| Summary: | Page Two THE CONCORDIAN Monday, June 7, 1937 In Appreciation Mrs. Hanson and I would like to express our appreciation to the Concordia family for all the kindness shown us this past year. Our lives have been enriched by the Christian fellowship we have enjoyed on the Cobber campus. The congenial cooperative spirit manifested by fa-culty and students has been an inspiration. Permit me to thank the student body for the beautiful Gladstone bag presented to me last week I assure you this gift is treasured very highly. We invite our many Cobber friends to visit us at Watertown when convenient. May God bless you all abundantly in the riches of His Mercy- —Oscar C. Hanson. Seniors—Is Christ Part of Your Life? AT the commencement exercises this morning 87 seniors left Concordia never to return to play their part in Cobber life. During fx>ur years many of these seniors have made outstanding contributions to college life; all of them have added something to the large composite Concordia family. But after four years of college every senior is called upon to take his place in the ranks of life. With education partly over the world beckons to youth to go out and serve—, to gain a livelihood and leave its imprint on society. Whether that livelihood is hard earned or not, the world will expect it, and it will also exact some contribution to its progress. Although livelihood is an Important factor, we at Concordia recognize other factors that must subse-quently be rooted into every successful life. We might name many, honesty, devotion, courage, faith. We can, however, assimilate all those characteristics into the one word "Christ." Every Cobber should go out into the world and live the Christ-like life. With Christ first in every venture, we believe that every member of the present senior class will be successful, will make his own definite contribution to society in a measure which will have lasting effects. Then the person will not wish to acclaim for him-self the honor of his success or contribution—but wholly in harmony with Concordia's motto he will do all things for "God's Glory Alone." Journalism Course Marks Progress at Concordia ONE of the marks of progress in any college is the addition of new courses to meet the demands of students who come to that institution. An institution which thus recognizes the needs of its constituency prepares for a wider and more abundant life. The addition of courses in journalism at Concordia last fall has been met with great approval by the student body of the college. Employing large staffs, the publications have long been in need of a formal training in journalism, in addition to preparing for a career in that field. Undoubtedly the course in journalism will make for a more efficient Concordian staff. Once having the principles in journalism, the students should be given further opportunities along that same line in more advanced courses. With these courses added— and allowing the students to apply them to an TfaglUTi major or minor — we believe the college would turn out better students and teachers of our language. What's the Matter? Can't You Think? AFELLOW called "Anonymous" once said that when most people think they are thinking they are merely rearranging their prejudices. A statement like that rather jars a college stu-dent. Most of us come to college—not so much for the actual facts which we incorporate into our gray matter as to learn the process of "thinking." Yet when we actually analyze our deepest, most earnest thinking, is it really a process by which we think through a problem to its logical conclusion or do we merely rearrange our prejudices? Judged by that standard can you really think? Concotbtan Publiihed weekly daring the school year except daring the YBcation, holiday and examination period*, by itudenU of Con cord la Collet*, Moorhead Minnesota. Bntered u aeeond cl&ei matter at the poctoffloe Hoorhead, ICInneaota Officer Room 22 Telephone MM SUBSCRIPTION PRIGS—11.00 PKR YEAR AH-American Honor Ratine In National 8cho1aatle Pros Association 1MM0, 1910-11. HIMt, 1911-18, 19M-U. Firrt Honor Ratlnjt 1084-187 EMTOR-IN-CHTBF - MANAGING EDITOR. ASSOCIATE EDITOR, NEWS EDITOR DESK EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR Frederick Iflller . . Llord Bre*n Freeman Helm or WTIlmar Tb*rl»1a«i Arnold Jorrenwn —Otendorm Garrfk Mf BUri* C0PYHEADER8: St«Ua Hjrrom, Ada Fcdja. Alpha HUM. REPORTERS: Erelyn BJort*. Unite Brodln, J*an Hope-man, Mirth Lutnea, Marjorie Tebberf, Ifaynard SIltcLn, George BrueUi, Eunice Canon, Ellen .; - Eldnm, Roth Ton, VMan Hajrer, Donald QD-bertaon, Philip Lyine, Marion Motn, Anna Saa-mnaaen. Anna Walla. SPORTS WRITERS: John Holaen. Enrebrrt Hfdbdt,Nor-man Rooa. Cnrtto Thompaon. SPECIAL WRITERS: Arthur Bratlla. Boalah Pritck. Norrta Nermm, LuVerna Btofnolfaon, Harrarvt : ., Ntlaon. LIBRARIAN: Hot! Dantelaon. Ardti Bibtad. BUSINESS MANAGER: Carroll Llane ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER: Otto Lntneae. CIRCULATION MANAGER: Wyne Wallln ADVERTISING ASSISTANTS: CnrtU Thompaon. MeJ- . . . . . ri& Bcnniffton, Dale Lund, Lyla Lee, Versoa Hake* antCULATION ASSISTANT! Alrtn Belli) LITERARY ADVISERt Josephine BJornaon BUSINESS ADVISER; Oscar C. Hanson from o REPOR TEP'S NOTEBOOK Lu Tell Into' Newspaper Work; Became Editor Now 87 more Cobbers have left the cornfields to graze in other pastures. We will miss those talents displayed by this year's very representative class. But now already it is lime to look forward to seeing the new crop the harvest will bring in next fall. • * * Freshmen staged an expensive v picnic this year — $28, They drained the treasury so they wouldn't have to pay for the re-painting of the dome, whereon a black "40" was recently emblazon-ed. Prosh broke a tradition too, when they bluntly refused to dig the hole for Cap and Gown day's tree-planting. • • • O{ all excellent little lines we've read lately in exchanges, this has what it takes: Early to bed and early to rise Keeps my room-mate from wear-ing my ties. • • • Fire escapes serve better uses to coeds than to escape from fires. Romantic moonlight was en-hanced by stealthy escapes down the forbidden steps, and banquet hours were lengthened. Dark shapes furtively fleeing to a ren-dezvous with their dream hummed "Escape Me Never." • * • Inconsequcntiols: One senior, when told his marks had not yet been turned in, rushed to his instructor and wrote an additional two paragraphs in her annual. . . . it pays one to discount at least three-fourths of all the nice things said in yearbooks. . . . good name for the smoking room—the Blue room. . . . theme song for the faculty picture in the Cobber shoud be "Cheek to Cheek." • * * Dr. K. O. Lee furnishes the latest story of the absent-minded professor. He worked in the gar-den one morning, and was found later buying groceries during the time he was supposed to be giving a test. Physics students are glad he's interested in agriculture and in replenishing the family larder. 'Cobber' Artist Will Teach-Draw On The Side That sign standing on the campus last week was put there by someone who mistook our campus for the NDAC Institute of Cow Culture. The sign said, "Farm For Rent." • • • A bit *o this 'n' that: Richard Burges had a great-great some-body back in history who fought with Lord Nelson at Trafalgar. . . . if many mistakes were made in the German exams, blame it to Miss Krctzschmar. . . . she stood on the stage nearly all period. . . . impossible to concentrate. * • • All win Monson's ring is made of gold his grandfather mined in Alaska in 1898. . . . Ask $100 BUI Branford if he believes in bank night. . . . this year has not been unprofitable. . . . broken three or four traditions. . . . only 3,996 left to contend with. • * * That blank space in the senior rogue's gallery on the opposite page Is Anna Jacobson's picture. * • * It has been fun trying to feel the pulse of campus life and present it in these columns this year, and many strange things have happened. Next year, what with Fjelstad hall's new parking place for men, with less pan-cakes, soup and hash and other im-provements planned, it should be a gala reunion. Adios, until next year. Concordia's artist superb, George Kester, was influenced to attend Con-cordia because of a roommate and pal who hailed from the same town — Underwood. This spring George will graduate after spending a most active four years at the Cobber school. George's interests have been along -three channels—journalism, athletics and dramatics. His journalistic ca-reer culminated in his election as Art editor of the 1937 Cobber. "This work gave me the most enjoyment of any/' George states. Besides furnishing Concordia's or-ganizations with snappy posters, George found time to work on the stage for all-college plays—ultimately gaining membership in Alpha Psi Omega, na-tional honorary dramatic fraternity. On the hardwood, too, we have seen George accomplish great things. As a forward on the Cobber cage team, he was always a great scoring threat. His athletic prowess gave George two let-ters in basketball. Majoring in history and economics, he was elected, because of his scholas-tic standing, into the Nu chapter of Zeta Sigma Pi, national social science fraternity. He has also served as pres-ident of this group. Acclaiming allegi-ance to Alpha Epsilon Sigma literary society, George has served during the past year as athletic representative on the student forum. Looking to the teaching profession as a career, George has obtained a position as teacher and coach at May-nard. "In the future I hope to study art and further develop it as a hobby/' George stated. Starting out on her journalistic ca-reer as a freshman, Lucile Oehlke wrote her first article on the green-cap contests of that year. Of her first article only two words were retained in original form when printed in ITie Concordian. Three years later she* be-came editor-in-chief. One of the most versatile members of the class of 1937, Lu has been ac-tive in journalismx forensics and! wo-men* 3 athletics. These activities brought her membership in Alpha Phi Gamma, journalism fraternity, Pi Kap-pa Delta, forensic fraternity, and the Women's Athletic association. This year she was chosen honor woman athlete. The greatest thrill, Lu says, was the experience as class orator at Cap and Gown day this year. This she con-siders the biggest opportunity she has had at Concordia. Working on The Concordian and as manager of the Concordia trio have given her most enjoyment. WAA, for which she served as president this year, also has been an important activity in her college life. Although being active in several clubs, serving on many committees and holding membership in Alpha Zeta Phi literary society, her academic pur-suits have not been forgotten. She has earned a major in history and minors in education and economics. Last summer she studied journalism at the University of Minnesota. Looking forward to practical jour-nalism as her chief activity, Lu plans to "try" that field for a time, and then she may enter social service work. G. 0. P. Opposes Robinson Makes Capitol hill buzzed with activity last week when the administration's relief bill came up for final passage. Vaca-tioning senators and congressmen scurried beck to the nation's capitol to be on deck when the fireworks began. And fireworks usually draws a crowd! • • • In the house, administration leaders succeeded in out-maneuvering a bar-rage of amendments from being tacked on the bill. Republican members fell over each other in the mad scramble to do their little bit of sabotage. • ¥ • Come, como, you Republicans, try to act dignified. • • • The first of these amendments ear-marked almost one-third of the $1,- 500,000,000 work-relief bill. Of this congress would have set aside $505,- 000,000 for federal highway construc-tion, PWA projects and flood control measures. Perhaps highways can be left up to the states themselves while some of the other projects such as conservation and works progress can be more evenly distributed when handled by the Federal gov-ernment. • • * All of these amendments had one aim in mind, to hamper the President in his freedom of assigning the money to relief projects which he sanctioned. • «• • Amendments must be cleverly stated to fox our wiley president The Republicans also attempted by a run to turn the relief problem back to the states and restrict the govern-ment's spending of federal monies. This amendment was beaten by a vote of 296 to 78. Majority Leader Robin-son of Texas gave assurance that $45,- 000,000 of the sum would be set aside for much needed flood control proj-ects in the Mississippi valley. • * * Robinson truckles to GOP and promises flood relief. What, turn-ing "chicken," Joe? • • • An attempt was also made to slash the $17,000 salary of Harry L. Hopkins. Excess Relief; Flood Concession On a final roll call it was defeated 272 to 96. • * * That should make Harry the Hopper an R. B. Realizing their defeat, the Republi-can minority resorted to witticisms and repartee in order to retreat gracefully and reorganize their beaten lines. Dont take it so bard. Republi-cans have a sense of humor, too, evjen following last November's election. In assuring a joint committee, Rob-1 ert H. Jackson, assistant attorney gen-eral, said the administration's pro-posed wage and hour bill was "dis-tinctly not an NRA or anything like an NRA." The Blue Eagle has joined the dodo bird, and had better not be revived. • • • Asking enactment of a national pro-gram to preserve the country's re-sources tor developments along TVA lines, President Roosevelt sent a special message to congress. Will they follow his bidding? ACP Cross Section Of College Campuses Shows Job Promise; Queer Employment Worry about getting jobs does not in the morning, and reaches his classes plague Colgate university seniors be- on time. —Creighton university, \ - , i > m ' t • " • • • - * • • • • - • " , : M pg g ty s b cause Dr. George Estabrooks, head of the Placement bureau, has promised each one a position. "Every Colgate senior to be gradu-ated this June can have a job if he really wants it, but he must remember that the positions are not vice-presi-dencies,*' he laughed. Of the 200 seniors, 10 will teach, 45 will enter graduate schools and the rest will enter business. —Colgate university, Hamilton, N. Y. Books and buses take up most of the time Joe Bailey, Creighton uni-versity student, once called his own. Every night he drives a bus to a city 70 miles away, deeps there overnight, pilots a load of people back to Omaha Omaha, Neb. « • * Old clothes and shoes keep Rex Holmes, a sophomore art the Univer-sity of Oklahoma, in new clothes and send him through school. Holmes buys old suits for $3 and sells them for $5. —University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Okla. A sensation was created by Wesley Rutz, freshman at the University of New Mexico, when he installed his radio transmitting and receiving set on a bicycle and sent and received messages successfully. —University of New Mexico, AAuquerque, N. M. . —By Associated Collegiate Press Musing: And so life goes on at Concordia! New students come and old students go! There are certain times in one's life when so many things happen all at once that he doesn't realize their meaning and he isn't adjusted to the change till it is all over. But now that commencement is completed, and as you look back over this and former college years, what was your pur-pose in wanting a college education? What have you accomplished — what part of the past will live with you? Did you merely accept the rigamarole of your classes as a natural effect of high school days, or can you say that in the past you have built for the future? As to the intellectual motive for in-struction, I have always marvelled at the punctilious diction of the gram-marians and some of the other profes-sors and I must say I still have a slight interest in and occasionally re-spond to instruction. But after all this is forgotten, what will be retained that will make life worth living? A sounjl spiritual philosophy, a sense of proportion with one's surroundings, friends who will last — these are the things that count. There is a lot that is new in observ-ing life around you. You run across some people now and then who think things just can't get along without them, forgetting the old world will go on spinning just the same. Others live their best and improve their own mistakes by the faults of those around them. Some spend their time dream-ing of yesterday, while others live each day as they arrive. And that's the l^est way to enjoy life. School days are said to be the hal-cyon days of one's life but one can learn to enjoy whatever he does, wherever he is; for happiness resuHs Lutheran Doctrine By DR. J. WALTER JOHNSHOY CONCERNING THE LORD'S SUPPER The second great sacrament instituted by Jesus Christ was called by the early church The Eucharist, indicating that in this sacrament man received the good gift of God's Grace. It Is also called the Lord's Supper or the Last Supper, in commemoration of the time and circumstances of its institution. The name Lord's Table indicates that the altar of sacrifice of the Old Testament has under the new covenant changed into an altar upon which God lays his gifts to man. The law has been fulfilled by the great atonement sacrifice of Christ. Henceforth is the mercy seat clearly set forth the view, upon it Is no longer the blood of animals but the Holy blood of the Son of Man through which we have received the atonement. The Eucharist is the divinely instituted and man has no authority to alter either its form or its formula of institution. There are two visible means in this sacrament, bread and wine. These two material elements are consecrated by Christ through the Words of Institution. By such consecration the bread becomes the means through which the invisible body of Christ is given and received, and the wine becomes the means through which the blood of Christ is given and re-ceived. This union of the visible means with the in-visible gifts maintains during the process of giving and receiving. After this sacred act is completed the bread is only bread and the wine is only wine. There is no Iron substantiation of elements. Truly Christ is present in this sacred act and offers to all communicants the sacred host and cup as a token of full remission of sins through faith in the crucified Savior. He by his infinite grace even works the will and power of acceptance of such forgiveness. For such a great and divine gift each believing heart should turn in thankful love to our Lord and Master. Even as the gift of forgiveness is accepted by faith even more so is the assurance of the Chrte-tian hope of life and joy eternal. Participation in the Lord's Table is a source of peace and strength. Believers should frequently re-ceive this gift. Christ himself has said that it should be received often. Thus communion becomes also an act whereby faith in Christ and confession of his holy name is publicly manifested and declared. The Press BULWARK OF THE REPUBLIC A Biography of the Constitution By BURTON J. HENDRICK This June book-of-the-month is really the book of the year. Never before this year and! not for a hun-dred years and more back into our history has tbt American Constitution, as it was, as it is and as it may be, played so vital a part in the actual lives of human beings on the continent as it is playing today. It is properly entitled "A Biography." It is a story, the dramatic narrative of a living being, tha spirit of America. The tale is not written from a legal standpoint but is written in such a way that the ordinary layman may enjoy it. Like every good biography, this story of the Con-stitution goes into the ancestry of its hero. T3» Revolutionary picture and the Colonial society before the Revolution are explained. Around the dramatis person ae of the Constitution, the author weaves scores of dramatic episodes. From that story emerge the founding fathers, not as Madam Jorley's waxworks but as living, breathing, hating, jealous, aspiring, am-bitious, or cynical men who are feeling their way blindly to some compromise that will hold the Ameri-can colonies together. It is the dramatization of one grand horse trade, the greatest political swapping match in history. This story is written with climaxing interest and with a charm that makes that section of the book a delight The story deals with the development of the Con-stitution from the convention through the adminis-tration of Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abra-ham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt to the Supreme court attack made by Franklin D. Roosevelt —N. P. S. Deo Gloria By DONALD GILBERTSON "Let your light so shine before men, that they may net your good works, and glorify your father which ia in heaven." Jesus was the Ught of life; we are merely re-flections, mirroring this glorious light from on high *o travelers along life's treacherous highway. We are to act as guidepoots for that wandering friend who has lost his way in a dark and cold-hearted world of pleasure, vanity and pride. Cobber friend, you have a lamp to keep burning! Whether your lamp burns brightly or dimly, it may lead some weary soul, who has found himself at tibuo end of a blind alley with apparently no way out, to find peace with God. In the words of the poet, let each one of us exam-ine ourselves: "Say, is your lamp burning, my brother? I pray you look quickly and see; For if it were burning, then surely Some beams would fall brightly Do you make your path straight enough so thai you would care to have your best friend follow tt? If not, it is high time that you take the crooks oirii of your corkscrew pathway and remember: . "There are many and many around you Who /ollow wherever you go; *; If you thought that they walked in the shadow Your lamp would burn brighter, I know."
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