| Summary: | Page 2 THE CONOORDIAN April 21, 1950 Editorially. MORAL SUPPORT OR REAL GIVING Fifteen hundred dollars is the goal set for the Student Chest drive. The entire amount must be raised if the Student Association is to meet its financial obligations. Problems of low finance face practically every Cobber. It is late in the season and you perhaps just furnished your spring wardrobe. But that condition doesn't alter the fact that THE MONEY IS NEEDED. Much work has been done to organize the campaign in an effort to put it across in the face of the obstacles. The goal can be reached if each one of us gives the solicitors a contribution as well as moral support. With only one drive a year among 1000 students, it shouldn't require much planned giving to go over the top. MAYBE YOU'RE THE MAN Have you ever thought about the field of journalism as a career? It is one of the fields in which we as a church should be more active. One of our weak points as Lutherans is the fact that we do not reach a large enough group of people through the medium of good, readable literature. Concordia has a small journalism department. It pro-vides a beginning but it should be enlarged. The possibility of only a few students interested in the field creates a problem. But when we consider the need in the church and the work which even a few, well-trained persons could do, we are blinding our eyes to real service if we fail to promote such careers. A good department in journalism would not only improve the Concordian but would draw people into the writing field and thus help to fulfill a real need in our church. It is a chal-lenge to all of us to work for such a development and to utilize the training that is now available. In order to go ahead with the program there must be student interest. Maybe this is your calling. "Pie-ism"-All Men Are Fools; HotpointsTaxThinkersAndYou? By Albert Anderson A subject of least importance has come to my attention quite often during the past several years. It concerns man and his philosophical relationship to "pie-ism". It it a known fact, of course, that the "pie-istic" theory was first brought forth by the ancient Si-berian philosopher Pius Platus, from which was developed the con-cept "pie-plate" (or, in the orig-inal language, "Nay Tak!"). He, of course, lived during the first half of the third century, 3.1416 A. D., to be exact. However, Pius Platus believed that true "pie-nomena" exist apart from reali-ty; thus, he died of frustration. But Arlsturtle and other ex-treme intellectualists (men who counted pies instead of sheep) took up the slice and declared that "true reality was the es-sence which unfolded from ple-nomena." This statement, of course, set off a million or so "Hotpolnts" all over the world! And the movement which fol-lowed this trial and era of utili-tarianism became known as "pie-et-ism"—the name having been contributed by the Stom-achists who believed that true knowledge was derived from one sense perception. The Epie-Crusteans maintained their creed of "Eat pie, and be merry", but the Stovics said, in opposition, "Man is either nuts or pie-istic." This led them to con-clude that "The mass of men are fools." However, undaunted, the home economists came to the res-cue by stating "Man is by nature 'pie-istic'," but they also conceded that there was a possibility of er-ror if the scientific method should result in a negative internal reac-tion. Eminent Sigh-Chologists fi-nally relieved the situation by de-claring that the response yielded by the stimulus (S-R) would surely 'be "sympathetic". And so, "Pie-ism" has now been preserved for posterity in a public shrine known as "one of two good places to eat — HOME AND HOME!" THE CONCORDIAN Published weekly during the ichool year except during vacation, holiday and examina-tion periods by the students at Concordia College. Moorhead Bbtored a« ««ond class matter at the poet office of Moorhead, Minn.,' Dec. 9, l»20, under the Act of March 8, 1879. FEATURE WRITERS Karl Kaaberg and Alice May Young REPORTERS Marlys Benson, Joyce B rend en. Evelyn Campbell, Arlene Fortney. Betty Ann Hanson, Marlene Hauger, Georgia Helgeson, Delphine Hedlund, Dale Huse Marlyce Jacobson, Philip Johnson, Omar Kaate, Robert KriatcnHcn, Hazel Lovdok-ken, Robert Lund. Orville Sanderson, Donald Sponheim and Connie Void. 118 John Proven, and Richard Lund CARTOONIST Joyce Elmauist OOPYREADERS Marlys Benson and Jean Formo CIRCULATION STAFF. Ann Beck, Wilma Ringen, Lois Stewart, Gladys Tveit and Phyllis Westlund £!55&£JAN «—r-s XolB Erickson TYPISTS Carole Berg and Myrth Christensen PHOTOGRAPHERS Phil Franw and Norman E. Johnson FACULTY ADVISOR - Prof. J. L. Kcndahl Underground Trials Of Master Detective Bring Endless Woes By Harry Anderson It was a cold dark night when I arrived on the campus of Con-cordia college. As I walked up to Old Main I felt that someone was watching me. I reached into the pocket of my raincoat for my trus-ty 32—oops, that's my bottle of Wildroot Cream Oil. The gun was in my shoulder holster. Sudden-ly five shots rang out in the dark-ness; four of them hit me in the chest but fortunately the fifth one missed. Picking myself up and stopping the flow of blood with a band aid, I proceeded to the office of the man who had sent for me. He sat behind a large desk in an office on the penthouse floor of the new athletic building. Sause revealed that he had made his fortune by bootlegging T shirts and sweat socks. One night after removing the sten-ciling from the shirts he left the Embalming Emporium, which was just a front for his real racket, and returned home. On the way his custom made Cadil-lac was riddled by bazooka shells fired from a '29 model A. "Antlers" wasn't hit but his •bodyguard, Tiny Lute, was struck with a flying piston and killed. Then Sause wired me and here I am. My first clue was a report that a suspect had been spotted in the caf. When they tried to ques-tion him, he ran away but dropped his books in the entry. When I examined them I knew he was not my man. My next lead was the discov-ery of the fact that there were some students on the campus who were from Brooklyn. Those were the ones! As I entered their room I found another stone wall. Here they were, sitting quietly and informing a native Eskimo-oops—I mean Cobber— that the New York Giants would win the pennant in 1950. When I returned to Sause's of-fice, I found it empty. "Antlers" had caught the first dog sled for Northfield where he said he had a nice little hideout caJled Thorson hall. He had also left five gal-lons of "Tuf-skin" and ten rolls of tape as my fee. Final F-M Civic Concert Displays Great Artistry By William Walters With greater artistry than ever before the Fargo-Moorhead Civic orchestra, under the direction of Prof. Sigvald Thompson, present-ed its final concert of the season last Sunday at the Fargo high school auditorium. Jeannette Halen, pianist, was guest soloist performing the Beethoven Emperor Concerto with the orchestra. Miss Halen's performance drew a tremendous ovation for her mature under-standing of Beethoven tradition and her flawless planism. Her quality of transcending her own personality in favor of a real re-creation of the composer Is a musical Integrity seldom wit-nessed. The most interesting music of the program was L'Ascinsion by Messioen, a contemporary French composer. In spite of the absence of warmth wanted, its perform-ance was a real tribute to the musicianship of the orchestra and conductor. 3Deo (gloria By Irwin A. Flaten "For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another." Gal. 5:13. We hear much about freedom in this world today; freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of worship, freedom from want and the so called American doctrine that we can do as we wish in almost all things. Was this the freedom that Paul wrote about in the above passage to the Galatians? Was this the freedom that Luther wrote about in his "Treatise on Christian Liberty"? CERTAIN-LY NOT! FREEDOM IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT. We may have these other freedoms but they are insignificant. THE FREEDOM WHICH REALLY COUNTS IS OUR FREEDOM TO SERVE CHRIST; we are free to believe that He died for our sins and that through the Cross we have Eternal Life. John 8:36, "If the Son makes you free, ye will be free indeed." Faith alone can give liberty. A man with faith is free from the bondage of the law. For him good works are the fruits of his faith, not the requirements to be met to get his faith. In other words, we are not set free from works by our faith in Christ, but we are sot free from the belief that works are nec-essary for justification. As an example, let us take this teaching of faith and liber-ty, regarding good works into the realm of stewardship of our money. What about the ideas, "I don't have to practice steward-ship if I don't want to," or "It is my business what I do with my money. If I want to spend it on 'good times' and not sup-port the work of the church, who is going to do anything about it?" Scripture tells us in Matt. 7:20, 'Thus you will know them by their fruits." Are we going to go along with the "world" and show it how shallow our faith is, or are our fruits going to show us to be living in the Freedom of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ? As we go on living out our lives, we pray that we might have this prayer on our hearts: "Help me, Lord, that Thy will might be mine." Let us make the motto of our school, 'To God alone the Glory," light up like neon signs in our hearts. Amen. Foreign Newcomers Discover Contrast From Home Lands By Donald Have you been wondering who the smiling fellow with the jet black hair working in the caf is? Or have you noticed a tall, quiet boy carrying a brief case around the campus this semester? Well, allow me to introduce them to you. The former is Iraj Niroomand, the latter, Lars Gullhagen and both are visitors from across the At-lantic. The part of the Atlantic which Iraj Niroomand would need to cross to return home, however, is Iraj Niroomand Lars Gullhagen quite different from the route Lars Gullhagen would take. You see, Iraj is a citizen of Iran while Lars is a Norwegian. Although from different coun-tries, both Iraj and Lars have much the same opinion of the United States in general and Concordia in particular. Of the United States Iraj commented, "A very good coun-try, lots of education here for me besides a college education. Everybody works here — that may be why the standard of liv-ing is so good." Questioned on how he liked Concordia he replied, "I like Con-cordia because of the small size of the classes and the friendliness of the teachers which let me learn more. Also the students are all so friendly here." Lars also found the United States a "very good country." He seconded Iraj's feelings about ed- Sponhelm ucation and Concordia when he said, "It is a very different coun-try. There is much to learn, much to see—other people, a different way of life. I like it here at Con-cordia, it is like school in Norway, but with more choice of subjects. There is a friendly atmosphere which I like." Iraj, a Persian student, plans to continue his studies here next year as a senior. He transferred to Concordia this semester from UCLA, where he had been study-ing since his arrival in the States in 1949. Studying to become a doctor, Iraj has already been offered en-trance into the University of Frankfort medical school on the basis of his school work in Iran. The University of Edinburgh, a top English medical school, has offered Iraj the opportunity to write a competitive examination. for entrance next year. However;' Iraj plans to continue his studies at Concordia and apply for en-trance at the University of Min-nesota medical school upon gradu-ation. In the last few years there have been four students on our campus who have come from Norway. This semester the to-tal hits been raised to five. A na-tive of Gjovlk, Norway, Lars de-cided to visit the United States after talking with President Brown and several members of the Norway choir. Lars has many memories of the Nazi occupation. Perhaps the greatest hardship for the Gullhag-ens, he said, was the shortage of milk. Often he had to walk 30 miles to buy six quarts.of milk. Lars plans to become an engi-neer and is taking two advanced math courses among his studies. Next year he is transferring to either NDAC or the University of Minnesota to obtain engineering instruction.
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