| Summary: | Page 4 THE CONOOBDIAN Friday, May 14, 1948 Editorially Not a head-hunter's slogan but this week's loyalty appeal for the return by Cobbers of various borrowed items. During the course of a school year, many occasions arise when library books, Nels' tools, caf equipment, and personal property are "borrowed" for indeterminate periods of time, sometimes with permission, sometimes without. Now, borrowing is not wrong in itself, but overextending someone's courtesy or generousness is. In the same cate-gory is the "habit," if it may be called that, of claiming as ours that which belongs to another. "Bring 'em back week" is meant for students like you and Out then, ye saltshakers, silverware, hammers, re-positories of knowledge"—Author Unknown. PASSING THOUGHT "Swan Song" gave Cobberland one of the finest theater productions of recent years. The plot, the interpretation, the sets, the management, the direction. . . all was worthy of our wholehearted support and commendation. CORSAGES Those corsages which will be missing from many of our society banquets tomorrow night to Rolf, Betty, and Dusty on their selection for highest honors in the class of '48. The choice from among eleven equally worthy candidates was a difficult one. Also a fresh dandelion to "Broom-mate" Anderson and staff who've accepted the JOB of editing the '49 Cobber. And a JOB it is! WHY GO? Twenty minutes a day for a quiet period of meditation, in-spiration, and strengthening . . . one-forty-eighth of our reasonably conscious hours . . • Yet some students feel a letter, The Concordian—we're flattered—last minute cramming, doodling, and conversation are more important! Why go? STRAYING Christian Worker Challenges Students By Margaret Waage A soft-voiced young woman with an expressive face and un-derstanding eyes has been on our campus this week. We have lis-tened to persuasive, triumphant messages through her. We have, met one who after knowing "trib-ulation and distress/1 can still sa£ with eloquent sincerity, "In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him." Con-secration, Christ-confidence, cour-age these spiritual lights shine from Miss Margareta Neovious to light the path for us who have so much to learn. Soli Deo Gloria BY RAY BRANDT "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added, unto you." Matt. 6:33. Men throughout all ages have sought many goals. Some have strived for fame and honor; others for wealth. Many have been suc-cessful in their endeavors; others have failed. Just as nations have set up false gods, so man in his quest for happiness and contentment has set up many false goals. It is God who has given us the right purpose for our lives. "God will have all men to be saved and have all men come to a knowledge of the truth," "Seek ye first the King-dom of God" Salvation, then, is the supreme purpose of our existence. It must be first in our lives. God has shown us the way. It is up to us, by the grace of God, to attain that which is everlasting. God has given us freedom of the will. We can choose to spend eternity in suffering and separation from God. Let us not forget in our concern for money, clothes, food, or whatever it might be, that all these things must be subservient to the one supreme purpose of our existence. Let us not labor for those things which perish, but let us seek those things which endure to Eternal Life. It behooves each one of us then, to accept the one thing which God placed above all others—salvation of our souls. Then each of our lives will be successful, for by faith in Christ we have achieved the supreme purpose of life. number of stimulating speakers Handicapped to the Concordia platform. Since Dr. Ekblaw Claims MARGARETA NEOVIOUS Officially, Miss Neovious is the foreign secretary of the Student Christian Federation of Finland. This organization is affiliated with the World Student Christian Fe- By Earl Reitan Dr. Elmer Ekblaw, geographer and traveller, spoke in chapel last Monday as the final speaker in this year's Speaker of the Month series. Dr. Ekblaw was a chubby, red-faced little man with a neatly trimmed beard and a warm, fatherly manner. His appearance suggested a pukka Englishman from India, which he isn't Che's a Swede from Massachusetts) and his jokes suggested a college pro-deration, of which our own LSA fessor, which he is. (He teaches at Dr. Ekblaw's talk relied largely on factual observations rather than personal opinion and analysis it did not raise the storm of dis-cussion which followed Capt. Fielding or Martin Hall, but it served a useful purpose in giv-ing a different approach to a very complex subject. Baited Hook Attracts Sportsman And Maybe aeration, or wnicn our own LOA lessor, wnicn ne is. ine teacnes We're definitely Straying in Chatting about politics, but the is a part. Miss Neovious y y g g p has been Clark university.) Nowadays there A MMIS UT W3ll6y6 recent action of the government in the threatened rail strike posed at least one interesting question* What is the extent of federal power in declaring collective or Jaidividual action as detrimental to national welfare? Within the answer to that question may be found the clue to the future character of America and her concept of individ-ual freedom and enterprise. Precedents are often more dangerous than the act with which they contend. Here Is Ideal Prof For 1948 "What is the good college pro-fessor according to 1948 stan-dards?" According to the results of a poll of the 48 states taken by Loyola university, Chicago, the following qualifications are neces-sary: 1. The professor should be a young man. 2. He should possess a sense of humor and should laugh with the class. 3. He must recognize the stu-dent as an individual both in and out of the class, rather than mere-ly as a name on the class list. 4. He must come to his class fully prepared knowing what he is going to say. 5. He must express enthusi-asm and must like his subject. 6. The good professor attempts to correlate his courses with the world of reality and should use tip to date examples. 7. He uses simple, clear lan-guage rather than language that attempts to impress the student with his large vocabulary. 8. He treats the student as his equal and should recognize that occasionally the student, too, can be right. 9. His class is friendly and is conducted in an informal, deirio-cratic manner. 10. His office door is open to students for help in their subject, or for help in personal problems. 11. The curve system of mark-ing in which eight or ten per cent of the class must fail is not used. 12. He recognizes that the stu-dents are taking four or five other courses and makes assign-ments with this in mind. 13. He gives f r e q u e n t an-nounced exams rather than mere-ly a final, or a mid-term and final. 14. He dresses in an up to date fashion. 15. He must be well versed in sports, music, literature, popular fiction, and the comics. 16. He does not dodge the stu-dents questions. He admits it, if he does not know the answer. 17. He places his students first and not lecturing, writing or re-search. 18. He is not prejudiced garding races or religions. Thank You I wish to use this opportun-ity to express my sincere ap-preciation to each of the facul-ty and students who have shown so much kindness during my recent hospitalization. A special thank you to those who have contributed to the fund to help with the expenses in-ccured. Ernest Aarrestad employed as a full time worker for the Federation for the past two years but has been active in it since her high school years. The Student Christian Federa-tion of Finland comprises Chris-tian students from all the college and university campuses in that country. Miss Neovious' work as foreign secretary involves cor-respondence with similar groups in other countries, working to-wards a unity of faith and action. Last January she arrived in the United States to begin a year of work among Lutheran students here, upon the invitation of the Student Service Commission of the National Lutheran Council. A graduate of the University of Helsinki, Miss Neovious dis-plays a keen insight into the prob-lems and challenges confronting Christian students today. For her, tolerance does not mean compro-mising convictions. She has led us to catch a vision of the tre-mendous work we have to do, and has imparted to us a share of her own passionate devotion to That work: Christ's work. Through her we have re-woven the strands of Christian understanding and fel-lowship uniting us in spirit and in action with Christ's followers throughout the world Books Donated To Library Two important reference sets were among the group of books recently given to the library by the Rev. Erick Ballestad, retired pastor living in River Falls, Wis. One is a 25 volume set of Luther's works in German. The other is Herzog's "Realen-cyklopadie fur Protestantische Theologie und Kirche" in 22 vol-umes. Other books received from the Rev. Ballestad included Bible commentaries, annual reports of the church, and other theological books, chiefly in Norwegian and German. is only one topic, Russia, and from his travels in Russia as a member of a geographic survey, Dr. Ekblaw was able to discuss this subject from a different point of view. The main purpose of his talk was to show that Russia does not have the great potential power which most people assume she has. On the contrary, the possi-bilities of expansion within Rus-sia are much more limited than we realize. First of all, Russia is cut off from the open lanes of the North Atlantic. This hinders her com-mercial development and denies her the cultural stimulus which has always come from a flourish-ing international commerce. Secondly, Russia is largely an Arctic country and many of the more southerly parts suffer from lack of rainfall. Thus her arable land is distinctly limited. From his experiences in Russia as a dele-gate to the International Congress of Soils, Dr. Ekblaw draws the conclusion that Russian agricul-ture can not be greatly expanded. Last of all, the speaker pointed out that Russia is critically handi-capped by a shortage of iron and coal which are the basis of our present industrial age. Her pe-troleum reserves are large but most of them are in inaccessible places. Because of these geogra-phical limitations the speaker draws the conclusion that Russia will never be able to expand her economy to the point where she could begin to compare with the United States and the other great industrial nations of the world. Dr. Ekblaw did not go on to draw any conclusions from the in-formation which he presented ex-cept to suggest that perhaps Rus-sian expansion might be due to this deficiency of natural re-sources. His speech concluded a series of talks which has brought a By Dennis MIckeLson May 15—does that strike a ten-der spot? Or is it just the day that societies have spring ban-quets ? To avid enthusiasts of the "baited hook" it's the opening day on Minnesota's lakes! Already a number of collegiate sportsmen have raided the sport-ing goods counters to satisfy that latest desire for a new lure, or maybe a rod and reel. It's almost a ritual to have at least one new plug or gadget to experiment with on that first trip of the spring. New equipment is always a good topic for armchair strategy—for planning its use when the fish just aren't "hitting" on the old stand-bys. What a feeling to play a whop-ping five pound walleye on a clean, windswept lake, with the smell of bull rushes and pines in the air, and not a care in the world, ex-cept of course, that you've got to land this big one. The real goodness of fishing has only begun when you've obtained your string. Getting those flaky, white fillets in a hot frying pan is the climax. Golden butter and corn meal, plus the aroma of hardwood smoke make ideal fla-voring, and when they're finished fryin' you've nothing to do but sit back and let those golden fillets satisfy your longing for real good eating. For those of you who have never held a spinning reel or landed a fine walleye, you've missed something! For t h e "old timers" there's nothing to say, they know. Notice! Interested in working on the Cobber for 1949? 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