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• Published: 1940
• Subjects: Gardner; Lent; Northwest Territories; Norway; Pacific; Westminster; Wylie
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16921coll4/id/1834

Page Two THE CONCORDIAN Thursday, October 24, 1940. Jottings From The Editor's Desk Youth Has Election Stake Although the smoke and fire of a campus political cam-paign may amuse and entertain us we must not let them becloud the real importance of this coming election. Let's enumerate some of the items youth has at stake. First, there are our lives; who we elect may well determine whether or not we shall be bomb targets. Second, there is our liberty; civil liberty is threatened as never before by a new wave of witch-hunting. Third, our happiness; economically this country must be rehabilitated. Last Tuesday The Concordian and International Relations club called a meeting of those who can protect these stakes. To this meeting: came 41 per cent of those eligible. Perhaps this was because of short notice. Perhaps this percentage Is higher than a similar appeal might re-ceive on another camps. Still, considering our stakes, it is not high enough . Three Ye^rs On The Hoof Two Dollars Richer By JEAN OSTBY Coming back with two more dol-lars than he started, Ralph Fjelstad, freshman, spent three years — from April 1935 to July 1938 — on the hoof, visited every state west of the Mississippi river. Satisfied with two years of high school he lett his home in Gran-ville, N. D., not knowing where he was going or how long he would stay. He took with him two suit-cases and three dollars. Good thumbing luck brought him to Fort Peck, Mont., where he got work. The tar-paper shacks and extravagant typo of living In the boom town didn't Impress him favorably. Back on the trail again he land-ed in Spokane and from there went to Yakima, Wash., Portland, Ore., Seattle, Wash., and Van-couver, British Columbia. Finan-ces were the least of his worries. Said Fjelstad, "Anyone can get a job if he looks for one." He got jobs by listening at restaurants for openings; sometimes he made in-quiries. Near The Delles, Ore., he visited Mary Hill's Castle. Built by the highway king in memory of his daughter this building is of bronze stone in medieval style and re-sembles an ancient castle. Two weeks of solitude were spent in the mountains eight miles from Lassen Butte National park, The Concordian's Mirror Of Collegiate Viewpoints What Students Are Doing And Thinking Here And In The Nation Opening of the fifth year of the tri-sponsored artists course fore-year. Enthusiastically received by a capacity crowd the concert of the Navy band inaugurates the most diversified program schedule ever presented. Interest shown this year will determine whether this type of en-tertainment will be continued or whether there will be a shift backv to a "classical" schedule. Congratulations this week go to "Sir John", Concordia's second knight of the order of St. Olaf. Pres. J. N. Brown deserves an hon-orary verbal knighting from stu-dents, alumni and faculty for his work as our president as much as he did the actual knighting for his work in arranging the Norse royal reception. A thank you to Ronald MacGre-gor, retiring cheerleader. Taking over the situation from tho mo-ment he came to this campus and handling it effectively for two years Mac deserves "15 rahs" of appreciation. Need for a real social program at Concordia has long been recog-nized by students and faculty. Sur-veys of opinion, letters to the edi-tor and several murmurings in-dicate this fact. The all-college party next Sat-urday evening, it is hoped, will be the beginning of a new social po-licy. Courses Offered In Personal Study New Rochelle, N. Y.-(ACP)-A psychology major stressing per-sonal improvement and prepara-tion for motherhood is offered for the first time at the College of New Rochelle, N. Y. The courses, planned to give the student a better understanding of her personal problems and of those around her, emphasize study of personality, social adjustments and mental hygiene. Do You Show A Resemblance To God's Family? A prince who was walking down the street of an oriental city sought to mingle with the crowd. He wanted to learn the attitudes and customs of his people but everywhere he went he was recog-nized by his princely dress, his stately walk, or his carefully-chos-en speech. Because of his like-ness to the king, his father, the prince was distinct from the crowd. We Cobbers profess to be chil-dren of the greatest of all kings, God Himself. But would any on o recognize us as such? Could the world single you and me out as being distinct from their ranks? If we are uncompromising Chris-tians, our outward selves will pro-claim to the world the joy of our relationship to God. Too, men must recognize us by our walk, spirtually speaking. Either on our campus or else-where, does the world, because of our fearless stand for the right, take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus? Let's stand for God's right; it's always might! Finally, does our speech evi-dence a kinship with God ? In our dormitory talkfests with some of our closest pals do we choose to permeate the very atmosphere with smutty, devilish jokes and tales? Do we "spice" our conver-sation with the all^oo-popular swearing and cursing? Every day this polutes our beloved campus and speaks clearly of the persist-ent, fearful working of a personal Satan! No, if we are to speak, let's not compromise or take the side of Satan. Let's rather consecrate our hearts and lips to humble, zealous, heart-burdened prayer and soul-seeking that those who have not Christ may find the joy in His salvation. Fellow Cobbers, if we are chil-dren of God, there must be a family resemblance!—O. I. T. Keep *I nf*or m*ed! Flashes Of World Wide News SELECTIVE SERVICE LOTTERY OCT. 29. President Roosevelt will draw the first number in the national selective service lottery at noon, Oct. 29, newly appointed Draft Director Clarence Dykstra, president of the University of Wisconsin, an-nounced Monday. Exactly 800,000 men will be taken into service by June 5, 1941. HITLER AND LAVAL MEET, FRANCE MAY JOIN AXIS, French vice-premier Pierre Laval met with Adolf Hitler Tues-day to discuss possibilities of more definite peace arrangements in which France would lose only Jibuti, Alsace-Lorraine, Nice and Tunisia, besides former German colonies of Togoland and Cameroons. JAPAN AND RUSSIA PLAN PARTITION. Flans for par-tition of China's northwest territories will form the basis for forthcoming negotiations between Japan and Russia, diplomatic circles heard in Tokyo this week. JOHN L. LEWIS MAY ENDORSE WILLKIE. John L. Lewis, head of CIO, may endorse GOP candidate Willkie Oct. 25, when he speaks over national radio hookups at 8 to 8:30 CST, labor circles announce. KNOX STRESSES NEED FOR PACIFIC BASES. Speak-ing to the New York Tribune's 10th annual national forum, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox stressed need for more Pacific bases for the fleet arm of national defense. "How far-flung these Pacific bases must be awaits the outcome of events now in the making,*' he stated. KENNEDY COiMING HOME. U. S. ambassador at the Court of St. James, Joseph P. Kennedy, left England for home Tuesday amid general speculations that he would not return. THE CONCORDIAN Pvblbkcd WMUT during tb» *cbool year except during vacation, holiday and «xwnInaUoB parted*, by tbm itadtnti of Conoordia Oolite*, Moorhca*1. Bnt*T«d as Moond eltii matter at tha poitoffioe of Uoorhaad, Minn. AII-Amarloan Honor _ Rating In ACP _ 1M8-40, STUDENTS ONION ASSOCIATION 1MB - Member - 1040 AMoclato OoUegUta Praaa Idltor-in-ohW Botot B. Jannaan Managing editor Carattn Brim AwoelaU editor Jean Oitb/ Bporta editor Harold Pel«r Boeletr editor Beth Bakkt Nein editor Gerald Brefcke BnalDeaa manager—_ Advertising manager Circulation manager. Editorial adriBer__ Bnalneaa adviser Desk editor Copy editor . Lloyd Laraoa Otto Berg DePIoren Rode —Ladle Typafland Jfenaan Merditrand Opal Bnelde Bsttye Bowe Cheer Up Men 'Tis An 111 Draft That Blows No Good By RALPH KJORLBEN You're in the army now, You're not behind the plow; You'll never get rich, You t-a-ta-ta ta You're in the army now. Last week some 71 Cobbers along with 16 million other male citizens of this fair country began worrying about what's going to happen next now that they are registered. Cheer up, men; re-member the old saying, " 'Tis an ill draft that blows no good." The army is a wonderful insti-tution— so the army tells us. Ac-cording to the army posters and propaganda, being drafted will be like getting a vacation with pay at a boy scout camp, combined with the intellectual advantages of a liberal education. The food, they tell us, will be excellent — the ordinary dinner menu consisting of sirloin steak, French-fried potatoes, hors d' oeuvres, caviar, stewed tomatoes and apple pie. The army mathematicians have even figured out that the $30 a Correct Manners Come And Get It— Answers to this quiz will be found at the bottom. 1. Coffee—if you use cream when should it be taken? How should loaf sugar be served? 3. How may open-faced sand-wiches be eaten? 3. Can grapes be eaten suc-cessfully at the table ? 4. How should an apple be eat-en? 5. Is "dunking" legal? ANSWERS: 1. Always put the cream into the cup before the coffee. Never use a spoon for loaf sugar—always the fingers. 2. They may be eaten with the knife and fork. 3. Yes. Never eject the seeds from the mouth onto the plate. 4. It must be cut into halv-es, then quartered and peeled. 5. By no means. Nothing should ever be dipped into a liquid. Gripe Basket Suggests Course In Commerce To The Editor: Concordia college offers a good liberal arts training with a good Christian background, but it lacks one important thing. It should develop a good commercial course for those who are interested in that line. About 90 or more per cent of professional people are de-pendent upon the very course that isn't offered here. One more teacher added to our college staff, would greatly increase the enroll-ment of the school, and would pay for itself in more ways than one. Present day situations demand that teachers be able to teach many varieties of courses. They must combine music with commer-cial courses, English with mathe-matics, science with physical edu-cation, etc When they do not have this commercial training, or are unable to teach It, they are In peril of losing their Jobs. As a Cobber I am making this • appeal to the directors and patrons of Concordia to use their power and influence in making this dream a reality.—A Cobber. month you get is really equiva-lent to a salary of $200 a month when you figure the value of the free clothing, entertainment, edu-cation and medical attention. You can believe this stuff if you want to, but you are due for a great surprise when you find out what army life is really like. The first thing they teach you is how to salute and from then on you must salute every officer you see from corporal to major. Your principal pastime will be parading around the drill grounds with a lame-brained drill sergeant yell-ing "squads right," "squads left" and "squads right about" until you're dizzy. The gun they give you to carry around will probably be made of wood, but then you wouldn't have time to learn how to use a real rifle if you had one. You will be too busy learning more important things like keeping your equip-ment in perfect order. Blankets must be doubled, folded three times, and placed with folded edges to the left three inches back from the head of the bed. Shoes must be carefully shined and placed under the edge of the bed below the blankets with the toes pointed outward at an angle of 45 degrees. You will have to memorize a book called "Infantry Drill Regu-lations" which contains several hundred rules and regulations like number 437, section A, "Men with-out beards must be cleanly shaven at all times." Any infraction of these rules means a job in the camp kitchen peeling potatoes or a deduction from your pay. One consolation is that the fines are small—they just can't deduct very much from a salary of $30 a month. The army's official description of camp life sounds pretty good, but before long you'll be singing with the rest of the boys: Beans for breakfast, Beans for dinner, Beans for supper time; Thirty dollars every month, deducting twenty-nine. To Feature Special Writing Courses (ACP)—Creative writing on the undergraduate level will be fea-tured in a special summer semes-ter workshop at the New York university of Washington Square college of arts and science. According to Dean Charles Max-well McCohn, courses will be of-fered dealing with production of fiction and non-fiction manu-scripts, plays and radio scripts. Engineering Students To Find Out The days when engineering stu-dents can say "He don't" and pose the question, "Beethoven? Who was he?" are over. Beginning with this year's fresh-man class, the majority of West-minster's engineering students will study three years of liberal arts subjects at Westminster, and then move on for a two-year stay at Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. At the end of their fifth year, they will receive a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree from Westminster and a bachelor of science degree in engineering from Tech. Chief purpose of the merger-course is to give engineers more liberal arta work than they would get at a strictly engineering: school. After three years of such studios as music, English, history, art and Bible at Westminster, students will be given intensified techincn-1 courses at Tech, such as thermo-dynamics and electro-dynamic m»- chinory. Six classifications of students will be affected by the "five year plan" between the two colleges: mechanical, civil, electrical, metal-lurgical, chemical and manage-ment engineering. Students in mechanical engineering have an option to study a'eronautical en-gineering, if they choose. At pre-sent 15 Westminster students are in tho five-year tie-up. CaJ. From the cabin which be-longed to his uncle he took daily tramps through the mountains, vi-siting lava rock beds and the snow fields. In the Redwood forest, next on his trip, Fjelstad found scenic beauty but it was here that he had his biggest transportation dif-ficulties. He was stranded for three days without a ride. Traveling through San Francis-co, Los Angeles, New Mexico, Ne-vada, Texas he went into Mexico through Tiajuana. After three months south of the border he learned enough Spanish to ask for what he wanted to eat. Especially interested in the people there he found them lazy and slow. He liked their dress which he thought is what might have been worn in old Spain, over-decorated with lace. In spite of the warm clim-ate, the children of the poorer classes dress as warmly as Eski-mos. In Mexico City he saw "the oldest of the old world as well as the newest of the new world in ar-chitecture, dress and living condi-tions." The peon makes his food largely of corn flour and seasons his food highly. The popular drink is "Tequela,"a liquor made from the juice of the cactus. According to Fjelstad, few peo-ple in the inland towns receive newspapers and periodicals, And radios are a novelty. This, he be-lieves, accounts hi a large part for the fact that there Is so much poli-tical strife in Mexico. Passing through Texas he saw where that state fought its battles for independence. From Texas he zig-zagged up the Mississippi river,, touching every state west of it. Here he got a chance to observe the negroes, found them hospitable though they always have their own section of town. The most exciting part of Fjel-stad's trip was while he was in Seattle swamping cargo, which consists of loading and unloading tugs. Here he witnessed a union strike among the longshoremen and teamster groups. Near Los Angeles he visited the mission of Capistrano where the swallows come back each year to their nests under the eaves, Ralph experienced extremes of weather within a few weeks when he suffered from a ISO-degree temperature in the Great Ameri-can desert and met with a snow-storm In the mountains In Ore-gon. Realizing that it was necess-sary to finish school, Ralph re-turned in July, 1938, finished his high school course before enroil-ing at Concordia this fall. He in-tends to study law after four year& of preparatory work here. But he isn't sorry he took a three-year vacation from his studies. Says he, "I wouldn't trade my trip for four years of high school." He might take another trip. "It depends," he says, "on how my feet act." If he gets that restless feeling, he'd like to go back to Mexico to see some of the things he missed. "Of course", he ad-ded "if I ever travel again I'll hitchhike. I had such good luck the last time." Looking Back FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. Dr. J. A. Aasgaard, former Con-cordia president, to speak at ban-quet of Concordia club held in con-junction with the Minnesota Edu-cational association Nov. 5. . . . Miss Helga Fjelstad, college ma-tron for 29 years, honored by friends with dinner at Gardner hotel. . . . Minnesotans rank first in student enrollment with 54 per cent of student body . . . Wylie Stewart, famous American tenor, gives first lyceum course of season Oct. 23 . . . 103 volumes added to library this week . . . Prof. J. A. Holvik and Prof. H. C. Nordlie at-tend organization of Norwegian- American historical society at St. Olaf college, Northfield. TEN YEARS AGO Fortieth anniversary plans under way, Prof. J. N. Hjelmstad chair-man of faculty homecoming com-mittee . . . 300 students enrolled at Concordia conservatory of music in Fargo . . . Freshman dramatic club organized . . . Concordia club organized in Twin Cities, Melvin Voxland '25, elected president. FTTVE YEARS AGO Lucie Iverson and Jack Davis play leads in "Giants in the Earth," all college play . . . Rev. A. W, Knock delivers sixth of Bible lec-ture series . . . Norway Tour Band receives commemorative rewards. . . . 140 freshmen register for first semester . . . 27 members installed into Pocket Testament league . . . Rev. A. A. Zinck, Milwaukee, gives final address at reformation rally. Office i Third Floor Library Telephone 8-1 MB SabeerlptHra Priee |L00 a yea* SURE, AND IT'S THE SAME GAY CROWD /. which sets the campus style that you'll be finding at the Powers Coffee Shop all this weekend. The lads and lassies j (including the football squads) from UND will be there, and the smart groups from Concordia, MSTC and NDAC, f f; ,^ They'll be there enjoying sparkling food, quick service and music till 1 ^.m by NDAC's Lloyd Collins. s .: r £Wl