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Page 2 THE CONCORDIAN November 14, 1952 Diogenes, Sort Of It is a shame, said the first, that these young people, who by God's gifts should become the leaders of their gen-eration, are not interested in doing so at all, but only want to learn how to make a living. You offend, as usual, came the reply, by stating your conclusion first, and looking for disagreement, rather than stating your reasons. I, for one, see no shame in wanting to learn to make a living. Also, is your reasoning empirical, deductive, Gestalt, or just what is it? The conclusion, said the first, may be reached by any of the named processes. Observe the obstinacy with which the average student resists any attempt to make him think. 1 That's true. I agree with you there. But why should the student try to think? Many students did not come here to be made to think, and attempts to make them do so are an imposition. After all, many students aim to become teachers, and all a teacher needs is a collection of factual information or not even that, but a familiarity with a field of study that enables him to be a jump ahead of the student in factual knowledge. Or to generalize that to any field, all he needs is technical competence. An English teacher, for example, should have read a large number of proems, stories, and such, and should know who wrote them. Then he can teach this to his pupils. If he has covered enough courses he can get a good job and make a living. That's all he wants to do. There's no thinking involved and why should there be? I imagine many profesors become convinced of the truth of what you have said after passing the young and idealistic stage. The attitude is almost inevitable. After beating against the stone wall of opposition for a certain , period, their heads must either ossify or be knocked to pieces from the rebuffs. Obviously, many prefer to ossify. Reports on text material, rote memorization, rehashes called term papers, emphasis on learning factual informa-tion, etc, are evidence of this state. It can be most gener-ously construed as a state of resignation. Right. And that is as it should be since that is what the average teacher-to-be wants. He will use those devices, him-self, after he gets his diploma. Now you see, your rashly stated conclusion about it being' a shame and all that, that young folks merely want to learn how to make a living, does not follow at all from what you have observed. Something entirely different came out of it. ! That may be. But I would like to pursue one phase of the argument a little further. f This is all very tedious and fatiguing, but go ahead. Thank you. Regarding this professor who has resigned himself to the facts and has ossified, I can sympathize with his attitude but cannot justify it. For, no matter how great the number of diploma 6eekers and credit hunters / may be, perhaps now and then someone orientated to a different compass may waiider through. Sir, you are uttering dangerous utterances. What you say smacks not of democracy. We must succumb to the wishes of*the majority, or be investigated. I will ignore that statement, though the majority would acclaim it. The motives of the mass of humanity are not al-ways so admirable. College is supposedly for those given an abundance of certain of God's gifts (see Paragraph 1), and those in a position to encourage their exercise should do so, no matter how discouraging the way. Perhaps one could compare them to Diogenes and his lamp. Yes, but remember old Diogenes got mighty tired. U Of Oslo Offers Summer Session -.The University of Oslo will .hold its seventh summer school ' from June 27 to August 8, 1953. : ' While designed for American and Canadian students who have com-pleted at least their freshman year in any accredited college or university, the summer session is open to English-speaking stu-dents of other nationalities. * The university provides out-standing lecturers and maintains highest educational standards. All classes" will be conducted in English and an American dean of ' students is on the administrative staff. Students may choose in four fields: (a) general survey of Norwegian culture; (b) the humanities; (c) social studies; (d) education system of Nor- ' way. Afternoon field trips and mus-eum visits, alsb weekend excur-sions are arranged. Six semester-hour credits may be earned in the six weeks course and the ses-sion is approved by the U. S. Vet-erans administration. A limited number of scholarships are avail-able for the summer school. Students of the summer school will leave New York on the SS Stavangerfjord June 16, 1953. Reservations for the re-turn trip are available August 12 and 25 and September 8 and 22, 1953. For catalogue of courses, pre-liminary application material, or any further information, write: Oslo Summer School Admissions Office, in care of St. Olaf Col-lege, Northfield, Minn. Enid Larson Donna Werltpa Evelyn Dahl PHOTO EDITOR Harry Anderson Mary Alice Kloos Charles Qrlrosmd Behind The Scenes Of Daily Broadcasts WITH THEIB EARS to the earphones, two Schobergs—tht professor, who doubles as announcer, and Frank, the radio operator—team up to bring the daily chapel exercises followed by news from the campus to the many friends of Concordia who are part of the listening audience of KFGO. CHEST EXPANSION The One Thing Needful - And We Can Provide It By Dennis Stutrud In this country and in these times—restless and weary from activity—there is yet a place un-disturbed by the noise and rush of our modern age. There is still somewhere you might go and al-most forget about politics, war, inflation and next Tuesday's re-ligion exam. I know where there is, even now, some of the pioneer spirit, some of the self-reliance, some of the co-operation and some of the friendliness typical of any frontier. I know that here are people happy and content-ed in living a simple life—sim-ple*, not because It Is unre-flective, but rather because it is unafflicted with superficial-ity. When you have spanned forty miles of the usually rough Lake of the Woods you find the boat turning into a rather narrow in- \e\ of water, which seems to have knifed its way outside the usual Swede Talk By Art Dahlquist nm»»nm»minnunmtm»mmi From somewhere out of the frozen wasteland about 400 miles straight west of us, winter seems to have dropped in on us for a visit. Anyone attending the game last Saturday knows what I mean. My vote for the coldest man at the game goes to Don Krause. I could almost feel the shivers running up and down Iiis spine as he ground away with the camera atop the tower on the south side of the field. What some people won't do to see a game for nothing—and the best \iew of the field to boot. 1 By Jean Nelson "All right—one minute." And then begins another daily broad-cast from Concordia's new broad-casting booth, located just off the chapel balcony. The sound proof booth, con-structed of acoustic tile, and also the portable radio equipment was designed and built by Frank Schoberg, a senior here at Con-cordia. One having the interesting experience of visiting the booth from 10-10:30 a. m. any week day would see Frank fastened to a pair of earphones and seated be-hind the radio apparatus. Sitting next to him would be Prof. G. L. Schoberg, radio di-rector, who gives the news about campus after the chapel program. The Rev. Sigvald Fauske, chapel chairman, is in charge of arrang-ing the programs. This interest the Schobergs (who are, incidentally, uncle and nephew) have in radio is not a latent one. When just a young boy Professor Schoberg put up the first amateur radio station in Kandiyohi county, Minnesota. His nephew, Frank, has been dipping into radio for the past twelve years. Once serving in the navy as an electronics technician, he new works as a full time en-gineer at KVOX; is the Fargo Amateur Radio club's president; and has an amateur station of his own. Concordia's daily program is transmitted by wire to station KFGO, where it is tape recorded for broadcast at 2 p. m. each day. This broadcast is heard through-out the radio territory of KFGO, which serves approximately one million listeners. For thirteen years Professor Schoberg has been reporting news of Concordia's activities at the close of these broadcasts. In that time, his "Concordially yours" closing has become familiar to the many parents and friends of Cob-ber students who have kept in close touch with college life by means of the daily programs. entrant hi a hot-rod race, and those that must be ahead of schedule because they move with the same rapid motion that !s generally attributed to the glaciers of Greenland. All this while Herman Herring and Cordelia Cobber are standing on the street corner waiting for While P i c k u p t n o s e waiting Cobbers While I'm on the subject of _ _ the cool weather that is just start-boundaries of" the lake into" the inZ> l t h i n k u is t i m e t o Put i a that bus. To you lucky Cobbers wooded country which is far a Plu£ f o r mV favorite charity. I having automobiles, and especial-enough north to belong to Can- would l&e to declare this extra-lucky ones that ada. To the north of the inlet K i n d-T o-Cobbers-Waitlngn get them started, I appeal. is Ontario to the south is Min- Bus-Week." whilp it is known - nesota's Northwest Angle—iso-lated from the rest of the world by woods, marshland and water. As you stand on the deck the wooded border you will At present there are two types of busses running—those that are so far behind schedule that they are driven like an that the transportation system in the two cities runs on an inter-p and share your ride with them. Well, girls, did you manage to d esting theory, that theory has date home to the dorm detect little evidence of life or activity. Then all at once the boat turns into a little winding creek which you hadn't noticed at all. Along this creek live some of the residents of the Angle inlet. You might see Mr. Colson mow-ing the lawn, Al Gemmeche and his wife stacking hay for the cows, or some of the children swimming in Pine creek. At any rate your first impression is a picture of rustic serenity. Here you might think nothing is lacking for contented happi-ness. Surely here Is an ideal community, barely affected by modern materialistic living. Yet here in the freedom from many temptations known to us stands the need of something greater than anything mentioned so far—the preaching of God's word. One day a little fellow came and told me that "now he knew what a car was—and a street, too." Until two of the local wo-men began teaching Sunday school a few years ago many of the children were equally as ignorant about the /Gospel. Last year you accepted the responsibility of sending a stu-dent missionary to the Angle, preaching and teaching Bible school. The need remains; the res-ponsibility which ' we have ac- Qepted Is still ours". An opportunity to meet this need awaits yop In this year's Student Chest Drive. on time, on Saturday night ? I was told that the "court"-yard of Brown hall is even better lighted than Fjelstad. Could this be pos-sible? Next week, same place. Gloria By Dorwln Hansen The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and He shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, destroy them."—Deuteronomy 33:27. Here at school we often take little odd jobs to earn some spending money. One evening I went baby-sitting and to my surprise I found it both pleasing and interes>ting. I went to the criib to pick up the crying baby, making sure to carefully hold his wobbly little head. In my arms he snuggled close; the big tears stopped and he was quiet. He was content now, he knew I was there to answer his needs. To remind me of his hunger he began sucking his tiny fist. I warmed the milk and began to feed him. It was not long before his bright, blue eyes were covered with heavy eyelids and his cooing stopped and he was sleeping. He slept peacefully and free of cares. He knew I would put him in his crib and watch over him. Perhaps for a moment I thought how nice to be a child. We are children too. We are children living safely with-in the loving °and protective arms of God- We have no real worries and cares. We have assurance in God's Word that He will take care of us. When we become filled with anxiety, doubt and disgust, we may come to God, and He will give us peace. He will sustain us with His Word and give3 us know-ledge. We, too, con lie down to a pleasant sleep and know that God Is there, ' His arms are about us and He will let no harm come to us. When the baby I cared for reaches adulthood he will thank his parents. How often do we students thank God the Father for His guidance and protection