| Summary: | Page Two THE CONCORDIAN Thursday, April 18, 1940. Student Opinion Survey- Review Of World News Editorials—Church News The Concordian's Mirror Of Collegiate Viewpoints What Students Are Doing And Thinking Here And In The Nation National Features Local Features Columns - Humor Jottings From The Editor's Desk. Readers of the Concordian discover this week that they are reading a paper recognized as one of the best in the nation. For this privilege they are indebted primarily to Willmar Thor-kelson and Marjorie'Teisberg, editor-in-chief and managing edi-tor, respectively. Secondarily they owe thanks to the other 50 members of the editorial and business staffs. Thorkelson and roommate Lloyd Sveen have given Con-cordia its only All-American paper since it became a week-ly. Thorkelson was managing editor of the paper Sveen edited last year and Sveen served as associate editor on this year's Concordian. No extra-curricular activity on the campus demands as much time as the editorships do. Thorkelson and Miss Teis-berg have given an average of 30 hours a week to bring this' paper to you. An old favorite topic for editorials, the lack of popular appeal in the lyceum course numbers can now be scratched off the editor's list. Next year's program, announced Tuesday, is one that will foe of general interest. The navy band, very popular last year, heads the list. The well-liked blind pianist, Alec Tem|pleton, will take over on a following program. The oft-repeated editorial suggestion that a lecturer be secured has also been satisfied with Burton Holmes, speaker on Scandinavian affairs. This line-up may not satisfy the "classicists" but to /he casual hearer it will be of real interest. • * * Across the hall from our office is a concern that sells Con-cordia college several hundred times a year. It is the Concor-dia college publicity office and news bureau. Although it gets but little publicity itself it sends out a Niagara of "propaganda" to interest outsiders in the school. Also squeezed within the small cubicle is the alumni publication office. We take this opportunity to give them some of the same publicity they are so liberal with and to thank Mrs. M. S. Tyese-land and Rev. W. F. Schmidt who are Concordia's "Goebbels." U. S. Poll Shows: Students Good Church-Goers Austin, Texas, April 17.—As church-goers, American college students give themselves a good grade. A national poll of the Stu-dent Opinion Surveys of America just completed reveals: 1. Only one-eighth declare they never attend church; 40 per cent say they go regu-larly. 2. A majority state they go to church more often or at least about the same as they did before they came to col-lege. The poll, taken by personal in-terviewers from coast to coast, provides the first complete an-swer to the significant question often asked: Do college students lose some of their religiousness when they leave home? A good number, 46 per cent, admit they attended services less often than they did before they arrived on the campus. What may be surprising to some is that 15 per cent of the students say they are now going to church more often than when they were home. As was to be expected, Catholics appear in the results as the least apt to change their habits on re-ligion upon leaving their homes, and they take honors for regular church-going. It's So Touching Sveen Bids Farewell To There are times to be happy, times to be sad. There are times when one's heart is full of joy, other times when circumstances fill one with grief and melancholy. You have been a close friend for several years. Although I have mistreated you many times, abus-ed you and slapped you around, you have stuck through thick and thin. Times without number, I have sat on you brutally, yet you did not complain, not even when you have been doubled up in ago-ny. It wasn't your fault you failed me many times when your help would have meant the little luxuries that make existing into living. TTiat I have been broke most of the time hasn't made any differ-ence to you these years, you've still hung around. Times when a little money would have made you useful and happy by fulfilling your purpose—I failed you. Yet as I looked at you sadly, you almost seemed to console me. I thought I heard you whisper, "Money doesn't make any differ-ence between us. We'll get along all right, and besides, when you haven't any money you don't have to worry about losing it when you hang your trousers up at night." That little silver lining we shared together lifted me through the dark days. It made me smile when it was hard to smile, facing another day when there would be ' no money for breakfast. Yet in spite of all, now we must part. Close as we have been in the years, you are no longer inter-esting to me. You aren't pretty any more, the veneer is worn off, I • see you for what you are. Compared to the new com-pany I have found, you fade into obscurity. Maybe it seems hard, maybe it seems cruel, but It must be so. You will remain in my mind, but the feeling I once had for you has gone. I have no regrets, so let's make this pain of parting short. Thank's for the memory—as a bill fold you've made a good case for my privilege ticket. THE CONCORDIAN wotkly during the school y*ar except daring vacation, holidar and examination periods, by th« BtudtnU of Concordla Collate, MoarfeeaA. Entarad aa aaoond elaai matter at tha poitofflc* of Hoot-bead, Minn. All-Amerlean Honor _ Rating* In ACP - 188M0, 19SM4 STUDENTS DNWN ASSOCIATION 1919 - Member - 1940 AMoelate CDlUtlate Prett Bdltor-ln-chlef- Hanafftnr editor. Aaaodata editor- Bporta editor- Society editor— obert H. JehnaMi -Caraten Bretn Jean Ostby larsU Pelar -Roth Bakka Buiineai manager Advertising manager. Circulation manager- Ed I to rial advlaer Busineu advlaer _ Newi editor Lloyd Larson Osier Banaon Obcrt Balvewn —Lndle TyMeland Neman Nerdatrand Gerald Braklce ON OUR CAMPUSES LUTHERAN" STUDENT?, UNWN Fair Hills . . . Now is the time for you LSU folks to make plans to attend your annual summer Bible camp from Sept. 3-8. As in years past, the camp will be held at the Fair Hills resort on Pelican Lake, near Detroit Lakes., First reports should be in the hands of Miss Hortense Hage, NLCA stu-dent secretary, by May 1, and all registrations must be in by August 15. Miss Hage's address is 408 Fifth avenue S., Minneapolis. Debate . . . All four of our LSU senior colleges sent delegations to the biennial Pi Kappa Delta tour-neys held last month in Knoxville, Tenn. Augustana and St. Olaf did well again this year. The men's teams from these schools met in the quarter finals. The Augies won, but lost out in the finals. In The Air . . . Two of our LSD colleges are offering courses in aviation this year in connection with the federal government's Ci-vilian Pilots Training corps. Au-gustetna and Pacific Lutheran are the air-minded colleges. Several of the PLC boys have soloed and Jack Wall has completed the work necessary for a private pilot's li-cense. Piety Decrial Is Wrong; God Final Judge By EVELYN BJORGE A Concordia professor, introduc-ing the subject of Pietism in a class discussion, once asked a stu-dent if he would be complimented if someone described him as "pi-ous." "No!" was the forthright an-swer. Taken aback, the instruc-tor asked why. He replied, "A pious person is one who is regarded by others as hypocritically religious. He is a sort of Pharisee who goes around looking down his nose at every-body else." This student's Interpreta-tion of the meaning of piety had one virtue, that of desir-ing sincerity in the conduct of those who profess Christi-anity. But his attitude, and there may be others who rea-son as he did, Implies a dis-trust of the motives of men and women who seek to live devoutly, For a long time we have heard "shame" cried on the Phar-isees, and by analogy, those who seek to live holily today. If our condemnation stopped at decrying self-righteousness and hypocrisy, it were well. We, however, have come to the point where we lean over backward for fear someone will think us insincere. If one whose beliefs are Chris-tian pretends to be otherwise, he is as much a hypocrite as he who insincerely assumes the outward forms of Christianity. There is one thing always to be remembered: God is judge over all. "The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. Therefore let no man glory in men . . . Know ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him will God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." (From I Cor. 3) German Loss To Norse 'Ultimate' Local Observers See Hitler's 'Blitzkrieg' Doomed "Germany will be the ultimate loser in the con-flict "vith, Norway" was the opinion expressed by faculty members and students who have observed conditions in the Scandinavian countries through travel or residence there. There is no question in the mind of Prof. J. A. Holvik, head of the Norse department, as to why Germany invaded Norway. "The Scandinavian coun-tries were doomed in 'Mein Kampf, " he said. How-ever the immediate occasion was Germany's inabil-ity to get Swedish ore. The water route through the Gulf of Bothnia will be icebound for about a month, and England was cutting off Narvik harbor on the west side of Norway. Professor Holvik, thinks Germany's attempt to take over Norway will fail because of Swed-ish resistance to land routes and Norwegian patriotism together with the topography of the the country which lends itself better to de-fense than to attack. Then, too, the supremacy of the allied fleet over the German navy and the comparatively strong aerial force of the allies will make a German victory difficult. Miss Frida Nilsen, instructor in the English de-partment, also believes that Germany will suffer most in the end because she will eventually lose. "The most deplorable fact in the situation," she said, "is that evidently Norwegians have betrayed their own country into the hands of the Germans, or it would not have happened." Miss Nilsen has relatives in both Norway and Germany. While visiting in Denmark last summer, Vernort Mauritsen, junior, found that the people in that country feared invasion by either England or Ger-many. They thought England might enter their country to tighten the blockade on German's food-stuffs which come in a large part from Denmark. Mauritsen stated that he believes England will eventually try to drive through Denmark to over-come Germany because there are no fortifications in that territory. Because he feels that developments are too recent to warrant forming an opinion, Prof. IL C. Nordlie, head of the history department,, hesitated to make any definite statement, "Of course," he said, "If England sends soldiers, • Germany will be driven out of Norway into Sweden." "They'll chase the Germans out" was the con-fident statement of Jacob Andreason, freshman,, and native of Norway, whose parents live near Christiansand in Norway. When he last heard from them, about two weeks before Norway was drawn into the conflict, they had had no warning of what was to happen, but were a little afraid of possible invasion of Germany. Andreason recalls that when he was in Norway, about 15 years ago, the churches in his community were full. Now since Nazi and Communist agen-cies have begun to work, church attendance has alarmingly decreased. This, he says, no doubt ac-counts for the recent betrayal by native Norwegi-ans. Ask Boosters To The Editor: Concordia is well-known for its musical organizations and we as students are proud of each of these units. The choir performs quite regu-larly for chapel and music hours, but we do not get to hear the band as often as we'd like. We enjoy the band when it per-forms over the music hour, but we would suggest some gym or chapel concerts to be presented by the band at intermittent intervals. In this way we could hear our band in person and enjoy the mu-sic firSt-hand. Sincerely, Five Band Boosters. Minneapolis Symphony Praised— (Continued From Page 1) lanky frame. Like all good con-ductors he has the score in his head instead of his head in the score, but MHropoulus seems to have the score not only in his head but all over. There is naturally room for difference of opinion in the mat-ter of interpretation. The reading of some numbers did differ from that of many another good performance of the same compositions. But the realization of the conductor's in-tention was admirable. The etching out of detail, the tonal blend and balance as well as the strong, dynamic and • tonal con-trasts, all bore evidence of a master in absolute control and revealed to listeners the fruits of planned and arduous toil behind the scenes. Those who heard a full sym-phony orchestra for the first time—there . must have been many—were indeed fortunate in hearing great music performed. Looking Back FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Mission Study dub to conclude its year with a two-act play, "Broken China." Concordia col-lege school of music presented Edna Hector in a Beethoven- Chopin recital.Principal speaker at Cap and Gown day was Congressman O. J. Kvale. TEN YEARS AGO Acting as toastmaster at the an-nual junior-senior banquet will be George Lee (now coach at Eve-leth). Stanford Strand and Clara Paulson, are valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively (Mr. Strand is now teaching in Minne-apolis and Miss Paulson is an in-structor at Luther college, De-corah, IowaThe Concor-dian receives All-American rating. College enrollment increases from 80 in 1917 to 479 now. Fourteen have received teaching positions for September. FIVE YEARS AGO Forty men are named in Nor-way band personnel. . . . Samuel Thaviu, violinist, to appear on final number in the artists' course. . . . Bob Fritz signs to play and coach on the Winnipeg Rugby club (Fritz is now coach of the Edmon-ton Rugby club at Edmonton, Al-berta, Can.) . . . Women's Ath-letic association to hold annual open house. Symphony Head SaysjMusic Is A Religion By GERALD BREKKE Music is a religion; the conduc-tor, its priest. That's the philosophy of music which Dimitri Mitropoulos, con-ductor of the Minneapolis sym-phony orchestra, thinks students interested in making a success in their music field should embrace. "College orchestras usually waste too much time on the so-called 'romance' type of music, rather than applying themselves to the classics," Mitropoulos said. "One must dedicate himself to that part which is art to succeed in this field." With many friends in every city he visits, Mitropoulos was din-ing with Prof. Paul J. Christian-sen, Concordia music department head, in a downtown cafe when approached for an interview. Characteristic of his natural friendliness, he offered this wri-ter a ride to the Moorhead ar-mory where he waited several minutes in order to find a boy to whom he gave a free ticket. "More and better woodwinds is the need of most concert orchestra groups," in the opinion of Mitro-poulos, who also believes that Northwest symphonic groups have "grown" tremendously in recent years. To relax from his musical work, the conductor studies philosophy and psychology, besides attend-ing a large number of motion pic-tures. Correct Manners Think First, Then Talk— Mistakes in conversation are nearly always caused by not thinking. Here are some things to remember in talking with oth-ers: Try not to repeat yourself by telling the same story too many times or recounting incidents which seem particularly amusing to you. Also refrain from inter-rupting with "What did you say" from force of habit or careless in-attention. Don't pretend to know more than you do. Be willing to admit your ignorance on the topic under discussion. Only the very small mind hesitates to say "I don't know." It is always dangerous to ridi-cule or make unflattering remarks about others. They might have-relatives in the crowd. Saying "What an ugly girl" or "What a half-wit that boy is" only draws attention to your own tactlessness.
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