this reader too is invariably disap pointed by the classic that is somehow supposed to ennoble him. There is such a critical mountain of praise through which the reader has to burrow to find the entombed classic that he can no longer experience that joyous and voluntary thrill of discovery that mov ed Keats to write “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer.” When one is expected to find something great in the classic, and when he is expected to clap his hands in

joy as he reads the work, he invariably won’t; it’s in man’s psychological makeup. Another reason why the canon of clas sics is of dubious value is that the basis for the inclusion of many works in the canon is often historical and traditional. For over a millenium Aristotle’s philosoph ical works were classics in the fullest sense of the word, for they were works held to be the record of the best that had been said and done by man; but today not one critic would include them in a list of the “one hundred best books.’ Better and more up-to-date works were written, Aristotle’s works were outclassed, v i they faded away to make room for : new standards of excellence. The Renaissance re -covered the Greek and Roman classic Dante imitated their epics, and Shaker e their plays. of classics aAnd gradually a new b. rose, entrenched itself i the highly-critical but unproductive ei neenth century (when there was no othe< tandard of com parison but Sheridan’s School for Scan dal, Shakespeare couldn help being rat ed best), and became the canon of classics that we are subject to today. For two hun dred years there have been cnly a few cautious entries into the canon, only a few belittled critics who have questioned the worth of, for instance, the Canterbury Tales rather than filled their time with ques tions of who the prioress is or what are the full implications of “fetisly,” as most modern critics do. It is always assumed rather than demonstrated, that the works in the canon are worthy of inclusion. For these two reasons, that the very sanctity of the canon of classics inhibits study and appreciation of them, and that it is time for a reassessment of the canon to consider whether works are included because of actual value or in reverence for traditional value, we should let drop the protective shield that covers these works, take them off their pedestals, let 146

them mingle for a season with the rest of literature, and check them with examples of this century’s literature. Will Chaucer stand up to the neat tales of O’Henry or the slice-of-life portraits of Sinclair Lewis? Will Homer retain his position as a great poet of all time, or will he be considered great only by early standards? Will A Taste of Honey’s humanitarianism and The Skin of Our Teeth’s universalism out class Shakespeare’s King Lear and Ham let? Will David Copperfield be replaced by Holden Caulfield or Studs Lonigan as the more realistic and sympathetic picture of youth? More than likely the classics will nearly all stand, but they will have lost their sanctity in the heat of testing and

become more accessible, and their inclu sion in the canon will have been reassess ed by the contemporary age. In addition, the canon of classics will have been im measurably enriched by the addition of new works of merit. The list of classics should not be stag nated and fossilized, a mountain to assail rather than a brook to refresh, the canon from which one must choose rather than a listing of great works from which one can choose. It should be a reflection of the demands of our age and the best stan dards of all ages. And until the literary world is ready to honestly reassess the classics, it is every man’s right and duty to scrutinize them for himself. F. T.

The Free Hours Jjne finds himself with varying amounts of free time sporadically in terspersed between peri of study. Dur ing these periods the> no other com mitment to which he i: < sponsible. These may vary from a ten-., break before chapel to an hour or (ter classes, a weekend, a two-week .-\y, or summer vacation. These time :ods can all be classified under the hi ng of leisure. But just what is ■:< ? The easiest answer would be tha<‘. die opposite of labor. Aristotle said th ■ “We work in or der that we have leisure. Whether educa tion is labor or leisure seems to be a mat ter of opinion. The student in the middle of exam week would no doubt consider it labor, whereas later in life he might con sider his process of schooling as leisure. Perhaps the closest definition is that lei sure is that time in which we are not forced to work for educational purposes or pecuniary reasons. Early man’s free time and work peri ods were not too well marked by any ex act dividing line. As the early civilizations such as Mesopotamia or Egypt took form, labor and leisure became more clearly de fined. Labor produced wealth, which was concentrated in the hands of a few. The few” were able, because of their wealth, to partake in leisure, but labor remained the lot of the majority. The Greeks assigned all menial and industrial tasks to their slaves, while as free citizens they developed their leisure. They no doubt felt some responsibility for 147

their privileged status while they pursued the intellectual arts. Oratory and sculpture may have consumed just as much time as the blacksmith’s trade, but the latter was a necessary labor. The intricacies of poe try or the development of a philosophical argument were likewise time consuming matters to be handled at the leisure of the freemen. The medieval Christian era took a dim view of leisure. Manual tasks such as spinning and weaving were idealized by the Church fathers, who considered “idle hands as the devil’s workshop.” Recrea tion in any form was generally taboo. Serfs had to obtain permission from the local lord in order to send their sons to school or to make them clerics. In this manner the feudal lords were able to keep the labor force large and the number of educated at a minimum. The ancient system of la bor for many, leisure for the few, remain ed intact. The Renaissance provided the initial step in bringing leisure to the common man. As education became available to a greater number, so did leisure. The Ren aissance also saw the value of physical lei sure as opposed to ascetic learning as the only outlet for one’s free time. Later, the scientific revolution and other technologi cal advancements did away with serfdom, created a free labor force, and advanced education to a higher degree. The common man was no longer a full-time serf, but now a factory worker who put in his hours and had some time at his own disposal.

What is leisure in America today? There is a definite pattern followed by the majority of Americans. The year is made up of weeks in which Monday through Fri day are characterized by work, meals, and sleep. Then comes Friday night, payday for the wage earner, the end of school for teachers and students, and the Sabbath meal for the Jews. It is the date night, time of irregular eating, and more irregu lar drinking. Saturday is for recreation in order to prepare oneself for continued work in the next week. Sunday is either to rest up from the last week’s labors, re cover from the excesses of Saturday, or prepare for the forthcoming work week. Longer holidays, like Christmas and the two-week vacation, serve as extended weekends with the same purpose of rest ing for future toils. Underlying this pattern is the belief that all leisure must be earned by work. Leisure must also be regarded in its re lation to the work of the future. “I’ve worked so much for so much vacation which will enable me to do so much more work.” Today work and leisure are con sidered in terms of each other rather than in separate spheres. What are the advantages of leisure? Honest interest may be the initial value. Unconstrained by any limits of a job or school, the worker or student has time to develop his creative powers. In school

the student is forced to study music. In his free time he may compose something of his own volition. A second value of leisure is a chance for a person to see just where he stands and what he wants out of life. The daily ritual of study, eat, sleep, gives one little time for stopping to review his overall goals or purpose. Leisure, if used correctly, is freedom from social pressure. A person making creative use of his free time escapes from the personal feelings, personal prejudices, and personal ambitions, which social com petition forces on him. The creativeness of his leisure is an end in itself and seeks no further goal. A fourth value is equality of those par ticipating in a common activity. In the association of the members of a bowling team, it makes little difference that one member is the president of the company and another the night watchman. The nature of the aotivity equalizes. Another advantage of le' ire is in the possibility of intellectual r\ vtli or ad vancement on the part of participant. A child’s rock collecion ma d to a seri ous study of geology. Leisure is something it.-, <:e than free time to be idled away. It k commodity sought after by many, but j to good use by only a few. How do yov. use your lei c. c. sure?

A Study in Superlatives T adies and Gentlemen, presenting the •*-J Greatest Show on Earth! With these words the ringmaster begins the perform ance of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus. He probably is not exagger ating either, since incomparable excite ment and performers are the circus tra dition. I live in an area of the country where the fascination for the circus is es pecially strong, because back in the ’20’s John Ringling adopted us. He chose Sara sota, Florida, as the site for his Venetian palace, his art and circus museums, and the winter camp for his circus. Although our generation is not from that era, I think the circus holds an enchantment for us also. The circus exists on showmanship and superlatives. Its people lead colorful lives

with their eye always to the public. Per haps the best embodiment of this was John Ringling. Since cars are part of an image, he purchased a Rolls Royce which has been specially built for the Czarina of Russia. (It is on display now.) As special publicity for Sarasota, he convinced Presi dent Harding to winter there, and he be gan to build him a mansion. Harding died however, and his successors were not interested. Ringling knew that a rich man had to have a yacht. So he had a large one made and moored it to his patio, which extend ed over the bay. But he never really liked sailing and so never used it. When finally he loaned it to Mayor Jimmy Walker and his girl friend, the yacht hit a sandbar in the bay and sank immediately. John Ringling and his wife Mabel plan148

ned their museums and palace with the intention of willing them to the state of Florida, and they are public attractions now. Their palace was modeled after the Doge’s Palace in Venice and Madison Square Garden, which the Ringlings had built primarily for their New York shows. Ca’d’Zan, the House of John, cost one and three-quarter million dollars, not in cluding the art works. Ringling imported white marble from Italy for the floors and staircases and brought two boat loads of red brick from buildings which were being tom down in Barcelona. No expense was spared, from the private barroom to the one-piece marble bath tub with gold fix tures. The $50,000 organ was rigged with player rolls, since neither Ringling nor his wife could play it. To complete the Venetian atmosphere, he imported a gon dola and set it on a tiny island in front of the terrace. On his desk sits a solid silver tele phone. According *. he story, when Ring ling visited the pope. r hi pope had a solid gold phone on hi: Ringling had to have it, but no n • how much he offered, the pope uot sell. The pope said that he kneiv ■ chbishop who had a silver one, and gling had to settle for that. In addition to Zan, John Ringling spent a fortunate c. cumulate paintings, and he built a Ren : -..nee palace to house them. Toward the < d of his life, the De pression brought him near bankruptcy — his nephews even had to sell left-over building supplies to buy food. But through out all this Ringling refused to sell a single art work. He died in 1936 with only $311. His paintings were valued at $15,000,000. This man was one of the Circus Kings and a colorful example of the tradition, for the circus has had many more of the same type — Tom Thumb, Phineas T. Barnum, and the Wallendas. Today, however, this breed seems to be dying, and it will be a real loss. Television, which must con centrate on one thing at a time and which can easily fake its stunts, can never re capture the excitement and action of the three rings. Today’s circus has moved into arenas, the street parades and colorful wagons are gone, the performers travel from show to show in their automobiles and house trail ers. However, the big shows, bolstered by 149

new families from Europe, are doing well. “Featuring the largest cast in its 97-year history,” the all-new 1967 edition opened this month with “300 headline performers from all over the world and over 200 talented animals.” The street parades have been replaced by indoor spectaculars — 'hundreds of per formers in elaborate costumes dance thru the three rings with horses prancing and llamas dressed as turtles. As I watched two days of rehearsals during the past va cation, I saw the practices for the spec tacular “Alice in Topsy Turvy Land.” The regular stars have to participate in these spectaculars. At the practices it was fun to watch burly trapeze artists and elephant handlers being told to sway their hips because they are trees. When the cos tumes are added, it should be quite some thing to see. But at the time it looked ridiculous, and whenever the director turn ed his back, the men would pass “Oh, brother” expressions. The show’s director is Richard Barstow, who with his golden whistle has held that position for nineteen years. He made these practice sessions interesting for the audi ence because he gave all his instructions and reprimands over the public address system. He said that the circus is now using more young girls than ever before — to keep the fathers interested. We saw “the largest troupe of per forming elephants in circusdom,” about twenty. The “world-famous” trainer, Cap tain Hugo Schmitt, showed the mark of his trade - he had a bad limp, probably from one misplaced elephant foot. The new girl riders were on the elephants for the first time. One novice spent most of her time riding horizontally. The man on the flying trapeze fortu nately used a net because he took several falls. I most enjoyed walking through the practice areas - jugglers, midgets, the pigeon lady feeding her stars. It was like walking through a foreign country; hard ly anyone spoke English. I asked one hand when they trained the lion, and he an swered “Nein, Nein, Ich bin a German.” Judging from the new cars that the performers owned, the circus is still fiancially stable. The biggest regret is that there are only a few circuses left, and on ly a limited number of people have the opportunity to enjoy them. J. v.

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tion is eminently proper for the sons and daugh ters of our Alma Mater, so surely is the desire to give expression to such a sentiment in a dig nified, inspiring, legitimate manner... We plan to invite all students, alumni, and all other friends to send to the Editor of the B & R com positions which may be chosen for the college hymn... Do not let yourself be hampered by the notion that one tongue is more appropriate than another. However, we ask that Hebrew odes be accompanied by a metrical version in English, German, or Latin. . . For the love of Northwestern do not fail us!” 47 Years Ago February 1920 —“We cannot subscribe to the logic of those senators who favor the entrance of the United States into the League of Nations. The League denotes the crassest imperialistic alliance ever formed in the history of mankind. The formation of such a league has the same motive as the Delian League of the Greeks, which developed into little more than a tool for the exploitation and harassment of the neighbor ing states. .. Our nation cannot follow such a course. The future policy of America must be splendid isolation and a good heart for the sa cred cause of humanity and justice.” 37 Years Ago November 1929 —“Every member of the Soph omore Latin class bent studiously over his book as the professor stepped into the room. Every thing seemed calm and serene, but that very fact would indicate that something was amiss. On the top of the desk second from the front sat a huge dog, gazing about the room. Every stu dent slyly screwed an eye up to the professor, expecting some expression of violence. But the prank was deftly turned upon the class. The professor smiled and quietly remarked that he was glad to notice at least one intelligent look ing member in the class.” 27 Years Ago January 1940 — At this sad season of the year, As exams once more draw too, too near, We wonder as, having written all we know, With fal’tring steps from the room we go, If then we must repeat once more Those words well known in poets’ lore: “Of all sad words of tongue or pen, * The saddest are these: ‘It might have been. Gerhard Franzmann, ’41 17 Years Ago November 1949 — Es reden und traeumen Studenten viel Von besseren, leichteren Fragen; Nach Kino, Sports und schoenen Maedchen Sieht man sie rennen und jagen; Das Semester faengt an und kommt bald zu End, Der Student hat immer noch nichts gelernt. „Das Studieren kann nicht mit dem Spiel interfieren,” Sagt der Student als er Collegiate ist worden, „Beim Studieren kann man die Sinne verlieren. Zu was Besserem sind wir geboren.” Und was die innere Stimme spricht. Das stoert den vergnuegten Collegiate nicht.

INSTALLATION Rev. Ray Wiechmann, ’40, was installed as pastor of Bay Pines Lutheran Church, Largo, Florida, on January 1, 1987. CALLS Rev. John Kurth, ’61, of Butterfield and Dar fur, Minnesota, has accepted a call to Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bay City, Mich igan. DEATHS Helmuth Schaefer, ’17, died December 19, 1986, and was buried in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rev. Luther Schliesser, ’32, Chaplain-Colonel, U. S. Army, died in May, 1985, in Berlin, Ger many. He lies buried in Arlington National Cem etery. ANNIVERSARIES Rev. Paul P. Schliesser, ’30, celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination. The occasion was observed by his two congregations, St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Henry and Florence, South Dakota, respectively. Pas tor Gerhard Geiger, ’34, ' inducted the service at Henry on December 27 386. Rev. George Kobs. ’15, and his congregation at Markesan, Wisconsin, ;orved the fiftieth anniversary of St. John’s angelical Lutheran Church, November 13, 1° ENGAGEMENTS Philip Geiger, ’65, to le Mueller David Luetke, ’65, to Panning Daniel Pautz, ’63, to : : Jyn Riemer David Rutschow, ’68, uline Bade Clarke Sievert, ’66, ■ :;iryn Pielmeier John Zickuhr, '65 io .U : • Sievert Raymond Ziebell, ’65 <••• Bernice Schnick General A committee is planning the observance of the 50th Anniversary of the organization of the Southeastern Wisconsin District for Sunday, July 16, 1937. A 50th Anniversary brochure, indica ting the important events in the history of the district, will also be prepared. This same committee is also planning the ob servance of the 450th Anniversary of the Refor mation. The Milwaukee City Auditorium has been rented for a district-wide Reformation Ser vice, October 22, 1967. 67 Years Ago December 1899 — Reflections on the progress of the past century; “Has no progress been made? Yes, indeed, in things material the last century triumphs over all others, never have such brilliant victories been achieved over mat ter. A hundred years ago railroads, steamships, the telegraph and the telephone were unknown. Instead of having gas and electric lights turning night into day, our forefathers were obliged to content themselves with a plain wax light. 57 Years Ago January 1910 — “To be sure, we have no col lege hymn, but we are near to its acquisition. . . We will not argue the necessity of such an ode or hymn. As surely as a feeling of filial affec-

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ceeded to out fans’ spirited chagrin. Dobberstein again pointed the way with eigh teen, while Milton’s floor-general Sherman marched home with twenty-four. Seminary 70 NWC 82 St. Procopius 118 Once again the Seminary upstarts NWC 47 The Proco Eagles shamelessly spotted choked up in the face of their superiors as they were humbled on this very campus themselves a teamful of talent and took on December 3 by the merciless Trojans. advantage of our wide-eyed heroes on Jan Dobberstein, sweat personified, Kobleske, uary 6. 118-47 was the final score of the team plug, and Schroeder, just the plain balled-up tragedy, but we bagged a moral spokesman, were manfully urged on by a victory over their gloating fans when we raucous contingent of senior lusties as did come out for the second half of play. they took full psychological advantage of Geist proved to be the spirit of their team their psychologically-weaker opponents. It with thirty points. Engelbrecht managed now appears that psychology will no long ten and feels that the team has now done er be a weapon in the senior arsenal. Lynn enough for the ecumenical movement. Schroeder got twelve free throws and three NWC 68 Lakeland 110 charity baskets to pace the semi-gracious The team presented another belated losers. Happily, the teams exchanged know Christmas gift on January 11, as they ing smiles after the game. Dobberstein’s bussed to Sheboygan to vent their bounc twenty-seven points proved the downfall ing emotional frustrations on the unsus of the Mequon Canteeners as the 82-70 pecting Lakeland Muskies, but they knew victory salvaged the victory for the season. something was fishy as soon as they NWC 73 Concordia 90 caught sight of the school. Dobberstein December 10 told the long-expected, again won recognition f his productive, oft-repeated truth as the Trojans were teeming efforts as he j. Oed the net for gobbled up by the ravenous Concordia Fal eighteen. Lakeland ur/'s ?btedly forged ’s sudden ag cons 90-73. Not very many of our overly- ahead after clean-cut C. .ils and synodfriendly campus family come from Mis gressiveness cost him fiv. rmn. souri, but the Falcons nevertheless show wide ignominy in this ed us how to take advantage of a weak NWC 64 Dominican 85 team. At least our fans cheered rather Sports Flash — Guse .tarts as the team liberally. The only eyebrow-raising per loses another game! With the pressure of formance was turned in by hoop-happy the campus joke known as Semester Exam Dobberstein as he potted thirty-one. Week so imminent, the student body got NWC 76 Trinity 91 in a laughing mood by hosting the Domini The Trojans once again played the can Squires on January 14. Their classy role of good sportsmen rather than good players and cheerleaders brought our hun basketball players as we dumped a 91-76 gry fans to their grubby feet on any num victory in the hot laps of Trinity College ber of clutch situations, as inferiority com on December 13. Optimist Dobberstein plexes and dirty linen were aired with pointedly led the team with nineteen tal reckless abandon. Dobberstein edged out lies. Churlish Guse has seen the thick of junior star Doug Engelbrecht in offensive action for three straight games. This year maneuvers fourteen to twelve. Next month’s column promises to at Fame smiles on him as he is finally earning his oft-deserved shower, while fellow least give you your money’s worth — a junior Mark Wendland has yet to uncross special expose’ on campus weightlifting. Find out in the musical prose of February’s his fingers this year. Sports if Definition Dave Koelpin really NWC 57 Milton 96 gets his muscles from a bottle; why Ernie Words can not describe our feelings as Wendland wears a flat-top; how Davy we saw the sweaty Milton feet upon our Clark was almost poisoned by a piece of shiny gym floor on December 15. Our white bread cleverly disguised as a crusty team members, perennial league ne’er-do- protein pill. All these weighty matters wells, tried their best to at least put up a will be personally attacked next month. stout fight. But Milton unquestionably suc- Weight and see. R. G.

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Forum The Northwestern College chapel took on the atmosphere of a medieval church on the night of December 8, when Forum presented the Nativity Triptych. Director Paul Schmiege introduced modem day attire into three short musical dramas, first presented to the people of the Middle Ages in a church chancel, which was the only type of theater at that time. The Christmas theme of the playlets was firmly established when the actors marched in from the rear of the building singing the traditional Latin carol “Adestes Fidelis,” with Barry Brandt accompany ing on the organ. The story followed in three parts: the angel and the shepherds, the star and the Magi, and Rachel mourn ing over the children lost in Herod’s Slaughter of the Innocents. Choral read ing and singing made up a large part of the aotion, and light: : effects did much to supplement it.

that Ben Otto was retiring from his job as janitor and would not be back after vacation. For many of us the jolly green Ben always meant a friendly “hello,” a fresh light bulb for the room, or a short bull session during the morning wash-up hours. Determined not to let service go unrewarded, some secret research was done, and the perfect gift for Ben was pur chased. Ben’s new reclining chair was unveiled at a short going-away party held in his honor before the gigantic migration homeward began. Today Ben can probably be found comfortably seated before his TV set at 1120 North Fourth.

Ben’s retirement has brought a new face onto our campus. He is Mr. Vernon Moldenhauer, who will take over Ben’s job. Mr. Moldenhauer resides near John son Creek and has two boys of seventeen and twenty. When asked what he thought of our dorm, he replied, “The guys have really been great.” We hope he will con tinue to think so in the future. Winter Carnival Hopefully Northwestern’s 4th Annual Winter Carnival will take place on Janu Elwin Klumb will present some read ary 28. After two mud carnivals and one ings from American history on February slush carnival, this year’s carnival should 9. Readings from a letter to France des be whiter and colder than ever (accord cribing America, letters concerning the ing to the law of averages, that is). Revolution, selections from “Common There will be the usually scheduled snow Sense,” a description of the blessings of sculpturing, ice-skating, and ice compe slavery, a diary concerning the siege of tition, in addition to three afternoon bas Fort Sumter, as well as many other selec ketball games. Saturday evening will fea tions will be used to piece together Ameri ture a variety show starring Sy Gordon ca’s history in a unique way. The produc with his band and vocalists, and the Cav tion should prove to be interesting and aliers Three, a folk group from the college. An innovation is being planned for this educational. year’s “fun-filled frolic”—the White Cane A Change of Hands Dating Service, taking the Synod’s two A week before Christmas vacation, sister schools in New Ulm and Milwaukee East Hall residents were starded to hear into consideration.

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Lecture Series Once again the Faculty Lecture Series committee will give us the opportunity to hear several distinguished speakers here on campus. Prof. Soharf has announced that Prof. Menahem Mansoor will deliver a lecture entitled “Twenty Years of Dead Sea Scrolls” in the gymnasium on Febru ary 1 at 8:00 p. m. Prof. Mansoor is head of the Semitics department at the Univer sity of Wisconsin. The famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in a cave near the Dead Sea in the 1940’s. They have proved to be the oldest Biblical manuscripts yet found dating as far back as 100 B. C.

A. 0. Lehmann. Prof. Lehmann will trav el to Western Reserve University in Cleve land, Ohio, where on February 1, he will be awarded a Ph. D. in musicology. Prof. Lehmann’s dissertation is entitled The Mu sic of the Lutheran Church-Synodical Con ference, 1839-1941. Certainly all of us wish to congratulate him on his achievement.

A Celebrity on Campus Rumors have been floating around for a year or two now, but the moment of truth has finally arrived. Our own illustri ous music professor, Prof. A. O. Lehmann, may soon be rightfully addressed as Dr.

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Well, here we are in 1967 facing an other 365 days of dubious distinctions and collegiate mayhem. After sharing New Year’s Eve with either a fair lass or a sticky glass and returning to old NWC with resolute resolutions — one of which was undoubtedly broken the first night back when you joined the gang for a cool glass of ade at one of the local stands — do you feel like a revitalized man or a scholastic wreck? This January is a big month on our campus (I refer you to the social calendar which took up almost the entire southwest comer of the back page of last month’s B&R). However, this is the month of THE WINTER CARNIVAL — yes, girls will again dot our broad campus, mixing the usual fragrance of Jade East and Right Guard with the sensual aroma of Chanel No. 5 and Heaven Scent. In order to get a date for this, the most exciting of our two school-sanctioned social events, many will be faced with the dangerous practice of "being set up” or, to use the non-dormi tory language, of getting a blind date (this term is often misconstrued, however, for it is not the girl who is blind, but the

“good butt’ who comes up with the honey). Some blind dates work c • great, but then there are those that beccj « the joke of the typical letter month. The following n fortunate in written home by one n. this romantic gamble. Dear Mom and Dad, I had my first date of ? 967 last Satur day night. My roomma. (ex-roommate) gave me a girl’s number nd I called her to see if she’d be free Saturday night — and she was. He said that she was really tough. She really was — she cracked sev eral bones in my hand when she shook hands with me. Needless to say, I was rather excited and nervous before I met her. I waited with bated breath — hers was 'terrible. She was nervous too I guess, because she forgot to put in her false teeth; you should have seen her trying to eat pizza with no teeth. I told her she had the most different looking eyes that I’d ever seen, and they were; one was glass and the other was pink. She asked me what I was studying to be, and I told her a minister. She said, “Oh really, Jewish or Catholic?” I told her Lutheran — she said that she thought she had heard of them — weren’it they the ones named after that famous explorer, Christopher Luther? I nodded and said that that could be. We went to a party and played cha rades. She had to act out a song title, and 154

her teammates guessed it before she even did anything — it was “Monster Mash.” I asked her what she did in the summer when she wasn’t attending school (Mid west School of Welding). She said that she worked in a circus side-show. I took her home at 1:00. I tried to get a cab, but all the drivers said no dogs al lowed. So I ended up walking her home. This week I’ll take my chances with the “Saturday Night Movie” in the dorm TV room. Your son, Claude B. In 1927 Ivan Pavlov received the No bel Prize for his discovery of the condi tioned response in an experiment using dogs. Science has rewarded Pavlov many times over, and his experiment is known by millions. However, there is another side to this story. Over Christmas vaca tion I traveled to New York, where I in terviewed an aged dog to get his tail about the experiment. (Spcei thanks and a Milkbone biscuit goes av: to interpreter, Cletus Caninov.) ime, big fella? Interviewer: What is y; Dog: Phydough. I: How is it that you V America? D: I bit Ivan when h: t ringing that bell, and I was realb the dog house, so I ran away. I w adopted by some Russians who immigiaied to America in 1951. I’ve been k. ding a real dog’s life ever since. I: How do you like America, Phydough? D: Nothing can Rival it, you can be Friskie whenever you want; it’s really great! This is the land of opportunity and plenty, you know —always a bone in my bowl, and those cats — millions of them to chase. I’ve found it to be a real howling success. I: I don’t want to collar you right off, but

how would you like to give your side of the conditioned response experi ment? D: I just love to unleash on that subject. I won’t dig up any dirty bones, but I never did like that Russian, Pavlov — I’m part German shepherd, you know. It was inhumane the way he tortured me, putting me in a harness and tem pting me with food. The only reason I salivated when he rang that bell was because I was drooling thinking of how I’d love to sink my fangs in that mad Russian’s leg. I just be came rabid at the thought of that bearded bell ringer teasing me. How I wanted to make stroganoff out of Ivan the Terrible I I’d better cut it short before I get my blood pressure up — I’m no young pup anymore, you know. I: Yes, yes. Well, thank you, Plydough. (Aside) He sure had the tempera ment of a mad dog when I asked him about the experiment. Well, I’d bet ter sign off now. Wasn’t that the 5:10 supper bell? Our pulses patter to announce that next month we will have a report by Aaron Aorta, local blood drive chairman, who will speak to promote next month’s blood drive. Is your blood tired? Well, give it a chance to exercise — bleed a little into their botdes. Charles Clot, assistant chairman, says that you, the average citizen, are the “type” wanted. Be sure to read this report, which should be a heart moving and colorful ex perience. Remember the blood bank’s slo gan —“The Blood You Give Might Be Your Own.” No, that’s not it, it’s “We Infuse That Others May Transfuse.” Well, any way, stop down at your bloodbank —it j .h. won’t be in vein. Newly Remodeled

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SPECIAL MUSIC ISSUE COVER THEME; There is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion, and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres. Sir Thomas Browne

THE BLACK & RED Since 1897 Published by the Students of

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John Vogt ......

Volume 70

Editor

February 1967

No. 7

EDITORIAL

157

Another Song and Dunce Routine

158

Contemporary Composition

159

Interview: Music Today

160

A Pastoral Biography

163

The Battle of Dienbienphu

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The Greatest Problem

166

Feature Article: Russian Roulette?

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The Frontier of Life

170

Edward Fredrich......... Neal Schroeder....... .... i — Business Managers

Black and Red Poll

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The Games We Play

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Duane Erstad................ i John Zeitler ........ ...... j Advertising Managers

NEWS

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ALUMNI

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SPORTS

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CAMPUS & CLASSROOM

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Martin Stuebs Art

Jeffrey Hopf ................ ... Campus & Classroom | Ronald Gosdeck ........Sports

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other by example and encouragement — not hindering anyone by our despair or J. V. boredom.

EDITORIAL "February and March are the bitter months at Northwestern, months dur ing which we must attend classes six days a week for the entire third quarter without any break. Moreover, the cold miserable Wisconsin weather curtails our activities and to a large extent leaves us to entertain ourselves with bull sessions and conversa tions. Here the real bitterness of these months shows. Our depressions and bore dom generally find release in harsh attacks on our professors and school, as we often turn thumbs down on our whole Northwes tern existence. The answers to the ques tion in the student poll about how North western could be improved showed again that such enmity is widespread. Many feel they have legitimate complaints, but see only futility in their efforts to improve the situation.

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every student who has survived several years of college can look at his bookshelves and see any number of books he no longer needs or wants. Old class texts, ibooks bought to supplement courses, paperbacks worth only one read ing, and unused inheritances crowd his shelves or are hidden away in storage trunks and boxes. He sees no need to keep the books, but he has no profitable way to dispose of them. lmost

For some textbooks, English and history especially, valid arguments can be advanc ed for keeping them as a part of one’s per manent library, but who can seriously ad vocate that a student keep Plautus’ Menaechmi, or other Latin or Greek texts, or a Homeric dictionary? Anyone would be jus tifiably glad to rid his bookshelves of them In connection with :--t ‘‘negative atti and at the same time pad his wallet. With tude,” however, I thm , . must consider the textbooks for underclass courses or for the position of our con r ice and our obli- required classes in the upper two college gation to our fellow si: is. We may be years there is little problem of disposal, for depressed and down o : scliool, but re book deals can be worked out with succeed member that circum's are the same ing classes. But now that we have elective for our schoolmates v often feel dis- courses, with courses being offered only at appointment and fui . dso. We must two or three year intervals, such disposal constantly bear in mi;- , i i-.oat we owe it to of unneeded textbooks is nearly impossible, the Lord and the Church vo encourage them unless an underclassman wants to buy — or at least not actively to discourage books he may never use. The only solu them. We all too often fail to realize that tion is to have some campus agency, like our ideas, talk, and actions influence our the bookstore, buy back textbooks (at a neighbors. Our conscience must certainly reasonable profit) and hold them until it be disturbed when, through our bitterness can sell them to a later class that needs and open example, we lead someone to be- them. A side benefit of such a procedure come discouraged and give up — especially would be that cleanliness in texts (i.e., not some poorer student who needs no further so much writing between the lines) would temptation and who is often the most sus be encouraged, for only clean texts would ceptible. be bought back. As for the rest of a student’s unwanted We have a right to decide what we want to do with our own life, but we certainly accumulation of books, ranging from Mon must beware lest we harmfully affect our arch outlines to Peanuts books to James fellows. Could we live with our conscience Bond (as well as records and other accumu if through our actions we deprived the lated room decorations), a monthly “fair” church of a minister — whether by turning could be held in the lounge or clubroom, him against Northwestern or by luring him where such objects of art and learning away from his studies? We should con could be sold, bought, or horse-traded. One stantly remember that our primary attach- Sunday afternoon a month would do won ment and loyalty is not to Northwestern ders in shifting unwanted, yet valuable pos College. Our goal is service to the Lord. sessions into the rooms of those who can F. T. To that goal we should be helping each make full use of them. 157

In this special music issue the black offers a series of three articles, First Ronald Gosdeck defends the rock-androll type of music which 66% per cent of Northwestern's students prefer, according to the student poll. In the second article

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Martin Stuebs presents a view of the trends and absurdities in today’s serious music. Then in the interview, Harry John Brown, the conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony, discusses these two types of music with Duane Erstad.

Another Song and Dunce Routine

With full recognition of the ig norance of those who oppose my views, I shall demonstrate that he is indeed not bitter enough who is not able to justi fy his own righteous preju dices. Let us see if by pooling our petty faculties we can dred ge up a series of dripping ex cuses, or seriously, just plain drips. True honesty eludes our sweaty grasp, and willing con cern is foiled by the flaunted orthodoxy of those who readily realize their own self-supposed superiority. Far too often a particular cri tic or theologian becomes an unquestioned authority merely because his biased publi cations conform to our own needs or opin ions. There is much overlooked danger in total agreement with another man’s inter pretation of any given situation. The ob viously opinionated musical critics have be come the clergy and noteworthy oracles of the musical world, who unreasonably force upon society a hands-down denial of long haired smoothy-soothe music in favor of long-haired wrinkled music. Senior ears will unrealistically condemn popular mu sic in an absurd lack of security or in a lastditch effort to avoid the unavoidable reali ty of necessary aging. Are these rusty, dus ty ear lobes in the know with their “no,” and is today’s sapling generation being tak en for a notable ride, or are these blatant blatherers being joined by puerile culturefakers in an unjust, abject thumbing-down — to borrow dormitory-trade terminology — of hippy, groove music? Life used to belong to the strong, but the weak are unbelievably in power. The administrations of business and academic sweat-shops are no mean examples. The fat little street imp who bullies his fellow panty-waisted street urchins and ravages the candy sacks of silly little girls is in variably a soft-soaping sycophant with a hardened big brother. His greasy type of

personality easily lends itself to salesman ship — perhaps a brisky, half-witted brush seller full of time-honored lies which ap peal to the egotistical national character, or worse yet, he might become a peddler in men’s underwear. Part-time sincerity only rates part-time respect. Paper figureheads really burn when matched by qualified questioners. The weakness of unearned au thority is trussed up by feeble threats of improbable reprisal, or the opposite is true, as opposites usually are, that a few must unwincingly take low blows merely because timely examples must be produc ed to keep the masses grovelling in sense less qualms about truth and a realistic ap proach to immediate prS ms. Such in cidents usually begin with bang, and end with a bigger bang, nani ; •; one of unrea sonable bitterness and spiu- i malevolence. But bitterness is at its be : when expressed and/or exposed, for the ■ ed, stupid sin cerity of the individual is / ."illy to be doub ted. Paradoxically, in suw .natters insouci ance is the only reasonab : attitude for the truly concerned individual. Such distaste ful things usually work themselves out in the end anyway. Any end can be meanly justified, and no one should complain un less he is obviously in a position to improve that about which he is visibly sensitive. Lest this whole article be wasted on truth, I must plug away for the best type of music, namely, my favorite. Popular music need not apologize for itself, for ev en if it would be forced to do so, it would find that passable apologies, although con trary to usually wrong popular opinion, are really very easy to make. Witness the many being taken to the intellectual cleaners by glib moralizers and intramural whispering campaigns. After all, murmurings in the ranks are neverthe less rank murmuring. And who really gives a murmur? — Joe Protester, the self-center ed fat man with the umlaut nostrils, smooth hands and oily mouth who squeals with panegyrical delight at some hirsute wino’s 158

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psychedelic self-expression. Popular music could beat out or outbeat almost any given sort of music. This throb bing constancy is the very heart of hard core be-bop which readily lends itself to the many unnatural dances of today. The sleazy, gin mill, flappery floozie of forty salty years ago has been replaced by the truly plain, miniskirted minibrain, and one can unfailingly expect any number of these hopelessly dumb creatures to effect a sy baritic hurly-burly when some ho-hum dreg who is entrusted with the worthy presen tation of this higher form of music flaunts his ten-cent virility. Public performances by these enemies of decency often occasion ri ots reminiscent of those fables in times thankfully past, but is the music to blame for this? This generation of timely frenzy could in most instances be traced back to the personality of the unsavory performer. The lyrics are usually blackballed as wit less, syllabic travesties, but what pucka de votee of solid rock was- ; his attention on the words? No import i message will ev er be sung by some , breathy temp tress, or by a sere. ig, broken-voiced, pip-squeaking char' These tonsiled libertines bask in robate approba tion proffered by the ting excuses for femininity, and con .ly the jaded critics will hasten to ere .iuny moral delinquencies to this sou w\ which would,

in their shrewd facility of words, wear thin the national juvenile soul and ultimately bury any awareness of proper moral respon sibility. They undoubtedly fail to realize that any soul, whether worn or not, is still on ground level — a natural dirty level. Modem music often seems to have no real purpose, since its promotion is aimed at the largely purposeless high school generation. Is the music to be blamed because it is as sociated with cut-rate thrill-seekers who pro duce it, demand it, and use its existence as a tool for rhythmic self-expression? One must also bear in mind that our hardened youth has probably never been exposed to anything else but a 50,000 kilocycle diet of Animals, Zombies, Rolling Stones, Search ers, Seekers, Mamas and Papas, Righteous Brothers and Beatles. Popular music is not cheap. An album costs at least three dol lars, which, by the way, cuts a liberal hole in a paycheck for a sixteen-hour work-week. Popular singers’ voices might not rate a touring chorus, but I’m sure they rank with the vocal excuses of Jimmy Durante, Louis Armstrong, and Rudy Vallee of the perpet ually coagulated nasal dregs. People are never satisfied because they do not want to be satisfied. I know that “justice” is an unpopular word on campus, but look to the typically good attitude and hungry spirits of the students around you, and do justice to popular music. Please hear it out. r. g.

Contemporary Composition audience of seme 300 people in New Hall with his twenty-piece orchestra of pro York recently were treated to a con fessional musicians. The pieces were Con temporary composition. Variation IV, by certo for Horn and Hardart, using duck John Cage. In the work several radios are caller, kazoo, ocarina, bike horn, buzzer, randomly tuned in. A microphone is on and doorbells with background baroque the outside of the concert hafl to pick up music; Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle, the sound of traffic. Other pre-recorded and Balloons, consisting of fugues going conversations are incorporated into one off key and seesawing arias with a climac wild tonal montage. Its four movements tic hoot from a 7-Up bottle; Sanka Cantata, are: Arrivals (7 to 8 P. M.), Small Talk (8 employing a piece of manuscript as a to 9 P. M.), After Three Martinis (9 to 10 strainer for a percolator. Is this a realistic depiction of the con P. M.), and Departures (10 to 11 P. M.). In the February 10th issue of Time temporary music scene? What are its areas Magazine, we read of Germany’s avant- of exploit? Almost immediately after World garde composer, Karlheinz Stockhausen, War II a vigorous musical life resumed. and his latest electro-innovations, employ New ideas sprang up and startled the pub ing blasts of hot steam, gongs, stones, lic’s ear. Already in the 20’s a trend was brushes and a host of percussive instru- rising, called “serial” or “twelve-tone” mu ments to produce pieces such as Zylilus, sic. Stravinsky, in some of his last works, used this technique. The compositions are Mikrophonic I and Momente. Peter Schickle, alias P. D. Q. Bach, re based on a series or row of notes chosen cently played at Manhattan’s Philharmonic from a twelve-tone chromatic scale. MatheZ\

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maticians have calculated that there are 479,001,600 different tone rows available. Developments have progressed in rhythm and its organization. Variable me ters were developed by Boris Blacher, a German composer. The pulse rates were explored by an American composer, Elliot Carter. In addition to this, total control was ex plored in which dynamics and articulation are set up in rows. Every factor in the composition is planned by the composer and must be carried out by the performer with almost impossible precision. All these factors have led to contributions in the four fields of contemporary composition — the serial, the avant-garde or experimentalist, the electronic, and the Neo-classicist, Neo romanticist or Traditionalist. There is no airtight definition of music today. However, it does deal with tones, rhythms, and with organization of these tones and rhythms toward some aesthetic end. For the avant-garde such as John Cage no standard rules of music apply. “Music is noise. Anti-art is art.” The recorded swal lowing of water is music, for there is no limit to the sounds allowed. These compo sers are generally dead serious. Some mu sicians, such as Peter Schickles (P. D. Q. Bach) and the Baroque Beades, have mere ly invented musical entertainment, but IIhan Mimaroglu, Luciano Berio, and Cage himself are seriously creating compositions under the theory of sound for sound’s sake. Many of their works delve into the wid ening field of electronic music. Total con trol, eliminating the human performer, was the aim achieved in the early 1950’s in electronic music. It has nothing to do with synthetic instruments, it is a pure tone pro duced by an oscillator. Numerous electron ic systems have been set up at Columbia, Princeton, California, Iowa, and Michigan.

The composers are generally unconcerned with what the masses want and are not in terested in melody. Milton Babbit of Prince ton is notable in this field, together with Harry Sollberger and Charles Wuorinen of Columbia University. Musique Concrete is an offshoot of elec tronic music, combining natural sounds with the electronic effects. Cymbals, jet planes, kettledrums, gongs, etc., are com bined with electronic sounds. Many of these compositions are used in plays and movies. Another musical experiment is Chance Music. Piano Piece XI by Stockhausen per mits the performer to play various sections in any order he chooses. John Cage is the chief proponent in this field Shuffle the pieces of music, hand them out to the per formers and let them play the pieces any way they wish, with any combination of instruments. Toss a coin to determine whether the musical annotation is to be played bass clef (heads) or treble clef (tails). Piece together various cuts of re corded tape and play at a standard speed or play the tape in reverse. Twenty-four performers are given radio.; to turn off and on at the direction of /. .• watches. Not all present day imposition, how ever, is as radical. Tb.< o-classicists are using old modes and in-; ' orating modern technical styles. Sami;. • rber and Stra vinsky would be put into ;s class. The em phasis is on rhythmic patterns. One com poser recently mentioned. “We have barely touched the surface in rhythmic patterns of music. So in the future we will see com posers using interesting and irregular rhy thmic patterns in music.” Contemporay musical composition em phasizes exploration in rhythm, tone con trol, new sources of tones, and tonal quali ties. New fields of sound are being opened, for which man’s ingenuity and inventive m. s. ness are the only boundaries.

Interview: Music Today

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“Of all noises I think classical music is least disagreeable.” The clash between classical music and its adherents and their counterparts in the world of pop music is an old one and has long been the subject of jokes. The battle is waged on many fronts and usually follows the lines of class distinctions and divides the younger generation first from their parents and later

from any music teachers they may happen to have. Pop fans usually laugh off this clash, but classical devotees have traditionally felt that such ignorance is no laughing matter and have pitied those who they felt did not know any better, Recently, however, there has been some infiltration of the classically oriented into the pop field. On the professional level 160

there is Fiedler, Previn, etc. And it seems classical or popular, good or bad, or pos that one musical magazine has devoted it- sible art or entertainment music, naturalself almost entirely to the compilation of ly asks with which type of music he would an impressive as possible collection of class have people provided. His reply is a quoical authorities’ statement of their personal tation of Darius Milhaud, a contemporary endearment to pop music. composer whose Suite Francais Mr. Brown It is interesting to note where the state’s recently included in one of his concerts, leading symphony conductor stands on this “I have never been able to understand the issue. Harry John Brown is undeniably establishment of different categories of bringing the Milwaukee Symphony to a po- music: classical, modern, serious, light. It sition of some importance. Grounded in is most unjust. There is only music and the classics and devoted to them, he is in- one can find it in a scale, a melody, or an terested in promoting the cause of sym- operetta tune as well as a symphony.” All phonic music. In Milwaukee, as in other music has its place and none is to be sumcities previously, he has brought his or- marily rejected nor is one necessarily betchestra out of the concert hall proper into ter than another. schools to arouse greater interest. As is to be expected, Mr. Brown has a very extensive collection of classical rec ords. But it is not exclusively classical. For example he appreciates a set of records containing the best works of pop groups of the sixties. He owns several Tijuana Brass discs and even one of Mrs. Miller. He gets a big charge out of the Mrs. Miller record and thinks it’s worth every penny he paid for it. He claims that he, too, would cheer for a good Dixieland combo as anyone else would. He could probably respond to a lively rock piece for a minute or two. Most people think of bands, soloists, and combos as the ordinary means of mak ing music, but put the symphony orchestra in a category all by itself. Mr. Brown, how ever, thinks of all music as being funda mentally similar, with that of the orches tra being no exception. He would like to see people as tolerant of his symphonic mu sic as he is of their music. Flat rejection of symphonic music is a mental block he Mr. Brown sums up his musical philos would like to see destroyed. ophy in the words: “as much (music) as Although he enjoys modern pop music well as possible for as many as possible.” for what it is worth, he believes there is This also serves as a reply to those who something definitely lacking. Looking back ask him whether his real ambition isn’t to into the annals of popular song writing, he conduct the New York Philharmonic. An can recall tune upon tune. But in today’s attitude such as this toward his work could songs he has trouble even recognizing a well serve as proof against thoughts about tune, especially in the “big-beat” type of conductors being interested not so much music. in the cause of music as in attaining fame Not only is there a lack of melody, but and stature in the world. Pop music-lovers the music is usually filled with tension. Mr. often have the feeling that stature is the Brown finds it hard to imagine pleasure prime concern of a conductor of a sym being derived from this frenzied and rab phonic orchestra. Mr. Brown’s record proves ble-rousing music. When he was in school otherwise, and he is probably not the ex the popular music complemented the dan ception among his colleagues. cing, which he enjoyed. He thinks, how He simply says music. The man-in-the- ever, there is little more sense in today’s street, who ordinarily thinks in terms of music than in the dancing which it ac161

companies, namely shaking at a distance of six feet with the chance of losing your partner. He wonders why our generation is so tense and continues to drag its music to that same level. Wars? There has been almost continual war now since the turn of the century. His generation did not let tension get the best of them, why .... Mr. Brown’s wonder is that of concern and not simply derogatory questioning. He understands how we got started on bigbeat music. His father was a dentist and forbade him candy. Whenever he had the chance, he ate candy simply because it was forbidden. What do kids know about cavi ties? And when we get away from our par ents, on go the big-beat stations. Have we developed a mental vacuum filled only with tension? “How long can you shake?” Mr. Brown feels we must face that question. He contends that music has something to offer the tense young person. Music is ca pable of supplying us with a more stable friend, which, perhaps, is what we need to help free us from frenzied existence. Thus Mr. Brown has surely gone half way in showing appreciation for the value of pop music. But the man still centers his concentration on classical music, and he knows that the people who come to his pop concerts end up taking the seats at serious concerts. This, as well as the effort of large cities to build facilities for the furtherance of serious music, urge us to meet him half way in his field. Mr. Brown happens to be an avid read er of Tolstoi, in the old Russian alphabet, too. He compares listening to popular mu sic to reading a paperback, whereas Tol stoi is on the level of serious music. The paperback is easy and demands little of the reader. But the rewards are commen surate. Tolstoi takes more effort, and one must give of oneself— in time and atten tion—to get something out of it. Music is important for the soul, Mr. Brown claims, and one would hardly look in a “dimenovel” for food for the soul. It is only seri ous music that can presume to treat the greater human qualities. Everyone knows the analogy between understanding serious music and a foot ball game. Without experience, neither makes much sense. But once one learns how to interpret the action, one can ap

preciate what a serious composition has to offer. It is not without reason that the great classical works have survived the test of time. Although one does not ordinarily think of the great classical composers as being at all avant-garde, they once were. They and their contemporaries went out on limbs in experimentation, just as compos ers do today, to find good means of expres sion. The great works were the product of much experimentation and finally proved to be the most satisfactory means of ex pressing what the composer intended. The process continues today. The twel ve-tone composers, electronic-music speci alists, and experimenters in other unusual media are serious and productive. Not all of their works may be of lasting value, but in spots they are not altogether fruitless either. Finally Mr. Brown advises that one be ware of the quality of the r-: ust or perform er, whether it be in the Bold of popular or classical music. As he he could not be more in agreement wif. iddy Rich who maintains that drums c : be as musical as Heifitz. The potent’' .here. Without a first-rate musician, b. •» .-.r, neither the iisfactory muviolin nor drums will y i sical expressions. Altho " there may be as many first class mu .ms in the pop field as in the classical, are harder to find. The great classical i ; -lcians are well established, but in popuJ * music the multi tude of unsatisfactory musicians tends to confuse the consumer. Mr. Brown would remind everyone to be very selective in choosing popular music. One of Harry John Brown’s teachers was Serge Koussevittsky, who conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra for a quar ter of a century. Mr. Brown is afraid that Koussevitsky would throw him out for play ing that Mrs. Miller record. Nonetheless he does not hesitate to cross the traditional boundaries between the different types of music. He feels that helping others under stand and enjoy all types of music is very important. Whether or not such an atti tude will have a detrimental affect on clas sical music itself, as Koussevitsky might expect, is beyond our power to assess. But we hope that Mr. Brown’s efforts may meet with success both around the state and d. e. here at Northwestern.

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A Pastoral Biography of the b e n e f i t s of a specialized school of training is that it directly prepares the student for the desired career. Be it military, legal, or theological in emphasis, Che training school develops learning sets and disciplines appropriate to actual practice. Many of the influences which the student carries from his academic fishbowl are the results of incidental habits which he acquires at school. Can’t you just imagine how certain stu dent behavior patterns might reflect themselves in the ministry? Take one example, Pastor I. M. Everprest. It’s Sunday. A splendid day to demonstrate his problem-solving leadership. He’s late for church this morning. The alarm clock didn’t ring, or maybe he had just been up too late the night before. But he arrives almost completely undetected, because the organist has begun the first hymn, and the congrer n is engrossed in singing. There wasn': to shave, brush his teeth, or even pul hirt on over his pajama tops, but cv the robe will cover that. He can Si :ek to the parsonage between service grab a bite to eat and cleanse himstands before He enters the cl : ut to lead the the altar, and, as l?t . and says, "Exliturgy, he pauses, lo. the wrong book, cuse me, I seem to h. Sing four more vers*? and I’ll be right back!” Or, ihe might have recovered in a different way and asked. “Could I look on with someone else this morning?” After the preliminary liturgy, the ser mon follows. Pastor Everprest mounts the pulpit, hurries a frantic prayer for aid, and then surveys his congregation. “Grace be unto you,” he starts. “I regret to say that I didn’t get my sermon done on time, but I will have it for you all on Tuesday!” (A more ingenious colleague of his once cleverly concealed his unpreparedness by stapling extracts from the Monarch Sermon Outlines in his Bible. A bit of “doctoring” made it impossible to tell the rendering was not his own.) Nevertheless, in spite of everything, the service must go on! Next the collection (“hope they don’t hold this against me!”) and the close of the service. After the service Pastor Everprest takes his position at the door in the rear of the church. It’s not as comfortable to greet ne

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everyone this week as it was last week. He recalls how last Sunday Mrs. Mundgeht, very much interested in his work, commented on his sermon. "Good morning, Mrs. Mundgeht. You liked the sermon, did you? Must have spent a lot of time preparing it? Aw, no I Hardly had a chance to look at it!” (Mrs. Mundgeht’s face flushes with astonishment. She is impressed!) “Why you must be very gifted to prepare a sermon in so short a time,” she said, “Aw, Mrs. Mundgeht, you’re just saying that because it’s true. But it does leave me more time for other important things.” "Like working with the youth group, visiting the sick, and things like that?” “Well, uh. . . no, not exactly. Why, I mean the bowling team, the community drama club, the Lumberjack Society, and just recently I’ve made it to the semi-finals in the all-city cribbage tournament. I’ve also taken on a part-time job to keep gas in my T-Bird. Don’t want to burden the church, and that will leave them more for redecorating the parsonage.” “But what about the sick and the young people?” “Well, Mrs. Mundgeht, you know that there are only so many hours in a day. Besides, we all have to have an outlet. And this is just a small mission church. Doesn’t pay to expend much energy here. The sick are unappreciative. The elders veto everything I ask for, and the youths just become delinquents. Wait ’til I get to Some Extravagant Mission. Then 111 really dig in. No sense artificially manufacturing motivation here. If the elders don’t care, why should I?” At this point, Pastor Everprest was shaken from his reverie by a firm hand clasping his. It was R. E. Cruter, a member in good standing who worked at the Internal Revenue Bureau. “Good Morning, Mr. Cruter. And how’s everything down at the tax office these days? Catch any tax-evaders lately? ha, ha? Not seen you in church much recently...............oh? you re here on business?.......... you’re cancelling our tax exemption????!! You can’t do that! Mixing church and state you know!! It’s unconst. . us? misusing our facilities? Because we hold some private parties here? A few family reunions? Rent it out to business groups and to the Young Republicans? So what’s a couple Stanley parties? You’ve not enforced it yet. Besides, those laws are pretty silly, and I don’t see why we should have to

be hemmed in by them. Another thing. ...” Just then, I. M. Everprest’s wrist alarm went off. "Oopl Sorry! I’ve got to get out of here now. Never stay around on Sunday afternoon. I know we’ve not finished, but you’ll have to come back on Tuesday.” “What’s that, Ezra? The windows? Nev er mind, I’ll shut them up when I come back tomorrow. There’s no rush.” That night as I. M. Everprest relaxes

before the television with his family, he notices the snow that’s whirling into drifts outside. “Look, kids, if it keeps up like that, we’ll have some pretty big drifts tomorrow.” “How deep, daddy?” queries little Pandora. “Oh, why, likely over daddy’s head,” he chuckles. “But we’ll have to wait ’til morn ing to find out for sure.”

The Battle of Dienbienphu

that Cogny is now a lieutenant general and comander-in-chief in Central Africa. General Castries was appointed com mander of the entrenched camp at Dien bienphu by Navarre. Castries, a cavalry man, said he did not want the command if it were to be another Na San, referring to a previous defensive position which had barely escaped defeat. On the contrary, he was told it was to be a base of offensive operations. Castries, who felt the need to telephone his mother almost every day in order to reassure her, was a poor choice. Opposing the French were two great men. Ho Chi Minh — the. fourth name he adopted — was born in Viet Nam in 1890. He spent his early life working at such trades as gardener and L”' tk-washer while he lived in New York, V. ris, London and Marseilles, Nor was he ;■ '.ranger to Mos cow, Canton and Hong Lo.ig. Fleeing from the French because of political activ ities, he was imprisoned by the Chinese. According to reports, he reads the entire Bible once a year and regards Christ as the first Communist leader. General Vo Nguyen Giap commanded the People’s Army which defeated the en trenched camp. In 1934 he became a bach elor of philosophy, and he took a degree in lawin 1938. He was receiving military train ing in China when his wife was arrested in Viet Nam and died in prison, after she had been sentenced to hard labor. Giap is now North Viet Nam’s Minister of Defense. On November 20, 1953, as Operation Beaver began, the first French paratroop er’s jumped into the rice fields of Dienbienphu. Several thousand of the camp’s gar rison were Thai and Vietnamese soldiers who, under generally poor leadership, prov ed to be ineffective. The airstrip was con structed, and strong fortifications were built at strategic points to protect this air strip, the only means of egress from Dienbienphu for the French. For Dienbienphu

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by Jules Roy hPhose who

fought with honor at Dien-L bienphu still bear the scars of failure and defeat because “they were deceived, like cuckolded husbands.” This quotation from the book indicates the author’s atti tude towards a war much like the one we are now fighting in Viet Nam, a war in which we support many of the injustices prevalent in Indochina. Mr. Roy, who was a French officer for twenty-six years, has written a military history which may clari fy some of our feelings about Viet Nam. Except, possibly, for the outcome, the two wars have few differences. The first les son that Dienbienphu teaches is that we should not underestimate the enemy. In order to understand the circum stances of the battle, it is necessary to be come somewhat familiar with its Dramatis Personae. In Saigon, General Navarre took command of the forces in Indochina in 1953, before Dienbienphu had become a definite battle plan. Mr. Roy comments: “He was judged to be very intelligent and clear-sighted.” Navarre was responsible for Dienbienphu. He would have done well to read this excerpt from a classical Chi nese military manual: Never fight on a terrain which looks like a tortoise turned upside down; never camp there long. Na varre did not know this principle. Up to this day he still thinks that in 1954 he suf fered a tactical defeat and won a strategic victory. His direct subordinate was Major Gen eral Cogny in Hanoi. Cogny could make no decision without first submitting it to Navarre. Both would have claimed the victory for themselves. Navarre had to accept the defeat as his. The two did not get along. They played hot potato with 13,000 men. The author remarks dryly

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was, in fact, “a tortoise turned upside down,” and all roads leading to it were controlled by the Vietminh. Giap received permission from Ho Chi Minh to take Dienbienphu, whatever the cost. His GMC trucks and Peugeot bicy cles, each capable of carrying four or five hundred pound loads, moved guns and supplies to the valley over routes that were made ‘impassable’ by the French Air Force and over terrain which French Intelligence claimed would render impossible the sup plying of a large army over an extended period. Any guns installed in the moun tains would either be spotted and destroy ed, or the trajectory of their shells would be ineffective, the French thought. Colonel Piroth. chief gunner of the camp, had said, “If I have thirty minutes’ warning, my counter batteries will be effec tive.” On March 12, 1954, the Viet artil lery attacked and severely damaged the air-strip. Piroth held a grenade to his stomach on March 14. He had not had thirty minutes’ wanIt is doubtful that the French, du the entire battle, succeeded in destiv i single Vietminh gun, all of which ccretly been implaced under ten to feet of earth. Nor were the French : .v keep Giap from supplying with foo. 1 ammunition, for well over a month. 70,000 men. Gen eral Navarre had wed intelligence re ports which reveal ihe enemy’s plans, but he ignored then.. Soon the airstrip could no longer be used. The wounded could not be evacu ated. The dead could not be buried. Of the 13,000 men in the camp, several thou sand Vietnamese would not fight and hid in caves along the bank of the river. Oper ation Xenophon, a retreat, was planned, but never carried out for the simple reason that nine out of ten men would have died trying. One strong point fell after another. Most counter-attacks failed before they ad vanced a thousand yards. One last attempt to save the camp was presented in the form of Operation Vulture. The American military was enthusiastic; but neither our Congress nor Great Bri tain was eager for U. S. B-29’s to drop several atom bombs around Dienbienphu. Planes from an American aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin had already made re connaissance flights over the valley; all the necessary preparations were complete. But 165

to the dismay of the French, Operation Vul ture was cancelled. The approval of Ameri ca’s major allies, required in order to carry out the operation, was not forthcoming. Says Mr. Roy: “What hatred would be reap ed by the nation which had burnt to death one hundred thousand men and women on the soil of their ancestors in order to rec tify the error of judgment of one general!” On May 7, 1954, sixteen days after the first major attack, Dienbienphu fell. Two thousand soldiers, two colonels and one hundred other officers of the Expeditionary Corps died in the name of honor. The rest were taken captive. The Vietminh lost some ten thousand killed, but they brought France to her knees. Every Sunday there is a market-fair in the valley. After listing at length the fruits, vegetables and other products to be bought at this market, the author continues, “At this fair you can also find tobacco leaves, bunches of pods like slices of orange with star-shaped hearts, scraps of parachute ma terial and silk parachute cords, soldiers’ water bottles ...” It is true that the Vietminh well out numbered the French and that the French underestimated the enemy to such an ex tent that it could be called folly. Yet the Vietminh had no airplanes, were under stress because of their supply situation, and were fighting against an entrenched foe. What motivates a peasant to step over the bodies of other peasants into a machine gun’s line of fire? They were inspired not only by their leaders, Giap and Ho Chi Minh, but also by the thought that they were about to free their people from the bonds of an unjust and inhumane exist ence. General Giap,, in an exhortation to his troops the day before the battle, told them the significance of laying down their lives: “Winning the battle of Dienbi enphu means exterminating the major part of the enemy’s forces .. . The victory of Dienbienphu will have immense conse quences at home and abroad . . . Remember that it will be an honor to have taken part in this historic battle . . . Always attack, al ways advance .. . Fight to the very end . . . Win a great victory.” Perhaps less emotional, but certainly more to the point, is a statement made in the film, The Seven Samurai: In war it is always the warrior who loses. PAUL SULLIVAN, ’68

The Greatest Problem 3.. .6.. .9. ..12.. .15.. .every second, every tick of the clock, three more mouths to feed in the world . . . double the population of Minnesota added to the earth’s numbers every week . .. double the present popula tion of the world by the year 2000 . .. one square yard per person by 2600 ... 60 mil lion billion humans on the face of the earth by 2900, so many people that the earth will glow orange-red from their collective body warmth... a solid mass of humanity ex panding outwards from the earth into space at the speed of light by 6000 . . . For the person who wants to worry about the world, there are more than enough subjects for his concern. He may start with Vietnam, advance to Red China, and even reach the confrontation between Commu nism and the United States. But the sophis ticated and serious worrier will skip these preliminaries and settle on “the greatest problem of our time, certainly more seri ous in the long perspective than war or peace,” as the English scientist Sir Julian Huxley described it. The present world population growth rate is slightly more than two per cent a year (U. N. estimates). Yet a growth rate of only one per cent, if it had been main tained in the world during the past five thousand years, would have produced by today a crowd of 2.7 billion persons — for every square foot on the earth’s land sur face. At the present growth rate Latin America will triple its population and India will double its population by the year 2000. The world’s population, currently 3.3 bil lion, will double in a generation and will reach 50 billion, the accepted saturation point of the earth, within two lifetimes. Since the greatest growth rates are in the poor or “have-not” nations of the world, nations ill-equipped to cope with the pro blem, the present consequences of the popu lation explosion are already gruesomely apparant. Life magazine described these effects of the explosion as “widespread mis ery, undernourishment, waste of human and natural resources and a constant threat among desperate peoples to the peace of the world.” Ten thousand people die every day of starvation. Half of the world’s popu lation lives in a perpetual state of semi starvation. The people in many Latin American countries and in much of south-

em Asia are actually worse off today than they were a generation ago, because popu lation growth has exceeded the economic growth. Eugene R. Black, past president of the World Bank, stated that: “We are coming to a situation in which the optimist will be the man who thinks that present living standards can be maintained.” The reason for the present population explosion is the upsetting of the age-old equilibrium between high birth rates and high death rates. Death rates around the world have been cut phenomenally since World War II (up to fifty per cent in coun tries like Japan, Chile, and Costa Rica), while the birth rate has been relatively stable at its high level, and has even risen. The great plagues — malaria, yellow fever, typhoid fever, small pox, and cholera—that once kept the population relatively stable, have been largely eliminated. World life expectancy has risen from 23 to 48 in the last half century. It is clear that the 'have-not” nations have and will suffer the most from the pop ulation explosion. Wit-- their populations mounting, they are fov d to spend their capital to keep their cit-v us alive. Food is the dominant problem the nation, and industrial growth suff losing ground it cannot replace. Westc .nd Communist foreign aid may tempo > y halt a nation’s downward course, but th* results of the aid are eventually swallow : up and nullified by the population increases. An example of this is the Aswan Dam project in Egypt. The project will increase the arable land in Egypt by one third, but Egypt’s popula tion will also have grown a third during the decade it will take to finish the dam. Net effect of the dam on Egypt’s food pro blem — zero. Solutions for this new crisis in world history are being advocated and put into practice. One group puts its faith in an increase in the world’s food production, brought about by science and technology. But most of the “have-not” nations, the ones that need the food desperately, have neither the capital, the education, nor the will to take advantage of these advances. Trade and industry, accompanied by a ris ing living standard, are supported by others as the solution to overpopulation. But a rapidly expanding population uses up too much of its income and its resources for necessities to leave anything for economic 166

development. India and China, for example, are trying this step with little effect, Others support emigration and mass movements from over- to under-populated regions of the world. Again the problem of financing and the lack of opportunity (would Australia welcome thirty million Chinese?) push the feasibility of this proposal — except by war — beyond the reach of the countries most affected. Some regard space as the next safety valve for the world’s population, and regard the present population increase as mankind’s preparation for inhabiting the planets. But a thousand space ships leaving the earth every day couldn’t keep up with the increase in population. Unless the age-old solutions to the problem of overpopulation — disease, famine, and war — “naturally” remove the problem from our concern, with all the attendant misery of the process, it is clear that some “unnatural” method will have to be used by the world to control its puliation. The “unnatural” method most vacated is birth control. Major obsta: to a world-wide program of birth conf i ' lack of infor-

mation — only one per cent of India’s pop illation has heard of birth control, although it has been made the heart of India’s longrange industrial and economic planning — and the Roman Catholic Church, with its determined, though increasingly questioned stand against all artificial birth controls. Most other churches are emphasizing the need for birth control, feeling that care of the body and care of the soul are inseparable. They feel that some form of birth control offers one of the better chances for success in halting mankind’s rising numbers. Andre Malraux, the French Culture Minister, once said: “A human life is worth nothing, and nothing is worth a human life.” It is time that the world no longer accepts its traditional “a human life is worth nothing” and instead uses as its guide, “nothing is worth a human life.” For nothing, not even twenty billion dollars for the prestige of a moon landing, should be too great a price for us, as the leading “have” nation of the world, to sacrifice to restore most of mankind to full status as

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The Black and Red feature article deals with the -problem of automobile safety. Neal Schroeder, a junior from Watertown, Wis consin, emphasizes the rising accident rate and then evaluates suggestions for cur-' tailing it. Next month John Vogt will dis cuss pop religion, the modernization of the church service. fjNE day in the year 1899 a certain Henry H. Bliss, a real-estate broker by profession, hopped off a trolley near Central Park in New York City. Unfortunately for Mr. Bliss, by some miscalculation or other he alighted directly in the path of a horseless carriage, thus becoming the first recorded American automobile casualty. Since that day the number of automobiles has increased to the point where the car is a very major part of the American way of life. So many facilities have been constructed for the motorist’s use that it is

n0w nearly possible for a man to live in his car. The auto is a necessity for both business and pleasure. The automotive industry and its subsidiary industries loom so large in the national economy that Charles Wilson had quite a bit of justification when he stated in 1952 that “what’s good for General Motors is good for the country.” Ours is a culture on wheels. In this coun try a feeling has developed over the years which might almost be termed the Cult of the Car. From its modest beginnings as a box on wheels designed to get a job done, 167

the car has become a necessary status sym bol, the one object on which the average American spends most of his time, money (20% of the average income), and atten tion. From the comparatively harmless putt-putt of the early days it has been trans formed into the powerful super-charged monster of today, with its 320-plus horse power and 120 miles per hour speed. As would be expected, the accident toll has risen apace with the car; each year more and more victims are sacrificed to it. Often we don’t realize the size of the fig ures involved. Last year 49,000 Americans died in traffic accidents; 1,800,000 were in jured, 200,000 of these for life. (Even these figures do not tell the whole story. The in juries represented by the figure are those that required more than a day of treatment; the actual injury figure is more like four million.) Though these figures are appall ing, they become more so when we state them in other ways: Every minute twenty accidents happen. Every hour we pay $1,000,000 in damages, medical care, insurance costs, and lost wages due to accidents. Every day 75 Americans die in traffic accidents. One out of every four cars built is involved in an injury-causing accident. One out of every two living Americans will be injured in an auto accident in his life; one of 72 will be killed. Auto accidents are the major cause of death for Americans under thirty-five. In 1965 the Air Force lost 700 pilots in plane crashes (including those in Viet Nam); in the same year 628 airmen died in car crashes. By 1977 the number of traffic deaths will double unless some means is found to slow the rate. TA7HAT is being done to prevent this * * slaughter? Until very recently empha sis has been placed on road improvements, law enforcement, drivers’ education and re examinations, and public-safety compaigns. None of these has cut the toll appreciably. The cry most often heard is one urging the building of more superhighways. People feel they reduce accidents, and they do to some extent. Yet the fact remains that ac cidents do occur on these roads with fright ening regularity. We hear of head-on col lisions despite the safety median. Often the very features designed to make the road safe are at the same time built-in hazards. The cloverleaf interchanges eliminate cross traffic, but often confuse and bewilder the

motorist. The long straight ribbon of road stretching to the horizon so effectively re moves work from driving that the motorist becomes hypnotized and falls asleep. The overpasses which remove the danger from side roads offer concrete pillars and abut ments as lethal targets for the car hurtling out of control. It has been said that the Interstate highway system will be obsolete by the time it is completed. Some look to miracle electronic highways for the answer. Yet an electronics expert has stated that the average driver is more reliable than to day’s electronic devices. Clearly, modifica tion of the road does not completely solve the problem. Another area cited for reform is that of law enforcement. Police are told to crack down on speeders and drinkers. In the first place, despite the well-known slo gan, “Speed kills,” there is no proof that speed in itself causes accidents; it merely ups the chances for serious injury if an ac cident occurs. Low 'speed is as dangerous as high; the ideal is to i > ' cl at the average speed of the cars on the .-ad. Secondly, we urging us to all know the other slo; “drink milk and stay ab.-- = This seems to make sense when we 1. > hat fifty percent of the people involved ' single-car acci dents are under the h ! u nce of alcohol. However, under more careful study we see that these same people h \ e deeper psycho logical and social problems which may have been directly responsible for the ac cident. Alcohol has even been shown to re duce accidents by one-third when used in moderate amounts! Not only the drinking driver’s performance is affected by his psy chological make-up. For each of us, our driving is an extension of our personality; it is affected by whatever affects us. Take this example: A New York businessman who had crossed the same busy intersection for eleven years without once making a traffic violation tried to beat the light one morning and sideswiped another car. He said he failed to see the car because he had not gotten a promotion the day before and had been berated by his wife, who wished to move to a classier neighborhood; on top of this he had slapped his little girl for the first time. A psychiatrist said he felt guilty and wanted to be punished. As all of us have our setbacks and bad mo ments, the clue doesn’t lie in trying to change the driver’s make-up, for this would involve a drastic change to every motorist in the country. 168

Driver’s education seems to be a good program, judging from its results. But the statistics really prove little, as it is often a voluntary subject, and those students who enroll are the stable type who would make safer drivers regardless. The worth of the system will only be seen after it is compul sory for all beginning motorists. Uniform licensing procedures would also do much to keep incompetent drivers of all types off the road, but at present there is such wide variation in this area that it would take a national system. Both of these areas might do some good, but neither is yet in full swing.

DQUW The most publicized means of reducing accidents are the repeated campaigns of such groups as the National Safety Coun cil. Each holiday we read the predictions and watch the grim toll rise. We are warned and overwarned. Posters and commer cials picture wrecked vehicles and wrecked lives, telling us in the scare tradition begun by a 1935 Readers Digest article that we could be next. All these methods are cal culated to frighten us into driving sanely. Tests have shown that the message can be gotten across just as effectively by milder means, and that the scare method might even be detrimental to our driving skill. 169

"vr one of the previously mentioned solutions has been shown to prevent traffic accidents. It is very possible that it is not possible to prevent them. But there is one area in which there is much to be done — the field of automotive design. If accidents can’t be prevented, at least the number of injuries and deaths can be reduced. If the first collision between the automobile and its target cannot be prevented, the second collision between the passenger and some part of the car’s interior must be minimized. In the past year the Federal govern ment stepped into the auto safety field with a Senate subcommittee headed by Senator Ribicoff of Connecticut. In the hearings the heads of the major auto companies showed their lack of concern for the public safety. Their line was that “Safety doesn’t sell.” Anyone who reads an ad for any make car today will see where the manu facturers put their stress. A car is sold by sex appeal and horsepower; all of the mod el names and campaigns are made up with some combination of the two in mind. Car manufacturers play down the safety angle of their cars to such an extent that they tell their dealers to correct defects without the owner’s knowledge and not warn the general public. Many of the findings of re search institutes such as that of Cornell are surpressed and ignored, for the auto companies provide their grants. A major breakthrough in the field of safety came when the manufacturers were made directly responsible for their cars’ de fects in case of accident. Many suits are still pending on the matter of the poorly designed Corvair rear assembly. Large set tlements will hit the manufacturers in the pocket where it hurts and force them to be more safety-minded. Detroit has always maintained that the public does not want safety features on its cars and that a totally safe car would be nearly impossible to develop. They argue that a safety vehicle would be so ugly that no one would buy it. The Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Company modified a 1964 Bel Air to show what could be accomplish ed. More remarkable is the Sigma, a preproduction model of the Pininfarina Com pany of Italy. It features a very strong passenger compartment with sliding doors, contour seats, and generous padding. The extremities of the car are designed to

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which must be included on all vehicles to be bought by the government in 1967. Al most all have been offered to the public for quite some time as options. Many officials are trying to pass legislation which will make the devices mandatory on all 1968 cars. This is the first step in giving the public the safety items it supposedly does not want. Soon they will join the turn sig nal, once considered a non-wanted acces sory, as accessories which are taken for granted. The G S A set of standards is a small start in a field where there is room for much improvement. Federal regula s\Gnfv— tion seems to be the only way to guarantee Recently the General Services Adminis the public that it is getting a means of tration, the United States purchasing agen transportation rather than a tool for mur cy, published a list of seventeen items der or suicide.

crumple on impact, thus absorbing much of the shock. The windshield pops out if pressure is applied; the steering column is very short, thus preventing the impalement of the driver, which causes one out of five driver fatalities. Yet, despite all these safe ty features the car is very good looking:

The Frontier of Life This article will consider the scientific -*• advances in the quest to synthesize life and the technological significance of such a synthesis, should it be achieved. Our common experience with life sug gests that distinguishing life from non life should be rather simple; however, the very simplest of biological forms — viruses — frequently fail to qualify under the dif ferent definitions of life which biologists pose. They are not cells; they do not have any life independent of the living orga nisms which they parasitize; in a sense, they do not even reproduce themselves, but rather they cause the cells they penetrate to make copies of them. On the other hand, they do transmit their structure from one generation to the next by a hereditary pro cess, and they do contain the basic materi als common to every life form — protein and nucleic acid. In fact, that is all they consist of. Because of this uncertainty as to whether viruses are alive or not, when they are synthesized, not all will agree that life has been made in the test tube.. Whether or not viral synthesis is accep ted as “creation of life,” the implications of the research in microbiology attending such an event will have extensive influence on both science and theology. Not only would such a synthesis bolster the theory of evolution considerably, but it would also be a landmark in biologists’ ability to un derstand and control genetics.

Historically, soon after Darwin propos ed his theory of evolution in 1859, one of to be exact. the key steps in the proces the first — was devastating! attacked. When Pasteur in the I860 conducted his famous experiments in ah he boiled broth in sealed flasks which then failed to spoil, he satisfactorily cm d the theory of spontaneous generation, theory that life would arise automatic. out of dead matter when the sun shin on it. About 30 years prior, though, a '• - man chemist named Woehler had succe. fed in synthe sizing an organic compound, something which had previously been produced ex clusively by living beings. Then, too, in the 1860’s, while Darwin was proposing evo lution and Pasteur undermining its basis, Gregor Mendel started to derive his laws of heredity from his study of pea plants. It has been the program of modern biologists, or to speak more correctly, biochemists, to explain the laws of Mendel in terms of molecular structure. If life could be suc cessfully explained as a mechanical pro cess which the cell molecules undergo, then the possibility of life arising from non-liv ing matter by a fortunate chemical acci dent again comes to the fore. Evolution is saved then, heredity is put on a mathema tically predictable basis, and Pasteur’s ob jection has been successfully circumvent ed, not that spontaneous generation, as he knew it, has been revived, but that a suit able alternate has been found.

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problem of genetic structure has become coiling is much tighter.) The strands which more and more clearly defined and a great are made of alternate sugar and phosphate body of facts has surrounded it. It was units are joined by base connecters like found that the chromosome which holds ladder rungs. Each “rung” is made of two the genes consists of three substances: pro bases, but only in the definite pairings: AT, tein, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and ri TA, GC, and CG. This model not only ac bonucleic acid (RNA). The genes them counts for DNA’s chemical properties, but selves consist of DNA. They control all the also neatly explains how the molecule hereditary traits from eye color to sex. As could replicate itself during cell division. they were studied, it became apparent that The two strands would unwind and the certain disorders, such as diabetes, anemia, base connectors would break in half. Then and various birth defects, were due to the each half of the helix could reconstruct its absence of specific genes. The ultimate complement out of the six subunits in sus control of such disorders would be to sup pension around it. The structure would ply the lacking gene or to prevent the con duplicate exactly because each broken con ception of offspring which were genetically nector would only pair up with its comple defective through genotyping. Since all bi ment — A with T, T with A, G with C, and ological processes are linked to cell division C with G. and since hereditary traits are only main The overall role of DNA is to control tained if the genes are conserved, it soon the formation of specific proteins from the became obvious that the genes must be able amino subunits. The various sequences of to duplicate themselves during cell division the rungs on the DNA “ladder” determine so that the two daughter cells would each the different proteins, each of which has a be able to continue the hereditary identity single specific function in the organism. of the organism. It . also clear that the RNA (which resembles DNA in structure, molecules which ma ' gene would have though simpler) translates the information to be capable of enov variety to be able of the DNA sequence into instructions to to account for the vule of different the cell for forming the various proteins. characteristics and •: the same time be Naturally, the first work toward syn able to make chem exact replicas of thesis of life is being done on the simplest themselves every ti; cell divided. living structures — the viruses, some of In 1953 a break came when F. which consist of only RNA and protein. In H. C. Crick and Jam Watson advanced 1935 tobacco-mosaic virus was isolated. In their theory of the DN molecule. All pro 1955 Dr. Stanley succeeded in breaking the teins are built up of amino acids. These virus apart and then reuniting it and causare molecular units made of hydrogen, car it to live again. The closest man has come bon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous, and to creating life from chemicals occurred on sulfur — the basic elements of life. Certain August 7, 1962, when this same virus was of the simpler proteins, for example, have “synthesized” by adding triphosphates of been painstakingly analyzed and show a the 4 bases which compose RNA (A, U, G, structure of 150 amino acids linked togeth and C — uracil substitutes for thymine in er, each amino acid itself sufficiently com RNA) to nuclei extracted from tobacco-mo plex. Fortunately, the DNA molecule which saic virus. While this was a considerable directs the formation of these complex pro achievement, it was less than a complete teins, though stiff very complex, is simpler synthesis since the nuclei of the virus them than the proteins because it is formed from selves cannot be compounded in the labor only six simple units (analogous to amino atory as yet. It is, however, only a matter acids in proteins). These are: a deoxyri- of time before viruses can be completely bose sugar, a phosphate, and four bases — synthesized and this will represent for many adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine “test tube life.” Though such research has alarming (abbreviated A, T, G, and C). The structure which Crick and Watson suggested is a possibilities with regard to the manipula double helix with each helical strand wound tion of heredity and will certainly convince around the other in the opposite direction. more people that evolution presents a cor (Think of a single strand as resembling a rect description of the origins of life, still coil spring. The double helix is then rough it should not present doubts to a Christian. ly similar to the medical insignia, only the For one, the “creation” of life in a test tube

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member, is that, even if such an experi ment makes evolution seem more plausible, such a view would be tenable only if we did not have God’s Word to the contrary. Since we do, little weight is added to the evolu tionist’s contention. We should guard against censuring such research too hastily, for though its misuse is apparent and inevitable, it will also have a beneficial side in the greater ability of medicine to control birth defects and con genital diseases. As for the rest, science can never weaken the credibility of Scrip ture for us and can only confirm it when E. F. it is correct.

is no creation in the same sense that God creates. Even if it should be achieved, the principle that only life brings forth life would not be invalidated, since the scien tist organizing the experiment is a living agent responsible for giving birth to such a living organism. Even though he uses inert materials, plants do also; it is a case of mimicry at best. Secondly, there is a vast difference between attempting to explain the emergence of sub-microscopic forms which barely qualify as life by evolution, and giving a credible version of how hu man intelligence or moral awareness arose by that same theory. A third point to re-

Black and Red Poll Once again the campus best-seller (that’s the B & R) afforded its readers the opportunity to air their views on weighty subjects and to show their high degree of original humor. Two hundred students filled out this month’s poll. As true connoisseurs of feminine beau ty, the students were asked to describe their ideal girl. On the average, NWC’s ideal girl would be 5'51a", weigh 120 pounds, have blue eyes, blond hair (although bru nettes ran a close second), and have medi um long hair. Bowling, dancing, going to a movie, and just having a good talk were the most popular things to do on a date. Many stressed the importance of a date that could carry on a good conversation. In general, a college girl was preferred, though not a definite prerequisite. Social drinking was accepted by most, but smok ing discouraged. So all girls matching this description are urged to send their appli cations for admission to our college as soon as possible. Phase two of the poll concerned itself with politics, which again showed itself to be a subject that raises little interest on our campus. 50 per cent of our students sub scribe to either a newspaper or a news mag azine, with Time the one most read. One question asked the students’ opinions of LBJ. This question brought a host of un complimentary answers which can best be summed up with the conclusion that LBJ’s popularity not only has for the most part waned, but by and large it has gone floosh. Our involvement in Vietnam was generally favored, but most thought we should give it all we’ve got to push for a faster end.

Entertainment was the next topic of questioning. The once worshipped boob tube has noticeably lost our attention. Not counting the annual Sunday afternoon rit ual of Packer games, the TV room has of ten been void of reclining viewers this year. Whether the apparent lack of interest is a result of the increasing load of academic pressure or the fact tha; this year’s TV shows for the most par just plain hang out, is hard to say, but 1 are probably 30 per cent of big factors in the declin our honest student bod^ n that they do not frequently watch TV In the expensive wo. f cinema our masses by and large thin at the current movies are improving. T was frequent criticism of the emphasis on sex in many of the flicks however. MOST POPULAR MOVIES 1. Dr. Zhivago 2. The Sound of Music 3. Penelope 4. Virginia Woolf 5. The Russians Are Coming 6. The Blue Max 7. Texas Across The River UNPOPULAR MOVIES 1. After The Fox 2. The Group 3. Virginia Woolf 4. Murderers’ Row 5. Alfie 6. The Pawnbroker 7. Beach Movies In conjunction with the emphasis on music in this month’s issue, the poll also included music preferences. Of the entire collegiate student body, 66J2 per cent fav ored rock and roll, while the remainder pre-

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ferred classical with only a very small scat tering preferring other types of music. As a sidelight it is interesting to see the great effect that the classical music appreciation class had upon the seniors who took the course last year. Among the seniors 65 per cent still favored rock and roll, while 35 per cent chose classical. The voting for the most popular singers went as follows: MALE SINGERS 1. Andy Williams -30 2. Johnny Mathis - 14 3. Elvis Presley - 14 4. Frank Sinatra - 13 5. Dean Martin - 11 6. Neil Diamond 9 Others: Harlan Kuschel Wilson Pickett FEMALE SINGERS 1. Petula Clark -74 2. Nancy Sinatra - 16 3. Barbara Streisand — 12

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4. Marianne Faithful — 10 5. Mrs. Miller 8 6. Cher 5 VOCAL GROUPS 1. Mamas & Papas - 19 2. Beatles - 15 3. Peter, Paul & Mary — 14 4. Supremes - 10 5. Kingston Trio - 10 6. Monkees - 10 Others: Sy Gordon NWC Touring Chorus Although it often seems that everyone in the dorm smokes, in reality only 39 per cent do. Of these 15 are pipe smokers and the rest prefer fags. In order of preference the favorite cigarettes are: Winston, Marl boro, Pall Mall, Old Golds, and Tareytons. The last interesting little ditty is that 66 per cent of the NWC students wear eith er glasses or contacts. It goes to show you what all that hard studying can do to your eyes. J. H.

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TA7ith the long ha> ni the semester a prestige-winning score of zero regard» ” break to Easter ... ding boredom in less of the size of your dividend. This is not the dorm, I thought i M be a helpful entirely true, since the fans usually de public service to remii :■ students of a mand a respectable dividend from all realfew of the many act • s available at ly skilled players. For this reason I recomNWC at this time of v lost of us have mend the second method of play - getting a great deal of expericn with them, but good grades with very little studying. You an occasional brush-up on the rules is pro- may think this is easier said than done, but fitable even for the eight-year veterans. l’ve neglected to mention a very important Such a quick run-down also helps initiate loophole — studying only counts against the new-comers into the intricacies of dor- y°u if you re caught in the act. If you get mitory sports. respectable grades, but give the appearance One of the most common games is calln°t studying, you re a big winner in ed “Who’s Studying Now?” The object is to NWCs study game. Its important that be credited with the least amount of study you be seen wandering about on the night time per grade point of your average. For before a test, but this does not mean you example, if you have a 3.0 or B average have to blunder into tests unprepared. If and study two hours a day, your score y°u study in hiding for three days ahead of would be 3 2 or l'A. There are two basic time: a tittle review between your pre-test styles of play. The first is the simplest by public appearances will carry you through far — don’t study at all. This strategy is nicely. This strategy is made to order for advantageous because it is easy to master town students. If you find yourself in these and offers ample relaxation as a fringe fortunate circumstances, study at home benefit. But before you get too excited, let during the dorm s afternoon siesta period me point out a few of the disadvantages. f°r tive days, then appear in the dorm from If you are an underclassman practicing eight to eleven the night before the test, this technique, you may not be around for At eleven casually announce that you re gothe end of the game. Furthermore, al- tiig home to begin studying for the test, though this method gives you an unbeat- This marks you as a sure winner, able divisor of zero, it will probably greatHowever, if you are one of those unforly reduce your dividend or grade average tunate spirits who can’t rid themselves of 173

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gin learning a more advanced game like “Don’t Get Caught With Your Traditions Down” or “Prejudice, Prejudice, We Got the Prejudice.” You may feel that you’re a little too young to be prejudiced and traditional, but let me assure you this need not be true if you set your mind to it. Here again there are various styles of play. Crass amateurs will probably simply pick a prejudice and invent a few reasons to keep it up, but to score well a more sophisticated technique is necessary. To achieve top rankings it is necessary to appear arbitrary and to irri tate other people, so be sure to choose something which will cause a great deal of unnecessary inconvenience. For example, start with a sound premise such as control ling students’ use of cars. Then liberalize the rules. Be generous and fair in all ma jor matters. Trust students with almost anything or any hours for out-of-town driv ing. You may feel that this liberality will lower your discontent rating, but I promise you it won’t if you follow be rest of my program. To achieve maxr urn irritant value, nothing works so well as giving a lot of freedom in areas which .quire much responsibility and withhold it in lesser instances. This makes you ap( . \r arbitrary and unreasonable. You could do this by keeping students from drivj to church (they may compete with th: lecalites for parking space, you know) and by imposing other similar restrictions. There may still be some pacified individuals who are aware that there are good reasons for these restrictions, but you can minimize their contentedness by showing as much anti car feeling as you can on other occasions. This will help give the impression that the rules are motivated by these feelings. It will thereby make the rules seem unrea sonable and greatly increase their irritating power. If you follow my method, you can develop a talent for turning good inten tions into a source of aggravation. I realize you are not in a position to make rules yet, but you can practice these same principles in your everyday relationships with others. These are just a few of the ways to en tertain yourself around the dorm. Apply the general ideas of these games, and I am sure you’ll be able to invent many new pas times of your own. Good luck! 1. — If, after reading this section, you still do not Prejudicedly yours, understand the principle of irresponsible, irrele Joe Trojan vant attacks, note my application of it in the last JT: jb section of this article.

the notion that studying is justifiable, or if you have been apprehended at your desk too often to score well, do not despair. You can still salvage a minuscle quantity of your social prestige by joining in and jump ing on anyone you happen to catch study ing in these moments when you yourself are well enough prepared to leave your desk. This definitely categorizes you as a minor league player, but you can still take comfort from the fact that we cannot all obtain the same degree of success in such scholastic non-proficiency. “Paint It Black” is another popular stu dent game, perhaps the most popular. The only requirement is that you criticize some person or institution connected with the school. This may sound easy, but don’t get over-excited, for there are certain basic principles you should keep in mind. I re alize you are eager to rush out and try it, but please hear me out. Since we are sel dom given adequate reasons for school rules, you may feel that they are good sub jects for attacks; but you would do best if you avoided becoming too easily entrapped here, since there really may be some un known good reasons for them lurking be hind the scenes somewhere. For this rea son I feel you’d do best to concentrate on personal attacks until you get a little more proficient. Every good debater knows that irrelevant ad hominem comments are out side the realm of rational discussion, and that facts, fairness, and relevance cannot be demanded of those who specialize in this field. Try to avoid valid criticism as much as possible, since experience shows that personal attacks are more entertain ing, can be adapted to your prejudices more easily, satisfy frustrations more fully, and are the most effective means of self-justi fication when no facts can be found to do the job. Whatever you do, avoid getting involved with anyone interested in talking reasonably. Such trouble-makers are usu ally outsiders tryinng to upset our system around here.1 These two games should occupy quite a bit of your time and are considered about right for your maturity level by most ex perts in the field. However, if you have a little more time on your hands, you can be-

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Winter Carnival Yes, the carnival took place on Janu ary 27 & 28, 1967. The weather was clear, the ice was slick, and the winter spirit was felt by all involved in events of the day. The grueling slate of athletic contests began Friday afternoon with the modified ice hockey games on the river. The Sophomores on the astute work of Herb Prahl, rallied to overcome the humble Frosh, 2-1. A double overtime was needed before the Seniors could squeek by with a 1-0 victory over the Juniors on a goal by a master of the broom, Earl Lindemann. Size made lit tle difference in this contest as some of the physical “giants” of the Senior class fell victim to the agility of the lighter but quick er underclassmen. In the semi-finals it was Quinta over Quarta, 1-0, and the Seni ors over their younger friends, the Sopho mores, also 1-0. But in the finals the prep department proved no match to the well experienced and over-sized Seniors, as the collegiates won easily, 3-0. The gymnasium was the site of the co ed basketball game on Saturday morning. On a late surge the Quinta-Quarta forces overtook the Senior-Sexta team, 16-15. La ter in the afternoon the male segment of the Preps took on the Racine Crusaders. The ice on the river was ideal for the skating events of the day. First was the speed skating, won handily by all-round athlete Warren Hartman. Following the freshman victor were Marty Schwartz for the seniors, Dick Stevens for the juniors, and Duane Sternhagen for the sophomores. In the four-man speed relay, the Frosh, hampered by a bad pass, were forced to settle for a tie with the Seniors. Overcom ing a maze of cardboard, old tires, and baskets, Vernon Wittig captured a victory in the obstacle race. Hard on his tail was Tom Frey, a freshman. Down the line at fifth and sixth places were senior Larry Retberg, and Mr. Co-ordination himself, John Boehringer, for the Juniors. Following a good meal in the cafeteria, the center of attention turned once more to the gymnasium. Opening the show were the Cavaliers,” a local group that made good, consisting of Doug Engelbrecht, A-

dolph Harstad, Dick Froehlich, and Louie Geise. Duane Erstad added his part with the percussion section. Their most inter esting contribution was a rendition of “Wild Thing,” a take-off on a take-off, which sure ly proved amusing to faculty and students alike. Direct from Madison came the sounds of the Sy Gordon Band, a five-piece combo, dedicated to the sound of the recent past. All adept musicians, their perform ance is best summarized in Sy’s own word"Charming.” The high point of the evening was the naming of Forrest Bivens as “Ug liest Man On Campus.” Winter Carnival ’67 thus came to an end. Its success can only be measured by what you made of it. If you went home for the weekend, Winter Carnival no doubt re mains a dud. But those who took part in any of the activities can hardly speak of it as a failure. Dead Sea Squirrels Prof. Menahem Mansoor, a professor’s professor so to speak, set a lot of opinions straight with his lecture on the Dead Sea Scrolls on February 1. He explained the different discoveries, the vu • jus contents of the scrolls, and the effec. nd results of the discoveries. Most of the lecture were his comments on the results • >f the know ledge drawn from the scroll?. One of the major fears has been that •; content of the texts would revolutionize Christianity and Judaism. What they actually have done is to re-emphasize the correctness of the texts now available by pointing to the almost complete agreement of the new and old texts, and they also give light on New Testament times, especially on the Essenes. Debate “Should Northwestern have a cut sys tem?” was the subject for debate in the din ing hall, Thursday, February 2, 1967. Re presenting the affirmative were freshmen Tom Haar and James Seidel. The negative evaluators were sophomore Paul Schweppe and junior Edward Fredrich. The initial statement by Haar of the affirmative stated that cuts were needed for accidental rea sons, to keep family ties, to avoid hard feelings toward the excuse committee, and to develop a sense of responsibility. The negative contended that all cuts are aimed at personal pleasures. A slim victory went to the negative squad on a 14-12 tally. c. c. 176

ALUMNI CALLS Rev. Karl Fuhlbrigge, ’55, of Mayville, Michigan, has accepted a call to Cutler Ridge, Florida. Rev. Norbert Gieschen, ’52, of Stoddard, Wiscon sin, accepted a call and was installed at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wood Lake, Minnesota, February 12, 1937. Rev. Elwood Habermann, ’42, was installed at St. Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Watertown, South Dakota, January 22, 1967. Rev. Robert Hartmann, ’57, received a new charge at Hillsboro, Texas, on September 11, 1987. Rev. Lloyd Hohenstein, ’56, formerly of Tomah, Wisconsin, accepted a call and was installed at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Gibbon, Minnesota, February 12, 1937. Rev. Paul Knickelbein, ’42, has accepted a call to St. John’s - St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Churches, Cleveland, Wisconsin. Rev. Ernest Lehninger, ’39, is now serving as Executive Director of the Wisconsin Lutheran Children and Family Service, Milwaukee. Rev. A. H. Reaume, ’5?, is now serving the newly founded Good Shephe. -J Mission Congregation in Albuquerque, New <T xico. Rev. David Redlin, ’56. *\»< v-rly of Warren, Ari zona was installed a!. Redeemer Lutheran Church, Phoenix, Arizree, January 22, 1967. Rev. Harold Sauer, ’40, .■ n.erly of Muskegon Heights, Michigan, wa • • ailed at St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran . i , Saginaw, Michi gan, January 29, 193'. Rev. Paul Schliesser, 'JO formerly of Florence, South Dakota, has accepted a call to Withrow Evangelical Lutheran Church, Withrow, Wash ington. Rev. Edward Werner, ’59, is in charge of the newly-formed Our Savior’s Evangelical Luth eran Church, South Shore, South Dakota. The new congregation is a merger of Immanuel Lutheran Church, South Shore, and St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germantown, South Dakota. DEATHS Rev. Clifford KipfmiUer, ’43, of Hopkins, Michi gan, died early in February. Rev. Armin Roekle, ’36, of Manitowoc, Wiscon sin, passed away on January 15, 1987. ANNIVERSARIES Rev. Nathaniel Luetke, ’37, of Trinity Evangelical Church, Nicollet, Minnesota, observed his twen ty-fifth year in the holy ministry at New Ulm, Minnesota. Rev. Oscar Siegler and Rev. M. J. Lenz spoke at a banquet there. Rev. Marvin Volkmann, ’38, of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Waukesha, Wisconsin, cele brated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his or dination on January 29, 1967. 177

64 Years Ago “What’s the matter with the Alumni Column in the Black and Red? ... in the last three issues of the Black and Red the column consisted not of any contributions by the alumni but a brilliant account of a banquet; the following month the column consisted of an appeal to the alumni to contribute material; the third month was a re port of the committee that had written the appeal the previous month. . . the interest by the alum ni shown so far has been small enough to dis courage the bravest.” 54 Years Ago “A JUNIOR’S DREAM” On one dull night in cold December, I remember When poring o’er perplexing books, with gloomy looks, Behold! In space before me stood— It chilled my blood, Uncanny shadows. From out of the misty gloom around me, I could see How, clad in nondescript attire, burning with ire, They hurried up with mystic chant, and quicken ing pant, To torture me. The van was led by min silluq, duorum S. wajim ki Soph pasuq, Then followed quicumque et quisque, quin, Pynthanomai, peusomai, pleia, hymin, abscissa, cosecant x plus one Auristus an. And thus in myriads they raced about, a banter ing rout; But, when they screamed in direful note, I awoke, And rising with a weary head, enough is said, I went to bed. Reinhold Fenske, ’14 44 Years Ago “This is a plea for contributions. Sounds queer doesn’t it? A “plea” for contributions. The Black and Red is published by the students of North western College. By far the greater part of the student-body have a false conception of their duty in the publication of their college monthly. The fact is, however, that ‘the Black and Red is pub lished by a few of the students’ and not by the student body.” 34 Years Ago “I contend that our method of studying Latin and Greek in the omega years of college is not only folly and a waste of time but absolutely worthless. The prime purpose for our study of the ancient classics is to give us the necessary knowledge and ability to translate the Bible from the original. This can easily be accomplished in the first four years of study. In the two final years we learn nothing new relative to grammar and syntax.” H. Fredricks 24 Years Ago On October 3, 1943, the U. S. S. Destroyer Tills was christened. Ensign Tills was killed in an initial attack of the Japanese while in command of a Catalina Flying Boat. Tills was of the class C. C. of 1939.

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steen was one of the many who couldn’t control himself as he laughed in twentyfour points. Dobberstein tallied twenty points for the losers. Since the team no longer gets a loser’s meal, we wonder if far-reaching conservatism considers empty stomachs fair reward for a hard-fought game.

Concordia 58 NWC 55 Fickle fortune again assumed the boom erang role as we dribbled away a close game at Concordia on January 27. Ironic ally, the Falcons spotted us with an early lead but soon wiped it away en route to a NWC 78 Rockford 106 fly-by-night 58-55 cleaning of our spiritsThe Rockford Regents prayed-for prey less clock-watchers. Dobberstein’s fifteen was finally jostled to their rejuvenated cam points were hardly enough to ruffle the Fal pus on February 17 in another of a season con’s tail feathers as we again looked up al series of dumpy school buses. Keith in vain for a coming victory. The whole Schroeder’s heartfelt aggressiveness paced team agrees that the referees made a few the team’s foul play and added to the eve rather liberal calls near the end of the duel. ning’s impressively questionable total of Eureka 90 sixty-nine fouls as we again blew an early NWC 77 Dobberstein, despite his partially de On February 3 our merciless fans, pe lead. stroyed ankle resulting from an injury sus rennial Simon Legrees of the bleachers were tained in practice, struck for eighteen. favored with another deja view of a home team’s effort to bag a victory. The team, NWC 91 St. Procopius 112 however, went down to defeat at the hands On February 18 the Trojans let the Proof Eureka by a 90-77 score. Dobberstein co Eagle slip out of the ' *ssical dribbler’s potted twenty big ones in a wholehearted sack and the Lisle, Illino bird promptly effort as our players made their best show proceeded to flip itself J-out at our ex ing of this long season. Our fans waxed pense. Fred Zimmerman j-pound thumb offensive at some of the block-headed deci doffed his accepted role , misguided mala sions made by the home-town whistlers. droitness as he thrashc ' ?nt for twentytors. Rog KoNWC 70 Trinity 86 three to-the-Proco-quicr ts our nod as The Trinity Trojans were hardly civil bleske, senior plug-ugly as they outbatded our breathless losers on court hipster and oppou ;-iniffer for the February 4. Considering their speed, we teeming season. Again the freshmen sup should have left our horse outside the gates, porters, namely, Winter, Jischoff, Castillo, but they managed to pull a fast one on us. Stratman and Lemke, lem their fresh tal The team subs flooded the line-up in yet ents in a balanced effort. another attempt to overhaul an opponent’s Huff. Puff. Sweat. Ugh. Grunt. The sense of accomplishment. J. “Watertown weightlifter has just woodenly lumbered Walrus” Guse proved to be top scorer of the from the dormitory to the gym. Now he evening as he muscled in thirteen points. presses; he squats; he curls; he lifts equal His offensive ability finally paid off. ly dead weights, all the while dreaming in NWC 72 Dominican 79 sweaty reverie of the bottle-tanned, straw The Trojans beat back another attack berry, probably dumb, blonde who will fon of team pride by losing again on February dle his baseball biceps with a wide-eyed 7. Something was almost mixed up as we “Wow!” Big deal. Protein pills, which taste temporarily forgot our role of do-badders like dried eggs laced with ant hormones, and almost won. But in classical self-dis are the mainscrew of his mealy existence. gust we managed to find ourselves in time These tight-lipped human cranes offer any to lose by a mere 79-72. Carr was their variety of passable excuses for their mag big wheel and drove for twenty-four points netic interest in the iron game: Davy Clark for his night’s shooting practice. Dobber says he needs a place to study his Hauptschriften vocs in peace as well as some stein rub-a-dubbed the nets for nineteen. thing to waste his time on. Ernie WendNWC 64 Milton 105 land enjoys the gym-dandy smell. “Walter” Milton also saw fit to assume the role Clarey enjoys the privacy and still thinks of spoilers and destroyed us in an unusual that he is eating protein to make his finger ly usual manner on February 11. Grove- nails grow. Don Stuppy likes to work out 178

at night, being puffed up about an unrevealed set of blisters from his gutty abdominal work. “Definition” Dave Koelpin is dropping everything else in his ambition to be considered power drunk. “Bub” Cares is another nominal sophomore who has discarded the accepted mediocrity of his class

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“Northwestern College is a swinging school.” — Sy Gordon. Ah, the quiet month of February is once again upon us. However, standing out above all this pathos and rahr-rahr-all-theway, there is one day that has left its im pression in the hearts or consciences of many. Yes, on Januur. 28th, we held our Winter Carnival, aient so big and so successful that it coi. .'.ely humbled other great events of thi. ool year (such as Homecoming 1966. hat day that rank amateur Big Don .. y literally struck apart the college b. ng league with his new ball, or how ab.. .. day that Gos, be ing picked on by a le of bully refs, set a new intramural s .aid with eight fouls — a couple could have gone either way.) The WC went something like this: 2:00 p. m., Friday: Richard Lemke’s pick-up truck wouldn’t start, ending all hopes of juniors’ snow sculpture. 6:00 a. m., Saturday: 3rd floor north john under four inches of water. (Ac tually, this didn’t really have a lot of bearing on the outcome of the day, but it was rather exciting.) 8:30 a. m.: Mrs. Kowalke saw a cloud of smoke rising over the college dorm and screamed, “Eek, a fiery chariot 1” Actually, it was only several collegiates shaking their tumbleweed-laden mops out of third floor windows. 12:00 M: Ugly Man hopefuls prepared for festivities of the day. Dave Lig gett, alias many things, in a moment of pessimism, stated that he had bit ten off more than he could chew. Frosty Bivens spent two hours rub bing Corn Huskers Lotion into his facial pores, only to give it up as a lost cause. 179

for the close-cropped fellowship of the weight room. This weighty list is also highlighted by two occasional unmentionables from the untouchable senior class. Weightlifting is a grave issue at Northwestern, and those individuals who participate are R. G. so hardened that. . .. 3:00 p. m.: Mark Krueger takes nap for some reason that we can’t make out. 4:00 p. m.: Sok-Hop in 318 and show ing of Lar Retberg’s fine pre-Biedermeier furniture set, which was con fiscated only two days later. 7:30 p. m. Variety show. Swingin’ Sy Gordon, close friend of John Brug and Chuck what’s his name, acclaim ed greatest single act since Bubblebutt’s history semester test-grade rou tine, amazed NWC “cats” with elo quent humor and groovy music. 9:15 p. m.: Winter Carnival ends — real fun begins. Cars flock to Mud Lake, Milwaukee, Ixonia, Madison, Nibble Nook, Hartmann’s, and other assorted fun spots. Seniors hold mo nastic revival meeting (purposeless frenzy). 3:00 a. m., Sunday: Most students in bed sleeping and dreaming of the big day. Bivens had a rude awaken ing. You are probably wondering how the White Cane mixer worked out. Well, Bob Witt, second floor mailman, announced that Tom Liesener, Rog Kobleske, and Mar ty Schwartz are suddenly receiving an aw ful lot of mail postmarked New Ulm. Rog Kobleske was even caught reading his la test letter a second time. Even Anteater Enser, recently chosen student most likely to secede, hinted that he was ineligibly eli gible after receiving a tender note from the Minnesota feeder school. Dale Baumler, also involved in the Cane, made out pretty well, according to several sources. Rattle snake Groth, renowned venomous viper, looks like he might be a regular in the Retberg New Ulm car pool — at least he had “several” attachments at the time this went to the presses. Dave Dolan, who recently submitted his name to The Junior Northwestern in hopes of finding a female pen-pal, also asked me to mention in this column that he is now ready to settle down in case any girl out there would be interested.

NAME THE WINDBREAK TO THE WEST CONTEST Now that the massive windbreak to the west is nearing completion, the problem arises what to call it. In 1956, when our dorm was completed, a contest was held to try to get a name for it. Hundreds of en tries flooded the contest headquarters, and after hours of deliberation the entry “East Hall” was chosen as the winner — most cer-

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Oh, coffee pot, coffee pot, where is your perlYour pleasant aroma, your warm black murk Your sugar is hermited, your spoon now is st: Your cup gathers dust on our window sill. With particles and water we filled you each ds Plugged in your cord, and then you perked ai Your nectar so tasty, so tangy, so strong, You made the hard nights seem not quite so I But now you are silent, your coldness aboun All of your innards have gone to the ground. We miss you old pot, we’ll try not to cry, But the evil persecution now has made you i

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LAST ISSUE OF VOLUME LXX COVER THEME: Soar we now where Christ has led, Following our exalted Head. Made like Him, like Him we rise; Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. CHARLES WESLEY

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Lamentations of the Betrayer.

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EDITORIAL ow that our musical chief has achieved new distinction and our organiza tions have such popular appeal that many of their numbers have to be played twice to appease the crowd, the seating problem which occurs at nearly all of the major con certs can only grow worse. The limited capacity of the gym makes it impossible for all of those who would like to attend these concerts to obtain seats. It seems un likely that the planned remodeling of the gym will increase capacity enough to pro vide any complete solution to this problem. Some students who would like to attend the concerts do not do so. because they are faced with the prospect of relinquishing their seats and standing in the rear, or squirming uncomfortably in their seats and trying to tell themselves C' do not see the women standing behiiu cm (unless, of course, they were lucky •gh to be trapped in the middle of and have no possible way out). The naturally some who can relax quite coably and allow families who have di ome distance stand in the rear untii . -her asks them to offer our guests a sc. The confusion is incr-v ad by the mem bers of the musical orga; cions who mill around the rear and cause more distur bance than any late-comers. If musicians practice to entertain or to present a sacred concert for the audience, does it make sense to have half of them in the back caus ing disturbance while the other half are in the front presenting their numbers. As long as the poor present situation ex ists, students and the members of the musi cal organizations should make some sacri fices for the convenience of guests who are attending the concerts. Of course, the real solution is to make arrangements which would allow all those who wished to hear the concerts do so with some degree of com fort. If it is too strenuous to play two con certs in one day, or too inconvenient to do it on a Saturday-Sunday basis, or just not worth the bother, there could at least be dress rehearsal which students and faculty members should attend. Members of one group could listen to the others at this time. Although a partial solution at best, such a dress rehearsal, if it were scheduled 181

at a reasonable time and people would co operate, would ease the seating problem a little, eliminate the need for milling around, and make it more convenient for visitors. j. B. |3y the end of our high-school years we have developed a rather complete set of convictions, prejudices, and opinions. We may dislike Negroes, or have a personal theory about life on other planets, or dis trust Robert Kennedy, or prefer the "in” clothes. As high-school graduates, we had some feeling on almost every subject and did not mind expressing it. Generally, how ever, we were satisfied with our opinion and did not want to discuss it seriously. When we reach college this view should change a little. Colleges are intended as places for the student to test himself and to spell out what he believes. Personal hon esty should demand of each of us that we take advantage of this opportunity. We must admit that often we have little basis for our opinions, or at least have never test ed them. College is the time to do this. To the serious student, therefore, college is a time of uncertainty. In classroom and bull session we should express our opinions and formulate a defense for them. We all do this naturally, but in this editorial I hope to emphasize the value of such discussion. We may often be argued into a comer and be left with no answer, but that is the time to see where the trouble is — whether our opinion is wrong or not. We should not make wholesale changes in our opin ions - even if cornered. But we should be honest enough to consider the weaknesses which are shown us. How often haven’t you felt like a fool in a argument, only to find justification for your stand later? Such experiences may be unpleasant, but we must admit that we are the better for them because they lead us to greater awareness of the meaning of the question. As college students, we like to play the role of learned men — dropping names and facts and feeling intelligent. However, the opposite is really true of the serious stu dent. He is unsure of himself as he tests his ideas. We are not fair to ourselves if we avoid such testing. The student who goes through Northwestern without expres sing himself and evaluating his views can not consider himself an educated man. j. v.

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Lamentations of the Betrayer ■NTo, no, no! Can’t my mind be removed * ’ to stop such taunting thoughts! “How long is eternity?” You ask me? Oh you wretched tormentor! Only a demon-posses sed mortal would say it has finality. Fire ! My soul, my soul, is it less torturous over here? Again those mortals rehearse the whole story. Again I hear a sermon on my pro file. My mind, my mind, again Luke’s words are read to a foul world. Oh listen! Listen to the man calling me one of the twelve. Hear him plead for a doomed man! Listen to him tell how a man could go to such “depths of degradation!” My soul, my soul, condemn yourself! Ram these words down the throat of my soul again, again! Get away from me, ieave me alone, leave me alone! No, no, you have my soul — that’s not enough? His name has become a curse in this loathsome place, a vulgar word to taunt our tor » J minds. Ananias, console me with on ord. Look at that mortal robbing from' - M , wasting precious time entr>. to him — but my guilt. I see you wr; i one, priding yourself in your C...... ing — if I could only help you. My mind, my mi feel my lips touching His face — the ving eyes. I see a tear of pity for my : • Stop, Satan! Stop! Let those tears touc.1 his parched tongue. Did my mother have ro conceive me? The awful day on which I was born! Look at that woman up there, she laughs at the world around her. Where is her home? Where her children? Once she said she would follow Him. And where is her husband? But she could add to her vices and yet not surpass mine, For His Church that student is dropping in those pennies? What deceit when he’fl stuff his gossiping mouth tonight. Oh Mary, must you pour your ointment on His feet before me? Get away! Get away, you filthy swine. Won’t give to Lazarus, will you? Must you beg Him to send you back to those maggotfilled mortals? Forget your sons. If I must suffer these flames, others are going to suf fer here too. Oh, but must they? If but for a moment I could talk with them; remind them of their “petty” betray als. If I could remind that complaining 183

fool of J love. Too much work, un fair restrictions, lousy food, insufficient cur riculum, unreasonable professors —and the betrayals continue. Look how he holds a grudge against his teachers. Openly he des pises them and the efforts they are mak ing. See how slovenly he takes care of the many things placed into his money bag. Satan, but one moment to remind him of his haughty pride; to change that boastful disposition and proud face. No, No! You stinking deceitful wretches, you’re coming down here too. My soul, my soul, why? Beelzebub, but once more let that bag of coins come to my hand to cast in the face of those sacrilegious hypocrites. This surely will bring them to their senses! Look at the doting people, mocking J in the very worship of Him. G..... is dead? Are you out of your mind, you wretched herd? Can’t you hear me? Am I burning here for nothing? Satan, let them hear me! Just once let this punishment serve some good. Listen to Him! Let His Word speak to you, you wretched theologians, or at least leave the weak ones alone. Don’t follow mere men. I vouch for every word written in His Book. Everything did happen. I was with him. These theologians are tools of Satan. . . . You filthy rabble, even though I’ve com mitted the vilest sin, you’re coming down into this scorching pit too. Ah-ha, the place is ready for you, and this is only what you will deserve. But clap your mouths you Anti-c.......... For centuries you’ve been captains in Sa tan’s legions, now take your punishment and be still. My soul, my soul! Why the rope? In all those three years not one pleaded my cause as I put that ev er-tightening cord around this burning throat. Of Si the steps my L....... took for me, not one came to my mind to dissuade my taking that final leap. Oh mortals, these feet still leap, this throat still screams. If love for your S........... doesn’t tell you to restrain yourself when filling your betray ing bellies, I will see you. If that loves does not direct you in all you do, then I’ll smell your roasting flesh. If you make it your art to destroy your neighbor’s good name, shout on and I will join your parched throat here. If your infested mind convinces you that a little betrayal will not be felt by the A..... .

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Look at the pride-filled singers chanting, “Is it I?” And see the others quietly sitting by in fear of alienating a friend. They do not dare to stop their betraying disciples. But why? Sin on, you venomous vipers. You too will writhe here. Eat the sop! Walk out! Do your deeds and do them quickly! Oh my soul l There’s the cliff and there’s the extend ed branch. It reached its arm to me. Hear me, mortals up there. My screams, are they of no avail? Surely you must hear a faint holds out an whisper? Hear me! C arm to you. Seize it! Tangle your body in His branches. Hang all your evil lusts. Choke them off. Let a new spirit rise from the lifeless corpse. This is an escape for you. Your tortured mind will find rest. Mortals, here Satan possesses us. Our minds are tortured by bliss that cannot be ours, thoughts of eternal love for minds eternally deprived. You presume to be bet ter. Damnation is at your door. You slimy serpents, here a bed of fi v awaits you. You will be my company. 0\dd I presume to offer aid to.you? Would dare recant my betrayals? Such 1 o v > or me. All lost! one moment of Couldn’t there have be hesitation? Eternally !■.. : Can you hear me? Here I suffer and 3,:* nt. My soul, my m. s. soul! Oh no, no, no.

drink on, for your place is reserved. Mock, ridicule, sin, betray Him, and I’U see your bowels gushing forth in his flaming abyss. My mind, my mind, must every word recall that torturing memory? You maggot-filled flesh, do you think someone is going to save you? Haters and murderers, do you think He’ll let you get away with it after giving you so many times to repent? Hey you, you there, sitting so coolly, do you really think He has forgot ten all your betrayals? Or maybe you were not meant for C anyway. Yes that’s it _ you’re simply too foul for one so holy. How can you presume to look at His holy face? How could you dare extend a kiss of love to Him? Look at the studious swine putting on and a front of diligence for his M the just as vile worm who continually ridi cules the diligent one while he crawls through every manner of dung. My mind, my mind! Again I taste the sop. Why didn’t the warning He gave me turn the wretched course I had planned. “What you plan to do, do quickly,” he said. Oh J , you compelled me. The look on the face of the others, trusting me to get provisions for the Sabbath. Why couldn’t they have perceived and stopped me. But look at the pious ministers taking the sop.

What's With These Spooks has always entertained himself with the fantasy of ghosts and ghostlore. Spirits of the dead, who are supposed to haunt the world of the living, have often been the favorite subjects of storytellers and writers. Shakespeare immortalized the ghost in Hamlet and Macbeth. Dickens did likewise in A Christmas Carol. The belief in the existence of this type of supernatural being cannot be taken light ly by the Christian. For out of it has grown a religion which opposes Christianity and threatens to uproot the faith of the individ ual. This is the religion of Spiritualism, or Spiritism, which maintains that communi cation can be established with “spirits” in order to enjoy the benefits of their super natural coexistence. The Spiritualists op pose Christianity in this that they claim that the promise of continued communica tion with the dead offers a solace far great

er than that which the Christian finds in knowing that his loved ones are in the presence of their Savior. The Spiritualists base their claims on the activities of the mediums, or the people who have supposedly been gifted with the ability to communicate with the “spirits.” The first such mediums in the annals of Western or modern Spiritualism were the Fox sisters of Hydesville, N. Y. In the year 1848, these two young girls claimed that they were able to communicate with some invisible being by means of a code consist ing of raps and taps. Their parents st;ood in awe as mysterious raps sounded from a table, answering little Margaretta’s and Kate’s questions. As time went on, strange thumps and other noises were heard thruout the house at night. During the day chairs moved around by themselves, tables rocked, and combs jumped out of the moth-

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jected to their power (I John 5, 19). Today the demons are not any less ac tive than they were centuries ago. Mediurns, clairvoyants, and fortune tellers still abound, especially in the underdeveloped and heathenistic areas of the world. A favorite economic tool is the famous “ouija board,” which answers questions of the user by spelling out words. Although the intelligence displayed by the board is often due to suggestion or auto-suggestion, its continued use can open up avenues to influences which may grow on the operator before their source is realized. In one such case, a minister took up automatic writing, At first the communications were pure and expressed in beautiful language. Later some

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obscene language was mixed in. Finally, he began to hear voices. He died three months mad. The moral and , . , later, . raving p physical rum of a servant of God had been accomplished — a prime objective of Satan anc* his henchmen, whether they lmpersonate the dead, rap on tables, or levitate material objects. The threat of the Spiritualists still lingers. Just recently the papers carried the account of a wedding ceremony performed in the church of a new Satamst sect San Francisco. We Christians will have to be all the more on guard against the temptations of the lion seeking to de vour us. Through faith in Christ, the victor over Satan, this is not at all impossible, j. z.

Someday I May Be A Cow This month’s interview introduces August Derleth, perhaps Wisconsin’s leading writ er. Fred Toppe reports Derletlis thoughts on his 120 boohs and then his opinions on religion and life. T udging by his tanned, hardened appearJ ance he’d be more at home in Marlboro country. But then he laughs, a mirthful comment on the world’s follies, and you’ve seen him somewhere, perhaps as a satyr in a Greek glen. Finally you notice the pounding typewriter, the crammed desk, the sprawling books, and you know he’s a writer. August Derleth is a writer, perhaps Wis consin’s leading writer, and as he claims, “the most versatile and voluminous writer (in the United States) in quality (serious) writing fields today.” He is generally ack nowledged to be a leading authority on the history of comic strips and on regionalism P^ays> reviews, essays, criticism, pieces like in American literature, a field in which he the journals and Walden West----is a leading figure. His stories have been Derleth types rapidly, composing the anthologized, translated, made into movie, story as he goes along. (It is old-fashioned radio, and television scripts, and distribu- to insist one can’t write like this.) His histed by the United States Information Agen- torical work Concord Rebel, a biography of cy. He is the owner and editor of a publish- Thoreau, was completely written in twenty ing house that handles only his own work, one days. Each chapter was written in a the one hundred and twenty books he has day, from 4:30 to 7:30 in the morning, written in the forty years since his works and the research for the next one was done were first published when he was sixteen, during the rest of the day. In spite of this He writes about a hundred items a year, in- apparent speed, for he thoroughly knew eluding poetry, biography, history, juve- the material with which he was dealing, nile books, historical fiction, short stories, Concord Rebel has sold well in the United 186

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States, has been published in Brazil, and is being published by the U.S.I.A. in Viet namese and French. Another work, The Shuttered Room, took "the spare time of three days” to write; it was published, an thologized in a magazine, and sold for $5, 000 to form the basis of a movie script. A detective short story, written for relaxation from more serious writing chores, is the work of a few hours, and children’s books flow directly from the typewriter with little effort. This easy flow of words — 750,000 to 1,000,000 words a year — is not equatable with poor quality. Time has praised the re alism and accuracy of some of his histori cal fiction. The Wisconsin Historical So ciety puts its stamp of approval on his books dealing with Wisconsin history by buying hundreds of his books to sell in its book stores. And with some works he does take more pains. Waldci: Vest, "probably the best I’ve done,” took ! m fourteen years to write. His poetry is . ^cd at least twenty times before public. For Wind Over Wisconsin he acqu. s much wordage in background note ■ he length of the finished book. In spite of wha praise and effort may be attached to orks, Derleth has no delusions about products. In part, his take-it-or-leave-j iisde is the result of his wide acquain’ ce with the rest of the world’s literature I’ve read, at a con servative figure, 20,000 books. . . . When you read that much. . .you soon have a rea sonably accurate index by means of which to judge your own works. And anyone who writes as much as I do can’t afford to dwell upon whether or not his work is immortal or great or even good. Most of my work is reasonably good; it will hold its own with commesurate productions by other writers. But I always say. . .only about ten per cent of it is worth a second glance.” Of his po etry he adds, “even at the best it is only mi nor poetry.” The question to be asked is, why does August Derleth write so much? He has written: “I do not write in order to justify any name or title; I write because I must, because I have plots and materials to keep me writing for more years than I can pos sibly live, and I want to put it all down as quickly as I can; or as much of it as I can put down at any rate.” Some of his work — the mysteries and the macabre fiction is

written "in fun.” But the bulk of his ma terial is written for profit. "After all, if you are going to write this sort of thing, it’s not a work of genius, but purely professional writing. If you’re going to write this sort of thing, you might as well do it on a busi nesslike basis; so why share the profit with someone else, when there isn’t really a great deal of profit involved.” Derleth’s books are by no means "best sellers.” Five thousand hardcover copies is a good sale for one of his books. The Moontenders, his first juvenile book, has sold more than 30,000 copies. The work he considers to be his best, Walden West, has sold five thousand copies, so few that the book’s publishers won’t handle its sequel. His pulp material — his mysteries and macabre fiction — may have sales of two thousand hardcover copies. It might seem that Derleth is writing so much only to have a rea sonable return, but on a book that sells on ly two thousand hardcover copies, he may make several thousand dollars, if reprint ing rights, paperback sales, etc., are inclu ded. To help him retain more of a book’s profits (a publisher takes fifty per cent of all profits) Derleth has set up his own pub lishing company, Arkham House, which he operates from the basement and storage room of his home. The purpose of the com pany is to “publish only that material of mine on which, frankly, I can make more money that a New York publisher can make for me.” Children’s books, for instance, he doesn’t publish because he doesn’t have an adequate distribution system. One of the more esoteric publishing ventures of Ark ham House is his series of Solar Pons ad ventures. Solar Pons is a kind of admiring imitation of Sherlock Holmes. The Solar Pons books are aimed at the Baker Street Irregulars, a clan of Sherlock Holmes de votees. In gratification for his reincarna tion of Holmes, the Pied Street Irregulars (Solar Pons lived on Pied Street in London) have been formed; its hundred members include the author of Psycho and Fred Dome, one half of Ellery Queen. An inter esting insight into literary techniques is that since Derleth has never been to Eng land, the locale of the Solar Pons myster ies, he sends his manuscripts to an English author who checks them for accuracy. Mr. Derleth’s literary future includes continued work on his well-known Sac

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asked what his fate will be after death, Derleth replied: “I think this is the end when I get buried. . . I’m going to be buried in the ground, and I’ll be rein carnated in grass, and then someone will eat me. I may be a cow. . . .” And that, Mr. Derleth, is where we’ll F. T. leave you.

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Pop Worship and the Conservative Church

This month’s feature article takes a look at liturgical reform in America. John Vogt, a senior from Bradenton, Florida, studies various innovations which are suggested and gives some thoughts on their value for Wisconsin Synod Lutherans.

■Teenagers frug in the church aisle; a drummer accompanies the pastor in a jazz mass; one church has a large stuffed whale suspended over the pulpit. These scenes were pictured m Life Magazine last fall in an article entitled “Show Biz in Church — drama, j.\ - nd modern dance snap congregation - . ttention.” The article tried to show th h theatrical practices were gaining ptance throughout the country. The hes pictured were from several areas country and from several denominal1 As a further proof it was stated that . fork’s Union Theological Seminary des regular dance classes to teach fu .misters how to use their bodies freely. I think most of . c people in our con servative Lutheran i rcles were somewhat dismayed at this shewing. The improper slant of the entire Life feature and the people pictured was quite clear. Their aim appears to be sensationalism and entertain ment. One church “has its regular troupe of folk singers which perform at regular services.” The Union Theological Semi nary hopes to produce “more exciting per formers in the pulpit.” An Episcopal minis ter performs at a San Francisco nightclub where as part of his act he reads from his book of modem prayers and gives medita tions. This type of pop worship is clearly unacceptable and improper. It takes the glory and emphasis away from God and puts it on human entertainment value. Such examples, however, do injustice to the serious attempts at liturgical reform. Many people are trying, within the bounds of proper Christian ethics, to modernize the worship service and make it more mean ingful to the participants. This type of re 18?

form may well deserve a chance among conservative circles such as ours, especi ally since we are often accused of too much loyalty to the old forms. At least it de serves a study because it is a growing trend in today’s church. I plan to discuss the arguments for and against such pop wor ship and then see what it has to offer us of the Wisconsin Synod. Serious Reformers hope to make the service more alive and more appealing to today’s Christian. This aim seems good and entirely proper to me. The reformers point out that present church music dates back to the “ancient” Gregorian chant of 800 to 900, which was modernized when harmony was added by the Anglicans in the sixteenth century. All standard Luth eran church music is written substantially in the style of 400 years ago, which, re formers claim, “is utterly foreign to the ma jority of people.” The reformers believe that, while Christians learn to expect and appreciate that style, music in a modem mode would be more meaningful, especial ly to the younger generation. Judging from the few pieces I have heard, I must agree that the reformers have a point. For in stance, they have arranged “Jesus Loves Me” with a quicker tempo and in the form of a round, or the Apostles’ Creed in a live ly tune. Many jazz and folk masses, which are rhythmic arrangements of the liturgy, are available. The pop reformers do not adopt tunes or words from secular music, but they try to adopt its techniques and styles. Rhythm is the main innovation be-

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cause that is supposedly what young people understand best. Serious reformers draw several paral lels from church history to justify their right to introduce modem meaningful mu sic. First of all, they point out that Luther used popular secular songs for his hymns. He is quoted as saying, “Why let the devil have all the good tunes?” Some of Luther’s tunes were actually used as bar songs. The music he chose was alive in his day and was the type that the believers could sing with gusto. The tunes stuck with the peasant, and he hummed them over and over again to himself. This gave them their great teaching value. To give mass appeal, Luther reorganized portions of the service into poetry and gave it a folk-song character. In his worship service he used such arrangements for the creed (our hymn 251), the Kyrie (our 6), the Gloria in Excelsis (our 237), and others. This argument, as a defence for today’s reformer, is somewhat weakened, however, by the fact that in Luther’s day tunes were not necessarily associated with words. The tune and words were written separately and paired by the individual. Since communication was poor, a tune could go with a popular bar song in one town, be a favorite Christmas carol a hundred miles away, and be unknown in a third town. Because of this lack of wordtune association, Luther could feel free to adopt any tune and be sure that any pre vious connotation would be soon forgotten. The pop reformers also point to the his tory of the pipe organ as a justification for their attempts. They show that its introduc tion into the worship service was opposed severely by our forebears. In Luther’s day the instruments used to accompany the singing were guitars and lutes. The organ was associated with secular music. Even after it was finally allowed in the church in 1590, the organ was held in suspicion because many organists liked to use secu lar songs. The reformers show that jazz was in fact bom in the Negro church and was first played in connection with funeral services. Numerous precedents for the use of modem music, as well as dancing and drama, can be found in church history. Perhaps the most convincing argument is that people like pop worship. Its purpose is to make the service more meaningful to the worshipper, so if the people feel that this is happening, then the reformers have

proven their worth. Music must serve the Word. The believer must be strengthened in his faith. If the modern music succeeds better than the older types, the reformers argue, it clearly deserves a place in the Church. p0p Worship has met with much oppojn its attempt to gain acceptance, The majority of Christians are leary of anyone tampering with their service. They are quick to defend the service with which they grew up> even if they must admit that often it seems commonplace and uninspiring, lam sure that we will agree that our WisConsin Synod is generally of this mind. We are suspicious of the modern in religion an(j religious music. Although very little has been said jn the Northwestern Luthercin, in the references that have been made our Synod tends to equate, or at least reiate, worship reform with liberal disdain for the traditional doctrines. Since the two 0ften are related, our Synod seems to feel that worship reform, even if it is proper itself, should be avoided, lest it be interpreted as a concession to doctrinal attacks. Such a view may <;• unfair, I think, since pr0per musical refon-, is apart from doctrine and is trying to ike traditional Christianity a living form . r today.

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There are, however, several other objections to pop worship — some of which make good sense. The first reason for discouraging modernization is a sincere devotion to the traditional forms and styles, We know that Luther tried to retain as much of the Catholic heritage as possible, The Augsburg Confession states: “Public ceremonies, for the most part like those

hitherto in use, are retained.” Concerning worship, Luther says in the Large Cate chism, “We also should continue the same, in order that everything be done in harmonious order, and no one create disorder by unnecessary innovations.” As the textbook for our senior church music course says, tradition is a rich storehouse of faith and beauty. The best of twen ty centuries of Christ ian worship has beencollected and handed down to us in the tradi tional forms. We cer tainly hesitate to dis card this heritage, es pecially since through it we have the sense of unity with all believer." in Christ, regardless of time, which unity is o. of the chief fruits corporate worship. T textbook warns, he ever, that there is dager when tradition baes spiritless. A person who o: : s ro pop worship has one main question for its proponents: “Is it necessary?” I doubt if we would want to say, as the reformers suggest, that pre sent church music and worship fails to reach the people. We question whether “Rock of Ages” or “Oh Sacred Head Now Wounded” has lost its power for the wor shipper. Surely the dignity and reverence of traditional church music still have their effect on anyone who enters the sanctuary of God. If the present worship service does not reach the young or the uneducated, is it because the form and music are wrong or because the person does not want to ap ply himself to the worship? The danger in modernized worship is that it seems to emphasize the individual too much. The demand is for self-expres sion. The reformer wants to put himself more actively into the worship. Such wor ship tends to elevate man’s actions. With the emphasis shifting to man, the worship service also shifts more into the realm of entertainment. The worshipper is enter taining himself and his fellow worshippers. 191

Enough bad examples of this sort can be produced from modernized worship services to make any Christian wary.

The battle continues at the present time with the traditionalists still on top. Reform ers, however, are being given their chance. In the Episcopal Church especially the jazz mass, which is defined as a liturgy using the popular, everyday type of music, is meeting with some success, On the other hand, the Catholic Church, which strong ly controls worship, within the last two months issued a decree from Rome con demning the jazz mass in its churches. The Catholics, however, still have their guitarplucking “redemptresses” who go on con cert tours to the various parishes. The greatest success for pop worship has been in university-related chapels where the de sire is especially strong to experience one’s faith in the worship service. One chapel, for example, was thrilled to find among Negro Christians just the joyousness and spontaneity other churches lacked, and so it adopted the Negro service and spirituals. This Article has now reached the point where we shall try to arrive at some con clusions and applications, specifically for our Wisconsin Synod. I think there are some good values for us to draw from pop worship ideas. As long as doctrine remains

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VISION But view wise Plato and the depth of Greek thought And its Roman progenies and all they sought. See vision’s appearance From the germ of ideas to classical realities. Some say the Scriptures are beautiful pictures Painted by hands of mortal genius. For us an exception to the thought here expounded. From vision to “Moses” The artist began and concluded. After thoughtful reflection — a symphony created. Luther, Milton, Schubert, Van Gogh, And any that minds at the moment recall,

All from the seed of a vision, Proposing and plotting their mind’s direc tion — with God disposing. That’s it! Behold! See, now think! A vision conceived, reflected, fulfilled. Wide-eyed, contemplation, then pleasure. A seed implanted and behold — the bloom, One philosophic thought; A poem in picture or verse; A project to man’s perception, Enjoyment, reflection. The world applauds the planted seed: Long live vision from acute intellect! The “Few” applaud the fertile germ: Long live vision from divine revelation! M. s. 192

AN EXERCISE IN LITERARY ABSTRACTIONS Symbolism is a hardship invariably en Fetching maiden (with thick, sensuous lips pursed): Why are they fighting? countered by the reader of modern drama. Strindberg and Lorca are foremost exam Ant (knowingly on the defensive, but mus tering all solemnity at his command): ples of symbolic literature which still ap I tied their tails together. pears in our theaters. In spite of its promi nence in the various other literary vehicles Fetching maiden (staccato): Oh. such as poetry, painting and music, it seems Ant (swaggering): Yes, in my callow ig norance I threw caution to the seasonal the average classical scholar is woefully in dust storms and sneered at the tradi ept at construing certain suggested associ tional ant-proverb, “Let a sleeping aardations. What is the answer? Perhaps more vark lie.” pre-breakfast study is required of each of us to fill this void, or maybe we merely need (Meanwhile the two aardvarks having more practice and opportunities to deal their dilemma, which, by the way, solved with this elusive art-form. Therefore with wits poised, let us pit our giant intellects entailed much effort, were shaking hands against this hurdle which stands between and heading off into the religious horizon us and total mastery of contemporary lit to destroy anthills. Without hesitation the fetching maiden and the ant, using a erature. pincher movement, surround and pummel them to death. . . Later, over an aardvarkA Tail of Tv ardvarks burger.) The scene opens or. ching maiden Fetching maiden (confessing): I must ad A deep in the forest, □rest. The formit, you speak perfectly fluent English. est has but seven tret" i of which bears Sated ant: You speak excellent Anthian large, exotic fruits n :ing the Arabic yourself. numeral three, so th.: starving wretch Fetching maiden (interested): What’s your who dragged himseli , oss the burning name? dunes of the large c; . stage left, by Ant (suavely, with movement): Uncle. grasping cactus roots sun-bleached ta Fetching maiden (shocked): What an elec rantula bones could i ee the forest be trifying revelation! cause of the three’s. . ihy seized the fa Uncle Ant: Yes, everything is relative in culties of the fetching kten as she intent the final analysis. (Oily.) By the way, ly watched two aardvarks, stage right, hav I don’t believe I caught your name, so ing at it to the death because their tails cially gracious maiden. were tied together. Both were exceptional Fetching maiden (passionately throwing ly aggressive, since backsliding could liter herself at the ant’s feet): My name is ally mean the end. Such backward emo Fetching. tional conflicts might provide thrills for the Uncle Ant (wittingly): Pardon my stretch casual observer of an aardvark fight; or ing the humor, sloe-eyed beauty, but may even come as a new experience for the what are you fetching? Ho! Ha! typical aardvark. In her blind ambition to Fetching maiden (revealingly knitting her save herself from starvation, the fetching furrowed brow): Hmmmmm! (Jewish maiden’s eyes are soon focused on a wisp inflection.) Everything is tying together. of flesh grovelling in the dust, clutching Before I lost my way in the large desert, its abnormally large rib-box in mirth. Clo stage left, I was on a scavenger hunt ser scrutiny reveal this purveyor of pagan looking for a dead ant. frivolity as an adolescent ant. His terrible (Audience is allowed 3M seconds to grasp acne betrays his callowness. imminent ominence of this tense conflict Fetching maiden (with conviction): Who of wills. Fetching maiden smirks morbid are you? ly, scrambling to her feet. Uncle Ant has Callow ant (with brutal frankness): I am a dead stare on his face for the jaded audi an acne-besmirched, wispy ant, grovel ence.) ling in the dust, clutching at my abnor Fetching maiden (taking advantage of the mally large rib-box in mirth. hush and flashing effect of ascending (Both muse.) 193

and descending thumbs in the audi- situation as Fetching maiden administers ence): Would you really mind if I took coup de grace with cleverly hidden fingercertain liberties with your life? nail file which had been taped with a measUncle Ant (with finality): Alas! ure of care alongside her quivering knee(Fast curtain falls on totally exploited caP*) R* G’ there has been sentiment for changing the rules. Some changes were gained, princi pally the new sign-out sheets which made of the biggest sources of annoy- it unnecessary to sign out for out-of-town ance among students at Northwestern, driving twenty-four hours in advance. For particularly the upperclassmen, is the car local use students still must sign out in ad rules. The contrast with the other rules at vance or see tutor in person so that the Northwestern, which for the most part are staff can check if the car is being used for quite liberal and demand a great deal of re an allowable purpose (hauling a load, etc.). sponsibility from the students, makes it dif This year the car committee submitted ficult to understand the reasoning behind those portions of the car rules which are a definite proposal to gram local driving designed to keep car usage at a minimum privileges to Seniors and those over twen and which withhold the trust implicit in ty-one. This seemed fairly reasonable, since the school’s other rules. This same contra people who are old enough to vote, old en diction exists within the car rules them ough to drink, and more ill an old enough selves, since students are expected to have to serve in the army might reasonably be enough responsibility and maturity to be expected to handle the complexities of driv able to handle out-of-town driving situa ing to church on Sunday ince such people tions without any limitations on destina are responsible for thei ■ wn actions, the tion or hour of return, but apparently are school does not hold the me legal obliga supposedly unequipped to cope with the re tion of standing in the . ice of the stu minor students. sponsibilities of routine daily driving. If a dents’ parents as it does student can be expected to handle the temp In this case the author! is not delegated rents, but from tations and dangers of out-of-town driving to the school from the places himself (dates, drinking, and falling asleep at the the student himself whr wheel), it is unreasonable to assume that in the position of a stu ;t at Northwesthe same situations would be any more tern. Although the sclio«- - till requires pa dangerous in town. It is even less likely rental permission for students over twen that routine local driving like going to ty-one to operate cars, Inc authorities do church, picking up a tube of toothpaste, or seem to recognize some grounds for this going to work holds greater threats than argument. The plan was nevertheless re the situations mentioned above. Therefore, jected because the authorities felt they had although certain risks are involved in local been misled into believing that this was all driving, it is not logical to be more restric the car owners wanted, when in reality some Juniors were planning to get the privi tive than in out-of-town driving. Those defending the rules sometimes lege extended to themselves as soon as pos state that the restrictions on local driving sible. Be that as it may, are these trials were initiated by students and are therefore which the twenty-one year olds just might a measure of what the students wanted and be able to handle beyond the abilities of thought best. This argument ignores the the Juniors? I doubt it. fact that the students who worked on the One of the arguments against local car original car rules were probably astute en use is to prevent competition between colough to propose something which they had legiates and the town kids. If this means reasonable hopes of winning. When you automotive competition, it seems likely that have nothing, receiving half a loaf is quite most of the Juniors and Seniors will be able a step. Even if we assume that out-of-town to pass up any drag invitations from the driving was all the students wanted or local GTO owners, if only to avoid humili thought advisable at that time, it is appar ation, since their cars generally would not ent that this is not what the students have fare too well anyway. Since such invita wanted over the last four years. Each year tions usually come at night, it seems un-

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likely that there would be a great upsurge if students were allowed to drive to destin ations in town, rather than all the way through town to the nearest place outside the city limits. If it is romantic competi tion that is meant, it is unlikely there will be a big rush of car owners to join the chase, since a good share of the Hartman’s hardies are pedestrian underclassmen any way. Those seriously committed to the en deavor will be in it, cars or no cars. If the aim is to prevent students’ cars from being seen in the general vicinity of certain recreational refreshment facilities, it seems rather pointless, since there is no real shortage of similar facilities which are outside the restricted driving area but still very much a part of the community. At any rate it does not seem much of an ac complishment to avoid having cars in the vicinity if the students are nevertheless in side or entering.

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'The relation of an iristianity has always been rath'. named and enig matic. While a work .it can obviously be a very forceful exp , -Jon, it is frequent ly hard to know or ck J .e exactly what is being expressed by if A further compli cation arises because those who try to de fine what relationship should exist between Christianity and art frequently have differ ent things in mind when they use the word “art.” If by art one understands Art with a capital “A” which exists for its own sake, one will probably have a thoroughly hostile ^ttitude toward it. Even art with a small “a” and proportionately more modestly am bitious will be suspected at times of serving wrong ends. Art, as we frequently mean it, is not so simple a mode of expression which all can learn and us as language is, nor is it pos sible to teach all to “appreciate” it. Con sequently, whatever its particular strengths in some areas, it has defiinite limitations. Artists’ claims for the uniqueness of their productions cause a series of diffculties. It is argued that a certain work of art, if it is good and has a right to exist, is the best possible expression for some particular thing — that no paraphrase will be as effec195

Cutting the volume of car traffic to a minimum may make it more convenient to keep an eye on it, but it serves no real purpose if it does not do anything to pre vent the feared abuses. If a student invests a good sum in a car, it is nice to get a little practical use out of it other than the exer cise you get from walking out to the park ing lot every few days to see if your motor is frozen solid, or the thrill you get from ad miring it as you walk through the parking lot on your way downtown to pick up a book. Most of the students have more sti mulating exercise than a walk in the rain available to them, so the rule does not seem necessary for the students’ physical well being. The restrictions on local driving waste a student’s time and shoe leather. Why keep them up if they do not really achieve the things for which they are in j. B. tended?

tive. Does this mean that it is possible that a painting, for example, could express a particular Christian truth better than the words of the Bible? Individuality in a work of art causes it to mean different things to different people, according to s o m e. Is clarity the price of such individuality? Does the power gained by artistic expression jus tify the possible obscurity of the method, especially when a truth of faith is to be expressed by such a means? Will the beau ty of an artistic creation draw attention to itself or its creator instead of directing our awe and wonder to the true Creator? This possibility exists even if the artist’s intention was not self-glorification. Potential dangers in the pursuit of art are that it might distort our values and turn us into Epicureans, it might produce lofty emotions in us which we mistake for Christian love and joy, or, worst of all, it might become a substitute for faith itself. Perhaps an “escape from reality,” rightly understood, is occasionally beneficial, but art cannot be a refuge from the evils of the world — a kind of low-grade heaven on earth. Atheists frequently use art in place of religious belief. One thinks of artists like Shelley who, though he celebrated the brotherhood of men and professed to love all mankind, could not get along with any of mankind’s particular instances. The arts

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Specifically, Christian art often defeats its own purpose, since too frequently in set ting out to be didactic it fails to be good as art in the process. Many religious novels and dramas, despite their sound Christian viewpoint, strike one as being quite dull. If Chaucer had actually caused his secular writings to be suppressed when he made his famous retraction and left only those he considered faith-conducive as his heri tage, who would know him today ? Since art frequently wants to be a law to itself, its portrayal of life may shock the Chris tian. How far may the artist (most not ably in motion pictures) go in depicting immortality? Some call us prudish as far as sex is concerned, pointing to the Old Testa ment which is more outspoken in places than we permit ourselves to be. They would argue that as long as the prurient interest is not appealed to and sexual immorality is not glorified, we should be free to ob serve it on stage or screen. With those re servations there would not seem to be much difference between illicit love and murder. The expedient of banning the portrayal of all immorality would enervate art, “whose end ... is to hold, as ’twere, the mirror up

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to nature.” Does the passage, “It is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret,” contradict the above statement? The arts are employed extensively in our worship; we feel they beautify it. Still there is nothing we need of the arts which our faith lacks in itself. The art we use for our worship may very well be no more than craftsmanship. Certainly, the type of thing we employ is something short of the mys tic entity some artists give their lives to. The question whether or not art as a profession is inherently more dangerous than most because of the greater tempta tion to self-pride and to using it as a faithsubstitute is a minor consideration, since there are few who are interested in making art their life’s dedication. The same temp tations are attributed to science as a pro fession which, as it is more generally ac cessible than art, would be .i more serious problem. Though I have far from resolved the issue, the fundamental pri. ■ c is simple enough. “Whatsoever ye d«- do all to the glory of God.” If art glorifi. :! and helps nplaints; if us to do so there can be m E. F. not, there can be no praise' relative achievement? She .d a student feel hesitant, sometimes fearful, when he goes to class prepared?

one of our professors A professor’s most worthwhile accom recently said that NWC is a Sweat Shop. Laugh if you have time, because most hu plishment is to inspire the desire to learn mor usually bears a grain of truth. No and the love of knowledge. Under such cir grain, this. The third quarter has hit NWC cumstances the student will study, but he like a double draft quota. The pressure is won’t have to sweat. How well a student on as the “Publish or Perish” rule is being can put to use his recently acquired know applied to the student. One definite side ledge is perhaps a better discriminator of effect is that the Psychosomatic Blues are learning than how well he can reproduce on the run. “Sweat or Floosh” let our mot this knowledge verbatim. Too much em to be, since some profs aren’t satisfied with phasis on memorization may tend to straight-jacket the student’s mind. The stu one and a half hours of class preparation. dent should go to class without fear of a It’s wonderful to walk into class and to quiz or of being hit. The professor who be inspired by the aroma of the previous has been teaching that course for who period. The Law of Sweat states that the knows how many years can’t expect Joe more a professor makes you sweat, the College to know yesterday’s lecture as well more he is accomplishing. Do we dare as he himself does. Our appreciation for challenge this slippery rule of thumb? Does this consideration will be shown by increas Education equal Sweat? If a student does ed respect. But then education always has his daily work, should he have to study four been a controversial subject. or five hours for an exam to indicate his PAUL SULLIVAN, ’68 196

Come Herschel From the desk of Ralph J. College My friends, and you are my friends, I feel it my duty to share with you the secret of my overwhelming success in life. You will ask, to what do I owe my success. Well strange as it may seem, it is not my good looks, although I must admit that that would run a very close second. It is not my scintillating wit nor my beautiful physi cal prowess. It is not my tenaciously un relenting ostinato voice nor my irresistible charm and personality. No, it’s not my ever-abounding humility either. Odd though it may seem to everyone, I owe all my suc cess in life to watching TV commercials. Don’t laugh my friends, and I hope this doesn’t ruin my name throughout the Syn od, because the pastors will certainly hear about it. TV common als are the key to be ing cool. TV conn v dals are very power ful influences in eu . s if only we would take the time to ; Me them and heed their messages. 11 the looks of doubt on every one of you s. You want proof whereof I speak? Take for exam v six friends that live near me, all o i have broken toes on their right foo ->n’t have any brok en toes. What, yo has that got to do with watching T\ mercials. Well, all of these guys broke d ir toes while kick ing the bathroom bowl, whereas I have watched TV and use Saniflush; just brush and flush and never get angry on that day of drudgery. So you see just by watching TV I’ve saved my health. There’s no limit to what commercials can clue you on to in just about every field of life. Perhaps I should point out my accom plishments in the field of love. Several months ago after a date, while standing at the door, I got a handshake instead of a kiss. Since I watched TV, I knew right away it had to be bad breath. Immediate ly I went to ask Fran. She clued me in on Lavoris. Well, I haven’t seen my girl since then, but Fran and I have been going steady for three weeks now. I even have to thank TV commercials for the fact that my room is clean. After she finishes washing the dishes, Mary Mild comes flying into my bedroom and tidies up a bit there. I even took up drinking Southern Comfort because 197

I decided to ask what three out of four doc tors really recommend. I watch commer cials so closely that I’ve discovered who that idiot is who goes around on a horse making people white. It’s George Wallace. I’m a success in business because of commercials too. Why, for six months I had a woman named Olson working for me, making a fortune going from house to house telling stupid newlyweds that you don’t have to know how to make good cof fee, just use a better coffee. Things were going great until she ran off to Columbia with an itinerant coffee grower named Juan Valdez. So now I’ve gone into another busi ness that I learned from TV. I go down to the park and get all the pigeons I can find. To make a fortune all you have to do is take them over to Sally Wilson’s kitchen, and while some blabbermouth gossip from nextdoor yells, “I could have swore I saw a dove fly into Sally Wilson’s kitchen!” it turns into a bottle of dishwashing liquid. At 59? a bottle I’ll have a million in no time. But the best benefit you can get from commercials is in school. No foolin’ fellas, why just the other day in music class I was the only one to pass a recognition test. Ev eryone else thought the theme was “The William Tell Overture,” but having watch ed TV I knew in a moment it was “Have a Lark, Have a Lark, Have a Lark today.” Doc Ta, after consultation with Schroeder and Lucy, agreed and gave me an “A”. He figured that if all had “William Tell Over ture” except one, it had to be wrong. And I’m sure that Profesor P. F. Maximus didn’t think I’d ever get question "69 on his his tory test. Had I not watched the Pabst Blue Ribbon commercial, I never would have known that the Chicago’s World’s Fair was in 1893, although I do believe it was on page 326 of his bird’s-eye overview of his tory from 1892-93. Who needs a text book when the good old boob tube can get you through at a fraction of the cost. I sure hope my revelation has brought you the knowledge of success in life. Just try a few quotes from a TV commercial in class, and you’ll be surprised at the reac tion you will get. I remain humbly yours. Ralph J. College RJC: DOUG ENGELBRECHT, ’68

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The following was received from an alumnus concerning the last month’s Campus and Class room column: New Ulm, Minnesota Dear C&C Editor, Jeff Hopf: I read your most recent column with interest. We at New Ulm are interested in nameing the new building which we shall receive also. I have not been able to come up with a name for our building, but maybe I can help you people out of your prediciment. You see I am very keenlv in terested in receiving a complimentary meal tick et to the schools in our midst. Here is my sugges tion: the new dorm should be named Rex-Hall Now the reasons for this name other than an out side chance of some inside humor. In the days of rapidly rising costs of education, it is possible that we might be able to come up with a little subsidy from an outside source other than the government. We also know that Rexall has a one sent sale quite often. Well, at this dormitory we could be having a Five Sense Sail all the time. You can let me know how the idea gets to you. Sincerely, Pastor I. M. Everprest

As the editors of Volume 70 send their last issue to print, it is also in place to give credit to the contributors to the alumni column who have spent considerable time accumulating and sub mitting general news and comments about fellow alumni in their districts. A sincere thanks goes out to them for their help in the past year. Per haps a few comments about these gentlemen would be in place. Pastor John Dahlke, ’31, presently of the Nor thern Wisconsin District, is not a stranger to the B & R. Serving as the “Locals” editor of Volume 34, his treatise on sericulture will remain an out standing piece of work in that field. Not only silk worms, but various other “little creatures ’ were objects for his consideration. Pastor Hugo Fritze, ’30, corresponding for the Nebraska District, exhibited athletic prowess in his stay at NWC. It seems that second base prov ed no problem in the early thirties, nor did any running spot on the football team. Pastor Arthur Kell has recently taken over * * * * the reins of the Dakota-Montana District. He kept us in touch with the great rolling plains of the During the past year the alumni column has West. consisted of calls, installations, births, deaths Pastor Adolph Buenger, ’33, of the Southeas and so forth. Often this seem to be serving little tern Wisconsin District, was occupied with music or no purpose. Much of the 1 <lerial published and athletics in his student years. His contribu here can be garnered easily : probably more kly publication. tions, along with his lesson on flattery, do not go efficiently from the synod’s l/i should also con I believe that the alumni col; unheeded. material by the forme ulents reflecting Pastor Waldemar Zarling, ’35, of the progres taininterest in the institution ;• once held the sive Michigan District, kept busy with male chor an es. us and athletics. At present he keeps an eye on most immediate thing in thei I would compare the aln column to the the Michigan Lutheran Seminary delegation at Sunday plate offering. The sels and dimes Northwestern. the backbone of ilar notes sub Pastor M. J. Lenz keeps us up to date on the represent to the B & R by the strict correspon Minnesota District. At present he has his own mitted do serve an iiiv .-i.ant part in the delegation on the campus; his son Mark is serv dents, which even as the change in ike plate does. But ing at tutor to the prep department, and son column nowhere in this year’s submissions do we find a Greg is a sophomore. single, much less a five spot, from any alumni Pastor Elmer Zimmerman is the Pacific Nor other than our correspondents. Here is a chance thwest’s correspondent. His timely pieces of news for you to offer advice, encouragement, counsel, let us know how the situation fairs in the far West. criticism or anything to hopeful future co-work Pastor Carl Mischke, ’44, serves the Western ers. A paragraph or two in this column aimed at Wisconsin District. A member of the staff of the students from someone in the field will have Volumes 46 and 47, his wit graced the sports col a lot more effect than Aunt Nellie’s telling us, “What fine preachers you’ll be some day.” umn. Even today his love for sports is strong. * * * * * Pastor Duane Tomhave, ’58, our most recent contributor, operates out of the Arizona-California FINIS District. The pursuit of musical goals seems to have kept him busy during his college days. Per The end is here, it’s come up quick haps at a future date he will enlighten us with Before you know you’re through the harmonious achievements of the “Foghorn No more copy, no more notes Four.” And deadlines overdue Roderick Luebchow, ’66, keeps us posted on Into the clouds these items pass the engagements and other interesting develop Unseen, unheard, unknown ments at the Seminary. As alumni editor of Vol The benefit goes not to you ume 69 of the B & R, he knows what a joy and But seems as mine alone privilege it is to organize and compose monthly To speak and be unheard is bad offerings for this column. To write and be unread a curse These are the men who submit the backbone To live and be unknown the same of material for the alumni column. A sincere You tell me which is worse thanks goes out to them for their work. c. c. 200

matchless fires of opinionated superiority were refired by a pair of welcome-mat pun dits, licensed and/or unlicensed. In grace our peerless bonecrunchers blindly ignored the droll efforts of a queer method of scor ing and the mod refs, providing clean fun for the powdered fans. * * *

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Lakeland 113 NWC 72 February 21 again closed the curtains on the waiting Trojans, who lost all per sonal pull and decided to take the shaft rather than the elevator. This almost-game was the last one-night stand in a series of Team stomach Fred Zimmerann, 6-7 dramatic attempts to stage college basket ball before our pseudo-sportsmen fans. We strapping supporter of our team’s idle threat again decided against common sense, play to be a questionable success in the future, ing the Muskies’ game for them, and chilly poured in quite a bit for Northwestern that dipped chili with the night-long ladle of night; he had sixteen points during the dribbling ineptitude. Senior net-fagger game. Rog Kobleske, a man’s man, Verlyn Verm Dobberstein ratted the Muskies’ hair Dobberstein, smiling hustler of cow-eyed for twenty-three and then led both teams merry coeds, and Keith Schroeder, local big shot, were spared the usual ignominy of to the showers. playing Northwestern intercollegiate bas George Williams 79 ketball, and were privileged to sit out the NWC 71 climax of their college careers. Ex-NWC On February 24th, the basketball team dregs, Zarling and Tassler, answered the left town. Our go-go team was heading for call to perform floorist duties for the Semi the tail end of another interscholastic hum nary benches and really outdid themselves bling at the dark hr ' of the George Wil in the night’s popular social race to act as liams’ capables. Do l. rstein didn’t have a forgive - forget - and - see - how- happy-1 - am to play by himself one as he hooped host. Zarling free threw for twenty-seven, fifteen, since Schroe had even the nets and Tassler pasted the boards for twentygrumbling as he po< thirteen. The ex six. Bill Meier wasn’t as impressive as all pected loss cut us off u any possible shot that. at the unspeakable of a conference win. Our gentler.: .crs slept well at the hotel that nigh NWC 69 Eureka 96 The juxtapositions d score told the ulti mate truth of yet another of our abortive attempts to lay a victory egg. This Febru ary 25 loss was anticlimatic to the whole season. The Red Devils got the jump on us in ability and again out jumped us by springing this ability in a bunched-up ef fort to thwart our own five-toed earthbounders. Dobberstein again bore the burden with nineteen tallies as the game was al most pointless for the rest of the Benchley squad. Freshman Ken Stratman got an eye of approval from the coach because of his eighteen points.

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Varsity Standout Verlyn Dobberstein The basketball season really needs no tongue-in-cheek wrapup, for there is noth ing to present. Why look for answers when the form or reason for the question has not been considered? The team this season lacked consideration for its school, for its coach, for itself.

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Finally, this intrepid punster would column has been a literal steal. Thank you, R. G. choose to waste words with a tip of the top- and carry on, Herbie Prahl! per to hard-hearted Harlyn Kuschel, who has been the gushing source of all these vi tal facts of sports life. I give credit where credit is due, so this plug for Herzangriff, nimble-fingered impressario of organ pieces must come last. You, the angry reader, are « likewise to be commended for your patience ji raiii_ § and limited understanding, but mostly for * your annual two-dollar subscription pay ment, without which these vital campus truths could not have become published bias. It doesn’t matter to a good sport whether he wins or loses; what really INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL CHAMPS counts as positively ground-level dirt of From left: Dennis Enser, Earl Lindcmann, Louis Sievert, Fritz Hackbarth, Dennis Ilalvarson, fense is how much he gets away with. This Ronald Muetzel, Thomas Liesener.

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NEWS Forum ’67 This year’s Forum Final Production (April 29 & 30th) will be The Physicists, a difficult and challenging drama which the critics have interpreted in varying ways. Forum is delving into and then presenting this contemporary masterpiece of Frederich Duerrenmatt in the hope that both the Forum Society members and our NWC student body will be enlightened by this partial, yet significant view of the present pro gression of drama. Frederich Duerrenmatt, a Swiss - Ger man playwright, has often been referred to as the modern master of the German-speak ing theater. His acceptance in this coun try came immediately following the offBroadway presentation of his initial mas terpiece, The Visit, in 1958. His probing drama is intended to make people think. He says that his message is “that the world stands for me as something monstruous, an enigma of calamity that has to be accepted, but to which there must be no surrender.” His goal is to bring man closer to understanding and accepting the colossus of reality. , “The Theater for me,” he goes on to say, ‘is a totality like the world with many facets. The playwright’s job is to show these facets, no matter how depressing they be, for they do exist and are re ality.” As he proceeds to carry out his ideals in The Physicists, which is a black com-

edy, he reverses the order of the Greeks (who followed tragedy with a satyr play) by beginning funny and ending up grave. Essentially, Duerrenmatt declares in this play that “what has been thought cannot be unthought;” in other words, having discovered the atom, no .amt of political or diplomatic strategy . 1 spare us of the doom inherent in this overy. Director Robert Pohl b: •’ intends and expects this year’s Forur inal to be an enlightening and envigoiv1 >g experience for You, the audience, pav chmiege, ’69 Cast for the Final After long hours of grueling try-outs, the cast for The Physicists jin ally was chos en. The fierce competition had the effect of producing a strong and talented supporting cast, which can be expected to contribute significantly to the success of the play. Connie Albrecht has the role of owner of the mental institution, where the action occurs. Three of the inmates are the insane (?) physicists, Marty Stuebs, Mike Engel, and Tom Bartz. A not-too-smart detective is played by A1 Klessig. Readings from American History The Forum Society and director Elwin Klumb presented “Readings from AmeriCan History” in the dining hall on February 9. The nine people involved read snatches from typically American prose and poetry found in textbooks currently in use on cam pus. Especially flamboyant were Marty Stuebs’ and Carl Leyrer’s accounts of Ted dy Roosevelt’s capture of Gantuan Hill.

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staff of Volume 70 convened on the second of March to elect their successors. Edward Fredrich was chosen editor. Neal Schroeder and Chuck Clarey will be his assistants. Doug Engelbrecht will bring his famous humor to Campus and Classroom, and the duties as alumni editor await Paul Sullivan, who will also have opportunities to put his artistic training to use. Due to the usurpa tion of art by Neal Schroeder, a new posi tion was created, that of news editor. Carl Leyrer, a Sophomore, will fill it. Another Sophomore, Herb Prahl will bring a fresh outlook on sports at NWC. John Zeitler will handle the problems of circulation, and Duane Erstad will take care of busi ness. The two frosh filling the advertising positions are Tom Bartz and Tom Haar.

Ruth Hagedorn put much feeling into a re miniscence on Fort Sumter, and Jim Ru dolph portrayed President Wilson with sur prising competency. Elwin hoped to give the selections some meaning, so that the next time we meet them we will not pass them by without sensing their true value. Although he fear ed a third Elwin’s Folly in the tradition of electric bells and snow sculptures, he met with success this time. MRT The Milwaukee Repertory Theater pre sented William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice during the month of February. On the nineteenth, 63 NWC students bussed to the Rep to see this play, which all had read. Many were surprised at how closely the Rep’s production approached slapstick. Al though most enjoyed it, there were a few who had the feeling that this was not the Shakespeare they had come to know in the classroom. After tha play Erika Slezak, who had played Neriss; i Charles Kimbrough (Antonio) answe -.-nr questions on the theater. When «b; fiscussion turned to we were pleased to audience appreci? hear that we hah . one of their most receptive audienc

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Pop Concert The annual Pop concert was presented the last Sunday of February. Among the selections was a Bdllada composed by the son of the professor who arranged our school song. Mr. David Reul, a former graduate of the prep department who now directs the bands of Oconomowoc’s junior high schools, provided contrast by his di rection of the Invercargill March. The fea tured work was Tchaikovsky’s Caprice Italien. Although the audience may not have realized it, the piece required the band’s complete concentration. As an intermis sion feature, the Male Chorus sang about NWC Extra-curricidar Activities. Although students may have questioned the veracity of the lines, the audience got a big charge out of it. Band members, however, are in clined to confess that their spirit at the concert resembled their amatory activities— not exactly ganz dabei. New B V R Staff After a year-long campaign to awaken student interest in their publication, the

Ethiopia Lecture The second of this year’s lectures feaured one of the foreign exchange students of Watertown High School. Ermyas Admassu talked about his homeland, Ethio pia. Sponsored by the American Field Ser vice, he stays with a family from Trinity Church. After giving his impression of the U. S., he answered questions at length. He commented on his people’s lack of informa tion about their country and said that he has learned much about Ethiopia from news sources since he arrived in this coun try. Before he came to the US, he thought that students here wore cowboy boots and hats instead of carrying books. Asked about dating customs, he said that the Ethiopian girls were “awful.” His candid comments often brought laughter from the audience, but he did gain our respect. Die Schoene Frau Although the 1 a s t Black and Red an nounced the 9th, A1 Klessig presented Die Schoene Frau on the 7th as he had adver tised. Called “Theater in the Square,” the production was on the gym floor. People were seated on all four sides, and as a re sult the Gemuetlichkeit was felt from the beginning. A1 Klessig directed his own translation of this short story from the soph German book. Worthy of special note were Barry Brandt as a pipe-smoking Ger man Jew and Karl Butzky as the admiring, languishing undertaker. Although the play did seem a little rushed, much of the at mosphere of candelight, shadows, voices in flashback, and German music reached the D. E. audience.

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SPRING POEM The night is dark and breezes fill the air, but The clouds are whiter now and the morning sun is more bright. . . There’s a chill in the air, but who has a coat to button or a glove to wear? Funny, I hadn’t noticed that patch of green yesterday. . . or even last week. How gullible I must have been. DAVID KIECKER, ’68

he kept muttering something about his mule was hay and the gym was the scythe. Well, anyway, El baby, would you please give us your report. . . what’s that, your subscription of Hoiv to Scrape for Fun and Profit has run out? Well, I’ll see to it that How many times haven’t you seen the it’s renewed, and I’m planning on subscrib announcement on the dining hall black ing to How to Scrape in the Preparation board: “waiters’ meeting at 6:30”? I’ve of and Destruction of Suppers.” ten wondered just what they could possibly At this point I left to get myself a sand be discussing in the deep recesses of the wich downtown. We can only guess what kitchen. Were they voting on how much went on in the rest of the rn. eting. bread to put in the hamburgers, discussing The All-Intramural B;: . ball Team various ways of scraping plates, exchang ing recipes they clipped out of magazines, of 1966-6 or just fressing it up on left-over poor-boy d pot-shotting Another season of g bonanza burgers? In order to appease my mayhem has been consun ited as our in curiosity I infiltrated the last waiters’ meet tramural basketball schedu has been com ing, and here is the course of discussion. pleted in full (something oich is always “Bill, (I assume the voice was that of in doubt until the very end It was a seaour chef) you have just about got that rope son in which great friendships were kind duty down pat. Remember, always unclip led on the aged hardwood iSoor. The pre it on the east side to let the collegiates dominantly senior team, led by varsity drop through first. Don’t forget to put your out Halv, took the prized tec shirts and have smock on first to give it that professional been wearing them ever since. In a closed touch. Outside of that you’ve been doing door meeting, the sports staff of intramural a fine piece of work.” viewers chose those who added the most “Ralph, how many times haven’t I told color (red was the predominant color) to you, it’s spelled French fries, not French the game and those who were real stand frys! And I wish that you’d slow down a lit outs. Here is the All-Intramural first team: tle; you make the others look slow com Center: Art Koepsell. 6' 4". “Gulliver” Koeppared to you.” sell, who put meaning back into the “Marlys, couldn’t you try smiling a lit term “post,” found the varsity too hard tle more .. . what’s that, you do smile at on his scholastic endeavors and his eRuppel... well, try flashing an occasional motional balance and slipped to our in smile at some of the cute things the boys tramural league in midseason. In only say in the line. And Connie, you don’t have a short time he distinguished himself to go so far to the other extreme.” for his hawking and his rebounding as cents, which account for his bird-like “Now we’ll have a report from our big form on the court. His antics at the free gest and most experienced scraper, El throw line made him a regular court Klumb. Our head scraper always has the gesture to the cheering crowd. title “El.” Last year it was El Straw, only the job was too much for him to handle - Forward: Ron Gosdeck, 283#. “Gosz,” fam-

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ed for his aggressive style, was a real standout on defense. “OOBULK” show ed that there is still a place for a big man in the game. Although his point scoring was rather limited, Gosz set a new standard with an average of 6A fouls per game. Forward: Karl Butzky. A sandy youth, KB was one who played a good “steady” game of basketball. Using his Rubbery bod, he was a battler under the boards as well as a waltzing mixer all over the court. With several years of eligibility left, KB could develop into another Gosz (pity the thought, underclassmen). Guard: Dave Dolan. Setting aside his duties as Wayne’s right hand man and scooper extraordinary, Grubby worked his way into the starting lineup on the infamous senior dirt squad. His cute comments kept the refs in stitches and his op ponents on their toes or noses (it de pends if they heard him sneaking up on them from behind or not). Little Dave (if you ov eok his paunchy mid section) was a uiar will-of-the-wisp with his great handling. And who will ever forge : one basket of the year—a 35-foot: . ich almost destroy ed the backbo Guard: Jerry Mcv • Baby-faced Mac will probably b eat remembered for devotion to thNot only was he seen playing on . ee different teams, but his presence as ref in a score of games was felt almost as much as the presence of the block-headed yokel who plays the blind role of the clairvoyant Whistler’s muddler. Mac’s driving lay ups accorded his teams many points and only the defensive marvel, Gosz, was able to get to the center of this problem by lowering a shoulder and tak ing the situation into his frequently upstretched arm.

As a closing note this month (Ta, or should it be Dr. Ta), I have a story that Don Buch heard and related to me. It was the championship game of a Triple C baseball league. The game had been a real battle, and as the ninth inning approached, the home team was forced to lift their sixth pitcher for a pinch hitter. Now this wasn’t normally such a terrible thing, except that only one pitcher Was left on the bench — Milfamey. Milfamey not only was a lousy pitcher, a real dreg, and a real grubby guy (and you know how grubby guys can be), but he also literally poured down the beer as he sat on the bench. So to make a long story short, in the ninth a very inebriated Milfamey took the mound, only to throw sixteen straight balls and lose the game for his team. As the winning team joyously trekked to the showers, they walked past the rival dugout and noticed the fresh pile of beer cans that Milfamey had emptied before his pit ching stint. One of the players pointed at the stack of cans and exclaimed, ‘There’s the beer that made Milfamey walk us.” Re member, the person to blame for that is Don Buch, room 306 (that’s the third win dow from the end if you happen to have a rock in your hand). Well, so ends my sugary task of raising cane with my venomous pen. Volume 70 was an innovation in the history of the school. It was a staff of disgruntled grunters who had the Block-like courage to call them as they saw them. Our volume even saw a line of dirty wash hung out by our proverbial white knight of legislative and judiciary jousting. For the next C & C writer, I have this one bit of advice: Dame Rumor, whether in the form of the Ghost of Roderick Past or in some other sem blance, will afford you with all the offen sive material you will ever need — so keep JH. your ears clean. Newly Remodeled

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TRI-COUNTY SREDI-MIX CO.

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MATERIALS ACCURATELY

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Proportioned and Thoroughly Mixed To Your Specifications

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SCHUETT'S DRIVE-IN

SCHNEIDER JEWELRY

HAMBURGERS — HOT DOGS FRIES — CHICKEN SHRIMP — FISH MALTS — SHAKES Serving Both Chocolate and Vanilla 510 Main Street — Phone 261-0774 Watertown, Wisconsin

Student Gift Headquarters Bulova — Elgin — Hamilton Caravelle Watches Columbia Diamonds Expert Watch Repairing 111S. Third Street

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Co-Mo Photo Company Photo Finishing — Cameras Black and White — Color “We Process Films” 217 - 219 N. 4th Street

Watertown

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PAINT AND FLOOR COVERING

One Stop Decorating Center Corner 2nd & Main Sts. — Phone 261-2860

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Prescriptions — Drugs — Cosmetics

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Telephone 261-3009 Compliments of

WACKETTS Service Station

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110-112 Main St. - Watertown 316 W. Main St.

Phone 261-9941

PHONE 261-7214

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Merchants National Bank At Your Canteen

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YOU SAVE ON QUALITY CLEANING 412 Main Street — Phone 261-6851

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SCHLEI OLDSMOBILE 311 Third Street

Dial 261-5120

Watertown

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POINT LOOMIS Shopping Center-672-0414 3555 So. 27th St. — Milwaukee Open: 10:30a.m. to 9p.m., Sat. 9a.m. to 5:30p.m.

and 3291 N. Green Bay — 562-6830 Milwaukee, Wis.

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ART'S SHOE SERVICE

30c m-m-good

Across From THE NEW MOOSE LODGE

35c

SHOE REPAIR Fast Service - Reasonable Prices 119 N. Second Street Watertown

! ! 212 W. Main Street Phone 261-4278 Watertown, Wisconsin

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FOR YOUNG MEN

ZWIEG'S GRILL, Fine Food

Now Serving V^Pound Hamburgers and Sizzling Hoi Steaks

Open Daily BREAKFASTS

SANDWICHES

PLATE LUNCHES - HAMBURGERS BROASTED CHICKEN 8c CONES MALTS 8c SHAKES

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Compliments of

BURBACH

SHAEFER MOTORS, Inc. DODGE - DODGE DART DODGE TRUCKS

Standard Service 305 Third Street

Dial 261-2035

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Is There a DIAMOND in Your Future ? Don't Pass Up the Discount Given All Northwestern Students at Your Lutheran Jeweler

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408 Main Street Watertown, Wisconsin

Smart Clothes ror Men Compliments of 107 Main Street

Valley School Suppliers, Inc.

WATERTOWN APPLETON - MILWAUKEE

Picadilly Smoke Shop

Julius Bayer Meat Market

Paperback Classics

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MEATS and SAUSAGES of All Kinds

202 Third Street Dial 261-7066 watertown

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BEER KAESE & WUNDERBAR

MEL'S GARAGE

BRICK CHEESE

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110 N. Water St.

COMPLETE LINE OF

Institutional Food Products

COMPLIMENTS OF -

Schlicker Organ Co., Inc. 1530 Military Road BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14217

Serving RESTAURANTS - SCHOOLS INSTITUTIONS - HOSPITALS in

Central Wisconsin

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ROBERT A. ‘bob’ LESSNER 1024 Boughton St. — Dial 261-3414 Watertown, Wisconsin

BIG ENOUGH TO SERVE YOU. SMALL ENOUGH TO KNOW YOU : 1

OVER 110 YEARS OF SERVICE WATERTOWN. WISCONSIN

Duraclean of Watertown "FLOWER FRESH CLEANING” of Fine Furniture and Carpets Commercial, Industrial and Institutional Building Maintenance WAYNE STAUDE, OWNER

1322 Randolph St.

Dial 261-3350

Emil’s Pizza Hut

Bibhltolp fylosud Shop Flowers — Gifts — Potted Plants

Open 4 p. m. till ? ?

Free delivery

"We Telegraph Flowers*

Hot to your Door — Closed Tuesday 414 E. Main St. — Phone 261-5455

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616 Main Street — Phone 261-7186 Watertown, Wisconsin

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Phone 261-2512

TRI-COUNTY

OPEN BOWLING & BILLIARDS

TOBACCO CO.

Open 1 p. m. Daily Servicing Your Canteen With

School Supplies — Candy

Sinclair,

KARBERG'S SERVICE

Tobacco — Drugs Paper Goods, etc.

Complete Service and Road Service

1301 Clark Street

Phone 261-5561 501 S. Third Street • Watertown

WATERTOWN

CLASSIFIED LIST OF ADVERTISERS BAKERIES PAGEL'S BAKERY, 114 West Main Street BANKS BANK OF WATERTOWN, First and Main Streets MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK, 100 Main Street

BARBERS DOWNTOWN BARBER SHOP, 5 Main St. BEVERAGES COCA - COLA PEPSI-COLA SEVEN-UP BILLIARDS D & D BILLIARD SUPPLY, 109 N. Third Street BOWLING ALLEYS BOWL-A-FUN, 766 N. Church Street BUILDERS PRECOUR CONSTRUCTION CO., Oshkosh, Wis. RENNER CORPORATION, Hartford, Wis.

CHEESE MILWAUKEE CHEESE CO., Milwaukee, Wis. CLEANERS BEHREND & LEARD, 621 Main Street EASY WASH, First and Dodge Streets VOGUE CLEANERS, 412 Main Street

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EYE GLASSES Drs. H. E. MAGNAN, 410 Main Street FLOOR MAINTENANCE DURACLEAN OF WATERTOWN, 1322 Randolph Street FLORISTS BIRKHOLZ FLORAL SHOP, 616 Main Street LOEFFLER FLORAL SHOP, 202 W. Main Street FURNITURE H. HAFEMEISTER, 607 Main Street KECK FURNITURE CO., 110 Main Street MILWAUKEE MATTRESS & FURNITURE, Milwaukee GARAGES A. KRAMP CO., 617 Main Street MEL'S GARAGE, 110 N. Water Street SCHLEI OLDSMOBILE, 311 Third Street SHAEFER MOTORS, Inc., 305 Third Street SUBURBAN IMPORT MOTORS, Inc., 321 Summit Ave. VOSS MOTORS, Inc., 301 W. Main Street WITTE, FARR and FROST, Inc., 119 Water Street

GROCERIES & PRODUCE BEAVER DAM WHOLESALE, Beaver Dam CONSOLIDATED PRODUCE, Inc., Fond du Lac HARDWARE & SPORTING GOODS D. & F. KUSEL CO., 108 W. Main Street SEARS ROEBUCK & CO., 209 S. Third Street LUMBER & FUEL HUTSON-BRAUN LUMBER CO., 220 First Street WEST SIDE LUMBER CO., 210 Water Street

INSURANCE AID ASSOCIATION FOR LUTHERANS, Appleton CHURCH MUTUAL INS. CO., Merrill, Wis. BOB LESSNER, State Farm Mutual 1024 Bouqhton St. READY AGENCY, 424 N. Washington Street WM. C. KRUEGER, 312 Main Street JEWELRY HERFF JONES CO., Bob Tesch, Rear., Neenah. Wis. SALICK JEWELRY, Main at Third Streets SCHNEIDER JEWELRY, 111 So. Third Street WARREN'S JEWELRY, 111 Main Street MEAT MARKETS JULIUS BAYER MEAT MARKET, 202 Third Street MEMORIALS WATERTOWN MEMORIAL CO., INC., 112 Fourth St. MILLING GLOBE MILLING CO., 318 Water Street

MUSIC WARREN-SCHEY HOUSE OF MUSIC, 108 S. Second St. NEWSPAPER WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES, 115 W. Main Street ORGANS SCHUCKER ORGAN CO., Inc., Buffalo 17, N. Y. PAINTS SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINTS, 208 Main Street WURTZ PAINT & FLOOR COVERING, 117 Main Street PHOTOGRAPHS AL RIPPE, 113 Second Street LEMACHER STUDIO, 115 N. Fo. : 1. Street CO-MO PHOTO CO., 217-219 ourth Street PIZZA EMIL'S PIZZA HUT, 414 E. Mo! . vest PLUMBERS GUSE, INC., Highway 19, Wa-i WATERTOWN PLUMBING & h -. ' • NG, 103 W. Cady RADIO STATION WTTN, 104 W. Main Street RESTAURANTS EAST GATE INN, Old Hwy. 16 t LEGION GREEN BOWL, Ocononv .oc Avenue L & L LUNCHEONETTE, 417 East Main Street SCHUETT'S DRIVE-IN, 510 Main Street SHARP CORNER INN, 9th and Main Streets WIL-MOR INN, 1500 Bridge Street ZWIEG'S GRILL, Main & Ninth Streets SAVINGS & LOAN WATERTOWN SAVINGS & LOAN, 3rd & Madison SCHOOL & OFFICE SUPPLIES MINAR OFFICE & SCHOOL SUPPLY, 407 Main Street VALLEY SCHOOL SUPPLIES, INC., Appleton, Wis. SERVICE STATIONS BURBACH STANDARD SERVICE, 701 Main Street KARBERG'S, 501 S. Third Street WACKETT'S, 316 W. Main Street SHOE STORES MEYER'S SHOE STORE, 206 Main Street RAY'S RED GOOSE SHOE STORE, 212 Main Street SHOE REPAIR ART'S SHOE SERVICE, 119 N. Second Street SMOKE SHOP PICCADILLY, 406 Main Street SUNDRIES F. W. WOOLWORTH CO., 312-20 Main Street TRI-COUNTY TOBACCO, 1301 Clark Street VICTOR NOWACK, 610 Cady Street THEATRES CLASSIC, 308 Main Street TRANSPORTATION OCONOMOWOC TRANSPORT CO., Oconomowoc

INDEX TO VOLUME LXX May 1966 ALUMNI Feature Column Society Minutes

How To Become Rich and Famous in Seven Easy Lessons 77 Neal Schroeder Picasso 121* Neal Schroeder Poetic Bigotry in Retort 143 Ronald Gosdeck Screwtape's Protagonist 137 Edward Fredrich This Is Art 10* John Wendland Waste Land, The 70 Edward Fredrich

22, 57, 84, 102, 125, 151, 178, 200 Charles Clarey 23 Armin Panning

ART WORKS Battle, The Crucifix Our Favorite Christmas Wrap

76 Martin Stuebs 182 Neal Schroeder 113 Martin Stuebs

CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM 16, 53*, 82*, Feature Column 103*, 126*, 154, 179, 204 COMMENCEMENT ORATIONS The Athanasian Creed The Cultural Explosion

Jeffrey Hopf

27 Floyd Brand 29 John Mittelstaadt

DR. On PAPER The Legend of the Wandering Jew 94* EDITORIALS Accreditation Bitter Months B & R, Volume 70 Campus Beauty Homecoming Interesting Classes Man of the Year NWC's Isolation Our Low-key Graduations Overcrowded Concertts Procrastination Quality of our Education Repurchase of Textbooks Right to Criticize Sportsmanship Test Your Ideas Two Dorms

Gerhold Lemke

61 John Vogt 157 John Vogt 1 John Vogt 1 Fred Toppe 85 Fred Toppe 109 John Vogt 133 John Brug 25 Fred Toppe 25 John Brug 181 John Brug 85 John Vogt 25 John Vogt 157 Fred Toppe 109 John Brug 61 John Brug 181 John Vogt 134 Fred Toppe

FEATURE ARTICLES Blacks and Whites Blue Pencil, The Current American Humor Freud Masculine Mystique, The Pop Worship and the Conservative Church Russian Roulette?

6* 116* 139* 88* 64* 189* 167*

John Brug Fred Toppe Jeffrey Hopf Edward Fredrich Ronald Gosdeck John Vogt Neal Schroeder

FICTION By Fear Possessed Charlie's Christmas Gift Come Herschel Exercise in Literary Abstractions, An Lamentations of the Betrayer Open letter to a dying race Package, The Pastoral Biography, A What Made You Decide to Become a Minister GENERAL INFORMATION Battle of Dienbienphu, The Defense of Impersonality, A Free Hours, The Frontier of Life, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Greatest Problem, The New Mathematics, The Study in Superlatives, A

March 1967

86 Martin Stuebs 111 Ronald Gosdeck 197 Doug Engelbrecht 193 Ronald Gosdeck 183 Martin Stuebs 112 Robert Pohl 2 Ronald Gosdeck 163 Richard Stadler 87 164 13 147 170 110 166 14 148

Fred Toppe Paul Sullivan Richard Stadler Charles Clarey Edward Fredrich Edward Fredrich Fred Toppe Edward Fredrich John Vogt

INTERVIEWS Church and State 114* Campaign Trail to Governor, The 92* Someday I May Be a Cow 186* In Service to America 68* Music Today 160* Open Door, The 134* To End a War 4

John Brug Jeffrey Hopf Fred Toppe John Vogt Duane Erstad Martin Stuebs Fred Toppe

LITERATURE AND THE ARTS Another Song and Dunce Routine 58* Art and Christianity 195 Classics — Contemporary Report 146 Contemporary Composition 159

Ronald Gosdeck Edward Fredrich Fred Toppe Martin Stuebs

NEWS Arbor Day 19* Ben's Farewell 153* Blood Bank 55 Campus Building 56, 78*, 106*, 128* Concerts 18, 54, 56, 129, 203 Elections 55, 203 Faculty 79*, 154 Forum 17, 18, 55*, 104, 127, 128*, 153*, 176, 202 Homecoming 114* Lectures 54, 80, 154, 196, 203 Pep Band Record 18 Sophomore Trip 127 Water Tower 17* Winter Carnival 153, 175* NWC'S MONTH

back covers

PICTURES Arbor Day 18 153 Ben's Farewell B & R Reader 99 B & R Staff 48 43-44, 79 Faculty Forum Presentations 55, 128, 153 Graduates, '66 31-42 Homecoming 105 Intramural Champs 20 New Dorm 78, 79, 106, 128, 129, 154 School Organizations 49-52, 58 Undergraduates, '66 45-47 Varsity Teams 59, 60, 80, 81, 129, 154 Water Tower 17, 106 198 We'll Always Remember 175, 176 Winter Carnival

John Vogt Robert Pasbrig

POETRY 108 Martin Stuebs Birth of the Child, The 146 Martin Stuebs Examination Her Voice — A Tribute to Hymnody 91 Martin Stuebs 204 David Kiecker Spring Poem 192 Martin Stuebs Vision 75 Fred Toppe When I Saw Him Standing There When You Are One And Twenty 67 Fred Toppe (Also see all back covers) RELIGIOUS "Gol" to the Devil LXX Monkey Trial Storytelling in Sermons What's With These Spooks

12 71 144 123 184

SCHOOL AND STUDENT 132 Black and Red Philosophy, The 172 Black and Red Poll 194 Car Rules Reconsidered 62 Eine Glueckliche Raise 120 "4 * D" 173 Games We Play, The 74 NWC's Elective System Resolved: Saturday Classes Should 100 Be Eliminated

Neal Schroeder John Zeitler Duane Erstad John Vogt John Zeitler John Brug Jeffrey Hopf John Brug Richard Schwerin Charles Clarey John Brug John Brug

John Brug & Richard Stadler 31-42* Staff Senior Biographies 9 Jeffrey Hopf Students on the Go 72 Jeffrey Hopf Summer Jobs 97 Mark Wendland Summer Sixty-Six 196 Paul Sullivan Sweat Shop, The 198* We'll Always Remember What Sort of Man Reads the B & R 99* Jeffrey Hopf

SPORTS Feature Column 20*, 58*, 80*, 106, 129*, 152, 178, 201*

* — denotes illustrated articles

Ronald Gosdeck

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COMING EVENTS HOME EVENTS IN CAPITALS

March 17 —St. Patrick’s Day March 19 — Palm Sunday

March 21 — Spring Begins March 22 noon — End of the Third Quarter EASTER RECESS BEGINS Male Chorus leaves for its vac March 24 & 25 — Male Chorus in Apacheland March 26 — Easter March 29 — Chorus in San Francisco March 31 — Chorus visits Disneyland April 1 — April Fool’s Day I 1 Patterns of Escape and Avoidance I

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April 2 — Chorus tours Air Force Academy April 3 - CLASSES RESUME ? ? ? ? - CAMPUS ARBOR DAY April

9 — Faculty-Student Discussion Prof. Scharf on the Chaplaincy

April

15 — BASEBALL DH VS PILLSBURY

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