| Summary: | Page Two THE CONCORDIAN Thursday, March 27f 1941. Jottings From The Editors Desk In Brief Rebuttal In brief rebuttal: The section of the student body consti-tution referred to by Student Forum president Maurice Kaus-hagen, in his article last week reads as follows: 'The Student Forum shall hold public hearings when it shall deem it advis-able and, or when it shall be so ordered by the student body." What The Concordian proposed was that all meetings should be public, not only when special "business would make it necessary. We are not suspicious of the Forum, not at all, but we believe that open meetings would better acquaint the students with their government. . — We do not wish to divide stu- Classes To Lasses To Donkeys By ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS One of the well-liked professors at the University of Richmond felt lazy one day and wrote on the board, "The professor will not meet his classes today." One cute little co-ed got cuter, erased the "c" from the word "classes," leav-ing "lasses." When the professor returned to the classroom next day, he saw what had happened, went to the board, and calmly erasing the "1," took another day off. Collegiate Poll Shows Youth Opposes Intervention In Far East U. S. Should Avoid War ON OUR CAMPUSES STUDENTS' UNION ATTGtJSTANA ACADEMY a cappella choir, directed by Miss Ruth Bergh, will start on a con-cert tour April 6 that will take them through Iowa, Illinois, Wis-consin and Minnesota. They will broadcast over WCAL at 1 p. m. April 19. ATJDITIONS BEFOEE Leopold Stokowski will be the reward of three Augustana college music-ians, Evelyn Granskou, cellist; Ludwig Wangberg, French horn soloist and Kathryn Johnson, vio-linist. TTiis privilege was earned when they won three of five places in the state contest for the All- American orchestra, which will tour Canada, the United States and Mexico under the supervision of the National Youth Adminis-tration. dents from the administration and make two groups antagonistic, but rather to bring them together on grounds of understanding. The fact that there is often friction at present shows that there is a need for a new approach to the prob-lem. This year there is not only no excuse for studying, talking or sleeping in chapel; there is no reason for it. Chapel programs have been excellent, variety has been good, the program varied with outside speakers. We've had India missionaries, economists and refugees from Eu-rope on the chapel hour. For this service to us and to the college we are indebted to Prof. G. L. Schoberg. Our thanks to him and congratulations on fine work. There's one individual working for The Concordian that does more work than any other person on the paper. He never gets a "by-line" or even his name in the masthead. He hopes for promo-tion, but does his routine job well, regardless—He is The Concordian Reporter. In these, our jottings, we give him our sincerest thanks. We'll skip the stuff about say- Ing "thirty" to our brief, but very Interesting Journalism career to plead for a moment for next year's staff. Few people realize the hours of work that each member of the staff spends In putting together an Issue of The Concordian. Every week there is a conflict between studies and the paper. Since studies can be put off and the paper cannot, The Concordian always wins. For these beleag-uered fourth - estaters we ask your tolerance . . . they mean well. And finally, our congratulations to the next year's staff. To Harold Poier and his staff, we do be-queath this office, its two type-writers and its memories and our best wishes. Let's keep out of war!—College youth have demanded this consist-ently during recent years, and last week those interviewed by Stu-dent Opinion Surveys of America in a national sampling again ex-pressed the desire that the United\ States should keep away from the battle fronts. Nearly six out of every 10 of those included in the survey say they do not want the U. S. navy to intervene if Japan decides to attack British Sing-apore and the Dutch East Indies. Although 10 per cent of the na-tion's students were undecided on this issue, the remainder are di-vided in this fashion. U. S. should intervene 41 per cent U. S. should NOT intervene 59 per cent Singapore, as one of the largest naval bases in the world, and the Dutch East Indies would be stra-tegically advantageous to Japan's Far East sea operations. The present survey appears slg-niflcent in that It shows American youth of college age still cling to the hope of keeping out of war, even In the face of ever-growing: aid to England. Last November collegians asserted that averting: war was more Important even than helping: Britain. The same decision was reached in February, 1940, the Surveys found, and during that same month students opposed compul-sory military training; even back in October, 1939, majorities de-clared they would not volunteer should the U. S. send troops to England and opposed changing the neutrality law to allow any belligerent to buy American supplies. Despite these efforts of college students to steer clear of any for-eign entanglements, a slight ma-jority last month admitted through the Student Opinion Surreys poll that they felt the United States could not stay out of the European conflict. The present survey reveals that the nearer to the geographical center of the United States a stu-dent attends school, the more em-phatic he is that the U. S. avoid war. This same trend has been noticed before, last month more students in the interior than along the coasts appearing more certain we could avoid the conflict. The Concordian's Mirror Of Collegiate Viewpoints What Students Are Doing And Thinking Here And In The Nation m « - REVERED CAST. DAVID H. NICHOLS !N JANUARY I674.MADE. AN OIBR NIGHT HORSEBACK RIDE FROM DENVER TO BOUCDER. AND BACK ASAIM TO SECURE FUNDS ID MKT THE S1ATE L£€)ISLATURE'S DEMAND FOR.JVONEY BE-FORE r r WOULD ESTAB-LISH THE UNIVERSITY OP COLORADO AT BOULDER WISCONSIN TRAVELED WER 10 TIMES TME DISTANCE FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON IN ORDB^Tb BE HOME R3RCURISWS LAST YEAR./ Disappointment Mucilage Societies, Frosh, You Both Get Stuck By GEORGE HOWELL An imaginary tour of the cam-pus this week shows some inten-sive "rushing" by the various lit-erary societies, this being the per-iod of the year when spring fever has not yet curbed such violent activity. An outstanding characteristic of the campaign is the utter absence of mud - slinging, society heads seemingly agreeing that no matter who gets who, they will all get stuck, or shall I say the disap-pointment will be mucilage. Subtleness as usual keynotes the proselytes approach. "I see you are eligible to Join a society this year and your name la at the top of our list and we would sore like to have you be-cause our society, you know, stands first scholastically (first from the bottom) and all the big shots on the campus are members, one member leads the band, you know (leads It far from the writ-ten chords".) This i n d i r e c t method seldom misses fire. When queried later the pledge explains, "Well, I knew that society pretty well so I pledg-ed another." Careful jockeying brings the pledge in line, or else. "Everybody that wants to see a free show, come on down to the theater on me." Lined up at the door the rushees are warned, "pledge my society or buy your own ticket" The non-oriented hopeful with-out wit to take advantage of the offer, whether or no, is gladly ren-dered back to the hands of some unsuspecting fellow society. A more clever technique is the whispering campaign. As some tid-bit comes sauntering down the hall a group of members put their heads together and begin to whis-per and laugh. The young'un, ears pricked up, eases into the huddle for the latest drivel. "What's the dirt, Skirt?" "Oh, we were just wondering who 'Jump My Pulse Johnson* will ask to the society banquet." Who could he ask,, naturally provided she belongs to his sister society, now I ask who ? There is no sense in wasting such wonderful oppor-tunities, the only recourse a girl has is to join. NOAH DEFINES A PLEDGE AS "A PERSON WHOSE BODY IS GIVEN AS SECURITY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF AN OBLIGATION; A HOSTAGE; A THING PAWNED." THIS IS ALSO INTERPRETED AS "A PERSON WHOSE BODY IS GIV-EN AS SECURITY FOR THE PERFORMANCE UPON WHICH VARIOUS DIRE AND CALAMI-TOUS OBLIGATIONS MAY TAKE PLACE." Held in reserve until after the pledges becomes binding, this in-terpretation comes somewhat in the nature of a pleasant surprise. The pleasure is for those who per-petrate the happenstances upon the indignant who gets the surprise. Hostages are feminine hosts when brother-sister combinations hold their joint "Get acquainted so you'll see what you are asking to the banquet," meetings follow-ing formal induction to the groups. A thing pawned is a later result of the same process when you have to settle for the corsages and taxis which attend the fervid function. For the -benefit of the freshmen we extol the rules and hazards of pledging. You don't always get to Join the society you put at the top of your list. You don't even sometimes scarcely get to join the second choice or the third. Shed no tears If you are not taken In at all for, "I was a stranger and they took me In," Is the bitterest cry of the pledgee. Pity, rather, the misguided zealot who chooses his society long before open house programs are given, goes only to the one of his choice and then finds himself pledged to some other group. Here is the lowdown on who to join. If its beauty you like join AKX, LDS, AZP or NSR; for brawn pledge AES, DR, A or M. The societies with high scholastic standings win the glory, those with the best athletes earn the fame. The musical ones go on con-cert tours and those who take a notion throw parties. Those who aren't or haven't or can't, don't. Go where your friends are. Go where your friends go. Remember this, I told you so. Pick 'em eeny, meeny, miny, moe. THE CONCORDIAN weekly during the school r*ar «xctpt during Taeation, holiday and •xamfnatton periods, by UM itudenW of Conoordla College, Moor head. Entered as teeond CUH matter at the povtofflee of Moorhead. Minn. AU-AiMrlean Honor . Bating In AGP - IMt-40. lttt-U RAH STUDENTS UNION ASSOCIATION 19S0 • Member - 1940 AMOcIate Cbllegtat* Praae Profs Paper Still Wins "A" Northwestern's Purple Parrot told of a student who turned in a 20-year old term paper from his fraternity's files. He got an A minus, and a note from the prof which, roughly, ran Jike this: "This was an A paper when I wrote it, and by golly it's still worth an A minus!"—(ACP) Campus Opinion Cobber Asks Forum, Student Compromise To The Editor: I have been very interested In and in favor of more student body activity in the student government of our college, with reference to the Student Forum. The Concor-dian's three proposals, as mention-ed in the last issue of our paper, receive my most vigorous approv-al. I believe that the studont body and the Forum can come to s very harmonious understanding if each will give in a little to the other's proposals. Until this i» done, ar-guments and not results will be the ultimate conclusion. / I believe that if the student body is permitted to attend Forum mmeetings at will, the outcome will not only create better feeling, but will also relieve the Forum of some of its responsibility. Each student will then feel that he is taking a personal part in his goverment and will not have rea-son to feel neglected If a proposal is voted through which does not agree with his way of thinking. I also think that it would be ad-visable for the Student Forum to present regularly to the student body its financial reports and other such material as it is much more convenient that way rather than having each individual delve into it personally. The student body, in reply to this procedure, will curb its na-tural tendency to become rebel-lious. I do not think this propo-sal will cause disharmony on either side of the question. Think it over, Cobbers, and use your own judgment at the next student body meeting. —Philip Snobeck. Brien Writes Finis To Cobber Choir Trip By CARSTEN BRIEN Moline, 111., March 17—Sang in one of the oldest Lutheran church-es in the midwest Augustana col-lege students swelled audience to about 700 in the old church. Centerville, Iowa, March 18— About 250 miles southwest of Mo-line, Davenport and Rock Island, a tri-city center on the Mississippi. Rock Island is the scene of one of the largest arsenals in the United States. At Centerville we were just 10 miles from the Missouri. Sang in the new high school, good crowd. Omaha, Neb. M a r c h 19— About 200 miles west again through southern Iowa, mining: Looking Back FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Meinick Bodhal to head next year's Concordian . . . Rev. I. D. Ylvisaker, president of the North Dakota district of the church and chief leader in Concordia's en-dowment fund drive, dies . . . Edda society, Norse language group, reorganizes. TEN YEARS AGO Eunice Lunde is selected to play the lead in "It Never Rains," first all-college play of the year . . . Plans for the fortieth anniversary celebration near completion, Prof. J. H. Hjelmstad, chairman of the general arrangements committee, announces . . . Concordia applies for membership in Pi Kappa Delta, honorary national debate fra-ternity. FIVE YEARS AGO Dorothy Holm, Margaret Haug-seth, Ralph Fjelstad, Burton Smith and Gabriel Hauge, debate coach, leave for Houston, Texas, to participate in the National Pi Kappa Delta forensic tournament Elected to succeed Edmonde Evanson as editor-in-chief of The Concordian is Lucile Oehlke. Car-roll Liane will replace Sterling Rygg as business manager . . . Prof. H. C. Nordlie, history head, plans another European tour with excursionists . . . country. Traveled 65 miles an hour down hills. Roads all paved— otherwise Iowa gumbo would have been impossible. Sang in Alfred Bloom hall, al-most packed. In the morning we sang in Central high school at 8:15 a. m. to about 1,200 students— rest of morning was spent in see-ing the town, especially the Joce- Iyn Art memorial building. Sioux City, Iowa, March 20 — Arrived in afternoon, met by Rev. Tallakson—who spoke at Spirit-ual Emphasis week two years ago, and also arranged for our last year's concert. Church was pack-ed for evening concert. Met sev-eral acquaintances from last year. Stayed at the YMCA. Wlndom, March 21, Arrived in afternoon—met Ellen Eldum '40, who also works on paper here. She had arranged for baked po-tatoes and pork chops after read-ing last week's Concordian. Choir very appreciative. Ticket sales were high and high school auditorium' was full with about 900 people attending. Bro-tens, Helen and Mrs. Foster were there. Stayed with a prospective Cobber of '45. Madison, S. D., March 22— Arrived in afternoon. Sang con-cert to full church. Stayed with county sheriff in pent house above court house. Sang two numbers at services in church Sunday morn-ing and ate dinner with new hosts. Huron, S. D., March 23—Spring weather leaving us. Concert to full church. Aberdeen, March' 24—Ate din-ner in Aberdeen, visited the cam-pus of Northern Teachers' col-lege. Sang in the large Civic audi-torium. Preparations were> being made for the Shrine circus, ani-mal odor even came into hallways. Fergus Falls, March 25— Church choir sponsored supper and c o n c e r t — covers laid for 110. E v e r y o n e excited about getting home. Met many grads including Olav Eidbo '40, Helen Bondy '39, Kermit Pilting-srud, '39 and Valborg Berge '39. Our Inner Life Speech Reveals The Man By ANNIE MORLAND TTiere is a time to speak and there is a time to be silent; there are proper topics for conversation as well as improper; and there are right and wrong ways of talk-ing. Conversation forms a greater portion of the make-up of our social contacts. Further than that it reveals a great deal about our inner life. When we meet our friends what do we talk about? We are all forced to admit that too many times we spend all of our leisure time discussing our classmates and their faults. For some inconceiv-able reason we seem to feel that we can say what we please about them. While there may be much to criticize in their lives, there is much that is doubtful in our own. God says "Speak no evil." This, then, will exclude all forms of gos-sip from our lives. In its place, something else will have to come. As students we are greatly to be pitied if we cannot find a substitute which is v^ell pleasing to God. This substitute should be truthful as well as kind; interesting as well as enlighten-ing; entertaining as well as proper. There is the most common topic*—the weather. When that be-comes boresome, we may discuss our lessons, cur future plans and best of all "Christ." Our conversations should always be permeated with Christian ex-ample. They should be so timely, educational, lasting and proper that they will aid all who hear to live a fuller Christian life. If we have nothing to say which will further this purpose it is entirely proper and right for us to keep quiet. Editor
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