| Summary: | Page 2 THE C0NC0RD1AN January 20, 1956 EDIT VIEWS Some of us during our college careers engage in journalistic endeavors and a few such people are known as editors. Editors come in assorted types, sizes and colors — male or female, with or without glasses, short or fat, intellectual or psychic, brainless and brawnless, traditional and temper-mental, black and blue. All editors have one creed in common; to meet all dead-lines on time! (in this respect, they never succeed.) Editors are found everywhere — at Fjelstad Hall, play practice, Wood's Cafe, chapel, classes — in trouble, out of trouble — and working on their newspaper. Nobody loves them; staff members tolerate them; some people envy them — and reporters fear them. An editor is full of life at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, helpless at an 8 o'clock morning class, always looking for an-other story and always complaining about things in general. No matter how bad things look, they try to take things as they come. And when something* is not done — they end up doing it. They LIKE sleeping late, the basement of Brown Hall, de-pendable staff members, the facts, a scoop, special football editions, the newspaper they print, getting the paper on time Friday mornings, Jim, Hank and Sgutt at the Red River Scene— and All American Ratings. They HATE working late, 8 o'clock classes, mistakes in their paper, being scooped, headlines that don't fit, Hank's lino-type machine, Sgutt's smile, Jim's cigar — and Second Class Ratings. An editor is a normal person — they can loose their tem-per very fast. They are a reporter, typist, re-write girl, copy reader, proof reader, headline writer, circulation staff worker — and an editor. And when they retire from their position as editor, with two and a half years of memories, a sense of not accomplishing all they had planned and wondering what they will do three nights a week for the last semester of their college career — these words sum it all up very well. itTTtR51«t/,e EDITOR Dear Editor, The literary societies through their Intersociety Commission have agreed to change the dates for Cob-ber Capers from March 15, 16 and 17 to March 15, 17 and 19. The original date had been set months in advance. Recently, however, without consulting the official social calendar, the Con-cert Choir scheduled a concert on March 16. Therefore, the socie-ties, In order to make use of then-choir members in Cobber Capers, had to reschedule their program. Some may say that the objec-tions to the change of dates are merely making mountains out of molehills, but I, for one, disagree. Some of the major objections fol-low. 1. The new date would spread Cobber Capers over nearly a week. Those who have been connected with Capers in the past know how difficult and tiring it is to keep up interest and go through the per-formances three nights in a row without extending it^ three more nights. 2. It would, for an entire week, interfere with classroom activities, both because of the lack of class preparation time on the part of t h o s e Involved and the use of classrooms to store scenery, cos-tumes, etc. 3. We are assuming that one group on campus is indispensible. It is certainly sad if any society is forced to. admit that their only tal-ent lies in their choir members. I believe there is sufficient talent in al! our societies outside of the choir to put on a top notch show. 4. Perhaps the basic question involved here is whether the stu-dents in handling their own af-fairs have to submit to the will of one or two individuals. This would have been a chance to show that the students do not want to have their social affairs or programs approved by the mu-sic department. Has the time come when students who have no connection with that depart men* and personally are not concerned what anyone in that department thinks or says, have to toe the line and submit their plans for their approval? Many colleges have found it necessary to de-emphasize football. Now t h a t the societies have j o i n e d the Norsemen, the Band, the student chapel musicians and even the faculty in rearranging their plans to pacify the musical-powers - that-be, perhaps the time has come to de-exnphasixe the Con. cert Choir. Completely apart from the first three reasons stated in objection to the changed dates, the last rea-son should be sufficent enough to put Cobber Capers on without the Choir. But the date has been set. It seems as if it is too late now. Or is it? Julian L. Erickson "Ah-h-h-h" — says John Snortum as he is examined by "Doc" Mardeth Bervig and "Doc" Bill Naylor, medical missionaries to the Concordia Concert Choir. Concert Choir M.D.'s For Full Time Tour Duty By Beverly Bergh "Just another house call." So announced Dr. Bervig as she trudged her weary way down a Fjelstad corridor with her heavy red leather medical kit. Here was an example of tireless devotion to duty. For "Doc" Mardeth Bervig and "Doc" Bill Naylor, botlj junior class "medical prodigies," have completed their 15 long minutes of training at the noted Campus Health Center and have already built up a prac-tice exclusively of members of the Concordia Concert Choir. Mardeth and Bill, making up this year's traveling medical team, took their internship on two weekend choir trips and are now ready, they say, for their responsibilities as throat-painters and pill-dishers for the February Southern tour. They may be assisted by junior psy-chologist John Snortum, dream analyst. In addition to the red medical kit, the doctors will also take on tour a huge box of extra medical supplies. The article which seems to deplete the fastest, according to Mardeth, is a clear, strong-smelling liquid suspiciously entitled "cough syrup." With a concert every night but one, all-day traveling, strange food and sleeping places, plus the realization that the voice Soli Deo Gloria Time To Set Your House In Order By Roy Ness Matt. 7:1-2, "Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." Ann Morrow Lindberg in her book Gift From the Sea says, "We need a quiet time to be with ourselves." Socrates says, "Know thyself." Often we become so sucked into the confusing routine of our daily tasks that we never turn our eyes inward and look at ourselves. If our eyes always look outward we will see a picture of society that is confused by a mixture of strange social intercourses and we will feel conflicting social pressures and the picture cannot help but be black. However, this does not merit that we pass judgment, for if we look inward the picture is apt to be even blacker, and it will call us with the help of God to unsnarl the mess we have made of our own thread of life and then place ourselves in the social scene not as a negative force, but as a positive one. Our lives shall be judged, but they shall be judged by Christ, and His court shall not have need of witnesses. If we would term ourselves Christians, would we not look inward and set our house in order, and if we know of some other house out of order would not the man whose house is out of order be the man to whom we should speak, rather than to spread the word abroad to be judged by society. THE CONCORDIAN Published weekly during the ichool year except during vacation, holiday ind examination periods by the students of Concordia College, Moorhead. Entered as second class matter nt the post office of Moorhead, Minn., Dec 9. 1920, under the Act of March 8, 1879. ELEVEN TIMES ALL-AMERICAN Member ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS Office: Basement Brown Hall Phone 3-1938 Co-Editon DOLCYE TORGERSON and ARNOLD JOHNSON Business Manager JAMES O'ROURKE Managing Editor BEVERLY BERGH News Editor JANICE YLVISAKER Desk Editor JANET FOSS Feature Editor SHEILA JOHNSGARD Society Editor CAROL JEAN WADE Sports Editor KENNETH LAHTI Copy Editor BEVERLY HUESMAN Photo Editor JOHN TEISBERG Advertising Manager JEROME LEE must be at its best, health be-comes a prime factor on tour. Backrubs — before bed, lying down; at intermission, standing up, wearing heavy choir robes — are a common sight. Here every choir member does his share, of course. So, on Mardeth and Bill He the responsibilities of keeping the choir healthy and happy, holding it to the tradition of former years when members h a v e gained 10 to 15 pounds on tour and distributing the revitalizing A.S.A. whenever possible to relieve the surplus stocks here. Some people say they can sing, too. DIG By Dolbort Rasmusten The s e a s o n is again rolling around w h e n tests are bearing down on us like an express train on a crippled bull, and the results will probably be just as messy. But buck up, as in death the pain is only momentary and then it's either Heaven or the second semester. There are certain recognizable types of instructors and each must be dealt with in a different manner. First there is the leering, "You'll never pass this one," type. Such poor unfortunates should be put in solitary confinement to prevent spreading this evil germ to others of the faculty. Such a one is easily recognized by the pseudo-benign smiles he throws out in class the last few periods. If asked concern-ing the test this maladjusted sad-ist will chuckle evilly, fix the poor student with a bloodshot eye and reply, "Come and see." The second type is the motherly, "I really don't want to flunk any-body. It hurts me so," kind. This type is afflicted with the bacteria sorrimus flunkimus Tnamed after the germ's discoverer, Dr. Flunk-em). This bacteria is dispensed at all teacher supply houses. This type is extremely dangerous for she will present advance informa-tion on a test which is either to-tally inadequate or false. The only cure for this type is an ice pack administered from at least 300 feet above the patient. The third type is the tight lip-ped, "I won't tell a thing," type. This one is really harmless ex-cept for the tendency to persist-ently s e e k a question no one would possibly e v e r think to study. There is no known cure for this t y p e . The theory has been presented by I. B. Harassed, a student at Kill U., that this di-sease is psychological and the effects are wildly rationalized by the victim of the disorder. To the students who must deal with these mental invalids there are a few suggestions which may be helpful: 1. Don't study for tests. 2. Go to a show every night to relax. 3. If you are too relaxed, take out a girl to tighten your nerves. 4. Eat uptown to keep y o u r mind off your stomach. 5. Don't think. 6. Use punctuation freely on all written tests, (makes terrific de-coration) 7. During a test don't l o o k around. Girls are distracting. 8. If none of these help, when you come to a test plead the Fifth Amendment, "I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might in-criminate me." Revolution And Reconciliation (ED. NOTE: This Is the first in a series of articles written by the ftudents who attended the Ecumenical Student Conference on the Christian World Mission on the Ohio University campus. The theme of the conference was "Revolution and Reconciliation." Dear James: I have been wantin to write this here letter for a long time. I'll git right to the point but first I want to remind you that I'm speakin to you in true Christian love. Now you know that I've always been a right down good religious man and I've always held up the kcepin of the preachin of the true gospel. Now James I heard that you were down there gittin some more book larnin at the Areopagus. I allso heard that some of that book larnin is about this here revolushun and reckonciliashun. Now what I wanta know is this new thinkin hope or hairisy? I still wantcha to know James that the Lord don't need all your book larnin. Yours respectfuly, Ole P. S. I allso bear that Arnie Toybeen has also bin thinkin about this her« revolushun and he ain't no Christian I Dear Ole: Thank you for your letter and kind concern. I appreciate your thinking and advice and I admit that the Lord probably doesn't need my "book learning." But let me remind you, Ole, that He needs your ignorance even less. Respectfully yours, James
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