| Summary: | Page 2 THE CONCORDIAN February 24,1956 Social Life Questioned One question continually raised by students on the Concor-dia campus concerns social activities. One does not go through a day without hearing someone comment on the present situa-tion. Undoubtedly the present state of affairs will be somewhat remedied with the new student union. However, since at present the union seems to be a distant dream, one must view the situa-tion objectively. Rather than making progress toward helping the student adjust socially by many and varied social ac-tivities, Concordia has retrogressed by remov-ing certain activities from the social calendar. The May Festival and the Winter Sports Festi-val are two events which have been discontin-ued, if only temporarily, seemingly because of lack of interest. Until the student body takes renewed interest and initiative in sponsoring: and backing a full social life for the students' rec-reational and social adjustment, we have no legitimate com-plaint, for the blame seems to rest squarely on our own shoulders. We should, however, again extend our hand to the LSA for bettering our present situation by their efforts, as for example, their Sunday night activities. We see no reason why some social activity could not be in-stituted after weekend ball games. The closing of the cafeteria after ball games has made it impossible for the students to con-gregate on campus. The folk gaming and square dancing that has been clone at the last two all-college parties seemed to be thoroughly enjoyod by everyone. In the future this type of ac-tivity might be utilized to the benefit of our social life and in-stituted after weekend ball games, where some activity is defi-nitely needed. Band Breaks Tradition It was thorough enjoyment to hear the new band perform new selections at last night's ball game. Combining just the brass and percussion from the Cobber and Concert Rands, stu-dent director Oliver Melting produced a group that was truly an asset to the pep and spirit accompanying a ball game. Advice To Young Students COOKVILLE, TENN. — (ACP) — This appeared in the Tennessee Tech Oracle, reprinted by Pageant Magazine. It's called "10 Ways to Get Through College Without Even Trying." 1. Bring the professor newspaper clippings dealing with his subject. If you don't find clippings dealing with nig subject, bring in clippings at random. He thinks everything deals with his subject. 2. Look alert. Take notes eagerly. If you look at your watch, don't stare at is unt elievingly and shake it. 3. Nod frequently and murmur "How true." To you, this seems exaggerated. To him, it's quite objective. 4. Sit in front, near him. (Applies only if you intend to stay awake.) 5. Laugh at his jokes. You can tell, if he looks up from his notes and smiles expectantly, he has told a joke. 6. Ask for outside reading. You don't have to read it. Just ask for it. 7. If you must sleep, arrange to be called at the end of the hour. It creates an unfavorable impression if the rest of the class has left and you sit there alone, dozing. 8. Be sure the book you read during the lecture looks like a book from the course. II you do math in psychology class and psychology in math class, match the books for size and color. 9. Ask any question you think he can answer. Conversely, avoid announcing that you have found the" answer to a question he couldn't answer, and in your younger brother's second reader at that. 10. Call attention to his writing. Produces, an exquisitely pleasant experience connected with you. If you know he's written a book or an article, ask in class if he wrote it. These suggestions, incidentally, were put down by a professor, Robert Tyson of Hunter College. Critic Lauds Shure's Artistic Achievements By The Campus Critic Hearing music like that is like tasting rare wine, I don't know what you were doing last Friday, but some of us were listening to a pianist and very glad of it. Leonard Shure is an artist of the first rank. Every piece of music he touches turns to gold. He is a man who pays attention to mi-nute detail of musical expression and yet comes up with a simple result that only the mature veteran 33 Days Until Easter Vacation Play At NDSC Receives Praise By The Campus Critic "The Little Country Theater," NDSC's counterpart of our Concor-dia Theater, came out last week-end with a production of Sean O- 'Casey's "Juno and the Paycock" that gave its audience a marvelous evening's money's worth. The play, written about O'Casey's favorite subject, Ireland, was set historically in the times of the Irish Rebellion, which flared up in 1916, and in an indirect manner the play made its own comment on the causes and issues at stake in the revolution. The play centers about char-acter and receives its dramatic impact and political commentary from the handling of the people involved. Juno , a sacrificing and noble mother, and her ''paycock" husband, the Captain, form the two main ingredients in this brew of domestic, yet national, fireworks, and with them come a complete line of colorful and off-colorful figures, from furniture movers to a seducer. From the beginning of the play the thoroughly worthless Captain parades his weakness that shortly forecasts disaster for him and his household the pains in his legs that come up every time he gets a job his glorious past, when he was a Captain of a ship and his noble friend and barfly, companion, Joxer. Before long the pressures that pile up on his family get around to work their vengence on him, sacrificing his daughter, his son, his home, and whatever reputation he once had. In spite of the lively variety and fast moving action, the play manages to leave a thoroughly bad taste in one's mouth, but a taste which the audience thoroughly appreciated. For their precise acting, their ap-propriate scenery, and their well-chosen cast, the performers re-ceived three curtain calls which they certainly deserved. Great Age Of Knowledge By Jerry Svendsen It certainly is wonderful to'be living in an age of so much know-ledge. We, the modern man, have come far along the rope of time. Knowing much of the past, we can reconstruct past events, modes of life, types of flora and fauna that adorned the primeval countrysides, as well as ancient civilizations. But how was much of that possible? Namely through fossils and other remains buried in the sediments of time each fossil a treasure for the future generations. But, of course, we are too far advanced to leave such poor examples for the future scientists to deduce. We will leave written and monu-mental evidences of this golden age. Each great thing crowned in laurels, lauded and praised. Henry Ford with a chrome crown contin-uously revolving about him, a memoir of his age. Each president with a record showing his futile attempts at stabilizing the country's econ-omy. Each nation with white crosses strewn about its mellow heathers, marking the location of the survivors. All this shall be the monument raised for this enlightened era, when the literary field was dotted with classical authors of the paper-bounds, the sleeping1 bars of ephemeral music, the lucid composition of advanced art, and of course/ the zenith of the scientists' work, the flowering mushrooms spewing about destruction. Yet, what stupidity is this, what senility? We are happy, are we not? We are the culminating generation of the previous ones, and we the college students have such lucidity and clarity of thought that nothing passes by unnoticed. We do not even forget that our present tutors will be the fossils of the next generation, leaving their meager knowledge embedded in the thick skulls of ours. They still teach us the works of the ancient Greeks, the enlightened philosophers of the middle ages, the pioneers of the nations, the gradual victory of science. Of course each teacher ought to be teaching what each one of us individuals wants. We want our personal desires fulfilled Before we think of others. Therefore we ought to have the tutors personal at-tention and less consideration of our meager part when it comes to grades. Also at meal time, each of us wants his favorite dish. The meat sometimes does not suit one's taste nor does the vegetable. Therefore the cook is no good. Unfortunately for the cook's part, the food is not completely an assembly line so that all could be brought to closer prefection. And so thp teacher passes by as a fossil, the cook as a burden bearer of abuse, the last generations silently files past us into the panorama of time and ages, leaving us as the ones that are right, for we are of this golden age. THE CONCORDIAN Published weekly during the school year except during vacation, holiday \n& examination period* by the students of Concordia College, Moorhead. Entered a* second class matter at the poitoffice of Moorhead, Minn., Dec. 9. 1930. under the Act of March 8, 1879. ELEVEN TIMES ALL-AMERICAN Member ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS Office: Basement Brown Hall Phone 3-1938 CO-EDITORS BEVERLY BERGH ARNOLD JOHNSON Business Manager JERRY OLSEN News Editor DEAN MOE Feature Editor SHERRY BJORKLUND Society Editor ANN DRUMMOND Sports Editors JOHN TEISBERG, DEAN NELSON Make-up Editor CARL STABER Photo Editor NORMAN HANSEN Copy Editors MARLYS MOUM, MARCIA FOSS Advertising Manager JERRY LEE Circulation LOIS KITTELSON can produce. The one who listens to what goes on in general hears a flowing line of bustling activity a mad race of notes or a quiet, sweet melody and the man who listens for finer points hears an intricate bal-ance of rhythms well balanced phrases and carefully timed de-tails within the phrases. Either one will come to the conclusion that what he is being given is a living expression rather than a show of notes. Though Mr. Shure could have shown off his skill, which he has in abundance as proved in some very difficult parts of his program, he kept true to his ideal of the music first down to the last encore. Such artistic achievement and de-votion will be remembered and will serve to heighten the musical stan-dards of those that hear him and follow in his footsteps. Squirtgun Showers, Shrugging Practice Occupies Choir Monday, February 13 Shrevreport, La. Hi Eskimos! Some go East, Some go West, But in the winter, South Is best. And man! Do we love it. It's been a b o u t 60 degrees here in Texas. The people are golfing and swimming. We know It's true be-cause we see it all through the bus windows — the bus being our home away from home almost 24 hours a day. Although some may question this, -bus life is no* always dull. Red, one of our drirers, is our keeper, maid and guide. As guide. Red points out unusual sites which we would nerer see up North such as a Ford assem-bly plant. Ob, but we lore it. In both busses, the conducting class students are learning their second semester pieces. Many of us have managed to misplace our books so t h a t we can't study. We are forced to play cards, read comic books (which somehow never get misplaced) or work crossword puzzles. There are a few who have made many enjoyable moments for us with their squirt guns. Some of us are learning to shrug. You don't k n o w what shrugging is? Shrugging is the art of making your shoulders say, "I don't know," while your facial expression indicates that you know ererything. We hare daily shrug practice. There's not much more news from the Greyhound kennels. The girls are gaining weight; the boys are laughing. And so it goes. By Y'all The Choir Kids Bonnie and Swannle P.S. We are lonesome for PC and our friends. (Friends'?) Dear Editor: What is our concept of music? Is there room for modern expressive jazz on the campus of Concordia College, or are we to be content to listen only to the great masters, such as Bach and Beethoven? Should we be content with only the great masters of the classical world? Why not have an intermingl-ing of the greats throughout the year? Would it be possible *o bring in a number of the "jazz hall of fame"? Jazz is hitting other college cam-puses with great success. L a s t March Sauter-Finnigan played to a sell-out crowd at another of our church colleges, Luther. This year Dave Brubeck will be on Luther's campus. St. Olaf also got on the jazz band wagon in a more modi-fied form with the Four Lads. How about Concordia joining the band wagon? If we are to re-ceive a liberal arts education, why not also in music? Is it time for a change?? We in-vite further comment from you on this subject. Sincerely yours, Ron Staber Carl Staber Ken Elias Don Eitzen Soli Deo Gloria The New Life By Arlys Kjos Galationfl 2:20, " I am crucified with Christ: neverless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son. of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." This little verse is loaded with meaning. It reveals the NEW MAN, the NEW LIFE and the great LOVE OF OTTO SAV-IOR. The new man is shown us in the first portion; we are cru-cified with Christ; yet from this cruicfixion comes life, the new life in Christ, or rather Christ's life in us. We in ourselves are utterly helpless; by confessing our sin, pleading guilty and ask-ing pardon for .Christ's sake . . . God acquits us. As sinful beings we are condemned to death, by faith in Christ we receive life. This is that great doctrine of justification by faith. Justification is only the beginning though. It doesn't take in the whole process of the Christian life. After justification must follow sanctification or the life long process of develop-ment of the Christian life. We live a new life after justification for we are new men. Our conduct will be influenced by our faith. What we believe must be proven by the way it helps us to live. The last portion of this verse shows us the great love of our Redeemer. Paul here makes this love so very personal for he says"Who loved ME, and gave Himself for ME." Christ loved not only in word, but in deed, in His love He gave Him-self. Do we truly love Him who first loved us? Do we* give as He gave?
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