| Summary: | Page Two. THE CONCORDIAN Thursday, September 22, 1938- College Theater' Would Give Dramatics Financial Security LAST week Alpha Psi Omego, national dramatic fraternity, voted in favor of establishing a "Con-cordia theater." The plan is not to form an organi-zation to compete with the otiier dramatic societies on the campus, but to widen their scope by making participation in plays a possibility for every student. Main disadvantage of producing plays in the past was that there was little financial security. The bur-den fell on Mrs. Ostby. The membership fee of $1 a year for which the holder will get full value received, will do away with this insecurity to a certain extent. This financial assistance will also provide much-need-ed equipment for staging and lighting. A "Concordia theater" would give a larger group than ever before practical experience in play produc-tion, scene designing, property building, makeup, light-ing and acting. This is the most notable advance-ment made by the dramatic department in the last years, and deserves the support of all students on the campus. Enlarged Radio Broadcasts Furnish Good Advertising WHEN its own radio station was established on Dec. 15, 1922, Concordia began an enterprise which has grown until at present the radio programs Concordia sponsors are the best means of college ad-vertising. The general radio schedule of Concordia for this year is larger than it has ever been before. The chapel broadcast, brought to the people of the Northwest by good-will contributions, will this year begin its 13th year of broadcasting. The Concordia Music hour will be resumed this fall, the time being changed to Sunday afternoon. This new time makes it possible for everyone to listen to these broadcasts. WDAY will sponsor the weekly presentations. Radio station KVOX, Moorhead, will broadcast football and basketball games during the year with merchants of the two cities cooperating to make them possible. The increase in the number of programs which are presented over the radio from Concordia and changes to more convenient time schedules have made this phase of Concordia activities one of the outstanding. The Concordia Bus Service Is Yours—Make Use of It! THE Northern Transit company has announced that the Concordia bus will be continued through the winter months. Never before have Cobbers had a bus come directly to the campus and fairly drop them at the doors of their dormitories. But this extra service can only be offered us if we do our part in taking this bus instead of any other when we go to and from Moorhead and Fargo. This new route has been established for our use, and when we fail to use it, it will be discontinued. Perhaps a bus going by the college during these fine autumn days when we would rather walk anyway doesn't mean much to us—but in the winter, when a long wait on a cold corner is serious, we will appre-ciate it. Fatronize the Concordia bus now—you'll appreci-ate it later! Calm Thinking Is Needed During International Stress WITH all the controversy about war today, it is essential that each Qne of us comes to a definite conviction concerning it. It is not enough that we hate it; many men who hated war before 1914 became its most profound enthusiasts when the bands began to parade and propaganda circulated. We can pledge ourselves to be calm no matter what facts may seem to point to; we can pledge that we will be searching in our desire to find what is the real truth in all the facts submitted. Loyalty to our country does not demand that we leap blindly into any conflict that the nation is bordering on participating in. What our nation needs is careful-thin king citizens who can think, who can reason, even in times of in-ternational stress. Let's think now. It will teach us to think when calm thought is more difficult. Concorbian Published weekly during the tchool year except during tin vacation, holiday and examination periods, by student* of Goitcordla College, Moorhead, Minnesota Entered a* Mcond elasa matter at the pottofftc* Uoorhtad. Minnesota. COPYREADERS: Martha Amdai, Ellen Eldum. REPORTERS: Ora Bnutoitjrer, Eunice Cirson. Alpha Dahl. Irene Dawe, Leila Keil, Delilah Hlckelson, Neola Moen, Anna Rasmuiscn, Era Strain, Anna Walla, Adele Ahlneai, Ruth Balcke, Charlotte • BanncM, Margaret BoUtad, Alice Egeland, Boa-trie* Etickson. Irene Platen, Clifford Gronneberg, Harriet Krogstad, June Rykken, Richard Schl-bonskl, Ruth Vlngt. SPORTS WRITERS: John Holsen, Norman ROOJ, OnrlU Thompson. ADVERTISING MANAGER: Lyle Lee. CIRCULATION MANAGER: Majnard Sllselh. CIRCULATION ASSISTANTS: Unite Brodin, Lett , Johnson, Winu WalHn. -ADVERTISING ASSISTANTS: Roland Qtum, MtMn Bcnnlngton, Donald DahL Robert Canon. BUSINESS ADVISER i Norman Nordstrand- Sticksful Better To Mistreat Than Ignore Frosh, Columnist Observes By CARL BAILEY On the front cover of a recent issue of a popular magazine is an amusing picture. One large monkey and one small monkey try to induce a frog to jump through a hoop held in the air by the large monkey. The big ape, with a kind-cruel look on his face, gently tickles the frog's posterior with a feather, while the small ape points to the hoop in a sort of imperious way, as if to say, "Why in the world doesn't this dumbbell do what he's supposed to do?" The poor bedeviled frog views his job with a fearful and suspicious eye, but shrinks from the persuasive feather. Transplant this scene to Concordia. The big monkey is a proud and vain-glorious sophomore, with a list of out-landish performances in one hand and a pine-board paddle in the other. The frog is a worried, harassed freshman, surveying with sinking heart the enor-mous tasks he is called upon to per-form. The small monkey is a blood-thirsty upperclassman, longing for the discomfiture of his fellowman as avidly as any Nero in the Roman amphithea-ter. Every fall this action is repeated. A hundred Simon Legrees stalk about the campus. Freshmen, forced to manufacture tools for their own tor-ture, suffer mental and physical pain for what reason they know not. A pitiless crowd of upperclassmen stand and watch and laugh. And in the jaundiced eye of this observer, the sophomore and upperclassmen begin to assume a strangely simian appearance; while the victims begin to take on the bulging eyes and dumbly mournful countenance of a frog. The ancient practiced initiation is well supported by theory. In the life of every upperclassman there is a time when he needs royal entertain-ment, when he is bored and restless from having too little to do. At this critical juncture the activities of initiation perform a great service—pro-viding such entertainment. There can be no doubt that initiation serves to bind the sophomores and freshmen into closer friendship. To treat the fresh-man badly is better than to ignore him; the fact that he gets even this kind of attention lets him know that he is a person of some significance. The chief fault we have to find with initiation Is that sometimes it fails to take care of the little monkey; upper-classmen have sometimes been ob-served to yawn and turn away in dis-appointment from the spectacle. Therefore let the frog jump with even greater agility; let the big monkey wield his feather with even greater effectiveness; let the little monkey clap his hands and grin with glee! On Other Campuses Students Are Doing: College Reporter, Mankato State Teachers: There is a distinct possibility that Mankato Teachers college may be on the air over KYSM this year, according to an announcement from the office of the president. Should satisfactory ar-rangements be made, it is likely that both faculty and students will be rep-resented during this time on the air. • • • The Spectrum, North- Dakota Agricultural college: Three delegates were sent as repre-sentatives of the Crtrl Ben Eielsen Flying club, local student pilot organization, to the dedication of a memorial arch to Carl Ben Eielsen, North Dakota air hero. • • • The Manitou Messenger, St. Olaf college: At the time of registration, St. Olaf had an estimated advance enrollment of 1050. Of this total, 563 were men, 490 women, with about 355 freshmen. Of the class of '38, 85 graduates had jobs at that time. Chamberlain's Conciliatory Policy With Hitler Weakens Peace Forces With the coming European war temporarily called off, England's lat-est vacillator felt constrained to go to Hitler and ask him what he wanted. Hitler wanted Czechoslovakia and Chamberlain decided that trying to give it to him and making a general war inevitable later with Hitler's war machine built up at home and strengthened by the additional war materials would be better than putting up a strong stand now, which could checkmate Hitler forever! Such an attitude by Chamberlain is particularly dangerous at a time when the German news censorship and in-tervention leaves only a few top gener-als in Germany with a very good idea of just what would happen in case of a Sudeten invasion. Hitler's apparent delusion that a war in Czechoslovakia would last a matter of days makes ag-gressive action on his part more prob-able when Czechoslovakia rejects the British plans. Such is likely to be the case, despite rumors from Prague of surrender. Numerous tank traps all the way from the German border to Prague and fortifications on the border superior to the French Maginot line are a better defense than the promise of Germany, France, and England to protect and respect the Czech borders. The French renewed their guarantee of Austria a week before Hitler marched in! Chamberlain's conciliatory policy with Hitler weakens the forces of peace. Whereas a week ago Russia', France and England were ready to go to war in defense of Czechoslovakia with Poland, Rumania, Yugoslavia and Italy likely to join in against Hitler later, now the Czechs have been tem-porarily abandoned. Russia may be ef-fectively checkmated by being refused permission to transport troops through Poland, England is undecided and may definitely stay but if the French gov-ernment falls, as it now seems likely to do. Hitler is likely to become rest-less and reckless again. Almost three weeks ago Joe Ken-nedy assured Chamberlain that if war threatened within a matter of hours that he could get President Roosevelt to deliver a warning to Hitler gently hinting that America might not stay out three years this time! Inside Brit-ish knowledge about Hitler's mind says that American intervention is one of his worst nightmares and that the threat of such intervention would be sufficient to stop him. In the light of this Chamberlain should have taken a firm stand towards Hitler and not stuck his fingers into the fire in the hope that his reflex actions will be instantaneous. Washington sources expect that our present neutrality vaccination will last at least five years, but Hitler has ap-parently bothered to find out little about the United States. If Roosevelt can bluff Hitler, the whole world may yet laugh rather than fight!—J W. A. Senior Protests Stolen Prestige Since we were frosh, we who now are seniors have had one distinction to look forward to. At one time every day we would have an devoted po-sition— in two senses—which would set us aside from all underclassmen. But when we came back this fall to claim our places as seniors in the chapel balcony, we found the doors locked. We not only have lost our privileged positions, but we have to fairly fight for places in the lower auditorium. The difficulty in getting satisfac-tory places on the lower floor I know discourages many seniors and even underclassmen from attending chapel. If one comes late, it is lots easier to stay out rather than to enter and creak shame-facedly to empty seats found only in the front row. Why can't we seniors have our tra-ditional balcony seats? The lower auditorium will be filled anyway when underclassmen know there's plenty room. Restore our lost pres-tige! —A Senior. Donald Gilbertson Presents Report On LSA Ashram Donald Gilbertson of Binford, N. D., was one of Concordia's represen-tatives at the Lutheran Students association Asham (Bible Camp) this summer. Because he is not returning to school this year, he presents his report to the students in The Concordian The Lutheran 'Students association of America held their national Ash-ram at the Rollins camp grounds on Flat head lake near Kalispell, Mont. The camp site is situated on the west shore of Flathead lake in the heart of the snow-covered Montana Rockies. Included in the trip to and from camp was a day spent at Yellowstone na-tional park and ako a day at Glacier national park. This year 200 students from 30 dif-ferent states in the union representing 75 colleges and universities attended the camp, There were students from North Carolina and New York stale to California and Washington and from Tennessee and Arizona to Michigan and North Dakota. The following are some of the schools represented: Uni-versities of Southern California, Michi-gan, Minnesota, Montana, Washington, North Dakota, Idaho, George Washing-ton, Kansas, Susquehanna, Capitol, Northwestern and Bowling Green State University of Ohio, plus Man-kato State Teachers college, St. Olaf, Concordia, Pacific Lutheran, Lenoir Rhyme Lutheran college of North Carolina, Augsburg, Augustana Semi-nary, Rock Island, 111., and many oth-ers. The camp was held from August 19 through August 24. The morning sessions were devoted primarily to Student discussion and study with a brief Bible study, con-ducted by Dr. H. L. Yochum, president of the Michigan district of the Ameri-can Lutheran church. The afternoon was spent in recreation—swimming, boating, hiking, fishing, kittenbell, horseshoe, and volleyball. The evening meetings were devoted, to inspirational addresses by leading men in the Luth-eran tihurch and campfire services. Among the faculty members were Rev. F. A. Schlotz, Ashram dean; Dr. Gould Wickey, former Concordia in-structor, now chairman of Church boards of Education, Washington, D. C, Dr. J. C. K. Preus, executive sec-retary, board of education, Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, Hor-tense C. Hage, Lutheran student secre-tary for the board of education, Nor-wegian Lutheran Church of America; Dr. Jacob Tanner, instructor Luther Theological seminary, St. Paul, and Clara J. Paulson, instructor at Con-cordia. The theme of the camp was "A Clinic In Christian Living." The eve-ning addresses were: "God's Love," by Dr. Harry; "The Challenge of a Hos-tile World," Dr. Wickey; "The Rally-ing of the Church," Dr. Lechleitner; "The Extension of the Christian Com-munity," Rev. Syrdal; "The Christian Community and the State," Jens P. Jensen; "The Christian Communily and Christ," Dr. Christiansen. Besides Miss Clara J. Paulson, Con-cordia college was represented^ by Helen Eenson *38, ani Donald Gilbert-son '39. Let Us Pray! By RKV. J. MELVIN MOE Pastor Olivet Lutheran Church, Fargo Luther said, "Meditation, study and prayer makes a theologiarn." It may also be truthfully said that these three factors have much to do with equipping a person for any line of Christian service. And prayer is by no means the smallest factor. Christ shows us that prayer should have a very prominent place in our lives. "He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint." These words remind us that we are as believing Christians under the obliga-tion to give much time and thought to prayer. Someone has likened prayer to the foundation of our spiritual building. We cannot build a life with God apart from prayer in the name of Jesus. We cannot be prayerlcss and remain Christians. A man without prayer is compared again to a city without walls—open to all assaults. Surely then the student will feel the need for much prayer. To the busy student the question will arise: Can I take time to pray? Is prayer of sufficient import-ance to be given a place on my already crowded pro-gram? Remember Christ's example. How busy He was! How filled with activity was His brief minis-try! And yet what a prominent place He gave to prayer! No one ever prayed as Jesus did, through long, sleepless nights after busy, brimful days. Do not we need prayer even more than He did. Many of the world's greatest men have given prayer a prominent place in their life. Luther de-voted his three best hours each day to prayer. And he states that the busier he was, the more necessary he found it to take time for prayer. Dr. Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph—"a man show-ered with honor and decorations as few men in any tage"—was once asked by an acquaintance, "What did you do when in the laboratory experiments you came to a stand, not knowing what to do next?" The humble inventor replied, "Whenever I could not see my way clear, I prayed for more light." Let us pray! Live Like Christ By ORVIS HANSON "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit"—Galatians 5:25. If we are Christians, let us also live as Christiana. On a campus such as this there are many Christians. Yet, how often are the fruits of Christianity not forthcoming because, though we may be Christians in word, we are not in deed. We still cling too much to self and seek to glorify ourselves rather than give Christ his rightful place. Though we confess and believe that we are followers of Christ, yet we are afraid of living the principles He has set forth. The powers of sin are bold in their acclaim of their beliefs, and we who should hate sin in us and in the world about us have nothing to say. We have often heard of the cold spiritual condi-tions too often prevalent on our campus, and the con-clusion is sometimes formed that more of our students must turn from sin to Christ. Surely this is true, but possibly more vital to the spread of true Christianity here and elsewhere in the world is that those who say they are Christians really live more as Christ told us to live. Let's not compromise. Let's not only be Christian in word, but also in deed and truth. May men see by our lives that we seek in all things to follow His teaching and example. Just off SWEDES IN AMERICA EDITED BY ADOLPH B. BENSON AND NABOTH HEDIN Yale University Press, 1938 Price: $3.00—597 pages "Swedes in America" was published this spring for the Swedish American Tercentenary association to commemorate the landing of the Swedes on the banks of the Delaware river 300 years ago. The 39 contributors, each an authority in his own field, present well the achievements of the Swedes of the past and the present. There are chapters on the early colonists, journalists, sportsmen and inventers, from Carl Gustaf Patrik De Sana! and his cream separator to John Ericsson, builder of the Monitor, from Greta Gorbo to Edgar Bergen. Musicians, edu-cators, public officials and others make a noteworthy list. In the agriculture of this Northwest they are not to be excelled. Hal Borland writes in the New York Times, "There is indeed so much in this volume that one hesitates to ask for more. . . . It is a volume which will fill a gap that has long disturbed writers and students of American history and folkways." This book should especially appeal to student* of Scandinavian descent. There is a wealth of material it would well profit us to absorb —R. C. F. One Hour A Week Not a day.passes at Concordia unless we hear something of "dedicating ourselves to Christ." We all agree readily, that at some future time we will de-vote time and energy to God. Somehow, though, the rushing and hurry that make up college leaves no room for real dedication to God and His purposes. Only by acting now can we ever hope to become a laborer in His vineyard. The longer we delay in our work, the more remote becomes the possibility of our ever doing anything. The difficulty which the leaders have met In get-ting teachers for Thursday school in an evidence of our inactivity In religious work. Surely any one of us should be more than willing to give one hour every week to teaching those younger than ourselves the* great truths that have become so apparent to us. One hour every week to set aside as given to God —would it be such a hardship? One hour every week for God—can you afford not to give It?—CJBLZ. :;\
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