| Summary: | i--^?-->r.y^;:\/'-f:"m'T"':'{;'-yK;;:zi--%^^ Page 2 THE CONCX)RDIAN 1 ~: Friday, February 28, 1936. Concortrtan Pabllihed weekly, durinr th« ichool year except d urine tb» vacation, holiday and examination periods, by •tudenta of Concord!* Colltat, Uoorhcad Uluneaota. En to red ai second clau matter at th« Moorhead. Ulnneaota Of flew: Room 21 Telephone 6556 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE—$2.00 PER YEAR 1935 Member 1936 Associated GoUeetfate Press All-Amcrican Honor RatlnK In National Scholastic Pre*t Aa»oclatlon 1926-90, 1030-31. 1081-82, 1982-88. 1088-84, First Honor Rating 1D34>85. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Edmonde Evanson MANAGING EDITOR: Rath ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Luclle Oehlkc NEWS EDITOR: Grctcl Gosslee SPORTS EDITOR: Donald Telsber* COPYREADERS: Mnmarct Dorse. SiRno Dcstul, Anna Bcstul, Norman Scheidc, Ludolf Gjorde. REPORTERS: Glendora Gnrvlk, Inita Johnson, Ruth Malkcwick, Bcmice Rivcland, Philip Lysnc, Eve-lyn Johnson, Stella Myrom, Inos Pedorsan, Lily Gyldonvand. Helen Gjcsdnl, Ardts Bflstad. Ruth Rosvold, Ploronec Hartln, Lowell Holtc, Florence Larson. Affncs Hcrseth, Evelyn Ruth Brady, Har-riet Thorn. Bernard Gravdal. SPORTS WRITERS: Frederick Miller. Alf SUvifr, Arnold Schneider. SPECIAL WRITERS: Donald Baccus, Mona Splelmsn. Erlinfr Rolfurud, Atrnca Olson. Evelyn Thompson. Margaret Haufrseth, Palmer Tang, Joyous Otson. LIBRARIAN: In era Johnson BTTRTNESS MANAGER: SterllnR ADVERTISING MANAGER: Molvln Peterson. CIRCULATION MANAGER: Joel Mo« ADVERTISING ASSISTANTS: Carroll Lfane. Alford Sct-ne »«, Lenlry Crocker. Iceland Lee. CIRCULATION ASSISTANTS: Melford Brner. Carlyl* Holte FACULTY ADVISORS: Charles H. Skalet, Rev. W. F-Schmidt Cobbers, What Shall Be Our Offering? OBBERS, what shall be our denial offering in this Lenten season just begun Wednesday? Shall we commemorate those last forty days of Christ's life on earth with fasting and prayer or shall we make our offer a more material endowment for our church? While the Lenten season is not meant to contrast the conduct of the remaining year, there are many occasions on hand to which we may dedicate our-selves. The various churches in Fargo and Moorhead have all worked out a series of Wednesday services that we may attend. The Penny-A-Meal banks will tender our special gifts for the church, as last year Cobbers contributed almost a hundred dollars in this offering. But as we bestow these endowments at the services during this season let us rededicote ourselves to Christ and bring our humble gifts of love for His glory. Coeds Steal Show With Party Plans ANOTHER leap year party scheme will be invoked tomorrow evening as the Cobber coeds will be hostesses to the men at a buffet supper and party. Leap year parties are not new to mankind and while Concordia is staging its own leap year show, colleges and clubs throughout the nation will all be inaugurating their programs and entertainments as Che ''suffragists" declare their national leap year holi-day, Saturday. Despite the series of approvals and disapprovals that the present innovations have caused, we heartily endorse the party on February 29. Satur-day evening will undoubtedly bring about some inter-esting changes as once again the weaker sex will be given an opportunity to express their stronger convic-tions. After all, there are two sides to every question. The coeds have made some extensive plans for one happens on all matter of secret meetings and musical practices In the conservatory and main. A great deal of curiosity has been incurred and if preparations are any indication to the success of the party, the Cobbers should be in for a "big night" Saturday. Freshmen, Are You Ready To Select Your Society? WITHIN a short time the Intersociety council will take toll of the freshmen and rushing will sub-side until next year. Although Concordia has never legalized rushing, its existence persists in some simplified form or singular nature, increasing in momentum to climax those fatal lew weeks of indecision before formal pledging. During the school year, the council has arranged a schedule of entertainments which would seem to alle-viate the necessity of the pressure tactics involved in the "round-up" designs of loyal society members. To acquaint freshmen with the talents, and general calibre of the various society groups, there are public pro-grams, homecoming wjndow contests, and open house programs-scheduled and enacted each year. Joining a society may not be the most important thing In life, but it does have its significance in our Concordia social setup. In the light of the popularity that seems so highly magnetized preceding pledging, choose your society according to your own best Interests. Remember our literary societies were formulated to give you a greater opportunity to develop your talents, cooperatively in the best interests of more than a leading clique. Are your upper class friendships* sincere or do they lurk behind a gamut of spreads, pressing lunch engage-ments, theater parties or dates? , ^ Soli Deo. By MONA SPTELMAN "About the only games you know are needle's-eye and drop-the-handkerchief," people occasionally tell us. But, isn't that queer? Most of us recognize the fact that God wants us to be glad and to have good, good times. So many times when people have asked, "What shall we do, if we cannot take part in the world's entertainment and take Christ with us," I have felt at almost an absolute loss to know what to sug-gest. Haven't many Cobbers felt that way? And so there have been some chats about it, at-tempts to answer the question, "To what recreation does Christ lead me?" Would you like to know what the chats were about? There was talk of tobogganing, hikes, sings with the most peculiar duet and trio set-ups, skating, little lunches, sleighing—and won't you make a serious attempt to lengthen the list? When we consider what two people can do, we think of walks, tours of the streetcar lines, window-shopping, explorations of parks and buildings—and where is your ingenuity to make the list longer? If the world can think of entertainments for its flock, why can't we think of recreation for Christ's followers? What shall we do? Debaters, scholarship students, W. A. A. people, and all the rest of us, why don't we exercise our thinking in making plans for positive, happy, and real upbuilding entertainment for the Soli Deo life? Something Left Undone Labor with what zeal we will Something still remains undone, Something uncompleted still Waits the rising of the sun. By the bedside, on the stair, At the threshbed, near the gates, With its menace or its prayer, Like a mendicant it waits; Waits, and will not go away; Waits, and will not be gainsaid; By the cares of yesterday Each today is heavier made; Till at length the burden seems Greater than our strength can bear, Heavy as the weight of dreams, Pressing on us everywhere. And we stand from day to day Like the dwarfs of times gone by, Who, as Northern legends say, On the shoulders held the sky. —H. W. Longfellow, February 1807-March 1882. From Our Contemporaries COLLEGIATE ENTERTAINMENT Widespread as have been the changes of the past four years in the fields of economics and social rela-tionships, few of these fields have undergone such radical changes for the better than that of the range and scope of entertainment possibilities of collegians. Geared up to the high pressure life of their time, it was not unnatural that the means and types of en-tertainment of the average college student were expen-sive, widely scattered, and frequently of a very shal-low nature. It seemed to be an avenue of escape from the very world which they were building, a world that produced a jazz and gin combination of time-clock performance of intellectual exercises to be dropped and avoided except during "hours". Perhaps through financial necessity, perhaps through the influence of the inner yearning, perhaps by accident, the average chap found himself and, con-sequently, found pleasure and contentment in a num-ber of quieter, more regular, interrelated activities. Not that stalling youth can be. called progress of any sort, but when youth, of its own accord, adopts mea-sures of entertainment that blend in harmony with the topics and interest of their lives, then progress is being made. Paramount among the advanced agencies of enter,- tainment is the radio. What was formerly a novelty and an awkward youngster in the scientific world is being changed into a disciplined agency for enjoyment and enlightenment The screen, in the past year or so, has made strides toward a new height of excellence. Actors, themes and treatment are improving in a whole series of classic presentations of old and new stories. The stage, too, is assuming a deeper and finer meaning as wayward and groping playwrights head for the ideal of true, balanced and temperate presentation of themes that count But important though the above are in the scheme of useful entertainment, there is still another of prime imporance in the educational advancement of the people—the revival of conversation. • After a serious lapse the American youth is finally becoming coherent, trying out his ideas, finding out that wheh he knows, that which he thinks is so, and that which he does not know. It Is by this last means that we believe the greatest gains will be made in the years just ahead, for through this exchange of ideas will men's minds be made more elastic, their convic-tions become crystallized more firmly in the light of discussion, and will their understanding and fellow-ship and human progress be most richly realized. The Purdue Exponent, Purdue University, • Lafayette, Indiana. Meditation By DONAU> BACCUS "What fooU us mortals be/1 I believe the thing that makes us fools Is the fact that we, as fools, will not admit we're fools. . ( - . . .:,.,.• /.,. .,.• .; / • * _ • * " • * • ' " • ' • • • •' • ' • ' A song and a smile U a l l one r e a l l y needs t o become rich. •'\''\'!^''-:^l'4^y.'''%l*' :Y. !-";i '^-' ,*. •. WEEPING-and WAILING Well, we've had our January thaw this week—better late than never. • • * But one woujd hardly say that it was the weather that kept the telephone wires hot from the girls' to the boys' dorms. • • • • Amikryin sits weeping and wailing for a date to the Leap Year party!! • * * Oh, girls, can't you see— What the men expect from thee? Call us up; we're at your service. It's your turn to be chivalrous. • • * With the approaching of February twenty-ninth there came a change: "Fellows, I just got a second bid for the Leap Year party. I only wish she would have called sooner." **Ya, what do these girls think we are, waiting until the last minute be-fore they call us." • • • And as a result the men will find Saturday night changed from a night of bills and chivalry to a night of thrills and shivering. • • • There is a room or two (rumor too) in Ladies' hall that girls can now have radios—mumps or no mumps!! • « * It might cause some people to listen more an1* talk less. • * * The faculty militia appeared bored stiff last Friday night to the entertain-ment and—yes, amazement of the stu-dent body. • * * Amikryin decided that the star pitch-er of the Women's "League was the cof-fee pot. • • • The most amazing thing about the standpatter is his patter—thus Ami-kryin keeps on weeping. • * ¥ Don't kick too much about this col-umn; you may be old and dry yourself some day. —Amikryin. Student Concedes, Women Always Pay Tfca Concordlan Invite* yon to mbmlt your views on any timely subject. AN thon£h we reqont yon to slft*n roar name to your contributions before yon hand them to ua this doc* not necessarily mean that your name mast appear when and If your articles are printed. We shall hm glad to publish any such material which has been written In a clear, stralfhtf«rward, and kindly manner. Mystery Man Guides GOP As Pensioners Fail To Sell Borah, the old-timer from Idaho with plenty of new ideas, seems to be the deep mystery man taking a hand at guiding the GOP elephant. Some claim he's just putting his finger in national affairs to secure a slightly tottering seat in Idaho, others brand him as the Republican A. Smith who is just as likely to start a walkout at Cleveland as the Unhappy Warrior is at Philadelphia. His New Deal leanings and his appar-ent agreement with FDR mark him as unsuitable for the Republican nomina-tion. He's having a good time keeping the regulars guessing and will be one of the most spoken of guests at the June party of tho Republcara? * • « Rumors also put Sen. Gerald P. Nyc, staunch advocator of neutral-ity legislation, as the running mate of Borah. It is improbable that two westerners from the same area would bo on the same slate. Nyc's name, however, will probably be tossed back and forth a number of times nnd might even land on the 193G ballot * * * John Bull has evidently ditched the possibility of an agreement with Mile. France to woo Fraulein Germania. A new attempt to form a three-power naval pact between England, Ger-many, and the United States is the newest instigation for international se-curity. Mademoiselle still glances at Fraulein's new make-up with the green eyes of hate and refuses any accord on a four-power sea agreement to bring Italy back to the fold of an outwardly peaceful Europe. The death of Albert C. Ritchie, for 15 years prominent in'national as well as Maryland politics, marks the passing of one of the bitterest critics of the New Deal. Whatever his views on govern-ment spending may have been, he de-serves just praise for liberal as well as conservative elements for force of char-acter, soundness in economy, and re-sourceful statesmanship. He stood as one of very few stumbling blocks of criticism of the administration; his per-sonality may have appeared colorless and dull in a country swept by a tide of New Dealism, but his very individu-ality and integrity gives him a spirit of distinction. • • * Now if the New Deal could be dubbed the New Zeal what a fol-lowing it would have! * • • What's happening to the $200 a month pensions? The glare of the big drums of an emotional campaign has drowned out the pleas of the Townsendites. Even though the pensioners have main-tained a blaze of publicity and recog-nition and although they say they will divorce their votes from any candidate not supporting their plan, the Califor-nia doctor and his self-claimed millions of backers have been left out in the cold while the favorite sons warm up before the national series at Cleveland and Philadelphia. Less than 1,000 at-tending the first mass meeting in New York City failed to fill even the orches-tra seats in the Brooklyn Academy of. Music. He Always Builds, This Cobber Chief People think, talk ,and write about the most important things in their own everyday life. I have .thought, talked and now I shall write about the heart quickening, breath taking, and panic making Leap Year Party. As you all know by this time the Leap Year Party will be held in <the college gymnasium tomorrow evening; and from what I hear, the men say that this is an "exceptional" year for the women; therefore the women are expected to .ask the men. On the other hand this is only one year out of every four and what are the women around here doing the other ithree years. You will have to agree with me that if a women can only get one date n four years and that only get one date in four years and that be expected to fall into the plan very readily. The women concede that this is a different party but so was the Christ-mas and the men's party held some weeks ago. Both sexes must of a cer-tainty agree that if a man just couldn't bear a woman (of his own choice) for a couple of hours is it to be expected of a woman to do the unusual thing of asking the man and then being in his company for the dinner as well as the party? Then, the men persist with a third point. If. the women will personally ask the men, then the men will know just how they do score; and they won't be afraid of asking and then being turn-ed down next time. This naturally places the women in a bad position since it just isn't expected of her to make the first move in such case. But casting away all arguments for and against the Leap Year party, you women be good sports and show the men that you're out for a good time only and you want this party, which comes so seldom, to be a success. When you men are asked don't strut around thinking you're secretly admired by at least one of ithe fairer sex. Probably in most cases it will not be so; but, you are asked, not because she is madly in love with you, but because you happen , to be the one she will have the moat fun with. If the women will invite in the spirit of the occasion and the men accept in the same spirit there is no reason why this party should not be a "leaping" success. —A Sophomore. DR. G. l» GOSSLEE Physician & Surgeo* . E. FREEMAN Dentist N«. It Mi S t No. In presenting this week the director of the college, we find that our presi-dent, Dr. J. N. Brown, has spent his life in organizing and building up every in-stitution with which he has been con-nected. He started out by building a parson-age at his first congregation at Beloit. Wisconsin, and a parsonage and a three-story addition to St. Olaf Lutheran hospital at Austin, where he served his second call. Since 1921 he has been in the educa-tional field, first reorganizing the then closed school and opening it as a Can-ton Lutheran Normal at Canton, S. D. While there he made extensive im-provements on all the buildings and constructed a gymnasium. iHis fond-est hopes for Concordia are the erec-tion of a new ladies' hall, library, and physical education building, as soon* as possible. This love for construction probably began when getween the ages of 12 and 24 he worked during vacations for his father who was a construction con-tractor for the railroad. They worked at grading road beds for the Illinois Central, the Chicago and Northwestern, and the Great Northern railroads. Dr. Brown has always been a leader in church activities. He was formerly vice-president of the Young People's Luther League of the United Lutheran church and was the first president of the International Luther League after the Lutheran synods had united in 1917. He served iA this capacity for four years. He organized the first Sunday School Teachers' Institute in the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America. The Sunday school demonstration teams have been an outgrowth of the move-ment he started. He was the first Lutheran' camp fas-ter at Fort Dodge, Des Molnea, Iowa. He also served on several synodical boards in his early ministry. At Con-cordia we all know what he has accom-plished on the Concordia campus since he became the chief executive here. His achievements are outstanding as a leader at Concordia for ten years. Who's Who tells us that he was born in Grand Rapids, Iowa, March 19, 1883. After his graduation from St. Olaf col-lege in 1906 he attended the Luther Theological seminary in St. Paul from where he finished his theological train-ing. He holds an honorary doctor's de-gree from Carthage university, which he received in 1927. STUDENTS, ATTENTION! Get the better Hair Cuts in our advanced Dept. Moler Barber College 418 Front St. -Fftrgo. N. D. From Other Colleges Viking Publication Plans "In Air" With only 280 subscriptions for the 1936 Viking, St. Olaf year book publi-cation, sold, the college board of pub-lication met to reconsider its decision to suspend .publication of 1936 until March 1, when plans will be resumed if the necessary 300 additional subscrip-tions are secured. "Barchester Towers" Is Drama Revision of Carleton Professor Thomas Job, associate professor of dramatic arts and English at Carleton, will present "Barchester Towers," his most recent dramatic revision of An-thony Trollope's novel. The drama will be presented about the middle of March. Former College Dean Is Contest Judge Among the judges for the Minnesota State Oratorical contest held Friday at Gustavus Adolphus college, St Peter, was Mr. Paul A. Rasmussen, former di-rector of forensics at Concordia. Rep-resentatives from Carleton, Gustavus, Macalester, St. Olaf, St. Thomas, and Hamline university participated in the contest. Carleton college jias the dis-tinction of having won 17 of the 24 con-tests in which it has participated. Class Presents Original "Ole" Plays Three original one act plays were presented by the play production class of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Saturday evening. These plays have been en-tered in the Mid-West Folk Drama tournament at a State Teachers college in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Carleton Hears Russian Commentator Dr. Anna Louise Strong, author, newspaper editor and correspondent, spoke on the changing conditions in Russia at a recent meeting of the In-ternational Relations club at Carleton College, Northfield. Miss Strong has travelled for fourteen years as author and correspondent of her own news-paper in Moscow. Tommies Forecast Record Tourney Attendance With more registration entries com-ing In each day, St Thomas college, St Paul, is looking forward to a rec-ord- breaking attendance for the North-west Debate tournament this year. One hnudred teams have sent in reg-istrations already. Last year 85 teams participated in the men's and women's divisions. THE STORE of Friendly Personal Service Moorhead Drug Co. The A. S. SIGUKDSON, Owner SM Center Ave, m • - * * *m
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