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• Published: 1950
• Subjects: Beck; Orleans; Morse; Lunde; Ora; Mueller; Orville; Kristensen; Lola; Rouse; Brevik; Graven; morse
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4 THE CONCORDIAN January 13, 1950 Editorially PUT YOUR SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL Although Concordia's share of the United Christian Edu-cation Appeal fund is large enough so that, added to money on hand, construction on the gym can begin this year, still it wouldn't be truthful to say that the UCEA was a rousing success—or even a success. A minimum goal of $2,000,000 to be raised in 1949 was the aim of UCEA, but according to the Lutheran Herald, only $975,312.32—less than half—had been raised by Dec. 19,1949, and of that amount $132,112.78 was unpaid pledges. Since then the one million mark has been passed. Many of you remember the solicitation on campus last spring which raised over $7,000, showing that we Cobbers came through with honors so far as contributing our share. So it must be our parents and neighbors and fellow church members in our home towns who for some reason didn't give enough. There are probably, a number of reasons for the drive's semi-success. Possibly there wasn't enough of the "right kind" of publicity—no bandwagon tactics or Bob Hope patter to rouse apathetic Scandinavians. The idea of all the ELC col-leges going together on the drive has received criticism, and perhaps some didn't give because they feared their money wouldn't be wisely used. Whatever the cause, and we doubt if it is disagreement with the philosophy behind Christian ed-ucation, the drive just didn't seem vital enough to our 750,000 ELC members. It is our privilege as students and faculty of this college to show our parents, friends and neighbors that Christian edu-cation is VITAL. We gave our money, but it is equally import-ant that we give ourselves. Registration Could LetterToThe Editor Be 'Easy As Pie7 By Omar Kaste "Registration for the second se-mester was completed in the col-lege gym on the morning of Jan. 10." That may sound "easy as pie" to the uniniated, but as every Cobber knows, it involves a few more things than that. Hav-ing now gone through the mill twice and having had my toes trodden on many more times, I shall try to offer some sugges-tions to keep in mind for next time. I have noticed that the way to get finished quickly is to come as early as possible and fill in your long sheet early. That way you can get your class cards as soon as they are given out. Also be sure to have all necessary material properly filled in and ap-proved. It's rather disappointing to stand in line for an hour and then have to go back to get a class card or have a lesson card signed. It also helps a lot to have your ^appointment with the treasurer as isoon as you have seen your advisor not on registration day when the line is a mile long! I It is my hope some of these .ideas may help you to save some valuable time the next time you have to register. Wednesday night in the chapel of the Men's dorm a plea was made that moved everyone pres-ent to i\ new realization of the ob-jectives and goals of Christian education. Raimonds Miesnieks, one of the foreign students, gave many of us a much needed shot in the arm. He brought home to us in a strik-ing manner the degree to which we have allowed complacency to slip into our lives because we fail to recognize the forces adverse to Christianity. Raimonds said, "You here in America need to open your eyes," and his warning is surely timely. He knows what it means to have his goals shattered and in their place substituted non- Christian ideals. Karl Brevik. Resolves Of I95O Hit Epidemic Level Around January I By Robert Narveson Now that the New Year is launched, it is perhaps unneces-sary to mention the topic of reso-lutions. It is imperative that we depreciate the true importance of this topic. It Is easily seen, there are two types of resolutions (mainly; the few exceptions being adequately explained In any standard New Orleans telephone directory for 1890). They are (In alphabetical order.) 1. the premeditated reco-lution, and 2. the unpremeditated or spontaneous resolution. First a few words concerning the former. This is the dangerous species occurring in epidemic pro-portions at New Year. It is soon broken, resulting in broken egos, guilt complexes, and arteriosclero-sis in advanced stages. Beware of it! Spontaneous resolutions, coming as complete surprises, may be quite devastating. Therefore it is recommended that the accidental circumstances from which they arise be foreseen and avoided. My great uncle Henry had a sad ex-perience which affected his whole life and undoubtedly changed the history of this generation. Henry, as he related it to me, was a prom-ising young inventor. As he was looking for things to invent, in the way of inventors, he was request-ed by his Frau to apply his geni-us to the alteration of the hall closet. Great uncle went at the job joyfully. He was applying himself with fervor to driving nails home-ward, when he misjudged his' angle and with extreme vigor hit the nail squarely on his index fin-ger. Great uncle let go of the ham-mer, which fell, striking the cat as it sat speculating Einstein's theory. The cat resented the in-strusion on its thoughts and made its feeling known through the me-dium of its claws in Henry's shank. Great uncle, with com-mendable volubility, delivered himself of choice comments on the character and antecedents of the hammer, and the perfidity of cats in general, stating with emphasis his negative views on the pros-pects of the manual arts, most specifically, carpentering. The good Frau overheard this and taking a liberal interpretation, IQeo (Slorta By Joyce Brenden "The Lord Is at hand." Phlllppians 4:5. We are by nature inclined to think that God is far away from us as individuals. In our own weakness and incapability we go on thinking that we are in one place and God, is in another. When we know Him as our Savior, we are blessed with an assurance that he is with us always. At the beginning of another year God makes His presence especially clear to us. He has placed before us His great gift of another bright new year. When we realize how clean and pure this gift is when God presents it, we can also see that it is our heedless thinking, speaking and doing that makes each old year so hideously soiled. However, we cannot abruptly stop our ac-tions -because of the anticipation that we will spoil His gift. We have a job to do. When we know that God is near us, we have the power and strength to do that job better. God clearly sets forth His plan for us with 'first things first.' We must seek His kingdom and 1-Iis righteousness. If we permit Him to be close to us and to mark our course in 1950, we will be serving Him and defacing less the purity of the gift of the new year. As Lily Gyldenvald has said, "maybe, if we walk care-fully t" putting first things first we will be serving God best in the limited time which He grants to each of us. Crown the year with JThy goodness, Lord! ' And make every hour a gem In living diadem, That sparkles to Thy praise. No Hoops, Swords Permitted At First Mandel's Messiah By Alice Mae Young Kom mit me to the library and after digging around down in the musty subterranean vaults, we shall be gratified to find some booster material about an old in-terest of ours—Handel's Messiah, which will be presented in part by the- Fargo-Moorhead Civic orchestra and chorus this coming Sunday evening. It seems that this famous ora-torio has a remarkable origin and history. About two hundred years ago there was grave distress In the famine-stricken country of Ire-land. Just across the Irish sea In England there lived a man also In put an end to his inventive car-eer, to the immense relief of the entire household, particularly the cat. This dissertation has a moral: If you must resolve, do it to your-self. TO ENTER YALE Lowell A. Kristensen, senior, received notification that he has been accepted for admission to the -Yale University School of Medi-cine for the term beginning Sep-tember, 1950. deep distress; he was Handel. Through many misunderstand-ings among his friends, singers and contemporary composers, he had found himself old and without funds. But Handel was not without courage. When a letter came to him from Dublin, Ireland, request-ing of him a. benefit concert for the needy, he cheerfully accepted the invitation and promised to compose a brand new oratorio. Be-fore long the melodies hidden in Handel's heart began to fit them-selves together in concord with the sacred texts of Messianic prophecy. In a month it was finished and ready for presenta-tion. Look! A journal of the times printed the folowing notice: "The Charitable Music Society request the ladies not to come with hoops this day to the Mu-sick Hall. The gentlemen are re-quested to come without swords." This was wonderful advertising for the Messiah. Because the hoop skirts and swords were not ad-mitted, one hundred extra seats could be placed in the hall. Now that the victory had been won in Ireland, it remained for Handel to return with his produc-tion to London. There the King and his court attended. The King himself was so moved by the majesty of the music that, when the first great Hallelujah of the "Hallelujah Chorus" burst forth, he arose in reverence. When the second Hallelujah was sung, the rest of the audience rose to a man and remained standing until the end. Now shall we fold and stack the dusty time-worn pamphlets and put them away even as we put a filing card in our mind for a cer-tain concert soon. Hallelujah! CO-EDITORS Helen Narveoon and PeUr Teisberg ASSOCIATE EDITOR Norma Lunde NEWS EDITOR _ Connie Lunde SOCIETY EDITOR _ ~ „ Crystal Severson DESK EDITOR _ _ _ _ Joan Thue COPY EDITOR Doris Benson OFEATURE EDITOR 1 Sally Ann Warner SPORTS EDITOR _ _ Jack Mueller BUSINESS MANAGER „ Albert Fortman CIRCULATION MANAGER Eleanor Midboe ADVERTISING MANAGERS Walter Eidbo and Hans Dahl FEATURE WRITERS Clarice FOBS. Georgia Heiareson, •' Myron Hylden, Karl Kasberir, Clarice Undhjem, Alice Mac Young. LIBRARIAN - Lola Erickson THE CONCORDIAN Published weekly during-1 the school year except during vacation, holiday and examination periods, by the students of Concordia College, Moor head. Entered as second class matter at the post office of Moorhcad, Minn., Dec. 9, 1920, under the Act of March 8, 1879. . NINE TIMES ALL-AMERICAN Member ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS. Member LUTHERAN STUDENTS UNION PRESS ASSOCIATION. Office: Third floor of Classroom building Phone 8-1988 Subscription Rate, $2.50 a year. 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