| Summary: | Page 4 THE CONCORDIAN September 3, 1965 Cobber Travels Yukon, Relates Unique Journey Ruth Schneider Since there are very few-places left in North America which have never been explored, Marc Wermager, a senior from Fergus Falls, and four of his friends can claim to be true ex-plorers and adventurers. Having met while working together at Charles L. Sommers Canoe Base, B r u c e Tannehill of Fargo, Robert H e n r y of Knoxville, Tenn., Roland White of Red-field, S. D., David Wolfe of Vol-ga, S. D., and Marc planned and executed an "impossible, never-been- done-before" canoe trip in the Yukon and Northwest Ter-ritories of Canada. They travel-ed up the Ross River to the R o c k y Mountain Continental Divide, over to the other side and down the South Nahanni River and into the Great Slave Lake. The trip, lasting approxi-mately 58 days, took two years to plan. For many years, trappers, prospectors and Indians were kept out of these rugged val-leys because of various stones concerning the area. Some people believed that either a white Indian goddess or an abominable snowman lived in the area; o t h e r s recalled a true tale involving two gold-seeking trappers who entered the area and were later found minus their heads. These myths only added to the spirit of adventure in the journey for Marc and his companions. After extensive study of gov-ernment aerial photos, writing letters of inquiry to anyone familiar with the river area, and studying geographical surveys, mm. g r retraces the trip from which he recently returned. The entire trip was made by canoe. SHIRTMAKEF* Madras-Toned Oxford Madras-hued plaids etched on cotton ox-ford— a distinctive, new Gant expression in sport shirts. In rustic colorings. In bold and not-so-bold plaids. Like all Gant Shirts Madras-Toned Oxford has 6lan in a gentle-manly manner, from 6.50. The MCORHfAD JUKOn Adventurers —Returned from remote areas of the North American continent Marc and his traveling companions once again face the rigors of civilization. Marc is second from right. the men were confident they could complete the trip. Members of the party spent $200 each for the trip. The men planned every detail of the journey to cut down costs. The 550 pounds of foodstuffs neces-sary for the 600-mile journey were furnished by the Charles L. Sommers Canoe Base. The party cooked or baked almost everything they ate, including cakes, pies, and pizza, on a re-flector oven. Although they journeyed by canoe, the five men did very little paddling during their trek up the Ross River. They utilized several methods of navigation including tracking, w h i c h consists of walking along the shore towing the canoes; poling, which is pro-pelling the canoe by means of pushing with a long pole; and walking through icy rapids when neither tracking nor pol-ing was possible. The por-tages across the divide were made possible by following caribou trails which paralleled the river. The trip really sped up when the crew en-tered the raging South Nahan-ni River which even in its lower portions is notorious for its rapids. Highlights of the trip were various side trips to numerous fishing lakes and seeing the Rocky Mountain Divide from the heights of the Itsi Moun-tains where they also saw nu-merous caribou and several dahl sheep. The plan for another trip may be in progress. Marc comments, "Fm afraid I would like to do it all over again—not in the im-mediate future, but sometime. My father thought t h i s trip would get it out of my system, but he was wrong." Marc and his group have captured the ex-ploring mood which may lead them on more "impossible" journeys. HDS EW Last week saw hundreds of high school graduates from Min-nesota, North and South Dakota, Montana and even a few aliens from beyond the Midwest ap-pear on the campus to don their beanies and begin a new era in their lives as students at Mother Concordia. And to help them adjust to c o l l e g e life Friendly John Quello made the scene along with the mature ad-vice of the deans and the im-mature puns of Prince Charm-ing Lupient. Despite the adroitness of Quello and cohorts, several important aspects of Concor-dia life remain unoriented in the addled brain of the fresh-man. Being the friendly Cob- DIAMOND RINGS You can choose with confidence from our fine stock because these diamond rings are registered for quality, insured for safety. DIAMOND RINGS from $35.00 BUDGET TERMS NEUBARTH'S "The City Hall Is Just Across The Street" IN MOORHEAD Jim Nestingen ber that I am, I am setting out to set several traditions straight and clear up some of the smoke around the fresh-men dorms. Things have changed over the summer and another bright and shining light got snapped off at the fuse box when a Boe-ean edict declared that b e a n i e s would no longer be worn. For those of you that are yet un-familiar with this o b j e c t , a beanie is a round cap that is worn by freshmen, looked for by upperclassmen and down-town businessmen and stolen by the neighborhood brats. Left in the lurch with recognition prob-lems, several upperclassmen have organized a drive to pur-chase pins reading "I Am An Upperclassman." Those caught not wearing their pins will be thrown into a vat of Amy's Ready Mix Potatocrete. A lot of t h i n g s haven't changed, however. A tradition You Can Depend somehow escaped the onward rush of progress: ogling fresh-men girls. With participation limited only by the vantage point, this tradition is indulged in actively by frosh and upperclassmen alike. The best location is the cafeteria with space along the line at a prem-ium. Ingenious students have devised the millihelen scale of rating the objects of their not unfriendly gaze. Helen of Troy is said to have had a face that would launch a thousand ships; thus, a girl of equal beauty would be rated at 1000 millihelens. The aver-age rating is around 500 and one fellow reported a North Dakota honey that sunk thir-teen rowboats. Other traditions have re-mained to grace our campus. The Normandy still serves nickel coffee and bad music. It is rumored that a music major had coffee and was stricken with tone deafness of such a caliber that he was unable to hear the difference between the band and the choir. Despite the obvious coolness of the last week the air con-ditioning has remained on in the commons and the heal re-mained off in Brown Hall, proving that you can live without learning. The lines around the campus haven't changed either. Several Cobbers walked by unabashed as a student laid starving against the hallowed walls of the re-ligion offices while waiting in line for breakfast. It wasn't un-til a student from Moorhead State walked by that he receiv-ed aid. Several students, unaware as they were, spent an hour search-ing for KOBB yesterday, but that is an old tradition also. It appears that it will be on the air again, operating at full strength. That's half the power
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