| Summary: | CONCORDIAN Friday, December 2, 1932.'^ m Published bl-wwikly by tho students of Concordla College, Moorhead, Minnesota. BnUred a» second class matter at tho poatofflce, Moorhead, Minnesota SUBSCRIPTION PRICE—$1.00 PKR ANNUM All-American Honor Rating; In National Scholas-tic Press Association 1929-80. 1980-S1, 1931-82 CARL W. TILLER, Editor-in-Chief MARGARET NORDLIE, Manftglnff Editor OLQA NILS EN, Associate Editor CAMILLA ANDVIK, News Editor COPY READERS: Grace Blomquist, Ruth Hauy-seth, Solma Husoby, Hanna Jovne, Slgrld Jovne. REPORTERS: Harold Olson, Ireno Askeffoard, Evanceltno Quam, Annette FaJk, Louise Bunde, Cornelia ReUan. Lucille Amdahl, Martha Jordahl, Alvhiia Berg;, Olivia Tor-vlk. Thelma 8osn, Karl Anderl, Thorn Bnkk, Leatha Rldonour. SPORTS: Werner Brand. Ralph Ness. SPECIAL WRITERS: Lloyd Mostrom, Artel Molldrem. Campbell Orbock, Guy Larson. LAWRENCE WERMAGER, Business Manager LEONARD BID, Advertising Manager MILLARD MAGELSSEN, Circulation Manager ADVERTISING ASSISTANT: Russell Molldrem CIRCULATION ASSISTANT: Evan Silness a E. BALE, Faculty Advisor P. A. RASMUSSEN, Business Advisor Programs for Prospectives Saturday night has come to mean something new and interesting on the campus due to the advent of the public program serieB. At each weekly presentation we are invited to enter new worlds of imagination where our regular routine of work and responsibility can have no ad-mittance. The general theme, the colorful details, the music and costuming all lead us to pleasant realms of enjoyment. Despite the veil of scenery* costuming and greasepaint, we are able to identify those playerB as our own fellow-Cobbers who are displaying their talents for our pleasure. The public programs servo as a splendid means of expressing originality of ideas, in more closely uniting the sister and brother societies with the bonds of cooperative endeavor, in training In the technicalities of dramatic produc-tion, staging, lighting, and makeup, and in furnish-ing good entertainment on the campus for students and townsfolk. These may be named as outgrowths of the main purpose, namely, to introduce to the freshmen the membership of the respective societies, and to give to them a typical production of their own, that the freahmen may more clearly formulate their Indi-vidual judgments as to which society they will come to choose as their own. Fifty Year* of Service Half a century of faithful .ministry to the spiri-tual needs of a community is the Bplendid record of our beloved college church, Trinity. Through the hardships and vicissitudes of pion-eer days to the present era, loyal Christian people of Luther's faith have fostered the tiny church start-ed 60 years ago by half a score of faithful workers, until today it has the largest congregation in the Northern Minnesota district. For forty-one years students of Concordia have attended this church during their college careers, many have been married there, and some have been buried from it. Children of our graduates have been baptized and confirmed in it, and our life while in college Is so closely Interwoven that Trinity is a vital part of Concordia for each one of us. We are glad that we can worship in a church whose one foundation is Jesus Christ our Lord, who bought her with His own blood, and for her life died. We rejoice that Trinity is founded on the Rock of Ages, whoBe walls are strong salvation; and we firmly believe that she is "a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of God". (Isaiah 62:3.) The College Paradox College students seem to be burdened with a supply of inconsistencies. Fortunately these lia-bilities decrease during the four year preparation period that culminates in tho coveted sheepskin. One of the flagrant Inconsistencies concerns itself with the fact that students sacrifice time, energy, money, and remunerative positions to attend an accredited college, and procure adequate edu-cation. They invest their money in ponderous texts, equipment, and tuition. They outline courses that best suit their Individual tastes and talents. The way Boemi mapped to procure the most satisfying foundation ou which to build a concrete well-reared structure for permanent vocational pursuit. Wbat then Is the inconsistency of setting the mark for such a goal? There is no consistency la the goal itself, but in the manner in which students ap-proach its attainment - f After all is in readiness for concentrated en-deavor, students do as little as they possibly can to struggle toward their aim. "Getting by" Is a much too well understood axiom in campus conversation. It consists in sitting through a class without being called on to recite, in unprepared papers that do not happen to be called for, in delayed classes, absences on days used for testing purposes, and other such occasions for rejoicing. It is a common fault in all students who have not graduated to the ultimate levels of education. There is enough of the small boy In every one to enjoy playing hooky from responsibility. Tot when such responsibility comprises the foundation on which success is based, it seems reasonable that it would be well for us all to consider whether or not we too are guilty of the college paradox. , Go-workers Luther League "I Want to Serve*' was the subject of discussion at the Luther League program on November 20. "I want to be associated with those who have done tho greatest good". Christian service was considered from the following angles: word service, more than social service, an expression of Christian life, glorification of God. Margaret Norlie, Caroline Trugstad, Harvey Johnson, and Arthur Solberg wero the speakers. Joseph Hooverson played a celle-phone solo. Devotion was led by Helen Sellte. Mar-gnreth Olson presided at the organ. Eunice Plann played the prelude and postulude at the L. L. meeting on November 27. Otto Bratllo conducted scripture reading and prayer. Janet Mllsten sang a vocal solo. A violin solo was played by Una Anderson. Combining the theme "Why I Believe on Jesus Christ", the reason "I need the key to suffering and death*' was developed. The speakers were Lloyd Mostrum, Hans Nelson, Mar-garet Haugsoth, and Olive Gilbertson. L. D. B. Ruth Thompson spoke on "As the Twig Is Bent" at L. D. R. on November 16. Devotion was led by Sigrld Jevne, Lucille Amdahl played a piano solo. A vocal duet was given by Lois Johnson and Doris Simmons. Bertha Syverson spoke on "Family Choice in Reading" at L. D. R. on November 30. Selma Husoby led In devotion. A solo was sung by Avis Lasseson. Margaret and Ruth Haugseth played a piano duet. "Thanksgiving'' featured the L. D. R. meeting oil November 23. Roll call was responded to by a Bible passage of thankfulness. Mildred Norby led the group In prayer. A problem was presented by Olivia Torvik, Caroline Trygstad, and Irene Asko-guard. A trio composed of Sybil Dahl, Eunice Luude, and Olga Ntlsen sang. In conclusion each girl offered thanks to God for a blessing she had enjoyed during the past year. Mission Crusaders "The Education of the Jews" was discussed at the making of the Mission Crusaders on November 20. The speakers wero Martha Jordahl and Ludolph Gjerde. HanB Nelson conducted devotion. Annette Falk led in scripture reading and prayer at Mission Crusaders on November 27. Milton Reiersgord and Ethel Roos spoke on the "Status of the Jew In the World Today." Men's Devotion Joseph Coughlin delivered the talk at the men's devotional meeting Thursday evening, December 1. Rudolph Dnhle led In scripture reading and prayer. Olaf Stoeve gave a vocal solo. WHAT I THINK ABOUT— Things to Eat By Jate Pumpklnseed Wot it is: Things to eat is nise. If you are hungry mostly, but otherise too. It is nurlahtng. It gives mussl and poosh and is on the end of prednoer evry program. Some people call It refreshments. They should always to be fresh enyway without en making It so plane. How you do H: Some things you don't haf to do nothing to—excepting to eat it. But som things Ilk potatos and popovers and luteflsk is better coked. Som are fried, boiled, baked and dlfrent ways. Hot and cold. They make it hot for som things and som things they freese to & crisp. They whip somethings. There is cl.eries In food. When you way to much Its because of these categories. Then you haf to dye it. In the downtown places they put fancy names on stuff, but when it comes. It is ushely somthlng that you knew befor onle In ordinary Yankee. For Insertion, they put consumme. That is just som soupy stuff that we all no is aposed to be consumed enyway. How you do It: (sommoro) You eat some things with a spoon others with your hands, and som with a fork. If you don't kno witch, then all you got to do Is look at the next one, but If there isn't nobody else it don't mater enyway. WHY you do it: Bocae everybody else does It too. Concepts Combined BY A. C. ORBBCK An Observation: Though evil is persistent, it Is overcome by love. Anyone who teaches should know this. Have you ever checked the term "pursuit of Happiness" against Christianity? If you are not happy, enumerate your responsibilities, with the aid of one who knows, and then remember that the discharge of responsibility is essential to hap-piness. Without gratitude in our hearts we are emp-ty. To be grateful we must first realize that we have received that which we have. Splashes of Ink . SPIRIT ISLAND (An Indian Legend) (BY OLIVER E. -JOHNSON) Objlbwa still shuns the island Where the white priest's spirit dwells, For at midnight he goes stalking On the rocks beside the wave, Waiting for the Indian maiden Who shall come to rescue him. And he calls from out the darkness In a voice so weird and strange And the whining wind replies, "She Is coming, Honnepin". Softly over swelling billows Glides the phantom craft along, While the paddle cuts the water Silently and myatlcly. Black hair glistens In the starlight; Black eyeB penetrate the gloom; Softly onward, weirdly onward Leaps the frail canoe. On tho pebbles grates the bottom, Soon tho spirits there embrace Then together pass they shoreward Over angry waves. Every midnight on the island Phantom maid and prleBt embrace As they did once on a midnight Many long, dead years ago. Man and maid alike have perished But the spirits linger on, Haunting still the dismal Island Where the seagulls build their nests. "Hush**, the squaw within the wig-wam Soys unto her restless child, "White Ghost walks on Spirit Island Calling for the Indian maid She has left her grave to meet him By the Rock-that-swings." It Is a Question BY GUY F, LARSON Some Alpha Btudent back In the time of tin armor and broad swords said that there are two sides to every question, but he neglected to say what tho sides were. Now, in the presont age there cornea forth an Epsllon stu-dent who shall endeavor to attack a vital question from three sidea and thus prove the superiority of the age of pin heads and broad minds over the era of tin armor and broad swords. Now, we might begin by saying that the pin head Is mightier than the broad sword, but that would be beg-ging the question—and ours is not an age of begging, but rather an era of commercialized charities in a land of milkweed and honeysuckles. Tho most discussed and the most disgusting topic of our day Is charac- Faculty Addresses. Speaks at Kindred Prof. J. W. Johnshoy delivered an a (Mr ess at a Luther League meeting held at Kindred, N. D., Sunday even-ins, Nov. 27. Talks at Caledonia Rev. C. B. Ylvlsaker delivered a sermon at a Mission festival at Cale-donia, Sunday morning, Nov. 27. This evening he wilt give an address at a P. T. A. meeting at Averill. THROUGH THE MONOCLE *y" By—George! Glrefi Addresses Dr. J. N. Brown delivered a mission sermon at Kathryn, N. D., Nov. 24. In tho afternoon - he rendered the Thanksgiving address. Sunday, Nov. 27. he gave the sermon at Olivet Lu-theran Church, Pargo, N. D. Mon-day, Nov. 28, he spoke at a pastoral conference of the American Lutheran Conference held at Ashby. Tuesday evening, Nov. 29, he spoke on Christ- Ian Education, at the Olivet Lutheran Church, Fargo, N. D. Thursday, Dec. 1, he gave an address at a meeting of the P. T. A. of Christine, N. D. Card of Thanks . . . To the faculty and students: In appreciation of the kindness shown In my behalf by the faculty and students during my recent ill-ness, I wish to extend my most heart-felt gratitude. Ray Thorbecke. The senior class has gone on the rocks, only It was a singular case, namely Plymouth Rock. • • • The Nodak squaws reign supreme with, their Gopher brethren as win-ners of the North Dakota-Minnesota basketball games which purpose to decide the never-settled question of state superiority. • * • And that doesn't cinch the matter either, does it? • * * On Friday next, our cagers will romp around in the A. C. gym, In the opening game of the season. One thine we'll miss will be the thrill of a live minute stall. "Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore.' " • • • The world la polite in using tho phrase "Ladies and gentlemen." Why shouldn't we be consistent then and say "Women and men"? How about butter and bread, gravy and potatoes, water and soap, Ink and pen, brush and comb, egps and ham? • • * Such flagrant misconceptions call for the uprising of a flery reformer? • • • "And now let's turn off the lights— I hope you like It", quoted from Ben Burney in the Men's Dorm. • * • And now'8 the time, folks, to bring | back the Thanksgiving Implements to the hall for dining, or if you happen to have a collection from Homecom-ing, that too will be added to the motley array. terlzed by that indefinitely polite word —depression. In former times* such periods were called panics, but in our age of cross-word puzzles and word-bulldlng contests, leaders have struck a more subtle and condolatory name— depression. According to Webster a depression is a lowering of the vital powers. It Is true that many have been lowered and some of the vital powers have even been eliminated. Father Time has struck a blue note In tho song of life and there remains but one recourse^to study out the chord and harmonize with the change of pitch aa skilfully as we know how. Who knows? Perhaps we will strike a new theme and Improve the compos-ition as a whole. Every fundamental chord contains three tones, which If placed In prop-er relation to each other, produce har-mony. So it is also with the problem of harmony In life. There too. we flnd three indispensable tones—God, neighbor and self. If the relation-ship Is correct, the harmony is bright, but. If the harmony Is dull or panicful or depressing, attribute it to an in-correct relationship. So It Is today. Our relationship is not correct. We are hitting blue, modernistic chords In the song of life. We are modulating into another key. No person knows what that key will be or who will set the tempo, this much can be said with certainty —there are three sides to every ques-tion— God, neighbor, and self. iBn't It fitting and proper and In good order and so forth that the head waiter's name spells E. A. T.? Some people rest on their laurels. I havn't any to repose on, but I don't think I'd rest so very comfortably If I did. I believe they would have a tendency to prick, donchaknow! The world is too much with me. I guess I'll have to try another planet, by George! Campus Clubs . . . . German Club Meets At the regular meeting of the Ger-man club on Friday, November 18, Margaret Olson, Walcott, N. D., play-ed a piano solo. "Die Schwetzel", the club paper, was read by Edna Reln- Isch, Mercer. N. D. A trombone sel-ection was given by Edlield Odegaard, New Rockford, N. D. After the pro-gram the group sang several Ger-man folk songs. Women's League Will Meet The Women's League will meet at the home of Miss Helga Fjelstad, 616 2nd Avenue South, Monday evening. Hostesses will be Mrs. Alice Olson, Miss Florence Kreuger, Mrs. Frank Cleve, and Miss Christine Fjelstad. Prepares Beethoven Program A Beethoven program was presont-ed by the Music club on Monday even, ing. It included a talk on Beethoven's life by Camilla Andvtk, Mandan, N. D.; a piano solo by Eunice Plann, Fargo, N. D.; a vocal solo, Sybil Dahl, Cotton wood; and a trombone solo by Edtleld Odegaard, New Rockford, N. D. The club decided to limit the membership to forty-live. Meditation BY JOSEPH COUGHLIN "Prayer 1B the soul's sincere desire, unuttered or expressed". Prayer Is something deeper than words. It is present In the soul before it has been formulated into words. And it abides In the soul after the last words of prayer have passed over our lips. Prayer Is an attribute of our hearts, an attitude of mind. Prayer Is a definite attitude of our hearts toward God, an attitude which He in heaven Immediately recognizes as prayer, as an appeal to His heart. The form of words we use does not matter to God; that is for our own benefit. Hallesby In his book on prayer mentions two conditions In our hearts which God recognizes as pray or. They are: helplessness and faith. He says that our helplessness is our bost prayer. It calls from our hearts to the heart of God with greater effect than all our uttered pleas. God hears it from the very moment that we are seized with helplessness and He becomes actively engaged in hearing and ans-wering the prayer of our helplessness. He hears today as He heard the helplesB and wordless prayer of the man sick with the palsy. A mother can readily understand this phase of prayer. An in-fant child cannot formulate In words a single petition to her, yet the little one prays the best way he knows how. All he can do is to cry, but the mother understands very well his pleading cry. Now how much more Is not God able to understand and answer our prayer of helplessness. It is written "Without faith, it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto Hlm''((Heb. 11:6). Without faith there Is no prayer, no matter how great our helplessness may be. Helplessness united with faith produces prayer. Without faith our helplessness will be only a vain cry of distress in the night. Faith only needs to be mentioned and every person of prayer knows that that Is a very sensitive part of prayer life. "If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do what is done to the flg tree, but even if yc shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken dp and cast into the sea, It shall be done. And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive" (Matt 21:21-22). "Said I not unto thee, that, If thou bellevedst, thou shouldst see the glory of God?" (John 11:40). "But let him ask In faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth Is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord; a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways'1. (James 1:6-8). Let every ono of us realise our own helplessness and with the faith of Abraham meet our God in prayer. Jean ThKenot Discussed The regular meeting of the French club held Monday evening paid spe-cial tribute to Jean Thivenot with a paper on his life by Thelma Sogn, Bowden, N. D. Rachel Johnson, Bis-marck, N. D.; read a few anecdotOB, and Ruth Haugseth, Twin Valley, played a piano solo. Le Petit Journal was given by Marcus Nichols, Ypsll-ante, N. D. and Walter Sogn, Bowden, N. D. It was decided that a book entitled "Le Cercle Francois'1 should be pur-chased by the club. Committees Are Appointed At a business meeting held Monday evening the Sock and Buskin made plans for presenting a Christmas play. The membership list was revised and the following committees were ap-pointed: program committee: Thora Bakk, Blsbee, N. D.; Hazel Dale, Moorhead; and Margaret Hllde, Moor, head. "Course of study'* committee: Ray Thorbecke, Gonvlck; Evangelino Quam, Detroit Lakes; Helen peder-son, Ada; and Wesley Qilbertson, Fin-ley, N. D. Plan Christmas Program Plans are being made for a sacred musical program to be presented by the Concordia Music Club at Trinity church Sunday evening, December 18. The main feature of the program will be the traditional Christmas pageant "The Birth of Christ Child". Tho Col-lection taken up will be added to the treasury of the Music club to promote some term project. The following committee has boon selected to ar-range for this program: Hazel Ste-phenson, Gary; Ruth Haugseth. Twin Valley; Irene Askegaard, Comstock; and Erling Hanson, Arnegaard, N. D. Literary Societies. Several upper-class students have recently been admitted into various literary societies on tho campus. Mildred Norby, Battle Lake; and Adelaide Akre, Moorhead are inew Al-pha Zeta Phi members. The new Ath-enian members Include Ray Meyer, BaruesviUe; Wayne Williams, Battle Lake; and Allen Hanson, Kelliher. Nu Sigma Rho has admitted six new members. They are Gladys Ho-versten, Ambrose, N. D.; Ruth Hover-sten, Ambrose, N. D.; Gladys Ost-enson, Barrett; Lillian NJus, New- London; Anna Viken, Grygla; and Elinor Hukee, Winger. Irvon Brekke, Fisher; has been ad-mitted to* the Delta Rho literary so~ Idety.
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